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 This is better. The competition is better. And I'd really like to hope they can get it straightened out. I'm not going to say I'm all 100% sure that they'll make the right choice, but if they'll go and find some young up-and-coming coach, you ain't got to pay him $10 million a year. Give him a great opportunity and let him, he's got some kind of lineage behind him and let him coach the football team.

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 I think, I think that'll, that'll work out better than what's happened in the last two or three hours there.

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 Max, that was my question too. Who's going to do the hiring? Is it going to be John Cohen in a select group of boosters who've been basically cherry-picking the coaches that haven't worked out for years?

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 And the other criteria one day they need to get away from, let's hire a coach who's beaten Alabama or who we think can beat Alabama.

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 And Max, you're at your description. Now, he doesn't have a ton of experience yet, but as far as potential, Jon Sumrall is going to be on the short list, not only for Auburn, but a lot of these other openings.

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 I agree. I agree a hundred percent. He was, he's first on my list for Auburn right now, I'll be honest with you, but because I knew him well at Troy and I've watched what he's done at Tulane as well, but he's got all the credentials.

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 I mean, you know, by his own admission to me, he's waiting on the Kentucky job and it may come open this year. I don't know.

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 Of course, he's an Alabama guy. You know, he finished in his week, out of high school, played at Kentucky, but has had a really great career. He's proven himself.

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 Now, he got, he walked into a fire, walked into a firestorm this past weekend. I don't think anybody saw that coming. But the fact is, I'm not sure if we saw this happen to Lane Kiffin last year, at this time of year, when your name is being circulated everywhere, you get a little distracted.

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 I'll be honest with you at that level. And so I, you know, I judge would be a great choice for them, but again, understand you guys, you can't walk into the job and take it on their terms.

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 They got to take him on his terms. And if they don't do that, it's going to be the same thing we've seen for the last 10 years there.

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 Yeah. Max, obviously they're going to throw a lot of names out there and see what sticks. We know the usual candidates.

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 So obviously Lane's name's been mentioned. You're in Mississippi. I can't see that, but who knows?

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 I mean, at the end of the day, money talks and BS walks, but your thoughts about that, some other names, Charles Kelly, now Jack State.

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 He's a heck of a recruiter. He's been in Auburn and Alabama. And of course, the other name that played at Alabama, and I think he's now Clemson, Dalbo.

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 Your thoughts about some of the other guys who are on the list.

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 I don't think it's going to be late going to Auburn. They had that shot three, you know, three years ago.

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 And that fell through. I'll be honest with you about Lee. And I've been back to Oxford the last couple of weeks and visited and talked to a lot of people.

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 But here's, I think, one or two things is going to happen. He's going to stay at Ole Miss or he's going to Florida.

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 I don't think there's any choices out there. I know a great deal about the offer that's laid over the table.

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 I had seen the contract from Florida, but it's lucrative, guys. It's backed by one guy that could write.

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 Well, I'll just tell you what he told him. I won't give you the name of who he is. Everybody will know who he is.

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 But he said he would guarantee up to $15 million a year for 10 years if that's what he took to get it there.

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 So he's got the money in the bank to do it.

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 I'll tell you that.

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 So I'll just say it.

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 And I don't think going to Florida is the money all about.

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 I think he sees what he's been able to do at Ole Miss if he makes the money.

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 And I think he's a different guy at 50 years old than he was at 35.

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 I think he's got some other goals there.

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 He's got some family obligations he's put himself back into.

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 I know his son is a sophomore, and he stepped on the field the last two weeks and won the two ballgames.

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 He's going to put Oxford in the state championship arena as a sophomore.

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 And he's already told his dad, you can go to Florida if you want to, but I'm staying in Oxford.

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 Because he's going to be the start quarterback for the next two years and probably be a college prospect on top of that.

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 So, I mean, these are all the things I think that work behind those decisions.

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 I think we've got some time to, you know, to really pull through it.

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 And I really hope that we've already said this, that whoever the group is that hires the coaches going to Auburn,

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 that they'll hire the guy on his credentials and say, here are the keys to the office.

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 Go hire your own staff.

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 Oklahoma and Tennessee may be an elimination game for the college football playoff.

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 Tennessee's two corners have been hurt since the preseason, Ricky Weeks and Jamal McCoy.

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 That's really hurt them.

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 And I give Oklahoma a lot of credit.

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 But material looked a little bit better.

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 The Oklahoma defense played well in the comeback.

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 That was an impressive win by Oklahoma and Knoxville.

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 Well, it was.

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 I don't think he's in a doubt.

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 And I think that really, I think, I think Coach Heupel really thought he had the ball game board.

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 I watched that ball game.

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 But he didn't.

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 The frustration starts, in particular, when you get to this board.

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 I looked at the schedule the other day.

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 I think they, I think they, Alabama, that's who they got to, that's, yeah, that's the next to the last game, I believe.

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 I just, for some reason, I think A&M is the team that everybody better be watching it in the playoffs before it's all over.

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 But, and I think I picked up somewhere where, you know, I know when this happens, guys, is like Coach Heupel, when you lose a big ball game like that, you probably should have won.

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 And there, all of a sudden, your name starts to, well, is he, does he have another job in Bud?

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 You know, has he been contacted by people?

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 I had no insight on that whatsoever, but that is not unusual.

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 He's done a good job, you know.

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 He brought back Tennessee, back to be very competitive, something I think after the Pruitt era that they had fallen off for a while.

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 So, you know what, though, if we sit here and talk about all these things, what a great opportunity it is to talk about college football at the Southeastern Conference.

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 I mean, I can't wait to everybody, guys.

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 I'll be honest with you.

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 Amen to that, Max.

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 Listen, bud, I can't tell you much.

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 A lot of things going on right now, Max.

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 It's going to be a very interesting November to see where we end up in Atlanta for everything said and done.

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 Have a great week.

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 It's going to be another fun slate starting Saturday, Max.

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 Let's do this again next Monday.

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 I'd love to do it, guys.

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 Brian, welcome in.

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 It's been about a week since the last time we talked.

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 Has anything been happening in your backyard since then?

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 I mean, the baseball team had their inter-squad World Series.

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 Brian, by now, everybody knows the news.

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 Where do you start?

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 I think a lot of folks saying, why did it take you so long to do it?

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 It's just unsustainable.

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 And we expected it to come at some point Sunday, and it did.

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 I would say the mood is – I think most Auburn fans are ready for this.

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 I think in some ways they feel betrayed by free.

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 That's not a really nice word, but, you know, I think he delivered on the part about recruiting and building a roster and increasing Auburn's talent level.

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 He did that.

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 But the part about him bringing in, you know, a high-powered offense, you know, an exciting passing offense, he completely missed the mark on that completely, totally.

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 And, you know, I think people are just fed up with watching Auburn go out there offensively and, you know, not being able to get a first down, not being able to get a third down, not being able to complete a pass, you know, more than 10 yards down the field.

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 It just – it wears you down a little bit.

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 John Coyne is going to be having a press conference, Auburn's athletic director, I believe, at 1.30.

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 And I'm guessing he will lay out his criteria for the next code.

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 I'm going to be curious to see if he will be making the decision alone or he will put together, quote, a search committee of faculty, former players, coaches, et cetera.

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 Brian, what have you heard is for is the selection process where Auburn might be going in the criteria?

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 I have not heard that yet, but this hire is going to define his time at Auburn, right?

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 Yep.

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 He better put himself in charge of whatever, you know, they decide to call it because his, you know, his paycheck and, you know, his time at Auburn is going to depend on getting this right.

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 You know, he's not going to get a second chance out on a next head coach.

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 This is going to be it for him.

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 I don't mean to be mean about it, but that's just the way it is.

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 Business.

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 You know, he stepped out and made a really surprising hire in Brian Harrison and Buddy.

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 As soon as that backfired, they were both out of here really quick.

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 So, this is an important hire for him.

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 He needs to take charge of it.

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 He needs to be the one responsible for it.

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 Yeah, I was going to say, I think we were talking about a few years ago, you know, when they're going through the process of hiring you frees.

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 And I think a lot of that process had been handled before he actually got here and got into it.

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 But I think he had like a 15 or 16 point, you know, list of things he's looking for, if I remember correctly.

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 So, I would expect something similar this time.

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 Sorry, Brian.

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 Brian Matthews, senior at AuburnSports.com.

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 Brian, you know the criticism from a lot of folks.

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 The AD is the one who's going to be announcing it, but it seems that there have been a lot of cooks in the kitchen over the years when it comes to this point of the program.

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 How true are those stories and what lessons, if any, have they learned?

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 It's been, I know this, an expensive lesson over the years.

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 Have they learned their lesson to sit here and say, let's get the right guy and let that guy make that decision and go from there?

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 Well, we're about to find out, right?

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 And I think that's one of the reasons that he waited an extra week or two to do something, to shorten this time period, to keep those giant egos, those certain people who cannot help themselves, but assert themselves in this process where they don't belong, at least in a public way.

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 Okay, so we'll see how it goes.

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 I think that's what he would like to happen, and I'm sure he's going to talk to a lot of people about how this is viewed and how to conduct yourself and the best way to go about things and still be a part of it, right?

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 He can still do all that in some way, but they don't need a coach at an in-state school declaring that he turned down the job when he was offered by somebody who wasn't actually the decision made.

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 However it goes through, Auburn doesn't need that kind of stuff going on right now.

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 So we'll see how that goes.

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 That'll be an interesting thing to watch over the next, I guess, four weeks.

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 I'm thinking, you know, as long as the coach they want is finishing up his season, at the same time Auburn does,

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 I think you can point to that Iron Bowl weekend as a sort of a, maybe not a hard deadline, but a pretty soft deadline.

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 Let me ask you this.

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 Everybody's got a coaching list, coaching hot board, 1.0, whatever.

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 I know you've got one, too.

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 Legitimate, legitimate candidates.

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 John Summerall, I've heard from a lot of people, DJ Durkin, but his tenure at Maryland was not very good.

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 When he was the coach there, Summerall, I know a lot of people like, but John Summerall is going to be on a short list of a lot of schools.

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 Two former coaches at Auburn, and I know we'll hear this a good bit the next two weeks.

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 Brett Lashley, now at SMU, who got a two-year contract extension last week, now paying him around $10 million.

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 Kenny Dillingham of Arizona State, he is young at 35, but got Arizona at the Sun Devils to a playoff last year.

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 Would those guys be legitimately on the potential list?

