Speaker 1: As little helpers from Jacob Hester and are taking over
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Live from studio. Here's Jacob Hester and Mont from.
Speaker 2: Day Yeah.
Speaker 3: Say welcome in TV that found it weird.
Speaker 4: This Wednesday morning, Live from the Raising Kine Studio, Jake,
Flannelandre and Cassie here with you. And it is signing Day,
the early signing Day which is now turned into National
Signing Day, even if they don't want to call it that,
that's what it is. A bulk of the class signed today.
I'm not gonna waste much time. In about fifteen minutes
from now, Shae Dixon is going to join us to
break it all down.
Speaker 5: Excited about that because you want to I think you'd
want to hear it from Shae, not maybe from us.
It's true, yeah, yeah, really true. We're going to be
following it this morning. But full disclosure, Shae's probably gonna
say a lot of different names that you know we
certainly hadn't heard of. But excited about it. But we're
going to side it for all these future and about
to be current LSU Tigers that's right.
Speaker 4: Got a couple of flips here, flips there. You got
some Louisiana players that are delaying their signing. Doesn't mean
they're decommitting, but they are delaying signing. Not going to
do it in the early signing period, but going to
wait until February. And we'll get to all of that
with Shae again in less than fifteen minutes from now.
We'll have Shade Dixon on. Of course, it is Wednesday,
so Kim Mulki will join us as well. A lot
to get to here on this Wednesday morning, but as
we often do, we go around the room and we
get a vibe check here in the opening segment, Matthew,
how you doing.
Speaker 5: I'm doing fantastic. What a chilly evening, chili morning. Really
been enjoying these cold nights. Been burning a lot of
fires in the house. We got like a real wood
burning fireplace. I'm good for you giving it a workout, man, Yeah,
I love it. Got my got a cord of firewood
dropped off about two weeks ago.
Speaker 4: Couldn't cut your own. I do, I do cut mye
we do split some. But like I say, I feel
like you have once it gets cold like if it
gets below like.
Speaker 5: Sixty fifty five. My family loves a fire. Yeah, like
we're burning wood. Yeah, so I got gotta supplement what
I do.
Speaker 3: But I do. I like to get a little work
out in. Go cut some logs and split them. You
wear a vest when you do it. Oh, well, you
know it obviously, little flannel, no doubt.
Speaker 5: I do have a flannel. I do have some wood
chopping pants put on the old boots. I also like
to make my own kendling too.
Speaker 3: It got this.
Speaker 5: My wife gave me a little kindling like splitter yeah,
like two years ago for Christmas. Get the little chunks
and it just makes it perfect. And it's not it's
not one of them fireplaces where you got a cheat
where you get like the gas strip at the bottom
and you get the gas starter. No, no, we're starting
straight from sticks, buddy.
Speaker 3: Okay. Oh yeah, like romance. I groat when I do it,
older house, You know I didn't have to gas. Yeah.
Speaker 4: A lot of people will have fire starting pants or
no no firewood retardant, sorry, wood chopping.
Speaker 3: My fire retardant.
Speaker 5: Yeah, you probably have some of those. Two you don't
have money, also have painting pants. But I don't ever paint,
but I have some just in case you ever have
that pant you like you're you're you're purging your your
closet and you're like, man, like the shirt fits I've
had a long time. I don't wear it a lot,
but like, man, if I paint one day, I can
use this. No, No, no one's ever had that thought. No,
especially if you don't paint, but you could. Like there's
so many things as a as a as an adult
that and with YouTube these days, there's so many things
that you don't currently do, but you can easily learn
to do them in a DIY situation. And I know
you know all about that. I saw you plaster in
a fireplace. Yeah, we do a lot of uh any
plastic plaster pants, Uh No, just the old ones, probably
old ones.
Speaker 4: Probably the same thing as a paint pant, probably, so yeah,
always don't have specific ones.
Speaker 3: That's a different tax bracket. Anyways, Alanja, how you doing
this morning?
Speaker 6: It's just simply too cold to function. Come on, it's
not a good time. So I don't know, I'm not
doing well just because of how cold it is. Other
than that, vibes are great, all.
Speaker 3: Right, all right, Cassie. She knew I was gonna ask her,
and she didn't like it.
Speaker 1: I know.
Speaker 3: I mean, it's early in the morning, so pretty bad,
pretty bad, Jake. I mean it's not terrible. I just
i'mugg going to keep my eyes away. I don't like
the cold. Early and it's cold. This is the opposite
of utopia for you. Yes, okay, alright, early the glass
back here?
Speaker 4: Talk it's before today, am. If you're going to pull
this crap, at least you could have said you're from
the Yankees of movie.
Speaker 3: Yes, thank you. Eland this guy over here, oh obviously
I knew it. It's an opening scene, Taylor when he
answers the phone. I know, bro, he's drunk in Mexico.
