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and Matt Flynn.
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Speaker 1: Live from the Mercedes Benz of Baton Rouge Studio. Here's
Jacob Hester and Matt Flynn.
Speaker 2: Yo, Welcome in OTB one O four five ESPN Baton Rouge.
The entire gang is together, Jake, Flynn, Alandra and Tata
all here with you on this morning edition of OTB,
and we have got a big show plan for you.
We've got a lot of former member of different shows
joining us today. T Bob's going to join us at
seven thirty. Austin Bain, who was a big part of
hanging with Hester's going to join us at eight, and
then Ben Mintz, who's been on every show I think
here on one O four to five as a guest
or even as a co host one time or another,
will join us at eight thirty, and maybe maybe still
putting in the effort to get Ben McDonald h to
join us from Omaha as well. In the last hour
of the show, so big show excited.
Speaker 4: The gangs all back together like.
Speaker 5: It or not. We're back, We're here. Yeah.
Speaker 2: I wasn't thinking like that that way. I mean, I
was just saying like, basically, we're glad to have a
laundro back. Yeah, you know, she pulled a t bob
okay to shoot. She went to AI made a fake
text message up of you know, her flight getting delayed.
Speaker 4: But I appreciate the hustle.
Speaker 6: Though, could not be more real, could not be more real.
And then I was telling them, I was like, who
was in charge of my flight?
Speaker 7: Jay Johnson?
Speaker 6: Because I was looking at the weather and there's no weather.
But then Taylor said that there were some here Tuesday night.
So I guess that's why it got canceled.
Speaker 4: Because I thought there was some in Texas. We had
some people in.
Speaker 7: The chest well, like from Austin. In Austin, the weather
on Monday was fine.
Speaker 6: And then I was looking at the Houston because I
had a connecting fly in Houston. I was looking at
that radar and that one was fine too, So I
don't know. Oh no, my flight from Austin to Houston
was fine. The flight from Houston to Baton rouge got canceled.
Speaker 2: As T Bough would say, why are you in Austin
when you live in San Antonio.
Speaker 7: Most of my family is in Austin.
Speaker 2: You never quite figured that one out.
Speaker 7: He never figured it out.
Speaker 2: You never ever got that one through his head. But
I'm very excited to catch up with T Bob. See
how it's going there in Chicago. Go starting to see
our guy on some of the different stuff barstool is
putting out. So and I'm sure he's got a lot
of thoughts on LSU baseball. We hadn't talked with him
in a month, and so looking forward.
Speaker 8: Apparently him and Ben mince On on a same basketball
team up there in some tournament. Been seeing some rather
you see Ben embarrassing ice the knees, ice the threes.
Speaker 5: Baby, Oh no, I didn't see that. I saw almost.
Speaker 4: I mean he didn't make it.
Speaker 9: But TV, he's coming out of his paycheck, Oh for sure,
no doubt.
Speaker 2: He broke a TV here too, don't worry the one
right behind us.
Speaker 4: That one, No, no, this one behind us.
Speaker 2: So he plopped down in his chair and like went
right back into the TV and busted the screen.
Speaker 5: So I can't wait to talk to our guy.
Speaker 2: I can't wait to talk l SU baseball either. I
know Matt Flann probably wants to jump in first, but
let me go ahead and just uh all right, We'll
go ahead as we do every morning and get this
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we were the pregame show for the baseball game yesterday.
So I don't think there's any doubt that we got
you ready to go. We gave you all the information
and you were, you know, resuming a game there in
the fourth inning. We didn't really know how it was
going to go. We didn't really know, you know what,
what way. Jay Johnson was going to attack UCLA in
the early portion of the show, and then we find
out towards the end it was going to be caseon
Evans and that, look, that was a sign that Jay's
not messing around. Jay is going to go in there
and he wants to shut the door on UCLA and
Case and Evans does just that, goes four and a third,
only gives up four hits, two earned runs, five strikeouts,
did not walk a batter, and so he certainly came
in and he did exactly what Jay wanted and needed
him to do. Now, Cooper Williams came in, a guy
that we thought maybe had a chance to when the
game zoom to be the first guy out there, because
UCLA had three lefties that were going to be hitting
in a row. And look he didn't, he didn't have
his best stuff. He walks a couple of guys, only
goes a third of an inning, that gives up a
hit as well. But then Chase Shores comes in, I
mean comes in, bases loaded, one pitch, gets out of it,
then obviously closes the game, and so I mean LSU
And like I said, Jay Johnson, they had to attack
the game. There was no hey, well let's put in
you know, let's put in a Cooper Williams to start
this thing off and see what happens. Like Jay's like, no,
we got to go win this game because if we
win this one, whoever wins the next one's got to
beat us twice and they still have some pretty good
arms available.
Speaker 5: Yeah, it was.
