Boomo Bugg Show 111026

[0:00] Now, get ready to roll, Shoals, Decatur, Athens and all of Northwest Alabama and Southern Tennessee. It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM Sports Voice. The Boomo Bugg Show. Your exclusive inside track to the Tigers, Tennessee and the rest of the SEC. Now your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9. The score. Good afternoon and welcome here to the Boomo Bugg Show. I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird. Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley. Brett Beaird, welcome in. Are you ready for tonight's big poll set to come our way and where the experts have Alabama and who may they play in the opening round if?

Good afternoon, welcome in and how are you? Happy Tuesday to you and the listeners. We'll find out. We're waiting with bated breath to see what the college football selection committee says. But Las Vegas insider Bruce Marshall were previewed the top games in college football this weekend a little bit later. But right now, Roger Hoover is here to recap an impressive Bama win over LSU in Redstick. And we'll check to see if he broke his own personal record last week for the most cold basketball games in his career.

Maybe the most points in a long time. Roger Hoover all over it. He is the Swiss Army Knife. Yes. On the Crimson Sides Sports Network. He's got it all covered like the morning dew on the Black Warrior River. Roger Hoover, welcome in. How are you? Boomo Bugg. I'm doing really well. Hope you guys are. Hey, buddy. What has your week been like, Roger? You have been busy. I'm surprised you still got a voice. I mean, my goodness gracious alive. Let's start with the freshest offering out of the oven. When is this Alabama basketball team going to pick it up on offense, Roger?

Yeah, goodness gracious. That was a lot of three-pointers last night. Sharing the basketball as well. You know, tying the program record for assists in the game with 30. I mean, it was just really fun to watch. And getting Aiden Holloway back, I think, shows how dangerous this team can be. And, you know, Nate Oates wasted no time making him a starter once again. And he told us at the pregame shoot-around, he said, you know, we're not going to go 0 for 5 to start the game from three-point land again.

And Alabama did not. Kind of everybody had a really good night for the Crimson Tide, along with some solid defense as well. Brandon Garrison won the hard hat, only had one rebound in that ballgame, but had deflections. He got things going for his teammates on the offensive end. It was just a very complete performance we saw last night against a very good mid-major program in Oakland. A couple of things on that. Talk to us about the show for Mr. Jimmison. And back to Holloway, you know, a lot of times these kids come out of high school.

And when you get to our age, we forget sometimes that we were kids once and stupid and all that stuff. But it seemed like, Nate Oates, if we are listening and listening and understanding Nate Wright, Holloway is a different young man after he has run in with the law and before. Yeah, absolutely. I think, you know, you go through adversity in life, it changes you in a lot of ways. And for Aiden Holloway, it's changed him into being a better teammate than somebody that is very appreciative of this second chance he has with the University of Alabama and just frankly in his life after some of the mistakes he made before.

So, Nate Oates has said he is all about the right things for this basketball team. That's good to see. You mentioned London Jimmison, who was our top scorer last night with points. You know, he's somebody that just didn't get the fanfare that Amari Allen got when Allen decides to return or anybody else on this roster coming back from a year ago. I mean, London was kind of the forgotten guy in that equation. And now he's got such a huge role on this team, not just offensively with the point scoring and hitting those corner three-pointers like he did last night, but defensively as a freshman, he was elite last year.

And I think he's going to win a lot of hard hats as this season continues for what he can do on the other end of the ball. And especially with his length going against smaller guards for the most part each and every night, he is going to be a difference maker for Alabama. Boy, he may be the most improved player on the team. Seven for seven last night, including six three-pointers scoring 20 points. Now, listen, we got to mention the women, 4-0 after beating Tulane 68-63. The A's had quite a game, a career of 23 points.

Alabama women traveling to Memphis on Thursday, as you well know. But give it up for the women, 4-0 on the season so far. Yeah, absolutely. Now, those three games that they had last week at Coleman Coliseum really went Alabama's way, and that's what you hope in some of those bye games against smaller competitions. But they knew they'd be challenged in this two-game stretch. First at Tulane, that Sunday game we had in New Orleans, and then what's coming up against Memphis on Thursday night. Because now you're taking on a group of five leagues.

[5:05] The talent level rises. You're facing taller players than Alabama's faced so far this season. And handled the challenge really well. Withstood a lot of foul trouble in that ballgame for the Crimson Tide on Sunday in New Orleans. And at times, the offense did not get going like it had in those games where you're scoring 100-plus points against the smaller schools. But they found a way to get it done in the fourth quarter. That was the main thing that Alabama did. They found a way to have a solid fourth quarter on both ends of the ball, not just offensively, but defensively getting some good stops against a team that kind of had all the momentum in the third quarter, Tulane, and had the home fans behind them.

It's always a big deal any time a school like that hosts an SEC school no matter what the sport. So Alabama withstood some adversity. And I think Colleen Love wanted to see that, frankly, from this team after really everything had gone to plan the week before at home. So it'll be fun to see if they can keep it rolling coming up this week against Memphis. Mercer has a very good SOCON program coming to town on Sunday as well. So this is going to be another challenging week as they just continue building as we get closer to the SEC.

Hear all about it with Roger. Roger Hoover, Crimson Tide Sports Network. Let's switch gears and talk about the battle down to the bayou. One of the strangest games that I think you'll ever find if you are a stat nerd. LSU hat gains Alabama roughly 200 yards. Time possession, third down. If you just came in from Mars and you say, give me the stat sheet, you'd probably say, how many points did LSU beat Alabama? Not so fast, my friend. Alabama not only wins, but embarrasses Lane on Celebrity Day in Baton Rouge.

Your thoughts about Alabama's win, what it means, obviously, for that day, this season, but also for the program. I think it's huge for this season because this was the one you looked at the month of November and said, all right, you just have to have. This is the most talented roster you're going to face here on out. And still, there are going to be some challenging games like coming up against Vanderbilt and Auburn and obviously Chattanooga in the home game to wrap up non-conference play. But this was the one you had circled because you knew in so many ways it could be an elimination game regardless if Alabama was ranked fifth or not in the country in that college football playoff poll.

So, give this group credit, especially when you're trailing on the road, kind of like I mentioned the women's team. Things were going against you on the road in a hostile environment in the second half. And then you dig deep. And for the football team, you score 21 unanswered points to win that ball game. You look like yourself on offense again. And then defensively, played at a high level really all game long, made LSU one-dimensional, which is one of the things we talked about last week, was going to be really important in this game because Sam Leavitt was essentially the only running game that LSU had.

And he got kind of scared to run as that ball game went on. Yeah, all the hard hits delivered by this Crimson Tide defense. Devin Tompkins up the middle becomes the SEC defensive lineman of the week. Had that key sack and a fourth down stop. I mean, this was a total team win for Alabama. And I think a huge rejuvenation-type victory for this group to have a lot of good momentum. And Kalen DeBoer was very smart even as soon as the game is over. He's talking to the team in the locker room.

And he brings up the 2024 Vanderbilt game right away because it's the same scenario this week. They didn't beat the number one team in the country. But you're going to Nashville again, flying high after a victory. It's an early kickoff. You've got to bring your own energy coming up this week. And this is now the most anticipated game of the year around this program because Alabama knows in order for that LSU win to count, you've got to take care of business in Nashville. Roger, I get the fans' frustration sometimes with being do it, but don't break, again, the defensive philosophy.

But they clamped down. Boy, did they in the red zone once again. You mentioned Devin Tompkins with two sacks. Terrence Green plays again, had a big hit to begin the game. But these linebackers were everywhere. Luke Matz, Caleb Woodson. I thought Red Morgan was all over the field, should have gotten the interception. Again, I know LSU got a lot of yardage, but this defense played well when they had to. They really did, especially Red Morgan getting those key hits and just always being around the football like you want to see from a good defensive back.

I thought that was really key, especially as Alabama continues to nurse the injuries of Zabian Brown. You need performances like that all over the place. Chuck McDonald, Carmelo O'Neal, they're going to be called on for some big football, even if Zabian's healthy moving forward. So, again, this was a total team win, really all three aspects of the game. Alabama performed extremely well, and you hope that this can just keep this momentum going forward for this football team with all that's ahead here in the month of November.

Roger, obviously one thing that you look at is the mass report, and coming out of it, tough news for Josh Ford. Now, I know there's a school of thought that says that's a deep room, but you can't replace a guy with his spirit. Maybe you can equal it, but you can't bypass it. This guy is a gamer. He's tough, and I got a feeling those kids, they feed off his energy. Your thoughts about that loss, about where they go now as far as somebody's got to step up, and then the latest on Russell and his ankle injury.