I got it. Okay, I can't say that word before.
I can't say drunk. I'm just kidding. Hell, all right,
do the weather's dr Okay, it's like that bad. It's great.
I do like it. Thirty five Yeah, why not? I
mean it's just a you get a couple of days
a year, embrace it.
Speaker 6: It's been like three days that it's been like this. Okay,
that would be a few. We've been over this, all right,
So once we we do get to Shay.
Speaker 4: Obviously, some of your top recruits have delayed, at least
that's the report delayed. They're signing from today until February.
There's a lot swirling out there and against she's going
to have the latest on this that some of the
recruits are just going to wait because they're wondering what
the staff is going to look like. Ye at LSU,
is Frank Wilson going to be on the staff? Is
Blake Baker going to be on the staff? And Blake Baker,
of course we told you he interviewed on Monday for
the two lane head coaching job, the place where he
played linebacker. So it makes all the sense in the world.
Now we tried to tell you all, I mean, too late.
I think you really need to stay away from this guy.
Ye red flags everywhere too, like don't hire Blake Baker
didn't even like children. So I guess it's like I
do understand, like, if you've had this relationship with this person,
you do want to step back and you want to
take a look at it and see what is what
because you know, obviously these guys weren't going to be
early enrollees. I know Lamar Brown wasn't going to be
and so you want to kind of look at the situation.
But they I mean, we always talk about you want
to commit to a coach and sign with a coach.
You do, I understand that, Like we've talked about that,
but at the end of the day, like the school
is the one thing that's going to be there, Like coaching,
you just never know. Like I thought when I signed
with coach Saban he'd be there all four years. He
was there for about eight months.
Speaker 5: I think when whether you're a high school kid signing
you're a letter of intent to a college you know,
directly out of high school, or in this day and age,
if you're someone in the transfer portal, I think, and
this is going to change from person to person, situation
a situation, But I think the the highest, the biggest
reason why you do make that decision is for a coach. Now,
there's certainly a system, there's a plan for you. There's
an opportunity that you like at that certain school within
the within an offense or a defense or you know,
a depth chart that you think is going to be
there for yourself. Certainly you respect the school and the
conference and everything about that, but I think like, if
you're putting a pie chart together, the biggest slice of
that pie is going to be coach. Of all, Like,
if you're looking at the attributes and the positive reasons
why I'm going there, and usually I think that's going
to be the biggest slice of that pie is going
to be the coach. So when a coach there's some
fluxual now the kid from you high, it might not be,
but I think the majority of people, the biggest slice
is going to be the coach. So when that changes,
of course, there's gonna be there's gonna be speople and
let's put our shoes, Like, let's put ourselves in their
shoes right now. Like if if I'm sitting in high
school right now, and I'm been committed to LSU or
whoever wherever, Yeah, and two days before a new head
coach gets hired, and all of a sudden, the guy
that was recruiting me, Like, let's just say, like when
Jimbo Fisher was recruited me, if I didn't know Jimbo
was going to be there, I'd be like, hold up, yeah,
I don't have to sign now. Yeah, So let's just
go ahead and wait. Let's see how it all up.
Let's see how it plays out. Let's see how it
all unfolds. Now, I'm gonna have to be educated and
I'm assuming a lot of our listeners might have to
be educated throughout this show on different things. It's like, okay, well,
if you wait, does that mean you can't enroll early?
Speaker 1: Is?
Speaker 3: Yes? I mean.
Speaker 4: Basically there there is a there is a way to
get around it. But no, I mean you need to
if you're early, you need to signify. This signing period
is three days. Yes, so it's three days. So you
got three days.
Speaker 3: So I mean nothing to say that some of these
guys that say they're going to be waiting can't sign.
Speaker 5: Yeah, if there's more clarity in the staff, which you
would think two lane's going to probably try to move
fairly quickly. Oh yeah, so I think from the Blake
Baker standpoint, that would that would certainly happen.
Speaker 4: And then like right now, if you're a defensive player,
there's no defensive staff. Like offensively, you have pieces in
place now, not in the totality, there's still some position.
Speaker 3: Groups right now.
Speaker 4: As a running back, there's there's not a for sure
direction in the running back situation is it going to
be Frank Wilson or you're retaining him?
Speaker 3: Is it going to be Kevin Smith who we talked about.
Speaker 4: I don't remember if that was on or off air
the other day because he's our draft class. We were
talking about it he gonna come over from Old Miss,
Like if I'm a running back, Like, I'm not saying
I'm signing with the coach, but I'd like to know
who that is before I signed, if I am in
fact going to be somebody that enrolls in the summertime.
So you've got a couple of days to get some
clarity here. And I'm not speaking in absolute saying they're
not going to sign in the early signing period, but
it doesn't he like you're going to sign today.
Speaker 5: And that's the thing, Like for like you said, the offense,
there's pieces in place. You know it's going to be
a solidified, good offense. You know, like a recruit's going
to know exactly what that offense is going to look like.
