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Mississippi State Football Preview with Neil Price · The Craig Way Show

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  Speaker 1: Here on a Friday afternoon. So I took this from
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  Speaker 1: the selfish perspective here because I'm going to go see
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  Speaker 1: the guests who and also with Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman,
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  Speaker 1: the great Randy Backman from Bachman Turner Overdrive, and this
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  Speaker 1: was one of their hits looking out for number one,
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  Speaker 1: which is the way it has to go in the
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  Speaker 1: Southeastern Conference. So we continue our SEC football previews as
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  Speaker 1: everybody's trying to as Randy Bockmans had climbed to the top,
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  Speaker 1: and that goes for the Mississippi State Bulldogs as well.
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  Speaker 1: Jeff Levi's ball club getting ready to start his third
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  Speaker 1: season there in Starkville, and as always, so pleased to
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  Speaker 1: be joined by the play by play voice of the
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  Speaker 1: Mississippi State Bulldogs on the hotline with us is Neil Price.
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  Speaker 1: I appreciate the time we've talked about this when we've
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  Speaker 1: done yacht rock stuff before, when I've had you on before, Neil,
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  Speaker 1: and so I know you have an appreciation for also
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  Speaker 1: the classic rock side of things.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, bto in particular, taking Care of Business is
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  Speaker 2: obviously one of the great all time rock songs, and
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  Speaker 2: in this part of the world, When you hear that,
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  Speaker 2: you think of BTO and you also think of Elvis
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  Speaker 2: Presley because Elvis was famous for the TCB band, you know.
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  Speaker 2: So it's yeah, I think when I was listening to
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  Speaker 2: bub coming back, it felt like I needed a Martine
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  Speaker 2: or something, so kind of deal like, you know, we're
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  Speaker 2: just gonna sit back at chill for a little while.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that was kind of that's the kind of clubby
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  Speaker 1: side of Randy Bachman there. Uh uh And that was
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  Speaker 1: a bt O song, but it's funny you uh uh.
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  Speaker 1: I'm glad you did that the little spoiler alert sneak preview. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: Taking care of business is what we have a little
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  Speaker 1: bit later on in the program. But as we take
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  Speaker 1: care of the business at hand. U. I saw coach
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  Speaker 1: Levy at SEC football media days and uh and you
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  Speaker 1: I've told you this before.
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  Speaker 2: You know this. Uh.
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  Speaker 1: I've known him for a long time, even before he
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  Speaker 1: was assistant coach. I knew him when he was younger,
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  Speaker 1: but as I knew his dad. It was such a
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  Speaker 1: successful high school football coach in Texas as well. And
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  Speaker 1: we hear that you know coaches, certainly it takes them
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  Speaker 1: at least a couple of years to start to ramp
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  Speaker 1: things up, and coming off getting to a Bowl game
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  Speaker 1: last year and being able to do that and trying
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  Speaker 1: to improve on the five and eight mark, do you
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  Speaker 1: since get the sense that, not only for coach Levy
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  Speaker 1: but also for the Bulldogs there is more of an
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  Speaker 1: implanted comfort level now as they get ready to launch
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  Speaker 1: season number three.
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  Speaker 2: I think in terms of the expectation from the players, yes,
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  Speaker 2: I think the thing that is kind of always in
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  Speaker 2: flux is that the staff changes. Now, that's not necessarily
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  Speaker 2: a bad thing. Some of that needed to happen, and
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  Speaker 2: I give Jeff a lot of credit because when you're young,
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  Speaker 2: sometimes you come into your first dad coaching job and
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  Speaker 2: it's natural to want to put your stamp on something.
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  Speaker 2: You've got a plan, you want to show the world
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  Speaker 2: that the people who have trusted you to run a
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  Speaker 2: program have made the right decision, and you've got one
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  Speaker 2: confidence in what you're going to do. And I think
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  Speaker 2: Jeff had that when he came here two years ago
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  Speaker 2: to plus, but I think he realized that he's got
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  Speaker 2: to adapt and evolve, and some of that is you
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  Speaker 2: have to bring in new people on your staff to
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  Speaker 2: be able to make that happen. And and to his credit,
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  Speaker 2: he's been willing to do that. So vac Arnett, who
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  Speaker 2: was the defensive coordinator here from Mike Leach and then
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  Speaker 2: was the interim head coach for a season after coach
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  Speaker 2: is passing, is back as the defensive coordinator. Matt brock
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  Speaker 2: Is back with him, who was his co DC and
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  Speaker 2: was a linebackers coach here with Coach Leech. I think
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  Speaker 2: those two guys are great additions and will help that
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  Speaker 2: side of the ball. And then he brought a guy
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  Speaker 2: like Philip Montgomery in who has been a successful college
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  Speaker 2: head coach, a guy that he knows, that he trusts,
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  Speaker 2: that gives him another set of eyes offensively that can
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  Speaker 2: help him, you know, continue to build his scheme, try
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  Speaker 2: to evolve in that way, and just give him some
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  Speaker 2: experience that maybe he doesn't have. I think for somebody
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  Speaker 2: to be willing to go out and make those kind
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  Speaker 2: of moves and surround himself with the best people possible
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  Speaker 2: says a lot about where Jeff is growing as a head.