[10:25] Yeah, day-to-day, according to Coach DeBoren, I'm sure they're going to do everything they can, both in practice and in treatment, to make sure that he's feeling as comfortable as he can. And, look, if there's a situation where Austin Mack has to come in, I mean, the coaching staff's very comfortable with Austin Mack. They tried to stress that all throughout the preseason, even when Russell took the job relatively early in preseason camp, saying, look, we believe in Austin Mack, and at some point he may be called upon to help us win a game.

And you hope it doesn't come to that. You hope Keelan stays as healthy as can be. But it is worth monitoring as we move forward over the next few weeks, and especially if a ball game gets out of control for whatever reason Alabama's got a large lead, you might see Austin Mack maybe a series or two earlier than you normally would in a playoff situation, just to make sure Keelan is ready to go for what's still to come. And that could be a very lengthy football season after Thanksgiving.

We have no idea with the SEC championship game, the playoff, like we saw last year, you get through that Iron Bowl and you may just be getting ready for the start of the second half of your season, it feels like. So there's a lot of football to be played. Alabama's got to manage that with Keelan Russell. It is a shame of Josh Ford. I got to interview him last week on Crimson Drive. He's a tremendous young man, a man of faith, and somebody that just embodies the toughness that you hear all over this campus is the number one value these coaches are looking for.

So you know it's bad if he can't give it a go for someone that broke his arm and kept playing in the same game, kind of like Coach Bryant in the 30s against Tennessee. I mean, he's as tough as they get. So I think on the sidelines you're going to see a huge leader. I think he is going to impact this team in a large way. I think the TV cameras won't be able to take their eye off of him during some ball games moving forward because he is going to be one of the most vocal and passionate leaders on that sideline, I think, moving forward.

Absolutely. One day week again, Crimson Rewind with you and Tyler Watts on Monday. Crimson Drive, Rico Scott, one of the guests that you've got this week. Hey, Coach, on Wednesday, women's basketball, Memphis on Thursday. Men's basketball against Seton Hall on Friday. By the way, that's on the SEC Network. Saturday, football with Vanderbilt and one more women's game on Sunday. Did I miss anything? And where can we get online to hear all this stuff? I think you missed the rest and relaxation I'm going to have with my wife and son coming up the next two nights.

Good. So we're taking a big breath after this eight-day stretch we just had. But, no, it's a very busy time. Overlap season always is. And we're really looking forward to everything that's ahead for not only the men's and women's basketball program, but this football team well. I think Alabama fans should feel really good about the direction they're heading in. Now just got to take another step forward coming up this week against Vanderbilt. And I truly believe a lot of lessons learned from a few years ago will help once we get to Saturday, once we get back in that environment with the challenge that will be ahead.

Well, being the constant pro, you wouldn't have it any other way. And if you drive up, wave when you come through the western part of Madison County. And don't forget to stop at Buc-ee's on your way to and from the game this weekend if you make it up there, Roger. Oh, absolutely. Buc-ee's is a must. And I always try and look for y'all's radio towers. There you go, buddy. We're going to hold you to it. Roger Hoover, Crimson Tide Sports Network. Coming up, rock and roll time out of Lexington High.

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How are you? I'm doing great, fellas. How are y'all? Hey, man. We're trying to be as good as you folks out at Lexington right now. It must be an exciting time. I've always said, in a community like Lexington, it's always special, regardless of the numbers. But, man, when you're having the run you're having this year, it just puts another layer of goodness onto the cake, does it not? Well, it does, and y'all alluded to it. This is a special place. It's your typical, you know, traditional, small-town atmosphere.

I mean, you go through town and there's purple and gold everywhere. I think even some of our parents are putting purple bulbs all in their houses, like on the front porch and all kinds of stuff. Oh, man. So, it's been a great experience, and I'm happy for our program and our kids. I'm not surprised at all at the success. Of course, I followed you your entire career at Convert County, which, by the way, was the game I got a chance to see this year, which you lost in the last 18 seconds.

But, I know you had key wins to begin the season over Lauderdale County, 20-19, Phil Campbell, 20-18, 10-1. You beat Ohachie, 28-21. You got Coast Springs coming up. Before we get to Coast Springs, recap the Ohachie win, 28-21. Yeah, I'm going to tell you, we said it after the game, that was a old-school, traditional football game, and just two really good football teams, and I told Coach Jennings after the game, they're probably the best team we've played all year, and, you know, went up 14-0. I think we had a 19-play drive to open the game and overcame a couple penalties, and I think we kept it dang near most of the first quarter, which was huge for us to go down, and then was able to get a stop, got a turnover, and able to go down and go up 14, and then held them out again and then had a chance to go up 21-0 right before the half and ended up throwing a pick, kind of threw it back across.

Dane kind of threw it back across and just trying to make a play, so it was right there for half, and then, you know, they came out second half and drove it down, and I think they had about a 15-play drive, it seemed like, and made it 7-0, and then ended up making it 14-14, and then we score, and they bust a long play with about, oh, I think they scored with about a minute 39 left to tie it up, 21-21, got two-point conversion, and then we get the ball back with a minute 39 left, and, you know, our offense was able to do their magic, and I think we scored in about 29 seconds, got a minute 19 left, and two big-time, big-time throws by Zane.

[21:12] Gilbert, and then got it back, we missed the two-point to make it 28, I think we, yeah, no, we got that two-point, ran speed option over there to Avery Clark, and he was able to punch it in, and up 28-21 and had to get a stop, and, you know, our defense just kind of bowed up on fourth and one and was able to get actually tackling for about a four-yard loss right there to end the game, and I think I had more people come up to me at church over the weekend, just at school, just talk about what an exciting game that was, and that was, you know, the most exciting game they've seen in 30 years, so it was great for our community and great for our school and really good for our kids to be able to perform in that environment, you know, with that atmosphere, and I think we ended up having about a $15,000 gate. I mean, it was a huge crowd. They traveled well, and that's why you sign up to play football. I mean, it's those type of games, and we'll probably have another one this week, too, so, you know, it don't get any easier going forward.

We want to talk about that in a second, but Coach, Coach Brett Mass got at Lexington High. Whether you're at Lexington, Alabama, Auburn, the Dallas Cowboys, is it through, as they say in the movies, that if you want to win, you better have some linemen that's got some talent and some experience, correct me if I'm wrong, Coach, but you returned all five linemen on your O-line. Talk to us about that. Confirm it, if you don't mind, the importance of that. I don't care what level you're playing, and as far as a shout-out, we talk about names in the college ranks in the NFL, but talk to us about some of the names that are helping make this all possible at Lexington High.

Yeah, I mean, you're talking to a former offensive lineman myself, but I tell them, you know, I tell them it goes as we go, and I think the last probably three or four weeks, we've really kind of figured it out up front. I mean, you're right, all five of them are back, and four out of the five are seniors and have a lot of big game experience, and for them to kind of take over and kind of come into their own these last three or four weeks has been huge for us, but, you know, shout out to Landon Ingram, our left tackle, Kane Payton, our left guard, center Jacob Lawrence, right guard Logan Phillips, and right tackle Gage Ward, and I'm going to go ahead and throw Brock Comans in there, Coach Coman, Adam Coman's his son, our growth basketball coach, came to us this year from Shoals Christian. He's been kind of the unsung hero of the offensive line. He's the sixth man in that gives us a little bit of depth there, and then also Cy Robertson coming in. He was injured throughout most of the year and was able to come back, had knee surgery in the summer and able to get him back. He's been our backup center, and he's been huge coming in a couple of drives, and just those guys are just so unselfish, and I tell them all the time, it takes a special person to wear a 50, 60, 70 number, because they only notice you when you screw it up.

When you mess up. Got it. And so for those guys to really take ownership, and I'm going to have to brag on Coach Jason Lord and also Coach Rick Rice, who's down there with our tight ends and HVACs, they kind of work hand in hand, and they have really stepped it up as coaches these last couple weeks, and they're fun to watch. And everybody asks me, you know, you're the old O-line coach, you're O-line coach I mean, I never go down there. I never have to worry about it. You know, I'm on the defensive side this year calling defense and loving every minute of that, but I don't have to worry about it. And so it's real nice to have experienced guys and veteran guys on, you know, playing, but also coaching them as well.

