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Speaker 3: Ye, I'll start to you to present Off the Bench

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with Jacob Hester and T. Bob Abert. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

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yeah yeah, Off the Bench with Jacob Hester and T.

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Bob aber I got to come off the pitch. Now.

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Here's Jacob Hester and T. Bob Abar.

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Speaker 2: Welcome. In Wednesday edition of Off the Bench, Taylor Sharp

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here with you, filling in for Jacob Hester and T.

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Bob Abert. And uh. After two days with just me,

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a Laundra decided she was gonna quit on the show.

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She sabotaged the board. It broke yesterday halfway through. Luckily, guys,

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all right, Guy Musso got it fixed. He's on the

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board today and we got Cassie Spizzali Rare Trio here

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in the mornings, the two most morning people in the

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entire building. Matthew Musso and Cassie Spazzali had the privilege

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of waking up today before the sun got up come

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in to do the early morning show. Guys, how we

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do in this morning?

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Speaker 1: The initial adrenaline is wearing off and I've just started

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started yawning. We got to stop that, though, because UH

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got a long day till like this is the beginning

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of the run here like it's it's a marathon today.

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Speaker 2: Well, you don't have to do this show tomorrow and

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no show on Friday, so sue small price to pet.

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Speaker 1: Yes, indeed, Cassie, what's up?

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Speaker 4: I'm doing rough yesterday?

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Speaker 2: You say this every morning, every morning you say this.

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Speaker 4: But I have a reason this morning. Yesterday my class

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got canceled, So after work I just went home and

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took a nap, which means that I was like wide

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awake in the afternoon, so I didn't go to bed

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till very late. And I snoozed my alarm too many

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times this morning, so it's it's a rough morning trying

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Speaker 2: First off, I don't think you can snooze your alarm

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enough in the morning. I do it three times every morning.

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Those people are like, oh, totally. You have so much

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energy in the morning, you probably set your alarm and

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get right up. I used to No, the alarm sets

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at five, snooze it, five, ten, snooze it. I get

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out of bed like five twenty and out the door

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at five thirty. And that's that's where we're at. It's

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kind of a it's kind of a rush in the morning,

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but it kind of wakes me up because I'm like, crap,

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I better get going around, going to be late. But

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you watched Nobody Wants This Finally I did. I recommended

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this show to you two months ago, Cassie the whole season. Well,

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how was it?

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Speaker 4: It was really good. It's it's ten episodes long. Each

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episode is like twenty five thirty minutes. So after I

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took my nap, I was just like wide awake, so

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I spent like five hours. I was doing homework at

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the same time. That's a little multitasking, but.

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Speaker 2: You still have homework. You graduated in like a month,

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literally a month from.

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Speaker 4: Today, really one month from today. I graduated. Hey showed up,

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So I'm very excited about that. But no, it was

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it was really good, and I didn't know what to expect.

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Speaker 2: Moosh, you would love show. So basically, this girl runs

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a raunchy podcast with her sister and she meets a

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rabbi and they fall in love and she doesn't want

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to become Jewish and he can't marry her because she's

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not Jewish. Riveting stuff.

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Speaker 1: So when you say I would love it, you were

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being sarcastic. I watched it, and I love so.

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Speaker 2: Here's the thing. I recommended this female centered show to Cassie.

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She liked it. I recommended the female centered running point

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with Kate Hudson to Alandras. She loved it. So, uh,

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come to me for all your chef flick show needs

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and apparently an expert in this field now, so you know,

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we can add that to the resume of things that

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Speaker 1: So we're excited about it. What's this one called nobody

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here's do you like?

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Speaker 2: Christ I don't know who the rabbi is.

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Speaker 1: She can sing, she really can sing.

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Speaker 2: Well, I don't think she sings in this.

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Speaker 4: This I don't think she does, but she is a

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Speaker 1: She's a really good singer.

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Speaker 2: I didn't even know that.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, she's Onna from Frozen, She's Onna from for Rosiest

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What Yes, elas Idina Menzel.

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Speaker 2: I don't know who that is, but cool, congratulations to it.

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Speaker 4: Email Alpha from Wicked. That's Idina Menzel.

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Speaker 2: Okay, Cassie, I know it's early in the morning and

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you're not thinking straight if you think that I have

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seen Wicked on it any level. I don't even know

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what it's about. It's like somewhat related to Wizard of Oz. Right,

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it's the preview. Okay, That's that's all I got. That's

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all I got. Is that the one that our ana

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at that. I know one character in the movie. All right,

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Look today, sports news wise, we got a lot to cover.

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LSU baseball played a midweek game. Is Derek Carr faking

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his shoulder injury? Maybe? Maybe not. We're gonna talk some

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l issues. Bring football sac Maaggie's gonna hop on give

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us his thoughts from that scrimmage on Saturday and he

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was out at practice yesterday. We're gonna be joined by

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Ali Kosell. Talk a little New Orleans Pelicans as uh,

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it appears that they are hiring Joe Dumars as their

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next VP ofasketball operations. We're gonna get into all that,

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but before we do, let's get this show started.

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Speaker 3: It's time to get to work courtesy of Tiger Labor

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and Staffing, where they can help take care of screening, training, payroll,

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and moore. Now for starters.

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Speaker 2: The LSU baseball team got swept over the weekend against auburne.

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We all know about it, right, We broke it down

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here in detail on Monday. They got a win last

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night against McNee, and you can sit there and say, okay, well,

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you know they won their midweek game against a smaller

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in state opponent. This was a hot team. McNee had

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a twelve game winning streak coming into this game. They

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were top thirty in RPI. Like if this season would

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have ended yesterday, they would have been in that conversation

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as an at large national seed. We talked about it yesterday.

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They bat over three hundred as a team. They have

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a three ninety two team ERA. This is a good

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baseball team and LSU really struggled to hit the ball

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over the weekend. Well, that was not the case last night.

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LSU got started early and often. They played three runs

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in the top of the In the bottom of the

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first inning, Jared Jones HiT's a home run to right

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center to make it two to nothing. Then Jake Brown

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singled to right field that brought in Ethan Fry. Will

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get to him, he had a heck of a night.

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after the second inning and stayed like that for the

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next few McNeese finally gets on the board in the

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fourth when Edwards hit a home run, a two run

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shot on a three to zero count two right field

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that made it four to two. So, okay, the game

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is getting a little tight. McNees might make a game

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out of it. Nope, LSU scored four runs in the

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fourth inning. Ethan Fry got a hit, Milom hit an RBI,

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Jake Brown reached on an error, and Ethan Fry scored

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Hernandez single to right center that scored Stephen Milam. So

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it's eight to two in the blink of an eye.

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and eighth inning, so they did their job. They get

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the ten to three victory over the McNeese Cowboys. And

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look when I look at this game. I mentioned it yesterday,

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the two things I wanted to see. I was excited

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about this game because I said your bats were super cold,

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your starting pitching wasn't great. On the weekend, you have

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a chance to bounce back against a really good baseball team.

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That's exactly what uls you did. I wanted to see.

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I didn't want a ton of teen green in the lineup.