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  Speaker 1: Coach too well. And I see a commonality here what
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  Speaker 1: you just talked about. Jeff, of course being an outstanding
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  Speaker 1: play caller, but yet willing to have another as you said,
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  Speaker 1: set of eyes on the field, and coach Montgomery Stark
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  Speaker 1: the same way, calling his own plays, but having enough
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  Speaker 1: offensive viewpoint from others there, whether they're analysts or assistant coaches,
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  Speaker 1: things like that. I think coaches are kind of getting
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  Speaker 1: to that point where they realize, hey, I could still
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  Speaker 1: call a place. I just don't have to be the
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  Speaker 1: only set of eyes on the field here, right.
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  Speaker 2: And I think if you're going to do that, and
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  Speaker 2: there are a lot of guys in college football today
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  Speaker 2: who are the head coach slash play caller, I think
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  Speaker 2: if you're going to do that, you need somebody to
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  Speaker 2: kind of look at the big picture so that you
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  Speaker 2: can focus on what your next play needs to be,
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  Speaker 2: or you can focus on making an adjustment, second drive,
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  Speaker 2: third drive as you begin to go deeper into the
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  Speaker 2: game when you're trying to look at a big picture,
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  Speaker 2: plus be that guy when your offense is on the field,
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  Speaker 2: I don't know how guys do it. I don't. I
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  Speaker 2: think it's a lot to try to balance at one time.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, I mean people wonder why football staffs are
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  Speaker 2: so big. Sure that the number of players is enormous,
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  Speaker 2: but I just think you've got guys who have to
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  Speaker 2: specialize so much within the game that you need those
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  Speaker 2: extra eyes and ears out there to help you be successful,
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  Speaker 2: no doubt about it.
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  Speaker 1: Would you say it also not only on the offenses,
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  Speaker 1: because I know how fans think about this. A lot
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  Speaker 1: of media does as well when they think, okay, the
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  Speaker 1: offensive play calling, maybe there's some help there, whether somebody
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  Speaker 1: else is calling the plays or somebody But on the
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  Speaker 1: defensive side, you mentioned Zach Arnett return and then you've
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  Speaker 1: got Matt Brock who was successful as a DC at
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  Speaker 1: Yukon as well. Having more than one set of eyes
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  Speaker 1: in the coordinating role on both sides of the ball
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  Speaker 1: would seem to be a benefit, and it looks like
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  Speaker 1: the Bulldogs are trying to capitalize there as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, And I think two guys who have worked together
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  Speaker 2: before who understand each other, in Zach Barnett and Matt Brock,
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  Speaker 2: I think that piece is important too, because they know
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  Speaker 2: how one another think when it comes to a lot
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  Speaker 2: of things when you're talking about coaching defense. So I
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  Speaker 2: think that piece is huge. And I don't know how
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  Speaker 2: Jeff Levy will be compared to how Mike Leach was
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  Speaker 2: with Zach Barnett, and Matt Brock. But when coach Leach
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  Speaker 2: was here, he basically told coach Barnett, look, I'm not
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  Speaker 2: going to tell you how to do your job. My
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  Speaker 2: job is to go score points. Your job is to
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  Speaker 2: stop the other team. Now, I'm not going to tell
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  Speaker 2: you that I won't go for it on fourth and
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  Speaker 2: twenty from my own eighteen and we'll turn it over.
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  Speaker 2: And I give you a pass because I've pinned you deep.
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  Speaker 2: You still got to go find a way to stop him.
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  Speaker 2: If I do that, that's on you. You know. I
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  Speaker 2: don't know if Jeff's going to be that hands off.
