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

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 Good afternoon and welcome here to the Boomo Bugg Show. I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird. Thank you so much for giving us a free ride around the Tennessee Valley. Brett Beaird, welcome in where the Crimson Tide rolls in the wrong direction and the pride of Florence picks up the big prize on the PGA Tour. Good afternoon. Welcome in and how are you?

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 Happy Monday to you and the listeners. Alabama gets tripped up by Oklahoma with a tremendous defensive effort, even though Alabama dominated the game.

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 But the Tides still have a clear path to the SEC championship game and the CFE playoffs if they can beat Auburn.

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 BenThomasOfAL.com recaps round two of the high school playoffs and previews the quarterfinals, including three teams from the Shoals.

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 Most of the Shoals, Mars Hill, and Deshler.

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 Adam is here right now to review his SEC hour rankings.

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 Adam is the man. He is all over it when it comes to talking sports and everything else.

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 Adam Spencer, he's busy there at Saturday down south.

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 Adam, welcome in.

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 We had this script written on Friday because everybody told us what was the right script.

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 And boy, have we done some editing since Friday.

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 Welcome in. How was your weekend?

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 Hey, guys. How are you?

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 It's a great weekend for me. A busy one. Lots of hoops. Lots of football. So, it's a great time of year.

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 It is, Adam.

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 Obviously, you know where we need to start.

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 Everybody had Alabama pretty much already in the W column over the weekend.

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 But then what Brent Venable's defense does, Gus Malzahn does to offense when it comes to Alabama.

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 You know, and we say that, Adam, but you look at the stats, and Alabama's offense piled up the yards against that Oklahoma defense.

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 But that's not the whole story.

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 Adam, where do you start in breaking down what many consider to be a big shock over the weekend, Oklahoma taking down Alabama?

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 Yeah, I mean, when you say sometimes, you know, there's the old saying, you know, we beat ourselves.

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 You know, sometimes that's disrespectful to the opponent.

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 And, yes, like, Oklahoma took care of business, but this Alabama team beat itself on Saturday.

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 You know, there's just too many mistakes in key spots.

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 Because you're right, the offense played well enough to win.

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 It's just, you know, fifth straight game with a fumble for Ty Simpson.

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 You know, some drops, some missed opportunities.

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 You know, this was a classic case of just a team beating itself and committing too many critical errors.

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 And, you know, if even just one of them didn't happen, you know, it was only a two-point game because the defense played really well.

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 And, you know, you can't fault the defense for being put in bad situations over and over and over again.

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 So I just thought that this was, you know, something, you know, there's only so often that you can flirt with disaster

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 before disaster starts to flirt back a little bit.

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 And there's another element called the special teams, the not-so-special teams in that game.

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 Not only was it a bad kick from John Talti there near the end of the first half, which would have proven to be the winning difference,

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 but a bad look for him in how he responded to it.

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 Your thoughts about a problem that anybody who's followed Alabama knows holds your breath when Talti takes the field for a kick?

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 Yeah, Connor Talti, I think John probably would, you know, say he wasn't anywhere near that kick.

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 So, yeah, I thought Connor, you know, that was a poor way to handle it.

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 You know, you don't want to publicly, like, call out your teammates like that.

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 The punter did a great job of getting it down, though, and, you know, if you're that flustered by one tiny thing going wrong

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 in the mechanisms of a kick, then, you know, maybe kicking isn't for you.

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 I mean, I just thought that that was a really bad look by Talti there, and, you know,

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 it was a bad snap, but we can still make that kick, and he's absolutely right.

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 Adam, Kalen DeBoer's killed Brent Venables employed at Oklahoma now for two consecutive seasons.

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 The bi-week help, the Oklahoma defense, for the most part, played well in key spots,

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 even with Mason Thomas out.

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 Brent Venables is still questionable as how good of a CEO he is with the team,

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 but as far as a defensive coordinator, he may be the best in the SEC.

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 I mean, taking over play calling was absolutely the right thing.

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 it was, you know, giving up play calling that really helped turn things around.

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 Maybe it could work for me when I'm, you know, tied to my stories too.

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 So, you know, that must have been a heck of a halftime speech.

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 how hot are the britches getting to be for Steve Sarkeesian in Austin?

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 that's when things could get really interesting since that game's in Austin.

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 to be replacing Mark Stoops since the Cats were two and five.

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 and looking good in this three-game winning streak.

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 when the SEC adds a ninth conference game.

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 The Missouri Tigers figured out something.

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 Adam, all you need to do is turn around and hand the ball to Ahmaud Hardy and get out of his way

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 and let him run for over 300 yards.

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 They finally figured that out again after about a month as they beat Mississippi State 49-27.

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 The offensive line, you know, has a bunch of road graders on it in the front.

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 Well, Adam, we're always impressed with your SEC power rankings.

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 I know there are a lot of stuff going on pre- and post-game as far as looking ahead to this weekend.

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 Adam, where can we get your great stuff in the teams?

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 Yeah, log on to SaturdayDownSouth.com.

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 Sounds great, Adam.

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 Listen, man, thanks so much.

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 Welcome back in.

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 It'd be hard for us to find someone who knows what it's like

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 to be behind the microphone of a big-time sports talk show

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 Florida State, and Ole Miss.

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 Max Howell, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Doing great.

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 Good.

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 Kind of a late fall temperature over here today.

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 Not really cold.

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 Sunshine, no rain.

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 So, I hope good practice sessions are going on around the SEC

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 to try to help us solve some of these problems we're going to face.

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 Max, you think maybe the practice in Alabama country

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 is to hold on to the ball.

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 Where do you start breaking down a game like that?

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 First of all, the field goal kicker needs to get his out of the ball first.

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 I don't mean more than anything else, a kicking game.

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 And, you know, all of us, though, Harold, from time to time, you know,

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 our expectations are created.

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 We all get caught up in the game itself, don't get me wrong.

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 But the fact is, the ones that win, we've got three right now,

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 quarter, quarter, five for the playoff.

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 We've got probably three more that could get in.

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 If Vanderbilt eases out, it stays where they are.

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 I think the conference will get six teams in the playoffs.

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 Well, half, in other words, half.

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 The what now?

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 You would get half the, the playoffs would be made up of half of the SEC.

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 Oh, yeah.

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 No doubt.

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 It would be.

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 You're absolutely right.

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 Now, the SEC people would be happy for me.

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 Some other conference will be standing on their head, though.

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 And that's what bothers me about the select, not just this selection committee,

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 in any selection committee, because the history's already proven.

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 They're going to take a couple of teams from some smaller conferences

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 that, you know, go get wiped out in the first ball game.

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 And I thought that was what the whole situation was decided to do.

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 Max, if Alabama only has two turnovers, they win that game.

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 When you look at the stance of 4-0-6 to 2-12, Alabama only had two penalties

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 And, Max, again, I'll give credit where credit is due.

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 they got 406 yards, but they did slow down Alabama,

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 and particularly in the red zone, Ty Simpson rushed some passes

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 But I give Brent Venables a lot of credit.

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 His team did not have their best player, played extremely well.

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 They had a good game plan.

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 Brent Venables is a good defensive coordinator.

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 Yeah, I don't disagree with that at all.

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 But I'm just telling you, I think if we could see it and look it back

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 and see what Simpson's doing up to now.

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 Last week wasn't a great game, but it was adequate.

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 But this week, he's missing way more than, as a viewer,

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 And the Williams kid have dropped a couple.

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 And I don't know whether that's giving the defense full credit for that.

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 The coverage is going to be questionable.

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 We know that.

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 But at the level of those kids' athletic ability, I'd hate to be a defensive back

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 And those guys I know at practice have been taught, you know,

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 we'll take a chance on a holding call if, you know, people can beat you deep.

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 Because if they catch the ball two steps ahead of you, it's all over.

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 But they know that.

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 but we still see more of an evolution in the game itself now.

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 We understand all of that, basically.

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 But we see a change there, particularly this part of the country,

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 with the passing game by everybody.

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 I mean, there's not a team out there that's not winning over the passing game.

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 Go back to Texas A&M.

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 Look what they did over the weekend.

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 That's just where we are in college football.

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 There ain't no givens right now.

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 Let me ask you this, Max.

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 All the eggs are in the basket for Alabama to keep their playoff hopes alive.

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 They've got to win that game.

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 What's on the mind of Auburn?

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 What's going to be the atmosphere?

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 Is under the lights, on the plans, Max, go.

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 Well, Alabama knows what it's all about as well.

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 I'm betting on Alabama because of the confusion that's continually going on at Auburn.

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 You know, they've got a defensive coordinator up at this observation.

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 The defensive coordinator that wins the game on offense last week.

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 So, I mean, think about that.

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 Where's all his history's been?

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 Where's his emphasis been?

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 Where basically all the people that evaluate programs have said Auburn's defense was as good

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 as most of them in the country.

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 And yet, look at that.

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 They had to score, what, 38 against Kentucky to win it, but they did.

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 Now, how did they translate all that into this, you know, into the next, not just, this could

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 be week after, but the Alabama-Auburn game.

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 Alabama cannot, you know, they've got to go to Auburn, they've got to kick a field goal,

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 If the guys, you know, if the defensive back is really a yard of the wide receiver,

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 the quarterback turns it and runs.

452
00:28:05,780 --> 00:28:07,120
 I think that's the way they're going to be.

453
00:28:07,260 --> 00:28:12,940
 They really need to put in some draw plays or short screens and all to slow the rush down

454
00:28:12,940 --> 00:28:14,860
 from Auburn's defense.

455
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:20,720
 They've got to win the ball game if you're going to, I mean, they've got to, you know,

456
00:28:20,740 --> 00:28:22,560
 if they lose the ball game, they're out of the playoffs.

457
00:28:23,200 --> 00:28:28,440
 I think that's the whole overall picture that they've got to preach that for the next two weeks.

458
00:28:30,340 --> 00:28:37,380
 Max, Texas draws within 14-10 to Georgia, and then Kirby turns into Lane Kiffin going for

459
00:28:37,380 --> 00:28:40,680
 an onside kick, had a couple of fourth down calls.

460
00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:46,120
 Glenn Schumann, the defensive coordinator, comes up with some pressure packages they haven't done

461
00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:46,800
 all year.

462
00:28:47,380 --> 00:28:51,220
 Then they hold Texas to a grand total of 23 yards rushing.

463
00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:59,300
 Now, Arch Manning had some moments, but Georgia pulls away, and if Texas beat Texas A&M,

464
00:28:59,300 --> 00:29:04,720
 it'll be a rematch if Alabama beats Auburn in Atlanta between Alabama and Georgia.

465
00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:12,660
 Well, wasn't that really under the line when we first started back 15 weeks ago?

466
00:29:13,180 --> 00:29:16,240
 That was who everybody thought would probably end up being there.

467
00:29:16,540 --> 00:29:23,840
 And really, in all fairness, that probably could work out very well for what's going on this year.

468
00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:28,840
 I mean, you look at it right now, Alabama's got a win to get to the playoff.

469
00:29:29,380 --> 00:29:31,360
 Oklahoma's got a win to get to the playoff.

470
00:29:31,980 --> 00:29:35,100
 If we had to pick them today, Texas would be out completely.

471
00:29:35,900 --> 00:29:41,900
 So, I mean, it's hard to draw what if.

472
00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:43,600
 You know, what if they do this?

473
00:29:43,760 --> 00:29:51,160
 I mean, because who ever thought that South Carolina couldn't have won that football game Saturday night?

474
00:29:51,660 --> 00:29:52,520
 I mean, come on.

475
00:29:53,060 --> 00:29:55,020
 They were 30 points up.

476
00:29:55,420 --> 00:29:57,240
 They didn't get up getting beat there to win 30.

477
00:29:57,240 --> 00:30:01,620
 I mean, that's almost impossible in today's football.

478
00:30:02,140 --> 00:30:04,940
 Unless you're in South Carolina.

479
00:30:06,140 --> 00:30:19,560
 Yeah, I'm just saying, you know, I certainly enjoy watching every week, but I coach long enough to try to project the way a team's playing as to what I think the outcome may be.

480
00:30:20,100 --> 00:30:21,980
 Well, that's about to drive me crazy.

481
00:30:21,980 --> 00:30:26,180
 I mean, I'm just sitting here by myself, charting the ball game.

482
00:30:26,980 --> 00:30:30,380
 But I still get emotionally involved in the thing.

483
00:30:30,700 --> 00:30:34,300
 So, you know, I'm not here as a procrastinator or whatever.

484
00:30:34,780 --> 00:30:44,320
 I'm just sitting here to say that we got some really good football left in this conference play before the choosing of who's going to make the tournament.

485
00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:46,940
 Max, you're exactly right.

486
00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:49,600
 Again, people look at there's only two games left.

487
00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:52,460
 Well, there's a lot going on.

488
00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:53,360
 And I'm like you.

489
00:30:53,840 --> 00:31:01,180
 Texas A&M outgamed them 371-76 and outscored them 28-0 in the second half.

