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Alabama CONCERN LEVEL Against Mississippi State REVEALED Before HUGE SEC Game! · SEC Football Addiction

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  Speaker 1: Staying in the sec alabama and mississippi state we are
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  Speaker 1: presented by prize picks let's talk about can we ever
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  Speaker 1: get tired of talking about camario taylor camario taylor who
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  Speaker 1: listen not many people were it was really just now
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  Speaker 1: that i think about it it was really just us
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  Speaker 1: we've been on the camario tay uh taylor bandwagon train
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  Speaker 1: sorry uh for for quite a while and i just
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  Speaker 1: would like to pass on the backs because we were
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  Speaker 1: the only ones doing it shout out to us boys
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  Speaker 1: uh cole what do you got there in the sec
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  Speaker 1: and uh In cowbell country this weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Have you seen the weather? It's going to be like
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  Speaker 2: 75% rain right now. 65 degrees, 75% rain at kickoff
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  Speaker 2: at 11.
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  Speaker 3: And Bama run the ball. Interesting.
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  Speaker 4: Oh, boy.
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  Speaker 3: This is an interesting one because I'll tell you what.
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  Speaker 2: If you told me that this was going to be
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  Speaker 2: a shootout, I think that we would get in for
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  Speaker 2: an epic performance between two of the best quarterbacks in
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  Speaker 2: the country.
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  Speaker 3: Because let's be real for one second.
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  Speaker 2: We have not done enough, I think, praise for how
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  Speaker 2: well Keelan Russell has looked this season because of just
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  Speaker 2: how many other good quarterbacks are making strides, like Kamario
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  Speaker 2: Taylor and like a train at Shamless.
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  Speaker 3: But Keelan Russell's been legit.
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  Speaker 2: That said, if you take away the passing element in
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  Speaker 2: this game, where both these teams are going to have
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  Speaker 2: to trust who can run the football more, that's going
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  Speaker 2: to make this kind.
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  Speaker 3: Of a boring sludge fest.
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  Speaker 2: But I think it's really interesting for a lot of
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  Speaker 2: different reasons because Alabama this season has looked better running
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  Speaker 2: the football than I think we all expected. And they
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  Speaker 2: have four guys. that are also able to run the
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  Speaker 2: football in certain roles. If you need those hard yards
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  Speaker 2: after contact, that's Daniel Hill. If you want those runs
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  Speaker 2: to the outside, that's Treshawn Brown. If you want to
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  Speaker 2: be able to get the elusiveness in the open field,
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  Speaker 2: that's EJ Cruella. And then AK Deer.
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  Speaker 3: Potentially could come back for this game.
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  Speaker 2: So there's so many ways I think Alabama with this
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  Speaker 2: offense underneath Ryan Grubb could be able to have a
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  Speaker 2: rushing attack that is very potent. But on the flip side,
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  Speaker 2: I think the best running back in this game is
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  Speaker 2: going to be on Mississippi State with Fluff Bothwell. Fluff
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  Speaker 2: Bothwell had a phenomenal performance last week against Missouri. I
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  Speaker 2: think against power forward teams, he's averaging like 120 yards.
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  Speaker 2: He's gotten like five and a half yards a clip.
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  Speaker 2: So Alabama's defense in slippery environments. Is this one to
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  Speaker 2: where you watch him zip zap zap his way through contact?
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  Speaker 3: He's gaining six. He's gaining seven.
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  Speaker 2: And he's kind of allowing you to open up the
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  Speaker 2: playbook for Jeff Levy with Kamario Taylor to maybe just
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  Speaker 2: find Francisco McGee or an Anthony Evans downfield. I think
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  Speaker 2: that what you look at in the wide receiver matchup,
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  Speaker 2: I think that Alabama has more depth at their wide receivers.
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  Speaker 2: Like I really do like getting back at Noah Rogers.
