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Hour Three | What’s the Ticket, Pontoon Parlay & Ask the Bench · Off The Bench

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  Speaker 1: Off the bench with Jacob Hester and Matt Flynn.
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  Speaker 3: All right. It is nine o'clock on a football Friday.
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  Speaker 3: So that starts our number three, as Matt said. And well,
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  Speaker 3: we like to play our favorite games at 9 a.m.
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  Speaker 3: And so we'll start it off with a little what's
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  Speaker 3: the ticket. We'll also have a little pontoon parlay in
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  Speaker 3: the next segment. We'll break down LSU and the New
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  Speaker 3: Orleans Saints one final time. And then we'll get to
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  Speaker 3: your questions, of course, with a little Ask the Bench
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  Speaker 3: brought to you by Dos Equis to wrap it up. Now,
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  Speaker 3: I will say this, and maybe we start doing this
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  Speaker 3: a little bit because it's actually pretty fun to do
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  Speaker 3: it in the NFL as well as far as, like,
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  Speaker 3: what's the ticket. There's some crazy prices in the NFL.
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  Speaker 3: We're not going to do that. But next week I
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  Speaker 3: do want to add maybe this to what we do because, like,
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  Speaker 3: the highest ticket in the NFL this weekend– The Bears
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  Speaker 3: and Vikings, $ 250. Okay. To get into the stadium. So,
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  Speaker 3: that's a pretty big ticket in the NFL. And last week,
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  Speaker 3: it was, like, even more.
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  Speaker 4: I was wondering if you were going to say that
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  Speaker 4: was a big ticket or a low ticket. I don't
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  Speaker 4: even know how to compare them.
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  Speaker 3: Like, $ 250, I mean, a lot of times in, like,
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  Speaker 3: the college, like, what's the ticket? It's usually somewhere in
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  Speaker 3: the $ 125 range. Like, unless you have something crazy.
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  Speaker 4: But usually, NFL... stadium seat less than a lot of
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  Speaker 4: colleges do as well so actually i've never even looked
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  Speaker 4: at an nfl ticket.
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  Speaker 3: Price 250 bucks um so you're not gonna have like
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  Speaker 3: the the four dollar tickets like you have in the
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  Speaker 3: nfl although this one is surprising the lowest ticket in
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  Speaker 3: the nfl thirty dollars for commanders and cowboys division rivals
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  Speaker 3: cowboys typically have yeah in dallas Cowboys typically have a
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  Speaker 3: good crowd. They are not happy about that loss to
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  Speaker 3: the Giants. So the cheapest ticket, $ 30.
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  Speaker 4: Cowboys better win that one. There's a lot of preseason
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  Speaker 4: hype towards them. If they don't win that and they
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  Speaker 4: go 0-2 in their division, they're just going to be upset.
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  Speaker 3: I will say this. Saints-Ravens, one of the highest tickets
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  Speaker 3: in the NFL. $ 139, cheapest ticket to get into that game,
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  Speaker 3: Saints and Ravens. All right, but we're not here to
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  Speaker 3: talk about NFL ticket prices. That's maybe next week. Let's
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  Speaker 3: do college ticket prices. And if you're new to the show,
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  Speaker 3: what's the ticket? It is a top 25 game. It
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  Speaker 3: only has to involve at least one top 25 team.
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  Speaker 3: We go across the country. We've been doing this for
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  Speaker 3: eight years now. What is the lowest get-in price and
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  Speaker 3: what is the highest get-in price? And we'll always start
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  Speaker 3: with the lowest ticket price. And by the way, no
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  Speaker 3: LSU and Ole Miss is not on the table today. Okay.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: That'd be easy. We're not doing easy here. So that's
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  Speaker 3: off the board. Get it out of here. Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: Okay.
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  Speaker 3: We're going lowest ticket price, Alondra and Tay-Tay. Here we go.
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  Speaker 3: Is it Miami at Wake Forest? Is it Georgia at Arkansas?
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  Speaker 3: Is it Buffalo at Penn State? Is it Portland State
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  Speaker 3: at Oregon? Is it Troy at Missouri? Or is it
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  Speaker 3: UTEP at Michigan? So Miami, Wake Forest, Georgia, Arkansas, Buffalo,
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  Speaker 3: Penn State, Portland State, Oregon, Troy, Missouri, UTEP, and Michigan.
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  Speaker 3: And we'll start back in studio with Alondra and Tay-Tay.
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  Speaker 2: So last year, Tay-Tay brought up if it's Miami, it's
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  Speaker 2: probably the lowest ticket. But I think that it being
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  Speaker 2: in Wake Forest also makes that more likely. I think
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  Speaker 2: they care more about baseball than they do football up there.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm going to go Miami.
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  Speaker 4: At Wake Forest. Jake, real quick, did you say the
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  Speaker 4: game was at Arkansas or at Georgia? It's at Arkansas.
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  Speaker 5: Okay, yeah, I'm going to go Georgia at Arkansas. That
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  Speaker 5: program has given up. There was a golf course out
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  Speaker 5: there in the Fayetteville area that said, hey, don't want
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  Speaker 5: to go watch the game? Come play a round of
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  Speaker 5: golf with us for only $ 25. They are done. I'm
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  Speaker 5: going to say that at home, Arkansas is the lowest
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  Speaker 5: ticket price.
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  Speaker 3: Dang. Like that?
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  Speaker 4: That's a good one, too. Okay, I'm going to go.
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  Speaker 4: I thought about UTEP Michigan because of the size of
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  Speaker 4: the stadium, but I guess coming off a win. I'm
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  Speaker 4: going to go.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, yeah, the big house, right?
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  Speaker 4: I'm going to go Buffalo at Penn State.
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  Speaker 3: All right, we'll go with the most expensive ticket, and
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  Speaker 3: we'll work our way down to the least expensive ticket.
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  Speaker 3: At the highest ticket here in the lower category, it
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  Speaker 3: is Miami at Wake Forest. $ 63 gets you into that game.
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  Speaker 3: Coming in next is going to be UTEP at Michigan.
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  Speaker 3: $ 25 gets you into that game. Coming in next would
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  Speaker 3: be Troy at Missouri. $ 19 to get in price. The
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  Speaker 3: next one would be Georgia at Arkansas, $ 13 to get
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  Speaker 3: into that game. Moving on, it would be Buffalo at
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  Speaker 3: Penn State, $ 12 to get you into that game. And
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  Speaker 3: the lowest ticket involving at least one top 25 team
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  Speaker 3: this week, Portland State at Oregon for $ 11. So a
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  Speaker 3: single dollar beats out the Buffalo at Penn State. So
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  Speaker 3: Portland State, Oregon. Oregon coming off an embarrassing loss to
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  Speaker 3: Oklahoma State. Portland State's 0-3 already on the year. $ 11
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  Speaker 3: gets you in to the stadium.
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  Speaker 4: That's Oregon giving up.
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  Speaker 6: Is it time?
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  Speaker 4: Is it time for our guy Dylan? I think it's time.
