Speaker 1: Off the Bench with Jacob Hester and Matt Flynn.
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Speaker 3: It's off the Bench.
Speaker 4: All right, Welcome back in our number three Tuesday edition.
Here on off the Bench Tyler Sharp and Ladra villar
Rel Braxton Risuta. We've been trying to find a caffeine
free drinks for Laundra to drink and haven't found any
winter so far.
Speaker 5: But I'll put I'm in the chat if you know us.
Speaker 4: Apparently that's what she's gonna give up for lant I
don't participate in lant one.
Speaker 5: I'm not Catholic.
Speaker 4: Even if I was, though, I don't think I'd be
able to survive. So look, I'm a man that knows
my limitations. Let's go to the phone lines right now.
Our guy Nick Underhill of New Orleans and Dot Football
joins us. Right now, Nick, how are you this morning?
Speaker 2: Doing great?
Speaker 5: How you doing doing good? Uh?
Speaker 4: Make you taking in any Marty girl out there in
the city today?
Speaker 5: What you got?
Speaker 6: Yeah?
Speaker 2: I live like two blocks off Saint Charles so it's
kind of kind of not optional, like you're you're in it,
even if you don't want to be in it, like
they're bringing it to your house. But you ever, we're
out there, man, we're out there having a good time.
It's great to see the city's the weather has been
great this year. It's been it's been a great time.
Speaker 5: Did you see Lane Kivin on Indimian Saturday?
Speaker 2: I did, Yeah, And like everything's running on time this
year too, on top of that, so like that's a
major win. Like normally, normally these things are like two
and a half hours behind when they're supposed to start.
Like it seems like everything's running on time to clean up,
spend crazy good. So like New Orleans is on top
of things this year. But as far as Lane goes, yeah,
and then I've seen the video of like everybody coming
up to them to take pictures. I don't know that
I've ever seen someone regretted decision in real time the
same way that looks like in that in that video.
But I mean, I think it's awesome he's out there
and like I feel like the way he handled I
don't know if he saw the float where they were
kind of you know, comming him a little bit fun
and Gale Benson a little bit like him treating it
as a joke just kind of shows that he kind of,
you know, gets it, and even if he doesn't, he's
smart enough to pretend like it doesn't bother him. So
it just seems like Lane's kind of hitting the right
notes right now too, So you know, that's a big
part of being there, Like when people talk about and
all that stuff, like these are kind of the little
things beyond like just the coaching and winning that you've
kind of got to just be cool with and roll with.
And him getting that early on even again, like if
he's just it's smart enough to know that that's the
right pr play, that's good because I don't feel like
Brian Kelly got that right away at all. He tried
and it just came off his face. Like Lane's kind
of you know, he's sit in the right moves like
Kyler shuck. You've seen him at all the right moves
over and over and over. Like that stuff ends up
mattering in the end, you know. Like I'm on a
rank here about Marty drawn out relate some people like
I feel like how like you know, like Dyne Williamson
is someone who never really has felt like our guy.
Like he's never been out there. He's never been You
don't see him at prade, you don't see him wearing
like a Saints jersey anywhere. Like just those little things
when people want to start calling you bat and you
you know it's a guy from Chicago like that, don't
get Louisiana behind you. I'm rallying for But when you're
not that guy, like, they aren't going to show up
for you the same way. So like those little things matter, man,
Like you can just just show up and try to
be part of the community and you're gonna have built
some loyalty forever. So I think I think Layne is
smart to recognize that right away.
Speaker 5: All right, nixt think about New Orleans.
Speaker 4: Obviously, New Orleans Saints got a draft coming up here
in April, and the name Jeremiah Love.
Speaker 5: I keep seeing it pop up.
Speaker 4: And I keep seeing people get into heated debates over
this name. Some people like it, some people hate it.
In your opinion, how serious of an option is that
for the Saints in realm.
Speaker 2: One, Yeah, I think it's a It's a real option.
I'm running in my computer right now to get you
some spreadsheet because I got some numbers that I want
to uh that I want to rattle off here. But
I think it's a real option. I think I think he's,
you know, in this draft, in this class with that player.
Like I think the thing that people do that drives
me crazy when when they have these conversations is that
they never kind of equate it with what's actually happening.
They just have these hard and fast roles like a
lot would never take a running back in the top ten. Cool,
Like I generally agree with that too, But in a
draft where there's really no quarterbacks besides the one, the
offensive tackles aren't that great. The best pass rusher as
Will Campbell's arms, like, you aren't going to have like
necessarily a ton of guys pushing other people down. So
this is a week top ten draft, so I think
you kind of gotta gotta take that into consideration. And
then when you look at Jeremiah Love, I think he's
just the uh old. I'm looking this up real quick,
But I think when you talk about Jeremiah Love like
he's a special player, like his numbers, like, you start
doing these comparisons to say Kwan to give to uh
bjarn to everybody else that that that you know, you
look at like the numbers that are just stacked them
up incredibly in his favor, and you start bringing it
down by run type, vers top twenty five opponents, all
these things, Like his numbers stand well above everybody else.
