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Speaker 1: I'll start Toyota Presents Off the Bench with Jacob Hester

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Speaker 2: Say Hester and Hester.

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Speaker 1: From carrying each other to and Natty to carrying each

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other on the air live from the Mercedes Benz Baton

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Speaker 3: It's off the bench, all right, welcome back in our

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number three O t V one, O four five, ESPN

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Baton Rouge. Gonna catch up here with Ryan McGhee ESPN

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SEC Network here in hopefully a couple of minutes, and

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gonna you know, continue to break down the matchups there

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in omahall. But one of the things Ryan does such

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a fantastic job of is really painting the picture and

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doing a deep dive into the details of like wherever

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he's going, whatever he's covering there. So looking forward to

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that and let's go ahead and get into it now.

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Ryan McGee, my guy, joins the show. What's up, sir,

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how we doing.

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Speaker 2: We're good, We're busy, you know, Benzy's good and it's

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time to get on with it. Man. It's I spend

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you know, I'm really fortunate I got this ridiculous work calendar,

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and you know everybody else does Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter or

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whatever I do, National Championship, Daytona five and five Omaha,

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So it's time time to get on with it.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, man, And you just dropped another great article road

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to Omaha, how the Men's College World Series became a

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town's pride and joy.

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Speaker 4: It's on ESPN dot com. Now go check that out.

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Speaker 3: And one of the reasons, man, Ryan, I want to

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have you on because you do such a great job

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of just detailing and explaining like what this event means

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to Omaha. And you just laid out like what you

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get to do, and and look, you and I are

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very unfortunate and we get to do very very cool

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stuff like that. But like Omaha, when you go there,

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like it does feel different, Like it feels like a

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place that is special. It feels like everybody there is

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just so happy to be there. Where would you put

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Omaha in all the experiences that you get to have

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throughout the sports calendar. Where would you place Omaha kind

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of in the pecking order there?

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Speaker 2: Man, It's tough, but just personally, like emotionally, it's my

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favorite event. Yeah, And there's a lot of reasons for that.

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up in the Triangle in North Carolina, Raleigh, and you

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know that's a college area. And so I grew up

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and my dad played college baseball East Carolina. Ye, And

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so I grew up going to college baseball games at

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NC State and UNC and you know East Carolina wake

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Forest Duke, and there'd be fifteen people there. It'd be me,

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my dad, my brother, like some girlfriends and the players

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and a couple of scouts. That's it.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: And you know, I'm sitting watching Duke in North Carolina

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Super Regionals, and so I would just I would hear

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about alex Box Stadium and I would see you know, uh,

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you know obviously Rosenblat Stadium on ESPN, and just it

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all just felt so giant. And so my dad and

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twenty five years ago. It was Father's Ay weekend. It

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was perfect, and so I wasn't there working. I was

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there as a fan. My dad and I went several

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years in a row, and I've been almost every year

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since and getting paid for it, and I just it

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just feels different. I mean, LSU fans know that because

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they're a huge part of it, and you know which

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is just it's like homecoming. It really is. You go

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there and if you've been once or if you've been

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twenty times, you know, like like lsu Has you know

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the guy at the hotel, right, and you know the

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bus driver, and you know the people at the drover

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of the steakhouse, and you just it's people at the stadium.

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iconic and like all my childhood memories of watching and

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ran of still being able to keep that same magic

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wind blows in that way, right, So there's no home runs,

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site and if folks don't know, you can go to

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the Rosenblat site and there's home plates there, Warren Morris's,

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you know, right field Falpole still there. It's all still

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there in the parking lot. And it's great. But I

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of years were great. But now all the neighborhood has

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my finals was three years. That's the best game ever

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it ever been to. And so now it has these moments,

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and it has its champions, and it has all these things,

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and quite frankly, so were the people of Omaha. You know,

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to Aha, they want to build that stadium. NCAA was like,

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you to build a new stadium or we're out right,

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though he just got crushed by the public, it was

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the right thing to do. And now, yeah, I still

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we all still call it the new Ballpark. And that

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thing opened in twenty eleven, right, I mean it's got

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Speaker 3: You know, and I love the fact that it's in

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the same spot every year, and we we you know,

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we cover events like the National Championship, and I'm not

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going to call names, but there's some places that it

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feels more of, Hey, I am here.

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Speaker 4: For the National Championship.

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Speaker 3: There's some places we go to and it's like, does

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anybody in this town know that the National Championship is

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being played in this stadium coming up in a couple

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of days, right, But I think when you have it

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in this you know, I don't wanst say it's not

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small town. It's not a small town, but you know

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what I'm saying, it's like this town that cares so

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deeply about having this event and they cater everything to

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this event. Right, Oklahoma City does it for the Women's

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College World Series. I understand moving things around, the dollars

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and cents of it, but Ryan, when something is constant

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and it's there and the people care so much about it,

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even if you don't have a dog in the fight,

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you can go to that event and you can appreciate

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everything is put into the event seventy five.

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Speaker 2: Years that it's been at Almah, which is crazy. And

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so listen to the greatest sporting events in my mind,

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and are the ones where you can't separate the city

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or the town from the event and vice versa. So

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other than passing it. You can't imagine the Masters anywhere

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of it. Augusta, you can't imagine. I mean, it's the

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Indianapolis five hundred, It's the Daytona five hundred, right, I mean,

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so you just when you can't separate it, you know

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is the end the people of the Ncuba they love

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it as much as the people in Omaha. I remember,

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back in two thousand and nine. I wrote Omaha, and

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one of the whole chapters was the insurance Man in

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the Pope. And it was Denny Pope, who was the

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baseball administrator for the n Cuba forever, a great football

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player at Missouri. And then it was you know, Jack Deeson,

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whose father founded you know, the hometown corporation that runs

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the Omaha side of the caulderwal series. And now he

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runs it and one day his daughter will run it. Yeah,

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and they're like brothers, you know, their kids, babies at

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each other, you know, and so you just it's just family.

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neighborhood where it used to be Rosenblat, it still has

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that feeling. And you can't again, you can't separate them.

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we're living in this kind this wacko time where money

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runs everything. I get it, But I think that's part

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of why, even if you don't have a team in

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the series, you go because it kind of taps into

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what we all love about college sports. It's one of

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college sports is supposed to fill at right.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I agree wholeheardly with you.

