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Miss. State - Alabama Headline a Big Weekend in the SEC · The Jake Wimberly Podcast

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  Speaker 1: for you, kind of recapping of the weekend, what's going on,
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  Speaker 1: and also... Moving ahead, of course, we've got a great
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  Speaker 1: group of games coming up this weekend with Mississippi State
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  Speaker 1: hosting Alabama. That's a headliner game as well. Let's go
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  Speaker 1: to see you Friday, brother. How are you doing?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, doing great, man.
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  Speaker 4: Great to see you. Had a good weekend. Great ball
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  Speaker 4: game on Friday night. I thought Brandon's start was really good.
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  Speaker 4: and just kicked us off for what was a fantastic weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Great weekend.
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  Speaker 3: I hope you had a good time as well.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, man, absolutely. No, absolutely. I thought Friday was fun.
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  Speaker 1: You know, let me ask you this before we get
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  Speaker 1: into state. I thought Starkville was one of the more
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  Speaker 1: complete teams that I'd seen this year. I know there's
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  Speaker 1: still kind of a growth there. I love what Coach
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  Speaker 1: Morgan is doing there. Tupelo looks to be kind of
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  Speaker 1: in its own league right now, so I got a
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  Speaker 1: chance to see them week one. Any chance you think
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  Speaker 1: that Starkville by– late November, could catch Tupelo?
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  Speaker 3: That's an interesting question.
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  Speaker 4: I'm very interested to see how they look in that
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  Speaker 4: matchup because inevitably they will meet. They met every year, obviously,
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  Speaker 4: when they were in the same district. And it seems
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  Speaker 4: like when they're not in the same district, they're meeting
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  Speaker 4: in the playoffs at some point.
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  Speaker 3: And Tupelo's gotten the upper hand a couple of times.
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  Speaker 4: Starville won the North State Championship up there a few
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  Speaker 4: years ago before they went on and won the state title.
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  Speaker 4: The problem is they have that talent gap, I feel like.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, there's a lot of talent at Starkville, but
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  Speaker 4: there's that talent there where there's six or seven guys
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  Speaker 4: that could potentially be in the SEC at Tupelo. Like
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  Speaker 4: you said, kind of league of their own. The thing
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  Speaker 4: is you can catch Tupelo slipping every now and then,
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  Speaker 4: it seems like. The problem that they have– And this
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  Speaker 4: is what Ty Harden was, like, really pushing against whenever
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  Speaker 4: they changed the districts.
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  Speaker 3: Their district is going to be so bad. Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: A lot of times you get caught sleeping once you
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  Speaker 4: get in the playoffs. And that's the thing with– even with,
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  Speaker 4: you know, Brandon's district that they're in, which is in
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  Speaker 4: a different part of the state, but Starkville is going
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  Speaker 4: to play, you know, Madison Central and Germantown. And, you know,
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  Speaker 4: Clinton's always tough. They always put up a fight, so
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  Speaker 4: every week's going to be a good game, a good battle,
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  Speaker 4: and Tupelo's just going to roll through theirs.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know. We'll see.
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  Speaker 4: I thought Starkville was a little sluggish the other night
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  Speaker 4: at times. They had a lot of guys with the flu,
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  Speaker 4: and I'm not making excuses.
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  Speaker 3: I thought Brandon went.
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  Speaker 4: And made the plays when they needed to be made there,
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  Speaker 4: but they did have a rough week. So we'll see
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  Speaker 4: when they're fully healthy and back on track and when
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  Speaker 4: they have 10 games in to Brett Morgan, we'll see
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  Speaker 4: what they look like.
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  Speaker 1: There's no doubt. One of the things that is true
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  Speaker 1: with Mississippi State is that Anthony Evans is an absolute
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  Speaker 1: game changer. The catch the other night, the stretch out catch,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm going to tell you what, to me what's
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  Speaker 1: more impressive, and this is just my feeble football brain,
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  Speaker 1: the fact I don't see a lot of guys, maybe
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  Speaker 1: Malachi Toney at Miami, right now, and maybe one more.
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  Speaker 1: And I'd have to look for the one more that
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  Speaker 1: can catch a screen pass and get up a sideline
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  Speaker 1: like he can. That's an automatic five. I mean, cause
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  Speaker 1: you know, you know this, you got to throw a
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  Speaker 1: screen pass, right? You know, you, you got to throw
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  Speaker 1: it and leave it. Camario Taylor puts so much zip
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  Speaker 1: on the ball. When Evan steps off the line, he
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  Speaker 1: doesn't have to wait. He doesn't have to pause. That
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  Speaker 1: is a five yard pickup. I mean, the kid is so,
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  Speaker 1: so fun to watch.
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  Speaker 4: I give Jeff Lebby a ton of credit on these
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  Speaker 4: wide receivers because these are guys that almost all of
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  Speaker 4: them had very little production when he brought them in.
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  Speaker 4: Marquise Johnson is probably the most productive receiver that they've
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  Speaker 4: picked up since Jeff Lebby's been here. That was a
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  Speaker 4: guy that was about 300 plus yards a year. I
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  Speaker 4: think he had 1,000 yards in his career at Missouri.
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  Speaker 4: Anthony Evans had 10, 12 catches at Georgia, you know,
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  Speaker 4: was kind of a guy that they brought in late
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  Speaker 4: in ball games. He didn't have a lot of opportunities.
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  Speaker 4: Jeff Levy has been so good at identifying, evaluating the
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  Speaker 4: talent that fits his offense. And once those guys get here,
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  Speaker 4: you see what this offense can do for them. He
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  Speaker 4: did it with Kevin Coleman. He did it with Vernon Thompson,
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  Speaker 4: who had not really done anything at Oklahoma other than some,
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  Speaker 4: you know, running as fast as he could down the
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  Speaker 4: field and making some big catches. And he's done it
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  Speaker 4: with Anthony Evans. He's made those guys wide receiver one.
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  Speaker 4: So they went from very little production to one of
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  Speaker 4: the most productive wide receivers in.
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  Speaker 3: The entire league.
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  Speaker 4: And Anthony Evans, he was good last year. I feel
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  Speaker 4: like he's taken that extra step forward this year. And,
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  Speaker 4: you know, he's a guy, he's got speed. He's got
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  Speaker 4: some wiggle to him. You know, he's a tough guy
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  Speaker 4: to tackle in space. So he will get yards after catch.
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  Speaker 4: He's a little different receiver than what we saw from
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  Speaker 4: Brennan Thompson last year, who was just a lot of
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  Speaker 4: times just kind of a go-route guy or a post pattern.
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  Speaker 4: This is a guy that you can throw some screens to.
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  Speaker 4: You can put him in the slot. You can put
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  Speaker 4: him on the outside, and he can go make a
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  Speaker 4: play for you. And that full extension dive in the
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  Speaker 4: fourth quarter was just sick.
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  Speaker 3: It was. We have not seen that at Mississippi State.
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  Speaker 4: We haven't seen the spectacular catch here very often, you know,
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  Speaker 4: Eric Moulds made some great catches back in the day.
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  Speaker 4: Outside of that, we just have not seen that guy
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  Speaker 4: that can go make a play like that.
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  Speaker 3: That was just going and winning a ballgame. That's just
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  Speaker 3: winning plays.
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  Speaker 4: And he said today he didn't think he was going
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  Speaker 4: to be able to catch that, but he said, I
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  Speaker 4: just wanted to go make a play for my team.
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  Speaker 4: And when you got guys like that on your team, man,
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  Speaker 4: you got some special things in the tank.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you got my mind turning now. You mentioned Eric Moulds,
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  Speaker 1: obviously Evans in the catch the other night. Deronye Wilson,
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  Speaker 1: rest in peace, was such a big body wide receiver.