I'm sure if you're a recruit at LSU, you were
probably already talking to Lane at some point about about
Old Well, he's.
Speaker 4: Got what three people that have flipped from Old Miss
LSU from a if you're on a defensive side too,
it's like, all right, Blake Baker is like the main
like the keystone and all this decision making, Like that's
the piece.
Speaker 3: I need to know. And I still.
Speaker 5: I love LSU, still want to go, but I still
need to know. Like even if it's not Blake, who
is it might love that guy too. Yeah, you know
it's already have a relationship with that guy recruiting. Yeah,
I think that's the biggest thing for LSU fans And
just kind of like, remember is just because they're not
signing now doesn't mean they're necessarily de committing. So we'll
see and then they have, of course have the big
situation is going to be you know, Frank and everything.
So rumors are a swirling that they are and that's
why we're bringing in the big guns.
Speaker 4: In the next segment, Shaye Dixon on three Sports is
going to join us when we come back here.
Speaker 3: It is OTB live.
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New Year's time. It's a time you know, hanging out,
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You got a couple more days off and you're relaxed
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kick your feet up, and when you're at home enjoying
that free time, it's always.
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Speaker 5: Let's make this holiday season a do Sekis holiday season. Well,
you know we it's the time of year where we
got to watch some made TV movies, Christmas movies, maybe
some old classics, but you gotta watch commercials every eight minutes.
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This is Off the Bench with Hester and Flynn, Matt
and Rouge is go to for all things Louisiana sports.
Speaker 6: This seems to be.
Speaker 3: Cute, all right.
Speaker 4: Welcome back in OTV here live from the Raising Cage Studio.
Let's go to our guy now, Shaye Dixon on three
Sports Bengal Tiger on three is the handle to follow
along all day long. Shae, what's going on, brother?
Speaker 3: How we doing.
Speaker 4: Doing well?
Speaker 2: I'm actually I was having some breakfast with my parents.
I'm sitting in their living room. They got the big
screen on you guys, and we paused it and now
we're here.
Speaker 4: Absolutely shout out to the parentals there. We appreciate it. Well,
we're about to see a beautiful picture of you.
Speaker 3: Yeah, baby boy, they sure are. We appreciate the time, Shay.
Speaker 4: Obviously today incredibly busy day for you, So a lot
to get into, but just kind of overall thoughts with
a coaching change with a Lane Kiffin higher with a
class that was really still held together and looked really
really strong. I know here at the finish line there's
a couple of things to get to, which we will,
but just overall thoughts right now where LSU is on
this class.
Speaker 2: It was one of the more hectic Tuesdays, or I
guess the eve more hectic eve before a signing period
or signing day that we've seen. And it's just I
think in large part because a the calendar, I mean,
you into regular season you sign a head coach and
a few days later you have to put together a
recruiting class, and on top of that, the oars are
on era that shift. You know, there wasn't a lot
of wholesale change when Brian Kelly got here. It was
a small class and it was almost all Louisiana guys.
And remember it was in mid December, so there was
three weeks for guys to either you know, part ways
or ad or stick. And really all we talked about
was Bryce Underwood through that stretch and how he had
gone to Michigan. So this felt a bit different because
Lane came in and said, hey, look, these guys don't
fit kind of what we're doing. Parted ways, he took
some commits, he added two commits from Ole Miss. He's
going to have a third today, I believe. And really
the heavy set part of it was the wide receivers,
and I think that when you look at it, they'll
ultimately probably end up with the same range of receivers total,
probably four of them. But it seems that he said, hey, look,
I think these two guys fit my scheme a little
better and made the move. And really that's kind of
the cost of doing business at kind of crunch time here.
When you hire a head coaching a few days later,
you expect him to identify the roster needs, look at
the class, and decide from there kind of how to build.
Speaker 5: Yeah, she So, what's so intriguing to me is like,
so LSU has a commitment list that they have they've
been working on for I'm sure years on a lot
of the guys that are committed and were ready to
sign with LSU. Of course that's not Lane Kiffin's guys.
That's not his list that he's been working on. But
I assume that there's a lot of like crossover guys
that Lane was committing and trying to get committed to
Ole miss this whole time. What kind of are you saying?
A lot of guys that are committed to LSU that
are expected to potentially sign that do you know probably
have a relationship from the recruiting process with Lane.
Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a handful. And really, you know, the head coaches,
it's tough to be the person who recruits everywhere. So
Pete Golding was the guy who really was all over
Louisiana and had a relationship with a lot of these
guys and it's obviously now the permanent head coach at
all Miss. But I thought the notable thing there was
that a lot of the top guys in the state,
beyond Blaine Bradford who's going to Ohio State, didn't leave,
and you went through a whole coaching change and didn't
really have any turnover. I mean, I think they had
one d commit maybe two in that whole stretch of
a month plus and then you land on Lane and
here we are where beyond kind of the attrition that
happened yesterday with the new coaching staff going over how
they felt like today should go, there hasn't been any movement. So, yeah,
there's flips, Yeah there's guys thinking about waiting, but there
wasn't this wholesale kind of drop off of the class.
