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Texas A&M vs Mississippi State 2025 · Johnny's World

0:19
SPEAKER_00: All right, welcome back to another episode of the Community World Podcast.
0:23
SPEAKER_00: This is BW with my esteemed colleague Johnny.
0:26
SPEAKER_00: Johnny, not a victory week this week, but still feel pretty good about where things are at with the program.
0:31
SPEAKER_00: How you doing?
0:32
SPEAKER_01: Man, I'm I'm doing all right, BW.
0:34
SPEAKER_01: I had a little hell scare yesterday, but thank God I'm I'm I'm back.
0:38
SPEAKER_01: You know, I had to go over to UAB.
0:40
SPEAKER_01: I've been having uh uh coughing, which you know, which C people who listen to this know about C Uh, uh I've been having coughing fits like every morning, kind of like what I had before I got on our miracle, my miracle drug tricafta.
0:54
SPEAKER_01: Um, but it wasn't like really a CF coughing, more of a dry wheezy cough, but it has just been going on and on and on.
1:00
SPEAKER_01: And uh so finally I I had an appointment scheduled a while back with UAB.
1:05
SPEAKER_01: So it and so I was kind of waiting for this appointment to see, and uh and I could just had a bad feeling, man.
1:12
SPEAKER_01: I had a bad feeling.
1:13
SPEAKER_01: I know my body went in my body uh when I'm sick and all that, and I could just had a bad feeling that my lung function was gonna be low and they were gonna admit me in the hospital.
1:21
SPEAKER_01: So uh I packed the bag over to Birmingham, bur UAB yesterday, uh expecting to be admitted on um on IV antibiotics to clear up my lungs like I've always had to do.
1:32
SPEAKER_01: I hadn't had to do IBs in six years because of tricafta.
1:36
SPEAKER_01: I used to, I was having to do them twice a year.
1:38
SPEAKER_01: Uh so it's been a long time coming.
1:40
SPEAKER_01: So I was waiting, and lo and behold, the uh pulmonary function test was the same as I did last time.
1:46
SPEAKER_01: So it's straight up miraculously the same because I mean, like I said, I've been feeling rough and everything, and uh makes no sense that it was the same, but very, very thankful that it's the same.
1:57
SPEAKER_01: I'll take it.
1:58
SPEAKER_01: And the doctor said that you know I'd gotten sick back in August when COVID was going around and can't really smell and cough is drying up.
2:06
SPEAKER_01: So they think this is all related to that, and only time can heal it.
2:10
SPEAKER_01: So uh yeah, very thankful I didn't have to stay in the hospital.
2:14
SPEAKER_01: And the good thing about it is that this is not didn't knock me down.
2:18
SPEAKER_01: You know, if it I was some people, if this went on without track after, I would be first of all, I would probably already had a lung transplant, but if I had what's going on right now without track after, I'd no doubt would be in the hospital.
2:30
SPEAKER_01: So it literally kept my number stable, and I just gotta buy the time out until this viral type stuff gets out of my body and and then go from there.
2:39
SPEAKER_01: But uh living to see another day, that's all that matters.
2:42
SPEAKER_01: And uh last weekend at uh at Davis Wade was unreal, man.
2:47
SPEAKER_01: It was atmosphere, it was up there with the 2014 Auburn game, I'd say.
2:51
SPEAKER_01: Uh packed house.
2:53
SPEAKER_01: Um, you know, Coach Cheryl was there, got to see him and Wayne Madkin.
2:56
SPEAKER_01: And uh it was awesome, awesome day all around.
2:59
SPEAKER_01: Everything about the day was perfect except for the score at the end of the game.
3:02
SPEAKER_01: But man, you can't, we talked about this earlier, you know, how as long as we're competing and and playing, you can't really fault them.
3:10
SPEAKER_01: And you know, we had our chances to win the game, but man, there were a lot of chances in the game where we could have just folded and blown and it could have been a blowout, but we kept fighting back, and Tennessee kept fighting back, and then it was back and forth.
3:22
SPEAKER_01: It was just a really good college football game.
3:24
SPEAKER_01: So uh I don't know what it looked like on TV, but man, in person it was it was insane.
3:29
SPEAKER_01: What did what it looked like on TV?
3:32
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, man.
3:32
SPEAKER_00: Well, I don't want to get too too far ahead of ourselves before before we get into this game.
3:36
SPEAKER_00: Let's let's talk a little bit about why we're here in the first place.
