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Monday Edition of the Drive - Hour One · The Jake Wimberly Podcast

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  Speaker 1: WRKS Pickens Jackson.
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  Speaker 2: Hey, what do you say we sing a driving song?
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  Speaker 1: There's not going to be any singing around here. Just
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  Speaker 1: real sports. On the Afternoon Drive with Jake Wimberly.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, this is going to be sweet.
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  Speaker 2: on your radio. Glad to be with you actually in
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  Speaker 2: me sitting across from him. He has missed this. And
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  Speaker 2: talking Mississippi State. Big win over Minnesota. They travel to
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  Speaker 2: South Carolina. Casey Dixon is supposed to join us from
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  Speaker 2: Mississippi Blood Services at 4.30 and Chris Landry 5 to 5.30.
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  Speaker 2: Didn't you miss... Aren't you glad we're here together? Like
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  Speaker 2: there's no... glass, but we always pretend there's a glass.
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  Speaker 2: You get to look at me, and I get to
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  Speaker 2: look at you.
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  Speaker 4: You know, now that I.
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  Speaker 5: So, last Tuesday, I think, was the only time I
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  Speaker 5: actually saw you in here. I just realized that.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Because we didn't have a show last Monday.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, that was.
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  Speaker 4: I only saw you for two hours, as far as
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  Speaker 4: in here, last week.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Actually, I think I was on the road last week. So,
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  Speaker 2: it may have been longer than that. Oh, you went out.
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  Speaker 4: That's right. That's right. You were out at Florence.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah. Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Wow.
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  Speaker 4: I didn't see you at all last week.
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  Speaker 1: No.
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  Speaker 2: I made a passing, but that was about it. How
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  Speaker 2: was your weekend? Did you enjoy college football? Did you
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  Speaker 2: watch college? Did you think of me? Did you watch
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  Speaker 2: Texas' comeback?
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  Speaker 4: I watched the final three minutes.
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  Speaker 2: What did you think?
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  Speaker 4: That was absurd.
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  Speaker 1: It was.
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  Speaker 4: It was ridiculous. Because I kept getting the updates.
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  Speaker 1: And.
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  Speaker 4: I have to say at 20-3, I thought it was done.
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  Speaker 2: I did too. Wow.
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  Speaker 5: Arch Manning continuing his not-so-impressive streak.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we went, took the kiddos out, did some doing around,
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  Speaker 2: and after the Mississippi State game and all that stuff,
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  Speaker 2: and then went and got something to eat and had
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  Speaker 2: it on for the first half. And Ohio State was
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  Speaker 2: just wearing them out. I said, well, let's go to
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  Speaker 2: the house. And then I was driving and didn't even
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  Speaker 2: check on anything. I thought, you know, let's cut it on.
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  Speaker 2: We'll just see what happens. And it was like seven
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  Speaker 2: minutes left or five minutes left. And then the comeback
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  Speaker 2: was on. I was just like, this is unbelievable. What
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  Speaker 2: did you think? And we're going to get into Mississippi
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  Speaker 2: State because I want to know if Joe Impossumneck has
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  Speaker 2: officially bought a Camario Taylor jersey. What did you think
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  Speaker 2: of Holly Rowe? Did you see that? She was mad
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  Speaker 2: as hell. Sarkeesian was like, I don't even want to
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  Speaker 2: do this. I'm not doing this. Hook him. And turned
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  Speaker 2: around and just left her standing at the altar. What
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  Speaker 2: did you think about that?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, so.
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  Speaker 5: We don't have the real story yet because one thing
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  Speaker 5: I saw, one article I saw, it was talking about,
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  Speaker 5: or a couple of different articles, talking about Sarkeesian is
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  Speaker 5: really catching heat for this because people are talking about
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  Speaker 5: what a jerk store, all that stuff. But then I
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  Speaker 5: see another article talking about how both pregame and at
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  Speaker 5: that point ESPN was having trouble technical troubles and that's
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  Speaker 5: what caused confusion so sarkeesian wasn't just acting like a
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  Speaker 5: jerk so what's the real story who am i supposed
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  Speaker 5: to blame there's always got to be someone to blame
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  Speaker 5: what's the lesson who's to blame dspn or steve sarkeesian.
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  Speaker 2: Dumb questions which would fall on espn right uh-huh i
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  Speaker 2: mean i could hear her now and her voice coach
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  Speaker 2: what a weird what do you think and he doesn't
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  Speaker 2: want to deal with that like we won we're glad
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  Speaker 2: we won Now let's go celebrate. I mean, there's nothing
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  Speaker 2: to talk about. Let's go. Let's get out of here.
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  Speaker 2: Mississippi State, did you watch any of that game?
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  Speaker 1: I did.
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  Speaker 2: I'm going to say something. They look good. They look
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  Speaker 2: really good. Like, State looks really freaking good. And I know, look,
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  Speaker 2: talk about Minnesota. Love P.J. Fleck in his little tie
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  Speaker 2: and sweater vest and always looks very punctual. And who
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  Speaker 2: knows how good Minnesota is. To go up there and
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  Speaker 2: do that, that's a good win.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I thought so.
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  Speaker 5: And that was so last week when you were I
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  Speaker 5: was talking because you asked me about that game Friday.
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  Speaker 5: I said Mississippi State because I didn't number one. I
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  Speaker 5: didn't think Minnesota was really all that impressive.
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  Speaker 4: But yeah.
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  Speaker 5: So the second part of that was I began buying
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  Speaker 5: into the Camario Taylor hype. Give me one more game.
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  Speaker 5: Give me SEC play to finally win. But I'm almost
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  Speaker 5: bought in, and I believe Possum Nick Joe is too,
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  Speaker 5: because he actually texted during Matt's little show, and he
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  Speaker 5: said I was wrong.
