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Speaker 1: We welcome into Off the Bench, presented by All Star Toyota.

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Speaker 2: You're scary.

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Speaker 1: We're bringing in the school sports talking so with Jacob Hester.

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Speaker 2: And Terrifying Terrible.

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Speaker 1: Live from the Haunting Studio.

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Speaker 3: Here's Jacob Hester, welcome in our number one, a Thursday

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edition of Off the Bench. Taylor Sharp and a Landra

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Villarriale here at the producer chair. So look, Jake and

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Matt are out our number one. They will be back

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here for hours number two and three. We're gonna hang

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out with you for the next sixty minutes or so.

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Here's the deal. You remember when Frank Wilson was named

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interim on Sunday, everyone said Brian Kelly didn't really allow

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former players back into the building. That's going to change

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with Frank Wilson. Well, guys, it's changing and changing quickly.

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Jake Matter actually going to be at LSU speaking to

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the team.

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Speaker 4: I think that's great.

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Speaker 3: I think as pivotal as it is for LSU football

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right now, that might actually be more important than coming

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here and hosted the radio show.

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Speaker 4: So we are good with it.

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Speaker 3: And if you're watching on YouTube and you see our

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get ups, no, I didn't kill anyone in the parking lot,

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and Alandra did not cut her hair. We are dressed

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up in Halloween costumes. Did Jake and Matt say they're

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going to be dressed up when they get back at

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the eight o'clock hour?

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Speaker 4: We went ahead and did it. Alandra? What what are you?

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Speaker 5: I am Mia Wallace from pulp Fiction. So I actually

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did cut off my hair and died it blacks.

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Speaker 4: Oh wait, I thought you said it was a wig.

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Speaker 6: Wig.

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Speaker 4: You went all out well honest.

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Speaker 6: So this is like my favorite costume I've ever done.

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Speaker 4: It looks great.

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Speaker 3: I mean when you when you walked in today, I

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was like, Okay, the shirt is perfect, the wig is perfect.

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Like it's one of those things where even if you

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haven't seen the movie, everybody knews is like what you are,

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even if you haven't seen the movie yet. So like,

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I think you nailed it.

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Speaker 1: Me.

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Speaker 3: On the other hand, I didn't think this through. I

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didn't realize we were gonna have to do the first hour.

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We're gonna actually see how I sound. I am Jason.

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So we got this really pretty looking mask right now.

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It's as you can see on YouTube. I didn't want

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to start the show with this on I thought it

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might look a little jarring, Jake said the other day.

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Tell her you're not gonna have any problem doing a

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Halloween costume. You have plenty of them. You dress up

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every year. Sure, but I like to go like pretty

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all out, pretty elaborate. And we kind of decided what

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Tuesday we were actually going to like finally dress up. So, I, guys,

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I'll be very honest. I was like, let me think

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of something that I already have. I had this mask

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from like years ago, I don't even remember why, and

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so I found an old white T shirts platted some

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blood on it, and here we are. We are Jason

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and Landra Mia Wallace. Not exactly a couple costume, but

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you know what, I think we look pretty good back here.

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And you know, we were talking about it on Monday, Alanda,

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we didn't get to show it because I don't know

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if you know this. A little bit happened over the weekend. Really, yeah,

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a little bit happened. My family Halloween costume contest was

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on Sunday, and I figured, you and I are dressed

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up right now, why not go ahead and show everybody.

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So me and Victoria did snow Miser and heat Miser

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from a year without a Santa Claus, here is your boy, fully.

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Speaker 4: White faced, white hair white.

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Speaker 3: It's a witch nose that I painted white, is exactly

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what it is. Victoria's got the flame hair, She's got

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the nose as well.

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Speaker 4: I think we nailed it.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean I thought it looked great, but like,

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that's the type of costumes I do. So Jake was like, oh, Taylor,

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I'm like, yeah, but do I want to take the

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time to go ahead and go all out? I gotta

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call it a high school football game tonight. I can't

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exactly show up with a fake nose and painted completely white.

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So we went up to pretty simple. I think it

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worked out well. I think we'll be fine.

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Speaker 4: Guys.

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Speaker 3: There is a lot to unpack today. We'll start with

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the governor's comments here in just a second, but before

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we do, let's actually do it correctly and get the

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Speaker 1: It's time to get glowing courtesy of go Flow ivy spa,

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where hydration vitamins and a summer ready glow are always

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on tap now for starters.

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Speaker 3: Okay, so, yesterday Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry gave a little

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bit more clarity to the LSU football head coaching situation.

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So we don't know who the candidates are, we don't

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know who LSU is going to hire. We do know

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who's making the higher or should I say who is

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not going to be making the higher Jeff Landry did

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not pull any punches. He was pretty adamant about who

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was not going to make this higher. And look, I'm

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not gonna put words into the man's mouth. Let's hear

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it from him himself. It's about two minutes, but I

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want you to hear it all because there's a lot

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to unpack here. So here is Governor Jeff Landry.

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Speaker 7: The first question is absolutely correct. We are not going

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down a failed path. And I wanted to tell you something.

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This is a pattern. The guy that's here now that

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wrote that contract cost Texas A and them seventy something

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million dollars. Right now, we got a fifty three million

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dollar liability. We are not doing that again. And you

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know what, I believe. I believe that we're gonna find

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a great coach and maybe we'll let President Trump pick it.

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Speaker 4: He loves winners.

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Speaker 7: You know, I'm not gonna be picking the next coach.

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But I can promise you we're gonna pick a coach,

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and we're gonna make sure that that coach is successful,

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and we're gonna make sure that he's compensated properly, and

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we're gonna put metrics on it, because I'm tired of

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rewarding failure in this country and then leaving the taxpayers

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on the foot, you know, to foot the bill. So yeah, absolutely,

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who'sai No, I can tell you right now is not

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selecting the next coach. Hell, I'll let Donald Trump select

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it before I let him do it.

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Speaker 4: I don't know.

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Speaker 7: But the Border super Yer is gonna come up with

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a committee and they're gonna go find us a coach.

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Because why Mary, I want to hold all up one

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real quick thing on that, because here's what y'all reporters

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need to do. Y'all need to start looking and who

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represents all these people like these agents? You know, it's

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interesting if I'm not mistaken, what is agent Kelly's agent?

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The Texas saying they all the same agent?

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Speaker 4: Like you realize if I would be.

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Speaker 7: I don't know how y'all, how many sports riders we

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got here today? Just you we should have a bunch okay,

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like This is ridiculous. Lawyers would be this board for

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the way these agents act and the way they're able

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to represent. In fact, they may there's no doubt they

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may even represent some of the players now, like it's

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really time for the NCAA to put on some guardrails

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in college sports, because it is fine, we don't need

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the guardrails. The big billionaires want to spend all that

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kind of money, no problem. But if I got to

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go find fifty three million dollars from Kim, It's not

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going to be a pleasant conversation.

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Speaker 6: I'm just telling you, I know, and I.

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Speaker 7: Think that that's important as well. Y'all should start looking

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Speaker 4: Certainly a lot to unpack here, so okay.

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Speaker 3: I also find it really funny he said, how many

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sports reporters are in the audience?

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Speaker 4: Just you? Okay?

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Speaker 3: This was originally a press conference for Snap Benefits in Louisiana,

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which I find objectively hilarious.

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Speaker 4: I don't know how you got to.

