"SEC Football: Any Given Saturday" Bragging Rights

1 00:00:09,634 --> 00:00:11,177 [intriguing music playing] 2 00:00:13,972 --> 00:00:16,057 [Andy Staples] Traditionally, in college football, 3 00:00:16,683 --> 00:00:20,145 the last game of the season is against your most hated rival. 4 00:00:20,687 --> 00:00:22,022 If you win this one, 5 00:00:22,105 --> 00:00:24,190 the next nine months become so much better. 6 00:00:24,274 --> 00:00:25,108 So much better. 7 00:00:25,191 --> 00:00:28,111 It is a game of doing, but we're gonna be ready to go do it. 8 00:00:28,194 --> 00:00:31,281 [Harry Lyles Jr.] This is the one day on everybody's calendar 9 00:00:31,364 --> 00:00:32,991 that is the same in Mississippi. 10 00:00:33,074 --> 00:00:34,200 It is the Egg Bowl. 11 00:00:34,284 --> 00:00:36,286 -[cowbells ringing] -Hail State, baby, let's go! 12 00:00:36,369 --> 00:00:39,414 [crowd] ♪ Hotty Toddy Gosh almighty, who the hell are we? ♪ 13 00:00:40,248 --> 00:00:44,127 [Harry] It's the slugfest that happens between Ole Miss and Mississippi State. 14 00:00:44,210 --> 00:00:47,213 [commentator 1] The cool is lost. Everybody charging out onto the field. 15 00:00:48,298 --> 00:00:50,967 [Michael Bratton] Starkville and Oxford may be in the same state, 16 00:00:51,051 --> 00:00:52,886 but they may as well be on different planets. 17 00:00:52,969 --> 00:00:55,263 One is white-collar, one is blue-collar. 18 00:00:55,346 --> 00:00:58,349 One is farmland, one is hotty toddy. 19 00:00:59,017 --> 00:01:01,019 The bad blood goes back generations. 20 00:01:01,603 --> 00:01:03,855 [Andy] Plenty of bad blood in the Lone Star State too. 21 00:01:05,148 --> 00:01:06,983 Texas versus Texas A&M. 22 00:01:07,067 --> 00:01:10,612 Aggies call Texas grads T-Sips, 23 00:01:10,695 --> 00:01:14,115 because they're the type of people that would sip tea with their pinky up. 24 00:01:14,199 --> 00:01:15,867 -[fan] Come on! -Gig' em! 25 00:01:15,950 --> 00:01:17,494 They probably call us fucking rednecks. 26 00:01:17,577 --> 00:01:18,745 Gig 'em, baby! 27 00:01:19,746 --> 00:01:23,166 [Andy] This year is the biggest game in the history of this rivalry. 28 00:01:23,249 --> 00:01:25,877 The winner of this game goes to the SEC Championship. 29 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:28,421 If you win the SEC, you're gonna make the playoff. 30 00:01:28,505 --> 00:01:30,381 You can't ask for more in terms of stakes. 31 00:01:30,465 --> 00:01:31,549 [crowd cheering] 32 00:01:31,633 --> 00:01:35,053 [man 1] This is the showdown between the two biggest teams in Texas, 33 00:01:35,136 --> 00:01:36,513 for all the bragging rights. 34 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:44,074 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org 35 00:01:45,230 --> 00:01:47,857 [upbeat guitar music playing] 36 00:01:59,119 --> 00:02:00,495 [football pounds] 37 00:02:04,958 --> 00:02:07,836 [man 2] What's the rule about throwing a ball in the house? 38 00:02:07,919 --> 00:02:09,796 -Don't knock anything off. -[girl] No. 39 00:02:09,879 --> 00:02:10,713 Is that the rule? 40 00:02:10,797 --> 00:02:13,967 Knock something, you won't get in trouble 'cause you hit it with a ball. 41 00:02:14,050 --> 00:02:16,010 -[man 2] 'Cause you hit it with a ball. -Correct. 42 00:02:16,094 --> 00:02:17,554 [boy] Okay, I'll hit something now. 43 00:02:17,637 --> 00:02:19,973 Exactly, I thought you might say that. 44 00:02:20,056 --> 00:02:21,808 -I don't think so. -[mom] Let's not try to. 45 00:02:23,852 --> 00:02:26,604 You've broken two light bulbs in your room lately. 46 00:02:26,688 --> 00:02:29,357 [man 2] Yeah, and you shattered something last night in the office. 47 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:30,859 [family laughing] 48 00:02:30,942 --> 00:02:33,945 [man 2] I don't know if I have a true first football memory. 49 00:02:34,028 --> 00:02:37,115 I was at football games as I was six, seven, eight months old, 50 00:02:37,198 --> 00:02:38,741 and so I grew up in it. 51 00:02:39,325 --> 00:02:42,120 Knew that I wanted to do this all my life. 52 00:02:42,203 --> 00:02:44,372 Jeff Lebby. Head football coach, Mississippi State. 53 00:02:44,455 --> 00:02:46,249 Read this out for Dad to read. 54 00:02:46,833 --> 00:02:48,418 -I'm not gonna read it out loud. -Yes. 55 00:02:48,501 --> 00:02:51,129 She wrote a paper on being at the football stadium. 56 00:02:52,130 --> 00:02:53,298 [Jeff] Ugh! 57 00:02:53,381 --> 00:02:54,799 Bad ball. 58 00:02:55,633 --> 00:02:59,888 So many different things have gone on to create my opportunity here. 59 00:03:01,097 --> 00:03:03,766 I was the offensive coordinator for five different schools, 60 00:03:03,850 --> 00:03:08,438 and, for me, it created this great vision of what I wanted to accomplish. 61 00:03:08,938 --> 00:03:11,733 I want to build a program to change people's lives. 62 00:03:11,816 --> 00:03:13,401 You wrote this by yourself? 63 00:03:13,484 --> 00:03:14,611 [girl] Yes, sir. 64 00:03:14,694 --> 00:03:16,738 [Jeff] This is the best writing you've done all year. 65 00:03:16,821 --> 00:03:19,032 -Did you read it? -[Jeff] Not yet. Not all the way. 66 00:03:19,574 --> 00:03:20,575 He can't read. 67 00:03:21,159 --> 00:03:24,996 The greatest calling of coaching is taking young people places they can't themselves. 68 00:03:25,079 --> 00:03:28,541 "Cowgirl boots making a clicking sound every time I step." 69 00:03:28,625 --> 00:03:30,335 "This place will be stuck in my heart 70 00:03:30,418 --> 00:03:33,338 because I get to see my dad achieve his dream." 71 00:03:33,421 --> 00:03:36,674 -I need a copy of that for my office. -Seriously. 72 00:03:37,467 --> 00:03:39,886 [birds chirping] 73 00:03:45,475 --> 00:03:47,769 Coach Bell, need tea? 74 00:03:48,269 --> 00:03:51,814 I feel like I got the greatest job in the world, but it takes a lot. 75 00:03:51,898 --> 00:03:53,066 Fun doesn't mean easy. 76 00:03:54,025 --> 00:03:55,235 Push, not pull. 77 00:03:55,985 --> 00:04:00,573 When I got here to Mississippi State, we were dealing with a ton of turnover. 78 00:04:01,157 --> 00:04:04,202 After having all these different coaches and coordinators, 79 00:04:04,285 --> 00:04:06,371 a lot of players went in the portal. 80 00:04:07,956 --> 00:04:11,751 We had zero starters on offense and zero starters on defense 81 00:04:11,834 --> 00:04:14,587 that had started a game at Mississippi State last year. 82 00:04:14,671 --> 00:04:16,214 [players shouting] 83 00:04:16,297 --> 00:04:18,091 [Andy] Jeff Lebby walked into a tough deal. 84 00:04:18,174 --> 00:04:20,802 They're basically starting over from scratch. 85 00:04:21,761 --> 00:04:22,971 So, Lebby comes in 86 00:04:23,054 --> 00:04:26,975 and immediately sets out to find the best players that he can get. 87 00:04:27,058 --> 00:04:30,061 Most of your players have not gotten to play in a lot of SEC games, 88 00:04:30,144 --> 00:04:32,313 or have not played in a single SEC game, 89 00:04:33,106 --> 00:04:36,234 but you gotta try. Gotta make it work with whoever you have. 90 00:04:36,317 --> 00:04:39,821 [Jeff] Hit it like you live. Let's go, let's go! 91 00:04:39,904 --> 00:04:40,989 [player 1] Rolling out. 92 00:04:41,990 --> 00:04:43,199 Ooh. Who was that to? 93 00:04:43,283 --> 00:04:45,952 That was to Justin. That was on the money. [laughs] 94 00:04:46,035 --> 00:04:48,329 [player 1] I grew up in South London. 95 00:04:48,413 --> 00:04:51,332 Back home, you don't see a lot of guys playing American football. 96 00:04:51,416 --> 00:04:52,583 Get some tea after this, bruv. 97 00:04:52,667 --> 00:04:54,752 But I just knew, with my work ethic, 98 00:04:54,836 --> 00:04:57,338 give me a shot, and let me show you why you brought me here. 99 00:04:57,422 --> 00:04:59,132 -What do you have, Ziko? -I got an out. 100 00:04:59,215 --> 00:05:00,717 [player 2] You got the flat. Let's go. 101 00:05:01,301 --> 00:05:02,260 [Jeff] Good. Firm feet. 102 00:05:02,343 --> 00:05:07,223 Ziko didn't grow up playing true football, but has this great skill set. 103 00:05:07,307 --> 00:05:08,891 He's extra competitive. 104 00:05:09,475 --> 00:05:12,520 We want him just to play fast every single snap. 105 00:05:12,603 --> 00:05:14,439 Hands, hands, hands, hands, hands! 106 00:05:14,522 --> 00:05:16,232 Flash! Flash! 107 00:05:16,316 --> 00:05:18,985 Stone is quarterback of the defense. 