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Speaker 1: Softball finally sees some motion coming out of the transfer portal.

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Let's discuss it here on Raging Rundown. What's good, ladies

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and gentlemen, and welcome to another episode of Raging Rundown,

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the show where you will know all things U O Sports.

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I'm your guy, Ja Marcus Fitzpatrick, but you know you

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can always call me fits. And in today's episode, we

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will be talking about Louisiana Softball finally seeing a portal

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commit to their team. We'll also discuss some of the

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players that will be leaving the program after transferring out.

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And also we will give you the latest update on

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the twenty twenty seven football class as the class.

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Speaker 2: Is continuing to take shape.

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Speaker 1: So let's start off with the latest from the transfer

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portal as Louisiana Softball gets their first commit in South

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Carolina transfer pitcher KG.

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Speaker 2: Favors a little bit of a bio about her.

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Speaker 1: She initially committed to South Carolina back in twenty twenty two,

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but then a coaching change happened. She decided to stay

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with the team. Despite the coaching change happening, she stayed there.

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Things didn't work out for her necessarily in her favor,

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so After that one season of being in South Carolina,

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she transferred and she enters the transfer portal and now

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lands at Louisiana, but in high school in her three

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year in her high school career in Alabama, she's an

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Orange Beach Alabama native. Favors helped her team to win

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three state titles, and as a senior, she was twenty

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two and one in the circle with fifteen shutouts and

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a point seven to seven ERI with one hundred and

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ninety seven strikeouts. According to the Perfect Game, she was the

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eighteenth rank overall prospect in the entire twenty twenty five

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signing class. So she was an elite peach pitcher coming

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out of high school and now you have added that

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to your bullpen. In the one season that she had

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at South Carolina, she made thirteen appearances in the circle.

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She had three starts for the game Cocks. In the

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twenty twenty six campaign, she logged six scoreless appearances of

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softball pitched, including three sec outings or including some sec

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outings against Texas and Missouri. She will according to the

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article from Kevin Foot at The Advocate, she will pitch

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and hit during fallball, so we will potentially get a

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chance to see someone you know play in the circle

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and then come in and pinch hit or be a

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designated hitter. It just all depends on how hot her

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bad is and how she's able to work her way

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into the lineup. Based on what I have been told,

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ideally they are not done obviously because they have more

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roster spots to feel, but ideally they would like another pitcher,

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a catcher for depth, and a third baseman you add

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into the roster as well. So that's a little bit

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about what you're bringing in, and I think adding this

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type of picture.

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Speaker 2: You know, her era was like a four point one.

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Speaker 1: Two, and I know a lot of people said, like

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is that good? You know, in comparison, I think she

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had fifteen strikeouts to fifteen walks, And you know what

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I will say is like that is just a small

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bit of work, Like you can't really judge a book

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by it's not full body of work, so to speak. Right,

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you know, you had Bailey Mackles also on your roster,

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and I think her.

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Speaker 2: Era was a little over five, So you.

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Speaker 1: Can't fully judge a picture off of just those small

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outings that she had. Now as she comes in and

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she's gonna work under pitching coach Kyle Brady. We saw

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how he was able to continue to pull great things

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out of Sage Hoover, and now if he's able to

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work with KG Favors and the company around them, there's

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no telling what she can develop into. So you bring

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in a player that has three years of eligibility remaining,

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you have an opportunity to continue to develop her and

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the sky is only the limit based on what you're

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able to do with her. So you get your first

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transfer portal commit and that is truly something that's going

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to be exciting now as it stands. With your roster,

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she is a part of a very young bullpen. Like

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I mentioned, Sage Hoover is the oldest, being a senior

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or even a graduate. I think a graduate student if

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I'm not mistaken. After that, your next most experienced picture

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is Bailey Mackles and she only had six outings last season.

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Speaker 2: So KG Favors is going to come in.

