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on your radio as Mississippi State gets ready after another
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tough weekend to head to Texas this weekend. David, welcome in, sir.
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How are you?
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It's Monday. Do you know who your quarterbacks are? I
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guess is the best way to put it. After this
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morning's press conference with Jeff Levy, he will not come
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out and say it and would only mention that the
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next 48 hours will be critical about the status of
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Camario Taylor. But I have a hard time believing Camario
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plays this weekend at Texas. So now it comes down
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to do they run Billy Puckett back out there? Do
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they get A.J. Swan, his first action, not just of
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the season, but at Mississippi State, period? Some combination of both,
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or is there any sort of realistic idea that Taylor
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could play limited snaps at Texas? And by the way,
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I had to look it up to make sure for myself,
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but Texas has artificial turf, which is doubly not good
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on a turf-toe-foot situation that he's dealing with. So just
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throw that into your calculations as well.
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Yeah, David, you know, there's a pain tolerance, at least
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that's what the medical people say that comes with turf toe.
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And that doesn't mean that, you know, Kamara Taylor is
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mentally or physically weak. I mean, it's just, can you,
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can your body, you know, how much pain can your
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body stand on that? And, you know, B and I
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were talking about, you know, Brock Purdy in the NFL,
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he had a couple of years ago or two, a
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year ago or two years ago, he had this and
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was out a couple of weeks, tried it, had to
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come back off the field. He was out four weeks.
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I mean, this is a situation that I don't, you know,
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envy Jeff Levy being in because Kamara Taylor may be
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done the rest of the year. I mean, he may
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come back, you know, in two weeks. We don't know.
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He's got to find an answer at quarterback. And, you know,
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I don't know that it's Billy Puckett. And we'll see
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if it's A.J. Swan. But he's got to do something
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here because this offense has gone, I mean, really just
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kaput the last two weeks.
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Well, trying to wrap it up on Taylor as of today,
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in retrospect, of course, he shouldn't have played Saturday. But
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you couldn't know it until he tried to play. I'm
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not getting on Levy. for playing him because I guarantee
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that Taylor was practically demanding he be allowed to play.
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And if he did, that means that the medical staff
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signed off and said he's not going to make it
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any worse. Well, but he did. And you could tell
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on the third series, it was eerily similar to the
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play which told you, you know, that he wasn't himself
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against Alabama when he had a scramble to the right, cut,
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and all of a sudden stumbled. it was almost the
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same identical thing this past weekend. He was scrambling on
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his last play, opening to his right, cut, and stumbled.
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And that just means that no matter how much pain
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you can tolerate, when you slam that foot down, you're
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going to react. Yes, he has the arm strength to
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make things happen in a pocket if he's allowed to
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set up, but he's just not going to be allowed
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to set up. That's just all it comes down to.
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And defenses know it. Now, I'll say this for Oklahoma.
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They didn't do a lot of blitzing. Once Camario was
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out of the game, he took three sacks there in
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his three series. They just kind of played it straight
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and only sacked Puckett once, but there was plenty of pressure.
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So I think that stat is kind of misleading from Saturday. Texas,
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I didn't get to watch all the game with Ole Miss,
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but I've seen enough games they've played this year. When
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they want to dial up the pressure on defense, they
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can absolutely do it with their personnel. So now you
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just cannot have an immobile quarterback back there unless he's
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somebody who can get the ball out really quick, and
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that is not Billy Puck's strength.
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David Murray, make sure to get him on X, and,
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of course, you can check him out at jeanspage247sports. com, Monday
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edition of the program. So, David, where should Mississippi State
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fans be with this? Because there's so much frustration. You know,
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I'm not one that ever cheers for a coach to
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be fired. I know there's the fringe fans that say
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he needs to go. talking about Jeff Levy, I look
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at the situation and say, hey, look, this is going
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on around the country. This is not a pass. I mean,
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you look at Ohio State, they lost a quarterback. Oregon
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lost a quarterback. They're definitely not as good on the
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second or third team, you know, down the bench as
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they were at one. State is not as good, you know,
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down the bench as well. You look at Fluff Bothwell.
