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

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Speaker 2: And Matt Flynn.

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Speaker 3: Let's go.

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

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Speaker 3: Ham'sday.

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Speaker 4: Hester and Hester got it.

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Speaker 3: Five out of PA.

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Speaker 1: You're locked in to Off the Bench described Control the

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live from the Mercedes Benz of Baton Rouge Studio. Here's

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Jacob Hester and Matt Flynn.

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Speaker 2: Yoo yo, Cassie, don't let us down, Yo, thank you.

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I never opened the show like that, but we hadn't

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done it all week and I kind of missed it.

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So we're doing that. I just decided to do it.

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That's my fault. I didn't tell you, guys. Taylor Shropier

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with you in the host share. We got along for

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Hillary Alan Cassie Spizally. If you can see this black

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dot on my shirt, it's been a morning guys. I

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carried in about six things, had the energy drink held

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up here and evidently it had some connosation audit. So

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now we got a giant wet spot on the black Shirtie, Well,

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here's something else. I noticed. Only thing that makes me

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more pale than wearing a white shirt in these lights.

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Wearing a black shirt that forehead pretty shiny here this morning.

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Cassie's probably gonna have to wear sunglasses, changing those cameras

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all show long. Look, we are here rocking and rolling,

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gonna have a good time on this Friday, jacing matter out.

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They needed the day off here on this Friday after

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being out in Atlanta all week working so hard. But

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we are here with you. We got a Landra, We

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got Cassie. Guys, how we feel in a Landra. You

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were out in New Orleans for UFC fight week, so

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it was a mixer last night.

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Speaker 5: Went in today, so there's like a press conference. I

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had to miss the media day, which I'm upset about

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because you get them like one on one at that,

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but I mean I just couldn't make it in time.

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Speaker 2: Well I mean you're dusting a buds anyway. So yeah,

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we're cool.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, we're actually like but I feel I was wondering yesterday,

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the press conference and I'm like, Elandro, wonderful, Well, nobody

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was doing that, so I would have been the only

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one doing that if I would have done that, because yeah,

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like okay, amateur, But I wonder if he would have

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been like, oh yeah, we talked, Probably not, but.

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Speaker 2: Not a shot at you. He probably did see many

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people at super Bowl Week. If it weren't have been

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super Bowl week, I would have thought maybe, like if

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it was like a one on one and he did

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like maybe two that day super Bowl Week. No chance.

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Speaker 6: He did say I'll see you at the post Malone show.

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Speaker 2: Did you see him at the post Bone shows?

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Speaker 5: I actually did not see him there, but I did

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see like Shane Gillis there, which we never We didn't

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talk about his sp We'll get to it. But anyway,

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I'm like getting off track, but yes, uh press conference

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yesterday it was awesome. This is my first time going

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to like any sort of fight stuff, so it was

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super cool, like a great experience. I was kind of

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nervous because nobody from here is going. So I was like, Okay,

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I'm gonna be at this press conference by myself.

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Speaker 6: I'm yeah, he's going to the fight. I'm gonna look

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like a loser.

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Speaker 5: And then I'm gonna go to this mixer and I'm

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just gonna be like standing by myself, like super awkward.

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this guy and he was like, hey, I'm Doug, like

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super cool and like I kind of attached myself to

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I was like, Okay, Doug, we won't be cool. Turns

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out he works for Sports Illustrated, So that's a good

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That was a good friend to make. But I did

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meet up with our guy Devin snow shout out sentt

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y'all pick in the group chat last night. Yeah, it

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was fun seeing him and hanging out with him. He's

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just as funny I r L and he is as

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he is like on the internet or whatever. And it

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and they were like, you look familiar. Are you the

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Speaker 6: Poor dove?

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Speaker 2: But like the traction he's got from there, Yeah, it's

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just it's just so he's wig ins today.

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but yeah, but you're not going to that, No, But

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they have a ceremonial one, like a one where like

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they do all the fluff and stuff. So I'm gonna

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go to that one because it's at four, and they're

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also going to do like a Dustin retirement, like you know,

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special thing. So Dale Cormier is gonna be out there,

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Speaker 2: Did you stay the night? That's the guys.

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way back, I was like, oh, thank god, because you know, I.

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and it was storming like when I left. When I

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left to get there, it started pouring, and I was like,

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Speaker 6: But it's like the sky's cleared up.

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the storm thing, like it dropped from like thirty percent

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development to like ten. Now that could change, but like

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it kind of just seems like it's not gonna rain,

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maybe quite as much as they thought it did. Yeah,

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maybe it will, maybe it won't, but uh yeah, apparently

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the worst of it, Like it was going to be Saturday.

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I was going because I like how every time it's

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it's only the male fighters. They get on the way

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in stage right, they're super serious and they always go,

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oh yeah, they do every every dame right here. This happen, Like,

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what do we do like that? Yeah, I just said

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he was number one. We can't get up there number one, right, Yeah,

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come on, somebody's gonna lose. But uh, I always think

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that's really funny. All right, Look, we got a lot

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of do is our one's gonna be kind of a recap.

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We're gonna recap sec media days, react to some things.

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Our number two, we're gonna go a little bit all

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over the player. We're gonna have Nick Underhill one actually

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today since we didn't get to him on Tuesday. And

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then hour three we're gonna preview the weekend. We're gonna

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preview LSU football season. We're gonna get a Laundra's prediction

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on the UFC fight, probably last full segment of the show,

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since it's the big fight of the weekend. So we

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got the whole show laid out for you, and right now,

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let's get this thing started.

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Speaker 1: It's time to gig Glowing courtesy of Go Flow Ivy spa,

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where hydration vitamins and a summer ready glow are always

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Speaker 2: Now for starters, getting in for starters for a segment

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show look at US. Okay, So SEC Media Days obviously

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was all week long. It wrapped up yesterday, and you

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hear a lot of like, oh, here's my projected order

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of finish. We're going one through sixteen. I am not

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going to go one through sixteen because that would take

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about thirty minutes. We're not going to do that. What

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my top three teams in the league, maybe the teams

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I feel the best about, and then the teams at

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the bottom of the league. I'm gonna have these two

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of it here. Check me see if I'm right or wrong,

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or whether they agree or disagree. Landro love that so

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projected order of finish at the at least at the top,

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there's three teams at the top. For me, it's LSU,

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It's Georgia, it's Texas. I know everybody wants to go Alabama.

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I can't get there with them yet. I think there's

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some question marks on that team. LSU is obvious. They

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hit the portal hard. They got better at every skill position,

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both sides of the ball, like outside of offensive line.

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are the transfers on the d line going to workout

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or the transfers in the secondary gonna work out? I

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don't know. But talent and depth wise, you're better right

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now than you were any point last season. That's why

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I feel so confident in LSU, and they have the

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most stable quarterback situation in the entire conference coming into

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the season. The next team is Georgia. Look, Georgia lacks

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weapons on offense. Gunnar Stockton is a new starter. I

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understand that, but in my opinion, Kirby Smart has earned

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the benefit of the doubt. Like you'd be hard pressed

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to find me two coaches, I would tell you we're

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a better college football coach right now than Kirby Smart.

