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Monday Edition of the Drive - Hour Three · The Jake Wimberly Podcast

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  Speaker 1: W.R.K.S.
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  Speaker 2: Pickens-Jackson, where is time to take a ride?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, we're back with Jake Wimberly on the Afternoon Drive.
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  Speaker 3: It's live, it's local, and it's on ESPN 105.9 The
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  Speaker 2: How are you?
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  Speaker 1: Happy Monday. I'm doing well. Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: Chris, it's hard to believe we have reached the end
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  Speaker 3: of the first month. And, you know, I'm a big
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  Speaker 3: efficiency guy. That's just for me when I start looking
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  Speaker 3: at numbers and teams. And, you know, some of the
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  Speaker 3: data will show you that, hey, look, if you're not
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  Speaker 3: in the top 15 in offensive and defensive scoring efficiency
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  Speaker 3: since the beginning of the BCS, you probably aren't going
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  Speaker 3: to play for a national title. The only teams through
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  Speaker 3: one month that are living in that space is Georgia,
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  Speaker 3: Notre Dame, Miami, Alabama, and Ohio State.
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  Speaker 2: Just a quick overview before we get into some specifics here.
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  Speaker 3: Is it fair to say that those teams are probably
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  Speaker 3: playing the best complete football, Georgia, Notre Dame, Miami, Alabama,
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  Speaker 3: and Ohio State?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I would, despite the fact that they haven't played
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  Speaker 1: anybody all that good. I really am comfortable in saying
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  Speaker 1: that when they do, They will perform very efficiently, and
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  Speaker 1: I think that they're one of the elite teams. What
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  Speaker 1: I like about what I've seen with Texas is their
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  Speaker 1: ability to do multiple things well and to win in
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  Speaker 1: different ways. I like that. I think that's important. I
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  Speaker 1: think that if you are over-relying on one area, that's
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  Speaker 1: going to cost you the deeper you get. So that's
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  Speaker 1: been impressive. I think Notre Dame's good. I think Miami
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  Speaker 1: is good. I think Ohio State is good. I would
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  Speaker 1: agree that other teams are flawed. You know, I don't
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  Speaker 1: know anybody outside of that that I would want to
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  Speaker 1: put in there. I love, I mean, I absolutely love
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  Speaker 1: what Florida's doing right now. I just don't think that
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  Speaker 1: they have enough to, you know, be the type of
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  Speaker 1: team that could go as far as maybe their fan
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  Speaker 1: base thinks right now because some of them think this
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  Speaker 1: year's Indiana sucks. coming out of nowhere and winning it all.
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  Speaker 1: I don't see that, particularly not coming from the SEC.
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  Speaker 1: But I would agree with you, and I am more
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  Speaker 1: than willing to open the door for anybody else to
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  Speaker 1: penetrate that group and prove that they belong with that group,
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  Speaker 1: and I'll be glad to point them out when I
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  Speaker 1: see them. But I see some good teams outside of those.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know that I would jump on the table
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  Speaker 1: for any of them to– be a serious national championship contender.
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  Speaker 3: You mentioned florida we'll start right there um 52 to
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  Speaker 3: 28 omis just could not stop their run game and
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  Speaker 3: i i think omis has some problems on that side
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  Speaker 3: of the ball they'll have a week to work it
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  Speaker 3: out uh you know you look at omis right now
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  Speaker 3: and there's somewhere you know button up on 75th in
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  Speaker 3: defensive scoring efficiency just kind of your take now florida's
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  Speaker 3: got to go to missouri this week and we'll talk
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  Speaker 3: mississippi state missouri but Your thoughts on both teams, Florida
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  Speaker 3: and Ole Miss, and then Florida going off and taking
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  Speaker 3: on Missouri this week.
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  Speaker 1: Love Florida. Love how they're playing. They're physical. Their line
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  Speaker 1: of scrimmage is good. They run the football with intensity.
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  Speaker 1: They're physical on the defensive side of the ball. They've
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  Speaker 1: got that attitude and that mentality. I expect them to win.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think there are many teams that can beat them.
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  Speaker 1: I think Georgia can, but I don't think many teams can.
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  Speaker 1: Ole Miss is just not as good. It's all about
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  Speaker 1: the quarterback. The quarterback, Trinidad Chambliss, doesn't light it up.
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  Speaker 1: They don't have much of a chance. Their defense is
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  Speaker 1: not very good. I just don't think they're particularly well coached.
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  Speaker 1: I thought they won with a lot of emotion last week. And, look,
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  Speaker 1: I think they'll win games, but I think everybody, again,
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  Speaker 1: jumped the gun as they did with LSU after they
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  Speaker 1: beat Clemson. Let's let it settle. Ole Miss is the
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  Speaker 1: best team. They're not a playoff team. I never thought
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  Speaker 1: they were a playoff team. I didn't think they were
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  Speaker 1: a playoff team after they beat LSU. I just don't
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  Speaker 1: think they're that good. Now, I do recognize that not
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  Speaker 1: everybody's going to be able to bottle up the quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: The quarterback is capable of keeping them in any game.
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  Speaker 1: But I just don't think the team is overall anywhere
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  Speaker 1: near as good as they were last year.
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  Speaker 3: Chris Landry on your radio. And, of course, you can
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  Speaker 3: on YouTube and more. All right, Mississippi State, one of
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  Speaker 3: the things we do know is they'll battle. They'll battle
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  Speaker 3: you four quarters. And, you know, two weeks ago at
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  Speaker 3: South Carolina, they went down early, came back and won.
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  Speaker 3: This past week, they went up early, came back and won.
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  Speaker 3: Your thoughts on Mississippi State as they get ready to
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  Speaker 3: host Alabama this weekend?
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  Speaker 1: Well, I like the team for the reasons that you mentioned.
