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Speaker 1: All start to it. You to present. Off the bench

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is what we have been waiting for. The hype is over.

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Speaker 2: Off the bench, if the fitch, now here's Jacob Hester, all.

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Speaker 3: Right, welcome back in it is ot b here on

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this Thursday morning, always our pleasure to catch up with

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our next guess is our guy Joe Sloan l s

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U offensive coordinator coach?

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Speaker 4: What's going on? How you doing?

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Speaker 5: I'm doing great, I'll do it.

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Speaker 3: Doing fantastic, you know, sitting up here getting excited for

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the football season already in May, because that's what we

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do here in South Louisiana. I know you've got like

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one more welcome party. I think what eighteen players may

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be coming over the next couple of days. And then

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I'm sure you're excited because you can finally Okay, here's

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the team, here's who it is, and let's go to work.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think you know, we'll add the last few pieces,

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you know, just kind of as a change in college football,

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probably after I guess real the COVID, you know, seemed

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like after COVID kind of started that a lot of

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our guys get here in January, which is which is

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which is nice to spring? Actually gets to get you

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a chance to really see.

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Speaker 4: What you got.

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Speaker 5: But I think we'll get a couple more pieces of

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excited to get a few guys in you know, Philip

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and JT to two young guys, can't wait to get

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him in here and see what they can do and add.

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Speaker 1: Them to the group.

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Speaker 3: Coach, we were talking about, you know, the depth on

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this team, and you brought veteran players out of the

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portal that were there in spring practice. But one of

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the cool things for me, like when I went out

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to spring practice, the guys that were already here weren't

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just going to give the job up, Like there's some

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real competition. Like even though you brought in really good

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players out of the portal, it was kind of cool

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to see everybody say, you know what, like we're all

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fighting for this job.

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Speaker 4: We're not going to just lay down.

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Speaker 3: And that competition in spring practice, at least from what

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I saw the couple of days I was out there,

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like it was heightened more so than I've seen in

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think you know, that's the thing when you

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when you when you lose some guys who have been

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kind of solidified starters and you have some really good

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guys in your program, and then you know, maybe add

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some different pieces from different places.

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Speaker 6: And.

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Speaker 5: There's just an opportunity where there's no day no one

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has this job locked up. You got the opportunity to

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go out and then prove who you are, show what

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you're what you're all about. And it's about the consistency

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day in and day out, taking your talent and put it,

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put it in, putting it to work out there on

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the practice field. So I think you saw a lot

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of guys doing that, right. He's got work hard year round, uh,

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for those type of opportunities, and if you're recruiting the

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right guys, that that's what's gonna curve, that's what's gonna happen.

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Speaker 3: Coach, I big was that bowl prep for the offensive line,

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cause they got fifteen practices and Miles Frasier like he

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stuck around. He almost felt like a coach right there

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on the field with him, and it just felt like

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such a valuable experience for those players. And then Coach,

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they go out against a good Baylor front and they

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played really well.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I thought that was massive. I mean, you know,

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we won't make this morning about the bowl games in

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college football nowadays. Right, But but I think that the

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you know, the benefit of it was you had a

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lot of our a lot of our current team right

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out there playing together, which I think was huge, right,

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and especially from an offensive front standpoint, Like you talked

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about you know, guys, you know, we've had we had

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four guys who started here for a long time, so

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there wasn't necessarily that many opportunities for different different times

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to play. And I think some of those guys got

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some really valuable playing time in a in a in

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a big game, right against a really good opponent, and

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that kind of experience just to be able to take

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a breath going into game one, I think is huge

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for them. And I think they proved a lot, right,

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I think they proved a lot with how they performed.

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Speaker 3: Now, Coach, last year, very explosive offense, nineteenth in total

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offense in the entire country. But every offense is going

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to be a little bit different, So like, how would

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you describe the personality of this year's offense?

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Speaker 4: Is it? Is it speed? Is it power? Is it versatility?

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Speaker 3: And then I know that thing is still being built

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a little bit, but based off what you saw in

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the spring, like what are you expecting maybe moving forward?

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Speaker 5: You know, I think I think as you look, I

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think we're definitely going to be We're definitely a fast offense,

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right We're we're we are. We have speed all over

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the field, and I think the the important thing will

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be is to be able to use that to our

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advantage to create to create you know, misdirection and create

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a create issues for the defense. And I think that's

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where that's where we're going to start. I think what

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we've done a good job of, and really with trade

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Asenbauer and those guys, is.

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Speaker 6: Having the ability to create some different.

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Speaker 5: Formations and do some different things and and some of

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the different pieces on offense to use in multiple ways

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to get different looks.

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Speaker 4: To the defense.

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Speaker 5: And I think our guys really bought into that to

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be able to add, you know, to maybe some of

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the things that we've already been doing, which I think

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will be really exciting.

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Speaker 3: Now, Coach, when you say different formations, the I formation

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is still available.

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Speaker 4: If you want to use it.

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Speaker 5: I know we need to get you out there.

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Speaker 3: Hey, I'll have to teach them how to do a

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three point stance, though I'm not even sure they would

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know how to do that anymore.

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Speaker 5: Coach, Hey, you never know, you know what we the

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touchdown pass to trade as an evulgan. We were in

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the eye formation, right, that was it. Now we threw it.

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Speaker 4: That's okay, Hey, I don't care if you throw it.

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Look we can catch too.

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Speaker 2: I know.

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Speaker 4: I know.

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Speaker 3: Obviously, like you know, talking to offense, talking what you

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did last year, talking about what maybe it's going to

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look like this year, I would assume like it just

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makes it so much easier when you walk into a

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meeting room and number thirteen sitting there, and and Garrett

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was so good a year ago obviously, and look, any

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new start is going to have some growing pains. But

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even like when there was like a tougher stretch for him,

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because I thought he played so well a year ago,

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but a tougher stretch, like he still found his way

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in the end and finished the season strong. So what's

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it like with him coming in from year one to

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year number two? We always talk about it at that position,

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that's like the most important jump from year one to

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year two, even though he had a really solid year

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number one.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, No, I think I think that's the key thing, right,

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Speaker 6: He was as.

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Speaker 5: Prepared as he could be, had developed as much as

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he could possibly develop in order to be prepared to play.

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from play, right, And there's some situations that happened in

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the season that that now he's aware of how those

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things transpired, you know, within the way he plays the game,

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and then practicing and prepared year round to make sure

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you can avoid some of the negatives right and highlight

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your strengths. And I think that's what he's doing. He's

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been able to really watch and dive into every bit

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of his film from the last year and now right

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take that into spring with with having a really good

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plan on exactly what he wanted to improve on and

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what we want to do him to improve on in

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all the different facets of what we do. And I

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think that's what you know when you watch him really

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from January up until springball, That's what he did. And

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then we always kind of reset during springball and say, Okay,

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this is what's really getting better, this is what Okay,

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we need to adjust and maybe shift our focus or Hey,

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let's look at our footwork here, or let's look at

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what we're thinking about here. Something else may be rare

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to say a little bit, but I think you just

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see a calmness and an understanding every day of exactly

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what he needs to do. And I think that's the

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that's the piece that experience brings you that hard to

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have until you actually play, because playing you know, situational

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football and different things that happened, they just as much

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as your practice, all those things don't come up right.

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couldn't be more excited about him and what he's done.