Which is most notably of all the firings was Penn State.
Almost all of their class got gutted and they still
don't have a head coach. So if you're LSU, you're
sitting pretty right now. If you consider Laying to have
been target number one. You got them, you didn't have
to wait past the early signing period, you didn't have
to do any of the playoff debate, do we go
into the portal era and not of a head coach
And now you're kind of grooving right through, which is
an easy class to manage, I think with fifteen guys
in it right now?
Speaker 4: All right, so Chay you briefly mentioned it. There you
two big five star defensive tackles. They are going to
delay their signing at least that is the report it
And maybe if there's clarity over the next day day
and a half with the staff, maybe that changes. But
what is the lay is with your two prize deepensive tackles.
Speaker 2: Yes, so here last night, I guess it was and
it had sort of been brewing both of them through
their representation, both Lamar Brown and Richard Anderson. And Anderson
is the number one d lineman in America coming out
of car and Lamar Brown here at you High on campus,
I mean at LSU is the number one athlete and
not often as a you know whatever. He is six'
five two eighty, five the number one athlete in the.
Country he's also the number one overall prospect of the.
Country and we haven't talked about that, enough but they
both said they were going to delay things just to feel. Out,
hey who's on this, staff, Right and they're both you,
Linemen so there's a lot going on With Blake. Baker
they're both close With Frank, wilson so there's questions. There
but from kind of digging through the, NIGHT i can
tell you all that late last, Night Blane, Kevin Blake,
baker a number of other, People Bryce, brown the head,
Coach vanna Carr all had discussions AND i believe the
exact QUOTE i can give you is through his agent
that they feel a lot better about the, situation a
lot more, clarity and now there is a chance he does.
Sign SO i had a little bit more skepticism About
anderson and maybe when he would sign Than i'd do
With Lamar. Brown BUT i thought that both would end
up AT. Lsu and this is a three day window,
here So wednesday To friday you could sign any of those.
DAYS i wouldn't be shocked at all both of those
guys tying.
Speaker 3: Today so have you seen the MOST i guess? Indecision what?
Speaker 5: Rightfully So eline comes in and he solidifies the offensive, side,
Right so is the most indecision coming on the defensive
side of the.
Speaker 2: Ball it, is and that's where you're most. NOTABLE i,
mean your two highest ranked. Players you're two five stars
that are delignemen on that side of the, Ball so
obviously it takes a lot of the. Focus but the
only other guy who is saying That i'm not sure
If i'm signing today or not Is Haven. Finney he's
their highest ranked corner coming out Of, california and his
dad's been very straightforward four months long Before Brian kelly was,
fired and through it it was If Corey raymond's, there
my son's going there because he wants to be developed
By Corey. Raymond If Corey raymond is not, there we
are going to need to rethink. Things but he's remained,
committed and they said they may take a day or
two to kind of go over. Things BUT i get
the sense That lane and the staff behind closed doors
are having to come up with some answers or at
least to make, guys you, know, parents feel a little
bit better about where things. Stand and he's another who
says he may wait till. LATER i won't be surprised
at all if he just goes goes ahead and does
it this, week given he's a forty kid who's remained
COMMITTED lsu for a year almost and that doesn't. Happen
often say.
Speaker 5: Educate, me BECAUSE i don't follow a lot of the.
Recruiting so if they decide not to sign in this
early signing period and they wait until the, second does
that mean they cannot enroll early at the?
Speaker 3: University that is.
Speaker 2: Correct so guys who are early in rollies are obviously
a bit more pressed to go ahead and make that decision.
Now and if you're not an early in, rolie meaning
you're going to stay in high school through the spring,
semester it's not that big of a. Deal you could
wait Till february if you knew that you had a.
Spot you knew that from redshirt, nil everything to, pitch
the playing, time if it was all the, same it
wouldn't be that big of a. Deal you're not going
to lose your. Spot BUT i think they'll get the
bulk of it done here and then they'll fill up
in the. Portal and that's obviously laying bread and, butter and,
then as upset as it makes, me the value bash
and drinking beer at four am is no longer and
not MANY i wouldn't be surprised if they didn't sign
anybody In. FEBRUARY i think the last kid he signed
In february might have Been dominic, McKinley and it was
only because The katie and it does like the whole
school together there with multiple sports and SO i think
he did like a de Factor december one and then
did a real one with the school In. February but,
yes for the guys who want to be early, enrollies
you would have to sign in these next three.
Speaker 4: Days catching up with our, Guys Shay dixon here ON Otb.
