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Speaker 1: Star to Yoda presents Off the Bench with Jacob Hester

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and Matt Flynn.

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Speaker 2: Let's go.

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Speaker 1: Let's go from a championship backfield to your morning drive.

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Speaker 3: Hansday, Hester and Hester got it five out.

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Speaker 1: Of five your locks in to Off the Bench control

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the Live from the Mercedes Benz of Baton Rouge Studio.

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Here's Jacob Hester and Matt Flynn.

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Speaker 4: Yo.

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Speaker 3: I'm not doing that, all right, It's not no, no,

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Speaker 5: Yo, right, pibes are high this morning here on O TV. Guys,

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Taylor sharpy with you one more time, Jacob Hester, Matt

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Flynn not back quite yet.

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Speaker 4: They needed one more day off.

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Speaker 5: They will I have been told almost ninety percent certain

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at this point they will be back tomorrow. We will

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find out probably sometime this afternoon. But Taylor Sharp here

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with you, hanging out the rest of the morning with you,

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and we got a lot to talk about.

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Speaker 4: I mean, we got New Orleans Saints.

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Speaker 5: They got a new contract done over the weekend, a

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big time contract that had to get done before the

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start of training camp, which will occur on Wednesday. We're

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gonna talk to Melochu Football News as SEC media or

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the media that was out there at SEC media days,

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I should say, put out their list of first team,

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second team, third team. Like all SEC teams. I have

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a lot of issues with it. We'll discuss that a

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little bit later on. We got Devin Snow in his

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normal spot at nine am. We had a big weekend

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out there in New Orleans. And then we'll have Rolster

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Jackson at eight point thirty hopping on to preview a

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little bit of Saints training camp, which of course I

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just mentioned is starting on this Wednesday.

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Speaker 4: You heard a launder there a little bit.

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Speaker 5: Earlier, my guy Paul O'Neill over here the video board,

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having to pull a double. Paul's gonna be here till

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about seven o'clock tonight. How we feeling vibes high, vibes low,

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be somewhere in the middle.

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Speaker 4: How are we doing? You got a long one today?

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We're somewhere in the middle as of right now. Okay,

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ask me that at like four right, right, right, Yeah.

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Speaker 5: When you got one hour to go in AFR, it's

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like you got one hour left, but you've been here

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for like twelve hours at that point.

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Speaker 4: It's it's it's bad vibes.

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Speaker 5: When I saw you send that text, when Matt was like, Hey,

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I need somebody to fill in on video because Taylor

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has the host and you were the one to respond

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be like I can do it. I was like, oh man,

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I got Paul in for a long one. Look, we've

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all been there. As I mentioned, we got a jam

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packed show today. So right now, let's get this show started.

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Speaker 1: It's time to get glowing courtesy of go Flow ivy

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Speaker 5: Okay, so it was the big story of the weekend

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here in the state of Louisiana. Look, when rookies are

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finalizing their deals, traditionally only first round picks get a

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fully guaranteed deal. Well, earlier in the offseason, Jaydon Higgins,

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the Texans wide receiver, he got a fully guaranteed deal.

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Carson Swezinger, the linebacker at a UCLA, he got a

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fully guaranteed deal as well. Now they were the top

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two picks of the second round, so it led to

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a little bit of a holdout from a lot of

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second round rookies. And Tyler Schuck didn't have a contract

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as of this weekend. Well that is all changed the

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New Orleans Saints and rookie quarterback Tyler Schuck have agreed

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to terms on a four year contract worth ten point

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seven nine to five million dollars fully guaranteed, of course.

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Adam Schefter reported this on Saturday. He said they agreed

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to the full contract got pick number forty Shuck as

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the last player selected in the twenty twenty five draft

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to secure a fully guaranteed deal. So, as I just mentioned,

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normally it's the first round pick, right, it's the top

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thirty two. Maybe this sets a president to where, hey,

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that top forty Caudshuck was at forty, Maybe that top

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forty going forward, we'll get that guaranteed money. Of course

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they did this year. The contract also includes an annual

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roster bonus structure where Shark will receive the majority of

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his compensation each year up front during the first week

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of training camp. So it's nothing new here. The Saints

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are kind of team cream with a contact trying to

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find the best way to get the player of the

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money that they believe they deserve and to help them

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out in the cap situation. I got roster Jackson actually

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onluisianasports dot Net put out a really interesting article. Obviously

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he linked at them Schefter's tweet, but he mentioned, look,

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typically a roster bonus the guaranteed amount of money that

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is contingent upon a player being on the roster at

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a designated time. No details on what it's going to

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look like, what amount of money they're going to get.

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during the same year, and even put an example like

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if a player is on the roster at a date

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ahead of the twenty twenty six training camp and their

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twenty twenty six bonus kicks in. Otherwise teams work ahead,

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that would mean guarantee in a twenty twenty seven bonus

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won a date later in twenty twenty six. So a

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lot of jargon there, But look, it doesn't matter how

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this deal got done. It doesn't matter fully guaranteed, not

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fully guaranteed. Like what matters is that it did get done,

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because training camp is starting up in just a few

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days and you're not gonna want to have Spencer Ratler

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out there taken all the first team reps by default.

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Now at the end of training camp, if Rattler separates himself,

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then that's fine. Let him take all the first team reps.

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But I want Shock and Rattler out there both battling

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for that quarterback one spot because it's good for all involved.

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Speaker 4: Competition makes you better.

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Speaker 5: But look again, if Rattler indeed wins this job, I

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don't want to to be by default. I don't want

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him to say, oh well, shucks a camp hold out,

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the contract, disputes going online. He's behind the eight ball

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a little bit. He has some catching up to do

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being a rookie. Anyways, we're gonna have to wait, you know,

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and maybe starting week four, week five, week six of

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the season because he's not up to speed.

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Speaker 4: Well, that's no longer the case. Like you want to

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Speaker 5: You need to see how the Saints offense flows with

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Speaker 4: The more options the better.

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Speaker 5: Is how I've always looked at like you look at

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it camps across the country right now, like there's a

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lot of rookie quarterbacks battling for jobs, but all of

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them were scheduled to be at camp. The one we

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were wondering about was Tyler Shuck. He's going to be there.

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Spencer Rattler is going to be there. Obviously, those are

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the top two guys. But look, Jay Cayner's in the mix.

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You see Hunter Decker's right here on the picture behind me.

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There are four guys out there. You want as many

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guys as possible because this is a revamp. Like you

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brought in Kellen Moore to build the offense the way

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he wanted to. He felt comfortable enough spending a top

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forty overall pick one Tyler Shuck. Clearly that's the guy

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that he would like to run his offense. Now, Shuck's

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still gonna have to earn the job. He's not gonna

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come in and say, hey, I drafted you high. You're

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the guy I want to go with. Go out there,

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even though you've struggled in camp. He's still us to

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earn the job. But the fact that he's going to

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be out there with the contract negotiations behind him, fully

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bought in, ready to go in camp, that tells me

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that he's fully bought in. I'm excited about this. As

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far as who wins the battle, I don't know. I mean, look,

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I just laid out that Chuck was the guy that

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that Kellen Moore drafted, right, that Dougnsemeyer wanted in the

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building as well.

