what's up everybody welcome back to the college Loop podcast episode 51 of the college Loop podcast and again join the day by Mr Harrison Tarr no longer on my left no longer on my right but when will we have a Duo show like this he's going to be like right how about how do I point I'm I have a degree yeah how you doing buddy I'm doing well man really really excited to be on back on the show and and rock and roll and talking some Auburn football talking some quarterback conversation I feel like we haven't talked enough about that to this point this year and uh let's let's actually let's just jump right into it man let's let's let's let's get the show on the road and let's not waste any time today let's let's have some fun with it recording a little bit late we started trying to record an hour ago and then got wrapped up with uh the voice of our intro uh Billy Nash talking pro football which is if you know me hilarious because I don't have no business talking pro football but here I am that being said Dylan I've got a pretty simple question today and and we're gonna spend a little bit of time on it and try not to drag it out too much but it's it's worth discussing let's List names here real quick Robbie Ashford Holden Garner and TJ Finley Hank brown right the prince that is promised and and that's what your quarterback room looks like going into 2023. there are four quarterbacks that will be on this roster assuming no one leaves but that that's kind of leading into my next question right now there are three guys on campus all on scholarship at Auburn and not all three of them can start Dylan not all three of these guys can play in 2023 knock on wood assuming help why has nobody left yet that's the big question the Portal's been quiet across the country in March but why have we not seen and we'll go ahead and say who who we're all thinking why is Tj Finley not under the transfer portal yet because I think that's the million dollar question right we don't expect Holden gerner to leave it could happen I don't think it will why has TJ Finley not left this program yet uh to be honest with you the plain answer is I have no idea I feel like he's been hinting at it a lot so much to say that he said it was a slap in the face that whenever he was still on roster they went out uh Brian harsonelles went out and got Zach calzada and Robbie Ashford to compete with him and and he said he was he was basically defended by that which I gotta be honest with uh everyone out there uh that I don't get why he was offended he got two better quarterbacks than he was uh sorry about it that's is that a hot take no but also Counterpoint iron sharpens iron right yeah so you want more quarterbacks that are competing against each other to make each other make each other better and the thing about TJ Finley he has not gotten better since he came to Auburn I don't think he's gotten better since he left LSU and I look at it from the standpoint of Robbie Ashford I've seen improvements from him I know he's getting a lot of backlash but I've I've been to a practice where he impressed me a lot with the soaring ability Owen gerner same thing with him he looked poised and I still expect Auburn to go out into the portal and hopefully whenever it opens up actually I don't know if it was like a false opening on Saturday but whenever yeah when the software when the actual launch happens of the transport of 2.0 Auburn's going to pick up a quarterback whether that be whatever's going on with McCall uh hopefully not chance Nolan and you know maybe boost my ego and get Hayden wolf you know uh but you're correct just to make me feel correct and I'm gonna follow this show yeah and scream bloody murder By how I am the tank top football but I still don't understand why teacher finally hasn't left he's spoken out I've spoken against a lot of coaches about why he isn't already the starter and I and I just don't get why he just hasn't left yet he he's kind of hinting at it there is a simple answer that Auburn graduations not for another two and a half three weeks I mean three weeks there is that answer that he does need to graduate that being said I would think he would go ahead and put his name in that portal and and you finish your academic semester regardless that's that's how the transfer portal typically Works in this stage of time but I I I'm almost curious if he's waiting for graduation if there are conversations he has maybe he thinks he can win this job maybe he looks around and says let's call us hey this page here folks this quarterback room's got a lot of uncertainty and and like like Dylan mentioned I think Auburn is going to go out and get somebody else but I don't necessarily know that that person is going to be the starter it's going to have to be a splash it's going to have to be an established guy who has had snaps meaningful snaps at other places or or someone that maybe took a red shirt and and was highly touted coming out of high school and a young guy they get multiple years out of that doesn't make a ton of sense in my book because you're looking at the quarterback of the future and Walker white coming in next year so maybe TJ thinks that he can genuinely compete for this job maybe there's something we don't know I find that hard to believe well he's got 11 days to make up his mind uh and after that he's just kind of