Shaw you Mentioned Corey raymond, there and you, know obviously
we think the world Of Corey. RAYMOND i mean he
was A ga When flynn AND i were playing FOR.
LSUO i mean he IS lsu threw and three played For.
Lshoe we know all that founder OF, dbu the whole.
DEAL i know he put out a tweet yesterday kind
of like the resume speaks for, itself and it certainly.
DOES i, Mean Monsieur delaying goes from third Team ALL
adc to potentially winning The Thorpe award just in a
couple of months With Corey, Raymond, like what's the latest?
There BECAUSE i think as much as anybody it's Like
Blake baker, obviously And Corey raymond's right there with. Him
as far as guys you would try to, RETAIN i would, think, YEAH.
Speaker 2: I think, so and look they're. Both While lane has
not come out and said, anything he didn't fly down
a bunch of defensive. Coaches it was all offensive coaches
and that's clearly where else you needed a pretty much total,
overhaul and that's why you go out and get a
guy Like. Lane, defensively we haven't heard really. ANYTHING i,
mean there's been some buzz out there About Kyle williams
and just how long does he want to do this
after kind of doing it for his first. Year but beyond,
that the only talk is If Blake baker gets a
job Like kulane Is alma, mater would he take man he,
Leaves but Then Kevin peeples And Jake, golsen like the
guys that came with him From missouri when he was,
decent and return TO, lsu and with that you would
have a NEW. Dc and then what does THAT dc
view of the cornerback spot or Of Queer? Raymond so
right NOW i would consider those spots safe and the
only time to start monitoring it is if you hear
That Blake baker is named Tou lane's head.
Speaker 5: Coach all, Right, SHAY i can't talk to you and
ask you questions without asking like the most important question
on any football, team like what are we doing at?
Speaker 3: Quarterback?
Speaker 5: Here i'm looking at this committed list AND i don't
see any name with A q and A b next to.
Speaker 4: Now Ole Miss Reese wise was committed To Ole, Miss,
shay And matt's, right there's no quarterback on THE lsu,
List but could there?
Speaker 3: Be we have one scholarship quarterback right now with pads.
Speaker 2: On, YEAH i will first in. Form i'll give you
an answer the Answers, Yes lane And. Duckworth they have
made a late push for this is a guy who
is committed To South, carolina is From. Bamdily he's the
top ten, quarterback dual threat and multi. SPORT i, mean
he's a really good, basketball, baseball. Track he does it
all so pretty highly sought after, prospect and they had
tried to flip him And South carolina sort of doubled,
down and then over the past forty eight hours they've
gone after it again and He South carolina expects him
to sign today if he, doesn't then it becomes something
to obviously pay attention. To but when we think about
immediate needs and what's going to happen next, YEAR i
don't think that the quarterback is on the, roster AND
i would doubt That lane is starting a true freshman
even if they landed someone Like Landon. Duckworths so given
that he found his starting quarterback In Trinidad chambliss On
twitter and managed to go eleven and, ONE i can
imagine that when they get to the. Portal As lane
said the other, day IF i could get guys like
that To ole miss imagine with THE nil backing and
that logo on my, Chest so that can do in the.
Portal you know this, cycle so that Starts january, second fourteen,
days and remember there is no spring. Portal so what
you do now in these next three days of high,
school what you do in between now in Mid january
with retention for the draft or for, transfers and then
what you add Between january second and. Sixteenth none of
us are good at. MATH i don't know how many
days that, is forty or. Something your whole roster has
to be put together in that. Time SO i Think
that's why it was so paramount That birge was and
everyone involved was able to not only get lay but
get it done now to where you're not wasting any
of those days that obviously are pretty precious when it
comes to what you're going to look like next year
as a.
Speaker 4: Team all, Right, shaye last one before we let you. Go,
Obviously i'm sure you're going to be on the phone
a lot, today kind of watching and. Waiting give us
maybe one or two of your biggest things that you'll
be watching today waiting on trying to find out information.
Speaker 2: On, yeah there'll be one FLIP i think more From Ole.
Miss lane's already flipped two, Guys Corey, barber another receiver
who is the top one fifty, guy you, know top
twenty receiver in the, country so very highly thought of
by the rankings, teams and Obviously lane had him. Committed Old,
miss he's already, decommitted so that one's lining. Up BUT
i will tell you that my Man SAM. S fiegelman
With rivals just said that he kind of reiterated WHAT
i had already said About Richard anderson potentially signing WITH
lsu this, week and after talking With lane and the
staff last, night but added That Lamar brown's, camp we'll
be meeting with or talking WITH lsu this morning and
there's a very good likelihood both get signed by the
end of the. Week so press a little panic button
yesterday and maybe today we can cool down a, bit all, Right.
Speaker 5: Jake led to, you who got one more? Question that's
a little Game i've been like like to play this,
WEEK a little fill in the blank for. You when
the dust settles on THIS lsu recruiting, class THE Lsu
tigers are going to have a top blank class in the.
