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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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 Daniels quick out left side, trying to make a man miss, they do.

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 Ball, ball, get down and it's a tackle, it's a fumble, and Alabama's got it.

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 Alabama forces the fumble, takes it away.

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 Deontay lost it and the Tigers turns away the Tigers.

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 Oh, mercy.

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 Simpson from the pistol.

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 Did it go hard count again? No, they're going to snap it.

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 Looking, tie, fires, catch, touchdown!

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 Isaiah Horton with the ground and Alabama goes back on top with 3.50 remaining.

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 They got to throw it, Bama's chasing him.

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 He's tripped, fires downfield, catches made.

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 We got it to the ground and hallelujah, it's over.

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 John Zapier with the stop.

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 It's zeroes on the clock and Alabama is headed to Atlanta again and played that song.

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 Final score, Alabama 27, Auburn 20.

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 The tie advances to the SEC championship game for the 16th time in school history.

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 The golden tones of the voice of the Alabama Crimson Tide.

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 Chris Stewart, what a game, what a week, what a month.

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 Brett Beaird, welcome in.

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 The question is, how in the world can we repeat December after a November to always live in legacy?

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 Good afternoon, welcome in, and how are you?

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 Happy Monday and happy December to you and the listeners.

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 It seems like that game was two weeks ago after a historic day in the SEC on Sunday.

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 As five new coaches were hired and one gets fired, Mark Stoobbs at Kentucky.

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 We'll discuss the coaching changes at length throughout the show.

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 Thomas of Aon.com previews the Super 7 beginning Wednesday night.

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 Adam is here right now to recap some of those coaching changes in his final SEC power rankings.

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 I don't know how in the world we're possibly going to top what happened over the weekend.

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 Adam Spencer is going to give it his best shot.

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 He's busy there at Saturday down south.

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 Adam, welcome in.

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 It seems like it's been a month of Sundays ago since Tom Turkey was nervous.

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 A lot has happened, certainly since the last time we all got together, and even since the last time we had Thanksgiving meals together.

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 Adam, where in the world do you start breaking down this Monday after on this first day of December?

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 Yeah, I mean, I think you've got to start with Lane Kiffin, you know.

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 You've got to start with the Nessie of Sticks first.

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 I mean, we saw, you know, working the news desk at Saturday down south.

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 I've just never had a day like that before in my, like, nearly 10 years of covering the SEC.

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 So, you know, what a wild day.

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 It all started with Lane, who tried to dictate the terms of his exit.

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 And Ole Miss said, no, thank you.

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 So, I mean, that's, yeah, I don't know what else we want to say about that.

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 But let's dive in.

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 Let's give it the best shot there anyway, Adam.

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 Obviously, the league basically flipped a third of their head coaches in one day, basically one afternoon.

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 We want to talk about, here's the deal.

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 We're in Alabama, and there's a brand new air on the way to Auburn.

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 But Lane, being Lane, he wanted to steal the show, and he did.

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 The media, the world said, Lane, you're the only show that matters.

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 Your thoughts about that, is this, people say, is it going to work?

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 I said this before, the reason Nick Saban was so successful, he was able to recruit not only the best players, but the best assistants.

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 Lane Kiffin, where are you with Lane going forward?

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 But I don't think Lane, I'm sorry, he's not a hard worker.

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 But how many people are going to sit here and say, Lane, I had one image of you before this, but you basically left your players at the altar?

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 Oh, yeah, he's completely ruined the goodwill that he's built up over the past decade, starting with the Nick Saban coaching rehab clinic, you know.

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 You know, Connor O'Gara, my colleague, he wrote that, you know, praise Ole Miss for handling this the right way and drawing a hard line in the sand.

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 Many people thought Jon Sumrall was going to be the next coach at Auburn, replacing Hugh Freeze.

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 Alex Gullish, in a little bit of a surprise, a lot of people thought he was going to Arkansas on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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 He said, no, I'm going to wait and make a decision on Sunday.

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 But he resurrected the South Florida job, gets a lot of kudos for that, offensive-minded, USF number two ranked nationally in total offense.

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 Yeah, I think that, you know, as far as the guys that were available beyond Lane Kiffin, I mean, I think that that was a pretty solid hire.

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 He's, you know, a modern offensive mind.

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 I think that we saw that Hugh Freeze maybe, you know, has lost his fastball a little bit there since, you know, his offense couldn't figure out to pass the ball to Cam Coleman.

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 So, I mean, you know, hopefully Alex Gullish at least, you know, recognizes the talent that he has at receiver out there for at least one more year if he can get up this day.

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 So, you know, once it was beyond Lane Kiffin, all the other good coaches had re-upped with their current programs.

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 And a guy like Eli Drinkwitz at Missouri, who Florida fans would have probably, you know, staged a protest if Florida had hired him.

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 Needless to say, the world is a changing in Alabama and Auburn country.

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 Gone to the good old days when people snag somebody from the family tree.

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 Say goodbye to those days.

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 It's now strictly business.

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 Speaking of Auburn and Alabama, did you catch that ball game over the weekend, Saturday night, on the planes, Adam?

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 Well, funny enough, I only caught the second half because we had an ice storm up here that knocked my power out.

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 But, yeah, I mean, just, you know, another game for the Tide where, you know, they had a lot on the line.

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 They, you know, they managed to pick up another big win.

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 And in the process, now they're going to play for a title.

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 You know, they're going to play for an SEC title.

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 And, you know, some fans have been saying, you know, maybe it's better to be idle this weekend.

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 If you, I thought Kirby had a great quote about that where he said, you know, if you play scared of injuries, then you're just going to play scared.

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 And I can't wait to see Alabama and Georgia because, you know, that's a historic SEC matchup.

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 And every time that those two teams get together, the fireworks will do.

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 Yeah, it's still special, Adam.

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 I know a lot of people want to get rid of the championship games, and particularly once they expand to 16 teams.

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 It's like Nick Saban said year after year, it's special to win an SEC title.

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 Alabama going for number 31 with Alabama-Georgia 2.0.

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 Adam, we've had so much stuff going on.

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 We nearly left one amount late last night.

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 Kentucky decides to finally put Cat fans out of their misery after Kentucky dropped a 41-0 egg to Louisville over the weekend.

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 Stoops agreed.

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 Instead of 60 days, he agreed to installment payments over.

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 And, quite frankly, if Barnhart would have done this midseason, he may have gotten John Summerall.

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 But Kentucky finally fires Mark Stoops late last night.

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 Like, who do you hire?

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 Like, Penn State fans are freaking out right now because their guy, Bob Chesney, you know,

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 There's never a dull day.

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 Adam, before you jump off, SEC championship game Saturday.

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 Would they possibly move in?

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 Because let's face it, either Alabama or Georgia is going to lose,

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 either Ohio State or Indiana is going to lose with an Alabama win because they move into

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 that coveted first round by in the playoffs, getting one of those top four spots.

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 Adam, your final installation of the power rankings out, Texas Six, who had a very impressive win over A&M.

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 Vanderbilt may have had the most impressive win of the weekend.

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 They just steamrolled Tennessee in the second half, winning 45-24.

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 Oklahoma holds off LSU, Alabama 3, Texas A&M 2, Georgia 1.

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 Great job of the rankings throughout the season.

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 Man, I'm out of breath just trying to keep up with all this stuff.

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 Adam, great stuff.

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 I know your team will be following postseason, the coaching, assist the coach is coming and going.

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 Who's going to Kentucky?

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 Where can we get online, bud, and get all the good stuff?

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 Yeah, get on SaturdayDownSouth.com and sign up to our newsletter, too.

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 It's a busy time of year, and we've got you every week away.

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 Adam, thanks so much for your time.

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 You talk about a spicy job down the road.

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 The LSU beat writer.

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 That ought to be spicy.

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 Thanks so much, and have a great weekend.

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 Thank goodness the power is back on, Adam.

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 Stay warm.

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 Thanks a lot, guys.

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 You, too.

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 You, too, bud.

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 Welcome back in.

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 Really appreciate free ride around the valley.

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 And for Max Howell, taking time out of his busy schedule.

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 He has been on the radio.

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 In fact, he was a pioneer in a thing called Sports Talk in the entire southeast.

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 Been there at places like Florida State and Ole Miss.

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 Max Howell, welcome in.

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 Just another sleepy day in the Magnolia State.

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 Would you agree?

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 How are you?

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 Yeah, it's about 48 degrees over here.

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 The clouds are hanging low and we expect it snow this afternoon.

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 Wow.

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 Is it snowing in Baton Rouge?

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 Or is there a h*** fest in Oxford for Lane Kiffin?

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 It's Baton Rouge just snowing $100 bills.

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 Max, what's the mood of your neighbors over there today?

