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Speaker 1: Merry Christmas from Off the Bench, presented by All Star Toyota,

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joined Jacob Hester and t Bob Avery as we spread

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some holiday cheer and talk all things sports live from

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the Mercedes Benz of Baton Rouge Studio. Let's get this

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Christmas party started, Santa, tell me.

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Speaker 2: If till night with fund A Field.

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Speaker 3: Y'all welcome back, get another week about TV. Hope y'all

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had a fine, fine, fine weekend. Uh what a weekend

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it was. Christmas, Roll around along christ in the air.

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Everybody came to Nutcracker. I'm sure you are now infused

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with the Christmas spirit, so we can talk about that

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a bit more later. We got the whole crew back.

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Jake is back from Army Navy, a fantastic game in

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which Oh Horror, MAPVI and Hide and Wright came to

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play them Naval Boys, the Jolly Rogers emerging Victoria in again,

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a scene that is just as epic as it gets.

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But I'm gonna run down real quick because we got

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a ton to talk about on today's show a lot.

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It's one of those weird days, right there were no

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there's NFL, but there's no colleges. But there's still a

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lot to get to. We'll get to the Saints game.

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A very exciting one incredible comeback, us fell one play short,

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little Christmas magic almost happened. You got Brian Kelly, the

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million dollar man, as the coach has pledged his own

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funds in the kind of a pseudo nil a. We'll

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get that. We have a new Heisman winner. I want

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to talk about what else Sho's roster is going to

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look like for the Bowl game. As I mean, we're

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talking about some major, major changes that they have to

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figure out over the next couple of weeks. There's men

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and women's basketball, there's portal additions. Jacob looks like you

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got your yackle one of a few additions which should

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be relevant if we got we winters. Whole story today,

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So it's like it's going to be a very fun

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and full show today. How's everyone doing, dude, how's everyone's weekend?

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Speaker 4: I was great?

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Speaker 5: Uh, you know, when you get older, you travel a

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little bit. Yeah, tell go, you gotta shake deal webs off.

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But you know it's great. Army Navy is my favorite

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weekend of the year. It doesn't matter where the game's played.

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The atmosphere is the best. Just to be around high

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ranking officials like that and hear them speak, it's inspiring.

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It just really puts things into perspective. And you know,

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to do the show on Friday, we did it, uh

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from the Arlington National Cemetery. Wow, I mean it was

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it was incredible. Yeah, I mean our setup was right there.

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D C was was awesome like that. That's a place

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that should host that game more often.

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Speaker 3: I actually wasn't aware that it moves around. Okay, so

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is it gonna stay there? Do you think?

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Speaker 4: No, No, it's still gonna rotate. But I'm saying like

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it should be heavy in the rotation.

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Speaker 5: So so Philadelphia is kind of like the main city

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that it's always going to find its way back to.

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Speaker 4: But last year was in Boston, this year was in DC.

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Next year is in Baltimore.

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Speaker 3: So it stays in the plastic Americans. Well, it stays

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in that the Beltway area.

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Speaker 5: It stays in the Northeast because the midshipman and the

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cadets can bust in.

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Speaker 3: Mmm. Okay.

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Speaker 5: So that's so, you know a lot of people are like,

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why not San Diego. That's one of the biggest, you know,

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military areas that we have. It's like, well, you had

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to bus all, you know, the cadets and midshipment across

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the country.

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Speaker 3: Uh. You know what's cool about that game too, is

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no matter where you're watching it, if you're watching it

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in public, chances are you can find some interesting conversation.

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Like I've gotten over with the first Nutcracker performance, and

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uh I kind of have like a couple hours with

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the babysitter still the house where I didn't have to

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Anything's just like you know what, I go to don Juant,

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go go get a drink and watch his Army and

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Navy game, and you know, next thing you know, I'm

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sitting there talking to two Navy vets from from different eras, right,

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one from the seventies, one of the nineties, and just

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hearing old stories and and just going down memory lane

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learning things I never knew before while watching them get

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to cheer on uh, the the academy being ard. It

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was just it was just a fantastic experience, even you know,

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even here in just a little corner pocket of Baton Rouge,

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shut up, Sean and Scooter man, it was it was.

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It was very fun. So yeah, he definitely, he definitely does,

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definitely does. But but so great another great Army Navy

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experience overall.

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Speaker 4: Oh yeah, yeah, without question.

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Speaker 3: Who was the highest ranking person you interviewed this time around?

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Do you any challenge coins?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, got some challenge coins.

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Speaker 5: I mean we had everybody had the Secretary of the Army,

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Secretary of the Navy. Wow, Joint Chief of staffs was

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was there?

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Speaker 3: Do you get this stick around post game? Does he

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any trash talking?

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Speaker 5: So both teams seeing like the album mater, win or lose, okay,

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like they get a chance to and it is wild.

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back to the ultimate respect like between the two teams. Okay,

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stuff like maybe right after the game now and the

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cadets and the midshipman, I mean they're you know, they're

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talk contraction the stands. Yeah, But on the field no,

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I mean it's immediately like right back to like being

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poised and like, hey we lost. You know it's if

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your army, like we lost, like we're going to there's

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a way that we do things. We're all gonna sit

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here for you know, Navy's alma mater. They're gonna sit

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here for ours, and that's how we're going to do it.

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Pathrick Ye actually had a couple of guys on the

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army team too. Oh wow, yeah, very cool man, very

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great experience. Very jealous, but glad that you got to

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go do that.

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Speaker 3: A Landra, What about you? How are you doing today?

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Speaker 5: I'm doing good.

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Speaker 2: Good weekend.

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Speaker 3: Didn't do much, did the basketball game Saturday, but okay,

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nice lights last night. Okay, but yeah, Taylor, I never

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know what to say when I'm at I mean, I

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don't know. You know, you have a wigion like you

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do you have fun?

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Speaker 5: Oh?

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Speaker 3: Yes, how was zol like?

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Speaker 4: It was good?

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Speaker 3: Okay, you seem rather tepid in uh in that description, Taylor.

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What about you? How's your weekend? Guys?

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Speaker 2: That's how you do it, Holandra, not one the bread

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I put the chef hat on. The last night, guys,

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I made orange chicken. It was phenomenal.

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Speaker 3: All the things you could have said a December fifteenth

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orange chicken was not something that I had on my mind.

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Speaker 2: Made orange chicken chicken.

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Speaker 3: When you're is.