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Speaker 3: The topic of Scott Woodward when you know, to have

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any press conference about Snap benefits, But whatever he did,

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there is a lot to unpack there. Some of it

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I actually agree with a lot of it. I don't

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there's some pretty wild stuff. Let's let's get into to

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the beginning where he said Scott Woodward gave out a

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contract that calls LSU to possibly pay fifty four million

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dollars and Texas A and M seventy three. Yes, LSU

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could potentially have to pay Brian Kelly fifty four million

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dollars in a buyout. That's on Scott Woodward. It was

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a ten year deal, awfully guaranteed. That's on him. The

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seventy three million dollars that he's referring to was Jimbo

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Fisher's buyout at Texas A and M. I know it's

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a common way of thinking, like someone brings something up,

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everyone else's kind of rolls with it. Russ By Yorke

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gave Jimbo Fisher that seventy three million dollar buyout at

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Texas A and M. If you remember, Jimbo got the

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extension following that twenty twenty season. It was the COVID

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year A and M went nine to one, just barely

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missed the playoff. They extended him after that. Scott Woodward

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was already here because he was at LSU in twenty

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nineteen obviously, so that part's not correct. Now, did Wouldward

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give Jimbo a ten year deal? Yes, he did, And

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maybe that's where I agree with Governor Landry who he

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said these ten year deals are out of control. I agree,

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I don't like the ten year deal. Like, yes, Woodward

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did not give the big extension to cause all the

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buyout money, but he did give Jimbo a ten year,

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seventy five million dollar deal up front in order to

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take the job. So maybe there's a little pushback there

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as well. Like as we go through this, you can

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look at and say, I'll defend Scott Woodward. I'll be

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we'll break all that down. But blaming Woodward for the

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Jimbo Fisher buyout, it's a lot like when everyone used

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to say, oh, well, Glenn Dorsey won all those awards

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his senior year, but his junior year was actually better.

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Speaker 4: No, it wasn't.

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Speaker 3: His junior year wasn't better, Like, go look at the numbers.

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Not only did he make just a bigger impact altogether

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his senior year, Israel numbers were better as a senior.

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It's just one of those things that someone throws out

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there and everyone claims that's fact. Governor's dead wrong about that.

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That was not Jimbo Fisher, that was not Woodward. They

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gave Jimbo the big extension. Also, Elandra, I need you

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to do something. I need your next guarantee paycheck check

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and see if we take extra taxes out because Governor

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Landry believes that US taxpayers are actually footing the bill

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for that fifty four million dollar buyout.

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Speaker 4: I mean, we got a check.

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Speaker 6: I just don't think that's accurate, but I will look

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it up.

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Speaker 3: I appreciate you giving the benefit of the doubt and

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say it not thinking that's no. Taxpayers are not footing

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the bill for a fifty four million dollars buyout. I

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know what he's doing. He's a politician. He's trying to,

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you know, kind of exaggerate things a little bit. Taxpayers

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are not footing the bill for Brian Kelly or any

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other head coaches buyout.

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Speaker 4: That's not happening.

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Speaker 3: I do agree with Landry though, that why repeat a

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failed system. It didn't work with Brian Kelly giving him

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the ten year deal with the big buyout, and blame

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Woodward or not, it didn't work out for Texas A

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and M with Jimbo Fisher, so I do agree on that.

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I also appreciate he did put in there. I will

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not be making the higher do I believe that. I

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have no idea. But it's not Jeff Landry and it's

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not Scott Woodward. That's what we know for sure. So

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then that brings up the point should Woodward even be

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allowed to make this higher? Well, it's his job to

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make this higher, at least for now.

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Speaker 4: I am not imagine.

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Speaker 3: You know, the word is LSU's trying to close it

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on a university president very soon. I imagine Scott Woodward will

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be replaced at this point. I don't know how he

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can continue his job. I mean, the governor of the

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state of Louisiana came out and said, yeah, we have

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an athletic director, but uh, we don't trust him. As

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far as we can throw him, he's gonna have to

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be out here. So I don't really see how Scott

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So I imagine that's coming. That's literally just an assumption on

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my part. Do we worry about Scott Woodward making this higher?

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Full disclosure. I'd rather Woodward make the higher than Governor Landry. However, yes,

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I had some concerns. I feel like a lot of

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times in football, Scott Woodward targeted the biggest name. I'm

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gonna make the biggest splash. Maybe didn't look for the

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best fit. Like everyone wants to bring up Lane Kiffin.

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If you want to hire Lane Kiffin, hire him because

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he's the best fit. Don't hire him because his name's

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Lane Kiffin. I think Scott Woodward's been a little guilty

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of that at times. Now Woodward's taking heat for his

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football hires, and I get it. You're in the South,

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you were at A and M, you were at LSU.

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You're going to get blamed for the success and failure

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of the football program.

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Speaker 4: Look at what Jay has done.

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Speaker 3: I mean, the women's basketball team just won a national

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championship a few years ago because Scott Woodward hired Kim Moulky.

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Speaker 4: Now, how hard was it to hire her? I don't know.

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Speaker 3: I feel like a lot of people could have hired

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Kim Maulki. But that is a notch on Scott Woodward's belt.

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He gets credit for that. Then you look at Jay Johnson.

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That's the crown jewel there ain't a person in Louisiana

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has a bad thing to say about Jay Johnson on

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or off the field. Two Natties in four seasons and

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he just continues to reloy. Those are two positives you

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want to bring up a negative LSU basketball Matt McMahon.

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But I will give Scott Woodward a little bit of

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a pass on this for a number of reasons, and

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I've been critical of Scott Woodward in the past. At

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the time, most people liked the higher because Matt McMahon

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had a really good resume at Murray State. Hand up

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I did. When I saw what he did at Murray State.

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He recruited John Moran, I was like, Okay, this is

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a guy that could work out. Number two, who was

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going to take that job? Find me a big name

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coach that coached at a high level at a big

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time program that was going to take that LSU job.

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With all the uncertainty around the LSU basketball program. Can't

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think of one. Number three. LSU's never really invested in basketball.

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Like most of the SEC schools, it's football then basketball.

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Here at LSU, it's football and baseball. That's why you

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dominate in baseball and your basketball program has struggled to

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catch up to those. But even if Matt McMahon turns

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it around, what Scott Woodard always going to be known for.

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Scott Woodard's always going to be known for the guy

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that fired Will Wade, not the guy that hired Matt McMahon.

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Speaker 4: It just is what it is.

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Speaker 3: Wild Wade was a beloved figure, had a lot of

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support here. So even if Matt McMahon turns this thing around,

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the Tigers are at NCAA tournament team this year, he's

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always going to be looked at more of you got

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rid of Will Wade not hiring Mad McMahon. Do I

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care if Scott Woodward makes this higher?

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Speaker 4: Nope? Do I care if Governor Landry makes his higher?

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Speaker 2: No.

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Speaker 3: As a matter of fact, I'm glad he's not. I

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don't care who makes this higher as long as the

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right person gets the job. What I do care about

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is your governor getting on TV and embarrassing LSU, because

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what has been the talk nationally. It hasn't been Oh,

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the LSU coaching higher just got interesting, or oh, it's

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Scott Woodard's a job on the line. It's everybody retweeting

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stuff and saying, is this real is this actually happening

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in the state of Louisiana, Because now, look, I'm sure

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his intentions were good, because what he brought up it

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was all I want to help people in Louisiana. I

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want to help LSU. I'm sure his intentions were good.