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 I would imagine state fans are having some fun with Ole Miss fans.

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 And I imagine Ole Miss fans were at the airport.

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 They were telling Lane, if I saw the video right, he was number one with certain fingers when he got on the plane over there to head down to Baton Rouge.

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 I saw that.

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 Yeah, it's funny how that romance can change, Andy.

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 So, Tennessee fans, Alabama fans, Oakland Raiders fans, FIU fans, or Florida Atlantic, the list goes on and on.

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 When you marry Lane, buckle up, right?

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 Well, it is, but you know what?

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 I mean, somebody still thinks a lot of it.

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 That's right.

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 $34 million.

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 Woo, man.

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 So, I mean, you know, I know he had to take a hard look.

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 Plus, you know, he gets to bring his own staff or keep what they want out of that group there.

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 He gets, you know, he gets all credit.

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 Oh, by the way, only answers to the president of the university bypasses the athletic director.

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 And the governor.

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 Well, the governor's just about out of the picture.

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 I think they may change governors.

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 That's what I've heard lately.

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 But, I mean, it's just a, oh, I've just, I just was watching another podcast a moment ago.

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 They started doing some backs today, whoever they are, started doing back-through checks to actually, when the deal was done.

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 They found his son had enrolled at the high school down there, oh, don't go to the 17th.

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 Wow.

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 Shh.

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 Man, talk to us about that.

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 Obviously, it's a business decision.

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 And if somebody's going to weigh that kind of money under your nose, I think most people give it a strong consideration.

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 Put that aside.

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 It's not necessarily the decision.

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 Coaches move.

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 Players move.

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 It's a business.

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 We get it.

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 Certainly, if we ever thought otherwise, this certainly illustrates it.

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 But your thoughts of how you handle all this stuff.

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 Come to the SIP.

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 It's where everybody wants to be.

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 These are 18- and 22-year-olds.

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 It's almost like Dennis Franchione basically saying, I'm getting up in the middle of the night and getting out of here because the pasture's greener over there.

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 From that standpoint, where are you with the story?

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 Well, you know, of course, I was in the business and around it there, you know, for a long time, 40 years.

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 And I understood what goes over.

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 And because there are so many different opinions, I think, you know, the way you handle that has to satisfy yourself.

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 And I understand all about the ego and all that.

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 But you know what?

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 Lee Kiffin, everybody should know because of his track record.

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 He's a different cat.

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 That's right.

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 He has to satisfy himself and his family.

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 And that's the only people now he has to be responsible for.

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 So, you know, regardless of how it's viewed, everybody's, you know, it's like elbows.

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 Everybody's got one or two opinions about that.

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 So, you know, I really don't fault him for it.

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 I just read, I just got a note just a moment ago also that when he got down there, he told them that he knew that Ole Miss was going to make the playoffs and he probably will have a game or two.

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 They agreed to pay his bonus, LSU agreed to pay the bonus for him and him being in Baton Rouge as opposed to coaching the team.

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 I mean, he better get all he can get right now.

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 That's all I'll say.

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 Well, the other side of the coin on that is that the school will let you go, ask you, freeze, march, stoops.

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 I mean, this pendulum swings both ways.

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 Absolutely it does.

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 Like I say, everybody has to make their own opinion about that.

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 I mean, it's a business.

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 You hit it right on the head.

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 It's a major business, major corporate business now.

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 And if you don't look into some of the corporation, rather, could to see how they hit the personnel.

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 Right, right.

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 I'll give you one.

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 I had one job that I was out raising money for the university on a Friday, and I got back.

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 They didn't even leave me a note.

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 They just cleaned my office out, stood out in the hall, and locked the door.

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 Love you, Max.

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 It's nothing personal.

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 It's just business.

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 I'm just telling you.

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 And, by the way, later in my career, I went back and worked at that school.

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 How about that?

402
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 Remarried him.

403
00:26:25,100 --> 00:26:25,380
 Yep.

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 Max, let me ask you about the Auburn situation.

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 I think most Auburn fans and media thought up until about Thursday.

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 It was just a matter of time before John Summerall came to Auburn.

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 He was the leader in the clubhouse for a long time, and then that changed.

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 It looked like he was going to Florida, which eventually happened, and it seemed like D.J. Durkin, if he beat Alabama Saturday night in the Iron Bowl, might get the job.

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 And then, John Cohen, the AD, offers Alex Golich at South Florida the job about 2 o'clock in the morning, Sunday morning.

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 He's an offensive savant, offensive guru.

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 Not as many accomplishments.

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 He has turned South Florida around.

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 There's certainly potential there.

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 He's holding his press conference literally as we speak.

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 Max, your thoughts on you, Auburn football coach.

416
00:27:25,100 --> 00:27:33,180
 Well, you know, the reason that they didn't get Silverall, because they had some stipulations on who they had to keep.

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 Search of the defensive coordinator.

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 And I'm not sure that Silverall wouldn't have taken that, would not have done that, but I think his practice is that he's the head football coach, and he gets a chance to make those decisions without being told.

419
00:27:49,140 --> 00:27:49,300
 Right.

420
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 He literally pulled out of the Auburn deal, I was told, right before they decided to go out.

421
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 Maybe he decided to go to Florida.

422
00:27:57,340 --> 00:28:03,700
 But anyway, I don't know a lot about the guy that took a job at Auburn.

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 I mean, really, I knew he'd been at South Florida.

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00:28:05,940 --> 00:28:09,700
 But the first two years he was there, I didn't go back and look at his record.

425
00:28:10,060 --> 00:28:11,340
 He didn't do very well at first.

426
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 He's only had some success the last couple of years.

427
00:28:14,940 --> 00:28:21,380
 And I would have to think he would almost have to keep the defensive coordinator's situation intact.

428
00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:23,520
 But you know what?

429
00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:24,580
 It doesn't matter.

430
00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:31,040
 Go back and check the track record of Auburn and hired coaches in the last 10 years.

431
00:28:31,580 --> 00:28:33,220
 I mean, they had had a great track record.

432
00:28:33,900 --> 00:28:38,340
 It's because nobody seems to know who makes those final decisions.

433
00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:39,040
 Yeah.

434
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 I mean, if y'all know, y'all could, you know, not win an Emmy Award if y'all put that on the air.

435
00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:51,680
 But the fact is that nobody knows, you know.

436
00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:55,700
 I mean, if it's Jimmy Reed, I mean, he should be involved in it.

437
00:28:55,700 --> 00:28:57,640
 But you rarely ever hear his name mentioned.

438
00:28:58,240 --> 00:28:58,540
 Right.

439
00:28:58,700 --> 00:28:59,920
 I've talked about that before.

440
00:29:00,060 --> 00:29:03,820
 When Bobby Loudon was down there, everybody knew who made the decision.

441
00:29:03,820 --> 00:29:04,060
 Oh, yeah.

442
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 It was him, period.

443
00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:08,360
 So, I don't know.

444
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 I think that, too, is kind of a question.

445
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 What will he do?

446
00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:17,200
 I mean, we got, you know, we got a new coach now coming to Arkansas.

447
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 Who knows?

448
00:29:20,980 --> 00:29:24,820
 I mean, you know, he had Memphis State playing very well.

449
00:29:25,340 --> 00:29:27,040
 But that's a big step up.

450
00:29:27,400 --> 00:29:35,980
 I heard you in the podcast this morning talking about, and I was fortunate enough to have experience at Troy, won a national championship,

451
00:29:36,220 --> 00:29:42,040
 and then also, due to my career, later moved to Florida State, we were number one in the country.

452
00:29:42,660 --> 00:29:48,920
 And if you don't think that's not a tremendous amount of difference, that's why when they hired Napier at Florida,

453
00:29:49,280 --> 00:29:51,220
 in my mind, I'm saying that's never going to work.

454
00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:51,520
 Oops.

455
00:29:51,740 --> 00:29:51,940
 Yeah.

456
00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:56,360
 Because it's a – I can't even explain it, guys.

457
00:29:56,580 --> 00:30:03,320
 It's so much difference in the intensity and the amount of responsibility that you have.

458
00:30:03,900 --> 00:30:11,260
 I mean, more people to answer to and for that 99% of those guys cannot make that transition.

459
00:30:11,700 --> 00:30:12,640
 Yeah, and the other thing –

460
00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:13,280
 That's where they are.

461
00:30:13,740 --> 00:30:14,600
 They just keep doing it.

462
00:30:15,180 --> 00:30:17,420
 The other thing, too, Memphis is a basketball school,

463
00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:21,860
 which means the pressure is not going to be as great there in football as Arkansas.

464
00:30:22,020 --> 00:30:24,040
 Not to say there's not pressure, but relative to.

