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Arizona State Game Preview · Johnny's World

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SPEAKER_01: Welcome back to a new episode of the Johnny's World Podcast.
0:25
SPEAKER_01: This is one of your hosts, BW.
0:27
SPEAKER_01: I'm here with my colleague Johnny.
0:29
SPEAKER_01: It is uh currently Thursday, September the 15th, as we record this second week of college football.
0:35
SPEAKER_01: How are we feeling, Johnny?
0:37
SPEAKER_00: We're feeling good.
0:38
SPEAKER_00: This is a victory week.
0:39
SPEAKER_00: We've got to savor these victories that we can.
0:41
SPEAKER_00: You never know how many we're gonna get.
0:43
SPEAKER_00: But you know, people might say, hey, you beat a you beat a no-name team, but guess what?
0:47
SPEAKER_00: We won the game and we got a we got a victory.
0:50
SPEAKER_00: Victories are hard to come by, even whoever you play these day and time.
0:54
SPEAKER_00: So uh so yeah, it was good to get a get a win.
0:57
SPEAKER_00: That's right.
0:58
SPEAKER_01: When you were you were at the game, so you you said the crowd wasn't that great.
1:01
SPEAKER_01: What how what'd you think?
1:03
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, crowd was terrible.
1:04
SPEAKER_00: The student section was awesome.
1:05
SPEAKER_00: I'll give them props, man.
1:06
SPEAKER_00: They stayed.
1:07
SPEAKER_00: I even I mean it it in the right right off the get-go, pretty much.
1:12
SPEAKER_00: Uh, I looked up the I sit on the west side to the east side of the stadium, was just like no one was there.
1:17
SPEAKER_00: I was like, this is the worst crowd I've ever seen.
1:18
SPEAKER_00: But then you look to the left to the student section, it's jam-packed in the end zone.
1:22
SPEAKER_00: So uh that was awesome.
1:24
SPEAKER_00: But uh man, it just a torrential downpour just came, it came just out of nowhere.
1:28
SPEAKER_00: So I I left to go up under the stands along with all the other thousands of people.
1:33
SPEAKER_00: So I'm sure by then it really didn't look like anybody was in the stands.
1:37
SPEAKER_00: But the supposedly the student section stayed it during the whole downpour, they were getting drenched and they were still there.
1:43
SPEAKER_00: So um that was really cool.
1:45
SPEAKER_00: But uh yeah, uh it was just a just a rainy day, rainy night.
1:50
SPEAKER_00: And I didn't even have it on the forecast.
1:52
SPEAKER_00: Oh, I didn't usually bring ponchos and stuff and didn't see any of that coming.
1:56
SPEAKER_00: But uh I told someone that hey, that's a good sign because it rained in Dan Bond's first game.
2:01
SPEAKER_00: So uh if if if that foreshadows things to come, that's that's a good sign because we beat Jackson State in the in in the rain in 2009 and and then it rained again.
2:11
SPEAKER_00: But uh man, you you you text me during the game uh when it first happened.
2:14
SPEAKER_00: Uh I I I got my phone out to record.
2:16
SPEAKER_00: I was like, because I told you last week on the podcast we said that uh Chad Bumpus ran a special play in Mullen's first game where he they gave the ball to him and he threw it down the field.
2:26
SPEAKER_00: So I was expecting something crazy to happen in the first play.
2:29
SPEAKER_00: So I recorded it and it was just a a pass.
2:32
SPEAKER_00: I think it might have been an incomplete pass.
2:33
SPEAKER_00: I was like, uh put my phone down, and then the mo the next play, Chapin goes downfield, drops a dime, man, for a touchdown.
2:41
SPEAKER_00: I was like, Why didn't I record this?
2:42
SPEAKER_00: But we do it's freaking awesome.
2:44
SPEAKER_00: That was fun to see that happen, and then they were just getting to act at fast-paced, up and down to scoring, and you know, the opponent we're playing obviously it'll be different when it when the competition picks up, but it was just fun to see all that happen because especially after last season, and the the offense was just uh terrible last season, so it was good to see points being scored and uh and all that.
3:05
SPEAKER_00: So uh yeah, we'll see what happens this week.
3:09
SPEAKER_01: Man, it felt like I was playing uh NCAA football again.
3:12
SPEAKER_01: I mean, I would I would do that every time, like every time I play, I'd I'd run like one or two plays, and then the next play I pick would be just like a Hail Mary down the field.
3:23
SPEAKER_01: And so we never, I mean, Mississippi State, you never see that.
