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<v Speaker 1>The first weekend of official business was successful for Raging

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<v Speaker 1>Cagen's Football as they add some commitments to the twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty seven class. Let's break it all down here on

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<v Speaker 1>Raging Rundown. What's good, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to

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<v Speaker 1>another episode of Raging Rundown, the show where you will

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<v Speaker 1>know all things ul sports. I'm your guy, JaMarcus Fitzpatrick,

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<v Speaker 1>but you know you can always call me fits. And

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<v Speaker 1>in today's episode, we'll be talking about the commitments that

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<v Speaker 1>Raging Cajun Football has received to their twenty twenty seven class,

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<v Speaker 1>as well as a pair of bullpen arms that Raging

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<v Speaker 1>Cagen's Baseball has added to their team for next season. So,

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<v Speaker 1>as we've talked about in previous episodes, we can which

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<v Speaker 1>you can go and check that out. This past weekend

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<v Speaker 1>or I guess the past couple of days has been

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<v Speaker 1>the first official weekend of official visits for Rage Incag's Football.

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<v Speaker 1>They have a couple of weekend schedule. I have some

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<v Speaker 1>names listed down of what those guys will be for

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<v Speaker 1>the next couple of weeks.

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<v Speaker 2>But as it stood, you.

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<v Speaker 1>Had seven players to come in and have official visits

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<v Speaker 1>this past weekend, you had Summer Creek dB Caleb White,

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<v Speaker 1>Very Day wide receiver Robert Taylor University lab d Lyman

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<v Speaker 1>Mason Smith, Saint Edge Jock Robischow, Shadow Creek tight end

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<v Speaker 1>Bryce Coleman STM safety Landon or t And then I

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<v Speaker 1>was recently told while I was posting about it that PJ.

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<v Speaker 1>Mackeon Junior was also on an official visit there as

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<v Speaker 1>well this past weekend. But you were extremely successful because

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<v Speaker 1>you got three players to commit while they were on

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<v Speaker 1>their official visits. One actually just announcing right after I

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<v Speaker 1>started recording this episode, So I initially had it as

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<v Speaker 1>football gets a pair of commitments, and I just had

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<v Speaker 1>to change into football gets commitments after official visits.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm probably going to be checking my.

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<v Speaker 1>Phone as I'm recording this episode to make sure nobody

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<v Speaker 1>else comes back and circles back and announced their commitment

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<v Speaker 1>as well. So we'll start with the initial guy that

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<v Speaker 1>announced his commitment, which was a defensive lineman, Mason Smith,

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<v Speaker 1>the university high defensive lineman. For him, he was initially

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<v Speaker 1>offered back on June fifteenth of last year, so this

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<v Speaker 1>is a year in the making process of getting him

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<v Speaker 1>to commit to your program. If I'm assuming what happened

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<v Speaker 1>is that he went to a prospect camp. They are

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<v Speaker 1>holding prospect camps right now for the twenty eighth class.

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<v Speaker 1>He probably went to a prospect camp. They liked what

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<v Speaker 1>they saw, they gave him an offer. He was the

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<v Speaker 1>third school that he received an offer from. And in

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<v Speaker 1>the process, now you're beating out the likes of Southern

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<v Speaker 1>miss Liberty, TWU Lane, South Alabama, and Arkansas State. So

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<v Speaker 1>all very linear schools in terms of the level that

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<v Speaker 1>you're competing against. You beat them out to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to get this commitment. Obviously, he was a player that

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<v Speaker 1>was on an official visit this weekend. He is listed

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<v Speaker 1>as a three star. He's the thirty eighth best player

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<v Speaker 1>in the state according to twenty four to seven Sports,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's the second rank defensive lineman in the state

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<v Speaker 1>of Louisiana. So you're getting a really talented player standing

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<v Speaker 1>at six foot three, two hundred and eighty pounds. If

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not mistaken, let me go back to his Twitter

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<v Speaker 1>account just so I can confirm that six foot three,

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred and eighty pounds and runs of five flats

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<v Speaker 1>in the forty and he also plays baseball as a

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<v Speaker 1>first baseman. So he's got some athleticism to him. If

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<v Speaker 1>I had to guess, he's probably going to be more

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<v Speaker 1>of an interior defensive lineman, something like what we see

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<v Speaker 1>with Fitzgerald West and Maxie Bodwin, players of that caliber.