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Speaker 4: That's the guy that they targeted.

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Speaker 5: And I know what you're saying, Oh, well, you know,

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they could have drafted to Jackson Dart in the first

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round or anything like this. There were reports early on,

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like two months before the draft, that Tyler Shuck was

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Orleans Saints. So it's not one of those things where, oh,

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the top guys on our board were taken. We kind

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of waited until forty and kind of took whatever was left.

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Shuck was a guy that was really really high on

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the Saints board. This is a guy that they like,

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and I think that gives him an advantage. Now, obviously,

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Spencer Ratler has the experience in the league because he

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had been there a year before, but he wasn't a

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full time starter. Now he got a lot of starts

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and he played a lot just because Derek Carr was

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injured for the entire year. That held the entire offense

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was injured for the entire year. Again, Ratler has the

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advantage being in his second year. But I mean, Tyler

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Shuck's now your normal rookie. Everyone loves to point out, Oh, man,

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Tyler Shuck's old. He's twenty five years old, which I've

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always thought is stupid, Like, yeah, he's a quarterback, he's

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not a running back. Like if Tyler Shuck comes in

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works out, becomes your starting quarterback for the next decade, Wan,

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he's only thirty five years old at that point in

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quarterbacks are playing well into their forties now. And secondly,

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no one's going to care how old the guy was

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when he drafted him. If he's your starting quarterback for

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the next decade, if you're starting quarterback for the next

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ten years, well then it worked out wonderfully. Being there

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at the fortieth overall pick, you grabbed your future franchise quarterback.

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A Lave appears to be healthy right now. We'll see

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the health of Rashiji, But right now the Saints are

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about as healthy as they can be going into camp,

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and I understand they don't have a lot of top

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tier guys. There's not any guys out there. You're like, hey,

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these guys are going to be all pro. The Saints

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rosters loaded. You have a Lave, you Rashid jh. You

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have Brandon Cooks that's a decent three. Now I'm not

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sure you have a bona fide number one, but all

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three of those guys can play. Cooks a little bit older.

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Rashid and Alave have had some injury issues, but when

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they're all three fully healthy and ready to go, they're

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talented players.

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Speaker 4: And last year you had no depth behind Alvin kam.

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Speaker 5: When Kamara needed a breather, you had Kendre Miller who

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was hurt and wasn't playing. You had Jordan Mems who

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just didn't give you a whole lot of production.

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Speaker 4: Anyways.

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Speaker 5: Now behind Alvin Kamara you have Devin Neil, who by

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all accounts of this staff loves, They drafted in the

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sixth round out of Kansas. You still have Kendre Miller.

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If he can stay healthy. A lot of people are

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still high on him. You signed Clyde Edwards and Layer

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halfway through the year last year because you were so injured.

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He's still out there at camp. You just brought in

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Cam Akers. Now that's two Achilles injuries, but he's a

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year and a half removed from that second.

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Speaker 4: When can he get back into four.

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Speaker 5: He's a guy that meant a lot to a Los

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Angeles Rams team that won the Super Bowl. During that

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playoff run, you saw a lot of camp acers. He's

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been in some big time moments. He's produced in big

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time moments. The offensive line is another like. The offensive

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line was a straight up liability last year. That's why

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Carr was hurt. That's why all your running backs behind

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Alvin Kamara were hurt. The offensive line was shaky. You

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bring in Kelvin Banks, it looks like he's going to

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slide right in there to left tackle. Eric McCoy, in

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my opinion, one of the best sinners in all the

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football Tyley sa Fuaga likely sliding over to right tackle.

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Caesar Ruiz, who has been shaky at times, but that's

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still a guy who you spent a first round pick

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on just a few years ago. Can you finally get

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him some protection between McCoy and the tackle on the

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other side of him. Maybe try to get as much

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as you can out of a Caesar So between Banks, Ruez, McCoy,

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Trevor Penning, who I hope can work out at that

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guard spot, and then Tally saf Well get right tackle.

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top five.

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Speaker 4: Unit in the league.

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Speaker 5: Can they be serviceable, can they be stable? Can they

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stay healthy and a whole play together. If you can

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get any of that, you're in a lot better shape

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than you were a year ago. But we'll see how

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the quarterback battle shakes out. But with Tyler Shark's contract

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in the rear view mirror, you got him, you got

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Spencer Rattler battling it out for QB one and as

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a whole, you're pretty healthy overall heading into training camp.

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All right, we're going to take a quick time out

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when we get back SEC media to wrap up media days.

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This broke about noon on Friday. Put out there all

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SEC team and projected order of finish. We're breaking it

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Speaker 1: From Players to Legends, Hester and Flynn breakdown LSU football

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like only champions can.

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Speaker 5: Welcome back in Monday edition of Off the Bench, Taylor

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Sharp sitting in for Jacob Hester and Matt Flynn. The

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guys will be back tomorrow for sure. We do have

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confirmation on that. Mentioned it a little bit there going

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into break. On Friday to wrap up SEC Media Days,

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a list came out that all the media that was

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out there at SEC Media Days put out there all

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SEC team and the projected order of finish Right now,

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I want to look at the All SEC team because

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I have some major issues with it. When you look

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at the defense, will start there first. LSU has one guy,

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It's Wit Weeks on the first team at linebacker.

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Speaker 4: Makes a lot of sense. Weeks was excellent last year.

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Speaker 5: If he's fully recovered from that ankle injury that he

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suffered in the Bowl game, then I have no reason

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to believe the Wod Weeks is not gonna be awesome

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this year.

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Speaker 4: As well.

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Speaker 5: The second team, you have one guy as well, linebacker

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Harold Perkins.

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Speaker 4: Again makes sense.

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Speaker 5: You can't put him first team because of the injuries

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we've seen the last couple of years. But where it is,

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they're moving him to the star position full time. I

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think he's going to thrive there. That's a chance for

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him to move around. He can cover receivers out of

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the backfield, he can still rush the passer off the edge.

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He can still play inside if you need him too.

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That star position allows Harold Perkins to be very versatile.

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It frees him up in the Blake Baker defense.

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Speaker 4: I like that with your specialist.

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Speaker 5: Barrion Brown makes second team returner Xavi and Thomas makes

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second team All purpose.

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Speaker 4: Good with that until you see who's.

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Speaker 5: In front of them, Like Zachariah Branch from Georgia made

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first team in both of those categories, so he's first

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team returner and first team All purpose. I gotta be honest,

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I don't know where the hype around Zachariah Branch is

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coming from. I know how it started, I don't know

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why it's continued. So if you remember two years ago

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opening game at time twenty twenty three USC and I

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forget who they were playing, but Zacharia Branch, true freshman,

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first college game, had a punt return for a touchdown

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and caught a long pass for a touchdown, and people

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lost their minds.

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Speaker 4: The hype train has not slowed down since.

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Speaker 5: Okay, but during that twenty twenty three season, he had

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three hundred and twenty receiving yards, two touchdowns, and then

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in the return game he had three hundred yards of

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punt return just one return touchdown.

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Speaker 4: That's his only return touchdown in two years.

