The Texas A&M head coach is among the top candidates for the Nittany Lions' head coaching job. How well would he fit at Penn State?

TAMU Aggies football coach Mike Elko achieved the first 8-0 season in year two at College Station following a 49-25 win over the LSU Tigers in Death Valley under the lights. As CBS Sports’ David Cobb believes the win made the Aggies a legitimate title contender.

Saturday’s game against No. 20 LSU (5-2, 2-2) at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, La. is the first of those three before dates with Missouri and Texas arrive next month. It represents both a chance to curry favor with the CFP committee and check another box off of the to-do list that Elko brought with him to College Station two years ago.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/tamu as Mike Elko Proud Of Texas A&M's Physically Dominant Historic Win. Once the second half of the T exas A&M Aggies ’ game against the LSU Tigers, it was all Aggies.

Texas A&M's Mike Elko spoke with reporters Monday about the rumors linking him to the open Penn State position.

The SEC fined Texas A&M $50,000 fine and coach Mike Elko received a public reprimand Tuesday after the National Coordinator for Football Officiating reviewed tape of an incident in the fourth quarter of the Aggies' win over Arkansas. The review determined Texas A&M directed a player to go down with a fake injury.

The Texas A&M Aggies are putting together a season for the ages. Another week, another massive SEC win as Mike Elko and the Aggies head into their bye week to prepare for a final push toward the College Football Playoff.