WEBVTT - Only Homers Allowed: LSU with Ross Dellenger 0:00:02.040 --> 0:00:04.720 Welcome to the solid verbal. 0:00:04.880 --> 0:00:08.160 I'm that for me, I'm a man, I'm forty. 0:00:08.280 --> 0:00:10.119 I've heard so many players say, well, I want to 0:00:10.160 --> 0:00:10.639 be happy. 0:00:10.800 --> 0:00:13.440 You want to be happy for dake Ato steak? Is 0:00:13.520 --> 0:00:16.880 that whoo whoo? And no Dan and Tie? 0:00:18.520 --> 0:00:22.279 Hey everybody, and welcome to the bonus. Only Homers allowed, 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:24.560 which we of course named after this, but. 0:00:24.720 --> 0:00:29.920 You let in Homer Clublet look it just no Homeers. 0:00:30.160 --> 0:00:31.920 We're allowed to have one. 0:00:33.360 --> 0:00:35.320 I feel so lift yoed. 0:00:35.479 --> 0:00:37.640 And today, as you already know because you've looked at 0:00:37.640 --> 0:00:40.159 the name of the episode you've downloaded or are streaming 0:00:40.200 --> 0:00:44.199 this episode, we are talking about LSU. And we're not 0:00:44.280 --> 0:00:47.680 just talking about LSU because the Alabama game is tomorrow, 0:00:47.720 --> 0:00:49.960 I guess depending on when you're actually listening to this. 0:00:50.000 --> 0:00:52.840 If you're listening to this in like mid January, congratulations, 0:00:52.880 --> 0:00:55.640 I appreciate your patience and just savoring this like a 0:00:56.160 --> 0:00:58.960 nice old bottle of wine. But for everybody else, this 0:00:59.080 --> 0:01:01.480 isn't really about the Alabama game. This is just about 0:01:01.640 --> 0:01:04.160 you know, nine weeks into the season, we stand here 0:01:04.200 --> 0:01:06.759 with LSU at seven and one, with some pretty big, 0:01:06.800 --> 0:01:10.080 if not unexpected wins. I think seven of the eight 0:01:10.080 --> 0:01:13.880 teams that they've beaten our FBS teams with winning records, 0:01:13.920 --> 0:01:17.400 which is a pretty crazy accomplishment. Not that LSU can 0:01:17.440 --> 0:01:20.720 necessarily control how good their opponents are, but they can 0:01:20.760 --> 0:01:23.679 definitely control which side of the win and lost column 0:01:23.760 --> 0:01:25.480 they end up at the end of sixty minutes, and 0:01:25.560 --> 0:01:27.800 LSU certainly has done a very good job of that 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:30.800 for a number of reasons, which we are now going 0:01:30.800 --> 0:01:34.160 to get into with Sports illustrateds Ross Dellinger, who of 0:01:34.160 --> 0:01:37.160 course has covered LSU for many, many years and is 0:01:37.200 --> 0:01:40.760 now on sort of a national beat for SI, but 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:44.920 still incredibly connected and insightful with all things LSU, so 0:01:45.000 --> 0:01:47.200 he was sort of a no brainer to have on 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:49.720 to talk about the Tigers. So as we get into 0:01:49.800 --> 0:01:52.240 that momentarily, just a friendly reminder you can follow us 0:01:52.240 --> 0:01:56.360 on Twitter. It's just solid verbal Facebook, Instagram is always 0:01:56.400 --> 0:01:58.920 always a good time. Join our pick and pool if 0:01:58.960 --> 0:02:01.960 that's something you're in too, and you can check out 0:02:02.000 --> 0:02:04.120 our stories. We're going to be releasing some new shirts 0:02:04.120 --> 0:02:06.480 here very soon. I know we've said that many times. 0:02:06.520 --> 0:02:08.560 I swear we do mean it, and you will know 0:02:08.680 --> 0:02:10.560 and you will find out if you follow us on 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:13.440 Twitter or Instagram or Facebook. We will alert you to 0:02:13.520 --> 0:02:16.239 that we've done a couple of these Homer shows a 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:18.799 couple of weeks ago at Jeff Schwartz of a number 0:02:18.840 --> 0:02:21.840 of different places but including the Action Network and some 0:02:21.960 --> 0:02:25.200 radio appearances as a host. He hosts radio. That's good, 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:27.280 good for Jeff because he's really good at it. And 0:02:27.960 --> 0:02:30.680 last week Mike Golick Junior with Ty