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Speaker 5: People talk about Zacharia Branch all the time being this

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dynamic playmaker. He has one return touchdown in punts one

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on kickoff, Like, that's pretty good but I mean, we

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had heard about Barryon Brown and the records that he had.

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Speaker 4: Set at Kentucky.

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Speaker 5: He has so many returns in big time moments, like

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Barryon Brown has to be first team on this list.

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And then when you look at the receiving numbers, a

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two year total for Zacharia Branch eight hundred and twenty

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three yards and three touchdowns.

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Speaker 4: That's in two full seasons.

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Speaker 5: I get that we saw Zacharia Branch on a big

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stage early in his career and he performed well. He

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hadn't done a whole heck of a lot since then,

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and it's been two years. We got to slow down

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on the Zacharia Branch hype train. So if any of

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you listen to our station after AFR, the Chuck Oliver

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ship normally comes on. I love the Chuck Oliver Show

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because I'm a football nerd, but I understand, you know,

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everybody's gonna have certain opinions. This was about two weeks ago.

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Whoever was filling in for Chuck Oliver. I don't remember

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the guy's name, but the point of it was he

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had a Georgia Beat reporter on and they were chatting

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back and forth about the Bulldogs and whoever the guy

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was filling in for Chuck Oliver goes. Look, you know,

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Georgia hadn't had a thousand yard receivers and brock Bauers

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like two or three years ago. I think that's gonna change.

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I think Zacharia Branch is gonna be one thousand yard receiver.

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Why you have a first year starting quarterback in Gunner Stockton,

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you don't have a ton of weapons around him your

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running game?

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Speaker 4: What's that gonna look like?

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Speaker 3: Like?

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Speaker 5: How is Zacharia Branch gonna get to a thousand yards?

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He would have to double his production from a year

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ago five hundred and three yards exactly a year ago.

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That's his best season in college football. How is Zacharya

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Branch going to get to a thousand yards? I don't

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see it. It's hype because you've seen the flashes in

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big moments, but the consistency has not been there for

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two years now. Going back to Barrion Browns, Davion Thomas,

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second team and returner and all purpose charge respectfully. On

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the offensive side of the ball, Aaron Anderson, Cayden Durham,

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and Garrett no Smyer all made second team. Anderson Durham.

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I'm good with Anderson over eight hundred yards last season.

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He wound up being your leading receiver in terms of yards.

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And then Caden Durham exploded after about week three or four,

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like he wound up being your running game. He kind

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of carrying you through the rest of the season. I

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expect him to take a leap for I'm good with

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both of those guys being second team all less easy.

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Why is Garrett no Smyer on the second team. I'm

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gonna continue to bring this up until it changes. Garrett

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no Smyer is the leading returning passer in all of

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college football, meaning nobody starting a quarterback this year in

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college football threw from more yards than Garrett Nosemeyer did

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a year ago.

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Speaker 4: Nobody. And it's funny.

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Speaker 5: Matt Musso came up to me Friday afternoon because it's

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when the list came out. He goes, hey, guess who's

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first team ll SEC quarterback. I'm all right, you came

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up to him and you're asking me this. It means

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it's not Garrett Nosmeyer, which is already ridiculous. I was like,

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I don't know, is the arch hype train exploding. He's like, no, No,

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it's not arch. I was like a lot of people

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like DJ Lagway. I still need to see a lot,

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but there's a lot of hype around DJ Lagway. No,

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it's Lenora Sellers from South Carolina. Okay, Lenora Sellers did

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some nice things last year. But when you look at

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Sellers versus Nuss, by the numbers, Lenora Sellers sixty twenty

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five hundred yards, eighteen touchdown passes, seven interceptions, Garrett Nosemeyer

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four thousand yards passing, twenty nine touchdown passes, but he

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did have twelve interceptions. Menuss almost doubled his yardage.

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Speaker 4: Jode.

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Speaker 5: Everybody's going to say, okay, well, you got to take

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it into consideration Lenora Sellers' ability to run. Sure, that's fine,

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I did that. Leonora Sellers passing and rushing combined thirty

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two hundred yards twenty five touchdowns. Garrett and Osmeyer still

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has him beat by almost one thousand total yards of

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offense and seven touchdowns. When you're take into consideration the

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three touchdowns and thus had on the grounds, it's not

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really close. And then everybody's going to say, like, I

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don't remember who it was, but Matt Moscow at SEC

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Media days had interviewed one of the SEC media guys

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out there and they said, oh, well, Lenora Sellers is

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going to be my first team All SECQB. And when

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Matt asked why, he said, I can't get the Clemson

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game out of my head.

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Speaker 4: He went on the road.

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Speaker 5: He beat Clemson late in the year. He was excellent.

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That game was seventeen to fourteen. Leonora's Sellers did not

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throw a touchdown pass. Like again, that game was seventeen

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to thirteen. It's it's not like he went out there

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and let up the scoreboard. Now, in Seller's defense, before

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that game, I mean he had a really good four

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game stretch. So before the game against Clemson he threw

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for a two forty four, two thirty eight, three fifty three,

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and three zero seven multiple touchdown passes.

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Speaker 4: About those games that was great. A and m Vandy

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Missouri were three of those games.

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Speaker 5: Now, the last one was Wafford, but it doesn't matter

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that that's still a good sample size. But against Clemson,

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one hundred and sixty four yards passing, no touchdowns on

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a pick. Now he ran for one hundred and sixty

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six yards and two touchdowns. But I have major question

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marks on Lenora's Seller's ability to throw the football. Go

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back and watch the South Carolina Alabama gain in the

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fourth quarter. South Carolina is going down the field to

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win the game. If Leonora's Sellers hits a wide open

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man in the back of the end zone and then

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he wound up air mailing, South Carolina beats Alabama and

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they should have won that game. But he missed the

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easy throat. So you look at the Clemson game. Okay,

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one to sixty four through the air, no touchdowns and

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a pick. They lose the bowl game to Illinois. No,

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that was a good Illinois team, but two hundred and

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sixty yards a touchdown, and then they shut him down

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on the ground, which is why they ultimately lost that game.

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Eleven carries for nineteen yards. You're kind of starting to

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see the picture when you shut him down and he

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no longer has the ability to run. He's limited as

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a passer. So the numbers from last season aren't even close.

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But I was like, Okay, let's give him the benefit

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of the doubt. Maybe they're projecting to next season. When

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you project to next season, like it's almost worse. And

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then also going back to the end of last season,

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throw those numbers out the window, because if you look

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at Garrett no Smyer, when Chris Hilton was fully healthy,

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last three games of the year Vanderbilt Oklahoma, the bowl

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game against Baylor, Garrett Nelsmeyer seventy two percent completion, seven touchdowns,

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one pick, when you finally had that deep threat to

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open up the offense. Lenora Sellers did not have that.

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But if you're projecting to this year, I think the

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gap gets even larger. L shoes loaded with weapons. Yes,

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they lose Kyraen Lacy. He made some big plays for

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you last year. Yes, you lose Mason Taylor, the best

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tight end in program history. Trade has agreed in Bower

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Sharp the combination of those two might actually give you

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more versatility than you had with Mason Taylor. You bring

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him Barry and Brown, Nick Anderson, you get Aaron Anderson backs.

