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I understand why these matchups are great because you help
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support other Louisiana schools. But the problem with it is
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this is their Super Bowl, you know, when they come
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and play. And so, you know, again, we've got to
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prepare really well. We've got to practice really well. We've
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got to play really well and take care of the
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ball and get rhythm and do all the things that
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we've shown. The good thing I've told him, I said,
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I told him from the beginning, you do have a
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lot of talent in this room. You have a chance
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to be a really good team. Well, now they've shown
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that they play as well as anybody in the country
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at spurts. But, you know, putting it together and being consistent,
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you know, throughout every game.
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Lane Kiffin on his coach's show there Thursday night over
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at Court to Table, talking about the challenge of really
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the opportunity with this game. Man, let me ask you
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just like from an athlete's perspective, it's look, it's the
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only storyline this week that really matters. I mean, I
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know and we're going to talk about if Levitt should
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play or not and the opportunity to get some guys
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rested and healthy.
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But really, it's like. How do you get up?
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When you've had the giant game against Clemson and the 30,000
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people at Tiger Walk, and you had all the everything
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with the Ole Miss game, and then even last week
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with Texas A & M primetime on ABC, and then
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there's this game.
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How do you get motivated or ready to do this?
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First off, it starts with the leadership and the guys
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up top. You have to have an identified goal at
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the end of the season where you want to be.
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Everybody has to understand exactly what that is. Like, what
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are we working for? Because if not, kind of what
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you're alluding to, games like this get glanced over. It
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can happen in a baseball season very easily. You play
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162 games. It's very easy in June, July, and August to, man,
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let your foot off the gas pedal unless you always
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have your eye on the prize at the end of
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the year, which is October baseball. And this is, you know,
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I know it's a much shorter time frame, but these games,
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although they're not important, really, they're very important. I mean,
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there's a lot of things.
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Our guy.
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Coach Pete Jenkins always says, what matters?
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What matters in football? Everything.
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Literally everything.
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The way you run out the tunnel. Is the Gatorade cold?
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Is it proper? The ball boys doing their job. That's
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an excitement thing, yeah. Got it from Nick, right?
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And so I think games like this.
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And then Lane, by the way, got that from Nick, too.
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Lane got that from Nick. Are you going to win
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the game? Yes. You're going to win the game.
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But there's little things that would probably not be able
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to take precedent in a game like A & M
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or Clemson or Bama that you can really focus on
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this game. And, man, that's what separates championship-caliber teams and
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coaching staffs, by the way. That's what separates them from
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guys that can't win because the coaching staffs that are
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preparing these 18- to 24-year-old kids are the ones that
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have to give them that message because it's impossible for
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the player to get locked in on that.
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Would you– I'm going to ask you the same question
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two different ways.
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As a coach, would you play.
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Sam Levitt this week? As a coach, I would not
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play Sam Levitt this week. Okay. As a player, if
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you're Sam Levitt, do you want to play this week? No.
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Or do you want to get healthy?
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I think you want to get healthy.
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Okay.
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I mean, the competitor, of course, the kid's going to
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say he wants to play. The competitive edge in him
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has to do that, but the mature– player has to
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understand that him hobbling around on the field does nothing
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for the team you know look and Lane said this
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after the game I'm sitting there watching with with Jonna
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you know at the house at the end of the
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game we went home early but he was way more
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effective with his arm you know and and hopefully we
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could have learned he he learned something during that game
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that man I don't have to take off running like
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this and If he does play, I think it's maybe,
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like Coach said, maybe one or two quarters. Hey, you're
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not leaving the pocket. And let's get to our third read.
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Let's see if we can get to our third read.
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Even if one and two are open, let's get to
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our third. And maybe you work on some of those
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small things. But no, to answer your question, if I'm him,
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I'm getting healthy and we're making a run at this thing.
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My contention, which this has been my point really for
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the first month of the season is I know they're
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the call it a criticism or whatever of Levitt is
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that he takes off and runs too soon. I don't
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know that he necessarily is just wanting to run. I
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think it is absolutely a product of the pressure that
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he's been under. And he was there were four hurries
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the entire game against Texas A & M for the
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week before 16 against Ole Miss. And he was sacked
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four times against tech, 15 hurries, five sacks. Like of
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course he's going to, he's under duress. Like he's being pressured.
