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Speaker 1: Good morning, batting Rouge. It is seven a m. Sixty

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Speaker 2: We'll see might be Sonny, might be cloudy or off

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number one of ot B. We're gonna talk a little

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bit l s u versus Alabama weekend series, No Derek

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Carr So Savior Breath, and a little bit of NFL

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draft news. Our number one of otb's starts.

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Speaker 3: Now I'll start to you to presents. Off the Bench

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with Jacob Hester and T Bob Abert. Yeah, Yah yah

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yah yeah, Off the Bench with Jacob Hester and T

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Speaker 1: I gotta come off the bench now.

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Speaker 3: Here's Jacob Hester and T Bob aber.

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Speaker 4: Welcome in third day edition of Off the Bench. Taylor

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Bear one more time. We've been with you since Monday.

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We got three hours left in our work week. We

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got Jordan Kitchens, Cassuiesmazzali along for the ride as well. Jordan,

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me and Cassie are off on Friday. But if I

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remember correctly, someone in this room is not off tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: I mean I work on Saturday too.

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Speaker 3: So.

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Speaker 4: Okay, look I'm working Saturday. Also, Okay, I don't need

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that titty party. I'm just wondering, what's it going to

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be likeday being the only guy in the building tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: Well, typically I'm here on the weekends by myself, so

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I actually enjoy it, like I bring food. Uh well,

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think about it. But yeah, I mean I enjoy the

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Speaker 5: Okay, here's a little bit of advice.

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Speaker 4: Don't say I'm not gonna tell everything I do, because

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then people are gonna wonder what else.

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Speaker 6: I I do.

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Speaker 1: No, No, I'm not.

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Speaker 2: No, I'd just be put my little show on. Wait

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till my show comes on, have a good day. Then

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I leave immediately. I'm ready to go.

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Speaker 4: Like I do appreciate how eloquently you always do the

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be Sonny, Cassie. One time, Jordan literally said it might

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be cloudy, it might be sonny, it might be raining.

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Speaker 5: According to our guy, Jordan, Kitchen's Cassie. How we do

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Speaker 1: Morning, I mean pretty much the same as every morning.

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Speaker 7: We all know I'm not a morning person.

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Speaker 1: I'm struggling.

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Speaker 4: She walks in, I don't know, around six thirty, and

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doing this morning? She's like, I'm late. It's like, okay,

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it's gonna be one of those a.

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Speaker 2: Little different because I think we are like the only

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morning people though, because we you just be ready to go.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Well, I told her, like I woke up this morning,

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I was like, all right, you know we're off tomorrow,

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we got a three day weekend, t bumps back next week,

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Speaker 5: I was like, let's knock it out.

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Speaker 4: And then on the way to work, like that, enthusiasm

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Speaker 5: It's right there.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, but I still got three more hours. So look,

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we're gonna we're gonna get through it. A little bit

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later in the show when it kind of layout everything

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we're doing, we're all gonna start with an LSU Alabama preview.

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Of course, the three game series taking place tonight, Tomorrow

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and Saturday, as both the LSU baseball and softball teams

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are off on Easter Sunday, we'll get into some LSUE

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transfer portal news, what Brian Kelly's strategy might be there,

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what positions of need LSU could potentially go after. We'll

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also talk about a position group that I don't think

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has talked about, a novel on this LSU football team

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that I think could be a major weapon for them.

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have Grant Saschery on to give us his thoughts as

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the NFL drafts coming up next week. Our number three,

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have our munchie segment as all the ways with chef

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Michael Johnson. We're gonna break down our top five, the

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Easter candies, we're all gonna give ours. We're gonna talk

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about our weekend plans with the Easter holiday coming up,

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every day with asta match. But right now, let's get

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

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

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pay roll and more.

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Speaker 4: Now for starters, LSU and Alabama set to due battle

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tonight at home inside alex Box Stadium. Of course, she

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LSU Tiger's coming off of a weekend where they got

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swept in the state of Alabama to the Auburn Tigers.

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LSU comes into this series with a ten and five

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SEC record and thirty two and six overall here in

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the twenty twenty five season. Now there once again they're

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playing a ranked opponent. They're taking on Alabama, who sits

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inside the top twenty five. Look, this Alabama team started

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out really hot. They got a sweep of Texas A

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and M. They lose the Tennessee series, but they do

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take one of those games, and then they beat Oklahoma

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Speaker 5: That third weekend.

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Speaker 4: So coming out the gate, they look pretty good. It's

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right where you want to be. They've lost their last

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two SEZ series. They lost Auburn, not unlike what LSU

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fall to the Mississippi State Bulldogs. The main issue for

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Alabama is that they haven't They weren't able to hit

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the ball in those games. You go back and look

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two runs here, it's three runs here, it's four runs here.

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as a late Speaking of struggling, we all remember Brady Neil.

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there was a lot of hype around him. Brady Neil

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has struggled to stay in this lineup at Alabama. He's

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Speaker 4: He's not an everyday player for the Crimson Tide. Sometimes

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he's a catcher, sometimes he's in the infield, sometimes he's

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in right field. He's kind of moved around all over

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the place. He's not your every day starter, at least

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not yet. Now he may start for the Crimson Tide

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against we don't have the official lineup yet. Look, I

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get it, LSU Baseball and all the baseball teams crossing.

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their lineup. They're not gonna release until the last possible minute.

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what you're going to see with LSU, at least in

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the field. I mean, you could switch up the batting

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in the midweek. He had been in that three holes.

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ten guys you're going to see when you're facing the

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LSU Tigers. Look, I mentioned the struggles of Brady Neil again,

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a two ten hitter this year, but the top three

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hitters in this lineup for Alabama are pretty dangerous. I

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mean Cad Snell, Justin Lebron, and Richie Bonomolo. So Cad

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Snell leads the team in batty and average. He's betting

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three sixty five, five home runs, eight doubles. I mean,

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he's been really good. Justin Lebron. We know of how

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good of a shortstop this guy is. This is a

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guy that everybody wanted to this latest recruitment process.

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Speaker 5: Jay Johnson went after him a little bit.

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wanted a Justin Lebron, and it makes a lot of sense.

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He's a three thirty three hitter at the shortstop position.

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Fifteen home runs. That's what you have to look at

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right now. If there is power in this lineup, it

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is Justin Lebron. Actually the only hitter in this Alabama

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lineup that does have double digit home runs, fifteen home runs,

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twelve doubles, a triple in there as well. He has

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scored forty two runs and he has fifty eight RBIs

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Speaker 5: That's your best player if you're Alabama.

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Speaker 4: That is the guy that can hurt you more than

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anyone in this Crimson Tide lineup at Everybody pretty much

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knew that coming into this weekend because all the hype

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has been around Justin Lebron really since the offseason, and

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he has done nothing this year to have that hype

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die down at all. I mean I just mentioned at

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fifteen home runs, fifty eight RBIs, twelve doubles, he has

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a triple, and I mean he's batting three thirty three,

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so it's power, it's average, he's knocketting in base runners.

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He's been a complete hitter. And then Richie Bonomolo, who

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I just mentioned, three thirty one hitter. He's got four

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home runs, thirteen doubles, thirty RBIs.

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Speaker 5: So while top to.

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Speaker 4: Bottom their lineup's not great, I mean, those are the

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only three guys I mentioned as far as everyday players

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that are hitting over a three hundred. I mean Will

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ninety three, but everything else is like two fifty and below.

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all batting three thirty or better, all have thirty RBIs

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Speaker 5: That is going to be the heart of this order.

