1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:04,240 Speaker 1: Let's I'll start to you the presents. Off the Bench 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:06,719 with Jacob Hester and T. Bob Abert. 3 00:00:06,919 --> 00:00:09,039 Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, yeah, yeah yeah. 4 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 1: Off the Bench with Jacob Hester and Bob Aber. 5 00:00:12,839 --> 00:00:13,919 Speaker 3: I gotta come off the bitch. 6 00:00:14,039 --> 00:00:17,519 Speaker 1: Now. Here's Jacob Hester and T Bob aber. 7 00:00:21,879 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 4: All right, Welcome in our number three Wednesday edition of 8 00:00:24,519 --> 00:00:26,559 Off the Bench. Taylor Sharp here with you, filling it 9 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:28,120 in for Jacob Hester and T. 10 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 3: Bob Abert. Quick show. 11 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:32,560 Speaker 4: So far, I feel like we've flown by a little 12 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,200 bit today. Uh, probably just because we're we're in the 13 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:37,119 swing of things here during the week, Monday and Tuesday 14 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:40,880 seem like they just drug by. But hopefully if you're 15 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:42,520 out there, you're having a good time. We're trying to 16 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:45,079 have a good time here as well. Coming up here 17 00:00:45,119 --> 00:00:47,399 in an hour number three, we got a little bit 18 00:00:47,399 --> 00:00:49,600 of Saints talk. We're gonna do some LSU baseball and 19 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:52,960 football and t Higgins franchise tag by the Bengals. We'll 20 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:55,719 talk about his future in the NFL and what that 21 00:00:55,759 --> 00:00:58,640 could mean for one mister Joe Burrow. And then obviously 22 00:00:59,479 --> 00:01:02,159 we'll close things out here on Wednesday, as we do 23 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:05,120 every day, with a little bit of ask the bench. Okay, 24 00:01:05,159 --> 00:01:07,439 so the Saints have made a coaching higher. It is 25 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:11,200 being reported that former Rams head coach you know him 26 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,400 from a number of stops, including right here in Baton Rouge, 27 00:01:14,079 --> 00:01:17,879 the Saints are adding Scott Lenahan to Kellen Moore's offensive 28 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:22,359 staff in New Orleans. Nick Underhill was actually the first 29 00:01:22,439 --> 00:01:26,640 one to report this news. Lenahan's an NFL veteran. He 30 00:01:26,640 --> 00:01:28,760 has a ton of head coaching experience with the Rams. 31 00:01:29,159 --> 00:01:32,040 He was an offensive coordinator with the Minnesota Vikings, the Dolphins, 32 00:01:32,079 --> 00:01:33,159 the Lions. 33 00:01:33,359 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 3: And the Dallas Cowboys. 34 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:39,159 Speaker 4: He's a guy that's been around more than a few times. 35 00:01:39,519 --> 00:01:42,280 If you go look at Scott Lenehan's resume, he's sixty 36 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:43,400 one years old. 37 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:45,239 Speaker 3: He's been just about everywhere. 38 00:01:45,560 --> 00:01:48,840 Speaker 4: He started as a high school offensive coordinator in Oregon, 39 00:01:49,879 --> 00:01:52,560 position coach in Idaho, position coach at UNLV. 40 00:01:53,719 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 3: Then he goes to Washington. 41 00:01:54,799 --> 00:01:57,079 Speaker 4: Then he becomes an offensive coordinator at a few spots, 42 00:01:57,840 --> 00:01:59,719 like I mentioned, head coach at the Saint Louis Rams 43 00:01:59,719 --> 00:02:01,760 from two two thousand and six to two thousand and eight. 44 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,680 Then he's the offensive coordinator in Detroit for forty seasons. 45 00:02:06,239 --> 00:02:08,479 He was a passing game coordinator for the Cowboys, promoted 46 00:02:08,479 --> 00:02:12,319 to offensive coordinator for four seasons with the Cowboys, was 47 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:15,919 let go in eighteen. In twenty twenty, when Joe Brady 48 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,319 moved on and took a job with the NFL, it 49 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,879 was Scott Lenahan that ed Orzeran and Staff hired to 50 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:25,039 be the next passing game coordinator to take over for 51 00:02:25,159 --> 00:02:29,280 Joe Brady. Now and didn't go particularly well, but look 52 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:31,280 at what he had to work with, right Jamar Chase 53 00:02:31,319 --> 00:02:34,719 opted out, like three weeks before the season started. Miles Brennan, 54 00:02:34,719 --> 00:02:36,639 who you thought was going to be your starting quarterback, 55 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:39,199 I had a season ending injury after three games. You 56 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:41,520 had to throw TJ. Finley in there as a freshman 57 00:02:41,560 --> 00:02:44,000 before he was ready. Finley had an up and down. 58 00:02:43,800 --> 00:02:45,960 Speaker 3: Performance, so and then you throw MAXI Johnson in there 59 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:47,680 as a freshman. I get it. 60 00:02:47,879 --> 00:02:52,319 Speaker 4: It didn't go according to plan, But Glenahan has a 61 00:02:52,360 --> 00:02:55,599 ton of experience, nonetheless, and those were anytime you have 62 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:58,240 to start three different quarterbacks in a season, something's not 63 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,759 going quite right. So he's only at LSU for one year. 64 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:03,560 He goes to Missouri for three years as an offensive analyst. 65 00:03:03,599 --> 00:03:05,960 This past season, he was an offensive analyst at the 66 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:09,000 University of Montana and then, of course now a senior 67 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:10,319 offensive analyst. 68 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 3: With the New Orleans Saints. 69 00:03:11,439 --> 00:03:15,639 Speaker 4: Okay, so as I break down that resume, don't worry 70 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:19,639 about what his win loss record as a head coach was, 71 00:03:19,800 --> 00:03:23,280 or what he did in his previous stops, or you 72 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:25,240 know what kind of scheme he's comfortable running. 73 00:03:26,879 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 3: This is Kellen Moore's offense. 74 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:31,319 Speaker 4: So the type of system and the offensive numbers that 75 00:03:31,319 --> 00:03:33,199 Scott Lenahan has done in the past does not mat 76 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:34,960 Kellen Moore has already said he's going to be the 77 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:39,680 primary play call. What I love is the dedication to 78 00:03:39,919 --> 00:03:45,840 the quarterback position between Kellen Moore, Doug nas Meyer, and 79 00:03:45,879 --> 00:03:49,879 Scott Lenahan. Saints QB should be in good hands. All 80 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:52,639 of those guys have been known as really good quarterback 81 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:55,639 coaches for a number of years. And that's your head coach, 82 00:03:55,840 --> 00:04:00,280 your offensive coordinator, and your senior offensive analyst. All three 83 00:04:00,319 --> 00:04:03,280 of those guys could potentially be the quarterbacks coach. They 84 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:06,639 could be a hands on approach with whoever they have. Now, 85 00:04:06,719 --> 00:04:09,400 is Derek Carr going to be completely reinvented in year 86 00:04:09,479 --> 00:04:12,000 eleven in the NFL? No, But I'll tell you what 87 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,719 this does do a guy like Spencer Ratler who's just 88 00:04:15,759 --> 00:04:16,600 getting into the league. 89 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:17,759 Speaker 3: He finished his rookie year. 90 00:04:18,639 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 4: He's got an entirely new staff, but he's got three 91 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:24,399 different coaches at least that are all dedicated to the 92 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,879 quarterback position that can help with his development. I think 93 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,920 that's big for a young guy like a Spencer Ratler. 94 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:33,279 He would make sense to give Rattler a lot of run. 95 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:35,800 All those people who were saying, hey, cut Derek Carr, 96 00:04:35,879 --> 00:04:37,800 eat the fifty one million dollar cap hit this year 97 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:42,000 and move on after that. Honestly, making a move like 98 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,399 this kind of does make sense for that scenario, and 99 00:04:44,439 --> 00:04:49,360 it's a scenario I was against for a long time. Also, 100 00:04:51,519 --> 00:04:56,040 the Saints over the weekend at the NFL Combine. This 101 00:04:56,079 --> 00:04:59,600 is again according to Nick Underhill, met with Miami quarterback 102 00:04:59,639 --> 00:05:07,360 Kim and Colorado quarterback shoud Or Sanders. Sanders was actually 103 00:05:07,399 --> 00:05:11,959 spotted wearing New Orleans Saints gear at the NFL Combine. Now, 104 00:05:11,959 --> 00:05:14,920 it remains unclear the Saints' opinion of these two quarterbacks, 105 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:18,240 what their plan is in the first round. The point 106 00:05:18,319 --> 00:05:21,360 is they have Derek Carr and roster. They have Spencer Ratler. 107 00:05:21,639 --> 00:05:24,399 Jay Cane are still in that room. The Saints are 108 00:05:24,439 --> 00:05:26,680 turning over every leaf and it looks like they're doing 109 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:30,199 their due diligence. You hired an offensive minded coach who's 110 00:05:30,199 --> 00:05:32,800 a former quarterback. You hired a guy who as your 111 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:35,439 offensive coordinator who's been a quarterbacks coach and played quarterback 112 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:37,279 for a number of years as well, in Doug Molsmeyer. 