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Sugar Bowl Preview | 2025 Georgia Football
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Jim and John are joined by Hunter Jones to preview Georgia’s matchup with Ole Miss in the Sugar Bowl and answer listener questions.
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Introduction and Opening Remarks
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how excited are you to get this matchup with georgia he's like well not very much you know yeah think yeah
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welcome to my gotta podcast i'm jim wood in this episode john powell and i are joined by hunter jones to preview georgia's matchup with old miss in the sugar bowl We talk through what we're looking for in the game, and we answer questions from you, our listeners.
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Sugar Bowl History and Georgia's Journey
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Now, let's join the conversation in progress.
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All right, over under on should we be recordings was was met. So here we record. Smash the over. ah For the first ever in-season rematch of Georgia Ole Miss, we also have the first ever in-season twice preview Ole Miss with Hunter Jones. Hunter, welcome.
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Always good to be on. Merry Christmas to you. Merry Christmas, everybody. Yes, this is this will be the see a qua or christmas parties yeah the the CFP quarterfinal slash Christmas episode. is and ah I realized that um when we after we did our first round, i was like oh we didn't do our Christmas episode. I guess this this will have to count, is it?
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I also, i don't i don't know. I'm not not sure when this is going to come out. For all I know, this may have dropped on Christmas Day. um I'm not really sure. Maybe Christmas Eve. um But needed to do this a little earlier with holiday schedules and travel schedules and such. So ah thanks for bearing with me ah on the schedule, guys. Appreciate it I forgive you, Jim.
00:01:55
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Thank you. All good. Okay, let's do the quick, let's do the rundown and then we can dive in. Kind of like how we talked about it. Oh wait, do we have a special guest? Oh, special guest.
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Pause for special guest. He's not happy right now. Hey buddy. Say hey. Hey. Hey Truett. The true man. I just got out of the bathtub. He's not happy about it.
00:02:20
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Oh no. Don't. Can you tell him, what do you say when you watch ball? law Boo-bo. but Hey. Oh, no.
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It's all right. You going to get a cookie? Okay. Yes. say Go get a cookie from Mama. Tell them bye-bye. Bye-bye. Say go, dogs. well Bye-bye.
00:02:48
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Man, i should ah I should have ran and got Ella to come in for that. Ella is true. It's the number one fan.
00:02:57
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He's crying bad right now. Did he take a break? No, he's past his bedtime, so he's at that point where he's overtired. Gotcha. All good.
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All right. We'll run through the we do the quick rundown of the matchup. um So we've got kickoff Thursday night on January 1st, 8 p.m. Eastern, 7 local. uh at the caesar superdome uh in nolens uh the dogs come in into this game 12 and 1 7 and 1 in league o'll miss 11 uh i'm sorry also 12 and 1 and 7-1 in the sec um dogs are number three in the playoff uh against the number six seed o'll miss Games on ESPN with Sean McDonough, Greg McIlroy, Molly McGrath, and Laura rutt Rutledge. And the official hashtag that we will forget to use is hashtag Sugar Bowl.
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um The all-time series is now up to Georgia. Leads the series 34-13-1. Obviously with the last meeting being earlier this season, on October that the Dogs won 43-35. That's it the...
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to thirty five ah that's it for the for the matchup um i did i know we were kind of texting about this earlier today little bit about this matchup and like some of the some of the things and uh about like old miss in the sugar bowl georgia in the sugar bowl etc um i've got the georgia stuff so for georgia this is the 13th all-time appearance in the sugar bowl uh the dogs are five and seven in the sugar bowl um I thought this was interesting since 2019 Georgia is seven and one in the past eight bowl slash CFP matchups.
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So pretty impressive streak there for the dogs. And then on the rematch angle dogs still undefeated in rematches under Kirby at four and said be the 2017 Auburn 2021 auburn twenty twenty one bama Texas last year Alabama again this year. um And then this is the first ever in season rematch between Georgia and Ole Miss. This has never happened before.
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So that was interesting. Well, going to take them down. Yeah. Well, just on the, on the Ole Miss side, I know we were talking about earlier. This is Ole Miss is Sugar Bowl. I think they're they're pretty high up there as far as the conference goes. I think Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss may be the top attendees of this game.
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And then Miss has six wins in their 10 trips so far in the Sugar Bowl. So a winning record in the Sugar Bowl. They're both on a losing streak though. Georgia lost last year to Notre Dame and Ole Miss lost in 2022 to Baylor.
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That was Lane Kiffin's second or third year. Matt Corral was quarterback. He got hurt in the game and then Luke Altmyer had to come in play. And shout out to Tony on Wainson's last Saturday. He's the quarterback at Illinois now, pretty sure. Yeah, i was gonna say, that sounded familiar. Okay, okay.
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It does sound familiar. i didn't I did not remember him being in Ole Miss. That's funny. Okay. I knew he had transferred to Illinois um somewhere. I lost track of that. That's funny. Cool. Did he leave because of Jackson Dart, Hunter?
00:06:23
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Yes. Yeah. m feel like I feel like I remember talking about him in the past. respond to what Okay, cool. um As we're recording early, ah don't have a Hasty's History.
00:06:38
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Should one come in? And Jason, if it doesn't, all good. ah' I'll insert it or or release it separately. um I do have some JP's fun facts.
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There we go. Let's hit on. but And they do have some some history components to them as well, Jim. Nice. Since we since weve previewed these guys before, um I figured I would just delve into the history of the Sugar Bowl game itself.
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So some this is some fun facts about the Sugar Bowl itself. um So the Sugar Bowl was created in 1935, and it was created specifically by efforts from the sugar industry lobby in Louisiana, which is apparent which for which was apparently, and I'm not sure if it still is, or maybe you can shed some light, but the local sugar executives strongly backed the game, and it was one of the few bowl games that was born directly from economic lobbying effort.
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um So the sugar industry and in Louisiana was was largely the impetus for the creation of this game. um Interestingly, had Tulane won, we would have been playing the owners of this bowl game.
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technically tri bowls explain Technically, the Sugar Bowl is owned and operated by Tulane University, not the SEC or the NCAA. So it makes it one of the only major bowl games that's controlled by a private university.
00:08:05
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Interesting. Yes. And so there's a couple of reasons for there's a couple of, you know, but little caveats on that. So um historically, this game was played in Tulane Stadium. So when the Superdome opened in 1975, it had a ton of financial and structural skeptics. Like basically, there was a big question, Martin, illegitimacy of the Superdome back in the 70s. So the Sugar Bowl moved from Tulane to the Superdome to help and it helped legitimize the Superdome as a national sporting landmark and um you know basically helped save it and helped keep it what it what it it what so whats speak what it's become.
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um Let's see. um it is the The Sugar Bowl is the second oldest continuously played bowl game behind only the Rose Bowl. um Unlike the Rose Bowl, um the Sugar Bowl has had to reinvent itself over time and has kind of changed things around, whereas the Rose Bowl is very rigid in its traditions, which is kind of interesting considering that, you know, the Sugar Bowl is in the South and The South is typically very rigid with its traditions, but anyway.
Current Matchup Analysis: Georgia vs. Ole Miss
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um a couple of other things. Mardi Gras has also had, ah it's almost canceled the Sugar Bowl in the past. Sugar Bowl struggled to secure hotels and transportation because Mardi Gras preparations were taking priorities.
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um But here we are still playing the game. um the Interestingly, Georgia Tech um also was involved in some history here with the Sugar Bowl. In 1956, Georgia Governor Marvin Griffin tried to block Georgia Tech from playing Pittsburgh. Shout out, Lamar.
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um because Pitt had an integrated roster. Georgia Tech's president ignored the pressure and Georgia Tech went on to win the Sugar Bowl, marking a quiet but meaningful civil rights movement in Southern sports.
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um So I thought that that was kind of interesting that Georgia and Georgia Tech specifically um has a had a role in some of that from um back in the day.
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um Some other fun facts. um So the Sugar Bowl actually was was one of the first bowls to aggressively negotiate TV contracts.
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So the Sugar Bowl itself set a template for how college football would later monetize and package postseason games. And so the Sugar Bowl was one of the first to kind of pave that way and kind of shaped the modern TV contracts for for sporting for sporting and sporting events, particularly in the college world.
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A couple other fun facts. Let's see here. Yeah, I thought this was really interesting. So apparently the trophy that we know today is not always what the trophy used to be.
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So back in the day when it was first first originally you know conceived, as I mentioned, the sugar industry was very much involved and they literally had a sugar bowl, like a crystal sugar bowl.
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And it had a couple of other components like a tray, serving dish and all that kind of stuff. And so in the past, these these trophies were impractical. um Teams didn't even want to try to transport them to their schools. And even when they did, they didn't know what to do with them.
