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Speaker 1: The Bench. We have Jacob Hester and Matt Flynn.

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Speaker 2: Okay, here we go where.

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Speaker 1: The plays get broken down and science gets denied The Bench.

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Our two of Off the Bench Live from the Raising

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Speaker 3: All right, welcome back in our number three about TB reminder,

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little hashtag go to your mail bag. In this segment,

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while we're waiting on some of those questions to come in,

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I'm gonna catch up on the chat here. Flenda wants

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them to work out in the afternoon so they have

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to buy more of my high.

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Speaker 4: There all the my huh, that's hot in the morning too,

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Let's be honest.

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Speaker 3: I was waiting on the sales pitch.

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Speaker 4: Yeah is good anytime any temperature, even more so when

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it's cold. That's a little chilling baton rooster today, how

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about that?

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Speaker 3: So I had like a shorts and short sleep shirt,

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which I never do. I was like, I'm tired of

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being hot, and I go outside and I'm like, oh,

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I at least gotta grab a.

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Speaker 2: Hoodie something to see.

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Speaker 4: I always check my watch, got the temperatures right there,

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and I look down expecting to see like, you know,

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sixty eight degrees right now, high eighty four nope, said

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fifty four.

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Speaker 3: All right, let's go ahead and get to some oh

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TB mail bag.

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Speaker 5: I help this special delivery for the bench and look

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it is marked most urgent.

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Speaker 2: We'll be writing to you the internet. What the is

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the internet?

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Speaker 3: Hashtag oh to be mailbag? If the early bird gets

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the worm? Why do good things come to those who wait?

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Speaker 6: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Good one. Worm's not always good. Wire's not always good.

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That's a good point.

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Speaker 7: I mean, that's a good point.

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Speaker 4: It just because it's a worm doesn't mean it's a

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good worms.

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Speaker 8: True.

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Speaker 3: It could just be a matter of survible because you

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haven't eaten, right, not good yep.

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Speaker 7: I also think they mean two different things.

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Speaker 6: The early bird gets the worm, like you take the initiative, right,

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mm hmm.

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Speaker 7: Good things come to those who wait. Just be patient.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, take the initiative. Yeah, also be patient. Yeah.

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Speaker 7: No, but that's a great question.

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Speaker 2: Do less.

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Speaker 3: Hash I'd never thought about that. That's a greatreat question

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and blows the mind. Hashtag go to be mail bag?

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Are we there yet? No?

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Speaker 2: No, we're not there? Cons never any self improvement?

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Speaker 3: Yes, hashtag go to be mail bag. Did Matt put

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on his flashers this morning?

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Speaker 8: No?

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Speaker 3: But I bet he did last night.

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Speaker 7: You probably did.

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Speaker 2: Wherever he was, wherever he was going. He had a

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morning dawn.

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Speaker 4: I don't feel like we get light light light rains

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or light thunderstorms anymore. Like thunderstorms used to be more prevalent,

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you know, a decade or two ago. Remember like as

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a child, there's thunderstorms all every summer, but like it

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wasn't sheets of rain as well, Like you'd get a

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moderate rain with a thunderstorm. Well, we got a thunderstorm today.

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Like me and my wife are fired up. We love

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sleeping in a thunder something.

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Speaker 7: It's the best.

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Speaker 4: It's the best. But like, does it gotta come down

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that hard? You know, it's all or nothing right now

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with the weather.

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Speaker 9: Well that's the thing around here, Like it won't rain

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for a month and a half, then it'll pour every

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day for like six days.

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Speaker 3: Yep, how does it go with last night?

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Speaker 2: Then we get in the end, he gets.

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Speaker 4: Fire ants coming out. I'll be walking around my yard

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spreading that firewood poison, fire ant poison whatever.

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Speaker 3: I say, why are you poisoning your firewood?

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Speaker 8: Shouldn't do that. Don't do that CAUs you're wood wet. Anyways,

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I don't like that at all. I was talking about

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building a fire us my gosh. Hashtag go to the mailbag.

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My family is planning a vacation this summer. Any Rex

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drivable from the north Shore nothing too pricey?

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Speaker 6: Wait oh anyway, Okay, I'm gonna just go with what

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Speaker 9: Or something.

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Speaker 3: If you're yeah, yes, I love all. I love the

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paintandle I love the beaches there. It's always fine if

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you're trying to do something. Flake Martin a little bit different.

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I mean Biloxi, fair Hope. Fair Hope's going.

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Speaker 2: Hotel. Yeah, and it's a it's a really nice family

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Speaker 3: I would say the Grand Hotel and fair Hope. That's

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a good spot. It's a little bit closer than Pensacola

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and some of the other spots. It's a little bit

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closer in gold Shore. So if you don't want to

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do that, which that's always a great time, let's go

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to the Grand Hotel Fairhoe.

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Speaker 2: They're gonna reopen blue bye you here at some point

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where you have them uh.

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Speaker 3: Hashtag OTB mail bag Why are they called a part

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mints when they're connected in the same building? And why

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is it called a building when it's already built because

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a part?

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Speaker 7: What are what these questions apart?

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Speaker 2: Apart? They are apart?

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Speaker 9: I got it, because a compartment is one, right, but

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they're separated by walls, different rooms, so they're apart from

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each other in the one compartment.

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Speaker 2: They're apartments, all right.

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Speaker 4: I like it a one building, different dwellings that are

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apart from each other, separated by a wall, sometimes a

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thin wall, mostly than you gotta get your rois a builder?

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Speaker 2: You know?

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Speaker 7: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: What was the second part of that question? Why is

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it called buildings with they already built?

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Speaker 3: They're already built.

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Speaker 2: It should be built ins.

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Speaker 7: Why is the riddler in our chat?

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Speaker 9: Right?

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Speaker 7: Now?

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Speaker 4: That's a Again, it's too early to like think too deep?

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I can't. I got nothing for you.

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Speaker 2: I'll just say just switch the D with a T.

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Then it's buildings.