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carried over into his leadership and just a consistency day

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in day out of what's to be expected, and I

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think that's carrying over to the other guys.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and and coach, you start talking about, you know,

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what he's done, but also like what he has this

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year working with him, and last year the receivers were

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really really good. But then you get those guys, you know,

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most of those guys back this year, and then you

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add two guys through the portal, and I truly believe

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Aaron Anderson might be one of the most underrated players

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in the country. Like when people talk about the LSU receivers,

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like he should be the name that everybody talks about.

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He was the leading receiver a year ago. Like this

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feels like one of the most talented rooms in the

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country and one that's still trying to figure out like

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what the pecking border is going to be. But because

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everybody's like worthy of getting playing time.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think, well, I mean, I think a lot

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of guys are gonna get opportunities to help this football

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team win, compete for a championship. Right, That's and that's

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what that's what you want. That's what our full focus is.

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Guys being their absolute best to help us have a

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championship offense, right, to help to help our football team

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win a championship. That that's the key, right and that

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and that's the way they're looking at it. I'm excited

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about all the different guys I think. You know, you

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talk about Aaron, you know the way that he's taken

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from you know last spring, right, he was kind of

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a unproven commodity going in and he was competing with

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a lot of different guys and where was he gonna

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fit and took advantage of some different opportunities and then

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really took off from there. But I think you see, uh,

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just a different eraand this offseason and how he approaches

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every day, how taking care of his body, how he's

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attacking practice. I couldn't be more proud of being vocal.

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I mean, he's been he's been awesome, So it's been

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fun to see. But there's so many guys in that

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room that I think are are going to have great

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years and Nuss has done a really good job of

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kind of working around and working with all of them.

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huge force and the summer will be big for us.

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But I couldn't be more excited about the talent, me speed,

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and all the different types of players that we have.

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Speaker 3: Catching up with LSU offensive coordinator Joe Sloan here on

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OTB coach, let's talk about the best position, the running

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back position. Obviously, Kayden Durham last year, what he did

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and he was look, he was banged up, but he

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still fought through it and he had a really good year.

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One of the better freshmen in the entire SEC regardless

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of position. You're also you mentioned one already, but you're

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bringing in some young players and Caleb obviously still there

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as well. So it's a it's a young room, but

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it's a very talented.

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Speaker 5: Room, it is. And you know what Kayden was able

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Speaker 6: For just maybe.

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Speaker 5: The the public, you would just see, Okay, Kaden's the freshman,

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Speaker 5: And you watch him and you go, oh wow, he's

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doing doing such great things for a freshman, for a

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true freshman. But I would add this, I mean, he

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didn't get here until the summer.

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Speaker 6: And you know so.

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Speaker 5: Many of so many freshmen in college football today early

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in role right, and he was a he was a

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track track star at Dunkenville, So he finished out his

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track season and came over in the summer. And what

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he was able to do and pick up in the summer,

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Harry Over, I think it speaks to really one the

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program he came from, but how he handles himself mentally

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and and how he carries himself his maturity. Uh, But

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for a true freshman in the SEC to go out

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and play the way he did and play through some

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of the different injuries he was dealing with. Yeah, he was.

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He was pretty pretty dynamic. So I can't wait for

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you know, just a for him to stay be able

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to stay healthy throughout the year. Uh and what kind

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of what type of runner he could be week in

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week out when he's feeling a little bit better, because

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but keep bringing so much to the table. He's able

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to slash and be people with speed. He's also able

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to drop his pats and be physical when he needs to.

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run vers afterland on third. Now, when he split the

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I mean he hit, he hit the gap and when

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he split those two defenders down the field, you know,

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it was that was that was a pretty That was

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a pretty impressive run. There's not a lot of guy

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countries do that. So I couldn't be more excited about him.

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And then you know the different guys, I mean, Caleb,

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Caleb had a really good spring and Harlan Berry watching

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the cutoffs yesterday, you know, the last few days of spring,

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he did some really good things and I know he's

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you know a lot of growth goes into this summer

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coming off that he knows what's expected. Now, he knows

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what it feels like. And I think, you know, I

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think we'll have a great august out of him. So

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couldn't be more excited about all of them, including j

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T getting in and getting rolling. And I think we

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got a lot of different pieces right that they can

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carry the football and do different things. And that's that's

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gonna be the challenge, right is getting the right gay

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as the ball into certain situations and letting them go

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make plays, right, because that's that's the key. We've got

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to go make players. We're gonna break tackles, uh and

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and make it close with plays. That's what's course points

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We're gonna put in those guys hands and give them

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the opportunity to do that.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: And then I love the diversity you talked about quickly

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there with the tight ends and like bringing in multiple

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tight ends, you know, one from Oklahoma, one from A

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and M. And you know, I've caught up with some

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of their former head coaches just to ask them about them,

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and then they love them as players, and now they're

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here in Baton Rouge. And then you've got a unicorn

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in trade as Green, So like even those players are

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going to be able to add value certainly catching the football,

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but in the run game as well.

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Speaker 5: I mean with Bauer and Donnie who came both came

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in from different places and played a lot of football

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to add with trade as you know, just their ability

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to to create really a lot of different issues for

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the defense where they can you know, all of a sudden,

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they can get down on the edge, right, they can

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flex out and are athletic and can create matchup issues

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on the perimeter. You know, think there's you know, the

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opportunities are in list for those guys, and I think

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a lot like what we you know, had did with

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Mason in the past. But I think just with trade

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does his growth you know, obviously Bauer coming into his experience,

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Donovan's experience, but then tredes his growth coming from his

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freshman year to sophomore year. And I think you got

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to see a little bit of most of that as

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the year went on, right and especially in the bowl game.

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That that creates opportunities, right, opportunities to to challenge defenses

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and make them do different things to where you can

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attack them. And and we'll use those guys to the

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to the fullest.

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Speaker 3: All right, last one coach before we let you go,

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we do appreciate the time. Somebody that you and I

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both know very well has joined the l s U

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coaching staff coaching defensive line. Kyle Williams, who I'm sure

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you've you know, run into a time or two when

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you were both in rustin Louisiana. I mean, have we

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seen the fiery Kyle Williams that we all know and

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love yet on the practice field man.

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Speaker 5: The three from the three one great? Uh, Kyle's been outstanding.

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He's he's you know, he and I got to be

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friends when I was when when when I was up

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to tech and and kind of when he was really

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retired at the end of his career back back home

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a little bit. He's what a fantastic human being. I mean,

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just a great person, great teacher, outstanding motivator. You know,

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he's in it for the right reasons and he's all in.

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And you know, for somebody who's accomplished all the things

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that he has in this game, then you know, to

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get into coaching and and be all in and you

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never know it. I mean, he's just he's humble, he

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gets after it. And he has so many, so many

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stories and Soon's experience to share with those guys and

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pour into him. And I think he's been a huge

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addition to our staff. He's been a huge edition to

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our players and and I think that will show right

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in the fall. I think he'll in critical moments. But no,

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he's he's been. He's been fantastic. And if you know

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Kyle uh, just a great personality, great person and that fire,

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that fire shows up, There's no doubt about it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I look that that is someone I've heard give

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a pregame speech when we were both at LSU.

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Speaker 4: I've played against him in the NFL.

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Speaker 3: I would just tell anybody just make sure that you're

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on Kyle's good side, because my man was intense and

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always ready to go. Cannot wait to see how that

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translate to the LSU defensive front.

