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T&L Extra: The Tucson Star's Justin Spears Previews Arizona

Thunder & Lightning

SuperTalk Mississippi Media

Sports, News, Sports News

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Mississippi State welcomes Arizona to Davis Wade Stadium Saturday for a key game in the 2023 season. Can the Bulldogs replicate the result from the year before? Brian Hadad welcomes Justin Spears of the Tucson Star to give us an inside look at the Wildcats as they make the trip to SEC country. 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/

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0:00.0

A Super Talk Mississippi Media Production.

0:07.0

Joining us now, Justin Spears.

0:09.1

I did his show out there in Tucson on ESPN, Tucson, earlier this week.

0:14.0

Spears and Ali, he joins us now, also the columnist for the Tucson star covering the Arizona Wildcats.

0:20.4

Justin, we talked just a couple of weeks ago,

0:23.3

and we were trying to get some ideas of what this game might look like.

0:26.3

You've seen Arizona now, albeit against an FCS opponent,

0:29.7

just as I've seen Mississippi State against a FCS opponent.

0:33.2

What were your first thoughts on the Wildcats and what you saw last Saturday?

0:38.7

I thought that Arizona kept it pretty vanilla, much like Mississippi State.

0:44.4

I thought both teams did a really good job of going out, taking care of their opponent while also not flashing a little too much.

0:53.0

You know, I don't really buy into, I mean,

0:55.6

I think that Mississippi State's offense is a little bit different

0:58.4

or much different under Zach Arnett as opposed to Mike Leach

1:03.1

in terms of just running the ball a little bit more.

1:05.4

But I think Will Rogers is going to throw more

1:08.1

than what we saw against Southeast Louisiana.

1:11.1

But that's going into this game.

1:12.9

Going back to your question about Arizona and what we saw in the first game, like I said,

1:17.2

I think they kept it very vanilla.

1:19.8

They didn't really flash too much.

1:22.6

Jacob Cowling, T. Mack, they were very limited in the passing game,

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