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He has earned the benefit of the doubt in my hies. Now,

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I just mentioned Stockton as a new quarterback. He didn't

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play a ton last season, but he showed some promise.

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I mean, they didn't ask him to do a ton

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in that SEC Championship game against Texas, but he was efficient. Nonetheless,

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he got the job done in a really tough situation

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like he played against the Texas and then Notre Dame

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in the playoff game. Both of those teams had top

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five defenses last year, like those are elite college defenses,

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and he held his own. It was not disastrous. He

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looked like he belonged out there an offseason where he

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knows he's the starter, where he's getting all the one reps.

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There's a chance that Gunner Stockton takes a step forward.

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Now maybe he doesn't, But what else I like about

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Georgia Kirby freaking smarts your coach. You know that defense

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is going to be elite. So if Gunner Stockton can

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just go in there, take care of the football, not

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turn it over, not put his defense in a bad spot,

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that defense is going to keep you in every game

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you play in twenty twenty five. That's what Carson Beck

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did first year start. And I remember last year Beck

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had the turnover issues before his injury kind of put

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Georgia in some binds at times. If Gunner Stockton can

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eliminate all that, I think he'll be fine. I really do.

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I mean, he's been in this program, what four years now?

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like Gunner Stockton's been there, done that, and then the

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Wars because they're very similar to Georgia. I think they

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have a really good college football coach at Steve starkejan Now.

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I've said it multiple times this show, other shows I

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filled in. I'm taking a wait and see approach with

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I think Arch is very talented. And look, if you

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to be good or bad next year? I'd say Arch

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need to wait and see. My biggest issue with Texas

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is they lose a lot of weapons on offense. You

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lose Matthew Golden, Isaya, Bond, Gunnerhilm those are your top

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three receivers from a year ago, and you lose multiple

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offensive linemen, one of which was drafted in the top ten.

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of the best in college football. Again this year. You've

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got Michael taff back. That was huge. Jacob matt were

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raving about his performance at SEC media Days. Just a

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couple of days ago. All of these teams have flaws,

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right Georgia and Texas are breaking into quarterbacks, and I

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think they lacked some explosive weapons on offense. LSU has

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an experienced quarterback, has a ton of weapons on offense.

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You're waiting for the defense to finally show up and

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be more consistent. All these teams have flaws, but it's

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just a combination of coaching staff, players on the team. Like,

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these are the teams I feel are the safest picks

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right now. That may change, who knows what's going to

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happen here in the offseason lead up to the season,

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Did I miss anybody?

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Speaker 1: Like?

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Speaker 2: Is there a team you think could win the SEC

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or will win the SEC that I did not mention?

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Speaker 6: Okay, sorry, Georgia librariies. Okay, So LSU, Georgia and Texas those.

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Speaker 2: Are your options about three in the conference right now?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I can't.

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Speaker 5: I can't either, And there's nobody else that's like really

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sticking out to me in terms of like having.

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Speaker 2: All the pieces right, you know what I mean?

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Speaker 6: So I agree with you.

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Speaker 5: But did you say I was kind of I'm trying

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to get the libraries, but I was kind of listening

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that you said Texas lost a lot of pieces.

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Speaker 2: On offense the receivers.

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Speaker 5: Yes, yes, okay, So I agree with that as well,

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So I'm kind of like I kind of want to

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leave them out of it.

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Speaker 2: Steve Star on office is a lot like Kirby on defense. Yeah,

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and you bring in Jamie French and Khalik Lockett to

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five star freshmen. They're freshmen and if anybody can make

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them look good at Steve Sarksian.

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Speaker 5: No, I like his play calling and I like him

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as a coach, so I see that too. But I

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don't know, like I can't, like you can't I do it, Bama.

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I can't really get that.

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Speaker 2: I get there's question marks all over the place. Like

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everyone wants to say, oh, there's so many quarterbacks in

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the SEC. Not really, We'll get to that a little

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bit next segment. Like there's there's really not a ton

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as far as experience outside of Garrett Osmack all Right,

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I got a bottom three here before we go to break.

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This is pretty easy to me, Like Arkansas is going

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to be in my bottom three. I know there's a

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lot of people that are excited about them. I'm not.

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I really thought Sam Pittman would have been out of

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there by now. Like even though it's hard to say,

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I like Sam Pittman, but I mean, look when you

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look at his year by year, this is year. This

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is year six for Sam Pittman at Arkansas. The first

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year he took over in twenty twenty obviously an awful situation.

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He goes three and seven twenty twenty one, nine and four,

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and that was the year of But who's like, Okay,

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can Pittman turn this thing around? Since then? Seven and six,

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four and eight last year a little bit of a

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bounce back seven and six as well. But everyone's going

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to say Taylor Green's going to take that next step.

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I just don't think he is. And that's not to

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say Taylor Green's a bad quarterback, like I don't think

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he is. But he's been a starter for three years

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in college football to a Boise State won last season.

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Here's what Taylor Green's done. Fourteen touchdowns, six picks, eleven touchdowns,

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nine picks, fifteen touchdowns, nine picks. We kind of know

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who Taylor Green is. Last year there were question mark saying, hey,

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can he make the jump from Boise State to Arkansas.

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He can't, but he was the exact same player. And

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I mean completion percentage and everything, sixty one, fifty seven, sixty.

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He's been really consistent across the board. But that's who

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Taylor Green is. They lacks him explosive weapons, Like I

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think they'll have a decent run game, but I don't know.

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I can't get there with Arkansas the other team. I

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want to look at his Mississippi State. I like Blake Shapin.

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I think Blake Chapan's a really good player. Like I

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don't know if you guys realized this. Blake Shapin last

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year before getting injured, played in four games. He had

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eleven total touchdowns and one turnover for Mississippi State. Blake

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Shapin was balling. Problem was he didn't have any support

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on the outside. I still don't think he's gonna have

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a ton of support on the outside like Blake Chapin

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could do that once again. I don't think it's going

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to make a huge difference. I'm not sure about Jeff

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Lebby as a coach. I know he's all about the swag.

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I don't see the swag with Jeff Leby. I think

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Mississippi State's really going to struggle. And then the team

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I got probably at the bottom of this conference. I

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know a lot of people want to pick Mississippi State.

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I'm going with the Kentucky Wildcats. Like that's good.

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Speaker 6: There's a lot of question marks with the wild.

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Speaker 2: That might be the team I will pick. Do finish last.

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I know a lot of people are gonna pick Mississippi State,

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but they're gonna struggle at quarterback once again, they cannot

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get it right. They went from Will Levis, who actually

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was pretty good as last year. You bring in Devin Leary,

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had a lot of hype around him, did nothing. Bringing

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Brock Vandergrif last year, had a lot of hype around

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in former five star from or Cham did nothing. Now

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you bring in Zach Kelzotta, who has played college football

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for about a decade, but he hasn't exactly wowed anywhere

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he's been. I mean Zack Kelzotta's claim to fameus he

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beat Alabama in college station like two and a half

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years ago. Since then, like he got benched to Texas

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A and m didn't he drop down to incarnate word.

