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Episode 43-LSU Game Preview and Scooter Budreaux · Johnny's World

0:02
SPEAKER_00: Coming to you live from the Johnny Packer Eyewear Studios in fabulous Dark Vegas, Mississippi, please welcome our co-host, the best iDoc this side of the Mississippi, BW.
0:18
SPEAKER_00: And now, welcome a true hero, a CF Warrior whose favorite motto in life is just keep living.
0:27
SPEAKER_00: Here's Johnny.
0:38
SPEAKER_02: Okay, welcome to a brand new edition of Johnny's World Podcast.
0:43
SPEAKER_02: Today, uh Johnny here, along with BW.
0:47
SPEAKER_01: Hey hey Johnny, how we doing?
0:49
SPEAKER_02: Oh, we're doing quite well.
0:51
SPEAKER_02: We're two and oh, so you know, two and oh.
0:54
SPEAKER_02: That's uh that's a good good uh good record to have right now at this point.
0:58
SPEAKER_02: Not everybody can say they're two and oh.
1:00
SPEAKER_02: So uh did you stay up all night and watch that game?
1:03
SPEAKER_01: No, I really only made it to about the uh I made it to halftime.
1:08
SPEAKER_01: And so I I saw it and I'm trying to remember what happened, but I feel like we let them get the ball.
1:14
SPEAKER_01: They kind of drove down the field a little bit right before the end of the half.
1:17
SPEAKER_01: And we were up, what like 15 to 10 or something at halftime?
1:21
SPEAKER_01: And I said, you know what, like if we we blow this game, I don't want to be up, I don't want to stay up till two in the morning to see it.
1:27
SPEAKER_01: So I'm gonna trust that we uh we do okay.
1:30
SPEAKER_01: So I I ended up going to bed and then just woke up the next morning and checked the score and felt good about it.
1:37
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I stayed up to the bitter end.
1:39
SPEAKER_02: I I looked when the when the uh clock went off when the game ended, it was 1 55 a.m.
1:45
SPEAKER_02: So it was 2 a.m.
1:46
SPEAKER_02: when we ended wow.
1:48
SPEAKER_02: Pack 12 after dark, man.
1:49
SPEAKER_02: Uh we're the only team playing, so uh all the eyes were on us.
1:52
SPEAKER_02: So uh yeah, you know, we we talked about this game last week on the podcast about how that was a we were nervous that that was a trap game, and they came out scoring first.
2:01
SPEAKER_02: Actually, I was text new because I couldn't even watch the game because the previous game was on and I didn't get the channel that the that they moved it on to, so I didn't even get to see the first touchdown by Arizona, which I'm glad I didn't.
2:12
SPEAKER_02: But uh yeah, after you said that, I was like, man, here we go, exactly what we're talking about, trap game.
2:17
SPEAKER_02: But uh, but yeah, we ended up pulling it off.
2:20
SPEAKER_02: So uh it was kind of you know, hey, at this point of the season, we'll we're just starting the season, but but at this point, uh you take a win at any any way you can get it.
2:30
SPEAKER_02: So uh yes, yeah, you know, and nobody nobody's not there's no guaranteed wins in college football.
2:35
SPEAKER_02: Look at what happened today last weekend with AM, and you know, uh, so I mean, and uh who else, Notre Dame.
2:42
SPEAKER_02: So, you know, we're you're when you get a win, you gotta be thankful and happy for it because it it's not easy.
2:47
SPEAKER_02: Um, so yeah, with that being said, we got a huge test this weekend uh coming up.
2:52
SPEAKER_02: You know, uh we'll know by uh Saturday night, late Sunday morning what this team really is made of, in my opinion, you know, going down to LSU playing at night at Tiger Stadium.
3:03
SPEAKER_02: Uh so you know, that's there, even though we we on paper, we probably do appear to be a better football team than LSU at this point right now.
3:11
SPEAKER_02: And I think we're favored by two points.
3:12
SPEAKER_02: You can't ever count them out at night, especially with all the fans there and everything.
3:16
SPEAKER_02: And we don't have much luck there, you know.
3:18
SPEAKER_02: We've only won a I think uh I think I saw the other day where John Bond was when he was a quarterback for State was the only time that State had won back-to-back trips to LSU.
3:27
SPEAKER_02: I think that was like 81 and 83.
3:28
SPEAKER_02: So it's a long time coming.
3:30
SPEAKER_02: We did win the last one there, which is still amazing.
3:33
SPEAKER_02: Uh that was Mike Leach's first game, and nobody was in the crowd, and it was a day game, and Costello broke the passing records, which was just unheard of.
3:40
SPEAKER_02: And uh, so yeah, that that if we can capitalize and get a win, we'll be doing something we hadn't done since the early 80s when when OJB was our quarterback.
3:48
SPEAKER_02: So uh we'll see what happens.
3:51
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I know.
3:52
SPEAKER_01: And talking about last week, man, I feel bad.
3:55
SPEAKER_01: My um my brother-in-law and father-in-law were both AM fans and Cowboys fans, and so they had about the worst week you could have for football.
4:06
SPEAKER_01: So um yeah, I feel bad for for Dak.
4:10
SPEAKER_01: I mean, it sounds like he it wasn't too bad.
4:13
SPEAKER_01: Maybe he's he's gonna come back sooner than later.
4:15
SPEAKER_01: Kind of sounds like the Drew Brees thing, yeah, but maybe not quite as bad as that.
4:20
SPEAKER_02: So yeah, that originally saw where it was like six to eight weeks, but then I heard where it could be four to six weeks.
4:27
SPEAKER_02: So uh so it's gonna be a few weeks for sure, but uh yeah, at least it's not a season ending injury.
4:32
SPEAKER_01: Yep.
4:33
SPEAKER_01: And then man, I I mean, Alabama should have lost that game down there in Texas.
4:39
SPEAKER_02: Man, oh I know they're man, they're always so dead gum lucky, man.
4:44
SPEAKER_02: Like, I just knew tech, you know, I knew Texas was gonna win after the guy kicked the field goal, his last name was Auburn.