stuck being the third string on this team because I I got to be honest with you TJ you're not starting I'm sorry you're not uh and you if TJ really wanted to start for the Auburn Tigers I feel like you'd put in more work to become a better quarterback for the Auburn Tigers I don't know that we can say that Dylan I I don't know that we can we can critique work ethic because we've only been told what we've been told and we've only seen the small sample size that we've seen and I don't know that I can sit here and tell you that TJ's not in the weight room I can't sit here and tell you that TJ's not going about things the right way I can tell you that I would be a little surprised but because there's certainly an element of attitude being not where a lot of coaches would want it to be and I certainly don't think he and he frees his staff necessarily are on solid footing but I don't know that they're not I mean Spring ball we saw him get a lot of meaningful reps with a lot with with the ones so I don't I don't know maybe maybe this is something where he firmly believes that he could be in that in that conversation I will say that even if he is on this Auburn roster in 2023 I don't even think he's the second string quarterback I think that's holding Garner but maybe he thinks that that's that's the case and that's I'm operating under the assumption that no one transfers in and and Robbie ashford's the guy which I still don't think is is what happens I'm just curious does it play to his advantage to not be in the portal yet there are no more spring practices spring games are wrapped up and and for for all intensive purposes they are done so you're you're finding out now and we'll find out in the next I guess probably 48 72 hours from this time this shows that shows out this weekend will be crazy there will be a lot of guys taking visits a lot of different places yeah why does TJ Finley not want to be part of that if he's not planning if he's planning on leaving the Auburn program like we think he may be yeah I I just I you don't know uh that's the whole portal thing right now is we don't know why it's being so slow we don't know why no one is entering the portal Auburn has only lost I think four since this portal started and I can't really say any of them or huge losses outside of emba uh but Amber was still a depth piece he was still the third defensive tackle on a field with two that that's just the fact of the matter I can't really fathom a world where TJ Finley is on Auburn's roster come the UMass game I don't see it uh I don't and he's only got 11 days uh well as this comes out he's got 10 days to really decide if he is going to transfer out if he is going to try to stay for a job and again the Hugh freeze is going to be under some pressure himself because he's basically told everyone without saying it he's going for a trans reporter quarterback he wants one I mean he he's saying without saying it that's the thing you gotta you gotta understand coach Beach it's like a second language at this point that's right because no one has entered the portal that Hugh freeze has been uh very ecstatic for no none of the uh Ohio State guys have left none of the Nebraska guys have left Texas has decided Quinn overs is their guy going into next season and I mean you look at the SEC you can't get an Ole Miss guy without having having him set out for a year sure uh you can't get a Georgia guy because one of those guys is going to transfer we think Brock Vandergriff based on his cryptic messages he's been telling to the Press yeah none of these quarterback battles have been decided to where someone has entered the portal and maybe Devin Brown and cowboy court is closer than we thought it was because we all I think we all said Devin Brown was going to get the job and McCord was going to be in the portal we thought Casey Thompson was going to be in the portal because Jeff Sims is him uh maybe he finally figured it out in a Metro offense he'd be the first quarterback post to Carolina to do that uh sorry uh I just don't understand why the portal is so slow and maybe that's playing the TJ Finley's favor maybe he's seeing it how slow it is and maybe that's why he's not left yet no court he'd be honestly probably the best quarterback in the transfer portal if he let if he entered tomorrow because no one else has entered it'd be him or chance Nolan and I gotta be honest with you those two they play the exact same way they don't move in the pocket and they're prone to mistakes uh and that's my that's just my two cents on that I I just think because the Portal's been so slow and we no one was expecting it to be this slow no no we were ready we were ready for the stock market to crash whenever the portal opened back and I do think all it's going to take is one Domino to fall for that to to kind of reignite but I think that if you're that Domino I mean if TJ Finley's got that opportunity to be kind of that that big moving piece a true P5 quarterback that someone's going to take a chance on and whether that's at the P5 level or not that's up for your interpretation but someone will want to go get him I I'm curious to see as to why he's not officially in in the portal yet because as you mentioned yes I do think Hugh freeze is looking elsewhere I mean you think he said that without having to say it clear as day that being