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Speaker 2: Whatever the word is, illiterate in the kitchen as I am,

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you find the things that you can make, and it

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was easy to make.

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Speaker 1: But you know what.

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Speaker 2: It was good and it looked fancy.

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Speaker 3: Now did you get a did you make the sauce

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yourself or packet?

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Speaker 2: I did make the sol that is the one thing.

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the second time I made it, and it's great. Tinkered

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with it a little bit now. The chicken, nah, I

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mean it was frozen chicken. I just baked that in

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the oven. I didn't like toss it in breading or

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anything like that. But no, I can get there.

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Speaker 3: You can get there over time.

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Speaker 2: And then we had broccoli with some soy sauce and

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mince gari.

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Speaker 3: Look on it.

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Speaker 2: It was good too.

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Speaker 4: Hell yeah, okay, I'm proud of you.

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Speaker 3: Say nice work. All right, Let's go ahead then and

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get this thing started.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, and also, guys, it's playoff week. You know

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here we are maybe first time ever, our first ever

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So whether you have long term short term needs is

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only one to answer. Tiger labor and staffing. How about

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them Saints, man, how about them Saints. That was a

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great game. That was a great admittedly one that I

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had completely given up on first happened if disaster Jaden

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Daniels is incredible. The Jaden Daniels thing is still weird

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where it's like, I still don't know how they actually

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managed to stop him because it didn't feel like you

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were really stopping him the entire time. But you did enough.

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You did enough to win the game certainly. I mean,

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what a second half you go from Hainer Spencer Rattler

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comes in, He has one of those magical rookie runs

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there where it looks like he's potentially gonna lead you

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to this insane come from behind victory. You score time

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in the clock, two boy conversion and win the game,

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and you come up just short. Let's start with then,

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the biggest question Jake was going for the right call

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for the Saints there.

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Speaker 4: I think it's always the right call. It's like especially

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if you're at home home, I mean the moment, yeah,

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in there, and yeah, you're right, you have all the momentum.

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Speaker 4: Just go ahead, go win the game right now.

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Speaker 5: I'm always be a college, be a pro if you

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have that situation and if you're the underdog and you

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don't want to continue on because again, like the more

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you give the ball back to Washington or any situation

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where the favorite gets the ball back, it's out of

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your control. It is no longer in your control, and

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you're going to a flip of the coin. Go for two,

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go for the win, go get it. I love the

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decision to go for it.

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Speaker 3: It Actually it's it's uh yeah, I mean I agree. Actually,

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you don't even think it's much of a conversation. I mean,

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even if you wanted to go into the deeper context

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of you really have nothing to lose and you're in

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a situation where a loss isn't even the worst thing.

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to instill this team with since he took over, which

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is aggression and belief. Okay, I believe in you as

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a player, and I'm going to show you that I

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believe in you by being aggressive. It's a weird box

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score to look at, Jake, Like the Saints had zero

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business being in a position to have a two point

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conversion to win this game. Obviously, the miss field goals

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kind of thing that maybe opens up a bit of

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a gap, but like, it's crazy. It's not like Washington,

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like turn the ball over. I mean, they're nine to

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seventeen on third down, They're over fifty percent. They only

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allowed two hundred and forty five total yards for the

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New Orleans States. They have the ball forty one minutes

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to the Saints nineteen. And yet I mean they ran

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seventy four plays Saints fifty one, and yet the Saints

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almost made some Christmas magic happen in the Dome. It's

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the eight sacks forty yeah.

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Speaker 1: True.

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Speaker 5: Obviously it was like one of the stats that probably

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kept them in the game with an opportunity.

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Speaker 3: Right. That's a huge oversight for me because that was

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how you were managing to gate the Jade and Daniels

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success because he was awesome for large swaths of this game.

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five or thirty one. You saw the legs picking up

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third and seventeens. The scrambled touchdown to Terry McLaurin was

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just like, well, I mean, what are you gonna do?

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It's like, you see, it's funny too, Jake, because you know,

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quarterbacks don't technically play each other, but they kind of

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do in a weird way. So Jade Daniels comes does that,

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and then Jake Hayner on third and four tries to

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do his best Jade and Daniels, and again like principally

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the run, throwing it up for grabs. But you see

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one that's a Heisman winner, physical freak, just transcendent level player,

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and then one that you know they probably like a

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journeyman back up kind of NFL guy, And it did

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not work out for Jake Hayner. And so it's It's

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the thing about this loss, though, is it is a

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loss that is about as close to feeling like a

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win as you could get in that there's a lot

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to be impressed with Spencer Rattler coming in and giving

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you some excitement. I mean, obviously he's got to be

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the star now going forward, right.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, he gives you more of an opportunity.

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but like, yeah, j there's nothing that Jay Canner does

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I think better than Spencer Rattler for you to be like, Okay, well,

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you know, Spencer might have the higher ceiling, but we're

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gonna we're gonna keep with Jay Caner because of this.

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There's not this, this doesn't exist. So I say, yeah,

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Spencer Ratler, go ahead, make him the guy. Allow him

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to finish out the season, because you know, he was

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somebody like during the draft process, we weren't sure where

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he was going to go, but there was a lot

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of teams that liked Spencer Rattler. You know, three years

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ago he was thought of as a first round pick talent.

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didn't end up being that way, obviously selecting him in

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the fifth round, but see what he can do say hey,

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this is your team. You will be our guy moving forward.

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That way, like Spencer Ratler doesn't have to worry about

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Jake Hey and or he didn't have to worry about

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Dereck Carr coming back because you know, ir and I

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would like to see Spencer Rattler with the keys of

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the car.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, So so you got you got some kind of clarity,

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maybe a bit of excitement there. As you point out,

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you got to be impressed. I'm just impressed with the effort.

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at time, so kind of lacked give a damn, I

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guess you could say. And obviously nothing could have been

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further from the truth because it would have been all

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too easy to give up when you're down seventeen to zero,

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right and just pack it up because you can't get

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anything going offensively. Defensively, you're playing all right, I mean,

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like I said, you're coming up the big sacks, but

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they're still breaking through it sometimes like that you suck, right,

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That was a game that it is what it is,

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and yet the Saints dug deep fought in almost when

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they it's another uh again, I think it's gonna I

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don't think he's going to get the job, but I

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would actually this as a positive for Darren Rizzy, Like

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if we're doing the Ledger, the plus minus Ledger, when

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do we try to make him kind of that bridge

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guy to guide you through the rebuild. I think this

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was a plus the fight that the team showed, the

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aggression and then going for two again. I really liked

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that decision. Of course, like any Saints game, it was

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not without injury, as Alfa Kamara on an incredible touchdown

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catch right, showing you again just how versatile he is.