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  Speaker 4: I believe that's the exact words he spoke. He said
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  Speaker 4: I was wrong.
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  Speaker 2: Speak of the devil. Possum Nick Joe says on the
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  Speaker 2: Cowboy Maloney's text line, Jake, this is the same text
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  Speaker 2: I sent to Matt. He says, well, so far I'm wrong.
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  Speaker 2: Super Camario stepped up against a little better competition. Hopefully
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  Speaker 2: it can continue. They made Minnesota look like a directional school.
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  Speaker 2: They really did. I mean, the game was never closed.
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  Speaker 2: The defense looks fast, physical, competent. Taylor has all the
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  Speaker 2: makings of being a really good quarterback. And then, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I go back to Nick Saban. Nick Saban said last week,
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  Speaker 2: he's the truth and the light. Somewhere there's some marketing
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  Speaker 2: going on there for Kamario Taylor. Oregon got walked off
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  Speaker 2: against Oklahoma State. I told you to watch Oklahoma State.
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  Speaker 2: And here they are. They got upset week one. They
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  Speaker 2: upset Oregon week two. And then John Mateer, what is
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  Speaker 2: he doing? Did you see any of that?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, this kid doesn't work.
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  Speaker 2: Did you know that there is a sale? Somebody put,
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  Speaker 2: an Oklahoma fan put on Facebook Marketplace, if you ever
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  Speaker 2: get on there. They put a picture of John Mateer,
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  Speaker 2: and they're selling a fictitious John Mateer for $ 1, 234. Selling
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  Speaker 2: my used John Mateer. Thought this was going to be
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  Speaker 2: a high-performance model, but I'm starting to rethink this. I
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  Speaker 2: bought somebody else's project card. It goes to a checklist.
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  Speaker 2: Looks good sitting in the driveway. Plenty of horsepower. Runs
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  Speaker 2: pretty good when nobody is chasing it. Dual threat package.
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  Speaker 2: Previous owner swore it was elite to my Washington state.
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  Speaker 2: Big aftermarket arm installed. Crimson paint still looks decent, but
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  Speaker 2: check engine light comes on. I mean, it's pretty funny.
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  Speaker 2: He looked awful. Against Michigan. And Bryce Underwood, can we
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  Speaker 2: say he responded? He did enough, right?
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  Speaker 4: He did enough.
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  Speaker 2: He did enough.
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  Speaker 5: So let's look at this Mateer deal then, because I
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  Speaker 5: think of, I put him in the same category almost
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  Speaker 5: as Jackson Arnold at this point. What do they have
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  Speaker 5: in common? The Manning passing academy hype.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, no. Yep.
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  Speaker 2: Now, Camario got some of that hype, but Mateer was
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  Speaker 2: the headline. And you've got to always go to the
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  Speaker 2: headline guy. Jackson Arnold was the headline guy that year. Mateer,
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  Speaker 2: headline guy. So there may be something to this Manning
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  Speaker 2: passing academy curse. Real quickly, SP plus Bill Conley. He
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  Speaker 2: has LSU beating Ole Miss this weekend 29-22. Texas Tech
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  Speaker 2: over Houston 32-22. Bama over Florida State big, 32-16, and
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  Speaker 2: he's got so many more in here. We've got lines
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  Speaker 2: for the games this weekend. Texas, give us your thoughts
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  Speaker 2: now a special teams savant in the NFL? I think
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  Speaker 2: for Chicago or one of these teams. There were some
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  Speaker 2: Mississippi State and Minnesota. Of course, we're going to get
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  Speaker 2: all into LSU and Ole Miss. Lane Kiffin's already got
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  Speaker 2: comments out there. And, uh, I find humor in his comments.
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  Speaker 2: Camario Taylor, 16 of 22 for 227 yards and three
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  Speaker 2: touchdowns over the weekend. His opponent, the quarterback, Drake Lindsey,
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  Speaker 2: a decent day, 31 of 48 for 279. He did
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  Speaker 2: not throw a touchdown and did not throw an interception.
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  Speaker 2: State led this thing all the way, 14 to 3
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  Speaker 2: after the first quarter. They were up 28 to 6
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  Speaker 2: at the half. Minnesota won the third quarter, 7 to 3,
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  Speaker 2: and State had a touchdown and did not give up
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  Speaker 2: any points in the fourth quarter. Fluff Bothwell, 18 carries
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  Speaker 2: for 113. Kamari Taylor, 13 carries for 86. And Bothwell
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  Speaker 2: had two touchdowns. Also, Anthony Evans III, seven catches for 121.
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  Speaker 2: And then several other Bulldogs caught passes from McGee, Raggins,
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  Speaker 2: and others. I mean, just a really good performance for
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  Speaker 2: Mississippi State over the weekend. Now they've got to shift gears.
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  Speaker 2: And it's on the table now for Jeff Levy. What's
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  Speaker 2: on the table? Hang it around. Ball eligibility. It's all
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  Speaker 2: on the table now because this was the pivotal game
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  Speaker 2: you got to go get. Even if you lose to
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  Speaker 2: South Carolina, and I actually think they got a really
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  Speaker 2: good shot to win that game, you come home and
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  Speaker 2: you play Missouri. If you could get to 3-0, man,
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  Speaker 2: that is a really, really good shot at that point.
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  Speaker 2: South Carolina right now averaging 51 a game, giving up 4.5,
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  Speaker 2: but they have played Kent State and Towson, and they
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  Speaker 2: have not played anybody up to this point. And when
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  Speaker 2: you look at some of their numbers, Lenore Sellers, even
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  Speaker 2: in these ballgames, okay, not great. Three touchdowns and a pick.
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  Speaker 2: 366 yards passing. 63% completion percentage. Also in the rushing category,
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  Speaker 2: Matt Fuller has led the charge. 21 carries for 199.