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Speaker 1: She's still going to be extremely young, but she's going

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to give you an opportunity to potentially develop into something,

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whether that is, you know, a midweek starter, or she

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becomes a part of your weekend rotation. It all depends

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on the rest of the players that you add in

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the mix. We'll talk about the full roster in just

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a bit, but I do want to get into the

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departures that have now left the program as it stands

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or as it will be. There are five players that

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are no longer the Raging Cajun Softball program. That is

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Lilyan Soto, Julianne Tipton, Mickey Watts, Natalie Johnson, and as

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of Monday, the final date of the transfer portal was

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opened and officially closed. Gabby Stuts, the former STM product,

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has entered the transfer portal as well, So you're losing

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five young ladies. Lilyan Soto never really cracked the lineup

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as much as what many would have wanted to see.

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some home runs and big swings throughout the season, but

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it just never materialized fully, so she will leave the program.

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Julianne Tipton had moments where she started for you, but

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ultimately could not fully build a level of consistency to

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remain in a good spot for the team. Mickey Watts

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and Natalie Johnson never really received playing time as they

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were true freshmen coming in, so they're gonna move on

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and try to go and find a home to be

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able to play. And then Gabby Stuts is another player.

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She only appeared in twenty four games this past season

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and I want to say around forty ish in her

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total career in the three seasons that she was here

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in Lafey Hat, one of them being a red shirt

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freshman season. So things never really materialized for any of

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these players that are listed with wishing them all the

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best is they go and try to ultimately find a

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place that they can land where they can play and

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flourish in their softball careers. So those are the five

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players that are no longer with the program. As it stands,

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what you have is nineteen total players. You can have

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up to twenty five total players on your roster, so

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you have six more roster spots available. From a pitching perspective,

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Sage Hoover Bailey MCOs KG favors Mikayla Ranicky who's a freshman,

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Emily Adams who is a freshman. Mikayla Ranicky is a

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utility player, but she was extremely talented coming out of

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high school as a pitcher. So I am assuming that

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she will be in the pitching position. I will ask

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about that to confirm, but that is what I believe

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will be in your bullpen. So right now that it's

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five pictures. If you add another, that will make it six.

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Your infielders Meil Ascino, Brooke, Otto, Madison Manny Hailey Hart,

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Emily Smith, Ali Rios who is a freshman, Tour Gonzalez

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who is a freshman, So that is two for six.

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Seven infielders. In the outfield, Dajah Williams, who I believe

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will be a senior, Me and Norwood, Lily Knox, Kennedy

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Hailey Johnson, who is a freshman, makes it five. You

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have two catchers, Kennedy marsl who's returning for you, and

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then Zoe Harrington, the North Vermillion product, who.

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Speaker 2: Is a freshman. So you've got two catchers.

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Speaker 1: Like I said, they are looking to add a catcher,

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a third baseman, and a pitcher. With six roster spots,

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there's no telling if they can fill all six of

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them or what they may try to do as they

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continue to work to fill out this roster. So like

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coach Habits talked about after their loss in the Sun

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Belt Conference tournament. They are going to be building around

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Kennedy morrisol ricc Otto, Hailey Hart. Those are your core

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three of what you have, and then I also believe

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she mentioned me and Lescano as well. Those are the

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core of what this team is gonna be able to be.

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Those are your all sun Bealt selections. Hailey Hart was

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a Freshman of the Year. The year before that, Emily

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Smith was the Sunbelt Freshman of the Year. So you

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have two great players that you are returning once again.

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Hailey Hart will be one more year experience as a sophomore,

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Emily Smith will be a junior. So you look at

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all of those pieces that you're trying to build around,

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and you bring in this class a freshman that you have.

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Now it's going to be important to have some slam dunks.

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In terms of the transfer portal, last year it was

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Madison Manning, Julianne Tipton, Kennedy Morris.

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Speaker 2: Right, you're returning two of those transfers.

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Speaker 1: Madison Manning was very solid for you in the moments

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that she got in at first base, and then Kennedy

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Morris was phenomenal as a catcher being an All Sun

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Belt member. So now you're gonna have to once again

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cash in and land big in the transfer portal. The

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portal is officially closed. Some of the more elite players

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have already signed to their destination. So I'm sure that

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the staff is in the middle of this rat race

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trying to find comparable players that cannot just come in,

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but they can come in and help them win right away,

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because that is the expectation. That is what they are

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trying to do, which is win right away. The foundation

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that they have laid, which is the players that I

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have listed, like I mentioned Alee Hart, Brocado, Kennedy Marsau,

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Mila Scano, those players being the foundation.