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Now he's coming back up into the SEC. I just

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don't see it. And as bad as that offense was

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a year ago, they at least had weapons. I mean

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they lost their major weapons, like Barry and Brown obviously

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playing right here in bat rugs this year. He was

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a huge weapon for him a year ago. Now they

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couldn't get the ball too because they had a bad quarterback.

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But Dane Keith, he actually had a really good year

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last year as well. He's gonna play in Nebraska next year.

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You lose your top two receivers, you're breaking in another

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quarterback who, in my opinion, is a below average college

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quarterback anyways. And I'm not saying Mark Stoops is a

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bad coach, Like I know Matt and T Bob always

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pick on Jake because Jake's a big Mark Stops. I'm

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somewhere in the middle. I think Mark Stoops is a

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good coach. I think he's done a lot more at

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Kentucky than a lot of people. Can I just think

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the program's kind of stay all right now, Like where

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is Mark Stoobs going to this point? Every now and

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then you're like, Okay, he's won nine games, he's won

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eight games, Like that's good for Kentucky. He's not doing

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that right now, and like I don't see a path

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forward for him to be able to do that, especially

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in the NIL era, Like Kentucky's all about basketball. Football

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is gonna come second for them, So what are they

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really going to be? I struggle with that. So look

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kind of a little bit of a recap my top

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three teams and I'm most confident in going into the

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season LSU, Georgia, Texas. My bottom three that I am

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least confident in, Arkansas, Mississippi State, and Kentucky. All Right,

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we're going to take a quick time out speaking of

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the laws. Shoot, Tigers, are we more confident or less

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confident than them? After media days? We're breaking that down

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next here on off the bench. Off the bench.

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Speaker 7: Well, speaking of diving in, we'd like to dive into

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a Russell pool because when you see what they can

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do for you, you'll be blown away. I mean they're

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going to make the pool of your dreams. In fact,

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that's their tagline because they know it is factual. Let's

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build your dream pool. And what better time to get

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that process started than right now because you are going

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to enjoy it year long. Look, this is Louisiana. It

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is always pull season here in Louisiana. But this is

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truly a one stop shop. We're talking about construction, maintenance, retail,

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all of that you handle with one company. That company

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is Russell pool Company. And you can trust them. We

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trust them. Everybody they build pools for trust them. Lshue.

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The Tigers trust them as well. Yeah, let them build

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your dream pool.

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Speaker 8: They can do everything from design to landscape, architect to

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finance and options.

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Speaker 2: They can do it all.

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Speaker 8: When you think of quality pools, you think of Russell Pools,

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Russell Pools dot Com.

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Speaker 9: This time this place misused mistakes too long to who.

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Speaker 1: That make you?

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Speaker 8: Just lom Chance, just lom Man, just in case.

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Speaker 1: This just one from players to legends, Hester and Flynn

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breakdown l s U football like only champions can.

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Speaker 2: Cause you ever heard the story about that time Jake

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was out. It was like the day before fourth of

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July and he like forced the laundry to play the

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entire free Bird, like all eight minutes of it. Well,

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this is my free Bird, Like I just want this

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song to play the whole day.

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Speaker 6: This is such a great song. Oh, it's incredible.

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Speaker 2: It's almost like it's almost like Nickelback's a good band

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and they get hate for the reason. Cassie. No, he

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played air guitar though for like that four minutes.

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Speaker 6: Yet he made me play the entire solo of free Bird.

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That's great.

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Speaker 5: Like we we set here for eight minutes uncomfortable. I

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wanted to like crawl into my skin.

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Speaker 2: Like Alon just like trying to wave to it and

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be like, hey, can we turn this down?

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Speaker 5: I turned it down and Tea Bop goes don't get

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scared now, like made me turn it back up.

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Speaker 2: That crazy fact that was a whole segment you just

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played free Bird.

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Speaker 5: People were like, oh, I thought I switched the channel

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to you in ninety eight point one, like it.

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Speaker 2: Was I mean this was last fourth of July. Yeah,

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I think it was like the day before because we

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were all on the fourth. But yeah, feeling himself that day.

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This is the type of music this is. This is

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my Tea Bob free Bird solo. This is it this

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is it, this is this is the vibes we needed

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on a Friday. Excellent choice there, all right, look SEC

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med days obviously this entire week, which is why Jake

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and Matter not here today. They did fly back home yesterday.

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That everybody's always going to ask, Okay, well, you know

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who won SEC media Day, so who wanted who lost?

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I don't think you can win or lose SEC media Days. However,

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Eli Drinkwinz did win it yesterday. We'll get to that

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a little bit later. As far as like being more

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confident or less confident in LSU after media Days, I

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hate to give you the boring answer, but like I'm

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kind of the same. And the reason is I'm high

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on them for a number of reasons, a little bit

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of what we talked about last segment, Like they're one

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of my top teams in the SEC. Garrett Nosemeyer is

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the top reason on this list. When you look at LSU,

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they by far have the most stability in the conference

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at the quarterback position. It's weird to look at because

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a lot of the top teams in the SEC this

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year have questions a quarterback. A lot of the teams

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you think are gonna struggle. They actually have a little

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bit of stability. Vanderbilt of Mississippi State, like those teams

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know at Arkansas, like those teams know who their quarterback is.

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They're just going to struggle everywhere else. And when you

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look at some of the quote unquote elite teams, Gunner

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Stockton first year's starter, arch Man into Texas first year starter.

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Alabama's likely going to roll with Ty Simpson, He's going

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to be a first year starter. Like oh Miss Austin

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Simmons first year starter. All of those teams have a

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ton of talent around the quarterback position. It's just the

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most important position on the field is their biggest question

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mark going into the season. It's more than Nu Smier though,

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like I mentioned, you have the most stability at the

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quarterback position. You were awesome in the transfer portal. There

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was a ton of talent a wide receiver and defensive back,

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which is a big question market. Look, Karin Lacy made

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big plays for you a year ago. Mason Taylor left

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this program as the best tight end in school history.

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I think you're better at wide receiver and tight then

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you wear a year ago. Depth wise, Aaron Anderson's back

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because Avion Thomas is back. Chris Hilton was just at

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SEC media days. Coaching staff expects him to have a

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big year. You add Barran Brown, Nick Anderson, who's six

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foot five coming over from Oklahoma. I think he's gonna

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be a matchup nightmare. Like that's six guys I just

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listed right there, and that's not counting some of the

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freshmen and some of the guys that are that are

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under the radar a little bit. Kyle Parker coming back

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from injury. I mean there's weapons galore on offense. I'm

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sure you lose Mason Taylor, but tradeds Green he's back.

