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Mississippi State vs Northern Illinois Game Preview · Johnny's World

• 0:22
  SPEAKER_01: All right.
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  SPEAKER_01: Welcome back to another episode of the Johnny's World Podcast.
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  SPEAKER_01: This is one of your hosts, BW.
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  SPEAKER_01: I am here with Johnny on another Victory Week podcast.
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  SPEAKER_01: Johnny, how are we doing?
• 0:32
  SPEAKER_00: We're doing great, especially uh victory week.
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  SPEAKER_00: The dogs won and my dog won.
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  SPEAKER_00: So uh that's right.
• 0:37
  SPEAKER_00: It's a double double victory podcast today.
• 0:41
  SPEAKER_01: Exactly.
• 0:42
  SPEAKER_01: Well, um, yeah, I mean, for the folks that don't know, um Johnny's dog, Natty Whalen, is your pet mayor of Starkville, Mississippi.
• 0:51
  SPEAKER_00: That is right.
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  SPEAKER_00: For the next two years, Natty Whalen will be the pet mayor.
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  SPEAKER_00: And what that includes is she will be leaving it off the Starkville Christmas Parade.
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  SPEAKER_00: She'll be at every ribbon cutting in town.
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  SPEAKER_00: So any business that opens up, has a ribbon cutting, she'll be there alongside the real mayor.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, she'll be at the Starville Derby and the Cork Cotton District Arts Festival.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, pretty much any event involving the city of Starville, she'll be there.
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  SPEAKER_00: So, uh, really excited.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, people who are listening, if you voted, I really appreciate it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, it was a landslide victory.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, just absolutely dominated the competition, which was amazing.
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  SPEAKER_00: I was really nervous, but uh she actually raised over$5,000 and$12,000 was uh dollars was raised total.
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  SPEAKER_00: So there was only five dogs, so she raised almost half just by herself, and uh couldn't have done that without the people who who helped support her.
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  SPEAKER_00: So thank you very much.
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  SPEAKER_00: And that money raised, uh, they're donating three thousand dollars to the Humane Society.
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  SPEAKER_00: So that's a great cause.
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  SPEAKER_00: As people who listened, uh interviewed someone a couple weeks ago about the dog paddle that we went to.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then the other money goes to the uh downtown Startville.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, and they are if you ride through to come up for the game this weekend and see uh downtown Starville, you'll know exactly where the money's going to.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's going towards a good cause.
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  SPEAKER_00: We're they're making downtown Starville be more pet friendly.
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  SPEAKER_00: So the sidewalks are being uh uh brought out so you can have your pets, then and uh the whole main street is gonna be um uh totally transformed.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then as you heard uh a few weeks ago, new hotel's coming up.
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  SPEAKER_00: So Starville, Mississippi in two years will look nothing like it does now, and that's all goes towards uh uh growth, just uh making it bigger and better for people.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh so yeah, that kind of plays a part in that, and she'll be the pet mayor for all that happening.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I'm really excited about all that.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's amazing.
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  SPEAKER_01: And you know, uh part of her namesake, uh, just a good old boy, one of the good old boys you said donated quite a bit of money to the to her campaign, John Snyder, friends of the program as well.
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  SPEAKER_00: My previous dog, Bo, uh Bo Duke Packer, uh, was named after John.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, we've had John on the podcast before, he's a dear friend of mine and my childhood hero growing up, the Dukes of Hazard fan.
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  SPEAKER_00: Grew up loving the show.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's my favorite character, and then lo and behold, we're best friends.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh, just kind of surreal that that happened.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh yeah, him and his wife, Dee Dee, they made a big contribution and helped us out.
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  SPEAKER_00: And I saw uh Paige Watson, who's in who's kind of in charge of it with the city of Starwell, uh, because John posted on his Facebook page um that he knew the his brother Bob is the mayor of New York, and then he's friends with the mayor where he lives in Madison, Indiana.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's like, I know three mayors now, and the pet mayor is so page uh shared it and said, uh Bo Duke contributed to the pet election.
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  SPEAKER_00: Who would have thought?
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  SPEAKER_00: So uh small world, but uh thankful for him.
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  SPEAKER_00: And you know, just so many people that that uh reached out and and and helped.
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  SPEAKER_00: I know a bunch of the guys in the fraternity.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh my mom's um is the house mom of the Capasic fraternity.