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  Speaker 2: Sellers only nine carries, but he's rushed for 120 yards
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  Speaker 2: and a touchdown. And Jabri Coleman, another running back. He's
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  Speaker 2: a sophomore. 10 carries for 109 and three touchdowns for
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  Speaker 2: South Carolina. So it'll be fun. We'll see what happens
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  Speaker 2: as we start to break that down. We'll get with
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  Speaker 2: David Murray on that matchup and talk Mississippi State next segment.
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  Speaker 2: SEC Mike Michael Bratton has his SEC power ratings out
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  Speaker 2: for week three. Georgia number one. He still has Georgia
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  Speaker 2: over Texas. I would put Texas over Georgia by virtue
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  Speaker 2: of the victory of Ohio State. LSU number three, Bama four,
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  Speaker 2: State at number five, Texas A & M, Tennessee, and
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  Speaker 2: Ole Miss. That's your top eight there for Michael Bratton. Also,
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  Speaker 2: the AP top 25 is out. This is the first
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  Speaker 2: time since 1962 that Ole Miss and LSU are both
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  Speaker 2: ranked in the AP top 10 when they play each other.
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  Speaker 2: Until now, it's only happened five times in the 90-year
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  Speaker 2: history of the poll. So in the AP poll, Texas
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  Speaker 2: is number one, Georgia two, Notre Dame three, Indiana 4,
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  Speaker 2: and Miami 5, followed by Ohio State, LSU, Ole Miss
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  Speaker 2: at 7-8, Texas A & M, and Alabama. And also
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  Speaker 2: just some notables in this poll, BYU at 11 after
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  Speaker 2: a victory over Arizona, SC at number 12, Texas Tech 13,
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  Speaker 2: Penn State 14, Tennessee 15, Missouri at 20, Michigan moves
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  Speaker 2: up to 19, Oregon falls way back to 21, Oklahoma
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  Speaker 2: falls to 24, and Virginia at 25. We'll get into
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  Speaker 2: Bill Conley's top 772. If Georgia was to play Thomas, Georgia,
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  Speaker 2: a Division III school, they would be a 141.5 favorite.
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  Speaker 2: And South Carolina State would actually be a one-point favorite
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  Speaker 2: over Tulane. And Ferris State would be a six-point favorite
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  Speaker 2: over Charlotte. We'll get more into Conley's weekly poll. Brad Crawford,
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  Speaker 2: who covers the SEC in college football and South Carolina,
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  Speaker 2: And I say South Carolina because he does a lot
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  Speaker 2: for them. For CBS Sports and 247, he said, South
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  Speaker 2: Carolina is 2-9 in its last 11 games against power
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  Speaker 2: four opponents under Shane Beamer. I'm going to say that again.
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  Speaker 2: They're 2-9 in their last 11 games against power four opponents.
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  Speaker 2: Saturday's game against Mississippi State is incredibly important for the
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  Speaker 2: Gamecocks and his future at that program. So this is
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  Speaker 2: a circle moment for Shane Beamer. The same Shane Beamer
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  Speaker 2: that last November said he can't wait to get to
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  Speaker 2: late November and see where South Carolina ranks in the
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  Speaker 2: college football playoff poll. And what else did he say?
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  Speaker 2: He said something this summer. I'll have to go back
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  Speaker 2: and check it. Moving on. LSU is a pretty large
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  Speaker 2: favorite by Polymarket over the weekend or coming up this
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  Speaker 2: weekend against Ole Miss. Money's coming in early. 59% on LSU,
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  Speaker 2: 42% on Ole Miss on Polymarket. And Lane Kiffin says
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  Speaker 2: he told his players the pressure is all on Ole
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  Speaker 2: Miss this week. He says, quote, the pressure's on them. Now,
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  Speaker 2: I like how he frames this up. He says, we
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  Speaker 2: won seven games last year. He's talking about LSU. They
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  Speaker 2: won 13. They returned two Heisman candidates. You guys get
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  Speaker 2: to go play. The pressure is not on you. It's
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  Speaker 2: square on them. What do you think? But he's not wrong,
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  Speaker 2: is he? I mean, really, the pressure– Who's the pressure
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  Speaker 2: on more? Lane Kiffin in LSU or Zidane Ole Miss?
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  Speaker 2: Where's the pressure at?
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  Speaker 5: I don't, as much as we've loved this storyline, and
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  Speaker 5: by we, I absolutely don't include myself because I got
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  Speaker 5: so tired of hearing about this trash. As much as
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  Speaker 5: we've been loving this storyline, Lane Kiffin nonstop storyline, I
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  Speaker 5: wouldn't say that either it I wouldn't say there's pressure
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  Speaker 5: on either team. There's just an overwhelming desire by a
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  Speaker 5: lot of coaches, a lot of fans, and a lot
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  Speaker 5: of teams to see LSU, I mean, to see Lane
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  Speaker 5: Kiffin himself, not LSU, it's obviously his team, but to
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  Speaker 5: see Lane Kiffin get his head smashed in. So I
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  Speaker 5: don't think there's really pressure on the players. There's just
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  Speaker 5: the desire for him to lose. I feel like it's
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  Speaker 5: so overwhelming by most people in the college football world.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. It's going to be a weird, crazy scene up there.
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  Speaker 2: Did you see the videos going around of those frat
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  Speaker 2: boys at Ole Miss playing Oklahoma drill out at a tailgate?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: You know, to speak the Oklahoma drill, you circle up,
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  Speaker 2: you got two guys lay down. One guy has the football,
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  Speaker 2: you jump up, run. And the other one tackles the
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  Speaker 2: other guy.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: It was all over the socials this weekend. And I
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  Speaker 2: would assume that it was this past weekend. It looked
• 18:33
  Speaker 2: like it, it could have been another weekend, but yeah,
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: it was definitely Ole Miss. It was definitely students. And
• 18:37
  Speaker 2: they were like in ties and khakis and they were
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: late and just crashing into each other playing Oklahoma drill.
