7-12-23 Tyrone Keys on Playing with Johnie Cooks


Author: Bo Bounds July 12, 2023 Duration: 28:12
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7-12-23 Tyrone Keys on Playing with Johnie Cooks

Super Bowl Champion and former Mississippi State football player Tyrone Keys joins the show on the Farm Bureau guest line talking about being friends with Johnie Cooks, beating Bear Bryant in 1980, and what he will remember Cooks for live in the BankPlus Studio. Tyrone talks about first becoming friends with Johnie during the Mississippi all star game and notes that they grew closer on a recruiting trip that he and Johnie attended together. Tyrone calls Johnie a "folk hero" and talks about the late MSU great as a farmer growing up and being tasked with walking 5 miles back from football practice to his house. Tyrone and Bo talk about the 1980 football season and the experience of beating Bear Bryant and Alabama in Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson. Tyrone laughs about Johnie Cooks begging coach Bryant to run the ball on 4th down and the bulldogs getting the stop. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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