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 Now, get ready to roll, Shoals, Decatur, Athens and all of Northwest Alabama and Southern Tennessee. It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM Sports Voice.

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 The Boomo Bugg Show. New exclusive inside track to the Tigers, Tennessee and the rest of the SEC. Now your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 Good afternoon and welcome in to the Boomo Bugg Show. I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird. Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

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 Brett Beaird, welcome in. Where the question of the day is, are you ready for the date's biggest date tonight as number eight takes on number two? Good afternoon, welcome in and how are you?

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 Happy Thursday to you and the listeners. You're exactly correct, Harold Bugg. A top 10 college basketball matchup in Tuscaloosa tonight at 6 p.m.

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 with number two for you. Number eight, Alabama. By the way, you can hear that game on 93.9. The score with the pregame starting at 5.

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 Caleb Suggs of the Decatur Daily and JimmyLay of AL.com will preview North Alabama teams in round two of the high school football playoffs.

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 And BB is here right now to preview and predict the top games this weekend in college football.

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 BB is Bill Bender. He's got the seat at the national head of the table here at the Sporting News. Bill Bender, welcome in. How are you?

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 Hey, I'm doing well. Thanks for having me on.

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 Hey, we appreciate you taking time out. Before we get into all this chalk talk, it looks like the king of the college football playoff committee has stepped down from the throne for now.

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 Baylor University Athletic Director Mack Rhodes accused of having a run-in with a player before a ballgame recently.

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 And he's now saying, it may be time for me to tap the brakes and, as they say, temporarily step aside. It never gets boring, does it, Bill?

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 No, and Trey Wallace from Outkick. I'm really good friends with Trey. So, his reporting on that is spot on. We've talked about it, too.

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 And, so, yeah, I don't know that Mack will be back as the college football playoff committee chair this week, I guess, or this year.

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 I guess the big question becomes who takes place. I know there's talk about the Utah AD and the exact conflict of interest because BYU and Utah are in the hunt.

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 That's not how this works. They have to leave the room when those schools are talked about.

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 Yes, there's some influence in the conversations, I'm sure, but I don't think it's that big of a deal.

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 BB, we've been talking a lot about number 11, Oklahoma, coming to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 2-30 Central.

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 On Saturday, Oklahoma won this game last year and knocked Alabama out of the playoffs.

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 Oklahoma's defense is very good, led by Mason Thomas. We'll see if he's going to play with that hamstring.

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 Oklahoma's defense, 97 tackles for a loss this year to go along with 33 sacks. That's pretty impressive.

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 Ty Simpson is thrown for 2,400 yards, 21 touchdowns, one interception.

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 Alabama's got to protect him.

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 And Bill Bender says, yes, they will because he predicts Alabama to win 26-17 and cover that touchdown spread.

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 Yeah, you know, their offense is operating at a high level. Alabama's played well at home.

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 I said, I don't think there's a planet where that happens, where a team that gets to Atlanta doesn't get in the playoff.

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 You know, I guess maybe that's my, maybe I'm blind a little bit, but I just think the SEC, with how they've gone through this grinder,

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 and Alabama certainly has done their part in that grinder, would continue to be a playoff team.

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 If that's the case, let's say that that scenario comes true, then the committee's already said strength of schedule comes into play.

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 So, if you've got one loss, two losses, or three losses, how does that play against someone who's faced a cupcake schedule,

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 And the other side of that coin, if that's the case, why would a team want to sit here and schedule out of conference tough?

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 Because next year, Alabama, along with the rest of the teams in the SEC, is already going to have it tough enough, nine conference games.

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 Like, I think that, I believe, and it's only going to add to that strength of conference argument.

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 They play each other for the third time in a year on Saturday, the marquee matchup between the two quarterbacks, Arch Manning, who is playing better, Texas leads the SEC in rush defense, 78 yards a game.

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 They're at the Sporting News.

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 Let's step outside of the SEC and talk about a team near and dear to you.

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 Notre Dame at No. 9.

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 It has no playoff ramifications, but can we call it the interim bowl?

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 Arkansas and LSU.

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 Who would have thunk it back in August, September that we'd be talking about the battle of the interim coaches here?

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 Who's there and who's checked out for next year?

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 It happens in the NFL all the time, and it's going to happen in college more often, I think, when you have openings as early as you do.

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 Mike Elko is the guy they're probably going to take a run at, but he denied that.

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 If they do lose, they're going to lose out on those tiebreakers to Alabama and Georgia and Ole Miss.

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 You look at it, and you're probably going to say, what's this guy talking about?

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 If you are a coach of a team facing a team like that, it's a nightmare.

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 one of those lose-lose, right?

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 That's right.

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 What good can come of it other than you're playing a decent team from the FCS?

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 Right.

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 Absolutely.

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 Yeah.

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 And Auburn next week's got Mercer and people saying, yawn.

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 Mercer's 8-1.

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 You've got to watch some of these FCS teams, no question about it.

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 Great stuff, as always.

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 Pre-game, post-game, you have got it covered.

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 NFL picks, college picks, the college preview, the NFL previews.

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 Where can we get online and get yours and the team's great stuff?

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 Yeah, I've got Bill Bender 9-2 at Sporting News.

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 We have plenty of content up for this week.

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 And I can't wait.

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 I mean, this is a fun week cover-to-cover between Notre Dame and then Alabama-Oklahoma

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 and then the late capper with Texas and Georgia.

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 I'm super excited.

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 It will allow some clarity.

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 It's Separation Saturday by Peloton.

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 They even got a sponsor for it.

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 It'll be a lot of fun.

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 Do us a favor, Bill, in the meantime.

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 Slow this thing down.

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 You realize two weeks of the day, Tom Turkey still is the show.

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 Can you slow things down a little bit, please?

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 I'm trying with my kids.

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 I wish time would stand still a little bit.

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 There you go.

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 There you go.

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 Listen, man, enjoy every moment.

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 Thanks so much for your time today, okay?

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 I'll talk to you next week.

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 Thank you.

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 The one, the only, Bill Bender, the National Voice.

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 On Thursday's edition of Crimson Drive, driven by NASCAR, we'll be joined by Alabama freshman London Simmons.

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 My junior year, in the championship game, I had six sacks because I was so angry at the fact that I wasn't getting looked at.

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 And I felt like I'm a Division I player.

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 I didn't know what I was going to be, but I knew I was a Division I player.

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 So that just sprouted me ever since then, the six sacks in the championship game.

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 The last snap of the championship game was a sack by me.

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 So there was like a cherry on top.

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 But, yeah.

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 That's a pretty good feeling, right?

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 I mean, a walk-off sack?

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 That doesn't happen much, especially for a championship.

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 I was furious.

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 I felt like, I don't know, I was just, I just kept on grinding and putting my head down after that season.

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 And good things happened.

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 The Score.

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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 Welcome back in.

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 Really appreciate your ride around the Tennessee Valley.

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 And for Caleb Suggs, taking time out of his very busy schedule there,

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 following it all 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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 Doing good, man.

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 We're doing all right.

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 Caleb, before we talk about all the brain that goes, the brain work that goes into a game,

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 let's talk about a back story for Hustle High head coach, Burt Newton.

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 I won't steal your thunder.

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 They take on Homewood, and it's not only taking on Homewood, it's at Homewood.

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 Normally, you talk about all this, that, and the other, as far as what a disadvantage that is.

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 You don't know anything about the other team, but we can't say that about Coach Newton, can we?

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 He knows all about Homewood, and he knows all about the field that they'll be playing on.

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 Yeah, obviously, you know, I did a story on this about the day, but it's a field named after his dad.

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 You know, Bob Newton, who coached many years at Homewood and won five state championships,

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 so obviously very deserved to have that field named after him.

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 And, yeah, I think, you know, well, first of all, it's a pretty cool thing

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 because I just don't think you get that a lot where you have a coach that's going to coach

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 at a field that's named after his dad, so that's really cool.

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 But at the same time, I think, I mean, the familiarity is there.

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 I mean, Coach Newton told me himself, he literally knows just every single one of those coaches

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 on the Homewood staff that they have very similar ideas about coaching and stuff,

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 and I think these two teams are about the very images you can get.

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 They're a lot alike, and I think, you know, when you get in the playoffs

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 and you start playing these teams that you don't normally play very often,

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 sometimes you do get that unfamiliarity, but I don't think that's a thing this year,

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 even though these two teams haven't played since 2014 playoffs, I think,

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 is the last time they've played.

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 So it's been a long time, but even though they haven't played that long,

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 I feel like they know each other very well just because the teams they're going to face on Friday

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 is pretty much the team they face every weekend practice,

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 and that's a unique situation, and I think that's going to make for a great game.

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 Let me ask you about that great game.

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 Hartzell Carter Lee, and we've talked about him the entire year, 217 yards, one TD,

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 as Hartzell beat Buckhorn in the first round of the playoffs,

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 and we've talked about these guys with you throughout the course of the season,

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 running back Jaheim Pruitt, Jayden Morris, the other running back,

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 Cole Miles, linebacker.

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 Now, Homewood, as you mentioned, they're very good, too.

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 Caleb Carson is their quarterback.

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 He's good.

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 Hartzell is lost.

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 It's gone out, I think, too soon the last two years.

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 I think this is a game Hartzell really wants for obvious reasons on and off the field.

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 Who wins tomorrow night?

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 No, it's tough.

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 I do think Hartzell's in a really good position to win this game.

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 I think they, of course, both teams won it, obviously,

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 but I think you look at the last two years,

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 Hartzell's had to go on the road an hour plus in the second round both times,

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 and I think they felt shafted just because they were so beat up in both those games.

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 And, of course, that's just football.

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 When you play this deep in the season, you're going to have injuries.

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 But I think they were overly beat up, even more so than a lot of teams.

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 And I think that has them really excited about the fact that they can actually go

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 and, you know, put their best version of themselves out there that they haven't been able to do.

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 You know, you look at it, who's going to win this game?

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 I asked Coach Newton.

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 You're basically playing a team that's just like you,

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 what would you do to stop you if you played?

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 and we've got to limit the big plays and not make mistakes.

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 And I think when you look at the one loss they had against Russell Scholes,

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 you know, they made a lot of uncharacteristic mistakes at three turnovers

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 that you just don't see out of Hartzell.

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 And so if they can limit that, if Hartzell's not killing themselves,

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 they're a really tough team to beat.

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 Now, obviously, Homewood is too, but I think I really like Hartzell.

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 I think they can go on the road and get the win,

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 but it's going to be a really close game.

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 It's going out either way.

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 One or 100, just walk away with the W.

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 Caleb Suggs, the Decatur Daily.

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 What in the world does Priceville do for an encore after last week's game?

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 We had Coach Parker on earlier with us talking about that.

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 I don't know how to worry you top that as far as an ending,

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 but Priceville survives round one, and now the prize they get round two

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 against a nine-and-two Moody team.

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 They're in a shadow of Decatur at Priceville.

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 Priceville's got the home cooking.

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 Yeah, I think, well, first off, that was just a crazy game last week for Priceville.

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 One of the most unbelievable comebacks I've ever seen.

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 I think Coach Parker told me that his assistant put in the scenario in chat GPT,

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 and it told him they had a .08% chance of winning that game.

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 It's just mind-boggling what they were able to do.

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 But I think, obviously, that's huge for a moment of any time you can win a game like that.

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 We know the playoffs is all about momentum.

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 But I think when you look at it, you know, they flipped the script this year,

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 going from 2-8 last year, and now they're 8-3.

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 And they beat up all the teams they're supposed to be.

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 But they kind of, you know, they had struggled against the ranked teams on their schedule.

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 They had struggled to finally get a win.

450
00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:54,660
 So I think going on the road and finally getting a win against a ranked team,

451
00:26:54,720 --> 00:26:56,140
 I think that's a load off their back.

452
00:26:56,540 --> 00:26:57,760
 And I think that's huge for them.

453
00:26:57,940 --> 00:26:59,160
 They're getting all they can get.

454
00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:00,980
 I mean, there's no sugarcoating it.

455
00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:05,260
 They're playing what I believe is probably the best team in the north in 5A

456
00:27:05,260 --> 00:27:07,220
 and possibly the best team in all of 5A.

457
00:27:07,220 --> 00:27:10,420
 I mean, this is a really good Moody team with a superstar head coach

458
00:27:10,420 --> 00:27:13,960
 who's destined to probably coach at bigger places than 5A, if we're being honest,

459
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:15,700
 maybe even bigger than high school.

460
00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:17,140
 So it's going to be a tough matchup.

461
00:27:17,220 --> 00:27:18,640
 But I think they're confident.

462
00:27:18,860 --> 00:27:20,980
 I think they feel, you know, they went on the road

463
00:27:20,980 --> 00:27:23,900
 and beat a really good Guntersville team so they can compete with this team.

464
00:27:24,060 --> 00:27:28,120
 But either way, even if they don't win, I think I really like the trajectory of this program,

465
00:27:28,220 --> 00:27:29,580
 just in their second year in 5A.

466
00:27:29,900 --> 00:27:31,160
 I like what Coach Parker's doing.

467
00:27:31,260 --> 00:27:32,820
 I think they've got a bright future ahead.

468
00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:34,680
 But obviously they want to win.

469
00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:35,980
 You know, they've never been in the quarterfinals.

470
00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:37,160
 So it should be another fun game.

471
00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:38,880
 Price will always have a great home atmosphere.

472
00:27:39,080 --> 00:27:40,160
 So that should be a lot of fun, too.

473
00:27:40,420 --> 00:27:43,780
 Well, Cherokee County at West Morgan.

474
00:27:44,020 --> 00:27:44,700
 Oh, wait.

475
00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:46,400
 It's not Cherokee County.

476
00:27:46,540 --> 00:27:47,600
 It's Good Hope.

477
00:27:48,300 --> 00:27:52,680
 It's not going to be the fourth battle against West Morgan

478
00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:57,160
 because Good Hope beat Cherokee County last week.

479
00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:02,940
 And you can ask that question probably about every week during the course of the season.

480
00:28:02,940 --> 00:28:04,560
 Good Hope beat Cherokee County.

481
00:28:04,660 --> 00:28:07,900
 West Morgan beat Randolph from Huntsville.

482
00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:10,460
 And, again, we talked about this team.

483
00:28:11,220 --> 00:28:13,200
 McCrary Johnson had a pump return.

484
00:28:13,940 --> 00:28:15,380
 He's been incredible all year.

485
00:28:15,480 --> 00:28:17,120
 Titan Partlow is healthy.

486
00:28:17,660 --> 00:28:22,560
 Tashaun McDaniel, Deloney, Johnson, et cetera, et cetera.

487
00:28:23,220 --> 00:28:27,540
 West Morgan, 11-0, that incredible regular season streak.