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  SPEAKER_00: They helped out.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh good friend of ours, friend of the show, I'll give her a shout-out because she has bought coffee and and uh glasses in the past from a Sally Cook.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a family friend of mine, and and she made a big uh big donation.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh Coach Cheryl's wife, uh there, the Coach Cheryl's wife has a uh Peggy has uh uh a room at the Humane Society named after her.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh she she uh she helped out with the cause as well.
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  SPEAKER_00: Love love the Cheryls very much.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh Coach is a dear friend of mine as well.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh so just uh, and so many people on the way uh have helped and can't thank everybody enough.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a team effort, you know, with fundraising.
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  SPEAKER_00: I've done this for years working for the children's hospitals, grassroots fundraising, you know, where that that includes pennies, dollars, nickels, kind of like what we're doing with the coffee.
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  SPEAKER_00: Every little bit adds up because uh we're not, of course, you'd love for a big donation, write a check and be done with it.
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  SPEAKER_00: But the whole point of fundraising is raising funds one by one.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh, and the people really, really helped out with the cause, uh, getting addie elected.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh so very thankful for it.
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  SPEAKER_00: She's gonna make a great ambassador for the city of Starville.
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  SPEAKER_00: And she's not even a year old, she'll be a uh one-year-old October the 25th.
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  SPEAKER_00: So uh she's just a young pup, and she'll be uh being the pet mayor for for two years.
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  SPEAKER_00: And got to give a shout out to the previous pet mayor.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's only been two.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uh the previous pet mayor uh was Buster Kemp.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh Robert Kemp's a dear friend of mine, and his father Dan is the one who who uh developed the cotton district, and Robert runs the cotton district now.
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  SPEAKER_00: Great people, and uh and Buster Robert's dog uh got it and served for two years, and he passed away um this past year.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I know Buster and Bo up in Dog Heaven, we're sure we're proud of Natty Girl for uh for winning.
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  SPEAKER_00: And uh Natty has big shoes to fill, replacing Buster as the as the pet mayor of Starbucks.
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  SPEAKER_01: That's right.
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  SPEAKER_01: And speaking of fundraising, Johnny, part of the reason we're here is to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, which you can help us out with by going to Johnnypacker.net and ordering a bag of fresh roasted coffee from the High Point Roasters up in New Albany, Mississippi.
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  SPEAKER_01: And if you don't like coffee yourself, buy some for a friend or family member, give it as a gift.
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  SPEAKER_01: We've got the holiday season coming up.
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  SPEAKER_01: Start thinking about gifts.
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  SPEAKER_01: It's always hard to find gifts for certain people.
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  SPEAKER_01: You know those people in your life, like my dad, he just wants socks and underwear every year.
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  SPEAKER_01: He also likes coffee.
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  SPEAKER_01: So think about somebody like that for coffee.
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  SPEAKER_01: But jonypacker.net, get on there, help us raise some money for cystic fibrosis.
• 6:26
  SPEAKER_00: Going back to the coffee, you know, we've we've had like uh seen 20,000 downloads on this podcast.
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  SPEAKER_00: So people out there are listening to this podcast, and we really appreciate you listening to it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Try to uh bring bring on good guests through the year and uh especially during football season.
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  SPEAKER_00: But uh, we'd love for you out there who are listening to the podcast to help donate to coffee.
• 6:45
  SPEAKER_00: You know, we just got finished talking about fundraising and how we got Natty elected.
• 6:50
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, this kind of goes the same thing with the coffee products, it's a very reasonable.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, you know, you drink coffee, or you know someone that that drinks coffee, uh just go to johnnypacker.net, get a bag of coffee for someone.
• 7:02
  SPEAKER_00: Like Brandon, you just said the holiday season's coming up.
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  SPEAKER_00: Great way to get an inexpensive gift, uh, but knowing it's going towards a good cause because every bag, you know, goes to the CF Foundation, and people with CF need it desperately.
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  SPEAKER_00: People are dying every day still uh of CF.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um, even out there with a miracle drug, people don't can't have access to it.
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  SPEAKER_00: So people are dying.
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  SPEAKER_00: So money goes towards research, and that's the only way we're gonna be able to bite this thing, fight this thing, and make CF stands for cure found one day is uh by by donating and just simply going on Johnny Packer.net bag and a bag of coffee makes a big difference.