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  Speaker 2: I think at least early on he will be. But
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  Speaker 2: Zach has made it very clear too that look, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we'll call the plays. We'll get you in the best
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  Speaker 2: position defensively we can. But if coach says this is
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  Speaker 2: what he wants or this is his idea, it's his program,
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  Speaker 2: that's what we're going to do. So I think they've
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  Speaker 2: got a really clear understanding. But Zach and Matt Brock
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  Speaker 2: fit the culture of this place, Craig about as well
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  Speaker 2: as anyone. I mean, they are blue collar, hardworking. Both
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  Speaker 2: of them have earned everything that they They've been able
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  Speaker 2: to get in life, and I think that's something that
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  Speaker 2: in this program has kind of always been the case.
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  Speaker 2: You know, whether it's players coaches, they've all had to
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  Speaker 2: have that blue collar kind of edge to him. And
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  Speaker 2: those two guys fit this place really really well.
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  Speaker 1: Mississippi's take play by play voice Neil Price, joining us
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  Speaker 1: here in our SEC previews here on sports Radio AM
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  Speaker 1: thirteen hundred zone. All Right, some of the players in
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  Speaker 1: a good place to start, always says at quarterback, and
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  Speaker 1: I know the Blake shape and adventure when up and
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  Speaker 1: down in the injuries were a big part of that.
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  Speaker 1: But now is it safe to say this offense is
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  Speaker 1: in the hands of Camaro Taylor?
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  Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I think so. And you know, I'm not
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  Speaker 2: trying to heap on too much with regard to expectation
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  Speaker 2: on a guy who's a sophomore, but I think he
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  Speaker 2: is a generational type talent. I do. They've had guys
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  Speaker 2: play quarterback here in my ten years that have been
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  Speaker 2: exceptional runners but have not been accurate passers. They've had
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  Speaker 2: some guys that have been very accurate passers, but not
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  Speaker 2: the most mobile when it comes to trying to extend
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  Speaker 2: plays or get out of trouble. Camaro Taylor is a
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  Speaker 2: guy who is an exceptional thrower who just happens to
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  Speaker 2: be able to run at an elite level mall sample sized.
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  Speaker 2: Last year, we saw him do things that you just
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  Speaker 2: sit back and go wow, you know, I mean, weave
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  Speaker 2: his way through defenses, bring the team back in spots
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  Speaker 2: and sec games where especially at Arkansas where it wasn't
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  Speaker 2: looking great, look like State had lost all the momentum
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  Speaker 2: and blake shape and got banged up, and Tomrio goes
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  Speaker 2: in the game and suddenly he takes him down the
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  Speaker 2: field and scores and he's a true freshman and you're going, wow,
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  Speaker 2: that's not common. I think the key for his success though,
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  Speaker 2: is that they've got to have an offensive line it's
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  Speaker 2: capable of protecting him. And what we saw at times
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  Speaker 2: last year, especially on the left side of that offensive line,
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  Speaker 2: was that it wasn't consistent. So that's where they've got
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  Speaker 2: to take a big step. Is that group's got to
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  Speaker 2: be better. Give him time to make the throws, but
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  Speaker 2: also keep him up right and give him a chance
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  Speaker 2: to extend plays and use all that talent. He's got
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  Speaker 2: to give this team a chance.
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  Speaker 1: Well, that's a great point. And we always talk about
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  Speaker 1: the offensive line, you know, being so important. Is a
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  Speaker 1: guy like Camp being a guy who has to kind
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  Speaker 1: of lead the charge there as well as some of
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  Speaker 1: the younger guys there to step up and make sure
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  Speaker 1: this whole line can keep Camaro Taylor upright.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think Canon to I think Cannon did
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  Speaker 2: a good job of trying to be the leader. A
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  Speaker 2: year ago. They just had so many injuries and you know,
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  Speaker 2: they had to revolve indoor. By the end of the year,
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  Speaker 2: they're down to seven guys and you're bringing a defensive
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  Speaker 2: guy over trying to plug some holes there with regards
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  Speaker 2: to depth on that offensive line. So they need people
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  Speaker 2: to be healthy, they need a good leader like Cannon Boom,
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  Speaker 2: and they just need to be consistent do the very
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  Speaker 2: basic things every day to because they've got great skill people.
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  Speaker 2: But you can have the greatest skill players in the world.
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  Speaker 2: Barry Sanders is the great exception. You know, he played
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  Speaker 2: for bad teams you're in and you're out in the NFL,
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  Speaker 2: yet somehow found a way to get his yards and
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  Speaker 2: overcome bad situation. It's hard to do that in college football.
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  Speaker 2: It just is. So you've got to have a group
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  Speaker 2: of guys upfront that can be assistant and give those
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  Speaker 2: skill guys a chance to be dynamic.