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I mean, he had 111 yards on 17 carries, but
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he is not healthy. I mean, Ole Miss lost their
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running back, Kewon Lacy. This is going on around college football,
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and I think what we're seeing is Even though these
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rosters are so expensive and they're going to continue to climb,
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there's just not enough money for depth. And you better
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hang on because, I mean, odds of you losing somebody
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are pretty high. And if you lose a bunch of somebodies,
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then you're not anywhere where you thought you were.
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Just a minute. I'm chasing a dog who's trying to
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run away. But Nellie, get back here.
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That's all right.
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She scooted out the door when I shouldn't have opened there.
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And now we're holding up traffic as a result. The situation,
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of course, being that I think you've got to go
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with an SEC veteran like Swan this weekend. And there's
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been the frustration, of course, he hasn't played yet. A
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lot of that's simply the fact that he's had repeated
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ankle issues since he got here in spring. He's a
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dadgum dog. He does own the place, doesn't he? Traffic stopping.
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This is awesome radio.
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No, it really is. No, it really is.
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No.
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He's had an ankle issue that was aggravated in some ways.
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One of those guys, he either puts his foot in
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the wrong place for somebody to step on it or whatever.
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But he's cleared to go now, and I think State's
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got to ride him. I think he's got the mental toughness.
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He's been at Vanderbilt, LSU, Appalachian State. He's seen everything.
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I think you run him out there and he's just
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not going to be too rattled by the situation in Texas. Puckett,
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bless him, he's been asked to do something that no
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freshman should be asked to do. But the fumble he had,
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the interception he threw, I just don't think it's wise
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to run him back out there in that situation. But
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it's going to be a situation all year, I mean
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all season. Well, I guess I could go ahead and
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say all season. What do you do? Because this offense
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was built around Camario Taylor. The coaches always say, whatever
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they are, you've got to execute and run the system.
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I get it. But you have to adapt to what
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you have at the quarterback position more than anything. So
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this is where we see Jeff Levy and staff have
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to make some adjustments. What you can do. You still
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got the runners. You still got the receivers. The same
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offensive line. It's all the man receiving the snap. But
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you've got to play to his strengths, whatever they are.
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David, Doug.
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A.J.
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Swan, what do we know as far as his availability?
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This guy was a backup to Diego Pavia at Vanderbilt, obviously.
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He's got SEC experience. He has played SEC football. Where
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he is in his recovery with Mississippi State?
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I think he's fine to go. He was dressed out.
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I saw him in the third quarter doing some passing
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on the sideline, just in case. And by the way,
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another thing, too, State had to leave the starting offensive
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line in there even after it was just about a
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lost cause. because you couldn't afford to have Billy Bucket
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go down. So you're doubly risking a lot of your
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starters in a situation like that. You see the bind
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that it's in. I think Swan will be able to
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go out there, be competent. The main thing, and this
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is why I think he's going to get it this week,
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and Steve agrees with me, is because Lebby repeatedly said
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today it's all about taking care of the football. And
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when you emphasize ball security over playmaking, You've just tipped
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your hand. You've got to go with somebody you trust
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not to throw the interception, not to lose the handle
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in a goal line situation. Now, entirely different subject. Should
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Puckett have even been allowed to be in an RPO situation?
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We're sitting there going, snap it four times directly to
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Fluff Bothwell or somebody else. Snap it to Sam West,
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for goodness sakes. But don't make a freshman quarterback have
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to make a decision. We saw what happened when you did. So...
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That tells me you've got to change your offense for
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your quarterback. It's not ideal, but it's the situation. And
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here's the thing to remember, too, Jake. I know I'm
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getting kind of all over the place. State can still
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beat Vanderbilt with A.J. Swan. I really believe it. Wouldn't
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that be a nice little story there?
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Oh, yeah.