• 7:38
  SPEAKER_00: So uh so thank y'all for listening to the podcast, but also please join in with our with our coffee.
• 7:43
  SPEAKER_00: But uh talking about pickums, bw, I'm looking at them right now.
• 7:47
  SPEAKER_00: Mud bugs still at the top, man.
• 7:49
  SPEAKER_00: He's in first place.
• 7:50
  SPEAKER_00: He uh he's a good picker.
• 7:52
  SPEAKER_00: Yours truly is in second place, BW.
• 7:55
  SPEAKER_00: Johnny B good is in second place.
• 7:57
  SPEAKER_01: So moving on up, Johnny.
• 7:59
  SPEAKER_00: Moving on up.
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  SPEAKER_00: So uh right right below mud bugs.
• 8:03
  SPEAKER_00: So mud bugs is a good picker every year, so be hard to uh to to catch up, but hey, I'm right behind him, neck and neck.
• 8:09
  SPEAKER_00: He has 102 points and have 100 points.
• 8:12
  SPEAKER_00: Uh so it's doable.
• 8:14
  SPEAKER_00: BW, you're at 15th place with 88 points.
• 8:17
  SPEAKER_00: But like you said, yeah, you you missed uh last week, and as we said at the beginning of the year, if you if you miss, you get you get left behind.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um be hard to pick up.
• 8:26
  SPEAKER_00: But uh keep making your picks, even if you did it.
• 8:29
  SPEAKER_00: Hey, if you might miss a game, I have noticed that sometimes, like when you fill it out and you click submit, it'll still submit it if you forget a game in between.
• 8:38
  SPEAKER_00: Like it's crazy how there'll be like an empty blank, and they're like, Oh, I didn't pick that game.
• 8:43
  SPEAKER_00: So be sure you when you pick it, look and make sure you're picking every single game.
• 8:47
  SPEAKER_00: Um, and then those tiebreakers at the bottom.
• 8:49
  SPEAKER_00: Some people forget to do that.
• 8:50
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, that's really just to to in case everybody fends up for the same.
• 8:55
  SPEAKER_00: Um, it it separates it uh by the tiebreakers as far as like who who scored the most points, who scored the least.
• 9:02
  SPEAKER_00: So uh, yep.
• 9:03
  SPEAKER_00: So right now, but mud bugs is the leader in the clubhouse, and I'm right on his tail in second place.
• 9:08
  SPEAKER_00: But we're gonna be doing this all through football season.
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  SPEAKER_00: So at the end of this football season, the winner will get them a bag of Johnny Packer coffee.
• 9:15
  SPEAKER_00: So uh we'd love to give it away to the winner, but like I said, we really would love it if you bought one because it's going towards a good cause.
• 9:23
  SPEAKER_01: And I gotta say, I made the I called the Vanderbilt game last week.
• 9:27
  SPEAKER_01: I picked I made that pick.
• 9:28
  SPEAKER_01: I I went out on a limb and picked them, and they they just dominated South Carolina.
• 9:32
  SPEAKER_01: That was kind of crazy.
• 9:34
  SPEAKER_01: Um that Georgia uh Tennessee game ended up being a good game.
• 9:38
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I know we were pulling for Tennessee to to win.
• 9:41
  SPEAKER_01: Um, at the same time, though, I was like, oh man, Tennessee's a little better than I thought they were.
• 9:46
  SPEAKER_01: Um so we'll see.
• 9:48
  SPEAKER_01: We'll see.
• 9:49
  SPEAKER_01: We got to take care of business this week, but look looking forward to next week.
• 9:53
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, Vanderbilt, man.
• 9:54
  SPEAKER_00: They you you're right on the money on that one.
• 9:56
  SPEAKER_00: They Diego Popliet Pablo Pavliet, yeah, he's he's a stud, man.
• 10:02
  SPEAKER_00: And Vandy, it's it stinks, man, because Vandy's knocked off two teams that are uh power five teams on the road in South Carolina and Virginia Tech, and they're they're not way up in the rankings.
• 10:14
  SPEAKER_00: And it's only because of their name, Vanderbilt, which stinks because they deserve a top ranking.
• 10:19
  SPEAKER_00: You get Texas, who has struggled mightily.
• 10:21
  SPEAKER_00: Arch has just been not very good, and they're they're still in the top 10.