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  Speaker 3: Wait.
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  Speaker 4: Dylan Rola.
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  Speaker 6: Is that?
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  Speaker 4: Okay, so last year he played for Nebraska.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 4: This year he just transferred to Oregon.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, yeah, that's right. Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: That's right.
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  Speaker 3: Breaking news?
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  Speaker 4: Breaking news.
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  Speaker 2: Wait, because Dante Moore went to the NFL, right?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: No, he actually just got back to Oregon.
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  Speaker 3: That's crazy. That's crazy.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, it's wild. Dante Moore actually has not improved any.
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  Speaker 6: No. Yeah. He's not.
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  Speaker 4: Hadn't looked very good.
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  Speaker 3: He's not.
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  Speaker 4: It's time for Dylan Rowland. The experiment, the Dante Moore
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  Speaker 4: experiment is over, okay?
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  Speaker 3: There you go. Some are saying it.
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  Speaker 4: Some are saying it.
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  Speaker 3: And Matt Flynn's the one saying it.
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  Speaker 4: Still in time.
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  Speaker 3: All right, so let's go to the highest ticket. And LSU,
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  Speaker 3: Ole Miss, you're off the board.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, because you're like 800.
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  Speaker 3: Okay. Right now, LSU at Ole Miss, the get-in price,
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  Speaker 3: two feet inside the stadium. This isn't the most expensive ticket.
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  Speaker 3: That would be a much larger number. The cheapest ticket
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  Speaker 3: right now, $ 620.
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  Speaker 4: Whoa!
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  Speaker 3: Is that our record? I think it is. Last week
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  Speaker 3: there was.
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  Speaker 2: A $ 475.
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  Speaker 3: We had a whiteout at Penn State that was like $ 425. Before.
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  Speaker 3: Last week there was one Texas Ohio State was $ 475.
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  Speaker 3: That set the record for the highest we've ever had
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  Speaker 3: in our eight year run of what's the ticket. That
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  Speaker 3: has been beat. It is now LSU at Ole Miss.
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  Speaker 3: $ 620 to get All 10 piggies inside the stadium there.
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  Speaker 4: All 10 piggies.
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  Speaker 3: I like that. All 10 piggies. All right. Here are
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  Speaker 3: the list of games because, again, that one's off the board.
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  Speaker 3: That's easy. We don't want easy here. Is it Houston
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  Speaker 3: at Texas Tech? Is it Florida State at Alabama? Is
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  Speaker 3: it SMU at Louisville? Is it Michigan State at Notre Dame?
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  Speaker 3: West Virginia at Virginia? UTSA at Texas. So Houston, Texas Tech,
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  Speaker 3: Florida State, Alabama, SMU, Louisville, Michigan State, Notre Dame, West Virginia, Virginia, UTSA, Texas.
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  Speaker 3: We'll throw it back to studio. Taytay Alondra, highest ticket
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  Speaker 3: in the country.
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  Speaker 2: This one I really don't know, but I think I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to go with Michigan State at Notre Dame.
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  Speaker 6: Perfect.
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  Speaker 5: That was in between two. I'll go the other one.
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  Speaker 5: I'll take Houston at Texas Tech.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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  Speaker 4: So, Elijah went Michigan State, Notre Dame?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, and then Tay-Tay went Houston at Texas Tech.
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  Speaker 4: Man, this is a challenging one because there's so many
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  Speaker 4: poo games out there. Some bad games this week. When
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  Speaker 4: you're throwing UTSA into this one. OK, let's go. I'm
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  Speaker 4: going to go SMU at Louisville. All right.
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  Speaker 3: We'll start with the lowest and we'll work our way
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  Speaker 3: all the way up to the top ticket in the country.
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  Speaker 3: Coming in last here in the high category, Florida State
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  Speaker 3: at Alabama. Thirty three dollars for that game. Next up
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  Speaker 3: is SMU at Louisville. That one is $ 34. $ 34? 34 bones.
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  Speaker 3: Come on, Louisville. Coming in next, Houston at Texas Tech, $ 81.
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  Speaker 3: Get you into that game. In third here, West Virginia
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  Speaker 3: at UVA, $ 83. Get you into that game. At number two.
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  Speaker 3: Michigan State and Notre Dame at $ 89. And so that
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  Speaker 3: means the top ticket in the country, the highest get-in
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  Speaker 3: price in the top 25, is UTSA at Texas for $ 115. Because, again,
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  Speaker 3: we took LSU and Ole Miss out of it. $ 620
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  Speaker 3: to get into that contest. So the highest ticket this week,
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  Speaker 3: UTSA at Texas. The lowest is Portland State at Oregon.
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  Speaker 2: That is so dumb because who wants to go watch
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  Speaker 2: UTSA get routed by Texas? Pay money to go do that?
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  Speaker 3: I get it. But, you know, Laundrie, you know how
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  Speaker 3: it is. Texas, number one team in the country now.
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  Speaker 3: They're feeling themselves after last week. They're going to have
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  Speaker 3: the cowboy hats and cowboy boots and big belt buckles
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  Speaker 3: on in the crowd doing the hook'em.
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  Speaker 4: Hook'em.
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  Speaker 2: Hook'em.
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  Speaker 4: All right.
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  Speaker 3: That's going to do it for What's the Ticket?
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  Speaker 4: Interesting.
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  Speaker 3: When we come back.
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  Speaker 4: 620.
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  Speaker 3: It's time for the pontoon parlay.
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  Speaker 4: Holy moly.
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  Speaker 3: We're going to throw out some winners, and it's going
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  Speaker 3: to hit. It's just going to be the wolf pack.
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  Speaker 3: Anytime we try to throw a fifth member into the
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  Speaker 3: wolf pack, it doesn't go well. The only time we've
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  Speaker 3: hit when it's been the wolf pack. So the wolf
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  Speaker 3: pack will give you the four plays, the four winners
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  Speaker 3: on the pontoon parlay when we come back here live
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  Speaker 3: get that started. All right, it is now time for
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  Speaker 3: the pontoon parlay. All right, so we are going to
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  Speaker 3: give you our four plays for the weekend. We each
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  Speaker 3: give you a pick. We don't let anybody in the
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  Speaker 3: wolf pack anymore. All right, the only time we've hit
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  Speaker 3: is when it's been the wolf pack. All right, so
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  Speaker 3: we're going to give you a four-team parlay. Go ahead
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  Speaker 4: All right, let's... Just as we see it.
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  Speaker 3: Let's throw it back to studio in downtown Baton Rouge
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  Speaker 3: with TayTay and Alondra to give us their picks for
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  Speaker 3: the pontoon parlay.
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  Speaker 2: I feel like we really have to redeem ourselves because
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  Speaker 2: I think that Richard maybe was the only one that
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  Speaker 2: hit last week, and Taylor. So somebody who's not even
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  Speaker 2: in the foxhole hit in TayTay. So I think I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to go with Two Texas teams, Houston versus Texas Tech,
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  Speaker 2: number 22 versus number 13. And they both played Oregon
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  Speaker 2: State and had very similar finishes. Houston just put up 77.