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  Speaker 1: You know, Dak could get that ball on that back
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  Speaker 1: shoulder fade and get it down to that post route,
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  Speaker 1: but that's a different type of wide receiver. Kevin Prentice,
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  Speaker 1: you know, was as, you know, some framed him up
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  Speaker 1: lightning in a bottle at times, but you're right. What
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  Speaker 1: Evans can do from the screen game to you can
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  Speaker 1: move this guy around. Again, I compare him a lot
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  Speaker 1: to Malachi Toney. who I think is the best player
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  Speaker 1: personally in college football, just because how much of a
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  Speaker 1: threat he is. You're seeing State use Evans in a
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  Speaker 1: variety of ways.
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  Speaker 4: Yep, and San Francisco McGee is kind of a revelation
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  Speaker 4: right now. That is a guy I saw a pic
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  Speaker 4: circulating around. I remember that picture specifically. It was an
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  Speaker 4: official visit when Jeff Levy first got here, and you
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  Speaker 4: see all these wide receivers and Daniel Hill was in there, too.
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  Speaker 4: It was these in-state skill players that Mississippi State was
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  Speaker 4: trying to lock all of them down. And I think
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  Speaker 4: Mario Craver was in there, too. He came over from
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  Speaker 4: Alabama right after his state championship game. And they landed
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  Speaker 4: all those guys except for Daniel Hill, and now every
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  Speaker 4: single one of them is gone except for Sam Frisco.
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  Speaker 4: And that was the guy that was most slept on
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  Speaker 4: in that wide receiver class.
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  Speaker 3: Nobody was really high on him.
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  Speaker 4: He was going to Ole Miss essentially– And then things
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  Speaker 4: kind of fell apart there. He ended up opening his
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  Speaker 4: recruitment back up. That was a guy Zach Arnett was
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  Speaker 4: really high on wanted in the process. And he came
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  Speaker 4: back around to Mississippi State. I remember thinking, like, is
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  Speaker 4: this guy a safety? I don't know if he's going
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  Speaker 4: to play receiver on the next level. A testament to
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  Speaker 4: just putting in the work, going to work every day,
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  Speaker 4: being the same every single day and getting better. And
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  Speaker 4: it's really paying off. I mean, right now that's your
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  Speaker 4: second best wide receiver is San Francisco McGee. And he
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  Speaker 4: made two incredible plays the other day, went and won
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  Speaker 4: the ball game for them there in the fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 4: So I love seeing that kid show out because he's
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  Speaker 4: a state of Mississippi kid.
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  Speaker 3: He was a three-star kid.
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  Speaker 4: That's like the old school Mississippi State way right there,
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  Speaker 4: what San Francisco McGee's doing.
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  Speaker 1: Let me give you some numbers real quick. I know
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  Speaker 1: you know this, but just for people that may be
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  Speaker 1: watching or see this after we're done. Jeff Levy, you know,
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  Speaker 1: first year, 25.8 points per game, gave up 34. Last year,
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  Speaker 1: 30 points per game, or 30.4 and 30.2. So, essentially,
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  Speaker 1: anytime we know this is you see numbers that close
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  Speaker 1: on the O & D, you're right at a 6-6 team,
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  Speaker 1: and State was, you know, right there. So far through
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  Speaker 1: a month, 43 points per game, giving up 21 points
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  Speaker 1: per game. Boy, I tell you what, just that trend
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  Speaker 1: in one month. And I tell everybody, because people have
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  Speaker 1: said on my show, well, 4-0, you know, they were 4-0.
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  Speaker 1: This 4-0 is not last year's 4-0. Going on the
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  Speaker 1: road to Minnesota, going on the road to South Carolina,
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  Speaker 1: beating a ranked Missouri team, much different than last year.
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  Speaker 1: Through the first month, this team is head and shoulders
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  Speaker 1: over anything Jeff Levy's had.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, if you're using that transitive property from last year
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  Speaker 4: and saying, well, they went 4-0 last year, You're just
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  Speaker 4: not watching the team play. This is a totally different
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  Speaker 4: team than what we saw last year. We've talked about that.
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  Speaker 4: But we knew it was going to be that way, Jake.
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  Speaker 4: I didn't know if they would get to 4-0. I
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  Speaker 4: felt like they would be, at this point, 3-1 or
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  Speaker 4: somewhere around there because I thought they would beat Missouri
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  Speaker 4: and I thought they would beat Minnesota. But the South
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  Speaker 4: Carolina game was the one that I had up in
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  Speaker 4: the air. But I think after seeing this team, you
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  Speaker 4: see the intensity they play with on defense. And as
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  Speaker 4: I'll say about this defense, they're not perfect. The past
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  Speaker 4: defense numbers are not very impressive, but I don't think
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  Speaker 4: that really tells the story about this defense at this
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  Speaker 4: point because they force some teams to throw the football
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  Speaker 4: a lot.
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  Speaker 3: And there's not a lot of explosives against them.
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  Speaker 4: The defensive secondary is– very much competitive back there. We
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  Speaker 4: saw 15 pass breakups in that game against Missouri. That
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  Speaker 4: means that your guys are in position and they're defending
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  Speaker 4: the ball pretty well. I thought Austin Simmons was really good,
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  Speaker 4: but he also should have thrown four or five interceptions
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  Speaker 4: in that game. I think you look at it, you
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  Speaker 4: have a difference maker at quarterback. You are significantly better
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  Speaker 4: on the offensive side of the ball. They got to
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  Speaker 4: where they were a little one-dimensional at times last year.
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  Speaker 4: especially when Fluff Bothwell went down with an injury. So
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  Speaker 4: you've got a difference maker at quarterback. Your offensive line
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  Speaker 4: is better, although you have some issues there at left tackle.
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  Speaker 4: And your defense is so much better. Those numbers are
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  Speaker 4: going to fluctuate, and they'll probably come down a little
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  Speaker 4: bit on offense and go up a little bit on defense.
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  Speaker 4: But at the end of the day, I think this
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  Speaker 4: is a much better team. And we're going to find
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  Speaker 4: out Saturday how much better. If they go out and
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  Speaker 4: they beat Alabama on Saturday– This is a bona fide
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  Speaker 4: playoff contender. I mean, if you look at the rest
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  Speaker 4: of the schedule, I think two losses.
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  Speaker 3: Give you a little bit of breathing room.
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  Speaker 4: But if you get through these first five with a win,
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  Speaker 4: you can afford to drop a couple of games to
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  Speaker 4: some really good teams here down the stretch. And you
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  Speaker 4: feel good about games like Oklahoma, Auburn, Vanderbilt. So all
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  Speaker 4: of a sudden, you're staring down the middle of a
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  Speaker 4: potential playoff team That's what's, to me, on the line
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  Speaker 4: this weekend. I don't think the season's over if they lose,
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  Speaker 4: but I think what is on the line this weekend
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  Speaker 4: is you win this ballgame, you are very much a
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  Speaker 4: contender at that point.
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  Speaker 1: No, I would agree. And looking at some of the
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  Speaker 1: projections that you see from the staples of the world
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  Speaker 1: and the big national media who do these playoff reports,
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  Speaker 1: you know, kind of their projections, states starting to make
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  Speaker 1: into that first four out in their polls. And, you know,
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  Speaker 1: you're starting to see ESPN Analytics today populate state with
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  Speaker 1: a 25% chance now to make the playoff where it
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  Speaker 1: was less than a percent when the season started. So
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  Speaker 1: to your point, you beat Alabama, you're, you're in the
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  Speaker 1: game and let's, let's shift over to Alabama. Kalen DeBoer
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  Speaker 1: has not been good on the road at Alabama. Very,
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  Speaker 1: very average, something about playing away from Tuscaloosa and I
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  Speaker 1: get it playing away from Tuscaloosa or anybody it's difficult,
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  Speaker 1: but he's, you know, struggled with Kentucky a couple of
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  Speaker 1: weeks ago for a half. You look back at last year,
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  Speaker 1: should have lost at South Carolina, you know, in several
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  Speaker 1: other games for whatever reason. Now, Obviously, they bring in
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  Speaker 1: a really good team. They're scoring the football at a
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  Speaker 1: high rate, 48 a game, giving up 20. But this
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  Speaker 1: will be probably, for Keelan Russell, who's got eight touchdowns
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  Speaker 1: and two picks, the most, you know, if the weather
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  Speaker 1: can hold off, and I'm hoping the rain is, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I know it's supposed to rain on Saturday, but it can,
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  Speaker 1: you know, this thing will move out here. This will
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  Speaker 1: be an environment probably better than what he was in
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  Speaker 1: against Kentucky. So it's going to be fun to see
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  Speaker 1: how State matches up with Keelan Russell and the Alabama
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  Speaker 1: football team.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, numbers have been really impressive for him, and he's
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  Speaker 4: really handled this really well.