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Speaker 7: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: While they're asking hashtag go to me mailbag. Do you

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only stay in hotels or will you stay in a motel?

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Speaker 7: I will never in my life.

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Speaker 2: I got a door on the outside, no situation.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's a motel.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I'm not doing it.

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Speaker 4: But I mean you would consider, like not all motels

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have to have the door on the outside, right.

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Speaker 2: I thought that's what. Yeah, I mean maybe it's not.

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Speaker 4: I thought it just like a long two story situation.

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door on the outside.

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Speaker 2: All right.

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Speaker 7: That one thing about me, I'll pay for comfort.

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Speaker 2: It's true. M last time I did a motel.

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Speaker 7: I don't think I've ever stayed in a hotel.

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Speaker 4: I think if I think I was driving from Batonies

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to Green Bay at some point, probably with my dog.

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Speaker 3: I remember growing up, like going to like any All

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Star Baseball tournament, like the team would in the hotel.

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Speaker 2: I remember being like maybe in the middle of nowhere Illinois.

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Speaker 4: Illinois is a real long state from top to bottom

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in there a while, and like I was falling asleep.

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It was like three in the morning. I was like

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falling asleep. I was like, I gotta find so I can't.

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I is not safe in my first thing I found

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was a motel.

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Speaker 2: That's such a good point.

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Speaker 10: Uh.

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Speaker 9: The MSA and the check gos Disney calls those resorts

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like all Star resort just motels what it is.

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Speaker 3: There's a ludicrous song in there. But I'm not gonna

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get in trouble here for they keep one seeing it,

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I'm gonna move on.

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Speaker 2: It'll turn a mow into a motel.

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Speaker 3: That's right. Hashtag OTB mailbag. Did Matt swap his winter

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flashers for spring flashers yet?

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Speaker 2: I don't know what that means your lights?

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Speaker 7: I think everybody wants to know how you do you

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replace your flasher?

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Speaker 2: Fluid hasher flight. I'm here for a check up. Yeah,

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what do you need? Make sure my flashers are working?

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Like you actually use these? I mean you're the one,

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You're the one that's the safest.

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Speaker 3: This is more of a comment than a question. Bloxi

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is basically Vegas for LP folks.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, dang it is.

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Speaker 3: Hot Springs, Arkansas was another one I was gonna throw

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out there too. That's a little bit of a drive

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from the north Shore.

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Speaker 2: We did Hot Springs a couple of two years ago,

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had a great time.

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Speaker 3: Let's it going. How far is that drive? Do you remember?

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Speaker 4: Uh?

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Speaker 2: It was six and six. I know I was about

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to say six or seven.

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Speaker 3: Mm?

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Speaker 2: Yeah the six seven done? Is it over? I hope, sir?

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Speaker 4: It's amazing how many times I use those two numbers concurrently,

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like it's it's incredible, it's used so much.

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Speaker 3: Probably why I became a thing.

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Speaker 2: Any place you go it is, it is what you

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make it.

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Speaker 4: You can have a good time anywhere with the right people,

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right attitude, right mindset.

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Speaker 3: The motel steven says, I used to draft to Chicago

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a lot, had a brother that lived there. I remember

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taking my cousin with me once and she got excited

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when we got to Illinois state line, thinking we were

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's not it's a it's deep. It's a long boy,

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it's a long play.

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Speaker 4: Always would time my drive to where whether I was

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driving from Green Bay to Batteries or Batteries to green Bay,

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a time to drive up to where I hit Chicago

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in the middle of the night. The Chicago traffic was

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a bear and get.

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Speaker 3: It not for long think I moved to Indiana.

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Speaker 2: It's true, but it was.

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Speaker 4: It was it was rough, so usually by when I

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was going through Illinois, it was dark, middle of the night,

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so it was it was a long boy.

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Speaker 3: Hashtag go to be mail bag. What's the first and

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last eight digits of your debit card?

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Speaker 2: You don't want it. You don't want it.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I ain't got no money. You're not gonna You're not.

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Speaker 2: There's a zero in there.

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Speaker 7: I just mike Houn's actually in the negatives right now.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

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Speaker 9: See I just pulled out. I just pulled out a

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lot of money to spend it again, you don't want it.

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Speaker 2: How is the car search going up? The people? Sure

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they're wondering.

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Speaker 9: Oh yeah, end of an era, guys, Big Red's gone.

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It's gone out the driveway yesterday.

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Speaker 2: It's a big deal. It's to say good bye to

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be That.

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Speaker 9: Truck has been part of my life pretty much more

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than any person I know.

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Speaker 2: Gone out the door. I really thought it was gonna

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be Razors one day, and uh dude, I would have

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loved it.

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Speaker 9: And I always told Victoria, I'm gonna drive this thing

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til the wheels fall off, and almost did.

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Speaker 2: I almost did. So.

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Speaker 9: Uh next week or so, we'll have the We got

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to get the truck, uh like delivered?

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Speaker 2: So how you driving around right now?

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Speaker 9: I'm just taking Victoria works from home, so like I could

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use her car for like a week.

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Speaker 2: Not a not a big deal. No, I know, man,

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it's get rid of it.

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I'm going to give you an update. They're asking about

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Team Italy and where their players are actually from.

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Speaker 7: They're all from America.

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Speaker 3: Players born in the USA, twenty four of them. Players

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born in Italy, three Venezuela, two Canada.

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Speaker 2: One Ah, pray you go.

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Speaker 3: So Team Italy twenty four players born.

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Speaker 2: They're not saying that spaghetti that's pretty good.

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Speaker 4: I feel like it was solid espress.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, awesome.

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Speaker 4: I can't hide because that acts I get it. I mean,

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either been to Rome seeing the coliseum.

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Speaker 3: I've been to Rome, Georgia.

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Speaker 2: Counts sorry, been to Paris World traveler here, I've.

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Speaker 7: Seen the Eiffel Tower in Vegas.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that I've done. I've never been.

