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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 Tide, 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 to the eve of Separation Saturday. Good afternoon, welcome in and how are you?

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 Happy Football Friday to you and the listeners. Mike Hugin and Coach Pete Cordelli will preview the top games in college football this weekend just a little bit later.

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 Zach Pounders of the Shoals Sports Report previews all of the Shoals teams in round two of the high school playoffs.

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 Jimmy is here right now to recap the top basketball loss to a legitimate number one contender in preview

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 and to preview homecoming in Tuscaloosa, Alabama tomorrow.

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 What better way, as you mentioned, to lead things off?

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 I'm saying hello to Jimmy Stein. He's the co-host of Locked on Bama, part of the Locked on Network.

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 Jimmy, welcome in. How are you?

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 Oh, I'm doing great, guys. Appreciate y'all having me back on.

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 No, we appreciate you taking time. I'm just going out on a limb here and I'm assuming Alabama football fans

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 hope they fare better than Alabama basketball fans against a ranked opponent.

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 I think Nate Oates said it best.

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 When you're out rebounded by 24, you got a tall mountain to climb, Jimmy.

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 Purdue was a tall mountain to climb, that's for sure.

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 They're really big up front and dominated Alabama, where I think Alabama's going to have issues.

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 I don't consider last night a one-off.

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 I think rebounding is going to be an Achilles heel probably this season.

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 Now, that doesn't mean that the team can't do things like contend for an SEC title, contend for an SEC tournament championship,

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 make the NCAA tournament advance in that tournament.

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 I think Alabama can do all those things.

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 They're just going to have to do it.

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 Getting out rebounded against really good big teams some nights, and it'll be something they address.

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 One thing about Nate Oates' teams, guys, when they've identified a problem early, and you can do that when you play this type schedule.

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 The St. John's, they'll tell you where you need some work.

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 But Nate Oates' teams have been very good at adapting, improving, coaching around it, and just generally improving things.

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 So I do think you'll see a better rebounding team as the season progresses.

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 But it'll be a problem.

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 And I think it just stems back to the fact that if you laid out, okay, who are your five best players?

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 I mean, the five best players on the team right now, if you line them up, would probably be Phylon, Reitzel, Holloway, Bull Bowen, and Aiden Scherrell, those five.

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 You're going to have a problem rebounding the ball there.

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 You're small in the backcourt with Reitzel and Holloway.

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 Bull Bowen is a stretch four, not a power four.

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 You're just going to get out-rebounded when you play big teams with that lineup.

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 On the other hand, when that lineup is juiced and they're all playing well, like they did in St. John's, Alabama's going to be very difficult to beat.

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 And that's the whole point.

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 If you have a basketball one-on-one background, you know that.

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 I mean, it's just like some things, you don't have to complicate it.

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 You've got to rebound and hold your own.

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 You can't give the other teams three or four chances to score, especially when they're as talented as Purdue.

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 Bottom line is, when Alabama's on with the threes, they want to get in a track meet.

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 And they'll run your tongues out and they'll outscore you.

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 But the minute the level of competition rises and they've got the physicality edge, it's hard to win a championship.

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 If you want to win a lot of ballgames, you're going to win a lot of games.

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 The question is, what's it going to take to take home the big prize?

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 And this is not uncommon.

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 I think Nate Oates, he loves a track meet.

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 And I think he tried to address that issue in the offseason, bringing in some size.

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 But safe to say, if you're going to win a national championship or any type of title, you've still got some work to do.

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 Yeah, I think we saw it last Saturday, despite Alabama's rebounding issues, despite how good Purdue is, on nights that LeBaron Phylon, Aiden Holloway, and Latrell Reitzel, on nights that all three of them have good nights, I don't know that you're going to beat Alabama.

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 They'll win, yeah.

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 Now, how often is it going to happen that you get all three guys, you know, all having great days?

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 That's tough against the better teams, because the better teams are going to have good perimeter defenders, too, you know.

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 But this is still a really good team, and hey, hats off to Purdue.

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 Braden Smith is absolutely the real deal.

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 He is a fantastic basketball player.

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 I mean, he's a national player of the year type guy, and he played up to that, I think, last night.

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 But just apart from Braden Smith, that Purdue team is very good, because you not only have him in the backcourt, their frontcourt is very big and very impressive.

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 And Matt Painter, of course, is one of the best coaches in college basketball.

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 Yeah, Jimmy, they replaced seven-footers with seven-footers.

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 Their frontcourt, they are legitimately a number one team.

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 Auburn playing Houston Sunday.

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 Homecoming in Tuscaloosa, Alabama tomorrow.

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 The Oklahoma Sooners, who derailed Alabama's playoff hopes last year, are coming in.

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 And, Jimmy, we've talked at length with the season.

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 You know, I hear every day, well, why can't Alabama run the dadgum ball?

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 I think it is what it is now.

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 The defense seems to be improving weekly.

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 So many ways these teams are similar.

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 In that sense, they're similar.

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 John Mateer won the September Heisman, that fictional trophy that they give out in September.

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 Mateer won it.

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 And they're both, you know, there's a similar record in that they're both playing for similar things.

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 If Alabama wins, this isn't mathematically true.

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 But if Alabama wins, in all certainty or likelihood, they've punched a ticket to Atlanta.

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 And I think if you're in Atlanta, this season in particular, you're in the playoff.

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 Jimmy Stein, Locked on, Bama.

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 One of the big questions for Alabama's success is, can this offensive line keep Ty Simpson clean?

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 Oklahoma has a reputation for the sack attack.

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 Because we know Miller hasn't had great stats running the ball, but he has a good rep picking up blitz packages.

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 Your thoughts about keeping Ty Simpson clean and any B or C plans in running game.

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 I think Oklahoma is better up front and is likely to cause Alabama more issues up front than LSU did.

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 But keep in mind, LSU's a pretty good baseline of things, and Ty Simpson was sacked only one time.

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 For Alabama to do that against Oklahoma, I think they have to play one of their better games of the year.

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 I like how two weeks in a row now, Jaden Roberts has played every single snap and right guard.

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 and apparently they have, now you've got three of the five spots locked in.

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 Proctor plays every snap at left tackle.

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 Jaden Roberts now playing every snap at right guard.

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 I think that's going to help, certainly in the pass protection, which has been good.

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 I would say Alabama negates that by not being able to run the ball against anyone.

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 who at the time was leading the nation.

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 Jimmy, the rhythm in the passing game.

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 I know Ty Simpson missed two touchdowns, under through Lodzier Brooks, over through Jeremy Bernard.

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 Josh Quavis may be the most underrated player on this offense.

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 And again, even without an efficient running attack, if they can get in rhythm throwing.

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 And Jimmy, they just seem, the last drive of the first half, they just line up, go up tempo, and just rip it.

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 Jimmy, will Alabama be in more rhythm in the passing game?

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 That would be nice.

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 You know, Ty has really thrived every time Alabama's gone to two-minute.

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 It just hasn't seemed like it, because when most people associate two-minute with the end of games,

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 and Alabama hasn't really needed a two-minute drive at the end of a game to win.

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 But they've been in two-minute at the end of halves, and Ty has been really effective,

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 maybe playing some of his basketball.

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 That's just a theory on my part.

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 He's very demanding of himself.

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 He's got a different mentality, and he's a high-level athlete,

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 maybe because that's where he's most comfortable, because he's a high-stress dude.

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 How about you go up-tempo more often, but you don't commit to it for 60 minutes.

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 That would just wear out your defense.

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 Yeah, about the end of the game, a lot of fans are going to regret that

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 when your defense is dog-tired and you've got to call on them.

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 Jimmy, everybody's talking about Venables, Venables, Venables,

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 he is not going against Ryan Grubb's offense.

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 He didn't go up against it last year.

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 Your thoughts about that matchup?

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 Man, that matchup is a lot of fun because we didn't see it a year ago.

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 We saw Nick Sheridan versus Brent Venables, and I like Coach Sheridan.

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 I think he's a really bright guy with an incredible future as an OC

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 and is probably a head coach ahead of him at some point.

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 versus Brent Venables, that's a mismatch.

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 I'll just be honest.

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 That's just a mismatch.

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 Now, Grubb versus Venables is less of a mismatch because Grubb has a long history of being an OC,

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 and he just got out of the NFL where he was an OC.

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 A little more even matchup.

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 I know that doesn't help too much because the offenses are so drastically different,

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 hey, Brent, if you're listening, we're changing the signals.

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 Don't waste your time looking at anything else.

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 Luke Robinson, the best podcast on the planet?

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 The pleasure was to head on down to a very quiet neighborhood for Justin Ferguson, or is

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 it that Justin Ferguson covers the Auburn Tigers there with the Auburn Observer.

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 Justin, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 I'm all right.

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 How are y'all?

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 I'm good.

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 Man, okay.

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 I would imagine that you get out there.

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 You locked some miles.

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 I think a lot of folks appreciate an off week, but I would imagine, personally, you really

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 appreciate one, do you not?

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 Well, I would say it's an off week, but Auburn basketball plays the number one team in the

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 country in Birmingham on Sunday, so it's just, maybe my Saturday's a little lighter, but

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 that's it for this week.

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 Let's talk, before we talk about the Saturdays, let's talk about that, because isn't it crazy?

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 Your thoughts about the early word on Auburn now taking on the number one team in the Houston

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 I mean, last year, Auburn had to rally in the second half to beat Houston on the road,

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 and that was the best team they ever had.

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 It can be big, but yeah, for Auburn, it's a true styles-make-fights kind of game.

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 really well.

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 They rebound the ball extremely well.

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 job of getting down the floor and getting their shots up.

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 to really lean into that to have a shot to beat Houston, because you want to get as many

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 going to find anywhere in college basketball, and they do it every single year.

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 is leading them again.

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 Let me ask you about football.

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 This is a big decision, obviously, for D.J. Durkin and Ashton Daniels.

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 As far as the red shirt, he's playing three games, can play in four.

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 Speculation whether or not he's going to play against Mercer.

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 If he does, he may burn that red shirt, not be able to come back, but he can come back.

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 What are you hearing as far as the decision?

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 What do you think is going to...

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 Will he not play against Mercer and play against Alabama and then come back next year?

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 If he's ready to be done with his college football career, yeah, you go ahead and play him against

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 I think it's ultimately going to be in Ashton Daniels' hands, and that's what it should be.

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 I think Mercer's are really...

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 They're a great FCS team.

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 I think they're going to present some challenges for Auburn's defense in that game,

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 but I don't think Auburn necessarily needs Ashton Daniels to beat Mercer with their offense.

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 had to, and be fine in that Mercer game.

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 It's just going to ultimately come down to what Ashton Daniels wants to do.

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 I think it's ultimately going to come down to what he decides.

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 Justin Ferguson will have it when it happens there with the Auburn Observer.

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 Justin, talk to us about this team.

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 I think Auburn fans, if nothing else, they have to really be frustrated at another level

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 with Hugh Freeze.

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 After seeing what they saw against Vanderbilt, it's like, are you kidding me?

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 You had Cam Coleman over there the whole time.

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 You had all these weapons.

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 You had a guy who could sling it, and it took one game for this new coaching staff to

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 figure it out.

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 Your thoughts about, I would imagine, if they ever had ill feelings towards Hugh Freeze,

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 that game against Vanderbilt just amplified them.

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 And your thoughts about the balance of the season under the interim staff?

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 Yeah, I mean, I think the funny thing is, this isn't even really a new staff.

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 This is just a staff that just is missing their head coach, right?

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 Like, nothing else changed about it.

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 It's not like when Arkansas fired Sam Pittman and they made several changes.

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 Now, this has just been, all you did was remove your head coach, and he was the primary play

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 I think that's very obvious, you know, with what you see out of Derek Nix in this game

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 where, you know, against Vanderbilt, he did a really good job of just, I think, playing

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 Auburn's personnel.

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 Got the ball out of Ashton Daniels' hands quickly.

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 They used the middle of the field a lot more.

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 They got it to Cam Coleman and Eric Singleton as much as possible.

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 They still wanted to maintain the running game.

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 You know, it's just, it was a lot of stuff that we just had not really seen Hugh Freeze

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 do enough of this season.

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 It felt like his offenses got too tight.

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 You know, it just wanted to, like, it felt like they were just trying to, like, overthink

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 things and maybe try to get the perfect play call out there.

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 And instead, what you saw in this game was you saw an Auburn team play with a ton of pace.

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 They got out in space.

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 They spread the field.

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 They did a lot of stuff that just really, they should have been doing all season long.

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 And so, a lot of credit should go to Derek Nix for, you know, making that happen.

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 And I think one of the more interesting things about that game was, you know, we got to see

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 kind of Auburn's defense get under the gun in this one because really for the first time

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 since maybe the Baylor game, you felt like for four quarters, the other team felt like

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 they had pressure on them to score, you know, whenever they touched the ball.