490
00:31:01,260 --> 00:31:03,240
 That was just unbelievable.

491
00:31:04,180 --> 00:31:09,500
 If South Carolina makes two plays in the second half, they probably win that game.

492
00:31:10,300 --> 00:31:12,080
 It's just absolutely amazing.

493
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:18,160
 Well, so is Max Howell and his breakdown and insight into SEC games.

494
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:25,720
 Max, I know Alabama and Auburn, some of the other teams have gotten on conference games, but still a lot of stuff going on, buddy.

495
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:27,580
 Have a great week.

496
00:31:27,700 --> 00:31:28,520
 Have a great day.

497
00:31:29,020 --> 00:31:31,340
 Look forward to doing this with you again next Monday.

498
00:31:32,060 --> 00:31:33,820
 Always proud to be with you guys.

499
00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:34,660
 Thank you so much.

500
00:31:35,100 --> 00:31:38,360
 Maybe some of these coaching jobs will start to come in line.

501
00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:41,920
 That's the biggest talk in Mississippi right now, as you could guess.

502
00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:42,440
 I bet.

503
00:31:44,220 --> 00:31:48,360
 We'll give Jimmy a second to call and see when that might be, right?

504
00:31:48,740 --> 00:31:49,480
 Yeah, please do.

505
00:31:49,820 --> 00:31:50,320
 Please do.

506
00:31:50,900 --> 00:31:53,800
 But Lee told him we don't worry about the buddy.

507
00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:56,040
 Jimmy said, I worry about the buddy.

508
00:31:56,440 --> 00:31:57,100
 Yeah, exactly.

509
00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:57,900
 Remember that.

510
00:31:59,340 --> 00:32:00,140
 Must be nice.

511
00:32:00,220 --> 00:32:02,160
 Where do I pick up my millions next year?

512
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:05,460
 Hey, Max, listen, have a great week and thanks so much for your time today.

513
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:07,200
 Thank you, guys, too.

514
00:32:07,300 --> 00:32:07,920
 See you next week.

515
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:08,480
 Bye-bye.

516
00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:09,980
 Max Howell hooking up with us.

517
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 I don't think Lane's any pain when it comes to money game, BB.

518
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 No.

519
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 Coming up, what a weekend.

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 Brian Matthews on Auburn and more straight ahead.

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 In this game, the key thing to watch over the offensive line versus their front seven.

546
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 Welcome back to NU with the football team off.

614
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 Brian Matthews would have had an easy weekend, but not so fast, my friends, I would assume.

615
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 Brian is busy there as a senior editor for AuburnSports.com.

616
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:30,960
 Brian, welcome in.

617
00:37:31,020 --> 00:37:31,540
 How are you?

618
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 I'm doing great, guys.

619
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 Thanks for having me on.

620
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 You're good.

621
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 Is it an early Christmas present for Auburn?

622
00:37:38,860 --> 00:37:44,200
 The news just in moments ago, Iron Bowl, 630, under the lights.

623
00:37:44,700 --> 00:37:49,580
 Is that an early Christmas present for Auburn's perspective of the Iron Bowl coming up, Brian?

624
00:37:50,780 --> 00:37:54,660
 I think that's how Auburn would like it to be, you know, if you had to draw it up.

625
00:37:54,940 --> 00:38:01,940
 And obviously, this is not, you know, two great teams, you know, battling for a spot in the playoff or the SEC championship game.

626
00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:05,440
 But Alabama is certainly that team right now.

627
00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:09,560
 And Auburn is a hungry team, needing a win over a good team really, really bad.

628
00:38:09,700 --> 00:38:11,640
 So, it'll be an electric atmosphere.

629
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:13,260
 Auburn's sold out 20 straight games.

630
00:38:13,360 --> 00:38:15,260
 This will be the 21st or 22nd, I guess.

631
00:38:16,160 --> 00:38:21,920
 And, you know, I think Auburn will throw everything they've got into this game to try to come up with a win.

632
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:33,820
 B-Man, before we get into the coaching search with the latest, pretty good basketball game yesterday, legacy ring to Birmingham.

633
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:36,520
 Keyshawn Hall, who is impressed.

634
00:38:37,100 --> 00:38:41,700
 Pretty much everybody, been averaging 23 points, 11 rebounds.

635
00:38:42,500 --> 00:38:46,280
 Pettiford, Keyshawn Murphy, the two Keyshawns have played well.

636
00:38:47,940 --> 00:38:50,420
 That Freeman's dunk was quite impressive.

637
00:38:51,080 --> 00:39:00,340
 Anytime you can stay within six or seven points of Houston in the game with their physicality, even though you lose, B-Man, you played well.

638
00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:03,280
 Yeah, I think that's fair to say.

639
00:39:03,500 --> 00:39:11,400
 And I thought Auburn competed well, played really hard and physical, played defense, rebounded against a team that's just known for being a great rebounding team.

640
00:39:11,980 --> 00:39:13,040
 And just really got after it.

641
00:39:13,060 --> 00:39:14,000
 It was a really good game.

642
00:39:14,080 --> 00:39:16,660
 Came down to the final 15 seconds there.

643
00:39:16,660 --> 00:39:21,640
 Auburn had a couple opportunities to win it and couldn't quite finish there and credit to Houston.

644
00:39:21,860 --> 00:39:24,480
 But two good teams, it looks like to me.

645
00:39:24,720 --> 00:39:28,980
 You know, you look at Houston, those freshmen are special, and they're going to get so much better as the season goes on.

646
00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:38,960
 And you can look at Auburn and see players like Elijah Freeman and some of the freshmen, Caden Magwood and Sebastian Williams-Adams.

647
00:39:39,020 --> 00:39:40,640
 I know those guys are going to get a lot better, too.

648
00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:51,580
 So, I think there's reason to be pleased if you're Auburn because this team with 10 newcomers were able to go there on neutral floor and compete to that level.

649
00:39:51,680 --> 00:39:52,720
 I think that's a really good sign.

650
00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:57,920
 They've got five or six more high-level non-conference games coming up for us to see play starts.

651
00:39:58,060 --> 00:40:02,620
 They're going to keep on getting tested, and we're going to see if they can improve and build on this game.

652
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:08,320
 By the way, Auburn cost in Houston the top spot in the latest polls.

653
00:40:08,460 --> 00:40:09,360
 They had a cup of coffee.

654
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 They go from one to two.

655
00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:15,340
 They replaced by Purdue, who was number one, then went to number two.

656
00:40:15,900 --> 00:40:18,940
 And after that win against Alabama, now they're back at number one.

657
00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:23,120
 Brad, your thoughts going forward about, obviously, it's a brand-new era.

658
00:40:23,240 --> 00:40:26,520
 A lot of eyes, not only on the players, but on this coaching staff.

659
00:40:26,820 --> 00:40:28,320
 Your impressions so far?

660
00:40:31,220 --> 00:40:32,880
 I'm overall really impressed.

661
00:40:33,380 --> 00:40:38,740
 I think Steven, in some ways, was put into a good spot with the roster.

662
00:40:38,860 --> 00:40:40,680
 But in other ways, it is 10 newcomers.

663
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:46,140
 He is trying to follow in his dad's footsteps, which is not very easy.

664
00:40:47,000 --> 00:40:49,340
 So, I think he's handled it really well.

665
00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:52,040
 I think it was great he was able to keep the staff together.

666
00:40:52,840 --> 00:40:55,700
 And it seems like they're all working really well together right now,

667
00:40:55,740 --> 00:40:57,060
 which I think is a great sign.

668
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:02,420
 Monday Musings was good as usual.

669
00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:06,880
 You certainly touched on basketball, but you bring up a good point.

670
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 Whoever comes in for Auburn, good luck next year.

671
00:41:11,460 --> 00:41:16,220
 They've got road games in Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss, and Tennessee.

672
00:41:17,100 --> 00:41:21,100
 Welcome to the SEC, if it's not an SEC coach.

673
00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:29,500
 The NIL, you touched on that, will be perked up with that game against Baylor in Atlanta.

674
00:41:30,500 --> 00:41:32,220
 But there's no question about it.

675
00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:34,660
 Auburn fans are going to have to have some patience.

676
00:41:35,100 --> 00:41:37,680
 That is a gauntlet of the schedule, B, Matt.

677
00:41:38,180 --> 00:41:43,620
 And if somebody comes in there next year and they go 7-5 with that schedule, they've actually had a good year.

678
00:41:45,060 --> 00:41:47,740
 Yeah, I don't think Auburn fans have a lot of patience.

679
00:41:48,220 --> 00:41:51,120
 So, I think that's going to be something they're going to have to deal with.

680
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 You know?

681
00:41:52,480 --> 00:41:52,760
 Yeah.

682
00:41:52,940 --> 00:41:58,320
 Despite, you know, being a new coach, despite the schedule, and everybody knows how tough it is, I think Auburn fans are fed up.

683
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 They know that this roster is still good.

684
00:42:01,420 --> 00:42:03,200
 We don't know what the roster is going to look like.

685
00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:05,180
 You know, two months from now, we'll see.

686
00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:07,340
 Money talks, right?

687
00:42:07,460 --> 00:42:13,420
 So, people making assumptions one way or the other are probably not right because it's a different era of college football.

688
00:42:13,600 --> 00:42:15,460
 So, we'll see how that works out.

689
00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:17,580
 Go ahead.

690
00:42:21,580 --> 00:42:27,360
 Brian, your thoughts about the big question a lot of folks are asking, and that is, DJ Durkin's call.

691
00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:30,260
 What a spot to be in for an interim coach.

692
00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:38,040
 Will he or will he not redshirt Ashton Daniels at quarterback, which means that could influence the next two games.

693
00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:42,760
 Mercer, I mean, let's face it, it's Mercer, but they've got a decent slate to date relative to their competition.

694
00:42:42,940 --> 00:42:43,900
 Of course, in the Iron Bowl.

695
00:42:44,280 --> 00:42:46,640
 What are you hearing about the latest on Daniels' status?

696
00:42:47,300 --> 00:42:51,720
 Yeah, he just has to sit out one game, which would be the Mercer game, and then he can still redshirt.

697
00:42:51,820 --> 00:42:53,620
 He can play in the Iron Bowl.

698
00:42:53,620 --> 00:42:56,120
 If Auburn wants to win the next two, he can play in a bowl game, too.

699
00:42:56,940 --> 00:42:58,940
 I think he will elect to do that.

700
00:42:59,220 --> 00:43:06,520
 He has not said that officially yet, but we can speak to him in 45 more minutes, and maybe he'll be ready to talk on the record about that.

701
00:43:06,660 --> 00:43:08,820
 But it makes a lot of sense to me.

702
00:43:09,820 --> 00:43:12,820
 Ashton Daniels, you know, his last time he was on the,

703
00:43:12,820 --> 00:43:19,000
 on the football field, he had, I think it was 424 yards of total offense, which is third most in Auburn's football history.

704
00:43:19,620 --> 00:43:24,680
 You think if you're the Auburn coaching staff or administration, whether you're returning or not,

705
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 that you would want to do everything in your power to have that quarterback back next year.

706
00:43:28,420 --> 00:43:30,260
 So that's what Auburn needs to do.

707
00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:31,880
 Anything else will be a mistake.

708
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:43,360
 Hey, man, CBS Sports, John Talti and Chris Hummer and a couple of the guys went around the country as far as the coaching searches,

709
00:43:43,820 --> 00:43:46,940
 and they mention right now four names for Auburn.

710
00:43:47,620 --> 00:43:49,920
 Jon Sumrall, we talked about it.

711
00:43:49,980 --> 00:43:57,840
 Hugh Lane, his background, played at Grissom High School, Kentucky, et cetera, et cetera, Troy, et cetera.

712
00:43:58,460 --> 00:44:04,760
 DJ Durkin certainly there, and if Auburn were to upset Alabama, I think his main name may even go to the top.

713
00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:11,500
 But Eli Drinkwith, in a name that, as they put it, has been flying under the radar,

714
00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:15,960
 and a lot of people don't know that he might even be looking as Clark Lee at Vanderbilt.

715
00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:24,400
 What job he has done there, we'll see in the next two or three weeks how all this stuff comes out.

716
00:44:25,020 --> 00:44:34,760
 Right now, would you kind of rank this, and I know, again, Jimmy Saxon is holding the – well, he's playing the cards.

717
00:44:34,900 --> 00:44:36,700
 Lane Kiffin's got all the cards.

718
00:44:37,060 --> 00:44:43,440
 Would it be Sumrall one, Durkin two, Eli Drinkwith three, and Clark lead four?

719
00:44:45,260 --> 00:44:46,740
 Yeah, that sounds about right.

720
00:44:46,860 --> 00:44:49,360
 I'm not sure I would have Durkin number two or not.

721
00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:53,140
 I just – my gut tells me he's probably not going to get the job.

722
00:44:53,600 --> 00:44:54,400
 Just my gut.

723
00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:55,280
 I don't know that.

724
00:44:55,400 --> 00:44:56,600
 I'm not putting it as a fact.

