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Speaker 1: Now here's Jacob Hester you and welcome back.

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Speaker 3: Aga In.

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Speaker 4: I re number two of OTB one O four five ESPN,

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eleven thirty am the Tiger up in the Port City.

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Going to be joined now by my guy LSU defensive

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coordinator Blake Baker coach.

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Speaker 3: Always a pleasure. Hope you're doing well.

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Speaker 4: Hope the daddy duties this morning went well also because

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I know for me, anytime I get thrown into that role,

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I appreciate it, man, I'm glad to be on

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utmost most respect for moms. You gotta take their kids

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around while their dads are working all days. So but

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it went well, it went well. I appreciate you asking.

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Speaker 4: Yes, and you know now it's kind of like the

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calm before the storm for you because you get a

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little bit of time. But as we all know, like

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all the new players, most of them already on campus.

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Speaker 3: So is this kind of like that last time that

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Speaker 4: A chance to maybe do some of those things before

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 5: Absolutely, Like you said, I think between Friday and Saturday

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we have eighteen eighteen more guys coming on campus, so

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we still have one or two coaches out on the road.

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But yeah, this is absolutely kind of the last chance

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to get your ducks in a row before June starts.

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but it's really quite opposite. Between camps, official visits, trying

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to get your own players ready for the season is

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Speaker 4: So coach, when you have veteran players that are going

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to be coming into the program and they're also going

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to get here, it's not just high school guys in

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that number, and anytime you take a place you're out

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of the portal, that's the veteran player. Like you're counting

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on that person to help you in the fall. So

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what's the process like for those players compared to maybe

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the high school guys because they have been through the process,

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school is all about. Like from the football sided thing though, like,

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themselves into the team knowing that you're probably going to

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good job integrating them right away into the veteran group

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when it comes to lifting and running. And then as coaches,

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of football, they're experienced, so you're moving at a quicker pace.

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like taking a mini mester. I guess that's probably the

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Speaker 4: So, coach you and I have talked about this before

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and we've talked about it on the show before you

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come you take over last year, and the defense certainly

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looked different, and you know, it was in the hundreds

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before you got here and finished. I think total defense

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big improvement. But as you look back, like, what's something

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for you defense in the country, knowing you made such

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think anytime you go back and you look

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at yourself, Scott and what can you do better? Just

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from a holistic standpoint, I think we've got to continue

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to understanding how to leverage the ball from all three

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levels of the defense and then ultimately tackling especially on

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a fundamental standpoint, a holistic standpoint, that's the number one thing,

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a lot of new transfers, we still have a lot

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for us, so they understand the scheme and how you

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Speaker 4: Coach, you are some of those guys that maybe they

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were younger players last year, but they were out there

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guy that gets everybody in the right spot, the guy

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that gets everybody fired up, and the guy that you

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with having Harold Perkins back. You know, I think it

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a ton of Stamps force last year. So it'll be

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interesting to see, you know, and like we you know,

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depth standpoint that maybe we're kind of fringe guys for

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Speaker 4: All Right, Coach, you got to ask you about our

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guy wit Weeks. I saw him, I think it's probably

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like where yet?

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Speaker 3: Are you ready to go?

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Speaker 4: And you know, he gave like the I'll don't worry

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my guy, I'm gonna be out there. And I was like,

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out there on you know, just because saw him got

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been back. But all things considered, it was the best

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case scenario. You know, he had a clean break and

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his deltoid ligament ended up tearing that and that's that

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more further ahead than I am. He's doing really well.

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you know, getting over that that suit, and that's just

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from using all those muscles and ligaments again. But he's

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he's he's dang near one hundred percent.

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kind of be careful. He wanted a red shirt. He

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was battling some injuries. But that's somebody that's not just

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he was pre injury last year. So you know, when

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good depth, it's not a bad thing to only play

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fifty snaps instead of having to go out there and

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play eighty. Especially, you know when when you talk about

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OTB a new defensive line coach there for your defense

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and somebody that we all know very well, but I

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know as a teammate. And Kyle Williams one of the

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most intense human beings that you can be around. I mean,

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Speaker 5: Now it's really been seamless. I mean, it's really been

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quite quite impressive when you talk about, you know, all

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the intricacies of college football, just not you know, exus

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and O's in. The coaching part is the minimum as

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he's really really impressive. And the one thing that I

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he's pretty. He's pretty much a straight shooter, and I

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appreciate that. And I think he's done an outstanding job

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with our defensive tackles, and I think they're enjoying being

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able to get into backfield and make some plays and

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doing some things differently. And you know, you take a

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little bit from everything, you know, a little bit of

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everything from each coach you've had. But I can see

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those guys really gravitating towards the style of play that

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Speaker 4: I was actually going to ask you that because I know,

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like every coach, you're going to like a different type

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of body type and different skill set. But it does

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with him, knowing the player that he was with what

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you're trying to get done on defense, like his coaching style,

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career took off. When he wasn't necessarily being a two

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what he used the game as. So it's a it's

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all married up really well.

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Speaker 4: Coach a couple more here, and we always appreciate the

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time any maybe younger player or a player that didn't

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necessarily go out there and start twelve games a year

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ago that in spring practice you were very impressed by

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and maybe that you want to feature more and you

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were pleasantly surprised. In the spring, You're like, hey, we

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got to find a way to get this player integrate

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with maybe some more first team reps.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think uh PJ. Woodland had an outstanding spring.

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DeShawn Spears. You know, I've been very vocal about there.

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There was nobody harder on DeShawn Spears than me last year.

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And that's just because of the potential that that young

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man has. And to see him starting to really break

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through this spring, not only from a tackling standpoint, physical standpoint,

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his leadership out on the back end, he had a

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really outstanding spring. Those two guys in particular, you know

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Devon Keys he either starting our last four games. I'm

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challenging him from a leadership standpoint, and then gave Reliford.

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Gabrelaford had an outstanding spring. He he's one of those

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guys when we talked about competitive depth. Uh, He's not

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gonna lose his reps just because we brought him three seniors.

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You know, he's up this game. The work that he's

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put in in the weight room, he's changed his body,

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he's really worked on his flexibility. But those are those

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are three guys in particular, I can see really taking

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a bigger role this season.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and you mentioned Spears there.

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Speaker 4: It does feel like blade like that that safety room

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is going to have a bunch of guys young, old,

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everywhere in between, and there's going to be, you know,

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some opportunity for those players. And again, doesn't matter how

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old you are, where you came from to earn some

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playing time. Like is that maybe like the most open

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room as far as hey, we're not naming anything. Y'all

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got to go out there and get the job done.

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Then we'll name some starters.