3:27
SPEAKER_01: And so just to see that happen that quick in that game, it got me fired up.
3:31
SPEAKER_01: I was I was ready.
3:33
SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
3:33
SPEAKER_00: Oh man, our our buddy, uh, our buddy, I'll give him a shout out, Jonathan Graves.
3:37
SPEAKER_00: He always texts me every week, are you on the Levy bandwagon?
3:40
SPEAKER_00: You on the levy band bandwagon?
3:42
SPEAKER_00: And I keep telling, no, I'm not on the levy bandwagon, I have not been on the levy bandwagon, but I will after the Florida game.
3:48
SPEAKER_00: Give me, give me that.
3:49
SPEAKER_00: If we can go uh, if we can beat Arizona State this week and and win and get up to Florida and go undefeated, I'll I'll be on the band.
3:55
SPEAKER_00: But right now, I'm still kind of like skeptical.
3:57
SPEAKER_00: What I saw was very promising, really encouraging, seeing lots of points happen, but but like we just said, it was against the no-name team this week, right now, this week, Arizona State, who me and you both said in our uh preseason projections that you know they're supposed to be really bad.
4:12
SPEAKER_00: And they just whooped up a Wyoming this past weekend, which Wyoming, I think, is usually a solid football team.
4:17
SPEAKER_00: So that kind of scares me.
4:18
SPEAKER_00: BW.
4:19
SPEAKER_00: I think Arizona State might be uh might be really good.
4:22
SPEAKER_00: So uh it's gonna be a true test this weekend to see where we stand as far as uh the competition and and if we can if we can score and and beat Arizona uh handily and move on, and then then I then you got me a believer.
4:35
SPEAKER_00: But right now I'm still I'm still in that mode where I'm like I'm I'm really excited, but I'm a little nervous too.
4:41
SPEAKER_00: So we'll we'll see.
4:42
SPEAKER_00: But but this weekend will it's a lot of questions.
4:45
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I know I was a little worried.
4:47
SPEAKER_01: I mean, the score didn't obviously show it, but I felt like that their offensive line was pushing our defensive line a little bit more than I wanted to see because they were especially the first part of the game, they were they were running the ball three and four yards, and somehow we were still getting off the field, but I mean they were running some chunk chunk run plays.
5:06
SPEAKER_01: I'm like, this is an SEC line against this team.
5:09
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I mean, some push on us.
5:11
SPEAKER_01: So I don't know though.
5:12
SPEAKER_01: I mean, maybe they just weren't weren't playing up to the level that they needed to, or they didn't have their plays going or something.
5:19
SPEAKER_01: I don't know.
5:20
SPEAKER_01: I was a little worried about that.
5:21
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I've heard I've heard people say that this week was a podcast.
5:24
SPEAKER_00: I've been listening to about the defensive line, needing to step up that that's an area of concern.
5:28
SPEAKER_00: So um we'll we'll see what happens.
5:31
SPEAKER_00: But I was uh give a shout out to our defense though, because we made some good plays at the end of the game.
5:35
SPEAKER_00: I uh it was it had rained by by then.
5:37
SPEAKER_00: I'd got I was getting heading on home, but uh I heard uh heard on the radio JP Purvis was a guy that made a big time play on defense and uh scored some defensive touchdowns.
5:46
SPEAKER_00: So that was really good to see.
5:47
SPEAKER_00: And uh, but like I said, uh we'll after this coming Saturday night, we'll we'll kind of like get a better feel of of uh where our team will be from then on out.
5:57
SPEAKER_01: Well, you know, one thing too, the uh return game is it is it Coleman?
6:01
SPEAKER_01: Um yeah, that catch, yeah, that hit the catch.
6:04
SPEAKER_00: That was pretty sweet.
6:05
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, but he uh I mean he's he's putting some moves on those punt returns, and I almost I almost hate that we he showed that this week.
6:15
SPEAKER_01: I kind of or last week, I kind of wish that maybe he just kneeled it or something and then and saved it for at least this game to where it's a little bit more important.
6:22
SPEAKER_01: So because now they're not gonna kick it to him, right?
6:26
SPEAKER_00: Mm-hmm.
6:27
SPEAKER_00: But yeah, it was it was cool to see some of those guys that you know we we never heard of before, uh uh uh Kevin Coleman and Mario Kravers, I believe, is another guy.
6:36
SPEAKER_00: Uh that was really neat to see see guys step up because you know, everyone said the number one guy that we had, which I'll be interested to see if if he's on the field this year.