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Speaker 9: I've never been to Paris and run. I gotta catch

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up to y'all. I've the Facus side of the talents it.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, find you gotta get out, you gotta see

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the world. Did some say that's the original?

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Speaker 7: I don't even have a passport.

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Speaker 3: You should give them.

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Speaker 7: You should get one inspired No, I've never had one.

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Speaker 3: Expire six years ago.

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Speaker 2: Aren't they good for like eight years? Or good ten years?

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Speaker 3: You know how I got one because we played in London.

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Speaker 2: I should just get it one.

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Speaker 6: Going to Mexico, we used to just have to be like, yeah,

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we're citizens, and then you passed we're from here, bra right.

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They would literally ask you, are you an American citizen

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and we'd be like, yes, sir, and.

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Speaker 7: They would let us go.

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Speaker 2: Watch.

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Speaker 7: Oh they wouldn't let me back.

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Speaker 3: That's the let me back.

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Speaker 7: Make sure has never gone to passport.

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Speaker 2: I think you'll just get a passport.

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Speaker 7: I'm not going out the country.

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Speaker 9: Anytime I got from our honeymoon, we went to a

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room and I'm I love having it because I'm like,

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I go anywhere in the next ten years. I'm already said,

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well like seven now.

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Speaker 3: But the train ride from Venice to Rome was amazing,

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so beautiful. Easy says, can't had money, Easy say something

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for the rest of us, Bud.

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Speaker 2: No, he's talking to Venice, Louisiana. It's a Georgia. Yeah,

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we took a train. We took a train. Train is

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from uh where was it? We took like a three

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hour train ride to Roam is awesome.

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Speaker 3: I mean the train rides that even in the northeast

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portion of our country, Like you can take a train

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up everywhere. It's such a great way to Like.

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Speaker 4: The entire time I was on a train around, I

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just kept seeing Maximus Decimus Meridius walk into his house

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with his hand in the bushes are not.

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Speaker 3: Recreated that I pretty much did. I think Maximus went

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to see you. All right, we'll take a break when

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we come back. We'll have some munchies with chef Michael

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Johnson right here on o TV off the bench. You know,

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Speaker 3: Baby?

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Speaker 2: What's sunshine?

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Speaker 9: Who?

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Speaker 2: This sadso's crazy? All rights work?

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Speaker 3: That's cool.

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Speaker 1: Two thousand and seven Champs Purple and Gold to the core.

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This is off the Bench with Hester and Flynn Baton

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Speaker 3: All right, welcome back in ot B. It is time

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now to get to your munchie questions. Where I got

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Chef Michael Johns.

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Speaker 1: Get ready to tantalyze your taste buds and leave this

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segment hungry. This is Monkey's with Executive Chef Michael Johnson.

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Speaker 3: Chef, what's going on? Brother? How are we doing?

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Speaker 5: I'm good? Happy anniversary?

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Speaker 2: Happy?

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Speaker 8: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Wait are you pulling in so you can cook something.

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Speaker 9: Man.

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Speaker 5: You know, I don't know if I told you this

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last week either, but I turned fifty this weekend too.

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Speaker 3: Let's pick.

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Speaker 2: Happy by biggest your life.

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Speaker 5: It's a big week.

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Speaker 3: What are we doing to celebrate that that milestone?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, so, you know, honestly, I'm not big on birthdays,

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but I did pull a string and got a gotta

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see the commander's spouse on Saturday night.

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Speaker 2: So nice.

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Speaker 5: I've been commanders in like, I don't know, fifteen or

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twenty years, and I met the chef down there the

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other day. I was in New Orleans and she's incredible,

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and I'm looking forward to spending the weekend in Orleans

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this weekend.

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Speaker 2: Hey, you just made her and now you're calling her

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a favor.

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Speaker 5: That's right, Yeah, that's right.

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Speaker 3: I love that. Okay, I love this question as well.

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Hashtag munchies. How sloppy was Joe to get a sandwich

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named after him?

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Speaker 5: The best question? You know, he had to be pretty full. Yeah,

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that's a great question. Yeah, you know, I mean I've

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I've partaken of many a sloppy Joe and that song

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has never crossed my mind. Man, And now I feel

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like I've just been shorting myself, you know, by not

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thinking deeper about the foods.

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Speaker 4: So great question, No, chef, I know you can make

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any time of like culinary delight. You can go fancy,

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you can go.

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Speaker 2: Whatever it is.

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Speaker 4: Have you ever one of your athty tables? Have you

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ever served a sloppy jew?

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Speaker 5: I mean, uh, I think we actually did at some point.

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I think, like during COVID we did. We were we

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were kind of focusing on comfort foods, and I believe

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it was like a special request, like somebody specifically requested it,

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and if if, if that's the case, we will. But

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I don't. I don't typically go out of my way

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to serve fluppyjos, you know, like, uh, do you guys

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remember the Adam Sandler song lunch Lady? You know, like

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every time I see a sloppy Joe, that song comes

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into my head and I have a little Harry warp

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pop out of my face.

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Speaker 3: I love it. What a What a great reference there,

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hashtag munchies. I'm only Daniel Fast for lent, which basically

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means that I am a vegan without caffeine. Any good

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vegan recipes that you enjoy?

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Speaker 5: Daniel Fast every year between between Thanksgiving and Christmas and

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being a chef going on the Daniel Fast between in

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that specific time frame is extraordinarily difficult. So kudos to

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whoever that person is. That's uh, it's taking that task on,

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you know. For me, the Daniel Fast meant lots of

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nuts and a variety of nuts because if you eat

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too many almonds, like you can actually do yourself, uh,

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it can actually have a bad impact on your on

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your body. So variety is important, lots of different colors

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for me. Also when it says fruits and vegetables, you know,

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like I take that to the extraordinary. I eat a

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lot of fruit and vegetables. You know, there's there was

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no protein involved in it, and I drank fruit juice

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as well. It's it's been a few months since I

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did this, but I'm getting kind of PTSD from it

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because I found out that I was diabetic coming off

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the off the back end of it, because I went

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from fasting to going back to my full bore self

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and it's sent my body into like a panic, you know,

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like it And so yeah, you got to be careful

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doing fast, man, because you have to mentally prepare yourself

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going into it. And you have to physically be careful

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coming out of it that you don't, you know, like

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go back to eating too much fat and too much

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you know. I also was abstaining from alcohol, so that's

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I only used olive oil off the bottle vocados, you know.

