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I'm your host Matt Moscona LSU Tuesday began the third week of spring, their first spring under Lane Kiffin media had our customary five, five minute period. So we got to watch about 25 minutes. The 111 on 11 period, which as Joaquim Jackson told us is called a quick six where they run six plays, ones on ones, twos on twos very quickly, 11 on 11, and then they go into individual period. So that's the 25 minutes that we got to watch. So I'll go through the play by play of the quick six here. And then I'll give you my notes from the day, including a new starter on the offensive line and some notable limitations and absences. So we'll get to that. It is worth noting, of course, in the 11 on 11 period that Landon Clark continues running with the ones and who's on Longstreet is running with the twos. So if you're an everyday or you've heard me explain this, but just very quickly for those who might be finding us for the first time, the team begins practice indoors when they come outside. That's when we have our 25 minutes of availability. They run an 11 on 11 period where ones on ones are on one field simultaneously twos on twos on another field. I'd stand in the end zone between the two fields, which are parallel to one another. So I can kind of keep an eye on both primarily watching the ones, but taking note of what is notable with the twos as well when I have the opportunity. So Landon Clark quarterbacking the ones who's on Longstreet quarterbacking the twos. Down again, very quick. And sometimes they're simulating different down distances. So last week we told you they ran a red zone period in quick six. They also last week ran all third downs. This was the first time I noticed that they had an electronic sign on the sideline with a word, which I guess is telling formation or play whatever like, for example, would say Falcon on the electronic sign on the sideline. So everyone's looking to sideline to catch all that. So a lot of it is also going through the simulation of what it's going to be like running, running this offense. So first down, Landon Clark hit Winnie Watkins, the Ole Miss transfer on a crossing route coming from right to left gained probably about 10 yards. Again, they're not tackling here. And while there are refs at practice, they didn't seem to be really mining this drill in particular to blow whistle dead or something like that. So it's sort of just go until the coach blows a whistle and says, all right, the play's done. Watkins a reception on a crossing route for about 10 yards. Second down, I think this is something that's telling because we have been watching the quarterbacks run a lot in practice. The random quarterback draw. So Long Street, excuse me, Landon Clark takes the snap. He pumps to the right and then just tucks it and runs right up the middle for a game game about five yards. But again, this was a design quarterback run. And it's something very clearly that they're going to take advantage of a last week, one of the drills and individual that we got to see was a design quarterback run drill where the quarterbacks were running boots and sweeps around left and right end. So this was an instance where this was a design quarterback run. Third play, beautiful throw by Landon Clark on a sideline route to Malik Elze. Elze is the big bodied receiver who transferred in from Illinois. Again, we've primarily seen Watkins, Jackson Harris and Trey Brown running with the ones so far. This shows though, Elze is starting to make a little bit of a move. I told you last week with the twos, Elze had a touchdown reception in that red zone drill. But today he was rotating in working with the one. So they are seeing a little bit of a rotation there with those guys. The fourth play was a toss. It was a sweep to the right to Caden Durham. So again, just a just putt and then a toss to the right Durham around right in the fifth play was a dive play. So a give a dive up the middle to Caden Durham went for a short game. And then the best offensive play came on the last play. And it was the freshman Deuce Gerald who continues to show up and continues to make plays. So Gerald and Blockton were the starting interior tackles. So Gerald's on the left side, Blockton on the right. Well, in this particular play, Blockton gets up the field and Gerald's loops around to his right, the left side of the offensive line. And he gets in the passing lane of Landon Clark and gets his hands up and deflects the pass that was intended for Caden Durham in the flat. So a really nice play there by Deuce Gerald, who you can just tell with Gerald's he's not he's not the big giant space eating defensive tackle. He's a smaller guy. They've listed at six foot two seventy five, something like that. But he's a guy that is very explosive on his first step. And you can just tell is very active, active hands, active feet. It reminds me a lot of the way Bernard Gooden played last year for LSU undersized interior linemen, but very disruptive, made an awful lot of plays. So nice job there. So those are the six plays in the quick six from that six plays. They then went into the individual period drill. So a couple of the things that I thought were notable here was that on the offensive line, we had seen the same offensive line with the ones left to right so far, where it had been Jordan Seen at left tackle, Devin Harper at left guard, Braylon Moore at center, Alubot, right guard and Weston Davis at right tackle. That