113 00:05:37,560 --> 00:05:39,480 And now you hire a guy Scotland Ahan, who's been 114 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:43,199 an offensive coordinator, passing game coordinator, quarterbacks coach. You are 115 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,120 putting an emphasis on the importance of the quarterback position, 116 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:48,079 and it's the first time you've really done that post 117 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:55,959 Seawn paidon era. Are the Saints truly interested in shed 118 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:56,759 or Sanders? 119 00:05:56,800 --> 00:05:58,720 Speaker 3: Look? I get it, they tuck to camp Ward as well. 120 00:05:58,800 --> 00:06:00,879 Speaker 4: The Saints are not going to get kim Board unless 121 00:06:00,879 --> 00:06:02,319 they trade up for the number one pick, And I 122 00:06:02,319 --> 00:06:03,680 don't know if they're going to be willing to do 123 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:06,600 that because right now the Tennessee Titans have the first 124 00:06:06,639 --> 00:06:10,480 overall pick. But a lot of people are actually projecting 125 00:06:10,519 --> 00:06:13,480 that the New York Giants jump off too number one 126 00:06:13,560 --> 00:06:16,120 flip picks with Tennessee and they take cam Board with 127 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:20,199 the number one overall pick. But could they get Shador Sanders. 128 00:06:20,639 --> 00:06:24,519 For whatever reason, all these NFL draft analysts and experts 129 00:06:24,519 --> 00:06:27,519 and insiders whatever you want to call them, cannot seem 130 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:30,120 to agree on where shouldawor Sanders is going. Now the 131 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:35,959 most common is six overall to the Las Vegas Raiders. 132 00:06:36,639 --> 00:06:38,079 Let's look at one, two and three right now. One 133 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:40,199 two and three is Titans, who I think need a 134 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:42,680 QB but have shown interest in trading, and they really 135 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:43,439 like abdual Cart. 136 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:45,240 Speaker 3: Let's say no trades happen. 137 00:06:46,199 --> 00:06:50,560 Speaker 4: Let's say that at one overall the Titans do what 138 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:52,600 people project them to do and they take abdual Cart. 139 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:56,839 At two overall, the Browns could do one of two things. 140 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:00,360 They could take Kim Ward or they could take travel Hunter. 141 00:07:01,399 --> 00:07:03,560 I actually think they're going to take Travis Hunter. Should 142 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:05,639 they I don't know? But did the Browns ever do 143 00:07:05,720 --> 00:07:07,519 what they're supposed to do. I think they're going to 144 00:07:07,519 --> 00:07:10,680 take Travis Hunter. Like three overalls in New York Giants, 145 00:07:10,759 --> 00:07:15,800 they are taking AQB if he's there, They're taking cam War. 146 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:20,680 There's no question about the bigger thing is what happens 147 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:26,680 after three? Because one, two, and three doesn't really matter 148 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:29,399 the order. Everyone pretty much believes it's going to be 149 00:07:29,439 --> 00:07:33,680 some combination of Abdul Carter, Travis Hunter, and Cam war 150 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:36,879 It fours where it gets interesting because that's the New 151 00:07:36,879 --> 00:07:40,600 England Patriots. They're not taking a quarterback because they obviously 152 00:07:40,639 --> 00:07:44,720 have Drake matt five overall. Say what you want about him. 153 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:47,360 I've been pretty critical of Trevor Lawrence the past two years. 154 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:49,800 They paid him a lot of money. Trevor Lawrence is 155 00:07:49,839 --> 00:07:54,079 their starting quarterback. They're gonna go corner, wide receiver, left tackle. 156 00:07:54,319 --> 00:07:57,439 Will Campbell's been mocked there at a number of drafts. 157 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,920 Six is the Las Vegas rate. But what if they're 158 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:04,480 not as in love with Shador Sanders as everyone says 159 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:08,000 they are. Is that something they'd be willing to take on? 160 00:08:08,800 --> 00:08:11,720 And then after him, I mean after the Raiders at six, 161 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:14,279 you got the Jets at seven. The Jets could take 162 00:08:14,279 --> 00:08:18,319 a QB, but there's a number of positions they need 163 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:20,199 to fill as well. Now the Panthers at eight are 164 00:08:20,240 --> 00:08:23,519 not going to do that. I think that Dave Canalis 165 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:25,399 did enough with Bryce Young's where they're gonna kick the 166 00:08:25,439 --> 00:08:27,839 tires on that and give it one more try this year. Now, 167 00:08:27,839 --> 00:08:29,600 if it doesn't work out this year with Bryce Young, 168 00:08:29,639 --> 00:08:32,159 I think they're absolutely in the quarterback market for the 169 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:36,480 cup coming twenty twenty six NFL Draft. So if the 170 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:40,720 Raiders balk on Shador Sanders at six, there's a chance 171 00:08:40,759 --> 00:08:43,679 he could fall to nine overall. Now, are the New 172 00:08:43,759 --> 00:08:46,039 Orleans Saints going to take Shador Sanders? Who's the question 173 00:08:46,679 --> 00:08:49,399 he had Nick Underhill on yesterday. Nick said he believes 174 00:08:49,440 --> 00:08:51,679 that even if Shador Sanders is there at nine overall, 175 00:08:52,039 --> 00:08:56,600 they're not going to do it. That's fine because you 176 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:59,320 have a veteran quarterback in place. He's not great, he's 177 00:08:59,320 --> 00:09:03,399 not terrible, but you have a veteran quarterback in place. Also, 178 00:09:07,039 --> 00:09:09,039 I don't know how I feel about any of the 179 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:11,720 quarterbacks projected in the first round, whether it's Kim Ward, 180 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:12,759 whether it's sad or Sanders. 181 00:09:12,799 --> 00:09:14,120 Speaker 3: Jackson darts a late riser. 182 00:09:15,519 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 4: Could you get a quarterback outside of the first round 183 00:09:18,399 --> 00:09:20,600 if Jackson darts there when you're picking in the forties. 184 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:24,480 I mean, we've talked about Will Howard. Dylan Gabriel is 185 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:26,519 a guy who's falling because of his combine performance, but 186 00:09:26,519 --> 00:09:30,279 he's still was super productive in college. There's a number 187 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:32,440 of guys out there that could be available to you 188 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:36,840 in the later rounds. So whether you go QB round one, 189 00:09:38,360 --> 00:09:40,080 whether you go QB in the later rounds, or you 190 00:09:40,120 --> 00:09:41,679 don't draft the quarterback at all and you try to 191 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:45,120 develop Spencer Rattler. The point is, whether it's Derek Carr, 192 00:09:45,159 --> 00:09:49,120 whether it's somebody else. I like this offensive staff so far. 193 00:09:49,399 --> 00:09:52,399 I like what Kellen Moore is doing. He's showing that, Hey, 194 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:54,399 we all know that the quarterback is the most important 195 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:59,080 position in the NFL. Let's cater to that position. Let 196 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:01,200 me bring in Doug nah because if I'm not in 197 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:03,679 the quarterback room as a head coach, Doug moss Mayer 198 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:05,120 can go do it. He's been there, done that. He's 199 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:08,799 been successful with multiple stops. We don't want Dougnlse Mayern 200 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:10,440 to be the quarterbacks coach. He's got too much on 201 00:10:10,480 --> 00:10:13,159 his play. Scott Lenahan can do it. He's been there, 202 00:10:13,159 --> 00:10:14,720 done that. He's done it for a number of years. 203 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:17,720 With all three of those guys putting their heads together, 204 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:23,159 they are deciding, hey, we need a quarterback for the future. 205 00:10:23,519 --> 00:10:25,480 We have to develop one. We have to go get one. 206 00:10:25,519 --> 00:10:27,600 Whether it's Rattler, whether it's somebody in this year's draft, 207 00:10:27,639 --> 00:10:30,320 next year's draft, whatever, they are putting an emphasis on 208 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:33,440 the quarterback position based on the hires that they have 209 00:10:33,519 --> 00:10:36,600 made so far, and I love it because Sean Payton 210 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:40,360 did that. Sean Payton, they caught him the quarterback guru 211 00:10:40,399 --> 00:10:42,519 for a number of years, right, and it made a 212 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:43,759 lot of sense. He had a ton of success with 213 00:10:43,879 --> 00:10:46,679 Drew Brees even when Breeze was gone. He made Jamis 214 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:49,440 Winston and Taysom Hill look like decent NFL quarterbacks at times. 215 00:10:49,440 --> 00:10:52,240 Teddy Bridgewater was five and zero in that time that 216 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:55,240 Drew Brees was out that one season under Sean Payton. 217 00:10:56,919 --> 00:10:59,720 Peyton goes to Denver. It doesn't work out with Russell Wilson, 218 00:10:59,759 --> 00:11:01,759 but that is never going to work out anyways. He 219 00:11:01,799 --> 00:11:04,240 brings in bo Nix, who, for whatever reason I still 220 00:11:04,279 --> 00:11:05,679 can't figure out. A lot of people did not like 221 00:11:05,720 --> 00:11:11,000 bo Nicks coming in college. If Jayden and Daniels wasn't 222 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:13,159 the best quarterback in the NFL as a rookie, it 223 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:15,440 was probably bon Nicks. I mean, bo Nicks was right 224 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:17,519 there with it. Jaden made the big plays in the 225 00:11:17,519 --> 00:11:19,200 big moments, but you look at the numbers. Bonicks had 226 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:22,879 a really good year as well. When Sean Payton left 227 00:11:22,879 --> 00:11:25,919 your franchise, you had no idea how to replace it. 228 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:28,759 Not saying Kellen Moore is going to be Sean Payton 229 00:11:28,919 --> 00:11:31,600 or have anywhere close to the success that he had 230 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:32,200 here in New Orleans. 