1 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: Good morning. 2 00:00:11,279 --> 00:00:14,119 Speaker 2: It's eight am here on Monday, June twenty third. Today 3 00:00:14,119 --> 00:00:16,559 in bed Rouge, you could expect the rainy skies with 4 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:18,839 a high off of ninety two and hour two of 5 00:00:18,839 --> 00:00:21,399 today's show, The Voice of your Rolos Shoe Tigers, Chris Blair, 6 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:25,559 hops on at eight am to recap Lsho's eighth national 7 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:29,640 championship with their victory over the Coastal Carolina Shout the Clears. 8 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,039 You can follow us on Twitter or Instagram at a 9 00:00:32,079 --> 00:00:35,759 TV underscore ESPN and watch us on YouTube at the 10 00:00:35,759 --> 00:00:39,000 one of four or five ESPN. Channel Number two of 11 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:41,560 Off the Bench live from the Mercedes Benz of bed 12 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:43,119 Ridge Studios, starts now. 13 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:48,039 Speaker 3: All Star Toyoda presents Off the Bench with Jacob Hester 14 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:49,119 and Matt Flynn. 15 00:00:49,320 --> 00:00:51,039 Speaker 1: Okay, here we go where. 16 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 3: The plays get broken down and science gets denied. 17 00:00:54,039 --> 00:00:55,119 Speaker 1: I gotta come off the bitch. 18 00:00:55,240 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 4: Hour two of. 19 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:59,759 Speaker 3: Off the Bench Live from the Mercedes Benz Baton Rouge Studio. 20 00:01:00,119 --> 00:01:04,439 It starts now. 21 00:01:08,159 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 4: Sorry, welcome back Hour number two O t B here 22 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:14,120 on one O four five ESPN, Ben Rouge and it 23 00:01:14,239 --> 00:01:17,239 is now time to go back to omahall for at 24 00:01:17,359 --> 00:01:19,879 least a couple more hours. Our guy Chris Blair, the 25 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:23,079 voice of the l s U Tigers, joins US. Now CB, 26 00:01:23,239 --> 00:01:25,719 what's going on? Man, what a day it was yesterday 27 00:01:25,719 --> 00:01:26,560 for the Tigers. 28 00:01:26,879 --> 00:01:30,359 Speaker 5: Oh my goodness, what's up guys? Yeah, what an exciting real, 29 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:33,959 you know, hard to believe five games. Uh. You know 30 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:37,799 Coach Johnson said before the team left, Uh when was it? 31 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,000 Two wins? The days ago? I forgot what time it is. 32 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:44,719 You know that he would love to be able to 33 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:48,239 try this in the Winter's bracket, and uh, he does 34 00:01:48,359 --> 00:01:51,319 just exactly that, And what a moment it was. It 35 00:01:51,439 --> 00:01:54,799 was great to see and you know, skip Bertman was here, 36 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:58,480 He's down on the field afterwards. It was it's just 37 00:01:58,560 --> 00:02:00,319 kind of how it's supposed to be, you know, this 38 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:04,120 time of year and lsu'd bringing back their eighth national title, 39 00:02:04,159 --> 00:02:06,239 and like I said, just couldn't be proud of this 40 00:02:06,319 --> 00:02:09,719 team and coaches. And I think back to all the 41 00:02:09,759 --> 00:02:12,599 times this season talking with coach and he just would 42 00:02:12,759 --> 00:02:15,639 be like, you know, this team is really built. You know, 43 00:02:15,879 --> 00:02:18,120 no guarantees you can do it, because it's awfully hard 44 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:19,759 to do it, but this team is built to go 45 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,479 and do this. And he's been saying that before this season. 46 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,520 Early season, mid season, and on the back stretch of 47 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,000 the season. So congratulations to them. 48 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:31,360 Speaker 4: Yeah, we were talking about it earlier, where twenty twenty 49 00:02:31,400 --> 00:02:35,159 three had bona fide stars, I mean guys that are 50 00:02:35,159 --> 00:02:38,479 already up in Major League baseball. They were incredibly fast. 51 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:42,800 You said the name schemes, crews, tanks in college baseball, 52 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:45,400 everybody knew who you were talking about. Now this team's guy. 53 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:47,080 Guys are going to play a long time. They're gonna 54 00:02:47,080 --> 00:02:49,360 get paid to play baseball for a very long time. 55 00:02:49,759 --> 00:02:51,919 But it was kind of built differently, like it had 56 00:02:52,039 --> 00:02:55,039 really good players. It's got elite players, but it was 57 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,919 really just a group that found a way to come 58 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:01,680 together and whatever the moment was, it wasn't always pretty. 59 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,199 And I kind of threw out my favorite tagline, too 60 00:03:04,280 --> 00:03:06,439 gritty to be pretty was kind of how I felt 61 00:03:06,439 --> 00:03:09,240 about this team, because they did. They weren't built like 62 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:12,080 twenty three was, but they were still as effective and. 63 00:03:12,039 --> 00:03:16,199 Speaker 5: Then some you know, I've waited until unless you hoisted 64 00:03:16,199 --> 00:03:18,919 the trophy last night, but one of the thoughts I've 65 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:22,000 had all season, and it's funny you bring it up 66 00:03:22,039 --> 00:03:24,240 the way you do. You know, you look at that 67 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:27,680 twenty twenty three team. I really felt like all season long, 68 00:03:27,759 --> 00:03:30,120 as hard as it is to run through the SEC 69 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:33,560 and compete for the conference championship, we all know how 70 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:35,680 hard it is to be able to get through the 71 00:03:35,719 --> 00:03:39,800 gauntlet that is the SEC tournament and then you know, 72 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:43,000 start over again in the NCAA tournament. I felt like 73 00:03:43,039 --> 00:03:45,400 in twenty twenty three, with all of the names and 74 00:03:45,520 --> 00:03:50,639 all of the known commodities you had, that not getting 75 00:03:50,639 --> 00:03:53,759 to Omaha would have felt like a disappointment, not necessarily 76 00:03:53,759 --> 00:03:55,879 winning at all, because once you get here, doing that 77 00:03:56,719 --> 00:03:59,199 is a difficult task in and of itself. But that 78 00:03:59,319 --> 00:04:03,599 was kind of the feat fair or unfair, And it's 79 00:04:03,759 --> 00:04:06,039 it's weird because I sit here and think, do can 80 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,400 I really say with a straight face on the radio 81 00:04:09,479 --> 00:04:13,120 at Baton Rouge that it felt like this team superseded 82 00:04:13,159 --> 00:04:16,360 expectations Because I know the expectations were to compete for 83 00:04:16,399 --> 00:04:19,319 all the things I just mentioned, I just felt like 84 00:04:19,360 --> 00:04:22,639 there were so many more unknown commodities that you know, 85 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,879 certainly you knew had the potential, but I don't know 86 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:30,240 that I felt as comfortable about or as as sure 87 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,160 as maybe I was. And again, that's a typically cap 88 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,279 to this team because I think they found not only 89 00:04:36,639 --> 00:04:39,160 did they have really good players, as you say, and 90 00:04:39,160 --> 00:04:41,439 now put them together in a team environment. And the 91 00:04:41,519 --> 00:04:45,160 buy in was very early. I told Jay Johnson during 92 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:47,519 fall baseball sentim a note. I saw the team was 93 00:04:47,600 --> 00:04:50,319 wearing the big team little knee shirts and that's something 94 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:52,920 that that I grew up with and have been very 95 00:04:52,959 --> 00:04:56,839 associated with. And I just remember texting him saying, Coach, 96 00:04:56,879 --> 00:04:59,360 I love the shirts. So I think the team buy 97 00:04:59,399 --> 00:05:03,000 in was there. But I think you saw guys who 98 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:06,680 steadily and dramatically improved as the season went along. And 99 00:05:07,279 --> 00:05:09,120 you know, as I said here this morning, and I 100 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:10,920 know I'm going to leave a lot of people out 101 00:05:11,240 --> 00:05:15,240 Chase Shores to me, a guy who again suffered the injury, 102 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:17,720 had Tommy john had to fight to get his way back. 103 00:05:17,759 --> 00:05:20,399 He starts the season as your Sunday Game three or 104 00:05:20,519 --> 00:05:23,720 weekend game three starter, and then that doesn't work out 105 00:05:23,759 --> 00:05:25,399 so well, and then what is he going to do? 106 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:27,600 Where is his role? And I think we found it 107 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:29,879 what it was most important, and that was down the 108 00:05:29,920 --> 00:05:34,560 back stretch of postseason play. And dare I say he 109 00:05:34,639 --> 00:05:36,319 was damn near and hittable up here? 110 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:36,759 Speaker 4: No more? 111 00:05:37,879 --> 00:05:40,639 Speaker 6: Yeah, voice, I mean you bring up that point about 112 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:43,600 exceeding expectation. That's crazy to say, because I think everybody 113 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,319 kind of feels that because it's such a different team. 114 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:49,639 But they start out preseason number one, but you still 115 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:52,759 feel that they did exceed expectations, which is just a 116 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:56,279 huge testament to where the program's at. What Jay has done, 117 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:58,720 the energy, the juice, and just everything that he's kind 118 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:00,000 of built around this program. 