Speaker 2: Country, well they only have fifteen, commits so right now they're.
ELEVEN i think the only narrative they are because you
get into the top. Ten here's the better. One that
is that blue chip or excuse, me average. Rating so
like for the fifteen guys with their average rating is
you know like they. Get if you're above a ninety
you're a four. Star if you're into the ninety six,
sevens you've become a five. Star they're number two in
the country behind An, oregon And oregon's got one of
the best classes in the. Country so it may not
be your typical twenty five to thirty man. Class but
for the fifteen guys they, HAVE i mean they punch
at a highway. CLASS i, mean pound for, pound these
guys are are pretty legit if they can get them
across the finish. Line so that's a little BIT i, have,
Right i'll played a little of your, Game. Flynn i'm
Sure i've got to get a. BREAK i had a
game to play.
Speaker 3: Too but we can get another, day we can, SAY
i mean we.
Speaker 2: Can we can do it real, quick all, right, boys
you former. Recruits, UH i remembered WHAT i asked you last,
year saw twisted up who was the only or the
closest ranked player at your. Position, jacob you get to
count for running back as well In louisiana And texas
in your.
Speaker 3: Class oh my, gosh In louisiana And texas should be.
Speaker 2: Easier, YEAH i think you get the.
Speaker 3: QUARTERBACK i THINK i get. MINE i THINK i know.
MINE i THINK i think mine would Be drew T Matt.
Speaker 5: Matt, Wins Drew, Tait Drew, gosh he was committed TO
a AND m and like a sophomore in high, school
which was unheard.
Speaker 3: Of, yeah oh for. Sure and then beating us on a.
Hill Marriott iowa.
Speaker 4: Mention that, Part shay like only because like it's the
only NAME i can think of that signed a scholarship
From louisiana at running.
Speaker 3: Back Darius reynard From, hanville.
Speaker 2: He was one of. Them J Cory, williams who ended
up At tennessee was another, one AND i believe there
Was Gerald watson who ended up going To auburn and
then kind of bounced. Around But, jacob those guys were
all ranked higher than. You, matt you were one spot
ahead Of.
Speaker 5: Drew do you remember who the number one quarterback in
the country was in two thousand and three signing, Class
Ja Marcus, NO.
Speaker 2: I do, remember BECAUSE i looked at it before we got.
On AND i also know who the number one running
back IN jab.
Speaker 3: CLASS i know that. Too his name Was Adrian. Peterson that's.
Speaker 5: RIGHT i Think Kyle wright was the number one, quarterback
Either Kyle wrid Or Chris leek or which one was?
Speaker 3: It say.
Speaker 2: It was what year we? Talking four four? Three it
Was Kyle wright went To Miami pro and.
Speaker 3: We beat THE.
Speaker 4: Ah all, Right Kyle, RIGHT i hadn't heard that name
in a long. Time, shay you're the. Man we appreciate.
IT i know you've got a, long busy, day so
we appreciate you carving out.
Speaker 3: Twenty minutes for.
Speaker 2: Us you got, it, guys thanks for having, me all,
Right Say.
Speaker 4: Dixon on Three sports certainly somebody to follow throughout the
day At Shaye dixon is the handle At Bengal tiger
on three also with the latest and Greatest and uh,
wow what a nice picture Of shay. Too real hard,
hands real hard recruiting class for, You, kyle right Had Adrian.
Peterson we'll take a break MORE otv when we come.
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Speaker 1: Talkers this is off the, bench.
Speaker 3: Late, music my computer on. FROs i was about to
go straight to the, phone hold it. Up oh, yeah
weird shifted high And louise feeling so.
Speaker 6: Gifted sugar you get so.
Speaker 3: Fly should get so fin.
Speaker 4: Shut sugar gets So fly.
Speaker 3: Shut all, Right welcome back IN O T. B. Man
those names That shay said at running back like the old.
Speaker 4: Ones my memory IS i Remember Darius raynar because at
one we Played homvilling the state championship. Game that dude
was a beast and he was bast Of West virginia
and he played in THE. Nfl and we see each
other here and. There he was probably he was probably
way ahead of me in the high school.
Speaker 5: Recruitings, uh, YEAH i. Was to, you it was, LIKE
i was, LIKE i don't almost who STAR i could
name anybody in the.
Speaker 3: STATE i.
Speaker 4: KNOW i was trying to think of one running back
in the state my senior. Year darius was the ONE i,
knew not a big, deal had double the stars of,
You and turns OUT i was double the. Player it's
weird how that works.
Speaker 3: Out. Weird, OKAY i probably, wasn't but you know What i'm.
Saying you can imagine what it'd be like IF i, was,
though no.