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I think State could beat Vanderbilt with Billy Puckett. I'm
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pretty confident about Tennessee Tech. So you're still on the
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line for bowl eligibility even without Camario Taylor. Auburn tougher
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challenge Ole Miss probably out of reach with those guys
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but you have a chance to achieve weirdly enough what
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was your goal going into the season Six and six
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in a bowl game. It just hurts more because you
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see what the team could be with a full-strength Camario
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Taylor for a whole season. He is that much of
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a difference maker. That's special. Of course, that's a whole
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commentary on what they've recruited to surround him with, but
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it doesn't take anything away from the fact Taylor's that special.
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That said, you still got a chance to win some
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games here with what you have left if you adapt
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to what they can do and don't force. Put another way,
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in that goal situation down there, first down, don't call
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a play for Camario Taylor unless Camario Taylor's on the field.
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David, we got a few minutes left here. Any other
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news we need to share on Mississippi State sports?
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Well, we had the exhibition with Memphis the other night,
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and Josh Hubbard came off the bench. You could tell
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he's not 100% speed yet. I think he had one
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decent practice before he got in there. They were rattled early.
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I think Memphis is going to be pretty darn good,
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by the way. Not championship good, but they'll be entering
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their conference. Much better team than I saw last year.
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State's got a lot, a lot, a lot of chemistry
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on the court to take place. The guys like each other.
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I think they all play off each other pretty well.
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but they don't know where to be when the ball's moving.
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They don't know yet how to get in there. What
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type of shots are going to go up and get
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rebounds and things only game experience can show. I think
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athletically they're ahead of last year, but I still have
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some concerned about second chance points. I, the ball handling
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without Hubbard on the point, which we'd love to get
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them off. They're still suspect at this point. Um, Reed,
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he's going to be good. He's going to be really good.
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He's just a little raw right now, obviously. I like
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Thomas Bassong there as a defender there. Chris Jan's a
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symbolsome talent. It's going to take a while for this
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bunch to come together to my eye.
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Make sure to get him on X. Check him out
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at jeanspage247sports. com. He's David Murray. David, appreciate you as always.
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Have a great week, sir. We'll do it again soon.
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Jake, as I go chase down one of our deadly
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attack Morkies here, it's always good to talk to you all.
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Likewise.
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David, stay out of that traffic. Appreciate you. David Murray,
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on your radio as Mississippi State gets ready after another
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tough weekend to head to Texas this weekend. David, welcome in, sir.
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How are you?
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It's Monday. Do you know who your quarterbacks are? I
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guess is the best way to put it. After this
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morning's press conference with Jeff Levy, he will not come
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out and say it and would only mention that the
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next 48 hours will be critical about the status of
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Camario Taylor. But I have a hard time believing Camario
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plays this weekend at Texas. So now it comes down
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to do they run Billy Puckett back out there? Do
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they get A.J. Swan, his first action, not just of
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the season, but at Mississippi State, period? Some combination of both,
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or is there any sort of realistic idea that Taylor
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could play limited snaps at Texas? And by the way,
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I had to look it up to make sure for myself,
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but Texas has artificial turf, which is doubly not good
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on a turf-toe-foot situation that he's dealing with. So just
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throw that into your calculations as well.
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Yeah, David, you know, there's a pain tolerance, at least
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that's what the medical people say that comes with turf toe.
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And that doesn't mean that, you know, Kamara Taylor is
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mentally or physically weak. I mean, it's just, can you,
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can your body, you know, how much pain can your
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body stand on that? And, you know, B and I
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were talking about, you know, Brock Purdy in the NFL,
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he had a couple of years ago or two, a
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year ago or two years ago, he had this and
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was out a couple of weeks, tried it, had to
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come back off the field. He was out four weeks.
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I mean, this is a situation that I don't, you know,
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envy Jeff Levy being in because Kamara Taylor may be
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done the rest of the year. I mean, he may
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come back, you know, in two weeks. We don't know.
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He's got to find an answer at quarterback. And, you know,
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I don't know that it's Billy Puckett. And we'll see
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if it's A.J. Swan. But he's got to do something
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here because this offense has gone, I mean, really just
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kaput the last two weeks.