6:44
SPEAKER_00: We Kelly Kelly Akari, I believe, is the wide receiver was out.
6:49
SPEAKER_00: So it'll be interesting to see if he suits up.
6:51
SPEAKER_00: But um, yeah, it's funny.
6:53
SPEAKER_00: We're just having to learn a bunch of guys' new names uh yeah this season.
6:57
SPEAKER_01: But uh but that's well cream was uh cream witmore had a had a pretty good play there too.
7:03
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, he was he was a guy from last year on the team and uh one of the only few guys I remember that I know that can remember from last year.
7:10
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, he made it he made a good play.
7:11
SPEAKER_00: I like that guy's uh uh he's a stud.
7:14
SPEAKER_00: You know, he was a quarterback in high school in Gainesville, Florida, right?
7:17
SPEAKER_00: Which um I know he's glad he didn't go to Florida uh after their struggles right now, what they're going through.
7:22
SPEAKER_00: But uh yeah, it's good to see him get in the end zone again.
7:25
SPEAKER_00: And um, I think I think he's gonna be in for a big season.
7:29
SPEAKER_00: But yeah, did you get to watch speaking of Florida, did you get to watch that game any?
7:35
SPEAKER_01: I did not watch the Florida game.
7:37
SPEAKER_01: Um, I mean I saw the score, but I didn't watch any of it, but it looked pretty rough.
7:41
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I hope I hope that Napier makes it to our game.
7:46
SPEAKER_00: Um yeah, uh you know, when when we did our uh preseason projections, I I had Florida as a loss.
7:52
SPEAKER_00: I had Arizona State as a win, and Florida had Florida as a loss.
7:55
SPEAKER_00: You had Florida as a win.
7:57
SPEAKER_00: Uh of us beating Florida, I had us losing to Florida.
7:59
SPEAKER_00: But man, after after what I saw the other day, I uh I have to see how we do against Arizona State, but I probably would change my projection that I really think we have a chance of beating Florida if they perform like they did the other day, and their quarterback got hurt.
8:11
SPEAKER_00: And especially like you said, with a coaching situation, I don't know what it would be like then, but they could be in for a disastrous season right off the get-go.
8:19
SPEAKER_00: So uh so that was literally that was promising for us seeing that, knowing that we have to face them in a few weeks.
8:24
SPEAKER_00: But then on the other hand, like I said, Arizona State whooped up on a team last weekend that we thought they weren't gonna be that great.
8:30
SPEAKER_00: So um come Saturday night, I feel like we'll got we'll have a lot of questions answered as far as where we stand uh in the in as the season goes.
8:38
SPEAKER_00: But I was listening to someone yesterday talking about we really don't have any room to slip up, you know, Florida's state is 0-2 right now, you know.
8:45
SPEAKER_00: Um yeah, we can't afford to have a loss right now because uh as we talked about our schedule gets harder throughout the year.
8:52
SPEAKER_00: And if you want to get to a ball game, we gotta get six wins, and and you drop you drop uh Arizona State, and now you and you have that means you have to beat Florida.
9:02
SPEAKER_00: Um no, no, let's see.
9:04
SPEAKER_00: Because I had us beating the and I had us losing Florida, I had to score in five and seven.
9:08
SPEAKER_00: You've got to win this, man.
9:09
SPEAKER_00: You've got to win this one, or you're gonna have to slip up and beat uh somebody in the SEC uh that you're not projected to beat.
9:14
SPEAKER_00: So this is kind of crazy.
9:16
SPEAKER_00: Week two, this is a must-win game for the Bulldogs if they want to try to get six wins uh with the schedule they have in front of them without having to uh upset someone.
9:25
SPEAKER_00: So uh so this is pretty crazy how how it already starts out just like this.
9:30
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I know.
9:32
SPEAKER_01: Well, uh, why don't we I'll I'll give everybody a little update on the coffee and then talk a little bit about Arizona State.
9:39
SPEAKER_01: I got some more trivia questions for you about Arizona State, then we can preview our game.
9:44
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9:50
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9:53
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9:59
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10:23
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10:24
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10:42
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11:15
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11:20
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11:21
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11:27
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11:30
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11:37
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11:38
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11:43
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11:44
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11:48
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11:50
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11:52
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11:59
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12:05
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12:17
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12:18
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12:24
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12:26
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12:32
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12:37
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12:41
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12:45
SPEAKER_00: But I like it because it gets us involved with all the games that are coming on, and uh it's a lot of fun to see who's who's at the top.