108 00:05:19,068 --> 00:05:22,989 His job is to create leadership and toughness on that side of the ball 109 00:05:23,072 --> 00:05:24,615 that we needed in a bad way. 110 00:05:24,699 --> 00:05:27,118 -[player 3] You've shit yourself before? -No, dude. 111 00:05:27,618 --> 00:05:31,539 I-- I hate the topic of-- of poop, and they call me Poopy 'cause of it. 112 00:05:31,622 --> 00:05:32,790 Zakari, down. 113 00:05:32,874 --> 00:05:35,126 -You need to grow up. You need to grow up. -[laughing] 114 00:05:35,209 --> 00:05:37,420 [players shouting, grunting] 115 00:05:37,503 --> 00:05:40,423 [Stone] My earliest memory of football would be going to the Egg Bowl 116 00:05:40,506 --> 00:05:42,216 with my brothers and cousins. 117 00:05:42,300 --> 00:05:45,553 I was a huge Mississippi State fan, so I always grew up hating Ole Miss. 118 00:05:45,636 --> 00:05:47,055 -Inside out. -[whistle blows] 119 00:05:47,138 --> 00:05:48,681 -[Stone yells] -[players chattering] 120 00:05:48,765 --> 00:05:51,142 [Stone] I'm so blessed to be able to play for the Bulldogs. 121 00:05:51,225 --> 00:05:52,518 Kinda my dream growing up. 122 00:05:52,602 --> 00:05:53,811 All in God's plan, so… 123 00:05:53,895 --> 00:05:55,855 Jog off. Offense up, offense up. 124 00:05:55,938 --> 00:05:57,106 Offense up. 125 00:05:59,275 --> 00:06:02,695 [player 4] One of my first football games, I was six years old. 126 00:06:02,779 --> 00:06:04,322 I actually was playing running back. 127 00:06:04,405 --> 00:06:06,199 [chuckles] The quarterback handed me the ball, 128 00:06:06,282 --> 00:06:08,493 I turned around and ran the opposite way. 129 00:06:08,576 --> 00:06:11,120 All the parents were like, "Hey, turn around!" 130 00:06:11,704 --> 00:06:15,416 And I ended up scoring a 99-yard touchdown running the opposite way. 131 00:06:15,500 --> 00:06:16,501 [Jeff] Attaway, 2. 132 00:06:16,584 --> 00:06:19,170 Thank you for taking the meeting room to the grass. 133 00:06:19,253 --> 00:06:21,756 Recruiting Blake was a priority for us. 134 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:24,384 Watch the guy play, he's got this incredible amount of toughness, 135 00:06:24,467 --> 00:06:26,135 and he can make every throw on the field. 136 00:06:26,719 --> 00:06:28,805 All week we've talked about energy and effort, 137 00:06:28,888 --> 00:06:30,932 two things we've got the ability to control. 138 00:06:31,015 --> 00:06:33,976 It is a game of doing, but we're gonna be ready to go do it. 139 00:06:34,060 --> 00:06:35,770 [player 5] "Downs" on three. One, two, three. 140 00:06:35,853 --> 00:06:37,105 [team] Downs! 141 00:06:38,856 --> 00:06:41,901 [intriguing string music playing] 142 00:06:44,779 --> 00:06:46,572 [man 3] Everything in sports has a sign. 143 00:06:46,656 --> 00:06:48,324 At Mississippi State, 144 00:06:48,408 --> 00:06:50,159 the cowbell is traditionally a football thing. 145 00:06:50,243 --> 00:06:51,994 [sparks crackling] 146 00:06:53,538 --> 00:06:55,373 [Andy] Nobody's really clear on the year, 147 00:06:55,456 --> 00:06:58,751 but the legend is that a cow walked onto the field 148 00:06:58,835 --> 00:07:00,711 when Mississippi State was playing Ole Miss. 149 00:07:00,795 --> 00:07:03,423 [old commentary] The Rebels of Ole Miss come roaring into Scott Field 150 00:07:03,506 --> 00:07:04,549 in Starkville, Mississippi. 151 00:07:04,632 --> 00:07:06,592 Mississippi State rallied to victory. 152 00:07:06,676 --> 00:07:08,678 After that, fans adopted the cowbell. 153 00:07:08,761 --> 00:07:09,595 [cowbells ringing] 154 00:07:09,679 --> 00:07:12,098 [podcaster] When we talk about a place like Starkville, 155 00:07:12,181 --> 00:07:14,684 I love to use the term "Cathedral of Chaos" 156 00:07:14,767 --> 00:07:17,770 for the most hostile environments of college football. 157 00:07:17,854 --> 00:07:20,231 -[fans screaming] -[cowbells ringing] 158 00:07:20,314 --> 00:07:22,942 [Andy] After football games, the Mississippi State fans 159 00:07:23,025 --> 00:07:25,403 have blisters from ringing the cowbell. 160 00:07:26,195 --> 00:07:27,905 That's college football right there. 161 00:07:27,989 --> 00:07:31,576 But it's been a minute since they've been truly good. 162 00:07:31,659 --> 00:07:34,036 [reporter 1] Mississippi State has hired Jeff Lebby. 163 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:37,415 [reporter 2] Three coaches in three years. This time it's Jeff Lebby. 164 00:07:37,498 --> 00:07:39,792 Thirty-nine years old. He was at Ole Miss before that. 165 00:07:39,876 --> 00:07:41,127 -Welcome. -Appreciate it. 166 00:07:41,210 --> 00:07:43,045 [reporter 2] Jeff Lebby? Is he the safest bet? 167 00:07:43,796 --> 00:07:46,382 Probably not. This thing could go horribly wrong. 168 00:07:46,966 --> 00:07:48,050 That is a risk you take 169 00:07:48,134 --> 00:07:50,344 whenever you hire someone who's never been a head coach. 170 00:07:50,428 --> 00:07:53,514 They needed a reset, and they expect big things. 171 00:07:55,266 --> 00:07:57,268 [reporter 3] Mississippi Bulldogs and Florida Gators. 172 00:07:57,351 --> 00:07:59,896 [commentator 1] Shapen's grabbing at his shoulder. 173 00:07:59,979 --> 00:08:01,939 Florida wins today here in Starkville. 174 00:08:02,482 --> 00:08:06,194 [commentator 2] Touchdown, Texas, DeAndre Moore! 175 00:08:06,277 --> 00:08:08,529 [commentator 3] Mississippi State will head to Starkville 176 00:08:08,613 --> 00:08:10,406 after falling here against Georgia. 177 00:08:10,490 --> 00:08:13,701 Nobody expects them to go to the playoffs, but let's be real. This is the SEC. 178 00:08:14,327 --> 00:08:16,412 Mississippi State fans still wanna win. 179 00:08:16,496 --> 00:08:18,915 They're still paying Jeff Lebby millions of dollars to coach. 180 00:08:18,998 --> 00:08:22,502 [commentator 4] Mississippi State drops to oh-and-four in conference play. 181 00:08:22,585 --> 00:08:24,879 [Harry] If you are Mississippi State, 182 00:08:24,962 --> 00:08:27,256 every Saturday, you're pushing a boulder up a hill 183 00:08:27,340 --> 00:08:28,716 that's not gonna end 184 00:08:28,799 --> 00:08:31,260 until the clock hits triple zero of that Egg Bowl. 185 00:08:31,344 --> 00:08:34,514 [commentator 5] Mississippi State, oh-and-seven in SEC play. 186 00:08:34,597 --> 00:08:36,974 [Jeff] There is such a fine line 187 00:08:37,058 --> 00:08:39,894 of being on the right side and the wrong side. 188 00:08:40,770 --> 00:08:43,022 I'm incredibly frustrated. 189 00:08:43,105 --> 00:08:45,775 I'm pissed off. I'm upset. I'm disappointed. 190 00:08:46,567 --> 00:08:48,611 The thing that frustrates me more than anything 191 00:08:48,694 --> 00:08:50,571 is that you're not getting to feel good. 192 00:08:50,655 --> 00:08:52,615 You're not getting to enjoy this shit. 193 00:08:52,698 --> 00:08:56,911 You're laying a foundation for something that's gonna be real damn special. 194 00:08:56,994 --> 00:08:59,455 But I hate the fact that you have to be in here, 195 00:08:59,539 --> 00:09:01,624 not in a happy-ass locker room. 196 00:09:03,251 --> 00:09:04,919 Who are we gonna be? 197 00:09:05,878 --> 00:09:10,216 What are we willing to do to have the ability to change the outcome? 198 00:09:10,299 --> 00:09:13,928 Everybody here, man, having great accountability. 199 00:09:14,011 --> 00:09:16,597 And it starts, without a doubt, with me. 200 00:09:18,140 --> 00:09:20,059 [Andy] So now, if you're Mississippi State, 201 00:09:20,142 --> 00:09:22,562 there's one game left on your schedule. 202 00:09:22,645 --> 00:09:26,148 The nastiest rivalry in college football, the Egg Bowl. 203 00:09:26,232 --> 00:09:27,650 But how do they handle it? 204 00:09:27,733 --> 00:09:28,943 Do they quit, 205 00:09:29,026 --> 00:09:33,114 or do they have the pride to come out and win this last regular season game? 206 00:09:33,197 --> 00:09:35,533 [birds chirping] 207 00:09:35,616 --> 00:09:39,495 [suspenseful music playing] 208 00:09:41,038 --> 00:09:43,249 [reporter 1] Mississippi State has nothing to lose. 209 00:09:43,332 --> 00:09:45,751 A very disappointing year one. 210 00:09:46,335 --> 00:09:49,255 [reporter 2] Mississippi State hasn't had an SEC win. 211 00:09:49,338 --> 00:09:53,050 [Andy] You know, oh-and-seven in the SEC, two-and-nine overall. 212 00:09:53,134 --> 00:09:55,261 [reporter 1] You beat Ole Miss to close out the year, 213 00:09:55,344 --> 00:09:57,179 a lot of sins can be forgiven. 214 00:10:03,185 --> 00:10:05,021 [Jeff] This season, it's been hard. 215 00:10:05,521 --> 00:10:07,565 Our outcomes have not been what we've wanted. 216 00:10:07,648 --> 00:10:11,694 But what happened yesterday doesn't dictate what happens tomorrow. 217 00:10:11,777 --> 00:10:14,196 It's always about what's next. 218 00:10:15,197 --> 00:10:17,950 As hard as it is, as disappointing as it is, 219 00:10:18,034 --> 00:10:19,660 as frustrating as it is, 220 00:10:20,161 --> 00:10:24,165 we have the ability to end the season the way we wanna end it. 221 00:10:24,248 --> 00:10:29,337 And for us, gonna be fighting like heck to bring the Egg Bowl back to Starkville. 