119 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 5: Yeah, man, I think you're right because I mean, you know, 120 00:06:03,519 --> 00:06:06,360 I think back to that twenty twenty three season again 121 00:06:06,399 --> 00:06:10,240 where maybe there was a false sense of Wow, this 122 00:06:10,319 --> 00:06:12,079 team really ought to be able to do it, and 123 00:06:12,319 --> 00:06:15,279 again that's unfair to that team or any team when 124 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:18,120 you're playing her at LSU, but that's the standards. But 125 00:06:18,199 --> 00:06:22,519 I remember, you know, Jay just talking about, you know 126 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:26,959 how everything that you do builds the program, and year 127 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:28,920 to year, teams are going to do different things, and 128 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:33,560 you're always striving to win every single game, compete for 129 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:37,240 a conference championship, and win a national title. That's what expected. 130 00:06:38,079 --> 00:06:41,279 But he when they were rated number one and then 131 00:06:41,319 --> 00:06:43,879 going into this year ranked number one in certain polls, 132 00:06:44,240 --> 00:06:46,480 you know, Jay was like, I don't hide away from 133 00:06:46,519 --> 00:06:48,920 That's that's why I came to coach here. That's why 134 00:06:48,959 --> 00:06:51,920 these kids come to play here. Like if that becomes 135 00:06:51,920 --> 00:06:53,879 something that gets in their heads, then they don't need 136 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:55,800 to be playing here because that's what they got to 137 00:06:55,839 --> 00:06:59,160 get accustomed to. And I think this year emboldens that 138 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:02,079 kind of philosophe of guys. We won't be able to 139 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:04,360 be perfect every day, but we're going to come out 140 00:07:04,519 --> 00:07:08,879 swinging every single day and whatever happened yesterday, good or bad, 141 00:07:09,199 --> 00:07:12,519 has no impact on today. And and that's I think 142 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:16,680 the two similarities between the twenty three team and this team, 143 00:07:16,759 --> 00:07:19,600 and Jay has talked about it, and so there's there's 144 00:07:19,639 --> 00:07:20,920 certainly one similarity. 145 00:07:22,040 --> 00:07:24,560 Speaker 4: And to your point, we were talking about this earlier, 146 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:28,120 like you know, going to LSU, not running from expectation, 147 00:07:28,360 --> 00:07:31,360 betting on yourself. I mean three of the reasons why 148 00:07:31,399 --> 00:07:36,040 you won a national championship came from Utah Valley, Indiana State, 149 00:07:36,160 --> 00:07:37,519 and UC San Diego. 150 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:41,759 Speaker 5: Yeah, that's a huge point and even coach has mentioned 151 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:43,800 that before. In fact, we talked about it one night 152 00:07:43,839 --> 00:07:46,360 on his radio show that you know, when he first 153 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:50,399 got here, the approach from the portal was let's go 154 00:07:50,439 --> 00:07:52,800 find some SEC guys that want a new home, or 155 00:07:52,879 --> 00:07:54,839 let's go find some power for guys that want a 156 00:07:54,879 --> 00:07:59,040 new home. And you know he said that wasn't the case. 157 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:01,439 The way this team was built in twenty twenty five, 158 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:04,839 and by far the majority, if not all, of the 159 00:08:04,879 --> 00:08:08,959 Portal guys that made this roster, you know, came from 160 00:08:09,279 --> 00:08:12,639 quote unquote mid majors. But you know, Jay knows that, 161 00:08:12,720 --> 00:08:15,759 and Jay understands that they are great baseball players and 162 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:18,000 you got to work tiresly to go find them. And 163 00:08:18,040 --> 00:08:19,959 some of them might be right in front of you 164 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:23,519 and household names that you've either played against or know about, 165 00:08:23,839 --> 00:08:27,360 and some may be out there just waiting to be found. 166 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:30,360 And I'll tell you what, it's hard to beat Jay 167 00:08:30,399 --> 00:08:34,279 Johnson and finding those guys because he is relentless. 168 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 6: All right, Chris, I want to I want to spend 169 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:37,919 most of our time with you today like celebrating LSU, 170 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,440 the individuals, the team effort, everything, But we have to 171 00:08:41,039 --> 00:08:43,600 talk about Coastal just because you were there calling the 172 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:47,120 game yesterday, first inning head coach, first base coach for 173 00:08:47,159 --> 00:08:49,759 them get tossed out of the game for arguing balls 174 00:08:49,759 --> 00:08:51,799 and strikes. A lot happened there, a lot that we 175 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:55,279 couldn't see from watching from the comfort of our own house. 176 00:08:55,799 --> 00:08:56,639 Speaker 1: What did you see? 177 00:08:56,759 --> 00:08:59,679 Speaker 6: How did that all play out in your eyes? And yeah, 178 00:08:59,759 --> 00:09:02,159 just talk to us about that whole decision from from 179 00:09:02,200 --> 00:09:04,480 both sides of the side and the coaches side. 180 00:09:04,759 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean I've thought about it, and I have, 181 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:10,600 you know, I have. I have been one of the proponents, 182 00:09:10,799 --> 00:09:13,679 good or bad, right or wrong, that if we're gonna 183 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:16,960 put rules in the rule book, let's use them, because 184 00:09:17,000 --> 00:09:20,399 I think it does no good to interpret rules or 185 00:09:20,600 --> 00:09:23,639 decide when or not when or win or not to 186 00:09:24,279 --> 00:09:27,399 enforce a rule. So I'm I'm that's just the way 187 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:30,559 I am. And I know everybody says, well, you know 188 00:09:30,639 --> 00:09:34,080 they're celebrating, they show emotion. Well, you know, they've been 189 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:37,360 playing sports for a long long time and and there's 190 00:09:37,399 --> 00:09:39,559 ways to do that without going over the line. Now, 191 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:42,320 having said all of that, at the moment, we really 192 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:46,759 had no idea, you know, what the kerfluffle was all 193 00:09:46,799 --> 00:09:48,679 about to start with. Now we have found out a 194 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:50,519 little bit more. Who knows if we'll ever find out 195 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:54,519 the true story, but it started with the strike call 196 00:09:55,759 --> 00:09:58,200 on the still attempt, which is a pitch to the 197 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:02,519 plate called strike, and apparently the first base coach, who 198 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:06,840 also was ejected started arguing balls and strikes and the 199 00:10:06,919 --> 00:10:09,879 angel compost gave a warning. Well, that warning went to 200 00:10:09,919 --> 00:10:12,200 the first base coach, and apparently the head coach didn't 201 00:10:12,279 --> 00:10:15,240 like the warning, and so when he came out it 202 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:17,960 appeared as though, wow, that was a quick cuse. And 203 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,360 I agree it was a pretty quick fuse and a 204 00:10:20,399 --> 00:10:23,519 trigger finger. But there are a couple of things. We 205 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,840 have a meeting with the head of umpires every early February. 