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T&L Extra: AL.com's Nick Alvarez Previews Mississippi State-Alabama

Thunder & Lightning

SuperTalk Mississippi Media

Sports, News, Sports News

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Alabama's 2023 season hasn't gone exactly according to plan, but the Crimson Tide got things back on track last weekend against Ole Miss. Now they travel to Starkville for what will be their final matchup with Mississippi State for some time to come. Can the Bulldogs put together a competitive effort against the Tide? Brian Hadad welcomes AL.com's Nick Alvarez to get an inside look at Alabama and what they'll bring to Davis Wade Stadium. Brian Hadad of SportsTalk Mississippi and Robbie Faulk of 24/7 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 Brought to you by... Strange Brew Coffeehouse - https://strangebrewcoffeehouse.myshopify.com/ College Corner - https://collegecornerstore.com/ Restaurant Tyler - https://www.eatlocalstarkville.com/restaurant-tyler Mississippi Beef Council - https://www.msbeef.org/ Two Brothers - https://www.twobrotherssmokedmeats.com/ Advantage Business Systems - https://www.absms.com/ PriorityOne Bank - https://priorityonebank.com/ Dolce Gelato Treats - https://www.facebook.com/dolcestarkville/

Transcript

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0:00.0

A Super Talk Mississippi Media Production

0:03.9

Joining me now on the podcast, Nick Alvarez.

0:09.7

He covers the Crimson Tide for A.L.com.

0:12.6

We talked in the offseason about this Alabama team,

0:15.8

and we weren't too sure what they were going to be.

0:19.6

Early in the season, obviously, four weeks in, you know, what is this Alabama team to you

0:24.4

thus far?

0:25.9

Well, I mean, is it kind of a cop-out answer to say?

0:29.7

I still don't know.

0:30.9

I mean, I think part of that is due to the way the season's played out with the Texas

0:35.0

loss, weird quarterback change in week three.

0:39.5

The re-emergence of Jaylen Mill wrote last week against Old Miss.

0:43.6

I mean, I still think this is a team that could go on to an international championship,

0:47.4

but as is evidence, like, it could also fall off the tracks really, really, really fast.

0:53.9

We looked at, you know, Mississippi State, the way they've played in the secondary these

0:57.2

past couple of weeks, Jaden Daniels, Spencer Rattler, players of the week after playing

1:00.9

Mississippi State.

1:01.6

And State giving these teams a lot of opportunities in the pocket.

1:05.6

I mean, Rattler was 18 of 20, Daniels was 30 of 34.

1:09.5

Milro has not been a great passer thus far this season. He's had some big place, but he hasn't been a consistent passer. I feel like he's going to have opportunities this weekend to throw the football. My question you is, can he capital, do you think he can capitalize on the chances he's going to get? I think the worst thing a team could do,

1:27.9

Chile and Melrose give him too much time in the pocket.

1:30.0

Because while you are right in some of the intermediate routes,

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