said Dylan we'll continue to monitor this situation and keep you know keep our our opinions out there for for people people to hear I do not think that TJ Finley will be an Auburn Tiger this fall we've discussed the possibility of him even winning the starting job this off season it has been a roller coaster and it will continue to be a roller coaster going into the first year of the EQ freeze tenure and that's not meant to be either positive or negative it's just going to be up and down you're going to have to take the highs with the lows Auburn fans and you're gonna have to buckle up I do ultimately think that you freeze will reconstruct this roster and be an SEC competent roster and and quite frankly I do think that Auburn will be returning returning to what they have been in years past and to the point where they're a perennial 910 win team let's move forward Dylan let's talk men's basketball and and let's uh I like your little ticker over here I guess on the on the right hand side of the screen that's neat speaking of the transfer portal I'm going to lead with this because we talked a little bit about genetrium already so I guess we'll we'll we'll touch base with that and then let's talk portal news a little bit genive room obviously in entering his name into the NBA draft retaining his eligibility if you guys want to hear our full breakdown on that we do have a reaction show here on our YouTube so if you're watching on YouTube you can check that out if not go to our YouTube It's a YouTube is it exclusive oh yeah YouTube explosive and you probably want to skip like five to ten minutes into yeah we need to figure out how to cut that down that's on us we'll figure that out and move forward but uh it's a it is a YouTube exclusive so if you're listening on Spotify Apple music wherever you may be finding your podcasts go check us out on YouTube at the college Loop and you can check out our full breakdown engineer room's decision to go to the NBA draft I'll give you the brief synopsis this feels like one of those things we put the feelers out and see where you're at if you could be a first round guy go if you're not going to be a first round guy figure out what drafts NBA Scouts want you to get better at come back and do that uh in 2023 2024 for Auburn let's talk a little bit about Jalen Tyson six six guard do the thing Dylan do the thing tall guard tall guard tall guard all guard tall guard tall guard alert out of Texas Tech averaging 10.7 points per game 6.1 rebounds good on the boards 48.3 from the field 40.2 percent from the three this is a guy that a lot of clubs are going to want or actively want and someone that sounds like there is traction in serious interest at least in the Auburn camp to bring to the planes Dylan your initial reaction to hearing this how does this plug and chug I think this plays a lot to Auburn's favor yeah you bring the fact that he's six foot six you know what other position can be played on the court at any time that is six foot six small forward a three if Auburn would get this guy you fill up the roster a little bit more than it is and all you get is a five why you got left because you got a guy who can consistently make threes because 40 from the three-point line I'm pretty sure of the people of the players who got meaningful minutes last season that is probably would have been number one on Auburn and I don't think that's close really because Alan Flanagan whether or not he's back or not we've said it I said it I say it a lot he's not going to start next season especially if you were to bring in a jail and Tyson type player and it fills is saying if Jalen Tyson comes to Auburn that's probably Alan Flanagan's son yes him going either to Oxford or maybe declare for the draft even though he's not ready for it uh but I mean the the depth chart at that point Aiden Holloway point guard Denver Jones shooting guard Jalen Tyson small forward Janaya broom at the four and then you still got that empty scholarship spot for a potential big man to enter the portal also the possibility you can Flex Janai into that stretch four or five situation like you did this past year but we do think you'd be better in the in the four and then and then flexing Jalen Williams it's not the biggest lineup you've ever seen but it's also the smallest lineup you've ever seen so I I think that that would be an interesting Dynamic and then coming off the bench you'd have Trey Donaldson you'd have Katie Johnson it is interesting you'd have Dylan Cardwell coming off the bench leorberman liorbert coming off the bench it's it's what's the word the exact word I'm looking for it is an enticing opportunity if if you are able to go out and and and and get this young man Jalen Tyson out of Texas Tech I don't know if that's going to happen I know there's a lot of interest in in the pearl camp and in the Auburn Camp I don't know what Tyson's thoughts are on the matter to do completely candid that being said Matthew Cleveland is still Matthew Dylan is pushing his Matthew Cleveland agenda and that's okay I I completely actually am behind you but very interesting to see six six like you said that could play like be kind of a wing guy and and someone that can stroke the three like that is certainly something that this team needs I think you're going to see a lot better three-point shooting in 2023 2024 I