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Speaker 1: Off the Bench with Jacob Hester and Matt Flynn asday.

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Speaker 2: Hester and Hester got it five out of five.

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Speaker 1: From carrying each other to and Natty to carrying each

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Speaker 3: Air were there's prop Control.

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Speaker 1: Live from the Raising Caine Studio.

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Speaker 3: It's Off the Bench.

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Speaker 4: Welcome in our number three, a Friday edition of Off

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Speaker 3: It's been a long week, y'all. We're here.

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Speaker 4: We've been hanging out with you all week long. In

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place of Jacob Est and Matt Flynn. They'll be back

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on Monday. We got a picture from Matt Flynn yesterday

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talking about football weather and he was sitting there and

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what appeared to be like twenty degrees with his old

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ski goggles and ski cap on. So Matt over there

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on the child's loop, probably learning how to ski.

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Speaker 5: Here.

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Speaker 4: Ross is going to call us. He just sent me

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a text saying if we had issues.

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Speaker 3: He could call in.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I just texted him.

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Speaker 4: So we'll get to Ross in just a second. But

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we got Doug Thompson coming up at nine thirty. Next segment,

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after we have Ross College Football put out they ranked

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the SEC incoming transfer quarterbacks. One team is not on

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the list, and it all boils down to an NCAA

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decision surrounding Joey Aguilar, which I really want to get

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into because Joey Aguilar is still waiting on a decision

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from the NCAA, which I think is absolutely crap because

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been eligible and it took a while on and mainly

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uh Trinidad shambless if you could believe that. But uh,

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we'll get into that a little bit later on we

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Speaker 3: Ross has put out a ton of articles.

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Speaker 4: I mean, you go to Louisianasports dot net every single day,

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Speaker 3: Want to break that down.

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Speaker 4: I mean, we talked yesterday about the possibility of a

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Travis ETN and a Breeze Hall and free agency. Those

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were Ross articles. We'll get an update from him on

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all of that. We'll talk Teddy Bridgewater, We'll talk Alvin

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Kamara's future in New Orleans. We'll get him on in

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just the second to break all of that down. And

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it looks like we actually do have Ross so joining

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us right now Louisiana Sports dot Net. You can also

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catch him locked on Saints our guy Ross Jackson, Ross,

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how are you this morning.

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Speaker 7: Hey, Hey buddy, doing great, doing great? Thanks for having me.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, Rals, thanks for hopping on.

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Speaker 4: You know, I've been I've been breaking down a lot

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of your articles this week hosting on OTB, and I

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wanted to kind of, you know, break them down a

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little bit further here with you. I was looking at

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your articles about you know, Travis et and Bresall and

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all this, and maybe maybe not even those guys in particular, Ross,

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But what are the chances that the Saints target a

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running back in free agency? We hear a lot about

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Jeremiah Love in the draft. He's been kind of a

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hot topic of conversation. But could the Saints go a

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different route and bring in a more experience guy.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that they could if that's a position

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that they're that they're interested in addressing in maybe a

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larger way, right, Like, there's kind of this two way

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path that you kind of have to play, the running

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back position to where the things could use some more

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talent injected into that room. Obviously, they feel really good

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about where things could potentially head with Alvin Tuera, but

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Alba Babara's also been dealing with injuries here recently. Devin

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that room still has a lot of question marks in

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terms of, you know, long term planning. And so I

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think that's the that's the other piece, right, It's not

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just about hey, what can you do to help them

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make this team better for twenty twenty six, but what

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investments are you able to make to potentially get you

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ready for sort of the post Alvin Kamara days in

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of these young free agents like Breist Hall, Rico Dowdell

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a pretty good confidence album Kamara in the meanwhile, you

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running backs that are out there, ETN and others. It

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gives them an opportunity to be able to invest in somebody.

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not necessarily replace talent, but both of their room right now,

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young veteran running backs in this year's free agency class.

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wait until the draft, where there's still pretty good talent,

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Speaker 4: Just think I'm with the running backs you just mentioned

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Alvin Kamara. What is his future look like in New Orleans?

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to be here, but like, what does his role look

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know, it's going to be really interesting

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to see. I think you know, they were interested in

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him being returning to a little bit more of a

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judicious usage last year as opposed to being more of

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you're looking at Alvin Kamara and trying to find maybe

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a second and potentially third back, including you know, you've

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got guys like Kendrick Miller coming back off injury, you

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have Devin Neil going into a second year. They've got

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some talent there. But I think that's the way that

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is finding to utilize him a little bit more specifically, right,

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and so it's utilizing him as that, you know, third

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down back that you can throw the ball to if

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you need to, but also utilizing him in a you know,

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more expansive role estimately that can run both between the

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tackles and outside the tackles, working on getting him out

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in space, all those other things. So I think that

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probably one that utilizes him a little bit more uniquely

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Speaker 4: At this point, well, shifting away from running back, you know, again,

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Jeremiah Love keeps being a topic of conversation. So let's say,

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Love as far as free agency, goes o line wide receiver.

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hit that free agency market. Could you see the Saints

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Speaker 2: Out to some of them, Yeah, I think so. And look,

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there's a lot of talent in this year's free agency class,

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names like a David Edwards that's coming out of out

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of Buffalo, then you know there's there's other guys that

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from Houston. There's a lot of talent that in that spot,

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and so wide receiver then becomes maybe a little bit

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more of a secondary position to target. And I also

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think that wide receiver is the deepest position in this

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year's draft class, along with maybe edge rusher, and so

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you can also wait until Day two, day three at

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wide receiver and get somebody that's going to be able

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to contribute to your team. When it comes to that position,

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you don't have to necessarily go with the big X

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receivers like a Jordan Tyson out of Arizona State or

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a Carnel Tate out of Ohio State. You could go

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for players that give you maybe eight yards after catch threat.

