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Speaker 2: Off the Bench with Jacob Hester and T Bob Aber.

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Speaker 1: Off the Bench with Jacob Hester and Bob Aber. I

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gotta come off the bitch.

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 1: Here's Jacob Hester and T Bob a Bear.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back in nine o'clock hour, Tuesday edition of Off

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the Bench. Taylor Sharpey with you sitting in for Jacob

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Hester and T Bob a Bear. It's Tuesday at nine am.

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We do it every week at this time. Let's welcome

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in right now. Nick Underhill of New Orleans Dot Football. Nick,

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how are you this morning?

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Speaker 3: So it takes two guys to do it, you can

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do a solo, you know.

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Speaker 1: I tell myself that all the time. Nick.

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Speaker 2: It's one of those things where I'm like, you know,

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I can handle this. Jake and T Bob without each other.

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They're just they're lost. They're like a lost puppy, you know.

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They're they're searching for they're searching for answers. But yeah,

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we are here. We were rocking and rolling all week.

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Speaker 4: Nick.

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Speaker 1: We got a little bit to talk about.

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Speaker 2: I mean, a little bit of news happened over the

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weekend with the New Orleans Saints obviously, I'm afraid to

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Derek Carr and this shoulder injury that like there's like

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news about but like not a lot of news, Like

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the Saints aren't saying a ton. But I mean, what

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was your initial reaction when you heard about this, I mean,

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you know, possibly twenty twenty five season in dew, Like,

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what are your thoughts on that?

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Speaker 3: First thought was, oh my god. Second thought was what

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a disaster. I mean, it's just not a It's not

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a normal situation. I mean, this isn't This isn't something

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that you typically see happen where someone is, you know,

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pushing to be traded the and or release, which would

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indicate that they believe their body's in good shape. Because yeah,

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I mean, the way it works, you take a physical

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when the season ends, and then you take a physical

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when you come back, and then you know, if anything

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happens in between there, you got you got to be

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able to explain it. And a lot of times, you know,

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if something happens, it's away from the game.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 3: The thing with Derek is the end is apparently lingering

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from the twenty twenty three AC joint played through it

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all last year and now it's an issue that apparently

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needs surgery after a contentious stand off about how to

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move forward with his future with the team. You know,

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it's always definitely possible he goes out there sometime in March,

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goes to throw a ball and ah, like, you know,

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this hurts, But it's also certainly possible that you know,

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a guy that wasn't happy about having his contract, you know,

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not not being let out of his contract now as

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an injury. I mean, it looks, it looks a certain way.

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It's impossible to look at this and not wonder if

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there's a you know, a standoff here where he's still

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trying to get himself released from this contract.

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Speaker 2: Nick. There's been a lot of discussion about like how

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did this happened? When did the Saints find out about this?

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Like did they like have an idea of something like

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this was coming when they were restructuring.

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Speaker 3: No, I mean definitely not. I'm I mean Derek didn't either.

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I Mean, that's the thing that I would say is

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Derek definitely did not either because up until March eight,

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like hard to get out as the thing like willing

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to to change the you know, the contract structure, lower

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the base salary to facilitate a release, because you know

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you can do the June second release. So hey, look,

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I'll cut my base salary down and that way you

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can carry it and then it comes off your your

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books on June second, your changes. You know, he was

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willing to do that kind of stuff, and they had

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decided they wanted to move forward with him as our quarterback.

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He's under contract and that's where it's at. But if

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you're trying to get out of your contract and you

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think you need season ending surgery, those two things don't

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make sense when you put them together, because you got

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wherever they're gonna do a physical, you're gonna fail it.

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Now you're not under contract, you aren'tetting money, and you aren't

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getting money from somebody else. So this this wasn't This

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was not an issue for anybody. You know, if it was,

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it would be a very very bizarre situation for him

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to be trying to get out of this contract knowing

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he needed it done. So I don't think this was

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an issue for anybody as of you know, the morning

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of March eight, before this contract got time, so.

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Speaker 2: Nick Nick Underhill joining us right now? As far as

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moving forward, like from this injury, in your opinion, does

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this change what the Saints to do in the first round,

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because I mean a lot of you you heard it

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right after the injury, Everyone's like, oh, well you got

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to take Shador Sanders, and then the other half was like,

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I just stick to your draft board, Like where are

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you at with that?

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Speaker 1: What do you think the Saints do now at nine?

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Speaker 3: I don't think it changes a lot. I mean, I

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think they were in the quarterback market. I would still

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be surprised by shitar or Dart at nine. I don't.

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I still don't see those happening. I still haven't heard

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anything to make me believe those things are happening. I mean,

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it's certainly possible that there was a smoke screen going

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on the whole time, and you know that that does occur,

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but I just don't. I don't see it happening at

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this point. I don't think it should drastically and as

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crazy as it sounds like, I don't think it should

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drastically change what you were going to do. If you

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didn't like a player before, you still shouldn't like that

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player now, and the guys you like before you should

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still like them now. The thing I vehemently disagree with

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is it's like, you know, people be like, well, now

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they have to take Dart, it wouldn't be a reach,

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and it's like, well, no, that is that is reaching.

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and then you go take a guy that you wouldn't

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have taken otherwise. I think that's how mistakes get made.

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if someone if you have no quarterback, you know, I

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think you have to be willing to stretch a little bit.

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I think if you like, you know, shuck it forty

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and do you have a path to get them at twenty?

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willing to kind of look at some of those things

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and be willing to go a little a little bit

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more aggressive. But I don't think it should just be

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this like, don't have a quarterback, have to do something

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act from desperation, because you know, I think honestly, those

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those motivators are the reason that you have Derek Carr

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on your team is because you felt insecure about not

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having a quarterback. He felt like you had to get

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a quarterback one was available, and you were willing to

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do whatever it took. I mean, that's almost the same

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thing that led him to Watson at one point. Like,

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I would hope that those those feelings aren't the things

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that are dictating their actions this time around.

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Speaker 2: So if it's not Derek Carr in twenty twenty five

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and they don't draft Shador Sanders or Jackson Darted nine,

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what are the same to do?

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Speaker 1: I mean, because the.

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Speaker 2: Free agent market, Nick, it doesn't look great right now,

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Like would they just roll with Spencer Ratler for another year? Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Or I think they draft Shuck okay, and.

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Speaker 1: That would be it forty.

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Speaker 3: I think it could be somewhere in the first I

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don't know. I mean, look, I'm hearing from people that like,

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he's gonna go way, way, way higher.

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Speaker 2: He is that guy that is just shooting up draft

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boards in the last week and a half.

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Speaker 3: Yes, yeah, I mean I like I heard from from

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you know, a non Saint team last night that they

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think he goes in the top twenty. Like I think

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I haven't been talking about enough. He's kind of that

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name that was like, hey, look, I think teams like

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him more than like everybody else does. Coaches get involved,

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people start getting changed on draft boards. I think he's

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somebody I think if you want him, you need to

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be prepared to find a way to make that move

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within the first twenty or so picks. I don't think

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he's gonna be sitting there when they're on the board

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at forty Nick.

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Speaker 2: As far as moving away from quarterback a little bit,

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Nick Underhill of New Orleans, that football joining us right now.

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Everyone's talked about, Okay, you need an offensive weapon here

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at number nine, and let's say they take that. But like,

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running back and wide receivers seem to be like two

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of the deeper positions in this draft. So let's say,

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like they don't take a wide receiver or running back

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at nine. Like, are there some guys maybe second round

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in a one that you like at those spots?

