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Daytime Fireworks: Football is on the way for Ole Miss and a stacked SEC

by:Ben Garrett•06/29/23•

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Daytime Fireworks — Daytime Fireworks, an Ole Miss podcast (Shawn Palmer-On3)

It’s Reunion Week in the Talk of Champions family of podcasts, as David Brandt of the Associated Press is back with Zach Berry of the Ole Miss Spirit for a long-overdue, fresh-off-the-presses edition of Daytime Fireworks.

Among the topics covered is the conclusion of the college baseball season, as well as the fast-approaching 2023 SEC football season, including top storylines to follow.

Let’s get to it.

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