Speaker 8: No reason to overthink this for Jay Johnson, no reason
to try to play the numbers game. Let's know our
best guy out there, let's get to the situation where
we have to get beat twice. And and it absolutely
played out beautifully for him. There is only one time
as a fan watching it that got the nerves the
eighth inn when the bases were low, but we get
out of that. But if you're talking about a game
where we're starting out in the fourth, we had the
rain delay, all this kind of drama around who's going
to do this, who's going to do that, to only
have one really pressure point in the game that you're
kind of on the edge of your seat getting a
little nervous about what's going to happen. Pretty good scenario,
pretty good outcome. So now we you know, I was
going to say, roll the dice, but you know, we're
we are in the driver's seat now.
Speaker 5: Arkansas coming in.
Speaker 8: I mean, they have a staff that has just pitched
their face off for the.
Speaker 5: Last couple of games. Good lord.
Speaker 8: I mean, I don't know if these guys just have
the nastiest stuff in the world or hitters have just
been cold against them, but I think it's probably a
combination of both. So you know, yeah, hopefully they're they're
going to cool off a little bit. Hopefully they got
the good arms done. But LSU, just keep.
Speaker 5: Hitting the ball.
Speaker 8: Man, hit the ball, hit the ball, hit the ball,
and then let Jay do his thing on the mound
and controlling the arms.
Speaker 2: I mean, you're right about Arkansas and pitching their face
off as you. I mean, they certainly have done that,
and you know, they've actually done a really nice job.
After it looked like it was going to be doomsday
when you're starter to start the College World Series only
last thirty eight pitches. But then he comes back yesterday
and obviously was dealing. And look, you knew when they
took him out after thirty eight pitches that was why
they were doing it. But it was surprising at the
time just because that was your age and because you
were playing LSU and it felt like you were conceding early,
very early in that game. But look, it's worked out
as best as it could. After you lose the first
game for Arkansas, now for LSU. Okay now, and Taytay,
I'll throw this one to you because you were pretty adamant.
You did not want case In Evans to throw because
you didn't want to burn him. You wanted him available
for this game.
Speaker 9: I just thought that you could have won the game
without aviags. But look, credit to Jay Johnson. J Johnson
wanted to get into the winners bracket and he did
that because if today you win the game, not only
do you advance to the finals you get your rest
day back that you were supposed to have yesterday and
did not have. So I don't think there was a
right or wrong way to do it. It's just everyone's preference.
But Jay wanted to be aggressive and it paid off
for it. My only concern was I thought you could
do it without him, which it got kind of hairy,
so maybe I was wrong about that. But then I
was worried that if you lose this game, you would
have had to have won last night and two more
potentially without Evans or Anderson, So that was my only concern.
But no, actually, looking back on it, like Jay was
aggressive with it, it paid off.
Speaker 2: Alandra. We haven't seen you in a while, so I
want to get all the baseball takes, but certainly get
your take on yesterday and then maybe looking forward to today.
Speaker 7: Yeah.
Speaker 6: I actually whenever we went into the delay and it
was like, oh, we're not going to play until tomorrow,
I thought Cason Evans was the obvious answer, just cause,
like again, you're playing to stay in the game and
stay in the winner's bracket.
Speaker 7: So I thought that was the right move by.
Speaker 6: Jay, and you know, figure it out later kind of thing,
you know, And we still have Chase Shores.
Speaker 7: He only threw eleven pitches yesterday.
Speaker 2: And on Saturday.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, but that's Saturday, and then you had
Sunday Monday, and then you pitched eleven yesterday. And then
I saw so like Anthony Ansen was saying that his
bullpen days are usually like forty five pitches and he
only threw forty four.
Speaker 7: Tuesday, and I don't know what date is Monday night.
So I mean there's a really strong.
Speaker 6: Possibility that we could see him maybe out the pin
like we did during yes No Regional And Yeah, so
I I thought Cason Evans was the right choice.
Speaker 7: If I was Jay, That's what I would have done.
Speaker 6: And then Cooper Williams, he usually has his stuff and
he just didn't this time. Chase Shores did a great
But I've been against Zach Cowen starting, but I think
in this situation you might have to start him today.
Speaker 7: Wait, do we pleaded it? Yeah, we pleaded it. I
don't know what day it is.
Speaker 2: Yesterday I threw a lot of people for Luke because
you're expecting an off day.
Speaker 7: Yeah, so.
Speaker 6: The same way, I think Zach Cowen's probably maybe your
go to today. And then Chase Shores, you can still
get him out the pin for relief. But yeah, I
like the way Jay has been managing the bullpen so far.
Speaker 2: Well, I mean, so Zach Cowen hasn't had his best stuff. Yeah,
he has in the last couple of outings. But if
you go back just a month ago, a little bit
over a month now, but last time that he faced Arkansas,
yeah he went three innings, only gave up two hits,
no earned runs. Now I did walk too, but he
struck out three. Yeah, so he had a good outing
against this lineup, and you know him having that experience,
he's certainly a candidate to go out there.