12:52
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I'm pretty far behind.
12:54
SPEAKER_01: I don't know.
12:54
SPEAKER_01: I I I feel like I had a decent week, but uh people did better than me.
12:59
SPEAKER_01: Uh I think I'm like an 18th place or something like that.
13:01
SPEAKER_01: I'm usually up in the top five, but not this year, not so far.
13:06
SPEAKER_00: I think I'm in the eighth, but the the thing about it is uh it can change every week.
13:10
SPEAKER_00: You have a good week and you'll you'll bump right up in the standings.
13:12
SPEAKER_00: You have a bad week, you'll drop down.
13:14
SPEAKER_00: But um, yeah, this past week and I we came on here, we I was really excited about the uh LSU USC game, and uh I picked LSU to win, and that was uh that was a surprise.
13:26
SPEAKER_00: I did not see see them losing like they did.
13:29
SPEAKER_00: But man, I had to been, I was, I was happy that uh for Woody Marks that I love that guy.
13:33
SPEAKER_00: That guy played uh played his heart out for Mississippi State, played injured, and and it's kind of like you know, I'll say it's kind of like Dylan Johnson last year for Washington, had such a big year uh running the ball.
13:45
SPEAKER_00: And I would I would think Woody Marks is in for a good season as well, especially uh primetime.
13:50
SPEAKER_00: Everyone saw that uh he came out and scored the winning touchdown and beat LRC.
13:55
SPEAKER_00: And uh he he's a he's a good kid and happy to see him on the big stage do things.
14:00
SPEAKER_00: And same thing with for uh Will Rogers.
14:02
SPEAKER_00: I know he had a he had a good game out in Washington uh last weekend.
14:06
SPEAKER_00: So uh hope hope those guys have a have a great season.
14:09
SPEAKER_00: Uh the state fans that are out there that are wishing them bad luck.
14:13
SPEAKER_00: Man, that that's not that's not right.
14:14
SPEAKER_00: I mean, these guys put their heart out on the line for us.
14:17
SPEAKER_00: They try to better themselves and their situation and went to where they think they need to go.
14:22
SPEAKER_00: And so props to them, and I just hope that they all uh have a good season, uh especially Will and Woody.
14:28
SPEAKER_00: So that was really really neat to see Woody score uh touchdown on national TV and beat LSU.
14:33
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
14:35
SPEAKER_01: Well, Johnny, um the dogs are rolling out to the desert this week, um, heading to Tempe, Arizona.
14:42
SPEAKER_01: And for those of you that don't know, Tempe is is looks like it's a suburb of Phoenix.
14:47
SPEAKER_01: So um right around Scottsdale, uh it looks like it's just south of Scottsdale, kind of east of the the city center of Phoenix.
14:55
SPEAKER_01: And so, you know, a couple years ago we went out to uh Tucson and played Arizona, but now we're playing Arizona State.
15:03
SPEAKER_01: And it's it's kind of strange to think that you know your your team's out in Arizona playing.
15:08
SPEAKER_01: Um it's I was listening to uh Steve Robertson's podcast, and he was saying, you know, this is probably one of the only chances Mississippi fans ever have to go out to Arizona.
15:17
SPEAKER_01: So it's kind of a cool thing.
15:18
SPEAKER_01: So uh if you're going out there interested to hear what you think about it, it sounds like a cool place, though.
15:24
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, um, especially in in the desert, Arizona State.
15:29
SPEAKER_00: Uh, you know, two years ago, what we watched it, it was a night game kick as well.
15:33
SPEAKER_00: Uh, what would they always say, Pac-12 after dark?
15:36
SPEAKER_00: Well, I guess there's only two teams of the Pac-12 now, so that doesn't really count anymore.
15:40
SPEAKER_00: But but those games out there, it's funny that they play when they play on the West Coast, or they start so late central time.
15:47
SPEAKER_00: But uh, I remember our game two years ago ended at like 1 a.m.
15:51
SPEAKER_00: or something.
15:51
SPEAKER_00: And so I'm sure this one will end the same way.
15:54
SPEAKER_00: But uh it'll be interesting to see how we play against them.
15:57
SPEAKER_00: Like us, like we said earlier, they they had a good week in week one, Arizona State, uh, that is, and uh, so they'll be wanting to, you know, Mississippi State's obviously not gonna be like one of the big dogs in SEC, but still they're an SEC team.