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Speaker 4: Fellows, you can handle Snell, Lebron at Bonomolo, which is

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easier said than done. I think they'll have an okay

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time this weekend. I like LSU in this series. The

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reason why is the Tigers are six and zero at

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home in SEC play and the Crimson Tider are trending

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in the wrong direction. I just mentioned they've lost back

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to back series, So I do like the Tigers. Do

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they're six and now an SEC play at home, They've rolled,

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They've looked dominant at home. However, I got to think

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that they're due a loss, and I know that Alabama

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has struggled lately. But Justin Lebron scares me. Kate Snell

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is a good hitter. I just kind of went through

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their lineup. I think Yelosu takes two of three, so

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but I'm going to be modest and predict a two

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out of three. LSU takes that. So overall, again, I

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like LSU in this series. I think the bats will

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be fine. I think they've turned it on in the midweek.

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I think that was just a perfect storm of negative

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for the Tigers on the road at Auburn last weekend.

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really good last weekend. You threw eight bullpen pitchers against Auburn,

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you gave up a total of two runs. The bullpen

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was really good in the midweek against a really good

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mcnee's team that batted over three hundred as a team.

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Speaker 5: So, yeloshu.

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Speaker 4: In this series, I'll say I'll say two to one LSU.

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LSU takes the series.

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Speaker 1: Not a sweep though.

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Speaker 4: Now as far as the pitching matchups, again, we don't

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going to be Kate Anderson, Anthony Ions, and Chase Shores

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unless Jay Johnson says otherwise. So we're gonna kind of

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go thinking that's what they're going to do. Speaking of

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LSU pitchers. On Tuesday night, after the midweek game, Jay

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Johnson said that Gavin Guidry will not be available for

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the entire twenty twenty five season. I know a lot

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of people had like big reactions to that. I gotta

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be honest, is anybody surprised by this? I mean, it's

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unfortunate because you hoped he would help you at least

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somewhere down the road. But I'm not surprised by this

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because it was one of those injuries where you didn't

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really know what was going on. Oh, we're gonna push

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him back a week. We're gonna push him back a week.

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We're gonna push him back a week. He's turning into

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the right direction, but he still has a long way

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let me go look for a Gavin Guidry update.

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Speaker 5: Guys. I stopped looking three weeks ago.

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to assume he's out until told otherwise.

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Speaker 5: He will be out for the season.

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Speaker 4: This makes Zach Cowen and Case and Evans that much

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more valuable out of the bullpen. I know there's still

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a lot of people being like, Oh, let's put Zach

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Cowen in that Sunday roll or Saturday or whatever the

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number three weekend starter spot in place of Chase Schortz. Look,

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I don't think Chase Schwortz is lockdown that spot. I

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think that spot's up for grabs. I don't know if

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you can go Zach Cowen. He's been so valuable out

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of the bullpen. Case and Evans, He's kind of been

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that closer for you at times this year. Without a

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Gavin Guidry, I think you kind of have to leave

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both of those guys where they're at. But there are

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some positives to the Gavin Guidry News One, you didn't

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really think you were gonna have him anyways, so it's

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not like it's a big surprise. You also get to

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see what the younger guys have on this roster.

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Speaker 5: Again.

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Speaker 4: The bullpen stepped up in a big way this past weekend.

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It's weird to say that the LSU bullpen was probably

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the only bright spot in a weekend series, but that's

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exactly what we saw against AUBURNE and Guidry will be

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back next season, which is a season where you're going

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to lose a lot of pictures. Kate Anderson is a

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draft eligible sophomore, Anthony Ianson is going to be gone,

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Jacob Myers is going to be gone, Zach Cowen's going

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to be gone. I mean, I could keep going there.

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There's more guys on this roster that will likely not

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be here next season. So you get Gavin Guidry back.

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He still retains this year of eligibility. You could potentially

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have Gavin Guidry for two more years, so you get

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him back next year. Valuable experience on a team that's

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going to lose a lot of pitchers. You weren't counting

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on him already this season. You would kind of manage

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it as best you could without him. Again, the bullpen's

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stepping up, so it's like it's not a loss, it's

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just not a gain, if that makes sense. Because again

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I stopped. I kind of gave up hope on this

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three weeks ago. I kind of expected this was going

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to be the case. It just seemed like one of

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those injuries where he pushing it back, pushing it back,

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pushing it back, till finally you just decide to ultimately

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shut the guy down. I get it. It's unfortunate for

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Gavin Gidrey. I think he could have helped you in

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the postseason, but you just went to have to move forward.

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But again a little bit of a recap. LSU taken

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on Alabama Thursday, Friday, Saturday. The game will begin tonight

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at seven pm in alex Box Stadium. I imagine we

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are going to see Kate Anderson on the mound. I

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like LSU to take two out of three of these games.

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Get back going in the right direction in SEC play.

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All right, look, we're going to take a quick time

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out when we get back Brian Kelly. He has a

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plan for what LSU plans on doing in the transfer portal.

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We'll break it all down next here on Off the bench.

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

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mixed in Off the I'm with Hester and t bomb.

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Speaker 4: All right, welcome back in Thursday edition of Off the Bench.

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Taylor Sharp's sitting in here for Jacob Ester and t

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Bob Abar. I like this chair better than the one

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that's normally here. The one that's normally here is that

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little short one over there, and I put it here

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in the mornings because t Bob is a giant, So

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I give Jake the tall chair, T Bob the short one.

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This one's better. I mean, look, I can move, I

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can swivel. I like this, I can be, I can

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be in my thoughts, I can I can move around.

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bit higher too. Makes me feel like I'm superior.

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Speaker 5: All right. Look, Brian Kelly the.

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Speaker 4: Other day after LSU's practice on Tuesday, broke down what

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the Tigers were going to do in the transfer portal,

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how aggressive they were going to be. If you remember,

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the Tigers were incredibly aggressive in that first transfer portal window.

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They wound up with the number one transfer portal class

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coming into spring practice.

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Speaker 5: They did a really good job.

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Speaker 4: Josh Thompson, Braylon Moore, Barryon Brown, Nick Anderson, you know

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the names Mansword Delanne, Jakiem Jackson. You know the edge rushers,

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Patrick Payton, Jack Piber and Jamari Butler. I mean, you

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could go on and on and on to Marcus Cooley.

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Everywhere you look, any position on the field, there is

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a transfer player making an impact. Basically, outside of running

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back and quarterback, you gotta transfer coming in making plays

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Here's what Brian Kelly said on Tuesday. He said, I

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like our roster right now. It wouldn't surprise me if

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we didn't have anybody in the portal on either side,

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meaning either leaving the program or we are adding to

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the Tiger program. If you ask me right now, I

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would be happy to take this roster into May on

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both sides of the ball.

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Speaker 5: He said.

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Speaker 4: Maybe that's fool's gold, maybe that's wishing more than anything else.

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But I like what we've done with this roster. I

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like the development of it.

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Speaker 5: He said.

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Speaker 4: Not all of this is in my control, obviously, but

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I can tell you we're not actively saying we gotta

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have this, we gotta have that. We feel good about

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our roster. He did mention that look, if a player

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of top flight potential comes in the transfer portal, or

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you know, a can't miss opportunity presents itself, like the

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team would look into it. But as things currently sit,

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he doesn't seem like they're super interested in adding a transfer,

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which I appreciate because guys, I was thinking yesterday, okay,

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what's maybe at least on paper, right I mean, there

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could be somebody that there's great in the summer workout,

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its blows up in fall camp and you're really excited

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about going into the season. But I just wanted to

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look at, Okay, right now, based on what we know,

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how much depth, how much experience is at these positions,

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where can you look to add players. I don't know

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if they add to the offensive line. They added Braylan Moore,

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you added Josh Thompson, both in that first transfer portal window.

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it's not a depth problem. You have a lot of

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bodies there. You just don't have a ton of sec experience. Now,

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if somebody entered the portal with a ton of college

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football starting experience in a power forward league, maybe you

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would look at But as of right now, I don't

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think you're going to dip into the transfer portal and

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add something that you don't already have on this rost.