Speaker 4: And I mean you can speak on this.
Speaker 2: I mean somebody that's he hasn't done it this year,
but he has had high leverage moments on the mound
as a starter in his college career.
Speaker 8: Yeah, I think. And that's really the job of a
pitching coach. Head coach is to get the best out
of your players, have them always, of course physically ready
to go, but to find a way to tap into
their confidence level and draw on the good experience and
kind of forget the bad experience. So we'll see if
they can do it. I mean, hitters go through it
all the time. Pitchers just have to pitch.
Speaker 5: Out of it sometimes practice out of it. I mean
it's so we'll see.
Speaker 8: But the stuff that we've shown man watching watching case
in Evan's pitch yesterday.
Speaker 5: So he's got so much movement on the ball. It's
like he's just.
Speaker 2: He's so hrky jerky, and i mean like in the
best way possible. Like there's just so many things going on,
and we've seen so many pitchers at every level, but
like when you have that and you can hit your
spots and you got stuff, it's like at times it
can be unhittable.
Speaker 4: That's what he was yesterday.
Speaker 2: Yeah, breaking balls, Yeah, the break the breaking balls nest Yeah.
Speaker 8: And just his like you said, the herky jerky. It's
kind of like the old old school when they bring
in the sidearm guy like throws you off. It throws
your rhythm off. Obviously, he's more of a traditional throw
of them. Everything about him is just like like a
quarterstep like off right. It's just a little good way,
in a really good way.
Speaker 5: It's just.
Speaker 4: He's like one of the.
Speaker 9: Base the batter has no time to adjust. Like Evans
catches the ball. Soon as he catches it, he's back
up ready to go again. Like that's the hardest.
Speaker 5: Pot as a hitter. You just can't get in a comfort.
Speaker 4: They said.
Speaker 2: He sometimes like slows down calling the picture because he
knows if he calls it in and Evan gets the
ball back, I gets coming right back to the catcher,
which I love.
Speaker 6: Yeah, but you talk about, uh, you know, is the
job of the coach and the pitching coach to get
their mind right and everything I did, and they were saying,
how I just thought this was like a fun, little
interesting tidbit that if Jay is going out to the mound,
it's something between the ears, and if Nate, Yesky's going
out there, it's more of like a mechanical thing. So
you know, if you see Jay out there, you're like,
all right, he's gonna calm him down a little bit.
He did that with Ians in Yeah, but yeah.
Speaker 5: Certainly work.
Speaker 2: A couple of more arms that pitched against Arkansas in
that series. Maverick Rizzy went out there, didn't record an out,
gave up three earned runs, two hits in a walk,
So you know, keep that in the back of your mind.
Speaker 4: And Jay Newt went out there. He did pitch an
inning and.
Speaker 2: Didn't give up a hit, didn't give a walk, did
strike out one, And I would expect Jade Newt. I
don't know, you know how they bring him in, but
he'll pitch at some point today. He might be like
he might even be the starter. He could be or
first out of the pin, like Jay likes to do
that with him.
Speaker 9: But I think you're gonna use probably four guys today
like that wouldn't surprise me.
Speaker 5: No, I'll pitch today. Let me ask you this now.
Speaker 8: I'm gonna ask this question for the listeners, certainly not myself,
asking for a friend, asking for a friend here, if
we do something happens, uh, Arkansas has a good game,
we have to go to a second game against Arkansas.
Does Kate Anderson have the enough days rest?
Speaker 2: Anthony Ironson? Would Anthony, I mean right here? Only pitch
forty four?
Speaker 5: Yeah?
Speaker 4: Pitches?
Speaker 3: Yeah? Today?
Speaker 7: You mean for today?
Speaker 5: Like if you lose.
Speaker 9: I think I think it depends on how the game
goes tonight, honestly, like I think they save him for
tomorrow if necessary. But tonight, if you're up by one
in the ninth inning and you need to put in ions,
and you're putting an eye right, but if you don't
need that.
Speaker 5: That's where I was going with that question, Like if
you're if.
Speaker 9: You're down by five runs in the ninth probably saving
Anthony for tomorrow.
Speaker 8: Okay, Yeah, that's where I was going with at Like
if we if we're up late in the game today
and it's close, and it's a tight situation, do you
put close it out?
Speaker 4: You want to close it be available for that?
Speaker 2: I mean, kay, you're talking about he pitched Saturday Friday night.
I mean he went, he went a hundred, Yeah, you know.
I mean, so that's he's gonna get. He's gonna need
his full.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm not a same for tonight. But if he
had to go tomorrow, maybe.
Speaker 2: If he went to make his cage jump last year,
if Kate went.