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  Speaker 2: I think that what you have with Rico Scott and
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  Speaker 2: you throw in a Derek Meadows even. They're really talented playmakers,
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  Speaker 2: along with Ryan Coleman-Williams and Lottie Brooks. But the best
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  Speaker 2: receiver in this game, I think, is Anthony Evans. And
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  Speaker 2: I've watched him be able to hit 24 miles per
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  Speaker 2: hour and basically burn past defensive backs in Alabama for
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  Speaker 2: as good as they are in the secondary, which they
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  Speaker 2: are a good team.
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  Speaker 3: Their defense is legit. We watched Deuce Robinson go up
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  Speaker 3: for big explosives. We have seen Mimsy go up for
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  Speaker 3: big explosives.
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  Speaker 2: We've seen Nick Harbour last week break the ankles of
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  Speaker 2: Dijon Lee for a touchdown. These are things that we
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  Speaker 2: have witnessed before. So if it comes down to the explosives,
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  Speaker 2: that's an area to where I think Mississippi State can
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  Speaker 2: really win.
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  Speaker 3: I think that the offensive line has done a really.
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  Speaker 2: Nice job for Alabama after the crap that we gave
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  Speaker 2: them in that Florida State game to begin things on off.
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  Speaker 2: The big question is, will it happen again against an
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  Speaker 2: underrated defensive line that is not getting its flowers underneath
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  Speaker 2: new coordinator Zach Garnett. If you give Keelan Russell time
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  Speaker 2: to be able to find open targets, that's a win.
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  Speaker 2: The other side of the ball, can you give Kamario
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  Speaker 2: Taylor time to find open weapons? Because if the last
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  Speaker 2: thing that you don't want to do is have a
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  Speaker 2: gain of 20, but then here comes 54 with another
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  Speaker 2: penalty for a holding call against Yonze Pierre, and it's
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  Speaker 2: a loss of 10. So I think that's another element
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  Speaker 2: that's really important in this game. Kelly Jones versus Ryan
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  Speaker 2: Coleman Williams is a matchup that I'm very excited to see.
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  Speaker 2: I think that he has been probably the best cornerback
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  Speaker 2: in the SEC this season.
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  Speaker 3: Can he shut down.
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  Speaker 2: The go-to guy for the passing attack? And then how
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  Speaker 2: do you have an answer for the Alabama tight ends?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, like, we do not talk enough about, I think,
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  Speaker 2: what they have been so far this season. And the
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  Speaker 2: other thing is that if they're able to be a
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  Speaker 2: factor on short to intermediate throws, then Alabama may be
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  Speaker 2: able to play with tempo. They may be able to
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  Speaker 2: trust that their run game is going to be lethal.
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  Speaker 2: And they may just need to score 15, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: maybe score 20, 21. And that might be enough for
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  Speaker 2: you to be able to say, our defense is going
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  Speaker 2: to shut down a quarterback like Kamario Taylor because he's
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  Speaker 2: not gone up against a defense like us. We feel
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  Speaker 2: confident winning in Starkville for this one.
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  Speaker 3: Alright, now back to the clip.
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  Speaker 1: Kamario Taylor has been so impressive. Thoughts on just this
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  Speaker 1: Alabama defense in general? Good performance Saturday, but it was
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  Speaker 1: also South Carolina. I do want to, so I, you know, you,
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  Speaker 1: you are kind of considering kind of the mess that
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  Speaker 1: they're in right now. The time before that, when they
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  Speaker 1: were all at home, you know, Florida State, they let
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  Speaker 1: Ashton Daniels throw for 377 and they go up 36 points,
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  Speaker 1: you know, teams rebound. There were a lot of possessions.
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  Speaker 1: Bama's offense didn't really put their defense. I really had
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  Speaker 1: to lock in.
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  Speaker 3: They did get.