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So I started thinking, okay, we'll safeties. Safeties is an

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obvious spot. It's a place that everybody's looked. You only

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added to Marcus Cooley and the transfer portal. I really

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thought LSU was going to add two guys. But as

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I'm looking at the portal and the guys that have entered. Honestly,

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it's nothing to write home about. I mean, Terrence Love

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from Auburn entered. But and you could say, okay, well,

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he's a guy that played in twenty one games in

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an SEC program. He was there for two years. That's

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a guy you could bring in maybe. But look in

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Love's two year career at Auburn, he has seven total tackles,

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one pass deflection. That's what he's done. He struggled to

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get on the field at Auburn. I'm not saying he can't.

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I'm just saying, based on what we know about Terrence

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lov right now, I have a hard time believing that

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guy's going to get on the field and make a

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significant impact this year for LA.

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Speaker 1: Shoot.

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Speaker 4: And if you're going to the transfer portal, you want

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an immediate impact guy. This guy here is certainly a

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big name. Again, he hasn't done much. Kennedy Erlacker, the

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Notre Dame safety, entered the transfer portal. Yes, that is

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the sign of Hall of Fame linebacker Brian Urlacker.

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Speaker 5: He was a Notre Dame. Last season for Sheer he played.

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Speaker 4: He appeared in fourteen games, twelve total tackles, one tackle

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for a loss, one pass deflection, one funnel recovery, so

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a little bit better than Terrence Love, but again a

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backup safety for Notre Dame. Now that's not necessarily a

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bad thing because Notre Dame had really good safeties at

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defense top to bottom. Was a top five to ten

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defense in college football depending on where you looked. However,

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he has a do not contact tag on him in

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the transfer portal, meaning teams are not allowed to contact him.

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If he is interested, he will contact you. That typically

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means he already knows where he's going. One team that

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has been immediately connected to Brian Urlacher, Kennedy or Lacker

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is usc The former Notre Dame general manager Chad Bowden

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is there. He left to take that same position with

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the Trojans this offseason. He has close ties to Kennedy, Arlac,

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Terrence Love. Of Kennedy Orlaker. I mean, those are kind

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of the big names as far as power for players

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that are in there entering this portal, and I don't

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think either of those guys are going to give you

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something that you don't already have on your current rost.

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What about defensive top That's a position we've talked about. Look,

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you lose bo Davis now Jacobe and Gillery is back

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in the fold. He did return to practice this week.

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That's going to help you. That's your most veteran guy.

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He's been on this team for a number of years.

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And again it's just like safety. At least right now,

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there's not a ton to write home about at the

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defensive tackle spot. His horse the transfer portal, Gavin Ranshall

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from Coastal Carolina is kind of the only guy I

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was able to find that has the size and the

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play and experience that you might be looking for. He

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had an ok season last year for Coastal Carolina, played

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a little bit. He's six threes, two ninety five. He'll

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be a junior. But I just don't think that somebody

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that LSU is running to snack up because you heard

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what Brian Kelly said, I read you the quotes. Right now,

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we are comfortable with our roster. If something dramatically changes,

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we may look at it. Meaning if somebody leaves this

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LSU program that they don't expect, or an unexpected name

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enters of the transfer portal, they'll look into it and

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maybe change their strategy. As we sit here today, none

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of those things have happened. Yet I don't expect Brian

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Kelly to do this. So as far as the LSU

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safety room, who do you have in there? You have

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to Marcus Cooley, you have Javan Toviana, you have the

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Shawn Spears. In my opinion, those are clearly your top

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three right now. As far as guys you've heard about

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in the spring practice, as far as guys that have

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college play and experience, I think Tomarcus Cooley is going

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to take one of those spots. I don't think you

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brought in that guy who is a multi year starter

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in power for football if you did not expect him

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to start. I think Tomarcus Cooley is going to take

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one of those spots.

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Speaker 5: Now.

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Speaker 4: We had Zach Naggy on recently. He was talking about

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being out there at practice. If you go look at

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the numbers from the spring scrimmage, Javan Toviano's kind of

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getting the most run at safety right now, which I'm

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good with. I mean, this was a guy that was

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a four star, five star, depending on which recruiting service

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you look at. He was a safety in high school,

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played a little bit of corner. When he came in here,

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he had to play corner out of necessity. I have

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said for a year and a half now I think

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that safeties is more natural position. Ultimately, the Kochi staff

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felt that as well. He has now moved back to

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safety full time. DeShawn Spears though, Like, if I'm picking

472
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somebody that I want to take that starting job, it

473
00:23:28,000 --> 00:23:30,720
is DeShawn Spears. Every time Jacob Ester is in this room,

474
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he says, Taylor, you were practically DeShawn Spears' agent last

475
00:23:33,559 --> 00:23:36,000
year in fall camp. You talked about him that much.

476
00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:38,839
That's because he flashed that much. Look, I haven't been

477
00:23:38,839 --> 00:23:40,519
able to go to spring practice because it starts at

478
00:23:40,559 --> 00:23:42,960
eight thirty in the morning, war on till ten. I'm

479
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going to all the fall practices. I was there last year,

480
00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:47,839
I was there the year before. I will be there

481
00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:50,079
this year. They started about eleven am. That gives me

482
00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:51,720
plenty of time to go down the road and get there.

483
00:23:52,319 --> 00:23:54,960
DeShawn Spears flashed. I'm not the only one that was

484
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:56,640
saying that. Don't take my word for it, take the

485
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word of every single person that was out there. He's

486
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six foot three, he's two hundred and ten pounds. We

487
00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:04,039
saw him play a little bit last year. He showed

488
00:24:04,079 --> 00:24:06,359
flashes at times he looked like a freshman. I mean,

489
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,720
that's going to happen. He stepped in there, he was

490
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thrown in the fire as a true freshman. He made

491
00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:14,359
some plays, he got beat on some plays. That's going

492
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to happen. Toviano's getting the most run right now. However,

493
00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:22,480
I think DeShawn Spears has the most potential in that

494
00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:26,119
entire room. Don't forget Joe Rodgers is a part of

495
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this team.

496
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Speaker 5: CJ.

497
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Speaker 4: Jump Coyley, who you signed in this last recruiting cycle

498
00:24:30,319 --> 00:24:32,880
out of high school, was a highly touted guy. He's

499
00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:36,039
coming in in the fall. Jacob Bradford right here from

500
00:24:36,079 --> 00:24:39,319
Catholic High He's coming in in the fall. So you

501
00:24:39,319 --> 00:24:41,240
can say, okay, we have four safeties right now. You

502
00:24:41,279 --> 00:24:43,359
got two more on the way. Both of them were

503
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four star players, so you do get a little bit

504
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of help.

505
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Speaker 1: Now.

506
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Speaker 4: Do I think Jim Coyley and Jacob Bradford are going

507
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to crack the starting lineup as freshmen who were not

508
00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:52,960
here to the spring, No, I do not.

509
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Speaker 5: What it does.

510
00:24:54,359 --> 00:24:55,960
Speaker 4: It gives you more depth, It gives you a little

511
00:24:55,960 --> 00:25:00,079
bit more options as far as defensive tackle goes. I

512
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mentioned Jacoby and Gillery was back in practice on Tuesday.

513
00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:05,440
You also continue to hear nice things about a mod

514
00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:08,440
Bro and Dominic McKinley. Right now, those are kind of

515
00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:11,400
your two starters at those two defensive tackle spots. I

516
00:25:11,440 --> 00:25:13,839
love that because a mod Bro started a lot of

517
00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:16,519
games for you early on. And even though Dominic McKinley

518
00:25:16,559 --> 00:25:19,559
was a little bit raw last year, he still made plays.

519
00:25:19,799 --> 00:25:22,200
And he's six foot six, he's three hundred and ten pounds.

520
00:25:22,759 --> 00:25:24,880
Guys like that don't just show up every single day.

521
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That guy has a chance to be a matchup nightmare.

522
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And you can say, okay, well, yes, last year was

523
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their first year in college football. They're an extra year older,

524
00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:37,519
they have a new position coach, Kyle Williams coach to

525
00:25:37,519 --> 00:25:38,480
mod Brough in high.