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Speaker 4: Coach. You're the man. We appreciate your time as always.

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Speaker 3: I know you've got a busy kind of schedule with

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all these new players coming in. It's never really an

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off time, certainly in the month of June, so we

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certainly appreciate you hopping on with us.

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Speaker 7: Well.

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Speaker 5: Absolutely, Jay, I appreciate you, and good luck with your

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new co host.

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Speaker 3: Coming in right with the way you said that, I

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think you have a feeling like everybody else.

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Speaker 4: Coach.

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Speaker 3: We set the line on him showing up at three

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and a half, so he's supposed to be here five

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days a week. The line right now has set it

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three and a half. Will Matt Flynn, are you taking

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the over or under?

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Speaker 4: Coach?

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Speaker 6: Oh? Is it nice?

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Speaker 5: Is there nice weather outside?

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Speaker 3: Let's say it's perfect. If it's perfect weather, do you

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still go over the weather under?

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Speaker 5: Perfect weather? Under? If it's cold and rainy? Oh, you know,

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maybe maybe.

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Speaker 6: I'll go with the over.

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Speaker 4: Okay, that's fair enough.

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Speaker 3: And the hydration company comes into play when you start

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talking about the weather too. That's that's actually really good

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insight there. Okay, we will see, but we're excited about it,

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so we appreciate a coach.

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Speaker 5: Absolutely can't wait. You're looking forward to the summer with

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these guys. They're ready to get after it and go

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attacking this fall man, go tigers.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely there he is offensive coordinator Joe Sloan good enough

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to join us here. And and you heard when he

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asked the question, he knew he knew exactly what we're

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all thinking. But Hey, Flynn was supposed to be here

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yesterday at nine. He showed up at like eight fifty eight.

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Very proud of him. He's supposed to be here tomorrow

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at nine. If we get the same eight fifty eight,

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that means that we're moving in the right direction. So

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we'll see if Flint can actually get that done. All right,

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we will take a break. We do have Jay Johnson

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joining us at eight thirty, so about twelve to fifteen

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minutes from now. But when we come back, let's maybe

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recap some of what Joe Sloan talked about with the

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LSU offense, and we'll do it right here on OTB

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top the bench.

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Speaker 4: All right.

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Speaker 3: Something that I am very excited to continue on with

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here on OTB is Rous's because, like it is the

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go to place for me, certainly was for T Bob,

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but like I always was there trying to get the

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gift card from T Bob because I shop at Rows's.

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He did give me a gift card. It was a

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whole situation. He scratched off too many numbers, but we

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did find a way. It actually had money on it.

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But look, you should go to Rous's. It's almost Memorial

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Day weekend. And you know what that means. It is

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time to fire up the grill and build a better burger.

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With Rowse's Market Now, you can grab that eighty percent

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lean ground b for just three seventy seven pound with

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the Rouses Market Value pack. You don't want to miss

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this deal. Rous's fresh pork sausage is only three ninety

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nine a pound. I mean there's so many different things.

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They still have crawfish as well. I mean, you truly

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can get everything done right there at Rows's.

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Speaker 4: Go check them out. Rouses is the place to be.

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Speaker 8: Welcome back to off the bench.

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Speaker 1: She says.

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Speaker 3: Usually though, all right, welcome back in OTB an R

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and B Thursday as we do here on the show.

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Speaker 4: Cassie, what would what would you consider R and B.

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That's going to be interesting, I know, like.

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Speaker 7: Cause I mean my favorite Usher, Okay, I speaking.

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Speaker 3: You just became one of my favorite p in the building. Okay,

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all right, Usher for the rest of the day. I think,

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although this is a hit, that's a job. It's a

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good job.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, it was a pool because like I forgot about

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this song until literally just now.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, so sometimes I gotta like dig real.

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Speaker 4: Deep back here. So Cassie.

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Speaker 3: I covered the super Bowl for Serious six M and

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we do this show super Bowl as a channel, super

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Bowl Radio, just for the week, like a pop up channel.

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And I get to host that and it's a lot

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of fun get to catch up with like all these

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incredible actors and musicians and just interesting people. But Usher

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was playing the Super Bowl two years ago, and they

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told me I was getting Usher.

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Speaker 4: Over like in person, like over and over and over

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and over again.

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Speaker 3: I'm like, let's go fired up absolutely, like I've built

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for this, like I have burned this man CDs and

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passed them out like nobody's business.

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Speaker 4: And he was running late.

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Speaker 3: I did get to zoom interview him, but I didn't

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get to interview him in person, so like it at

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my heart, yeah, like built myself up all because it

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was the last day too, so.

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Speaker 7: Oh that was gonna be like the grand finale.

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Speaker 3: So I go, I got zoom Usher, I didn't get real.

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It's not it's not it's not the same. So but

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I'm glad you said that answer. It's a great answer.

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So we'll continue on with Usher. I want to tell

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you about trash Rangers real quick, because Memorial Day, right,

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So what does that mean for your trash pickup. Well,

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there's not gonna be any delays in service with Trash Rangers,

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so we want to make sure we get that out there.

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All routes will run as normally scheduled on Friday and

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on Memorial Day, so enjoy the holiday.

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Speaker 4: Trash Rangers has the trash covered.

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Speaker 3: That's like a service again, Like you're not gonna get

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anywhere else. Everybody's gonna shut down completely on Memorial Day,

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but Trash Rangers going to be.

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Speaker 4: Out there helping you out. All right.

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Speaker 3: We do have Jay Johnson joining us here coming up,

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and I'm going to go ahead and text him because

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I was supposed to send him a reminder. Is six

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minutes a reminder is that like, hey, you're coming on.

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00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:07,480
Speaker 7: I mean, if he gave you like the time yesterday,

480
00:22:07,519 --> 00:22:08,640
like he was like, yeah, I can come on a

481
00:22:08,799 --> 00:22:10,680
eight thirty and you remind him right now, I think

482
00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:13,359
it's okay. Also, do we really think Tea Bob was

483
00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:17,799
reminding him within an hour or so or whatever?

484
00:22:18,839 --> 00:22:18,960
Speaker 4: Uh?

485
00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:21,799
Speaker 7: Yeah, getting five minute text messages.

486
00:22:21,359 --> 00:22:22,079
Speaker 4: This entire time.

487
00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:25,519
Speaker 3: I'm gonna say, hey, sending you a reminder about seven

488
00:22:25,799 --> 00:22:27,880
to ten minutes from now. That feels better than like

489
00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:30,559
five minutes, and it could be five minutes, but okay,

490
00:22:30,559 --> 00:22:33,559
he already wrote back, so he's ready. Okay, Like that

491
00:22:33,680 --> 00:22:37,599
was the thing Coach was like adamant about whenever I

492
00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:39,160
was talking with him, like, yeah, we're going you know,

493
00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:43,480
te Bob's lee I told I actually told Jay, probably

494
00:22:43,519 --> 00:22:47,079
before I told anybody. Yeah, So the Little lug Nuts

495
00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:50,000
went out to the box that time. You know, that

496
00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:52,200
was a couple of weeks or may month ago, gosh,

497
00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:54,720
I don't even remember. And so Jay's you know, very

498
00:22:54,759 --> 00:22:57,039
cool and talked with the Little lug Nuts and gave

499
00:22:57,079 --> 00:22:59,000
him the good word, and so I stayed after and

500
00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:01,559
we were talking. I was like, yeah, t Bob's leaving

501
00:23:01,599 --> 00:23:03,599
and blah blah blah. Here's like who we're thinking about

502
00:23:03,599 --> 00:23:06,559
maybe replacing him with or whatever. He goes, yeah, man,

503
00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:08,839
love that guy. Love coming on the show, but like

504
00:23:09,799 --> 00:23:11,599
you're taking over, right, And I was like yeah, like

505
00:23:11,799 --> 00:23:14,279
I'm going to be the host, And like I thought,

506
00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:17,759
why is he asking that question? You know, He's like, okay, well, good,

507
00:23:17,799 --> 00:23:20,839
Well I know you'll actually shoot me a text before

508
00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:21,359
the day of.