488
00:28:28,060 --> 00:28:32,860
 And we've talked about them winning the state championship this year.

489
00:28:32,860 --> 00:28:34,620
 They get passed by Good Hope.

490
00:28:34,980 --> 00:28:36,380
 I think that can continue.

491
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:37,920
 Yeah.

492
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:38,920
 It was funny.

493
00:28:39,020 --> 00:28:43,380
 Last week after their game on Thursday, everybody was kind of waiting in the stadium

494
00:28:43,380 --> 00:28:47,160
 for the stadium announcer to announce the results of that Cherokee County game.

495
00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:49,540
 And when they did, the stadium kind of just went crazy.

496
00:28:49,860 --> 00:28:54,240
 And not because I don't think the West Morgan team thinks that they can't beat Cherokee County,

497
00:28:54,340 --> 00:28:58,960
 but I think it's just a breath of fresh air to, you know, go up and face some other teams.

498
00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:00,300
 So it's pretty exciting for them.

499
00:29:00,460 --> 00:29:04,320
 But, you know, look at this game against Good Hope, and I want to be careful how I word this

500
00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:06,420
 because I think 4A North is very good.

501
00:29:06,620 --> 00:29:09,520
 And I think you can make a case for all the teams in the North.

502
00:29:10,060 --> 00:29:12,460
 It could be that team that represents in the state finals.

503
00:29:12,580 --> 00:29:16,080
 But when I look at this on paper, I don't think this is a good matchup for Good Hope.

504
00:29:16,140 --> 00:29:17,740
 I think it's a great matchup for West Morgan.

505
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:21,220
 I think Good Hope's a really good team, and I think they struggle with teams

506
00:29:21,220 --> 00:29:22,900
 that have some really great athletes.

507
00:29:23,300 --> 00:29:24,820
 And West Morgan's got plenty of those.

508
00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:27,660
 Obviously, Macquarie Johnson, the running back, but they've got other ones, too,

509
00:29:27,740 --> 00:29:29,780
 and receiver and anywhere else.

510
00:29:29,860 --> 00:29:31,500
 So I think it's a bad matchup for Good Hope.

511
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:33,220
 That's not saying I think that they can't win.

512
00:29:33,340 --> 00:29:34,000
 Don't get me wrong.

513
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,540
 I think Good Hope definitely is a good team, and they definitely could win.

514
00:29:37,080 --> 00:29:40,660
 But when you're just going by the paper, I feel like it was Morgan's game to lose,

515
00:29:40,740 --> 00:29:41,760
 especially being at home.

516
00:29:42,420 --> 00:29:45,400
 I feel like they're very well coached, and they're going to be riding high,

517
00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:47,440
 and they're going to be a team.

518
00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:48,900
 So I think they'll win this game.

519
00:29:49,180 --> 00:29:50,980
 It would be a surprise to me if they don't.

520
00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:52,420
 But Good Hope's very good, too.

521
00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:53,120
 I'm also interested.

522
00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,280
 I know Good Hope's quarterback went out last week.

523
00:29:55,300 --> 00:29:57,860
 I don't know what his status is, so that obviously plays a factor.

524
00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:00,660
 But, again, another great game that's going on in this area.

525
00:30:00,660 --> 00:30:04,920
 There's a lot of great second-round games being played in North Alabama this week.

526
00:30:05,020 --> 00:30:08,800
 So if you're looking for one to go to, you won't have to – it won't be hard to find one.

527
00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:10,460
 All right.

528
00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:15,240
 I'm going to ask you this before we let you go, because you saw this team play Hartzell.

529
00:30:15,360 --> 00:30:20,860
 It's the only loss of the season, and I know you saw them several times last year, too.

530
00:30:21,180 --> 00:30:23,020
 Parker and Muscle Shoals.

531
00:30:23,460 --> 00:30:27,320
 I think this is a better team this year with Muscle Shoals.

532
00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:29,880
 They've got an incredible defense.

533
00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:31,440
 Parker does, too.

534
00:30:31,540 --> 00:30:33,640
 Vondie Cleveland, the Texas commit.

535
00:30:34,860 --> 00:30:40,900
 But Kate Clemons, Maury Johnson, Foster, Devin Smith, whole nine yards.

536
00:30:41,500 --> 00:30:43,960
 I don't think Parker's as good as last year.

537
00:30:44,060 --> 00:30:45,140
 They're still very good.

538
00:30:45,260 --> 00:30:46,640
 They're 8-3 this year.

539
00:30:47,220 --> 00:30:51,060
 They knocked out Muscle Shoals in the quarterfinals last year.

540
00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:57,480
 The Trojans tend to know, is this the year Muscle Shoals wins and continues to advance?

541
00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:02,300
 Yeah, I think – I agree with a lot of what you said.

542
00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:06,740
 I think this team – obviously, this is a rematch of last year's quarterfinals,

543
00:31:06,780 --> 00:31:08,900
 but I think you're looking at two very different teams.

544
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:12,040
 Muscle Shoals, I think, is way better than they were last year,

545
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:14,140
 which is saying a lot because they're really good last year.

546
00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:16,320
 Defensively, last year they were not as great,

547
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:18,420
 and this year they're pretty elite at defense.

548
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:21,420
 Parker is just – I mean, like you said, they're still good,

549
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:22,800
 but they're not what they were last year.

550
00:31:22,940 --> 00:31:24,580
 Yeah, they've still got some talented guys,

551
00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:28,760
 but they're not as stacked as they were last year as evident by their record

552
00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:30,480
 and the fact that they didn't even win their region.

553
00:31:31,020 --> 00:31:33,120
 And so, yeah, I think Muscle Shoals is the better team,

554
00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:36,580
 and I think Muscle Shoals wins this game because it's at Muscle Shoals.

555
00:31:36,580 --> 00:31:39,260
 And, you know, a home field advantage in high school,

556
00:31:39,420 --> 00:31:41,960
 it's obviously not what it is in, like, college or anything.

557
00:31:42,220 --> 00:31:45,000
 But there are certain stadiums where it literally matters,

558
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:46,980
 and Muscle Shoals is one of those stadiums.

559
00:31:47,020 --> 00:31:48,380
 That is a tough place to go win.

560
00:31:48,580 --> 00:31:50,200
 You can ask Clay Chalpa last year.

561
00:31:50,260 --> 00:31:51,960
 They go on the road in the second round and get beat.

562
00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:54,780
 So, I mean, that's a tough place to go win a game.

563
00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:58,220
 But even if it wasn't at home, I think Muscle Shoals would have a great chance

564
00:31:58,220 --> 00:32:00,060
 just because I really do think they're a better team.

565
00:32:00,540 --> 00:32:02,600
 I think Muscle Shoals is one of the best teams in the state,

566
00:32:02,780 --> 00:32:04,340
 definitely one of the best teams in 6A,

567
00:32:04,340 --> 00:32:08,340
 and I think they have a very good chance to represent the North in 6A this year

568
00:32:08,340 --> 00:32:09,820
 and possibly go win a state championship.

569
00:32:11,380 --> 00:32:11,740
 Absolutely.

570
00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:14,520
 Well, the second round is when the rubber meets the road.

571
00:32:14,700 --> 00:32:16,680
 It is some really key games.

572
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:21,680
 If you get past the second round, you can go on and quarterfinals, semis,

573
00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:23,860
 and then the championship game.

574
00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:25,340
 Great stuff.

575
00:32:25,480 --> 00:32:28,540
 As always, I know you've got pregame, postgame.

576
00:32:28,960 --> 00:32:33,840
 Good luck to all of our area teams to advance to the quarterfinals.

577
00:32:34,720 --> 00:32:36,780
 You've got the stands, everything else.

578
00:32:36,940 --> 00:32:42,100
 Where can we get online and get the previews and also your wrap-ups?

579
00:32:43,180 --> 00:32:45,280
 Yeah, you can get online at decaterdaily.com.

580
00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:48,500
 We'll have stories for all our playoff games tomorrow that's going on.

581
00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:51,380
 Well, some basketball is going on, too, and fly football.

582
00:32:51,820 --> 00:32:54,340
 Plenty of stuff there, so you can feel free to check that out.

583
00:32:55,300 --> 00:32:56,060
 Sounds great.

584
00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:58,480
 Stay safe out there, Caleb, and thanks for your time, Dave Bud.

585
00:32:59,120 --> 00:32:59,700
 No problem.

586
00:32:59,820 --> 00:33:00,420
 Thanks, guys.

587
00:33:00,500 --> 00:33:00,740
 Thanks, Ryan.

588
00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:01,220
 Thank you, buddy.

589
00:33:01,580 --> 00:33:03,860
 Dave Sucks, the Decater Daily.

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 The Score.

702
00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:49,780
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

703
00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:51,500
 Welcome back in.

704
00:38:51,580 --> 00:38:53,220
 Let's move over to the late Jimmy Buffett.

705
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:54,480
 He's laid back.

706
00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:55,620
 I will tell you why in a second.

707
00:38:55,720 --> 00:38:58,880
 Ryan Kellahan, he's got it all covered there at GoBoss 24-7.

708
00:38:59,020 --> 00:39:00,080
 Ryan, welcome in.

709
00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:00,920
 Ryan, how are you?

710
00:39:01,740 --> 00:39:02,400
 Hey, doing well.

711
00:39:02,460 --> 00:39:02,920
 How are you guys?

712
00:39:03,380 --> 00:39:03,700
 Good, Billy.

713
00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:04,340
 We're doing all right.

714
00:39:04,440 --> 00:39:08,260
 You had the awful week from following the football team.

715
00:39:08,340 --> 00:39:11,500
 Did you catch up on your rest and on your honeydew list?

716
00:39:12,500 --> 00:39:14,380
 Yeah, did as much as we could.

717
00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:17,840
 But, yeah, getting into fall sports season.

718
00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:19,240
 So I had some things to deal with.

719
00:39:19,340 --> 00:39:27,140
 But, yeah, we enjoyed some time off and actually getting to watch some other football games, at least as much as YouTube TV allowed with that whole interview with ESPN and ABC.

720
00:39:28,140 --> 00:39:29,140
 That's above my pay.

721
00:39:29,240 --> 00:39:29,480
 Great.

722
00:39:29,980 --> 00:39:33,420
 Ryan, you know, we look at the stats.

723
00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:35,180
 Everybody's thinking about this guy from Alabama.

724
00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:37,420
 He's the top quarterback when it comes to stats.

725
00:39:37,520 --> 00:39:38,800
 Maybe that dude there at Vanderbilt.

726
00:39:38,860 --> 00:39:39,960
 How about Arch Manning?

727
00:39:40,700 --> 00:39:51,940
 But if you look in your backyard, is it true that Joey Aguilar leaves the SEC with over 2,700 passing yards, 21 TDs, and a partridge in a pair of trees?

728
00:39:51,940 --> 00:39:53,220
 He's having a pretty good year, is he not?

729
00:39:54,060 --> 00:40:01,040
 He is, and, yeah, that's the thing nobody really expected to see from Joey Aguilar this year.

730
00:40:01,140 --> 00:40:11,880
 You know, a lot of those preseason lists, and it's funny how different they look now from what we've, you know, there was all the talk of, you know, Lenora Sellers and, you know, all these different guys that were at the top of the list.

731
00:40:11,940 --> 00:40:13,400
 A lot of DJ Lagway talk.

732
00:40:13,580 --> 00:40:15,020
 He might be a quarterback in the SEC.

733
00:40:15,580 --> 00:40:19,440
 And so many of these guys, it's almost been the exact opposite of what we expected going into the year.

734
00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:25,560
 You know, Ty Simpson dominating, you know, obviously Joey Aguilar up at the top of the SEC in passing yards.

735
00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:32,540
 Now, it hasn't all been perfect, but, yeah, Joey Aguilar has not been, for the most part, has not been Tennessee's problem.

736
00:40:32,760 --> 00:40:42,900
 Now, that being said, he's had some catastrophic mistakes that have ended up costing Tennessee in some close games, and you could certainly make the case that if he doesn't make those mistakes,

737
00:40:42,900 --> 00:40:50,240
 they could easily still be in the playoff picture or right in the thick of the playoff picture, at least, with either two or even one loss.

738
00:40:50,620 --> 00:40:55,360
 But they have other issues that have contributed to those losses.

739
00:40:55,580 --> 00:40:57,760
 Obviously, their defense has not been as good as expected.

740
00:40:58,580 --> 00:41:02,580
 They've had some other problems that led to some of those interceptions, things like that.

741
00:41:03,060 --> 00:41:07,340
 But, yeah, he's been – he's a guy that he gives and he takes away.

742
00:41:07,340 --> 00:41:12,000
 So, he's had some of those negative plays that, unfortunately, have cost Tennessee in a pretty big way.

743
00:41:12,380 --> 00:41:19,360
 But the big picture is their passing game is explosive again in a way that it really hadn't been for Tendon Hooker back in 2022.

744
00:41:20,180 --> 00:41:23,640
 And he's been, you know, better than most people reasonably could have expected

745
00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:26,860
 and is now thrown for nearly 400 yards in back-to-back games.

746
00:41:27,020 --> 00:41:29,000
 So, you know, pretty impressive what he's done this season.

747
00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:31,940
 Let me ask you about Tim Banks.

748
00:41:31,940 --> 00:41:39,500
 I think he spoke to the media for the first time since the season opener with Syracuse.

749
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:45,860
 And you can't hide the fact that Tennessee right now is 98th nationally in total defense

750
00:41:45,860 --> 00:41:49,160
 and 114th in scoring defense.

751
00:41:49,560 --> 00:41:51,320
 But he answered every question.

752
00:41:51,620 --> 00:41:53,180
 He didn't make a lot of excuses.

753
00:41:54,220 --> 00:41:59,600
 I think he does have some excuses because Jamod McCoy and Ricky Gibson,

754
00:41:59,880 --> 00:42:03,320
 who a lot of people thought may be two of the best corners in the nation,

755
00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:05,200
 haven't played a down this year.

756
00:42:05,760 --> 00:42:11,960
 And then Tennessee's lost to the number 4, 5, and 11 team ranked in the nation.

757
00:42:12,260 --> 00:42:14,860
 I do think that there's a reason why.

758
00:42:15,340 --> 00:42:16,660
 There are a lot of other ones.

759
00:42:16,760 --> 00:42:20,440
 But your thoughts on Tim Banks meeting with the media this week?

760
00:42:21,260 --> 00:42:28,060
 Yeah, you know, about what you would expect, you know, in the sense that he had to acknowledge,

761
00:42:28,220 --> 00:42:32,100
 obviously, the results have not been what Tennessee wanted this year on the defensive side of the ball.

762
00:42:32,440 --> 00:42:34,900
 And you have to tackle that up front.