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Speaker 5: Absolutely, absolutely, when you look at like you said, there's

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a great mix of old and young. When you went

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to Jardon Gilbert, you look at aj Halsey, you know,

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those those two guys playing a lot of snaps, and

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you got Toviano. He's kind of bounced around on the secondary,

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but I thought he had a really good spring to

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Shaun Spears as a young guy. You know, man sore

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can go back there to Marcus Cooley, he had a

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really good spring who's a sophomore. So I think that

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room is really improved from personnel standpoint here in the

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last six months, and I cannot wait to see them

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on the field and we talk about you know, like

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I said two minutes ago, is it's not about you

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know when when we talk about competing, man, we want

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to strive together. Like it's not pitting one at one

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against the other, like let's make each other better. And

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I think those guys.

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Speaker 2: All have that mindset a couple more.

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Speaker 3: Coach, I lied to you earlier.

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Speaker 5: Sorry, Oh you're good man, you got you got a

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tough job now than uh. T Bob left you man

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three hours by yourself.

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Speaker 3: Man, Oh, I appreciate that.

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Speaker 4: And I gotta I gotta give coach a shout out

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because we were at the ball field together on Saturday

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and I'm like, yeah, I'm solo for the next two weeks.

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T Bob Christian belled on me. Flinn's not coming in

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until June the second, and Coach you were the man.

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He's like, yeah, hey, I got you. Just let me

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know anytime. And so I do appreciate it because it's a.

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Speaker 5: Lonely desk, you know, yep, I hear you. I don't

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know how you do it.

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Speaker 4: A lot of coffee, Oh, a ton of coffee. I've

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got like three in front of me right now.

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Speaker 3: Hey.

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Speaker 4: Any Actually, I want to ask you this before I

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get to that that last one today end up being

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like a total meathead show. And I said that in

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some people are like, wait a minute, you can't call

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these people meatheads. Will you please explain to the people,

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because that's what I am. We had Bobby carp Yeah,

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we had Bobby Carpenter on earlier Ohio state linebacker, total meadhead.

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We got Mikey Matuk baseball player version of a meathead coach.

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Speaker 3: You're also in that category.

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Speaker 4: Can you please explain to the people that that is

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a term of endearment.

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Speaker 5: Absolutely, you know, it's it's quite the compliment. It means,

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you know, it's uh, you kind of you kind of

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do what you told and do it at one hundred

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miles per hour until you hear stop. So I find

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it is quite the term of endearment.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you hear stop and then three seconds later you

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actually do it. You might get a fifteen yard or

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you're hoping you don't, but you might.

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Speaker 3: Right, exactly right, Oh.

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Speaker 4: I know you said you got the busy schedule. I mean,

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we're not going to be able to get you anywhere

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with the family, are you like me? So first week

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and the kids are out. We've got a tournament in

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Bruce Sard, Louisiana and Crowley, Louisiana. That is how we're

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going to spend our first weekend out of school. Are

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you in the same boat or do we get a

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chance to maybe get some time away from sports and

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just enjoy family before you get rid.

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Speaker 5: Of I'm like you were. I believe we're headed to

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ham in Louisiana. So I learned real quick that that

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baseball in South Louisiana is pretty serious, so a lot

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different than some of the other places I've been, but

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my boys are enjoying it. So yeah, we don't really

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get any time away until July.

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Speaker 3: Okay, all right, yeah, Hamm and USA. There you go.

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I'm headed to Crowley.

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Speaker 4: You're you're headed to him and there, And good luck coach.

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You've got a great team, y'all's coach. Shout out to

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coach Ladd coach, my son's one of the best that

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there is. And so best of luck this weekend. And

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I appreciate you hopping on with me for fifteen minutes

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since t Bob was a bad teammate and left me early.

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Speaker 5: Hey, you know, I think I ruffle his feathers when

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you ask me if here was a poodle, so kind

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I kind of feel bad for you.

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Speaker 3: No, no, no, oh, you were right, T Bob, you're

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a poodle.

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Speaker 5: Yeah yeah, he was actually probably out there interviewing for

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bar still talking about he was sick. Man.

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Speaker 4: Oh, no doubt, that's it.

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Speaker 3: Clip it.

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Speaker 4: Send it to T Bob Ultimate Poodle. T Bob Aver, Blake,

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you're the man. I truly do appreciate you helping me out,

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feeling some time here, giving us great insight to the

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LSU defense.

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Speaker 3: And uh you said open invites, so we'll catch up

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again soon.

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Speaker 5: Yep, absolutely, man, I appreciate it. Hesse, I'm going all.

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Speaker 3: Right you as well.

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Speaker 4: LSU devis coordinator Blake Baker and all jokes aside. Man,

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I do need to brag on Blake because we do

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see each other a ton at the baseball field and

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his son is in the same age group as Memphis,

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and so we get a chance to chop it up.

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My man is like, very involved, and it's great to

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see that these LSU coaches can, you know, go out

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there and do their work but also enjoy family time.

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But I was talking with him, I'm like, yeah, I'm

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gonna be solo for two weeks, and then we got

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Flynn coming in on June the second, and he's like, hey,

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I got you, let me know next week I will

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pop and so during a very busy time. Because he

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said it, over the next two days, those players are

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going to start to come in high school freshman all right,

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guys out of the transfer portal. So we certainly appreciate

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Blake for hopping on with us and clip it. The

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Ultimate Poodle was definitely interviewing for Barstool when he said

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he was sick. Blake said it, we believe it more

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Otwo B when we come back here one oh four

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to five, ESPN, Mopter Ben Steve, Bob is gonna be

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so mad.

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Speaker 3: But you know there's nothing he can do about it now. Nothing.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to off the bench, slide.

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Speaker 6: Away, I.

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Speaker 7: Way all right, looking back O TV one, O four

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Speaker 4: Of course we're having a little fun there with Blake

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Baker at the end. And he did call T Bob

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a poodle for being out sick a couple of weeks ago,

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and they said, well, actually, maybe he's the ultimate poodle

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because maybe he was talking to barstool while he said

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he was sick, and maybe that did happen, And Joey said,

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because we're talking about T Bob, he might poop in

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your parking spot.

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Speaker 3: Hey, Joey, you're my guy.

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Speaker 4: But we know that we've been there, We've done that,

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that's already happened, been through the car washed twice. The

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worst part about it is the more and more that

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we go down and we're not gonna go pull it

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right it is, and a laundra keeps getting the tea

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and and sends me the tea, and it gets worse

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and worse and worse.

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Speaker 3: And then the fact that we know who it is, like.

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Speaker 4: I feel like more needs to be done, Like he

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needs to come out in front of guaranteed media. He

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can get like on a megaphone and just like apologize

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to everybody that had to see what he left behind

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because it was an emergency, okay, but in that state

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of emergency, what there's multiple places like McDonald's sonic dumpster

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behind that you could have You could have right, Okay,

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you couldn't help it. You had a countdown, you hit

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triple zero. It had to happen. Cool, pick it up, right,

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pick it Pick it up at least like, Okay, you

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had an emergency, dude, I mean, I mean you you

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got fully undressed in broad daylight in the middle of downtown.