Speaker 4: DOUBT i was trying to go, back like When shaye
was talking, THERE i was trying to like scroll and
go to the the year that we all that you
actually came out of here BEFORE i. Did and, MAN
i was scrolling for a hot second trying to get
down to. It uh the top quarterback in uh in my?
Class real, quick just real. Quick you want to?
Speaker 3: Guess so the year you were AT lsu also A texas?
Guy oh was? It it wasn't cold was a couple
of years. Later we've actually talked about this this guy.
Speaker 6: Recently, well you Think Corey barber just. Signed he flipped
from all miss shout Out, Yeah mary, Flipped Mary Jabari
mac And Briston martinez Signed let's go.
Speaker 5: Uh and Also shaye just posted this is one minute
ago l S u holds off The Texas. Longhorns that
Signs louisiana offensive. Lineman Briston. Martinez that's WHAT i just.
SAID i wasn't listen To, SORRY i was READING i mean.
DISRESPECT i was READING i mean no Disrespect.
Speaker 6: Brceton.
Speaker 3: Martinez my brain cell is we all know what it.
Is good.
Speaker 4: JOB i wanted to Break somering two thousand and four
top quarterback real.
Speaker 3: QUICK i don't Know Rat. Bomar we just talked about.
Him we sure. Did i'm a.
Speaker 4: SINGER i NEVER i never really had a chance to
be a top two running back in my. Class you
want to know Why Adrian peterson was, One Marshawn lynch was.
Speaker 3: Two decent.
Speaker 4: Pretty?
Speaker 3: Good does love that? Guy really? GOOD i love that.
Guy they don't have. FULLBACKS i try to click on.
That it was just running backs.
Speaker 4: Cowards some big news From shay, though that it's trending
in a good direction For Lamar brown And Richard. ANDERSON
i thought that was big, news almost saying that they
could sign in this early signing. Period we're talking about
two true five stars and guys THAT lsu needs pretty.
Bad Kyle williams did a hell of a job with
the defensive tackles that he had that he. Inherited like
anytime you get a guy In jacob And guillory who
had been here for five years before you got, here
and then he plays his best, football, right you're doing
the right things and developing that player and teaching that
player the things that you knew as a player and
now you know as a. Coach, Right And jacobean played
he played really well this, year like when you go
watch and you look at the Grow Football focus grades
and he gave you something different and you saw us
playing time, increase, increase, increase and.
Speaker 3: By the end of, IT i, mean he was your.
Speaker 4: Guy but when you look at the totality of the,
group there might be like high ranking star guys in,
there but it wasn't what THIS lsu defense. Needed, sure
like obouantastic it, Is AND i don't look at what
we'll see what happens With. Kyle obviously we're rooting for.
Him because we're, biased AND i think he's one of
the best and one of the Best i've ever played.
With but these two, guys i've seen them both Now
lamar obviously a ton in person my son plays for you,
high but also Seeing anderson at car watch some of
their tape last week they played against evangel watching some of, That,
like he's the real, deal and he's the body type
that this defense is looking.
Speaker 3: For that's another, thing like you got to, recruit you
what your scheme.
Speaker 4: Is LIKE i Love Bo, Diddley Bo, davis but he
was recruiting three hundred and thirty, five three hundred and
forty five pounds defensive.
Speaker 3: Tackles that's not what this scheme. Is there's schemes for,
that but it's not this.
Speaker 4: One and so you get there and you're, like, well
the scheme calls for, this but the talent is giving
that that has to match. Up and that's WHY i
think it was such a work in progress For, kyle
And kyle did a really good job of trying to
figure out exactly the best case scenario for what he.
Had these two, guys they're going to thrive if in
fact it Is Blake baker system, NOW i think they
can thrive in multiple. Systems but for What blake wants
to do going north south on the defensive, Line.
Speaker 5: Yeah for a defensive lineman to be the number one
rank prospect in the country.
Speaker 4: And then the number one, Athlete, yeah that's never can
you remember ever seeing. That it's always a receiver or
maybe maybe a, linebacker maybe a quarterback in high school
who's going to play something different in.
Speaker 5: College usually the big line THAT i think they're good,
athletes but they're just you, know. Big they might be
able to like shoot a basketball a little, bit but
that's about the extent of their.
Speaker 3: Athleticism exactly what you.
Speaker 5: Said With Kyle, williams he certainly not probably what he
was looking for in the defensive lineman like coming, in
but that's it was his first year and he did
an excellent.
Speaker 3: JOB i, mean just one year being in.
Speaker 5: College, FOOTBALL i can tell, you and this is a
biased bias opinion and not knowing who many defensive line
coaches are in the, Country kyle's got to be one
of the top defensive line coaches interior defensive line coaches
in the country just from his, experience the way he
can communicate and relate to men.
Speaker 4: The.