222 00:10:34,842 --> 00:10:36,844 [birds chirping] 223 00:10:37,470 --> 00:10:40,389 [Texas A&M player chanting] ♪ Everywhere we go! ♪ 224 00:10:40,473 --> 00:10:43,309 [team] ♪ Everywhere we go! ♪ 225 00:10:43,392 --> 00:10:45,811 [player] ♪ People want to know! ♪ 226 00:10:46,395 --> 00:10:48,939 [team] ♪ People want to know! ♪ 227 00:10:49,023 --> 00:10:51,692 [player] ♪ Who the hell we are! ♪ 228 00:10:51,776 --> 00:10:54,528 [team] ♪ Who the hell we are! ♪ 229 00:10:54,612 --> 00:10:57,239 [man] College Station is a college town in itself. 230 00:10:58,032 --> 00:11:01,994 So you're kinda in your own little world, but one that has a ton of people 231 00:11:02,078 --> 00:11:03,746 that live, breathe, 232 00:11:03,829 --> 00:11:07,124 and truly embody everything that Texas A&M is about. 233 00:11:07,208 --> 00:11:10,920 [all chanting] No horns! No horns! 234 00:11:11,003 --> 00:11:13,714 [shouting] 235 00:11:14,215 --> 00:11:16,842 There are certain things that you won't see at other schools 236 00:11:16,926 --> 00:11:18,469 throughout the SEC or the country. 237 00:11:18,552 --> 00:11:21,389 -Seventeen! -[trainer] Down! 238 00:11:21,472 --> 00:11:22,515 Eighteen! 239 00:11:22,598 --> 00:11:25,601 From the Corps of Cadets to the Yell Leaders. 240 00:11:25,685 --> 00:11:26,894 [Andy] No female cheerleaders. 241 00:11:26,977 --> 00:11:30,690 They've got the Yell Leaders, these guys in painting coveralls. 242 00:11:30,773 --> 00:11:33,192 Their mascot is a collie named Reveille, 243 00:11:33,275 --> 00:11:37,238 who has her own dorm room and a statue in front of Kyle Field. 244 00:11:38,364 --> 00:11:41,784 They have their own hand signals. They essentially have their own language. 245 00:11:41,867 --> 00:11:42,910 [crowd yelling] Defense! 246 00:11:42,993 --> 00:11:45,079 [Andy] They have a lot traditions at Texas A&M, 247 00:11:45,162 --> 00:11:46,539 and they're fiercely proud of them. 248 00:11:46,622 --> 00:11:48,332 Everybody else thinks they're real strange. 249 00:11:48,416 --> 00:11:49,458 [upbeat music playing] 250 00:11:49,542 --> 00:11:53,421 [Andy] But when you see it in the context of that stadium… 251 00:11:53,504 --> 00:11:55,089 [crowd roaring] 252 00:11:55,172 --> 00:11:57,174 …you understand why they love it so much. 253 00:11:57,258 --> 00:11:59,218 [cadets leader] About… face! 254 00:12:01,137 --> 00:12:05,433 The A&M football budget is as deep as they want it to go. 255 00:12:07,184 --> 00:12:08,519 And in theory, 256 00:12:08,602 --> 00:12:11,021 they thought you could buy your way to the top, 257 00:12:11,105 --> 00:12:14,108 but it went pretty poorly for them. 258 00:12:14,692 --> 00:12:17,319 [reporter] Times are not good in College Station, Texas. 259 00:12:17,403 --> 00:12:21,240 [Andy] It is one of the most mystifying things in college football, 260 00:12:21,323 --> 00:12:24,452 why Texas A&M has not been better over the years. 261 00:12:24,535 --> 00:12:26,871 -[crowd shouting] -[whistle blows] 262 00:12:26,954 --> 00:12:29,874 Well, I call them Texas eight-and-four for a reason. 263 00:12:30,750 --> 00:12:34,295 A&M has always failed to live up to the potential, 264 00:12:34,378 --> 00:12:36,547 and that is why Mike Elko is being brought in here. 265 00:12:36,630 --> 00:12:40,843 So please welcome back your new head football coach, Mike Elko. 266 00:12:40,926 --> 00:12:43,429 -Howdy! -[crowd] Howdy! 267 00:12:43,512 --> 00:12:46,807 [Michael] When Mike Elko was previously here as the defensive coordinator, 268 00:12:46,891 --> 00:12:50,644 A&M had one of the best defenses in all the country. 269 00:12:51,479 --> 00:12:53,272 [thrilling music playing] 270 00:12:53,856 --> 00:12:56,442 [Andy] His defenses play with a pretty nasty mentality. 271 00:12:56,525 --> 00:12:59,653 [commentator 1] He's hit by Nic Scourton with another tackle for loss. 272 00:12:59,737 --> 00:13:02,907 [Andy] That, establishing the personality of the defense right off the bat, 273 00:13:02,990 --> 00:13:06,243 is one of the most important things Mike Elko does when he gets there. 274 00:13:06,327 --> 00:13:08,454 And the Aggies just went on a roll. 275 00:13:08,537 --> 00:13:11,582 -[crowd roaring] -[commentator 1] In the pocket, pressure. 276 00:13:11,665 --> 00:13:13,834 Avoids that. A push in the back. 277 00:13:13,918 --> 00:13:15,544 [commentator 2] That will go as a sack. 278 00:13:15,628 --> 00:13:18,255 [commentator 3] Intercepted! He threw it across the middle! 279 00:13:18,339 --> 00:13:19,298 Taurean York! 280 00:13:19,381 --> 00:13:23,511 All of a sudden, they're talking potential SEC Championship game appearance, 281 00:13:23,594 --> 00:13:26,514 they're talking maybe a playoff berth at Texas A&M. 282 00:13:26,597 --> 00:13:30,059 It sets up this huge clash at Kyle Field, 283 00:13:30,643 --> 00:13:32,019 last game of the season, 284 00:13:32,645 --> 00:13:37,024 against your bitter, bitter, rivals who you haven't played since 2011, 285 00:13:37,858 --> 00:13:39,360 the University of Texas. 286 00:13:39,944 --> 00:13:44,031 You're playing against your biggest rival for the first time in 12 years, 287 00:13:44,114 --> 00:13:46,450 you have to win to get into the college football playoff, 288 00:13:46,534 --> 00:13:48,911 and now all the pressure's on. 289 00:13:48,994 --> 00:13:52,498 This game was always gonna mean something, and now it means everything. 290 00:13:54,416 --> 00:13:59,630 [reporter] Over the past few games, Texas A&M's defense has been a letdown. 291 00:13:59,713 --> 00:14:03,217 They allowed 44 against South Carolina, 43 against Auburn. 292 00:14:03,300 --> 00:14:06,262 That was an overtime game, but still, it got to overtime 293 00:14:06,345 --> 00:14:09,640 because A&M's defense just not quite what it had been. 294 00:14:16,230 --> 00:14:17,648 [Mike] Straight lines! 295 00:14:17,731 --> 00:14:19,733 [players shouting indistinctly] 296 00:14:20,776 --> 00:14:23,737 -[whistle blows] -Hey, more vertical, not loopy. 297 00:14:23,821 --> 00:14:26,073 Don't be loopy. Vertical. 298 00:14:26,156 --> 00:14:27,408 Run that again! 299 00:14:27,992 --> 00:14:29,869 This rivalry being back 300 00:14:29,952 --> 00:14:33,539 is something that matters to everyone in this state. 301 00:14:33,622 --> 00:14:37,585 It's been asked about since I got hired probably 2,000 times, 302 00:14:37,668 --> 00:14:41,505 and I think with all of the stakes that this game has, 303 00:14:42,089 --> 00:14:45,217 couldn't have set up to be any bigger than it's going to be Saturday. 304 00:14:45,301 --> 00:14:46,427 Get set. Go! 305 00:14:46,510 --> 00:14:49,722 If you have enough trust and confidence in who you are and what you do, 306 00:14:49,805 --> 00:14:51,223 you just rely on that. 307 00:14:51,307 --> 00:14:53,309 -[intriguing music playing] -[players grunting] 308 00:14:53,392 --> 00:14:57,104 [Mike] Leverage. Ah, Jesus Christ! Open your eyes! 309 00:14:57,187 --> 00:14:58,480 [whistle blows] 310 00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:00,774 [air horn blasts] 311 00:15:00,858 --> 00:15:03,694 Coach Elko, he's a coach that's gonna call it how it is. 312 00:15:03,777 --> 00:15:05,487 He's never not gonna tell you the truth. 313 00:15:05,571 --> 00:15:08,365 You want an honest opinion about yourself, he'll let you know. 314 00:15:08,449 --> 00:15:11,535 [Mike] If for nothing else, when you're blitzing… 315 00:15:11,619 --> 00:15:12,453 [player] Yeah. 316 00:15:12,536 --> 00:15:15,497 …and you're running right up the ass of the guy on your own team… 317 00:15:15,581 --> 00:15:16,415 [player] Yeah. 318 00:15:16,498 --> 00:15:17,750 …how about you just adjust? 319 00:15:17,833 --> 00:15:18,834 He's a hard nose. 320 00:15:18,918 --> 00:15:21,295 He's gonna get on you, but he's a people person, 321 00:15:21,378 --> 00:15:24,840 so I feel a lot of players relate to Elko, and he can relate to us. 322 00:15:24,924 --> 00:15:27,718 You need anything? A drink? An umbrella drink or anything? 323 00:15:27,801 --> 00:15:29,470 -I'm good. [laughs] -You sure? 324 00:15:29,553 --> 00:15:31,931 You want an umbrella? Like, some shade? 325 00:15:32,014 --> 00:15:33,933 -I feel good. -All right. Just making sure. 326 00:15:34,016 --> 00:15:37,853 I don't want you to feel as though your needs aren't being taken care of. 327 00:15:37,937 --> 00:15:39,063 Okay, sure. 328 00:15:39,146 --> 00:15:40,522 [players laughing] 329 00:15:45,277 --> 00:15:48,155 [man] You go one-and-one in your last two games, I'll take this one. 330 00:15:48,238 --> 00:15:51,450 [Mike] I think you and 570,000 living alums. 