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it is now time for our guy, Devin snow A
ka hold the mayo. Who I am sure got some
interesting phone calls over the weekend about the New Orleans
Saints not scoring a touchdown yet again in the first
half of the preseason. Actually impressive, went the entire preseason
without scoring a touchdown in the first half of any
of their games.
Speaker 4: Dev what's up, brother, Yo, what's happening?
Speaker 6: How we doing?
Speaker 4: Uh, you know, we're doing good. We're doing great.
Speaker 1: Excited.
Speaker 5: It's game week for the l s U Tigers, so
we'll get there because I know you heading up to Clemson.
Speaker 4: But I got to ask you.
Speaker 5: You know, Sean Payton, the Broncos come to town, you
lose another preseason game, twenty eight to nineteen, you don't
score again in the first half.
Speaker 4: How were the phone calls this weekend?
Speaker 6: Well, hey, let's just let's let's all say it, man,
last time that we can say it.
Speaker 5: It's just preseason, right, might as well get it out
one more time.
Speaker 6: Get it out one more time, dude, it's just preseason.
And yeah, man, it's you just hate to see it.
I didn't look at the you know, the statistics of
teams that didn't score in the first half. But that's
one that you just hate to see it. And it's
not because they just started. It's because it's been happening
in the last couple of years, even in the regular season,
you know, been having troubles scoring in the first half.
So it is a lawman, But you know it's just preseason,
all right.
Speaker 5: Def So I'm going to ask you the same question
that I asked the room right before you hopped on
the player that you're actually excited about in this upcoming
twenty five season, Like you gotta give me one one
guy that moves in needle, one guy that gives you
any kind of juice to go watch the Saints play
on Sundays.
Speaker 6: I think there's a few, but I mean, definitely you
could take a few from the rookie class, because I
mean that's one one of the positives is I think
that the rookie classes look pretty promising, right, But if
I'm not gonna pick one of them, then let's just
be honest. How about Mason's Hipton because this is it?
This is it, man, Like this is where we actually
absolutely need him to pull through. You know, it would
be so convenient and nice of him to pull through,
man and really turn into something for the Saints, bro,
because that's one thing. Man. You even saw it last game.
Some of these guys that they consider veterans and whatever
I mean, like Cedric Wilson stuff. You know, they just
not that's not it, right, So may Tipton, man that
that that would be one guy that I'm looking to
really do something.
Speaker 7: Not.
Speaker 6: I don't need fifteen hundred yards got them? How about
you know seven hundred how about seven hundred yards? Uh?
You know a few touchdowns and some consistency that would be.
That'd be fantastic from Nason Sipton.
Speaker 8: All right, let's just go ahead and get it out
of the way. Hold On, say that I'm looking at
this picture of you. Is that Kirk Cousins behind your
right shoulder?
Speaker 4: Yeah?
Speaker 1: That's it.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think that's him.
Speaker 7: Brother.
Speaker 1: Now we're in the same hoodie and everything.
Speaker 6: Good for you, I know, man.
Speaker 1: All right.
Speaker 6: Somebody called me yesterday say, man, I don't know if
Shuck's going to be it. I don't know if what
do you think about? Uh getting Kirk Cousins over here?
I hung up so quick.
Speaker 1: Come on, you.
Speaker 6: Nah, that rather snort, fire an have Kirk Cousins as
the quarterback for the new one Saints face.
Speaker 1: Oh man, okay, all right, snort fire ants, got it.
We don't want to.
Speaker 6: Be doing that. Angry fire angry.
Speaker 1: All right, Well let's just get it out of the way.
Let's talk quarterbacks here.
Speaker 8: What do you think three preseason games in we were
talking about it all like it just it looked fine.
Speaker 1: But what are your thoughts? What are your thoughts going
in the week one?
Speaker 6: I think that if he judged us like they judge
like you know, UFC and stuff like that, round by round.
I mean, I would say that shuck one, two to one.