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: So it's going to be a wild scene. I'm looking
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: at the third party ticket pool out here. for this game.
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: If you want to get in and I've had a
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: few people ask, Hey, if you, if you come across
• 18:57
  Speaker 2: some tickets, let me, you're not coming across tickets for
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: this game. Not without paying a premium $ 863. If me
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: and you wanted to go this weekend, be even jumping
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: the fist to grab the pig and let's, let's roll.
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: We would take the pig with us. $ 863. This sits
• 19:13
  Speaker 2: on the 50, but this is in like sec, like
• 19:15
  Speaker 2: the second level. $ 642 in Section R, which is around
• 19:20
  Speaker 2: the 10-yard line. You can get some suite tickets for $ 2, 412
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: and up to $ 3, 008. And I would assume these ticket
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: prices are probably going to climb a little bit this week,
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: but there's not a lot of inventory left, and what's
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: left on the third-party market is highly expensive. And I
• 19:42
  Speaker 2: did see somebody had shown me something And I think
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: it was in Oxford where somebody was renting out their
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: apartment for the weekend for one night. $ 1, 200. $ 1, 200. So
• 19:54
  Speaker 2: if you're getting into this one, if you got tickets
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: and you're going, that's fantastic, bless you. But if you're
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: just looking, hey, I'm going to grab a ticket for this,
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: you're going to have to pay a little bit. Would
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: you pay this for this?
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: No.
• 20:06
  Speaker 4: No, there's no way.
• 20:08
  Speaker 2: I don't know that I'm paying this for any game.
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: That's where I'm at in my life at this point.
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: But it should be a fun one coming up on Saturday.
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: Do you have an early winner for this?
• 20:15
  Speaker 4: I'm sticking with LSU.
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: That was quick.
• 20:19
  Speaker 5: I've thought the entire offseason. Once again, the tired talk
• 20:26
  Speaker 5: all offseason about this particular matchup.
• 20:29
  Speaker 4: I've just thought the entire time at LSU.
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: Some lines for the weekend. Troy is at Missouri. Missouri,
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: of course, and we've got TV times for next week.
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: Mississippi State and Missouri, I believe, is a night game
• 20:42
  Speaker 2: next week, 730. Missouri is a 27.5-point favorite over Troy.
• 20:46
  Speaker 2: That totals at 50.5. Tennessee is a 35.5-point favorite over
• 20:52
  Speaker 2: Kennesaw State. LSU is a 3.5-point favorite. Totals at 58.5
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: at Ole Miss. Florida is a 2.5-point favorite on the
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: road at Auburn. Mississippi State is a 3.5-point dog on
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: the road at South Carolina. Total of 58.5. Georgia is
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: a 24.5-point favorite over Arkansas. Arkansas looked like, blech. Did
• 21:11
  Speaker 2: you watch? I cut it over to Arkansas-Utah and watched
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: the first half after the Texas game the other night.
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: Arkansas just looks, they look as bad as we thought.
• 21:18
  Speaker 2: They're not good. Texas A & M is a 16.5-point
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: favorite over Kentucky. Alabama, 20.5-point favorite over Florida State. And
• 21:26
  Speaker 2: then you got Vanderbilt's a 4.5-point favorite over NC State.
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: And then you got Oklahoma and Texas, both are playing good.
• 21:33
  Speaker 2: I mean, Oklahoma's big favorite over New Mexico, and Texas
• 21:37
  Speaker 2: plays UTSA, and they'll kill those teams. We're brought to
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• 21:45
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• 21:47
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• 21:49
  Speaker 2: South Carolina and recap the weekend back in a moment.
• 21:51
  Speaker 6: Do you stay up at night thinking about the lack
• 21:53
  Speaker 6: of push from your team's offensive line? Do you spill
• 21:56
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• 21:59
  Speaker 6: torching your defense?
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  Speaker 1: Today.
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: David Murray, you can get him at jeans page, two, four,
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: seven sports.com. And of course I'll get them on X David.
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: Welcome in, sir. How are you?
• 23:25
  Speaker 3: I'm about to four paragraphs into my feature on Anthony Evans.
• 23:28
  Speaker 3: After this morning's interview during, um, coach Jeff Lovey's weekly
• 23:33
  Speaker 3: press conference. And he's talking about his end zone celebrations
• 23:37
  Speaker 3: and now he's starting to plan them. Um, I hope
• 23:40
  Speaker 3: that doesn't jinx anything by him going public with the
• 23:42
  Speaker 3: word there, but, uh, Hey, First, you've got to stop
• 23:45
  Speaker 3: the guy because he's already one quarter of the way
• 23:47
  Speaker 3: to his 1,000-yard season. At this pace, we'll smash his
• 23:51
  Speaker 3: teammate Brennan Thompson's receiving record for a single season at State.
• 23:55
  Speaker 3: So I'm having fun writing this one up. Also, we
• 24:00
  Speaker 3: got the comments from Jeff Levy this morning. We spoke
• 24:02
  Speaker 3: to Jardine Gilbert, spoke to Will Whitson, and Cannon Boone,
• 24:07
  Speaker 3: of course, who's the SEC's Lion of the Week, and
• 24:10
  Speaker 3: well-deserved because if you watched first and second quarter's, and
• 24:13
  Speaker 3: saw how Mississippi State was ripping it open in the
• 24:16
  Speaker 3: middle for Fluff Bothwell to crash straight through, sometimes even untouched,
• 24:20
  Speaker 3: which I'm not sure he enjoys being untouched, but he
• 24:23
  Speaker 3: took it. You have to say, the interior line as
• 24:27
  Speaker 3: a whole deserved it, but Cannon Boone, only one could
• 24:29
  Speaker 3: be recognized, and well done for the senior center there.
