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<v Speaker 1>We are inside the Dodger Clubhouse. It's a great college

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<v Speaker 1>football Saturday, landon Nack last night. Starting Pitcher is joining

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<v Speaker 1>us right now. Pretty fun ending to Notre Dame in

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<v Speaker 1>Northern Illinois. There were a lot of Northern Illinois fans

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<v Speaker 1>in here.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, obviously you always enjoy seeing the upsets and on Saturdays,

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<v Speaker 2>and so.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, no, that was a fun one. You did not

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<v Speaker 1>go to Tennessee. But since your college doesn't really have

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<v Speaker 1>a football team, you're all in with the balls.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we're We're not exactly a powerhouse over there. It's

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<v Speaker 2>been a couple of years since our old coach retired

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<v Speaker 2>and then now we're kind of been kind of stuck

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<v Speaker 2>in the middle. So yeah, we've all but we've always

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<v Speaker 2>been Tennessee fans since I was a little kid, so

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<v Speaker 2>we've always root for the balls.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you remember going to a college football game there?

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<v Speaker 1>Who was the first Tennessee quarterback you ever saw play

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<v Speaker 1>tem Martin.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm trying to think who was the first one I

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<v Speaker 2>saw play? The one? I mean obviously like whenever I

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<v Speaker 2>was in like high school and stuff, it was Josh

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<v Speaker 2>DAWs was like the main guy I watched a ton

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<v Speaker 2>when I was younger. I don't exactly remember who the

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<v Speaker 2>young young guys were, but yeah, Josh Dobbs was probably

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<v Speaker 2>like the guy I remember watching the most games of I'm.

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<v Speaker 1>Gonna show him my age as an eighth grader. I

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<v Speaker 1>saw Peyton Manning play at the Rose Bowl against UCLA.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, obviously Peyton is Knoxville Royalty. Yeah, they go crazy

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<v Speaker 2>for him anytime he comes around. He's still a big

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<v Speaker 2>part of the program out there. And so yeah, obviously

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<v Speaker 2>we love Peyton.

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<v Speaker 1>Landon Neck is our guest after Northern Illinois and Kevin

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<v Speaker 1>Kiermier are victorious here in the Dodger Clubhouse. Landon last night,

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<v Speaker 1>you obviously did what you've done all season long and

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<v Speaker 1>pitch pitch well and get the job done. When you

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<v Speaker 1>look back at your season, how have you been able

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<v Speaker 1>to navigate all this?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean it's it's really just like trying to

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<v Speaker 2>to kind of take care of what you can take

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<v Speaker 2>care of. Like obviously it's as you kind of go

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<v Speaker 2>back and forth a little bit, it's hard to like

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<v Speaker 2>not kind of like think about where you want to

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<v Speaker 2>be and think about other things, and so it's just

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<v Speaker 2>trying to kind of just stay focused, do what you

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<v Speaker 2>continue to do all the time and just like take

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<v Speaker 2>advantage of the opportunities that you get when you're up here.

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<v Speaker 1>Last night, you used all four of your pitches. Is

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<v Speaker 1>that how you do it? When landon Nak is successful,

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<v Speaker 1>do you use all four the way you were using

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<v Speaker 1>him last night?

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<v Speaker 2>Absolutely? Yeah, No, when I'm at my best, yeah, all

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<v Speaker 2>four available at any any counts, any situation. And so yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>whenever I kind of can especially land the land curve

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<v Speaker 2>ball early and be able to get the offbeat in

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<v Speaker 2>there early to get ahead in the count, it just

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<v Speaker 2>kind of sets up everything else that I do. And

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<v Speaker 2>so yeah, no, absolutely, last night is kind of what we're.