I would just say that. I don't think that that
that's the way that they're gonna go. I think they
probably gonna go rattler. But if I'm just being fan,
I'm just being honest, I would say that shuck one,
two to one. Uh, you know, round by round. It
just it just is what it is. I don't think
either one of them did good when they get when
they you know, a quarterback in the first half, So
that's what's alonman. But I'd say shuck one like overall,
But I do I do think they something about Rattlers.
They're gonna go with him for the first few games.
Speaker 5: What makes you think I think it Shuck over Rattler
right now though, like in your mind, like not even
saying like what it's going to be, but for you
what a Shuck done that Ratler has not?
Speaker 4: That's not right, I think.
Speaker 6: Okay. I think whenever Shuck was faced with some adversity
during the preseason, I thought that he had a great
trait of rebounding very well. And that's something that's that's
a great pro quality, right, I mean, y'all telling me,
I feel like that's a great pro quality to have.
Like if you can go and throw an interception, fumble, whatever,
and then come come back and you know, lead the
team down for a score and drive, that's that's pretty admirable. Right.
So I thought that one of the downfalls of Spencer
Rattler was he was in lead at a quarterback competition, uh,
and he had this last game and it's just like,
what five to eight forty three yards That's just that sucks, man,
you know, that really sucks, dude, And he could have
just feeled to be on it. Just it just didn't happen.
And I don't know, it's just underwhelming. And I think
that Shock is just a little more maybe loose out there,
like the way he can kind of air it out.
You know, it's something about him that just looks a
little more comfortable.
Speaker 1: And he's the rook you know, yeah, I think.
Speaker 8: I mean, everybody's like reaching trying to find something, trying
to like hold onto something, right, they're trying to grasp
onto like some sort of like positive because like there
wasn't that much negative from any of the quarterback playing.
Like you said, like both of them, like they were
the exact same guy. Both of them threw a pick
and then let a score and drive the next play.
Speaker 1: They both did that.
Speaker 8: So they if one person did one thing the other
did another. The only thing, like I difference I can
make I understand, like the like the round by round
comparison there. But Chuck did get like two of his
rounds were against like the third string guys like in
the second half, so it's a little bit like but
they were the same guy. So it's just really like
who you're gonna hang your hat on. Who do you
think could do something? And honestly, they're gonna need both
of them, So like you're gonna need both them throughout
the years. So, like the offensive line, they keep getting injuries,
they're not looking great. You got your finger on the
pulse about free agents out there. You're watching these cut
days from all the other teams. What do you think
is gonna happen there?
Speaker 6: Yeah? Well, I think they obviously the first thing they
gotta do in cre agency is they got to go
look at the offensive line. You gotta go. You gotta
go get somebody that can step in an offensive line
because that's gonna be the of course, that's gonna be
the biggest issue right away. Anytime your offensive line starts
dropping like flies, you are being defeated before you even
able to fight, you know, so definitely that they need
to look at tight end, uh, just because you know,
I still think the best tight end on the team
is Fassham around, I really do from everything I've seen,
and he's not even playing.
Speaker 4: Yeah, he won't be ready to you know, into the.
Speaker 6: Season right right, So you gotta look at tight end
because who can you really depend on? You know, no
disrespect great guy, uh, but Jawan Johnson just keeps reminding
me that he's Jawan Johnson and it's just I don't know, man,
and it's it's it's discouraging. You know, if he gets hurt,
if he's out for a few games, you know, who
is your tight end? Who's your tight end? The guy
from uc LA, you know, I don't know if he
got to look at that tight end spot for sure,
the positives all I mean, I think that you're good
at D tackle, you know, I think he got I
think that's why you got rid of Caitlyn Saunders. You know,
you got a few good de tackles, young d tackles
that look really promising. Especially you know, uh Breze, the
guy you drafted the third.
Speaker 4: Round brought the other day against Denver.