526
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Speaker 5: School of Rust.

527
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Speaker 4: They have a lot of familiarity with each other. And

528
00:25:43,720 --> 00:25:47,279
don't forget it's not just those three guys. Sideer Mitchell's

529
00:25:47,279 --> 00:25:50,279
on campus. The Texas transfer Shoan Washington is still part

530
00:25:50,319 --> 00:25:52,880
of this team. Let's not forget the freshman you're bringing in,

531
00:25:52,960 --> 00:25:54,519
because I think you did a really good job there,

532
00:25:54,799 --> 00:25:55,640
Zion Williams.

533
00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:58,400
Speaker 5: He's sixty three, three hundred and thirty pounds. Dylan battles

534
00:25:58,440 --> 00:25:58,759
coming in.

535
00:25:58,839 --> 00:26:00,799
Speaker 4: Walter Mathis is a guy that while he was only

536
00:26:00,839 --> 00:26:03,279
a three star, a lot of big time schools were

537
00:26:03,279 --> 00:26:05,640
after him. And then Brandon Brown is coming in as well.

538
00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:12,759
That gives you that's nine bodies right there. Now again

539
00:26:13,160 --> 00:26:16,559
a lot like the offensive line group, not a ton

540
00:26:16,599 --> 00:26:20,960
of experience outside of a mod Bro and Jacobe and Gillery,

541
00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:26,440
but the talent's there. The recruiting you did a good job,

542
00:26:26,599 --> 00:26:28,680
and you have bodies at least you at least have

543
00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:31,000
bodies to fill that last year you barely even had bodies.

544
00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:34,880
Guillory goes down. You had to play a mod Bro

545
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:38,240
who remember came in as a defensive end. You made

546
00:26:38,319 --> 00:26:41,440
him gain forty pounds just to play inside. You had

547
00:26:41,519 --> 00:26:46,400
JVR Sugs, you had g O Payees and again McKinley

548
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:47,799
a little bit, but he was still a little raw.

549
00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:49,759
It was kind of it. You kind of ran a

550
00:26:49,799 --> 00:26:53,839
three man rotation with Dominic McKinley sprinkled in. So even

551
00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:57,759
if you don't think these guys are all SEZ caliber players,

552
00:26:58,200 --> 00:27:00,839
you got nine bodies here, and that's if you don't

553
00:27:00,839 --> 00:27:04,200
do anything else in the portal. I'm excited about this group.

554
00:27:04,240 --> 00:27:05,720
I know there's been a lot of hype about the

555
00:27:05,799 --> 00:27:08,200
edge rushers. If I get it Jack Piber and Patrick

556
00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:11,839
Payden Jamari Butler. Pair that with a Gabriel Ralliford who

557
00:27:11,839 --> 00:27:13,640
showed flashes last year. There's a lot to be excited

558
00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:16,240
about on the edge. But the interior of these defensive

559
00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:19,119
line is going to be important. I know Kyle Williams

560
00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,519
hasn't coached this level of football, but he has played

561
00:27:21,559 --> 00:27:23,640
this position for a number of years. He's a Buffalo

562
00:27:23,680 --> 00:27:27,960
Bill's legend. I think he's going to be fine there. Again,

563
00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,519
he's already got familiarity with a mod bro if Bro

564
00:27:30,759 --> 00:27:34,200
McKinley Saidier Mitchell, one of these guys can take that

565
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,720
next step, and Jacoby and Gillory is fully recovered from

566
00:27:36,759 --> 00:27:39,359
his injury. I think you're gonna be fine in the spot.

567
00:27:39,559 --> 00:27:41,720
So while you can look at safety and defensive tackle

568
00:27:41,759 --> 00:27:44,799
and say, hey, maybe those are causes for concern, I

569
00:27:44,799 --> 00:27:46,680
don't think it's quite as bad as everyone's making it

570
00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:48,920
out to be. And at least right now, you don't

571
00:27:48,960 --> 00:27:51,599
have a ton of options in the transfer portal. All right,

572
00:27:51,599 --> 00:27:53,079
we're going to take a quick time out. When we

573
00:27:53,119 --> 00:27:55,799
get back, we're going to continue our discussion on LSU football.

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There is a position that not a lot of people

575
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are talking about, and I think you should because I

576
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think it's a good group that's coming up.

577
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:05,559
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Speaker 3: How quickly will this segment leave the rails? It's off

606
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the bench with Hester and T Bob.

607
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Speaker 4: I don't know how quickly this segment is going to

608
00:29:51,599 --> 00:29:53,359
leave the rails because T Bob is not here. I

609
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will tell you our three very little sports talk. I

610
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mean very very little. It's it's a ventially a Friday

611
00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:03,559
for at least me and Cassie. Jordan's being punished for

612
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:06,680
confusing O tb mailbag and asked the bench the other day,

613
00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:09,680
so we're actually making him work tomorrow. But me and

614
00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:13,240
Cassie we are off tomorrow. So this is essentially our Friday.

615
00:30:13,279 --> 00:30:15,799
It's essentially our number three on a Friday. So I

616
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:18,279
remember three going to be very little sports talk. I

617
00:30:18,319 --> 00:30:19,880
know there are quite a few people in the YouTube

618
00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:24,319
chat not exactly upset about that. Jordan, this is not

619
00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:26,720
exactly R and B Thursday, and I gotta I gotta

620
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:28,240
tell you, I'm okay with it. We do R and

621
00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:30,680
B Thursday every Thursday. I'm fine with switching it up.

622
00:30:31,359 --> 00:30:32,759
What vibe we go in with?

623
00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:33,920
Speaker 1: Though? Funky?

624
00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:38,519
Speaker 4: Okay, full disclosure, that's the first bump music I've listened

625
00:30:38,519 --> 00:30:40,799
to today. I could not tell you what you played

626
00:30:40,839 --> 00:30:44,599
before that, but I'm down with the fun What was

627
00:30:44,599 --> 00:30:47,160
the last uh?

628
00:30:47,680 --> 00:30:50,400
Speaker 5: Okay, you don't remember? Remember clearly it wasn't that memory.

629
00:30:50,519 --> 00:30:55,240
Speaker 2: No, not Parliament Flashlight. Guardians of the Galaxy, Okay, I

630
00:30:55,279 --> 00:30:58,480
don't know what that is. Guardians of the Galaxies.

631
00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:03,359
Speaker 4: I'm gonna make a confession. Okay, this is a safe space. No,

632
00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:05,319
this is a safe space. T Bob is not here.

633
00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:06,480
Speaker 1: You're not a Marble guy.

634
00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:07,880
Speaker 5: I've never seen Guardians of the Galaxy.

635
00:31:09,039 --> 00:31:11,559
Speaker 1: Like, do you like superhero movies? Or you're not? Okay?

636
00:31:11,599 --> 00:31:13,200
So that I mean, if you don't like superhero movies,

637
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:13,799
you wouldn't have.

638
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:17,319
Speaker 4: Done the Guardians of the Galaxy ride in Epcot. Never

639
00:31:17,359 --> 00:31:20,279
seen Guardians. I've seen pieces like I know who's in it,

640
00:31:20,400 --> 00:31:22,119
Like Chris Pratt's in it, Batista's in it.

641
00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:23,599
Speaker 5: But there's a guy who plays a tree.

642
00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:28,240
Speaker 4: I think I think Bradley Cooper plays a raccoon. Yes, okay,

643
00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:30,920
rocket raccoon. Yeah, okay, see, I know I know who's

644
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:32,079
in it. I've seen pieces.

645
00:31:32,119 --> 00:31:34,440
Speaker 1: I'm just you would actually like Guardians of the Galaxy.

646
00:31:34,519 --> 00:31:37,400
Speaker 5: I hear it is really funny. I hear it's great.