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  Speaker 2: I know Southern, but they still put up 77 points
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  Speaker 2: against them, held them to six. They have a really
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  Speaker 2: good defense. Still not completely sure what Texas Tech is
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  Speaker 2: going to end up being. So I'm going to take
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  Speaker 2: Houston to cover in that game. I think the line
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  Speaker 2: was seven.
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  Speaker 6: And a half.
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  Speaker 7: Yep, 7.5.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm going to take Houston plus 7.5.
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  Speaker 5: All right, we're going to go out to College Park, Maryland.
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  Speaker 5: The Terps taking on the Virginia Tech Hokies. Now, Maryland's
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  Speaker 5: won its last 16 games against non-conference opponents. I don't
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  Speaker 5: really think that matters this weekend because they've lost 12
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  Speaker 5: of their last 13 as an underdog. Virginia currently a
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  Speaker 5: three-point favorite. They've looked good under James Franklin, and also
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  Speaker 5: James Franklin hates Maryland. He was head coach in waiting,
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  Speaker 5: if you remember, all the way back in 2008. A
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  Speaker 5: new athletic director said no, and he's been on a
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  Speaker 5: war path. He's 9-2 all-time against Virginia Tech, 6-1 head-to-head
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  Speaker 5: against Mike Loxley. Loxley's only win over Franklin was back
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  Speaker 5: in the 2020 season during the pandemic. Last time they
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  Speaker 5: faced off, James Franklin beat Maryland by over 30 points.
• 17:13
  Speaker 5: I think Virginia gets it done once again. I'm taking
• 17:15
  Speaker 5: the Hokies. Minus three to cover against Maryland.
• 17:20
  Speaker 3: All right. So, Flynn, a little recap there.
• 17:24
  Speaker 4: Yeah, we got Houston plus seven and a half at
• 17:26
  Speaker 4: Texas Tech.
• 17:27
  Speaker 3: Houston plus seven and a half. Remember that game's tonight,
• 17:30
  Speaker 3: so go ahead and get these plays in.
• 17:32
  Speaker 4: Virginia Tech minus three versus Maryland.
• 17:37
  Speaker 3: Virginia Tech.
• 17:39
  Speaker 4: Taylor, we definitely obviously remember that James Franklin was the
• 17:42
  Speaker 4: coach in waiting over in Maryland. We definitely remember that
• 17:45
  Speaker 4: from 2008. Man, how could you not? That was national news, bud.
• 17:51
  Speaker 4: You were like four.
• 17:53
  Speaker 3: Relax.
• 17:54
  Speaker 4: All right, we're going to get over here to my pick,
• 17:56
  Speaker 4: and this one is definitely going to hit. I'm going
• 17:59
  Speaker 4: to go University of North Carolina.
• 18:02
  Speaker 6: Yeah.
• 18:03
  Speaker 4: At Clemson. They are plus three. They're getting three points
• 18:06
  Speaker 4: versus Clemson, and I get it. There's a lot of
• 18:08
  Speaker 4: news surrounding these Tar Heels.
• 18:12
  Speaker 3: What kind of news?
• 18:13
  Speaker 4: The air licker himself, the mullet-wearing defensive coordinator they had,
• 18:17
  Speaker 4: he has been dismissed. He has left the team, whatever.
• 18:19
  Speaker 3: It's okay.
• 18:20
  Speaker 4: That's going to galvanize that team, and you know what
• 18:22
  Speaker 4: happens when Bill Belichick stops caring what he's wearing? Did
• 18:27
  Speaker 4: you see him with that Schmedium sweatshirt on with his
• 18:30
  Speaker 4: man boobs, stick it out. Like, my goodness, he does
• 18:34
  Speaker 4: not care what's happening. And when he doesn't care, he
• 18:38
  Speaker 4: is a dangerous man.
• 18:39
  Speaker 3: So look out.
• 18:40
  Speaker 4: Clemson, you're not very good. I'm sorry. You just got
• 18:43
  Speaker 4: absolutely broken by LSU.
• 18:45
  Speaker 3: It's Dabo.
• 18:47
  Speaker 4: He's just whistling by the graveyard right now. The time
• 18:49
  Speaker 4: is coming for Dabo. This is his last year at Clemson.
• 18:53
  Speaker 4: UNC plus three.
• 18:55
  Speaker 3: UNC plus three against the fighting Dabo Sweeney's.
• 19:00
  Speaker 8: All right.
• 19:01
  Speaker 2: I like that. I wanted to do UNC Moneyline.
• 19:03
  Speaker 4: Yeah, that sweatshirt was legit.
• 19:08
  Speaker 3: I didn't see it. I'm intrigued.
• 19:10
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, it's not appealing for him.
• 19:14
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 19:15
  Speaker 4: Shouldn't be wearing it.
• 19:16
  Speaker 3: But it is for us.
• 19:16
  Speaker 4: But, like, even though I know he doesn't care, but
• 19:19
  Speaker 4: at some point you got to care, like, at least
• 19:21
  Speaker 4: a little. And he didn't care, like, in the slightest.
• 19:24
  Speaker 4: So they might win by 50. All right.
• 19:28
  Speaker 3: I like it. they're getting points and they're going to
• 19:30
  Speaker 3: win by 50.
• 19:32
  Speaker 4: Uh, all right.
• 19:32
  Speaker 3: So we have Houston plus seven and a half Virginia
• 19:35
  Speaker 3: tech minus three UNC plus three. Uh, I am going
• 19:38
  Speaker 3: to go to the sec with my pick and I
• 19:42
  Speaker 3: am going to go with a road team in the
• 19:45
  Speaker 3: sec to cover. I am going in the battle for
• 19:50
  Speaker 3: a shade of maroon. Give me Mississippi State plus four
• 19:55
  Speaker 3: against South Carolina. We were told Lenore Sellers was the
• 20:00
  Speaker 3: prince who was promised, but it's actually Kamario Taylor who
• 20:03
  Speaker 3: is the prince. Give me Mississippi State plus the four
• 20:07
  Speaker 3: in my pontoon parlay pick. I actually even thought about
• 20:11
  Speaker 3: going money line in this one. I feel confident that
• 20:14
  Speaker 3: Mississippi State is only getting viewed as the Mississippi State
• 20:17
  Speaker 3: of the past and not what they actually are this year.
• 20:20
  Speaker 3: I think Kamario Taylor is one of the better quarterbacks
• 20:22
  Speaker 3: in the country. He's young. He's got things to figure out.
• 20:26
  Speaker 3: We get all of that. I think he'll figure those
• 20:28
  Speaker 3: things out, and I think he is going to out-duel
• 20:31
  Speaker 3: Lenora Sellers in this matchup. Sorry about it, Marler. Go
• 20:35
  Speaker 3: put some socks on.
• 20:36
  Speaker 4: And obviously Jeff Levy is going to out-duel Shane Beamer,
• 20:39
  Speaker 4: the better head coach, by 100%, maybe even 1,000%. Big fan.