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: I like to get from like from Stanford. He you know,

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he's he's a big body type of guy. Like I

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think that's the type of player that they need to

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bunch of guys that I think you'll be good at

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that position. Him a running back too. I mean, I

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one like in the fourth round that's like really really good.

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O line, D line or quarterback and Genty ends up

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getting the nine, I think that's a very very like

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extremely extremely extremely real possibility at that spot. I think

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they really like him, and you know, everybody has their

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school thought on that position.

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Speaker 2: Generally.

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Speaker 3: I'm a wait guy, but I think he's a freak

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and I would be in support of that pick honestly

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at that spot, especially if you are starting Rattler. I mean,

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if you need or you know, obviously whoever they're starting

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isn't going to be a surefire thing a quarterback. I

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think that's the fastest way to maybe make life a

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little bit easier for your young young player at that position.

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a distinct possibility at that position. Banks the tackle, I

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think it's a distinct possibility at that spot. So I mean,

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but yeah, I'm kind of thinking wide receiver is going

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to be second third round. You know, I do wonder

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if the quarterback injury. I think like where it might

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really affect their draft plans is I thought forty was

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like a deadlock for sure, that's where they go get

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their cornerback. Now it kind of feels like, you know,

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do you need to do something to make sure things

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are a little bit easier for your your quarterback? Like

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is forty that sweet spot for the receiver now? You know,

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do you try to make that move there? You know,

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I think it's things like that that really changed the

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draft strategy.

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Speaker 2: Nick, We've talked you know, whether it's Jen d McMillan, Tyler,

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Warren Mason, Graham's been talked about Will Johnson. Like everybody's like, Okay,

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you know, the Saints are so bad in so many spots,

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round position wise, but like maybe not player in general,

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but like is there a position where you're like the

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Saints did that at number nine, Like it really wouldn't

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inspire me that much.

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Speaker 3: It's a good question I'm trying to think. I mean,

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maybe safety is like safety pillig or recharch definitely guard,

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disgusting to me, because even if you're a Hall of Famer,

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it's just like you'd still take the twenty fifth best

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wide receiver over you know, the the cold scarred what

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tells his name. He's going to the Hall of Fame though,

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him every single day of the week. Like it's just

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it's just not a high impact position, you know, Corner

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that like, hey, yes, I am slow. If you aren't

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better not draft me. So like maybe not maybe not

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corner if you don't feel great about the position. You know,

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this year's draft class, but I think they can do

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pretty much anything at that spot, and you could you

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could justify it. I mean, you could even justify like

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a great guard, you know, at that spot. I mean,

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it's just that's just where the rosters out. They're just

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on a lot of great players, and really, more than anything,

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I just want to see them get some guys that

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can play, like you just need so many bodies. It

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really does feel like a draft where you should just

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sit there and just pick the best player at the

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top of your board every time. Who gives a demn

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about need Because everything's going to be a need over

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the next twenty four months, so you might as well

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just get the best players and figure it out along

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the way.

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Speaker 2: Nick, you just mentioned that, you know, if you took

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interior O Line in the first round like that, that's

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that's maybe the spot you would call you the most, Like,

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what are the chances they actually address O Line in

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this draft? I'm not talking first round, but like you know,

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some of those late round prospects.

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Speaker 3: I think huge. I mean, honestly, I think even in

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the first round it's the right tackles there. I really

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do think that could be the pick. Not you know,

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I mean, that's that's not interior, but Headings in the

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last year of that deal has some more out. It

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is a spot where you need to really look at it,

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it would be gross and horrible and awful, like they're

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gonna spend another pick on the offensive line to replace

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somebody else that didn't work out. But I mean that's

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just where you're at. I mean, and that's just the

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reality of the situation. And if that right opportunity is there,

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I think they could do it again somewhere. They got

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those those they got a lot of picks first, second, third,

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and fourth round, Like, I think one of those ends

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up being a guard. I think it has to be

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a guard. Uh you know, that's a position where where

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they should really be looking at things. And uh yeah,

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I think a line is going to be a priority.

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I almost feel like tell the most hit it a

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little bit, like it's come up a lot every time

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he's talked about his squashphy for building the team, is

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you know, really about building out the trenches. I think

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I think it's going to be a priority in this

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draft thick.

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Speaker 2: As far as safety goes, like, I think I think

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that's a big need for the Saints in this draft,

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and safety seems to be one of the deeper spots,

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Like is it do you like safety in this draft.

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Speaker 1: With the Saints.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean definitely, definitely. I mean Tyron's you know,

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probably coming up on the end of it, the year

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or two left on you know, the career. Definitely something

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they need to get in the pipeline. I don't see

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the young players behind him and Reid really at this point.

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could have everything click for him, but it didn't really

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happen quite last year. I think absolutely. You know, that's

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a position where you want to get a guy in

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and and honestly, I'd want to get my guy a

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year early wherever you think Tyron's at in his timeline,

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Like if this is you feel like this is the

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last year or whatever, I want that guy like around

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him for a year to learn how to be a pro,

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to see how you prepare, to see how he takes

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care of his body, how he studies, how he leads,

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Like I want that exposure around him. I mean, just

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on that. But I think they need the depth at

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that position too. Definitely a spot where they need to

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look for somebody.

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Speaker 2: Nick Underhill Nick underscore Underhill on Twitter, New Orleans not Football.

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Subscribe there for all things related to the Saints Nick,

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thanks so much.

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Speaker 1: For hopping on with us this morning.

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Speaker 3: Yes, thanks v.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely, that was Nick Underhill.

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Speaker 2: All right, we're going to take a quick time out

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when we get back and unless you spring scrimmage. He

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didn't participate, But the reports are that Colin Hurley has

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actually rejoined LSU. You remember the car accident where he

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was injured. He has been rehabbing since he was in

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the building this weekend. We'll talk about maybe what that

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means for the LSU quarterback room coming up in twenty

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twenty five.

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Speaker 1: That's coming up next here on Off the Bench, Off

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the Bench, Welcome back.

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Speaker 2: In Tuesday edition of Off the Bench, Taylor sharper with you.

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If you're wondering whether there's no bumb music a launder

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quid mid show, that's exactly what happened. No, Look, there's

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a slight problem with the board. Certain pots won't turn

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on and off. Not a big deal, not something you

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guys need to worry about. Well, the show will go on.

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But as I mentioned before we went to break there,

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Colin Hurley had returned to Baton Rouge this weekend. He

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was at the LSU scrimmage on Saturday. Now he did

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not participate If you remember, Hurley's the red shirt freshman quarterback.

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He was injured in that single car accident back on

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January sixteenth. He's found unresponsive at the scene and he

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had to rehab a little bit. He went to the hospital.

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Once he was released, he returned to his home in

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Jacksonville to recover. He did not participate in spring drills,

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but he was able to travel to Beton Rouge to

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be with the team this weekend. So if everything continues

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to trend in the right direction, you'll maybe see hey

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could Colin early return to this football team in the

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fall for the twenty twenty five football season. I would

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love for him to stick around and compete with Michael

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van Buren, not just for the backup spot this year,

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but in twenty twenty six after Garrett Nesmyer moves on.

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I would like to see Colin Hurley still a part

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of this football team and compete for the starting job.

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Speaker 1: Now.

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Speaker 2: I love his ability as a passer. He's a guy

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that I was high on coming out of high school.

