1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:03,799 Speaker 1: All Star Tour. You want to presents Off the Bench 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:07,240 with Jacob Hester and T Bob Abert. Yeah yeah, yeah, 3 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:10,960 yeah yeah, Off the Bench with Jacob Hester and C 4 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:11,960 Bob aber. 5 00:00:12,359 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 2: I gotta come off the bitch. 6 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:16,800 Speaker 1: Now here's Jacob Hester and T Bob Abert. 7 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 2: What's going on, y'all? Welcome man, a brand new day 8 00:00:24,559 --> 00:00:29,519 of OTB here live from Radio Row. It is Thursday, 9 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:33,240 and we are still sponsored by Labert's Hotel Casino A 10 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:35,159 matt Rue shout out to Lavera traving us out here 11 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,520 live on Radio Row in Super Bowl. It's incredible experience. 12 00:00:38,679 --> 00:00:41,439 It's been awesome. It's only getting increasingly awesome with each 13 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:45,359 passing day. Uh. If you're watching on YouTube accomps Twitter 14 00:00:45,399 --> 00:00:47,759 for a five yspan, you see that Jake is not 15 00:00:47,799 --> 00:00:51,880 next to me yet. Unfortunately, Jake seems to be a 16 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:55,759 bit of a modern day Jonah. If we all remember 17 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:58,719 he got stuck in all those awful travel hells in 18 00:00:58,759 --> 00:01:01,039 which everything was way over stuff. They only had one 19 00:01:01,079 --> 00:01:06,439 lines open, like the TSA and everything. Well, the conventionence 20 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:10,000 and or security doing their best TSA impression today despite 21 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:13,400 the fact there's like six scanners open, they only have 22 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:17,560 one line so Jake, I believe he's in line. I 23 00:01:17,599 --> 00:01:20,840 think it starts or it ends around Gretna. So we 24 00:01:20,920 --> 00:01:23,879 hope to get Jake in here sometime in the in 25 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:27,159 the first hour. All Right, we got a really good 26 00:01:27,159 --> 00:01:30,560 show planned for you today. Let's start here, though. I'm 27 00:01:30,599 --> 00:01:33,000 just gonna I'm just gonna, I'm just gonna charge ahead 28 00:01:33,439 --> 00:01:35,560 with all the Greg Brooks stuff off the top. 29 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:36,439 Speaker 3: Uh. 30 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:39,200 Speaker 2: I want to be clear before I play the Brian 31 00:01:39,280 --> 00:01:43,120 Kelly sound about how I feel about this. So if 32 00:01:43,159 --> 00:01:46,120 you missed it, Greg Brooks had a UH and his 33 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:50,599 family had an absolutely heartbreaking segment on Good Morning America 34 00:01:51,599 --> 00:01:53,959 where it shows what Greg has been through and we 35 00:01:53,959 --> 00:01:55,719 can talk about that in a second, but within it, 36 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,640 Greg's father says, Brian Kelly's not been a touched with 37 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:01,920 his son and Costago the Sunstreber of twenty twenty three, 38 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:06,480 and UH that that well, that's what Brian Kelly was 39 00:02:06,519 --> 00:02:10,400 responding to. I gotta be I gotta be so, so, 40 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:11,680 so so clear about this. 41 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:12,759 Speaker 4: Uh. 42 00:02:13,439 --> 00:02:23,840 Speaker 2: I don't really care at all to argue about did 43 00:02:23,879 --> 00:02:25,479 Brian Kelly get in touch with me? Did he get 44 00:02:25,479 --> 00:02:28,919 in touch to like I to me? What what we 45 00:02:29,039 --> 00:02:32,759 cannot lose sight of here, and the real hero and 46 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:37,560 the real tragedy of this all is Greg himself. Do 47 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:42,840 not use Greg as a launching pad to to to 48 00:02:43,039 --> 00:02:45,879 get your your Kelly beef off your chest. And in 49 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:51,120 the inverse, uh, do not attack Greg because you want 50 00:02:51,159 --> 00:02:54,960 to defend Brian Kelly. It's it's it's it's it's the 51 00:02:55,000 --> 00:03:00,439 story here. What matters is what happened to Greg Brooks, 52 00:03:01,240 --> 00:03:05,479 a young man in his physical prime, leader, captain of 53 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:09,439 the football team who you know, in my opinion I 54 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:17,719 believe was his situation was not handled correctly. But again, regardless, 55 00:03:17,759 --> 00:03:19,960 that is an opinion. The fact in the story and 56 00:03:20,039 --> 00:03:22,719 what matters here is that Greg Brooks was a young 57 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,439 man in his physical prime, had the entire world in 58 00:03:25,479 --> 00:03:29,039 front of him, and he went in for a surgery 59 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:31,080 in which he was told that it would not be 60 00:03:33,319 --> 00:03:35,120 that he would be up and walking like within a day, 61 00:03:35,159 --> 00:03:36,879 right like. He went in for a surgery that was 62 00:03:36,919 --> 00:03:40,199 not supposed to be life altering, and yet he emerged 63 00:03:40,199 --> 00:03:44,080 on the other side after multiple strokes, unable to talk, 64 00:03:44,159 --> 00:03:47,639 unable to walk, unable to eat. And now this young 65 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:53,080 man is pouring everything that he has in learning how 66 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:55,159 to live once again, learning how to move once again, 67 00:03:55,240 --> 00:03:57,800 learn how to talk once again. Even listening to him 68 00:03:57,840 --> 00:03:59,800 in that interview, the fact that he's gotten where he's 69 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:06,280 got two is impressive in heartbreaking, and I've seen a 70 00:04:06,319 --> 00:04:08,840 lot of people talking about online like, oh well once 71 00:04:08,879 --> 00:04:11,400 the family lord Brian Kelly has to stepped talking to 72 00:04:11,439 --> 00:04:14,800 him first off, saying it like luer it up, Like 73 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,639 that's the wrong thing to do. What would any of 74 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:20,279 y'all done? What would you do in the same situation? 75 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:24,879 Everybody would do the exact same thing, says every family's 76 00:04:24,959 --> 00:04:30,839 worst nightmare come to life. And yeah, of course you 77 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:35,399 feel wronged and slighted and misled, and like the people 78 00:04:35,399 --> 00:04:37,240 who did the surgery weren't qualified to the surgery because 79 00:04:37,240 --> 00:04:39,120 look at what happened. And I'm not a doctor, so 80 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:40,639 I don't know what the case is there, but to 81 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:42,439 say that you would it, or that it's somehow wrong 82 00:04:42,519 --> 00:04:45,959 to absolutely absurd and yeah, vk stuff talking abou after 83 00:04:45,959 --> 00:04:50,959 they lord up. I think that's awful too. So again 84 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:55,120 like I'll play the Brian Kelly sound, but I want 85 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,439 you to know I don't care about it. All I 86 00:04:58,519 --> 00:05:01,560 care about and the story is Greg Brooks and what 87 00:05:01,680 --> 00:05:05,000 he went through and his continued road to recovery and 88 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:07,879 how can we support him? How can you support him? 89 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:11,319 There go fundies, I'll we'll look into it, find any 90 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,360 links that we can. But if you have any of 91 00:05:13,360 --> 00:05:16,360 the family, friends, anything like That's the story here is 92 00:05:16,399 --> 00:05:20,399 Greg's continued road to recovery. So sorry, I had to 93 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:23,120 get that off my chest. I feel like people are 94 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:26,839 really losing the I feel like people are really losing 95 00:05:26,879 --> 00:05:29,439 the thread here when it comes to what matters in 96 00:05:29,519 --> 00:05:33,279 this story. All right, there's no way to, you know, 97 00:05:33,279 --> 00:05:34,920 when you talk about something serious like this, there's no 98 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:40,120 way to kind of let's just do the easy transition. 99 00:05:40,199 --> 00:05:42,439 Let's just do the pivot. Thank you, Jake. And there's 100 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:43,319 Jake Kester. What's up? 101 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:43,480 Speaker 5: Man? 102 00:05:43,480 --> 00:05:46,160 Speaker 2: You got him from from the Gretna security line. Yeah, 103 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:48,120 so Bo, it's fine. 104 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:51,480 Speaker 3: Bo. If somebody takes a picture of this credential and 105 00:05:51,639 --> 00:05:54,199 makes another credential out of it, I'm not gonna get 106 00:05:54,199 --> 00:05:55,720 mad at him. I'm gonna put him in the next 107 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:59,920 Mission Impossible movie. Okay, because that is impressive. But I'm 108 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,519 saying what you're saying, the man who's. 109 00:06:01,319 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 2: Been waiting at security brouh, I mean a little testing. 