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  Speaker 1: I like their fight. I love the quarterback play. I
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  Speaker 1: love the playmakers that they do have. I think you're
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  Speaker 1: starting to see the fruits of what Jeff has tried
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  Speaker 1: to put together, start to come in, to focus. I
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  Speaker 1: hope everybody is optimistic about this weekend, their fan base,
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  Speaker 1: but measured. Do I expect them to beat Alabama? I don't,
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  Speaker 1: but I wouldn't be shocked if they did. In other words,
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  Speaker 1: I think that they're going to give them a fight.
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  Speaker 1: I think they're going to play hard. I think they're
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  Speaker 1: going to play well. I don't know. If they can
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  Speaker 1: put it together for four quarters, if they can, they
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  Speaker 1: got a good shot. They really do. Because I think
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  Speaker 1: Alabama leaves plays on the field too. But Alabama's got
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  Speaker 1: more overall talent. They've got a quarterback that's dynamic as well. So, look,
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  Speaker 1: I'm saying something that I would not have said in August.
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  Speaker 1: Mississippi State, Alabama, boy, I'm really looking forward to that game.
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  Speaker 1: It's going to be hopping in Starkville. There's no question
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  Speaker 1: about it. And rightly so. I think Alabama is going
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  Speaker 1: to get all it wants and have their hands full,
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  Speaker 1: even though I think they're the more talented team.
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  Speaker 2: Chris, what is going on with John Mateer?
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  Speaker 1: Well, the guy's never been a good enough passer. They
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  Speaker 1: don't have a good passing game around them. And if
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  Speaker 1: they can't run the football well enough, they've got no chance.
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  Speaker 1: The defense is not playing well. That's not up to
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  Speaker 1: their standards. So what happens is when they get behind,
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  Speaker 1: because their defense is not anywhere near elite, they got
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  Speaker 1: to abandon the run. And they're not great at running
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  Speaker 1: it to begin with, but if you become pass first,
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  Speaker 1: they're a lower-level SEC-caliber team, and that's what we're seeing
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  Speaker 1: right now. Yeah, it's largely Mateer and his limitations as
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  Speaker 1: a passer, but it's more than that. It's not like
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  Speaker 1: this is a really good team. If they had a
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  Speaker 1: good quarterback, look out. This team is just not really good. And, again,
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  Speaker 1: it's one of the things I always shake my head
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  Speaker 1: when people, oh, man, look out, Oklahoma's a sleeper. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know what people think. This team is not
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  Speaker 1: nearly as good as people thought. So, therefore, it's like, oh,
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  Speaker 1: my goodness, what's going on? Well, what's going on is
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  Speaker 1: they're not really good and they're getting exposed.
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  Speaker 3: Same question. Texas A & M, did you expect them
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  Speaker 3: to kind of fall off the way they have?
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  Speaker 5: No.
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  Speaker 1: Now, this is a little bit more surprising. They look
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  Speaker 1: like they have lost a lot of fight, a lot
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  Speaker 1: of attitude. Now, the quarterback is not a passer, but
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  Speaker 1: I thought the defense would play better. Look, this team
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  Speaker 1: is in a lot of hurt. It's in a world
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  Speaker 1: of hurt. I mean, they're in a game this week
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  Speaker 1: that is a– maybe get-right type of game for them,
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  Speaker 1: but it's also a game in which they can get embarrassed.
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  Speaker 1: I think Arkansas is really bad. Good win at Tulsa
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  Speaker 1: last week, but can you imagine if Arkansas comes in
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  Speaker 1: and pulls the upset in College Station? I mean, they
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  Speaker 1: are fit to be tied there. They've got that battered
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  Speaker 1: Aggie syndrome thing they talk about a lot. That thing
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  Speaker 1: looks like it's completely... gone off the rails and I'm
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  Speaker 1: just really surprised that they've gone that far down that quickly.
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  Speaker 1: Quarterback play, nonewithstanding, it's the other part that just, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: they were absolutely humiliated against LSU. They had nothing. They
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  Speaker 1: had no answer for anything that was going on. They
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  Speaker 1: had the deer in the headlights look from the beginning
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  Speaker 1: and it just got progressively worse.
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  Speaker 2: Were you surprised, and.
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  Speaker 3: that USC, or Oregon rather, behind a backup quarterback in
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  Speaker 3: Dylan Raiola was able to put up the numbers that
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  Speaker 3: they did and kind of wake up this weekend.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, how about that? as an important move? We talk
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  Speaker 1: about it in the NFL, backup quarterback, the importance. How
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  Speaker 1: about that as a backup quarterback? They started to pummel
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  Speaker 1: USC when Dylan got in, and obviously an unfortunate and
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  Speaker 1: ugly look for USC. after the hit more than anything,
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  Speaker 1: and that was embarrassing. Look, I think you always have
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  Speaker 1: to be aware about a team that's talented, that maybe
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  Speaker 1: starts off poorly, gets embarrassed, and let's make no mistake,
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  Speaker 1: they were embarrassed in the win against Boise, certainly embarrassed
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  Speaker 1: in the loss against Oklahoma State. They got challenged a lot.
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  Speaker 1: They got two new coordinators that I think they really
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  Speaker 1: struggled early, and I think they came back and they
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  Speaker 1: showed a lot of fight. One thing about Dan Lanning's team,
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  Speaker 1: these teams are tough. They don't always play the smartest
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  Speaker 1: in the biggest moments, but I would never question their toughness.
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  Speaker 1: They were the tougher, more physical team, and they took
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  Speaker 1: it to USC. It's ironic that it took basically what
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  Speaker 1: amounted to a cheap shot, and I recognize that it's
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  Speaker 1: tough for defenders today, but that, to me.
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  Speaker 1: Had a lot of respect for how Oregon responded, and
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  Speaker 1: I lost what little respect I had for Lincoln Riley
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  Speaker 1: and his USC program in that game. So that's my
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  Speaker 1: thoughts on that.
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  Speaker 6: Good afternoon. Good afternoon.
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  Speaker 3: And welcome back to the Afternoon Drive with Jake Limerick,
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  Speaker 3: where he's talking about anything and everything that's Mississippi sports.
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  Speaker 4: No, great afternoon.