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But what big name head coach is going to want

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to take this job? Now, what recruit's going to want

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to come here not knowing who's getting hired or who's

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even making the higher? Just think more harm was done

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during the speech than good. And again, I'm sure his

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intentions were good. I just think it's a bad look

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and I can't get behind it. So who's LSU going

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to hire?

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Speaker 4: We don't know.

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Speaker 3: But what we do know, Scott Woodward will not be

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the one making that higher. All right, we'll step away

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here real quick. When we get back, we know it's

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not Scott Woodward. Who are some candidates that could be

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Le's use the next head coach. We'll dive into that.

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You know, Lander kind of have the same opinion on

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Lane Kiff, and we'll go a little bit back and

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forth on that as well. That's all coming up on

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Speaker 3: Welcome back in our number one of a Thurs the

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edition of Off the Bench. Taylor Sharp here with you

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and we hear the great pump music. Mia Landro over here.

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That's what everybody in the chat wants you to be called.

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Neil Wallace, Yeah, from pulp fiction.

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Speaker 6: So give me so many nicknames. I can't keep up anything.

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Speaker 4: It flows well together, though.

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Speaker 3: I think having an A and an A like beginning

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and into your name, you gotta add it to anything.

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Speaker 5: People are asking if I'm with you the dance, I'm

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doing the dance. Later you gonna make a video.

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Speaker 4: We're excited about that. We're excited about that that's done.

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Speaker 3: It looks great, yeah, and like it's one of those

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things that it's like.

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Speaker 4: But at the same time, like it works.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I totally should have done. Paul Cap Bruce Willis, I

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just I didn't have time. I just didn't have time.

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We had to cut the grass yesterday. Launder was a

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big day, Okay, huge tease.

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Speaker 4: It a little bit. They were going in to break.

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Speaker 3: I want to look at some candidates right now for

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the LSU head coaching job, because if Scott Woodward's not

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making the higher. First off, if you missed the first

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segment and you missed a lot. Yesterday, Governor Jeff Landry

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came out and said that Scott Woodward, current athletic director

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at LSU, we will not be making the hire, will

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not be involved in the searching process for LSU's next

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head coach.

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Speaker 4: I'm a lodger. You know, Florida.

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Speaker 3: After Urban Meyer won those two national championships, they struggled

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to keep coaches long term.

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Speaker 4: Let me ask you this, I may have missed it.

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Speaker 3: Did Governor Ron DeSantis come out and uh publicly criticized

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Scott Strickland.

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Speaker 5: I have not seen anything of that nature, So I

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don't think so.

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Speaker 6: But I can't say it for a fact. I didn't anything.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't think What about What about Pennsylvania? Did

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their governor come out and criticize them for the James

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Franklin buy out?

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Speaker 6: Don't think so?

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Speaker 3: Okay, So it's just sell us, Okay, cool, great, awesome.

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We were talking about Lane Kiff in a little bit

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last segment, and I like Lane.

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Speaker 4: I think that.

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Speaker 3: Lane has grown up a lot more in these past

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four years. Like if this was four years ago, no,

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I'm glad LSU didn't hire him. I don't think he

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was ready for the LSU job four years ago. This

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year maybe a little bit of a different story. But

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I just feel like there's so many people out there

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that are Lane Kiffin or bust. I want Lane Kiffin.

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I've locked in on this guy. If we don't get him,

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I'm gonna be pissed. I don't think that's the right

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way to look at anything. Is Lane Kiffin a good coach, Yeah,

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he's a good coach. Are there other good coaches out there? Yeah,

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there's a lot of good candidates. We'll talk about someone

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here in just a second. But there are so many

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people out there. When you fall in love with a candidate,

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when you fall in love with a quarterback, a player,

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or anything, it is very easy to only see the

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positive and kind of block out the negative. Alandra mentioned

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this the other day, like she didn't really want Lane

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Kiffin as the head coach. Now my stance has have

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been a little bit more neutral. But also, is Lane

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Kiffin worth the money it's going to take to get

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him here.

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Speaker 4: I don't know. I'll ask you first, Solandra, biggest concern

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with Lane Kiffin? What is it?

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Speaker 5: Well, first, I just want to say I don't think

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that you can ever really truly know if a coach

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is going to work out or not until they're actually

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in the building, so it's kind of hard to speculate.

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Speaker 6: But my biggest thing with Lane.

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Speaker 5: Kiffin is the same thing that everybody says about Brian Kelly,

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about James Franklin, about you know, the typical ones where you're.

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Speaker 6: Like, they haven't won anything.

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Speaker 5: And I get that he's been there for what six

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so whatever, and then he hasn't. I'd get he has

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them going right now, and he's built a good culture.

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I don't see Lane wanting to leave what he's built

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at ole Miss unless you're gonna pay him a contract

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like you paid Brian Kelly or Jimbo Fisher, or maybe

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even a little less than what you paid them. But

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I just don't know if it's worth the money. And

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I said, this is the okame my wildest dreams, and

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I wouldn't even say particularly a dream, but I think

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he's a good coach. With Steve Sarkisian and people lost

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their minds about that, but are over here suggesting Lane

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Kiffin when I feel like Stark turned that text this

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program around.

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Speaker 4: Like two years Sark made the playoff, last year.

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Speaker 6: Won the conference.

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Speaker 5: He made back to back playoffs, won the conference championship,

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and now was the Big twelve.

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Speaker 6: But he still did.

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Speaker 5: And I just think that there's a better argument for

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other coaches than there is for Lane Kiffin.

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Speaker 3: Again, I think Lane's matured a lot as a coach.

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But on Saturday, I understand it was a win. Some

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of the decisions really confused me. He goes for it

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on fourth down in his own territory up early in

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the game, Oklahoma gets a big fourth down stop, they

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go down the field score. That's giving up points to

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your opponent. Trinidad Shambliss has been excellent, and credit to

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Lane Kiffin for putting him in a position to succeed.

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Nobody saw that coming from Shambless. But at the same time,

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you pulled him out two different times and put in

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Austin Simmons, who he's already beaten out inside the ten

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yard line. You don't score a touchdown either time. I

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mean that's potentially a double digit swing in that game. Yes,

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they won the game, and look, I like Lane Kiffin.

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If LSU hired Lane Kevin, would I be mad? Absolutely not.

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I think Lane Kiffin's a good coach. But there are

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so many people out there, and I understand every coach

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you're going to hire, any one of them has some

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sort of flaw. But there are a lot of people

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out there that are like Lane Kiffin's a perfect hire.

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He's a slam dunk. There's no such thing as a

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sure thing and coaching hires or anywhere else in life.

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Speaker 4: I like Lane Kiffin. There's some other options out there.

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Speaker 3: But we just listened to the Jeff Landry sound by

473
00:22:26,319 --> 00:22:29,359
last segment when he was talking about I don't want

474
00:22:29,559 --> 00:22:32,559
Scott Woodward making this higher because I don't want to

475
00:22:32,559 --> 00:22:35,599
give a huge ten year deal with guaranteed money. Well,

476
00:22:35,599 --> 00:22:37,119
I got news for you. That's probably what it's going

477
00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:39,559
to take to get Lane Kiffin here. So I'm not

478
00:22:39,599 --> 00:22:41,799
sure Lane Kiffin is going to be the LSU coach

479
00:22:42,279 --> 00:22:44,440
for better or worse. Maybe it's a good decision, maybe

480
00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:46,319
it's not. It doesn't look like it's going.

481
00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,759
Speaker 4: To be him.