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 I think the guys you mentioned are, and you know, a lot of times when you get out of the gates on the hot board, coaching hot board,

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 you want to use your shotgun and post right, you want to make sure you get every possible candidate on that list,

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 and know it's going to narrow down as we move forward.

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 You know, Auburn's not going to pick their coach this week, right?

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 We've got four weeks at least to go, I would say.

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 So there's going to be some ups and downs and bends and, you know, all those things.

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 But, yeah, I think those guys that you mentioned are definite candidates.

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 I think John Summerall is a guy that has been talked about for months and months as a guy that seems like he would be a good fit here at Auburn.

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 Just his makeup, the way he handles business, the way he reminds some people in the business of Pat Dye.

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 I think that probably resonates with a lot of Auburn people.

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 And, of course, he has ties to the state.

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 I believe he's from Huntsville, Detroit, has SEC experience as a linebacker at Kentucky and an assistant at Kentucky.

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 So he's got a lot of those things, you know, that would fit the mold of what Auburn might be looking for

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 and the past has been looking for in the next head coach.

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 Brian Matthews, senior editor at AuburnSports.com.

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 Back to Hugh.

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 A lot of folks say, I don't want to answer this question day one.

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 Where did Hugh get off track?

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 Because he keeps preaching.

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 He's always chasing that carrot, it seemed, over his tenure there.

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 Auburn is going.

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 We're so close.

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 We're so close.

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 It's almost like rinse and repeat.

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 You know, close is good in horseshoes and hand grenades, but it ain't good when you're an SEC head coach making that kind of money.

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 Your thoughts about Hugh's wrapping it up and saying, basically, if I'm interpreting him correctly, I inherited a mess.

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 I've got us this close.

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 The next guy is going to take us to the next top, thanks to the foundations I've laid.

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 Maybe there's a lot of truth to that, but you're closer to it than any of us, Brian.

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 Your thoughts about that, and was it basically from day one, just not a good fit from day one?

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 No, I wouldn't say that at all.

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 I would say you can point to one decision he made as being really the focal point of his downfall, and that was after hiring Philip Montgomery to be an offensive coordinator,

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 coming in and saying that he recognizes the size of his job and the importance of his job and the changes that are happening in college football,

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 that he needed to be over the program and not be involved in the offense.

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 And then, you know, after really less than a year, probably mid-season that first year, making that decision that he needed to be the guy in charge of the offense,

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 it's what he does.

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 And, you know, I think the program has suffered since.

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 I think he's done a lot of good things as far as building the talent.

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 I like a lot of the off-the-field hires he's made and personnel, excuse me, and analysis, you know, those guys.

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 I think this program is strong in some areas.

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 So I just think offensive passed him by.

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 He was unable to be able to look in the mirror and see that, that he was the problem, that it was his offense that was the problem.

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 He was not close.

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 The only reason that Auburn was in those games was because the defense was keeping him in the game.

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 His offense was not getting close to getting better.

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 It was getting worse, in my opinion.

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 So, yeah, there was no such thing as we're so close.

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 When I heard that, I heard somebody that was not really connected to reality in regards to this year's football team.

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 Auburn's still got games to play.

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 They're going to Nashville to play an emesis in Vanderbilt.

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 Is there a relief factor around the team?

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 What is their mindset?

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 You know, we saw Florida with an interim coach play Georgia to the hilt down at the fourth quarter.

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 We don't know what LSU is going to do with Alabama.

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 Sometimes teams come out fired up.

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 You know, I'm going to be curious to see who actually calls plays.

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 Is it going to be one that says the coach instead of three?

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 What do you think happens?

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 What's the mindset for the players and how do you think they're going to react Saturday?

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 Yeah, I think my first question to Durkin is going to be, are you calling plays on first down, second down, or third down?

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 Well, I haven't had a chance to talk to a bunch of players so far, right?

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 But this is what I'll say.

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 DJ Durkin is a very inspirational coach and leader.

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 You see the defense, the way they play for him, the passion they play with, the intensity they play with, the toughness, all those things, right?

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 So I think with him taking over this program, he is going to bring some of that to the offense.

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 It's probably too late, you know, to turn them into, you know, some high-powered, 35 points-a-game type unit.

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 But I think you'll see the team respond to him and really come out and play really, really hard.

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 So I think that's one thing you can expect, just a little bit more passion from the team overall and not just the defense with DJ Durkin in charge.

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 Brian, as I used to say in Brooklyn, wait until next year, in this case, wait until basketball season.

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 Wait! It's tonight.

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 Your thoughts about coming up on a, speaking of a brand-new era, is a brand-new era for Auburn basketball?

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 Well, I'm personally excited for football season to be over and to be able to go to basketball full-time.

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 I bet.

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 But, I mean, I just think it's an incredible year of change for Auburn, and I think it's going to still be exciting, too, and fulfilling.

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 You've got a brand-new coach.

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 You've got 10 new players out of 11.

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 I mean, you would think that this team is going to have some moments where things don't go well,

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 and they learn from, and they get better over time.

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 And, man, they could be really excited when we get to February and March, but we'll see when we get there how it looks.

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 But I'm just looking for a lot of excitement from this team this year with so many new players and so much unknown about Stephen Pearl as a coach and, you know, how these players are going to, you know, play together and, you know, who's going to end up being the stars on the team.

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 And that kind of stuff, we know Todd Pettiford obviously is going to be one, and I think Keyshawn Hall will be one, too.

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 Certainly it looks like it.

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 But still, there's a lot to be figured out with this team.

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 Well, you're going to have the latest coverage of John Cohen's press conference and his criteria for the next coach, maybe even a little bit of a timeline.

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 Going to have basketball covered tonight.

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 Recruiting is still going on.

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 Hard to believe we are now one month away from early signing date or, quite frankly, national signing date, to be honest with you.

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 All that stuff going on, B-MAT, where can we get online and get all the latest Monday musings, another good article, again this morning.

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 Where can we get online and get all the stuff?

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 Check us out, AuburnSports.com, part of the Rivals on 3 network.

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 You can sign up for just $1 and get all our coverage of the coaching search.

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 We've already cranked out a bunch of content and stories.

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 We'll have a lot more from today's press conference with Dirk and the AD.

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 So, that'll be big for us.

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 And you can follow me on Twitter, slash X, at B-MAT-A-U.

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 Beginning of November, to remember for sure.

364
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 Brian, listen, man, thanks so much, and have a good week, okay?

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 I appreciate you guys.

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 Thank you, bud.

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 Brian Matthews, senior editor, AuburnSports.com.

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 A couple of notes about Alabama, in case you missed the Oklahoma game, kicking at 2.30.

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 And Drake, Herpatrick Jr., baby, suspended indefinitely after a rough weekend, arrested over the weekend.

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 Three counts of reckless endangerment, one count of attempting to elude, and speeding not a good week for the Dreyster.

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 No, he has been suspended indefinitely for the reasons you just alluded to.

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 Coming up the next hour, what else is going on in Tuscaloosa?

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 The Redfish, William Redfish, Bartlett's going to be on board.

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 John Ferrari setting the stage.

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 What a weekend in Jacksonville.

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 And Ben Thomas, are you ready for some playoff action high school football?

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 BT's setting the stage.

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 And more straight ahead of the Boom on Bug Show.

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 Stay with us.

380
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 Hey, Scholes.

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 I know you do anything for a win on game day and for an ice-cold Bud Light.

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 Because whether you're tailgating in the parking lot or parked on the couch,

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 sitting on your lucky stool at the bar, or standing in the fan section all game long,

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 a win isn't a win without the clean, crisp taste of Bud Light.

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 And there's nothing easier to enjoy than that.

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 Bud Light.

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 Easy to drink.

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 Easy to enjoy.

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 Enjoy responsibly in Hazard Bush Bud Light, St. Louis, Missouri.

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 Morning, Zoe.

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 Got donuts.

392
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 Jeff Bridges, why are you still living above our garage?

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 Well, I dig the mattress, and I want to be in a T-Mobile commercial like you.

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 Teach me, Sildana.

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 Oh, no.

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 I'm not really prepared.

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 I couldn't possibly.

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 At T-Mobile, get the new iPhone 17 Pro on them.

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 It's designed to be the most powerful iPhone yet and has the ultimate pro camera system.

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 Wow.

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 Impressive.

402
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 Let me try.

403
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 T-Mobile is the best place to get iPhone 17 Pro because they've got the best network.

404
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 Nice, Jeffrey.

405
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 You heard them.

406
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 T-Mobile is the best place to get the new iPhone 17 Pro on us with eligible trade-in in any condition.

407
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 So, what are we having for lunch?

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 Dude, my work here is done.

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 Hey, I'm Mike Slater.

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 The shooting occurred on Saturday night

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 near Perry Hill Road.

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 A woman was found dead at the scene

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 A man also injured by gunfire

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 Police say one of the gunshot victims

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 The former head football coach

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 for the Auburn Tigers, Hugh Freeze,

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 has released a public statement

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536
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 Freeze says that he is grateful

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 Freeze says that he was welcomed by the Auburn community

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541
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 Freeze also thanked the football players

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 Ben, welcome in.

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 Poof!

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 Just like that, the regular season in high school football is gone.

600
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 How are you?

601
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 Hey, doing good.

602
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 How are you guys doing?

603
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 Hey, Boone.

604
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 Probably, if you went out to Florence High, it'd be a sweet and bittersweet story.

605
00:38:19,660 --> 00:38:21,680
 Good that the playoffs are here.

606
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:26,720
 Bad that you've got to travel basically between 350 and 400 miles.

607
00:38:27,260 --> 00:38:28,960
 Thank goodness it's not a six-hour trip.

608
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 I looked at it on the map.

609
00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:33,400
 Ben, it's only five hours and 59 minutes.

610
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 The good news is Florence is in.

611
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 The bad news is, Ben, where are you with guys who've got to travel that far and spend that

612
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 kind of money to play in the playoffs?

613
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:51,400
 Yeah, well, if they've got to go through Birmingham, that might tack on some more time along the way.

614
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 Because that traffic is bad in there.

615
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:55,200
 But I think about this today.

616
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 I'm guessing, what are there, 16, 7A teams in the playoff?

617
00:38:58,660 --> 00:39:00,920
 I'm guessing 12 of them are probably not happy.

618
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 Because the Region 2 and Region 3 teams are not happy because they're playing each other.

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 And a lot of those matchups are normally reserved for the second or third round of 7A.