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And I was eating whole foods. I wasn't cooking them

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too much. I was leading a lot of whole foods

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because you get more nutrition out of it before it's cooked. Right,

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So eating fresh avocados, fresh tomatoes, fresh stuff with balsamic

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vinegar and and and olive oil, you know, nuts, copitas

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are great, but you need to make sure that you're

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eating fibrous foods because if you don't.

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Speaker 2: So chef you were saying that no so vegan, no alcohol,

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no caffee. You all this is.

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Speaker 5: Voluntary, right, yeah, right, yeah, And it's looks walking around

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a kitchen all of food. And actually, you know, my

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job is to taste foods, right, So I have to

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you know, I have to push that responsibility off to

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other people and and and make them force them to

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taste food. I mean, it's part. I mean, it's it's

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we taste a lot of food in the day, brothers.

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So yeah, it's it's temptation everywhere, right, So uh yeah,

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there's a lot of prayer involved in specifically because it's

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the Daniel Fast. You do it for religious reasons and

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spiritual reasons, and so yeah, it's it's a challenge, man,

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It's it's it's you're you're you're suffering, you really are,

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you know, like you're and it's sometimes people take it

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to the extraordinary limits. And you have to be careful

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of denying yourselves things, you know, like if you're not

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eating enough. I was. I was tracking my calories and

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tracking my output of of caloric output as well, so

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that it doesn't say you have to starve yourself. It

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says you are, you know, denying yourself of these fows

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to to make yourself healthier. Right, And there is some

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suffering that's involved in it, but you don't want to

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put yourself into partiac arrest or or you know, like

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something crazy diabetic coma, you know, so you have to

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be careful doing it. And I talk to my doctor

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about it every year before I do it too. Because

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the Daniels Fast is twenty one days, right, and so

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that's that's three weeks of really you know, like you

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don't get used to it until day ten, which is

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about halfway through, right, and and there's some fussiness behind it, man.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so I kind of like when you were talking

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earlier about it, do you say that you had a

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diagnosis that came because of it?

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Speaker 2: Like that, like it made it clear because of this fast?

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Speaker 9: Yeah.

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Speaker 5: Well, I was eating super healthy, super healthy, super healthy

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for three weeks, and then when I stopped the fast,

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you know, like it was at Christmas and I went

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straight back to you know, eating prime rib and drinking bourbon,

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and I just you know, my body was in this

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loll Like I felt like I was in mud, you know,

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like I wasn't hospital or anything, but it just I

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00:25:44,599 --> 00:25:48,000
went from having all this energy and feeling great to ooh,

478
00:25:48,519 --> 00:25:51,559
you know and draggy. And it was because my blood

479
00:25:51,599 --> 00:25:55,240
sugar was was having such ups and downs from it,

480
00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:58,039
and you know, I didn't know that I was diabetica

481
00:25:58,119 --> 00:26:00,880
stuff to that point. So that that was when I

482
00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:02,599
found out. Was when I came out of the past.

483
00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:06,319
Speaker 2: Dang, you found it because of it, not yeah.

484
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:14,359
Speaker 5: Yeah, not because of it, it was, but yeah, yeah, man,

485
00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:14,839
I don't.

486
00:26:14,960 --> 00:26:16,400
Speaker 3: Like after that, it's like where do you go?

487
00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,880
Speaker 2: You go to the good question, Yeah, what does food

488
00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:24,160
art mean to you?

489
00:26:26,279 --> 00:26:29,240
Speaker 5: Well, I think that you have different purposes for food, right,

490
00:26:29,400 --> 00:26:34,359
Like there's sustenance, there's socializing, and then there's art, right

491
00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:40,279
and and art I think is you know, it's a gastronomy.

492
00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:43,960
It's putting science and and food together to make something

493
00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:46,960
not just flavorful on the on the plate, with something

494
00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:50,680
beautiful on the plate. Is you know, Luisiana is well

495
00:26:50,759 --> 00:26:53,720
known for jambalayas and and and gumbos and stuff like that,

496
00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:57,759
but it's not necessarily artistic. If you go to if

497
00:26:57,880 --> 00:26:59,880
you know, there's a there's a handful of restaurants that

498
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:03,359
I've been to that even looking at the plate, You're like,

499
00:27:03,759 --> 00:27:07,079
how much did I just pay for that? And the

500
00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,240
reason for it is is because the amount of labor

501
00:27:09,319 --> 00:27:12,039
that goes into bringing the food and the and the

502
00:27:12,279 --> 00:27:15,400
dish to that point is extraordinary. You know, like there's

503
00:27:16,079 --> 00:27:18,480
hours of labor probably that goes into it from some

504
00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:21,039
very high dollar chefs that you know, how to handle

505
00:27:21,079 --> 00:27:24,240
the food that way. And so I've seen I've seen

506
00:27:24,319 --> 00:27:27,519
that food on TV, you know, but very few restaurants

507
00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:30,079
you see that. I mean, even at Commanders you can

508
00:27:30,119 --> 00:27:32,079
get both. I think, you know, like you can get

509
00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:34,160
some food art, but you can also get some comfort

510
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:36,799
food out of it, So I don't know, I tend

511
00:27:36,960 --> 00:27:38,000
to go the other direction.

512
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Speaker 10: You know.