• 20:45
  Speaker 4: I like that. Are they in South Carolina? It's in
• 20:47
  Speaker 4: South Carolina. Tough place to play.
• 20:48
  Speaker 3: It's during the day.
• 20:50
  Speaker 4: Okay.
• 20:50
  Speaker 3: Steering the day.
• 20:51
  Speaker 4: It's easy, though. Makes me feel a little bit better
• 20:53
  Speaker 4: about the pick there. That's right.
• 20:55
  Speaker 3: Steering the day. So the pontoon parlay here this week,
• 20:58
  Speaker 3: it is going to be Houston plus 7.5 against Texas Tech.
• 21:03
  Speaker 3: It is going to be Virginia Tech minus 3 against Maryland.
• 21:08
  Speaker 3: It's going to be UNC plus 3 against Clemson, and
• 21:11
  Speaker 3: then Mississippi State plus 4 against South Carolina. So we've
• 21:16
  Speaker 3: got three underdogs. Mm-hmm. In the pontoon parlay. I believe
• 21:21
  Speaker 3: last week we had too many favorites. Yeah. Too many favorites.
• 21:24
  Speaker 4: We were toast. Too many favorites. And to recap, like, look. Yeah,
• 21:29
  Speaker 4: we're one and two on the pontoon parlay so far
• 21:33
  Speaker 4: this season. But we're one and one as just the Wolfpack.
• 21:37
  Speaker 4: Just want y'all to know that. Richard, Devin, we love you.
• 21:41
  Speaker 4: Love you. But you screwed up the pontoon parlay.
• 21:43
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean.
• 21:44
  Speaker 4: And y'all's picks might have hit. Richard, yours hit, but.
• 21:47
  Speaker 6: Yeah.
• 21:48
  Speaker 8: It threw us off alright that is the Bantam Parlay
• 21:55
  Speaker 8: this week we will step away we'll give you one
• 21:58
  Speaker 8: final look one final thought on the Saints and the
• 22:03
  Speaker 8: Ravens and the Tigers and the Rebels in Oxford and
• 22:07
  Speaker 8: we'll do that when we come back here on OTB
• 22:11
  Speaker 8: Off the Bench.
• 22:11
  Speaker 9: Music From the locker room to the airwaves, it's Off
• 22:38
  Speaker 9: the Bench with Jacob Hester and Matt Flynn. Welcome back.
• 23:04
  Speaker 3: It's getting closer, ball.
• 23:06
  Speaker 4: It's getting closer. Like every minute it gets closer, actually.
• 23:09
  Speaker 3: I'm going to be like in the hotel room just
• 23:11
  Speaker 3: like chomping at the bit tomorrow. Just like, can we
• 23:14
  Speaker 3: get on the bus? Can we get to Oxford? Me,
• 23:18
  Speaker 3: Ben Mintz, Oklahoma drill right now. Your face. You think
• 23:24
  Speaker 3: I can beat Ben Mintz in Oklahoma drill? Nope.
• 23:31
  Speaker 4: All that matters is that our team beats his team.
• 23:34
  Speaker 3: I would truck Ben right now.
• 23:37
  Speaker 4: Just for his face this week.
• 23:40
  Speaker 6: Yeah.
• 23:40
  Speaker 4: Next week, his face is fine. Yeah.
• 23:43
  Speaker 3: But this week, truck.
• 23:45
  Speaker 4: Truck stick. Not happening.
• 23:47
  Speaker 3: He's made you right in my eyes. Okay. Just letting
• 23:50
  Speaker 3: you know.
• 23:50
  Speaker 6: Okay.
• 23:51
  Speaker 3: It's a deep cut. It's an old deep cut.
• 23:54
  Speaker 4: It's all those people I ran over.
• 24:04
  Speaker 6: Yeah.
• 24:06
  Speaker 3: You did run a power off of a fake field goal,
• 24:10
  Speaker 3: which is kind of cool. Yeah. But you didn't really
• 24:14
  Speaker 3: look athletic as you fell down.
• 24:18
  Speaker 4: Well, I had so much tape and so many ankle
• 24:21
  Speaker 4: braces on. Like, how could I look that athletic? And
• 24:24
  Speaker 4: I had offensive line shoes on that game to fit
• 24:27
  Speaker 4: the ankle brace for that high ankle sprain. Not a
• 24:30
  Speaker 4: big deal. I was doubtful.
• 24:32
  Speaker 3: You were doubtful even when you were playing. You know
• 24:35
  Speaker 3: what I'm saying? All right. We're going to give our
• 24:39
  Speaker 3: final kind of looks at the Saints and the Tigers here.
• 24:43
  Speaker 3: We'll start with the New Orleans Saints. Matt and I
• 24:45
  Speaker 3: will give you kind of how we see it going.
• 24:47
  Speaker 3: Then Alondra and TayTay will back in the studio. It's
• 24:50
  Speaker 3: going to be a challenge for the Saints and not
• 24:52
  Speaker 3: really with what they're doing but who they're playing against.
• 24:55
  Speaker 3: It's a very good Baltimore Ravens team. It is on
• 24:58
  Speaker 3: the road for a second week in a row. Now,
• 25:00
  Speaker 3: The injury report for Baltimore doesn't look great. It certainly
• 25:05
  Speaker 3: is going to have some stars that are going to
• 25:07
  Speaker 3: be on that injury report. They might give it a go,
• 25:09
  Speaker 3: but they might not even play. That is a big
• 25:11
  Speaker 3: advantage for the New Orleans Saints. Seven and a half
• 25:15
  Speaker 3: point favorite for the Ravens. We talked about it throughout
• 25:18
  Speaker 3: the show. It was eight and a half. The Saints
• 25:21
  Speaker 3: are going to be in this game. The Saints are
• 25:22
  Speaker 3: going to have an opportunity in the fourth quarter to
• 25:24
  Speaker 3: go try and take a lead. They're going to have
• 25:28
  Speaker 3: the ball with a chance to either tie it up
• 25:30
  Speaker 3: or take a lead late. Can they make the play?
• 25:34
  Speaker 3: Last week, to their credit, they did. You're two-point conversion away.
• 25:40
  Speaker 3: You got yourself in position to even try a 62-yard
• 25:42
  Speaker 3: field goal at the end of regulation. This is going
• 25:46
  Speaker 3: to feel like it's putting a lot of emphasis on
• 25:49
  Speaker 3: one player, and it is, but some of the issues
• 25:52
  Speaker 3: the Saints have, if the Ravens don't have Zay Flowers
• 25:57
  Speaker 3: I think the Saints win. If the Ravens have Zay Flowers,
• 26:00
  Speaker 3: I think the Saints cover. He means that much, I think,
• 26:03
  Speaker 3: to this game. And where the Saints, if they had
• 26:07
  Speaker 3: a deficiency, I would say, obviously, defensive back's been talked about.