110 00:06:03,759 --> 00:06:05,879 You can't be here you go. I got I got 111 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:08,800 so big coffee. This is our for I love you. 112 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:10,439 This is our fourth day here. 113 00:06:10,639 --> 00:06:14,279 Speaker 3: And we get here and we walk right in and 114 00:06:14,360 --> 00:06:16,839 so I'm just chilling, hanging out, and no, I walked 115 00:06:16,879 --> 00:06:19,519 to security today and the back of the line is 116 00:06:19,560 --> 00:06:22,759 in the West Bank, so it took him minute. It's 117 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:25,720 and then God bless the guy in front of me. 118 00:06:25,759 --> 00:06:27,160 He was at least one hundred and four if I 119 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:28,639 had to put a year on it. And he had 120 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:33,079 all the equipment. He had seven batteries, six cameras, tripods 121 00:06:33,079 --> 00:06:36,160 and everything, and he fumbled him about six times. So, 122 00:06:36,199 --> 00:06:39,800 but we're here. They should have just cut in the line, right, 123 00:06:39,759 --> 00:06:41,199 I mean Rivers was like in the front of the 124 00:06:41,199 --> 00:06:41,680 line when. 125 00:06:41,519 --> 00:06:44,160 Speaker 2: I barely missed me, you could have. Wow, you didn't 126 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:46,560 hop in with Rivers. I was going to and then 127 00:06:46,639 --> 00:06:50,319 I was like, I don't want to be the cutter. Wow. Uh, 128 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:52,879 y'all both do that, which I guess speaks to your integrity, 129 00:06:52,959 --> 00:06:56,879 But like, at the same time, it's not the taxi 130 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:59,680 in writch question, is that cutting the line? If you 131 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:02,759 have someone who is of your party, you're you're nodding vigorously. 132 00:07:02,879 --> 00:07:05,360 But people do this with family members all the. 133 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:07,480 Speaker 3: Time because you're not sure, like in Disney, like if 134 00:07:07,480 --> 00:07:09,519 you were in line, I mean not Disney. 135 00:07:09,519 --> 00:07:11,879 Speaker 2: In the airport, if one person's waiting in line, and 136 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:13,639 then what you're gonna like and the kid wants to 137 00:07:13,639 --> 00:07:15,360 come up, your wife wants to come up, You're gonna 138 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:17,040 say no, You're gonna kick the wife to the back 139 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:18,000 of the line. I don't know. 140 00:07:18,079 --> 00:07:20,519 Speaker 3: I am pretty bad. Like when I'm at the National 141 00:07:20,639 --> 00:07:23,959 Championship game. This is funny that it came up. EJ 142 00:07:24,079 --> 00:07:26,160 and I were in line and somebody like they started 143 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,279 a new line and we were like fourth in line, 144 00:07:28,319 --> 00:07:31,040 and like the person that was fifteenth in line thought 145 00:07:31,040 --> 00:07:32,439 that they got to get in the line that just 146 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:34,000 opened up next, And I was like, hold up, wait 147 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:34,399 a minute. 148 00:07:34,439 --> 00:07:35,439 Speaker 2: That ain't how that works. 149 00:07:35,519 --> 00:07:37,480 Speaker 3: The people in front of me and EJ they get 150 00:07:37,519 --> 00:07:40,279 to go because they're next in line. So oh yeah 151 00:07:40,319 --> 00:07:41,959 when they opened up a new yeah, yeah, so I 152 00:07:41,959 --> 00:07:42,879 think it's a little bit different. 153 00:07:42,959 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's that's a little bit of a wild West situation. 154 00:07:45,720 --> 00:07:46,560 Ain't a wild West. 155 00:07:46,639 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 3: It's uh, this person that's waiting next, they get to go, 156 00:07:49,879 --> 00:07:51,399 not fifteen rows back. 157 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:56,240 Speaker 2: Unless you are unless you are very active and enforcing that. 158 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:00,079 Oh I'm at people. People will run and uh, you know, 159 00:08:00,199 --> 00:08:04,879 first come, first serve that second line, I'm passer. My 160 00:08:04,959 --> 00:08:09,600 point is there's nothing wrong, especially in a radio o 161 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:13,000 security line, with hopping in with someone who is on 162 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:16,000 your show. It's already been waiting and you're about to 163 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:18,720 go on. I even hit that second glance, like, I 164 00:08:18,759 --> 00:08:20,560 don't think it's wrong. I can't believe we Rivers did 165 00:08:20,560 --> 00:08:22,519 to invite you in the line. I think that's very 166 00:08:22,560 --> 00:08:26,600 wrong personally me. No, there was no imitation, for sure. Unbelievable, dude, 167 00:08:26,959 --> 00:08:30,040 unbelieve it'd be your own people guys. H I agree. 168 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,240 I don't think that's cutting chat. You can let me 169 00:08:32,279 --> 00:08:35,480 know whether or not we are. We are really though. 170 00:08:35,919 --> 00:08:37,840 Speaker 3: It just kind of tells you what it's going to 171 00:08:37,879 --> 00:08:40,399 be like in here today, at least I think so. 172 00:08:40,639 --> 00:08:41,799 Speaker 2: Like they only had one. 173 00:08:41,679 --> 00:08:44,440 Speaker 3: They only had one gate open too, which I don't understand, 174 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:46,639 just like the Atlanta Airport. 175 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:48,759 Speaker 2: That's what I said. That's why I described you. I 176 00:08:48,799 --> 00:08:50,399 was like, appears that Jake has a little bit of 177 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:53,679 Jonah and him because the bad luck is following him around, 178 00:08:53,799 --> 00:08:56,679 just like the super stuff there iPort, you got you got. 179 00:08:56,639 --> 00:09:01,320 Speaker 3: Six X ray machines metal detectors, and on Thursday of 180 00:09:01,519 --> 00:09:04,360 media row at the Super Bowl, you have a singular 181 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:07,120 one open, and then you're getting mad that the line's 182 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:08,320 getting along a bull choice. 183 00:09:08,799 --> 00:09:12,120 Speaker 2: You got five that aren't being used. Are those for? Looks? 184 00:09:12,279 --> 00:09:15,159 Are those paperweights? What are those for? Oh my god, 185 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:19,440 I just got a text from my buddy who works 186 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:23,159 for the Vikings, completely unrelated. He just got a town, 187 00:09:23,519 --> 00:09:26,440 said Bob. The security line is unlike anything I've ever seen. 188 00:09:26,519 --> 00:09:30,559 It looks like the Gossip Border. Military's taken over Bourbon Street. 189 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:34,720 So shut out, shut out, Glenn. I hope, I hope 190 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:36,720 you get in here, all right? 191 00:09:38,159 --> 00:09:40,279 Speaker 3: Oh, proceed to the route, you see. You don't know 192 00:09:40,279 --> 00:09:41,919 how to get to New Orleans. I don't even know. 193 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,440 I'm even confused. I don't keep my behaving that thing tough, 194 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,799 all right, So here's what we are going to do. 195 00:09:51,039 --> 00:09:53,320 Sorry for being late, though you were later, I mean, 196 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:54,919 I mean kind of. That's first time I've ever not 197 00:09:55,000 --> 00:09:56,399 been here for the open of the show. I feel 198 00:09:56,399 --> 00:09:57,279 like Flynn a little bit. 199 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 2: I remember back in the day when I first started 200 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:02,399 to hear and everybody hated me. I woke up at 201 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:08,000 like six point fifty five. One time got there at 202 00:10:08,039 --> 00:10:09,919 like seven o. He just had an absolute pan. It was, 203 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:11,960 it was, it was, it was all. I agree, Jake 204 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:14,440 deserves to week off me personally me. All right, sure 205 00:10:14,480 --> 00:10:18,600 what that's week off? All right, let's do this because 206 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:20,279 I want to put a bone on this Greg Brooks thing, 207 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:24,559 because again I don't like how it's becoming an argument 208 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:26,639 instead of like what it should be, which is just 209 00:10:26,679 --> 00:10:32,200 continue to pray for Greg. Support Greg, like understand the 210 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:35,679 heartbreak of his story, but also acknowledge his kind of 211 00:10:35,759 --> 00:10:38,360 heroism as he continues to fight every single day to 212 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:40,480 learn how to move again, learn how to live again. 