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Josh Allen Continues MVP Case, Joe Burrow Leaving Bengals Rumors, and a Heated LSU–Ole Miss Showdown · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, welcome to The Daily Play with Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks so much for joining me.
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  Speaker 2: Make sure you hit subscribe and follow us on social
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  Speaker 2: at The Daily Play Joy Taylor. Thursday night football was something.
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  Speaker 2: I definitely thought it would be a closer game than
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  Speaker 2: it was. The Bills offense with Josh Allen and Joe
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  Speaker 2: Brady looks fantastic.
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  Speaker 1: They look terrifying. And Josh Allen is.
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  Speaker 2: unspeakably strong. It's always a joy to watch him play football.
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  Speaker 2: It does sometimes give me anxiety because I, you know,
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  Speaker 2: I just kind of feel like he should get down
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  Speaker 2: a little more than he does, but he's so strong
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  Speaker 2: and it's so hard to not lean into, you know,
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  Speaker 2: your strengths for lack of better words, but he put
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  Speaker 2: up an unbelievable performance on Thursday night, 41-31 win over
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  Speaker 2: the Lions.
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  Speaker 1: The Lions gave it a little push.
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  Speaker 2: Early in the second half, but Never really climbed back
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  Speaker 2: in it. I really feel like their biggest opportunity was
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  Speaker 2: with about 745 left. They went on a quick, I think,
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  Speaker 2: 49 second three and out. And from that point on,
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  Speaker 2: it was it was pretty much a wrap. He upped
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  Speaker 2: his four total touchdown output from week one, scored five
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  Speaker 2: combined touchdowns against Detroit. He talked about how it felt
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  Speaker 2: to play in a brand new stadium in front of
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  Speaker 2: the fans. He said, I got a little emotional during
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  Speaker 2: the national anthem, just feeling super blessed, lucky to do
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  Speaker 2: what I do. I've got my greatest support staff, my wife,
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  Speaker 2: my family, and the best teammates around. This is a
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  Speaker 2: great spot. We're going to be here for a long time.
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  Speaker 2: Hopefully the fans enjoyed it. The stadium looked great. I
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  Speaker 2: have my own thoughts about building stadiums without roofs on
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  Speaker 2: them in 2026, but we'll save that for another conversation.
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  Speaker 1: It does look great.
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  Speaker 2: And two solid wins against two very competitive teams for
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  Speaker 2: the Bills, a win over Houston and now win over
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  Speaker 2: the Lions.
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  Speaker 1: So the season can't start much better than that. Do
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  Speaker 1: have some.
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  Speaker 2: Injuries, but overall they have depth and, I mean, turning
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  Speaker 2: over from Sean McDermott to the new head coach in
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  Speaker 2: Joe Brady, it's, I don't even want to say it's
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  Speaker 2: looking flawless. It's looking amazing. Josh is a beast. And
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  Speaker 2: he's accounted for nine total touchdowns and 674 yards. There
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  Speaker 2: are entire NFL teams that won't reach those totals in
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  Speaker 2: two weeks and might not generate that many touchdowns in
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  Speaker 2: three weeks. So those nine total touchdowns were the most
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  Speaker 2: through the first two weeks of season as well. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: he's just, he's so impressive. And I have to say
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  Speaker 2: the Bills through the first two weeks, and obviously we
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  Speaker 2: do not have a lot of data, but they look
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  Speaker 2: like the team this year so far. Everything is clicking
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  Speaker 2: on both sides. There were a couple moments with the Lions.
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  Speaker 1: The Lions are a good team. Like they definitely got it.
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  Speaker 2: Handed to them on Thursday night, they are not, uh,
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  Speaker 2: a great team, but they are a good team.
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  Speaker 1: And so they're going to get their opportunities.
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  Speaker 2: But I do think that the bills on both sides
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  Speaker 2: of the ball were really good.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously the offense incredible.
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  Speaker 2: And yeah, I think there's going to be some more
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  Speaker 2: serious conversations about what the lines are going to shape
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  Speaker 2: up into being this year.
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  Speaker 1: It's still early, but the bills look fantastic.
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  Speaker 2: And, uh, I think everyone should be absolutely terrified of
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  Speaker 2: what they're seeing from Josh Allen and Joe.
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  Speaker 1: Brady in Buffalo.
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  Speaker 2: Sticking in the NFL, Super Bowl winning quarterback Russell Wilson
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  Speaker 2: retired this offseason after a 14-year career, and he was
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  Speaker 2: with four different teams, and now he's a part of
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  Speaker 2: the CBS NFL crew, and he has made his first
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  Speaker 2: major wave. He said earlier this week that if it
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  Speaker 2: doesn't go well in Cincinnati this year, Joe Burrow is gone.
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  Speaker 2: I think he wants to leave. And what's going to
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  Speaker 2: be interesting, where does he go? He was talking with
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  Speaker 2: Kyle Long on the first episode of Set Hut, and
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  Speaker 2: he didn't walk away from his comments. He said, it's
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  Speaker 2: just what I feel.
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  Speaker 1: I feel like Joe's a rock star. He's a baller.
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  Speaker 1: He's a guy who wants to win. He's a competitor.
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  Speaker 1: He wants to be an all-time great. And I think
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  Speaker 1: that he has that talent.