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, look, Mississippi State looked polished. They looked
• 24:36
  Speaker 2: good defensively. They look athletic. Kamario Taylor is continuing to
• 24:41
  Speaker 2: get a lot of run on the national circuit. You know,
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: Nick Saban caught him last week, the truth and the light.
• 24:47
  Speaker 2: I mean, so far, David, I mean, this offense you mentioned,
• 24:49
  Speaker 2: Anthony Evans, excuse me, the third, very, very entertaining, you know,
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: end zone celebrations. I will give him that. But Mississippi
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: State looked the part. I mean, looked really, really good,
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: you know, at Minnesota, a place they've never been, and
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: against a quality opponent.
• 25:04
  Speaker 3: Yeah, and as I commented this morning on a show
• 25:06
  Speaker 3: in Atlanta, Jeff Levy has made a further stride here
• 25:10
  Speaker 3: as a play caller, but also as a head coach.
• 25:12
  Speaker 3: And I want to hit that up each point as
• 25:15
  Speaker 3: briefly as possible. That first half was as good a
• 25:18
  Speaker 3: play calling combination as I've seen him have. And he's
• 25:21
  Speaker 3: had a couple of good games. But there, he just
• 25:24
  Speaker 3: totally had Minnesota wrong-footed, run, pass, whatever. But that's also
• 25:30
  Speaker 3: a little simpler to call plays when you have Camario
• 25:33
  Speaker 3: Taylor just coming into his own. a respectable offensive line
• 25:37
  Speaker 3: now and the skill position players has to work with.
• 25:39
  Speaker 3: So now you're seeing what Jeff Levy's offense is intended
• 25:44
  Speaker 3: to be. His previous quarterbacks just didn't have what it
• 25:47
  Speaker 3: took to run this offense. Camario Taylor definitely does. And
• 25:51
  Speaker 3: one other thing about, you know, I've been somewhat critical
• 25:55
  Speaker 3: about making the transition from coordinator coach. I saw a
• 25:58
  Speaker 3: moment there in the first half when there was a
• 26:00
  Speaker 3: mistake made. Now, it didn't hurt anything. It did no
• 26:03
  Speaker 3: damage whatsoever. But State is running away with the game,
• 26:06
  Speaker 3: and the head coach openly displays his displeasure with that
• 26:10
  Speaker 3: and lets the team know that's not acceptable. That's a
• 26:14
  Speaker 3: head coaching move. That's what you do to make sure
• 26:17
  Speaker 3: teams stay sharp and on their game there instead of, okay,
• 26:20
  Speaker 3: we'll just let this one slide because it didn't hurt anything.
• 26:22
  Speaker 3: We're running away with this game. So I just think
• 26:24
  Speaker 3: that was one of Jeff Levy's best all-around games since
• 26:27
  Speaker 3: Mississippi State and probably a promise of better things to come.
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: David Murray talking Mississippi State. They defeat Minnesota over the
• 26:33
  Speaker 2: weekend 38-13 and will stay on the road at South
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: Carolina this weekend. They're a 3.5-point underdog on the road. David,
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: Camario Taylor just looks comfortable. He looks polished. He's making
• 26:46
  Speaker 2: great decisions with the football and the offensive line is
• 26:49
  Speaker 2: giving him protection. It'll be interesting to see now as
• 26:51
  Speaker 2: they move into SEC play this weekend. I would say
• 26:55
  Speaker 2: the pressure is on South Carolina. There was a stat
• 26:57
  Speaker 2: out there. Obviously, there's pressure on both teams, but I
• 27:00
  Speaker 2: believe Shane Beamer, and this is from Brad Powers with
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: CBS Sports and 247sports. com, that I believe Shane Beamer is
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: 2-7 versus his, no, 2-9 in his last 11 games
• 27:12
  Speaker 2: against powerful opponents. So, I mean, the pressure is squarely
• 27:15
  Speaker 2: on Shane Beamer and Lenore Sellers in South Carolina. What
• 27:18
  Speaker 2: do you expect to see in Columbia?
• 27:21
  Speaker 3: In that regard, I agree. I think the home team
• 27:23
  Speaker 3: has more pressure this weekend. Mississippi State's pressure, though, is
• 27:26
  Speaker 3: different because Bulldogs have to come out of September 3-1
• 27:31
  Speaker 3: and much preferably 4-0. But to do that, you've got
• 27:34
  Speaker 3: to beat South Carolina, which I think the original line
• 27:36
  Speaker 3: opened up just over a touchdown. Now it's down to
• 27:39
  Speaker 3: basically the three-point home field advantage. So it's going to
• 27:43
  Speaker 3: be fascinating to me to see which team handles their
• 27:46
  Speaker 3: differing types of pressure better because this is a situation that,
• 27:51
  Speaker 3: let's be honest, Kamario Taylor has not been in before. Yeah,
• 27:53
  Speaker 3: it was a road game at Minnesota, but they were
• 27:56
  Speaker 3: able to establish things early there. The Egg Bowl, the
• 28:00
  Speaker 3: bowl game, you can't really say he's under pressure because
• 28:02
  Speaker 3: he's a new guy and so much forgiven. This is
• 28:04
  Speaker 3: when you start saying, okay, now it's time to truly
• 28:07
  Speaker 3: be a quarterback with a capital Q in all the
• 28:10
  Speaker 3: weekday stuff, all the pregame, all the between series stuff,
• 28:14
  Speaker 3: things like that. I'm fully confident that he will be
• 28:16
  Speaker 3: able to handle things. He'll get better as he gets older.
• 28:19
  Speaker 3: but now here comes a test and kind of a
• 28:21
  Speaker 3: turning point as well in his career and his advancement there.