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If you remember, he reclaimedied so when he joined the team,

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he was actually only sixteen when he got to LSU,

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So this will technically be his real freshman season because

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last year he technically should have still been a senior

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in high school. So you have Garrett Nolsmeyer, you brought

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in Michael van Buren in the transfer portal. But if

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Colin Hurley is back and he's fully healthy and you

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think that you can rely on him if you need to,

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what does this mean for Juwan Johnson? We know about

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Juwan Johnson coming out of high school. Look in that

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recruiting class. Kelly had that press conference on signing day.

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One of the first names he mentioned about favorite players

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in that draft class was Juwan Johnson. He was an

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incredible two way player in high school. He led his

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team to back to back state championship appearances at Lafayette Christian.

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He has a state record fourteen four hundred and fifty

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one total yards and one hundred and seventy one total touchdowns.

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Both of those are records. He was named Mister Football

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in Louisiana for twenty twenty three. He had four hundred

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and fifty seven total yard yards three rushing touchdowns in

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the twenty twenty three state title game against Saint Thomas

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Moore that they lost. His senior year as a junior

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in twenty two, five hundred and ninety five yards and

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five touchdowns, once again lost to Saint Thomas Moore. We

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all talk about Brock Berlin as one of the best

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quarterbacks to ever come through the state of Louisiana. Rock

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Berlin had the Louisiana record for total offense and a

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but Jawan Johnson broke that in a State Corner final win.

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He also broke Nick Brosets Louisiana record for total touchdowns.

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Both of those guys, Rock Berlin and Nick Bursev went

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on to have college careers.

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Speaker 1: So I like Jawan Johnson. I think he's a heck

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of an athlete.

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Speaker 2: But if you remember, he played both ways in high

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school and he was recruited here as a corner. Last fall,

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media was allowed to go to a lot of fall practices.

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I was personally out there. If you remember, Major Burns

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played that star role with the twos at second group.

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As a Jawan Johnson was in that too, deep at

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that star position. He was the primary backup in fall

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camp to Major Burns, and he looked really good. He

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made some plays at start. Of course, though John Emery

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gets hurt once again after that first game of the

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year against USC out of necessity because Caden Durham had

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yet to come on yet, So it was really Josh Williams,

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Caleb Jackson, an unknown in Cayden Durham. That was your

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running back room. So you moved over Juwan Johnson out

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of necessity. Now in springing, Juwan Johnson is playing the

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quarterback position. No, he's not wearing the no contact jersey,

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but he's out there. He's running with the quarterbacks. It's

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a lot of Reid option stuff. He's mainly just a runner,

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but I mean we've seen him thrown a little bit

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of passes and some of the highlights that have been released.

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Where does he fit on this team? Was he ever

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going to be a serious option at quarterback?

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Speaker 1: Maybe? Maybe not?

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Speaker 2: Will you try to use him for special run packages?

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I mentioned all the Reid options that have been reported

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that Jawan Johnson has been running. Or since Colin Hurley

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is back, you hope he's fully healthy. If he returns

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to full form, You'll have Garrett Nelsmeyer, Michael Van Buren

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and Colin Hurley. That's three pretty good quarterbacks in that room.

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Do you move Jawan Johnson? We had Mike Scarborough on

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yesterday he mentioned he would like to see Jawan Johnson

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a receiver. I think he could play there. I think

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he's athletic enough to do it. The problem with that

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is he already have so many receivers. I mean, you

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have too many receivers right now to get them all

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on the field. As good as Jawan Johnson could be

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in that spot, you're kind of getting lost in the

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shuffle there as well. I don't think you're going to

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move him back to running back because I mentioned like

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Caleb Jackson. If he stays here, you have Kaden Durham

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coming back, Harlan Berry's here for the spring, you have JT.

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Lindsey coming in in the fall, another highly recruited freshman.

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That's a pretty good running back room. I don't think

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you're gonna use Jawan Johnson there. Could you move him

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back to corner or nickel corner note with the common

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of Mansor Delaine, Ashton Stamps, DJ Pickett, Jakeem Jackson. I

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think you did a good job in the portal as

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well as high school recruiting, filling your needs at the

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cornerback position.

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Speaker 1: But what about that star Nickel roll.

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Speaker 2: I'd like to see it, obviously, Harold Perkins is going

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to play that spot. But as I mentioned last year

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in fall camp, Jawan Johnson was running with the twos

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at that star position. Could he be one of the

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backup spots for Harold Perkins in that spot? What if

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you want to move Harold Perkins around? What if you

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want to blitz him off the edge every now and

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then you need somebody to come in and fill that

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nickel spot.

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Speaker 1: Could Juwan Johnson do that?

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Speaker 2: We haven't seen it in game action, but again, he

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was really good in fall camp last year.

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Speaker 1: What about safety? Could Juwan Johnson play safety?

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Speaker 4: Now?

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Speaker 2: Again, he played corner in high school along with quarterback.

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You recruited him as a corner. Could he make that move?

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Because as deep as talented as we think this cornerback

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room can be, I still think there's a lot of

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question marks at safety. Look what you have you brought

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into Marcus Cooley. I think you should have brought in guys.

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I love DeShawn Spears. I think he is just oozing

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with potential. He's six', three he's two. Ten he can

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cover a lot of. Ground by all accounts of jav

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And toviano looked really good in that open practice On,

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saturday he's moving to. Safety he played a lot of

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that in high, school but since he's been AT, lsu

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this is Really Jvan toviano's first time being a full time.

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Safety if you, remember out of necessity you had to

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move him to corner two years ago when they're That

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Matt hoouse defense because you had two freshmen. Playing remember

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it Was Ashen stamps on one, Side Javian toviano on the,

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e And toviano did some okay things at.

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Speaker 1: Times he looked like a.

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Speaker 2: Freshman at times you did kind of, tell, hey maybe

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this guy's playing out of position a little. Bit kind

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of halfway through last year you decided let's try him

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at safety a little. Bit and then by the end

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of the, Year Bryan Kelly Blake, baker they were, like,

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hey we're gonna Move Javian toviano to safety full. Time

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00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:51,119
but as far as off season work, GOES i get

477
00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:52,759
The toviano has been on the team for three years.

478
00:21:52,759 --> 00:21:54,880
Now this is really his first chance AT lsu to

479
00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:58,119
play safety full. TIME i think that's his more natural,

480
00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:00,559
position but he's still kind of been out of that

481
00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:01,319
for two years.

482
00:22:01,359 --> 00:22:04,079
Speaker 1: Now so you Have, cooley WHO i think is going

483
00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:04,319
to be a.

484
00:22:04,359 --> 00:22:09,119
Speaker 2: Starter you Have Deshaun, spears who's still a young, player

485
00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:10,640
even though he played a good bit last. Year you

486
00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:14,960
Have toviano who's readjusting to the. Position you Have Joel rodgers,

487
00:22:15,279 --> 00:22:17,920
currently we'll see what his future holds In Baton. Rouge

488
00:22:17,960 --> 00:22:20,440
he didn't play a ton last. YEAR i, mean you

489
00:22:20,519 --> 00:22:22,119
just you. Don't and then outside of, THAT i mean

490
00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:24,799
it's it's kind of a question mark at least right,

491
00:22:24,799 --> 00:22:27,400
now is there's not a ton of bodies at. Safety

492
00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:30,279
could you Put Jawan johnson in? Safety as far AS i,

493
00:22:30,319 --> 00:22:32,599
know it's the spot he's never played. Before BUT i

494
00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:35,000
Think Juwan johnson is a talented enough athlete to where

495
00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,000
you have to find a spot for. IT i get

496
00:22:38,039 --> 00:22:40,119
you had to move him to quarterback out of. Necessity

497
00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,079
Kylin hurley's back and fully, healthy you can't keep him at.

