"SEC Football: Any Given Saturday" Episode #1.1

1 00:00:06,172 --> 00:00:10,885 -[sirens wailing] -[anticipatory music playing] 2 00:00:15,890 --> 00:00:17,225 [crowd cheering] 3 00:00:19,894 --> 00:00:21,563 [man 1] If you play in this league… 4 00:00:23,606 --> 00:00:24,983 every Saturday… 5 00:00:27,110 --> 00:00:28,611 you will walk into the fire. 6 00:00:32,866 --> 00:00:34,075 Can our talent, 7 00:00:34,951 --> 00:00:38,913 can our love for each other, withstand the heat? 8 00:00:39,414 --> 00:00:40,415 [tiger growls] 9 00:00:40,498 --> 00:00:42,125 -Game day! -[team] Yeah! 10 00:00:43,168 --> 00:00:45,754 [man 1] Or will it burn up? 11 00:00:45,837 --> 00:00:48,006 [thrilling music playing] 12 00:00:48,089 --> 00:00:50,592 -[whistle blowing] -[crowd cheering] 13 00:00:51,593 --> 00:00:55,430 [man 2] The SEC is the greatest place in the world to play college football. 14 00:00:58,349 --> 00:00:59,893 Let's go! 15 00:00:59,976 --> 00:01:01,686 [man 3] This is where the best players are, 16 00:01:01,770 --> 00:01:03,021 the best coaches are. 17 00:01:03,104 --> 00:01:05,065 Settle in and do your job! 18 00:01:05,690 --> 00:01:08,526 [man 3] The biggest stadiums, the most rabid fans. 19 00:01:08,610 --> 00:01:09,569 [screaming] 20 00:01:09,652 --> 00:01:11,112 [man 4] This isn't just football. 21 00:01:11,196 --> 00:01:15,366 This is religion, this is the fabric of society. 22 00:01:15,450 --> 00:01:18,703 It's my honor to present the national championship trophy. 23 00:01:18,787 --> 00:01:21,790 It's the SEC teams who are winning the national championships. 24 00:01:21,873 --> 00:01:24,709 And that's how it's been for a very long time. 25 00:01:27,337 --> 00:01:28,797 [man 5] Third downs in the SEC, 26 00:01:29,672 --> 00:01:30,882 that shit is different. 27 00:01:31,966 --> 00:01:33,468 -[crowd exclaiming] -[whistle blows] 28 00:01:34,052 --> 00:01:38,056 Twelve Saturdays, all eyes are on you as the head coach. 29 00:01:40,975 --> 00:01:43,103 [man 6] I have my life, mortgage, 30 00:01:43,186 --> 00:01:47,148 and everything associated with 18- to 21-year-olds. What am I doing? 31 00:01:47,232 --> 00:01:49,818 -[man 7] Don't know how to tie a tie? -[man 8] I know how to. 32 00:01:49,901 --> 00:01:51,444 -Cut, cut! -[all laughing] 33 00:01:51,528 --> 00:01:53,488 [man 9] It's a brotherhood here. 34 00:01:53,571 --> 00:01:57,826 Every kid in this state grew up dreaming of playing for one of the universities. 35 00:01:58,409 --> 00:02:02,122 [man 10] Fans expect a five-star recruit to come in right away and win games, 36 00:02:02,205 --> 00:02:04,415 and, you know, I feel like that's unfair. 37 00:02:04,499 --> 00:02:08,920 When Shane and I got married, he said, "It's not if we get fired, but when." 38 00:02:09,504 --> 00:02:11,047 [commentator 1] And Mertz shaken up. 39 00:02:11,131 --> 00:02:13,133 [man 11] There was an initial, "This can't be real." 40 00:02:13,216 --> 00:02:14,843 -Love you. -Love you too, Mom. 41 00:02:14,926 --> 00:02:18,096 [man 12] You can't affect the game on the field no more. 42 00:02:18,179 --> 00:02:19,848 So what can you do? 43 00:02:22,392 --> 00:02:24,769 If we together, we gonna get this done! 44 00:02:26,020 --> 00:02:28,064 [man 4] 2024 is a massive year of change. 45 00:02:28,148 --> 00:02:29,440 [players shouting] 46 00:02:29,524 --> 00:02:32,777 [woman] We've got 12 teams in the playoff. There's more pressure than ever. 47 00:02:32,861 --> 00:02:34,821 Go out there and take what's yours. 48 00:02:36,948 --> 00:02:38,741 [man 4] You don't have room for mistakes. 49 00:02:38,825 --> 00:02:40,451 You're supposed to gut their team! 50 00:02:40,535 --> 00:02:43,037 [man 13] Job's on the line every Saturday. 51 00:02:43,121 --> 00:02:45,540 [man 14] It's been a hell of a hard year. We all know that. 52 00:02:45,623 --> 00:02:47,041 [commentator 2] Arkansas wins! 53 00:02:47,125 --> 00:02:50,170 [woman] But one huge win can change your life. 54 00:02:50,253 --> 00:02:51,713 It's what you in the SEC for! 55 00:02:51,796 --> 00:02:53,423 Hell yeah! 56 00:02:53,506 --> 00:02:55,258 [man 6] We can beat anybody in the country. 57 00:02:55,341 --> 00:02:56,801 Don't ever forget what defines you. 58 00:02:56,885 --> 00:02:58,553 -"Family" on three. -[team] Family! 59 00:02:58,636 --> 00:02:59,971 This is the dream right here. 60 00:03:00,889 --> 00:03:03,391 [man 15] It's literally any given Saturday in the SEC. 61 00:03:07,770 --> 00:03:09,063 [music fades out] 62 00:03:14,652 --> 00:03:18,865 -[upbeat music playing] -[birds chirping] 63 00:03:23,244 --> 00:03:24,078 ♪ Hey! ♪ 64 00:03:25,705 --> 00:03:26,539 ♪ Hey! ♪ 65 00:03:27,707 --> 00:03:28,541 ♪ Hey! ♪ 66 00:03:36,549 --> 00:03:37,717 -♪ Hey! ♪ -[music stops] 67 00:03:39,177 --> 00:03:41,179 [indistinct chattering] 68 00:03:42,805 --> 00:03:45,642 -[player 1] Gotta go! -[player 2] Line up, line up. 69 00:03:45,725 --> 00:03:47,227 [player 3] Got the opening there. 70 00:03:47,310 --> 00:03:49,437 [coach] Bring that defense in! Back! 71 00:03:50,230 --> 00:03:51,064 [whistle blows] 72 00:03:51,856 --> 00:03:54,484 We can't-- we can't fucking go half-speed. 73 00:03:55,360 --> 00:03:57,695 I want it to be that when you walk in this building, 74 00:03:57,779 --> 00:04:02,075 you have a sense of what to expect on a day-to-day basis. 75 00:04:03,368 --> 00:04:05,078 The standards. 76 00:04:06,204 --> 00:04:07,872 People use the word "culture." 77 00:04:09,249 --> 00:04:13,253 You have to cast a vision for what you're wanting to accomplish. 78 00:04:14,587 --> 00:04:16,714 Let's go, let's go, let's go! On the hop! 79 00:04:16,798 --> 00:04:17,966 Move, move! 80 00:04:18,466 --> 00:04:21,678 -[whistle blowing] -Bring it up! Bring it up! Bring it up! 81 00:04:21,761 --> 00:04:23,596 And our vision is to win championships. 82 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:24,931 Get over here! 83 00:04:25,848 --> 00:04:26,683 Bring it up! 84 00:04:26,766 --> 00:04:29,435 And that means you gotta play with the right attitude. 85 00:04:29,519 --> 00:04:32,730 Listen to me, man. I'm gonna say it one more fucking time. 86 00:04:32,814 --> 00:04:34,983 If you wanna come out here and go half-speed, go ahead. 87 00:04:35,066 --> 00:04:36,693 I'm going fucking in! 88 00:04:36,776 --> 00:04:37,652 Is that clear? 89 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:41,572 If you guys wanna go half-speed, let me know now. 90 00:04:41,656 --> 00:04:43,199 You're wasting my time. 91 00:04:43,866 --> 00:04:45,535 Get your asses going! 92 00:04:47,245 --> 00:04:49,831 I don't like the snaps. Finish the snap. 93 00:04:50,707 --> 00:04:51,582 You can't just say, 94 00:04:51,666 --> 00:04:54,294 "Oh, it's okay not to be focused this play." 95 00:04:54,377 --> 00:04:56,129 "It's okay to cut corners." 96 00:04:56,212 --> 00:04:57,213 Eyes up! Eyes up! 97 00:04:57,297 --> 00:04:58,298 It's not okay. 98 00:04:58,381 --> 00:05:00,675 Here we go! Gotta get it in! Turn it up! Turn it up! 99 00:05:00,758 --> 00:05:03,428 Week in and week out, in the SEC, it's on. 100 00:05:03,511 --> 00:05:06,431 You never can get by with your B game. You're gonna get beat. 101 00:05:07,015 --> 00:05:09,183 Let's score! Let's score! 102 00:05:09,267 --> 00:05:13,271 Our players, they know who I am, and they know that coach is hard on them… 103 00:05:13,354 --> 00:05:14,731 That's an inside! 104 00:05:14,814 --> 00:05:16,065 …every single day. 105 00:05:16,149 --> 00:05:17,191 Get your ass going! 106 00:05:18,192 --> 00:05:19,902 Somebody's gotta be hard on them. 107 00:05:27,285 --> 00:05:30,038 [indistinct chattering] 108 00:05:32,332 --> 00:05:33,750 [man 1] How y'all doing? 109 00:05:35,084 --> 00:05:37,420 -I might have some. Want me to check? -[man 2] Please. 110 00:05:37,503 --> 00:05:40,089 [Brian] Tequila can get you in trouble during the season. 111 00:05:40,173 --> 00:05:41,507 I'll wait 'til after the season. 112 00:05:41,591 --> 00:05:42,592 [all laughing] 113 00:05:47,388 --> 00:05:50,933 Let me find him some tonic water. It's not for me. 114 00:05:52,894 --> 00:05:55,229 It's got a twist of lime in it. Is that okay? 115 00:05:55,313 --> 00:05:56,522 -It's perfect. -Beautiful. 116 00:05:56,606 --> 00:05:59,567 -You look like a twist-of-lime guy. -Yeah, I'm a twisted-lime guy. 117 00:05:59,650 --> 00:06:00,985 [Brian] You're a twisted-lime guy. 118 00:06:03,154 --> 00:06:06,074 I grew up in Chelsea, Massachusetts, 119 00:06:07,408 --> 00:06:09,285 just outside of Boston. 120 00:06:09,369 --> 00:06:12,038 Irish Catholic. One of four. 121 00:06:12,622 --> 00:06:15,083 [Paul] There's a lot of good quarterbacks in the SEC now. 122 00:06:15,166 --> 00:06:16,959 -There are. -Boy, oh boy. 123 00:06:17,043 --> 00:06:20,880 My dad worked as a manager at a local oil company, 124 00:06:20,963 --> 00:06:22,757 and he was also in politics. 125 00:06:23,424 --> 00:06:27,637 Growing up, my dad was demanding on all of us. 126 00:06:28,471 --> 00:06:29,514 Pinot? 127 00:06:30,098 --> 00:06:34,644 That's been the foundation of who I am for 35 years as a coach. 128 00:06:34,727 --> 00:06:37,105 I'm demanding on all of our players. 129 00:06:37,688 --> 00:06:40,942 -[man 3] A lot of good teams in the SEC. -Top to bottom, it's crazy. 