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Speaker 1: Raging Cajuns football is picked to win the Sunbelt West,

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but will they live up to the hype? Let's discuss

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it here on Raging Rundown. What's good, ladies and gentlemen,

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and welcome into another episode of Raging Rundown All Cajuns

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all the time. I'm your host, your Marcus Fitzpatrick, but

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you know you can always call me Fits. And in

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today's episode, we are officially inching closer to talking season.

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Football season is right around the corner, but right now

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we are right in the midst of talking season, where

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we're talking about a lot of different topics as the

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season progresses and we get closer to fall camp eventually

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when the first kickoff will happen in September. So we

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will be talking about a preseason ranking coming out and

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how Louisiana stacks up in that. We'll talk about the

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players that are listed on that preseason honors list as well,

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and we'll give some kudos to Cody Brash who was

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drafted in this year's MLB draft. Let's start off with football,

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as that is going to be what is upon us

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very soon. Some about media days. As I'm recording this episode,

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we'll be on begin on Wednesday. I'll be down there

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in New Orleans for Wednesday and Thursday. I'll have a

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schedule one on one interview with former UO head coach

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Billy Napier on Wednesday, and then obviously talking to the

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Rage and Cajuns and said players that Thursday morning. But

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last week, Phil Steell, who is a longtime sports writer,

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very well respected in the business, pretty much all of

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the postseason award list, the Heisman, the Mackie, the Deve, O'Brien,

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the Lombardi, all of those Troy trophies that you hear

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about at the end of the season. He is on

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that voting committee. He released his preseason All sunblt team

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and also the predictions of what he had in terms

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of who will win the Sunbelt East and the sun

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Belt West. So to some it may be a surprise,

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but to me this isn't a huge surprise. He picks

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Louisiana to win the Sunbolt West. Last year they would

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pick to win the Sunbelt West by the coaches poll.

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We have not seen that come out just yet, but

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once we do, we will more than likely react here

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on the show. But Phil Steel picks Louisiana to win

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the Sun Belt West, Mike Desimo enters yet another season

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at the helm of the Raging Cajuns, and it's very

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clear that Phil Steele is leaning into the maturity that

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is on this roster. So his projected order is Louisiana Troy,

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Arkansas State, Louisiana Tech, South allib, ULM, and then Southern

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Miss And to me, I think that that checks out

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fairly well. I'm not privy to a ton of what

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other schools in the Sun Belt look like in terms

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of roster, and so I kind of started trying to

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do a little research and dig a little bit, and

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Y'allhoo Sports had an article that came out in May

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listing all of the returning starters that will be coming

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back for every single FBS school and in the Western Division.

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Arkansas State will return ten starters, seven on offense, three

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on defense. Ul returns ten starters, eight on offense, two

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on defense. Tech returns eight four and four. South Alabama

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returns five two on offense, three on defense. Southern Miss

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with just one returning overall starter, Troy with five four

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on offense, one on defense, ULM with five overall, three

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on offense and two on defense. So It's very clear

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that Phil Steel is looking at the route of the

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more experience that you have coming back on your roster,

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the better off that you will be, and I would

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have to agree with him. I think that if Louisiana

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is able to stay healthy, which is something that they

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weren't able to do last season, we saw how decimated

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they were on the offensive line, starting Richard freshman true

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freshmen on the offensive line. They were so decimated that

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getting to six and six was an absolute miracle. Just

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getting to a bowl game was a miracle. We remember

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how they were two and five at one point in

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the season, two and six, and they rout alough four

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straight and they were able to gain bowl eligibility, Like

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that was a miracle in itself. Lunch Winfield leading the offense, defense,

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having key moments like on the road at Arkansas State

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and the comeback victory that they had against Marshall, Like

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all of those different games that happened were all a

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result of just these guys willing themselves to say we

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want a thirteenth game. So if Louisiana is able to

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stay healthy, I think that the sky's the limit for

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them to be able to capture the Sunbelt West and

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find their way into the championship game. Now later, once

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we get a little bit closer to the season and

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I hear some fall camp reports and things like that,

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I'll try to make a prediction about what I think

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this team will look like overall in terms of record

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and also will go down game by game. Like I said,

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I tend to agree with this. Troy will be returning

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their quarterback, Tucker Kilcreaes, who gave you a lot of

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fits there on the road. He's back for you or

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he's back for Troy. That is Arkansas State. They lost

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Jalen Rayner to the transfer portal, but they return a