498
00:22:43,160 --> 00:22:45,279
Quarterback you can still put him in there for you,

499
00:22:45,279 --> 00:22:49,359
know wildcat, packages read, option anything like. That BUT i

500
00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:52,759
think his full potential is getting wasted at the quarterback,

501
00:22:52,799 --> 00:22:54,880
position kind of like it wasn't running, back because if

502
00:22:54,920 --> 00:22:56,960
you remember when he went in For John, emery he

503
00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:58,920
scored a touchdown in That Nickel state, game his first

504
00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:00,960
game playing running ba. Everybody he was really excited about.

505
00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:02,119
Speaker 1: It after.

506
00:23:02,160 --> 00:23:04,920
Speaker 2: That game three was Against South. Carolina that was kind

507
00:23:04,920 --> 00:23:07,079
of the emergence Of Cayden durham that we. Saw you

508
00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:09,720
already Had Josh williams in the. Fold he was your established.

509
00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:12,200
Back Jawan johnson kind of played less and less and

510
00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:14,000
less at the running back position as the season went.

511
00:23:14,039 --> 00:23:16,279
Speaker 1: Along he kind of got wasted.

512
00:23:16,319 --> 00:23:18,599
Speaker 2: There so as talented as a guy as he, is

513
00:23:18,799 --> 00:23:22,319
he comes in last fall working at that star. Position

514
00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:24,839
after the first week of the, season he's immediately moved

515
00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:27,039
to running. Back played there a little bit last. Season

516
00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:30,400
this spring he's been working with the, quarterbacks and then

517
00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:33,240
now you're potentially moving him. AGAIN i hope they can

518
00:23:33,279 --> 00:23:35,319
find a spot For Jawan johnson BECAUSE i think he's

519
00:23:35,319 --> 00:23:37,000
talented AND i don't think he could help this, Team but

520
00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:39,440
you're moving him around so. Much it's kind of hard

521
00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:41,759
to nail down one position for a guy Like Jawan.

522
00:23:41,839 --> 00:23:44,160
JOHNSON i hope he sticks around BECAUSE i think he's.

523
00:23:44,160 --> 00:23:45,680
TALENTED i think he can help you in a number of.

524
00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:47,839
WAYS i just don't really think it's at the quarterback.

525
00:23:47,839 --> 00:23:52,160
Position If hurley's fully, healthy all of this depends on

526
00:23:52,160 --> 00:23:54,039
the health Of Colin, hurley because again he was back

527
00:23:54,079 --> 00:23:56,720
in back rouge this. Weekend that does not mean he

528
00:23:56,759 --> 00:23:59,599
is in practice. Shape it definitely doesn't mean he's in game.

529
00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:02,279
Shape it just appears to hopefully be a step in

530
00:24:02,319 --> 00:24:04,920
the right. Direction so If hurley returns to this team

531
00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,519
along With Michael Van buren And Garrett, nosmyer what does

532
00:24:07,519 --> 00:24:09,359
that mean for the future Of Jawan.

533
00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:12,920
Speaker 1: Johnson we'll have to find. Out is they're about to wrap.

534
00:24:12,799 --> 00:24:15,400
Speaker 2: Up, spring they'll get into summer, workouts fall campbe'll see

535
00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,240
Where Juwan johnson lands on this football. Team All, right

536
00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:19,839
we're going to take a quick time out when we get.

537
00:24:19,839 --> 00:24:22,880
Back Laship Beach volleyball Coach Russell brock's gonna hop on with.

538
00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:24,599
US i went out there this, weekend had a heck

539
00:24:24,640 --> 00:24:26,039
of a. Time we're gonna talk to him a little.

540
00:24:26,039 --> 00:24:29,680
Bit they got THE Ccsa championship coming Up april twenty

541
00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:31,400
fifth and twenty. Six we'll talk about that a little

542
00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:33,559
bit and kind of how he's built up THIS Lsu

543
00:24:33,559 --> 00:24:35,359
beach volleyball program that's coming up on the other.

544
00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:36,519
Speaker 1: Side here on off.

545
00:24:36,400 --> 00:24:40,599
Speaker 2: The, Bench off the, bench welcome back in nine am

546
00:24:40,839 --> 00:24:43,359
hour here on A tuesday edition Of off The. Bench

547
00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:46,480
we got about thirty minutes to go here ON. Otb,

548
00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:49,640
guys we're running into a little bit of technical difficulties.

549
00:24:49,680 --> 00:24:51,799
Here the board is out of.

550
00:24:51,839 --> 00:24:53,839
Speaker 1: Whack we're in, here we got people resetting.

551
00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:56,200
Speaker 2: It but we're gonna keep rolling because again we got

552
00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:57,680
about twenty minutes.

553
00:24:57,759 --> 00:25:00,839
Speaker 1: Left right, now we're gonna go to the phone.

554
00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:04,039
Speaker 2: Lines we're gonna be joined right now BY Lsu Beach

555
00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:05,960
volleyball Coach Russell Brock, coach.

556
00:25:05,759 --> 00:25:06,319
Speaker 1: How are you doing?

557
00:25:06,319 --> 00:25:09,839
Speaker 4: Today doing? Great couldn't be more excited to be on

558
00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:10,519
with you guys this.

559
00:25:10,559 --> 00:25:12,920
Speaker 1: Morning, absolutely thanks for hopping on so.

560
00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:15,119
Speaker 2: Coach full. Disclosure the REASON i wanted to have you.

561
00:25:15,160 --> 00:25:17,960
On i've been wanting to go To Beach volleyball all year.

562
00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,440
Long my schedule hadn't lined, up and me and my

563
00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:22,759
wife we went out There saturday for your four to

564
00:25:22,839 --> 00:25:26,839
forty five match Against. Uno the atmosphere was. INCREDIBLE i,

565
00:25:26,839 --> 00:25:29,400
mean it is an excellent game day. Atmosphere so tell,

566
00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,839
me because you, know you've been to this program really

567
00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:33,960
since the start of it back in twenty, Fourteen so,

568
00:25:34,039 --> 00:25:36,279
like how has this program grown since you've been?

569
00:25:36,279 --> 00:25:36,519
Speaker 1: Here?

570
00:25:37,799 --> 00:25:42,759
Speaker 4: YEAH i, mean obviously when we first, started we didn't

571
00:25:43,039 --> 00:25:46,519
have a clue what we were, doing so we, had you,

572
00:25:46,519 --> 00:25:51,240
know a lot of indoor. Players, thankfully coach Fran floyd

573
00:25:51,240 --> 00:25:54,839
at the time commissioned her indoor players to come out

574
00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:56,880
and help us for those first couple of, years and

575
00:25:57,799 --> 00:26:00,240
they didn't know how to play beach and so we

576
00:26:00,319 --> 00:26:01,920
had to do a lot of, teaching a lot of,

577
00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:07,079
training and they bought in and since that, time you,

578
00:26:07,079 --> 00:26:09,559
know even in the starting of, recruiting we were recruiting

579
00:26:09,559 --> 00:26:11,880
mostly indoor players who kind of dabbled in the beach

580
00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:15,759
and we could see the possibility of their ability to

581
00:26:15,839 --> 00:26:19,079
play or to transition to our. Sport and now we're

582
00:26:19,079 --> 00:26:22,640
recruiting beach only players from all over the, country even

583
00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:25,960
outside the. Country we have a ton of, experience we

584
00:26:26,079 --> 00:26:29,680
have a you, know a culture that's been, established we

585
00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:32,240
have a reputation around the country for how we, play

586
00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:37,319
and so it's a completely different. Animal and the expectation

587
00:26:37,519 --> 00:26:40,039
initially is that we want to learn how to do this.