The average is eight yards of carry on outside one
runs like those are or numbers that translate to the NFL,
like you're just hitting the crease and you're going and
obviously you know the competition level is a little bit different.
But I don't think that you can. I don't think
that you can just dismiss him in that role. Like
I think he's a special player. And again, like if
you're telling me that that you can get a pass
rusher in the positional value is better there and he's
graded equally to Jeremiah Love, I'm taking that ever least
single time. But if you're telling me that it's a
little bit different, you know, I'm looking at the running
back and I got to look at the special player
and like he does everything, Like all right, I got
it right here, Like Jeremiah Love, is it supposed to
run rate was seventeen percent. Djon Robinson's was sixteen percent,
Ashton Jensen's was sixteen, Barkley was sixteen, Gibbs was sixteen percent.
So you're ahead of all these guys there yards before
contact versus after contact. Saque was pops two before contact.
Love is second at two point oh five. After contact,
Love is at four point three. That's that's the best
among that whole group. Inside zone runs, he's the best
one on those six point nine seven yards per carry
out of the whole group talking about Jeremiah Love, gen
T Dejon, Jamior Gibs, and Taekuon Barkley. Outside zone runs,
he's top of that list too. Power runs, he's a
little he's thirty on the list. The counter runs, he's
he's stirted on the list again, Like he just go
down and you can go through all these and he's
better than people that are, you know, the the top
twelve picks in the NFL drafts, and the numbers just
stack up so favorably on all of them, and then
you know, I think the most impressive thing about him
is is that against loaded boxes, he averaged almost six
yards of carry. Like these numbers are insane, and like
nobody else in this group compares to a lot of them.
I think he's genuinely special. And as you go through this,
so I'm gonna write something on our side, like if
you go through this, like you can start to see
where the GENK case deterior rates as you get like
more on like a molecular level of breaking this down,
and you see where a lot of kind of himself.
I think, I think he's different. I would not recall
him picking him back.
Speaker 4: I hear a lot of people say, like the pushback
of drafting to Jeremiah Love that highest, Yeah, we like
the player if he's the final piece for the Saints.
And then they go on to say, yo, you know
you need this this and that's like in your opinion,
not just to Jeremiah Love, like running back in general
for you, how high up is that on the priority list?
Speaker 2: I think it's up on the power you list. And yeah,
look I think you do got to have all that.
Like all those things are true. But like if you're
telling me that you can't go in the free agency
and say, hey, look like we want to add too
interior offensive lineman, spend a lot of money on them
so that we can go draft Jeremiah Love. I don't
think it's not hard to do. I don't understand why
it's always talked about in a way where it's like
mission impossible to do it and you just got to
have the full scale plan. But like, I think this
is always a little bit disingenuous too, because anything you're drafting,
if you aren't building the right structure on him, you're
wasting that player, Like Miles Garrett's being wasted in Cleveland, right,
But nobody's like don't draft a pass rusher because he
doesn't change your fortunes immediately. You obviously always have to
build a good team now, Like, yeah, the different perier
is that the positional values lower, like the argument for it,
And I think it's especially true like when you're in
a different cap situation too, Like positional value matters a
ton in that instance, because like if you're the Saints
in twenty nineteen, let's chuse twenty eighteen. It's a real example,
Like if you're the Saints in twenty eighteen, if you're
up against the cap, you don't have the money to
go out to really sign a difference maker or pass rusher.
You got to kind of try to do something to
get Marcus Stavenport because it's going to change your fortunes,
and you have no other way to acquire that player,
and you don't have the cap space to go out
and get it. So you've got to try to do
these things so they become a greater consideration. But if
you're the Saints and you have a rookie quarterback in
your cap, you have the dead money this year, you're
a little iffy on the cap this year. But if
you actually know all the cap works like they're in
the clear next year, nobody's gonna be able to say
they aren't the clear because the numbers are going to
be incredibly obvious. Like, I think you have a little
bit more wig over them because you have five years
from now really until that first bloated cap number hits
on shuck if you sign them to an expection because
of the way you can structure that contract. So like
the idea to me that that like positional value, you
should drive conversation here. No, Like I think the Saints
are in a situation where where just the quality of
the player should be at the forefront of it, because
you have the financial wiggle room over the next five
years to kind of construct it however you want. So,
you know, I just think there's a lot that goes
into it, and I think every situation is unique. Again,
Like if you're telling me Ruben Bain Junior is grated
exactly the same as Jeremiah Love, I'm taking Ruben Bain.
But if you're telling me that Jeremiah Love is higher
and Bain's below, I'm literally drafting Bpa because I just
don't think like I think when you're in a rebuilding,
you have pass space, which is thinks they're going to have,
Like just getting the best players on your team is
this thing that's going to get into the next level.
It's not going to be well, we got good value
on a pass rusher and good value on a running back. Like, no,
go go buy the pass rusher if you think he's better,
and draft the running back if you think he's better.