130 00:06:41,025 --> 00:06:43,778 -Every weekend. -Ole Miss could win it all. 131 00:06:45,571 --> 00:06:47,365 Yeah. Thanks for reminding me. 132 00:06:47,448 --> 00:06:48,408 [all laughing] 133 00:06:50,451 --> 00:06:52,578 [upbeat music playing] 134 00:06:52,662 --> 00:06:55,665 [tiger growling] 135 00:06:56,833 --> 00:06:59,460 [Brian] I was offered an opportunity here at LSU 136 00:06:59,544 --> 00:07:03,423 to take on a program that had fallen on hard times. 137 00:07:04,090 --> 00:07:06,634 [man 4] LSU is one of those big-time programs in the SEC 138 00:07:06,717 --> 00:07:08,886 that's expected to win year in and year out. 139 00:07:08,970 --> 00:07:10,930 [Brian] SEC champions! 140 00:07:11,013 --> 00:07:13,099 Ten-and-three seasons don't cut it there. 141 00:07:13,182 --> 00:07:15,184 [announcer] The national championship trophy 142 00:07:15,268 --> 00:07:16,352 for the LSU Tigers. 143 00:07:17,186 --> 00:07:20,648 [woman] Ed Orgeron wins the national championship. 144 00:07:20,731 --> 00:07:23,276 Fired two years later. 145 00:07:23,359 --> 00:07:26,988 I think it speaks volumes about what LSU is as a program, 146 00:07:27,071 --> 00:07:28,573 and what the expectation is. 147 00:07:29,657 --> 00:07:31,993 -Pleasure to meet you. -Welcome to Baton Rouge. 148 00:07:32,076 --> 00:07:36,497 So the school hired Brian Kelly, a hard-driving coach. 149 00:07:36,581 --> 00:07:38,749 [commentator] Not sure Brian agrees with the call. 150 00:07:38,833 --> 00:07:40,334 [man 5] Brian Kelly's reputation 151 00:07:40,418 --> 00:07:42,587 is he's one of the best coaches in college football, 152 00:07:43,212 --> 00:07:44,922 but he's never won a national championship. 153 00:07:45,006 --> 00:07:47,008 [crowd cheering] 154 00:07:48,009 --> 00:07:50,970 [Andy] In his first two seasons, you saw the promise. 155 00:07:51,053 --> 00:07:54,223 Brian Kelly built one of the best offenses in college football. 156 00:07:54,932 --> 00:07:57,768 [commentator] Daniels looking for the end zone! 157 00:07:57,852 --> 00:07:59,520 [crowd cheering] 158 00:08:00,438 --> 00:08:03,983 [Andy] In 2023, you have Heisman Trophy winner Jayden Daniels 159 00:08:04,066 --> 00:08:06,652 throwing to first-round draft pick Brian Thomas, 160 00:08:06,736 --> 00:08:09,489 throwing to first-round draft pick Malik Nabers. 161 00:08:10,907 --> 00:08:12,617 But the defense 162 00:08:13,117 --> 00:08:16,787 was one of the worst defenses you have ever seen. 163 00:08:18,247 --> 00:08:19,832 [man 6] They were outscoring everybody, 164 00:08:19,916 --> 00:08:22,460 but the problem was everybody was outscoring their defense. 165 00:08:22,543 --> 00:08:24,712 Their defense was the worst in the conference, 166 00:08:25,588 --> 00:08:28,633 lacking in physicality and toughness. 167 00:08:28,716 --> 00:08:31,677 They couldn't make the critical stops late in the game. 168 00:08:33,596 --> 00:08:35,598 [Andy] So you move into 2024, 169 00:08:35,681 --> 00:08:37,016 where the expectations are 170 00:08:37,099 --> 00:08:40,311 the defense has got to be a whole hell of a lot better. 171 00:08:42,772 --> 00:08:44,273 [train horn blows] 172 00:08:48,277 --> 00:08:50,571 [reporter 1] The dawn of a new season has arrived. 173 00:08:50,655 --> 00:08:53,407 It's week one of college football in the SEC. 174 00:08:53,491 --> 00:08:56,661 [reporter 2] LSU is jumping right into the fire with Southern Cal. 175 00:08:56,744 --> 00:08:58,538 This game will be in Las Vegas, 176 00:08:58,621 --> 00:09:00,122 so certainly an interesting game, 177 00:09:00,206 --> 00:09:02,667 and a tough game to start the, uh, the season off. 178 00:09:03,251 --> 00:09:04,752 [intriguing music playing] 179 00:09:04,835 --> 00:09:07,338 [Brian] You guys want to talk about playing well. 180 00:09:07,421 --> 00:09:08,589 This is where you do it. 181 00:09:08,673 --> 00:09:11,050 You don't just come out here and run around, 182 00:09:11,133 --> 00:09:12,969 and think it's gonna happen on Saturdays. 183 00:09:13,052 --> 00:09:16,013 You've got to finish it off the right way today. 184 00:09:16,097 --> 00:09:17,598 Everybody's locked in. 185 00:09:17,682 --> 00:09:20,268 There's an attention to detail, being thoughtful-- 186 00:09:20,351 --> 00:09:21,519 Listen to me! 187 00:09:22,770 --> 00:09:24,897 Today is that day. 188 00:09:24,981 --> 00:09:27,358 -[exciting music playing] -[players shouting indistinctly] 189 00:09:28,192 --> 00:09:31,529 [Brian] Last year, our defense, in the second half, 190 00:09:31,612 --> 00:09:34,448 we couldn't make any plays when we needed to late in the game. 191 00:09:34,532 --> 00:09:36,909 Fast and efficient today. 192 00:09:36,993 --> 00:09:40,663 If you don't know what you're doing, ask questions. 193 00:09:40,746 --> 00:09:45,084 And so this year, we are going to put in a whole new defensive mindset. 194 00:09:45,167 --> 00:09:47,628 They've gotta have an attention to detail. 195 00:09:47,712 --> 00:09:51,215 They've gotta have grit to make the plays necessary down the stretch. 196 00:09:51,882 --> 00:09:53,593 [players grunting] 197 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:55,136 [player] Right there! 198 00:09:55,219 --> 00:09:57,597 -[Brian] No, no, no, no, no. -[whistle blows] 199 00:09:57,680 --> 00:10:00,182 No, no. That is not fucking sifting. 200 00:10:00,266 --> 00:10:03,144 This year, Coach Kelly, you know that you gotta lock in, 201 00:10:03,227 --> 00:10:07,356 'cause if you mess up, I mean, he is gonna rip into you like no other. 202 00:10:07,440 --> 00:10:09,275 So you gotta stay on point, for sure. 203 00:10:09,859 --> 00:10:11,569 [Brian] We gotta go. We gotta go. 204 00:10:12,403 --> 00:10:13,863 [player] Yes! Go, go! 205 00:10:13,946 --> 00:10:15,865 [players shouting] 206 00:10:15,948 --> 00:10:16,866 [whistle blowing] 207 00:10:16,949 --> 00:10:19,285 -How can we mess this up? -[player] Run it again! 208 00:10:19,368 --> 00:10:21,287 [Brian] Are we-- Hold up, hold up! 209 00:10:21,370 --> 00:10:24,498 Are we talking to each other? Stop! 210 00:10:24,582 --> 00:10:27,293 Are we talking to each other? What did you say to him? 211 00:10:28,586 --> 00:10:30,087 What did you say to him? 212 00:10:30,171 --> 00:10:31,881 You have to talk to each other. 213 00:10:32,923 --> 00:10:34,550 Come on, men. Let's go. 214 00:10:34,634 --> 00:10:37,094 [Whit] I'm not the biggest, the fastest, the strongest, 215 00:10:37,178 --> 00:10:40,014 but I know that I'm a guy that's gonna give you 110% effort 216 00:10:40,097 --> 00:10:40,931 no matter what. 217 00:10:43,142 --> 00:10:48,397 Whit Weeks, Louisiana State University, play linebacker, number 40. 218 00:10:48,981 --> 00:10:50,691 My dad played at Georgia. 219 00:10:50,775 --> 00:10:54,612 He was my football coach every year besides my eighth-grade year, 220 00:10:54,695 --> 00:10:57,490 and he'd always hold me and my brothers to the highest standard. 221 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:01,786 There was one game I can remember, I, like, wasn't hustling. 222 00:11:01,869 --> 00:11:04,372 In the middle of January, so it's cold outside, 223 00:11:04,455 --> 00:11:07,875 I get home after the game, he says, "Get out the truck, start running laps." 224 00:11:07,958 --> 00:11:09,794 And I just had to run laps around the house. 225 00:11:09,877 --> 00:11:14,006 It felt like I was running laps forever. Ever since that day, I've been hustling. 226 00:11:14,090 --> 00:11:16,133 [coach] Here we go. Set, go. 227 00:11:17,385 --> 00:11:19,470 -Good. Good eye. -[Whit] Arm over. 228 00:11:19,553 --> 00:11:21,055 I've got Whit right here. 229 00:11:21,138 --> 00:11:23,641 Remember, I wanna try to break my fucking rib. 230 00:11:23,724 --> 00:11:25,643 I wanna get down and away. 231 00:11:25,726 --> 00:11:27,770 [Whit] This is my sophomore season. 232 00:11:27,853 --> 00:11:30,314 I wanna be one of the best linebackers in the country. 233 00:11:31,107 --> 00:11:32,108 [commentator] Whit Weeks. 234 00:11:32,191 --> 00:11:34,360 Up the middle. Ankle tackle. 235 00:11:34,443 --> 00:11:35,986 And he's brought down. 236 00:11:36,070 --> 00:11:38,030 [Whit] The responsibilities of a linebacker, 237 00:11:38,114 --> 00:11:40,074 I'd say we're the quarterbacks of the defense. 238 00:11:41,117 --> 00:11:43,577 We're making all the calls, setting the front. 239 00:11:43,661 --> 00:11:45,371 It really comes down to us 240 00:11:45,454 --> 00:11:48,040 putting the defense in positions to make tackles. 241 00:11:48,124 --> 00:11:49,709 That's better! Keep going! 242 00:11:49,792 --> 00:11:52,837 [Whit] Last year, the defense, we played a pretty embarrassing fashion. 243 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:55,005 We let quarterbacks run all over us. 244 00:11:55,589 --> 00:11:59,844 This year, I think the biggest difference will be to let Whit turn it loose. 245 00:12:00,469 --> 00:12:04,348 His drive, his grit, his leadership. 246 00:12:07,143 --> 00:12:08,644 Let's go. Come on. Get in here. 247 00:12:08,728 --> 00:12:10,896 Grab a knee. Grab a knee. Grab a knee. 248 00:12:10,980 --> 00:12:13,649 Defensively, doing the little things the right way. 249 00:12:13,733 --> 00:12:15,818 We call something, it's gotta be run. 250 00:12:15,901 --> 00:12:17,111 We gotta execute it. 251 00:12:17,194 --> 00:12:20,030 If you do those things extraordinarily well, 252 00:12:20,114 --> 00:12:24,160 this is a football team that wins every single weekend. 