know there's a lot of pandemonium going on a lot of people pressing the panic button I think this seems to be fine I'll go further to mention what do you think this team would go in a perfect world where you get Jalen Tyson and Matthew Cleveland where the roster would probably pan out with Flanigan gone it'd be Holloway the one Jones two you get Tyson of the three Cleveland to the four genetic room with the five that's an offensive lineup which is putting in defense and yeah Trey Donaldson coming in off the bench and Dylan card while coming off the bench and Cardwell I think I I feel comfortable in that being a 31 team like total I think it's a 31 team I I I don't know if I can I can commit more than that I don't I don't know because I think that now I think the bench depth is still interesting uh and I'm not sure I don't know that there's not a situation where Trey Donaldson doesn't work himself into a starter minutes kind of role so I I don't know what that looks like yet and we'll get we'll get I guess a little a little more of an idea once this portal window it's just hypothetical and you know we love hypotheticals here and if you love hypotheticals too go check out our Twitter where I put up a post talking about a hypothetical 2021 2022 team that would have probably won a national championship one of the greatest what-ifs in Auburn basketball history probably wouldn't have lost a game if Sharif Cooper and JT Thor would have stayed with Jabari Smith and Walker Kessler so go check out that and leave your opinion on that as well uh again riff for a little bit hold on uh yeah I had to I had to I had a little hiccup there and I didn't want to do it do it comment down below would Auburn have won a national championship in basketball with this step chart Sharif Cooper Zep Jasper JT Thor and Jabari Smith and Walker Kessler with J Will Wendell hypothetical he probably wouldn't have came but hypothetical Alan Flanagan and Katie Johnson all on the same roster at the same time that's the national championship winning team so go go uh comment here on the YouTube but also go check out the the Socialist post it's on Facebook excuse me it's on Instagram and Twitter so go give us your thoughts on on that sorry Dylan I had a little hiccup there and then had a second Hiccup and it kind of spiraled from there uh shout out pearlville2021 2022 excuse me anyways little little callback moment there let's continue on on the hardwood let's talk Auburn women's basketball another eagle has landed for Coach Jay and Company they went out and got a power five transfer and an another guard so yeah interesting Kiana Gaines Clemson transfers will be a junior two or three years of Eligibility remaining I believe it's two and she's a former four star number 52 overall recruit in the crew if you will in the class of 2021. I numbers are not eye-popping Dylan but she really didn't have the starting minute she appeared in a bunch of games but she didn't really didn't get a lot of minutes interesting to see Coach Jay go get more pieces in this guard room we mentioned it earlier you and I were on the phone when I was running through the McDonald's drive-thru actually and you were saying maybe maybe it's small ball and I don't know that you're wrong you've got a couple of of bigger pieces being your two centers coming in as Freshmen and now you're going to get some experienced pieces now let's look at this guard room real quick honestly Scott Grayson entering her sixth year of college basketball and very very familiar it's going to be the focal point of this offense without a doubt yeah without a doubt Marshawn Bostick going into her fourth year of college basketball another experience piece that is also money at the free throw line and and can get the ball to the rack when you need her to it's on iOS in the transfer portal that's right Cindy Shaw a young Talent a sophomore the the you and I think I guess I think we're on the same page or Dylan could really be a contributor in in this in this guard room and then you go out and you grab Kiana Gaines out of Clemson which leads me to believe that Sydney Shaw needs another year of development which I don't disagree with but she definitely needs minutes this year it's something that you have to be able to build off that that being said don't am I am I just overthinking this here or I guess over hyping this year going to pick up a four-star a former four star Junior that was the number 52 overall recruit in her class this feels like this is your Splash land to this point in the portal yeah and I I'm kind of still baffled by the fact that Auburn has picked up four transfers uh and three of those four have been guards I'm also there's there is that that guard room's getting crowded very quickly because you've got someone from Alabama got some from Clemson and I'm blanking on the school of therapy Chico yeah but at the same time a lot of people were really worried when there was this Mass Exodus from women's Hoops coach Jade bet on herself and we said it right here on the college Loop that she was betting on herself and it paid off to this point I know that you were there it's going to be an interesting rotation to see how all this shakes out you lose Romy Levy Sanai Wells is gone uh Aisha cool abali's is headed elsewhere all this to say I mean Caitlyn duhan's still there by the way