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T&L Opponent Preview: The State's Ben Portnoy Previews South Carolina

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🗓️ 4 August 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

What is the biggest game on the schedule for Mississippi State in 2023? A strong case can be made that it is the week four trip to South Carolina, where both teams will be looking for a win between two games with their respective division leaders. Brian Hadad welcomes his handsome young son, Ben Portnoy of The State in Columbia SC, back to the pod for an inside look at the Gamecocks. 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.

0:04.4

We're coming down to the final days of the opponent preview series as we go back to front.

0:09.6

We are into September now, week four.

0:11.8

That means we're talking about South

0:13.1

Carolina maybe the biggest game on the schedule for Mississippi State and for

0:17.3

South Carolina who else could talk to but my handsome young son from the

0:21.0

state in Columbia been Porto, glad to have him back on with me.

0:25.6

I'm going to start with a question that South Carolina fans aren't going to like,

0:30.1

but South Carolina might have the toughest September of anybody in college football.

0:34.8

It goes North Carolina, and then Furman, and no matter what Michael Borky thinks, South Carolina

0:39.4

is probably going to win that game.

0:41.1

And then at Georgia, Mississippi State at Tennessee what happens if one

0:45.8

and four happens I mean that's the scenario we've been playing in our head for like

0:51.6

three months now of this thing could get out of hand really quickly and

0:56.2

it's not really necessarily a product that South Carolina is bad it's just a brutal start to the schedule. You mentioned it that UNC game week one in

1:05.6

Charlotte is a hell of a way to kick off the year and it's going to be a really fun

1:08.8

quarterback battle with Drake May and Spencer Ratler, but then you tie in the fact that you got to, yeah, you get the

1:13.7

firm and reprieve, but you got to go on the road to Georgia, you got to go on the road

1:17.2

to Tennessee who's going to be out for blood after last year and then a Mississippi State

1:20.4

game like you said that, I mean, I think that's as crucial a game for

1:23.6

South Carolina as any on the schedule and I think that you know it cuts both ways

1:27.0

from Mississippi State as well and I think that you know it's one of those

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