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He's got Will Eccles in his face in a half
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a second. Like yay.
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He's going to take off and be flushed and move
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last week. He didn't have to. I mean, there was,
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there was no pass rush. You were playing a team
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that couldn't, that couldn't get to him. So he was
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able to comfortably stand in the pocket. Now that'll be
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similar this week, but I, I agree with you. It's,
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When you're talking about a soft tissue injury, I mean, there's.
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No reason to risk anything this week.
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I can understand the competitive part where you only get
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12 of these things that you're guaranteed, and you hope
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there's postseason and all that stuff. And so I can
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understand him wanting to go play. But you have to
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have the bigger picture. You have to be able to
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pull back and look at the whole landscape and say, man,
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you're trying to make a run to the playoff. And
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the one thing that I'm certain of is LSU is
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not going to reach whatever its goal is this year
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without Sam Levin. I know people are– I don't care
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that Landon Clark ran around a little bit late in
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the Louisiana Tech or Clemson game. Like, I saw enough
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in spring when we got to watch every minute of
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every practice and then watching drills against air in fall
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camp to know, like, there's talent there with him in Longstreet,
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and I think those will be really good players in time.
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But for this team, if you think they're a playoff team,
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the only way they're getting there is Sam Levitt playing
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like he did last Saturday. Yeah.
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Yeah, and look, soft tissue injuries too, like you were mentioning, LSU,
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let me just say this, over the last, I don't know,
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eight to ten years or so, have done an amazing
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job with soft tissue, but you rarely hear of Hamstring
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or Groen at LSU right now, so I do think
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that that training staff has cracked the code of some sort,
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Jack Marucci and the guys, but Hammy and Groen are
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the two that always scare me the most. Like, if
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you're not 100%, it is going to be with you
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the rest of the year. You know, I mean, you
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need that time to rest, so Yeah, I'm hanging out, man,
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and getting some treatment.
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I understand why these matchups are great because you help
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support other Louisiana schools. But the problem with it is
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this is their Super Bowl, you know, when they come
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and play. And so, you know, again, we've got to
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prepare really well. We've got to practice really well. We've
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got to play really well and take care of the
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ball and get rhythm and do all the things that
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we've shown. The good thing I've told him, I said,
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I told him from the beginning, you do have a
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lot of talent in this room. You have a chance
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to be a really good team. Well, now they've shown
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that they play as well as anybody in the country
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at spurts. But, you know, putting it together and being consistent,
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you know, throughout every game.
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Lane Kiffin on his coach's show there Thursday night over
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at Court to Table, talking about the challenge of really
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the opportunity with this game. Man, let me ask you
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just like from an athlete's perspective, it's look, it's the
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only storyline this week that really matters. I mean, I
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know and we're going to talk about if Levitt should
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play or not and the opportunity to get some guys
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rested and healthy.
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But really, it's like. How do you get up?
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When you've had the giant game against Clemson and the 30,000
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people at Tiger Walk, and you had all the everything
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with the Ole Miss game, and then even last week
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with Texas A & M primetime on ABC, and then
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there's this game.
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How do you get motivated or ready to do this?
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First off, it starts with the leadership and the guys
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up top. You have to have an identified goal at
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the end of the season where you want to be.
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Everybody has to understand exactly what that is. Like, what
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are we working for? Because if not, kind of what
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you're alluding to, games like this get glanced over. It
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can happen in a baseball season very easily. You play
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162 games. It's very easy in June, July, and August to, man,
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let your foot off the gas pedal unless you always
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have your eye on the prize at the end of
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the year, which is October baseball. And this is, you know,
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I know it's a much shorter time frame, but these games,
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although they're not important, really, they're very important. I mean,
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there's a lot of things.
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Our guy.
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Coach Pete Jenkins always says, what matters?
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What matters in football? Everything.
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Literally everything.
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The way you run out the tunnel. Is the Gatorade cold?
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Is it proper? The ball boys doing their job. That's
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an excitement thing, yeah. Got it from Nick, right?