3:39
SPEAKER_00: You're just talking about your most recent health scare, and uh, you know, Johnny has cystic fibrosis, and you know, he it's it's up and down with that disease.
3:46
SPEAKER_00: And so uh the miracle drug he's talking about, tricapta, would only be possible through research dollars.
3:51
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3:55
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SPEAKER_01: And uh the best part about it is playing a small part and helping people with CF, like what I'm dealing with right now.
4:28
SPEAKER_01: I mean, people think uh, you know, people see me going to ball games, going to events, and then they see me posting about going to the doctor, like, hey, I just saw him the other day, he looked great.
4:36
SPEAKER_01: And that's the crazy thing about it, CF is an invisible disease.
4:40
SPEAKER_01: So on the outside, I look perfectly fine and normal.
4:42
SPEAKER_01: But on the inside, my my lungs every single day are just wreaking havoc on my body.
4:48
SPEAKER_01: So uh people don't see that and they don't really understand it.
4:51
SPEAKER_01: So uh, but you know, it is what it is.
4:54
SPEAKER_01: I'm not gonna stop living my life and you know, just just keep just keep living, man.
4:58
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4:59
SPEAKER_01: And and uh, but this miracle drug tricafta is an absolute game changer for people with CF.
5:04
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5:10
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5:14
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5:40
SPEAKER_01: Thank you all very much for doing that.
5:42
SPEAKER_01: Thank you for supporting, thank you for listening to the podcast as we talk about Mississippi State football.
5:46
SPEAKER_01: Uh BW, we're supposed to have uh have a guest on Jaden Wally was supposed to come on there.
5:50
SPEAKER_01: I was really looking forward to it.
5:51
SPEAKER_01: Wally and Wally talking today.
5:53
SPEAKER_01: Right.
5:54
SPEAKER_01: Uh couldn't get back, can get back with him.
5:56
SPEAKER_01: Um, hopefully maybe he'll join us later on in the season.
5:59
SPEAKER_01: But uh, but yeah, the game, let's let's talk about it, man.
6:02
SPEAKER_01: So what it looked like on TV in person, atmosphere was electric.
6:06
SPEAKER_00: Oh, yeah.
6:06
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, that definitely transferred well to TV, other than just you know what's been said earlier in the week.
6:12
SPEAKER_00: Uh the other podcast is, you know, there there was a lot of orange there.
6:16
SPEAKER_00: Um and you know, with the white out, it really cut it kind of stood out, especially over there on the east side.
6:21
SPEAKER_00: I I know you used to sit on the east side.
6:23
SPEAKER_00: What is it about the east side that people don't like to sit over there?
6:26
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I've never sat over there, I've always been on the west side.
6:29
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, the east side, the sun goes directly onto the east side.
6:33
SPEAKER_01: Okay.
6:34
SPEAKER_01: If you're sitting on an afternoon game where it's 315 and it's 80, 90, 95 degrees outside, and you're sitting in club level seats, you're just direct impact on the sun.
6:43
SPEAKER_01: So most of the time people just go inside and wait till the sun goes down.
6:47
SPEAKER_01: So on the west side, you don't have the sun on your face.
6:50
SPEAKER_01: So it's it's awesome.
6:51
SPEAKER_01: So it was actually pretty cool uh once the sun went down um on the west side.
6:56
SPEAKER_01: But uh yeah, that's kind of the advantage of sitting on the west rather than the east.
6:59
SPEAKER_01: But uh Tennessee fans were everywhere, man.
7:01
SPEAKER_01: They were right next to us, they were in front of me, they were everywhere.
7:05
SPEAKER_01: Uh, so I guess that Tennessee just travels big.
7:08
SPEAKER_01: I'm sure Texas and Georgia, when they come to Davis Wade later in the season, I'm sure it'll be just like that.
7:13
SPEAKER_01: I remember two years ago when Georgia came, it was red and black everywhere.
7:16
SPEAKER_01: I know people were griping about uh, you know, selling their tickets to Tennessee fans, but man, they're just gonna they're gonna buy the tickets.
7:23
SPEAKER_00: I mean, oh yeah, they're finding a way.
7:25
SPEAKER_00: That's just you don't have a way to know, especially if you have a ticket and you put it on resale, you don't know who it's selling to.
7:30
SPEAKER_00: So I mean, I don't know how you control that.
7:33
SPEAKER_00: It's uh I think really what it comes down to is putting out a better product on the foot on the field every year, then you you sell more season tickets and then you don't have to worry about it.
7:40
SPEAKER_00: So exactly.