• 26:11
  Speaker 3: Zay Flowers, to me, is going to be the key
• 26:13
  Speaker 3: to this game. Is he available? Does he play? Also,
• 26:16
  Speaker 3: Trey Hendrickson might not be available for this game. That's
• 26:19
  Speaker 3: two big ones. If those guys don't play, I'm telling
• 26:23
  Speaker 3: you the Saints can win this game.
• 26:24
  Speaker 4: They can win this game, but they have to start
• 26:29
  Speaker 4: out hot. Kellen Moore and Tyler Shuck have to take
• 26:32
  Speaker 4: the next step in their progression as a coach and
• 26:36
  Speaker 4: as a quarterback. It is time for them to step
• 26:39
  Speaker 4: their game up.
• 26:40
  Speaker 3: Yeah, they can do it.
• 26:41
  Speaker 4: They fell for a damn near 400 yards last week.
• 26:44
  Speaker 4: But they cannot come out flat in the first half.
• 26:48
  Speaker 4: If they want an opportunity to be in the game
• 26:51
  Speaker 4: the fourth quarter, like you said, if they want to
• 26:52
  Speaker 4: be in the game the fourth quarter... they have to
• 26:54
  Speaker 4: come out and play good offense. They cannot come out
• 26:58
  Speaker 4: flat and then hope that there's just not enough time
• 27:01
  Speaker 4: in two quarters at the end of the game to
• 27:02
  Speaker 4: go and win against a good team like the Ravens.
• 27:06
  Speaker 4: So they got to start out. And that's the next progression. Yeah,
• 27:09
  Speaker 4: they can do everything. Tyler Sheck, you can make every throw.
• 27:11
  Speaker 4: You can make every play. You're super competitive. And we
• 27:14
  Speaker 4: love that you got that dog in you to come
• 27:16
  Speaker 4: back in the fourth quarter and in the second half.
• 27:19
  Speaker 4: But The next progression for you as a quarterback is
• 27:22
  Speaker 4: being able to do it for four quarters, doing it
• 27:25
  Speaker 4: in the first half and being able to run the
• 27:26
  Speaker 4: offense early on and operate and play like it's the
• 27:30
  Speaker 4: fourth quarter, even though it's the first quarter.
• 27:32
  Speaker 3: You've got to do that.
• 27:33
  Speaker 4: Keep that dog in you. We love it. We know
• 27:36
  Speaker 4: you're going to be the quarterback here for New Orleans
• 27:38
  Speaker 4: for a long time. It's time. I know it's only
• 27:41
  Speaker 4: week two. It's your second year, but it's time to
• 27:42
  Speaker 4: take that next step. So we can talk about, say,
• 27:45
  Speaker 4: Flowers and Trey Hendrickson and the defense, blah, blah, blah.
• 27:48
  Speaker 4: It's going to come down. to that offense. Can they
• 27:50
  Speaker 4: start out? It doesn't even have to start out fast.
• 27:52
  Speaker 4: You just have to start out good. You can't start
• 27:54
  Speaker 4: out historically bad in the first half and then play
• 27:57
  Speaker 4: historically good in the second half. There's just not enough
• 27:59
  Speaker 4: time versus a good defense or versus a good team
• 28:02
  Speaker 4: like the Ravens. So start out fast, play well on offense,
• 28:06
  Speaker 4: and you're going to give yourself a chance in the
• 28:09
  Speaker 4: fourth quarter. And if you give Tyler Shuck a fourth
• 28:12
  Speaker 4: quarter chance, I like those odds.
• 28:17
  Speaker 3: You like it? I love it.
• 28:18
  Speaker 2: Boom.
• 28:19
  Speaker 3: I want some more of it.
• 28:20
  Speaker 4: Alternate line.
• 28:21
  Speaker 3: Let's throw it down the studio. Tay-Tay, Alondra, how does
• 28:25
  Speaker 3: it play out for the New Orleans Saints this weekend?
• 28:27
  Speaker 5: The Saints are going to have to run the football.
• 28:29
  Speaker 5: That was the issue for me last week. I mean,
• 28:32
  Speaker 5: they averaged, I think it was like 3.6 yards per carry.
• 28:34
  Speaker 5: Tyler Shuck cannot throw the ball 50 times a game.
• 28:37
  Speaker 5: every single week and expect to win. I'm with you
• 28:40
  Speaker 5: guys on Zay Flowers. If he doesn't play, I feel
• 28:43
  Speaker 5: a lot good about it. The question is, can the
• 28:45
  Speaker 5: Saints run the ball and keep Lamar Jackson and Derrick
• 28:47
  Speaker 5: Henry off the field? I want to say yes, because
• 28:52
  Speaker 5: I think the Saints defense is going to step up
• 28:54
  Speaker 5: a little bit, but I am going to go to
• 28:56
  Speaker 5: the Ravens. I think Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry are
• 28:58
  Speaker 5: just going to be a little bit too much this week,
• 28:59
  Speaker 5: but I think it's close.
• 29:01
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think we're all kind of on the same
• 29:03
  Speaker 2: page here. I think that the Saints defense did well
• 29:06
  Speaker 2: versus the Lions in the second half of the game,
• 29:10
  Speaker 2: and they went to overtime. But I was asking y'all
• 29:12
  Speaker 2: last night, like, are the Lions just not as good
• 29:16
  Speaker 2: maybe that we originally thought they were? I mean, I
• 29:18
  Speaker 2: know Jared Goff is awesome, and I guess Taylor's right.
• 29:22
  Speaker 2: They had two starters on the offensive line that were out,
• 29:24
  Speaker 2: but it's not enough of a sample size for me
• 29:28
  Speaker 2: for the Saints, but I do think that they cover,
• 29:31
  Speaker 2: but I think that the Ravens take this one, if
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: Zay Flowers is.
• 29:36
  Speaker 3: The Saints and Ravens and the Lions are tough to
• 29:40
  Speaker 3: Alondra's point because Buffalo's really good. That was the first
• 29:45
  Speaker 3: time they played in their new stadium, so it was
• 29:47
  Speaker 3: turned up to an 11.
• 29:48
  Speaker 4: The NFL's rigged, right? So they're going to make the
• 29:51
  Speaker 4: Buffalo win in their new stadium.
• 29:53
  Speaker 3: They've got a unicorn at quarterback Josh Allen, so it
• 29:57
  Speaker 3: is a small sample size, but Again, the injury report
• 30:00
  Speaker 3: for this one is what I'm going to be eye
• 30:02
  Speaker 3: hustling to see if the Saints can get it done.
• 30:05
  Speaker 3: All right, it is now time to talk a little
• 30:07
  Speaker 3: Tigers versus Rebels. All right, so look, we're all going
• 30:14
  Speaker 3: to pick LSU. It is what it is. We're an
• 30:16
  Speaker 3: LSU show. We're LSU people. We played for LSU. We're
• 30:19
  Speaker 3: not going against LSU. I know there's people at our
• 30:21
  Speaker 3: station that, you know, will pick other teams. It's not
• 30:23
  Speaker 3: going to be us, too. You'll never see that. It's
• 30:25
  Speaker 3: probably not going to be anybody in the foxhole. It's
• 30:27
  Speaker 3: just not how it's going to be. But we're going
• 30:29
  Speaker 3: to tell you why we are picking LSU, okay? For me,
• 30:32
  Speaker 3: LSU's defense travels. The Tigers have allowed just 24 points
• 30:36
  Speaker 3: through two games, including only 10 against Clemson. They held
• 30:39
  Speaker 3: Clemson under 150 total yards and allowed just one, Matt,
• 30:43
  Speaker 3: one-third down conversion. That is a championship-level defense, okay? Up front.