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Players in in some of the eras of the trophies, the players actually didn't even want to touch it because it was so ornate and really more of a decoration item that would sit in the administrative space. buildings and players would never really see it again after the presentation.
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um And in fact, some of the trophies were so large and fragile that they would leave them behind because they didn't want to deal with the logistics of transporting them back to school.
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So they would actually just leave them in New Orleans. That's crazy. i mean That's pretty much the the gist. The quick and dirty couple of things that I just kind of ran through that I thought that that was was pretty interesting. a Fun fact, since you mentioned Georgia Tech in the Sugar Bowl, Ole Miss' his first Sugar Bowl appearance was against Georgia Tech and Ole Miss lost to Georgia Tech in their first Sugar Bowl.
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Damn Yellow Jackets. Losing to Georgia teams. hey but A Sugar Bowl tradition for Ole Miss. And when when was that, Hunter? how like how That was like a long time ago, right? It was in the fifty s Okay. So would have been like even when like Tech was still in the SEC is where I was going with that.
00:13:01
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Sorry. Let's see. 1953. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. So that's interesting um that it was an SEC matchup for that game as well. Cool, man. Let's see. i I didn't see like a transcript of Kirby's press conference. There was a video. but So what I generally, as far as like news and notes go, um thought it was interesting. And I think I got a text actually about this around some of the like the the injury updates and such.
00:13:31
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um Because we're hearing like already some hopeful stuff from Kirby around hopefully get some folks back. So um there's actually been discussion around Colby Young of late.
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um So we'll see there. But then I think the the concerning one is Gabe Harris. It's like, what's what's going on with Gabe Harris? He did confirm um that he's been dealing with Turf Toe. And as we have talked about many times in this podcast, I can attest that Turf Toe does not feel good. It's also not always a quick a quick healer. So I don't know. We'll see. That one definitely is somewhat what concerning, but we'll see. Who knows? I think I'm hopeful to get him back.
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so we'll We'll see what that means. And then I guess, honestly, like the big thing, I guess kind of big thing that happened in his press conference was his ah transfer portal ah commentary around like everyone's announcing I'm doing this, I'm doing that, I'm entering the portal. And Kirby was like, how about you announce I'm trying to get better or something like that. and So I don't know. he's a I like it when he when ah Kirby gets a little feisty and starts talking about stuff like that.
00:14:47
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He got pretty feisty in general talking about the transfers and all that kind of stuff. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. So he was on one. He was on one. And then today he was at the the bookstore because my parents saw him so the him. Do they take a picture? Because I want to see this.
00:15:05
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there might There may be photo evidence. evidence Amazing.
00:15:11
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Cool. Hunter, what's going on in like the Ole Miss like news and notes world, other than obviously a new head coach? Right. Well, yeah. know So the obvious, the departure of Lane Kiffin. has um is it's really kind of uh the roller coaster of emotions you know ah as it was happening people were like oh you know i don't think he's gonna leave and then you had other people are who are like he's obviously gonna leave because it's lane kiffin and it's lsu and um
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immediately after it was a lot of if vitriol and hate um i mean warranted um i was one of those people and you can remember in the group chat and i didn't say very nice things um i think kind of as as it's um settled down there's a lot of people who are very um optimistic about the hire of Pete Golding, as well as kind of, it's coming out now and a lot of people say it's sour grapes and it might be a little bit of sour grapes, but Lane Kiffin, he wasn't,
00:16:26
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it was kind of like ah you put up with him because he's your guy. And now that he's not your guy, it's like, damn, I'm kind of glad that guy's gone from my place. You know? Uh, that's kind of the feeling that I get a lot from what I'm hearing with Ole Miss now is, uh, he wasn't a great guy. They kind of just covered some things up. We're willing to put up with some things of even winning.
00:16:50
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um, But he's gone now and it's all coming out. So um if you hear it on the internet about Lane Kiffin, it's probably true. I'll tell you that.
00:17:02
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I still can't believe the dog isn't his or wasn't his. Yeah. Yeah. It's like, I mean, it's just one another one of the, the main given things, you know?
00:17:13
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Yeah. I did see, um, I saw this on the internet. So it must be true. Wasn't like, didn't he get asked about like, or this is my interpretation of what I heard. was something along the lines of in the first round game, they didn't have like the basketball goal to dunk on like for turnovers stuff. And he said something like, why would there ever be a basketball goal on our sideline or something like that?
00:17:34
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Yeah, yeah. Talking about Pete. Yeah. peter That's the thing. Ole Miss went in the complete opposite direction of Lane Kiffin by hiring Pete Golding. yeah Pete Golding is about as Mississippi as you can get.
00:17:50
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on He played at Delta State. He coached at Delta State. He had a coaching stop at Southern Miss before he was at UTSA. And then Nick Saban went and plucked him from UTSA to be the defensive coordinator after Kirby, which that's why Alabama fans say they don't like Pete Golding is because he followed Kirby Smart. They wouldn't like anybody that would follow Kirby Smart. But Nick Saban will be the first one to say that he was a good coach and he was a good teacher and he was good for the players. And everything that you hear read about Pete Golding backs that up. Anybody who can get in front of a microphone and talk about ah Pete Golding will tell you that he –
00:18:29
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he's a you know He's a competitor. He's a ball guy. like he He lives and breathes football. He's not going to be the prima donna. He's not going to be going to – and he said that in his press conference. I'm not going to no damn yoga studios. I'm not you know i'm not doing any of that.
00:18:43
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Yeah, yeah. And so, yeah, I mean, as far as the football side of it, I think i think it's a good – ah good after Lane Kiffin hire, as far as, you know, he's not going to do any of the showboaty stuff.
00:19:02
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He's not, he's just going to grind. They're going to practice. They're going to, you're going to watch He's a big tape guy, like scheme guy. He's a defensive coach. So, know, the opposite of laying in that way too.
00:19:13
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His whole mindset is, and, you know, nobody can be Kirby Smart. Nobody is Kirby Smart, but this is about as close to Kirby Smart as Ole Miss could ever get. This is the Mississippi version, the, you know, great value, you want to call it great value version of Kirby Smart. and this is This is it. Okay.
00:19:33
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okay Okay. Good to know. Good to know. Yeah. The Kirkland signature. Like I said, just like Kirby's a Georgia guy, he's a Mississippi guy. He didn't go Ole Miss, but his wife did.
00:19:45
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And his wife is like an Ole Miss family. And like I said, hes he's he's deep in the state. Like his dad was a high school football coach. His dad was actually a high school football coach in Ocean Springs where I live and went to high school. He was down here. i've actually had the opportunity to talk to him. I like Pete. He was down here when I was working at Ocean Springs recruiting Bray Hubbard. He was the primary recruiter of Bray Hubbard to get Bray to go to Alabama when Pete was the defensive coordinator. He was coming down to our facility pretty much you know every other week. Saban was sending him down here. and As just like a a person, and he there's some videos out there anybody wants to go look. like he's He'll straight up tell you like he's not shy about who he is. Uh, then when he interviewed for the Alabama job, he went to Nick Saban's house and miss Terry asked him if he wanted to drink. He was like, hell yeah, give me some Miller lights. And didn't even know that Nick Saban didn't drink, you know, like he's just, he's the Mississippi guy. he' He'll go drink. He'll drink couple beers at game. Like you see him at the golf course. He looks like he rolls off the golf course 90% of the time. Like, I think I texted y'all when he was recruiting Bray, he rolled up to our game He came from the Beau Ravage.
00:21:01
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I don't know if he was staying there or what, but he just had like his golf polo and khakis and big golf visor on. And he's just like, you know, he's about as Mississippi as you can get. You can find him in Tunica. You can find him in Oxford. You can find him on the coast. He'll hang out at the Beau Ravage with you and then he'll go coach some football, you know.
00:21:19
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Yeah. Yeah. Nice. Well, hopefully, uh, I wanted to hate him, but I like him. Right. Yeah. Yeah. He's, he's hard to hate. And I mean, he starts losing that'll change, but think that's kind of everybody in the, in the honeymoon period right now. And, uh, I think like the way lane left, I'm sure doesn't hurt the way people feel about P. Golding. So, Yeah. Well, and then I don't know if y'all saw the story. i don't know if it's true or not, but the night that Lane decided to leave, they had there like all these meetings happening at the chancellor's house and they were there for hours into the night and the Iron Bowl was happening. And, you know, basically Lane had told him, I'm not staying to be the coach, but let me coach. and Keith Carter, the AD, was like, no, you're not coaching. If you're the head coach of LSU, you're not going to coach Ole Miss in any kind of meaningful anything, which, understandable. I don't know why that was ever even a hot take. That's our biggest rival other than Mississippi State, arguably bigger than Mississippi State, depending on who you ask. And Lane went back to the facility to because at that point the Iron Bowl was happening, and he might you know he didn't know if he'd have to coach the next game against Georgia in the SEC championship or not yet, depending on that outcome.