231 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:37,000 Speaker 3: I hope he does. I'm not saying he will, though, But. 232 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:44,559 Speaker 4: Your development at the quarterback position and your commitment to 233 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:48,440 the quarterback position, we don't know what is going to 234 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:50,559 be yet, but at least right now on paper, it 235 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:52,480 looks like the Saints know that they have an issue 236 00:11:52,519 --> 00:11:54,440 and that they need to find their quarterback in the future. 237 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:56,720 Whether it's Rattler, whether it's in the draft, whether it's 238 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:59,480 free agency, whether it's next year's your draft. Whoever, the 239 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:01,480 Saints have, a quarterback is going to be in really 240 00:12:01,519 --> 00:12:03,960 good hands due to the offensive staff that they're assembling 241 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:04,840 out there in New Orleans. 242 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,519 Speaker 3: All right, look, we're going to take a quick time 243 00:12:06,519 --> 00:12:07,159 out when we get back. 244 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:09,399 Speaker 4: Hunter mccannonf WBRZ is gonna hop one look, me and 245 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:12,840 laudriv chopped up LSU baseball all week long. Sometimes it's 246 00:12:12,879 --> 00:12:15,799 good just to get an outsider's perspective. Hunter, he follows 247 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:18,879 baseball very closely. For WBRZ, We're gonna talk a little 248 00:12:18,879 --> 00:12:20,720 bit of LSU Spring football as well. That's coming up 249 00:12:20,759 --> 00:12:22,559 on the other side here on Off the Bench. 250 00:12:23,159 --> 00:12:26,480 Speaker 1: Off the Bench, Welcome in to the best morning sports 251 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:29,759 this show around Off the Bench with Hester and t Bob. 252 00:12:30,879 --> 00:12:32,840 Speaker 4: Welcome back into Off the Bench, No Hester and t 253 00:12:32,960 --> 00:12:35,360 Bob this week, Taylor Sharp's sitting in the host chair 254 00:12:35,399 --> 00:12:37,120 for those two guys who are out on a much 255 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:38,159 needed vacation. 256 00:12:39,039 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 3: All right, Look, we had a lot happened this weekend. 257 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:43,879 Speaker 4: LSU baseball just wrapped up five games in seven days 258 00:12:43,919 --> 00:12:46,159 and they had a heck of a game last night. 259 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:49,039 They will play Game two of North Dakota State tonight 260 00:12:49,159 --> 00:12:52,200 and another series coming up this weekend. To talk about 261 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:54,639 it all, I want to bring in Hunter McCann with WBRZ. Hunter, 262 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:55,519 how are you this morning? 263 00:12:55,679 --> 00:12:56,960 Speaker 5: What's up Taylor? How you doing? 264 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:57,200 Speaker 6: Man? 265 00:12:57,559 --> 00:12:59,720 Speaker 3: Doing good buddy? How was your marty? 266 00:12:59,720 --> 00:12:59,919 Speaker 7: Girl? 267 00:13:00,159 --> 00:13:04,399 Speaker 5: Can very busy, I mean, not really much celebration on 268 00:13:04,399 --> 00:13:06,919 my end, mostly just work, work, and more work. But 269 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:10,639 kind of what it is to have LSU baseball playing 270 00:13:11,000 --> 00:13:12,000 so many games. 271 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:14,799 Speaker 4: Yeah, speaking of work, they put in some work this weekend. 272 00:13:14,799 --> 00:13:16,679 I just mentioned five games in seven days of the 273 00:13:16,759 --> 00:13:19,240 last week. They just had a game last night that 274 00:13:19,759 --> 00:13:22,080 you know, wasn't as clean as everybody wanted, but they 275 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:23,720 got to win on the last hunter. As far as 276 00:13:23,840 --> 00:13:26,000 LSU baseball goes, just kind of like, what are the 277 00:13:26,039 --> 00:13:27,360 big things that have stood. 278 00:13:27,120 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 3: Out through you so far? Eleven games? End of the season. 279 00:13:30,159 --> 00:13:32,440 Speaker 5: They sure do love to put themselves in a hole 280 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:34,879 improve they can get out of it. I mean last 281 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:37,639 night they did it once again. I believe that's the 282 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:40,759 fourth game this season now that opponents have outscored them 283 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:44,440 through the first three frames and now they're three and one. 284 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:48,120 In that case, that the only loss to Omaha, you know, 285 00:13:48,440 --> 00:13:50,879 a week and a half ago now, And I mean 286 00:13:50,960 --> 00:13:52,960 last night kind of proved that. I mean, this team 287 00:13:53,399 --> 00:13:55,840 finds different ways to win win games, didn't when they 288 00:13:55,879 --> 00:13:57,279 have a poor game. And I mean it looked like 289 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:00,879 the LSU baseball team last night had been partaking into 290 00:14:00,960 --> 00:14:02,960 Martin Garolf festivities. Is the way they started off the 291 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:05,559 game in the first inn and allowing three runs, some 292 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:08,960 sloppy defense and U just really anything that could go 293 00:14:09,039 --> 00:14:12,240 wrong went wrong for the Tigers yesterday. But still nonetheless 294 00:14:12,279 --> 00:14:14,440 they get themselves in a seven to one hole and 295 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:16,840 they come back and win the game eleven to nine. 296 00:14:16,879 --> 00:14:19,039 So I mean he doesn't. I mean, it just proves 297 00:14:19,039 --> 00:14:20,960 that even when when they kind of have a blunder, 298 00:14:21,519 --> 00:14:23,840 they can beat anybody in the country. Now this is 299 00:14:23,879 --> 00:14:27,120 just North Dakota State, but it just this isn't a fluke. 300 00:14:27,159 --> 00:14:30,000 I mean, we've seen them do this consistently. Is have 301 00:14:30,240 --> 00:14:33,399 timely hitting with with runners on and get guys across 302 00:14:33,440 --> 00:14:36,360 home plate. And uh, I mean, hopefully they don't have 303 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:38,120 to do that when you get the conference play, but 304 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:40,200 it kind of makes you feel like you can't count 305 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:42,759 the Tigers out even when they're in a big, big deficit, 306 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:44,000 no matter what the ending is. 307 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:47,120 Speaker 4: You know, Hunter, I set up here yesterday previewing that 308 00:14:47,159 --> 00:14:49,000 North Kota State game and I'm like, look, this team's 309 00:14:49,039 --> 00:14:51,080 one to nine. You're not gonna learn a lot about 310 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:54,159 the Tigers. Boy, was I wrong, because we did. Like 311 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:56,759 you mentioned, you learned who you can count on. Cason 312 00:14:56,759 --> 00:14:58,720 Evans looks like he's going to be that closer for 313 00:14:58,799 --> 00:15:00,799 you all year long, which has been. But as far 314 00:15:00,840 --> 00:15:03,240 as tonight's game, Like, what do you expect out of 315 00:15:03,279 --> 00:15:03,759 the Tigers? 316 00:15:03,759 --> 00:15:04,960 Speaker 3: I expect a luck cleaner game. 317 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 5: Yeah, I expect a lot cleaner game too. I mean, 318 00:15:08,639 --> 00:15:11,080 yesterday was a hiccup I don't really believe that that's 319 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:13,519 the Yellow Shoe team you're going to see consistently. But 320 00:15:13,639 --> 00:15:16,360 I mean, when everything started to grumble, you give a 321 00:15:16,399 --> 00:15:18,320 bad team confidence. 322 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:20,080 Speaker 3: And I mean, everybody's going to bring. 323 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 5: Their best game against the best team in the country. 324 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:24,480 And right now that's the toss up between the Tigers 325 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:28,879 and the volunteers. But nonetheless, yesterday the Bison really did 326 00:15:28,919 --> 00:15:31,200 believe they could knock off number one LSU, And so 327 00:15:31,519 --> 00:15:33,879 when you give a team like that hope that they 328 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:36,960 have that capability, they bring their best game. Now, LSU 329 00:15:37,039 --> 00:15:40,600 slammed the door like you said yesterday. I mean Colan 330 00:15:40,679 --> 00:15:45,000 came in yesterday pitch fantastic, and then I was impressed 331 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:47,240 with Evans. I mean he came in, like you said 332 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:49,840 in the ninth inning and hit the first batter, but 333 00:15:49,919 --> 00:15:52,159 he kind of locked in after that and got yourself 334 00:15:52,279 --> 00:15:54,519 and slammed the door shut. Like I said, on this 335 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:58,240 Ices team. Now tonight, I expect a very clean game. 336 00:15:58,279 --> 00:16:00,600 I mean, I think Jake Johnson as been banging it 337 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:03,159 over their heads the last twelve hours of how poor 338 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:06,799 they really did play. And we've seen this LSHU team 339 00:16:06,799 --> 00:16:09,480 not be perfect so far this season. But played pretty 340 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:12,320 good baseball, nonetheless, and I don't think we're going to 341 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:15,080 see three errors again and see a Tiger team that 342 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:18,480 struggles to put away an inferior opponent like the one 343 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:21,240 in ten North Dakota State Bison Hunter. 