• 30:48
  Speaker 3: Prince Will Umami Ellen leads the country with five sacks,
• 30:52
  Speaker 3: and LSU's front is creating negative plays without consistently needing
• 30:56
  Speaker 3: extra pressure. We talked about that all week long, getting
• 30:59
  Speaker 3: pressure with four, and then when you want to bring
• 31:01
  Speaker 3: extra numbers, you do it because you want to, not
• 31:04
  Speaker 3: because you have to. I think the Tigers are going
• 31:06
  Speaker 3: to make Trinidad Chambliss just uncomfortable enough to make it
• 31:11
  Speaker 3: where he's going to be playing behind the chains. I
• 31:13
  Speaker 3: think this is going to be a game where, First
• 31:18
  Speaker 3: down matters a lot, and LSU's been really good on
• 31:21
  Speaker 3: first down on defense to create second and longs that
• 31:23
  Speaker 3: turn into third and longs. Kiwan Lacy is a hell
• 31:27
  Speaker 3: of a running back. I mean, he is really, really good.
• 31:30
  Speaker 3: This is going to be the best group of linebackers
• 31:32
  Speaker 3: I think he goes against, me thinks, this entire year.
• 31:36
  Speaker 3: So can you control him? If he has 85 yards
• 31:41
  Speaker 3: on 20-something carries, that is controlling one of the better
• 31:43
  Speaker 3: players in the country. That is going to be an advantage,
• 31:47
  Speaker 3: I think, for LSU to have those guys in the
• 31:49
  Speaker 3: middle of your defense. The biggest point, though, I think
• 31:52
  Speaker 3: LSU's defense gives the offense the opportunity to not have
• 31:56
  Speaker 3: to be perfect. They don't have to be perfect. because
• 32:01
  Speaker 3: the LSU defense does things, and they did it a
• 32:03
  Speaker 3: week ago, right? We know Sam Leavitt. He's questionable. The
• 32:07
  Speaker 3: offense committed four turnovers against Louisiana Tech, but LSU still
• 32:11
  Speaker 3: won 45-14 because the defense refused to let the game turn.
• 32:16
  Speaker 3: On the road, in an emotional rivalry game, that defense
• 32:20
  Speaker 3: is the most dependable unit, I think, on the field.
• 32:23
  Speaker 3: On the field. So Ole Miss will make some plays.
• 32:27
  Speaker 3: LSU can pressure the quarterback, stop the run, and survive
• 32:31
  Speaker 3: its own offensive mistakes. If there is mistakes, I'm taking
• 32:34
  Speaker 3: the Tigers because LSU's defense is the best unit in
• 32:38
  Speaker 3: this game. That's Ole Miss's offense, LSU offense, Ole Miss defense.
• 32:44
  Speaker 3: The LSU defense is the best unit in this game.
• 32:47
  Speaker 3: The Tigers win 27-20 on the road. Oh, baby, I
• 32:48
  Speaker 3: love it. 27-20 on the road.
• 32:50
  Speaker 4: I think it's... Everything you said is absolutely correct. The
• 32:58
  Speaker 4: LSU defense, Blake Baker, they are going to have a game.
• 33:02
  Speaker 4: We've heard all about it. We know how good the
• 33:04
  Speaker 4: talent is over at Ole Miss. It does not matter.
• 33:07
  Speaker 4: That defense is that good. They're going to fly around.
• 33:09
  Speaker 4: They are going to create absolute chaos. Yeah, there might
• 33:11
  Speaker 4: be a big play here or there for Ole Miss.
• 33:13
  Speaker 4: It doesn't matter. But what it all comes down to,
• 33:16
  Speaker 4: it is the game that everything has been building up to.
• 33:20
  Speaker 4: It is the game that everybody's talked about since Lane
• 33:22
  Speaker 4: Kiffin landed here in Baton Rouge. And I'm so tired
• 33:26
  Speaker 4: of hearing about Ole Miss. I'm so tired of seeing
• 33:29
  Speaker 4: their fans on social media, all this, all that, the
• 33:32
  Speaker 4: biggest thing ever to happen to them. All week long, Oxford,
• 33:36
  Speaker 4: the Grove, college game day, Lane Kiffin coming back. They're
• 33:39
  Speaker 4: adding security. Hell, they might even throw the National Guard
• 33:43
  Speaker 4: in there.
• 33:43
  Speaker 3: Who knows?
• 33:44
  Speaker 4: They're going to strike the stadium. Everybody up there is angry.
• 33:47
  Speaker 3: Good.
• 33:48
  Speaker 4: I hope they are furious because somewhere along the way,
• 33:51
  Speaker 4: Ole Miss has convinced itself that it is on LSU's level. Guys,
• 33:56
  Speaker 4: it's Ole Miss. This series has been played for more
• 33:59
  Speaker 4: than a century, and LSU has spent the overwhelming majority
• 34:02
  Speaker 4: of it reminding Ole Miss exactly where it stands. Ole Miss, yeah, okay.
• 34:07
  Speaker 4: Hats off. You won last year. Congrats. hang the banner,
• 34:10
  Speaker 4: put it right next to the other imaginary championships over
• 34:13
  Speaker 4: there in Oxford because Saturday night is not about last year.
• 34:16
  Speaker 4: It doesn't matter what happened last year. You got the
• 34:19
  Speaker 4: number seven, LSU Tigers. Walk it into Oxford. You got 60,000
• 34:23
  Speaker 4: people who spent nine months convincing themselves that this is
• 34:26
  Speaker 4: the biggest football game of their lives, and that's the difference.
• 34:29
  Speaker 4: For Ole Miss, beating LSU is the season. For LSU,
• 34:33
  Speaker 4: beating Ole Miss is something you're supposed to do. They
• 34:36
  Speaker 4: can have the Grove, those chandeliers, all those button-down shirts,
• 34:40
  Speaker 4: the Brad's and Chad's, Red Solo Cups. They can have
• 34:42
  Speaker 4: all that stuff, but at 6.30, you got to leave
• 34:45
  Speaker 4: the cocktail party, and you got to go watch two
• 34:47
  Speaker 4: teams play football. And LSU is coming to play ball.
• 34:51
  Speaker 4: You wanted Lane Kiffin back in Oxford? Well, you got him.
• 34:55
  Speaker 4: You got him Saturday night, except this time he's walking
• 34:57
  Speaker 4: on that field with the LSU Tigers. They can boo
• 35:01
  Speaker 4: until they get tired, exhausted, drunk, hungover, until they're blue
• 35:05
  Speaker 4: in the face. They can scream. They can throw a tantrum. Hell,
• 35:08
  Speaker 4: they can even have Morgan Freeman narrate the whole damn thing.