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to get other guys experience, But as bad as you

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were hitting one through nine for three games in a row,

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extended action, to see what you can do. And that's

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what they did. And Daniel Dickinson actually led off him

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and curioll Well Curie about at second. Daniel Dickinson led

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off last night. That was a slight change, but I

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mean Dickinson was in there, Curiel, Jared Jones, Ethan Fry,

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Stephen Milum, your normal cast of characters was out there

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and they all hit. Jarrett Jones three for three, he

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had a home, he had three RBI's and he got

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walked twice. Ethan Fry goes three for four, so combined

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they go six for seven on the night. That's perfect

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for right there in the heart of your lineup in

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that four and five spot. Also, I wanted to see

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William Schmid, Connorware, whoever was going to get the start

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in this midweek get extended a little bit. I asked

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for three to four innings. William Schmidt went three and

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a third. Because I and Musso actually talked about this

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the other day, like a Sunday spot could potentially be

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open somewhere down the road if Chase Shores continues doing

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what he's doing in that third day on the weekend.

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could be any of these guys that you've seen get

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spot starts. You gotta find out. You gotta let one

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of these guys who's going extended outing. William Schmidt goes

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three and a third. He gives up five hits, two

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earned runs, four strikeouts, only one walk. He was pretty

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good for the most part. Connor binge through two thirds

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of an inning. Connor Ware throws at third. Maverick Rizzy

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came in two and two thirds inn six strikeouts, no walks,

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only allowed one hit, no earned runs. I thought he

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was probably your best pitcher last night. Cooper Williams throws

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in inning. Jacob Myers throws an inning. You threw six

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different pitchers last night, and only two of them gave

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up runs. William Schmid gave up two, and Connor Binche

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gave up one. Where Isy Williams, Myers back to back

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to back to back. None of them gave up anything

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on the mound. It was really impressive. You limited this

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team to seven hits and they didn't hitting the cover

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off the ball. On the flip side of things, you

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didn't hit it all last week. Yesterday I brought up

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how bad Lsu was one through six and really one

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through nine all weekend long. You got thirteen hits off

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of a really good pitching staff. Morgan park Parker. Morgan

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got the start, he only went a third of inning.

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You got to him quick. I mentioned the three runs

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that you played it. He gave up three earned runs

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and only a third of an inning. They wound up having

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to throw ten pitchers last night, and you did a

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good job against each one of them. We talked about

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it yesterday. They you know, in midweeks, they typically only

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go about two to three innings per pitcher. Anyways, six

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guys win an inning, then you had three guys go

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a third of inning, a third of inning, one and

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a third and now that was your pitching numbers. They

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really had to piece things together. So you saw a

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lot of different arms and you were successful against all. Look,

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there are two people in this building whose baseball opinions

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I trust a lot more than myself. One is onn Palmer.

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The other is the guy sitting right over here, A

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Matt and Musso.

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Speaker 1: Matt.

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Speaker 2: What was your biggest takeaway from last night?

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Speaker 1: Big, biggest takeaway, I'd be a tie. I loved what

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not That's that's what it can look like. That's what

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the best it's been all year last night, and it

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played off the slider well. And because of that, it's

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not just where that the pitch, that both pitches start

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in the same spot, but it's because his misses were

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small with both that he was just around the plate.

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velocity was very good from him. Haven't seen that a

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ton so far this year. You've seen a few ninety

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sevens and ninety eights here and there, but mainly it's

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been ninety four ninety five A night ago on Tuesday

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it was it was ninety six to ninety eight pretty

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darn consistently. So he was awesome, And I mean the

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situation he was put in at first, he came in

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with two runners on hit, the first battle on a

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breaking ball that just got away from him, loads the bases,

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then goes punch out, punch out. I mean that that's

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a huge spot in the game where that could have

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gotten McNeese right back in if he surrenders a hit.

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And then outside of that, Jared Jones obviously the three

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for three night, he reached base five times, the homer,

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the three RBI, that's huge. But more so what it

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looked like for LSU offensively, they just they looked like

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themselves again, they were much more in character. When you

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look at the out distribution, eight ground ball outs, eight

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fly ball outs, it's very equitable you're shows you're hitting

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the ball on a line a lot more than you

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were over the weekend, which was a big problem for them.

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And you only struck out four times, so you weren't

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expanding the zone or any of that thing that any

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anything of that nature which plagued you over the weekend.

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So those would be my two. Maverick Rizzy, that's back

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to back awesome outings from him, and you were much

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more in character offensively. They hit three eighty four throwns

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in scoring position. You had, uh, two strike hits to

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two out runs. The fourth inning you mentioned where the

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four runs, all four of them scored with two outs.

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The whole rally started with two outs. Was the Curry

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el single that that got that going. So they were

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they were really good like that. That's just what they needed.

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And one more Taylor, I'll throw Jacob Myers in there.

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That's uh. That's now two straight outings from Jacob Myers

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with no walks and no three ball counts. One of

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those in the sec one of those in the midweek.

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I want to continue to see more from him after that,

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because if he can, if he can, if he's figuring

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it out, if he's figuring out and I consistently throw

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the ball over the white the plate at ninety eight

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miles an hour. With the tight, wipeout breaking ball that

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he has, well, you just potentially found another weapon. Need

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to see more. But that's two really good encouraging outings

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from him in a row.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean you and I were talking about it

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on Monday. I was bringing up the number of pitchers

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you threw. Like if I would have told you, oh,

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over the weekend LSU had eight relievers come in, you

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gave up a total of two runs, you would have said, okay, well,

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as you swept all it was your starting pitching. And

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like you bring up Maverick Rizzy, the control is what's

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always been the issue, Like the stuff's always been there,

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and you talked about it. He hits the first batter

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and you're like, Okay, here we go again with Maverick Rizzy.

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And then he comes out and has like arguably his

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best performance of the year. And I want to get

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your thoughts on this. It's a lot of people complaining

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last night of oh, you're having Louis Hernandez throw a

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catch almost the entire game. You need to give him

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a rest. First off, Kate em Beattie was a late

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scratch last night, but also like, I'm okay with that,

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just because of how bad he and everybody else, all

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your normal starters were on the weekends one through nine.

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Get him in there, get him hot again at the plate,

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and I mean he had a few hits last night.

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Like I'm actually okay with him in that situation under

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the show circumstances. After getting swept.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I mean it was it was good to

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see him finally hit. Call him again because he had

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been scorching hot heading into that Auburn series and I

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mean they got him out of there. I don't remember

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what inning Blaze Priester came in, uh, but it was

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at least the final two, so I mean he did.

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He didn't end up catching all, you know, all all

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twenty seven outs, which is which is fine. And you

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saw him get some run in Nickel in the Nickel Series,

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in the Nickel Series, the Nickels game last week and

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into Auburn where he kind of came in late in

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the ball game as a pinch hitter and whatnot and

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caught a little bit. So yeah, I'm fine with it.

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I think they've conditioned him really well. Uh, to be

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back there for long periods of times and a long

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amount and a large amount of innings on his legs.

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So I'm I'm good with that as well with with

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Hernandez back there or.