Speaker 9: Tomorrow, he had four full days dressed Sunday, Monday, Tuesday.
Speaker 2: Well, you basically you have everyone available outside of Kate,
Anderson and Casey now to the extent that they normally do.
Maybe not with Anthony Iinton, But to your point your question, yes,
if it's the ninth inning and they're up by two
and they feel like it's Maverick, Rizzy or Anthony Irony,
So actually I want to try to throw a straight
at no.
Speaker 6: No, no, but like if you need three outs or
even just like just a quick, real, like real quick inning.
Speaker 7: I know he hasn't been great at.
Speaker 6: The beginning of the season, but has really come into
his own towards the end as Jacob Myers, and we
don't see a lot of him.
Speaker 5: Pitched yet.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think, well, because you hadn't had to.
Speaker 6: Use Yeah, you've put him in for like the last
inning to close it out, and he's.
Speaker 4: Like, he's going to need the bases cleared.
Speaker 7: Yeah, just because he's why I agree.
Speaker 2: I mean, you know, sometimes that can be effective because if.
Speaker 9: You need to start the night, like somebody out there
to start the night, Myers is an option.
Speaker 2: Also, don't forget you know, Chase Shore's what he did
against this Arkansas lineup as well. Remember Case and Nevins
started the game the only really time he's been touched
up this year, gave up four earned runs and three
and two thirds. Chase Shores comes in and three and
a third, only gives up two hits, one run, strikes
out four. So you know he's had success against this
lineup as well. So look The bottom line is you
basically have everybody available. Because Arkansas starters have gone deep
into the game, They're basically gonna have everybody you know,
out of their bullpen ready to go. Cool. No, he
threw too many, but I'm saying that they're gonna have
arms at that point. They're not going to be as
tired and you know, use as many guys as typical
if you're coming out of the loser's bracket because their
starters have gone so deep and you know, you pulled,
you know, root after thirty eight pitches.
Speaker 4: So look, it's going to be great on Great.
Speaker 7: We were talking about it before the show. They still
have that. Taylor helped me out with the name again.
Speaker 9: It's Bible shot Bile London, Bible Shy. He was he
was their third starter season, didn't start the regional or
the Super. Yeah, and has not pitched yet a male
and then he too, Yeah, he pitched what an inning
last night.
Speaker 5: Yes, he didn't go very long on Bible.
Speaker 9: It's like b I or b I E D E
L S C H E I S is this German?
Speaker 7: I don't know.
Speaker 9: It's not for my neck at the woods.
Speaker 5: He's no, it's not not from LP not an LP ball.
Speaker 4: You sure?
Speaker 5: I can tell you. I went to school there a
long time.
Speaker 7: Ftal all right, I don't think he's from look.
Speaker 5: It up, look up.
Speaker 2: He's probably not from from the Austin area either.
Speaker 4: You think he's from Tyler?
Speaker 8: Yeah, you know, pretty pretty worldly cultured spot over there.
Speaker 5: It could be.
Speaker 2: All right, we will step away. We've got T Bob
joining us in about ten minutes from now. Stay locked
in here. It is O TB off the bench, Alandra,
did you enjoy a airport airport beer?
Speaker 6: I did not enjoy an airport beer, but I enjoyed
a Father's Day beer with my pop.
Speaker 7: All right, well do skis?
Speaker 5: All right? There was always yes, Alandra.
Speaker 7: I in the airport.
Speaker 4: Look, you know, Fancy Kane had it. I got it. Uh.
Speaker 2: You know, so we we joked last week because the
only pictures we got a Flynn were the ice cold
does in the airport and then that ridiculous shirt where
he was holding a do sakis. So, uh, today, tomorrow,
any day certainly a great day to grab a dos
equis or you know, go for dose, enjoy a couple
of responsibly today.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I want to put a number on it, but
just enjoy responsible.
Speaker 8: Yeah, like it's those through Arkansas play in the evening.
We talked about it last week. If you want to
delete a few beers, grab that cold ice cold Mexican
longer dose Sekis, go for dose people, drink it responsibly.
Speaker 3: I'm so happy.
Speaker 6: Use to days from my friends.
Speaker 3: That's okay.
Speaker 1: From players to legends. Hester and Flynn breakdown l s
U football like only champions can.
Speaker 4: All right, welcome back in OTV again.
Speaker 2: Glad had the full squad here, Matthew, Clayton, Flynn, a
Landra Blank Space villar Reale and uh Taylor Mlon.
Speaker 5: Got it told it.
Speaker 2: Hey, you know Taylor's parents big fans of the Mailman.
Speaker 5: I don't think that's we can we can tell people.
Speaker 4: There's no doubt that's why your middle name is Malone.
I don't care. It's not a family name. Don't make
that up.
Speaker 8: I don't know if it's like, I'll tell you that
might be a mailman, like that's where Taylor came down.