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Avion Thomas is there, Chris Hilton's there. You just went

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to SEC media days. They're obviously expecting big things from him.

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Jelannie Watkins has more speed than anybody out there, if

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he could ever get on the field. Tron Francis was

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a high four star, Philip Right was a four star receiver,

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and these are guys that hadn't even stepp foot on

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the field yet. Kylum Billy oots out there, Kyle Parker

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can bounce back from his injury.

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Speaker 4: You get the point. LSU has a lot of weapons.

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Speaker 5: And then most of those guys I just mentioned have

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already made big plays for you. Who's South Carolina's top weapon? Like,

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if I, as the average football fan, maybe South Carolina's

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number one receiver, They're not gonna be able to do it.

474
00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:30,240
And everyone wants to say Nicholas Harbor, but I'm not

475
00:23:30,279 --> 00:23:34,440
sure that's true. Like Nick Harbor is a six foot four,

476
00:23:34,519 --> 00:23:36,720
two hundred and thirty five pound freak that runs a

477
00:23:36,759 --> 00:23:39,200
four to three forty yard dash and he hasn't done

478
00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:42,759
anything in college football. He has a lot of potential,

479
00:23:43,039 --> 00:23:45,480
he has a lot of athleticism, he has done nothing.

480
00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:48,559
He's enterdew as a junior season. So he said two

481
00:23:48,559 --> 00:23:51,240
full years of football that he's already played. His best

482
00:23:51,319 --> 00:23:53,640
year was last season where he had three hundred and

483
00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:56,519
seventy six receiving yards and three touchdowns.

484
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Speaker 4: That's it.

485
00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:03,359
Speaker 5: You have Rocket Sanders in the backfield, you have Lenora

486
00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:06,799
Sellers and their ability to run. That's fine, but I

487
00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:09,640
mean the weapons that are going to help out Lenora's sellers.

488
00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:12,119
Not only is Garrett Nosmyri much better and much more

489
00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:15,039
polished passer than Sellers, I personally don't think it's close.

490
00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:20,559
The weapons and the guys around them that can help

491
00:24:20,599 --> 00:24:22,960
out their quarterback and make that guy better, it's not

492
00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:26,119
even close. So Nesmeyer has the number advantage from a

493
00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:28,599
season ago, buy a lot. He has a lot more

494
00:24:28,599 --> 00:24:33,119
weapons in my opinion heading into the season. What am

495
00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:36,759
I missing? Because again, if you go by row numbers,

496
00:24:36,799 --> 00:24:39,480
it's Garrett Nosmarck. If you go by what you're projecting

497
00:24:39,519 --> 00:24:42,119
in next season, I don't know how it's not Garrett Nosemeyer.

498
00:24:41,799 --> 00:24:42,319
Speaker 4: There as well.

499
00:24:42,640 --> 00:24:45,960
Speaker 5: To me, the screams laziness by the media. I mentioned

500
00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:50,200
when Matt had I can't remember who it was. Matt

501
00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:52,400
had the guy on at SEC media Days and he said,

502
00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:53,839
I can't get the end of the season out.

503
00:24:53,759 --> 00:24:54,200
Speaker 4: Of my head.

504
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:57,519
Speaker 5: Garrett no Smyer into his season better than lenora Sellers,

505
00:24:58,200 --> 00:25:03,079
So throw that out the window. And I understand Lenora's

506
00:25:03,079 --> 00:25:06,680
Sellers got hurt right before half time in the LSU game,

507
00:25:07,839 --> 00:25:10,119
and if he doesn't, South Carolina likely wins that game.

508
00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,319
I understand that but the fact of the matter is

509
00:25:12,519 --> 00:25:14,720
he did leave that game and LSU did win that game.

510
00:25:14,960 --> 00:25:17,039
So LSU had the head to head of South Carolina

511
00:25:17,079 --> 00:25:18,920
eight year ago. Whether they should have won it or

512
00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:22,079
not doesn't matter at this point. Now Smart went on

513
00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:25,039
the route and beat South Carolina. He had seven touchdowns

514
00:25:25,079 --> 00:25:27,000
and one pick through the last three games of the year.

515
00:25:27,319 --> 00:25:29,839
He has a ton of weapons coming in. Leonora's Sellers

516
00:25:29,839 --> 00:25:32,599
doesn't have any of those things. You lost the bowl

517
00:25:32,599 --> 00:25:34,920
game to Illinois, and then everyone wants to talk about

518
00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,559
how you dominated Clemson. It was seventeen fourteen. It was

519
00:25:37,599 --> 00:25:41,440
a defensive game. You ran for one hundred and sixty

520
00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:43,839
six yards. That's great. You threw for less than one

521
00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:47,079
seventy through a pick and no touchdown passes Like, I

522
00:25:47,079 --> 00:25:50,119
don't understand what I'm missing here with Lenora Sellers. I

523
00:25:50,119 --> 00:25:52,039
think this is laziness about the media. I think it's

524
00:25:52,079 --> 00:25:54,799
recency bias because everyone wants to talk about Sellers late

525
00:25:54,799 --> 00:25:57,480
in the season. However, if you actually do your research

526
00:25:57,519 --> 00:26:00,160
and dig into the numbers, it shouldn't even be recenty, yes,

527
00:26:00,519 --> 00:26:01,920
and thus was better at the end of the year.

528
00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:03,559
All right, we're going to take a time out.

529
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Speaker 4: We get back. We're gonna continue to break this down.

530
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Speaker 5: The sec projected order of finish came out as well.

531
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I'll give you the top three. Give you my thoughts

532
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on that next year on Off the Bench.

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Speaker 4: All right, welcome back in No, we're number one.

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Speaker 5: Here on a Monday edition of Off the Bench, Taylor

581
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Sharp sitting in one more time for Jacob Estro and

582
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Matt Flynn. They are both out today obviously, but they

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will be back tomorrow.

584
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Speaker 4: Okay.

585
00:28:39,559 --> 00:28:42,960
Speaker 5: The SEC projected order of finish voted on by the

586
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:46,000
media that was out there in Atlanta last week has

587
00:28:46,079 --> 00:28:49,559
been revealed, and the Texas Longhorns get the most votes

588
00:28:49,559 --> 00:28:52,920
that they are pre projected to finish first coming up

589
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:54,920
in the twenty twenty five colleg football season. They are

590
00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:59,480
followed by Georgia, Alabama, LSU, then a big gap, i

591
00:28:59,519 --> 00:29:02,039
mean like five hundred votes all the way down to

592
00:29:02,079 --> 00:29:03,680
South Carolina at number five.

593
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Speaker 4: For what it's worth.

