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That SEC Football Podcast

Jake Wimberly joins to discuss Zach Arnett’s first Mississippi State coaching staff

That SEC Football Podcast

Michael Bratton/SEC Mike

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4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

SEC Mike Bratton (@MichaelWBratton) is joined by Jake Wimberly (@Jakewim) to discuss Mississippi State football! Did Billy Napier get the most out of Florida’s talent last season? The NFL Combine list suggests he did not (1:30), Jake Wimberly of ESPN Radio’s The Afternoon Drive joins the show to talk Zach Arnett’s Mississippi State coaching staff (5:30), which three teams would Jake like to see Mississippi State play annually in new SEC scheduling model? (6:30), thoughts on OC Kevin Barbay (8:00), thoughts on OL Will Friend (14:00), Arnett keeping Tony Hughes on staff (15:30), the return of DL coach David Turner (19:30) Advertising inquiries: thatsecpodcast@gmail.com All show music comes via Nashville band Crimson Calamity; check out their work by clicking the link below:  https://open.spotify.com/artist/29HGeJEcYHBJlyt4xIcLBw?si=GJoEOr0YSoeqWkrjhCc0Ug Donate to cousin Shane’s beer fund via CashApp: $thatSECpodcast We have t-shirts for sale! Check out our merchandise store featuring shirts, hoodies, stickers, coffee mugs, pillows, phone cases and more: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/thatsecpodcast?ref_id=19055

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0:00.0

Welcome in the latest episode of that SEC podcast, I'm your host Mike Brenn.

0:13.9

I go by SEC Michael Twitter, back solo, but just for a minute here, reached out to

0:21.7

good friend of the show Jake Wimberly hosted of the afternoon drive on ESPN radio out

0:26.8

of Jackson, Mississippi. I'm going to do a little deep dive here on Zach Arnett's Mississippi

0:33.7

State coaching staff. You know, when that thing came together, there was bowl games, there

0:39.7

was recruiting, there was transfer portal. It was just one thing after another now that we've

0:45.7

slowed down. News is hard to come by. I thought it would maybe take a little bit of a deep

0:51.4

dive here, very impressed by this Mississippi State coaching staff that Zach Arnett has put

0:58.3

together. And we're going to do the same thing with another guest on the next episode breaking

1:04.0

down. Hugh Freezes, Auburn staff. So the two new staffs there in the SEC, I know those fan

1:10.8

bases will enjoy those episodes. And I hope the rest of you for around the SEC get a little

1:16.8

something for that. But before we get to the interview, this is something that caught my eye

1:21.5

while I was away on vacation, made a little mental note of it. Players invited to the upcoming

1:30.2

NFL scouting combined. Now, of course, this is I believe they do it in Indianapolis every year.

1:37.2

You know, they test these players mentally and physically the entire NFL descends on Indianapolis

1:43.1

for this event to weigh the players, measure them, test them and on and on and on. No surprise,

1:49.5

though, at the very top of the list, Alabama leads the way with 13 players headed to the NFL

1:56.2

combine. That's, I mean, that's the case almost every year. Alabama, Ohio State and Georgia,

2:01.6

which is second this season with 12. It's Alabama and Georgia leading the way. Again, no

2:07.7

surprise. That's not really what I wanted to highlight. The next tear down, there are four teams

2:15.3

that are sending nine players to the NFL combine, LSU, just won the West. Huge surprise

2:22.2

season there, Brian Kelly, Michigan, college football playoff, TCU, stunning, made a move all

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