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What Will Mississippi State Reveal This Week? 👀 | Steve Robertson · Out of Bounds with Bo Bounds

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Speaker 1: And when you land, you are twelve minutes from the
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Speaker 1: Cotton District or Davis Wade Stadium. We welcome in Steve
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Speaker 1: robertson Jeans Page dot Com, two four seven Sports. Steve
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Speaker 1: joins us on the Farm Bureau Insurance guest line. Steve,
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Speaker 1: can you can you feel the excitement around Mississippi State football?
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Speaker 2: Well, we have our first media opportunity today and I
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Speaker 2: think that will stove to claims just a little bit.
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Speaker 2: We'll have our one opportunity to speak to Jack Arnett
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Speaker 2: and all the assistant coaches today, So it'll be a
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Speaker 2: busy day on campus but also a busy day of
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Speaker 2: Jean's page. But but yeah, I mean people kind of
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Speaker 2: starting to get pumped a little bit about this, you know,
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Speaker 2: and then you know, it's just like the month of
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Speaker 2: July is like the bed Songe for us, Like we
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Speaker 2: have to really grind to go find content, and there's
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Speaker 2: only so many times you can write about, you know,
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Speaker 2: five newcomers to watch and that sort of stuff. But yeah,
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Speaker 2: I mean, it's it's here now, you know. And so
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Speaker 2: we'll start practice here on Thursday and have an opportunity
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Speaker 2: to deserve some of that, and you know, we'll go
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Speaker 2: from there.
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Speaker 1: Okay, all right, So is this is this the first
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Speaker 1: time access to Zach Garnett since he was named defensive coordinator.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and yeah, it's interesting too. You know, I'm not
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Speaker 2: to be able to be critical of anybody. I would
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Speaker 2: have made him available back in the spring, sure, just
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Speaker 2: to kind of get those initial questions out of the way, right.
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Speaker 2: I mean, it's like, you know, a one's like coming
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Speaker 2: back because we're going to spend the bulk of that today.
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Speaker 2: You know, you just know it's coming because it needs
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Speaker 2: to happen. You know, it's like you, no, why did
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Speaker 2: you come back? Why was this about opportunity when when
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Speaker 2: we could have handled that in the spring and then
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Speaker 2: then spend today's opportunity. That's kind of talking about, you know,
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Speaker 2: the defense and the fall and things like that.
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Speaker 1: So right, Okay, So I had an ole miss media
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Speaker 1: member on uh two weeks ago. I asked this question
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Speaker 1: for them, and that's actually a hell of a debate
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Speaker 1: on who their best player is on the defense side
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Speaker 1: of the football. So do you go Isaac Smith or
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Speaker 1: someone else? Kelly Jones? I mean, you need somebody up front.
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Speaker 1: Those guys are important, but who is the most talented
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Speaker 1: player on the defensive side of the football.
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Speaker 2: Well, if you want to say talent, I would say
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Speaker 2: Kelly Jones just because of the fact, you know, he's
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Speaker 2: projected to be a first rounder, and you know he's
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Speaker 2: a freak of an athlete and had a great year
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Speaker 2: last year. But I think Smith is probably the most
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Speaker 2: important guy because of his leadership and his own ability.
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Speaker 2: But I agree with you, you need somebody up front,
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Speaker 2: you know. I think the guy that could probably be
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Speaker 2: the biggest difference maker to this team is sil Mary Williams.
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Speaker 2: Transferring to Florida State. You know, he hadn't played a
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Speaker 2: ton of snaps, but he's a guy that was with
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Speaker 2: Arnette last year at Florida State. They know each other,
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Speaker 2: he understands what's expected of them, and so I think
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Speaker 2: he's a guy that's probably a little bit of a
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Speaker 2: dark course.
