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F.M. and wherever you get podcasts from, I'm Brian Haydad joined by Mississippi State. I'm going to give you the legend title. We'll do. We'll go with that. I'm sure he won't turn it down. Nick Fitzgerald is joining me now at this time. Not only known for being one of the toughest SOBs to ever put on a maroon and white

uniform, but more commonly known as Texas A&M's biological father.

Is that an accident? Okay. Every single Texas

saying them student alumni and you, Dave came from me. There's there's no doubt

about that. Definitely going to always claim to be their father until the day I die.

I don't know if you saw this or not, but when Casey Smith decided, or she announced that she was pregnant and was talking about what is she going to name the baby I said they should name it she should name it Nicholas Fitzgerald Smith because you're already a and him's dad.

I did see that and I honestly I agreed I heavily agreed I thought that was I thought that was the perfect name for it I mean if they want if she wants someone successful

You know gonna be at the top of the food chain at Texas A&M, Nicholas Fitzgerald Smith would be the name.

I like it. We'll see we can go with it. You beat A&M three times as a starter.

Beat them twice here in Starkville, once in College Station.

Two different coaches, Mullen for two of them, more head for one of them.

And these are different A&M teams, you know, and the beat, same with A&&M someone was there for a couple of those

games and then Jim O Fisher was there for one season was there was there Texas A&M that made them a, they made Mississippi State a bad matchup for them.

Man, I, you know, I wish I could tell you why, you know, I think it's more just, you know, I wanted to be the best team in Maroon, you know, we always had the same exact jerseys and everything like that and I just wanted to make sure people knew that we were the best team in Maroon and White wearing those jerseys.

And I think in 2016, you know, they came in at number four in the country.

You know, they were running hot.

We were pretty terrible that year.

So I think of probably something they might have overlooked.

You know, they weren't thinking too hard about us.

You know, they came in the, came in and Davis Wade

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