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Pick it up, like if you were in it's just

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a sane mindset and you weren't what we thought you were.

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Speaker 3: Just pick it up. Like, man, dude, I'm so like

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I had to go, it had to happen. Just pick

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it up.

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Speaker 6: My thing is, it's just such insane behavior that I

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can't even wrap my mind around, like the thought process, you.

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Speaker 8: Know what I mean, Like I don't.

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Speaker 6: I can't put myself in this person's brain and be like, Okay.

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Speaker 8: I get it. I understand.

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Speaker 3: I can't either.

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Speaker 4: I just I can't not with the other options that

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were available. And again like at the very bare minimum,

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no pun intending, because there was bare ass like you

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should pick it up because you knew what you were doing.

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You shouldn't leave the evidence behind. And now like guarantee

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had to make the awkward phone call to be like, hey, hmm,

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your employee did this, And I would have loved to

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been on the other end of that call when they

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told him and tried to explain it. I'm sorry he

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did what it had continue to go like into detail

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what happened.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, I feel like we should have got Landing on here.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we probably should have. I don't know. If you

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want to come on, Yeah, if you're listening, come on up.

477
00:22:11,359 --> 00:22:12,200
Speaker 8: I told Landed Yester.

478
00:22:12,319 --> 00:22:14,839
Speaker 6: I was like, we mentioned you on this show this

479
00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:19,960
past week, way more times than we have any other time,

480
00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:22,519
because he didn't let you in the door, and he

481
00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:23,759
was the hoe for it.

482
00:22:23,839 --> 00:22:25,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, sure, it's true.

483
00:22:26,079 --> 00:22:26,240
Speaker 8: True.

484
00:22:26,279 --> 00:22:28,000
Speaker 4: I'm actually glad he didn't let him in the door,

485
00:22:28,039 --> 00:22:30,720
but I'm just mad he pooped on my car.

486
00:22:31,559 --> 00:22:34,200
Speaker 3: Daniel says, Cassie must be so confused. I don't think so.

487
00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,440
Speaker 4: I think everybody, Castie, everybody like in this building kind

488
00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:38,519
of knows what's going on.

489
00:22:38,759 --> 00:22:40,640
Speaker 8: So you really think Taylor didn't tell her about this?

490
00:22:40,720 --> 00:22:43,279
Speaker 9: Oh no, Taylor told me right away as soon as

491
00:22:43,279 --> 00:22:45,519
he got as soon as he got the text when

492
00:22:45,519 --> 00:22:48,119
it was it' on Monday. Yeah, that like somebody pooped

493
00:22:48,119 --> 00:22:49,720
in the parking lot. He was like, oh, I'm running

494
00:22:49,759 --> 00:22:51,720
downstairs go check it out, like I know.

495
00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:57,359
Speaker 4: Like he couldn't like hen and then spread the picture, Yeah,

496
00:22:57,559 --> 00:22:58,680
into everybody I was.

497
00:22:58,640 --> 00:23:01,240
Speaker 6: So mad that he sent us that picture, Like I

498
00:23:01,319 --> 00:23:04,440
actually was genuinely mad that he sent that pick.

499
00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:06,119
Speaker 4: Like you know the old meme where like the kid

500
00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:09,079
looks like he's about to like just explode, right, He's

501
00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:11,359
sitting in his desk Like that is Taylor. Once he

502
00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:14,759
finds out any information, like anything that he thinks can

503
00:23:14,799 --> 00:23:17,160
be a take, that is how he reacts.

504
00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:21,240
Speaker 8: Yes, like red in the face couldn't.

505
00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:23,680
Speaker 4: Help, but he probably like immediately like went to the

506
00:23:23,720 --> 00:23:24,359
bullpen there.

507
00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:26,960
Speaker 3: It was like, oh my god, you're not gonna bully.

508
00:23:27,039 --> 00:23:27,640
What happened?

509
00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:28,480
Speaker 8: Literally?

510
00:23:28,599 --> 00:23:37,880
Speaker 10: Probably, he said Moose went with him, So Moose, as

511
00:23:37,960 --> 00:23:39,119
much of a sicko as he.

512
00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:40,599
Speaker 3: Is, Moose went with him.

513
00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:40,960
Speaker 8: Yeah.

514
00:23:41,279 --> 00:23:43,599
Speaker 4: I think Moose has on oversize jeans today for the

515
00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:54,519
pick again, again, where what is your brand? That's their look?

516
00:23:54,599 --> 00:23:56,480
If you were asking them, they'd be like, I bet

517
00:23:56,519 --> 00:23:58,519
Hester has a hoodie and a hat on, and I do.

518
00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:02,279
We're going head shots today in a hoodie.

519
00:24:01,960 --> 00:24:02,359
Speaker 3: And a hat.

520
00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:04,839
Speaker 8: I love it. Yeah, I don't know what I'm gonna wear,

521
00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:05,960
but we'll figure it out.

522
00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:09,279
Speaker 3: I mean, don't don't be bougie.

523
00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:10,319
Speaker 8: I'm not gonna be boogie.

524
00:24:10,400 --> 00:24:13,359
Speaker 4: I mean show up to what like typically you'll wear

525
00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:15,960
like a vintage like T shirt and like.

526
00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:17,240
Speaker 2: Some my.

527
00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:24,759
Speaker 6: Yeah, but mine are like cool baggy.

528
00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:24,519
Speaker 3: Like yours are cool baggy.

529
00:24:24,759 --> 00:24:27,480
Speaker 4: That's not like you went to Old Navy and got

530
00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:29,839
somebody else's jeans by mistake and put them on.

531
00:24:30,799 --> 00:24:32,759
Speaker 8: Mine are meant to be baggy.

532
00:24:34,519 --> 00:24:38,240
Speaker 3: Just the puddle at the bottom just drest me crazy.

533
00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:40,000
Speaker 6: There was a puddle on my jeans the other day

534
00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:42,559
because of well, because of.

535
00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:45,279
Speaker 3: Wait what.

536
00:24:47,599 --> 00:24:50,000
Speaker 6: You're not gonna be a finish, because I like, if

537
00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,319
T Bob was here, this would go in a completely

538
00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:56,640
different direction. But there was my neighbor's pipe burst and

539
00:24:56,839 --> 00:24:59,200
nobody's came to fix it yet. So there's basically like

540
00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:02,119
a lake in the and it's like the runoff is

541
00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:03,720
going on the sidewalk.

542
00:25:04,319 --> 00:25:07,039
Speaker 8: So I was wearing those jeans I'm talking about the

543
00:25:07,079 --> 00:25:09,240
other day and it got.

544
00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:17,440
Speaker 6: It got the bottom of my jeans all way. Sorry,

545
00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:19,160
I'm looking at the chim People are wild.

546
00:25:19,319 --> 00:25:23,559
Speaker 4: But yeah, you're lucky here, so lucky yeah, because he's

547
00:25:23,599 --> 00:25:28,599
a poodle. As we found outding to Blake Baking Major Energy.