16:10
SPEAKER_00: And a win against the SEC team shows a lot.
16:12
SPEAKER_00: So I'm sure Arizona State's gonna want to wanna show out as much as they can to try to get a win over an SEC team.
16:19
SPEAKER_00: And uh so state Mississippi State needs to be needs to be focused and uh go in there, take care of business and do like they did last week and and uh and hopefully escape with with a win.
16:30
SPEAKER_00: But I do think, BW, I think it's gonna be a close game.
16:33
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I do too.
16:35
SPEAKER_01: Um well before we get into the preview, uh I'm gonna give you a little trivia, Johnny.
16:41
SPEAKER_01: There there are a lot of big time, big name athletes and a couple celebrities that went to Arizona State.
16:50
SPEAKER_01: Can you game any of them?
16:53
SPEAKER_00: Uh uh Phil Mickelson?
16:55
SPEAKER_00: Is that is that one?
16:56
SPEAKER_00: Professional?
16:57
SPEAKER_01: Bingo, look at that.
16:58
SPEAKER_01: Look at that, Johnny.
17:00
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, Phil Mickelson and uh and Barry Bonds.
17:02
SPEAKER_00: I remember for this.
17:04
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I'm running.
17:06
SPEAKER_00: Uh so yeah, I know those two, but I don't know anybody else.
17:09
SPEAKER_01: Okay.
17:10
SPEAKER_01: So I'll tell you if you uh remember Pat Tillman.
17:14
SPEAKER_01: Um there, um big big deal with that.
17:20
SPEAKER_01: And uh so Reggie Jackson.
17:22
SPEAKER_01: Okay, wow also, and then James Harden.
17:27
SPEAKER_01: Yep, the beard.
17:29
SPEAKER_01: And uh Terrell Suggs for the NFL.
17:32
SPEAKER_00: Uh huh.
17:32
SPEAKER_00: Wow.
17:34
SPEAKER_01: Dustin Pedroria, Major League Baseball, and uh John Rom.
17:40
SPEAKER_01: Really?
17:40
SPEAKER_01: The golfer, yeah.
17:42
SPEAKER_01: So two pretty good golfers there.
17:45
SPEAKER_01: So um they've had a lot a lot of good athletes.
17:49
SPEAKER_01: There's some other ones on the list that aren't quite as well known, but um there's some good ones on there.
17:54
SPEAKER_01: All right, so can you name me a celebrity that went there?
17:58
SPEAKER_00: Celebrity that went there.
18:00
SPEAKER_00: Uh no, uh, I can't do that one.
18:03
SPEAKER_00: Who we got?
18:04
SPEAKER_01: Jimmy Kennel Kimmel.
18:06
SPEAKER_00: Jimmy Kimmel went there.
18:07
SPEAKER_00: How about that?
18:08
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, you know, Arizona State is supposed to be known as uh the top 40 school in the United States.
18:12
SPEAKER_00: Uh so yeah, I bet I bet Jimmy Kimmel had had quite some fun at Arizona State.
18:17
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
18:19
SPEAKER_01: And and one more that kind of stands out too is Al Michaels, uh Sunday night football, Monday night football host.
18:26
SPEAKER_01: Okay.
18:27
SPEAKER_01: Wow, I mean, I I don't know if any of them go to games, but maybe some of these cats will be at the game.
18:32
SPEAKER_01: They might be some celebrity sightings there.
18:34
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, they're they're their NIL should do pretty well with all those guys.
18:38
SPEAKER_00: They should a lot of money if they donate money into the program.
18:41
SPEAKER_00: They they should do really well.
18:43
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I remember back in Arizona State baseball was uh was a top brand, like one of the one of the blue bloods teams like USC back in the day.
18:51
SPEAKER_00: I don't know what they've done here recently, but uh I think we did play them at Duty Noble within the past uh 10 years or so, maybe.
19:00
SPEAKER_00: I think if if I I can't remember off the top of my head, or that could have been USC, but but uh they used to be a solid baseball program.
19:06
SPEAKER_00: Obviously, they produced Barry Bonds from that.
19:08
SPEAKER_00: But uh but yeah, Phil Mickelson.
19:10
SPEAKER_00: I always remember him uh at Arizona State.
19:13
SPEAKER_00: So that's pretty pretty neat, BW.
19:15
SPEAKER_00: Um, I do remember a little they played in the in the Rose Bowl, I believe it was Rose Bowl, and they had uh quarterback named Jake Plummer.
19:23
SPEAKER_00: Do you remember that guy?
