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Speaker 1: I'll start to you to present Off the Bench.

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Speaker 2: This is what we have been waiting for Off the Bench.

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Speaker 1: Now, here's Jacob Hester.

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Speaker 3: Welcome in hour number three.

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Speaker 4: Here on a Wednesday edition of Off the Bench. Taylor

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Sharp here with you sitting in or Jacob Hester. He

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is out at SEC Spring meetings, which we're going to

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get into in a little bit. Greg Sanky took to

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the mic actually yesterday to open things up at SEC

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Spring meetings, and the guy had a lot to say.

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To say the least, you know, the big topic of

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conversation out there has been the changing in the college

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ball playoff format and they're just gonna go with a

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straight seating model instead of like conference jams, automatic qualifiers

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like that sort of thing. So there's been a lot

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of discussion on that. We'll play some audio from Greg

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sank Is. He had quite a few things to say.

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Speaker 5: Now.

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Speaker 4: The thing about Greg is he started out so strong,

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like he started talking about how people are complaining that

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the SEC and the Big Ten want to ruin college

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football because they're going to benefit from it, and it's

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what's best for the SEC, not necessarily what's the best

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for all of college football. And then he points out

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that it hasn't benefited the SEC, and I kind of.

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Speaker 3: Agree with him on that.

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Speaker 4: Because you go look at the BCS. I mean, what

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was it. It was seven straight national titles in the

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BCS era, going from Florida in what six LSU and

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seven back to Florida all the way through really until

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Florida State beat Auburn in like twenty twelve, twenty thirteen

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whenever that was.

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Speaker 3: So it's it's always been the SEC.

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Speaker 4: You saw it in the four team playoff, the SEC

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did really well there as well. And then last year

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in the twelfth team. The first year of the twelfth team,

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the two teams playing for the national championship weren't even

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in the SEC. And then a year before that it

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was Michigan and Washington and neither of those teams in

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the SEC. So I agreed with him on that. It's

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just a bunch of things after that, which is what

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he said. We'll play the audio on that in just

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a few minutes. We were trying to get in touch

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with Ross Jackson right now of locked on Saints.

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Speaker 3: We're gonna talk to him for a little bit.

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Speaker 4: But before we do that, you know, we were talking

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about the Saints running. Oh, actually, I think we have

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mister Raws Jackson. We do have Ross Jackson. All right,

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let's bring in Ross Jackson right now of locked on

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Saints also rights for us right here at Louisiana Sports

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dot Net or else.

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Speaker 6: How are you this morning, Hey, Budy, I'm doing great, great,

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Thanks for your patience. Hope you're doing it well.

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Speaker 4: Oh yeah, absolutely, thanks for the time. Look, man, we

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have had internet issues for like two days, Like yesterday,

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during the middle of the show, we completely lost internet.

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The weather's been awful, Like I totally get it. That

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is not on you, Legross. You know, OTAs are underway

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for the New Orleans Saints. Then it goes just start

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super broad here. You can take this whichever direction you want.

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Maybe just your biggest overall takeaways from being out there

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at OTAs.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, I think the biggest thing that we're

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of course watching is the quarterback competition, right, and so

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I think as we're watching that, no decisions are going

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to be made during OTAs, but you get the opportunity

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to start to kind of see where the starting place

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is and what the growth looks like after that. And

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so we saw, you know, Spencer Ratler off to a

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fast start, which makes sense, has more NFL experience technically

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on a per play basis, also has more collegiate experience

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than Tyler Shuck more than six hundred more snaps than

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Tyler Shuck in college, more than three hundred additional passing

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attempts as opposed to Tyler Shuck as compared to Tyler

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Shuck in college. So you saw sort of the experience

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of the operation getting in and out of the huddle,

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being or on the offense, commanding the offense, making quick

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and decisive and precise decisions as well. I think all

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of that sort of stood out. I think the other

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two kind of big takeaways would have been, you know,

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taking a look at where things were with the offensive line,

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seeing tarpor Penning moved to the inside, giving them Calvin

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then you know, looking over at this kind of new

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defensive scheme and where things are. But one last thing

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some part of this too is not just about what

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happens on the field, it's you know, what's the kind

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of mood in the clubhouse, how's everybody feeling after a

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five win season and all these other things. And I

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Speaker 7: The vibe of practice, the vibe.

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Speaker 6: Of the building, the vibe of the locker room was very,

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very different. One player telling me that they feel that

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they're headed taking steps in the right direction with this

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new coaching staff. So you can kind of feel a

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little bit of the promise and optimism that should be

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there at this point of the year.

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Speaker 4: Wells, obviously there are players out there that'll stand out,

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something you like thought was going to look a little

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Speaker 7: Than it has, I don't think so.

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Speaker 6: I think that is one of those things that maybe

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comes together a little bit more in training camp during

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this time, what you're really seeing is like seven on

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seven's at best, and then you're seeing, you know, individual

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drills based on the position, maybe some walkthrough or run

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game install and things like that. So there's not really

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under that under so much of a microscope that you

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go to the critical.

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Speaker 3: Side of it.

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Speaker 6: I will say that, like the thanks having five players

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that you know aren't available because of injury right now,

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maybe could give people a little bit of pause. But

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it's worth remembering that like two of those players, Staysom

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Hill and Boston Morow, they're coming off of injuries from

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last year. Quincy Riley's dealing with an injury right now

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that was a post draft procedure, but something that pre

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existed his selection, and really the only you know, and

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Dollan Hulker is dealing with something that happened earlier in

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the off season as well, or earlier you know, away

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from the team, or not away from the team, but

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you know, early in the off season. And then you

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have Jake Hayner, who was injured in practice, dealing with

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that oblique injury and he's probably going to be out

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for OTAs, but nothing super severe. And the majority of

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the things that they're dealing with are things that pre exists,

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you know, OTAs, And so I think that even that

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has a little bit of context that even if you

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start to feel a little git concerned about it, has

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some context that maybe makes you feel little bit better.

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Speaker 4: Ross Earlier you were talking about Kevin I on Trevor

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lot of people have talked about, you know, with him

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moving to guard that O line, you got Fuaga Banks,

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you got Penning, Ruiz, Eric McCoy. How good could this

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O line potentially be under this Kelli Moore scheme? Like,

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could this be a strength for the team in twenty

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I'm glad that you brought up Kellen More in

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that because I was going to say, I think that

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that offensive line can be as can go as far

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as the coaching will take it. I think that that's

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the big thing about this. You can have if Trevor

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round picks and a first round grade guy in Eric

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in the second round during his draft year. But as

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a part of that and sort of figuring out where

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this team can head next, it's really going to be

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about how the scheme compliments the players and how the

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coaching compliments the players.