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 And so, I thought Auburn's defense kind of got exposed in that area because of it.

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 But, you know, the offense, I mean, it's just, it shows you just how much, you know,

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 he just wasn't utilizing his personnel to the best of his ability.

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 Quite frankly, Justin, if Auburn would have played, Auburn would have beat 100 other teams.

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 Paul Bion, to me, is in the category of Tebow, Johnny Manziel, and three or four others.

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 He just, it's amazing at how his innate ability to see the field and put pressure on defenses is incredible.

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 I know you get asked every 15 minutes who's going to be the next head football coach at Auburn.

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 A lot of names going around.

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 Kiffin is a big domino with this.

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 What, is he going to stay in Oxford, go to Florida?

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 He's got a big offer on the table.

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 LSU, Arkansas, other schools.

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 I've heard this week, Jon Sumrall may be the leader in the clubhouse.

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 Eli Drinkwith is there.

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 Others are there.

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 What are you hearing?

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 Yeah, I mean, I think Auburn's in the process right now with a couple of weeks left in the regular season.

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 This is time for, you know, John Cohen to kind of spread the net, you know,

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 and just kind of really cast it out and see who's interested in this job and what makes sense.

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 He has been in contact with several head coaches this week.

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 And I think what Auburn's going to do, you know, you talk to a lot of them,

449
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 you get a lot of, you get the feeling out process here.

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451
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 here's our priorities, here's, you know, you know, kind of narrow it down from there.

452
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453
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 he's a guy with this familiarity in the state of Alabama.

454
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 He's winning at the group of five level.

455
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 He's young, he's defensive-minded, which I think would be a pivot from what Auburn has done here recently.

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 And, you know, he seems to have a real interest in the job.

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459
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 I think he's going to be a guy who's going to be an SEC coach sooner rather than later,

460
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 and Auburn makes the most sense for him.

461
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 I don't think Florida or LSU are necessarily, you know, kind of places where he is a priority right now,

462
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 but Auburn kind of feels different.

463
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 But, yeah, you mentioned some other ones.

464
00:29:38,300 --> 00:29:42,180
 Eli Drinkwood, I think, is going to be involved in all those, you know, LSU, Florida, and Auburn.

465
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 Obviously, he's got that history with Auburn there.

466
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 You know, hearing some more this week about Clark Lee, you know, believe it or not,

467
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 the guy that beat him last week.

468
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 And just, he's a guy that I think Penn State could also be after as well.

469
00:29:57,060 --> 00:30:02,360
 We'll be interested to see him and Brent Key from Georgia Tech are two guys that are at their alma maters right now.

470
00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:05,260
 So, do you want, you know, do you want to leave that?

471
00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:08,000
 What would it take for them to make a jump like that?

472
00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:10,280
 They're in the mix for sure.

473
00:30:10,660 --> 00:30:15,740
 And then some other ones that have just kind of been floated out here in the last couple of days.

474
00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:21,800
 Kenny Dillingham at Arizona State, you know, obviously Auburn's former offensive coordinator back in the 2019 season.

475
00:30:22,620 --> 00:30:25,400
 I've heard there is some interest there from that end.

476
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:33,160
 And then the big wild card today, or I guess the last 24 hours that you've heard and you're like, hmm, that's interesting,

477
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 is USC's Lincoln Riley.

478
00:30:35,300 --> 00:30:39,080
 And I think, you know, it'd be very interesting to see him fit at Auburn.

479
00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:44,480
 I don't know how that fit would work, but I think it's one of those situations where this is such a big carousel right now.

480
00:30:44,700 --> 00:30:47,680
 LSU, Florida, Penn State, Auburn, all available.

481
00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:56,000
 And, yeah, the word is that he might be ready to jump out at USC and maybe go in a different direction.

482
00:30:56,200 --> 00:31:01,540
 So, I think Auburn's just kind of really casting a wide net and just seeing who's interested and who makes sense.

483
00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:07,160
 But those names that I mentioned right there are probably the ones I've heard the most, with Summerall kind of being the top one.

484
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:12,940
 Well, it's going to be a very interesting Thanksgiving with Jimmy Sexton and his staff.

485
00:31:13,140 --> 00:31:20,380
 Boy, what a week that's going to be, the last regular season, last regular week of the game of the regular season.

486
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 Listen, enjoy it tomorrow, watching some games.

487
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 Good luck driving to Birmingham on Sunday.

488
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 The 6 a.m. emails, the Friday mailbag podcast.

489
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 Where can we get online to get all the good stuff?

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492
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 Today's been a busy day.

493
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494
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495
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496
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 We'll have coverage of that previewing the Auburn-Houston game on our podcast that went out today as well.

497
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 So, a ton of stuff going on.

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500
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 Justin, in the meantime, thanks so much for your time, Dave, and have a great and safe weekend, okay?

501
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 Yeah, I appreciate it, y'all.

502
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 Thank you.

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 How are you?

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 I am doing great.

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 Are you ready to kiss the ring of Arch Manning this weekend?

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 Maybe that's about all.

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 Obviously, a marquee matchup, Bill.

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 Anytime he comes in, let's face it, good, bad, or ugly, he's Elvis.

639
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 He's on the marquee on the Friday before the Saturday showdown.

640
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 What are your thoughts?

641
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 Well, he ain't on the marquee tomorrow because Gunnar Stockton's having a better year.

642
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 There you go.

643
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 Gunnar Stockton is the better quarterback so far through this part of the season.

644
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 So, you know, look, he warned everybody at SEC Media Days not to build him up,

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 and nobody listened to him, and everybody, especially those with lack of follicles,

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 And, you know, that was unfortunate and unfair to that young man.

648
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 He has got better the last couple of games.

649
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 But, you know, they've had one quality win in my mind, and that's Oklahoma.

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 And then you can say, well, yeah, but John Mateer wasn't healthy.

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 They rushed him back, which I don't blame them.

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 I would have done the same thing.

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 But he was not what he was the first couple of games of the season

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 And so, you know, that's all they've got.

657
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 They can't run the ball.

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 Their offensive line has been a big disappointment.

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 They do have a very good defense,

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 although their run defense rate is number one in the SEC is not really, you know,

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 it's not been tested like they will tomorrow.

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663
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 to be honest with you.

664
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 Let me ask you about, you're alluding to a topic we talked about.

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 You asked me yesterday who really is the number one,

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 They play Texas to begin the season, and Michigan to end the season.

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 Indiana's got basically one game.

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 They beat Oregon.

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 But they don't play in the SEC schedule.

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 They don't play Alabama, Georgia, and Ole Miss.

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 There are a lot of win-loss teams in that top ten who are very good.

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 Now, we're going to find out in the next couple weeks the picking order of this,

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 but who is number one right now, in your opinion?

678
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 Well, I don't know who the best team is.

679
00:41:03,620 --> 00:41:04,340
 I'm not sure.

680
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:05,980
 I'm not convinced it's Ohio State.

681
00:41:06,140 --> 00:41:10,340
 I asked you that question yesterday, mainly because I asked someone the day before,

682
00:41:10,500 --> 00:41:12,620
 and they were like, oh, I think it's Ohio State by far.

683
00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:19,340
 And I didn't really push the topic, but, I mean, I don't know how you can come away from that.

684
00:41:19,480 --> 00:41:22,960
 I mean, if they do well against Michigan in 15 days,

685
00:41:23,020 --> 00:41:27,480
 maybe I'll feel that's more probable or more realistic.

686
00:41:28,020 --> 00:41:29,440
 I don't know who it is.

687
00:41:29,700 --> 00:41:33,600
 I mean, I think you do have to give great respect to Ohio State and Indiana.

688
00:41:34,500 --> 00:41:36,120
 And I do.

689
00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:37,740
 And I really, really do.

690
00:41:37,820 --> 00:41:38,520
 There's no question.

691
00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:46,600
 But I think, you know, we don't have that team that just looks like there ain't no way they're going to be defeated this year.

692
00:41:46,720 --> 00:41:50,240
 I mean, I think more people are saying that about Ohio State a year ago than they are now.

693
00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:56,280
 But, look, Ohio State can prove me and anybody else who doubts them wrong, right?

694
00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:57,700
 That's what this season's for.

695
00:41:58,020 --> 00:42:00,840
 And they're going to have a – that Michigan game is going to be a lot of fun.

696
00:42:00,940 --> 00:42:02,240
 That will be a really good game.

697
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:02,820
 It should be.

698
00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:10,620
 So, you know, Texas A&M, look, you know, I don't like to disparage them.

699
00:42:10,700 --> 00:42:14,340
 But, I mean, they – we'll see where they go to Austin, right?

700
00:42:14,340 --> 00:42:21,700
 If they go to Austin in a couple of weeks in 15 days and they beat Texas in Austin and they finish undefeated,

701
00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:24,640
 then I think, you know, we'll say, well, yeah, Texas A&M is pretty daggum good.

702
00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:25,900
 And I know they are.

703
00:42:25,980 --> 00:42:33,920
 But to answer the question, you know, and I think Alabama – I think Alabama obviously has got to prove they can run the ball.

704
00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:39,460
 They can get by with not being able to run the ball going deep in the playoffs.

705
00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:41,020
 But, I mean, that's going to be really tough.

706
00:42:41,120 --> 00:42:47,740
 So, they've got to, you know, put something on Jan Miller and get him going or something because that's going to hurt them a lot.

707
00:42:47,740 --> 00:42:52,440
 So, I mean, I guess the final conclusion is it's Georgia.

708
00:42:52,600 --> 00:42:53,920
 I mean, h***, why'd you ask me?

709
00:42:53,940 --> 00:42:55,100
 You should have known that already.

710
00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:58,320
 Just beat around the bush.

711
00:42:58,420 --> 00:42:59,540
 Just save some time.

712
00:43:00,360 --> 00:43:02,220
 I just buried the lead right there.

713
00:43:02,300 --> 00:43:03,200
 It's the Georgia Bulldogs.

714
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:04,240
 There you go.

715
00:43:04,340 --> 00:43:05,020
 There you go.

716
00:43:05,100 --> 00:43:05,640
 There you go.

717
00:43:07,040 --> 00:43:13,060
 Bill, your thoughts about – you bring up a good point because both Alabama and Georgia have a loss.

718
00:43:13,140 --> 00:43:13,860
 We know the story.

719
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:15,540
 Let's end some reiterating there.

720
00:43:15,620 --> 00:43:17,080
 But here's the point I'm trying to make.

721
00:43:17,220 --> 00:43:18,380
 You talked about those teams.

722
00:43:18,480 --> 00:43:23,360
 They've got the unblemished records because basically the schedule has played right into their hands.

723
00:43:23,420 --> 00:43:24,500
 But let's just fast forward.

724
00:43:25,060 --> 00:43:32,700
 And the SEC – say that Alabama and Georgia, one of them loses another game, but they still go to the SEC championship game.

725
00:43:32,980 --> 00:43:33,740
 And they lose.

726
00:43:33,740 --> 00:43:34,980
 They would have three losses.

727
00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:36,740
 Darn good teams.

728
00:43:37,540 --> 00:43:41,140
 The point I'm trying to make is, is there a strategy out there – no one's going to say this.

729
00:43:41,180 --> 00:43:42,660
 We're just having a conversation here.

730
00:43:43,300 --> 00:43:47,560
 But you're penalized by going to the conference championship game and losing, even though you're a good team.

731
00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:50,120
 In other words, you'd be better off not going and having two losses.

732
00:43:51,540 --> 00:43:58,220
 Well, I think the scenario I played out of my head a little bit for that, Harold, is let's say Texas beats Georgia tomorrow.

733
00:43:58,880 --> 00:43:59,120
 Right.

734
00:43:59,120 --> 00:44:03,260
 Then let's say that Texas beats Texas A&M.

735
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:12,840
 Well, as long as Alabama doesn't lose tomorrow and or to Auburn, it'll be Texas versus Alabama in the SEC championship game.

736
00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:22,260
 So what if Alabama beats Texas and that gives them three losses overall and they're 10-3, but they win to the SEC championship game,

737
00:44:22,260 --> 00:44:29,680
 they beat a team like Georgia rated number five, they beat number three, Texas A&M, they're not going to be left out of no d*** sure.

738
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:30,100
 For who?

739
00:44:30,180 --> 00:44:30,280
 No.

740
00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:30,760
 But we will.

741
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:31,700
 I mean, my God.

742
00:44:31,880 --> 00:44:32,360
 You know, there's no guy.

743
00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:33,840
 And especially with a guy named Manning.

744
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:35,800
 You know, Manning, he's the moneymaker.

745
00:44:36,640 --> 00:44:41,760
 Well, I mean, I don't – I think that it's just about, well, who's playing the best football.

746
00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:46,520
 And if Texas were to do that, I think that has got to be involved.

747
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:56,300
 Like, and to me, that's the scenario that best shows the possibility for a three-loss team because Texas has two losses.

