Mizzou QB Brady Cook's jab at 12th 'lit fire' under Texas A&M - ESPN

COLLEGE STATION, Texas — No. 25 Texas A&M recorded its biggest win over a top-10 team in program history Saturday with a 41-10 blowout of No. 9 Missouri and appreciated the assist by Tigers quarterback Brady Cook.

Before heading to Texas, Cook was asked about how Missouri prepared to play in front of the crowd at Kyle Field. «The noise at practice is actually louder,» he said, attributing it to the speakers used to simulate the playing environment.

Aggies coach Mike Elko didn't seem to mind the comments making their way to the 97,049 Texas A&M fans in attendance.

«The 12th Man certainly heard some of the statements made about how easy it was to play in Kyle Field, and that was good,» Elko said with a smile after the Aggies improved to 5-1 and 3-0 in the SEC.

Cook finished 13-of-31 for 186 yards with a touchdown and was pressured on 13 of 37 dropbacks despite the Aggies only blitzing him seven times, according to ESPN Research.

Texas A&M defensive end Nic Scourton, who had 1.5 sacks and 2.5 tackles for loss, said the comments provided motivation to the team.

«They kind of lit a fire under us,» he said. «Coming into our place, like pre-interviews, talking down on Kyle Field, coming in here and stepping on our field and stuff like that. I think guys were really motivated to go out there and be dominant.»

And the Aggies were dominant. They led 24-0 at halftime before Le'Veon Moss ran 75 yards for a touchdown on the first play of the second half. He said he, too, took the stadium comments personally.

«Most definitely. They thought they were coming to get a piece of cake,» Moss said.

Moss ran for a career-high 138 yards with three touchdowns. Missouri had just 79 yards in the first half and finished with 254 total yards while