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Speaker 7: And I have I would have high.

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Speaker 6: Hopes for that, you know, looking into where this is headed,

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because I like the approach of the coaching staff is taking.

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You know, I had a great conversation with TJ. Paganetti,

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who's the Saints run game coordinator, kind of a new

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position for the team, and he spoke a lot about

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you know, I mean to put it frankly, one of

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my favorite things that he said was we don't put

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players in positions that suck. And I think that's just

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as important part of the equation as the individual players

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are is don't put them in bad situations and don't

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put them in positions where you're asked them to do

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something that maybe they struggle on that technique or maybe

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they're not as successful there, or they could be doing

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it a slightly different way, but you really want them

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to do it this way, not getting married to those things.

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coaching staff in that way will allow them to be

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able to better adjust things to compliment what it is

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that that offensive line, whatever configuration it takes, but in particular,

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if that's the configuration, just finding ways to better compliment

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what it is that that configuration of offensive lineman can do,

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it would be massive. And so that I think is

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the other big piece to this as well, is you know,

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what is the coaching staff going to ask them to

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do and how well do they coach it up. How

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do they coach it up? And then that's really going

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to be the thing that raises or drops the ceiling

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on what it is if these players are going to

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be able to do regardless of the offensive line configuration.

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Speaker 3: Ross Jackson joining us right now.

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Speaker 4: Ross yesterday on louisianasports dot Net, you put up old

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piece on Clyde Edwards Hilaire talking about, you know, his

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chances of making the team. Can I broke down the

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running back depth chart as well behind Alvin Kamara. What

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are your thoughts on Clyde Like, can could he be

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a weapon in this offense?

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Speaker 2: Yeah?

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Speaker 6: I think so. I mean he's one of those guys

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that has like the versatility to kind of be able

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to do everything. He can run between the tackles, he

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can get outside the tackles, he can catch passes, and

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he's a solid pass protector if nothing else, He's a

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willing pass protector. It's going to be challenging for him,

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just based on the fact that there are so many

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running backs in that room right now, and so it's

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an uphill climb no matter where you're starting in this situation.

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then in addition to that the veteran experience that he brings.

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sixth season, behind Alvin Kamara. I think that those things

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all kind of compliment what it is that he should

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be able to bring, or not necessarily compliment, but kind

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of elevate what it is that he brings to this team.

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the active roster, I don't know if he makes up

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on the practice squad, but I do give him a

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pretty fair shot at being one of the fifty three

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plus guys to end up making the roster. The big

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question is going to be how many running backs they

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keep on the active roster, because right now they don't

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have a fullback rostered, So do they utilize that position

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or that piece somewhere else that spot, or do they

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Speaker 7: It's going to be.

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Speaker 6: Interesting to see how they utilize that, even if that

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player is inactive on some games. But I do think

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that he has a chance. If there's four running backs kept,

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or if there's three running backs plus additional on the

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practice body, he's got a chance. To make a swing

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Speaker 4: Stink with the running back room, I mean you mentioned

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the crowded the crowded room. Are you have Kamara, Edwards Hilaire,

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you brought in Devin Neil and Marcus Yarns the rookies.

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was drafted by a different coaching staff. He's had injury

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issues that have kind of kept him off of the field,

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and everything. So he's got an uphill climb, But he

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the team last year. Like, there's a lot of these

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guys in this room, and so nobody is really walking

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in to a roster spot in this room except for

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Alvin Kamara. And then maybe you can make the argument

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for Devin Neil since he was drafted by this coaching staff.

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I also think Devin Neil is going to be a

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good NFL player, so I would give him that roster

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spot for that reason. But Kendre is going to have

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an opportunity here to prove that kind of the perception

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that's been built around him under that previous coaching staff.

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You know, a team that was dealing with injury all

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over the place and everything like that isn't really a

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perception of him. It was sort of a perception of

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his circumstance or his situation. He's got a real chance

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to kind of change the course of that conversation here

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this Austice, Well.

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Speaker 4: I'll switching to the Dvinser a little bit. You were

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talking about, you know, looking at the scheme under Brandon Staley.

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But you know, a big, big topic of conversation has

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been the same secondary because you know there are some

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pieces you have to replace air What's what's that group kind.

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Speaker 6: Of looked like, Yeah, I think on the defensive side

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or defensive secondary with the corners, I think is kind

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of where the biggest question mark is right now. I

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think your safeties are going to be set in Tyron,

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Matthew and Justin Reid. The question will become, you know,

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who's that rotational safety that that maybe comes in for

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dime sets and things like that. Does that remain Jordan

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Howden or as a guy like Yona Sanker, who is

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a part of this year's draft class, end up stepping

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into that role. So be a little bit of a

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battle of there. I think you'll you'll find. But when

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it comes to corner right, you're having to replace Marshall

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Attimore who was traded away last year. You having to

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replace Paul Sinadibo who signed with the New York Jets

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this offseason. So you've got kool Aid McKinstry as a

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guy that I think is, you know, a lock in

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one of your outside spots, and then Alante Taylor is

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going to have a role maybe that's outside and base

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packages and then moves inside it. Nickel will kind of

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see how it is that that Brandon Saley decides to

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use him. But I think keeping him maximized would be

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keeping him in the slot in some way to where

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he's allowed to be a disruptor as a pass rusher,

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as a run defender in coverage, threatening at the line

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of scrimmage, playing near a Liana scrimmage, all these other things.

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So I think you want to find a way to

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do that. So then that opens up sort of that

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outside corner spot in at least in Nickel packages. And

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so right now that's Isaac Adams Spott. He's the guy

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that came back. He had a great twenty twenty three

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with the team where the team was having to circumvent

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injuries at the position, and he played really well. There

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went off spent a year in San Francisco with the

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forty nine ers where Brandon Staley, now New Orleans Saints

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defensive coordinator, was the assistant head coach, and so those

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two got some opportunity with one another. So now they

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bring that back here to New Orleans. But now you've

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got Quincy Riley, who you've also drafted out of Louisville,

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who I think is a really talented player and is

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going to be a starter at some point. I just

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don't know if it's going to be week one. He's

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one of the guys that's managing injury right now or

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managing rehab right now, and so we'll see when he

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gets back. But that's going to kind of be the

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battle for that other spot, I believe, And so we'll

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see where Quincy Riley ends upry. And then the other

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name to watch isn't on the roster yet but could

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be on the roster, and that's a Sante Samuel Jr.