331 00:15:51,533 --> 00:15:54,370 Keep the ball in front of you, put pressure on the quarterback? 332 00:15:54,453 --> 00:15:57,164 [Mike] Yeah. Got to keep the ball in front of us. 333 00:15:57,247 --> 00:15:59,750 We just haven't been able to get it right in the middle. 334 00:16:00,417 --> 00:16:02,753 It's driving me batshit bonkers, Sam. 335 00:16:03,337 --> 00:16:05,464 But I'll fix it. That's my job. 336 00:16:06,423 --> 00:16:09,385 If we'd have said, "Hey, this game here at the beginning of the year… 337 00:16:09,468 --> 00:16:11,804 -This… Everything. -For everything. 338 00:16:11,887 --> 00:16:13,847 -I'd say, "Okay, let's do it." -[Mike] Let's do it. 339 00:16:13,931 --> 00:16:15,265 -We're here. -[Mike] We're here. 340 00:16:15,349 --> 00:16:17,476 -I gotta go coach. I'll see you guys. -All right. 341 00:16:17,559 --> 00:16:19,395 [whistle blowing] 342 00:16:19,478 --> 00:16:20,896 [Mike] Line the fuck up! 343 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:24,733 When you hire Mike Elko, you assume the defense is gonna be elite, 344 00:16:24,817 --> 00:16:27,277 yet things are trending in the wrong direction. 345 00:16:28,404 --> 00:16:29,905 Hey, Dalton! 346 00:16:29,989 --> 00:16:32,533 We wanna block their guy, not BJ. 347 00:16:32,616 --> 00:16:35,202 The Achilles heel is the defensive backfield. 348 00:16:35,285 --> 00:16:36,829 That has been a disaster. 349 00:16:36,912 --> 00:16:39,039 [Mike] I want you to double the guy on the other team. 350 00:16:39,123 --> 00:16:40,958 -[Dalton] I thought… -[Mike] You good with that? 351 00:16:41,041 --> 00:16:42,501 -[Dalton] Yes, sir. -[Mike] All right. 352 00:16:42,584 --> 00:16:45,254 -[Dalton] I thought he'd leap… -[Mike] Y'all didn't win a state title? 353 00:16:45,337 --> 00:16:46,839 -[Dalton] No. -[Mike] I didn't think so. 354 00:16:46,922 --> 00:16:50,092 Now going up against Steve Sarkisian, head coach at Texas, 355 00:16:50,175 --> 00:16:51,844 he's an offensive wizard. 356 00:16:51,927 --> 00:16:55,514 This is a nightmare matchup, potentially, for Texas A&M. 357 00:16:55,597 --> 00:16:56,974 They've gotta be careful, 358 00:16:57,057 --> 00:16:59,226 otherwise they can get embarrassed on their home field. 359 00:16:59,977 --> 00:17:02,104 [Mike] They've thrown more passes under five yards 360 00:17:02,187 --> 00:17:04,148 than any team in the country this year. 361 00:17:04,231 --> 00:17:06,066 That's really better than stretching it. 362 00:17:06,775 --> 00:17:08,861 Taurean figured it out. You gotta run. 363 00:17:10,070 --> 00:17:14,199 Taurean York is an undersized linebacker who makes plays all over the field. 364 00:17:14,283 --> 00:17:16,160 He just racks up tackles. 365 00:17:16,243 --> 00:17:17,578 If you run, right? 366 00:17:17,661 --> 00:17:20,914 The ball's gonna get all jammed up, and we'll get off blocks and tackles. 367 00:17:20,998 --> 00:17:24,376 [Andy] A guy like Taurean York, who is the quarterback of the defense, 368 00:17:24,460 --> 00:17:27,921 who pays attention, and who can direct traffic on the field, 369 00:17:28,005 --> 00:17:29,798 is critically important in this game 370 00:17:29,882 --> 00:17:33,510 because he's gonna have to get his teammates in the right place pre-snap, 371 00:17:33,594 --> 00:17:35,262 or they're gonna give up huge plays. 372 00:17:35,345 --> 00:17:37,681 [Mike] This thing will come down to our ability 373 00:17:37,765 --> 00:17:39,475 to keep the ball in front of us 374 00:17:39,558 --> 00:17:41,518 without getting on our heels. 375 00:17:41,602 --> 00:17:45,564 You will go into that stadium, 107,000 people strong, 376 00:17:45,647 --> 00:17:47,691 and you'll go toe-to-toe with these fucking guys. 377 00:17:47,775 --> 00:17:49,359 We gotta hit this shit out of this kid. 378 00:17:49,443 --> 00:17:50,944 He's gotta get hit all day, 379 00:17:51,028 --> 00:17:53,906 and get really, really uncomfortable in the pocket. 380 00:17:53,989 --> 00:17:55,783 Get locked in, do the things you gotta do, 381 00:17:55,866 --> 00:17:58,786 come out here Saturday, and play our best fucking football. Let's get it. 382 00:17:58,869 --> 00:18:00,704 [player] "Bring it" on two. One, two. 383 00:18:07,669 --> 00:18:10,047 [guitar twanging] 384 00:18:12,925 --> 00:18:15,260 [Taurean] I'm going to surprise my mom. 385 00:18:15,344 --> 00:18:19,556 My family, they live out in the country, so they've got a lot of land, some cattle. 386 00:18:19,640 --> 00:18:23,393 A lot of space, usually ride dirt bikes, but we've got a big game on Saturday, 387 00:18:23,477 --> 00:18:24,686 so no dirt bikes today. 388 00:18:28,023 --> 00:18:30,609 -[mom exclaims] -[Taurean laughing] 389 00:18:34,113 --> 00:18:36,448 [family laughing] 390 00:18:38,033 --> 00:18:39,243 How you doing? 391 00:18:39,326 --> 00:18:41,328 [Rebecca and Taurean laughing] 392 00:18:42,287 --> 00:18:43,372 [Taurean] We're here. 393 00:18:44,248 --> 00:18:45,916 [Rebecca] I'm glad y'all made it. 394 00:18:51,839 --> 00:18:53,841 -Did you know this? -Come on now. 395 00:18:53,924 --> 00:18:54,925 Of course. 396 00:18:55,008 --> 00:18:56,510 [all laughing] 397 00:18:59,012 --> 00:19:01,181 [Taurean] We were seven-and-six last year. We were bad. 398 00:19:01,265 --> 00:19:02,933 This year, we're eight-and-three right now. 399 00:19:03,517 --> 00:19:06,687 So if y'all beat Texas, you'll jump to tenth? Ninth? 400 00:19:06,770 --> 00:19:11,233 It don't matter what we jump to. We gotta win. There ain't no other option. 401 00:19:11,316 --> 00:19:14,278 Win, win, win. We've gotta beat Texas and then go to the Egg. 402 00:19:14,361 --> 00:19:17,364 If we lose the SEC Championship, we're not going to the playoffs either. 403 00:19:17,447 --> 00:19:20,868 Y'all get it. It's gonna be a good game, man. 404 00:19:20,951 --> 00:19:24,288 If everybody play up to their potential, I think we're gonna get them. 405 00:19:24,371 --> 00:19:26,832 -I know we're gonna get them. -It's going to be rocking all… 406 00:19:26,915 --> 00:19:30,794 Really starting tomorrow, there's gonna be so much surrounding it. 407 00:19:31,295 --> 00:19:33,338 This game means a lot to a lot of people. 408 00:19:33,422 --> 00:19:34,798 Let me see that rock. 409 00:19:34,882 --> 00:19:36,300 Not only 'cause we're playing Texas, 410 00:19:36,383 --> 00:19:39,011 but because it's an opportunity to go to the SEC Championship game. 411 00:19:40,679 --> 00:19:43,223 But as far as me, it's extremely personal. 412 00:19:43,807 --> 00:19:46,977 No, I gotta be quarterback. Who's gonna guard me? 413 00:19:47,060 --> 00:19:49,897 I grew up 50 minutes away from the University of Texas. 414 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:52,107 I was a top 1,000 player. 415 00:19:52,608 --> 00:19:55,277 They never called me, didn't show me any attention. 416 00:19:56,153 --> 00:19:56,987 Set, go. 417 00:19:57,070 --> 00:20:00,490 I had a high school teammate who was recruited by Texas, 418 00:20:00,574 --> 00:20:02,326 and they flew a helicopter down to Temple. 419 00:20:04,161 --> 00:20:06,580 My coach called me in there to sit in that meeting with them. 420 00:20:06,663 --> 00:20:07,873 Set, hut. 421 00:20:07,956 --> 00:20:10,000 Those guys wouldn't give me the time of day. 422 00:20:10,751 --> 00:20:12,544 It put a chip on my shoulder, for sure. 423 00:20:12,628 --> 00:20:13,670 Oh, short pass. 424 00:20:13,754 --> 00:20:15,881 But Texas A&M, they loved me through and through. 425 00:20:15,964 --> 00:20:18,342 They loved me for who I was as a player, as a person. 426 00:20:18,425 --> 00:20:20,969 From that point, I kinda closed the book on Texas. 427 00:20:21,053 --> 00:20:22,679 Dad ain't gonna be happy about that one. 428 00:20:23,805 --> 00:20:25,766 Y'all ready? For the game, all right? 429 00:20:25,849 --> 00:20:28,769 I knew if I had a chance to play them, I was gonna make them pay. 430 00:20:28,852 --> 00:20:29,811 [friend] No! No way! 431 00:20:29,895 --> 00:20:31,730 Oh, that's how you do it, dude. 432 00:20:33,649 --> 00:20:34,900 [wind whistling] 433 00:20:39,988 --> 00:20:42,407 [light creaking, bangs roof] 434 00:20:42,491 --> 00:20:43,867 [thunder rumbling] 435 00:20:48,705 --> 00:20:51,541 [rain pattering] 436 00:20:52,793 --> 00:20:54,127 [Jeff] There you go, good. 437 00:20:54,211 --> 00:20:55,462 [air horn blasts] 438 00:20:55,545 --> 00:20:57,339 [Jeff] Nice job right there, men. 439 00:20:58,715 --> 00:21:00,175 Hey, you good? 440 00:21:02,010 --> 00:21:04,179 [Blake] The season was really hard. 441 00:21:04,263 --> 00:21:06,682 I got hurt, wasn't able to play. 442 00:21:07,349 --> 00:21:09,184 I wish I was in every game. 443 00:21:10,143 --> 00:21:12,813 No one wants to lose, no one wants to be part of a losing team, 444 00:21:13,397 --> 00:21:16,817 but whenever you go through a ton of hard times together, 445 00:21:16,900 --> 00:21:19,403 that's when you build the biggest relationships. 