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<v Speaker 1>So adding him to the mix is really big for

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<v Speaker 1>you because we know that the defensive line plays in

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<v Speaker 1>a forty on set, but they don't just play with

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<v Speaker 1>four guys. They like to rotate as many guys as possible.

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<v Speaker 1>So adding someone young to the group is someone we

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<v Speaker 1>could potentially see him slowly working his way in through

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<v Speaker 1>special teams, maybe getting a rapper to here and there,

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<v Speaker 1>and eventually becoming a guy that helps you to be

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<v Speaker 1>able to win ball games on Saturdays. So kudos to

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<v Speaker 1>him for announcing his commitment. I reached out to him

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<v Speaker 1>to see what went into his decision. I have not

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<v Speaker 1>heard back from him just yet, but once I do

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<v Speaker 1>hear something, I'll either talk about it at on my

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<v Speaker 1>day job at KTC, or I'll talk about it here

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<v Speaker 1>on the pod. The next player that announced his commitment

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<v Speaker 1>was Landon or Ti, who is a local product. So

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<v Speaker 1>he is staying at home and coming up in a

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<v Speaker 1>situation for you where you identified him as somebody that

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<v Speaker 1>you wanted very quickly, and he committed very quickly. He

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<v Speaker 1>received his offer on May the fourth. He had other

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<v Speaker 1>offers from the likes of Nichols Incarnate Word in Northwestern

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<v Speaker 1>State so FCS school. So this is his biggest offer

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<v Speaker 1>that he head up until this point. You got him

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<v Speaker 1>on an official visit and he commits. Getting the footprint

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<v Speaker 1>of a local product, in my opinion, is always going

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<v Speaker 1>to be really big because obviously the majority of this

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<v Speaker 1>team's roster is comprised of guys in the state of Louisiana.

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<v Speaker 1>But there's nothing better than being able to get a

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<v Speaker 1>local guy. And like we've talked about before on this podcast,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not that they don't recruit local guys. But when

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<v Speaker 1>you think about some of the guys that are in

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<v Speaker 1>this same class, you think of brayln Cale, you think

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<v Speaker 1>of Kuran Eugene, you think of you know, so many

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<v Speaker 1>other guys that are in this twenty twenty seventh class.

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<v Speaker 2>They're receiving powerful offers.

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<v Speaker 1>So once you kind of get outbitted in a sense,

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<v Speaker 1>it's not that you're giving up, it's just that you

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<v Speaker 1>know you're probably not gonna get them. You still cultivate

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<v Speaker 1>that relationship in case he goes somewhere and it doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>work out there and he wants to transfer back home.

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<v Speaker 1>Like what we saw with Walker Howard, what we saw

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<v Speaker 1>with Fitzgerald West. We've seen it time and time again.

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<v Speaker 1>The guys will go to bigger schools, it doesn't work

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<v Speaker 1>out out there for them, and they come back because

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<v Speaker 1>they have great relationships with your coaching staff. So you

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<v Speaker 1>still want to recruit the kid. It's just ultimately sometimes

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<v Speaker 1>you're not in the ballpark to be able to land

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<v Speaker 1>the commitment, but you land a commitment with him. This

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<v Speaker 1>past season, he played in twelve games. He was first

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<v Speaker 1>team All District and also All stayed for the LFCA,

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<v Speaker 1>which I think is the Louisiana Football Coaches Association. If

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<v Speaker 1>I'm remembering right off the top of my head, six

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<v Speaker 1>for two, one hundred and ninety pounds As a safety,

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<v Speaker 1>he had two interceptions, ten pass breakups, one hundred and

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<v Speaker 1>twenty two tackles, forty eight of them being solo. So

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<v Speaker 1>he really has a nose for the football. And if

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<v Speaker 1>I had to guess, he would probably be kind of

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<v Speaker 1>that secondary safety that's near near the box in the

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<v Speaker 1>Cajun's defensive scheme when they go in the four to

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<v Speaker 1>two five set, because they're based out of a four

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<v Speaker 1>to three, but when they take one linebacker out and

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<v Speaker 1>they put an extra safety in based on those type

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<v Speaker 1>of tackling numbers, that's probably going to be the type

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<v Speaker 1>of safety that he would be in this particular ski.