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possession receiver types like a Ted Hurst or like a

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male Thai Fields out of Notre Dame. There's a lot

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of these different sort of archetypes of receivers in the

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draft class that, yeah, you can go and do that.

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Green Bay. You could look at guys like Alec Pierce

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who could potentially go and be on his way out

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in Indianapolis, though he seems likely to stick around and

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Indy you could go that route there. But even if

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you don't, and even if you don't address wide receiver

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edge rushers or whatever it might be, you're still in

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a really good position at wide receiver to add a

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player with an elite trait. It's not necessarily going and

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finding a specific archetype of wide receiver, but can you

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go and find that pass catcher that can bring an

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and I think you can do that into day two

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Speaker 3: Speaking of the dravel, let's go right there.

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Speaker 4: The Saints sit at aid and my thought's always been,

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you're inside the top ten and it looks like you

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have your quarterback in the future, so you're kind of

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sitting pretty You could go a lot of different ways.

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If Ross Jackson is a GM of the New Orleans Saints,

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who do you draft at eight overall?

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Speaker 8: Or what position?

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Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, look, a position would be irrelevant to me.

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Everything would really be all about, you know, who is

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the best player that's on the board. And so if

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I'm sitting there at eight and Jeremiah Love is on

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the board and he's the best player on my board,

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that's who I'm taking. If it's safety Caleb Downs, who's

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one of the other best players on you on the board,

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if he's the best player on my board at that time,

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that's the player that I'm taking. That's kind of the

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thing about this upcoming draft class for New Orleans is

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that they're in a very similar position. I don't want

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to say that they're in a similar position because obviously,

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like they had Drew Brees at this time, right, but

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they're in a similar position in terms of need when

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it comes to that, like how they were in twenty seventeen.

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what it is that they need in free agency and

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then go into the draft and be able to just

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go best player available as they go through. That's what

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general manager Making Limis said and is interviewer press or

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alongside Kellen Moore, head coach, that that's what they were

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planning to do going into this draft, that they're comfortable

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going best player available. And so for me, like there's

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positions that maybe I wouldn't invest in at eight, Like

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line at eight. Kind of think the Saints have a

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need at tackle that's enough for them to go offensive

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line at all at eight. Obviously there are the obvious

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an EDG rusher, if I can get a wide receiver,

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that is a playmaker, and that's kind of my big

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thing is like ppa best playmaker available, that's the player

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that I want. And so like for me, the top

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guys that are probably hovering around and available in that

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cloud at eight are Premia Love out of Notre Dame,

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the safety Caleb Downs out of Ohio State, and then

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in Jordan Tyson, Carnealtate, Makay Levitan. Any of those guys

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Speaker 4: Russell Jackson our gush right now, luisanosports dot New locked

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on Saints Ross. Let's shift back to players that are

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about their future. What are the chances of the Saints

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I personally think that would be a wise move

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for New Orleans. It helps out in a couple of

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different ways, right, Those are guys that are on avoiding contracts,

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which means there's some acceleration of funds in future years

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that ends up impacting their salary cap. If you extend them,

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you could potentially knock a little bit of that down.

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I'm not talking about massive cap savings here. But you're

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also bringing back talent is a thing. I mean, look,

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Cam Jordan just had ten sacks last season. To Mario

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Davis just had a career high in tackles last season.

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So you're not bringing back guys just for the sake

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of being sentimental. You're not just bringing back guys for

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the sake of aiding yourself a little bit. When it

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comes to the salary cap. You're bringing back guys that

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are produced for you. The tricky part is, I don't

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know how many times a team has to go into

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negotiations with a player that's both thirty seven and just

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had a ten sax season. How many teams have to

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go into negotiations with a player that's both your thirty

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seven and just had a career high in tackles. That's

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really unique. That's a unique negotiation to have to embark upon.

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Speaker 9: It.

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Speaker 2: So I think for both those guys like they should

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want the money that makes sense to them, and it's

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going to be all about whether or not the team

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and the player can figure out a way to make

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sure that the contracts make sense on both sides. Can

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the things help themselves, Can the players get what it

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is that they need to feel valued, and then can

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you bring that talent back? And look, Camra Jordans just

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had ten stacks on his second fewest defensive snaps in

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his career this past season, and so it's not like

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you have to bring this guy back to play one

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hundred percent of your snaps. If he's playing about fifty

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percent of his fifty percent of your defensive snaps, it's

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clear that something works when it comes to him and

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defensive coordinator Brandon Staley system.

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Speaker 4: Ross one more for you before I get you out

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of here. You think Todd Graves is going to buy

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the Saints?

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Speaker 2: No, I don't.

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Speaker 7: I Well, let me say this way.

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Speaker 2: I don't think that that's going to be the case

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anytime soon. Gail Benson said in an interview back in

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November very clearly that the Saints nor the Pelicans are

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for sale. That she's not intending to sell any of those.

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Now what the future holds and what that means for

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the potential of a guy like Todd Gravees to potentially,

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you know, invest in and be able to do that

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that we don't know, that we can't we can't project.

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But as of right now, no, I wouldn't expect that

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to be a tomorrow or even within the next few

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years kind of a situation, because it sounds like Gail

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Benson has has consistently made her intent clear, her intention clear,

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that she's not selling the teams.

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Speaker 4: Ross Jackson, you can catch all of his stuff at

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Louisianasports dot ned locked on Saints and follow him on Twitter.

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Ross Jackson, Nola, Ross, thanks so much for hopping on

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with me this morning.

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Speaker 2: Of course, thank you all very much.

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Speaker 8: Talk to you soon.

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Speaker 4: But yeah, absolutely, that is our guy, Ross Jackson. We'll

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step aside on the other side. Look at two quarterbacks

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A lot of people think can take the next step

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in college football, and I just absolutely disagree with that.