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Speaker 1: There is uh Isaac Smith. Could he play? I know
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Speaker 1: he's not the same player, but Zach likes Arnett likes
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Speaker 1: to move people around, and I like that, and guys
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Speaker 1: are athletic and twitchy and kind of like Perkins at old.
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Speaker 1: You know you can you can play him at all
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Speaker 1: three levels. Do you think he'll do that with Isaac Smith, Steve.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's some formats as will. I think
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Speaker 2: that's part of the deal with this defense is it's
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Speaker 2: so unpredictable, you know, and you can take a guy
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Speaker 2: it's a bit of between there that maybe doesn't have
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Speaker 2: the you know, the traditional measurements for certain positions, and
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Speaker 2: you can still find a place for them. And yeah,
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Speaker 2: Zach is one of those guys too, And just talking
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Speaker 2: to some of the guys in the off seas and
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Speaker 2: you know, guys come out a spy. You see him
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Speaker 2: at Walmart and things like that, and they're really excited
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Speaker 2: about this defense because defensive players that have a defensive
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Speaker 2: mentality they want to attack. And over the course of
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Speaker 2: the last year two years, States basically been like a
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Speaker 2: ven bit dumb break types of command of defense. That's
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Speaker 2: at it with Arnett, aren't It's gonna be blocking the
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Speaker 2: quarterback and pud gaim war much, you know, And so
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Speaker 2: that's what players want. Players want to be able to
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Speaker 2: pin their ears back and just go chase the football.
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Speaker 2: And so I think from that aspect of it, there
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Speaker 2: is some freedom within those players rather than this kind
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Speaker 2: of controlled aggression they're just gonna turn it loose, and
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Speaker 2: I think that in Mississippi State you have to be
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Speaker 2: a little bit different than Jack Arnett and his team
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Speaker 2: certainly are.
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Speaker 1: Okay Arnett, you know, I'm not going to hold him
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Speaker 1: to the three three five because he moves people around
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Speaker 1: so much. I know you'll see a lot of that.
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Speaker 2: You know.
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Speaker 1: What's going to be interesting, Steve is he spit a
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Speaker 1: year under Golding or was it two a year? Right?
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Speaker 1: And then and then Florida State and what he has
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Speaker 1: picked up that he likes and that he wants to
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Speaker 1: corporate where you may see some new wrinkles that are
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Speaker 1: in the same vein but a little bit different from
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Speaker 1: what you saw last in twenty twenty two? Is that fair.
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Speaker 2: Stee Yeah, everybody innovates, you know, and it's like Arnett
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Speaker 2: said many times, and you have some opponent specific fires, right,
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Speaker 2: I mean there are things you just kind of pick
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Speaker 2: up on tape and things that you see other teams
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Speaker 2: us that are successful against offenses that you're going to play.
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Speaker 2: And so, yeah, Zach is an intelligent guy. That's one
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Speaker 2: of the reasons that he was elevated to the head
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Speaker 2: coaching position in the first place. And granted it was
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Speaker 2: a job he wasn't quite ready for, but you know,
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Speaker 2: Mississippi State went to him and he answered the call,
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Speaker 2: which I think is one of the reasons is people
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Speaker 2: are so excited about bringing him back. But Zach's intelligent guy,
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Speaker 2: and he learns as he's done and kind of goes
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Speaker 2: along things, and so yeah, I think you pick up
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Speaker 2: things too. They pick up things there and you just
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Speaker 2: kind of move forward with it. But but yeah, I'm excited.
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Speaker 2: And let's be honest about this, right. You know, the
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Speaker 2: Mississippi State offense has been pretty good last year especially,
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Speaker 2: you know, and so let me show them that he
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Speaker 2: can score. Can Arnatt give him two extra possessions of
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Speaker 2: ball games? Right? And how significant you could could that be?
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Speaker 2: I think that's probably where the rubber meets the road
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Speaker 2: with this team. Its improvement is going to come on
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Speaker 2: the defensive side of the football. I think even if
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Speaker 2: the offense is exactly what it was last year, I
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Speaker 2: think that's enough to go win six for seven games.