7:42
SPEAKER_01: And man, there there were people all on the uh you know the walkway, the ramps up to the upper deck.
7:47
SPEAKER_01: I was looking around, I remember that 2014 game was like that.
7:50
SPEAKER_01: People just all standing room only on the ramp section.
7:53
SPEAKER_01: So I mean it was and the whiteout made us look look so much uh looked made it look awesome.
7:59
SPEAKER_01: Uh everything about the whole day was just was just great, man.
8:02
SPEAKER_01: Just just uh Coach Cheryl and the and the snowball team, they came out and got honored.
8:07
SPEAKER_01: This is actually the third straight year.
8:08
SPEAKER_01: Coach Cheryl's been there two years ago.
8:10
SPEAKER_01: They honored the 98 uh Western Division Championship team, had all the guys back on campus, came out with an awesome entrance with that.
8:18
SPEAKER_01: Um with Coach Cheryl, he had a he had his staff on there, a little like a shepherd and his flock, man, with his players coming out.
8:25
SPEAKER_01: That was awesome.
8:26
SPEAKER_01: That was before he had his hip surgery, and then and then last year they honored the 99 uh team, and then this year was the 2000 um snowball team.
8:34
SPEAKER_01: So, and then uh kind of after 2000, we really didn't have a good team until 07, and then until Dan got there.
8:40
SPEAKER_01: So it'll be a few years before we have another 25-year anniversary.
8:43
SPEAKER_01: But uh it was great getting to see them.
8:45
SPEAKER_01: Got a visit with uh with Coach Harold and his wife Peggy and and Wayne Matkin before the game, and they had a little tailgate and uh reunion tailgate.
8:52
SPEAKER_01: So that was awesome seeing them, uh coach.
8:55
SPEAKER_01: I was like, man, I know that that hip looks uh, I bet that feels really good.
8:59
SPEAKER_01: And he was like, Yeah, that hip feel I'm hip.
9:01
SPEAKER_01: I got my hip replaced, feel great.
9:03
SPEAKER_01: Now I gotta get my knee replaced.
9:04
SPEAKER_01: So uh, but he he's looking great.
9:07
SPEAKER_01: Uh he he's he walking great with that new hip.
9:10
SPEAKER_01: And uh they walked out from the tunnel and they had like kind of like confetti that made it look like that was really neat for them to come out.
9:17
SPEAKER_01: So lots of good uh good memories of those guys on that team with Coach Cheryl.
9:22
SPEAKER_01: He really put us on the map, and and uh it's really neat seeing the interlocking MSU back.
9:27
SPEAKER_01: You know, that's been a big thing.
9:29
SPEAKER_01: That was the uh that was the prime Mississippi State football uh logo back in the in the 90s when we were so good in football.
9:36
SPEAKER_01: So uh it looked awesome on the helmets.
9:38
SPEAKER_01: I know everybody wants it to stay.
9:40
SPEAKER_01: I really hope it'll stay too.
9:41
SPEAKER_01: I do think they'll break it back out again this season, but uh, but as far as play on the field, man, it's like couldn't ask for anything more.
9:48
SPEAKER_01: You know, Shapin made two crucial errors.
9:51
SPEAKER_01: Uh he didn't play that great.
9:52
SPEAKER_01: We didn't really have much protection, but that's because Tennessee's lineman is so much bigger and better than ours.
9:58
SPEAKER_01: So they did the best they could, but the pick that he threw at retant returned for a touchdown uh was a dagger.
10:04
SPEAKER_01: But the biggest dagger was, man, right when we're driving, we got the lead, late in the game, go forward or fourth down on a punt.
10:11
SPEAKER_01: It looked like a fake punt, and then we score.
10:14
SPEAKER_01: I mean, that just takes some guts from Levy to call something like that.
10:16
SPEAKER_01: Because if that doesn't go through, man, people are gonna just crucify him.
10:20
SPEAKER_01: Like, why do you do that?
10:20
SPEAKER_01: Why do you do that?
10:21
SPEAKER_01: But the actual fake punt and then getting the yardage and getting the first down, man, the momentum on that in that stadium at that moment was just off the charts, man.
10:30
SPEAKER_01: It was so loud in there.
10:32
SPEAKER_01: And then lo and behold, the next play shaping fumbles, and the guy runs it back in.
10:36
SPEAKER_01: And that's I think that's the dagger right there.
10:37
SPEAKER_01: That was the killers getting a touchdown right there.