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  Speaker 1: Stops in the second half, but just thoughts around what
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  Speaker 1: Kamario Taylor can do against this defense.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he can do whatever he wants because he's
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  Speaker 2: going to do it against everybody this season if he
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  Speaker 2: plays within structure. It's just, I do think that there
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  Speaker 2: is a level of an Alabama defense that he has
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  Speaker 2: not seen up to this point. So what are we
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  Speaker 2: going to witness in this matchup where... A couple weeks ago,
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  Speaker 2: we talked about the holding penalties and the penalties just
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  Speaker 2: in general in that matchup in Willie B, where they
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  Speaker 2: were down by 16, and Dylan Stewart was winning, and
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  Speaker 2: Herring was winning, and they got the holding calls, which
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  Speaker 2: kind of negated plays that could have been turnovers. Well,
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  Speaker 2: what happens if you don't get the holding calls? Because
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  Speaker 2: if Janze Pierre just bullies you up front. But the
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  Speaker 2: explosives is something that I'm very interested in in this game.
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  Speaker 3: And I think it's really important because.
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  Speaker 2: We have seen consistently, I mean consistently, consistently, Alabama give
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  Speaker 2: up an explosive. And honestly, as much as Deuce Robinson,
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  Speaker 2: I think is a game changer at wide receiver. Anthony
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  Speaker 2: Evans has been better than Deuce Robinson this year. He's
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  Speaker 2: been more consistent than Deuce Robinson.
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  Speaker 1: He has a better quarterback thrown to him.
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  Speaker 3: I'll say he's definitely, that's not even, that's not trying.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: That's not me trying to like make a joke. Like
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  Speaker 1: he just does.
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  Speaker 4: Great.
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  Speaker 2: And again, you talk, you talk about this is the,
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  Speaker 2: this defense in general is, When they're on point, they're
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  Speaker 2: on point. I mean, it was a 32-0 shutout in
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  Speaker 2: the second half against Kentucky. It was a dismantling until
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  Speaker 2: they said otherwise against South Carolina. But I will also say,
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  Speaker 2: the thing that worries me with Alabama, it's the thing
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  Speaker 2: that has worried me all season.
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  Speaker 3: Slow starts.
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  Speaker 2: Like, Alabama, before this game against South Carolina last week,
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  Speaker 2: doesn't wake up and realizes there's a football matchup going
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  Speaker 2: on until like eight minutes into the second quarter. You
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  Speaker 2: don't do that and come back against a Mississippi State offense.
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  Speaker 2: Mississippi State will just keep its foot on the gas
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  Speaker 2: and go, hey, find a way. We're not letting up.
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  Speaker 2: So you're going to have to find a way to
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  Speaker 2: score more than us and get.
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  Speaker 3: A pick six or something along those lines. So talent's there.
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  Speaker 3: Expectations are there.
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  Speaker 2: There's definitely a lot to love about this Alabama offense
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  Speaker 2: and defense. But there's also a lot to love about
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  Speaker 2: this Mississippi State team. And they have the home field advantage.
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  Speaker 3: And they're playing with momentum.
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  Speaker 2: So it's an opportunity for them to kind of make
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  Speaker 2: a statement.
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  Speaker 1: Tom, thoughts here?
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  Speaker 4: If I'm Alabama's defense, my goal is to put Kamario
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  Speaker 4: Taylor in hell. I don't think this Mississippi State offensive
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  Speaker 4: line is otherworldly by any means. I think the production
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  Speaker 4: you've seen out of the running game from Fluff Bothwell
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  Speaker 4: has been to a degree because of Fluff Bothwell and
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  Speaker 4: the competition. This is going to be a huge step
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  Speaker 4: up in competition. That front seven is going to be
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  Speaker 4: able to torment the Mississippi State offensive line. And this
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  Speaker 4: will be one of the first games, if not the
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  Speaker 4: first game, where Camario Taylor has to be the reason
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  Speaker 4: that they win. And it's not to say that he
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  Speaker 4: hasn't already, but he's been able to elevate everybody around him.
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  Speaker 4: Can he do that to the point to overcome Alabama?