253 00:12:24,243 --> 00:12:26,912 Let's lock in any of the mistakes that we had today. 254 00:12:26,996 --> 00:12:27,997 Let's get them cleaned up. 255 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:31,375 Everybody good with that? Good job today. Good work ethic. Get a break. 256 00:12:31,459 --> 00:12:33,461 -[player] "Family" on one! One! -[team] Family! 257 00:12:33,544 --> 00:12:35,755 [whistle blowing] 258 00:12:35,838 --> 00:12:40,593 All of that preparation now has to be flipped to performance. 259 00:12:40,676 --> 00:12:41,677 And it's on them. 260 00:12:42,595 --> 00:12:44,638 That's where it gets nerve-wracking. 261 00:12:44,722 --> 00:12:46,515 All right, it's out of your hands. 262 00:12:46,599 --> 00:12:51,228 When you're like, "Uh… Okay. Here we go, 18- to 21-year-olds." 263 00:12:51,312 --> 00:12:56,901 And I have my life, mortgage, and everything associated with these guys? 264 00:12:56,984 --> 00:12:59,945 All right, what am I doing? What am I, crazy? 265 00:13:03,365 --> 00:13:05,075 -[man 1] Turn left. -[motor rumbling] 266 00:13:06,494 --> 00:13:07,578 [man 2] Yeah, turn. 267 00:13:07,661 --> 00:13:11,123 Take, like-- Just go out and then take a right on the dirt road. 268 00:13:11,207 --> 00:13:14,919 Go straight, you'll see another dirt road. Take a left on that dirt road. 269 00:13:16,712 --> 00:13:18,839 -[Whit] Hold on. -[man 2] We got a World War II vehicle. 270 00:13:18,923 --> 00:13:21,383 It's got a few bullet holes in the side. 271 00:13:22,134 --> 00:13:24,220 [Whit] In high school, playing with my older brother, 272 00:13:24,303 --> 00:13:26,430 that was one of the most fun, if not the most fun, 273 00:13:26,514 --> 00:13:27,932 I've ever had playing football. 274 00:13:28,015 --> 00:13:29,600 Then once LSU did offer me, 275 00:13:29,683 --> 00:13:32,978 I knew that opportunity's too good to pass up playing with West. 276 00:13:33,062 --> 00:13:37,066 Trying to think of when the last time that we, uh, came out here was. 277 00:13:37,149 --> 00:13:40,069 I remember it was freezing cold, so it was probably last winter. 278 00:13:40,152 --> 00:13:46,158 Whit is two years younger than me, so my junior year was his freshman year. 279 00:13:46,242 --> 00:13:47,409 [country guitar music playing] 280 00:13:47,493 --> 00:13:50,996 Playing with your brother is not something a lot of people get to experience. 281 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:52,498 [Whit] Here, West, you got that. 282 00:13:53,666 --> 00:13:55,376 -There he goes. -[West] There it comes. 283 00:13:55,459 --> 00:13:57,461 -[bird squawking] -[rifle fires] 284 00:13:59,255 --> 00:14:00,089 Nice. 285 00:14:00,172 --> 00:14:03,551 Whit, he didn't really play that much his freshman year. 286 00:14:03,634 --> 00:14:05,928 This year, he's due for a breakout season. 287 00:14:06,011 --> 00:14:08,806 And that's gonna lead to wins each and every week. 288 00:14:08,889 --> 00:14:12,643 We still got that live one that way, and I think the other one went this way. 289 00:14:12,726 --> 00:14:14,687 There was only one this way, two that way. 290 00:14:14,770 --> 00:14:17,481 With West, this is the last year we'll get to play together. 291 00:14:17,565 --> 00:14:20,234 So we don't wanna go out losers. We wanna go out winners. 292 00:14:20,317 --> 00:14:21,610 -[rifle fires] -Bang! 293 00:14:21,694 --> 00:14:23,696 -[wings flapping] -[rifle fires] 294 00:14:25,447 --> 00:14:27,491 Hey, what are we, five for five? 295 00:14:27,575 --> 00:14:29,785 -[West] I haven't missed a shot yet. -[Whit] Me neither. 296 00:14:29,869 --> 00:14:31,245 [wings flapping] 297 00:14:31,328 --> 00:14:32,288 [Whit laughs] 298 00:14:32,830 --> 00:14:34,415 How crazy would that have been? 299 00:14:34,498 --> 00:14:35,749 [all laughing] 300 00:14:36,417 --> 00:14:38,794 [West] Playing USC this week, the first game, 301 00:14:38,878 --> 00:14:40,588 I'm making it kinda personal for me that way. 302 00:14:40,671 --> 00:14:42,965 I'm like, I'm not gonna let these West Coast dudes 303 00:14:43,048 --> 00:14:44,717 come in here and push us around. 304 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:47,052 We're from the South. We play real football. 305 00:14:47,136 --> 00:14:49,305 That would've been crazy if I'd caught that one. 306 00:14:49,388 --> 00:14:50,222 [Whit] I know. 307 00:14:50,306 --> 00:14:53,517 This week, we are prepared, we're ready. 308 00:14:54,226 --> 00:14:55,060 [rifle fires] 309 00:14:56,687 --> 00:14:58,230 -[West] Missed. -[Whit laughs] 310 00:14:58,314 --> 00:14:59,440 Shit. 311 00:14:59,523 --> 00:15:00,816 [David] Pretty bad shooting. 312 00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:04,028 -[West] That was quite embarrassing. -Yeah, that was, that was. 313 00:15:04,111 --> 00:15:06,363 Yeah, if you don't practice it, it goes away. 314 00:15:06,447 --> 00:15:07,656 [West] So what do we got now? 315 00:15:07,740 --> 00:15:09,158 -[man 3] That's seven. -[all] Seven? 316 00:15:09,241 --> 00:15:10,743 -[David] We got three, I think. -No. 317 00:15:10,826 --> 00:15:12,411 [David] Did you pick up any of our deads? 318 00:15:12,494 --> 00:15:16,665 You're boosting-- You're inflating your, uh, your score right there. 319 00:15:16,749 --> 00:15:18,584 [David] I've been watching them all these years. 320 00:15:18,667 --> 00:15:21,253 Dad just sits back, and now gotten very rusty. 321 00:15:21,337 --> 00:15:24,965 -We need to line them up, get a picture. -[Whit] That's a pretty good day there. 322 00:15:26,133 --> 00:15:29,136 [exciting music playing] 323 00:15:29,219 --> 00:15:30,930 [Alyssa] It's week one, 324 00:15:31,013 --> 00:15:34,558 and if you're LSU, you wanna show the country pretty early 325 00:15:34,642 --> 00:15:37,019 that you're going to be a college football playoff team. 326 00:15:38,145 --> 00:15:42,149 They'd like nothing better than to start with a win against Southern Cal. 327 00:15:42,232 --> 00:15:43,442 [shouting] 328 00:15:43,525 --> 00:15:48,322 This is a fan base that is thirsty to get back to the mountaintop, 329 00:15:48,405 --> 00:15:52,201 and there's just an immeasurable amount of pressure on Brian Kelly. 330 00:15:54,870 --> 00:15:57,122 Going into this game, the question will be, 331 00:15:57,206 --> 00:16:01,460 has he improved this defense, that was so terrible, from a year ago? 332 00:16:04,922 --> 00:16:06,799 [commentator 1] Fourth quarter here in Las Vegas. 333 00:16:06,882 --> 00:16:09,176 Four-point lead for the Bayou Bengals. 334 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:11,553 [coach] Fourth quarter, finish strong! 335 00:16:11,637 --> 00:16:14,056 Finish strong! Fourth quarter, let's go! 336 00:16:14,139 --> 00:16:19,770 -[crowd chanting] LS Who?! LS Who?! -Hey! LS Who?! LS Who?! 337 00:16:22,606 --> 00:16:24,441 [suspenseful music playing] 338 00:16:26,193 --> 00:16:28,487 [commentator 2] Marks gonna get the carry. Got a huge hole. 339 00:16:29,071 --> 00:16:32,491 And makes his way down to the 28-yard line of LSU. 340 00:16:32,574 --> 00:16:34,576 Couple of missed tackles. 341 00:16:34,660 --> 00:16:37,871 [Whit] A couple of times during the game, I'll mess up my job. 342 00:16:37,955 --> 00:16:40,916 I'll look to the sideline, and I'll see Coach Kelly screaming at me. 343 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,044 I'm like, "That's not gonna be fun when I get to the sideline." 344 00:16:46,630 --> 00:16:47,715 Let's go, defense! 345 00:16:48,590 --> 00:16:50,551 [commentator 2] Coach Brian Kelly standing there, 346 00:16:50,634 --> 00:16:53,679 not liking what he's seeing from his Tiger defense. 347 00:16:54,596 --> 00:16:56,432 [commentator 3] Moss gonna try to make him pay. 348 00:16:56,515 --> 00:17:00,060 Throwing to the end zone. He's got it! Touchdown, Ja'Kobi Lane! 349 00:17:00,144 --> 00:17:01,812 [crowd cheering] 350 00:17:01,895 --> 00:17:05,190 [Brian] We had some guys play their butts off tonight. 351 00:17:05,274 --> 00:17:07,443 [players grunting] 352 00:17:08,068 --> 00:17:09,653 [commentator 2] And the kick is good! 353 00:17:09,737 --> 00:17:11,905 [Brian] But there were self-inflicted wounds… 354 00:17:14,575 --> 00:17:17,369 [commentator 3] Throwing deep, and flags coming everywhere. 355 00:17:17,453 --> 00:17:21,331 [Brian] …and the inability to make the plays necessary down the stretch. 356 00:17:27,254 --> 00:17:29,923 [commentator 3] Woody Marks rumbles into the end zone, 357 00:17:30,007 --> 00:17:33,969 and USC is on top with eight seconds to play. 358 00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:38,057 And we're sitting here again, we're sitting here again, 359 00:17:38,140 --> 00:17:40,225 talking about the same things. 360 00:17:40,309 --> 00:17:42,019 [commentator 3] That's how it's going to end. 361 00:17:42,102 --> 00:17:45,564 [commentator 1] And with a victory over LSU here in Las Vegas. 362 00:17:45,647 --> 00:17:48,942 And I'm so angry about it that I gotta do something about it. 363 00:17:49,026 --> 00:17:51,361 I'm not doing a good enough job as a coach. 