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Speaker 3: So we'll talk about that next yere on OTV off

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Speaker 4: Welcome back in Friday edition of OTV just about half

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an hour to go with you here on the work week.

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Speaker 3: As we are working towards the weekend.

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Speaker 4: CBA Sports put out an article yesterday the top ten

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players in college football.

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Speaker 3: Did they expect we'll have.

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Speaker 4: A bounce back year in twenty twenty six? A lot

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of big time names on there. Ryan Williams, the wide

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receiver out of Alabama. Yep, that makes a lot of sense.

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I'm good without him, and he burst onto the scene

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as a freshman. Do you know he's only seventeen years

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old as a freshman. I'm totally kidding. They said that

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like ten times every broadcast last year. Jeremy Bernard really

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kind of became the top target for ty Simpson down

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the stretch. Ryan Williams struggled with some drops, but he's talented.

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I mean, we know what Ryan Williams can doom. New

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quarterback coming in him and Tysimpson just never really could

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find that consistent connection.

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Speaker 3: I'm good with that. That totally makes sense to me.

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Speaker 4: Like McKay hughes running back at Houston, he's on this

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list again, makes a lot of sense. Fifteen hundred yards

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rushing a two lane two years ago. It was a

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big time transfer for Oregon. Last year he kind of

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fell out of favor in their running back rotation, didn't

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do a whole lot for it. He's had a change

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of scenery in Houston under Willie Fritz. So there's that

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two lane green wave connection there.

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Speaker 3: I get it.

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Speaker 4: I think McKay Hughes is going to thrive you to Houston.

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Nick Anderson, former LSU wide receiver, transferred over to Kentucky.

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He'll be one of their top targets over there. He

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was in a crowded wide receiver room at LSU a

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year ago and was still recovering from that injury head

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at Oklahoma and had a couple nagging ones here as well. Again,

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great choice. There's a few names on this list that

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are head scratchers.

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Speaker 3: To be nice.

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Speaker 4: The first name on this list, DJ Lagway. What is

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DJ Lagway bouncing back from. In order to have a

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bounce back season, you gotta be good. Let's look at

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what DJ Lagway did in two years at Florida as

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a freshman in twenty twenty four, played in twelve games,

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fifty nine percent completion, nineteen hundred yards, twelve touchdowns, nine interceptions,

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virtually nothing on the ground one hundred yards rushing, no touchdowns.

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And I heard all off season long, oh, get ready.

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DJ Lagway is going to take that next step. And

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my old my question was.

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Speaker 3: In what area?

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Speaker 4: I mean, where is what did you see from DJ

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Lagway as a freshman that can show you that he

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can play good football? And so many people were just

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so confident. No, Dj Lagway, He's so talented. Is arm talent?

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Everybody at this level has arm talent. I hate that, Saint.

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I think arm talent is stupid. Look what the arm

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talent got him in year two in Gainesville. Twenty two

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hundred yards receiving, I mean passing, sixteen touchdowns, fourteen interceptions,

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sixty three percent completion. As bad as he was last

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year for Florida, he was actually better completion percentage wise

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than he was as a freshman. Braxton, you watched LSU

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a lot this year. You remember the LSU Florida game.

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How many interceptions the Dj Lagway throw against LSU.

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Speaker 11: Was five, wasn't it?

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Speaker 4: It doesn't matter if your response is a crap tone,

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then you would be correct. It Probably it was five,

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and it probably could have been even more than that.

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So many people just keep saying, well, this guy's so talented,

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he's he's too talented.

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Speaker 3: He has to be good.

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Speaker 4: Can anybody out there tell me what DJ Lagway can

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do that thirty other quarterbacks in college football camp.

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Speaker 3: DJ Lagway, let's call it.

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Speaker 4: Like it is, is getting the hype that he is

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getting because he was a five star coming out of

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high school. If DJ Lagway would have been a walk

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on at Florida and performed like he did for two years.

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He wouldn't have been a hot commodity in the transfer

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a perto. Nobody would have given it a second thought.

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So many times we look at hype, you turn hype

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into potential potential that may or may not even be there,

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and then you're just determined, Hey, this guy, he's going

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to be the next great thing. Like I thought arch

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Manning was great the second half of last year, but

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so many people came into this season and we talked

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about it on OUTB and we all predicted it. He's

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going to struggle on the road against Ohio State because

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it's his first start being the guy on the road

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in a hostile environment like the Horseshoe, and if he

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doesn't perform well, people are gonna crucify the kid for it.

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Speaker 3: And what happened.

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Speaker 4: He got trolled basically the entire season. The fact of

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the matter is, maybe arch Manning actually is a good quarterback.

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Maybe he was really over hyped going into the season

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because of his name and he needed to get his

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feet wet a little bit. Playing the quarterback positions hard.

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It's kind of the same thing here with DJ Lagway,

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except the flashes haven't been there.

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Speaker 3: He's a former five star that so.

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Speaker 4: Many people will not admit that, you know, whether it's

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recruiting experts, whoever got it wrong in high school and

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they're like, well, he was a five star, he's got

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to be good, So.

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Speaker 3: Stars don't matter.

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Speaker 4: A guy that normally sits right here in this spot

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every morning, who was a two star recrup coming out

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of high school and he's one of the best running

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backs in LSU history. Nick Saban Les Miles cared what

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star ranking Jacob Ester was coming out of high school. No,

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it doesn't matter. It matters what you do once you

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get there with your opportunity. Now, the thing about DJ Lagway,

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the only reason I could see him being on this

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list he transferred to Baylor. He's in a new system,

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he's under offensive coordinator Jake spabatall look, Baylor ranked number

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four nationally in passing offense. So maybe you're thinking, hey,

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there's a change of scenery. DJ Lagway's in a new conference,

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a new coaching staff, a fresh start under an offense

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that had a lot of success.