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in retrospect, of course, he shouldn't have played Saturday. But
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you couldn't know it until he tried to play. I'm
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not getting on Levy. for playing him because I guarantee
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that Taylor was practically demanding he be allowed to play.
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signed off and said he's not going to make it
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any worse. Well, but he did. And you could tell
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on the third series, it was eerily similar to the
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play which told you, you know, that he wasn't himself
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against Alabama when he had a scramble to the right, cut,
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and all of a sudden stumbled. it was almost the
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same identical thing this past weekend. He was scrambling on
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his last play, opening to his right, cut, and stumbled.
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you can tolerate, when you slam that foot down, you're
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going to react. Yes, he has the arm strength to
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make things happen in a pocket if he's allowed to
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set up, but he's just not going to be allowed
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to set up. That's just all it comes down to.
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They didn't do a lot of blitzing. Once Camario was
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out of the game, he took three sacks there in
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his three series. They just kind of played it straight
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and only sacked Puckett once, but there was plenty of pressure.
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I didn't get to watch all the game with Ole Miss,
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but I've seen enough games they've played this year. When
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they want to dial up the pressure on defense, they
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can absolutely do it with their personnel. So now you
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just cannot have an immobile quarterback back there unless he's
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somebody who can get the ball out really quick, and
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that is not Billy Puck's strength.
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David Murray, make sure to get him on X, and,
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of course, you can check him out at jeanspage247sports. com, Monday
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edition of the program. So, David, where should Mississippi State
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fans be with this? Because there's so much frustration. You know,
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I'm not one that ever cheers for a coach to
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be fired. I know there's the fringe fans that say
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he needs to go. talking about Jeff Levy, I look
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at the situation and say, hey, look, this is going
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on around the country. This is not a pass. I mean,
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you look at Ohio State, they lost a quarterback. Oregon
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lost a quarterback. They're definitely not as good on the
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second or third team, you know, down the bench as
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they were at one. State is not as good, you know,
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down the bench as well. You look at Fluff Bothwell.
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I mean, he had 111 yards on 17 carries, but
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he is not healthy. I mean, Ole Miss lost their
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running back, Kewon Lacy. This is going on around college football,
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and I think what we're seeing is Even though these
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rosters are so expensive and they're going to continue to climb,
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there's just not enough money for depth. And you better
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hang on because, I mean, odds of you losing somebody
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are pretty high. And if you lose a bunch of somebodies,
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then you're not anywhere where you thought you were.
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Just a minute. I'm chasing a dog who's trying to
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run away. But Nellie, get back here.
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That's all right.
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She scooted out the door when I shouldn't have opened there.
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And now we're holding up traffic as a result. The situation,
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of course, being that I think you've got to go
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with an SEC veteran like Swan this weekend. And there's
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been the frustration, of course, he hasn't played yet. A
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lot of that's simply the fact that he's had repeated
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ankle issues since he got here in spring. He's a
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dadgum dog. He does own the place, doesn't he? Traffic stopping.
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This is awesome radio.
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No, it really is. No, it really is.
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No.
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He's had an ankle issue that was aggravated in some ways.
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One of those guys, he either puts his foot in
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the wrong place for somebody to step on it or whatever.
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But he's cleared to go now, and I think State's
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got to ride him. I think he's got the mental toughness.
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He's been at Vanderbilt, LSU, Appalachian State. He's seen everything.
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I think you run him out there and he's just
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not going to be too rattled by the situation in Texas. Puckett,
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bless him, he's been asked to do something that no
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freshman should be asked to do. But the fumble he had,
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the interception he threw, I just don't think it's wise
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to run him back out there in that situation. But
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it's going to be a situation all year, I mean
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all season. Well, I guess I could go ahead and
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say all season. What do you do? Because this offense
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was built around Camario Taylor. The coaches always say, whatever
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they are, you've got to execute and run the system.