725
00:44:56,780 --> 00:44:59,460
 It's just the way I kind of read the tea leaves here.

726
00:44:59,640 --> 00:45:02,180
 But I think Jon Sumrall is definitely the favorite.

727
00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:08,880
 I think the names you mentioned are the main names that John Cohen has talked to,

728
00:45:09,400 --> 00:45:11,460
 several of them on multiple occasions.

729
00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:14,680
 But you never know.

730
00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:21,600
 We still have, you know, around two weeks until a new coach's name, most likely around that.

731
00:45:21,740 --> 00:45:22,380
 You know, not exactly.

732
00:45:23,580 --> 00:45:27,440
 And that could depend on the coach they want and when his season is done

733
00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:30,560
 or if he's in the playoff contention or championship game contention.

734
00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:34,640
 So, I still think a lot of things can happen here.

735
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:38,300
 But I felt from the very start that Sumrall was the favorite.

736
00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:41,680
 And nothing has happened to change that for me.

737
00:45:41,860 --> 00:45:45,140
 So, that is the guy that I would keep the closest eye on.

738
00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:46,900
 He's a Tulane coach.

739
00:45:47,620 --> 00:45:53,640
 They are in contention to be that group of five team in the playoffs right now.

740
00:45:53,760 --> 00:45:56,280
 But they're also in the American, I think, conference,

741
00:45:56,460 --> 00:46:01,380
 which is very much up for grabs from about four or five teams.

742
00:46:01,780 --> 00:46:03,260
 I'll have one or two losses there.

743
00:46:03,500 --> 00:46:05,980
 So, things can go a lot of different ways, too.

744
00:46:06,060 --> 00:46:07,560
 So, we'll see how that works out.

745
00:46:07,960 --> 00:46:10,840
 I don't think Oliver can make a decision based on, you know,

746
00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:14,000
 whether a coach is – whether you've got to wait one or two weeks for it.

747
00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:18,180
 I think they've got to get who they think is the best guy for this job at this time.

748
00:46:19,160 --> 00:46:23,360
 B-Man, we've all talked about the Iron Bowl coming up in two weeks.

749
00:46:23,760 --> 00:46:32,180
 But Mercer beats Chattanooga 63-17 to finish 9-1 and 8-0.

750
00:46:32,740 --> 00:46:34,440
 They win their conference.

751
00:46:35,440 --> 00:46:41,320
 And, again, I know it's – well, this Mercer, you know, this is going to be 63-10.

752
00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:48,280
 Are you and the coaches a little concerned about the Bears coming in with an impressive record?

753
00:46:49,160 --> 00:46:52,840
 I think – I think you should be a little bit, right?

754
00:46:53,020 --> 00:46:54,000
 Because you just never know.

755
00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:59,360
 And while I'm 100% for sitting Ashton Daniels,

756
00:46:59,820 --> 00:47:03,200
 because I think it's the best for Auburn football program,

757
00:47:04,080 --> 00:47:08,700
 what happens if it's the fourth quarter and you're in a tight ball game?

758
00:47:08,940 --> 00:47:09,700
 That's it.

759
00:47:10,180 --> 00:47:10,940
 That's it.

760
00:47:12,240 --> 00:47:13,820
 9-1-1.

761
00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:14,960
 You got it.

762
00:47:15,140 --> 00:47:20,060
 You're going to send Ashton to the locker room to change into his football uniform?

763
00:47:20,360 --> 00:47:21,200
 I mean, I don't know.

764
00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:27,560
 So, yeah, I'd be very, very concerned about this game.

765
00:47:28,620 --> 00:47:29,840
 Mercer is a good team.

766
00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:34,740
 It's not like Auburn hasn't lost to some teams they're not supposed to lose to

767
00:47:34,740 --> 00:47:36,980
 in the last five seasons or so.

768
00:47:37,240 --> 00:47:37,440
 Yep.

769
00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:42,800
 So, yeah, until Auburn scores 28 points in the first half,

770
00:47:43,320 --> 00:47:45,900
 I think there's reason to be concerned, and we'll see how it goes.

771
00:47:47,140 --> 00:47:47,620
 Absolutely.

772
00:47:48,260 --> 00:47:52,020
 A lot of things on your plate, even with a bye week.

773
00:47:52,120 --> 00:47:54,440
 A lot of basketball going on this week.

774
00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:56,860
 Recruiting, hard to believe.

775
00:47:56,980 --> 00:47:59,500
 We're going to be doing that in about three weeks again.

776
00:48:00,620 --> 00:48:04,700
 Baseball there, press conferences, pre-game, post-game.

777
00:48:04,780 --> 00:48:07,040
 Where can we get online to get all the good stuff?

778
00:48:07,940 --> 00:48:08,280
 Yep.

779
00:48:08,300 --> 00:48:10,920
 Even wrapped up fall baseball practice Sunday.

780
00:48:11,060 --> 00:48:11,840
 I played that part.

781
00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:13,120
 You can get all that and more.

782
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:14,840
 AuburnSports.com.

783
00:48:14,960 --> 00:48:18,600
 We'll have – I think we've had three or four separate updates on the coaching

784
00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:22,160
 search just in the last two or three days.

785
00:48:22,840 --> 00:48:24,580
 But you can get all that at AuburnSports.com.

786
00:48:24,700 --> 00:48:26,620
 Sign up for a free trial for just a dollar.

787
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:30,700
 And I think they can sit for the rest of the year or longer.

788
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 And then follow me on Twitter, such as XFBMatAU.

789
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 Much less than a cup of coffee.

790
00:48:36,520 --> 00:48:38,920
 Brian, listen, man, thanks for your time today, and have a good week, okay?

791
00:48:39,860 --> 00:48:40,540
 Appreciate you guys.

792
00:48:40,580 --> 00:48:40,880
 Thank you.

793
00:48:41,060 --> 00:48:41,600
 Thank you, buddy.

794
00:48:41,800 --> 00:48:44,340
 Brian Matthews, senior editor, AuburnSports.com.

795
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 Coming up, time to talk UNA on the gridirons and on the hardwoods.

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 Welcome back in.

871
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 No other way to put it to BB.

872
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 Rough weekend for UNA on the Gridirons and the Hardwoods.

873
00:52:05,700 --> 00:52:08,280
 Well, there's no way to put it in words.

874
00:52:08,380 --> 00:52:13,300
 Really, Harold, a 61-0 shutout to one of the better teams in FCS.

875
00:52:14,000 --> 00:52:16,180
 Torling State is really good.

876
00:52:17,060 --> 00:52:20,580
 UNA's had issues with a quarterback, Dustin Wade.

877
00:52:20,680 --> 00:52:21,820
 Goes down with an injury.

878
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:23,440
 Turned to John Austin Wood.

879
00:52:24,100 --> 00:52:24,520
 D.C.

880
00:52:24,620 --> 00:52:26,780
 Tapscott, they had six turnovers.

881
00:52:27,720 --> 00:52:30,020
 And you saw Alabama lose a game with three.

882
00:52:30,180 --> 00:52:32,840
 You know UNA's going to lose a game with six.

883
00:52:33,380 --> 00:52:38,480
 JB and Allen led UNA rushing with 12 carries for 40 yards.

884
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 UNA's final game at Brawley Stadium is going to be this weekend.

885
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 A lot of people are going to be covering that Southern Union coming into town.

886
00:52:48,020 --> 00:52:52,700
 And you mentioned UNA plays Clemson tonight.

887
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 Now, this is at the ACC network.

888
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 But they failed to Eastern Tennessee on Saturday in a surprise, 78-74.

889
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 But the last two days for UNA on Saturday in particular was a tough day.

890
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 As they say, time to rebound.

891
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 Coming up in the next hour, going to be ticking all over the place.

892
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 Alabama fans, what's it like as a former player to watch that game Saturday?

893
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894
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900
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901
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917
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918
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919
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945
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965
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966
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 Last 7A Region 4.

967
00:58:06,060 --> 00:58:10,520
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968
00:58:10,640 --> 00:58:14,140
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969
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970
00:58:16,660 --> 00:58:21,980
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971
00:58:22,320 --> 00:58:24,460
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972
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 You got two.

973
00:58:25,220 --> 00:58:26,820
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974
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975
00:58:31,640 --> 00:58:35,580
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976
00:58:35,920 --> 00:58:37,180
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977
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989
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990
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991
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992
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993
00:59:30,380 --> 00:59:33,360
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994
00:59:33,460 --> 00:59:38,360
 And I can't think of a fellow who's more fired up when it comes to high school football than Ben Thomas.

995
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996
00:59:39,720 --> 00:59:42,140
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997
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998
00:59:43,780 --> 00:59:44,660
 BT, welcome in.

999
00:59:44,720 --> 00:59:45,260
 How are you?

1000
00:59:46,580 --> 00:59:47,400
 Pretty good today.

1001
00:59:47,400 --> 00:59:48,160
 How are you guys doing?

1002
00:59:48,300 --> 00:59:49,900
 Weather okay out there in the floor?

1003
00:59:50,260 --> 00:59:51,540
 Yeah, oh man, yeah.

1004
00:59:51,620 --> 00:59:53,640
 We'll take this over last Monday.

1005
00:59:53,740 --> 00:59:56,160
 We were fighting to get out of the 20s and 30s last Monday.

1006
00:59:56,320 --> 00:59:58,580
 So, we have ratted, my friend.

1007
00:59:58,760 --> 01:00:09,260
 Ben, is it safe to say, speaking of this time of the year, if Tom Turkey is nervous, we're getting close to seeing who's going to be the respective state champions across the end of the state.

1008
01:00:09,320 --> 01:00:10,260
 Would you agree with that?

1009
01:00:11,380 --> 01:00:12,700
 I think so, yeah.

1010
01:00:12,780 --> 01:00:16,740
 I mean, I was looking at the games and all the classes earlier today.

1011
01:00:16,860 --> 01:00:23,780
 And there's some, man, there's some games that might deserve to be state championship level games by themselves here in the quarterfinals.

1012
01:00:23,900 --> 01:00:30,000
 And, of course, you know, we're in the semifinals for 7A, which, man, you've got two Mammoth games there.

1013
01:00:30,120 --> 01:00:35,380
 Thompson and Central Phoenix City, you know, they've played the last two years in the state championship game.

1014
01:00:35,440 --> 01:00:38,980
 They're playing in the semifinals this year because of the way the brackets broke down.

1015
01:00:39,720 --> 01:00:47,180
 And then on the other side, Auburn and Opelika, they've played 100 times before in football, the Lee County Rivals.

1016
01:00:47,320 --> 01:00:49,660
 Only one previous time have they played in the playoffs.

1017
01:00:50,020 --> 01:00:54,860
 And this year, they're going for a chance to go to a state championship game.

1018
01:00:54,920 --> 01:00:58,740
 I understand that game was already sold out at Duck Sanford Stadium in Auburn.

1019
01:00:58,740 --> 01:01:02,060
 So, those are just off the top of my head.

1020
01:01:02,240 --> 01:01:03,960
 But what a week we're going to have, I think.

1021
01:01:04,580 --> 01:01:10,400
 Ben, quickly, before we move to the obvious here, let's talk about Thompson and the quarterback recently in Alabama commits.

1022
01:01:10,900 --> 01:01:16,560
 You look at this kid and all he does, in principle, he's like Diego Pavia at Vanderbilt, isn't he?

1023
01:01:16,620 --> 01:01:22,880
 I mean, he doesn't come out of the mold of a quarterback, but all he does is come up with big plays and big games and just keeps on winning.

1024
01:01:24,180 --> 01:01:30,580
 Yeah, I guess a mold in the fact that he's not real, you know, he's not a prototypical physical freshman.

1025
01:01:30,720 --> 01:01:31,000
 Right, right.

1026
01:01:32,200 --> 01:01:34,280
 You know, like, much like Pavia is.

1027
01:01:34,280 --> 01:01:35,840
 So, that's probably a pretty good analysis.

1028
01:01:35,840 --> 01:01:46,080
 But, I mean, his, you know, he's, I think we've talked about before, he's going to leave high school as one of the, maybe the most accomplished player in the state's history in high school football.

1029
01:01:46,240 --> 01:01:52,700
 Because, you know, he's already started, I think it's up to 42 7A football games he's started now.

1030
01:01:53,560 --> 01:02:01,400
 He's won, what, two state titles with a chance to win two more, you know, depending on, obviously, what happens this week and next week and next year.

1031
01:02:01,480 --> 01:02:09,500
 And his stats are, you know, he doesn't seem like, it doesn't seem like we've mentioned his name a ton, but I was looking at his stats today.

1032
01:02:09,620 --> 01:02:11,500
 He's completed 74% of his passes.

1033
01:02:11,500 --> 01:02:14,600
 Guys, 74% of your passes is pretty good.

1034
01:02:14,640 --> 01:02:15,360
 Three out of four.

1035
01:02:15,900 --> 01:02:20,640
 I mean, I can't, I can't catch that many if I'm out throwing it with my son in the backyard.