748
00:44:56,800 --> 00:45:02,160
 I'll be to their one team in the country and then to a conference team in Florida.

749
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:09,800
 But, look, I think you still have to – if they go to Athens tomorrow and beat Georgia, which I don't think they'll do,

750
00:45:09,800 --> 00:45:18,960
 but, again, for conversations and beat A&M at home and A&M's undefeated, I don't think the d*** championship game matters for them.

751
00:45:19,060 --> 00:45:21,480
 They deserve to go to the playoffs.

752
00:45:22,000 --> 00:45:29,600
 So, but there's all – you know, it's like – and I keep on – look, and seriously, I feel good about the matchup for Georgia tomorrow.

753
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:30,680
 I truly do.

754
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:32,940
 I think Georgia is the better team.

755
00:45:32,940 --> 00:45:38,980
 I think there are a lot of things that check in their favor for me in this game.

756
00:45:39,360 --> 00:45:42,320
 And I'm very objective, as both of you very well know.

757
00:45:42,580 --> 00:45:51,000
 But I think the other thing that is interesting to me that I've tried to tell everybody is, look, I get it.

758
00:45:51,340 --> 00:45:55,140
 Texas lost to Florida, who turned around and fired their coach a couple weeks later.

759
00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:59,360
 They had to take Kentucky and Mississippi State on the road to overtime.

760
00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:01,640
 Georgia beat those two teams easily.

761
00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:10,940
 But Texas is looking at this like, hey, we beat Georgia and Athens, and then we beat Arkansas next week, which we should,

762
00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:12,480
 and then we beat A&M.

763
00:46:12,720 --> 00:46:14,240
 We're going to the playoffs.

764
00:46:14,840 --> 00:46:20,260
 So even with their losses overall, their season's on the line tomorrow.

765
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:24,460
 Now, if they lose tomorrow, they're probably done, right, because they can't get in the championship game.

766
00:46:24,540 --> 00:46:27,960
 They would be 9-3 without the SEC championship game.

767
00:46:28,060 --> 00:46:31,100
 But, I mean, you've got Ole Miss with one conference.

768
00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:35,160
 If you've got one conference loss right now in your conference, you've still got a shot.

769
00:46:35,820 --> 00:46:35,940
 Yeah.

770
00:46:37,100 --> 00:46:40,040
 I think we can answer that question next year.

771
00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:46,520
 Just think, this time next year, Alabama's not going to be playing Eastern Illinois the 11th game.

772
00:46:46,640 --> 00:46:48,480
 Georgia's not going to be playing Charlotte.

773
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:51,540
 Texas A&M's not going to be playing Sanford.

774
00:46:52,000 --> 00:46:55,340
 They're going to be playing one more SEC opponent.

775
00:46:55,860 --> 00:46:57,880
 Alabama may be playing Texas.

776
00:46:58,260 --> 00:46:59,880
 Auburn may be playing Florida.

777
00:47:00,260 --> 00:47:05,140
 Yeah, I think when they go to 9, there will be three teams getting into playoffs.

778
00:47:05,780 --> 00:47:08,820
 Oh, well, you mean three lost teams?

779
00:47:09,460 --> 00:47:10,700
 Yeah, exactly.

780
00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:13,060
 Yeah, there's no question.

781
00:47:13,420 --> 00:47:14,820
 I mean, there's no question.

782
00:47:15,180 --> 00:47:21,900
 And, look, I think that will coincide with the 12-team playoff going to 16, right,

783
00:47:21,900 --> 00:47:30,260
 which I think was kind of part of the bargaining for convincing those who didn't agree to go to 9 by saying,

784
00:47:30,380 --> 00:47:32,300
 well, look, we're going from 12 to 16.

785
00:47:32,520 --> 00:47:33,120
 You know that.

786
00:47:33,880 --> 00:47:41,060
 And I think that made it a little bit easier for people to think, okay, well, then if I don't roll through my 9-game conference schedule,

787
00:47:41,060 --> 00:47:47,260
 I can still, as you said, get in if there's a log jam where everybody beats the heck out of each other

788
00:47:47,260 --> 00:47:52,980
 and we got, you know, a couple of, I mean, it could be two, two-loss teams in the SEC championship game next year.

789
00:47:53,460 --> 00:47:58,960
 And then, you know, then you're going to keep a three-loss SEC championship game loser out.

790
00:47:59,040 --> 00:47:59,880
 No, you're not.

791
00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:04,400
 So, you know, but it's going to be a better brand of football.

792
00:48:04,700 --> 00:48:08,080
 And, you know, look, you know how I feel about the cash reclunkers.

793
00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:15,200
 I was on another show yesterday and they had to interrupt me because I was on, I went for 13 minutes without taking a breath.

794
00:48:15,380 --> 00:48:20,100
 I just, this is, because, and here's the bottom line.

795
00:48:20,620 --> 00:48:28,140
 The anticipation that Georgia fans have for the game tomorrow at 7.30 in Athens between the hedges in God's country,

796
00:48:28,240 --> 00:48:32,020
 beautiful weather, compared to what we're going to be looking at next week when they host Charlotte,

797
00:48:32,140 --> 00:48:34,000
 where we're going to say, who gives a you-know-what?

798
00:48:34,280 --> 00:48:34,660
 Come on.

799
00:48:37,100 --> 00:48:37,540
 Absolutely.

800
00:48:37,540 --> 00:48:46,460
 Just quickly, your thoughts, we talked about this a little bit, it seems like the Braves coaching staff,

801
00:48:46,600 --> 00:48:49,840
 the 10-member coaching staff is done.

802
00:48:50,100 --> 00:48:55,880
 Some younger guys, Eddie Perez, Tim Hires, the hitting coach, are going to be staying.

803
00:48:56,000 --> 00:49:03,120
 Your thoughts on this is for, and again, I know Anthopolis says, well, age doesn't have anything to do with this,

804
00:49:03,120 --> 00:49:07,220
 but your thoughts now that the staff is complete, what do you think?

805
00:49:08,100 --> 00:49:11,040
 Well, I mean, we all know they should have called me, but I guess they lost me.

806
00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:11,440
 I know.

807
00:49:12,500 --> 00:49:13,260
 It's still early.

808
00:49:14,080 --> 00:49:16,300
 Yeah, well, you know, I think it's a good staff.

809
00:49:16,520 --> 00:49:18,820
 As long as Walt's comfortable with it, I'm comfortable with it.

810
00:49:18,880 --> 00:49:21,680
 As long as there's no, you know, Charles Manson on here, I'm comfortable with it.

811
00:49:21,740 --> 00:49:26,380
 I mean, I think they tried, they had an opportunity to get some people who they thought,

812
00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:33,380
 the guy from Minnesota, the third-base coach, who was very well regarded as the third-base coach in the American League,

813
00:49:33,880 --> 00:49:40,920
 Jeremy Hefner, who's replacing Rick Kranitz's pitching coach, very well regarded, 39 years old compared to 67 for Kranitz,

814
00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:42,620
 but still very well regarded.

815
00:49:42,960 --> 00:49:45,400
 So, I mean, I think it looks fine.

816
00:49:45,840 --> 00:49:50,720
 You know, there's always going to be coaching staffs now in baseball where we're going to say,

817
00:49:50,780 --> 00:49:51,540
 who the h*** is that?

818
00:49:52,260 --> 00:49:53,000
 They're different.

819
00:49:53,160 --> 00:49:54,860
 They're coming from different levels.

820
00:49:55,020 --> 00:49:57,080
 They're coming from different parts of the game.

821
00:49:57,200 --> 00:49:58,780
 They're coming from factories.

822
00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:00,780
 I mean, you know, baseball factories.

823
00:50:01,140 --> 00:50:06,620
 They may get some from the YMCA T-ball, as far as we know, but as long as Walt White is comfortable with it,

824
00:50:06,640 --> 00:50:08,640
 that's all that we can hope for.

825
00:50:10,740 --> 00:50:17,780
 What time today are the predictions for any Alabama listener to call in and say,

826
00:50:17,980 --> 00:50:24,400
 Texas is going to whoop up on Georgia, Alabama is going to win the national championship.

827
00:50:24,400 --> 00:50:27,200
 Where can we go and what time can they call in?

828
00:50:27,700 --> 00:50:34,920
 Well, these superstations.com, and we'll start taking predictions for my Sooners right around 4.20 Eastern time.

829
00:50:35,340 --> 00:50:39,140
 So, what a doubleheader that is tomorrow, huh?

830
00:50:39,220 --> 00:50:39,920
 It really is.

831
00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:41,600
 Alabama, Oklahoma, Georgia, Texas.

832
00:50:41,900 --> 00:50:48,960
 I mean, I'm going to the Georgia game, and I guess they're going to let you into the Alabama game as long as you clear security.

833
00:50:49,100 --> 00:50:56,800
 But, I mean, my gosh, Brett, that's a game where people are going to, like, park themselves in the old recliner

834
00:50:56,800 --> 00:51:01,000
 and sit there for about 10 hours and enjoy the heck out of a Saturday, isn't it?

835
00:51:02,500 --> 00:51:06,820
 You think Texas is big, Bill Shanks is bigger?

836
00:51:06,940 --> 00:51:10,520
 Bill, where can we get online and get everything we need to know from the Bill Shanks show?

837
00:51:12,520 --> 00:51:14,160
 Texas.com

838
00:51:14,160 --> 00:51:17,020
 Say hello to Arch and the family for us.

839
00:51:17,020 --> 00:51:17,560
 Okay, Bill?

840
00:51:18,400 --> 00:51:19,660
 You better watch out.

841
00:51:19,780 --> 00:51:22,280
 If I see Archie, I'm going to get physical now.

842
00:51:22,380 --> 00:51:23,180
 I don't like that man.

843
00:51:23,360 --> 00:51:24,400
 He's a horrible human being.

844
00:51:25,300 --> 00:51:29,540
 I'm going to walk right up to him and I'm going to say, let me tell you something, buddy.

845
00:51:29,920 --> 00:51:33,460
 Buddy, Steve Barkowski ate your lunch.

846
00:51:33,600 --> 00:51:34,100
 Screw you.

847
00:51:34,300 --> 00:51:34,960
 That's what I'm going to say.

848
00:51:35,180 --> 00:51:35,700
 I'm going to say it.

849
00:51:35,700 --> 00:51:36,580
 I'm going to say it.

850
00:51:36,660 --> 00:51:37,180
 You watch.

851
00:51:37,500 --> 00:51:38,160
 You watch.

852
00:51:38,240 --> 00:51:41,000
 I don't doubt you for a minute, Bill.

853
00:51:41,000 --> 00:51:42,120
 Listen, man, enjoy it.

854
00:51:42,120 --> 00:51:43,100
 Thank you so much.

855
00:51:43,140 --> 00:51:44,640
 And stay as safe as you can this weekend.

856
00:51:44,640 --> 00:51:45,080
 All right?

857
00:51:45,560 --> 00:51:46,020
 All right.

858
00:51:46,060 --> 00:51:46,720
 Thank you, guys.

859
00:51:47,100 --> 00:51:47,560
 See you, bud.

860
00:51:47,860 --> 00:51:48,440
 Go Shanks.

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 U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville is considering legal action taken against those involved in Operation Arctic Frost.

942
00:55:49,920 --> 00:55:56,900
 That operation was conducted under the Biden administration by Special Counsel Jack Smith and others within the Department of Justice and FBI.

943
00:55:57,580 --> 00:56:06,460
 Tuberville, along with other Republican senators, were spied on during that time, including their cell phone metadata being obtained through a subpoena that was approved by Judge James Bosberg.

944
00:56:06,700 --> 00:56:18,260
 Tuberville took to social media this week, saying that for four years, the Biden administration sought to silence and destroy conservatives from Trump on down to parents, alternative media, Catholics, and other politicians.

945
00:56:18,660 --> 00:56:32,380
 Tuberville says that if those involved, such as Bosberg and Smith, are not disbarred and thrown in jail for their actions, then he will sue the living h*** out of them and every Biden official that was involved in Arctic Frost in order to make sure this doesn't happen to conservatives again.

946
00:56:32,380 --> 00:56:35,240
 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this.

947
00:56:35,320 --> 00:56:38,080
 Where I was living was not a great place to live anymore.

948
00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:42,960
 I began to pray for a place to go, praying for all of these things that a nine-year-old would want.

949
00:56:43,160 --> 00:56:46,600
 I wanted horses, big house with a bunch of people my age.

950
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 I wanted parents.

951
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952
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953
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954
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955
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956
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 A federal report card was issued this week when it comes to the quality of public schools here in Alabama.

957
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 The state was given an overall 87% grade.

958
00:57:12,540 --> 00:57:15,520
 That is a two-point increase from last year's report card of 85.

959
00:57:15,920 --> 00:57:21,460
 State school superintendent Dr. Eric Mackey tells WIAT News this is all about executing the plan.