482
00:22:48,799 --> 00:22:50,680
Speaker 3: There's a lot of good candidates out there. Like if

483
00:22:50,720 --> 00:22:54,599
you asked me, what do you look for in a candidate.

484
00:22:55,799 --> 00:22:57,039
Speaker 4: I want a.

485
00:22:56,640 --> 00:22:59,920
Speaker 3: Younger guy who could relate to the players, a fiery coach,

486
00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,119
somebody who's hard knows, somebody who has a physical football team,

487
00:23:03,279 --> 00:23:04,920
Somebody I know is going to come in here and

488
00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,319
work his ass off, and someone who's had success at

489
00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:08,079
the power level.

490
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Speaker 4: That's what I want.

491
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Speaker 3: There's a lot of names that fit that bill Like

492
00:23:13,079 --> 00:23:15,640
first of am up and he was the guy I

493
00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:18,079
think I brought up on Monday about like who I

494
00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:20,519
wanted as my head coach. Brent Key from Georgia Tech.

495
00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:23,440
He's been there four years now. His first year he

496
00:23:23,480 --> 00:23:25,680
was four and four, but that program was a mess

497
00:23:25,680 --> 00:23:26,359
when he took over.

498
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Speaker 4: Since then seven and six, seven and six.

499
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Speaker 3: This year, he's eight to no and barring some sort

500
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of insane collapse, he's probably going to go to the

501
00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:37,039
College Football Playoff and his team is ready to play

502
00:23:37,559 --> 00:23:41,279
every single week. It's been one of my biggest criticisms

503
00:23:41,279 --> 00:23:43,960
of Brian Kelly, especially in the opening games.

504
00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:45,680
Speaker 4: Take Clemson out of it.

505
00:23:45,759 --> 00:23:48,640
Speaker 3: But I mean, going back to that game, Clemson wasn't

506
00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:50,680
really a good team looking back on it, but it

507
00:23:50,759 --> 00:23:54,160
just seemed like every year until this past season opening game,

508
00:23:54,519 --> 00:23:57,440
LSU was the less physical team and the less prepared team.

509
00:23:57,680 --> 00:23:59,960
I can handle losing a game, because most of the

510
00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:02,200
teams you lost to in the opener were pretty good teams.

511
00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:04,359
I can handle losing a football to the game. What

512
00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:07,000
I can't handle is doing the same thing over and

513
00:24:07,079 --> 00:24:09,519
over and over again in big games, looking like the

514
00:24:09,559 --> 00:24:12,519
less prepared team, looking like the less physical team. Two

515
00:24:12,519 --> 00:24:14,319
things I can tell you about brink keem His teams

516
00:24:14,319 --> 00:24:18,240
are prepared and they're physical as hell. The issue is

517
00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:20,559
he's probably going to go to the college football playoff

518
00:24:20,839 --> 00:24:24,000
and he's at his alma mater. When do you want

519
00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:27,240
to hire a coach In a perfect world, just for me,

520
00:24:27,839 --> 00:24:30,559
I want to coach by early signing period that's December third.

521
00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:33,319
You don't necessarily have to do that, but in a

522
00:24:33,319 --> 00:24:36,920
perfect world, that is what I would want. Briank He's

523
00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:39,119
not going to leave in a playoff run. He's dang

524
00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:41,599
sure not going to leave his alma mater out to

525
00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:46,559
dry during a playoff run. A lot of people have

526
00:24:46,599 --> 00:24:48,839
brought up the name John Sommrall love some are all.

527
00:24:49,079 --> 00:24:50,759
He has a chance to get to the college football

528
00:24:50,759 --> 00:24:54,279
playoffs like it or not, though there are people in

529
00:24:54,319 --> 00:24:56,319
this state and affiliated with LSU that are going to

530
00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:58,279
turn their nose up at that and say, you can't

531
00:24:58,319 --> 00:25:01,480
hire the two lane football coach. It happened back in

532
00:25:01,559 --> 00:25:05,200
twenty twenty two, right before you hired Brian Kelly. Billy

533
00:25:05,279 --> 00:25:07,400
Napier was a hot name out there. Now woul Napier

534
00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:09,640
have worked out, I don't know, because he didn't work

535
00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:10,200
out at Florida.

536
00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:10,960
Speaker 4: Was that moral?

537
00:25:11,039 --> 00:25:13,599
Speaker 3: Napier was that more on Florida's athletic program that I

538
00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:15,519
don't think is as good as most people make it

539
00:25:15,559 --> 00:25:18,640
out to be. But either way, he was not brought

540
00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:20,440
in for an interview. He was not really considered a

541
00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:23,839
serious candidate, and most of the pushback was you can't

542
00:25:23,920 --> 00:25:26,720
hire the ULL coach. Billy Napier may not be a

543
00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:29,000
good coach. But the argument was never he's not a

544
00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,039
good coach. The argument was he coaches a el up

545
00:25:32,559 --> 00:25:33,839
John Somerral at two lane.

546
00:25:34,599 --> 00:25:35,279
Speaker 4: I think you're.

547
00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:37,720
Speaker 3: Gonna get something similar there, like look credit to somemr All.

548
00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:40,359
A lot of people have said, okay, well he just

549
00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:44,039
kind of maintained what Willy Fritz bought brought there.

550
00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:45,599
Speaker 4: I understand that a little bit.

551
00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:48,079
Speaker 3: But he was twelve and two and eleven and two

552
00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:51,119
his two seasons at Troy, So you could say Willy

553
00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:54,640
Fritz built up that program. But John Somerl's done it

554
00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:57,960
in two different stops. He lost four games and two

555
00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:00,200
years at Troy. He's been at two lane and this

556
00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:01,839
is his second year. He was nine to five a

557
00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:03,799
year ago. He's six and one and he's got them

558
00:26:03,839 --> 00:26:08,000
possibly battling for college football playoff appearance. There's a lot

559
00:26:08,039 --> 00:26:10,039
of people out there that are going to turn their

560
00:26:10,039 --> 00:26:11,640
nose up at that because of the fact that he

561
00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:12,720
could coaches at two lane.

562
00:26:12,839 --> 00:26:14,799
Speaker 4: Should you do that? No, will le Be take it

563
00:26:14,799 --> 00:26:16,240
into consideration. Probably.

564
00:26:19,319 --> 00:26:23,240
Speaker 3: Now Ryan Silverfield at Memphis is out there, But does

565
00:26:23,279 --> 00:26:25,440
he suffer from the same thing John Sombral does of

566
00:26:25,680 --> 00:26:28,839
maybe it's not a big enough program. You look at

567
00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:31,079
Ryan Silverfield and what he's done at Memphis. There's a

568
00:26:31,079 --> 00:26:33,279
reason Virginia Tech is interested in him. There's a reason

569
00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:36,599
a number of other programs are interested in him. He's

570
00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,839
forty nine and twenty one in six years at Memphis,

571
00:26:40,039 --> 00:26:42,079
has never had a losing season in his four and

572
00:26:42,160 --> 00:26:44,359
zero and bowl games, and right now he's seven and one.

573
00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:48,279
That's the heck of a football coach. He's a young guy,

574
00:26:48,319 --> 00:26:49,920
he's a fiery guy. He did a great job in

575
00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:52,079
the transfer portal. We talked about it when we were

576
00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:55,799
ranking our preseason OTB top twenty five that I mean,

577
00:26:55,839 --> 00:26:57,680
we put the Memphis Tigers in there, and rightfully so,

578
00:26:57,920 --> 00:26:59,200
he did a great job in the portal.