763
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:42,160
 But at the same time, not really big on specific solutions to what needs to be changed going forward,

764
00:42:42,260 --> 00:42:43,940
 what the problem really has been.

765
00:42:44,420 --> 00:42:47,940
 And part of the problem, you know, you're not going to throw specific players under the bus, of course.

766
00:42:48,060 --> 00:42:50,040
 That's not a good look when you do that.

767
00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:56,620
 So you can't point to specific players who might be problems or might not be as talented as what you need out there.

768
00:42:57,180 --> 00:43:00,640
 And, yeah, I think there's some scheme things that they need to take a look at.

769
00:43:01,060 --> 00:43:05,520
 You know, I kind of said for a while, I think from what I understand about it,

770
00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:08,120
 I think Tennessee's defense is fairly complicated.

771
00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:13,260
 And there are some things that they could probably do to simplify things that would allow players to do,

772
00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:17,820
 you know, a little more just reading and reacting as opposed to processing after the snap even,

773
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:18,880
 and certainly pre-snap.

774
00:43:19,240 --> 00:43:22,220
 But, yeah, there's a lot that's gone wrong for Tennessee.

775
00:43:22,220 --> 00:43:25,140
 And there's a lot they'll have to, I think, assess after the season is over.

776
00:43:25,560 --> 00:43:29,060
 You know, we've talked about it since the loss to Oklahoma almost two weeks ago.

777
00:43:29,520 --> 00:43:32,420
 I think these last three games of the season are really important for Tennessee.

778
00:43:32,580 --> 00:43:33,900
 They're really important for Tim Banks.

779
00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:35,300
 You know, I don't know.

780
00:43:35,500 --> 00:43:35,860
 Absolutely.

781
00:43:36,100 --> 00:43:38,260
 If he loses to Florida and Vanderbilt, you know, what would happen?

782
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:40,540
 Tim Banks has got a big extension this past offseason.

783
00:43:40,720 --> 00:43:44,260
 But absolutely the kind of situation where he could be in trouble,

784
00:43:44,780 --> 00:43:46,800
 at least in danger of losing his job,

785
00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:49,800
 if Tennessee were to struggle down the stretch here and lose another game or two.

786
00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:52,820
 Ryan Callahan, go ball 24-7.

787
00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:55,480
 Let's say that scenario takes place.

788
00:43:56,180 --> 00:43:58,960
 And on the other side of the coin, let's say that they rock and roll,

789
00:43:59,080 --> 00:44:02,500
 because here's the point I'm trying to get to, Ryan.

790
00:44:02,700 --> 00:44:03,720
 That is Josh Heupel.

791
00:44:03,820 --> 00:44:06,100
 Obviously, if he wins, Tennessee's going to try to keep him.

792
00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:08,760
 If he loses, the Boo Burt's going to come out and get rid of him.

793
00:44:09,500 --> 00:44:13,700
 It may be his call because there's a lot of openings out there,

794
00:44:13,700 --> 00:44:16,020
 and these coaches are kind of a catbird seat right now.

795
00:44:16,100 --> 00:44:18,220
 Your thoughts about Josh Heupel?

796
00:44:19,660 --> 00:44:21,500
 As far as his job security or?

797
00:44:21,500 --> 00:44:23,420
 I think his job security is there.

798
00:44:23,520 --> 00:44:26,820
 My point is, would Josh Heupel say, maybe I'm going to look at some of these,

799
00:44:27,020 --> 00:44:28,220
 like Penn State, for instance?

800
00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:31,180
 Yeah, well, and that's the other thing.

801
00:44:31,260 --> 00:44:32,740
 How much interest would there be,

802
00:44:32,900 --> 00:44:36,440
 especially if Tennessee were to lose another game at some point down the stretch?

803
00:44:36,600 --> 00:44:41,200
 You know, when you're Penn State and you're saying 10-2 wasn't good enough

804
00:44:41,200 --> 00:44:45,440
 under James Franklin a lot of times because you kept losing the big games.

805
00:44:45,600 --> 00:44:50,260
 You know, just going out and hiring Tennessee's 8-4 coach, at least that's a good point, too.

806
00:44:50,840 --> 00:44:51,880
 Would it be good enough?

807
00:44:52,080 --> 00:44:56,540
 So, yeah, that's a tough search for Penn State because it's obviously going to be a tough cycle

808
00:44:56,540 --> 00:45:01,320
 for them to get the absolute best candidate out there, and you're setting a pretty high bar.

809
00:45:01,640 --> 00:45:06,000
 So, yeah, Josh Heupel's an interesting one because, yeah, he's not a name we've heard

810
00:45:06,000 --> 00:45:07,400
 in a lot of these coaching searches.

811
00:45:07,920 --> 00:45:10,580
 There was some early mention of him in the LSU search.

812
00:45:10,620 --> 00:45:13,720
 I don't know that that's one that would be a serious option for him,

813
00:45:13,720 --> 00:45:16,800
 but if they were to finish well this year and go 9-3,

814
00:45:17,020 --> 00:45:20,200
 it's possible you could see his name pop up in one or two of those searches,

815
00:45:20,340 --> 00:45:22,340
 at least as a fringe candidate maybe.

816
00:45:22,980 --> 00:45:25,000
 And, yeah, that would be an interesting discussion.

817
00:45:25,240 --> 00:45:28,460
 You know, there would be some people, and I know there's been one columnist at least

818
00:45:28,460 --> 00:45:31,320
 who has floated the idea, hey, maybe Josh Heupel should get out

819
00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:33,440
 before the posse comes to get him and not go.

820
00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:38,220
 Because we've seen that before, really across the SEC,

821
00:45:38,460 --> 00:45:42,720
 but certainly at Tennessee that what can look like a pretty good situation one year

822
00:45:42,720 --> 00:45:44,280
 can turn pretty bad the next year.

823
00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:48,660
 And in some cases, even within the same season, it can change pretty quickly,

824
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:51,200
 as we've seen this year at multiple schools.

825
00:45:51,540 --> 00:45:54,480
 So, yeah, it's an interesting discussion.

826
00:45:54,940 --> 00:45:56,960
 I think Josh Heupel likes being at Tennessee,

827
00:45:57,060 --> 00:46:02,600
 and I think he feels he has everything he needs to have to win a championship at Tennessee.

828
00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:05,480
 And so I don't think he's going to be super motivated to leave.

829
00:46:05,760 --> 00:46:09,780
 But, yeah, if things were to get pretty negative, I mean, just bottom line,

830
00:46:09,980 --> 00:46:13,900
 it changes the feel of where the program is and where it's headed.

831
00:46:14,280 --> 00:46:17,700
 If Tennessee were to go, say, 7-5 as opposed to 9-3,

832
00:46:17,780 --> 00:46:22,280
 if they were to lose to Florida next week where they haven't won in more than 20 years

833
00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:26,020
 and then lose to Vanderbilt, which is obviously going to be playing for a college football playoff berth most likely.

834
00:46:26,460 --> 00:46:29,080
 I'm not saying that's going to happen, but if that were to happen,

835
00:46:29,640 --> 00:46:31,800
 it's going to get pretty toxic in Knoxville this offseason.

836
00:46:31,940 --> 00:46:32,860
 We've seen that before.

837
00:46:33,020 --> 00:46:34,900
 So you do not want to go 7-5.

838
00:46:35,020 --> 00:46:39,420
 So it is a precarious position to be in where they are right now.

839
00:46:39,540 --> 00:46:43,980
 You really need to go 9-3 to keep the program kind of on the right track, even 8-4.

840
00:46:44,460 --> 00:46:48,520
 I think there's going to be a lot of talk this offseason of what staff changes does he need to make

841
00:46:48,520 --> 00:46:53,200
 because you can't stay with the status quo after a season like that at Tennessee

842
00:46:53,200 --> 00:46:55,920
 is the way it's going to be perceived at least in year five for Josh Heupel.

843
00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:58,100
 You're exactly right.

844
00:46:58,660 --> 00:47:02,220
 Tennessee's athletic director, Danny White, is always making news,

845
00:47:02,380 --> 00:47:10,360
 and he announced Wednesday that Tennessee has sold out the regular season finale on November 29th with Vandy.

846
00:47:10,500 --> 00:47:17,300
 That is the 27th consecutive sellout, which is a real plum for Tennessee.

847
00:47:17,300 --> 00:47:27,360
 He also put on his Twitter account that they are actively exploring the viability of expanding the north end zone.

848
00:47:27,620 --> 00:47:32,080
 That's why they've got 27,000 fans on a waiting list.

849
00:47:32,780 --> 00:47:35,180
 Now, Neyland Stadium is 104 years old.

850
00:47:35,300 --> 00:47:36,960
 I don't know how many people know that.

851
00:47:37,580 --> 00:47:45,880
 Your comments on this as far as maybe expanding, I know there has been construction, refurbishing the stadium.

852
00:47:46,520 --> 00:47:48,140
 Your comments on this?

853
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:55,060
 Yeah, that's a really interesting thought, especially because most stadium renovations in recent years across the country

854
00:47:55,060 --> 00:47:58,580
 have been aimed at more downsizing stadiums as opposed to expanding.

855
00:47:59,580 --> 00:48:02,320
 Tennessee's gone a little bit in that direction, but not significantly.

856
00:48:02,580 --> 00:48:09,980
 When they did a survey years ago, took a kind of a straw poll among fans of what priorities they would have in renovating Neyland Stadium.

857
00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:15,860
 And the feedback they got was that it was still very important for Tennessee to maintain a six-figure capacity.

858
00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:19,280
 Fans did not want to see them go below 100,000 capacity.

859
00:48:19,500 --> 00:48:25,280
 So they did some renovations, kind of tastefully upgrading things and adding some premium seating and things like that.

860
00:48:25,280 --> 00:48:30,300
 But with the idea that we're going to keep a six-figure capacity, I don't think anyone, when they started that project,

861
00:48:30,420 --> 00:48:34,160
 could have envisioned they would have a waiting list of 27,000 for season tickets.

862
00:48:35,160 --> 00:48:41,680
 Now, exactly what that looks like, because ticket prices are rising every year at Tennessee like they are across the country.

863
00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:46,260
 And would all 27,000 of those buy season tickets if they came open?

864
00:48:46,420 --> 00:48:47,780
 It's hard to say for sure on that.

865
00:48:47,840 --> 00:48:48,300
 Probably not.

866
00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:53,540
 But regardless, the bottom line is a lot of people still want season tickets, and you've still got a product that's going to sell.

867
00:48:53,660 --> 00:48:58,480
 Now, you're also talking about a program that's won 30 games over the past three years before this year.

868
00:48:58,820 --> 00:49:01,720
 Start losing a little bit more, and that might change pretty quickly, too.

869
00:49:01,880 --> 00:49:06,220
 So it's a precarious position to think about adding to a stadium in this era.

870
00:49:06,580 --> 00:49:09,420
 I think what he's – you know, I don't want to speak for Danny White too much,

871
00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:14,080
 but my guess is what he's talking about is maybe rearranging some things in the north end zone

872
00:49:14,080 --> 00:49:17,700
 where they added a video board and a social deck up there.

873
00:49:17,880 --> 00:49:18,960
 It's kind of a standing room.

874
00:49:19,020 --> 00:49:20,940
 They envision it being like an outdoor sports bar.

875
00:49:21,360 --> 00:49:24,800
 Some fans who sat up there, you know, kind of mixed reviews on what the seats are,

876
00:49:24,900 --> 00:49:30,380
 but it's a standing room essentially with a bar top where you can have good access to an outdoor bar

877
00:49:30,380 --> 00:49:31,840
 and get drinks nearby.

878
00:49:32,540 --> 00:49:36,420
 It's still a pretty expensive ticket, but you could rearrange some things in that part of the stadium,

879
00:49:36,520 --> 00:49:38,020
 maybe give yourself a few more seats.

880
00:49:38,460 --> 00:49:41,180
 And the big thing is they're trying to figure out what to do with students

881
00:49:41,180 --> 00:49:43,980
 because there's not been enough tickets for students to go around.

882
00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:46,520
 That's changed a lot from when I was in school at Tennessee.

883
00:49:46,720 --> 00:49:48,920
 There were a lot of unclaimed seats for bad games.

884
00:49:49,140 --> 00:49:50,420
 These days that's not a problem.

885
00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:54,120
 Demand has gone through the roof for student tickets, and there's just not enough to go around.

886
00:49:54,220 --> 00:49:56,360
 So they're trying to figure out a way to alleviate that problem

887
00:49:56,360 --> 00:49:59,720
 while also not reducing their season ticket base, and something's got to give.

888
00:49:59,820 --> 00:50:00,800
 So it's an interesting problem.

889
00:50:01,200 --> 00:50:04,460
 I wouldn't recommend expanding to many ADs in this era,

890
00:50:04,640 --> 00:50:08,960
 but Tennessee has enough demand right now that they could at least justify adding a few more seats

891
00:50:08,960 --> 00:50:10,040
 if they can find a way to do it.

892
00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:13,080
 Ryan, we had a long-time Alabama fan.

893
00:50:13,160 --> 00:50:15,760
 We asked him about the increased cost of going to a game.

894
00:50:15,840 --> 00:50:16,860
 He says it's very simple.

895
00:50:17,360 --> 00:50:20,740
 I'm just cashing out all my kids' college savings accounts and buying tickets

896
00:50:20,740 --> 00:50:22,020
 and they're on their own down the road.

897
00:50:22,120 --> 00:50:23,840
 So it's not that complicated.

898
00:50:24,600 --> 00:50:26,460
 Yeah, absolutely.

899
00:50:27,380 --> 00:50:30,700
 Where can we get the very latest of Ryan Callahan when it comes to Big Orange Talk?

900
00:50:31,520 --> 00:50:36,000
 Yeah, lots to talk about this week, even though Tennessee's playing New Mexico State.

901
00:50:36,180 --> 00:50:39,520
 We didn't mention that because, you know, it's probably not worth mentioning a whole lot,

902
00:50:39,520 --> 00:50:43,140
 but it's still an important weekend for Tennessee.

903
00:50:43,380 --> 00:50:48,060
 Some recruits coming in this weekend, an official visitor, basketball ongoing.

904
00:50:48,200 --> 00:50:51,160
 So you have a lot to keep track of, and still an interesting weekend for Tennessee,

905
00:50:51,280 --> 00:50:54,040
 and we'll have it all covered for you at GoVols247.com.

906
00:50:54,680 --> 00:50:55,420
 All the best, Ryan.

907
00:50:55,480 --> 00:50:56,200
 Keep up the good word.

908
00:50:56,300 --> 00:50:57,560
 Thanks so much for your time today.

909
00:50:58,360 --> 00:50:58,720
 Absolutely.

910
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 Thanks a lot, guys.

911
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 Thanks.

