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Richard Cross, Brian, Hey-Dad, Michael Borky.

Time to go to the Farm Bureau phone line.

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Mississippi Farm Bureau. A Mississippi native who played at Mississippi State and had one heck

of a head of hair. Ben Beckwith joins us right now. Former offensive lineman at Mississippi State,

Ben, haven't seen you post football. I have to know,

is the hair like it was in 2014? Or have you changed things up a little bit?

Man, it is, it's extremely, you know, it's one extreme to the other. I have a fade and kind of a

business casual cut now, and I'm about 80 pounds

lighter, so I look a lot different. Well, there you go. Good for you. Hey, I want to start here,

because this is, to me, one of the coolest things that we have in college football. You were a

Burlesworth Award finalist in 2014. It's an award that was named after Brandon Burlesworth

at Arkansas, former walk-on that turned into a great player, tragically gone far too soon.

I'm curious, maybe in real time in 2014, when you were nominated for that award, and maybe even

more so looking back.

Did that have a significant impact on you?

Did that feel like a big deal?

Well, I tell, I kind of tell the story because this comes up a lot,

and a lot of people are not aware of it more than they, you know,

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