And who cares. Like you got five years to kind
of get everything into place and be ready, But like
right now, you just need to be building a team
to take advantage of this this rookie quarterback. And the
best way to do that is just to build the
best team.
Speaker 3: Mc roll.
Speaker 4: Those that football our guest right now, Nick, If they do,
in fact go Jeremiah Love round one.
Speaker 5: How do you think the rest of the draft falls
were the Saints?
Speaker 4: I mean everyone everyone wants to talk receiver, they want
to talk pass rusher, Like, where do you think it
falls after Jeremiah Love?
Speaker 5: If they do go that way, I.
Speaker 2: Think it's a good draft, like for those two two
like those two positions specifically, Like I think it's kind
of deep on on pass rushers, Like I think second
third round, like the Illinois guys will probably be there.
There's a tennesseee pass rushers that will probably be there.
Both those guys are pretty good, you know, they got
from Millais. I think I had like eleven and a
half stacks last year, eleven stacks like and he's probably
around there. Got to show you can do a little
bit more in the run game. But like I think
you can hit. I think you can hit on wide
receiver and as rusher in rounds two and three and
get guys that can that can help, you know, and
also like probably hear the end of the first round,
like if if you really wanted to get a difference maker,
like the uh the other Miami pass Rusher is probably
gonna be available mess with Orf like probably probably in
the twenties. Like as things look right now, I won't
be surprised if he actually gets moved up a little
bit if this process goes along. But they guys there
that I think you can go get, like Chris bella
wide receiver coming up to ACL like he could dip
a little bit and he already has built in chemistry
with with Shock. Obviously they were both at Louisville and
twenty twenty four. I think he averaged like almost eight
yards after the catch per reception like that. That's something
they badly need in this offense. Like Surrat from uh
Indiana's going to be there. You know, there's a ton
of guys that I think you can get it either
one of those positions that can probably help. Obviously, you know,
Jordan Tyson and Makaya Lemon and Karnil State are like
way better than the rest of the group, and they're
gonna probably be top ten, top twelve pix. But you know,
I think you wait a little bit, you can get
a difference maker. It's some of those spots. So however
you kind of want to do it, I think just
think fit in a really good spot. Like, I think
they can get somebody at eight to help their offense.
Look if if if a lot, say Taylor goes like
and you told me they took Blaine, Like, I wouldn't
hate that pick at all. Like, I think that would
be a good pick too. Caleb Downs would be a
good pick there, you know, David Bailey, Ruben Baying, Like
there's a lot of stuff they can do. But yeah,
if they go running back at eight, I still think
they can check off those other things, probably grab a
garden round four. Like, there's just so many needs good
that if you just start drafting the best players at
every spot, the guys that you think are actually the
best players, instead of chasing we got to get this,
we gotta get this. I don't think they can screw up.
Like I think your odds of hitting on your picks
like go way up if you aren't chasing that stuff.
Like every single time we talk about one of these
guys and it's like, ah, like this pick didn't work,
Trevor Penning, they felt like they had to go get
a tackle. The squad has been a little bit ify
with the health and you know everything overall, I still
am very high on his potential, but like they backed
themselves from the corner where it was like they have
to take a tackle whether it's the third best one
available or the fourth best one available, Like andres Peek
kind of fell into that box a little bit. Like
every single time Sheldon Rankins was like they got to
get the interior pass rusher, they got to every single time,
like they chase that like that, that's where the mistakes
end up getting made. So if they really do DPA,
like I feel like they're in a way better situation.
Speaker 5: Nick, you got a couple of big time veterans on
this team. Who's uh.
Speaker 4: The Saints have to make a decision on their future.
And of course I'm talking Cam Jordan and to Mario Davis.
Where do you think things stand with them? I mean,
I imagine the Saints and Saints fans would love to
have both of them back, But where do things kind
of stand right now?
Speaker 2: If I had to make a production prediction today, I
would predict Cam back to Mario the Mario leaves, and
I think they want both of them back. I just
think they want both of them back at a specific price.
And you know, I think to Mario is somebody who
is incredibly intentional with with his words and what he says,
like his postgame press conferences or pre playing sermons. A
lot of times like they'll come them with his talking
points for his weekly media session that that he's you know,
saying for well, yeah, he wants fansy here because it's
intended for everybody in the building to hear it. And
you can you can just tell he prepares and he
thinks about everything, and he's thoughtful. So when he's out
there talking about you know, the business things to do
a line and you know he's looking at his options
and his door is open. I thank him at his word.