that's something to just throw out there she bet on herself and is working you're she is getting the hall in right now in terms of the numbers that she thought she could to make this more of an excuse me I'm a WNBA but how about SEC ready roster I think you're close Daniel brought up a great point a couple months ago that in in year one coach Jay had about zero percent of an SEC roster in year two she had a quarter of an SEC roster I think in year three she's going to have half of an SEC roster and it's certainly a process that takes longer a women's Hoops than it does in men's hoops just just by nature of of the transfer portal and and and the smaller volume of players that you have in the transfer portal and women's hoops and you do in men's basketball so I I'm personally going to go ahead and say this right now I think Coach Jay is going to wind up getting an off-season grade A from me just for her haul in the transfer portal alone and her dedication to recruiting they're gonna be right now right now there are six new faces coming to this program whoa folks this is the best news we've heard there were some locker room problems on this roster last year sometimes it's not all about the x's and the O's and it's more about the jimmies and the Joes Auburn didn't have the James and the Joe's and they didn't have the attitude to compliment not having the the gemis and the jobs this is going to be a big step up and something that that Auburn can really build off of I think they can be kind of special in 23. I had a it's a little unrelated question but which do you prefer the eagle has landed every time coach Jay gets a transfer or coach freezes Yahtzee it's tough that's tough man I like the eagle has landed I really do I'm a big fan of the Yahtzee I think it's funny but I think the Eagles landed it's kind of cool and of course you have the the boom from uh BP yeah I mean that's classic right but and a callback to a previous coach Mr one Gus miles on but I I think I like the Eagles Landing man I think it's kind of cool a little play on words and a little you know you know little callback to to the Auburn War the University of Auburn war eagles so I I'm a huge fan of the University of Auburn by the way now Auburn Auburn University I I'm very neutral about now the University of Auburn dogs the University of Opera war eagles unbelievably good all right let's move forward let's talk baseball real quick okay so we see what happened was um no I'm playing Auburn took care of business and their midweek against Samford run ruling them 13-3 at Plainsman park now if there was ever a team that needed to go out and hold a team to three runs and run rule them in eight Innings oh my gosh was it Auburn Hayden Murphy getting getting the win on the mound over over Stanford obviously and the the pitching actually was solid uh on Tuesday night if if you look at the Box let let's see Hayden Murphy only 3.1 won Innings pitch giving up six six hits and three runs which is still interesting that he was in line for the win but it still worked out all three of those runs available then you look through nobody else in this Auburn bullpen I want new Folks at home to listen to this this Auburn Bullpen didn't give up a run on Tuesday night and I don't want people to sit here and act like samford's not a good baseball team because Samford is a contender that's in that socon conference of a conference I'm actually getting quite familiar with um but the the front runner to win that Socom Zach crossfeld pitch a complete inning no hits no runs two walks okay three strikeouts awesome Drew Nelson 1.2 Innings pitch one hit no runs one strikeout there you go Facebook five enters but Parker Carlson 1.1 Innings pitched one hit no runs one base on ball two strikeouts John Armstrong came in point two innings there at the end two strikeouts bang bang get out of there this is your confidence Builder that you had to have Dylan they're coming up on a Mississippi State team and I'm gonna put the ball in the tee here for you that's a little fun play on the words I didn't mean to but put the ball on the T for you here how important was it that these arms had a night where you can hold a team to three runs watch your offense absolutely hit nukes and you're coming into against a play host against the Mississippi State team that just it's pretty fired up to be after taking two or three of their Ole Miss which I understand that's like the bottom of the barrel fighting the SEC right now but Mississippi state has figured out how to play baseball as of late and this is a much tougher series now than it would have been a month ago how important was this uh it was very important uh tar because the the pitching rotation the pitching staff the pitching whatever if you wouldn't even call it pitching really I don't think you really classified as that well no Tuesday night was pitching that was pitching tips and I was pitching yeah actually check that their past four outings have been pitching they have been their past four games even though you lose to Alabama twice no that does not I'll give you three yeah Sunday uh I'll talk about the Friday game you you need to take the effort from from your starter on Friday and give credit where credits do their last four outings have been pitching yes uh yeah it's a huge confidence builder for a team that needs it