513
00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:41,519
Speaker 5: Food art to me is also expression so it's you know,

514
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:48,039
artistic chefs that way, they they get their expressionism through

515
00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:51,920
what the plate looks like. And then I think, you know,

516
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,400
for other chefs, the art of it is is taking

517
00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:57,880
what's inside of you and putting it into your food, right,

518
00:27:57,960 --> 00:28:01,079
and it's that's that's almost more thought food, but I

519
00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:04,160
think it's still an expression, right, and expressionism is kind

520
00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:08,400
of ties into art, so you know, it's interpretive. I think.

521
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Speaker 3: All right, there he is our guy. Chef Michael Johnson,

522
00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:14,839
executive chef for LSU Athletics, joined us every single week

523
00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:18,519
to answer your munchie question. Chef, we appreciate it. Happy birthday,

524
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,559
happy anniversary, Happy Saint Patrick's Day, and we'll catch you

525
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:23,319
again next week.

526
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,079
Speaker 5: Likewise, you guys think here all right, you as well?

527
00:28:26,079 --> 00:28:28,000
Speaker 3: All right, we will step away when we come back,

528
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going to be joined by the head baseball coach for

529
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the LSU Fighting Tigers, Jay Johnson. Right here on OTB

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Speaker 1: Blocked in on LSU Football twenty four to seven. You're

556
00:30:04,720 --> 00:30:15,759
listening to Off the Bench, all right.

557
00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:19,039
Speaker 3: Welcome back in OTB here live from the Raisin Kines studio.

558
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:22,640
Always our pleasure to have our guy Jay Johnson join us,

559
00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:25,599
of course, head baseball coach for the LSU Fighting Tigers. Coach,

560
00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:27,559
we appreciate hopping on with us. Hope you're doing well,

561
00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:31,160
doing great. How are you guys doing fantastic? And like

562
00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:33,400
I said, glad to have you back on the show.

563
00:30:33,839 --> 00:30:37,079
Obviously getting ready to head to Nashville to start the SEC.

564
00:30:37,279 --> 00:30:39,480
Hard to believe coach already an SEC play.

565
00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:43,359
Speaker 11: Yeah, I'm excited hopping on the bus right now, heading

566
00:30:43,359 --> 00:30:45,839
over to the airport and get over there practice today

567
00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:49,319
and get it going with Vanderbilt, you know, ten weekends,

568
00:30:50,119 --> 00:30:52,880
highest level of baseball at least in college baseball, and

569
00:30:53,599 --> 00:30:54,720
excited for that challenge.

570
00:30:55,279 --> 00:30:58,119
Speaker 3: Coach. Whenever you're going into a situation where okay, the

571
00:30:58,240 --> 00:31:00,880
non con is over it's play. And you've got a

572
00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:03,319
ton of players on your team that obviously have been

573
00:31:03,359 --> 00:31:05,359
through it and been through the fire at the SEC.

574
00:31:05,559 --> 00:31:07,720
But for the ones that haven't, be it a freshman

575
00:31:07,799 --> 00:31:10,640
or be it somebody who came over through the transfer portal,

576
00:31:11,359 --> 00:31:14,039
is that a hey, before we do this, you know,

577
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,960
maybe yesterday, the day before, whenever it is, let's have

578
00:31:17,039 --> 00:31:19,440
a conversation. Make sure you're locked in because this is

579
00:31:19,480 --> 00:31:21,279
about to be a ten week crime.

580
00:31:22,680 --> 00:31:25,279
Speaker 11: Yeah. I think the conversation was a little bit different

581
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:29,359
for our team the last couple you know, days, and

582
00:31:29,799 --> 00:31:33,200
definitely last week of there's some steps like we need

583
00:31:33,279 --> 00:31:35,720
to take, you know, to just have our own house

584
00:31:35,799 --> 00:31:40,000
in order and understand that in baseball that you know,

585
00:31:40,119 --> 00:31:45,119
there is some uncomfortable moments in a game, there can

586
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,759
be some frustration. If you let those things creep in

587
00:31:48,839 --> 00:31:50,839
in the middle of trying to execute a game that's,

588
00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:54,000
in my opinion, harder than any other, you have no

589
00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:58,000
chance of success. And we lived in that a little

590
00:31:58,079 --> 00:32:02,759
longer than we probably needed to. And now it's our

591
00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:07,279
task to take that experience and turn it into you know,

592
00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:11,480
I guess what I would call resilience and toughness. Learning

593
00:32:11,759 --> 00:32:13,799
you know where we need to be better and then

594
00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:16,440
applying that and you know, it's only been you know,

595
00:32:16,559 --> 00:32:17,960
one opportunity since then.

596
00:32:18,079 --> 00:32:19,920
Speaker 10: But I thought our team did a good job of that.

597
00:32:20,680 --> 00:32:22,359
On Tuesday night, we found.

598
00:32:22,119 --> 00:32:25,640
Speaker 11: Ourselves in a very similar position, but the response to

599
00:32:25,759 --> 00:32:28,799
that was much higher level than what it had been

600
00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:30,000
to this point in the season.

601
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:34,640
Speaker 4: So you've certainly had probably more coaching moments than you

602
00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:36,960
wanted to up to this point of the season. But

603
00:32:37,559 --> 00:32:40,720
what what is a couple of things that you've specifically

604
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:43,599
worked on with the team? Yeah, I know a lot

605
00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:46,119
of the things you do is you know, you're it's

606
00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:47,960
the psychology of the player. You got to learn how

607
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:48,960
to fight through adversity.

608
00:32:49,079 --> 00:32:50,559
Speaker 2: But how do you do that?

609
00:32:50,759 --> 00:32:52,759
Speaker 4: Like what what is the what is has a team

610
00:32:52,839 --> 00:32:55,319
come together? Like how did they kind of flip a switch?

611
00:32:55,359 --> 00:32:56,960
And how do you need what? What do you need

612
00:32:57,079 --> 00:32:58,680
from them going into sec play?