206 00:10:26,879 --> 00:10:29,039 They invite the media and they go over new rules 207 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:31,919 and what the emphasis will be. And every single year 208 00:10:31,919 --> 00:10:34,720 I've been on that call at some point, usually in 209 00:10:34,759 --> 00:10:37,840 the beginning. Guys, as we talk about all the time, 210 00:10:38,039 --> 00:10:42,600 profanity and arguing balls and strikes are the quickest way 211 00:10:42,679 --> 00:10:45,159 to be ejected by an umpire. I mean, that's just 212 00:10:45,159 --> 00:10:48,759 the way it is. So again, who knows about whether 213 00:10:48,879 --> 00:10:50,720 or not it should have been done. What I do 214 00:10:50,879 --> 00:10:53,960 know is if there are rules and the radio guy 215 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:58,000 knows that, the things that get you sent quickly, I'm 216 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:59,720 pretty sure all coaches know that. 217 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,240 Speaker 4: I mean, CV, we've all seen Bull Durham as well. 218 00:11:02,279 --> 00:11:03,720 I mean, come on, we know the rules. 219 00:11:04,799 --> 00:11:07,600 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean that's the thing when when coach Johnson 220 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:10,799 rarely gets tossed. I always joke with him because it's 221 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:14,039 always a shock because Jay, I mean, he can get animated, 222 00:11:14,080 --> 00:11:16,559 but most of the time he does not use profanity 223 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,440 and he just wants an explanation or to get his 224 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:21,759 point across. So when he gets tost it's like, whoa, 225 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:23,279 What's what happened? 226 00:11:24,039 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 4: I mean, he showed a great restraint in the Collegeural Series. 227 00:11:26,879 --> 00:11:29,039 I mean they're in the first game when Dickinson gets 228 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:31,519 called out for leaning into the pitch and you can 229 00:11:31,519 --> 00:11:33,480 see him ask the umpires I can ask a question. 230 00:11:33,559 --> 00:11:35,279 He goes no, he goes just a question. He's like no, 231 00:11:35,320 --> 00:11:38,000 and he goes okay. And then because he wanted to 232 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,559 come out because like like a lot of us were like, hey, 233 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:43,360 we want to know about that call, and he asked it, 234 00:11:43,480 --> 00:11:45,679 he got shut down and you could tell he really 235 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:47,840 wanted to go out there. But he knew if you 236 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:50,480 argue against the replay, you're probably going to get tossed. 237 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:52,919 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, and he said that, he goes, You know, 238 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:56,399 I quickly was reminded that once they review and you 239 00:11:56,559 --> 00:11:59,080 challenge and then they come back with whatever the ruling is, 240 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:01,080 if you don't like it, there is no arguing, and 241 00:12:01,360 --> 00:12:04,080 again he was subject to getting ran had he done it. 242 00:12:04,159 --> 00:12:06,960 And again I hate to sound like the old man 243 00:12:07,039 --> 00:12:09,000 on the rocking chair on the front porch yelling at 244 00:12:09,039 --> 00:12:12,000 all the young kids, but at the end of the day, 245 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:15,919 I think it can't go without saying we want to 246 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:19,039 win every game at LSU. We certainly want to win titles, 247 00:12:19,039 --> 00:12:21,480 and nobody is more thrilled than all of us about 248 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:24,879 what took place over the last several days and certainly yesterday. 249 00:12:25,399 --> 00:12:27,159 But I don't want to get lost in all of this. 250 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,080 The reason I think we're in the situation and get 251 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:33,360 to enjoy all of this is because of coach j Johnson. 252 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:37,000 And it's not only the way he goes about trying 253 00:12:37,039 --> 00:12:40,559 to make LSU better every single day, which is exactly 254 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:46,480 what he does. He has no hobbies, and again that's 255 00:12:46,519 --> 00:12:50,399 something I joke with him about. Nick Saban and his 256 00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:56,679 heyday had more hobbies than no doubt, but his respect 257 00:12:56,720 --> 00:12:59,440 for the game, his respect for the rule, his respect 258 00:12:59,480 --> 00:13:04,679 for the opponents. Again, umpires are human. Coaches make mistakes, 259 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:08,440 players make mistakes. But I think I'm thrilled and so 260 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:11,639 proud that Jay Johnson is the leader of this program. 261 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:15,799 The way he handles himself in every aspect, and you 262 00:13:15,879 --> 00:13:19,200 know what, that's just the way it ought to be. 263 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:22,279 And I'm just glad that he's the one in charge 264 00:13:22,279 --> 00:13:23,559 of Tiger baseball. 265 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:24,200 Speaker 1: Yeah. 266 00:13:24,279 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 6: Voice of the old adage in football is defense wins championships, 267 00:13:29,519 --> 00:13:34,559 and certainly in baseball defense, but more importantly, pitching three 268 00:13:34,639 --> 00:13:40,519 pitchers in two games versus Coastal. Celebrate these three guys 269 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:42,919 what they did? Tell us, like where, you know, they 270 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:45,480 go out there pitch amazing games. They have great stuff, 271 00:13:45,519 --> 00:13:47,720 great defense behind them, But like, where does this rank 272 00:13:47,759 --> 00:13:51,840 for you in a two game span of pitching performances 273 00:13:51,879 --> 00:13:52,360 at LSU. 274 00:13:52,919 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean it's it's one that certainly brings the 275 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:59,320 discussion for good reason the way you bring it up, 276 00:13:59,399 --> 00:14:01,840 and I think I think most everybody would feel the same way. 277 00:14:01,919 --> 00:14:04,320 I mean, it's you know, this is the first time 278 00:14:04,399 --> 00:14:06,600 in the three trips I've been to om all blessed 279 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:10,840 to be with LSU to see the ace so to 280 00:14:10,879 --> 00:14:14,720 speak in this case for this team, really two aces. 281 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:17,960 I don't want Ty Floyd's performance to be forgot because 282 00:14:18,240 --> 00:14:21,559 he was, you know, number two in the weekend rotation 283 00:14:21,679 --> 00:14:24,159 and he went out and did a job obviously here 284 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:26,840 in twenty twenty three, but we didn't see Alex Lang 285 00:14:26,879 --> 00:14:30,000 in the Championship series in seventeen. And even though I 286 00:14:30,039 --> 00:14:33,080 think we played some mind games of Florida, we didn't 287 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:36,120 see Paul Schemes against the Gators in the Championship Series. 288 00:14:36,399 --> 00:14:39,559 So that was the excitement of Okay, Coastal is going 289 00:14:39,639 --> 00:14:43,879 to have their best, even though they went backwards second 290 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:47,360 and first, and LSU's going to have their best. And 291 00:14:48,399 --> 00:14:50,600 you know, I had a bunch of people text me that. 292 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:53,759 Obviously I was familiar with Coastal, having played them for 293 00:14:53,879 --> 00:14:57,440 years at Georgia Southern in several sports, having lived in 294 00:14:57,480 --> 00:15:01,039 South Carolina for about thirteen years, was well aware of Coastal. 295 00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:03,759 But I had friends texting me going, hey, man, you know, 296 00:15:04,279 --> 00:15:06,240 best of luck. This coaster of things can really pitch 297 00:15:06,279 --> 00:15:08,799 it and there's no doubt their numbers back that up. 298 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,399 But I had to quickly remind them, Yeah, the Tigers 299 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:15,240 can pitch it pretty good too, and and Kate Anderson 300 00:15:15,279 --> 00:15:18,559 and Anthony Iansen and and again Chay shures to me 301 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,879 just stands out because of what he did here in Omaha. 