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Speaker 3: And it's one of the many things that makes it special,

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always enjoy. And look if las who's in it, come on, Like,

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but like also when a team like Murray State makes it,

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and you know, we've seen teams make runs before me

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and Fresno State finished the deal in two thousand and

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eight Coastal Carolina.

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Speaker 4: The run that they go on.

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Speaker 3: I mean, it's one of the best parts about college

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baseball is because like we get these Cinderella teams that

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just get hot and they find a way and they're

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throwing eighty eight on the mound in not ninety six,

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but it's working for them, and they got the ultimate belief.

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Speaker 4: Like this Murray State team.

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Speaker 3: I know that you have to, you know, kind of

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enjoy kind of getting ready to cover them. I mean,

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the coach is still mowing his own grass. He was

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only making two years ago sixty eight thousand dollars to

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be the head baseball coach there, and even with the

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bump and pay he got, it is not even a

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fraction of what some of these other coaches are making.

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Like what a great story Murray State is. And Murray

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State's had moments in other sports, but for the first

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time their baseball program gets to the College World Series.

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Speaker 2: And it's perfect that in this seventy fifth anniversary of

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the series in Omaha, that there that Murray State then,

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because if you know your history of the series, there's

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almost always one team, I mean almost everything. That last

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all ACC And that's fine, and it's certainly great for

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business if you're the co host of Martin McGee, right,

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you want but almost every single year, right Stonybrook, just

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a couple of years ago, Fans to this day talk

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about when the Citadel made it and upset the number

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one team in the nation in the College World Series,

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and that was thirty forty years ago. And so I

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its main in Hawaii and Harvard, and you know, even

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had never made to Omaha. There's always there's always one

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almost every single year. And so I was glad Murray

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I stay neutral, But there was and I got a

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definitely a part of me that wanted Murray State to

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win that game oney night, just because I wanted an

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as well, and they go through them. I mean they

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were not given anything too, which makes it even you know,

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that much better. I think in the fact that who

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they had to go through, they earned the right to

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be there.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a good question about it. And and they

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you can't take the road they're taking. It's funny talking

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to my friends down at All Miss they were all

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rooting for Murray State because the team that you lose to,

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you want them to at least make it to Omaha. Right,

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you don't want you don't want to lose to them.

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And then they go to Duke and get swept. Right,

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that's the beauty of it. And man, let's say something. Yeah,

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their nose been out of shape because it's LSU in

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Arkansas in the first round and the only two SEC

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teams that dude, Saturday night in Omaha, and you've given

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all those art to me. The two most fun ballparks

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in the nation to go see a game are Bob

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Walker and Fable and the Box. And now you take

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those fans and you put them all in a bunch

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of pickup trucks and drop them to Omaha, and you

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give them all day to get lubricated, and now we're

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gonna play a game, baseball game. It's gonna be I'm

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so mad because I don't. I don't go till next

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week I go. I'd always go in for the second half.

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Speaker 4: Yea, right, Yeah, it's a long trip.

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Speaker 2: Yeah yeah. But and so the one year I convinced

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them to let me go for the for the opening

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weekend a few years ago, the morning I left was

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the morning the North Chrona state popped every COVID test

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and stayed in Nebraska. And so I was like, soose,

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were like no, no, no, no, You're going for the championship.

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But yeah, but it's but the atmosphere on Saturday night

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is going to be off chart, and this will not

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be the last time that these two teams play in

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this tournament.

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Speaker 4: I'm right there with you.

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Speaker 3: I mean, I actually just got chills thinking about it,

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like I would be in that number. That number is

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going to be loud. It is going to be two.

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I think I agree with you. I think like you

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throw Mississippi State in there, like whatever rotation you want.

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Three best fan bases in college football. Two of them

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playing against each other. Yeah, rivals, I mean opening you

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know night for them in the College World Series prime time.

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atmosphere there. Any other like another, any other games, any

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other teams kind of catching your interest there because I

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can't get away from Coastal Carolina, even though like they

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have already won a national championship. They're on the scene,

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they're you know, they've turned themselves into a blue blood

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of college baseball. For as much as you possibly can

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you win a national championship, you're consistent.

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Speaker 4: I'm going to give you that title.

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Speaker 3: But something still feels like little disrespect whenever Coastal's brought

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up because they play in the Sun Belt, people don't

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understand it's a really good baseball conference. And so Coastal

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is a team too that you went over fifty games.

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I think that's a team in bracket number one to

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I hustle a little bit.

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Speaker 2: They had a loss of a month, a last state

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baseball game in a month, and so coach Shnall, who

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was a catcher there and played for so folks that

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don't know I wrote a huge story about him a

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year ago. But Gary Gilmore was the head coach at Coastal.

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He's the one that led them to the national championship

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at twenty sixteen, and coach Gilmour retired at the end

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of last season. At the end of during the NCLA Tournament,

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battling two different forms of cancer simultaneously, one of the

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all time great guys I've ever known in college sports,

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and he called coach Schnall and said, I need you

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to come home and take over of this program. And

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all he did is getting into the College World Series

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in his first year. And he was so so chippy

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last weekend after they clinched their spots, saying, this team

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is not a Cinderella. Everybody needs to get over that

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because the reality was I thought this should have been

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a top eight theeyeh, I really did believe that. Kyle

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Peterston and I said that on our pre tournament special

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in ESPN. We said, I don't understand why they're not

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a top top eight seed, a national seed, and so

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for them to be there, it is not a surprise

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if you actually follow college baseball. But it's a great

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story and I am I'm not gonna lie and tell

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you that I've watched a lot of Oregon State baseball

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this year, but this is the team that's won three

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national championships, you know, in this century. And they have

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four or five guys with double digit home runs like

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and they have you know that their their shortstop is

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probably going to be the highest pick college baseball player

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in the draft next one. So it's it is, there

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is so much talent in this thing. And all right

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to that point too, you Oregon State, you have Arizona,

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and you have UCLA all in the College Rule Series.

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They were all in the Pac twelve what a year

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and a half ago. Yeah, And it's just it just

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adds to the frustration to the entire West coast of

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what are we doing? You know? And you've got one

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team in Oregon State that's in the pack too, you know,

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that's about to become a bigger conference. It's so weird

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seeing them play with a big PAC twelve logo in

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their backstop. And then you've got UCLA, who's in the

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has a chance to win the Big Tens, first Cultural

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Series since nineteen sixty six. And then you got Arizona,

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who is a who's an Omaha blue blood and they're

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playing out of Big twelve. It's just I just don't

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see how the Pack twelve people sleep at night because

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they have just burned this thing to the ground and

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they could be dominating the Couderal Series this year.