00:22:36
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And they're watching the Iron Bowl. And Pete looked over at Lane, allegedly, and was why don't you just go ahead and get out of here and get the hell home sanct your office no more? Yeah. i feel like I feel like you're not the only person I heard that from. So, for what it's worth.
00:22:52
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ah Too funny. Well, yeah. don't you go ahead and get the hell on home and sanct your office no more?
Georgia's Defensive Evolution
00:22:59
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Oh, man. um i have ah I have a non-coaching related question, Hunter, because I didn't check on this. Do you know Lacey's status? Because I remember like he got hurt in the Twain game and then came back, but then... Yeah, I haven't heard a lot about it. I've been looking. it's it's you know He's either going to be fine or it's real hush-hush.
00:23:21
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I think it's ah more of a precautionary thing and maybe a little bit gamesmanship. Real quiet on the Lacey front so far. Okay. Okay.
00:23:31
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Cool. All good. um Okay. Let's see. I know. So um last time or in our last game, there was also a rematch.
00:23:42
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We kind of went through everything, like, and I guess with a little bit of a different lens. So just kind of thinking like. Like what's the difference between this game and the last time we met, like what's changed for Georgia was changed for Ole Miss. Obviously the coaches have changed for Ole Miss.
00:23:59
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But ah i think like a little bit of that um would probably kind of have we kind of have we run through this. So um for the general stats that we always look at, like net yards for play update and all that kind of stuff, like Georgia's at at 1.43. Um, also that it was interesting that these teams are both debt, like are that like at zero on the turnover margin, like the turnover margin is even same number of giveaways as takeaways. Um, so I guess maybe starting like with the matchup of like Georgia offense between Ole Miss defense has, I will say this, like,
00:24:36
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When Ole Miss came out on the field and scored right as you would think they would against Tulane, I was like, oh, man, here we go. But then Tulane started moving the ball, and I think I texted you guys like I forgot how bad the Ole Miss defense is. um So don't know. like Obviously, only loss all year was at Georgia. Do you know, like Hunter, did you see like much improvement in the defense from there, or are they just outscoring people?
00:25:01
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and I mean, they're, they did better, uh, against lesser competition, obviously Mississippi state's terrible. Um, they did pretty good at holding Mississippi state.
00:25:12
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and I mean, but Mississippi state has a dynamic quarterback. I'll give them that. He's not that great of a thrower. And I think if he was, he could have probably hurt Ole Miss more. Uh, he missed a lot of passes, but he could run.
00:25:25
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um that's the problem with Ole Miss, right? Um, their national championship caliber on offense, but they're, you know, Sunbelt caliber on defense. It just, it you know, it is what it is.
00:25:38
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Maybe not Sunbelt, but, you know, they're they're not as good as a championship level team defensively, and I don't know if it's just missed assignments, missed they're not the right place, they're missed tackles, because they have a good defensive coach. Now, obviously, for this game, he's a little more ah widespread because he's the head coach now, but um it's not ah It's not a coaching thing. i just I think that they don't match up athletically yet like your Georgia or your Ohio State type of a championship team. They just don't have that caliber of player across the board. They've got them here and there, but it's just not depth or consistent enough. Like Georgia has where you look at the secondary and you got five stars and five stars and five stars. That's not what Ole Miss has.
00:26:32
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Gotcha. Gotcha. I know like this, this was the game. the The first matchup was the game where Colby young got hurt. I don't know. Like John, where do you, any, anything, I don't know, like different this time to last time around that you're looking for as far as like our offense or defense.
00:26:48
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I mean, this very much feels like a you know first to 30 win. So for Georgia, I feel that that most likely sets up in the sense of protect the ball, win the game, like we we talked about. So you know if we if we're if we're not throwing interceptions, turning the ball over, fumbling, all like ah all those kinds of things, then I think that we'll be fine. like We just need to stay on schedule because I think that we'll get some stops out of them.
00:27:14
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um They're going to put points on the board, um I think that Chambliss is going to be able to put some yards on us, but um you know by and large, I think that it's ultimately going to be a situation where Gunnar just needs to manage the game and not press the ball down the field.
00:27:31
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Yeah, i I agree. And everything that I hear from the Ole Miss side is the same thing. you know and I stay pretty plugged into their podcast and their media as well. And that's that's what they're saying is their best shot at this game is to get some turnovers.
00:27:48
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They know Georgia's going to score. They know that Georgia can score on them. The goal is to outscore Georgia and get Georgia turn the ball over. That's the recipe to win.
00:27:59
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Yeah, Pete Golding had a pretty good line where someone was asking me. He's like, well, I hope we can get them to punt at least once this time. because ah i would love i would love for us to take the game over and just you know throw the you know put your put your knee down on their throat and just choke them out the entirety of the second half kind of thing. But um and you can never count out.
00:28:24
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You can never can out the Ole Miss situation. I mean, i guess that they're largely untested without Lane. i'm I'm curious to see what their offense does against the defense that's been – mean, we have effectively rendered – new basically neutered Georgia Tech's offense.
00:28:43
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We neutered Alabama in the SEC championship. This will be the third offense that Kirby's going to have an opportunity to just completely shut down. Yeah, and I think that's the biggest difference to me in the first matchup to now is That was really the turning point, I think, for Georgia defensively. Like that game was where it was, all right, our season is basically on the line. we We have to get stopped here, and we got two stops at the end of the game. And from there on, we've seen what we now know is our normal for Georgia's defense, right? What we think it should be. They've been back to that.
00:29:21
Speaker
So how how does that translate into the second round against Ole Miss? i i don't think it's going to be high-scoring game like it was because Georgia is that much better, I believe, defensively. Now, I do think Ole Miss can do some things. They have players that are capable of doing some things. But if Ole Miss can't run the football, it's over.
00:29:41
Speaker
my Yeah. Right. that's That's just plain and simple. For Ole Miss to win this game, we're talking about, I mean, I'm sorry to get off the rails here, but I know you wanted to go offense-defense. I feel like we we've moved to the defense, and that's fine. Yeah. Ole Miss has to get turnovers, and then Ole Miss has to run the football.
00:30:01
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Yeah. If Ole Miss can't run the football, It's over. Yeah. And I mean, if that's where to me, like the health of Lacey is so is really a big deal and key there. But also, okay. So for both of us, I agree with both Hunter. I definitely agree. Like that was the turning point for the Georgia defense. And then John, you're talking about like the, the recent games in the last four games, which by the way, three of those last four games for Georgia were against top 25 opponents. We've only given up two touchdowns and five field goals. And we forced 39 punts,
00:30:32
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with five interceptions and nine sacks. So like the junkyard dogs have like reemerged and it's been a heck of a turnaround for what we were seeing earlier in the season.
Ole Miss Offensive Strategy
00:30:44
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these frozen transfer But like, and and that's what I would say is Ole Miss, their strength is their ability to make big plays, right? Have the quarterback make big plays. But they have, when they, when they are rolling, they can run the football.
00:31:01
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I don't know that there is a path to success like there was in Athens. Olives didn't run the football in Athens. they just They were able to take advantage of what I believe an inexperienced at the time, hadn't grown up yet, Georgia secondary of young players.
00:31:19
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They took advantage of it. and They almost won, but they didn't. yeah They grew up when they had to. They got two stops to end the game. Now, you have a full-on mature Georgia defense with those guys.
00:31:33
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I just don't see a pass for Ole Miss to have any success if they can't run the ball too. Yeah. And I've also kind of been thinking about like, so not only this Ole Miss matchup versus last year, but also we played in this game a year ago, right? So Georgia in the Sugar Bowl again, in this same scenario where your SEC champions, you've had the longer layoff than your opponent. But a couple of things that I was thinking about from that is like, I think an advantage for Georgia this year, as opposed to playing Notre Dame last year in the Sugar Bowl is this year. Like, let's face it. We knew the opponent was going to be Ole Miss where last year heading the playoff. You didn't know whether you were going to see Notre Dame or Indiana. We knew who the du the opponent was going to be the whole time. So I think we've had longer to prepare So I think that's an advantage. um
00:32:18
Speaker
And then, i mean, also, frankly, like with everything that went on in New Orleans last year, New Year's Eve, and then with Kirby's dad, you know, passing away and like, you know, during the day, during the game, didn't know, you know, how his dad was doing.