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  Speaker 1: I want to ask you about a couple of offensive attorneys
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  Speaker 1: who I saw with my own eyes in that epic
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  Speaker 1: game in Starfield between Texas and Mississippi State last year,
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  Speaker 1: that overtime special and that is Fluff Bothwell, who came
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  Speaker 1: in last year and he made an impact in that game.
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  Speaker 1: And then you have a veteran receiver in Anthony Evans
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  Speaker 1: returning as well, and I remember those two guys specifically.
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  Speaker 1: How important will those two guys be in terms of
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  Speaker 1: being able to direct the offense to be very productive?
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  Speaker 2: Well, huge, because I think the ball is going to
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  Speaker 2: go through both of them a lot. You know, So
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  Speaker 2: without Brendan Thompson now who's moved on to the NFL,
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  Speaker 2: Anthony Evans has to be your number one receiver and
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  Speaker 2: then who emerges as that two guy behind him. Well,
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  Speaker 2: that's what camp's for right now, and it's something that's
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  Speaker 2: going to you know, play out, I think over the
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  Speaker 2: first two or three games of the year. Because you
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  Speaker 2: had you that one A and one B with Brennan
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  Speaker 2: and Anthony Evans last year. Now, you know, you got
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  Speaker 2: Anthony Evans, but you don't really know who's going to
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  Speaker 2: step up and be the guy with him, or who
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  Speaker 2: that third guy even is going to be with him there,
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  Speaker 2: So in the passing game, he's going to be huge.
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  Speaker 2: Fluff is a guy that you know, I was even
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  Speaker 2: a little surprised at how quick he was able to
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  Speaker 2: make the adjustment, and that says a lot about his talent.
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  Speaker 2: It says a lot about his maturity level that he
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  Speaker 2: was able to come in and make the impact he
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  Speaker 2: did a year ago, and he was splitting carries a
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  Speaker 2: lot of the year, and I think this year he's
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  Speaker 2: kind of your bell cow guy when it comes to
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  Speaker 2: carrying the ball, so he's durable. What I like about
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  Speaker 2: him is that he was not the fastest guy on
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  Speaker 2: the team a year ago, but certainly he was capable
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  Speaker 2: of being a physical runner with a fair amount of speed.
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  Speaker 2: And he's a guy who catches the ball well out
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  Speaker 2: of the backfield, so you can use him in a
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  Speaker 2: lot of different ways. So in terms of the skilled
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  Speaker 2: people after Camaro Taylor, yeah, you're right on it. Those
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  Speaker 2: two guys are going to be the two impact guys
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  Speaker 2: on this team.
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  Speaker 1: Neil probably has been said to stay played by play voice,
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  Speaker 1: join us for a few more minutes. Let me jump
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  Speaker 1: to the defense. And I know that with the influx
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  Speaker 1: also of what he was doing with the coaching staff,
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  Speaker 1: coach Levy felt like he had to get some guys
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  Speaker 1: in there, some playmakers, didn't he, especially on the defensive front.
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  Speaker 1: You've got some transfers coming in. How do you see
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  Speaker 1: that shaking down right now?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think Camp's gonna have a lot to do
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  Speaker 2: with it. The guy they got back that I think
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  Speaker 2: can make the biggest impact, who is sort of still
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  Speaker 2: a newcomer I guess, considering only played in two and
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  Speaker 2: a half games a year ago, is Will Whitson. They
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  Speaker 2: brought him over from Coastal Carolina before last season. He
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  Speaker 2: was really good in a small sample size, but unfortunately
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  Speaker 2: it's been a trend in his career. Places he's been,
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  Speaker 2: he's had problems with injuries. You know, half a year's
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  Speaker 2: kind of been what he's been able to do. They
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  Speaker 2: hope they can get a whole year out of him
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  Speaker 2: this year. And if you can take the numbers he
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  Speaker 2: gave you in two and a half games last year
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  Speaker 2: and extrapolate those out over twelve and you think you've
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  Speaker 2: got a really good rush in there who can be
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  Speaker 2: a difference maker. I think he's going to be the
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  Speaker 2: guy who has to anchor him up front, and then
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  Speaker 2: you need the rest of that group to come along
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  Speaker 2: and create some pressure because I do think they've got
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  Speaker 2: some good cover guys. Kelly Jones is going to be
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  Speaker 2: an NFL cornerback one day. They like Jet Jefferson. He's
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  Speaker 2: still a young guy who got banged up, only played
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  Speaker 2: four games last year, but they like what he can
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  Speaker 2: do as a cover guy in the secondary. So I
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  Speaker 2: think they have some pieces to be good on defense,
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  Speaker 2: and I think they'll be different defensively this year because Backgard,
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  Speaker 2: that's a guy who comes off that Joe Lee, Duntree,
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  Speaker 2: Rocky Long not scared to get out there and blitz,
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  Speaker 2: and he may send sticks, he may send eight, he
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  Speaker 2: may send ten. You just don't know. You know, it
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  Speaker 2: comes from all directions. So it's a fun defense to
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  Speaker 2: be a part of. And they just got to find
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  Speaker 2: guys who want to get out there and play and
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  Speaker 2: give them a chance to build some step before.