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Speaker 4: You're right, you're exactly.

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it is man Oregon State story. And then you know

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they have been left lonely on the dance floor because

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at least those other teams did find like a major

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conference to go to. I mean, Oregon State playing an

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independent schedule, like that's like in football that it's kind

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it's difficult, but you can find a way to find

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some games. Obviously they're Dame's in it for a long time.

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Yukon's going through it right now. But like once conference

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play starts in baseball, like those teams are playing, but

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they had to find somebody that might happen to be

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off and they had to go to them. They played

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like seventy eight percent of their games like on the

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road as a national blue blood college baseball program. Like

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that's just wild to me.

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Speaker 2: Now, and it made it work, and I give them

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a lot of credit. I really Then in Washington State

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both in every sport of putting this thing together. While

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they are managed that they're also overseeing this, you know,

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this reconstruction of the Pack twelve. But it's just for

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folks that don't know. Forever the College Would Series was

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dominated by the Pack back then the Pack eighth, even

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West Coast Conference originally, and it was you know, USC

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still holds the record for the most titles. Everyone won

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a long time, but they still hold a record. You know, Arizona,

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Arizona State, cal State Fullarton, you know, all these California schools, Pepperdine, Stanford, California,

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and Arizona dominated the College World Series no matter what

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conference they were from for decades. And so it always

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makes me a little sad when there's this. There's a

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big map that's in the the what the call of

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baseball village next to the ballparks, all the souvenir stands

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and be a beer garden off, but there's this big

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map that shows where every one of the eight schools

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of that year series is from. And again, it's great

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for me, it's great for Marty McGee when when the

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SEC dominates the lineup, but I don't think it's great

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for college baseball. And when I look at that map

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and it's got three or four teams from west of the Mississippi,

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that's great for the sport. And this year, this year,

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that map is the most evenly distributed that it has

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been in a really, really long time. And again it's

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not great for the SEC co host of the show

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me but but it's but it's pretty good for college

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baseball as a whole a.

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Speaker 3: Case, right right, I am right there with you. I

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totally agree. This year it feels right all right. He

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is Ryan McGee good enough to join us ESPN SEC Network,

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Marty and McGee does it all. Also ESPN dot Com

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Road to omahall how the men's College World Series became

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a town's pride and joy is on there now. It

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is a must read. Go check it out, Ryan Man.

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We always appreciate the time. Look forward to our next conversation.

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Speaker 2: All right, appreciate you, buddy, see letter.

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Speaker 4: All right, there is Ryan McGee good enough to join

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us here.

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Speaker 3: And Ryan is so good at going somewhere like Omaha

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and just really telling the story of where he's at

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and what it means and the people that make something

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like this happen. Every single year, So go check his

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article out again. It just dropped earlier this morning on

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ESPN dot com. All right, we will take a break.

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We do have country music superstar Justin Morris set to

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join us in ten minutes from now. Going to go

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ahead and let you know. He is a razorback, he

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is an Arkansas fan. He has promised not to call

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the Hogs on the interview. We'll see if he gets

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that done. More OTB when we come back, your way

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off the bench, right good?

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Speaker 4: All star not store and heard that in a couple

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of days. I don't know what's going on.

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Speaker 3: Toyota, batiruge dot com buying, new leasing, renting. Every single

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thing is available and it's not just lip service.

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Speaker 4: I mean this is factual.

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Speaker 3: Right now is the best time to check out those

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rentals because you got a lot of different options, a

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lot of different ways that you can go, a lot

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of different trips that you can plan. It is summer vacation,

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if you're going to the beach, if you're going to

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that big tournament, softball, baseball seven on seven. Trying to

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think any of what sports are in season right now,

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whatever it is, right you got the end of the

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year tournaments, so maybe need something a little bit bigger.

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Speaker 4: If you're going to Omaha, I mean, go get a tundra.

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Speaker 3: Go do that's a coma right because you got all

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the tail getting stuff in the back. I mean it

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is a perfect time to call Miss Lisa Sessions today

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in that rental department.

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Speaker 4: All star Toto Bendery.

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Speaker 3: Second, it's great people like us.

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Speaker 1: From players to legends, Hester and Flynn breakdown L s

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U football like only champions can.

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Speaker 3: Okay, wait all right, welcome back in OTB one oh

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four five ESPN baton rouge, keep that going in background line.

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If you want inside the boy, you four chat. Let

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us know what the the bet should be. Justin Moore

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hopping on with us obviously big country music star.

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Speaker 4: Uh good friend of mine hosted radio with him.

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Speaker 3: I mean the guy is locked in like no sports

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and certainly the SEC as well as anybody. Uh So

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he gets the game, is my point, Like he gets

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what it means to root for your team.

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Speaker 4: I mean, I'm thinking the one y'all laid out earlier.

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Speaker 3: I think it was a Landra nice job him wearing

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an L s U shirt to one of his concerts. Yeah,

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me and me our jersey Hey, we can send him

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an eighteen or fifteen. You can wear either one of

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us or gosh, all right, are like who broke Arkansas's

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heart like one time or somebody like you know what

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I'm saying, Like, what would be like a deep cut

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of somebody Jarvis Landry that catch he had.

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Speaker 5: I mean Flynn kind of well, I don't know about heartburn.

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Speaker 3: Flynn lost because he was in the locker room getting

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shut up thirty yard hill mayor Actually that wasn't Flynn's fault.

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We couldn't stop a notice bleed that game. Not better

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about it. I think Jarvishry might be a good one.

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Remember Tyrone had to catches. We'll come up with it. Uh,

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but if I lose the bat, I've got to at

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SEC media days.

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Speaker 4: Sit there an Arkansas shirt on and called the Hawks.

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Speaker 6: Anthony Jennings, Right, Matt gets hurt, he goes in there,

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he hits Trayvan Drell to win it.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I was twenty fourteen, twenty thirteen, that was Matt.

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Speaker 6: That was Mets last year. It was last game, yeah,

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twenty thirteen, Yeah, acl yeah, tour it right there.

475
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Speaker 4: It was actually Anthony.

476
00:23:24,680 --> 00:23:27,960
Speaker 6: Okay, remember the catch the Jarvis had over that dB.

477
00:23:29,319 --> 00:23:30,400
Speaker 4: Yeah, it was that play.