594
00:29:05,359 --> 00:29:08,880
Speaker 5: So funny, we were talking on Friday about the teams

595
00:29:08,920 --> 00:29:11,759
we thought were gonna be the worst. I picked Arkansas, Kentucky,

596
00:29:11,799 --> 00:29:15,200
Mississippi State. Well, apparently that wasn't a hot take. Bottom

597
00:29:15,240 --> 00:29:19,400
three Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi State in that order, Vanderbilt right

598
00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:26,640
above them. I don't necessarily have a huge issue with Georgia, Texas,

599
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:29,400
Alabama all being ahead of LSU, but I do want

600
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,960
to point out that there are obvious issues with all

601
00:29:31,960 --> 00:29:34,839
three of these teams. It's almost refreshing looking at it

602
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:37,960
and saying, hey, there's not one dominant team coming into

603
00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:40,279
the season where you look and you say, man, that

604
00:29:40,319 --> 00:29:43,000
team's gonna steamroll everyone. All the other teams are fighting

605
00:29:43,039 --> 00:29:46,759
for second. You don't really have that because when you

606
00:29:46,759 --> 00:29:50,680
look at Georgia, Gunner Stocked it their starting quarterback this year,

607
00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:52,680
started one game last year. Now, he played in the

608
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:56,200
SEC Championship against Texas and he played well. I mean,

609
00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:58,039
they didn't ask him to do what Tony went ten

610
00:29:58,079 --> 00:30:01,319
of sixteen for about seventy yards, but he played well.

611
00:30:01,559 --> 00:30:03,559
He I mean he almost got it done for him.

612
00:30:03,920 --> 00:30:07,440
And then he plays Notre Dame in the College Football

613
00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:09,519
Playoff and he performed well. Was there despite the fact

614
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that they got the laws. So that's two defenses that

615
00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:15,960
were ranked in the top five a year ago, and

616
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:19,480
Gunnar Stockton wasn't a disaster going in when he didn't

617
00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:21,480
have a ton of experience. He looked like he belonged.

618
00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:24,720
He has a full offseason as the starter in this program.

619
00:30:24,759 --> 00:30:27,240
I think he'll be fine, but there's still question marks

620
00:30:27,240 --> 00:30:30,279
there as well. And again going back to the weapons

621
00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,200
on the offensive side for Georgia, they didn't have a

622
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ton last year. I mean, there's always a guy that's

623
00:30:37,599 --> 00:30:39,799
gonna break out that we're not talking about preseas. I

624
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:45,680
understand that it happens for every team, but right now

625
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:47,400
everyone believes it's going to be Zachary A.

626
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Speaker 4: Branch.

627
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Speaker 5: I don't just because we haven't seen him for two

628
00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:53,599
years out there usc Maybe it is maybe a change

629
00:30:53,599 --> 00:30:56,319
of scenery for Branch. He's going to play with his brothers,

630
00:30:56,400 --> 00:30:59,759
Zion Branch, who's also at Georgia. Like maybe the comfortability

631
00:30:59,799 --> 00:31:01,319
fact Drill Hilp elevate his game.

632
00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:05,799
Speaker 4: We'll see. Now when you look at George's schedule, I

633
00:31:05,799 --> 00:31:06,480
don't hate it.

634
00:31:06,799 --> 00:31:11,039
Speaker 5: I mean they open the season with Marshall at home

635
00:31:11,039 --> 00:31:12,000
in August thirtieth.

636
00:31:12,119 --> 00:31:12,640
Speaker 4: That's a win.

637
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:15,119
Speaker 5: You're gonna play Austin p the next week, that's a win.

638
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:18,079
You got two layups weeks one and two. Then you

639
00:31:18,119 --> 00:31:22,079
go to Knoxville against Tennessee September thirteenth. We've talked a

640
00:31:22,079 --> 00:31:24,200
lot about Tennessee. The other day I listed them as

641
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:28,240
probably my biggest disappointing team. It'll finish the season in

642
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:31,680
twenty twenty five less than what people think. But Knoxville

643
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:33,519
is still a tough place to play. You have to

644
00:31:33,519 --> 00:31:35,799
go to Kneeland Stadium. That defense is still going to

645
00:31:35,799 --> 00:31:37,920
be really good, house gunners stocked and going to perform

646
00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:41,839
in that environment. Georgia probably gets that win just because

647
00:31:41,839 --> 00:31:43,480
I trust Kirby smart have a heck of a lot

648
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:45,559
more than I do Josh Heipel. But that's not an

649
00:31:45,599 --> 00:31:47,960
easy game. So you start with two easy ones. Then

650
00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:51,839
you have Tennessee. You have Alabama at home. I think

651
00:31:51,839 --> 00:31:54,319
there's question marks around them. We'll get to Alabama here

652
00:31:54,319 --> 00:31:58,359
in a second. So let's say you go three and one.

653
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You lose to either Tennessee or la Obama. You take

654
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:03,559
care of business in the first two games. Kentucky, that's

655
00:32:03,559 --> 00:32:05,559
a win. I think they're gonna be terrible. You have

656
00:32:05,599 --> 00:32:07,880
to go to Auburn. I think they're gonna be better

657
00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:09,319
than they were a year ago. But that's a win.

658
00:32:09,359 --> 00:32:13,160
You're sitting at five and one Ole miss at home.

659
00:32:13,519 --> 00:32:17,519
I think you win that game. You're six and one

660
00:32:17,559 --> 00:32:20,960
at this point playing Florida in Jacksonville. That's gonna be

661
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:22,559
a tough game. That's a toss up game for me.

662
00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:26,079
Even if you lose that game, you win with Mississippi State,

663
00:32:26,279 --> 00:32:29,319
that's a win that puts you at seven too. Now

664
00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:33,880
Texas comes to Athens. That's the game that's gonna define

665
00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,359
because if Georgia has two losses bout that point, they

666
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:38,400
have to beat Texas to get into the playoff. If

667
00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:42,759
they only have one and they beat Florida, you can

668
00:32:42,799 --> 00:32:45,240
lose this game, no sweats, still hopefully make the playoffs,

669
00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:50,559
and then you close the season Charlotte Georgia Tech. There's

670
00:32:50,559 --> 00:32:52,799
some tough games on the back end, but you start

671
00:32:52,799 --> 00:32:55,680
with two easy ones Marshall and Austin p and then

672
00:32:55,680 --> 00:32:59,160
there's a little wiggle room in there as well.

673
00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:01,279
Speaker 4: As far as Texas goes the schedules.

674
00:33:01,279 --> 00:33:04,440
Speaker 5: A hole is not that bad, but you may have

675
00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:07,319
the toughest opening game out of anybody in the SEC,

676
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:09,920
maybe outside of LSU. You have to go to Columbus

677
00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:12,799
Ohio on the road and play Ohio State week one

678
00:33:12,839 --> 00:33:15,079
of the season. I have said time and time again,

679
00:33:15,079 --> 00:33:16,960
I'm gonna continue to say it. I think Ohio State

680
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:19,079
wins a game. I think Texas starts the season oh

681
00:33:19,119 --> 00:33:22,200
and one. Not necessarily say you know, arch Manion is

682
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:23,920
going to be a disaster on the road. I think

683
00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:25,759
Julian Sayan is gonna be really good. He has a

684
00:33:25,799 --> 00:33:28,319
lot of weapons to throw to that defense for Ohio

685
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:30,200
State's still gonna be good. And it's so hard to

686
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:34,160
win in Columbus, especially when like it's your first start

687
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:36,759
knowing you're the guy, it's your first a big time start,

688
00:33:36,799 --> 00:33:38,240
like Arch May two starts a year ago.