620
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 And, of course, the two teams that travel from Region 4 and Region 1, that would be, obviously,

621
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 Florence and Austin up your way, and then down here, Daphne and Fairhope.

622
00:39:22,460 --> 00:39:24,260
 Like you mentioned, they've got to go a long way.

623
00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:26,260
 Spend some money.

624
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:30,140
 I'm going to do a story, hopefully, later on in the week on exactly what are the travel plans.

625
00:39:30,140 --> 00:39:31,200
 You're going a day early.

626
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:33,340
 You know, you're taking a charter bus.

627
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:35,620
 What are your plans to make that happen?

628
00:39:35,740 --> 00:39:37,220
 I mean, we knew this was coming.

629
00:39:37,340 --> 00:39:38,860
 I mean, there's advantages and disadvantages.

630
00:39:39,280 --> 00:39:44,000
 I mean, you know, a lot of the teams in the North and, you know, some other teams that

631
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 didn't get to host playoff games were for this current rotation, which has led us to this

632
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 point just for this year.

633
00:39:51,280 --> 00:39:54,660
 I mean, this is the only year in the next couple of years.

634
00:39:54,660 --> 00:39:59,500
 And if we have a separation of private schools, maybe for the foreseeable future where the

635
00:39:59,500 --> 00:40:01,640
 Huntsville and Mobile teams are going to match up.

636
00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:04,840
 But the bright spot, the bad news is, yeah, you've got to travel a long way.

637
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:10,580
 But the good news is, you know, somebody, some teams who haven't won a playoff game in a

638
00:40:10,580 --> 00:40:12,360
 while are going to win one this year, probably.

639
00:40:13,940 --> 00:40:16,740
 Probably the one riding a chick is the least happiest about it all.

640
00:40:16,820 --> 00:40:18,380
 But let's just be that as it may.

641
00:40:18,540 --> 00:40:20,080
 There's not a whole lot we can do about it now.

642
00:40:20,240 --> 00:40:23,420
 As far as Chalk Talk, Florence takes on Baker.

643
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:25,080
 That's in your backyard.

644
00:40:25,320 --> 00:40:26,920
 Florence is in our backyard.

645
00:40:27,220 --> 00:40:28,920
 What can you tell us about Baker High?

646
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:31,280
 Well, they're really good.

647
00:40:31,380 --> 00:40:36,160
 I mean, you know a little bit about them because Juan Johnson was their coach last year.

648
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 And he is now the James Clemens coach.

649
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 And he had an excellent year last year.

650
00:40:40,620 --> 00:40:46,220
 They promoted Eric Scott, the defensive coordinator, to be the head coach there.

651
00:40:46,380 --> 00:40:47,960
 And he's done a really good job.

652
00:40:48,020 --> 00:40:49,000
 They've got a lot of weapons.

653
00:40:49,180 --> 00:40:54,020
 Their quarterback is a junior, tall junior, Tate Graham, who's been excellent this year.

654
00:40:55,280 --> 00:41:00,340
 They've got a good receiver named Katori and Katori Marion, who I think has about 10 touchdown

655
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 receptions.

656
00:41:01,780 --> 00:41:04,220
 And then a really good running back, Speedy Wheeler.

657
00:41:04,420 --> 00:41:05,380
 His name's Speedy.

658
00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:09,440
 That's a good name for a running back, Speedy Wheeler.

659
00:41:09,480 --> 00:41:11,480
 He's got our old nickname, right, Ben?

660
00:41:12,060 --> 00:41:12,360
 Yeah.

661
00:41:13,740 --> 00:41:15,380
 So they were the region champs.

662
00:41:15,380 --> 00:41:20,740
 You know, they lost two games in September, one to the reigning 4A champ, Jackson, and then

663
00:41:20,740 --> 00:41:21,560
 Daphne beat them.

664
00:41:23,060 --> 00:41:25,820
 They kind of came back from behind and beat them in the second half.

665
00:41:25,860 --> 00:41:27,840
 But they've won five straight going into the playoffs.

666
00:41:28,060 --> 00:41:33,540
 They beat Mary G. Montgomery, which most people thought was the region favorite they'd won it

667
00:41:33,540 --> 00:41:34,480
 the last couple years.

668
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:40,040
 And then they end the season by beating Viger, you know, the second-ranked team in Class 5A.

669
00:41:40,040 --> 00:41:42,640
 So it's a good Baker team.

670
00:41:43,420 --> 00:41:48,540
 Defensively, they're, you know, average to good, but offensively really good.

671
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:56,940
 Yeah, BT, they're ranked number 14 in your Power 25 rankings, which came out today.

672
00:41:57,060 --> 00:41:59,160
 And by the way, number 20 is Hartsell.

673
00:41:59,360 --> 00:42:01,220
 Number 13 is Morris Hill.

674
00:42:01,900 --> 00:42:04,420
 Number five is Muscle Shoals.

675
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:05,840
 And there are three teams.

676
00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:09,340
 Actually, Hamilton finished 10-0, too.

677
00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:10,120
 I'll add them.

678
00:42:10,340 --> 00:42:14,840
 But West Morgan, Muscle Shoals, and Morris Hill finished the regular season.

679
00:42:15,720 --> 00:42:16,320
 10-0.

680
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:19,800
 West Morgan does beat Desser in that great showdown.

681
00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:27,160
 They had 13-7 West Morgan now, I believe, with 34 consecutive regular season wins.

682
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:32,260
 They've won an amazing 45 games in the last three years.

683
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:34,020
 Muscle Shoals beats Austin.

684
00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:39,320
 The Austin quarterback got hurt and actually took off the field with an ambulance.

685
00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:41,140
 But it was a neck injury.

686
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:43,240
 But I hear that he's doing much better.

687
00:42:43,900 --> 00:42:46,740
 The Trojans will be playing Mae Jemison.

688
00:42:47,820 --> 00:42:51,600
 And Ezekiel Harris, the Auburn commitment, is on that team.

689
00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:57,500
 Morris Hill has a very impressive win over Scottsboro, 41-14.

690
00:42:58,400 --> 00:43:01,860
 They're going to be playing former Decatur coach Jerry Edcock's team,

691
00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:03,640
 Whitesburg Christian.

692
00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:06,420
 But, BT, there are others who have to stay.

693
00:43:06,520 --> 00:43:11,180
 But when you go through a regular season and finish 10-0, that's still special.

694
00:43:12,220 --> 00:43:17,180
 Yeah, I think there were 20 teams, maybe 21 if you count Patricia in the AISA,

695
00:43:17,240 --> 00:43:20,040
 that finished undefeated regular season.

696
00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:21,160
 So that is special.

697
00:43:21,300 --> 00:43:23,120
 I think you mentioned Ezekiel Harris.

698
00:43:23,300 --> 00:43:27,200
 I believe he flipped to Tennessee, from Auburn to Tennessee earlier.

699
00:43:27,340 --> 00:43:28,160
 That's right, Ben.

700
00:43:28,180 --> 00:43:28,620
 You're right.

701
00:43:28,620 --> 00:43:29,880
 He's committed to the balls.

702
00:43:30,900 --> 00:43:33,300
 Yeah, and, you know, good for Jerry Edcock.

703
00:43:33,460 --> 00:43:37,200
 You know, a long-time Decatur coach getting Whitesburg Christian in the playoff for the first time.

704
00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:39,960
 Unfortunately, probably going to be a short trip.

705
00:43:40,540 --> 00:43:43,720
 Yeah, because you've got to play Brett's Morris Hill team.

706
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:44,880
 But, you know, at least they're there.

707
00:43:44,940 --> 00:43:45,940
 You've got to start somewhere.

708
00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:47,960
 And they've got them in there.

709
00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:49,980
 So I'm proud for Jerry to do that.

710
00:43:50,240 --> 00:43:50,940
 Very good guy.

711
00:43:51,040 --> 00:43:52,220
 Very good football coach.

712
00:43:52,460 --> 00:43:56,300
 And, you know, the Power 25 is going to get interesting from here,

713
00:43:56,360 --> 00:44:00,960
 because next week you're going to start having some teams in there that we believe are good,

714
00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:05,900
 but who season's over with, because particularly, as I mentioned, in that 7A,

715
00:44:06,500 --> 00:44:09,400
 you've got the Region 2 and Region 3 teams matching up.

716
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:12,920
 And how about number two, Central Phoenix City, number one, by the way,

717
00:44:12,960 --> 00:44:15,800
 in the Sportswriters 7A rankings, hosting Hoover.

718
00:44:16,000 --> 00:44:19,420
 Hoover and Central Phoenix City in a first-round matchup,

719
00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:23,840
 and then Vestavia Hills and Auburn in a first-round matchup.

720
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:27,760
 Vestavia Hills beat Auburn pretty handily earlier in the season in Vestavia.

721
00:44:28,020 --> 00:44:30,900
 So we'll see if Auburn can turn the tables there.

722
00:44:31,060 --> 00:44:33,960
 And then in another rematch, Thompson hosting Carver Montgomery.

723
00:44:34,160 --> 00:44:36,700
 Thompson beat them in the first game of the year.

724
00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:38,980
 So some good matchups in 7A.

725
00:44:39,640 --> 00:44:45,640
 As I said, it seems like almost everybody is unhappy except for maybe Sparkman and James Clemens

726
00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:50,860
 and Baker and Mary G. Montgomery, who are the host teams in the Region 1 and Region 4.

727
00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:54,240
 But at least, you know, the good thing is we've got some different matchups.

728
00:44:54,700 --> 00:44:57,600
 We're going to see some different matchups in the next couple of rounds.

729
00:44:57,660 --> 00:45:01,360
 And in the championship, we're going to definitely see a different matchup,

730
00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:05,980
 because if they make it that far, Thompson and Central Phoenix City will play in the state semifinals

731
00:45:05,980 --> 00:45:08,740
 and not in the finals as they end up the last two years.

732
00:45:10,220 --> 00:45:12,360
 It's all about that draw, is it not?

733
00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:15,220
 Ben Thomas has got it all covered there at ale.com.

734
00:45:15,840 --> 00:45:18,880
 They're not going to be going to the other end of the state as far as the south,

735
00:45:19,100 --> 00:45:22,340
 but they're going about as far as you can to the east in the state.

736
00:45:22,620 --> 00:45:26,620
 Brooks, on this side of Alabama, rocking and rolling.

737
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:28,620
 Winners of 7 out of the last 8.

738
00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:30,680
 Hammering East Lawrence 56-20.

