Bryan Harsin backs up Mike Elko over Conner Weigman, calls out media

Texas A&M coach Mike Elko went to bat for quarterback Conner Weigman after the veteran signal-caller was apparently the victim of some “grossly fictitious and grossly false” things said about him.

And former Auburn coach Bryan Harsin found that as reason enough to chime in on Twitter.

“Great job standing up for your QB!” Harsin began. “Unfortunately grossly false & grossly fictitious is now acceptable with absolutely no accountability.”

There are a number of things to unpack there, but the chief one would seem to be the implication that Harsin himself has experienced such treatment.

His tenure as the head coach at Auburn was certainly marred by a number of off-field incidents, including several allegations of poor treatment of players in the program from various sources. Harsin battled those, but ultimately it was the results on the field that did him in.

He was fired before he concluded his second season as head coach, cut loose with a 9-12 record with the Tigers.

In any case, what Elko said clearly resonated with him, and Harsin took to Twitter to join voices with the first-year Aggies head coach.

Mike Elko goes to bat for Conner Weigman

Elko was fired up and angry after a 41-10 win over No. 9 Missouri. Not because of how the game unfolded, but because of how the lead into the game went for his quarterback Conner Weigman.

Elko finished his opening remarks after the win over the Tigers and quickly pivoted to his signal-caller.

“The last thing I’m going to say, and I’m going to say this because it needs to be said,” Elko began. “You can challenge Conner for how he plays, and you can be upset about Conner for how he throws a football. Some of the stuff that has been said about this kid and written about this kid — not by you guys, you guys have been great — is embarrassing. Is absolutely embarrassing the stuff that gets out there on this kid.

“This kid’s a winner, he’s a competitor. He does everything that he needs to do for Texas A&M football. And there’s a lot of people right now that need to stand up and recognize what they’ve said over the last three weeks and take some ownership in it.”

Conner Weigman’s play on Saturday did plenty of talking. And certainly silenced a lot of the doubters.

The veteran quarterback went a near-perfect 18-of-22 passing for 276 yards. He didn’t throw a touchdown pass, but he didn’t throw an interception either, keeping the chains moving all day long for a Texas A&M team that throttled previously unbeaten Missouri.