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Crooked Letter Sports

Rick Cleveland and Tyler Cleveland

Mississippi-centric sports talk and stories with Hall of Fame columnist Rick Cleveland and Scorebook Live senior reporter Tyler Cleveland. Produced in Jackson and made by Mississippians, for Mississippians.

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26:13

Signing Day story lines, an Ole Miss-Southern Miss...

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2023/12/20

The high school football season is in the history books, which means it’s time for the best, biggest, and fastest to decide where they are going to play college ball. The Cleveland boys discuss National Signing Day, as well as Saturday’s Ole Miss-Southern Miss basketball game at Biloxi, the New Orleans Saints’ playoff hopes (yes, they still have some), and a whole lot more.

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27:58

Catching up on basketball; getting ready for...

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2023/12/13

We’re nearing Christmas and Ole Miss basketball is undefeated. Nevertheless, Mississippi State, with freshman sensation Josh Hubbard, is ranked higher despite two losses and Southern Miss is playing better with two straight victories. Meanwhile, Mississippi will be a decided underdog in the Mississippi-Alabama high school all-star game Saturday in Hattiesburg.

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33:04

Oak Grove state championship coach Drew Causey joins...

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2023/12/06

The Oak Grove Warrior defeated Starkville in an exciting Class 7A State Championship game to cap a huge weekend of high school football. Warrior coach Drew Causey, who hasn’t slept much since, joins to discuss the big game and his second state title. The Clevelands also discuss the college football playoffs, the Ole Miss-Penn State Peach Bowl matchup and a whole lot more.

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32:59

So much to talk about: Lebby, the Ole Miss-Missouri...

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2023/11/29

This might be the most newsy week of the football season, so the Cleveland boys have plenty to cuss and discuss.

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22:27

Egg Bowl: Anything can happen but history tells us...

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2023/11/22

The Egg Bowl Thanksgiving night headlines a huge week of football that also includes Delta State going for its second win in the DII championship playoffs, Southern Miss hosting Troy, and the semifinal games of the State High School playoffs. And then comes the C Spire Conerly Trophy, which the Clevelands see as a two-person race.

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24:08

“They are paying him how much not to coach?”

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2023/11/15

Last Saturday night, Texas A & M slaughtered Mississippi State 51-10. On Sunday, Texas A & M announced it was firing head coach Jimbo Fisher, who the Aggies will have to pay $76 million not to coach. On Monday, Mississippi State fired Zach Arnett. The Clevelands discuss college football’s crazy season, the upcoming weekend games, and the high school playoffs.

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25:00

Ole Miss-Georgia: Biggest game in years.

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2023/11/08

Tenth-ranked Ole Miss plays at top-ranked Georgia on Saturday in the biggest game involving a Mississippi football team in years. The Cleveland boys take a look at the game from a historical standpoint and at the various matchups. When it comes right down to it, how do you pick against 42 and 1? Other topics include Southern Miss and Mississippi State football, as well as the Saints and the high school football playoffs.

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30:19

The Mississippi high school football playoffs are...

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2023/11/01

The Mississippi high school football playoffs, which will wind up in Oxford later this month, are underway. The Clevelands talk about all the possibilities in play this year and who some of the favorites are. We also talk college football and the local Fox affiliates' decision to not show the New Orleans Saints. Hint: We did not like it.

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32:16

So much happening: Football, baseball, volleyball...

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2023/10/25

Volleyball is on the rise in Mississippi, as witnessed by the state high school championships this past weekend. Ole Miss and State get big football victories and look for more. And both the World Series and the basketball season are upon us. And maybe, just maybe, Covid is behind us in the Cleveland family.

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25:04

Welcome to the Big League, Wilson Furr…

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2023/10/18

Jackson, Mississippi’s own Wilson Furr recently became one of the 30 newest members of the PGA Tour with his play over the last two months on the Korn Ferry Tour. Furr joins the podcast to discuss what it feels like when a life-long dream comes true. The Cleveland boys also discuss the college football season and pivotal matchups this Saturday for Ole Miss and Mississippi State.

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23:44

Buying or selling the Rebels?

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2023/10/11

The Ole Miss Rebels are 5-1 at the midway point in the season, climbing as high as No. 13 in the national polls. With Rick on vacation, Tyler is joined by WJTV sports anchor Blake Levine to discuss the Rebels’ rise, the Saints’ latest win and the Atlanta Braves’ post-season prospects.

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25:25

A fall sports bonanza

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2023/10/04

With the fall in full roar, it’s hard to touch on everything going on in the Mississippi sports world, but the Cleveland boys will try. Ole Miss picks up a huge win over LSU, the Sanderson Farms Championship returns to Jackson and Rick reflects on his late friend Willie Morris and his induction into the Southern Miss Alumni Hall of Fame.

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26:00

Delta State is 4-0, and Coach Todd Cooley joins the...

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2023/09/27

It was a dark Saturday for Mississippi’s Big School football teams. Ole Miss, State, and Southern Miss all lost, but Todd Cooley’s Delta State Statesmen won again to move to 4-0, headed into the meat of their Gulf South Conference schedule. Patrick Shegog leads the way for the high-scoring Statesmen.

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33:38

Football, football, football…

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2023/09/20

From a big night of high school football on Friday night, through the Saints victory over the Carolina Panthers on Monday night, there was plenty to cuss and discuss on a huge football weekend. And guess what? The Saints are 2-0 for the first time in 10 years and the Ole Miss Rebels are 3-0 headed to Alabama.

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29:52

David Eckert joins the podcast to talk Ole Miss...

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2023/09/13

David Eckert, the Clarion Ledger’s excellent Ole Miss beat reporter, and Rick Cleveland both attended the Ole Miss-Tulane game in New Orleans Saturday. Tyler C. watched on TV. The three discuss the Rebels’ closer-than-it-sounds 37-20 victory and what the future might hold for Lane Kiffin’s Rebels.

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29:47

Remembering Jimmy Buffett; hailing Oak Grove Warriors

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2023/09/06

The Oak Grove Warriors last weel became the first Mississippi football team to ever knock off perennial Alabama powerhouse Hoover. Oak Grove coach Drew Causey joins the podcast to talk about the victory and his talented Warriors. Also, the Cleveland boys remember Jimmy Buffett, the Mississippian who parleyed his passion and his talent into billionaire status and made people smile all along the way.

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22:36

Football is here!

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2023/08/30

The Cleveland boys watched their first high school football games of the season last week and head full throttle into college football this coming weekend. At first glance, Oak Grove and Picayune look like powerhouse teams, which is nothing new for either.

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31:33

THE Mississippi Football Book is out just in time for...

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2023/08/23

Best-selling author and Nautilus publisher Neil White joins the podcast to talk about the book he co-authored with Rick Cleveland. The book celebrates the most memorable players, teams, games in the rich football history of the best football state in the country.

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38:15

Legendary Mississippi high school football coach Mike...

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2023/08/16

Mike Justice coached in north Mississippi, central Mississippi and south Mississippi. He coached tiny schools and big schools. One constant: Wherever he went, wherever he coached, he won and won big. With the 2023 season fast approaching, the football coach-turned-champion golfer and bass fisherman joins the Clevelands to talk football.

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28:26

The Coaches college football poll is out! Can you...

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2023/08/09

A sure sign that the college football season is upon us: The USA Today Coaches poll is out. The question for today: How accurate will it be? Well, last year it wasn’t accurate at all. Seventeen teams that were in the 2022 preseason poll were not in the post-season poll. And many of the preseason picks went on to have losing seasons.

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