739
00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:36,300
 Their reward, they will travel to the backyard of the Group Alabama.

740
00:45:36,300 --> 00:45:39,640
 Plainview's on top of the mountain there from Fort Payne in Rainesville.

741
00:45:40,160 --> 00:45:44,500
 And one, Jeremy Pruitt, who next year will probably be an analyst at Jack State,

742
00:45:44,580 --> 00:45:47,860
 getting a green lap in the NCAA to come back in, show cause and all.

743
00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:52,440
 But Plainview, reaping the benefits of the Pruitt boys, dad and son.

744
00:45:52,500 --> 00:45:54,400
 Your thoughts about Brooks and Plainview?

745
00:45:55,140 --> 00:46:00,560
 Well, I feel like I'm in a time warp with Plainview because I was, when I was in Gadsden,

746
00:46:00,740 --> 00:46:02,980
 Dale Pruitt was the head coach of Plainview.

747
00:46:03,300 --> 00:46:04,340
 I mean, Jeremy was the quarterback.

748
00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:11,480
 And that was a long time ago, you know, too long for me to think about.

749
00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:14,420
 But, yeah, Brooks has got a long trip.

750
00:46:14,620 --> 00:46:18,620
 You know, they started 0-2, and, of course, one of those was a loss to West Morgan,

751
00:46:18,740 --> 00:46:19,600
 the other to Hatton.

752
00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:21,220
 And then they lost to Deshler.

753
00:46:21,300 --> 00:46:24,300
 I mean, you talk about a team that's lost to three good opponents.

754
00:46:25,060 --> 00:46:26,240
 That's what Brooks has done.

755
00:46:26,540 --> 00:46:27,280
 And it's amazing.

756
00:46:27,440 --> 00:46:29,960
 I think, if I'm not mistaken, I think Dale may have been,

757
00:46:30,060 --> 00:46:34,680
 I think this may be his third time back at Plainview as the coach.

758
00:46:35,180 --> 00:46:35,760
 Is that right?

759
00:46:36,580 --> 00:46:37,560
 At least.

760
00:46:38,240 --> 00:46:42,900
 And they are, you know, I saw them the year I covered them early in my career.

761
00:46:43,420 --> 00:46:45,880
 They were in the state championship game the year Jeremy was quarterback,

762
00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:47,460
 and they played at Dallas County.

763
00:46:47,460 --> 00:46:51,400
 That's when we were still playing, you know, at, you know, team sites,

764
00:46:51,500 --> 00:46:52,760
 home and home or whatever.

765
00:46:52,940 --> 00:46:56,140
 And they got really killed by Dallas County in Plannersville.

766
00:46:56,280 --> 00:46:59,800
 And they're always going to cover a state championship game at Plannersville.

767
00:47:00,080 --> 00:47:03,220
 But this looks like to be, this looks, unfortunately for Brooks,

768
00:47:03,260 --> 00:47:05,060
 this looks to be one of his better teams.

769
00:47:05,220 --> 00:47:06,060
 I mean, they're 10-0.

770
00:47:06,680 --> 00:47:09,400
 They scored 452 points, outscored, you know,

771
00:47:09,620 --> 00:47:11,300
 held the opponents to 175.

772
00:47:11,780 --> 00:47:13,720
 And I don't know what the deal with Jeremy is.

773
00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:15,780
 I mean, I don't know if he, when that starts,

774
00:47:15,780 --> 00:47:17,400
 that he's going to be at Jacksonville State.

775
00:47:17,520 --> 00:47:21,180
 But you would think that he'll, he would be there for the playoff run anyway.

776
00:47:22,820 --> 00:47:26,220
 Mr. Football, I know that was mentioned a couple,

777
00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:27,600
 a lot of times over the weekend.

778
00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:30,280
 Trent Seaborne now on Alabama Commitment.

779
00:47:31,500 --> 00:47:34,840
 Again, Ben, it seemed like he's been a Thompson for 10 years.

780
00:47:35,320 --> 00:47:38,220
 2,600 yards, 24 touchdowns.

781
00:47:38,920 --> 00:47:41,120
 Tank Jones, we talked about him a lot.

782
00:47:41,900 --> 00:47:43,640
 They're recruiting St. Paul's.

783
00:47:43,680 --> 00:47:45,260
 He's had another monster year.

784
00:47:45,380 --> 00:47:48,240
 Corey Barber, another Clay Chalk of a receiver.

785
00:47:48,940 --> 00:47:50,960
 They're number one in your power rankings.

786
00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:55,920
 I think they may end up playing Muscle Shoals at some time in the next two

787
00:47:55,920 --> 00:47:56,780
 or three weeks.

788
00:47:57,360 --> 00:48:03,400
 And Xavier Crowell, who is a highlight reel every Friday.

789
00:48:03,960 --> 00:48:06,220
 Then you got Duckworth in there, too.

790
00:48:06,820 --> 00:48:09,460
 And there are about six or seven others you can add.

791
00:48:09,600 --> 00:48:12,320
 Mr. Football is going to be pretty spicy this year.

792
00:48:13,000 --> 00:48:14,300
 It really is.

793
00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:18,600
 And there's a freshman quarterback at Southside Selma who's not getting a lot

794
00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:19,020
 of attention.

795
00:48:19,200 --> 00:48:22,880
 Cole Moody is his name, and he's put up video game numbers.

796
00:48:23,820 --> 00:48:25,180
 So he may be in the mix.

797
00:48:25,560 --> 00:48:28,200
 You know, Mr. Football is a yearly award.

798
00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:29,980
 So, in other words, it's for that year.

799
00:48:30,560 --> 00:48:34,040
 If it was a career award, I would have to think Trent Seaborne would be.

800
00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:40,140
 I mean, the guy, as we've talked about, he's in line to start more varsity,

801
00:48:40,300 --> 00:48:41,600
 7-8 varsity football games.

802
00:48:41,680 --> 00:48:45,600
 I think he probably already has, but he's going to hold that record for a long,

803
00:48:45,720 --> 00:48:46,260
 long time.

804
00:48:47,160 --> 00:48:52,580
 I think, in my mind, Corey Barber, the wide receiver from Clay Chalk,

805
00:48:52,580 --> 00:48:55,780
 depending on how long Clay plays, is a leading candidate.

806
00:48:56,600 --> 00:49:00,860
 And I think maybe the two, and it may depend on if they face off again,

807
00:49:00,960 --> 00:49:03,880
 but you mentioned Xavier Crowell, the Alabama commit.

808
00:49:04,080 --> 00:49:05,940
 I mean, the guy, you can't tackle the guy.

809
00:49:06,460 --> 00:49:06,960
 It's unbelievable.

810
00:49:08,300 --> 00:49:12,100
 And my only thought about Jackson is, do they have too many stars?

811
00:49:12,240 --> 00:49:15,420
 I mean, when they get down to there, all the guys are going to be wanting the

812
00:49:15,420 --> 00:49:15,780
 ball.

813
00:49:16,480 --> 00:49:20,340
 Because I think if they just hand it to Crowell and then play off that,

814
00:49:20,340 --> 00:49:21,720
 it's going to be hard to stop.

815
00:49:23,700 --> 00:49:27,520
 They will, you know, if the bracket works out the way it looks,

816
00:49:27,660 --> 00:49:30,340
 they will have to go to St. Michael in the semifinals,

817
00:49:30,340 --> 00:49:33,280
 and then you'd have another second matchup of Gunnar Rivers

818
00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:35,960
 versus Xavier Crowell.

819
00:49:36,060 --> 00:49:37,960
 And that might be, you know, the winner of that game.

820
00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:42,340
 Gunnar Rivers, who, by the way, went to Auburn,

821
00:49:42,560 --> 00:49:44,640
 official visit to Auburn this weekend.

822
00:49:44,780 --> 00:49:46,520
 I'm sure he was not thrilled with that.

823
00:49:46,780 --> 00:49:48,640
 None of us were with what he saw.

824
00:49:49,020 --> 00:49:50,080
 Or maybe he was.

825
00:49:50,140 --> 00:49:51,680
 Maybe he thought he could come in and help him.

826
00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:56,060
 He actually was intercepted three times the other night, a couple of tip passes.

827
00:49:56,300 --> 00:50:01,260
 Those were only four total interceptions for him this year against 40-something

828
00:50:01,260 --> 00:50:04,740
 touchdown passes for the son of Phillip Rivers.

829
00:50:05,100 --> 00:50:06,540
 So a lot of good contenders.

830
00:50:06,660 --> 00:50:07,820
 A lot of people have had great years.

831
00:50:07,980 --> 00:50:12,820
 I'm sure, forgive me if I'm not mentioning somebody, but it's going to be, again,

832
00:50:12,900 --> 00:50:17,060
 I always say this, the playoffs play a large part in my mind in Mr. Football.

833
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:22,340
 I mean, I think one person has won Mr. Football whose team didn't make the playoffs.

834
00:50:22,500 --> 00:50:27,760
 The further you get in the playoffs and the better your performance, in my mind.

835
00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:31,220
 Now, obviously, there's going to be 18 other voters or so, but in my mind,

836
00:50:31,740 --> 00:50:34,220
 there's a large percentage placed on that.

837
00:50:35,180 --> 00:50:39,200
 Man, before you jump off, how good is Seaborn, in your opinion, at the next level?

838
00:50:39,300 --> 00:50:43,920
 He's small by SEC standards, but obviously the guy has got a resume,

839
00:50:44,140 --> 00:50:46,060
 as you mentioned, at the Yang Yang.

840
00:50:46,620 --> 00:50:50,060
 And the other part of that is the impact, and it all depends on who they hire.

841
00:50:50,060 --> 00:50:52,520
 Your thoughts about Auburn, only a month away,

842
00:50:52,980 --> 00:50:56,240
 the impact on Auburn's class coming up with the news over the weekend.

843
00:50:57,420 --> 00:51:01,400
 Well, I mean, with Seaborn, two things about him.

844
00:51:01,620 --> 00:51:05,800
 Yeah, he's maybe not the prototypical guy like you've got Ty Sensen in there right now,

845
00:51:05,860 --> 00:51:07,980
 but he's a winner, number one.

846
00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:11,380
 I mean, he's got a chance to win, what, four state titles in five years

847
00:51:11,380 --> 00:51:12,320
 or something like that.

848
00:51:13,720 --> 00:51:16,440
 And he's playing in a Mark Freeman offense,

849
00:51:16,440 --> 00:51:19,040
 which most quarterbacks do well in a Mark Freeman offense.