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He's gonna have a bigger role. Bower Sharp is a

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lot more versatile than a lot of people are giving

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him credit for at the tight end position. And then

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on the defensive side of things, you need a corner

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help and safety help in a big way. He and

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aj Hawsey and Tamarcus Cooley at safety. I think both

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of those guys are going to start Week one. You

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go get man Sword Delaying at the corner. You go

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get jakeem Jackson a corner like you have completely rebuilt

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that defensive back. Ash and Stamps is still there as well.

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Entering pretty much his third year as a starter. He

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started a good bit as a freshman, was your starter

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all year last season opposite Zaia Alexander. Like Ashton Stamps,

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He's been there, done that, he knows this defense. He's

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played in big time football games. He's gonna be fun.

472
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You also have five star freshmen DJ Pickett, who's been

473
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on campus for a while.

474
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Speaker 1: Now.

475
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Speaker 2: You have a lot more depth on the d line.

476
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You lose both. You lose Bo Davis, who, as far

477
00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,440
as like on field, in my opinion, may have been

478
00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:32,000
the best coach on your staff. Him and Brad Davis

479
00:23:32,039 --> 00:23:35,920
I think are the two just best fundamental teaching coaches

480
00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:39,519
on your staff. But Kyle Williams knows what he's doing.

481
00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:41,880
He's played the defensive tackle position at a high level

482
00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:44,200
for a number of years. You added a lot of

483
00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:46,640
depth and you have a mod bro back. You have

484
00:23:46,680 --> 00:23:49,319
Dominic McKinley back who both showed flashes as a freshman.

485
00:23:49,519 --> 00:23:51,920
They're gonna be bigger, stronger, faster, more ready to go

486
00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:56,839
here in year two. In this program, you're also cleaned

487
00:23:57,039 --> 00:24:01,920
up at ed rusher save you On Jones and Brayden Swinson.

488
00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:04,880
Like Britain Swinson was a weapon for you a year ago.

489
00:24:05,039 --> 00:24:08,960
He was a game changing player. Both of those guys

490
00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:11,279
are gone. Then you lose to Sean Womack to the

491
00:24:11,279 --> 00:24:14,160
transfer port. Gabriel Rliford played a little bit as a

492
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freshman last year. Did you bring in Jack Pyburn, Jamari Butler,

493
00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:19,920
who a lot of people aren't talking about, and then

494
00:24:19,920 --> 00:24:22,160
Patrick Payton, the really good pass rusher from Florida State

495
00:24:25,680 --> 00:24:27,880
A lot of the question marks you had a year ago,

496
00:24:28,599 --> 00:24:32,759
you did an excellent job of filling that void. The

497
00:24:32,799 --> 00:24:37,519
biggest concern, obviously, can that O line hold up A yeah.

498
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I was actually having this conversation with a buddy of

499
00:24:39,200 --> 00:24:40,680
mine yesterday. He was like, Hey, how do you think

500
00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:43,440
the O line's gonna hold up against Clemson's D line.

501
00:24:43,599 --> 00:24:46,079
My response was, I think they're gonna struggle in Game one.

502
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But the fact that Brad Davis coaches this group, I

503
00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:52,680
trust Brad Davis. I think Brad Davis is a great coach.

504
00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,319
You lack experience there. You got bodies. You just don't

505
00:24:56,319 --> 00:24:58,240
really know what you're going to get out of those bodies.

506
00:24:59,119 --> 00:25:02,240
But if anybody can coach those guys up, it's Brad Davis.

507
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,079
You know, it's funny. I actually saw this if I

508
00:25:05,079 --> 00:25:08,079
can pull up this tweet. Yeah. Danna Orlovsky yesterday was

509
00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:13,759
talking about SEC media Days and he said, right now,

510
00:25:14,079 --> 00:25:16,759
Garrett Nosmeyer is the best quarterback in college football. Two

511
00:25:16,839 --> 00:25:20,039
things I love about him, He said, he's outstanding pocket management.

512
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:22,960
Nine percent pressure to sack rate, that was the lowest

513
00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:26,720
in the SEC. I'll tell you right now, if Garrett

514
00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,759
Olsmeyer has the lowest sack rate in the SEC, once again, LSU,

515
00:25:29,759 --> 00:25:32,480
you might win the national championship because that means the

516
00:25:32,480 --> 00:25:34,559
offensive line held up. You saw how good they were

517
00:25:34,640 --> 00:25:38,000
pass blocking. A year ago. Where the O line struggled

518
00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:41,920
was in the running game. This old line did a

519
00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,039
pretty good job in the bowl game. And I get it,

520
00:25:44,039 --> 00:25:45,759
it's a bowl game. It was against Baylor. You're not

521
00:25:45,799 --> 00:25:48,559
playing them this year in a likelihood, but they were

522
00:25:48,599 --> 00:25:50,359
thrown into the fire. I mean, you pretty much had

523
00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:54,039
five new starters on the offensive line and you did

524
00:25:54,039 --> 00:25:56,759
not allow a sack against a David Randon defense. That's

525
00:25:56,799 --> 00:26:00,000
pretty impressive to me. Like I get, the bowl games

526
00:26:00,039 --> 00:26:02,599
don't mean a ton, but you want to give confidence

527
00:26:02,599 --> 00:26:04,920
to your fan base moving into the next season. That

528
00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:07,960
did that a little bit for me, again small sample size,

529
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:11,559
not an SEC opponent, but a good defense with a

530
00:26:11,559 --> 00:26:14,880
good defensive coach. They held up well. If they can

531
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:18,440
be an average offensive line this year, I think your

532
00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:20,720
offense is going to be just fine. Nelsmar has the

533
00:26:20,759 --> 00:26:23,119
weapons to get the ball out quick. And even if

534
00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:24,839
you're not great at run blocking like you were a

535
00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:27,240
year ago, I think you're better at the running back position.

536
00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,799
Cayden Durham's a year older, Caleb Jackson's been in this

537
00:26:30,839 --> 00:26:34,359
program for three years now. You bring in two stud

538
00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:37,079
running backs, Harlem Berry, the number one running back in

539
00:26:37,079 --> 00:26:39,279
all the high school football last season, then j T. Lindsay,

540
00:26:39,319 --> 00:26:43,039
the big time recruit from ash Up at Alexandria. You're

541
00:26:43,119 --> 00:26:46,440
going to be better at the running back spot. Last

542
00:26:46,519 --> 00:26:49,720
year you basically had Caden Durham, Josh Williams. That was it.

543
00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:53,039
Johnny Murray goes down after the first game of the season,

544
00:26:53,359 --> 00:26:56,079
Caleb Jackson never found his footing throughout the year. That

545
00:26:56,160 --> 00:26:57,680
was all you had. You had two running backs. I

546
00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:00,240
think you got four. If Caleb Jackson is still up,

547
00:27:00,279 --> 00:27:03,359
that can make an impact on this team. There's a

548
00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:04,920
lot of ways you can help the O line.

549
00:27:05,079 --> 00:27:05,119
Speaker 6: No.