509
00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,160
Speaker 4: He's like, I know you'll reach out like beforehand.

510
00:23:24,279 --> 00:23:27,079
Speaker 3: Yeah, So like he was pretty adamant, like, hey, I

511
00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:28,880
love coming on, but like, just give me a little

512
00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:29,279
heads up.

513
00:23:29,279 --> 00:23:31,160
Speaker 4: So yesterday I was talking back and forth with him,

514
00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:31,680
so we're good.

515
00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:33,759
Speaker 7: Yeah, and he answered really quickly.

516
00:23:33,920 --> 00:23:35,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, I said seven to ten minutes when I really

517
00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:37,799
meant like four. I just felt like seven to ten

518
00:23:37,880 --> 00:23:38,440
felt better.

519
00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:38,960
Speaker 8: Yeah.

520
00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:40,400
Speaker 3: You know, if you say seven to ten and you

521
00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:42,079
go four, like, I don't think he's going to think anything.

522
00:23:42,079 --> 00:23:43,400
But if I have said, hey, we're coming to you

523
00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:45,839
in like two three minutes, then he would have called

524
00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:46,359
me t bob.

525
00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:47,480
Speaker 4: Yeah. Yeah, we don't need that.

526
00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:50,160
Speaker 3: We're trying to be responsible here, not that Tea wasn't responsible.

527
00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:54,000
Speaker 4: We're trying to be responsible and on time. Ish.

528
00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:58,279
Speaker 7: I still say he's not responsible. He was trying to

529
00:23:58,319 --> 00:24:00,519
get all his stuff together to get the real to

530
00:24:00,599 --> 00:24:01,599
leave the next day.

531
00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:03,440
Speaker 4: I know. I'm not trying to throw a straight to

532
00:24:03,519 --> 00:24:04,720
my guy. We love our guy.

533
00:24:04,839 --> 00:24:07,359
Speaker 3: But if there was one thing that he needed to

534
00:24:07,400 --> 00:24:11,319
improve on, maybe it was some structure in some things.

535
00:24:13,319 --> 00:24:15,680
Speaker 4: But yeah, he does, that's true. He's very self aware

536
00:24:16,680 --> 00:24:17,039
of that.

537
00:24:17,759 --> 00:24:19,640
Speaker 7: Nick Underhill, Oh.

538
00:24:19,519 --> 00:24:23,519
Speaker 3: Nick, He's like, we don't talk any indoor, we can

539
00:24:23,559 --> 00:24:27,799
go straight to the ball. I'm like whoa, whoa. I

540
00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:31,160
know I was like that that felt unneasy, uncalled for.

541
00:24:31,599 --> 00:24:33,480
If you don't like Star Wars, I don't either, but

542
00:24:33,559 --> 00:24:37,839
my god, all right, Joe Salon was on with us

543
00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:40,359
in the last segment. A lot of great stuff there,

544
00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:43,799
and we'll recap maybe more later on. Certainly, like want

545
00:24:43,839 --> 00:24:45,920
to get some thoughts from Flynn whenever he comes back

546
00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:49,400
in tomorrow. One thing I did kind of take away

547
00:24:49,599 --> 00:24:52,160
before we get to Jay Johnson. Uh, he mentioned like

548
00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,680
different formations and he mentioned the tight ends a couple

549
00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:59,240
of different times. That leads me to believe and it's

550
00:24:59,279 --> 00:25:03,559
not a surprise that LSU was going to use twelve personnel, right,

551
00:25:03,599 --> 00:25:07,160
they are going to use two receivers, two tight ends

552
00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:10,319
in a running back. That's twelve personnel, and they are

553
00:25:10,359 --> 00:25:13,640
going to try to establish the run game. Now I'm curious, like,

554
00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:17,240
if they go twelve, is it going to be Bower Sharp?

555
00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:20,720
Is going to be Donovan Green? Where's trade as Green

556
00:25:20,799 --> 00:25:22,920
fall into that? Will he be out wide? Like you

557
00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:26,319
can get creative with the players that they have, and

558
00:25:26,559 --> 00:25:31,119
Bower Sharp is somebody that look LSU fans don't remember

559
00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:34,240
him for the trick play pass that he threw and

560
00:25:34,279 --> 00:25:37,640
threw an interception right. Remember him from the tight end,

561
00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:39,880
and he's a really good player versus A player can play,

562
00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,960
Y can play f but Donovan Green Okay, So I

563
00:25:42,960 --> 00:25:45,200
I hand up like when he transferred in, I didn't

564
00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:46,759
know a whole lot about him. So I started to

565
00:25:46,799 --> 00:25:49,279
do a deep dive and actually I called Jimbo Fisher

566
00:25:49,279 --> 00:25:51,680
because Jimbo recruited him. He played for Jimbo at A

567
00:25:51,799 --> 00:25:55,000
and M, and he played more for Jimbo than he

568
00:25:55,039 --> 00:25:55,759
did for Elco.

569
00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:58,359
Speaker 4: And I was like, okay, what's going on here?

570
00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:01,880
Speaker 3: And Jimbo just said, look, the off changed, you know

571
00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:03,920
what he was really good at. They kind of went

572
00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,519
away from He's like I wouldn't have done that because

573
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:11,079
he was talking glowingly about Donovan Green's like he plays

574
00:26:11,079 --> 00:26:13,279
a freshman for me, like he was a guy that

575
00:26:13,319 --> 00:26:15,319
we put on the field immediately. And I can just

576
00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:19,039
tell you being in Jimbo's offense as a freshman when

577
00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:21,960
your head's spinning, because it's not easy.

578
00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:23,079
Speaker 4: It is not an easy offense.

579
00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:25,279
Speaker 3: Now, it got me ready for the NFL, but when

580
00:26:25,279 --> 00:26:28,359
you're a freshman, it's not easy. The terminology and the

581
00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:30,359
concepts and all the things that you have to know.

582
00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,720
So the fact that Donovan Green knew Jimbo's offense and

583
00:26:33,759 --> 00:26:36,839
played a ton as a freshman, that lets me know

584
00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:38,640
kind of where he's at as far as his mindset.