850
00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:21,940
 And he's also very accurate and very smart.

851
00:51:21,940 --> 00:51:27,440
 And he comes from a family who, you know, groomed him at this point from a long time.

852
00:51:27,520 --> 00:51:31,900
 You saw pictures of him with the tang of Iloas and stuff early on in his career.

853
00:51:32,060 --> 00:51:33,300
 I mean, this has been his goal.

854
00:51:33,520 --> 00:51:35,860
 So I think he'll be fine at Alabama.

855
00:51:36,120 --> 00:51:38,780
 I mean, he's a great, great kid.

856
00:51:38,940 --> 00:51:41,800
 I say kid, I guess I should say young man.

857
00:51:41,940 --> 00:51:45,860
 But he'll represent Alabama well on and off the field.

858
00:51:46,540 --> 00:51:50,020
 And Auburn, I think, I just think we're in a different time now.

859
00:51:50,120 --> 00:51:54,500
 I mean, I think, you know, five years ago, if you fire a coach in midseason or late in the season,

860
00:51:54,700 --> 00:51:56,880
 you say, oh, boy, the recruiting class is going to be gone.

861
00:51:56,960 --> 00:51:58,760
 It's going to take them five years to rebuild.

862
00:51:58,940 --> 00:52:02,320
 But now you rebuild basically in a year with the portal.

863
00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:03,580
 You got the money.

864
00:52:04,260 --> 00:52:04,560
 Yeah.

865
00:52:04,680 --> 00:52:06,740
 I mean, even if you lose recruits.

866
00:52:06,980 --> 00:52:08,620
 So we'll see where they go.

867
00:52:08,740 --> 00:52:14,580
 I mean, I would personally like to see him hire Jon Sumrall from Tulane, Coach Detroit,

868
00:52:14,940 --> 00:52:18,520
 the Huntsville native, really good guy, really good football coach.

869
00:52:18,520 --> 00:52:23,180
 I think he could come in there and maybe be at Dalek for that program.

870
00:52:23,440 --> 00:52:26,000
 I mean, you know, instead of hiring somebody who's been around, you know,

871
00:52:26,060 --> 00:52:29,160
 the same old names that we hear every time there's a coaching search.

872
00:52:30,620 --> 00:52:32,520
 I would like to see him go that route.

873
00:52:32,660 --> 00:52:36,480
 And I think, look, Auburn's proven they've got NIO money.

874
00:52:36,940 --> 00:52:38,140
 They can spend it.

875
00:52:38,220 --> 00:52:42,200
 I mean, whoever comes in there and the roster, that's what's so frustrating about Hugh Freeze.

876
00:52:42,640 --> 00:52:44,500
 He elevated the talent on the team.

877
00:52:44,500 --> 00:52:49,260
 I mean, when he came in there after Brian Harsin, they couldn't compete with teams like Georgia and Alabama.

878
00:52:49,560 --> 00:52:51,280
 Now they have the talent to compete with them.

879
00:52:51,620 --> 00:52:54,320
 They just can't win any of those games for whatever the reason.

880
00:52:54,460 --> 00:52:58,280
 But I'm sure y'all are going to examine that later on in the show.

881
00:52:59,820 --> 00:53:04,520
 Yeah, BT, Huntsville, 7-3, best record in Region 4.

882
00:53:04,780 --> 00:53:06,340
 They don't make the playoffs.

883
00:53:07,020 --> 00:53:11,320
 So where Alice Full missed the playoffs for the first time in 29 years.

884
00:53:12,100 --> 00:53:13,900
 Sweetwater for 20 years.

885
00:53:15,060 --> 00:53:18,580
 Pickens County, 20, Spanish Fort, 17 in a row.

886
00:53:18,740 --> 00:53:25,320
 So a lot of preannual teams that make the playoffs, they're not in there this year.

887
00:53:25,440 --> 00:53:30,640
 As you mentioned, they're going to be a lot of new, once we get down to quarterfinals and semifinals,

888
00:53:30,840 --> 00:53:33,880
 a lot of new teams are going to be in playoffs.

889
00:53:33,880 --> 00:53:37,700
 Big week, BT, previewing games, the regions.

890
00:53:37,960 --> 00:53:39,740
 What else you got on the table this week?

891
00:53:40,320 --> 00:53:45,600
 Well, we covered the volleyball tournament last week.

892
00:53:45,820 --> 00:53:47,560
 And then we got basketball tips off.

893
00:53:47,760 --> 00:53:49,640
 They can officially start playing on Thursday.

894
00:53:50,440 --> 00:53:52,580
 I know that's huge in North Alabama, obviously.

895
00:53:53,880 --> 00:53:56,900
 We're going to have, Thomas is going to have, Thomas is taking a couple of days off.

896
00:53:57,020 --> 00:53:58,800
 He's up in Gatlinburg, but he'll be up.

897
00:53:59,200 --> 00:54:00,520
 He'll be back later in the week.

898
00:54:00,600 --> 00:54:04,740
 But we've got, he's doing some storylines for North Alabama on basketball tomorrow.

899
00:54:04,740 --> 00:54:08,400
 And then we'll have Birmingham and Mobile later in the week.

900
00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:11,740
 Of course, flag football playoff start this week as well.

901
00:54:11,840 --> 00:54:13,420
 That's a growing sport.

902
00:54:14,500 --> 00:54:20,020
 And obviously, we're continuing our best in Bama recruiting thing on Thursday that Randy Kennedy does for us.

903
00:54:20,200 --> 00:54:21,600
 So, a lot going on.

904
00:54:21,940 --> 00:54:25,340
 You can just follow us at joedale.com and follow all that stuff.

905
00:54:25,420 --> 00:54:27,220
 Or follow me at BenThomasPreps.

906
00:54:27,260 --> 00:54:29,480
 And we'll try and keep you updated the best we can.

907
00:54:30,240 --> 00:54:30,860
 Sounds great.

908
00:54:30,920 --> 00:54:33,200
 If Thomas says Ben to Gatlinburg, he'll come back hungry.

909
00:54:33,280 --> 00:54:33,800
 He's broke.

910
00:54:36,500 --> 00:54:37,900
 Ben, listen, have a great week.

911
00:54:37,960 --> 00:54:39,340
 And thanks so much for your time today.

912
00:54:39,900 --> 00:54:41,680
 Maybe Hugh Freeze can give him some of his money.

913
00:54:41,880 --> 00:54:42,460
 There you go.

914
00:54:42,460 --> 00:54:42,960
 Oh, my goodness.

915
00:54:43,260 --> 00:54:45,040
 Or Kelly or Napier.

916
00:54:45,180 --> 00:54:47,280
 He keeps that free money coming in.

917
00:54:47,360 --> 00:54:50,800
 Ben Thomas got it all covered there at al.com.

918
00:54:50,900 --> 00:54:55,740
 Speaking of interim, what about the Gata and the Dawgs matchup over the weekend?

919
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941
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 Baseball bobbleheads.

942
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 Race car bobbleheads.

943
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944
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945
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946
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 No.

947
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950
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951
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960
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 Oh.

961
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 Okay, so like everybody deals with losing, right?

962
00:56:42,280 --> 00:56:44,140
 To a rival on a last-second field goal.

963
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964
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965
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966
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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1044
01:00:10,880 --> 01:00:11,140
 The Score.

1045
01:00:11,280 --> 01:00:11,920
 Welcome back in.

1046
01:00:11,940 --> 01:00:16,600
 It is an absolute pleasure for us to say hello to the man at Sunshine State, John Ferrari.

1047
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 He's visited there at CBS Sports Radio, 1420 WAOC, 1240 WLFOY, in a place called St. Augustine, Florida.

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 You can check him out anytime online at 965sports.com.

1050
01:00:29,360 --> 01:00:30,360
 John, welcome in.

1051
01:00:30,440 --> 01:00:32,900
 Good to see you survive the border war over the weekend.

1052
01:00:33,020 --> 01:00:33,580
 How are you?

1053
01:00:34,600 --> 01:00:35,880
 Doing great, Harold.

1054
01:00:35,980 --> 01:00:37,800
 Always great to be on with you and Brett.

1055
01:00:38,160 --> 01:00:44,260
 And, yeah, we survived another one, the last one for three years in Duval County, unfortunately.

1056
01:00:44,680 --> 01:00:45,740
 Oh, my goodness.

1057
01:00:46,740 --> 01:00:48,980
 Yeah, it is coming back in 2028.

1058
01:00:49,460 --> 01:00:55,660
 And, unfortunately, from the Florida Gator perspective, guys, it was more of the same in the end.

1059
01:00:56,560 --> 01:00:58,480
 Kirby Hart found a way again.

1060
01:00:58,920 --> 01:00:59,880
 I'll be honest.

1061
01:01:00,080 --> 01:01:03,340
 It was a much better game than I thought going in, though.

1062
01:01:03,620 --> 01:01:09,100
 I did not expect this to come down to the final seven minutes, which is what this came down to.

1063
01:01:09,140 --> 01:01:14,820
 A couple of critical third and fourth and shorts that Florida couldn't convert.

1064
01:01:14,820 --> 01:01:16,380
 They had a lot of opportunities.

1065
01:01:16,560 --> 01:01:18,300
 They just couldn't get it done.

1066
01:01:18,440 --> 01:01:26,080
 And then when Georgia needed to put the hammer down, Kirby Smart and the Georgia Bulldogs, as always, at least during his tenure, did.

1067
01:01:26,340 --> 01:01:36,460
 And so, it was a close game, but in the end, a lot of the reasons why Billy Napier is not there anymore popped back up during that game on Saturday.

1068
01:01:36,960 --> 01:01:39,100
 Yeah, Kirby's going to kill every Georgia fan.

1069
01:01:39,220 --> 01:01:41,320
 This is the same script he uses every time.

1070
01:01:41,420 --> 01:01:43,120
 Slow start and dramatic finish.

1071
01:01:43,140 --> 01:01:44,740
 He's going to kill every one of their fans.

1072
01:01:44,920 --> 01:01:45,600
 That's the case.

1073
01:01:45,700 --> 01:01:49,020
 I think football now is, as they say, parody is the name of the game.

1074
01:01:49,180 --> 01:01:52,480
 But let's talk about the elephant in the room here, number one, John.

1075
01:01:52,540 --> 01:01:54,420
 Like a lot of schools, Florida's shopping.

1076
01:01:54,520 --> 01:01:55,500
 Your thoughts on that?