960
00:57:21,660 --> 00:57:22,840
 You have to have a plan.

961
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 You have to stay focused on that plan.

962
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963
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964
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 And we're finally seeing the payoff.

965
00:57:30,320 --> 00:57:31,140
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966
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985
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986
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987
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988
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989
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990
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991
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992
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994
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995
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 Shoals, Decatur, Athens, and all of northwest Alabama and southern Tennessee.

1008
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1009
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1010
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1011
01:00:41,460 --> 01:00:44,420
 Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC.

1012
01:00:45,240 --> 01:00:50,620
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1013
01:00:51,560 --> 01:00:53,580
 Welcome back in our tour to the Boomo Bugg Show.

1014
01:00:53,660 --> 01:00:55,280
 I'm Harold Bugg, alongside Brett Beaird.

1015
01:00:55,380 --> 01:00:58,280
 Thank you so much for giving us a free ride around the Tennessee Baylor.

1016
01:00:58,400 --> 01:01:01,380
 And for Mike Kuginan, taking time out of his busy schedule there.

1017
01:01:01,480 --> 01:01:04,440
 It's National College Football slash Basketball Analyst.

1018
01:01:04,720 --> 01:01:05,720
 Mike, welcome in.

1019
01:01:05,780 --> 01:01:08,220
 How's life in the heart of the Sunshine State?

1020
01:01:08,740 --> 01:01:09,900
 Yeah, it's pretty good.

1021
01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:15,300
 We're getting here, obviously, closer and closer to the end of the regular season for college football.

1022
01:01:16,420 --> 01:01:18,240
 Some big games tomorrow.

1023
01:01:19,320 --> 01:01:23,640
 So, you can make case that the playoffs already have started, obviously, in a way.

1024
01:01:24,600 --> 01:01:28,640
 A lot of folks are calling it separation Saturday for a lot of teams on the fence.

1025
01:01:28,820 --> 01:01:30,280
 They just, there's no wiggle room.

1026
01:01:30,420 --> 01:01:36,400
 Mike, where do you start as far as the teams with the most pressure on them to pick up a W this weekend?

1027
01:01:37,220 --> 01:01:43,380
 Well, I think if you're USF playing Navy, USF, the highest rated group of five team.

1028
01:01:43,540 --> 01:01:46,380
 Navy's a difficult team to play because of their offense.

1029
01:01:47,480 --> 01:01:50,740
 And, you know, USF, they play as fast as Tennessee.

1030
01:01:51,420 --> 01:01:57,320
 And ball fans know that sometimes three and outs go, you have the ball for 26 seconds and you give it back.

1031
01:01:57,620 --> 01:02:01,460
 You don't want to give the ball back to Navy because you might not get it back for six or seven minutes.

1032
01:02:01,460 --> 01:02:05,820
 I think USF's going to win, but still an interesting game.

1033
01:02:06,260 --> 01:02:13,120
 Notre Dame-Pitt, I think Notre Dame, another loss removes them from consideration for the playoff.

1034
01:02:13,300 --> 01:02:18,180
 Oklahoma-Alabama-Oklahoma, another loss takes them out of the running.

1035
01:02:18,500 --> 01:02:23,360
 Iowa-USC, obviously USC needs to win to stay in the hunt.

1036
01:02:24,180 --> 01:02:30,100
 And Texas-Georgia, you know, Texas, you could, you know, they're sitting here 7-2.

1037
01:02:30,640 --> 01:02:33,400
 They're in the top 10, well, they're 10th in the CFP.

1038
01:02:34,160 --> 01:02:36,160
 I still think they're going to finish 8-4.

1039
01:02:36,260 --> 01:02:38,420
 I think they lose tomorrow and I think they lose to A&M.

1040
01:02:38,680 --> 01:02:43,720
 But if Texas wants to stay alive in the playoff race, they have to win tomorrow.

1041
01:02:43,920 --> 01:02:48,260
 So there's a lot on the line and a lot of games.

1042
01:02:49,500 --> 01:02:53,560
 Mike, we want to talk all about those games, but you mentioned Oklahoma and Alabama.

1043
01:02:53,560 --> 01:02:55,020
 You know our zip code.

1044
01:02:55,160 --> 01:02:56,560
 We know the narrative by now.

1045
01:02:56,660 --> 01:03:01,600
 It's going to be Brent Venable's defense against Ryan Grubb and Coach DeBoer's offense.

1046
01:03:01,860 --> 01:03:03,380
 Alabama has the home cookie.

1047
01:03:03,480 --> 01:03:04,960
 We know what happened last year.

1048
01:03:05,060 --> 01:03:06,960
 We know about Alabama's running game.

1049
01:03:07,700 --> 01:03:13,140
 Mike, what can you tell the folks in this neck of the woods about the showdown tomorrow in Tuscaloosa?

1050
01:03:13,540 --> 01:03:20,920
 Well, yeah, I think that going in, it's, yeah, how well will the Alabama offense play against a really good Oklahoma defense?

1051
01:03:22,000 --> 01:03:27,180
 The shocking thing to me, the Alabama running game has gone.

1052
01:03:28,040 --> 01:03:31,480
 They're 14th in the league, 120th nationally in rushing.

1053
01:03:31,840 --> 01:03:36,640
 They've rushed for 128 yards total in their past two games.

1054
01:03:37,340 --> 01:03:37,560
 Wow.

1055
01:03:38,220 --> 01:03:44,840
 And Oklahoma's defense is a h*** of a lot better than South Carolina's and LSU's, which were the last two opponents.

1056
01:03:45,280 --> 01:03:51,280
 So, you know, Ty Simpson all season long has actually, you know, performed quite well without much help.

1057
01:03:52,880 --> 01:03:56,860
 Oklahoma's pass rush, though, is a little bit different animal.

1058
01:03:57,240 --> 01:04:00,480
 Much better than South Carolina's, much better than LSU's.

1059
01:04:00,900 --> 01:04:04,520
 So even a modicum of a rushing attack tomorrow would be helpful.

1060
01:04:04,520 --> 01:04:11,400
 And, you know, I'm not talking 150 yards, I'm talking about 75 to 100 would be a good total.

1061
01:04:11,880 --> 01:04:14,840
 The Oklahoma offense is not much.

1062
01:04:15,000 --> 01:04:19,660
 John Mateer, since he had his hand surgery, he's been back for four games.

1063
01:04:19,760 --> 01:04:23,520
 He hasn't broken 200 yards in passing in either of those four games.

1064
01:04:24,180 --> 01:04:27,060
 He hasn't run the ball all that effectively either.

1065
01:04:27,800 --> 01:04:32,980
 But, again, the dude had hand surgery in October, so sort of to be expected.

1066
01:04:32,980 --> 01:04:39,740
 But, yeah, I think the fact that this game's in Tuscaloosa, if this game were in Norman, I think it'd be a little bit more dangerous.

1067
01:04:40,400 --> 01:04:46,820
 But unless Ty Simpson gets sacked five or six times and tosses two or three picks, I think Alabama wins.

1068
01:04:46,920 --> 01:04:49,500
 It might not be aesthetically pleasing.

1069
01:04:50,240 --> 01:04:55,140
 But at this point in the season, it's already, to me, it's survived in advance.

1070
01:04:55,420 --> 01:04:58,620
 And I think the tide will survive in advance.

1071
01:04:59,560 --> 01:05:03,380
 Mike, you mentioned you thought Texas would lose to Georgia.

1072
01:05:03,580 --> 01:05:04,700
 They had a bye week.

1073
01:05:04,920 --> 01:05:07,580
 Art seems to be playing a little bit better there.

1074
01:05:08,440 --> 01:05:14,060
 They lead the SEC in rush defense, only giving up 78 yards per game.

1075
01:05:14,140 --> 01:05:16,900
 But I think Georgia's beginning to come into their own.

1076
01:05:17,020 --> 01:05:21,380
 They played maybe the most complete game they've played this year, beating Mississippi State.

1077
01:05:21,500 --> 01:05:25,680
 And Jeff Levy has done a good job there, but they may be running on fumes.

1078
01:05:26,280 --> 01:05:28,080
 Frazier ran for 181.

1079
01:05:28,200 --> 01:05:31,940
 Noah Thomas had a coming-out party with the game.

1080
01:05:32,600 --> 01:05:34,820
 Branch is a lethal weapon.

1081
01:05:35,000 --> 01:05:36,700
 Gunnar Stockton playing well.

1082
01:05:37,120 --> 01:05:39,160
 I still think this is a close game.

1083
01:05:39,260 --> 01:05:44,580
 But I'm guessing you believe Georgia will win and cover that six-point spread.

1084
01:05:46,340 --> 01:05:48,840
 This has held six of its nine opponents.

1085
01:05:48,980 --> 01:05:52,900
 I'm sorry, seven of its nine opponents under 100 yards rushing.

1086
01:05:54,560 --> 01:05:55,360
 That's impressive.

1087
01:05:55,500 --> 01:05:55,760
 I don't care.

1088
01:05:56,060 --> 01:05:57,240
 You're rolling football.

1089
01:05:57,460 --> 01:05:58,160
 That's good.

1090
01:05:58,960 --> 01:06:03,700
 I think Georgia has been better running the ball up late.

1091
01:06:03,880 --> 01:06:04,840
 You mentioned Nate Frazier.

1092
01:06:05,340 --> 01:06:09,680
 Their offensive line has played quite well considering they've had numerous injuries.

1093
01:06:10,300 --> 01:06:15,060
 They've counted heavily on two true freshman offensive lines, both from Atlanta.

1094
01:06:15,240 --> 01:06:16,560
 Both those dudes have held up.

1095
01:06:17,800 --> 01:06:21,660
 I think in Stockton, is he great?

1096
01:06:21,820 --> 01:06:22,060
 No.

1097
01:06:22,220 --> 01:06:22,800
 Is he elite?

1098
01:06:22,980 --> 01:06:23,860
 I don't think so.

1099
01:06:23,860 --> 01:06:28,060
 But he is a winner, and he makes key plays at key times.

1100
01:06:28,200 --> 01:06:28,800
 For the most part.

1101
01:06:30,000 --> 01:06:32,520
 Georgia's defense, the secondary is exploitable.

1102
01:06:32,700 --> 01:06:38,160
 Their corners, I think, are not nearly as good as you would expect guys who were ranked that high to be.

1103
01:06:39,580 --> 01:06:43,420
 But, you know, Texas' offensive line, it's garbage.

1104
01:06:44,080 --> 01:06:45,340
 Texas cannot run the ball.

1105
01:06:46,140 --> 01:06:53,020
 And, yes, Arch Manning has disappointed this year, but I'll also say that I don't care who you are.

1106
01:06:53,680 --> 01:06:58,980
 At quarterback, if you're running for your life or on your backside, it's hard to be played.

1107
01:06:59,740 --> 01:07:01,960
 And that's been the case for Arch Manning a lot this year.

1108
01:07:02,020 --> 01:07:02,800
 I will say this, though.

1109
01:07:03,240 --> 01:07:08,740
 Each of the past two games, Manning has thrown for 300-plus and thrown three TD passes.

1110
01:07:09,180 --> 01:07:13,440
 So, his development is in line with, I think, you know, what you expected all season.

1111
01:07:13,560 --> 01:07:14,660
 At least he's gotten there.

1112
01:07:15,080 --> 01:07:19,400
 But, yeah, I don't think the Texas offense can score enough points.

1113
01:07:19,500 --> 01:07:23,760
 I think Georgia's going to win, beat the Longhorns for the third time in two years.

1114
01:07:24,260 --> 01:07:29,620
 Well, Mike, you're going to have a national college football slash basketball analyst down in Florida.

1115
01:07:29,620 --> 01:07:34,800
 And the reason we bring that up, amongst other reasons, Mike, Florida is on the road to Ole Miss.

1116
01:07:35,540 --> 01:07:36,840
 You know where I'm going with this.

1117
01:07:37,160 --> 01:07:39,960
 We know all the things that Lane is saying in the pulpit.

1118
01:07:40,100 --> 01:07:40,980
 I love Ole Miss.

1119
01:07:41,100 --> 01:07:41,980
 It's been good for me.

1120
01:07:42,040 --> 01:07:43,040
 It's saved my life.

1121
01:07:43,560 --> 01:07:44,880
 I'm happy here.

1122
01:07:44,960 --> 01:07:48,700
 But we also know Florida's throwing some major bucks his way.

1123
01:07:49,660 --> 01:07:52,720
 Intriguing matchup, Florida against Ole Miss.

1124
01:07:52,900 --> 01:07:55,480
 I don't think anyone's going to pick Florida to win the game.

1125
01:07:55,480 --> 01:08:01,620
 But your thoughts about the game and about the back story there with Lane and his future.

1126
01:08:02,440 --> 01:08:02,600
 Oh, yeah.