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Seems like that touchdown catch when he stretched out it

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actually is what tweaked is growing a little bit, but okay,

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silver lining Kendre Miller, Jake Little fleash nine caries forty

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six yards. I mean he had a pretty good fourth

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quarter there.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you've been waiting a.

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Speaker 3: Couple of plays like two three, Yeah, I mean you've

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been waiting.

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Speaker 5: He's selecting him in a third round, which for a

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running back that is incredibly high. That's you know, you

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always move up around with a running back. Yeah, like

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wherever you selected him that normally would have been around

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up for any other position, just because running back so

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devalued in the NFL. So there's expectation there and it

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was nice to see him over five yards of Carrie.

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We've seen him in his college career. What he was

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doing at TCU there. You know, he was somebody that

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we were excited about, but there was I mean, you

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talk about like a misconnect with Dennis Allen and like

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everybody with Andre Miller in the whole ir situation, and

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I mean, Dennis Allen would come out and say his

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name and the media doesn't even trying to hide it.

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And so it is good to kind of see that

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cleaned up now that Dennis Allen's not there, and ken

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Dre Miller is a talented player, So to see him

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go out there average over five yards per carry, Let's

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see what he can you know, kind of that that's

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what you got to use this time for. I'm not

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saying you take your veterans out, but you see what

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young guys can do for you. If you think this

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guy can help you moving forward as an organization, you

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go out there and you play that guy, Spencer Ratler.

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I think Kendre Miller is certainly a part of that conversation.

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So uh, you know, I'd like to see him continue

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to be part of the game plan.

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Speaker 3: God the Saints. The Saints receiving section of the box

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score is just true sicko stuff. Mark Wez Valdez, Scanning, Kamara, Foster, Moro,

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Dante Pettis, Tiwan Johnson, Kevin Austin Junior, Cedric Wilson.

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Speaker 5: These might as well be made up names. Yeah, it's crazy.

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That's that's like they have to attack.

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Speaker 3: I know that, I know that injuries have definitely played

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a role there, But like, I don't know, how does

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the front office look at that and they got to

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just feel a little embarrassed or something. But again, I

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I don't know, Am I crazy? I guess I don't.

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I get there's there's there's there's no like true hardcore

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Saints fans on our show anymore. I want to know

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our true hardcore Saints fans. Are you upset today because

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I I don't find I don't find that I am.

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I find that I'm more like impressed with the effort.

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I'm a bit excited to see, now that you have

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a little clarity at quarterback, maybe what Ratler can do.

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I don't have good expectations, to be clear. I don't

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think he's gonna go out and light the world on fire,

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but I am excited to watch. I want to see

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a little bit of what Miller's gonna do. But yeah,

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kind of where my head thought. I thought yesterday was impressive.

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Impressive to say the least, just fell one play short

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of a.

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Speaker 4: Little wit to your point, yeah, it does look completely different.

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Speaker 5: After you lost to Carolina that made seventh straight, we

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were talking about getting a top three pick. We were

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talking about just basically folding in on the season. And

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since then you've won three of five. But even in

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your losses, you lose to a Rams team that is

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surging by a touchdown. Now, you lose to the Commanders

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who were in the postseason right now by a single point.

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You went for two to win the game. So like,

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it looks better. It looks like a completely different team,

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and you're five to nine.

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Speaker 4: That part of it is what it is.

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Speaker 5: But you still can take something from what you've done

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the last five games. You can take a look at

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the organization. You can feel better, BA, you can say,

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you know what it was, Dennis Allen. Not that that

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surprises any of us. Yeah, it really was, dude, I it.

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Speaker 3: Was not, and that crazy. It really is crazy.

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Speaker 4: Well, I mean it is.

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Speaker 5: The crazy part though, is that they hired Dennis Allen

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after what he did in Oakland.

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Speaker 3: The most disappointing part is when you look at those

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weird stats that we would always pair it like Saints

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have actually outscored their opponents and the only ones to

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do so over two year period and not make the playoffs,

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and they were like a bunch of stats like that.

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It's like maybe you actually, you know, maybe you actually

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had a playoff caliber team the last couple of years.

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You just had the wrong man in charge. But you know,

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spilled milk and all that. It does seem like the

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Saints fans in chat are pretty cool. Big Meat says

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not upset. Adam Fields is not upset all. I'm a

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Sicico Saints fan. Bruta Cheese says, no, yesterday was a win.

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Rat showed he got that stuff in his neck and

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you didn't hurt his draft and you didn't hurt draft spot.

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Yesterday was a w and my mind, so yeah it was.

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It was good.

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Speaker 5: No no no.

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Speaker 3: Brutus is also t claiming none of us are grissin

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shan As wild. No no, I said in this room

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like Taylor's a Cowboys fan. Alandra likes Texas uh jakeson Chargers, saying,

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and I'm I'm kind of the residences. But even I

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was never on the level of a Mario or a

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Danny back in the day. So I knew we I

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know we have a lot of hardcore who At Nation

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ers in the in the chat, but yeah, I mean

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it is insane how many like injuries, players everything. The

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Saints are down and they're still out there fighting and

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still nearly winning. So shout out Darren Rizzy, he's doing

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a hell of a job. All right. Uh, when we

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get back here on OTB, let's talk a bit about

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his money where his mouth is more off the bench.

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Speaker 3: Off the bench, I made that, uh, that classic Louisiana mistake,

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and we went all year to try to get these

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winter fits off. A great new sweater, so excited where

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it did not take the weather. This morning, it's gonna

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Jody coming in, so I already started to become stressed.

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So I was like, I guess They're just gonna see

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if it works. Anyway, one take me to the show.

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I was just sweating. So now I've dug into the office.

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See what I have? I have a bat Rouge Triple

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to the symphony. I don't love the 'L sent me

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at three XL. You know what are you trying to say?

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It's very big? But I guess it's just Taylor. Have

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you loked wins it? When? When? When can I wear

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my new sweaters? Not? Not this week? Not this whole week?

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Speaker 1: This week.

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Speaker 2: I was checking last night because I was trying to

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find what what to wear or.

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Speaker 4: Not not this week?

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Speaker 3: Did I wear?