uh you're looking at you need what nine more wins to make it uh Huntsville is that correct I don't think it's nine I thought it was ten I thought it was ten whenever but when we went to when they went to Tuscaloosa you need no no you need you need five more wins five more wins five more conference wins yeah so you're looking at a Butch Thompson team who whenever their backs are against the wall is when they start playing their best baseball that's the case for a lot of Auburn teams really except for football past two years but that's another here no there I look at it from the sample Mississippi state is getting back to being Mississippi State uh they're playing good baseball and Auburn has finally maybe figured out that they can pitch sometimes and all they have to do is find out they can pitch sometimes five more times and maybe take one I guess Mississippi State I don't know if Auburn could win this series I think they can I think you need to take it from Mississippi State yeah because going down I the I think Mississippi State probably is the easiest of your foreign if there was such thing as being easier you got to find five wins Dylan and you got to find it somewhere between Mississippi State South Carolina LSU and then Ole Miss and then you round it out with Missouri you gotta find five SEC wins in there somewhere yeah uh I think Auburn's gonna find a way to take one of those in each one because that's just what Auburn does um win one series and then take one of the of the other three yeah and like it's doable if you can win this weekend you're in good shape do we know who's starting I guess today do we ever know before Friday we always know the Friday and Saturday guy but we never know the Sunday guy because it's like all right who can at least put the ball over the place I will go ahead and Venture a guess that you'll get available I'll guess Nelson on Saturday don't give me that look Drew Nelson said or Miss Drew's Drew's my boy all right that's my boy right there I'm invited to your boy I'm ready for your boy I don't know Drew at all personally that's just That's My Boy and he's got good stuff he does he has good stuff he's just young yeah that that's the issue I'm not I don't hate Drew Nelson I get as your boy I hope you all go have fun at Sky bar together one night but here's here's the fact of the matter this pitching rotation gives up so many runs and Drew Nelson when he's good he's great but a lot of there's a lot of games out there where he has been raked again there's also in a lot of situations where it's like what the hell is he supposed to do exactly that's been the case for a lot of the pitching staff but mostly it's been he's getting raped John Armstrong has entered the chat and said would you guys please stop raking on me like that's actually not true at all John's been electric this year Johnson rotation but you know sometimes he's got to come in and think in his head I know he's locked in but you gotta think guys what the hell like throw me a freaking bone here and then you have will Cannon who hidden this again will Cannon I I I okay for those of you who remember the Tyler matzik Run of of the Atlanta 2021 Atlanta Braves World Series when they called him Tyler I don't know if I can say this in the show you might have to edit this out I'm not don't maybe do more work than I already have to do um they called him Tyler uh large Stones we'll go with that there you go yeah well Canada's got some stones on him he does the kid can come in if you need him for an inning that guy is awesome like he is really good and and when when Auburn you said try to lose against Alabama he had an awesome inning and then they asked him to do more and there's not much you can do about that it's it'll be a matter of can this team put together I think you need to win this series I think you need to win Friday and you need to win Saturday to hell with Sunday don't care what happens stay healthy reserve the arms don't care yeah it's one of those things a sweep would be awesome but if you can win Friday and Saturday who gives a crap about a Sunday move forward and and and let you let's give get your picture some help like you did in this midweek Ike Irish Bryson wear Cole Foster Chris Stanfield thank God we're getting hits we're getting abs for Chris Stanfield finally we're actually getting abs we're it's almost like it's almost like this group is like wow this kid's really good we know he's really good we've been trying to we I've been trying to tell you and I've been trying to put the word out there the Chris Stanfield is him Cason Howell's been an okay hitter Justin Kirby Kaden green these guys are all hitting over 250. there's something else that I've got to drop in here before we get over to softball Dylan I love him I do one of the best defensive catchers I've ever seen in my entire life I'm not good rocket arm get Nate little out of the freaking lineup he's gotta go yeah I'm I'm I Ike Irish is the catcher by trade he's going to be the catcher in 2024. yeah it's time Nate LaRue if if you've got a if you if you can play in a situation where you have a DH that dude should never take an Envy it's I'm not trying to to dog on him who's gonna be an MLB Prospect Naylor is going to get get drafted someone's going to think they can fix Nate LaRue offensively because he's such a good defensive