912
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913
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 BB, a lot of folks think we're kidding about that, but that isn't absolutely a true story,

914
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 is it not?

915
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 Yes, it is.

916
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 You'd have to meet him to know him to see the team behind you.

917
00:51:10,860 --> 00:51:13,200
 Coming up the next time, I'm going to be taking you all over the place.

918
00:51:13,260 --> 00:51:15,740
 Speaking of Alabama, Ryan Fallon's got the inside seat.

919
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 Charlie Trotman, he needs no introduction.

920
00:51:17,760 --> 00:51:21,880
 He comes talking to Auburn Tigers and Jimmy Lay laying it all out for the high school playoff scene.

921
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 It's all straight ahead of the Boomo Bugg Show.

922
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 A Georgia-based cable manufacturing company is planning to expand a facility that they have here in Heflin, Alabama.

981
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 The company known as Southwire will be investing $176 million to expand the East Alabama plant.

982
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 That will be an additional 340,000 square feet.

983
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 This modernization and expansion project will also create 85 new jobs in Heflin.

984
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 The Heflin plant first opened in 1996 and has undergone three expansions.

985
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 Construction for this latest project will start at the end of this year and be fully completed and operational by 2027.

986
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 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this.

987
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 Some of the greatest blessings is just having the people that care about you, to have someone that's just going to love you and make you feel important.

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994
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 In Huntsville, the police department held a ribbon cutting on a brand new crime scene and evidence warehouse.

995
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 The new facility includes labs, office space, evidence processing areas, and vehicle processing bays on top of the evidence storage, which is in a climate-controlled building.

996
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 More room created by this warehouse now allows for multiple cases to be processed at the same time by Huntsville police, along with including technology to help solve those cases faster.

997
00:56:27,380 --> 00:56:31,140
 A man accused of threatening rabbis here in Alabama appeared in court this week.

998
00:56:31,420 --> 00:56:34,760
 Jeremy Shoemaker was before a federal judge regarding charges of threatening messages.

999
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 Authorities also seized multiple weapons, ammunition, and body armor from Shoemaker's residence.

1000
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 Shoemaker was asked about his personal finances in order to determine if he needed a public defender.

1001
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 Shoemaker revealed that he has been receiving disability payments and is unemployed.

1002
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 I'm Andrea Theis.

1003
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1009
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 Of course, each week begins with Thursday Night Football.

1010
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 I'll get it started with a preview and a look ahead at the big weekend games.

1011
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 Then it's to the stadium for the play-by-play of all the action.

1012
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 Join us all season long on Thursday Night Football.

1013
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1014
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 Join Mike Golick and me every Sunday for a marquee primetime NFL matchup.

1015
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 Join us every week for Sunday Night Football.

1018
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 93.9, The Score.

1019
00:58:10,200 --> 00:58:12,440
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1020
00:58:12,980 --> 00:58:15,520
 Today, mostly sunny with a high around 70.

1021
00:58:15,860 --> 00:58:17,820
 Tonight, partly cloudy with a low near 45.

1022
00:58:18,660 --> 00:58:21,320
 Tomorrow, sunny with a light breeze and a high around 75.

1023
00:58:22,160 --> 00:58:24,360
 Tomorrow night, mostly clear with a low near 55.

1024
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 And for your Saturday, sunny with a high around 75.

1025
00:58:27,960 --> 00:58:31,500
 Your weather from 93.9, The Score.

1026
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 Now, get ready to roll.

1027
00:58:38,340 --> 00:58:44,400
 Shoals, Decatur, Athens, and all of northwest Alabama and southern Tennessee.

1028
00:58:45,060 --> 00:58:48,440
 It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM sports voice.

1029
00:58:51,440 --> 00:58:53,960
 The Boomo Bugg Show.

1030
00:58:54,280 --> 00:58:56,380
 Your exclusive inside track to the tide.

1031
00:58:56,540 --> 00:58:59,480
 Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC.

1032
00:59:00,320 --> 00:59:05,700
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9, The Score.

1033
00:59:06,700 --> 00:59:08,620
 Welcome back to our Twitter, the Boomo Bugg Show.

1034
00:59:08,700 --> 00:59:10,300
 I'm Harold Bugg, alongside Brett Beaird.

1035
00:59:10,380 --> 00:59:13,420
 Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

1036
00:59:13,580 --> 00:59:18,140
 And Brett Beaird, are you ready for some second-round high school playoff action?

1037
00:59:18,380 --> 00:59:23,780
 I am ready, and the weather should be very, very good to watch it.

1038
00:59:24,140 --> 00:59:28,900
 And no one is more appreciative of that than the man who follows the dog right there all the time,

1039
00:59:29,020 --> 00:59:30,900
 Jimmy Lay at AL.com.

1040
00:59:30,980 --> 00:59:31,720
 Jimmy, welcome in.

1041
00:59:31,780 --> 00:59:36,340
 Would you concur that you're proud the weather's going to cooperate, at least right now?

1042
00:59:37,640 --> 00:59:38,040
 Absolutely.

1043
00:59:38,660 --> 00:59:44,020
 Yeah, last week we were worried about tornado watches and situations like that.

1044
00:59:44,240 --> 00:59:49,380
 And this week it should be perfect for playoff weather, and field should be great, good condition,

1045
00:59:49,580 --> 00:59:51,120
 and everybody should be ready to go.

1046
00:59:52,120 --> 00:59:53,020
 I thought about you.

1047
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 What was it?

1048
00:59:53,460 --> 00:59:55,580
 Monday morning we woke up and it was 22 degrees.

1049
00:59:56,560 --> 00:59:58,760
 It's the ultimate rally, hope.

1050
00:59:58,800 --> 01:00:00,900
 You better hope the weather rallies than it has so far.

1051
01:00:00,900 --> 01:00:05,560
 So, Jimmy, be that it may, it rains on both sides of the field, as they say.

1052
01:00:05,660 --> 01:00:08,160
 It's cold on both sides, warm on both sides.

1053
01:00:08,680 --> 01:00:13,060
 But your thoughts about both sides of the Madison Academy at Aniston show.

1054
01:00:13,720 --> 01:00:16,480
 Let's face it, Aniston, they got the proud tradition.

1055
01:00:16,820 --> 01:00:18,320
 Madison Academy is like a train.

1056
01:00:18,440 --> 01:00:21,560
 They started out slow when they built that program years ago.

1057
01:00:21,660 --> 01:00:23,680
 But, boy, has it been chugging along as late.

1058
01:00:23,940 --> 01:00:29,880
 Your thoughts about 9-2, Madison Academy on the road to 11-0, Aniston.

1059
01:00:31,560 --> 01:00:34,180
 Yeah, last week they had a tough one with Hatton.

1060
01:00:34,260 --> 01:00:37,160
 But they had enough to get it done in the end.

1061
01:00:37,260 --> 01:00:38,100
 That's what counts.

1062
01:00:38,300 --> 01:00:44,600
 It really, you know, you play the game and you, you know, you battle through the weather

1063
01:00:44,600 --> 01:00:47,160
 and through the turnovers and whatever happens in the game.

1064
01:00:47,240 --> 01:00:50,380
 But in the end they just had a little bit more, was able to get past Hatton.

1065
01:00:50,780 --> 01:00:52,660
 This week they're facing a different animal.

1066
01:00:53,160 --> 01:00:54,260
 Aniston is huge.

1067
01:00:54,460 --> 01:00:59,280
 I mean, they've got some, I think they've got one guy on their defensive line that's like 390 pounds.

1068
01:00:59,280 --> 01:01:02,460
 I mean, this is just, yeah, oh yeah.

1069
01:01:02,540 --> 01:01:04,980
 I mean, this is a different animal altogether.

1070
01:01:05,500 --> 01:01:06,760
 But how do you beat size?

1071
01:01:06,900 --> 01:01:10,160
 You beat size with speed and Madison Academy has got speed.

1072
01:01:10,880 --> 01:01:14,520
 Charlton Owens, you know, they didn't really use him last week to run the ball that much.

1073
01:01:14,820 --> 01:01:21,120
 Look for them to get a heavy dose of Charlton Owens this week, you know, pulling that ball out running.

1074
01:01:21,240 --> 01:01:26,560
 But also they run a great, you know, option threat where he pulls it out, then he runs,

1075
01:01:26,620 --> 01:01:28,300
 and then he can still throw the ball too.

1076
01:01:29,100 --> 01:01:33,420
 And so I think Madison Academy has got a great chance to move on to the third round

1077
01:01:33,420 --> 01:01:39,000
 if they can just hold up against this massive Aniston.

1078
01:01:39,260 --> 01:01:40,680
 They're huge on offense too.

1079
01:01:40,780 --> 01:01:42,700
 I mean, they've got some 300-pounders on offense too.

1080
01:01:42,940 --> 01:01:45,240
 And they just want to pound you and pound you and pound you.

1081
01:01:45,240 --> 01:01:49,160
 If they can get Aniston in some third longs and force them to punt a few times,

1082
01:01:49,220 --> 01:01:50,160
 I think they'd win this thing.

1083
01:01:51,160 --> 01:01:56,840
 Jimmy, at Good Hope, in not Cherokee County for the fourth consecutive year,

1084
01:01:57,240 --> 01:01:59,000
 Good Hope's playing West Morgan.

1085
01:01:59,260 --> 01:02:03,100
 I saw West Morgan play Brooks first game of the season,

1086
01:02:03,240 --> 01:02:05,300
 and Brooks was not quite ready then.

1087
01:02:05,460 --> 01:02:12,240
 But West Morgan, 11-0, Priceful was their closest win, 8-7.

1088
01:02:12,240 --> 01:02:14,320
 And we'll talk about them in a few minutes.

1089
01:02:15,140 --> 01:02:17,780
 West Morgan, 41 points a game.

1090
01:02:17,880 --> 01:02:20,120
 They're only giving up 10 points a game.

1091
01:02:20,760 --> 01:02:23,380
 And McCrary Johnson is a special back.

1092
01:02:23,460 --> 01:02:25,880
 He returned to punt last week for a touchdown.

1093
01:02:26,720 --> 01:02:29,780
 Titan Partlow was injured in that Priceful game.

1094
01:02:30,420 --> 01:02:32,120
 But that's grown man football.

1095
01:02:32,400 --> 01:02:35,800
 Several of our analysts have talked about that.

1096
01:02:36,360 --> 01:02:38,300
 A lot of people think West Morgan,

1097
01:02:38,300 --> 01:02:43,660
 if they had to play Cherokee County, who's been a real nemesis,

1098
01:02:43,760 --> 01:02:49,800
 they don't now, right now, West Morgan, I think he's got a chance to go to the championship game.

1099
01:02:50,320 --> 01:02:53,080
 Can they beat Good Hope tomorrow, Jimmy, and keep going?

1100
01:02:53,980 --> 01:02:55,060
 I think they can.

1101
01:02:55,160 --> 01:02:56,500
 I think this is their year.

1102
01:02:57,600 --> 01:03:00,540
 Cherokee County has finally got knocked out of their path.

1103
01:03:00,700 --> 01:03:02,640
 I think they would have liked that matchup this year.

1104
01:03:02,640 --> 01:03:07,100
 I think they would have matched up really well against them this year and probably had a great chance to beat them.

1105
01:03:07,720 --> 01:03:13,580
 But Good Hope, it just depends on what kind of region are you playing in.

1106
01:03:13,660 --> 01:03:18,000
 And when you look at West Morgan, they're playing against Deschler, playing against Hatton,

1107
01:03:18,960 --> 01:03:22,060
 playing against Central, Florence, and those kind of teams.

1108
01:03:22,140 --> 01:03:23,980
 And I really feel like they're battle-tested.

1109
01:03:25,400 --> 01:03:30,880
 They took care of Randolph twice this year with a solid team from 4A Region 8.

1110
01:03:31,560 --> 01:03:34,700
 I just think they've got a little bit more than Good Hope.

1111
01:03:34,780 --> 01:03:35,780
 Good Hope's had a great year.

1112
01:03:36,180 --> 01:03:38,040
 They finished number two there.

1113
01:03:38,540 --> 01:03:40,240
 And they've had a great season.

1114
01:03:40,440 --> 01:03:46,780
 But I think it comes to an end as West Morgan continues that march to the Super 7 this year.

1115
01:03:48,060 --> 01:03:50,580
 Check out Jimmy Lay at AL.com.

1116
01:03:50,580 --> 01:03:54,960
 Jimmy, when we're checking in to two teams who know each other very well,

1117
01:03:55,080 --> 01:03:59,400
 if it's November, you know Muscle Shoals and Parker's going to play each other.

1118
01:03:59,480 --> 01:04:00,460
 The question is where.

1119
01:04:01,120 --> 01:04:03,040
 This time, they're playing each other again.

1120
01:04:03,180 --> 01:04:05,840
 The where is right here in their own backyard.

1121
01:04:06,620 --> 01:04:09,980
 Your thoughts about 10-0 Muscle Shoals taking on 8-3.

1122
01:04:10,140 --> 01:04:10,440
 Parker?

1123
01:04:11,340 --> 01:04:13,660
 I tell you what, Muscle Shoals' defense is incredible.

1124
01:04:13,800 --> 01:04:19,180
 They're only giving up seven a game, which is, you know, nobody can score on them.

1125
01:04:19,180 --> 01:04:21,240
 And so, if you can't score, you can't win.

1126
01:04:21,520 --> 01:04:23,340
 And so, that's really what they hang their hat off.

1127
01:04:23,440 --> 01:04:30,920
 I mean, they're putting up 37 a game in a pretty good region with Jasper this year and with Hartsell.

1128
01:04:32,000 --> 01:04:34,260
 You know, Kate Clemens is a solid quarterback.

1129
01:04:34,680 --> 01:04:36,180
 And I know they'll be ready to go.

1130
01:04:36,700 --> 01:04:37,540
 Parker, though, man.

1131
01:04:37,600 --> 01:04:39,420
 I mean, they're going to put it up in the air.

1132
01:04:39,560 --> 01:04:47,520
 I mean, Kentrell Davis, or not Kentrell Davis, Dylan Reese, he's thrown for 35 touchdowns this year, over 2,500 yards passing.

1133
01:04:49,460 --> 01:04:54,100
 That test, that defense is going to be put to the test this week against Parker.

1134
01:04:54,940 --> 01:04:56,940
 Parker averaging 42 a game.

1135
01:04:57,340 --> 01:05:00,200
 I think Muscle Shoals can get it done in the fourth quarter.

1136
01:05:00,200 --> 01:05:10,360
 If they can win the turnover battle, get a few tip balls, get a few sacks on Mr. Reese, I think Muscle Shoals can get it done and move on to the third round.

1137
01:05:11,500 --> 01:05:17,860
 Jamie, when you get to this time of the year, Paul Benefield's name comes up quite often.