550
00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:07,000
Speaker 2: I was getting the ball off quicker to lose playmakers

551
00:27:07,319 --> 00:27:11,599
and the running backers being overall better. That's the biggest

552
00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:16,079
question mark though heading into the season. Outside of that, though,

553
00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:20,200
even the dB rou I trust Corey Raymond. Even on

554
00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:22,880
the d line. Kyle Williams doesn't have the coaching experience,

555
00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:24,559
but he's played at a high level for a number

556
00:27:24,559 --> 00:27:28,200
of years. And you're pretty talented, Dare You're better at receiver,

557
00:27:28,240 --> 00:27:31,559
You're better at running back. I think you're really good

558
00:27:31,559 --> 00:27:33,279
at linebacker. It's a room. We don't talk about a

559
00:27:33,319 --> 00:27:36,240
ton that offensive line can hold up unless you could

560
00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:38,240
have a really good season. All right, we're going to

561
00:27:38,279 --> 00:27:40,759
take a quick time out. Put a button on SEC media.

562
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DA's when we come back. There was a lot of

563
00:27:43,039 --> 00:27:45,079
talk for a lot of media members that were out

564
00:27:45,079 --> 00:27:49,720
there at SEC Media Days. Biggest surprise and biggest disappointing teams.

565
00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:52,279
Who you think that could be in the SEC in

566
00:27:52,319 --> 00:27:54,079
twenty twenty five. We'll talk about it next. You're run

567
00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:54,640
off the bench.

568
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dot com. Trash range one of the cool things they

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always have, like if it is a big holiday.

571
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Speaker 3: Like the fourth of July, like when you went on

572
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the other day like it had.

573
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576
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you know they're gonna send text reminders.

577
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Speaker 3: Put your trash out.

578
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Speaker 7: I mean, they take all the hassle out of everything, right,

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Speaker 3: If you're one of the lucky ones that's able to

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Speaker 8: Yeah, you got a Fourth of July party, just had

588
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you gotta anything, got a bunch of people over, You

589
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got a lot of trash, gotta throw it away.

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Speaker 9: It as a wise ma'am.

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Speaker 2: I couldn't cut it as a pull man, stealing.

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Speaker 9: Living like a blind man, I'm six someone out.

598
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Speaker 2: Of send some feeling and this is out.

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Speaker 1: You remind me Tigers turn talkers, this is off the Bench.

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Speaker 3: Really, this is out.

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Speaker 1: You remind like.

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Speaker 7: You sorry not to f storry this time mistaking.

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Speaker 2: Every All right, welcome back. In Friday edition of Off

604
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the Bench, Taylor Sharp sitting in for Jacob Estro and

605
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t By Baby. We got a lot of Villa Reale.

606
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We got Cassie's bizzelling No way I was stepping on

607
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that song like that may not be your favorite Nickelback song.

608
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A lot of people probably have a lot of different favorites,

609
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but that just is Nickelback. When you when you think

610
00:30:09,799 --> 00:30:13,119
of the band Nickelback, you think of that song, that

611
00:30:13,279 --> 00:30:15,680
is the one. All right, Look, want to put a

612
00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:18,640
button on SEC media days. We talked a lot of

613
00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:21,880
SEC media days here and I on number one, and

614
00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:24,640
I tease it a little bit there. Going into break,

615
00:30:25,319 --> 00:30:28,119
I saw a lot of media members talk about who's

616
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gonna be their biggest surprise team and their most disappointing

617
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:36,759
SEC team in twenty twenty five. I'll start with disappointing

618
00:30:37,559 --> 00:30:39,799
because this one was easy for me. It's the Tennessee

619
00:30:39,839 --> 00:30:45,160
Volunteers Tennessee made that run to the College Football Playoff

620
00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:48,200
last year. I'm still shocked by that they're gonna have

621
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:51,519
a solid defense again this year. I just don't think

622
00:30:51,559 --> 00:30:54,640
that offense will be good at all. You're breaking in

623
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:58,119
a new quarterback and Joey Maguire. You don't have a

624
00:30:58,160 --> 00:31:01,000
ton of weapons on offense. Now, the pushback people are

625
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,400
going to say is or their quarterback last year wasn't great.

626
00:31:03,440 --> 00:31:04,960
You didn't have a ton of weapons last year. I

627
00:31:05,039 --> 00:31:07,799
understand that Nico wasn't good. Like I think his numbers

628
00:31:08,559 --> 00:31:09,799
off the top of my head, I think his numbers

629
00:31:09,799 --> 00:31:14,119
were like nineteen touchdown six picks something like that, and

630
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:17,720
like over half of his touchdown passes were outside the SEC.

631
00:31:18,079 --> 00:31:24,519
I get all that. I don't know how you replaced

632
00:31:24,559 --> 00:31:27,680
Dylan Samson if you're the Tennessee volunteers, that is my

633
00:31:27,759 --> 00:31:32,480
biggest concern. Dylan Sampson last year SEC Offensive Player of

634
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:34,400
the Year. He was a monster. I mean he ran

635
00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:38,200
for over fourteen hundred yards fourteen ninety one twenty two

636
00:31:38,319 --> 00:31:41,960
rushing touchdowns. It was Dylan Sampson that kept you in

637
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:46,480
games a year ago, not Nico Iamalia. Nico wasn't good

638
00:31:46,559 --> 00:31:49,160
That's why when everybody's like, why is Nico demanding three

639
00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:50,640
and a half million dollars a year to go in

640
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:53,279
there and have a nineteen to six touchdown interception ratio

641
00:31:54,559 --> 00:31:56,640
and you patted your stats out of conference. I'm not

642
00:31:56,799 --> 00:31:59,440
worried about them at the quarterback position because I don't

643
00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:02,039
think they were good their year ago. Replacing Dylan Samson

644
00:32:02,119 --> 00:32:04,440
is going to be so hard. They're still gonna have

645
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:08,960
a good defense, but how good you replace the James

646
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:10,519
Pears He was a really good player for you. You

647
00:32:10,519 --> 00:32:12,559
have another guy on the defensive line you have to replace.

648
00:32:14,319 --> 00:32:16,440
While I think it's gonna be good, I think there's

649
00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:20,240
a chance that defense takes a slight step back. I

650
00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:22,279
think it's kind of a wash at the quarterback position,

651
00:32:22,559 --> 00:32:24,640
and it's tough to replace the SEC offensive player of

652
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:27,079
the year. A lot of people still expect big things

653
00:32:27,079 --> 00:32:30,960
out of Tennessee. I thought they overachieved last year, so

654
00:32:31,039 --> 00:32:32,720
there's obviously a chance that they can do that again

655
00:32:32,759 --> 00:32:38,079
this year. I don't see it, though, And honestly, I

656
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:41,440
considered Alabama here, but I don't think Alabama's gonna be

657
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:44,160
a disaster. That's why I didn't put them here. The

658
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:49,000
expectations is just so high. Like, Okay, the over underwind

659
00:32:49,079 --> 00:32:53,880
totals came out yesterday and Alabama is it nine and

660
00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:58,920
a half? I just can't get there. Whether it's Ti Sumpson,

661
00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:01,720
Austin Mack, or Keeland. You're gonna have a brand new

662
00:33:01,759 --> 00:33:07,400
starting quarterback. Jalen Milroe was your best running threat a

663
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:11,599
year ago. He's obviously gone. You lose Justice Haynes in

664
00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:13,960
the transfer portal. You have jam Miller running back. He's

665
00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:18,039
a fine running back, but jam Miller doesn't scare you

666
00:33:18,039 --> 00:33:22,200
if you're an opposing defensive coordinator. Ryan Williams one of

667
00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:26,319
the best receivers in college football. He's out there, but

668
00:33:26,359 --> 00:33:29,400
what do you have outside of him right now? Jeremy Bernard.