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<v Speaker 1>So you get a guy that is a local product

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<v Speaker 1>to commit to your school after getting a extended an

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<v Speaker 1>offer to him very early and being able to make

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<v Speaker 1>that happen, that's really huge. So I asked him what

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<v Speaker 1>went into his decision, and he said, the overall staff

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<v Speaker 1>and how everybody treated you good from the second that

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<v Speaker 1>you were in the building. So I'm probably going to

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<v Speaker 1>try to talk to him in person to get a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit more insight about what went into his decision

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<v Speaker 1>and how the visit as a whole went. So that's

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<v Speaker 1>another commitment. Kudos to him for making his decision to

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<v Speaker 1>become a Raging Cajun that you add to the class

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<v Speaker 1>as well. And the last commitment that Football received as

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<v Speaker 1>of today and he announced it probably within the last

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<v Speaker 1>hour is Summer Creek dB Caleb White. We talked about

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<v Speaker 1>him in a previous episode that he is a cornerback

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<v Speaker 1>and as I'm looking up some information about him as well,

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<v Speaker 1>his father is Reggie White, a running back that played

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<v Speaker 1>in the NFL. Not the great defensive lineman that we

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<v Speaker 1>all know and love as well, but his dad also

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<v Speaker 1>did play in the NFL. He originally went to Oklahoma

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<v Speaker 1>State and was undrafted in two thousand and one. Spent

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of years in the league. So he has

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<v Speaker 1>a football pedigree and background and knows what it takes

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<v Speaker 1>to get to that type of level because he has

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<v Speaker 1>that example right there in his household. He originally received

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<v Speaker 1>his offer from the Cajuns back in March. That was

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<v Speaker 1>his twelfth offer, so he is a hot commodity. Getting

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<v Speaker 1>him to commit to you. You beat out the likes

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<v Speaker 1>of Apps State in Texas State, North Texas, Duke Texas

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<v Speaker 1>el Passle, which actually has an official visit set with

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<v Speaker 1>him for next weekend. So it'll be interesting to see

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<v Speaker 1>if he will still go on that visit if he

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<v Speaker 1>will cancel it. I have not heard from him just

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<v Speaker 1>yet about what that decision will entel. But winning these

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<v Speaker 1>type of recruiting battles is really important, you know, with

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<v Speaker 1>college football twenty six or twenty five and now twenty seven.

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<v Speaker 1>Coming out, we saw a lot of that usage happening

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<v Speaker 1>in recruiting battles where you're going head to head with

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<v Speaker 1>different schools, and when they are on the same level

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<v Speaker 1>as you, or they're comparable with the same type of

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<v Speaker 1>school as you are, it's really big when you're able

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<v Speaker 1>to win these recruiting battles bring guys into your program

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<v Speaker 1>when they're quality players. He is five to ten, one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and seventy one pounds. This past season as a corner,

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<v Speaker 1>he only had seventeen targets his way. He allowed just

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<v Speaker 1>two catches the entire season, no touchdowns, five interceptions, with

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<v Speaker 1>one of them being a pick six. He had ten

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<v Speaker 1>pass breakups, two tackles for loss in twenty one tackles.

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<v Speaker 1>So he's not a guy that's gonna come up and

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<v Speaker 1>make a whole lot of tackles for you. He's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>come down and shut down one side of the field

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<v Speaker 1>for you, which is really really big in your defense. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>you have a Brent Gordon Junior, who's a man and

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<v Speaker 1>man type of corner on one side. You have an

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<v Speaker 1>Avery Demrie, you have a Jeremiah Moses, so you have

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of cornerbacks that can play in pressman situations.

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<v Speaker 1>It appears that that's gonna be the type of corner

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<v Speaker 1>that this young man can be for you as well.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, he kind of has that that Eric Gearer

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<v Speaker 1>type build in the sense of what he is, and

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<v Speaker 1>who knows, maybe he could materialize and become something like

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<v Speaker 1>that too, especially when it comes to the return game.