Speaker 9: What that might be why my dad's named Malone.
Speaker 5: And then we go with.
Speaker 4: Up, that's Carl Malone the Mailman.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, true, yeah, we got there.
Speaker 8: The youth today Taylor tell us where Arkansas picture landon.
Speaker 5: Bidyle Shi is from.
Speaker 9: The mean streets of Canfield, Ohio.
Speaker 8: Canfield, Ohio. So I looked it up though, so the
name Bidleshys is indeed just suspect it because I'm a
world traveler German, so German as looking up what it means.
So the first part of the name vital means a
pair usually what by Yeah, I got it, but I'm
just you know, the German language is a little different,
so like a pair.
Speaker 5: So he's got a pair on him, okay.
Speaker 8: And the word last name schice related to shooting or throwing,
no way.
Speaker 5: So the dude's got a big pair on him and
he throw, he throws, okay. So that's the perfect name
from the main streets. That's the kind of reporting you
don't get anywhere else.
Speaker 4: They're right here, you're right back. He actually didn't know
that's what you're doing over there.
Speaker 5: I was just looking it up and I read the
last part of it was like throwing.
Speaker 8: Really, I mean, big dude too is a big day
six three two thirty big that big big pair thrower
six three thirty is not a big fellow.
Speaker 7: Six three big six three. I don't think it's that big.
Speaker 2: Sounds like mustads, tough room six three, two thirties, A
big fellow, A little fellow over there. I'm just like,
not fell I do you feel about five ten two thirty?
Speaker 5: Let's do for the rottle bit bow legged?
Speaker 4: A little bit, oh.
Speaker 2: Straight legged, I'd be six two yeah. Yeah, it's fast, though,
those little legs were turning.
Speaker 4: Sure, they were picking them up.
Speaker 2: And in this room, the fastest forty belongs to me
and nobody else.
Speaker 5: Run four six I ran four or five to two.
Speaker 2: Okay, Well, if we're talking like, if we're talking like
high school stuff, then yeah, I mean you name the
number I'm talking about official NFL combine.
Speaker 4: Would you run?
Speaker 5: All right? Look, let me tell you how would you run?
Speaker 4: I don't care what your fat.
Speaker 5: Fo seven eight okay, the combine.
Speaker 4: Four seven eight.
Speaker 2: I could have got a packed lunch in between what
I ran and what you ran.
Speaker 5: Can I tell you a little something about my combine test?
Speaker 10: Oh?
Speaker 4: I had fat ankles and they were taped heavily.
Speaker 8: All right, So Duley obviously cannot judge people's ankles because
I had beautiful ankles, just they were really strong. I
ran this combine ran forty, and it was my worst
forty I'd ever run.
Speaker 5: In my life. We had just won a national championship.
Speaker 8: All I wanted to do was drink some beer, have
a good time, celebrate the victory, which I didn't get
a chance to do because I had to pack off
right after the game, go the Shrine Bowl, which I
didn't play, and I was just there for a couple
of days talking to scouts.
Speaker 5: Then I had to go train.
Speaker 8: I went to Orlando trained for the Combine and it
was the worst experience of my life. Didn't get anything
out of it. I didn't want to do it. I
didn't have to run at the Combine. But he's a quarterback.
But like, what are you telling me?
Speaker 2: Like I left the day after we won the national
champions Yeah, but you needed to run forty.
Speaker 4: You tried and that didn't need to run. From Arizona
two Mobile played in Senior Bowl.
Speaker 2: Then I flew from Mobile back to Arasona to continue
to train.
Speaker 5: I'm not trying to get anyone to feel sorry for me.
Speaker 4: Good.
Speaker 8: I'm not trying to say my road was harder. All
I need to say was, yo, stubby little legs needed
to prove you could run fast.
Speaker 5: I didn't.
Speaker 2: Yeah, second fastest three cone by running backs that year,
which I mean that Chris Johnson, he's pretty fast, beat
his time. Darren McFadden, he didn't suck beat his time.
I was trained to the Raiders, he'd probably be a
Hall of Famer.
Speaker 5: No, there's no poor dude.
Speaker 9: He got battered there, man. I remember Dallas traded for
him after like three years in Oakland.
Speaker 5: Like he was already beat.
Speaker 8: Up at that point, all right, So I wouldn't when
I was with the Raiders he was still there, was
he really? Yeah, he's there. Awesome dude too. And dude,
and you could just see new people coming in. Charles
Woodson had come in. You could just see he just
wanted to win so bad. Poor I just couldn't. They
they couldn't.
Speaker 2: If you went to the Raiders during that time period,
it was the worst possible place you could go to.
Speaker 4: Now.
Speaker 2: Look, look, I know there's some stories out there, and
there's some things I'm sure JaMarcus would want to do differently,
But as soon as he got drafted there, I'm like
Lane Kiffen was the head coach. Who Lane Kiffen the
head coach. He was like thirty kidd in relaxed, right, Well,
I know you know who Lane is.