1127
01:08:02,620 --> 01:08:06,460
 I think the back story vastly overshadows the game itself.

1128
01:08:06,800 --> 01:08:10,140
 Florida beat Ole Miss last year, knocked them out of the playoff hunt.

1129
01:08:10,800 --> 01:08:12,940
 This Florida team was expected to be better.

1130
01:08:13,960 --> 01:08:15,000
 It is not.

1131
01:08:16,600 --> 01:08:21,020
 The offense, you know, Napier's play calling was abysmal.

1132
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 Well, so is the interim coaching staff's offensive play calling.

1133
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 Ryan O'Hara, the guy's calling the plays.

1134
01:08:27,920 --> 01:08:32,100
 The last time he called plays was at Alabama A&M in 2017.

1135
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 He's not a good play caller.

1136
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 Likewise playing abysmal football.

1137
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 The offensive line for an experienced group has been wildly disappointing.

1138
01:08:45,200 --> 01:08:52,380
 Offensively, if Florida shows up to play, they can make life difficult for Trinidad Chambliss.

1139
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 They showed up to play against Georgia, had a chance to win in the fourth quarter.

1140
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 They absolutely laid down like dogs last week, and Kentucky blew them out.

1141
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 And I think the mindset for Florida, if they show up ready to play, this will be an entertaining game.

1142
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 If they show up like they did last week, Ole Miss could beat them 56-7.

1143
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 But you're right.

1144
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 I think all Florida fans are going to tune in knowing that their team is going to get its butt kicked.

1145
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 But they're going to tune in to watch Lane Kiffin because, I'll be honest, if Florida has anybody else in mind other than Lane Kiffin,

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 the fan base surely doesn't want that guy and doesn't think they need to go past Lane Kiffin.

1147
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 You're right.

1148
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 They would make him the highest paid coach in college football history.

1149
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 They would give him a gigantic war chest for NIL, a gigantic war chest for assistant coaches,

1150
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 which to some extent they've given that to Napier.

1151
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 He just did not spend it wisely.

1152
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 Let's put it that way.

1153
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 I think that Kiffin will not be at Ole Miss next year.

1154
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 I think he will be in Gainesville.

1155
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 But I think every Florida fan's nightmare is Ole Miss wins 56-7, and then in the postgame Kiffin walks to the microphone

1156
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 and says, I just signed an extension this day here.

1157
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 But I don't think he's going to do that.

1158
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 But the Lane Kiffin, the Florida stuff, has legs for a reason.

1159
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 Mike, one of the more intriguing national games, game day, will be in attendance.

1160
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 Number nine, Notre Dame, 10-and-point favorite over Pitt.

1161
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 They're number 23, Jeremiah Love has been running wild.

1162
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 Notre Dame on a seven-game winning streak.

1163
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 Pitt's rush defense is pretty good, two-and-a-half yards.

1164
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 They've got three good linebackers in Loveless, Biles and Lewis.

1165
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 Quarterback battle should be interesting.

1166
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 Mason Heichel at Pitt.

1167
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 C.J. Carr, the Notre Dame defense has only allowed one touchdown in five of the last six games.

1168
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 Does Notre Dame win and cover on the road?

1169
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 Yeah, this, you know, I don't think the ACC is good.

1170
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 The idea that, you know, who's their standard bearer?

1171
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 Miami?

1172
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 They've got two conference losses.

1173
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 That's right.

1174
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 Virginia lost to Wake Forest, for goodness sake, last week.

1175
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 A Wake Forest team that had been beaten by 35 by an atrocious Florida State team the week before.

1176
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 Now, Pitt, you're right.

1177
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 Mason Heichel, that dude can play.

1178
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 And, you know, you wonder if he will be at Pitt next year because he is going to be offered a boatload of money to leave.

1179
01:11:36,580 --> 01:11:40,120
 Pitt is extremely aggressive on defense.

1180
01:11:40,400 --> 01:11:45,000
 Pat Narduzzi, you know, if, you know, nobody blitzes eight plays in a row.

1181
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 Pat Narduzzi, well, I will, and he'll do it.

1182
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 CJ Carr is going to see some looks he hasn't seen.

1183
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 I don't know if Pitt can hold up against the Notre Dame rushing attack.

1184
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 I think the Notre Dame secondary is exploitable.

1185
01:11:58,280 --> 01:12:04,140
 I think Hinchel can have a 300-yard passing game to have some offensive playmakers.

1186
01:12:04,700 --> 01:12:10,080
 But I think Notre Dame wins like 38-24, 38-27, something like that.

1187
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 Let's talk about the Interim Bowl, Arkansas and LSU.

1188
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 The reason we bring it up, your thoughts about that scenario and one of the names, I don't know how reliable these stories are,

1189
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 but one of the names now kind of throwing his name in the hat at Arkansas is a guy named Ed Orgeron.

1190
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 Now, where did he coach before?

1191
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 Of course, LSU.

1192
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 Your thoughts about a crazy game with two interim coaches in the SEC at this point in the season,

1193
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 and does that have any legs, in your opinion, Ed Orgeron at Arkansas?

1194
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 I, you know, Orgeron recruits well, but, you know, there's certain cultural fits.

1195
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 Yeah.

1196
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 They're a thing, and I don't see Ed Orgeron back-slapping all those Walmart and Tyson.

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 Walmart.

1198
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 Yeah.

1199
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 Tyson Chicken, et cetera, Jerry Jones.

1200
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 Yeah, I can't see Orgeron there.

1201
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 You know, Jon Sumrall, that would be, I could see him.

1202
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 I'm coaching at either one of these schools.

1203
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 Frank, I also can see him coaching at Auburn.

1204
01:13:16,360 --> 01:13:22,440
 But, you know, the biggest issue for LSU this year, their offense has been wildly disappointing.

1205
01:13:22,900 --> 01:13:24,560
 Their rushing attack has been horrible.

1206
01:13:26,320 --> 01:13:28,520
 Nussmeyer has way underwhelmed.

1207
01:13:28,680 --> 01:13:36,980
 Well, here comes the Arkansas defense, and the Arkansas defense, they don't play defense.

1208
01:13:38,000 --> 01:13:39,680
 It's almost like they have a race.

1209
01:13:40,160 --> 01:13:42,240
 Let's see if we can get off the field.

1210
01:13:42,700 --> 01:13:44,420
 They have 80 yards to go.

1211
01:13:44,500 --> 01:13:46,520
 Let's see if we can let them make it in four plays.

1212
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 And, by God, they'll do it.

1213
01:13:48,840 --> 01:13:53,020
 So, the flip side, Arkansas' offense is quite potent.

1214
01:13:53,700 --> 01:13:57,320
 I think this will be a fun, entertaining, high-scoring game.

1215
01:13:57,420 --> 01:13:59,580
 But, ultimately, it's not going to mean much at all.

1216
01:14:01,000 --> 01:14:07,160
 It is going to give Frank Wilson, I think, a chance to, for sure, get his first win as the interim.

1217
01:14:07,880 --> 01:14:12,260
 And I think the idea, I think Bobby Petrino legitimately thought he had a chance to get the Arkansas job.

1218
01:14:12,800 --> 01:14:18,700
 I haven't seen anything the last couple weeks, though, that makes me think Arkansas is going to let him have the job again.

1219
01:14:19,760 --> 01:14:21,280
 Yeah, I'm like you.

1220
01:14:21,320 --> 01:14:23,820
 If you'd win a couple games, it may be a different story.

1221
01:14:24,520 --> 01:14:25,720
 Great slate tomorrow.

1222
01:14:25,720 --> 01:14:30,160
 Once again, separation Saturday, whatever moniker you want to put on it.

1223
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 Always enjoy your insight into these games, Mike.

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 Have a great Saturday and great week.

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 Let's do this again next Friday.

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 The score.

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 Zach, welcome in.

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 Doing good.

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 it looks like for this time of the year,

1339
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 Zach, you can only hope that the games tonight are going to be as good as the weather's forecast to be,

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 including a big showdown for Muscle Shoals taking on their old nemesis in the postseason,

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 the thundering herd from Parker.

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1344
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1345
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 they're trying to schedule, trying to break it for Parker.

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 They're trying to schedule at 525 win percentage.

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 They've lost to Kelton, Georgia, Holmwood, and Hooper.

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 They're combined 26-6 on the season.

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 So, Muscle Shoals has also had their fair share of tests late.

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 But, this is going to be a game they've played to the last three years already.

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1352
01:21:55,140 --> 01:21:57,860
 But, you never know with road trips, high school teams.

1353
01:21:59,060 --> 01:22:00,700
 Parker, though, they've been in big games.

1354
01:22:00,840 --> 01:22:03,260
 They've won that championship last year.

1355
01:22:04,060 --> 01:22:05,280
 Muscle Shoals have been in big games.

1356
01:22:05,560 --> 01:22:07,340
 Two of the best programs in the state in the state.

1357
01:22:08,520 --> 01:22:12,520
 The thing is, Zach, you can't underestimate the power of having the home cooking.

1358
01:22:12,660 --> 01:22:15,120
 And something else I think is so important.

1359
01:22:15,580 --> 01:22:17,420
 It's the old proverbial you've been there and done that.

1360
01:22:17,900 --> 01:22:22,120
 The fact that Coach Scott Bazin, who was on with us earlier in the week, you just can't sit here.

1361
01:22:22,200 --> 01:22:25,200
 Not only that, his staff's been with him forever, too.

1362
01:22:25,400 --> 01:22:33,460
 When you've been there and done that as much as this staff has and the home cooking, you just can't overstate how important that is.

1363
01:22:34,360 --> 01:22:34,540
 Yeah.

1364
01:22:34,620 --> 01:22:36,160
 Muscle Shoals have actually been in the third round.

1365
01:22:36,680 --> 01:22:41,380
 I think this will be four straight years if they get to the third round, if they get to the third round three again.

1366
01:22:41,880 --> 01:22:45,020
 And that will be a still record, I think, if I'm right on that.

1367
01:22:45,860 --> 01:22:47,680
 But it's a very close game.

1368
01:22:48,580 --> 01:22:51,640
 Parker did go play Terrells in Georgia in the middle of the season in a 10-0 team.

1369
01:22:52,240 --> 01:22:54,120
 And lost to home with about one score, I think.

1370
01:22:54,280 --> 01:22:57,840
 Home with a 10-1, played Hartle tonight in another big game.

1371
01:22:58,840 --> 01:23:00,540
 So, it's a very close matchup.

1372
01:23:01,680 --> 01:23:03,900
 Yeah, they lost home with about one score, 35-28.

1373
01:23:05,500 --> 01:23:06,560
 Very good game, though.

1374
01:23:06,560 --> 01:23:16,000
 I saw some of the Desher-Nord Jackson game last Friday night.

1375
01:23:16,160 --> 01:23:18,920
 Desher pulled away in the second half.

1376
01:23:19,160 --> 01:23:22,120
 They are traveling to undefeated Hamilton.

1377
01:23:22,440 --> 01:23:28,280
 We talked to Evan Schilt, the coach at Hamilton, two weeks ago.

1378
01:23:29,020 --> 01:23:33,720
 They beat Asheville a little closer than what a lot of people thought it was going to be.

1379
01:23:33,720 --> 01:23:36,560
 Mason Holloway, who's had a really good year.

1380
01:23:36,660 --> 01:23:38,480
 Houston Tibbs, Eli Harris.

1381
01:23:39,240 --> 01:23:40,640
 But Desher has played well.

1382
01:23:40,760 --> 01:23:42,540
 Their only loss is to Wes Morgan.

1383
01:23:43,240 --> 01:23:47,080
 Price Thornton, Garrett Reed is a tremendous receiver.

1384
01:23:47,320 --> 01:23:50,380
 Also punts, does two or three other things.

1385
01:23:51,320 --> 01:23:53,480
 Brady McKinney, wide receiver.

1386
01:23:53,700 --> 01:23:58,580
 Kendrick Gunn, the running back, ran for 830 yards.

1387
01:23:58,900 --> 01:24:02,920
 Price Thornton is thrown for 2,200 yards.

1388
01:24:03,320 --> 01:24:06,160
 Very interesting game tonight, Desher and Hamilton.

1389
01:24:06,880 --> 01:24:11,240
 Yeah, this is one of those games that knows they're very well from other sports across the board.

1390
01:24:11,780 --> 01:24:15,420
 From golf ball to baseball to basketball and all that.

1391
01:24:15,700 --> 01:24:18,260
 And it's played in playoffs and all those, except for football a whole lot.

1392
01:24:18,780 --> 01:24:21,460
 I have an interesting stat with this game, too.

1393
01:24:22,100 --> 01:24:25,720
 Hamlin has only beaten Desher once in field history in 1718.

1394
01:24:25,720 --> 01:24:29,940
 And that was 101 years ago, two days to the day.