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<v Speaker 1>So you add three commits from this class after going

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<v Speaker 1>through your first weekend of official visits. So now you

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<v Speaker 1>are up to nine players in this class and they

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<v Speaker 1>are as follows. Shallow Creek tight end Bryce Coleman, who

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<v Speaker 1>was also on an official visit this past weekend. A

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<v Speaker 1>Oyls defensive lineman Kobe Smith. He'll be in town next weekend.

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<v Speaker 1>This coming weekend. That is Faraday wide receiver Rob Taylor.

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<v Speaker 1>He was on a visit this weekend. Westbrook quarterback Tam Anderson.

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<v Speaker 1>He will be on a visit next weekend. Angleton offensive

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<v Speaker 1>lineman Noah ERNs next weekend. Black Man and wide receiver

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<v Speaker 1>John Walker. University lab defensive lineman Mason Smith, lend Nor Ti,

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<v Speaker 1>and Caleb White are all a part of your class.

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<v Speaker 1>So now things are coming even more closer to form

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<v Speaker 1>your one commitment away from having double digit commits here

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<v Speaker 1>in the twenty twenty seven class, and the work is

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<v Speaker 1>just continuing to go along, right. You get guys in,

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<v Speaker 1>you get commitments very early, and now the thing is

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<v Speaker 1>being able to hold the rope, as we always say,

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<v Speaker 1>because as these guys continue to play through their senior seasons,

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<v Speaker 1>somebody can see them and can offer them, and they

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<v Speaker 1>can blow up and become a four star, even a

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<v Speaker 2>We've seen things like this happen overnight.

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<v Speaker 1>You think about a guy like a Marquez Davis, who's

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<v Speaker 1>a Northwest product here in Opelousis. You will originally offer him,

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<v Speaker 1>he gets an offer from Lane Kiffin, goes on an

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<v Speaker 1>official visit, and now he's projected to commit to the Tigers.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's not to say that this could happen, that

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<v Speaker 1>this will happen, but it's a possibility that it always

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<v Speaker 1>could happen. So the Cajuns are going to have to

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<v Speaker 1>hold the rope with these nine commits. Continue to cultivate

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<v Speaker 1>these relationships. Let these young men know, hey, we want

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<v Speaker 1>you to be a part of our program and if

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<v Speaker 1>building something special.

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<v Speaker 2>Towards the future. So you're up to.

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<v Speaker 1>Nine commits here in your twenty twenty seven class. You'll have,

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<v Speaker 1>i believe, two more weekends coming up with the official

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<v Speaker 1>visits that you have going on. But football was not

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<v Speaker 1>the only program that received some commitments, as we also

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<v Speaker 1>saw baseball get a pair of commitments. And they are

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<v Speaker 1>coming from a familiar place in the Sun Belt, and

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<v Speaker 1>they have a lot of familiarity with your coaching staff

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<v Speaker 1>as well. We'll discuss all of those things, what they

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<v Speaker 1>we come back here on Rage and Rundown. Hey, guys,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you so much for tuning in to another episode

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<v Speaker 1>of Raging Rundown. We're going to get back into the

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<v Speaker 1>action in just a second, but before we do, please

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<v Speaker 1>us get in front of more Raging Cajun fans like yourself. So,

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<v Speaker 1>as I mentioned before the break, Raging Cagen's Baseball also

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<v Speaker 1>received a pair of commitments from guys out of the

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<v Speaker 1>transfer portal. We've talked about some of the junior college guys,

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<v Speaker 1>the high school signees that they've already added as commits.

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<v Speaker 1>Now they're working through the portal, and coach Matt Diggs

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<v Speaker 1>talked about it after they're lost to Mississippi State how

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<v Speaker 1>he felt that if he could add some strong arms

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<v Speaker 1>to the bullpen that he already has, that this team

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<v Speaker 1>could be in line for having a goal of hosting

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<v Speaker 1>a regional in twenty twenty seven. So they're one step

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<v Speaker 1>closer to that as they get commitments from two pictures

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<v Speaker 1>that are transferring from Marshall, which is the place that

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<v Speaker 1>pitching coach Taylor Sanderford came from, so they are very

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<v Speaker 1>familiar with your pitching coach, which is a huge positive

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<v Speaker 1>to what you're having building in your program. The first

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<v Speaker 1>picture is Blaine Albright. He is a lefty. He has