4:51
SPEAKER_02: I was like, come on, Auburn beats Alabama.
4:53
SPEAKER_02: Here we go.
4:54
SPEAKER_02: You know, when that happened, I was like, they're gonna win.
4:56
SPEAKER_02: Auburn beats Alabama headline in the paper tomorrow, and it'll be the kicker, is always be known for that, Auburn.
5:01
SPEAKER_02: And lo and behold, they left too much time on the clock, and and Alabama came down and escapes the win.
5:06
SPEAKER_02: Did you see Saban get mad uh after the game when they were doing the horn sound?
5:11
SPEAKER_02: That was great.
5:12
SPEAKER_02: So I have a feeling that the Alabama football players had a rough week of practice this week.
5:16
SPEAKER_02: I'm sure Saban's not let up.
5:18
SPEAKER_01: I know that's one thing I always wonder about.
5:22
SPEAKER_01: It seems like we always play them later in the year and they're just rolling, and yeah, you know, we just can't ever beat them.
5:29
SPEAKER_01: I I feel like they're they're not as disciplined, or they it takes them a few weeks to kind of get it together at the first part of the season.
5:36
SPEAKER_01: If we could get them that third or fourth game, like like this weekend, um, probably wouldn't want them right after Texas, but if we could get them early, I'd really like to kind of see where how we would have played in some of these seasons, like when we had Dak and like if we had played them the week we played AM and we had Dak that year, you know what would have happened.
5:56
SPEAKER_01: Right.
5:57
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, it's it's all about seems like uh as teams go on through the season and the the season's such a grind at the end of the season, you're all banged up and stuff.
6:06
SPEAKER_02: But then it seems like when you're Alabama, you get stronger as the game as the season goes on.
6:11
SPEAKER_02: It's just it's just weird how it works like that.
6:13
SPEAKER_02: But yeah, you're right, it'd be interesting to see if you played Alabama earlier in the season.
6:17
SPEAKER_02: Uh, when we have the good team like Dak and stuff, how we would have done.
6:20
SPEAKER_02: But uh, but yeah, it was they escaped and got a win.
6:23
SPEAKER_02: But I'm glad to see they weren't they're not ranked number one because they definitely don't look like a number one team playing, uh with the penalties they had and all that sort of stuff.
6:31
SPEAKER_02: So I think if if Georgia had to play them today, Georgia wouldn't whoop them.
6:34
SPEAKER_02: But uh, but like I just said, the season goes on, Alabama gets stronger.
6:38
SPEAKER_02: So Alabama would probably beat Georgia at the end of the year if they played.
6:41
SPEAKER_02: But um, but yeah, it's good to see they're not that Georgia's one and Alabama's not right now.
6:46
SPEAKER_01: So yeah, I was thinking Bryce Young, you know, looks looks pretty average most of the game, but then on that last play, you know, they they blitzed and he just like ducked the shoulder and took off.
6:56
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, he looks he looked good at that point.
6:58
SPEAKER_02: That's why he's uh Heisman trophy winner right there, you know.
7:01
SPEAKER_02: The guys that win the Heisman, they're a reason they win the Heisman because when the game's on the line, that's when they they shine, and that's he proved it right there that he's well deserving of it.
7:10
SPEAKER_02: Heck, he might he if he keeps it up, he might win it again this year, you know.
7:16
SPEAKER_02: But uh that's one guy you don't want to give the ball to you when times when they're when there's not much time left on the clock, you know.
7:24
SPEAKER_02: If if if Texas had just waited a little bit longer and uh gave him no time, that would have been huge.
7:29
SPEAKER_02: But they were just they left too much time on the clock for us, and that's all what happens.
7:33
SPEAKER_02: But that's how it goes.
7:35
SPEAKER_02: That's how it goes.
7:36
SPEAKER_01: Well, I know that we have a special guest coming up in a little while that you talked to earlier, so we'll get we'll get to that.
7:42
SPEAKER_01: We'll find out a little bit more about Louisiana.
7:44
SPEAKER_01: Uh, I had to miss that interview at work, but um, you know, let's talk a little bit about Baton Rouge and and some stuff that's that's uh you know about LSU and Tiger Stadium and stuff like that.
7:55
SPEAKER_01: I've been there one time when we were in high school, and so I I haven't really spent a whole lot of time in Baton Rouge.
8:02
SPEAKER_01: I mean, I've been to New Orleans a whole lot, but I don't really know much about Baton Rouge.
8:07
SPEAKER_01: Um, but I know you've spent a lot of time down there in Louisiana with with uh John Snyder, and uh you've spent some time in Baton Rouge too.
8:16
SPEAKER_01: So so tell us a little bit about what's going on in Baton Rouge.
8:20
SPEAKER_02: Oh man, Baton Rouge, red stick.
8:22
SPEAKER_02: You know, it's uh pretty cool place.
8:24
SPEAKER_02: Um, the first game I went to down there was uh I was in hospital in high school.
8:29
SPEAKER_02: I guess uh what have been the game?
8:30
SPEAKER_02: Did you did you go in 1998?
8:32
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I went with well, so it wasn't a Mississippi State game, it was it was when an old miss played.
8:38
SPEAKER_01: I went with uh with Todd Bressler and his family, David Brown, Todd Russler, I think King was there.
8:45
SPEAKER_01: And so we were sitting in the we were he, they were all Ole Miss fans, and we were sitting in the LSU section, like at the very top.
8:52
SPEAKER_01: We sat next to some guy named Paco.
8:54
SPEAKER_01: That's the only thing I remember about being in there is some some guy named Paco, an LSU fan we sat next to.
9:00
SPEAKER_02: Wow.
9:01
SPEAKER_02: Uh so yeah, I went in 1998.
9:03
SPEAKER_02: I guess we would have been in the um fall of '98.
9:07
SPEAKER_02: We've been in the 11th grade, 10th, 11th grade, maybe 10th or 11th grade.
9:12
SPEAKER_02: And uh Coach Cheryl asked me to uh to pick a game out that uh I could travel with the team.