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Speaker 3: A year ago.

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Speaker 7: Cool.

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Speaker 4: I'm good with that. I can get behind that for

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a little bit. I'm a little tired of the DJ

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Lagway hype train. But I can get behind that. But

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the next name on this list is Leonoris Sellers.

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Speaker 3: Leonora Sellers.

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Speaker 4: Lenora Sellers, as far as I know, is still at

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South Carolina.

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Speaker 3: What did Leonori?

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Speaker 4: How did Lenora Sellers' situation get better than it did

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a year ago. Yes, they did a good job in

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the transfer portal. On the offensive line, they brought in

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j Carry's Peak, they brought in Emmanuel Poku. Both of

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those guys are going to be starters for South Carolina.

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I get that they had a bad offensive line last

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year and they improve that, but is that enough to

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help Lenora Sellers?

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Speaker 8: No?

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Speaker 3: I mean he gets a Nick Harbor back. Great.

483
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Speaker 4: I waited three years for Nick Harbor to do anything

484
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in college and he had six hundred and fifty receiving

485
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yards last year. That's your leading returning receiver. And in

486
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the article on CBS Sports they mentioned, oh well, they

487
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added four receivers. Jayden Gibson, Nitro toggle DJ Black, Jaden

488
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Gibson he was injured. He's been injured for the past

489
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two years. Last time we saw Jaden Gibson on a

490
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football field was twenty twenty three for Oklahoma, three hundred

491
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and seventy five yards receiving five touchdowns. Nitro Toggle coming

492
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from Purdue. Thirty four catches for five hundred yards last year,

493
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CJLA or DJ Black two hundred and seventy three yards

494
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last year, two touchdowns. You added guys, But are any

495
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of these guys gonna make Lenora's Sellers be able to

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throw the ball?

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Speaker 3: They go through his progressions.

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Speaker 4: No, We were talking about it during break and you

499
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know a lot of people will say, Okay, well he

500
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had a good year two years ago, did he Yeah,

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he had a sixty five percent completion percentage, which is good.

502
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But twenty five hundred yards, eighteen touchdowns, seven picks, it's fine.

503
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And he regressed last year just sixty twenty four hundred yards,

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thirteen touchdowns, eight interceptions.

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Speaker 3: I understand the DJ Lagway is.

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Speaker 4: I mean, Leonora's Sellers is a good runner, but at

507
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some point that it's gotta not matter. Again, the offensive

508
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line was bad last year. You look year one to

509
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year two for Lagway at South Carolina six seventy four

510
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rushing and seven touchdowns. Year one, last year two hundred

511
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and seventy yards on the ground, five touchdowns. He kind

512
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of got worse in pretty much every category. And yes,

513
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the situation had a lot to do with it. And again,

514
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great job on South Carolina and the portal getting these

515
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offensive linemen. But are these receivers that I mean put

516
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up decent numbers? Are they enough to turn Lenora Sellers

517
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completely around? No, Lenora Sellers can't throw the football. I

518
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don't know how that drastically changes this year in Columbia

519
00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:39,200
South Carolina.

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Speaker 3: All right, look, we're gonna take a quick time out.

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Speaker 4: We got two segments left coming up on the other side,

522
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we're gonna switch back over to LSU baseball. Former Tiger

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pitcher Doug Thompson joining us. Next, you're on off the bench.

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Speaker 1: Off the bench.

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with Jacob Hester and Matt Flynn.

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Speaker 3: All right, welcome back in.

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Speaker 4: I remember three here on a Friday edition of Off

563
00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,839
the Bench, Taylor Sharp sitting in for Jacob Hestor and

564
00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:39,400
Matt Flann. We got about twenty minutes or so left

565
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here in this work where you want to go out

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to the phone lines.

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Speaker 8: Right now?

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Speaker 4: Bring in LSU National champion pitcher Doug Thompson. Doug, how

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are you this morning?

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Speaker 8: Doing good? How you guys doing?

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Speaker 3: We're doing good?

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Speaker 8: Man?

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Speaker 4: Look five games into this thing, the former picture, I mean,

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you had a lot of success at LSU. Just kind

575
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of overall thoughts, pitching staff, starting rotation. I mean, what

576
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have you seen from this team five games in?

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Speaker 7: Well, First of all, these guys are way better than

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I ever thought of, being lots of depth, There's lots

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of arms.

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Speaker 8: Coming out of the ten.

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Speaker 7: Not everybody had their best outing the first outing, but

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that's usually the case anyway, right, So lots of new faces.

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Of course, the Saturday pitcher, Cooper was off the charts,

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I mean might have thrown too many strikes. I mean

585
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he threw his change up twenty eight times twenty five

586
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times for strikes. So lots of town, lots.

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Speaker 8: Of big arms. And then in terms of.

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Speaker 7: Offense, you know, obviously a huge spot that you had

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to fill was the loss of Jared Jones and bringing

590
00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:51,440
in the notorious Zac Over at first basically a big papa.

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00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:53,519
What a great guy to fill those shoes.

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Speaker 8: I mean, he takes the big hack. He's going to

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hit the ball hard.

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Speaker 7: I've seen him hit it literally throughout the course of

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the preseason all over the field. But that's the big

596
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,480
takeaways is those new faces seem like they're really actually

597
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going to be able to contribute, and uh, there's there's

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there's a lot of talent in terms of the new guys.

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Speaker 4: As far as the bullpen goes, it just seems like

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everybody LSU is going to i mean, you know, buy

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and large if you you know, iffy outings here and there,

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but by and larger.

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Speaker 3: This bullpen looks nails early on. What have you seen

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from them.