465
00:30:24,520 --> 00:30:29,380
 Max, what's going to happen at a place you used to call home, Atlanta, Saturday afternoon

466
00:30:29,380 --> 00:30:31,880
 when Alabama and Georgia get together again?

467
00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:36,960
 I bet you Kirby's working on that game plan starting this last week.

468
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:46,840
 I mean, the only thing we've noticed is Alabama, I think what's happening is Ty Simpson is kind of –

469
00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:48,900
 the defense is a kind of catching up with him.

470
00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:49,580
 Yeah.

471
00:30:50,140 --> 00:30:55,120
 To me, as I watch it, I think if you notice he's holding the ball a little longer now,

472
00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:56,840
 he's trying to read the defense.

473
00:30:56,980 --> 00:30:59,880
 And I think what they're doing, they're giving him false keys.

474
00:31:00,300 --> 00:31:02,760
 They're seeing something when he snaps the ball on the line.

475
00:31:02,900 --> 00:31:03,100
 Right.

476
00:31:03,180 --> 00:31:05,500
 And that's not unusual.

477
00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:09,060
 I mean, I can say I go back when we were in Florida State.

478
00:31:09,180 --> 00:31:14,000
 Of course, we had some pretty good players down there, but we'd line up in Nicky Andrews

479
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,160
 and have the defense lined up in his own defense in the secondary.

480
00:31:17,540 --> 00:31:19,380
 In order to snap the ball, we'd go to man to man.

481
00:31:19,860 --> 00:31:23,200
 But we had talented athletes that could do that.

482
00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:27,300
 And you bet Kirby Smart's already picked up on that.

483
00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:29,740
 And I think they're going to bring the house.

484
00:31:29,860 --> 00:31:36,460
 I think they're going to rush seven or eight every chance they get to try to get Simpson off-key

485
00:31:36,460 --> 00:31:37,660
 just to start with.

486
00:31:37,740 --> 00:31:43,180
 This is – I know it's a big game for Alabama, and I truly believe this.

487
00:31:43,300 --> 00:31:46,300
 I was in a conversation earlier today.

488
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:49,540
 But I believe if Alabama loses that game, they won't get to the playoff.

489
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:52,260
 I don't think they're going to take a three-loss team, period.

490
00:31:52,940 --> 00:31:59,360
 I think that's – regardless of where it is, if it's an extra game here that everybody doesn't play,

491
00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:01,860
 but on the record, they'll have three losses.

492
00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:05,260
 And I just think the first year of this 12-year playoff,

493
00:32:05,260 --> 00:32:09,260
 I don't think they'll take a three-loss team to the playoffs,

494
00:32:09,800 --> 00:32:13,020
 even if it is in a championship game for a conference.

495
00:32:13,300 --> 00:32:20,560
 Max, I think that's the concern for Alabama media and the fans.

496
00:32:21,060 --> 00:32:26,840
 I know a lot of people say, well, they're the number one seed, their strength of schedule.

497
00:32:27,300 --> 00:32:30,620
 This selection committee is going to do what it wants you to do,

498
00:32:30,620 --> 00:32:34,680
 and all they look at is losses and the number of wins.

499
00:32:36,020 --> 00:32:39,760
 And Sankey's going to have to do something about that, Max, in the offseason

500
00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,880
 to try to get this thing on track.

501
00:32:43,060 --> 00:32:47,360
 Max, just quickly, Kentucky late last night, they have an opening, too.

502
00:32:49,460 --> 00:32:50,180
 That's right.

503
00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:54,640
 Maybe they need somebody that's not going to be quite so good

504
00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:58,320
 because last I remember, that was a basketball school as well.

505
00:32:58,520 --> 00:32:59,180
 Thank you.

506
00:32:59,900 --> 00:33:00,720
 Of course.

507
00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:03,880
 Of course, there are basketball guys over in Arkansas.

508
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:08,520
 Maybe that's what's rumored with Arkansas, the basketball school.

509
00:33:08,780 --> 00:33:09,380
 I don't know.

510
00:33:09,380 --> 00:33:13,660
 I mean, you know, it was rumored early that they were going to make a change up there

511
00:33:13,660 --> 00:33:15,340
 or he was going to retire one or the other.

512
00:33:15,820 --> 00:33:16,920
 But I guess they waited.

513
00:33:17,180 --> 00:33:19,660
 Everybody else, you know, got the cream of the crop,

514
00:33:19,740 --> 00:33:21,320
 and then they'll go out searching for a coach.

515
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:22,600
 I don't know how they're going to do that.

516
00:33:22,940 --> 00:33:28,920
 But if you look into it, though, Kentucky actually financially is better off than a lot of schools

517
00:33:28,920 --> 00:33:30,860
 who understand or believe.

518
00:33:31,620 --> 00:33:34,400
 I mean, I did a little bit looking over that, too.

519
00:33:34,660 --> 00:33:37,800
 I didn't realize that Sticks is making maybe $5 million a year.

520
00:33:38,760 --> 00:33:44,780
 No more wins than he's gathered over the years in comparison to others in the SEC.

521
00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:47,240
 I was a little surprised at that, to tell you the truth.

522
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:49,060
 But he's tapped into that Kroger money.

523
00:33:49,220 --> 00:33:50,140
 It's where he's coming from.

524
00:33:50,620 --> 00:33:56,640
 So, I guess, you know, as long as they're selling green beans and steaks at the Kroger's,

525
00:33:56,700 --> 00:34:00,060
 they're going to have money to spend on the school up there.

526
00:34:00,540 --> 00:34:03,500
 But the fact is, I don't have a clue.

527
00:34:04,340 --> 00:34:08,220
 They'll find somebody probably at that next level down,

528
00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:13,240
 or maybe a coordinator, you know, that's operated the SEC before,

529
00:34:13,820 --> 00:34:16,860
 that, you know, make it worth its while to change.

530
00:34:17,720 --> 00:34:19,640
 You know, it's a heck of a term, though.

531
00:34:20,340 --> 00:34:24,880
 These dates was high school Saturday day coming up on Wednesday,

532
00:34:25,400 --> 00:34:29,220
 and then on January 2nd, the portal is open.

533
00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:31,560
 They don't have but one portal now.

534
00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:36,280
 That puts a lot of pressure on coaches, you coaches, you know,

535
00:34:36,420 --> 00:34:39,860
 and or teams that make it to the playoff.

536
00:34:40,020 --> 00:34:41,920
 I mean, you've got dual jobs.

537
00:34:42,500 --> 00:34:45,680
 I heard a statement made by Nick Saban earlier.

538
00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:47,820
 You guys probably kept up, too.

539
00:34:48,240 --> 00:34:50,300
 That all that needs to be during the spring, though.

540
00:34:50,720 --> 00:34:50,940
 Yeah.

541
00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:52,140
 So, it takes all the pressure.

542
00:34:52,300 --> 00:34:56,620
 Let the kids get full access of their coach through the season.

543
00:34:57,140 --> 00:34:58,040
 Do all that.

544
00:34:58,660 --> 00:35:01,080
 Really, what they need to do is model it after the NFL.

545
00:35:01,580 --> 00:35:02,860
 If we hit it that way, anyway.

546
00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:06,600
 So, you know, what's another page out of their book?

547
00:35:07,900 --> 00:35:08,340
 Thanks.

548
00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:11,260
 They really need to take a long look at the calendar.

549
00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:15,140
 I agree entirely with everything going on.

550
00:35:15,300 --> 00:35:17,560
 Glad you had a good trip to South Carolina.

551
00:35:17,820 --> 00:35:24,980
 I know we'll be talking about Shane Beamer as we go along and see what his future is going to be, too.

552
00:35:25,620 --> 00:35:26,820
 Banks, have a great week.

553
00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:30,380
 We always enjoy the conversation, the historic day in the SEC.

554
00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:32,800
 Let's do this again next Monday.

555
00:35:33,360 --> 00:35:34,980
 I'll be absolutely happy to do it.

556
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:36,020
 Thank you guys so much.

557
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 Thank you, buddy.

558
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 Thank you so much.

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666
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667
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 Going to be taking it around in time.

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669
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670
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 If they lose Saturday against Georgia, bowing out.

671
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:48,220
 A lot of things are more involved than just that.

672
00:41:48,380 --> 00:41:50,660
 Or do you agree or disagree that it's not that cut and dry?

673
00:41:50,700 --> 00:41:56,820
 Because number one, if Texas Tech beats BYU, the consensus is that is a safety blanket for Alabama.

674
00:41:57,180 --> 00:42:03,720
 But even if BYU wins and Alabama loses, I want to hear the explanation from the committee.

675
00:42:04,060 --> 00:42:05,380
 Yes, there are three losses.

