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Mississippi native Tank Williams reacts to Brett Favre’s welfare scandal in their home state | You Pod to Win the Game
New proof within the type of textual content messages seem to indicate that former NFL nice Brett Favre knowingly obtained welfare funds from the state of Mississippi to construct a brand new volleyball facility on the College of Southern Mississippi. Yahoo Sports activities’ Charles Robinson and Tank Williams focus on the thought of Favre, a multimillionaire and Mississippi legend, stealing funds from the poorest state in the US. Tank, who’s from the identical area of Mississippi as Favre, shares his ideas on how one thing like this occurs, and is in search of there to lastly be some accountability on this twisted scandal. Charles believes we have to take an extended take a look at Favre’s legacy and begin judging him for for what he’s finished as an individual, and never simply as a soccer participant. Hear the complete dialog on the You Pod to Win the Recreation podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you hear.
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CHARLES ROBINSON: I imply, firstly, as somebody who grew up in Mississippi, it is a poor state, OK? Public funds there, significantly once they’re appropriated to assist the individuals of Mississippi– I wish to understand how you’ll really feel, as a local, seeing cash like that that goes to construct a volleyball building– assist out the volleyball staff at Southern Miss, which– by the way in which, and the particular person concerned, Brett Favre, made $138 million simply in profession earnings.
That is not counting any of his endorsement cash, each throughout his taking part in days and afterward– or any of his investments or the rest. As a substitute, Brett Favre makes use of his star energy, it seems right here, to attract funds away from a welfare fund to construct a volleyball stadium. Frankly, I believe, personally, Brett Favre in all probability might have simply taken that cash out of his personal pocket, stated identify the constructing after me– let’s simply construct it. $8 million– I believe I can cowl that.
TANK WILLIAMS: Properly, yeah– effectively, let’s simply communicate in legalese. Like, Brett Favre and I– we’re from the poorest state within the nation. And I believe everybody is aware of that. It is at all times on the nationwide headlines. However, extra importantly, I believe this simply speaks to that good ol’ boy system that we’re accustomed to seeing everywhere in the country– everywhere in the world for that matter. And, you already know, it is simply disappointing that he took benefit of that as a result of Brett Favre is from the identical space that I am from. We performed towards his highschool. They have been our rivals.
And so he has grown up round poor Black individuals. He is grown up round poor white individuals. And so it is not a type of issues the place it is simply, like, this racial dynamic. It is a factor the place it is a cultural dynamic, the place you’ve gotten somebody who was raised on this system– someway, in a roundabout way was at all times simply sort of in a position to rise above, like, all of the issues that occurred to him. As soon as he retired, everybody simply checked out him. I imply, particularly within the state of Mississippi, I imply, Brett Favre cannot do any mistaken.
Now, in the event you discuss to some individuals down from my space, there are lots of people that love Brett Favre. There is a statue up in entrance of the stadium. Then there’s another of us who understand how he was in highschool and the way he was in faculty and should really feel a sure sort of approach about among the issues which have been stated about him and the way he is sort of perceived on the nationwide mild.
However, in the end, that is only a completely dangerous state of affairs. You hate to see it occur. And you’ll hope that now, on this day and age– that there is individuals that will attempt to maintain him accountable, whereas previously years and a long time earlier than, individuals would do that on a regular basis. And it appeared such as you’re simply [INAUDIBLE] go scot-free– you already know, sort of let it blow over for a 1/2 yr or so. And then you definitely simply go proper again to doing no matter you needed to do earlier than.
CHARLES ROBINSON: I believe it is attention-grabbing since you discuss perhaps how he is perceived throughout his profession versus how he is perceived now. And what I believe is attention-grabbing is he doesn’t appear to be an excellent particular person to me. He doesn’t. I do not know– I do not know any approach you possibly can see the litany of issues that Brett Favre has allegedly been concerned in– this included– and stroll away considering, it is a nice man.
The Mississippi high school football rankings saw some drastic changes after an opening week which saw multiple ranked matchups in the Magnolia State.
Brandon, Madison Central and Louisville each won top-10 games while Oak Grove, West Jones, Clinton and Germantown also picked up ranked wins.
Below is the updated Mississippi On3 Massey Ratings top 25, as of Sept. 2.