I don't think he just says those things. And every
other time this put track is aspiring, like there wasn't
that stuff he wasn't going on, you know, Ay Adams
Show and doing these press scores, and you know, I
think it's all very intentional. I don't think the doors
closed on him coming back. I think he'd be open
to coming back. But I do think that you know,
he's looking for just that that right combination of situation,
playing time, coach, money, opportunity. And I also think, you know,
he's very aware that he's you know, in the backside
of his thirties, he's stacked up a lot of accolades
and he's probably right on that touch to getting into
the Hall of Fame and another all Proud would probably
do it. And you know, if you're playing for you know,
I let the Rams. Like, if you're playing for the
Rams and you're on Monday Night football, Sunday night football,
you're in the playoffs, Chris palins Worth saying your name
every night when everybody, you know, all the voters are
watching and you're making plays and they're highlighting you, I
think the odds of getting those accolagues goes up a
little bit. And you know, I think that fit where
he's at. I think he's he's at that legacy point
in the Saints are on the up and up, and
look going back to him being intentional, like him constantly
talking about how it was the happiest he's been playing
football in a long time. Like, I think that means
a lot too. I think he really enjoyed playing for
Brandon Staley, and I think things with the previous regime
kind of you know, started to wear out and it
took the joy out of the game a little bit,
so I think, you know him feeling that like probably
as to his ability to chase out on Jesse. So
I think there's a lot of things about here that
he likes. But I also think that he's definitely open
to the opportunity elsewhere. And I just think he's too
good of a player, and I think he's he's someone
that could definitely help the contender get over the hum.
So I disrespect his game too much to assume that
that good offer isn't going to come. So my guests
would be that he goes. But you know, I think
the door is definitely open both ways.
Speaker 4: Nick Conderhill of New Orleans Dot Football. Nick, thanks so
much for hopping on with me today.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no promise.
Speaker 4: All right, That wasn't that counder Hill talking all things
New Orleans Saints. We're going to take a quick time
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Speaker 4: All right, welcome back in tuesday edition of Off the Bench,
Tyler Tarump here with you, Elandravillarrial Braxton.
Speaker 5: Risuto here as well.
Speaker 4: Well, guys, Lane Kiffin wins again because it was reported
on Friday, reports its surface that safety's coach Jake Olsen
would leave LSU to become the safety's coach with the
Washington Commanders. Well, yesterday afternoon, Pete Nacos of one three
reported that Olson will remain with the Tigers on the
coaching staff.
Speaker 5: Again.
Speaker 4: It's just another win for Lane Kiff. I mean, think
about it. Shortly after Kiffin got this job. I mean
it was just a few days before that early signing period.
And remember all the talk was Labar Brown, Richard Anderson.
Are they going to sign in the early signing period
or are they going to wait? The reason they were
considering waiting was because the status of Blake Baker was
up in the area it interviewed for the two lane
head coaching job. Everyone here really expected Blake Baker to
take that job. Well, at the last second, Lane Kiffin
convinced him one way or the other to stay here.
In Ben rude. So Blake Baker back as LSU defensive coordinator.
That means that Corey Raymond stays. That means that Jake Olsen,
who came with Blake Baker from Missouri, is over here.
I mean, basically, your entire defensive staff stayed outside of
your D line coach because Blake Baker did not take
that two lane job, and he goes far beyond the
coaching staff. Lane Kiffin said at his press conference a
few weeks ago recapping the entire signing class, whether it
was the transfer portal to high school players back in
you know, about three weeks ago that he was asked
the question, why did you feel the need to follow
Sam Levitt to Knoxville and talk to him one more time?
Speaker 5: And then Kiffin was very blunt.
Speaker 4: He said, you know, I really thought I should have
sealed the deal and not let him leave Van Rouge
without committing. I wasn't able to do that, and I
realized my mistake, so I flew out to Knoxville to
talk to him. Kiffin said, I don't like being told no.
When someone tells me no, it only makes me want
to keep going even more so he did that with
Sam Levitt he went up to Knoxville. He talked to him, Boom,
Sam Levittson Ulshu Tiger. He did it with Blake Baker.
He talked to Baker. Baker pulled his name out of
contention for the two lane job, and he convinced the
other two quarterbacks after sam Levitt side like you got
Landon Clark and sam Levitt pretty much.
Speaker 5: Back to back.
Speaker 4: Clark was actually first, but it was within about a
twenty four hour window of each other. And then you
still convinced Hussan Longstreet from USC to come over. There's
a lot of schools who's on Long Street could have
went to that had a much easier path, a much
less competitive path to the field, to that starting job.
But Lane Kiffin has a way of convincing people, Hey
buy into my vision. There's a chance we do special
things here. And Jake Olsen's just the latest pulls his
name out of contention to be the safety's coach with
the Washington Commanders.
Speaker 5: We saw this with Charlie Wysh Jr.
Speaker 4: Remember Charlie White Junior was going back and forth between
Ole Miss and LSU due to the playoff run, and
Tiger fans were like Okay, well, when he's done with
the old miss Rod, he'll come over here. Then multiple
NFL teams he was linked to them for the offensive
coordinator position. A lot of people thought he was going
to take that Pittsburgh Steel offensive coordinator position.
Speaker 5: And what does Charlie Wise Jr.
Speaker 1: Do.