579
00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:00,920
Speaker 4: So that's a guy you know can attack it.

580
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,119
Speaker 3: But does he suffer from the same thing that some

581
00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:07,000
are auld does the It's two names I want to

582
00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,039
look at, one of which is the name that gets

583
00:27:09,039 --> 00:27:11,839
brought up a Lot's Kenny Dillingham. Because again, if I'm

584
00:27:11,839 --> 00:27:14,079
putting together, in a perfect world, what I want from

585
00:27:14,079 --> 00:27:16,640
my coach, a younger guy that can relate to the players,

586
00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,440
a passionate guy, a guy that's gonna work hard, a

587
00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:22,160
guy that has a physical football team. And in a

588
00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:25,160
perfect world, it's somebody that could sign by December third

589
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,920
and be here for early signing period. Kenny dilly dam

590
00:27:27,960 --> 00:27:31,599
checks all his boxes because right now, barring something unforeseen,

591
00:27:32,559 --> 00:27:34,039
they are not going to be in the College football

592
00:27:34,039 --> 00:27:37,119
Playoff over there at Arizona State made it last year

593
00:27:37,319 --> 00:27:40,799
almost beat Texas, probably should have beat Texas. Now, if

594
00:27:40,839 --> 00:27:42,799
you want to criticize him, you can go look and say, yeah,

595
00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:45,640
he's only been there for three years. He popped last year,

596
00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:47,400
kind of came back down to earth a little bit

597
00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:47,759
this year.

598
00:27:47,799 --> 00:27:49,720
Speaker 4: Two things. One, they lost a ton of guys from

599
00:27:49,759 --> 00:27:51,240
that team. Two and two.

600
00:27:51,279 --> 00:27:55,079
Speaker 3: Of two of their three losses this year, Sam Levitt

601
00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:57,440
was not fully healthy. One he played hurt. One he

602
00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,640
didn't play at all. So two of your three losses

603
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:02,480
you were basically without your starting quarterback. That's a tough

604
00:28:02,519 --> 00:28:05,640
recipe for success for anyone. Look, three and nine is

605
00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:08,720
first season, but Herm Edwards left that program at shambles

606
00:28:09,799 --> 00:28:11,839
last year eleven and three, this year five and three,

607
00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:14,200
but again quarterback in and out of the lineup. Kenny

608
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:16,720
Dillingham's a guy alike, and you can get him before

609
00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:20,680
early signing period. Look, that's just my preference. Don't say,

610
00:28:20,720 --> 00:28:22,119
why don't we have to have a guy before early

611
00:28:22,119 --> 00:28:22,680
signed period?

612
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:23,039
Speaker 9: You don't.

613
00:28:23,079 --> 00:28:24,400
Speaker 4: That's just my personal preference.

614
00:28:24,519 --> 00:28:26,359
Speaker 3: If you want to wait for your guy because you

615
00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:28,000
think he's the right higher, fine, I'm good with it.

616
00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:29,799
You just better land the guy you're waiting on him.

617
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:33,720
But also, Matt Campbell is a name that I don't

618
00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:36,799
think it's brought up enough. Forty five years old. Matt

619
00:28:36,839 --> 00:28:39,680
Campbell has been a head coach in college for fifteen

620
00:28:39,839 --> 00:28:42,799
years between Toledo and Iowa State.

621
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,400
Speaker 4: He's two losing seasons in fifteen years.

622
00:28:46,119 --> 00:28:48,400
Speaker 3: He just won eleven games last year, the only time

623
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,400
in Iowa State history that program has won eleven games,

624
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:54,119
and they were rolling the first four weeks of the season.

625
00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:55,960
Speaker 4: They lost their two starting corners.

626
00:28:56,039 --> 00:28:58,160
Speaker 3: They're now five and three, but they're still a scrappy

627
00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:01,920
football team, not going to make the college football playoff either.

628
00:29:02,319 --> 00:29:05,720
There are names out there to look at, like Elandra.

629
00:29:05,799 --> 00:29:08,759
Before we go to break, you mentioned your concerns with Kiffen,

630
00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:11,240
and obviously it doesn't look like it's going to be

631
00:29:11,319 --> 00:29:12,839
Landing or Kiffin because they don't want to pay the

632
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:15,359
big money that came straight from Governor Landry.

633
00:29:16,319 --> 00:29:16,880
Speaker 2: Who do you like?

634
00:29:19,720 --> 00:29:22,920
Speaker 5: I really, I don't have somebody that I'm like, this

635
00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:25,000
is who I want to be the next head coach

636
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:25,640
at LSU.

637
00:29:25,880 --> 00:29:28,039
Speaker 6: Like the ones that I do want, I.

638
00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:30,359
Speaker 5: Feel like either wouldn't come here because they're at the

639
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:31,319
school that they like.

640
00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:31,920
Speaker 6: Brin Key.

641
00:29:32,559 --> 00:29:35,279
Speaker 5: I love brin Key. I'm not sure he's gonna leave

642
00:29:35,319 --> 00:29:38,519
his alma Water. Same thing with Kenny Dillingham.

643
00:29:38,839 --> 00:29:39,240
Speaker 6: I don't know.

644
00:29:40,079 --> 00:29:41,920
Speaker 5: I think I like him, I think he's good. I

645
00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:44,559
just don't know if that he would leave Arizona State.

646
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:48,440
I really don't have like an answer for you as

647
00:29:48,519 --> 00:29:51,559
to who I would want to be because I just

648
00:29:52,599 --> 00:29:53,519
with who's out there.

649
00:29:54,799 --> 00:29:57,640
Speaker 6: It's hard for me to choose on one. But if

650
00:29:57,680 --> 00:29:59,599
I had to say, Brian Key is the one.

651
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,039
Speaker 3: That I would like, that's the guy, like if if

652
00:30:02,079 --> 00:30:03,519
I'm in charge of this search and.

653
00:30:04,039 --> 00:30:08,799
Speaker 6: Who knows Texas Hainesaw massacre, like he is a dog.

654
00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,039
Speaker 3: They're always ready to play. It's something unless you was

655
00:30:13,079 --> 00:30:14,839
lacked the last four years. You're not a physical team,

656
00:30:14,839 --> 00:30:16,920
you're not ready to play. Look, there's a lot of

657
00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:18,839
good candidates out there. So I've seen a lot of

658
00:30:18,839 --> 00:30:20,480
people freak out and say, we're not going to get

659
00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:22,079
a big name. Jeff Landry doesn't want to give a

660
00:30:22,079 --> 00:30:23,400
ten year deal. He doesn't want to give it a

661
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:25,880
big contract. Guys, just because a coach is not a

662
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,000
quote unquote big name, does not mean they're not a

663
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,359
good coach. Less Miles wasn't a huge name. Nick Saban

664
00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:33,920
had a huge name. Hell Ed Orgeron was your interim

665
00:30:33,960 --> 00:30:36,960
head coach at best your third option because you struck

666
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:39,559
out on Jimbo Fisher and Tom Herman, and he worked

667
00:30:39,559 --> 00:30:40,960
out better than both of those guys and brought you

668
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,279
a national championship hand up. I didn't want it, or

669
00:30:43,279 --> 00:30:44,839
as you're on as the coach. I thought you were

670
00:30:44,839 --> 00:30:47,119
better than to hire your interim coach. But you know what,

671
00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:49,680
it worked out. Sometimes the best fit doesn't always have

672
00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:52,079
to be the big name real quick.