344 00:16:21,279 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 4: As far as the pitching goes, look, I get it. 345 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:25,600 Connor Waar has been really good in the midweek. He 346 00:16:25,639 --> 00:16:28,240 wasn't great last night. As far as this weekend rotation goes, 347 00:16:28,519 --> 00:16:31,440 Kate Anderson's been dominant on Friday nights. On Sundays, Chase 348 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:34,000 Shores has been pretty good for the most part on Saturday. 349 00:16:34,039 --> 00:16:36,279 Anthony Jansen, you know, he's struggled at times, but for 350 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:39,120 the most part he's gotten out of those jams. We 351 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:41,200 know Jay likes to kind of mix and match until 352 00:16:41,240 --> 00:16:43,120 he finds that rotation. Do you think this is going 353 00:16:43,159 --> 00:16:44,840 to be the rotation going forward on the weekend. 354 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 5: I think it's going to be pretty close to this now. 355 00:16:48,399 --> 00:16:50,919 Like you said, Ianston's been a little bit of an 356 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:54,399 up and down, mostly up though. I mean, he's real young, 357 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:56,320 and I do believe that he could step into the role, 358 00:16:56,399 --> 00:16:58,480 but I would not want to be Jake Johnson right 359 00:16:58,480 --> 00:17:00,159 now with you know, just a few more weeks to 360 00:17:00,159 --> 00:17:02,240 get the conference play where you really need to iron 361 00:17:02,279 --> 00:17:04,759 out this team, because he said it multiple times in 362 00:17:04,799 --> 00:17:06,960 the past few weeks that he believes that he has 363 00:17:07,079 --> 00:17:09,119 enough talent to field more than one team, maybe even 364 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:12,079 three baseball teams with just how much talent elis you has. 365 00:17:12,119 --> 00:17:14,359 And really that's a blessing but also a curse in 366 00:17:14,359 --> 00:17:16,680 the sense that Dave Johnson's got a lot of work 367 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:19,240 to do figure out who's going to be his guys 368 00:17:19,279 --> 00:17:21,559 and nobody, I mean, I would say nobody, but there's 369 00:17:21,599 --> 00:17:24,240 been a lot of opportunities for guys to step up 370 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:26,519 and kind of grab that starting spot or be a 371 00:17:26,599 --> 00:17:30,119 key guy in the rotation. And you've seen them kind of, 372 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:32,440 you know, not be perfect or not step up in 373 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:34,880 the best of ways early here in the season, which 374 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:38,359 is understandable only you know, twelve or eleven games. Now 375 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:42,160 into the twelve games into the season, the Tigers have 376 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:44,960 a lot to figure out. But that week in rotation, 377 00:17:45,079 --> 00:17:47,720 I believe those three guys who just mentioned from Anderson, 378 00:17:47,759 --> 00:17:50,839 the Shores and Ainstin are very very consistent in the 379 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:52,960 sense that you can trust them to come in and 380 00:17:53,039 --> 00:17:55,200 get the job done to start you in conference play, 381 00:17:55,279 --> 00:17:58,000 especially when it's gonna matter the most. So I'm not 382 00:17:58,000 --> 00:18:00,200 sure you've seen much of a shift in that. I mean, 383 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:03,720 I'm still interested to see how will Williams Schmid does. 384 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,359 The Catholic high school prospect that nobody thought we'll be 385 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:09,599 playing college baseball now. He's a freshman on this LGU 386 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:12,759 baseball team. We might see him tonight against Device and 387 00:18:12,799 --> 00:18:15,440 he pitched last week and then pitched over the weekend, 388 00:18:15,519 --> 00:18:18,799 just one inning on Saturday against Nebraska, so he should 389 00:18:18,799 --> 00:18:20,519 be fresh if they want to start him tonight. They 390 00:18:20,599 --> 00:18:22,799 and using him in a multitude of different ways. But 391 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:24,680 I think Schmid could be a guy that they go 392 00:18:24,759 --> 00:18:26,960 to possibly on the weekend too. He's been He's been 393 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,359 pretty phenomenal start the year. He's just very young, so 394 00:18:29,599 --> 00:18:31,279 you got to see how he kind of reacts when 395 00:18:31,279 --> 00:18:33,720 you put him in tough situations. And as of course 396 00:18:33,759 --> 00:18:35,759 the season goes, we may we may see more of that, 397 00:18:35,799 --> 00:18:36,880 to see his maturity level. 398 00:18:37,559 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 4: Speaking of young players, Kate Aaron Betty had a rough 399 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:42,759 outing last night. Behind the play, he does hit a 400 00:18:42,759 --> 00:18:45,240 home run to kind of get LSU back into things. 401 00:18:45,599 --> 00:18:48,160 They go to Luis Hernandez in the fifth inning. He 402 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:50,839 kind of calms things down behind the dish, but he 403 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:53,799 goes over three at the plate. What's your what'd you 404 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:56,160 kind of read so far on this catcher battle? 405 00:18:57,480 --> 00:18:59,200 Speaker 5: I mean, I think that there's a big battle in 406 00:18:59,240 --> 00:19:02,480 the endfield and our own the sense of especially at 407 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:04,480 the plate in third base. Those are the two positions 408 00:19:04,480 --> 00:19:06,880 you have to kind of figure out, not because of 409 00:19:07,160 --> 00:19:09,279 really any error in the field. Like you said yesterday, 410 00:19:09,279 --> 00:19:11,160 Aaron bed had had a tough time on the plate, 411 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:14,200 but he has been he's been okay throughout the season, 412 00:19:14,240 --> 00:19:16,319 and like he's still very young and can figure it out. 413 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:20,160 It's really gonna be, in my opinion, whichever bat picks 414 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:23,079 up first. I mean, both Aaron Beady and Hernandez have 415 00:19:23,279 --> 00:19:25,119 just not been consistent at the plate. 416 00:19:25,599 --> 00:19:26,039 Speaker 1: Uh. 417 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:28,440 Speaker 5: But and it's really anybody's job, and it's going to 418 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:31,119 be another opportunity, like I said, for who's gonna step 419 00:19:31,200 --> 00:19:33,119 up and take the starting job. I think you're in 420 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:35,720 good hands either way. But one of these guys has 421 00:19:35,759 --> 00:19:38,319 to step in and get the get the continuous reps 422 00:19:38,839 --> 00:19:41,079 uh to be able to sit in that position and 423 00:19:41,559 --> 00:19:46,079 consistently be a monster behind the dish. I mean, you 424 00:19:46,119 --> 00:19:49,359 can't allow these pass balls uh, to consistently get by 425 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:52,920 you and allow free bases. And that's so key, especially 426 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:54,799 as we get closer to the SEC play. I mean 427 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:58,400 where you're talking about real strength in the SEC this 428 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:01,319 year in college baseball and allowing just a single free 429 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:03,359 base in a game to be the difference maker. So 430 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:05,039 you got to figure out which one of these guys 431 00:20:05,079 --> 00:20:07,640 is gonna say, look, coach, I can be the guy 432 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:10,279 that could step up here. They consistently make the play 433 00:20:10,279 --> 00:20:12,359 behind the dish. They both have great arms, they both 434 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:14,880 have great fundamentals. It's just going to be we need 435 00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:16,279 consistent play behind. 436 00:20:16,039 --> 00:20:18,079 Speaker 3: The dish, and neither one of them, in. 437 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:20,799 Speaker 5: My opinion, has shown that yet. And it's anybody's ball 438 00:20:20,839 --> 00:20:23,880 game to step up to figure out who's going to 439 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:24,839 be the start and catchup. 440 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:25,400 Speaker 1: With the Tigers this season. 441 00:20:26,839 --> 00:20:30,640 Speaker 4: On our last weekend series before SEC played this weekend 442 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:34,440 at the box LSU versus North Alabama. One of the 443 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:35,880 biggest things you're going to be keeping an eye on 444 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:37,319 as the Tiger's near conference. 