talking about all 0:02:30.720 --> 0:02:33.880 things Notre Dame and a little bit of caffeine, did 0:02:33.880 --> 0:02:36.399 a great job. Love Mike Golick Junior as well. We're 0:02:36.440 --> 0:02:39.240 going to break our offensive line streak, our former offensive 0:02:39.240 --> 0:02:42.760 lineman streak here though, with Ross Dollinger who still is 0:02:42.760 --> 0:02:45.960 in Baton Rouge and does a great job and excited 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:47.960 to talk to him. So why don't we just go 0:02:48.040 --> 0:02:54.200 into that. And with that, we are now joined by 0:02:54.240 --> 0:02:58.160 Sports illustrateds Ross Dellinger. I'm sorry, I only read your name. 0:02:58.200 --> 0:02:59.840 I don't know how to pronounce it. If I'm pronouncing 0:02:59.880 --> 0:03:00.799 it correctly, is that right? 0:03:01.240 --> 0:03:02.960 You did? You got it right? Yes? 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:07.520 Oh my gosh. That's a relief who obviously covered LSU 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:09.440 for a long time down in Baton Rouge, but is 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:12.720 now covering all sorts of stories around college football. Four 0:03:12.720 --> 0:03:15.800 Sports illustrated, but still based in Baton Rouge. So I figured, 0:03:15.840 --> 0:03:17.920 you know what, this is a great option. This is 0:03:17.919 --> 0:03:20.760 somebody who probably has a lot of thoughts and a 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:24.080 lot of insights. So I will start right here with 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:29.280 LSU's I think surprise season to some Are you surprised 0:03:29.600 --> 0:03:33.000 by LSU's success thus far this season? 0:03:33.600 --> 0:03:38.200 Yeah, I am. I probably wasn't quite as down on 0:03:38.280 --> 0:03:41.160 them as some others were, but I did not certainly 0:03:41.240 --> 0:03:44.960 expect them to be seven to one right now. You know, 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:51.520 the games against Florida, Auburn, Georgia in Miami, those four games, 0:03:51.560 --> 0:03:54.040 I didn't expect them to go three and one in 0:03:54.080 --> 0:03:56.080 those games, you know, at best, I was thinking they 0:03:56.080 --> 0:03:58.320 would go too and one of those games and be 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:01.360 sitting here at six and two and really got missed 0:04:01.360 --> 0:04:02.760 the state too, And they were supposed to be a 0:04:02.760 --> 0:04:04.160 really good team in in the season, so. 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:06.040 You throw them in and so yeah, I did not 0:04:06.080 --> 0:04:08.560 expect them to be seven and one, probably at best 0:04:08.560 --> 0:04:13.600 six and two. And I would have probably my pick 0:04:13.600 --> 0:04:15.560 would have been something like five and three right now, 0:04:15.640 --> 0:04:18.159 you know. So I didn't expect them to be this 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:19.240 this uh this. 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:21.920 Strong, you know, and and and I think the real 0:04:22.000 --> 0:04:25.640 big difference, as crazy as it sounds. As a kicker, uh, 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:28.240 you know, they got a Division two kicker transfer to 0:04:28.279 --> 0:04:28.680 come in. 0:04:29.320 --> 0:04:31.160 I think else you missed the most field goals of 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:33.400 any program in the nation last year. 0:04:33.440 --> 0:04:36.159 They missed eleven, and they got a kicker to come in, 0:04:36.200 --> 0:04:38.880 a transfer kicker. And I said it was Ron says, 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:40.680 when they get in, so when they get past the 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:44.240 thirty five yard line, they know they. 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:46.440 Have three points. And he's been incredible. 0:04:45.880 --> 0:04:51.080 And he's he's really helped them tremendously in pretty. 