364 00:17:51,445 --> 00:17:53,572 [dramatic music playing] 365 00:17:54,364 --> 00:17:57,743 [Brian] When you've got somebody down, you've gotta put them away. 366 00:17:57,826 --> 00:17:59,578 Who we are as LSU, 367 00:17:59,661 --> 00:18:02,623 everybody is gonna play their best against you. 368 00:18:03,207 --> 00:18:04,166 Everybody. 369 00:18:04,875 --> 00:18:06,085 They want to beat you. 370 00:18:06,668 --> 00:18:08,587 You can't let that happen again. 371 00:18:08,670 --> 00:18:10,756 -Am I making myself clear? -[players] Yes, sir. 372 00:18:11,632 --> 00:18:15,344 If I'm a fan of LSU, I'm wondering, "What did we sign up for?" 373 00:18:16,553 --> 00:18:20,682 "Brian Kelly's old-school style, will it work when the pressure's on?" 374 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:23,143 That remains to be seen. 375 00:18:23,227 --> 00:18:24,436 [music fades] 376 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:26,522 [birds chirping] 377 00:18:27,439 --> 00:18:31,944 [chill music playing] 378 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:39,074 379 00:18:40,077 --> 00:18:43,122 [man] Thank you, God, for this wonderful day and food we'll receive. 380 00:18:43,205 --> 00:18:46,041 Thank you for the opportunity to be together this morning for breakfast. 381 00:18:46,125 --> 00:18:48,418 -In Jesus' name we pray. Amen. -Amen. 382 00:18:49,211 --> 00:18:52,631 -[man] Y'all have a busy day at school? -I do. Three quizzes. 383 00:18:52,714 --> 00:18:56,593 Three quizzes? That's the ones you were studying for last night, right? 384 00:18:56,677 --> 00:18:58,262 Protons and neutrons? 385 00:18:58,345 --> 00:18:59,763 Which one's positive? 386 00:18:59,847 --> 00:19:01,098 -Pressure's on. -[boy] Protons. 387 00:19:02,141 --> 00:19:03,433 See? I think I'm smart. 388 00:19:03,517 --> 00:19:05,727 -[Shane] Is that true? -I don't know. 389 00:19:06,436 --> 00:19:09,481 [Shane] We go to the same place as long as we're winning. 390 00:19:09,565 --> 00:19:11,733 Same orders, same booth. 391 00:19:11,817 --> 00:19:13,777 Not that we're superstitious or anything. 392 00:19:14,653 --> 00:19:16,822 We had a pretty good run with Waffle House. 393 00:19:16,905 --> 00:19:19,533 -I don't like Waffle House. It's cursed. -Come on. 394 00:19:19,616 --> 00:19:22,244 Eventually, Waffle House will cycle back, 395 00:19:22,327 --> 00:19:25,330 but right now, this is so far in 2024, 396 00:19:25,414 --> 00:19:27,124 and hopefully we're here for… 397 00:19:27,916 --> 00:19:29,960 till January, right? 398 00:19:30,043 --> 00:19:31,545 Means we've had a great year. 399 00:19:31,628 --> 00:19:34,047 She's the big one that has to drive herself to school. 400 00:19:34,131 --> 00:19:37,759 -So she has to leave before all of us. -I have stuff to do at school this week. 401 00:19:37,843 --> 00:19:39,803 -[Shane] All right. Love you. -Love you. 402 00:19:39,887 --> 00:19:42,431 [Shane] When you talk about SEC football programs, 403 00:19:42,514 --> 00:19:44,892 let's face it, South Carolina's not considered, 404 00:19:44,975 --> 00:19:47,186 quote-unquote, "one of the premier programs." 405 00:19:47,269 --> 00:19:51,982 So nobody's picking us to do anything good in 2024. 406 00:19:52,065 --> 00:19:54,109 [crowd cheering] 407 00:19:54,193 --> 00:19:57,529 [exciting music playing] 408 00:19:58,322 --> 00:20:01,408 [Shane] Last week, going up against Old Dominion in the first game, 409 00:20:01,491 --> 00:20:03,702 there was chatter about how terrible South Carolina is. 410 00:20:03,785 --> 00:20:05,787 They're gonna be lucky to win two games this year. 411 00:20:06,747 --> 00:20:08,707 [commentator 1] Fourth quarter on a Saturday night. 412 00:20:08,790 --> 00:20:09,958 Carolina's down three, 413 00:20:10,042 --> 00:20:12,586 trying to find a way to win this ball game. 414 00:20:12,669 --> 00:20:16,632 Sellers into the end zone! Touchdown, Carolina! 415 00:20:18,634 --> 00:20:22,137 Nobody panicked. We found a way to win. Think we got a really good football team. 416 00:20:25,098 --> 00:20:27,726 [birds chirping] 417 00:20:28,310 --> 00:20:30,145 [Shane] Which one you wanna start at? This one? 418 00:20:30,229 --> 00:20:32,522 -You start here. I'll start here. -[Shane] All right. 419 00:20:32,606 --> 00:20:34,691 This is our summer-- summer, uh… 420 00:20:36,026 --> 00:20:40,322 summer work, that we were able to do this. You're looking in the sun, aren't you? 421 00:20:40,906 --> 00:20:42,282 Here at South Carolina… 422 00:20:42,366 --> 00:20:44,660 We keep backing up, far as we can go. 423 00:20:44,743 --> 00:20:45,702 I love this state. 424 00:20:45,786 --> 00:20:48,497 I wanna retire here and make an impact here, 425 00:20:48,580 --> 00:20:51,041 on and off the field, for a long time. 426 00:20:52,876 --> 00:20:54,586 Thought you were trying to keep me on this. 427 00:20:55,295 --> 00:20:58,006 Like my dad did at Virginia Tech. 428 00:20:58,090 --> 00:21:00,634 All right. Come on. Let's get out of here. 429 00:21:00,717 --> 00:21:02,886 [intriguing music playing] 430 00:21:07,724 --> 00:21:13,063 All of this stuff is just things that I've collected and saved over the years. 431 00:21:13,146 --> 00:21:14,314 Love this. 432 00:21:14,398 --> 00:21:16,817 When my dad became the head coach at Virginia Tech, 433 00:21:16,900 --> 00:21:20,112 his very first away game as a head football coach 434 00:21:20,195 --> 00:21:22,114 was at South Carolina, 435 00:21:22,197 --> 00:21:26,159 Williams-Brice Stadium, October 10, 1987. 436 00:21:27,953 --> 00:21:31,957 When you coach in the SEC, there's high expectations. 437 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:36,295 Every single week, all eyes are on you as the head coach. 438 00:21:38,797 --> 00:21:40,757 'Cause my last name is Beamer, 439 00:21:41,466 --> 00:21:44,011 with that comes expectations. 440 00:21:44,845 --> 00:21:47,180 [intriguing string music playing] 441 00:21:47,264 --> 00:21:48,432 [Andy] Shane Beamer is the son 442 00:21:48,515 --> 00:21:51,351 of one of the great college football coaches of all time, 443 00:21:51,435 --> 00:21:52,519 Frank Beamer. 444 00:21:52,602 --> 00:21:54,104 He put Virginia Tech on the map. 445 00:21:54,187 --> 00:21:55,856 Coach Beamer has 200 wins. 446 00:21:55,939 --> 00:21:58,358 [Andy] They always talk about a lunch pail team. 447 00:21:58,442 --> 00:22:01,445 Virginia Tech brings a beat-up lunchbox onto the field 448 00:22:02,195 --> 00:22:04,614 as an emblem of what that program's about. 449 00:22:04,698 --> 00:22:07,242 They are the tough, hard-working guys. 450 00:22:08,201 --> 00:22:10,620 [Shane] They won a lot of games at Virginia Tech. 451 00:22:10,704 --> 00:22:12,914 Was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. 452 00:22:12,998 --> 00:22:15,709 Has a statue outside the stadium at Virginia Tech. 453 00:22:15,792 --> 00:22:17,044 We're gonna get 'em! 454 00:22:18,170 --> 00:22:21,882 [Shane] I mean, there's streets named after him, and rightfully so. 455 00:22:21,965 --> 00:22:24,384 [crowd cheering] 456 00:22:24,968 --> 00:22:28,096 [Shane] I love Virginia Tech. I was here before as an assistant coach. 457 00:22:28,847 --> 00:22:31,516 But up there, I'm always "Frank's son." 458 00:22:34,436 --> 00:22:38,732 I came to South Carolina because I wanted to make my own name, 459 00:22:38,815 --> 00:22:42,110 be Shane Beamer, and not just "Frank's son." 460 00:22:42,194 --> 00:22:45,405 Third down, O. Selly, third down. 461 00:22:46,365 --> 00:22:48,367 -Hit it. -[player 1] Let him throw. 462 00:22:48,450 --> 00:22:50,202 [players] Make sure we get it right. Pursuit! 463 00:22:50,285 --> 00:22:53,955 -[player 2] Quarterback just pushed me. -Did he? He wouldn't do that. 464 00:22:54,039 --> 00:22:55,457 He wouldn't do that. 465 00:22:56,083 --> 00:22:59,544 Coach Beamer is happy, talks to everybody, smiles in everybody's faces. 466 00:22:59,628 --> 00:23:01,838 [Shane] Way to compete, way to compete. 467 00:23:01,922 --> 00:23:03,340 My name is LaNorris Sellers. 468 00:23:03,423 --> 00:23:05,592 I play quarterback at the University of South Carolina. 469 00:23:06,176 --> 00:23:07,886 [Shane] You all right, David? Come on, Moe. 470 00:23:07,969 --> 00:23:09,971 [LaNorris] It's not like a coach-player relationship. 471 00:23:10,055 --> 00:23:12,516 It's kinda like something closer than that. 472 00:23:12,599 --> 00:23:13,683 It's real love. 473 00:23:13,767 --> 00:23:16,686 Be a player. Just go get the first down. Know the situation. 474 00:23:16,770 --> 00:23:18,772 -[LaNorris] He makes it feel like family. -To scouts. 475 00:23:18,855 --> 00:23:21,691 [LaNorris] I remember before signing day, we talked for-- 476 00:23:21,775 --> 00:23:24,820 Pretty much every day he called me, texted me, checked in on my family. 477 00:23:26,029 --> 00:23:27,114 [player 3] Work, work. 478 00:23:27,197 --> 00:23:29,449 [player 4] Go, Gil. Yeah, Gil. I see you, Gil. 479 00:23:29,991 --> 00:23:33,912 [Shane] LaNorris' recruitment in high school was a little different. 480 00:23:33,995 --> 00:23:37,207 Most quarterbacks are committed during their sophomore year, 481 00:23:37,290 --> 00:23:39,000 junior year at the latest. 