689
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:40,799
Speaker 4: They weren't elite teams.

690
00:33:42,079 --> 00:33:45,640
Speaker 5: I think Texas loses that game, but San Jose State, UTEP,

691
00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:48,039
SAM Houston All wins. You're three to one going to

692
00:33:48,119 --> 00:33:53,200
the Swamp. Take care of that. You're four and one

693
00:33:54,119 --> 00:33:57,839
heading into the Red River rivalry. I think you're a

694
00:33:57,839 --> 00:34:00,720
better team than Oklahoma. See but if you get that,

695
00:34:00,759 --> 00:34:04,599
you're five and one, then you got Kentucky, Mississippi State, Vanderbilt.

696
00:34:05,799 --> 00:34:07,359
I mean, you you're winning all three of those. You

697
00:34:07,359 --> 00:34:09,599
have to play Georgia late in the season. Again, even

698
00:34:09,599 --> 00:34:11,800
if you lose that, you finish with Arkansas and Texas

699
00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:13,039
A and M. I think you're better than both of

700
00:34:13,079 --> 00:34:14,360
those teams.

701
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:15,280
Speaker 4: I don't.

702
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:19,920
Speaker 5: I don't hate Texas's schedule, same with Alabama. Like you

703
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:22,639
open with Florida State. It's tough on paper, but Florida

704
00:34:22,679 --> 00:34:25,480
State was awful a year ago. I don't know they're

705
00:34:25,519 --> 00:34:27,719
gonna have to be significantly better to win that game

706
00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:30,280
that what is in Tallahassee. But I think the Crimson

707
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:33,519
Tide win that you'll beat ULM. I think you beat

708
00:34:33,519 --> 00:34:36,559
Wisconsin at home. George is a tough one, but then

709
00:34:36,559 --> 00:34:39,679
you have Vandy Missouri. How good are they going to be? Tennessee?

710
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:43,679
But then South Carolina, LSU, Oklahoma, like Alabama by far,

711
00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:45,440
out of the East three, in my opinion, has the

712
00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:50,000
toughest schedule. You're playing Georgia on the road, and then

713
00:34:50,039 --> 00:34:54,039
you're you're sectioned there with with three really tough teams,

714
00:34:54,159 --> 00:34:56,840
South Carolina and LSUB and two of them that's tough

715
00:34:58,079 --> 00:35:01,119
with Texas. Look, arch Manning first years is a starting quarterback.

716
00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:01,960
Speaker 4: That's tough.

717
00:35:02,280 --> 00:35:05,119
Speaker 5: You lose gunner Helm Isaiah Bond, Matthew Golden, those are

718
00:35:05,119 --> 00:35:07,360
your top three receivers from a year ago. You did

719
00:35:07,400 --> 00:35:10,079
a good job in recruiting Kalik Lockett five star freshmen,

720
00:35:10,159 --> 00:35:13,199
Jamie Frinch five star freshmen. Both of those guys this

721
00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:15,719
staff here and Baton Rudge wanted badly. They choose the

722
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:19,599
Texas Longhorns. Those guys could emerge. Could We'll have to

723
00:35:19,599 --> 00:35:23,079
see it now. Quinn Travian Wise, they're they're running back.

724
00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:25,400
He's a stud. Love what I saw from him a

725
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:27,400
year ago, but you lose a little bit of depth

726
00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:29,079
in that room as well. Jayden Blue, he plays for

727
00:35:29,119 --> 00:35:31,800
the Cowboys now. He was solid for you a year ago.

728
00:35:33,599 --> 00:35:35,440
I think Archie is going to be a good quarterback.

729
00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:38,559
I think he's talented enough, but he's stepping in ersyear.

730
00:35:38,639 --> 00:35:41,320
Is the full time starter, losing a lot of weapons,

731
00:35:41,719 --> 00:35:43,679
and you have to play Ohio State on the road

732
00:35:43,679 --> 00:35:45,639
week one. I think it's a tough ass to hat

733
00:35:45,719 --> 00:35:48,159
ask them to win that game. But the next three

734
00:35:48,199 --> 00:35:53,400
after that you should win comfortably for Alabama. I still

735
00:35:53,400 --> 00:35:57,039
got to get there with him. Ty Simpson was unable

736
00:35:57,119 --> 00:35:59,119
to beat out Jaylen Milroe for three years, and I

737
00:36:00,039 --> 00:36:02,280
personally did not think Jaylan Milroy was a very good quarterback.

738
00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:03,840
I think it was a very good runner. I think

739
00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:07,039
he struggled mightily in the passing game. And we saw

740
00:36:07,119 --> 00:36:09,199
Ty Sampson a little bit two years ago against South

741
00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:12,840
Florida when they pulled Milroe. It wasn't pretty and he

742
00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:17,159
really hasn't played much since then. Stud wide receiver in

743
00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:19,119
Ryan Williams. Outside of him, there's a little bit of

744
00:36:19,159 --> 00:36:23,559
a question mark. Jam Miller's in the backfield, but he's

745
00:36:23,599 --> 00:36:26,960
a good sez back. He hasn't shown the ability yet

746
00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:29,760
to be elite. Maybe he does, but that's not an

747
00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:31,679
elite Alabama weapon like you're.

748
00:36:31,639 --> 00:36:34,880
Speaker 4: Used to seeing. Look, there's a lot of question marks

749
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:35,719
around all these teams.

750
00:36:35,760 --> 00:36:38,159
Speaker 5: And I'm not sitting here saying LSU is some juggernaut,

751
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:42,079
but having an elite, proven talent at the quarterback position

752
00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:44,960
gives you an incredible advantage every single week.

753
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:47,559
Speaker 4: Now, well LHU win the SEC.

754
00:36:47,679 --> 00:36:49,320
Speaker 5: I'm not gonna sit here and say, yeah, it's like maybe,

755
00:36:49,360 --> 00:36:51,519
maybe not, who knows at this point, but what they

756
00:36:51,519 --> 00:36:53,519
did do they did a great job of filling their

757
00:36:53,559 --> 00:36:57,519
needs in the offseason. O line is a huge question mark,

758
00:36:57,599 --> 00:37:00,000
there's no question about. But you got a lot better

759
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,760
better at receiver. You got way better at dB like

760
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:06,199
AJ Halsey and Tamarcus Cooley were two big time pickups

761
00:37:06,559 --> 00:37:09,519
at the safety position. You brought in DJ pick at

762
00:37:09,599 --> 00:37:12,079
the number one corner in America, as well as two

763
00:37:12,079 --> 00:37:16,800
transfers Jackson and man tour Delane. I think you're a

764
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:20,199
lot deeper depth wise on the defensive line. Now we'll

765
00:37:20,199 --> 00:37:23,559
see you know who overperform who underperforms on that line,

766
00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:26,480
but at least body wise, you're a lot deeper than

767
00:37:26,519 --> 00:37:28,079
you were a year ago. And I think you're really

768
00:37:28,079 --> 00:37:30,360
good at lineback. I mean, linebacker is a position on

769
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:33,119
this team we don't talk about enough. You have Weeks,

770
00:37:33,159 --> 00:37:35,400
you have West Weeks, who's done some solid things. I

771
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:37,119
von Keyes looked like a stud at the end of

772
00:37:37,159 --> 00:37:38,719
the year. I think he's going to slide in there,

773
00:37:39,480 --> 00:37:42,480
and you have some talented young guys behind him, including

774
00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:44,039
the third Weeks brother, Zach Weeks.