• 35:11
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 35:12
  Speaker 4: The whole game if they want. None of this is
• 35:13
  Speaker 4: going to matter. Going to Oxford, walking to their stadium,
• 35:16
  Speaker 4: beat Ole Miss' ass, take the Magnolia ball, remind everybody
• 35:20
  Speaker 4: in Mississippi of something they should have learned a long
• 35:24
  Speaker 4: time ago. You are not LSU.
• 35:26
  Speaker 6: LSU, 34-21.
• 35:26
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 35:27
  Speaker 4: Like that, Moose? Like that score?
• 35:29
  Speaker 2: 34-21?
• 35:40
  Speaker 4: I don't know where they got all this twisted. When
• 35:41
  Speaker 4: did they decide that they are on LSU's level? Because
• 35:45
  Speaker 4: they won a game? I'm so tired of hearing them.
• 35:49
  Speaker 4: I'm so tired of seeing them. Shut them up. Because
• 35:53
  Speaker 4: in two years, they're going to be back to, you know,
• 35:56
  Speaker 4: eight wins. Eight wins is going to be about normal
• 35:59
  Speaker 4: for them in a couple years. They'll be irrelevant.
• 36:01
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 36:02
  Speaker 4: Like a fart in the wind.
• 36:03
  Speaker 3: Let's throw it back to studio. Tay-Tay and Alondra.
• 36:07
  Speaker 2: I'm with Matt. I am so sick of Ole Miss
• 36:10
  Speaker 2: and this high horse that they have suddenly got on
• 36:13
  Speaker 2: that Lane Kiffin put them on.
• 36:15
  Speaker 3: And guess what?
• 36:15
  Speaker 2: Lane Kiffin's not there anymore. You have Pete Golding, which
• 36:18
  Speaker 2: no disrespect to him. I'm sure he's a great person,
• 36:21
  Speaker 2: but I'm also sick of all the hype that Pete
• 36:23
  Speaker 2: Golding is getting. And I am not impressed by this
• 36:28
  Speaker 2: defense at all. So I think that LSU is going
• 36:30
  Speaker 2: to run all over them because duh. And then also
• 36:34
  Speaker 2: their offense is, Like, obviously, they're strong suit, but our
• 36:40
  Speaker 2: defense is a lot better. And I think that we
• 36:43
  Speaker 2: are going to smack them around and it's going to
• 36:45
  Speaker 2: be so much fun. And I really want them to
• 36:47
  Speaker 2: get off of their high horse. And I think we'll
• 36:49
  Speaker 2: knock them off. And I think that LSU wins this
• 36:52
  Speaker 2: game 35. I thought 27 at first, but I think
• 36:57
  Speaker 2: I'm giving Trinidad and Kewan too much credit.
• 36:59
  Speaker 3: I'm going to go 35-21 LSU.
• 37:03
  Speaker 4: I like it.
• 37:03
  Speaker 5: And Matt, I think you were way too generous about
• 37:05
  Speaker 5: saying in two years that they're going to fall off
• 37:07
  Speaker 5: as a program. I think that's coming. And if you
• 37:10
  Speaker 5: guys don't want to disrespect Pete Golding, hand up.
• 37:12
  Speaker 4: I'll do it.
• 37:12
  Speaker 5: Pete should be Lane's biggest fan because if Lane doesn't leave,
• 37:15
  Speaker 5: there ain't a program in the country that would hire
• 37:17
  Speaker 5: Pete Golding to be their head coach.
• 37:18
  Speaker 4: That's just a fact of the matter. Here's what I think.
• 37:22
  Speaker 5: Trinidad Chambliss, a lot better quarterback this year than he
• 37:25
  Speaker 5: was at this point a year ago.
• 37:26
  Speaker 4: I get that.
• 37:27
  Speaker 5: But you held this offense to 24 points in Oxford
• 37:30
  Speaker 5: last season. Your defense is a whole lot better. I
• 37:33
  Speaker 5: just don't see Ole Miss being able to get to
• 37:35
  Speaker 5: that 24-point threshold. Love Trinidad. Love Keywon Lacy. Weapons around them.
• 37:40
  Speaker 5: I've said it all offseason. They lost five of their
• 37:42
  Speaker 5: six receivers from a year ago. That concerns me with
• 37:45
  Speaker 5: that questionable defense. I think LSU is going to be
• 37:47
  Speaker 5: able to run the ball late in the game. I
• 37:49
  Speaker 5: like LSU 28-17.
• 37:52
  Speaker 2: I think Ole Miss actually falls off this season.
• 37:55
  Speaker 4: Ooh.
• 37:57
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 37:58
  Speaker 4: LSU's going to break them this weekend.
• 37:59
  Speaker 3: All right. That is the final prediction for LSU and
• 38:03
  Speaker 3: Ole Miss and the New Orleans Saints and Baltimore Ravens.
• 38:07
  Speaker 3: When we come back, we're going to wrap it up
• 38:09
  Speaker 3: here live from Rouse's, and we're going to do it
• 38:11
  Speaker 3: answering your questions. Go ahead and get those. The chat
• 38:15
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• 38:21
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  Speaker 7: All right, welcome.
• 40:10
  Speaker 3: Back in. It is OTB here live from Rouse's on Burnbake.
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  Speaker 3: Well said. All right. Hashtag ask the bench. Will LSU
• 40:46
  Speaker 3: run five personnel, I guess, for the game 0-5? So
• 40:52
  Speaker 3: I guess we're going no running backs, five tight ends.
• 40:54
  Speaker 3: All right.
• 40:54
  Speaker 4: Let's do it.
• 40:54
  Speaker 3: I love it. Do we have five tight ends? I
• 40:56
  Speaker 3: don't think LSU has five tight ends, but that's what
• 40:58
  Speaker 3: 0-5 personnel would be. It would be no running backs
• 41:01
  Speaker 3: and five tight ends.
• 41:02
  Speaker 4: Okay. I'm down for it. Why not? Just do it once.
• 41:06
  Speaker 3: I don't really get why you would, you know, Not
• 41:10
  Speaker 3: just do it with fullbacks. Just go 50 personnel with
• 41:16
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• 41:22
  Speaker 3: when you were playing?
• 41:24
  Speaker 4: We got asked this question yesterday.
• 41:26
  Speaker 3: We did.
• 41:27
  Speaker 4: I didn't really have an answer because I don't even
• 41:28
  Speaker 4: really remember any Ole Miss memory because it was so
• 41:33
  Speaker 4: irrelevant to me.
• 41:34
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 41:35
  Speaker 4: It wasn't a big deal. I think I scored a
• 41:37
  Speaker 4: touchdown in their stadium. Um, one time I threw a
• 41:41
  Speaker 4: touchdown to Benny Brazil at Ole Miss stadium and our
• 41:45
  Speaker 4: GA at the time, Tracy, Tracy Smith, who was a signaler.