The On3 Massey Ratings — which were officially used during the BCS era and have generated college high school sports team rankings since 1995 — rank sports teams by analyzing game outcomes, strength of schedule and margin of victory.
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Previous Ranking: No. 4 (+3)
Madison Central opened the season in style with a 27-20 top-10 win over Ocean Springs. Ocean Springs shut out Madison Central for nearly the entire first half — until Madison Central running back Glen Singleton rattled off four consecutive rushing touchdowns. The Jaguars are on the road again Friday in the Mississippi game of the week as they travel to face No. 2 Brandon.
Previous Ranking: No. 3 (+1)
Brandon featured in another Mississippi top-10 game in week one, thrashing then-No. 7 Picayune Memorial 60-34. Star junior defensive back Preston Ashley recorded a 45-yard scoop-and-score touchdown, Logan Drummond returned a punt 61 yards to the house and Trey McQueen returned an interception 38 yards for a score in a night filled with unconventional scoring for the Bulldogs. Brandon will host No. 1 Madison Central on Friday.
Previous Ranking: No. 2 (-1)
Starkville took down Noxubee County 43-22 in week one. Tyson Knox picked off Mississippi State commit KaMario Taylor on Starkville’s own 1-yard line to keep the Yellowjackets’ 14-point lead in the second half. Two plays later, quarterback Jaylen Ruffin hit Jaheim Deanes for a 97-yard touchdown. Starkville now gets to look forward to hosting No. 20 West Point this week.
Previous Ranking: No. 1 (-3)
Oak Grove fell in the rankings this week simply by virtue of other teams’ impressive performances — as the Warriors won their game over No. 15 Grenada 38-24. Oak Grove quarterback Kellon Hall was 19-of-27 passing for 306 yards with a touchdown. Next up is No. 11 Ocean Springs at home.
Previous Ranking: No. 5
Tupelo escaped upset-minded Whitehaven last week with a 26-19 opening win. Quarterback Noah Gillon and running back J.J. Hill each accounted for two touchdowns as the Golden Wave came away with an ugly win in ugly conditions following a 90-minute weather delay. Tupelo will play Southaven on the road next.
Previous Ranking: No. 9 (+3)
Yet another top-10 matchup on opening night in Mississippi. Louisville took down then-No. 10 West Point 15-14 in a nailbiter. Louisville scored the only points of the second half — a 21-yard field goal to put the Wildcats on top. Louisville will hit the road again this week at Neshoba Central.
Previous Ranking: No. 8 (+1)
West Jones knocked Laurel out of the Mississippi top 25 with a dominant 34-6 win on Friday. Senior running back Elijah Jones was unstoppable on the ground with 226 yards and four touchdowns on 24 carries. West Jones will play Northeast Jones on the road this Friday.
Previous Ranking: No. 21 (+13)
Clinton pulled off the upset in week one with a 26-20 win over then-No. 11 Warren Central in the ‘Red Carpet Bowl’. Jakobe Williams rushed for two touchdowns while the Clinton special teams and defense scored on a blocked punt and recovered three fumbles. A road game against Northwest Rankin is on deck.
Previous Ranking: No. 16 (+7)
Oxford owned one of the few week one blowouts on this list, beating Lafayette 45-0 in the ‘Crosstown Classic.’ All six of the Chargers’ touchdowns came on the ground. Oxford will play No. 22 South Panola at home this Friday.
Previous Ranking: No. 12 (+2)
Madison-Ridgeland moved to 3-0 on the season after a 50-6 win over Oak Forest Academy that was never in question. Pulaski Academy — The No. 9 team in Arkansas — is on deck for the Patriots.
11. Ocean Springs (-5)
12. Gulfport (+2)
13. Pearl (+4)
14. Germantown (+10)
15. Hartfield Academy (+3)
16. Grenada (-1)
17. Picayune Memorial (-10)
18. Hattiesburg (NR)
19. Jackson Prep (+3)
20. West Point (-10)
21. D’Iberville (NR)
22. South Panola (-9)
23. Poplarville (NR)
24. Warren Central (-13)
25. Gautier (NR)
Dropped from rankings: Northwest Rankin, Meridian, Columbia, Laurel
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. —It winds 650 miles, rushing past the cities, industries and landscapes that make up Minnesota.
However, the Mississippi River has never gotten this type of attention from water quality professionals.
