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 A very interesting night for UNA to take the lid off the hardwood season.

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 And the Alabama slash college football world is mourning the passing of a legend.

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 You're right, UNA men's basketball gave Mississippi State a tough battle for about 30 minutes before the Bulldogs, SEC, all-SEC guard Josh Hubbard took over, and then they pulled away 86-62.

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 And quickly, Bill, I'm sure your thoughts and prayers go out to the family of Woodrow Lowe, truly the passing of a legend, a former Alabama linebacker and, of course, the late great Paul Bear Bryant,

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 one of only two three-time All-Americans at Alabama, Cornelius Biscuit Bennett, the other pretty high lofty praise there, Woodrow Lowe passing away at the age of 71.

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 Well, I mean, I wish on better terms, but like you said, you know, once Alabama integrated black players, obviously, yeah, and you look at where the program is.

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 Bill, since you brought that up, obviously, I've always been wondering what happened there, and I think a lot of other people are, too.

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 The first big poll is out before we get into this weekend's matchups.

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 Any surprises because you look at it and shock, shock, it could be that it could be an all-Big Ten national championship showdown.

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 Bill, did you think we'd ever live long enough to talk about Indiana and Penn State with the underdog, the two-touchdown underdog being Penn State in November?

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 Great stuff, as always, predictions from the one and only Bill Bender.

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 I know there's a lot of pre-game, post-game stuff.

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 Just a smorgasbord of football on the sporting news.

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 B.B., where can we get online to get yours and the team's great stuff?

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 Yeah, it's sportingnews.com and Bill Bender.

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 What a good kid.

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 Talked about Jalen Mill Rowe, the Campbell Trophy winner last year.

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 Bill, as always, good to catch up with you.

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 If your weather's like ours, 23-24 in Alabama,

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 It's here, the playoff party on the high school of gridirons.

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 The Score.

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 Welcome back in.

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 It is a pleasure for us to say hello to Caleb Suggs.

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 He's got the high school team covered for us there at the Decatur Daily.

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 Caleb, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 I'm doing good, guys.

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 Sorry, y'all.

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 Hey, bro.

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 You're doing all right.

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 Well, one season is done, the regular season.

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 Now the second season, the playoff party is about to begin.

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 And, Caleb, it looks like a crowded Thursday night menu there for a lot of our local teams.

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 Where do you start?

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 Well, I guess we start with, you know, you've got West Morgan playing Randolph coming off a huge win.

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 Last week against Eschler, I don't really think it's going to be much of a challenge.

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 They've already played Randolph once this year.

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 They've won that 41-14.

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 I expect it to be much the same, but, I mean, this is going to be a kickoff for what West Morgan hopes will finally be a push to the state finals.

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 That's what they've been building towards the last three years, and that's what they hope.

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 But 4A North is pretty stacked, so it's going to be a tough road to get there.

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 But I think you have to be pleased with how the game went last week, you know, against a really good national team, undefeated national team.

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 They went out by two touchdowns and then didn't get overly aggressive.

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 They ran the ball, chewed the block, and trusted their defense.

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 And I feel like that kind of coaching, they're just well-coached.

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 That's going to play off well.

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 It's going to be playing a lot of good teams in the playoffs.

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 Let's talk about the folks up in Limestone County there.

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 Coach Cody Gross is Athens-high Golden Eagles.

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 They make the playoffs, 6-4.

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 They're slate.

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 They've got to hit the road for the long trip to Alabama country, Fort Payne.

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 The Wildcats are 8-1.

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 How do you see Athens on the long road to Fort Payne?

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 You know, it's kind of disappointing the season for Athens, but I don't think you can sugarcoat that.

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 I think they thought that they were going to have a better year, you know, have a chance to contend for a home playoff game.

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 And here they are, just barely making some playoffs.

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 But at the same time, I think this is still a team that has a lot of talent.

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 And so, you know, I feel like they're definitely a team that could go and win a game at Fort Payne.

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 Fort Payne, I think, is always a sneaky team.

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 And 6-8, they were, you know, a couple points away from making the teammates last year.

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 But at the same time, they don't seem as daunting as some of the other teams are going to face in 6-8, you know, like some of the teams in Birmingham.

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 So, like you said, though, it's a long trip to go out there.

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 I mean, it really comes down to can Athens, you know, control the ground game like they've done.

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 And when they do that, when they're very successful running football and play good defense, you know, they've been pretty good this year.

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 It's just if they're forced to pass, that's really when the issues arise.

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 So, that will be what to watch out for.

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 Like you said, it's a long trip.

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 That's a tough place to go play in the row.

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 But Athens, I mean, it would surprise me to see them get a win.

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 I think one of the best games tonight, it was moved to Thursday night, Priceful in Class 5-8, Priceful at 7-3 at Guntersville.

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 And we've talked about Priceful nearly every week with you this fall.

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 Seth Parker came in last year, went 2-8, but went back to more of a running game.

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 But boy, have they ever.

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 Priceful scored 323 points to 135.

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 Sheldon Graham, their quarterbacks, thrown for nearly 1,000 yards.

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 They've got a combined nearly 1,500 yards.

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 Guntersville's Lance Reese is the coach there, been there 16 years, been in the playoffs 15.

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 They were in the semifinals a couple years ago.

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 Guntersville is a very good team.

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 Two good coaches here.

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 Priceful on the roll, trying to see if they can go.

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 And maybe upset might be too much of a term.

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 But this should be a good game, Priceful at Guntersville.

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 You know, you have to know that Guntersville has been a very good team the past 15 years.

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 Several 9-10 win seasons in there.

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 And, you know, for them to be hosting a first-round playoff game is definitely not the team they would like to play in the first round.

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 And then you look at Priceful, obviously, Seth Parker has done an amazing job in his second year turning around the program after going 2-8 last year.

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 But it's kind of been a pill of two seasons, you know, against all their wins, against teams that they're clearly better than.

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 They've dominated, but then in their losses, they, you know, they struggled.

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 They lost to West Morgan by a point, but then they lost to Fairview and Russellville by 14 or more.

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 So, you know, the young team, they struggled to rise up to the challenge when the lights got the brightest.

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 So that's kind of what you worry about this time going on the road in the playoffs.

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 The young teams, so this will be a lot of time.

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 A lot of these starters are starting in the playoffs for the first time.

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 So how do they handle that, especially going on the road against a really good Guntersville team?

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 That's going to be, you know, something to watch out for.

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 But at the same time, like you said, it's a good Priceful team.

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 If they were to play their best ball, they could absolutely upset Guntersville.

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 That's a good point, too.

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 Sometimes the intangibles don't get talked up enough about, can you handle this?

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 You put it through bright lights.

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 In the huddle, Caleb Suggs, the Decatur Daily.

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 You know, let's face it, sometimes, especially in the opening round of the playoffs, you get mismatches.

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 One game would not be classified as that, I would imagine, in 4A.

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 Hatton is 7-3.

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 Madison Academy is 8-2.

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 Your thoughts about the Hornets and the Mustangs?

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 I think that's going to be a really fun game.

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 I think, at least out of our 8 playoff teams, this is probably going to be the best game out of the 8.

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 Just because you're looking at two teams that are so similar.

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 I mean, I think Coach Stover told our writer this week, it's like looking in a mirror.

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 They have amazing athletes on both sides of the ball from both teams.

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 They have great quarterbacks.

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 And they like to score a lot of points.

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 Both teams do that.

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 I think that's what you're going to see.

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 I think you're going to see a lot of points scored in this game.

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 It's going to be one of those, you know, one of those type Big 12, you know, old Big 12 showdowns you used to see.

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 And those are always a lot of fun, especially in the playoffs.

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 So, with the teams, you have teams that are so similar.

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 You know, it just comes down to who can get a turnover here.

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 Sometimes it comes down to who has the ball last.

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 And I honestly think that's what this game is going to come down to.

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 And then you've got playoff experience.

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 Coach Stover is only coaching his third playoff game.

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 Coach Gossi is coaching in his 56th playoff game, I think.

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 That's not right.

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 Obviously, there's a little bit of a difference in the experience there.

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 So, that gets way a part two, as well as being at home from Madison Academy.

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 But I really think this is a toss-up.

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 I think it's going to be a fun game.

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 If you're looking for one to go to, I think that around here, that would be one to go watch.

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 I think it should be pretty fun.

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 Let me ask you about Alston and Mary Montgomery.

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 Alston, 6-4, Mary Montgomery, 9-1.

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 I know we started the season with Hartzell beating Alston.

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 And as the Jeremy Perkins teams do, they developed, they matured, got on a winning streak.

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 Kadir Lyle, the Alston quarterback, was hurt last week against Muscle Shoals.

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 He got sandwiched and taken off on the ambulance.

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 I hope he's doing better.

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 Thrown for over 1,500 yards.

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 We've talked about Aiden Davis, who's had a very good year, ran for nearly 1,200 yards.

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 Channing Patton, 564 yards.

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 D.J. Orr also limped off the field against Muscle Shoals.

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 If Lyle and D.J. Orr are healthy and ready to play tonight, it will certainly be a much closer game.

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 This is another long trip, four, five hours to Mary Montgomery.

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 Your thoughts, Alston, 6-4 at Mary Montgomery, 9-1.

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 Yeah, you know, I talked to Coach Perkins over the weekend.

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 They said that it was nothing serious for Lyle, just a precaution taken in there.

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 So I'm not sure what his status is, though.

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 They were unsure at the time if he was going to play or not.

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 Obviously, that's a huge deal.

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 I think if he doesn't play, I don't see much of a path to victory.

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 If he does, I think they have a chance.

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 You know, he's been good at stretching the field to those receivers, you know, and then they have a good running game as well.

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 So it'll be a tough challenge because Mary Montgomery is really good.

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 But, you know, maybe not as tough a challenge as if they're going on the road to play a Thompson or a Hewitt or anything.

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 But then, like you said, though, five hours is a long way to go to a high school playoff game.

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 You know, I don't really know if the way we're doing it right now is the best way to do it as much as scheduling goes.

440
00:28:30,740 --> 00:28:33,380
 I don't know what the answer is, but that's probably not it.

441
00:28:33,500 --> 00:28:38,200
 I mean, no high school team should be trying to travel five hours unless it's a state game or something.

442
00:28:38,400 --> 00:28:42,800
 But this is what they have to do, and, you know, that's just the way the cards stand.

443
00:28:42,860 --> 00:28:44,300
 They've been built, you know, with the tie.

444
00:28:44,380 --> 00:28:48,400
 It's funny, you know, you get a four-way tie from first, and you finish third.

445
00:28:48,500 --> 00:28:49,820
 Now you've got to go drive five hours.

446
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,140
 I mean, that's a tough coin flip draw.

447
00:28:52,140 --> 00:28:55,420
 But, you know, are they probably going to go down there and win?

448
00:28:55,500 --> 00:28:56,120
 Probably not.

449
00:28:56,240 --> 00:28:57,220
 Mary Montgomery is really good.

450
00:28:57,340 --> 00:29:00,780
 But at the same time, while it's healthy, there's a lot of talent there.

451
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:03,000
 It may be young talent, but there's still a lot of talent.

452
00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:06,720
 So it wouldn't surprise – like Priceville, it wouldn't surprise we didn't see if they went in on the road

453
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 and it pulled upset.

454
00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:09,900
 It's not only five hours.

455
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,020
 It's five hours there and five hours back.

456
00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:16,240
 So it's basically a minimum of ten hours as far as just travel time to and from.

457
00:29:16,580 --> 00:29:19,480
 Your thoughts not only about the matchup but the timing.

458
00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:25,140
 Tonight the weather is promising to be nice, almost like football weather, certainly for November.

459
00:29:25,300 --> 00:29:29,440
 But tomorrow night some fans, coaches, players, et cetera, got some concerns.

460
00:29:30,140 --> 00:29:32,880
 The local weather folks are forecasting the possibility,

461
00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:34,840
 and I use that word in here.

462
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,400
 Maybe some rough, bumpy weather.

463
00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:42,900
 Buckhorn and Hartzell, the thoughts about the matchup and overall about the games tomorrow night

464
00:29:42,900 --> 00:29:46,660
 and the influence the weather may play if these forecasters are spot on.

465
00:29:47,860 --> 00:29:51,240
 Yeah, you know, I look at Hartzell and Buckhorn.

466
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:53,380
 Obviously, Buckhorn's had a good year, seven wins.

467
00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:56,020
 I think that's what they've had, 0-7 or something.

468
00:29:56,140 --> 00:29:57,140
 So a really good season for them.

469
00:29:57,860 --> 00:29:59,220
 And, you know, I'm not surprised.

470
00:29:59,300 --> 00:30:00,880
 I think there's some good athletes in that school.

471
00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:02,320
 So they've got a first-year head coach.

472
00:30:02,380 --> 00:30:03,820
 So I'm interested to see what he can do in the future.

473
00:30:04,220 --> 00:30:08,400
 I don't really think they're on Hartzell's level yet, especially if they're playing in a monsoon,

474
00:30:08,500 --> 00:30:09,620
 which is possible tomorrow.

475
00:30:09,820 --> 00:30:11,660
 I think that just plays to Hartzell's advantage.

476
00:30:12,580 --> 00:30:15,260
 So I can tell I expect Hartzell to win that game.

477
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:19,160
 As far as the weather, yeah, I mean, you know, look, it's just a tough situation,

478
00:30:19,300 --> 00:30:20,880
 especially if you look at these 7-8 teams.

479
00:30:21,380 --> 00:30:25,500
 They just can't really move the game to Thursday because they're having to travel so many hours,

480
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 and most of them are playing overnight, so you're doing hotels.

481
00:30:28,700 --> 00:30:30,500
 It's not like you can just change that on a whim.

482
00:30:31,060 --> 00:30:32,260
 So that's just tough for them.

483
00:30:32,540 --> 00:30:35,660
 And then it's a tough thing in the playoffs because it's one thing in the regular season

484
00:30:35,660 --> 00:30:40,140
 to move the game to a Thursday, but in the playoffs you want to get as much prep as you can and everything.

485
00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:42,540
 So it's tough for some of these teams to move to Thursday.

486
00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:47,180
 Some have, some haven't, and the ones that are going to play on Friday are probably going to be playing in the rain.

487
00:30:47,180 --> 00:30:53,140
 And that's going to be an advantage for some teams, and it's going to be a disadvantage for others.

488
00:30:53,300 --> 00:30:55,100
 But at the same time, that's just part of football.

489
00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,900
 You have to deal with that sometimes, and if you want to win,

490
00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:00,560
 you'll just have to find a way to fight through those elements.