• 10:25
  SPEAKER_00: And and uh it's just crazy how the rankings are kind of biased.
• 10:30
  SPEAKER_00: Mississippi State, you know, we're 3-0, knocked off the number 12 team in the country.
• 10:34
  SPEAKER_00: But just because who we were who last year at 2-10, yeah, it's gonna be a we'll if we win this weekend, we still probably won't be ranked.
• 10:42
  SPEAKER_00: So uh it really depends.
• 10:44
  SPEAKER_00: That Tennessee game is major.
• 10:46
  SPEAKER_00: And yeah, like we said, last week we wanted it to be, uh we wanted Tennessee to win, so they would be undefeated, we'd be undefeated.
• 10:53
  SPEAKER_00: Hopefully the game would be a night game and Davis Wade would be rocking.
• 10:57
  SPEAKER_00: But I didn't realize BW, the the the games are on that same day.
• 11:02
  SPEAKER_00: So even if they had won, we might have had the night game, but but it probably would have been on the SEC network because it's some really good games that day.
• 11:10
  SPEAKER_00: Um so they anyway, they put us at the 315 slot on SEC network, which you know we're playing a 315 game this weekend against Northern Illinois.
• 11:20
  SPEAKER_00: So I don't think it really would have mattered, but uh it would have been cool to have a have a night game, but uh all the eyes will be on the bigger, bigger uh matchups that uh that weekend anyway.
• 11:30
  SPEAKER_00: So um, but yeah, Tennessee just choked, man.
• 11:34
  SPEAKER_00: They had that chance for a field goal to knock off George at the very end, and they just literally choked it away.
• 11:40
  SPEAKER_00: And then I knew when they missed it, I was like, man, Georgia's gonna win this thing now.
• 11:43
  SPEAKER_00: This is their prime chance to do it.
• 11:45
  SPEAKER_00: And sure enough, they uh then the kicker ended up making the kick at overtime.
• 11:49
  SPEAKER_00: I was like, why can't you do that in the regulation?
• 11:51
  SPEAKER_00: But yeah, that's the way it goes sometime.
• 11:53
  SPEAKER_00: But uh Mississippi State, man, uh went to the game and I mean just absolute dominant.
• 11:58
  SPEAKER_00: Uh uh didn't even score allcore and um BW, I think Kamari or uh Jackson Prep could have been beat allcore, man.
• 12:06
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, they were they were bad, they were real bad.
• 12:09
  SPEAKER_00: But uh I'm glad that we had that opponent after the big victory against Arizona State.
• 12:13
  SPEAKER_00: We needed that.
• 12:14
  SPEAKER_00: Got to see uh some of the young guys play.
• 12:17
  SPEAKER_00: Um Kamario Taylor made a touchdown pass.
• 12:21
  SPEAKER_00: That was really cool.
• 12:22
  SPEAKER_00: Um Seth Davis, who who uh scored a touchdown.
• 12:26
  SPEAKER_00: I know he had been out for a while, and that was a big comeback for him to get back in.
• 12:30
  SPEAKER_00: That was really cool.
• 12:31
  SPEAKER_00: Um, just up and down the field.
• 12:32
  SPEAKER_00: Defense played amazing, shutting them out.
• 12:35
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, the crazy thing about it, BW, is I was uh I had tickets in the club level for this game.
• 12:42
  SPEAKER_00: So I was going to get something to eat, and I ate inside and I came back out, and it was like the game was almost over.
• 12:47
  SPEAKER_00: And I was like, there's no way the game could be over this fast when I just had gotten in.
• 12:51
  SPEAKER_00: I was like, something's going on.
• 12:53
  SPEAKER_00: Lo and behold, I find out that they they agreed to shorten the clock on the second half.
• 12:59
  SPEAKER_00: So like, yeah, yeah, man.
• 13:00
  SPEAKER_00: If they had not shortened the clock in the second half, there is no doubt in my mind we were scored 100 points.
• 13:05
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, they were just rolling and uh kind of a kind of wish they hadn't, man.
• 13:10
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, uh, but I guess that I don't know the rulings behind that never never seen such man.
• 13:15
  SPEAKER_01: I wish everyone we talked about it on the announced the you know the broadcast, but yeah, still didn't really understand where it came from.
• 13:22
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it's like they already knew it was gonna be a bad game, and so they they preemptively agreed to that.