1138
01:05:18,460 --> 01:05:24,360
 They are traveling to an undefeated Piedmont team at 11-0.

1139
01:05:24,960 --> 01:05:28,740
 Piedmont is averaging 51 points a game.

1140
01:05:29,460 --> 01:05:31,980
 They're the number one defense in Class A.

1141
01:05:32,060 --> 01:05:34,020
 They're giving up 9.6.

1142
01:05:34,020 --> 01:05:37,580
 Well, Fife is not exactly a panker either.

1143
01:05:37,720 --> 01:05:40,000
 They're scoring 42 points a game.

1144
01:05:40,520 --> 01:05:43,000
 Roder Gibson had a big day again.

1145
01:05:43,680 --> 01:05:46,960
 Fife beat Lauderdale County last week, 34-7.

1146
01:05:47,660 --> 01:05:49,280
 Piedmont beat Phil Campbell.

1147
01:05:49,900 --> 01:05:56,060
 We all know Fife runs about five plays a game, but they just run over you and just keep doing it.

1148
01:05:56,520 --> 01:05:59,540
 But as you said earlier, Piedmont is a different animal.

1149
01:05:59,820 --> 01:06:01,480
 They are very, very good.

1150
01:06:01,980 --> 01:06:04,640
 Your thoughts on Fife and Piedmont?

1151
01:06:06,120 --> 01:06:12,560
 Yeah, this was a rematch of last year's quarterfinal matchup that played at Piedmont.

1152
01:06:12,560 --> 01:06:18,480
 It went to overtime, and Piedmont was able to get a stop to get the win.

1153
01:06:19,480 --> 01:06:20,280
 I'm going to tell you something.

1154
01:06:20,600 --> 01:06:27,500
 Paul Benefield, I mean, he don't talk about revenge to his players, and he don't talk about this is a totally different team,

1155
01:06:27,560 --> 01:06:32,340
 totally different season and that kind of thing, but I guarantee you he put that in the back of his head last year

1156
01:06:32,340 --> 01:06:36,300
 because he does not want a repeat of last season.

1157
01:06:37,040 --> 01:06:42,640
 The thing is, though, as you mentioned, you know, Piedmont is just so strong, and they're able to score so quickly.

1158
01:06:43,600 --> 01:06:50,040
 If Fife can hold them down from the big plays and make them have to go 80 yards, I think they can win this thing.

1159
01:06:50,560 --> 01:06:55,680
 It's just a tough task, you know, to ask those guys to, you know, to be able to stop.

1160
01:06:55,880 --> 01:06:59,260
 I mean, you know, Raleigh Pinto is just a game-breaker, man.

1161
01:06:59,300 --> 01:07:07,560
 He just – he's going to get loose, you know, a couple times, and so what hurt Fife last year is that they turned the ball over.

1162
01:07:07,740 --> 01:07:11,320
 They ended up getting a safety, snapping the ball over the quarterback's head.

1163
01:07:11,760 --> 01:07:19,380
 They made some mistakes last year in their – you know, on the play that stopped the game, they ran into each other a little bit.

1164
01:07:20,300 --> 01:07:25,580
 It's just got to – yeah, it's one of those things where that offense has got to be – it's got to run smooth.

1165
01:07:25,780 --> 01:07:31,760
 Any little hiccup in the play can mess the whole thing up if you're playing against a good team like Piedmont.

1166
01:07:32,040 --> 01:07:33,020
 They've got to be perfect.

1167
01:07:33,360 --> 01:07:36,680
 I just think Piedmont's got a little bit too much for them, and they're going to beat them again.

1168
01:07:37,880 --> 01:07:41,500
 Jim, we talked – what a matchup in 4A across the board.

1169
01:07:41,580 --> 01:07:44,600
 We talked about Madison Academy and Aniston and Good Hope and West Morgan.

1170
01:07:44,800 --> 01:07:45,620
 What gives here?

1171
01:07:46,260 --> 01:07:47,460
 Dasher is 10-1.

1172
01:07:48,140 --> 01:07:50,920
 They're on the road to Hamilton at 11-0.

1173
01:07:51,420 --> 01:07:57,020
 The Aggies, not only are 11-0, they've got the home cooking against Dasher again at 10-1.

1174
01:07:57,140 --> 01:07:57,840
 What gives there?

1175
01:07:59,040 --> 01:08:00,760
 Yeah, that's kind of what we talked about earlier.

1176
01:08:00,900 --> 01:08:09,440
 All regions are not created equal, and Dasher, you know, playing in the same region with West Morgan and Hatton and Central Florence and Brooks.

1177
01:08:09,600 --> 01:08:13,100
 I mean, Central Florence didn't even make the playoffs, and they're a really good team.

1178
01:08:14,380 --> 01:08:23,760
 Hamilton's 11-0, scoring 44 a game, but they just haven't faced anything like what Deschler is going to bring this Friday night.

1179
01:08:23,820 --> 01:08:25,660
 I think this thing probably goes to the fourth quarter.

1180
01:08:25,780 --> 01:08:30,940
 I give a slight edge, you know, to Deschler, but you just never know.

1181
01:08:31,100 --> 01:08:40,380
 When it gets playoff time and when the game is on the line, the guys that can really keep their nerves in place can make all the difference.

1182
01:08:40,380 --> 01:08:47,040
 That one, that snap on the extra point, the guy that's holding the kick, those kind of things could make a big difference.

1183
01:08:47,180 --> 01:08:52,960
 And whoever comes out and makes the plays and doesn't cause themselves any miscues is going to win this game.

1184
01:08:53,100 --> 01:08:54,520
 I think Deschler gets it done, though.

1185
01:08:55,580 --> 01:09:00,020
 Jimmy, quite a story on and off the field with Hartzell at Homewood.

1186
01:09:00,140 --> 01:09:01,860
 Both teams are 10-1.

1187
01:09:02,100 --> 01:09:09,740
 Hartzell's only loss this year was two months with Shoals as the Trojans came back from 17-3 to win the game.

1188
01:09:09,740 --> 01:09:12,500
 I believe it was 31-17.

1189
01:09:13,400 --> 01:09:21,120
 Burt Newton, the coach at Hartzell, is basically going to be playing on a field that he played on himself.

1190
01:09:21,840 --> 01:09:25,300
 And his dad, Bob, is an absolute legend there.

1191
01:09:26,680 --> 01:09:28,960
 We've talked with you a little bit about Hartzell.

1192
01:09:29,040 --> 01:09:36,260
 Carter Lee, Jaheim Pruitt, Cole Miles, Jake Miles' son, the athletic director.

1193
01:09:36,640 --> 01:09:38,100
 Very interesting game.

1194
01:09:38,540 --> 01:09:42,580
 Hartzell has been put out the last two years in the second round.

1195
01:09:43,020 --> 01:09:45,520
 We talked to Caleb Suggs about this a little bit earlier.

1196
01:09:46,200 --> 01:09:49,620
 Burt Newton wants to win this game pretty bad, as you can imagine.

1197
01:09:51,100 --> 01:09:51,500
 Absolutely.

1198
01:09:52,060 --> 01:09:54,920
 And it's the same kind of thing we've talked about with Muscle Shoals.

1199
01:09:55,020 --> 01:09:58,120
 I mean, their defense is even, well, it's about the same.

1200
01:09:58,240 --> 01:10:00,280
 I mean, they're giving up a little over eight points a game.

1201
01:10:01,120 --> 01:10:02,520
 They're just tough to run on.

1202
01:10:02,580 --> 01:10:03,160
 They're tough to move.

1203
01:10:03,260 --> 01:10:06,200
 I mean, last week, you know, Buckhorn, the only way they scored was on a pick-six.

1204
01:10:06,420 --> 01:10:07,580
 Otherwise, they'd have a shutout.

1205
01:10:08,060 --> 01:10:10,580
 You know, so, but you look at Homewood.

1206
01:10:10,700 --> 01:10:12,940
 I mean, they want to put the ball in the air.

1207
01:10:13,040 --> 01:10:17,860
 I mean, their quarterback, Caleb Carson, is at 26 touchdowns, over 2,200 yards passing.

1208
01:10:18,980 --> 01:10:22,340
 They're going to, and they're, you know, they're 10-1 for a reason, you know.

1209
01:10:23,240 --> 01:10:26,920
 And Hartzell has had a hard time getting past that second round.

1210
01:10:28,140 --> 01:10:29,460
 They've got to make the plays.

1211
01:10:29,540 --> 01:10:33,080
 They can't make the silly mistakes that can beat you in a thing like this.

1212
01:10:33,180 --> 01:10:38,020
 If they can win the turnover battle, I think Hartzell can get it done and move on to the third round.

1213
01:10:39,300 --> 01:10:42,780
 Jimmy, who has a more intriguing matchup than your friends out at Lexington?

1214
01:10:43,000 --> 01:10:43,740
 They're 8-3.

1215
01:10:44,180 --> 01:10:45,780
 They're on the road to Coos the Christian.

1216
01:10:47,600 --> 01:10:49,140
 Who's the coach at Coos the Christian?

1217
01:10:49,260 --> 01:10:51,240
 I think his name is Rush Probst.

1218
01:10:51,420 --> 01:10:55,380
 Lexington against the fighting Rush Probst from Coos the Christian this week.

1219
01:10:56,260 --> 01:10:56,560
 Yeah.

1220
01:10:58,960 --> 01:11:04,100
 Coos the Christian has just got a knack for being able to find players, and that's all I'll say about that.

1221
01:11:04,100 --> 01:11:08,220
 But they're able to, you know, they're able to do that.

1222
01:11:08,460 --> 01:11:08,800
 Very talented.

1223
01:11:10,360 --> 01:11:15,580
 Well, and normally, you know, we say that it's not the X's and O's.

1224
01:11:15,660 --> 01:11:16,760
 It's the Jimmy's and Joe's.

1225
01:11:16,840 --> 01:11:17,520
 But they got both.

1226
01:11:17,740 --> 01:11:20,420
 You know, they got a legendary coach, and they got some really good players.

1227
01:11:20,660 --> 01:11:29,340
 And, you know, I think Coos, I think they're probably going to, I hate to say this, I think they're going to name their score.

1228
01:11:30,600 --> 01:11:31,720
 Lexington is going to battle.

1229
01:11:31,880 --> 01:11:33,780
 It's going to be probably for a half.

1230
01:11:33,880 --> 01:11:39,520
 But in the end, I think they just, Coos is going to make too many big plays on them, and they're going to be able to march on to the third round.

1231
01:11:40,660 --> 01:11:43,840
 Jimmy, we've talked about this throughout the season.

1232
01:11:45,280 --> 01:11:52,460
 Class 7A, Region 4, we were anticipating at least one might come away with a win.

1233
01:11:52,600 --> 01:11:56,380
 James Clemens was the closest one losing 31-21.

1234
01:11:56,380 --> 01:12:02,080
 But, once again, Spartan, James Clemens, Florence, and Austin lost.

1235
01:12:02,440 --> 01:12:11,500
 The last time a Region 4 team won was 2019, when James Clemens beat Vestavia Hills and Florence beat Mountain Brook.

1236
01:12:12,320 --> 01:12:14,160
 Jimmy, when is this going to end?

1237
01:12:15,700 --> 01:12:21,420
 You know, we talked about that earlier in the week with Scott Tyson and Drew DeArmond.

1238
01:12:21,540 --> 01:12:31,520
 It's just one of those things where if you go around Huntsville City School, I mean, Huntsville area, you will find over 100 soccer fields all over the place.

1239
01:12:32,080 --> 01:12:34,240
 You know how many rec football fields you got?

1240
01:12:34,280 --> 01:12:34,860
 You got two.

1241
01:12:35,540 --> 01:12:35,800
 Okay.

1242
01:12:36,240 --> 01:12:38,280
 So, it starts in the youth league.

1243
01:12:38,280 --> 01:12:49,300
 And if they don't put some money and some resources into the youth leagues, like a lot of these areas do in South Georgia, in Montgomery, in Birmingham, it's not going to change.

1244
01:12:49,380 --> 01:12:51,620
 I don't care what great coaches you bring in here.

1245
01:12:51,700 --> 01:12:54,040
 If they don't have players that have been playing.

1246
01:12:54,340 --> 01:12:58,680
 Most kids don't start playing football until they're in seventh grade, helmets and shoulder pads.

1247
01:12:59,140 --> 01:13:03,440
 And by that time, you're playing against kids that have been playing since they were in first grade.

1248
01:13:03,860 --> 01:13:10,780
 And a place like Fife, oh, man, they start playing in the rec league and it's the same system all the way through.

1249
01:13:10,880 --> 01:13:13,320
 So, by the time they get to varsity, they're ready to go.

1250
01:13:14,020 --> 01:13:16,620
 To me, I don't know what the answer is.

1251
01:13:16,880 --> 01:13:20,580
 Just the city would have to decide, hey, we're going to invest in that.

1252
01:13:20,640 --> 01:13:24,260
 It's just that soccer and other sports like that, they're just a lot easier.

1253
01:13:24,560 --> 01:13:25,640
 They don't cost as much.

1254
01:13:25,740 --> 01:13:26,480
 Football is expensive.

1255
01:13:26,600 --> 01:13:27,920
 It's hard to put together.

1256
01:13:27,920 --> 01:13:32,720
 I mean, you know how much those football helmets for the varsity will run over $400 apiece.

1257
01:13:33,340 --> 01:13:37,300
 That's a lot of – I'm telling you, but you've got to have safety.

1258
01:13:37,520 --> 01:13:39,480
 And it costs a lot for those resources.

1259
01:13:40,680 --> 01:13:42,600
 I don't know what the answer is.

1260
01:13:43,200 --> 01:13:44,760
 I don't know that it's coaching.

1261
01:13:45,240 --> 01:13:50,740
 I just think that the players just have not – like I said, most of them didn't start playing until they're in seventh grade.

1262
01:13:50,740 --> 01:13:55,440
 And by that time, they're way behind the game when you talk about all these programs from other areas.

1263
01:13:55,640 --> 01:13:57,160
 And that's probably where it's got to start.

1264
01:13:57,500 --> 01:13:59,740
 And I know some of the private schools are doing a better job.

1265
01:13:59,820 --> 01:14:02,500
 I know Whitesburg Christian, they have a youth league.

1266
01:14:02,720 --> 01:14:05,500
 I mean, Westminster Christian started a youth league this year.

1267
01:14:05,900 --> 01:14:07,400
 Madison Academy has a youth league.

1268
01:14:07,580 --> 01:14:09,060
 The private schools are doing that.

1269
01:14:09,680 --> 01:14:13,860
 Time for the public, for the city to decide, hey, we want to have some good football.

1270
01:14:14,040 --> 01:14:15,240
 It starts at the youth level.