588
00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:43,599
Well we want to make our community here In Baton

589
00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:46,079
rouge and on THE lsu campus proud of what we

590
00:26:46,119 --> 00:26:49,799
do and be a positive. Contribution and now we feel,

591
00:26:49,799 --> 00:26:51,960
like you, know we're one of the programs on campus

592
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,920
that year in and year out is going to compete in

593
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:58,359
the highest, level in the top, ten top, five trying

594
00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:03,200
to win national championship and really push the envelope in the.

595
00:27:03,200 --> 00:27:05,680
Classroom and that's the. Expectation you, know we want to

596
00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,759
be great in our community and be great for our

597
00:27:08,799 --> 00:27:11,799
school and be one of the programs in the country

598
00:27:11,799 --> 00:27:13,759
that people look to year in and year out to

599
00:27:14,319 --> 00:27:16,680
kind of carry the standard for how the sport can

600
00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:17,559
be played at the college.

601
00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:19,200
Speaker 1: Level Coach Russell.

602
00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,119
Speaker 2: Brock joining us right, now unless you beach volleyball. Coach,

603
00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:23,759
Coach i'm glad you brought that up about you, know

604
00:27:23,839 --> 00:27:27,160
we recruit beach only players, now but, like how does

605
00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:29,200
that work in? Recruiting LIKE i imagine it's got to

606
00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:31,279
be a little, harder right because while you're only recruiting

607
00:27:31,319 --> 00:27:35,119
beach volleyball, players like not every high school program like has, That, so,

608
00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,720
like is it just a lot harder to find talent.

609
00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:40,440
Speaker 3: These?

610
00:27:40,559 --> 00:27:43,920
Speaker 4: Days as the sport has? GROWN i mean we're probably, twelve,

611
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,359
thirteen fourteen years into the sport at d and say.

612
00:27:46,559 --> 00:27:51,279
Level it's really grown at the grassroots, Level so it's

613
00:27:51,279 --> 00:27:55,079
not just in high school and even in other, sports you,

614
00:27:55,079 --> 00:27:58,599
know high school you recruit to some, degree but the

615
00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:02,400
club level is really where you're looking to find the

616
00:28:02,480 --> 00:28:05,839
kids that are dedicated to the. Sport and initially when

617
00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:07,960
we first, started there weren't a lot of beach. Clubs

618
00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,880
now there are beach clubs all over the, place and

619
00:28:11,039 --> 00:28:15,000
our ability to recruit at national events where players from

620
00:28:15,119 --> 00:28:18,559
all over the country are coming, to you, know a

621
00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:21,880
local spot and we get to watch people from all

622
00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:24,680
over the place play and recruit them out of their club.

623
00:28:24,759 --> 00:28:27,519
Environment like a lot of the other, sports whether it's

624
00:28:27,519 --> 00:28:31,640
A au or you, know it's you, know the indoor

625
00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:34,680
club scene for volleyball or softball where they're going to travel, ball,

626
00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:39,000
baseball where you can find a high volume of that

627
00:28:39,079 --> 00:28:41,960
particular sport at the elite level at the junior level

628
00:28:42,039 --> 00:28:44,359
and recruit them all at the same. Time it's it's

629
00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:47,000
kind of like that for us now as, well and

630
00:28:47,119 --> 00:28:52,319
so we you, know the beauty of it is probably

631
00:28:52,440 --> 00:28:54,160
most of the recruits that you're going to find at

632
00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:57,000
the top schools are going to be From california and In.

633
00:28:57,119 --> 00:28:59,920
Florida that's just where they come. From but if you

634
00:29:00,119 --> 00:29:04,400
roll down our LINEUP i, mean you're talking About, Massachusetts,

635
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:10,240
Mississippi we've Got we've Got, Michigan, ohio we Got, arizona

636
00:29:10,319 --> 00:29:13,480
we got Some louisiana. Kids we got A canadian who's

637
00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:18,319
living in The Cayman Islands atlanta. AREA i, mean it's

638
00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:21,920
really we're all over the. Place and that's and that's

639
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:26,440
the beauty of the sport growing on a, national national

640
00:29:26,519 --> 00:29:29,559
level at the club, level is that you're starting to

641
00:29:29,599 --> 00:29:32,440
get pockets all over the country where you've got really

642
00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,359
talented players that we can go and encourage to come

643
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:38,480
down here To louisiana and play In Beton.

644
00:29:38,559 --> 00:29:39,680
Speaker 1: Rouge so when me and.

645
00:29:39,680 --> 00:29:42,640
Speaker 2: My wife were out There, saturday like it's, so but full,

646
00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:44,880
disclosure she had a she had a great time because

647
00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:49,000
she used to play beach, volleyball obviously not in the

648
00:29:49,079 --> 00:29:50,880
high school or college. Level like we had this little

649
00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:53,039
reck league out In Denim springs where we're, from and

650
00:29:53,079 --> 00:29:54,680
like she had to play it as a code. League

651
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:56,240
she got me to play like two or three years

652
00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:57,720
and we had a. Blast so like it's it's she's

653
00:29:57,799 --> 00:29:59,720
kind of a sport that we, followed you, know the

654
00:29:59,759 --> 00:30:03,240
last two or three. Years but obviously your, PROGRAM i

655
00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:04,880
mean you've had a lot of, success, right you guys

656
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:06,839
are in the thick of. It every single year we're

657
00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:09,160
out There, saturday and, like you'll may quick work of

658
00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:10,400
you and, NO i MEAN i think the whole thing

659
00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:13,359
lasted like forty five, minutes and we're, like oh, man they're.

660
00:30:13,119 --> 00:30:15,000
Speaker 1: Too, Good like we wanted it to last a little bit.

661
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,440
Speaker 2: Longer but, like how does this team compare to some

662
00:30:17,480 --> 00:30:19,079
of your past great, teams BECAUSE i, mean you have

663
00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:21,480
had an excellent program for a number of, years but,

664
00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:22,279
like what's this year look?

665
00:30:22,359 --> 00:30:26,279
Speaker 4: Like, yeah And i'll speak really quickly to the forty

666
00:30:26,319 --> 00:30:30,000
five minute match. Time, Yeah typically we try and do,

667
00:30:30,519 --> 00:30:33,720
waves so we'll play two rounds because when people make

668
00:30:33,759 --> 00:30:35,799
the effort to come out and, play we do want

669
00:30:35,839 --> 00:30:38,960
them to get a little more experience just watching the. Team,

670
00:30:39,119 --> 00:30:41,799
so but because we were on a compressed time, schedule

671
00:30:41,799 --> 00:30:44,519
we ended up playing everybody all at, once which is

672
00:30:44,519 --> 00:30:47,359
why you got a little bit of a shorter. Window

673
00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:50,400
but we do we do enjoy people coming out and

674
00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:52,400
spending you, know an hour and a half or a

675
00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:55,640
couple depending upon the degree of competition in the match

676
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:59,200
for one of our own. Competitions so you don't always

677
00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:02,400
get that short that short, first because there's a lot

678
00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,519
going on for. Sure uh and remind, me tell me,

679
00:31:05,519 --> 00:31:07,079
again what the question is this?

680
00:31:07,319 --> 00:31:09,680
Speaker 2: Team, like you, know you you've had a bunch of great,

681
00:31:09,720 --> 00:31:11,519
Teams like how is this one.