302 00:15:22,039 --> 00:15:24,480 But yeah, I mean those two guys back to back, 303 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:27,039 you had you had to like the Tigers. I think 304 00:15:27,080 --> 00:15:30,519 that's why everybody and even the boys out west and 305 00:15:30,639 --> 00:15:32,360 in Senn City, they knew. 306 00:15:33,799 --> 00:15:35,559 Speaker 4: Seev when you can kind of take a look back 307 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:38,639 at some of you know, the performances from some of 308 00:15:38,679 --> 00:15:41,480 your biggest names, and the way that you know it 309 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:44,399 wasn't always going their way and they still found a 310 00:15:44,399 --> 00:15:48,519 way when they needed to. Bear Jones multiple times like 311 00:15:48,559 --> 00:15:51,000 Ethan Fryer goes into a small slump and then he 312 00:15:51,159 --> 00:15:54,440 is you know three you know, different times he gets 313 00:15:54,440 --> 00:15:57,559 on base yesterday, like we could go like over many 314 00:15:57,559 --> 00:16:00,639 many performances like that was one of the things for 315 00:16:00,799 --> 00:16:03,559 me as well, even when it wasn't going well, like 316 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:06,879 Stanfield to his standard, it wasn't going well for him, 317 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:08,919 he comes up, he gets the biggest hit of his life, 318 00:16:08,960 --> 00:16:12,399 drives in two runs Like that part to me was 319 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:15,440 probably more impressive than anything like even if it wasn't 320 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:17,759 going your way, there was no I'm gonna feel sorry 321 00:16:17,759 --> 00:16:21,279 for myself, I'm gonna blame somebody else. Whenever the moment 322 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:23,759 had to be done, they got it done every single time, 323 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:25,440 even if they were over their last. 324 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:27,759 Speaker 5: Eleven Yeah, I mean, and I think it starts with 325 00:16:28,039 --> 00:16:30,200 the roster that was built. And you know, I know 326 00:16:30,279 --> 00:16:32,720 that sounds simple, but again, you got to give credit 327 00:16:32,759 --> 00:16:36,440 to the staff to assemble this team because there was 328 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:40,639 enough talent and I mean not way more talent on 329 00:16:40,679 --> 00:16:44,240 this roster than a lot of teams can dream of having. 330 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:50,759 And because of that, Coach Johnson could rely on certain 331 00:16:50,799 --> 00:16:53,000 guys in a certain situations. And me think about some 332 00:16:53,039 --> 00:16:56,720 of the pinch hitting opportunities that John Pearson had as 333 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:59,519 a freshman, his brother Josh Pearson, as well as starting 334 00:17:00,360 --> 00:17:03,759 Jake Brown when he was kind of platooning there. And 335 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:06,839 when you have talent like that, you're able to make 336 00:17:06,839 --> 00:17:08,920 the moves that Jay makes. Now give him credit, he 337 00:17:09,039 --> 00:17:10,680 knows when to make him and I think he made 338 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:14,960 some incredible adjustments throughout this trip here in Omaha. But 339 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,519 to your point, I mean, Stephen Mylin, we saw what 340 00:17:18,559 --> 00:17:20,599 he did his freshman year, and he never hit that 341 00:17:20,680 --> 00:17:25,319 freshman wall last season and he struggled offensively, you know, 342 00:17:25,480 --> 00:17:28,519 from about the midway point all the way until postseason play. 343 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:30,559 But then suddenly he gets here to Omah in a 344 00:17:30,599 --> 00:17:32,839 couple of games there in the regional and Super Regional 345 00:17:32,839 --> 00:17:35,119 and you're like, yeah, this is the Stephen MYLM. We 346 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:37,519 know and you know that every single time he's out 347 00:17:37,519 --> 00:17:39,880 there shortstop, he's going to make plays that a lot 348 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:43,480 of guys can't make. Michael Braswell, I mean, my goodness, 349 00:17:43,559 --> 00:17:45,720 the guy had I don't know, it's going to take 350 00:17:45,759 --> 00:17:49,240 weeks to get the smile off his face. And good 351 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:50,880 for him. But I mean, if you don't have him 352 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:54,440 playing third base, you know, I don't know that every 353 00:17:54,480 --> 00:17:56,920 third baseman in college baseball can make some of the 354 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:00,759 plays he made that you had to have all the 355 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:03,559 entire time here, but certainly in the Championship Series over 356 00:18:03,559 --> 00:18:07,119 the last two days. So and you mentioned Bear, I mean, 357 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:09,799 when you need it, you know, gosh almighty to win 358 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:12,440 on Wednesday. What more can you ask from a guy 359 00:18:12,519 --> 00:18:15,960 going three for five and tying the game and winning 360 00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:18,759 the game for you. I mean, the list goes on 361 00:18:18,839 --> 00:18:22,200 and on, but I mean that's again, this baseball is 362 00:18:22,799 --> 00:18:25,200 such a team sport, like all of them are. But 363 00:18:25,599 --> 00:18:28,480 I mean there were times throughout this season to get 364 00:18:28,519 --> 00:18:31,079 to the wind total and to get to the top 365 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:35,640 of the mountain, that you had guys contribute and go 366 00:18:35,720 --> 00:18:39,279 do the job. And we saw that throughout the year. 367 00:18:39,279 --> 00:18:41,640 It's what I kept saying about this team. You know, 368 00:18:41,680 --> 00:18:44,160 baseball can humble you, as you guys know very well, 369 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:47,480 and there were times this season where you know, LSU 370 00:18:47,559 --> 00:18:49,839 hit some valleys and it was like, wow, you know, 371 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:52,079 we're never going to be able to get out of this. 372 00:18:52,200 --> 00:18:54,119 But when you look at this season from start to 373 00:18:54,240 --> 00:19:00,440 finish yesterday afternoon, I mean, the peaks so far outweigh 374 00:19:00,519 --> 00:19:03,440 the valleys. And that's why I had confidence in this 375 00:19:03,519 --> 00:19:06,839 team because I just seen them respond and Doug Thompson 376 00:19:06,839 --> 00:19:09,720 said it yesterday. Guys, go back and try to remember 377 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:12,200 the number of times at LSU was either scoreless in 378 00:19:12,200 --> 00:19:14,279 a game or tied in a game and would lose 379 00:19:14,279 --> 00:19:17,759 the lead, but seemed to always immediately bounce back and 380 00:19:17,839 --> 00:19:21,359 either get within striking distance, tie it up, or take 381 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:23,839 the lead for good. And that's the sign of a 382 00:19:23,839 --> 00:19:25,759 great team and that's why they are the champions. 383 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:28,839 Speaker 6: Chris, I think every Tiger fan would echo my thoughts 384 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:32,119 here and saying that these guys played their asses off, 385 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:34,680 they worked hard. I hope they got to celebrate in 386 00:19:34,839 --> 00:19:38,880 proper fashion last night. Yesterday after the game, you were there, 387 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,480 like it, take us through what was the celebration? Like, 388 00:19:41,519 --> 00:19:44,400 what did people do afterwards the team. I'm sure Jay 389 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:47,000 Johnson was like at a high school recruiting last night 390 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:48,000 or something like that. 391 00:19:48,039 --> 00:19:49,799 Speaker 1: But how did they take Like, what did they do? 392 00:19:49,920 --> 00:19:50,039 Speaker 5: They? 393 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:52,839 Speaker 1: Was it family? Was there a big celebration party? 394 00:19:52,920 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 5: Like? 395 00:19:53,319 --> 00:19:54,720 Speaker 1: Was what was it like? Afterwards? 396 00:19:55,759 --> 00:20:00,799 Speaker 5: It was literally it felt like Alex North. I mean 397 00:20:00,839 --> 00:20:03,279 it was That's what it was. And it was interesting 398 00:20:03,319 --> 00:20:07,240 because you know the way this works is there's always 399 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,920 a first wave, second wave, and third wave. When LSU 400 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:12,039 was able to stay as long as they did, and 401 00:20:12,039 --> 00:20:14,759 that's exactly what happened here. And then yesterday at the game, 402 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:17,279 you look out and you're like, I don't see anything 403 00:20:17,359 --> 00:20:20,000 but purple and gold. And what was great was when 404 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:22,559 the game was over, they set up the stage they're 405 00:20:22,599 --> 00:20:26,160 going to hand out the trophies and honor the team. 406 00:20:26,200 --> 00:20:28,960 Of course, no Tiger fan had left, and you actually 407 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,640 saw how many LSU fans were in that building and 408 00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:35,400 it was amazing. I mean it was it was like, 409 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:38,839 that's how many were here. And then after the game home, 410 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:41,039 my goodness, you got Marty girl, Mike running up and 411 00:20:41,079 --> 00:20:45,279 down the street. At some point when I finished packing 412 00:20:45,319 --> 00:20:50,279 around one am this morning, the trumpet broke back out 413 00:20:50,319 --> 00:20:53,319 in the lobby and we had a couple of very 414 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:58,079 popular Tiger sing alongs as well, and so yeah, it 415 00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:00,519 was it was. It was a big old party. But 416 00:21:00,559 --> 00:21:03,480 it was great to get on social media and see 417 00:21:03,519 --> 00:21:06,240 fans all over the globe. Really. I mean, we had 418 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:09,119 people checking in from Australia, we had people checking in 419 00:21:09,240 --> 00:21:13,000 from Europe. It was it was something to see, man. 420 00:21:13,039 --> 00:21:15,519 I mean, they love their baseball, they love their Tigers. 