• 41:50
  Speaker 4: We had these, cause we would do signaling and we
• 41:52
  Speaker 4: had a joke in practice when I would get in,
• 41:55
  Speaker 4: he would, we would act like he had mittens on. Yeah.
• 41:58
  Speaker 4: And so he couldn't like move his fingers out. So
• 42:00
  Speaker 4: he would signal with mittens on. So like I got
• 42:02
  Speaker 4: in the game and it was a joke.
• 42:04
  Speaker 3: Yeah.
• 42:06
  Speaker 4: So he signaled as a joke. He had mittens on
• 42:09
  Speaker 4: his hand. And he ran, I think it was his
• 42:11
  Speaker 4: eye right, 144 go. And I just threw a touchdown
• 42:14
  Speaker 4: to Benny. Threw the go. Olympian. Shout out, Benny.
• 42:16
  Speaker 3: That's pretty fast. Shout out to Benny Brazil, our guy.
• 42:19
  Speaker 3: I don't really know.
• 42:22
  Speaker 4: 04, 05, I.
• 42:25
  Speaker 3: Don't even remember what year it was. We were beating
• 42:27
  Speaker 3: them by, like, 40-something. And they still tried an onsides
• 42:29
  Speaker 3: kick late in the game. So, like, we were already
• 42:32
  Speaker 3: all out of the game. And then we had to
• 42:34
  Speaker 3: go back out there for hands team.
• 42:36
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 42:36
  Speaker 6: Right.
• 42:36
  Speaker 3: Me and Joe Adai and a couple of us. And
• 42:38
  Speaker 3: I remember they kicked the onside kick and I was
• 42:40
  Speaker 3: the guy, you know, there's a front line and there's
• 42:42
  Speaker 3: a guy right behind him. I was the guy right behind.
• 42:44
  Speaker 3: And so I catch it and I just kind of
• 42:46
  Speaker 3: fall down.
• 42:47
  Speaker 4: We're up by 40.
• 42:47
  Speaker 3: And I remember Joe getting so mad at me because
• 42:50
  Speaker 3: like Joe's like, you had the corner. Like I had
• 42:52
  Speaker 3: to do is follow me. You to score to return
• 42:55
  Speaker 3: for a touchdown. I was like, Joe. we're like we're
• 42:58
  Speaker 3: up by like 45 points and it'd be cool to
• 43:00
  Speaker 3: have a kick return for a touchdown like on the
• 43:02
  Speaker 3: log yeah you're like my mind wasn't there my gloves
• 43:05
  Speaker 3: were off my tape was off my wrist already.
• 43:07
  Speaker 4: Joe we're not the same guy you know.
• 43:10
  Speaker 3: Joe you probably could have scored i'm just gonna fall
• 43:12
  Speaker 3: down here and get back on the bus and get
• 43:14
  Speaker 3: on the plane uh and then also i remember trending
• 43:17
  Speaker 3: holiday returning a kick for a touchdown at 07 i
• 43:19
  Speaker 3: was getting a shot in my rib from dr bankston
• 43:22
  Speaker 3: When he did it, I remember celebrating and, like, pain
• 43:25
  Speaker 3: shooting down all the way to my toes. You got shot?
• 43:28
  Speaker 3: I had, like, a needle in my ribs when I'm
• 43:31
  Speaker 3: watching the TV of Trenton score in the touchdown.
• 43:32
  Speaker 4: If that needle goes anywhere near Jacob's ribs, I swear
• 43:35
  Speaker 4: to God. Rip your arms off.
• 43:37
  Speaker 3: I came back in the game, though. Actually, recovered an
• 43:41
  Speaker 3: onside kick in that one, too.
• 43:42
  Speaker 4: Again, brings up a point.
• 43:43
  Speaker 3: We were up by a lot still.
• 43:44
  Speaker 4: Bud Kilmer got a bad rap in that movie because
• 43:46
  Speaker 4: of the shot stuff.
• 43:47
  Speaker 3: He did. They happen. He was just trying to get
• 43:49
  Speaker 3: his guy back on the field. I wanted the shot
• 43:51
  Speaker 3: every single time. Give it to me.
• 43:54
  Speaker 4: This is an interesting one. I have to ask the
• 43:56
  Speaker 4: bench here. Did Jake hear Kiven's explanation of running in
• 43:59
  Speaker 4: gun versus under? No, but I actually would.
• 44:02
  Speaker 3: Love to hear that audio.
• 44:03
  Speaker 4: I'm going to go back.
• 44:04
  Speaker 3: First thing I do when I get in the car
• 44:05
  Speaker 3: is find that audio.
• 44:07
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I'd like to see what that explanation is.
• 44:09
  Speaker 3: Yeah, me too. As a running back, in my style
• 44:12
  Speaker 3: of running, I wanted to be in eye formation or
• 44:15
  Speaker 3: pistol or ace formation.
• 44:17
  Speaker 4: I'd love to hear an explanation of why college coaches
• 44:20
  Speaker 4: do the clap count. That's another explanation I'd like to hear.
• 44:24
  Speaker 4: What is the benefit? Because there has to be a benefit.
• 44:26
  Speaker 4: People are going to do things because there's a benefit.
• 44:28
  Speaker 4: I'd like to hear because it's real dumb.
• 44:31
  Speaker 3: Hashtag Ask the Bench. Will LSU have a spy on
• 44:34
  Speaker 3: Trinidad Chambliss?
• 44:35
  Speaker 4: This is more probably a question for you. I think
• 44:37
  Speaker 4: there's going to be an element of a spy. Spies
• 44:40
  Speaker 4: come in all different shapes and sizes.
• 44:42
  Speaker 3: You spy a.
• 44:43
  Speaker 4: Lot of times when it's man-to-man, sometimes when it's zone.
• 44:46
  Speaker 4: It's just power by numbers. But, you know, we're going
• 44:50
  Speaker 4: to run simulated pressures. We're going to be showing pressures
• 44:52
  Speaker 4: and then the line of scrimmage and then dropping seven,
• 44:54
  Speaker 4: dropping eight into coverage. So there's going to be strengthened
• 44:57
  Speaker 4: numbers in the secondary that we'll be able to class.
• 44:59
  Speaker 4: But I will assume that there will be an element
• 45:02
  Speaker 4: of a spy, somebody that is roaming, whether it's from
• 45:05
  Speaker 4: the safety position, linebacker position, hell, it might even be
• 45:08
  Speaker 4: a defensive end that's dropping. Blake Baker is prepared for this.
• 45:11
  Speaker 4: Blake Baker is ready for this game, and they're going
• 45:13
  Speaker 4: to give him absolute fits this weekend. I can't wait.
• 45:16
  Speaker 3: Go Tigers. Cannot wait. This is going to be awesome.
• 45:20
  Speaker 3: I look forward to it. It's here. LSU versus Ole Miss.
• 45:26
  Speaker 3: Tigers by a million. Go Tigers.
• 45:30
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• 45:32
  Speaker 3: See you on Monday.
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