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  Speaker 3: It's interesting.
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  Speaker 4: You have these like three straight weeks here where you've
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  Speaker 4: had that matchup at quarterback. You know, Lenore Sellers failed
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  Speaker 4: it in their matchup with Camario. I thought Austin Simmons,
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  Speaker 4: to me, probably overperformed what I expected out of him.
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  Speaker 4: I thought that it would be difficult for them to
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  Speaker 4: consistently– perform on offense, and State did limit them a
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  Speaker 4: little bit, but I didn't think they were going to
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  Speaker 4: be able to run the football near what they did
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  Speaker 4: last year, and they didn't. They didn't have a 100-yard rusher.
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  Speaker 4: They were under 200 yards rushing. State did what they
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  Speaker 4: needed to do in the run game, and I thought
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  Speaker 4: putting it on his shoulders, he was going to make
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  Speaker 4: some mistakes, and he probably should have.
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  Speaker 3: State probably should.
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  Speaker 4: Have stepped up and made some plays there, but he
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  Speaker 4: made some big-time throws in that game, and He has
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  Speaker 4: a guy that he's been playing football with for three
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  Speaker 4: or four years now in Caden Lee. The connection is there.
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  Speaker 4: He had a great game, 11 catches. But now you
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  Speaker 4: turn the page here to Keelan Russell. He's got some
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  Speaker 4: wide receivers that are really good. They've been a little
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  Speaker 4: more of a pass-heavy team so far earlier this year.
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  Speaker 4: So State, again, going to be tested in the secondary.
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  Speaker 4: We'll see if they got Isaac Smith. That will be
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  Speaker 4: a big loss for State if they don't have Isaac
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  Speaker 4: long-term because of his leadership. He's so good tackling in
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  Speaker 4: space and coming downhill if he's needed. That's just an
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  Speaker 4: extra piece that you don't have. State's going to have
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  Speaker 4: to play really good football to win this game. I
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  Speaker 4: don't think that Bama's going to be as sharp as
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  Speaker 4: they were this past week playing on the road, but
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  Speaker 4: I do think that this is a game that if
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  Speaker 4: state is playing a B game or especially a C game,
• 16:22
  Speaker 4: they don't have a chance. I mean, they have got
• 16:25
  Speaker 4: to clean up this stuff that's been plaguing them a
• 16:28
  Speaker 4: little bit the last few weeks. They've gotten over it
• 16:30
  Speaker 4: because the quarterback play has been so spectacular down the stretch.
• 16:34
  Speaker 4: And there's been so many great plays from the receivers
• 16:37
  Speaker 4: and all, but they've got to clean up this penalties
• 16:41
  Speaker 4: and their issues that left tackle and, I thought the
• 16:44
  Speaker 4: kick game was not very good last week as far
• 16:47
  Speaker 4: as covering kicks and punts. They've got to clean that
• 16:50
  Speaker 4: stuff up if they want to win this game on Saturday.
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I totally agree with that. And, you know, you
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: look at turnover margin, Alabama right now at plus five,
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: Mississippi State at minus one. And like you said, I mean,
• 17:01
  Speaker 1: they've been able to overcome some of this, and they've
• 17:03
  Speaker 1: got to correct this if they're going to make now
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: that next step. Because as you said, I mean, there
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: are winnable ballgames down the stretch. I mean, look, Oklahoma,
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: and we knew this, In the league, there's always going
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: to be teams that do what we think, and then
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: there's going to be some that underachieve, and then some
• 17:17
  Speaker 1: that overachieve. Oklahoma, Texas A & M, big underachievers right now,
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: and they don't look good. State, I don't want to
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: call them an overachiever, but at least at this point,
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: they are overachieving to expectations settled by the national media.
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: So there's a place to go get, because Oklahoma and
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: Texas A & M were both college football playoff teams
• 17:38
  Speaker 1: last year. So as you said, if State can clean
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: this up, this is– And I'm sure Jeff Levy, you know,
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: they don't want to overcomplicate things and put too much pressure,
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: but I'm sure they know what's at stake this weekend.
• 17:49
  Speaker 4: Yeah, and you're way ahead of schedule here because this
• 17:52
  Speaker 4: was supposed to be kind of, at least for people
• 17:55
  Speaker 4: like me and you and people that follow State, if
• 18:00
  Speaker 4: State was doing what they needed to do this year
• 18:03
  Speaker 4: and taking a step forward, this was supposed to be
• 18:05
  Speaker 4: that build, that third-year build, where you prepare yourself when
• 18:09
  Speaker 4: you have this generational guy quarterback for next year where
• 18:14
  Speaker 4: you really are a college football playoff contender if you
• 18:16
  Speaker 4: put the right pieces around him. And if he does
• 18:18
  Speaker 4: what he's supposed to do, you have those pieces.
• 18:21
  Speaker 3: Coming your way.
• 18:22
  Speaker 4: Well, now you've kind of moved into you have an
• 18:25
  Speaker 4: opportunity probably this week and moving forward that you can
• 18:29
  Speaker 4: contend this year.
• 18:30
  Speaker 3: Like you have pieces this year to do something.
• 18:33
  Speaker 4: I don't think that they are where they want to
• 18:35
  Speaker 4: be from a personnel standpoint long term. But they have
• 18:39
  Speaker 4: enough pieces, and they've got the system, and they've got
• 18:42
  Speaker 4: the coaching because I really like their offensive coaching staff
• 18:45
  Speaker 4: and their defensive coaching staff. They have the pieces, and
• 18:48
  Speaker 4: they have the guy quarterback. We've talked about it before.
• 18:52
  Speaker 4: Anytime you've got a guy like this, like Kamaru Taylor,
• 18:55
  Speaker 4: you're going to have a shot. There's a chance that
• 18:58
  Speaker 4: he can just go off and have a great game
• 19:00
  Speaker 4: and have you in the ballgame.
• 19:01
  Speaker 3: Against literally anybody.
• 19:04
  Speaker 4: That's the type of talent that he is, and State
• 19:06
  Speaker 4: has enough pieces around him to go make those plays.
• 19:10
  Speaker 4: So that's kind of what you're looking at here. I mean,
• 19:13
  Speaker 4: I don't want to put too much pressure on this
• 19:14
  Speaker 4: team this week, but you do have a chance here
• 19:17
  Speaker 4: to really ramp things up with this team. And I
• 19:21
  Speaker 4: promise you, if there are detractors right now and people
• 19:24
  Speaker 4: that aren't on board with Mississippi State, they will certainly
• 19:28
  Speaker 4: be on board after this weekend if they can find
• 19:30
  Speaker 4: a way.
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: There is no doubt. Robby, before we let you go,
• 19:32
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• 19:50
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• 20:16
  Speaker 1: Robbie, appreciate you as always, brother. And, look, we'll do
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• 20:20
  Speaker 3: Yeah, Jay, appreciate you, man.
• 20:21
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• 21:00
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• 21:01
  Speaker 4: How are you, brother?