421 00:21:15,559 --> 00:21:19,079 And there's a good reason why to think about making 422 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:22,519 twenty trips to Omaha in the College World Series and 423 00:21:22,599 --> 00:21:27,359 now having eight national titles. It's a special place all 424 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:27,759 right there. 425 00:21:27,759 --> 00:21:30,920 Speaker 4: He is the voice of your LSU Tigers, Chris Blair, 426 00:21:31,079 --> 00:21:34,200 Chris Omahall is a long trip. Baseball season is a 427 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:37,279 long season. It goes with basketball season for you. So 428 00:21:37,319 --> 00:21:40,799 sit back, relax and enjoy a couple of weeks of 429 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:42,799 R and R before we get to the booth there 430 00:21:42,799 --> 00:21:44,119 in Clemson, South Carolina. 431 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:47,279 Speaker 5: Yeah, it's gonna be I'm gonna be hard to find 432 00:21:47,319 --> 00:21:47,759 here for. 433 00:21:47,720 --> 00:21:50,200 Speaker 1: The enjoy yourself. 434 00:21:50,519 --> 00:21:52,319 Speaker 5: I'll see you guys in mid August. 435 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:54,880 Speaker 4: There you go again, Chris Blair, the voice of the 436 00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,799 LSU Tigers. Good enough to join us here and he 437 00:21:58,079 --> 00:22:02,480 is right, man, I mean basketball season in the Actually 438 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:05,319 it's like football season that goes into basketball season that 439 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:08,000 goes into baseball season. Then like you're in Omahall for 440 00:22:08,079 --> 00:22:12,240 basically two weeks there, as Devin Snow, who's going to 441 00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:14,200 join us later on today, would say, you couldn't find 442 00:22:14,240 --> 00:22:16,200 CB with a search warrant probably coming up in the 443 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:18,480 next couple of weeks. And so we learn, go get 444 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:20,960 some rest and we'll be in the booth there for 445 00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:23,519 the Clemson LSU game coming up here. 446 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:27,880 Speaker 7: And well not too long that long, not that long 447 00:22:27,960 --> 00:22:32,000 weeks We nailed that time. Gosh, nine about nine weeks. 448 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:38,240 All right, good lord, all right, that doesn't suck. Pretty awesome, 449 00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:41,160 all right, We are going to step away. 450 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:44,839 Speaker 4: When we come back, I do want to kind of 451 00:22:44,839 --> 00:22:48,119 start the process of weekend winners. We got a lot 452 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:52,400 of potential weekend winners. We got a lot of tigers 453 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:54,000 that are probably going to find their way on the list. 454 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:56,720 We had an NBA Finals, A new champion is crown. 455 00:22:56,759 --> 00:22:59,480 So we've got that coming back your way here on OTV, 456 00:23:00,440 --> 00:23:06,640 top the Bench, Benaruge dot com, All Star toy vat 457 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,640 Rouge dot com is the website and now is the 458 00:23:09,680 --> 00:23:12,240 perfect time to check out the rentals. 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LSU wins their 481 00:24:31,559 --> 00:24:36,000 eighth national championship taking care of Coastal Carolina. Don't worry, 482 00:24:36,039 --> 00:24:40,160 Mike Tolbert, that Texas coming, my guy, because in twenty 483 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,759 sixteen I went back and I checked the archives, and 484 00:24:42,799 --> 00:24:46,640 you were sure old Fatten Cocky when y'all took care 485 00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:49,079 of LSU. 486 00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:51,839 Speaker 1: He is a fancy rooster. 487 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:54,640 Speaker 4: He is. He is a very fancy, very athletic rooster. 488 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:58,599 He is as well. They had never seen somebody that 489 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:01,240 could be like two hundred fifty pound volume ball and 490 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:02,920 just wind mill dunk. 491 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:04,920 Speaker 6: I was actually wondering that this morning if they had 492 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:06,359 a football program. 493 00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:10,599 Speaker 4: Okay, you know that they have a football program. Grayson 494 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,119 McCall twenty twenty. They were really really good. 495 00:25:13,559 --> 00:25:14,359 Speaker 1: That's not a person. 496 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 2: Jay chad Jimmy Chadwell was their coach. He moved on 497 00:25:18,319 --> 00:25:20,279 like every team in the country. 498 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:20,839 Speaker 4: Wanted the coach. 499 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:22,880 Speaker 1: Now, okay, you're right, I'm tracking. 500 00:25:22,960 --> 00:25:24,440 Speaker 4: Now you're feeling it. 501 00:25:24,519 --> 00:25:25,079 Speaker 1: I'm feeling it. 502 00:25:25,200 --> 00:25:27,920 Speaker 4: You remember Jerome Simpson I believe was his name, receiver 503 00:25:28,079 --> 00:25:32,759 from the Bengals, caught a touchdown or did a flip 504 00:25:32,759 --> 00:25:35,880 into the end zone and landed on his feet. He 505 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:37,119 was a coastal Carolina guy. 506 00:25:37,519 --> 00:25:43,559 Speaker 1: All right, that camp de Clayers told you told you 507 00:25:43,599 --> 00:25:45,519 they can't you did. 508 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:47,880 Speaker 4: Their coach would not be very Can we pull that 509 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,599 video up? Just had that with the coach explained that 510 00:25:50,759 --> 00:25:51,200 their name. 511 00:25:51,680 --> 00:25:54,200 Speaker 1: Oh yeah yeah, he was not like the camp you 512 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:56,319 should have known something episode. 513 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:59,440 Speaker 4: So here, we're going to start the process and then 514 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,680 come back because there's a lot of weekend winners to 515 00:26:01,759 --> 00:26:04,519 talk about. But let's go ahead and start weekend winners. 516 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:07,880 Speaker 1: That's how win it has done. 517 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,759 Speaker 4: That's right. We can't have anyone to freak out out there. Okay, 518 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:13,200 he's got a k bark. 519 00:26:13,039 --> 00:26:16,839 Speaker 1: Apologer, got too far. I'm by winning. 520 00:26:17,759 --> 00:26:19,839 Speaker 4: I went here and I went there. Now, what are 521 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:23,720 you doing what it takes to win a championship? 522 00:26:23,920 --> 00:26:24,160 Speaker 5: Wow? 523 00:26:24,400 --> 00:26:24,799 Speaker 1: Winning? 524 00:26:26,039 --> 00:26:27,720 Speaker 3: Well, then I guess there's only one thing left to do. 525 00:26:29,839 --> 00:26:36,319 Speaker 1: What's that win the whole thing? All right? 526 00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:39,759 Speaker 4: First weekend winner for me is going to be an 527 00:26:39,960 --> 00:26:44,200 LSU baseball player surprize surprise, and not even necessarily what 528 00:26:44,279 --> 00:26:47,960 he did in Omahall. Now, he ended up having a 529 00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:53,000 really good game yesterday, but just because of his journey. Okay, 530 00:26:53,039 --> 00:26:54,920 in a day and age when it is so easy 531 00:26:54,960 --> 00:26:57,079 to take your ball and go home, take your ball 532 00:26:57,119 --> 00:26:59,799 and go somewhere else, feel sorry for yourself, blame it 533 00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:04,039 on everybody else. Right, it's the guy to the left 534 00:27:04,079 --> 00:27:06,319 of me is a perfect example of what I'm about 535 00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:08,400 to talk about, because he didn't do that. He stayed 536 00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:11,400 the course and ended up in a national championship for him, 537 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:14,640 and it also did for Ethan fry Ethan Frye is 538 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,200 somebody that was a very highly recruited player out of 539 00:27:17,279 --> 00:27:20,200 high school. Was a great multi sport athlete in high 540 00:27:20,240 --> 00:27:23,640 school from rose Pine, Louisiana, as we all know, and 541 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:26,160 he very easily could have blamed somebody else and hey, 542 00:27:26,160 --> 00:27:28,440 I'm not playing because of AB and C. He didn't 543 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:31,839 allow that look. He battled injuries as well. But the 544 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:35,039 coaching staff believed in him. He knew that, and he 545 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,839 bought that. He understood that, he knew what that meant. 