491
00:31:01,060 --> 00:31:04,140
 Let me ask you about another game flying on the radar.

492
00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:04,880
 Very good.

493
00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:07,560
 Falkville, 8-2 at Vincent.

494
00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:10,500
 Same record, they're 8-2.

495
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:14,980
 Vincent scoring 33 points a game, but as you noted in your notes,

496
00:31:15,520 --> 00:31:19,180
 only 15 points a game allowed by this Falkville defense.

497
00:31:19,940 --> 00:31:23,200
 And we've talked about some of these guys throughout the season.

498
00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:29,240
 Eli Harris, seven catches for 96 yards last week against Cole Springs.

499
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:33,640
 Reed Dillard, quarterback, very solid.

500
00:31:34,140 --> 00:31:36,860
 Samuel Jacobs, et cetera.

501
00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:43,420
 Brody Bennett played very well against Winston County last week.

502
00:31:43,780 --> 00:31:44,820
 Interesting game.

503
00:31:45,060 --> 00:31:46,720
 Falkville on the road to Vincent.

504
00:31:48,180 --> 00:31:48,440
 Yeah.

505
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:49,840
 You know, I look at it.

506
00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:53,080
 Coaches say all the time that you want to be playing, you know,

507
00:31:53,100 --> 00:31:56,320
 peaking at the right time, playing your best ball when November rolls around.

508
00:31:56,660 --> 00:31:58,280
 Falkville seems to fit that deal.

509
00:31:58,440 --> 00:32:01,200
 They've won six in a row, won their last six games,

510
00:32:01,380 --> 00:32:04,020
 and they've played, seemingly played better every week.

511
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:07,760
 I know we've talked a lot about Hartzell and how many turnovers they forced this year,

512
00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:09,460
 but Falkville's defense is right there with them.

513
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:10,940
 They've forced 21, I think.

514
00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:13,360
 They've been really good at that.

515
00:32:13,500 --> 00:32:15,200
 I mean, when you can force that many turnovers,

516
00:32:15,320 --> 00:32:17,220
 you're just creating more opportunities for your offense

517
00:32:17,220 --> 00:32:20,140
 while you're taking away opportunities for another team's offense.

518
00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:23,660
 If they continue to do that against Vincent, Vincent's going to have a tough time.

519
00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:26,500
 And I think the big thing, Falkville's defense has been good all year.

520
00:32:26,660 --> 00:32:31,520
 I mean, they held Kusa to 26 points, which I think is an incredible feat,

521
00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:34,260
 just going off how good Kusa Christian is.

522
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:36,160
 And so their defense has been really good all year.

523
00:32:36,280 --> 00:32:38,420
 I think the offense has kind of been the difference maker.

524
00:32:38,580 --> 00:32:40,560
 They've kind of come along late in the season.

525
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:44,940
 They've figured out a two-man quarterback rotation that's seemingly working for them

526
00:32:44,940 --> 00:32:49,580
 with Reed Dillard and Samuel Jacobs, Eli Harris, who's great on defense,

527
00:32:49,740 --> 00:32:50,800
 has been great on offense too.

528
00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:51,880
 They've run the ball well.

529
00:32:52,260 --> 00:32:53,180
 I think they're going to win.

530
00:32:53,940 --> 00:32:55,560
 I'm just being completely honest with you.

531
00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:58,360
 I think that Falkville is a sneaky good team in 2A.

532
00:32:58,720 --> 00:32:59,940
 I think they're going to win this game.

533
00:33:00,100 --> 00:33:02,620
 Unfortunately, if they do, they're going to have to play Pisgah next week.

534
00:33:02,740 --> 00:33:03,820
 That's a tough matchup.

535
00:33:04,320 --> 00:33:07,780
 But you play the game, you've got to play first.

536
00:33:07,780 --> 00:33:10,240
 And I really think they're going to go on the road to get this win tonight.

537
00:33:10,380 --> 00:33:12,280
 I think that'll be a huge win for that program.

538
00:33:13,860 --> 00:33:18,080
 That's phenomenal for two high school teams to have 20-plus turnovers.

539
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:25,740
 I knew Hartzell had 19 or 20 turnovers about a month ago.

540
00:33:26,380 --> 00:33:28,900
 But that's amazing for Falkville to have that.

541
00:33:29,060 --> 00:33:31,160
 Listen, that's good for a college team.

542
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:32,360
 Great job.

543
00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:33,600
 I know you do the stats.

544
00:33:33,700 --> 00:33:35,800
 You've got the previews of each game.

545
00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:40,300
 You've got who or how far a lot of these teams may go,

546
00:33:40,420 --> 00:33:42,860
 and that depends upon the matchups.

547
00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:47,780
 It's going to be interesting if Wes Morgan plays Cherokee County again.

548
00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:48,540
 And you're right.

549
00:33:49,500 --> 00:33:53,500
 Class 4A, we were talking about Hamilton.

550
00:33:54,260 --> 00:34:00,020
 Coach Shilt the other day, Dessler, Hamilton, Wes Morgan, and Dessler,

551
00:34:00,180 --> 00:34:01,520
 and you just go on and on and on.

552
00:34:02,100 --> 00:34:04,880
 I know you're covering one tonight and tomorrow night.

553
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:08,780
 Where can we get online and read all the pregame stuff and postgame?

554
00:34:09,980 --> 00:34:12,340
 Yeah, it's funny you mentioned that Cherokee County.

555
00:34:12,500 --> 00:34:16,620
 If I had a dollar for everybody who's asked me if I think they're going to play

556
00:34:16,620 --> 00:34:18,340
 Cherokee County, I wouldn't be rich.

557
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:20,680
 I would have a lot more dollars than I have right now.

558
00:34:20,940 --> 00:34:23,160
 Everybody's kind of on it and see if that's going to happen.

559
00:34:23,260 --> 00:34:26,720
 But, yeah, you can go online to DecaturDaily.com and find all that stuff.

560
00:34:26,840 --> 00:34:30,460
 We'll have playoff football going full force this week and for the rest of November,

561
00:34:30,860 --> 00:34:32,020
 hopefully all the way through December.

562
00:34:32,240 --> 00:34:34,600
 And then, obviously, basketball starts soon, too.

563
00:34:34,900 --> 00:34:36,100
 So, it really is.

564
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:39,640
 First things first, Caleb, enjoy tonight.

565
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:43,580
 Let's hope the forecasters are wrong about tomorrow night and you can stay dry.

566
00:34:43,700 --> 00:34:45,500
 Thanks so much and stay safe out there, okay?

567
00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:46,680
 All right.

568
00:34:46,720 --> 00:34:47,080
 Thanks, guys.

569
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 Thanks for having me.

570
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 Thank you, bud.

571
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 Caleb Suggs.

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677
00:40:06,860 --> 00:40:09,040
 Got you covered there at Go Vols 24-7.

678
00:40:09,160 --> 00:40:10,200
 Ryan, welcome in.

679
00:40:10,260 --> 00:40:11,060
 How are you?

680
00:40:11,820 --> 00:40:12,200
 Hey, guys.

681
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:12,660
 Doing well.

682
00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:13,020
 How are you?

683
00:40:13,220 --> 00:40:13,540
 Hey, bud.

684
00:40:14,380 --> 00:40:16,580
 Doesn't take a rocket scientist to make this statement.

685
00:40:16,660 --> 00:40:23,960
 It's always tough to lose, but when you lose to the team that you've got roots to, it has to really, really hit you hard.

686
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:29,460
 Coach Josh Heupel and the Tennessee fans this past weekend.

687
00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:33,320
 Your thoughts about the dust settling from the Oklahoma loss, Ryan?

688
00:40:34,180 --> 00:40:41,700
 Yeah, that was a tough one for Josh Heupel for a few reasons, but obviously his ties to Oklahoma, I'm sure, made that one even tougher to swallow.

689
00:40:41,700 --> 00:40:48,700
 So, you know, season-saving kind of win for Oklahoma gives them a chance to keep playing for a college football playoff first.

690
00:40:48,780 --> 00:40:54,160
 If they could somehow win out down the stretch, they've got a tough schedule, but now that's still in play for them.

691
00:40:54,620 --> 00:41:00,580
 And for Tennessee, their playoff hopes are all but dashed with that loss now, three losses on the season.

692
00:41:00,580 --> 00:41:08,520
 So, even though they're still ranked 25th in the initial college football playoff rankings, they would need a lot of help to have any shot at making the playoff at this point.

693
00:41:08,700 --> 00:41:10,400
 So, yeah, that's a tough one.

694
00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:16,300
 And, you know, this was a team that not a lot of people were expecting to get back to the playoff this year going into the season.

695
00:41:16,520 --> 00:41:18,140
 So, there's that.

696
00:41:18,620 --> 00:41:23,780
 But I think once you see it play out during the season, it's always different for fans.

697
00:41:23,780 --> 00:41:36,960
 And they saw a pretty dynamic Tennessee offense that had Tennessee, you know, right there at the end of the game against Georgia back in September with a chance to win on a last-second field goal that they missed and ended up losing in overtime.

698
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:42,180
 Lose a tough one to Oklahoma with the help of a couple of interceptions and a fumble return for a touchdown.

699
00:41:43,140 --> 00:41:44,540
 Their tough loss is to swallow.

700
00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:51,760
 So, even though the expectations weren't through the roof going into the season, I think this still looks like a missed opportunity to a lot of Tennessee fans.

701
00:41:51,760 --> 00:42:01,200
 And now, a tough task for Tennessee to make sure this season doesn't spiral downward here at the end because you've got a couple tough games left at Florida and at home against Vanderbilt that could make this even worse.

702
00:42:01,900 --> 00:42:08,560
 Brian, it's obviously when you win, you're a hero, when you're not, you're a goat, not that good kind of goat.

703
00:42:09,060 --> 00:42:16,300
 Your thoughts about, you can't give a team, any team, especially one at the upper tier, three turnovers and expect realistically to win.

704
00:42:16,660 --> 00:42:19,500
 Your thoughts about the play of Aguilar this year?

705
00:42:19,500 --> 00:42:20,800
 I mean, when he's good, he's good.

706
00:42:21,180 --> 00:42:27,540
 You saw it, like you mentioned, two interceptions against the Sooners, that key interception in the first half against Alabama.

707
00:42:28,180 --> 00:42:32,340
 Your thoughts about basically a rollercoaster season for Tennessee's quarterback?

708
00:42:33,460 --> 00:42:39,940
 Yeah, Joey Aguilar has turned out to be, you know, in a lot of ways, the player he was advertised to be coming from Appalachian State.

709
00:42:39,940 --> 00:42:42,160
 He's a gunslinger.

710
00:42:42,260 --> 00:42:57,200
 He can make a lot of good throws, and he's made this offense for Tennessee fun to watch again and explosive, and they throw for a bunch of yards, even against Oklahoma, threw for 393 against a good defense that was ranked third in the country in pass defense going into the game.

711
00:42:57,360 --> 00:43:17,780
 So he's making plays, but it's just the one or two throws here or there in a couple big games that really cost Tennessee, and that's what showed up, as you alluded to, in the Alabama game and in the Arkansas or in the Oklahoma game, for Tennessee to have critical turnovers and just kind of head-scratching plays in the Alabama game.

712
00:43:17,780 --> 00:43:21,520
 And the safety in particular in the Alabama game, a really bad play.

713
00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:28,400
 Obviously, the pick-six before halftime was killer, but just a misplaced throw on a call that was kind of forced, I felt like.

714
00:43:29,060 --> 00:43:40,440
 But, you know, the Oklahoma game, you miss a safety and just kind of hovering in the middle of the field and throwing easy interception, getting a little greedy there, probably forcing the ball down the field in a situation where you didn't have to.

715
00:43:40,780 --> 00:43:47,240
 So, yeah, just some plays like that where you see that gunslinger mindset kind of coming into play again.

716
00:43:47,420 --> 00:43:49,700
 It's a guy taking a chance that he doesn't have to.

717
00:43:50,220 --> 00:43:56,060
 And the flip side is, you know, Nico Iamaliava last year for Tennessee, probably a bit too conservative, didn't push the ball down the field enough.

718
00:43:56,460 --> 00:44:03,380
 This year, you know, Joey Aguilar has made Tennessee's offense fun to watch again, but the flip side of that is he's been a little too reckless with the ball at times,

719
00:44:03,420 --> 00:44:08,300
 and it's really cost Tennessee, and you can really point to that as the difference in at least a couple of Tennessee's games this year.

720
00:44:09,580 --> 00:44:14,320
 I know you've heard this on Nauseam, and I've asked you repeatedly throughout the season.

721
00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:20,380
 It's obvious Ricky Gibson is not going to be able to play.

722
00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:31,620
 Jamod McCoy, there is some thought that, you know, would he come back after the bye and play against New Mexico just to get some stuff on tape and say,

723
00:44:31,620 --> 00:44:38,140
 look, I'm healthy, and then go on to the NFL, try to get through the NFL draft.

724
00:44:38,840 --> 00:44:40,800
 But Colton Hood stepped up.

725
00:44:40,940 --> 00:44:43,220
 Farroke has made some big plays.

726
00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:48,720
 Again, players do step up, but we've talked about it the entire season.

727
00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:51,200
 Those two losses at corners have really hurt.

728
00:44:52,260 --> 00:44:54,640
 It has, and I'll give Tennessee credit.

729
00:44:54,760 --> 00:44:56,900
 Their defense did play better against Oklahoma.

730
00:44:56,900 --> 00:44:57,240
 It did.

731
00:44:57,240 --> 00:45:04,420
 It was incremental progress, but it was progress, and Oklahoma's offense, to be fair, hasn't been very explosive this season.

732
00:45:04,620 --> 00:45:11,040
 So, on one hand, they did better, but Oklahoma's also done a team that's put up a ton of points and gained a ton of yards throughout the season.

733
00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:15,720
 So, a little bit of a mixed bag for Tennessee's defense last week, but, yeah, they played a little bit better.

734
00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:19,120
 And, yeah, those losses at cornerback have definitely hurt.

735
00:45:19,220 --> 00:45:25,540
 I don't think that's the only thing that has plagued Tennessee's defense, but when you're getting picked apart in the passing game, you have to start there.

736
00:45:25,540 --> 00:45:36,000
 And, you know, as Kirk Herbstreet laid out earlier this week in talking about Tennessee's season and kind of, you know, kind of going off on some Tennessee fans maybe not happy with Josh Heifel,

737
00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:45,380
 he pointed out that Tennessee's lost two corners that might have been the best cornerback tandem that anybody had returning to the country in Jermaud McCoy and Ricky Gibson,

738
00:45:45,540 --> 00:45:51,760
 both guys that look like future NFL players, and McCoy, a guy that's had some first-round projections even without taking a snap this year.