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  Speaker 3: know the answer to what I'm fixing to ask you,
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  Speaker 3: but this is where my mind goes. When you see
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  Speaker 3: the money that's going into these college football teams, and
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  Speaker 3: then you see what happens at Oklahoma, and we see
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  Speaker 3: this every year, or every year we're going to see this,
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  Speaker 3: Texas A & M, you have to wonder, do buyers
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  Speaker 3: get buyer fatigue eventually?
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  Speaker 1: Well, think about this for a second, because it happens
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  Speaker 1: all the time in the NFL. And it's going to happen.
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  Speaker 1: It's the price of doing business in college. So it's,
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  Speaker 1: you know, when you hear numbers and they're going to
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  Speaker 1: go up and up and up, I can't believe they're
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  Speaker 1: paying that guy $ 5 million. That it's what it's going
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  Speaker 1: to cost you to get any quarterback. And it is
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  Speaker 1: a bit of a crapshoot. You know, it may or
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  Speaker 1: may not work. There's this, you know, Can't believe they
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  Speaker 1: paid Sam Levitt that. Oh, well, he's good. It's back
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  Speaker 1: and forth. Yeah, but I guarantee you, if you're Oklahoma
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  Speaker 1: and you're going to be gun-shy paying quarterbacks, then you're
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  Speaker 1: going to go through a lot of them and you're
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  Speaker 1: going to be really bad. I think the key is
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  Speaker 1: you've got to be careful in your evaluation process. What's
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  Speaker 1: the upside? What's the ability? It's like anything else. You've
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  Speaker 1: got to be careful who you're spending the money to,
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  Speaker 1: but the going rate is... whoever is going to be
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  Speaker 1: the quarterback is going to make that amount of money
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  Speaker 1: or even more going forward at any major school. So
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  Speaker 1: I think we need to understand that until things get
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  Speaker 1: fixed and don't know how they're going to get fixed
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  Speaker 1: at this point, but if it doesn't have a cap
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  Speaker 1: and we can do that, that changes it, but that's
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  Speaker 1: what it's going to cost. It's just, did you hire
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  Speaker 1: the right guy? And that's, that's exactly what it is
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  Speaker 1: is hiring the right guy because they're, They're paid guys
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  Speaker 1: right now.
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  Speaker 3: Chris, before we do a little bit on the NFL here,
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  Speaker 3: and I've got a couple notes on here, thoughts on
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  Speaker 3: Auburn or anybody else in the league, in the SEC?
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  Speaker 1: Well, you know, Auburn's a nice win, get a win. Vanderbilt,
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  Speaker 1: I'm curious to see this week what they're able to
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  Speaker 1: do at Tennessee. I don't think they're going to fare
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  Speaker 1: all that well. I see some holes in there, and
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  Speaker 1: obviously– The narrative is just worse for Alex Golis when
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  Speaker 1: you see John Summerall doing such a great job at Florida.
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  Speaker 1: We all know that story. He kind of was interested
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  Speaker 1: in the Auburn job was done. They kind of forced
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  Speaker 1: DJ Durkin down his throat if he took the job.
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  Speaker 1: And he said, no, his wife, the Auburn alum. So
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  Speaker 1: I think Alex is doing a pretty good job. I
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  Speaker 1: just don't think they're nearly as good. I think South
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  Speaker 1: Carolina is a mess. I think the coaching change is
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  Speaker 1: inevitable there. I love what Kentucky continues to do. Their attitude,
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  Speaker 1: their play is impressive. So that kind of bears watching. Again,
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  Speaker 1: I look at the teams that are really bad in
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  Speaker 1: South Carolina, directionless. Arkansas concerns me because it's more administrative.
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  Speaker 1: It's a first-year head coach. And then just at the
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  Speaker 1: top of the list, The league, I'm looking to see
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  Speaker 1: that settle a little bit with a couple more games
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  Speaker 1: under our belt.
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  Speaker 2: Chris, looking at the NFL, first, any thoughts on J.J.
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  Speaker 3: McCarthy being moved from Minnesota to New York.
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  Speaker 2: The Giants?
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  Speaker 1: I love it. Look, I mean, everybody's giving up on him,
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  Speaker 1: and I get it. When he was drafted, probably overdrafted,
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  Speaker 1: but it's about his potential and his ability. And the
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  Speaker 1: biggest problem we have with these quarterbacks is the lack
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  Speaker 1: of development. So we'll see if they can develop him.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think they're going to want to play him soon.
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  Speaker 1: But I love it because there's very little risk there.
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  Speaker 1: There's upside potential. They have their starting quarterback on their team.
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  Speaker 1: This guy may end up coming in, performing well. And listen,
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  Speaker 1: if he does, think about it like flipping a house.
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  Speaker 1: They could turn around and trade him. It gives them insurance.
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  Speaker 1: They've got a few years to kind of work with
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  Speaker 1: him and Jackson Dart on rookie contracts. I like it
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  Speaker 1: a lot, and I think he can bring some of
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  Speaker 1: the same qualities. He's just not as developed. He certainly
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  Speaker 1: didn't have the same level of coaching in the passing
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  Speaker 1: game in college that Jackson Dart had. So I think
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  Speaker 1: it's a very low-risk move, and it makes a lot
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  Speaker 1: of sense. I thought it was going to happen. I'm
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  Speaker 1: surprised it took as long as it did.
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  Speaker 3: Chris, I found this funny but also sad. Dolphins head
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  Speaker 3: coach Jeff Hatley was stunned by the lack of reporters
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  Speaker 3: at his press conference today. They said a majority of
• 17:52
  Speaker 3: the media was attending the Miami Heat's media day, and
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  Speaker 3: Halfley said, hey, quote, is this everyone that's coming?
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  Speaker 2: I don't know what it was. How many? Two, three?
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  Speaker 3: But it looks like even the reporters have checked out
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  Speaker 3: on Miami down in South Beach.
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  Speaker 1: Well, I missed that. That's interesting. Yeah, this team's really bad.
