Latest / Mike Check - A College Football Podcast / BIG GAME PREVIEW: MISSISSIPPI STATE VS SOUTH CAROLINA
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- Jackson: Mississippi State in South Carolina. This one is yeah, this is Columbia. Davis: This is another fun one. This slate is very underrated. You know Matthew Nowlin: I don't know. Jackson: This one's in Columbia. three fifteen central. Come on, central time. two offices Davis: Yeah, our graphics guy's on the east coast. He's screwing up these these time zones on us. Jackson: Yeah, millets, we gotta fix that, man. Central time. Matthew Nowlin: Mm-hmm. Jackson: God's time. This is I mean it spread South Carolina minus four. Mississippi State is a very trendy early pick for a lot of people to kinda not make the playoff, but maybe just make a little bit of noise and and beat some teams that maybe people didn't see them beating before the season started. So what do y'all like? What do you think? Davis: I I wanted to continue the slate point. You know, you have the headliner with LSU, Ole Miss, that's obviously gonna get draw a lot of eyes. You have a great ACC matchup, probably the second and third best team in the ACC. and then this game, probably two of the more athletic, dynamic, fun quarterbacks to watch in Camario Taylor and Lenore Sellers. Camario Taylor's been on a tear, put up great numbers against Minnesota. Lenore Sellers, they haven't really played anybody yet. obviously gonna going to change this week. So going to be a fun one. Winners gonna come down to which quarterback plays better. Matthew Nowlin: Yep, I agree. I think this will be a sneaky a sneaky good game. I think it's buried in the slate. I think some of the less casual fans may have this one pegged, but like you said, the the athletes at quarterback, a lot of people are looking at that Camario Taylor, Missouri game blowout and like what they see. But then you have Lenors who's been who's been steady playing well for South Carolina, had a little bit of a struggle last year but is just as athletic. So Mississippi State's untested. Minnesota's good but they they're not the quality of an SEC defense. I think it's South Carolina is gonna be ready for and I've had the pleasure of being at Williams Bryce Stadium for a game and I think it's one of the more underrated stadiums in the SEC, so I think it's gonna be a fun one. Jackson: looking at South Carolina, they've kind of they've played two Mickey Mouse schools, so it's kinda hard to to get a real read on on how they've been this season. I think speculation of getting back Jacari's peak, the transfer from NC State and then obviously Davis: Yeah. Jackson: Dylan Stewart, is that is he coming back this game? Or I I think they're both like kinda up in the air. I haven't seen like the injury Davis: Yeah. Jackson: port. Obviously Sam Levitt kinda took Twitter by storm when they released them a second ago, but I heard there's rumors that both those guys could be back. Wouldn't surprise me if they both came back for Alabama here next week, but if they're back for this game, that's that's a huge deal. I mean, two guys that are like very big impact players on the offensive and defensive side of the ball. with Mississippi, the Minnesota win I think was impressive. we mentioned on on some podcasts that they were seven and at home last year. PJ Flex, a good coach when he, you know, has his guys up there in Minnesota. So to go on the road and beat a team from the Big Ten thirty-eight to thirteen is, you know, not nothing. So I like Mississippi. However, I think they kinda run into a rock with South Carolina. A little bit of a reality check. I believe you have the first pick here, Davis, but I am just revealing that I'll take South Carolina minus four. I like the Lenora sellers. The home factor, again is a big deal for me. Williams Price Stadium's a tough place to play, so give me South Carolina. Davis: Yeah, you took the words right out of my mouth. I faded Missis Mississippi State last week, had Minnesota as one of my picks. Obviously had to eat crow on that, but I'm gonna pick against Mississippi State again. Gimme South Carolina. I think that the O line and D line for South Carolina is too much for state to handle. Matthew Nowlin: I don't like what we I've got I've got Carolina as well. I think that this is gonna be a step up in competition for Mississippi State. I also think this is a big game for Shane Beamer. if they drop this one, they've got a tough a tough schedule to close out the year and this is one I think that they had in their mind pegged as a W going into the season and I think they they know how important it is to get a win here. I think Lenore Sellers has shown that he can perform late in big games. he did it last year even though, you know, an Alabama game he didn't end up getting the win, but he he performed well, I feel like, at the end of the game. So I I like to see him do that again here and and pull out the win, covering the four points.