775
00:37:44,199 --> 00:37:46,000
Speaker 4: I think you're good at linebacker.

776
00:37:46,119 --> 00:37:49,079
Speaker 5: Like outside of offensive line, to me, there's not a

777
00:37:49,119 --> 00:37:51,400
ton of question marks. Even at the running back position.

778
00:37:52,239 --> 00:37:56,199
You have Durham. Now you lose Josh Williams, Caleb Jackson's back.

779
00:37:56,559 --> 00:37:58,400
You had at Harlem Berry the number one running back

780
00:37:58,400 --> 00:37:58,840
in the country.

781
00:37:58,960 --> 00:37:59,159
Speaker 2: J T.

782
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:01,519
Speaker 5: Lindsay was a recruit as well. People kind of forget

783
00:38:01,559 --> 00:38:06,400
about him. That's four really really talented running backs. Three

784
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:08,559
of them can all spell Caden Durham who. I think it's

785
00:38:08,559 --> 00:38:11,280
gonna get a lot better this year. Not saying LSHU

786
00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:13,719
is gonna win the SEC. I'm not saying that Texas,

787
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:15,760
Alabama and Georgia are gonna be disasters, because I think

788
00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:19,000
the litill have good seasons, but those question marks against

789
00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:22,079
around all of these teams, including LSU. We'll see which

790
00:38:22,119 --> 00:38:25,719
team advances coming up this upcoming season. All Right, we're

791
00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:27,320
going to take a quick time out when we get

792
00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:30,199
back UFC three eighteen out there in New Orleans.

793
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:32,320
Speaker 4: It was a classic, a heck of a fight.

794
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:34,199
Speaker 5: We'll breaking it down next to close out our number

795
00:38:34,199 --> 00:38:35,519
one here on off the bench.

796
00:38:36,360 --> 00:38:37,079
Speaker 1: Off the bench.

797
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799
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801
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802
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as well, Matt and I know, look at you've got

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Speaker 1: Two thousand and seven, Shamps Purple and Gold to the core.

818
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This is off the bench with Hester and Flynn, Matt

819
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:54,840
and Rouge's go to for all things Louisiana sports.

820
00:39:57,320 --> 00:40:01,400
Speaker 5: Yes, well it's not off the bench Hester and Flynn today.

821
00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:03,280
They are both out there. We'll be back tomorrow. Table

822
00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:06,320
Sharp sitting in the host chair for the next a

823
00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:09,639
little bit over two hours right now, hanging out with

824
00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:11,880
you here on this Monday morning. We got a Lada

825
00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:15,400
Villa Reale and Paul O'Neill here as well. Okay, the

826
00:40:15,400 --> 00:40:19,199
big event of the weekend on Saturday night UFC three

827
00:40:19,480 --> 00:40:22,960
eighteen out there in New Orleans. Look, it was the

828
00:40:23,320 --> 00:40:25,760
final fight for Dustin Pourier. He comes back to his

829
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:28,679
home state, and my goodness, did they put on a

830
00:40:28,719 --> 00:40:31,280
heck of a show him Max Holloway. I mean, just

831
00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:34,079
beating the crap out of each other. It goes to

832
00:40:34,159 --> 00:40:38,480
the full distance. Ultimately, Max Holloway, not Dustin Pourier, does

833
00:40:38,519 --> 00:40:42,960
get the victory by unanimous decision. We were both kind

834
00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:46,360
of wrong show on Friday. I picked unanimous decision by

835
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:49,199
Dustin Poorier. So what the hell do I know? But

836
00:40:49,639 --> 00:40:51,519
excellent fight all the way around. I mean, the two

837
00:40:51,599 --> 00:40:55,400
guys beat each other up. Alandra, you were actually in

838
00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:59,199
attendance at this fight. So we'll set the scene in

839
00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:01,880
just a second. But right now, was it the right choice?

840
00:41:01,920 --> 00:41:03,199
Should Holloway have won this fight?

841
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:04,199
Speaker 4: Actually?

842
00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:06,199
Speaker 3: Yeah, I know I sent like that text in the

843
00:41:06,199 --> 00:41:10,000
group chat, but I was just joking. And also whenever

844
00:41:10,039 --> 00:41:11,920
we were talking about it, I was like, I want

845
00:41:12,039 --> 00:41:15,679
Dustin to win, but also I didn't really give a

846
00:41:15,679 --> 00:41:17,320
pig because I kind of figured it.

847
00:41:17,360 --> 00:41:19,320
Speaker 5: Was like I said it himself, right, Like yeah were

848
00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:21,599
saying he was like, oh three times, it's almost impossible

849
00:41:21,599 --> 00:41:22,280
against this guy.

850
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:24,639
Speaker 3: Yeah, so he had already beat him twice.

851
00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:26,119
Speaker 4: It is hard.

852
00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:28,679
Speaker 3: I mean they're both really good fighters, and yeah, I

853
00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:32,800
think it was the right decision. I Max looked better

854
00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:37,639
than him in almost every single round, so it it was. Yeah,

855
00:41:38,079 --> 00:41:44,119
it sucked that he didn't win, but despite that, the

856
00:41:44,239 --> 00:41:47,719
sendoff was great. Yeah, Like the vibes were so high

857
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:50,480
at the Smoothie King Center. I was getting chills, like

858
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:53,559
the entire time I was there. That kept playing like

859
00:41:53,599 --> 00:41:57,440
these video montages of him and like his career in

860
00:41:57,480 --> 00:42:01,679
the UFC and his friend and families sending him like

861
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:05,199
video messages and stuff, and then everybody would just be

862
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:08,599
like cheering super loud. The vibes were super high inside

863
00:42:08,599 --> 00:42:11,400
the Smoothe King Center. So even though he lost, it

864
00:42:11,480 --> 00:42:13,880
was still a great way for him to go out.

865
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:17,920
His last two fights just really solidified him, even though

866
00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:19,960
he did lose the last two, like it just really

867
00:42:20,000 --> 00:42:25,000
solidified him as a great a great fighter, and he

868
00:42:25,119 --> 00:42:28,440
had a great career in the UFC, So great send

869
00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:32,239
off for him, and it was also a really good

870
00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:35,960
way to end his career too, like fighting Max Holloway.

871
00:42:36,159 --> 00:42:37,800
Speaker 5: We we talked about it Friday, right, like a lot

872
00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:39,440
of a lot of these fighters like they'll have their

873
00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:41,360
big fight and then their last two or three fights,

874
00:42:41,679 --> 00:42:43,599
you know, they'll they'll fight up middle tier, lower tier

875
00:42:43,719 --> 00:42:46,000
UFC fighter like were we were giving credit the dust

876
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:48,400
and on Friday, like, hey, you're not going out quietly,

877
00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:51,239
like you're fighting a guy who's a legit fighter. And

878
00:42:51,239 --> 00:42:53,199
then you know in terms of like because there's so

879
00:42:53,199 --> 00:42:55,079
many people like, oh, do'st the port was robbed? Like

880
00:42:55,079 --> 00:42:56,199
I agree with you, probably.