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: Oh, Jake, how are you? I don't know what weekend
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: is better. I thought we had six top 25 matchups
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: this past Saturday, and then you look at the schedule
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: this weekend. I don't know. It's pretty. You can make
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: the argument week five is better maybe than week four.
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: No, you're right. I mean, it's some great matchups around
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: the country, and college football just continues to deliver. It's
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: interesting because college football, you've got two things going on
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: at once. You've got a great season going on, Then
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: you've got that crap going on in D.C., which, again,
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: I don't think any of that– you've got Cory Booker
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: out here, and you've got all these people– not to
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: pin it on him. All of them are making recessions
• 21:43
  Speaker 1: for this bill, which I don't think the bill will
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: ever fully pass. So it is a crazy time to
• 21:48
  Speaker 1: be alive. But, hey, let's jump right into it. Before
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: we get into the matchups this week, and we'll kind
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: of go backwards and forwards, John Mateer. I feel sorry
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: for John Mateer at this point.
• 21:59
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean– I talked about it with Coach Bowden today,
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: and he just looks like a completely different quarterback. Forget
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: the mechanics. All we saw all offseason was when he
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: attended the Manning camp, how big he was, how focused
• 22:17
  Speaker 2: he was. He was due for a breakout year. Jake,
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: and all of a sudden he didn't step up and
• 22:24
  Speaker 2: you look at the press conferences too. And that's where
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: I have a problem. Uh, just thinking about where he
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: is right now as a quarterback and let me do.
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: Where I got my mic on.
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: Um, Where he is as a quarterback is completely, from
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: a confidence standpoint, night and day. I don't understand where
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: he lost his confidence. They have no rushing attack. Entering
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: that game last week, they were averaging 109 yards on
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: the ground. and they were going to have to run
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: the football to take the pressure off him. He has
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: a critical turnover on the goal line, and that's it now.
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: Now he's just like a washed-up quarterback. I hate to
• 23:05
  Speaker 2: say that this early in the season, but now in
• 23:08
  Speaker 2: back-to-back road games against Michigan and Georgia, obviously top 25 opponents,
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: he cannot step up, and this team as a whole
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: is searching for answers right now.
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: No, you're absolutely right. Let me ask you about another
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: team that's off this week, Ole Miss. I was not
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: shocked they lost the game. I knew we talked about
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: it last week. It was going to be kind of
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: a 50-50 game. But when you look at Ole Miss,
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: I was shocked that Florida run it down their throat
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: the way they did.
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: Yes, and credit Florida. I was wrong on that game.
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: What I didn't like about how people just assume, and
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: they did come out flat. I'm not going to take
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: that away. But we've seen teams in similar spots come
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: and run the table. You can't say good teams like
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: Georgia and Ohio State and others would not be boat
• 24:03
  Speaker 2: raced in that type of situation. You know, Indiana, Michigan,
• 24:07
  Speaker 2: the last two years were undefeated in the regular season.
• 24:10
  Speaker 2: So those teams found ways to regroup week after week
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: after week. What I didn't expect was how bad their
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: offensive line was And forget the interior defensive line. But
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: they couldn't run the football consistently either. They did not
• 24:27
  Speaker 2: have positive plays on first and second down that allowed
• 24:31
  Speaker 2: Trinidad Jamles to open up the passing attack. Trinidad, he
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: got hit that one time. He came out of the matchup.
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: And from that point on, he failed to run the
• 24:40
  Speaker 2: rest of the day. I don't know if he hurt
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: his shoulder. He was out for a period of time.
• 24:45
  Speaker 2: Maybe he was a little overly cautious. But credit the
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: interior line for Florida. for dominating that game. I will
• 24:52
  Speaker 2: say this, this talk about now Florida elevating to the
• 24:57
  Speaker 2: best team in the SEC, maybe, fine. I do not
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: put them right here, right now on Georgia's level. I'm sorry.
• 25:07
  Speaker 2: Florida's a great story. They're 4-0. They beat up on
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: a team that had a 6.5 win total in Auburn.
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: They still gave up 39 points. One touchdown was a
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: Hail Mary. Fine. Take that away. You still gave up
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: 32 points to Auburn, one of their highest outputs this year. So, again,
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: this Georgia team is peaking right now. We'll see how
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: they handle Vanderbilt. Great story in Gainesville. They might be
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: an at-large team by the end of the regular season.
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: But through four weeks, I'm not anointing this team the
• 25:41
  Speaker 2: best team in college football. I just want to say that.
• 25:44
  Speaker 2: It's a great story, and John Summerall has done a
• 25:47
  Speaker 2: great job. What they've done over four weeks isn't more impressive,
• 25:52
  Speaker 2: in my opinion, than what Georgia's done in their body
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: of work over the last eight or ten seasons.
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: No, I totally agree with you. And also, before we
• 26:01
  Speaker 1: get into some games, too, you know, Texas just looks
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: lethargic in a lot of ways. I mean, Arch Manning,
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: you know, look, I want to believe in the last name.
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: I mean, he does some good things, but they tried
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: to give Tennessee that football game, and Tennessee wouldn't take it.
• 26:18
  Speaker 2: I don't understand what it is. Teams that go on
• 26:21
  Speaker 2: the road, you have a double-digit lead, and you are
• 26:24
  Speaker 2: completely abusing Faison Brandon. He had 34 yards through three quarters.
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: He was like 8 of 11 for 34 yards. Why
• 26:34
  Speaker 2: did Will Muschamp, in the final two or three minutes,
• 26:38
  Speaker 2: decide to play Previn and allow him to get into
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: a rhythm? You're up 10. Even if you get burned
• 26:46
  Speaker 2: by a touchdown by, you know, giving one free safety
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: or going empty in the defensive secondary and blitzing the edge,
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: why are you worried about giving up a touchdown when
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: you're up 10 when you allowed him to just go
• 27:01
  Speaker 2: right down the field in a minute? And he scores it,
• 27:04
  Speaker 2: and now you don't get the onside kick. Look, I
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: think it's a complete, these teams that are up, are
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: just happy to be up. There is no killer instinct
• 27:15
  Speaker 2: in saying, hey, we're up 10, let's be up 17.
• 27:19
  Speaker 2: In college football, you see these teams go up and
• 27:22
  Speaker 2: down the field in 10 or 15 seconds with the
• 27:26
  Speaker 2: rules and everything. Why are we playing prevent? Again, I
• 27:31
  Speaker 2: think the front seven for three and a half quarters
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: played lights out. The final three minutes I thought was
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: absolutely atrocious. I thought they gave up. I don't know
• 27:40
  Speaker 2: if Texas is a complete team, how the AP and
• 27:43
  Speaker 2: everybody's putting them one overall because they beat Ohio State. Yeah,
• 27:47
  Speaker 2: it's a great home victory, but we know that their
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: Achilles heel is that they couldn't win on the road
• 27:53
  Speaker 2: last year, and they almost gave this game away to
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: a freshman quarterback making his first career SEC start. It
• 28:00
  Speaker 2: was pathetic in the second half.
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: No, it was. It was. All right, we've got a
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: good one in Starkville.
• 28:06
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: Top 25 matchups, Mississippi State and Alabama. Alabama is starting
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: to look the part. They took, you know, dismantled South Carolina.
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: They've got their own problems. Mississippi State, kind of an
• 28:17
  Speaker 1: inverse of what they did against South Carolina. They went
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: up this week, gave up the lead, come back and
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: win it. You know, Kalen DeBoer has not been a
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: great road head coach. But having said that, they're going
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: to test Mississippi State like anybody has this year. with
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: the way Keelan Russell can make you play 11-11. Kamario
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: Taylor makes you play 11-11. It should be a great matchup.
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: By the way, Mississippi State's 4-0 against the spread this year.