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Speaker 4: I wear the same outfit be at August or be

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it February.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but like the kicked in here yet or something

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Speaker 4: Don't get the full force because I got the two

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fence right above your head.

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Speaker 3: Anyway, Uh, thank you, Yes, Cerial Snuggler party guy number

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mean I heard it's pretty great.

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Speaker 4: To be fair.

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Speaker 3: I read some reviews where like people were talking about

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there was just one party Dad, that kind of you know,

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it took over the show in some ways. I don't

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mean to stage Clara.

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Speaker 2: What was his color?

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Speaker 3: I think about the purple party. That is what I

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is what I heard. All right, Okay, So have y'all

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who's heard Have y'all heard about the Brian Kelly million

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00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:03,440
dollar match that he's doing here. So Brian Kelly and

475
00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:07,240
meeting with the media, talked about how look, you know,

476
00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,440
after my last press conference where he challenged the LSU

477
00:23:10,559 --> 00:23:14,240
fan base from more of a grassroots perspective to get involved,

478
00:23:14,279 --> 00:23:15,880
you know, going so far as to be like, look,

479
00:23:15,920 --> 00:23:17,599
if you want a good team like you gotta pay

480
00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:21,279
right which and again I don't I don't I get

481
00:23:21,359 --> 00:23:23,880
I get where he's coming from and way of say

482
00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,799
these things. I don't love it. I think I think

483
00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,119
it is a tough time financially for a lot of people,

484
00:23:29,200 --> 00:23:31,960
and so it's it's very hard to think about like, oh,

485
00:23:32,079 --> 00:23:36,400
let me give twenty dollars a month to kids that

486
00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:40,839
are already making way more money than me. But you know,

487
00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,519
if you love LSU football whatever I mean, you get

488
00:23:43,599 --> 00:23:45,279
enough people give two dollars a month that does become

489
00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:48,599
very real money. So in an effort to spur some

490
00:23:48,839 --> 00:23:53,000
giving here in this Christmas season, a pretty fascinating precedent

491
00:23:53,480 --> 00:23:56,039
being set by Brian Kelly here he is going to

492
00:23:56,279 --> 00:24:03,480
donate up to one dollars to TAF for all new

493
00:24:03,599 --> 00:24:08,160
money coming into the into the Buy You Traditions collective.

494
00:24:08,400 --> 00:24:12,200
So you go to Buy You Tradition's website, you give,

495
00:24:14,519 --> 00:24:16,480
and he will match that money to TF. So his

496
00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:20,680
money cannot go to he can't pay players, right, his

497
00:24:20,799 --> 00:24:22,960
money cannot go to the collective obviously two A players,

498
00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,759
but goes to TAF so it can be for coaches salaries,

499
00:24:25,839 --> 00:24:28,519
facility upgrades, which also does remind me and I forgot

500
00:24:28,559 --> 00:24:31,599
about this. In twenty twenty two he donated a million

501
00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:35,519
dollars to renovate the football facilities. So again, yeah, this

502
00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:39,880
is kind of like the Kenny Dillingham thing where you

503
00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:41,960
may say, like you hear Kenny Delleham gets a two

504
00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,759
hundred thousand dollars bonus and then he gives it all

505
00:24:43,799 --> 00:24:45,640
to his assistants and everything. Everybody gets like eight to

506
00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:47,480
ten k et cetera. And you're like, well, yeah, he

507
00:24:47,559 --> 00:24:49,240
makes X amount of million, Like that's not much it

508
00:24:49,400 --> 00:24:52,160
was like, okay, I get that, but people don't do

509
00:24:52,319 --> 00:24:55,960
this right right, So yes, Brian Kelly makes ten million

510
00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:57,279
dollars and we could all be like, oh well I

511
00:24:57,319 --> 00:24:59,279
could make it on nine million. Yes, okay, but people

512
00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:03,799
still don't do what Brian Kelly's doing here, and this

513
00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:08,279
will be a second million giving up in order to

514
00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:11,880
again try to put his money where his mouth is.

515
00:25:12,039 --> 00:25:16,319
So yeah, I mean, I think this is a big

516
00:25:16,759 --> 00:25:20,079
pr win for Kelly here. This is a pretty shrewd

517
00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:23,519
move in that sense. I also think, I mean, look,

518
00:25:23,599 --> 00:25:27,319
if this creates an extra million dollars of giving that

519
00:25:27,519 --> 00:25:29,279
that could be a premiere player, that could be two

520
00:25:29,319 --> 00:25:32,440
really good players. Like that's it's it's a good move

521
00:25:33,039 --> 00:25:34,240
functionally as well.

522
00:25:34,319 --> 00:25:38,319
Speaker 5: Jake No, I mean, I look, you give a million

523
00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,000
dollars of your own money and you're gonna match like

524
00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:44,400
up to a million, So two minion coming into the program.

525
00:25:44,599 --> 00:25:46,279
Speaker 4: That's something that is significant.

526
00:25:46,599 --> 00:25:50,359
Speaker 5: And when you go out and you do like you said,

527
00:25:50,559 --> 00:25:53,720
say hey we need help, we need your help, well,

528
00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,519
you know how far does that go then compared to

529
00:25:57,599 --> 00:26:00,240
how far it goes now? It's like we're putting up

530
00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:02,519
a million dollars like we want to help this program

531
00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:04,400
we want to be successful.

532
00:26:04,599 --> 00:26:07,160
Speaker 4: So I like that is significant.

533
00:26:07,359 --> 00:26:09,440
Speaker 5: Yeah, for him to do that, and for him to

534
00:26:09,599 --> 00:26:12,000
pledge it, and also like looks a good way to say, hey,

535
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:16,279
here's my million, put in your million, right, and it's

536
00:26:16,319 --> 00:26:18,400
going to be two million dollars towards this program. So

537
00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:22,920
you'll see coaches now probably do this across the country

538
00:26:23,079 --> 00:26:24,559
like it, you know, in the ones that can in

539
00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:25,200
the top ten.

540
00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:27,880
Speaker 4: Kind of blue, blue blood type program.

541
00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:31,000
Speaker 3: Interesting precedent for him to set for his other coaches,

542
00:26:31,119 --> 00:26:31,400
isn't it.

543
00:26:31,599 --> 00:26:32,759
Speaker 4: Yeah, for sure it is.