9:17
SPEAKER_02: And so I picked that game out.
9:19
SPEAKER_02: And and uh I came up here and uh I had to been younger because I wouldn't drive, it had to been before that because I don't think I had my license because my mom drove me up here and she stayed at the holiday inn here in Startville when uh when I went went with them.
9:34
SPEAKER_02: And uh so that was my first first trip traveling with Coach Cheryl.
9:38
SPEAKER_02: I ended up going from then on out every year to a game or two on the road with Coach as his guest.
9:43
SPEAKER_02: And uh so that was my first time.
9:46
SPEAKER_02: I all remember is we stayed at the Hilton, and uh there was a Hooters in the parking lot at the Hilton, and young Johnny went to the Hooters by himself one day, and uh that was the thing, man.
9:55
SPEAKER_02: Back in the day, remember everybody would wear Hooters shirts and be like, Yep, Hooters had like it was like Hard Rock Cafe is kind of like the thing to do.
10:02
SPEAKER_02: I remember buying a Hooters shirt from the Baton Rouge Hooters and wearing it to school, and people were like, Where'd you get that shirt?
10:07
SPEAKER_02: I was like, Oh, I went to the game and did it, and and uh, but that game I remember the LSU had a running back named uh Kevin Falk.
10:14
SPEAKER_02: Uh he is brother Marshall Falk was a big uh star for the Colts, I believe.
10:18
SPEAKER_02: And Kevin played with the Patriots, and that it hadn't been it was 98, but uh because that was the year that we won the West, and uh we had a really good team.
10:28
SPEAKER_02: And I remember riding uh the bus to the Golden Triangle Airport, and uh and Coach Harrow kind of put me in with uh with Coach Topkins, who was the linebacker coach at the time, and so good friends with him today.
10:40
SPEAKER_02: I see him at the gym working out, and uh he kind of took me under his wing on that trip.
10:44
SPEAKER_02: And I remember him sitting down sitting next to him.
10:46
SPEAKER_02: I was like, Coach, we're gonna how are we gonna do it?
10:48
SPEAKER_02: He was like, Well, they got this star running back number seven.
10:50
SPEAKER_02: We've got to uh we gotta watch out for him.
10:53
SPEAKER_02: And Kevin Falk is his name.
10:54
SPEAKER_02: And sure enough, Kevin Falk ran all over us that game, and uh we ended up losing that that particular game to LSU, but it ended up being uh blessing in disguise because I think it woke up our team and uh and we ended up, like I said, going on a roll and we won the West.
11:11
SPEAKER_02: And we played an SEC championship game that year, which has never been done, even with Dan Mullin at number one.
11:16
SPEAKER_02: We never won the West and played it in Atlanta.
11:18
SPEAKER_02: So that 98 team was a special team, and and that game I think served as a wake-up call, but it was cool.
11:25
SPEAKER_02: I was on the field.
11:26
SPEAKER_02: I remember getting kind of nervous.
11:28
SPEAKER_02: I was like, I was like, uh, first of all, um it was an it was a night game, and and uh I had never been there before.
11:36
SPEAKER_02: I was I was just kind of nervous uh making sure I was with the right people to make sure that when the game's over with that I could go.
11:42
SPEAKER_02: So I saw I scouted out some people on the sideline that I saw on the plane ride.
11:45
SPEAKER_02: So I was like, I'm sticking around with them because I know they're they're going back.
11:49
SPEAKER_02: So it all worked out.
11:50
SPEAKER_02: And my mom laughs today because we pulled up late that morning, early that morning into the shower complex on campus.
11:58
SPEAKER_02: And and Everett, uh, everyone knows who's listening to this.
12:00
SPEAKER_02: Everett Big E is the uh team bus driver.
12:02
SPEAKER_02: And my mom walked to the bus, and she and all these big football players are getting off one by one by one, and and I wouldn't and I wasn't there.
12:10
SPEAKER_02: And she looked at Everett and everyone's he's back there, he's coming.
12:13
SPEAKER_02: And I was at the very end, and and then here I come out of the the bus.
12:17
SPEAKER_02: I remember seeing the funny about that.
12:18
SPEAKER_02: I remember seeing Jack Crystal on the bus, and uh and he was smoking a cigarette on the bus.
12:24
SPEAKER_02: And I was like, Can you do that?
12:26
SPEAKER_02: and he was like, He's Jack Crystal, he can do whatever he wants to do.
12:28
SPEAKER_02: That dude did not care about anything, he he smoked, he just did it.
12:32
SPEAKER_02: But uh that was a memorable trip uh in '98.
12:36
SPEAKER_02: And then I've gone down there quite a few times uh for games and such.
12:40
SPEAKER_02: Um, let's see, I went down back in 2006.
12:45
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, uh, Kroom was our coach.
12:47
SPEAKER_02: Uh I just went just to go.
12:50
SPEAKER_02: And that was a uh it was kind of like the Memphis game this year.
12:53
SPEAKER_02: It was lightning delay, it was a day game, lightning delay.
12:56
SPEAKER_02: Uh, they had uh 07, they had the guy Jamarcus Russell, I believe was the name, LC quarterback.
13:02
SPEAKER_02: He was a top pick, and I think he was a bust in NFL.
13:05
SPEAKER_02: But man, they freaking just smoked us uh that day.
13:16
SPEAKER_02: It was just a disastrous game.
13:18
SPEAKER_02: But it was uh I went to that one and then in 08, man, I went down there.
13:23
SPEAKER_02: Uh I didn't have anything to do going that particular weekend, and and uh Nick Saban, and now that was Nick Saban's second year at Alabama, his first year he's gonna play at Tiger Stadium, and I was like, Man, that'd be a cool game to go to.
13:34
SPEAKER_02: You see, Nick Saban's first trip at Tiger Stadium as Alabama's coach.
13:38
SPEAKER_02: So I asked Ground, and I was like, No, I don't I can't go, I can't go.
13:42
SPEAKER_02: I was like, you know what?
13:42
SPEAKER_02: Screw it, I'm going.