Catcher And he's a natural leader those are things you can't coach I mean you can coach people fundamentally and technique wise for for catching but he's a field General he calls a great game even with before the pitch con he was calling great games the dude can't hit the broth I have a barn right now and that sounds harsh Dylan I know but one of these things is not like the other I'll read you the bottom four batting averages out of the guys that have played 28 plus games 266 260 258 123. one of these things is so not like the other and and you've got guys like Cooper McMurray who you can throw on first base and you can move I guy Irish behind the dish why the hell aren't you doing it because it's time now you've let it run its course Nate LaRue's not going to get out of this line it's just not gonna happen he's an automatic owl there is no there's no confidence when he gets in the box there is no true plate approach and and I feel bad for the guy because I don't I don't I don't doubt that he's trying to fix these things and I don't doubt that his heart's in it but it's just not working yeah and you look at somewhat meaningful at bats uh if you look at it from Just batting average in general Nate LaRue has the second worst batting average on the team the second worst uh and yeah you're right uh I I have never been so unsure of a player in my life than Nate LaRue I love as a catcher he's an amazing catcher if there's a DH situation where you can just DH him instead of a pitcher if you have any pitcher that can remotely hit for like 200 play him on the dish I get it yeah yeah because he he wins your games I mean defensively if you need him to make a play and gun somebody out he wins your games he can pitch maybe try my pitcher maybe just let's try it uh why not there was a time last year where he led the team in Era that was really funny I mean it gets them from out from behind the plate it gets it in front well not that's not a good thing it gets them from hitting at all because every time I've watched Auburn baseball and Auburn has had two outs Bases Loaded or has had two Runners on base and like oh Runners on base any runners on base Nate LaRue sends a chill down my spine because I know Auburn's getting out of this inning with Runners left on base and you know what sucks I think Nate LaRue knows that yeah and I'm not I'm not pointing fingers I like I said nothing for those of you who are taking this as if Dylan and I hate have this Vendetta against Nate LaRue nothing would make us happier than if we're going like a 10-game hitting streak I would love that for him I I I want nothing but the best for Nate because he's done so much for this program he didn't have to come back last year he had stock he had some serious draft stock he came back because he thought he could get better because he wanted to be another part a part of the next chapter of Auburn baseball I really do there is something to be said to that loyalty the dude can't hit a baseball right now he can't even broadside the barn we'll leave it there let's keep let's keep moving and let's talk softball and let's let's let you kind of run your course here uh Auburn got the job done in the midweek over Troy this evening three nothing Troy right Jacksonville State Jacksonville State sorry Troy was last week where was last week and then Troy for baseballs next week I'm sorry A lot of these in-state schools kind of kind of getting in in the mix don't I didn't get to watch softball tonight I'll be completely honest I crashed when I got home I got I had to take a huge nap talk to me a little bit obviously another shout out shout out effort and what this means going into this weekend yeah I mean you get another great uh pitching game from the entire lineup both uh all Penta low and Ouija all got in and did not give up a single run I give up one walk the entire time and four hits through I believe yeah seven Innings at the pitching staff for softball is chef's kiss beautiful awesome amazing and you people are going to say it's a low scoring game uh baseball and softball when you look at Jacksonville State uh don't think of it like the football team uh if I'll replace it in Jacksonville State football It's Gonna Give You flashbacks 2015 but Auburn should handle Jacksonville stadiums football field baseball and softball on the other hand they are really good they are really good and Auburn got out of there with a shutout win thanks to a brialis RBI double bomb and of course an Isis traffic uh Homer in the fifth inning Auburn softball is awesome they are playing at a they are getting hot at the right time right before they have to play number 14 team in the country in Tuscaloosa which is a a place that Auburn baseball just left losing a series two and I think Auburn softball with how they're playing right now and the pitching has been outstanding I mean Maddie Pinta is I think she's on Pace to win an awards for this season had a couple program records that too she's already listed the top 25 player in softball right now agree yeah uh all they got to do is hit the ball if you look at this box too the box score and and just did you mentioned the low scoring game Auburn left five Runners left Australian on base I mean and and and that's gonna happen I understand that we look at the lobs right and and sit there and go oh Auburn left you know