Speaker 4: He ultimately pulls his name out and wants to stay
here at LSU. To me, that shows the buy in
of everyone involved. You got Baker to stay. Baker turned
down a head coaching job. Charlie Wise Junior turned down
the same position, but in the NFL most people would
consider that a step up. Jake Olsen turned down the
same position, but in the NFL, all of them to
come back and work under Lane Kiffin because they all
going in the same direction.
Speaker 5: They all believe in this goal.
Speaker 4: He got Sam Levitt to leave and come back to
LSU after you let him leave this building without committee.
You landed not one, not two, but three quarterbacks who
probably could have went to all other programs and started.
But they have that much belief in Lane Kiffin and
what he's building here in Baton Rouge and this system
he is putting in place to take a chance and say, hey,
I'll push that down the road a little bit.
Speaker 5: I'll kick that can down the road.
Speaker 4: I'm gonna come in here and I'm gonna see what
we got here in Baton Rouge. And I think that's huge,
Like safety's coach, you know, safeties coach. Like some schools
don't even have a safety coach. Some schools will just
do the dB coach, like Corey Raymond did that here
for a while. Corey Raymond was not always just corners coach.
He was the dB coach. So you could say, okay,
well you didn't lose the safety coach, a great it's
always nice to have him back. You could replace him,
or even if you don't, Raymond could just be the
dB coach. But it's bigger than that. You've convinced multiple
people like Kayden Durham pulled his name out of the portal.
Harlan Barry announced he was coming back to school. That's
when losing your running backs coach Frank Wilson to an
SEC rival in Ole, miss. Both of those guys decided
to stay here at LSU. There were multiple guys that
put their names in the portal and came right back out.
Speaker 5: I mean, I think like to me.
Speaker 4: Kyle Parker was a big loss in the portal that
one hurt, and a Carrius Kern. You would have liked
to have kept both of them. Outside of those guys,
you didn't lose any of your big time players in
the transfer port and the ones that did enter came back.
I mean Treda's Green was one of the first people
to announced he was coming back. DJ Pickett coming back.
Like you had the cornerstone. You had the big name
pieces of this program all buy into Lane Kiffin, and
now the coaches are doing it as well. Whether it's
Blake Baker, whether it's Charlie Weis Junior, whether it's Jay Colson.
All of these guys have such a big buy in
because they believe in what Lane Kiffin is doing here
in Baton Rouge. You love to see it. As an
LSU fan, you gotta be excited because the guys in
that built again, the returning players, whether it's a Leavitt
or a land In Clerk or who's on Long Street
or now multiple coaches on this staff turning down positions
at other spots. And for like Blake Baker, that's a
step up. Charlie Wis Jr. Like you had a chance
to be an NFL offensive coordinate. Same with Jake Colson.
That's an NFL job. A lot of people would love
to have those jobs, all of them to return to
LSU for one reason or another. And I think it
all boils down to Lane Kiffin and what he's building
here in Beton Rouge. A. Right, we'll take a time out,
we get back. We just got a few more segments
left on this Tuesday. We'll talk a little Saints. We
got a new team joining the Mountain West. It's a
big time name that you're probably pretty familiar with if
you follow college football. And then we'll close it out
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Speaker 4: Welcome back in Tuesday edition of OOTB We got about
two more segments left landra Bangers today. It reminds me
of like all these different eighties movie soundtracks. It's incredible
eighties Tuesday. You know what I was listening to the
other day of all bands Abba?
Speaker 9: I mean, they're like having a resurgence.
Speaker 5: Are they really? I didn't even know that though, I
don't know. I went to.
Speaker 9: Chelsea's Yeah, just randomly, and I didn't know that it
was like a themed night or anything like that, and
it was like they were playing Abba basically, I think
it was like a disco or a seventies vend or something,
and they were playing Abba and like all the kids
knew all the words to it, and I was like,
where are y'all getting this from?
Speaker 5: Right? Like, that doesn't seem like a band that gets
talked about a lot.
Speaker 3: I guess Mama Mia.
Speaker 4: So when I was younger, we wouldn't sell Mama Mia.
And then like you know, it was like, okay whatever,
And looking back on it, I'm like they had one
band of an entire movie just based off of their songs. Yeah,
like that that's pretty because it wasn't a biopics based
off Abba.
Speaker 5: It's just I mean, that's pretty cool.
Speaker 4: Like the other day, I was washing dishes and Victoria
witten home, so I was like, I'm putt my headphones
on and have some.
Speaker 5: Some Abba come up. I listened to Abba for like
an hour.
Speaker 4: I mean, you want to talk about some good songs
there with Abba, and like, what I like about them
is like every song's different, but they also have their
own unique sound. At the same time, great agreed and
listen to some more Abba. Okay, right now, I wanted
to bring this up for a little bit just hit
on this for just just a few minutes here. North
Dakota State football is going to join the Mountain West.
Now this is football only pretty much immediately. It's going
to take into effect July twenty twenty six, so they
will be in the Mountain West for the foreseeable future
in football only. And you know, a lot of people
look at this and be like, oh, yeah, okay, it's
a it's an FCS school moving up a level of competition.