682
00:31:11,400 --> 00:31:12,000
Speaker 1: Setting up for?

683
00:31:12,039 --> 00:31:13,680
Speaker 2: You like you guys have had a pretty good, Season

684
00:31:13,720 --> 00:31:15,799
like what is Your how does this team compared to

685
00:31:15,839 --> 00:31:16,599
some of these past grave?

686
00:31:16,599 --> 00:31:20,079
Speaker 4: Ones, YEAH i think, that you, know this is one

687
00:31:20,119 --> 00:31:24,039
of the teams that coming into the, year we had

688
00:31:24,079 --> 00:31:25,680
a lot of. Turnover and we've had that in the

689
00:31:25,759 --> 00:31:29,480
last probably three. Years it's been a similar story where

690
00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:33,880
we've had a lot of key pieces, graduate there's been

691
00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:37,480
a lot of. Turnover we've been pretty, young either just

692
00:31:37,599 --> 00:31:40,960
young in the years they're in school or young in the,

693
00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:45,240
lineup and this year has been quite a bit like.

694
00:31:45,279 --> 00:31:49,200
That even last, year you, know we, finished we finished

695
00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:50,599
the season and we came OUT i think we were

696
00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:54,119
eleven seed going into the, tournament and it was we

697
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:56,680
felt like we had a great body of work and

698
00:31:56,920 --> 00:31:59,680
had beaten some really good. Teams but we definitely built

699
00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:02,559
as the season went on and got better and better

700
00:32:02,599 --> 00:32:04,720
and then obviously ended up finishing third at the at

701
00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:07,920
the National championship. Event this year's kind of been the same.

702
00:32:07,960 --> 00:32:11,279
THING a lot of people didn't know what we were

703
00:32:11,319 --> 00:32:14,240
going to, Be, like there was some kind of uncertainty

704
00:32:14,240 --> 00:32:18,160
on outside of our camp is you know what they

705
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:19,680
were going to what else you was going to Be

706
00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:23,279
this year they lost a lot of key components and we're,

707
00:32:23,279 --> 00:32:27,200
starting you, know a bunch of young, kids freshmen and

708
00:32:27,519 --> 00:32:30,640
first year starters and sophomores in their second year of.

709
00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:34,680
Starting we really don't have a lot of, that you,

710
00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:37,920
know upper class than three four year starters who've been

711
00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:39,640
in the lineup and you know what you're going to

712
00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:42,440
get out Of and because of, that nobody really kind

713
00:32:42,480 --> 00:32:44,200
of knew we were going to be and we've done

714
00:32:44,200 --> 00:32:48,039
the same. Thing we started out without a Lot we

715
00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:51,759
had a pretty light schedule coming in and we built

716
00:32:51,799 --> 00:32:53,519
up a good, record and then we hit a stretch

717
00:32:53,559 --> 00:32:55,680
where we played four weekends in a row where we

718
00:32:55,720 --> 00:32:59,519
didn't play anybody outside the top, twenty and during that

719
00:32:59,559 --> 00:33:02,000
stretch were able to really prove that we were, dangerous

720
00:33:02,039 --> 00:33:04,599
we could play the. Game these young kids had the

721
00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:09,079
ability to grow quickly and to, learn and we kind

722
00:33:09,119 --> 00:33:12,680
of firmly established ourselves as as a as a top

723
00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:15,920
team in the. Country again, outside we always knew that

724
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:18,000
we were that, good but you have to prove it every,

725
00:33:18,079 --> 00:33:20,359
year year in and year. Out and so we had

726
00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:22,920
a really good stretch and now we've finished on a

727
00:33:22,920 --> 00:33:26,200
little run at home and feel great about where we

728
00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:29,000
are heading into the conference tournament and then you, know

729
00:33:29,240 --> 00:33:32,119
getting our bid to the national championship and and making

730
00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:34,759
another really good run as a team that you, know

731
00:33:34,799 --> 00:33:36,359
people don't want to play at this time of.

732
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:38,720
Speaker 1: Year glad you brought that. Out that was kind of

733
00:33:38,720 --> 00:33:38,960
my next.

734
00:33:39,039 --> 00:33:42,880
Speaker 2: Question so the c C Sa championships coming up next,

735
00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:43,960
weekend If i'm If i'm?

736
00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:45,400
Speaker 1: Correct is that? Right that's?

737
00:33:45,519 --> 00:33:47,720
Speaker 2: Right, okay so there's there's there's four of you at

738
00:33:47,759 --> 00:33:50,400
it's You, Texas South, carolina And Florida.

739
00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:53,440
Speaker 1: State do you have a seating for that tournament? Yet?

740
00:33:53,440 --> 00:33:55,000
Like what seed are you? GUYS i know y'all are.

741
00:33:55,039 --> 00:33:58,880
Speaker 4: Hosting, yeah it won't Be the seatings aren't out. Yet

742
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:02,119
it's a really interesting Were this is the last year

743
00:34:02,119 --> 00:34:06,720
of THE ccsa and it'll dissolve and then we're moving

744
00:34:06,759 --> 00:34:10,960
into THE, mpsf which is a really big conference Out West,

745
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:13,840
coast a lot OF pac twelve. Teams once THE pac

746
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:18,039
twelve dissolved kind of moved into into that, conference and

747
00:34:18,119 --> 00:34:20,840
so if they're going to actually oversee the seeding, process

748
00:34:21,280 --> 00:34:24,880
and after we finished this, weekend we don't, play but

749
00:34:25,360 --> 00:34:28,440
several of the teams do and they'll look at the

750
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:30,480
body of work and they'll see the. TOURNAMENT i would

751
00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:34,320
assume we would probably be two or, three which obviously

752
00:34:34,400 --> 00:34:36,880
would give us the same matchup no matter who we.

753
00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:40,719
Are and then it's a double elimination format with four

754
00:34:40,719 --> 00:34:44,840
teams over two, days and everybody in the tournament is.

755
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:49,239
Dangerous you, know us In texas And Florida state are

756
00:34:49,280 --> 00:34:54,559
all top ten ranked, teams And South carolina is year

757
00:34:54,559 --> 00:34:57,320
and a year out one of those those teams that comes.

758
00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:00,000
In it has a lot of athletes and can make

759
00:35:00,079 --> 00:35:02,079
to run at any point in. Time so we expect

760
00:35:02,079 --> 00:35:05,039
it to be really, exciting a lot of fun and really,

761
00:35:05,079 --> 00:35:08,039
competitive and you, know being the last year of the

762
00:35:08,079 --> 00:35:12,920
conference definitely something that we all want to go out

763
00:35:13,199 --> 00:35:15,880
with that that last. Championship, Now Coach.

764
00:35:15,719 --> 00:35:18,440
Speaker 2: John THE Ncaa championship coming up In may And Gulf,

765
00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:20,840
shores which, PERSONALLY i think is just the perfect spot

766
00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:23,880
to have. That but how do you guys qualify for? That,

767
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:26,280
like do you have to win THIS ccsa to get? In,

768
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:27,280
like is that how the qualifying?

769
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:33,000
Speaker 4: Works, no it's well there are automatic bids and, uh

770
00:35:33,079 --> 00:35:37,360
and then they're at large qualifications as. Well our our

771
00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:42,159
conference because just of how how it's played, out we've

772
00:35:42,199 --> 00:35:47,199
lost the members because other conferences have started beach volleyball

773
00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:49,079
within their own, conference so the people that were in

774
00:35:49,119 --> 00:35:53,679
THE ccsa went to join their actual school, conferences so

775
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:56,280
as we kind of dwindled, down which has led to

776
00:35:56,599 --> 00:36:00,840
us actually after this, year eliminating the operence all. Together

777
00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:04,599
we our conference doesn't have an automatic. Bid THE mpsf

778
00:36:04,639 --> 00:36:06,880
WHICH i spoke about that we're joining next, year doesn't have.