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Brandon Staley and Sante Samuel Junior go back to the

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Chargers' days. Sante was part of Brandon Staley's first ever

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draft class as a head coach. He's on the free

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agent market. He had a neck procedure earlier this offseason,

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set to be checked in July. If he's cleared from that,

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I expect that the Saints, who have already had him

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in for a visit, but at least shows some interest

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there so you could see another player that gets added

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to that sort of jumble and to that battle for

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the Saint in their secondary well s.

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Speaker 3: Before we get you out of here.

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Speaker 4: As far as like what fans should keep an eye on,

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obviously taking Kelvin Banks out of the equation, who appears

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to be a Day one starter, Like, are there any

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rookies out there to keep an eye on that you

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think these guys could play early?

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Speaker 6: Yeah, Danny Stutsman's just so much fun to watch all

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the time. Man, the Oklahoma linebacker. He is just a

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ball of energy, brings a lot of energy to a team,

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all these other things, you know. On a show that

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we did recently, former New Orleans States Squad receiver Lance

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Moore mentioned that like there's no there's no year requirement

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for leadership.

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Speaker 3: You just kind of have to have the time on task.

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Speaker 6: For sure, but you've also just have to have the

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personality that people are willing to rally around. And his

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personality is a personality that people are really to rally around,

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and so I'd definitely be watching out for him. And

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a guy that I think is going a little bit

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under discussed right now is defensive tech tackle Vernon Broughton.

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Him coming in, I think people were kind of surprised

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because there were other defensive tackles on the board and everything.

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But there's a connection here between Broughton and Bo Davis

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saying defensive line coach. They work together over in Texas.

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He's kind of getting the treatment of an early rotational

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player that's playing at nose tackle, moving outside to three

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four defensive end. He's kind of getting a lot of

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these different opportunities. So he'd be another one number ninety

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one that I'd be watching as well, just to kind

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of see if he ends up turning into one of

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the surprise contributors for a lot of people out of

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this draft class because he's at this sort of un

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sexy position and is the name that people aren't really

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talking about very much.

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Speaker 4: Ross Jackson, you can catch your stuff at Locked on

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Saints as well as see his article right here at

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Louisiana Sports dot net. Ross, thanks so much for the

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time this morning.

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Speaker 2: Thank you man.

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Speaker 6: You take the safe and I'll talk to you soon.

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Speaker 4: Appreciate your having absolutely that right there was Ross Jackson.

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A right, We're gonna take a time out and we

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get back. Greg Sankie had some interesting comments at SEC

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spring meetings. We're breaking it down next here on off

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to Off the Bench.

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Speaker 4: Welcome back in nour number three here on a Wednesday

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edition of Off the Bench. Thanks so much to Rawls

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Jackson for hopping on with us, talking a little Saints

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OTAs as there is just a ton of news coming

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out of New Orleans all the time this week. Okay,

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SEC Spring meetings currently taking place, which is where our

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normal host Jay Kester is currently at. Look, we're gonna

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we're gonna try to get some interviews that Jake did

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sent back to us.

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Speaker 3: We may play them tomorrow.

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Speaker 4: Jacob may hope one I'll be in discussion with him

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throughout the day, and you'll have to tune in tomorrow

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to find out just how that looks. A little bit earlier,

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I was talking about, you know, Greg Sankie him saying

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the twelve team playoff didn't.

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Speaker 3: Benefit the SEC. I agree.

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Speaker 4: You know, we saw it with the BCS seven national

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championships in the road for the SEC the four team playoff,

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we saw it there as well. But the last year

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of the fourteen playoff, it was Michigan in Washington. This

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past year in the twelve team playoff, it was a

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Notre Dame in Ohio State. None of those are SEC team.

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So all this talk about, oh, well, you know the

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new scheduling format in the twelve team playoff, like the

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Big Ten and the SEC are only interested in improving

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their conferences, not just all of college football. I think

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Greg Sanki hit that on the nose in terms of, hey, look,

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it's kind of always been this way with the SEC,

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and the twelve team playoff didn't necessarily benefit us. Here's

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where Sanki loses me though. We're gonna play this. This

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is from Greg Sanki yesterday when he was talking about

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what it takes to make the college football playoff.

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Speaker 3: I was all on board until this radio.

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Speaker 9: One of the things you learned is you're not going

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to divorce your regular season schedule for college football playoff selection.

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In fact, I think there's more of a feeling that

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regular season scheduling is governed by college football playoff selection.

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Witness the discontinuation of the series. This isn't critical of Troy.

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It's critical of the reality that, hey, you can drop

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a big series and it's not going to hurt you

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come selection time. You have a team that played four

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games against teams with six and six records last year

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that got in. Another team didn't play really anybody at

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the top of its conference was selected in, and it's

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clear that not losing becomes in many ways more important

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than beating the University of Georgia, which two of our

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teams were left out. Nobody had that kind of quality win.

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Speaker 4: First off, Alondra, could you chill with the typing whenever gradual?

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Speaker 5: Is all I got from that video is somebody is

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tygorously tight, like very aggressive in that clip. But that

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sounds like T Bob in the mornings, like when I

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used to walk in here. T Bob Clay like that,

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Oh my god, that is all I got out that clip.

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Speaker 4: I just thought it was funny, like people in the

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car probably like who's type? He really No, that was

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on the actual audio clip that we played. Somebody in

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there doing their job a little bit too aggressive. But

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I'm gonna kind of reiterate what Greg sank said right there,

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because I just think he's off base with this. Greg

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SANKI said, it's clear that losing becomes in many ways

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more important than beating the University of Georgia, which two

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of our teams that were left out did.

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Speaker 3: That's true.

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Speaker 4: Look Alabama, Ole Miss, South Carolina, they were left out,

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Bama and Georgia. I mean Bama and Ole Miss, boat

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took down Georgia. Obviously he's referring to teams like an Indiana,

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like an SMU. But you know what would to help

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those teams get in not losing three regular season games

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to crappy teams. Alabama beat Georgia, sure, a twenty four

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to seventeen lost to Tennessee, who made it to the

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College Football Playoff but didn't do much there. Gave up

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forty points to Vanderbilt and a forty to thirty five

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loss Varnerbilt wound up not being that great.

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Speaker 3: I remember that.

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Speaker 4: And then they go on the road to Norman and

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get stamped twenty four to three to the Oklahoma Sooners,

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who had trouble adjusting to the SEC in year one.