Speaker 8: Yeah, that's where. That's where, whether you were a rookie
or vet with five pro balls under your belt, that's
where careers went to die. Not a lot of people
actually survived the black hole, No they did not.
Speaker 5: But you know about Chris Johnson. I was training. I
trained for the combat with Chris Johnson.
Speaker 8: We were at the Wide World of Sports, the Tom
Shaw Training Academy. My one funny story about that is
we were working on ten yard sprints. So we were
working on our starts right, getting out, getting low, blah
blah blah. So we're running ten yards. Chris Johnson beat
me by six.
Speaker 2: I believe it.
Speaker 5: And I'm not a slow guy.
Speaker 8: I'm not like fastly not fast, but good god, yeah
that guy had an engine on him.
Speaker 4: He did very quiet guy, and so he ran one.
Speaker 5: Of the top forties of all.
Speaker 2: Time, all time to Chris Johnson. Yeah, yeah, I think
it's four two eight, had the record for a while.
So yeah, that guy's pretty pretty good, pretty quick, pretty
quick fella.
Speaker 8: I mean, I think if we would have stretched it
out to the full forty, I would have caught up probably, Yeah,
there's no doubt.
Speaker 2: Okay, well four I couldn't drive that in my Toyota,
so well you can't really fast they are, but four
to two to four fast, you know, maybe it's the driver.
All Right, we're going to take a break. I think
he's actually going to pick up because he's already Texas
this morning. The odds he knows that we're in the
same time zone as well. That helps us a ton.
We're gonna catch up with T Bob when we come
back here on O TV off the bench.
Speaker 4: Uh.
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Speaker 1: Tigers Turn Talkers. This is off the bench.
Speaker 10: Well, well, well it is now time to go to
the big city with the big guy, a guy that
we missed dearly here seeing playing a little hoops out
there giving it all for us team no surprise, our
guy t vave Bet Barbara.
Speaker 4: What's up brother.
Speaker 3: Yo, Jakie? What's up?
Speaker 2: Mane?
Speaker 3: What's going on? How we doing here on this? Uh?
What's today? Thursday?
Speaker 4: It's Wednesday?
Speaker 5: Close. We're there almost, We're almost.
Speaker 3: There today almost Thursday. He yeah, dude, Uh wait, if
it's Wednesday, is Flynn coming in today?
Speaker 4: He is here?
Speaker 2: All the last Wednesday he was not here. He was
in Turks and Caico celebrating his birthday.
Speaker 3: That's just a little you know, that's just a little
smestering joker. There was some boys just going on, how
you doing?
Speaker 4: It was good?
Speaker 2: I look, uh, I mean doing fantastic. I know a
team that you cared deeply about, I mean was in
the postseason yesterday and had a big win.
Speaker 4: How about the Florida Panthers.
Speaker 3: Oh my Panthers, dude, how about it? Back to back
Stanley Cup? Chance Babrosky an absolute wall and the I mean,
what more can you say about ka Chuck Fame with
that he had like a torn aductor. Uh. It is
actually insane to think we live in a world where
the Florida Panthers, out of Miami, the worst sports town
in maybe America, have now gone to three straight Stanley
Cups one two and are like clearly the best team
in hockey.
Speaker 2: Hey, I mean that was actually well done, tee.
Speaker 8: Have you have we always been a hockey painter or
you had to do that once you went to Chicago.
Speaker 2: Used to wear this Painters sweater in here in.
Speaker 3: Studio, so the shout out to my guy Bilbo. He
gave me the sweater and then you know, you know that,
like Dan Levotard's always been my my radio news.
Speaker 5: Yeah.
Speaker 3: I get a lot of at their talk listening to
Levotard sometimes.
Speaker 4: Uh tee.
Speaker 2: Like, I've been seeing you do a ton of stuff,
and a lot of people have been asking, like us
inside the chat and everything like kind of like what
the day to day has looked like for you?
Speaker 5: Uh.
Speaker 2: I've enjoyed seeing you put you know, Brandon Walker in
his spot a couple of different times. But what is
what is the day to day like right now? Because
it seems like you working and working often up there.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a little, uh, it's a little all over
the place. Man. I have some irons in the fire
right now. In terms of getting something more regular going.
I can't say anything yet because I don't know if
it'll happen or not. But if it does, I'll obviously
announce it or whatever. But for now, I'm just kind
of hanging out, riding and hopping on like whatever show
wants me. Right, I've been I've been doing a lot
of mostly sports, which is the Brandon Walker Mart Titus Show.
And then yesterday I did uh My Mom's Basement, which
is a like the nerd show an Anus uh before Yeah, yeah, yeah,
So I've been so, I mean, I look, I've I've
I'm kind of just bouncing around right now. I got
to host a chess tournament.