548
00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:30,920
Did you get a parking spot of your house or

549
00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:32,960
is the range Rover takeover still there?

550
00:25:33,039 --> 00:25:37,920
Speaker 8: The range rovers are still there. I need to exit

551
00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,960
out these columns. But the range rovers are still there,

552
00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:43,839
but they're a little better about it.

553
00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:46,599
Speaker 6: They started parking two of them on the side, so

554
00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:50,680
now I only have to deal with two where yes,

555
00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:51,400
so many of.

556
00:25:51,359 --> 00:25:52,599
Speaker 8: Them, and I don't understand why I don't.

557
00:25:52,599 --> 00:25:56,440
Speaker 3: I don't get it either, LC State Farm inside the Bay.

558
00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:58,440
Speaker 4: You four chat, Jake. We got a little Cooper Road

559
00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:01,720
and named Shreveport in hats. Shout to the Cooper Road.

560
00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:03,720
Shout to the Cooper Road. And if you know about

561
00:26:03,759 --> 00:26:05,759
the Cooper Road, you know about the three to one great?

562
00:26:05,799 --> 00:26:09,519
And if you don't, sorry, I don't know. Actually actually

563
00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:13,359
hunts from Streeport. I'm not sure he knows about Cooper Road.

564
00:26:13,599 --> 00:26:15,519
Speaker 6: There's I don't know what Cooper Road is, but there's

565
00:26:15,559 --> 00:26:16,920
no chance Hunt knows about it.

566
00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:19,680
Speaker 3: There is zero chance that he does. And that's not

567
00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:23,400
a shot Hunt, that's just facts. All right. We are

568
00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:24,519
going to step away.

569
00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:27,079
Speaker 4: Did not plan on that being the segment, but I mean,

570
00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:29,279
once you know, you get cheeks on hood, you got

571
00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:32,720
to share it. We're gonna come back with LSU Baseball

572
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Speaker 1: Welcome back to off the bench.

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Speaker 4: Slip inside, y'all, don't you know your mine?

596
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Speaker 1: I'm at it.

597
00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:05,759
Speaker 4: All right, Welcome back in OTV here on a Wednesday morning.

598
00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:09,839
Very excited for our next conversation. LSU baseball legend Mikey

599
00:28:09,880 --> 00:28:11,000
Matuk joins us.

600
00:28:11,039 --> 00:28:13,519
Speaker 3: Now, Mikey Man, always a pleasure. Hope you're doing well.

601
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:16,599
Speaker 2: I'm doing great, man. How are you doing? Good morning?

602
00:28:16,759 --> 00:28:19,680
Speaker 4: Yeah, doing fantastic, man, Just moving right along. It's turned

603
00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:22,880
into a little meathead Wednesday here on the show, which

604
00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:26,480
we love term of endearment and so very excited. Hey,

605
00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:28,720
I said this about you, and this is again, this

606
00:28:28,799 --> 00:28:31,319
is a compliment, you know this. If there was ever

607
00:28:31,400 --> 00:28:34,319
like a meathead baseball player to have on a meathead Wednesday,

608
00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:35,640
it's my guy, Mikey Motook.

609
00:28:36,200 --> 00:28:37,839
Speaker 2: Well, if this makes you feel any better, I had

610
00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:39,759
chess and bys today in my workouts.

611
00:28:39,839 --> 00:28:42,960
Speaker 3: I'm feel good about it exactly. See. I told the

612
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:46,000
people that and I can appreciate that. Mikey. So again, man,

613
00:28:46,039 --> 00:28:47,880
we are fired up to have you on the show.

614
00:28:48,039 --> 00:28:51,680
Speaker 4: SEC Baseball Tournament time before we get into the nitty

615
00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:54,160
gritty and the Tigers and all that. How do you

616
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,759
feel about the new format? Everybody makes the SEC Tournament

617
00:28:57,799 --> 00:28:58,839
in single elimination.

618
00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:03,640
Speaker 2: So I've kind of been mixed on this. I don't

619
00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:05,480
I didn't really love it at first.

620
00:29:05,599 --> 00:29:05,920
Speaker 8: I don't.

621
00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:08,920
Speaker 2: I said, I don't love everybody making it. I don't

622
00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:12,559
think that everybody deserves to make it. I haven't been

623
00:29:12,599 --> 00:29:17,599
a participation trophy type of guy, you know, and looks

624
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:20,640
you see so deep. I think if they're sixteen teams,

625
00:29:21,079 --> 00:29:23,279
you know, probably fourteen of those teams you could say

626
00:29:23,359 --> 00:29:25,720
has a legitimate chance of winning games there. I don't

627
00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:28,440
A and M struggling, but they can go and beat anybody.

628
00:29:28,799 --> 00:29:34,319
South Carolina and Missouri obviously they they they've had bad

629
00:29:34,359 --> 00:29:36,039
seasons and I don't think they deserve to be there.

630
00:29:36,079 --> 00:29:40,559
But that's a new format, single elimination. I don't mind

631
00:29:40,640 --> 00:29:44,079
it because it's you know, especially trying to make a regional,

632
00:29:44,119 --> 00:29:47,079
super regional, make a run to o Mall. It allows

633
00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:50,680
you to not really stress your bullpens, stress your roster

634
00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:53,680
more than you've done in the in the during the season,

635
00:29:53,759 --> 00:29:56,559
and so in that aspect, I don't mind it. And

636
00:29:56,599 --> 00:29:58,880
then if you're a top four seed, it allows you

637
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,240
to stay in your same routine as a three game

638
00:30:01,319 --> 00:30:03,880
series type thing, and so I like that part of

639
00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:04,359
it as well.

640
00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:09,359
Speaker 4: I know South Carolina it's a tough conversation and obviously

641
00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:13,240
for you, even tougher with coach Manary, and you know,

642
00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:15,079
I kind of went through this a little bit when

643
00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:17,480
coach Miles took the Kansas job, and it's like, man,

644
00:30:17,519 --> 00:30:19,039
I just I don't know how that's going to go.

645
00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:23,079
It's an uphill battle, and South Carolina season is certainly

646
00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,319
over now, and it's just it's like a weird spot

647
00:30:25,359 --> 00:30:27,519
because like, you want coach Manary to do really well.

648
00:30:27,599 --> 00:30:28,960
He was so good to us, and obviously you got

649
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,680
a different relationship with him being a former player with

650
00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:34,000
him there, I just I hated to see how it

651
00:30:34,119 --> 00:30:36,000
went and now like I'm wondering, like what it's going

652
00:30:36,039 --> 00:30:36,960
to look like in the future.