Speaker 6: For sure, Yeah, dude, and then Christian Boyd. You know,
so I'd say tight end and offensive line you should
definitely look into. Uh oh, another thing, Devin Neil his
first game. You know, we really wanted to see what
Devin Neil was gonna do, touted from Kansas, and Devin
Neil went at that and just looked good. It like,
didn't do anything crazy, didn't break a fifty yard run
or anything like that, but looked good, looked comfortable. You know,
So I think it's going to be a tough decision
at running back, and I hate to say it because
you know it's probably gonna involve my guy, our guy,
Clyde Edwards Hilo. You know, I hope he's able to
make the team, but also you know you got to
keep Devin me Lu too.
Speaker 5: Devin Neil in the run game, I agree with you
looked very comfortable. The reason that I think Clyde has
an opportunity Devin Neil's pass protection reps. He looked like
a rookie that was not comfortable in that role. I'm
not sure that he got a hand on one of
his assignments. And so Dev as we all know, like
when you're talking running back like that is now today
like used too. You could get away with that in
the NFL, you can't anymore. And this isn't hating on
Devin Neil. I think he's a good player. I think
he's going to be a pro. But for Clyde, that's
really where his opportunity is going to be is because
he's such a good pass protector.
Speaker 6: Yeah, and I think that stood out from what was
that preseason game one? You know he was just really blocking,
you know, past block and wow, so I mean the
guys that gotta go though, that's gonna be the main thing,
you know, go ahead and get rid of Fosky. It's
not I don't know if y'all. I mean, I'm sure
everybody keys in on Fosky in that third game a
little more than maybe what they want to. Dude, I'm
cam in on Foski. They got a tight end that
was playing for them at number eighty four, skinny skinny,
skinny dude, and Fosky could not get past this guy. Yeah,
and it was and he kept getting stalled out. So
it's just like it's over, bro.
Speaker 5: Yeah, twenty nine plays deaf or Isaiah Foski. He graded
out at forty seven.
Speaker 4: Oh, the second round pick.
Speaker 5: That look, second round pick that can't play defense, can't
play special teams right now, it sucks, it hurts, but
you also, you owe it to this roster to keep
the fifty three best players, and he's not one of
the fifty three best.
Speaker 6: Yeah, and that's how I feel about Heina too. Man.
You know nothing against them personally, but you owe it
to this roster. It's exactly how sad you owe it
to this roster to let this guy go, and let's see,
you know, keep I guess, keep a quarterback on practice squad,
which what's your boy's name, decas, you know, keep him
on practice squad and then you know, go get one
more point and dude, everything that is at this point
right one more play, but the roster that can make
a difference. That's you got.
Speaker 1: To load up line. That's what you have to load up.
Speaker 8: You have to get so many numbers that as many
numbers as you can at offensive line right now, the
way they're going down, I mean, in them playing decently,
there's a difference between a two and three win team
and you know six seven team win. I mean, that's
that's the difference that this is going to make because
they're they're starting wide receiver corps talented can make all
the plays. I think the running back room is really
good and I think their quarterbacks aren't going to be
the big problem. If that this team is going to
go as that offensive line goes, and it might not
be very far from what we've seen. So they got
to load up on the numbers. Hopefully they strike gold
with some sort of free agent that they bring in
that's just like all right, this guy was underlooked at
the last team he was on. Or is this an
older guy that's a you know, a pro bowler back
in his prime, but it's a little bit old. But
then all of a sudden he gets a boost of energy.
Whatever it is. They have to have something. They got
to get lucky. They have to make some some good
signs on this offense line. You gotta get numbers though.
Speaker 6: Yeah, how about dude, I can't believe Sam Allenser. Bro,
that was that was insane? Man. Uh to watch this
guy just make every single play a mess like that?
You know, you want to talk about a quarterback to
look at uh, you know, maybe maybe you can stet
of looking at Sam Allen. That dude look good. I
got the things, bro. Let me tell you they're gonna
be the Allnger family come this Christmas. They're gonna have
that tape on while they opening up Presence and everybody's
gonna be happy. Dude, because that's that was something mouse.