445 00:20:37,039 --> 00:20:40,480 Speaker 5: Play just playing clean baseball. I mean either they got 446 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:42,440 to stop lose it or not lose it, but putting 447 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:46,039 themselves in a tough situation against inferior opponents. I mean, 448 00:20:46,039 --> 00:20:49,480 this is a North Alabama team that's not very good. 449 00:20:49,519 --> 00:20:52,160 I believe they only have three wins on the season. Uh, 450 00:20:52,359 --> 00:20:56,160 and like they should come into alex Box and give 451 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:58,039 you a you know, hopefully a real test to give 452 00:20:58,079 --> 00:21:01,480 you more experience. But you shouldn't be falling into holes 453 00:21:01,519 --> 00:21:03,839 where it's seven to one late in the game and 454 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,759 you have to rally again because I mean, like I mentioned, 455 00:21:06,799 --> 00:21:08,240 I mean the Tigers are three in one of those 456 00:21:08,279 --> 00:21:11,160 type of situations and it kind of proves character and 457 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:12,920 then they're almost four and oh when you think about 458 00:21:12,920 --> 00:21:15,319 the fact that they almost knocked off Omaha and the 459 00:21:15,400 --> 00:21:17,920 ninth inning last week when they fell just a run 460 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,759 short and that heroic try come back in the bottom 461 00:21:20,759 --> 00:21:23,960 of the ninth, But like, just play clean baseball, play 462 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:28,440 fundamental baseball, and hit like and continue to hit in 463 00:21:28,559 --> 00:21:30,839 key situations. I mean, a lot of people have been 464 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:33,559 Tiger fans have been complaining about the fact that LSU 465 00:21:33,759 --> 00:21:36,319 has left so many runners on base to start the season, 466 00:21:36,559 --> 00:21:38,519 and that to me is not a big issue because 467 00:21:38,640 --> 00:21:41,160 I mean Jay Johnson said preseason, before we even got 468 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:45,160 even got the first pitch on opening weekend that this 469 00:21:45,279 --> 00:21:47,279 was going to be a team that's stranded runners, and 470 00:21:47,319 --> 00:21:50,240 it's not because they can't bat with two outs and 471 00:21:50,519 --> 00:21:53,319 get guys across the dish. It's because they're consistently getting 472 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:56,000 guys on base. Eventually you're gonna dry up on the 473 00:21:56,079 --> 00:21:59,839 hitting and you know, to go to the next half inning. 474 00:22:00,079 --> 00:22:01,880 And that's really what it has been for the Tigers. 475 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:04,480 I mean, they've been scoring runs consistently. It's just when 476 00:22:04,519 --> 00:22:06,720 you look at the runners left going base, it looks 477 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:09,119 like a glaring issue, but really it's just the offense 478 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:12,119 is so consistently hitting guys on base and scoring runs 479 00:22:12,119 --> 00:22:13,759 that of course you're not gonna be able to bring 480 00:22:13,799 --> 00:22:16,759 everybody across the dish every single inning. Hunter. 481 00:22:17,039 --> 00:22:18,200 Speaker 3: I know it's early in the season. 482 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,440 Speaker 4: I just mentioned we're only you know, a few games 483 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:25,319 into twenty twenty five, but look overall, vibe. Everyone always 484 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:28,200 likes to compare the LSU twenty nineteen team to all 485 00:22:28,200 --> 00:22:31,000 the football teams and follow Jay Johnson won this whole 486 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:33,079 thing in twenty twenty three. How do you think this 487 00:22:33,079 --> 00:22:34,640 team compares to that squad early on? 488 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:38,400 Speaker 5: There's no drop off in talent. It's different than twenty 489 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:40,000 three in that sense. Now, I get I get the 490 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,680 whole argument. You know, you can only field nine guys 491 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:44,880 at a time type thing in the field and everything, 492 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:48,240 and fine, that's fine with me, Okay. 493 00:22:48,039 --> 00:22:48,519 Speaker 1: I get it. 494 00:22:48,759 --> 00:22:51,920 Speaker 5: The talent perspective from the starting nine across the board, 495 00:22:52,079 --> 00:22:54,039 it's gonna take a little bit more time to see, 496 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:56,000 but I mean you could see that the top of 497 00:22:56,039 --> 00:22:59,000 this order for the Tigers is a is a force 498 00:22:59,039 --> 00:23:01,480 to be reckoned with. I mean with Kyriel and with 499 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:04,599 Jones and with Dickinson, who's been phenomenal to start the season. 500 00:23:04,599 --> 00:23:06,319 I mean, you have a lot of juice of the 501 00:23:06,319 --> 00:23:08,920 plate and a lot of consistency with those guys. And 502 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:12,200 I didn't even bring up Milam yet those guys consistently 503 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,119 when it comes to the enfield, and of course Kurio 504 00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:16,960 playing in the outfield. You're seeing a lot of leadership 505 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:20,480 in that sense. But roster wise, across the board, like 506 00:23:20,519 --> 00:23:22,519 if you were to just look at talent in general, 507 00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:27,000 this is a more talent talented LSU Baseball team as 508 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:30,319 a whole across the entire roster. Like I mentioned, there 509 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:32,680 is no drop off in talent. It's a tough situation 510 00:23:32,759 --> 00:23:35,960 for Jay Johnson to figure out who is his starting 511 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,319 guys and this season really lock in the lineup where 512 00:23:39,519 --> 00:23:42,880 a twenty twenty three it was probably a collection of 513 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:47,480 twelve thirteen guys that were really into that, really in 514 00:23:47,559 --> 00:23:50,440 that starting lineup that were being rotated out throughout the 515 00:23:50,440 --> 00:23:54,279 course of the season. And the pitching rotation, I mean, 516 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:56,680 it was a glaring issue what it seemed like most 517 00:23:56,720 --> 00:23:59,079 of the season, and then you finally pick it up 518 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:01,359 in the postseason then go on that great run to 519 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:04,279 win the College World Series. The pitching rotation should be 520 00:24:04,319 --> 00:24:07,279 pretty set in stone when we get to conference play 521 00:24:07,319 --> 00:24:10,519 because there's so much talent on this team tailor that 522 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:12,119 it makes it difficult for you to look at it 523 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:14,640 and not think that LSU is the best team in 524 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:15,119 the country. 525 00:24:15,799 --> 00:24:17,839 Speaker 4: Pater mckayn w b r Z joining us right now. 526 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:19,759 You can also hear him on Sports Shorts Radio. He 527 00:24:19,799 --> 00:24:22,880 may have a surprise co host on Saturday if you 528 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:26,200 two happen. It might happen if you tuned into that 529 00:24:26,319 --> 00:24:27,799 Hunter before I get you out of here, look LSU 530 00:24:27,839 --> 00:24:30,799 football against spring practice coming up on Saturday. When did 531 00:24:30,880 --> 00:24:32,880 it kind of get you your overall like biggest things 532 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:34,440 you're watching during spring practice? 533 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:38,519 Speaker 5: You know, it's it's an interesting conversation that so many 534 00:24:38,559 --> 00:24:41,240 schools kind of canceled their spring games that are like 535 00:24:41,319 --> 00:24:43,759 move around what their spring game plans are, and LSU 536 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:47,200 has not done that. But I think it's it's proves that, 537 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:50,920 like the spring practices and games have become less beneficial 538 00:24:50,960 --> 00:24:53,240 in a sense, just because the team that we're going 539 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:56,200 to see practice through spring for LSU is nowhere near 540 00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:57,799 the team that we're going to see come this fall. 541 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:00,480 And that's becoming a trend across the co tree with 542 00:25:00,720 --> 00:25:03,839 transport transfer portal and new guys coming in with N 543 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,000 I L and of course this great young freshman class 544 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:09,279 that's coming in for the Tigers. Really, what I just 545 00:25:09,279 --> 00:25:13,880 want to see is how Brian Kelly and the staff 546 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:16,359 kind of conduct these practices to kind of get these 547 00:25:16,400 --> 00:25:19,279 reps in, uh, Because like I mentioned, it's not like 548 00:25:19,440 --> 00:25:21,359 every single guy that we're going to see out there 549 00:25:21,599 --> 00:25:23,519 that plays in the spring game or even gets repst 550 00:25:23,599 --> 00:25:26,240 spring practice, it's going to make an impact in the fall. 551 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:29,759 So it's very tough to look at the spring practices 552 00:25:29,799 --> 00:25:32,880 and games and see that beneficial uh kind of mark 553 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,559 of like really what am I what am I looking 554 00:25:35,559 --> 00:25:39,759 for here at spring? To kind of reflect what I'm 555 00:25:39,759 --> 00:25:41,319 going to see in the fall. That's kind of not 556 00:25:41,799 --> 00:25:44,640 possible anymore with the way that college football has kind 557 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:48,000 of changed into every single season is a new fresh faces, 558 00:25:48,119 --> 00:25:50,599 faces of guys from across the country, especially when you're 559 00:25:50,599 --> 00:25:53,759 a powerhouse like LSU and in the SEC bringing in 560 00:25:54,079 --> 00:25:57,119 guys from across the country and the transfer portal come 561 00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,599 the middle of the summer into the fall, You're not 562 00:25:59,599 --> 00:26:01,119 gonna see those faces in spring. 563 00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:02,319 Speaker 3: Hunter. 564 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:04,599 Speaker 4: Before I get you out of here. The reason I 565 00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,200 am filling in this week. Jacob Esterer's on a cruise. 566 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:09,160 But uh, our gut, T Bob a bear is out 567 00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:14,279 there in Disney. When is the next Hunter McCann Disney triph. 