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:52.400 Much every game you can look. 0:04:52.440 --> 0:04:54.160 I mean, he made four field goals in one game 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:57.000 five and the other he's he made the he made 0:04:57.000 --> 0:04:58.440 the game winning kick against Auburn. 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:01.839 He's been incredible. And they've always had a good defense 0:05:01.839 --> 0:05:02.680 with Dave Randon. 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:04.960 When you throw a kicker in in an offense that 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:08.440 is a little more versatile than it's been in the past, 0:05:08.480 --> 0:05:11.640 so it's throwing some different things out there, you get 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:13.240 a team that's pretty good. 0:05:13.440 --> 0:05:16.559 On that note, how did the cold Tracy thing happen? 0:05:16.640 --> 0:05:19.760 Not that LSU was out scouring the sort of grad 0:05:19.800 --> 0:05:22.400 transfer market in any sort of shady way, but what 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:26.240 was there a connection? Was there you know, enthusiasm from 0:05:26.360 --> 0:05:29.560 Cold Tracy in his camp. I guess to get into 0:05:29.560 --> 0:05:32.520 a high level program. You don't see that specific kind 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:33.599 of jump all that often. 0:05:34.320 --> 0:05:38.919 No, it actually goes back to Los Angeles. Cold Tracy 0:05:39.080 --> 0:05:45.360 is from out in California and LSU's special teams coordinator, 0:05:45.880 --> 0:05:49.240 who had been in the NFL for years, had kind 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:51.120 of put out feelers that. 0:05:51.040 --> 0:05:53.840 They were looking for a grad transfer. He put out 0:05:53.880 --> 0:06:00.040 some feelers to scouts in NFL, scouts and others. 0:06:00.200 --> 0:06:03.919 And coaches and someone I mean his name, I'm missing 0:06:03.960 --> 0:06:07.480 his name, but he's a special teams coordinator I. 0:06:07.400 --> 0:06:10.039 Believe in Iowa State, and he is. 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:15.560 He played, he played at USC and he actually played 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:18.240 under Origeron I believe in the late nineties of Pete 0:06:18.279 --> 0:06:18.840 Carroll Era. 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:21.320 And so there was that little connection there. 0:06:21.560 --> 0:06:25.880 He and he got he knew of Cold Tracy from California, 0:06:26.200 --> 0:06:26.920 Cold LSU. 0:06:27.520 --> 0:06:31.880 LSU you know, reached out or what not to Assumption. 0:06:31.560 --> 0:06:36.159 College and Cold Tracy at Division two school up in Massachusetts, 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:41.200 and boom, you know, he ends up arriving arriving at 0:06:41.320 --> 0:06:45.039 LSU within a few months of being contacted. 0:06:44.440 --> 0:06:45.680 And he was a grad transfer. 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:50.200 So he plays immediately and he had one year of eligibility, 0:06:50.279 --> 0:06:52.680 and yeah, he's been incredible for him. I think he's 0:06:52.720 --> 0:06:56.000 missed two or three field goals. I don't know exactly 0:06:56.040 --> 0:06:58.760 his numbers. He's around twenty twenty two makes something like that. 0:06:58.800 --> 0:07:01.640 I mean, it's been been pretty incredible. Set of LSU 0:07:01.680 --> 0:07:04.800 record made Bob field goals in a game earlier this year. 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:08.400 I think it was against Missippi State. It's just been, Uh, 0:07:08.880 --> 0:07:10.200 he's been incredible, I really have. 0:07:10.800 --> 0:07:13.400 All Right, we'll stay on the topic of grad transfers obviously, 0:07:13.440 --> 0:07:17.480 because a huge story was Joe Burrow's arrival and performance 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:21.640 thus far. As they've won a lot of games, what 0:07:21.760 --> 0:07:23.560 is the what would you say, is there is there 0:07:23.560 --> 0:07:27.920 a consensus about Joe Burrow's season thus far with you know, 0:07:27.960 --> 0:07:32.760 