613
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,680
Speaker 11: Yeah, I think it's showing up, you know, mindful and

614
00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:06,759
then tinful for what's required. And you know, like we

615
00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:10,799
were here for six hours before we even played the

616
00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:12,799
game the other day, and you could look at that

617
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,480
as a player and you've been through that deal where

618
00:33:15,519 --> 00:33:18,000
you look at the practice plan and go like, man,

619
00:33:18,079 --> 00:33:19,400
this is a lot and then we're going to be

620
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:22,119
here for a four hour game and you can make

621
00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:25,279
a decision like you know, the stinks and I'm not

622
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,119
going to invest in it and the day's probably not

623
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,759
going to go very good. It's like, how do you

624
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:34,480
choose to look at what's ahead of you? And we

625
00:33:35,319 --> 00:33:37,440
point blank needed to get better and the only way

626
00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:39,400
I know how to do that is to spend time

627
00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:39,680
on it.

628
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Speaker 10: So that's what we did Tuesday.

629
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Speaker 11: I think they made a good decision on Tuesday to

630
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understand what and why we were doing and bring the

631
00:33:47,359 --> 00:33:50,799
right frame of mind to that. And then you know,

632
00:33:50,880 --> 00:33:53,279
it's one game, but they were rewarded for that, and

633
00:33:53,359 --> 00:33:56,359
then there's another lesson of you know, last Friday night,

634
00:33:56,480 --> 00:33:58,920
we probably played the best game that we've played all

635
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:02,039
season long, but that doesn't mean you've arrived. So it's

636
00:34:02,039 --> 00:34:05,400
a daily decision to do that. So moving into a

637
00:34:05,799 --> 00:34:09,559
road series or SEC play, you have to make another

638
00:34:09,679 --> 00:34:11,960
decision of what is this about, Like what are we

639
00:34:12,119 --> 00:34:15,960
going to do and accomplish this weekend? And if you

640
00:34:16,079 --> 00:34:18,239
just kind of casually do it like hey, it's another

641
00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:22,280
road trip or just another deal, and don't make a decision.

642
00:34:22,719 --> 00:34:24,599
You're gonna get beat if you don't. If you do,

643
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:27,280
you're gonna give yourself the best chance to be successful. So,

644
00:34:28,400 --> 00:34:31,440
like you said, it's a lot of psychologies. Some of

645
00:34:31,519 --> 00:34:33,840
it's just pure baseball. You know of what we need

646
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:37,079
to do better, and we'll always attack those things. And

647
00:34:37,960 --> 00:34:39,760
you get better at both of them, you're gonna play

648
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:41,119
a lot better and win more games.

649
00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:44,800
Speaker 3: Guys, nobether LSU had baseball coach Jay Johnson here on

650
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:48,440
OTB a coach. On Tuesday night, you were able to

651
00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:51,840
put in a leader on this team in the middle

652
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:53,400
of the game that I know you've been waiting on.

653
00:34:53,519 --> 00:34:56,079
That's Chris Stanfield. He is you know, comes in as

654
00:34:56,079 --> 00:34:59,760
a defensive replacement, gets in that bat on Tuesday. What

655
00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:01,679
is mean to have a guy like that back? I

656
00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:03,760
mean he feels like he is such a spark for

657
00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:06,400
this team he was a year ago. And to slowly

658
00:35:06,519 --> 00:35:09,639
work him back into the fold, Yeah.

659
00:35:09,679 --> 00:35:13,920
Speaker 10: It's a big deal. You know. Somebody said to me

660
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:17,119
when he got hurt and was going to miss some time, like, hey,

661
00:35:17,199 --> 00:35:18,880
maybe this could be a good thing for us.

662
00:35:18,960 --> 00:35:21,079
Speaker 11: Get some other guys in there. I'm like, what are

663
00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:23,519
you talking about? Like the guy was leading hitter on

664
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:27,480
the team and SEC play. Last year on a national

665
00:35:27,599 --> 00:35:30,079
championship team, he led the SEC in doubles and he's

666
00:35:30,079 --> 00:35:33,880
elite defensive outfielder and brings a lot of intangibles to

667
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:38,719
the table. And you know, this team probably needs and

668
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:42,880
needed his presence right more than even last year's team.

669
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:45,320
And he was one of the vital pieces of why

670
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:49,280
we have a championship trophy, a flag and rings, and

671
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:53,400
you know that happened. So I'm certainly happy to have

672
00:35:53,519 --> 00:35:56,559
him back in the capacity that we do, and now

673
00:35:56,639 --> 00:35:58,599
we just want to build it back to for where

674
00:35:58,639 --> 00:36:01,599
he can can impact the game and impact winning, you know,

675
00:36:01,679 --> 00:36:03,760
the way he did for us last year. And you

676
00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:05,440
know even on opening day this year.

677
00:36:06,199 --> 00:36:10,239
Speaker 4: Guys, every team's got to have somebody or multiple people

678
00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:13,639
step up when when the adversity strikes, when the backs

679
00:36:13,679 --> 00:36:16,360
against the ball a little bit. Certainly Jake Brown has

680
00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:18,639
done that in the bad in the lineup, he's bad

681
00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:20,639
over four hundred right now, What is he kind of

682
00:36:20,679 --> 00:36:21,840
meant to your team so far?

683
00:36:23,159 --> 00:36:25,320
Speaker 11: Well, he's the best player on the team right now,

684
00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:26,599
there's no question about that.

685
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:31,920
Speaker 10: And you know, I'm proud of his development here. You know,

686
00:36:32,039 --> 00:36:32,920
over three years.

687
00:36:33,280 --> 00:36:35,920
Speaker 11: You know, he's a good example for the young players.

688
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:39,400
I mean, you know, part time players a freshman, closer

689
00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:42,400
to a full time player as a sophomore, and as

690
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:44,320
talented as he is, you might look at it and

691
00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:46,599
go like, why didn't he just play him all the time.

692
00:36:46,639 --> 00:36:49,159
It's like, well, he was on the national championship team

693
00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:51,519
and we had a way to do it that obviously

694
00:36:51,639 --> 00:36:54,840
worked and was successful. But instead of what you know,

695
00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,000
I would call, you know, take your ball and go

696
00:36:57,119 --> 00:36:59,960
home or transfer any of that, he just kept working.