568 00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 5: It looks like it's gonna be sometime at the end 569 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:15,839 of June. 570 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:16,319 Speaker 2: I knew it. 571 00:26:16,519 --> 00:26:18,799 Speaker 5: I knew you're gonna ask you, so I make sure 572 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:20,599 I planned one for before he called me. 573 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:20,799 Speaker 2: You know. 574 00:26:21,559 --> 00:26:25,039 Speaker 5: Now, think think we'll go into June. May even hit 575 00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:28,759 Universal Studios or open up that new land there in Orlando. 576 00:26:29,319 --> 00:26:31,400 Speaker 3: Uh Epic Universe, Yeah, yeah, at. 577 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:34,440 Speaker 5: Universe yep, Yeah, gonna go check that out too. So yeah, 578 00:26:34,519 --> 00:26:37,880 I've seen T Bob and posting pictures of some unfortunate 579 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:39,519 tattoos and a lot of family fun. 580 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,480 Speaker 3: All right, Honter, thanks for hopping on with us this morning. 581 00:26:42,279 --> 00:26:44,599 Speaker 5: But absolutely, man, I'll talk to you later. 582 00:26:44,759 --> 00:26:46,680 Speaker 4: Yeah, talk to you later. That is Hunter mccannn with 583 00:26:46,839 --> 00:26:49,319 wbr Z. I will actually be joining Hunter on Sports 584 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:52,440 Shorts Radio. So instead of Ronnie Rant and Joel Davis, 585 00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:55,160 you're gonna get uh Hunter and Taylor on Saturday. That's 586 00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:57,000 ten a m. To noon right here on one O 587 00:26:57,079 --> 00:26:59,759 four five ESPN. Okay, we're gonna take a quick time 588 00:26:59,759 --> 00:27:03,559 out when we get back. The t Higgins saga continues 589 00:27:03,559 --> 00:27:06,440 for the Cincinnati Bengals. They have since franchise tagged him 590 00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:08,880 for the second year in a row. Should they sign 591 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,440 him to a long term deal, we'll break it down next. 592 00:27:11,480 --> 00:27:14,079 Speaker 3: You're on off the bench, Off the bench. 593 00:27:14,000 --> 00:27:15,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, look at look at it. Look at my guy. 594 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,599 A hundred burns in the check. Go Pells, baby, that's right, 595 00:27:19,319 --> 00:27:24,920 Go pels and go. 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Welcome back in off the bench. 617 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:18,720 Speaker 4: Just two more segments to go here on a Wednesday morning, 618 00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:21,240 I mint you to going into break there. The Cincinnati 619 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:24,079 Bengals have placed the franchise tag on wide receiver T 620 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:29,200 Higgins for a second straight year. Higgins' franchise tender will 621 00:28:29,240 --> 00:28:31,680 pay him twenty six point two million dollars in twenty 622 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:33,960 twenty five if he's unable to reach a long term 623 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:39,920 agreement with the Bengals by the July fifteenth deadline. Some 624 00:28:40,119 --> 00:28:43,160 are wondering whether or not T Higgins should be re 625 00:28:43,319 --> 00:28:46,720 signed long term for the Cincinnati Bengals. I love T Higgins. 626 00:28:46,759 --> 00:28:49,240 I think he is a heck of a player. I 627 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:51,319 don't think the Bengals can resign T Higgins to a 628 00:28:51,359 --> 00:28:54,039 long term deal, not for the type of money that 629 00:28:54,119 --> 00:28:57,279 a player of his caliberer is going to command. Look, 630 00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:01,119 Cincinnati is already having cap casualties, okay, and you have 631 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:03,759 to resign Jamar Chase, which you still haven't done. Jamar 632 00:29:03,799 --> 00:29:05,640 Chase is going to be the highest paid receiver in 633 00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:10,240 the NFL. You also have to resign Trey Hendrickson. That's 634 00:29:10,279 --> 00:29:11,839 not going to be cheap either. You have to keep 635 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:13,880 both of those guys. As good as T Higgins is. 636 00:29:14,039 --> 00:29:16,240 Both of those guys are way higher on the priority 637 00:29:16,319 --> 00:29:21,319 list than at Higgins. Even without Trey Hendrickson, you have 638 00:29:21,359 --> 00:29:23,559 to spend money on that defense as a whole. Look 639 00:29:23,599 --> 00:29:27,440 how bad it was. You have to spend money in 640 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:31,079 free agency to rebuild that defense and get it back 641 00:29:31,079 --> 00:29:32,880 to where you want. Joe Burrow in the offense was 642 00:29:32,920 --> 00:29:35,279 explosive last year. The defense didn't really help them out 643 00:29:35,279 --> 00:29:38,759 at all. Also, the offensive line still with issues. They 644 00:29:38,799 --> 00:29:42,079 thought this pass offseason when they signed Alex Kappa, that 645 00:29:42,119 --> 00:29:44,680 was really gonna help. Alex Kappa just won the Triple 646 00:29:44,720 --> 00:29:47,559 Crown as an offensive lineman for a negative reason. He 647 00:29:47,599 --> 00:29:50,079 was number he was the first, He was listed as 648 00:29:50,119 --> 00:29:52,960 first as the lowest graded offensive lineman in the NFL. 649 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,720 He was first in quarterback pressures, and he was first 650 00:29:55,759 --> 00:29:59,240 in sacks allowed. They have cut Alex Kappa. They cut 651 00:29:59,319 --> 00:30:01,839 him two days ago. So you're a you're thinner on 652 00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:04,279 an offensive line that was already bad a year ago. 653 00:30:04,559 --> 00:30:06,359 I get the Kappa wasn't good, but now you have 654 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:08,599 to bring in somebody to replace him. You're gonna have 655 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:10,200 to spend a lot of money to bring in a 656 00:30:10,319 --> 00:30:12,599 quality guy to replace Alex Kapa. If you want to 657 00:30:12,599 --> 00:30:15,640 improve your offensive line, so you gotta ressign Jamar Chase. 658 00:30:16,759 --> 00:30:18,480 You have to show up your offensive line. You have 659 00:30:18,519 --> 00:30:20,440 to spend money to improve your entire defense, and you 660 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:22,640 have to make sure you lock down Trey Hendrickson by 661 00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:25,440 whatever means necessary, because he's a top ten pass rusher 662 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:27,759 in this league. Honestly a top five pass rusher, if 663 00:30:27,759 --> 00:30:31,799 we're being honest about it. So let's say after this 664 00:30:31,920 --> 00:30:34,359 season they do move on from T Higgins and everything 665 00:30:34,359 --> 00:30:36,799 else gets done. They lock up Jamar Chase long term, 666 00:30:36,839 --> 00:30:38,559 they lock up Trey Hendrickson long term. 667 00:30:40,039 --> 00:30:41,599 Speaker 3: Joe Burrow is gonna need a little bit of help. 668 00:30:42,279 --> 00:30:43,200 Who does he go get? 669 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 4: There's free agents out there right now, But again, you 670 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:51,039 have to be on a budget because of what you're 671 00:30:51,039 --> 00:30:53,000 paying Burrow, because of what you're gonna pay Chase, and 672 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:56,279 what you're gonna pay Hendrickson. So look, Davante Adams, Stefan Diggs, 673 00:30:56,319 --> 00:30:59,240 Keenan Allen, Amari Cooper, they're out. First off, those three 674 00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:02,160 guys a little bit too old, but they're out. Cooper's 675 00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:04,400 still thirty. But outside of that, all those guys are 676 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:05,359 thirty two plus. 677 00:31:05,720 --> 00:31:05,839 Speaker 3: Now. 678 00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:08,920 Speaker 4: Chris Godwin probably the best wide receiver on the open 679 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:12,200 market right now. Chris Godwin made twenty million dollars a 680 00:31:12,279 --> 00:31:13,920 year with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and I think he's 681 00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:17,160 going to command something similar to that. If you're gonna 682 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:19,240 pay Chris Godwin that much money, you might as well 683 00:31:19,319 --> 00:31:22,480 just resigned T Higgins. I think you have a really cap, 684 00:31:22,519 --> 00:31:27,200 big cap problem either way if you do that. So 685 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:29,880 who's some guys you can look at. The first name 686 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:32,920 is Darius Slaton. Darius Slayton's been a pretty solid receiver 687 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:36,440 at the New York Giants with virtually nobody at quarterback. 688 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,880 I mean, he's went through Daniel Jones, He's went through 689 00:31:40,960 --> 00:31:45,359 Drew Locke, he's went through Tommy Cutlet's, he's went through 690 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:49,240 all of these guys. He's never had a stable quarterback 691 00:31:49,519 --> 00:31:51,920 in New York and he's actually been pretty good. And 692 00:31:51,960 --> 00:31:54,039 he's still in twenty seven years old. 693 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,200 Speaker 3: In six years in New. 694 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:59,519 Speaker 4: York, he has thirty nine hundred receiving yards in twenty 695 00:31:59,519 --> 00:32:04,599 one touchdow, averaging fifteen yards per catch. His best year 696 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,720 was two years ago in twenty twenty three, seven hundred 697 00:32:07,759 --> 00:32:10,960 and seventy yards, four touchdowns, and then last year five 698 00:32:11,079 --> 00:32:14,160 thirty three or five seventy three two touchdowns. Again, those 699 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:18,000 aren't incredible numbers. They're not gonna jump off the page 700 00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,720 at you. But he's a reliable guy, he's got good hands, 701 00:32:20,759 --> 00:32:22,319 he's been in the league for a number of years, 702 00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:24,960 he's still relatively young, and you can get him for 703 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:28,160 pretty cheap. There's so many people right now that are saying, 704 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:29,799 you have to re sign T Higgins, You have to 705 00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:32,559 te Higgins is a really good player. Te Higgins might 706 00:32:32,599 --> 00:32:34,400 even be good enough to be a wide receiver one 707 00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:39,720 on a lot of teams in the NFL. It was 708 00:32:39,759 --> 00:32:42,920 said that the Cincinnati Bengals' super Bowl window is Joe 709 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:45,640 Burrow's entire career because of what he did his first 710 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:49,680 two years in the league. They hadn't even sniffed that 711 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:52,720 since then. If they want to get back to where 712 00:32:52,799 --> 00:32:55,960 they were competing for Super Bowls, trying to knock off 713 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:57,599 the Chiefs, trying to knock off the Bills, trying to 714 00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:00,240 knock off the Ravens. These are the tough decisions they're 715 00:33:00,279 --> 00:33:02,319 going to have to make because you know who has 716 00:33:02,319 --> 00:33:04,559 a good defense all three of those teams I just mentioned. 