676
00:42:05,580 --> 00:42:06,260
 We get that.

677
00:42:06,680 --> 00:42:07,760
 We go back to last year.

678
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 SMU got in because they lost in the championship game.

679
00:42:10,700 --> 00:42:12,260
 And you say, well, the difference is three losses.

680
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 This is a team that beat the team that beat them earlier.

681
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 And in effect, Alabama is playing Georgia again in the top five.

682
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 They beat them the last time, what, they were four or five.

683
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 This time they're third, at least, coming in.

684
00:42:24,940 --> 00:42:27,260
 And they're basically home games for Georgia.

685
00:42:27,340 --> 00:42:29,200
 Last time was a true home game at Athens.

686
00:42:29,720 --> 00:42:31,180
 And they call it the Georgia Dome.

687
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:32,700
 They don't call it the Alabama Dome.

688
00:42:32,780 --> 00:42:37,940
 This is a pseudo home game that Alabama will have to face this team basically twice on their home turf.

689
00:42:38,740 --> 00:42:45,260
 Harold, I've been to four Alabama-Georgia games in the Mercedes Dome.

690
00:42:45,260 --> 00:42:54,420
 For anybody to say that is a neutral environment is lying through their teeth, Georgia has a 70-30 fan advantage.

691
00:42:54,420 --> 00:42:59,020
 And it's probably 75-25.

692
00:42:59,720 --> 00:43:04,860
 Now, most of our listeners are pretty logical, reasonable people.

693
00:43:05,820 --> 00:43:19,400
 And, again, Greg Sankey talked about this at the meeting in Sandation and handed down a six-page diatribe that went into the strength of schedule for the SEC and how much that mattered.

694
00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:27,060
 And a lot of people thought that was going to be the number one metric that this committee was going to use in deciding that.

695
00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:28,340
 And it's not.

696
00:43:28,720 --> 00:43:37,340
 Basically, what they're looking at is instead of good wins or quality wins, they're looking at bad losses and the number of wins.

697
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:46,980
 And, again, I know Alabama's now got 10, but I'm kind of under the same impression as Max is now.

698
00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:48,380
 You brought up a good point.

699
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:52,120
 BYU and Texas Tech is going to be a key game.

700
00:43:52,620 --> 00:44:03,060
 But, again, if Alabama has three losses, it would not surprise me whatsoever if that keeps Alabama out according to the opinion of this committee.

701
00:44:03,600 --> 00:44:05,760
 And another factor there, and let's not kid ourselves.

702
00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:06,740
 We're all adults here.

703
00:44:07,140 --> 00:44:09,680
 Anyone who's been in the business world knows how this game is played.

704
00:44:10,380 --> 00:44:11,780
 Politics is a big factor.

705
00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:19,620
 You know the knuckleheads down in Austin, Texas is going to be clamoring to the top of their lungs with open checkbook, just wink, wink, nod, nod.

706
00:44:19,640 --> 00:44:20,600
 I'm not saying they are.

707
00:44:20,680 --> 00:44:29,980
 But if there's a window and you've got somebody who's greedy, needy, they're going to give Texas a hard look ahead of Alabama because that's fresh blood, it's fresh money.

708
00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:37,700
 And let's face it, the city of Atlanta did not like Georgia getting in this game, I don't think, because here's why.

709
00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:40,120
 The game day, you won't know that much difference.

710
00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:44,420
 But they want those Texas A&M fans to come in and stay three and four days and spend money.

711
00:44:44,860 --> 00:44:47,280
 Talking about the hotels, the restaurants, et cetera.

712
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:49,440
 That's another topic over there.

713
00:44:49,580 --> 00:44:54,360
 But as far as the politics involved here, it's going to be interesting in that scenario.

714
00:44:54,620 --> 00:44:58,420
 I've seen basically, in effect, I've seen this issue split down the middle.

715
00:44:58,700 --> 00:45:06,820
 Half say Alabama, even with a loss, would get in because, again, one of those losses would be, well, both those losses are going to be to rank teams.

716
00:45:07,580 --> 00:45:13,240
 But the other one would be that they would have lost to the team that they beat earlier on their true home turf.

717
00:45:13,700 --> 00:45:21,800
 Speaking of home, speaking of home, BB, Jon Sumrall used to call North Alabama home, former Tiger out of Grissom High.

718
00:45:23,300 --> 00:45:25,520
 Auburn wanted Jon Sumrall.

719
00:45:25,720 --> 00:45:26,880
 He is at Florida.

720
00:45:27,120 --> 00:45:28,360
 Florida wanted Lane Kiffin.

721
00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:29,360
 He's at LSU.

722
00:45:30,520 --> 00:45:38,760
 John Frawler is always home there in St. Augustine on the radio at CBS Sports 1420 WAOC and 1240 WFOY.

723
00:45:39,160 --> 00:45:41,600
 Online, it's 965sports.com.

724
00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:43,600
 John, welcome in.

725
00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:47,060
 Have you seen our neighbor from North Alabama lately, Jon Sumrall?

726
00:45:47,120 --> 00:45:47,660
 How are you?

727
00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:55,240
 Very quiet, and unlike Baton Rouge these days, BB.

728
00:45:55,940 --> 00:45:57,860
 We'll get John on there in a moment.

729
00:45:57,860 --> 00:46:03,360
 But your thoughts about this, at the end of the day, your thoughts about the Florida hire with Sumrall?

730
00:46:03,920 --> 00:46:10,080
 Well, so many people thought that Kiffin was going to Florida.

731
00:46:10,280 --> 00:46:29,120
 That's the one that Florida wanted more than anything else, and he and Scott Strickland, the athletic director of Florida, in their initial negotiations, they were not on the same page.

732
00:46:29,180 --> 00:46:39,900
 For example, as far as a general manager, Scott Strickland wanted a general manager with an NFL background who wouldn't report directly to Kiffin,

733
00:46:39,900 --> 00:46:47,580
 and Kiffin wanted one, and, Harold, from the start, it just, the basic framework, the relationship just didn't work.

734
00:46:47,960 --> 00:46:51,060
 Well, I think what Sumrall said was, here's the understanding we have.

735
00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:57,620
 We weren't a fly on the wall, but the situation, the consensus was, and everyone we've talked with, Auburn wanted Sumrall bad.

736
00:46:58,460 --> 00:46:59,840
 He's an Alabama native.

737
00:47:00,040 --> 00:47:04,180
 Apparently, his family are Auburn fans, but Sumrall is a sharp cookie.

738
00:47:04,500 --> 00:47:09,460
 He went to a great high school over there, so he's a pretty sharp knife in the drawer, and he saw, basically,

739
00:47:09,520 --> 00:47:15,220
 when he read, if you will, the syllabus that said, here's what we want from you, and I think, from my understanding is,

740
00:47:15,260 --> 00:47:20,240
 they wanted to basically control some of the hiring decisions on his staff, and I think he said,

741
00:47:20,320 --> 00:47:22,720
 if I'm going to be the head coach, I'm going to be the head coach.

742
00:47:22,780 --> 00:47:28,680
 I'm not going to sit here and be looking over my shoulders, because, guys, isn't that exactly why you're in this situation now?

743
00:47:28,760 --> 00:47:31,820
 You've been hiring people who would take the easy way out.

744
00:47:31,900 --> 00:47:33,500
 You flash big money in their eyes.

745
00:47:33,900 --> 00:47:37,760
 You tell them that they're going to be coming to an SEC school, and a lot of these guys, they agreed to that,

746
00:47:38,140 --> 00:47:42,000
 and then when they got into the room, all of a sudden, they found out they weren't driving the bus,

747
00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:47,380
 but they were held accountable to where the bus went, and I think he said, no, I need total control.

748
00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:53,280
 A smart person is going to obviously look at the money, but money aside, you've got to look at the whole package.

749
00:47:53,500 --> 00:47:55,220
 What have I got to do to earn this money?

750
00:47:55,340 --> 00:47:56,380
 Am I comfortable with it?

751
00:47:56,420 --> 00:47:57,660
 Does this shoe fit my foot?

752
00:47:58,140 --> 00:48:01,940
 If not, then I can go somewhere else, get comfortable money, and be more comfortable,

753
00:48:01,980 --> 00:48:04,600
 and that just seems to be what Summerall thought at the end of the day.

754
00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:10,400
 I think in this case, his heart, from what we understand, he had a strong affinity for Auburn,

755
00:48:10,720 --> 00:48:14,380
 but I think in this case, he let his head roll.

756
00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:17,200
 Maybe John Frawler, he's closer to the episode than we are,

757
00:48:17,580 --> 00:48:20,080
 and maybe John knows the answer to that question better than us.