1077
01:01:55,500 --> 01:02:01,440
 And the effect of having an interim coach, let's face it, Florida came out.

1078
01:02:01,560 --> 01:02:09,620
 The players, I'm sure, in the locker room coming out of the opening run, they had their hair on fire because, listen, nobody respects us.

1079
01:02:09,660 --> 01:02:10,600
 It's the same old speech.

1080
01:02:10,640 --> 01:02:11,140
 And they did.

1081
01:02:11,220 --> 01:02:15,360
 They played like crazy in that first half and then well into the second half.

1082
01:02:15,680 --> 01:02:23,560
 Your thoughts just about teams now with an interim coach and how things have changed from, obviously, a program that needed to change, Florida, Auburn.

1083
01:02:23,560 --> 01:02:26,160
 And we can go on LSU and et cetera, Arkansas.

1084
01:02:27,160 --> 01:02:31,880
 But the reason I'm bringing it up, Alabama's going to be facing that same principle this weekend with LSU.

1085
01:02:33,940 --> 01:02:39,760
 Normally, Harold, interim coaches, you get that initial charge, as you mentioned.

1086
01:02:40,700 --> 01:02:46,920
 But then in the end, the reason there is an interim coach cropped back up for these teams.

1087
01:02:46,920 --> 01:02:48,460
 Yeah, the cream rises.

1088
01:02:48,960 --> 01:02:53,660
 And that, in my mind, is what happened with Florida on Saturday.

1089
01:02:54,660 --> 01:02:56,220
 I liked the game plan.

1090
01:02:56,600 --> 01:02:59,800
 Initially, it was better than what we saw with Billy Napier.

1091
01:02:59,880 --> 01:03:02,220
 They took more shots down the field, for instance.

1092
01:03:03,040 --> 01:03:06,980
 But I thought Jaden Baugh should have got the ball more.

1093
01:03:07,100 --> 01:03:09,220
 He only got 15 touches in that game.

1094
01:03:09,320 --> 01:03:12,540
 He's their best player right now, clearly, at running back.

1095
01:03:12,860 --> 01:03:21,780
 And especially on that critical series in the late fourth or mid-fourth quarter, when they had a chance to go up by 10,

1096
01:03:22,480 --> 01:03:27,960
 I think Baugh not only should have got the ball on fourth down, but I would have fed him the ball both times.

1097
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 Make them stop him twice.

1098
01:03:30,220 --> 01:03:31,280
 He's your best player.

1099
01:03:32,400 --> 01:03:40,360
 And then the other thing, DJ Lagwe, he honestly has just looked like an average quarterback for a good chunk of this year.

1100
01:03:40,460 --> 01:03:45,900
 Now, he showed you glimpses early on with the first touchdown pass to Eugene Wilson.

1101
01:03:45,900 --> 01:03:53,040
 And, by the way, Eugene Wilson must have came out of the witness protection program, guys, because where has he been all year?

1102
01:03:53,120 --> 01:04:00,700
 We didn't see that with Billy Napier, but he had a season day on Saturday with nine receptions over 100 yards.

1103
01:04:01,080 --> 01:04:09,800
 But a lot of the same issues came up in the end for Florida, which is why they're in the coaching carousel with,

1104
01:04:10,020 --> 01:04:17,160
 I think every other team in college football other than Georgia and Alabama is looking for a head coach right now, guys.

1105
01:04:17,320 --> 01:04:26,540
 But that's why Florida's got to get the right guy moving forward, because Georgia has won eight out of the last ten in this series.

1106
01:04:27,420 --> 01:04:31,640
 There were actually empty seats in the stadium on Saturday, which saddened me,

1107
01:04:31,640 --> 01:04:40,600
 which I think is a lot of the Billy Napier effect on Florida right now and the fact that mentally folks are going into this game,

1108
01:04:40,680 --> 01:04:44,740
 including yours truly speaking, thinking Florida's not going to win this.

1109
01:04:44,860 --> 01:04:46,880
 And it shouldn't be that way.

1110
01:04:47,440 --> 01:04:53,520
 Georgia hasn't won five in a row since the late 70s, early 80s, but now they have.

1111
01:04:53,520 --> 01:05:02,800
 So whoever the next head coach is for Florida, first and foremost, just like it was back with the old ball coach in the 90s,

1112
01:05:02,920 --> 01:05:08,100
 they've got to find a way to start beating Georgia again, because if they don't do that,

1113
01:05:08,520 --> 01:05:12,600
 they can't get to where they want to go in the other goals that they want to achieve.

1114
01:05:12,780 --> 01:05:16,900
 So that's going to be the first mission, whoever the next head coach is.

1115
01:05:18,340 --> 01:05:22,380
 Yeah, John, Florida was two out of 11 on third down.

1116
01:05:22,700 --> 01:05:30,320
 They came into the game ranked last in the SEC in 128th nationally in converting third downs.

1117
01:05:30,700 --> 01:05:36,700
 And I agree with you, Langway had an opportunity, not just the long past the start of it, which was reviewed.

1118
01:05:37,000 --> 01:05:44,160
 He had three or four receivers open that if he would have made to throw the ball where it needed to be,

1119
01:05:44,320 --> 01:05:46,280
 those would have been big plays.

1120
01:05:46,800 --> 01:05:55,420
 Speaking of legitimate candidates, Lane Kiffin seems to be, number one, is for its potential coaches.

1121
01:05:56,280 --> 01:06:05,920
 And, John, I've heard the speculation about the offer on the table is $13.5 million a year for six years,

1122
01:06:06,580 --> 01:06:08,960
 $81 million fully guaranteed.

1123
01:06:09,740 --> 01:06:16,120
 And I know some of that speculation, but is that anywhere near the ballpark in number two,

1124
01:06:16,260 --> 01:06:21,600
 is Lane the number one, as far as the search, is the number one target?

1125
01:06:22,740 --> 01:06:26,120
 Well, I'll start with number two first, Brett.

1126
01:06:26,380 --> 01:06:32,420
 And I heard this from some folks that actually went to the Florida-Georgia Hall of Fame banquet on Friday,

1127
01:06:32,420 --> 01:06:37,700
 which they have every Friday in Jacksonville before the Florida-Georgia game.

1128
01:06:38,200 --> 01:06:39,500
 Scott Strickland was there.

1129
01:06:40,420 --> 01:06:45,240
 And some of the folks said they asked him point-blank, get us Lane Kiffin.

1130
01:06:45,760 --> 01:06:48,240
 And his response was, we're trying.

1131
01:06:48,520 --> 01:06:50,180
 We're doing everything we can.

1132
01:06:50,440 --> 01:06:55,160
 So normally an AD doesn't come out and say that to folks, but that's what I was told.

1133
01:06:55,240 --> 01:06:56,340
 I wasn't there myself.

1134
01:06:56,760 --> 01:06:59,480
 So I think he is the number one target.

1135
01:06:59,480 --> 01:07:01,540
 There's no doubt in my mind about that.

1136
01:07:02,320 --> 01:07:06,040
 I think the $81 million is factual, too.

1137
01:07:06,160 --> 01:07:09,120
 I haven't seen that, but I think that's correct.

1138
01:07:09,720 --> 01:07:13,120
 And I think this just comes down to one thing in my mind.

1139
01:07:13,800 --> 01:07:19,840
 Does Lane Kiffin want to stay at Ole Miss, where he's established a pretty good program

1140
01:07:19,840 --> 01:07:23,340
 and they're going to be in the college football playoff this year, I think, guys.

1141
01:07:24,180 --> 01:07:31,940
 Or does he want a bigger fish, as they say, Florida, which has had a national brand.

1142
01:07:32,540 --> 01:07:38,280
 The brand's right now damaged, but that doesn't mean it can't go back with the right guy,

1143
01:07:38,340 --> 01:07:39,180
 back to glory.

1144
01:07:40,060 --> 01:07:43,100
 And so that, to me, is what this all comes down to.

1145
01:07:44,100 --> 01:07:47,800
 Does Lane Kiffin want the job or not in the end?

1146
01:07:47,940 --> 01:07:54,120
 I'm fully convinced of that because I think the boosters, after what happened last time,

1147
01:07:54,120 --> 01:08:00,740
 and what I mean is the stories are Billy Napier was the only one that was even interviewed from Scott Strickland.

1148
01:08:00,800 --> 01:08:02,620
 Whether that's true or not, I don't know.

1149
01:08:02,880 --> 01:08:04,420
 My gut tells me it was.

1150
01:08:05,680 --> 01:08:10,100
 And that this did not work out the way it obviously should have.

1151
01:08:10,820 --> 01:08:12,540
 And he also hired Dan Mullen.

1152
01:08:12,680 --> 01:08:13,940
 He's had two strikes.

1153
01:08:14,880 --> 01:08:19,840
 The boosters are putting a lot of emphasis on we need a big name.

1154
01:08:20,020 --> 01:08:22,600
 We need somebody with an established resume.

1155
01:08:23,760 --> 01:08:26,880
 Lane Kiffin is 52-19 at Ole Miss.

1156
01:08:27,440 --> 01:08:28,400
 That's at Ole Miss.

1157
01:08:28,740 --> 01:08:31,340
 I know he's had issues in the past.

1158
01:08:31,460 --> 01:08:32,620
 I think he's matured.

1159
01:08:32,620 --> 01:08:34,280
 He's 50 years old now.

1160
01:08:34,940 --> 01:08:37,920
 We're all different when we're 50 than when we're 30, guys.

1161
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 We just are.

1162
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 We're crazy here.

1163
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 And not just what happened in the past.

1164
01:08:41,460 --> 01:08:44,000
 But, yeah, exactly.

1165
01:08:44,300 --> 01:08:49,520
 So, I think he's the perfect choice for Florida at the perfect time.

1166
01:08:49,620 --> 01:08:56,860
 They need somebody that can get this brand back and that can have Florida score points.

1167
01:08:56,860 --> 01:08:59,700
 Because you mentioned that statistic on third down, Brett.

1168
01:08:59,960 --> 01:09:05,420
 And they only scored 20 points on Saturday against Georgia.

1169
01:09:05,520 --> 01:09:08,320
 They only scored 20 points last year against Georgia.

1170
01:09:08,900 --> 01:09:10,720
 You're not beating the Georgia Bulldogs.

1171
01:09:11,000 --> 01:09:12,260
 Scoring 20 points, guys.

1172
01:09:12,520 --> 01:09:14,020
 I don't care who you are.