amongst the people whose eyeballs are most trained on him, coaches, fans, 0:07:33.760 --> 0:07:36.560 anybody in general. Is there a general feeling of like, 0:07:37.200 --> 0:07:40.120 he's not the most consistent guy, but he's definitely a 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:43.480 timely guy and he's ours. Is there any sense like that? 0:07:44.520 --> 0:07:47.920 Well, I think you know, what what LSU wanted in 0:07:47.960 --> 0:07:51.640 a quarterback is honestly, it's somebody that they've had in 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:55.440 the past. As crazy as that sounds they want somebody 0:07:56.000 --> 0:08:00.440 who just manages the game well, doesn't make mistakes. They 0:08:00.480 --> 0:08:03.320 know they have some pretty good skilled players around Joe, 0:08:03.760 --> 0:08:05.760 and they always have a solid running game, even though 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:07.640 they didn't return a big running back, so they just 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:10.800 kind of needed that guy with with that so called 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:14.640 you know, moxie and that leadership skill and that ability 0:08:14.680 --> 0:08:17.720 to make plays with the steel a little bit and 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:20.280 not turn the ball over. And Joe has checked all 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:24.400 of those boxes, specifically the leadership. 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:25.440 Kind of moxie box. 0:08:26.440 --> 0:08:29.360 And his numbers aren't great, and they don't, you know, ELSI, 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:31.880 because because this defense is so good, it's running game 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:35.400 is always so strong, they don't really need the numbers 0:08:35.440 --> 0:08:36.079 to be great. 0:08:36.440 --> 0:08:40.680 I think deeper into Edwards tenure. 0:08:40.360 --> 0:08:42.800 Here two three years from now, I think you would 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:44.200 like a quarterback that can make. 0:08:44.120 --> 0:08:46.600 A little more plays and have a little more passing game. 0:08:46.679 --> 0:08:49.520 But right now this is suiting them. 0:08:49.320 --> 0:08:51.800 And Joe hasn't made a lot of turnovers, but more so, 0:08:52.200 --> 0:08:54.960 he's really kind of won the team and he's uh, 0:08:55.320 --> 0:08:58.360 you know, with his leadership and and just his his 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:02.080 his ability to be that gritty kind of player who 0:09:02.600 --> 0:09:06.800 in key situations makes plays. So his stats aren't great, 0:09:06.840 --> 0:09:10.520 but in key situations he makes plays and he's got 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:14.240 that kind of leadership ability. And again across the ball 0:09:14.280 --> 0:09:17.079 from him, the defense is so strong that he doesn't 0:09:17.160 --> 0:09:19.040 need to go out and be crazy. And he's got 0:09:19.080 --> 0:09:22.840 a great kicker that yeah, that they feel comfortable when 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:24.920 they cross that thirty five yard line if they have 0:09:24.960 --> 0:09:27.320 at least three points. So all that kind of helps 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:30.160 him be the player that he is. 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:32.920 So you mentioned in two three years, because Burrow will 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:35.080 be back next year, has another year of eligibility in 0:09:35.080 --> 0:09:39.599 two three years, Coach O and the offensive staff imagine 0:09:39.800 --> 0:09:43.920 or picture or have excuse me a vision for what 0:09:44.160 --> 0:09:47.600 perhaps the quarterback of the future looks like for LSU 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:50.440 or the system the scheme of the future looks like 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:54.079 for LSU. Are we in a a one point zero 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:57.160 of this offense with you know, the transition from from 0:09:57.200 --> 0:10:00.640 Matt Canada to Steve Ensminger And if so, what is 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:04.320 that grand vision? Does this offense look appreciably different in 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:05.640 two or three years with time? 