1271
01:14:16,400 --> 01:14:16,800
 Absolutely.

1272
01:14:16,800 --> 01:14:23,000
 I know you can have a wrap-up of all the games come Friday night, Saturday morning.

1273
01:14:23,340 --> 01:14:28,860
 It should be – hopefully a lot of our area teams will be able to advance to the quarterfinals.

1274
01:14:29,460 --> 01:14:35,040
 And also, Jimmy, if they've got a video clip, if they're at a game, send it in to AL.com.

1275
01:14:35,120 --> 01:14:36,560
 Tell us again how to do that.

1276
01:14:37,680 --> 01:14:39,600
 Yeah, if you've got a clip – and I hope you do.

1277
01:14:39,700 --> 01:14:41,620
 I hope people will send in these clips.

1278
01:14:41,780 --> 01:14:47,840
 Go to – just send it straight to their X account, ALDOTCOM, capital P, Preps,

1279
01:14:48,300 --> 01:14:52,360
 and send it straight to it, and it'll show up, and everybody will see it.

1280
01:14:52,380 --> 01:14:54,760
 And you just – you go there, and you see some of these videos,

1281
01:14:54,940 --> 01:14:58,100
 and then you start – you just start watching it pop up over and over,

1282
01:14:58,160 --> 01:14:59,920
 and you see how many people are viewing that thing.

1283
01:15:00,540 --> 01:15:03,160
 And it goes out, you know, everywhere, all over the state.

1284
01:15:03,680 --> 01:15:05,360
 And AL.com is liable to pick it up.

1285
01:15:05,400 --> 01:15:09,360
 You never know one of the news crews is liable to pick it up to be able to show it.

1286
01:15:09,380 --> 01:15:11,520
 But, man, there's a lot of good high school football out there,

1287
01:15:11,520 --> 01:15:14,980
 and we've only got so many folks, you know, that can cover these things.

1288
01:15:15,080 --> 01:15:17,340
 So, it really helps out when people send in those video clips.

1289
01:15:18,420 --> 01:15:20,960
 Even Santa Claus is watching there to the North Pole.

1290
01:15:21,060 --> 01:15:22,720
 Jimmy Lanson, thanks so much for your time today,

1291
01:15:22,760 --> 01:15:24,640
 and enjoy a second-round playoff action, okay?

1292
01:15:25,040 --> 01:15:26,660
 All right, guys. Have a great weekend.

1293
01:15:27,160 --> 01:15:27,780
 Thank you, Jimmy.

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 The Score.

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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1397
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 Welcome back in.

1398
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 It is an absolute pleasure for us to say hello to Charlie Trotman, former Auburn quarterback.

1399
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 Also knows a thing or two about radio talk and about life itself.

1400
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 Charlie Trotman, welcome in.

1401
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 How are you?

1402
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 Doing great, Harold.

1403
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 You and Brent.

1404
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 Good to be with you.

1405
01:21:10,440 --> 01:21:10,740
 Charlie.

1406
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 You too.

1407
01:21:11,880 --> 01:21:17,820
 Charlie, is it true that Auburn has 70 points this season on offense, half of them in one game against Vanderbilt?

1408
01:21:17,900 --> 01:21:18,540
 What happened?

1409
01:21:20,760 --> 01:21:22,620
 Well, the offense came to life.

1410
01:21:23,520 --> 01:21:32,000
 You know, we had a great, in my opinion, the calls that were made were excellent offensive calls.

1411
01:21:32,220 --> 01:21:39,740
 I thought that Derek Nix did yeoman's work, getting ready for that game, and it was the first game that he's called by himself.

1412
01:21:39,740 --> 01:21:49,660
 And I thought he did a whale of a job, and, you know, I felt like that, you know, we had a lot of big plays in the game.

1413
01:21:50,140 --> 01:21:59,780
 Cam Coleman came up with a lot of big catches, and, you know, we had some pretty good, you know, Daniels threw the ball well, I thought.

1414
01:21:59,780 --> 01:22:12,300
 And, you know, it was our best offensive outing probably in two years, you know, so it's been a long time in coming.

1415
01:22:12,600 --> 01:22:17,640
 But, you know, as good as the offense played, the defense, for some reason, faltered.

1416
01:22:18,120 --> 01:22:28,420
 And, you know, you could say, well, the reason is Diego Pavia, and the guy is just elusive as, you know, a slippery watermelon seed.

1417
01:22:28,420 --> 01:22:40,060
 And I tell you what, we just couldn't get our hands on him and get in control of his offense because, you know, he scored when they really needed it.

1418
01:22:40,500 --> 01:22:46,900
 He brought them back from a deficit and then scored in overtime, and Auburn was not able to score.

1419
01:22:48,540 --> 01:22:58,320
 Charlie, when you talk about legendary quarterbacks in the SEC, I can't think of anybody who could talk about this better than the former.

1420
01:22:58,420 --> 01:23:04,120
 quarterback at Auburn, and you're one of the most underrated quarterbacks in the history of the league.

1421
01:23:04,260 --> 01:23:12,880
 But when you mention Pavia, to me, you've got to put him in a group with Tim Tebow, Johnny Manziel, Cam Newton,

1422
01:23:13,520 --> 01:23:17,520
 and I know we can probably come up with a couple of other ones, but it's a handful.

1423
01:23:18,400 --> 01:23:20,520
 It's even hard to describe him.

1424
01:23:21,040 --> 01:23:25,160
 He's not your pro-typical quarterback at 6'5", 250.

1425
01:23:25,160 --> 01:23:28,920
 He looks like he needs to be playing in a YMCA league.

1426
01:23:29,500 --> 01:23:34,360
 Charlie, he gained 480 yards against one of the best defenses in the country.

1427
01:23:35,020 --> 01:23:36,860
 He did just absolutely amazing.

1428
01:23:37,120 --> 01:23:40,420
 his moxie, leadership, discipline.

1429
01:23:40,820 --> 01:23:42,940
 Charlie, your thoughts on Pavia.

1430
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 Well, he's an Auburn killer.

1431
01:23:46,340 --> 01:23:55,160
 I mean, he beat Auburn at New Mexico State in an uncanny performance, and then he didn't do as well last year.

1432
01:23:55,500 --> 01:24:00,720
 They did beat Auburn 17-7, but it was really Auburn's net that's on offense,

1433
01:24:01,100 --> 01:24:06,580
 and not so much Pavia on offense that beat Auburn last year when Vanderbilt came to the Plains.

1434
01:24:06,740 --> 01:24:11,040
 But, listen, this game that he played was marvelous.

1435
01:24:12,180 --> 01:24:21,080
 His awareness, guys, is awareness of where defensive players are, where his offensive players are,

1436
01:24:21,560 --> 01:24:25,020
 how to get the ball on time to his receivers.

1437
01:24:25,840 --> 01:24:32,080
 And then, when he's in trouble, he was able to get out of trouble and make big plays.

1438
01:24:32,280 --> 01:24:41,860
 Not just, you know, a five-yard gain out of a bad situation, but I'm talking about a 25-yard gain when Auburn is chasing him,

1439
01:24:41,960 --> 01:24:44,940
 and they're right at his heels, but they can't gain on him.

1440
01:24:45,280 --> 01:24:49,860
 And he is miraculously crafty.

1441
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 That's what I would say a great word for him is he's crafty, and he's a magician.

1442
01:24:56,460 --> 01:25:03,880
 I mean, he just knows how to move the ball, and he's done it his whole career, especially against Auburn.

1443
01:25:05,500 --> 01:25:06,600
 He's got that instinct.

1444
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 He's like a bird.

1445
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 You don't have to teach the fly.

1446
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 He just knows.

1447
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 Charlie, your thoughts about, obviously, it's an audition every week,

1448
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 but you couldn't ask for a better audition for Durkin in game one.

1449
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 It's game one.

1450
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 Sometimes these kids come out and run through a wall for a coach.

1451
01:25:21,080 --> 01:25:23,860
 But on the balance of the season, if it continues to go this way,

1452
01:25:23,980 --> 01:25:26,860
 what does Auburn do with Durkin as far as the obvious question?

1453
01:25:28,400 --> 01:25:33,780
 Well, that's a great question, and, of course, you know, the Alabama game is going to be the answer.

1454
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 I mean, we all hope and believe that Auburn will beat Mercer.

1455
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 But, you know, if Auburn has a great game against Alabama,

1456
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 even if it's a game sort of like they had against Vanderbilt,

1457
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 D.J. Durkin has to be considered.

1458
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 And I know he's under consideration now.

1459
01:25:53,720 --> 01:25:57,520
 How they play against Alabama is going to be paramount, you know,

1460
01:25:57,560 --> 01:26:01,720
 in his ability to secure the permanent job.

1461
01:26:01,880 --> 01:26:06,480
 But, you know, I think Jon Sumrall probably has the inside track right now,

1462
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 and that is given a typical offensive performance that Auburn might have

1463
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 against Alabama and not be able to, you know, be in the game in the fourth quarter.

1464
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 And if that occurs, then I think, you know, probably Durkin's chances of being the coach

1465
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 are going to be compromised greatly.

1466
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 But I would say, you know, he's, you know, probably, he's got probably a 35% chance right

1467
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 now of getting a job.

1468
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 I'd say maybe, you know, Sumrall in my estimation is probably the leading candidate.

1469
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 But, you know, and he may be a 50-50 guy.

1470
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 Who knows?

1471
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 But, you know, I like Durkin.

1472
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 It wouldn't hurt my feelings if he got the job.

1473
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 I think he's an excellent coach.

1474
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 I think he's a good motivator.

1475
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 I think the kids love him.

1476
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 I think he's a good recruiter.

1477
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 You know, he does all the things.

1478
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 He checks all the boxes, except for the fact that he wasn't really, really successful

1479
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 as a coach at Maryland.

1480
01:27:14,940 --> 01:27:23,160
 But, you know, to me, he's done enough as a defensive coordinator to warrant giving him

1481
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 an opportunity.

1482
01:27:24,480 --> 01:27:27,600
 Now, you know, is that a dangerous thing to do?

1483
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 If you're Auburn, maybe.

1484
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 You know, maybe you try to find somebody who's been a proven head coach.

1485
01:27:35,920 --> 01:27:44,140
 But, again, I think D.J. Durkin is unique in his ability to get players to play for him.

1486
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 And, you know, maybe he could do that as the head coach.

1487
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 You know, we'll have to wait and see.

1488
01:27:50,140 --> 01:27:54,580
 Charlie, what did Derek Nix do to simplify this offense?

1489
01:27:55,260 --> 01:28:00,760
 Number one, he got the ball to the playmakers, Eric Singleton and Cam Coleman.

1490
01:28:01,420 --> 01:28:09,120
 But he finished with 442 yards of total offense, which ranks third in the history of Auburn football

1491
01:28:09,120 --> 01:28:11,420
 behind Nick Marshall and Damian Craig.

1492
01:28:12,420 --> 01:28:16,740
 What happened the week after Hugh Freeze got fired with his staff?

1493
01:28:17,940 --> 01:28:27,000
 To me, one of the things that Derek Nix did is he took advantage of the open areas in the zone defense.

1494
01:28:27,560 --> 01:28:32,840
 And even when Vanderbilt went to some man coverage, but they were playing a lot of zone.

1495
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 And he had people sit down in the zones in what you would call a hitch route, maybe.

1496
01:28:41,500 --> 01:28:50,220
 You know, Singleton would go out, find the open area, sit down in the open area, and very quickly, you know, Daniels,

1497
01:28:50,260 --> 01:28:56,420
 Ashton Daniels would find him for, you know, what would be only a six- or seven-yard game.

1498
01:28:56,560 --> 01:29:01,140
 But then Singleton would turn up field and make it a 10- or 12-yard game.

1499
01:29:01,140 --> 01:29:12,860
 And they finally ran a slant route for a touchdown, which that's been a big deal at Ole Miss.

1500
01:29:13,120 --> 01:29:14,620
 You know, they do it all the time.

1501
01:29:14,720 --> 01:29:17,080
 Lane Kiffin is big on slant routes.

1502
01:29:17,260 --> 01:29:21,180
 And Auburn just hasn't run the slant route much this year.

1503
01:29:21,320 --> 01:29:22,320
 And it's been there.

1504
01:29:22,900 --> 01:29:27,100
 And Cam Coleman, you know, caught, I think, one of those two.

1505
01:29:27,840 --> 01:29:34,800
 And, you know, they finally, as you said, they used the guys that can make things happen.

1506
01:29:35,340 --> 01:29:38,040
 You know, they threw a couple of passes to Perry Thompson.

1507
01:29:38,340 --> 01:29:42,840
 And, you know, they didn't really use the tight end very much.

1508
01:29:42,840 --> 01:29:44,400
 I think they threw him one pass.

1509
01:29:44,660 --> 01:29:49,660
 But, you know, our tight end, for some reason, you know, he's had Preston Howard.

1510
01:29:49,800 --> 01:29:53,820
 He's had a – we've had one tight end, you know, Frazier, Hurt.

1511
01:29:54,000 --> 01:29:57,780
 But Preston Howard has been really struggling catching the ball.

1512
01:29:57,920 --> 01:29:59,000
 I'm not sure why.

1513
01:29:59,200 --> 01:30:01,340
 But, you know, he's a 6'5 guy.

1514
01:30:01,440 --> 01:30:06,460
 He's got great, you know, arm width and reach.

1515
01:30:06,620 --> 01:30:10,020
 And he just – he fights the ball when it comes to him.

1516
01:30:10,020 --> 01:30:12,820
 I'm not sure why that is.

1517
01:30:13,060 --> 01:30:15,460
 But they didn't go to him very often.

1518
01:30:15,720 --> 01:30:21,680
 And he made a big critical mistake when Ashton Daniels had the long touchdown run.

1519
01:30:21,840 --> 01:30:22,540
 He was holding.

1520
01:30:22,840 --> 01:30:25,920
 So, you know, we've got to get Preston Howard, you know,

1521
01:30:25,940 --> 01:30:28,360
 playing at a higher level than he's playing right now.

1522
01:30:29,560 --> 01:30:30,000
 Absolutely.

1523
01:30:30,340 --> 01:30:34,300
 Yeah, two of them was pretty good at those slant passes too, Charlie.

1524
01:30:34,960 --> 01:30:37,340
 Listen, we always enjoy – that's right.

1525
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 We always enjoy the conversation.

1526
01:30:40,160 --> 01:30:42,660
 Great insight into the coaching.

1527
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 We'll find out in a couple of weeks, Charlie, certainly where that is going.

1528
01:30:48,460 --> 01:30:52,460
 Listen, have a great week and enjoy the bye week.

1529
01:30:52,600 --> 01:30:54,000
 Let's do this again real soon.

