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Marcus Randall spent three seasons at LSU, calling the shots at quaterback in 34 games.Now he’s calling it like he sees it on the airwaves.Broadcasting from a small corner room in the Xerox Building on Energy Avenue overlooking Interstate-10, Randall participates in the radio show, “The Morning After.” The program airs on WSKR The Score 1210 AM in Baton Rouge from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. and is the sole bastion for radio sports banter on Sunday mornings in town. As the name suggests, the show focuses on the college football matchups from the previous day with a special emphasis on LSU football.”Being on the other side is kind of different,” he said. “I’m used to answering all of the questions — and I still do answer some when callers call in and they have questions.”After his college days were done, the Tennessee Titans signed Randall as an undrafted free agent in 2005.He played for two years at safety and linebacker in Tennessee and was released in 2006. After his stint with the Titans, he signed with the Green Bay Packers, but a fractured foot cut his 2007 season short.That’s how the radio show   opportunity popped up.Randall got a call from LSU alumnus Chris Gordy, who found the former quarterback through a “friend of a friend” and asked Randall if he was interested.”I told [Gordy] I wasn’t playing ball this year because I fractured my foot and had to miss out on the season,” Randall said.Randall wasn’t a broadcast journalism major in college, but his co-hosts, Gordy and mass communication senior Mark Talley, said he gives unique insight and commentary. Gordy and Talley say Randall could work in radio or TV for a long-term basis.”It’s great to break down a game and say, ‘Such and such happened, Marcus, you’ve been in this situation. Talk about how that works,'” Gordy said. “Especially in a season like this for LSU where they run a dual quarterback system — Marcus was a part of that.”Besides the radio show, Randall also spends time teaching and coaching football at Tara High School in Baton Rouge.”I graduated in education, so I always knew I wanted to be a high school coach at some point,” Randall said. “I was able to get into the East Baton Rouge school system, and I got a call from Ms. Estess, who is the principal at Tara High. She liked my resume, so she said she wanted to hire me and have me come in as a coach.”Randall said he enjoys the player-reporter role reversal but doesn’t favor being the interviewer or the interviewee.”I get to ask questions now as well, and I get to ask the players some things I wanted the media to ask me after games,” he said.The show started the first week of the college football season at the end of August and will end at the end of the season. Plans for Randall and the show’s future are uncertain, but Gordy said he expects Randall to continue teaching and coaching at Tara. —-
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