585
00:26:39,119 --> 00:26:41,720
And I absolutely can see Sharp and Green in the

586
00:26:41,759 --> 00:26:45,119
game together twelve personnel, maybe trade as Green is one

587
00:26:45,160 --> 00:26:47,279
of the receivers, but again, you can get creative, you

588
00:26:47,319 --> 00:26:50,400
can move those guys around, and it tells me LSU

589
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:54,039
going to try to tack running the football downhill maybe

590
00:26:54,119 --> 00:26:57,640
a little bit more. Last year they were a team

591
00:26:58,039 --> 00:27:01,119
that tried some diversity, they tried some gap scheme. Runs

592
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,640
didn't work out like I think a lot of us

593
00:27:03,680 --> 00:27:06,319
thought it would, certainly, you know, through the air. And look,

594
00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,400
Kayden dorm had a great year. It's not like he

595
00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:09,960
was a I think it was a freshman All America.

596
00:27:10,000 --> 00:27:13,400
I know his freshman All SEC. But that's somebody that

597
00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:15,839
still had a great year. It's not like LSU was

598
00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:19,039
like awful at running the football. It's just something where

599
00:27:19,079 --> 00:27:21,200
they were so good throwing the football you wanted to

600
00:27:21,279 --> 00:27:24,440
marry it with a better run game. And something like

601
00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,079
twelve personnel with those two tight ends tells me there's

602
00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:30,359
more point of emphasis to go downhill, run right at

603
00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:33,480
the defense and try this offensive line. I do think

604
00:27:33,480 --> 00:27:36,319
also like is better probably right now in the run

605
00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:38,480
game than they are in pass protection, where last year

606
00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:40,319
it was pass protection and not the run game. So

607
00:27:40,839 --> 00:27:43,039
you could see a couple of changes there. And when

608
00:27:43,039 --> 00:27:45,559
you start talking tight ends in twelve personnel, that's usually

609
00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:48,559
you know kind of where that conversation goes. So certainly

610
00:27:48,599 --> 00:27:50,839
something to pay attention to as we get ready for

611
00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:54,000
fall camp coming up here in a couple of months.

612
00:27:54,039 --> 00:27:55,920
All right, not coming in a couple of months, but

613
00:27:55,960 --> 00:28:00,359
coming actually tomorrow in Hoover, Alabama. LSU BA BA Ball

614
00:28:00,799 --> 00:28:03,319
gonna be taking on Texas A and m are the

615
00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:06,599
Auburn Tigers. We're gonna catch up with Jay Johnson, head

616
00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,200
baseball coach for your LSU Tigers when we come back

617
00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:09,920
here on O.

618
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Speaker 4: T be off the bench, all right, Go to go

619
00:28:15,279 --> 00:28:16,319
Tommy's dot com.

620
00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:18,920
Speaker 3: Go Tommy's dot com is the website to see what

621
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:22,599
Tommy's Windows Doors Insiding can do for you. And we

622
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,319
always talk about all the awards that they win because

623
00:28:25,319 --> 00:28:28,720
they just continually Angie's List, like year after year after

624
00:28:28,799 --> 00:28:31,480
year they win that award. But what about this best

625
00:28:31,599 --> 00:28:37,799
of Baton Rouge two two five winner, right, so the best,

626
00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,359
the best in the two two five best of Baton Rouge.

627
00:28:40,359 --> 00:28:44,519
In twenty twenty five, the winner on the Advocate, Tommy's Windows,

628
00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:49,640
Doors and Siding voted the best window company in the city.

629
00:28:50,039 --> 00:28:52,519
So how about that, right, there's a look, there's a

630
00:28:52,519 --> 00:28:54,279
lot of companies that do it here in Baton Rouge,

631
00:28:54,319 --> 00:28:57,720
but this award, all the other awards, it tells you

632
00:28:57,759 --> 00:28:59,839
who does it the best, and that is Tommy and

633
00:29:00,079 --> 00:29:03,799
his team again voted best window company and all of

634
00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:06,400
Baton Rouge. And they're just they're gonna blow you away

635
00:29:06,799 --> 00:29:09,480
with the customer service, with what they can give you

636
00:29:09,559 --> 00:29:13,000
as well. Literally, this says it the best. Tommy's is

637
00:29:13,039 --> 00:29:13,640
the place to go.

638
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:27,319
Speaker 1: This is off the bench.

639
00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:37,240
Speaker 3: Hey, welcome I Game OTV here on a Thursday morning,

640
00:29:37,480 --> 00:29:40,000
very excited to catch up with our guy LSU had

641
00:29:40,039 --> 00:29:42,960
baseball coach Jay Johnson here on this show.

642
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:44,640
Speaker 4: Coach, what's going on? How are you doing this morning?

643
00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:46,839
Speaker 6: Good morning? How you guys doing.

644
00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:48,720
Speaker 4: Doing fantastic and coach?

645
00:29:48,759 --> 00:29:51,279
Speaker 3: I bet like this feeling of getting the double bys

646
00:29:51,359 --> 00:29:54,319
fantastic and great. You get a chance to rest and

647
00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:56,400
you know, maybe hill up a little bit, but I

648
00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:58,759
bet you're chomping at the bit to play some baseball

649
00:29:58,799 --> 00:30:00,680
seeing all these other teams. You just get a chance

650
00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:02,960
to go out to the Hoover met and already, you know,

651
00:30:03,119 --> 00:30:06,160
have multiple games for some of them. Are you about to,

652
00:30:07,079 --> 00:30:08,640
you know, be at your wits end and ready to

653
00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:11,079
play a game or or are you enjoying the rest?

654
00:30:12,359 --> 00:30:13,279
Speaker 5: I think a little both.

655
00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:17,160
Speaker 6: I think it was good not playing until Friday. What

656
00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:19,839
it did is it allowed us to come home after

657
00:30:19,880 --> 00:30:22,559
the South Carolina series instead of it goes straight to Hoover,

658
00:30:22,759 --> 00:30:25,799
So that was great. Players got to sleep in their

659
00:30:25,799 --> 00:30:27,960
own beds. We've got a couple of good lifting sessions

660
00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:32,519
in good practice on Tuesday. We hit the cages yesterday

661
00:30:32,519 --> 00:30:35,640
before we headed over here. But now it's time to go.

662
00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:38,759
Actually went over to watch part of the Florida Will

663
00:30:38,799 --> 00:30:41,160
Missed game last night in person, just to kind of

664
00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:44,559
get my bearings in the tournament and ready to roll.

665
00:30:44,599 --> 00:30:46,279
And I'm sure our players are ready to go.

666
00:30:46,640 --> 00:30:50,079
Speaker 3: So yeah, coach, and you've been in this tournament before obviously,

667
00:30:50,119 --> 00:30:52,720
But there are some changes, like every team now made

668
00:30:52,759 --> 00:30:55,279
the field no longer you know, did the bottom two

669
00:30:55,599 --> 00:30:59,079
fall out? Every team all sixteen were there not double

670
00:30:59,119 --> 00:31:02,960
elimination either, now a single elimination tournament, So, like, how

671
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:04,599
do you feel about maybe some of the changes they've

672
00:31:04,599 --> 00:31:05,240
had there in Hoover.

673
00:31:06,799 --> 00:31:10,000
Speaker 6: Yeah, I think I voted for just so all the

674
00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:12,920
LSU fans know I voted to keep the double elimination

675
00:31:13,039 --> 00:31:15,160
tournament because I know they like coming over here. So

676
00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,480
I obviously want to go on the record and say

677
00:31:17,480 --> 00:31:21,119
that I've said that many times. Actually, you know, I

678
00:31:21,759 --> 00:31:26,200
just really coach baseball and not try to worry about

679
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:28,880
like what I can't control, right, And this was kind

680
00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:30,480
of one of those things. Like I remember we were

681
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,119
going around the room voting on it, and we went

682
00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:36,319
in alphabetical order, and I think I was the second one,

683
00:31:36,519 --> 00:31:40,000
only the second one that said they keep the double elimination,

684
00:31:40,839 --> 00:31:43,920
And so it was clear which direction it was headed.