00:32:33
Speaker
I think that all of that, I think probably played an even bigger role. Like I know we'd know it was a big thing, but I'm sure it was be even bigger, like the weekend and comprehend you know, so i don't know. I, I'm just, that's making me not as worried about like, Oh, like repeat of last year kind thing, you know?
00:32:47
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Yeah. cury
00:32:51
Speaker
Is I think I tweeted or texted you guys 20, 28 and three when he's had more than 10 plus days to prepare for an opponent. Yeah. Yeah. That sounds right.
00:33:01
Speaker
So yeah. Like the, like the eyes there. I don't, I don't know where I, where I lost you guys. Cause I know I broke up at some point. yeah Uh, when I was, r i I rattled off the defensive stats and you were reacting and you froze. So for those watching on the YouTube, they're going to get to see you in your pose for a while.
00:33:21
Speaker
I mean, i was just like, it was like that meme of Shannon Sharp where it was like, he's got the Mountain Dew and it's like, whoo. yeah Like, like you're what you were just talking about the last four games, the the way that we've performed from a defensive standpoint, it's just like, golly, inject that defense into my into my veins. And, you know, people have been asking me, you know, I've got buddies at church and, you know, everybody's been and saying like, hey, what do you think Georgia, what do you think their chances are to get to the national championship and all that? I'm like, dude, if that team that showed up against Alabama shows up the rest of the way, like, you're all screwed.
00:34:01
Speaker
Right. Right. he Agreed. Um, any anything else on any of those matchups, uh, before we hit the special teams?
Listener Q&A: Playoffs and Bowl Traditions
00:34:09
Speaker
No, I don't think so. I mean, I think i think that, like said I said, think Hunter said it the best. like Ole Miss' hope is that they can run the ball against a defense that has showcased that it can absolutely stop the run from some elite run teams.
00:34:28
Speaker
And they have to hope that we turn the ball over when we have not been doing so. Yeah. Yeah. Agreed. Agreed. Hope is not a strategy, my friend.
00:34:39
Speaker
yeah that's right That's right. No, but I would say i do want to point out a key player. I think he can be a huge, ah you know, and don't know what a good word is it for. He's definitely a a weapon. And that's the Ole Miss tight end. There was a couple, Daquan Wright is his name. There was a couple of plays. If I'm recollecting correctly, Jim, you're the guy for this. So check me on it. But here we go. I'll try. he, he Those drives where they didn't score, he was open across the middle and Trinidad hit him in the feet.
00:35:16
Speaker
yeah early early downs and it got him behind the sticks it got it to where Georgia could pin their ears back and come after him if he makes accurate throws I don't know that we're talking about the same thing we're talking about right now because he was open and he he's he is always like that across the middle he you saw him he hit two lane for a couple big plays across the middle like that he's a big guy with the dreads um just put a pin on that watch out for the tight end across the middle for Ole Miss because if they can start hitting that then that's that's kind of what opens up that run game for them because you got worry about him sneaking behind you while you're worried about coming up if you're talking about linebackers now obviously George has got the D-line talent to nix that but
00:36:05
Speaker
yeah Yeah, I think that a big a big a big pivot between the two games is that we've somehow developed depth throughout the remainder of the season since that game. So like there's there's no telling like what's who's going to be the standout star. We have the no-name defense now.
00:36:22
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah, we really do. um And I don't know, too, like in that first game, whether like if the environment eventually got to Chamblissk. I mean, he's a different guy. First half and second half of that game. So I don't know. Could have been the environment. couldve just been the defense, you know, stepped up and got there, which on that, I don't know. i mean.
00:36:39
Speaker
This is obviously a closer game for Ole Miss. I'm curious what the crowd's going to be like. Oh, they're going to come out. Ole Miss is going to have a big crowd. This is like their favorite game to play in too as far as a postseason venue and destination. Like this is this is the destination for Ole Miss fans.
00:37:00
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. That's, I mean, makes sense. It makes sense. kind of what i figured. Okay. Um, all right. I did have, uh, just a couple of things. Um, well, plus it's only a couple of hours for you guys in Mississippi, right?
00:37:13
Speaker
ah Yeah. How how far? I mean, it's very close for you, Hunter. Oh yeah. It's like, New Orleans is about an hour and a half. It's like an hour and a half from my house here in ocean Springs. Um, it's about five, five and a half hours from like an hour, right?
00:37:30
Speaker
Um, but there's a lot of coast ribs that are going to be making the trip. Um, you know and it And Ole Miss people are excited. And, you know, I can't... and Yeah, there's a lot of rips. The Ole Miss side of me is excited, too. But the Georgia side of me is like, yeah, well, you know, the team that you're yeah the team that you're about to play is not the same play. But for the Ole Miss fans and the Ole Miss perspective of this game is this is the best season in Ole Miss history, pretty much. And it's Ole Miss against the world. Like, after Lane Kiffin did what he did...
00:38:06
Speaker
They're all in on Pete Golden. they They like Pete Golden. They want to see him succeed, obviously, but it's it's that chip on the shoulder is is that much more. And they still did have the undefeated home record this year, first time ever. They won nine games at home.
00:38:25
Speaker
It's been the dream season and the sugar bowl is now the opportunity to, to write the only wrong of the season. And in, in the Ole Miss perspective, they were every bit in that game and they were, they were every bit in that game and it happens until the first, the fourth quarter, you know, they, there's a belief that this, this is the chance to continue the dream season into the playoff, right. That one wrong. Yeah. And, you know, continue moving through the playoff as the best Ole Miss team in history.
00:38:59
Speaker
you you You said that, Hunter, and I had to like go look at the schedule and start counting like eight home games in the regular season and then plus a playoff game, nine games at home.
00:39:10
Speaker
That is kind of wow. We need that schedule. But I digress. Okay. um my My special teams nugget was just a reminder that punter Oscar Bird is Australian.
00:39:22
Speaker
So they do take special teams seriously. But we do have Ray Guy award winner Brett Thorson on our our side. So don't forget that. And then just my general thing was like, don't know, could there be another big swing special teams play in this game? Like we saw in the SEC championship. So we'll have to watch out for that.
00:39:42
Speaker
All right. um You guys want hit to hit the listener questions? Yes. All right. Let's do that. As we head into that, just reminder to everyone, the listener questions are presented by Working Web Media. They helped us redo our website. so you can head over to mygotapodcast.com to see some of their work. And then just if you have you know you've got a small business yourself, ah need to help need some help with your website or your online presence, head over to workingwebmedia.com slash dogs, and they will know that we sent you their way.
00:40:13
Speaker
right, as always, going to start it off with the Belding bonus from Brett Belding, TMTMTM. One, how would you structure the playoff to include more on-campus games and keep the New Year's Six Bulls happy?
00:40:26
Speaker
I think that's probably kind of hard to do, to do both. um But, I mean, don't know. My thing is ah what I would like to do is just flip-flop it because I think if you're a top-four seed, you should get that home game.
00:40:40
Speaker
And those first round games maybe are at the bowl sites and then the quarter finals on campus. I don't know though that the new year six type bowls are going to fly or that that would fly with them and not be on new year's day.
00:40:53
Speaker
I think that's probably the issue. So that's where it gets tough. The other thing is, though, I feel like the bowl pool has shrinked so much now. Like, you don't make the playoff. You're not in a big bowl. you know, like, there's no opportunity to be in a big bowl anymore. And that's, i think, how we end up with, like, Notre Dame not, like, taking their ball and going home. Everybody packing up their football and going home. Exactly. So, like, don't mean, I kind of feel like maybe they should just be regular bowls again. Like, i don't know. That's my take, but no going to listen to that.
00:41:21
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. They've got to figure out a way to reward the teams that win their conferences with more than just time to get ready for a game.
00:41:33
Speaker
I agree. ah agree Time is great and time is money and all that kind of stuff. but like and you know we've had opportunity i mean you got colt We're talking about Colby Young potentially coming back. and you know That's great and all, but I don't know that that's enough value for money.
00:41:49
Speaker
you know i don't know if that's enough value for me to say Yeah, I'd rather have that all that time versus another home game, which I feel like the universities themselves would prefer to have the extra home game to um you know have the economic impact and all that kind of stuff. I mean, could you imagine if we were like playing a game on campus? you know Yeah.
00:42:15
Speaker
I mean, to that point, that the home game is the answer for the reward. Ole Miss hosted the the first playoff game in Mississippi, like the state of Mississippi history, obviously. And the economic impact on the university and for Oxford was estimated between $70 $75 million dollars in revenue for the area And it it was it's the biggest day in Ole Miss football history on campus in the state.
00:42:45
Speaker
Like, yeah, I know, obviously, you know, Georgia is a higher level of ah a program with more sustained success than that. But that's that's the kind of thing you're talking about when you're talking about a play a playoff game at home.
