Play-by-play voice Andrew Monaco joins TA Live as fall camp approaches

"The Voice of the Aggies" is back! Andrew Monaco returned to the TexAgs studio to share thoughts on Mike Elko's program heading into Year 2. Monaco hit on a few names he can't wait to see back in action, how his voice is helping on the recruiting front and more.

Key notes from Andrew Monaco interview

• We have Coach's Nights. It's fun to be with Mike Elko all over Texas for a couple of weeks. You get an intuit mindset and one foot in each sport. What's weird is I've been spoiled. My plan for football is SEC and Playoffs. Then, here's the first and second rounds for the basketball NCAA Tournament, and here's when you go to Omaha for baseball. I'm spoiled at A&M for getting to do that. It's been different, but given me a chance to decompress and look forward to football.
   
• Once you get deeper into fall camp and look at that, and Elko is awesome, and we get the open invitation to watch fall camp, I'll go often. It's not just names and number combinations, but you like to see what they are working on and go there with Dave Elmendorf and Will Johnson and say, "Hey, the broadcasts aren't broken, but is there something we can add?" When you get deeper into camp and closer to that opening kick, I've updated the two-deep from camp last year. Who got stronger and taller? It will be later in August when you anticipate that opening kickoff.
   
• This one will be a tad easier because the offensive line will be easier with the running backs. Learn where the wide receivers are and where they will be on the field. I tell you who, and Elmendorf tells me why. I may see a formation and understand what they will run. On the backend, there will be new faces and linebackers. Again, by watching that and seeing who is on the field with whom... Special teams is a big one. The prep never stops.
   
• This is what I've said at Coach's Nights. Attention, retention and contention. The attention to detail is what fans didn't see last year. It's more attention to detail. It should hurt the way the scene ended. You think what A&M could have done more, and they didn't finish the way we wanted. It's more work in the dark, and we will be stronger in November. Retention, we love the shiny new pieces and say a lot when the guys come back to this team to play for the coach and this staff. If you have that attention to detail, and I thought the Le'Veon Moss injury hurt more than we thought. If we have all healthy running backs, we can have contention at the end of the year.
   
• I can’t help but think about last year, during the Coach’s Nights, Elko said, “Don't put everything on the 17-year-old Terry Bussey.” He's electric and a winning player. Now, we know the position he will play, but the strength of who stayed, the portal additions and the upgraded skill positions.
  

• You can't ignore the way it is in 2025. If you are, you're behind. Talking to the recruiting personnel over at A&M football is fantastic. It's plugged into what potential Aggies want when they come to visit. To be a part of that is exciting, and say OK, “Here's the name, and make a call for him and put him in a recruiting video.” To me, it's exciting, and now the next step is, does it translate to Kyle Field? With the guys coming in, it really matters.