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  Speaker 4: That's the question in this, because your goal as the
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  Speaker 4: Alabama defense is to disrupt his feet. You want to
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  Speaker 4: make him run around and you want to make him
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  Speaker 4: make decisions when he's not prepared to, because he has
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  Speaker 4: had a lot of time in the pocket, throw those
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  Speaker 4: moon balls. We've seen that for quite some time. If
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  Speaker 4: fluff Bothwell can't get going, then it's all going to
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  Speaker 4: be on Camario. He's going to be running around quite
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  Speaker 4: a bit. It's not exactly going to be phase on
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  Speaker 4: Brandon against Texas. I think that he has a little
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  Speaker 4: bit more ability, frankly, a lot more ability, but you
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  Speaker 4: don't want to put your quarterback in that situation where
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  Speaker 4: he's taken multiple hits against this Alabama defense. And on
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  Speaker 4: the flip side, I think Keelan Russell is playing pretty
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  Speaker 4: damn good quarterback right now. Not even just best in
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  Speaker 4: the sec, maybe top 10, top five in the country
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  Speaker 4: right now. So I think as long as they can
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  Speaker 4: keep him on schedule the way that they like within
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  Speaker 4: that offense and, run the football effectively. I don't think
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  Speaker 4: Mississippi State defensively is going to present anything for Alabama
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  Speaker 4: that really terrifies them in this. I think if the
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  Speaker 4: weather is a factor, you could see the score come
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  Speaker 4: down and you could see this be something where the
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  Speaker 4: under is very likely. I'm going to take Mississippi State
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  Speaker 4: to cover the spread, but still fall to Alabama. I
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  Speaker 4: have it at a score of 24 to 20 for
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  Speaker 4: the Crimson Tide.
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  Speaker 1: I think Alabama wins a little bit more comfortably. It's
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  Speaker 1: a great game where Alabama scores late. A lot of
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  Speaker 1: the same logic as Tom. Weather keeps us a little
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  Speaker 1: slower scoring. Taylor does some things. I would even look
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  Speaker 1: at a first half line of Mississippi State. It's going
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  Speaker 1: to be plus points because they're the underdog. Just give
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  Speaker 1: me the line of Mississippi. If you really want to
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  Speaker 1: put it on the money line, then stick your neck
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  Speaker 1: out there. But whatever it is, Mississippi State plus four
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  Speaker 1: or whatever at halftime, I think there's probably some value
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  Speaker 1: in that. I'm making that line up. So if somebody
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  Speaker 1: has it, then great. But look into that right before
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  Speaker 1: kickoff in a low scoring game where You could see
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  Speaker 1: Bama start slow, Kamaru Taylor do something special early, and
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  Speaker 1: then Bama start to come a little more to life
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  Speaker 1: and ended up winning this. Sometimes the books even offer
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  Speaker 1: like a first half winner, second half winner together. So
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  Speaker 1: give me Mississippi State first half, Bama second half. There's
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  Speaker 1: some value, I think, there. But yeah, I think Bama's
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  Speaker 1: offense is playing at a different level right now. I
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  Speaker 1: picked the upset last week for Tennessee, Texas, so I
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  Speaker 1: try not to be all chalk, but I'm going back
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  Speaker 1: to some chalk this week. Give me Alabama to win
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  Speaker 1: this by 10, 30 to 20.
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  Speaker 2: I think that if you really want to break this
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  Speaker 2: all down, it comes down to which defensive backfield is
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  Speaker 2: going to allow more explosives. And right now, Alabama ranks
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  Speaker 2: 88th in the country in pass defense.
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  Speaker 3: Mississippi State ranks 114th. I think that there is just.
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  Speaker 2: One more throw made by Keelan Russell and one more
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  Speaker 2: run made by Daniel Hill that is going to separate
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  Speaker 2: this game. I think this is very low scoring in
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  Speaker 2: the first half. I wouldn't be shocked to see this
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  Speaker 2: be like 10-3. I think in the second half, weather permitting,
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  Speaker 2: Sun kind of comes on out.
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  Speaker 3: You got a little bit more in the passing game.
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  Speaker 2: You still have Kamario Taylor look really good, but Keelan
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  Speaker 2: Russell just looks a little bit better.
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to get a variance with TJ. I think
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  Speaker 3: it's about a 10-point swing. I'm going to take Alabama.
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  Speaker 3: I got 27-17.