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Speaker 2: That'll kind of do it for your baseball recap. We'll

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get into a little bit of baseball, uh, kind of

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close out the end of this hour. There's a lot

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of talk about people saying, Oh, how hot is Texas

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A and M is that? Is that a team that

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could get hot at the right time? Maybe not. You

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go back and look at what they did over the weekend,

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like the beat South Carolina, who is one of the

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worst teams in the conference, but it's kind of the

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way they did it. Like are they better than what

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they were at the beginning of the year. Sure, but

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it might be a little bit of fools gold. We'll

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get into that briefly at seven forty five. Right, We're

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gonna take a quick time out when we get back.

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LSU continues their spring practice. They had to practice yesterday.

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A lot of the talk is about the offensive line

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because in the practice on Saturday that was open to

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the fans. People want to talk about how the offensive

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line got beat, what the starting rotation is going to

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look like. I have some thoughts on that. We'll get

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into that on the other side. Here on off the bench,

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Off the bench.

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Speaker 3: Welcome back to more sports talk. What's some other stuff

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mixed in Off the Bench with Hester and t.

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Speaker 2: Bomb Welcome back in Wednesday edition of Off the Bench

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Taylor Sharpeer with you filling in for Jacob Hester and

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t Bobb A barities done a little bit there before

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we went in to break If you was on the

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practice field on Saturday, not really a spring game, We'll

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go ahead and call it a scrimmage for argument's sake.

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Fans weren't allowed to attend. And you know, a lot

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of the talk has been about the offensive line, because

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at times they look good, at times they didn't, and

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we all know that any offense is only going to

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be as good as the offensive line. So I wanted

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to look at, like, maybe what this starting O line

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will look like at the start of fall camp. I

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think you have a lot of talent on this offensive line.

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You just don't have a ton of experience. I get it,

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it's not easy replacing four starters. I mean, Will Campbell,

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Garrett delling Er, Miles Frasier, Emrie Jones are all gone.

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All four of those guys were really really good offensive line.

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The only one back is DJ Chester, and there's a

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chance he plays a new position altogether, so you're really

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kind of breaking in an entire new five. Most of

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fall camp, this has been your two deep with your ones.

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It's been Tyree Adams at left tackle, Paul mabinga left guard,

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DJ Chester at center, Cohen Ecles at right guard, and

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Weston Davis have right tackle. Behind that, it was your twos.

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Carrius kern, Ory Williams, Braylan Moore, Bo Bordelina, Josh Thompson

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at right tackle. DJ Chester and Braylan Moore have kind

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of rotated back and forth at that center position. When

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Moore's I mean, when Braylan Moore comes in, Chester still

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stays in the starting lineup. He just kicks out to guard,

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which I'm good with. But a lot of people are

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gonna say, okay, well what's your favorite lineup. Everyone's like, okay,

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well we want more here, we want Chester here. Josh

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Thompson's got to be part of the equation, like, what

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what is your favorite lineup? My thing is, one thing

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is clear. Adams and Chester appear to have spots on

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this starting offensive line. They're the only ones that don't

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sell about Josh Thompson comes in for Weston, Davis Cohen

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Eckles bumps out when Chester moves to guard Ory Williams.

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Carrius Kern come in, Braylon Moore comes in, But like

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Tyree Adams stays in, DJ Chester stays in for the

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ones most of the top. My favorite lineup, the one

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that I would like to see come to fruition is

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probably from left to right, Tyree Adams, Paul Mabinga, Braylan Moore,

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DJ Chester, and actually Josh Thomson a right tackle. And

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I'll explain what I think that gives you the best

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combination of experience in a very young offensive line room.

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I know we all have thoughts on Paul Mabinga. I

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get it, he was not great his first couple outings

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last season. First off, he's thrown in there during the

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second half against Texas A and M on the road

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in a hostile environment for Garrett Dellinger, that's really tough.

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You're replacing a really good player. It's kind of your

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first extended action. You're in a tight ball game in

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a hostile environment. That's a tough ask for many one.

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You go look at what he did the four regular

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seasons starts. To close out the season against Alabama, he

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had a PFF grade of forty two point one. It

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was a lowis on the entire team, I get it,

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not great. It was the guy's first start. At Florida,

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it was a little bit better. Still not great, but

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it was better at forty seven point three, and then

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Vandy and Oklahoma if you go back and look at

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those like they're in the fifties, in the mid fifties somewhere.

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So he got better. Actually every single game from Alabama

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to Florida to Vandy to Oklahoma, he was better, at

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least grade wise, every single game. And we saw how

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this offensive line performed in the bowl game. They did

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not allow a sack and that was against the daver

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Veranda coach Baylor team that had a pretty good defense

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coming in. That offensive line was pieced together and Mabingo

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was one of those guys. I mean, he was kind

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of a veteran on that O line in the bowl game,

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and they did a really nice job. I would like

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to see Josh Thompson at guard because that kind of

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seems like his more natural position, you know, whether it's

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all these experts and recruiting the transfer portal, everyone said, hey,

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he can play guard and tackle, but he's probably be

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a lot better at guard. And that's great because if

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he goes to guard, that means that Weston Davis has

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done a really good job in fall camp. He's beat

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him out at that right tackle spot, and you put

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Josh Thompson elsewhere. That's great. Western Davis just doesn't quite

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have the experience in your season. You were not easing

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into things at all. We all know where you go

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Week one. It is on the road to Clemson to

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play the Tigers take on Dabosweeney. Like that's one of

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your tougher games of the year, and it's the opening game.

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That is a lot to ask from a young player

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to throw him in there in that environment. Just like

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I was talking about with a Paul Mbinga, I kind

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of want to see Josh Thompson at right tackle at

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least in Game one because of the experience factor. Look,

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if Weston Davis ends up being a stud, it's even better.

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You can move Thompson to guard. But I like Thompson

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at tackle for another reason. You're a lot deeper at guard,

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at least a body wise. Here's who you have at guard.

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I think ultimately bring Leo is going to take over

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the starting center position, So we could say dj Chester,

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00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:08,079
Carrius Kerrn can play guard or tackle, or Williams, Solomon, Thomas,

472
00:22:08,279 --> 00:22:12,200
Cohen Eccles, Bo Bordelan. I mean, I just listened six

473
00:22:12,319 --> 00:22:16,920
or seven guys right there without Josh Thomps and tackle.

474
00:22:17,319 --> 00:22:20,640
Even if you feel good about Tyree Adams and Weston Davis,

475
00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:23,680
you got Tyree Adams, Weston Davis. Carrius Kern's been playing

476
00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:26,039
some tackle in spring. He can go guard or tackle.

477
00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:29,920
Bo Bordelon could potentially move out to tackle if you

478
00:22:29,960 --> 00:22:33,359
needed to. There's not a ton of bodies right now

479
00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:36,359
as far as pure tackles on this football team. I

480
00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:38,279
would like to see Josh Thompson a tackle. It didn't

481
00:22:38,279 --> 00:22:39,559
even have to be in the first group. If you

482
00:22:39,599 --> 00:22:44,079
love Weston Davis, that's great. You need another tackle again.

483
00:22:44,279 --> 00:22:48,799
Adams and Weston Davis, if they're great, Look They could

484
00:22:48,799 --> 00:22:50,839
be the next Will Campbell, Mrie Jones for all I know.