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<v Speaker 1>two more years of eligibility. He stands at six foot three,

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<v Speaker 1>he's two hundred and twenty five pounds. He originally signed

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<v Speaker 1>with Indiana and red shirted that first year in Bloomington

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<v Speaker 1>and then transferred to Marshall and played there for two

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<v Speaker 1>seasons in his first season with the Herd, he was

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<v Speaker 1>one to oher. He had a four to twenty four

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<v Speaker 1>ERA and seventeen appearances, gave up fourteen hits, five walks,

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<v Speaker 1>struck out twenty and seventeen innings, and his opponents only

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<v Speaker 1>hit a two to twelve batting average against him. But

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<v Speaker 1>then coach Sanderford obviously last season leaves and things didn't

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<v Speaker 1>go as well for Albright. He was one for three.

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<v Speaker 1>He had a seven point nine to two ERA over

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen outings, including four starts and twenty five innings. He

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<v Speaker 1>allowed thirty hits, twenty five walks, and struck out twenty three.

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<v Speaker 1>He talked about in an article with Kevin Foote that

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<v Speaker 1>he was struggling with a pulled hamstring in his first

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<v Speaker 1>outing of the season and things kind of went downhill

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<v Speaker 1>from there with him. But he talked about how much

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<v Speaker 1>he appreciated coach Sanderford just as the coach that he

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<v Speaker 1>truly is. And I reached out to him and asked

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<v Speaker 1>him what went into his decision, and he said, coach

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<v Speaker 1>Sanderford playing and simple played under him and Marshall and

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<v Speaker 1>he's the best.

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<v Speaker 2>Coach I've ever had.

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<v Speaker 1>So you have a guy on your staff that has

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<v Speaker 1>cultivated a relationship well enough, and that's that's going to

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<v Speaker 1>be a key component to a lot of your recruiting battles,

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<v Speaker 1>is that if you build great relationships and it's bigger

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<v Speaker 1>than the sport with a lot of these guys and

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<v Speaker 1>these coaches, it makes them want to play for you.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been around enough of these programs at UEL that

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<v Speaker 1>I hear that as a common theme that these guys

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<v Speaker 1>really care. It's not just a business here. They truly

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<v Speaker 1>genuinely care about you as a player and a person

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<v Speaker 1>rather than just you being you know, an X or

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<v Speaker 1>O on the on the field or whatever the competition

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<v Speaker 1>state of where you're at. And I think that is

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<v Speaker 1>truly important because that is what is going to matter

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<v Speaker 1>most when things are hard in games and guys are

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<v Speaker 1>not things are not going their way in different games,

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<v Speaker 1>They're gonna play for you because they know you care

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<v Speaker 1>about them. And so this is an example of that.

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<v Speaker 1>Getting the commitment from him, and then he also got

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<v Speaker 1>a commitment from Charlie Crabs, who also was at Marshall.

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<v Speaker 1>He is a senior and this will be his last

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<v Speaker 1>season coming in to twenty twenty seven. He's six foot two,

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<v Speaker 1>two hundred and fifteen pounds, and he was under coach

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<v Speaker 1>Sanderford for two seasons before obviously Sandy came to UL

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<v Speaker 1>this past year. In twenty twenty five, he was five

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<v Speaker 1>and two with a two to ninety two ERA in

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<v Speaker 1>twenty seven outings for the thunder and heard he gave

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<v Speaker 1>up thirty six hits in fifty two and a third

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<v Speaker 1>innings with twenty four walks and forty strikeouts. And this

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<v Speaker 1>past season, Crabs was two and three with three saves

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<v Speaker 1>and a six point zero eight ERA in twenty four

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<v Speaker 1>appearances in forty innings. He surrendered forty five hits, twenty

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<v Speaker 1>three walks, and struck out thirty eight. So again he

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<v Speaker 1>talked about how much he cares about coach Sandford and

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<v Speaker 1>if I can go and pull that DM up of

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<v Speaker 1>where I reached out to him, because I'm also reading

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<v Speaker 1>from the article that Kevin put Kevin foot excuse me

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<v Speaker 1>put out talking about the two commitments with the Advocate,

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<v Speaker 1>I asked him what went into his decision as well.

