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T&L Exclusive: Vick Ballard Relives Mississippi State's 2010 Win Over Florida

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SuperTalk Mississippi Media

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🗓️ 16 October 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

It's hard to believe, but Saturday will mark Mississippi State's first trip to Gainesville since the famous win in 2010, where the Bulldogs followed the mantra of Always Run, Never Pass to a 10-7 victory over Florida. Brian Hadad welcomes one of the key players from that squad, the great Vick Ballard, to the podcast for a stroll down the Swamp's Memory Lane. Brian Hadad of SportsTalk Mississippi and Robbie Faulk of On3 give you the best insight into Mississippi State athletics. We cover the Bulldogs like no one else. This show is a production of SuperTalk Mississippi Media. Learn more at SuperTalk.FM

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0:00.0

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modern wellness.com. We're looking forward to this conversation ever since he agreed to do this

0:43.0

with me. Vic Ballard joins us now here on the podcast, and we're going to go back in time.

0:47.6

It's hard to believe this, Vic, but that's the last time Mississippi State played at Florida

0:51.0

was the game in 2010. And it's two teams supposedly in the same conference, but they haven't made this trip.

0:58.4

When you remember back to that week, you know, with Mullen having come from Florida and

1:03.0

knowing a lot of those players, having a relationship with Urban Meyer, do you remember what

1:06.9

the message was from him going into that game?

1:10.8

I really don't, honestly, because it's been a while now, but I do remember thinking that

1:16.7

maybe we have a little edge because he, you know, has some familiarity with the players,

1:20.6

with the coaches, and I guess you could say the overall scheme.

1:25.1

And I just remember being a big week because, you know, it was also, you know, the media hyped it up because it was, you know, Mullen's return to Florida.

1:34.2

So, you know, that goes without having to speak for.

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