1036
01:02:21,180 --> 01:02:24,980
 So, 3,200 yards and 30 touchdowns.

1037
01:02:25,160 --> 01:02:27,060
 And then he's rushed for five touchdowns.

1038
01:02:27,140 --> 01:02:32,340
 So, he's just the guy that your confidence played in every possible big game he can play in.

1039
01:02:33,140 --> 01:02:35,820
 And, you know, you know, Thompson's got three losses again this year.

1040
01:02:35,900 --> 01:02:37,240
 But, you know, look who they lost to.

1041
01:02:37,360 --> 01:02:41,740
 I mean, Grayson Georgia and Clay Chalkwell in a very close game.

1042
01:02:41,840 --> 01:02:43,960
 And then they lost to Hoover in a little bit of a surprise.

1043
01:02:44,320 --> 01:02:46,540
 So, I don't know.

1044
01:02:46,620 --> 01:02:50,040
 You know, it's hard for me to picture him being the starter at Alabama down the road.

1045
01:02:50,040 --> 01:02:54,900
 But, gosh, I mean, why couldn't he be here with everything he's accomplished in high school?

1046
01:02:55,960 --> 01:02:56,640
 Absolutely.

1047
01:02:57,180 --> 01:03:04,340
 I am amazed and happy that there are three Scholes teams remaining in the quarterfinals.

1048
01:03:05,000 --> 01:03:09,000
 Geraldine, 11-1, coming to play Morris Hill Bible.

1049
01:03:09,760 --> 01:03:15,180
 Panthers, 12-0 after beating Winfield, 42-7.

1050
01:03:15,840 --> 01:03:19,900
 Aniston, 12-0, is coming to play Dessler in Tuscumbia.

1051
01:03:20,660 --> 01:03:29,160
 Dessler's Garrett Reed blocked Hamilton's extra point in overtime to win 31-30 in that game.

1052
01:03:29,240 --> 01:03:32,540
 And I got a chance to see most of the Scholes and Parker.

1053
01:03:33,380 --> 01:03:34,680
 Parker's a really good team.

1054
01:03:34,760 --> 01:03:40,420
 They jumped down to a 14-7 halftime lead.

1055
01:03:40,420 --> 01:03:45,740
 Vonley Cleveland, the big nose guard, who's a Texas commit, is a handful.

1056
01:03:46,780 --> 01:03:52,500
 But Scott based and made changes at halftime to the running game.

1057
01:03:53,040 --> 01:03:55,160
 Most of Scholes intercepted three passes.

1058
01:03:55,540 --> 01:03:56,940
 Christian Pritcher, too.

1059
01:03:57,060 --> 01:04:00,240
 And then Foster, the Arkansas commitment.

1060
01:04:00,960 --> 01:04:04,600
 And most of Scholes held on after a Hail Mary in the end zone.

1061
01:04:05,100 --> 01:04:08,020
 Now, they're traveling to play Mountain Brook 9-3.

1062
01:04:08,420 --> 01:04:11,660
 And most Scholes beat them two years ago.

1063
01:04:11,820 --> 01:04:16,340
 But delighted to see three Scholes teams beat T in the quarterfinals.

1064
01:04:17,380 --> 01:04:20,800
 Yeah, I like, I'll tell you what, I like most Scholes' chances this week.

1065
01:04:20,920 --> 01:04:23,040
 Mountain Brook, it's been okay this year.

1066
01:04:23,080 --> 01:04:26,020
 But they haven't been, you know, what they've really been the last couple of years.

1067
01:04:26,020 --> 01:04:30,520
 They've kind of gotten hot here late in the regular season and in the postseason.

1068
01:04:30,920 --> 01:04:35,460
 And Muscle Scholes, their defense has been unbelievable, really, all year.

1069
01:04:35,560 --> 01:04:36,700
 They've got a bunch of shutouts.

1070
01:04:36,960 --> 01:04:39,880
 You know, nobody's scored, I don't think, even in the 20s against them.

1071
01:04:40,760 --> 01:04:44,520
 And, you know, like you said, Brett Parker, you know, they're the reigning,

1072
01:04:44,700 --> 01:04:46,180
 were the reigning champs.

1073
01:04:46,180 --> 01:04:46,500
 That's right.

1074
01:04:46,520 --> 01:04:47,420
 They are the reigning champs.

1075
01:04:47,460 --> 01:04:49,080
 They're not going to, obviously, not going to defend.

1076
01:04:49,180 --> 01:04:54,580
 They're the only state champion to be eliminated so far from the playoffs in any class.

1077
01:04:54,580 --> 01:04:56,860
 You hold that team to 14 points, man.

1078
01:04:56,880 --> 01:04:58,220
 There's a lot of athletes on that team.

1079
01:04:59,320 --> 01:05:00,940
 So to do that, that's saying something.

1080
01:05:01,140 --> 01:05:04,960
 They got to, you know, Muscle's got to go to Mountain Brook, so that'll be tough.

1081
01:05:05,120 --> 01:05:07,700
 But, you know, I like their chances to get through there.

1082
01:05:08,180 --> 01:05:12,000
 And Mars Hill, you know, just, you know, they scored over 600 points, I think,

1083
01:05:12,060 --> 01:05:12,780
 so far this year.

1084
01:05:13,180 --> 01:05:16,800
 It's one of those teams you think they're not going to lose.

1085
01:05:17,500 --> 01:05:22,320
 Really, you know, everything's pointing next week to a possible Mars Hill-Piedmont

1086
01:05:22,320 --> 01:05:25,360
 semifinal matchup, which would be incredible.

1087
01:05:25,560 --> 01:05:32,900
 What Piedmont did to Fife really surprised me over the, I think it was the first playoff

1088
01:05:32,900 --> 01:05:35,600
 shutout of Fife since the 1990s.

1089
01:05:35,600 --> 01:05:36,000
 That's right.

1090
01:05:36,680 --> 01:05:37,000
 Sometimes.

1091
01:05:37,520 --> 01:05:39,380
 So that was a surprise.

1092
01:05:39,500 --> 01:05:40,360
 They're really good.

1093
01:05:40,660 --> 01:05:44,780
 So that, you know, if both teams win this week, we would see that game next week.

1094
01:05:44,840 --> 01:05:47,640
 I think it would be at Mars Hill, if I'm not mistaken.

1095
01:05:48,380 --> 01:05:54,080
 But that'll be, you know, got to get there first, but that'll be a premier matchup if we get that far.

1096
01:05:54,560 --> 01:05:56,000
 Then thomasal.com.

1097
01:05:56,040 --> 01:06:00,080
 Let's talk a little bit more in depth about their, you mentioned, we know the folks at Destra.

1098
01:06:00,180 --> 01:06:02,460
 We know that is a famed place to play football.

1099
01:06:03,120 --> 01:06:04,760
 And Mars Hill Bible speaks for itself.

1100
01:06:05,200 --> 01:06:07,640
 Two of those teams with home cooking in the Shoals.

1101
01:06:07,880 --> 01:06:09,800
 Let's talk a little bit more about Aniston.

1102
01:06:10,100 --> 01:06:11,840
 They've done pretty good themselves this year.

1103
01:06:11,900 --> 01:06:13,140
 They're 12 and 0.

1104
01:06:13,600 --> 01:06:15,880
 And Geraldine, you're familiar with that part of the country.

1105
01:06:15,940 --> 01:06:17,580
 They got a proud tradition, too.

1106
01:06:17,680 --> 01:06:22,420
 Your thoughts about more on the opponents, Aniston for Destra and Geraldine for Mars Hill.

1107
01:06:23,360 --> 01:06:27,360
 Well, Aniston, I feel like we've kind of undersold them a little bit all year.

1108
01:06:27,660 --> 01:06:28,020
 Yes.

1109
01:06:28,140 --> 01:06:29,640
 Like you said, they are undefeated.

1110
01:06:30,060 --> 01:06:32,240
 I know their coach, Rico Jackson, is their coach.

1111
01:06:32,280 --> 01:06:35,600
 He coached down here at Murphy for several years.

1112
01:06:35,740 --> 01:06:36,980
 Really good guy.

1113
01:06:37,400 --> 01:06:40,160
 After he left, Murphy really fell off the cliff.

1114
01:06:40,160 --> 01:06:42,000
 They are really in a bad place right now.

1115
01:06:42,140 --> 01:06:44,120
 But they've been good.

1116
01:06:44,220 --> 01:06:47,560
 I mean, to beat Madison Academy 44-12, I thought they'd win that game.

1117
01:06:47,620 --> 01:06:48,680
 I picked them to win that game.

1118
01:06:48,760 --> 01:06:52,440
 By the way, Brett, my picks are, I'm in a draw spell here.

1119
01:06:52,580 --> 01:06:53,360
 I'm not doing bad.

1120
01:06:54,280 --> 01:06:55,000
 Oh, man.

1121
01:06:55,360 --> 01:06:56,560
 I've given up my lead.

1122
01:06:56,660 --> 01:07:00,520
 I think I went 16-4 last week, but two other guys went 18-2.

1123
01:07:00,740 --> 01:07:01,840
 Wow, that's not good.

1124
01:07:03,320 --> 01:07:05,120
 But anyway, I'm trying to hold on there.

1125
01:07:05,220 --> 01:07:07,620
 But yeah, Aniston, really good team.

1126
01:07:07,620 --> 01:07:11,420
 Good offensively and defensively in their last six games.

1127
01:07:11,500 --> 01:07:15,060
 They've only allowed one team to score more than 10 points.

1128
01:07:15,160 --> 01:07:17,280
 And that was Madison Academy, which scored 12.

1129
01:07:17,560 --> 01:07:19,900
 So they're going to be a good team.

1130
01:07:19,960 --> 01:07:21,360
 Tough to handle coming in there.

1131
01:07:21,700 --> 01:07:26,840
 And then Geraldine, whenever you say Geraldine, the first thing that comes to my mind is Jimmy

1132
01:07:26,840 --> 01:07:27,800
 Smothers' alma mater.

1133
01:07:27,940 --> 01:07:33,260
 That's where Jimmy Smothers, the late, great sports editor of the Gadsden Times for four

1134
01:07:33,260 --> 01:07:35,180
 decades, went to school.

1135
01:07:35,340 --> 01:07:36,880
 So they play good football there.

1136
01:07:36,960 --> 01:07:43,960
 I mean, all those DeKalb County schools play good football, but I think probably the run may end for them this week.

1137
01:07:45,000 --> 01:07:50,700
 B.T., let me mention a couple of teams in our area who lost, but two very good teams.

1138
01:07:51,700 --> 01:07:56,760
 Coosa Christian and the one and only Rush Probst beat Lexington 49-16.

1139
01:07:56,900 --> 01:08:05,000
 Brett Mask has done a very good job with that Lexington, but very good offensively there.

1140
01:08:05,160 --> 01:08:09,660
 And I know you did a story on Brett Mask and his dad, Steve Mask.

1141
01:08:09,840 --> 01:08:12,160
 Of course, most of our listeners are familiar with him.

1142
01:08:12,220 --> 01:08:13,600
 He coached in our area.

1143
01:08:13,760 --> 01:08:15,380
 You know him very, very well.

1144
01:08:16,340 --> 01:08:23,140
 But Coosa Christian, Rush Probst, advances, and maybe the surprise of Friday night to me.

1145
01:08:23,700 --> 01:08:26,800
 We have been talking about West Morgan and their run.

1146
01:08:27,380 --> 01:08:30,300
 Cherokee County, Good Hope beat Cherokee County.

1147
01:08:30,440 --> 01:08:36,160
 And I'm thinking, well, finally, after three years, West Morgan doesn't have to put up with them.

1148
01:08:36,160 --> 01:08:43,320
 Maybe they should have played them a fourth time because Good Hope surprised West Morgan 31-7.

1149
01:08:44,160 --> 01:08:49,860
 West Morgan jumped out 7-0, and then they just got ran over, which surprised me.

1150
01:08:50,100 --> 01:08:55,140
 Good Hope's going to be facing Plainview, but Rush Probst advances.

1151
01:08:55,660 --> 01:08:57,920
 Also, Good Hope does over West Morgan.

1152
01:08:58,940 --> 01:09:02,200
 Yeah, and, you know, Good Hope had not been that great down the stretch.

1153
01:09:02,320 --> 01:09:06,080
 I mean, they lost to Hamilton by a touchdown, lost to Fairview.

1154
01:09:06,080 --> 01:09:09,040
 Of course, Fairview's pretty good, you know, in the regular season finale.

1155
01:09:09,260 --> 01:09:13,960
 And then, but to come back and beat two good teams, Cherokee County, I didn't get to talk to you guys last week,

1156
01:09:14,060 --> 01:09:18,840
 but Jacob Kelly stepping down as the head coach at Cherokee County after that loss.

1157
01:09:19,180 --> 01:09:21,980
 Of course, they were in the finals, I think, three years in a row.

1158
01:09:22,060 --> 01:09:23,240
 He did a great job there.