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I remember they weren't that great either. Sure, Alabama beat Georgia,

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but you gave up forty points to Vanderbilt, who lost

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what five games this year? Oklahoma was a middle of

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the road team. You lost twenty four to three to them.

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Couldn't even score a touchdown in that game. And then

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let's go to Ole Miss. They beat Georgia, but you

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know what else they did. They lost twenty to seventeen

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to an awful Kentucky team. They lost at LSU in

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overtime twenty nine, twenty six. Maybe if they take that game,

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their fortunes are a little bit different. And then a

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twenty four to seventeen lost to Florida, who's also worse

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than Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Florida. Three of all Miss losses,

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none of those teams were in the College Football Playoff

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this past year. Maybe don't lose three games. Rebels did

479
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beat Georgia twenty eight to ten, but your season. You

480
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should look at the season as a whole, not just

481
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beating the University of Georgia. How about South Carolina, who

482
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I actually thought was the best of the three teams

483
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that were ultimately left out. They played really well down

484
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the stretch, They beat Clemson, they did a good job

485
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at the end of the season. They lose early in

486
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the season to LSU at home thirty six thirty three.

487
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How was the game that LSU escaped in? South Carolina

488
00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,000
had LSU on the ropes and just refused to win

489
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that game. Every single factor win against the Tigers in

490
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the game, and somehow LSU still came away with.

491
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Speaker 3: That's a game you should have won. Again.

492
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Speaker 4: LSU good team last year, not a college football playoff team.

493
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So you could say, okay, well, South Carolina had a

494
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good win against LSU, they didn't even play Georgia, and

495
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I thought that they were playing the best out of

496
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them Ole Miss and Alabama at the end of the year.

497
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But it's hard to justify putting South Carona in when

498
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they lost head to head twenty seven to three to

499
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two Old Miss and twenty seven to twenty five to Alabama.

500
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So bad losses for Bama and Ole Miss, Florida, Kentucky

501
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for Old Miss, Vandy, and Oklahoma for Alabama.

502
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Speaker 3: South Carolina doesn't have a bad loss.

503
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Speaker 4: Their losses are three points to LSU, you lose to

504
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Ole Miss, who was in the playoff conversation. You lose

505
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to Alabama by two points, who was in the playoff conversation.

506
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So they definitely had the best resume as far as

507
00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:32,279
bad losses. But can you really put in South Carolina

508
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when they lost head to head to Ole Miss and Alabama.

509
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I get what Greg Sinkie's trying to say. What Greg

510
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Sankie's trying to say is strength of schedule no longer matters.

511
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Speaker 3: And I agree with that.

512
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Speaker 4: I don't think strength of schedule does matter anymore with

513
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the college football playoff, especially now where they're just gonna

514
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go street seating. As far as ranking teams in the

515
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top twelve, it's just gonna go straight one through twelve.

516
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Speaker 3: I agree with that.

517
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Speaker 4: But let's not act like beating Georgia was held against

518
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these teams.

519
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Speaker 3: It was not.

520
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Speaker 4: Beating Georgia is what put these teams in the conversation.

521
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There was a multiple things you could have done. You

522
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could have not lost three games. If you're Alabama. You

523
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could have not given up forty to Vandy. You could

524
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have not gotten your butt kick twenty four to three

525
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to a bad Oklahoma team. And if you're Ole Miss,

526
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you cannot lose to Florida and Kentucky.

527
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Speaker 3: You can't do it.

528
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Speaker 4: And you went on the road and lost the game

529
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to LSU and overtime you win that game. Maybe your

530
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fortunes are a little bit different. But how about not

531
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losing to bad teams? Maybe maybe not losing to bad

532
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teams would have helped Alabama, Ole Miss in South Carolina

533
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get into the College Football Playoff. Now, Orbama, ole Miss,

534
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and South Carolina better than Indiana SMU. Maybe I would

535
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even venture to say probably. But putting a team in

536
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because you believe they're better is so biased and subjective.

537
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I remember when this college football Playoff was put together,

538
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the common phrase use was settle it on the field.

539
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How can you do that if these teams don't get

540
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an opportunity? How can you say settle it on the field?

541
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And you look past on field performances you say, oh, well,

542
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Alabama and Ole Miss they have two bad losses, they've

543
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lost three games. Hey, but they beat the University of Georgia,

544
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and Georgia is pretty good. Let's throw out the rest

545
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of their season, the rest of their results, for all

546
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their games. They beat the University of Georgia, they should

547
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be in the College Football Playoff. If that's the case,

548
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why are you playing the other eleven games on your schedule?

549
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Just go play Georgia. If you beat them, you're in

550
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the College Football Playoff. If you don't, sorry, you're going home.

551
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You're watching the College Football Playoff on the couch. I

552
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get what Sinkie's trying to say. But to say that, oh,

553
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not losing is more important than beating the University of Georgia,

554
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He's right to an extent. Alabama and ole Miss don't

555
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lose the crappy teams. If South Carolina beats one of

556
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ole Miss and Alabama, they get it. These teams did

557
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it to themselves. It was nothing about oh well, poor us,

558
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we play in the SEZ. South Carolina didn't have to

559
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play Georgia.

560
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Speaker 3: I mean it.

561
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Speaker 4: They had a pretty easy path. All they had to

562
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do was beat one of ole Miss in Alabama. They

563
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couldn't do it. So sorry, not sorry, Greg, it is

564
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what it is. Don't don't complain about having a tough

565
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schedule in the SEC. Because the SEC does have tough schedule.

566
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Teams that Ole miss and Alabama lost to, we're not

567
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tough teams.

568
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Speaker 3: All right.

569
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Speaker 4: Look, we're going to take a quick time out when

570
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we get back. Doug Thompson, former LSU pitcher, also does

571
00:26:16,839 --> 00:26:18,920
the color on the baseball broadcast with the voice of

572
00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,359
the Tigers, Chris Blair. Doug's gonna hop on with us

573
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next for a little s LSU regional preview that's coming up.

574
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Speaker 3: Next here on, Off the bench, Off the bench, all right,

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Speaker 2: Trash rangers dot com is the website. And remember we

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told you yesterday, Gonna remind you again for Memorial Day,

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All routes will run as normally scheduled on Friday and

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also on Monday, which is Memorial Day, So enjoy the holiday.

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They have got the trash covered. Another great service you're

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lucky ones that has the ability to have trash Rangers

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pick up your trash, well you get all the benefits

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you get pick up a Memorial Day, you get a

586
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text reminder that hey, tomorrow's trash day. Don't get in trouble.