For the first time ever, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is testing the entirety of the river, from Itasca to Iowa, in a single year.
The governor’s office wants the river to be swimmable and fishable, but right now, parts of the river are polluted.
The MPCA says the upper Mississippi is largely healthy up north, but quality drops south of St. Cloud where metro development and tributaries from agriculture muddy the waters. The National Park Service says stretches of the river exceed water quality standards for things like mercury, bacteria and sediment.
Think of the testing like a checkup for one of our state’s most valuable and powerful resources. Researchers will check temperature, transparency and levels of pollutants like phosphorus, nitrogen and ammonia.
Crews also check fish for those contaminants and collect insects to test in a lab to identify any concerning trends.
“If we find the fish community is suffering — maybe the water is too warm and maybe there’s a thermal pollution source upstream or maybe it’s too much runoff — that sort of stuff. Temperature is an important indicator especially for sensitive species,” Isaac Martin with the MPCA said.
Also for the first time, the agency is looking for PFAS contamination with money from an Environmental Protection Agency grant to identify and stop the forever chemicals from streaming into the Mississippi.
PFAS are a group of manufactured chemicals for industry and consumer products that don’t break down in the environment. While research is ongoing, the EPA says exposure to the chemicals can cause human health issues. It’s why the federal agency just lowered the amount allowed in drinking water.
“They go to parts per trillion, which is incredibly sensitive. You get that low, you’re talking drops in an Olympic swimming pool,” Martin said. “Part of the reason why it was chosen is because it’s a primary drinking source or potentially could be a primary drinking source. We’re just finding them in places we never expected to find them. We’re finding them almost everywhere and being that it is new, there’s just a lot of ‘I don’t know’ that goes with it.”
It’s too early to know what this complete snapshot will reveal, but we know this powerful river is part of our community, economy and health.
“Maybe you don’t use the resource yourself, but maybe you know someone who does or future generations of your own will,” Martin said. “In Minnesota, we’re just trying to be the best stewards we can be.”
The data from this testing will be available early next year. Researchers will use that data and compare it to 10-year pollution averages to determine which parts of the river are improved or impaired.
A full report will be released in 2026.
Here are the candidates for SBLive’s Mississippi high school Athlete of the Week for August25-31. Read through the nominees and cast your vote. The poll will close Sunday at 11:59 p.m. If you would like to make a nomination in a future week, email Tyler@scorebooklive.com. For questions/issues with he poll, email athleteoftheweek@scorebooklive.com.
Editor’s note: Our Athlete of the Week feature and corresponding poll is intended to be fun, and we do not set limits on how many times a fan can vote during the competition. However, we do not allow votes that are generated by script, macro or other automated means. Athletes that receive votes generated by script, macro or other automated means will be disqualified.
Kohl Bradley, DB, George County: Racked up 17 tackles and returned an interception 80 yards for a touchdown in a 33-7 win over East Central.
DaJuan Colbert, DB, Natchez: Recorded 15 tackles, forced one fumble and returned another one 75 yards for a touchdown in a 58-50 win over Hancock.
Garrison Davis, QB, Holmes County Central: Completed 14 of his 21 pass attempts for 375 yards and three touchdowns in a 20-6 win over Vicksburg.
Xzavion Gainwell, DB, Yazoo County: Recorded nine tackles, an interception and an 80-yard interception return for a touchdown in the Panthers’ 20-16 win over South Delta.
Elijah Jones, RB, West Jones: Had 24 carries 226 yards and four touchdowns in a 34-6 win over Laurel.
Kingi McNair, WR, Pearl: Caught four passes for 160 yards and two touchdowns in a 26-20 win over Neshoba Central.
Ashton Nichols, DB, Clinton: Recorded six tackles to go with two big pass breakups, a blocked punt and a return for a touchdown in a 26-20 win over Warren Central.
Ethan Prater, RB, Pisgah: Rushed for 132 yards on 27 carries with three scores and caught a 60-yard touchdown pass in a 33-32 win over North Forrest.
Glen Singleton, RB, Madison Central: Rushed for 174 yards on 18 carries with all four touchdowns in a 27-20 win over Ocean Springs.
Damarius Yates, RB, Kemper County: Rushed for 193 yards on 17 carries and returned a kickoff 75 yards for a touchdown in a 38-15 win over Kosciusko.
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