213 00:10:41,639 --> 00:10:44,440 But because he had the press coffe yesterday, well in 214 00:10:44,480 --> 00:10:47,360 this segment with what Brian Kelly had to say, and 215 00:10:47,399 --> 00:10:50,519 then coming up next segment, we'll get into all of 216 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:53,159 the actual football stuff. Sports stuff will really start the 217 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:57,080 show in earnest. So here, just give me bro just 218 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:00,240 just we'll just here. Just give me Kelly one. Give 219 00:11:00,240 --> 00:11:00,720 me Kelly one. 220 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,639 Speaker 5: I would be remiss if I did not address Greg 221 00:11:03,679 --> 00:11:08,759 Brooks Junior and the situation that unfolded in a interview 222 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:12,000 that was done on Good Morning America. There's many things 223 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:16,519 I can't say because it is pending litigation, obviously. 224 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 2: But here's what I can tell you. 225 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:22,000 Speaker 5: It is factually incorrect to state that I was not 226 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:28,000 there by Greg's side through this ordeal. I was there 227 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:31,559 on multiple occasions. We had somebody from my staff that 228 00:11:31,720 --> 00:11:35,320 was there virtually every single day. We love Greg, We 229 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:40,519 love him for the person that he is, for the 230 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:43,799 competitor that he is, and the battler that he is, 231 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:48,080 and can only wish him continued progress as he goes 232 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:50,360 through an incredibly difficult time. 233 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:54,919 Speaker 2: So there you go. It's a good Brian Kelly today 234 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:57,840 with press conference of today. Now when we get back 235 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:01,759 here on all the bench, let's get in to everything else. Okay, 236 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:03,720 you talked about the million dollar match, talking about the 237 00:12:03,759 --> 00:12:07,440 transfer portal, talked about the coaching hires, all of this 238 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:09,799 and more coming up next. 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That's roofing, 261 00:13:21,080 --> 00:13:22,360 gutters and sheet metal. 262 00:13:22,399 --> 00:13:25,679 Speaker 3: And also remember opposites in Lafayette and Baton Rouge, so 263 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:28,159 they are local in both of those communities, doing big 264 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,519 things in those Communities Pelican at roof dot. 265 00:13:30,360 --> 00:14:00,840 Speaker 4: Com about the way sheet move I can't figure it out. 266 00:14:00,039 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 1: Off the Bench with Hester and T Bob live from 267 00:14:06,759 --> 00:14:09,679 Super Bowl fifty nine Radio Row in New Orleans presented 268 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:14,519 by Low Bears Casino Hotel Baton Rouge. 269 00:14:13,639 --> 00:14:17,600 Speaker 2: Yo, what is going on? And welcome back to Radio Row. 270 00:14:17,799 --> 00:14:21,159 Off the Bench, by the way, guys, shout out to 271 00:14:21,200 --> 00:14:24,320 Oh we got the Flores Amboni come by hell Yeah. 272 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:29,080 Also shout out to Lebert's Casino Hotel Batteries for having 273 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:33,320 us here. I was just told something truly shocking. You've 274 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:37,840 heard us talk about the bounty paper towel activation here 275 00:14:37,879 --> 00:14:39,320 on radio. I think that's what they call it when 276 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:43,440 you do like something like pop up time a bit right. Well, 277 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:45,879 they've been hanging out the free wings at eleven am 278 00:14:45,919 --> 00:14:49,399 and they're good wings, five wings in each box, unlimited 279 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:52,679 supply Seemingly. I don't know if this is true, but 280 00:14:52,799 --> 00:14:56,679 I was told that bounty that it's four dollars a 281 00:14:56,720 --> 00:15:01,000 wing again again again again. I mean maybe like when 282 00:15:01,039 --> 00:15:03,480 you factor in like all the employees cost everything that 283 00:15:03,559 --> 00:15:06,759 these things are reproduced have four dollars a wing, and 284 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:10,720 I don't know, people may not realize this, Jake, because 285 00:15:12,879 --> 00:15:15,360 not a ton of people work in this profession. But 286 00:15:15,519 --> 00:15:20,840 there is not a group of human beings, maybe outside 287 00:15:20,879 --> 00:15:25,919 of like war refugees, that love free food as much 288 00:15:25,919 --> 00:15:30,799 as the media. I mean the media are cockerroaches. 289 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:35,679 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's sites, it's producers, it's everybody. 290 00:15:35,679 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 2: I mean everybody on the technical side. Engineers. 291 00:15:39,600 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 3: Engineers actually might be the number one Yeah, I mean, bo, 292 00:15:42,159 --> 00:15:42,960 do you agree with that? 293 00:15:43,039 --> 00:15:47,039 Speaker 2: I mean, engineers love some free food. Uh like absolutely 294 00:15:47,080 --> 00:15:49,240 love it. It's so if they're really if it's really 295 00:15:49,279 --> 00:15:51,840 twenty dollars, I get five wings in each box. I 296 00:15:51,879 --> 00:15:55,480 mean Downy's probably I mean just twenty thousand dollars a 297 00:15:55,559 --> 00:15:57,000 day there, I mean, who freaking knows. 298 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 3: I mean, so, I was coasting with Jess Schwartz, former 299 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:04,320 off into lineman Oregon, NFL big guy. He knocked down 300 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:08,600 three boxes yesterday during the show Easy easy brooks slight work, 301 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:09,919 I mean easy. 302 00:16:10,679 --> 00:16:14,240 Speaker 2: Oh, we'll get to light work eating. I had a 303 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:17,200 dream come true yesterday. But before you get there, let's 304 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:18,879 go ahead and get this show started. 305 00:16:19,840 --> 00:16:22,679 Speaker 1: It's time to get to work. Courtesy of Tiger Labor 306 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:26,399 and Staffing, where they can help take care of screening training. 307 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:31,159 Speaker 2: Payroll and more. Now for starters, the shortest way to 308 00:16:31,159 --> 00:16:33,080 period in the industry. Tiger Labor makes it easy to 309 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:36,399 transfer top talent under your payroll quickly. Tiger Labor personally 310 00:16:36,440 --> 00:16:38,399 vets your work for yourself all your stabbing needs, eether 311 00:16:38,480 --> 00:16:40,480 short or long term. I remember, guys, they're not just 312 00:16:40,639 --> 00:16:44,559 fording resumes to you, but interviewing and dispatching in person 313 00:16:44,759 --> 00:16:50,159 every morning at five A. All right, let's go ahead 314 00:16:50,200 --> 00:16:57,960 thing guys, and let us let's let's get at some 315 00:16:58,039 --> 00:17:00,919 of this. Brian Kelly sum he talked about everything. First off, 316 00:17:01,000 --> 00:17:05,039 let's just start with the portal obviously a massive hall. 317 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:07,680 Eight of the top one hundred players, that's the most 318 00:17:07,720 --> 00:17:11,440 in the FBS, the number one portal class. Here, give 319 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:14,720 me Kelly three here, kat Rian Kelly. On the twenty 320 00:17:14,759 --> 00:17:15,880 five portal class, we. 321 00:17:15,839 --> 00:17:19,359 Speaker 5: Had sixteen total transfers come in, eight on an offense, 322 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:22,079 seven on defense, and one special teams player. And we're 323 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:26,480 pretty excited about that. They give us a experienced group 324 00:17:26,839 --> 00:17:32,200 that has played high level football and blends to the 325 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:37,359 existing program that we have. So from that perspective, combined 326 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:40,839 with three straight top ten high school signing classes, we 327 00:17:41,039 --> 00:17:46,200 wanted now to enter into adding to that roster, and 328 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:49,160 I think we addressed it, and we believe that this 329 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:53,000 group now is such that we can compete for a championship. 