673
00:30:52,279 --> 00:30:54,599
Speaker 5: Someone that Matt has brought up a lot that I

674
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:56,720
actually would be a fan of. Two just had a

675
00:30:56,720 --> 00:31:01,359
big upset win over Miami Jeff rom Over at Louisville.

676
00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:02,599
I like that one too.

677
00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:06,599
Speaker 3: But then yeah, Alma Mater, Like okay, I didn't know that,

678
00:31:06,799 --> 00:31:09,640
So why like dumb for me not to no.

679
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:09,839
Speaker 4: No, no no.

680
00:31:10,279 --> 00:31:12,279
Speaker 3: But I mean he's not going to go to the playoff. Yeah,

681
00:31:12,319 --> 00:31:14,640
like like a brand key, So he's more gettable when

682
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:17,480
I look at Dillingham. Dillingham went to Arizona State. He

683
00:31:17,519 --> 00:31:20,920
did not play at Arizona State. Maybe that matters a

684
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:21,640
little bit more.

685
00:31:21,799 --> 00:31:22,680
Speaker 4: Now, I will say.

686
00:31:22,480 --> 00:31:25,960
Speaker 3: This, if you offer brin Key, Jeff Brohm, Kenny Dillingham

687
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:27,759
the job and they don't want to leave where they're

688
00:31:27,799 --> 00:31:30,599
at to come to LSU and potentially win a national championship,

689
00:31:30,759 --> 00:31:32,759
then you have your answer because they're not the right

690
00:31:32,759 --> 00:31:34,880
guy for the job anyways. If they don't want to

691
00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:36,400
come here and they're not ready to come here and

692
00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:38,599
try to win a national championship, then they weren't right anyways.

693
00:31:38,839 --> 00:31:42,000
Move on because that gives you your answer right there on.

694
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:43,960
Is this person fit to be the head coach? No,

695
00:31:44,599 --> 00:31:46,680
because no offense to those schools. If you can't decide

696
00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:49,160
between Louisville and LSU, you're not ready to be LSU's

697
00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:51,519
head coach. Same can go for Arizona State, same can

698
00:31:51,559 --> 00:31:56,440
go for Georgia Tech. So your answers there. Everybody relaxed,

699
00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:59,160
be calm. There's a lot of good candidates out there,

700
00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:01,720
and my confidence going to hire the right one. After

701
00:32:01,799 --> 00:32:04,400
Jeff Andry's comments, I don't know. It would be a

702
00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:07,079
lot easier if we actually knew who was making this higher.

703
00:32:07,319 --> 00:32:09,880
Unfortunately we do not. Just be patient. We'll see where

704
00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:11,720
the chips fall, all right, We'll take a quick time

705
00:32:11,759 --> 00:32:14,480
out when we get back our guy. Chris Marler on

706
00:32:14,599 --> 00:32:17,960
Monday put out his week ten SEC Power rankings we're

707
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:21,000
looking at it and Marler, being a Bama guy, I'm

708
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,680
surprised he didn't do this. I got a disagreement with

709
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our guy. We'll get into it next hearing. Off the bench,

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Off the bench, all right, go.

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coming up for the holidays and you want to get

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ahead of it Thanksgiving, Chris, this New Year's whatever it

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might be, and you want to maybe save miles on

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your vehicle. Maybe you need something bigger, maybe you want

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Speaker 9: Yeah, you ever give it one of those gifts you've

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seen on the commercials with that big old red bow

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on the hood of a car.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that'd be pretty nice little Christmas gift.

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Speaker 9: Think about it, think about it, maybe go check it out,

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Maybe go talk to them about it over there at all,

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Go check them out, go to the website, see everything

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that they got on the lot. Right there, I'll start

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Speaker 2: And then.

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Speaker 1: Two thousand and seven shamps Purple and Gold to the core.

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This is Off the Bench with Hester and Flynn Baton

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Rougees go to for all things Louisiana's.

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Speaker 3: Welcome back in hour number one here on a Thursday

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edition of Off the Bench, Tayler shower with you alongside

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of Lauandravill Rial, Jacob Hesser and Matt Fleann will be

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back in the eight o'clock hours, so they'll be here

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for the last two hours of the show.

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Speaker 4: But we are hanging out here with you.

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Speaker 3: Got about twenty or so minutes until the boys join

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us back in the studio. Our own Chris Marler at

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Louisianasports dot Net put out his week ten SEC power rankings.

748
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A lot to like there, like he puts LSU at ten.

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Love you, Chris. That might be a little bit too generous, obviously,

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Kentucky's at the bottom because well Kentucky sucks.

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Speaker 4: But I want to talk about the teams at the top.

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Speaker 3: His top four, Vanderbilt, Ole, Mess, Alabama, Texas A and M.

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No problems there. That's clearly the top four. Texas A

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and M should not be over Alabama. And Chris is

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in Alabama fans, I'm a little surprised he did this,

756
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but Texas A and M is a good team. I

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am not gonna be one of those fans that's gonna

758
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come in and try to discredit off and say, my

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team didn't do anything wrong, but your team's not better

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than us.

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Speaker 5: Now.

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Speaker 3: They came out and beat the crap at LSU at

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the second half. I've done it two years in a row.

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That's a good football team. We talked about it a

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little bit going into that game. Their lack of playing

766
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in the big games.

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Speaker 6: Now.

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Speaker 3: They beat Notre Dame early in the year, but outside

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of that, their schedule has been a little light and

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it will continue that way down the stretch. Unfortunately. I

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think the Alabama Crimson Tide are the best team in

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the SEC. And I gonna be honest right now, it's not.

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Speaker 4: Close for me.

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Speaker 3: Alabama's beaten four ranked SEC teams Georgia, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, Missouri.

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Those teams are a combined twenty five and two against

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teams not named Alabama. The only two losses Tennessee lost

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straight up to Georgia, Missouri laws straight up to Vanderbilt.

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I mean, what are we doing here? This team is

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dominant coming into the year.

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Speaker 4: What did we said? Well, if they're gonna struggle at quarterback, because.

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Speaker 3: Ty Simpson's never done it, Ty Simpson looks like potentially

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the best quarterback in the country. Oh, they don't have

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any weapons outside of Ryan Williams. I got news for you, guys.

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Ryan Williams not the best receiver on this Alabama team,

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at least not this year. It's Jeremy Bernard. If you

786
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haven't watched Alabama, a ton, get used to the name.

787
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He's number five. They line him up in a number

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of spots. You can do just about anything on that team.

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He is a weapon, a big time weapon. And he

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got jam Miller in the backfield. But even when jam

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Miller went down with an injury, you're.

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Speaker 4: Number two, you're number three.

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Speaker 3: They stepped up against a good Vanderbilt team, against a

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good Missouri team, and they gave you some tough yards

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because they have a good offensive line players on defense.

796
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Pierre's had a really good year. Justin Jefferson, not that

797
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,639
Justin Jefferson, different one. He's having a really good season

798
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over there at lineback. Unfortunately, I don't think alabama'sun going anywhere.

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Look hand up coming into the year, I thought they

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were hell. When it was my turn to rank during

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the OTB Top twenty five, I put Alabama at twelve,

802
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and I was like, I don't know, this is probably right.

803
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They're probably the fourth or fifth best team in the SEC.

804
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Now they're the best team in the SEC until proven otherwise.

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I understand they have a loss on the record in Texas.