I've seen a lot of games this year, and my top three quarterbacks are Mason Holloway at Hamilton, Bryson Williams at Dassler, and your guy. Zane Kilburn, I think we talk about him every week. Last year, threw for 2,500 yards, 28 touchdowns. Sawyer Howard is really good. Buck Shook, and then Avery Clark, you mentioned. How many yards has Zane thrown for this year? And talk about his growth in the leadership and development this year. Well, I'm biased. I'm going to say the your number three is my number one, but I am biased. You know, and just to be a sophomore, I mean, I've got it right here, actually. He's 134 for 195 for 26-03, 37 touchdowns, and only three interceptions, and one of those came the other night. So he's just really, he's starting to learn to play quarterback. I think last year, you know, he kind of came, he was under the radar. Okay, who's this freshman quarterback that runs around like Johnny Manziel and makes plays. But this year, I think, and personally, we've challenged him as a staff to start playing true quarterback and not just an athlete back there. And he's really come into his own of taking what the defense gives him.

[26:16] And we still want him to be him now. I mean, he's going to make things happen with his feet, but he's got to where he's, you know, if he can scramble for 10 yards and get a first down, he's learned to get a first down and keep the chains moving instead of trying to look for the big play. And we still look for the big play. Don't get me wrong. I mean, we don't want to, you know, tamper him down and we want him to be him, but he's really starting to learn the position and learn to play quarterback. And I think that's the biggest growth for him. And also, he's gotten a little bit bigger. You know, last year he was probably five, nine, probably one 60, one 65 soaking wet. And now he's five 11, you know, about one 70 and don't get bigger. And I think just the sky's the limit for him. And, and somebody's going to somebody, somebody out there is going to get a really good quarterback in two years at the next level, because he has that type of ability and just his, his knowledge of the game. And you could tell he's a football junkie. He watches football.

He understands coverages. Um, and him and coach Drew Davis, our OC, they have a great relationship. I don't know what they're talking about half the time when they come off, but they start motion and signaling. I don't know what the motions and signals are, but they, they have it all, you know, and we just let them go. And it's been such a fun year and, you know, hope to keep it going and plan on keeping it going. But, um, it's just been a fun year watching his growth and watching the growth of our offense. And then of course you throw Sawyer Howard in there. He's the slash guy. He's a receiver. He's a running back. And then he turns around and plays corner. Um, and, and it's good at all three. I mean, and, and can't say enough about him. And I would say, you know, Sawyer's probably, you know, outside of Zane, everybody sees Zane and his numbers, but you look at Sawyer, like I said, somebody needs to look at this kid too. I mean, he's sitting there almost a thousand yards rushing and receiving. I mean, he's at seven 83 rushing and then receiving it's, you know, you could take your point, pick your point at nine 24 receiving and has 13 touchdowns receiving. And he's got, I think, uh, 12 or 14 rushing. So, I mean, he's kind of a do it all guy as well. And then he turns around and plays corner and it's a lockdown corner. So, um, you know, it, like I said before, it's just so fun watching the growth of these guys and watching them gel, uh, across the board. And it's a fun group to coach and it's a fun group to take to practice every day. If we jump off coach, obviously to stay hot, you got to beat some cold weather predicted and cold springs on the field. Talk to us about the matchup.

Well, I'll tell you what, they are huge. Uh, they remind me a lot of Winston County the last couple of years. I mean, they're a physical football team and like we talked about earlier, they're really good up front and they come off the ball. They're physical. Uh, coach boss has done a really good job with them down there and, and, you know, and they're having, you know, unprecedented success, uh, with them. I mean, if you look at the history of them, they haven't been real successful in the playoffs, uh, and go 10 and one, they're sitting there 10 and one too. And they're, you know, they're a really good football team and do things the right way. And so, um, you know, we've told our kids, you know, all week that, you know, this is a big boy football game, but you know, and they're a good football team and we are too, you know, you don't make it to the second round and you're not sitting here 10 and one if you're not a good football team.

And that goes from both sides. So, um, glad we got them at home. I'll say that. Uh, so glad we got them at home and to have our home crowd. And, uh, I've said something the other day, you know, it's always good to sleep in your own bed and drive your own car to work and, and, you know, hang out in your locker room for the game instead of being on a bus. So, um, we're looking forward to it, but same point in time, it's going to be a big task and we're going to play well. Uh, listen, we're going to talk to Ben Thomas avail.com, uh, in the next hour, who knows your dad, Steve really well. And I'm going to tell him he better pick Cole Springs and Langston. They picked 20 games across the state.

That better be one of them. Uh, listen, we always enjoy talking with you and particularly recapping the season and previewing the full season. By the way, tell Jason Lard. Hello. We used to talk to him quite often. He's a very good guy and very good coach too. Listen, uh, have a great, I know you've already had a great season, but let's keep the momentum going. Get a W on Friday and thank you so much for your time. Hey, that, Hey, I'm going to tell you, Jason Lard has become one of my favorite people, not just coaches, but favorite people. He's an awesome individual.

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[36:53] Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score. Welcome back in. What do you say we head west, young man and lady all the way to a place called Las Vegas. And Bruce Marshall, he's busy there with Las Vegas inside of the gold sheet. That's just a couple of a ton of platforms you can check out Bruce's work. We'll check that out in a second. But first, Bruce, welcome in. How are you? I am good. Harold, actually, in California today. We actually went to the Charger at Texas on Sunday, if you can believe that.

A couple of quick notes. NFL, real quick. I have not seen a quarterback look worse in a game than Carson Wentz last night. And no wonder the Vikings are exploring trade options with Kyler Murray still hurting. This is worse than Eddie Dalton look for the Eagles back in September. And that game against the Bears when he came off the bench and he got cut right after that. So we'll see. But the bigger story for me this weekend was I hate to belabor the referees, but I'm going to do it.

And Brett knows where I'm going with this. The Missouri-Texas game. First of all, you rarely hear the announcers on ESPN point out, look, every one of these calls is going against Mizzou. Eli's going to be awfully upset about it. But that controversial play was, I think, the worst call I've seen and the fact it wasn't overturned by replay since the Institute of Replay. There's no way that ball flies out 15 yards forward if it's not a pass. And to say, well, you play through the whistle. Well, that's slow-motion stuff.

I mean, this stuff happens so quick, the whistle doesn't always blow that second. And by the way, it usually takes a second for the whistle. And the side judge is signaling incomplete right away. So what's Mizzou supposed to do? And the fact, well, if you want to volleyball spike the ball forward, if you want to make that your throwing motion, you can do it. It's a forward pass. There's no way that ball flies out of Archer's hand going forward like that if it's not a pass.

And that was the biggest play of the game. Texas punts, if that's an incomplete pass. On the next play, Mizzou had taken control of the game emotionally. It completely flipped. That changed Mizzou's whole season, that one call. But it really did. One other note in referees. What happened to the old days where both the defensive back and the receivers had rights to go for the ball? And what's the deal about throwing interference every time a receiver initiates contact and runs into the defensive back trying to go to the ref and throwing a flag?

This happened twice for Texas Tech in the fourth quarter in big drives against West Virginia. Two very bogus pass interference calls. It's like any sort of contact on a receiver. Even if he runs straight into the defensive back, trying to run them over. That's pass interference. I hate to belabor the refs, but I have seen some of the worst quality across all the conferences in a long time this season. Yeah. But here's the deal. And Greg Sankin came out this week. And he basically is poo-pooing the broadcasters for coming out with their opinions.

First of all, at least, I don't know what time it is in your time zone, we still have freedom of speech. They're entitled to whatever their opinion they want. But here's the bottom line. It's not only the announcers. This has been a common theme throughout college football this season. I don't know what the answer is. We have a lot of our friends are in the officiating business. They're in the neck of the woods. I wouldn't have the job. It's above my pay grade. But the bottom line is you've got not only games being decided.

You've got national championships perhaps on the line. You've got coaches' jobs on the line. If that many people are complaining, would it not behoove Greg Sankin to say, maybe they've got a point. Let's go back and drop our ego and evaluate this thing relative to what we're seeing, what the rulebook says, and then look for solutions. Would that be an unfair thing to ask Sankin and his crew instead of coming out and saying, you shouldn't sit here and criticize us? Yeah, I mean, that's exactly right.

And I don't think video review, it doesn't need to be a forensic review of the rulebook. And even so, that Mizzou-Texas play, I mean, that cried out for the replay to say, step in and say, no, no, we've got to rule this incomplete. There's too much going on in that play. Plus the side judge saying, waving incomplete right off the, you know, right as soon as it came out of Archer's hand almost. I mean, that was just egregious. So I, if nothing else, they've got to sit the replay guys down and say, look, and I know the field referees are involved in that too, but, you know, somewhere there you've got to tell them.