13:43
SPEAKER_02: So I went to stuff up, bought a ticket, and uh drove down there and um and I parked.
13:49
SPEAKER_02: And I remember uh getting on the butt the shuttle from where I parked to the stadium.
13:53
SPEAKER_02: I sat next to these old Alabama guys, and man, they were probably like 80s and uh in their 80s, and they did not miss a single road game, uh, home or road game in I can't ever ever like 50 years or something.
14:05
SPEAKER_02: They went to every single game, the Dalhards, and uh so that game, man, that was it was an awesome environment.
14:12
SPEAKER_02: Uh, just like it was well worth the ticket price I paid, and and uh it's cool to be there for that particular game.
14:17
SPEAKER_02: That I remember they Saban comes out, they boot him.
14:19
SPEAKER_02: If you remember 07 Saban's first year, Alabama was not good.
14:23
SPEAKER_02: They were they lost to Louisiana Monroe.
14:25
SPEAKER_02: That was the first year.
14:26
SPEAKER_02: Eight, they were starting to get it rolling, but they weren't there yet.
14:29
SPEAKER_02: Tebow and uh Urban were at Florida, won the Natty that year, and they were still the top dogs in the SEC.
14:35
SPEAKER_02: So, but Alabama was trying to break on through.
14:37
SPEAKER_02: So that game, man, it was back and forth the whole game.
14:40
SPEAKER_02: LSU, I think I'm pretty sure LSU probably had the better team that year.
14:44
SPEAKER_02: And uh man, it went to overtime.
14:46
SPEAKER_02: I remember that there was a kick at the end that that they made to send it to overtime, I believe.
14:52
SPEAKER_02: And um, and John Parker Wilson was a quarterback at Alabama that year, and uh I remember him uh scoring a touchdown overtime in Alabama won.
15:01
SPEAKER_02: So Saban won his first trip back to Tiger Stadium uh that year, and then let's see, and then I didn't go back for a while, and then I went back in 14, man.
15:09
SPEAKER_02: And then people who are listening to this podcast was like, Oh, I was there 14, 14.
15:13
SPEAKER_02: You know, Brandon, I talk about uh sometimes how that game we went to uh in Alabama, that basketball game we always talk about against uh Alabama where one the one the SEC.
15:24
SPEAKER_02: And I've always said, I said, I'm never going back to Coleman Costum because it'll never live up to that experience.
15:30
SPEAKER_02: I kind of had that same feeling with uh Tiger Stadium um because that game was uh was 14.
15:37
SPEAKER_02: The year we went to number one with Dak.
15:38
SPEAKER_02: And uh uh friend, I wasn't gonna go.
15:41
SPEAKER_02: A friend of mine had some extra tickets.
15:42
SPEAKER_02: So me and one of my friends drove down there, and our our seats were in the state section, but we're in the upper deck, and all this weird stuff started happening before the game.
15:50
SPEAKER_02: This old woman like passed out.
15:53
SPEAKER_02: Uh it was like uh it was really hot.
15:56
SPEAKER_02: It was probably like five o'clock or so.
15:58
SPEAKER_02: And I look up and she's like having a heat stroke, and they had to bring the stretcher up.
16:02
SPEAKER_02: And then we're like three rows, it was way the heck up there.
16:07
SPEAKER_02: So that happened, and then the drink guy, the guy passing out drinks and stuff.
16:11
SPEAKER_02: He he was he started caught coming up, and then he had a panic attack because we were way, we were so high up there.
16:15
SPEAKER_02: He was like, I can't move, I can't go anymore.
16:18
SPEAKER_02: It was insane, man.
16:19
SPEAKER_02: All this stuff happening, and then and then and then man, I saw Chris King there, our good friend.
16:23
SPEAKER_02: Uh he was sitting near us and he had a corn dog in his mouth the whole game.
16:28
SPEAKER_02: And uh man, we it was such a shock, man.
16:32
SPEAKER_02: I I thought we might have played played him good, but I didn't expect to win.
16:36
SPEAKER_02: And we just came out there and Dak just dominated, man.
16:39
SPEAKER_02: I mean, there I got a picture on my wall just from uh right there, actually.
16:44
SPEAKER_02: You can see it.
16:45
SPEAKER_02: Um, if you could see this, you'll be able to see uh Dak and uh that's when he you know stiff arm the guy and that that put him on the map, you know, and put our season on the map.
16:55
SPEAKER_02: But lo and behold, being Mississippi State is Mississippi State were we were cruising that whole game, we almost blew it.
16:59
SPEAKER_02: I don't people don't might not remember it because all the LSU people left, but at the end of the game, LSU had a chance to actually come back and and uh and we stopped and thank goodness and got out of there with a win.
17:10
SPEAKER_02: But when I left the stadium that night, man, it was it was insane.
17:13
SPEAKER_02: Everybody talks about how LSU fans are so ruthless and stuff, but man, I I mean maybe they are to some people, but I've never had a problem down there at all.
17:20
SPEAKER_02: Uh everybody's been nice uh to me.
17:22
SPEAKER_02: And even after that game, you know, uh, I think as long as you're not arrogant to people and and trash talking people, they're gonna leave you alone.
17:29
SPEAKER_02: Um, but that after leaving that game, man, there are a lot of people trash talking stuff, but there weren't that many people LSU fans around, everybody had already left.
17:37
SPEAKER_02: So uh yeah, we ended up going going to Hooters and eat that night.
17:40
SPEAKER_02: And I thought about that, I was like, Man, I remember eating at this particular Hooters years ago, my first trip down to you.
17:46
SPEAKER_02: So that was a memorable game, man.
17:47
SPEAKER_02: I was like, man, I don't think I'm ever gonna come back to Tiger Stadium, but but uh yes, uh my my cousin uh invited me to come this this this weekend.
17:56
SPEAKER_02: He texted me the other day that they live down there, and and uh I think I'm gonna go.
18:00
SPEAKER_02: I I uh you know, I feel like we have a good chance, uh we're favored and we're the better team, but night game, you never know.
18:07
SPEAKER_02: But uh, I think I am gonna go down there.