• 28:42
  Speaker 2: Yeah, they're doing great. And again, I was wrong on
• 28:45
  Speaker 2: that game with Missouri. I mean, they pulled it out
• 28:48
  Speaker 2: and lose it by a half. The fans at Starkville
• 28:51
  Speaker 2: hate me anyway, but they are 4-0. And let me
• 28:54
  Speaker 2: tell you, he's playing lights out. He throws for 360.
• 28:58
  Speaker 2: Keelan Russell throws for 365 against South Carolina. I said
• 29:03
  Speaker 2: to Coach Bowden, would you be shocked if the Sunderer
• 29:05
  Speaker 2: came in? If it's a 21-17 game, Jake, are we
• 29:09
  Speaker 2: going to be shocked when you see this total come
• 29:12
  Speaker 2: out on the books Sunday afternoon? But here's the thing.
• 29:16
  Speaker 2: They've lost 16 straight to Alabama, right, as you know.
• 29:21
  Speaker 2: Getting over that, it's not going to be, are they
• 29:23
  Speaker 2: going to be in the game? It's going to be,
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: can they close the game out? We've seen these games
• 29:29
  Speaker 2: where in college football, And Indiana did it. I think
• 29:33
  Speaker 2: I'm trying to think against Michigan. Indiana, two years ago,
• 29:38
  Speaker 2: had lost to Michigan. I think it was 24 straight
• 29:42
  Speaker 2: times or 20. And they beat Michigan, but didn't cover
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: the spread. They had snapped a losing streak that was unprecedented.
• 29:52
  Speaker 2: Miss State has the opportunity to do that. They just
• 29:55
  Speaker 2: have to, when they get that chance in the fourth quarter,
• 29:58
  Speaker 2: can they close it out? Is there going to be
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: a critical offsides penalty? Is there going to be a
• 30:04
  Speaker 2: false start? They have to stay within... themselves to pull
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: this game out. They're playing as good as anybody in
• 30:11
  Speaker 2: the conference right now. They have a quarterback role in sevens.
• 30:15
  Speaker 2: I would, I am always inclined to take the home
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: team with the points in a riot, like in an
• 30:21
  Speaker 2: sec conference game, especially when you have two quarterbacks that
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: could chuck it. And I've said this, if, if Alabama
• 30:29
  Speaker 2: gave up three 77 to Ashton Daniels in Florida state,
• 30:33
  Speaker 2: Camario could go for 500 in this game. I mean,
• 30:37
  Speaker 2: let's just be honest. They have speed. I am concerned
• 30:41
  Speaker 2: about the front seven and run support. They haven't really
• 30:44
  Speaker 2: been tested. Missouri couldn't get going in the second half.
• 30:47
  Speaker 2: They've made adjustments. Zach Garnett's done a great job. I
• 30:51
  Speaker 2: think they're going to be in this game. Again, whether
• 30:53
  Speaker 2: they pull it out or not remains to be seen.
• 30:56
  Speaker 2: When you lose 16 straight, you just can't let stupid
• 31:00
  Speaker 2: penalties or stupid mistakes down the stretch burn you. But
• 31:04
  Speaker 2: I think they have a very good shot. And Camario's
• 31:06
  Speaker 2: the guy that he doesn't care. He'll pull it out
• 31:09
  Speaker 2: one way or the other. So, cardiac kids, I'm pulling
• 31:12
  Speaker 2: for them this weekend.
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: Game day's headed to Iowa, Ohio State, Iowa. This is
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: a 14-point deficit. Ohio State minus 14, totals at 45.
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: You know, Iowa's so interesting. They have been right here.
• 31:26
  Speaker 1: It's like every year. It's rinse and repeat. They play
• 31:28
  Speaker 1: some of the best defense in college football. they don't
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: necessarily have the recruiting profile of an Ohio state or
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: Georgia or even Oregon or Alabama for that matter. Can
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: they stay in this game? I mean, I mean, we
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: know defensively they're good. It's just for whatever reason, Kirk
• 31:44
  Speaker 1: Ferentz has never been able to develop an offense. I,
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: you know, he's gone through some offensive coordinators and I
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: lend it back to Jackie Sherrill when he was at
• 31:51
  Speaker 1: Mississippi state would change offensive coordinators, but the offense always
• 31:55
  Speaker 1: looked the same. So you always were, you know, thought, Well,
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: this is actually Cheryl's philosophy, right? So is it Kirk
• 32:02
  Speaker 1: Ferentz's style? Can this style, can they be in the
• 32:06
  Speaker 1: fourth quarter of the Ohio State Saturday?
• 32:08
  Speaker 2: Yes, they can. But in order to do that, they
• 32:13
  Speaker 2: need a perfect ride. And I'll go back to entering
• 32:17
  Speaker 2: that game last week, right? Michigan was averaging like 180
• 32:21
  Speaker 2: passing yards per game. They had anemic offense, you know.
• 32:25
  Speaker 2: It was run heavy. And you look at the stats
• 32:27
  Speaker 2: for Iowa, 268 on the ground, 206 through the air.
• 32:31
  Speaker 2: They showed offensive balance with Hank Brown, right? Well, here's
• 32:36
  Speaker 2: the thing. If Bryce Underwood could throw for 276, Jake,
• 32:44
  Speaker 2: Julian Sayen and that offense are averaging 365 a game.
• 32:49
  Speaker 2: You're coming off Jeremiah Smith's 200-yard performance against Illinois. they've
• 32:55
  Speaker 2: only given up three passing touchdowns and have held opposing
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: quarterbacks only to 52% completion percentage. And statistically, they're only
• 33:05
  Speaker 2: giving up $ 1. 52 through the air. But they haven't faced
• 33:08
  Speaker 2: speed like this. Like Michigan ripped them through the air
• 33:13
  Speaker 2: for 276. That's like $ 5. 50 for saying. They're going to,
• 33:19
  Speaker 2: in order to cover this line, and I haven't made
• 33:21
  Speaker 2: a pick on this game yet, If you're back in Iowa,
• 33:24
  Speaker 2: you need to run the football, shorten the game, score first.
• 33:28
  Speaker 2: And they did that, I believe, two years ago in
• 33:31
  Speaker 2: Columbus and still lost, like, what, 31-2? They got blown out, right?
• 33:36
  Speaker 2: It was a much different team. But this team, I
• 33:39
  Speaker 2: said this to Coach Bowden today, I said, they get
• 33:42
  Speaker 2: this win. As long as they only have two losses,
• 33:45
  Speaker 2: they're in the playoffs, right? Like, whether they win the
• 33:48
  Speaker 2: Big Ten or not, you have back-to-back wins over Michigan
• 33:51
  Speaker 2: and Ohio State. I mean, they're almost granted an at-large bid, right?
• 33:56
  Speaker 2: I'm just saying. You have to think so. Because they
• 33:59
  Speaker 2: lost four games last year by an average margin of
• 34:02
  Speaker 2: defeat of 3.7 points per game. I'm just saying, like,
• 34:06
  Speaker 2: you know, if we're talking Oregon, Iowa, right? Oregon, I
• 34:14
  Speaker 2: wouldn't lose to Oak State by nine or eight.
• 34:17
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 34:18
  Speaker 2: As a 23-and-a-half-point favorite.
• 34:21
  Speaker 4: On the run.
• 34:21
  Speaker 2: I'm just saying, if it goes the way we think
• 34:24
  Speaker 2: it's going to go, if we have a 10-and-2 at-large Oregon,
• 34:27
  Speaker 2: 10-or-2 at-large Iowa, in my opinion, I'd give the edge
• 34:31
  Speaker 2: to Iowa. What about you?
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: No, I'm with you. I mean, look, if they only
• 34:35
  Speaker 1: have two losses and one of them is Ohio State
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: and then pick another team.
• 34:39
  Speaker 2: No, no, I'm saying if they beat Ohio State.
• 34:41
  Speaker 1: Oh, absolutely.
• 34:42
  Speaker 2: And then have two losses to, let's say, two teams
• 34:46
  Speaker 2: down the road.