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Speaker 2: The defensive effort's got to be different, and in turn,
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Speaker 2: the offense benefits from improvement on defense.
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Speaker 1: So don't you expect them to take a slight step
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Speaker 1: back in the passing game? With Camrio being a true sophomore,
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Speaker 1: but a big step forward knowing that Camrio is a
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Speaker 1: threat to get a first down at any time and
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Speaker 1: sometimes take it to the house running the football, which
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Speaker 1: will then make the offensive line better if they're not
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Speaker 1: worth a dam, and will make Fluff better.
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Speaker 2: See, yeah, I think all those things can be true.
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Speaker 2: I mean, because yeah, you've got you're gonna have a
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Speaker 2: first time start him. And yeah, he started two games
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Speaker 2: for you last year and did play rather extensively. But yeah,
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Speaker 2: as you saw that that first drive against Arkansas, he
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Speaker 2: steps up and throws just a dome, you know, to
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Speaker 2: Anthony Evans for a touchdown. Well the next drive, you know,
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Speaker 2: every ball was behind somebody, you know. But I think
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Speaker 2: a lot of that too, was just the excitement of
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Speaker 2: the moment. But yeah, there's gonna be some growing pains.
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Speaker 2: But I do think, as you kind of mentioned too
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Speaker 2: about it, because of his ability to be a threat
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Speaker 2: in the running game, that forces defenses to play guys
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Speaker 2: closer to the line of scrimmage, which should open up
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Speaker 2: some more passing windows in that intermediate passing game. Because
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Speaker 2: of Blake shape and listen to you, Blake is a
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Speaker 2: good athlete. But he wasn't a plus runner, so you
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Speaker 2: didn't have to respect that. And like when he ran
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Speaker 2: his own read, you knew he wasn't going to keep
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Speaker 2: it right. Camario may keep it go for a touchdown,
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Speaker 2: and so I think it puts the linebackers in conflict
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Speaker 2: and pulls them a little bit closer to the line
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Speaker 2: of scrimmage, and perhaps the safeties as well. And you've
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Speaker 2: got some speed on the outside you can make people
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Speaker 2: pay with and so I think Levy's going to be
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Speaker 2: able to pick its poison a little bit. But you're right,
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Speaker 2: Kamario's got to be on point when it comes to
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Speaker 2: the passenger.
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Speaker 1: Okay, Steve robertson Jean's Page dot com, they'll be uh.
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Speaker 1: They get to interview Arnette today among other coaches, and
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Speaker 1: so Arnett back in the fold after three years as
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Speaker 1: DC in one years the interim and and he's back.
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Speaker 1: That's a major upgrade. I mean, bugs Bunny would have
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Speaker 1: been over Coleman Hutzler, but Arnett has proven on Saturdays
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Speaker 1: that he can be good as a defensive coordinator in
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Speaker 1: the SEC. Let's go back to Anthony Evans. I'm intrigued.
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Speaker 1: I like him. I didn't you know. I mean last year,
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Speaker 1: Brendan Thompson overshadowed Anthony a little bit, although Evans had
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Speaker 1: a more than solid year. I like this kid's charisma
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Speaker 1: and leadership. I thought he was really really good down
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Speaker 1: at SEC media days. Have you had a chance to
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Speaker 1: be around him at all, Steve, Oh?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, and the things that I liked about
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Speaker 2: Aunt is the run after the catch, right. I mean,
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Speaker 2: you go back that Arkansas game. We were talking about that
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Speaker 2: that game went in touchdown. How many wide receivers in
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Speaker 2: Mississippi state history have you seen that could make that
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Speaker 2: catch out there, have the dexterity to stay in bounds
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Speaker 2: and then power through three tackles and then ultimately get
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Speaker 2: into the end zone to win a football game, right,
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Speaker 2: I mean, there is a winning quality with him. But
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Speaker 2: you're right in some respects, he was a little bit
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Speaker 2: overshadowed because you know, it's Brendan making the big catch
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Speaker 2: out on the flyout, right, and it kind of getting
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Speaker 2: outside the numbers and just out running people. You got
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Speaker 2: some kids that can still do that, But I think
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Speaker 2: Anthony Evans is a guy that could possibly challenge what
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Speaker 2: Brendan Thompson did last year from a statistical standpoint. I mean,
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Speaker 2: he had a ver eight hundred yard receiver himself last year,
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Speaker 2: and he had a couple of games where he kind
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Speaker 2: of disappeared, and well, this year he's got to go
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Speaker 2: be the guy and the next receiver to go get drafted.
