Some teams on the outside looking in on the new 12-team College Football Playoff perhaps don’t care about playing in a bowl. Texas A&M linebacker Taurean York insists the Aggies are not one — and no one will accuse York of soft-selling his sentiments about A&M’s 8-4 regular season.

The USC Trojans and the Texas A&M Aggies will play in the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 27. The betting odds have changed since the transfer portal opened as 19 USC Trojans and 20 Aggies have entered the portal.

Fans may gain an early look at Texas A&M’s 2025 defensive line when the Aggies suit up for the SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl versus USC on Friday, Dec. 27.

Texas A&M's 2024 regular season might be over, but the Aggies still have a chance to win nine games and head into the 2025 offseason with momentum. Coach Mike Elko and his staff will be without 22 players,

As Texas A&M football prepares to play one final game against the USC Trojans in the Las Vegas Bowl, some Aggies players are beginning to opt out.

Texas A&M football closes out the 2024 campaign in Las Vegas as it meets USC in the SRS Distribution Las Vegas Bowl on Friday, Dec. 27.

So far, only three Aggies have opted out of the bowl game. As defensive ends, Nic Scourton and Shemar Stewart joined defensive tackle Shemar Turner, who have all declared for the 2025 NFL Draft. With plenty to say before facing the Trojans in Sin City, here is everything Mike Elko had to say during Tuesday's press conference.

Texas A&M Aggies linebacker Taurean York never shies away from telling it like he sees it, a quality that makes him one of the undoubted leaders on head coach Mike Elko's defense. He kept this trend going when speaking to the media Tuesday as the Aggies prepare to face the USC Trojans in the Las Vegas Bowl on Friday,