18:09
SPEAKER_02: And I went down there, I guess, back in April.
18:11
SPEAKER_02: Uh I went to a Garth Brooks concert in Tiger Stadium.
18:14
SPEAKER_02: That was cool seeing a different venue from football to a concert setting, and uh that was awesome.
18:19
SPEAKER_02: And like I said, I go down to John Schneider's all the time for filming movies and stuff like that.
18:24
SPEAKER_02: So uh yeah, I love Louisiana, man.
18:26
SPEAKER_02: It's cool.
18:26
SPEAKER_02: Everybody down there is so nice, you know.
18:28
SPEAKER_02: Um, it's just uh everybody kind of welcomes you in, and and uh the food down there is just absolutely fantastic, and uh they're just good old people.
18:37
SPEAKER_02: And uh, you know, it's just uh it's a cool place to go.
18:40
SPEAKER_02: If you've never been, I highly recommend you going and and uh everybody'll treat you nice, they'll feed you well, and and uh you'll have a good old time.
18:47
SPEAKER_02: Let the good times roll, and that's what they say.
18:49
SPEAKER_02: That's right.
18:50
SPEAKER_01: That's right.
18:51
SPEAKER_01: How far is uh John Schneider's place from Baton Rouge?
18:55
SPEAKER_02: Uh it's not far, it's about uh 40 minutes.
18:57
SPEAKER_02: John lives in a place called Holden, which is in between Hammond and uh Denham Denham Springs, and then Baton Rouge right down the road.
19:05
SPEAKER_02: So uh so not far at all.
19:07
SPEAKER_02: Actually, I stayed there uh for I went to a baseball game at Alex Box one year.
19:11
SPEAKER_02: Um when it was actually 2017 when we're in the super regionals down there.
19:17
SPEAKER_02: Um I stayed at John's and went to that, went to the games that weekend.
19:20
SPEAKER_02: So not far at all.
19:21
SPEAKER_02: So um too, yeah, it's uh it's a lot of fun.
19:24
SPEAKER_02: Uh, hope that people are listeners out there, if you're on the fence about going and never been before, there is nothing in the world quite like Tiger Stadium at night.
19:32
SPEAKER_02: My two favorite uh venues, football, college football venues to go to outside of ours is is Tiger Stadium and the swamp in in Florida.
19:39
SPEAKER_02: And and I I put those uh both of those venues when they're rocking, man, right next to each other as far as like atmosphere.
19:46
SPEAKER_02: And it's just uh there's nothing quite like a night game in either place, really, especially at uh Tiger Stadium.
19:52
SPEAKER_02: They start kicking up the Garth Brooks, man.
19:55
SPEAKER_02: You know, we do the fourth quarter, don't stop believing.
19:57
SPEAKER_02: They do uh call them Baton Rouge and place goes wild, and it's just uh it's an awesome place.
20:03
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, that is one thing I remember about going to that game up there at the the upper deck, it is way up there, and it feels it feels like if you tripped, you would just be falling down.
20:14
SPEAKER_01: So I could see why somebody would have a panic attack up there.
20:18
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, we were we were three rows from the top of the stadium, man.
20:21
SPEAKER_02: I mean, it was just sky high, but uh man, it was just that that night, man.
20:26
SPEAKER_02: I just can't all the listeners out here, if you were there, you you know the feeling it's just like that that was a memorable experience.
20:34
SPEAKER_02: Probably won't ever happen it like that again because if you think back to it, you know, that that kicked the momentum for us that particular year when we ended up winning all those games and having game day and then becoming number one.
20:45
SPEAKER_02: It started right there because we were unranked playing LSU and kind of like we are right now.
20:49
SPEAKER_02: I you know, I love it when they disrespect state in the media because uh every time they rank is high, ranked as high, we always seem to falter.
20:56
SPEAKER_02: But when whenever we're on the radar and get disrespected, it seems like we we rise up to the occasion.
21:01
SPEAKER_02: So I love that we're not ranked going into the games just like we were in 14 and we saw what happened then.
21:06
SPEAKER_02: So uh so yeah, I'm expecting a expecting a good game.
21:12
SPEAKER_01: Well, um I'm gonna make some predictions and then we'll get to our guests here in a few minutes.
21:17
SPEAKER_01: So um I guess I'll go ahead and tell you what I think is gonna happen.
21:22
SPEAKER_01: I've I've been a little bit on the fence about it all week, and I was trying to decide what I was gonna say.
21:27
SPEAKER_01: And I listened to uh Brian Haydad last his podcast last night.
21:32
SPEAKER_01: He was talking to somebody with the athletic from Bit Rights for LSU, and and I felt like what he said sounded good.
21:40
SPEAKER_01: Um you know, he was saying that this team it's it's not obviously to the level of the team that that we were in 14 going down there and winning.
21:49
SPEAKER_01: But this really feels like the closest team that we've had to that since then.
21:54
SPEAKER_01: We we have some veterans and um experience, we've been down there.
21:58
SPEAKER_01: Uh and really one thing.
22:00
SPEAKER_01: We won in 2020 there.
22:02
SPEAKER_01: And so we, you know, I don't think there's too many people left from that team, but the we have recent experience going there and winning.
22:11
SPEAKER_01: And I feel like we have the veteran leadership and everything.
22:15
SPEAKER_01: I think we're probably still a little bit outmatched as far as talent, but that's that's pretty much any time with LSU.
22:22
SPEAKER_01: So I feel like we can go down there and win.
22:25
SPEAKER_01: I do think it's gonna be a close game.
22:28
SPEAKER_01: I think something like 35-28, something like that.
22:32
SPEAKER_01: But I feel like we're gonna win.
22:35
SPEAKER_01: But also I feel like we could go down there and get killed.
22:37
SPEAKER_01: But I'm gonna go ahead and say dogs win.
22:40
SPEAKER_01: I'm gonna stick with my preseason predictions that we're gonna win the first four games.
22:43
SPEAKER_01: So I'm gonna I'm gonna say 35-28 dogs.
22:48
SPEAKER_02: All right.
