Will Whitson

Their, their offensive line has been a little bit of a question mark thus far this year.

So can Will Whitson, Dalon Evans, Calvin Dinkins, you know, Jerai Bledsoe, can those guys find a way to get after it? And I, I think if you're State, and especially if you're going out there with Billy Puckett, you gotta r- be willing to ramp it up a little bit defensively and say, "We're just gonna do more to bring pressure in this game.

We've got to force turnovers.

We've got to get some short fields.

I think it may be on par with Missouri's, and State was able to get some pressure on, on Austin Simmons i- in that game.

Um, they need Will Whitson.

They...

And, you know, I don't know what the linebacker situation's gonna be.

He threw three interceptions in one game against, uh, Louisiana Tech.

So he will give you the ball, but State's gotta be able to pressure him and, and be able to do it on a pretty consistent basis.

Just already looking ahead to our Friday pod, like, defensive player of the game, it, it really needs to be Kelly Jones, and then the X factor needs to be somebody like Will Whitson or Dalyn Evans or somebody from that defensive line who just finds a way to pressure this, uh, this LSU quarterback.

Or even Omari Williams.

I-

I'll, I'll give you one other one that's, uh, a little bit of a surprise to me, and that is that Will Whitson is back to form and better.

Yeah.

Um, Will Whitson's a better player than he...

Again, we saw six quarters of football from him last year, but had you told me that Will Whitson was gonna come back and be Will Whitson, I'd have said, "I'll take it.

I'll take..." 'Cause you never know with somebody coming back from injury.

And for the first couple of games, quite honestly, I thought we kinda had Will Whitson.

He's playing at a, a very different level right now than even he was.

They're at our 18-yard line, but it's third and 18.

And Will Whitson gets through.

And by the way.

Will Whitson is fully back.

That guy's playing some big-time football right now.

And he, against one of the best teams in the country, was having a day.

But he had some not-so-great moments.

Will Whitson's a good player.

We talked about him as well leading up to the game.

But overall, there's a lot to be excited about, guys.

I mean, the offensive line, the number one thing that has turned around, in my opinion, the number one, is the offensive line with Adrian Clem and Richard Owens and the tight ends.

And the difference that those two things have made for this entire offense, whether it be keeping Keelan upright, which granted, like you said, everybody's got players.

So Will Whitson's a pretty good player for Mississippi State.

He got himself at least one and certainly had a couple of more pressures.

Uh, he will join us and we will talk about Kamario Taylor and Fluff Bothwell and the receivers and not the biggest line in the conference, but boy, they're good.

I think I saw Will Whitson in pass coverage last week.

I'm trying to remember.

What did I see? Did he hit a, a screen pass maybe? So it's a, it's a wonderful matchup and a lot to talk about, and we'll have an expert, Brian Heydad.