739
00:45:51,900 --> 00:45:56,260
 So, yeah, those have been tough losses for Tennessee, and they've definitely hurt, but they've had some other issues.

740
00:45:56,380 --> 00:45:58,800
 The defense line that played as well as it did last year.

741
00:45:59,100 --> 00:46:03,880
 Some of those losses from last year's team were probably bigger deals than we realized at the time,

742
00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:07,840
 and we maybe overestimated Tennessee's ability to replace those guys.

743
00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:14,360
 And at linebacker, they've been, you know, just okay at times, and Arian Carter playing through an injury last week wasn't as good,

744
00:46:14,460 --> 00:46:17,860
 and that made a difference in the game, too, playing at less than 100%.

745
00:46:17,860 --> 00:46:20,300
 So, you know, multiple things that have played into that, but, yeah,

746
00:46:20,340 --> 00:46:22,360
 certainly those losses at cornerback have definitely hurt.

747
00:46:23,220 --> 00:46:24,860
 Fans have short memories, do they not?

748
00:46:24,980 --> 00:46:27,000
 Ryan Callahan, Go Vols 24-7.

749
00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:30,240
 Ryan, basically we're now technically less than four weeks away,

750
00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:34,120
 but let's face it, the only national signing day out there anymore.

751
00:46:34,120 --> 00:46:40,180
 Your thoughts where Tennessee is and where will they be four weeks from yesterday on national signing day

752
00:46:40,180 --> 00:46:41,400
 when it comes to recruiting?

753
00:46:42,180 --> 00:46:49,020
 Yeah, they've got a nice class, still a top-ten class, still ranked number eight in the 24-7 sports composite team rankings,

754
00:46:49,140 --> 00:46:55,420
 which would be their highest-ranked class under Josh Heupel, headlined by three five-stars, according to 24-7 sports.

755
00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:59,460
 Faison Brandon, the number-one quarterback, obviously, and number-one overall player in our rankings.

756
00:46:59,960 --> 00:47:02,800
 And then Tristan Keyes, the number-one wide receiver in the class.

757
00:47:02,960 --> 00:47:10,380
 So, some big names and a pretty strong class top to bottom, but Tennessee's still looking to add some additional pieces,

758
00:47:10,840 --> 00:47:12,800
 still trying to hold on to a commitment or two.

759
00:47:13,100 --> 00:47:19,120
 Legend Bay, a Tennessee commitment athlete out of Texas who's being recruited by Tennessee as a projected wide receiver,

760
00:47:19,480 --> 00:47:24,400
 just visited Ohio State last weekend, and that one has gotten pretty serious with the Buckeyes pretty quickly.

761
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:29,520
 You know, they flew up the radar a little bit, kept that one quiet, and then he ended up at Columbus this past weekend,

762
00:47:29,660 --> 00:47:33,360
 and that's one to certainly watch now as Tennessee looks to hold on to him.

763
00:47:33,780 --> 00:47:38,420
 And then they hosted a few official visitors last weekend for the Oklahoma game, landed one of them,

764
00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:43,420
 Luka Wolfe, a tight end who's originally from Austria, playing at the NFL Academy in England,

765
00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:49,040
 flipped him from California, and still looking to add some additional guys on the defensive line,

766
00:47:49,140 --> 00:47:51,360
 on the offensive line, at running back.

767
00:47:51,360 --> 00:47:55,020
 They hosted four-star running back, Amari Latimer, who's committed to Wisconsin,

768
00:47:55,440 --> 00:48:00,100
 four-star UCLA offensive line commitment, Micah Smith, also took an official visit to Tennessee last weekend,

769
00:48:00,540 --> 00:48:04,320
 still going after a few defensive linemen, including Alabama commitment, J.J. Finch.

770
00:48:04,320 --> 00:48:05,600
 He was in Knoxville on Saturday.

771
00:48:06,080 --> 00:48:11,640
 So, definitely some irons in the fire that Tennessee's still hoping to will turn into some additional pickups

772
00:48:11,640 --> 00:48:14,920
 here down the stretch, but they're definitely not done at 24 commitments

773
00:48:14,920 --> 00:48:20,600
 and still have a few needs they would like to address further if they can without having to just rely on the transfer portal.

774
00:48:21,360 --> 00:48:27,240
 Ryan, I mentioned this to you before, and Harold and I have listened to fans vent for years.

775
00:48:27,420 --> 00:48:35,200
 In fact, I was listening to Tony Basilio with his post-game show, his fifth quarter show,

776
00:48:35,440 --> 00:48:39,520
 and they were just off the rails after losing to Alabama.

777
00:48:40,020 --> 00:48:44,740
 Heupel's, you know, this is the ceiling.

778
00:48:45,060 --> 00:48:48,540
 He's never going to take them all the way, et cetera, et cetera.

779
00:48:49,820 --> 00:48:55,320
 Fifteen years of going through the wilderness with Daryl Dickey and Butch Jones and others.

780
00:48:55,980 --> 00:49:00,880
 He comes in, beats Alabama twice, takes Tennessee to a playoff game,

781
00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:07,780
 and yes, like you mentioned, they've had key mistakes in big games that basically have lost them,

782
00:49:07,900 --> 00:49:14,240
 but compared to where Tennessee was for 15 years and what he's done in the last three or four,

783
00:49:15,360 --> 00:49:19,700
 and this is the most competitive SEC I believe we've ever seen.

784
00:49:19,700 --> 00:49:22,200
 Every game seems to come down to one score.

785
00:49:22,420 --> 00:49:25,080
 I still say Tennessee's got a pretty good coach.

786
00:49:26,040 --> 00:49:27,500
 I think so, too.

787
00:49:27,640 --> 00:49:29,420
 Now, I think a couple things have hurt Tennessee.

788
00:49:29,740 --> 00:49:38,200
 One is that Josh Heupel, in some ways, is dealing with the fallout of his own success

789
00:49:38,200 --> 00:49:42,340
 because in year two he vastly exceeded expectations,

790
00:49:43,000 --> 00:49:45,180
 and so fans are looking at that and saying,

791
00:49:45,420 --> 00:49:50,180
 okay, where's the progress in year five compared to where you were in year two,

792
00:49:50,300 --> 00:49:55,500
 and so he is a product of that, and that's something that fans are struggling with,

793
00:49:55,760 --> 00:49:57,520
 and the SEC's changed since then.

794
00:49:57,800 --> 00:49:59,820
 NIL has changed things, the transfer portal,

795
00:50:00,140 --> 00:50:04,240
 so a lot of things are different that have presented some challenges there,

796
00:50:04,620 --> 00:50:08,440
 and then, yeah, at the end of the day, like you said, every game's close in the SEC.

797
00:50:09,080 --> 00:50:13,560
 There are a lot of programs that have the resources to win and good rosters,

798
00:50:13,560 --> 00:50:19,240
 and there are 12 or 14 teams in the SEC who are on any given day capable of beating a really good team,

799
00:50:19,420 --> 00:50:22,360
 and the Tennessee's obviously, they've lost to three ranked opponents.

800
00:50:22,500 --> 00:50:23,820
 They don't have a bad loss, really.

801
00:50:23,920 --> 00:50:25,800
 They just, they've lost to three pretty good teams,

802
00:50:25,880 --> 00:50:29,080
 and two of them are close games that you could say flipped away from Tennessee,

803
00:50:29,360 --> 00:50:31,260
 so that's hard for fans to stomach.

804
00:50:31,780 --> 00:50:34,840
 Basically, what we're talking about is what every SEC fan base deals with.

805
00:50:35,300 --> 00:50:37,600
 Hardly any loss at the close game is acceptable.

806
00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:40,200
 There's always something a coaching staff could have done better,

807
00:50:40,540 --> 00:50:42,420
 something a player could have done to prevent the loss,

808
00:50:42,420 --> 00:50:46,820
 and as long as that's the case, fans are going to go nuts about it,

809
00:50:46,860 --> 00:50:48,540
 but I think that's the reality,

810
00:50:48,680 --> 00:50:50,140
 and I think most fans, to be fair,

811
00:50:50,480 --> 00:50:53,920
 are still thinking Josh Heupel's done a pretty good job at Tennessee,

812
00:50:54,060 --> 00:50:59,460
 but there is that vocal minority that wants to see a new defensive coordinator this offseason,

813
00:50:59,720 --> 00:51:03,140
 isn't sure if Josh Heupel is anything beyond Tennessee's Martin Rick.

814
00:51:03,500 --> 00:51:05,220
 There's been all sorts of that stuff this week,

815
00:51:05,320 --> 00:51:08,000
 and that's going to happen anytime you're not out of the playoff race these days.

816
00:51:08,640 --> 00:51:11,320
 You get Mulligans in golf, not in football.

817
00:51:11,500 --> 00:51:15,140
 Ryan, quickly, your thoughts about not this week, but the following weekend.

818
00:51:15,240 --> 00:51:16,260
 You've seen them both now.

819
00:51:16,400 --> 00:51:19,380
 When Alabama takes on Oklahoma, what's going to happen there?

820
00:51:20,480 --> 00:51:25,060
 Yeah, I mean, I think Alabama's the better team, clearly, in my mind,

821
00:51:25,160 --> 00:51:31,800
 but Oklahoma has, you know, give them credit for being the best version of what they are,

822
00:51:31,880 --> 00:51:33,760
 at least in Saturday's game.

823
00:51:33,840 --> 00:51:35,520
 I thought they did a nice job against Tennessee.

824
00:51:36,060 --> 00:51:39,920
 They let Tennessee beat itself, and that's maybe the best thing they did.

825
00:51:39,980 --> 00:51:41,020
 They do have a good defense.

826
00:51:42,480 --> 00:51:45,280
 Probably where Tennessee lost the game that not enough people are talking about

827
00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:46,180
 is they couldn't run the ball.

828
00:51:46,700 --> 00:51:51,420
 They had a costly fourth-and-one miss where a pass hit Jack Van Dorsalier,

829
00:51:51,500 --> 00:51:52,980
 a freshman tight end in the space mass,

830
00:51:53,360 --> 00:51:56,720
 and you're throwing it there because you weren't confident in your ability to line up

831
00:51:56,720 --> 00:51:57,340
 and get a yard.

832
00:51:57,500 --> 00:52:01,980
 So Oklahoma only allowed 65 rushing yards in that game, a season low for Tennessee.

833
00:52:02,960 --> 00:52:05,000
 That's at least something you've got to worry about if you're Alabama,

834
00:52:05,140 --> 00:52:06,560
 and they've not run the ball well this year.

835
00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:07,600
 So that's certainly worth noting.

836
00:52:07,860 --> 00:52:11,220
 But at the same time, I just think Alabama's the more well-rounded team.

837
00:52:11,340 --> 00:52:13,580
 So Oklahoma's not going to go out and score a ton of points.

838
00:52:13,700 --> 00:52:17,080
 So if Alabama's offense does what it has been doing most of the season

839
00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:20,540
 since that Florida State game to open the year, I think they're going to be fine.

840
00:52:20,620 --> 00:52:21,980
 Ty Simpson obviously playing well.

841
00:52:22,160 --> 00:52:23,960
 But Oklahoma, they're a feisty team.

842
00:52:24,040 --> 00:52:25,580
 They'll hang around if you give them an opening.

843
00:52:26,160 --> 00:52:29,680
 They're probably not right now the way John Mateer's playing,

844
00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:31,280
 and at least they found some things in the run game.

845
00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:33,680
 But they're not capable of throwing it well enough

846
00:52:33,680 --> 00:52:35,840
 to probably put up a lot of points against a team like Alabama.

847
00:52:36,800 --> 00:52:39,580
 Ron, great stuff as usual, my friend.

848
00:52:40,200 --> 00:52:44,020
 Recruiting, basketball started.

849
00:52:44,900 --> 00:52:46,700
 You know, this is overlap season.

850
00:52:46,940 --> 00:52:49,220
 It's fun, but tiresome also.

851
00:52:50,100 --> 00:52:53,280
 Coaching interviews, player interviews, pre-game, post-game.

852
00:52:53,340 --> 00:52:56,420
 I know you're looking forward to a bye weekend.

853
00:52:57,000 --> 00:52:59,340
 But where can we get online to get all the good stuff?

854
00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:03,000
 Yeah, lots of recruiting coverage this week since there's not a game to discuss.

855
00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:05,360
 And Tennessee had a big visit weekend last week, too.

856
00:53:05,480 --> 00:53:08,900
 So, yeah, lots to check out this week still at GoBall247.com.

857
00:53:09,040 --> 00:53:12,760
 And plenty of discussion, as you said, basketball, football, lots going on right now.

858
00:53:12,860 --> 00:53:16,740
 Fun time of year, but a quiet weekend, at least for Tennessee, to sit back and relax.

859
00:53:19,240 --> 00:53:20,380
 Absolutely great stuff.

860
00:53:20,520 --> 00:53:21,480
 Ryan, have a good weekend.

861
00:53:21,580 --> 00:53:23,020
 Let's do this again next week, buddy.

862
00:53:23,720 --> 00:53:24,160
 Sounds good.

863
00:53:24,220 --> 00:53:24,620
 Thanks a lot.

864
00:53:25,420 --> 00:53:29,020
 Ryan Kelly, how's it going to win this visit there at GoBall247?

865
00:53:29,120 --> 00:53:34,500
 Coming up in the second hour, what's going on before Oklahoma, Alabama getting ready for LSU.

866
00:53:34,620 --> 00:53:36,700
 We'll take you to T-Town, check in with Ryan Fowler.

867
00:53:36,940 --> 00:53:41,000
 And also more of the playoff party on the high school gridirons.

868
00:53:41,000 --> 00:53:43,620
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00:53:43,720 --> 00:53:44,260
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 Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

971
01:01:43,100 --> 01:01:50,820
 Boy, it is a full slate.

972
01:01:50,820 --> 01:01:58,120
 I'm sitting here looking at, let's see, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 games that were moved to Thursday night.

973
01:01:58,260 --> 01:02:02,540
 Now, most of Shoals was going to play Thursday night all along.

974
01:02:02,620 --> 01:02:04,960
 They were the only ones playing on Thursday night.

975
01:02:05,380 --> 01:02:08,800
 Now, I think they're about 22 to 26 games tonight.

976
01:02:09,960 --> 01:02:11,880
 Translated to busy night for Zach Pounder.

977
01:02:11,940 --> 01:02:13,720
 He's got the entire Shoals covered there.