10:40
SPEAKER_01: Because that, I mean, say we we didn't do that, just kept giving it a fluff bothwell, who had an amazing game.
10:45
SPEAKER_01: If he gets all the way down there and we just burn time and even just get a field goal out of the deal, I think we win the game.
10:51
SPEAKER_01: So that that one play right there was uh was was really, really tough.
10:56
SPEAKER_01: And then later, and then Shippin also threw a long pass, and the guy caught it, and then he kind of got tripped up.
11:01
SPEAKER_01: And I mean, he would have walked in for a touchdown.
11:03
SPEAKER_01: So there's just we had chances.
11:05
SPEAKER_01: Can't say we didn't have the chances.
11:06
SPEAKER_01: There are multiple chances to win that game.
11:09
SPEAKER_01: Uh, but just at the end of the day, when it went to overtime, you probably felt it.
11:13
SPEAKER_01: I felt it.
11:14
SPEAKER_01: Everybody, Mississippi State fan, knew when it went to overtime, Tennessee was probably gonna rebel, which they did.
11:19
SPEAKER_01: But uh man, just the fact that we're talking about this, and last year we had a two and ten football team where we're getting brought out every week.
11:26
SPEAKER_01: That's huge improvement.
11:27
SPEAKER_01: You can see improvements everywhere.
11:29
SPEAKER_01: I really was a big big fan of Levy to begin with because I wanted a proven head coach, but man, I'm really kind of turning on uh turning into a Levy fan now because what he's doing is really showing improvement and uh the sky's the limit, man.
11:42
SPEAKER_01: Everybody is only up from here.
11:44
SPEAKER_01: I mean, we were down at the basement last year, and we're obviously a much improved football team.
11:48
SPEAKER_01: And I definitely see he's gonna get an SEC win this year, no doubt.
11:52
SPEAKER_01: He's not gonna go winless.
11:53
SPEAKER_01: And we've got chances in front of us at Florida, Florida's struggling.
11:57
SPEAKER_01: At Arkansas, they just fired uh Pittman, you know, at Missouri uh winnable.
12:02
SPEAKER_01: All of our games are winnable.
12:03
SPEAKER_01: Texas, Georgia uh probably not winnable, but they're at home.
12:06
SPEAKER_01: And look what we did to Tennessee.
12:08
SPEAKER_01: I can see them see us being in those games.
12:10
SPEAKER_01: This weekend's game is gonna be tough.
12:12
SPEAKER_01: I think this will probably be the toughest test of the season because it's away and it's against A.
12:17
SPEAKER_01: Uh but but outside of this game this weekend, man, I think every game is either we're gonna be in the game and and uh have a chance to win it.
12:25
SPEAKER_01: So uh so it's we're in for an exciting uh season just to get just get, man, we can just get two wins, just get six wins, yeah.
12:32
SPEAKER_01: The bowl, I think it'll be everybody will be back on.
12:35
SPEAKER_01: And and uh and it's kind of I was listening to a podcast just uh the other day, they were talking about um that this team is kind of like the 09 Dan Mullen team, which makes sense.
12:45
SPEAKER_01: Um, you know, we lost that heartbreaker in 09 to LSU on the goal line.
12:50
SPEAKER_01: If you give it to Booby Dixon four times in a row, he's getting it in.
12:53
SPEAKER_01: Everybody always talked about it's true.
12:54
SPEAKER_01: But anyway, we had Tyson Lee who uh who was short quarterback and and threw the ball and it just didn't work out.
13:01
SPEAKER_01: We lost at the goal line to LSU, and then the team kind of rebounded from that.
13:06
SPEAKER_01: And I can see that Tennessee game kind of being like an LSU game for State 09 uh this past weekend.
13:12
SPEAKER_01: And and uh you saw what happened.
13:13
SPEAKER_01: We ended up getting that upset against Ole Mess, uh, who was a cotton ball team that year.
13:18
SPEAKER_01: And uh so I think I think we're we're due, we're gonna upset someone.
13:23
SPEAKER_01: I just have a feeling uh sometime this season.
13:25
SPEAKER_01: And uh I think I think I think Levy's the right guy, and and I think next year's gonna be even better with Quario uh taking the reins.
13:32
SPEAKER_01: Uh so yeah, future's bright.
13:35
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, it really is.
13:36
SPEAKER_00: And you know, talking about Levy, one thing I I noticed is that uh the the team seems to play with just kind of like a calm.
13:44
SPEAKER_00: Um they're they're not real up, they're not real down.