330 00:17:55,079 --> 00:17:57,279 Speaker 2: There you go. So he's meeting the expectations head on, 331 00:17:57,319 --> 00:18:00,960 and make no mistake, those should be the expectations. There 332 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:04,799 are no excuses these last couple of years. Although I'm 333 00:18:04,799 --> 00:18:08,640 not saying like, I understand if you never agree, if 334 00:18:08,680 --> 00:18:10,240 you haven't agreed with some of these sentiments with the 335 00:18:10,319 --> 00:18:12,359 last couple of years, you can always point to one 336 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:14,680 thing or another as maybe an explanation for why things 337 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:18,119 aren't quite where they should be. But there's nothing left. 338 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:21,039 As he said, three top ten high school classes in 339 00:18:21,039 --> 00:18:23,680 a row now infused with the number one portal class 340 00:18:23,680 --> 00:18:27,039 in a row. You bring in Alex Satkins, you bring 341 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:31,400 in this entire defensive staff last year, like every piece 342 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:34,559 is in place. If you cannot compete for a championship 343 00:18:34,559 --> 00:18:35,880 this year, I don't think you ever will. 344 00:18:37,799 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 3: I mean, it sounds crazy to hear someone say that, 345 00:18:40,799 --> 00:18:42,960 but I understand what you're saying. Yeah, because of all 346 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:44,920 the things that you've done, and the one thing you 347 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:48,160 didn't do was attack the portal. You realized it, you 348 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:51,160 admitted it like you're like, hey, we kind of misjudged 349 00:18:51,200 --> 00:18:52,200 what we needed to do. 350 00:18:52,799 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 2: And I think there was some worry about the locker 351 00:18:55,039 --> 00:18:55,440 room tea. 352 00:18:55,559 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 3: I think that was because you know, Brian Kelly's been 353 00:18:57,720 --> 00:18:59,759 doing this for what four decades, and there was some 354 00:18:59,799 --> 00:19:02,079 more man, if I bring in too many people, what's 355 00:19:02,079 --> 00:19:03,759 it going to do to the locker room? And I 356 00:19:03,799 --> 00:19:08,079 think coaches are figuring out this is a different generation 357 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:10,519 of player. If you would have brought in ten new 358 00:19:10,519 --> 00:19:12,519 players when you and I were playing, I think it 359 00:19:12,559 --> 00:19:14,759 would have been awkward. There would have been some chemistry 360 00:19:14,799 --> 00:19:18,119 issues because like it just didn't happen and it was like, hey, 361 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:20,359 we're loyal. We're loyal maybe to a fault, like if 362 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:22,039 you ain't one of us, just go ahead and get 363 00:19:22,039 --> 00:19:22,440 out of here. 364 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:23,559 Speaker 2: Well now. 365 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:26,400 Speaker 3: And you'll see it on social media when somebody leaves 366 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:29,559 an LSU or when they come to like whatever, players 367 00:19:29,559 --> 00:19:31,839 that are on LSU are like, hey man, good luck, 368 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:34,799 go get yours, our best of luck in the upcoming spot. 369 00:19:34,799 --> 00:19:37,559 Speaker 2: Where I'd have been like, the hell you leaving us for? Yeah, 370 00:19:37,640 --> 00:19:41,240 that's but that's not it anymore. That's just not the feeling. 371 00:19:41,799 --> 00:19:43,640 Speaker 3: And so it's just and I'm not saying right wrong 372 00:19:43,720 --> 00:19:45,680 or in different, that's just the way it is now. 373 00:19:45,759 --> 00:19:48,640 And so I think that Brian Kelly and the staff realize, oh, 374 00:19:49,039 --> 00:19:51,839 we can bring in ten to twelve new players and 375 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:54,240 it's not going to really change the dynamic of the 376 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:57,920 locker room because this generation of player just expects it 377 00:19:57,920 --> 00:19:58,599 to happen now. 378 00:19:58,599 --> 00:20:00,680 Speaker 2: And so when a player comes in, all right, well 379 00:20:00,720 --> 00:20:01,519 you're our boy. Now. 380 00:20:01,920 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 3: We're seeing it across college football. I mean, look at 381 00:20:05,559 --> 00:20:09,279 Riley Leonard, right, he gets to Notre Dame in the spring, 382 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:12,400 can't even go through spring practice, doesn't work with his 383 00:20:12,440 --> 00:20:14,960 team with pads on until fall camp, and they go 384 00:20:15,039 --> 00:20:16,559 and play for a national championship. 385 00:20:16,839 --> 00:20:18,319 Speaker 2: So I think that this staff. 386 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 3: Realized that you can bring in new talent from everywhere 387 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:23,799 across the country and still have that chemistry that you're 388 00:20:23,799 --> 00:20:25,880 looking for in the locker room. And so now that's 389 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:28,640 why you have, you know, eight top one hundred players 390 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:31,240 that are going to be beneficial for you in positions 391 00:20:31,279 --> 00:20:31,640 of need. 392 00:20:31,920 --> 00:20:35,400 Speaker 2: So it's definitely a strategic change to go after the players. Also, 393 00:20:36,079 --> 00:20:40,240 it took a monetary investment change, and one of the 394 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:41,920 ways in which they created some of that money here 395 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:45,039 recently was with the million dollar match, which Brian Kelly 396 00:20:45,079 --> 00:20:46,759 pledge a million of his own dollars to go to 397 00:20:46,799 --> 00:20:49,759 things like facilities and back to the school for every 398 00:20:49,839 --> 00:20:51,839 new bit of grass roots finding that came in. Of course, 399 00:20:51,839 --> 00:20:55,279 another secret donor walked in and agreed to do it 400 00:20:55,319 --> 00:20:59,359 as well. This is Kelly four on how the million 401 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:01,480 dollar match was it effective. 402 00:21:01,799 --> 00:21:05,640 Speaker 5: We're very appreciative of our fans and the generosity the 403 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:10,119 million dollar match that I put out there. Relative to nil, 404 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:12,440 it looks like we've met our goals and I couldn't 405 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,640 be more excited about that and the direction that that 406 00:21:15,799 --> 00:21:20,079 allows us to continue to move relative to nil. So 407 00:21:20,519 --> 00:21:24,839 we had an anonymous gift that matched it in its totality. 408 00:21:24,880 --> 00:21:27,799 Plus I think there'll be a release here in the 409 00:21:27,839 --> 00:21:32,200 next forty eight hours that we also were able to 410 00:21:32,319 --> 00:21:34,119 match the initial nil. 411 00:21:35,720 --> 00:21:38,839 Speaker 2: Coach Kelly's Boston came out, there was a million dollar match. 412 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:42,039 But yeah, I mean, look, man, it was very effective. 413 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:44,720 As you said, it went from making Elis one of 414 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:46,160 the schools that kind of had the least to spin 415 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:49,240 to all of a sudden maybe having more grassroots funding 416 00:21:49,279 --> 00:21:53,640 than anybody in the entire country. Shout out to our 417 00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:56,680 awesome Louisiana State troopers keeping us safe here at the 418 00:21:56,680 --> 00:21:59,720 Convention Center. Just brought us by some awesome state tube 419 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:03,400 repairs as well. All right, here's what Brian Kelly. So, 420 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:07,799 Alex Atkins comes over from Florida State. He was OC 421 00:22:08,599 --> 00:22:12,400 last year with disastrous You clean everybody underneath, norvel you 422 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:14,839 into battyman as a tight ends coach. But this is 423 00:22:14,880 --> 00:22:18,400 a very good O line coach, a very good offensive 424 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:21,359 coordinator man who understands the run game. Jamesbond that else 425 00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:23,720 you really struggled that. Yeah, we talked about yesterday. Here's 426 00:22:23,720 --> 00:22:25,680 a Brian Kelly and it took me Alex Tadkins role 427 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:27,119 as run game coordinator. 