How did playing with the best players in the world at Oklahoma State motivate Austin Eckroat? He joined the pod to talk about his breakout 2024 and navigating his life on tour.
you’re playing with Matt and Victor in
college obviously and seeing them like
you beat them plenty of times and but if
you end up as the number you know kind
of number three guy I guess behind those
two is it discouraging at all to see
these freak talents right directly next
to you the whole time I’m wondering what
that kind of relationship was like for
me I’ve always felt like I was just one
step behind like I wasn’t far I was just
one step behind and I knew that once I
made that jump I could you know be doing
what they’re doing and I think a big
Comfort to me too after my sophomore
year when they both turned professional
was their immediate success if they
would have gone out and struggled and
they were clearly better than I was in
college I would have been you know I
would have like I think I mentioned it
earlier I been like man I got some I got
some serious work to do but like as you
were asking the the Beatdown was getting
annoying for sure my sophomore season I
think Victor won four times Matt won six
times and I won once and I won once and
Victor wasn’t playing that week
so Matt finished second though so I did
beat Matt