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Speaker 7: I've seen the same thing you've seen. I mean, there's

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been a there's been a couple of little, you know, hiccups,

607
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but again, like that's part of baseball, Like every time

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you go out, you can't have a good outing. But

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for the most part, most of the guys that came

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out of the bullpen did their job. And I guess

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the one that has to stick out is Gavin Gidgry,

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not only because you know he's returning from an injury

613
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and that's not easy. I literally missed an entire year,

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but that guy was number eight and that that means

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something to that team.

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Speaker 8: That's kind of the team captain passed down from year

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to year.

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Speaker 7: That started literally a decade ago, if not more, and

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it's special and and to have that type of kid

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back on the field with your team is a huge

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boost to the team. And then the way he's pitched geez.

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I mean, like Gavin Gidry is looking like he should be,

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you know, maybe one of those weekend guys if once

624
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he gets up up to where he can get to

625
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seventy eighty pitches, But so far he's been outstanding out

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of the bullpen. Of course, again there's there's several others.

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I mean, you can ask me about specific guys, but

628
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there's there's so many that it would take me a while,

629
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you know, to pick through each one of them, just

630
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trying to you know, pick out the ones that have

631
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kind of stood out to me.

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Speaker 4: I'm glad you mentioned Gavin Gidry because you know it

633
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like on this show, other shows we've said, you know,

634
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people kind of forgetting about Guidry and Devin Sheering just

635
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because they didn't pitch last year. And I mean, that's

636
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another guy. It was exciting to see him. I mean,

637
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electric stuff over the weekend from Devin Cheron, no question.

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Speaker 7: And you know, as a former player athlete, you know

639
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that's that's been injured and had some good buddies be injured.

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It's hard not to pull for the guy that's been

641
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out for so long and recovering from that injury, because

642
00:31:01,799 --> 00:31:04,759
you know that as an athlete who's trying to progress

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and continue playing, whether.

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Speaker 8: You're twelve years old or you're.

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Speaker 7: You know, a freshman in high school or not or

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at LSU, that that's adversity and that'll test the will,

647
00:31:16,119 --> 00:31:18,680
your will to compete and to get back out on

648
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the field and to see those kids come back. It's

649
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:24,000
just so awesome and it Sharon, I mean, that guy's

650
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a ninety nine miles an hour.

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Speaker 8: Like he's just not back.

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00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:30,799
Speaker 7: He's like an explosive arm that could be huge, Well

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will be huge, would.

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Speaker 8: You would think for LSU this season?

655
00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:39,759
Speaker 7: So yes, I would imagine, you know, Coach Johnson, Coach

656
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:45,160
Esky and and all the others must be tickled, tickled by.

657
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Speaker 8: The way those guys man have showed up so far.

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00:31:50,039 --> 00:31:51,960
Speaker 3: Do y'all concerned, know you with Zach Callan?

659
00:31:54,119 --> 00:31:54,640
Speaker 8: Not at all?

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Speaker 7: I mean the guy look the inevitable too. Coach Bertman

661
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used to remind just as starters in the bullpen before games, say,

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look the first inning. Don't forget it's the toughest, the

663
00:32:04,240 --> 00:32:06,519
first and the fifth because that's where the team score

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the most runs.

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Speaker 8: The pictures, you know, running out of gas.

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Speaker 7: Traditionally in the fifth inning of the first inning, there's

667
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several factors against the starting pitcher. Number one, usually you

668
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don't have your stuff.

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Speaker 8: Like, not all of it.

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Speaker 7: Like it'd be great to come out of the bullpen

671
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with your you know, feel for all three or four pitches.

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But the truth is you usually come out of the

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bullpen with one or two, one or two of those

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pitches that you're feeling good about, and as the game progresses,

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you find those others.

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Speaker 8: That's number one.

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Speaker 7: Number two, you're facing the best hitters in the lineup.

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Speaker 8: Number three.

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Speaker 7: They're all as focused, as well rested, and as excited.

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Speaker 8: As they're going to be.

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Speaker 7: The intensity is there in the first inning.

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Speaker 8: And then last is the umpire right like he doesn't know.

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Speaker 7: The strike zone yet for you, he doesn't know where

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you are, and there's this kind of feel out situation

685
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that goes on. So I think that's kind of what

686
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Zach ran into. I have the track man strike zone

687
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next to me in the in the booth, and Zach

688
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was he didn't throw his change up over much, but

689
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I'm telling you he was not missing by much. I

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mean they were small misses, and sometimes, because of the

691
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nature of the game and the beauty of the sport,

692
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just a couple misses in an inning can lead to

693
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a bad inning. So Zach count as a veteran like

694
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I saw Zach Collen pitches.

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Speaker 8: Wafford at the UNC a couple of.

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Speaker 7: Years ago, and you know last year in Omaha, you know,

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a big start, Zach Collen does listen. In college sports,

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what matters the most, almost even more than physical talent,

699
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is innings under the belt, his experience, right, like, how

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old are you? How many pitches have you seen? How

701
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many pitches have you thrown in the big moment, So

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00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:47,680
don't write off that count.

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Speaker 8: That guy's got a.

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Speaker 7: Lot of experience and he'll be just fine. He's a

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strike thrower that just didn't throw that many strikes. But

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it wasn't like he was throwing the ball up against

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the backstop, So no concern for me.

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Speaker 4: Dog switching from the pitching staff to the position players.

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I mean, obviously you mentioned Zach Yorke, you know, the

710
00:34:07,079 --> 00:34:09,519
big body god as we like to call him, said

711
00:34:09,599 --> 00:34:13,280
Dard Arms, looking really good to start the season. Jake Brown, though,

712
00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:15,559
is tearing the cover off the ball right now.

713
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Speaker 3: I mean he is. He is seeing it so well.

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Speaker 4: I mean, obviously, you know you're not going to expect

715
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this pace throughout the entire season.