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  Speaker 1: It's a rebuilding situation. It's going to be a long season. And, oh,
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  Speaker 1: by the way, the Chiefs come in the town. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: the Chiefs leave town with a win. And now you've
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  Speaker 1: got to end up and go week in and week out,
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: go to Minnesota this week. It doesn't get easier. It
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  Speaker 1: really doesn't. It's a bad-looking football team that's going nowhere. And, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: that's a bit of a front-runner. No question about it.
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  Speaker 1: Like Los Angeles.
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  Speaker 2: And how about the Raiders sitting at 3-0 with the
• 18:37
  Speaker 2: Chiefs and the Bills?
• 18:39
  Speaker 1: Love it. They're playing well. They're playing hard. I'm impressed
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: with the fact that playing with a lot of energy
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: and confidence, I've got a couple of playmakers stepping up. Look,
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: they've got a veteran quarterback that allows them good balance,
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: running the football, throwing it. Yeah, you can see the improvement.
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: Not ready to get overly excited yet, but look at
• 18:59
  Speaker 1: the improvement at this stage. I would not have thought
• 19:02
  Speaker 1: we'd be talking about them as unbeaten.
• 19:05
  Speaker 3: And a couple more questions here as far as the NFL.
• 19:09
  Speaker 3: What else sticks out to you in the NFL today?
• 19:11
  Speaker 3: It can be either side, the NFC or the AFC
• 19:13
  Speaker 3: as we move into another week.
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: Dallas's defense is still a mess in terms of schematic.
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: Green Bay's looking really bad. I like this Jacksonville team
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: a lot. You know, the Rams, I still think are
• 19:27
  Speaker 1: going to find their footing, but right now they look
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: like the third best team in their own division for
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: a team that everyone thought might go unbeaten and is
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: the best team in the league by far. That goes
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: to show you how quickly you can go and Man,
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: is New England falling off the map. They go to
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: Buffalo this week. The quarterback's really struggling. The Jets are
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: playing better. Big win for Baltimore. Minnesota's defense is really good,
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: but is that going to be enough? Denver, San Francisco, wow.
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: Can't wait for that one this week. It's going to
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: be really good. And Chiefs-Raiders, a long time since we've
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: talked about that as being a really good matchup.
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: There's no doubt about it. Hey, one final question. Let's
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: go back to college. I've got a few minutes here.
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: Oklahoma State.
• 20:10
  Speaker 3: Are you surprised at what they're doing, and have they
• 20:12
  Speaker 3: inserted themselves in this Big 12 race?
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: I know it's early.
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: They lost first game of the season, come back and
• 20:18
  Speaker 3: beat Oregon. They have not lost since week one.
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: No, and I tell you what, they've really done a
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: good job. I mean, they play hard. For the most part,
• 20:28
  Speaker 1: they play smart. I don't know that I'm ready to
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: put them in that chase in the Big 12, but
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: I can tell you this, they're no joke. I mean,
• 20:36
  Speaker 1: you're going to have to play well to beat them.
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: I mean, let's call it what it is. Oregon was
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: completely out of sorts in that game. But Oklahoma State
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: kind of took it to them once the opening was there. So, yeah,
• 20:50
  Speaker 1: I'm very impressed. Very pleasantly surprised with what I've seen there.
• 20:55
  Speaker 1: In my mind, I just got that old school of
• 20:57
  Speaker 1: thinking that it's going to take a little while. Man,
• 21:00
  Speaker 1: that attitude changed. I mean, it's not the same level
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: of what Florida is, but look at the difference of
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: Florida and their attitude and their culture and their style
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: on a lower level. Same thing with Oklahoma State. They
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: were just wandering in the Neverlands, and now all of
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: a sudden they are a physical-looking team that no one
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: wants to play.
• 21:21
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• 23:25
  Speaker 3: these rankings going into high school football for this week.
• 23:28
  Speaker 3: But first, The Athletic did a piece. I thought this
• 23:31
  Speaker 3: was creative. How many times Rocky Top has played during
• 23:34
  Speaker 3: a game? And I did a cross comparison through Beaver's
• 23:39
  Speaker 3: best friend, Grok, on other things. So first off, Rocky
• 23:46
  Speaker 3: Top is played on average 30 to 50 times per ballgame.
• 23:53
  Speaker 3: One track to season, it was played 438 times across
• 23:56
  Speaker 3: 13 games, about 34 times a game.
• 23:59
  Speaker 2: It's a lot.
• 24:01
  Speaker 3: South Carolina does the Rooster Crow plus Sandstorm. Remember the
• 24:04
  Speaker 3: old Sandstorm? They do that about nine times a ballgame.
• 24:09
  Speaker 3: Depends on how good they're doing. And by the way,
• 24:11
  Speaker 3: Shane Beamer's in trouble. And we got an update on
• 24:14
  Speaker 3: Dylan Stewart. Mississippi State with the Cowbells says the effect
• 24:18
  Speaker 3: in a big ball game is constant clanging rather than
• 24:20
  Speaker 3: 30 to 50 distinct performances. And look, the Cowbells don't
• 24:26
  Speaker 3: bother me. Do they bother you? I know some people
• 24:29
  Speaker 3: they do. Like our boss says he can't stand the
• 24:32
  Speaker 3: sound of them. But it does depend on where you're
• 24:35
  Speaker 3: at in the stadium. For instance, if you're on field level,
• 24:39
  Speaker 3: it's just an ambiance of noise. If you're in, you know,
• 24:44
  Speaker 3: like Media Row, the press area, it's an ambiance of noise.
• 24:48
  Speaker 3: If you're in the crowd, it is a little Klanga-ish.
• 24:52
  Speaker 2: Where are you on the Cowbells?
• 24:55
  Speaker 4: I'm okay with them, but I also have not been
• 24:58
  Speaker 4: to a game in Starkville since 2003. So I don't remember.
• 25:05
  Speaker 4: Stadium has changed since then, from what I know, and
• 25:08
  Speaker 4: I'm sure it's much louder now.
• 25:11
  Speaker 6: So.