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lot of their offensive linemen. From what I'm seeing, Louisiana

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Tech is going to be the newcomer on the block,

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so they're going to be scrappy Southern miss I've just

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told you how decimated they were just having one returner

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coming back and a new head coach at the helm

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Ulm and South Alabama kind of fall there near the

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bottom because of the number of experience that they being

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pid to win the Sunbelt West does not win you

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any football games. We know that this is just a

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talking point, and it's something to talk about. But what

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it does is it grows their target on your back

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because now other teams will say, hey, guys, this is

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Bullton Boar material. They think this is what's happening in

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other locker rooms. They're gonna say, hey, guys, people around

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the country, people in the league, sports writers, all of

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this stuff like that, believe that UL is a better

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program than you are. Go out and prove that they are.

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That's what's gonna happen. And what u EL is gonna

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have to do is respond and say, yes, we are.

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Let me show you how we do it. That's what's

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gonna have to happen. Very similar to what they did

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in the twenty twenty fourth season when they were able

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to reach the Sunbelt Championship game. They were very experienced

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in that on that team, and now they have a

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ton of experience back. They mentioned about eight starters offensively.

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I'm not sure if they're counting on the offensive line,

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but Sheldon Samson is a returner, Brock Chapelle is a returner,

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Kate Morrow, Befordham George Jackson would be considered a returning

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starter because he started at the beginning of the season.

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Kayden Jensen and I guess maybe you could and obviously

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launch Winfield and I guess maybe you could consider Jacobe

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Aisam being a returning starter for you, because he did

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return in a lot of instances. But then defensively, Brent

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was a starter from the beginning, and then after that,

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you know, Fitzgerald West, Maxie Bodwin were guys that started

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in certain games but other games they didn't, and all

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those things like that. So I'm not sure if they're

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pulling from day one Pencilden starters or how they may

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be looking at it. But defensively, you are young, but

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you have guys that have had road experience to be

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able to get in the mix. The priest Ash, Maxie Bodwin,

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Fitzgerald West, Chase Edwards like guys like that have been

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in the mix to get their experience up front to

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give you an opportunity that if things can click well

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with some of the transfers that you're going to mix

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in there, like Tito Chiquire and Roderick Stewart, if you're

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able to mix that in really well, then things could

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pop for you really well. Defensively, so it'll be interesting

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to see how that will shape up. Like I said that,

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this puts a ton of pressure, even more so because

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last season we were saying that this team was really

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good and had experience and it would just be a

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matter of and they be able to put it all together.

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The injury bug bit them, but they made their way

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to the finish line. Now once again, it's the same thing.

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They have the pieces together, now can they get to

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the finish line, stay healthy and be able to achieve

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the goals that they have. Also, he picked eleven players

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from the ULS roster to be on the All Sun

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Belt preseason team and it goes as follows. First team

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was Sheldon Samson and Brenton Gordon Junior. Second team was

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Lunch Winfield, Cooper Fordham, George Jackson, Fitzgerald West, Marion Illiam,

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Jacoorian Norris as a punt returner. I believe it was.

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Zay I think had a couple of snaps. I have

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to go back and look for sure, but I think

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that he was thrown in the mix there on the

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offensive line. Obviously, Cayden being a huge part of your

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offense at the tight end position. Darrell Smith a lot

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of buzz that we talked about with him from what

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he did during the offseason and in spring football. So

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he appears on this list, But to me, there's no

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surprise that Sheldon Samson and Brent Gordon Junior pop up

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on your first team, right Brent Gordon came in i

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think the second or third week of the season, took

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over this starting role at cornerback and never look back.

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He is your pizel Din starter. He is a guy

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that is going to be able to shut down one size,

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the one side of the field for you as a cornerback,

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and teams are gonna look at him and they're gonna

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try to scheme around, saying, how do we not throw

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that way? Or how do we put him in positions

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where we can exploit something from him? And all of

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those things like that. He is going to be the

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one corner. Sheldon Sampson vice versa is the receiver that

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they're saying, how can we take him away? How can

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we make sure that he doesn't go off? How do

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we make sure he doesn't get two touchdowns? How do

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we make sure he doesn't get one hundred and fifty

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yards receiving all of those things like that, and by

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him getting a lot of that attention, that's gonna force

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guys like Rogie Dennis and Trent Cheney and Landon Struther

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and Russell Babino and Jane Johnson. Is gonna force guys

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like that to say, hey, he's getting all of the attention.