697
00:37:00,079 --> 00:37:03,039
Speaker 10: And because he's so talented and he kept working and.

698
00:37:03,280 --> 00:37:06,519
Speaker 11: Go back to that mindset piece. Now you're seeing all

699
00:37:06,559 --> 00:37:09,639
the rewards of that for him, and he deserves all

700
00:37:09,679 --> 00:37:12,159
the credit for that because of his mindset is talent

701
00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:16,199
and his work ethic and the good great player for

702
00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:18,840
us and a great example for his teammates.

703
00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:22,239
Speaker 3: Yeah, coach too is a great mustache. But Coach, we

704
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:26,000
talked about LSU baseball like if you go back and

705
00:37:26,079 --> 00:37:28,159
you look at the history, and certainly since you've been

706
00:37:28,239 --> 00:37:31,079
here as well, it's continued on all the great LSU

707
00:37:31,159 --> 00:37:34,079
baseball teams, they always have that guy from Louisiana that

708
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:37,000
has dreamed of playing for the LSU Tigers since he

709
00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:39,639
is six years old, since he started swinging a bat,

710
00:37:40,119 --> 00:37:42,639
And they're always kind of those guys that are kind

711
00:37:42,679 --> 00:37:44,519
of the life of the team you go to. You know,

712
00:37:44,639 --> 00:37:48,000
your Cade, Beloso's and Travinsky's. I mean, I could give

713
00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:49,719
you one hundred names and you know them all obviously,

714
00:37:50,039 --> 00:37:52,760
Like he is that guy. I think this year as well,

715
00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:55,239
like somebody that has always wanted to be an LSU Tiger.

716
00:37:55,280 --> 00:37:57,000
And you mentioned it, there's times where maybe he could

717
00:37:57,000 --> 00:37:59,760
have done something else, but playing in that stadium, playing

718
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:01,840
in that environment, putting that uniform on, and you can

719
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:04,000
tell it means something different to him.

720
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:07,760
Speaker 11: Oh, there's no doubt about that. And I think, you know,

721
00:38:08,159 --> 00:38:11,400
we're probably one of the programs that still has that

722
00:38:11,559 --> 00:38:15,079
element to it and that you know, all the changes

723
00:38:15,159 --> 00:38:19,159
in college athletics and it's a whole other conversation, but

724
00:38:19,599 --> 00:38:22,960
you know, when you talk about him and his pride

725
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:26,679
in that and wanting to make this something that it's

726
00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:30,239
always been and that he grew up idolizing and wanting

727
00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:32,159
to be a part of, there's a lot of power

728
00:38:32,199 --> 00:38:34,920
in that. You know, felt the same way about you know,

729
00:38:35,039 --> 00:38:38,960
Kate last year. You know, Kate Anderson. You know, you

730
00:38:39,039 --> 00:38:44,320
guys mentioned Kate Blosso, Davin Dugas. That's a very very

731
00:38:45,239 --> 00:38:48,320
you know, real thing. You know, William Schmidt was committed

732
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:50,880
to Mississippi State until he wasn't because this is what

733
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:51,719
he always.

734
00:38:51,440 --> 00:38:55,239
Speaker 10: Wanted to do. And so it's been something that you know,

735
00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:56,239
coming out here from.

736
00:38:56,079 --> 00:38:59,800
Speaker 11: The West, like, I appreciate about those guys and you know,

737
00:38:59,880 --> 00:39:02,440
it is a big part of our you know, fabric

738
00:39:02,519 --> 00:39:04,920
as a team program and part of our success as

739
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:06,159
it's as it's always been.

740
00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:10,480
Speaker 4: Coach Jake Brown said, yeah, I think you said this

741
00:39:10,639 --> 00:39:13,880
yesterday that Zion Theopolis wrote every down on the team

742
00:39:13,960 --> 00:39:17,239
a note just telling like positive, positive encouragement and just

743
00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:20,760
at the bottom he just said, believe it. That is

744
00:39:21,159 --> 00:39:24,519
that's certainly like an incredible type of leadership. But I was,

745
00:39:25,159 --> 00:39:26,119
did can you confirm that?

746
00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:26,400
Speaker 3: Did?

747
00:39:26,519 --> 00:39:28,360
Speaker 2: Was there a note written to all the players and

748
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:30,079
what they kind of do for the team.

749
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:32,960
Speaker 10: Yeah, well it's massive.

750
00:39:33,079 --> 00:39:35,599
Speaker 11: You guys have been part of great teams and you know,

751
00:39:36,199 --> 00:39:39,679
there's the coach, and you know, I always believe that

752
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,639
the coach has to set the course and is is

753
00:39:42,760 --> 00:39:45,320
the leader. I would never put that responsibility off on

754
00:39:45,400 --> 00:39:46,440
an assistant.

755
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:46,760
Speaker 10: Coach or a player.

756
00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:50,719
Speaker 11: But you guys know the power of pure leadership and

757
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:55,599
when a player a peer steps up and does the

758
00:39:55,760 --> 00:40:01,039
right thing, that can really really impact the team.

759
00:40:01,559 --> 00:40:04,719
Speaker 10: And it was amazing that that's what he.

760
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:08,519
Speaker 11: Did, because you know, we started with a meeting on Tuesday,

761
00:40:08,639 --> 00:40:11,239
and there was three or four layers to that meeting,

762
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:13,639
and I didn't know that Diane had done that. But

763
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:16,320
the first layer was a reminder of why this team

764
00:40:17,679 --> 00:40:20,960
can be successful, you know, and you start hearing him

765
00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:24,360
talk about that, like why we can be successful, and

766
00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:29,239
it was almost like a collective sigh of relief of like,

767
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:32,880
oh yeah, like we have something we can can build

768
00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:34,719
off of here as tough as it's been. Well, I

769
00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:37,920
didn't know he had done that, you know, right before that, and.

770
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:41,599
Speaker 10: So it was perfect timing. And he's a really good pitcher, and.