• 28:24
  Speaker 3: And for the entire offense as well, because South Carolina
• 28:27
  Speaker 3: is going to seriously come after Cabrillo. So he's going
• 28:31
  Speaker 3: to make more plays with his feet, but his skill
• 28:33
  Speaker 3: position players, they're going to have to create on their
• 28:36
  Speaker 3: own in their individual matchups. So there's that. And, of course,
• 28:40
  Speaker 3: we talk about Lenore Sellers. This– Zach Arnett only blitzed
• 28:45
  Speaker 3: a couple of times, a serious blitz at Minnesota, even
• 28:48
  Speaker 3: after they committed wholeheartedly past. And Jeff Levy said today,
• 28:51
  Speaker 3: basically they were given the dink and dunk underneath as
• 28:54
  Speaker 3: long as they can make sure tackles. And, you know,
• 28:56
  Speaker 3: it didn't produce any touchdowns. South Carolina is not going
• 28:59
  Speaker 3: to settle for that. They're going to try to force
• 29:00
  Speaker 3: things downfield. They're going to try to force things in
• 29:03
  Speaker 3: second and third progressions there with the Norse moving on
• 29:06
  Speaker 3: his feet. So it's going to be staying integrity in pursuit,
• 29:11
  Speaker 3: not letting him get by you. But once you get
• 29:14
  Speaker 3: within arm's reach, you get a hand on him, you've
• 29:15
  Speaker 3: got to bring him down. That's easier said than done
• 29:18
  Speaker 3: because this is a big, healthy guy. But that's going
• 29:21
  Speaker 3: to be the test for Arnett's defense. And I think
• 29:23
  Speaker 3: he's– this will be the game I think, and again, repeat,
• 29:25
  Speaker 3: just think, that Arnett is going to turn his guys
• 29:28
  Speaker 3: entirely loose to go get him. That means some plays
• 29:31
  Speaker 3: will get blown as a process by being aggressive, but
• 29:33
  Speaker 3: there's going to be some plays made in the process.
• 29:35
  Speaker 3: It's which one counteracts the other more that will determine
• 29:38
  Speaker 3: the course of this game for State.
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: Defense.
• 29:41
  Speaker 2: David, I know history, you know, I guess you kind
• 29:44
  Speaker 2: of throw history out the window in this era of
• 29:47
  Speaker 2: transfer portal because, you know, in name, image, and likeness
• 29:49
  Speaker 2: and pay for play, but the series has been really close.
• 29:52
  Speaker 2: South Carolina owns a 10-7 edge over Mississippi State. They've
• 29:55
  Speaker 2: only played 17 times. The last time they played was
• 29:57
  Speaker 2: 2023 in Columbia, South Carolina got a 37-30 win. And
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: prior to that, Mississippi State got a win in 2016, 27-14.
• 30:08
  Speaker 2: Your thoughts on that building. It is one of the
• 30:10
  Speaker 2: tougher places to play. It will be a game where
• 30:16
  Speaker 2: the first SEC game for both teams, the first big
• 30:19
  Speaker 2: SEC crowd. But I think we can kind of throw
• 30:21
  Speaker 2: history out. But traditionally, this has been a close ballgame
• 30:24
  Speaker 2: between State and South Carolina.
• 30:27
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think you can toss that out because history
• 30:29
  Speaker 3: is whatever each year's transfer class is. That's basically what
• 30:32
  Speaker 3: it's turned into. But the other side story to this,
• 30:36
  Speaker 3: and several media wanted to pursue that angle this morning,
• 30:38
  Speaker 3: is the obvious Jeff Levy versus Kendall Bryles matchup today.
• 30:42
  Speaker 3: They're brothers-in-law, obviously, very good friends. They compare notes. And
• 30:45
  Speaker 3: Levy said, yeah, there's a lot of similarity in their style,
• 30:51
  Speaker 3: but in the actual play systems they run, there are differences.
• 30:54
  Speaker 3: And I didn't bother to go into what those differences are.
• 30:57
  Speaker 3: But he said regardless, yes, the familiarity will play into
• 31:02
  Speaker 3: how the defenses play. But here he said both defenses
• 31:05
  Speaker 3: have the same advantage. They both practice against this kind
• 31:08
  Speaker 3: of offense all the time as well. So neither team
• 31:12
  Speaker 3: is going to have really that much of a scouting
• 31:13
  Speaker 3: advantage or style advantage in practices there. So this is
• 31:17
  Speaker 3: going to be a really good straight-up test. And, man,
• 31:20
  Speaker 3: if this was on a neutral field, I honestly do
• 31:23
  Speaker 3: not know how anybody would pick it because it's going
• 31:26
  Speaker 3: to come down to, Probably who gets the first really
• 31:30
  Speaker 3: big break and makes it hold up there. You know,
• 31:32
  Speaker 3: I thought State's biggest response the other day was after
• 31:35
  Speaker 3: Minnesota went on that 10-minute drive, ate up a ton
• 31:38
  Speaker 3: of clock, kind of harking back to the old Brett
• 31:40
  Speaker 3: Bielma Arkansas teams, that even if they didn't score in
• 31:44
  Speaker 3: a drive, they made you feel like you had to hurry, hurry,
• 31:46
  Speaker 3: hurry to score and got you out of their game.
• 31:49
  Speaker 3: State responded just fine. They stayed calm. They pounded the ball.
• 31:52
  Speaker 3: They hit the passes when they needed to. and went
• 31:54
  Speaker 3: to a two-touchdown lead. And from there on, they were
• 31:57
  Speaker 3: just in control. So this is going to be a
• 31:59
  Speaker 3: totally different game. It's going to be a bunch of
• 32:01
  Speaker 3: short possessions. It's going to be a bunch of big plays,
• 32:03
  Speaker 3: big attempts, big sacks, big turnovers probably. It's just going
• 32:07
  Speaker 3: to be all kinds of rowdy fun to watch.
• 32:10
  Speaker 2: Make sure to get him at jeanspage247sports. com. Get the podcast.