It's a forensic stuff you don't need to do. It's just common sense. And everybody, if everybody on TV and the announcers see it, why can't the replay guys and the refs see it or Sanky? I don't know. Speaking of Texas, probably the marquee game in the ACC this weekend is Saturday night. Texas at LSU, three and a half point favorite in the Bayou by the Bengal Tigers. Texas looked pretty good at times. Besides the controversial calls, Arch actually had another impressive game. Texas won three in a row.

[42:17] Can LSU rebound? Alabama just were, they were dominant in the fourth quarter and took control of that game. LSU, a three and a half point favorite. Can they rebound or does Texas keep rolling for their fourth straight win? Well, you know, I'm finding myself kind of cheering for the lane, actually, because I'm so tired of Texas. And a big story is today, Will Mouschamp's got this defense popping in and they get so much coverage in Texas. It's unbelievable. I will say this about LSU. I didn't see that coming last week.

I was, it was very disappointing for LSU people and they are now on the verge. They may be out of it already, but I mean, the fourth loss, you're definitely out of this playoff thing. But the personality LSU had developed this season, and we talked about it earlier. I mean, this, this, this was a bully personality. Now, great teams have been bullies in the past, but you see some of those scores they ran up and they were, most of those were in Baton Rouge. But when they got challenged by this year, they've, they've sort of fallen short.

I mean, the Ole Miss game, Kentucky kept coming at them and finally got them. And then Alabama stood up to them last week and took complete control that game in the second half last week. So I'm not quite sure. I do think, though, that Blake Baker's defense is normally is good enough where I think it's going to give Texas some problems. And they're going to come at Arch. And like I still say, his pocket presence bothers me. I could see him making some mistakes here. It's going to be down to Sam Levitt, you know, a clean game from LSU's offense.

I, they had been playing really well at home. I'm going to look at that as sort of a one-off result, at least last week at home for LSU. They will bounce back. I'm going to go with LSU in this one and make it more of a jumble in the playoff picture. We need that. Why not? You know, let's have more, it's only three loss. More drama. Yeah, let's put Texas in the three loss category this week. Bruce Marshall goes, she's amongst other places. Bruce, now comes Alabama's most dreaded game on the schedule.

They knock off a high-profile team. They dominate. And now they go on the road to Nashville and Vanderbilt. Remember the Georgia experience a couple of years ago. Your thoughts, obviously, about that. And, Bruce, where do you put Alabama tonight in the poll? Yeah, they're going to be up there. They're in the top four. They'll have a bye position, I think, tonight. By the way, the goalposts from what Vandy tore down a couple of years are still floating in the Cumberland. There you go. So Alabama will remember that.

No, I think they're, look, the schedule right now sets up. I mean, Vandy, Chattanooga, and Auburn down the stretch. Auburn, Alabama's going to Atlanta, which, by the way, will be the last SEC title game. And they're going to probably have to win there to stay in the top four and get a bye. So I think it's sort of coming down to that. Will they get there? They certainly could. Now, this week, though, I'd be a little, I don't think they're at risk of losing. And Vandy has sort of regressed back this year post-Pavia.

But it's not the old Vandy that just would be roadshilter. They're not that bad. The defense, I don't think, is going to be run over. It's been resilient enough. Jared Curtis bounced back some last week. You know, there's talk there that he may, you know, his connections, he may bolt after this year. You know, he's still that he'll get some more nil money thrown at him. We'll see what happens with him. But I don't know that Vandy's that bad. And I think this is sort of a dangerous game for Bama.

I mean, because, you know, the offense has, you know, it did come alive in the second half last week. But the last few weeks weren't too super great for Keely Russell. I'd be leery to lay that many points. Bama's not going to lose this game. But laying over two touchdowns on the road in the SEC, that's tricky stuff, right? That might actually take Vandy post the points here. We have talked about hangover games the entire season, and we see it every week. Utah, the number two team in the nation, a two-and-a-point favorite over number 22, Arizona.

That's the night game on Fox. Utah, with that big emotional win over BYU, traveling to Arizona, FIDA. We've talked about him throughout the course of the week, 313 yards, a comeback win over TCU. Could this be another hangover game for number two, Utah? I think it could, Brett. And, you know, Fafidi, you mentioned him. I mean, this guy's got 94 career touchdown passes. I mean, he is very, very productive and accomplished. So, I don't, usually Utah has a little quarterback edge with them here. That's not necessarily the case here this week.

And that hangover thing is something. I mean, I think the three of the last four games after playing BYU in recent years, they've lost. So, I mean, it is something to think about. Arizona is not, they're one of these teams sitting still at two losses. They win here, and all of a sudden they sort of get back in this mix. And it's possible they need some help elsewhere. They could still get into the big 12 title game. They're going to need to win this one. I think they do have a shot.

[47:30] I like Fafidi. I like the letdown factor against Utah coming this week. I mean, the emotional factor. I mean, listen, Arizona had an emotional win last week, too. But it wasn't, you know, the holy war game. I will give Brent Brennan one big pat on the back, though. I don't know if you guys saw at the end of that game. They had to try an on-site kick inside of two minutes or get it or they're dead. And he opted for a little pooch, a little pop-up.

And not just these rollers, which nobody ever seems to recover. And I don't know why more coaches don't do that. Because all of a sudden it's like going out, second baseman going out for a pop-up, running with his back to home plate. And TCU couldn't field it. And Arizona got the ball to 30, and then they kicked the field goal to win the game. Good thinking by Brennan. I think Arizona gets them here. We need more chaos. We need more chaos this season. And if that happens, you know, UCLA could be the only undefeated.

That's exactly right. In the country after this week. And who would have thought that back in August? To me, I'm proud you brought that up. On-site kick, I've always wondered, why will they not just kick a line drive at one of those front guys on the opposing team? In other words, those guys don't have the best hands in the world. Let it go 10 yards, deflect off of them, it comes right back to you. So what have you got to lose? But let me ask you about this, Bruce.

Is Kirby going to send Auburn Christmas cards for beating him? Because they have come out with a mat on since then. This weekend, they've got the home cooking. They've got Missouri coming to town. Is there any scenario where the folks in the show mistake can show Georgia their second loss of the season? I doubt it. Although, as much of respect as I have for Eli, I wouldn't want to pick against Georgia right now. Unless Bama gets them again. I think we're headed for them. I said this back, you know, when they played Bama, you know, last month.

We might get three Bama-Georgia games this year. Oh, my gosh. So there we go. But I'm still trying to figure out what happened in the Auburn game. But they have looked really, really dominant since then. And I just, the offense is a little bit more alive than it was last year, certainly, with Stockton. I mean, it figures maybe he's just a little further along. But it's got a little bit more of an edge this year. And I would not want to pick against them here. And I don't know.

Mizzou's spread is now a little over two touchdowns. I'm not loving that with Georgia. But I'm not picking against them right now. I mean, they just look too tough. And Mizzou, off that gut-wrenching loss, you know, that's a tough one to come back from Mizzou. And I'm not sure they're going to be able to stick around this week. USC at Indiana. This isn't an instant replay for Lincoln Riley. We were here two weeks ago before the Ohio State game. And they played one of their better games than they played with Riley.

Same situation. USC coming off a bye. Indiana, they keep trying to find a way to win. In the end, the defense is very good. They're not very good offensively at all. But the same situation. Indiana, a 7.5-point favorite at home. And, again, a lot of pressure on Lincoln Riley. Your thoughts? I almost kind of like USC plus the points. I'll tell you why. Even though I got to note this. I mean, they have still only covered the point spread once in a Big Ten road game outside of California.

So that excludes the UCLA game two years ago. Only once outside of California since they joined the league in 2024. That did happen to come at Penn State back in October. But we know Penn State's down this season. So this has been treacherous stuff for SC. But you mentioned that stuff about Indiana and its offense. And so that is not sure what he's going to do at quarterback. Kurt Hoover's, I'm sorry, Josh Hoover's numbers have dropped. Then he got belted in the game two weeks ago once Minnesota came out.

Wilson came in and saved the game for Indiana along with that long field goal there at the end of regulation. But you look at the succession of games they have had back to the Nebraska game. It's close every week. They're not scoring a lot of points. We know SC can score some points. I think Indiana looks very vulnerable here. And they haven't won a game in more than a touchdown in a while here. A couple of overtimes. I think it's going to be close. SC's got a shot.

I'm actually giving Lincoln Riley a vote on the road. And they haven't done that before. But Indiana just not scoring enough points. And we know SC's got some offense. This will be close. Yes, they will. I think their receivers are healthy, too. All right. You're under the radar game. And where can we get on line? Lord, you've got so much going on. College football, the NFL, you're doing really well. College basketball getting off to a great start, and particularly in the state of Alabama. Hockey, NBA, you name it, you cover it.