758
00:48:20,080 --> 00:48:25,920
 Again, John, there at CBS Sports Radio 1420 down in St. Augustine, WAOC, 1240 WFL,

759
00:48:25,920 --> 00:48:29,160
 down there online at 965sports.com.

760
00:48:29,220 --> 00:48:30,020
 John, welcome in.

761
00:48:30,060 --> 00:48:30,560
 How are you?

762
00:48:31,680 --> 00:48:33,020
 Harold doing well.

763
00:48:33,300 --> 00:48:34,980
 Brett, I hope everybody's good.

764
00:48:35,140 --> 00:48:42,920
 I think that the Florida opportunity was one that I don't think John Summerall expected.

765
00:48:43,220 --> 00:48:48,420
 The way the chain of events happened, guys, it was a whirlwind the past 24 hours,

766
00:48:48,820 --> 00:48:52,040
 and I think it was one he couldn't turn down, to be honest.

767
00:48:52,160 --> 00:48:55,560
 Nothing against Auburn, and I know he's from North Alabama,

768
00:48:55,560 --> 00:49:00,900
 and you guys are more familiar with him, actually, than we are over here until later this afternoon,

769
00:49:00,900 --> 00:49:05,680
 but the stuff we're hearing sounds good, the fiery attitude,

770
00:49:06,200 --> 00:49:12,080
 but I think that had a big factor in it, that this was just thrown at him so quickly

771
00:49:12,080 --> 00:49:16,320
 that he had to make one of those quick decisions,

772
00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:19,680
 and I think the Florida opportunity, in his mind anyway,

773
00:49:20,680 --> 00:49:25,220
 was a little better than the Auburn opportunity, whether you like it or not,

774
00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:27,900
 obviously, because he elected to go that direction,

775
00:49:27,900 --> 00:49:31,920
 and the press conference will be, in about an hour and a half,

776
00:49:31,960 --> 00:49:37,420
 it'll be interesting how he presents himself with everything that's happened over here,

777
00:49:37,460 --> 00:49:39,740
 which has nothing to do with Coach Summerall,

778
00:49:39,880 --> 00:49:43,860
 but it's just been a whirlwind with the Lane Kiffin sweepstakes,

779
00:49:43,860 --> 00:49:49,600
 and then John Summerall coming into the picture, quite honestly, last Friday.

780
00:49:50,160 --> 00:49:55,320
 Before that, I think Florida was still laser-focused on getting Lane Kiffin,

781
00:49:55,380 --> 00:49:58,600
 and I know the fan base, that's where their attention was,

782
00:49:58,680 --> 00:50:01,360
 and then this did a 180 on Friday morning.

783
00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:11,280
 John told me he had a great article on CBS Sports about what happened in the two weeks

784
00:50:11,280 --> 00:50:16,480
 with Lane Kiffin leading up to this, and Scott Strickland,

785
00:50:16,640 --> 00:50:22,200
 and I know Florida fans have issues with him too, the athletic director with Florida.

786
00:50:22,460 --> 00:50:27,860
 He and Kiffin, in the initial conversation, were not on the same page.

787
00:50:27,860 --> 00:50:34,480
 They disagreed with what the role that a general manager would have on the team,

788
00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:37,400
 and it just never seemed to come together.

789
00:50:37,660 --> 00:50:42,080
 John, why is Lane Kiffin not the head coach at Florida today?

790
00:50:43,240 --> 00:50:46,340
 Well, I think you just touched on a good piece of it, Brett.

791
00:50:46,780 --> 00:50:50,140
 I think that, honestly, from what we've been hearing,

792
00:50:50,860 --> 00:50:55,600
 I don't think Scott Strickland ever really wanted to have Lane Kiffin be the head coach.

793
00:50:55,600 --> 00:50:58,580
 I think the boosters forced him in that direction.

794
00:50:59,320 --> 00:51:05,980
 And whether it's for better or for worse, Lane Kiffin's at LSU and not in Gainesville,

795
00:51:05,980 --> 00:51:08,540
 which a lot of folks are upset about right now.

796
00:51:09,060 --> 00:51:13,900
 And honestly, I understand that because nothing against Coach Sumrall,

797
00:51:14,040 --> 00:51:15,920
 but in my mind, guys, this is a gamble.

798
00:51:16,420 --> 00:51:18,380
 It's another group of five coach.

799
00:51:19,280 --> 00:51:22,820
 Florida has not had success hiring a group of five coaches.

800
00:51:22,820 --> 00:51:27,980
 Again, that doesn't mean Coach Sumrall won't be a smashing success.

801
00:51:28,700 --> 00:51:31,340
 But I understand where the folks are coming from.

802
00:51:31,440 --> 00:51:36,800
 And as far as Scott Strickland, honestly, I think he should have been fired a couple of years ago,

803
00:51:36,980 --> 00:51:42,740
 just my opinion, not just for this, but because you look at his hires at Florida.

804
00:51:43,260 --> 00:51:48,540
 First of all, getting to hire a third football coach as an athletic director at the University of Florida,

805
00:51:49,420 --> 00:51:51,620
 boy, somebody upstairs is blessing him.

806
00:51:52,140 --> 00:51:54,400
 And I know they have given him an extension, too.

807
00:51:54,500 --> 00:52:00,380
 But to me, that's almost unthinkable that an athletic director could survive that.

808
00:52:00,740 --> 00:52:07,940
 So, he did get Todd Golden a national title, which I think has had a lot to do with why he's still there on the basketball side.

809
00:52:08,300 --> 00:52:16,800
 But I just think that's the main reason Lane Kiffin's not there, that Coach Kiffin wanted probably full control.

810
00:52:17,000 --> 00:52:21,080
 Now, the stories out there are Jon Sumrall wanted that, too.

811
00:52:21,220 --> 00:52:28,920
 I don't know what's true and what's not true, but I just honestly think Scott Strickland did not want Lane Kiffin from the get-go.

812
00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:38,540
 That's just my opinion, and I think that he's probably very happy it's Jon Sumrall this afternoon instead of Lane Kiffin at the press conference.

813
00:52:38,780 --> 00:52:48,840
 Well, there's a reason, according to the insiders, that Greg Byrne didn't go all out for Kiffin when he had an opportunity following Nick Saban.

814
00:52:49,240 --> 00:52:54,240
 They know that, yes, he has a plus side, but he also has baggage, and are you willing to deal with that?

815
00:52:54,640 --> 00:52:55,980
 That depends on your circumstances.

816
00:52:56,160 --> 00:53:01,220
 Your thoughts, John, about, it's mentioned, this is Monday, National Signing Day is Wednesday.

817
00:53:01,420 --> 00:53:03,320
 These kids now have an opportunity to leave.

818
00:53:03,920 --> 00:53:06,400
 Where is, how is this going to impact Florida?

819
00:53:06,660 --> 00:53:12,120
 I'm sure LSU will get a bump with Lane even here in the 11th hour like Nick did back in the day with Alabama.

820
00:53:12,260 --> 00:53:14,900
 But where is this, how is this going to affect Florida going forward?

821
00:53:16,100 --> 00:53:25,860
 Well, that was my concern when this went down over the weekend, guys, because remarkably to this point, Florida hadn't lost a lot of commitments yet.

822
00:53:26,060 --> 00:53:32,620
 And I think a big part of that was the anticipation it was going to be Lane Kiffin coming to Florida.

823
00:53:32,880 --> 00:53:33,200
 Right.

824
00:53:33,280 --> 00:53:39,100
 Since this really has been a two-month whirlwind from the time Coach Napier was fired on October 18th.

825
00:53:39,100 --> 00:53:49,980
 But that being said, I think Coach Sumrall is going to have to hit the ground running with those commitments and guys like Jaden Baugh,

826
00:53:50,220 --> 00:53:56,840
 who had a career day on Saturday against FSU and had over 1,000 yards rushing, the guys that are on this current roster.

827
00:53:57,060 --> 00:54:07,340
 Because I think this product can be a winner starting next year with what we've got here with the right coach and the right acquisitions,

828
00:54:07,440 --> 00:54:14,280
 meaning being able to retain the key players and then the commitments, most of them, because you're not going to retain them all.

829
00:54:14,380 --> 00:54:15,740
 You know how this works, guys.

830
00:54:16,040 --> 00:54:21,020
 When you have a coaching change, some kids are just going to move to another situation.

831
00:54:21,020 --> 00:54:22,080
 That's the way it is.

832
00:54:22,220 --> 00:54:31,040
 But how many of these can Coach Sumrall retain and how much can he pick up in the short time he's got, you know,

833
00:54:31,060 --> 00:54:34,320
 since he's just got the job as of yesterday?

834
00:54:34,660 --> 00:54:36,860
 So that's going to be a big key.