1159
01:09:23,680 --> 01:09:28,840
 And then, like, I was surprised by that score as well, West Morgan getting beat 31-7.

1160
01:09:29,000 --> 01:09:31,560
 So they got to play Plainview this week, Dale Pruitt.

1161
01:09:31,660 --> 01:09:35,800
 I think we've talked about him, what a job he's done there in his third tenure there, I think.

1162
01:09:35,860 --> 01:09:40,840
 So, and then I think, look, Rush is, I mean, they're playing Tuscaloosa Academy this week.

1163
01:09:40,940 --> 01:09:44,480
 They just beat Tuscaloosa Academy, like, in the second-to-last weekend of the season.

1164
01:09:45,180 --> 01:09:47,660
 So, I mean, the chances are they're going to win that game,

1165
01:09:47,700 --> 01:09:51,380
 and Rush is going to be two wins away from his eighth state title.

1166
01:09:53,660 --> 01:09:54,420
 And counting.

1167
01:09:56,220 --> 01:09:58,380
 Ben, let's talk a little bit about Hartzell.

1168
01:09:58,380 --> 01:10:04,340
 Well, obviously, a very emotional game down there when you play on a field named after your dad.

1169
01:10:04,440 --> 01:10:05,700
 You played there as a high school kid.

1170
01:10:05,800 --> 01:10:07,120
 That's got to be emotional in itself.

1171
01:10:07,260 --> 01:10:12,540
 But Hartzell comes up short against Homewood, 31-24 in second-round action.

1172
01:10:12,700 --> 01:10:13,980
 How good is Homewood?

1173
01:10:15,300 --> 01:10:18,800
 You know, that's another team that really I feel like we hadn't –

1174
01:10:18,800 --> 01:10:22,240
 it seems like so much in 6A has been about, well, Muscle Shoals,

1175
01:10:22,240 --> 01:10:26,120
 but also Sarah Land and Clay Chalkville, you know.

1176
01:10:26,260 --> 01:10:29,060
 So, it seems like maybe we've undersold a couple of those things.

1177
01:10:29,200 --> 01:10:32,440
 I think Homewood, you know, they lost to Mount Brook in Overtown.

1178
01:10:32,520 --> 01:10:33,900
 That's their only loss of the year.

1179
01:10:34,740 --> 01:10:37,660
 And now that, you know, they've come out, they beat a good Hartzell team.

1180
01:10:37,740 --> 01:10:40,000
 They beat a pretty good Bell City team in the first round.

1181
01:10:40,920 --> 01:10:45,660
 And they beat James Clemens, obviously, you know, coming up there late in the season.

1182
01:10:45,660 --> 01:10:48,800
 So, they've got to go to Clay Chalkville this week.

1183
01:10:48,880 --> 01:10:52,280
 I mean, I still think Clay Chalkville is obviously their number one in undefeated.

1184
01:10:52,420 --> 01:10:54,340
 I still think they're the favorite in 6A.

1185
01:10:55,320 --> 01:10:59,560
 Sarah Land had a tough game with Spain Park, only won 35-31.

1186
01:10:59,800 --> 01:11:02,040
 And they've got to go to Pike Road this week.

1187
01:11:02,120 --> 01:11:04,060
 That'll be a tough matchup for them.

1188
01:11:04,260 --> 01:11:07,400
 But I think Homewood's done – they've done a great job.

1189
01:11:07,500 --> 01:11:09,600
 I mean, kind of come out of nowhere, I guess you would say.

1190
01:11:11,040 --> 01:11:12,360
 Ben Bergeson is their coach.

1191
01:11:12,380 --> 01:11:13,460
 He's been there for a while.

1192
01:11:13,460 --> 01:11:15,940
 So, good win for them over Hartzell.

1193
01:11:16,000 --> 01:11:17,560
 That one surprised me a little bit as well.

1194
01:11:18,520 --> 01:11:19,540
 I agree with you.

1195
01:11:19,600 --> 01:11:21,320
 Tip of the count to Priceville.

1196
01:11:21,420 --> 01:11:23,380
 We talked about their incredible win.

1197
01:11:24,140 --> 01:11:29,620
 Coming back last week, Moody stopped Seth Parker's run.

1198
01:11:29,900 --> 01:11:31,920
 Moody wins 60-14.

1199
01:11:32,120 --> 01:11:35,540
 Moody is a really good football team.

1200
01:11:36,180 --> 01:11:40,720
 But, again, Seth Parker, Priceville 2-8 last year, 8-4 this year.

1201
01:11:40,720 --> 01:11:51,540
 And Colbert County, Gordo is 10-1, put up 49 points against Colbert County, 49-29, the tip of the count to them.

1202
01:11:52,020 --> 01:11:54,200
 BT, what have you got on top this week?

1203
01:11:54,280 --> 01:12:01,900
 I know tomorrow should be the top games in North Alabama, Central, and also Mobile.

1204
01:12:01,900 --> 01:12:07,780
 Randy Kennedy, we're three weeks away, what, from National Signing Day.

1205
01:12:08,000 --> 01:12:12,020
 I know Randy's going to continue to have spotlight the players.

1206
01:12:12,300 --> 01:12:14,880
 Crowell's going to be – a lot of people are going to follow him.

1207
01:12:14,980 --> 01:12:17,800
 I think he had another 300-yard game.

1208
01:12:18,000 --> 01:12:20,540
 But, what have you got basketball included, too?

1209
01:12:20,660 --> 01:12:22,340
 Another busy, busy week.

1210
01:12:23,160 --> 01:12:23,660
 It is.

1211
01:12:23,760 --> 01:12:27,720
 Yeah, we just mentioned in what you – the 5A game, that Priceville game.

1212
01:12:27,780 --> 01:12:30,900
 I think Moody, they were in the championship game last year.

1213
01:12:30,900 --> 01:12:32,880
 I think they're going to be back in the championship game.

1214
01:12:33,000 --> 01:12:34,160
 They're really one of the contenders.

1215
01:12:34,360 --> 01:12:37,660
 And then you got, on the south side, two good games this week.

1216
01:12:38,200 --> 01:12:42,040
 Williamson, the number one team, going to Montgomery Catholic, the reigning champ,

1217
01:12:42,100 --> 01:12:45,560
 and then Central Clay County coming down to play Viger.

1218
01:12:45,980 --> 01:12:47,240
 So, good games there.

1219
01:12:47,760 --> 01:12:49,020
 Yeah, we got all that stuff.

1220
01:12:49,120 --> 01:12:51,720
 We'll have our top games, as you mentioned, tomorrow.

1221
01:12:51,940 --> 01:12:53,520
 Randy's doing his best in Bama.

1222
01:12:54,100 --> 01:12:55,980
 We'll keep doing that throughout the season.

1223
01:12:55,980 --> 01:12:58,700
 And then, eventually, you know, the seniors will be off that list,

1224
01:12:58,800 --> 01:13:04,020
 and we'll have to kind of refinish it again when everybody moves up.

1225
01:13:04,360 --> 01:13:05,800
 So, a lot of good stuff we're doing.

1226
01:13:06,160 --> 01:13:10,480
 We'll have basketball highlights and roundup on Tuesday and Friday,

1227
01:13:10,600 --> 01:13:11,620
 highlights from the week.

1228
01:13:12,400 --> 01:13:15,320
 I also believe we're efforting to do a prep basketball,

1229
01:13:15,620 --> 01:13:19,260
 sports writers prep basketball poll this week for the first time.

1230
01:13:19,340 --> 01:13:20,320
 That will be on Thursday.

1231
01:13:20,540 --> 01:13:21,560
 That will come out on Thursday.

1232
01:13:21,800 --> 01:13:23,340
 So, a lot of stuff going on.

1233
01:13:23,340 --> 01:13:25,180
 You can check us out at AL.com.

1234
01:13:25,940 --> 01:13:30,340
 Check me out at BenThomasPreps on Twitter, or X, I guess we call it these days.

1235
01:13:30,520 --> 01:13:32,420
 And we'll try and keep you updated.

1236
01:13:33,560 --> 01:13:35,140
 Ben's always good to catch up with you.

1237
01:13:35,160 --> 01:13:38,440
 Listen, man, we'll call 911 and get you some help there with your picks, okay?

1238
01:13:39,080 --> 01:13:39,940
 And, man, we need it.

1239
01:13:39,980 --> 01:13:41,760
 I don't have to consult Brett if it gets so bad.

1240
01:13:42,120 --> 01:13:42,700
 We do.

1241
01:13:43,120 --> 01:13:43,720
 There you go.

1242
01:13:43,760 --> 01:13:44,700
 The door's always open.

1243
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 BT, BenThomas, CL.com.

1244
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 Coming up, Big Orange Talk with the V-Man, Vince Ferrara on deck.

1245
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 Stay with us.

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1314
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 From the University of Alabama, this is Crimson Tide today.

1315
01:17:30,720 --> 01:17:36,960
 It's daily update on Bama sports and it's brought to you by Guthrie's, America's original chicken finger restaurant and a proud partner of the Crimson Tide.

1316
01:17:37,280 --> 01:17:39,580
 Visit online at guthrie'schicken.com.

1317
01:17:39,840 --> 01:17:40,520
 Hello again, everybody.

1318
01:17:40,700 --> 01:17:41,600
 I'm Roger Hoover.

1319
01:17:42,140 --> 01:17:47,940
 Here are thoughts from Alabama football head coach, Kalen DeBoer, following Alabama's two point loss to Oklahoma on Saturday.

1320
01:17:49,160 --> 01:18:02,640
 Really disappointed in the outcome and, you know, that we played a lot of great snaps out there, but, you know, the turnover battle of obviously got killed there and that, that became the game.

1321
01:18:02,740 --> 01:18:04,680
 And, you know, we've done a great job of taking care of it.

1322
01:18:04,720 --> 01:18:06,540
 We've done a good job of taking it off of teams.

1323
01:18:07,220 --> 01:18:16,500
 And, you know, I think probably 17 points coming off of turnovers and the short field at the beginning where they got a field goal on the punt return.

1324
01:18:16,720 --> 01:18:19,240
 So, you know, we missed our opportunities for sure.

1325
01:18:19,420 --> 01:18:21,080
 And that's what hurt so much.

1326
01:18:21,680 --> 01:18:28,600
 You know, I have no doubt about how to respond, but, you know, the guys are disappointed and frustrated about how this ended up here because that's the moment we're in.

1327
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 I'll have more in the moments.

1328
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1334
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1335
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 Join us tonight for Crimson Tide Rewind, live from Baumhauer's Victory Grill in Vestavia Hills at 6 p.m.

1336
01:19:06,760 --> 01:19:15,560
 You can listen to Crimson Tide Rewind across our full radio network, Varsity Network app, as well as catch a video replay on Tuesday on the CTSN YouTube page.

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1339
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 The Score.

1340
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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1341
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1342
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 Welcome back in.

1343
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1344
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 Trust to open the door and say hello to the V-Man, Vince Ferrara.

1345
01:19:34,460 --> 01:19:39,240
 He's on the radio there at 99.1, the sports animal in Knoxville on the Vol Radio Network.

1346
01:19:39,360 --> 01:19:40,380
 V-Man, welcome in.

1347
01:19:40,440 --> 01:19:41,140
 How are you?

1348
01:19:41,700 --> 01:19:42,560
 Thank you, didn't there, guys.

1349
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 How are we doing?

1350
01:19:43,580 --> 01:19:43,880
 Hey, boo.

1351
01:19:43,880 --> 01:19:54,300
 And we're just assuming that Tennessee fans had a better outcome and a better feeling after their homecoming date this weekend than Alabama fans on homecoming.

1352
01:19:54,440 --> 01:20:01,080
 The question is, have you awakened from that 42-9 thumping of mighty New Mexico State, V-Man?

1353
01:20:02,540 --> 01:20:03,220
 Yeah.

1354
01:20:03,880 --> 01:20:08,920
 I, you know, staying awake was not the issue.

1355
01:20:08,920 --> 01:20:18,140
 It's falling asleep during rather than, it really was underwhelming overall.

1356
01:20:18,360 --> 01:20:26,420
 I mean, I know they won by a considerable margin, but yeah, it just wasn't overly impressive in any particular area.

1357
01:20:26,540 --> 01:20:27,400
 They took care of business.

1358
01:20:27,640 --> 01:20:32,200
 They were dominant from the start, but it was kind of much of the same.

1359
01:20:32,600 --> 01:20:35,900
 You know, a lot of, they were missing even more players on defense.

1360
01:20:35,900 --> 01:20:43,520
 They had an open week, but they had more guys hurt and out, and then he had the Boo Carter situation, which I know we'll get into in a second.

1361
01:20:43,980 --> 01:20:59,900
 But yeah, and then on offense, they left their starters in a long time and then, you know, got some guys banged up, including Miles Kitzelman, who, you know, suffered what looked like a significant knee injury.

1362
01:20:59,900 --> 01:21:07,700
 So, you know, I don't really talk about the injuries much, but yeah, he was in there, you know, when the game was well in hand.