485
00:22:51,119 --> 00:22:52,759
Put them out there, see what they can do. Maybe

486
00:22:52,759 --> 00:22:55,359
they're your starters for the next two years. That would

487
00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,480
be great, But who's behind them. You kind of have

488
00:22:58,599 --> 00:23:01,480
a log jam at guard, and everyone's going to say, Ah,

489
00:23:01,559 --> 00:23:04,000
you have no depth on this offensive line. Ah, you

490
00:23:04,039 --> 00:23:07,119
have no experience. You have depth, especially in that interior.

491
00:23:07,759 --> 00:23:10,359
That's why I was a little bit concerned of the

492
00:23:10,440 --> 00:23:12,759
lack of tackles that this coaching staff are brought in

493
00:23:12,759 --> 00:23:15,160
in the transfer portal. I mean, the only tackle you

494
00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,160
brought in was Josh Thompson, and he's kind of a

495
00:23:17,200 --> 00:23:22,720
guard and tackle hybrid. You needed one, because sure Carrie's

496
00:23:22,759 --> 00:23:25,720
current can play tackle, he played more guard in high school.

497
00:23:25,799 --> 00:23:28,880
Solomon Thomas, he's coming in. He's pretty much strictly a

498
00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:32,160
guard at least right now. Braylon Moore is going to

499
00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:33,559
be your center. If not, he can play a little

500
00:23:33,559 --> 00:23:35,400
bit of guard. Cohen Eckles can play guard, he can

501
00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,240
play center. Not a lot of these guys can play tackle.

502
00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,759
So for that reason, I think I think Josh Thompson

503
00:23:42,240 --> 00:23:46,160
at least immediately helps you more right tackle than maybe

504
00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:49,200
he does at guard. And it's weird to say because

505
00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:51,359
so many people love himcguard. But I'm just looking at

506
00:23:51,519 --> 00:23:55,319
an experience standpoint and a depth standpoint. Maybe your favorite

507
00:23:55,319 --> 00:23:58,720
starting five again, my favorite starting five Tyree Adams, Paul mcbinga,

508
00:23:58,799 --> 00:24:02,200
Braylan Moore, a, DJ Chester, Josh Thompson from left to right,

509
00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:05,799
because you have a lot of depth there in the middle.

510
00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:08,799
You can still have Cohen Eckles, Carrius Current, Solomon, Thomas,

511
00:24:08,880 --> 00:24:12,799
bow Bordelan, all those guys can play guard, but Adams

512
00:24:12,799 --> 00:24:17,519
and Thompson, you kind of have Weston Davis as your

513
00:24:17,519 --> 00:24:21,160
backup tackle. Garrius Current can be the backup at left tack.

514
00:24:23,839 --> 00:24:25,559
They got a lot to figure out. Still, that is

515
00:24:25,599 --> 00:24:29,240
obviously the biggest question mark on this team, no doubt

516
00:24:29,240 --> 00:24:32,000
about it. I just look at it and I'm saying, Okay,

517
00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:35,880
if you want the best possible lineup in three places

518
00:24:35,880 --> 00:24:38,960
of talent, experience, and where you can gain the most depth,

519
00:24:39,599 --> 00:24:41,279
I think that's it. I think it's Adams been being

520
00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:44,319
more Chester, Thompson left to right. I think that I

521
00:24:44,319 --> 00:24:46,039
think that that has to be your play, at least

522
00:24:46,079 --> 00:24:48,559
early in the season. Again, if Weston Davis becomes a

523
00:24:48,599 --> 00:24:51,759
studded right tackle, great, but you still don't have a

524
00:24:51,759 --> 00:24:53,920
ton of depth there. One thing we do know, this

525
00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:56,480
offense will go as this O line goes. All right,

526
00:24:56,519 --> 00:24:57,839
We're going to take a quick time out. When we

527
00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:01,160
get back, we're gonna talk about a Carr's shoulder injury.

528
00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:02,440
I know we've already done it, but there was a

529
00:25:02,480 --> 00:25:05,200
report came out yesterday from Diana Rossini and Mike Florio.

530
00:25:05,799 --> 00:25:08,599
They like, maybe don't believe this is a legitimate injury.

531
00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:11,039
I'm gonna dive a little bit into that, and then

532
00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:14,880
an interesting name. According to CBS Sports, they put out

533
00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:18,519
a possibility of the Saints and next quarterback. You guys

534
00:25:18,519 --> 00:25:20,279
will find this some pretty interesting that's coming up on

535
00:25:20,319 --> 00:25:22,240
the other side here on Off the Bench.

536
00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:32,640
Speaker 3: Off the Bench, How quickly will this segment leave the rails?

537
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It's Off the Bench with Hester and t Bob.

538
00:25:38,599 --> 00:25:41,200
Speaker 2: Welcome back in Wednesday edition of Off the Bench. Taylor

539
00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:44,119
Sherpred with you filling in for Jacob Pastor and Tea

540
00:25:44,160 --> 00:25:47,960
Bob Abear. Te Bob will be back next week. Actually,

541
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,920
our guy, Jacob Pastor will be covering the draft in

542
00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:53,160
Green Bay. Will he be out all week? I don't

543
00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:54,880
actually know, but you're not gonna see a lot of

544
00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,440
Jake at least in next week. He will be out

545
00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:02,200
there for the NFL Draft up in Green Bay. A

546
00:26:02,279 --> 00:26:06,400
report came out yesterday a little afternoon, and it wasn't

547
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:08,119
really a report. It was just kind of a story

548
00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:11,880
of Diana Rasinia Mike Florio both giving their opinions on

549
00:26:11,960 --> 00:26:16,400
this Derek Carr injury. We all know that Friday afternoon,

550
00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:19,759
right during AFR, it was announced that Derek Carr could

551
00:26:19,759 --> 00:26:22,000
possibly miss the entire twenty twenty five season with a

552
00:26:22,039 --> 00:26:26,279
show called so called shoulder injury that may require surgery. Guys,

553
00:26:26,319 --> 00:26:29,799
it's Wednesday, and nobody in this room has any idea

554
00:26:29,799 --> 00:26:32,359
what is wrong with Derek carr shoulder. It's been almost

555
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:34,960
a week and there is no information about what kind

556
00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:38,680
of injury he has other than well his shoulders injury.

557
00:26:38,839 --> 00:26:40,720
I and Musso we're talking about it like we were

558
00:26:40,759 --> 00:26:44,359
producing AFR on Friday, and I'm like, it's April. Had

559
00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:46,799
you hurt your shoulder? What did you do? Did you

560
00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:50,559
not know about this? Well, Diana Rassini and Mike Florio

561
00:26:50,839 --> 00:26:53,680
they kind of think something a little fishy is going on.

562
00:26:53,799 --> 00:26:59,039
So Diana Rassini said that she thinks the situation's u fishy.

563
00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:01,559
He said, maybe this is Derek Carr looking at a

564
00:27:01,599 --> 00:27:04,519
situation going I don't want the Kirk Cousins treatment. I

565
00:27:04,559 --> 00:27:06,720
don't want to be your quarterback. You guys draft a

566
00:27:06,759 --> 00:27:09,240
young guy, and it's basically, when is this guy going

567
00:27:09,279 --> 00:27:12,119
to play? She said, I did have a lot of

568
00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:14,839
text messages and conversations over the last few days about

569
00:27:14,839 --> 00:27:17,319
the Derek Carr situation, and it was very hard for

570
00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:20,000
me to find someone in football who said, oh, Derek's

571
00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:23,720
definitely dealing with a shoulder injury. It was how long

572
00:27:23,759 --> 00:27:26,240
have you been doing this? You know what this is about?