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Go put your trash out. I wish I had it,

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you not do it? You can sign up for residential

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to Off the Bench.

595
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Speaker 4: Welcome back in hour number three here on a Wednesday

596
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edition of Off the Bench.

597
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Speaker 3: Just two more segments.

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Speaker 4: Laugh, I want to go a little bit back to

599
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LSU baseball.

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Speaker 3: Right now.

601
00:27:53,759 --> 00:27:56,759
Speaker 4: Doug Thompson, former LSU Tiger pitcher. You can also hear

602
00:27:56,839 --> 00:28:00,119
him on the broadcast with the Voice of the Tigers

603
00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:01,880
is a blayer. Doug joins us right now, Doug, how

604
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:02,559
are you this morning?

605
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Speaker 6: Doing well?

606
00:28:03,839 --> 00:28:04,839
Speaker 7: How you guys doing today?

607
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Speaker 3: We are doing good? Dog, You're you're on the call

608
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this weekend? Right?

609
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Speaker 7: I will be well. Actually have a three man booth.

610
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It'll be myself, Chris and the one and only Buzzy Hidel.

611
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Speaker 3: What a what a trio that is?

612
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Speaker 1: Doug.

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Speaker 4: Let's get into it here a little bit. You know,

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when the NCAA Tournament was announced, everyone talked about how

615
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much they loved LSU's draw here in the regional, that

616
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being paired with the Clemson Regional. So if the Tigers

617
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get through that, they would host the Super in Baton Rouge.

618
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How favorable do you think LSU's draw is in this tournament?

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Speaker 7: I don't really agree really with that that that it's

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that stay real. I mean, Arkansas State, you know, it's

621
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kind of a shocking team to enter. I mean, it's

622
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it's a great story, it could be a could be

623
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a thirty one thirty. How they went, they lost thirteen

624
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to the last fourteen. It'sent win the conference tournament. So

625
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you know, I would say that, you know they're the

626
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weakest team, but you start looking into that their ace

627
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is coming back this week. He threw lights out last week.

628
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And they have a bunch of seniors and red shirt

629
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juniors on their lineup. So I know the guys, not

630
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only you know coach j Johnson, his staff, I know

631
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they're not taking them lightly. Regardless of what the general

632
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population consensus is on how great they are. They don't

633
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hit it well, they have it, pitched it well, but

634
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again they lost their guy and he's back now. And

635
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then given this other Rhode Island team, you know they

636
00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:40,079
could swing it too. They hit three ten on the season.

637
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Of course not the SEC, I get it right, but

638
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still they hit three ten on the season. They've they've

639
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got three four guys with double digit home runs, and

640
00:29:49,279 --> 00:29:52,519
of course we all know Dallas Baptist is a bugaboo

641
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and certainly can swing the bat. They've got some big arms,

642
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including a former Tiger in the mix there. So look,

643
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:05,440
postseason baseball in college is awesome. It's fun to watch

644
00:30:05,559 --> 00:30:09,599
because you never really know what's gonna happen. Yes, I

645
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think that, I guess there could have been worst teams

646
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and worse straws and you no, I do not think

647
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it's the toughest regional. But you can't take anyone lightly

648
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these days, with the transfer portal and the ability for

649
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these smaller programs to literally roll out, you know, nine

650
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guys over twenty three years old into the field and

651
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then have a couple of those guys coming out of

652
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the bulletin on the mount, So you really can't. You

653
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got to play every game like it's going to be

654
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a one run battle.

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Speaker 4: In my opinion, obviously you were talking about Jackson Wells

656
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as the ace for Little Rock. Let's say Lsue does

657
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get by a Little Rock, It'll either be Dallas Baptist

658
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or Rhode Island will be the next opponent. Who do

659
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you think is a tougher matchup for the Tigers?

660
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Speaker 7: Like I said, I mean, well, I think Dallas Baptist

661
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is the tougher matchup. But they both hit. They both

662
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have some dudes with some homers, a couple of dudes

663
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even close to twenty homers, I believe, if I remember correctly,

664
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I guess I'd prefer to play Rhode Island with that

665
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six point two oh t e R. But you know,

666
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both teams will be formidable in game two, which uh

667
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and probably Game three as well, right so, which I

668
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think is potentially a reason that Jay Johnson and his

669
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staff would consider quote unquote throwing off I mean and

670
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not throwing one or two tomorrow night and taking a

671
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chance against Arkansas State, hoping the bats will take care

672
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of you know, take care of business, and then you

673
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know you're you're sitting really nice having you know, two

674
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of the one of the best one to two punches

675
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in the country, if not the best one two punch

676
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in the country ready for Saturday and Sunday.

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Speaker 3: What are what are you? I'm loud you brother.

678
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Speaker 4: What do you think maybe the chances of Jay wanting

679
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to throw off, you know, with a little rock off

680
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a little bit, because you know, I remember back in

681
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twenty three when LSU won the title, a lot of

682
00:32:06,119 --> 00:32:08,559
people thought Jay was going to do that against Tulane

683
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with Paul Skins. He throws Skins in that first game.

684
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What do you think the chances of them pitching off

685
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this regional is.

686
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Speaker 7: I think they're probably talking about it. I think, you know,

687
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the good news is that with the brilliant move I

688
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thought of throwing Anderson and Iinson the other day, you know,

689
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in the SEC tournament, it kind of opens up the

690
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potential for either of those guys to be on the

691
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hill for this opener of the regional kind of leaves

692
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everyone guessing, right, had he just gone Anderson then ainsin

693
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the next day, I think the answer to be a

694
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little bit more clear. But he has that option to

695
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roll either one of them out there tonight, or he

696
00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:47,880
could think about throwing off and I thought Jade knut

697
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through well. I thought Jaatee Shores through well him and

698
00:32:51,559 --> 00:32:54,519
Myers averaged one hundred point one miles an AFT on

699
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their fast buss, which is crazy. They both did one

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hundred and two in that game, you know, the last

701
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game that we actually lost on Saturday. So yeah, I

702
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think it's risky. It's risky to not go out there

703
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with your number one and tournament play. It's just it's

704
00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,960
a cliche, and everybody knows it's a cliche that you're

705
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:19,599
just setting yourself out for failure, potential failure. But again,

706
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because of the the ability for these next two possible opponents,

707
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Dallas Baptist in Rhode Island, you know their ability to

708
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swing the bat, because that exists. I don't know. I

709
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think this is this is one of those times where

710
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you'd certainly consider it. Answer your question though, what do

711
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I think the percentages fifty to fifty that that they

712
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throw off tomorrow?