Speaker 5: Way i'm sure he can speak to recruits in their
families and tell him the. Plan Like kyle's a nobs. Guy,
like he's not gonna he's going to tell you exactly
how it. Is he's not going to, say, oh you're doing, great,
man you're doing so. Good just keep, on keep keep
up the good. Work, no he's going to tell you
like it, is this isn't good, enough this is what
you got to work, on and here's how you do.
It because you know, why BECAUSE i had to do it,
too AND i did it for a long. Time and
if he wanted to AND i don't, know like we'll all,
see well that's that's a huge piece of the puzzle to,
me defensively Is, kyle BECAUSE i know how good he
is and how important he could be and how much
of an asset he could, be especially when you got
these type recruits coming just where his hit where his mindset,
is like does like if he wanted to go down
to coaching drain and just be, like you, Know i'm
gonna be an awesome d line, coach then, Yeah i'll
get a coordinator. Job YEAH i can be a head
coach like he could do any of. It he could
do is he could go as far as he wanted.
To just where does what does he want to? Do
So i'll i'll be. Excited BUT i mean when you
got to when you got the number one recruit or
prospect in the country at the defensive line position and
saying that he wants to be the Greatest tiger of all,
time that's a pretty, good, uh it's pretty good cornerstone
piece to your recruiting, class.
Speaker 3: No question about.
Speaker 4: IT i, mean number one defensive, lineman somebody that's from
right down the road In New. Orleans he's dominating FIVE
a and not just FIVE A louisiana. Talent But carr
had a schedule where they played teams from all over dominant.
There Lamar brown at You high the number one athlete,
AGAIN i can't really. Remember i'm sure there. Is there's
a lot of people that have a deep dive into
recruiting in half for twenty five thirty five, YEARS i
can't remember a defensive lineing being the number one overall
athlete in the. Country now because like for mostly uh You,
High Lamar brown plays offensive. Line now he comes in
and play some defensive line as. WELL i think he
projects more as a defensive lineman at the next, level
but that's still pretty. Impressive the fact that he can
be the number one overall athlete being you, know somebody
that's in the front seven on, defense always on the offensive.
Line like, again that's just not something you ever see
at a high. School it's typically like we laid out
a skill. Position what's his hand, says definitely bigger than
nine ease, bench definitely bigger than nine.
Speaker 6: Inches before we go to break, That oh you commit
that decommitted flip TO Lsu Brandon allen father wide receiver
Or Lafayette.
Speaker 4: Lafayet Christian let's go Absolutely and that was a lot
of just nice way of, saying take a break your.
Speaker 3: BEAK i, mean we'll take that break MORE otv when
we come back off the.
Speaker 1: Bench locked in ON Lsu football twenty four to. Seven
you're listening to off The.
Speaker 3: Bench i'll tell you.
Speaker 4: What WHEN i was in middle school and this song
came out AND i went To Sam goodie And Baltic
cassette single couldn't tell me, Nothing, yeah it's. Ahead what
was the station In? Tyler i'm going to remember one
day one of two seven The. Blaze did The blaze
play this?
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you like the first year or so of The blaze
before it got, funding it was just a repeat of
like nine.
Speaker 3: SONGS i know this wasn't one of.
Speaker 4: Them it. WASN'T i thought thirteen songs number. One the
first song on the list was one to be A
Baller Chuck, Coller, oh we were telling you about that.
SONG i think what okay?
Speaker 3: Song, OKAY i think we played. THAT i think the
first time we, talked sorry not you that.
Speaker 6: Was i'm, like if you're, texting you have like it's
required By that.
Speaker 3: Was that was my, Producer, dan who's From New. Jersey
he lives In. California he got no. Clue he got
no clue about. Music all.
Speaker 6: RIGHT i went to go See Stevie wonder a long
time ago and his band and backup singers did this.
Speaker 3: Song it was. Awesome there you hit. That, YEAH i
know it's called a. Run all. Right so you've got
a Big we've got a big second hour coming.
Speaker 4: Up Doctor Stephen etheridge is going to join, us as
he always does On.
Speaker 3: Wednesdays Coach Kim maulk is going to join.
Speaker 4: Us we'll continue to update you throughout the, day throughout
the morning on who is signing with l S. U,
again you just got a big flip there From. Oklahoma,
uh you continue to add receivers and Luc Liane kiffin
knows the. Position obviously they want to throw the football
and pushball and kind of overhauled what else you had
to what he.
Speaker 5: Wanted, YEAH i, MEAN i know it's we've even known
for to BE, dbu but certainly wide receiver you recently
AND i, think, uh from What i'm, seeing it might
be a little bit outdated for by a couple of,
minutes but three of the four people that have officially
signed are wide.
Speaker 4: Receivers we've got a lot coming at your way today,
again more.
Speaker 3: Players certainly we'll be signing throughout the.
Speaker 4: Show we'll update you there anything that breaks over the
next couple of, hours because well it feels like something's
always breaking here over the last couple of days and
weeks AT lsu MORE otb when we come back off the.
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