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David Murray Interview · The Jake Wimberly Podcast

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  Speaker 1: And get him on eggs and more. David, happy Monday.
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  Speaker 3: Who in the world are we going to replace LSU
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  Speaker 3: with in the SEC?
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. I think maybe a better punishment would
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  Speaker 2: be they can't play any home games and all games
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  Speaker 2: have to be played in purple jerseys or something like that,
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  Speaker 2: truly driving them crazy. And I say this as somebody
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  Speaker 2: who actually likes LSU. I've enjoyed visits down there and
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  Speaker 2: just something about the atmosphere special. But when they made
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  Speaker 2: the hire they made, and maybe this applies to more
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  Speaker 2: to one sport down there, they might as well have
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  Speaker 2: given a 12-year-old boy a box of matches and go say,
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  Speaker 2: take care of the fireworks tent for an evening there.
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  Speaker 2: And now they're shocked that it's blowing up. So, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Like many others say, let's just play the games, get going.
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  Speaker 2: But there needs to be some, obviously, phonology to this.
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  Speaker 2: And otherwise, because now you already have fans of every
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  Speaker 2: school saying, well, why don't we do the same? Because,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we play well. Because it's self-destructive. It's damaging
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  Speaker 2: to the sport in general. I know that's an archaic thought.
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  Speaker 2: Care about the state of the sport in general? All
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  Speaker 2: that stuff. Right. Anyway, it's not something we have to
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  Speaker 2: worry about right now at Mississippi State. We're still, as
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  Speaker 2: of this morning, Jeff Levy clarified that Jerron Manning and
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  Speaker 2: Malik Silla will not be playing this first game. They're
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  Speaker 2: still working through the process there, waiting basically for the
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  Speaker 2: final ruling to come out and see if it's worth
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  Speaker 2: their time. And even if they were clear, it would
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  Speaker 2: be October 4. They could really be a factor now
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  Speaker 2: because they haven't done anything since spring. Also, We don't
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  Speaker 2: know all he said about the Miles McVeigh situation was
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  Speaker 2: that the discipline was taken care of in-house, and he'll
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  Speaker 2: be ready to roll this weekend. Maybe an interesting metaphor,
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  Speaker 2: given that it was a rolling violation that he ran
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  Speaker 2: afoul of, but who am I to say? And the
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  Speaker 2: transfer defensive lineman, that's still being worked through as well,
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  Speaker 2: waiting for eligibility status confirmation. No injury news this morning,
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  Speaker 2: not that we expected anything, but I think the Bulldogs
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  Speaker 2: are coming in really healthy for this preseason to the
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  Speaker 2: point that Kamario Taylor was talking today at the press
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  Speaker 2: conference about how he'd been begging Coach Levy to let
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  Speaker 2: him run some and not blow the whistle and Levy
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  Speaker 2: would say, nah, you stay in the pocket. Well, now
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  Speaker 2: the real game has come and let's see if he
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  Speaker 2: stays in the pocket as told to or just can't
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  Speaker 2: give him to the temptation and starts running a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: As far as game interest, it's Louisiana Monroe. You're going
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  Speaker 2: to win the game. The whole idea is what are
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  Speaker 2: we going to see, what are we not going to see,
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  Speaker 2: what will they hold back ahead of Minnesota, if anything.
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  Speaker 2: And that's a long introduction to say, Jake, that it's
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  Speaker 2: time to play a lightweight on opening weekend and get
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  Speaker 2: the first look at the 20-2016.
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  Speaker 3: David Murray on your radio. Make sure to get a subscription.
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  Speaker 3: If you're a Mississippi State fan, go to Gene's page, 247sports. com.
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  Speaker 3: Make sure to follow Gene. David and Steve and their
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  Speaker 3: team on X. Yeah, David, I mean, Mississippi State, a
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  Speaker 3: big favorite coming into the weekend. I think I saw
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  Speaker 3: it somewhere around 28 or 29 points, depending on where
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  Speaker 1: What do you look for in a game like this?
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  Speaker 3: I know what I look for is how well does
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  Speaker 3: the offensive line block throughout the game, meaning are they
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  Speaker 3: opening run holes or is it hard to churn out
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  Speaker 3: run yards? You know, if Mississippi State has a couple
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  Speaker 3: pop plays, two or three big plays, and they get
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  Speaker 3: up 21-0, that's one thing. But are they opening holes?
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  Speaker 3: Are they allowing pressure to get to the quarterback, you know,
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  Speaker 3: that offensive front defensively? Are you getting gashed in the
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  Speaker 3: run game? What are you looking for?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm thinking along the same lines there. I want
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  Speaker 2: to see control of the line of scrimmage on both
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  Speaker 2: sides of the ball, obviously, in this game. You notice, too,
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  Speaker 2: that in both of Jeff Levy's season openers. Let's see.