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:10.600 Well, it's it's weird because when when Nano's run took over, 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:16.960 he preached to having you know, a balanced offense with 0:10:17.920 --> 0:10:21.199 a passing threat that ls who hadn't had in. 0:10:21.120 --> 0:10:21.760 A few years. 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:23.760 He kind of wanted that, and he wanted more of 0:10:23.800 --> 0:10:28.559 a spread offense. They are slowly slowly making their way 0:10:29.040 --> 0:10:31.280 toward that spread scheme and you can see it. Actually, 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:34.040 Nick Saban talked about it earlier this week. He said, 0:10:34.440 --> 0:10:37.760 this is unlike any LSHI team we've ever faced. They 0:10:37.760 --> 0:10:41.080 don't just run the ball over and over again. It 0:10:41.160 --> 0:10:42.480 was kind of a I'm sure he didn't mean it, 0:10:42.520 --> 0:10:43.160 but it was kind of a. 0:10:43.120 --> 0:10:46.000 Slap in the face of Less miles. But you know, 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:46.920 but it is. 0:10:47.400 --> 0:10:50.240 LSU was slowly getting there where they're starting to spread 0:10:50.240 --> 0:10:51.959 the ball out a little more. They're starting to spread 0:10:52.000 --> 0:10:54.000 the field a little more. We're seeing four or five 0:10:54.040 --> 0:10:59.920 receiver sets, We're seeing some spread concepts that Less did 0:11:00.160 --> 0:11:03.720 run a whole lot, and even Edwards running them didn't 0:11:03.800 --> 0:11:06.959 run a whole lot last year or even during his 0:11:07.200 --> 0:11:10.760 interim season. So we're seeing them slowly get toward, you know, 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:14.760 transitioning the offense from more of an archaic I formation, 0:11:14.960 --> 0:11:18.840 run heavy to this kind of spread deal and it's 0:11:18.840 --> 0:11:19.120 just going. 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:20.560 To take time, you know. That's the thing. 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:24.200 It's like switching a difference from a four to three 0:11:24.240 --> 0:11:27.720 to three four which LSU did also the last few years. 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:30.720 It takes two or three years to get there, to 0:11:30.760 --> 0:11:34.960 get the personnel, and I think we're slowly seeing that start. 0:11:36.160 --> 0:11:39.560 And you know, as far as the quarterback, you know, 0:11:39.640 --> 0:11:41.640 a lot of the offense too will be dictated on 0:11:41.679 --> 0:11:44.720 the quarterback and what they're recruiting for who they get 0:11:45.080 --> 0:11:46.200 in the next few years. 0:11:46.240 --> 0:11:48.400 So still a lot remains to be seen. 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:50.560 But you can tell this offense and what Saban said 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:52.720 was really kelling earlier. 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:54.880 This week and that this is a much different offense. 0:11:54.960 --> 0:11:57.440 They use a lot of different formations. 0:11:57.440 --> 0:11:58.840 They spread you out a little more. 0:11:59.240 --> 0:12:01.960 You mentioned the the defensive shift from a four three 0:12:01.960 --> 0:12:04.320 to three four. Of course under Dave Randa when he 0:12:04.360 --> 0:12:09.200 was hired under previous regime and at Orizron was tasked 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:12.880 with helping to execute Dave Randa's vision and is now 0:12:13.040 --> 0:12:17.440 Dave Randa's boss, retaining Miranda, who's obviously done a much 0:12:17.480 --> 0:12:21.040 more powerful job, a really good job than anything else. 0:12:22.000 --> 0:12:24.559 What is the dynamic, like, you know, going from somebody 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:27.200 an assistant in having had Oorzron be hit one of 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:30.080 his assistants, to now being his boss. What is that 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:34.160 that interpersonal situation like between coach O and Dave Randa. 