was the same except for one position switch. Devin Harper went with the twos and it was Bordelon who ran with the ones in this in this drill in particular. So Bordelon, who we've seen throughout his LSU career, wears number sixty seven is primarily been sort of that special teams guy and tackle eligible player. And there's two Bordelon. So forgive me, I want to make sure I have the right one. It was Bo. It was it was Bo Bordelon. Who's Bo Bordelon is going into his fifth. He's a fifth year senior. So Bo Bordelon ran with the ones at left guard. Devin Harper ran with the twos. So your second offensive line left to right. Bryce Martinez at left tackle. Devin Harper at left guard. William Satterwhite, the Tennessee transfer at center. Jacqueline Sprinkle, the Reds, your junior transfer from NC central at right guard and then Darren Stray, the offensive tackle transfer from Kentucky, was at right tackle. We have seen Stray run at both tackle and guard early in these these position drills. Last week, you know, the first practice, Stray was running a guard and Bordelon was at tackle. But anyway, that was the switch here. So a lot of transfers on that second unit. And of course, the true freshman at left tackle, but the ones, the big difference here was Harper going to the twos and Bo Bordelon running with the ones at left guard. And then of course, Malik Elsie, as we mentioned, making a reception with the ones you're starting to see some guys. Get opportunities with their play so far in spring, have the opportunities to jump in with the first group. Let me knock out my quick break. We'll come back. There were some absences, some new player wearing yellow, no contact jersey and a couple of observations, both on the defensive side and with the pass catchers. You'll love to hear this about one of the coaches that's coming up here. It's locked on LSU, your team every day. I'm Clea Butler, host of locked on women's basketball. And this is Mazda's women's basketball snapshot. Celebrating the work. No highlight reel can ever capture the NCAA women's basketball tournament. 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So Levitt had the list Frank surgery, injured his foot back in September, tried to play on it, ended up having the surgery in October of last year and caused him to miss the duration of the season at Arizona State. He's as we've noted, he's been out there at spring practice, not doing any of the 11 on 11 or running work, but we have seen him throwing right all the quarterback receiver drills, the handoff drills, but anything in an 11 on 11 team or running, Levitt has not been participating. So he was absent as clearly he got the the pins out of his foot from the initial surgery. That's great progress. So on this day, on Tuesday, it was Landon Clark, who saw on Long Street and Emil Piccarella as the three quarterbacks for LSU running the drills. Whit Weeks also was absent again. No reason given yet for Whit's absence. He had been there early in spring, just wearing his jersey and shorts, no helmet, not participating, but out there sort of with his position group and sort of being a coach on the field. But no wit, no Sam Levitt. I thought it was so interesting because when they go to individual, right, the every position group goes with their position coach. So the running backs go with Kevin Smith and, you know, the offensive line goes with Eric Wolford and so on. Well, the the with offense, it's interesting because the quarterbacks are trying to get work with these position groups. So the first individual period, the quarterbacks and the running backs were working the other on handoffs, makes sense, right? So you had Charlie Weiss and Kevin Smith working with their working together with their groups, the quarterbacks and the running backs working on handoffs, which means the which meant the receivers were down at another end of the field, running routes and catching passes. Well, it was interesting because normally when that happens, if the quarterbacks aren't with them, you either have walk on quarterbacks or you have a GA or somebody like that throwing their routes to the receivers. Well, I train my eyes over to the. So we're in the end zone by where the quarterbacks and the running backs do in handoffs. And I look sort of down the West sideline, you know, about 50, 60 yards away. And I see the receivers running routes and a coach, a GA, someone's throwing passes. And so I'm looking at him like, man, like, they got to get spin it a little bit. And so I get up my camera on my phone and I zoom in like a five X is T Martin. So you're talking about the former Tennessee quarterback who won a national championship. I got played in the NFL needless to say T Martin could be a resource in this instance, throwing passes to to the receivers. The one notable when the quarterbacks and receivers got together, their Jackson Harris didn't have a drop today. He's been so good. I'm not trying to single him out as having, you know, doing something poor because he wears number four. He's 62, 202. He's been running with the ones he has been outstanding throughout this spring. But that was just the one notable thing that I saw today. I didn't get to watch every rep because I'm trying to watch everything on two fields. But that was the one drop that I charted. It was a pass from who saw Longstreet. Longstreet put it on and Harris just dropped it. I also thought so Trades Green continues wearing the gold no contact jersey. Malachi Thomas joined