446 00:21:19,486 --> 00:21:20,737 -[Jeff] Good week? -Yes, sir. 447 00:21:20,821 --> 00:21:23,448 -Best week yet? Ain't even close. -[Zakari] You'll see Saturday. 448 00:21:23,532 --> 00:21:24,616 You're damn right. 449 00:21:24,700 --> 00:21:26,618 [man] Go, go, go, go, go! 450 00:21:26,702 --> 00:21:31,873 It's real easy for guys to complain and point the finger at other people. 451 00:21:31,957 --> 00:21:35,252 But I feel like we've just built such a strong brotherhood. 452 00:21:35,335 --> 00:21:37,587 -What's up, two-oh? -What's up, coach? 453 00:21:37,671 --> 00:21:40,173 And we know what our potential is. 454 00:21:41,675 --> 00:21:43,802 [Stone] That's one thing Coach Lebby emphasizes the most 455 00:21:43,885 --> 00:21:45,345 is it's going to turn around. 456 00:21:46,096 --> 00:21:48,849 It's pouring down rain on us now, but there's gonna be sunshine. 457 00:21:48,932 --> 00:21:51,852 I've never been more convicted in my life. Shit's gonna get right. 458 00:21:51,935 --> 00:21:53,312 -100%. -We're gonna get it fixed. 459 00:21:53,395 --> 00:21:56,106 [Stone] You can erase a bad season with a good Egg Bowl win. 460 00:21:56,189 --> 00:21:57,524 This is our Super Bowl. 461 00:21:58,567 --> 00:22:03,322 I'd never been a part of a rivalry until I came here. 462 00:22:03,405 --> 00:22:06,325 If you can't get excited about this shit, something is wrong with you. 463 00:22:06,408 --> 00:22:07,826 I think we're gonna win out. 464 00:22:08,702 --> 00:22:10,203 What's better than the upset? 465 00:22:10,287 --> 00:22:13,248 -[player] "Fuck Ole Miss" on three! -[team] Fuck Ole Miss! 466 00:22:13,332 --> 00:22:15,584 [birds chirping] 467 00:22:15,667 --> 00:22:18,420 [indistinct chattering] 468 00:22:20,672 --> 00:22:22,674 People at Ole Miss too bougie. They bougie. 469 00:22:22,758 --> 00:22:24,968 -[player] Think they better than us. -Feel they better. 470 00:22:25,052 --> 00:22:27,137 I heard they only practiced one day this week. 471 00:22:27,220 --> 00:22:28,722 When we get out there, 472 00:22:28,805 --> 00:22:31,016 even if you got friends, it ain't no friends. 473 00:22:31,099 --> 00:22:32,517 Like… no. 474 00:22:32,601 --> 00:22:34,811 -Lebby'd say, "Piss on 'em." -[Jeff] What's he saying? 475 00:22:34,895 --> 00:22:36,730 -[woman] "Piss on 'em"? -Piss on 'em! 476 00:22:37,522 --> 00:22:39,441 [old commentator 1] A Southern gridiron tradition. 477 00:22:39,524 --> 00:22:42,069 [old commentator 2] Rebels of Ole Miss, rivals, Mississippi State. 478 00:22:42,152 --> 00:22:43,695 The bad blood goes back generations. 479 00:22:43,779 --> 00:22:45,614 [commentator 1] They don't like each other. 480 00:22:45,697 --> 00:22:48,909 [Michael] It's a car wreck that you just can't turn away from. 481 00:22:48,992 --> 00:22:52,871 [commentator 1] Forty minutes before kickoff, a five-minute brawl. 482 00:22:52,954 --> 00:22:56,958 It is hard to describe the level of vitriol in this game. 483 00:22:57,751 --> 00:23:01,004 [commentator 2] Yikes. A couple of punches thrown. This could get ugly. 484 00:23:01,088 --> 00:23:03,965 It is a huge rivalry game. There's no way around that. 485 00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:07,511 [Andy] Jeff Lebby was Ole Miss' offensive coordinator 486 00:23:07,594 --> 00:23:09,179 under Lane Kiffin. 487 00:23:09,262 --> 00:23:11,139 Lebby helped him build that offense. 488 00:23:11,223 --> 00:23:15,268 Now this Ole Miss team is as good as any team in the country. 489 00:23:15,352 --> 00:23:17,354 [night chirping] 490 00:23:18,522 --> 00:23:21,608 The bowl loss fumble in the end zone. The greatest game ever. 491 00:23:21,691 --> 00:23:24,069 Probably the worst game ever. 492 00:23:24,152 --> 00:23:26,154 -Awesome. -[man] It was such a bad night. 493 00:23:26,238 --> 00:23:28,573 Got threatened to get beat up on the way out of the stadium. 494 00:23:28,657 --> 00:23:32,244 Ole Miss guy would complain about getting threatened outside the stadium! 495 00:23:32,327 --> 00:23:33,829 [all laughing] 496 00:23:33,912 --> 00:23:34,913 [man] Yeah, funny. 497 00:23:34,996 --> 00:23:38,041 [Stone] My dad's parents were huge Mississippi State fans, 498 00:23:38,125 --> 00:23:40,210 but my mom's side is more Ole Miss, 499 00:23:40,293 --> 00:23:44,005 and that created like a big rivalry between our family. 500 00:23:44,589 --> 00:23:48,510 Me and Sam, he's closest in age with me, we're more Mississippi State. 501 00:23:49,094 --> 00:23:53,056 And then my brothers, Seth and Shane, were more Ole Miss. 502 00:23:53,140 --> 00:23:55,767 [woman 1] They had a chandelier at one of the tailgates. 503 00:23:55,851 --> 00:23:57,894 [Shane] That's how civil we are. We hang chandeliers 504 00:23:57,978 --> 00:23:59,813 to let you know how much better we are than you. 505 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:04,609 Mimosas and Bloody Marys and dripping diamonds. 506 00:24:04,693 --> 00:24:06,862 -[woman 1] Yeah. -[Shane] We're the Harvard of the South. 507 00:24:06,945 --> 00:24:08,738 -[woman 1] I can't hear this. -[all laughing] 508 00:24:08,822 --> 00:24:12,534 What do y'all got? What does State got? Ring-a-ding-ding-ding-dong? 509 00:24:12,617 --> 00:24:14,995 -[woman 2] That is so offensive. -[all laughing] 510 00:24:15,078 --> 00:24:17,122 [woman 2] "Ring-a-ding-ding-dong"? 511 00:24:17,205 --> 00:24:19,332 -[all laughing] -[Shane] Ring-a-ding-ding-dong. 512 00:24:19,416 --> 00:24:21,251 We've always been going to the Egg Bowl, 513 00:24:21,334 --> 00:24:24,796 since I was probably in fourth or fifth grade. 514 00:24:25,380 --> 00:24:28,383 Remember when we were in the box, and people threw beer on each other? 515 00:24:28,467 --> 00:24:31,428 -There was a huge brawl. We were watching. -We were staring down. 516 00:24:31,511 --> 00:24:32,387 Staring like… 517 00:24:32,471 --> 00:24:35,056 It was like a cartoon circle where the stuff's flying. 518 00:24:35,140 --> 00:24:38,101 -Guys throwing punches, cowbells going. -[woman 2] This was the Egg Bowl? 519 00:24:38,185 --> 00:24:39,019 [Shane] It's true. 520 00:24:39,102 --> 00:24:42,272 [Stone] It was kinda my dream growing up to have an Egg Bowl win, 521 00:24:42,355 --> 00:24:44,733 just so I can have that over them for the rest of their lives. 522 00:24:44,816 --> 00:24:48,445 It's all, like, good redneck fun. It's just all good, like, redneck fun. 523 00:24:53,825 --> 00:24:55,702 [crowd chanting] ♪ Hell yeah! ♪ 524 00:24:55,785 --> 00:24:57,454 ♪ Damn right! ♪ 525 00:24:57,537 --> 00:25:00,248 ♪ Hotty Toddy, Gosh almighty Who the hell are we? ♪ 526 00:25:00,332 --> 00:25:03,752 ♪ Hey! Flim flam, bim bam Ole Miss, by damn! ♪ 527 00:25:03,835 --> 00:25:05,670 [sports reporter] Egg Bowl 2024. 528 00:25:05,754 --> 00:25:08,965 Ole Miss Rebels get ready to meet the Mississippi State Bulldogs today. 529 00:25:09,049 --> 00:25:12,052 -Hail State, baby! Let's go! -[cowbells ringing] 530 00:25:13,803 --> 00:25:15,931 [commentator 1] If you can't get fired up for this game, 531 00:25:16,014 --> 00:25:18,225 you simply don't have a pulse. 532 00:25:18,767 --> 00:25:21,353 If Mississippi State can win this one, all the disappointment, 533 00:25:21,436 --> 00:25:23,813 all the heartbreak gets set aside 534 00:25:23,897 --> 00:25:26,900 because you beat your rival, you end on a good memory, 535 00:25:26,983 --> 00:25:29,194 and you say, "See what we can do?" 536 00:25:29,277 --> 00:25:31,905 [Jeff] Hey, what a damn opportunity! 537 00:25:32,405 --> 00:25:33,573 Do your job! 538 00:25:33,657 --> 00:25:35,492 One play at a time! 539 00:25:35,575 --> 00:25:39,162 And everybody in here fighting your ass off for each other. 540 00:25:39,246 --> 00:25:43,250 And finding a way at the end of the day to go put that damn trophy on our bus. 541 00:25:43,333 --> 00:25:45,544 "Dominate" on three. One, two, three! 542 00:25:45,627 --> 00:25:47,045 [team] Dominate! 543 00:25:49,714 --> 00:25:52,717 -[crowd roaring] -[thrilling music playing] 544 00:25:52,801 --> 00:25:53,635 [fan] Let's go! 545 00:25:54,970 --> 00:25:56,721 [cheering] 546 00:26:01,476 --> 00:26:05,480 [Stone] We're here now. We don't care about anything. 547 00:26:05,564 --> 00:26:08,650 Screw our season. Like, it was bad, we get that. 548 00:26:09,818 --> 00:26:10,986 And this is our one goal. 549 00:26:11,069 --> 00:26:16,074 We have a team that's top 15, annoying as shit. 550 00:26:16,157 --> 00:26:17,534 If you beat Ole Miss, 551 00:26:17,617 --> 00:26:19,786 it just jump-starts you into the next year. 552 00:26:20,579 --> 00:26:22,539 [commentator 2] Let's play an Egg Bowl. Here we go. 553 00:26:22,622 --> 00:26:26,543 [Blake] Playing against Florida, I fractured my scapula. 