669
00:33:29,839 --> 00:33:32,160
Maybe you'll have one of those highly doubted freshmen step up,

670
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:35,680
But I mean outside of Ryan Williams, there's not a

671
00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:38,160
ton of weapons on that offense, so you don't have

672
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:43,240
a ton of help around that first year quarterback. The

673
00:33:43,319 --> 00:33:45,720
defense will probably still be good a lot like Tennessee.

674
00:33:45,799 --> 00:33:48,680
But I just can't get there at nine and a

675
00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,920
half right now. Ty Simpson, maybe Austin Mack, like one

676
00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:54,279
of those guys is gonna have to show me before

677
00:33:54,319 --> 00:33:57,119
I can hump on the Obama hype train. Year after

678
00:33:57,240 --> 00:34:00,119
year after year, everyone ranked Obama so high, and rightfully so,

679
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,799
because you had an X factor that nobody else had

680
00:34:03,240 --> 00:34:06,359
named Nick Saban. Nick Saban's not in that building anymore.

681
00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:09,159
Kaylen de boor is a good football coach. He really is.

682
00:34:09,679 --> 00:34:12,280
You go look at his record against Dan Lanning. A

683
00:34:12,280 --> 00:34:14,320
lot of people think Dan Lanning is one of the

684
00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:16,559
best coaches in college football. Hand up, I do as well.

685
00:34:17,239 --> 00:34:20,400
Kaylin de Borr has a really good winning record against

686
00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:23,639
Dan Lanning, So I mean, he knows how to win games.

687
00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:26,760
But you're just not Nick Saban. And that's okay, But

688
00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:30,440
let's stop hyping up Alabama like Debor is Nick Saban.

689
00:34:30,679 --> 00:34:33,360
That's the only issue I have with the Crimson Tide

690
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:37,840
going into this year. As far as my surprising team,

691
00:34:38,079 --> 00:34:40,719
like a team that may be able to overperform, this

692
00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:45,119
one was hard like I considered Missouri. The only problem

693
00:34:45,199 --> 00:34:47,639
is I don't know how big of a surprise that's

694
00:34:47,679 --> 00:34:49,880
gonna be. Like at this point, Eli drink Wentz has

695
00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,320
proven he can win games like they quietly won ten

696
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,920
games a year ago. If a really easy schedule, like

697
00:34:56,159 --> 00:34:58,519
you're in the SEC, but you have six consecutive home

698
00:34:58,559 --> 00:35:01,599
games then your bye week. I don't know how that happens.

699
00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:03,719
I don't know who Eli's paying off to get that

700
00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:06,119
easy schedule, because they probably had the easiest schedule in

701
00:35:06,159 --> 00:35:08,400
the SEC a year ago and they have it again

702
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:13,679
this year. So with an easy schedule, approving coach who

703
00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:15,440
has done it in the past, Like, I don't know

704
00:35:15,519 --> 00:35:18,480
how big of a surprise that's going to be. I

705
00:35:18,559 --> 00:35:22,679
considered Florida. However, I'm pausing on DJ Lagway a little

706
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bit more than most people are. It's all Jake and Matt.

707
00:35:27,840 --> 00:35:29,320
We were listening to him when we were back in

708
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:31,880
studio the other day. They were talking about Jackson Arnold

709
00:35:32,079 --> 00:35:34,880
and they were like, hey, you know Jackson Arnold. His

710
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,360
numbers were up and down at Oklahoma a year ago,

711
00:35:37,679 --> 00:35:42,840
and they were Jackson Arnold last season sixty two percent completion,

712
00:35:43,599 --> 00:35:48,320
just fourteen hundred yards, twelve touchdowns, three interceptions, and Jackson

713
00:35:48,360 --> 00:35:51,480
Arnold was benched, ran out of Oklahoma. Now he's at Auburn.

714
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:57,920
So why is everyone so high on DJ Lagway. Lagway's

715
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:01,440
numbers last year fifty nine percent completion, twelve touchdowns and

716
00:36:01,559 --> 00:36:06,800
nine interceptions. Jackson Dart was actually better across the board

717
00:36:07,079 --> 00:36:09,920
than DJ Lagway. I get it. You look at Lagway.

718
00:36:09,960 --> 00:36:11,760
He's a big guy, he's a former five star. The

719
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:13,920
ball just looks different coming out of his hand. I

720
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,360
understand that, but you're gonna have to prove it to me.

721
00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:18,840
DJ Lagway did not do that a year ago. He

722
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:21,079
just didn't. There were times he looked like the best

723
00:36:21,159 --> 00:36:23,559
quarterback in the conference. There were times he looked like

724
00:36:24,039 --> 00:36:26,320
he's a freshman thrown into the fire before he was ready.

725
00:36:27,119 --> 00:36:33,679
I gotta see the consistence. Maybe Auburn, maybe just because

726
00:36:33,679 --> 00:36:37,519
everybody's expectations are so low for the Auburn Tigers. Well,

727
00:36:38,039 --> 00:36:40,840
this is Hugh's third year. He struggled really bad his

728
00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:44,880
first two years in Auburn. I get that. I do

729
00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:47,239
think this is probably the best offense he's had. Like

730
00:36:47,320 --> 00:36:50,719
Hugh Freeze's biggest problem is he hitched his wagon to

731
00:36:50,760 --> 00:36:52,360
Peyton Thorn two years in a row, and that was

732
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:55,039
the wrong decision. Peyton Thorn was not a good quarterback.

733
00:36:55,039 --> 00:36:58,480
He was not an SEC caliber quarterback. That's the guy

734
00:36:58,480 --> 00:37:00,440
that Hugh Freeze fell in love with. And with it,

735
00:37:02,360 --> 00:37:06,079
you have Jackson Arnold coming over and again a lot

736
00:37:06,079 --> 00:37:07,920
of people have mixed opinions about him, like I was

737
00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:09,760
just talking about, but he's still a step up for

738
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:13,639
Peyton Thorn in my eyes. And if Jackson Dart doesn't work,

739
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:17,320
Jackson Arnold doesn't work out as the starter, you have

740
00:37:17,400 --> 00:37:20,000
Ashton Daniels, who is the starter at Stanford a year ago,

741
00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:23,000
and you have five star freshman Deuce Night. So if

742
00:37:23,079 --> 00:37:25,360
Jackson Arnold stumbles out of the gate, you can pull

743
00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:33,239
him like that. You got talent behind it. Cam Coleman,

744
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:36,039
for Auburn is an absolute study at six hundred yards

745
00:37:36,039 --> 00:37:39,039
eight touchdowns as a true freshman, a big bodied wide receiver.