13:47
SPEAKER_00: You know, something, you know, they have some ad you know, adversity, something happens, they don't let it affect them.
13:54
SPEAKER_00: I mean, you've seen it multiple times, penalties on first down, you know, first and 20, and then you rush for 18 on the next play, and you know interception, fumble, whatever, still come back and score.
14:06
SPEAKER_00: And it's just it's just kind of that, you know, smooth, just not not too high, not too low.
14:12
SPEAKER_00: Just you know, don't don't let the emotions take you too high.
14:15
SPEAKER_00: And and it's just it I really enjoy seeing it.
14:18
SPEAKER_00: They got to clean up the penalties, but they're just not doing stupid stuff, you know, on defense and and just kind of getting themselves in trouble.
14:25
SPEAKER_00: And and I like seeing that.
14:27
SPEAKER_00: Um, but yeah, I mean, I agree with you.
14:29
SPEAKER_00: I I do think that we're gonna be in, we're gonna be in most of the games that we play the rest of the season.
14:35
SPEAKER_00: Um, we, you know, I think an upset is coming.
14:38
SPEAKER_00: You really wanted this one because you just felt like this we had it and it was gonna be it was gonna be ours.
14:44
SPEAKER_00: And and that's why it was more disappointing.
14:46
SPEAKER_00: Um, because just that opportunity was there.
14:49
SPEAKER_00: But but I do feel like there's gonna be other opportunities, and and I hope that we can at least cash in on a couple of them.
14:53
SPEAKER_00: And like you said, at least just get to six wins, get a bowl game.
14:58
SPEAKER_00: And wouldn't it be awesome to beat Ole Miss the last game of the season, knock them out of the playoff, because they look like they're bound for the playoffs right now.
15:05
SPEAKER_01: I mean, I think I think I think Ole Miss is uh, I think they're they they're upset that they didn't make it last year, and their schedule was pretty easy this year, too.
15:14
SPEAKER_01: And but the fact that they beat LSU' now is looks like they're an overrated football team coming in at number three in the country.
15:21
SPEAKER_01: Their their defense is pretty good, but they have no they can't score, and and Brian Kelly's a jerk, man.
15:26
SPEAKER_01: He just so defend defensive of everything.
15:29
SPEAKER_01: Uh but Lane and them, uh they're yeah, they're they're gonna be really good.
15:33
SPEAKER_01: So that would be amazing if if state were able to knock them off this year.
15:36
SPEAKER_01: But uh uh yeah, going back to Tennessee and the penalties.
15:39
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, we have we have we got to clean up uh our our penalties, that's for sure.
15:43
SPEAKER_01: But man, Tennessee, I don't know if did you see that?
15:45
SPEAKER_01: What did they say on TV, BW?
15:47
SPEAKER_01: Did you see that where they they body slammed?
15:49
SPEAKER_01: Was it Devon Booth, I think?
15:50
SPEAKER_01: Picked him up.
15:51
SPEAKER_01: I mean, that was insane.
15:52
SPEAKER_01: I never seen anything like that.
15:54
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, they didn't say much about that.
15:56
SPEAKER_00: They you know they just caught the penalty and moved on.
15:58
SPEAKER_01: But they they Tennessee just had some penalties.
16:01
SPEAKER_01: Uh, I've never seen that before that that cost cost them that was beneficial to us, which was really amazing.
16:07
SPEAKER_01: But uh the chances were there, we just we just couldn't do it, but they're a better team.
16:11
SPEAKER_01: And uh, but yeah, isn't that crazy how how just one game changes things?
16:16
SPEAKER_01: You know, had Tennessee lost and we beat them, you know, people would be saying hypo, he can't get it done, and Nico should have shouldn't have left or UCLA and blah blah blah all this sort of stuff just by one one game.
16:28
SPEAKER_01: Like uh it's crazy how everybody talks like that.
16:31
SPEAKER_01: But um, but anyway, so Tennessee, I mean, they're I think they'll be a playoff team.
16:36
SPEAKER_01: Um, but they surely didn't play like one other day.
16:38
SPEAKER_01: I mean, uh it was a heck of a game, man.
16:41
SPEAKER_01: It was it was awesome.
16:42
SPEAKER_01: Uh let's look let's transition a little bit to AM this weekend.
16:45
SPEAKER_01: BW, I hate to be a Debbie Downer, but I'm not not really fired up about this game.
16:49
SPEAKER_01: Uh I don't think we'll get blown out, but there is a chance we could get blown out.
