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The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

114. Kevin Kopps: Closing it Out

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Arkansas, Hogs, Sports, Razorbacks

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Kevin Kopps has been a Razorback for six years, but his final season with the Diamond Hogs is one for the history books—and so is his story. The sixth-year senior and pitching coach Matt Hobbs take us through Kopps' journey—how reaching out to Arkansas himself as a high school pitcher, experiencing one of the worst years of his life, and considering not returning for the 2021 season all led to him becoming the best pitcher in college baseball.

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0:00.0

I hope that people can like see I guess my career and my journey and like not have to think that they have to be some hot shot or

0:08.1

a superstar and they can just achieve just what they want just by kind of working through things and like I think a harder journey is better

0:19.1

for you as a person as old. Welcome into the Hog Pot. I'm Bo Mattingly and this episode is made possible by our friends at First Security Bank,

0:38.0

Serrazen Resort, Lindsay Golf, and Abilita Maria.

0:42.0

David Horn. Lindsay Golf and Abbalee to Maria. Dave Van Orr has called for the cops.

0:47.0

Kevin Cops is a closer, finisher, whatever.

0:52.0

Make your name of. I mean the numbers they almost look fake they're

0:56.2

so good. That's another one. Boy can cops a pitcher what keeps getting more ridiculous

1:00.6

every time he gets out there what a pitcher you'll never see a season like this again.

1:05.4

Kevin Kobs made his presence in college baseball

1:08.0

known this season as the number one player

1:10.4

on the overall number one team in the country.

1:12.8

He's the Terminator on the mound.

1:14.0

He struck him out, looking, and that's it.

1:17.0

Wow.

1:18.0

It was a six-year journey to become national pitcher of the year,

1:22.0

battling through injury,

1:23.7

internal conflict,

1:25.2

and a disappointing 2020 season.

1:27.8

I thought when I was having Tommy John

1:29.9

that that was gonna be like the worst year of my life

1:32.1

and then God said, no, it's not.

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