1173
01:09:14,160 --> 01:09:15,160
 You're not doing it.

1174
01:09:15,580 --> 01:09:18,920
 So, I think Kiffin's the target.

1175
01:09:19,200 --> 01:09:23,080
 I think it's, like I said, going to come down to whether he wants it or not.

1176
01:09:23,080 --> 01:09:28,240
 And if he doesn't take it, then I think it's almost anybody's guess.

1177
01:09:28,420 --> 01:09:32,900
 I know I've heard Eli Drinkwich's name mentioned a number of times.

1178
01:09:33,500 --> 01:09:37,560
 I'm not so sure it's as simple as that if Lane Kiffin turns it down.

1179
01:09:37,760 --> 01:09:44,000
 But from the Florida perspective and from yours truly, because I think it'd be a blast to have him to cover,

1180
01:09:44,360 --> 01:09:48,300
 I am really hoping he accepts the job in early December.

1181
01:09:48,300 --> 01:09:54,500
 Because I think if he takes the job, what's going to happen, he's going to stay with Ole Miss, obviously,

1182
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 and coach the playoff.

1183
01:09:55,640 --> 01:09:57,100
 And as he should, by the way.

1184
01:09:57,800 --> 01:10:03,120
 But I think after the Mississippi State game, there'll be an agreement where he'll accept it

1185
01:10:03,120 --> 01:10:08,180
 with the condition that he's going to stay through the playoff with Ole Miss.

1186
01:10:08,300 --> 01:10:12,460
 But then after that, he will be Florida's next head coach if he accepts it.

1187
01:10:13,820 --> 01:10:15,700
 Well, it's going to be very interesting.

1188
01:10:15,920 --> 01:10:22,340
 Jed Fish, the Washington head football coach, is a Florida graduate and worked with Spurrier.

1189
01:10:23,020 --> 01:10:30,380
 I'm going to be interesting if Kiffin turns it down, if Jed Fish is anywhere on the second, third, or fourth.

1190
01:10:30,460 --> 01:10:33,380
 And I'm like you, I think Drinkwich is number two.

1191
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 John, always enjoy the conversation, my friend.

1192
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 Where can we get online and listen to your show?

1193
01:10:39,100 --> 01:10:46,560
 Well, before that, I did want to mention the highlight of that Florida-Georgia day was I got to have lunch

1194
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 with a television celebrity, Brett.

1195
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 And I think you know him quite well.

1196
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 Yes, I do.

1197
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 Who was also in the press box, as well as Terry Norvell.

1198
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 Let me mention his name, too.

1199
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 But Brother Brent, that was great to be with those guys on Saturday.

1200
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 And you can follow me online at JF underscore sports now, sports now, X slash Twitter, and

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 on 1240news.com or 102.1 or 1240 from 4 to 6 in St. Augustine today.

1202
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 And guys, always an honor and a pleasure to be on.

1203
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 And it's going to be an interesting month of December, not only for Florida, but all of college

1204
01:11:28,840 --> 01:11:34,020
 football, like I said, other than Georgia and Alabama, I think everybody's got an opening

1205
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 right now.

1206
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 Exactly.

1207
01:11:37,260 --> 01:11:38,940
 John, as always, I echo those sentiments.

1208
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 Thanks so much for your time today.

1209
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 Let's do it again soon.

1210
01:11:41,380 --> 01:11:41,900
 Okay, buddy?

1211
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 Thanks for having me, guys, as always.

1212
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 Thank you, bud.

1213
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 John Farhaggan with us, 965sports.com.

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 if he's cashed out yet on eBay.

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 Can we get him on the next time to find out?

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 We'll double-check that, yes.

1218
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 He may even retire.

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 Who knows?

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 Coming up, what's going on down in Tuscaloosa?

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 It is always a pleasure to have kick off the whole week when it comes time to it, the Redfish.

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 How are you?

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 I'm good, guys.

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 How about y'all?

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 Hey, William.

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 Man, it's a crazy, crazy time in the SEC.

1332
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 William, when's the last time you remember?

1333
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 Here we are kicking off November, and a full 25% of SEC schools are shopping for a head coach.

1334
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 Your thoughts about that, the effect it has on a player, and the fact that Alabama, we know this,

1335
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 have no idea how it's going to wind up, but at least half of the remaining teams on the schedule

1336
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 in a regular season, they'll be facing an interim coach starting this weekend against LSU, William.

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 Yeah, I don't ever remember a time where, you know, there's been this many jobs open at the 1st of November,

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 especially, you know, SEC schools.

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 You know, I mean, it's one of those deals, I mean, if, you know, half of the stuff that you read,

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 and the majority of it has been negative as it pertains to, you know, Brian Kelly at LSU,

1341
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 I mean, you know, I've seen, you know, instances where that kind of, you know, galvanizes the team.

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 If he really was, you know, that dysfunctional and that, you know, disliked by his own staff and players,

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 then, you know, you might see a, you know, a rejuvenated LSU team when they,

1344
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 when they walk into Bryant-Denny Saturday night, you know, I don't know if that fixes all of their,

1345
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 you know, issues that they have.

1346
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 I think they've got a, you know, they've got a starting quarterback that's pretty beat up.

1347
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 They've got an offensive line that's been, you know, playing freshmen at left tackle and right tackle,

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 and, you know, they've had a, you know, difficulty protecting the quarterback and,

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 you know, establishing a run game.

1350
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 So, you know, that may be what the game comes down to Saturday night is, you know,

1351
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 you've got two programs that have, you know, had a difficulty establishing a consistent running game

1352
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 and the one that's able to do it the most or the best Saturday night might be the one that wins the game.

1353
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 William, speaking of establishing a run game, I know we've talked with you about this multiple times

1354
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 during the course of the season.

1355
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 The bye week, Courtney, has helped.

1356
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 I hear the injured folks are doing much better, and particularly Lundsir Brooks.

1357
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 Isaiah Horton, I heard again, Kane Womack said,

1358
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 Coye Russo is coming back sooner than later, which certainly is good news,

1359
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 but every time I read an article about Bama after the off week, well,

1360
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 can they fix the flaw of not being able to run the ball consistently?

1361
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 And we know this is a pass-first offense.

1362
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 William, quite frankly, I think they have actually tried to stay committed to the run.

1363
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 South Carolina's front seven is actually very good,

1364
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 but people keep asking the same question over and over again.

1365
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 Your thoughts of improving a traditional run game for Alabama?

1366
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 Well, you know, in the context that Ryan Grubb and Kalen DeBoer want to execute one at,

1367
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 you know, I don't know if it is fixable, at least for this season.

1368
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 It might be that they need, you know, a couple of different type of offensive linemen to make it work.

1369
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 You know, I think we talked about this last week or the week before.

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 You know, Jaden Roberts is an outstanding, you know, run blocker,

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 but, you know, he's more physically suited to a zone blocking scheme.

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 And, you know, he's not the best puller in the world.

1374
01:20:42,820 --> 01:20:44,640
 He's not really athletic in space.

1375
01:20:44,640 --> 01:20:50,820
 So, you know, you almost kind of negate his strength with the way that, you know,

1376
01:20:50,840 --> 01:20:56,460
 and I'm not asking, you know, Ryan Grubb and Kalen DeBoer to change their philosophy

1377
01:20:56,460 --> 01:20:57,900
 because of a right guard.

1378
01:20:58,800 --> 01:21:02,820
 But, you know, I think some of it might not be, you know, rectifiable.

1379
01:21:02,820 --> 01:21:09,300
 Now, certainly, I don't think that LSU's front seven is, you know,

1380
01:21:09,420 --> 01:21:13,320
 the one you have to concern yourself about is two weeks from this Saturday.

1381
01:21:13,320 --> 01:21:13,860
 I agree.

1382
01:21:14,660 --> 01:21:19,660
 You know, I'm a big, big fan and student of Brent Venables

1383
01:21:19,660 --> 01:21:24,460
 and, you know, consider him probably the best front seven, you know,

1384
01:21:24,820 --> 01:21:28,420
 guy that executes what he wants to do.

1385
01:21:28,860 --> 01:21:31,640
 But, you know, we'll just have to wait and see.

1386
01:21:31,640 --> 01:21:35,100
 I mean, I think at times, you know, there's been times where Alabama's gotten

1387
01:21:35,100 --> 01:21:39,120
 into the red zone and, you know, they've done pretty well with some stretch

1388
01:21:39,120 --> 01:21:43,100
 and some zone plays outside the tackle box, you know,

1389
01:21:43,100 --> 01:21:44,500
 and getting the guys outside.

1390
01:21:44,900 --> 01:21:46,380
 So, you know, maybe that's the answer.

1391
01:21:46,520 --> 01:21:50,380
 Maybe you test the edge and, you know, loosen them up that way.

1392
01:21:50,480 --> 01:21:55,000
 And at some point, I think you're going to see some guys on other teams

1393
01:21:55,000 --> 01:21:58,640
 back out of that box a little bit trying to count for, you know,

1394
01:21:58,640 --> 01:22:02,020
 what you've already mentioned, it being a pass-first offense.

1395
01:22:03,340 --> 01:22:05,660
 In a huddle with William Redfish, Barger.

1396
01:22:06,120 --> 01:22:11,160
 A lot of folks have been saying that they love the idea of Proctor being in the game

1397
01:22:11,160 --> 01:22:15,500
 and doing his thing, scoring, or at least get him in position to score with Caden Proctor,

1398
01:22:15,600 --> 01:22:17,200
 the running back slash wide receiver.

1399
01:22:17,700 --> 01:22:22,620
 But a lot of folks are saying when you get down that deep, could you maybe shuffle the deck a little bit

1400
01:22:22,620 --> 01:22:27,300
 and use him as a decoy, a little play action to Caden Proctor and work off of that?

1401
01:22:27,380 --> 01:22:32,540
 Your thoughts about how do you use Caden Proctor now that the novelty may be a little bit old?

1402
01:22:33,660 --> 01:22:36,040
 It got old for me about a month ago.

1403
01:22:36,600 --> 01:22:36,940
 Yeah.

1404
01:22:37,260 --> 01:22:42,540
 You know, we just got through talking about, you know, how to improve the running game.

1405
01:22:42,540 --> 01:22:49,200
 And, you know, I think the best way that you improve it is you leave your 360-pound left tackle at left tackle.

1406
01:22:49,200 --> 01:22:49,300
 Exactly.

1407
01:22:49,920 --> 01:22:50,340
 Right.