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Speaker 2: Are going to be important.

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Speaker 1: And not to mention Sage Hoover being your ace in

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the circle, those foundational players are going to be important

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towards the success of this team. If you're able to

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build around that, then the sky's the limit and things

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could turn around for the Raging Cajun softball program going

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into twenty twenty seven. So that is how things are

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shaping up for the softball program. But things are also

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coming to get the really really well for the Raging

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Cajun's football program. They added a pair of commits to

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the twenty twenty seven class. We'll talk about who those

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young men are when we come back here on Raging Rundown. Hey, guys,

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like yourself. So before we went to break, we talked

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about how softball has added their first portal commit, and

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now we're shifting gears and talking about football as the

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twenty twenty seven recruiting class continues to come to fruition.

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Speaker 2: The class is.

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Speaker 1: Now up to twelve total players. We'll talk about the

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full list than just the second but the two latest

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commits that the program added is Wiley athlete Jeebrin Blake.

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Wiley is in Texas and then the other is offensive

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lineman A Darius Hines who comes from Eastview in Texas

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as well. Both of those players were on official visits

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this past weekend. Both of them are choosing UL over

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the likes of Texas State. Blake chose Louisiana over Texas State,

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that was one of his other main offers. Meanwhile, Hines

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chose the Cajuns over Texas State and North Texas. So

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that is big you win once again a head to

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head recruiting battle. Obviously, Texas State is no longer in

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the Sun Belt, but that's one more good kick to say, hey,

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we got a guy over you. You always want to

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be able to do those in recruiting battles, so kudos

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to the Cages for being able to do that. A

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little bit about both players. Jaebriron Blake is five for eleven.

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He's one hundred and eighty pounds. He currently plays quarterback

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at Wiley, but the Cajuns are recruiting him at defensive back.

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And I know, you know, I saw someone on social saying,

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you know, how is this guy that'll be playing dB

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when you know he's such an elite quarterback?

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Speaker 2: And I hear you on that, But right now.

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Speaker 1: You have Lunch Winfield on the roster, you have Daniel

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Build on the roster, you have Coleman Carter on the roster,

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and you have Sam Altman.

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Speaker 2: On the roster.

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Speaker 1: So you have four quarterbacks. You're assuming that Lunch will

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come back for his senior campaign, meaning that you'll have

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two more seasons of Lunch counting this season and the

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next season, so you'll have him and all four of

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those other quarterbacks, assuming that none of them leave. You're

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also signing Tam Anderson, who's already in this class as well,

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so you're talking about five quarterbacks. Adding a sixth quarterback

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doesn't really add as much value, especially with three other

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guys outside of Lunch being well integrated into the program

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and understanding what it's going to take to run the

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offense already, so it doesn't make a ton of sense

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to keep him at the quarterback position. Moving him to

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dB is a completely different story because you can move

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him in different spots. You can use them as a corner,

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you can use him at the star position. He has

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elite speed. According to his Twitter account, he was clocked

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at a four three five in the forty. You cannot

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teach that you cannot coach that. That is God given ability.

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So to have that, I think having that on the

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defensive side of the ball is a little bit more

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of an explosive skill set that you can have. You know,

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you think about a player like a Brent Gordon Junior,

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who at Cecilia was a two way player. He played

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on the offensive side and he played on the defensive side.

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And I know we saw players like him, like Travis

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Hunter and so many others play on both sides of

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the ball, and we want to see that happening, or

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we want to see someone lean more towards offense because

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that is what sells tickets. But if you can take

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a skill set like that and put it on defense,

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you can always tell him, hey, we're going to create

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a package for you where we're going to toss you

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a speed sweep, or we're gonna give you a bubble screen,

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or we're gonna you know, line up, ye up and

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give it to you on the jet suite. You can

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figure out how to utilize him in your offense. But

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I think he's going to be better suited on the

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defensive side of the ball because of the type of

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skill that he has, which is elite speed, So that

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is a little bit about him. And then on the

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offensive line. Adarius Hines is six foot six, three hundred

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and twenty five pounds. According to his Twitter account, he

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received the offer while being on the official visit with

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the Cajuns, so that is a quick target. They go

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ahead and they are able to get him in the building.