• 34:47
  Speaker 1: My apologies. Yes. If they beat Ohio State after a
• 34:51
  Speaker 1: Michigan win, if they roll out 10 wins, I don't
• 34:54
  Speaker 1: care if they have two losses, two, pick two teams,
• 34:57
  Speaker 1: they're in the playoff. I agree.
• 34:59
  Speaker 4: I agree.
• 34:59
  Speaker 2: That's why this game is so critical because they have
• 35:04
  Speaker 2: house money now. Nobody expected them to beat Michigan. They
• 35:08
  Speaker 2: get the Hail Mary or they get the last play
• 35:10
  Speaker 2: with 20 seconds left. Now they're double-digit underdogs. Somehow, someway,
• 35:14
  Speaker 2: they pull this game out in Kinnick. They already have
• 35:17
  Speaker 2: that play. Hey, let's just run the table. We have
• 35:20
  Speaker 2: two losses to give up. Just saying. And we're still
• 35:23
  Speaker 2: an at-large team that I think gets the benefit of
• 35:26
  Speaker 2: the doubt head-to-head with Oregon. I really do. We'll see.
• 35:31
  Speaker 1: Speaking of house money, Florida's got a little bit of it.
• 35:34
  Speaker 1: But they're traveling to Missouri. And, you know, this has
• 35:37
  Speaker 1: been an interesting matchup between these two. Missouri is a
• 35:39
  Speaker 1: five-and-a-half point dog at home. That total is 57. And,
• 35:42
  Speaker 1: you know, Florida now, they kind of flipped the script
• 35:46
  Speaker 1: to where Ole Miss was last week.
• 35:47
  Speaker 2: They got a big win.
• 35:49
  Speaker 1: Can Missouri be in this game? Can Missouri win this
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: game at home?
• 35:52
  Speaker 2: They can. It's going to come down to Austin Simmons
• 35:55
  Speaker 2: and that offense. Again, you know, Drinkwich is a much
• 35:59
  Speaker 2: better home coach than he is a road coach. He's
• 36:01
  Speaker 2: now five, I think five and seven in straight up
• 36:04
  Speaker 2: road environments dating back the past couple of years. So
• 36:07
  Speaker 2: it hasn't done all that great on the road. They're
• 36:09
  Speaker 2: a much better battle-tested team in Columbia. Again, I think
• 36:14
  Speaker 2: they can win. I personally, going against Florida back-to-back weeks
• 36:19
  Speaker 2: and being wrong, I would say, you know what? I'm
• 36:21
  Speaker 2: going to take a wait-and-see approach. If I'm going to
• 36:24
  Speaker 2: bet that game, let's say, I would do it in
• 36:26
  Speaker 2: an in-game perspective where, hey, if I think Missouri could
• 36:30
  Speaker 2: step up, I would much rather see how the first
• 36:32
  Speaker 2: or second quarter go, maybe at halftime buy back in,
• 36:36
  Speaker 2: or if Florida jumps up early, you know, taking double
• 36:39
  Speaker 2: digits if I get it, 9.5, 10. But, yeah, they
• 36:42
  Speaker 2: can win that game. They won three of the last
• 36:44
  Speaker 2: four against the Gators in this spot, you know, in Columbia.
• 36:48
  Speaker 2: So they can win this game. It's going to come
• 36:50
  Speaker 2: down to does Aaron Filo implode? And to this point,
• 36:55
  Speaker 2: he hasn't because the rushing attack's been so well. If
• 36:59
  Speaker 2: they can't run it, that's going to be a cause
• 37:01
  Speaker 2: of concern. But all things point to, you know, them
• 37:05
  Speaker 2: being able to continue this success that they've had.
• 37:09
  Speaker 1: All right, Miami plays Clemson. I don't think anybody's picking Clemson,
• 37:12
  Speaker 1: but I want to share something with you. You probably
• 37:13
  Speaker 1: saw it today. I want to share it with our audience.
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: Look over here real quick. Let me make sure this
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: pulls up on the screen.
• 37:20
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I saw it.
• 37:21
  Speaker 1: Yeah, Shannon Dawson, the offensive coordinator of Miami, came out
• 37:24
  Speaker 1: of nowhere and took a shot at the SEC. Quote,
• 37:26
  Speaker 1: everything's SEC, SEC. They have all their teams in the
• 37:29
  Speaker 1: top 25. Good for you. At the end of the year,
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: half of them will be in the top 30. We
• 37:33
  Speaker 1: can't sit here and say, hey, we play X number
• 37:34
  Speaker 1: of top 25 teams. We'll count– we'll count those chips
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: at the end of the year. Right. What's going on?
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: I mean, Shannon Dawson doesn't have to say this. Why
• 37:46
  Speaker 1: did he say this? I mean, Miami's going to– Miami's good.
• 37:49
  Speaker 1: They're real good.
• 37:50
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 37:51
  Speaker 2: I think it's– I think part of it was, hey,
• 37:53
  Speaker 2: Missouri's still ranked, right?
• 37:55
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 37:56
  Speaker 2: You didn't see mistake come in there. You didn't see
• 37:58
  Speaker 2: some of the other teams. And even though we're still
• 38:01
  Speaker 2: talking SEC– I think that people agree that sometimes the
• 38:06
  Speaker 2: AP poll is a joke, right?
• 38:07
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 38:08
  Speaker 2: Especially, you know, Missouri for the past, what, 10, five
• 38:12
  Speaker 2: years is always in the top 25. You know, for years,
• 38:15
  Speaker 2: Auburn was in the top 10 or top 15, you know,
• 38:19
  Speaker 2: when they had Gus Malzahn just because it was Auburn
• 38:22
  Speaker 2: all those years. And I think that's the bias that
• 38:26
  Speaker 2: we see in the AP that, you know, he's taking
• 38:29
  Speaker 2: a shot. Now there's a team that still has to
• 38:31
  Speaker 2: answer the bell and, Against Clemson, now, yes, I don't
• 38:35
  Speaker 2: think Clemson has a shot to win because of how
• 38:38
  Speaker 2: inexperienced Tate Reynolds is, but they're running the football a
• 38:42
  Speaker 2: lot better than they have been. And we talk about
• 38:46
  Speaker 2: this home dominance for Clemson. I talked about it in
• 38:49
  Speaker 2: the offseason while I was down on the Tigers. You know,
• 38:52
  Speaker 2: they had only lost two home games from 14 to 22.
• 38:57
  Speaker 2: Dating back to last year, they had lost six home games.
• 39:03
  Speaker 2: I mean, the lusters worn off of Death Valley. They
• 39:07
  Speaker 2: lost six conference games from 14 to 22, almost a nine,
• 39:12
  Speaker 2: 10-year span. They lost nine conference games. So this team
• 39:16
  Speaker 2: isn't just, hey, Clemson, we walk out onto the field
• 39:19
  Speaker 2: and we take care of business, right, Jake? This team
• 39:22
  Speaker 2: now has major question marks. And I think that when's
• 39:28
  Speaker 2: the last time Dabo's been a dogfighter of 16 and
• 39:30
  Speaker 2: a half points in his own building, let alone just
• 39:34
  Speaker 2: double digits? You have to go back to the days
• 39:37
  Speaker 2: when he took over for Terry's brother, Tommy Bowne. I mean,
• 39:40
  Speaker 2: I would have to really go back, and I want
• 39:43
  Speaker 2: to research it. I'd do that tonight with all the breakdowns,
• 39:46
  Speaker 2: but you have to go back a really long time
• 39:49
  Speaker 2: to find Clemson as basically a three-touchdown underdog or two
• 39:53
  Speaker 2: touchdowns and a field goal. I'm just saying if there's
• 39:56
  Speaker 2: pride on the line and you're a Clemson Tiger backer,
• 39:59
  Speaker 2: you don't get blown out in this game somehow, some way.
