Texas A&M football coach Mike Elko was not happy after the Aggies’ allowed a Notre Dame scoring drive in the first quarter.
In fact, Texas A&M’s sideline on the road in Notre Dame, Indiana, might need a replacement chair after he voiced his displeasure to his defense.
While yelling at players on the sideline, Elko picked up a chair and tossed it out of rage. NBC play-by-play commentator Noah Eagle had some fun with the situation after the chair toss was shown on the TV broadcast.
‘That chair, we’re gonna have to check on,’ Eagle said. ‘Because the well-being doesn’t appear to be super high.’
NBC later zoomed in on the thrown chair, which was laying sideways behind the Aggies’ bench.
It’s unclear what made Elko so angry, but star cornerback Dezz Ricks was flagged for a personal foul after shoving Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love into the Fighting Irish bench after Love already ran out of bounds. CJ Carr then made a 47-yard pass to put Notre Dame on Texas A&M’s 4-yard line, setting up the touchdown to finish the drive.
Texas A&M is looking to avoid being swept in its home-and-home series against Notre Dame, as the Aggies fell 23-13 to the eventual national championship runners-up a season ago in College Station, Texas.
Elko is in his second season as Texas A&M’s head coach after serving in the same role at Duke for two seasons from 2022-23. Elko was previously the defensive coordinator for the Aggies from 2018-21, and was the defensive coordinator at Notre Dame for one season in 2017.
Texas A&M fans are hoping Elko’s butt-chewing — and chair throw, for that matter — can ignite the Aggies moving forward.