1363
01:21:07,900 --> 01:21:17,280
 So, offensive line, you know, when they, once they put in their backup quarterbacks who only got, I think, I think between the two of them, they got nine snaps.

1364
01:21:18,340 --> 01:21:22,600
 So, against New Mexico State, you can't even play your backup quarterbacks more than nine snaps.

1365
01:21:22,780 --> 01:21:26,040
 Now, granted, they didn't do much with their possessions.

1366
01:21:26,320 --> 01:21:32,720
 They had a couple of completions, but man, you need to get more of a look from your reserves when you win by that much.

1367
01:21:32,980 --> 01:21:39,260
 And Josh Heupel and this offensive coaching staff, they're much more reluctant to go to the bench early.

1368
01:21:39,420 --> 01:21:47,420
 And then what they do is, once you bring in your backup quarterbacks, they're in there with a backup offensive line, they're in there with, you know, backup wide receivers.

1369
01:21:47,940 --> 01:21:53,540
 So, I don't think you get as good of a true reading of what you've got.

1370
01:21:54,060 --> 01:22:01,740
 So, I wish they would roll guys in more and let them work with first-teamers around them so you can better evaluate them.

1371
01:22:01,740 --> 01:22:05,300
 But for whatever reason, they're more willing to do that on defense than they are on offense.

1372
01:22:06,120 --> 01:22:11,860
 Speaking of defense, B-Man, talk to us about the who, what, when, and where of a defensive back, Boot Carter, and his story.

1373
01:22:13,300 --> 01:22:23,060
 Well, this really, you know, first, the story cycle for him started when, you know, there were rumors of him going in the transfer portal.

1374
01:22:23,060 --> 01:22:30,740
 And so, it sounds like they got him more money in NIL, and so he decided to take his name out of the portal and stay.

1375
01:22:31,420 --> 01:22:46,880
 So, then, when you get, as you get into camp, you hear about how Boot Carter didn't participate in off-season voluntary workouts, which the team leaders, you know, didn't think it was very voluntary.

1376
01:22:48,000 --> 01:22:49,700
 And he did not show up.

1377
01:22:49,860 --> 01:22:52,040
 So, they weren't happy about that.

1378
01:22:52,480 --> 01:23:03,100
 And so, you know, he was basically, had to earn his way back and did so, but in a very, very slow manner.

1379
01:23:03,880 --> 01:23:14,500
 And so, you know, he didn't end up starting at the star or at, you know, punt returner, but eventually his role grew a little bit, but not much.

1380
01:23:14,560 --> 01:23:18,080
 He could never get the starting star position back.

1381
01:23:19,160 --> 01:23:27,600
 And so, you know, it just was clear that he wasn't playing great, wasn't a difference maker like he was last year.

1382
01:23:27,860 --> 01:23:38,280
 You could tell there was still something there that was holding him back, and that's exactly what ended up happening in, you know, in terms of the end result, because he didn't play great.

1383
01:23:38,380 --> 01:23:45,920
 And then, you know, something happened in terms of him not being up to the, you know, behaving to the standards.

1384
01:23:46,060 --> 01:23:58,060
 It sounds like, you know, one report said that he didn't show up to the stadium, you know, to meet with the team like all the other guys that are out end up doing.

1385
01:23:58,680 --> 01:24:03,560
 And that might have been the last stop, the last straw.

1386
01:24:03,560 --> 01:24:13,380
 And, you know, when you're getting a last chance, you better do everything you can to be a great teammate and do what you can and not be selfish.

1387
01:24:13,700 --> 01:24:20,880
 But apparently he did not live up to the standards, and, you know, Tennessee in one report called it dismissal.

1388
01:24:21,280 --> 01:24:31,680
 He announced he was leaving as a, you know, going into the transfer portal, and it was, some people have put it as a parting of the ways.

1389
01:24:31,680 --> 01:24:41,460
 But regardless, he did not do everything you need to stay on the team and take best advantage of his best chance to be an NFL player.

1390
01:24:41,580 --> 01:24:47,480
 And that was starring for the University of Tennessee, which will no longer happen now that he's no longer a part of the team.

1391
01:24:48,340 --> 01:25:03,680
 V, that will help Josh Heupel down the road because he did not cave in to Nico in his demands and, quite frankly, just finally had enough of putting up with Boo Carter's shenanigans.

1392
01:25:04,100 --> 01:25:10,580
 That will help him on the recruiting and, overall, in years to come.

1393
01:25:11,080 --> 01:25:16,820
 Even with Tennessee's defensive efficiencies, V, they scored their sixth defensive touchdown.

1394
01:25:17,000 --> 01:25:23,900
 William Wright, a six-year senior, picked off a pass for a pick six, returned at 35 yards.

1395
01:25:24,040 --> 01:25:33,120
 I believe that is Tennessee's 18th, if I'm, yeah, 18th takeaway on the season, leading the SEC.

1396
01:25:34,600 --> 01:25:39,800
 Yeah, I think their sixth defensive touchdown was as many as Iowa scored on offense last year.

1397
01:25:40,220 --> 01:25:42,060
 Well, at least maybe just it seems that way.

1398
01:25:42,780 --> 01:25:43,880
 I don't know if that's true.

1399
01:25:43,940 --> 01:25:44,400
 I'm just kidding.

1400
01:25:44,580 --> 01:25:47,200
 It seemed that way, the way they struggled on offense.

1401
01:25:47,560 --> 01:25:51,900
 But, no, I mean, they, you know, they had to play a lot of guys.

1402
01:25:52,060 --> 01:25:58,560
 They didn't have two of their three best Leos in Joshua Joseph and Jordan Ross.

1403
01:25:58,600 --> 01:26:01,460
 They didn't have their starting linebacker in Arian Carter.

1404
01:26:01,640 --> 01:26:02,540
 They didn't have Boo Carter.

1405
01:26:03,900 --> 01:26:05,580
 So, yeah, they're missing.

1406
01:26:05,580 --> 01:26:11,300
 And then that's on top of already missing your two best corners in Gibson and McCoy.

1407
01:26:11,420 --> 01:26:12,500
 So, no McCoy yet.

1408
01:26:13,340 --> 01:26:19,380
 I don't know at this point, you know, with two games left and then the bowl game, I, you know,

1409
01:26:19,400 --> 01:26:22,560
 honestly, I would kind of be surprised if we see him now at this point.

1410
01:26:22,900 --> 01:26:24,920
 But, you know, but we'll see.

1411
01:26:25,840 --> 01:26:31,880
 So, yeah, it's, you know, the guys got opportunities and, you know, they got a lot of hands on balls.

1412
01:26:31,880 --> 01:26:35,040
 So, you had a pass deflection, which led to that interception.

1413
01:26:35,260 --> 01:26:39,900
 And Damon Hobbs, man, he's a former five-star and, man, he's playing like it.

1414
01:26:40,560 --> 01:26:45,780
 And he was dominant, nine tackles, leading tackler at a defensive tackle position.

1415
01:26:46,120 --> 01:26:47,700
 That's not easy to do.

1416
01:26:48,160 --> 01:26:52,900
 And, you know, he's playing as well as anybody on that defense.

1417
01:26:53,380 --> 01:26:57,940
 So, to me, I would start him and then give him more snaps.

1418
01:26:58,360 --> 01:27:01,200
 I know they'll play multiple guys and rotate out.

1419
01:27:01,400 --> 01:27:07,120
 But that guy deserves more snaps because he's playing the best right now.

1420
01:27:07,500 --> 01:27:11,000
 But they still, overall, you know, they still give up yards.

1421
01:27:11,120 --> 01:27:11,660
 They give up more.

1422
01:27:11,880 --> 01:27:12,980
 They had more first downs.

1423
01:27:13,200 --> 01:27:15,480
 You know, I still say they had more first downs than Tennessee did.

1424
01:27:16,120 --> 01:27:18,260
 You know, Tennessee still turned the ball over a couple of times.

1425
01:27:18,460 --> 01:27:24,440
 So, even though they won easily on the scoreboard, it does not mean that this team was clean

1426
01:27:24,440 --> 01:27:28,660
 and they figured out all their issues going into the final two SEC games.

1427
01:27:29,540 --> 01:27:30,900
 Hey, man, we don't talk about that.

1428
01:27:31,040 --> 01:27:32,120
 Back to Boo Carter.

1429
01:27:32,220 --> 01:27:34,400
 Do you think that's symptomatic of the NIL era?

1430
01:27:34,400 --> 01:27:36,980
 We're making all kinds of money, and I've got to protect myself.

1431
01:27:37,080 --> 01:27:38,160
 It's a business decision.

1432
01:27:38,380 --> 01:27:43,220
 Plus, it's human nature to sit here sometimes in the coast when you've got that kind of change in the bank.

1433
01:27:43,680 --> 01:27:48,140
 Your thoughts about that, and let's face it, on the road, and that's the key phrase here, to Florida.

1434
01:27:48,240 --> 01:27:54,440
 We know Florida's had a bad black eye this year, but this is Tennessee at Florida where history has not been kind to the Big Orange.

1435
01:27:55,320 --> 01:27:56,640
 It could be NIL.

1436
01:27:56,800 --> 01:27:57,840
 I don't know that.

1437
01:27:57,940 --> 01:28:01,040
 It could be distractions within his personal life.

1438
01:28:01,040 --> 01:28:02,060
 It could be maturity.

1439
01:28:03,160 --> 01:28:07,080
 It could be a combination of all those things kind of intertwined.

1440
01:28:08,300 --> 01:28:11,440
 So, you know, it's hard to say specifically.

1441
01:28:11,920 --> 01:28:21,040
 But, you know, and look, sometimes it's addition through subtraction, and maybe one player coming out of that locker room might be able to change things.

1442
01:28:21,040 --> 01:28:33,400
 So, you know, maybe he gets his world together and doesn't have the distractions, but clearly there was other things on his mind besides being a star player for the University of Tennessee.

1443
01:28:33,800 --> 01:28:35,940
 He said injuries are keeping him from playing.

1444
01:28:37,280 --> 01:28:43,000
 My guess is that they dismissed him because of standards he didn't meet.

1445
01:28:43,240 --> 01:28:44,740
 It has nothing to do with injuries.

1446
01:28:45,660 --> 01:28:53,080
 So, you know, it's just unfortunate that they couldn't make it work because he is a tremendous talent.

1447
01:28:53,920 --> 01:28:58,500
 But they weren't better, you know, with him.

1448
01:28:58,560 --> 01:29:00,720
 They didn't see their best version of him on the field.

1449
01:29:01,060 --> 01:29:05,960
 So, you know, those things certainly happen these days.

1450
01:29:06,120 --> 01:29:12,440
 And sometimes guys make the best of their extra opportunities, their last straw, like Jawan Jennings did.

1451
01:29:12,560 --> 01:29:14,120
 And look what he's doing now in the NFL.

1452
01:29:15,000 --> 01:29:18,120
 He got one last final chance, and he took advantage of it.

1453
01:29:18,180 --> 01:29:21,960
 Other guys get their final chance, and they can't stay straight.

1454
01:29:22,280 --> 01:29:24,420
 So, everybody handles it differently.

1455
01:29:25,600 --> 01:29:34,200
 Yeah, and Tennessee fans are hoping that the Ben Hill Griffin voodoo hacks ends Saturday.

1456
01:29:34,520 --> 01:29:39,020
 Tennessee has not beaten Florida in Gainesville since 2003.

1457
01:29:39,520 --> 01:29:41,100
 Hard to believe, V-Man.

1458
01:29:41,620 --> 01:29:44,140
 Where can we get online to get all your great stuff?

1459
01:29:44,880 --> 01:29:53,240
 Yeah, and there have been plenty of Florida teams that were not in contention to win the national championship by any means that still beat Tennessee.

1460
01:29:53,720 --> 01:29:56,100
 They're a home underdog, and they're still beating Tennessee.

1461
01:29:56,800 --> 01:29:59,640
 So, they're about a three-and-a-half-point dog this time.

1462
01:29:59,640 --> 01:30:06,580
 So, I think Tennessee is expecting the best version of Florida on Saturday.

1463
01:30:06,840 --> 01:30:10,300
 Closer to the effort they've given against Ole Miss and Georgia.

1464
01:30:10,680 --> 01:30:14,520
 This is what they did in the loss to Kentucky.

1465
01:30:14,520 --> 01:30:31,240
 So, you can follow me on all the socials, Vince Sports, V-I-N-C-E Sports, or on Twitter, on Twitter and all the socials, at Vince Sports, and then all of the video stuff I do for the local ABC station at SportsSource TV.

1466
01:30:32,520 --> 01:30:34,300
 V-Man is always good to hook up with you.

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 We know it's been a good week because we haven't asked you one time about your hip recovery on the journey there from the surgery.

1468
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 So, you must be feeling fine as frog hair.

1469
01:30:41,880 --> 01:30:43,960
 Keep it up, and thanks so much for your time today.