978
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 Where else?

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 At the Shoals Sports Report.

980
01:02:16,960 --> 01:02:18,140
 Zach, welcome in.

981
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 Are you ready for some football tonight?

982
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 Yeah, doing good.

983
01:02:21,980 --> 01:02:22,400
 How about y'all?

984
01:02:22,940 --> 01:02:23,280
 Hey, man.

985
01:02:23,340 --> 01:02:24,020
 Hey, we're doing all right.

986
01:02:24,060 --> 01:02:25,380
 Let's start with the headliner there.

987
01:02:25,460 --> 01:02:27,920
 Obviously, a great year for Muscle Shoals.

988
01:02:28,280 --> 01:02:33,000
 If you have a great regular season, they put the ball literally in your court.

989
01:02:33,400 --> 01:02:34,240
 It's a reward.

990
01:02:34,380 --> 01:02:36,120
 You get the opening round at home.

991
01:02:36,800 --> 01:02:38,700
 The opponent is Jimison Huntsville.

992
01:02:38,780 --> 01:02:44,700
 For a long time, folks in this area, that's a high school that used to be known as Johnson High over in Huntsville.

993
01:02:44,980 --> 01:02:54,940
 What do you see when Muscle Shoals, which has been a juggernaut so far, talk to us about Muscle Shoals and Jimison out of Huntsville in the opening round of the playoffs tonight.

994
01:02:55,440 --> 01:02:57,840
 I see a very big mismatch with this game.

995
01:02:58,260 --> 01:02:58,400
 Yeah.

996
01:02:58,400 --> 01:03:04,700
 Mays Jimison in the fourth season and the score in seven, allowing seven minutes to have a defense.

997
01:03:05,360 --> 01:03:10,320
 On the score about 16, Muscle Shoals has allowed at the most this year, 17 in the game.

998
01:03:10,420 --> 01:03:11,040
 And that was Hartzell.

999
01:03:11,580 --> 01:03:13,980
 They only had a double job twice with Jasmine Hartzell.

1000
01:03:14,700 --> 01:03:15,620
 It's a big mismatch.

1001
01:03:15,740 --> 01:03:16,760
 They had common opponents.

1002
01:03:16,860 --> 01:03:17,740
 They showed three of them.

1003
01:03:17,980 --> 01:03:21,740
 We'll show us three and O, a combined score of like 100 plus to six.

1004
01:03:22,660 --> 01:03:24,520
 Where it made a difference, it was one and two beating Cater.

1005
01:03:25,260 --> 01:03:27,760
 And it was very close to their head-to-head, their combined score.

1006
01:03:28,320 --> 01:03:31,640
 It's a big mismatch, but for Muscle Shoals, it's looking to Parker next week more likely.

1007
01:03:32,760 --> 01:03:34,740
 And Oxford Parker was going to play tomorrow night.

1008
01:03:34,840 --> 01:03:35,760
 Was going to play tomorrow night.

1009
01:03:35,840 --> 01:03:37,500
 So they moved to Thursday, out of the weather.

1010
01:03:38,440 --> 01:03:40,820
 So to Muscle Shoals, I thought at first they had moved.

1011
01:03:40,820 --> 01:03:45,340
 It was one guy Scott Parker on Friday until about yesterday or Tuesday.

1012
01:03:45,500 --> 01:03:46,220
 I saw the forecast.

1013
01:03:46,460 --> 01:03:49,220
 I was like, oh gosh, I bet it rained on Friday.

1014
01:03:50,480 --> 01:03:54,180
 Not only it rained, it could be some storms associated with it too.

1015
01:03:54,340 --> 01:03:56,180
 Zach, your thoughts about Muscle Shoals?

1016
01:03:56,620 --> 01:04:02,960
 I mean, if you're just a casual follow the program, you say maybe their biggest enemy right now is Muscle Shoals.

1017
01:04:03,160 --> 01:04:05,600
 But we know Coach Scott Bayston.

1018
01:04:05,800 --> 01:04:06,880
 He has been there.

1019
01:04:06,960 --> 01:04:07,680
 He's done that.

1020
01:04:07,780 --> 01:04:10,760
 He knows how to pace the team.

1021
01:04:10,880 --> 01:04:12,200
 He knows about the tangibles.

1022
01:04:12,320 --> 01:04:16,760
 But also about this, the intangible, not letting a team get ahead of their skis.

1023
01:04:16,760 --> 01:04:26,280
 Your thoughts just about the experience factor of having somebody like Coach Bayston who's been there and done that with a team that right now on paper, at least in the early part of the playoff picture, is going to be the favorite.

1024
01:04:27,220 --> 01:04:33,480
 They've been here before in the playoff deep run, so the kids that are seniors now have not won the playoffs before.

1025
01:04:34,140 --> 01:04:37,500
 They have, I think, three straight years winning the playoff game or third-round appearances.

1026
01:04:38,520 --> 01:04:44,760
 Yeah, the last three years, third-round appearances, so the seniors have been in the third round or deeper every year as a freshman on.

1027
01:04:45,640 --> 01:04:51,760
 And they've lost to Parker and Clay, and they probably get Parker around, too, and Clay around before they get there, one lot.

1028
01:04:51,860 --> 01:04:53,480
 Or Hart's on for the second round.

1029
01:04:54,260 --> 01:05:12,800
 But Muscle Shoals, that defense is so tall this year that it's about rain, snow, sleet, whatever, being anywhere and search you out or shut out second half and win a game, whether it's 31-17, 28-0, 34-15, 42-0, 66-0, or whatever.

1030
01:05:14,800 --> 01:05:15,200
 Absolutely.

1031
01:05:15,400 --> 01:05:18,720
 I still think Muscle Shoals is the best team in North Alabama.

1032
01:05:19,520 --> 01:05:26,620
 Florence and Baker's had about as much attention off the field as it has previewing the game.

1033
01:05:26,860 --> 01:05:44,540
 Once the Alabama High School Athletic Association figured out their convoluted tiebreaker system, the Falcons tumbled down to the fourth seed, which the three and four in the region's travel, and they've got to travel five and a half hours to Mobile,

1034
01:05:44,540 --> 01:05:47,720
 and they've got to play a very good Baker's team.

1035
01:05:47,840 --> 01:05:52,920
 Hopefully, the High School Athletic Association will look at that tiebreaker system.

1036
01:05:53,060 --> 01:05:55,040
 But anyway, Baker is really good.

1037
01:05:55,520 --> 01:05:58,340
 Take Graham, their quarterback, 2,100 yards.

1038
01:05:58,960 --> 01:06:01,320
 Jalen Speedy Wheeler, their running back.

1039
01:06:01,620 --> 01:06:05,640
 Brooks has got a speedy, too, 865 yards.

1040
01:06:06,640 --> 01:06:09,920
 Florence has had some good years.

1041
01:06:09,920 --> 01:06:16,060
 Jimmy, another weapon for him.

1042
01:06:16,120 --> 01:06:19,460
 So, Martin's had 106 tackles already.

1043
01:06:20,120 --> 01:06:29,480
 Long trip down there, and I'm glad to see the Florence community stepped up to help subsidize the majority of the expenses to spend the night, et cetera.

1044
01:06:30,200 --> 01:06:31,580
 Florence and Baker.

1045
01:06:33,000 --> 01:06:42,200
 With this game, I look at the strength of schedule, strength of the record a lot in playoffs, because you can't always look at 10-0, 9-1, 8-2, and invite the teams off the top.

1046
01:06:42,580 --> 01:06:43,560
 I look at the strength of schedule.

1047
01:06:43,800 --> 01:06:46,700
 Baker has one of the best strength of schedule I've been called State this year.

1048
01:06:47,280 --> 01:06:49,420
 They're strength of schedule a 6-30 Wimbledon finish.

1049
01:06:50,380 --> 01:06:52,720
 They've played, I think, two teams under $500 all season.

1050
01:06:53,440 --> 01:06:54,100
 And it was Robert Estelle.

1051
01:06:54,200 --> 01:06:56,000
 Robert Estelle and Foley have both at 4-6.

1052
01:06:56,300 --> 01:06:57,860
 All of Ryan have a third win, 3-7.

1053
01:06:58,400 --> 01:07:02,080
 But since then, it's full of nine winning teams, seven winning teams, eight winning teams.

1054
01:07:02,700 --> 01:07:10,700
 Their strength of record is 585 in percentage, only comparable to the most of the shows in nine games, and Martin's Hill in 10 games locally.

1055
01:07:11,700 --> 01:07:14,920
 For some of the tough games, Florence, I'll say the black part out loud for the state.

1056
01:07:15,400 --> 01:07:19,080
 It's a tiebreaker, but there's too much confusion every year with this, because it's all sports.

1057
01:07:19,080 --> 01:07:20,680
 It's basketball, baseball, softball, football.

1058
01:07:22,060 --> 01:07:24,960
 If the state put out a little excitement, they'll have a lot too every week.

1059
01:07:25,100 --> 01:07:27,380
 They'll say, hey, this is the scenario, this is the first playoff.

1060
01:07:27,520 --> 01:07:29,100
 But they don't, and that's the sad part too.

1061
01:07:29,260 --> 01:07:32,760
 We had to figure out our own as media and coaches.

1062
01:07:33,380 --> 01:07:37,460
 But for a part of the tough game, I'm glad it's been the night down there, one of the nights at least.

1063
01:07:37,900 --> 01:07:42,040
 I take a long drive for one day, much less two days for a playoff game.

1064
01:07:42,920 --> 01:07:48,240
 I think already today, it's like the third longest trip they could take possibly, with like Foley, Orange Beach,

1065
01:07:48,580 --> 01:07:53,660
 and I think one more down there, but it's like minutes apart from being the longest one that could take possibly.

1066
01:07:53,840 --> 01:07:58,120
 I mean, you've got to think, you can go to the beach every year, and it's an all-day trip down to the beach,

1067
01:07:58,240 --> 01:08:00,680
 down to 65 or in the state line of Mississippi.

1068
01:08:01,840 --> 01:08:05,220
 It's certainly from Florence here, but it's not for a weekend, it's for a day.

1069
01:08:07,300 --> 01:08:08,360
 Well put, Zach.

1070
01:08:08,680 --> 01:08:10,440
 Zach Patterson, show sports report.

1071
01:08:10,620 --> 01:08:12,460
 It's basically a lot of teams.

1072
01:08:12,640 --> 01:08:16,200
 It's Northwest Alabama versus Northeast Alabama.

1073
01:08:16,800 --> 01:08:21,440
 You've got Brooks at Plainview, Lauderdale County at five, Rogers at Geraldine.

1074
01:08:21,500 --> 01:08:24,100
 Let's start with Brooks at Plainview.

1075
01:08:24,180 --> 01:08:25,220
 What do you see there, Zach?

1076
01:08:26,220 --> 01:08:31,860
 I've heard that Brooks matches up well at Plainview, and they have a chance, what other people think, probably.

1077
01:08:32,980 --> 01:08:37,020
 Brooks has a better schedule, but a worse record on this game.

1078
01:08:37,460 --> 01:08:38,460
 But Plainview is 10-0.

1079
01:08:38,680 --> 01:08:42,700
 They've played that region with Madison County, North Jackson, Madocad, and Ransom.

1080
01:08:43,700 --> 01:08:45,480
 So, very tough region for them as well.

1081
01:08:46,420 --> 01:08:50,660
 And that's just played with lots of West Morgan, Dutch, Lauderdale, Hatton, Lauderdale County all year.

1082
01:08:51,920 --> 01:08:54,880
 Two alien-matched teams, two passionate fan bases.

1083
01:08:55,060 --> 01:08:57,140
 Also, it should be a packed house over Plainview.

1084
01:08:58,580 --> 01:09:01,100
 The other one we mentioned, Lauderdale County at five.

1085
01:09:01,220 --> 01:09:03,220
 We know about their legacy.

1086
01:09:03,800 --> 01:09:05,140
 Always a fun matchup.

1087
01:09:05,140 --> 01:09:09,140
 Lauderdale County's got their own, but this is a long road trip also for Lauderdale County.

1088
01:09:09,220 --> 01:09:12,260
 Your thoughts about a perennial powerhouse in five?

1089
01:09:13,300 --> 01:09:14,520
 Yeah, this is an interesting game.

1090
01:09:14,680 --> 01:09:19,420
 The last playoff loss in the first round for both teams, Lauderdale County's not lost in the first round games in 2020.

1091
01:09:20,160 --> 01:09:23,120
 So, Hattie and Fyfe not lost in the first round games in 2010.

1092
01:09:23,860 --> 01:09:26,800
 So, the streak will end at five regardless.

1093
01:09:27,220 --> 01:09:30,660
 And it's two of the better programs across the state, all scores in 3-8.

1094
01:09:31,860 --> 01:09:33,320
 And it's going to be a really interesting game out there.

1095
01:09:34,060 --> 01:09:36,220
 It's a long road trip, but Fyfe's going to run the ball.

1096
01:09:36,320 --> 01:09:37,420
 Lauderdale County's going to run the ball.

1097
01:09:37,860 --> 01:09:39,620
 This game's going to be over by nine o'clock.

1098
01:09:39,760 --> 01:09:41,820
 If they weren't beat, they both run at 7-0-X.

1099
01:09:42,900 --> 01:09:46,860
 And also, two good head coaches, and Coach Bennettfield, and Coach Mason, Florida County.

1100
01:09:47,860 --> 01:09:48,540
 It's going to be a fun game.

1101
01:09:49,500 --> 01:09:52,120
 The other one you mentioned, Rodgers on the road to Geraldine.

1102
01:09:52,120 --> 01:09:59,120
 While we're on that roll to northeast Alabama, let's talk about the Pirates' long voyage to northeast Alabama.

1103
01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:06,040
 Yeah, ironically enough, Florida County, Brooks, and Rodgers are all playing schools on the same road, basically, in a sense.

1104
01:10:06,140 --> 01:10:06,780
 Thank you.

1105
01:10:08,380 --> 01:10:12,460
 Highway 75, it's like one, two, three up the road.

1106
01:10:12,520 --> 01:10:12,660
 Yep.

1107
01:10:13,360 --> 01:10:16,500
 And the three-ironic lands happen because they're all the hosts over here.

1108
01:10:16,740 --> 01:10:18,580
 But for Rodgers, it's a very tough game.

1109
01:10:18,780 --> 01:10:20,040
 Rodgers kind of stuck in the playoffs.

1110
01:10:20,320 --> 01:10:21,660
 They could have been in three seed going five.

1111
01:10:21,780 --> 01:10:22,740
 They could have been in two seed.