647
00:31:37,440 --> 00:31:40,880
Speaker 4: There's three of them, right, yeah, yes, yeah, I've never

648
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:44,720
done it, never seen Wow. Okay, Well, I appreciate you

649
00:31:44,759 --> 00:31:46,920
not like berading me and screaming that I'm an idiot.

650
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:48,720
Speaker 5: I appreciate that. I thought this was a safe space

651
00:31:48,759 --> 00:31:48,920
to that.

652
00:31:49,039 --> 00:31:51,039
Speaker 2: No, no, you know, I get how T Bob and

653
00:31:51,079 --> 00:31:52,599
them get. But also at the same time, you know,

654
00:31:52,599 --> 00:31:54,039
there's a lot of movies I haven't seen, you know,

655
00:31:54,039 --> 00:31:55,720
okay to America's.

656
00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:57,880
Speaker 4: That's the problem with T Bob right there. T Bob

657
00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,000
has seen no movie. And when I mean no movie,

658
00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:02,559
I mean he watches all this crap. But as far

659
00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:05,799
as like the classics go, no clue.

660
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:08,160
Speaker 2: Now he has, like you seem nothing, But if it's

661
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,759
like some obscure movie that is like a niche yep,

662
00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:11,839
he knows it, yep.

663
00:32:11,920 --> 00:32:13,599
Speaker 1: And then he's gonna be like, well, why why don't

664
00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:14,279
you know about it?

665
00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:16,240
Speaker 4: Like I'll be He'll be like, Taylor, have you ever

666
00:32:16,279 --> 00:32:19,759
seen the Naked Gun? I'm like, no, what you could

667
00:32:19,799 --> 00:32:22,160
never seen the naked T Bob? Have you ever seen

668
00:32:22,200 --> 00:32:22,920
the Godfather?

669
00:32:23,039 --> 00:32:23,720
Speaker 5: I don't even know what.

670
00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:27,039
Speaker 1: That is, but that is Bob. That's definitely T Bob

671
00:32:27,079 --> 00:32:27,759
coded like that.

672
00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:29,920
Speaker 5: That's where we're at, all right.

673
00:32:31,079 --> 00:32:34,960
Speaker 4: Getting back in LSU football, there has been a lot

674
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:38,319
of hype about the wide receiver group, and I get

675
00:32:38,319 --> 00:32:42,200
it rightfully, so I think it is by far your

676
00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:45,519
most talented, your most deep group on the entire team.

677
00:32:46,079 --> 00:32:46,559
Speaker 5: Just look at it.

678
00:32:46,599 --> 00:32:49,519
Speaker 4: Look at your returners, your returners from a year ago,

679
00:32:50,079 --> 00:32:55,039
Aaron Anderson, Chris Hilton, Junior Xavion Thomas, Kyle Parker, Jolannie Watkins, Kylon,

680
00:32:55,079 --> 00:32:56,880
Billy Out. I mean, there's so many guys out there,

681
00:32:58,200 --> 00:33:03,200
your transfers, Nick Anderson, Barryon Brown, Dustin Hill. To me,

682
00:33:04,039 --> 00:33:06,279
Nick Anderson has the ability to be the wide receiver

683
00:33:06,319 --> 00:33:08,680
one on this team. Not everybody walking through that building

684
00:33:08,720 --> 00:33:10,559
is six foot five, two hundred and fifteen pounds.

685
00:33:10,839 --> 00:33:11,839
Speaker 5: Nick Anderson has that.

686
00:33:12,279 --> 00:33:15,680
Speaker 4: Now he didn't play last year, but two years ago

687
00:33:16,279 --> 00:33:18,720
he was a borderline thousand yard receiver. He had double

688
00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:23,359
digit touchdowns in an Oklahoma offense. That what Dylan Gabriel

689
00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:26,519
at the helm is not too dissimilar to what Lashoe

690
00:33:26,599 --> 00:33:30,240
did last year. If Barrion Brown coming in one of

691
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:32,240
the fastest guys in the SEC, there was a list

692
00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:34,319
came out that said Barrian Brown is actually the fastest

693
00:33:34,319 --> 00:33:36,960
guy in college football at least two A couple people.

694
00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:40,079
I kind of think it's his teammate Johnnie Watkins, but

695
00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:43,240
doesn't matter. You have an embarrassment of riches that Dastin

696
00:33:43,319 --> 00:33:47,359
Hill's coming in Louisiana. Native from Florida State. He's been

697
00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:49,880
super injured his entire career of Florida State. It still

698
00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:52,400
has an injury right now. Didn't practice in that spring scrimmage.

699
00:33:52,440 --> 00:33:56,160
But by all accounts, Brian Kelly other members of the

700
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:59,079
coaching staff, they rave about Dustin Hill. They talk about

701
00:33:59,079 --> 00:34:02,039
how he could be a potentially big piece to this offense.

702
00:34:03,359 --> 00:34:05,359
I think you did a pretty good job in high

703
00:34:05,400 --> 00:34:08,239
school recruiting as well. So Ron Francis is a guy

704
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:10,320
I love. If he had an excellent senior season right

705
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:13,320
here in Louisiana. He's a big bodied guy. I think

706
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he's ready to go. You have Philip Wright coming in

707
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in the fall.

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Speaker 5: I get it.

709
00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:20,400
Speaker 4: I get the hype, But the position I want to

710
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:22,320
look at that I don't think we're talking about enough

711
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:26,679
is tight end and I somewhat understand it. I mean,

712
00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:29,920
you lose, like literally statistically, the best tight end in

713
00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:33,119
your school's history in Mason Taylor, then Kemorian Pimpton. And

714
00:34:33,159 --> 00:34:36,199
who's the transfer portal? You basically return Tredez Green.

715
00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:37,320
Speaker 5: That was it.

716
00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:43,639
Speaker 4: The staff did an excellent job in replacing Mason Taylor. Again,

717
00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:46,719
Green's the only guy you had returning. You had Bower

718
00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,239
Sharp and Donovan Green from the transfer portal, and you

719
00:34:49,239 --> 00:34:51,800
assigned j. D. Lafloor out of high school. It's kind

720
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:54,960
of look at those four guys. We'll start with j. D. Lafleur,

721
00:34:55,639 --> 00:34:58,079
a big body tight end to say the least. Right

722
00:34:58,119 --> 00:35:01,559
now on the LSU spring roster, jad Or is listed

723
00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:03,239
at six foot seven, two hundred and.

724
00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:06,000
Speaker 5: Sixty three pounds. JD.

725
00:35:06,159 --> 00:35:08,280
Speaker 4: Laflor has the body to play right away. He was

726
00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:10,679
one of the nation's top high school tight ends. Three

727
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:14,199
star prospect out of Sulfur High school. He was ranked

728
00:35:14,199 --> 00:35:17,199
as the number twelve overall player in Louisiana by rivals.

729
00:35:17,599 --> 00:35:20,199
In the ON three composite, he was ranked eighteen in Louisiana.

730
00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:25,320
That guy can put a top twenty five tight end nationally.

731
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,000
We know all about jad E Lafloor if you follow

732
00:35:29,039 --> 00:35:32,280
football here in the state of Louisiana. Now, I don't

733
00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:34,000
know how much JD is going to play this year

734
00:35:34,039 --> 00:35:34,920
because he's a freshman.

735
00:35:35,039 --> 00:35:36,920
Speaker 5: Because laugh, she did such a good job.

736
00:35:37,159 --> 00:35:39,920
Speaker 4: In the transfer portal grabbing a pierot tight ends to

737
00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:44,599
pair with Donovan Green with trade has Green speaking off

738
00:35:44,599 --> 00:35:47,079
trade is Green. Donovan Green one of the guys you

739
00:35:47,119 --> 00:35:50,199
brought in from the transfer portal, another big body, blocking

740
00:35:50,239 --> 00:35:52,800
tight end from Texas A and M. Now, in twenty

741
00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:57,039
twenty two under Jimbo Fisher, he was involved in this offense.