746
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,400
And then you bring in Eric Singleton from Georgia Tech,

747
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:46,159
who a little bit more of an underrated signing. As

748
00:37:46,159 --> 00:37:48,000
far as like transfer portal, I thought he was one

749
00:37:48,039 --> 00:37:50,079
of the top receivers in the transfer portal out of

750
00:37:50,159 --> 00:37:53,159
Virginia Tech. He's a solid option. You pair him on

751
00:37:53,199 --> 00:37:55,559
the other side of the field, him and cam Coleman.

752
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:57,880
That's a really good duo for Jackson Arnold to get

753
00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:01,000
the ball to. It's probably better than any weapons he

754
00:38:01,039 --> 00:38:03,920
had a year ago. Like yes, he had Bower, sharp

755
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:05,880
and tight end, but he lost Nick Anderson after one

756
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:07,800
game we had talked about that there was not a

757
00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:10,480
ton of weapons over there at Oklahoma. I think Jackson

758
00:38:10,519 --> 00:38:13,760
Arnold may have better weapons this year. You do have

759
00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:16,760
to replace Jarques Hunter, but Freeze can figure that out.

760
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:19,239
They got talented running backs over there at Auburn they

761
00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:22,559
always do. Can the defense improve is another big thing.

762
00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:26,000
Their defense last year not up to the Auburn standard.

763
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:29,920
Say what you want about Auburn, their offenses have struggled

764
00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:32,199
in recent years. They've always had a good defense. They

765
00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:34,519
did not a year ago. If you could shore up

766
00:38:34,519 --> 00:38:36,880
the defensive side of the ball and Jackson Arnold can

767
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:39,440
do just enough to upset some teams, maybe there's a

768
00:38:39,519 --> 00:38:42,199
chance the Auburn Tigers surprise people. I don't feel great

769
00:38:42,199 --> 00:38:45,800
about that, just because it's like I mean, I mentioned

770
00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:47,519
it earlier. I gave you like my top three teams,

771
00:38:47,599 --> 00:38:49,760
my bottom three teams. There's kind of a log jam

772
00:38:49,800 --> 00:38:52,199
there in the middle where it's like, hey, whichever coach

773
00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:54,360
pushes the right buttons at the right time, this team's

774
00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:57,519
gonna emerge. I don't have faith that Hupreeze can do that,

775
00:38:57,639 --> 00:38:59,440
but I do think this is the best team he's

776
00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:03,599
had by since he's been over there with the Auburn Tigers.

777
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:05,599
All right, we're going to take a time out when

778
00:39:05,639 --> 00:39:09,800
we get back. Well, obviously LSU plays Clemson in the opener,

779
00:39:10,519 --> 00:39:15,000
and everybody seems to have, you know, different opinions of

780
00:39:15,039 --> 00:39:17,920
Dabo Sweeney. I like Dabo Sweeney, Me and t bub

781
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,920
used to get into that a lot. We're gonna make

782
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:21,760
a little fun of our guy coming back here on

783
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Off the bench.

784
00:39:24,599 --> 00:39:30,480
Speaker 7: Off the bench, all right, go to rouss dot com.

785
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And when you go to rawss dot com, the thing

786
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that we always kind of encourage you to do is

787
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go check out that weekly ad. See what they have

788
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on special. Now, hopefully you take advantage of the sixty

789
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five year anniversary a week ago that we were telling

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you about. But that doesn't mean that the deals are

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going to stop. You go right now, you type in

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your zip code, is gonna pull up that closest Rous's

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market to you. Because that's one of the great things,

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right you were going to have those deals in all

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of those locations, Like right now, you've got boneless uh

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only two ninety nine a pound. Go to Rolses dot

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com peach season, Oh my goodness, to nine pound. We

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got some peaches the other day from Ralse's.

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Speaker 8: They were unbelievable. Wife made a little cobbler kidding me. Yeah, Well,

802
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usually likes a grocery store. We wouldn't usually send you

803
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to the website route to go there because you can

804
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see the deals. You have the coupons right there. You

805
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can see their specials, what they're doing sixty five years.

806
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Rouse's local market, you know what it is. Don't go

807
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to those big, those national ones, you know what, go

808
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to a local one.

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Speaker 2: And you know why, because it's better.

810
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Speaker 3: They sell my high too.

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Speaker 2: And they sell that my hike.

812
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Speaker 8: Go drink it. But go to Ralse's market. Go to

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your nearest one. Get your groceries today.

814
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Speaker 1: Rouses two thousand and seven, Shamps Purple and Gold to

815
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the core. This is off the bench with Hester and Flynn.

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Baton Rougees go to for all things Louisiana sports.

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been there, because that's what twenty four seven three sixty

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five means.

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Speaker 3: So again, two two five nine.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back. In final segment, I were number one here

841
00:42:17,639 --> 00:42:20,960
on a Friday edition of Off the Bench Taylor Sharp's

842
00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:23,480
sitting in Poor Jacobster and tabab Aber. We got a

843
00:42:23,519 --> 00:42:28,880
landra Villarriale and Cassie spizzeally along for the ride as well. Okay,

844
00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:33,480
Dabo Sweeney is corny in his own way. We all

845
00:42:33,559 --> 00:42:37,760
know that, whether it's genuine, whether it's a disingenuine. Anytime

846
00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:41,119
I've defended Dabo Sweeney, I've always said, look, he's uniquely himself,

847
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:43,880
Like you can't you can't fault the guy for being himself.

848
00:42:44,039 --> 00:42:49,000
At least he's honest about things. However, this one, this

849
00:42:49,039 --> 00:42:50,280
one's a little bit too fard. Do we have the

850
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:54,400
video ready? Okay, Dabo Sweeney? Was it some speaking engagement

851
00:42:54,480 --> 00:42:56,960
media availability that not sure where it was, doesn't matter.

852
00:42:57,480 --> 00:42:59,840
He was telling a story about how he went into

853
00:42:59,880 --> 00:43:15,559
a bar owned by L Shue head coach Brian Kelly.

854
00:43:15,639 --> 00:43:18,280
All right, give us one second, we'll get that video

855
00:43:18,320 --> 00:43:21,320
to you. But anyways, he talks about how he has

856
00:43:21,400 --> 00:43:24,760
a he went into a bar owned by l Shue

857
00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:28,800
head coach Brian Kelly, and Kelly's wife had a bootique

858
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:31,280
right next to it. Look, look we only got like

859
00:43:31,320 --> 00:43:33,840
three minutes. Still you got it? Okay, here it is

860
00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:34,840
there on.

861
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:41,239
Speaker 4: Great least little spot. So my brother or my sister

862
00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:45,760
in law, she's saying, hey, Brian Kelly has a place.

863
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:49,760
His wife has a gift shop right on the corner

864
00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:52,679
there in Greaton Beach. I'm like, oh, really, that's pretty cool.