544
00:26:33,640 --> 00:26:35,839
Speaker 3: I might be looking a little sideways if I'm one

545
00:26:35,880 --> 00:26:40,720
of the other coaches. Come on, man, now, hold up now, now, now,

546
00:26:40,839 --> 00:26:42,279
now you're gonna have to give me have to give

547
00:26:42,359 --> 00:26:44,440
up a million as well, which good, good, hope. I

548
00:26:44,519 --> 00:26:47,319
hope they all have to. But uh, I thought. Scott

549
00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:50,279
rabble Ay raised an interesting point on this, Jake, is

550
00:26:50,319 --> 00:26:53,160
that if you google Brian Kelly, though there's not a

551
00:26:53,240 --> 00:26:57,279
lot of news results about this, it's still mainly like

552
00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,519
him yelling and Florida players or Brian Kelly sucks articles.

553
00:27:00,839 --> 00:27:05,880
And it's very interesting in that the the the college

554
00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:07,960
football world at large has made up their mind.

555
00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:09,640
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, right, a long time ago.

556
00:27:09,799 --> 00:27:12,119
Speaker 3: Well, they already knew that. Yeah, he was always kind of,

557
00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:16,240
like I would say, generally disliked for whatever reason, even

558
00:27:16,279 --> 00:27:18,720
though I always when we do interviews, I'm always like,

559
00:27:18,759 --> 00:27:20,880
I don't know, I mean, look to like us here

560
00:27:21,079 --> 00:27:23,559
so far, the results whatever, that's a different conversation. But

561
00:27:23,599 --> 00:27:25,039
in terms of like how he's treated people and everything,

562
00:27:25,079 --> 00:27:28,000
I don't know. It's been very good from my perspective,

563
00:27:28,319 --> 00:27:30,960
But he's always been kind of been generally disliked, I

564
00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:35,400
would say. But now it's also turned to people are

565
00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:40,079
just convinced that he sucks as well, and I don't

566
00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:42,920
think the actual numbers back that up. Has it not

567
00:27:43,039 --> 00:27:45,279
been as good as you would have hoped at this point?

568
00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:49,160
And was year three, like in a past failed binary system.

569
00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:49,640
Speaker 4: Was year three?

570
00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:53,839
Speaker 3: Fil Yes, right, we've said all this, but it's not

571
00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:57,160
like the floor has completely dropped out. You managed to

572
00:27:57,519 --> 00:27:59,519
rally after a god awful month.

573
00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:00,559
Speaker 1: You did.

574
00:28:00,759 --> 00:28:02,920
Speaker 3: You're doing some exciting like whatever. I've told you, I'm

575
00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:05,079
bullish on the future. It doesn't matter. I guess The

576
00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:07,440
point is I do kind of like being in the

577
00:28:07,480 --> 00:28:10,720
shadows a bit here, right, Okay, that's fine, that's fine.

578
00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:13,720
Take BK out of the best coaches conversations, have no

579
00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:18,359
expectations for LSU or him, and uh, let's see what

580
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,000
can happen when when when you're kind of operating from

581
00:28:21,039 --> 00:28:22,759
more of an underdog standpoint.

582
00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:30,240
Speaker 5: Yeah, this this is an important, very important offseason. Oh yeah,

583
00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:33,039
and none of we'll get to the portal additions and

584
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:38,000
what they've done. But you've made statements that you haven't

585
00:28:38,039 --> 00:28:40,440
made before. And I think, like the transfer portal stuff,

586
00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:43,079
and you know, they've brought in portal players. We're not

587
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,720
talking about Dabo and Clemson not bringing in any players,

588
00:28:45,759 --> 00:28:48,160
but they never did like a full overhaul because they

589
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:50,279
wanted to try to keep the locker room. And I

590
00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:52,759
think there was a misconception across the country. And I

591
00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,240
just said, l SU, what portal players would do to

592
00:28:55,359 --> 00:28:57,480
your locker room? And I even thought, like initially that

593
00:28:57,519 --> 00:29:01,279
would be a problem. These players don't care. They don't care,

594
00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:03,400
like they're pros.

595
00:29:04,119 --> 00:29:04,519
Speaker 3: Like it's like.

596
00:29:06,559 --> 00:29:08,519
Speaker 5: That's why, like when you see like a like a

597
00:29:08,599 --> 00:29:10,440
free agent, so you see a player going to the

598
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:12,839
portal front LSU like all the current players like post

599
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:15,880
where he's going, like best of luck, good luck, like

600
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:18,039
like for us, like I'm sitting there in my mentime

601
00:29:18,279 --> 00:29:20,559
like luck, I don't want you to do good at all,

602
00:29:20,599 --> 00:29:22,240
like cause that that was our mentact because we didn't

603
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:22,480
have this.

604
00:29:22,839 --> 00:29:25,079
Speaker 4: Yeah, like if you transferred it out like you were

605
00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:25,559
leaving us.

606
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:28,920
Speaker 3: I was talking to uh Jasn Collins the other day

607
00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:32,519
about this, like Marie, the guy Peilan Jones in our

608
00:29:32,559 --> 00:29:35,359
class signing class and we were all tight, all good friends,

609
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,240
and yeah, he turns her to Alabama. I don't think

610
00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:40,519
anybody ever talked to him again. Yeah, it was like

611
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:44,240
it was like ex communicata, just just completely cut off.

612
00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:45,839
So yeah, it's just not like that.

613
00:29:46,319 --> 00:29:48,039
Speaker 4: That's a completely different situation.

614
00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:51,119
Speaker 5: So with with all that being said, like just what

615
00:29:51,279 --> 00:29:54,000
this all season means and what they have to do,

616
00:29:54,119 --> 00:29:57,400
I think they realize it's very important offseason. Like now

617
00:29:57,640 --> 00:29:59,880
you see how it's going, you see what the landscape's doing,

618
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,079
you see what everybody else is doing around you. You

619
00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:04,079
look at the most successful teams for the most part,

620
00:30:04,119 --> 00:30:06,599
they're spending money, and the ones that aren't spending money,

621
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:10,079
they're getting you know, double digit transfers in your Arizona

622
00:30:10,119 --> 00:30:12,680
States and teams like that that had you know, a

623
00:30:12,799 --> 00:30:15,920
major turnaround this year. So That's why this one's so important,

624
00:30:16,039 --> 00:30:18,519
because you're gonna do things a little bit differently than

625
00:30:18,559 --> 00:30:20,440
you have in the past. And do you know how

626
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:23,079
to handle the current landscape and are you going to

627
00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:25,000
bring in enough compared to what you're losing?