Speaker 5: This is pre season game three, you know, I mean,
God did say Texas was back a long time ago.
Speaker 4: He's just a fortune teller.
Speaker 5: Uh, dev tell me about the trip, man, tell me
about going off to Clemson. Watch the Tigers play, Like,
how are you going to get there? Like, what are
some of your plans once you get on site?
Speaker 6: Yeah, so I'm driving off Thursday to respect your body,
like released this Wednesday, So I'm gonna be down here
for that and then I'm gonna get a couple of
cases of respect your body. Hop in the truck, drove
the Greenville That's where I'm staying. I'm staying at the
Hilton and Greenville and then yeah, man, it's it's gonna
be I'm getting down there by Thursday so I can
really take it in and yeah, man, I'm just excited, dude,
Like I want to do. I want to say when
it's all set and done that I did everything on
my part to ensure an l s U win in
the first game season. That's that's all I can say.
You know, I want to I don't want to leave
without knowing I gave it my you know, not going to.
Speaker 4: Be on you, Yeah you got.
Speaker 6: When you lose so many in a row, open you start.
Speaker 5: To wonder who it is on you know, dev what
what are we thinking we're gonna eating in Clemson, South Carolina?
Speaker 6: There bo, Dude, I have no idea, Man, what do
you think what do you think?
Speaker 5: I mean, I'm trying to think like what they would
be known for, Like I got, I got nothing. I'm
trying to get some rex right now from guys that
played there or cover the team or something.
Speaker 4: I'm trying. I'm trying to get the spot for you.
I got you in mine. I got a couple of
irons in the fire, and I'll let you know. But
I got nothing off the top of my head.
Speaker 6: I mean, I'm just saying, yeah, right, I'm just thinking,
like any body I'll see from Louisiana that's cooking, stop,
I gotta stop and see what's bro I know they're
gonna be out there. I know they're gonna be yeah,
you know, making something exotic so that that'll be confident.
But yeah, as far as like South Carolina delicacies, I
am very uninformed, man, I really am.
Speaker 1: Oh you'll find it. Hey, I got so.
Speaker 8: I know you're a fan of the fighting. This past
weekend we had a little fight incident with a son
of Rampage Jackson.
Speaker 1: I guess it's Roger Jackson. Yeah, did you you take
that in?
Speaker 8: How many times did you watch that brutal clip of
him just destroying a guy in an amateur wrestling event.
Speaker 6: I mean, glad you asked a lot, very very invested
in what was going on, because not only am I'm
a big USC fan, but I'm a huge wrestling fans.
Speaker 7: You know.
Speaker 6: The first thing I remember watching when I was conscious
was wrestling, you know, in the late nineties. But that's
that you know what that is. That's that streaming stuff, bro,
that's that kick twitch whatever. Streaming every second of your life.
I can tell you my observation as it got to
his head to where he wanted to, I don't know,
make an impact on his streams?
Speaker 1: Is that a thing like that? So is he literally
someone filming everything that he does?
Speaker 6: Yeah? Yeah, yeah, rampage. That's how Kayson Not and all
of them got famous, Like they literally stream every minute
of their life. Couldn't be me, bro, I gotta be honest,
could not be me, because I mean, if you do
that and look respect to him, man, make it how
you're gonna make it. You can't say, kay's not They're
make it right. But every second of your life, you know,
at what point can you step back and be a human.
That's That's the only thing about that. But yeah, it
looks like the wrestler. It was so funny because that
is how wrestling is, especially independent wrestlers. Like they're sitting
in the back of the building, sitting back there, just
drinking beer, getting ready for the show. And you know,
I think the Rampage's son had said, no, I don't
know who you are, and and then the guy was like, oh,
you don't know who I am. I forget his name.