717 00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:10,640 You know who pays their pass rushers all three of 718 00:33:10,640 --> 00:33:12,880 those teams I just mentioned, and they all have good 719 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:13,640 offensive lines. 720 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:15,839 Speaker 3: The Bengals have none of that. 721 00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:19,000 Speaker 4: Right now, you're gonna resign Chase, You're gonna resign he Inndricks, 722 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:22,000 and you cannot resign T Higgins to a long term deal. 723 00:33:23,799 --> 00:33:27,000 You could also draft a rookie. I mean, there's rookies 724 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:28,480 out there that you can draft. I mean you're not 725 00:33:28,519 --> 00:33:32,000 gonna get a Tetoa McMillan or a Matthew Golden or 726 00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:36,160 a Luther Burden, probably not, but there's guys after that. 727 00:33:36,839 --> 00:33:39,880 And Mecca eg Buca was really good for Ohio State. 728 00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:41,319 You get him in the second round. I mean he's 729 00:33:41,319 --> 00:33:43,599 six' one, you're in a four to three. Trey Harris 730 00:33:43,599 --> 00:33:47,319 with Ole miz Elick aa manor if you remember that name. 731 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:51,599 He torched Travis Hunter and Colorado two years ago. When 732 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:52,799 I mean torch it, I mean he had like two 733 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:55,599 hundred and fifty yards receiving and four touchdowns in that 734 00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:57,839 overtime game where Stamford upset Colorado. 735 00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:00,480 Speaker 3: He is a heck of a player. He is six 736 00:34:00,559 --> 00:34:03,079 to two, He's got good size, great hands. 737 00:34:03,119 --> 00:34:05,440 Speaker 4: You saw him make that acrobatic catch when he caught 738 00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:08,320 the ball right behind Travis Hunter's head. And Travis Hunter 739 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:10,599 is going to be a top five pick, likely at 740 00:34:10,639 --> 00:34:14,239 the cornerback position. Xavier Ostrepo's out there now. He's only 741 00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:16,639 five to ten, but the guy's a burner. He runs 742 00:34:16,679 --> 00:34:19,559 a four four five. He was super productive at Miami 743 00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:23,519 in a pass happy offense, which is what the Bengals have. 744 00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,000 He's a great route runner, he's got great hands. He 745 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:31,199 could compliment Jamar Chase well, because even if Xavier Rostrepo 746 00:34:31,280 --> 00:34:32,880 is not going to be that deep ball receiver, he's 747 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:34,480 gonna be more of a slot guy, you know, like 748 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:38,079 a Julian Edelman or like an Aaron Anderson who we 749 00:34:38,119 --> 00:34:40,960 talk about here at LSU a lot. Jamar Chase can 750 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:43,199 be that deep threat. He was that this year. He 751 00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:46,800 led the NFL in touchdown catches. You just need a 752 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:50,239 complimentary number two piece. I don't see why it has 753 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:53,000 to be somebody top of the market. Joe Burrow is 754 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:54,599 a good enough player to wear. 755 00:34:54,880 --> 00:34:55,760 Speaker 3: You don't have to do that. 756 00:34:56,440 --> 00:35:00,519 Speaker 4: Now, for what it's worth, the Bengals have teenth pick 757 00:35:00,519 --> 00:35:03,519 in this year's NFL drafting. Right now, they're projected to 758 00:35:03,519 --> 00:35:06,559 take a tight end. But if you re sign Mike Gasicki, 759 00:35:06,679 --> 00:35:08,800 who was a really solid tight end for Joe Burrow 760 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:10,760 this past season, maybe you. 761 00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:11,639 Speaker 3: Target a wide receiver. 762 00:35:12,320 --> 00:35:14,880 Speaker 4: Did Joey be some help out there in Cincinnati? All right, Look, 763 00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:16,039 we're going to take a time out. 764 00:35:16,159 --> 00:35:19,079 Speaker 1: Welcome back to more sports talk. What's some other stuff 765 00:35:19,119 --> 00:35:22,000 mixed in off the bench with Hester and t Bob. 766 00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:25,440 Speaker 4: Welcome back in final segment at number three here on 767 00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:28,480 a Wednesday edition of Off the Bench. We'll be back 768 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:31,239 two more days. We'll be back Thursday and Friday. Jacob 769 00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:34,280 t Bob out or the remainder of the week. They 770 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:36,840 will both be back on Monday. We had a jam 771 00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:39,840 back show for you today our number one. We did 772 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:43,760 some LSU spring football talk. We recapped LSU baseball's thrilling 773 00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:46,800 victory over North Dakota State. We looked at winners and 774 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:49,000 losers of the NFL combined. And then now we're number 775 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:52,280 two full of New Orleans Saints talk. And then Hunter 776 00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:55,039 mccahn hopped on WBRZ our number three to talk to 777 00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:59,239 LSU baseball and spring practice as well. Let's wrap up 778 00:35:59,239 --> 00:36:02,360 the show like we do every day, with a little 779 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:02,880 bit of. 780 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:05,719 Speaker 3: Ask the Bench. Alandi, you can just keep this playing underneath. 781 00:36:05,840 --> 00:36:09,639 Thank you, thank you. I totally did that intentionally. 782 00:36:09,679 --> 00:36:11,880 Speaker 4: I was planning. I wanted to do it yesterday. I've 783 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:13,960 been forgetting I was going to do it yes yesterday 784 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:14,880 and Monday, I've been forget it. 785 00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:15,920 Speaker 8: I hate when tea. 786 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:17,000 Speaker 3: I know, I know. 787 00:36:17,079 --> 00:36:18,719 Speaker 4: I saw you sitting there minding your own business, and 788 00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:20,480 I was like, I'm doing it to this is a 789 00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:21,639 ass bench. 790 00:36:22,079 --> 00:36:24,000 Speaker 3: What would tell you I don't do it every day? 791 00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:25,119 Speaker 1: I know? 792 00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:28,000 Speaker 4: And then also like you're audibly going to say it 793 00:36:28,039 --> 00:36:30,159 on the radio, like you could just send a text 794 00:36:30,159 --> 00:36:33,320 Like now now people are being like, oh, she never does, Like, no, 795 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:33,800 I get it. 796 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:37,599 Speaker 8: Do it every days, Hey, do your job that you 797 00:36:37,639 --> 00:36:38,880 do every day, keep. 798 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:42,800 Speaker 4: It, keeps playing, just keep pa asked the bench, what 799 00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,360 would Taylor give up if he was Catholic? Easy energy drinks? 800 00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:49,000 A question about it? That's that's that's the obvious one. 801 00:36:49,159 --> 00:36:51,800 I'm not giving up doctor pepper like a laundrum. Look, 802 00:36:52,199 --> 00:36:55,119 I get it. I drink an energy drink most morning, 803 00:36:55,199 --> 00:36:56,679 probably four days week. 804 00:36:58,119 --> 00:36:59,199 Speaker 3: I could usually give it up. 805 00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:02,280 Speaker 4: It's it's it's not nearly as important to me as 806 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:04,559 most people like to think. I can give an energy drinks, 807 00:37:04,679 --> 00:37:08,320 no problem. That would definitely be it, ask the bench, 808 00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:10,199 When will Jordan's suspension be over? 809 00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:11,119 Speaker 3: Actually tomorrow? 810 00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:14,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, he's back. He's back tomorrow. Well, we're we're 811 00:37:14,039 --> 00:37:17,000 giving him one more crack at it. He messes up 812 00:37:17,079 --> 00:37:20,440 one more time. Cassie's coming back on Friday. I feel 813 00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:24,519 like it's gonna happen. Ye'll see Jordan gets one more 814 00:37:24,519 --> 00:37:25,880 crack at it tomorrow. 