22:49
SPEAKER_02: Well, I hate to be Debbie Downer here, but uh I'm gonna go with my preseason predictions also.
22:56
SPEAKER_02: Uh as much as I want to stay take Mississippi State in this game, and I do think it's gonna be a good game.
23:01
SPEAKER_02: I I still I still think LG has more talent than state.
23:05
SPEAKER_02: Uh, but um I think uh atmosphere, the night game, I think some of these guys might be it might be over their head.
23:12
SPEAKER_02: I hope not.
23:13
SPEAKER_02: I hope that we're focused because that game in 2020, like you said, it was a day game.
23:18
SPEAKER_02: No one was aired with the COVID going on, and I don't know how many players we have remaining from that uh on that team that are still playing today.
23:25
SPEAKER_02: But uh I just uh I don't know.
23:28
SPEAKER_02: I have something in I have a gut feeling that we're gonna drop this one, but I hope not.
23:31
SPEAKER_02: I hope I can get back on here next week and say I was wrong.
23:34
SPEAKER_02: But I'm gonna say uh I'm gonna say it's gonna be a close game.
23:37
SPEAKER_02: I'm gonna I'm gonna predict the score to be LSU 21, Mississippi State 17.
23:41
SPEAKER_02: I think we take the loss here.
23:43
SPEAKER_02: And and and you know, like I said, about that 98 team, we we went down there and lost, and then it kind of opened up our eyes for the rest of the season and and we ended up winning the West.
23:52
SPEAKER_02: I'm not saying we're gonna win the West by any means, but I do think if we do happen to stumble and take a loss down there, I think we can learn from it and build on it and come out strong at the at the end.
24:01
SPEAKER_02: So uh so you're going with the win, I'm going with the loss.
24:03
SPEAKER_02: So one of us is gonna be correct uh come next week.
24:06
SPEAKER_02: So uh we'll see what happens.
24:08
SPEAKER_01: There we go.
24:09
SPEAKER_01: Uh really last thing I'll mention is uh y'all be sure to follow us on on Twitter.
24:14
SPEAKER_01: We got the Johnny Packer Pod on Twitter, and we're trying to stay pretty active there, especially on game day and weekends, stuff like that.
24:22
SPEAKER_01: And then we have the the Pickham still going this week.
24:25
SPEAKER_01: We we had a really pretty close match last week in the Pickham.
24:28
SPEAKER_01: I got ended up getting in second place, but um Pick'em's going good.
24:33
SPEAKER_01: And y'all get down there, jonypacker.com, get some coffee.
24:36
SPEAKER_01: It's uh that that nice cool fall weather, nothing like sitting down on the on the back porch with a nice hot cup of coffee when it's low humidity and cooling off a little bit.
24:45
SPEAKER_01: So get on there and get some coffee.
24:47
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, and if you're uh uh JD uh Drew, I think is his name.
24:52
SPEAKER_02: If uh he won uh pick'em this past weekend.
24:55
SPEAKER_02: Uh if you would like uh to uh to get some coffee or something for being uh the winner, uh please get in touch with us.
25:01
SPEAKER_02: Uh I know we've been uh we we told everybody we're gonna use the message board on Yahoo to check it, but it stinks because the message board's not on the Yahoo app.
25:09
SPEAKER_02: So you have to actually log on to yahoo.com and go through it to read the message board.
25:13
SPEAKER_02: So I don't know how many people in the Pickham are actually reading the message board.
25:17
SPEAKER_02: So uh if you're listening to this, JD, uh you were our winner last week, get in touch with us, uh email or Twitter, ever how ever we want to get to, and um and we'll get you your your prize.
25:27
SPEAKER_02: So same thing goes for each week.
25:29
SPEAKER_02: Uh if you if you check to see if you win, and if you win, contact us.
25:33
SPEAKER_02: Uh we'll post a message on the message board.
25:34
SPEAKER_02: But like I said, I don't know how many people are checking it.
25:36
SPEAKER_02: But uh, if you don't hear from us, get back in touch with us uh and we'll hook you up.
25:41
SPEAKER_02: But uh yeah, thank thankful for everybody who's uh participating and playing.
25:44
SPEAKER_02: It's just a good way to get get involvement with what's going on uh with all the football games and then um and then kind of you know helping us uh spread the message of what we're doing and uh helping raise funds and awareness for my flight with CF.
25:58
SPEAKER_02: So uh it all comes in full circle and we're we're doing something that we enjoy.
26:03
SPEAKER_02: Um talking sports and Mississippi State and SEC football.
26:06
SPEAKER_02: So uh so thanks for listening.
26:08
SPEAKER_02: Thanks for joining in.
26:09
SPEAKER_02: And uh I think you're really gonna enjoy this uh interview coming up that I did this past week.
26:13
SPEAKER_02: And uh he he's he's one of a kind fellow.
26:16
SPEAKER_02: So uh can't wait for y'all to check him out.
26:18
SPEAKER_01: All right, Johnny.
26:20
SPEAKER_01: Looking forward to hearing it.
26:20
SPEAKER_01: Uh we'll talk to you later.
26:22
SPEAKER_00: All right, man.
26:31
SPEAKER_02: All right, welcome back to the Johnny's World Podcast.
26:33
SPEAKER_02: Uh I had a special guest that I interviewed last week.
26:38
SPEAKER_02: Um, and he is a uh a diehard uh LSU fan, a uh fellow uh a good Louisianan and a good cook.
26:46
SPEAKER_02: And uh so uh without further ado, I'm gonna bring him on.
26:49
SPEAKER_02: Uh I think I really gonna enjoy this interview.
26:51
SPEAKER_02: His name is Scooter Boudreaux.
26:53
SPEAKER_02: Scooter, welcome to the show.
26:54
SPEAKER_02: Welcome to Johnny's War Scooter.
26:56
SPEAKER_01: Hey Johnny, how you doing today?
26:58
SPEAKER_02: Man, I'm doing quite well.
27:00
SPEAKER_02: What's going on down in the bayou?
27:02
SPEAKER_01: Oh, it you know, it's it's still pretty hot down here.