this team left so many Runners on base you know so many missed scoring opportunities you get out of there with a shutout win it's not like you weren't putting Runners on the base pass and putting pressure on on the opposing team I'm not too stressed about it would I like to see a couple of more than six hits against Jacksonville State sure who wouldn't you always want more right but I think that this team is in really good shape to go play in a very good Alabama team in Tuscaloosa I think they're in decent shape and poised to probably win a series it's a boss possibly I don't want to say probably but possibly win this series this team has grown up and it has matured so much since that first SEC series at Georgia and let's not forget that they almost won that Series against Georgia and probably should have and and things happen we get it and and then they go down to Gainesville and and they're close they're right there they're they're right there to what could have been a series win so then then you then you fast forward to now you feel like this group has really grown up and I'm not saying that they had a huge deficit but you're 33 and 13. you're going to the postseason I mean that's happening I think you're probably gonna host a regional if you can win if you win this weekend I think you can lock yourself into a housing Regional this is probably the best form and the healthiest form we've seen of Auburn softball to this point this year and to your point about Maddie Pence follow pencil the Pentagon wherever it goes the bats will come we've seen players that we didn't necessarily expect to step up this year Isis comes to mind for sure and she's been awesome like you said this seems awesome Brie Ellis is one of those players that when you get to get to the big moments she's she's built forum and there's a couple of those Denver Bryant even though the average is going to tell you otherwise she's one of those players that's built for the big moments and and this group's got the pieces that they need to be really really special and if they beat Alabama this weekend which don't I think they can I really do yeah I don't know that there's a team in this country uh barring Oklahoma the that Auburn just cannot go toe-to-toe with and and I I say that guys this is the best Oklahoma team we've seen I mean and they're good they're always good this Oklahoma team is nutty but I think this is one of the better Auburn teams we've seen in certainly the best last half decade uh it's it's one of the best Auburn teams we've seen since before everything kind of hit the fan and we had to hit reset within the Auburn softball program all that to say Dylan uh I I anticipate at least one win out of this weekend I I don't there's I think a next to zero percent chance that Auburn gets swept I say that go ahead and clip that sorry but I think Albert could walk away out of Tuscaloosa and you got to throw in the fact it's the iron bowl of softball like these girls want to beat each other really really bad these teams do not like each other period and and you kind of rivalries carry over everywhere right I mean that's so important you see like you would think that Auburn and Georgia and basketball might not be as heated as Auburn and and Georgia and football that is just so not true like these like there are those rivalries Auburn Alabama like basketball for sure oh my gosh like these teams hate each other on the diamond these teams hate each other there was no love loss last weekend in Tuscaloosa when Auburn went and played Alabama baseball so a lot of a lot of promising points there Dylan did you have anything to add are we good to get out of here I was gonna in fact if you get get past Alabama you got two unranked SEC Conference Series lefts in Alabama state to just get ready for postseason and that's all you've been waiting for we've uh you've already mentioned Auburn's are probably gonna host and all you gotta do is just after you get through a Bama worry about your next opponent don't do control don't go Cruz I do not look too far ahead don't do it I will say this if Auburn beats wins this series against Alabama this weekend the Auburn Tigers are a sleeper picked win the SEC tournament in softball this year all that it takes is a couple of uh just a string together a couple of good games in Auburn is right there I'm telling you they are Toe to Toe I certainly think they're the toe-toe with everyone in the SEC I don't I there's so much parity in college soft in SEC softball this year you're outlier in college softball is Oklahoma like I mentioned that's that's in my opinion you're way too early national champion there are a lot of teams playing good call softball Texas playing good call softball right now but man I'm telling you if this if this team can get past Alabama and win two games and then take care of business down the stretch you know win another four three or four SEC games wow I I would not bet against the Auburn Tigers in the SEC tournament all right don't that's all we've got today thank you guys so much for hanging out with us here on the college Loop the Thursday installment of the scholarship in the 51st episode had a lot of fun with this one if you're watching on YouTube make sure you like subscribe ring the bell let us know in the comments what 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