19:24
SPEAKER_00: Oh yeah, yeah.
19:26
SPEAKER_00: They were they were up for like a it was a it was I guess they were a surprise season, they advanced all the way to the Rose Bowl.
19:33
SPEAKER_00: I remember watching that game.
19:34
SPEAKER_00: Um but so yeah, the the Sun Devils.
19:38
SPEAKER_00: Sun Devils Sun Devils and uh they have that logo with a pitchfork on the helmet.
19:44
SPEAKER_00: Remember that little Sun Devil?
19:45
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I don't know if they still had that or I think so.
19:48
SPEAKER_01: So they've actually won five um national titles in baseball.
19:53
SPEAKER_00: Okay, yeah.
19:54
SPEAKER_01: I don't know how and then they've got two in men's golf, which you would expect, and then um two in softball.
20:03
SPEAKER_01: Um so so yeah, and then uh the Rose Bowl.
20:07
SPEAKER_01: It's the 97 Rose Bowl.
20:09
SPEAKER_00: 97, yeah, I knew it was back in the day.
20:12
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, but cool and it and I didn't realize they're in the Big 12 now.
20:17
SPEAKER_00: So that's that's where they ended up.
20:19
SPEAKER_00: Is that where Arizona's in too?
20:22
SPEAKER_01: I guess Arizona and Arizona State.
20:24
SPEAKER_01: Yes, they are.
20:26
SPEAKER_00: I can't keep up with all the Big 12 and Big Ten.
20:29
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, there's 20 teams now in the Big 12.
20:33
SPEAKER_01: So, anyways, it's crazy.
20:35
SPEAKER_01: Plus says 16.
20:36
SPEAKER_01: You can't really trust Wikipedia, who knows?
20:39
SPEAKER_01: But anyways, um, but yes, I you know, big game this week.
20:45
SPEAKER_01: Um lots really riding on the on the season here.
20:49
SPEAKER_01: Um you know, like I said, I I did have this peg as a win because really I didn't know a whole lot about them.
20:56
SPEAKER_01: And right and now that now that I saw what they did last week, of course, Wyoming is not really a big team, but I am a little bit concerned about it.
21:04
SPEAKER_01: So we'll see what happens.
21:07
SPEAKER_01: You want to make your prediction?
21:10
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I'm the exact same way, man.
21:11
SPEAKER_00: I at the beginning of the season, I I I thought we were gonna lose this.
21:14
SPEAKER_00: I just going four and eight.
21:16
SPEAKER_00: And then after when we did our podcast, I was like, you know what, I think I think we can handle Arizona State.
21:20
SPEAKER_00: And I said then I said I uh that we would drop to drop one to Florida and we finished five and seven.
21:26
SPEAKER_00: So uh I guess I'm gonna stay with my prediction, man, especially after seeing what we did last week.
21:32
SPEAKER_00: And and then if things change and and we don't play so good, I'll probably still pick us a lose to Florida.
21:39
SPEAKER_00: But right now, I think we're gonna beat Florida, and I'm gonna have us beat in Arizona State.
21:43
SPEAKER_00: Uh, I hate to do this.
21:44
SPEAKER_00: I feel like BW, if I do this, I'm gonna reverse psychology, jinx us or something.
21:49
SPEAKER_00: We're gonna lose, but uh maybe I should predict us to lose.
21:52
SPEAKER_00: But I'm gonna go out on a limb and say we're gonna win, but I do think it's gonna be a close game, and I'm gonna say the score is gonna be 21 to 17.
22:01
SPEAKER_01: Wow.
22:01
SPEAKER_01: Okay.
22:03
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, Johnny.
22:04
SPEAKER_01: I mean, you know, I feel like we're in the showtime era now of Mississippi State football.
22:10
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
22:10
SPEAKER_01: And all these old superstitions, all this old, all this old stuff, it's all gone.
22:16
SPEAKER_01: You know, it doesn't matter what we say.
22:18
SPEAKER_01: We're we're we're gonna they're gonna do what they're gonna do.
22:21
SPEAKER_01: So I I've got high hopes for this era that we're in.
22:25
SPEAKER_01: But um I'm I'm I'm with you on the victory, but at the score, I feel like it's gonna be an offensive game based on on just they put up a lot of points now.
22:36
SPEAKER_01: They scored a lot of defensive points last week.
22:39
SPEAKER_01: Right.
22:39
SPEAKER_01: But I think we score something like 45 and it's close.