478
00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:36,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, Justin did just reach out to me. He's gonna

479
00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:40,160
have to do phone instead of video, he said, I

480
00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:41,680
just wanted to grab my computer and it's on my

481
00:23:41,759 --> 00:23:46,559
tour bus, not at the house. Dang. All good though,

482
00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,759
all good looking forward to our conversation with him.

483
00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:53,720
Speaker 5: You know, our guy gold chain cowboy, Parker mccollory. Yeah,

484
00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:55,440
he didn't even need a bet to wear in LSU

485
00:23:55,559 --> 00:23:56,400
jersey on stage.

486
00:23:56,440 --> 00:23:58,920
Speaker 4: He just wore one, did it? Yeah? And I love it?

487
00:23:59,319 --> 00:24:00,880
What jersey you go?

488
00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:02,799
Speaker 5: Well, I don't remember what number it was, but it

489
00:24:02,839 --> 00:24:05,640
was a baseball jersey. It was a couple of years

490
00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:08,559
ago when he was here in Baton Rouge and we

491
00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:10,359
went to go see him and he was wearing an

492
00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:13,680
LSU jersey on stage. It was great because he's a

493
00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,640
Texas fan, right, Yeah, I think so.

494
00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:19,160
Speaker 3: All right, I'm gonna see if I can find this picture,

495
00:24:19,240 --> 00:24:21,559
park McCollum LSU baseball jersey.

496
00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:23,640
Speaker 4: It's a purple one.

497
00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:26,519
Speaker 3: I don't really see the number there, but we're gonna

498
00:24:26,519 --> 00:24:29,400
come up with some bet here during the break, we

499
00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:30,920
are going to reach out to our guy.

500
00:24:31,200 --> 00:24:32,799
Speaker 4: Justin Moore was gonna do video.

501
00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:35,440
Speaker 3: It's all right, still gonna have him on the phone,

502
00:24:35,759 --> 00:24:37,640
and look, we can make a bet be at audio

503
00:24:37,799 --> 00:24:40,759
or video, that doesn't matter, So looking forward to that conversation.

504
00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:43,559
We'll have that for you when we jump back here.

505
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Speaker 1: From players to legends, Hester and Flynn breaks down LSU

529
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football like only champions can.

530
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Speaker 3: Timmy with y'all, all right, welcome back in. It is

531
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otb here on one O four five ESPN bet Ruge.

532
00:26:13,559 --> 00:26:17,359
Very excited for our next conversation. Good friend of mine,

533
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somebody I've co hosted a show with over on Serious XM.

534
00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:25,400
It is country music superstar Justin Moore good enough to

535
00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:27,559
join us here down in Louisiana.

536
00:26:27,759 --> 00:26:28,519
Speaker 4: Justin? What's going on?

537
00:26:28,559 --> 00:26:28,720
Speaker 2: Man?

538
00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:29,240
Speaker 4: How you doing?

539
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:30,160
Speaker 2: Hi?

540
00:26:30,279 --> 00:26:30,799
Speaker 6: Good morning?

541
00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:31,759
Speaker 8: How are you, buddy?

542
00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:32,279
Speaker 2: Uh?

543
00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:35,960
Speaker 4: Doing fantastic? I'm getting excited about Oma Hall. I know

544
00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:37,119
you are as well.

545
00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:40,440
Speaker 3: Of course, you know our teams you're gonna meet up

546
00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:43,960
Saturday night Primetime. I mean, how we feeling like we

547
00:26:44,039 --> 00:26:46,880
got to get a perspective from the other side of

548
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,839
the table. How we feeling for the Hogs heading into Omaha?

549
00:26:51,599 --> 00:26:51,799
Speaker 2: Heah?

550
00:26:51,839 --> 00:26:56,599
Speaker 8: Well, first of all, it's a travesty. I think baseball

551
00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:58,759
is my favorite sport. I don't know if you and

552
00:26:58,759 --> 00:27:02,160
I have discussed that or not, but and I love

553
00:27:02,279 --> 00:27:06,359
the formats great, I'm fine with that, But I think

554
00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:11,240
we need to recede after the Supers because what I'm

555
00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:14,440
saying is a travesty. In my opinion, I think LSU

556
00:27:14,519 --> 00:27:17,480
and Arkansas are the best two teams in the field.

557
00:27:17,839 --> 00:27:21,200
That's my opinion at least, So for them to have

558
00:27:21,319 --> 00:27:24,319
to face each other game one be on the same

559
00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:27,599
side of the bracket, I think is it's tough drawl

560
00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:31,000
for both of us. Really, you know, it's just it's

561
00:27:31,039 --> 00:27:34,480
just kind of unlucky. Plus, man, we played an SEC

562
00:27:34,839 --> 00:27:37,400
team for the Supers soonious, I'm like, good night, can

563
00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:43,079
we please? Can we please get out of But no, man,

564
00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:45,400
I think it's gonna be a great game. I mean,

565
00:27:45,559 --> 00:27:48,680
both teams I think are playing a really good ball

566
00:27:48,799 --> 00:27:52,640
right now. I think you guys would probably have the

567
00:27:52,799 --> 00:27:56,759
edge in my opinion, and pitching, especially starting pitching and

568
00:27:57,400 --> 00:28:02,160
probably closing pitching. We've got a lengthy.

569
00:28:02,279 --> 00:28:04,440
Speaker 2: Bulk in but you never know.

570
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,559
Speaker 8: You know, Zach Rut, who will start against you guys,

571
00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:11,440
is our ace, and man, when he's good, he's really

572
00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:16,880
really good. But he's been somewhat inconsistent, you know, over

573
00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:20,359
over the course of the year. But but I would

574
00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:24,200
probably give the edge to our lineup just but not

575
00:28:24,319 --> 00:28:27,240
by much. I mean, I just think we may be

576
00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:32,599
a little a little longer in our line maybe seventh

577
00:28:32,599 --> 00:28:35,480
through nine. But but man, it'll it'll be a great

578
00:28:35,519 --> 00:28:39,119
game and and I hope it's a great game at least.

579
00:28:39,319 --> 00:28:42,240
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm expecting it to be that. And you're right,

580
00:28:42,839 --> 00:28:44,160
justin I didnt even think about that. Like, you go

581
00:28:44,279 --> 00:28:47,440
through another SEC team in super Regionals and you will

582
00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:50,240
talk about, like Zach Row's somebody that's, you know, an

583
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:53,119
incredible guy on the mound. It doesn't always have like

584
00:28:53,319 --> 00:28:56,519
the most emotion, but he had all the emotion against

585
00:28:56,519 --> 00:28:58,319
Tennessee like that.