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Speaker 4: Well, I mean something something to keep an eye on

714
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from LSU Tiger pitcher Doug Thompson joining us right now. Doug.

715
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Let's say that LSU does survive this regional, they'll host

716
00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:53,880
the super in ben Rouge. That's the Clemson Regional. So

717
00:33:53,880 --> 00:33:57,359
it's Clemson, West Virginia, Kentucky. You're the top three seeds there.

718
00:33:57,640 --> 00:33:59,920
What are your thoughts on maybe some of those matchups.

719
00:34:00,119 --> 00:34:01,680
Who do you think maybe matches up best with all

720
00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:01,920
a few?

721
00:34:03,319 --> 00:34:06,079
Speaker 7: Honestly, I'll be honest with you, I haven't looked that

722
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,920
far down the road. They're all tricky. They're all programs

723
00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:13,199
that could come here and certainly beat you, you know,

724
00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:18,199
including Kentucky. So that next round, as it should be,

725
00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:20,880
as it will always be, is going to be a

726
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:25,840
difficult round. It's huge, though, I mean it's huge that

727
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:28,719
it's here at the Box because no matter how you

728
00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:30,800
slice it and dice it or who you bring here

729
00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:34,159
to the box, it's always been and will always be

730
00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:37,920
good Lord Willing tough to win two out of three

731
00:34:38,039 --> 00:34:40,320
at Alec Box Stadium, and that's what it comes down

732
00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:42,519
to in that final weekend. And we've got two of

733
00:34:42,559 --> 00:34:45,159
the best front end arms in the country, and that's

734
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:47,639
kind of the things that I'm focused on. Regardless of

735
00:34:47,679 --> 00:34:51,559
who comes here, what are our strings? Number One is

736
00:34:51,559 --> 00:34:54,039
Alec Box. I'm telling you, man. They when they go

737
00:34:54,119 --> 00:34:57,360
to the bullpen on Friday or Saturday night and h

738
00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:00,519
and they crank up Garth Brooks calling back and ruge

739
00:35:00,559 --> 00:35:04,360
and they pull out their Ace. There's something about that energy,

740
00:35:05,159 --> 00:35:08,480
especially in the postseason, and I have a feeling it's

741
00:35:08,519 --> 00:35:11,960
gonna be absolutely packed for this round. In next round,

742
00:35:12,519 --> 00:35:15,719
they know Tigers have missed the regional last year. Tiger

743
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:17,840
fans dying to get there. It's the best part of

744
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:20,639
the year. Of course, I hear the weather this weekend

745
00:35:20,679 --> 00:35:24,320
will actually be a little bit better in terms of heat.

746
00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:28,400
It won't be that hot, maybe even some relatively cool

747
00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:31,679
temperatures for this time of year. So everything's set up

748
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:34,599
for a great run over the next two, three four

749
00:35:34,639 --> 00:35:37,239
weeks for the city of Baton Rouge and for this

750
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:40,599
LSU baseball program. But I know one thing for sure,

751
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:46,079
Jay Johnson is focused on today, practicing his team, preparing

752
00:35:46,079 --> 00:35:49,320
his team. His staff will continue to prepare tonight for

753
00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:53,880
not only this game, but the next potential to teams

754
00:35:53,880 --> 00:35:55,519
that they could play. They're going to be staring at

755
00:35:55,519 --> 00:35:58,719
watching those games and collecting as much information as they can.

756
00:35:59,159 --> 00:36:01,079
There's some of the best in the country at it.

757
00:36:01,079 --> 00:36:04,360
There's some of the best I've ever seen. Those guys

758
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:07,440
are in you know, sleeves up twenty four to seven

759
00:36:07,599 --> 00:36:11,039
mode right now, and I can promise you Jay Johnson's

760
00:36:11,079 --> 00:36:14,800
teams whether regardless of what happens on the field, they

761
00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:18,639
will be prepared for their opponent tomorrow night.

762
00:36:19,440 --> 00:36:21,639
Speaker 3: Doug Thompson, Doug, thanks so much for hopping on with

763
00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:22,239
us this morning.

764
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:23,480
Speaker 7: You're the man.

765
00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:23,880
Speaker 1: Thank you all.

766
00:36:23,920 --> 00:36:24,559
Speaker 7: Have a great week.

767
00:36:24,719 --> 00:36:27,679
Speaker 4: Absolutely, that was Doug Thompson right there, former LSU Tiger pitcher.

768
00:36:27,679 --> 00:36:30,000
You can also hear him on the LSU Sports Radio

769
00:36:30,039 --> 00:36:33,800
Network on the call. You heard it he Chris Blair

770
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:37,039
and Buzzy Hidel, all three on the call for the

771
00:36:37,079 --> 00:36:40,519
regional this upcoming weekend. All right, we're gonna step aside,

772
00:36:40,559 --> 00:36:42,039
we get back, We're gonna wrap it up like we

773
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do every day.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back to Off the Bench.

795
00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:08,760
Speaker 4: I w along the streets you used to walk along

796
00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:15,800
with me. Welcome back in final segment here on a

797
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Wednesday edition of Off the Bench. Will end it right

798
00:38:20,119 --> 00:38:22,840
now like we do every day, with a little ask

799
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:23,400
the bench.

800
00:38:23,559 --> 00:38:25,599
Speaker 5: Come on, we got a little bit of time.

801
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:28,159
Speaker 3: Okay, what we go? I want to revisit the macron

802
00:38:28,840 --> 00:38:29,360
the macron.

803
00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:32,079
Speaker 5: Do you have those pictures.

804
00:38:33,159 --> 00:38:34,000
Speaker 3: Jordan's I have.

805
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:37,760
Speaker 8: On my phone. No, I didn't email it to myself.

806
00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:42,360
Speaker 3: Don't blame Jordan's in the seconds the entire bay, Yeah.

807
00:38:42,199 --> 00:38:42,840
Speaker 8: I thought I was doing.

808
00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:45,320
Speaker 5: You should have had them ready either way, because you

809
00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:46,800
knew we were going to revisit this.

810
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:48,880
Speaker 8: I'm thinking we were about to just wrap this back.

811
00:38:49,920 --> 00:38:52,239
Speaker 5: This just ruined it because I need the pictures.

812
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:55,000
Speaker 3: We'll wait for him to pull it up.