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Now you're gonna have one on one opportunities. Can you

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come up and make these big plays? On the second team,

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lunch Winfield probably would have been higher if he would

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have played the full season. Obviously, with him coming in

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midway through the season at the start of conference play

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in the Marshall Game, I think that's why he comes

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up on second team in this one. This is a

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really big year for him. This is the first time

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since Levi Lewis was the starting quarterback that we're coming

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into a season where the Kachins have their starting quarterback.

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They know who it is, and they are building the

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offense around and catering to him to make sure that

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they can be successful. The offense will go as lunch

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Winfield will go, So this will be a big year

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for him. Cooper Fordham he is a force for you

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there in the middle. George Jackson will be coming back

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from injury. I'm only playing, I believe in two games

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last season. Fitzgerald West was a very consistent player for

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you up front on the defensive line. Marion Iliam had

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some injuries there in the middle of the season, but

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was really solid there at the star position. And then

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Corey and Norris. Like I said, he is now moved

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back to receiver. If I'm not mistaken, he was originally

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brought in as a safety. He's now at receiver, so

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he can be thrown in the mix offensively. But he

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has a lot of pop for you on the special

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team end of things. So you have a lot of

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mixture in there. But the key thing that we're seeing

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out of here is a lot of veteran leadership. The

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youngest players that you have there in the mixes like

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Darrell Smith, j Coryan Norris, and Brent Gordon Junior. A

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lot of these other guys are juniors and seniors, so

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you have an experience brought a bunch of guys and

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it'll be exciting to see how things will all shape out.

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I'm going to take a quick time out and when

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we come back, we'll talk about some of the main

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storylines that we'll be looking forward to as we head

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into some media days and as we get closer to

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fall camp. We'll discuss it all when we come back

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we're gonna be looking at. I've been periodically mentioning them throughout,

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but we'll go back over what I believe will be

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some of the biggest things that we're going to need

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to look at as we head into fall camp. The

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first thing is the most important thing, which I just mentioned,

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so I won't harbor on in much lunch Winfield at quarterback.

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He's preseason he's got preseason recognition. Now it's gonna be

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about how can he elevate this offense. We saw how

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lethal he could be with his legs in the Marshall game.

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We saw how he could throw through the air in

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the Marshall game. Now it is going to be about

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pulling it all together and having an elite level of focus,

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having an elite level of reading the defense and understanding

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what they're trying to do on the back ends with

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safeties and then the secondary and all of those things

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like that, being able to go through your reads and

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find the open receiver, and then obviously if things break down,

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being able to scramble extend plays with your legs, and

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then being able to move the chains as well. Like

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I said, before this offense goes as lunch Winfield will go.

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The second one offensively is Sheldon Sampson. Obviously, like I said,

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it's not so much as going to be what is

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he going to do? Because we've seen when he's on

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he is one of the best, not just in the

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Sun Bubble, potentially in the G five level as well.

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In terms of wide receivers. The more important thing is

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going to be who is going to be the best second, third, fourth,

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maybe even fifth option because we know Uel likes to

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utilize a bunch of receivers and rotating guys in and

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I mentioned some names of guys already that you have

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in the mix. You know, Canarius Wade and Landon Struther

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and Trenton Cheney and Russell Babbodo and Jayden Johnson and

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Rajie Dennis and Jacory and Norris as a special teams

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guy but also being moved there to receiver. How are

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these guys going to step up when coverage is rolled

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in Sheldon Sampson's direction and they have one on one opportunities.

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How are those guys going to be able to step up?

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How is he going to Sheldon Sampson that is, how

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is he going to continue to assume a leadership role,

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whether it's more vocal, whether it's understanding that, hey, you

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are going to get more attention and so maybe you

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don't get as many touches. How do you support some

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of those guys that may get four to five touches

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and you might only get two in a game, but

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your two might be a touchdown and it might be

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a quick slant that's for, you know, a big first down.

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How do you handle some of that in those moments

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when the team is still being successful and maybe you're

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not getting as many of your individual numbers as what

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you would like. That's going to be an important thing

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as well. I think also offensively, the running back position

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is going to be really really big. We know last

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year Bill Davis and Zilond Parry or the bulk of

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your rushing attack, and they are now at other programs.