• 13:27
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, where were these people when we were playing Alabama during the Saban era?
• 13:30
  SPEAKER_00: Like why why why didn't they call the Mercy rule on that?
• 13:33
  SPEAKER_00: You know, they let us drag it out the whole four quarters of Alabama, yeah.
• 13:38
  SPEAKER_00: But uh yeah, so I was kind of disappointed about that.
• 13:41
  SPEAKER_00: I loved seeing 100, but we have had a shutout since uh, I guess it was Dan Mullen's last year opening game of the 17 season, and this was the most points scored since the opening game of the 18 season with Moorhead.
• 13:54
  SPEAKER_00: So uh BW, I was telling somebody I remember 1994, I would have been 13 years old, and I was at the game with my grandparents, and we played two lane, and we scored 66 points in that game.
• 14:07
  SPEAKER_00: And I remember uh Derek Tate was our quarterback that back then.
• 14:11
  SPEAKER_00: He broke the record for the most passing yards in the game that particular day, I believe, which has been shattered now.
• 14:17
  SPEAKER_00: But uh, I remember that day watching the stands like 66 points.
• 14:20
  SPEAKER_00: Just keep going, keep scoring.
• 14:22
  SPEAKER_00: I wanted to see 100 that day.
• 14:23
  SPEAKER_00: So uh it's pretty crazy that we actually probably could have gotten 100, but they but they they shortened the quarters.
• 14:30
  SPEAKER_00: But uh hey, we got a man 3-0.
• 14:32
  SPEAKER_00: That's all that matters.
• 14:33
  SPEAKER_00: Got Northern Illinois group that comes in.
• 14:35
  SPEAKER_00: We talked about this at the beginning of the year.
• 14:36
  SPEAKER_00: This is a game you cannot overlook.
• 14:38
  SPEAKER_00: Uh I sure hope the guys weren't looking towards Tennessee, skipping this team because this is a this is what they call a um trap.
• 14:46
  SPEAKER_00: Trap game.
• 14:47
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah, trap game, 100% trap game.
• 14:50
  SPEAKER_00: Northern Illinois beat Notre Dame last year, who were a touchdown away from winning the national championship.
• 14:56
  SPEAKER_00: So they can beat anybody if if the game, if the other team is overlooking them.
• 15:01
  SPEAKER_00: Or obviously state should be favored.
• 15:03
  SPEAKER_00: They're the better team.
• 15:04
  SPEAKER_00: SEC team should always beat a team like Northern Illinois.
• 15:08
  SPEAKER_00: But do not be surprised if it's close.
• 15:10
  SPEAKER_00: Um, or I just hope that we're not looking towards Tennessee.
• 15:13
  SPEAKER_00: But the best case scenario is we come out dominant fashion, beat them, and then get ready for Tennessee because next weekend, when the vols roll into town, I know they have a loss to Georgia, but the fans should be here.
• 15:25
  SPEAKER_00: I know it's 315 and now the night game.
• 15:27
  SPEAKER_00: But if we can take care of business this week, which I think we will, I'm gonna pick the score of BW to be Mississippi State 34, uh, northern Illinois 17.
• 15:38
  SPEAKER_00: That's my my score prediction.
• 15:40
  SPEAKER_00: And if that holds true, then we should have a big atmosphere next weekend at Davis Way.
• 15:45
  SPEAKER_00: What's your score prediction on the game?
• 15:47
  SPEAKER_01: Well, Johnny, um, one thing I did not like about the Alcorn game was we left Shapin in there a little bit long.
• 15:54
  SPEAKER_01: And that was great.
• 15:55
  SPEAKER_01: He was taking some hits, and I just knew he was gonna go out.
• 15:59
  SPEAKER_01: Um he he took a couple big ones.
• 16:02
  SPEAKER_01: And it's funny because we decided to go to this game.
• 16:06
  SPEAKER_01: Um I'm bringing, I'm taking my daughter and my father-in-law are coming, and uh my daughter said she she really likes Blake Shapin, and she told me she wanted to make it to a game before he gets hurt.
• 16:18
  SPEAKER_01: Um and so because we had planned originally to go to the Georgia game in November, and so I started thinking about it.
• 16:24
  SPEAKER_01: I said, you know, after I saw what happened with Alcorn, that could be sooner than later.