• 25:12
  Speaker 4: I don't remember how loud they actually get. I'm sure
• 25:15
  Speaker 4: it's plenty loud, but you know, just sitting from here,
• 25:18
  Speaker 4: I have no problem with the cowbell.
• 25:20
  Speaker 3: You know, what's funny about the cowbells is you never
• 25:22
  Speaker 3: hear the sec speak of the cowbells anymore. Remember it
• 25:26
  Speaker 3: was a problem in the nineties, especially when state got good,
• 25:29
  Speaker 3: when Cheryl was there and it was times where it
• 25:32
  Speaker 3: was a problem with mullet and they would throw up
• 25:33
  Speaker 3: the thing and they still may throw it up there,
• 25:36
  Speaker 3: ring responsibly.
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: Well, nobody's ringing responsibly, right? Nobody.
• 25:40
  Speaker 3: Um, Alabama's Dixieland Delight is played at least once between
• 25:46
  Speaker 3: the third and fourth quarters, occasionally twice in a blowout.
• 25:50
  Speaker 3: LSU's Calling Baton Rouge is played twice a ballgame, once
• 25:54
  Speaker 3: before kickoff and once heading into the fourth quarter. Wisconsin
• 25:58
  Speaker 3: does jump around once at the end of the third quarter,
• 26:02
  Speaker 3: but they hit about two minutes and 30 seconds of
• 26:04
  Speaker 3: that thing. Enter Sandman, of course, is played before kickoff.
• 26:08
  Speaker 2: That's a signature for Virginia Tech. Michigan, Mr.
• 26:11
  Speaker 3: Brightside, once near the end of the third quarter, fans
• 26:15
  Speaker 3: often keep singing after the speaker cuts out. Oregon does
• 26:19
  Speaker 3: shout once between the third and fourth quarter. So all
• 26:22
  Speaker 3: this to say is everybody has their deals. I would
• 26:27
  Speaker 3: be curious. Let me see.
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: Let me look.
• 26:34
  Speaker 3: I wonder if Ole Miss' hottie-tottie cheer is said more
• 26:38
  Speaker 3: than Tennessee playing Rocky top. And I just put that
• 26:43
  Speaker 3: in the system to see, you think it is?
• 26:45
  Speaker 4: Oh, I'm sure it's close.
• 26:46
  Speaker 6: Yeah.
• 26:47
  Speaker 3: Let's see. There's not an official track count on this. Um, yeah, it's,
• 26:58
  Speaker 3: but it's not system systematically played 30 to 50 times.
• 27:01
  Speaker 3: So there's not an official track count on this. DX says,
• 27:05
  Speaker 3: let's go to a game, be even state. So he
• 27:07
  Speaker 3: wants you to go with him to state done.
• 27:10
  Speaker 4: Is that an official invite?
• 27:11
  Speaker 2: Let's go.
• 27:12
  Speaker 4: I remember the last, you know, my stupid rain brain.
• 27:16
  Speaker 4: I remember the last time I was there. It was,
• 27:19
  Speaker 4: so it was 2003 and that was Jackie Cheryl's last year.
• 27:24
  Speaker 4: So they were real terrible and they were playing LSU
• 27:28
  Speaker 4: and they just got disgustingly destroyed and it was disgustingly
• 27:34
  Speaker 4: hot outside and everything about it was just disgusting.
• 27:40
  Speaker 6: Oh, yeah.
• 27:41
  Speaker 2: And which game was that?
• 27:43
  Speaker 4: It was LSU.
• 27:44
  Speaker 2: 2000, and they got killed. Yeah, 2003. That wasn't that
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: Thursday night game, was it? No, it was a Saturday.
• 27:54
  Speaker 3: Because they had the Michael Hennig Thursday night. What was it,
• 27:56
  Speaker 3: like six interceptions? Hell, it could have been nine.
• 28:00
  Speaker 2: You remember that?
• 28:00
  Speaker 6: I don't.
• 28:01
  Speaker 3: Oh, Hennig was just throwing it to him. Somebody brought
• 28:05
  Speaker 3: up the Vandy Wessler. I think it was three-hump camel.
• 28:07
  Speaker 3: I'd rather listen to the Vandy Wessler than that rooster.
• 28:10
  Speaker 3: So I wonder how many times in a baseball game
• 28:12
  Speaker 3: that Vandy Whistler.
• 28:16
  Speaker 4: Probably more than Rocky Top.
• 28:17
  Speaker 2: Yeah, let's see. It's not official stadium tradition, like Rocky Top.
• 28:21
  Speaker 2: It's two to see. Yeah, Preacher Franklin and Jeff Pack. Yeah,
• 28:27
  Speaker 2: I can't give you an exact number on that.
• 28:29
  Speaker 3: All right, the SEC in South Carolina has come out.
• 28:32
  Speaker 3: They are reprimanding Dylan Stewart. The SEC feels so strongly
• 28:36
  Speaker 3: about this. They have put out a statement about this. Uh,
• 28:39
  Speaker 3: the sec and South Carolina have announced a joint one
• 28:41
  Speaker 3: game suspension for star edge rusher, Dylan Stewart, uh, for
• 28:45
  Speaker 3: throwing a punch at an Alabama player quote, such action
• 28:50
  Speaker 3: against an opponent carries a serious risk of injury and
• 28:52
  Speaker 3: has no place in our conference competition. Greg Sankey said,
• 28:55
  Speaker 3: South Carolina is going to keep him in indefinite suspension. So, uh,
• 28:58
  Speaker 3: this is, this is not good for him. Uh, this
• 29:01
  Speaker 3: is not good for you. Oh, and DX wants you
• 29:02
  Speaker 3: to take the pig as well. So how about that?
• 29:05
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 29:07
  Speaker 2: And let's see.
• 29:08
  Speaker 3: Um, Looking quickly at Mississippi Gridiron going into the week
• 29:14
  Speaker 3: because we're about to get to the point where.
• 29:17
  Speaker 6: We are.