00:42:58
Speaker
Right. You're rewarding. That's the reward that everybody wants. And that's the one that would actually be a reward to get. Yeah. You don't miss like set a Santa Claus hat record or something.
00:43:10
Speaker
So there's that. Yeah. They set a Guinness world record of most Santa Claus hats worn in a, at one time in one venue. Yeah. Oh, wow. That's funny. Yeah. I mean, Ole Miss is like the living example. Like before the season, Jim and I have been talking about like third place in the SEC is the sweet spot.
00:43:29
Speaker
They are the living embodiment of everything that we talked about, where you came in third. You didn't have to play in the SEC championship. You are rewarded with a home game.
00:43:41
Speaker
And not only are you rewarded with a home game, but you're rewarded with a team that we knew before the season even started that you're going to be playing some, probably some box team, which ended up me in Tulane and y'all were way too much for them.
00:43:57
Speaker
Yeah. i mean, you got a team you beat by five scores when you played them in September. Right. Right. Yeah. Yeah. All right. ah Let's see. Brett's second one was besides the 1981 Notre Dame game, what is your favorite Sugar Bowl?
00:44:11
Speaker
I've got to go with the one that I went to. So I'm going to go the 2002 season, ah january New Year's Day, 2003. The first Sugar Bowl after right after we won the SEC championship. So like Mark Richt, David Green, David Pollak, those guys.
00:44:27
Speaker
I'm going to go with probably this one just because it's the first one that I've been to because I'm going to the game. Let's go. I'm taking Carter with me. Yeah, um' I've not got a good record of attending Sugar Bowls. um I've been three Sugar Bowls, and have one win and two losses. I went to the Sugar Bowl when I was in college, and when Ole Miss played Oklahoma State, and we had Chad Kelly as quarterback, and we won. And then i went to the Sugar Bowl when Georgia played Texas, and that was not fun. And then I went...
00:45:05
Speaker
I went to that Sugar Bowl when Ole Miss played Baylor and Ole Miss lost. So, um yeah, none of those are my favorites. So what I hear you saying, Hunter, is that what i hear you saying is that you have a 60-something percent chance that Ole Miss loses every time you go to the club. Right, right. Well, yeah so and i'm I'm going to this Sugar Bowl, so we'll see what happens.
00:45:28
Speaker
Um, um, uh, all right, let's head over to John Michael D. Uh, he says, ah he said, first, does this count as a rematch with lane gone?
00:45:39
Speaker
LOL. I would say yes.
SEC Coaching Changes and Rivalries
00:45:41
Speaker
Um, he said the little stitches part of me thinks this game may actually mean more to Kirby than any other game to date or any to come. We're on a voodoo killing streak. So what better time to add another victim? Um,
00:45:54
Speaker
Yeah, and I'm i'm assuming ah John is referring to like like ah avenging the last year's Sugar Bowl loss. So I would i would think so too.
00:46:04
Speaker
Agreed. Let's see. 51-7 GATA. How odd is it that last year the Dogs played Notre Dame while Brian Kelly sat in Baton Rouge? And this year the Dogs play Ole Miss while Lane Kiffin sits in Baton Rouge. I also believe this game will feel like it's a road game more than a neutral site. So I guess, Hunter, we kind of probably hit that last part.
00:46:25
Speaker
yeah Well, that is funny that we're playing the team that has left, the coach has left to go to.
00:46:33
Speaker
Wow. Yeah, yeah. I will say it makes me happy a little bit to know that LSU has turned into such a program lately. nothing that There are very few things that make me happier in life than to see LSU be down and down bad.
00:46:52
Speaker
um they take their little win here lately stealing away lane kiffin and yada yada paying more money whatever he's just he's not the guy for lsu i i just i don't believe it they they needed somebody the opposite of like lane is a prima donna social media guy and they're not gonna when he starts losing they're not gonna like that in baton rouge and run him out of there in two or three years just like they ran everybody else out and i'm gonna love every minute of it uh i There's a lot of hatred for the purple and gold when when it comes to my way.
00:47:25
Speaker
so Dude, I have to say that the stories that I've heard coming out of Ole Miss with him leaving, like there's this one chick that like is in charge of like the skyboxes at Ole Miss that's on TikTok.
00:47:37
Speaker
like Her stories are absolutely wild. i She is also in my algorithm. I've also seen those. Go to hell, LSU.
00:47:48
Speaker
yeah yeah go to he lsu yeah Well, let's just wait until i the the stuff is still out there around DeBoer in Michigan. So who knows? look
Georgia Basketball Updates
00:48:01
Speaker
There's no telling. DeBoer goes to Michigan and and then Lane goes Alabama this offseason.
00:48:06
Speaker
Can't turn a hoe into a housewife. ah I would love to see DeBoer leave Alabama. like The meltdown that would happen in Alabama.
00:48:17
Speaker
like like Who are they going hire? Who are they going to go to? kiffin is something oh man that would be even even more amazing i don't get it i don't get i don't get why you why you pay that man but the money that he's making doesn't make any sense to me no but uh yes 57 51 27 gata it will feel probably like a road game Yeah.
00:48:42
Speaker
Yeah. i I mean, that makes sense. That makes sense. All right. Uh, let's see. Uh, fresh IRC podcast at SS to fresh, uh, biggest items to discuss motivation after last year's sugar bowl and team health heading into the stretch run.
00:48:57
Speaker
um I guess we probably covered this. um I don't know. I get actually one thing on the health that we didn't talk about before. i am like Bowens on offense, Chauncey Bowens. I'm curious to see what goes on there because I feel like he didn't, you know, he didn't play a ton in the SEC championship game. He looked a little of rusty and then he got like dinged up at the end. But I know Kirby said like it wasn't.
00:49:18
Speaker
like I think it was like landed on his back funny or something. But man, if we if we have a healthy Chauncey Bowens here, um big bonus. I know we're not going to have Drew Bobo or anything, but I think Tolliver Hilda's own in the SEC Championship.
00:49:36
Speaker
Agreed. Let's see. Let's go to Herman Wood. What did I learn? He says, what did I learn from rewatching the first half of Georgia versus Ole Miss? The dogs line is healthier now.
00:49:47
Speaker
We've adapted to Colby Young being out. We've been playing better defense with more pressure and getting home and our defensive backfield has improved. What did I miss? Yeah.
00:49:59
Speaker
I rewatched that game this week. I think that pretty much covers it. um I think ah I guess like on the side of like what the, what our defense did, like with the more pressure and getting home, et cetera. um I think there was definitely a difference in, Chambliss, like we said earlier, difference in Chambliss between the first half and the second half.
00:50:22
Speaker
um So I don't know like how we were able to affect him. ah that was a big deal. Let's go to Fletcher Proctor. Gunner was fantastic the first time, but if he has, if he has a Buck Baloo line in the sugar bowl, uh, while, while three and 33 played the role of 34, I'd be good with that.
00:50:43
Speaker
Run it down their throats, play keep away and get ready for Kirby to end Bex having fun again. Oh yeah. We'll talk about the potential, uh, next matchup probably possibly, um, when we get to the pig segment.
00:50:55
Speaker
i I don't see... ah Well, I don't disagree. I do not see Gunnar having a ah ah Buck Bowl, Sugar Bowl stat line. I don't see that either. um i don't know. While we're on Fletcher's question, basketball minute?
00:51:11
Speaker
Dude. Another 100-point game. Another 100-point game. I know was West Virginia. The hoop dogs is hell. Dude, yeah. What's the dunk yard dogs, I think, is one of The dunk yard dogs.
00:51:23
Speaker
Um, yeah, uh, set the, uh, all time single season, hundred point game record for Georgia basketball, uh, this week.
00:51:34
Speaker
So, and how, like, we're not even like, yeah, yeah, we're talking like season record and we're, we've still got, I think, i believe there's one more non-conference game.
00:51:45
Speaker
Um, so say like, are we, we're not even like halfway through the season, Yeah. Right. Right. I'm double checking the schedule here. And yes, that is correct. So we've got one more kind non-con game against LIU.
00:51:59
Speaker
ah I believe that's Long Island. So we've got them on the 29th. And then we'll be off through the new year, picking back up against Auburn at home on January So.
Special Teams and Game Predictions
00:52:13
Speaker
so if you're If you're back from the Sugar Bowl in year-round, go check out the Hoop Dogs and see them take on Auburn on January 3rd. they do they are They are fun. All gas, no brakes.
00:52:26
Speaker
Fun team to watch. All right, let's see. Next next was just ah just a statement, but I still wanted to call us out. So Scarlet O'Hater, she just said, go dogs.
