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Stephen A. Smith says Texas A&M Aggies should have hired Deion Sanders

Umito November 2, 2024

Stephen A. Smith continues to prove he knows nothing about college football.

ESPN’s most famous talking head is back with another hot take. With their comeback this season, the Texas A&M Aggies have caught Smith’s attention, but for reasons you might not expect.

When speaking about Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders, Smith said Texas A&M should have hired “Prime Time” despite the success Mike Elko is currently enjoying in College Station.

But let’s give Smith the benefit of the doubt. He probably didn’t even know who A&M’s head coach was.

“They should have hired Prime Time at Florida State, his alma mater,” Smith said on First take, by On3. “They should have hired him at Texas A&M, in the SEC they should have hired him. … And I think with the SEC knowing that you have great teams, having someone like him who could recruit, I think if you’re Texas A&M, I think if you’re Florida State, you’ll regret the day you didn’t hire him as head coach right now, because no one saw this coming.

As if that wasn’t clear enough, Smith has probably never watched a full Texas A&M game since the days of Johnny Manziel. When said by First take host Molly Qerim that the Aggies were 7-1, it seemed Smith was ignoring her.

“Texas A&M, they’re 7-1 Stephen A,” Qerim said.

“WHO?” Smith responded.

While it certainly would have been interesting to see Sanders at the helm in College Station, it’s safe to say that he and Elko are both in their rightful place. Sanders has silenced a ton of doubters in his second season with Colorado, as the No. 23-ranked Buffs are currently 6-2 with a real chance to contend for a Big 12 championship in their first season in the conference.

Meanwhile, Elko has the No. 10 Aggies vying for an SEC championship and a spot in the College Football Playoff amid a seven-game winning streak and a 5-0 conference record.

It’s possible Sanders heads to an SEC program at some point, but it won’t be A&M. Elko has already proven that he is the right choice to take the Aggies to the promised land.