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  Speaker 1: We get done. Neil, I want to ask you. I
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  Speaker 1: always ask my fellow SEC play by play brethren about
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  Speaker 1: their schedules coming up, and there's some that have some
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  Speaker 1: easier rides early on than some others. I look at
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  Speaker 1: your schedule and to say, okay, there's definitely a way
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  Speaker 1: to start at home a winnable non conference game against
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  Speaker 1: Uel Monroe, and then it looks like it's quite a
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  Speaker 1: challenge having to travel up the Big Ten country to
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  Speaker 1: play Minnesota, and it's back to back road games because
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  Speaker 1: then the open SEC play the next week again South
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  Speaker 1: Carolina on the road, and you've got South Carolina, Missouri,
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  Speaker 1: and then Alabama at home before you even get a
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  Speaker 1: chance catch breath. Then you've got road games the Baton Rouge.
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  Speaker 1: You come here to Austin sandwiched around a homecoming game
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  Speaker 1: against Oklahoma, and then obviously we'd never want to leave
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  Speaker 1: out the Egg Bowl on Thanksgiving weekend. How do you
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  Speaker 1: see the important elements of this schedule playing out for
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  Speaker 1: the Bulldogs?
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  Speaker 2: Well, first of all, what else is new? Jan That's
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  Speaker 2: just kind of yeah, that's just kind of the way
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  Speaker 2: it is. I got to ask a similar question the
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  Speaker 2: other day, and I said, remember, Mississippi State was in
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  Speaker 2: the SEC West when divisions were still a thing, and
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  Speaker 2: they always ended the year with some combination of some
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  Speaker 2: combination of Auburn, Arkansas, Ole Miss. Alabama was usually in
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  Speaker 2: there somewhere in that final month too, So it's just
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  Speaker 2: part of it. I mean, it just is and and
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  Speaker 2: the reality is you and I understand how tough it is.
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  Speaker 2: The coaches understand how tough it is. I think fans
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  Speaker 2: when they watch it, they just want you to go win.
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  Speaker 2: They don't really care who you play. I think they
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  Speaker 2: have to find a way to stay healthy against that
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  Speaker 2: that middle third of that schedule that starts. I mean,
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: you talked about the front end. There's nothing easy about that,
• 16:41
  Speaker 2: But when you're talking about that stretch that starts with Alabama,
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: I think there's a bye week ind there after that,
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: and then you've got LSU. Remind Texas and remind me
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: of the fourth one.
• 16:53
  Speaker 1: At LSU, then Oklahoma at home, then as Access and
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: then Vanderbilt, Auburn Tennessee and then close with.
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: The egg Ball. Yeah, I mean there's that middle third.
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: To me is a murderer row. So you got to
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: stay healthy because we all know that's why depth is
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: so important in the SEC is you're going to hit
• 17:14
  Speaker 2: stretches where guys are going to get banged up because
• 17:16
  Speaker 2: of the physical demand of playing a schedule like that,
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: So they just got to find a way to stay
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: healthy and get through it. And you know, take advantage
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: of your opportunities at home as best as you can
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: and go on the road and see if you can
• 17:28
  Speaker 2: scare somebody. I mean, that's just kind of what you
• 17:30
  Speaker 2: have to do in this week.
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: He is the outstanding play by play voice of the
• 17:34
  Speaker 1: Mississippi State Bulldogs, an all around great guy. Neil Price,
• 17:37
  Speaker 1: our friend, Neil. I look forward to seeing you on Halloween,
• 17:40
  Speaker 1: if not sooner, and we'll look for a good one
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: when you come to town here at the end of October.
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: Many thanks for helping us out today.
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: Appreciate it. Yeah, Craig, always good to talk to you.
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: All right.
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: That's Neil Price, play by play voice of the Mississippi
• 17:54
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• 17:56
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