1112
01:10:23,340 --> 01:10:28,380
 Hosting Collinville by the tip of the ball and the spot situation.

1113
01:10:29,000 --> 01:10:30,480
 But for Rodgers, it's a very tough game.

1114
01:10:30,660 --> 01:10:31,780
 I think Rodgers, Geraldine.

1115
01:10:32,000 --> 01:10:33,360
 I think Geraldine wins this one.

1116
01:10:33,500 --> 01:10:38,520
 And as I look forward to Mars Hill for round three, possibly at Mars Hill in a couple weeks.

1117
01:10:39,880 --> 01:10:47,140
 North Jackson and Dastler, 7-3 for the Chiefs, 9-1 for the Tigers.

1118
01:10:48,960 --> 01:10:53,980
 Dastler is at 7-1 in the last eight games against North Jackson.

1119
01:10:54,520 --> 01:10:59,560
 North Jackson, Plainview, and Madison Academy had some interesting games this year.

1120
01:11:00,100 --> 01:11:06,160
 North Jackson's got a running back by the name of Nick Price, Jr., who's their biggest offensive weapon.

1121
01:11:06,320 --> 01:11:10,160
 2,100 yards, 23 touchdowns.

1122
01:11:11,200 --> 01:11:16,020
 Obviously, Patrick Malone has got his defense going to zero in on him.

1123
01:11:16,120 --> 01:11:17,700
 They've got some other good players, too.

1124
01:11:17,700 --> 01:11:20,040
 Dastler lost last week, Wes Morgan.

1125
01:11:20,900 --> 01:11:25,520
 And we've been looking forward to that game and talking with you about it for months.

1126
01:11:25,660 --> 01:11:28,700
 Kendrick Gunn, the running back for Dastler.

1127
01:11:28,800 --> 01:11:30,980
 Bryson Williams, very good.

1128
01:11:31,280 --> 01:11:33,760
 Garrett Reed, three-sport athlete.

1129
01:11:34,520 --> 01:11:37,440
 Very interesting game tonight in Tuscumbia.

1130
01:11:37,780 --> 01:11:39,200
 Tomorrow night, I'm sorry.

1131
01:11:39,680 --> 01:11:41,360
 North Jackson and Dastler.

1132
01:11:42,260 --> 01:11:43,460
 Yeah, this is a very interesting game.

1133
01:11:43,600 --> 01:11:49,280
 I'll tell you, North Jackson, Plainview, and Madison Academy lost both of those games for about 5-12 points.

1134
01:11:49,520 --> 01:11:49,960
 It's about to be back to back.

1135
01:11:50,740 --> 01:11:54,400
 So, they could easily be the one-seed, two-seed hosting tonight, but they're not.

1136
01:11:54,580 --> 01:11:55,680
 And there's three-seed coming to Dastler.

1137
01:11:56,460 --> 01:11:59,160
 I think that BK in this game is going to be not any of the players.

1138
01:11:59,340 --> 01:12:00,680
 It's going to be the possible weather impact.

1139
01:12:01,360 --> 01:12:01,580
 Yeah.

1140
01:12:01,680 --> 01:12:02,680
 I hope the weather is off.

1141
01:12:02,780 --> 01:12:05,080
 If it does delay it, how long does it get delayed?

1142
01:12:05,900 --> 01:12:09,280
 And if it gets delayed, North Jackson's got on a bus about 12 o'clock.

1143
01:12:09,380 --> 01:12:11,300
 It's getting on a bus about 12 o'clock tomorrow coming over here.

1144
01:12:11,680 --> 01:12:14,160
 Where Dastler's got to sit around all day over here.

1145
01:12:14,700 --> 01:12:14,920
 Yeah.

1146
01:12:15,500 --> 01:12:15,740
 All right.

1147
01:12:15,740 --> 01:12:17,080
 And I trust the situation.

1148
01:12:18,840 --> 01:12:21,660
 They've played five times in the playoffs, I think.

1149
01:12:22,740 --> 01:12:23,920
 And Dastler's won all but one.

1150
01:12:25,000 --> 01:12:26,660
 They've played the clock in the regular season.

1151
01:12:27,400 --> 01:12:29,960
 And it's a very interesting game.

1152
01:12:30,040 --> 01:12:31,440
 Two powerhouse programs.

1153
01:12:32,720 --> 01:12:37,480
 There's ways to be a good matchup this week with teams that could play around two or three most years.

1154
01:12:37,700 --> 01:12:41,840
 But because of teams that are down this year or whatever, it's in round one and the way the draws work.

1155
01:12:43,000 --> 01:12:47,240
 So this first round is a very interesting first round for the Shoals area as a whole.

1156
01:12:47,940 --> 01:12:48,920
 And you're going to find out who.

1157
01:12:49,000 --> 01:12:50,620
 That's for real this week.

1158
01:12:51,120 --> 01:12:51,800
 No pun intended.

1159
01:12:51,800 --> 01:12:57,820
 But whoever wins could have an easier road next week going to either Oxford or the Jackson area.

1160
01:12:58,520 --> 01:12:59,740
 Yeah, you're right.

1161
01:13:00,180 --> 01:13:04,440
 Whitesburg Christian, 5-5, Ed Morris Hill, 10-0.

1162
01:13:04,500 --> 01:13:10,120
 It's not going to take a football rocket scientist to figure out who's going to probably win this game.

1163
01:13:10,820 --> 01:13:13,240
 We have a lot of respect for Jerry Adcock.

1164
01:13:13,240 --> 01:13:17,320
 He did a tremendous job for over 20 years at Decatur.

1165
01:13:17,900 --> 01:13:22,580
 Now it's taking over that Whitesburg Christian program, a fledgling program.

1166
01:13:22,780 --> 01:13:24,920
 He is bringing them along slowly.

1167
01:13:25,620 --> 01:13:27,420
 Boy, what a first-round matchup.

1168
01:13:27,960 --> 01:13:31,620
 And you saw Morris Hill against Madison Academy the first game of the year.

1169
01:13:31,680 --> 01:13:37,580
 I saw Morris Hill beat Jeff Mason in Lauderdale County earlier this year.

1170
01:13:37,580 --> 01:13:44,660
 Hudson Higgins, Jackson Penn now have ran for a combined 2,400 yards.

1171
01:13:45,260 --> 01:13:47,500
 Isaiah Owens and all these other guys.

1172
01:13:47,620 --> 01:13:48,580
 Weapons everywhere.

1173
01:13:49,340 --> 01:13:57,620
 I certainly wish Jerry a lot of luck in putting the Whitesburg Christian program tonight.

1174
01:13:58,080 --> 01:14:01,640
 But it's going to be a tough night for him at Morris Hill.

1175
01:14:02,480 --> 01:14:04,940
 Yeah, Whitesburg started their football program in 2020, I think.

1176
01:14:05,060 --> 01:14:06,040
 So two of the younger programs.

1177
01:14:07,500 --> 01:14:10,300
 But for the more still, the question is going to be, how much do you score tonight?

1178
01:14:10,420 --> 01:14:14,240
 Do you score over 41, your season later for now, or do you score under 41?

1179
01:14:15,440 --> 01:14:20,300
 And you guys are running back on Jackson Penn, Hudson Diggins, they're a most committed to play FBS football.

1180
01:14:20,920 --> 01:14:22,320
 It's a very tough team to beat.

1181
01:14:22,960 --> 01:14:25,400
 And lastly, the Scottsboro, they've got to face a university.

1182
01:14:25,560 --> 01:14:29,020
 They haven't faced all year with weather, with a wet field.

1183
01:14:29,400 --> 01:14:34,940
 And if you saw the highlights, you'd just say the white dirties were full of grass stains, the paint of things from the Scottsboro field.

1184
01:14:35,960 --> 01:14:38,700
 One of those teams also sprinting to record the schedule.

1185
01:14:38,900 --> 01:14:47,500
 Marty Field, a 520 sprinting to schedule and sprinting to record compared to Lardot County and Rogers, who are a little bit less than the schedule.

1186
01:14:47,500 --> 01:14:57,620
 But Marty Field went out non-regents, thousand sales, played Madagascar, 8-2, Russell, 6-4, Scottsboro, 6-4, all playoff teams, all hosting first-round playoff games also.

1187
01:14:58,780 --> 01:15:01,140
 So very good schedule for Marty Field.

1188
01:15:02,140 --> 01:15:04,160
 And they win tonight, they've got to 4-8 next year.

1189
01:15:04,280 --> 01:15:12,160
 So that'll be next year when they're up there, Deschler, Brooks, West Morgan, whoever stays and comes up and down from 4-8.

1190
01:15:12,600 --> 01:15:15,140
 But they get to 4-8, it's going to be really fun next year to watch, I'll do it.

1191
01:15:16,340 --> 01:15:18,120
 Zach Paner, Show Sports Report.

1192
01:15:18,480 --> 01:15:24,540
 Zach, let's talk a little bit about, we talked about teams from here going over there to northeast Alabama.

1193
01:15:25,100 --> 01:15:27,240
 Let's face it, the road goes both ways.

1194
01:15:27,580 --> 01:15:34,260
 North Sand Mount, which basically is a good two-iron from the Georgia state line to Lexington, which is right on the Tennessee line.

1195
01:15:34,740 --> 01:15:43,940
 And then you've got Sand Rock, and it may even be just a wedge into Georgia there, to Red Bay, which is knocking on Mississippi's door.

1196
01:15:43,940 --> 01:15:49,200
 Your thoughts about two interesting match-ups where travel, I would assume, would come into play.

1197
01:15:49,280 --> 01:15:52,900
 North Sand Mountain at Lexington and Sand Rock at Red Bay.

1198
01:15:53,560 --> 01:15:56,960
 Yeah, there's one of these games I told somebody, it's like you looking at it on a map.

1199
01:15:57,080 --> 01:15:58,420
 And look where Cherokee is over here.

1200
01:15:59,120 --> 01:16:02,580
 If you mirror that on the other side of the state, that's about where the schools are coming over there here.

1201
01:16:03,220 --> 01:16:03,620
 Exactly.

1202
01:16:04,520 --> 01:16:07,640
 But, yeah, that Red Bay is standing on the game.

1203
01:16:07,760 --> 01:16:09,060
 That's a big mismatch, I think, as well.

1204
01:16:09,740 --> 01:16:10,720
 Standing on the four seed.

1205
01:16:10,980 --> 01:16:12,360
 But I'll move on to Lexington real quick.

1206
01:16:12,860 --> 01:16:15,320
 This game might be the game of the night, basically, in the Scholes area.

1207
01:16:15,780 --> 01:16:16,340
 I agree.

1208
01:16:17,940 --> 01:16:19,640
 Both teams average 40 points a game.

1209
01:16:19,820 --> 01:16:20,740
 Lexington right at 40.

1210
01:16:20,900 --> 01:16:22,540
 North Sand Mountain, 42-3 a game.

1211
01:16:23,360 --> 01:16:25,020
 Both defense are really good as well.

1212
01:16:25,520 --> 01:16:27,460
 North Sand Mountain, 13.4 points a game.

1213
01:16:27,620 --> 01:16:29,200
 Lexington is 20 points a game allowed.

1214
01:16:29,200 --> 01:16:38,800
 Now, on North Sand Mountain, their defense had either allowed seven or less in the first eight games, seven games of the season.

1215
01:16:39,220 --> 01:16:40,680
 Until they played a bunch of value in Pittsburgh.

1216
01:16:41,000 --> 01:16:42,280
 Two points at 42 on them.

1217
01:16:43,420 --> 01:16:46,080
 But North Sand Mountain, their schedule this year is a lot of luck.

1218
01:16:46,160 --> 01:16:48,460
 Three winning teams, two winning teams, one winning teams.

1219
01:16:49,420 --> 01:16:50,940
 Until the end of the season, they played a bunch of guys in Pittsburgh.

1220
01:16:51,720 --> 01:16:52,980
 And they got dropped.

1221
01:16:53,560 --> 01:16:55,540
 Lexington, however, went to play Lardot County.

1222
01:16:55,540 --> 01:16:56,540
 Could have won that game.

1223
01:16:56,680 --> 01:16:57,380
 Five turnovers.

1224
01:16:58,100 --> 01:16:59,040
 I think five interceptions.

1225
01:16:59,480 --> 01:17:00,320
 And was down by seven.

1226
01:17:00,600 --> 01:17:02,500
 With four minutes to go, had a chance to go tie that game.

1227
01:17:03,040 --> 01:17:04,280
 Lost the red bay by double digits.

1228
01:17:04,560 --> 01:17:06,520
 Had a lead at half-term, I think, in that game.

1229
01:17:07,000 --> 01:17:11,800
 And played Brooks, who, that Brooks game, drove their defensive average up this year.

1230
01:17:12,640 --> 01:17:19,700
 Outside of that game, they're allowing 20 points a game right at 20, 18, 26, 28, and all that.

1231
01:17:20,780 --> 01:17:22,580
 It's going to be a very interesting game tonight in Lexington.

1232
01:17:23,260 --> 01:17:24,340
 I'll be there here at Lexington.

1233
01:17:25,080 --> 01:17:26,920
 It's going to be a really fun game, I think, as well.

1234
01:17:28,100 --> 01:17:35,160
 And they've played four times in the playoffs before, or four times before in the history, all since 2016.

1235
01:17:35,820 --> 01:17:38,020
 Lexington, a 3-1 against Northside Mount.

1236
01:17:39,800 --> 01:17:41,740
 Go ahead with Red Bay.

1237
01:17:43,100 --> 01:17:49,320
 Yeah, Red Bay, Sandrock, they played about 40 years ago in the playoffs when Red Bay was 13-1 to the second round.

1238
01:17:50,120 --> 01:17:54,460
 But for Coach Jeffries, Coach Tyler Jeffries, actually, it's going to be a really fun game also.

1239
01:17:54,680 --> 01:17:56,580
 Coach Dale Jeffries is that, that's 17.

1240
01:17:57,160 --> 01:18:07,400
 And for Red Bay, it's supposed to be a do what you did all year and put up points, go win, and get on to Southern Southeastern next week, whoever wins that game.

1241
01:18:08,520 --> 01:18:11,600
 Sandrock 3-7, that's the same reason that has been on that mountain.

1242
01:18:12,240 --> 01:18:14,120
 But for Sandrock, they're allowing 40 points a game.

1243
01:18:14,380 --> 01:18:16,360
 Red Bay is scoring 40 points a game.

1244
01:18:17,080 --> 01:18:19,600
 Sandrock scores 22 a game.

1245
01:18:19,840 --> 01:18:21,440
 Red Bay allows, it's not in a game.