628
00:30:25,279 --> 00:30:27,119
Speaker 3: So sorry about the current landscape a bit. When we

629
00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:31,680
get back, let's look at the portal additions made here recently.

630
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653
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654
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656
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657
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659
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660
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676
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did the ref stop the clock yet saying the Saints game?

677
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Is that ever? Explained that I missed that the clock

678
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,160
said you could see them after the first down on

679
00:33:33,279 --> 00:33:35,960
fourth and three. They start stopping the clock with nine

680
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:38,079
seconds left and then they crank it again. But it

681
00:33:38,279 --> 00:33:42,920
definitely helped the same. It's an odd I didn't notice

682
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:45,000
it live either, and then I looked back at it

683
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:49,039
because there were comments talking about it. Yeah, I don't know.

684
00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:54,200
Um all right, Uh, okay, So we were going to

685
00:33:54,359 --> 00:33:57,000
get into We're gonna get into portal editions, right is

686
00:33:57,039 --> 00:33:57,519
it we tease?

687
00:33:57,640 --> 00:33:57,839
Speaker 4: Yep?

688
00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:01,599
Speaker 5: Right, Well, you said landscape, so you're gonna get into

689
00:34:01,839 --> 00:34:03,599
the current landscape when we get back.

690
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:08,519
Speaker 3: I guess that's what I meant. Yeah, landscape is what

691
00:34:08,639 --> 00:34:10,360
we just laid out, right, You got to pay Yeah,

692
00:34:11,360 --> 00:34:15,760
And I think there's something to be said for I

693
00:34:16,199 --> 00:34:18,840
still think your foundation has to be high school recruiting,

694
00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:21,239
but we're learning more and more that you're going to

695
00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:24,360
leak recruits more than you have in the past, and

696
00:34:24,679 --> 00:34:26,760
there's something to be said Jake, for like, if you're

697
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:28,800
talking about where do we want to commit the money,

698
00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:31,639
is it actually better to commit the majority of money

699
00:34:31,639 --> 00:34:36,159
to recruiting or to the portal because you are getting

700
00:34:36,480 --> 00:34:39,320
more known quantities in the portal, are you not? I

701
00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:42,320
think you are, Like high school players feel like more

702
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:45,000
of a risk than going after someone that you have

703
00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:49,519
one year, two years, three years of college tape on

704
00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:52,280
with which to evaluate how he'd fit with your team.

705
00:34:54,639 --> 00:34:57,199
Speaker 5: I'm not saying that you like abandon high school recruiting,

706
00:34:57,239 --> 00:34:59,079
because I think we all know how important it is

707
00:34:59,199 --> 00:35:01,639
and what it means to what your program looks like.

708
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:03,119
Speaker 4: You still have to do it, but.

709
00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:07,159
Speaker 5: You have to bring in veteran players because you're going

710
00:35:07,199 --> 00:35:10,239
to lose players every single year and you have to

711
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:13,199
replace those with guys that have gone out there. You

712
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:17,960
can actually see them against similar competition. So I don't know,

713
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,880
you know, if is it fifty to fifties, sixty forties

714
00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:22,920
at seventy thirty, Like, I don't know what that is.

715
00:35:23,119 --> 00:35:25,480
But you're right as far as being able to trust

716
00:35:26,079 --> 00:35:28,639
a player out of the portal to you know, from

717
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:31,199
day one when they get on campus to help your

718
00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:35,679
program out more Now, I think high school recruiting can

719
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,199
just continue to you know, do what you do, but

720
00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:40,679
you because you've done it for so long, you just

721
00:35:40,800 --> 00:35:43,639
have to ramp up all of your transfer portal efforts.

722
00:35:43,679 --> 00:35:45,000
Speaker 4: Like I'm not talking about just LSU.

723
00:35:45,039 --> 00:35:47,639
Speaker 5: I'm talking about all these major programs like you're going

724
00:35:47,719 --> 00:35:50,559
to see, like you've got departments that like that's what

725
00:35:50,679 --> 00:35:53,559
they do. I think that even goes up even more. Yeah,

726
00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:55,960
you're gonna have the book on every single player that

727
00:35:56,039 --> 00:35:58,480
you think might actually go into the portal. So when

728
00:35:58,519 --> 00:36:00,480
it becomes time, it's a little bit less of a

729
00:36:00,559 --> 00:36:04,599
speed dating situation because you've got a staff of five

730
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:07,480
or whatever that number is. Hey tell me about this player.

731
00:36:07,559 --> 00:36:08,800
Speaker 4: Can he play LSU well?

732
00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:13,440
Speaker 3: And so even two years ago, I remember reading pieces

733
00:36:13,480 --> 00:36:16,320
in the Athletic Jake where they were talking about how

734
00:36:17,159 --> 00:36:21,320
they have a lot of the bigger schools have Yeah,

735
00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:24,159
what you just said dedicated staff members who are looking

736
00:36:24,199 --> 00:36:27,679
around the country and saying, Okay, this guy seems unhappy,

737
00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:30,000
or this guy we loved out of high school but

738
00:36:30,079 --> 00:36:32,159
for some reason not playing here. Maybe we getting on there,

739
00:36:32,559 --> 00:36:34,519
or like we've heard through the grape vine through talking

740
00:36:34,559 --> 00:36:36,880
to this guy's high school coach. Then even though he's

741
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:38,920
playing that he wants to move. So yeah, there's a

742
00:36:39,079 --> 00:36:41,880
lot of research being done there. And think about Bill Belichick.

743
00:36:41,880 --> 00:36:44,440
When Bill Belichick took you and see job, what he

744
00:36:44,559 --> 00:36:46,559
laid out is, look, you're gonna give me a coaching staff,

745
00:36:46,559 --> 00:36:48,280
and you're gonna give me a front office. Yeah, and

746
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:51,679
I want to college GM. He said specifically he wants

747
00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:57,159
a a GM who is already doing that in college today, right,

748
00:36:57,199 --> 00:36:59,000
which I thought was a bit surprising given that he

749
00:36:59,119 --> 00:37:01,760
was always the GM in the NFL. But he's showing

750
00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:04,440
a little respect to the Uh, he's showing a little

751
00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:08,079
respect to the institutional knowledge and how different this kind

752
00:37:08,119 --> 00:37:10,280
of wild West area is of college where he's gonna

753
00:37:10,280 --> 00:37:13,199
go with someone that that that has already been doing it.