• 32:13
  Speaker 2: Find him on X. He's David Murray. David, enjoy the week.
• 32:16
  Speaker 2: It should be a good one. We'll do it again
• 32:17
  Speaker 2: next week.
• 32:18
  Speaker 3: By the way, a reminder out there that fall baseball
• 32:21
  Speaker 3: starts this weekend, and I believe Brian O'Connor is opening
• 32:25
  Speaker 3: things up on Friday for the public to watch his
• 32:28
  Speaker 3: 2027 roster practice for the first time out there. So
• 32:32
  Speaker 3: they'll announce the time later, but fans in the area
• 32:35
  Speaker 3: who aren't hitting up high school football or not making
• 32:38
  Speaker 3: the road trip to South Carolina, join us at the
• 32:40
  Speaker 3: stadium there, and let's get a look at the Diamond
• 32:42
  Speaker 3: Dogs already.
• 32:43
  Speaker 2: Very good. Fall baseball is here. David, thanks so much.
• 32:45
  Speaker 2: We'll talk next week.
• 32:47
  Speaker 3: Jake, Ben, good to hear from you.
• 32:48
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• 33:05
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• 33:30
  Speaker 2: Appreciate David Murray jumping in, talking Mississippi State's big win
• 33:32
  Speaker 2: over Minnesota. Also, the trip to South Carolina. We're brought
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• 33:46
  Speaker 2: You can too. 601-885-3776. He's got a ticket from Ameristar.
• 33:48
  Speaker 2: He said, can you get any closer on a parlay
• 33:50
  Speaker 2: and not hit? And it's like he's got a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
• 34:01
  Speaker 2: 6-leg parlay. Bieber, what did he miss here?
• 34:05
  Speaker 4: His one miss here.
• 34:07
  Speaker 5: Louisiana Tech LSU, he took LSU to cover 35.5.
• 34:11
  Speaker 4: LSU won by 31.
• 34:13
  Speaker 2: Oh, my goodness. My goodness. Clay, that's a good ticket, though.
• 34:17
  Speaker 2: He nailed Arizona State at Texas A & M. He
• 34:20
  Speaker 2: took the Aggies to cover. He took Georgia to cover
• 34:22
  Speaker 2: the 41 against Western Kentucky.
• 34:25
  Speaker 1: They did that.
• 34:25
  Speaker 2: Alabama at Kentucky. Bama minus 10.5. That was a sluggish
• 34:29
  Speaker 2: start for the time, but they ended up hitting the gas.
• 34:32
  Speaker 2: Mississippi State, Minnesota. He took State to cover the one,
• 34:36
  Speaker 2: and he took Southern Miss plus 33.5 at Auburn. So
• 34:41
  Speaker 2: he just missed the one. It's a good ticket.
• 34:43
  Speaker 4: That is a good ticket, Clay. I feel your pain
• 34:47
  Speaker 4: so hard.
• 34:48
  Speaker 6: Uh-oh.
• 34:48
  Speaker 4: I had a seven-teamer over the weekend. Six right, Jake.
• 34:53
  Speaker 1: Really?
• 34:53
  Speaker 4: Six right. The one that missed, the one that missed.
• 34:56
  Speaker 5: Lions to cover seven, which was easily in hand until
• 35:01
  Speaker 5: late third quarter.
• 35:02
  Speaker 4: And then it just went nuts.
• 35:04
  Speaker 2: Oh, my gosh. You involve the Saints, and they got
• 35:08
  Speaker 2: you anyway. They got you anyway. Marcus Freeman, the head
• 35:12
  Speaker 2: football coach at Notre Dame, joins Newt Rockne as the
• 35:15
  Speaker 2: only Notre Dame coaches, the only two Notre Dame coaches
• 35:18
  Speaker 2: to win 12 consecutive games by double digits. In nine
• 35:22
  Speaker 2: of the 12 games, Irish have at least a 20-point
• 35:25
  Speaker 2: or a 20-point favorite, and only once less than a
• 35:28
  Speaker 2: 10-point favorite in a 12-game span. Irish, on average, a
• 35:32
  Speaker 2: 24-point favorite. So elite company there for Marcus Freeman with
• 35:36
  Speaker 2: Newt Rockne. All right, Brett McMurphy's bowl projections week three.
• 35:42
  Speaker 2: I know you love these. If the playoff were today,
• 35:45
  Speaker 2: he has Boise State as a 12-seed, taking on 5-seed
• 35:48
  Speaker 2: Notre Dame. He has Texas A & M as a 9-seed,
• 35:51
  Speaker 2: playing at Ole Miss as an 8-seed. BYU is an
• 35:55
  Speaker 2: 11-seed playing at a 6-seed LSU, and he has Texas
• 35:57
  Speaker 2: Tech as a 10-seed playing at a 7-seed Indiana. Miami
• 36:01
  Speaker 2: taking on Notre Dame, 4-5 matchup in the Fiesta Bowl. No.
• 36:06
  Speaker 2: 1 Texas taking on No. 8 Ole Miss in the
• 36:08
  Speaker 2: Cotton Bowl.
• 36:10
  Speaker 5: No.
• 36:10
  Speaker 2: 3 Ohio State taking on LSU in the Rose Bowl.
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: No.
• 36:13
  Speaker 2: 2 Georgia taking on Indiana in the Peach Bowl. And
• 36:17
  Speaker 2: his final four, he has Georgia versus Ohio State, a
• 36:20
  Speaker 2: 2-3 matchup, Texas-Miami. and a 1-4 matchup, and he has Georgia.