835
00:54:37,100 --> 00:54:42,840
 And I think the press conference today, you know, they say winning the press conference is important.

836
00:54:42,940 --> 00:54:47,040
 I think this is going to be a big one for him, to be quite honest with you, in an hour and a half.

837
00:54:48,960 --> 00:54:54,140
 John, in just a couple of minutes, I've heard a couple of names that might be coming with him.

838
00:54:55,000 --> 00:54:57,580
 Offensive coordinator Cade Bale at Pittsburgh.

839
00:54:57,800 --> 00:55:03,740
 Well, that's Curran Bale's son, former quarterback Buster Faulkner at Georgia Tech.

840
00:55:04,080 --> 00:55:08,080
 He may bring a Joe Craddick, who's the Tulane offensive coordinator.

841
00:55:08,640 --> 00:55:10,900
 It's very early this is all coming together.

842
00:55:11,360 --> 00:55:13,520
 What are some names you've heard for the staff?

843
00:55:15,140 --> 00:55:19,020
 Well, Cade Bale, I've heard, which I would love if he got him.

844
00:55:19,120 --> 00:55:20,640
 He's 33 years old.

845
00:55:21,500 --> 00:55:25,360
 Most of us over here know Kerwin Bale was his dad, a former Florida quarterback.

846
00:55:25,580 --> 00:55:27,060
 That's not the reason I want him, though.

847
00:55:27,100 --> 00:55:29,100
 The reason I would like to see him added.

848
00:55:29,900 --> 00:55:34,140
 I like what I saw from Pittsburgh the few times I saw him this year on offense.

849
00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:39,460
 And I think if Coach Napier had gotten somebody like that, he'd probably still be the coach here.

850
00:55:39,540 --> 00:55:40,980
 But that's neither here nor there.

851
00:55:42,040 --> 00:55:44,220
 Clint Trickett's been a name I've heard.

852
00:55:45,860 --> 00:55:49,960
 And to me, that's the biggest hire, guys.

853
00:55:50,380 --> 00:55:56,620
 Getting back to what has Coach Summerall got to do to retain talent and maybe win over the fan base, which you didn't have.

854
00:55:56,620 --> 00:55:58,380
 But the offensive coordinator.

855
00:55:59,120 --> 00:56:07,000
 Because that was the biggest sticking point for the last four years with Coach Napier was he was insistent on he's calling the plays.

856
00:56:07,160 --> 00:56:09,900
 Obviously, Coach Summerall's a defensive guy.

857
00:56:10,020 --> 00:56:11,280
 He's not going to call the plays.

858
00:56:11,380 --> 00:56:12,020
 We know that.

859
00:56:12,120 --> 00:56:17,760
 But that's going to be the biggest, biggest hire is getting somebody in here.

860
00:56:17,940 --> 00:56:21,560
 And I do like, I read, too, that he wants an explosive offense.

861
00:56:21,780 --> 00:56:22,420
 That's mandatory.

862
00:56:23,100 --> 00:56:25,100
 For the University of Florida, I agree.

863
00:56:25,240 --> 00:56:25,880
 That's mandatory.

864
00:56:26,440 --> 00:56:28,880
 That's not a negotiable fact.

865
00:56:29,640 --> 00:56:30,540
 That's got to happen.

866
00:56:30,540 --> 00:56:37,940
 So that's going to be his biggest hire to me because he's going to, I know he'll have a defensive coordinator, but it's going to be his defense.

867
00:56:38,360 --> 00:56:39,480
 We know that.

868
00:56:39,540 --> 00:56:44,380
 The offensive coordinator is going to be, staff-wise, the biggest hire he makes.

869
00:56:45,180 --> 00:56:49,440
 Yeah, after Steve Spurrier or Urban Meyer, it better be an explosive offense.

870
00:56:50,220 --> 00:56:52,660
 Listen, we appreciate you coming on for a few minutes.

871
00:56:53,280 --> 00:56:57,340
 It's going to be a wild, been a wild 24, 48 hours.

872
00:56:58,260 --> 00:57:01,440
 John, we'll pick up again with this very soon with you.

873
00:57:01,440 --> 00:57:05,940
 Where can we get online and listen to what should be an exciting show this afternoon?

874
00:57:06,860 --> 00:57:16,380
 You can follow me online at 1420news.com and on x slash Twitter at JF underscore sports now.

875
00:57:16,700 --> 00:57:19,240
 And my apologies for running late, guys.

876
00:57:19,240 --> 00:57:23,400
 I did a special teams gaffe like Coach Napier, unfortunately, there.

877
00:57:23,460 --> 00:57:26,040
 But I appreciate, as always, being on with you guys.

878
00:57:26,140 --> 00:57:26,720
 Thank you.

879
00:57:27,120 --> 00:57:27,920
 Yeah, you're welcome.

880
00:57:28,020 --> 00:57:31,520
 That's what happens when you're talking to Jimmy Sexton and have to put him on hold and talk with us.

881
00:57:31,580 --> 00:57:32,080
 There you have it.

882
00:57:32,080 --> 00:57:35,520
 That's the one, the only gun for 965sport.com.

883
00:57:36,020 --> 00:57:37,100
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884
00:57:37,140 --> 00:57:41,680
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885
00:57:41,780 --> 00:57:44,580
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886
00:57:44,700 --> 00:57:47,060
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887
00:57:47,560 --> 00:57:50,980
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888
00:57:51,060 --> 00:57:52,880
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889
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890
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891
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892
00:58:11,180 --> 00:58:12,960
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893
00:58:13,420 --> 00:58:15,220
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894
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895
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899
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939
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 Welcome back to Fansville's Cheers and Tears.

940
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 Okay, so like everybody deals with losing, right?

941
01:00:19,680 --> 01:00:21,540
 To a rival on a last-second field goal.

942
01:00:21,820 --> 01:00:22,060
 Whatever.

943
01:00:22,220 --> 01:00:22,460
 It's fine.

944
01:00:22,500 --> 01:00:23,100
 I'm totally fine.

945
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 But I cope with losing with an ice-cold Dr. Pepper.

946
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 Mmm, those 23 flavors are like so delicious.

947
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 They totally wash away the pain of your college football team taking a big fat L.

948
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949
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 US Congressman Mike Rogers says that he will be launching a bipartisan investigation into the U.S. military operations that have been conducted against narco-terrorist boats in the Caribbean Sea.

966
01:01:23,180 --> 01:01:36,920
 The move from Rogers comes after a recent Washington Post article claimed that Secretary of War Pete Hegseth had issued a kill-everybody order to the military performing these strikes, which resulted in the narco-terrorist boat receiving a second strike.

967
01:01:37,120 --> 01:01:42,260
 Hegseth says this is fake news designed to be derogatory and inflammatory towards the U.S. military.

968
01:01:42,640 --> 01:01:50,500
 Rogers has expressed support for taking out these drug-smuggling boats, but not necessarily ordering second strikes in order to kill any who survived the first.

969
01:01:50,760 --> 01:02:01,780
 Rogers is the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and he has issued a joint statement with ranking committee member Adam Smith that there will be a full accounting of the operation that took place in the Caribbean this past September.

970
01:02:02,200 --> 01:02:04,620
 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this.

971
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978
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 A Tuscaloosa man is behind bars awaiting a bond hearing after an argument with his wife turned violent.

979
01:02:39,840 --> 01:02:46,540
 The incident occurred last Tuesday with Joseph Mullins being taken into police custody for the shooting and severe injuring of his wife.

980
01:02:46,820 --> 01:02:49,580
 Investigators say a child witnessed the shooting at the family's home.

981
01:02:50,140 --> 01:02:54,600
 Two men are dead in Midland City in what appears to be a murder-suicide of a father and son.

982
01:02:54,600 --> 01:02:59,000
 The victims are identified as 62-year-old Gary Letcher and 39-year-old Dustin Letcher.

983
01:02:59,500 --> 01:03:00,380
 I'm Andrea Tyson.

984
01:03:00,820 --> 01:03:05,080
 For more news affecting Alabamians, go to 1819news.com.

985
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986
01:03:11,420 --> 01:03:13,080
 Scott Graham here from Westwood One.

987
01:03:13,400 --> 01:03:19,460
 Don't miss any of our exclusive NFL action all season long until a new champion is crowned at Super Bowl 60.

988
01:03:19,940 --> 01:03:22,060
 Of course, each week begins with Thursday Night Football.

989
01:03:22,660 --> 01:03:26,160
 I'll get it started with a preview and a look ahead at the big weekend games.

990
01:03:26,500 --> 01:03:29,180
 Then it's to the stadium for the play-by-play of all the action.

991
01:03:29,620 --> 01:03:32,200
 Join us all season long on Thursday Night Football.