865
00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:54,800
You know, I had no idea. So anyway, we go

866
00:43:54,840 --> 00:43:56,679
there and I walk off, I go into the store,

867
00:43:56,679 --> 00:43:59,079
me and Calf walking in the store. Caf buys something

868
00:43:59,079 --> 00:44:03,320
because she's trying to port missus Kelly or whatever we're doing.

869
00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:04,880
So if she buys something and we go in the

870
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:08,119
store and I'm walking around, I go out and they're

871
00:44:08,159 --> 00:44:10,480
like yeah, and he's he's got a concert. He's gonna

872
00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:12,239
have a concert in the back. So I'm like, okay,

873
00:44:12,239 --> 00:44:13,960
I'll walk out in the back. There's a little stage

874
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:15,880
in the back and there's like some I think it's

875
00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:18,360
like fake grass or whatever, just a small little area,

876
00:44:18,360 --> 00:44:23,159
and it says Brian Kelly, you know, performing live on

877
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:27,159
this day whatever. And I'm going, freaking nam Brian Kelly

878
00:44:27,559 --> 00:44:28,119
sing play.

879
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:29,039
Speaker 2: I didn't know that.

880
00:44:29,119 --> 00:44:33,360
Speaker 4: So I'm like taking pictures and I'm sending that to

881
00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:37,559
Brian Kelly. I'm sitting, I'm sitting, I'm sending all these

882
00:44:37,599 --> 00:44:38,559
pictures of Brian Kelly.

883
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:40,440
Speaker 2: And then I'm then I'm like, I'm.

884
00:44:40,239 --> 00:44:42,639
Speaker 4: Going, you know, I'll get on the stage, you know,

885
00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:44,039
Brian Kelly.

886
00:44:44,199 --> 00:44:45,960
Speaker 2: You know, I'm just kind of having some fun.

887
00:44:46,199 --> 00:44:48,519
Speaker 4: I'm like, you know, hey, I got and I send

888
00:44:48,519 --> 00:44:50,440
all this to Brian Kelly.

889
00:44:50,719 --> 00:44:51,119
Speaker 2: All right.

890
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:56,880
Speaker 4: Well, then the guy that was with my brother, he's

891
00:44:56,920 --> 00:44:59,480
walking over because Cass said something about I don't know

892
00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:01,800
what said I I just can't believe that Brian Kelly,

893
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:04,079
this is really cool. And and she's and you know,

894
00:45:04,199 --> 00:45:06,599
like we we know we play them or something in

895
00:45:06,639 --> 00:45:07,480
the opener or whatever.

896
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:09,760
Speaker 2: To the gun He's like, he's good.

897
00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:16,639
Speaker 4: What And as it turns out, there's another Brian Kelly,

898
00:45:16,679 --> 00:45:17,400
and he's.

899
00:45:17,159 --> 00:45:19,679
Speaker 2: Like he's the he's any what's the band?

900
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:23,960
Speaker 4: Anybody know? It's uh something Florida Georgia Line or something.

901
00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:26,480
I think it's called Florida Georgia Line or Georgia Florida

902
00:45:26,559 --> 00:45:30,760
Line Band, Florida Georgia Line Band. And he's like the

903
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:33,159
lead singer or something. And I've even heard their songs,

904
00:45:33,159 --> 00:45:33,440
but I.

905
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:37,440
Speaker 2: Don't, Okay, So he sends these pictures to Brian Kelly.

906
00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:39,840
I don't know if this is true. Guys, I'm gonna

907
00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:41,360
I'm gonna kind of call out our guy dad, but

908
00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:44,280
it Sweeny here. First off, why the hell would you

909
00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:47,400
think that Brian Kelly was performing a concert? Look back

910
00:45:47,599 --> 00:45:49,119
may have the pipes of an angel. I don't know,

911
00:45:49,159 --> 00:45:52,239
I never heard it, but like that's where your thought went. Also,

912
00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:55,159
if you have Brian Kelly's name in your phone and

913
00:45:55,199 --> 00:45:57,199
you're good enough friends to text him back and forth,

914
00:45:58,480 --> 00:46:01,719
Brian Kelly of Florida george line does not spell Kelly

915
00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:04,760
the same way as our Brian Kelly. Brian Kelly Florida,

916
00:46:04,800 --> 00:46:08,079
Georgia line is k E l l E y. Like look,

917
00:46:08,159 --> 00:46:11,519
I like Dabo. This just seems a little disingenuous to me,

918
00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:15,480
Like it was try hard in my opinion. And again

919
00:46:15,519 --> 00:46:18,039
I'm I'm a dabbo defender at a lot more than

920
00:46:18,039 --> 00:46:20,119
most people. I think he's a good coach, But I

921
00:46:20,239 --> 00:46:22,159
just that one I was just kind of like, all right, like,

922
00:46:22,239 --> 00:46:24,599
let's let's slow down a little bit, Dabo, Like you

923
00:46:24,599 --> 00:46:26,880
don't you don't always have to be that guy, all right?

924
00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:28,480
Coming up here in hour number two, we're in not

925
00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:30,079
a big dealer, no big deal at the top of

926
00:46:30,079 --> 00:46:31,800
the show. We'll do that here on this Friday. Then

927
00:46:31,880 --> 00:46:33,880
Nick Underhill of New Orleans Dot Football coming up at

928
00:46:33,880 --> 00:46:35,880
eight fifteen. Stay tuned. You're on the other side, on

929
00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:37,800
off the bench, off the bench.

930
00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:43,119
Speaker 3: Well this feels weird because you know, I was watching the.

931
00:46:43,199 --> 00:46:46,840
Speaker 7: USA Mexico game and start thinking about do Sekis and

932
00:46:46,920 --> 00:46:49,840
going for dose, and I guess it won out. I

933
00:46:49,840 --> 00:46:52,800
guess it won out there. But look, we say it,

934
00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:55,039
and it can't be just lip service. There's not a

935
00:46:55,079 --> 00:46:59,800
bad time for do Seki's lake beer, pool beer, beach beer,

936
00:47:00,280 --> 00:47:03,599
and sand do sequis in hand, tailgate beer. It is

937
00:47:03,679 --> 00:47:08,440
never a bad time, So enjoy responsibly, put your feed up,

938
00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:11,519
kick them all up, Enjoy an ice cold dose s.

939
00:47:11,480 --> 00:47:16,000
Speaker 2: Exis Logger especial, Ember especial. They got it.

940
00:47:16,679 --> 00:47:19,800
Speaker 8: We're in South Louisiana, all right. Everyone likes the beverage.

941
00:47:19,840 --> 00:47:22,840
Everyone likes to have a little beer, cocktail, whatever it is.

942
00:47:22,880 --> 00:47:25,599
Make it a dose Sekis, go for dose, the delicious

943
00:47:25,639 --> 00:47:29,159
Mexican lagger. Anytime is a good time for a beer,

944
00:47:29,199 --> 00:47:30,239
and especially do skes.

945
00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:32,719
Speaker 2: Drink responsibly, but delete some beers with the second