Speaker 10: Justin Herbert.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Justin Herbert. Justin Reid. Shout out Justin Reid. Who
that Justin Reid won for thee He beat Kyler Murray
in the final for the second year in a row.
Speaker 2: All right, shout out.
Speaker 3: It was five hours. So so I don't have anything
regular yet, but but I think things are on the way. Oh,
you would have been very happy, Jake. Yesterday I got
the interview. Uh we got to interview Brett Beelham and
Luke Altmeyer and Altmeyer Altmeyer was getting after Walker's ass
text right before the interview, had sent him a whole
bunch of like receipts on Walker talking crap about him.
Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, that's because he went to Old Miss originally, right,
and he's I think he.
Speaker 3: Stark for he's from Stark Bulls.
Speaker 2: So good, good.
Speaker 3: I gotta say to Belima, what a guy, dude, his
philosophy on coaching. He's the first coach I've interviewed in
forever that just like hasn't complained about the modern state
of college football. It is just like, look, man, I
just like I like, he just talked about how much
he loves for me relationships with the players. Altmeyer seemed
to really have his back, like I really hope, uh
the aligne I do good this year.
Speaker 8: See you when you walked in to headquarters up there,
first day, first week, whatever it was, is there like
any like new employee traditions, Was there like a welcomed
barstool moment for you? Have you like had any hazing,
Like what's what's been a what's life like for the
for the new kidding down?
Speaker 3: There's definitely there's definitely no hazing. It's just been It's
just it's just been a bit surreal at times because it's, uh,
you never quite know what's what's going to happen, Like
like when we were filming that basketball tournament, which is
ridiculous in its own right and which by the way,
I played absolutely awful, spraying the hell out of my ankle.
But I've been in the gym every day since to
try and never allow this to happen again. But got
him so pissed on that basketball game. But like says like,
I mean, you know, so that's like that was like
pulling a reality show. We're doing like Confessionals and stuff
that's very funny. Then at one point, I like go
downstairs and Burt Kreischer's there and he's like got a
shirt off with the two other fat guys their shirts
off and they're all shooting vodka. So I'm like, I
guess I have to take my shirt off at Chubaka,
and I did, and then I just put it back
on and went back to normal day. The other like
the All American Rejects showed up for like a they
played like a concert that Thursday. It's just I don't know, man,
it's it's just it's a very I think the thing
that I like most about not any of that stuff.
It's it's a very creative atmosphere, and it's very much
a look if you want to make something, make something,
but nobody's gonna like just hand you stuff or push
you to do stuff. So it's it's it's it's kind
of fun in that way, I just like, go go
get it, go go go go do it. So I
also tried. The very first time I walked in, I
thought I was going to Okay, So I'm like, I'm
I go and I sit down the gamble cave, I
don't know where else you're going to start to write,
and Walker comes in. You know, me and Walker will
be doing some a lot of work together on stuff,
and it's like, okay, dude, I gotta say something funny.
Now I gotta get in with them. And when I
was walking in, I had noticed that there was a
jeep that had a bunch of rubber duck lining the dash,
something that I find to be ridiculous. Yes, that adults
are out here trading rubber ducks. I think it looks
very kacky. And so I started making jokes or whatever.
And why didn't you know that is Brandon walk ris Gie.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it makes so much sense.
Speaker 3: And the effort too, you know, break the ice by
bonding over making fun of someone. It was just making
fun of him.
Speaker 2: Yes, gosh, that makes so much sense.
Speaker 4: It's wild.
Speaker 5: Though.
Speaker 2: Yesterday I walked out in Musso and Brain and Paul
O'Neill had their shirts off. Drinking vodka as well. Crazy
how exact times I've got here guarantee media as well,
ta Bob. All right, So LSU baseball obviously, like it's
something I know that you love dearly, like almost as
much as football. But what's it been like being like
away a little bit? You're there and I know you
got obviously megan making money. Who's an l U fan
as well? You've been watching the games kind of together.
But what's it been like kind of watching this team
from afar? Uh?
Speaker 3: It's a great, man, we've been locked in. That's the
other thing is everybody loves sports here like uh so
in like all sports. So even yesterday my guy Liam Buttman,
he's a he's a massive U c l A fan,
so like we got to watch again they got to
watch talk crap to him as that game was finishing up.
Uh yesterday morning. This is a cool LSU bar up here.
The standard that we went to to watch the game
on Monday night before reigned out.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 3: Then you know, look, I'm I'm always a fan of
just watching at home alone with a bottle of bourbon
and just stressing the hell out. So it's it's it's
been great. Uh, I I really really hope LSU wins,
obviously because it'll further the path to a championship. But
if they make the championship, I believe there is a
va very good chance that I will be finding my
way to Omaha. So I am fingers crossed that that
that that can happen.
