>> verne: every precaution being taken no >> verne: o'brien has been placed on the stretcher on his >> verne: jalen reeves-maybin, cameron sutton on the sideline. >> gary: it's good right there. we're seeing him wiggle his fingers. a lot of time the medical staff is assuring him this in a precautionary way. don't panic. we're doing this for your own good to make sure." he may be saying "i feel fine, i feel fine." they're saying "time take our time. we're going to do it the proper way." >> verne: you see in the background his teammates on a knee. on this side of the field, the the field. >> gary: again, the replay, he was spinning off a block, turning and -- the ballcarrier ran into him. he didn't initiate the hit. let's watch. he takes on the double team like he's supposed to, he feels the ball inside, goes down low but so does the ballc >> verne: just a murmur through >> gary: when the game does resume -- this is the toughest part. you've got to go out there and rely on your playing football. your mind can't wander. you have to trust your techniques and just go play. a strong reserve to concentrate on your job. human nature to think about how your teammate is out there. >> verne: sure. i think they're about ready to lift danny o'brien -- >> gary: he's a big man. eight of them to do it. [applause] >> verne: you can see how they've stabilized danny o'brien as much as they possibly could. coach jones. to the left. >> verne: i'm guessing that's his mom. >> verne: we are back to play. jalen reeves-maybin. darren kirkland, cameron sutton, jalen hurd. >> referee: offside on the defense. number 40. >> verne: they've lost danny o'brien, dylan wiesman and cortes mcdowell. >> gary: that takes it from third and six to about a third and a yard, obviously. changes your play call. now you feel play action run instead of the play action pass. they went wide last time and barnett blew it up. >> verne: knight. they stuff it again. keith ford. let's check in with allie laforce. >> allie: we have a glimpse of hope from tennessee. telling me that danny o'brien is moving all four extremities. as i learn more, i'll let you know. >> verne: thank you. shane tripucka on to punt for the ninth time. alvin kamara waits for it at the 15 yard line. >> gary: the story in the first half was tennessee couldn't make third-down conversions. in the second half it's texas a&m can't do it. >> verne: tripucka booms this one. kamara at the eight. gang-tackled at the 15 yard line. >> gary: i'll bet number 12 is in there. i did not see him. is he in there? >> verne: yes, he's very slow getting up this time and ease got another teammate on the ground. >> gary: you can almost tell by the hits the way he goes down that he's involved in it. >> verne: 10:36 remaining in that ballgame. this injury-filled football game. by rootmetrics, again, verizon is the number one network. and we're just as good. really? only verizon was ranked number one nationally in data, reliability, text and call and speed. yeah! and you're gonna fist bump to that? get out of my sight. don't get fooled by a cut rate network. verizon gives you tons of data without all the restrictions. get 20 gigs and 4 lines for only $160. with no surprise overages on america's best network. whether you're wearing layers... beads, stripes... or cheese. if you bleed blue... black and yellow, or various shades of red... this is your beer. 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was there a whistle before the snap? >> gary: there was. there was. >> verne: holy cow. >> referee: false start on the offense. all 11 players were not set prior to the five-yard penalty. first down. >> verne: that's a way of spreading the blame. >> gary: nobody was -- they tried to go fast a little bit. the receiver was not set when the ball was snapped, and you know what? that was a valuable play because the center had no idea the receiver wasn't set -- that was a break that tennessee caught on that play. remember, they do have a back-up center in the game. >> verne: coleman thomas. number 55. here is dovenltz quickly. and there is -- >> gary: interference. >> verne: ah. tyler byrd, the intended receiver. armani watts with the bump. >> gary: it was on tyler byrd, i believe, coming across. >> gary: couldn't tell but in real -- it's not off the monitor but as i'm watching it live it felt like he got there early. no call. >> verne: second and 15. 