Speaker 5: We've seen it before, Like we've seen it the other
way too.
Speaker 4: Idaho the Vandals, you know, they couldn't quite compete on
the FBS level.
Speaker 5: They move down a level.
Speaker 4: They're kind of an FCS power right now. So mean,
we've seen it the other way, but I mean a
lot of recent memory. James Madison's done this, Coastal Carolina,
did this, Missouri State, Delaware State, like there's been some
teams Sacramento State as in the process of doing that
as well. But North Dakota State moving up to me
is interesting. Like every time I look at North Dakota
State on someone's schedule, on like a big name program schedule,
like why are you scheduling North Dakota State Because they're
an absolute wagon, Like, don't schedule North Dakota State.
Speaker 5: North Dakota State has.
Speaker 4: Ten Division one national championships between twenty eleven and twenty
twenty five.
Speaker 5: I mean that's a fourteen year period.
Speaker 4: They had eight titles in a nine year period from
twenty eleven to twenty nineteen, and then they had another
in twenty twenty one another in twenty twenty four. This
is not your run of the mill program, like, oh,
you know they're gonna this is cute. They're gonna try
to move up a level of competition. The Mountain West
better watch out. I mean, because they've had sustained success
for a number of years. A number of their coaches
have gotten bigger jobs and they've they've still done this.
They've went to a turnstyle of coaches. Think about all
the quarterbacks that have come through there. Carson Wentz was
the number two pick out of North Dakota State, and
before he messed up his knee in Philadelphia, he probably
would have been the MVP of the NFL that year. Now,
he never quite rebounded properly from that from an injury.
But I mean, look, Carson Wentz has had a solid
NFL career, and he was a really good NFL starter
for a number of years. He comes out of North
Dakota State. Trey Lance, I mean, his NFL career hasn't
worked out like a lot of people thought it would.
But he was the number three pick. Yeah, he's bounced
around team to team, But I mean, forty nine ers
sold the farm to get Trey Lance. We always talk
about it saying, hey, they're lucky they hit on brock
Party in the seventh round because they gave up a
lot to move up to number three, and it was
specifically to take Trey Lance. Christian Watson with the Packers,
he was a second round pick. He's a really good
NFL receiver. He set some injury issues, but when he's
out there, he's as good as anybody on the field.
This is a program that you got to watch out for.
I mean, this is not your your run of the mill. Oh,
let me see if we can make something happen here
and try to move up. They're going to be They're
going to be a problem for the Mountain West, I think.
Speaker 5: For a while.
Speaker 4: I mean just this year at the Senior Bowl, Jacob
Matt interviewed Cole Payton he's one of the good performers
at quarterback. He's a North Dakota State guy. The Tama
Bay Buccaneers have Cody Mout starting on their offensive line.
North Dakota State guy. I mean, this is a school
that time and time again just continues to churn out
an fl talent. When you know, I heard a lot
of people when when Idaho moved down from FBFS to
FCS a few years back, everybody said, oh, this is
gonna be good for them. They can't compete in the FBS.
They're gonna be a lot stronger of a program.
Speaker 5: I get it.
Speaker 4: I think this is a great move for North Dakota
State and they're gonna get extra money out of this deal.
I mean, you know, it's not a power for conference,
but I mean the Mountain West has been around for
a long time for some good programs in the Mountain West,
and I think North Dakota State's gonna come in right
away and compete.
Speaker 5: This is a team to look out for.
Speaker 4: Like again, Sacramento States in the process of doing this
as well, moving up and they're gonna try to move
up in football first, but they hope to have multiple
sports move up. North Dakota State. They're ready to go
right now. I mean up in Fargo, they love this team.
You've ever seen a game inside the Fargo Dome on TV.
I've obviously never been in person, but that place is rocky.
That's one of the toughest places to play. I mean,
I remember when I was at Southeastern in a really
good year. One season they make it to the postseason.
Everybody's like, Okay, all roads, all roads leads to the
Fargo Dome.
Speaker 5: Get ready.
Speaker 4: If you want to make the National Championship, you got
to go through the Fargo Dome. And I mean they've
been the gold standard on that level of ball for
quite some time now. I mean schools have caught up
to him, like Montana, Montana State in Illinois State like
teams have caught up to them. But I think this
is a huge move for the Mountain West because despite
the fact that their FCS, that's a huge brand that
everybody knows about. You have a lot of big time
NFL players that have went through that school. I think
that is a big time move for the Mountain West.
We'll see how they compete, how long it takes them
to adjust. Again, I kind of think it's gonna happen
right away. But I mean, I am really excited to
see what North Dakota State can do in the Mountain West.
Remember they played Colorado opening game of the year two
years ago, and I mean there were people picking Colorado,
I mean Northdakota State to win that game, and they.
Speaker 5: Almost did, and probably should have. Colorado came back.