00:52:38
Speaker
I had to pause because that is a fantastic handle. So I just wanted to say shout out for Scarlet O'Hater. Agreed. Agreed. All right. And then a friend end of the show, Tim Riley.
00:52:51
Speaker
So, uh, Tim says, uh, praying for a safer, big, easy trip for all this time. Uh, Tim said he will not be attending. I know he was down there, uh, last year with the fam. um checking stats believe this is the first rematch for kirby in which the dogs won the first contest how does kirby manage this turnovers and special teams have been key will the dog win will the dogs win both phases so yeah i rattled off all those rematches uh earlier and that is correct um
00:53:22
Speaker
It's a first rematch for Kirby in which the dogs won the first. Actually, so no, not, not, not true because, uh, Texas last year. So Tim, if that makes you feel any better, uh, we did beat Texas twice last season. So it would be the second time we've done that.
00:53:41
Speaker
That's why, that's why you're making the big books in this podcast, Jim. Cause you remember these things. The best is not like I agreed. Then I was like, wait, no, no. Disagree. yeah Yeah. No, no. Abort, abort. Oh man.
00:53:55
Speaker
And I read all these ahead of time too. And I, I still, still do that. So yeah. So Tim, you can rest easy knowing that this has happened before. ah Last year we beat Texas in in both instances. So. There are things to be a little stitious about.
00:54:11
Speaker
That is not one of them. Right. Right. Agreed. um Okay. So will the dogs win both phases? What do you think? First off, I've got to correct Tim. It's all three phases.
00:54:24
Speaker
Agreed. Agreed. Let's not forget about the special teams. um You mean SEC champion and SEC from JP anyway, MVP, Brett Thorson?
00:54:37
Speaker
man That's right. Look, man. And, uh, you know, you got payday going. So yeah. Payday. Exactly. One of the most underappreciated kickers in recent UGA history.
00:54:51
Speaker
Yeah. Agreed. Agreed. All right. Uh, yeah. Hunter back. Hunter's back. Hunter, we just wrapped ah Tim Riley's question. Sorry about that. True it was having a little meltdown upstairs when he's supposed to be sleeping.
00:55:06
Speaker
Poor guy. Poor guy. he wanted her but He wanted to record. Yeah, well, everybody's coming into town for Christmas. And like my father-in-law just got here this afternoon and we made tacos and my parents came over and everybody was at our house. And so he's like fired up, you know, wanting to play and do all things. and But he's he's tired. And and so he's like like to that point where he's like a little walking zombie who just cries. because So he's having a Shannon Sharp moment. Yeah.
00:55:43
Speaker
did you yeah Did you do a white people taco night or did you do like steak tacos, fajitas? Oh, no. Like i I did it legit. Like I went to Rouse's, which was a madhouse today. Like don't recommend going to the grocery store today or tomorrow or anytime soon. but um I got some like some chicken, boneless chicken thighs, and I marinated them for about five hours in a marinade of lime juice, olive oil, paprika, cumin, cinnamon, and chili powder.
00:56:18
Speaker
And i grilled them on the grill, and then I chopped them up. and then put lime juice on on them after they were grilled. And then that's what we did on the tacos. I sauteed up some onions and bell peppers and put some taco seasoning on that.
00:56:32
Speaker
Lettuce, tomato, fresh cut, all the deal. Nice. Love it. Now I'm hungry. ah Too good. All right. We got ah one more. I'll say batch to listener questions.
00:56:51
Speaker
Oh my God! My God, a freshman. Trying to put glasses on. 90, 80, whoo brother!
00:57:03
Speaker
It is time for coaches over unders, uh, sugar bowl edition. All right. Um, we, let's see, I'm trying to think, I think I am still in a slight lead. So we'll alternate between John and I going, going first and then Hunter, uh, we'll get, we'll get your picks as well.
00:57:23
Speaker
um Okay, I guess I'll go first. So we're starting off with the with the offense. Over, under, 225 passing yards for one Gunnar Stockton.
00:57:37
Speaker
I had intended to look what he did in the first game, I didn't, but I'm just going to say over. oh I'm going to go under, Jim. Okay. okay Hunter, how about you?
00:57:47
Speaker
ah I was terrible at this, looking back at the last one. I was i was like 100% sure we were going to see that like Georgia like puts a chokehold on them. It's an ugly...
00:58:01
Speaker
Oh yeah. Close score, but it never feels like it's close. And then they just kind of pull away at the end game. It was not that at all, obviously. So like, I don't, I don't even know. ah I'll say over just cause he's playing a lot better.
00:58:16
Speaker
yeah He seems to be getting better as the season's been going. So over. Okay. All jptra Fast track in new Orleans too. So. Okay.
00:58:26
Speaker
Okay. See, there's the intel we need. um JP over to you on over under one and a half rushing touchdowns for the Georgia offense. I'm going to go over Jim.
00:58:37
Speaker
Okay. I'm to agree with you a, because I agree. And also be to hold you at to arm's length. And finally over under 55 receiving yards. Oh wait, honor over under one and a half touchdowns for Georgia offense way over.
00:58:51
Speaker
Okay. I agree. And then I'm going to say over on this Zachariah branch, 55 receiving yards, JP. All right, so you got the over. I'm going to go – I'll go over. Definitely over.
00:59:05
Speaker
we all We all watch Ole Miss play Tulane. They're susceptible to the passing game. He's going to have a big game. Okay. Okay. I like it. like it. All right. So JP, we're over to you on the defensive side. So over under 285. almost had to go try and put glasses on it. need to get my glasses. 285 yards passing for Trinidad Chambliss.
00:59:30
Speaker
m That's a lot of yards, Jim. I want to say under, um but i was just trying to do a quick, because I didn't look at these. He had 263 in the first game. Yeah, i'm going to go under. Okay. Yeah, I'm also going to go under. Under sounds like you're an an under.
00:59:49
Speaker
Yeah, I don't expect the same kind of offensive output that they had in that game. So definitely under. He didn't get it then. He ain't getting it now. Okay. um Forced turnovers over under one and a half.
01:00:02
Speaker
Man, that would be delicious to have two turnovers for Jordan this game. I'm going to say under. I'm gonna go over just to try to catch up.
01:00:13
Speaker
I hope to be wrong. Hunter, how about you? Under. Okay. And then sacks over under two and a half, JP. I'm going to go over, Jim. Okay. I actually, going to agree with that.
01:00:24
Speaker
Hunter, what do you think? Yeah, I'm going to agree too. Because even those ah ones where he runs around and looks like he might get back to the line of scrimmage, but then he doesn't get back the line of scrimmage, still count as sacks.
01:00:36
Speaker
okay It doesn't have to be the one where they knock him off his feet you know in the pocket. Right. I'll take those too. yeah All right. So me. Sorry, I'm counting on my hand. ah Ole Miss punt returns over under.5. So we've gone back to the ah will anyone return a punt?
01:00:59
Speaker
um I'm going to say the Ray Guy Award winner does not. I'm going say under. i'm going to also say under Jim. Okay. Hunter. Okay. Okay. And then last one, JP, you kick us off with this one.
01:01:12
Speaker
ah Over under for the miscellaneous over under seven and a half mentions of Lane Kiffin on the broadcast. Smash the over dude. A hundred percent. It's going to be like nonstop.
01:01:24
Speaker
Here's my unfortunately. So Hunter, I have a question for you. When I saw this, I thought about this. Is there any chance Lane is there?
01:01:34
Speaker
i don't know i don't know bro that would be some like that would be some grade a that's a really good question who was in the stands i don't know that anybody that has affiliated with ole miss would let him come anywhere near yeah their part of it um how good of a relationship does he have with kirby smart kirby let him come I mean, I could absolutely see him in a skybox somewhere.
01:02:00
Speaker
That's what i'm um I'm wondering. Like, what are the odds we get like a crowd shot that Lane in it? That's kind of what I was thinking, like some kind of suite, some kind of box. And I'm not saying he's there. Like, you know, he's obviously not going to be there, like authorized by Ole Miss or anything. But just considering James in Louisiana, he's a he catch coach at LSU now. don't know. I feel like there's a chance.
01:02:21
Speaker
There's a non-zero chance that he's at this game. Yeah, there's definitely a non-zero chance. I mean, he's he's actively recruiting Ole Miss players who are still playing using coaches that are still in the facility. like he yeah There's no rules anymore in this, boys. We don't have any. There's no god there's there's no no love He'll do anything.
01:02:47
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Yeah, I was about to say, he he is a Trident supporter of the PT Barnum. No press. Any press is good press. Yeah, like and he's, God, I hate him, and I hate LSU so much. like ah like He's actively – was listening to a LSU guy on the radio the other – I just happened to hear it because like we live down here, right?