716
00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:24,320
Speaker 3: But I mean, what is the ceiling for Jake Brown

717
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:24,719
this year?

718
00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:27,639
Speaker 8: Oh?

719
00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:28,280
Speaker 7: The ceiling?

720
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:28,639
Speaker 8: Wow?

721
00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,159
Speaker 7: I mean I thought Jake Brown was the best player

722
00:34:31,159 --> 00:34:33,760
on our team last year. I mean, he's big, he's fast,

723
00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:35,760
he's strong, he's got a he's got a great arm

724
00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:37,480
re member. He's like the you know, top one of

725
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,800
the top pitchers in the country coming into l s U.

726
00:34:40,559 --> 00:34:44,760
And uh, and he can hit. And so no surprise

727
00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:47,880
again for Jake and and now like the role he's

728
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:50,039
or you know, was on there right in the middle

729
00:34:50,079 --> 00:34:52,360
of the end of Game three and in the beginning

730
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:54,599
of game for four straight homers and four straight at

731
00:34:54,599 --> 00:34:57,320
bat I mean that's like Bay brute type stuff, right,

732
00:34:57,440 --> 00:35:01,360
so uh show hey, you know, and that happens every

733
00:35:01,400 --> 00:35:04,639
now and again. But you know, I could easily see

734
00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:07,239
Jake Brown walking away with more than twenty home runs

735
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:09,079
and over eighty RBI.

736
00:35:09,639 --> 00:35:12,440
Speaker 8: After this season. Like I could easily see that because

737
00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:13,039
he's a stud.

738
00:35:13,119 --> 00:35:15,199
Speaker 7: He's going to be one of the better hitters in

739
00:35:15,199 --> 00:35:17,159
that LSU lineup, and he'll be one of the better.

740
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:21,679
Speaker 4: Hitters in the league, transitioning into this weekend, getting a

741
00:35:21,679 --> 00:35:23,840
preview of you know, today's game. In the weekend as

742
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:26,280
a whole, LSU will be out in Jacksonville for the

743
00:35:26,400 --> 00:35:29,400
Jacks Classic one PM first pitch against Indiana.

744
00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:32,000
Speaker 3: They released the pitching lineup.

745
00:35:32,039 --> 00:35:33,519
Speaker 4: It kind of started to leak out a little bit

746
00:35:33,559 --> 00:35:36,840
as far as the starting rotation yesterday evening. It looks

747
00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:38,960
like it's gonna be Case and Evans again on Friday,

748
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,960
Cooper more on Saturday. Now Sunday was TBA. I mean,

749
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,519
do you expect it to be William Schmidt again? If

750
00:35:45,519 --> 00:35:48,519
it's not William Schmidt, who's some options out there for

751
00:35:48,519 --> 00:35:49,199
that Sunday roll.

752
00:35:50,599 --> 00:35:54,039
Speaker 7: Cooper Williams could be an option, I guess. I mean,

753
00:35:54,159 --> 00:35:56,159
I don't know where Gavin Gidry is in terms of

754
00:35:56,199 --> 00:35:57,000
his pitch count.

755
00:35:56,840 --> 00:36:00,199
Speaker 8: But he's pitched so well. I mean, like, wouldn't surprise me.

756
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:02,360
Speaker 7: I'm trying to think of some other guys.

757
00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:03,719
Speaker 8: Of course, it's so early in the season.

758
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:05,599
Speaker 7: You're kind of putting me on the spot a little bit.

759
00:36:05,679 --> 00:36:08,000
Speaker 8: But I would say my.

760
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:11,760
Speaker 7: First guest would be Cooper Williams, right, And it would

761
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:15,639
have to do with the lineup, Like if that Sunday

762
00:36:15,639 --> 00:36:19,760
opponent is like heavy lefty, that I could see it

763
00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:22,679
being Cooper Williams. I don't know the reason for the TVA.

764
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,559
I don't have that information to share.

765
00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:27,719
Speaker 8: What the lineup is.

766
00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:30,159
Speaker 7: I guess maybe I could call and get some more

767
00:36:30,199 --> 00:36:34,039
information later this day, but they probably who is the

768
00:36:34,079 --> 00:36:34,800
Sunday opponent?

769
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:39,679
Speaker 8: Okay, So they're gonna watch UCF can swing it right.

770
00:36:39,719 --> 00:36:42,239
Speaker 7: They scored surrounds if I if I recall you so,

771
00:36:42,360 --> 00:36:45,920
I would imagine that Jamie Tutco and Nate and the

772
00:36:46,119 --> 00:36:50,079
entire staff is going to be watching UCF like a hawk,

773
00:36:50,199 --> 00:36:52,880
and they're in the games on Friday and Saturday. And

774
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:56,280
I would imagine the the information they gather, we'll have

775
00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:58,039
a lot to do with who that is that they

776
00:36:58,039 --> 00:37:01,599
announces that as that force that third starter. But it

777
00:37:01,639 --> 00:37:05,079
wouldn't surprise me if it was if it was Cooper Williams.

778
00:37:06,519 --> 00:37:10,119
Speaker 4: As far as in the field goes Chris Stanfield, he's

779
00:37:10,159 --> 00:37:12,559
been dealing with a nagging hand injury. Jay the other

780
00:37:12,599 --> 00:37:15,800
day actually said he's getting close to returning. No word

781
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:19,280
yet on if it's this weekend or not, Like I say,

782
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:22,480
available the whole series if not. Tanner Reeves has kind

783
00:37:22,480 --> 00:37:24,719
of been the go to guy out there in left field.

784
00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:27,480
You know, he's he's been hit or missing the field,

785
00:37:27,519 --> 00:37:29,920
but he's been such a good bat. Like is that

786
00:37:30,039 --> 00:37:32,719
Jay's thinking, like, sure, I'm gonna sacrifice a little defense

787
00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:34,800
without Stanfield being out there. But it's kind of hard

788
00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:36,280
to take Reeves out of the lineup the way he's

789
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:36,840
been hitting right.