Speaker 2: I'll cross mind to make sure. Since the hand situation,
but I need to see you in. I heard that your.
Speaker 3: Yours, yours, your finger crossing is much more powerful than mine.
This is this is this is very true.
Speaker 2: And those things even cross, Yeah, they can't say look
at that.
Speaker 3: They can't cross barely trying to like reach your arms
behind your pack.
Speaker 2: Not that wrong?
Speaker 8: Yeah, I would, I would. I would tune in to
just watch T Bob in Omaha walking around.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it's going We're.
Speaker 8: Gonna street interviews, like street interviews. We want people, We're
gonna take our shirt off obviously.
Speaker 3: It uh yeah, there's I.
Speaker 2: Can't I will.
Speaker 3: I don't want to say the plan yet, but there
there is a plan and it'll be it'll be good.
Speaker 4: Well, I think it'll be fantastic.
Speaker 10: What about what about just but also boys like we we're.
Speaker 3: Like here on the edge of another net. Yeah, I know,
Like what happens if Jay Johnson wins another national championship.
That's freaking insane.
Speaker 5: I know, I know.
Speaker 2: And look, I mean they have to lose twice to
Arkansas on it, but if they move on, you like
their matchup certainly gets Louisville, but you know, Coastal Carolina
is certainly a pesky team that can pitch it. But
you like your matchup against everyone who is left in there.
And like, now, T, Bob, we got to get your
thoughts before we get you out of here. Who's going
to start today like tonight for LSU, no one who's available?
Speaker 3: I was, I was actually just about to ask you
all the exact same time, all right, So.
Speaker 2: For us, like we've thrown out a couple of different
like obviously like Jay knew somebody that could be available.
But Zach Cowan, who has not been pitching it well
as of late, he did shut them down for three
innings just a month ago, this same lineup. He has
sperience starting. I know it didn't go well against the
Little Rock. In fact, they went horrible against Little Rock,
But when you look at the options, T, that might
actually be the best one or I mean you start
Jade Newt and then you go to Zach Cowen and
then Chase Shores maybe finishes it.
Speaker 10: When is uh?
Speaker 3: I mean, yeah, Cowen has to be the play it
seems like, and you have a little bit of margin
for wiggle movement with the game in hand. Although I
hate having to play Arkansas again when you kick their
ass so much this season, but I mean then again, look,
well I don't know. I also wish they hadn't gotten
that unbelievable no hit performance so they'd be a bit
more tax So what is the deal on uh? What
is the deal on Ions? And when can he enter
the mix again?
Speaker 2: So like throwing it around if you're needing three outs tonight,
I truly think like he's going to come in and
probably try to close the door. I mean we just
seen Jay do that too many times with Anthony Irons
and with Gates Jump last year and you know Chapel
Hill work out.
Speaker 4: But that's what he did.
Speaker 2: But I mean also, like Anthony, Iinsen can start for
you tomorrow, I mean only through forty four pitches, and
so it's like you have to be careful, like you
sure you want to get this game to you. But
as you know, man, if you have Anthony Iinsen going
like he has done really well against Arkansas this year,
so like you kind of got to be careful, Like
I would assume that last case scenario would be pitching
today and save him for tomorrow.
Speaker 3: Yeah, that that I think I think I'd spot on.
So here's to hope. Look, we talked about it so
many times in Omaha. If you're going to win a championship,
at some point, somebody just has to step up and
do something that you don't expect him to do, like
Nate Ackenhousen shutting down Tennessee. So, Zach Cowan, I know
you've been in that You've been in the struggle bus
a bit lately, but like this is your moment. You
transferred to LSU four for this moment to try to
win a national championship, and it is indeed you or
maybe it's new, but whoever it is, if you want
to be a part of this championship, you want to
have a moment that will live forever, and Tiger fans
minds that opportunities tonight.
Speaker 4: Yep, no question about it. T We appreciate you hopping
on with us. We miss you. We love your brother.
Enjoy the day.
Speaker 2: Uh just talk trash to Brandon Walker, take your shirt off,
shoot some vodka, and have a day.
Speaker 3: Choice Love you boys, Miss you boys. Take it easy, guys,
see you by right.
Speaker 2: I bet Brandon Walker's like, why did y'all do this
to me? This guy smarter than me, he's funnier than me.
Speaker 5: I think.
Speaker 4: His team has more success than mine.
Speaker 2: I'm just saying.
Speaker 5: I think I think Brandon stuck his neck out for
him a little bit.
Speaker 2: He probably didn't.
Speaker 5: He probably did.
Speaker 2: But also, oh, I forget what I was watching the
other day. But T Bob made like a really good point.
Brands like shoot secds, So you didn't say shoot said
another word.
Speaker 5: Power scales are tipping.
Speaker 2: They are all right. We gotta take a break. Long
for a break. We'll take it now, moro two b
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