586
00:28:58,319 --> 00:29:00,160
Speaker 4: That series, Like obviously.

587
00:29:00,079 --> 00:29:02,599
Speaker 3: Tony V and David Horne the history there and Tony

588
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:04,920
V's at Arkansas for a long time. It's been chirpy

589
00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:07,400
over the last couple of years. I mean, that was

590
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:10,759
a series where Arkansas wanted to like show their dominance

591
00:29:10,799 --> 00:29:11,400
in a big way.

592
00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:16,960
Speaker 8: Yeah, you know, the first game was a really good game.

593
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,240
I think it's four to three, and it really could

594
00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:24,759
have gone either way, and they their catcher. They were

595
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:30,279
starting a backup catcher due to an ejection the game before,

596
00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:34,240
and uh, I think we scored on a pass ball

597
00:29:34,359 --> 00:29:38,640
that uh maybe the starter don't uh don't have that

598
00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:40,640
pass ball, which he had a pretty tough game in

599
00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:45,240
game two. But but then yeah, in game game two, man,

600
00:29:45,279 --> 00:29:49,359
we just we we had a couple of balls fly

601
00:29:49,440 --> 00:29:51,440
out of the park. Maybe one of them shouldn't have

602
00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:56,920
kind of backspun out the left and and the win

603
00:29:57,079 --> 00:29:59,680
was blowing out a little bit. And so yeah, it

604
00:29:59,759 --> 00:30:03,599
was good. But like you said, that's been a chirpy series.

605
00:30:03,839 --> 00:30:07,480
I don't know if you guys remember a few years ago, Uh,

606
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:11,599
coach Bytello and and D d H got into it

607
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:17,440
pretty pretty hardcore on the field and and then you know,

608
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:22,440
they're totally fine, I'm sure, but the fans never forgot it.

609
00:30:22,480 --> 00:30:25,160
In other words, and and you know, the way Tennessee

610
00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:30,480
plays ball, they're there. They've been great under Tony obviously

611
00:30:30,599 --> 00:30:34,680
and and supremely talented, but they can be a little bush.

612
00:30:34,480 --> 00:30:38,759
Speaker 3: League, you know, you know, with the we're here only

613
00:30:38,839 --> 00:30:42,680
in baton rouge. You're not gonna lose about Tennessee.

614
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:46,279
Speaker 8: Yeah, they're uh, you know, I just don't personally like

615
00:30:46,319 --> 00:30:49,359
the way they play the game. I just I just

616
00:30:49,519 --> 00:30:53,720
personally don't. But so that that that's kind of I

617
00:30:53,759 --> 00:30:57,440
think what happened as far as route going off on.

618
00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:01,759
They call Fish is Fisher I think is his name,

619
00:31:01,799 --> 00:31:05,640
who's a great player but a little a little bit

620
00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:09,359
of a smart ass, you know. And I think he

621
00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:11,799
gave it to Root, and then Root gave it back

622
00:31:11,839 --> 00:31:14,160
to it, and so or vice versa. I don't know

623
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:17,039
who started it, but it was it was well finished it.

624
00:31:17,119 --> 00:31:18,440
Speaker 4: Whoever started it.

625
00:31:18,279 --> 00:31:24,160
Speaker 8: He finished exactly exactly after eybody feeling down there. I mean,

626
00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:27,799
I think we're going into it as a whole.

627
00:31:28,119 --> 00:31:29,799
Speaker 2: We're like, yeah, we.

628
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:32,000
Speaker 8: Got as good a chance as anybody, but you know,

629
00:31:32,079 --> 00:31:34,799
we've been so heartbroken over the years when we thought

630
00:31:34,799 --> 00:31:37,200
we had really good well we did have really good teams.

631
00:31:37,200 --> 00:31:40,599
It's just hard to win out there. Yeah, and so

632
00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:44,000
we're like, yeah, I think we can do it, you.

633
00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:48,319
Speaker 3: Know, Yeah, I guess, yeah, exactly exactly.

634
00:31:49,240 --> 00:31:49,920
Speaker 1: That's the thing.

635
00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:53,759
Speaker 8: But anyway, I asked you a question and I started talking.

636
00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:55,359
Speaker 3: Again, how do you guys feeling That's what I was

637
00:31:55,359 --> 00:31:57,359
going to say, Like, until you've actually until you like

638
00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:59,599
finally do it, there's probably always going to be that feeling,

639
00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:01,720
and certainly Arkansas, I mean, they've been a pop.

640
00:32:01,559 --> 00:32:04,119
Speaker 4: Up away from winning a national championship.

641
00:32:04,119 --> 00:32:07,640
Speaker 3: But I think LSU fans probably feel like Arkansas fans

642
00:32:07,680 --> 00:32:10,079
like it is a very tough matchup. It's two teams

643
00:32:10,079 --> 00:32:12,880
that know each other incredibly well. And I don't know

644
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:14,880
that there's ever been like you always want to win

645
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,400
in Omaha, obvious, but I don't think there's ever been

646
00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,640
a more point of emphasis got to win this game,

647
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:23,720
because a lot of us, just like you, think that

648
00:32:23,799 --> 00:32:26,839
this is a matchup between the two best teams, and

649
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:29,279
if you win this one, man, it really sets you

650
00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:31,440
up for a nice path and then the other team's

651
00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:33,759
got to come out of the losers bracket. Now it's

652
00:32:33,759 --> 00:32:36,839
been done before. The last time LSU won a national championship,

653
00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:37,720
justin it was out.

654
00:32:37,559 --> 00:32:38,680
Speaker 4: Of the losers bracket.

655
00:32:39,079 --> 00:32:41,720
Speaker 3: But I don't remember like such a point of emphasis,

656
00:32:41,799 --> 00:32:45,079
My goodness, you win this one, Like what that feeling

657
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,119
would feel like and how good of a spot you

658
00:32:47,119 --> 00:32:51,079
would feel like you're in, because this just feels like

659
00:32:51,119 --> 00:32:53,000
the two best teams. It's not just us saying It's

660
00:32:53,039 --> 00:32:55,359
not you saying it, it's Vegas saying it. I mean

661
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:59,200
it is no doubt Arkansas LSU the two clear favorites

662
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:02,279
here in Omaha, because after that is a big drop

663
00:33:02,319 --> 00:33:03,960
off before you get to Coastal Carolina.