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Speaker 2: But I love his approach to the game, and I
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Speaker 2: think Vernon Thompson getting drafted where he did actually helps
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Speaker 2: him too. It's because of the fact he's like, hey,
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Speaker 2: this is possible within this offense and at the school.
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Speaker 2: I just got to go work hard and make it
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Speaker 2: happen to myself.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and you mentioned Kevin Coleman two years ago. I
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Speaker 1: know the season was a disaster at two and ten,
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Speaker 1: but he had a hell of a year and then
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Speaker 1: he transferred to Missouri and didn't have near as good
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Speaker 1: a year. So I do think that that says something.
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Speaker 1: Don't you agree?
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Speaker 2: Oh? I do. And it's like, you know, we talked
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Speaker 2: about multiple times, I don't expect Lovey to have any
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Speaker 2: problem getting wide receivers because in the beginning it was
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Speaker 2: just a promise. Well now he's got production. He's like, hey,
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Speaker 2: we took Kevin Coleman, who had done nothing in his
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Speaker 2: college career, made him an All SEC guy. We take
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Speaker 2: Vernon Thompson, who had done nothing in this college career,
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Speaker 2: made him the school leader in receiving yards and an
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Speaker 2: all set performance. And now both of us guys are
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Speaker 2: in the National Football League. And so before you're gonna say, hey,
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Speaker 2: here's what we want to do, now you can say
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Speaker 2: here's what we've done, and we can do the same
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Speaker 2: for you.
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Speaker 1: All right. Steve robertson talking, When does camp start.
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Speaker 2: Thursday?
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Speaker 1: Okay, so y'all talk to the How does it go today?
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Speaker 1: Are you allowed to talk to any of the ten
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Speaker 1: assistants under Levy?
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Speaker 2: Yeah, we're got to think it's eleven people that we're
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Speaker 2: going to see today, and so it's all going to
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Speaker 2: kind of be in ten twelve minute increments, you know,
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Speaker 2: you just kind of line them up there. And this
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Speaker 2: is the only time that we expect to talk to
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Speaker 2: him in camp. I mean, it's just kind of how
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Speaker 2: it's been here the Levey administration. But yeah, we'll get
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Speaker 2: a chance to every assistant coach. I don't know that
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Speaker 2: we're going to get the assistant assistant coaches, but we've
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Speaker 2: got a full list. But yeah, that'll be all the
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Speaker 2: on the field guys and the guys who go out recruiting,
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Speaker 2: and and yeah, it's a big day. I mean because
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Speaker 2: like you know, for a lot of us, you know,
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Speaker 2: we spell this time at the Rednecker of the area
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Speaker 2: and down by the river and things like that. Well, now,
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Speaker 2: all of a sudden, you know, it's a week of
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Speaker 2: football practice from the high school and the college level,
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Speaker 2: and so you know, in some respects we're already in football,
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Speaker 2: not even in Mississippi State doesn't play inn while sip
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Speaker 2: hits him to the bets. But you know you're gonna
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Speaker 2: have Jackson Prepp playing here in a couple of weeks,
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Speaker 2: and then the high schools open up next week, and
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Speaker 2: you know, it's it's here. It's time to get excited.