779
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:09,480
One The Big, twelve which has a lot of the

780
00:36:10,239 --> 00:36:13,760
kind of The Big twelve added in some of THE

781
00:36:13,800 --> 00:36:16,199
pac twelve teams that moved over to that, conference they

782
00:36:16,199 --> 00:36:20,400
don't have an automatic qualifier as. Well so there's there's

783
00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:23,360
not as many automatics as there has been in past,

784
00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:26,559
years so there'll be more at large bid to fill

785
00:36:26,639 --> 00:36:30,199
the sixteen team. Field So i'm GUESSING i haven't actually

786
00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:32,480
done the math, yet But i'm guessing there's probably like

787
00:36:33,039 --> 00:36:36,559
seven conferences that will get automatic, bids which will push

788
00:36:36,719 --> 00:36:39,280
like nine of, those it'll be it'll be either eight

789
00:36:39,320 --> 00:36:42,360
and eight or eight or seven and nine for the

790
00:36:43,039 --> 00:36:45,480
for the at large, Bids and there's a committee that

791
00:36:45,599 --> 00:36:48,519
looks at body of, work looks at quality, wins looks

792
00:36:48,519 --> 00:36:52,760
at your losses and head to head all those metrics

793
00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:56,559
to decide who gets in the field and then how you,

794
00:36:56,679 --> 00:37:00,320
rank how you see those within the.

795
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:05,320
Speaker 2: Tournament, now, coachom you guys are obviously hosting, This i'm

796
00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:07,760
assuming it's just open to the public like every other.

797
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:09,920
Tournament like what can fans expect when they make it out?

798
00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:14,119
Speaker 4: There, yep that's. Correct they can come out like you.

799
00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:16,559
Experience we're going to have music, playing there's going to

800
00:37:16,639 --> 00:37:19,679
be lots of action going. On it will be because

801
00:37:19,679 --> 00:37:22,280
it's a smaller. FIELD i, mean we hosted nine teams

802
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:25,679
i think last, weekend so it was high, volume lots going.

803
00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:31,000
On because it's only four, teams it'll be pretty regimented

804
00:37:31,079 --> 00:37:33,280
as far as the, times and there'll be some gaps in,

805
00:37:33,320 --> 00:37:35,440
between so it'll be a little more slow. Paced and

806
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:37,719
we'll also, play LIKE i mentioned, earlier in the two,

807
00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:40,760
Rounds so every time you show up the first and

808
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:44,000
round of, matchups you'll see play will be the two

809
00:37:44,079 --> 00:37:48,920
four to six steeds or, flights and then when those,

810
00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:52,320
finish you'll see the, one three and five flights. Compete

811
00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:56,039
so you'll be able to kind of keep track of who's,

812
00:37:56,079 --> 00:38:00,400
playing where the flow of the match is. Going have

813
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:04,519
to win three of the five flights that count to

814
00:38:04,639 --> 00:38:07,280
win the, duel is what it's. Called so you'll be

815
00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:09,719
able to see on the big scoreboard like who's got,

816
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:12,679
wins and how each court is, going and where to

817
00:38:12,760 --> 00:38:16,119
focus your attention as matches the match gets tight and,

818
00:38:16,159 --> 00:38:19,039
close and then you know when it's really. Fun then

819
00:38:19,079 --> 00:38:21,039
it all comes down to one court and whoever wins

820
00:38:21,039 --> 00:38:23,960
that court will, win win the duel and, advance and

821
00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,280
whoever loses will either be out we'll move into that

822
00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:28,199
loser's bracket to compete.

823
00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:33,199
Speaker 2: Again Coach Russell BROCK lsu Beach volleyball, coach, coach thanks

824
00:38:33,199 --> 00:38:35,320
so much for hopping on with us, today my.

825
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:36,440
Speaker 4: Pleasure thank you very.

826
00:38:36,519 --> 00:38:37,480
Speaker 1: Much, yes, sir that.

827
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:39,239
Speaker 2: Was Coach russell Bron, GUYS i went out there to

828
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:41,920
beach volleyball On. Saturday one of the best in person

829
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:45,119
environments on. Campus get out there and check it. Out all,

830
00:38:45,159 --> 00:38:46,920
right we're going to take a time. Out when we get,

831
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:49,079
back close out the show like we do every, day

832
00:38:49,079 --> 00:38:51,440
with a little bit Of ask The, Bench off The.

833
00:38:51,519 --> 00:38:52,440
Speaker 1: Bench welcome.

834
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:55,800
Speaker 2: Back in final Segment tuesday edition Of off The, Bench

835
00:38:56,079 --> 00:38:58,719
we're going to close out the show like we do every, day.

836
00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:00,239
Speaker 1: With Some ask The.

837
00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:03,039
Speaker 2: Bench AND i told you, guys there's a little bit

838
00:39:03,039 --> 00:39:06,960
of technical. Difficulties alundri And jordan's mics are not. Working

839
00:39:07,079 --> 00:39:11,719
so you heard her yell she's a logic can't turn

840
00:39:11,760 --> 00:39:14,239
the mics, On so it's funny she cannot turn those.

841
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:17,280
On this one cannot turn. Off so we're having to

842
00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:20,320
be completely silent during. Break we Know jordan likes to

843
00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:22,639
yell certain things during, break so we wanted to make

844
00:39:22,639 --> 00:39:24,639
sure we kept at age appropriate for.

845
00:39:24,679 --> 00:39:26,480
Speaker 1: Everyone but it's gonna be a little bit.

846
00:39:26,519 --> 00:39:29,199
Speaker 2: Different i'm just gonna kind of rock through a Solo

847
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:31,679
ask The bench To ask The. Bench first question comes

848
00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:35,440
in From. Nookie If nico ends up At, ull who

849
00:39:35,519 --> 00:39:39,960
won the? Battle, well, Obviously i'm gonna Say tennessee because

850
00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:44,519
here's why it's not Because tennessee has some great quarterback behind.

851
00:39:44,599 --> 00:39:45,599
Speaker 1: Them tennessee will probably.

852
00:39:45,599 --> 00:39:47,840
Speaker 2: STRUGGLE i was going to, say, well it depends on

853
00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:51,440
Who tennessee's quarterback Is but If nico's end game was

854
00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:54,039
to make as much money as he possibly could at

855
00:39:54,079 --> 00:39:56,280
a team that can compete for a national, TITLE i

856
00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:57,960
don't think he's going to get any of Those at

857
00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:00,440
a school Like, Ull they're not gonna have quite the

858
00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:03,039
money just because they're a smaller school and they're not

859
00:40:03,079 --> 00:40:06,239
going to compete for a national. Title so if you, say,

860
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:08,760
Well nico didn't reach his ultimate goal while Then tennessee

861
00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:11,119
won that, battle even if their quarterback might not be

862
00:40:11,239 --> 00:40:14,000
quite as good as the. Bench or you're going to

863
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:17,000
watch The zydaco live stream at six thirty, TONIGHT i

864
00:40:17,039 --> 00:40:18,000
will not be Because.

865
00:40:17,719 --> 00:40:18,599
Speaker 1: I'll be tuning INTO lsu.