1408
01:22:50,920 --> 01:22:51,760
 That's a start.

1409
01:22:52,120 --> 01:22:57,200
 And, you know, there's plenty of other guys that I think might have a little bit more shake and bake to them

1410
01:22:57,200 --> 01:23:00,720
 that you can get the ball to in space while he's doing what he's built to do.

1411
01:23:00,840 --> 01:23:04,880
 But, you know, nobody's paying me a couple million dollars a year to make that call.

1412
01:23:05,700 --> 01:23:08,860
 But, you know, and you might see it at this point.

1413
01:23:08,920 --> 01:23:15,860
 I think that's about the only thing they've probably got left in their pocket is maybe using him as a decoy.

1414
01:23:15,860 --> 01:23:24,560
 But, you know, I'd much rather see Jeremy Bernard getting the ball down there inside when the field gets condensed.

1415
01:23:24,980 --> 01:23:31,340
 And, you know, I've seen him 10-plus times find a way to make, you know, his targets work.

1416
01:23:31,600 --> 01:23:40,420
 So that would be my easy answer, at least, as far as getting 74 more involved in the go-line short yardage offense than he already has been.

1417
01:23:41,600 --> 01:23:47,060
 William, what we've talked about, one of the positives about this team is they played a lot of players.

1418
01:23:47,060 --> 01:23:49,720
 They're slowly bringing some of these guys along.

1419
01:23:50,420 --> 01:23:52,720
 Kyle Womick talked a little bit about that today.

1420
01:23:53,240 --> 01:23:57,600
 Keyon Keeley, London Simmons, who has been a very pleasant surprise.

1421
01:23:57,840 --> 01:24:01,040
 Edrick Hill, who I've seen more of lately.

1422
01:24:01,620 --> 01:24:03,760
 Pierre has just come into his own.

1423
01:24:04,460 --> 01:24:07,380
 QB Reese, a couple of special teams play.

1424
01:24:07,820 --> 01:24:14,660
 On the defensive side of the ball, William, who would you like to see a player get a little more development, a little more playing time?

1425
01:24:15,400 --> 01:24:19,360
 Well, you just mentioned one, and we haven't had a chance to really talk about him.

1426
01:24:19,440 --> 01:24:27,540
 But I know he's a guy that the coaches are eyeing as a potential starter at inside linebacker next year, and that's QB Reese.

1427
01:24:27,920 --> 01:24:28,120
 Yeah.

1428
01:24:28,520 --> 01:24:34,000
 Now, maybe he's not fully digested and absorbed the playbook yet.

1429
01:24:34,160 --> 01:24:35,700
 Maybe that's one of the reasons why.

1430
01:24:35,700 --> 01:24:40,860
 They've been a little bit outside of the transfer from Colorado.

1431
01:24:41,220 --> 01:24:50,520
 They've been pretty persistent, I guess, or stubborn, I should say, in doing some more substituting there at the two inside linebacker spots.

1432
01:24:50,660 --> 01:25:02,280
 And that could be why, despite Reese being a guy that's caught their eye, his minutes, at least in meaningful time, has kind of been relegated to special teams.

1433
01:25:02,280 --> 01:25:09,620
 But, you know, despite the, you know, the rotation and, you know, guys that you may want to see more of.

1434
01:25:09,700 --> 01:25:13,900
 And, you know, I would certainly put Keelan Keeley in that group as well.

1435
01:25:14,080 --> 01:25:26,920
 I think the, and certainly this isn't by design, but I think the way that the season has played out for the whole team, not just one side of the ball, is, and, you know, you credit the other team as well.

1436
01:25:26,920 --> 01:25:44,120
 But sometimes by Alabama's ineffectiveness, you know, they've kind of backed themselves into a corner at times during games and have had to play with their back against the wall and make them come from behind attempts on offense and have some late, you know, late game stops to preserve games.

1437
01:25:44,300 --> 01:25:46,600
 And, you know, that's how you improve.

1438
01:25:46,760 --> 01:25:47,920
 That's how you get better.

1439
01:25:48,680 --> 01:25:52,680
 And that's going to serve them well if, in fact, they do make the college football playoff.

1440
01:25:52,740 --> 01:25:57,560
 I'm not saying I want to see them do it every week because it would make my life a lot less anxiety-ridden.

1441
01:25:58,340 --> 01:26:10,220
 But as far as building, you know, character and experience and being able to not have the moment be too big for a team, I think they've already accomplished that so far this season.

1442
01:26:11,260 --> 01:26:17,620
 William, your thoughts about this team, you're better qualified than anybody listening right now to answer this question because you've been there literally in the trenches.

1443
01:26:17,820 --> 01:26:21,160
 They've got four games remaining in the regular season.

1444
01:26:21,320 --> 01:26:22,240
 Three of them are at home.

1445
01:26:22,360 --> 01:26:24,140
 Two of them against interim coaches.

1446
01:26:24,560 --> 01:26:26,640
 I don't think it could set up much better.

1447
01:26:26,760 --> 01:26:27,780
 Three of the four at home.

1448
01:26:27,880 --> 01:26:33,620
 And then you've got to play that last game in a place where unpredictable is a mild word to put it down the plains.

1449
01:26:33,780 --> 01:26:35,780
 But what is your biggest fear as far?

1450
01:26:35,840 --> 01:26:41,780
 Could it be the intangibles or what is your biggest fear heading down the stretch here for Alabama to finish what they've started?

1451
01:26:42,780 --> 01:26:50,020
 Well, to me, I mean, right now, at least on paper, you know, and granted, the next opponent is always the most dangerous.

1452
01:26:50,020 --> 01:26:53,620
 But we're in a position where we can kind of speculate and look down the road.

1453
01:26:54,060 --> 01:26:57,520
 You know, to me, I've had this Oklahoma game circled for a long time.

1454
01:26:58,620 --> 01:27:09,280
 But now, for more reasons than just the Brent Venables front seven, you know, now it looks like quarterback John Mateer is getting 100% healthy.

1455
01:27:09,700 --> 01:27:12,640
 He's getting back to where he's running the ball more.

1456
01:27:12,800 --> 01:27:14,420
 He's improvising more.

1457
01:27:14,560 --> 01:27:22,080
 He does a, you know, a pretty good Johnny Manziel impersonation at times with the way he wheels and deals that offense.

1458
01:27:22,480 --> 01:27:25,740
 So, you know, I think that's going to be the biggest challenge.

1459
01:27:25,740 --> 01:27:31,940
 Now, I feel better about, you know, Alabama being able to meet and overcome that challenge with it being at home.

1460
01:27:32,580 --> 01:27:39,080
 But just the way this thing's trending right now, to me, Oklahoma looks easily like the biggest threat.

1461
01:27:40,140 --> 01:27:42,080
 I think you're exactly right.

1462
01:27:42,860 --> 01:27:47,780
 Yeah, Mateer's running ability is what really separated him to me in the Tennessee game.

1463
01:27:47,860 --> 01:27:50,760
 He looked healthy and running with some reckless abandon.

1464
01:27:51,640 --> 01:27:54,280
 We all enjoy the insight on Monday.

1465
01:27:54,280 --> 01:27:55,420
 Have a great week.

1466
01:27:55,480 --> 01:27:57,180
 Let's do this again with you real soon.

1467
01:27:57,760 --> 01:27:58,400
 Thanks, guys.

1468
01:27:58,500 --> 01:27:59,680
 I always enjoy talking with you.

1469
01:28:10,480 --> 01:28:10,920
 Absolutely.

1470
01:28:11,300 --> 01:28:15,020
 William, Redfish Barger summing up Alabama.

1471
01:28:15,160 --> 01:28:18,040
 Just wanted to touch on UNA real quick, too.

1472
01:28:18,760 --> 01:28:21,020
 Tough loss for the Lions.

1473
01:28:22,800 --> 01:28:30,800
 They're going to be playing West Georgia next week, but lost in overtime to Utah Tech, 34-33.

1474
01:28:30,800 --> 01:28:38,960
 Destin Wade, redshirt sophomore quarterback, combined 303 yards, running the ball, passing the ball.

1475
01:28:39,160 --> 01:28:43,280
 Hugh Salon ran 400, his second 100-yard game.

1476
01:28:43,280 --> 01:28:45,660
 Seth Hampton, nine tackles.

1477
01:28:45,760 --> 01:28:49,340
 Brian Dilworth with a key interception in the game, too.

1478
01:28:49,440 --> 01:28:57,740
 But unfortunately, UNA Perilbug did not be able to make one more play to miss the next point.

1479
01:28:57,820 --> 01:29:00,280
 It lost 34-33 in overtime.

1480
01:29:01,140 --> 01:29:11,020
 And now something of an old flash in the past as they come home this weekend, take on old nemesis West Georgia out at Brawley Stadium.

1481
01:29:11,180 --> 01:29:11,980
 Get out if you can.

1482
01:29:12,060 --> 01:29:12,880
 Three o'clock kicks.

1483
01:29:12,980 --> 01:29:14,340
 Let's hope the weather will cooperate.

1484
01:29:15,100 --> 01:29:17,340
 BB, obviously a huge week ahead.

1485
01:29:17,440 --> 01:29:21,220
 Got an eye on the Plains coming up tonight, the beginning of the basketball season.

1486
01:29:21,480 --> 01:29:23,280
 Tomorrow night, the first big pullout.

1487
01:29:23,480 --> 01:29:26,840
 So, as I say, BB, are you ready for a lot of action?

1488
01:29:27,000 --> 01:29:28,720
 If so, are you ready to buckle up?

1489
01:29:29,160 --> 01:29:30,800
 Yeah, it's going to be an incredible week.

1490
01:29:30,800 --> 01:29:36,340
 In fact, you alluded to it, the first college football playoff poll going to be released tomorrow night.

1491
01:29:36,420 --> 01:29:41,640
 It's going to be interesting to see where Alabama and the SEC teams will fall.

1492
01:29:42,480 --> 01:29:44,340
 Reach down and rip off the knives.

1493
01:29:44,440 --> 01:29:46,720
 We've got it all covered for you right here on 93.9 The Score.

1494
01:29:46,800 --> 01:29:47,880
 It's going to take care of us for now.

1495
01:29:47,960 --> 01:29:52,740
 On behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here, Harold Bogg, thank you so much for your time today.

1496
01:29:52,800 --> 01:29:57,220
 That's what we're doing tomorrow, noon to two with the Boomo Bugg Show, back here on Sports Radio, 93.9 The Score.