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So now it's going to be what is the running

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back room of Stephen Blanco and Darrell Smith and JJ

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Garner and Anthony Reagan, Maurian Brown and now key Ryan

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Smith coming in. What is that running back room? How

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do they come together and find ways to say, Hey,

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we might be unknown or we might be unproven, but

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we can ball too. If you put the football in

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our stomach, we're going to find a way to go

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and move the chains. We're gonna pick up big first downs,

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We're gonna come out of the backfield and catch passes,

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and we're gonna score touchdowns, and we're going to be

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successful on offense. That's going to be key for all

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of those guys, not just as individuals, but also as

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a cohesive unit on the offensive line. You also have

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some experience there as well. George Jackson coming back from injury.

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Like I mentioned, Cooper Fordham is going to have to

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anchor the center of that offensive line figuratively and literally.

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And then Jaya Alexander his name popping up on that

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list as well. But also you know during the spring

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Jason Mitchell, who was a transfer for you, got a

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lot of reps there at tackle, So it'll be interesting

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to see is he a potential starter for you? Is

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he kind of a swing tackle for you? Do you

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kick him back in the guard? How do you utilize

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him in terms of a rotating position the guard position.

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You have Kate Morrow that's going to be entering his

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senior year. You have Matt Bruceard that has some experience

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under his belt. You had Jacobe Isisam that was a

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true freshman yet last year and now because of the

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injuries that happened early, he had to go in and

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he had to play. How do you utilize a guy

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like that as well. That'll be interesting to see how

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the Cajuns will iron out what they want to do

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upfront offensively. But they have some experience, particularly at the

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tackle positions, and then also there at the center position,

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and yes, at the center position. Like I was mentioned,

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words are hard guess. So it'll be interesting to see

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how five is one will gel together. Defensive line wise,

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we talked about earlier, you know, Fitzgerald West, Maxie Bodwin

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being the core of that senior group, the leaders on

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that defensive line. How do they rally the troops and

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get these guys to understand that they operate as a

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whole as well, and when you know, different stunts are called,

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how do we get back there and we create pressure

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while maintaining gap integrity. How do we make sure that

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we can stop the run that maybe it doesn't even

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get back there to the linebacker where we're shedding blocks

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and getting back there getting tackles for loss and one

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yard gains. Making it very difficult for offenses to get

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in sync, getting quarterbacks off the spot, making it on

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co sfortable for running backs to try to slip through holes.

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That's going to be huge as well. I think that

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the linebacker position as well. Obviously you lost Jayden Duggar,

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Terrence Williams. That will experienced guys for you. Now you

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have coming back like a Jake Saint Andre and a

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Caleb Edwards. But after that you have a lot of

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younger guys that haven't gotten nearly as many SNAP experiences.

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So we will see how guys like a Micah Johnson,

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a Hayden Darbon aconor McPherson like, how how will guys

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like that come in and be able to get experienced

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en plane and make big plays when they're needed to

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as well. So a couple of you know, different storylines

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that we'll be looking at as we head there into

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the Fall Camp experience. So it'll be truly exciting to

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see what things will shape up to be as we

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get towards the twenty twenty six campaign. Before we wrap up,

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I do want to give a hat tip to Rage

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Cagen's baseball right handed pitcher Cody Brash, who was selected

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by the San Francisco Giants in the MLB Draft. He

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waited till Day two, obviously going in the eighth round.

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I believe it was yes in the eighth round and

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becoming the one hundred and twentieth player in program history

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to be chosen in the MLB Draft. He went two

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hundred and thirty eighth overall, we saw the impressive one

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loan season that he had in Vermilion in white with

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a two point seven to seven ERA, striking out eighty

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two batters going in seventy four and two third innings

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of work early on in the season. He was your

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ultimate closer. He slammed the door shut. And then he

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gets opportunities to start like against LSU and so many

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other games like that, and he was really really solid

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for you in that loan season. So he gets an

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opportunity to play at the next level, and that long

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standing list of guys, especially within these last couple of years,

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continues to grow for the Raging Cagun's program, proving like

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what MATC. Diggs has said what he said after that

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Startarville Regional that even though this might be a small pond,

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there are a lot of big fish that have come

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out of this program. And now Cody Brash can now

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add his name into the head of some of those

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guys that are on that list as well. So kudos

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to him, good luck to him in the future of

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his career as the final tip of I Guess Team

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one to twelve get to his final lap there as

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he will move on to the professional level. And now

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it's on to Team one thirteen and the twenty twenty

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seven campaign for Raging Cagen's Baseball. So that's going to

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wrap up this episode of Raging Rundown. Guys, if you

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