1530
01:30:54,800 --> 01:30:55,700
 We'll do it, Brett.

1531
01:30:55,780 --> 01:30:56,640
 Thank you so much.

1532
01:30:57,340 --> 01:31:00,040
 Harold, you and I appreciate y'all having me.

1533
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 Hey, we appreciate you taking time out there, Charlie.

1534
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 There you have it.

1535
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 Former Auburn quarterback, Charlie Trappett.

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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1630
01:35:38,940 --> 01:35:39,580
 Welcome back here.

1631
01:35:39,640 --> 01:35:42,700
 One of the busiest folks down in Tuscaloosa is Ryan Fowler.

1632
01:35:42,940 --> 01:35:46,440
 After you hook up with him there as host for the game, tied 109 FM.

1633
01:35:46,980 --> 01:35:48,900
 Hopefully, Ryan's gonna be able to clear out his calendar there.

1634
01:35:48,900 --> 01:36:01,960
 He's got a lot going on, including BB, something that, when's the last time a school anywhere, in this case, Alabama, has hosted an all top 10 matchup in football.

1635
01:36:02,320 --> 01:36:05,180
 It's Alabama and Oklahoma coming up this weekend.

1636
01:36:05,280 --> 01:36:07,240
 I say top 10, top 20 matchup there.

1637
01:36:07,620 --> 01:36:10,880
 And a top 8 matchup in basketball.

1638
01:36:11,240 --> 01:36:15,980
 Tonight, it's Alabama ranked 8th and Purdue ranked 2nd.

1639
01:36:16,100 --> 01:36:22,400
 That's pretty good if you are looking to look at some good hot action and keep it parked close to home, BB.

1640
01:36:22,860 --> 01:36:31,580
 Well, it nearly is a, both of them top 10, because Oklahoma's number 11, and Alabama's number 4, so it nearly is, yeah.

1641
01:36:32,180 --> 01:36:42,140
 The Alabama-Purdue game, Purdue was number 1 in Houston, who is playing Auburn Sunday in Birmingham, is number 1.

1642
01:36:42,220 --> 01:36:43,560
 Purdue now number 2.

1643
01:36:44,600 --> 01:36:45,780
 Purdue is just incredible.

1644
01:36:45,860 --> 01:36:50,520
 This is the 4th game that these teams have played in the last 4 years.

1645
01:36:51,020 --> 01:36:55,320
 Nate Oates really wants a very tough preseason schedule.

1646
01:36:55,960 --> 01:36:58,140
 Braden Smith is a kid that you will see.

1647
01:36:58,240 --> 01:36:59,800
 This game's on ESPN, too.

1648
01:36:59,880 --> 01:37:06,780
 You can hear it on 93-9, the score at 5, and then the tip-off approximately at 6 o'clock.

1649
01:37:06,900 --> 01:37:10,120
 Braden Smith, one of the best guards in the country.

1650
01:37:10,120 --> 01:37:15,060
 Trey Kaufman-Ren, he's 6'9", 6'10", one of the best forwards.

1651
01:37:15,180 --> 01:37:20,660
 Now, he hasn't played this year, and he's kind of a game-time decision.

1652
01:37:20,860 --> 01:37:28,140
 Fletcher, Loyal, I mean, they just got kids that they also seem to stay there for 8 years whenever they get in with Matt Painter.

1653
01:37:28,320 --> 01:37:38,680
 But you're right, very rare for two top 10 in football and basketball to be played within 3 days of each other.

1654
01:37:39,100 --> 01:37:42,420
 More on the football matchup in a second, but you've got to look at Nate Oates.

1655
01:37:42,660 --> 01:37:47,320
 I mean, this guy does not back down back to the old, what, to some back in the day.

1656
01:37:47,740 --> 01:37:49,400
 Two things I think he does on this.

1657
01:37:49,520 --> 01:37:50,500
 Well, actually, many things.

1658
01:37:51,100 --> 01:37:57,020
 Some of the primary, he wants to find out a good measuring stick of how good or how bad his team is, what he needs to work on.

1659
01:37:57,520 --> 01:38:00,300
 I think here in November, he's building his resume for March.

1660
01:38:00,300 --> 01:38:08,540
 So, if there's any doubt whatsoever, this committee is going to have a hard time saying Alabama's not deserving if they can keep it between the dishes between now and then.

1661
01:38:09,020 --> 01:38:15,780
 And also, he wants to get ready for a juggernaut called the SEC slate once the calendar turns, and we go into 2026.

1662
01:38:16,460 --> 01:38:26,000
 So, when you look at it that way, if you've got confidence in the team, it's hard to argue with Nate Oates' strategy because this is not the first time he's done this.

1663
01:38:26,000 --> 01:38:43,760
 Well, that's exactly the reason why he plays a tough preseason schedule, is when the selection committee sits down and looks at the fact that Alabama's played five or six top 25 teams in the preseason.

1664
01:38:44,220 --> 01:39:08,200
 As far as seeding is concerned, but Harold, they beat St. John's Saturday in the Garden, and then they've got Purdue, and then they've got Illinois coming up, and then they go out to Las Vegas in that NIL tournament, and they're going to be playing Gonzaga in Nevada, Las Vegas, and a little bit later, they play Clemson.

1665
01:39:08,320 --> 01:39:11,820
 So, again, it's another rugged preseason schedule.

1666
01:39:12,060 --> 01:39:24,780
 In case you missed this team over the weekend, BB, obviously Nate Oates has recruited very well, but the one thing that I think a lot of folks were going, wow, was the play of the guards.

1667
01:39:24,980 --> 01:39:27,680
 I mean, they are rabbit quick.

1668
01:39:27,800 --> 01:39:41,200
 You take your eye off of them for one second, and I think what Nate Oates has done, he's built his reputation as a three-point team, but now when you come out and you guard the arc, this quickness of the guards, they just go by you, and they'll take the easy two.

1669
01:39:41,200 --> 01:39:49,440
 Well, I won't say it's easy two, but the high percentage two, and speaking of high percentage, when it comes to talking Tide, no one can give you more than Ryan Fowler.

1670
01:39:49,540 --> 01:39:54,900
 He's hosted the game on Tide 109 FM on your way home afternoons down in Tide Town.

1671
01:39:55,000 --> 01:39:56,040
 Ryan Fowler, welcome in.

1672
01:39:56,100 --> 01:39:56,680
 How are you?

1673
01:39:57,220 --> 01:39:57,740
 Hey, good.

1674
01:39:57,820 --> 01:39:58,280
 I apologize.

1675
01:39:58,540 --> 01:39:59,580
 I'm a couple of minutes late.

1676
01:39:59,680 --> 01:40:00,300
 My apologies.

1677
01:40:00,600 --> 01:40:01,060
 It's all right.

1678
01:40:01,680 --> 01:40:05,300
 I stumbled, and I'm not going to lie.

1679
01:40:05,380 --> 01:40:09,260
 So, yeah, I jumped in the shower right before, and I said –

1680
01:40:09,260 --> 01:40:10,540
 You're not there now, right, Ryan?

1681
01:40:10,560 --> 01:40:11,400
 You're not there now, right?

1682
01:40:11,420 --> 01:40:12,160
 No, no, no.

1683
01:40:12,680 --> 01:40:14,880
 This will be the first time that I've never done an interview.

1684
01:40:15,020 --> 01:40:15,360
 Yeah, yeah.

1685
01:40:15,440 --> 01:40:17,180
 But anyway, so my apologies, guys.

1686
01:40:18,440 --> 01:40:22,000
 I guess I was sluggish like Alabama's offense, just a little bit sluggish.

1687
01:40:22,000 --> 01:40:23,680
 A little bit sluggish.

1688
01:40:24,940 --> 01:40:26,320
 Let's talk about that, Ryan.

1689
01:40:26,460 --> 01:40:32,380
 Obviously, you can do that against a lot of teams, but Oklahoma, I mean, make no bones about it.

1690
01:40:32,600 --> 01:40:33,960
 They brag about their D.

1691
01:40:34,520 --> 01:40:36,040
 They brag about winning on the road.

1692
01:40:36,100 --> 01:40:36,980
 They've lost two games.

1693
01:40:37,060 --> 01:40:37,860
 Neither one of them at home.

1694
01:40:38,120 --> 01:40:42,520
 They lost one on a neutral field to Texas, and the other one was on the road.

1695
01:40:43,780 --> 01:40:46,200
 You get this question all the time.

1696
01:40:46,680 --> 01:40:52,300
 This late in the season, where does Alabama find an answer to give Ty Simpson some relief

1697
01:40:52,300 --> 01:40:55,960
 against this Oklahoma defense to maybe spread the wealth a little bit?

1698
01:40:57,040 --> 01:40:59,180
 Errol, I think it's the million-dollar question.

1699
01:40:59,960 --> 01:41:03,200
 They've tried a lot of different things, and a lot of things have worked.

1700
01:41:03,660 --> 01:41:08,160
 I still think there's more to this offense than we have seen so far.

1701
01:41:08,160 --> 01:41:13,040
 I still think that there's a lot more to this offense's side of the football.

1702
01:41:13,900 --> 01:41:15,440
 They're having to be creative.

1703
01:41:15,920 --> 01:41:21,200
 It's not one of those that when you step back and you begin to look at it, you begin to analyze it,

1704
01:41:21,680 --> 01:41:23,300
 it's not their traditional offense.

1705
01:41:23,660 --> 01:41:26,060
 But we knew that when Caleb DeBoer was going to come in.

1706
01:41:26,140 --> 01:41:27,840
 I mean, they're going to put up gigantic numbers.

1707
01:41:28,040 --> 01:41:33,060
 I mean, guys, it's hard to complain about an offense that's, what, 24 touchdowns and one interception

1708
01:41:33,060 --> 01:41:37,900
 and a chance for a Heisman Trophy if he can have a big game.

1709
01:41:38,240 --> 01:41:41,780
 They can't run the football, and I'm more convinced.

1710
01:41:42,900 --> 01:41:48,080
 I know a few weeks ago I was on with you guys, and I made the statement that, you know,

1711
01:41:48,120 --> 01:41:53,780
 I thought it was more of schematic-wise because initially I did.

1712
01:41:53,840 --> 01:41:55,300
 I was like, okay, what scheme-wise?

1713
01:41:55,420 --> 01:41:56,240
 What scheme-wise?

1714
01:41:56,320 --> 01:42:02,860
 Because, you know, the sample size, if you go to Seattle, the Seattle Seahawks,

1715
01:42:02,980 --> 01:42:04,280
 Ryan Grubb couldn't run the football.

1716
01:42:04,460 --> 01:42:08,840
 Well, I went and talked with some people up in Seattle, and they said, no, no, no, no.

1717
01:42:08,840 --> 01:42:12,640
 We understand what you're saying, but the problem up here was offensive line.

1718
01:42:12,700 --> 01:42:17,760
 Our offensive line was just absolutely, you know, garbage for NFL offensive line.

1719
01:42:17,860 --> 01:42:22,140
 Okay, so we went through this, and he said, the backs are okay up here.

1720
01:42:22,500 --> 01:42:26,500
 He said, but listen, what he was able to do with Geno Smith, and if you look at Geno,

1721
01:42:26,540 --> 01:42:29,700
 Geno's had an awful season so far this year in the Raiders.

1722
01:42:29,860 --> 01:42:33,380
 So, obviously, he took him and put him in the top ten passing record.

1723
01:42:33,500 --> 01:42:37,720
 So, there was a reason that you could blame it on schematic-wise, that it was a scheme,

1724
01:42:37,820 --> 01:42:39,240
 that it was something they were doing.

1725
01:42:40,140 --> 01:42:44,780
 I'm now more confirmed that, you know what, I think it's a personnel.

1726
01:42:45,420 --> 01:42:46,600
 I think it's a personnel issue.

1727
01:42:46,800 --> 01:42:51,280
 I just think when you look at quality of backs, they're just not there.

1728
01:42:51,580 --> 01:42:54,400
 They're just not, they're not there.

1729
01:42:54,620 --> 01:42:59,500
 And I think when you look at the offensive line, yeah, they could probably, you know,

1730
01:42:59,540 --> 01:43:05,500
 open holes that you and I could run through, but these backs are just not seeing, you know,

1731
01:43:05,560 --> 01:43:06,760
 what they're trying to provide.

1732
01:43:08,120 --> 01:43:11,280
 Right, let me ask you about some of the reports and rumors we're getting this week.

1733
01:43:11,380 --> 01:43:13,520
 The name A.K. Deer has popped up.

1734
01:43:14,080 --> 01:43:15,020
 What are you hearing?

1735
01:43:15,120 --> 01:43:19,400
 We know he was all that in a bag of chips coming out of high school in Mississippi,

1736
01:43:20,200 --> 01:43:25,200
 but can a kid who played in Mississippi high school learn to play a complete game in the SEC,

1737
01:43:25,460 --> 01:43:26,860
 including picking up blitz packages?

1738
01:43:27,320 --> 01:43:29,580
 What are you hearing about A.K. Deer running back?

1739
01:43:30,580 --> 01:43:32,120
 Well, I've got to go back to the board.

1740
01:43:32,300 --> 01:43:38,100
 Yesterday, on the SEC teleconference, he used the word sooner rather than later.

1741
01:43:38,100 --> 01:43:45,860
 Now, I don't know if he was talking about Oklahoma sooner, or was he talking about eastern Illinois sooner?

1742
01:43:46,060 --> 01:43:47,940
 He said sooner rather than later, okay?

1743
01:43:49,600 --> 01:43:50,600
 I don't know.

1744
01:43:51,000 --> 01:43:53,620
 I mean, am I hearing things about A.K. Deer?

1745
01:43:53,980 --> 01:43:58,080
 Yes, I think he's probably the most talented back in your backfield.

1746
01:43:58,220 --> 01:44:01,800
 I don't think there's any doubt when you look at the quality of him.

1747
01:44:02,180 --> 01:44:09,680
 But I also think when you look at it, it's a guy that is going to give you a lot of different things.

1748
01:44:10,540 --> 01:44:12,900
 And then he put that encrypted tweet out, right?

1749
01:44:13,000 --> 01:44:14,100
 I mean, it was a little cryptic.

1750
01:44:14,220 --> 01:44:16,100
 I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, what is this?

1751
01:44:16,180 --> 01:44:16,700
 What is this?

1752
01:44:17,840 --> 01:44:19,180
 He put that tweet out.

1753
01:44:19,260 --> 01:44:20,040
 Did you guys see it?

1754
01:44:20,120 --> 01:44:23,140
 We're – let me see if I've got it.

1755
01:44:23,300 --> 01:44:27,940
 It was just a – it was – you see, you've got to remember, these kids communicate different.

1756
01:44:28,500 --> 01:44:32,220
 And he goes, update, dot, dot, dot, dot, dot.