573
00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:30,119
Trade bait. End of the day, That's what this is about.

574
00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:34,359
Mike Florio kind of echoed something similar. He said, I

575
00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:36,319
don't think this was a coincidence. I think he knew

576
00:27:36,319 --> 00:27:39,160
he was injured. I think we all found out about

577
00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:41,559
it thirteen days before the Saints are going to take

578
00:27:41,599 --> 00:27:44,119
you door Sanders, and I think that at some level

579
00:27:44,119 --> 00:27:46,039
he hopes it's going to screw up their ability to

580
00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:50,839
take Sanders. Okay, a lot of people had a lot

581
00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:55,400
of reactions about this report. I don't know how much

582
00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:57,559
fact this is based off of, and I don't want

583
00:27:57,559 --> 00:27:59,599
this to sound like I'm defending Derrick Cark because I'm not.

584
00:27:59,680 --> 00:27:59,880
Speaker 3: I am.

585
00:28:00,319 --> 00:28:02,000
Speaker 2: As far as I'm concerned. I don't want Derek Carr

586
00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:05,799
playing another game in the Black and Gold. This is

587
00:28:05,839 --> 00:28:08,079
not really based on concrete evidence. I mean, at the

588
00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:11,799
end of the day, this is Diana Rassinia Mike Florio's opinions.

589
00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:14,799
Do I have any reason to doubt him? No, you

590
00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:18,440
have any reason to just blindly believe them. No, it's

591
00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,640
certainly a confusing set of circumstances. But go back and

592
00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:22,680
look what they said. Diana said, I've had a lot

593
00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,559
of text message conversations and nobody can nail down exactly

594
00:28:25,559 --> 00:28:28,960
what's wrong. I understand that it's a weird situation. That

595
00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,680
doesn't necessarily mean Derek Carr's faking his injury. Mike Florio said,

596
00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:36,079
I think he's trying to prevent them from taking Shador Sanders.

597
00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:38,759
Two things wrong with that. I don't think they were

598
00:28:38,799 --> 00:28:42,759
taking Shador before this injury. Secondly, would not strengthen the

599
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,480
reason to take Shador Sanders, not kind of help them

600
00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:47,119
back away from it. Like if you don't have Derek Carr,

601
00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:49,440
I would think you're more likely to take Shador and

602
00:28:49,519 --> 00:28:52,920
not less. Like, look, if Derek Carr is if it

603
00:28:52,960 --> 00:28:54,920
comes out that he is lying about this shoulder injury,

604
00:28:55,039 --> 00:28:57,160
cut him now, get rid of him, cut your losses,

605
00:28:57,240 --> 00:28:59,039
move on. He's already one of the worst free agent

606
00:28:59,119 --> 00:29:00,799
signings that you have ever had in the history of

607
00:29:00,839 --> 00:29:04,920
your franchise. Get rid of it. He clearly doesn't want

608
00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:07,640
to be here. He's not good enough to have this

609
00:29:07,720 --> 00:29:10,640
type of attitude. If you were Patrick Mahomes, if you

610
00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:13,240
were Josh Allen and you're doing all of this because

611
00:29:13,279 --> 00:29:15,480
you don't want to mentor a young quarterback, it may

612
00:29:15,559 --> 00:29:17,160
not be the right thing to do, but it's like, Okay,

613
00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:20,319
we can maybe understand you've done a lot in this league.

614
00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:23,599
Derek Carr doesn't even have a playoff win. Like, Derek

615
00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:27,119
Carr cannot act like this. Did he make all the

616
00:29:27,119 --> 00:29:30,359
things about the shoulder injury up. I don't know. We'll

617
00:29:30,359 --> 00:29:32,759
find out in due time. Again, I know a lot

618
00:29:32,759 --> 00:29:36,279
of people reacted to this report from Diana Verssini, and

619
00:29:36,319 --> 00:29:38,039
I get it. The thing is I just kind of

620
00:29:38,079 --> 00:29:40,640
look at it more speculation than based on cold heart facts.

621
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:44,079
I mean, like one thing Diana said that like I

622
00:29:44,079 --> 00:29:48,160
didn't necessarily agree with she goes. She noted that it

623
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:50,640
is a quote fact that the Saints are on a

624
00:29:50,799 --> 00:29:53,720
mission to draft a quarterback in twenty twenty five, though

625
00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:55,920
she didn't specify what round they were hoping to make

626
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:59,440
that splash. Ye is that a fact? I mean a

627
00:29:59,480 --> 00:30:02,240
lot of people like maybe assume that's going to happen,

628
00:30:02,319 --> 00:30:04,599
Like you've heard Shador at nine, and then it's like, Okay, well,

629
00:30:04,599 --> 00:30:07,119
maybe it's a Shador at nine. Maybe it's Tyler Schuck

630
00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:09,119
at forty. Maybe it's quinn Ewers a little bit later

631
00:30:09,119 --> 00:30:11,319
down the road, like maybe they like Jackson Dart, like

632
00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:15,240
you've heard those rumors. But I don't know if you

633
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:17,240
can call that a fact. I don't know if you

634
00:30:17,240 --> 00:30:20,200
can say the Saints are on a mission to draft

635
00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:22,519
their quarterback of the future. A lot of people have

636
00:30:22,559 --> 00:30:27,039
said if the Saints, like myself included, maybe don't want

637
00:30:27,079 --> 00:30:29,039
them to draft a quarterback in the first round. I don't.

638
00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:33,599
I'm I okay with a quarterback at forty. Maybe. Now

639
00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:36,000
the Derek car situation certainly changes things a little bit.

640
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,079
We'll see what his availability is in twenty twenty five.

641
00:30:38,839 --> 00:30:41,039
But next year's quarterback class is a lot more loaded

642
00:30:41,039 --> 00:30:45,880
than this year's you can have the opinion that the

643
00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:48,279
Saints are on a mission to draft a quarterback here

644
00:30:48,279 --> 00:30:51,559
in twenty twenty five. I don't really know how you

645
00:30:51,599 --> 00:30:53,440
can call that a fact. So there's a lot that

646
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:56,440
I don't like about this report, including the fact that

647
00:30:56,599 --> 00:30:59,119
there's a rumor that you're starting quarterback is potentially faking

648
00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:02,640
an injury so that he can be traded. That's another problem.

649
00:31:03,119 --> 00:31:05,000
A lot of people have said, Okay, well, Derek Carr's

650
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:06,640
faking this injury because he doesn't want to be with

651
00:31:06,680 --> 00:31:11,240
the Saints and he wants to be traded. Why would

652
00:31:11,279 --> 00:31:13,240
you trade for Derek Carr now that he has an injury?