742
00:35:57,039 --> 00:35:59,559
In the passing game, he had twenty two catches, two

743
00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:04,440
three three yards, two touchdowns. Last year under Mike Yelko,

744
00:36:04,559 --> 00:36:06,280
they kind of changed the scheme a little bit. He

745
00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:09,400
falls out of favor. He played in eight games, did

746
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:10,079
not have a catch.

747
00:36:10,679 --> 00:36:10,960
Speaker 5: Again.

748
00:36:11,039 --> 00:36:12,639
Speaker 4: I don't think that's his fault as much as I

749
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:14,719
just think it's a change in coaching staff.

750
00:36:14,719 --> 00:36:15,679
Speaker 5: It's a change in scheme.

751
00:36:16,039 --> 00:36:18,480
Speaker 4: Jimbo brought in this guy because he fit what Jimbo

752
00:36:18,559 --> 00:36:21,360
Fisher wanted to do offensively, not what Mike Kelko wanted

753
00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:24,599
to do offensively. I get why Donovan Green entered the portal.

754
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:27,760
I get why he didn't play a time. I understand that.

755
00:36:27,760 --> 00:36:30,760
I'm not holding that against Donovan Green. What I do

756
00:36:30,840 --> 00:36:32,920
know is he's a multi year player in the SEC

757
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:37,280
and he's been producted as far as trede as Green goes,

758
00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:41,000
probably one of, if not the most physically gifted player

759
00:36:41,039 --> 00:36:44,000
on your entire team. Six with't seven, two hundred and

760
00:36:44,000 --> 00:36:46,559
forty five pounds, and he runs like a receiver. In

761
00:36:46,639 --> 00:36:49,840
thirteen games last year, he had thirteen receptions, one hundred

762
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:51,960
and one yards and four touchdowns. And you're probably thinking

763
00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,360
to yourself, man, I thought he's more productive than that.

764
00:36:54,639 --> 00:36:56,039
I thought the numbers would have been a little bit

765
00:36:56,039 --> 00:36:59,119
more eye popping. That's kind of pedestrian. He was playing

766
00:36:59,159 --> 00:37:01,400
behind Mason Taylor. I mean, think about it, Mason Taylor

767
00:37:01,519 --> 00:37:04,599
rarely came off the field in the bowl game against Baylor.

768
00:37:05,519 --> 00:37:08,079
The game that Mason Taylor did not play, it trades

769
00:37:08,159 --> 00:37:11,599
Green six receptions, fifty three yards, two touchdowns.

770
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:14,440
Speaker 5: That's what trade Is Green can do for you as

771
00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:17,280
in every down tight end. Now, I have said this

772
00:37:17,360 --> 00:37:18,199
all offseason long.

773
00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:20,599
Speaker 4: I'm gonna continue to say it until I improve in otherwise,

774
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:23,239
I think trade As Green lines up more out wide

775
00:37:23,559 --> 00:37:26,280
as a bigger slot receiver than with his hand in

776
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:28,119
the dirt on the edge of the line as that

777
00:37:28,199 --> 00:37:31,719
traditional tight end. And that's fine because you got a

778
00:37:31,719 --> 00:37:33,320
traditional tight end, and I think you went and got

779
00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:36,199
a dang good one Bower Sharp out of Oklahoma, which,

780
00:37:36,199 --> 00:37:37,800
first off, let's compliment Bower Sharp.

781
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:38,880
Speaker 5: Excellent last name.

782
00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:41,519
Speaker 4: I mean, I would say there's not a last name

783
00:37:41,559 --> 00:37:43,079
on the team better than Bower Shark.

784
00:37:43,159 --> 00:37:45,360
Speaker 1: I can't put my finger onto why man some some

785
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:46,000
about him.

786
00:37:46,039 --> 00:37:48,360
Speaker 4: Well, you know, I was just telling you to him break.

787
00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:51,360
I'm not saying this is a coincidence. I'm not saying

788
00:37:51,400 --> 00:37:55,039
it's not your tight end. Last year's last name was Taylor,

789
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:57,880
You're tight end. This year's last name is Sharp. Yeah,

790
00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:00,440
maybe there's some sort of connection, but I'm not saying

791
00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:02,039
there's not. You cannot prove that there is not.

792
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:04,679
Speaker 2: I want to know this though, how soon are you

793
00:38:04,679 --> 00:38:06,920
about to get this Bower Sharp Jersey. We've been talking

794
00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:09,199
about it for a while now. Oh, game one, game one,

795
00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:09,800
game one.

796
00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:10,119
Speaker 1: Game one.

797
00:38:10,199 --> 00:38:12,800
Speaker 2: Okay, wait, chat, y'all hold him to this, because I'm

798
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:14,800
not gonna be here. Y'all hold him to that. He

799
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:19,159
better nobody hold me to that. Nobody hold me to that.

800
00:38:19,199 --> 00:38:19,639
Don't do that.

801
00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:20,079
Speaker 5: Okay.

802
00:38:20,079 --> 00:38:22,599
Speaker 4: Anyways, Bower Sharp, I think he's been one of the

803
00:38:22,639 --> 00:38:26,559
biggest winners in spring practice. Everyone continues to rave about

804
00:38:26,559 --> 00:38:30,280
this guy. His versatility is incredible. I mentioned I think

805
00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:32,280
he can be that traditional tight end. He doesn't have

806
00:38:32,360 --> 00:38:34,360
to be. He has the athletic ability to do pretty

807
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:36,920
much anything you want. You go out there to spring practices.

808
00:38:37,159 --> 00:38:39,480
He's taking some direct snaps, lined up in the shotgun.

809
00:38:39,559 --> 00:38:41,599
He's done some end rounds. He's lined up in the

810
00:38:41,639 --> 00:38:45,800
slot in ran slant routes. He has been everywhere as

811
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:48,159
versatile as Trade, as Green as Howard.

812
00:38:48,159 --> 00:38:49,239
Speaker 5: Sharp's pretty versatile as well.

813
00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:50,920
Speaker 4: If you remember, this is a guy that came into

814
00:38:51,039 --> 00:38:54,599
college as a quarterback, the trig player that everyone likes

815
00:38:54,599 --> 00:38:56,920
to laugh at with the tight end throwing the pass

816
00:38:56,920 --> 00:39:00,159
for Oklahoma that was picked off. That was Bower Sharp. Sure,

817
00:39:00,159 --> 00:39:02,159
he's not gonna throwty passes for you. Let's hope not,

818
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:06,119
but that's the kind of athlete he is. He came

819
00:39:06,159 --> 00:39:08,719
into high school as a quarterback. You transitioned him into

820
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:12,039
tight end. He can run, he can catch, He's got

821
00:39:12,039 --> 00:39:15,000
the body to be a blocker. I think he's a

822
00:39:15,039 --> 00:39:18,599
matchup problem because, again, similar to trade As Green, you

823
00:39:18,639 --> 00:39:22,199
can kind of line him up anyway. He was Oklahoma's

824
00:39:22,239 --> 00:39:25,360
leading receiver last year forty two catches, three hundred and

825
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:31,960
twenty four yards, two touchdowns. Donovan Green, He's going to

826
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:33,559
have a role on this team. Jj ol Flora I

827
00:39:33,599 --> 00:39:35,719
think can be built into a really solid tight end

828
00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:37,760
one day in his LSU career. But as far as

829
00:39:37,800 --> 00:39:40,599
twenty twenty five goes, the combination of Bower Sharp and

830
00:39:40,639 --> 00:39:43,280
treds Green, I think that could be one of the

831
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:45,440
best tight end duos, not just in the SEC, but

832
00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:47,440
in the entire country. I think this tight end room

833
00:39:47,639 --> 00:39:50,760
the most underrated group on the entire team.

834
00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:52,519
Speaker 5: I'm very excited to see how they use it.