685
00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:47,960
And so you just you make the best of the situation. Okay,

686
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,200
So what is the best of this situation is We've

687
00:31:50,200 --> 00:31:53,160
had a really good regular season. We have some guys

688
00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:55,039
that we've asked a lot of both on the mound

689
00:31:55,119 --> 00:31:57,440
and in the field, that you know, to get them rested.

690
00:31:57,480 --> 00:31:59,720
And the one thing I will say with this team,

691
00:32:00,359 --> 00:32:02,680
when we have been a little bit fresh and rested.

692
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:06,680
We have played well, and so I like that part

693
00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:09,799
of it. We had a good, good day yesterday going

694
00:32:09,799 --> 00:32:12,359
over some things and covering some things we needed to

695
00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:16,000
cover here for a little while, and the guys will

696
00:32:16,039 --> 00:32:18,759
be excited Friday night. I will say it's weird when

697
00:32:18,839 --> 00:32:21,240
like there'll be a team or a teams that have

698
00:32:21,319 --> 00:32:24,319
played three games before we've even stepped up, completed three

699
00:32:24,319 --> 00:32:26,079
games before we've even stepped on the field.

700
00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:29,319
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, no question, it's certainly a different feel. And

701
00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:32,519
coach you mentioned, you know, getting some rest and you've

702
00:32:32,519 --> 00:32:36,119
played better, and one thing you could probably point to

703
00:32:36,359 --> 00:32:39,200
and this is going to sound different because some people think, oh,

704
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:41,799
older player, they need more rest. Also, like y'all have

705
00:32:41,839 --> 00:32:43,839
a lot of freshmen that have stepped up and been

706
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:46,519
big parts of why you got that double by And

707
00:32:46,599 --> 00:32:48,599
I can just tell you from when I was a freshman,

708
00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:50,759
when I was a rookie in the NFL, like that's

709
00:32:50,799 --> 00:32:53,880
actually your longest years, like because everything kind of runs

710
00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,200
together and you've got all these different things going on

711
00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,640
leading into the next step in your journey. So I

712
00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:02,519
would have assume actually those freshman players in line up

713
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,799
in the bullpen wherever they might be that it helps

714
00:33:05,839 --> 00:33:07,720
them as much as it helps anybody.

715
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:10,799
Speaker 6: No doubt about that. And I think you're right. I

716
00:33:10,839 --> 00:33:13,680
think when you look at you on the position player side,

717
00:33:14,559 --> 00:33:18,319
Derek Carrill obviously played every game, hit towards the top

718
00:33:18,319 --> 00:33:21,519
of the order, plays full speed all the time. So

719
00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:23,680
I like the fact that, you know, for a guy

720
00:33:23,759 --> 00:33:24,720
like him, you get a breather.

721
00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:25,599
Speaker 7: Kate.

722
00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:28,839
Speaker 6: Aaron Beatties really picked us up recently on the catching

723
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:32,519
thing and done a great job, you know, handling Anthony

724
00:33:32,559 --> 00:33:36,200
Iinsten behind the plate and providing some good offense. Cason

725
00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:39,160
Evans back into the game. William Schmid has thirty innings,

726
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:42,599
so yeah, and just the mental fatigue of what this

727
00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:45,640
thing is and really what the SEC has become. I mean,

728
00:33:45,759 --> 00:33:47,680
like we talk about all the time, it's kind of

729
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:51,079
like ten super Regionals and the Survival of the fittest,

730
00:33:51,119 --> 00:33:53,319
and you know, even like looking out on the field

731
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:55,519
last night, you know it's it was actually good to

732
00:33:55,559 --> 00:33:58,319
see two different teams too, who we actually haven't even played,

733
00:33:58,359 --> 00:34:00,720
and you know, they just went to the same thing.

734
00:34:00,839 --> 00:34:03,000
So that's a common thread. And you know, once you

735
00:34:03,039 --> 00:34:05,799
get past this week, you feel like you do have

736
00:34:05,839 --> 00:34:08,719
an advantage because of you know, surviving that and coming

737
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:09,679
out the other side of it.

738
00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:13,360
Speaker 3: Coach, one of the things that I appreciate about you

739
00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:16,159
more than almost anything, and there's a lot, the list

740
00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:17,119
is long and distinguished.

741
00:34:17,119 --> 00:34:17,920
Speaker 4: I'll throw that out there.

742
00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:20,039
Speaker 3: But the thing I enjoy the most, I think is

743
00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:22,719
if you're out there, you're playing to win the game.

744
00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:24,880
It doesn't matter who you're playing, it doesn't matter what

745
00:34:24,960 --> 00:34:27,639
day of the week it is. When you're called upon,

746
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,599
you always go full tail, which I appreciate. But like

747
00:34:30,639 --> 00:34:33,400
when you have a tournament situation like this, like what

748
00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:37,119
are the conversations with your assistant coaches? Because sure, you

749
00:34:37,159 --> 00:34:39,119
did get to double by, but I know you, I

750
00:34:39,159 --> 00:34:41,679
know your personality. You're playing a game, let's go win

751
00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:44,639
the game. But do you have any different conversations with

752
00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:46,880
it being the postseason and not the regular season?

753
00:34:48,039 --> 00:34:48,760
Speaker 5: Yeah, a little bit.

754
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:51,760
Speaker 6: I think this is a little bit of a unique

755
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:55,800
situation where we're not playing till Friday, and you know,

756
00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:59,079
this is important and LSU's had a really good history

757
00:34:59,079 --> 00:35:01,440
in Hoover, and and obviously we want to respect that.

758
00:35:01,559 --> 00:35:03,480
I mean, we treat every game like a playoff game,

759
00:35:03,519 --> 00:35:07,159
which we will these games, but the NCAA tournament is

760
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:11,559
what our program is about, you know, And so being

761
00:35:11,679 --> 00:35:13,800
you're starting a little bit later in this thing, you

762
00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:16,119
have to pay attention to how we do a couple

763
00:35:16,119 --> 00:35:18,159
of things. And I've likened it to a couple of

764
00:35:18,199 --> 00:35:21,719
years ago. Like I said, taking Paul Schemes out, you know,

765
00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:23,719
with the bases loaded, I would never do that, but

766
00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:26,000
he was at thirty one pitches in the inning. We

767
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:29,320
were going to need him fresh for the next Friday. Obviously,

768
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:31,280
you don't want to deal with any kind of injury things.

769
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:34,239
So we made a move and pulled him out. We

770
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:37,000
didn't play Tommy White in a game here. You know,

771
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:40,639
I took Nate Ackenhousen out in the championship game last

772
00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:44,039
year because hey, you know, we had five pitchers we

773
00:35:44,039 --> 00:35:46,440
were really leaning on. He was one of them, and

774
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:48,960
we wanted to have him available for the next Friday.