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  Speaker 2: Last year, they scored about 90 seconds into the game
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  Speaker 2: on a throw to say Detroit two years ago, they,
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  Speaker 2: a sideline throw turned into a big touchdown pass, just
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  Speaker 2: 30 seconds in the game to Jordan mostly. So will
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  Speaker 2: this be the game where finally state just goes on
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  Speaker 2: a regular routine sort of opening drive, assuming they get
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  Speaker 2: the ball, which Jeff Levy teams have been really good
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  Speaker 2: at getting the ball first for one thing. Um, Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I want to see that. I'd rather see a grinding
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  Speaker 2: execution game with a few explosives. I would just rather
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  Speaker 2: see basic execution out there in this sort of game,
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  Speaker 2: more of a scrimmage type rather than fireworks-type plays, because
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  Speaker 2: in the long run, you're going to need to make
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  Speaker 2: those drives against your better teams. And one thing that
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  Speaker 2: let me point out this morning, too, and I agree with,
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  Speaker 2: having watched some games over the weekend, You notice a
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  Speaker 2: lot of pre-snap penalties or alignment problems or getting the ball,
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  Speaker 2: the play you called in time, getting everybody lined up correctly.
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  Speaker 2: I want to see that done this first game because
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  Speaker 2: if you're taking care of basics in your first game
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  Speaker 2: like that, you don't have a lot of pre-snap penalties,
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  Speaker 2: you don't commit turnovers, that's probably the most pleasing way
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  Speaker 2: to start the season, at least to Jeff Levy's mind
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  Speaker 2: at this point. Just give me a nice, efficient game,
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  Speaker 2: no injuries involved, and start getting ready for the make
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  Speaker 2: or break games, which are coming up very quickly this
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  Speaker 2: season with, uh, both on the road, Minnesota and South Carolina.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, David, it's, it's interesting.
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  Speaker 3: You, you play the game on Saturday and of course
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  Speaker 3: we'll get into Minnesota next week. I think that is,
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  Speaker 3: we've talked about this all off season. That's, that's kind
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  Speaker 3: of the linchpin of this season is how they play
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  Speaker 3: on the road. Uh, you know, at an opponent that
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  Speaker 3: you're not familiar with. Uh, and then of course, South
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  Speaker 3: Carolina at home before coming back home to, uh, Missouri,
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  Speaker 3: as far as the health of the team, um, After camp,
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  Speaker 3: now over in the game week, what is the health
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  Speaker 3: of the team that we know of today?
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  Speaker 2: As far as we know, it's good. I ran a
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  Speaker 2: piece last week on the site, scoured all the injury
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  Speaker 2: news around the SEC that was available, and the two
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  Speaker 2: Mississippi teams are starting out the season in really good
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  Speaker 2: health by all indications there. You've got some other teams
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  Speaker 2: that have some injuries, Tennessee for one, and then you've
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  Speaker 2: got the cloud hanging over some eligibilities as well. So,
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  Speaker 2: I think right now, Levy could not ask for his
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  Speaker 2: team to be better physical shape. As far as emotional shape,
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  Speaker 2: I think that's even better. Camario was great this morning.
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  Speaker 2: Isaac Smith, Anthony Evans, we talked to those guys, Kelly Jones.
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  Speaker 2: They're ready to play ball, but not in the sense
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  Speaker 2: that they're just tired of camp. I don't think they
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  Speaker 2: ever got to that point. I think they've been approaching
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  Speaker 2: this camp with a great attitude all the way through
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  Speaker 2: so far, and that, to me, There's another mark that
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  Speaker 2: at least whatever happens in the field, you know the
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  Speaker 2: culture is being built correctly. They've handled all those assignments well.
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  Speaker 2: Now it comes down to proving it on the field
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  Speaker 2: because everything's great until you start battling for minutes and
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  Speaker 2: snaps and things like that. I want to see, like
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  Speaker 2: I said, lines of scrimmage established. If you're going to
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  Speaker 2: ask what is one arcane thing that I'm looking for.
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  Speaker 1: I.
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  Speaker 2: Would say– I want to see the speed in general
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  Speaker 2: of the front line and the linebackers. I expect them
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  Speaker 2: to be faster this year, but I want to see
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  Speaker 2: it actually happen. Maybe not showing up in sacks and hurries,
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  Speaker 2: but I want to see a lot more mobility from
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  Speaker 2: that front six or so, because to me that's going
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  Speaker 2: to be more the key once you get into the season.