428 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,160 Speaker 5: First of all, excited about Alex. He brings a great 429 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,799 deal of experience as a coordinator, but more importantly his 430 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:36,200 depth and background in the run game as an offensive 431 00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:40,240 line coach. He adds another perspective in that room with Brad. 432 00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:43,640 He will not be stepping on Brad's toes. Brad's done 433 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:47,079 an incredible job. This is really having somebody that will 434 00:22:47,119 --> 00:22:50,359 coach the tight ends and have a specific focus towards 435 00:22:50,519 --> 00:22:53,680 our run game and how it marries and matches to 436 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:57,119 what I'm looking for within our overall offensive structure. So 437 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:00,480 having somebody that is dedicated to that, having somebody that 438 00:23:00,599 --> 00:23:03,599 has his eye on it every day. I felt where 439 00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:07,599 we are today that that was a great need, and 440 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:11,000 to get somebody with his kind of experience and building 441 00:23:11,079 --> 00:23:15,319 run games in particular, so the need, the timing, all 442 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:17,119 those things make it a great fit. 443 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:20,599 Speaker 2: So, Jake, one thing that I find to be interesting 444 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,160 here is in this no disrespect to tight end coaches, 445 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:26,640 but in game coaching, I feel like tight end coaches 446 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:30,160 a lot of times don't have the most to do necessarily, 447 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:36,519 bro Bro. He literally would no, he would probably back 448 00:23:36,559 --> 00:23:38,680 it up because when Stud went to OC and got 449 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:40,880 bumped up to the booth, Slinger's just like, oh well, hell, 450 00:23:40,920 --> 00:23:42,960 I'll coatch you a line during the game, like so 451 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:46,079 like like no, so whatever. I guess The point is 452 00:23:46,119 --> 00:23:50,359 like during the game he can be really focused on 453 00:23:50,599 --> 00:23:54,839 what's going on and strategically, what can we pull out 454 00:23:54,880 --> 00:23:57,440 of our run game to try to have success, more 455 00:23:57,440 --> 00:23:59,160 so than a Brad Davis. He's got to worry about, 456 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,079 you know, having all five what do we see in 457 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:04,440 what's here? What's here? So yeah, it's pretty pretty nice, 458 00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:07,599 really kind of puzzle piece. It feels like a nice 459 00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:08,279 like slot in. 460 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:10,279 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I bet that those tight ends are going 461 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:12,200 to be in the offensive line room a lot and 462 00:24:12,319 --> 00:24:15,200 kind of like some combo meetings. Just not to say that, 463 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,359 you know, Udez Green won't go to a receiver meeting. 464 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,519 I mean he probably will at some point. But the 465 00:24:20,559 --> 00:24:22,680 tight end group, before we get to the O line stuff, 466 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,000 it's really important that they have a big year. Yes, 467 00:24:25,079 --> 00:24:27,799 you lost Mason Taylor, that is a massive loss, and 468 00:24:27,839 --> 00:24:30,240 then you kind of have some pieces of you got 469 00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:32,559 a true why You've kind of got Sharp who's a 470 00:24:32,559 --> 00:24:33,880 little bit of a Y and an F, and then 471 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:35,880 you got Green, who is a true F. He's not 472 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,240 ever going to be a Y and that's not going 473 00:24:38,279 --> 00:24:39,759 slight at him. I think that's a good thing. I 474 00:24:39,759 --> 00:24:41,960 think it's good that you have three different tight ends 475 00:24:41,960 --> 00:24:43,759 that are going to play. So you do have some 476 00:24:43,799 --> 00:24:45,400 work to do in your own room to make sure 477 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,640 everybody's ready to go because of what you lost. But 478 00:24:47,799 --> 00:24:50,799 also you can, like you said, not doing shade at 479 00:24:50,799 --> 00:24:52,960 the tight end coach, but you can't help out with 480 00:24:53,039 --> 00:24:55,400 the offensive line because a lot of times there's an 481 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:59,200 extension of the offensive front and then you know, when 482 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,359 you're sitting there and I would assume he's going to 483 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:03,240 be up top and Brad Davis is probably going to 484 00:25:03,319 --> 00:25:05,920 be on the field. Like you're looking at the totality 485 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:07,440 of the run game and the tight ends is going 486 00:25:07,519 --> 00:25:09,240 to be included in that, and so you can kind 487 00:25:09,240 --> 00:25:11,359 of eye hustle all of it at one time with 488 00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:15,480 somebody that was a rising star in college football before 489 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:17,880 he kind of had to fall on the sword because 490 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:19,079 Florida State was so bad. 491 00:25:19,160 --> 00:25:21,559 Speaker 2: I mean, Mike Norval is like, I ain't going nowhere. 492 00:25:21,680 --> 00:25:24,000 Speaker 3: Somebody's got to go, and it's gonna be both coordinators, 493 00:25:24,039 --> 00:25:26,680 which is unfortunate because just a year ago that was 494 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:28,759 somebody that we were talking about being one of the 495 00:25:28,839 --> 00:25:32,519 true like rising stars. He'll get a head coaching opportunity 496 00:25:32,559 --> 00:25:35,039 here pretty soon. And then the year that they had 497 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:36,960 he kind of was the you know, the guy that 498 00:25:37,039 --> 00:25:39,240 had to unfortunately lose his job. 499 00:25:39,319 --> 00:25:41,480 Speaker 2: Well, I mean, well, fortunate for us. Maybe they go 500 00:25:41,519 --> 00:25:45,160 from yeah, one man's trash is another man's treasure. Right. 501 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:48,079 It feels right, isn't it? The old says right? Right? Yeah, 502 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:50,400 I mean it's not. You know, it's a tough job 503 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:52,319 as an OC no. Granted they probably should have done better, 504 00:25:52,720 --> 00:25:55,119 but it's a tough job as an OC when they 505 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:59,039 turn Jordan Travis into dj Ungalle and say, hey, do 506 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:02,559 the same thing. Yeah, that's a tough all right. Last 507 00:26:02,559 --> 00:26:04,839 oneing before we go to break again, not shine from 508 00:26:04,839 --> 00:26:08,559 the expectation. Kelly seven on what the portal plan was. 509 00:26:09,079 --> 00:26:13,039 Speaker 5: The big picture plan is exactly what you said was. 510 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:17,000 It was to surround Garrett on offense, to give Blake 511 00:26:17,079 --> 00:26:20,799 the pieces that he needs on defense to have a 512 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:24,240 championship roster. And I believe we did that on paper. 513 00:26:24,559 --> 00:26:26,720 Now we need to go to work on that and 514 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:29,160 and that work is in the details over the next 515 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:30,119 few months. 516 00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:35,279 Speaker 2: So there you go. On paper, they have crafted the team. 517 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:38,359 Now they have to go get it done on the 518 00:26:38,400 --> 00:26:42,160 field where it matters. All right, check it out, guys. 519 00:26:42,319 --> 00:26:44,319 Let's uh, let's let's go to go to break. I's 520 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:46,279 got a lot more Kelly sound that I want to 521 00:26:46,279 --> 00:26:50,279 get to and that we will get to. So keep 522 00:26:50,279 --> 00:26:52,759 it locked right here on off the bench. Coming up 523 00:26:52,839 --> 00:26:54,920 next with more Brian Kelly from his press conference yesterday 524 00:26:55,559 --> 00:27:02,559 after bench. To remind you about Boudro Electrical. Go to 525 00:27:02,599 --> 00:27:05,599 Boudros Electric, Go to Bujo's Electrical dot Com. If you 526 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:09,160 are in the market for a generak home generator, Boudros 527 00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:11,240 are your experts. 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It was in 546 00:27:58,319 --> 00:27:59,440 the forty five's and mobile. 547 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:01,799 Speaker 3: It's already like fifty six here just a week later 548 00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:06,440 of the reviews on Google boo Jo's electrical dot com. 549 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:22,200 Speaker 2: Yo, this is wow girl One time, one time. 550 00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:24,400 Speaker 1: Hey, you know what you've got? 551 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:29,599 Speaker 2: I heard you say. 552 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:31,559 Speaker 4: Good song. 553 00:28:36,519 --> 00:28:39,119 Speaker 1: Off the Bench with Hester and t Bob Live from 554 00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:42,079 Super Bowl fifty nine Radio Row in New Orleans presented 555 00:28:42,079 --> 00:28:44,480 by Low Bears, Casino Hotel, Baton Rouge. 