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<v Speaker 1>What we're looking for in this day and age of

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<v Speaker 1>pitchers chasing velocity and spin ray. Do you feel like

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<v Speaker 1>you're a little underrated in how you go about things

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<v Speaker 1>because it's not like you throw lukewarm. You got ninety

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<v Speaker 1>five heater coming at guys to go with your other

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<v Speaker 1>three secondary pitches. How does land and Nak fit into

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<v Speaker 1>this landscape and get noticed to be this guy to

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<v Speaker 1>get this opportunity?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I feel I feel like I've always been a

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<v Speaker 2>guy who just knows how to pitch. I kind of

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<v Speaker 2>learned how to throw harder later on in my career,

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<v Speaker 2>So like whenever I was in college, I didn't exactly

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<v Speaker 2>throw gas until kind of really the end of college

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<v Speaker 2>and then so I've always been somebody though who just

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<v Speaker 2>before that just knew how to pitch, and so it's

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<v Speaker 2>really just continuing to showcase that and kind of make

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<v Speaker 2>like changing speeds, getting people back, like off the heater,

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<v Speaker 2>and then just just mixing.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, you're one of the few young pitchers that understands

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<v Speaker 1>that you can change speeds by throwing fastballs, maybe putting

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<v Speaker 1>a little extra, taking a little off. Where did you

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<v Speaker 1>learn that?

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<v Speaker 2>It's just kind of always been something I've done for

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<v Speaker 2>a long time. I feel like, I mean I was

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't I had to kind of learn how to

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<v Speaker 2>deal with less on the fastball whenever I was younger,

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<v Speaker 2>and so it's really just kind of just learning how

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<v Speaker 2>to pitch and just understanding like changing speeds with different things,

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<v Speaker 2>including your fastball, is a big piece of success.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you feel like now, unfortunately with the injuries to

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<v Speaker 1>certain pictures on this staff, you may have an opportunity

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<v Speaker 1>here now to be on a five day schedule.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, obviously there's been a tough time around here. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>you want to see your guys kind of get back

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<v Speaker 2>out there, and hopefully we can continue to get some

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<v Speaker 2>of our guys back here soon, and hopefully obviously we

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<v Speaker 2>got Yoshi coming back Tuesday, and hopefully you can get

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<v Speaker 2>Glass back in here at some point soon, and the

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<v Speaker 2>same with Kersh get him back. But yeah, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>obviously it's just trying to take advantage of the opportunity

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<v Speaker 2>that's in front of me and continue to to showcase

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<v Speaker 2>what I can do and help put our team in

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<v Speaker 2>a position to win games. And so yeah, obviously you'll

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<v Speaker 2>embrace that.

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<v Speaker 1>You've come up with a lot of these guys, Gavin Stone,

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<v Speaker 1>Bobby Miller, Emi she and Ryan Pepio to name a few.

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<v Speaker 1>What's it been like for you to watch them go

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<v Speaker 1>through some serious injuries that have, you know, put a

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<v Speaker 1>put a pause button on their careers.

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<v Speaker 2>Obviously you want to, Yeah, you hate to see some

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<v Speaker 2>of your guys go down, especially guys you've grown so

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<v Speaker 2>close with. Uh, seeing Sa Gavin go down here recently, Like, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>obviously not not h makes you makes you your heart

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<v Speaker 2>hurt a little bit kind of hate saying that for

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<v Speaker 2>those guys, and seeing like she had this the entire year.

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<v Speaker 2>But uh, it's just really just trying to stay with them,

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<v Speaker 2>like talk to them, kind of know that like you're

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<v Speaker 2>with them and uh and hopefully get them back soon.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Landon, Thanks a lot for the time, Great

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<v Speaker 1>to see you back out here. Did you show up

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<v Speaker 1>in a Bentley yesterday for your start?

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<v Speaker 2>And now just the normal car for yesterday and nothing

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<v Speaker 2>too crazy this time.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, you got a good agent that treated you in

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<v Speaker 1>first class style. Thanks a lot for the time and

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<v Speaker 1>always great to see you and always appreciate how candid

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<v Speaker 1>you are with your answers.

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<v Speaker 2>I appreciate you, man,