16:54
SPEAKER_01: But I do think that they win by a couple a couple scores.
16:57
SPEAKER_01: I just think I think we can't handle the environment night game at college station.
17:01
SPEAKER_01: It's gonna be rocking.
17:02
SPEAKER_01: A lot of fans there.
17:04
SPEAKER_01: Uh look for it.
17:05
SPEAKER_01: Always happens, man.
17:06
SPEAKER_01: Whenever we have a guy that was on our team that transfers to another team, and we play that team, that guy goes off on us.
17:12
SPEAKER_01: So yeah, if I was a betting man, I'd say Morio Kraver's gonna have a heck of a day come Saturday night in in college station.
17:18
SPEAKER_01: He's uh he's a really good player, and that kind of hurts uh our guys.
17:22
SPEAKER_01: I hope Brendan Thompson and Anthony Evans are back.
17:24
SPEAKER_01: I heard they were banked up and couldn't come in.
17:27
SPEAKER_01: So uh we really need those receivers.
17:29
SPEAKER_01: And Kravers turned in to be a really, really good receiver for AM.
17:33
SPEAKER_01: So uh watch for him.
17:35
SPEAKER_01: But um, man, uh the score prediction on that one.
17:38
SPEAKER_01: Uh you know, I said 34-31.
17:40
SPEAKER_01: I was close to last week, BW, but uh yeah.
17:43
SPEAKER_01: This week I'm gonna say AM wins by two scores, man.
17:46
SPEAKER_01: I'm gonna say it's gonna be like uh probably 35 to 17 or something like that.
17:54
SPEAKER_01: So I don't I don't know what what what's your what's your thoughts?
17:57
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, you stole my stole my score.
17:59
SPEAKER_00: That's that's what I was gonna go with.
18:01
SPEAKER_01: Were you really?
18:02
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah, for sure.
18:04
SPEAKER_00: Um, you know, I think it part of it too, it comes down to injuries.
18:08
SPEAKER_00: Uh Albert Reese is likely out.
18:10
SPEAKER_00: I mean, there's not there's not any news on him, but shout out to Albert Reese.
18:14
SPEAKER_01: Wasn't wasn't his mom the one that bought coffee from us?
18:17
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, she bought coffee from us.
18:18
SPEAKER_00: I don't know if she still listens, but she did buy some coffee for him.
18:20
SPEAKER_00: He's had the Johnny Packer coffee.
18:22
SPEAKER_00: Maybe he's had it.
18:23
SPEAKER_00: I mean, he's I think he's probably he's definitely our biggest offensive lineman.
18:27
SPEAKER_00: I mean, you look at him, I think he's one of the captains either last week or this week, and he's huge.
18:31
SPEAKER_00: He is huge.
18:32
SPEAKER_00: Um, he's a specimen.
18:33
SPEAKER_00: So um, hate to see him out.
18:36
SPEAKER_00: And you know, I think uh after he went out during that Tennessee game, things kind of turned around a little bit too um for that.
18:44
SPEAKER_00: But then yeah, I mean Thompson and I feel like and then uh Isaac Smith, I haven't heard anything about him either.
18:52
SPEAKER_00: Um, I'm hoping none of those are long-term injuries, but I have a feeling at least one or two of those guys will be out this week with AM.
18:59
SPEAKER_00: And I I agree.
19:01
SPEAKER_00: I just that tough environment, even though historically we we've been able to go down there and win, right?
19:07
SPEAKER_00: But this is a different team, different coach.
19:10
SPEAKER_00: I mean, it's you know, it's it's not the same as it was.
19:12
SPEAKER_00: We don't have Nick Fitzgerald anymore to bail us out.
19:15
SPEAKER_00: So um, anyways, we should have reached out to him.
19:20
SPEAKER_00: But um, so yeah, I'm with you.
19:22
SPEAKER_00: I I do think 3517.
19:24
SPEAKER_00: I I think it's competitive, but it's just out of reach for us.
19:28
SPEAKER_00: I just don't see it.
19:29
SPEAKER_00: Right.
19:30
SPEAKER_01: And the good thing about it is you get a bye week after this week to we can nurse our wounds uh in case uh the guys get banged up that aren't banged up already, or the guys that aren't playing will give us a rest because two weeks we'll get to go down to to the swamp.
19:44
SPEAKER_01: And I'll be at that game, BW.
19:46
SPEAKER_01: Literally looking forward to it.
19:47
SPEAKER_01: And I think that's a really good chance of winning a road game against the Florida team with Bill and Napier that I think stake can hang with.