22:45
SPEAKER_01: I mean, I think it's maybe a field goal, 45-42, somewhere in that ballpark.
22:50
SPEAKER_01: Um one thing I'm a little concerned about is um Blake Shapen, he was he was getting kind of aggressive out there on some of those runs.
22:59
SPEAKER_01: He was laying his body out.
23:01
SPEAKER_01: I mean, he's he's not gonna stay healthy all year if he keeps doing that.
23:06
SPEAKER_00: And you heard what I you heard what I said uh in the podcast last week, what I heard Levy say someone asked about the backup quarterback, and he said that they're still learning the playbooks, they don't know they're not ready to be on the field.
23:16
SPEAKER_00: So you know, we said he said our main main goal is to keep Blake healthy because if we don't, we're we're in some trouble.
23:22
SPEAKER_00: So yeah, I agree.
23:23
SPEAKER_00: I I saw that too, putting his body out on the line, which is great for him doing that, but but this is week one of the season.
23:29
SPEAKER_00: I guess he eastern Kentucky, you don't need to be doing that.
23:32
SPEAKER_00: So uh yeah, I hope the coach talked to him about that because we cannot afford to have him go down because we have if he goes down to injury, season's over with him before she has started pretty much.
23:42
SPEAKER_00: So yeah, protecting him is uh is a is a key component on on um staying healthy for the Bulldogs.
23:48
SPEAKER_01: Yep.
23:49
SPEAKER_01: Well, so we get we both got us a victory here.
23:52
SPEAKER_01: Um I said 45-42, and you would you say 21-17?
23:56
SPEAKER_00: 21-17, yeah.
23:57
SPEAKER_01: 21-17.
23:58
SPEAKER_00: So we either have a shootout like you said, ear projector, or it's gonna be a close defensive battle.
24:03
SPEAKER_00: Uh so I don't know, but hopefully I don't care how how it goes as long as we get the win.
24:08
SPEAKER_00: So we'll see.
24:08
SPEAKER_00: Right.
24:09
SPEAKER_00: See how it plays out.
24:11
SPEAKER_00: But uh yeah, it's uh it'll be it'll be interesting.
24:15
SPEAKER_00: It'll be a late night kick again.
24:16
SPEAKER_00: So uh everybody hope if you're listening to this, take an apple Saturday, and you'll be ready to watch the whole game.
24:23
SPEAKER_01: Yes, sir.
24:24
SPEAKER_01: Well, Johnny, um, I don't have anything else except uh one little thing I keep meaning to mention.
24:29
SPEAKER_01: Uh, there's a new feature on our podcast.
24:32
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24:38
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24:47
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24:52
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24:54
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25:00
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25:09
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25:10
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25:26
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25:30
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25:36
SPEAKER_00: If you have some trivia, you know, we're we'll be doing this with every SEC opponent.
25:40
SPEAKER_00: So if you have any trivia about any, uh not SEC, every opponent Mississippi State has this year.
25:45
SPEAKER_00: If you have any trivia uh about any of the opponents we play, put us in there.
25:48
SPEAKER_00: Tell us you might know someone that went to school there.
25:50
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25:51
SPEAKER_00: And heck, if you know somebody that wants to come on for an interview, that's that went to a school we're playing, we'd love to have them on and talk about their school and who we're going up against.
26:00
SPEAKER_00: So uh that'd be a lot of fun.
26:01
SPEAKER_00: Uh before we close, BW, uh I noticed tonight is the uh opening kick of the NFL season.
26:06
SPEAKER_00: Uh kind of projections on uh on NFL season.
26:09
SPEAKER_01: I forgot about that.
26:10
SPEAKER_01: I didn't realize that was tonight.
26:11
SPEAKER_01: That's exciting.
26:13
SPEAKER_01: Um, you know, I I think I think it's gonna be similar to last year.
26:18
SPEAKER_01: Uh Kansas City, San Francisco, uh the Ravens, maybe they get back in there and do something.
26:25
SPEAKER_01: Uh the NFC South's gonna be interesting.
26:28
SPEAKER_01: Um, I don't know if the Saints are gonna be that good, but the Falcons are a little bit intriguing.
26:33
SPEAKER_01: Uh, you know, the the Bucks sign Baker Mayfield back.
26:36
SPEAKER_01: Um, I think it's still gonna be the division's gonna be, you know, barely above 500 winner um down division.
26:45
SPEAKER_01: But you know, I'd love to see the Saints make make at least the playoffs, but we'll see what happens.
26:50
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, then we got we got without Cowboys.