992
01:03:32,200 --> 01:03:45,120
 Ryan Ranke here from Sunday Night Football on Westwood One.

993
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 Join Mike Golick and me every Sunday for a marquee primetime NFL matchup.

994
01:03:50,280 --> 01:03:52,920
 Scott Graham gets things started with a pregame show from the studio

995
01:03:52,920 --> 01:03:56,320
 with exclusive player interviews and the latest league news.

996
01:03:56,660 --> 01:04:00,820
 Then from the stadium, Mike and I bring you the exclusive play-by-play call of the action.

997
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 Join us every week for Sunday Night Football.

998
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 93.9, the score of weather.

999
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 For today, a 70% chance of afternoon showers, high around 45.

1000
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 Tonight, a 100% chance of showers, low near 30.

1001
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 Tomorrow, cloudy, then becoming sunny, high around 40.

1002
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 Tomorrow night, mainly clear skies, low near 25.

1003
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 Some overnight patchy freezing fog possible.

1004
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 And for your Wednesday, sunny skies, high around 50.

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 Your weather from 93.9, the score.

1006
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 Now, get ready to roll.

1007
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 Shoals, Decatur, Athens, and all of northwest Alabama and southern Tennessee.

1008
01:04:46,240 --> 01:04:49,560
 It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM sports voice.

1009
01:04:49,560 --> 01:04:54,880
 The Boomo Bugg show.

1010
01:04:54,880 --> 01:05:00,660
 Your exclusive inside track to the Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC.

1011
01:05:01,480 --> 01:05:06,880
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg, on 93.9, the score.

1012
01:05:07,600 --> 01:05:08,280
 Welcome back here.

1013
01:05:08,340 --> 01:05:09,520
 Now we're here to the Boomo Bugg show.

1014
01:05:09,600 --> 01:05:11,100
 I'm Harold Bugg, alongside Brett Beaird.

1015
01:05:11,180 --> 01:05:14,500
 Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

1016
01:05:14,640 --> 01:05:24,320
 And with that, on this busy, busy, did I mention busy Monday, we go to the man who's probably busy looking at some big state dates this week.

1017
01:05:24,320 --> 01:05:27,020
 Ben Thomas, got it all covered there at AL.com.

1018
01:05:27,060 --> 01:05:28,680
 BT, welcome in.

1019
01:05:28,760 --> 01:05:29,980
 How was your Thanksgiving?

1020
01:05:30,860 --> 01:05:31,820
 Oh, it was great.

1021
01:05:31,960 --> 01:05:32,560
 It was great.

1022
01:05:32,640 --> 01:05:36,520
 And then busy weekend, obviously, with all this news.

1023
01:05:36,700 --> 01:05:38,980
 But I hope you guys had a good Thanksgiving as well.

1024
01:05:39,600 --> 01:05:40,180
 Thank you, Ben.

1025
01:05:40,220 --> 01:05:40,580
 We did.

1026
01:05:40,680 --> 01:05:43,220
 Listen, man, we've been doing this thing a long time.

1027
01:05:43,320 --> 01:05:51,960
 Have you ever, before we get into the obvious year, setting the stage for some big dates in the state this week, have you ever seen a weekend like this in the college rinks?

1028
01:05:52,860 --> 01:05:53,940
 I don't think so.

1029
01:05:54,040 --> 01:05:59,200
 You know, I think we're in a bad place, largely because of the calendar.

1030
01:05:59,560 --> 01:06:01,840
 You know, I mean, that's what's worth in all this stuff.

1031
01:06:02,000 --> 01:06:04,320
 I mean, obviously, Lane Kiffin is Lane Kiffin.

1032
01:06:04,320 --> 01:06:07,720
 And, you know, take from that what you may.

1033
01:06:07,840 --> 01:06:18,420
 But the fact that we have an early signing day, you know, in two days, and the transfer portal, I mean, it used to be that you could wait until January if you were going to hire a football coach.

1034
01:06:18,720 --> 01:06:19,960
 Now you can't do that.

1035
01:06:20,060 --> 01:06:23,200
 That's why you're seeing all these, you know, coaches being hired.

1036
01:06:23,280 --> 01:06:32,600
 And it's just crazy to me that, you know, a coach would leave a team that's in the playoff, what, three wins from a national championship before that happens.

1037
01:06:32,600 --> 01:06:33,940
 And I agree with Ole Miss.

1038
01:06:34,020 --> 01:06:34,660
 You can't let him.

1039
01:06:34,780 --> 01:06:37,820
 I mean, he can't be your coach if he's going to your rival.

1040
01:06:38,460 --> 01:06:38,720
 Yeah.

1041
01:06:38,720 --> 01:06:39,040
 Your rival.

1042
01:06:39,380 --> 01:06:44,200
 I mean, I'm not saying he would do anything nefarious or anything like that, but it's just not a good look.

1043
01:06:44,940 --> 01:06:45,180
 Yeah.

1044
01:06:45,260 --> 01:06:47,240
 So I don't think that ever was a possibility.

1045
01:06:47,580 --> 01:06:48,800
 But we'll see.

1046
01:06:48,860 --> 01:06:50,300
 It's an interesting decision by Lane.

1047
01:06:50,360 --> 01:06:54,480
 And then everything else, you know, just kind of fell into place, I guess.

1048
01:06:54,560 --> 01:06:58,220
 It seemed like everybody's waiting on that domino to fall, and then everything else happened.

1049
01:06:58,400 --> 01:06:59,960
 So it's an interesting hire for sure.

1050
01:06:59,960 --> 01:07:07,600
 But even though I was busy last week and I'm going to be busy this week, I was kind of glad that I wasn't on the college beat yesterday.

1051
01:07:08,460 --> 01:07:17,160
 It's kind of like being married and your wife comes home and says, honey, I kind of love you, but I met Joe, and I want to go to the Smokies for the Christmas holidays.

1052
01:07:17,480 --> 01:07:20,280
 But when I come back, I want to spend Christmas with you and the kids.

1053
01:07:20,440 --> 01:07:22,460
 And I want to see how many people go, no problem.

1054
01:07:22,620 --> 01:07:23,540
 Go, sissy, go.

1055
01:07:24,000 --> 01:07:25,300
 But your thoughts I mentioned.

1056
01:07:26,660 --> 01:07:31,560
 Yeah, or I'd like to stay with you until Christmas for the kids.

1057
01:07:31,640 --> 01:07:31,960
 Yeah.

1058
01:07:32,060 --> 01:07:33,180
 I'm probably going to leave you.

1059
01:07:33,280 --> 01:07:36,740
 Yeah, well, I want your presents because, you know, I may need them down the road.

1060
01:07:38,600 --> 01:07:39,280
 For sure.

1061
01:07:39,480 --> 01:07:45,460
 Let me ask you, we've got National Sign Day coming up on Wednesday, and let's bring it kind of back close to home.

1062
01:07:45,640 --> 01:07:48,880
 How, if any shape, form, or fashion will this impact Auburn?

1063
01:07:50,200 --> 01:07:51,700
 I think there's a chance.

1064
01:07:51,880 --> 01:07:53,580
 I mean, maybe positively.

1065
01:07:53,860 --> 01:07:56,300
 I watched the teleconference.

1066
01:07:56,380 --> 01:07:57,920
 I didn't know much, to be honest with you.

1067
01:07:58,040 --> 01:08:02,160
 I don't, you know, I knew who Alex Gilesh was, but to me that kind of came out of the blue.

1068
01:08:02,300 --> 01:08:07,900
 I didn't know, you know, much about him other than, you know, obviously he had some upsets early in the year,

1069
01:08:07,900 --> 01:08:14,400
 but I was impressed with what I heard from him in the press conference, and we'll see if they can hang on.

1070
01:08:14,500 --> 01:08:20,180
 I mean, I think they've got a chance, and they had some guys up there this weekend that I think they got a chance to flip.

1071
01:08:20,280 --> 01:08:26,820
 One of them being Deshaun Spencer, the Sierra Land wide receiver, kind of the latest incarnation of Ryan Williams.

1072
01:08:27,600 --> 01:08:30,880
 Very good receiver who, you know, kind of wasn't on the radar.

1073
01:08:30,880 --> 01:08:34,100
 He was down to Duke in Maryland this summer and committed to Duke.

1074
01:08:35,120 --> 01:08:41,340
 I think Auburn's got a chance to maybe flip him, and if they can keep this class and add some other guys,

1075
01:08:41,400 --> 01:08:45,900
 I think they'll get some of these, you know, the already South Florida's had a couple of decommitments

1076
01:08:45,900 --> 01:08:51,620
 since Gilesh announced he was leaving, so we'll see if any of those guys can come through.