653
00:30:38,079 --> 00:30:40,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, it's uh, you know me, I have

654
00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:42,880
a really good relationship. You know, I say that to

655
00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:44,759
a lot of people. The coachman area I've played for

656
00:30:46,039 --> 00:30:47,680
it was a little different than the coaching area at

657
00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:50,000
the back end of his career. And not saying he

658
00:30:50,119 --> 00:30:52,519
was the worst coach, but you know, he was younger

659
00:30:52,559 --> 00:30:54,440
and he was trying to build a program and he

660
00:30:54,559 --> 00:30:56,000
had to do a lot of things when he first

661
00:30:56,079 --> 00:30:59,079
got there to weed out some of the guys that

662
00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:02,480
maybe didn't fit his culture. And uh, you know, if

663
00:31:02,519 --> 00:31:05,160
we had our shower shoes wrong in our locker, we

664
00:31:05,240 --> 00:31:07,079
were running, and it was just that was the type

665
00:31:07,119 --> 00:31:09,519
of that was the type of guy he was, and

666
00:31:09,559 --> 00:31:11,440
I respect that. I was a football guy in my

667
00:31:11,519 --> 00:31:14,000
whole live spot like seeing coached hard, and that's kind

668
00:31:14,039 --> 00:31:18,279
of how he coached me. And so we grew really close,

669
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:21,000
you know, while I play and especially after, and so

670
00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:24,359
we've become, you know, really good friends. And I talked

671
00:31:24,359 --> 00:31:26,359
to him periodically through the year, and it's been a

672
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:28,400
bat it's been a grind in a battle for him.

673
00:31:28,519 --> 00:31:30,880
And it's similar to kind of his first year at LSU,

674
00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:34,359
where he had to kind of establish his culture and

675
00:31:34,480 --> 00:31:36,440
establish the way he wanted to go about things. But

676
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,079
you never want to see him struggle. And you know, obviously,

677
00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:41,880
I know getting that one win against LSU was a

678
00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:44,440
probably big deal for him, and I'm glad that they

679
00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:47,559
didn't win the series. But uh yeah, it's hard to

680
00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:49,720
watch him him go through this. But anytime you go

681
00:31:49,799 --> 00:31:51,960
to a new place like that and you kind of

682
00:31:52,079 --> 00:31:54,920
re establish your culture, it's going to be a challenge.

683
00:31:55,000 --> 00:31:57,759
And you know, he I think they announced today that

684
00:31:57,799 --> 00:32:00,000
he's going to be back next year, and so looking forward,

685
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,839
we're seeing how the e regroups next year and see

686
00:32:02,880 --> 00:32:03,599
how they rebound.

687
00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:08,240
Speaker 4: All right, Mikey, let's look at maybe LSU and they're

688
00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:10,640
in a position where they got a double by and

689
00:32:11,400 --> 00:32:13,160
it's a different situation certainly than.

690
00:32:13,079 --> 00:32:14,319
Speaker 3: They were in a year ago.

691
00:32:14,519 --> 00:32:16,240
Speaker 4: Like last year they had to go to Hoover Man,

692
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:18,519
they had some work to do, and they make certainly

693
00:32:18,559 --> 00:32:20,880
a deep run and it gets them to Chapel Hill

694
00:32:20,960 --> 00:32:23,920
and they almost win that regional there. Like what do

695
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,680
you think like the mindset difference is like when you

696
00:32:26,839 --> 00:32:28,680
go there and you're like, Okay, we have to win

697
00:32:28,759 --> 00:32:30,799
baseball games, like we think we're in, but we need

698
00:32:30,839 --> 00:32:33,000
to improve on our resume. And then you've got a

699
00:32:33,039 --> 00:32:35,680
situation this year where I think even if you lose

700
00:32:35,799 --> 00:32:37,960
coming up here in a couple of days, then you're

701
00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:39,960
still going to be a top eight seed. To like,

702
00:32:40,039 --> 00:32:44,519
what's that mindset like? Because it's two totally different situations.

703
00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:46,799
Speaker 2: Correct, you know, and look, lsh's in a really good

704
00:32:46,839 --> 00:32:49,720
spot this year, but last year, you know, every game

705
00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:51,759
was a must win, or at least the first couple

706
00:32:51,759 --> 00:32:53,720
of games or must wins. And so when you're in

707
00:32:53,799 --> 00:32:58,079
that situation, everybody's available, whether you're gonna throw you know,

708
00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:01,680
and they had to win on Friday. You know, Anderson's available,

709
00:33:01,799 --> 00:33:04,440
Ironston's available, everybody's available, because you've got to get through

710
00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:06,720
that win. If it, you know, it's important to win it,

711
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:10,279
and uh, you know, pump up your resume and try

712
00:33:10,319 --> 00:33:12,960
to get into the regional This year, you know, it's

713
00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:17,559
a little different because they have the luxury of I

714
00:33:17,599 --> 00:33:19,559
don't want to use the word, I don't want to

715
00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:22,640
use the lott word, but it feels like it's very

716
00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:25,680
very likely that they're going to be a top eight

717
00:33:25,839 --> 00:33:28,759
national seed. And you know, whoever they play on Friday,

718
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:32,079
win or lose, I don't think it's going to hurt

719
00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:34,480
their RPI. You know, they're going to play a pretty

720
00:33:34,559 --> 00:33:37,599
high RPI team, and uh, you know, I think it

721
00:33:37,839 --> 00:33:40,319
sets them up to where they can continue to the

722
00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:43,319
same or team. You have Anderson throw on Friday, you

723
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:44,720
have ienson throw on Saturday.

724
00:33:44,759 --> 00:33:45,200
Speaker 4: If they win.

725
00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:47,799
Speaker 2: Now, I think it is important for them to win

726
00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:52,000
the first game only because it allows the pitching staff

727
00:33:52,119 --> 00:33:54,599
and the lineup to kind of stay in rhythm. Right

728
00:33:54,720 --> 00:33:57,519
you allow you allow Anderson to get his innings and

729
00:33:57,559 --> 00:34:00,440
they get his pitches, and you allow Anstone do the

730
00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:03,319
same thing. On Saturday. So I think winning that first

731
00:34:03,319 --> 00:34:05,920
game is important just for that aspect, just to keep

732
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,719
those guys sharp for next weekend. I mean, we've seen

733
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:11,360
what happened in Major League Baseball with the UH with

734
00:34:11,519 --> 00:34:14,719
the Seeds, that the LOLd card matchups. Those guys end

735
00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:18,000
up beating the top season next round because they playing

736
00:34:18,079 --> 00:34:21,440
and they don't have that long break, and baseball such

737
00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:23,760
a rhythm game, and it's such a timing game, and

738
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:26,280
that you know, sometimes too much rest.

739
00:34:26,199 --> 00:34:27,199
Speaker 3: Is not is not good.

740
00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:30,159
Speaker 1: And so I think, uh, you know, to me, look,

741
00:34:30,199 --> 00:34:30,679
they want.

742
00:34:30,559 --> 00:34:31,639
Speaker 2: To go in there and they want to win it.