664
00:33:05,200 --> 00:33:08,119
Speaker 8: Yeah, I would agree with that, and I've said it.

665
00:33:08,559 --> 00:33:10,559
You know. I don't even know if I've talked to

666
00:33:10,599 --> 00:33:12,119
you about it, but I do a radio show in

667
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,839
Little Rock with David Basil. Oh yeah, I know, you know. Yeah,

668
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:18,400
And as matter of fact, I jumped off our show

669
00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:21,440
to jump on with you guys. I told Bath, I said,

670
00:33:21,440 --> 00:33:22,759
I'm going to talk to hester.

671
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:24,920
Speaker 2: He goes, you turn the back off.

672
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:28,279
Speaker 8: So maybe we can get you on our show. Absolutely

673
00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:31,680
after the game, maybe next week or something. But I

674
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:33,880
think you're right. But I've said this on our show.

675
00:33:34,279 --> 00:33:36,839
I think this is the first of two games that

676
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:42,039
l shoot all play regardless of who wins and who

677
00:33:42,079 --> 00:33:43,039
loses this game.

678
00:33:44,279 --> 00:33:46,240
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I'm right there with you. I think the

679
00:33:46,279 --> 00:33:46,680
same thing.

680
00:33:46,720 --> 00:33:48,880
Speaker 3: I think these teams have to go through the other

681
00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:51,640
one another time, and that's going to be maybe even

682
00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:53,680
more of an intriguing matchup because who knows what the

683
00:33:53,720 --> 00:33:55,480
pitching is going to be like. And that's why, like

684
00:33:55,559 --> 00:33:58,799
winning that first one just feels so important. But I

685
00:33:59,119 --> 00:34:02,119
do have to say and so throughout the show. So

686
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:04,599
we're also like on YouTube, we're on TV, and so

687
00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:07,519
we have interaction with like a little chat during this

688
00:34:07,599 --> 00:34:10,320
show and they're always great in you know interactions have

689
00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:13,719
been through the roof today trying to come up with

690
00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:17,280
a bet for us, for you and I to come

691
00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:18,559
up with a bet.

692
00:34:18,639 --> 00:34:21,639
Speaker 4: Now, well, well we got some time to work it out.

693
00:34:21,679 --> 00:34:24,400
Speaker 3: But the best one that I've seen so far today,

694
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:27,719
And I know you've got a couple of shows coming up.

695
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:29,920
I know you're going to be in Minnesota here coming up,

696
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:32,639
So maybe it's not right now. Maybe we see who

697
00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:35,880
ends up going, you know, the farthest down the road

698
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:38,119
in the College World Series. But the best one I've

699
00:34:38,119 --> 00:34:43,440
seen is if LSU wins and moves on, you got

700
00:34:43,559 --> 00:34:46,519
to wear an LSU shirt jersey at one of your

701
00:34:46,559 --> 00:34:48,599
shows for at least like a song.

702
00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:52,400
Speaker 4: And then if Arkansas wins, I've.

703
00:34:52,119 --> 00:34:56,079
Speaker 3: Got to wear an Arkansas shirt at SEC media days

704
00:34:56,159 --> 00:34:58,320
and also call the Hogs.

705
00:34:58,440 --> 00:34:58,800
Speaker 7: Wow.

706
00:35:00,039 --> 00:35:03,679
Speaker 8: Yeah, that's that's it's gonna be brutal for everyone.

707
00:35:05,800 --> 00:35:08,000
Speaker 3: Look, I mean, I know your wife's family has you know,

708
00:35:08,039 --> 00:35:10,000
some l s U gear they can send. Look, we'll

709
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:12,079
send you the gear if we have to. I mean,

710
00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:13,719
I know it's later around the house there at your

711
00:35:13,719 --> 00:35:15,559
in law, like somebody's got to know you.

712
00:35:15,639 --> 00:35:19,960
Speaker 8: Sure they can send you Yeah, yeah. Likewise, yeah, yeah,

713
00:35:20,159 --> 00:35:22,079
you know my my I think I talked about it

714
00:35:22,199 --> 00:35:25,079
last time I was on with you, But yeah, my

715
00:35:25,119 --> 00:35:28,480
wife's from home, and so over the years there's been

716
00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:32,639
a lot of trash talk. But between us now, at

717
00:35:32,639 --> 00:35:35,280
the time we started dating, which was twenty three years ago,

718
00:35:36,440 --> 00:35:41,880
our football program was winning a few more games and

719
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:45,800
and so we haven't had a whole lot of stuff

720
00:35:45,840 --> 00:35:50,119
to talk trash about over the past few years, except

721
00:35:50,119 --> 00:35:54,079
for a couple of seasons. But but yeah, man, it's

722
00:35:54,119 --> 00:35:57,679
it's always fun to give it to each other. I

723
00:35:57,719 --> 00:36:01,559
think that's what to me college sports or uh it

724
00:36:01,639 --> 00:36:03,960
kind of makes them so fun. And I mean you

725
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:08,280
and I are on opposing side and and good friends

726
00:36:08,320 --> 00:36:11,119
at the same time, So to me, that's kind of

727
00:36:11,119 --> 00:36:16,079
what makes the sports so fun and why everybody invests

728
00:36:16,119 --> 00:36:21,159
so much into it and uh emotion wise, and uh so, yeah,

729
00:36:21,199 --> 00:36:24,039
it's it's a good time and uh so you got

730
00:36:24,079 --> 00:36:25,039
are you going to omall?

731
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:30,199
Speaker 3: So if they make it to the championship series is

732
00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:32,280
when we're thinking we're going to try to get up there,

733
00:36:32,599 --> 00:36:34,679
uh you know with the other with the afternoon series

734
00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:37,440
x SIM show, Like trying to figure out how to

735
00:36:37,480 --> 00:36:40,239
get there, how to do both shows is a little tricky,

736
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:43,119
but we said, if they make it to the final series,

737
00:36:43,199 --> 00:36:45,400
then we are going to drop whatever we've got going

738
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:46,639
on and find a way up there.

739
00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:48,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's it.

740
00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:52,880
Speaker 8: That's exactly my my deal. I've got to play shows

741
00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:59,719
unfortunately this weekend and and then let's see, I would

742
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:03,159
miss game one if we happened to Mad made the championship,

743
00:37:03,199 --> 00:37:05,079
but I could catch Game two, and if there's a

744
00:37:05,159 --> 00:37:08,000
Game three, but you know, there's a there's a lot

745
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,480
of a lot of ball at the play before that,

746
00:37:11,079 --> 00:37:12,800
I can make those plan you know.