I don't know either. But he smashed to be a
prop be on his head. You know, did a did
a work what they call a work in wrestling, and
Rampage his son. Of course, he's Rampage his son. You know,
it's not like he's you know, I don't know, like
a famous wrestler's son. He's Rampaged his son. He's a
UFC Hall of Fame his son. Right, So you smash
a bill on his head, even if it's a prop,
he's probably gonna feel disrespected, especially if you don't know
anything about wrestling, And that's exactly what happened. But then
they wound up apologizing or they got the wrestl want
to apologize, and it seemed like Rampage's son was cool
with everything and next thing, you know it, they set
them up to it. Hey, get your payback in the ring,
you know, slam them, do a couple of punches, but
if they don't mean, they don't mean, punch the guy.
And then twenty times after that. I don't understand whether
miscommunication wants that, but.
Speaker 1: Many don't. You see, red, It's hard to stop.
Speaker 6: Wait, and you know how the internet is now, Like
you got people in the comments of this clip and
stuff saying, oh, well, he smashed a bill on his head. Dude,
did you forget that? You're looking at wrestling like this
is not How can we How can so many people
for so many years say, oh, wrestling's fake, wrestling's fake.
Wrestling's fake, And then when this one incident happens, Oh,
did you not see him get a beer smash.
Speaker 7: On his head? Dude?
Speaker 6: It's wrestling. How are we forgetting that? That's why I
really like, I'm worried about society sometimes.
Speaker 1: How big is the underground independent wrestling scene?
Speaker 6: Pretty big?
Speaker 5: Yeah?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean going back to you know, years and
years and years. Man.
Speaker 4: That is especially in Louisiana.
Speaker 6: Yeah, especially in Louisiana, especially in the South. You know,
when you think about like the VN Erics and stuff
like that, all that. You know, my stepmom's favorite favorite
wrestle was carry Van Eric Bro like had a crush
on him and everything, and these were like, you know,
the South Independent favorite. Watched that documentary, Bro, That is incredible. Man,
That Eric family stuff.
Speaker 4: All all all the things that happened to one family.
That is remarkable.
Speaker 5: Dev you're the man. We appreciate it. Hopefully you and
I can link up. They're in Clemson, South Carolina. I'm
supposed to be there Friday night, So looking forward to that.
My man, Safe travels and I'll see you soon.
Speaker 6: Yeah, I'll definitely hit you up. Go Tiger's baby. Shut up,
Matt Ball.
Speaker 4: Let's go absolutely number eighteen, Matt Flinn case. You're a
wonder of Matt.
Speaker 5: Matt coming up in about ten minutes from now. Oh yeah,
you call them a national champion overrated? No, no, well
it's won three national championships, Bud.
Speaker 1: That's good, good, good stuff.
Speaker 4: Who's number fifteen this year? Go stud exactly?
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Baton Rouge's go to for all things Louisiana sports.
Speaker 5: All right, welcome back, hen OGB one four five ESPN
Baton Rouge.
Speaker 4: Let's go to the phone lines.
Speaker 5: Now, our guy, Matt Mock, former LSU quarterback national champion,
joins us.
Speaker 4: Now, Matt, what's going on?
Speaker 5: Man?
Speaker 4: How are you doing? We appreciate the time.
Speaker 7: Uh doing great, guys, So good to be on with.
Speaker 4: You too, all right.
Speaker 5: So, uh, number eighteen goes to a quarterback for the
first time. Well, since you weren't in two thousand and three,
over twenty years ago, so that's a big deal. Did
you think that you were gonna forever be in the
category by yourself there at quarterback?
Speaker 7: I did not. I figured it would had to happen
at some point, you know. I kind of thought seven,
maybe there might be somebody else that would get it.
Speaker 4: But no, he's a slappy bo Yeah.
Speaker 7: Yeah, apparently. No. I mean I think he just looks
better at fifteen. That's what it is.
Speaker 1: I turned it down, that's right, Sure you did that.