556 00:28:47,119 --> 00:28:51,440 Speaker 2: Yo, what's going on y'all? Welcome back off the bench 557 00:28:51,839 --> 00:28:53,839 here live a Radio Row. Shout out to the Bearage 558 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:56,799 Tito Hotel about Rouge for having us out of here. 559 00:28:56,799 --> 00:28:58,599 All right, let's continue to break down some of this. 560 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,720 Brian Kelly sound guys. He had a twenty eight minute 561 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:04,640 press conference yesterday kind of a state of the union 562 00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:08,359 here after after Oh for wait, signing day was yesterday, right, 563 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:09,440 I guess that's what it actually is. 564 00:29:09,599 --> 00:29:13,720 Speaker 3: Kind of is well you forgot, I mean almost sort of. 565 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:17,160 I was talking every guest we had on yesterday over 566 00:29:17,759 --> 00:29:20,319 on Sirius. I was kind of like, hey, today's you know, 567 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:22,839 national signing Day, and everybody's like, no, it's normally no, 568 00:29:22,880 --> 00:29:24,400 it's the second one. It's like that, it's the one 569 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:26,720 that we all signed with and so it made him 570 00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:29,240 give me like their recruiting day's story and then like 571 00:29:29,279 --> 00:29:30,920 where they were going to go if they didn't go 572 00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:31,960 to their school. 573 00:29:32,359 --> 00:29:33,839 Speaker 2: And I never really knew this. 574 00:29:34,039 --> 00:29:40,279 Speaker 3: Ej Manuel second choice lsu Oh really yeah, Virginia Beach. 575 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:46,599 Speaker 2: Okay, is that in Virginia. The sad part is, I 576 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:48,680 know it's like probably in Florida because you went to No, 577 00:29:48,839 --> 00:29:51,200 it's eight, it's in Virginia. I have no idea where 578 00:29:52,160 --> 00:29:53,240 from Virginia Beach. 579 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 3: Virginia Beaches in Virginia. And no, he was going if 580 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:01,839 if Jimbo is probably on the coast, would have stayed. 581 00:30:02,839 --> 00:30:06,559 Speaker 2: Yeah, what right? I mean Bo, I'm not crazy? Okay 582 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:11,279 for real? Yeah, another new geograph fact learn guys. There 583 00:30:11,319 --> 00:30:13,440 you go. I had no idea. I assume you're talking 584 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:18,799 about Virginia Beach, Florida. But Virginia Beach, Florida. You say 585 00:30:18,839 --> 00:30:20,319 that again just to yourself now. 586 00:30:20,839 --> 00:30:24,240 Speaker 3: You know, let's get back to Kelly real quick, real quick. 587 00:30:24,279 --> 00:30:28,079 Can you imagine sorry, if EJ. Manuel would have signed 588 00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:31,680 in the I guess seven or eight class either way? 589 00:30:31,680 --> 00:30:33,200 Oh is that when it was Yeah, he would have 590 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:35,160 been the quarterback in twenty eleven. 591 00:30:35,759 --> 00:30:38,319 Speaker 2: Unfortunately, I don't know how different it would have been. 592 00:30:39,119 --> 00:30:41,720 You know what I'm saying. I just mean in that 593 00:30:41,799 --> 00:30:44,680 our offense was not here. I do hear what you say. 594 00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:47,440 It was not set up to make anybody successful. He 595 00:30:47,480 --> 00:30:49,720 was awesome. Yeah, he would have been better maybe then, 596 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:53,480 but he also had he also had Jimbo at the 597 00:30:53,519 --> 00:30:57,200 height of his offensive prowess. Yeah, we did not, that's true, 598 00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:01,359 all right, uh one, Okay, Speaking enough quarterbacks, one of 599 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:04,400 the sneaky interesting editions of the off season was Michael 600 00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:08,519 Van Buren coming over from Mississippi State. Here's Brian Kelly 601 00:31:08,599 --> 00:31:11,799 Kelly nine on what what was the idea behind Addam 602 00:31:11,839 --> 00:31:12,279 Van Buren. 603 00:31:12,759 --> 00:31:16,759 Speaker 5: Michael is as a young man that has sec experience 604 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,799 and and we wanted to supplement that in our room. 605 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:22,559 If you're going to go out and upgrade your roster 606 00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,359 in the manner that we did, continue to develop your 607 00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:28,319 football team. I think we all know that at some time, 608 00:31:28,599 --> 00:31:31,039 you know, number two may have to be called upon, 609 00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:33,359 and if he does, we feel like we've got in 610 00:31:33,519 --> 00:31:36,839 Colin and certainly with Michael, we've got two guys that 611 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:39,640 can go in and continue to compete for a championship. 612 00:31:40,759 --> 00:31:43,079 Speaker 2: Well then, and that's really smart man. It's almost like, look, 613 00:31:43,519 --> 00:31:46,759 I've made a very big investment and I want a 614 00:31:46,759 --> 00:31:49,240 little bit of insurance. Yeah, for sure. Right, it's a 615 00:31:49,319 --> 00:31:53,000 it's it's a literal football insurance policy with the added 616 00:31:53,079 --> 00:31:56,799 upside of like he did flash very nicely a couple 617 00:31:56,839 --> 00:31:59,200 of times as a true freshman in the SEC and 618 00:31:59,319 --> 00:32:02,839 so maybe he does end up becoming the next guy. 619 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:06,079 Was it the Georgia game. Yeah, three hundred and three touchdowns. 620 00:32:06,119 --> 00:32:08,880 They had a big day. And it's kind of like 621 00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:10,240 with Swan last year. 622 00:32:10,319 --> 00:32:13,599 Speaker 3: You bring it in because it's a just in case 623 00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:15,880 if ne Smeyer would have gone down. But I think 624 00:32:15,920 --> 00:32:18,920 this player certainly has a higher ceiling than DJ Swan had, 625 00:32:19,440 --> 00:32:23,039 and it's somebody that is, you know, capable of running 626 00:32:23,039 --> 00:32:25,599 almost whatever offense you want to put with him in there. 627 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:27,240 I think he can be a dual threat guy. He 628 00:32:27,319 --> 00:32:29,759 showed you he can throw for three hundred plus yards 629 00:32:29,759 --> 00:32:32,839 against the Georgia. So if you can convince somebody like 630 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,839 that to walk away from being the starting quarterback at 631 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,440 another SEC school and you can add him to your roster. 632 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:40,839 Like I'm not saying that he is going to be 633 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:44,079 the best quarterback in the conference, or maybe even ever 634 00:32:44,119 --> 00:32:46,240 a starter at LSU. But if that guy wants to 635 00:32:46,279 --> 00:32:47,920 come to your school, you're going to give him a 636 00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:48,880 scholarship every time. 637 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:52,519 Speaker 2: All right, let's then, so we've talked a lot about 638 00:32:52,559 --> 00:32:56,039 the transfers. How good the class is, Brian Kelly, this 639 00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:59,920 is Kelly ten. Which transfers are standing out here early 640 00:33:00,039 --> 00:33:00,759 on in the process. 641 00:33:01,079 --> 00:33:04,519 Speaker 5: Experience at the tight end position to Mary with a 642 00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:09,000 really exceptionally young player in Tredez, but bringing in Bauer 643 00:33:09,079 --> 00:33:11,599 Sharp who's got a lot of experience and you know, 644 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:14,519 a veteran kind of presence there at the tight end position. 645 00:33:14,799 --> 00:33:18,839 He's been outstanding. I think Jack Pyburn brings more than 646 00:33:18,960 --> 00:33:21,599 just his ability on the field, but how he impacts 647 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:24,720 everybody in the locker room and in the weight room. 648 00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:29,519 His demeanor, his attitude is infectious. I think those two guys, 649 00:33:29,759 --> 00:33:34,200 and I'd say, you know, Mansor Delante has been very, very, 650 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:38,079 I think impactful at the cornerback position. We've got some 651 00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:41,079 younger guys, some guys with experience, but we don't have 652 00:33:41,119 --> 00:33:45,680 a veteran player back there. And his leadership and just 653 00:33:45,759 --> 00:33:48,079 the way he's handled himself has been outstanding. 654 00:33:51,319 --> 00:33:55,319 Speaker 2: You can already feel the Piburn psycho white boy element 655 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,680 all the way from over here, attitude in the weight room, 656 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:02,079 and it kind of infectious energy. What's gonna be interesting, 657 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:06,200 Jake is you know, uh, sometimes two people start riffing, 658 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,440 they can reinforce one another, him and wit Weeks, both 659 00:34:09,599 --> 00:34:13,119 bringing that same kind of energy trying to outdo one another. 660 00:34:13,679 --> 00:34:15,880 Who knows how crazy could end up getting on that 661 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:16,559 side of the ball. 662 00:34:18,039 --> 00:34:21,480 Speaker 3: Like you need with you, buppy, You said this a 663 00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:22,280 couple of weeks ago. 664 00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:27,280 Speaker 2: You need enough of those. Yeah, LSU has the perfect amount. 