Speaker 4: They won that game. I think it was about a
four or five point win, kind of a come from
behind winning overtime. But North Dakota State had them on
the ropes. They beating a number of big time programs.
This is a big time get for the Mountain West,
and I think North Dakota State is a team to
keep an eye on coming up here in the near future.
All Right, we'll take a time out. We'll close this
thing out like we do every day. Get your questions
in the chat. We got asked the bench. Coming up
next here on o TV Off.
Speaker 1: The Bench Tigers Turn Talkers. This is Off the Bench.
Speaker 5: Welcome back.
Speaker 4: In final segment here on a Tuesday edition of OTB.
Taylor Sharp sitting in for Jacob Pastor and Matt Flynn.
We'll close up today like we do every day. A
little bit of ask the bench. First one here, ask
the bench, favorite Marty Girl throw to catch?
Speaker 5: First off? Wondro w what'd you catch at Spanish tap?
Speaker 9: Mostly just beads. That one jello shot that I took
from the float. Let this man just inject one into
my mouth. I don't know why I did that. I
got some cups, but they were mostly just beats.
Speaker 5: I like the light up beads, and they got like
the little like the mortar girl hat or something. Yeah,
I like those.
Speaker 6: I wish I went to the one this last weekend finish.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's the one where Drew Brees was.
Speaker 5: Oh he was?
Speaker 9: It seemed like there was it No never mind because
Lane was in Demian.
Speaker 5: Speaking of leads us right to the next one. Ask
the bench. Would you rather be on a float with
Drew Brees or Lane Kiffin?
Speaker 6: Drew Brees, Lane Kiffin sober, Yeah, I mean Drew Brees
is now orland like in.
Speaker 4: Case, I'm gonna go a little That's true. So like
for me, like a lot of Saints fan, I'm not
I'm gonna go Lane Kiff because I'm a lot bigger
LSU fan than i am a Saints fan.
Speaker 5: So like like would I pester Lane Kiffing a lot more?
Speaker 4: Yeah, probably, he'd probably want to get rid of me
by about ten minutes. But uh yeah, No, I'm picking
Lane Kiffin just because I mean, my l shoe ties
are a lot bigger than my Saints on just like chunking,
Like that's somebody. I want to be on the parade
float with Tyler Shuck.
Speaker 5: You kidding me? You see him walking?
Speaker 4: He was so before that parade, Like I know, the
video went went viral of him chucking the beads of people,
but before that, he was just walking down the street
with everybody else, carrying a case of a beer in
one hand and a King Cake in the like are
you kidding me? From Derek Carr saying his favorite restaurant
in New Orleans with Chipotle to Tyler Shuck rocking the
King Cake, carried a case of beer and pelted people
with beads like you want to talk about a one
eighty and like you could see it, like the vibes
are so much higher.
Speaker 5: New Orleans, right, depend on that?
Speaker 4: That's my answer. I'm taking an option three. I'm going
Tyler Shuck. I want to be on a I want
to be on a parade float with Tyler Shuck. Ask
the bitch, what is wrong with a closet nursery? Guys,
it's not big enough.
Speaker 9: Do you really need that much space for a baby?
Speaker 4: Well, what's the whole like dresser next to it with
the changing table on top. Yeah, and then so I mean,
like a lot of these things coming sets, like it's
not just a crib. You would think it's just a crib.
It probably should be just a crib, it's not. Most
of these are going to come in sets where it's
like a crib. You got a dresser with a built
in changing table on top, and then a second dresser
on the other side, Like it's a decent sized closet.
You know, I don't think all blank Space Razor Sharp's
gonna be able to uh to make that.
Speaker 5: Happen after me.
Speaker 4: Yeah, there you go. His first name would be blank space.
Speaker 9: Your middle name is uh is okay, So you know
what I was thinking about. I forgot to mention this.
So I listened to I watched the game on TV
on or yesterday, right the base the baseball game. So
I got to listen to Ben and Lynn on the call,
and I texted y'all yesterday, and I was like, what
are Ben and Lynn even talking about? Is this how
people feel listening to OTV? Like I didn't hate it,
but I was like, is this how people feel when
they listened to us?
Speaker 5: That was the tripod? Was the tri sure?
Speaker 9: And then also he said, wait what did he say they? Lynn?
I think it was whenever Mylam threw to first and
York had that pick, he was like, that place needs
to go straight to Broadway. And I was like, that's elite.
I hadn't heard that one before from Lynn, but that's
a great one.
Speaker 5: Lynn like has so many sayings and he and he
very rarely repeats the sayings like he's got to roll again,
set to pucker up.
Speaker 4: He does puck her up every run, but that's also
kind of becomes his signature now, I kind of.
Speaker 5: Over pucker up.
Speaker 9: Is oversaturate?
Speaker 5: Saturate the pucker up? You can't.
Speaker 4: We had this, Me and Braxent had this conversation right
before the show. Not a Rollins guy.
Speaker 9: I like Lynn Rollins like Liz.