747
00:37:14,079 --> 00:37:14,320
Speaker 4: I know.

748
00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:16,639
Speaker 3: I'm sitting here and I'm like looking, I'm like, all right,

749
00:37:16,760 --> 00:37:18,559
it is June the twelfth.

750
00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:22,199
Speaker 4: I'm sitting here looking at Justin's tour dates.

751
00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:25,800
Speaker 3: Oh man, I mean right like in the middle of

752
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:27,519
the Championship series like you would.

753
00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:29,039
Speaker 4: You're not far away though.

754
00:37:29,119 --> 00:37:31,519
Speaker 3: It looks like you're going to be in Cedar Rapids

755
00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:35,719
in the twenty first and so you can maybe play

756
00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:38,239
that show and then pop down to Omaha, like at

757
00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:39,599
least you're somewhat close.

758
00:37:40,480 --> 00:37:41,320
Speaker 8: Yeah, that's the plan.

759
00:37:41,559 --> 00:37:41,880
Speaker 2: I think.

760
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:44,119
Speaker 8: I looked and it was four or five hours or

761
00:37:44,159 --> 00:37:46,920
something like that, So I could I could just pop

762
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:50,880
over in the bus and and uh catch catch the

763
00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:54,400
next game or two or whatever. Uh, So we'll see.

764
00:37:54,679 --> 00:37:54,800
Speaker 2: Uh.

765
00:37:55,039 --> 00:37:59,280
Speaker 8: But last time we went to Omahall, it was actually

766
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:02,920
Father's Day weekend again, and I came home on the

767
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:06,400
bus from the show and exhausted and just ready to

768
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:08,840
hang out with the kids and my wife. As soon

769
00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:11,920
as I walk in the door, she goes, happy Father's Day,

770
00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:14,400
I got your backpack. Go get back on the bus.

771
00:38:14,679 --> 00:38:17,639
We're going to Home Hall. And I'm I mean, I

772
00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:20,480
was thrilled, but I was like, I want to kind

773
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:22,239
of hang out with the kids, and she goes, well,

774
00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:25,400
you can't. We're going there. Man, what a great experience.

775
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:26,760
I'm sure you've been, but.

776
00:38:28,199 --> 00:38:29,000
Speaker 2: I could.

777
00:38:29,519 --> 00:38:34,159
Speaker 8: I couldn't believe the magnitude of what they do. I've

778
00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:36,199
never been to the super Bowl, but that's what it

779
00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:38,920
seemed like to me. I mean, just how how great

780
00:38:38,920 --> 00:38:43,760
a job that city does. And the atmosphere was awesome. Now,

781
00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:46,079
we went to and out, which was not a whole

782
00:38:46,119 --> 00:38:48,760
lot of fun, but we had a really good time.

783
00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:50,519
Speaker 4: Yeah.

784
00:38:50,559 --> 00:38:54,280
Speaker 3: Absolutely, and this one, like you want to whatever the

785
00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:59,079
peak attendance is and whatever, like the peak crowd noise is, whatever,

786
00:38:59,119 --> 00:39:01,159
like the standard is. I think it's going to be

787
00:39:01,199 --> 00:39:05,039
broken by Saturday night. L s U and Arkansas two

788
00:39:05,119 --> 00:39:07,880
of for my money, two of the best fan bases

789
00:39:08,199 --> 00:39:11,239
in college baseball. I think it is going to be incredible.

790
00:39:11,360 --> 00:39:13,039
It is going to be packed to the gills, It's

791
00:39:13,039 --> 00:39:15,760
going to be loud. It's at night, justin those fans

792
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:17,960
are going to be well hydrated. They're gonna have all

793
00:39:18,039 --> 00:39:20,480
day to get their mind right ready for the game.

794
00:39:20,559 --> 00:39:23,159
And so man, whatever like the best atmosphere in that

795
00:39:23,199 --> 00:39:25,800
stadium is, it's going to be passed up, I think

796
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:27,519
by what we see on Saturday night.

797
00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:31,840
Speaker 8: Yeah, I totally agree. And I think both of our coaches,

798
00:39:32,159 --> 00:39:36,239
Coach Johnson and coach Van Horned both mentioned that you know,

799
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:39,400
it's it's gonna be great, and I agree with you,

800
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:43,599
so that I don't see how there's two better, more passionate,

801
00:39:45,079 --> 00:39:51,880
well traveled college baseball fan bases in the country. And

802
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,559
so it's it's going to be a leade as far

803
00:39:54,599 --> 00:39:58,480
as atmosphere goes. And uh, you know, for for a

804
00:39:58,559 --> 00:40:01,039
few years man, you know, until the last few years,

805
00:40:01,039 --> 00:40:04,840
and we've had some really good basketball runs. But you know,

806
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:07,800
we've we've had baseball for the past twenty years with

807
00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:10,920
coach Van Horn or whatever it's been. So that's what

808
00:40:11,079 --> 00:40:14,960
Razorback fans have had and they go, Okay, take a

809
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,480
sigh relief. At least this baseball season. We know we're

810
00:40:17,519 --> 00:40:20,239
gonna be good in baseball at least, and we can

811
00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:23,000
compete with anybody, and we get you know, high level

812
00:40:23,079 --> 00:40:27,079
recruits and all that, and uh so, uh, I think

813
00:40:27,119 --> 00:40:29,480
that that's part of it for us at least, And

814
00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:36,400
obviously you guys with the legendary coach coach skip Bertman

815
00:40:37,639 --> 00:40:39,880
started that. It may have been somebody before that that

816
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:40,760
I'm unaware of.

817
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:44,719
Speaker 2: And we had a.

818
00:40:46,679 --> 00:40:49,760
Speaker 8: Coach, Norman O'Brien who did that for us before Dave

819
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:53,000
got there. And and so it's it's you know, we've

820
00:40:53,000 --> 00:40:56,039
had a lot of tradition, you guys more because y'all

821
00:40:56,039 --> 00:40:59,000
have gotten over the hump. Uh what is it seven

822
00:40:59,039 --> 00:40:59,639
times seven?

823
00:40:59,719 --> 00:41:01,119
Speaker 4: Yes, seven times?

824
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:05,719
Speaker 8: Yeah, so you know that obviously is part of it

825
00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:07,639
as well, a huge part of it.