665 00:34:27,559 --> 00:34:30,039 Maybe they're bordered on too many, bored on to me 666 00:34:30,079 --> 00:34:30,920 he got three weeks. 667 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:33,280 Speaker 3: Brother, they're whispering on the line of having too many, 668 00:34:33,599 --> 00:34:36,599 but it feels like it's just enough to you know, 669 00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:39,559 kind of put together with all the other great athletes 670 00:34:39,599 --> 00:34:42,199 that you have here and look all jokes aside though, 671 00:34:42,280 --> 00:34:45,719 Like wit Weeks is a really athletic human beings. Yeah, 672 00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:48,760 like he's not your typical you know, jack of all trades, 673 00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:52,719 master of non weight room warrior film, he's not like 674 00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:55,679 he's probably all those things. But also like we've seen 675 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,639 him close right when quarterback's been open field and he's 676 00:34:58,679 --> 00:35:01,079 made up that space, and so it does feel like 677 00:35:01,679 --> 00:35:04,679 a great combination of what you're looking for, because I 678 00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:07,320 think you do need some grit on the edge, like 679 00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:08,679 Sabian Jones gave you that. 680 00:35:09,480 --> 00:35:10,000 Speaker 2: He gave you. 681 00:35:10,079 --> 00:35:12,880 Speaker 3: Hey, I like, I'm not here to get ten sacks. 682 00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:15,639 I am here to hold the point, keep contained, be 683 00:35:15,719 --> 00:35:17,559 really good in the run game. And sure I'm gonna have, 684 00:35:17,639 --> 00:35:19,880 you know, a handful of sacks, but I am here 685 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:22,400 for a job and I'm gonna do my job. And 686 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:24,760 you do need some of that at edge because you 687 00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:25,280 lost it. 688 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:29,880 Speaker 2: Now. One element if you were to say, okay, championship bross, 689 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:31,719 so everything looks so good, they should be a championship 690 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:34,440 next year. If you were gonna say that there was 691 00:35:34,519 --> 00:35:39,159 one element that could potentially be the fly in the ointment, 692 00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:42,760 it would probably be the offensive line given all the turnover. 693 00:35:42,880 --> 00:35:45,320 I like what they have, but it's a bit of 694 00:35:45,360 --> 00:35:47,320 an experience. It's replacing a ton of starters that have 695 00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:50,639 been at there forever. Here's Kelly eighteen on what he 696 00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:53,920 views this spring portion is going to be like four said, 697 00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:54,599 oh lone. 698 00:35:54,599 --> 00:35:57,599 Speaker 5: We can start with in the portal of Braylan Moore 699 00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:01,039 and Josh Thompson will be too, will be part of 700 00:36:01,079 --> 00:36:03,840 that mix in the spring. But it's important to point 701 00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:07,159 out that you know there's going to be great competition, 702 00:36:07,639 --> 00:36:10,800 and you saw that in the bowl game. How really, 703 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:14,239 if you if you look across the board, Miles Fraser 704 00:36:14,519 --> 00:36:18,480 is the only player that does not return from Yeah, 705 00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:21,079 in that unit, So all of those guys will get 706 00:36:21,079 --> 00:36:24,800 the opportunity to compete. Plus the two that I've mentioned 707 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:28,000 that we're starters both at Virginia Tech and Northwestern, we 708 00:36:28,079 --> 00:36:30,679 think that that makes for a very competitive spring. 709 00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:35,280 Speaker 2: Yeah. So again competitive spring, right, this is gonna be 710 00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:38,320 where guys decide pole position for those starting jobs going 711 00:36:38,360 --> 00:36:40,480 into fall camp. It is the position group that I 712 00:36:40,519 --> 00:36:44,000 think I will most have eyes on this spring, as 713 00:36:44,079 --> 00:36:46,880 it is the position group that could likely well decide 714 00:36:47,440 --> 00:36:52,039 the eventual ceiling and or floor of this LSU football team. 715 00:36:52,119 --> 00:36:55,400 So excited to see what those guys can do. It's 716 00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:55,880 kind of a. 717 00:36:57,360 --> 00:37:00,000 Speaker 3: It's an unknown because you just don't know where everybody 718 00:37:00,119 --> 00:37:01,960 is gonna be slotted. But I want to ask you 719 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,920 real quick, for you to take this break, how confident 720 00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:07,599 are you with the additions that they made and seeing 721 00:37:07,599 --> 00:37:11,039 the players that played against Baylor and how successful they were, Like, 722 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:14,280 what's your confidence level? Maybe now compared to when we 723 00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:16,199 had the conversation before the ball game. 724 00:37:16,639 --> 00:37:19,159 Speaker 2: Uh, well, much more so because of how well the 725 00:37:19,159 --> 00:37:22,440 boy played. The boys played in the ball game, and then, 726 00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:27,079 like you said, adding the experience, because really experience is 727 00:37:27,119 --> 00:37:29,400 the only thing that they were missing in the bowl game. 728 00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:33,400 You added experience in the portal. You saw the talent 729 00:37:33,639 --> 00:37:37,599 in the bowl game. And look, eventually it's got to 730 00:37:37,639 --> 00:37:40,079 be your first time to play, you know, doesn't mean 731 00:37:40,079 --> 00:37:42,000 you're not gonna be good. Yeah, get you, You're gonna 732 00:37:42,039 --> 00:37:43,920 get better over time. The one thing I'm worried about, 733 00:37:44,039 --> 00:37:48,559 I think it's impossible to not take a step back 734 00:37:48,599 --> 00:37:52,559 when it comes to pass protection. But adding Alex Atkins 735 00:37:53,039 --> 00:37:55,159 increased emphasis on we have to get more created more 736 00:37:55,159 --> 00:37:57,119 success on the run game. Like you may take a 737 00:37:57,159 --> 00:37:59,840 step back in the pass unblocking or pass blocking, but 738 00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:03,519 you could potentially take a step forward run blocking. So 739 00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,119 I'm much more to your point, I'm much more confident 740 00:38:06,159 --> 00:38:07,760 than I was pre bowl game because I thought the 741 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:11,280 Boys played really well despite you know, really only having 742 00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:14,239 like a little mini camp to to get ready for 743 00:38:14,280 --> 00:38:14,559 the game. 744 00:38:14,679 --> 00:38:17,079 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I'll think Miles Frasier for sticking around yea 745 00:38:17,079 --> 00:38:20,760 and mentoring those players four fifteen practice. It's bettering himself, sure, 746 00:38:21,039 --> 00:38:24,000 but it was a very unselfish move for him to 747 00:38:24,159 --> 00:38:27,119 have that role because I do think it pays off 748 00:38:27,159 --> 00:38:29,400 not only in that game but in this upcoming season. 749 00:38:29,719 --> 00:38:31,679 Speaker 2: Uh. Sarah is Brian Kelly Mere with the media today. 750 00:38:31,679 --> 00:38:33,719 Look else, She's ad a very good offseason. Now they 751 00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:35,480 have to have very good season, which we'll continue to 752 00:38:35,519 --> 00:38:39,199 break down over the next eight months of our lives. 753 00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:43,039 Seven months, I guess at this point. Also real quick 754 00:38:43,079 --> 00:38:47,239 on Colin Hurley. Uh, there's no timetable on Colin Hurley. 755 00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:49,920 I remember he got in a car accident. He is 756 00:38:50,119 --> 00:38:54,880 recovering in Jacksonville again, expected to make a full recovery. 757 00:38:55,079 --> 00:38:56,679 All right, when we get back, I mean we got 758 00:38:56,719 --> 00:38:58,760 Pelican news. I lop to get to keep it locked here. 759 00:38:59,159 --> 00:39:07,639 Oh no, off the bench, Yeah, this right. 760 00:39:07,599 --> 00:39:13,599 Speaker 3: Here goes down to all the babies, mamas, mamas, moms, mamas, 761 00:39:15,599 --> 00:39:16,400 baby mom was. 762 00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:21,639 Speaker 1: Mom Off the Bench with Hester and T Bob live 763 00:39:21,679 --> 00:39:24,320 from Super Bowl fifty nine. Radio Row in New Orleans, 764 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:27,440 presented by Low Bears, Casino, Hotel, Baton Rouge. 765 00:39:28,320 --> 00:39:33,280 Speaker 2: Mean, give me on a fig was having y'all. Welcome back. 766 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:35,400 Radio Row brought to you by the Bear's Hotel Casino. 