790
00:37:38,199 --> 00:37:39,519
Speaker 7: Yeah, I think a lot of it has to do

791
00:37:39,559 --> 00:37:41,760
with the offense. But he's got multiple options, yeah, right,

792
00:37:42,159 --> 00:37:45,119
And he's already showed that with Simpson and some others.

793
00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:47,800
But I think Tanner Reeves he probably has a lot

794
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:48,440
to do with offense.

795
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:50,000
Speaker 8: He's an athletic kid. He can move.

796
00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:54,000
Speaker 7: The play that he made, you know, on the line

797
00:37:54,079 --> 00:37:57,960
drive that was awarded an error. You know, mister Brian

798
00:37:58,039 --> 00:37:59,280
Lazar has been up there forever.

799
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:00,400
Speaker 8: He's one of the best in.

800
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:03,239
Speaker 7: The world at keeping scoring baseball. And every now and

801
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:06,960
again when those those ones that are that are tough decisions, uh,

802
00:38:07,039 --> 00:38:09,119
we'll we'll meet in the hall and talk about him.

803
00:38:09,119 --> 00:38:11,480
And and for me, that was a tough one because

804
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:14,199
if you recall the play I'm talking about, it was

805
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:16,480
a line drive kind of in the gaps thinking and

806
00:38:16,480 --> 00:38:19,960
and Reeves was running hard to his left and toward

807
00:38:20,079 --> 00:38:23,159
the infield, uh to catch it, and and it and

808
00:38:23,199 --> 00:38:25,079
it kind of hit the heel of his glove, which

809
00:38:25,079 --> 00:38:27,159
I mean, I've seen that put it this way. I've

810
00:38:27,159 --> 00:38:29,239
seen that be given a hit many times before. Right,

811
00:38:29,320 --> 00:38:31,360
it was a it was a difficult play, but he's

812
00:38:31,360 --> 00:38:32,159
an athletic kid.

813
00:38:32,199 --> 00:38:33,159
Speaker 8: He can swing the bat.

814
00:38:33,559 --> 00:38:36,440
Speaker 7: Uh, he's older again, lots of reps, lots of inning

815
00:38:36,519 --> 00:38:38,000
under his belt, lots of abs.

816
00:38:38,599 --> 00:38:38,760
Speaker 8: Uh.

817
00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:42,440
Speaker 7: So I would imagine, uh, you know, Coach j probably

818
00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:43,840
given those guys.

819
00:38:44,039 --> 00:38:45,480
Speaker 8: Uh the the early looks.

820
00:38:45,599 --> 00:38:50,079
Speaker 7: But honestly, I think early on it looks like he's

821
00:38:50,119 --> 00:38:52,920
got a lot of options. And I tell you another

822
00:38:52,960 --> 00:38:55,480
thing he has as an unusual number of left handed

823
00:38:55,519 --> 00:39:00,519
bats on this year's offensive roster and even more usual

824
00:39:00,599 --> 00:39:04,679
number of left handed hitters that throw right handed. So

825
00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:08,199
that opens up a lot of different, you know, options

826
00:39:08,199 --> 00:39:12,039
for Jay Johnson. And I know that he really grinds

827
00:39:12,039 --> 00:39:14,119
on that lineup every day and it has a lot

828
00:39:14,159 --> 00:39:16,000
to do with what the other what they expect from

829
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:16,519
the opponent.

830
00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:20,599
Speaker 4: LSU National Champion pitcher Doug Thompson. You can also hear

831
00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:24,519
him on the baseball broadcast LSU Sports Radio Network.

832
00:39:24,599 --> 00:39:26,159
Speaker 3: Doug, thanks so much for your time this morning.

833
00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:27,679
Speaker 8: Thanks for having me.

834
00:39:27,679 --> 00:39:28,000
Speaker 7: Taylor.

835
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,119
Speaker 3: Have a good weekend, yep, absolutely you as well.

836
00:39:30,159 --> 00:39:30,360
Speaker 8: Again.

837
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:33,280
Speaker 4: The Tigers will play Indiana today at one pm before

838
00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:35,639
taking on Notre Dame tomorrow. And then, as we were

839
00:39:35,679 --> 00:39:39,599
talking to UCF, that Sunday opponent for the LSU Tigers.

840
00:39:39,639 --> 00:39:42,280
All right, guys, we're gonna close this thing out. We

841
00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:43,480
got one more segment left.

842
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Speaker 3: We're doing. Ask the Bench coming up here on O TV.

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Speaker 4: Away Welcome back in final segment here on a Friday

893
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edition of Off the Bench. Guys, this has been a

894
00:42:33,840 --> 00:42:35,239
heck of a week, but we had a lot of

895
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:38,480
fun today. Today has been a pretty fun show. You

896
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:40,599
could tell the Friday vibes. We're to hear all of

897
00:42:40,639 --> 00:42:44,800
us pretty much ready to get out of here. If

898
00:42:44,800 --> 00:42:46,639
you asked the bench questions and here the first one

899
00:42:46,719 --> 00:42:49,400
was asked the bench, did they get a chicken mini yesterday?

900
00:42:49,519 --> 00:42:52,039
Lunda was nice enough to actually save a few brought

901
00:42:52,079 --> 00:42:53,960
them out. I did have a couple had a long

902
00:42:54,039 --> 00:42:58,000
day yesterday and they hit. They hit yeah, I mean

903
00:42:58,000 --> 00:42:59,480
then there was there was a box up there and

904
00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:03,320
I grabbed it for you. They were pretty goods from

905
00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:07,119
Daniel Basham asked the bench, how was Braxton's first week?