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And so I think games like this.
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And then Lane, by the way, got that from Nick, too.
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Lane got that from Nick. Are you going to win
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the game? Yes. You're going to win the game.
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But there's little things that would probably not be able
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to take precedent in a game like A & M
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or Clemson or Bama that you can really focus on
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this game. And, man, that's what separates championship-caliber teams and
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coaching staffs, by the way. That's what separates them from
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guys that can't win because the coaching staffs that are
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preparing these 18- to 24-year-old kids are the ones that
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have to give them that message because it's impossible for
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the player to get locked in on that.
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Would you– I'm going to ask you the same question
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two different ways.
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As a coach, would you play.
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Sam Levitt this week? As a coach, I would not
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play Sam Levitt this week. Okay. As a player, if
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you're Sam Levitt, do you want to play this week? No.
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Or do you want to get healthy?
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I think you want to get healthy.
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Okay.
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I mean, the competitor, of course, the kid's going to
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say he wants to play. The competitive edge in him
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has to do that, but the mature– player has to
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understand that him hobbling around on the field does nothing
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for the team you know look and Lane said this
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after the game I'm sitting there watching with with Jonna
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you know at the house at the end of the
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game we went home early but he was way more
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effective with his arm you know and and hopefully we
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could have learned he he learned something during that game
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that man I don't have to take off running like
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this and If he does play, I think it's maybe,
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like Coach said, maybe one or two quarters. Hey, you're
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not leaving the pocket. And let's get to our third read.
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Let's see if we can get to our third read.
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Even if one and two are open, let's get to
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our third. And maybe you work on some of those
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small things. But no, to answer your question, if I'm him,
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I'm getting healthy and we're making a run at this thing.
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My contention, which this has been my point really for
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the first month of the season is I know they're
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the call it a criticism or whatever of Levitt is
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that he takes off and runs too soon. I don't
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know that he necessarily is just wanting to run. I
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think it is absolutely a product of the pressure that
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he's been under. And he was there were four hurries
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the entire game against Texas A & M for the
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week before 16 against Ole Miss. And he was sacked
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four times against tech, 15 hurries, five sacks. Like of
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course he's going to, he's under duress. Like he's being pressured.
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He's got Will Eccles in his face in a half
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a second. Like yay.
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He's going to take off and be flushed and move
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last week. He didn't have to. I mean, there was,
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there was no pass rush. You were playing a team
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that couldn't, that couldn't get to him. So he was
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able to comfortably stand in the pocket. Now that'll be
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similar this week, but I, I agree with you. It's,
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When you're talking about a soft tissue injury, I mean, there's.
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No reason to risk anything this week.
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I can understand the competitive part where you only get
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12 of these things that you're guaranteed, and you hope
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there's postseason and all that stuff. And so I can
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understand him wanting to go play. But you have to
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have the bigger picture. You have to be able to
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pull back and look at the whole landscape and say, man,
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you're trying to make a run to the playoff. And
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the one thing that I'm certain of is LSU is
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not going to reach whatever its goal is this year
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without Sam Levin. I know people are– I don't care
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that Landon Clark ran around a little bit late in
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the Louisiana Tech or Clemson game. Like, I saw enough
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in spring when we got to watch every minute of
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every practice and then watching drills against air in fall
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camp to know, like, there's talent there with him in Longstreet,
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and I think those will be really good players in time.
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But for this team, if you think they're a playoff team,
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the only way they're getting there is Sam Levitt playing
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like he did last Saturday. Yeah.
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Yeah, and look, soft tissue injuries too, like you were mentioning, LSU,
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let me just say this, over the last, I don't know,
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eight to ten years or so, have done an amazing
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job with soft tissue, but you rarely hear of Hamstring
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or Groen at LSU right now, so I do think
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that that training staff has cracked the code of some sort,
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Jack Marucci and the guys, but Hammy and Groen are
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the two that always scare me the most. Like, if
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you're not 100%, it is going to be with you
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the rest of the year. You know, I mean, you
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need that time to rest, so Yeah, I'm hanging out, man,
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and getting some treatment.