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Speaker 1: Steve Robertson on the Out of Bounds Show jeanspage dot
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Speaker 1: Com two four seven sports, he'll have all kinds of
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Speaker 1: content with Jeff Levy, Zach Arnett and Philip Montgomery and more. Well,
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Speaker 1: please do me a favor and ask Philip Montgomery, the
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Speaker 1: new offensive assistant, what his role is going to be
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Speaker 1: with Levy specifically.
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Speaker 2: Steve. Yeah, and that's a great question, you know, And
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Speaker 2: I think it's one of those things too, where you
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Speaker 2: know there's already a working relationship, right, I mean, he
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Speaker 2: would be overstepping, like I go back. He and I
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Speaker 2: both love Brew, right. Well, you remember year one with
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Speaker 2: Brew with Brew was here, Uh he runs up there
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Speaker 2: and calls the time out from the sidelines and then
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Speaker 2: Mallen loses it, right, I don't know if you remember
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Speaker 2: that game. It was great because you know him knowing Brew,
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Speaker 2: it makes it even funnier, you know, because you know
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Speaker 2: Brew being a former head coach. But you know, Brew
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Speaker 2: and Mellen didn't know each other, you know, MANI and
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Speaker 2: Levy do, and so everybody's going to respect the head coach.
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Speaker 2: But I do think Montgomery is the day didn't get
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Speaker 2: in the headset that the Jeff's don't listen to, you know,
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Speaker 2: because number one, they know each other, they've been in
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Speaker 2: the trenches together. But also to minie's been a head
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Speaker 2: coach before too. If you don't go out and hire
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Speaker 2: Phila Montgomery and put handcuffs on him, right, I mean,
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Speaker 2: you go hire that guy because he can help you
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Speaker 2: get better. But he brings value not just as a
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Speaker 2: coach for the players, but also it's a guy that
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Speaker 2: can be a valuable member of your staff.
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I want to know what he's doing, Like Jerry
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Speaker 1: Kill comes in at Vanderbilt and saves Clark Lee's job
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Speaker 1: along with bringing Diego Pavia, Tim back and sol So yeah,
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Speaker 1: I want to know what is Philip Montgomery's define role
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Speaker 1: specifically under Jeff Levy. That that's yeah, I mean what
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Speaker 1: what is he tasked to do weekly and then on
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Speaker 1: game day? That's what I want to know because Montgomery
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Speaker 1: and Arenett you know, could could extend along with Camaro
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Speaker 1: and others, but could extend his career.
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Speaker 2: Let's see you down too. I mean, Kevin Johnson, you
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Speaker 2: look at what like that's to me, that's one of
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Speaker 2: the most significant editions of the off season. You know,
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Speaker 2: to go get a guy that is it's then at
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Speaker 2: touch a high level as an offensive coach and a
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Speaker 2: quarterback coach. And you know, you know, Levy is a
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Speaker 2: great quarterback coach in his own right right, but when
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Speaker 2: you when you have a chance to bring in that
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Speaker 2: wealth of experience from the powerful level, it absolutely makes
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Speaker 2: you better. You know, and listen, no disrespect to that
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Speaker 2: hole check, but you know it's like you go back
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Speaker 2: in hindsight, you know it's if you're bringing a guy
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Speaker 2: onto the field for the very first time in the
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Speaker 2: Southeastern Conference, you know, and so I know he's your guy.
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Speaker 2: I know we understand your playbook and your lexicon. But
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Speaker 2: this is a tremendous upgrade for Mississippi State to get
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Speaker 2: Kevin Johnson.
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Speaker 1: Okay, all right, Steve Robertson on the out of boundship
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Speaker 1: and the Farm Bureau Insurance guest line. Matt Brock will
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Speaker 1: be available to He is basically Arnett's right hand man,
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Speaker 1: and he'll coach linebackers.