554 00:26:26,626 --> 00:26:30,797 But even though I'm not out there on the field, I care about this team. 555 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:33,383 I care about us winning football games. 556 00:26:33,466 --> 00:26:35,260 [suspenseful music playing] 557 00:26:35,343 --> 00:26:37,971 [commentator 1] Accepting backfield now for Van Buren. 558 00:26:38,054 --> 00:26:40,849 A four-man rush. And he's intercepted! 559 00:26:40,932 --> 00:26:43,310 Ole Miss with an early takeaway! 560 00:26:43,893 --> 00:26:46,855 And the Rebels have early momentum. 561 00:26:47,814 --> 00:26:50,150 [Stone] Hey, we're good. We're good, we're good. 562 00:26:50,233 --> 00:26:53,111 [Blake] So they got a pick, first possession of the game. 563 00:26:53,194 --> 00:26:55,572 [commentator 1] And taken down in the backfield. 564 00:26:55,655 --> 00:26:59,242 [Blake] We need to slow them down. We were just fired up. 565 00:26:59,826 --> 00:27:00,869 Oh, thank God. 566 00:27:00,952 --> 00:27:03,371 [commentator 1] Ole Miss couldn't punch it in. 567 00:27:03,455 --> 00:27:04,956 Thirty-nine-yarder. 568 00:27:05,749 --> 00:27:09,669 [Jeff] When things weren't perfect, we found ways to create the adjustment. 569 00:27:10,253 --> 00:27:13,590 [commentator 1] Van Buren fires to the outside, and a little bit wide. 570 00:27:14,341 --> 00:27:16,801 The state will have to punt it away. 571 00:27:19,095 --> 00:27:20,430 On in punt formation 572 00:27:20,513 --> 00:27:22,682 with Micah Davis back to return for the Rebels. 573 00:27:22,766 --> 00:27:23,683 And they fake it! 574 00:27:23,767 --> 00:27:26,728 -They go up the middle for the first down! -[Blake] Oh shit. 575 00:27:28,897 --> 00:27:30,774 [Jeff] To have some huge plays… 576 00:27:30,857 --> 00:27:33,151 Go get a touchdown right now! 577 00:27:34,069 --> 00:27:36,946 We wanted to be able to find ways to create the momentum 578 00:27:37,030 --> 00:27:38,406 and then keep the momentum. 579 00:27:38,990 --> 00:27:41,076 [commentator 1] And a crossing route complete, indeed. 580 00:27:41,159 --> 00:27:44,788 And room to run for Kevin Coleman, to the pylon! 581 00:27:44,871 --> 00:27:50,752 He's in, and Mississippi State takes the lead on a 34-yard catch and run. 582 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:53,254 [Kevin] Come on, let's go! 583 00:27:53,338 --> 00:27:57,926 [Jeff] Now here we are. We've got an unbelievable opportunity. 584 00:27:58,009 --> 00:28:01,179 But we need to fight like heck to be able to finish and go win. 585 00:28:01,262 --> 00:28:03,056 [commentator 1] He'll take it to the outside. 586 00:28:03,139 --> 00:28:06,434 Pegues batters his way into the end zone. 587 00:28:06,518 --> 00:28:08,770 He carried Hunter Washington with him. 588 00:28:13,650 --> 00:28:18,113 Van Buren looking for him over the middle. Caught again, and it's a first down. 589 00:28:19,781 --> 00:28:22,826 Play action. Van Buren going deep down the sideline. 590 00:28:22,909 --> 00:28:27,080 It is hauled in over the shoulder by Jordan Mosley. 591 00:28:27,664 --> 00:28:31,209 Van Buren keeps it. Cuts outside and dives for the goal line. 592 00:28:31,292 --> 00:28:32,460 He's in! 593 00:28:32,544 --> 00:28:34,462 State's back in front. 594 00:28:34,546 --> 00:28:37,048 This is where we keep the fucking momentum. 595 00:28:37,132 --> 00:28:39,008 Like, this is it, right now. 596 00:28:39,092 --> 00:28:41,553 [exciting music playing] 597 00:28:41,636 --> 00:28:43,263 [commentator 1] They keep it on the ground. 598 00:28:43,346 --> 00:28:45,557 And a huge hole for Ulysses Bentley. 599 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:46,933 Here he goes! 600 00:28:47,016 --> 00:28:48,393 [crowd cheering] 601 00:28:48,977 --> 00:28:51,521 [commentator 1] Straight down the middle of the field. 602 00:28:51,604 --> 00:28:56,025 From the doghouse to the end zone. An 89-yard sprint. 603 00:28:57,318 --> 00:28:58,570 [Stone] Let's go, team! 604 00:28:58,653 --> 00:29:00,739 -[Hunter] Go! -[Stone] That's what I'm talking about! 605 00:29:00,822 --> 00:29:03,658 [Jeff] Hey! Go get it back right now! 606 00:29:04,743 --> 00:29:07,412 [commentator 1] It's a pop pass. And it is intercepted! 607 00:29:07,495 --> 00:29:08,496 Damn! 608 00:29:09,372 --> 00:29:11,166 No fucking way! 609 00:29:12,083 --> 00:29:13,960 [pensive music playing] 610 00:29:14,043 --> 00:29:17,714 [Jeff] Late in the third and the fourth, they did a really good job 611 00:29:17,797 --> 00:29:21,426 of taking advantage of some things we didn't take care of. 612 00:29:21,509 --> 00:29:25,221 [commentator 1] And a muffed punt. Rebels with a chance to recover. 613 00:29:25,889 --> 00:29:27,599 -What a huge mistake. -[whistle blowing] 614 00:29:30,059 --> 00:29:32,437 [Jeff] That was the frustrating part of it. 615 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:34,522 [commentator 1] Up the middle. Dart backpedaling. 616 00:29:34,606 --> 00:29:37,609 Lobs. Caught! 617 00:29:37,692 --> 00:29:41,821 And they'll send State to their twelfth consecutive conference loss. 618 00:29:48,369 --> 00:29:51,247 [somber music playing] 619 00:30:07,555 --> 00:30:11,059 [Jeff] All right, listen to me now. I cannot be more proud. 620 00:30:13,228 --> 00:30:15,230 It didn't happen the way we wanted to. 621 00:30:15,313 --> 00:30:17,774 It's been a hell of a hard year. We all know that. 622 00:30:17,857 --> 00:30:20,568 A ton of frustration. A ton of disappointment. 623 00:30:21,152 --> 00:30:24,280 All right, but for you guys to be standing in this damn locker room 624 00:30:24,364 --> 00:30:27,325 and staying exactly true to who you are, 625 00:30:27,408 --> 00:30:30,411 and fighting your ass off, thank you. 626 00:30:30,912 --> 00:30:32,914 [somber music continues] 627 00:30:34,457 --> 00:30:36,084 As a program, 628 00:30:37,418 --> 00:30:41,756 we have to continue to hold on to times that we went through this year 629 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:45,718 and understand what it's gonna take to flip it on its head. 630 00:30:45,802 --> 00:30:49,097 'Cause when it flips, it is gonna flip, and it's gonna feel real damn good 631 00:30:49,180 --> 00:30:51,391 because of what we are going through. 632 00:30:51,474 --> 00:30:53,351 What we just went through. 633 00:30:54,811 --> 00:30:57,105 And have that damn head held real damn high 634 00:30:57,188 --> 00:30:58,398 as you walk out of this thing. 635 00:31:00,108 --> 00:31:02,151 Love you boys. Appreciate you boys. 636 00:31:03,027 --> 00:31:05,738 Stay the course. Do right. Be right. 637 00:31:05,822 --> 00:31:08,408 -"Family" on three! One, two, three! -[team] Family! 638 00:31:13,371 --> 00:31:16,249 [Stone] You know, losing the Egg Bowl, it just-- it hurts. 639 00:31:18,334 --> 00:31:21,796 But Lebby always said, you know, adversity is gonna come. 640 00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:23,256 And how do you carry yourself? 641 00:31:23,339 --> 00:31:26,801 How do you respond to losses in the game and life? 642 00:31:27,510 --> 00:31:29,387 Shows who you really are as a man. 643 00:31:30,513 --> 00:31:34,309 There's great belief inside our program regardless of the result. 644 00:31:35,268 --> 00:31:38,479 For me, being the head football coach in year one, 645 00:31:38,563 --> 00:31:40,815 that is 100% what it's about. 646 00:31:40,899 --> 00:31:41,983 The best is yet to come. 647 00:31:52,827 --> 00:31:55,997 [intriguing string music playing] 648 00:31:58,833 --> 00:32:00,543 [Taurean] As I get closer to kickoff, 649 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:03,880 I'm just focused on knowing my opponent, 650 00:32:05,048 --> 00:32:08,718 the plays, the personnel, injury reports. 651 00:32:08,801 --> 00:32:10,970 I just wanna be that honed in on Texas. 652 00:32:13,848 --> 00:32:16,309 No matter what the rivalry says, or what history says, 653 00:32:16,392 --> 00:32:18,895 if you take anybody lightly or too heavily, 654 00:32:18,978 --> 00:32:20,521 it can alter the reality of them. 655 00:32:20,605 --> 00:32:23,107 I feel like at the end of the day, a lot of people look at logos, 656 00:32:23,191 --> 00:32:25,234 a lot of people look at the external factors going on, 657 00:32:25,318 --> 00:32:27,946 but this is when you get to see who you're really going against. 