Undaunted by past, Elko, Texas A&M thump LSU at Tiger Stadium - ESPN

BATON ROUGE, La. — Texas A&M coach Mike Elko isn't particularly interested in what the Aggies were or what they failed to accomplish during decades of underachievement. He is all about the 2025 Aggies, who are 8-0 after beating LSU 49-25 on Saturday night.

Texas A&M scored 35 straight points to pull away, empty out Tiger Stadium and celebrate with a large contingent of the 12th Man in the Southeast corner of the stadium.

«I keep saying this: It's not about the past,» Elko said. «We got to stop, like, worrying about the past, thinking about the past, talking about the past. I'm excited for what this team is doing right now.

»This team is doing some really special things."

The third-ranked Aggies are 8-0 for the first time since 1992 after their first win at LSU as an SEC member. Texas A&M has scored 40 or more points in four consecutive road games for the first time in team history, which ties the SEC record, and put up the highest points total against a ranked LSU team at Tiger Stadium since Georgia scored 52 in 2008.

«They tried to put a quote up there that I said that Death Valley was underwhelming,» quarterback Marcel Reed said. «And shoot, I guess it was. They didn't do much to me.»

What stood out about Texas A&M's rout is how unlikely it seemed at halftime, when No. 20 LSU led 18-14. The Aggies had gone through a miserable, albeit historically familiar, second quarter, when they had a punt blocked through the end zone for a safety, threw two interceptions and were outscored 11-0.

Texas A&M hadn't really been stopped, outgaining LSU 258-189 at the half, but its mistakes created a deficit for the first time this season. The Aggies' only win in their previous 10 games while trailing at the half came against LSU last