Speaker 5: I get it.
Speaker 4: I get that, I get the bucker up thing. But
there's so many sayings like I'm trying to remember. I
think it was it was either Bo or Bryce. I
think it was Bryce and Jordan that that took all
the hits they hit by pitches back when you could
still lean into him. I think he like set the
NCAA single season record or something like that. And uh,
he got hit, didn't even flinch, went down to first base,
and Lynn Rolin said, he's as tough as a green
pine cone.
Speaker 3: Some of it doesn't make sense.
Speaker 5: Well, no, that one's that one's perfect. That fine because
you stop and thinking.
Speaker 4: You're like, yeah, you ever pick up a green pine cone?
Do you realize how hard a green pine coon is?
Like that's perfect because like he gives good ones, but
they're also like kind of thought provoking, Like.
Speaker 6: You heard the one about Jake Brown when he got hot,
like hit his second home run.
Speaker 9: Wait, no, what was it?
Speaker 6: I think was like he hit the second home run
and Lynn was said, uh, he's hotter than a fire
on a ever blister.
Speaker 5: Bro, that's elite, I know, but I like.
Speaker 9: Right hot. And this one's so obvious, like that play
needs to go straight to Broadway. That's obvious. But I
never thought to say that he's got too.
Speaker 5: Much time during the Dude, they're so good.
Speaker 4: I mean what's the what's the one used to bring
up the blue stars? The color of like something gatorade? Yeah,
the blue geacier glacier gatorade?
Speaker 3: Is that new?
Speaker 6: When he comes up with like a different like colors
of the sky like before, like when the game starts,
that's what That's what we're talking about, or that always
been a thing.
Speaker 5: He's still a few times. Yeah, he's he's done that
a few times. I think Len's of treasure. I mean,
so I was listening.
Speaker 9: To are we talking about the vernal equinox yesterday?
Speaker 5: I was wondering, and I was like, this is so.
Speaker 9: O t B coded. I'm like, this is how people
feel when they listen to us. Like that was fine.
I didn't care. I thought it was funny. But I'm like,
what are they even talking about right now?
Speaker 4: You want to get Flynn locked into l SU Baseball,
Give him that broadcast, Matt Flynn be all over that.
Like I was listening to the radio call uh yesterday
evening because I was out and about. But yeah, I
called I called Lynn game three, uh most of the game.
Game three is the one that I called him the most,
and I mean just incredible stuff, like him and Ben
are great together because like Ben's normally like, you know,
to the point analytical guy, but Lynn brings out the
personality and Ben as well, like Ben's Ben is really
really good. Here's an ask the bench question. Are you
a neutral ground or sidewalk person? I'm assuming you mean
where you stand for the parade. I'm sidewalk. I'm not
big on the neutral ground because you got a cross
to get there and back. I'll park on the same
side of the road as I am on the sidewalk
a lot easier in and out. Again, this is coming
from someone who's not a parade person. So as much
convenience as I could possibly get, That's what I'm going
to go with. And I went to a Christmas parade
out in Denim back in December. But I'm done Marty
Girl parade in a number of years. Guys, kindcakes are
about to go away. I think today is the last day?
Speaker 1: Is it?
Speaker 5: I'm gonna have to go pick one off. But still,
you know, like Victoria's not big into.
Speaker 3: Sweets right now, what's your favorite?
Speaker 5: Just strawberry cream cheese.
Speaker 4: As far as the filling, like I gotta have some filling,
like I have this This really really. It's apparently hot
take because most people I know love the plain cinnamon.
I think if you eat a plain cinnamon kancake, like
you just like a crappy cinnamon.
Speaker 6: Roll, you've had a banana quiddon, dude.
Speaker 4: I've had pretty much all of them, but I like
the I like the strawberry cream cheese, so like still
a traditional but not too basic to wear. It's just
a dry and there's no filling, like all the same
people who are like I just like the cinnamon unfilled.
Speaker 5: That's all fuugh take. You gotta have a filling in
the middle. Strawberry cream cheese is elite.
Speaker 4: Some of them are, but that's why you get the strawberry.
It's got a little bit of the fruit flavor, sweetness.
Speaker 3: With the cream cheesecake.
Speaker 5: See, I'm out on the show.
Speaker 3: I don't know.
Speaker 6: I haven't tried.
Speaker 3: Heard a lot of hype about it.
Speaker 4: Can be it can't be too fruity. That's why I
go the strawberry crea cheese. All right, guys, that's pretty
much gonna do it. For a Tuesday edition of O
T B we Recap LSU Baseball. Nick Underhill of New
Orleans Dot Football just a few minutes ago, hopped on
talk all things New Orleans Saints. They got some veteran contracts,
they're gonna have to work on it. And then Patrick
Ryde more So your LSU Lady Tigers came on to
recap LSU baseball and the big time game between LSU
versus South Carolina that occurred last Saturday. We're back, same time,
same place tomorrow, Stay soon more OTB tomorrow, Doster.
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