• 40:03
  Speaker 2: But this is it. Styles make fights. Curious to see
• 40:06
  Speaker 2: how this game plays out.
• 40:08
  Speaker 1: Speaking of styles and fights, nationally it won't get a
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: lot of recognition, and the SEC it will a little
• 40:12
  Speaker 1: bit because Kentucky's at South Carolina. Shane Beamer's reeling. They've
• 40:16
  Speaker 1: suspended Dylan Stewart. you know, indefinitely because of the way he,
• 40:21
  Speaker 1: you know, some of the things he was doing on
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: the field. Kentucky can really make it tough if they
• 40:25
  Speaker 1: get a win against South Carolina. Well, that's going to
• 40:27
  Speaker 1: put Beamer in a bad spot this week.
• 40:29
  Speaker 3: It is.
• 40:29
  Speaker 2: And I guess, you know, I talked about goalish rebounding
• 40:34
  Speaker 2: from the Florida loss. How does this team look when
• 40:37
  Speaker 2: they played Vanderbilt? Doesn't matter. They were able to grind
• 40:40
  Speaker 2: out a six-point win. They're quietly three and one. It's
• 40:44
  Speaker 2: similar now to Shane Beamer. You made a decision. You
• 40:47
  Speaker 2: got abused on primetime in Tuscaloosa, right? You come back home.
• 40:52
  Speaker 2: You play a Kentucky team where they've won four straight
• 40:56
  Speaker 2: against the Wildcats. They have dominated this team over the
• 40:59
  Speaker 2: past couple of years. They've won the last two by
• 41:02
  Speaker 2: an average margin of victory of 23.5 points per game.
• 41:06
  Speaker 2: What do you have out of this team? Lenora Sellers
• 41:08
  Speaker 2: was supposed to be everything that Kamario Taylor was and is.
• 41:12
  Speaker 2: He's not. Where is this talent at? And think about it.
• 41:17
  Speaker 2: We were making the argument potentially two years ago when
• 41:21
  Speaker 2: they beat Clemson when they were, what, 10-4 that year?
• 41:24
  Speaker 2: That they should have been in the playoff because they
• 41:27
  Speaker 2: were one of the hottest teams in the country at
• 41:29
  Speaker 2: the end of the regular season. And where are they now?
• 41:33
  Speaker 2: Look at how far they've dropped off. You have a
• 41:36
  Speaker 2: coach in Will Stein that, let's be honest, Kenny Mincy
• 41:39
  Speaker 2: and all the talent that they have isn't what the
• 41:42
  Speaker 2: talent that South Carolina possesses. Dylan Stewart, you have Nick Carver,
• 41:48
  Speaker 2: Lenora Sellers. We're paying these guys, and you're not getting
• 41:53
  Speaker 2: anything from the return. And it just goes to show
• 41:58
  Speaker 2: what good coaching is. Will Stein came in with a plan.
• 42:01
  Speaker 2: He's executed that plan. He's found players that follow the
• 42:05
  Speaker 2: plan and are plug-and-play type of guys. He's made an
• 42:08
  Speaker 2: assessment on his quarterback, and he's getting the most out
• 42:11
  Speaker 2: of this team right now. They dominated South Alabama on
• 42:15
  Speaker 2: parents weekend, 45 to 24. I mean, they're catching three
• 42:20
  Speaker 2: and a half points. I can't tell you who I'm
• 42:23
  Speaker 2: going to pick yet, but if they lose this game,
• 42:26
  Speaker 2: South Carolina, I'm just going to say Beamer could be
• 42:30
  Speaker 2: fired in season, mid season. And then they they're looking
• 42:35
  Speaker 2: for a big name head coach. And who do you get?
• 42:38
  Speaker 2: Who do you get? That's the question. You went through Spurrier, Holtz.
• 42:44
  Speaker 2: I'm just saying, you went through the heyday. I was
• 42:48
  Speaker 2: there through Andrew Pinnock and Ryan Brewer days. Remember them? Absolutely.
• 42:55
  Speaker 2: Phil Petty and that group. They had some success with
• 43:01
  Speaker 2: Lou Holtz and obviously Spurrier and then the Stephen Garcia years,
• 43:05
  Speaker 2: but who do you get? Like, that's the thing. Like
• 43:09
  Speaker 2: it's another year removed. Oklahoma might be out of a coach.
• 43:12
  Speaker 2: South Carolina might be out of a coach. Maryland, but
• 43:15
  Speaker 2: if we're talking Oklahoma and South Carolina, they trump Maryland.
• 43:18
  Speaker 2: But I'm just saying, who are we going to get?
• 43:22
  Speaker 2: South Carolina is that enigma. It's got great resources. You
• 43:27
  Speaker 2: get the East Coast appeal from the kids in the tri-state.
• 43:30
  Speaker 2: They recruit a lot in the tri-state. All the five
• 43:34
  Speaker 2: stars from Jersey and New York can go to South
• 43:37
  Speaker 2: Carolina in that area. You're fighting with Bill Belichick, depending upon...
• 43:41
  Speaker 2: how his season goes dab. I mean, you need a
• 43:44
  Speaker 2: big time head coach. I don't know who you're going
• 43:47
  Speaker 2: to get.
• 43:48
  Speaker 1: No, I agree with you. I agree with you. It's,
• 43:49
  Speaker 1: it's fascinating. Let's get a couple more in here and
• 43:51
  Speaker 1: we'll get you on your way. Speaking of coaches, Oregon,
• 43:55
  Speaker 1: Dante Moore gets knocked out of the ball game.
• 43:58
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 43:58
  Speaker 1: It was a, it was a bad hit. They suspended
• 44:00
  Speaker 1: the young man from SC, but then Dylan Raiola, who
• 44:04
  Speaker 1: has been really kind of clowned up to this point
• 44:06
  Speaker 1: as a patch. Patrick Mahomes want to be with a
• 44:08
  Speaker 1: hair and his movement reminds me a lot of rest
• 44:10
  Speaker 1: in peace, Kobe and the way he mimicked Michael. But
• 44:14
  Speaker 1: the thing is, is Kobe actually played like Michael and
• 44:17
  Speaker 1: was like Michael and had talent.
• 44:19
  Speaker 2: I'm not taking away from, I'm not taking it. The
• 44:21
  Speaker 2: kid pulled out the victory on the road, but, but, but,
• 44:24
  Speaker 2: but yes, I know exactly what you're saying. Like, you know,
• 44:29
  Speaker 2: let's call it what it is. It's like, I feel
• 44:31
  Speaker 2: like Dylan Rayola was more concerned about mimicking Pat Mahomes
• 44:36
  Speaker 2: as opposed to leading the team to wins to get
• 44:39
  Speaker 2: to a college football playoff. It's crazy. He's going to
• 44:43
  Speaker 2: be the guy for how many weeks? Two weeks? Three weeks?
• 44:47
  Speaker 1: And showed to be the guy. So Oregon, at least today,
• 44:50
  Speaker 1: is back. Lincoln Riley, does this put him in a
• 44:53
  Speaker 1: bad way?
• 44:54
  Speaker 2: Yes, and I backed them last week. I had the good,
• 44:57
  Speaker 2: the bad, and the ugly. My best bet for the
• 44:59
  Speaker 2: weekend was Wisconsin, and then you have two eggs in
• 45:03
  Speaker 2: Florida and USC. But they were a team that I
• 45:07
  Speaker 2: have said, for $ 11 million, he didn't win a Pac-12
• 45:12
  Speaker 2: championship when they got there. He had the number one
• 45:15
  Speaker 2: pick in the draft in Caleb Williams and couldn't overachieve.
• 45:19
  Speaker 2: He underachieved. He gets outcoached in multiple big games. Again,
• 45:25
  Speaker 2: we keep talking about why Lincoln Riley's a bad coach.