1246
01:18:21,860 --> 01:18:23,840
 But the numbers are playing right in each other.

1247
01:18:24,720 --> 01:18:26,160
 And it's one of those games.

1248
01:18:26,340 --> 01:18:29,720
 Sandrock's not won our first round game since 2017 with Mark Hill.

1249
01:18:30,880 --> 01:18:33,960
 And Red Bay has not won our first round game since 2020 with Winston County.

1250
01:18:35,820 --> 01:18:40,720
 Let me ask you about Collinsville 8-2 and Conbert County 7-3.

1251
01:18:40,860 --> 01:18:46,380
 Conbert County may be one of the pleasant surprises in the shows this season.

1252
01:18:46,500 --> 01:18:47,980
 I've seen them with two games.

1253
01:18:48,160 --> 01:18:54,900
 I watched them play Sheffield a couple weeks ago, and unfortunately, that game got away from Sheffield.

1254
01:18:54,900 --> 01:19:00,160
 Well, in fact, Lauderdale County led, believe it or not, 60-7 at halftime.

1255
01:19:01,620 --> 01:19:07,020
 Big tradition at Conbert County, Oscar Bonds has come in, done a good job.

1256
01:19:07,240 --> 01:19:11,200
 Money Horton, they've got some interesting names for their backs.

1257
01:19:11,320 --> 01:19:16,260
 Money Horton and Sir Miller, they both combined for about 1,300 yards.

1258
01:19:16,260 --> 01:19:20,140
 Sean Blevins has had a very good year, too.

1259
01:19:20,760 --> 01:19:25,780
 A very interesting game tonight at Conbert County, who has not lost a first round.

1260
01:19:26,080 --> 01:19:30,920
 I think the last time they lost a first round home game was 1998.

1261
01:19:31,840 --> 01:19:33,460
 Collinsville and Conbert County.

1262
01:19:34,560 --> 01:19:36,940
 Yeah, I'm looking at how it's fine right now about the last home loss.

1263
01:19:37,060 --> 01:19:37,820
 Yeah, it was like the 98.

1264
01:19:38,640 --> 01:19:40,720
 But, yeah, this game might break the scoreboard down late.

1265
01:19:41,440 --> 01:19:44,420
 Tomorrow night, both teams score 40 points a game.

1266
01:19:44,580 --> 01:19:46,800
 Both teams score 20 points a game.

1267
01:19:47,800 --> 01:19:49,380
 This game's going to be over 10, 30, or 11.

1268
01:19:49,500 --> 01:19:54,660
 Both teams have scored 50, 60 multiple times.

1269
01:19:55,560 --> 01:19:58,440
 Conbert County has scored no less than 60 in their last three games.

1270
01:19:59,200 --> 01:20:04,880
 Since that death row loss, they scored 32, 52, 72, and 60 against Conbert Heights,

1271
01:20:05,000 --> 01:20:06,120
 Clemens, Elmont, Sheffield.

1272
01:20:07,120 --> 01:20:11,460
 Collinsville has not scored less than 28, except by Geraldine, he got beat.

1273
01:20:12,000 --> 01:20:15,520
 Right in a 48 win streak, scoring 28, 52, 45, 49.

1274
01:20:16,240 --> 01:20:19,020
 Conbert County has had their best offensive season in school history.

1275
01:20:19,020 --> 01:20:22,760
 If there's 10 games this season, I think it's 400 points.

1276
01:20:23,720 --> 01:20:27,800
 406 points is their most points scored through 10-game season in school history,

1277
01:20:28,140 --> 01:20:31,700
 which is very impressive with that school and their history of football out there.

1278
01:20:32,780 --> 01:20:34,480
 But this game, a streak will end.

1279
01:20:34,480 --> 01:20:45,140
 And Conbert County has not won a playoff game since 2022, lost two straight playoff games to Winfield, ironically, both years, in 2023 and 2024.

1280
01:20:46,520 --> 01:20:52,920
 And Collinsville has not won a first-round playoff game since 2019 against Conbert County, but at Collinsville, ironically.

1281
01:20:54,840 --> 01:20:55,480
 Great stuff.

1282
01:20:55,480 --> 01:21:04,040
 Should be a fun night with so many games moving from Friday to Thursday, and I'll try to go over those before the end of the show.

1283
01:21:04,760 --> 01:21:07,600
 I know you can enjoy the trip to Lexington.

1284
01:21:08,560 --> 01:21:13,540
 Follow you as far as pregame, as far as previewing the games.

1285
01:21:14,020 --> 01:21:19,860
 After the game, you will have the round two scheduled just as soon as all the games are over with.

1286
01:21:20,140 --> 01:21:21,320
 Where can we get online?

1287
01:21:21,540 --> 01:21:23,140
 Follow you and get all the good stuff.

1288
01:21:24,080 --> 01:21:26,020
 On Facebook, Shola Sports Report.

1289
01:21:26,480 --> 01:21:31,580
 And on Twitter, at lowercase, S-H-O-A-L-S-T-O-R-T-S.

1290
01:21:32,280 --> 01:21:34,880
 And tonight, we'll have recaps of all the games around 11 o'clock.

1291
01:21:35,900 --> 01:21:37,640
 And that's a video recap, actually.

1292
01:21:38,400 --> 01:21:42,500
 And tomorrow, we'll have a graphic for the particular matchup and all the types of stuff.

1293
01:21:42,560 --> 01:21:46,380
 We'll have home-away destinations, whoever's traveling next week, whoever's home next week.

1294
01:21:46,980 --> 01:21:48,220
 Should be a fun weekend as well.

1295
01:21:49,520 --> 01:21:51,640
 Pack the rain gear for tomorrow night.

1296
01:21:51,760 --> 01:21:54,300
 In the meantime, Zach, thanks so much for your time today, buddy.

1297
01:21:55,160 --> 01:21:55,560
 Thank you.

1298
01:21:56,240 --> 01:21:56,780
 Thank you, bud.

1299
01:21:56,800 --> 01:21:57,780
 Pack the rain gear for the show, Sports Report.

1300
01:21:57,920 --> 01:22:04,660
 BB, quickly, we would be remiss if we did not mention the passing of truly, I mean truly, a legend.

1301
01:22:04,820 --> 01:22:06,400
 And that's Jackie first.

1302
01:22:06,580 --> 01:22:09,840
 And we lost to Jackie over the last week or so.

1303
01:22:10,820 --> 01:22:12,240
 You talk about a legend.

1304
01:22:12,360 --> 01:22:15,160
 I had the pleasure of working with him over the years at different stops.

1305
01:22:15,600 --> 01:22:18,120
 He started actually, now this is not a UNA guy.

1306
01:22:18,120 --> 01:22:20,980
 This was a Florence State guy, okay?

1307
01:22:21,700 --> 01:22:24,960
 His first job was at Muscle Shoes, I think, junior high out there.

1308
01:22:25,340 --> 01:22:32,500
 At a number of stops, he went on and coached at West Morgan, Athens High, Brooks High School as well.

1309
01:22:32,920 --> 01:22:34,940
 Of course, he made his mark there at Hazelwood.

1310
01:22:35,040 --> 01:22:38,300
 All those state championship teams back in the day with the good boys.

1311
01:22:38,480 --> 01:22:41,200
 And, of course, Tarrant Lynch and all those guys.

1312
01:22:41,520 --> 01:22:44,260
 Antonio Langham and all those guys.

1313
01:22:44,260 --> 01:22:49,780
 But the passing of truly a legend in the coaching ranks over the past few days, BB.

1314
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 Yeah, I saw it on Facebook, Harold, and so many people messaging, saying quite a great coach.

1315
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 They saw all of his games.

1316
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 Their streak at Hazelwood is one of the greatest in the history of high school football.

1317
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 You covered a lot of their games.

1318
01:23:08,740 --> 01:23:10,260
 We joke about this sometimes.

1319
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 I remember you interviewed some of the players, and you asked them about that night's game.

1320
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 And they literally said, look, we really don't know who.

1321
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 We don't care.

1322
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 We just go out on the field and play because we know we're going to win.

1323
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 Well, what was also amazing about it during that streak, you go out and do a story, and you look up at the scoreboard, and it says, you know, mostly schools, if you ever win a state championship, there's one little sign out somewhere on the fence.

1324
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 They had this year, this year, this year, this year.

1325
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 And I looked up at Coach.

1326
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 I said, Jackie, what about the last few?

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 He says, we ran out of room, and then we'll give us a new scoreboard.

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 I don't get that at all.

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 Coming up, a quiet week over the past weekend, but I don't think that's going to be the case this weekend in Tide Town.

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 And for the pride of Tuscaloosa to take time out of his busy schedule and join out of the huddle here in North Alabama, Ryan Fowler drives you home every afternoon as the host of the game on Tide 109 FM in T-Town.

1420
01:29:25,540 --> 01:29:26,400
 Ryan, welcome in.

1421
01:29:26,480 --> 01:29:27,240
 How are you?

1422
01:29:28,000 --> 01:29:28,560
 Doing good.

1423
01:29:28,700 --> 01:29:29,320
 Doing good.

1424
01:29:29,580 --> 01:29:32,200
 It's, you know, it's been one of those weeks.

1425
01:29:33,200 --> 01:29:40,120
 We lost a big community member down here that was a gigantic supporter of the University of Alabama.

1426
01:29:40,120 --> 01:29:48,820
 And, you know, if you were doing top five booster in Tuscaloosa, our good friend Brian Harden passing away unexpectedly.

1427
01:29:49,280 --> 01:29:53,300
 So it will be a funeral later today.

1428
01:29:53,480 --> 01:29:57,260
 And, you know, you'll have – that's one of Coach Saban's buddies.

1429
01:29:57,560 --> 01:29:58,520
 That's one of his buddies.

1430
01:29:59,720 --> 01:30:02,440
 I expect that – I know Kirby Smart.

1431
01:30:04,840 --> 01:30:05,600
 Nate Oates.

1432
01:30:05,740 --> 01:30:11,900
 I mean, you'll have a lot of people coming in to Tuscaloosa to honor this guy that was so good to the University of Alabama.

1433
01:30:12,260 --> 01:30:14,100
 You know, because, you know, we think about Alabama.

1434
01:30:14,240 --> 01:30:15,540
 We think about financially.

1435
01:30:16,320 --> 01:30:29,680
 You know, one of the reasons they're able to put that product on the field is because people like Brian Harden that give money to the University to be able to, you know, build facilities and tickets and all these different things.

1436
01:30:30,160 --> 01:30:32,860
 And, you know, you try to honor the legacy of those.

1437
01:30:33,040 --> 01:30:35,700
 And that's what we'll try to do in the next couple of days.

1438
01:30:36,400 --> 01:30:40,800
 The thing is, Ryan, it also shows just how brief this little journey called life is.

1439
01:30:41,040 --> 01:30:43,740
 You've got to learn to stop and smell the roses along the way.

1440
01:30:43,840 --> 01:30:45,620
 It sounds like you had a very fulfilling life.

1441
01:30:46,320 --> 01:30:52,080
 But also, at the same time, another guy who made his mark in Tuscaloosa finding out about the news of Woodrow Lowe.

1442
01:30:52,540 --> 01:31:01,240
 You're talking about a trailblazer, one of the early African-Americans to cut a trail under Coach Paul Bear Bryant, came on in 72 and never looked back.

1443
01:31:01,360 --> 01:31:08,720
 One of only people to be a three-time All-American, a guy by the name of Cornelius Bennett, a.k.a. Biscuit, the other.

1444
01:31:09,380 --> 01:31:11,160
 And Woodrow passing away at 71.

1445
01:31:11,420 --> 01:31:15,140
 So, not exactly a good week for the Alabama family, Ryan.

1446
01:31:15,960 --> 01:31:16,980
 No, it's not.

1447
01:31:17,240 --> 01:31:19,960
 And, you know, we lost Leroy Jordan a few months ago.

1448
01:31:21,200 --> 01:31:23,320
 I mean, it just, you know, Bill Oliver.

1449
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 I mean, think about Bill Oliver passing away right before the season got started.

1450
01:31:28,340 --> 01:31:35,580
 I mean, so it's been a, you know, I told a friend of mine, and I was super, super close to Brian.

1451
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 Brian and I, we'd hunt together and, you know, did all kind of stuff of just, you know, over the course of time.

1452
01:31:41,600 --> 01:31:44,980
 And I got to think, and I said, you know, is this just a byproduct of getting older?

1453
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 You know what I mean?

1454
01:31:45,820 --> 01:31:50,980
 I mean, is it just a byproduct of getting older that you start to lose your buddies?

1455
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 Because, you know, as you do travel up, I guess you know more people, right?

1456
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 Because this thing we call life, you build friendships, you build relationships, you continue to get to know people.

1457
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 And so I guess maybe your circle of friends becomes larger.

1458
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 And so maybe that's part of it.

1459
01:32:09,920 --> 01:32:12,340
 But it's just, you know, you're more connected.

1460
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 But, I mean, think about Woodrow Lowe, a three-time All-American at the University of Alabama.

1461
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 And, wow.

1462
01:32:18,780 --> 01:32:20,460
 I mean, what a – you guys know that.

1463
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 I was born in 78, but it don't take much reading to understand the impact that he was able to make at the University of Alabama.

1464
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 I guarantee nobody appreciate it more than Coach Paul Bear Bryant.

1465
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 He helped build that dynasty there in the 70s.

1466
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 I'm now depressed, right?

1467
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 My goodness gracious.

1468
01:32:35,740 --> 01:32:37,680
 So let's talk a little touch-off here.

1469
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 Your thoughts.

1470
01:32:38,760 --> 01:32:39,440
 Let me ask you this.

1471
01:32:39,500 --> 01:32:41,340
 Have Alabama fans changed their tune?

1472
01:32:41,400 --> 01:32:47,120
 Speaking of down and out, have they changed their tune about this guy named DeBoer since the first game of the season?

1473
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 Oh, yeah.

1474
01:32:49,040 --> 01:32:49,620
 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1475
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 They have.

1476
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 They have.

1477
01:32:50,900 --> 01:32:51,860
 And rightfully so.

1478
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 I mean, you think about it.

1479
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 I mean, think about this little roller coaster that kind of got started.

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 And now here he is, number four in the country.

1481
01:33:00,600 --> 01:33:03,480
 Got a chance to, you know, go win an SEC title.

1482
01:33:03,660 --> 01:33:07,800
 But, listen, nothing – it's only going to get harder.

1483
01:33:08,200 --> 01:33:09,080
 It's not going to get easier.

1484
01:33:09,740 --> 01:33:11,340
 This is only going to get harder.