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Speaker 4: A and M.

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Speaker 3: Doesn't That is not the same Alabama team that played

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Florida State. I don't know what happened in that game.

809
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Maybe Alabama didn't take it serious, Florida State did. Those

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two teams have trended in completely different directions since Florida

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State won that game in Alabama lost it. I think

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Alabama is the best team in the SEC. You know,

813
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I talked about it a little bit going into that

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A and M game. Marcel Reidd kind of struggled against

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quote unquote good defenses. I mean, on the year, he's

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sixty one seventeen touchdowns, six picks, decent numbers.

817
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Speaker 4: But when you keep.

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Speaker 3: Marcell Reid in the pocket, he struggles to throw the

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football downfield. He actually struggled to throw the football downfield

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against Lshue when they kept him in the pocket. But

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for better or worse, like Baker is always going to

822
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be aggressive on defense, he blitz him. He gets outside

823
00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:56,119
the pocket, he takes off and run. He's done two

824
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years in a row now. But if you leave Marcel

825
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Reid in the pocket and forced him to throw the football,

826
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Notre Dame did this. He completed forty nine percent of

827
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his passes. Now give him credit. He made the big

828
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time throws at the end of the game to win

829
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the game. But play in and play out, he struggles

830
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with his accuracy from inside the pocket. Ty Simpson, on

831
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the other hand, does not. First off, he runs a

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little bit better, actually a lot better than people give

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him credit for.

834
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Speaker 4: But also.

835
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Speaker 3: Almost eighty percent completion this year, sixty seven point eight

836
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twenty touchdowns, just one interception. There's not a more efficient

837
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quarterback in the SEC right now than Ty Simpson and

838
00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:32,679
he's got weapons.

839
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Speaker 4: I mentioned Jeremy Bernard. We know about Ryan Williams.

840
00:38:35,360 --> 00:38:38,280
Speaker 3: Isaiah Horton did a really good job getting him out

841
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of the transfer portal. He's been a big time player

842
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:43,400
for this Alabama offense, unfortunately, has a lot of weapons.

843
00:38:43,599 --> 00:38:45,559
They have a really good quarterback, and they're gonna be

844
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a tough out.

845
00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:46,400
Speaker 4: Now.

846
00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:48,400
Speaker 3: Look, we're gonna break down Bama a little bit more

847
00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:51,840
obviously next week, as next week is LSU Alabama week.

848
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:54,480
But when I look at this team, I just I

849
00:38:54,519 --> 00:38:57,199
see a complete football team right now that can obviously change.

850
00:38:57,199 --> 00:38:59,400
Speaker 4: There's ebs and flows in every football season.

851
00:38:59,519 --> 00:39:01,719
Speaker 3: I mean, many people were laughing at Alabama Week one

852
00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:04,920
after losing to Florida State. I get it, but that's

853
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:07,000
not the same Alabama team then lost to Florida State.

854
00:39:08,960 --> 00:39:11,360
A laund your best team in the SEC who you got?

855
00:39:13,199 --> 00:39:15,400
So I can go either way on it.

856
00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:18,239
Speaker 5: This just like really pains me to say this because

857
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we all know I'm not.

858
00:39:22,519 --> 00:39:24,000
Speaker 6: I'm like number one Aggie hater.

859
00:39:24,159 --> 00:39:25,320
Speaker 4: Well I thought you, I thought you grew up in

860
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:26,360
Texas A and m FAI.

861
00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:31,800
Speaker 5: For sure, I can see what you mean with Alabama,

862
00:39:32,039 --> 00:39:34,960
and I do think that Tyson Simpson is probably. I mean,

863
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:38,039
there's a Tisman campaign right out there going on right now.

864
00:39:38,199 --> 00:39:41,840
He's certainly at the top of the Heisman running right now.

865
00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:45,599
But I'm gonna have to say, I'm gonna have to

866
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say Texas A and M just off of the strength

867
00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:50,039
to record strength the schedule. I know they have a

868
00:39:50,079 --> 00:39:53,440
really easy one coming up, but I feel like the

869
00:39:53,519 --> 00:39:56,840
teams that they needed to dominate, aside from maybe Arkansas,

870
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they dominated them.

871
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Speaker 6: And I just don't feel the same Forbama except.

872
00:40:01,360 --> 00:40:05,880
Speaker 5: For the Tennessee game maybe, And I can't think of

873
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:08,480
another one where I was like, okay, like they are

874
00:40:08,519 --> 00:40:11,039
completely over here, taking over this field doing this.

875
00:40:11,159 --> 00:40:12,880
Speaker 6: But I'm with you.

876
00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:14,880
Speaker 5: I can go either way on the two, but I

877
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just think it's Texas A and M up to this point.

878
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:20,039
Speaker 3: Look, I can go either way. That Alabama Georgia game

879
00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:22,400
that was those a little telling for me. They they

880
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:24,599
handled Georgia. That game was not as close as the

881
00:40:24,639 --> 00:40:28,800
score should But look it, we're gonna see this Alabama.

882
00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:30,239
Speaker 6: Stage went Alabama Georgia, Alabama Georgia.

883
00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:33,079
Speaker 3: Yeah, we're gonna see this Alabama team up close. Okay,

884
00:40:33,159 --> 00:40:34,320
let me ask you this before we get a break

885
00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:38,000
z LSU get the interim bump next week? Early prediction.

886
00:40:38,119 --> 00:40:39,199
Do they get the interim bump.

887
00:40:42,719 --> 00:40:44,159
Speaker 6: I'm gonna be positive and say yes.

888
00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:47,000
Speaker 4: Ok, I'm gonna say yes.

889
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:50,239
Speaker 5: Also, our guys are out there. They are, Matt and

890
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:52,679
Jake are out there. I already know they're pumping them up.

891
00:40:54,199 --> 00:40:56,199
Speaker 3: Depends on if if it's a good word day for

892
00:40:56,239 --> 00:40:58,800
Flinn or not. It could help or hurt them. Find

893
00:40:59,159 --> 00:41:01,760
Jake will be fine. I got mad. We worry about

894
00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:04,800
him at times. Do they get the interim bump. Yeah,

895
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:06,480
they'll play inspired, They'll they'll be physical.

896
00:41:06,559 --> 00:41:06,840
Speaker 6: Yeah.

897
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:07,679
Speaker 4: Do they win the game?

898
00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:10,880
Speaker 5: I mean, after that Pearl Harbor speech that Frank Wilson

899
00:41:10,920 --> 00:41:13,599
gave the other day, how can you not be so perfect?

900
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:17,079
Speaker 3: Sirens sound like? Okay, Frank, Yeah he really did teach

901
00:41:17,159 --> 00:41:17,440
me that.

902
00:41:17,719 --> 00:41:20,039
Speaker 4: Really, I'm not. I'm not on the team.

903
00:41:20,079 --> 00:41:21,599
Speaker 3: I don't I don't care if you teach me excess

904
00:41:21,599 --> 00:41:23,159
and teach me the sirens sound.

905
00:41:23,199 --> 00:41:24,840
Speaker 4: I want it all right. Look, we're gonna take a

906
00:41:24,920 --> 00:41:25,960
quick time out. We get back.

907
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:29,440
Speaker 3: We'll wrap up our number one as we await the

908
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return of Jacob Pesser and Matt Flinn to the studio.

909
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A big name in the coaching circles has thrown his

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name into the ring for the LSU head coaching job.

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Speaker 4: We'll break it down next. You're on off the bench.