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<v Speaker 1>He said, getting back with coach Sanderford was a huge

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<v Speaker 1>part of it. But during my recruiting process, I just

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<v Speaker 1>started to fall in love with the Cajun's winning culture

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<v Speaker 1>and especially what Coach Diggs preaches to the program. So

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<v Speaker 1>another component about this that I haven't talked about. Neither

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<v Speaker 1>one of these guys took a visit, None of them have.

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<v Speaker 1>Neither one of them have come to Lafayette just quite yet.

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<v Speaker 1>They'll be here later, probably in the back half of

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<v Speaker 1>June to take their official visits. They are committing off

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<v Speaker 1>of the strength of Coach Sanderford and off the relationship

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<v Speaker 1>they have cultivated with him and what they believe can

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<v Speaker 1>happen based on what Coach Diggs has told them through conversations.

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<v Speaker 1>And that is paramount because you can wow people with

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<v Speaker 1>glitz and glam, and you can show them great facilities

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<v Speaker 1>and uniforms, and you can give them an NIO check

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<v Speaker 1>and all of these things like that. But when guys

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<v Speaker 1>are willing to commit to you off the strength of hey, man,

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<v Speaker 1>I care about you as a person and I want

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<v Speaker 1>you to be great in life, you can't beat that.

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<v Speaker 1>So you get two bullpen arms. You get two arms

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<v Speaker 1>added to your bullpen. That is one being a very

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<v Speaker 1>experienced writy I believe Charlie krabs Is and then Blaine

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<v Speaker 1>Albright having two years of eligibility, somebody that can help

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<v Speaker 1>you as well with what you already have on your staff.

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<v Speaker 1>The ty Romans that saw your Cruits, the Parker Smith's,

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<v Speaker 1>the Hayden Pearson's, the cam Riley's, the Landing Victorians, like

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<v Speaker 1>you're adding a ple tour of guys to give you

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<v Speaker 1>an opportunity to be really, really special in twenty twenty seven.

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<v Speaker 1>If I'm not mistaken, I think I have a sheet

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<v Speaker 1>pulled up where you guys know I like to do

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<v Speaker 1>rock layouts, and I can see it fully and I

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<v Speaker 1>think I did when I know I have one for football,

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<v Speaker 1>because that's what's coming up on my sheets guide. Let

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<v Speaker 1>me see I did do one for baseball. So right now,

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<v Speaker 1>out of your bullpen, based on what we've heard of

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<v Speaker 1>guys returning and the commitments that you have you currently have,

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<v Speaker 1>I think this is sixteen pitchers, Ty Rowman, Garrett Carter,

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<v Speaker 1>cam Riley, Parker Smith, Hayden Pearson, saw your Pruett, Chase Morgan,

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<v Speaker 1>potentially Geral Tilett, land In, Victorian Bryce Wilson, Evan Vincent

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<v Speaker 1>from Turlin's Catholic Trent Lape. I'm trying to remember how

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<v Speaker 1>to pronounce his name. Correctly, but he's the BIBSI transfer

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<v Speaker 1>coming in David and Kubat, Maddix, Sullivan, Charlie Cribs, and

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<v Speaker 1>Blaine Albright. I think that is sixteen pitchers that you

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<v Speaker 1>have in your bullpen, and what I've been told is

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<v Speaker 1>they could be adding more out of the transfer portal.

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<v Speaker 1>They're looking to add a catcher and maybe some infielder

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<v Speaker 1>or outfielder as well. As the portal window will be

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<v Speaker 1>said to close on June thirtieth.

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<v Speaker 2>It's June the.

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<v Speaker 1>Seventh as of now, so they have plenty of time

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<v Speaker 1>to work through those things to see what guys they

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<v Speaker 1>want to add to their program. So it was a

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<v Speaker 1>very eventful week, a big week for the Raging Cajun's

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<v Speaker 1>football and baseball programs as football gets three commitments and

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<v Speaker 1>now gets their twenty twenty seven class up to nine players.

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<v Speaker 1>Baseball adds a pair of arms to the bullpen as well.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's going to wrap up this episode here on

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<v Speaker 1>Rage and Rundown. If you've made it to this point

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<v Speaker 1>Just like yourself, I'm your guy, jam Marcus Fitzpatrick. We'll

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