482 00:23:39,084 --> 00:23:41,670 He had some injury issues leading into his senior season, 483 00:23:41,753 --> 00:23:44,965 where he wasn't as recruited as highly as he should've been. 484 00:23:45,048 --> 00:23:47,467 [player 5] Down field. All right, you got that? 485 00:23:48,051 --> 00:23:49,886 [Shane] The first time I ever really watched him 486 00:23:49,970 --> 00:23:52,472 was seven-on-seven camp, 487 00:23:52,556 --> 00:23:56,017 and there were some other highly-decorated quarterbacks, 488 00:23:56,768 --> 00:23:59,938 but it was very evident to me that the best quarterback in our camp, 489 00:24:00,021 --> 00:24:03,525 and it wasn't even close, was LaNorris Sellers. 490 00:24:03,608 --> 00:24:07,237 He just showed the "it" factor. It's his competitive spirit. 491 00:24:07,737 --> 00:24:08,655 [crowd cheering] 492 00:24:09,322 --> 00:24:12,659 [Shane] He led his high school football team to a state championship, 493 00:24:13,243 --> 00:24:15,954 which hadn't been done at his high school in a long time. 494 00:24:16,037 --> 00:24:19,249 [commentator] Sellers up the middle for a Bruin touchdown. 495 00:24:20,000 --> 00:24:21,626 [Shane] We offered him a scholarship 496 00:24:21,710 --> 00:24:25,130 and the opportunity to stay close to home and were able to get him here. 497 00:24:33,054 --> 00:24:34,389 [chill music playing] 498 00:24:34,473 --> 00:24:35,640 [LaNorris] We ready now, yeah. 499 00:24:35,724 --> 00:24:36,850 -How are you? -I'm good. 500 00:24:36,933 --> 00:24:39,060 -It's good to see you. -[LaNorris] You too. 501 00:24:39,144 --> 00:24:40,896 -[woman] You famous? -[LaNorris] Nah. 502 00:24:40,979 --> 00:24:42,022 [man] Ready to play? 503 00:24:42,105 --> 00:24:43,356 You got it? 504 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:45,442 [indistinct chattering] 505 00:24:46,485 --> 00:24:49,571 This is the only place I eat at. This, Chick-fil-A, or Wingstop. 506 00:24:49,654 --> 00:24:51,948 [mom] They probably gonna say, "Your usual, Mr. Sellers?" 507 00:24:52,032 --> 00:24:53,325 [laughing] 508 00:24:54,826 --> 00:24:56,828 [LaNorris] My family are very important to me. 509 00:24:56,912 --> 00:24:58,747 Through everything, they've always been there. 510 00:24:59,581 --> 00:25:01,875 All the sacrifices they made for me growing up, 511 00:25:01,958 --> 00:25:04,211 to be at every event that we had. 512 00:25:04,294 --> 00:25:08,924 When I got hurt my junior year, they was there supporting me through that. 513 00:25:10,467 --> 00:25:12,928 I like Beamer, but I didn't think I was coming. 514 00:25:13,011 --> 00:25:16,765 -You didn't think you was gonna come? -[Cheryl] Well, I remember you… 515 00:25:16,848 --> 00:25:19,643 You used to always be on the phone with Coach Beamer all the time, 516 00:25:19,726 --> 00:25:23,772 and then I met Coach Beamer, and it was just like, it's something here. 517 00:25:25,482 --> 00:25:29,569 -The best decision y'all could've made. -[Cheryl] Ever. Ever, ever, ever. 518 00:25:29,653 --> 00:25:32,113 [LaNorris] Something about South Carolina, 519 00:25:32,197 --> 00:25:34,366 people just don't think we're a good team. 520 00:25:35,784 --> 00:25:37,869 I am looking forward to changing that. 521 00:25:40,956 --> 00:25:45,085 [indistinct chanting] 522 00:25:47,170 --> 00:25:50,215 [crowd] Beamer! [cheering] 523 00:25:53,009 --> 00:25:57,097 [commentator 1] Carolina and Kentucky. The first SEC game. 524 00:25:57,180 --> 00:26:00,308 Gamecocks are the ten-point underdog in this game. 525 00:26:00,392 --> 00:26:03,270 LaNorris Sellers going on the road for the first time 526 00:26:03,353 --> 00:26:05,605 after a struggle against Old Dominion. 527 00:26:05,689 --> 00:26:07,107 This is a big test. 528 00:26:07,691 --> 00:26:12,904 Put the whole SEC on notice right now, because we're just getting started! 529 00:26:12,988 --> 00:26:15,824 -[crowd cheering] -[rousing music playing] 530 00:26:28,211 --> 00:26:30,589 [commentator 2] LaNorris wants to throw down the middle. 531 00:26:30,672 --> 00:26:32,007 He's got his man. 532 00:26:32,591 --> 00:26:34,593 [players grunting] 533 00:26:39,848 --> 00:26:41,683 [commentator 2] Touchdown, Carolina. 534 00:26:41,766 --> 00:26:44,477 South Carolina absolutely destroyed Kentucky. 535 00:26:46,187 --> 00:26:48,815 [Shane] I'd been around some freshman quarterbacks 536 00:26:48,898 --> 00:26:50,984 like Michael Vick at Virginia Tech. 537 00:26:51,067 --> 00:26:54,154 It's exciting to see LaNorris get ready to take the next step, 538 00:26:54,237 --> 00:26:55,363 because you know it's coming. 539 00:26:55,947 --> 00:26:57,782 Let's go! Let's go! 540 00:27:00,285 --> 00:27:01,995 Oh! Love y'all. 541 00:27:02,787 --> 00:27:04,706 Y'all weren't worried, were you? 542 00:27:04,789 --> 00:27:07,000 [Andy] Next week, they play LSU. 543 00:27:07,083 --> 00:27:09,336 South Carolina's been in the SEC since 1992, 544 00:27:09,419 --> 00:27:13,006 and the Gamecocks have been underdogs pretty much the entire time. 545 00:27:13,089 --> 00:27:16,676 They're playing against all these teams that have won national titles. 546 00:27:17,344 --> 00:27:22,766 Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Auburn, LSU. 547 00:27:22,849 --> 00:27:24,768 If South Carolina dominates the LSU game, 548 00:27:24,851 --> 00:27:29,147 we have to completely revise what our expectations are for that team. 549 00:27:29,230 --> 00:27:31,566 Can they compete with the superpowers in the SEC? 550 00:27:32,817 --> 00:27:35,862 [Shane] Even I walked off the field and said to myself, 551 00:27:35,945 --> 00:27:39,074 I think we've got a chance to do some really big things this year. 552 00:27:39,157 --> 00:27:41,159 -[music stops] -[birds chirping] 553 00:27:44,120 --> 00:27:46,414 [suspenseful music playing] 554 00:27:51,336 --> 00:27:55,799 [reporter] LSU is going to South Carolina for the first time since 2008. 555 00:27:55,882 --> 00:27:57,217 LSU has to win this game. 556 00:27:57,926 --> 00:27:59,886 I don't advise starting the season one-and-two. 557 00:27:59,969 --> 00:28:00,887 You better bring it. 558 00:28:02,597 --> 00:28:03,765 Our coaches always say, 559 00:28:03,848 --> 00:28:06,267 "A loss is only a loss if you don't learn from it." 560 00:28:06,351 --> 00:28:11,106 So you really just got to learn from it and put it behind you and keep playing. 561 00:28:11,189 --> 00:28:13,525 Losing that game against Southern Cal, 562 00:28:14,317 --> 00:28:17,445 I feel like… I feel like, "Oh, what could I have done better?" 563 00:28:17,529 --> 00:28:20,990 I mean, I was-- I was frustrated. Our whole team was frustrated. 564 00:28:21,074 --> 00:28:23,284 It could end up being a good thing for us, 565 00:28:23,368 --> 00:28:27,664 'cause we realized that everything we did to lose was on us. 566 00:28:27,747 --> 00:28:30,250 -[Whit] Yeah. -[West] It was all fixable stuff, so… 567 00:28:30,333 --> 00:28:32,752 [Whit] Especially with the way we lost that one too, 568 00:28:32,836 --> 00:28:35,547 going up on them and then them coming back and beating us. 569 00:28:35,630 --> 00:28:38,258 As a defense, you take pride in stopping the run. 570 00:28:38,341 --> 00:28:41,761 I mean, it just fell apart for us. We just didn't make tackles. 571 00:28:41,845 --> 00:28:43,221 [West] We'll get that corrected. 572 00:28:43,304 --> 00:28:46,850 Yeah, now we gotta go execute. Now we gotta go play football. 573 00:28:46,933 --> 00:28:49,394 [intriguing string music playing] 574 00:28:52,021 --> 00:28:54,649 [Brian] Going into the South Carolina game, 575 00:28:55,567 --> 00:28:58,027 the last week in practice, 576 00:28:58,111 --> 00:29:01,197 we went back to work on talking about how to close… 577 00:29:04,117 --> 00:29:06,202 executing late in games. 578 00:29:07,203 --> 00:29:09,622 -[player] He was running, back was to me. -[Brian] I got you. 579 00:29:09,706 --> 00:29:11,916 -[player] I tried to place it in his area. -I'm with you. 580 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:13,793 -That was the first window. -[player] Yeah. 581 00:29:13,877 --> 00:29:18,173 [Brian] Not fearing failure. Getting them to understand that concept. 582 00:29:18,256 --> 00:29:19,883 You know it's counter. 583 00:29:19,966 --> 00:29:22,886 He's thinking a million other things. You guys get your depth. 584 00:29:22,969 --> 00:29:25,555 I've always been demanding, but not demeaning. 585 00:29:25,638 --> 00:29:29,142 We're always gonna push our players to be their very best, 586 00:29:29,726 --> 00:29:34,397 but you have to have a different way to reach the players. 587 00:29:38,067 --> 00:29:40,820 Hey, look at it this way, you missed it right and left, 588 00:29:40,904 --> 00:29:43,156 so now the next one is going down the middle. 589 00:29:43,239 --> 00:29:45,617 You almost spun around on the first one, huh? 590 00:29:45,700 --> 00:29:47,202 You know, growing up, 591 00:29:47,285 --> 00:29:49,913 I think where politics helped me in coaching 592 00:29:49,996 --> 00:29:52,749 is when I went into it after college. 593 00:29:53,917 --> 00:29:56,336 I worked for the state senator, 594 00:29:56,419 --> 00:30:00,256 and then worked for Gary Hart on his presidential campaign. 595 00:30:00,340 --> 00:30:05,011 And I think it gave me a good perspective on relationships and communicating. 596 00:30:06,471 --> 00:30:09,516 And that's really the essence of good coaching. 597 00:30:09,599 --> 00:30:12,185 So, what do you have to do before you come out here now? 598 00:30:12,769 --> 00:30:14,395 -[player] Get going? -[Brian] Think right. 