1395
01:24:31,940 --> 01:24:35,500
 1924, Hamlin at 39-0 in a regular season.

1396
01:24:36,600 --> 01:24:38,560
 Don't know where it was from so far back to go.

1397
01:24:39,500 --> 01:24:42,740
 But Desher has ran through Hampton a few times.

1398
01:24:42,900 --> 01:24:49,780
 The winner of this game has scored 40 points in each of the last one, two, three, six of the last seven or so.

1399
01:24:51,180 --> 01:24:53,120
 So, it's a very close game.

1400
01:24:54,020 --> 01:24:58,880
 The key divider here, though, is, for me, strength of schedule and strength of record.

1401
01:24:59,560 --> 01:25:01,440
 Desher played a 5-17 strength of schedule.

1402
01:25:01,580 --> 01:25:04,780
 It has a 4-60 strength of record, losing to West Morgan.

1403
01:25:05,300 --> 01:25:08,400
 Hamilton has a 4-44 strength of schedule and strength of record.

1404
01:25:09,580 --> 01:25:15,800
 Asheville was 6-4, but they were 6-4, who had 35-5 combined losses.

1405
01:25:16,780 --> 01:25:25,560
 So, their losses were to like Trudy County, one time in that region, Alexandria, and one more in that region.

1406
01:25:26,180 --> 01:25:28,300
 So, a very soft loss for Asheville.

1407
01:25:29,360 --> 01:25:31,880
 But for Desher or Hamilton, it's a very close game.

1408
01:25:32,340 --> 01:25:36,740
 I've told many people this week, it's versus the same school, a different shade of red.

1409
01:25:37,460 --> 01:25:42,740
 They both have a rich school history, a rich athletic history.

1410
01:25:43,320 --> 01:25:48,580
 And so, again, if it was a first-round game, it would have just as much time as it was a round-four game.

1411
01:25:50,100 --> 01:25:50,540
 Yeah.

1412
01:25:51,240 --> 01:25:53,060
 You talked about history, Zach.

1413
01:25:53,680 --> 01:25:55,860
 Colbert County, obviously, they got one.

1414
01:25:56,000 --> 01:25:56,900
 So, does Gordo.

1415
01:25:57,100 --> 01:26:01,380
 Together, correct us if we're wrong, a combined 91 playoff appearances.

1416
01:26:02,200 --> 01:26:06,980
 Yet, correct me if we're wrong here, they've never faced each other until tonight.

1417
01:26:07,460 --> 01:26:09,180
 Colbert County on the road to Gordo.

1418
01:26:10,640 --> 01:26:16,460
 Yeah, it's 91 combined appearances and combined 39 straight appearances for the both of them.

1419
01:26:17,040 --> 01:26:17,240
 Wow.

1420
01:26:17,240 --> 01:26:21,760
 It's a very interesting game here.

1421
01:26:22,440 --> 01:26:27,540
 I think the media is giving Colbert County more credit than I think they are, or should.

1422
01:26:28,000 --> 01:26:30,980
 Colbert County has scored 50-plus points in the last four games.

1423
01:26:31,600 --> 01:26:31,800
 Yeah.

1424
01:26:31,980 --> 01:26:34,600
 If they score in the 60s, it's going to be hard to beat them.

1425
01:26:35,120 --> 01:26:39,540
 Gordo has scored 61-1 and 70-1 and 56-1.

1426
01:26:41,120 --> 01:26:42,940
 Colbert County has got to score in the 60s.

1427
01:26:43,020 --> 01:26:43,600
 I like their chances.

1428
01:26:43,860 --> 01:26:45,480
 If they cannot score in the 60s, I don't know.

1429
01:26:46,280 --> 01:26:50,900
 Because most of their wins are 40- or 60-point wins.

1430
01:26:51,500 --> 01:26:52,320
 That's more of a point score.

1431
01:26:53,360 --> 01:26:57,900
 But their losses are central, which is very weird to start the season, but a high-class team.

1432
01:26:58,680 --> 01:27:02,660
 Martial and Dashler by 40-ish points.

1433
01:27:03,340 --> 01:27:06,380
 That Dashler game was a crazy start, so it was subjective.

1434
01:27:07,380 --> 01:27:15,420
 But four-game win streak, scoring 32-plus each game and 60-plus in your last four is very impressive.

1435
01:27:16,040 --> 01:27:19,980
 We know in the playoffs, our run game travels, they had 400-plus rushing yards last week.

1436
01:27:20,540 --> 01:27:20,800
 Yep.

1437
01:27:21,280 --> 01:27:23,160
 Three guys with 100-plus yards.

1438
01:27:24,180 --> 01:27:29,680
 So, if they couldn't do that, I like their chances to get to round three for the first time in, I think, 10 or 11 years.

1439
01:27:30,940 --> 01:27:32,960
 But Gordo is solid also.

1440
01:27:33,160 --> 01:27:35,440
 Gordo is one of the best teams in the state when it comes to playoffs.

1441
01:27:36,840 --> 01:27:41,220
 Everyone knows that during the Miami Heat, not just for the Packers, but for Gordo also.

1442
01:27:42,560 --> 01:27:45,780
 And everyone knows that Colbert County was off as well.

1443
01:27:47,480 --> 01:27:48,460
 Yeah, absolutely.

1444
01:27:48,460 --> 01:27:50,520
 I've seen two Colbert County games.

1445
01:27:50,720 --> 01:27:58,520
 Frank Hayes, Keyshawn Jones, and Sir Miller, interesting name, have been running wild for them.

1446
01:27:58,660 --> 01:28:02,720
 Speaking of running wild, Morris Hill does quite a bit of that.

1447
01:28:02,860 --> 01:28:10,080
 Hudson Higgins and Jackson Penn have run a combined 2,800 yards so far.

1448
01:28:10,080 --> 01:28:17,440
 Isaiah Owens, Lawson Frederick, Jesse Parker, they're hosting a good Winfield team.

1449
01:28:17,700 --> 01:28:19,300
 Winfield is 9-2.

1450
01:28:19,500 --> 01:28:22,540
 Winfield now on a seven-game winning streak.

1451
01:28:22,700 --> 01:28:29,700
 They lost their season opener to corner and 35-21 to Gordo, who we just got through talking about with Colbert County.

1452
01:28:31,920 --> 01:28:33,860
 I've talked to several people this week.

1453
01:28:33,940 --> 01:28:36,480
 They think Winfield can push Morris Hill.

1454
01:28:37,020 --> 01:28:42,900
 Your thoughts on a 9-2 Winfield traveling to Morris Hill, still undefeated at 11-0?

1455
01:28:42,900 --> 01:28:49,000
 I've kind of said to believe it was anybody pushing Morris Hill until they came and s*** up for the round three at least.

1456
01:28:49,740 --> 01:28:54,660
 Yes, Winfield was good at 9-2, but for Morris Hill, your lowest point score is 41 on season.

1457
01:28:55,940 --> 01:28:59,880
 And that was against a six-half goal in Scottsboro, who was in the second-round playoff.

1458
01:29:01,640 --> 01:29:05,440
 I mean, for Morris Hill, it's almost like an open child for 3-8, 3-8 North right now.

1459
01:29:06,360 --> 01:29:08,400
 Who wants to play Morris Hill and who wants to get beat by?

1460
01:29:09,460 --> 01:29:12,900
 This is the game in the show that I'm most confident in saying Morris Hill wins this week.

1461
01:29:14,040 --> 01:29:17,040
 And then next week with Geraldine or Westbrook Christian, it could be a five.

1462
01:29:18,200 --> 01:29:24,600
 But for Morris Hill with the turf, the home-good advantage, not having to hop on a bus for an hour,

1463
01:29:25,240 --> 01:29:31,400
 I think it's one of those games, if Jackson can play at 100% and Hudson plays at 100%,

1464
01:29:31,400 --> 01:29:38,260
 it's hard to stop two SPS running backs at any level of football, 7-8, 1-8, 3-8, 4-8, whatever.

1465
01:29:38,940 --> 01:29:41,300
 But in 3-8 football, it's hard to stop that.

1466
01:29:41,480 --> 01:29:44,280
 And the WNT, you've got to know the guys covered.

1467
01:29:44,480 --> 01:29:46,180
 You've got to know where to go on the coverage.

1468
01:29:47,420 --> 01:29:48,200
 You can't call the ball.

1469
01:29:48,340 --> 01:29:50,580
 If you call the ball, on the WNT, you'll get lost.

1470
01:29:51,080 --> 01:29:54,340
 With all the misdirections and fake handoffs and play actions and all that.

1471
01:29:55,240 --> 01:29:59,400
 But with Morris Hill, I guess the question is, how many points do you want to score tonight?

1472
01:29:59,980 --> 01:30:03,000
 Last year, that scored 28 on Winfield in round three.

1473
01:30:03,720 --> 01:30:06,440
 And this year, it's in round two at Morris Hill again.

1474
01:30:07,540 --> 01:30:09,700
 I guess, how many points do you want to score or can you score?

1475
01:30:10,400 --> 01:30:10,840
 Yeah.

1476
01:30:12,220 --> 01:30:15,680
 Let me finish with Lexington, Brett Mask.

1477
01:30:15,720 --> 01:30:18,440
 I knew he was going to do a very good job there.

1478
01:30:18,560 --> 01:30:22,840
 8-3, traveling to Coosa Christian, 9-2.

1479
01:30:22,840 --> 01:30:25,680
 Well, who's Coosa Christian's interim coach?

1480
01:30:26,340 --> 01:30:28,140
 The one and only Rush Probst.

1481
01:30:28,420 --> 01:30:38,000
 They've won eight straight games since the opening loss to Pierce County, Georgia, 27 and a 28-27 loss to Pell City.

1482
01:30:38,680 --> 01:30:41,880
 Thomas Smith is a wrecking machine on the defensive line.

1483
01:30:41,960 --> 01:30:44,500
 Levin Sank, 17 tackles for a loss.

1484
01:30:45,060 --> 01:30:48,280
 Zane Kilburn, their quarterback, has played really well.

1485
01:30:48,280 --> 01:30:53,900
 So, you're Howard, but different animal for Lexington traveling to Coosa Christian.

1486
01:30:54,480 --> 01:30:58,660
 Yeah, Coosa Christian is one of the more interesting schools for all the wrong reasons this year, probably.

1487
01:30:59,300 --> 01:31:01,440
 But really, he can win.

1488
01:31:01,600 --> 01:31:04,600
 I mean, all the off-field stuff aside, he knows how to win.

1489
01:31:04,720 --> 01:31:12,160
 He was at Hoover back in early 2000, the two days, MTV, won like five out of six championships in six days at that time.

1490
01:31:12,800 --> 01:31:13,540
 He knows how to win.

1491
01:31:13,540 --> 01:31:17,020
 And Coosa Christian, they're straight to schedule, it's 5-17, they're straight to schedule.

1492
01:31:17,660 --> 01:31:23,980
 They've beaten the 6-8 Blunt, and they've lost to Pell City, 6-8 Alabama by one.

1493
01:31:24,780 --> 01:31:26,080
 And went to play Pierce County, Georgia.

1494
01:31:26,300 --> 01:31:29,720
 Put that in context, Pierce County, Georgia, down around Savannah.

1495
01:31:30,800 --> 01:31:33,180
 So, it was a six-hour road trip for a game, seven of the season.

1496
01:31:34,600 --> 01:31:39,060
 They're going to continue to play six hours away, it's very hard to do at any level of the ball.

1497
01:31:39,600 --> 01:31:47,840
 But in 2-8, when you have less kids, less parents, less money, ideally, than a program with a Michael Scholes or a Parker, it's very tough.

1498
01:31:48,200 --> 01:31:54,920
 And they went out there all by 13, but Pierce County is also 8-2, I think, and they're in 2-8 in Georgia.

1499
01:31:56,620 --> 01:31:59,200
 So, Coosa went out and played who they could to get tested.

1500
01:32:00,020 --> 01:32:04,600
 They went tough to lose the academy in non-regent in Alabama, who also won the region.

1501
01:32:05,840 --> 01:32:09,600
 But for Lexington, though, he's got one of the best quarterbacks in the show as a freshman.

1502
01:32:10,420 --> 01:32:14,800
 He's got three senior receivers and a junior running back around him.

1503
01:32:16,060 --> 01:32:18,100
 He has set up for public success in the future.

1504
01:32:18,460 --> 01:32:20,860
 It's insane that Lexington is like about that three years away.

1505
01:32:21,500 --> 01:32:23,300
 He's got two left of the passing yards as a freshman.

1506
01:32:24,780 --> 01:32:30,880
 And the Lexington, their score in defense got knocked around by Brooks, scoring 49 on them.

1507
01:32:31,360 --> 01:32:35,260
 Outside of that, Red Bay scored 34, and nobody else has crossed 28 on them.

1508
01:32:36,060 --> 01:32:36,200
 Yeah.