835
00:39:52,559 --> 00:39:54,199
Speaker 4: I think you're going to see a lot of times

836
00:39:54,199 --> 00:39:56,239
where Bower Sharp and Tradeds Green are on the field

837
00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:58,599
at the same time. I think they should be because

838
00:39:58,599 --> 00:40:00,320
I think they're both versatile and I think they are

839
00:40:00,320 --> 00:40:04,840
both matchup nightmares. We talk about how you're better at

840
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:06,639
wide receiver than you wear a year ago. As hard

841
00:40:06,679 --> 00:40:10,480
as that is to believe, you can't replace Mason Taylor,

842
00:40:10,519 --> 00:40:14,280
but depth wise, top to bottom, his tight end room

843
00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:15,880
is probably better than it was a year ago.

844
00:40:16,639 --> 00:40:17,679
Speaker 5: Mason Taylor is great.

845
00:40:18,079 --> 00:40:19,920
Speaker 4: Behind him, you had a freshman in trade As Green

846
00:40:19,920 --> 00:40:22,039
who was still kind of learning the position, and he

847
00:40:22,079 --> 00:40:24,599
had Kemorium Pimpton who struggled to block, who ultimately entered

848
00:40:24,599 --> 00:40:29,599
the transfer port. You have Bower, Sharp, Trades Green, Donovan Green, JD. Lafloor,

849
00:40:30,159 --> 00:40:31,920
all guys that can do a lot of things for you.

850
00:40:32,039 --> 00:40:34,400
They can catch the ball, they can block. Can you

851
00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:36,679
turn trade As into that more traditional tight end. I

852
00:40:36,679 --> 00:40:38,079
don't know about IM Gonna be honest, I don't think

853
00:40:38,079 --> 00:40:43,039
you need to. I think with Green, with Donovan Green, Bower, Sharp, JD. Lafloor,

854
00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:45,360
you got enough big body tight ends that can block.

855
00:40:45,679 --> 00:40:47,840
Let Trads Green go stand out there in the slot

856
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:50,400
on the edge. Be a matchup nightmare. Throw him the ball,

857
00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:54,960
let him do his thing. Either way, whichever tight end

858
00:40:55,079 --> 00:40:57,519
does ultimately emerge in this room, I still think it's

859
00:40:57,559 --> 00:40:59,199
going to be a mixture I think this might be

860
00:40:59,239 --> 00:41:01,639
the most underrated room on the entire team. All right,

861
00:41:01,639 --> 00:41:02,880
we're going to take a quick time out and we

862
00:41:02,920 --> 00:41:04,400
get back closing out hour number one.

863
00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:05,880
Speaker 5: Next here on, off the bench.

864
00:41:09,079 --> 00:41:09,760
Speaker 3: Off the bench.

865
00:41:10,559 --> 00:41:11,679
Speaker 7: Get Gordon dot com.

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Speaker 9: Get Gordon dot Com is the website, and we tell

867
00:41:14,519 --> 00:41:16,719
you every single day as soon as you go to

868
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the homepage, it's going to pull up. You can have

869
00:41:18,559 --> 00:41:21,599
a chat with them right there on the main page

870
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of the website. So any question concerned that you might have,

871
00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:26,840
remember you can get a consultation set up right there

872
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on the homepage of that website. You can find cases

873
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they can handle for you in the courtroom past client results,

874
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all right there on the homepage of the website. What

875
00:41:36,639 --> 00:41:39,440
are they doing in the community, Well, always something throughout

876
00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:43,280
the state of Louisiana at get Gordon is always going

877
00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:46,519
to be the handle on all major social media. So

878
00:41:46,559 --> 00:41:48,400
you can check that out as well, because like we said,

879
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:51,639
I mean, they're always doing something throughout the state. Speaking

880
00:41:51,639 --> 00:41:53,719
of throughout the state, if you want to pick up

881
00:41:53,760 --> 00:41:56,079
the phone and give them a call, it is your

882
00:41:56,159 --> 00:42:00,320
area code from Shreveport to Rusting, from rust Than to

883
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laugh Yette, Lafayette to Baton Rouge.

884
00:42:02,599 --> 00:42:04,760
Speaker 7: New like wherever you're at, put your area.

885
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Speaker 9: Cod follow about eighty eight eighty eight eighty eight, get.

886
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Speaker 7: Gordon and get it done.

887
00:42:19,599 --> 00:42:22,519
Speaker 3: Welcome back to more sports talk. What's some other stuff

888
00:42:22,599 --> 00:42:25,239
mixed in off the bench with Hester Anti Bob.

889
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:34,960
Speaker 4: Okay, I'm liking the bomb music, Jordan, I'm liking it.

890
00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:36,960
It's not RB Thursday. What are we gonna call it?

891
00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:40,480
We gotta talk Friday. We can't say funky Friday.

892
00:42:40,800 --> 00:42:41,320
Speaker 5: Oh not.

893
00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:45,760
Speaker 2: I just say this Friday anyway, funky, funky Friday, funky Friday,

894
00:42:46,559 --> 00:42:47,559
even though it's not Friday.

895
00:42:48,679 --> 00:42:53,679
Speaker 1: Yeah, okaynky and staying alive I was gonna do. I

896
00:42:53,679 --> 00:42:57,360
can't staying alive now? Why already? Kind of like preview

897
00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:58,440
that Jordan's.

898
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,639
Speaker 4: Don't blame Cassie for ruining in the morning. Okay, play

899
00:43:00,760 --> 00:43:02,639
stay in Alive if you want to play stay in line.

900
00:43:02,679 --> 00:43:07,000
Speaker 1: I'm good, You're right. I see.

901
00:43:07,079 --> 00:43:08,960
Speaker 2: I was thinking about the Guardians of the Galaxy songs,

902
00:43:08,960 --> 00:43:11,000
like no, I definite played the Guardians of the Galaxy song.

903
00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:14,800
Speaker 4: But no, Okay, do we switch it up and go

904
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:16,280
different theme every hour?

905
00:43:17,679 --> 00:43:18,000
Speaker 1: Or do we?

906
00:43:18,119 --> 00:43:18,360
Speaker 4: Or do we?

907
00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:19,320
Speaker 5: Or do we keep the funky?

908
00:43:20,159 --> 00:43:22,840
Speaker 1: But this dude, I got some good funky songs.

909
00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:23,039
Speaker 9: Man.

910
00:43:23,760 --> 00:43:27,039
Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm just wondering. I'm like, look, they're not here.

911
00:43:27,519 --> 00:43:27,840
Speaker 1: Keep it.

912
00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:29,800
Speaker 5: They're not here. We can do whatever you want. Can

913
00:43:30,199 --> 00:43:32,239
we keep this? We can go different theme every hour.

914
00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:34,719
I don't care what we do.

915
00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:38,639
Speaker 4: That's the juices fawns starting to wake me up. I

916
00:43:38,679 --> 00:43:40,800
don't trust Jordan, but I trust Cassie. If Cassie likes it,

917
00:43:40,840 --> 00:43:43,719
we'll keep it. Hey, we trust chat We like you.

918
00:43:45,559 --> 00:43:49,440
I want to mention something here real quick before we uh,

919
00:43:49,599 --> 00:43:51,800
before we get out of here, and uh go to

920
00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:55,880
break before we kick off Hour number two. Betty nods

921
00:43:55,880 --> 00:43:57,599
were put out, and we're going to dive into this

922
00:43:57,679 --> 00:44:00,719
a little bit further in the nine eight segment.

923
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:03,440
Speaker 5: But bed online dot ag has.

924
00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:05,800
Speaker 4: Set odds for the top five picks, and each one

925
00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:08,000
of these has a significant favorite.

926
00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:09,119
Speaker 5: Well.