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  Speaker 2: So I think this is an interesting perspective from Russ,
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  Speaker 2: because we haven't heard this conversation about Joe Burrow potentially leaving.
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  Speaker 2: We haven't had that conversation really as a sports community
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  Speaker 2: in quite some time. Now, when he was first drafted,
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  Speaker 2: there was a lot of conversation about whether or not
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  Speaker 2: he should fight his way out of getting drafted to Cincinnati,
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  Speaker 2: which was obviously never going to happen. And there was
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  Speaker 2: no way that Cincinnati wasn't going to take him.
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  Speaker 1: However, I do think this is a very important year
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  Speaker 1: for Cincinnati.
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  Speaker 2: We just talked about Buffalo and how serious they look.
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  Speaker 2: There are Teams sprouting up all over the NFL with young,
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  Speaker 2: exciting talent on both sides of the ball. It's getting
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  Speaker 2: harder and harder to compete at a high level consistently,
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  Speaker 2: unless you're the Kansas City Chiefs, and they're back.
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  Speaker 1: So, you know, he did make it to a Super Bowl.
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  Speaker 2: But they haven't been anywhere near back, and they've struggled
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  Speaker 2: starting season. I think that this is a year where
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  Speaker 2: if things don't come together, this could become a really
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  Speaker 2: real conversation. I don't know if Russ is just floating
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  Speaker 2: this or this is a conversation that he's actually had
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  Speaker 2: with people around Joe Burrow or Joe Burrow himself. I
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  Speaker 2: don't think that Joe Burrow is someone who would be
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  Speaker 2: openly talking about leaving Cincinnati. You know, he has a
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  Speaker 2: lot of friends in the building. He fought for Jamar
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  Speaker 2: Chase and Tee Higgins. But he is a superstar and
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  Speaker 2: he's a superstar that deserves to be in a place
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  Speaker 2: where he can compete for championships. And I know that
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  Speaker 2: that doesn't really sound like it makes the most sense
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  Speaker 2: because he did get to a championship, but all of
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  Speaker 2: the stars aligned for that to happen. We'll see how
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  Speaker 2: this year goes for Cincinnati. The year is young, but
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  Speaker 2: I do think this is an interesting thing for Russ
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  Speaker 2: to float. Could you see Joe Burrow leaving Cincinnati. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I certainly could. Stranger things have happened, and he's a
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  Speaker 2: competitor and a big-time star, and if he doesn't feel
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  Speaker 2: like he can get it done in Cincinnati, I could
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  Speaker 2: see him fighting his way out of there.
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  Speaker 1: It's happened before.
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  Speaker 2: Switching to college football, the matchup everyone is waiting for
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  Speaker 2: is coming up tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: Lane Kiffin and the LSU Tigers go back to Oxford
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  Speaker 1: to take on Ole Miss.
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  Speaker 2: His old program that he left in the middle of
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  Speaker 2: a playoff run last season. In addition to that, the
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  Speaker 2: Tigers are ranked seventh and the Rebels are ranked eighth.
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  Speaker 2: So there's a lot of line in this marquee matchup.
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  Speaker 2: There's a lot of bad blood. It is going to
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  Speaker 2: be a hostile environment. Leading up to the game, LSU's
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  Speaker 2: quarterback status was listed as doubtful with an upper body injury.
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  Speaker 1: So that could be A huge blow to the Tigers.
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  Speaker 2: A doubtful designation is intended to mean less than a 25%
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  Speaker 2: chance to play, according to SEC policy. Some people are
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  Speaker 2: suggesting this is gamesmanship, as Levitt participated in walkthroughs on Thursday.
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  Speaker 2: But according to SEC policy, the league has the authority
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  Speaker 2: to look into violations of the injury policy and school
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  Speaker 2: personnel must cooperate. So a school must take extra precautions
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  Speaker 2: to avoid a surprise in respect to.
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  Speaker 1: A high-profile student-athlete status. So either.
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  Speaker 2: Lane is really playing with fire here or their quarterback is,
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  Speaker 2: Levitt is dealing with a pretty major injury to the
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  Speaker 2: point that he may not play. Either way, this is
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  Speaker 2: going to be the matchup of the year.
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  Speaker 1: Lane has become the bad boy of college.
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  Speaker 2: Well, he's maybe has been the bad boy of college football,
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  Speaker 2: but he certainly is now. And he has stolen headlines.
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  Speaker 2: And between him and Sarkeesian, they're going bow for bow
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  Speaker 2: for who is going to be the spiciest. And with
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  Speaker 2: the NFL guys and SEC threatening to kick LSU out
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  Speaker 2: the way that he left Ole Miss last year, this
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  Speaker 2: is just a game where, you know, probably if you
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  Speaker 2: don't have any ties to LSU, you're going to be
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  Speaker 2: rooting for Ole Miss here. And either way, it's going
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  Speaker 2: to be an absolute must-watch matchup. for the college football year.
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  Speaker 2: And yeah, Mississippi State Police have tripled usual game day reinforcements,
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  Speaker 2: which does not surprise me.
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  Speaker 1: It's going to be nuts. So really, really, really looking
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  Speaker 1: forward to that. Thanks so much for joining me.
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