• 16:27
  SPEAKER_01: So um hate to say it, but you know, it it was it was kind of iffy there for a minute, but he ended up being fine.
• 16:34
  SPEAKER_01: So hopefully he stays he stays healthy.
• 16:37
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and I hope that you know we take care of business this week and stay healthy.
• 16:41
  SPEAKER_01: Um, but yeah, I was just kind of looking at at Northern Illinois this year.
• 16:45
  SPEAKER_01: They've had some close games to some some pretty bad teams.
• 16:50
  SPEAKER_01: So I'm hoping that they've lost some of that core that they had last year that that was able to compete with Notre Dame.
• 16:56
  SPEAKER_01: And we have a couple guys from their team, I believe.
• 17:00
  SPEAKER_01: Um couldn't tell you who it is, but I know we have a couple guys from their team, and um so maybe we have a good scouting report on them.
• 17:08
  SPEAKER_01: So I think we come out, we look, we look good.
• 17:12
  SPEAKER_01: Um may not be 100% dominant, but I still think we convincingly win 42-17 is my score prediction.
• 17:21
  SPEAKER_00: All right, BW got 42-17.
• 17:23
  SPEAKER_00: I got 34-17.
• 17:24
  SPEAKER_00: So we're we're neck and neck on the score.
• 17:26
  SPEAKER_00: But yeah, man, that was crazy that they left shaping in that long.
• 17:29
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, you know, that was a game, like we just said, anybody, any high school probably could have beaten the Alcorn, and there's no reason for him to be in that long.
• 17:37
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, but you know, I'm just thank goodness he didn't get hurt.
• 17:40
  SPEAKER_00: But he's so uh he, I mean, he's fragile, and that was that was kind of risky.
• 17:46
  SPEAKER_00: But uh anyway, uh hopefully that he can stay healthy.
• 17:51
  SPEAKER_00: But a good thing we got the insurance quarterback from Florida State, and then we got Camario Taylor behind him.
• 17:57
  SPEAKER_00: But uh, but yeah, it's uh hopefully, like you said, that Northern Illinois has lost some of that uh talent from last year that knocked off Notre Dame.
• 18:05
  SPEAKER_00: But uh regardless, uh it should be a it should be a win.
• 18:08
  SPEAKER_00: There's no reason not to.
• 18:10
  SPEAKER_00: You know, we got beat by Toledo last year at home, so I never can count out these teams like this, but I do think we're a better team this year than last year.
• 18:19
  SPEAKER_00: Defense shows we obviously have improved.
• 18:22
  SPEAKER_00: So anyway, uh look for our win this weekend to get to uh get to 4-0 on the campaign and and welcome the mighty Tennessee balls next weekend.
• 18:32
  SPEAKER_01: Looking forward to it, Johnny, and looking forward to coming down there and uh checking out the atmosphere.
• 18:36
  SPEAKER_01: Kind of wish it was I'd see the LED lights, maybe see him at the end of the game.
• 18:40
  SPEAKER_01: Um but looking forward to it.
• 18:42
  SPEAKER_01: And and shout out to Jan Gwyn.
• 18:44
  SPEAKER_01: I don't know if he listens to us very often, but he was on the show last year for the Egg Bowl.
• 18:48
  SPEAKER_01: People still listening to that episode.
• 18:50
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, he's got he has a tailgate right in front of the stadium we always go to.
• 18:53
  SPEAKER_01: He's he's always so hospitable, always has a lot of food that he's he gives to the kids, always gives them uh pom-poms and and all kinds of good stuff.
• 19:01
  SPEAKER_01: So really looking forward to seeing them and uh hopefully meeting the pet mayor of Starkville next weekend uh as well.
• 19:07
  SPEAKER_01: So it's gonna be a good weekend.
• 19:10
  SPEAKER_00: Absolutely, absolutely.
• 19:12
  SPEAKER_00: Well, uh can't wait.
• 19:13
  SPEAKER_00: Safe travel is coming coming out down to Starville and uh and hope we can we can get a victory.
• 19:19
  SPEAKER_01: All right, y'all keep listening and ordering coffee from Johnnypacker.net.
• 19:22
  SPEAKER_01: Yes, we'll see everybody next week.
• 19:24
  SPEAKER_01: We'll see y'all next week.
• 19:25
  SPEAKER_01: Bye bye.