01:03:12
Speaker
And was talking about how Lane Kiffin for the last two or three weeks – His sole job that he's been doing and that he's had his staff doing is figuring out how much money it's going to take and how much they can allocate and which players specifically on the current Ole Miss roster can we pay and get to come.
01:03:40
Speaker
Part of me is like, youre really, LSU, like you're that down bad that your best and next hope is to steal literal Ole Miss players? like Yeah. Yeah.
01:03:52
Speaker
I mean, honestly, too, like that's where mean, I kind of feel like the in-conference transfer rule wasn't a horrible thing, but whatever. Yeah. Well, we need a commissioner who actually has a set of balls on him. That's what I think.
01:04:04
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ah Right. Right. You and Josh. yeah Yeah. You and Josh, you need to go podcast with Josh. Uh, I'm talking about that. All right. Uh, Hey, shout out coach trail bill. Thank you as always for sending those in, um, and, uh, and tracking them for us as well. Much appreciated. Always.
01:04:23
Speaker
All right, let's get to our game predictions for this game. So went through all the stuff we look at. So went out to Odd Shark. The line is currently at Georgia minus 6.5 with an over-under of 56.5. That would give you an implied score of Georgia 31.5 Ole Miss 25. Um, odd shark actually has Ole Miss. Their predicted score actually has Ole Miss winning, um, roughly by a touchdown. They've got Ole Miss 39.8 to Georgia 33.8. Um, Parker Fleming's, uh, CFB graphs has this like a field goal game, Georgia winning 27.79 to Ole Miss 24.6. And then our scoring impact is basically just like that. So we've got, um, Georgia 29.26 Ole 26.11.
01:05:12
Speaker
twenty six point eleven uh i'm trying to remember do we do we do um like guest honors and and hunter goes first or or do we or do we go first no jim we're gonna do just like the over-unders you and i are gonna go like normal and then we'll go on okay okay yeah he's not superstitious just a little just a little just a little stious um No, I don't want Hunter to give away any... any Okay, no intel. okay i'm trying to catch I'm trying to catch this guy. That's true. So i um I'm going to go back to kind of what I said earlier.
01:05:49
Speaker
like I do feel like, and and we even had folks asking about this in the listener questions, it's kind of like last year's Sugar Bowl to this year. i think there was so much going on outside of the game last year. um Also, you know how was Gunner's first ever start was in that last year? And um i think we were having to have to do ah adjust for that as well. So Gunnar obviously in control of this offense now, and this team has just getting better and better. And I think we're, i think we're peaking at the right time. um
01:06:23
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So I'm going to say Kirby smart continues his streak of winning rematches. And I've got dogs 35 to 24. Ooh, I've got 38, 24, Jim. o i've got thirty eight twenty four jim o Nice.
01:06:36
Speaker
right, Hunter, what are you thinking? This game, I feel like this is a hard game to predict just because there's a lot of unknown about Ole Miss. Like, obviously we saw them play against Tulane, but like, let's be real, it's Tulane. And you're at home, like, I don't know what Ole Miss realistically looks like under Pete Gilding. Yeah.
01:07:02
Speaker
I don't even but know who's called, I guess, Charlie Weiss called junior calling the plays or was it just this one game alone that he called the Tulane game or is he going to stay through the whole playoff? I got up.
01:07:12
Speaker
Maybe I just haven't seen it. But I'd saw LSU posted on Twitter like yesterday that they're officially announcing him as their offensive coordinator. So, i mean, we all knew it was happening, but they're, they're starting to post the coaches and it's like almost all of the offensive staff is going to LSU. Yeah.
01:07:31
Speaker
Yeah. I just, you know, even with all that said, if that was not the case, I can't bet against Georgia. therere Like you said, they're peaking at the right time. And, i you know, that's something we've been talking about, I feel like, for the last couple of weeks. Georgia has just kind of been trending up every game. And after they absolutely demoralized Alabama the way that they did in that SEC championship game, You know, all the past demons be damned just destroyed them.
01:08:03
Speaker
I don't see i don't see oh Miss winning this football game. You know, I think it'll be close. Ole Miss has good players. They're explosive on offense.
01:08:17
Speaker
It's going to be a really, really cool environment. It's going to be amped up. Ole Miss is amped up. I mean, like I said, they they feel like this is their shot to right the one wrong of the season, of the best season ever. And Lane Kiffin leaving them has put the chip even more squarely ah on the shoulder. Like, it's Ole Miss versus the world. And I feel like a lot of the – like,
01:08:41
Speaker
My dad is an Alabama fan and he's like, I'm rooting for Ole Miss. Sorry. I love coming to Georgia with you. But like after Lane Kiffin did what he did, i want to see Ole Miss win in spite of what happened to them.
01:08:54
Speaker
And I feel like a lot of people have that mentality about it. And I feel like the team is kind of feeding off of that internally too. And I think it's going to be close, but dogs 34, Ole Miss 21.
01:09:06
Speaker
Okay. Okay. okay I mean, on that and We're going to add your dad to the prayer list. Yeah.
01:09:16
Speaker
I feel like... I feel like that is... Tulane is one thing. i think it's too much to overcome. You know? So, and I get it. This is just some old team. Like, this is this is the perennial team in college football now. Like, yeah Georgia is... You know, the haters can hate it, but they are the standard. Yeah. They have the best coach in the game.
01:09:41
Speaker
They have the best program. They have the best development in the game right now. They are, and Pete Golding even said it, they are they are the pinnacle. They're the perennial program right now.
01:09:52
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He's not excited about playing them. He said it immediately after winning. How excited are you? correct and it Literally, the girl was like, how excited are you to get this matchup with Georgia? He's like, well, not very much, you know? Yeah. Yeah.
01:10:05
Speaker
right, we got the picks in. um Let's talk about the other playoff games here briefly. um So we'll we'll do coaches pick-ems for those
College Football Playoff Predictions
01:10:13
Speaker
games. So I've got these just like in the order of when they are played. um So first game, you got ah number 10 Miami taking on number two oh Ohio State ah in the Peach Bowl. That is a 7.30 p.m. kickoff playoff.
01:10:29
Speaker
on ESPN on new year's Eve. And I know on the, I think one of the first times when we said, should we be recording? we were talking about this before we hit record around. Like, I still feel like Georgia should have been the number two seed and not Ohio state. And can you imagine if we had been, and we were in this matchup um Georgia in the, in the peach bowl on new year's Eve against Carson Beck. would have been, i mean, that would have been, that's the storyline that I feel like people would have wanted, but whatever.
01:10:58
Speaker
um Okay. So um I wouldn't mind getting to play Carson Beck. Should, you know, should we advance and then seeing that matchup? But Ohio state's a nine and half point favorite.
01:11:12
Speaker
um I, I gotta go with Ohio state. I think I think they're gonna be too much. Yeah, i got I have to go with Ohio State as well. i think that I think Carson Beck is going to get absolutely rocked in this game.
01:11:25
Speaker
It wouldn't surprise me to see State in this game. Yeah, um my gut's telling me Ohio State. I would like to see, you know, I don't like Ohio State very much either.
01:11:37
Speaker
It wouldn't hurt my feelings at all to see Miami beat them. And Miami's got some talents, I think, especially on the defensive line. They can make a big difference in this game. Those are some talented rushers they've got. One of them has a really cool name. His last name is Bain. Yeah.
01:11:56
Speaker
But, you know, part the other part of me is like, we all know what Carson Beck is. And when it comes down to the clutch time, I think he just might throw an interception or two.
01:12:07
Speaker
I totally agree. I'm with you. So the only the only flip side of it is Ohio State, New Year's Eve, and the Peach Bowl, what could go wrong? So... If it does come down to a last-minute field goal for Ohio State, then my confidence dips there.
01:12:23
Speaker
um Okay, so the next one we've got – what is he is in? The Cotton Bowl, I think. Cotton Bowl, number five, Oregon. It's actually a one-and-a-half point favorite. So, I guess number four, Texas Tech. This is a noon game ah on ESPN on New Year's Day.
01:12:42
Speaker
um And I, know, I tend to agree with Vegas. Like I, I don't know else a whole lot about Texas tech. I know they did. I think their quarterback was hurt and their only loss, but I'm going to go with a landing in the ducks for this one.
01:12:56
Speaker
I'm going to take Oregon in this one, Jim. agree. Oregon. i don't i don't i haven't even watched a single snap for Texas Tech this year. I'm going to be totally honest. like I have no idea about that team at all. But I know Oregon.
01:13:13
Speaker
And I think Oregon. I'm trying remember. i I, like halfway watched one. Was it, was it BYU or is it the, who did they lose to? i don't even know. I think it was BYU.