0:12:35.320 --> 0:12:37.560 That's a great question for Dave Randy if only we 0:12:37.559 --> 0:12:42.360 were able to talk to him around that. As most 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:46.199 schools shut off their their assistance, LSU does so as well. 0:12:46.240 --> 0:12:48.640 But you know, Dave, I do. 0:12:48.720 --> 0:12:50.319 I've covered the team long enough where I know that 0:12:50.440 --> 0:12:54.920 Dave and Ed's relationship has always been pretty dang good. 0:12:55.040 --> 0:13:00.320 They have been in really the relationship Dave had with 0:13:00.480 --> 0:13:02.480 a lot of people, it's really good. Dave is a 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:06.200 kind of very laid back, chill guy, very kind of quiet, 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:11.040 cerebral approach to everything, and so he's kind of the 0:13:11.160 --> 0:13:11.800 ying to. 0:13:11.960 --> 0:13:15.760 Edwards runs Yang I mean and his loud, screaming motivational. 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:18.079 So they're kind of the opposite in in a lot 0:13:18.080 --> 0:13:19.400 of ways. I think that's a good thing. 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:23.079 And they have I think they have they have. The 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:25.160 marriage between those two has been. 0:13:25.320 --> 0:13:27.880 Been really solid, and you know, it. 0:13:27.920 --> 0:13:32.120 Speaks to how important Dave Miranda is to this football program. 0:13:32.160 --> 0:13:34.680 When you look back at January and what happened, you know, 0:13:34.760 --> 0:13:39.800 Texas and m came in and tried to poach Dave 0:13:40.559 --> 0:13:43.319 and gave you know, throughout a lot of money, and 0:13:43.720 --> 0:13:46.840 LSU threw out more or just as much. And Dave 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:49.480 is now the highest paid defensive quarter in the nation 0:13:49.559 --> 0:13:51.640 two and a half million dollars a year, so he 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:53.120 basically got a million. 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:55.839 Dollar raise out of that, that out of A and 0:13:55.960 --> 0:13:56.560 M's interest. 0:13:56.720 --> 0:13:59.360 And for unless you to do that, to really pony 0:13:59.440 --> 0:14:01.600 up like that to tell you all you need to 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:08.120 know about one David D's relationship into how important school 0:14:08.200 --> 0:14:14.240 leaders think, including at Orizon, I think Dave Randa, how 0:14:14.600 --> 0:14:15.400 important Dave A. 0:14:15.480 --> 0:14:19.000 Randa is to this place. They knew they couldn't lose. 0:14:18.880 --> 0:14:20.960 Him in terms of and this is more of the 0:14:21.000 --> 0:14:24.960 micro in terms of developments which I guess position group 0:14:25.040 --> 0:14:27.760 and really coach an assistant to you has stood out 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:32.600 in its improvements and success. Really nine weeks in. 0:14:33.240 --> 0:14:37.840 Well, you know, Jerry Sullivan was hired over the offseason. 0:14:37.920 --> 0:14:40.160 He's an old time, longtime. 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:46.360 Receivers coach in the NFL and he really people around. 0:14:46.120 --> 0:14:47.120 Here kind of rave about him. 0:14:47.120 --> 0:14:49.280 He was a consultant last year and then promoted him 0:14:49.280 --> 0:14:51.800 to It's kind of like a passing game coordinator slash 0:14:51.840 --> 0:14:56.120 receivers coach, and you know from it and I don't 0:14:56.160 --> 0:14:58.880 necessarily know if I could tell this from just watching 0:14:59.640 --> 0:15:02.080 video and games and things like that. 