546 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:40,400 He didn't think it was just lip service, because it wasn't, 547 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:44,279 and he stayed the course. Even coming into this year. 548 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:46,279 I don't think any of us had him being the 549 00:27:46,279 --> 00:27:50,079 full time DH certainly didn't have him hitting second for 550 00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:53,839 the Tigers. In the postseason like he did. If Ethan 551 00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:57,680 Fry' is not batting second against Little Rock, who knows 552 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:00,319 where that Game seven goes. Remember he came through with 553 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:03,480 the bases loaded when the night before nobody could find 554 00:28:03,519 --> 00:28:06,960 a way to do so. So for Ethan Fry to 555 00:28:07,039 --> 00:28:12,200 stay the course, to not worry about all the other 556 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:14,759 things to why he wasn't playing, but just to put 557 00:28:14,799 --> 00:28:17,279 his head down, go to work and find a way 558 00:28:17,680 --> 00:28:20,000 and force the coaches to have no choice but to 559 00:28:20,039 --> 00:28:23,680 put you into the lineup. Weekend winner, Ethan Fry, I'll 560 00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:24,079 believe you. 561 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:28,039 Speaker 6: Then, all right, my weekend winter, it's gonna be a 562 00:28:28,079 --> 00:28:30,519 weekend winter loser. And look, I'm gonna take a warn 563 00:28:30,519 --> 00:28:33,319 of y'all taking a ninety second break from baseball real quick, 564 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:35,480 because this deserves a. 565 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:36,440 Speaker 1: Little mention right here. 566 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:40,559 Speaker 6: We'll start with a loser on the PGA Tour, Tommy Fleetwood. 567 00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:48,720 Speaker 4: Leah, he's an Evertonian tournament, He's an Evertonian, the Travelers Champion. 568 00:28:48,759 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 6: This guy cannot get the monkey of his back. Still 569 00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:55,039 does not have a PGA Tour victory, but it's been 570 00:28:55,039 --> 00:28:58,119 one of the top govig especially from Europe, been on 571 00:28:58,200 --> 00:28:59,079 Ryder Cups, he's done. 572 00:28:59,119 --> 00:29:00,880 Speaker 1: He's done it all except win. 573 00:29:01,039 --> 00:29:03,599 Speaker 6: He's always up there, one of the top golfers, leading 574 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:07,279 by one stroke going into the last hole. Oogie's eighteen 575 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:11,240 doesn't even force a playoff loss. 576 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,200 Speaker 1: But he's just do it. On the other hand, you. 577 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:17,079 Speaker 4: Know, good but never great. 578 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:20,440 Speaker 6: The chance are great, But on the other hand we 579 00:29:20,559 --> 00:29:26,079 can winner. Mister Captain America. Keegan Bradley, the man that 580 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,880 was voted as the pick, does to be the Ryder 581 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,279 Cup captain. This is the championship he won a couple 582 00:29:31,279 --> 00:29:34,799 of years ago that had him controversially being left off 583 00:29:35,119 --> 00:29:38,519 the Ryder Cup team in Rome. The guy's a great player. 584 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:41,839 Everybody loves him. People cheer for him. The guy was down. 585 00:29:42,279 --> 00:29:46,240 He makes birdie on the eighteenth hole to seal the 586 00:29:46,319 --> 00:29:48,720 deal to beat Tommy Fleewood. Now there's gonna be a 587 00:29:48,759 --> 00:29:51,119 lot of controversy saying, all right, does somebody step in 588 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:53,759 now and take the place of him as captain so 589 00:29:53,799 --> 00:29:55,079 he can play? Is he going to be a play 590 00:29:55,079 --> 00:29:58,359 in captain? What's gonna happen here with Keegan Bradley? But 591 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:00,720 shout out to him, big weekend winner after in America, 592 00:30:00,920 --> 00:30:01,599 kicking Bradley? 593 00:30:01,799 --> 00:30:04,359 Speaker 4: All right, all right? Beck, you got any weekend winners 594 00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:05,240 or losers? 595 00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:10,240 Speaker 8: Yeah, I have a weekend loser. Unfortunately, the Indiana Pacers. Man, 596 00:30:10,559 --> 00:30:16,000 that really really stunk for them, Harrus Halliburton going down 597 00:30:16,039 --> 00:30:18,920 early in that game, and they held on the first half, 598 00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:21,400 second half, just could not hang with a Thunder without 599 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:24,759 him unfortunately. Yeah, it really it really sucked, man, because 600 00:30:24,799 --> 00:30:26,559 he was actually playing pretty well. I mean, you could 601 00:30:26,599 --> 00:30:28,799 tell he was not one hundred percent, but he was still, 602 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:30,880 you know, being very effective. 603 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:34,160 Speaker 4: And I think it's always one of those things. Oh well, 604 00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:35,880 if you if you had kept playing, they would have won. 605 00:30:36,319 --> 00:30:38,880 Speaker 8: Who knows, maybe maybe they still would have lost thundergoing 606 00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:42,119 that run in the fourth quarter. But still really really 607 00:30:42,200 --> 00:30:46,039 unfortunate for the Pacers. They are fortunately a weekend loser. 608 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:52,200 Speaker 6: Did LOSEBA fans lose too with Alburton going down like that. 609 00:30:52,559 --> 00:30:56,160 Speaker 4: Yes, yeah, nobody wanted to see that. Nobody what we got. 610 00:30:56,039 --> 00:30:59,279 Speaker 2: Sir, some My weekend winter was going to be Oklahoma 611 00:30:59,319 --> 00:31:03,920 City Thunder first championship as the Thunder. I'm with Beck, though, 612 00:31:03,920 --> 00:31:05,839 it sucks to see Haliburton go down. I've been a 613 00:31:05,839 --> 00:31:10,359 big Heliburdon fan in these playoffs, but I'll go NBA 614 00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:14,160 again but weekend loser the Phoenix Suns. 615 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,240 Speaker 1: So they got rid of Kevin Durant. 616 00:31:15,799 --> 00:31:19,480 Speaker 2: Which to me seems like a win, but everybody knew 617 00:31:19,519 --> 00:31:20,400 he wanted out of it. 618 00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:21,839 Speaker 1: They didn't really get a ton back. 619 00:31:21,920 --> 00:31:24,720 Speaker 2: I mean, they got Jalen Green, who's a good player, 620 00:31:25,599 --> 00:31:27,440 just one first round pick. 621 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:29,440 Speaker 1: And five second round picks. 622 00:31:30,119 --> 00:31:33,680 Speaker 2: And there were teams Kevin Durant thought six seven. 623 00:31:33,839 --> 00:31:36,319 Speaker 4: Okay, yeah, I like, look at Jalen Green back, and. 624 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:37,400 Speaker 1: Jalen Green's a good player. 625 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:40,720 Speaker 6: But the Suns were worse when Grant got there. Yeah, 626 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:41,240 three got the. 627 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:45,200 Speaker 2: Right so they got five second round picks but just 628 00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:47,119 one first round pick. But the reason I put him 629 00:31:47,119 --> 00:31:50,960 as losers is because two weeks ago teams had offered 630 00:31:51,039 --> 00:31:54,920 better trade packages. They turned it down looking for something better. 631 00:31:55,119 --> 00:31:57,599 The Rockets were the only ones left there, and they 632 00:31:57,599 --> 00:31:59,440 didn't get half of what they could have got two 633 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:02,079 weeks ago. A week in losers Phoenix, and. 634 00:32:02,119 --> 00:32:05,279 Speaker 6: He found out on the stage, right, the news was 635 00:32:05,279 --> 00:32:07,359 broke when he's on stage of Fanatics. 636 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:09,720 Speaker 4: That was actually going to be a weekend winner for 637 00:32:09,759 --> 00:32:13,960 me was Fanatics Fest. Oh my gosh, I told you yesterday. 638 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:18,160 I don't get fomo very often. I just don't. I 639 00:32:18,279 --> 00:32:21,880 had the ultimate fomo not being at Fanatics Fest and sure, 640 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:23,839 like we're into cards and that's, you know, a big 641 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,000 part of what goes down there. But it's not the 642 00:32:26,039 --> 00:32:29,920 only thing. But oh, just to walk around, be able 643 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:33,039 to pick up some cards, trade some cards, buy some cards, 644 00:32:33,079 --> 00:32:37,920 sell some cards. Next year MOSCONA, if you're listening, go 645 00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:40,880 ahead and start getting the budget together because we would 646 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,920 love to do our show. Oh, we were on Fanatics. 