743
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:33,360
You know, I talked to we talked to jerrylier in

744
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:35,800
the week, and you know, every game they play they're

745
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:37,800
trying to win and they want to win the championship.

746
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:40,920
But I think the more important thing is making sure

747
00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:42,880
they get at least two games for that deep nine

748
00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:45,239
kind of stay sharp and stay rhythm.

749
00:34:46,039 --> 00:34:48,760
Speaker 4: Catching up with a guy mikey matek here on OTB.

750
00:34:49,039 --> 00:34:51,679
Remember you can catch miked up on YouTube. Go to

751
00:34:52,360 --> 00:34:56,039
YouTube dot com slash micd up to check that out.

752
00:34:56,079 --> 00:34:58,920
Does a great job. Monday, Wednesday Friday, that is six

753
00:34:59,039 --> 00:35:01,440
pm during the week one pm. There at the end

754
00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:04,360
of the week on Fridays, and Mikey, one of the

755
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,199
things that I wanted to ask you about because you

756
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:08,800
know LSU and where they're at. If they you know,

757
00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:11,000
take care of business, even one game, like it's almost

758
00:35:11,039 --> 00:35:14,199
going to guarantee it. But the difference in playing at

759
00:35:14,280 --> 00:35:17,239
home in the postseason like we saw last year, like

760
00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:18,960
that LSU team by the end of it like they

761
00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:20,880
had found something, but they got to go on the

762
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:24,159
road they lose a heartbreaker to North Carolina. Just talk

763
00:35:24,159 --> 00:35:27,159
about the differences having a regional and a super regional

764
00:35:27,199 --> 00:35:30,360
inside the Box which just led the nation in attendance

765
00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:32,679
by a lot, Like it wasn't even close compared.

766
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:33,119
Speaker 3: To going on the road.

767
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,719
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, it's pivotal, you know. I mean, obviously

768
00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:39,360
playing at alex Box, you get the crowd. And I

769
00:35:39,639 --> 00:35:42,880
was been very unfortunate this year because the two big

770
00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:43,639
series that they.

771
00:35:43,679 --> 00:35:45,039
Speaker 4: Had at home, you.

772
00:35:45,119 --> 00:35:46,880
Speaker 2: Had the rain delays and you didn't get the start

773
00:35:46,960 --> 00:35:49,599
to almost ten o'clock, and so, you know, as a

774
00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:55,719
a fans perspective, you didn't get the opportunity to really experience.

775
00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:58,719
As a player perspective, you had you know, it was

776
00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:00,960
still rowdy and it was still you know, still fun,

777
00:36:01,039 --> 00:36:04,159
but it wasn't the thirteen thousand like it should be

778
00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:06,280
in those types of games. And then, you know, so

779
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:08,920
playing at home and having the crowd behind you obviously helps.

780
00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:10,840
It gives you an extra edge. It's hard for teams

781
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:13,239
to come in to LSU and beat them. You know,

782
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:16,679
the magic of Alice Fox is real, and you know

783
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,480
you saw it in the Tennessee game. We saw it

784
00:36:19,519 --> 00:36:22,119
a little bit with Arkansas. You know when it gets

785
00:36:22,199 --> 00:36:24,840
down in the seventh, eighth, ninth innings, those are really

786
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:26,920
hard house to get when you're playing at home and

787
00:36:27,159 --> 00:36:30,559
the visiting team's coming in. So I think it's extremely important. Look,

788
00:36:31,039 --> 00:36:33,159
LSU has going on the road and played some tough

789
00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:36,199
teams on the road and they haven't won those roads series.

790
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:38,519
Not saying they can't, not saying they're good enough, they're

791
00:36:38,559 --> 00:36:41,079
not good enough to do it. But playing at home

792
00:36:41,199 --> 00:36:43,960
you get a little bit more leeway and you get

793
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,639
a little bit more room for air because you have

794
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:49,679
the homes crowd behind you. And I think it's extremely important,

795
00:36:50,079 --> 00:36:52,519
and selfishly I want them to be home all the

796
00:36:52,559 --> 00:36:54,960
way through because you know, that's more baseball we get

797
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:55,599
to watch.

798
00:36:56,559 --> 00:36:59,760
Speaker 4: Mikel what about the makeup of this LSU team and

799
00:37:00,119 --> 00:37:03,880
to have two frontline starters in Kate Anderson and Anthony

800
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:06,159
Ainson in the way that they go out there every

801
00:37:06,239 --> 00:37:08,199
single time, they're going to give you a great opportunity

802
00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:11,639
when you look at a regional format, a super regional format, right,

803
00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:14,440
having that as your one two punch is always going

804
00:37:14,519 --> 00:37:17,079
to play. But what are some things like right now

805
00:37:17,199 --> 00:37:19,559
that you still want to see from LSU baseball that

806
00:37:19,679 --> 00:37:21,880
you need to see maybe go up to go up

807
00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:24,119
a notch before they head into the postseason.

808
00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:26,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, look, I think that's the best one two punch

809
00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:30,400
in the country. You know, obviously Kate Anderson is MOB

810
00:37:30,519 --> 00:37:33,519
drafts have him in the top five overall in the draft,

811
00:37:33,559 --> 00:37:36,440
which I, you know, completely agree with. I think he's

812
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:38,320
one of the best lessons, one of the best pitchers

813
00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:40,880
in the country. But if you look at Aanson's numbers,

814
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:43,679
his numbers are better than Anderson. Yeah, he had he

815
00:37:43,760 --> 00:37:46,000
had a sub three e r A and SEC players

816
00:37:46,039 --> 00:37:48,199
a sub three e r A for the year. He's

817
00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:50,159
been as consistent as you can be. And so with

818
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,400
those two guys, I think you can win any any

819
00:37:52,519 --> 00:37:54,800
game on the mounds but then you have to worry

820
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:56,760
about those Game three can go to a Game three.

821
00:37:57,199 --> 00:38:00,199
Who's your Game three starter? You know, I think with

822
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:03,119
I think has been very encouraging throughout the course of

823
00:38:03,159 --> 00:38:07,400
the last month has been Chase Shorts. Yeah, it feels

824
00:38:07,440 --> 00:38:09,760
like Chase Shorts is kind of figuring it out. I

825
00:38:09,840 --> 00:38:11,480
talked to his dad a little bit at one of

826
00:38:11,519 --> 00:38:14,280
the tailgates a few weeks ago, and you know, he says,

827
00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:16,960
there was one pitch where he broke off the spider

828
00:38:17,519 --> 00:38:19,440
and he threw it down away and he kind of

829
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:22,760
threw with some conviction. And ever since that it felt

830
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:25,320
like he's really finally trusted his arm that it was

831
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:28,480
fully healthy. And ever since that out and he has.

832
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:29,360
Speaker 4: Been really, really good.

833
00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:31,159
Speaker 2: A lot of people look at Oh, you're coming off

834
00:38:31,199 --> 00:38:34,519
to Tommy Johns, you know all his lot city's really good.