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Speaker 2: Steve. Yeah, it's too funny too, like those two have
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Speaker 2: kind of become as stick as Steves. And you know
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Speaker 2: they were both on the first lead staff, but they
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Speaker 2: didn't know each other before then. It's not like Arnett
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Speaker 2: showed out from Washington State with the rest of that crew.
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Speaker 2: You know, leech ball is their way. Guys where him
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Speaker 2: and some of the defensive guys. But you know, those
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Speaker 2: guys just see defense the same way. And Matt Brock
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Speaker 2: is just as fiery as Zach Garnett is. He's just
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Speaker 2: not as demonstrative, Like you're not going to see Matt
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Speaker 2: Brock out there. You know, pa'l drops somebody on the
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Speaker 2: sidelines after a sack. You know, he's just seems a
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Speaker 2: little different. But that guy's so intense and I have
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Speaker 2: a chance to talk to him a couple of times
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Speaker 2: over the course of the summer. You know, you get
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Speaker 2: prospect camps and stuff, and he is so jack to
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Speaker 2: be back. And then he brings Jed Johnson back with him,
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Speaker 2: right because the Jets up at Yukon with him working
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Speaker 2: at a GA. And so you've got Arnett the architect
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Speaker 2: of the defense. You've got Matt Brock as the first lieutenant,
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Speaker 2: and then you brought Jeed Johnson back, who's played in
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Speaker 2: this scheme, who has credibility in the room because he's
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Speaker 2: also worn the uniform. And so I think you'll see
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Speaker 2: that entire side of the football get better. But that
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Speaker 2: linebacker room with Errol Thompson at Jed Johnson and Matt
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Speaker 2: Brock and Zach Arnett back that line, that very talented
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Speaker 2: young linebacker room should be one of the strength to
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Speaker 2: this team. All right.
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Speaker 1: So Jet Johnson and Errol Thompson, former Mississippi State linebackers,
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Speaker 1: will be assisting on the defense and obviously will help
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Speaker 1: Matt Rock at the linebacker position, who's the backup quarterback.
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Speaker 2: Steve. Yeah, that that's probably one of the bigger questions.
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Speaker 2: And I don't know. I hope it doesn't matter, right,
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Speaker 2: But I think it's between A. J. Swan and Jayden Rashada,
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Speaker 2: of course, and those are two guys that have done it.
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Speaker 2: You know. AJ Swan was a starter at app State,
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Speaker 2: got a little bit banged up, but you know, he's
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Speaker 2: done it. It was at Vanderbilt for a while, and
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Speaker 2: you know, Rashata was the guy. Obviously, he's one of
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Speaker 2: the highest recruited quarterbacks in the country here a couple
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Speaker 2: of years ago and really at the infancy of the
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Speaker 2: nil Era, right, that was the big thing. If I
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Speaker 2: didn't go into Florida with that big deal that ultimately
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Speaker 2: he had trouble collecting on them, but eventually went to
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Speaker 2: court and they had an out of court settlement and
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Speaker 2: then he transfers around, goes to Bacamento State. And so
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Speaker 2: this is a young man that has a lot of ability,
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Speaker 2: but so far it hadn't hadn't realized his full potential,
17:55
Speaker 2: and so you know, he could be your number two.
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Speaker 2: But I think, you know, as you get deeper in
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Speaker 2: ball games, especially the non conference, you know, if you're
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Speaker 2: winning whatever, let those guys get some reps, some real
18:05
Speaker 2: game reps. But yeah, I think those two are the
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Speaker 2: ones that the battle was staying out. And of course
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Speaker 2: you got some younger guys too, b I bring him
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Speaker 2: a quarter but yeah, their time will come. But yeah,
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Speaker 2: as far as you immediate this year, I think you're
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Speaker 2: back at quarterback battle by battles down to Swan and Shata.