• 36:24
  Speaker 2: Miami was still Georgia winning the national title on Brett
• 36:28
  Speaker 2: McMurphy's Week 3 update. And let's see, did Mississippi State
• 36:32
  Speaker 2: do enough to get into a bowl on his Week
• 36:35
  Speaker 2: 3 projections, at least today? Let's look and see. James Madison,
• 36:41
  Speaker 2: Liberty in the New Orleans Bowl. I know you'll be
• 36:43
  Speaker 2: excited about that. I am looking through here, and Clemson
• 36:48
  Speaker 2: versus Navy in the Military Bowl. I don't know that
• 36:51
  Speaker 2: Clemson will make that bowl. Auburn, Colorado in the Birmingham Bowl. Houston,
• 36:55
  Speaker 2: Oregon in the Alamo Bowl. Is Oregon going to fall
• 36:58
  Speaker 2: that far after one week? Oklahoma, Washington in the Las
• 37:01
  Speaker 2: Vegas Bowl. Mississippi State, Oklahoma State in the Texas Bowl.
• 37:05
  Speaker 2: How about that? You think state fans would take that?
• 37:09
  Speaker 2: Texas Bowl versus Oklahoma State?
• 37:11
  Speaker 4: I think so, Mike. The baby steps get to a bowl,
• 37:15
  Speaker 4: and there you are. Get to a bowl.
• 37:18
  Speaker 2: Alabama, Penn State in the Citrus Bowl, and Missouri TCU
• 37:23
  Speaker 2: in the Liberty Bowl. That's Brett McMurphy's week three picks on.
• 37:31
  Speaker 1: On3. com.
• 37:31
  Speaker 2: All right, I'm looking at something here. Florida State has
• 37:34
  Speaker 2: fired their athletics director. Did you see this? He's gone.
• 37:37
  Speaker 2: So Michael Alford puts this statement out. Dear FSU athletics community,
• 37:42
  Speaker 2: more than six years ago, I arrived in Tallahassee with
• 37:44
  Speaker 2: my family to first serve the Seminole Boosters and then
• 37:47
  Speaker 2: lead the Department of Athletics. During our time here, we
• 37:50
  Speaker 2: have embraced the university, the Seminole athletic family, and the
• 37:53
  Speaker 2: greater Tallahassee community and made this our home. While I
• 37:57
  Speaker 2: will leave it to others to provide thoughts on our
• 37:59
  Speaker 2: accomplishments and challenges, I am proud of what we were
• 38:02
  Speaker 2: able to achieve here. He goes on, this is just
• 38:04
  Speaker 2: a stump speech. He said, I'm so grateful. For the
• 38:06
  Speaker 2: incredibly talented and devoted staff and coaches who have been
• 38:09
  Speaker 2: a part of our story, da-da-da, da-da-da, sincerely, Michael Alford.
• 38:14
  Speaker 2: So he is out, which is not good for Mike
• 38:16
  Speaker 2: Norvell because he could be next. And if they get
• 38:19
  Speaker 2: drugged this weekend in Tuscaloosa, it could be bad for
• 38:24
  Speaker 2: Mike Norvell. All right, Florida is a big favorite out
• 38:28
  Speaker 2: the gate on Polymarket versus Auburn. And I say big,
• 38:31
  Speaker 2: 56% to 44%. So the money is coming in on
• 38:34
  Speaker 2: Florida quickly. Do you have any Monday thoughts on Florida
• 38:39
  Speaker 2: versus Auburn? Now, Gator Matt, if he was to call in,
• 38:41
  Speaker 2: he would tell you they're going to go down there
• 38:42
  Speaker 2: and win by two touchdowns. What do you think?
• 38:47
  Speaker 5: I haven't seen enough of either of them, quite honest.
• 38:51
  Speaker 5: I haven't watched either of their games. I haven't watched
• 38:56
  Speaker 5: a second of Florida or Auburn this year because why
• 39:00
  Speaker 5: would I want to watch Florida and Campbell, Auburn and
• 39:03
  Speaker 5: Southern Miss?
• 39:04
  Speaker 4: No thanks.
• 39:05
  Speaker 1: Right.
• 39:06
  Speaker 5: So I don't know enough about these teams to even
• 39:08
  Speaker 5: make a guess, but you know where I stand constantly
• 39:12
  Speaker 5: on Auburn. I just don't feel like they're ever getting
• 39:15
  Speaker 5: back to, ever's a big word, but no time soon
• 39:19
  Speaker 5: are they getting back to a good Auburn. So if
• 39:22
  Speaker 5: I had to, if you made, if you forced me
• 39:24
  Speaker 5: to make a pick, I would probably guess Florida's going
• 39:27
  Speaker 5: to win.
• 39:28
  Speaker 2: So John Summerall obviously has some family ties to Auburn.
• 39:32
  Speaker 2: And he was asked about any family members who are
• 39:36
  Speaker 2: rooting against him this week. He says, quote, if I do,
• 39:39
  Speaker 2: they're no family to me. He said, Florida pays my mortgage.
• 39:44
  Speaker 2: Any family that's pulling against us, they're not my family.
• 39:47
  Speaker 2: So John Summerall trying to make it tough on Thanksgiving
• 39:50
  Speaker 2: and Christmas right now with his other family members. Like, hey,
• 39:53
  Speaker 2: pull for my mortgage or you're not getting any turkey. Again,
• 39:58
  Speaker 2: Florida State President Richard McCullough addresses Mike Norvell's future following
• 40:02
  Speaker 2: Athletics Director Michael Alford's firing. He says, quote, I love
• 40:05
  Speaker 2: Mike Norvell. He's a great human being. It's never good
• 40:09
  Speaker 2: when it starts like that. He says, nobody wants to
• 40:12
  Speaker 2: win matches or in the winning business. That's what we're
• 40:15
  Speaker 2: working on. That doesn't say a whole lot. It's kind
• 40:18
  Speaker 2: of like when somebody calls you in their office to say, hey,
• 40:20
  Speaker 2: shut the door. You know, we're just like family here.
• 40:24
  Speaker 2: That conversation is about to go south real quick. Just
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