927
00:44:09,760 --> 00:44:12,519
Speaker 4: Will Campbell is minus one fifty now to be the

928
00:44:12,559 --> 00:44:16,119
fourth overall draft pick, which is held, of course by

929
00:44:16,119 --> 00:44:21,760
the New England Patriots. The next closest is armand Mimbo,

930
00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:25,280
the other offensive tackle. He is plus four point fifty,

931
00:44:25,760 --> 00:44:29,559
So according to bet online, Will Campbell might be the

932
00:44:29,719 --> 00:44:33,519
runaway favorite to be taken fourth overall by the New

933
00:44:33,519 --> 00:44:36,519
England Patriots. I love this because, you know, I said

934
00:44:36,559 --> 00:44:39,639
here on Hunt Show not too long ago and complained about,

935
00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:41,920
you know, people talking about, oh, we Will Campbell's arm

936
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:44,440
size might be like a quarter of an inch too short.

937
00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:47,760
Never mind the fact that he's been an All American

938
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:50,239
for multiple years, he's been a three year starter at LSU,

939
00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:52,400
and he has really good tape out there.

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Speaker 5: We're not gonna worry about that.

941
00:44:54,559 --> 00:44:56,559
Speaker 4: We're gonna worry about the fact that his arm size

942
00:44:57,000 --> 00:44:59,679
is a quarter of an inch too short. I appreciate

943
00:44:59,679 --> 00:45:02,039
the fact that people have gotten over that one.

944
00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:03,519
Speaker 5: I don't choose.

945
00:45:03,559 --> 00:45:05,360
Speaker 4: Prode may have helped out Will Kimbell a little bit

946
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:07,599
in his arm. You know, I'm not a I'm not

947
00:45:08,559 --> 00:45:10,360
in tune to the human body. I don't know how

948
00:45:10,400 --> 00:45:13,119
old it works. But all I know is like, I

949
00:45:13,159 --> 00:45:15,519
don't think my arm has grown half an inch in

950
00:45:15,599 --> 00:45:16,480
like the past month.

951
00:45:16,840 --> 00:45:17,760
Speaker 5: It happened to Will.

952
00:45:18,360 --> 00:45:20,559
Speaker 2: Hey man, you know, sometimes you gotta you gotta grease

953
00:45:20,599 --> 00:45:22,159
the books a little bit. You know how when you

954
00:45:22,159 --> 00:45:23,719
go look at the NBA player's height, they're like, oh,

955
00:45:23,760 --> 00:45:24,599
there's six nine.

956
00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:27,280
Speaker 4: I'm good with it, though, because like this only helps

957
00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:29,679
in avelt teams, because those those guys in the front

958
00:45:29,719 --> 00:45:31,559
office that are like, I'm gonna be the smartest guy

959
00:45:31,559 --> 00:45:33,639
in the room. You have to you have to have

960
00:45:33,679 --> 00:45:35,719
this arm link. You have to be this, you have

961
00:45:35,760 --> 00:45:38,320
to be this weight. How about this. If I have

962
00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:42,079
forty two inch arms, I got two left feet, I'm

963
00:45:42,079 --> 00:45:46,119
the clumsiest player you've ever seen, and I use nothing

964
00:45:46,159 --> 00:45:47,559
of my forty two inch arms.

965
00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:48,440
Speaker 5: Would you rather me?

966
00:45:48,519 --> 00:45:50,159
Speaker 4: Or would you rather a guy with thirty three inch

967
00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:52,880
arms who uses every single bit of it, who's strong

968
00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:55,639
as an ox, who's got great feet, he's got great size,

969
00:45:55,639 --> 00:45:57,440
and he knows what he's doing. I can give a

970
00:45:57,440 --> 00:45:59,679
crap about arm link. You can be three feet away

971
00:45:59,679 --> 00:46:01,719
from me if I don't know what to do. Once

972
00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:03,679
you get there, it doesn't really matter because you're gonna

973
00:46:03,679 --> 00:46:07,239
get around me anyways. So all these people that are like, oh, well,

974
00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:09,199
you know his armley, like you gotta have this, you

975
00:46:09,239 --> 00:46:11,159
gotta have that. Look at some of the Hall of

976
00:46:11,159 --> 00:46:14,159
Fame left tech. They all had this armley. Maybe they

977
00:46:14,159 --> 00:46:16,199
were just good at football. Man, Like, I don't I

978
00:46:16,199 --> 00:46:21,519
don't care we talk about hand size with quarterbacks anyways,

979
00:46:21,559 --> 00:46:22,039
I don't care.

980
00:46:22,400 --> 00:46:24,000
Speaker 5: I mean, go look up a list right now.

981
00:46:24,039 --> 00:46:25,480
Speaker 4: You don't take them out word for go look up

982
00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:28,360
a list right now of the hand sizes for quarterbacks

983
00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:31,960
in the NFL, and go look up their touchdown interception ratio.

984
00:46:32,199 --> 00:46:34,639
Speaker 5: There is absolutely no correlation.

985
00:46:34,480 --> 00:46:37,039
Speaker 4: Between big hand size and being able to take care

986
00:46:37,039 --> 00:46:37,519
of the football.

987
00:46:37,519 --> 00:46:37,840
Speaker 5: There's not.

988
00:46:38,280 --> 00:46:41,079
Speaker 4: You can go look, I look every single year before

989
00:46:41,079 --> 00:46:43,760
the season starts, just to get a good laugh about it.

990
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:46,199
All right, Look, that's going to do it for our

991
00:46:46,440 --> 00:46:50,880
number one. We're coming back on the other side, and

992
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:53,639
nour number two, we're gonna get away from LSU. We

993
00:46:53,639 --> 00:46:56,480
were very LSU heavy. I want to mention one more

994
00:46:56,519 --> 00:47:00,760
thing of the transfer portal. Guys, yesterday I promised that

995
00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:05,039
I was done with Nico Iamalaiyaba. I'm not because Nico

996
00:47:05,079 --> 00:47:08,639
has actually found a home. We're gonna talk about that

997
00:47:08,679 --> 00:47:12,039
a little bit. Also, Texas and Oklahoma unfortunately they got

998
00:47:12,079 --> 00:47:14,079
a lot stronger in the transfer portal. We're gonna talk

999
00:47:14,119 --> 00:47:18,440
about that. CBO Sports put out an article suggesting that

1000
00:47:18,599 --> 00:47:21,920
this quarterback class will likely be a bust compared to

1001
00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:23,079
those in recent history.

1002
00:47:24,079 --> 00:47:25,920
Speaker 5: Yeah, no kidding, that's kind of what we've talked about

1003
00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:26,320
for months.

1004
00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:26,480
Speaker 9: Now.

1005
00:47:26,519 --> 00:47:28,760
Speaker 4: We'll break that down kind of give you what I

1006
00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:31,079
think of each quarterback that might go in the first round.

1007
00:47:31,599 --> 00:47:34,840
And there is a quarterback that continues to rise up

1008
00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:38,400
draft boards. Every year we see a guy rise up

1009
00:47:38,440 --> 00:47:40,960
draft boards. This year it could be that guy. We're

1010
00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:43,360
gonna have Grant Sacharay from Crescent City Sports top on

1011
00:47:43,440 --> 00:47:47,280
as well, and then in the nine o'clock hour, we're

1012
00:47:47,280 --> 00:47:49,320
gonna talk a little women's basketball. Kim Molkey had a

1013
00:47:49,400 --> 00:47:52,000
big time pickup out of the transfer portal I LSU

1014
00:47:52,039 --> 00:47:55,519
Gymnastics in action tonight the semi final round of the

1015
00:47:55,599 --> 00:47:58,679
NCAA Championship going on, will break that down what Jay

1016
00:47:58,719 --> 00:48:00,480
Clark and the Tigers can do. We'll have our Munchie

1017
00:48:00,480 --> 00:48:03,360
segment with LSU executive chef Michael Johnson, and we'll close

1018
00:48:03,360 --> 00:48:04,159
it out with Ask the Bench.

1019
00:48:04,199 --> 00:48:06,000
Speaker 5: That's all coming up here on No TB.

1020
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Speaker 3: Off the Bench