1757
01:44:33,800 --> 01:44:35,300
 And that came from A.K. Deer.

1758
01:44:35,460 --> 01:44:36,980
 Well, then that got us all to thinking.

1759
01:44:37,620 --> 01:44:44,260
 And then I believe it was Joe Gaither who asked the question yesterday to DeBoer on the SEC teleconference.

1760
01:44:44,340 --> 01:44:46,340
 And then that's when he said sooner rather than later.

1761
01:44:46,340 --> 01:44:49,340
 I think you're going to see a big dose of Daniel Heal.

1762
01:44:51,220 --> 01:44:58,040
 I also wonder if Jan Miller is still – he doesn't trust something.

1763
01:44:58,460 --> 01:45:00,160
 You know, what is that?

1764
01:45:00,320 --> 01:45:06,000
 You know, when they clear somebody, that means that they have been medically cleared, physically cleared.

1765
01:45:06,660 --> 01:45:09,640
 That doesn't mean that they've been mentally cleared to get it.

1766
01:45:09,660 --> 01:45:12,400
 Because when you have an injury – I mean, think about us.

1767
01:45:12,400 --> 01:45:18,400
 You know, I mean, in small things, we've broken a bone or twisted a toenail.

1768
01:45:18,860 --> 01:45:21,000
 And your doctor says, oh, you're fine.

1769
01:45:21,080 --> 01:45:21,660
 You're going to be good.

1770
01:45:21,700 --> 01:45:22,160
 You're going to be good.

1771
01:45:22,180 --> 01:45:22,960
 But you're still hesitant.

1772
01:45:23,440 --> 01:45:27,360
 I think that's where Jan Miller is because he's just not hitting the hole.

1773
01:45:27,620 --> 01:45:31,900
 And I believe that Jan Miller is a better back than what we've seen the last few weeks.

1774
01:45:32,000 --> 01:45:40,480
 But, you know, the last time – the last time we kept talking about somebody not being able to do something, man, oh, man, oh, man.

1775
01:45:41,140 --> 01:45:43,260
 They came out and did it.

1776
01:45:44,440 --> 01:45:47,880
 And I remember them talking about, well, you couldn't stop Ahmaud Hardy.

1777
01:45:48,280 --> 01:45:49,620
 This defense will never stop.

1778
01:45:49,860 --> 01:45:52,840
 So, I think this team, I think they feed off this.

1779
01:45:53,840 --> 01:45:54,440
 I really do.

1780
01:45:55,160 --> 01:46:01,260
 Because I think, listen, everywhere DeBoer goes, they're talking about running the football or lack thereof.

1781
01:46:01,820 --> 01:46:06,100
 But that's got to motivate these players, that offensive line.

1782
01:46:06,100 --> 01:46:16,220
 Because think about this entire run that they're on right now was probably built on motivation of the doubt that this team could do it.

1783
01:46:16,380 --> 01:46:17,100
 They used it.

1784
01:46:17,460 --> 01:46:25,240
 You know, so now, really, if you look at it going against this Oklahoma team, they got a lot of reason to play a different level of football.

1785
01:46:25,780 --> 01:46:26,820
 Simply because of what?

1786
01:46:27,220 --> 01:46:28,440
 Because of the doubt.

1787
01:46:28,880 --> 01:46:32,760
 So, I wouldn't be shocked if we see a different intensity.

1788
01:46:33,280 --> 01:46:35,000
 This team's not going to be Derrick Henry.

1789
01:46:35,400 --> 01:46:35,600
 Okay?

1790
01:46:35,660 --> 01:46:42,280
 They're not going to be 2011 with Trent Richardson and 2012, Betty Lacey.

1791
01:46:43,000 --> 01:46:44,560
 It's just – guys, they're not.

1792
01:46:44,760 --> 01:46:45,000
 Okay?

1793
01:46:45,320 --> 01:46:48,640
 But they can't, I think, be a productive running back.

1794
01:46:48,640 --> 01:46:53,180
 And I also – running back room, and when I say productive, I'm not talking about leading the SEC.

1795
01:46:53,860 --> 01:46:57,600
 I'm talking about just being enough that the other guys will respect you.

1796
01:46:57,700 --> 01:47:07,280
 And also, keep in mind, as they get closer to that deep ball, okay, that deep ball should be able to open up some other things, too.

1797
01:47:07,400 --> 01:47:10,220
 And they were so close on Saturday to those deep balls.

1798
01:47:10,600 --> 01:47:17,440
 Once those start connecting – and Ryan Williams talked about this yesterday on the K-1-4 show – he's getting healthier.

1799
01:47:17,760 --> 01:47:20,180
 That's another weapon to stretch the field.

1800
01:47:20,920 --> 01:47:26,200
 It's just something to think about, you know, just something to think about, you know.

1801
01:47:26,200 --> 01:47:31,140
 When you really, you know, sit there and look at when the deep balls start happening, I think that all kind of works together.

1802
01:47:31,660 --> 01:47:35,420
 When you look at the deep balls happening, the safeties are going to get out of the box.

1803
01:47:35,480 --> 01:47:37,100
 It's going to carry more rushing lanes.

1804
01:47:37,660 --> 01:47:41,340
 Then I think you're going to be able to find maybe a little bit of production there.

1805
01:47:41,800 --> 01:47:43,140
 And, you know, we'll see.

1806
01:47:44,200 --> 01:47:48,940
 Ryan, I use the term, Ron, yours used on time or side or rhythm.

1807
01:47:49,340 --> 01:47:54,740
 From Georgia to the Tennessee game, Ty Simpson was probably the best quarterback in the country.

1808
01:47:55,380 --> 01:47:58,440
 The last two games, he's been under more pressure.

1809
01:47:59,460 --> 01:48:06,140
 And you're right, Jeremy Bernard was a layup for a touchdown, and then he underthrew Lodzair Brooks.

1810
01:48:06,680 --> 01:48:11,440
 If that's two touchdowns, that's 34-9.

1811
01:48:12,160 --> 01:48:18,800
 But isn't it interesting at how effective this team is on the last drive of the first half?

1812
01:48:19,000 --> 01:48:23,980
 They just seem to line up and go tempo and just rip it.

1813
01:48:24,540 --> 01:48:25,700
 And you saw it again.

1814
01:48:25,800 --> 01:48:32,360
 They went 66 yards just right before the half and scored again, and they've done that countless times.

1815
01:48:32,360 --> 01:48:37,440
 I don't know if it's a fact that they're just reacting and not thinking.

1816
01:48:38,320 --> 01:48:39,500
 But you're right.

1817
01:48:39,620 --> 01:48:44,100
 If Ty Simpson can get into more of a rhythm, that would really help.

1818
01:48:45,000 --> 01:48:50,620
 No, and I think that's another big part of it is they've been a little bit out of rhythm in a lot of ways.

1819
01:48:50,660 --> 01:48:51,220
 Is that fair?

1820
01:48:51,400 --> 01:48:59,040
 I mean, it's South Carolina, and we use the South Carolina game as fatigue, right?

1821
01:48:59,100 --> 01:49:02,020
 We kept going, okay, it's just the grind of the season that they've been on.

1822
01:49:02,120 --> 01:49:04,020
 It's the grind of the season that they've been on.

1823
01:49:04,540 --> 01:49:04,820
 Right, right.

1824
01:49:05,480 --> 01:49:09,660
 And now as we look at it, it seems to be maybe a little bit different.

1825
01:49:11,100 --> 01:49:17,460
 And I also think, listen, last year, Alabama's offense, guys, they got embarrassed.

1826
01:49:18,140 --> 01:49:18,800
 I mean, they did.

1827
01:49:18,920 --> 01:49:20,120
 It's going to be 24-3.

1828
01:49:20,620 --> 01:49:23,320
 Grant Venables is an elite defensive coordinator.

1829
01:49:23,760 --> 01:49:25,460
 He's going to have some things ready.

1830
01:49:26,180 --> 01:49:27,800
 You're going to have to be ready for that.

1831
01:49:28,080 --> 01:49:31,140
 But I also think Kaitlin Boer is an elite offensive mind.

1832
01:49:31,740 --> 01:49:36,940
 I think, you know, that bye week was probably spent installing some stuff.

1833
01:49:36,940 --> 01:49:41,320
 I still think there's more to this offense that we've seen this far.

1834
01:49:41,940 --> 01:49:43,320
 And I think you're going to see that.

1835
01:49:43,460 --> 01:49:48,900
 And I will be shocked if we don't see a better, even though you're going up against a better defense,

1836
01:49:48,920 --> 01:49:51,820
 a better performance from Alabama's offense.

1837
01:49:52,020 --> 01:49:55,620
 I think you're going to see that Saturday against the Oklahoma Boomer Sooners.

1838
01:49:57,060 --> 01:50:05,440
 Ryan Fowler, I'm guessing that Nate Oates is going to have a sellout crowd to see the number eight versus the number two game.

1839
01:50:05,440 --> 01:50:16,840
 Tonight, as we talked about before you came on, how rare is it to have a top ten matchup in basketball Thursday and a near top ten matchup.

1840
01:50:16,960 --> 01:50:18,860
 Oklahoma is number 11 in football.

1841
01:50:19,720 --> 01:50:26,600
 It's going to be fun to see how Alabama stacks up against number two Purdue tonight beginning at 6 o'clock.

1842
01:50:27,400 --> 01:50:27,880
 Yeah, it will be.

1843
01:50:28,040 --> 01:50:28,420
 It will be.

1844
01:50:28,700 --> 01:50:30,460
 And it was a big win over St. John's.

1845
01:50:31,000 --> 01:50:34,100
 And I heard Harold and you guys were sitting there talking about the guards.

1846
01:50:34,200 --> 01:50:38,440
 And the guards have been a lot of fun to be able to watch and depth at those positions.

1847
01:50:38,900 --> 01:50:41,520
 But, you know, it's a tough run.

1848
01:50:42,180 --> 01:50:45,960
 But this team was not intimidated by going to Madison Square Garden.

1849
01:50:45,960 --> 01:50:48,880
 So, it's going to be something that we're going to watch closely.

1850
01:50:49,480 --> 01:50:52,660
 And I have not seen a spread on this game tonight.

1851
01:50:52,840 --> 01:50:54,620
 I don't know if Alabama's the favorite.

1852
01:50:54,720 --> 01:50:55,760
 I can really quickly look.

1853
01:50:55,900 --> 01:50:56,140
 But I would.

1854
01:50:56,860 --> 01:51:02,700
 It's just something I watched all day yesterday that was not released, which tells me it's going to be super, super close.

1855
01:51:02,700 --> 01:51:07,640
 Ryan, I thought I saw Alabama was a two-point favorite, which surprised me a little bit.

1856
01:51:07,900 --> 01:51:09,240
 Three and a half right now.

1857
01:51:09,240 --> 01:51:10,300
 Three and a half right now.

1858
01:51:10,440 --> 01:51:10,800
 So, it's moving.

1859
01:51:11,120 --> 01:51:11,540
 It's moving.

1860
01:51:11,640 --> 01:51:13,820
 So, Alabama's the favorite over Purdue.

1861
01:51:14,260 --> 01:51:16,900
 So, wow, what a weekend.

1862
01:51:17,320 --> 01:51:18,900
 Yeah, as you said, top ten.

1863
01:51:19,280 --> 01:51:24,520
 And Alabama's the only program in the country that has a top ten basketball program and a top ten football team.

1864
01:51:25,500 --> 01:51:26,400
 That's pretty awesome.

1865
01:51:26,560 --> 01:51:26,980
 Pretty awesome.

1866
01:51:27,880 --> 01:51:28,280
 Absolutely.

1867
01:51:28,660 --> 01:51:31,940
 But who have you got on the show this afternoon?

1868
01:51:32,580 --> 01:51:34,960
 And where can we get online to listen to it?

1869
01:51:35,560 --> 01:51:37,560
 We've got Rodney Orr coming up at 2.15.

1870
01:51:37,740 --> 01:51:40,480
 We've got Josh from College Football Nerds at 3, 3.30.

1871
01:51:40,580 --> 01:51:43,640
 Y'all's friend and my friend, Bruce Marshall, is going to be with us.

1872
01:51:43,700 --> 01:51:47,000
 We're going to do keys to victory for this Alabama Crimson Tide team.

1873
01:51:47,440 --> 01:51:49,820
 And we'll fire it up coming up here in about five or six minutes.

1874
01:51:49,920 --> 01:51:52,540
 Once again, guys, sorry I was a couple of minutes late.

1875
01:51:53,020 --> 01:51:57,400
 I got distracted and just time slipped away and I didn't have my phone right beside me.

1876
01:51:57,440 --> 01:51:58,900
 So, I appreciate you guys understanding that.

1877
01:51:59,060 --> 01:51:59,980
 Thank you guys so much.

1878
01:52:00,360 --> 01:52:01,120
 So much.

1879
01:52:01,420 --> 01:52:04,920
 Ryan's going to have a squeaky clean show today, fresh from the shower.

1880
01:52:05,480 --> 01:52:08,900
 B.B., it's obviously a heck of a week here on 93.9 to score.

1881
01:52:09,240 --> 01:52:10,640
 You talked about all those matchups.

1882
01:52:10,720 --> 01:52:14,080
 We got you covered, including a big one tonight, in case you missed it again.

1883
01:52:14,200 --> 01:52:16,200
 It says a lot about Alabama basketball.

1884
01:52:17,200 --> 01:52:22,740
 How long ago would it have been that people have said the Alabama basketball team is going to be the three-and-a-half-point favorite

1885
01:52:22,740 --> 01:52:25,600
 over the number two team in the nation, B.B.?

1886
01:52:25,600 --> 01:52:31,620
 Well, that tells you where Nate Oates has fit this program right now, Harold, and I think that will continue again.

1887
01:52:31,740 --> 01:52:40,160
 Pre-game at five, Chris Stewart, Roger Hoover, Brian Passink at five o'clock pre-game, tip-off a little bit after six.

1888
01:52:40,820 --> 01:52:43,660
 We've got to get Brian back on the show if we can get him settled down on that camera.

1889
01:52:43,760 --> 01:52:44,660
 Can we do that, B.B.?

1890
01:52:44,660 --> 01:52:45,500
 Yes, we can.

1891
01:52:45,780 --> 01:52:46,480
 Stay tuned.

1892
01:52:46,800 --> 01:52:50,280
 We're going to take care of business for now on behalf of B.B., Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

1893
01:52:50,640 --> 01:52:52,560
 Harold Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1894
01:52:52,560 --> 01:52:54,900
 Let's do it again tomorrow at noon to two for the Boomwell Buck Show.

1895
01:52:55,240 --> 01:52:57,300
 Back here on Sports Radio, 93.9 The Score.