[52:31] Under the radar game, and where can we get you? Yeah, here's one extra game here. When you talk about the letdown after a big game like that, BYU-Utah, what happens to the team after you lose one of those games? So BYU has also had a lot of close calls lately. They get Baylor this week in Provo. Baylor, since they made this move, you know, they moved a rand out. You know, Klanderman, the defensive coordinator, has not done bad. They have scoring points, and D.J. Lagway looks real.

Baylor, plus, I think BYU's in some trouble this week, so we'll take Baylor. Anyway, for this week, we have got, it is Tuesday. We call it $5 Tuesday, so all the picks up there, $5. I've got an NFL pick up there for Sunday. Our NFL really rolling, 28-11 now. They have a 5% top choice winner with the Texans, which I saw in person last week. So go up to my site at wagertalk.com. Go to the Bruce page there today. $5 Tuesday. All the picks, $5 up there today. Sounds great.

Listen, man, you're a lot on your plate at the Sports Buffet. Thanks so much, Bruce. Keep up the good work, and let's do it again soon, okay, buddy? Have a good week, boys. Thank you. Thank you, Ben. Thank you so much. Bruce Marshall going up with us on a place called Las Vegas. Coming up, the next hour, going to be taking it all over the place, all the way to Orlando. Matt Michelle checking in. Auburn fans, don't want to miss Brian Matthews' latest take, and it's playoff party time with the High School of Gridirons.

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Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93-9 the score. Welcome back in our tour to the Boomo Bugg Show. I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird. Thank you so much for giving us a street ride around the Tennessee Valley. And for Ben Thomas, taking time out of his, and we really mean this, busy, busy, busy schedule there. I got it all covered statewide at AL.com. BT, welcome in. How are you? Hey, guys. How y'all doing? Hey, buddy. Man, I think you know where we're going to get this party started here.

Before we get into the games, a lot of great matchups coming up in the playoffs. But is it any shock where we're going to start? We've been talking about this for a while now. And I'm just going to go on a record and say this may be the only time I've covered a former water boy at Decatur High under a coach by the name of Steve Rivers becoming the new head coach of the North Carolina State Wolfpack. What a story in Phillip Rivers. And I guarantee you, Ben, nobody at Decatur High before his dad took the job across the river there at Athens High as surprised that Phillip Rivers goes from the high school ranks to the college ranks.

Yeah, it's been an interesting couple of weeks. I mean, it seems like this time of year is always interesting for Phillip. Last year, he was getting ready to go back to the NFL and play a little football in a couple of weeks. You know, we still don't know. We still don't have an official word. NC State hasn't announced anything that Phillip's going to be the coach. But that certainly looks where we're headed. I mean, the reports over the weekend were that, you know, they were finalizing details.

I haven't been able to get back in touch with Phillip since Friday. I've been able to get in touch with him. He just hasn't gotten in touch with me. I guess that's the better way to put it. But, you know, there were increased media attention after their game. They lost to Glenwood, which was a little bit of a surprise on Friday night ending their season. I'm talking about St. Michael Catholic, obviously. And, of course, Phillip did, to his credit, answer questions after the game about what was next.

He didn't specifically say, but he also didn't say no comment. He talked about, you know, what they had accomplished there in his six years at St. Michael. Got a little emotional. Kind of fought off emotion as he was talking about that. So, it's kind of inevitable at this point how long it takes NC State to announce it. We'll see. But, you know, and again, I don't think this was Phillip's long-term plan, you know, when he came to St. Michael. I think this is where it's ended up.

[1:03:05] His son Gunnar committed there. He loves NC State. It's his alma mater. The people up in North Carolina love him. Yeah, I've seen a few negatives on social media about, you know, the track record of high school coaches going to college coach. I know it's not good, but I just think this is a lot different situation. And I'm not sure I would say that if Phillip Rivers was going to Coach Toledo or, you know, somewhere like that. I think him going to NC State specifically is a win-win because he's going to be able to drive the contributions, I think.

People are going to be fired up about it. And we know he can coach some football, whether it's, you know, eight-man football or flag football or college football. I think he'll do well up there. Yeah, the Trent Dilfer situation at UAB is much different than this. And that's one of the things that I saw. Well, I went to the Dessler-Central Clay game Friday night. Dessler won 24-7. Armani Jones, their very talented running back, ran for 134. Bryson Williams returned to the game, didn't play last week, and lost to Mars Hill.

But that was reportedly Danny Horn's final game in retirement. Coach Horn, 38 seasons, 379-106 record, which is incredible. He's two games ahead of Paul Benefield at five. And I'm going to be curious to see, first of all, has Coach Horn confirmed that loss to Dessler was his last? It was his final game before retirement. And if Paul Benefield were to continue winning and match him or surpass him, would Paul retire? Well, second question first. I mean, you know, at the beginning of the season, there was talk that both these guys were going to step down.

I still believe that's probably going to happen with Paul. We'll see. You know, his wife was also the girls' basketball coach, so that may play into that. Danny Horn, yes. I can confirm this was it for him. In fact, I'm reading a story right now. Jimmy Wigfield wrote a story for AL.com that's going to be posted later this afternoon where he talked to Danny. So, yeah, he is done at 380 wins, 105 losses in 38 seasons, 8 straight titles, 55-game winning streak at one point, you know, back in those early days.

And his son is taking over. Chase Horn will be the new coach at Central County. How about that? So, really cool thing. You know, Danny mentioned some interesting quotes. I don't want to spoil it because I want you guys to read this fine story that I'm just kind of editing now that Jimmy Wigfield has written for us. He went up and talked to Danny yesterday. And, I mean, this might be a topic of conversation for your show. Danny says, quoting to Jimmy Wigfield of AL.com, that's one thing I'm probably most proud of more than any win that I've ever got, that I can put my head on the pillow at night and know I did it the right way.

I'm just tired of having to deal with it. It's not fair. It's an unlevel playing field. With us being isolated like we are, we're going to play with what we've got, and that's how high school athletics is supposed to be. Thank you. So, very cool story. Like I said, it'll be on AL.com in a little while that you can read. But congratulations to Danny. Always, you know, he wasn't really, he coached never really close to me geographically, but I was able to cover some of his games, covered a couple of his state championship games.

First-class guy. Always has been that way. Yes. I really appreciate that. And Paul Benefield, obviously, the same way if he decides to retire. I like that quote. I mean, right's right, wrong's wrong. I don't care which way. If the majority is blowing the wrong way, it still doesn't make it right. So, that's a good quote. I appreciate you sharing that, Ben. Let's talk about some more love in our neck of the woods. I sometimes fail math, but eight teams from our neck of the woods, that is the Shoals, advancing into the second round of the high school playoffs.

Your thoughts about some of our neighbors heading into the second round? Yeah, let's go. Eight teams advancing. That's not bad. No. No. I'm interested in Florence. You know, our AL.com simulator that we talked about last week. Yes, we did. We're looking at it. Has Florence favored to win 79%? Wow. That's my win this week. Now, we'll see. Now, the simulator had a couple of upsets last week that were pointed out to it. I think Lee Scott tweeted out something. They got a bulligan. It had like a 1% chance of beating Madison Academy.

And Curry beating Geraldine. Curry, that was, yeah. That's .0001. Yeah. And I would have not given them a chance either at that point. But anyway, the cool deal, if you haven't, we actually have updated the results from the first round. It's on AL.com again. And so, yeah. It has Florence, 79% chance of beating Miner. And then, now, the next couple of weeks, the percentages will probably go down a little bit. It would likely play Chalk for the next week. And get past that, and you've got probably Parker.

[1:08:30] Oh, yeah. So, the road's going to get tougher. But kudos to Coach Morrison and what they've done so far. I mean, it's been a great year for them. Russellville, Taurus Davis ran for 300 yards last week. As Russellville, he got 135 to 33. You mentioned Parker. They're traveling to Parker. And if I'm not mistaken, the defensive line of Parker, every one of those guys are D1 or college commitments. Is that correct? I think you're right about that. Yeah. It's going to be a tough road to go. Well, I think Parker is actually the favorite in our simulator to win the state title now.

Again, that's a tough classification. Yes, it is. I mean, you've got Parker. You've got Clay Chalk roll. I don't want to overlook Florence. And down in the south, this week, we have a matchup that could be a state championship matchup. Fairland going to Hillcrest, Tuscaloosa. I mean, Fairland has one loss. They've played in the last four state championship games. They've got a Mr. Football contender in Jamison Roberts, a quarterback who's committed to Oklahoma, and then Hillcrest, Tuscaloosa. After two years in 7A, the old 7A, now 6A, but where they didn't make the playoff, this looks to be Jamie Mitchell's best team.