1509
01:32:37,060 --> 01:32:39,100
 Well, it's going to be very –

1510
01:32:39,100 --> 01:32:39,700
 You know what?

1511
01:32:40,480 --> 01:32:41,400
 No, no, no.

1512
01:32:41,580 --> 01:32:42,700
 No, go ahead and finish.

1513
01:32:44,040 --> 01:32:45,540
 Very tough score that defense, though.

1514
01:32:45,660 --> 01:32:48,520
 If they can go there and score in the 40s and 50s, it's tough to beat.

1515
01:32:49,040 --> 01:32:50,540
 Coosa can also score in the 50s.

1516
01:32:50,780 --> 01:32:55,360
 They scored 50-plus in the last three games, and four in the last five.

1517
01:32:55,880 --> 01:32:58,200
 Well, it's going to be tough for Lexington to go up there two hours away,

1518
01:32:58,360 --> 01:33:00,780
 gassing, and play a road game at Houston Christian.

1519
01:33:01,600 --> 01:33:02,660
 Yeah, absolutely.

1520
01:33:02,940 --> 01:33:03,560
 Great stuff.

1521
01:33:03,680 --> 01:33:05,740
 We also wish a lot of luck to Russellville.

1522
01:33:06,300 --> 01:33:07,860
 They're traveling to Briarwood.

1523
01:33:07,960 --> 01:33:09,320
 It used to be Briarwood Christian.

1524
01:33:09,500 --> 01:33:14,580
 And then Heckelberg, Humberville, those two teams played a couple of weeks ago.

1525
01:33:14,680 --> 01:33:15,980
 I know you're going to cover it.

1526
01:33:16,780 --> 01:33:21,160
 You've done some pregame stuff, and particularly looking at third round.

1527
01:33:21,720 --> 01:33:27,200
 Going to be covering all the games tonight and then having the third round up sometime this weekend.

1528
01:33:27,600 --> 01:33:29,540
 Where can we get online and get your good stuff?

1529
01:33:30,500 --> 01:33:34,160
 Yes, we'll be live on Facebook at some once this weekend to recap the second round game

1530
01:33:34,160 --> 01:33:35,860
 and previewing your possible third round game.

1531
01:33:36,300 --> 01:33:45,280
 But Facebook, Scholes Sports Report, and Twitter, at lowercase, at S-H-O-A-L-S-P-O-R-T-S.

1532
01:33:46,720 --> 01:33:47,520
 Sounds great.

1533
01:33:47,640 --> 01:33:50,620
 Zach, again, let's hope the games are as good as the weather's forecast to be.

1534
01:33:50,720 --> 01:33:52,580
 Thanks so much, and stay safe out there, okay?

1535
01:33:53,520 --> 01:33:54,320
 Thank you, y'all, too.

1536
01:33:54,940 --> 01:33:55,540
 Thank you, bud.

1537
01:33:55,700 --> 01:33:57,620
 Zach Patterson, Scholes Sports Report.

1538
01:33:57,720 --> 01:33:58,600
 He's one of the best.

1539
01:33:58,900 --> 01:34:00,200
 Matter of fact, he's got some jewelry.

1540
01:34:00,360 --> 01:34:03,840
 Call a national championship ring on his finger, and great insight.

1541
01:34:03,980 --> 01:34:05,400
 Coach Pete Cordelli next.

1542
01:34:05,480 --> 01:34:06,020
 Stay with us.

1543
01:34:12,020 --> 01:34:12,380
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1544
01:34:12,620 --> 01:34:16,540
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1575
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1576
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 To a rival on a last-second field goal.

1577
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1578
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1579
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1600
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1601
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1602
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1603
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1640
01:39:21,240 --> 01:39:21,920
 Welcome back, Kane.

1641
01:39:21,960 --> 01:39:25,340
 If you want to get a special insight to this weekend's games,

1642
01:39:25,420 --> 01:39:27,660
 who better to join than with Pete Cordelli,

1643
01:39:27,820 --> 01:39:29,940
 the former head coach at Kent State,

1644
01:39:29,940 --> 01:39:32,620
 also assistant coach at Arkansas, Minnesota.

1645
01:39:32,620 --> 01:39:37,500
 And by the way, he has some jewelry that every head coach wants out there.

1646
01:39:37,980 --> 01:39:41,900
 A national championship ring on his finger from his days

1647
01:39:41,900 --> 01:39:43,820
 as assistant at a place called Notre Dame

1648
01:39:43,820 --> 01:39:46,200
 under a coach by the name of Lou Holtz.

1649
01:39:46,320 --> 01:39:47,740
 Coach Pete Cordelli, welcome in.

1650
01:39:47,820 --> 01:39:48,340
 How are you?

1651
01:39:49,000 --> 01:39:49,620
 Hey, man.

1652
01:39:49,660 --> 01:39:51,300
 It's always a pleasure being with you,

1653
01:39:51,380 --> 01:39:56,200
 especially on a Friday before a big Saturday in the SEC in college football.

1654
01:39:57,340 --> 01:39:59,920
 Coach, we can't think of anybody better to give us the answer.

1655
01:39:59,940 --> 01:40:02,060
 Since we're all men, we can't wait that long.

1656
01:40:02,200 --> 01:40:05,060
 So go ahead and give us the answers now on a Friday

1657
01:40:05,060 --> 01:40:07,600
 of what's going to happen on a Saturday in Tuscaloosa

1658
01:40:07,600 --> 01:40:11,680
 and what it's going to take for Alabama to lower the boom on the Sooners.

1659
01:40:12,820 --> 01:40:18,920
 Well, fellas, you know, Alabama has become a pass-first, run-second team.

1660
01:40:19,700 --> 01:40:26,100
 I can't remember an Alabama-LSU game where one team ran for 53 total yards

1661
01:40:26,100 --> 01:40:29,140
 and the other team ran for 52 total yards.

1662
01:40:29,380 --> 01:40:29,520
 Right.

1663
01:40:30,760 --> 01:40:36,640
 I mean, we've got 105 yards between two of the more prolific programs in this conference,

1664
01:40:36,640 --> 01:40:40,260
 and you're going, my gosh, what is going on?

1665
01:40:40,680 --> 01:40:42,640
 You usually run for that in the first quarter.

1666
01:40:44,800 --> 01:40:47,580
 This offensive line has got to be better.

1667
01:40:50,180 --> 01:40:53,640
 When you don't have the threat of a running quarterback,

1668
01:40:54,280 --> 01:40:56,640
 as Alabama's had in the past with Jalen Milrow,

1669
01:40:57,480 --> 01:41:04,940
 you tend to gang up on guys by putting more players in the box on defense

1670
01:41:04,940 --> 01:41:06,240
 that they can block.

1671
01:41:07,080 --> 01:41:10,020
 And so Alabama's got to get to a point

1672
01:41:10,020 --> 01:41:14,040
 where they can gain at least three and a half to four yards

1673
01:41:14,040 --> 01:41:15,520
 every time they run the football

1674
01:41:15,520 --> 01:41:18,700
 when everybody in the stadium knows they've got to run it.

1675
01:41:19,840 --> 01:41:25,220
 If not, it's going to be live by the past, die by the past.

1676
01:41:25,740 --> 01:41:30,020
 You know, Woody Hayes, the former long-time coach at Ohio State,

1677
01:41:30,760 --> 01:41:33,400
 used to say when you throw the ball, two things are bad.

1678
01:41:34,020 --> 01:41:37,520
 Two things happen that are bad, and only one is good.

1679
01:41:37,980 --> 01:41:38,400
 That's right.

1680
01:41:39,120 --> 01:41:42,640
 Thank goodness for Jimmy Bernard.

1681
01:41:43,760 --> 01:41:46,480
 He has bailed out the Alabama passing game.

1682
01:41:47,280 --> 01:41:50,200
 Ryan Williams, you know, I think he's getting better.

1683
01:41:50,380 --> 01:41:51,660
 Had to overcome some injury.

1684
01:41:52,840 --> 01:41:55,920
 And Ty Simpson, my goodness, he's getting better every week.

1685
01:41:56,080 --> 01:41:58,680
 But how much longer can this go on,

1686
01:41:58,740 --> 01:42:01,600
 especially against a quality defense like Oklahoma?

1687
01:42:03,040 --> 01:42:08,180
 I think this game, fellas, is going to be very low scoring

1688
01:42:08,180 --> 01:42:11,100
 because here, the quarterback from Oklahoma,

1689
01:42:11,940 --> 01:42:14,160
 he's got it ever since he injured that thumb.

1690
01:42:14,160 --> 01:42:16,860
 He hasn't been throwing it real well, but he's a running quarterback.

1691
01:42:17,280 --> 01:42:23,480
 So, it's the pass of Alabama versus the running quarterback of Oklahoma.

1692
01:42:24,340 --> 01:42:28,440
 And Alabama at home, they know that they have to win this game.

1693
01:42:28,540 --> 01:42:30,600
 They get to the SEC championship with a win.

1694
01:42:31,300 --> 01:42:33,720
 I like the tide, but it's going to be very close.

1695
01:42:34,400 --> 01:42:37,200
 Coach, talk to us about putting on your coach's hat.

1696
01:42:37,420 --> 01:42:40,460
 Obviously, at this point in the season, it is what it is.

1697
01:42:40,520 --> 01:42:43,000
 Alabama does not have a running game unless, miraculously,

1698
01:42:43,000 --> 01:42:44,300
 things change tomorrow.

1699
01:42:45,100 --> 01:42:46,800
 If you believe in miracles, okay.

1700
01:42:47,060 --> 01:42:51,240
 But from a practical standpoint, what would you do as far as your plan B, Jets?

1701
01:42:51,600 --> 01:42:52,000
 Sweeps?

1702
01:42:53,160 --> 01:42:55,540
 What is the answer to kind of loosen up?

1703
01:42:55,940 --> 01:43:00,260
 And as you mentioned, get those three or four yards on first down for Ty Simpson.

1704
01:43:01,100 --> 01:43:02,180
 Man, that's a great question.

1705
01:43:02,260 --> 01:43:04,760
 But I think at this point in the season, you have to identify,

1706
01:43:05,300 --> 01:43:07,340
 you have to make a decision about your running game.

1707
01:43:07,740 --> 01:43:13,260
 Are you a gap scheme team where you're blocking a power team where you're blocking down,

1708
01:43:13,400 --> 01:43:15,140
 kicking out, leading through?

1709
01:43:15,500 --> 01:43:20,580
 Or are you a zone blocking team where you're running inside zone or the stretch zone where

1710
01:43:20,580 --> 01:43:25,540
 you could actually get three tight ends on the field and expand that blocking surface?

1711
01:43:26,180 --> 01:43:28,440
 Like, let's say we've got a right guard, right tackle, tight end.

1712
01:43:28,520 --> 01:43:31,740
 And then you put another tight end in as a wing.

1713
01:43:32,140 --> 01:43:34,260
 So you have a four-man blocking surface.

1714
01:43:35,040 --> 01:43:38,700
 And you're not blocking men, you're blocking area.

1715
01:43:39,260 --> 01:43:41,740
 So your first step's your direction step.

1716
01:43:41,860 --> 01:43:42,980
 Second step, you're looking up.

1717
01:43:43,300 --> 01:43:44,900
 And whoever comes to you, you take.

1718
01:43:45,760 --> 01:43:49,760
 And now the back, he goes at the outside hip of the guard or the tackle.

1719
01:43:51,100 --> 01:43:55,140
 And as he reads it, so it's controlled to read the block.

1720
01:43:55,640 --> 01:43:58,880
 He finds a seam, he plants that foot, and he gets upfield.

1721
01:43:59,320 --> 01:44:01,320
 It's controlled to burst to acceleration.

1722
01:44:02,260 --> 01:44:08,420
 And I think Alabama, at this point in the season, they're more of a zone-running team,

1723
01:44:08,500 --> 01:44:13,060
 whether it's inside zone with the possibility of the cutback or the stretch zone,

1724
01:44:13,060 --> 01:44:18,960
 because off of that comes a great play-action pass where you can bootleg your quarterback out.

1725
01:44:19,480 --> 01:44:25,440
 And if you get a fast-blowing defense that overruns, now you come back, you drag the tight end across,

1726
01:44:25,820 --> 01:44:29,460
 you put Ryan Williams on the deep over route, and Bernard's in the flat,

1727
01:44:30,100 --> 01:44:34,940
 your passing game off of that run action really puts the defense in a bind.

1728
01:44:36,600 --> 01:44:40,580
 Pete, Texas and Georgia, a top-ten matchup.

1729
01:44:40,640 --> 01:44:43,160
 I think both of these teams have improved.

1730
01:44:43,380 --> 01:44:45,720
 Manning has looked better the last two games.

1731
01:44:46,440 --> 01:44:50,740
 Texas coming off a bye week, they've got a stingy rush defense,

1732
01:44:50,980 --> 01:44:54,100
 but Georgia looked pretty good against Mississippi State.