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I get it. But you have to adapt to what
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you have at the quarterback position more than anything. So
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this is where we see Jeff Levy and staff have
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to make some adjustments. What you can do. You still
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got the runners. You still got the receivers. The same
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offensive line. It's all the man receiving the snap. But
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you've got to play to his strengths, whatever they are.
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David, Doug.
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A.J.
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Swan, what do we know as far as his availability?
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This guy was a backup to Diego Pavia at Vanderbilt, obviously.
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He's got SEC experience. He has played SEC football. Where
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he is in his recovery with Mississippi State?
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I think he's fine to go. He was dressed out.
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I saw him in the third quarter doing some passing
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on the sideline, just in case. And by the way,
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another thing, too, State had to leave the starting offensive
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line in there even after it was just about a
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lost cause. because you couldn't afford to have Billy Bucket
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go down. So you're doubly risking a lot of your
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starters in a situation like that. You see the bind
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that it's in. I think Swan will be able to
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go out there, be competent. The main thing, and this
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is why I think he's going to get it this week,
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and Steve agrees with me, is because Lebby repeatedly said
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today it's all about taking care of the football. And
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when you emphasize ball security over playmaking, You've just tipped
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your hand. You've got to go with somebody you trust
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not to throw the interception, not to lose the handle
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in a goal line situation. Now, entirely different subject. Should
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Puckett have even been allowed to be in an RPO situation?
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We're sitting there going, snap it four times directly to
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Fluff Bothwell or somebody else. Snap it to Sam West,
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for goodness sakes. But don't make a freshman quarterback have
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to make a decision. We saw what happened when you did. So...
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That tells me you've got to change your offense for
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your quarterback. It's not ideal, but it's the situation. And
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here's the thing to remember, too, Jake. I know I'm
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getting kind of all over the place. State can still
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beat Vanderbilt with A.J. Swan. I really believe it. Wouldn't
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that be a nice little story there?
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Oh, yeah.
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I think State could beat Vanderbilt with Billy Puckett. I'm
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pretty confident about Tennessee Tech. So you're still on the
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line for bowl eligibility even without Camario Taylor. Auburn tougher
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challenge Ole Miss probably out of reach with those guys
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but you have a chance to achieve weirdly enough what
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was your goal going into the season Six and six
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in a bowl game. It just hurts more because you
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see what the team could be with a full-strength Camario
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Taylor for a whole season. He is that much of
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a difference maker. That's special. Of course, that's a whole
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commentary on what they've recruited to surround him with, but
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it doesn't take anything away from the fact Taylor's that special.
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That said, you still got a chance to win some
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games here with what you have left if you adapt
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to what they can do and don't force. Put another way,
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in that goal situation down there, first down, don't call
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a play for Camario Taylor unless Camario Taylor's on the field.
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David, we got a few minutes left here. Any other
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news we need to share on Mississippi State sports?
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Well, we had the exhibition with Memphis the other night,
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and Josh Hubbard came off the bench. You could tell
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he's not 100% speed yet. I think he had one
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decent practice before he got in there. They were rattled early.
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I think Memphis is going to be pretty darn good,
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by the way. Not championship good, but they'll be entering
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their conference. Much better team than I saw last year.
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State's got a lot, a lot, a lot of chemistry
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on the court to take place. The guys like each other.
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I think they all play off each other pretty well.
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but they don't know where to be when the ball's moving.
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They don't know yet how to get in there. What
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type of shots are going to go up and get
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rebounds and things only game experience can show. I think
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athletically they're ahead of last year, but I still have
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some concerned about second chance points. I, the ball handling
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without Hubbard on the point, which we'd love to get
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them off. They're still suspect at this point. Um, Reed,
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he's going to be good. He's going to be really good.
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He's just a little raw right now, obviously. I like
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Thomas Bassong there as a defender there. Chris Jan's a
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symbolsome talent. It's going to take a while for this
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bunch to come together to my eye.
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Have a great week, sir. We'll do it again soon.
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Jake, as I go chase down one of our deadly
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attack Morkies here, it's always good to talk to you all.
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Likewise.
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David, stay out of that traffic. Appreciate you. David Murray,
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