• 29:18
  Speaker 3: Region play is happening starting this week, and the MAIS
• 29:21
  Speaker 3: has already started. So we'll start to see some separation
• 29:25
  Speaker 3: in high school football around the state as teams jockey
• 29:28
  Speaker 3: for playoff positioning. Tupelo is still number one, no surprise.
• 29:32
  Speaker 3: They beat West Point 34-6 over the weekend. They're 5-0.
• 29:36
  Speaker 3: They'll play at Hartfield Academy.
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: This week.
• 29:39
  Speaker 3: So Hartfield went up there last year. They're coming back
• 29:43
  Speaker 3: down here this year. So if you want to see
• 29:45
  Speaker 3: Tupelo in person, they'll be at Hartfield on Friday night.
• 29:49
  Speaker 3: And I have no doubt that Hartfield will play extremely hard,
• 29:52
  Speaker 3: but Tupelo has just rolled everybody. And I don't know
• 29:55
  Speaker 3: that anybody beats Tupelo this year. They may go perfect again. Pedal, 5-0.
• 30:00
  Speaker 3: They beat Clinton 42-28. They'll play at West Jones. Watch
• 30:04
  Speaker 3: West Jones this week. Pedal is a sneaky 5-0. They're
• 30:08
  Speaker 3: not bad. But they haven't really played anybody. Well, they
• 30:12
  Speaker 3: beat Gulfport. But I was told they beat them in overtime.
• 30:15
  Speaker 3: Gulfport turned it over five times. They still beat them.
• 30:17
  Speaker 3: Watch West Jones. They could sneak up on Pedal on
• 30:19
  Speaker 3: Friday night. Brandon has moved to No. 3. They are 4-1.
• 30:23
  Speaker 3: They beat Starkville 38-31 in double overtime. They'll play Northwest Rankin.
• 30:26
  Speaker 3: They'll get North Brandon on Friday night down at Brandon
• 30:30
  Speaker 3: as they open region play.
• 30:31
  Speaker 2: Starville at 4-1. They move to No. 4. They are open.
• 30:34
  Speaker 2: They are off.
• 30:35
  Speaker 3: As a lot of off weeks are starting to happen
• 30:37
  Speaker 3: as well. And let's see here. Goldport at No. 5.
• 30:44
  Speaker 3: They beat Pascagoula 41-7. And they play Ocean Springs coming
• 30:48
  Speaker 3: up this weekend. Let's see. I just missed this. JC,
• 30:56
  Speaker 3: was Jake scared to say this? Tells me he doesn't
• 30:59
  Speaker 3: want B to get a raise. No, see, JC, I
• 31:01
  Speaker 3: would call this propaganda on your side.
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: I missed it.
• 31:04
  Speaker 3: Is the boss that hates the cowbells the same one
• 31:06
  Speaker 3: that won't give B a raise? If so, his opinion
• 31:09
  Speaker 3: is irrelevant. Also, no one ever talks about cowbells till
• 31:12
  Speaker 3: state is good. The last part of that is absolutely true. B,
• 31:17
  Speaker 3: we are trying to get you that raise, though.
• 31:20
  Speaker 2: I don't buy it. We're trying. We're trying. There ain't
• 31:23
  Speaker 2: a whole lot of raises in this building, though.
• 31:26
  Speaker 1: Nope.
• 31:27
  Speaker 4: Nope.
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: Nope.
• 31:28
  Speaker 2: Never has been.
• 31:29
  Speaker 3: That's across the board. Even for people that want 65.
• 31:32
  Speaker 3: There's just not a whole lot of raises. But no,
• 31:34
  Speaker 3: JC's right. The Cowbells never come up until State is good.
• 31:37
  Speaker 3: That's when the Cowbells become a problem. If State is bad,
• 31:40
  Speaker 3: nobody speaks of the Cowbells. If State is good, people
• 31:43
  Speaker 3: start speaking of the Cowbell.
• 31:46
  Speaker 2: Oxford at No. 6. They're 4-1.
• 31:47
  Speaker 3: They beat Grenada this past week, 23-7. They'll play Madison
• 31:50
  Speaker 3: Central in a region game on Friday. Oak Grove is 3-1.
• 31:53
  Speaker 3: They beat Laurel 42-20 at No. 7. They play at Houston,
• 31:57
  Speaker 3: Tennessee this weekend. Warren Central is No. 8. They're 5-0.
• 32:01
  Speaker 3: They beat Madison Central 42-21. They'll take a bye week
• 32:03
  Speaker 3: this week. Brookhaven 5-0. They beat Northwest Rankin 41-28. They'll
• 32:08
  Speaker 3: take a bye week as well. The Iberville is 5-0.
• 32:10
  Speaker 3: They beat Harrison Central 42-7. They'll take on West Harrison Friday.
• 32:15
  Speaker 3: 7A rankings courtesy of Mississippi Gridiron, Tupelo, Petal, Brandon. Gulfport, Oxford,
• 32:23
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• 32:27
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  Speaker 3: Maloney's text line. DX says you should parlay your salary.
• 34:46
  Speaker 3: I should parlay my salary to Beav. So he's wanting
• 34:49
  Speaker 3: me to basically just forfeit my money to you.
• 34:53
  Speaker 4: Well, Jake, let's go back then. Last segment, you said
• 34:56
  Speaker 4: you were trying to get me a raise. So how
• 34:59
  Speaker 4: bad do you want me to have a raise? How
• 35:01
  Speaker 4: bad do you want me to have more money?
• 35:02
  Speaker 2: Well, I would love for you to have more money,
• 35:05
  Speaker 2: but the conventional way. I don't know. That's conventional.
• 35:08
  Speaker 4: There's some sort of, there's some sort of thing that
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• 35:16
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  Speaker 4: it seems to have always worked out in the past
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• 35:25
  Speaker 6: Right.
• 35:26
  Speaker 4: So let's try that again.