647 00:32:43,519 --> 00:32:47,559 Speaker 6: Fest and that that like big winner from Fanatics. Fast 648 00:32:47,799 --> 00:32:52,000 guy named Josh Harris, who's with a company called Roth Cards, 649 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:56,680 sells a Jaden Daniels Prism black Finite one of one 650 00:32:56,799 --> 00:33:00,960 card in like the most amazing fashion possible. The owner 651 00:33:01,519 --> 00:33:04,359 of the Washington Commanders is up on stage with Jaden 652 00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:07,720 Daniels with the microphone, asking, Hey, I need who has 653 00:33:07,759 --> 00:33:10,519 the most expensive or the most rare Daniels card. He 654 00:33:10,599 --> 00:33:12,920 comes up starts talking to him from the side, holding 655 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:15,880 the card up. The owner of the Commanders on the 656 00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:18,839 spot buys it for half a million dollars so he 657 00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,359 can display it at the Washington Commanders. 658 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:22,880 Speaker 8: Well, and did you see the guy who came in 659 00:33:22,960 --> 00:33:25,559 third who was a fan. This is just a guy 660 00:33:25,599 --> 00:33:29,039 from Pennsylvania as a teacher. He got a two thousand 661 00:33:29,039 --> 00:33:32,680 and three tops chrome gold reflector gold refractored Lebron James 662 00:33:32,759 --> 00:33:35,720 Rookie card number to fifty and then he sold it 663 00:33:35,759 --> 00:33:38,759 to Tom Brady who won for two hundred and fifty thousand, 664 00:33:38,839 --> 00:33:41,640 and then also got a signed card in Jersey from 665 00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:42,440 Brady as well. 666 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:44,799 Speaker 4: So that's that's pretty good win to go to him. 667 00:33:44,880 --> 00:33:46,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, so do you get some good cards? 668 00:33:46,960 --> 00:33:49,440 Speaker 6: Probably just go there next year, Yeah, John to solver 669 00:33:49,559 --> 00:33:50,200 half a million. 670 00:33:50,279 --> 00:33:51,680 Speaker 4: I mean, look, we can do a show there. If 671 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:54,480 that's not possible, just send us there for some content. 672 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:57,240 We'll get some content. Go, we can do it. Sure 673 00:33:57,480 --> 00:33:59,839 we will have well I think we can as well. 674 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,720 But put that on there. We'll trade one of our 675 00:34:02,799 --> 00:34:06,519 normal yearly remotes to go to fanatics fast. 676 00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:09,400 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, for sure. We'll pay our way. 677 00:34:09,519 --> 00:34:17,159 Speaker 4: Yeah sorry mobile, sorry, sorry about all right, let's take 678 00:34:17,159 --> 00:34:19,079 a break. When we come back, let's get some more 679 00:34:19,159 --> 00:34:21,880 weekend winners or losers here on OTB. 680 00:34:22,679 --> 00:34:26,719 Speaker 1: Off the bench, I go to pelicanroof. 681 00:34:26,079 --> 00:34:29,239 Speaker 4: Dot compelicanroof dot com is the website for you guessed 682 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:32,960 at Pelican roofing uh in Lafayette in Baton Rouge actually 683 00:34:33,039 --> 00:34:35,960 drove by the Lafayette office this past weekend. 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We don't need 710 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:54,199 this sound there because we're diving right back in into 711 00:35:54,239 --> 00:35:57,480 some weekend winners. And I am going to go with 712 00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:02,199 LSU head baseball coach A Johnson, also going to tag 713 00:36:02,719 --> 00:36:07,480 LSU athletic director Scott Woodward into this because Scott believed 714 00:36:07,599 --> 00:36:10,320 in Jay. We talked about it last week. I don't 715 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:13,119 remember who our guest was, but a lot of times, 716 00:36:13,159 --> 00:36:15,960 like a place like LSU and in the SEC footprint, 717 00:36:16,039 --> 00:36:18,000 you don't look to the West coast, you don't look 718 00:36:18,119 --> 00:36:20,719 in a different region maybe for your head coach. And 719 00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:22,840 there was a lot of other names that were being 720 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:27,119 thrown around, but I definitely remember having conversations with Scott 721 00:36:27,199 --> 00:36:30,320 during the entire process, and I am not even going 722 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:32,519 to try to lie to you. I was pushing and 723 00:36:32,639 --> 00:36:35,599 championing for Jay Johnson and he's like, look, I met 724 00:36:35,599 --> 00:36:39,320 the guy. I know everything that you're saying, like I 725 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:41,960 saw it in our meeting, Like I know exactly what 726 00:36:42,000 --> 00:36:46,599 you're talking about. And for Scott to look, Jay had 727 00:36:46,599 --> 00:36:51,000 been to Omaha multiple times. He was a runner up 728 00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:54,239 back in twenty sixteen to that Coastal Carolina team. So 729 00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:58,239 the resume was the resume. But for Scott to trust 730 00:36:59,039 --> 00:37:02,960 the standard of called baseball, that kind of program to him, 731 00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:05,360 I give him a lot of credit because there's you know, 732 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:08,679 some athletic directors that would not have gone out west 733 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:12,559 and brought him here to Louisiana, and he did just that. 734 00:37:12,679 --> 00:37:14,920 And then once he gets here, what does Jay do well? 735 00:37:15,039 --> 00:37:17,760 Jay is one ninety and seventy seven has over a 736 00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:21,960 seven hundred winning percentage at LSU. He now has two 737 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:30,199 national championships, two weekend winner, yearly winner. Jay Johnson. Scott 738 00:37:30,199 --> 00:37:34,199 Woodward as well for bringing him in knowing he could 739 00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:38,159 handle this baseball program and also one more tied to 740 00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:43,119 LSU baseball, the LSU baseball fans. You showed up and 741 00:37:43,159 --> 00:37:47,519 showed out. If that stadium held twenty five thousand people, 742 00:37:47,599 --> 00:37:51,079 you had twenty two and a half of the number 743 00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:55,360 in that building. You were loud, you were there, You 744 00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:59,159 made your presence be known. And even though I wasn't 745 00:37:59,199 --> 00:38:02,920 a baseball player, Matt wasn't a baseball player, even as 746 00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:07,199 football players, that makes us proud to be Tigers. That 747 00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:10,719 makes us proud to see how much you care, how 748 00:38:10,800 --> 00:38:16,159 much you're willing to sacrifice your time, your money. It's 749 00:38:16,199 --> 00:38:19,599 not cheap to go to Omaha, and just the belief 750 00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:22,760 and desire that you have in us to be great 751 00:38:23,159 --> 00:38:25,559 it is not get lost on us. So shout out 752 00:38:25,599 --> 00:38:27,039 Weekend Winner LSU fans. 753 00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:34,079 Speaker 6: Yeah, Scott Keeps continues to hire well and hitting dingers 754 00:38:34,119 --> 00:38:37,440 with his coach and hire man. That man has done 755 00:38:37,559 --> 00:38:40,559 so much since he's been back to LSU. Pretty impressive 756 00:38:40,559 --> 00:38:43,280 to watch, Pretty impressive to see. We are lucky. I 757 00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:45,840 mean we're I said it like the first save of 758 00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:48,559 the show. LSU fans were so spoiled in so many 759 00:38:48,559 --> 00:38:53,039 different ways. We've come to expect winning teams in every 760 00:38:53,159 --> 00:38:58,000 single aspect, whether it's men's sports, women's sports, you name it, fall, winner, spring, 761 00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:02,920 whatever it is. There is not an off season for 762 00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:06,199 l s U Athletics. It's a big thanks to the 763 00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:09,519 fan base, to everybody. We everybody plays a part in 764 00:39:09,559 --> 00:39:12,119 this for everything, and Scott. 765 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:15,360 Speaker 1: Certainly plays one of the bigger roles in all of that. 766 00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:17,440 This is my fault. 767 00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:20,440 Speaker 2: Earlier I did not pull up the official l s 768 00:39:20,519 --> 00:39:28,639 U National Championship poster if you guys want to see it, 769 00:39:28,719 --> 00:39:32,400 the thumbs up, the dad smile, the eight Natty trophies 770 00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:35,199 underneath our guy Han Palmer Electric. 771 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:36,199 Speaker 1: That is electric? 772 00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:37,719 Speaker 4: Mm. 773 00:39:38,599 --> 00:39:42,199 Speaker 6: Anybody else got a winner or loser? Didn't know Jacobs 774 00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:43,920 bringing us back for a second seg here? 775 00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:47,239 Speaker 1: Literally, I mean I got like, I mean you could go. 776 00:39:47,519 --> 00:39:50,079 Speaker 6: You could go person by person. Oh yes, roster on 777 00:39:50,079 --> 00:39:52,199 the staff like Kate Anderson, how about him? 778 00:39:52,559 --> 00:39:53,239 Speaker 1: Goodweight winner. 