866
00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:20,320
Speaker 2: Baseball But i'll tell you what if you guys got

867
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:25,320
a chance to go to A Baton Rouge zydeco. Game shockingly, Enough,

868
00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:28,760
brad The zydaco guy in our YouTube, chat actually gave

869
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:30,960
me The zydaco puck that you could see right.

870
00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:32,320
Speaker 1: HERE i met him at the. Game he gave me the.

871
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:33,840
Speaker 2: Puck he's, like, hey you want to add it to the.

872
00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:36,679
Desk zideco's one of the funnest e vins In Bton.

873
00:40:36,760 --> 00:40:40,000
Rouge it's family friendly tickets are only about ten bucks a.

874
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:41,400
PERSON i, mean you can't beat.

875
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:42,239
Speaker 1: It it is.

876
00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:44,840
Speaker 2: Electric there's constant action going. On they do a really

877
00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:48,119
good job in between periods of keeping fans. Engaged they

878
00:40:48,159 --> 00:40:50,440
do like interviews in the crowd between. Games it's a great.

879
00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:52,480
Time so WHILE i won't be watching the live, stream

880
00:40:52,480 --> 00:40:53,880
if you got a chance to make it out, there

881
00:40:54,199 --> 00:40:57,559
certainly get out there and check out A Baton Rouge zydeco.

882
00:40:57,639 --> 00:41:00,559
Game ask the bench who has the worst and best

883
00:41:00,559 --> 00:41:03,360
food takes in this? CHAT i haven't seen a lot

884
00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:09,000
of food takes in this. CHAT i haven't seen, anything you.

885
00:41:09,039 --> 00:41:13,800
KNOW i, MEAN i know that in this. BUILDING i

886
00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:15,519
hate to give my guy. Credit Tea bob's got some

887
00:41:15,519 --> 00:41:19,239
pretty good taste in, food despite the meat vending.

888
00:41:19,280 --> 00:41:20,199
Speaker 1: MACHINE i don't want.

889
00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:22,320
Speaker 2: That but as far as like, cooking from WHAT i,

890
00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:24,199
Know TeaBot makes a pretty good. Gumbo but as far

891
00:41:24,199 --> 00:41:28,440
as in the, Chat i'm not. Sure ask the, bench

892
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:32,360
are you pro memes or? No, Absolutely i'm pro. Memes

893
00:41:32,440 --> 00:41:35,679
memes are. GREAT i was saying yesterday a weekend winter

894
00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:38,079
could be the people trying to make memes out Of

895
00:41:38,079 --> 00:41:41,760
Scotti scheffler sitting in the magnolia tree on eighteen On,

896
00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:43,480
friday trying to decide what he wanted to do with

897
00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:45,880
the ball that he hit. THERE i gotta be, honest

898
00:41:46,239 --> 00:41:48,719
if it's, you if it's somebody, else whoever makes, memes

899
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:51,239
you should be disappointed in. Yourself the lack Of Scotti

900
00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:53,760
scheffler memes THAT i have seen with him sitting cross

901
00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:56,960
legged in the magnolia, tree it's shocking and it's. UPSETTING

902
00:41:57,079 --> 00:41:59,719
i wanted to see More Scotti schefler memes over the,

903
00:41:59,719 --> 00:42:02,079
week But i'm on pro. Meme anything that's gonna make

904
00:42:02,119 --> 00:42:04,559
me laugh and you, know just kind of take your

905
00:42:04,559 --> 00:42:06,360
mind off of the more serious things and just have

906
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:10,880
a good. TIME i am all for as the, bench

907
00:42:11,039 --> 00:42:14,679
is pimento cheese? OVERRATED i think it's properly. RATED i,

908
00:42:14,719 --> 00:42:17,519
mean you, know DO i love pimento? Cheese, No i'll eat. It,

909
00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:21,079
HOWEVER i don't hear a lot of people like hyping

910
00:42:21,159 --> 00:42:23,840
up pimento cheese big. DIME i know that it's kind

911
00:42:23,840 --> 00:42:27,480
of the famous thing at The, masters BUT i, mean

912
00:42:27,519 --> 00:42:28,400
so is an egg salad.

913
00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:31,039
Speaker 1: SANDWICH i think that's properly. Rated and look the.

914
00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:33,840
Speaker 2: Reason everything is is hyped up at The masters, one

915
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:37,679
it's The masters two everything's. CHEAP i saw yesterday IF

916
00:42:37,679 --> 00:42:39,559
i was to go to the concession stand at The,

917
00:42:39,599 --> 00:42:41,840
masters by everything on the, menu it would cost me

918
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:45,000
seventy seven. DOLLARS i, mean that's that's quite the bargain right.

919
00:42:45,039 --> 00:42:46,800
THERE i, mean you know how MUCH i can eat

920
00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:49,280
everything on that. Menu it's only seventy seven. Dollars SO

921
00:42:49,280 --> 00:42:50,639
i think that's part of the. ALLURE i don't think

922
00:42:50,639 --> 00:42:52,920
it's the pimento. ITSELF i think it's just you're at The,

923
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:57,199
masters and it's such a big deal that you're actually.

924
00:42:57,239 --> 00:43:03,960
There so ask the. Bench best use of a banana

925
00:43:04,119 --> 00:43:07,400
raw or mixed into? Things, guys this has to be banana.

926
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:10,400
PUDDING i mean one of these Signature southern. DESSERTS i

927
00:43:10,440 --> 00:43:13,760
love banana. Putting my mother makes a great. One but banana,

928
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:16,400
PUDDING i feel, like is one of those. Places if

929
00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:18,719
you're going you want to get a, dessert you see

930
00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:21,320
banana putting on the, menu you don't even think twice about.

931
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:22,320
Speaker 1: It you know what's going to be.

932
00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:24,559
Speaker 2: Good it might be a little bit different than the

933
00:43:24,599 --> 00:43:27,079
banana putting you're used, to BUT i say it with

934
00:43:27,159 --> 00:43:29,239
pizza all the. Time i'll say it with banana putting.

935
00:43:29,239 --> 00:43:32,079
Too even the worst pizza and banana pudding is still

936
00:43:32,079 --> 00:43:32,920
pretty good And i'm.

937
00:43:32,840 --> 00:43:34,880
Speaker 1: Still going to eat. It SO i think THAT i

938
00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:35,960
think that. Easily banana.

939
00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:38,440
Speaker 2: PUTTING i do like banana, splits but banana putting one

940
00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:40,840
of my favorite things on this. Earth all, right, guys

941
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we only got about a minute left giving you a

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quick recap of what went on. Today we led With

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David griffin getting fired by The New Orleans. Pelicans that

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was news that happened yesterday. Afternoon it is being reported

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That pelicans are closing in On Joe DUMAR'S i kind

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of expect that pretty. Soon Sham, shanaria actually thirty minutes

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ago mentioned That hall Of Famer Joe dumars at the

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tweet right here finalizing a, deal working on finalizing a

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deal as we, speak to become the NEXT vp of

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basketball operations with The New Orleans. Pelicans SO i expect

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by the end of the day today that will be,

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done Because shams believes that it is almost done as

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we sit. Here we had A Lashi beach volleyball Coach

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russell Brock op THOUGH i had a really good interview with,

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him learned a little bit more about that. Program nick

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underhill Of New. Orleans Dot football hopped on at nine am.

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Tomorrow pretty. Busy we're gonna Have Zag naggy. Tomorrow we're

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actually gonna get somebody on With pelicans talk future of

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that franchise as. Well stay tuned tomorrow's same, time same,

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Place wednesday edition Of off The Bench off The bench