835
00:38:34,599 --> 00:38:35,039
Speaker 5: Why is it?

836
00:38:35,159 --> 00:38:37,119
Speaker 2: Why is he struggling? And you know, I think what

837
00:38:37,199 --> 00:38:39,440
people don't realize when you come off to Tommy Jones,

838
00:38:39,559 --> 00:38:42,760
not necessarily the fastball that worries the pitcher. It's the

839
00:38:42,840 --> 00:38:45,679
breaking ball that stresses the elbow a lot more than

840
00:38:45,760 --> 00:38:47,760
the fastball. And so I think he saw earlier in

841
00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:50,199
the year he was kind of you know, yanking his

842
00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:52,639
breaking ball. He wasn't really trusting it, and you haven't

843
00:38:52,679 --> 00:38:54,800
seen that over the last four or five outings from him,

844
00:38:54,840 --> 00:38:58,239
So I think he's he's definitely one of the ass

845
00:38:58,280 --> 00:38:59,639
in the hole for us. I don't know if they're

846
00:38:59,639 --> 00:39:03,039
gonna move him back into that starter role, but you know,

847
00:39:03,199 --> 00:39:05,639
for me, I want to see somebody step up and

848
00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:07,199
be a guy that could give you four or five

849
00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:09,320
six innings in that third starter role. And then I

850
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:11,679
want to see, you know, I want to see Exac Counts.

851
00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:13,199
That count has been great all year. He's had a

852
00:39:13,239 --> 00:39:15,760
couple of rough outings his last few times out, but

853
00:39:16,480 --> 00:39:18,199
I want to see him get back sharp and get

854
00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:21,039
back to where he needs to be. And uh, and look,

855
00:39:21,119 --> 00:39:23,320
some of those other young guys are starting to starting

856
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:25,960
to kind of grow up. You know. Peter Williams has

857
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:29,239
been really good out the pin. Lefty, lefty guy. He

858
00:39:29,320 --> 00:39:31,280
seems like he's that first lefty out of the pin

859
00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:34,280
when it comes to a matchup. Jade Knut's been really

860
00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:37,559
good and Matt mc grizzy's really good. So I want

861
00:39:37,559 --> 00:39:40,719
to see those three guys continue to progress because you're

862
00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:42,679
gonna have to rely you can't just rely on one

863
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:44,800
or two guys. You know, there's gonna be a game

864
00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:47,599
where you're gonna have to rely on your fourth, fifth,

865
00:39:47,679 --> 00:39:50,519
sixth guy out of the bullpen to get you big ales.

866
00:39:50,559 --> 00:39:52,280
And so I think if there's anything that I want

867
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:55,199
to see more, I want to see him to continue

868
00:39:55,239 --> 00:39:58,360
to see the consistency from those other guys, uh moving

869
00:39:58,440 --> 00:39:59,519
into the tournament into the.

870
00:40:01,039 --> 00:40:03,159
Speaker 4: Yeah, and Mikey last one and again, man, we truly

871
00:40:03,199 --> 00:40:04,320
do appreciate the time.

872
00:40:04,840 --> 00:40:06,639
Speaker 3: What would you do with Cason Evans?

873
00:40:06,719 --> 00:40:08,880
Speaker 4: Like, would you not even like define his role like

874
00:40:08,960 --> 00:40:11,800
in the postseason, because you know he's a freshman certainly

875
00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:14,519
doesn't have a freshman mentality. Would it be a situation

876
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:17,679
where hey, we're gonna wait, maybe you start a game,

877
00:40:17,880 --> 00:40:19,679
maybe you come in to close the door. Certainly if

878
00:40:19,679 --> 00:40:22,079
you've already used that cowen kind of in that role, Like,

879
00:40:22,119 --> 00:40:24,239
would you just kind of leave him up in the

880
00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:26,360
air as far as, hey, we'll use you when we

881
00:40:26,480 --> 00:40:27,119
need you the most.

882
00:40:28,039 --> 00:40:30,079
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's probably the best move. And we

883
00:40:30,199 --> 00:40:31,800
did that a little bit in two thousand and nine

884
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:35,320
with Lewis Coleman start the season. You know, Coleman would

885
00:40:35,440 --> 00:40:37,519
close the game if he had to, and if he didn't,

886
00:40:37,719 --> 00:40:40,159
we didn't need on Friday or Saturday. He was starts Funday.

887
00:40:41,039 --> 00:40:43,400
Man very quickly realized the day. This guy's gonna start

888
00:40:43,440 --> 00:40:46,840
Friday because he's the best guy we've got. Uh. I

889
00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:49,119
think I think Rankston Evans is gonna be that same

890
00:40:49,199 --> 00:40:49,639
role right now.

891
00:40:49,679 --> 00:40:51,880
Speaker 11: I think if if you have an opportunity to close

892
00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:54,119
the game out on Friday or Saturday, and you've already

893
00:40:54,159 --> 00:40:56,559
used Cowen, I think you're going to use Evans to

894
00:40:56,639 --> 00:40:59,159
get to win if he has if the game's had

895
00:40:59,199 --> 00:41:01,800
an hand a LSU wins, or even if they're losing it,

896
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:03,079
if you don't want to waste time.

897
00:41:03,119 --> 00:41:06,440
Speaker 2: I think that you may see him on Sunday get

898
00:41:06,519 --> 00:41:08,639
that start. But I think that they're going to use

899
00:41:08,679 --> 00:41:10,760
him out of the bullpen. He's been more effective this

900
00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:13,440
year out of the bullpen in the back end. You know,

901
00:41:13,679 --> 00:41:16,599
when he's coming out to the pin, he's upper nineties.

902
00:41:16,599 --> 00:41:18,840
When he's starting, he's load to mid nineties, and so

903
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:21,920
I think his stuff plays a little bit more explosively

904
00:41:22,159 --> 00:41:23,599
out of the back end of the bullpen. So I

905
00:41:23,639 --> 00:41:25,320
think you're going to see him that that way. I

906
00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:27,079
think Jay wants to use it out of the pen.

907
00:41:27,599 --> 00:41:30,239
I don't think Jay would rather not start him right now.

908
00:41:30,599 --> 00:41:32,800
Now he will be a starter here at LSU and

909
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:34,880
you know next year in the year after that. But

910
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:38,800
for this team and the way it's structured, I think, hey,

911
00:41:38,840 --> 00:41:41,320
if we need him, use them, no matter if it's

912
00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:43,199
in the ninth inning or if it's in the first inning.

913
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:45,840
As a starter. I think that's kind of the way

914
00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:46,599
they're going to move it.

915
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:47,320
Speaker 3: Move with him.

916
00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:50,599
Speaker 2: And you know, I love him. I love his competitiveness.

917
00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:52,519
He was a short stop in high school and you

918
00:41:52,599 --> 00:41:54,719
can tell that kind of the way he pitches.

