Ron Polk

Yeah, it is.

It's, uh, way before, even way before Ron Polk.

Most of us think in terms of Ron Polk being the guy that kind of brightened up baseball or high school baseball in all in the state and which he, which he was.

[clears throat] But even before Ron was there, they were r- mighty good.

They were the only team in the SEC, maybe Florida, that even cared of one hoot about their baseball team, and that's the reason they have always been thought of so highly.

But they, uh, their, their coaches was a couple of coaches they had before Ron Polk were all, were, were, were good ones.

And even back when I was a kid, I actually grew up a Mississippi State fan.

Not many people know that, but 'cause, uh, my daddy was a Mississippi State guy and, you know, I learned to, learned to ...

Daniel Stewart, also a pitcher for the Golden Eagles who had a lot of success about, against Mississippi State will be joining us as well.

So we're gonna kinda go back down memory lane and have some great Ron Polk stories, uh, from Hill Denson and, uh, some insight on, on what that series really means, uh, to athletes on, on both sides of the ball.

And of course, they'll all be locking up, uh, this spring when baseball resumes.

All right, Golden Eagles on the road tonight, 7:00, Troy University, ESPN2.

I thought he had some good comments, and I asked him about this.

When he played at State, Carlo, he played the last year of Ron Polk's first tenure at Mississippi State.

And at that point, Polk already had his successor on staff.

So you were talking about you have two real alphas there.

But if they make the tackle, it's field goals instead of touchdowns.

You played

in 97 when Ron Polk and Pat McMahon were both on staff.

Everybody knew that McMahon was the next guy in line and his time was going to come really soon.

Had an opportunity and actually just had this conversation with my oldest Easton.

He asked me, he said, Dad, have you ever been cut from a baseball team? And I said, buddy, I got cut the fall of my junior year eating lunch by a phone call from Ron Polk.

And it's it's a true story.

And it kind of gives the detail.

Yeah, yeah.

So Mississippi State, so you went to Mississippi State.

Ron Polk gave you a call, cut you at lunch.

I remember being at Mississippi State and I had a friend of mine.