599 00:30:14,479 --> 00:30:17,524 Like, okay, I gotta get going here. I'm a little sore, a little tight. 600 00:30:17,607 --> 00:30:20,151 Let me get on the bike, get going, get a sweat going. 601 00:30:20,235 --> 00:30:23,238 We're gonna be featuring you, and you've gotta be setting the tone. 602 00:30:23,321 --> 00:30:24,823 -Got it? Here we go. -Gotcha. 603 00:30:25,865 --> 00:30:27,492 [Brian] You know, they're human beings. 604 00:30:27,575 --> 00:30:30,370 They're not these people behind, you know, the curtain. 605 00:30:31,412 --> 00:30:34,791 And that's why Blake was hired as the defensive coordinator. 606 00:30:34,874 --> 00:30:35,917 [whistle blowing] 607 00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:40,213 [Brian] This was somebody that was going to do a really good job 608 00:30:40,296 --> 00:30:42,799 of building relationships with the players. 609 00:30:42,882 --> 00:30:46,469 Hey, we ought to do one on… Whit! 610 00:30:47,846 --> 00:30:48,805 Thanks. 611 00:30:48,888 --> 00:30:51,015 -Vámanos aquí, mi amigo. -Set! 612 00:30:51,099 --> 00:30:53,518 Hey, you passed Spanish this summer, big dog. 613 00:30:53,601 --> 00:30:54,769 Hey-- Run it! 614 00:30:54,853 --> 00:30:59,357 Hey, if we go angle it when they fire it, fuck the pick, just go. 615 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:01,276 -They can't block us. -[Whit] Yeah. 616 00:31:01,359 --> 00:31:03,528 [Blake and players shouting indistinctly] 617 00:31:06,656 --> 00:31:10,076 [Blake] There's a lot of really good X's and O's coaches out there. 618 00:31:10,743 --> 00:31:12,996 Whitty, I called four here. 619 00:31:13,079 --> 00:31:15,832 But if you can't relate to the players, I think you've got a problem. 620 00:31:15,915 --> 00:31:18,126 Yeah, you have the back to the flat. 621 00:31:18,209 --> 00:31:21,629 Remember what I said yesterday, quarter flat. Love is quarter flat. 622 00:31:21,713 --> 00:31:25,633 In my opinion, your number one goal is the bond you have with the players. 623 00:31:27,802 --> 00:31:31,014 What is Louisiana's state flower? 624 00:31:31,890 --> 00:31:33,224 Oh, come on. 625 00:31:33,308 --> 00:31:34,767 I know it's white. Hold on. 626 00:31:35,810 --> 00:31:36,936 -What is it? -[Whit] Magnolia. 627 00:31:37,020 --> 00:31:39,480 -[Blake] The magnolia. -[players cheering and applauding] 628 00:31:40,064 --> 00:31:41,482 [Blake] The thing with trivia, 629 00:31:41,566 --> 00:31:44,527 I kind of just organically started doing a few years ago. 630 00:31:45,194 --> 00:31:47,614 All right, who thinks Sage is gonna win? 631 00:31:48,239 --> 00:31:51,659 Kinda just to loosen them up before we dive into the film. 632 00:31:51,743 --> 00:31:55,622 Louisiana is home to both the crawfish capital of the world 633 00:31:55,705 --> 00:31:58,833 and the frog capital of the world. 634 00:31:58,917 --> 00:32:01,711 Which cities consist of each name? 635 00:32:02,962 --> 00:32:06,215 I think the guys have fun with it, and I tell them it's useless facts, 636 00:32:06,299 --> 00:32:08,885 but you never know if you're gonna end up on Jeopardy one day. 637 00:32:08,968 --> 00:32:10,053 It might help you, so… 638 00:32:10,136 --> 00:32:12,138 Y'all don't even know the crawfish capital? 639 00:32:12,221 --> 00:32:13,890 All right, Xavier, help him out. 640 00:32:13,973 --> 00:32:15,642 [players laughing] 641 00:32:15,725 --> 00:32:18,603 -[Xavier] I'd say Breaux Bridge. -Breaux Bridge, there we go. 642 00:32:18,686 --> 00:32:20,021 Just like any of us in a job, 643 00:32:20,104 --> 00:32:23,024 if it's miserable for them to come and work every single day, 644 00:32:23,107 --> 00:32:26,069 then you're probably not gonna get the best version of them they can be. 645 00:32:26,152 --> 00:32:28,363 So I try to make it fun for them. 646 00:32:28,446 --> 00:32:31,741 All right, here we go. Corrections from today. Okay… 647 00:32:31,824 --> 00:32:34,661 It used to be, when I played, "Yes, sir." "No, sir." 648 00:32:34,744 --> 00:32:36,621 You just did what coach said. 649 00:32:36,704 --> 00:32:40,959 Now they're just a lot more inquisitive and a lot more sensitive. 650 00:32:41,042 --> 00:32:44,337 Y'all see that? All right, it's third-and-one… 651 00:32:44,420 --> 00:32:46,422 [suspenseful music playing] 652 00:32:50,093 --> 00:32:51,177 [players] Morning. 653 00:32:51,260 --> 00:32:52,929 All right, so it's 9:15. 654 00:32:53,012 --> 00:32:57,058 At this time tomorrow, we'll already be at the stadium. 655 00:32:57,141 --> 00:32:58,977 I've learned a long time ago, 656 00:32:59,060 --> 00:33:02,397 in these big games, players have to make plays. 657 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:04,232 What I love about this game, 658 00:33:04,315 --> 00:33:06,818 and what keeps me going in this game, 659 00:33:06,901 --> 00:33:13,783 is watching you guys play the game with incredible love and passion, 660 00:33:13,866 --> 00:33:16,244 and I haven't seen that yet. 661 00:33:16,327 --> 00:33:18,454 And I think that's my fault. 662 00:33:18,538 --> 00:33:20,540 But if it is, you've got my permission. 663 00:33:20,623 --> 00:33:23,001 I want to go see you enjoy this. 664 00:33:23,084 --> 00:33:28,381 I need to see the joy of winning and the joy of playing this game. 665 00:33:29,382 --> 00:33:30,591 That's what we need. 666 00:33:31,175 --> 00:33:32,468 Let's go to work. 667 00:33:37,849 --> 00:33:39,851 [players chattering indistinctly] 668 00:33:40,893 --> 00:33:44,105 [man] Keep doing what you're doing. Keep doing what you're doing. 669 00:33:44,188 --> 00:33:46,858 It's our time now. It's Gamecocks' time. 670 00:33:46,941 --> 00:33:49,944 Everybody else had their time. It's Gamecocks' time now. 671 00:33:50,028 --> 00:33:53,531 So let's go do this thing, right? Yes, sir, let's go do this thing. 672 00:33:53,614 --> 00:33:54,824 Let's go do this thing. 673 00:33:54,907 --> 00:33:57,160 I wanna give you everything I can 674 00:33:57,243 --> 00:33:58,828 so that you can know 675 00:33:58,911 --> 00:34:04,167 that your encounter with D-Mo was something you'll never forget. 676 00:34:04,834 --> 00:34:05,668 Here we go. 677 00:34:05,752 --> 00:34:08,880 Let's go, let's go! Get where you're going! Let's go! 678 00:34:08,963 --> 00:34:10,506 Compete! Compete! 679 00:34:10,590 --> 00:34:14,218 Derrick Moore, I'm affectionately known around these parts as D-Mo. 680 00:34:14,302 --> 00:34:16,095 We gotta go! We gotta go! 681 00:34:16,179 --> 00:34:19,724 Don't walk. Get where you're going! Get where you're going! 682 00:34:19,807 --> 00:34:21,851 Yeah, yeah! 683 00:34:21,934 --> 00:34:24,187 What an opportunity for us, huh? 684 00:34:24,270 --> 00:34:27,065 I serve as a team builder for Coach Beamer 685 00:34:27,148 --> 00:34:30,234 and support his vision for South Carolina football. 686 00:34:30,318 --> 00:34:33,654 -Debo. Tone setter. It's coming, ain't it? -You know it. 687 00:34:33,738 --> 00:34:37,075 -We're on that shit Saturday. -You gonna be on it. 688 00:34:37,158 --> 00:34:39,077 There's no such thing as nine to five around here. 689 00:34:39,160 --> 00:34:42,205 I mean, you can forget that. I'm working at two in the morning. 690 00:34:43,081 --> 00:34:45,583 I call Coach Beamer at one o'clock in the morning, 691 00:34:45,666 --> 00:34:47,376 text, "Coach, I gotta tell you something." 692 00:34:47,460 --> 00:34:48,503 Yeah! 693 00:34:48,586 --> 00:34:52,381 I jokingly tell our guys my phone's right next to my bed. 694 00:34:52,465 --> 00:34:54,842 My wife's on one side, my phone's on the other. 695 00:34:54,926 --> 00:34:57,720 So I hug my phone more than I hug my wife. 696 00:34:57,804 --> 00:35:00,056 [laughing] 697 00:35:00,139 --> 00:35:01,140 [air horn blasts] 698 00:35:01,224 --> 00:35:04,519 [Shane] Offense, defense! Let's go, guys! 699 00:35:04,602 --> 00:35:07,355 [tense music playing] 700 00:35:07,438 --> 00:35:11,734 [Shane] To beat a team like an LSU, that has the tradition that they have, 701 00:35:12,819 --> 00:35:15,905 and to be three-and-oh, that opens up a lot of doors. 702 00:35:15,988 --> 00:35:19,909 You're gonna be nationally ranked, and a lot of eyes are gonna be on you. 703 00:35:21,452 --> 00:35:22,370 If we're doing that, 704 00:35:22,453 --> 00:35:25,248 that means we've elevated this program from where it is now, 705 00:35:25,331 --> 00:35:28,543 just like my dad did at Virginia Tech. 706 00:35:29,127 --> 00:35:30,628 -Here we go. -[whistle blows] 707 00:35:31,587 --> 00:35:34,215 Good, good, good, good! 708 00:35:34,298 --> 00:35:36,634 -Good, good, good, good! -[whistle blows] 709 00:35:36,717 --> 00:35:38,344 But, you know, easier said than done 710 00:35:38,427 --> 00:35:42,098 against, you know, one of the storied programs in the SEC in LSU. 711 00:35:42,765 --> 00:35:45,810 We started something last week in Kentucky. 712 00:35:45,893 --> 00:35:47,311 There are some skeptics. 713 00:35:47,395 --> 00:35:50,815 Can South Carolina do it again? Was that just a one-time thing? 714 00:35:51,399 --> 00:35:54,026 There's more energy and buzz already in town. 715 00:35:54,110 --> 00:35:56,737 It has been all week. It's gonna continue to increase. 716 00:35:57,238 --> 00:35:59,657 So be who we say we are. That's who we are. 717 00:35:59,740 --> 00:36:02,034 [player] "Family" on three! One, two, three! 718 00:36:02,118 --> 00:36:03,244 [team] Family! 