919
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:59,000
Speaker 4: Hey, Mikey Man, fantastic stuff. As always, we again truly

920
00:41:59,039 --> 00:42:01,599
appreciate the time. So after a nice little workout here

921
00:42:01,679 --> 00:42:04,320
on a meathead Wednesday, So we'll have to do this

922
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:04,960
again soon.

923
00:42:05,119 --> 00:42:06,480
Speaker 3: Man, We really do appreciate it.

924
00:42:07,239 --> 00:42:09,880
Speaker 2: Man, anytime. I love I love coming on the show.

925
00:42:09,920 --> 00:42:12,719
And you'll do a great job. Man. And if you

926
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:15,320
talk to Tea Bob Bill, tell my se congratulations.

927
00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:18,159
Speaker 4: Absolutely will do man, We'll get that done. He's a

928
00:42:18,199 --> 00:42:20,519
poodle for skipping out on us, but yeah, we'll get

929
00:42:20,519 --> 00:42:20,880
that done.

930
00:42:23,039 --> 00:42:23,239
Speaker 9: Yeah.

931
00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:26,400
Speaker 2: Well, you know what he's he's great at what he does.

932
00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:28,679
He's gonna be missed, but I know you're gonna be

933
00:42:28,719 --> 00:42:30,920
able to take the rains and you're gonna keep rolling.

934
00:42:31,159 --> 00:42:32,440
Speaker 3: Appreciate it, brother, have a good day.

935
00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:33,960
Speaker 2: Man, all right, man you too.

936
00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:36,280
Speaker 4: All Right, the great Mikey Mata good enough to join

937
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:38,960
us here. Remember checked out check out his show miked

938
00:42:39,039 --> 00:42:42,920
Up on YouTube. That is during the week Monday, Wednesday

939
00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:45,400
and Friday. Monday and Wednesday at six pm, Friday at

940
00:42:45,559 --> 00:42:48,199
one pm. He does that with our boy La Lloyd.

941
00:42:48,559 --> 00:42:51,360
All Right, we will step away. I think actually, like

942
00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:54,000
the person who's supposed to be the new co host

943
00:42:54,079 --> 00:42:56,440
of the show, Matt Flynn, is going to join us

944
00:42:56,519 --> 00:42:59,079
in like ten minutes from now. I saw Laundre's look.

945
00:42:59,079 --> 00:43:01,039
I kind of have the same look, like will it happen?

946
00:43:01,440 --> 00:43:03,320
Speaker 3: Maybe? Kind of sort of.

947
00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:08,840
Speaker 4: We'll see here on OTB off the bench, all right,

948
00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:12,840
go to Boudros Electrical dot com Budroselectrical dot Com. We

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talked about it earlierhen We were talking about, you know,

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your HVAC system going out this time.

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Speaker 3: Of year and how miserable that would be.

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Speaker 4: Just imagine if your whole home just lost power for

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whatever reason. I mean, we got crazy weather here in

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the summertime in South Louisiana. But if you have that

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whole home generator ready to go, as soon as that happens,

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it fires up and you do not miss a beat.

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So go to Boudros Electrical dot Com. You can get

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more information there. You can get a quote top right

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corner of the website. You can also pick a phone,

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give me a call, like, hey, let's talk this thing out.

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Let's talk about our different options that we have north

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Shore nine eight five three nine seven one five six

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two and the greater Baton Rouge area. The number is

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two two five three zero zero nine three eight nine.

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Because again, like you want to make sure that you

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have a plane, you are ready to go. So go

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to Boujo's Electrical dot Com. More power, more protection, looking to.

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Speaker 1: Buy, build a refinance a home? And this is off

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the bench.

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Speaker 3: Am I getting OTV here on this Wednesday morning?

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Speaker 4: I just had to change my password on x Twitter

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or whatever you want to call it, and it is

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like seventeen steps to confirm that it's me.

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Speaker 3: It's a lot.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, they went from like two fa to like just

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all the fays, all the authorizations.

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Speaker 3: Save this code in a safe place. Save this code

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nowhere save. I don't know. Look, it's not that big.

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Speaker 6: Someone got my debit card number somehow. I had to

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get a new debit card.

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Speaker 3: Me too.

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Speaker 8: It happened to my mom too.

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Speaker 4: I kept seeing these twenty nine ninety nine charges from

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like these random like credit cards, like these like bad

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credit credit cards. Yeah, twenty nine nine nine nine.

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Speaker 6: I was like, what, someone tried to spend like six

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hundred and something dollars at Walmart dot Com on my

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debit card. Yeah, and my my bank was like this, girl,

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I'm buying six hundred. I wear the stuff from Walmart me.

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Speaker 3: They'd be like, okay's feeding the kids.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, yeah, I don't know what it was. But happened

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to my mom too, something like something okay.

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Speaker 4: So that's part of the reason, like I got in

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the car wash situation and right now because I had

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to shut my card off and went and to get

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a new one. So I have tap on my phone

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like Apple pay, but Carwash didn't have that, So like

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I was left with a crappy situation.

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Speaker 8: Did you go to the new Bennies the one that's

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like on.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well yeah cross from Mike Rosses.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, the one on Perkins has tap because I've had

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to do that before. Yeah, because I forgot my person

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needed to go through it.

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Speaker 4: This one did not, or at least the guy said

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it did. And I was like, hey, apple pey, Apple Pey,

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held up my phone. It's like give me that gave

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me the like the next throat slash. Yeah, no, no, no,

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he was probably lying what do you mean by in line?

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Speaker 3: Either?

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Speaker 4: I don't know, and so the situation lasted much longer

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than it should have. All right, we are going to

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step away. I believe that we do have Matt Flynn

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in the building. So first surprise of the day is

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that he is here and he's ready to go again.

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This isn't like the official start of the new show

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or anything. He's normally here on Wednesday. He's got to

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take a headshot, so he's gonna pop in say what's up.

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We'll make fun of him like we always do, and

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we'll do it right here on O T beat off

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the bench, Gonna go Tommy's dot com. That's g E

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A u X Tommy's dot com. That is the website

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for Tommy's Windows, doors and Siding. And you go to

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the website, you'll clearly see the difference and one of

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the best things about the website it's got you know,

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things they can do for you. Each actually has its

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own tab, so windows, doors, siding, they all have their

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own tab, right, But also, like anything else, they can

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do other services that they can help you out with.

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So if you've got, you know, gutter situation where you're like,

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you need to install some gutters, like, that's something they

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can do.

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Speaker 9: Right.

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Speaker 3: If you need to change something.

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Speaker 4: You know with your outdoor space that maybe you don't

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think that Tommy can hand trust me, No, they can

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handle that as well, So go check all that out.

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Other services on their website again, go Tommy's dot com.

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Check out testimonials, past clients, gallery of work they can

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do for you, Customize your job just having come out

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to your home, your project, whatever it might be.

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Speaker 3: Go tommies dot com