881
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:56,360
Speaker 4: What he catched.

882
00:42:57,360 --> 00:42:59,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't think it was actually that close.

883
00:43:00,119 --> 00:43:02,519
Speaker 5: It's one of those fights though that like you could

884
00:43:02,519 --> 00:43:04,760
watch three different times and see something you missed the

885
00:43:04,800 --> 00:43:08,039
time before, Like it went the full distance, Like there

886
00:43:08,079 --> 00:43:09,840
was so much time in the octagon. There were so

887
00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:12,519
many things that were occurring, Like there was one round

888
00:43:12,599 --> 00:43:14,199
I think it was the second where I'm like, oh,

889
00:43:14,320 --> 00:43:16,960
Portia is about to finish him, and then I'm like yeah, always.

890
00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:19,360
Speaker 3: And then he jumped the gilly like oh my.

891
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:21,239
Speaker 4: Gosh, she like they almost finished each other.

892
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:24,039
Speaker 3: My guy lives and yeah, my guy lives and dies

893
00:43:24,119 --> 00:43:25,119
by the gilly.

894
00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:27,440
Speaker 5: But set me, set set the scene force. What was

895
00:43:27,480 --> 00:43:29,960
the overall this was your first UFC fight. Yeah, it

896
00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:31,320
was vies.

897
00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:35,719
Speaker 3: The vibes were so high and this was so I

898
00:43:35,760 --> 00:43:38,480
was telling y'all like, I don't know where they put

899
00:43:38,519 --> 00:43:39,840
the media for UFC fights.

900
00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:41,159
Speaker 4: I could be anywhere. Yeah yeah.

901
00:43:41,199 --> 00:43:43,559
Speaker 3: And then I go up so the girl whenever she

902
00:43:43,559 --> 00:43:45,480
gives me my credential, she was like, okay, just go

903
00:43:45,559 --> 00:43:47,400
up there and you can go to the press ledge.

904
00:43:47,519 --> 00:43:48,800
So I was like, okay, I'm gonna be like in

905
00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:51,320
the press box whatever. So then I go up there

906
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:55,239
and the stuff that's like all my credential isn't anywhere

907
00:43:55,280 --> 00:43:57,880
to be found, to be found.

908
00:43:57,400 --> 00:43:58,719
Speaker 4: Like where you're, where you're where I'm at.

909
00:43:58,800 --> 00:44:00,599
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know why, just like so little more work.

910
00:44:00,639 --> 00:44:02,119
So I asked for help and they were like, oh,

911
00:44:02,159 --> 00:44:04,639
you're on the floor, and I was like, shut your mouth.

912
00:44:04,719 --> 00:44:07,920
And then I go down there and it was freaking awesome,

913
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:10,400
Like I could even the prelims. So I got there

914
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:16,159
like when the prelim started and it was just great,

915
00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:19,559
Like I can see they're sweat flying off of each

916
00:44:19,559 --> 00:44:22,519
other when they were getting hit, and like I said,

917
00:44:22,519 --> 00:44:27,719
everybody was there to support Dustin and like a Louisiana

918
00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:31,880
boy ending his career in his home state, and you know,

919
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:35,639
people in Louisiana, just like everywhere else, love Louisiana. So

920
00:44:35,880 --> 00:44:38,599
it was it was awesome and it was probably one

921
00:44:38,639 --> 00:44:41,760
of like the best experience. So I think, are you

922
00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:44,000
playing it right now, Paul. There's a video Paul's playing

923
00:44:44,079 --> 00:44:46,199
right now of Dustin like when he's leaving. I took

924
00:44:46,239 --> 00:44:49,119
that video, like that's how close to him and like

925
00:44:49,199 --> 00:44:52,599
all the action that I was. So it was awesome

926
00:44:52,719 --> 00:44:55,880
and a great experience. And I think that in Omaha

927
00:44:55,960 --> 00:44:59,880
are like in my top two life experiences ever.

928
00:45:00,159 --> 00:45:02,679
Speaker 5: Like I imagine, like, okay, people say this about hockey,

929
00:45:02,679 --> 00:45:06,360
and it's true, Like the TV viewing to in person

930
00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:10,039
viewing is such a drastic change. I imagine UFC's that

931
00:45:10,159 --> 00:45:13,480
times ten. Like, yeah, watching UFCLTV great, Like it's entertaining.

932
00:45:13,480 --> 00:45:15,199
You can sit there on your couch and cheer and everything.

933
00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:17,800
Being there in person, like you're hearing the walkout, you're

934
00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:19,639
seeing the atmosphere.

935
00:45:19,159 --> 00:45:20,199
Speaker 4: The lights and everything like that.

936
00:45:20,320 --> 00:45:22,679
Speaker 5: Like I imagine that's gotta be one of the biggest

937
00:45:22,679 --> 00:45:26,079
differences between like watching on TV and being there in person,

938
00:45:26,119 --> 00:45:29,360
and like, you know, the send off for Dustin Poorier though,

939
00:45:29,599 --> 00:45:31,360
is kind of where I want to focus right here

940
00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:32,960
with the last minute before we go to break, Like

941
00:45:33,400 --> 00:45:35,440
I don't know if anybody out there listening, like saw

942
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these videos, like Max holloway Son went up to dust

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and Poia to fight, taking pictures with him, congratulate him

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on a career.

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Speaker 4: Like holloway was waiting for Poorier.

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Speaker 5: Outside of his dresser room when he came out, He's like, dude,

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how they hell did we not win Fight of the night,

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Like we almost finished each other in the second round,

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and they're chatting about the Fight of the Night over us,

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Like you could tell that there's mutual respect between these

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two guys.

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Speaker 4: Like to your point, yes'.

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Speaker 5: Like in a perfect world, the result the fight is different,

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but it doesn't matter.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, in the end of it, it doesn't matter.

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Speaker 5: This doesn't taint the resume or the reputation of Dustin Pourier.

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Speaker 4: He's done enough up to this point.

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Speaker 5: It doesn't elevate Max holloway He's done enough to this

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point anyways. Like both of these guys were so established

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that like this was a fight to put on a

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show and New Orleans showed up. It showed out by

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the way highest gate, highest number of money at the

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gate ever in the history of the Smoothie King Center,

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regardless of event. Concert Pelicans game is not going to

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be in that number. Let's point that out right now.

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But anything that was the highest total gait of any

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event in the Smoothe King Center. Like, you know, we

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talk about it all the time. Hey, it's great that

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they're doing this, but they do enough to bring other

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fights in the future.

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Speaker 4: I think they did. All right, that's going to do

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it for our number one of off the Bench, We're

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coming back. We got two hours left. You're on a

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TV off the bench, it's not go.

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Speaker 2: When the old intronet is spinning and you're like, oh,

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we got to get that world clock going. Yeah, we

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switched to the phone and we got to work.

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