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

Today, we've got an Ole Miss Mississippi State series preview with the longtime friend of John Gathing's been around Mississippi State Athletics for a long time.

We've been talking about hopping on the podcast for a while and decided to give it a try before the baseball series.

So someone I would definitely consider in the know when it comes to Mississippi State Athletics.

So we discussed this weekend series in the state of the two programs, really more so the state of Mississippi State baseball, because as you, most of you listeners know by now, you've seen how old Miss got to where they are.

So we talked a lot of what has happened since the 2021 national title for Mississippi State, Chris Lomonis's outlook, and what to expect this weekend as an important series is going down in Starkville, but not for the reasons that any of us probably thought it was. And then we got to some football stuff at the very end. So I think you'll enjoy the conversation, a little Mississippi State check in here mid-spring. Before we get to that, though, I wanted to remind you, the podcast is brought to you by, Skybox Sportspix. Who is Skybox sports picks? Well, glad you asked. So the world's best gambling handicapping website. The inventors of the Skybox matrix interval and advanced modeling mechanism that has helped propel Skybox to the top of the sports handicapping industry. If you're into wagering, check them out. You got NBA playoffs coming up. Maybe you're into baseball. Skybox NASCAR is crushing it right now. If you're into wagering, you need to use their picks package. The only way to profit in the long run. All you have to do is go online, skybox sportspics.com. Use the promo code RIPP, that'll be RIPP-E. that'll get you 20% off any picks package. You can drive for a day, a week, a month.

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All right, here is John Gathings on the state of Mississippi State baseball.

All right, we now welcome on longtime friend of mine. I don't know what to call you.

Mississippi State super fan insider. You neglected the podcast reporter life. I don't know, maybe it's just because you didn't want to be rich and famous because we make so much great money in this industry. But it is John Gathing's longtime Mississippi state fan. How are you, my friend? I'm glad we finally got to do this. Good, man. How are you? It's an honor to be on your podcast, man. I've actually listened to your podcast a pretty good bit pretty often. I know an old miss fan is going to say, you know, why the hell is a state fan listening to a old bit of a podcast? But look, man, it's the, it's the real deal. It's super entertaining and glad to be able here, man. Man, I appreciate it. Dude, it goes both ways. like old old miss people listen to state podcasts and they know one likes to admit they do but uh the

sound cloud numbers don't know if you're Man, I appreciate it. Dude, it goes both ways. Like, old, Ole Miss people listen to state podcasts and they know.

And no one likes to admit they do.

But the SoundCloud numbers don't lie when they rank your markets by city.

We've got some starkful listeners.

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