653
00:31:14,119 --> 00:31:17,599
Like if Derek Carr's plan is I'm gonna fake an

654
00:31:17,599 --> 00:31:20,519
injury so the Saints trade me, Like, wouldn't your trade

655
00:31:20,599 --> 00:31:23,599
value be next to nothing? You get a big contract,

656
00:31:23,640 --> 00:31:25,680
you haven't even performed up to that contract when you're

657
00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:26,960
on the field, and now you're telling me you have

658
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,400
a shoulder injury that could cost you the twenty twenty

659
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:32,960
five season. What team is dumb enough to take on that?

660
00:31:34,440 --> 00:31:36,319
And I get it, some quarterback hungry teams like the

661
00:31:36,319 --> 00:31:39,279
Cleveland Browns come to mind, But I mean, are you

662
00:31:39,359 --> 00:31:42,240
doing that like this again, Like if I'm not saying

663
00:31:42,279 --> 00:31:44,000
Derek Carr is faking or not faking his injury, I

664
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:47,319
don't know he very well. Maybe I don't think it's

665
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:51,839
because like he's trying to force a trade. Maybe he's

666
00:31:51,839 --> 00:31:53,519
just trying to Maybe he's just mad at the organization

667
00:31:53,559 --> 00:31:54,799
and just trying to put him in a bad spot.

668
00:31:54,839 --> 00:31:57,160
In general, I kind of feel like your trade value

669
00:31:57,160 --> 00:32:00,000
would drop after this news of a shoulder injury came out.

670
00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:03,920
I don't know about that either. But here's something interest.

671
00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:07,400
Cody Benjamin of CBS Sports put this out Sunday night,

672
00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:10,920
so just a few days after Derek Carr's injury was announced,

673
00:32:12,279 --> 00:32:16,359
and he brought up Kirk Cousins and if Kirk Cousins

674
00:32:16,359 --> 00:32:19,640
could be released, where could he get He mentioned that

675
00:32:20,119 --> 00:32:23,559
the ultimate landing spot, his favorite would be the Cleveland Browns.

676
00:32:24,319 --> 00:32:26,960
It's fine, Cleveland Browns have signed Kenny Picktt and Joe Flaka.

677
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,359
I don't think they're going to sign a third quarterback

678
00:32:30,160 --> 00:32:32,359
in the same offseason and just don't see that happening.

679
00:32:35,240 --> 00:32:37,680
He mentioned that Cousins in Stefanski spent a little bit

680
00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:40,160
of time together in Minnesota before Stefanski took on that

681
00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:44,279
Cleveland Brown's job. The next team he mentions is the

682
00:32:44,279 --> 00:32:48,960
Minnesota Vikings. I don't think the Vikings do this one.

683
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:50,240
I don't think they're going to trade for him and

684
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:51,839
take on the big contract at Atlanta gave him. But

685
00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:56,680
let's say for this argument, they cut. They cut kirk Cousins.

686
00:32:57,039 --> 00:32:58,920
He's a free agent. He's no longer tied to the

687
00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:05,079
Atlanta Falcons. Even then, why would the Vikings make this move.

688
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:09,200
They didn't go after Aaron Rodgers, and they talked to him,

689
00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:11,920
but they didn't really seriously pursue him because they said

690
00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:15,079
they like JJ McCarthy. They moved on from Sam Darnold

691
00:33:15,079 --> 00:33:19,000
because they like JJ McCarthy. And kirk Cousins was already

692
00:33:19,039 --> 00:33:21,279
in your building. You didn't like him enough to re

693
00:33:21,359 --> 00:33:24,079
sign him. You let him walk in free agency. Now

694
00:33:24,119 --> 00:33:26,079
that he had probably the worst year of his career,

695
00:33:26,079 --> 00:33:29,079
you're gonna bring him back. I don't see that happening

696
00:33:29,079 --> 00:33:34,200
at all. The last team is obviously the most interesting.

697
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:37,000
The last team the Kuldi Benjamin puts in there is

698
00:33:37,039 --> 00:33:40,519
a landing spot potentially for kirk Cousins is the New

699
00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:44,839
Orleans Saints. Now he does mention once again, the Falcons

700
00:33:44,839 --> 00:33:46,559
and the Saints are not going to trade with each other.

701
00:33:46,640 --> 00:33:48,519
I get it, you should not trade with your division rival.

702
00:33:48,599 --> 00:33:51,640
Let all the other teams in the NFL do that. Saints, Falcons, Bucks, Panthers,

703
00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:54,759
all of them should have that philosophy. But again he's saying, Okay,

704
00:33:54,759 --> 00:33:56,960
if he's out right released, could the scene to be

705
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:59,920
a potential landing spot And started thinking about this, like, Okay,

706
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,279
do I want Kirk Cousins with the New Orleans Saints

707
00:34:03,319 --> 00:34:06,920
as the next quarterback? Look, if Derek Carr is out

708
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:11,880
with an injury, there's no question, at least proven wise,

709
00:34:12,039 --> 00:34:14,280
Kirk Cousins is probably better than any other option you

710
00:34:14,320 --> 00:34:17,440
have this season. But does he make you better for

711
00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:22,039
the future. Not really. There's been a lot of discussion

712
00:34:22,079 --> 00:34:26,079
on this show about Kirk. O picks me, Jake. We

713
00:34:26,159 --> 00:34:28,760
have vastly different opinions of him. Tibop kind of sits

714
00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:32,480
somewhere in the middle. Alandra's I believe more anti Kirk

715
00:34:32,559 --> 00:34:35,159
than pro Kirk. Look, we'll get their thoughts when they

716
00:34:35,159 --> 00:34:36,519
come back. Well, we'll talk to all of them when

717
00:34:36,559 --> 00:34:42,599
they come back. I can appreciate that Kirk Cousins has

718
00:34:42,639 --> 00:34:43,960
done what he's done in his career. I think he's

719
00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:46,639
had a really good career. My point with Kirk Cousins

720
00:34:46,639 --> 00:34:51,079
has always been he is a very similar quarterback to

721
00:34:51,119 --> 00:34:55,000
Derek Carr. In my opinion, he's slightly better. I mean,

722
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:58,400
because you go look at Kirk's numbers before last season.

723
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:02,400
I mean, Kirk is really good. He was averaging thirty

724
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:05,599
touchdown passes a season in about nine picks a season

725
00:35:05,639 --> 00:35:09,280
for the last five in Minnesota. Really good numbers. However,

726
00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:11,159
he had a lot better weapons than Derek Carr as well.

727
00:35:12,199 --> 00:35:14,599
I mean, you went from Adam Thieling to Stefan Diggs.

728
00:35:14,599 --> 00:35:16,480
You lose Stefan Diggs. Everybody said, oh, well, what are

729
00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:19,239
the Vikings gonna do? Enter a guy named Justin Jefferson.

730
00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:22,119
It's very easy to play with those weapons and in

731
00:35:22,159 --> 00:35:25,480
that offense. Look what sam Donold did last year. Is

732
00:35:25,599 --> 00:35:27,719
Kirk Cousins as bad as he was in Atlanta last

733
00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:32,400
year eighteen touchdowns, sixteen picks. No see as dominant as

734
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:33,679
he was at times in Minnesota.

735
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:33,840
Speaker 5: No.

