T&L Extra: Father Burke Masters on Faith, Fandom, and Being a Mississippi State Legend

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🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Legacy is a complicated word when you are talking about a person like Father Burke Masters. On the one hand, his name will forever be remembered by Mississippi State fans for his grand slam in the 1990 NCAA Regionals against Florida State. On the other, he is a man who has given his life to his faith and his church. Brian Hadad welcomes Father Masters to the podcast as he prepares for a speaking tour of the State of Mississippi for Catholic Charities. 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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0:38.0	modern wellness.com. A great privilege for me to talk to a man who not only has dedicated
0:43.9	his life to great causes, but also made some great causes here in Starkville during his time
0:49.2	at Mississippi State. Father, Berk Masters joins me now. And Father, before we get too far down the rabbit hole here, the church celebrated a new,
0:57.8	a new pope this year, a new leader.
0:59.8	He's an American.
1:01.2	He's from Chicago, but he's a White Sox fan.
1:04.5	How did you allow this to come to pass?
1:07.3	I don't know.
1:08.1	I don't know how that slipped through the cracks there.
1:28.2	The first thing I heard when he was, I've met him before, before he became Pope. And when he was announced, you know, there was shock through Chicagoland. I mean, through the world especially, but especially here. And then I heard he was a Cove fan.
1:29.3	I thought, oh, great.
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