01:13:28
Speaker
We want, whatever that game was, we did, like we had it on. Like we had like our multi TV setup going on. So I think that's the kind of like the closest I got to to watching any Texas tech this year. Yeah.
01:13:41
Speaker
All right, last matchup of the CFP. ah Yeah, i didn't I haven't seen any of them. They lost to Arizona State. I'll see, that's random.
01:13:54
Speaker
Okay, so the last matchup we've got, Rose Bowl, New Year's Day, 4 p.m., number nine Alabama against number one in Indiana. Indiana, seven-point favorite in this one.
01:14:05
Speaker
JP, I feel like you're going to have opinions on this one. Indiana is fraudulent. Give me Alabama. Okay. i I actually am going to take Alabama as well. I'm with you. I picked Alabama over Oklahoma. I decided that I'm not going to stop picking Alabama in this playoff until they either lose or face Georgia.
01:14:23
Speaker
and Are we off our rocker, Hunter? greg Correct. Okay. we we always We always said it was the Alabama Invitational. Yeah, I just i don't i don't know. nothing Nothing about this game says or feels that Indiana is going to beat Alabama.
01:14:37
Speaker
I don't care what number is next to their name. i don't care what their record is. It's Alabama until they prove me otherwise. Like you said. Yeah. Yeah. okay um Okay. What I will say, Jim, is that kind of related to some of the conversations that we had in the past about having these games on campus. If this game was in Bloomington in the snow, like there might be an inkling of opportunity for Indiana there, but on a neutral site, like Dome basically stayed. Where are they playing this game
01:15:10
Speaker
The Rose Bowl. rose Yeah. yeah Perfect, perfect weather. Like, whatever. Like, I just, I don't see, i don't see it happening. Hmm. Yeah, I agree. Bray Hubbard with a big forced turnover somehow like he always seems to do, even though thankfully he didn't do it in the SEC championship game.
01:15:30
Speaker
I also, okay, I've got to correct myself because I'm sure people were screaming at their podcast player of of choice. ah The Miami Ohio State game is the Cotton Bowl. I had my bowls mixed up. And then the Oregon-Texas Tech game is the Orange Bowl. the The Peach Bowl is a semifinal. So the semis are the Peach Bowl and the Fiesta Bowl. So I just i just keep going. I was to say, when you said that it was new Year's Eve, i was like, I don't remember the Peach Bowl being back on New Year's Eve because that is that is one of the like problems with this whole thing is that not only are teams losing tradition, but the bowl games are losing tradition.
01:16:06
Speaker
Beach Bowl was always on new Year's Eve, and that was like a thing that a lot of Atlanta people would do. Yes, yes, yes. yeah Well, and then also, like let's say we're wrong and Indiana beats Alabama, and then we're right and Oregon beats Texas Tech. You're going to have Oregon playing Indiana and Atlanta while you've got SEC team that's left going and not playing in Atlanta for their semifinal game. It doesn't make any sense.
01:16:34
Speaker
Yeah. Agreed. I agree. All right. Uh, well, we'll, we'll, we'll find out in, in a while. That's the other thing, man. Like I, I feel like these, the, the breaks and like the way this whole thing is set up also seems weird. Like it's a long time between, between all these games, but even, du even with having this first round game, it's a long time between the first round second round. So,
01:16:55
Speaker
Yeah, we say that and then we're sitting here. think what what was that What was the bowl today? The Boca Raton Bowl where they're like the winners were stirring Bush's baked beans around. Yeah. but That did happen. That did happen. Amazing.
01:17:12
Speaker
Yeah. All right. Well, Hunter, as you said, the dogs are playing Ole Miss. Had to have you on. Hey, that's, know, on this schedule again next season. So we continue to continue to play each other. Yeah, we keep doing this. I went from, you know, the first however many years of my introduction to Georgia and Georgia fandom, they never played each other.
01:17:38
Speaker
And now... uh they're making me reckon for my dual citizenship fandom here i'm playing every year and playing in a playoff now the only way this could be worse is if they were playing in the national championship game right yeah seriously meanwhile we still haven't gone to college stations right yeah
01:18:02
Speaker
uh, for sure. All
Local Culture and Fan Experiences
01:18:03
Speaker
right. Well, you guys need to you guys, uh, both go represent down there. So we'll, we'll be watching from home. Um, but you guys go down there and have ah have a big time. Yeah. We got a link up on our logistics.
01:18:15
Speaker
Yes. Yes. Ocean Springs is on the way to new Orleans from Georgia. All my Georgia people who are not flying. Highly recommend Ocean Springs.
01:18:26
Speaker
yes um It's my shameless plug moment, but you you won't find a better coastal small town. You won't. I was telling Jim, I was hoping that we might roll through in the evening um to see like the the Ocean Springs lights in the downtown area.
01:18:43
Speaker
um However, i was curious, is Tato Nut even open in the evening? No, they only open in the day. Well, if we end up rolling through in the evening, which I imagine is probably what's going to happen, may have to do an order through you to bring some Tato Nut to the tailgate. Hey, I can do that. Yeah, we can make that happen.
01:19:06
Speaker
They're doing like Sugar Bowl. I saw on their Instagram page they're doing Sugar Bowl things where they they do themed donut platters because they make little donut holes. and so They do the whole big platter with donut holes and then they decorate them with different colored icing. of course, we're doing all red and blue right now for Sugar Bowl for Ole Miss.
01:19:25
Speaker
That's funny. You can get you some red and black. I can get them do it. Quick, quick, quick, quick opinions on, on new Orleans. Like where where do we need to go What's the beignet situation?
01:19:39
Speaker
I'm going to be totally honest with you. In the last five, six years, we've we've kind of stopped going over to New Orleans. It's it's kind of become too much. ah We used to go a lot. well like We actually we got married in New Orleans, got engaged in New Orleans. We used to New Orleans a lot. but um Then you had kids.
01:19:59
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah.
01:20:03
Speaker
So I guess... um Is Cafe Du Monde worth the hype? No. It's tourist trap. It's not even like a local family that owns it anymore. It got bought out by some some paint random people. Okay.
01:20:20
Speaker
I'm trying to think. we We went to a Saints game a couple weeks ago, but we just kind of went over for the day, and we didn't stay for the whole game because the Saints were awful. But... ah Yeah, not not a good New Orleans recommendation guy. But if you want to if you want to get in the greater like Gulf Coast area, about an hour to an hour and a half from New Orleans, like I said, Ocean Springs is great, but closer to New Orleans. Past Christiane doesn't really have anything, but right across the bridge is Bay St. Louis Bay St. Louis is very comparable to Ocean Springs. A lot of restaurants, a lot of bars, nice area downtown.
01:21:06
Speaker
um I guess you go to like Slidell if you like going to like Target and Marshalls and all that. Yeah. but They got the dirty Dillards there. We call it the dirty Dillards where they get all the the deals for all the big sales.
01:21:24
Speaker
um Other than that, man, you just stay stay on the Mississippi side of the line. That's the best thing I can tell you. ah It suddenly starts smelling like corn dogs. You've gone too far. Yeah.
01:21:38
Speaker
I'll definitely be trying the Jim. I think we we talked about this in a previous episode, the chicory or whatever it's called. ah the The special coffee that they have down there. Yeah, it's good. It's pretty good. We get it here at the local store. I've gotten a couple um cans of it before. Yeah.
01:21:56
Speaker
Well, hopefully we'll get to link up. I'll definitely keep you posted as ah we make our journey down. Yep. Sounds good. Hey, and anybody that's coming down, just hit me up on Twitter if you need any recommendations. If you're coming through the coast or if you know if you want to meet up downtown, i know some good spots. We can get a Georgia group together. It's always nice to... have some dogs around. i think the last time, um and I was really surprised actually, Georgia had a road trip this way. They played LSU and Baton Rouge. It didn't end up being a good game for Georgia, but that whole weekend, man, there's all kinds of Georgia fans and ocean Springs and in Biloxi at the casinos and highly recommend staying in Biloxi at the casinos. If you've got some comps or anything like that, it is an easy drive over to new Orleans and it's much easier.
01:22:48
Speaker
nicer than staying in New Orleans. Now you tell me. Hunter's got the wrecks. yeah They've even got a train now. The Amtrak. They got ah a Mardi Gras Amtrak that goes across the coast to New Orleans and back every day.
01:23:08
Speaker
so just you You can catch the train to New Orleans and back from Gulfport, Biloxi, Pascagoula. I did look at doing the train, but it's almost as expensive to fly.
01:23:22
Speaker
Awesome. Well, it's good to have you back on and hope you and the the family have a Merry Christmas, Jim. You and the family have a Merry Christmas and go Dawgs. Go Dawgs.
01:23:32
Speaker
Go Dawgs.