658 00:32:28,029 --> 00:32:31,240 You just watch the film, it'll tell you everything you need to know. 659 00:32:31,824 --> 00:32:33,368 Film is going to be my edge. 660 00:32:33,993 --> 00:32:36,746 I'm looking for something that can allow me to make a play, 661 00:32:36,829 --> 00:32:39,832 so any tendency that the opposing team can have, 662 00:32:39,916 --> 00:32:43,002 whether it's their feet or their stance, I'm trying to figure it out. 663 00:32:43,836 --> 00:32:46,339 [Mike] Taurean York's an extremely intelligent young man. 664 00:32:46,422 --> 00:32:49,676 It's been great to watch him be the leader of this defense. 665 00:32:49,759 --> 00:32:50,760 He does a really good job 666 00:32:50,843 --> 00:32:52,553 reading and diagnosing the game of football. 667 00:32:52,637 --> 00:32:54,931 He studies the game of football at a really elite level. 668 00:32:55,014 --> 00:32:57,976 [Taurean] Gotta know who you're playing. They got some swag about them. 669 00:32:58,059 --> 00:33:00,353 They're good, they know what they're capable of. 670 00:33:00,436 --> 00:33:04,232 There's no other way to sugarcoat it. This is a good throw right here. 671 00:33:04,315 --> 00:33:06,609 Rolling left, throw it across his body. 672 00:33:06,693 --> 00:33:08,236 It's a hard throw to make. 673 00:33:08,945 --> 00:33:11,614 I like our opportunity. I like our opportunity to get turnovers. 674 00:33:11,698 --> 00:33:14,826 This is one of those games you can't lose, not at Kyle Field. 675 00:33:16,452 --> 00:33:18,246 [Mike] We gotta go! 676 00:33:18,329 --> 00:33:21,207 -[whistle blowing] -Hold on! Get off! No, no, no, no! 677 00:33:22,125 --> 00:33:24,002 Get off the field. Get off the field. 678 00:33:24,085 --> 00:33:27,338 Take the fucking field with a sense of fucking urgency! 679 00:33:30,675 --> 00:33:34,679 -[coach 1] Let's go, let's go, let's go! -[coach 2] Go, go, go, go! 680 00:33:35,179 --> 00:33:36,139 [whistle blowing] 681 00:33:36,222 --> 00:33:39,684 [Mike] Get off the field! I'll do it all fucking day, Shemar! 682 00:33:40,893 --> 00:33:45,356 Everybody has talked for years about what this program could be, should be. 683 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:46,983 -[player] Effort! -Let's go! 684 00:33:47,066 --> 00:33:51,529 Now it's about trying to get it to truly live up to its potential. 685 00:33:53,114 --> 00:33:56,117 -That's what this Texas game means. -[whistle blowing] 686 00:33:56,200 --> 00:33:59,370 [Mike] Hey, here we go. Let's go. Tighten down, let's go! 687 00:34:00,496 --> 00:34:05,209 Listen, football games get defined by what happens in the fourth quarter. 688 00:34:05,293 --> 00:34:08,421 Football seasons and football teams get defined 689 00:34:08,504 --> 00:34:09,839 by what happens down the stretch. 690 00:34:10,965 --> 00:34:14,052 Everybody in the country's tired. It's a long-ass season. 691 00:34:14,635 --> 00:34:15,970 You guys all wanna go pro. 692 00:34:16,054 --> 00:34:18,514 The fucking season's twice as fucking long. 693 00:34:18,598 --> 00:34:20,308 That's football. You chose it. 694 00:34:20,391 --> 00:34:22,310 You've worked your ass off. 695 00:34:22,393 --> 00:34:25,855 Not one of you has been fortunate enough to be in this position before. 696 00:34:26,439 --> 00:34:28,566 Do not start relaxing now. 697 00:34:28,649 --> 00:34:30,818 Do not start letting up now. 698 00:34:30,902 --> 00:34:33,237 Don't misunderstand what's in front of you, 699 00:34:33,321 --> 00:34:36,491 our best football Saturday, three and a half hours. 700 00:34:36,574 --> 00:34:38,618 It's the only thing that we're concerned about. 701 00:34:38,701 --> 00:34:40,995 We didn't come this far to just come this far 702 00:34:41,079 --> 00:34:42,580 just for shits and giggles. 703 00:34:42,663 --> 00:34:45,041 It's not what this program's about. Let's go to work. 704 00:34:45,124 --> 00:34:47,418 -"Grind" on two. One, two. -[team] Grind! 705 00:34:51,672 --> 00:34:53,758 [indistinct chattering] 706 00:34:58,429 --> 00:35:01,682 [Jake] So what we do for Kyle Field, 'cause there's a reverb when you talk, 707 00:35:01,766 --> 00:35:04,560 so we practice with, like… like a special app 708 00:35:04,644 --> 00:35:07,647 that we hear ourselves, like, like five words later, 709 00:35:07,730 --> 00:35:10,983 so we can practice when we hear that reverb when we're practicing at Kyle. 710 00:35:11,067 --> 00:35:13,069 [country guitar music playing] 711 00:35:16,405 --> 00:35:19,242 [Jake] People are always arguing about what the flagship university 712 00:35:19,325 --> 00:35:21,494 of the great state of Texas is. 713 00:35:23,079 --> 00:35:24,997 When you think about the state of Texas, 714 00:35:25,081 --> 00:35:28,626 you think about the Alamo and the men who stood their ground, 715 00:35:28,709 --> 00:35:30,461 like Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie. 716 00:35:30,545 --> 00:35:32,588 And I'll tell you what, 717 00:35:32,672 --> 00:35:36,509 if those men were still alive today, they'd be Fightin' Texas Aggies too. 718 00:35:38,594 --> 00:35:40,012 [Harry] Friday nights before games, 719 00:35:40,096 --> 00:35:44,851 Yell Leaders gather fans and lead them in the Midnight Yell. 720 00:35:45,476 --> 00:35:47,103 [Jake] Go get it, boys! Let's go! 721 00:35:47,895 --> 00:35:48,771 Let's go! 722 00:35:48,855 --> 00:35:51,107 [crowd cheering] 723 00:35:51,816 --> 00:35:53,734 [drums playing percussion] 724 00:35:55,486 --> 00:35:57,196 Helping fans practice chants. 725 00:35:58,281 --> 00:36:01,701 [crowd shouting] Hey! 726 00:36:01,784 --> 00:36:05,538 Talking about who they're playing, how they're gonna beat them. 727 00:36:05,621 --> 00:36:07,165 [crowd cheering] 728 00:36:07,915 --> 00:36:09,125 [Jake] Tomorrow night, 729 00:36:09,208 --> 00:36:10,960 our Fightin' Texas Aggies 730 00:36:11,043 --> 00:36:14,839 take on that godforsaken school in that place in Austin, 731 00:36:14,922 --> 00:36:16,883 otherwise known as TU. 732 00:36:16,966 --> 00:36:20,261 [Harry] It's definitely odd if you're not used to it, 733 00:36:20,344 --> 00:36:23,931 but it's something that they take as seriously as a heart attack. 734 00:36:24,015 --> 00:36:26,392 -[crowd cheering] -[rousing percussion playing] 735 00:36:32,148 --> 00:36:36,277 After 13 years, the biggest rivalry in college football, it's back. 736 00:36:37,737 --> 00:36:41,282 We're bringing something back that hasn't been done in a really long time. 737 00:36:41,365 --> 00:36:42,325 So, 12th Man, 738 00:36:42,408 --> 00:36:46,078 join me in welcoming your Fightin' Texas Aggie football team, 739 00:36:46,162 --> 00:36:48,164 led by head coach Mike Elko. 740 00:36:48,247 --> 00:36:51,792 -[crowd cheering] -[uplifting music playing] 741 00:36:52,668 --> 00:36:56,756 [Mike] I'd be lying if I said I didn't understand the magnitude of it. 742 00:36:57,548 --> 00:37:01,510 Football is clearly ingrained in what Texas A&M culture is 743 00:37:01,594 --> 00:37:03,804 and what it means to this university. 744 00:37:03,888 --> 00:37:06,807 [crowd continues cheering] 745 00:37:06,891 --> 00:37:10,186 [Mike] We're gonna go out Saturday and try to figure out how to get it done, 746 00:37:10,269 --> 00:37:12,605 not just for you and this team, 747 00:37:12,688 --> 00:37:15,691 but for everyone who's been in and around Texas A&M, 748 00:37:15,775 --> 00:37:17,360 because that's what this game means. 749 00:37:17,443 --> 00:37:18,611 Howdy! 750 00:37:18,694 --> 00:37:20,655 [crowd] Howdy! 751 00:37:20,738 --> 00:37:22,156 Tomorrow night, 752 00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:25,034 we're gonna lay it all on the line for you. 753 00:37:25,952 --> 00:37:28,371 Thanks for everything you do. Gig 'em! 754 00:37:28,454 --> 00:37:31,999 -[crowd cheering wildly] -[uplifting music continues] 755 00:37:40,841 --> 00:37:44,512 [suspenseful music playing] 756 00:37:44,595 --> 00:37:46,347 [commentator 1] The rivalry has been restored, 757 00:37:46,430 --> 00:37:50,184 and tonight, the 119th meeting of the Aggies and the Longhorns, 758 00:37:50,268 --> 00:37:53,646 with a trip to the SEC Championship on the line. 759 00:37:53,729 --> 00:37:55,106 [sirens wailing] 760 00:37:57,608 --> 00:38:00,278 [Taurean] 300,000 people outside the stadium 761 00:38:01,612 --> 00:38:03,614 with 110,000 people inside the stadium. 762 00:38:05,992 --> 00:38:07,326 [crowd roaring] 763 00:38:08,119 --> 00:38:09,662 [Taurean] Everybody brings their A game, 764 00:38:09,745 --> 00:38:13,249 'cause we could be in Atlanta next week playing Georgia in the SEC Championship. 765 00:38:14,834 --> 00:38:17,837 Every single one of you decided to be part of this family 766 00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:19,046 for moments like today. 