815 00:37:28,119 --> 00:37:29,119 Speaker 3: Once. Yeah. 816 00:37:29,159 --> 00:37:31,679 Speaker 8: Bro, oh my god, this guy, I just. 817 00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:34,119 Speaker 3: I didn't know what. I don't know say. 818 00:37:35,199 --> 00:37:38,960 Speaker 4: I just had my head in my hands for that 819 00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:41,280 entire little whatever you want to call it, that he 820 00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:44,800 did ask the bench favorite Linton dish to eat. So 821 00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:48,880 I may not be Catholic. I love seafood. That is 822 00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:50,719 my That is my favorite type of food. Like I 823 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:51,920 definitely live in. 824 00:37:51,880 --> 00:37:52,679 Speaker 3: The right state. 825 00:37:53,960 --> 00:37:56,360 Speaker 4: I'm gonna ask you too, because y'all are Catholic, Like, 826 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:58,719 is there a Linton meal that y'all do, like specifically 827 00:37:58,840 --> 00:38:00,360 during Lent, like. 828 00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:01,199 Speaker 8: A specific one. 829 00:38:01,239 --> 00:38:04,559 Speaker 3: No, like like when you when you live here, like 830 00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:07,039 you pretty much do seafood all the time, So like 831 00:38:07,119 --> 00:38:09,800 seafood's normal. Yeah, So like we're not Catholic. And like 832 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:12,920 one time, the first Friday of Lent, I told Victoria, 833 00:38:12,920 --> 00:38:14,639 I'm like, oh, hey, you want to go lookna get 834 00:38:14,639 --> 00:38:16,480 some seafood. She's like where. I was like, I don't care, 835 00:38:16,519 --> 00:38:18,239 Like anywhere in bann Rouge. I pretty much love any 836 00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:20,320 seafood places we show up. I'm like, why is everything 837 00:38:20,360 --> 00:38:23,440 in our our weight? What's the deal? Slint? I didn't 838 00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:25,039 even think about it. Because we eat seafood all the 839 00:38:25,039 --> 00:38:27,119 time around here, so uh really. 840 00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:30,880 Speaker 8: Anything, yeah, any seafood whenever I was in Texas, Like, Okay, 841 00:38:30,960 --> 00:38:34,320 y'all are gonna judge me for this, but I think 842 00:38:34,360 --> 00:38:38,000 I'm the one that was keeping long John Silvers in business. Like, 843 00:38:39,039 --> 00:38:42,880 so silvers was my go to during lent when I 844 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:45,400 was back in Texas. There's no long John Silver's here, 845 00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:47,599 but I don't know the closest. 846 00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:50,239 Speaker 3: They used to have one in Biloxi. That might be 847 00:38:50,360 --> 00:38:53,400 the closest long John Silver's to us. Yeah, they have 848 00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:54,719 some these a Captain d. 849 00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:58,159 Speaker 4: These have a Captain D's and Denham, which is essentially 850 00:38:58,199 --> 00:39:00,360 the same exact thing as a long John Silver's not 851 00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:01,119 there anymore. 852 00:39:02,679 --> 00:39:03,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know. 853 00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:07,480 Speaker 4: God, I haven't thought of long John Silver's in years. 854 00:39:07,599 --> 00:39:10,039 Ask the bench, what is your favorite ride at Disney 855 00:39:10,360 --> 00:39:13,239 or Universal Universal? For me, it's the Velosa Coaster, no 856 00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:16,159 question about it. Look, I'm a roller coaster fanatic. I 857 00:39:16,239 --> 00:39:18,840 have probably ridden over one hundred of them in my lifetime. 858 00:39:19,559 --> 00:39:22,000 Velosa Coaster might actually be the best one I've ever ridden. 859 00:39:22,760 --> 00:39:25,840 The theming, the speed, the loops. It has everything you 860 00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:28,199 could want on a roller coaster, even the queue when 861 00:39:28,199 --> 00:39:29,199 you're waiting in line. 862 00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:32,599 Speaker 3: Everything about it top tier. That's my favorite one. As 863 00:39:32,599 --> 00:39:33,079 far as. 864 00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:35,679 Speaker 4: Disney, I'm gonna be honest, guys, I haven't been to 865 00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:38,199 Disney in so long. So last summer we went to Universal. 866 00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:39,559 We did one day at Disney. 867 00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:42,280 Speaker 3: We chose Epcot. That was the one park. That's the 868 00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:43,159 one I wanted to go do. 869 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:45,400 Speaker 4: According to the Galaxy, was fun, So I guess I 870 00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:47,800 guess I'll pick that one, haven't. I haven't done any 871 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:50,159 of the other rides and so long, So, uh, whatch 872 00:39:50,159 --> 00:39:50,519 you guys. 873 00:39:50,559 --> 00:39:51,880 Speaker 3: Cassie, you're big Disney fanatic. 874 00:39:52,119 --> 00:39:54,639 Speaker 6: Yeah, rock and roller Coaster is always my favorite. But 875 00:39:54,679 --> 00:39:56,559 I'm pretty sure they're getting rid of it, So that's 876 00:39:56,639 --> 00:39:57,239 very depressive. 877 00:39:57,280 --> 00:39:59,440 Speaker 3: Were they getting rid of it or they running theme. 878 00:40:00,039 --> 00:40:02,800 Speaker 6: Eating it to like a Muppets version, but like that's 879 00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:05,599 gonna suck. Not the Muppet roller Coasters is such a 880 00:40:05,599 --> 00:40:07,239 classic Smith. 881 00:40:07,480 --> 00:40:09,599 Speaker 4: When I heard when I heard their re theme and 882 00:40:09,599 --> 00:40:11,199 I was like, Okay, no big deal. They're just they're 883 00:40:11,199 --> 00:40:13,280 switching Arrowsmith to another band. I was like, that might 884 00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:15,519 actually be fun. And then I heard it was Muppets 885 00:40:15,519 --> 00:40:17,440 and I'm like, are you kidding me? 886 00:40:18,159 --> 00:40:19,159 Speaker 3: Popular anymore? 887 00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:21,519 Speaker 6: Like I don't even think they're like, who cares about 888 00:40:21,559 --> 00:40:22,800 the muppets anymore? 889 00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:25,920 Speaker 3: Just I just don't. I just don't understand it. 890 00:40:26,719 --> 00:40:31,159 Speaker 8: Scott Dyson. The chat says, Boatnett. Boatnet is another classic. 891 00:40:32,079 --> 00:40:36,360 They're in Corpus and they are like the best seafood 892 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:41,320 plays ever. If you know you know about boat Neet, ask. 893 00:40:41,199 --> 00:40:44,119 Speaker 4: The bench, what is your opinions of the teams opting 894 00:40:44,239 --> 00:40:45,159 out of spring games. 895 00:40:45,199 --> 00:40:47,719 Speaker 3: I think it's dumb. I get it. 896 00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:50,880 Speaker 4: The reasoning is, oh, well, you know you've heard, you've 897 00:40:50,880 --> 00:40:52,360 heard Matt Rule. Matt Rule was kind of like the 898 00:40:52,679 --> 00:40:55,280 ring leader of this whole thing, saying, well, in this 899 00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:57,480 day and age in college football, I don't want people 900 00:40:57,599 --> 00:40:59,320 turn on the TV and poach them my players. They're 901 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:01,639 doing that anyway. Yeah, I mean that that's happening. That's 902 00:41:01,679 --> 00:41:04,199 what the spring transfer portal windows for. And then they're like, well, 903 00:41:04,239 --> 00:41:05,480 you know, we don't want to put out a depth 904 00:41:05,559 --> 00:41:07,480 chart of a one to two or three. Do you 905 00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:10,519 think these players are stupid? They're out there at spring practice. 906 00:41:10,559 --> 00:41:12,639 They pretty much know the pecking order, and they know 907 00:41:12,679 --> 00:41:15,519 where they sit in that pecking order. They're entering the portal. 908 00:41:15,559 --> 00:41:17,159 Whether you have a spring game or not. People are 909 00:41:17,159 --> 00:41:19,039 gonna poach your players, whether you have a spring game 910 00:41:19,119 --> 00:41:22,599 or not. That is this day and age in college football. 911 00:41:22,599 --> 00:41:24,400 All right, guys, that's going to do it for a 912 00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:25,480 third Wednesday. 913 00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:26,800 Speaker 3: Oh god, I wish it was Thursday. 914 00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:30,000 Speaker 4: So bad Wednesday edition of Off the Bench jam Pack 915 00:41:30,119 --> 00:41:32,599 Show Today again, we were LSU heavy in the first 916 00:41:32,599 --> 00:41:36,199 hour spring football, LSU baseball even dove into a little 917 00:41:36,199 --> 00:41:38,719 bit of LSU basketball. Hour number two we were pretty 918 00:41:38,760 --> 00:41:42,639 much Saints heavy. Tyler Warren is a popular name in 919 00:41:42,679 --> 00:41:44,880 the latest NFL mock draft. The Saints have hire Scott 920 00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:47,559 Lenehans of their offensive staff, and then in the nine 921 00:41:47,559 --> 00:41:51,199 o'clock hour, we talked t Higgins getting franchise tagged by 922 00:41:51,199 --> 00:41:54,000 the Cincinnati Bengals. Hunter McCann of WBRZ hopped on as well. 923 00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:57,480 Wanted to get an outsider's perspective because me and Laudre 924 00:41:57,639 --> 00:41:59,599 took baseball all week long. It's always good to get 925 00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:02,679 a different perspective as somebody who's, you know, not as 926 00:42:02,719 --> 00:42:05,480 closely connected as the two of us are. We we 927 00:42:05,559 --> 00:42:07,800 chapped it up with LSU baseball, some LSU football there 928 00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:08,119 as well. 929 00:42:08,239 --> 00:42:08,760 Speaker 3: Stay tuned. 930 00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:10,519 Speaker 4: We got two more days of filling in for Jake 931 00:42:10,519 --> 00:42:13,280 and t Bob. We'll be back same time, same place tomorrow. 932 00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:15,159 Stay tuned for more. It's off the bench.