813
00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:59,760
Speaker 4: Adelon drafts the bench favorite tailgate foods.

814
00:39:01,079 --> 00:39:04,199
Speaker 3: I do love some Boodane egg rolls. Who's the boot Dane?

815
00:39:04,519 --> 00:39:08,079
Speaker 4: So Lashin and Dnim has like these boot an balls

816
00:39:08,199 --> 00:39:11,440
that you can get. That's it's really good. All right,

817
00:39:11,519 --> 00:39:17,599
interesting to hear yours on this one, ask the bench, No, no.

818
00:39:18,119 --> 00:39:19,199
Speaker 3: Is it the JFK question.

819
00:39:19,519 --> 00:39:21,000
Speaker 5: I can't get my true answer to that.

820
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:23,519
Speaker 3: You can't give your true answer no.

821
00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:25,760
Speaker 5: But I can tell you off air well, So.

822
00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:29,559
Speaker 4: It's we can actually do a little We can actually

823
00:39:29,559 --> 00:39:31,320
do a little extended thing on this tomorrow if we

824
00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:34,119
want so. I am my last year of college. I

825
00:39:34,159 --> 00:39:36,840
basically had to go an extra semester for one class

826
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:38,519
because like they wouldn't let you take any of the

827
00:39:38,519 --> 00:39:40,599
prerecks in the same semester, so I had to go.

828
00:39:41,079 --> 00:39:42,760
In order to you know, stay full time, you have

829
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:46,000
to take twelve hours. So I took sports history, a

830
00:39:46,079 --> 00:39:48,960
basketball class, and it took a JFK assassination class as

831
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,679
my free history, and like, yeah, I mean the teacher.

832
00:39:51,719 --> 00:39:54,039
He was this older guy. God, I wish I could

833
00:39:54,039 --> 00:39:56,559
remember his name. He has three published books on JFK.

834
00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:59,840
Like the entire semester was devoted to that. I got

835
00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:01,440
to learn a whole lot about It was really fun.

836
00:40:01,599 --> 00:40:04,159
Speaker 5: Okay, here we go, what do you Jordan has these

837
00:40:04,199 --> 00:40:07,280
pictures pulled up, so hold on, go to the guy,

838
00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:08,440
the guy with the glasses.

839
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:08,800
Speaker 3: First.

840
00:40:09,199 --> 00:40:11,679
Speaker 8: That one. No, no, no, no, no, that one.

841
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:18,519
Speaker 5: So Brigitte Macrone has a brother named Jean Michelle trog No.

842
00:40:19,679 --> 00:40:22,800
This is her brother. This is her brother, Jordan, you

843
00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:25,480
can pull it up. This is Brigitte's brother. This is

844
00:40:25,519 --> 00:40:29,840
the last picture. This is the last picture that we

845
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:35,000
have of Jean Michelle Trogno, who is Brigitte's brother. So

846
00:40:35,039 --> 00:40:39,480
you got that pick pull up the picture of Brigitte McCrone. Now,

847
00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:42,079
not like I'm not telling you now, but I'm saying

848
00:40:42,119 --> 00:40:45,400
like I was. I didn't mean that demandingly. It sounded

849
00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:48,400
like I was like, pull it up now. But this

850
00:40:48,440 --> 00:40:53,239
is Brigitte Macrone, the one with the glasses, So that

851
00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:55,519
y'all have Jean Michelle in your head. In your head,

852
00:40:55,719 --> 00:41:01,199
this is Brigitte McCrone. Okay, and I get siblings look alike.

853
00:41:02,639 --> 00:41:05,920
Speaker 3: But then okay, somebody put a wig on.

854
00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:10,559
Speaker 5: John Michelle Treugna had a son. Pull up the one

855
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:14,440
that one that one, yes has a son, So this

856
00:41:14,559 --> 00:41:20,239
is Brigitte's nephew from her brother. Okay, and then pull

857
00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:23,719
up the picture of Emmanuel Macrone. They have no side

858
00:41:24,320 --> 00:41:26,920
you could do the side by side. Yeah, no blood

859
00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:32,719
relation to each other. That is Emmanuel McCrone and Brigitte's

860
00:41:32,719 --> 00:41:38,239
nephew who has no blood relation allegedly to Emmanuel Macrone.

861
00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:41,000
Speaker 3: So this is the first time I've ever actually seen

862
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:41,840
Emmanuel Macrone.

863
00:41:42,039 --> 00:41:44,679
Speaker 5: I need the radio audience to look up these pictures

864
00:41:45,679 --> 00:41:47,800
because got to visualize it.

865
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:48,119
Speaker 3: Yeah.

866
00:41:48,840 --> 00:41:53,559
Speaker 5: But anyway, Jean Michelle and Brigitte look a lot alike. Which, yes,

867
00:41:53,599 --> 00:41:59,880
their siblings, Emmanuel McCrone and Brigitte's nephew look like they're.

868
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:01,280
Speaker 8: So they were like twins.

869
00:42:02,079 --> 00:42:04,599
Speaker 5: So uh yeah, I mean that's where I'll leave it at.

870
00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:07,440
Y'all could y'all could open up that can of.

871
00:42:07,360 --> 00:42:11,360
Speaker 8: Worms in your own time. But that's my little tiny

872
00:42:11,679 --> 00:42:16,199
So for the people listening, just imagine Emmanuel Macron. Yeah,

873
00:42:16,199 --> 00:42:18,159
I guess you can imagine him, but imagine like a

874
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:21,599
Mormon coming to your front door to try and offer

875
00:42:21,679 --> 00:42:24,119
you to join the Mormon Church. And he's kind of

876
00:42:24,159 --> 00:42:26,920
like greasy looking like he might rob you a little bit.

877
00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:30,039
That's what he looks like. And he looks like he

878
00:42:30,119 --> 00:42:33,280
has a fascination with F one racing. I don't know why,

879
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:37,280
but that's the that's the image. Yeah, he looks like

880
00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:39,400
he just knows all the F one racers. Oh yeah,

881
00:42:39,559 --> 00:42:41,920
Mercedes Bens this year, they're gonna be nasty.

882
00:42:41,639 --> 00:42:42,840
Speaker 4: Like you, like when we were talking about the ND

883
00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:46,159
five hundred earlier that lives for the five hundred hundred.

884
00:42:46,559 --> 00:42:49,320
Speaker 8: Just looking at him, just like, yeah, there it is.

885
00:42:51,079 --> 00:42:53,760
Speaker 3: The animal crunch toy just continues.