him. That's the tight end transfer. Malachi Thomas joined him today in a gold no contact jersey. It's the first time we've seen Thomas in a no contact. He's 63, 242. As I understand it, Thomas is going to be the hand in the dirt attached tight end. Zach Grace, the transfer from Oregon is going to be the H back, right? The sort of offset two point stance of H back blocker. And then Trades is going to be the queen piece on the chess board. They move all over the place. But both Trades and Malachi Thomas both in gold no contact jerseys on Tuesday. Defensively, we talked last week about Blake Baker and how he's sort of managing which is different like Blake Baker last year coached the linebackers. One out Chris Kippen is the Kodc and linebackers coach. So Blake Baker is the defensive coordinator, but we told primarily would work with the stars. But one of the things that we've talked about is with such a deep coaching staff and they have a lot of numbers on the coaching staff. It's interesting because what this is allowed is so much specialization. So, for example, in the four defensive period, the four individual periods for the defense, the first period Blake Baker worked with two guys. It was PJ Woodland and Aidan Anding, just those two cornerbacks. And maybe in that instance, because what we have seen is in the team periods, when they go nickel, it's Pickett and Jacqui Jackson that are your wide corners and Woodland kicks to the nickel. So maybe this was Blake Baker working with Woodland and Anding as nickel. So for an entire period, the defensive coordinator, Blake Baker is working with two guys, the two primary nickelbacks. Well, then in the next period, Blake Baker went and worked with all of the safeties. So he ran drills with all the safeties. Of course, we know that Jake Olson is the safeties coach, but in the outlet, they'd split the group or however they did it there, but he went and worked with the safeties. So he went from working with nickelbacks to safeties to then in the third period, he was with Deshaun Spears, C.J. Jim Coiley and Aidan Hall, who are your star linebacker position. So he went again, he worked with two nickels, the safety group in the second period, three star linebackers in the third period. And then in the fourth period, the entire secondary was there in a shell drill. So no, no linebackers or defensive line. It was just the secondary. And then you had receivers, quote unquote, you know, it was defensive backs who were lined up just, you know, as a scout receiver. And so they were running coverages and Blake Baker was overseeing that entire drill. So I guess the point is with so much staff now, Blake Baker is sort of overseeing the entire defense and his responsibilities are being divvied up among all the position groups there throughout, got these practices. It's pretty fascinating to watch because again, a year ago, he would have just been parked with the linebackers. Now we're seeing so much specialization because they have so many different coaches on staff and they can break it down. You wonder, like it's fair to wonder there are too many cooks in the kitchen. I don't know the answer to that. What I do know is they got a lot of really talented coaches, a lot of diversity there on the staff as well with roles and responsibilities and they're making use of all of it. Again, they're at the halfway point of spring. There are seven practices into spring and their 15 spring workouts. And this is the time in spring where you can try and taste and sample different things because effectively what I like to say is spring allows you to set the pole position for fall camp. You go through spring, you try a lot of different people on a lot of different places. So when you get to fall camp, boom, you know who your ones are, at least where you're starting from in different position battles. Remember a year ago in spring, Braylon Moore wasn't even running as the first team's center. Like you still had a lot of DJ Chester in spring last year at first team center. So and Braylon Moore, of course, was brought in to be the center. So you're going to try a lot of different stuff in spring and we're clearly seeing all that. So that's your Tuesday practice report. They are back on Thursday. We have the same media availability. The interesting thing for this week is Saturday. And so every week we, the media, we get an email with our availability for that week of spring. So we were told a Saturday from whatever time they let us in, we are allowed to watch the duration of practice. So we can't take videos or pictures during that. But that tells me I think we're going to get to see more of practice and maybe actually see some team periods as well on Saturday. And they also said location TBD. So that means it could be at the practice facility or it could be in Tiger Stadium. This past Saturday, LSU did work out in Tiger Stadium. There was no media access to that. So as we get more info, as we get more access, we'll certainly keep you posted and let you know how it's going out there on the Ponderosa as LSU is halfway done with Lane Kippen's first spring as LSU head football coach. And we thank you for being with us here on Locked on LSU. So do me a favor, please smash the like button if you're there on YouTube, subscribe to the channel. If you're on podcast, subscribe on your favorite podcast app, Radius, Leave a review and let us know if they love the Tigers. We got you every single day for Locked on LSU at your team every day.