19:54
SPEAKER_01: So uh um, but as long as we can escape AM without getting too many more injuries, um, rest up for the for the bye week and then go down to Gainesville and see what happens.
20:05
SPEAKER_01: Uh and then, but like we said, we just need two more wins, and I do think there's two wins on the schedule that we can get somewhere along the way.
20:12
SPEAKER_00: Yep.
20:12
SPEAKER_00: Yeah, that'd be huge to go go in there if we lose this one bye week and then go ahead and get one of those wins uh at Florida, take some of the pressure off to get that last one.
20:21
SPEAKER_01: And the last time we were last time we were in the swamp was 2010.
20:26
SPEAKER_01: Hard to believe.
20:26
SPEAKER_01: It's been 15 years since we played at Gainesville.
20:29
SPEAKER_01: And I was at that game with our uh buddy Matt Wiley was there, and and uh we we saw uh saw Mississippi State beat Florida.
20:37
SPEAKER_01: That was uh 10 would have been Mullins' second year, and uh that was his first time going up against uh well second second time going up against Urban Meyer because they played in the start of the year before.
20:49
SPEAKER_01: But uh I remember vividly that game.
20:52
SPEAKER_01: We ran the football.
20:54
SPEAKER_01: I don't think uh uh what was the quarterback's name?
20:58
SPEAKER_01: Uh was it Ralph?
20:59
SPEAKER_01: I don't think Ralph threw a pass in the game.
21:01
SPEAKER_01: I don't know if he did, it was like one pass maybe in the whole game.
21:05
SPEAKER_01: We ran Nick Vic Ballard just nonstop over and over and over and over, ran it down Florida's throat and they could not stop us, held the ball, time of possession, ran the shot, ran the uh time clock all the way down, and just handed off to Ballard, and we got the win.
21:20
SPEAKER_01: And man, I could see us doing something like that with the fluff bothwell uh going down there.
21:24
SPEAKER_01: I mean, he we dominated the run game against Tennessee and you controlled the uh time of possession.
21:30
SPEAKER_01: If you could do that the same way, man, 15 years later, do that, do that in swamp again and see what happens.
21:36
SPEAKER_01: And and uh man, that was a great night.
21:37
SPEAKER_01: Florida lined up for a field goal at the end of the game as time expired and they missed it.
21:42
SPEAKER_01: And Mullen got his first win in the swamp against Urban.
21:45
SPEAKER_01: And man, that was that was great.
21:47
SPEAKER_01: And good things came from that.
21:48
SPEAKER_01: We ended up in the gator bowl that year, and then and then we kind of took off after that.
21:52
SPEAKER_01: So that was kind of a first big win, and that's what Levy needs, man.
21:55
SPEAKER_01: Wouldn't that be amazing if Levy gets his first win in the swamp in two weeks?
21:59
SPEAKER_01: Uh really.
22:00
SPEAKER_01: Really be interesting to see.
22:01
SPEAKER_01: But uh uh yeah, just proud of the Bulldogs and and know that uh all the people that are listening to keep supporting them because obviously there's improvement going on.
22:11
SPEAKER_00: That's right.
22:13
SPEAKER_00: And just um one final thought from me.
22:15
SPEAKER_00: I I forgot to mention this earlier about the coffee, but I ordered a few extra bags of coffee, sent them to your house in Starkville, and I've got a few here, and I think we ought to pass a few of those out around town.
22:26
SPEAKER_00: So if you're listening to this, if you're in Starkville or you're in the Memphis area, reach out to me or Johnny and we'll be glad to get you a bag.
22:34
SPEAKER_00: But the only caveat is you have to return the favor, uh, go to the website, give somebody the bag, give them give them more information, you know, get get the word out there that we've got some good stuff on here at Johnnypacker.net.
22:45
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, because you're getting you're getting uh free coffee.
22:48
SPEAKER_01: And the whole point of doing this is raising money for CF.
22:50
SPEAKER_01: So you're technically not really stealing money from CF pavements, but you're you're getting something free where it's a fundraiser thing.
22:58
SPEAKER_01: So so yeah, uh our big thing is just we're doing that really as a way to uh promote the coffee to let people know uh where we are, what it is, how to get it, and all that.
23:09
SPEAKER_01: And it's kind of like a sample.
23:10
SPEAKER_01: Just consider it's something like you go into to the grocery store and they give you the remember they put little toothpicks and thing in the little sample taste.