779 00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:56,920 Speaker 4: That's how this worked. It is your weekend winter pastor. 780 00:39:56,960 --> 00:40:00,000 Speaker 8: I'm surprised you didn't go for this one, even though 781 00:40:00,119 --> 00:40:02,880 I don't think it was great weekend where the US 782 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:07,039 men's national team they okay, okay, but it's it's more 783 00:40:07,119 --> 00:40:10,519 so they won all three games. They won all three games, 784 00:40:10,519 --> 00:40:12,199 and those four could go out there and beat Haiti 785 00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:14,880 two to one. It wasn't pretty and none of the 786 00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:17,360 games were great. They didn't play really that well in 787 00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:18,960 any of the games. But they did win all three 788 00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:21,159 of their games in the group, so they finished first. 789 00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:23,679 Uh let's see what they do when they get to 790 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:26,840 the knockout rounds here. But uh, I mean they did win. 791 00:40:27,039 --> 00:40:29,440 They are they are a winner. It wasn't it wasn't great. 792 00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:32,280 But the US men's national team went three to oho 793 00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:35,360 in the group for the Gold Cups, so I have 794 00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,079 to give some old of a shout out for them. 795 00:40:37,159 --> 00:40:39,400 But now, now, yeah, now let's see what they can 796 00:40:39,440 --> 00:40:41,880 do here. Moving on to the knockout rounds. 797 00:40:42,199 --> 00:40:43,880 Speaker 6: What are they what do they call big soccer fans? 798 00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:48,079 I mean, obviously I'm a stitchhead. Now for baseball hooligans. 799 00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:51,280 Speaker 8: Yeah yeah, if you're like, you're crazy, that's yeah. Those 800 00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:53,760 are like the fans for a team that that booted. 801 00:40:54,119 --> 00:40:55,039 Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm. 802 00:40:57,360 --> 00:40:59,480 Speaker 1: Gonna call it. I'm getting me and the wife get 803 00:40:59,519 --> 00:41:03,559 real into said last. So okay, okay, so real. 804 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:06,079 Speaker 4: Quick to add to mine. I know there's some Kevin 805 00:41:06,119 --> 00:41:08,599 O'Sullivan talk inside the chat, and there's always Kevin O'Sullivan 806 00:41:08,599 --> 00:41:11,000 talk because a lot of LSU fans wanted him to 807 00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:13,480 be the coach whenever Jay Johnson was hired. I'll say this, 808 00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:17,599 Kevin O'Sullivan won Jay Johnson two that's national championships, in 809 00:41:17,599 --> 00:41:20,239 case he had the head, in case anybody was keeping 810 00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:22,239 track at home, anybody else. 811 00:41:24,119 --> 00:41:26,800 Speaker 2: Just to pickyback off of Matt said, though about Kate Anderson, 812 00:41:26,880 --> 00:41:28,760 I think Kate Anderson made himself the first pick in 813 00:41:28,800 --> 00:41:30,960 the draft. On Saturday night, me and a buddy mine, 814 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:34,320 we're texting like you had heard top ten and his 815 00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:37,079 performance kept going, you had heard top five. I think 816 00:41:37,159 --> 00:41:40,360 Kate Anderson made himself the first pick in the Major 817 00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:41,000 league draft. 818 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:47,039 Speaker 6: Yeah, And I asked the question earlier about watching him pitch. 819 00:41:47,159 --> 00:41:49,840 What makes this stuff so good? It's hard to tell 820 00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:54,280 from watching it on TV, but obviously there's some spin. 821 00:41:54,480 --> 00:41:56,800 There is some veloc I mean well, in fact, that. 822 00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:59,079 Speaker 2: He could throw ninety six from the left side. 823 00:41:59,440 --> 00:42:02,400 Speaker 6: Good well in college baseball, that's not that fast anymore. 824 00:42:02,440 --> 00:42:04,159 Goodness great a LEFTI for. 825 00:42:04,119 --> 00:42:05,239 Speaker 1: A lefty, it is. 826 00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:08,320 Speaker 2: But I was telling you before the show, like it 827 00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:11,599 wasn't that great last year, at least not a conference. 828 00:42:11,719 --> 00:42:13,880 Like in conference you kind of lost faith through him. 829 00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,039 Halfway through the SEC schedule. You didn't see it much. 830 00:42:16,039 --> 00:42:18,920 And then this year all fall you had heard, Hey, 831 00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:22,119 Kate Anderson might be the Friday guy. Don't be don't 832 00:42:22,119 --> 00:42:24,920 be surprised to see Kate Anderson opening game. Everyone kind 833 00:42:24,920 --> 00:42:26,800 of raised their eyebrows at it, but I mean it 834 00:42:26,800 --> 00:42:27,280 paid off. 835 00:42:28,159 --> 00:42:30,199 Speaker 4: So I put it out there on social media last 836 00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:33,079 night because this is this is just true. It's going 837 00:42:33,159 --> 00:42:37,039 to be the case. Kate Anderson had one of the 838 00:42:37,079 --> 00:42:40,480 performances now his entire year incredible, but he had one 839 00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:43,960 of those performances against Arkansas and Coastal that he's going 840 00:42:44,039 --> 00:42:46,599 to go back to the box in fifteen twenty years, 841 00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:48,840 he's going to go to a series with his family. 842 00:42:49,119 --> 00:42:50,920 People are going to recognize him and there's going to 843 00:42:50,960 --> 00:42:53,039 be one hundred people that come up to him and say, 844 00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:56,760 when you did A and B, this is exactly where 845 00:42:56,760 --> 00:42:59,119 I was, this is where I watched the game, and 846 00:42:59,199 --> 00:43:02,239 thank you for doing that. He's gonna have that moment 847 00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:04,360 in twenty years, people are still going to remember what 848 00:43:04,480 --> 00:43:06,719 he did on the run to a national title. 849 00:43:07,039 --> 00:43:11,239 Speaker 6: It's what happens at LSU and Jake and I can 850 00:43:11,280 --> 00:43:14,280 tell you this from experience, when if you win a championship, 851 00:43:14,360 --> 00:43:16,679 like a lot of people, a lot of those moments 852 00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:20,639 are going to be remembered. Now, Jerry Jones had the moment, Stanfill. 853 00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:20,719 Speaker 4: Had a moment. 854 00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:24,440 Speaker 6: Yes, they've all had moments. Now you can go down 855 00:43:25,119 --> 00:43:29,400 the entire roster plus some plus some people, yep, nine 856 00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:31,800 plus some people, and then the pictures you can go 857 00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:34,320 through each and every one of them. They all showed 858 00:43:34,440 --> 00:43:37,440 up and had a moment. Even Braswell didn't have the 859 00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:41,199 moment at the plate. Do we win without some of 860 00:43:41,199 --> 00:43:42,719 those stops that he had at third base? 861 00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:43,079 Speaker 4: Maybe not? 862 00:43:43,159 --> 00:43:43,559 Speaker 1: Maybe not? 863 00:43:43,719 --> 00:43:46,199 Speaker 4: Ye? All right, we'll close out hour number two when 864 00:43:46,199 --> 00:43:50,800 we come back here on OTV, off the bench. All right, 865 00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:53,599 go Central Plumbing dot org, Sinceral Plumbing dot org. If 866 00:43:53,639 --> 00:43:55,920 you would have had a situation pop up yesterday, it 867 00:43:55,920 --> 00:44:00,719 would have been Sunday, early afternoon closed. What are you 868 00:44:00,760 --> 00:44:03,920 gonna do? LSU Baseball's on in the College World Series Final. 869 00:44:04,239 --> 00:44:06,639 Ain't nobody coming out here? 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Gonna catch 888 00:45:10,840 --> 00:45:15,440 up with Todd Walker, LSU baseball legend now obviously covering 889 00:45:16,239 --> 00:45:19,679 college baseball for ESPN, and he was with Coastal going 890 00:45:19,719 --> 00:45:22,840 back to their regionals. So excited to catch up with 891 00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:25,320 kind of get his thoughts on the game, how everything 892 00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:28,320 played out. A you know, I say LSU legend, I 893 00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:31,679 mean maybe best hitter in program. 894 00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:35,480 Speaker 1: Do you say the best you said Championship Monday? 895 00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:38,559 Speaker 4: Yeah, Like what kind of championship national? 896 00:45:39,559 --> 00:45:40,480 Speaker 1: Like the entire nation. 897 00:45:41,679 --> 00:45:44,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, there's three hundred plus teams that try for it 898 00:45:44,079 --> 00:45:46,119 and one got at won. 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