754
00:37:13,360 --> 00:37:15,199
So uh, yeah, I mean, I'm right, you got to

755
00:37:15,199 --> 00:37:17,599
staff up. You got to staff up on that front

756
00:37:18,559 --> 00:37:23,280
for sure. Ada Field says, give me the portal players

757
00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:25,360
that they're good players. Yeah, I mean the ones that

758
00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:27,400
you don't love. Is kind of one of the instances

759
00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:29,679
that I witnessed there or just reference where it's like, okay,

760
00:37:29,679 --> 00:37:31,079
maybe you love this kind of high school he's not

761
00:37:31,119 --> 00:37:35,679
playing for some reason somebody like uh uh oh, who's

762
00:37:35,679 --> 00:37:36,880
the corner from a timber?

763
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:37,679
Speaker 4: Yes?

764
00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:40,119
Speaker 3: Yeah, Like that would be an example of that where

765
00:37:40,239 --> 00:37:43,000
that's kind of like a bit more risky. But like

766
00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:45,800
if you're gonna talk about Barry and Brown or like

767
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:47,719
Bower Sharp, like some of the guys you got over

768
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:49,519
the weekend, we'll get to those names more next segment.

769
00:37:49,599 --> 00:37:53,320
I mean, yeah, I think those are safe plays. Like

770
00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:55,280
guys that you think come in and you feel very

771
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:59,280
good about them contributing immediately.

772
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,639
Speaker 5: Yeah, those guys have played other places. You've seen them,

773
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:05,440
some you've played against, and you kind of you know

774
00:38:05,519 --> 00:38:08,559
their skills because you've scotted them when you were getting

775
00:38:08,599 --> 00:38:10,599
ready to play them, and so like it's not a

776
00:38:10,679 --> 00:38:11,280
guessing game.

777
00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:13,360
Speaker 4: It's okay, I know what this player can do. Here's

778
00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:14,639
what I think he can do for us.

779
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:17,719
Speaker 5: Again, I know you have to do high school recruiting,

780
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:20,719
and you should because you're LSU and Louisiana is a

781
00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:22,559
great talent rich state where you can go in and

782
00:38:22,679 --> 00:38:25,360
you can dominate. You have advantages in the state. So

783
00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:28,000
you still do what you've been doing. I just think

784
00:38:28,079 --> 00:38:30,639
that you add if you're going to spend money, continue

785
00:38:30,639 --> 00:38:34,559
to spend money on personnel to say, hey, you're not coaching,

786
00:38:35,559 --> 00:38:38,480
you're not high school recruiting. It's not No, you are portally.

787
00:38:38,760 --> 00:38:39,320
Speaker 4: That's what you do.

788
00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:41,639
Speaker 5: That's why you were here. We're not asking you to

789
00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:44,360
do anything else. And we want now we want this

790
00:38:44,519 --> 00:38:47,480
database to be airtight. And when I ask you on

791
00:38:47,559 --> 00:38:48,119
a player.

792
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:52,119
Speaker 3: In the Connor Stallion's level, like TISM database.

793
00:38:51,840 --> 00:38:54,079
Speaker 5: When I ask you about this player and I say

794
00:38:54,239 --> 00:38:57,559
can he play at LSU, I have to trust your opinion.

795
00:38:57,880 --> 00:38:59,239
Speaker 4: If you say no, let's move on.

796
00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:01,280
Speaker 5: If you say yeah, yes, I'm going to bring that

797
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:03,800
player in and that your job is going to be

798
00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:05,639
based off if that player works out or not.

799
00:39:06,159 --> 00:39:07,800
Speaker 3: When we get back here on O TB. Let's talk

800
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:10,599
about the new names joining the Elshet Tiger football team.

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Speaker 1: Yes, slap. Welcome in to the best morning sports This

826
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show around off the Bench with Hester and t Bob.

827
00:40:55,199 --> 00:40:59,400
Speaker 3: What good what bag to otb wrapping up Aroon talk

828
00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:02,159
about the new port additions to this LSU football program.

829
00:41:03,639 --> 00:41:07,880
Pretty exciting editions here, as Jake, every player we're about

830
00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:12,320
to name, with the exception of a quarterback, I think

831
00:41:12,800 --> 00:41:15,599
is in line to be a Day one starter and

832
00:41:15,679 --> 00:41:18,239
that they fill roles that you have need. And it

833
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:23,599
starts Jake with I almost feel like they should have

834
00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:26,920
when this package came under the tree. If you read

835
00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:30,079
the tag, it would have said to j Kester, because

836
00:41:30,079 --> 00:41:32,840
I think you got your yackle in Oklahoma tight end

837
00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:34,000
Bowers Sharp.

838
00:41:34,599 --> 00:41:35,159
Speaker 4: Do you not now?

839
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:37,920
Speaker 3: Now he actually led Oklahoma and catches last year with

840
00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:40,920
forty seven No, you had forty seven catch No, But

841
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,960
I mean listen to Kelly talk about him, and he

842
00:41:44,159 --> 00:41:46,599
talked about him blocking in the run game four times

843
00:41:46,679 --> 00:41:49,920
in about a forty five second answer. So you're still

844
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:51,760
gonna have trade as Green as a kind of pass catcher,

845
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:53,360
and I think you're still going to get more tight

846
00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:56,800
ends in that group, but Morey pimped out Mason Taylor out.

847
00:41:57,079 --> 00:42:01,159
You now have a true blocking but again a blocker

848
00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:03,639
who also had led the team with forty seven catcher,

849
00:42:03,719 --> 00:42:06,199
so you know, very capable. This is a good get

850
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:07,719
at a huge vision of need.

851
00:42:08,039 --> 00:42:08,800
Speaker 4: No, I think it is.

852
00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:11,000
Speaker 5: As long as he didn't throw the ball. I think

853
00:42:11,039 --> 00:42:17,199
that's gonna be a good situation. I'm sure they'll have

854
00:42:17,239 --> 00:42:19,119
a great panic. I'm sure they'll have a great laugh

855
00:42:19,559 --> 00:42:20,159
on that one.

856
00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:21,239
Speaker 4: But no, this is good.

857
00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:23,119
Speaker 5: I mean, it's a player to play for Southeastern as well,

858
00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:25,719
so certainly ties to the area started.

859
00:42:25,480 --> 00:42:26,239
Speaker 3: As a quarterback.

860
00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:31,079
Speaker 5: Yeah it's south eastern, right, Well I couldn't tell, right,

861
00:42:31,199 --> 00:42:34,440
all right, that makes sense. Last one I promised Taylor's cousin.