775
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,039
So sometimes you have to do those kinds of things

776
00:35:51,679 --> 00:35:54,360
to make sure you're aligned for next week. So there

777
00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:58,679
are some conversations and relate to the players, and you know,

778
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:00,760
I want to play three games because there's guys that

779
00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:03,000
want to get on the mound, and I think from

780
00:36:03,079 --> 00:36:06,360
a position player standpoint, you know, I think seeing at

781
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:09,360
bats and staying in a normal rhythm is good. We

782
00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:11,599
do some things in practice that I feel like are

783
00:36:11,679 --> 00:36:14,760
advantageous for that, but still, I mean, I think I

784
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:17,599
think playing games is the best scenario, and so we're

785
00:36:17,599 --> 00:36:19,199
going to try to play three here. That's what we're

786
00:36:19,199 --> 00:36:19,599
going to do.

787
00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:21,800
Speaker 3: And Coach, how important is it to keep the guys

788
00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:25,119
on the mound on schedule? Because rest is great, but

789
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:27,679
like how much rest is too much rest?

790
00:36:27,679 --> 00:36:29,800
Speaker 4: And so like how much is that factor into it?

791
00:36:29,840 --> 00:36:31,159
Speaker 3: Like, hey, we got to get k we got to

792
00:36:31,199 --> 00:36:33,920
get Anthony on the mound because like this is kind

793
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,400
of their normal routine and as you know, way better

794
00:36:36,440 --> 00:36:39,199
than we do starting pitchers, like they want to be

795
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:40,480
all about their routine.

796
00:36:41,280 --> 00:36:43,559
Speaker 6: Yeah, no doubt. That's something that has to obviously be

797
00:36:43,639 --> 00:36:47,599
factored in to our decision making, and you know, we're

798
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:51,320
very mindful of that because you know, how do you

799
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:53,280
how do you get to Omaha with this team? You

800
00:36:53,280 --> 00:36:55,280
get to Omaha with this team with Kate Anderson and

801
00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:58,800
Anthony Irons, Like that's that's a huge part of that formula,

802
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:01,679
and so doing with best for them is the most

803
00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:05,000
important thing. And it's a little bit different for each

804
00:37:05,039 --> 00:37:07,239
guy right now. But like I said, with some of

805
00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:10,440
those position players we've asked a lot out of, and

806
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:12,159
a couple of the bullpen guys. We've asked a lot

807
00:37:12,199 --> 00:37:13,880
of those two guys, and so I think there's a

808
00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,880
healthy balance of keeping them in rhythm, keeping them in routine,

809
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:22,159
and also very fresh and sharp going into the regionals

810
00:37:22,199 --> 00:37:22,679
next weekend.

811
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:26,880
Speaker 3: Catching up with LSU have baseball coach Jay Johnson here

812
00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:29,880
on OTB coach, I do want a wax poetic about

813
00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:32,880
Anthony Iinson and just brag on him, and I know

814
00:37:33,039 --> 00:37:35,960
you do as well. But one thing, and so you

815
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,559
and I both have lived in San Diego, California, so

816
00:37:38,599 --> 00:37:39,960
we kind of know the lay of the land. We

817
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,920
know the university's there, we know the baseball it's played there,

818
00:37:42,960 --> 00:37:45,000
and look, it's great baseball. When I was playing for

819
00:37:45,039 --> 00:37:48,440
the Chargers, Tony Gwyn was the coach of San Diego State.

820
00:37:48,519 --> 00:37:51,000
I mean, obviously, like Chris Bryant played at USD, which

821
00:37:51,039 --> 00:37:54,440
you know very well. So Anthony Jinsen being a UC

822
00:37:54,639 --> 00:37:57,960
San Diego guy and to go from where he was

823
00:37:58,119 --> 00:38:01,960
coach and dominant for sure, but for it to translate

824
00:38:02,079 --> 00:38:04,960
like it has into the SEC, no disrespect to You

825
00:38:05,079 --> 00:38:08,079
See San Diego, great university. Let's just say the atmosphere

826
00:38:08,079 --> 00:38:09,800
is a little bit different at their games than it

827
00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:12,199
is in the box or wherever we're talking about in

828
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:12,880
the sec.

829
00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:16,000
Speaker 4: How impressive has it been for you?

830
00:38:16,119 --> 00:38:18,599
Speaker 3: Because he always feels like he is in the moment,

831
00:38:18,719 --> 00:38:21,360
ready for the moment and nothing gets him off his line.

832
00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:24,000
And just from where he was to where he is,

833
00:38:24,119 --> 00:38:25,639
that shouldn't be the case, but it is.

834
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:31,440
Speaker 6: Yeah, super impressive. He's had a great season. I don't

835
00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:34,360
think the LSU Tigers could have asked for anything more

836
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:36,760
to this point from Anthony. And the great news is

837
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:40,280
he's only getting better as we're going along in the season.

838
00:38:40,599 --> 00:38:44,199
And yeah, it's one of those things like Eric Newman,

839
00:38:44,239 --> 00:38:46,440
the coach at You See San Diego, is actually a

840
00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:46,880
friend of.

841
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:50,079
Speaker 4: Mine, and is he still friend of yours now? Coach?

842
00:38:50,079 --> 00:38:53,599
Speaker 6: I Well, I mean like here's here's the deal is

843
00:38:53,679 --> 00:38:56,440
like this guy goes in the portal and then it's

844
00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:58,440
like if I don't get him, he's going to Texas

845
00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:00,960
or Tennessee. And so if I don't try to try

846
00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:04,800
to get him, we're not doing our job. And you know,

847
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:07,559
it's just thank god he did you know, it's I

848
00:39:07,599 --> 00:39:10,760
will say this about Anthony this year, and you don't

849
00:39:10,800 --> 00:39:14,599
really get the portal recruiting thing in any sport, but

850
00:39:14,679 --> 00:39:17,599
definitely baseball unless you're in it. I'm sure basketball is

851
00:39:17,679 --> 00:39:20,559
very similar. As soon as we're done or even while

852
00:39:20,559 --> 00:39:23,360
we're still going here, it's like a forty five day window.

853
00:39:24,079 --> 00:39:27,440
Like if you miss either with getting the wrong guy

854
00:39:27,519 --> 00:39:30,039
or not get the guy that you need, that next

855
00:39:30,079 --> 00:39:33,079
season is going to be hard. And you know we

856
00:39:33,320 --> 00:39:34,880
might have been able to find a way, but I'm

857
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:38,480
sure much happier with having him in that rotation. He's

858
00:39:38,519 --> 00:39:41,599
an All American slam Dunkle first team All American in

859
00:39:41,639 --> 00:39:44,960
my opinion, and it's been been everything that we want

860
00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:47,599
and thought he would be, and maybe even a little

861
00:39:47,639 --> 00:39:50,039
bit more so I'm glad you brought him up. He

862
00:39:50,119 --> 00:39:52,559
deserves the credit and attention. I think he'ld be very happy,

863
00:39:52,719 --> 00:39:54,800
happy come the MLB Draft, and I think a team

864
00:39:54,840 --> 00:39:57,400
will be really happy. But I'm happy to roll him

865
00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:59,559
out there about five more, five or six more times

866
00:39:59,559 --> 00:40:00,000
for the time.

867
00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:01,920
Speaker 4: Yeah, no doubt about it.

