Rippy writes with Brian Scott Lippey.

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What is up on a Friday? I'm Brian Scott Rippey. Thanks for tuning into another edition of the Rippey Rites podcast.

Powered by Twisted Tea. Today we have Ole Miss legend Charles Stackhouse on the show.

We talked a lot about his Ole Miss career, the art of playing fullback.

Making the active 53-man roster with the New York Giants is an undrafted free agent, life after football, and what it's like coming back to games as an alum.

Awesome guy, super sharp dude.

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outside of the SEC, garbage bags full of letters every day. It was strenuous, man.

And me, I always wanted to play close to home. And Oxford was one of the senior trips that I did take and man I loved it. I mean like who could

turn down the grove after experiencing that, you know? Yeah, you got a great point there. It's always

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