1470
01:30:44,540 --> 01:30:48,400
 Got cleared to drive, and, you know, hopefully I won't need the walker soon.

1471
01:30:48,480 --> 01:30:49,440
 But I appreciate you guys.

1472
01:30:49,440 --> 01:30:50,320
 Have a great week.

1473
01:30:50,860 --> 01:30:51,500
 All right, buddy.

1474
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 You too, bud.

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 He's got an entire room strictly for bobbleheads.

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 Does he need them?

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 No.

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1548
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 Alabama was knocked off at home.

1549
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1586
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1601
01:36:14,820 --> 01:36:15,820
 The Score.

1602
01:36:16,380 --> 01:36:21,020
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1603
01:36:21,540 --> 01:36:22,340
 Welcome back in.

1604
01:36:22,360 --> 01:36:27,420
 It is a pleasure for us to say hello to William Redfish Barger, former University of Alabama

1605
01:36:27,420 --> 01:36:30,340
 offensive lineman and now co-host of BAM's Radio.

1606
01:36:30,840 --> 01:36:31,960
 William, welcome in.

1607
01:36:32,020 --> 01:36:32,640
 How are you?

1608
01:36:33,640 --> 01:36:34,320
 Doing good, guys.

1609
01:36:34,380 --> 01:36:34,940
 How about y'all?

1610
01:36:35,500 --> 01:36:36,460
 We're doing all right.

1611
01:36:36,540 --> 01:36:40,600
 Williams, it's safe to say if you live by the turnover, sometimes you die by the turnover.

1612
01:36:40,760 --> 01:36:43,220
 This season, Alabama has learned to benefit from it.

1613
01:36:43,660 --> 01:36:47,460
 You go back and look at their schedule, and the only one that's had fun this season is an

1614
01:36:47,460 --> 01:36:51,000
 Alabama fan, it seems, for the most part, against a team of the Pulse, and that's the

1615
01:36:51,000 --> 01:36:51,640
 cardiologists.

1616
01:36:51,840 --> 01:36:53,620
 They have played a lot of tight games.

1617
01:36:54,040 --> 01:36:59,220
 They've benefited from the turnovers, but this weekend, the script flipped, and they got

1618
01:36:59,220 --> 01:37:00,160
 bitten by the turnovers.

1619
01:37:00,160 --> 01:37:04,580
 William, where do you start breaking down the upset by number 11 over number 4 at the

1620
01:37:04,580 --> 01:37:04,940
 time?

1621
01:37:06,260 --> 01:37:11,140
 Well, I mean, I think, you know, the first thing you have to look at is the obvious, is,

1622
01:37:11,260 --> 01:37:16,640
 you know, despite turning the ball over three times, you know, you're against a, you know,

1623
01:37:16,680 --> 01:37:18,720
 a top 10, 15 football team.

1624
01:37:18,820 --> 01:37:24,600
 You're not supposed to even come close to winning that game, and despite the miscues, you know,

1625
01:37:24,600 --> 01:37:29,260
 they had an opportunity to do it, and, you know, the offense just couldn't execute and

1626
01:37:29,260 --> 01:37:29,920
 pull it off.

1627
01:37:31,440 --> 01:37:35,520
 You know, I think the, you know, if you want to start with the positives, I thought the

1628
01:37:35,520 --> 01:37:40,780
 defense, despite being, you know, putting some bad down and distance situations because

1629
01:37:40,780 --> 01:37:46,960
 of the turnovers, and a lot of three and outs by the offense, you know, played extremely

1630
01:37:46,960 --> 01:37:47,460
 well.

1631
01:37:49,460 --> 01:37:54,160
 But, you know, you have to look at the obvious, and, you know, that was the, you know, the

1632
01:37:54,160 --> 01:37:59,240
 inefficiency and the, you know, the ability to not handle that pass rush and the blitz,

1633
01:37:59,380 --> 01:38:05,080
 you know, packages that we all knew Brent Venerables was going to dial up, and, you know,

1634
01:38:05,120 --> 01:38:06,940
 he won this chess match.

1635
01:38:07,660 --> 01:38:12,800
 And, you know, there's, there's, you know, a lot of blame to go around, but, you know,

1636
01:38:12,800 --> 01:38:18,400
 at the end of the day, you know, you had some special teams failures, a lot of offensive

1637
01:38:18,400 --> 01:38:19,060
 failures.

1638
01:38:19,260 --> 01:38:22,960
 But, you know, certainly, I think the defense held up their end of the bargain for sure.

1639
01:38:24,100 --> 01:38:25,720
 William, I agree with you.

1640
01:38:25,960 --> 01:38:29,280
 I think Brent Venerables is an elite defensive coordinator.

1641
01:38:29,440 --> 01:38:34,820
 I don't know who he is as head coach, but he knows what he's doing defensively.

1642
01:38:34,820 --> 01:38:42,400
 The offensive line, Ryan Grubb actually mentioned today in the coordinator media viewing that

1643
01:38:42,400 --> 01:38:45,580
 he thought the offensive line overall played pretty well.

1644
01:38:45,720 --> 01:38:48,140
 Well, conformed, he moved inside to right guard.

1645
01:38:48,660 --> 01:38:50,800
 Michael Carroll started to right tackle.

1646
01:38:50,960 --> 01:38:54,280
 They rotated a little bit with Kim Newberry at left guard.

1647
01:38:55,000 --> 01:38:57,020
 Gino Vandermark, four sacks.

1648
01:38:57,160 --> 01:38:59,180
 Two of those are on running backs.

1649
01:38:59,760 --> 01:39:03,160
 I know Oklahoma had a pressure, some of them coming through.

1650
01:39:04,160 --> 01:39:06,380
 Obviously, Browsford, the center.

1651
01:39:07,600 --> 01:39:14,740
 And, again, I know there were times that Ty Simpson did not have adequate time to make

1652
01:39:14,740 --> 01:39:15,380
 the connections.

1653
01:39:15,640 --> 01:39:16,720
 He missed some throws.

1654
01:39:16,880 --> 01:39:18,700
 He overthrew some, et cetera.

1655
01:39:19,240 --> 01:39:25,520
 William, as part of those offensive issues, your thoughts on the work of the offensive line?

1656
01:39:26,980 --> 01:39:29,640
 You know, I mean, I think it was about a C effort.

1657
01:39:30,700 --> 01:39:37,800
 You know, I can only imagine how much worse it would have been, you know, if their two best

1658
01:39:37,800 --> 01:39:39,700
 defensive linemen had been healthy.

1659
01:39:40,100 --> 01:39:40,220
 Yeah.

1660
01:39:41,700 --> 01:39:47,340
 You know, so, you know, you just got to say that, you know, I mean, I think there was some

1661
01:39:47,340 --> 01:39:48,920
 baby steps improvement.

1662
01:39:49,200 --> 01:39:54,640
 You know, they were able to open some holes and Daniel Hill was able to pick up some nice

1663
01:39:54,640 --> 01:39:56,880
 yards rushing for a change.

1664
01:39:58,100 --> 01:39:59,800
 So, you know, that was an improvement.

1665
01:40:00,080 --> 01:40:05,880
 You know, I thought that, you know, a guy that continues to be Mr. Clutch, and we've talked

1666
01:40:05,880 --> 01:40:10,120
 about on here before, is going to play as long as his body will allow him to on Sundays.

1667
01:40:10,120 --> 01:40:13,640
 Josh Quavers, you know, is Mr. Dependable.

1668
01:40:14,440 --> 01:40:19,380
 You know, I mean, the offense, you know, lost some one-on-one matchups, both in run blocking

1669
01:40:19,380 --> 01:40:20,940
 and in pass protection.

1670
01:40:21,320 --> 01:40:26,940
 And, you know, there were, you know, I think the thing that really hurt Alabama in this game

1671
01:40:26,940 --> 01:40:33,480
 more than anything, you know, weren't the incomplete passes that you got to see on the TV screen.

1672
01:40:34,060 --> 01:40:38,960
 You know, if anybody has access to the wide zone view or if they were at the game,

1673
01:40:39,960 --> 01:40:45,160
 there were multiple occasions where there were wide receivers that had beat Oklahoma's

1674
01:40:45,160 --> 01:40:49,860
 secondary in deep zone patterns, and they were, you know, there for the taking.

1675
01:40:50,200 --> 01:40:54,320
 And, you know, either Ty didn't have the time to get to them or just didn't see them.

1676
01:40:54,640 --> 01:41:01,780
 So, you know, and I think that's probably the story of the game is, you know, take the sacks

1677
01:41:01,780 --> 01:41:03,980
 out of the, you know, take the turnovers out.

1678
01:41:04,160 --> 01:41:09,800
 You know, I really think that Oklahoma won this game, you know, because they generate

1679
01:41:09,800 --> 01:41:12,060
 those turnovers with their defense.

1680
01:41:12,200 --> 01:41:16,460
 But also, I think they kept, you know, for the better part of the game, I think they took

1681
01:41:16,460 --> 01:41:19,640
 Ty out of his rhythm and, you know, had him rattled a little bit.

1682
01:41:21,020 --> 01:41:22,860
 William, take us inside your mind.

1683
01:41:22,940 --> 01:41:28,360
 As a former player, let's face it, it's November, you're tired, everybody's been building you up,

1684
01:41:28,400 --> 01:41:32,100
 you got championship hopes, and then you have a bump in road like this past weekend.

1685
01:41:32,480 --> 01:41:35,040
 Some might say it wasn't a bump, it's more like a crash.

1686
01:41:35,620 --> 01:41:40,060
 But take us into the clubhouse as a player.

1687
01:41:40,240 --> 01:41:41,300
 What's going on now?

1688
01:41:41,360 --> 01:41:46,340
 Because, let's face it, they still control their destiny if they overcome the disappointment.

1689
01:41:46,520 --> 01:41:47,600
 It takes a lot of maturity.

1690
01:41:47,740 --> 01:41:48,880
 Obviously, it takes a lot of breaks.

1691
01:41:49,320 --> 01:41:50,520
 It takes a lot of talent.

1692
01:41:50,640 --> 01:41:55,480
 But what's going on from the intangible standpoint, putting on your former players' head, what these

1693
01:41:55,480 --> 01:41:58,880
 guys are talking about, trying to get back and get back on the right track?

1694
01:41:59,880 --> 01:42:03,980
 Well, I mean, I think that's the best thing, you know, if you take all the negative things

1695
01:42:03,980 --> 01:42:09,840
 that we just got through talking about, the best news is, you know, you beat Eastern Illinois

1696
01:42:09,840 --> 01:42:13,980
 Saturday, and you beat Auburn and Auburn in, you know, two weeks, and, you know, you've

1697
01:42:13,980 --> 01:42:16,060
 still got everything in front of you to play for.

1698
01:42:16,060 --> 01:42:21,240
 There's still a, you know, potential SEC championship berth, there's still a potential

1699
01:42:21,240 --> 01:42:26,420
 college football playoff berth, and, you know, that's, you know, and I think as a player,

1700
01:42:26,680 --> 01:42:33,440
 you know, despite the expanded schedule, I would prefer it because, you know, you take

1701
01:42:33,440 --> 01:42:43,780
 the, your future, you know, out of the hands of the bowl selection committee, you know, it's,

1702
01:42:43,780 --> 01:42:48,900
 you know, if you get into that playoff, you know, it's a brand new season, and, you know,

1703
01:42:49,060 --> 01:42:54,600
 everything starts over from scratch, and, you know, you might see, you know, an Oklahoma

1704
01:42:54,600 --> 01:42:58,600
 again that you, you know, and you've got the revenge factor, you know, you might get to

1705
01:42:58,600 --> 01:42:59,840
 see a Georgia again.

1706
01:43:00,980 --> 01:43:07,140
 Yeah, yeah, yeah, and, you know, so, I mean, I think the fact that you're allowed a clean

1707
01:43:07,140 --> 01:43:13,240
 slate, you know, if you take care of business the next two Saturdays, you know, I would look

1708
01:43:13,240 --> 01:43:14,260
 at that as a positive.

1709
01:43:14,460 --> 01:43:19,860
 I mean, yeah, it's more games, but, you know, it's, you know, the biggest of the big stages

1710
01:43:19,860 --> 01:43:24,360
 every single week, and, you know, you get a taste if you're fortunate enough to ever make

1711
01:43:24,360 --> 01:43:28,540
 it to play on Sundays, you know, you get a pretty good taste of what it's like, you know,

1712
01:43:28,540 --> 01:43:33,960
 at that next level, you know, once the playoff starts, you know, it's a wild card game, do

1713
01:43:33,960 --> 01:43:35,600
 or die, you know, every week.

1714
01:43:37,400 --> 01:43:37,760
 Absolutely.

1715
01:43:38,180 --> 01:43:42,160
 William, as you touched on, I thought the defense overall played well.

1716
01:43:42,260 --> 01:43:50,440
 They held Oklahoma quarterback John Mateer to only 161 yards, including 138 passing.