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Off the bench, al right.

913
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Speaker 6: I'm so, but you won't.

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Speaker 1: Locked in on LSU Football twenty four to seven. You're

939
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listening to Off the Bench.

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Speaker 4: Welcome back in Off the Bench? What I for five?

941
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Speaker 3: Yes, being bed Rouge Taylor show up and Landra villar

942
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Rial doing Howard number one from the producer chairs.

943
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Speaker 4: We really can do it all.

944
00:43:20,159 --> 00:43:21,480
Speaker 3: I mean, if you ever want to know who the

945
00:43:21,519 --> 00:43:24,480
backbone of the show is, it's not those two slappies

946
00:43:24,519 --> 00:43:26,800
that sit up there. It's us back here. We are

947
00:43:26,840 --> 00:43:30,039
managing just fine without those guys. But in all seriousness,

948
00:43:30,159 --> 00:43:32,159
I saw somebody your earlier asked where they were. They're

949
00:43:32,159 --> 00:43:34,320
going to speak to the LSU football team this morning.

950
00:43:34,519 --> 00:43:37,440
Speaker 4: They had to do that. I think that's important enough

951
00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:38,119
to miss this show.

952
00:43:38,119 --> 00:43:40,880
Speaker 3: I think this is a very pivotal time for this

953
00:43:41,039 --> 00:43:44,039
LSU football program. So shout out to those guys for

954
00:43:44,119 --> 00:43:45,880
going to do that. They'll be back at eight o'clock

955
00:43:46,079 --> 00:43:47,719
supposedly we'll see.

956
00:43:48,239 --> 00:43:52,239
Speaker 5: Okay, it's gett mighty close to am.

957
00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:53,840
Speaker 4: Odds are odds of them coming back at eight o'clock?

958
00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:54,679
What you got?

959
00:43:57,199 --> 00:44:01,719
Speaker 3: I think it's plus right because I asked yesterday after

960
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:03,840
Jake was like, hey, we're gonna be back at seven.

961
00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:08,360
My first response was, are you still dressing up?

962
00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:10,679
Speaker 4: Because you guys aren't gonna be dressed up at LSU.

963
00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:11,440
Speaker 6: Can you imagine?

964
00:44:11,480 --> 00:44:13,119
Speaker 3: But you're not gonna be speaking to the team dressed

965
00:44:13,119 --> 00:44:16,039
like a skeleton. And then Flynn goes, no, we'll do

966
00:44:16,079 --> 00:44:16,960
a quick change.

967
00:44:17,119 --> 00:44:18,039
Speaker 4: So not only do they have.

968
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:19,800
Speaker 3: To leave LSU, they have to get over here, do

969
00:44:19,920 --> 00:44:22,199
a quick change, then be back for eight o'clock. It's

970
00:44:22,239 --> 00:44:24,039
seven to fifty three. Guys, I don't see it happening.

971
00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:29,440
I do not see it happening. A couple other things

972
00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:32,159
I don't see happening. Landra big name was thrown out there,

973
00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:37,119
put his hat in the ring. National Championship head coach, Okay,

974
00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:42,079
can I interest you in Samata what you're on?

975
00:44:42,559 --> 00:44:45,719
Speaker 5: Maybe in like an analyst role or recruiting or maybe

976
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:48,119
you know what, strength and conditioning.

977
00:44:48,679 --> 00:44:51,920
Speaker 6: I wouldn't be opposed to that, but as a head coach,

978
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I'm good.

979
00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:54,320
Speaker 4: You know what's weird?

980
00:44:54,920 --> 00:44:58,039
Speaker 6: We did that experiment. I think I'm good on it right.

981
00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:00,239
Speaker 4: And it ran it's course, like thanks for he brought.

982
00:45:01,159 --> 00:45:03,519
Speaker 5: How it all went down at the like I feel

983
00:45:03,519 --> 00:45:05,719
like with him and Tommy Moffatt, who I love, and

984
00:45:05,760 --> 00:45:07,199
I think he's doing a great job at.

985
00:45:07,119 --> 00:45:07,920
Speaker 6: Texas A and M.

986
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Speaker 5: I think we're doing a little bit of revisionist history

987
00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:11,159
with both of those.

988
00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:11,480
Speaker 6: Yeah.

989
00:45:11,599 --> 00:45:13,119
Speaker 4: No, and I appreciate you bringing that up.

990
00:45:13,159 --> 00:45:18,119
Speaker 3: Look, everybody that played for Tommy Moffatt said that's his

991
00:45:18,199 --> 00:45:18,679
favorite coach.

992
00:45:18,679 --> 00:45:19,920
Speaker 4: I thought he got a little stale here.

993
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:22,159
Speaker 3: Not necessarily bad, but I mean I just I thought

994
00:45:22,159 --> 00:45:23,320
he got a little stale here and.

995
00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:26,039
Speaker 6: He through a health thing, so I get it.

996
00:45:27,159 --> 00:45:28,960
Speaker 5: And he found a spark at A and M and

997
00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:31,400
it's back and I would love if he wants.

998
00:45:31,159 --> 00:45:32,079
Speaker 6: To come here. I would love that.

999
00:45:32,519 --> 00:45:35,000
Speaker 3: And then the coaches for getting a little bit. And

1000
00:45:35,159 --> 00:45:38,039
it wasn't just him, like Cheran didn't have a spark

1001
00:45:38,079 --> 00:45:40,360
like nobody on that staff did. And you could say, okay,

1002
00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:42,519
well look at what if a big mistake it is. Look,

1003
00:45:42,599 --> 00:45:45,440
he rejuvenated himself at Texas A and M. Sometimes it

1004
00:45:45,519 --> 00:45:47,920
takes a change of scenery and you can argue, oh

1005
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:48,599
Lsu sucks.

1006
00:45:48,719 --> 00:45:49,719
Speaker 4: Jake Flint's not the guy.

1007
00:45:50,159 --> 00:45:52,559
Speaker 3: Just because Jake Flint's not the guy doesn't mean that

1008
00:45:52,599 --> 00:45:54,320
it didn't get a little still here with Tommy Moffatt,

1009
00:45:54,320 --> 00:45:56,119
and I love Tommy Moffatt. I think he's great. I'd

1010
00:45:56,159 --> 00:45:59,440
welcome him back. Sometimes it takes a little bit of separation.

1011
00:45:59,519 --> 00:46:01,079
Sometimes it takes a little bit of a change of

1012
00:46:01,119 --> 00:46:05,079
scenery to do something right. Having said that, I think

1013
00:46:05,079 --> 00:46:07,199
I'll I think i'll pass. I think I'll pass. When

1014
00:46:07,239 --> 00:46:09,719
the editors we're on, all right, guys, that's going to

1015
00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:12,239
do it for hour number one? Coming up an hour

1016
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number two, Well, Jake and Matt scheduled to be back

1017
00:46:14,960 --> 00:46:17,159
at studio. We may dive into this. Editors're on a

1018
00:46:17,199 --> 00:46:19,519
little bit more. If they're not back at eight o'clock.

1019
00:46:19,519 --> 00:46:21,599
I do have a lot more thoughts on that. We're

1020
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gonna have a big dealer no big deal at nine

1021
00:46:24,119 --> 00:46:26,440
am or Munchie segment at nine pot fifteen. Then we'll

1022
00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:29,039
close it out. They'll be back at some point. Stay tuned.

1023
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This is off the bench.

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Speaker 1: Off the bench,