So whoever makes it to Hancock-Whitney Stadium in that 5A division on both sides is going to be well tested. BenThomasAL.com. Let's talk about a team that I think after the first two or three games, fans were saying, oh boy, it's going to be a long year. And that's Muscle Shoals still rocking and rolling, knocking off a team that back in the day when we were all young people you're familiar with, Oxford. That is football-rich country over there. So an impressive win there by Muscle Shoals.

And now they go up the mountain to take on the Pirates from Boaz. Your thoughts about Muscle Shoals and Boaz this week? Well, my thought from last week was that was a loss for me in the pick. I bet it was. I picked Oxford. So congratulations to Coach Darden and Muscle Shoals for going to Oxford. It's not an easy place to play. No. And obviously they always have a good team. So I thought that was a very good win. 31-14 they win that game. But I'm going to flip it.

I'm going to pick them against Boaz, going up to Boaz. I think, you know, they're playing well defensively, scoring enough points to win. So, you know, I think they've got a shot to beat Boaz as well. I hope they do. I need another. I'm too behind in the pick, so I need to catch up. Time's running out. You need all the help you can get. Listen, let me add one more game to your picks. That was brutal, Brad. Bill, let me add one more game to your picks here.

Piling on here. On Thursday, we just got through talking to Brett Mask a little bit earlier today. Of course, Steve Mask's son, Lexington, they are hosting Coal Springs. Coal Springs is 10-1. Lexington is 10-1. BT, I think that qualifies to be picked by your August selection committee on Thursday. Well, I didn't even know that. You're breaking news to me if you're telling me that game's on Thursday. Oh, no, no, no. No, no. Your pick's on Thursday. The game's on Friday. It's on Friday, yeah. I got you, yeah.

I think all the games are on Friday. Yes, they are. The AISA games, I think, are Thursday. But, yeah, cool deal. Like I said, Brett's done a heck of a job there at Lexington. Yep. Going 10-1. You know, they only lost that really close game to Colbert County. Right. Which, of course, he's got a lot of family ties to Colbert County as well. I saw a cool picture on the internet over the weekend of Brad and his son and Coach Steve Mass hugging after the game.

That was really cool, I thought. So, it should be a good one this week. And I think Brett's done a heck of a job with that team. Bill, let's talk a little bit to a couple of more of our neighbors, more Mars Hill Bible fans. All they have in the past few years have been waiting for us to get to the postseason and then mow them down. It's in the private class, reclassification, changing things a bit, taking on Tuscaloosa Academy and Lauderdale County by comparison, a close road game.

And Hatton, your thoughts about a couple of more of our neighbors, actually three, Lauderdale County, Hatton and Mars Hill Bible taking on the Academy. Yeah, I'm still fascinated by this private school playoff deal. You know, it looks like, like I said, St. Michael got upset by Glenwood down here in the south half. But you've got St. Paul's and UMS Wright, who we've got all these teams traveling all over the state to play. And St. Paul's and UMS Wright are two miles apart on the same road in Mobile.

They're playing for the second time this year. You know, we should probably mention, you know, one of the big storylines last week was that St. John Paul decided to forfeit their game against Briarwood. I think we talked about that a little bit last week because they had limited players. So, I'm interested in Mars Hill, you know, obviously reigning 3A champs. They're in a different division. They've got to go to Tuscaloosa Academy, who's been very competitive over the years. So, that should be a good game. I just think it's going to be fun to see who makes it to Mobile and those two private school divisions.

[1:13:56] Because I think we're getting, we've got some easier games, it seems like, in the first or second round. But by the time we get to the semifinals, you're going to have good teams on good teams trying to make it to Mobile. And that's going to be, that's going to be interesting to see. Yeah, BT, that Hatton team's undefeated. They've been running all over people. Nausea Gamble, Severius Evans, very good running back. He got hurt, then Nausea Gamble took over. But that should be a fun game with Lauderdale County and Hatton.

A lot of things going on. Obviously, you've got the, as far as the picks on Thursday. Now, is tomorrow the top five games again in Huntsville, Birmingham, and Mobile? And what else have you got on tell for the week? Yes, it is. Tomorrow we'll have our five things to know with the game of the week and the other games to watch in our markets. As you mentioned, we, what did you mention? No, we have the picks on Thursday. I'm only two behind them. I'm trying to rally and get there.

And, of course, we're on Phillip Rivers' watch still. At some point, they're going to make an announcement there. And we'll see what Phillip has to say about that. I did talk to his dad, Steve Rivers, who was at the game, a former Decatur coach. And he tells me, if that were to happen, that he thinks he's going to stay in Decatur. He doesn't believe he's going to move to North Carolina. We'll see if that happens. We'll see if that happens. But we have all that stuff.

Like I said, we'll have this Danny Horn story on AL.com very shortly. Great job by Jimmy Wigfield in writing that. And check out our simulator, if you hadn't already. That was up yesterday. It's a fun thing to do. So, you can find that on AL.com. Ben, good luck with your race there. And thank you so much for your time today, okay? All right, guys. Have a good week. You too, buddy. You too. ET, Ben Thomas, AL.com. Coming up, the Auburn Tigers getting ready to head to the dog pound.

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Whoever thought in November you'd be covering baseball, but that's the case with these guys. But while we ever get Brian to the phone there, your thoughts about the Auburn Tigers. They go into Mississippi State, and right now, Auburn is the two-and-a-half-point favorite. At one time, they thought this was pretty much penciled in, especially after Taylor went down. But your thoughts, objectively, has State had time to kind of adjust to the shock of losing Taylor, who obviously was a difference maker at quarterback for the Bulldogs? Well, A.J. Swan came in and played pretty well last week.

He was at Vanderbilt playing Vandy, and he threw for about 250 yards. Again, you're not going to replace a talent like Mario Taylor, and I'm going to be curious to see if he comes back to Mississippi State next year. Fluff Bothwell is another one. Harold, he didn't play against Alabama in Starkville, and if he plays against Auburn, now, Swan throws for 250 yards and Bothwell runs for 100, that guy may come down to the end again. But that really has been the difference, and you can put UNA in this category, too.

Both these teams have won close games this year. In the past, and particularly that's five years for Auburn, they've come down to one-score game, and they would go one and five or one and six during the course of the year. This year, they've been winning the close games. It's a very pivotal game for Auburn because, in some ways, it's a crazy game because when you are expected to win and you don't, especially against a team like Mississippi State, if you go into one of the so-called upper-tier teams and you lose, fans will say, okay, we lost.

You're disappointed. But the realistic fans are going to understand why. You better not lose this game if you're goalish in the staff because you're supposed to win, and a lot hangs as far as getting to that final number because they're not going to win a championship. But what I think Auburn fans, the ones who are realistic, are looking at is progress over the last few years. And this game, from that standpoint, is pivotal, baby. Well, it is. Auburn wants to. Yeah, I mean, even if it's the Birmingham Bowl, Harold, they want to go somewhere, or the Music City Bowl in Nashville, their defense played a lot better against Arkansas, even though the Hogs ran for 180 yards.

Demarcus Riddick had 11 tackles in the game. Toodle was just unbelievable coming in and getting, I believe, eight, see, what was it, eight tackled, 12 tackles, and, no, I'm sorry, 11 tackles in four sacks. But, yeah, that's the key. Auburn needs this game to have a winning season and get to a bowl game. Maybe, obviously, while we ever talk more with Brian there, your thoughts about coming up on the poll tonight, and ESPN is coming out, and a lot of these guys, and CBS, I believe it was and is, projecting Alabama to not only jump in the poll, but go as high as third, bypassing Indiana because Indiana had a bye week, Alabama with an impressive win on the road against an arch rival, three or four, that's a coveted spot because you want to get in, especially this Alabama team, they need some rest.