Speaker 7: Huh.
Speaker 5: So look I saw a cool deal man. Y'all got
a chance to FaceTime you and neus Meyer. But it
has to be pretty cool for you. I mean, you
wore it play quarterback, you win a national championship, and then,
like Garrett's story, for him to stay with LSU, not
transferm when certainly he could have. I mean, he could
have played almost anywhere in the country for a couple
of years, but he stays here at LSU. Earns a
job goes and throws for four thousand yards last year
and now he's wearing eighteen.
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean there hasn't been an lsu charge. I've
rooted for more in a long time, and not just
because he plays quarterback. But I think of those things
you talked about, I think loyalty and hard work are
just things that are kind of bypassed anymore in college football.
And I think the three of us. I mean, you
take a look at US. I think, Uh, Matt Flynn
right here, we've would have transferred, you know, two or
three different times, you know, I mean he sat behind
JaMarcus Russell, and not that he wasn't a better player,
just JaMarcus Russell's six six frost of all one hundred
yards hard to beat that guy out, but stayed around,
uh and ended up winning a national championship. So I
wish kids could learn from from Matt Flynn, from Garden
f Meyer and realized that it doesn't have to be
given to you. You can go earn it.
Speaker 8: Yeah, we talked about it earlier, Matt. It's it's one
of those things where it doesn't matter where you are
in the country. I always tell people who aren't even
LSU fans don't know much the team. Like, if you're
a college football fan, Garrett somebody you want to watch
and cheer for because he is what's good about college football.
He is kind of this unicorn that right now that
will stick around in a world of people chasing dollars,
chasing money, chasing immediate starts, immediate gratification. He's doing it
the old school way in a way you like it,
and we should all be proud as LSU fans, But
I kind of want to know, like, in what an
honor it is to kind of you were the first
pass it on to Jacob and he gets us honored
to tell everybody like, this is what we think of Garrett.
This is the character guy he is. But as I
asked Jacob this all the time, like what kind of
do y'all get any any sort of feedback input at
the number eighteen?
Speaker 7: You know, early on we did when it was still
kind of just an internal thing. Yeah, and then when
it kind of got a little bit bigger than what
any of us thought it was going to be, we
kind of and as it should, We're not. I mean,
you know, you guys are there. Jacob's there. He could
have a little more input. I'm I mean, I'm a
living Denver. I would have no idea. I admit us
two or three other times, but and he seemed like
a great guy. But you know, I'm not around people
enough to give any input in that. But I think
the people that have been there, you know, it was
Greg Stringfellow, Jack Burchie, Tommy moff At, Michael Bonnatt, some
of those guys were the original people. And deciding who
got that still gets some stay and to that. And
I think they've done a really good job. You know
when Saban left, Les Miles kind of started that, you know,
as a head coach wanted the eighteen tradition to happen.
And then they've done a good job passing that along
to coach O and then now to b K. So
it's just it's a cool tradition, no matter if I
was part of it or not. And I think again,
they've did a great job in the past, and they
kind of picked the perfect guy this year.
Speaker 5: Yeah, And I know we're all excited to watch them
play this Saturday coming up, and this year right now
feels like a very exciting time or LSU. But just
from you know, Gary Nussmeyer and looking at the weapons
that he has, I know he's got to be excited
about that as well. I mean, you know, you go
for over four thousand yards your first year as a starter.
But you know, I always ask Flynn this as well,
like Matt, when you're going from year one to year
two and it's like your team, I have to imagine
that there's just a comfortability that just wasn't there the
first year. Even though your first year was great, it
was outstanding, like just knowing it's your team for like
the full off season. The second year, I'm sure things
slowed down a bunch free as well.
Speaker 7: Oh, without a doubt. I think, you know, experience is
something that you can't can't practice and when you get
in those environments when it's loud or it's a tough situation,
the more times you do it, the better out of
you are. So I think that's had a great year
last year, but I expect even even bigger things this year.