23:18
SPEAKER_01: So that'll be like a little sample taste, and then we'd love for you to go get the uh coffee online or spread the word because it will be uh uh it's it donations, you know, is all it's it and going toward the research dollars and everything like that.
23:33
SPEAKER_01: So uh, and like you said, it's it's uh it's locally based in Mississippi at uh Point Roasters in New Albany.
23:39
SPEAKER_01: Right.
23:39
SPEAKER_01: So you're you're supporting a local company in the state of Mississippi and helping people out who suffer from cystic fibrosis like myself, uh especially people that don't have a miracle drug.
23:50
SPEAKER_01: So uh it's a win-win deal all around.
23:52
SPEAKER_01: So uh yeah, Johnnypacker.net, we can't stress that enough, uh, is the website.
23:57
SPEAKER_01: So uh love for you to do that.
23:59
SPEAKER_01: Uh BW, one last thing before we go.
24:01
SPEAKER_01: Let me look at the uh standings on our on our pick-ups.
24:05
SPEAKER_01: I don't know if people are familiar.
24:07
SPEAKER_01: Uh picking, let's see, the standings as of today.
24:11
SPEAKER_01: Uh, first place is gold plated diapers.
24:15
SPEAKER_01: Don't know who that is.
24:16
SPEAKER_01: Gold plated diapers.
24:17
SPEAKER_01: Gold plated diapers is in first, mud bugs second, dogs gone wild third, and yours truly, Johnny B Good, is in fourth.
24:24
SPEAKER_01: Uh BW are in 15th with Juan Valdez and 14th.
24:29
SPEAKER_01: So that one one week you missed uh hurt you.
24:32
SPEAKER_01: But uh but yeah, just uh keep keep making picks and then at the end of the season you'll get some coffee as well.
24:38
SPEAKER_01: So uh a lot of fun, uh fun way to to keep up with the games and uh and put them in there.
24:45
SPEAKER_00: So that's right.
24:46
SPEAKER_00: Hey, one last did you get your coffee?
24:48
SPEAKER_00: Did it come in yet to you?
24:50
SPEAKER_01: I did, I did.
24:51
SPEAKER_01: Okay, perfect.
24:51
SPEAKER_01: Make sure whenever because one of the coffee the the the uh the thing was opened up.
24:56
SPEAKER_01: So I don't know when they shipped it out, if that if that was just an error or something, but it did come.
25:01
SPEAKER_01: I got it.
25:02
SPEAKER_01: So uh thanks for sending it.
25:03
SPEAKER_01: I will definitely get the word out.
25:05
SPEAKER_01: And uh and yeah, that's the that's the main thing.
25:08
SPEAKER_01: It's just spreading around towns, uh letting people know about it and getting on there because uh it was fast, man.
25:14
SPEAKER_01: It shipped right right to my door, just like we were talking about.
25:17
SPEAKER_01: And uh, if you put it on that subscription based, you don't even have to worry about it, right?
25:20
SPEAKER_01: You just uh sign up and it and it renews.
25:22
SPEAKER_00: Is that right, BW?
25:24
SPEAKER_00: That's right.
25:24
SPEAKER_00: And that's the first time we've ever had a problem with one bag being open.
25:27
SPEAKER_00: So let me know if you get a problem with that.
25:29
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah.
25:30
SPEAKER_01: No, it's never been issued before.
25:32
SPEAKER_01: Uh, I didn't want to say that just in case that happened in the in the uh in the future, but uh surely it won't.
25:38
SPEAKER_01: You never know with the mail, how everything goes.
25:41
SPEAKER_01: But uh it's an awesome, uh, awesome deal, right to the door, and uh it's perfect.
25:46
SPEAKER_01: So thank you so much uh uh for your support with everything.
25:50
SPEAKER_00: Yes, sir.
25:50
SPEAKER_00: And uh we'll be back probably so we got the bye week next week, may not record next week, but we'll be back uh in time for the Florida game.
25:58
SPEAKER_01: Perfect.
25:59
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, hopefully we'll get a guest on.
26:00
SPEAKER_01: I hope uh and if hey uh hey if Jaden gets back to me and I'll do I'll do the interviews uh solo and and we'll put it on there.
26:07
SPEAKER_01: But if not, maybe we can get him towards the end of the year uh and we'll get we'll try to get someone from Florida week.
26:12
SPEAKER_01: Perfect.
26:13
SPEAKER_01: All right, appreciate y'all's support.
26:16
SPEAKER_00: Take care.
26:17
SPEAKER_01: Bye.