1485
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 This is one of those things that, you know, when you really look at it and you really think about it,

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 it's only going to get harder because everybody now is going to try to take you off that perch.

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 I mean, you're on that perch, and here we are.

1488
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 I mean, that's the big thing when you look at this game and you look at any game from here on.

1489
01:33:32,340 --> 01:33:34,400
 I mean, listen, and I get it.

1490
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 You know, Auburn looks at Alabama as their Super Bowl.

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 That game will be tough.

1492
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 It always is.

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 I mean, I don't care if Auburn loses, you know, to Vanderbilt and Mercer.

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 They'll play their best football game against Alabama because, you know, it is their Super Bowl.

1495
01:33:50,280 --> 01:33:51,120
 And rightfully so.

1496
01:33:51,320 --> 01:33:55,360
 You know, when you've got a big brother in the state and you look up to them, you want to take them down.

1497
01:33:55,760 --> 01:33:58,460
 And it would – you know, who knows at that point.

1498
01:33:58,520 --> 01:34:02,500
 They may be fighting for a chance to go to a bowl game, you know, if they're able to win a couple of games.

1499
01:34:03,660 --> 01:34:08,040
 Ryan, I really think this bye we came in at a very good time.

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01:34:08,640 --> 01:34:10,400
 They're going to get back two receivers.

1501
01:34:10,640 --> 01:34:14,120
 Isaiah Horton, who was injured in the first quarter against South Carolina.

1502
01:34:14,280 --> 01:34:14,700
 Lots there.

1503
01:34:14,760 --> 01:34:16,900
 Brooks did not play.

1504
01:34:17,380 --> 01:34:20,220
 And Brooks, to me, is really developing.

1505
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 He's got an incredible future.

1506
01:34:23,560 --> 01:34:28,940
 Vandermark, from what we hear, probably is much healthier than he's been in weeks.

1507
01:34:29,600 --> 01:34:32,800
 Danny Lewis is still a little bit questionable or doubtful.

1508
01:34:32,880 --> 01:34:34,420
 We'll see what happens there.

1509
01:34:34,960 --> 01:34:42,100
 Quay Russo coming back from, according to the assistant of the coordinators, will be back sooner than later.

1510
01:34:42,100 --> 01:34:49,560
 And, quite frankly, I think this bye week helped Cam Miller to hopefully completely get over the concussion.

1511
01:34:50,360 --> 01:34:54,420
 And Ty Simpson has taken some shots in the last month.

1512
01:34:54,600 --> 01:34:59,980
 And I think you may see him a little more crisp come Saturday night.

1513
01:35:00,460 --> 01:35:01,940
 Bye week came in a good time.

1514
01:35:02,640 --> 01:35:03,100
 No, it did.

1515
01:35:03,200 --> 01:35:03,560
 It did.

1516
01:35:03,660 --> 01:35:04,880
 I mean, he'd find a way to get healthy.

1517
01:35:05,020 --> 01:35:07,420
 And I think the Salabont football team has been able to do that.

1518
01:35:08,280 --> 01:35:15,740
 And, you know, I think it was, when you look at this, it set it up where, yes, you went through seven games.

1519
01:35:15,860 --> 01:35:17,260
 But it wasn't just seven games.

1520
01:35:17,380 --> 01:35:20,460
 I mean, you went through the majority of those teams were ranked at the top 25.

1521
01:35:20,680 --> 01:35:20,880
 Right.

1522
01:35:21,120 --> 01:35:21,400
 Right.

1523
01:35:21,500 --> 01:35:22,720
 You played some difficult games.

1524
01:35:22,840 --> 01:35:25,180
 Missouri, South Carolina, Georgia on the road.

1525
01:35:26,020 --> 01:35:27,560
 Yes, you got some games at home.

1526
01:35:27,660 --> 01:35:29,320
 But now, you know, you're setting up.

1527
01:35:29,380 --> 01:35:31,460
 But you cannot be lulled to sleep.

1528
01:35:32,100 --> 01:35:32,440
 Nope.

1529
01:35:32,440 --> 01:35:34,320
 You cannot be lulled to sleep.

1530
01:35:34,380 --> 01:35:57,560
 Okay, just because everything's clicking, this college football now, and I don't think you have to look, but just a couple of weekends, and you see, you know, what's happened, this has been one of those that when you step back a little bit and you begin to analyze it, begin to think about it, this is one of those that you step up and you think about, you know, this game here, LSU.

1531
01:35:58,080 --> 01:35:58,480
 Yes.

1532
01:35:59,060 --> 01:36:14,600
 And I also think about it, I think somebody else said this, I'm not even sure who to give credit, but because of the transfer portal, it's not like the players are just going to mail it in and go, well, guys, we lost a coach, we're beat, we're not doing this, we're not doing this, we're out of the playoffs.

1533
01:36:15,120 --> 01:36:18,260
 No, because you're earning money for that next salary.

1534
01:36:19,280 --> 01:36:28,940
 I mean, who else, you know, who's going to ever offer you something, it may be either a chance to go to the NFL or it may be a chance to go to the portal and get a bigger, bigger payday.

1535
01:36:29,800 --> 01:36:42,260
 So players are going to give, now listen, you can't take a magic wand and wave over, you know, the LSU offensive line and automatically make them better.

1536
01:36:42,620 --> 01:36:44,760
 It's just not going to happen.

1537
01:36:45,280 --> 01:36:52,120
 But I think when you look at playing with a different attitude, effort, I think they'll play for Frank Wilson pretty tough.

1538
01:36:52,120 --> 01:37:06,660
 And we had Matt Muscona on yesterday, he thinks that the guy may have a shot to, not like the front runner, but he could be a guy that they consider as a head coaching spot.

1539
01:37:06,780 --> 01:37:09,060
 So, you know, he's going to be coaching his butt off.

1540
01:37:09,500 --> 01:37:12,080
 And that came straight from Matt Muscona, which does it in Baton Rouge.

1541
01:37:12,140 --> 01:37:13,860
 And when he said it, I kind of like, really?

1542
01:37:14,340 --> 01:37:15,500
 I mean, is he really an option?

1543
01:37:15,760 --> 01:37:23,220
 Because he said, you know, if you look at Lane Kiffin, he said, if he's off the board, it's the same thing we've been talking about, quality head coaches.

1544
01:37:23,380 --> 01:37:24,540
 They're not around right now.

1545
01:37:24,680 --> 01:37:28,720
 I mean, you're either going to have to go steal somebodies or you're going to have to develop your own.

1546
01:37:30,220 --> 01:37:35,020
 Or you've got to have somebody who is willing to take that mess down there and try to make it their own.

1547
01:37:35,160 --> 01:37:38,680
 Ryan Fowler, host of the game on Tide 109 in Tuscaloosa.

1548
01:37:38,760 --> 01:37:39,760
 You're exactly right, Ryan.

1549
01:37:39,760 --> 01:37:43,660
 I look at this matchup, and in some ways, this is a coach's nightmare.

1550
01:37:44,420 --> 01:37:49,880
 Because statistically, Alabama has the edge in just about every major area.

1551
01:37:50,020 --> 01:37:51,500
 They've got an interim coach.

1552
01:37:52,000 --> 01:37:53,700
 They're down some coordinators.

1553
01:37:54,120 --> 01:37:56,200
 Translated, don't sit here.

1554
01:37:56,280 --> 01:37:59,920
 And, oh, by the way, you've got Oklahoma and then Auburn after that down the road.

1555
01:38:00,620 --> 01:38:03,920
 From an intangible standpoint, this is a coach's nightmare.

1556
01:38:04,160 --> 01:38:05,300
 Your thoughts about that.

1557
01:38:05,340 --> 01:38:06,080
 And I will say this.

1558
01:38:06,120 --> 01:38:13,360
 One thing that was refreshing that I saw this week, Ty Simpson basically has become, at least from our vantage point,

1559
01:38:13,360 --> 01:38:19,520
 at the alpha male in the room, I won't use his exact language, but he said, don't bring this opportunity away.

1560
01:38:19,520 --> 01:38:28,960
 You've got to have that kind of leadership because at that age, it's easy to say, we're Alabama, they're LSU, they're down, they don't have their boss in town.

1561
01:38:29,080 --> 01:38:33,660
 We're just going to cakewalk through this one and then get busy against Oklahoma and then down the road, Auburn.

1562
01:38:33,720 --> 01:38:35,940
 Your thoughts just about the intangibles coming in.

1563
01:38:36,780 --> 01:38:42,160
 Well, and I think he said it, yeah, he said that word that we can't say on the SEC side of things.

1564
01:38:42,460 --> 01:38:45,580
 But, yeah, and it wasn't like a bad word.

1565
01:38:46,000 --> 01:38:50,500
 You know, most people use it, but I think it's one of the seven words we can't use on the air.

1566
01:38:53,640 --> 01:38:58,320
 That's one of those words that, you know, I may even have to remind my audience you can't say that.

1567
01:38:58,400 --> 01:38:59,480
 They'll be like, what did I say?

1568
01:38:59,900 --> 01:39:01,440
 Well, I can't repeat what you just said.

1569
01:39:01,460 --> 01:39:02,360
 I can't repeat it.

1570
01:39:04,580 --> 01:39:05,300
 Yes, yes.

1571
01:39:05,300 --> 01:39:07,320
 I mean, he was just, he was ticked off.

1572
01:39:07,480 --> 01:39:09,920
 And that other word that you use when you say ticked off.

1573
01:39:10,240 --> 01:39:17,340
 So, anyway, I think when you look at it and you do look at this opportunity,

1574
01:39:18,280 --> 01:39:20,780
 take what Ty Simpson said a couple of weeks ago.

1575
01:39:21,260 --> 01:39:23,060
 It's not about what they do.

1576
01:39:23,460 --> 01:39:24,920
 It's about what we do.

1577
01:39:25,380 --> 01:39:25,820
 You do.

1578
01:39:26,940 --> 01:39:32,600
 Yeah, well, they, them, you know, yeah, he said it's not about what they do.

1579
01:39:32,720 --> 01:39:33,900
 It's about what we do.

1580
01:39:34,000 --> 01:39:34,840
 It's about what we do.

1581
01:39:34,920 --> 01:39:38,340
 It's about what we are able to do, you know, at a level.

1582
01:39:39,180 --> 01:39:45,660
 And I think that's when you, when you look at it, it is, Ty Simpson is no doubt the leader.

1583
01:39:46,300 --> 01:39:51,760
 That's probably the same message that he's given to that team over the last course of, you know,

1584
01:39:51,760 --> 01:39:53,100
 the last couple of days.

1585
01:39:53,580 --> 01:39:58,100
 And even in the bye week, because I know we use this quote week.

1586
01:39:58,980 --> 01:40:02,040
 It was an off week from the game.

1587
01:40:02,560 --> 01:40:08,500
 But preparation, it was still there at a big time, big time, big time level.

1588
01:40:09,240 --> 01:40:12,580
 They got after it and had some really difficult workouts.

1589
01:40:13,220 --> 01:40:15,820
 So, it was a week that they knew they needed to get better.

1590
01:40:15,920 --> 01:40:18,040
 And one of the areas that they need to get better in is running the football.

1591
01:40:18,200 --> 01:40:22,060
 Because if you can get that rushing attack cranked up just a little bit.

1592
01:40:22,820 --> 01:40:23,160
 Yes.

1593
01:40:23,600 --> 01:40:25,540
 There, Kenry, or 225 a game.

1594
01:40:25,880 --> 01:40:29,480
 I'm just talking about getting 175, 155.

1595
01:40:30,220 --> 01:40:33,220
 And then you can add a little bit of deep ball in there.

1596
01:40:33,640 --> 01:40:36,520
 And that play action starts working just a little bit more.

1597
01:40:37,180 --> 01:40:43,520
 Guys, we're talking about the potential of a word that we rarely ever use.

1598
01:40:44,380 --> 01:40:47,900
 We've seen this Alabama offense at times look unstoppable.

1599
01:40:48,620 --> 01:40:54,560
 If they're able to get that rushing attack, I mean, just a little bit like a threat of running the football.

1600
01:40:54,780 --> 01:41:03,120
 And Daniel Hill, remember the last couple of weeks, we've started to kind of see him take advantage of some of those opportunities.

1601
01:41:03,860 --> 01:41:07,280
 Is he that next big time back in Tuscaloosa?

1602
01:41:07,700 --> 01:41:09,360
 And it was never about running the football.

1603
01:41:09,500 --> 01:41:10,600
 It was about the pass protection.

1604
01:41:10,740 --> 01:41:12,260
 We've seen him miss on a few of those.

1605
01:41:12,960 --> 01:41:13,540
 We're going to see.

1606
01:41:14,120 --> 01:41:16,700
 You know, that's one of those that we're going to watch and we're going to see.

1607
01:41:17,620 --> 01:41:22,280
 I'm not sitting here saying Alabama's going to go for 225 against LSU.

1608
01:41:23,320 --> 01:41:26,700
 But, you know, LSU has showed you they can be run upon.

1609
01:41:28,460 --> 01:41:34,440
 Ryan, if they run for 130 a game, it's going to make that passing attack even more lethal.

1610
01:41:35,060 --> 01:41:38,220
 What do you want to see from this team in the next four weeks?

1611
01:41:38,280 --> 01:41:39,740
 You mentioned the bye week.

1612
01:41:40,140 --> 01:41:44,900
 I'm sure they've been working on a lot of things in special teams.

1613
01:41:45,960 --> 01:41:47,480
 Can they block a punt?

1614
01:41:47,480 --> 01:41:52,560
 Can they return a punt or a kickoff for a touchdown?

1615
01:41:52,560 --> 01:42:02,940
 Will the non-offensive touchdown trends continue, and particularly the pick six and the scoop and scores?

1616
01:42:03,520 --> 01:42:07,000
 I know a lot of people, you mentioned run the ball, stop the run.

1617
01:42:07,120 --> 01:42:15,320
 Can they do a better job with the run fits and stop these 40-yard bursts up the middle when you've got a run blitz coming on?

1618
01:42:15,820 --> 01:42:19,300
 When do you want to see this team do, Ryan, in the next four games?

1619
01:42:21,200 --> 01:42:29,540
 You know, and the other part, I need to go back, but I feel like that they really cut down the number of penalties in the last couple of weeks.

1620
01:42:29,540 --> 01:42:32,700
 I think that trend would continue, right?

1621
01:42:32,760 --> 01:42:38,940
 To be able to see them play, and this is what I want to see, but I'm not going to get it.

1622
01:42:39,020 --> 01:42:40,500
 So I'm going to speak something.