9:47 to go. >> gary: myles garrett in the game. split out wide. >> verne: they've used him sparingly. here is the pass to jennings on the near side. it's nick harvey. >> gary: the linesman just got drilled, as jennings went low -- down, the official -- the texas a&m player was coming to clean up the tackle and watch him go evans hits the linesman. >> verne: chad lawrence, the line judge. >> gary: tried to pull off the hit and the line judge is one tough guy. that was a big time hit. >> verne: third and 10. a&m brings four. they've got a blitz on. the pass to kamara on the near side and watch him go. first down. >> gary: i don't know exactly who he reminds me of but no one picks up the blitz. hot to the outside. you've got didi hall in there. when kamara catches the ball, he can cruise. >> verne: a big third-down conversion. first down and 10 at the 49. quick flip. far side. tyler byrd again. number 10. hall playing the whole game. myles garrett has been coming in in situational pass rushes. >> verne: jarrett johnson has occupied that right defensive end most of the time. the blitz threatened. the blitz coming. quick flip out here and josh smith is taken down almost immediately. by justin evans. he is one tough cookie. >> gary: when you the ball against a john chavis defense, he is going to come up, he's going to play man-to-man and he's going to start eating up space. >> verne: third down, six. 8:20 to go. >> gary: by the way, donovan wilson is back in the football game. >> verne: dobbs takes off. look how elusive he is. that is another tennessee first >> gary: he is so calm. this tennessee team has been through so much this year. they are not going to be fazed by this 14-point which was once a 21-point lead. >> verne: under eight to go, first and 10 at the 34. dobbs goes right. jauan jennings. he cannot hang >> gary: i think nick harvey might have got his hand in there. i'm not sure if harvey got his hand in there to make a play. >> verne: ooh. >> gary: he grabbed his left arm, is what happened. >> verne: yeah. >> gary: jennings could not get both hands on the ball. about the same match-up to the outside. man-to-man right here. >> verne: yes, indeed. kamara. breaks a tackle. he's hauled down by armani watts but not until he gets to the 15 yard line. >> gary: kamara dodges the blitzer just as he gets the hand off. watch this play. dodges the blitz just as he gets the hand off and gets to the secondary. you just can't teach that. oh, boy. hang on. he did not. armani watts couldn't control him. >> gary: make sure -- >> verne: first and goal. >> gary: runs through that arm tackle. we've seen this in every game we've watched him. >> verne: up the middle. touchdown, tennessee. >> gary: this tennessee team has over 500 yards in offense. butch jones saying we're going to go for one. obviously. >> verne: he did a 40-yard sprint. his 40-yard dash time is 5.7. >> gary: i don't know if he got his knee across the line or not but he must have. >> verne: aaron medley with the extra point. it is 28-21. >> gary: remember the short pass to kamara when he got down the sideline. then this play where he gets the ball and beats a blitzer and a tackler at the line of scrimmage. then from there josh dobbs goes to the outside. when he's running the football, a 1-2 punch today, between kamara and dobbs and john kelly has done a job. when he's held onto the ball. is he still their leading rusher in this game? he is. 89 yards. >> verne: kamara is behind him with 83. kelly has rushed 13 times. kamara 14. josh dobbs 16. all that was was a 12-play, 85-yard drive. 2015, three losses. >> gary: they did lose four games they were leading last year. and remember, they only lost four all year. this year has been just the opposite. they were a first half team last year. this year they're a fourth quarter team. i don't know if they believe, but we believe. here is medley's kick. speedy noil is going to let this one go through the end zone. people affected by severe weather and other disasters need help now. to support those impacted by hurricane matthew, text matthew to 90999. each text is a $10 gift to american red relief. >> gary: on the third-down play prior the last stop by tennessee, trevor knight was upset with himself. he thought he read wrong and should have kept it. when is trevor knight going to do something running the ball? again, nine for 32 yards. >> verne: he's going to pass -- no, he's not. y he's going to run out of bounds. good pursuit. malik foreman was the one who bench area. >> gary: give credit to this tennessee defense. they are hanging in with one of the most powerful offenses in the conference with maybe four or five back-ups in this football game. >> verne: elliott berry is one of them. not evan. this is elliott, number 41 who is on the field defensively. knight chased. off the back foot. intercepted. picked off by todd kelly. >> gary: trevor knight is sure that it bounced. they called it an interception. totally threw that ball off his back