886
00:42:54,079 --> 00:42:55,519
Speaker 5: Tell you look it up in your own time, and

887
00:42:55,559 --> 00:42:56,199
you're gonna be.

888
00:42:56,239 --> 00:42:57,079
Speaker 3: Like, whoa.

889
00:42:57,320 --> 00:43:01,079
Speaker 4: It just continues here on O TV. I love how

890
00:43:01,119 --> 00:43:03,840
the laundress so dedicated to her craft like she is.

891
00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:06,800
Speaker 5: Just don't get me started on Veronique Drew.

892
00:43:07,480 --> 00:43:09,559
Speaker 10: I don't even know who the hell that is about

893
00:43:09,599 --> 00:43:11,119
to say, this is just a whole bunch of what

894
00:43:11,199 --> 00:43:14,199
is this Basically, Jean Michelle like disappears for a few

895
00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:19,000
years and then this woman named Ronnie drou appears that Okay, anyway,

896
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:20,280
I'm getting too deep into yeah.

897
00:43:21,119 --> 00:43:23,440
Speaker 4: You're getting to ask the bench. This is a little

898
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:25,440
bit of a lighthearted one. It's not as big of

899
00:43:25,440 --> 00:43:27,039
a thinker pancakes or waffles.

900
00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:31,199
Speaker 5: It depends who makes them and like where they're from.

901
00:43:31,239 --> 00:43:32,719
Speaker 8: Some waffle House waffles, though.

902
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:36,239
Speaker 3: This was something like a fen citing answer.

903
00:43:36,239 --> 00:43:39,400
Speaker 4: I think the best waffle is better than the best pancake,

904
00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:40,920
But on average, I think pancakes.

905
00:43:41,159 --> 00:43:42,519
Speaker 8: You know what, I like that take?

906
00:43:42,599 --> 00:43:46,639
Speaker 3: I think, Yeah, I don't hate that, because dude.

907
00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:49,320
Speaker 8: With some good waffles. Man, that is just some good pancakes.

908
00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:51,320
Though I don't I love them both. That's like saying

909
00:43:51,719 --> 00:43:54,039
you like water. Yeah, I kind of like both of them, So.

910
00:43:55,320 --> 00:43:57,960
Speaker 3: Ask the bench. Fried eggs are scrambled.

911
00:43:57,519 --> 00:44:01,360
Speaker 4: Scrambled, Jesus scrambled fried easily.

912
00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:04,119
Speaker 8: It depends on what I'm like with my Frida Egg's on.

913
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:06,480
Speaker 3: Though, No, it's the answers fried egg Jordan.

914
00:44:06,880 --> 00:44:09,360
Speaker 8: I like a Friday egg on, like like a burrito,

915
00:44:10,079 --> 00:44:10,559
be honest.

916
00:44:10,559 --> 00:44:12,360
Speaker 3: And if you pick scrambled because it's the only kind

917
00:44:12,360 --> 00:44:12,719
of egg you.

918
00:44:12,719 --> 00:44:17,320
Speaker 8: Can make, yeah, I can't. Honestly, I've only eaten fried

919
00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:18,079
or scrambled.

920
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:21,000
Speaker 4: If you're looking at someone who is not exactly a

921
00:44:21,039 --> 00:44:22,599
master of the culinary are to his.

922
00:44:22,639 --> 00:44:24,199
Speaker 8: Own right, Like sunnyside I don't know how to make

923
00:44:24,239 --> 00:44:24,920
a sunny side egg.

924
00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:27,239
Speaker 3: No, so do you know what sunnyside up is?

925
00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:29,039
Speaker 1: Yeah?

926
00:44:29,079 --> 00:44:32,159
Speaker 4: No, I'll talk about this sunny side up.

927
00:44:32,519 --> 00:44:34,639
Speaker 3: You don't flip the egg, so you leave it.

928
00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:37,760
Speaker 4: It cooks through the bottom, so it's almost like it's

929
00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:39,960
almost like seering it on top, and it looks on

930
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:43,119
the edge sunny side up, sunny side stays up.

931
00:44:43,239 --> 00:44:44,039
Speaker 8: See what I mean?

932
00:44:44,199 --> 00:44:46,760
Speaker 3: Over easy? One flip what it means?

933
00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:48,000
Speaker 8: It's over easy a Friday egg?

934
00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:49,760
Speaker 3: Yeah, just cooked a little more.

935
00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:52,119
Speaker 8: Okay, all right, now, now we're getting into that that

936
00:44:52,159 --> 00:44:54,039
breakfast ling. I'm not a big breakfast person. I'm not

937
00:44:54,079 --> 00:44:58,119
gonna lie more of a lunch. I'm the guy at

938
00:44:58,159 --> 00:44:59,840
ten thirty. I wait till ten thirty to go to

939
00:44:59,880 --> 00:45:00,719
the fast food spots.

940
00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:02,559
Speaker 3: I get it. I get it. Breakfast.

941
00:45:02,639 --> 00:45:05,360
Speaker 4: Probably my least saval of the three. Take you what

942
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:06,440
a good stack of pancakes?

943
00:45:06,639 --> 00:45:06,800
Speaker 2: Man?

944
00:45:08,119 --> 00:45:13,119
Speaker 4: All right, ask the bench supreme pizza or one topping.

945
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:14,840
Speaker 3: Supreme.

946
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:20,320
Speaker 8: I don't keep all that vegetables on that green off

947
00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:20,840
my pizza.

948
00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:21,000
Speaker 9: Man.

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Speaker 8: Either meat and cheese. Either meat can be.

950
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Speaker 3: Like he's a meat anybody.

951
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Speaker 5: He just said, you're self proclaimed meat lover.

952
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Speaker 3: Himself a little bit.

953
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Speaker 8: You know, we gotta put some pauses in this I

954
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specifically pizza wise. Yes, do not pass me no pizza

955
00:45:42,599 --> 00:45:45,960
with no olives like my sister likes onions on a pizza.

956
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Get that out of here. That's that's a.

957
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Speaker 3: Huge all meat all the time.

958
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Speaker 8: No, I gotta gotta gotta have a little bit of

959
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green and die pretty.

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Speaker 4: I'm actually pretty basic with my pizza. Shocking Jordan one

961
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to two topping is good with me where Jordan's loyalties

962
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lie in terms of his pizza. A right fun show

963
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today on this Wednesday, we'll be back one more day

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on Thursday. We'll get a little update from SEC spring

965
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meetings that's coming up off the bench.