[1:24:29] Your thoughts, where are you with the argument of if things play out, ironically, it could be Alabama bookending the SEC championship game, they played in the first one in 1992, we know how that turned out, and now this is going to be the final one. Alabama has a, right now, let's say they have the inside track to play, but here's the bottom line, a lot of folks don't want to play because there's that risk of a third loss, and where it may drop you, I don't think it would take Alabama out of the playoff picture, but it will affect seeding and being able to stay as healthy as possible to make a serious run in the playoffs, BB. I think tonight Alabama is either four or five, Brian's joined us for a few minutes, by the way, but I think Alabama will be four or five, you know, would they jump Indiana, what frankly, Harold, the way Indiana's played the last month, that wouldn't surprise me. Brian Matthews says the season's always full of surprise on the planes, he's got it all covered there at AuburnSports.com as the senior editor, Brian, welcome in, you are a busy boy, are you not? Yeah, I'm going to be really busy all week, you know, we've got one of those turnarounds that I haven't experienced a lot at my time, covering Auburn for a quarter century, right, we've got a basketball game Friday night at eight, and then we've got to be in Starkville for a football game Saturday morning at 11 a.m., so that's going to be a way to turn around. And there's no such thing as a good way to get to Starkville either, I don't care where you start from, it ain't easy to get to Starkville, it's a challenge itself, but we're going to stay in Tuscaloosa late, late Saturday night. You're smart, you're smart. You're going to be criticized for that, because remember, Alabama State in Tuscaloosa before the game, so get ready to be criticized there. Brian, your thoughts just about where Auburn is, we talked about this, this is one of those games where you're supposed to win, according to Vegas. Auburn fans say this game is necessary to mark progress going forward. Brian, where are you coming in to the doghouse?

Well, I just thought it was an important win for Auburn, and it doesn't have to look pretty, and it didn't. You know, it didn't have to be perfect, it wasn't. And, you know, in that first half, it looked like, God, this is going to get really bad, you know, things are going to fall apart, and then, lo and behold, they come out, they will, they end the first half on a nice little drive, get a field goal, and they come out, I think it was four or five drives they scored on the second half, and it just looked like a different football team. I think they just made some adjustments, they executed better, I don't think it was anything big, I just think they started playing better together. Absolutely. We've talked about the linebackers. I thought this was one of the deepest, most talented linebacking cores in the SEC, and amazingly, Xavier Atkins, of course, was dismissed from the team. Bryce Diaz is injured. Out of the year, yeah. Yeah, but I'll tell you one thing, Demarcus Riddick had, I think, 12 tackles. Toodle was amazing. 11 tackles, four sacks, B-Map.

Yeah, and it's funny, we have talked about Auburn having this great linebacker room talented at deep, and I didn't know that we would have to go this deep, but it turns out it was more talented than we thought it was, right, because the things that Shadarius Toodle did are things that haven't been done in Auburn in the district program. Getting three sacks in your debut as a freshman, and just the impact he had on the game, the SEC freshman of the week, he was terrific out there. Just a good surprise, let's put it that way. Very, very athletic, very intense, and just played really, really hard for Auburn, and we got to talk to him afterwards, and I liked that he was very humble, said that he needed things to work on, and was proud of himself. I didn't always say it like that, but you could tell he was proud of himself for the work he put in on the practice field, and with the practice squad, and then worked his way back into the regular, worked his way into an opportunity, and then when that opportunity came, he stepped up and really took advantage of it.

Well, we know Auburn's had success against the Bulldogs this season, the Georgia Bulldogs. What are they going to do against the Mississippi State Bulldogs this weekend? Well, I mean, I think it's a two and a half point favorite issue, and I would expect another game that's going to be ugly at times. It's going to be messy. It's going to be close, and then probably come down to the fourth quarter. I think the one good thing you've seen from Auburn is when they get into the fourth quarter in these games now, these one-school games, they're 4-1 this year as opposed to over a year ago, and I think Byron Brown is the guy that's making the big difference there, right? He is the one that keeps making plays, whether it was that drive against Baylor to score the touchdown, the drive against Vanderbilt to run out the clock over six minutes there. Georgia, really the whole game, it wasn't just the fourth quarter, but he has the fourth quarter, too. And then you saw what happened against Arkansas, another big, big fourth quarter. I thought that scramble and throw to Keyshawn Singleton was one of the biggest plays in the year. Just an incredible job of staying on the feet, not going down, and then finding Keyshawn for the TD.

[1:29:29] Absolutely. Listen, I know you've got a million things to do this week. Thank you for giving us a few minutes. That Friday game you mentioned, Arizona, Auburn, that's on ESPN2 at 8 o'clock. By the way, the Auburn men's basketball beat out state last night 75-33 to Hunt Pettiford, 26 points, and when he is playing well, he is a highlight reel, no question about it. What else is going on? You've got recruiting, baseball, men's and women's basketball, football. Is there anything else that you need to cover? Well, I've got a really, really big, figuratively and literally commitment to the age of Tories at Williams. Committed, he's a big offensive lineman from Central Phoenix City. He's a guy that, you know, you look at him, you watch him play, has that potential to come in and play as a true freshman, possibly. You know, don't want to put that much pressure on him, but he certainly has that ability. So that was a big pick up a guy who was committed to Alabama, I think, at one time, and Miami at another time, and Auburn just kept recruiting him. And, you know, they just got to get him to signing day now or a few more weeks away.

But that was a really big pick up. And we'll have full-out coverage of that, of football, basketball, baseball signing day is tomorrow. So we'll have coverage of that. All that more, AuburnSports.com, getting 50% off annual subscription today, which is a great deal. And of course, you can follow me on Twitter, such as X at BMATAU. Two words, Brian, Red Bull, okay? Listen, man, can't you pass energy today? Thanks so much for your time today and stay safe, okay? I appreciate you guys. Take care. Thank you, buddy.

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He's a college insider with the Orlando Center. You can check out his podcast. It's called Gridiron 365. Matt, welcome in. How are you? I'm doing well. How are you guys doing today? We're doing fine, Matt. We have questions, and I know you've got all the answers. I'm going to go out on a limb now and say Georgia is going to be the top dog in a nice big poll. Matt, where do you put the boys who were controversy number five last week from Tuscaloosa? Where do they land tonight?

Well, you know, I think, you know, to me, they're probably going to be in that same spot or maybe a little higher. I mean, obviously, a win over LSU gives them a big boost. You know, but, you know, you look at how some of the other teams that Miami losing obviously shakes up some of the things going on there. And, you know, I think you could see them move up to the top four. It depends on how the committee views, you know, Utah's win, I thought of, or BRU was big.

So I'm assuming they'll be probably the fourth spot or maybe three. It depends on where the committee kind of feels like the strength of that LSU win kind of maybe propels them up. Absolutely. Listen, we were joking with you about seeing one of the greatest wins this season with BYU in overtime. Now, what you do, but go to Kansas, UCF rallies in the last, that throw, literally, Barnett throws a touchdown pass with three seconds remaining. UCF comes back to beat Kansas 33-32. Boy, it sure is boring to follow Central Florida this year, isn't it?

Yeah, it really has been, you know, all kidding aside. I mean, this team has been confounding in a lot of ways. They've played really well at times, and then they've had, you know, second-half collapses. They almost did against Kansas. They were up 26-7 at one point late in that game in the third quarter. And once again, Kansas makes a second-half rally, scores 25 on answer points, takes the lead in the game, and then UCF has to come back and rally in the last second, or last minute, to win the game.

And win it on a six-yard pass from Alonzo Barnett, you know, to tight end Kane Keeney for the win. It was, you know, again, it's amazing. But I told someone just today that, you know, UCF has had the second-longest road-losing streak in the country going into that game at 12 games. And I think the only way that you could snap a streak like that is to do it on a last-second touchdown. You know, that just kind of makes it right somehow. And so they finally got that monkey off their back.

They can finally focus on doing some of the things, you know, that they would really like to do. And this is really the first time that, you know, Alonzo Barnett, basically the second week of the season, that he's been healthy. He's been back on the field. So, you know, they're excited about what he can do over the next three weeks. Their schedule really kind of works for them. They have Arizona State this weekend. You know, they have Iowa State next Friday. And then they finish up at Colorado.

[1:39:54] So, there's an opportunity for them to finish really strong if they can continue to play well and not find themselves giving up leads in the second half. Matt Merchelle there with the Orlando Sinalists. Kind of stay in your neck of the woods, man. Sometimes the talking heads get a little ahead of the skis. Because at one point, John Summerall, right up the road from you in Gainesville, was going to get votes for the coach of the year. And two men in a truck went to the back door of Shane Beamer in Columbia, South Carolina.

Kind of, my oh my, how things have changed. Your thoughts as far as answering the question of what has happened in Gainesville over the last few weeks? And what's happened in Columbia, South Carolina over the last few weeks? Well, I just think that, you know, for Florida, I think this is a situation of where they've kind of come, they've kind of come, you know, come down to earth. You know, I mean, this is a team that, you know, I think people tend to forget that, you know, John Summerall came in, this is his first season, you know, and it's going to take him a little bit to get his team to where he'd like him to be at.