826
00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:08,800
Speaker 4: All right there.

827
00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:13,440
Speaker 3: He is good friend country music superstar Justin Moore rooting

828
00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:16,559
on his hogs there in Omahall, Justin, let's talk some

829
00:41:16,599 --> 00:41:18,480
trash to the text thread. Let's come up with a

830
00:41:18,519 --> 00:41:21,920
bet the man looking forward to it.

831
00:41:22,719 --> 00:41:25,599
Speaker 8: Get this bet lined out. And uh and I'm sure

832
00:41:25,639 --> 00:41:29,000
you and I will be texting during the Yeah.

833
00:41:28,199 --> 00:41:29,519
Speaker 4: No question about it. Man.

834
00:41:30,400 --> 00:41:33,159
Speaker 8: Well, hey, good luck to you guys. Not too much,

835
00:41:33,760 --> 00:41:36,920
but good luck to you guys. And and uh, it'll

836
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:39,159
be It'll be fun regardless. Like I said, I'm just

837
00:41:39,719 --> 00:41:42,440
hope it's a great game and a great tournament and

838
00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:45,840
and uh and uh, well we'll roll it out there

839
00:41:45,880 --> 00:41:46,639
see what happens.

840
00:41:46,679 --> 00:41:49,320
Speaker 3: Man, Yep, no question about it. Man, truly, do appreciate

841
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:51,079
your time, justin, Man, I know how busy it is.

842
00:41:51,119 --> 00:41:52,920
I mean, you've got tour d eights coming up, so

843
00:41:52,960 --> 00:41:54,360
we appreciate a couple of minutes here.

844
00:41:55,159 --> 00:41:56,960
Speaker 8: Hey, thanks brother, Always good to talk to you.

845
00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:59,079
Speaker 4: All the best, all right, you as well again.

846
00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:05,039
Speaker 3: Justin Moore country music superstar massive Massive Arkansas fan. I

847
00:42:05,039 --> 00:42:09,079
was looking at his Twitter bio father Husband Hawk fan

848
00:42:09,679 --> 00:42:14,599
before he mentions country Music Albums Awards that he's won

849
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:18,800
Father Husband Hawk Fan. So, I mean, I don't think

850
00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:21,280
that a lot of people like with the following that

851
00:42:21,320 --> 00:42:24,400
he has would have known lshu's current head coach, their

852
00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:26,599
former head coach, like information, like he would have known

853
00:42:26,639 --> 00:42:29,960
maybe his team. But when I say this man is

854
00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:31,559
a true fan, he truly is.

855
00:42:31,599 --> 00:42:33,880
Speaker 4: And so we'll see what that bet ends up being.

856
00:42:33,920 --> 00:42:35,760
Speaker 3: I think Elandra came up with the best one yet,

857
00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:37,639
we'll see if we can get him to agree to it.

858
00:42:37,679 --> 00:42:40,239
All right, we will wrap up today's show when we

859
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Speaker 1: Tiger's turn Talkers. This is off the bench.

880
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Speaker 6: Te Ben.

881
00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:09,519
Speaker 4: You look, I have your hoping all night like I.

882
00:44:09,639 --> 00:44:13,639
Speaker 3: Take baby let all right, welcome again, OTB closing out

883
00:44:13,639 --> 00:44:15,159
with a little ass the bench.

884
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:18,960
Speaker 4: Hashtag ask the Bench.

885
00:44:19,079 --> 00:44:24,320
Speaker 3: Do you loathe Eduardo Perez calling the WHOA calling the

886
00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:25,199
College Role Series?

887
00:44:28,639 --> 00:44:28,880
Speaker 4: I don't.

888
00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:31,360
Speaker 3: I don't know the guy personally, but if you haven't

889
00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:33,480
been there all season long, why would you be there

890
00:44:33,519 --> 00:44:34,400
in the biggest moment.

891
00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:38,480
Speaker 4: It's kind of my deal and I don't love him

892
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:38,960
on any call.

893
00:44:39,239 --> 00:44:42,280
Speaker 3: ESPN's college baseball coverage during the year is better than

894
00:44:42,320 --> 00:44:44,119
any other coverage that they do, as far as the

895
00:44:44,199 --> 00:44:48,800
talent that they have in the booth. Chris Burt, Ben McDonald,

896
00:44:49,039 --> 00:44:53,199
Todd Walker, H I mean we I mean JP calpri

897
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like wek Ago. I could go through the list of

898
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the guys that are just doing an incredible job, and

899
00:44:59,719 --> 00:45:03,000
so like why would you go away from those guys?

900
00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:06,719
Or somebody that covers major League baseball that he just

901
00:45:06,760 --> 00:45:09,039
doesn't know, doesn't know the ins and outs. And that's

902
00:45:09,039 --> 00:45:12,400
not even like a knock against him, it's just it is.

903
00:45:12,360 --> 00:45:15,559
Speaker 4: What it is. Yeah, I can't say that.

904
00:45:17,280 --> 00:45:20,440
Speaker 3: If I'm watching a baseball game my guy's on the

905
00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:23,039
call there, like a major league baseball game, my wife

906
00:45:23,079 --> 00:45:26,159
will walk in and go nope, nope, nope, turn it down,

907
00:45:26,519 --> 00:45:30,400
not listening to that. So if you run something, ask

908
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:32,880
a bench, why did t Bob really leave Baton Rouge

909
00:45:33,199 --> 00:45:39,079
took a new jobs out there doing some stuff yesterday.

910
00:45:39,199 --> 00:45:40,480
Speaker 4: The truth is he's on the run.

911
00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:45,280
Speaker 5: He's he's trying to run the cops.

912
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Speaker 4: Like he's running for the cops.

913
00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:48,280
Speaker 3: T Bob wouldn't run. He would just say you got me,

914
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:50,320
we'll see you tomorrow, otb.

915
00:45:50,639 --> 00:45:55,320
Speaker 4: Off the bench, all right, all right, you got me,

916
00:45:55,360 --> 00:45:56,559
and like he would do that by the time he

917
00:45:56,599 --> 00:45:57,280
got to port Allen.

918
00:45:57,320 --> 00:46:00,079
Speaker 5: I think that's fair because he did say Kate and

919
00:46:00,159 --> 00:46:00,719
cheated on him.

920
00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:02,840
Speaker 3: He'd just be like, like, hey, can react like that

921
00:46:02,920 --> 00:46:07,280
did not happen, and just say like let's reset, ye,

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