771
00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:46,639
Speaker 11: That's high level maturity. He's got like a thirty five

772
00:40:46,719 --> 00:40:50,880
on the ACT, so the intelligence levels there and the

773
00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:53,360
care level, you know, and he's I think he's going

774
00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:55,920
to be a key part of our team from the mound,

775
00:40:56,119 --> 00:40:59,199
just on the pitching contribution. But you know, that's that's

776
00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:02,079
very uncommon nowadays, you know, because young players a lot

777
00:41:02,119 --> 00:41:05,400
of times they'd rather be liked than respected, you know,

778
00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:08,440
and it takes some balls to you know, do something

779
00:41:08,559 --> 00:41:08,719
like that.

780
00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:10,239
Speaker 10: And I'm proud of him for that.

781
00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:13,639
Speaker 11: And I brought him in the office yesterday to talk

782
00:41:13,679 --> 00:41:15,039
to him, and I think he thought he was like

783
00:41:15,079 --> 00:41:17,280
in trouble or something like that, and I was just like,

784
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:20,280
I really wanted to validate that because I thought it

785
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:24,280
was awesome, so easy, easy player for everybody to get

786
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:27,800
behind and proud of him, and I think it was

787
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,280
it was much needed for some players on our team

788
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:32,320
that he stepped up and did that.

789
00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:33,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a hell of a comment.

790
00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:36,679
Speaker 4: Belt like, especially this generation, people would be rather liked

791
00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:38,840
than Yeah, I expect it exactly, great comment.

792
00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:40,599
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm right there with you, and for a young

793
00:41:40,639 --> 00:41:43,119
player as well, coach, before we let you go in again,

794
00:41:43,159 --> 00:41:45,599
we certainly appreciate the time on the way to travel

795
00:41:45,679 --> 00:41:49,159
to Nashville to take on Vanderbilt. So just maybe real quick,

796
00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:51,840
just kind of a preview of Vanderbilt. I know they're

797
00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:54,320
eleven and seven on this season, but it's Vanderbilt. It's

798
00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:57,079
going to their place. We all know they have incredibly

799
00:41:57,159 --> 00:41:59,480
talented players. Kind of give us maybe a rundown of

800
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:00,639
this team this year.

801
00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:02,960
Speaker 10: Yeah, plenty of talent.

802
00:42:03,400 --> 00:42:05,760
Speaker 11: I think they're second in the SEC and home runs.

803
00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:09,800
Speaker 10: You know, they have a new hitting coach this year

804
00:42:10,079 --> 00:42:11,400
that is very.

805
00:42:11,360 --> 00:42:14,880
Speaker 11: Well thought of, so maybe a little bit better approach

806
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:18,199
at the plate, more physical players. They actually moved the

807
00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:23,719
fences in at their stadium, so like they they're a

808
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:27,519
little more you know, I would say power reliance, and

809
00:42:27,639 --> 00:42:30,079
they've been been a little bit more of a speed

810
00:42:30,199 --> 00:42:34,519
base shrunning, disruption execution type team, which they still try

811
00:42:34,559 --> 00:42:38,039
to do some of that, but they're taking a they're

812
00:42:38,079 --> 00:42:41,599
taking a swing when they're in the box, maybe a

813
00:42:41,639 --> 00:42:45,679
little more susceptible to striking out than in the past,

814
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:47,920
which you know, I think we have some pictures that

815
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:52,679
can take advantage of that part of it. Talented on

816
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:55,400
the mound. You know, they've gone through some some injuries.

817
00:42:55,679 --> 00:42:59,039
You know, we just talked about Chris and you know

818
00:42:59,239 --> 00:43:00,239
that impacts you team.

819
00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:02,199
Speaker 10: You know, they have a few guys on the mound.

820
00:43:02,000 --> 00:43:03,559
Speaker 11: That are out and.

821
00:43:05,159 --> 00:43:07,440
Speaker 10: You know, so that's part of what they're going through

822
00:43:07,559 --> 00:43:07,880
right now.

823
00:43:08,039 --> 00:43:11,920
Speaker 11: But you know it's Coach Corbyn's probably the best coach

824
00:43:11,960 --> 00:43:16,280
in college baseball since Skip and Augie Gurrito, so I'm

825
00:43:16,280 --> 00:43:18,440
sure they're going to be ready to play. And we

826
00:43:18,559 --> 00:43:20,679
haven't been here since my first year here, so I

827
00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:22,800
think the team we're looking forward to to the series

828
00:43:22,840 --> 00:43:23,400
and getting going.

829
00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:26,159
Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely looking forward to watching it as well. Coach.

830
00:43:26,199 --> 00:43:28,960
Can't thank you enough for your time, save travels, best

831
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:30,639
of luck, and we'll catch up again with you next week.

832
00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:32,480
Speaker 10: All right, guys, have a great day.

833
00:43:32,519 --> 00:43:35,119
Speaker 3: All right you as well. LSU had baseball coach Jay

834
00:43:35,159 --> 00:43:37,719
Johnson good enough to join us every single Thursday here

835
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:40,320
on OTB. All right, real quick before you take this break.

836
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:43,199
March is colon cancer Awareness month, and it's a good

837
00:43:43,199 --> 00:43:45,840
reminder that colon cancer is one of the most common cancers,

838
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but it's also one of the most preventable. Win called

839
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early screening can actually find small growth before they even

840
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turn into cancer, which is why doctors recommend adult start

841
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getting screened at the age of forty five. And if

842
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you have a family history, are symptoms like ongoing stomach pain, bleeding,

843
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are changes in bathroom habits, don't wait to get checked.

844
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So a colonoscby is still the best screening tool, but

845
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for some people that are simple at tests at home

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849
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850
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take our final break of the show. Finish it up

851
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Speaker 1: Struggle from the locker room to the airwaves. Gets off

876
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the bench with Jacob Hester and Matt Flynn.

877
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878
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Speaker 1: Off the bench,