COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — No. 3 Texas A&M is on the verge of reaching heights the Aggies often tease but usually squander. They are undefeated. They could reach the Southeastern Conference title game and the College Football Playoff for the first time.

Quarterback Marcel Reed is a Heisman Trophy contender and the school has rewarded coach Mike Elko with a blockbuster contract extension. Aggies faithful are hopeful that their program has finally taken a great leap forward.

“It feels amazing,” Reed said. “It feels like I’m giving back to a lot of these fans for what they haven’t had.”

Perhaps the most impressive thing about this rise of the Aggies is that they’ve done it so soon after the firing of Jimbo Fisher when he came up woefully short in his promise to deliver their first nat

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