868
00:40:02,079 --> 00:40:04,639
Speaker 3: And coach, Like all jokes aside were joking, but like

869
00:40:04,679 --> 00:40:06,880
you have a friend that's coaching out there, and if

870
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:09,119
a player is in the portal, obviously you have to

871
00:40:09,159 --> 00:40:11,440
do your due diligence, but you know, it is a

872
00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:13,840
little bit like speed dating because like you don't get

873
00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:15,360
a chance to know the player like you did in

874
00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:18,119
high school recruiting. So I'm sure it is valuable though,

875
00:40:18,199 --> 00:40:20,360
like if a player isn't a portal to have somebody

876
00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:22,960
that you trust when you ask your opinion of a player.

877
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:25,440
Speaker 6: Yeah, no doubt. And it was. It was kind of

878
00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:28,199
an odd situation. I've told this story before. I was

879
00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:29,800
up at the Cape Cod League. I think I was

880
00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:31,960
going to meet with Chris Stanfield, like he'd already gone

881
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,320
in the portal, and then I just happened to go

882
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:37,360
to his game and Anthony was pitching against his team,

883
00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:39,840
and I was like, holy cow, this guy looks pretty good.

884
00:40:40,039 --> 00:40:42,480
And then I looked at it and I was like, wow,

885
00:40:42,519 --> 00:40:44,360
great for you see San Diego. And I put this

886
00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:47,159
thing back in my pocket. And then when he actually

887
00:40:47,159 --> 00:40:52,239
went in the portal, I'd forgotten his name by that time, honestly,

888
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:54,119
and then I was like, hey, who is iron said,

889
00:40:54,199 --> 00:40:56,960
when like somebody from Pro Baseball told me he was

890
00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:59,320
going in the portal, and then they said, you see

891
00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:01,599
San Diego, and I was like, oh my god, like,

892
00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:04,519
we better get on this. And then getting on the

893
00:41:04,559 --> 00:41:07,480
phone with him for the first time and just talking

894
00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:09,360
to him, It's like I got a pretty good feeling

895
00:41:09,360 --> 00:41:11,760
about what this dude's all about just as a person.

896
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:14,800
And then when we brought him on the visit, it

897
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:17,760
was like, Okay, we have to close this thing. You know.

898
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:20,280
It was like the movie The Boiler Room, you know

899
00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:22,000
what I mean, Like we have to get this guy

900
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:25,000
like on board. And yeah, I mean, it's good to

901
00:41:25,039 --> 00:41:28,880
have good resources across the country. The California thing has

902
00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:32,079
obviously really helped us here, you know, with Paul Skins,

903
00:41:33,360 --> 00:41:37,239
her jump Anthony obviously Riley Cooper had played for me.

904
00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:40,440
But yeah, it's kind of cool that the pitching kind

905
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:42,719
of pipeline from the West making its way to LSU

906
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:43,920
has been been pretty good.

907
00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:46,039
Speaker 4: For the Tigers, no doubt about it.

908
00:41:46,079 --> 00:41:48,480
Speaker 3: Look as you know, you and I both we spend

909
00:41:48,519 --> 00:41:49,360
time on the West Coast.

910
00:41:49,400 --> 00:41:50,679
Speaker 4: We're now here in Baton Rouge.

911
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:53,079
Speaker 3: Let's just continue to bring more and more and more,

912
00:41:53,199 --> 00:41:55,760
caulse it's certainly been a nice pipeline for LSU.

913
00:41:55,920 --> 00:41:57,920
Speaker 4: Just like you said, Coach, so hey, you're the man.

914
00:41:58,119 --> 00:42:00,199
Speaker 3: I know today you're trying to get ready for either

915
00:42:00,239 --> 00:42:02,079
of the Auburn Tigers or Texas A and M. We

916
00:42:02,119 --> 00:42:04,039
owe both those teams, so it doesn't matter which one

917
00:42:04,159 --> 00:42:07,320
LSU plays. Looking forward to watching the team play in Hoover, coach,

918
00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:09,840
and we appreciate the time as always.

919
00:42:09,760 --> 00:42:10,760
Speaker 6: You got it, have a great day.

920
00:42:11,039 --> 00:42:11,360
Speaker 4: All right.

921
00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:14,719
Speaker 3: There he is LSU head baseball coach Jay Johnson, always

922
00:42:14,840 --> 00:42:18,159
always good enough to join us here weekly on OTB.

923
00:42:19,199 --> 00:42:22,000
All right, we'll step away one final time here in

924
00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:25,280
our number two. We still got munchies with chef Michael

925
00:42:25,360 --> 00:42:28,039
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926
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your way, so stay locked into one O four to

927
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928
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937
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938
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939
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940
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941
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943
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944
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945
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949
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950
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951
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Speaker 4: All right, welcome back in TB.

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Speaker 3: She got over the l Shue Baseball coach Jay Johnson

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is going to have Hunt come in at nine o'clock

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kind of break down the SEC Baseball tournament to this

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point and what to look forward to with LSU tomorrow

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even though we don't know their opponent. And also we'll

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be rate him about not paying up on his five

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year old bet. You've heard me and coach Jay kind

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of go back and forth about you know, living in

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San Diego in the West Coast, and I'll tell the

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story again. I've told it one hundred times, but it

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is always one that look, I'll never forget because like

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he impressed me so much. During the NFL lockout, we

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couldn't go to our team facility for the Chargers, so

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we had to work out at the University of San Diego.

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We went to San Diego State a little bit, but

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USD was like, very hey, use our facilities, like whatever

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you need, basketball court, weight room.

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Speaker 4: Field, whatever, and so we went there.

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Speaker 3: Well, Jay Johnson was the assistant head coach recruiting coordinator

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at the University of San Diego and like he would

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have like these players working on the side, and like

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he would be working and I'm like, dude, that guy's

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a grinder.

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Speaker 4: Like who is this dude? I mean he never stopped working.

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Speaker 3: Like he was always doing something either on the field,

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on the phone, whatever it was. And so like I

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find out his name, I talk with him a little bit,

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and you know, you kind of forget. And he was

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there past, like I was in Denver. He was still there.

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But I remember he got his first head coaching job

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at Nevada. I'm like, oh, cool, man, that's that coach

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that I caught up with in the weight room when

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we were at USD. And then like followed his career

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and he goes to Arizona he started having all this

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success and so, like if you go back and listen

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to Whenel she was trying to find a replacement for

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Paul menary Man, I was like, please let them interview

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Jay Johnson. I honestly didn't think it was going to happen.

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He's a West Coast guy. They're gonna get somebody who's

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got SEC ties, and I am so.

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Speaker 4: Glad that they did.

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Speaker 3: They brought him in and now he's won a national championship.

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His overall record in three seasons is one, thirty seven

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and sixty two. So certainly, you know, appreciate coach coach

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J Johnson not only for ways on the field, but

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coming on with us every single week as well. So

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looking forward to breaking down the Tigers in the SEC tournament.

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This is somebody man that you knew, like even as

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an assistant, he was going to be a good one,

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and love the way he attacks every single game.

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Speaker 4: He said it there they're going to do that.

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Speaker 3: They're going to be smart about it as well, So

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we'll see, we'll see what the pitch counts are. Wants

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to keep everybody obviously like on a normal ish kind

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of schedule. So I'm look, I'm sure Hunt's already like

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figured it all out. He's got the math all done

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and ready to go. So again, we'll catch up with

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Hunt when we come back. We still got chef Michael

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Johnson as well. Stay locked in. It is OTB here on.

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