Speaker 8: Yeah, I think we all kind of have high expectations.
But you know, we got we got a bunch of
listeners right now, big Matt Monk fans and LSU fans
like tell Us tell everybody like, what what are you
doing right now?
Speaker 1: Like where you at? Tell us about your life. What
does Matt Mock get into?
Speaker 7: Uh, Jeff, I've got I live in Denver, Colorado. Got
three boys, all of them you know, play football, basketball, baseball.
My oldest is playing college football at Colorado School of Mines.
He's a wide receiver there. I got a middle one
as a sophomore. He's a QB. Plays at Cherry Creek
High School. Let's go yeah, yeah, we actually play head
and down. This is what's crazy about, you know, college football,
but even high school football. They're his high school team
is going down to Orlando to play Cardinal Newman down there,
So I just are Carlinal Moony. Sorry, yeah, it's just
if floors Man. I'm like what I said, hold on,
we're high school football. We're pasted up about eight thousand
teams on our way down.
Speaker 8: There, So I want you to take like a trip
down memory lane here. Uh two, I think I guess
it was two thousand and two. You get asked, probably
by Jimbo to host incoming or a recruit myself.
Speaker 1: You host me on my official visit.
Speaker 8: First time to meet you a little nervous to beat
the big bad Matt Mark where John wentzen. Most people
think you on official recruiting trips. Man, it's gonna get crazy. Man,
what'd y'all do? I mean beers you drink blah blah blah. No,
we went and saw a movie, didn't we?
Speaker 7: We did well, you know, I mean hester Barne me
he said, he gus, this guy's got some some mean cankles.
Speaker 6: Don't an the.
Speaker 7: Girls yet, girls, Yeah, let's just make sure.
Speaker 6: Rejection.
Speaker 1: I think we went and saw John Q. Maybe.
Speaker 4: Look, Mark was established, you know, I mean he was
a little bit older and he got here, so.
Speaker 7: You know, I mean, yeah, if I'm gonna, if I'm gonna,
you know, get a haul pass, I'm not using it
on your.
Speaker 1: Butt that was already committed right.
Speaker 7: To do anything, you know.
Speaker 8: I remember, So we're riding, You're you're driving me around.
I think we were going to like the recruiting dinner
that night, and we're talking about like, hey, you just
getting to know each other.
Speaker 1: And I'm like, you're, hey, man, so what do you
you ask me?
Speaker 9: Like?
Speaker 1: What do you what do you like about?
Speaker 7: What?
Speaker 9: She was like?
Speaker 1: Man, I really jimp and Fisher's been really great he's super.
Speaker 8: Nice and you're like, huh, yeah, he's a pretty good guy.
I was like, oh, is he different to y'all that
are playing here than the recruits?
Speaker 1: Weird?
Speaker 4: So that was the first that I learned.
Speaker 1: I learned real fast once I got on campus. A
little bit different.
Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, I will say this though. You know Jimbo
obviously you know it's pretty loud during practices, but you
don't always understand it. But I will say he puts
so much pressure on you in practice. By the time
you get to the games. Oh my god, thank god,
Jimbo's up in the box.
Speaker 1: You can't yell at me exactly.
Speaker 5: So I do radio like over on Series SIXM on Tuesdays.
Jimbo is actually a co host with me, and he
like the stories that he gets into about you two.
Speaker 4: It's awesome there.
Speaker 5: But like the one of the things that I always
remember like going like even when I was a recruit
and I come watch y'all practice or i'd be there
with Lynn.
Speaker 4: Can you tell me why?
Speaker 9: Just tell me why?
Speaker 1: Man, why did you do it?
Speaker 5: He always asked, y'all, can you tell me why? And
then y'all would tell him, and he didn't like y'all's answer.
Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, so this is my favorite Jimbo. So this
is why I just get there. Josh Booty as the starter, okay,
and we're just kind of r PO is just starting
up and we're kind of sticking out, and Josh Booty
was I mean, I don't know if I've ever seen
someone throw a football better than him, but he wasn't
not I would say, the most fleet of foot or
running type quarterback. So we're doing this for our PO.
Speaker 1: You read be in.
Speaker 7: You're supposed to hand it off or pull it and run. Well,
you know, it wasn't for Josh, it was for other people. Well,
finally Josh pulls it. Literally, Jarvis Green runs right into him,
and Jimbo's like, you know why why Josh? Why and
just because you don't want to know?
Speaker 6: Yeah, I do.
Speaker 7: Well, I've never done it before. I just wanted to
try it.
Speaker 4: Oh my gosh, that that tracks tracks that tracks?
Speaker 6: Josh.
Speaker 5: Oh minute, Hey, Matt, I know you're on the run here,
so we appreciate you giving us a couple of minutes.
Speaker 4: And man, we'll have to do this again soon.
Speaker 6: Yeah.
Speaker 7: Yeah, Hey, and Jacob and I talked and we we'd
like to get Matt Flynn and honorary eighteen jersey.
Speaker 5: Yeah, that's the only way he's going to get it,
you know.
Speaker 4: So we felt like we had to do that together.
Speaker 9: There.
Speaker 5: He is national champion, Matt mont good enough to join
us here on OTB doing big things there. And I
always say it like, biggest, one of the biggest surprises
I've ever had. We're doing the team physical twenty thirteen.
I walk in there and playing for the Broncos, and
I sit down and Matt Mock comes into the room,
and I swear to God for like ten seconds, I'm like,
is Matt Monck making her come back into the NFL?
And know he's there to fit me for my mouthpiece
because he was the team dentist for the Denver Broncos.
So I always enjoy catching up with Matt mak the
guy who started number eighteen, good enough to join us
here twenty plus years a quarterback, finally wearing eighteen again
for LSU. All Right, we'll take a break more OTB
when we come back to wrap it up today and
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Speaker 5: Yeah, you've got this little box, and you won't tell
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Speaker 8: So we've been talking about how we want to do
big bold predictions this year. We want for when the
season starts. In the season us here, we're weird one. Yeah,
so we want to do some little competitions. Okay, little
inner foxhoul competition, if you will. So every week we're
gonna make different picks. We're gonna make different bold predictions.
And when you win, you gotta have something to celebrate with, right,
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The life's too short not to celebrate the victory.
Speaker 1: So that's fair. We got a little something, all right
to celebrate these said victories.
Speaker 4: Oh not to turnover Jane.
Speaker 1: That's what we call it. Turn over chain, right there,
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Speaker 8: So if you gos awesome in our competitions throughout the season,
if we get bold predictions right, if we get hot
takes right, when Garrett that's my holds up that beautiful
Heisman Trophy in New York, guess who's gonna wear this
turnover chain?
Speaker 1: Your boy?
Speaker 5: Oh that is so are we gonna like, wait a minute,
hold up, are we gonna do that's awesome? By the way, man,
it looks really good. Are we doing one a week?
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at us every single day.
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Speaker 4: One half of the share of the other half of
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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's kind of heavy, so I don't know if
you like you can wear it for a whole show.
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Speaker 5: Off the bench, Let's go. I say, since it's week one,
like tomorrow on the show, we have got to give
a bold bowl take for week number one of college football.
Speaker 1: That's kind of like week one. It's kind of when
you when you make your futures.
Speaker 5: Right, But I want to wear it. I want to
wear this thing next week. So we can't wait till
the very end of the season. So like, and I
think we all have to agree. Like if you say
something and we're like, that's not that's not bold. Like
I think Notre Dame is gonna beat Miami in Week one,
that's not really bold, right, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 1: So it's gotta be hot.
Speaker 4: It's gotta be hot.
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Speaker 4: I mean, whoever did this shout?
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Speaker 1: All right.
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