719 00:36:07,415 --> 00:36:09,584 [exciting music playing] 720 00:36:12,461 --> 00:36:13,671 [excited chattering] 721 00:36:15,256 --> 00:36:19,594 [commentator 1] The national eyes are on Williams-Brice Stadium today 722 00:36:19,677 --> 00:36:24,765 where your South Carolina Gamecocks entertain the number 16-ranked LSU Tigers. 723 00:36:29,020 --> 00:36:33,399 I would never sit there and second-guess what's happening out there on the field. 724 00:36:33,482 --> 00:36:36,611 I've already figured out Shane's way ahead of me. 725 00:36:36,694 --> 00:36:38,821 Shane's really good at what he does. 726 00:36:38,905 --> 00:36:40,406 They're gonna be playing hard. 727 00:36:40,489 --> 00:36:42,658 They're gonna be giving it their best shot. 728 00:36:42,742 --> 00:36:44,785 In this conference, it's a battle. 729 00:36:45,620 --> 00:36:47,079 [Shane] Gonna be a heavyweight fight. 730 00:36:47,163 --> 00:36:49,916 They got a good football team. We got a great football team. 731 00:36:50,499 --> 00:36:53,169 You practiced your ass off. We got better this week in practice. 732 00:36:53,252 --> 00:36:55,046 Now it's the fun part, go cut the thing loose. 733 00:36:55,129 --> 00:36:57,048 [crowd cheering] 734 00:36:57,131 --> 00:36:59,800 [Shane] Being the head football coach at a place like South Carolina, 735 00:36:59,884 --> 00:37:01,052 in a college town, 736 00:37:01,636 --> 00:37:04,722 there's a lot of great things about it, but there's a lot of negatives about it. 737 00:37:05,514 --> 00:37:07,934 Win one week, and everybody loves you. 738 00:37:08,017 --> 00:37:10,519 You lose, the next week everybody wants to run you out of town. 739 00:37:12,521 --> 00:37:14,398 [crowd shouting] 740 00:37:23,866 --> 00:37:27,036 [reporter] South Carolina smoked Kentucky. They crushed them. 741 00:37:27,119 --> 00:37:29,247 Then College GameDay's like, "We're coming to Columbia." 742 00:37:29,330 --> 00:37:32,124 And so now, you've got a team that's coming off a big win, 743 00:37:32,208 --> 00:37:34,835 that's got College GameDay there for the first time in ten years. 744 00:37:34,919 --> 00:37:38,339 It's going to be a madhouse in there early. 745 00:37:38,422 --> 00:37:40,007 [crowd cheering and applauding] 746 00:37:45,554 --> 00:37:48,099 [Brian] I think what's hard to understand 747 00:37:48,182 --> 00:37:52,228 is the incredible commitment from the fan bases. 748 00:37:52,311 --> 00:37:53,646 They're such small towns. 749 00:37:54,647 --> 00:37:56,232 Maybe there's 30,000, 750 00:37:56,315 --> 00:37:58,901 but then, all of a sudden, you pull up to the stadium, 751 00:37:58,985 --> 00:38:01,320 and there's like 85,000-90,000 people. 752 00:38:01,404 --> 00:38:04,198 -[crowd cheering] -[intense music playing] 753 00:38:07,868 --> 00:38:11,956 That coach last week said that his team, for the first time in his career, 754 00:38:12,039 --> 00:38:13,165 tapped out. 755 00:38:14,417 --> 00:38:17,128 I want that coach to walk in this press conference after the game 756 00:38:17,211 --> 00:38:19,130 and talk about for the first time in his career, 757 00:38:19,213 --> 00:38:20,298 his goddang team tapped out. 758 00:38:20,381 --> 00:38:22,049 Go be who we say we are. 759 00:38:22,133 --> 00:38:24,635 Everybody is in the game today. 760 00:38:24,719 --> 00:38:29,307 You are in the game. I wanna see that sideline electric today. 761 00:38:31,475 --> 00:38:34,729 [Alyssa] LSU's defense gotta get some confidence back 762 00:38:34,812 --> 00:38:36,564 against a new South Carolina offense 763 00:38:36,647 --> 00:38:39,900 that's shown some spark with LaNorris Sellers. 764 00:38:41,027 --> 00:38:42,570 Already having a loss under your belt, 765 00:38:42,653 --> 00:38:46,240 any misstep means that the room for error gets smaller and smaller 766 00:38:46,324 --> 00:38:48,743 to bring home that national championship. 767 00:38:48,826 --> 00:38:51,704 [commentator 1] All right, we're ready to get this one started. 768 00:38:51,787 --> 00:38:55,166 The white towels are spinning and flying. 769 00:38:57,793 --> 00:39:00,171 Boot meets ball, and we've got football. 770 00:39:00,254 --> 00:39:01,630 [crowd cheering wildly] 771 00:39:02,214 --> 00:39:04,342 [commentator 1] Kicking out of the back of the end zone, 772 00:39:04,425 --> 00:39:06,302 and the Gamecocks will start, first down and ten. 773 00:39:06,385 --> 00:39:08,846 [Brian] Bring that defense in! Bring the defense in! 774 00:39:08,929 --> 00:39:11,307 [commentator 2] For Sellers, it's only his third career start. 775 00:39:11,390 --> 00:39:13,642 He's gonna be learning as we're watching him here, 776 00:39:13,726 --> 00:39:15,978 facing a blitz-happy defensive coordinator. 777 00:39:18,314 --> 00:39:19,774 [players grunting] 778 00:39:23,235 --> 00:39:24,403 [Shane] There we go. 779 00:39:24,487 --> 00:39:26,197 [Brian] All right, let's get going. 780 00:39:29,575 --> 00:39:30,868 Come on! 781 00:39:30,951 --> 00:39:32,953 [players grunting] 782 00:39:33,746 --> 00:39:35,581 [commentator 1] Whit Weeks able to trip him up, 783 00:39:35,664 --> 00:39:39,627 but Sellers uses that 6'2" frame to stretch it out. 784 00:39:40,628 --> 00:39:43,589 What a job by the young quarterback. 785 00:39:43,672 --> 00:39:46,675 This offensive line had an incredible opening drive. 786 00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:49,053 [Brian] Oh my God. 787 00:39:49,136 --> 00:39:52,098 It's good by you, Whit. You got your near knee down, you're good. 788 00:39:52,181 --> 00:39:54,016 -Now what? Run your feet. -Run your feet. Yeah. 789 00:39:54,100 --> 00:39:56,102 [Blake] It's a good form tackle. Run your feet. 790 00:39:57,061 --> 00:39:59,063 [commentator 1] Defense for Carolina lined up. 791 00:40:02,817 --> 00:40:04,819 [suspenseful music playing] 792 00:40:06,612 --> 00:40:09,240 [commentator 3] Debo Williams with the tackle. 793 00:40:11,117 --> 00:40:13,994 Hey, good fucking start, man. Keep playing ball. 794 00:40:16,330 --> 00:40:19,291 [commentator 3] Gamecocks block it at the 30-yard line! 795 00:40:19,375 --> 00:40:21,127 And Carolina's got the football. 796 00:40:21,752 --> 00:40:23,838 First and goal at the ten. 797 00:40:29,468 --> 00:40:31,345 Touchdown, Carolina! 798 00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:33,055 [crowd cheering] 799 00:40:36,142 --> 00:40:39,562 [Whit] We had a good week of practice. We came in this game prepared. 800 00:40:39,645 --> 00:40:42,106 So we're like, how the heck did this just happen? 801 00:40:44,024 --> 00:40:46,235 [Brian] Listen, nothing's been done yet. 802 00:40:46,318 --> 00:40:49,321 We've got to score and hold them on defense. 803 00:40:49,405 --> 00:40:51,240 [commentator 1] At the snap, give to Durham. 804 00:40:51,323 --> 00:40:53,325 [suspenseful music continues] 805 00:40:58,038 --> 00:41:00,499 [commentator 1] Touchdown, Fighting Tigers! 806 00:41:00,583 --> 00:41:02,001 LSU's on the board. 807 00:41:02,084 --> 00:41:04,295 [Brian] We were able to make a couple of big plays. 808 00:41:08,174 --> 00:41:09,550 [commentator 4] Ball's out! 809 00:41:10,092 --> 00:41:11,719 [commentator 2] Good call by Blake Baker. 810 00:41:12,303 --> 00:41:14,138 [Brian] We were able to cut into the lead. 811 00:41:14,221 --> 00:41:15,306 [commentator 1] Touchdown! 812 00:41:16,098 --> 00:41:18,476 [Brian] But we were still a click behind them. 813 00:41:23,564 --> 00:41:26,525 [commentator 3] LaNorris out of the gun. Gonna run it straight up the middle. 814 00:41:26,609 --> 00:41:28,360 It's LaNorris! Wide open at the 50! 815 00:41:28,944 --> 00:41:30,988 Gonna try to outrun him at the 35! 816 00:41:31,655 --> 00:41:33,365 They can't get him at the 15! 817 00:41:33,449 --> 00:41:35,075 Ten, five… 818 00:41:35,159 --> 00:41:37,369 Touchdown, LaNorris Sellers! 819 00:41:37,453 --> 00:41:40,206 Seventy-five yards! 820 00:41:40,289 --> 00:41:43,334 [crowd cheering] 821 00:41:47,213 --> 00:41:49,215 [dramatic music playing] 822 00:41:51,717 --> 00:41:54,970 [Whit] Hey! This is our fucking game! We got this shit! 823 00:41:55,054 --> 00:41:56,347 Let's go! 824 00:41:57,431 --> 00:41:59,808 We needed something to happen. 825 00:41:59,892 --> 00:42:03,604 There's no way we're losing this. We're still right in this game. 826 00:42:03,687 --> 00:42:05,689 [crowd shouting] 827 00:42:09,944 --> 00:42:12,029 [commentator 3] Sellers in some trouble. 828 00:42:12,112 --> 00:42:14,114 -[whistle blowing] -[crowd exclaiming] 829 00:42:17,618 --> 00:42:19,787 [player] The one thing you can't do! 830 00:42:20,663 --> 00:42:23,999 [commentator 1] Sellers a little slow. He's hunched over. 831 00:42:28,671 --> 00:42:32,299 [commentator 4] His shoe is off, and he's limping, and that's a concern. 832 00:42:33,759 --> 00:42:37,221 And that is a plot twist that the Gamecock fans did not wanna see. 833 00:42:41,392 --> 00:42:43,477 [Blake] It's a 60-minute ball game. 834 00:42:44,645 --> 00:42:47,022 I promise you this, you do your job, they won't score. 