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They show him love and he instantly commits. An instant

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commit is kind of one of the best ones that

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you can possibly have, because that means that your first

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impression was the best impression. When you're able to garner

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that relationship so well that on the first meeting or

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the initial meeting, which is the official visit, it is hey,

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I want to be here like I'm here.

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Speaker 2: I like it here.

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Speaker 1: I've been to other places. I'm going to go ahead

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and lockdown and be here. So you're adding a fellow

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trench warrior to the mix. On his Twitter account, he

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says that he is a three star. I could not

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find a star rating according to any other publications, but

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he is from what I've seen on tape, a mauler.

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He's very elite in the trenches, and so that adds

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to the mix. Also with this recruiting class. So as

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it stands, you currently have twelve total commits to the

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twenty twenty seventh class, and it is as follows. The

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first commit from this class was tight end Bryce Coleman

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from Shadow Creek. The next was Kobe Smith, the defensive

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lineman from the Oyals. After that, it's Rob Taylor, the

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wide receiver from Faraday, Tam Anderson, the quarterback from Westbrook,

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Noah Ernest, another offensive lineman from Angleton, John Walker, the

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wide receiver from Blackmouth, Mason Smith, the defensive lineman from

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the University lab Landon Ordy the safety from STM. Caleb White,

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the DV from Summer Creek, Gavin Cooper Junior, the DV

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from Archbishop Archbishop Rummel Jee Bryn Blake, and R Darius

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Darius Hines. So you have two offensive linemen, you have

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multiple dbs. So Jabriyron is going to be considered one.

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Speaker 2: So that's one.

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Speaker 1: Jack Gavin Cooper is two, Caleb White is three, Landen

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Ordy is a safety. That's a dB considered four to

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your four DB's two wide receivers, a defensive lineman, a quarterback,

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and a tight end. So you're just about kind of

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getting all over as you want to be Oh, and

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not to mention I forget to say that Landon Ordy

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will be moving to linebackers, so even though he is

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a safety, he is considered a linebacker. So you've got

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a good mixture of every position, just about cover. We

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know that the Cajun's build through the high school ranks,

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so this is probably about maybe a quarter or almost

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a half waypoint of where they want this class to be.

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I'm assuming that they'll probably make a strong push to

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try to go and get at least another eighteen players,

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and however many more that they're able to build up,

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because obviously the more the merrier, you know, especially in

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this transfer portal era, you never know what can happen.

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In the previous seasons, the Kagens have not lost a

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ton of players due to the portal because of the

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type of culture that they have, and I've said this

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multiple times, like the wins may not be materializing in

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a lot of ways, but when you're able to keep

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the bulk of your roster, that goes to show that

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these guys are willing to fight and claw and scrap

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for the coaching staff and for each other. Because of

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the culture that they have built within that building. So

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if you can continue to build that through the high

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school ranks, you're naturally going to lose some players. But ultimately,

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as you keep building and you build around the foundational

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pieces that you have, we talked about them before. You

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have Lunch Winfield their quarterback. You have Brick Gordon Junior

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on the defensive side of the ball. You have defensive

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linemen like Fitzgerald West. You have some great running backs

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coming out that have not had as much playing time,

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but what we saw during the spring and the episodes

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that we've talked about that you can check out, they

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will be a huge piece to the success of this offense.

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Sheldon Sampson at receiver. You have foundational pieces that you

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are gonna be able to build around. Now the thing

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is is being able to convert it into wins. That's

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all what is going to blow down to. But that's

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how your twenty twenty seven class is shaping up as

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of now, and that's only gonna build up more excitement

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as we push towards the fall.

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Speaker 2: When the Cajuns open the season on September.

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Speaker 1: Fifth against Lamar, that's gonna wrap up this episode of

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raging and rundown. If you've made it to this point

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front of more raging Cajun fans. Just like yourself. I'm

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your guy, Ja Marcus Fitzpatrick. We'll see you guys next time.

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Speaker 2: Yah.