Mississippi football, Friday by Friday.
Talking Ball Y'all is local high school football coverage built around Picayune, Poplarville, and playoff-season Mississippi matchups. It blends scorebook detail with player interviews, coach calls, rivalry context, and the week-to-week emotion of communities that care deeply about Friday night football.
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Talking Ball Y'all is a local football show with its cleats planted in Mississippi. Its regular orbit is Picayune Maroon Tide football, especially preview and postgame coverage, but the conversation stretches toward Poplarville, Hattiesburg, George County, Biloxi, Hancock, Northshore, and the playoff paths around them. The show is brisk. It tends to begin with the game situation, the opponent, and the stakes, then moves quickly into the names, numbers, and matchup problems that will decide Friday night. Preview episodes lean on guests who know the other sideline. A Hattiesburg matchup brings in Charlie Rogers to talk about Tigers personnel, Davion Young, defensive turnover, and the kind of physical game Picayune-Hattiesburg usually becomes. A George County preview turns to Kelly Causey and Bruce Thornton for what the Rebels can do, how to get players like McNair, Grant Reeves, and Gauthier into space, and where Picayune might answer. Postgame episodes are more immediate and more emotional. They count rushing yards, touchdowns, sacks, fumbles, and first-half swings, but the point is rarely just the box score. A big playoff win becomes evidence of focus after a loss. A return from injury becomes a story about toughness, sideline energy, and a player refusing to disappear from the season. The show also understands the community around the team. Sponsors, pregame calls, Thanksgiving-week practices, full stands, and county pride are part of the texture rather than background noise. Its football language is plain, but not shallow. It talks loaded boxes, coverage fixes, running back committees, explosive plays, and playoff survival in a way that assumes the audience already cares. The result is not a polished national football desk. It is closer to a living local record of who played, who stepped up, what changed, and why next Friday already matters.
Made for: Talking Ball Y'all is for Mississippi high school football fans who follow Picayune, Poplarville, and nearby playoff rivals closely enough to care about personnel, matchups, and momentum. It especially suits listeners who want local voices and game-specific detail over broad national football talk.
What sets it apart: The show stands out by keeping tactical football, community pride, and postgame emotion in the same conversation. Its previews and recaps feel close to the field, with coaches, analysts, radio personalities, stats, sponsors, and sideline stories all part of the coverage.
Podcast by Startup sports podcast by Jeff Lossett and Clay Sweet
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed previews and field-level postgame interviews make Mississippi high school playoff football legible from game plan to final reaction.
Talking Ball Y'all treats high school playoff football as something to study before kickoff and revisit after the score. Picayune matchups receive detailed previews built around personnel, formations, recent performance, and the adjustments each side may need.
A printed Hornets roster sounds sensible when you're this invested in Friday night.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A grounded local championship preview focused on Hattiesburg's changes, Davion Young's role, and Tavian Allen's pass-rush impact.
The PICU Preview Podcast frames the South State 6A Championship as a local matchup with real weight, as the Maroon Tide prepare to visit Hattiesburg on Friday.
Picayune's playoff rout becomes a warm local postgame about control, resilience, and the next trip to Hattiesburg.
Picayune's 52-7 playoff win lands as more than a lopsided score. Jeremy Shesby and Greg Ducker frame it around how fast the Tide took command, led by Zay Dennis' 16 carries for 333 yards and five touchdowns, before turning the focus toward the South State Championship at…
A grounded local playoff preview focused on George County's space players and PICU's matchup questions.
The PICU Maroon Tide Preview Podcast frames PICU's first-round playoff meeting with George County through personnel, pressure, and the choices both sides have to make.
Recap and analysis of a high school football game between Picayune and North Shore, focusing on offensive stats and team performance.
The Talking Ball Y'all podcast hosts Jeff Lossett, Clay Sweet, Greg Ducker, and Jeremy Shesby break down Picayune's 39-35 loss to Hattiesburg in the 6A South State championship game.
A postgame analysis of a high school football game between PICU and Pascagoula, focusing on defensive struggles and second-half adjustments.
A preview episode of high school football featuring an interview with Biloxi Indians head coach Jamie Dubose ahead of their game against Picayune Maroon Tide.
The Talking Ball Y'all podcast hosts a playoff preview show, first analyzing Poplarville Hornets' 4A second-round matchup against Forest County, a team that beat them in a preseason jamboree.
Talking Ball Y'all's postgame show covers Picayune's 38-10 win at Ocean Springs, which moved the Maroon Tide to 2-2 after an overtime win at Biloxi the week before.
Gavin Duxworth has 22 touchdowns, only 3 interceptions, and 67% completions for Hattiesburg.
Picayune’s 52-7 playoff win over Hancock sends the Tide to the South State Championship in Hattiesburg next week.
Talking Ball Y'all recaps Picayune's 55-7 win over George County in week one of the 6A playoffs in Picayune, Mississippi.
["Talking Ball Y'all previews Picayune's first-round playoff game with George County and centers the episode on Kelly Causey and Bruce Thornton.", "Causey says his father graduated from George County in 1962, signed with Mississippi State, and made the job personal while coaches like Wookie Gray, Biloxi Williams, and Ray Perkins shaped his career.", "Thornton says George County has gone back to the I-formation because personnel forced the change, and Brandon Gauthier has topped 1,000 rushing yards.", "The preview also covers Wyatt Spidell's 6 touchdowns and 2 interceptions, George County's 14 takeaways, and the stakes after Picayune's loss to Pearl River Central."]
Talking Ball Y'all recaps Picayune’s 35–31 road victory over Gautier, which secured another district championship for the Maroon Tide.
A post-game podcast analyzing a high school football playoff game between Picayune and George County, with detailed stats and play-by-play.