Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, welcome once again to the Gold Standard podcast, where we talk about the 2025 LSU baseball team, also some of the great history

of LSU baseball throughout all these decades of championships and fantastic moments created

by our coaches and players. And I'm Bill Frankiz, joined by my son Will Franks. Will, good afternoon. How's everything going? It's good. It's good.

You know, we've got a lot to look forward to this weekend. Very big trip to Austin, Texas this weekend to take on the, I believe they're number five in G1 baseball. So yeah, top five matchup on the road.

How about that? Yeah, I mean, as a fan, you know, watching from afar, obviously, I can't, I'm not going to Austin this weekend as much as I would love to.

But we've got some business to take care of here, the LSU women's basketball team competing in the March Madness tournament.

So that's where I'll be this weekend.

But best believe I'll be watching on ESPN.com.

So, yeah, I guess, Dad, let me ask you, you know, talk about the last time we were in Austin,

I believe.

Was it last year or two years ago?

It was two years ago.

Two years ago, yes.

Two years ago, we played a midweek game at Dishfalk Field in Austin against the Longhorns.

Fans may remember the weekend prior we played in Round Rock, Texas at the home of the

Round Rock Express, which is the AAA home of the Texas Rangers.

We played in the Round Rock, the Dell Round Rock Classic that weekend played Kansas State, Iowa, and Sam Houston,

won two out of the three games.

I remember that.

I was there for that.

Yes.

And we were still declared the champion of the tournament that we had that one lost to Iowa.

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