Something that Texas A&M football fans have been looking forward to for quite some time, along with many SEC fans, is the recently-released documentary by Netflix, "SEC: Any Given Saturday." Following the success of other sports-based documentaries by the streaming giant, as well as a nascent foray into live sports, these further ventures have been popping up, with their coverage of the 2024 SEC season being a top example.
What Aggie fans have found, though, is that the great stories of A&M's season were a bit shortchanged in Netflix's coverage of their season. That may even be too generous, as the highlighted portions of the Aggies' fall were the most painful moments of the year for A&M football fans.
This isn't to suggest some sort of media conspiracy, but given the anticipation that Aggie fans had for this documentary, it's pretty disappointing. There were several success stories from the year that deserved to be highlighted, but Netflix simply passed them over for one reason or another.
Netflix's "SEC: Any Given Saturday" displays Texas A&M lowlights, all but ignoring high points
I think the most egregious example here is the near-complete ignoring of the LSU game. That was a massive moment in the season for college football fans, as the Aggies and Tigers were vying for the top spot in the conference in the SEC's largest stadium— one which was, as commentators Chris Fowler and Kirk Herbstreit noted, absolutely rocking.
And yet, all it got was a couple of nods at the beginning of an LSU-focused episode, showing Nussmeier throwing an interception at the end of the game. It's not an over-exaggeration to say that this was one of the most exciting games of the season overall: the flip from the first half to the second half, coinciding with the QB switch for the Aggies, was a huge storyline, but it was not even mentioned.
Of course, the four-overtime game against Auburn was shown, which you pretty much had to expect. The South Carolina game was also spotlighted. Texas A&M's time in the limelight was shown in the leadup to their game against Texas, where the defense was given respect, but shown to ultimately not be enough to get them over the hump.
The documentary did show, briefly, the Aggies' victory against Florida, but it was from the Gators' perspective and not much time was spent there. This was simply a missed opportunity for Netflix, and one that will surely be a burr in the saddle of A&M fans.