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  Speaker 2: Is Zach Arnett's defense really going to be as let
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  Speaker 2: it rip and as aggressive as they hope to be
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  Speaker 2: out there, which frankly I think suits the roster very well?
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  Speaker 2: Or do they hold things back for the opening game?
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  Speaker 2: And that's one of the more arcane things I think
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  Speaker 2: I'm watching for this weekend as well.
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  Speaker 3: Talking to David Murray, Mississippi State, season opener coming up
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  Speaker 3: against Louisiana Monroe this Saturday, Monday edition of your radio show. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I would figure, David, you would see, because looking at
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  Speaker 3: Minnesota's schedule, they open with Eastern Illinois. Both of these
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  Speaker 3: two coaching staffs know what next week is. It's their
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  Speaker 3: first big game. But you're going to see both teams
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  Speaker 3: kind of hold that back, I would assume, Arnett plays
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  Speaker 3: a base defense. He may do a little blitzing if
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  Speaker 3: they need to here and there. And offensively, probably more
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  Speaker 3: of a base package as well and see what you
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  Speaker 3: can come up with and try to hold that stuff
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  Speaker 3: to next week.
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  Speaker 2: You know, we say that, but I don't think it's
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  Speaker 2: in Arnett's character to hold things back that much. And
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  Speaker 2: I don't think that's in this team's character defensively. I'm
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  Speaker 2: not talking about, you know, schematically. Obviously, they'll hold some
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  Speaker 2: cards back there. I'm just talking more about the attitude
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  Speaker 2: and approach to it. I think he does just turn
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  Speaker 2: them loose and let them go. And because let's be blunt,
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  Speaker 2: this is the kind of game where you can probably
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  Speaker 2: afford to make mistakes and not pay too dearly for it.
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  Speaker 2: It's one thing to practice against your own offense, especially
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  Speaker 2: when you're not allowed to tackle the quarterback or even,
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  Speaker 2: you know, knock your own running backs receivers down too hard.
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  Speaker 2: This game, all the leashes are off and it's time
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  Speaker 2: to go. I want to see if they translate that
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  Speaker 2: a onto the field against an opponent that they should dominate,
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  Speaker 2: but still at the same time not take anything for granted.
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  Speaker 2: I know it's a very fine line there that only
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  Speaker 2: the actual play can show, but maybe offensively they hold
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  Speaker 2: some cards back. I don't think defensively they will. I
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  Speaker 2: think you have to be what you are from the
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  Speaker 2: first snap of the season because that's just going to
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  Speaker 2: be the mentality for the whole season. If you're trying
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  Speaker 2: to rein them in and then say next week, no,
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  Speaker 2: you can go loose, that can get a little confusing
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  Speaker 2: at times. I think you just establish who and what
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  Speaker 2: you are right from the first time the ball snapped
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  Speaker 2: by the other team.
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  Speaker 3: David Berry, make sure to find him at jeanspage247sports. com. They'll
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  Speaker 3: have you covered all season long with practice reports.
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  Speaker 1: Updates, and more.
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  Speaker 3: David, thank you so much. We should have some good
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  Speaker 3: weather on Saturday. I did see where Tuscaloosa is expected
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  Speaker 3: to be, like 110 somewhere. On the field, it will
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  Speaker 3: be rather warm on Saturday, but you'll be covered.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I'll be covered, but remember, the field press box
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  Speaker 2: does not have air conditioning.
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  Speaker 1: That's right.
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  Speaker 2: It never has, probably never will. So don't act like
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  Speaker 2: I'm in the arms of comfort up there in that box.
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  Speaker 2: At least I'll be in the shade. But, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Levy made that comment to do. 630 start, at least
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  Speaker 2: half the stadium is going to be in shade. So
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  Speaker 2: it shouldn't be too bad at all, and frankly, with
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  Speaker 2: the buildup to this team, everybody wanted to see Camario play,
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  Speaker 2: wanted to see a faster, more aggressive defense play, and frankly,
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  Speaker 2: a great chance to obviously get up there and just
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  Speaker 2: watch the team have some fun opening game, and you
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  Speaker 2: don't get to see them again for another couple of weeks.
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  Speaker 2: I think the turnout should be very interesting. We'll get
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  Speaker 2: a judge of what the fan base really feels about
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  Speaker 2: this team, their optimism, by what the crowd count is
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  Speaker 2: come about halftime Saturday.
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  Speaker 1: David and Joy, have a great Labor Day weekend. We'll
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  Speaker 1: talk next week.
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  Speaker 2: Guys, talk to you next Monday.
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