862
00:42:34,519 --> 00:42:37,000
We won't say that again. Yeah, you're right though about

863
00:42:37,079 --> 00:42:40,360
day one stepping in being the guy trades Green certainly

864
00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:41,760
is going to have a role on this team. And

865
00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:43,719
now he can kind of be your hybrid. Yeah, he

866
00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:46,000
can be your f and line up a receiver as well.

867
00:42:46,199 --> 00:42:48,039
And I also agree that you still need to add

868
00:42:48,079 --> 00:42:51,960
another tight end. Like tight end, it has to be

869
00:42:52,119 --> 00:42:54,559
one of the because you're a team that likes to

870
00:42:54,639 --> 00:42:55,639
run twelve personnel.

871
00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:58,119
Speaker 4: You like to go out there with multiple tight ends,

872
00:42:58,159 --> 00:43:00,360
so you have to get anough the one.

873
00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:03,280
Speaker 5: I would expect you to go get an even bigger body,

874
00:43:03,880 --> 00:43:06,280
right because like you've kind of got a little bit

875
00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:09,239
of the best of both with sharp A Green. I

876
00:43:09,559 --> 00:43:11,559
think those are two players that are different enough. But

877
00:43:11,679 --> 00:43:14,400
go get another guy that's even more of a of

878
00:43:14,480 --> 00:43:17,199
a y. That way, you have three guys that are

879
00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:19,840
all a little different and you can use them based

880
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:21,920
off what their skill set is, and I think that

881
00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:24,199
would be the perfect combination at the tight end position.

882
00:43:25,079 --> 00:43:27,840
Speaker 3: You got Florida cornerback Jaquem Jackson. This one that made

883
00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:30,800
a lot of sense, as he was the number three

884
00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:33,320
cornerback in the nation in twenty three class. He committed

885
00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:36,639
to play for Corey Raymond at Florida. Cory Raymond ends

886
00:43:36,719 --> 00:43:40,039
up at LSU, he's starting for Florida, he gets hurt

887
00:43:40,159 --> 00:43:42,519
he Red Shirts this year after the injury, and now

888
00:43:42,559 --> 00:43:45,920
he reunites with Corey Raymond. So now between DJ Pickett,

889
00:43:46,119 --> 00:43:52,480
A Nandying Jaquim Jackson certainly still PJ Woodland. Ashon SAMs

890
00:43:52,519 --> 00:43:53,920
like you got a good corner, you got a good

891
00:43:53,960 --> 00:43:56,280
corner room. You got a lot of talent for court

892
00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:58,519
Raymond throwgainst the wall and see who sticks is a

893
00:43:58,599 --> 00:44:00,719
really big get. He could potentially be Day one starter

894
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:01,079
as well.

895
00:44:01,639 --> 00:44:03,719
Speaker 4: Yeah, and it was a position of need.

896
00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:07,719
Speaker 5: Like we talked about, there's still certainly question marks in

897
00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:11,199
the back end, but corners more solidified now than safety is.

898
00:44:11,559 --> 00:44:13,599
You also have the star position and how are you

899
00:44:13,639 --> 00:44:16,079
going to utilize that because at the end of the

900
00:44:16,159 --> 00:44:19,239
year to we saw, you know, Devine Keyes actually play

901
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:21,840
the star position and major Burns went back to safety

902
00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:25,199
and so that doesn't have to necessarily be a safety type.

903
00:44:25,239 --> 00:44:28,440
I guess it's based off matchup and who you're going against.

904
00:44:28,519 --> 00:44:30,320
So the safety room still needs a lot of help.

905
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:32,800
A corner is shaping up, you probably still add at

906
00:44:32,880 --> 00:44:36,400
least one more there. But you know during this week

907
00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:40,239
where we see a couple of safeties maybe adding themselves

908
00:44:40,280 --> 00:44:40,800
to the fold, I.

909
00:44:40,800 --> 00:44:44,960
Speaker 3: Think you'd have to very exciting offensive edition that again

910
00:44:45,159 --> 00:44:47,440
could be a Day one starter. Wide receiver that is

911
00:44:47,519 --> 00:44:51,559
Barry and Brown just from Kentucky, an absolute electric playmaker.

912
00:44:51,960 --> 00:44:53,559
The Numbers took a bit of a hit this year,

913
00:44:53,599 --> 00:44:56,159
wasn't you a freshman American? I think the Numbers take

914
00:44:56,159 --> 00:44:57,719
a bit of a hitt. He actually has the SEC

915
00:44:57,960 --> 00:45:01,320
record for most kickoffer turn touchdowns every five. Look at

916
00:45:01,360 --> 00:45:03,519
this one against Florida if you're watching YouTube dot com

917
00:45:03,559 --> 00:45:05,920
Slash one four five ESPN, this is one of the

918
00:45:05,960 --> 00:45:09,119
most exciting plays you will ever see. I mean, look

919
00:45:09,239 --> 00:45:12,360
at the speed there and this finishes in the end zone.

920
00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:16,480
Guys like, like, you can't teach that vision, that speed,

921
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:20,960
that manipulation. I cannot wait to watch Barrion Brown in

922
00:45:21,000 --> 00:45:22,480
a purple gold uniform where he gets to be a

923
00:45:22,519 --> 00:45:24,519
part of offense and puts up numbers because he has

924
00:45:24,599 --> 00:45:26,920
been wasted at Kentucky thus far.

925
00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:29,039
Speaker 4: Yeah, he's had really bad quarterback play.

926
00:45:29,199 --> 00:45:32,159
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, you know Brke, vandergriff or if it's

927
00:45:32,199 --> 00:45:34,639
been Devin Leary, whoever, it's been like he's had bad

928
00:45:34,719 --> 00:45:38,119
quarterback play. It's been an offense that's had a different

929
00:45:38,159 --> 00:45:41,960
offensive coordinator basically every single year. So you're talking about,

930
00:45:42,000 --> 00:45:44,800
you know, somebody now coming in with Garrett Nessmeyer and

931
00:45:45,000 --> 00:45:47,960
an offense that was six in the nation in passing yards.

932
00:45:48,239 --> 00:45:50,239
Speaker 3: Our number one in the books. We've got a couple

933
00:45:50,239 --> 00:45:51,679
of players we can touch on, so a lot to

934
00:45:51,719 --> 00:45:53,880
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