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Speaker 1: Steve, we have a listener on the Dancing Rabbit golf
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Speaker 1: text line Aiden Williams. What what are the what are
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Speaker 1: the expectations there?
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Speaker 2: Well, he's finally healthy, right, and that's so huge, right,
18:36
Speaker 2: And if you go back.
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Speaker 1: And lit wide receiver for our listeners who's from Rigeland,
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Speaker 1: Go ahead, Steve, Sorry.
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Speaker 2: You go. You go to you know, the Egg Bowl,
18:43
Speaker 2: and you go through even the Bowl game and you
18:45
Speaker 2: finally saw Aiden probably around ninety ninety five. He had
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Speaker 2: some elements throughout the year, but yeah, he's gonna be
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Speaker 2: a big part of things. I think the very first
18:54
Speaker 2: time the offense takes the field, he's on. He's lined
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Speaker 2: up out there out wide, you know, and so yeah,
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Speaker 2: we need him to have the you know, the year
19:03
Speaker 2: he's always wanted to have but he made some big plays,
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Speaker 2: got in stretch and again he had he had a
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Speaker 2: good spring and uh again one hundred percent healthy. And
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Speaker 2: you know, as well as I do, the best ability
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Speaker 2: in anything, it's availability, and that was the thing last year.
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Speaker 2: There was some times he was just a little bit
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Speaker 2: too banged up. He couldn't go. But again we're expecting
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Speaker 2: the big things from him, and you know he can
19:24
Speaker 2: be a solid number two or even three. This Reagan's
19:27
Speaker 2: kid is so intriguing to me. You transferred intom Oklahoma,
19:30
Speaker 2: who was in Oklahoma with Bernond Thompson for a while
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Speaker 2: and obviously knows Jeff Levy. It's so interesting to hear
19:38
Speaker 2: people talk about him because you look at the numbers,
19:40
Speaker 2: is it's nothing that wows you. But that was the
19:42
Speaker 2: case for Vernon Thompson and Anthony Adams too, and people
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Speaker 2: like this kid. It's going to be a difference maker.
19:47
Speaker 2: And nobody's been talking about him. Nobody's talking about this
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Speaker 2: Reagan's kid. He's a little bit undersized, but you know,
19:53
Speaker 2: it's like they used to say in the old days,
19:55
Speaker 2: you know, as fast as a water bug. I mean,
19:57
Speaker 2: you put him out there in space, He's gonna make
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Speaker 2: people Miss. Then he's going to win the foot race
20:01
Speaker 2: of the end zone. And I think that's a guy
20:03
Speaker 2: that's been that nobody's talking about. In a couple of
20:05
Speaker 2: weeks into this thing, people are going to be like,
20:07
Speaker 2: I kind of like this kid, you know, because I
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Speaker 2: think he has some big playability.
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Speaker 1: Okay, so Zion Reagan's is that right?
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Speaker 2: That's right? Okay?
20:19
Speaker 1: Five seven? But like you said, evidently can fly. He
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Speaker 1: had a personal best ten to three seven in one
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Speaker 1: hundred meter. I think that's probably pretty good, Steve.
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Speaker 2: So yeah, I think even I think Kevin France would
20:36
Speaker 2: be impressed by that, right, right when you look at
20:40
Speaker 2: a similar skill set. Right. But again, that's the thing.
20:44
Speaker 2: You know, Jeff Lady, throughout his career, he's got production
20:48
Speaker 2: out of the widers in your position, and I think,
20:50
Speaker 2: you know, last year is probably the most talented group
20:53
Speaker 2: he's had since he left Old Miss. And then all
20:55
Speaker 2: of a sudden you get to this year and you
20:56
Speaker 2: feel like it this RUMs a little bit deeper. Now,
20:59
Speaker 2: will there be a productive of its last year? That
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Speaker 2: remains to be seen, But the evidence which suggests probably shows.
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Speaker 1: I guess that was in January, Steve, Thanks man. We'll
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