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:04.080 But you just hear about people's talk. 0:15:04.000 --> 0:15:07.280 Around the program about his influence on the receivers, and 0:15:07.320 --> 0:15:10.040 you do see a couple of receivers, you know, like 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:13.000 Justin Jefferson LS who's leading receiver. 0:15:14.120 --> 0:15:16.840 I mean, he was a three three star kid that. 0:15:17.800 --> 0:15:20.720 Barely qualified, joined the team late a couple of years ago, 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:24.800 and he's now, you know, leading LSU. He's the go 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:27.640 to kind of guy, and for Jerry to kind of 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:31.400 have molded him has been really impressive. So you know, 0:15:31.480 --> 0:15:35.080 I mean, he's he's probably been one of the more 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:37.440 impressive assistance. 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:39.240 And then you got to look at Stevensening or two, 0:15:39.320 --> 0:15:42.680 and he hadn't been a full time offensive. 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:46.640 Coordinator in almost twenty years really, and Edward Ron gave 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:49.880 him this chance in his home state, both ed and 0:15:50.040 --> 0:15:53.880 Stever they're pretty close in the boat from Louisiana, and 0:15:54.120 --> 0:15:57.840 he gave him this chance, and you know, he's he's 0:15:57.880 --> 0:16:00.320 been doing a solid guy. I mean, they're not enough 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:02.120 the scoreboard, but they're doing just enough. 0:16:02.560 --> 0:16:05.600 If you were to look through your mentions on a Saturday, 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:08.200 and really why would you, But if you were to 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:12.400 to dip into that feed, where do you sense the 0:16:12.880 --> 0:16:17.760 typical LSU fan is most excited and most disappointed with 0:16:17.840 --> 0:16:20.360 this team. And it's hard to be too disappointed, granted 0:16:20.480 --> 0:16:23.000 with the record and the teams that they've beaten, but 0:16:23.040 --> 0:16:24.880 whe's where's the excitement, where's the disappointment? 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:27.800 Well, right now, given the Devin White situation, they're most 0:16:27.880 --> 0:16:29.960 disappointed with the SEC offense. Yep. 0:16:31.120 --> 0:16:33.360 But you know, as far as just the. 0:16:33.360 --> 0:16:37.400 Team, you know, I well, first of all, they had 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:41.520 completely rallied behind the new quarterback Joe Burrow in the 0:16:41.560 --> 0:16:45.000 new kicker, Cold Tracy. They know those two people, of 0:16:45.040 --> 0:16:48.600 those two players have been essential to this run. 0:16:48.880 --> 0:16:51.840 And so I think, you know, there's a lot. 0:16:51.680 --> 0:16:55.680 Of my mentions flooded with with with comments about those 0:16:56.000 --> 0:16:57.960 you know, good comments about those two players. 0:16:58.280 --> 0:16:59.360 Where where I. 0:16:59.280 --> 0:17:03.920 Think there could be a struggle is the same spot 0:17:03.960 --> 0:17:06.200 in a lot of ways, that has been a struggle 0:17:06.240 --> 0:17:10.159 here at times and has just been kind of a 0:17:10.240 --> 0:17:13.320 lightning rod throughout college football. Every fan base is the 0:17:13.359 --> 0:17:14.159 offensive line. 0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:17.720 And you see that here. I mean that that's the. 0:17:17.680 --> 0:17:22.600 Offensive line is is is criticized pretty heavily. They've they've 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:24.560 gone through a lot of injuries here. I think they've 0:17:24.600 --> 0:17:28.040 played I want to say four or five different started 0:17:28.080 --> 0:17:31.000 four or five different sets of offensive line and in the. 0:17:31.160 --> 0:17:33.840 Eight games this year, so it's been kind of a 0:17:33.880 --> 0:17:34.639 maligned group. 