• 45:28
  Speaker 2: It's not because he can't get talent. It's because he
• 45:32
  Speaker 2: cannot execute a game plan that doesn't work from the
• 45:36
  Speaker 2: beginning of a game to the end, meaning he's like
• 45:40
  Speaker 2: the Mike McDaniel of college football. When his teams are
• 45:43
  Speaker 2: running and converting and they're up 21, he's a great coach.
• 45:48
  Speaker 2: When they're down and the game plan isn't working from
• 45:51
  Speaker 2: the get-go or the defenses have adjusted, he doesn't have
• 45:56
  Speaker 2: a good offensive or defensive philosophy to see what the
• 46:01
  Speaker 2: team is doing and then adjusting to that at halftime.
• 46:04
  Speaker 2: He is a terrible... in-game and halftime coach, and that's
• 46:08
  Speaker 2: why he's just average, in my opinion. His success came
• 46:12
  Speaker 2: because that train was in motion in Oklahoma, and I'm
• 46:15
  Speaker 2: not taking away from his ability to coach up Heisman
• 46:18
  Speaker 2: Trophy winners and quarterback, but that is one aspect of
• 46:21
  Speaker 2: being a good head coach. The other aspect is recognizing
• 46:25
  Speaker 2: the game plan isn't working, and we need to adjust in-game,
• 46:29
  Speaker 2: and we need to make adjustments to get our team
• 46:31
  Speaker 2: back into the ballgame, and he has failed repeatedly in
• 46:36
  Speaker 2: And it's not worth the $ 12 million. It really isn't
• 46:39
  Speaker 2: worth the $ 12 million. He hung his hat on Alex Grinch.
• 46:43
  Speaker 2: He hung his hat now on an agent, Gary Patterson.
• 46:46
  Speaker 2: And it's just not working. And unfortunately, I'm sorry. There's
• 46:51
  Speaker 2: talk now I'm reading about Chesney. They're trying to lure
• 46:55
  Speaker 2: Chesney from UCLA to USC. This is crazy where we
• 47:00
  Speaker 2: are in college football. It really is.
• 47:03
  Speaker 4: It is.
• 47:03
  Speaker 1: Let's finish it up with Texas A & M and
• 47:04
  Speaker 1: any other thoughts you may have for this week. Texas
• 47:07
  Speaker 1: A & M, much like Oklahoma, it's just not there.
• 47:10
  Speaker 1: Marcel Reed, I'm pulling for him, but he's just not
• 47:13
  Speaker 1: having the year that everybody thought. And this, again, was
• 47:15
  Speaker 1: a playoff team last year. They look on the outside
• 47:18
  Speaker 1: looking in.
• 47:19
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and here's like this is the problem with the
• 47:23
  Speaker 2: landscape in college football now because they have two losses.
• 47:27
  Speaker 2: I'm sure this team at the end of the regular
• 47:29
  Speaker 2: season last year said, We have 2026 circle. We got
• 47:33
  Speaker 2: to get back to the college football playoff. Our thoughts
• 47:36
  Speaker 2: are to win the SEC. Remember, he called out Arch
• 47:39
  Speaker 2: Manning in the preseason before even playing a game. As
• 47:42
  Speaker 2: stupid as you could be, you know, if I'm Mike Elko,
• 47:45
  Speaker 2: I'm getting ahead of that before that even comes out.
• 47:48
  Speaker 2: Why give an arch rival, especially one that potentially could
• 47:52
  Speaker 2: derail you from a college football playoff, why you're giving
• 47:55
  Speaker 2: them bulletin board material 13, 14 weeks in advance is
• 47:59
  Speaker 2: beyond me. That aside, does this team crumble? And that's
• 48:03
  Speaker 2: what I'm worried about. They have a rivalry game. They've
• 48:06
  Speaker 2: won four straight against Arkansas. But as you know, this
• 48:10
  Speaker 2: goes back to the days of the Southwest Conference. No
• 48:12
  Speaker 2: matter how good or bad Arkansas is, they're going to
• 48:16
  Speaker 2: come to cover this game. And they're double-digit favorites at
• 48:20
  Speaker 2: home expected to win. But my worry is, like, I
• 48:25
  Speaker 2: can't back a favorite– And I know Elko might be involved,
• 48:30
  Speaker 2: but the kids might be checked out. Like, hey, and
• 48:34
  Speaker 2: this is where we're at in college football now. Ball
• 48:37
  Speaker 2: games aren't good enough. They don't even want to play
• 48:40
  Speaker 2: in ball games. If we don't make the college football playoff,
• 48:44
  Speaker 2: we're done. They have no semblance of an offensive philosophy
• 48:49
  Speaker 2: right now. No identity. Marcel Reed, he runs one week.
• 48:54
  Speaker 2: He can't run the next against LSU. They put up
• 48:57
  Speaker 2: six points, get outscored now in back-to-back weeks by a
• 49:01
  Speaker 2: total of 39 points to LSU and Kentucky, and you're
• 49:06
  Speaker 2: laying two touchdowns? to a dead football team, but they're
• 49:09
  Speaker 2: in a rebuild in Ryan Silverfield in Arkansas. I'm leaning
• 49:13
  Speaker 2: to the point. I know it's crazy, and I know
• 49:17
  Speaker 2: it's Kyle Field, and I know it's College Stadium. But,
• 49:21
  Speaker 2: I mean, the only way Texas A & M can
• 49:24
  Speaker 2: make a run is if they rebound from this point
• 49:27
  Speaker 2: and win all the rest of their games, including Texas.
• 49:31
  Speaker 2: That's the only way they could be thought of to
• 49:33
  Speaker 2: be a college football playoff contender. And when we talk
• 49:37
  Speaker 2: about these games... Think about Notre Dame last year. They
• 49:40
  Speaker 2: lost two games by four points. You can't lose two
• 49:44
  Speaker 2: games by 29 points to LSU and 10 points to
• 49:49
  Speaker 2: an unranked Kentucky team. That's a double-digit favor. You can't
• 49:53
  Speaker 2: do that. These teams need to understand. Forget coaches talking
• 49:57
  Speaker 2: about their point spread. But they have to be cognizant
• 50:00
  Speaker 2: of what people are aware of when we break these
• 50:04
  Speaker 2: teams down and say the committee says, hey, you laid
• 50:08
  Speaker 2: 23 and a half. They're not going to say that.
• 50:10
  Speaker 2: But when we put the body of work and resumes up, well,
• 50:14
  Speaker 2: we had one team in Iowa that lost two games
• 50:17
  Speaker 2: by five points or 10 points total. And we have
• 50:21
  Speaker 2: two other teams from the SEC that got blown out
• 50:24
  Speaker 2: and lost by a total of 42 points, one to
• 50:26
  Speaker 2: an unranked team and the other one to a team
• 50:29
  Speaker 2: that they were double-digit favorite or whatever. That does not
• 50:33
  Speaker 2: show well. So I'm worried about these kids just completely folding,
• 50:38
  Speaker 2: and that's it. You can't back these teams anymore. It's
• 50:41
  Speaker 2: like a no bet the rest of the way.
• 50:43
  Speaker 1: No, I agree with you 100%, 100%. Joseph, I know
• 50:46
  Speaker 1: you've got a big week. You guys will be all
• 50:48
  Speaker 1: over to tell everybody where to come find you. We
• 50:49
  Speaker 1: want to come see you this week.
• 50:50
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so I'll be on Crossing Lines on Wednesday with
• 50:53
  Speaker 2: Donnie Seymour and Jeff Nadeau. Friday night, well, tomorrow night,
• 50:59
  Speaker 2: with Coach Bowden, the Bowden Ball, the Winning Edge. Tuesday,
• 51:03
  Speaker 2: FanStream Sports Network, 7 p.m. And then Friday night, we
• 51:07
  Speaker 2: give our pick segment with all the top 25 games,
• 51:10
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