foot. yeah, it bounced. >> verne: it bounced. >> referee: the previous play is under further review. the ruling on the field was an >> gary: making plays outside the offense that are too risky and turning the ball over. he may have dodged one here but remember in the first quarter he did the exact same thing and got an interception. >> verne: steve landis is our replay official. >> gary: see if we can see it i don't know if his hand -- was his hand under the ball? they called it caught. that was not clear enough. >> verne: how about this one? they did call it a catch. >> gary: the question is -- the question is. is his right hand under the ball i think it bounced. >> verne: i do too. >> gary: is it enough for the replay official to overrule it? >> verne: if you did not know the name of our referee, david smith today he's become a household name. >> referee: after further review, the ball hit the ground prior to the interception. the throw is incomplete. third down on the 27 yard line. >> gary: since the ucla game when ucla tied it up, i think in is the biggest pressurized drive that a&m has had this season. their defense is reeling. they're tired. they're getting the ball ran on them. they badly need to help their team with a first down here. >> verne: third down and eight. a do-over for the aggies. >> verne: sure did. >> gary: remember this happened before on third and one and they could not pick it up. >> referee: offside. defense. number nine. five-yard penalty. still third down. >> verne: the 11th penalty in dgdz to six lost fumbles. -- in addition to six lost fumbles. >> gary: on the play, that's when barnett went. >> verne: third down, three at the 32. >> gary: right guard move. we're going back to where we were. >> verne: connor lanfear, number 70. >> referee: false start. 70, offense. five-yard penalty. still third down. >> gary: eric mccoy does the partner to the right. lanfear. >> verne: you notice that kendsal vickers, number 39 who was out with an injury is back on the defensive line for tennessee. >> gary: last time in the situation they blitzed. will they do it again? bare front. colton jumper is the 5,000 guy that came the time before and almost forced an interception. >> verne: knight throws intended for josh evans and knocked away by emmanuel moseley. >> gary: tennessee is starting to feel it. now they're crowding those first down throws. they don't believe trevor knight is going to beat them deep down. they played the first down pass and they got it. great play by moseley. >> verne: tripucka on to punt one. it does take an aggie bounce and rolls out of bounds at the 30 yard line. matt tripucka is upset with himself now. 43-yard punt. nothing on the return. the napa play of the game. maybe that we haven't had it yet. that's presented by napa auto parts. that will be at the conclusion of this one. >> gary: a&m can't make first downs. they're going to run their 80th play of this football game and they're controlling the game on offense. mainly because they can run the ball between the tackles. >> verne: 43 carries between kel -- between kelly, kamara, and dobbs. first down. low snap. tipped, i think by daeshon hall. >> gary: yes. the snap caused it. a good snap here and he's going to be able to hit this throw. >> verne: daeshon hall out of seattle. moved to lancaster. a suburb of dallas. his junior year in high school. primarily a basketball player as a young man. there they go again. it's alvin kamara. that's his 15th carry. 6:05 to go. both teams with three time outs. >> gary: this time it's left guard, robinson now. >> gary: all the bumps and bruises, if they have next week get to next week because they have an open week and then they get alabama. >> gary: yeah, from behind. fell on mr. behind. right knee, probably. right ankle. -- fell on from behind. ankil. >> gary: butch jones has been on the field so much, he's going to get his letter. >> verne: yes. the coach is going to help him up. >> gary: hit from behind, fallen notice what do you do with myles garrett? he has not been real effective coming off the edge. does not have that normal burst we saw at the beginning of the season. remember that injury against arkansas has really made him about a 70% football player -- in fact, they're going to put him on the left side. >> verne: they sure are, and daeshon hall will go to the right. three down. denzel boulware is the back-up lineman who is in. third and seven. here. you watch. they're not standing over there for nothing. >> verne: stunts. dobbs, high -- incomplete. fourth down. justin evans. who else? >> gary: sure did. >> verne: josh malone the intended receiver.

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