736
00:35:34,559 --> 00:35:37,800
Speaker 2: I think he's somewhere in the middle. Do you bring

737
00:35:37,840 --> 00:35:41,440
in a quarterback that's not young. It's about the same

738
00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:45,800
age as Derek Carr roughly performed similar to Derek Carr,

739
00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:47,719
he hasn't had any playoff success. That was a big

740
00:35:47,800 --> 00:35:50,199
knock when you signed Derek Carr. Kirk Cousins doesn't really

741
00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:53,280
have any playoff success either. I mean, he's not any consistency.

742
00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:58,320
You're probably gonna have to give him a somewhat decent contract.

743
00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:00,760
He's gonna want a multi year deal that you're probably

744
00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:01,400
not willing to do.

745
00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:02,400
Speaker 5: So.

746
00:36:02,559 --> 00:36:05,000
Speaker 2: Sure, Kirk Cousins is a big name. He would be

747
00:36:05,039 --> 00:36:09,039
an upgrade one. You're taking the Atlanta Falcons as leftovers,

748
00:36:09,039 --> 00:36:10,719
which I know Saints fans are going to feel a

749
00:36:10,719 --> 00:36:14,920
certain way about. But also, what does Kirk Cousins give

750
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:21,199
you that you don't already have? I mean nothing? And

751
00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:24,480
I get it. Kirk had flashes last year. It was

752
00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:28,800
the overtime game where they beat the Bucks kind of

753
00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:31,239
halfway through the season. He threw for five hundred yards

754
00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:33,280
in that game. But he's like, oh, Kirk Cousins finally

755
00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:35,079
getting into a rhythm in this offense. It just took

756
00:36:35,079 --> 00:36:37,800
a little while. He was benched, like three weeks later.

757
00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:42,960
Pennix came in and they went back to Cousins, and

758
00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:45,039
then ultimately the last three games of the year. It

759
00:36:45,079 --> 00:36:49,599
was all Michael Pennix. Kirk Cousins last year started fourteen games,

760
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:53,519
sixty seven percent completion, thirty five hundred yards. Okay, all

761
00:36:53,559 --> 00:36:57,559
that's fine. Eighteen touchdowns, sixteen picks and a seven and

762
00:36:57,599 --> 00:37:01,440
seven record. And that's seven and seven record was against

763
00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:04,840
Atdie Orleans Saints who had so many injuries, the Carolina Panthers,

764
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:08,280
who are awful, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who had

765
00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:11,880
one of the worst defenses in the league. That's what

766
00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:14,440
kirk Cousins did in the division. Now, he handled the Bucks,

767
00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:16,360
but again one of the worst defenses in the league.

768
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:18,079
That was a five hundred yard game. As good as

769
00:37:18,119 --> 00:37:21,760
the Bucks offense was, their defense was off even when

770
00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:23,440
they were fully healthy, and they weren't healthy for most

771
00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:27,440
of the year. I'm gonna say no thanks to kirk Cousins.

772
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:30,440
I know. We talked about Aaron Rodgers a little bit yesterday.

773
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:32,039
I said no thanks to him. I'm saying no thanks

774
00:37:32,079 --> 00:37:35,079
to kirk Cousins as well. And I get it. You

775
00:37:35,159 --> 00:37:37,480
go look at the free agent market. There's not a

776
00:37:37,519 --> 00:37:41,239
ton out there. Maybe they do draft Shad or Sanders,

777
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:43,159
Maybe they take a quarterback that they really like in

778
00:37:43,199 --> 00:37:45,159
the second and third round. Let them sit behind either

779
00:37:45,199 --> 00:37:47,719
Car or Spencer Rattler this year, or maybe they don't

780
00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:49,880
take a QB at all. They roll with Spencer Rattler,

781
00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:51,480
they get a high draft pick, they take a top

782
00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:53,280
flight QB in twenty twenty six when there's a ton

783
00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:57,320
of them available. Whatever they decide to do, don't do this.

784
00:37:57,400 --> 00:37:59,760
And again, this was just one guy's thought that he

785
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,119
had out there. This was Cody Benjamin of CBS Sports.

786
00:38:02,159 --> 00:38:04,480
I get it. This is nothing concrete. There's no Kirk

787
00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:07,079
Cousins to New Orleans rumors. He just threw it out there,

788
00:38:07,119 --> 00:38:09,800
wanted to see how people respond. My responses, Thanks, but

789
00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:13,800
no things. We're good over here in New Orleans. We

790
00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:15,760
don't need Kirk Cousins. We don't need Derek Carr two

791
00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:20,079
point up. If you're gonna do that, you might as

792
00:38:20,119 --> 00:38:22,480
well just tell Car to suck it up and roll

793
00:38:22,519 --> 00:38:26,239
with him. So no, no things on Kirk Cousins right there.

794
00:38:26,559 --> 00:38:28,039
All right, Look, we're going to take a quick time

795
00:38:28,079 --> 00:38:30,320
out when we get back. Mooso and I had this

796
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:33,320
discussion the other day because a lot of people LSU

797
00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:36,119
fans mainly have been worried about Texas A and m

798
00:38:36,119 --> 00:38:37,719
o is Texas A and M back. Are they back?

799
00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:39,599
Are they back? They got to sweep this weekend. They

800
00:38:39,599 --> 00:38:42,639
beat Tennessee, Like, are they back? I don't think so.

801
00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:44,519
I mean, they beat South Carolina, But we gotta look

802
00:38:44,519 --> 00:38:46,440
at the way they won that series. That's coming up

803
00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:48,360
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816
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817
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818
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Speaker 2: Okay, guys, we get it. We're guys do How in

842
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the world can debab baber take shots in me? From

843
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beyond the grave. The guy's not even here, Musso, he's

844
00:40:55,199 --> 00:40:56,840
not even here, He's.

845
00:40:56,679 --> 00:40:59,559
Speaker 1: Not Yeah, I just you know, I just found the

846
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847
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Speaker 2: That's that's all. That's that's all.

848
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:06,559
Speaker 1: You Okay up there, I'm good.

849
00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:08,000
Speaker 2: And so like most of the time, it's even more

850
00:41:08,039 --> 00:41:09,639
brash than that. Like, you know, if one of my

851
00:41:09,719 --> 00:41:12,320
family members is unfortunate enough to be listening at that

852
00:41:12,400 --> 00:41:14,599
time and T Bob will be like, are you lamp?

853
00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:17,360
Like Taylor will go to Goodwood, it'd be a million

854
00:41:18,360 --> 00:41:20,239
I'm just sitting there. I'm just sitting there. I'm normally

855
00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:22,320
sitting there. Cassie is just minding my own business.

856
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,719
Speaker 1: Just they can help you over there, though, that good

857
00:41:25,800 --> 00:41:27,760
would well from what I hear.

858
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:32,960
Speaker 2: Look, there's uh, there's one guy who normally is in

859
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:37,239
the studio named t Bob. Yeah, there's been now he

860
00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:41,320
said it was for something else. Jay kind of had

861
00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:45,039
a different opinion. Okay, t Bob was really interested in

862
00:41:45,079 --> 00:41:49,199
the penile enhancement. Yes, he said. I'm going and asking

863
00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:51,639
him what it is, and I'm like, t Bob, why

864
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:55,400
you're so interested, Bud? But uh, that's that's that's his

865
00:41:55,519 --> 00:41:59,639
thing moot. Quick question, is Texas A and M good?