767 00:38:19,130 --> 00:38:21,799 We've been working behind the scenes for eight months, 768 00:38:21,882 --> 00:38:24,385 building, getting stronger, getting more locked in, 769 00:38:24,468 --> 00:38:29,265 doing all the things you need to do to become a winning program for today. 770 00:38:29,348 --> 00:38:30,850 [players shouting] 771 00:38:30,933 --> 00:38:32,351 [crowd cheering] 772 00:38:33,060 --> 00:38:36,147 [Mike] We go out there today, and we kick this door down, 773 00:38:36,230 --> 00:38:39,275 and we announce what Texas A&M football is all about. 774 00:38:40,818 --> 00:38:43,821 [commentator 1] It is Arch Manning, the quarterback. 775 00:38:43,904 --> 00:38:48,701 Keeper, left side, first down, stumbles to the goal line. 776 00:38:48,784 --> 00:38:49,702 [crowd cheering] 777 00:38:49,785 --> 00:38:51,954 [tense music playing] 778 00:38:53,456 --> 00:38:55,750 [commentator 1] The back of the end zone, right side. 779 00:38:55,833 --> 00:38:57,084 It is a touchdown. 780 00:38:57,168 --> 00:38:58,252 [crowd cheering] 781 00:39:04,592 --> 00:39:08,220 [commentator 2] And Texas has a 17-to-nothing lead on Texas A&M. 782 00:39:12,016 --> 00:39:14,852 [Mike] Defensively, we have to make plays on the football in the air. 783 00:39:14,935 --> 00:39:18,189 You gotta give us a chance to make plays. We gotta make big plays on the outside. 784 00:39:18,272 --> 00:39:21,359 [crowd] ♪ Saw Varsity's horns off! Short! ♪ 785 00:39:21,442 --> 00:39:25,863 ♪ Varsity's horns are sawed off… ♪ 786 00:39:26,447 --> 00:39:28,491 [commentator 2] 17-nothing here in the third quarter, 787 00:39:28,574 --> 00:39:29,950 in motion right to left goes Moore. 788 00:39:30,034 --> 00:39:32,745 Ewers' in the pocket. Deflected, intercepted! 789 00:39:32,828 --> 00:39:35,623 And a lot of room down the left sideline! 790 00:39:35,706 --> 00:39:36,749 [crowd cheering] 791 00:39:36,832 --> 00:39:40,503 [commentator 2] All the way into the end zone! 792 00:39:40,586 --> 00:39:42,755 Touchdown, Aggies! 793 00:39:42,838 --> 00:39:44,548 [thrilling music playing] 794 00:39:54,892 --> 00:39:57,603 [Mike] We were able to play really good defense in the second half. 795 00:39:57,686 --> 00:39:58,938 We fought and battled 796 00:39:59,021 --> 00:40:02,024 and gave ourselves opportunities down the stretch. 797 00:40:02,691 --> 00:40:05,820 [commentator 1] From the ten, Ewers keep. 798 00:40:07,238 --> 00:40:10,074 Ewers slides to the eight, and it's loose! 799 00:40:10,157 --> 00:40:12,910 And it's loose, and the Aggies come up with it! 800 00:40:12,993 --> 00:40:16,080 They have it! Taurean York! 801 00:40:19,333 --> 00:40:22,002 [Taurean] The play I recovered a fumble was a big play in the game 802 00:40:22,086 --> 00:40:24,088 'cause it gave the ball back to our offense. 803 00:40:24,922 --> 00:40:26,006 The crowd was electric, 804 00:40:26,090 --> 00:40:29,427 because I felt like it gave us new life and an opportunity to go score points. 805 00:40:29,510 --> 00:40:32,054 [commentator 2] Marcel drops back, fires, complete. 806 00:40:32,138 --> 00:40:33,597 Tre Watson, middle of the field. 807 00:40:33,681 --> 00:40:36,600 He's at the ten, he's at the five. He's got the first down! 808 00:40:36,684 --> 00:40:40,938 Texas A&M, 16-yard gain. It's first and goal. 809 00:40:41,021 --> 00:40:42,148 [crowd cheering] 810 00:40:42,898 --> 00:40:45,776 Gig 'em, Aggies! Whoo! 811 00:40:45,860 --> 00:40:47,361 Let's go, Aggies! 812 00:40:47,445 --> 00:40:50,197 [commentator 1] Daniels right of Reed, Noah Thomas the lone receiver. 813 00:40:50,281 --> 00:40:52,158 It's Amari Daniels pushing the pile. 814 00:40:52,241 --> 00:40:54,660 Amari Daniels just shy of the goal line. 815 00:40:54,743 --> 00:40:56,620 [announcer] …on the clock, Amari Daniels… 816 00:40:56,704 --> 00:40:59,457 -[commentator 3] Third and goal. -[commentator 2] Might be at the one. 817 00:41:00,249 --> 00:41:01,375 [commentator 1] Amari. 818 00:41:03,502 --> 00:41:06,881 No signal yet, pile still moves. 819 00:41:06,964 --> 00:41:09,049 Signaled short. 820 00:41:09,133 --> 00:41:10,676 [crowd exclaiming] 821 00:41:11,302 --> 00:41:12,720 [commentator 1] Inside the one. 822 00:41:12,803 --> 00:41:15,598 Fourth and goal from the one, down 17-seven. 823 00:41:16,807 --> 00:41:18,726 [Mike] If we wanna be the team that we need to be, 824 00:41:18,809 --> 00:41:20,561 we have to be able to convert fourth-and-ones. 825 00:41:20,644 --> 00:41:23,606 Knowing we're on the half-yard line and we have to score a touchdown, 826 00:41:23,689 --> 00:41:25,774 that was probably gonna be our best chance to do so, 827 00:41:25,858 --> 00:41:28,027 and then… so we decided to go for it. 828 00:41:30,571 --> 00:41:31,947 [thrilling music playing] 829 00:41:32,031 --> 00:41:35,284 [commentator 2] Amari Daniels is stopped at the three-yard line. 830 00:41:35,367 --> 00:41:37,578 -And that's the story of the game. -[whistle blows] 831 00:41:38,871 --> 00:41:40,122 Short yardage. 832 00:41:41,165 --> 00:41:42,458 Unsuccessful. 833 00:41:44,752 --> 00:41:45,711 [whistle blows] 834 00:41:46,420 --> 00:41:48,756 [somber music playing] 835 00:42:12,696 --> 00:42:13,948 [Mike] Chin up, chin up. 836 00:42:14,949 --> 00:42:16,951 Monday will be about what comes next. 837 00:42:17,952 --> 00:42:20,246 Tonight, we didn't get all the way there. 838 00:42:25,334 --> 00:42:29,255 You guys came together 12 months ago, changed the direction of this program. 839 00:42:29,838 --> 00:42:31,715 You've put this thing in a direction 840 00:42:31,799 --> 00:42:34,468 that we are going to be exactly where we wanna be 841 00:42:34,552 --> 00:42:35,511 this time next year. 842 00:42:36,762 --> 00:42:39,139 I'm sorry we couldn't get it done tonight, okay? 843 00:42:39,223 --> 00:42:42,434 So one more time, bring it in, men. I love you guys. 844 00:42:43,018 --> 00:42:45,104 -"Grind" on two! One, two! -[team] Grind! 845 00:42:47,022 --> 00:42:49,275 [somber music continues] 846 00:42:51,944 --> 00:42:53,821 [indistinct chattering] 847 00:42:56,991 --> 00:42:58,576 Who said that? [laughing] 848 00:42:59,702 --> 00:43:01,870 [woman] You did so good. 849 00:43:01,954 --> 00:43:04,123 -Sacked both quarterbacks. -Literally. 850 00:43:04,206 --> 00:43:05,040 [all laughing] 851 00:43:05,124 --> 00:43:07,626 I mean, not just one, you took two of them down. 852 00:43:07,710 --> 00:43:10,629 Yeah, it hurts though, but we'll be all right. 853 00:43:10,713 --> 00:43:12,923 I just feel that we have all these big-time matchups, 854 00:43:13,007 --> 00:43:16,218 and it's long overdue that we show up, and we show out in that environment. 855 00:43:16,302 --> 00:43:19,638 One, two, three. Love it. 856 00:43:19,722 --> 00:43:21,432 [Taurean] I feel like we let Kyle Field down. 857 00:43:21,515 --> 00:43:23,559 -We'll get it done. We're working for it. -I know. 858 00:43:23,642 --> 00:43:27,187 [Taurean] But the future for Texas A&M is gonna go above and beyond, 859 00:43:27,271 --> 00:43:30,482 because I know how we're wired, where we came from, 860 00:43:30,566 --> 00:43:33,193 and we're gonna continue to compete with each other every day, 861 00:43:33,277 --> 00:43:36,113 so we can rise and rise and continue to get better every day. 862 00:43:36,196 --> 00:43:38,365 [night chirping] 863 00:43:44,121 --> 00:43:46,540 -Put us in a playoff! -[crowd cheering] 864 00:43:46,624 --> 00:43:49,376 [Andy] Tennessee's in the mix for one of those last playoff spots. 865 00:43:49,460 --> 00:43:51,712 This is a team that can compete for the national title. 866 00:43:52,296 --> 00:43:54,798 We'll go dominate their ass. You guys understand what I'm saying? 867 00:43:54,882 --> 00:43:56,467 -[team] Yes, sir. -[coach] All right. 868 00:43:56,550 --> 00:43:58,594 [Andy] But going into the final week of the season, 869 00:43:58,677 --> 00:44:02,181 Vandy would love to keep Tennessee out of the playoff. 870 00:44:02,264 --> 00:44:04,975 -Go hit a motherfucker in the mouth. -[team] Yes, sir. 871 00:44:05,059 --> 00:44:06,685 We're gonna win this game at all costs. 872 00:44:07,353 --> 00:44:08,854 [Andy] South Carolina's been on a tear. 873 00:44:09,438 --> 00:44:12,524 The Gamecocks are one of the scariest teams in the country now. 874 00:44:12,608 --> 00:44:15,110 [man] We are one of the 12 best teams. 875 00:44:15,194 --> 00:44:17,946 We're gonna finish this season the right way. 876 00:44:18,530 --> 00:44:21,283 [player] We still got a chance to win the national championship. 877 00:44:21,367 --> 00:44:23,202 Everything we want is right in our hands. 878 00:44:23,786 --> 00:44:24,828 [Andy] Just win. 879 00:44:25,329 --> 00:44:26,830 Just win, baby. 880 00:44:29,124 --> 00:44:31,043 [upbeat percussive music playing] 880 00:44:32,305 --> 00:45:32,461