835 00:42:47,106 --> 00:42:50,776 And let this be one of the great comeback victories for LSU. 836 00:42:51,360 --> 00:42:52,611 [player] Let's win! 837 00:42:54,405 --> 00:42:58,075 [commentator 3] If you're just joining us, LaNorris Sellers went out of the game, 838 00:42:58,158 --> 00:43:01,412 injured an ankle at the end of the first half. 839 00:43:01,495 --> 00:43:03,914 [LaNorris] I think I stepped up, then he grabbed me, 840 00:43:03,998 --> 00:43:07,418 and kind of caught my ankle on him, and I just sprained it. 841 00:43:08,210 --> 00:43:09,128 I heard it pop. 842 00:43:09,712 --> 00:43:13,424 Once I couldn't put pressure on my ankle, I just knew something was wrong. 843 00:43:14,300 --> 00:43:17,011 [commentator 3] It's been Ashford so far there afterwards. 844 00:43:17,094 --> 00:43:20,389 You can seek a down if they screw that up and then work back over here. 845 00:43:20,472 --> 00:43:23,350 [commentator 5] The game flow went back and forth a little bit. 846 00:43:23,434 --> 00:43:24,893 LSU did fight back. 847 00:43:24,977 --> 00:43:27,313 We're getting stronger! We're getting stronger! 848 00:43:27,396 --> 00:43:29,315 You can see it! You can see it! 849 00:43:29,398 --> 00:43:31,275 [commentator 4] Now it comes down to this. 850 00:43:31,358 --> 00:43:34,570 LSU, two yards away from taking the lead. 851 00:43:34,653 --> 00:43:36,822 Man, win this fucking game right now! 852 00:43:36,905 --> 00:43:38,907 [suspenseful music playing] 853 00:43:47,750 --> 00:43:49,918 [commentator 1] Williams into the end zone! 854 00:43:50,002 --> 00:43:51,170 [man] Touchdown! 855 00:43:51,837 --> 00:43:56,342 [commentator 1] Put a Tiger six on it! Touchdown, Fighting Tigers of LSU! 856 00:43:57,801 --> 00:44:01,180 It's okay, baby. We're good to go. That's all they're gonna get! 857 00:44:01,263 --> 00:44:02,556 All they're gonna get, Tonka! 858 00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:05,059 [commentator 1] So now it's up to the Tiger defense. 859 00:44:05,142 --> 00:44:06,935 [coach] All of a sudden, they're in panic mode. 860 00:44:07,019 --> 00:44:10,356 So don't flinch, right? And the big piece is don't fuck it up. 861 00:44:10,439 --> 00:44:14,276 [commentator 1] Carolina again relying on the backup, quarterback Robby Ashford. 862 00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:15,736 [commentator 5] Need three points. 863 00:44:15,819 --> 00:44:19,156 You gotta get to at least the 35-yard line to have a shot. 864 00:44:19,239 --> 00:44:21,533 [tense music playing] 865 00:44:31,460 --> 00:44:33,504 [commentator 1] Catch made at the 43-yard line. 866 00:44:33,587 --> 00:44:37,758 Now across midfield, and making his way to LSU's 41. 867 00:44:39,468 --> 00:44:42,137 [commentator 4] Play clock, final 30 seconds to go. 868 00:44:43,097 --> 00:44:45,140 [commentator 3] On the blitz, he'll run up the middle. 869 00:44:45,224 --> 00:44:48,060 -[Shane] Let's go! -[commentator 3] Inside the 35-yard line. 870 00:44:49,186 --> 00:44:51,522 [commentator 4] Whit Weeks in on the stop. 871 00:44:52,314 --> 00:44:53,607 [Whit] Let's go! 872 00:44:54,108 --> 00:44:57,361 [commentator 3] Now Shane Beamer is gonna kick the field goal from here. 873 00:44:58,237 --> 00:45:01,240 Trying to tie this ball game up, 874 00:45:01,323 --> 00:45:03,200 to send it to overtime. 875 00:45:05,577 --> 00:45:07,162 Five seconds remaining. 876 00:45:07,663 --> 00:45:08,914 [tense music playing] 877 00:45:20,718 --> 00:45:21,552 [music stops] 878 00:45:22,177 --> 00:45:23,512 [commentator 4] Drives it… 879 00:45:23,595 --> 00:45:25,055 [silence] 880 00:45:29,601 --> 00:45:33,021 -[dramatic music playing] -[commentator 4] And just misses it! 881 00:45:33,105 --> 00:45:36,150 And LSU survives 882 00:45:36,734 --> 00:45:40,237 for a huge comeback victory on the road, 883 00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:43,490 and breaks South Carolina hearts. 884 00:45:45,743 --> 00:45:46,994 Hey, that was good. 885 00:45:47,077 --> 00:45:49,329 -So much respect for the fight of y'all. -You too, man. 886 00:45:49,413 --> 00:45:51,498 -Yeah, good luck to you. -Good luck. 887 00:45:51,582 --> 00:45:53,584 [crowd cheering] 888 00:45:58,714 --> 00:46:00,549 [team chanting] LSU! LSU! 889 00:46:00,632 --> 00:46:02,384 LSU! LSU! 890 00:46:02,468 --> 00:46:05,012 LSU! LSU! LSU! 891 00:46:05,095 --> 00:46:07,473 I love the way you guys keep playing. 892 00:46:07,556 --> 00:46:10,058 [team cheering] 893 00:46:10,976 --> 00:46:12,394 [Brian] Great college football game. 894 00:46:12,478 --> 00:46:16,064 So proud of the grit and-- and the perseverance. 895 00:46:16,148 --> 00:46:19,777 [team chanting] LSU! LSU! LSU! LSU! LSU! 896 00:46:19,860 --> 00:46:23,489 [melancholy music playing softly] 897 00:46:32,164 --> 00:46:37,503 In the SEC, it is way too damn hard to just give people stuff. 898 00:46:38,504 --> 00:46:39,338 And give them credit. 899 00:46:39,421 --> 00:46:41,924 They went down 17-nothing on the road and came back, fought back. 900 00:46:42,007 --> 00:46:44,760 Give them credit, man, all right? Much respect for them. 901 00:46:44,843 --> 00:46:46,512 But we let their ass off the hook. 902 00:46:46,595 --> 00:46:48,847 I love you. You did awesome. Proud of you. 903 00:46:48,931 --> 00:46:50,307 [Shane] If we can learn from this, 904 00:46:50,390 --> 00:46:54,645 and understand what a thin line it is between winning and losing, 905 00:46:54,728 --> 00:46:56,188 and come right back to work tomorrow, 906 00:46:56,271 --> 00:46:59,066 every goal that we have is still in front of us. 907 00:46:59,149 --> 00:47:02,945 Every single thing that we came into this season saying that we wanted to do, 908 00:47:03,028 --> 00:47:05,447 everything is still in front of us. 909 00:47:07,157 --> 00:47:10,828 It's a team at LSU that's really talented, and we just went toe-to-toe with them. 910 00:47:10,911 --> 00:47:12,037 It's a great reminder 911 00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:15,582 that it's a very thin line between winning and losing. 912 00:47:16,083 --> 00:47:18,919 A key for us is gonna be, do we take another step as a program, 913 00:47:19,002 --> 00:47:20,254 another step as a team? 914 00:47:20,337 --> 00:47:22,714 -Let's get a break. -[player] Get in here tight. 915 00:47:22,798 --> 00:47:25,384 -"Family" on three. One, two, three. -[team] Family! 916 00:47:30,389 --> 00:47:31,598 [dramatic music playing] 917 00:47:31,682 --> 00:47:35,978 [man 1] In the SEC, we set an expectation to be national champions. 918 00:47:36,687 --> 00:47:39,314 [man 2] Millions of people watch your game every week, 919 00:47:40,065 --> 00:47:41,984 depending on you to make a play. 920 00:47:42,067 --> 00:47:43,902 [commentator 1] That's gonna be a touchdown! 921 00:47:43,986 --> 00:47:45,863 -"Game ball" on two. One, two. -[team] Game ball! 922 00:47:45,946 --> 00:47:48,574 It's kind of like going to war. I wanna be in the front. 923 00:47:48,657 --> 00:47:50,492 Let's go kick their ass. 924 00:47:50,576 --> 00:47:52,411 [crowd cheering] 925 00:47:53,495 --> 00:47:55,664 [man 3] This game was always gonna mean something. 926 00:47:55,747 --> 00:47:56,707 Now it means everything. 927 00:47:56,790 --> 00:47:58,500 [Andy] If you don't win a national title… 928 00:47:58,584 --> 00:48:00,127 [commentator 2] Deflected. Intercepted! 929 00:48:00,210 --> 00:48:01,044 [Andy] …you failed. 930 00:48:01,128 --> 00:48:02,629 [man 4] This season, it's been hard. 931 00:48:02,713 --> 00:48:03,714 Who are we gonna be? 932 00:48:03,797 --> 00:48:07,759 But what happened yesterday doesn't dictate what happens tomorrow. 933 00:48:08,552 --> 00:48:10,762 [sports reporter] If Garrett Nussmeier leaves LSU, 934 00:48:10,846 --> 00:48:13,640 this football program will be in some trouble. 935 00:48:13,724 --> 00:48:15,642 What you thinking for next year? 936 00:48:15,726 --> 00:48:18,103 [man 5] My dream's always been to play in the NFL. 937 00:48:18,186 --> 00:48:22,357 "Win games or your you-know-what is done for." 938 00:48:22,441 --> 00:48:25,235 [commentator 3] Sellers, gonna roll, throw the back of the end zone. 939 00:48:25,319 --> 00:48:26,570 He overthrows. 940 00:48:26,653 --> 00:48:29,823 [woman] I do not really leave the house after a loss. 941 00:48:29,907 --> 00:48:31,617 I feel like the town is mad at me. 942 00:48:31,700 --> 00:48:32,868 [Shane] Get lined up! 943 00:48:32,951 --> 00:48:35,621 You tell me I can't do it, I'll do it right in front of your face. 944 00:48:35,704 --> 00:48:38,957 [man 6] I came here to be the savior of this program. 945 00:48:40,459 --> 00:48:43,754 [Harry] This matchup makes David and Goliath look like a fair fight. 946 00:48:43,837 --> 00:48:46,089 -[Alyssa] Fan bases… -[commentator 4] Arkansas wins! 947 00:48:46,173 --> 00:48:48,884 [Alyssa] …want success, and they want it now. 948 00:48:48,967 --> 00:48:51,970 -[reporter] You beat the number one team! -Look at this. 949 00:48:52,054 --> 00:48:53,513 [Andy] Any given Saturday… 950 00:48:53,597 --> 00:48:55,390 [commentator 5] Pick-six in The Swamp! 951 00:48:55,474 --> 00:48:57,351 [Andy] …could change everything. 952 00:48:57,434 --> 00:49:01,063 [Paul] There was a lot of anger, a lot of people furious with Napier. 953 00:49:01,146 --> 00:49:02,189 [fan] You suck, Billy! 954 00:49:02,272 --> 00:49:05,025 It's critical that we stick together. 955 00:49:05,609 --> 00:49:07,694 [interviewer] How do you not take that personally? 956 00:49:10,072 --> 00:49:11,990 [upbeat rhythmic music playing] 956 00:49:12,305 --> 00:50:12,922 Watch Online Movies and Series for FREE www.osdb.link/lm