1623
01:42:41,060 --> 01:42:45,200
 But I'd love for them to settle on five offensive lines and run with it.

1624
01:42:45,700 --> 01:42:49,980
 But DeBoer explained on the SEC teleconference one of the reasons why they've not done that.

1625
01:42:49,980 --> 01:42:52,720
 So I get why they've not done it.

1626
01:42:52,820 --> 01:42:53,380
 I do.

1627
01:42:54,340 --> 01:42:58,260
 So I look, I mean, I think that would be a nice area.

1628
01:42:59,000 --> 01:43:08,580
 But also, to be fair, when you get to the playoffs, you're probably going to be a little fresher because you've not had to play so many guys.

1629
01:43:08,940 --> 01:43:12,020
 So I think that's one of the things that I would like to see.

1630
01:43:12,220 --> 01:43:15,360
 And then just see them, you know, continue.

1631
01:43:16,000 --> 01:43:23,380
 You know, when you've got such an explosive offense, you do wonder if a bye week, yes, it came at the right time.

1632
01:43:23,720 --> 01:43:26,820
 But sometimes you can see it slow down a little bit, right?

1633
01:43:26,900 --> 01:43:30,700
 You can see it, you know, almost like get out of rhythm.

1634
01:43:31,180 --> 01:43:36,640
 Like I said, the game, sometimes a halftime will give you, it'll get you out of rhythm just a little bit.

1635
01:43:37,060 --> 01:43:41,000
 I'll be curious to see if Alabama jumps right back into it.

1636
01:43:42,440 --> 01:43:46,820
 You know, I also, we haven't really done a lot coming out of the second half.

1637
01:43:47,300 --> 01:43:55,200
 I almost wonder another thing, if you do, if you win the football, would you take the ball?

1638
01:43:55,980 --> 01:43:59,020
 Because it really hasn't done you a lot of good to defer it.

1639
01:43:59,620 --> 01:44:00,500
 Have you guys noticed that?

1640
01:44:00,620 --> 01:44:02,580
 I mean, they've deferred quite often.

1641
01:44:03,580 --> 01:44:15,320
 And it's, yeah, it's almost like, okay, anyway, just something to kind of think about is, you know, really they've deferred and it really hasn't done a lot of things for them.

1642
01:44:16,200 --> 01:44:27,860
 I think one thing that might help is not be so predictable on first down, don't run inside, do some swing passes, something just to give the other team something to kind of sit here and shuffle the deck about.

1643
01:44:27,960 --> 01:44:36,340
 Your thoughts, Ryan, what are you hearing about a guy that Alabama, I think college football as a whole, has been waiting for him to live up to his potential, and that's Ryan Williams.

1644
01:44:36,480 --> 01:44:42,160
 Obviously, since the Georgia game, he's been up, he's been down, he's been sideways, he's been injured.

1645
01:44:42,720 --> 01:44:45,280
 Your thoughts about the deuce?

1646
01:44:46,100 --> 01:44:54,420
 You know, it's just, I think it's just something that this season, injury-wise, it's just something they're going to have to live with.

1647
01:44:55,100 --> 01:45:02,100
 And I think they're willing to say, you know, we'll take a 70-80% Ryan Williams, you know, over somebody else.

1648
01:45:02,160 --> 01:45:08,440
 But I think Brooks getting back, you know, being able to go is going to take some pressure off of that.

1649
01:45:08,440 --> 01:45:19,140
 Because, you know, Ryan, you know, was listed on the probable side of things, and I do know, and I was going to tell my audience here in a couple of minutes, he has been able to do some things today in practice.

1650
01:45:19,600 --> 01:45:30,680
 And I think that's a, you know, that's a situation, but, you know, it's just something that keeps aggravating whatever it is.

1651
01:45:30,920 --> 01:45:40,180
 And that's, you know, and for the offseason, he's going to have to gain some, a few pounds.

1652
01:45:40,600 --> 01:45:42,160
 He's going to, and I know he did that.

1653
01:45:42,240 --> 01:45:47,800
 I mean, it wasn't like he didn't do it throughout the offseason to get stronger and start all these different things.

1654
01:45:47,960 --> 01:45:49,840
 But he's going to have to put on some bulk.

1655
01:45:50,400 --> 01:45:53,840
 He's going to have to because, you know, going across the middle is not easy.

1656
01:45:54,620 --> 01:45:59,540
 And he, the injuries to me are related to his size.

1657
01:46:00,040 --> 01:46:00,440
 Yeah.

1658
01:46:01,080 --> 01:46:12,460
 But, I mean, you look back at the games, I could probably count on a couple of fingers the number of games that he has not taken a hit that he had to come out for just a second.

1659
01:46:12,580 --> 01:46:13,560
 Remember Florida State?

1660
01:46:13,560 --> 01:46:18,960
 I mean, I could go back, I mean, I'm trying to think of the games where he didn't look like he got banged up.

1661
01:46:19,460 --> 01:46:22,740
 And I think a lot of that is he plays to the potential.

1662
01:46:22,940 --> 01:46:27,120
 He's going to, you know, he's going to risk his body and he takes the punishment there.

1663
01:46:28,160 --> 01:46:36,300
 So it's, you know, that's one of the big things when you look at it is, is Ryan Williams going to be able to go?

1664
01:46:36,680 --> 01:46:38,000
 I think he'll be able to go.

1665
01:46:38,780 --> 01:46:42,320
 But I don't think this happened in the South Carolina game.

1666
01:46:42,320 --> 01:46:48,780
 I was told that it happened in practice, this particular injury that he was listening on the injury report late last night about.

1667
01:46:49,720 --> 01:46:53,040
 Ryan, I'm going to be curious to see another receiver.

1668
01:46:53,760 --> 01:46:56,540
 And I think Lontzer Brooks is a future star.

1669
01:46:57,100 --> 01:46:57,920
 Derek Mattis.

1670
01:46:58,640 --> 01:47:03,440
 He went out for the pass and got the targeting injury against Missouri.

1671
01:47:03,800 --> 01:47:04,580
 He came back.

1672
01:47:05,000 --> 01:47:08,320
 I noticed him in the South Carolina game for a couple of plays.

1673
01:47:08,460 --> 01:47:13,940
 Now, with the bye week, I'm going to be curious to see if they work him in a little bit more.

1674
01:47:14,020 --> 01:47:17,060
 But another trend that we've been talking about is playing players.

1675
01:47:18,100 --> 01:47:23,840
 Nobody can argue about Nick Saban playing the GOAT, but he basically used that roster as an NFL roster.

1676
01:47:24,400 --> 01:47:28,120
 And particularly on the defensive side, you've seen a lot of players.

1677
01:47:28,240 --> 01:47:31,720
 Kelby Collins now begin to make some plays from Gardendale.

1678
01:47:32,420 --> 01:47:33,460
 Keon Keeley.

1679
01:47:33,960 --> 01:47:35,000
 London Simmons.

1680
01:47:35,620 --> 01:47:36,740
 You've been able to see.

1681
01:47:36,880 --> 01:47:37,780
 Andrick Hill.

1682
01:47:38,000 --> 01:47:39,960
 Pierre is there.

1683
01:47:40,080 --> 01:47:45,800
 I think we're going to see a little bit more of QB Reese moving forward.

1684
01:47:46,020 --> 01:47:51,240
 As you mentioned and alluded to, the more players you play, the fresher you're going to be in the postseason.

1685
01:47:51,720 --> 01:47:53,020
 Well, you mentioned Keon Keeley.

1686
01:47:54,300 --> 01:47:56,900
 What will that confidence do for him?

1687
01:47:57,520 --> 01:47:57,900
 Mm-hmm.

1688
01:47:58,060 --> 01:48:01,560
 You know, because, I mean, think about the confidence that he's got to have.

1689
01:48:02,300 --> 01:48:07,380
 Guys, this is a chance here to really start.

1690
01:48:07,380 --> 01:48:11,720
 I mean, they've had some talent that needed to step up, and you're starting to see that.

1691
01:48:13,340 --> 01:48:18,940
 That's where I think this coaching staff is a little different than Coach Saban's coaching staff is.

1692
01:48:19,100 --> 01:48:22,760
 They develop those back-end guys.

1693
01:48:22,840 --> 01:48:26,020
 I'm not saying Coach Saban and his staff didn't do that because they didn't.

1694
01:48:26,600 --> 01:48:30,720
 But it seems like they don't give up on anybody.

1695
01:48:32,640 --> 01:48:36,760
 So, that's the part because, you know, this fan base has been screaming,

1696
01:48:37,480 --> 01:48:40,780
 Keon Keeley, Keon Keeley, Keon Keeley.

1697
01:48:41,000 --> 01:48:43,220
 Well, I mean, you're seeing Keon Keeley.

1698
01:48:43,400 --> 01:48:46,680
 I mean, you're starting to see him play in significant roles.

1699
01:48:47,520 --> 01:48:51,320
 And, hey, it's going to be one of those things that, you know,

1700
01:48:51,320 --> 01:48:54,160
 it's pretty awesome to see him maybe taking that big step.

1701
01:48:54,720 --> 01:48:55,200
 That's another one.

1702
01:48:55,240 --> 01:48:56,540
 You mentioned Kelby Collins.

1703
01:48:57,220 --> 01:49:01,780
 And also, don't forget, now, Quay Russo is going to be a guy.

1704
01:49:02,120 --> 01:49:05,520
 That is, at some point, they're going to get him back.

1705
01:49:06,580 --> 01:49:11,520
 He was told by Oklahoma is what they were thinking that he was going to be.

1706
01:49:12,120 --> 01:49:16,320
 Because I believe, was he still listed as out last night?

1707
01:49:16,360 --> 01:49:17,540
 I believe he was.

1708
01:49:17,640 --> 01:49:18,120
 Yeah, he was.

1709
01:49:18,180 --> 01:49:19,020
 He was still listed as out.

1710
01:49:20,700 --> 01:49:23,580
 I'd keep an eye on that Oklahoma as a possibility.

1711
01:49:24,200 --> 01:49:27,960
 But if you don't ever, you know, but I think you're going to get it back this month.

1712
01:49:28,060 --> 01:49:31,580
 I think you're going to get Quay back at some point this month.

1713
01:49:31,580 --> 01:49:37,880
 And, you know, the way that Yonzi's been able to play, you start to, you know,

1714
01:49:37,900 --> 01:49:42,280
 start to look at maybe that edge becoming a strength for Alabama.

1715
01:49:44,200 --> 01:49:44,720
 Absolutely.

1716
01:49:45,120 --> 01:49:45,920
 Great stuff.

1717
01:49:46,100 --> 01:49:49,240
 As always, look forward to seeing you Saturday.

1718
01:49:49,620 --> 01:49:52,720
 Who have you got on the show and where can we get online and listen?

1719
01:49:53,560 --> 01:49:57,800
 Yeah, and I definitely want to wish my Auburn friends best of luck in the coaching search.

1720
01:49:57,920 --> 01:50:00,460
 I hope everything works out for you guys across the state.

1721
01:50:01,180 --> 01:50:01,800
 Cornelius Bennett.

1722
01:50:02,580 --> 01:50:04,000
 Cornelius Bennett is going to be with us.

1723
01:50:04,360 --> 01:50:06,860
 He's an honorary captain with Bobby Humphrey on Saturday.

1724
01:50:07,340 --> 01:50:11,300
 We'll talk with him, Josh from College Football Nerds, Aaron Torres,

1725
01:50:11,600 --> 01:50:18,160
 and big Rodney Orr coming up in just a couple of minutes here on Tide 100.9 in Tuscaloosa.

1726
01:50:18,280 --> 01:50:19,480
 I appreciate you guys as always.

1727
01:50:20,260 --> 01:50:21,620
 Right back at you, Ryan.

1728
01:50:21,740 --> 01:50:26,100
 That's Ryan Feller with us, host of the game on Tide 100.9 FM down in Tuscaloosa.

1729
01:50:26,280 --> 01:50:27,680
 B.B., what's coming up tonight?

1730
01:50:27,780 --> 01:50:31,420
 Do you have anything there in front of you as far as playoff games in the neck of the woods?

1731
01:50:31,680 --> 01:50:35,380
 Yeah, one game is nearly morphed into 10 in the shows.

1732
01:50:36,520 --> 01:50:43,720
 Mae Jemison at Muscle Shoals was already scheduled, but Asheville at Hamilton moved to tonight.

1733
01:50:43,840 --> 01:50:51,080
 Brooks in Plainview, Lauderdale County at Fife, Phil Campbell at Piedmont, Rogers at Geraldine,

1734
01:50:51,500 --> 01:50:56,960
 White's Bird Christian at Morris Hill, North Sound Mountain at Lexington,

1735
01:50:57,540 --> 01:51:01,120
 Sand Rock at Red Bay, Spring Garden at Echelberg.

1736
01:51:01,640 --> 01:51:05,780
 Those are the games that have moved from Friday to Thursday.

1737
01:51:06,700 --> 01:51:09,320
 And here are the games that still will be played tomorrow night.

1738
01:51:09,420 --> 01:51:11,300
 Florence at Baker, of course, in Mobile.

1739
01:51:11,900 --> 01:51:16,940
 Boaz at Russellville, Hanton at Madison Academy, North Jackson at Dassler,

1740
01:51:17,380 --> 01:51:19,160
 Collinsville at Colbert County.

1741
01:51:19,160 --> 01:51:24,300
 If you're planning on going to a game, you may want to call the school ahead of time,

1742
01:51:24,400 --> 01:51:25,160
 mid-afternoon.

1743
01:51:25,300 --> 01:51:30,180
 I just wanted to check if you're playing tonight or tomorrow night.

1744
01:51:30,460 --> 01:51:36,980
 That's off to producer James telling us UNA's women just knocked off Fisk 75-42.

1745
01:51:37,360 --> 01:51:38,840
 Congratulations, UNA there.

1746
01:51:39,280 --> 01:51:42,000
 Speaking of UNA, home game tomorrow night.

1747
01:51:42,180 --> 01:51:49,020
 As the UNA men, their game is against Lane coming up tomorrow night out at the gym.

1748
01:51:49,240 --> 01:51:50,420
 That's going to take care of bids for now.

1749
01:51:50,500 --> 01:51:53,460
 On behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here, Peril Buck.

1750
01:51:53,540 --> 01:51:54,940
 Thank you so much for your time today.

1751
01:51:55,020 --> 01:51:55,680
 Let's do it again tomorrow.

1752
01:51:55,820 --> 01:51:59,500
 Noon to tune for the Boomer Buck Show back here on Sports Radio 93.9 The Score.