And so, you know, I think they've had their struggles, especially offensively. This team's kind of lost its identity the last few weeks. And some of that can come down to, you know, they've changed quarterbacks. They went from Aaron Filo to Trammell Jones. You know, some of it's come to the fact their offensive line hasn't played well. They're not, you know, they're not protecting the quarterback. They're not running the football well. And, you know, I think they're just limited in some of the offensive options. So it's really kind of been an issue that they faced, you know, over the last month or so.

And it's just kind of come to the head the last few weeks. And so they're a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde type team. I mean, you saw what they did to Texas. You saw what they did to Ole Miss. You think this team should be much better than the record indicates at five and four. So, yeah, that's the thing to me that's been a challenge is just figuring out where does Florida go from here. On the flip side of that, I think you mentioned South Carolina.

I think you've seen how where, remember Shane Beamer was on that hot seat a month ago. And they were talking about Shane being gone after the end of this year. All of a sudden, that sparks something in this team. And they won't run off four straight wins. And they, you know, now this gives them an opportunity to finish strong again. And here we go. You know, if South Carolina finishes with a couple wins, they're at eight, eight, eight, four, maybe, that wins the season. It's going to be very hard for any changes happening in South Carolina.

They've just got to find a way to put together one season where everything goes right throughout the whole season. That's kind of the frustrating part. Isn't it amazing to look at the top ten and not see Ohio State or Michigan? Wow. Ohio State, who got just whilped by Oregon last week, 41 to 28. In fact, it really wasn't that close. Michigan at five and four got plunked by Michigan State. Kyle Whittingham, who I really think is a very good coach, certainly was at Utah. Matt, isn't it amazing to see these two perennial powers struggling this year?

Yeah, it is. And I think you could also point to the fact that, you know, look at some of the teams that are at the top. UCLA. Absolutely. Utah. These are teams that they, you know, teams that brought in that, you know, came from, you know, elsewhere, came from outside the conference originally and then brought in. They're having those stellar years. Ohio State's struggling. I think part of that is the quarterback situation. I think not having Jalen Salen in has probably hurt them out a lot.

But they've also had some issues on the defensive side of the football. I mean, we thought going into this year, Ohio State was going to be at the top. Michigan. Penn State, we thought, would be a team that would be able to contend. Look where they're at. I mean, this has been kind of a compounding season for a lot of these schools in the Big Ten, trying to figure out where are they going to be at. So, it's a challenge. And I think, you know, if you're Ryan Day, what you try to do is figure out a way how to finish strong and then maybe look to next season and how you can strengthen things there.

Yeah, before we jump off, Miami, obviously a very good team, but without their top target. The question now becomes, where, in your opinion, is Miami as far as closing the deal on a championship run without their top target? Well, I still think they're going to be fine. I mean, Duke is probably, obviously, is a big challenge. You know, Duke has played really well, but I think you look the rest of the schedule. They should be fine. They should make it to the ACC championship game and have no issues there.

But they've got to – they can't let this past weekend's loss to Notre Dame spin into something else. You know, they've got to find a way to – yes, Malachi Tony is a huge part of what they want to do, you know, offensively, but they were still able to put together 24 points without him in this game and came back and almost beat Notre Dame. So, you know, I think right now for them, again, they've got to find a way to put that all aside, come out, play well.

You know, if they can beat Duke, beat Virginia Tech and Boston College, you cruise into the ACC championship. And then you cruise into the – more likely, you cruise into the college football playoffs. It's can you get that – be in that spot well enough until Tony comes back and then maybe gives you a boost from there because it's going to be a challenge for them no matter what. Yeah, and we found out yesterday there will be no more championship games after this year. That is going to be interesting.

[1:45:05] Matt, we always appreciate the time. Again, I know you've had two – enjoyed two great thrillers this year. That's the way college football has been, but where can we get online to get all your great stuff? Yeah, you can go to orlandocentinel.com to check out the latest or follow me on social media. Oh, that's Matt Michelle. Matt, it's always good to hook up with you. Stay safe down there, and thanks so much for your time, Dave. No problem. Thank you. Thank you, bud. Matt Michelle, visit there with the Orlando Sentinel.

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I think you've got the solution, Billy Robertson at Midtown Meat House. Harold, every time I get on his Facebook post, I want to eat. And, you know, again, when you look at that, it's Billy's fault for putting up these delicious meats. It's absolutely incredible. Billy, welcome into the show today, buddy. How are you doing? I'm doing great, guys. Thanks for having me. Well, thank you, because it brings the hunger pains, but I've got a feeling a lot of folks are bringing them to you. Talk to us.

What you've got on the menu today? So, today, we've been slinging some sandwiches. We do the best Reuben that you're going to find, but we have a Reuben, a Cuban, a French dip, and a hot Italian, and we sell about 15 or 20 of those a day each. We also do our in-house steak burgers where we grind it in the morning, and then we char-brill it up for you for lunch, and then you can take some home if you want some more for dinner. I wish you'd stop that, Billy.

You're making us up. If we sit here and can't talk, it's because our mouths are watering. But for the folks that are brand new, now, this is not your first rodeo. Billy, let's talk about where you are for the folks who are brand new to our neck of the woods. Okay, yeah. No, we're at 123 Magnolia Street, downtown Florence, just off of Tennessee Street, across from the big cemetery there. We're in the old Outlaw Sushi building, so that's where our new location is at. But I originally founded Midtown Butcher about five years ago in the Seven Points area.

[1:50:31] I had that for around three years before I sold. So, no, it's not my first rodeo. We're just doing it a little bit bigger and a little bit better this time around. Butcher Shop, you've got a bar and grill coming. The catering, and you've got a catering company. Billy, everybody knows Thanksgiving is around the corner and then Christmas, but for office meetings, special events, Christmas parties, you've got so many things coming up in the next two months. Tell us a little bit more about catering and how you can handle really any type of special event.

Oh, absolutely. We've actually just signed up a catering gig this morning for 150 people. So we can do anything as, you know, as small as a family gathering to 150 is going to be stretching us a little bit, but we're up for the challenge. But obviously we have, with that one, we're doing hams, turkeys, all of the sides as well for a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. We can do anything as big or as small as you'd like. We've got a small kitchen, or I mean, we've got a full kitchen, so we can do, you know, anything from sandwiches to, you know, hors d'oeuvres to full-blown meals with, you know, filet mignon if you would like.

Tell us again, we've got an audience coming in and out, where you're located, the days of the week that you're open, the hours, and more importantly, if they want some more information, how to get on Facebook and social media. Yeah, absolutely. So we actually do have a website now, so MidtownMeatHouse.com is where we put all of our take-home meals on there, so you can sign up with a Google form. So Midtown Meat House, Midtown with an E, so M-I-D-T-O-W-N-E, MeatHouse.com is going to be our website.

Obviously, you can find us on Facebook and Instagram. Our phone number is 256, hold on one second here, I always forget our phone number, it's offline. No, it's not. 2-8-4-7-7-0-2, so you can give us a call there. But, you know, we'd really like you to come in and see us and just tell you some of the crazy things we do. For the Tennessee, Alabama, and Auburn teams, I just want to say you're welcome, because this past weekend, we said that if all three won their prospective football games on Saturday, we would give away a $300 gift card.

We gave away that gift card this morning. One of our customers named Nick Green magged a $300 gift card, and, you know, the Vols, Road Tide, and War April all went home with the win, so we're going to take a little bit of credit for those big wins. But, Billy, Nick is the most popular person in Florence. That's right. That's right. His friends are going to be calling him to see, to say, where can we come over. No, you're not broke. You got that right. Now, tell us again, your social media website.

I know you mentioned last week you're about to get that rolling. Again, tell us again where you're located and website. Yeah, of course. We're at 123 Magnolia Street, so that's in downtown Florence, just off of Tennessee Street in the old Outlaw Sushi building. You can reach us online at www.midtownmeathouse.com, so it's M-I-D-T-O-W-N-E, meathouse.com, or you can follow us on social media, Facebook, and Instagram. Billy, don't worry. I can't remember my wife's telephone number at any hour of the day anyway. Listen, have a great week.

Let's do this again next week. That sounds great, gentlemen. You do the same. There you have it. Billy Robertson, Midtown Meathouse. So, Alabama, Auburn, and Tennessee wins. And Billy came up a loser, by the way. He then came up the winner. 256, by the way, 284-7702 if you want to give Billy a call. And tell him his phone number, by the way. That's going to take care of business for today. On behalf of me, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here. Perel Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

Let's do it again tomorrow, noon to two with the Boom Home Buck Show. Back here on Sports Radio, 93.9 The Score. The Score.