1733
01:44:54,180 --> 01:44:55,920
 Maybe their most complete game.

1734
01:44:56,480 --> 01:45:00,920
 Pete, does Georgia win and cover the six-point spread in Athens?

1735
01:45:02,480 --> 01:45:04,520
 I think they do, and here's why.

1736
01:45:06,660 --> 01:45:09,520
 The last time Texas played, they had Vanderbilt at home.

1737
01:45:10,600 --> 01:45:14,920
 And 14 of Arch Manning's passes were behind the line of scrimmage.

1738
01:45:17,200 --> 01:45:21,680
 So what that tells you is they're throwing a lot of bubble, tunnel, screen.

1739
01:45:21,880 --> 01:45:26,660
 The first play of the game, he throws a bubble screen to the back coming out.

1740
01:45:27,040 --> 01:45:31,460
 The linebacker Patterson for Vanderbilt misses the tackle, and the guy goes 75 yards.

1741
01:45:33,120 --> 01:45:36,760
 Arch Manning threw for 328 yards against Vanderbilt.

1742
01:45:37,900 --> 01:45:38,140
 Okay?

1743
01:45:39,100 --> 01:45:40,380
 75% of that.

1744
01:45:41,160 --> 01:45:43,400
 246 yards, guys, came after the catch.

1745
01:45:45,080 --> 01:45:47,500
 That tells you he's not pushing the ball down the field.

1746
01:45:48,460 --> 01:45:51,540
 So the passing game is really not there.

1747
01:45:52,420 --> 01:45:59,980
 This Georgia team, I got to believe now, at home, on a Saturday night,

1748
01:46:00,100 --> 01:46:03,180
 and this is their last SEC game of the year.

1749
01:46:03,780 --> 01:46:07,600
 Because they play two non-conference games at the end of the year.

1750
01:46:08,300 --> 01:46:08,480
 Yeah.

1751
01:46:08,740 --> 01:46:11,500
 But fellas, Texas on the road.

1752
01:46:11,700 --> 01:46:12,920
 They lost at Ohio State.

1753
01:46:13,180 --> 01:46:14,180
 Okay, tough one.

1754
01:46:14,560 --> 01:46:16,900
 They lost at Florida in a huge upset.

1755
01:46:17,700 --> 01:46:22,300
 They had to go to Lexington, Kentucky, and win in overtime, 16-13.

1756
01:46:22,860 --> 01:46:24,960
 They had to go to Starkville and win in overtime.

1757
01:46:25,960 --> 01:46:31,800
 And then against Vandy, they were up 34-10, and they gave up 21 points in the fourth quarter.

1758
01:46:32,520 --> 01:46:32,620
 Yeah.

1759
01:46:33,360 --> 01:46:37,740
 So Arch has made some progress throwing the football.

1760
01:46:38,300 --> 01:46:43,180
 But it's been against secondaries that are ranked 70th or lower in the NCAA.

1761
01:46:44,620 --> 01:46:49,020
 It's Georgia at home with the dudes they have now.

1762
01:46:49,680 --> 01:46:57,100
 I think they're – I mean, look, C.J. Allen is second in the league right now, tackles with 75.

1763
01:46:57,620 --> 01:47:00,480
 And he's got five-and-a-half sacks.

1764
01:47:01,460 --> 01:47:05,580
 So Allen really had a good game against Mississippi State.

1765
01:47:06,140 --> 01:47:12,500
 The run game came alive from the second quarter on in their gap scheme where they were blocking the right guard down,

1766
01:47:12,600 --> 01:47:14,360
 right tackle down, the tight end turned out.

1767
01:47:14,420 --> 01:47:17,100
 And then they were pulling the left guard, left tackle, I mean.

1768
01:47:17,660 --> 01:47:20,040
 And Nate Frazier ran for 181 yards.

1769
01:47:20,840 --> 01:47:21,000
 Wow.

1770
01:47:21,740 --> 01:47:27,900
 Gunnar Stockton's throwing the football with more confidence because, guys, the last two games,

1771
01:47:28,740 --> 01:47:31,840
 Georgia has their complete offensive line back healthy.

1772
01:47:32,360 --> 01:47:33,360
 That's a good point.

1773
01:47:33,740 --> 01:47:34,400
 That's a good point.

1774
01:47:34,420 --> 01:47:35,200
 He's getting time.

1775
01:47:36,040 --> 01:47:41,840
 He can step in the throws rather than worry about, well, I can only take a half step and short arm this ball

1776
01:47:41,840 --> 01:47:43,120
 because I'm going to get blasted.

1777
01:47:43,860 --> 01:47:45,800
 The protection's gotten a whole lot better.

1778
01:47:46,360 --> 01:47:52,980
 And the most consistent guy in that offensive line is Drew Bobo, the center, like Bobo's done.

1779
01:47:53,920 --> 01:47:57,380
 Bobo, he has to call all the protections and things like that.

1780
01:47:58,500 --> 01:48:00,340
 Georgia's getting hot at the right time.

1781
01:48:01,200 --> 01:48:01,340
 Yeah.

1782
01:48:02,340 --> 01:48:08,340
 And at home, it's going to be just a wild environment.

1783
01:48:08,940 --> 01:48:11,620
 And Texas does not play well away from home.

1784
01:48:12,360 --> 01:48:16,760
 This game, guys, is going to come down to who is the most physical.

1785
01:48:17,640 --> 01:48:19,040
 My money's on the dogs.

1786
01:48:21,280 --> 01:48:22,760
 Georgia, you're going to let the dogs out.

1787
01:48:22,840 --> 01:48:23,740
 I agree with you, Coach.

1788
01:48:23,820 --> 01:48:26,540
 Obviously, you're over the neck of the woods of Ole Miss country there,

1789
01:48:26,900 --> 01:48:28,720
 not too far down the road from where you live.

1790
01:48:28,880 --> 01:48:30,380
 We know they're taking on Florida.

1791
01:48:30,420 --> 01:48:32,860
 I don't think anybody's going to pick against Ole Miss in the game.

1792
01:48:32,960 --> 01:48:36,960
 But your thoughts, which sideline, when these two face each other next time,

1793
01:48:36,960 --> 01:48:40,160
 which sideline would Lane Kiffin be on, Ole Miss's or Florida's?

1794
01:48:41,160 --> 01:48:45,080
 Hey, guys, you know how families wear jerseys that are split in half?

1795
01:48:45,840 --> 01:48:48,140
 Like, I've seen it for years when I did the Egg Bowl.

1796
01:48:48,320 --> 01:48:51,240
 You know, like half is Ole Miss, the other is Mississippi State.

1797
01:48:51,480 --> 01:48:55,420
 You guys have seen it with the Iron Bowl, half Alabama, half Auburn, you know,

1798
01:48:55,460 --> 01:48:58,380
 and they have those license plates, house divided.

1799
01:48:59,180 --> 01:49:02,700
 I think Kiffin's going to come out wearing an orange-blue on one side

1800
01:49:02,700 --> 01:49:05,360
 and a light blue and red on the other.

1801
01:49:06,560 --> 01:49:10,620
 But, hey, what better way than the new job that you're going to

1802
01:49:10,620 --> 01:49:14,580
 to actually see your new team on the field and go, wow, that's pretty good.

1803
01:49:14,860 --> 01:49:15,940
 I've got to keep him.

1804
01:49:16,040 --> 01:49:17,460
 I can't let him get me in the road.

1805
01:49:17,460 --> 01:49:18,500
 Life is good.

1806
01:49:19,100 --> 01:49:20,020
 Oh, man.

1807
01:49:20,140 --> 01:49:21,900
 Hey, hey, guys, who's 75?

1808
01:49:22,440 --> 01:49:23,240
 Who's 46?

1809
01:49:23,760 --> 01:49:24,920
 Hey, let's go down, man.

1810
01:49:24,920 --> 01:49:25,460
 That's my boy.

1811
01:49:26,120 --> 01:49:27,940
 I mean, hey, we've got to keep those cats.

1812
01:49:28,240 --> 01:49:30,720
 And then here's what I want everybody to watch.

1813
01:49:31,440 --> 01:49:35,600
 After the game, how many guys does Lane go up to from the Florida staff,

1814
01:49:35,680 --> 01:49:38,320
 grab their hand, four players go, hey, I really need you.

1815
01:49:38,620 --> 01:49:40,440
 I look forward to seeing you in the team meeting.

1816
01:49:40,660 --> 01:49:42,520
 I look forward to seeing you in the team meeting.

1817
01:49:43,340 --> 01:49:46,280
 That recruiting is going to start early.

1818
01:49:47,260 --> 01:49:50,420
 I'm telling you, he's got guys in the press box with binoculars

1819
01:49:50,420 --> 01:49:53,740
 as they're in pregame warm-up going, coach, this guy's kicking it pretty good.

1820
01:49:53,820 --> 01:49:55,160
 This guy's looking pretty good over here.

1821
01:49:55,480 --> 01:49:58,600
 I mean, they're going to have a list of who they want to keep as portal guys

1822
01:49:58,600 --> 01:49:59,680
 when he gets to Gainesville.

1823
01:50:01,280 --> 01:50:08,700
 I just got to believe that here's what he said that's kind of –

1824
01:50:08,700 --> 01:50:12,080
 when they asked him about it early in the week, he said,

1825
01:50:12,160 --> 01:50:15,280
 well, you know, players, when you're recruiting guys,

1826
01:50:15,360 --> 01:50:17,640
 they want to know what number one size is stadiums.

1827
01:50:18,100 --> 01:50:20,580
 Well, Gainesville's a little bit bigger than Knoxville.

1828
01:50:21,500 --> 01:50:25,040
 Tradition, Florida's been to the SEC championship a lot.

1829
01:50:25,600 --> 01:50:29,920
 Ole Miss and Texas A&M, two teams in the SEC have never been to the SEC championship game.

1830
01:50:29,920 --> 01:50:30,380
 That's right.

1831
01:50:31,120 --> 01:50:34,440
 And, you know, Florida's won a few more than Ole Miss has.

1832
01:50:35,080 --> 01:50:37,280
 National championships in football.

1833
01:50:37,840 --> 01:50:38,800
 Florida's won a few.

1834
01:50:40,220 --> 01:50:41,280
 Location to talent.

1835
01:50:42,720 --> 01:50:44,680
 And Lane was the head coach in that state.

1836
01:50:45,540 --> 01:50:48,520
 So, you know, according to Lane, size does matter.

1837
01:50:49,300 --> 01:50:49,460
 Yeah.

1838
01:50:50,540 --> 01:50:57,140
 I wish we had another 30 minutes to break down games with you.

1839
01:50:57,220 --> 01:50:59,060
 Nobody does a better job of it.

1840
01:50:59,460 --> 01:51:02,700
 Can't tell you how much we enjoy ending the week with you.

1841
01:51:02,800 --> 01:51:04,280
 We will do this again real soon.

1842
01:51:04,280 --> 01:51:07,180
 Talk about your book, Making the Gray.

1843
01:51:07,320 --> 01:51:08,880
 I know you got a workbook out.

1844
01:51:09,240 --> 01:51:11,500
 I can't tell you how much we appreciate it.

1845
01:51:11,720 --> 01:51:15,000
 Enjoy a great college football Saturday.

1846
01:51:15,680 --> 01:51:18,420
 Hey, man, it's always a pleasure being on with you guys.

1847
01:51:18,500 --> 01:51:19,940
 You do a tremendous job.

1848
01:51:20,200 --> 01:51:22,260
 And how's the UNA doing?

1849
01:51:23,840 --> 01:51:28,860
 Well, they're working their way into living life in the Division I lane.

1850
01:51:29,080 --> 01:51:31,420
 So, as I say, some growing pains.

1851
01:51:31,580 --> 01:51:33,760
 But, hey, they're heading in the right direction, in my opinion.

1852
01:51:34,520 --> 01:51:35,220
 There you go.

1853
01:51:35,340 --> 01:51:35,760
 There you go.

1854
01:51:35,800 --> 01:51:37,620
 Hey, it's always a pleasure being with you guys.

1855
01:51:37,700 --> 01:51:38,640
 Have a great weekend.

1856
01:51:39,500 --> 01:51:40,100
 You too, Pete.

1857
01:51:40,120 --> 01:51:40,360
 Hey, Coach.

1858
01:51:40,440 --> 01:51:41,260
 You do the same.

1859
01:51:41,460 --> 01:51:45,000
 Coach, Pete Cordelli on the radio with us.

1860
01:51:45,080 --> 01:51:46,740
 Coming up, it's a stupid underdog.

1861
01:51:46,820 --> 01:51:47,480
 Pick straight ahead.

1862
01:51:47,560 --> 01:51:48,140
 Stay with us.

1863
01:51:48,140 --> 01:51:48,160
 Stay with us.