26:52
SPEAKER_00: Everybody's want to know about the Cowboys and Dak, you know.
26:55
SPEAKER_00: Um the that division.
26:57
SPEAKER_00: Um, you got you got the Eagles now have uh San Juan Barkley, but you know, his track record, he always gets hurt all the time.
27:04
SPEAKER_00: But um that they did, I think they did improve in that area.
27:07
SPEAKER_00: Uh the giant uh Redskins, where's what are they commanders now?
27:12
SPEAKER_00: I always remember commanders have uh LSU Hosman, uh Jaden Daniels as a quarterback, so they'll be intriguing to watch.
27:20
SPEAKER_00: And then the uh the Giants, I'm not sure about them, but I do think the Cowboys will probably win the division.
27:25
SPEAKER_00: I would think uh it would probably be them or the Eagles.
27:28
SPEAKER_00: And I mean, I hate to say it, but I think the Cowboys can play him out again in the playoffs.
27:32
SPEAKER_00: Oh yeah.
27:33
SPEAKER_00: Until Jerry Jones, I mean, they don't have a running back now.
27:36
SPEAKER_00: You know, they got Zeke coming back.
27:37
SPEAKER_00: Zeke's 150 years old, man.
27:39
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, NFL terms.
27:41
SPEAKER_00: So I mean, I don't know why they didn't go after a stud running back.
27:44
SPEAKER_00: They let go of Tony Pollard and they got Zeke back, which is cool to have him back.
27:47
SPEAKER_00: He got the Bucs, Pollard on the Bucks now's on the Titans.
27:51
SPEAKER_01: The Titans, okay, yeah.
27:53
SPEAKER_00: Titans got rid of Derrick Henry, the little running back swap.
27:55
SPEAKER_00: He went to the Ravens, and Pollard's now with the Titans.
27:58
SPEAKER_00: But the Cowboys they went a while without having him when then they brought Zeke back, and then they just signed Dalvin Cook this week, who's you know, he's washed up too.
28:07
SPEAKER_00: Uh so I man, I don't know what Jerry was doing with the quarterback, I mean with the running back.
28:11
SPEAKER_00: I mean, they got the best receiver in the NFL, in my opinion, C D Lamb.
28:15
SPEAKER_00: And then you got Dak who can throw throw the ball to him and get the ball, and they can score a lot of points that way.
28:19
SPEAKER_00: But uh Tony Pollard did a lot for him last year.
28:23
SPEAKER_00: He did.
28:24
SPEAKER_00: Zeke made some plays for the Patriots last year on passing routes.
28:28
SPEAKER_00: He did really good passing routes.
28:29
SPEAKER_00: I just don't think he has the he has the the legs to do what he did in the previous time in Dallas.
28:36
SPEAKER_00: So I think that that might come back to haunt him in the playoffs.
28:38
SPEAKER_00: But I'd love to see that, man.
28:40
SPEAKER_00: I'd love anything for Dak to get get a Super Bowl ring, but I just don't see it happen again.
28:44
SPEAKER_00: I think I think that's gonna be a downfall for him if they get to the playoffs.
28:48
SPEAKER_00: So but I'm I'm I'm with you, man.
28:50
SPEAKER_00: I think Mahomes and that it's the usual suspects of Niners and Ravens and uh all those guys.
28:57
SPEAKER_00: But until someone comes along and knocks off the Chiefs and Mahomes, I'm I believe they're here to stay for for a while, which is which you know, we got we got Mississippi State Board Chris Jones on the Chiefs, and that's pretty cool seeing him on the big stage getting Super Bowl ready.
29:10
SPEAKER_00: But uh they played tonight.
29:12
SPEAKER_00: That's the game, that's the opening kickoff tonight is uh Chiefs and Ravens.
29:15
SPEAKER_00: So uh that'll be that'll be a good one.
29:17
SPEAKER_00: That'd be a good one to see uh see how it starts off with.
29:20
SPEAKER_00: But just glad that glad the football is back, NFL College, uh best time of the year.
29:24
SPEAKER_00: So um cheer for your teams and and best of luck to you and uh tune back in next week, see see what we got.
29:32
SPEAKER_01: Yes, sir.
29:32
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29:38
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29:40
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29:43
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29:44
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29:46
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29:47
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29:47
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29:54
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29:57
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29:59
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30:03
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30:04
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30:08
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30:10
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30:13
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30:14
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30:20
SPEAKER_01: All right, see y'all later.
30:22
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