906
00:43:07,159 --> 00:43:08,599
Speaker 3: Braxton I gotta tell you, man.

907
00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:12,119
Speaker 4: Full disclosure, I didn't know how this week was gonna

908
00:43:12,119 --> 00:43:13,880
go because you've never done well, you've never done O

909
00:43:13,960 --> 00:43:16,360
TB before, And like they Kate told me, He's like,

910
00:43:16,960 --> 00:43:18,199
oh yeah, we got Braxtit coming in.

911
00:43:18,239 --> 00:43:21,119
Speaker 3: I'm like, all right, to the fair. O TB might

912
00:43:21,159 --> 00:43:23,079
be the easiest show for sure.

913
00:43:23,239 --> 00:43:25,960
Speaker 4: For sure, it's it's more laid back. But dude, you've

914
00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:28,039
crushed it. You've knocked that out of the park. I mean,

915
00:43:28,079 --> 00:43:30,079
I know you were. You were killing yourself about the

916
00:43:30,079 --> 00:43:32,360
lower third thing, and that was that was on me.

917
00:43:32,679 --> 00:43:35,320
You're good like you Actually you actually killed it. I

918
00:43:35,320 --> 00:43:36,760
mean you were, you were awesome this week.

919
00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:38,519
Speaker 3: Man, I was gonna more than he did.

920
00:43:38,679 --> 00:43:41,000
Speaker 4: Yeah, right, I screwed up two or three times today

921
00:43:41,000 --> 00:43:42,840
and we do this show every day. We do this

922
00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:44,440
show every day. I think you're in the lead, if

923
00:43:44,440 --> 00:43:46,840
for the first for me for the least number.

924
00:43:46,519 --> 00:43:47,639
Speaker 3: Of that was funny.

925
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:50,440
Speaker 4: Actually really, I actually really enjoyed that we should do it.

926
00:43:50,480 --> 00:43:52,599
We should do it Monday, just to screw with them.

927
00:43:52,679 --> 00:43:55,159
Speaker 6: Six minutes of commercials for your Friday morning.

928
00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:58,119
Speaker 4: But yeah, I mean you were you were alsome. Yeah, Braxton,

929
00:43:58,119 --> 00:43:59,679
thanks for thanks for hanging out with us.

930
00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:03,599
Speaker 3: Uh you your paternity leave, dude?

931
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:07,320
Speaker 4: Yeah, absolutely, We'll have a well paternity leave coming up

932
00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:10,000
in July. So, uh, dude, you you nailed it. It's

933
00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:12,760
always nice to have somebody come in and grind with

934
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:15,199
you in the morning. You were uh, you were great

935
00:44:15,239 --> 00:44:16,400
this entire week.

936
00:44:21,800 --> 00:44:22,119
Speaker 9: I just.

937
00:44:26,119 --> 00:44:26,840
Speaker 6: You can't hear it.

938
00:44:27,159 --> 00:44:31,519
Speaker 3: I can't know, Braxton, you dea is his head phone?

939
00:44:31,559 --> 00:44:33,559
Is it the weirdest set of it always cuts in

940
00:44:33,599 --> 00:44:33,920
and out.

941
00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:37,119
Speaker 4: You know, it's you know it's weird. Mine, don't do

942
00:44:37,159 --> 00:44:38,079
that one else over there?

943
00:44:39,519 --> 00:44:40,599
Speaker 11: Yeah, I don't have the adaptor.

944
00:44:40,840 --> 00:44:42,559
Speaker 3: Dude, there's one like right behind you at the one

945
00:44:42,599 --> 00:44:43,000
of my truck.

946
00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:48,480
Speaker 4: You guys, being an adult, it's so weird when like

947
00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:49,719
your friends text you like a buddy.

948
00:44:49,760 --> 00:44:52,280
Speaker 3: Mine text me earlier and goes you busy tonight.

949
00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:55,039
Speaker 4: I'm like, hell, yeah, you want to get beers with

950
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the boys, Let's do it. So I said, uh, I said, no,

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what's up? If you have some availability, I could use

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some help picking up a freezer tonight.

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Speaker 3: And I'm like, okay, here we go, just adulting.

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Speaker 4: He did say, though, and then help drinking some beer

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out of my garage whenever we're done. So you know,

956
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there's a little bit of fun involved. But he's the

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one that actually just had a kid in December, so

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happy to help. I'm sure him and his wife actually

959
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going through a lot. Uh guys, fun week, Jacob Matt

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will be.

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Speaker 3: Back on Monday.

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Speaker 4: Matt Flynn probably freezing in his quote unquote football weather

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that he sent us last night wearing the ski goggles

964
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and ski cap. And then Jake took the week off

965
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to be with the kiddos. Can't blame either one of

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them for it. Shout out to LSU gymnastics coach at

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Jay Clark. Shout out to a Landro for setting that

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interview up forward thinking there on your part. I'll Ross

969
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Jackson Louisianasports dot Net. He hopped on with us at

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nine am. There's a lot about to happen with the

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New Orleans Saints. It's kind of like the calm before

972
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the storm. He got free agency coming up. You got

973
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to decide what to do with some key veterans and

974
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then of course the draft will be here before we

975
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know it. And then former LSU national champion Pittrick Doug

976
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Thompson was just one with us last segment. You can

977
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catch him on the YELOSU Sports radio network as well.

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Big time series coming up for LSU. They'll play Indiana

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today at one pm. They'll play Notre Dame on Saturday,

980
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UCF on Sunday. Should be a really good challenge, step

981
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up in competition in a big way for the Lshot Tigers.

982
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I expect them to knock it out. Alandra Braxton, y'all

983
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were both awesome this week. The mix up were actually

984
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kind of fun today. So go Tigers. We'll see you

985
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guys same time on Monday.

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