27:05
SPEAKER_01: Uh we just been out here trying to get some stuff done, but it it it it's you know feels like a thousand degrees down here in the swamp, and uh, I'm ready for the weather to turn just a little bit so I can enjoy some time outside a little bit more.
27:18
SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
27:19
SPEAKER_02: Well, you uh you live in where Gonzales, Louisiana, is that right?
27:22
SPEAKER_01: Yes, sir.
27:22
SPEAKER_01: I'm in I'm in Gonzales.
27:24
SPEAKER_01: It's uh it's it's pretty close to Baton Rouge, kind of between uh Baton Rouge and uh New Orleans, uh close to Interstate 10 there, uh close close to the river there.
27:36
SPEAKER_02: Well, you know, uh I guess being that close to Baton Rouge, you're a diehard LSU fan.
27:41
SPEAKER_02: Is that right, Scooter?
27:42
SPEAKER_02: You grew up in LSU fan?
27:44
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, there, you know, I've always I've always really liked the Tigers.
27:47
SPEAKER_01: Uh, you know, I I I try not to get too worked up about it because, you know, it's not the only important thing in life.
27:54
SPEAKER_01: Uh I I really just enjoy spending my time up in the swamp and uh getting alligators and hunting squirrels and and stuff like that.
28:03
SPEAKER_01: But but I love to watch the tigers game.
28:05
SPEAKER_01: I hadn't been in Tiger Stadium in a long time.
28:08
SPEAKER_01: Uh it's just it's too expensive for me.
28:11
SPEAKER_01: I can't, I can't really afford it, Johnny.
28:13
SPEAKER_01: Uh and so I it's really a rich man's uh sport in there, but I sure do love to watch them on the TV and listen to on the radio.
28:22
SPEAKER_01: And uh it's it's it it just it just makes me happy when they're when they're playing.
28:26
SPEAKER_01: I I just loved it when they they took down and won that national championship a couple years ago with Burrow.
28:32
SPEAKER_01: Uh it was just an exciting time down here for us, I tell you.
28:35
SPEAKER_02: Man, I bet I bet when you hear that, I bet you get chills, man.
28:40
SPEAKER_01: Makes you uh make oh tiger.
28:44
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, coach.
28:45
SPEAKER_02: I bet you're a big fan of Coach O worthy, scooter.
28:47
SPEAKER_01: Oh, I you know, I love Coach O.
28:49
SPEAKER_01: He sound he kind of sounds like me.
28:51
SPEAKER_01: And so it uh it it it it's good to have uh your fellow uh Louisiana and in there in the in the tiger purples.
29:00
SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
29:01
SPEAKER_02: Well well, uh you let's see, Glenn and Mitchell from uh was it Swamp People or that they're from your area down there?
29:08
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, they're they're from Gonzalez also.
29:10
SPEAKER_01: Uh you know, we we've kind of run in some of the same circles, but I never actually knew them.
29:16
SPEAKER_01: Uh it was real unfortunate what happened to Mitchell down there uh in uh Pierre Park.
29:22
SPEAKER_01: He had a heart attack down there.
29:23
SPEAKER_01: A lot of people uh don't don't really know what happened.
29:27
SPEAKER_01: There was somebody said he got attacked by an alligator.
29:30
SPEAKER_01: That didn't happen.
29:31
SPEAKER_01: Uh he had he had a heart attack and he fell off that boat down there.
29:34
SPEAKER_01: Uh it has been, it's hard to believe it's been about 10 years since that happened, Johnny.
29:40
SPEAKER_02: Well, that's crazy.
29:41
SPEAKER_02: Well, uh and then and then the uh Duck Dynasty, or yeah, I I don't guess you've met them, huh?
29:46
SPEAKER_02: You just know who they are, Troy and all that.
29:48
SPEAKER_01: I I I I don't know a whole lot about them.
29:50
SPEAKER_01: I never never really met them very much.
29:53
SPEAKER_01: Uh what's his name?
29:54
SPEAKER_01: Phil?
29:55
SPEAKER_01: Phil Robertson, yeah.
29:57
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I don't I don't know a whole lot about him.
29:59
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, he seems like a good guy, but uh yeah, I saw Bruce down at uh Bose Extravaganza.
30:05
SPEAKER_02: He was cooking up some crawfish.
30:07
SPEAKER_02: I guess that's where I met you, huh?
30:09
SPEAKER_01: That's right.
30:10
SPEAKER_01: Uh I really like going to Bose Extravaganza.
30:13
SPEAKER_01: Uh I like watching them jump them cars.
30:16
SPEAKER_01: Uh I grew you know, I grew up watching the Dukes, and uh it's it's cool that that John's just down the road from us here.
30:23
SPEAKER_01: Uh, I really enjoy going down to that.
30:25
SPEAKER_01: It was it was a fun time uh getting to meet you down there.
30:28
SPEAKER_01: There are so many people in there.
30:30
SPEAKER_01: Uh you know, uh you you kind of go down there, you forget all the bad stuff that's going on in the world, COVID and all that stuff.
30:38
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, that's right.
30:39
SPEAKER_02: You kind of in the in in in the you know, it's like I like watching a movie.
30:43
SPEAKER_02: You get it, you go to the movie to get away from all that stuff.
30:46
SPEAKER_02: So it's kind of the same thing there.
30:47
SPEAKER_02: Uh so yeah, that was cool.
30:49
SPEAKER_02: But yeah, I saw Bruce down there.
30:51
SPEAKER_02: Uh it's it's just a lot of a lot of fun, you know.
30:53
SPEAKER_02: I said that earlier.
30:54
SPEAKER_02: I said, man, people in Louisiana, man, it's just uh a good time all around, everybody.
30:58
SPEAKER_02: Everybody's nice to everybody and treats you kind and and they'll feed you and and uh just part of the family.
31:04
SPEAKER_02: So uh I love going down and spending time in Louisiana and and uh it's a special place.
31:09
SPEAKER_02: I know you you you being uh native to down there, you you love living down there.