1717
01:43:50,440 --> 01:43:56,200
 Now, he obviously hurt Alabama on the, on where there was a quarterback draw.

1718
01:43:56,340 --> 01:43:58,520
 He just climbed to the pocket and kept going.

1719
01:43:58,520 --> 01:44:05,920
 They missed two or three tackles on his touchdown run, but I thought Alabama got pressure and

1720
01:44:05,920 --> 01:44:08,580
 the Sintega, their receiver is pretty good too.

1721
01:44:09,240 --> 01:44:17,080
 But I thought overall, you hold a team and I know Oklahoma is not a prolific offense, but

1722
01:44:17,080 --> 01:44:20,980
 to 212 yards, you've done a pretty good day's job.

1723
01:44:21,900 --> 01:44:22,780
 Oh yeah, absolutely.

1724
01:44:23,080 --> 01:44:27,260
 And, you know, I think that's probably the, you know, the most painful thing for the players

1725
01:44:27,260 --> 01:44:33,980
 and coaches to, you know, look at that stat sheet and, you know, outside of the three turnovers,

1726
01:44:34,640 --> 01:44:37,960
 if you looked at it, you'd think, well, you know, they should have won that game.

1727
01:44:38,440 --> 01:44:44,560
 And, you know, I think a lot of the success that Oklahoma did have, you know, I don't think

1728
01:44:44,560 --> 01:44:45,980
 that they were out-schemed.

1729
01:44:46,100 --> 01:44:50,220
 I don't think they were out-athleted, you know, on the defensive side of the ball, you

1730
01:44:50,220 --> 01:44:55,580
 know, they missed some tackles, you know, in a lot of cases on those material QB runs.

1731
01:44:56,380 --> 01:45:01,960
 But, you know, I've seen a lot worse performances, you know, by this Alabama, you know, defense

1732
01:45:01,960 --> 01:45:04,000
 against some dual threat quarterbacks.

1733
01:45:04,240 --> 01:45:08,760
 So, you know, well, what you saw and, you know, I think it just, you know, when something

1734
01:45:08,760 --> 01:45:13,740
 like that happens, if you've, you know, had a, you know, a drive like that on defense and

1735
01:45:13,740 --> 01:45:17,180
 you, you know, you stop them, you know, you, you, you hold them to a field goal instead

1736
01:45:17,180 --> 01:45:21,900
 of a touchdown, or you, you know, you make them not convert a third down and you get over

1737
01:45:21,900 --> 01:45:26,100
 there on the bench and the next thing you know, there's, you know, you know, been a turnover

1738
01:45:26,100 --> 01:45:27,760
 and you got to run back out there.

1739
01:45:27,800 --> 01:45:29,520
 I mean, that takes those guys out of the rhythm.

1740
01:45:29,520 --> 01:45:32,900
 It keeps them, you know, from, for being fresh.

1741
01:45:32,900 --> 01:45:37,740
 So, you know, it's, it's, it's, it's, you know, a kind of a, like baking a cake, man.

1742
01:45:37,820 --> 01:45:43,000
 There, if, if one, you know, percentage of the recipe that goes into the finished product

1743
01:45:43,000 --> 01:45:47,800
 is, is removed or taken out of rhythm, you know, it can, it can screw up the whole finished

1744
01:45:47,800 --> 01:45:48,240
 product.

1745
01:45:48,240 --> 01:45:49,400
 And in this case it did.

1746
01:45:50,460 --> 01:45:52,580
 William, your thoughts about Alabama fans.

1747
01:45:52,820 --> 01:45:55,760
 I got a feeling a lot of them said we got them right where we want them.

1748
01:45:55,780 --> 01:45:56,700
 We're down by two.

1749
01:45:56,820 --> 01:45:57,580
 We got the ball.

1750
01:45:57,680 --> 01:45:59,180
 We got Ryan group calling plays.

1751
01:45:59,480 --> 01:46:00,240
 You're at home.

1752
01:46:00,420 --> 01:46:02,180
 You got over seven minutes on the clock.

1753
01:46:02,180 --> 01:46:03,920
 You, you, you march up down the field.

1754
01:46:04,020 --> 01:46:05,180
 You don't have to score about a touchdown.

1755
01:46:05,360 --> 01:46:10,560
 All you got to do is get down under a minute within 15, 20 yards out and you kick a field

1756
01:46:10,560 --> 01:46:11,940
 goal and you walk away with a win.

1757
01:46:12,020 --> 01:46:17,660
 Your thoughts about how Alabama handled that last seven minutes on offense.

1758
01:46:18,940 --> 01:46:24,020
 Well, and I think this is a by-product of, you know, I think people can remember if you

1759
01:46:24,020 --> 01:46:30,520
 go back to September, you know, specifically in that big game at Georgia, you know, Alabama

1760
01:46:30,520 --> 01:46:37,400
 looked effortless in making explosive plays and converting third and fourth downs.

1761
01:46:37,700 --> 01:46:41,780
 You know, they were doing it any way they wanted to either on the, you know, in the air, on the

1762
01:46:41,780 --> 01:46:43,620
 ground, you know, trick play, whatever.

1763
01:46:44,180 --> 01:46:54,920
 And now you look at it in mid-November and, you know, it's, it's almost looks like it takes a Herculean effort, you know, just to complete a seven or

1764
01:46:54,920 --> 01:46:59,200
 eight yard, you know, out or curl pattern, pick up a third, you know, first down.

1765
01:46:59,800 --> 01:47:05,620
 And it's, it's kind of been trending this way, you know, for the last three or four games.

1766
01:47:05,740 --> 01:47:10,560
 And, you know, I think they just ran up against a defensive scheme Saturday.

1767
01:47:10,940 --> 01:47:13,940
 You know, they had dug themselves kind of a big hole there.

1768
01:47:14,020 --> 01:47:15,440
 They were able to come back from that.

1769
01:47:15,520 --> 01:47:25,260
 They gave themselves a chance to win, but you could just kind of tell the vibe and the flow of the game that it was just probably not going to work out.

1770
01:47:25,260 --> 01:47:34,700
 And God help all of our anxiety levels, had it come down to a 30 or 35 yard attempted field goal to get, to get the win.

1771
01:47:34,880 --> 01:47:39,900
 You know, I don't know who would have been more of a nervous wreck in that situation, me or Talti.

1772
01:47:40,920 --> 01:47:49,960
 Talk to us about that, because I think a lot of Florence High fans and folks in the shows there said, do we miss Nealon Hibbert, the snapper who's now on in the pros?

1773
01:47:51,080 --> 01:48:01,360
 Yes, the snap was not adequate, but your thoughts as a player, what happens in a situation like that when on live TV, let's face it, you throw your teammate out of the bus?

1774
01:48:03,000 --> 01:48:11,420
 Yeah, you know, I don't know in today's society and culture if you could have gotten away with this, like it would have gone down, you know, 30 years ago.

1775
01:48:11,420 --> 01:48:17,780
 But in my opinion, he deserved to get power bombed in a trash can in the locker room in private.

1776
01:48:18,480 --> 01:48:22,140
 You know, there was still plenty of time for him to make that kick.

1777
01:48:22,320 --> 01:48:24,380
 It wasn't like it was a 50-yarder.

1778
01:48:25,300 --> 01:48:28,180
 But yeah, I was not a big fan of that.

1779
01:48:28,280 --> 01:48:36,020
 I don't remember, you know, a lot of other, you know, off-kilter snaps throughout the course of the year.

1780
01:48:36,240 --> 01:48:39,580
 So, you know, I was not a fan of that at all.

1781
01:48:39,580 --> 01:48:49,140
 You know, if you're going to do something like that, you do it within the confines of the team environment, and you do it behind the four walls of the locker room, not at midfield or national television.

1782
01:48:49,960 --> 01:48:53,280
 Yeah, and our producer, Blair, made a good point.

1783
01:48:53,420 --> 01:48:59,000
 All of Oklahoma's touchdown drives were short fields after turnovers.

1784
01:48:59,700 --> 01:49:01,880
 William, I mentioned Red Morgan.

1785
01:49:02,060 --> 01:49:03,700
 We talked about him last week.

1786
01:49:03,800 --> 01:49:07,480
 Four tackles, one for a loss, forced a fumble.

1787
01:49:07,680 --> 01:49:12,600
 He gave up three receptions for a grand total of eight yards.

1788
01:49:12,900 --> 01:49:15,320
 Red Morgan is playing pretty well right now.

1789
01:49:16,160 --> 01:49:19,940
 He is, and, you know, I think we've been talking about him for a couple of weeks now.

1790
01:49:19,940 --> 01:49:24,760
 And, you know, there's quite a few guys on that defense.

1791
01:49:25,000 --> 01:49:30,400
 The three inside linebackers, you know, that are playing have done that.

1792
01:49:30,500 --> 01:49:38,840
 And I think, you know, you've got to give credit to the first-year inside linebacker coach, Chuck Morrell, for that development improvement.

1793
01:49:39,100 --> 01:49:44,460
 You know, I think 94, Eldrick Hill is starting to be a little bit more of a consistent disruptor.

1794
01:49:44,860 --> 01:49:55,680
 And so there's, you know, there's a lot of guys that are – and, you know, when you can do that, you know, when you've got that flexibility at multiple positions, it keeps those guys fresh.

1795
01:49:55,900 --> 01:49:59,000
 It helps them play fast and sudden.

1796
01:49:59,280 --> 01:50:10,340
 And so, you know, I thought, you know, compared to some of his last, you know, two or three games, I thought Dominic Jackson played with a bit more physicality Saturday than he has been doing.

1797
01:50:10,340 --> 01:50:27,440
 So, you know, you're seeing that on that side of the football, and it's been a kind of a fascinating, you know, turn of the meter here because now, you know, all the b******* and complaining and, you know, I think it's justified, you know, in certain cases.

1798
01:50:28,200 --> 01:50:41,240
 You know, take Jam Miller, you know, he's not really running well, he's dropping receiving balls out of the backfield, and he's whiffing and pass pro, you know, and that's not what you'd expect out of a guy that's in his fourth year in the program.

1799
01:50:41,580 --> 01:50:50,180
 So, but, you know, I think on the defensive side of the football, there's really nothing more that you can critique them on in a negative way.

1800
01:50:50,180 --> 01:51:11,460
 You know, there's going to be some chunk plays that Kane Womack, you know, gives up, you know, every Saturday, but, you know, at the end of the day, you know, keeping teams from scoring, and when you can limit teams to field goals instead of touchdowns, and I know he didn't do it Saturday, but when you're getting one or two takeaways, you know, every week, it's a hard process for somebody to beat you on.

1801
01:51:11,460 --> 01:51:15,840
 Unless the other side of the ball's giving it away, like Alabama did Saturday.

1802
01:51:16,760 --> 01:51:17,200
 Absolutely.

1803
01:51:17,580 --> 01:51:18,480
 Well, you're right.

1804
01:51:18,880 --> 01:51:24,040
 Two big games to go, and everything is still right in front of them.

1805
01:51:24,140 --> 01:51:25,540
 Happy birthday again yesterday.

1806
01:51:25,760 --> 01:51:27,040
 I know it was yours.

1807
01:51:27,160 --> 01:51:29,160
 Hopefully, you had a good day and relaxed.

1808
01:51:30,040 --> 01:51:33,140
 Always enjoy breaking down the game with you on Monday.

1809
01:51:33,440 --> 01:51:34,240
 Have a great week.

1810
01:51:34,320 --> 01:51:36,480
 Hopefully, we can do this again with you next Monday.

1811
01:51:37,360 --> 01:51:38,940
 Hey, I sure appreciate it, guys.

1812
01:51:39,740 --> 01:51:41,280
 We appreciate you, Redfish.

1813
01:51:41,280 --> 01:51:41,840
 There you have it.

1814
01:51:41,900 --> 01:51:44,760
 Former Alabama standout, William Redfish Park.

1815
01:51:44,940 --> 01:51:49,220
 BB, in case you missed it once again, time for the Iron Bowl now in the house.

1816
01:51:49,500 --> 01:51:50,820
 It's going to be under the light.

1817
01:51:51,160 --> 01:51:53,520
 6.30 for the Iron Bowl, BB.

1818
01:51:54,240 --> 01:51:58,480
 Yeah, first time, Harold, that it's been a night game since 2014.

1819
01:51:59,760 --> 01:52:01,980
 So, it's, that surprised me.

1820
01:52:02,020 --> 01:52:03,420
 I thought it would be 2.30.

1821
01:52:04,520 --> 01:52:05,200
 Stay tuned.

1822
01:52:05,260 --> 01:52:06,480
 That's going to take care of business for now.

1823
01:52:06,580 --> 01:52:09,080
 On behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

1824
01:52:09,180 --> 01:52:11,400
 Harold Boggs, thank you just so much for your time today.

1825
01:52:11,500 --> 01:52:13,660
 Let's do it again tomorrow on Dune, the tube of the Boomwell Bug Show.

1826
01:52:13,780 --> 01:52:15,940
 Back here on Sports Radio, 93.9, the score.