0:17:34.720 --> 0:17:39.439 So I would probably point to that, you know as maybe, 0:17:39.600 --> 0:17:43.720 uh maybe a weakness somewhat that LSU fans kind of 0:17:44.000 --> 0:17:45.000 jump on the team. 0:17:44.800 --> 0:17:47.359 For fair And I think it was you who did this, 0:17:47.520 --> 0:17:50.840 maybe you had retweeted or something, But looking at the 0:17:51.040 --> 0:17:54.720 recent signees at quarterback and what became of them over 0:17:54.760 --> 0:17:58.160 these last few years, because LSU has sort of infamously 0:17:58.200 --> 0:18:01.280 and this isn't necessarily unique to the Tigers, but there's 0:18:01.280 --> 0:18:03.520 been a lot of wash out at quarterback just as 0:18:03.520 --> 0:18:07.520 it's become a very difficult position to evaluate and develop. 0:18:08.560 --> 0:18:12.600 Does the future look brighter with some continuity with Joe 0:18:12.600 --> 0:18:15.040 Burrow for a couple of years that they're not going 0:18:15.080 --> 0:18:19.359 to rely on anybody particularly young? What does I guess 0:18:19.480 --> 0:18:22.679 the longer term future at quarterback look like? And is 0:18:22.720 --> 0:18:25.159 there reason for optimism? 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:29.119 Well, you know, behind Joe is Miles Brennan. 0:18:29.200 --> 0:18:33.000 He's a sophomore, very highly ready to sophomore from the 0:18:33.040 --> 0:18:36.200 Mississippi Coast that many people. 0:18:35.960 --> 0:18:39.600 Thought would probably be the starter this year before Joe 0:18:39.680 --> 0:18:43.480 came in. And so I think there's still. 0:18:44.960 --> 0:18:47.960 Some hope there that that Miles can after Joe leaves 0:18:48.040 --> 0:18:53.080 take over. I think the issue is, you know, if 0:18:53.080 --> 0:18:55.680 Miles wasn't ready this year and they had to bring 0:18:55.720 --> 0:18:56.600 in Joe, what does. 0:18:56.440 --> 0:18:57.560 That say about Miles. 0:18:57.600 --> 0:19:01.920 So there's there's some maybe some concern there beyond that 0:19:02.280 --> 0:19:07.840 it looks actually not great because you you lost to 0:19:08.760 --> 0:19:09.760 Justin McMillan in. 0:19:11.320 --> 0:19:13.000 Oh gosh, his name is escaping me. 0:19:13.040 --> 0:19:17.320 But two quarterbacks trains, two scholarship quarterbacks trans for this summer. 0:19:17.320 --> 0:19:20.800 So elis she's only got two quarterback, two scholarship quarterbacks on. 0:19:20.680 --> 0:19:21.440 The team right now. 0:19:21.440 --> 0:19:24.720 It's Joe and it's Miles and and uh man, it's 0:19:24.720 --> 0:19:26.320 it's uh so you're in a pickle. 0:19:26.359 --> 0:19:29.800 You you need to sign some quarterbacks. So that is 0:19:30.640 --> 0:19:31.560 all eyes. 0:19:31.280 --> 0:19:33.679 Are kind of on that on the recruiting chair trail, 0:19:34.080 --> 0:19:36.640 I mean, and it was run has got to get 0:19:36.720 --> 0:19:41.080 himself stocked up there at the quarterback position. We all know, 0:19:41.960 --> 0:19:45.119 uh that that's a position that the attrition. 0:19:45.640 --> 0:19:48.400 Uh is, is always an issue and it has been 0:19:48.480 --> 0:19:49.000 for l s U. 0:19:49.119 --> 0:19:52.240 And it's come back this summer when when those two 0:19:52.280 --> 0:19:54.200 players left, so not. 0:19:54.240 --> 0:19:55.959 That they were going to play a whole lot but 0:19:56.000 --> 0:20:00.040 they still added depth. And you know, and if the 0:20:00.119 --> 0:20:04.000 thing is is, you know, Elsie's offense is constantly. 0:20:03.600 --> 0:20:08.600 Changing, and they haven't really said on on one thing. 0:20:08.800 --> 0:20:11.680 And and you know Steve Innjminer's future and he's he's 0:20:11.720 --> 0:20:14.240 a little older. You got to wonder how long he's 0:20:14.240 --> 0:20:14.959 he's going to go. 0:20:15.080 --> 0:20:19.480 So I'm not sure if they even know exactly what 0:20:19.720 --> 0:20:22.480 direction they want to go in the future with a quarterback, 0:20:22.520 --> 0:20:26.600 and so that that's an issue, and that's something that man, 0:20:26.680 --> 0:20:29.200 that that is that is certainly being watched. 0:20:29.320 --> 0:20:31.919 Is what else she's going to do the future at 0:20:31.960 --> 0:20:34.919 quarterback or position here? As you mentioned, it's just just 0:20:35.040 --> 0:20:37.320