31:14
SPEAKER_02: Uh yeah, so uh do you have any predictions on on L S U C's and what's gonna happen?
31:19
SPEAKER_02: Do you think LSU's gonna be the state?
31:21
SPEAKER_01: Well, let me just tell you, Johnny, you know, I really I really love uh Louisiana.
31:27
SPEAKER_01: Uh you know, Gonzalez is actually the jambalaya capital of the world.
31:31
SPEAKER_01: Uh yeah.
31:32
SPEAKER_01: I've never really been good at cooking jambalaya.
31:35
SPEAKER_01: I can I can cook gumbo a little bit better.
31:38
SPEAKER_01: Um but probably not the same gumbo you used to eat.
31:42
SPEAKER_01: Uh we just cook whatever, we put whatever in there that we we can get.
31:46
SPEAKER_01: Uh a lot, a lot of times squirrel ends up in there.
31:49
SPEAKER_01: Uh definitely, definitely alligator.
31:51
SPEAKER_01: Uh, but but I do like I do like put a little chicken and sausage in there from time to time.
31:57
SPEAKER_01: But uh yeah, everybody down here, you know, it's just like family.
32:00
SPEAKER_01: We all we all treat each other, love each other with respect.
32:03
SPEAKER_01: And uh, you know, it's I couldn't imagine being anywhere else.
32:07
SPEAKER_01: I I sure wouldn't want to spend a whole lot of time uh anywhere besides where I am right now.
32:13
SPEAKER_01: In fact, I I really uh I hadn't really left the state of Louisiana in a long time.
32:19
SPEAKER_01: Uh, and I just don't plan to.
32:20
SPEAKER_01: I'm gonna be here until I die.
32:22
SPEAKER_01: Um, but you know, the the Tigers, um it's hard to know what we're gonna do this year.
32:30
SPEAKER_01: Uh we every time we play the Bulldogs, up until recently, we've had a lot of success against y'all.
32:37
SPEAKER_01: Uh it it seems like uh we've had y'all's number for a while.
32:42
SPEAKER_01: It seems like we won 10 in a row or something like that, um, up until recently.
32:48
SPEAKER_01: So I I feel like that uh Kelly, uh, I don't know if he's really the guy for the job down here, but uh I think he's gonna turn them around a little bit.
33:00
SPEAKER_01: I think we'll have a better game than we had against the Seminoles.
33:05
SPEAKER_01: And I I think we're gonna come out and meet y'all without too much, too much problem.
33:11
SPEAKER_02: Well, I I I I tend to agree with you.
33:13
SPEAKER_02: I think it's a state, this can be a tough game.
33:15
SPEAKER_02: And uh, but hey, uh hey, for for anyone that's wanting to come down to the game or down to the bayou, uh, if they don't go to the game, what what what would you tell them to do?
33:25
SPEAKER_02: Is it do a lot of fishing or or or go to the swamps or eating?
33:28
SPEAKER_02: Or what what would you suggest someone to do?
33:30
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, you know, I I don't spend a whole lot of time in the in the in the city.
33:35
SPEAKER_01: Uh I just like to spend my time outside.
33:38
SPEAKER_01: Uh, you know, like I said, squirrel hunting and and gator hunting and and all that kind of stuff.
33:43
SPEAKER_01: And there's so many things to do outside.
33:45
SPEAKER_01: It's just so it's so pretty down here.
33:48
SPEAKER_01: Uh it is gonna start cooling off soon.
33:51
SPEAKER_01: Uh, it's really the best best time of year to be down here when it starts cooling off a little bit.
33:56
SPEAKER_01: And uh, you know, just get out there and explore around.
33:59
SPEAKER_01: I got all these these uh swamp tours you can do, uh, and and you can really kind of see how how people lived a long time ago.
34:07
SPEAKER_01: Now there's still some of us still living like this.
34:10
SPEAKER_01: Uh, but but uh, you know, it's Baton Rouge is coming kind of a big, uh, big big city.
34:16
SPEAKER_01: It's kind of uh it's not the same as it used to be.
34:21
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, that's how life is.
34:23
SPEAKER_02: It seems like that.
34:24
SPEAKER_02: Some things uh some things change, but some things always stay the same.
34:28
SPEAKER_02: So it sounds like you uh sounds like you've uh you you're living a simple life in in Louisiana.
34:33
SPEAKER_02: And uh I respect that, man.
34:35
SPEAKER_02: You'll and it sounds like you can live there forever, and that's pretty cool once you got something going on like that, and and uh, you know, you just enjoy it.
34:43
SPEAKER_02: So uh Scooter, you're you're you're you're you're quite a character, man.
34:46
SPEAKER_02: I can't thank you enough for coming on today.
34:48
SPEAKER_02: And and uh I think our listeners are gonna really enjoy what you had to say, and hopefully they'll take you up.
34:53
SPEAKER_02: Now, now it would would you ever uh I guess if anybody ever wanted to get in touch with you, you you'd probably cook them some of your famous gumbo, wouldn't you?
35:01
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, just come on.
35:02
SPEAKER_01: Just just uh you can find me down here, just come knock on my door if you're hungry.
35:06
SPEAKER_01: I'll I'll be glad to feed you something.
35:08
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, there you go.
35:09
SPEAKER_02: That's how it is in Louisiana, man.
35:11
SPEAKER_02: That's how it is.
35:12
SPEAKER_02: You everybody's welcomed you in, man.
35:13
SPEAKER_02: So so uh so thanks a lot, Scooter.
35:16
SPEAKER_02: I appreciate it.
35:17
SPEAKER_02: Can I hit can I get a go tiger from you?
35:19
SPEAKER_02: You're welcome, Johnny.
35:24
SPEAKER_02: Oh man, that would make Coach so proud.
35:26
SPEAKER_02: I'm in destined right now.
35:27
SPEAKER_02: Maybe he'll be listening to this podcast.
35:30
SPEAKER_02: All right, scooter.
35:32
SPEAKER_02: All right, bye.
35:33
SPEAKER_02: Hey, have fun on the bye.
35:35
SPEAKER_02: Bye bye.