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  Speaker 3: Let me see if we can set that up. Let
• 35:29
  Speaker 3: me see if we can set that up for you. Um,
• 35:36
  Speaker 3: through Camario Taylor's first run as a quarterback. And we're
• 35:40
  Speaker 3: talking about a little bit last year plus this year.
• 35:42
  Speaker 3: If you compare Dak Prescott at this time through his career,
• 35:47
  Speaker 3: it looks like Taylor is, and we're looking at, you know,
• 35:51
  Speaker 3: is it fair to say Dak's the, is Dak the
• 35:52
  Speaker 3: best quarterback State's ever had? Obviously he's the most popular
• 35:55
  Speaker 3: for sure. I think he's the best that they've ever had.
• 35:58
  Speaker 3: And of course you look at what he's continued.
• 35:59
  Speaker 2: To do in the NFL.
• 36:00
  Speaker 3: At the same time in their careers at Mississippi State,
• 36:04
  Speaker 3: Prescott was completing 56% of his passes.
• 36:09
  Speaker 2: Taylor, 64%. Taylor, 1,821 yards in the same number of games. Dak, 670.
• 36:13
  Speaker 3: I don't think this touchdown number's right, but Taylor's still
• 36:18
  Speaker 3: out in front. Rushing Taylor out in front, 643 to 280.
• 36:21
  Speaker 3: Total offense, Taylor out in front as well. It's different eras.
• 36:28
  Speaker 3: It's different offense, but his trajectory is extremely high.
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  Speaker 2: Is it not?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, it's funny because I think it was either just
• 36:36
  Speaker 4: last week or the week before when Jason and Flagstaff
• 36:41
  Speaker 4: was talking about Camario being a better passer at this
• 36:46
  Speaker 4: stage in his career than Dak Prescott. And we didn't
• 36:52
  Speaker 4: know because we didn't have the numbers. So now you've
• 36:54
  Speaker 4: got the numbers. So it sounds like Jason was right.
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  Speaker 3: Well, I will say this, no doubt. I mean, look,
• 36:59
  Speaker 3: and Dak did. so much at Mississippi state. And he
• 37:02
  Speaker 3: was a heck of a quarterback still is a heck
• 37:04
  Speaker 3: of a quarterback. Taylor throws it at a different level though.
• 37:09
  Speaker 3: I mean, his accuracy with the deep ball and his
• 37:13
  Speaker 3: accuracy to be able to put the football in holes is,
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  Speaker 3: is fun to watch. There's not a lot of guys
• 37:18
  Speaker 3: around the country that can do that. I mean, he
• 37:20
  Speaker 3: throws a better ball than Arch Manning.
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  Speaker 2: Is that fair?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I think so. Yeah.
• 37:26
  Speaker 2: He throws a better ball than Arch Manning. Let's see here.
• 37:28
  Speaker 2: Dog tired, Florence. Let's see. What is he? Dog tired's favor.
• 37:36
  Speaker 2: That's called communism, I think. What is he talking about?
• 37:39
  Speaker 4: That's what I was getting at when I said we've
• 37:42
  Speaker 4: tried some things in the world before where whatever I
• 37:45
  Speaker 4: don't have, you just give me part of what you have.
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  Speaker 2: Okay. Gotcha, gotcha, gotcha. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Ready, set, go.
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  Speaker 3: If we're going on strength of character, Matt Wyatt is
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  Speaker 3: my choice for best quarterback of all time at Mississippi State.
• 37:59
  Speaker 3: So he just voted for Matt Wyatt.
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  Speaker 6: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 2: You're not giving Matt Wyatt your vote?
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  Speaker 4: Well, strength of character isn't really going to win you
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  Speaker 4: a game. Of course, Matt Wyatt at quarterback isn't going
• 38:13
  Speaker 4: to win you a game either, but I'm not going
• 38:16
  Speaker 4: to go by that stat.
• 38:18
  Speaker 3: And Texas coach Steve Sarkeesian made comments when asked about
• 38:24
  Speaker 3: Florida and Mississippi State this week in his press conference.
• 38:26
  Speaker 3: He said, they, Florida, were on my card. I tried
• 38:29
  Speaker 3: to tell you guys about Florida last year. Of course,
• 38:31
  Speaker 3: Texas went down there and lost. No one wanted me
• 38:33
  Speaker 3: to believe me. They got real players in Gainesville and
• 38:37
  Speaker 3: they got a good football team and they've kind of
• 38:40
  Speaker 3: figured it out. So we'll worry about that when that
• 38:43
  Speaker 3: one comes in Mississippi state. I knew about Camario Taylor
• 38:45
  Speaker 3: a year ago. They just didn't play him a lot.
• 38:48
  Speaker 3: They put him in our game. He threw a touchdown pass.
• 38:51
  Speaker 3: So they've got, they've gotten real. This league is no joke.
• 38:55
  Speaker 3: And he is absolutely correct. The league is absolutely no joke.
• 39:01
  Speaker 3: And you know, So are you more surprised that Mississippi
• 39:04
  Speaker 3: State is 4-0 or more surprised that Oklahoma and Texas
• 39:11
  Speaker 3: A & M, after one month, are bottom feeders in
• 39:14
  Speaker 3: the league?
• 39:20
  Speaker 4: I'm surprised that Mississippi State is 4-0, but those two
• 39:25
  Speaker 4: teams being at the bottom bottom, yeah, I'd say that's
• 39:29
  Speaker 4: a little surprising. more surprising. I thought Oklahoma was going
• 39:33
  Speaker 4: to have a good year this year.
• 39:34
  Speaker 2: Oh, I did too. I did too.
• 39:39
  Speaker 4: And I've been fooled by Oklahoma before, so I was,
• 39:42
  Speaker 4: you know, I feel like I know better, but coming
• 39:46
  Speaker 4: into this year, I thought it was different. I thought
• 39:49
  Speaker 4: they were going to be good. I thought Mateer was
• 39:52
  Speaker 4: going to be a year better.
• 39:53
  Speaker 6: Yep.
• 39:55
  Speaker 4: And Mateer is like four years worse. He has regressed.
• 40:01
  Speaker 2: No, he really has.