767 00:39:35,480 --> 00:39:37,079 Shout out to the Bearers for having us out here. 768 00:39:37,719 --> 00:39:41,639 Jake jo I mentioned yesterday that we were talking about food, 769 00:39:41,880 --> 00:39:47,159 and I had, oh, such a great meal yesterday in 770 00:39:47,159 --> 00:39:50,920 that regard. So after I got done with work yesterday, 771 00:39:51,639 --> 00:39:54,199 I was heading back to my dad's and you know, 772 00:39:54,199 --> 00:39:56,400 you got a pass through mid City get there, and 773 00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:57,719 so I was like, oh, yeah, you know what, I'm 774 00:39:57,719 --> 00:39:59,480 gonna like, stop it, buy your beer, guard. I'm gonna 775 00:39:59,519 --> 00:40:01,440 grab a beer, maybe get some of the like bar 776 00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:04,199 food or whatnot. And because when I lived here in 777 00:40:04,199 --> 00:40:07,280 my twenties, buy beer garden. I lived a little bike 778 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:09,400 ride away, used to go there all the time. That 779 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:11,880 was my version of Cheers, right, lived there, knew all 780 00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:16,239 the staff, loved everybody. Yeah, yeah, exactly right. And and 781 00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:18,519 he's watched all the Saints games there, And I got 782 00:40:18,639 --> 00:40:23,719 big Andy used to cook crawfish in the backyard and 783 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:25,719 he had like a catering business, but he just set 784 00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:27,519 up his own little rig out there and he always 785 00:40:27,519 --> 00:40:30,679 had these big but they just the best crawfish I've 786 00:40:30,679 --> 00:40:33,599 ever had in my entire life. Well, I've been out 787 00:40:33,639 --> 00:40:35,719 of the city now for what six seven years something, 788 00:40:35,719 --> 00:40:38,760 like that, and a lot. I don't know the city 789 00:40:38,840 --> 00:40:40,320 really at all anymore. It's funny a lot of people 790 00:40:40,320 --> 00:40:41,880 coming to town like what we do. I'm like, guys, I 791 00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:44,840 gotta be completely honest, like I'm not here that much anymore. 792 00:40:45,079 --> 00:40:49,480 And so I just assumed that Big Andy was no 793 00:40:49,519 --> 00:40:52,920 longer boiling bugs and buy you beer garden. Well there 794 00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:56,559 I am. I walk outside in the backyard, order I 795 00:40:56,679 --> 00:41:02,159 order a beer and start sniffing the air. I'm like, 796 00:41:02,199 --> 00:41:07,000 hold up, now that smells good, you know, like in 797 00:41:07,039 --> 00:41:09,719 a cartoon when you have the smell lines wafting through 798 00:41:09,719 --> 00:41:11,760 the air and they pick up the guy by his 799 00:41:11,840 --> 00:41:13,960 nostrils and you kind of float over to it. So 800 00:41:14,039 --> 00:41:18,159 I'm like, okay, somebody's burling back here. And sure enough 801 00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:22,079 I get back there and there he is, my guy, 802 00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:25,920 Big Andy. Only now it's official. He has a full 803 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,360 like pop up wooden little house. They turned the old 804 00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:32,920 parking lot into more seating. He's still burling him and 805 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:36,079 I took down two boxes. I don't know, probably five 806 00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:42,679 six pounds double fixings, two sausages, four petats, two corns. Jesus, 807 00:41:42,719 --> 00:41:47,079 I hated about five minutes. I was sweating, snot driven 808 00:41:47,119 --> 00:41:49,960 out of my nose. I had white pants on, I 809 00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:53,360 had crawfish grease saw over him. I was eating alone, 810 00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:55,960 bent over in the corner, hunched over, watching a World 811 00:41:56,000 --> 00:41:58,800 of Warcraft YouTube video on my phone, and I've never 812 00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:03,320 been happier in my entire life. God, it was good, dude. 813 00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:04,880 So I guess the point of all this is if 814 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:08,440 you want some good bugs, no free advertising. But I was. 815 00:42:08,519 --> 00:42:14,119 It was a really like great heartfelt moment to to 816 00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:16,320 to see that big Andy still borrow the bugs, the 817 00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:18,480 best croffics I've ever had. I've always said it, and 818 00:42:18,519 --> 00:42:20,320 it's still it still is. It's still just as good 819 00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:20,679 as I mean. 820 00:42:20,679 --> 00:42:22,440 Speaker 3: I talked to you right after that. I could hear 821 00:42:22,480 --> 00:42:24,840 the glean your voice yesterday. Yeah, yeah, I know. 822 00:42:25,119 --> 00:42:27,760 Speaker 2: I called like, I called you, I called Rivers, I 823 00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:30,880 called Joey. I called a few people to try to 824 00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:32,599 come eat with me, and nobody did. So I was like, 825 00:42:32,599 --> 00:42:35,440 all right, y'all's lost to well. I said there, you 826 00:42:35,480 --> 00:42:37,760 were working. Yeah, to be fair, I live here in 827 00:42:37,800 --> 00:42:40,639 the conventions. Yeah, that's true. Until like five thirty, I 828 00:42:40,639 --> 00:42:43,360 did not call you, Alandra. That's right. I apologize. I apologize, 829 00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:45,320 that's true. I figured you were still working as well. 830 00:42:45,360 --> 00:42:48,039 Speaker 3: She was because I brought EJ over to her after 831 00:42:48,159 --> 00:42:50,480 our show to film some content, so. 832 00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:54,000 Speaker 2: She was working. But yeah, man, oh god, I love 833 00:42:54,079 --> 00:42:56,559 them bugs. And then fix It's these are some big 834 00:42:56,639 --> 00:43:03,039 bugs too. Dudel basketball drops their fifth straight game. How 835 00:43:03,079 --> 00:43:05,880 about it. They made nine threes in the first half, Jake, 836 00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:08,400 they forced ten turnovers. They were still down thirty seven 837 00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:12,199 thirty one. Cool still lost eighty one sixty two. The 838 00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:14,360 state of basketball in Louisiana, if it was not for 839 00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:20,960 Kim Bulky, would be that of a desert right where 840 00:43:21,079 --> 00:43:24,039 oceans once rained and there used to be water and supply, 841 00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:27,000 but it's dried up. I mean, the Pelicans and the 842 00:43:27,079 --> 00:43:31,559 lsumen's basketball team are pathetic. Thank God for the LSU 843 00:43:31,559 --> 00:43:34,719 women's basketball team, who you can catch tonight at Maszoo 844 00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:38,000 six thirty pm, and then home against Tennessee this Sunday 845 00:43:38,039 --> 00:43:41,400 at three pm, which, my god, that's bad scheduling, dude. 846 00:43:41,719 --> 00:43:44,840 What are we doing, dude? This is a massive matchup 847 00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:47,239 of two of the best teams in the entire country. 848 00:43:48,039 --> 00:43:52,239 Tennessee with their new crazy way of playing where they 849 00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:55,079 do like full hockey line shifts and it's pressing its 850 00:43:55,119 --> 00:43:58,880 high speed, high scoring and it's at three pm before 851 00:43:58,920 --> 00:44:02,920 the Super Bowl. Guys, what are we doing? Dude? 852 00:44:03,280 --> 00:44:06,480 Speaker 3: Maybe I'm trying to think, like maybe, like the if 853 00:44:06,480 --> 00:44:07,800 you want to go, I mean you can get there 854 00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:08,280 and get home. 855 00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:10,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, the game starts, little warm up. You just got 856 00:44:10,840 --> 00:44:13,280 to have all your super Bowl party stuff played before. 857 00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:15,519 It's just a bummer because this game's on the Thursday night. 858 00:44:15,559 --> 00:44:18,000 That's a sold out crazy PMAC. That's what it needs 859 00:44:18,039 --> 00:44:22,360 to be for Tennessee. So we'll, we'll, we'll, we'll. Can 860 00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:24,000 we change? I know that? I mean, come on now, 861 00:44:24,039 --> 00:44:26,639 that's what I'm freaking saying, dude. Either way, shout out 862 00:44:26,639 --> 00:44:28,920 to Elsie women. They'll be at Miszoo six thirty night 863 00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:34,400 and then home against Tennessee this Sunday. And yes, I 864 00:44:34,119 --> 00:44:38,159 I said LSU basketball on purpose. I will not grant 865 00:44:38,199 --> 00:44:40,360 them the rank of a bee. Yeah until they win. 866 00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:45,400 It was beautiful five in a row. Now lost in 867 00:44:45,440 --> 00:44:49,719 the sec. Yeah, it looked good till halftime. It didn't. 868 00:44:49,800 --> 00:44:51,599 I mean to play that well and still be losing that, 869 00:44:51,719 --> 00:44:55,599 it's like so depressing. Yeah, all right, coming up next 870 00:44:55,679 --> 00:44:59,000 hour on OTV, we got some Saints news. We got 871 00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:02,679 Mark Roman coming up. I got Chad Johnson with a 872 00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:06,679 very interesting tweet. We got a lot to get to 873 00:45:06,719 --> 00:45:09,719 Oh and Pelicans made a trade branding Ramier or more 874 00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:11,880 to be coming up off the bench