866
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:05,079
Speaker 1: Yeah, they're good. They're extremely talented.

867
00:42:05,199 --> 00:42:05,639
Speaker 2: We know that.

868
00:42:05,719 --> 00:42:08,079
Speaker 1: And their ranked preseason number one. That's what was funny.

869
00:42:08,320 --> 00:42:11,159
They got off to the uh the rough start yep,

870
00:42:11,239 --> 00:42:13,800
and everybody's like, that's fae. What are they thinking ranking

871
00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:16,199
this team preseason when they were thinking they have like

872
00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:19,079
literally everybody back from a team, a team that runners

873
00:42:19,159 --> 00:42:21,719
up the runner up of the AFT, Like they're really talented.

874
00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:25,760
Like that part hasn't changed the issue really was. I mean, okay,

875
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:27,800
you don't have your same coaching staff anymore, and you

876
00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:30,119
just hired a first time head coach because the players

877
00:42:30,119 --> 00:42:33,199
loved him. I'll say this, Texas A and M's offense

878
00:42:33,360 --> 00:42:35,519
is back like they are. They are hitting on all

879
00:42:35,599 --> 00:42:39,239
cylinders there, which was really the crux early while they're

880
00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:41,599
pitching was awesome like it was supposed to be. Their

881
00:42:41,639 --> 00:42:44,519
offense struggled. Now with their offense being back, their pitching

882
00:42:44,639 --> 00:42:47,280
is struggling. So for me, A and M still not

883
00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:51,679
playing complete baseball yet. The series win against Tennessee is awesome.

884
00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:57,159
That stands out for sure. The sweep against South Carolina good.

885
00:42:57,159 --> 00:42:58,440
You took care of business like you did what you

886
00:42:58,440 --> 00:43:01,119
were supposed to do. You needed extra innings to beat

887
00:43:01,119 --> 00:43:03,440
them in game number one, and you were down ten

888
00:43:03,519 --> 00:43:05,360
runs in Game three and had to have a walk

889
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:08,360
off grand Slam to complete that ten run comeback. Like

890
00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:12,159
that shows you the pitching issues your ace. Ryan Prager

891
00:43:12,519 --> 00:43:16,880
has an ER of six point seventy five in SEC

892
00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:20,519
games alone. That's not good. He gave up five earned

893
00:43:20,519 --> 00:43:24,360
to South Carolina. Your Sunday guy in SEC, Miles Patten

894
00:43:24,519 --> 00:43:26,880
is over his era and conference play is over seven

895
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:30,280
Like justin Lampkin, your middle guy has been pretty darn good.

896
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:31,960
But two out of the three in your rotation of

897
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:35,119
struggled in SEC. You have Arkansas and Texas coming up.

898
00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:37,199
Let's see how they both of those on the road.

899
00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:39,480
Let's see how they do in those, because that's gonna

900
00:43:39,519 --> 00:43:42,880
actually determine what an M is playing for when LSU

901
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:44,239
rolls in there the third week of May.

902
00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:47,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, like to your point, Okay, on Thursday, they got

903
00:43:47,400 --> 00:43:49,159
beat eight to seven. It was a walk off home

904
00:43:49,239 --> 00:43:52,639
run in extra innings. South Carolina gets blown out in

905
00:43:52,639 --> 00:43:54,119
game two. I'll give A and M credit. There was

906
00:43:54,119 --> 00:43:56,079
seventeen nothing, but again, yeah, that's when you go look

907
00:43:56,079 --> 00:43:59,079
at the SEC standings. South Carolina's closer to the bottom, right,

908
00:43:59,119 --> 00:44:01,559
that's what they're supposed to do. Game three, South Carolina

909
00:44:01,599 --> 00:44:03,280
had a twelve to three lead in the bottom of

910
00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:05,679
the seventh, a twelfth to seven lead in the ninth.

911
00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:07,400
What do they do? They give up a grand slam

912
00:44:07,440 --> 00:44:10,559
to make it twelve to eleven, then promptly surrender another

913
00:44:10,679 --> 00:44:13,920
grand slam makes it fifteen to twelve. Today and M

914
00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:16,559
win that game, sure, but South Carolina had an incredible

915
00:44:16,719 --> 00:44:20,079
collapse twice in that series. I will give them credit

916
00:44:20,119 --> 00:44:22,880
for beating Tennessee. They won that series. I get it.

917
00:44:23,119 --> 00:44:25,000
Are they as bad as they were at the beginning

918
00:44:25,079 --> 00:44:27,000
of the year when they were losing every single series?

919
00:44:27,239 --> 00:44:27,320
Speaker 3: No?

920
00:44:27,760 --> 00:44:29,679
Speaker 2: Are they as dominant as people like to think they

921
00:44:29,679 --> 00:44:30,039
are now?

922
00:44:30,199 --> 00:44:30,239
Speaker 3: No.

923
00:44:30,719 --> 00:44:33,800
Speaker 2: I think there's somewhere in the middle. But that's just

924
00:44:33,920 --> 00:44:36,079
the team. And everybody's like, oh, well, Texas A and

925
00:44:36,159 --> 00:44:39,360
M was ranked first and preseason, and you know they're awful.

926
00:44:39,679 --> 00:44:41,920
First off, Texas A and M being a little overrated

927
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:44,800
in preseason not shocking in any sport. But also, they're

928
00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:47,039
not bad. They were never going to be as bad

929
00:44:47,079 --> 00:44:49,719
as they started this season. For the entirety of it.

930
00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:52,639
The thing is how good can they be? Because they

931
00:44:52,679 --> 00:44:55,360
dug themselves in a really big hole. Now you're gonna

932
00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:57,119
have to dig your way out of it to try

933
00:44:57,119 --> 00:44:58,880
to host the region. You're going to have to dig

934
00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:00,599
your way out of this big hole. You look at

935
00:45:00,679 --> 00:45:02,800
LSUE last year. Lshue got out to a slow start.

936
00:45:03,119 --> 00:45:05,039
That's why you didn't advance very far in the postseason

937
00:45:05,039 --> 00:45:07,159
because you weren't a host side in Texas A and

938
00:45:07,320 --> 00:45:08,960
m a little bit bigger hole than you were in

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a year ago. Sure they're talented, but it's Michael Earley's

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first year as the head coach of that program. I

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get it. You got returners, but you got to dig

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yourself out of a hole. Are they good? They're certainly

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better than they were at the beginning of the year.

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Are they dominant? I don't know. We're gonna have to

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wait and see. South Carolina's not a very good baseball

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team and it took multiple miracles for you to win

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that series. All right, Look, that's going to do it

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for hour number one. A lot of baseball talk there

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in hour one. In hour two, want to kind of

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look at the quarterback situations for some other teams in

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the SEC. There's three teams that want to highlight. There's

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a good ride up about this on louisianasports dot Net. Alabama,

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Tennessee and Auburn. We'll talk about that also, would you

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rather Wednesday? Coming up at eight fifteen, Stay tuned, We

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got a lot more. It's a Wednesday edition of Off

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the Bench.

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Speaker 3: Off the Bench