• 40:02
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm sitting here looking at some of these highlights.
• 40:06
  Speaker 3: They're still popping up on X on John Mateer over
• 40:10
  Speaker 3: the weekend. And look, some people have said, well, let's wait.
• 40:15
  Speaker 3: Mississippi State was 4-0 last year. That's a different 4-0.
• 40:19
  Speaker 6: Isn't it?
• 40:20
  Speaker 3: That's a different 4-0. First off, the schedule was not,
• 40:23
  Speaker 3: you didn't go on the road and beat two power
• 40:26
  Speaker 3: four teams. State went on the road this year and
• 40:28
  Speaker 3: beat Minnesota and South Carolina. Last year, you were playing,
• 40:31
  Speaker 3: you know, directional U for several weeks, and then you
• 40:35
  Speaker 3: beat Arizona State at home. This year, you beat a
• 40:39
  Speaker 3: top 25 team in Missouri for the first time since 2014.
• 40:41
  Speaker 2: I think this 4-0 is totally different.
• 40:43
  Speaker 1: St.
• 40:44
  Speaker 3: Louis Vic, Pete Golding, had that defeated expression on his
• 40:48
  Speaker 3: face as Ole Miss and Florida were trading TDs in
• 40:50
  Speaker 3: the fourth. That phrase, when you have two QBs, you
• 40:54
  Speaker 3: have none, came to mind with him pulling double duty
• 40:57
  Speaker 3: as DC and head coach. Should he go strictly as
• 41:00
  Speaker 3: a head coach? It's interesting, Vic, you bring that up.
• 41:03
  Speaker 3: I thought about that this weekend. Because that Ole Miss
• 41:06
  Speaker 3: defense should not be that bad right now. And I
• 41:11
  Speaker 3: think Golding is going to have to make a decision
• 41:13
  Speaker 3: at some point. Like, am I going to be the
• 41:15
  Speaker 3: head coach? Obviously, he's going to be the head coach.
• 41:18
  Speaker 3: Or do I need to pull a D.C. in next year,
• 41:20
  Speaker 3: like a true D.C.? And that will be I did
• 41:23
  Speaker 3: think about that this weekend.
• 41:25
  Speaker 2: Possibly.
• 41:25
  Speaker 3: Joe, appreciate the show today. Joe, we appreciate you. You
• 41:28
  Speaker 3: think he's fixing to go have dinner with J.C.
• 41:31
  Speaker 2: And Resdog?
• 41:32
  Speaker 1: Hmm.
• 41:34
  Speaker 4: I don't know about that. I don't think it's going
• 41:35
  Speaker 4: to go that far.
• 41:36
  Speaker 2: Hey, do we have any Aaron Rodgers news?
• 41:40
  Speaker 4: No, Aaron Rodgers, he's probably pleased after that performance yesterday. Steelers,
• 41:46
  Speaker 4: where did you come from? First two weeks, you had
• 41:49
  Speaker 4: one touchdown drive offensively, and then yesterday you pop up
• 41:54
  Speaker 4: and you are running all over an improved Bengals defense,
• 41:58
  Speaker 4: or we thought was greatly improved. So now I think
• 42:01
  Speaker 4: he's pleased, so maybe he's not throwing anyone under the
• 42:04
  Speaker 4: bus this week.
• 42:07
  Speaker 2: And Brown Horner, how about this, Jake?
• 42:09
  Speaker 3: The surprise is that people are talking more about when
• 42:11
  Speaker 3: the Heisman mentioning Taylor more than they're mentioning Mateer, who
• 42:14
  Speaker 3: was on the preseason list. Yeah, you always have those
• 42:17
  Speaker 3: couple that are on the preseason list that don't show
• 42:19
  Speaker 3: up on the preseason list, and then you have some
• 42:21
  Speaker 3: that show up on the real list as the season
• 42:25
  Speaker 3: moves on.
• 42:26
  Speaker 2: Mendoza was that guy last year. Wasn't on the list?
• 42:29
  Speaker 1: On the list.
• 42:29
  Speaker 2: And how about this?
• 42:30
  Speaker 3: Mississippi State now, courtesy of ESPN, FPI, and all the
• 42:35
  Speaker 3: stuff that they do, The playoff predictor, State has moved
• 42:39
  Speaker 3: into a 25% chance to make the playoff now. They're
• 42:42
  Speaker 3: at like less than 1% to start the season. 25%.
• 42:46
  Speaker 3: If they beat Bama, you can start talking. I mean,
• 42:50
  Speaker 3: you can at least have the conversation. Well, hey, if X, Y,
• 42:53
  Speaker 3: and Z fall, they may be in the conversation in
• 42:56
  Speaker 3: the SEC because some teams are dropping out. Oklahoma, Texas,
• 43:00
  Speaker 3: A & M, out. They're not going to make the playoff.
• 43:03
  Speaker 3: And both of those teams made the playoff last year.
• 43:06
  Speaker 3: So who replaces them? Is State one of those? They've
• 43:08
  Speaker 3: got to beat Bama this weekend. It's crazy how the
• 43:11
  Speaker 3: narratives change. Said before the year, for Jeff Levy to survive,
• 43:14
  Speaker 3: they need to at least go 2-2 or 3-1.
• 43:17
  Speaker 2: 3-1, more likely 4-0 would be awesome. They've gone 4-0.
• 43:21
  Speaker 3: Now you've got a quarterback that's getting a little Heisman buzz.
• 43:25
  Speaker 3: Your team has a 25% chance to make the playoff.
• 43:28
  Speaker 3: Winning cures a lot of things. Thanks to David Murray.
• 43:30
  Speaker 3: Thanks to Chris Landry. Appreciate you guys out there in Radioland.
• 43:33
  Speaker 2: Appreciate, B.
• 43:34
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• 43:37
  Speaker 3: Be a man of increase. We have reached our crescendo
• 43:39
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• 43:39
  Speaker 2: See you tomorrow.
• 44:15
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• 44:18
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• 44:21
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