1077
01:08:51,720 --> 01:08:56,480
 But he'll have to, man, can you imagine, I mean, that guy and all these coaches that are just getting hired,

1078
01:08:56,560 --> 01:08:57,760
 I mean, you know they're not sleeping.

1079
01:08:57,760 --> 01:09:05,060
 They sleep an hour a night for the next couple of nights anyway, so I think it'll be a positive thing.

1080
01:09:05,400 --> 01:09:09,440
 Auburn could lose, obviously, a couple of their high-star guys,

1081
01:09:09,540 --> 01:09:11,540
 but I think in the long term it'll be good.

1082
01:09:12,140 --> 01:09:16,400
 B.T., I looked at the schedule earlier today.

1083
01:09:16,720 --> 01:09:25,320
 Mars Hill's closest win was the season opener against Madison Academy, 4A, 51-27 by 24,

1084
01:09:25,900 --> 01:09:28,740
 and 5A Scottsboro, 41-14.

1085
01:09:29,640 --> 01:09:36,400
 They beat a good Piedmont team, 46-13, and ran for over 400 yards again.

1086
01:09:37,060 --> 01:09:40,960
 Jackson Penn and Hudson Higgins carrying the load.

1087
01:09:41,700 --> 01:09:45,560
 They're going to be facing Thursday, 11 a.m. Bayside Academy.

1088
01:09:46,680 --> 01:09:52,340
 This is the team that I thought could win a second consecutive state championship.

1089
01:09:53,020 --> 01:09:57,200
 B.T., your thoughts on Mars Hill, and what do you know about Bayside Academy?

1090
01:09:58,040 --> 01:10:03,340
 Well, Brett, you probably got a chalkboard with those scores above your TV set at home, I would guess.

1091
01:10:05,000 --> 01:10:08,700
 Yeah, first of all, I got a message from Coach Higgins actually late last night.

1092
01:10:08,960 --> 01:10:12,640
 He's up doing some work, too, about his two running backs.

1093
01:10:12,640 --> 01:10:14,720
 I mean, both of them have school records.

1094
01:10:14,960 --> 01:10:17,640
 Hudson Higgins rushed for 1,986 yards.

1095
01:10:18,400 --> 01:10:20,700
 That's a school record and 28 touchdowns.

1096
01:10:20,760 --> 01:10:24,640
 Jackson Penn, 1,782 yards and 35 touchdowns.

1097
01:10:24,640 --> 01:10:25,820
 That's incredible.

1098
01:10:26,080 --> 01:10:28,400
 And like you said, they hadn't really been tested.

1099
01:10:29,300 --> 01:10:30,820
 This Bayside team is a good team.

1100
01:10:31,040 --> 01:10:34,320
 They won, what is it, 13 in a row now, I guess.

1101
01:10:34,460 --> 01:10:40,060
 Their only loss came to St. Michael in the first game of the year, and they've been on a roll.

1102
01:10:40,120 --> 01:10:41,700
 They haven't had a lot of close games either.

1103
01:10:41,920 --> 01:10:50,780
 They beat T.R. Miller 23-14 at T.R. Miller in a game they really controlled, but T.R. kind of stayed in it late.

1104
01:10:51,100 --> 01:10:57,880
 But in the playoffs, you know, not much competition, 46-7, 47-7, 30-13.

1105
01:10:58,800 --> 01:11:06,240
 And then last week, you know, they got that high-power Southside Selma offense with the eighth-grade quarterback, Cole Moody, who's been throwing it all over the place.

1106
01:11:06,540 --> 01:11:12,860
 And they beat them 51-20, and I think two of those touchdowns came late in the game.

1107
01:11:13,160 --> 01:11:14,860
 So it's a good team.

1108
01:11:15,300 --> 01:11:19,860
 Barrett Trotter, by the way, if you don't know, he's the head coach, the former Auburn quarterback.

1109
01:11:20,920 --> 01:11:23,080
 Briarwood Christian Starr has done a great job.

1110
01:11:23,160 --> 01:11:27,420
 This is his third year they are taking over for Phil Lazenby, and he's really done a good job.

1111
01:11:28,340 --> 01:11:32,440
 It's going to be an interesting matchup, because Bayside's very good defensively.

1112
01:11:32,540 --> 01:11:34,340
 They've got two really good linebackers.

1113
01:11:35,300 --> 01:11:36,900
 Monroe Parton is one of them.

1114
01:11:36,960 --> 01:11:38,820
 He's right now committed to Wake Forest.

1115
01:11:39,440 --> 01:11:43,360
 He also plays some on the offensive side, and Billy Neal is the other one.

1116
01:11:43,360 --> 01:11:46,700
 So, you know, can they slow down that Mars Hill offense?

1117
01:11:47,400 --> 01:11:50,440
 And Bayside's been, you know, scored a good bit, too.

1118
01:11:50,560 --> 01:11:54,160
 They scored, you know, 565 points.

1119
01:11:54,300 --> 01:11:57,540
 So I just don't know if anybody can slow down this Mars Hill offense.

1120
01:11:57,860 --> 01:12:01,600
 You know, Piedmont was undefeated, and they've got some good guys.

1121
01:12:01,600 --> 01:12:02,000
 That's right.

1122
01:12:02,640 --> 01:12:04,980
 And it wasn't much of a game last week.

1123
01:12:05,280 --> 01:12:07,440
 So I'm afraid.

1124
01:12:07,760 --> 01:12:11,180
 And if I look at the, you know, I was telling somebody earlier today, if you look at the

1125
01:12:11,180 --> 01:12:15,600
 matchups we have, there really are no Cinderella teams in this Super 7.

1126
01:12:15,880 --> 01:12:18,200
 And I'm talking about the boys' finals especially.

1127
01:12:19,320 --> 01:12:20,820
 They're all, everybody was ranked.

1128
01:12:20,940 --> 01:12:23,060
 I think Opelika is the lowest-ranked team.

1129
01:12:23,520 --> 01:12:26,180
 They were ranked number 10 in the last 7-8 ball.

1130
01:12:26,180 --> 01:12:32,320
 Everybody else, I think, is five or above in a couple of one-versus-two matchups that I'm

1131
01:12:32,320 --> 01:12:33,020
 excited about.

1132
01:12:33,220 --> 01:12:37,720
 So, you know, a couple of these games will probably get away and be a little lock-sided.

1133
01:12:37,840 --> 01:12:38,720
 That always happens.

1134
01:12:38,880 --> 01:12:45,160
 But on the paper, I think we have a chance to have maybe as competitive a Super 7 overall

1135
01:12:45,160 --> 01:12:46,200
 as we've had in a while.

1136
01:12:46,960 --> 01:12:48,500
 Ben Thomas, AL.com.

1137
01:12:48,560 --> 01:12:53,100
 I would imagine a lot of Alabama fans are going to watch that 11 o'clock showdown Friday morning

1138
01:12:53,100 --> 01:12:54,500
 when Jackson plays Aniston.

1139
01:12:55,320 --> 01:12:59,040
 And Mr. Crowell taking on unbeaten Aniston at 14-0.

1140
01:12:59,140 --> 01:13:00,460
 What happens there, Ben?

1141
01:13:01,680 --> 01:13:03,120
 Well, it's hard to go against Jackson.

1142
01:13:03,740 --> 01:13:07,360
 I mean, speaking of Jackson, Rico Jackson is the coach at Aniston.

1143
01:13:07,660 --> 01:13:08,620
 He's done a great job.

1144
01:13:08,900 --> 01:13:14,100
 What an exciting game they had coming back to beat Plainview in the final seconds the other

1145
01:13:14,100 --> 01:13:14,460
 night.

1146
01:13:14,980 --> 01:13:16,220
 They're very athletic.

1147
01:13:17,120 --> 01:13:19,480
 But Jackson's just, you know, they've got so many guys.

1148
01:13:19,580 --> 01:13:20,680
 It's not just Crowell.

1149
01:13:21,440 --> 01:13:25,060
 You know, you've got to load up to stop him because, you know, one guy is never going to

1150
01:13:25,060 --> 01:13:25,820
 bring him down.

1151
01:13:26,000 --> 01:13:30,740
 And then you load up to stop him and the quarterback, Landon Duckworth, who's a South Carolina commit,

1152
01:13:30,880 --> 01:13:33,580
 just runs around the other end for a touchdown.

1153
01:13:34,120 --> 01:13:36,320
 I saw them the other night against St. Michael.

1154
01:13:36,400 --> 01:13:37,860
 They really weren't flawless.

1155
01:13:38,060 --> 01:13:40,940
 They fumbled three times and still won by 21 points.

1156
01:13:42,240 --> 01:13:43,280
 They've got some studs.

1157
01:13:43,320 --> 01:13:45,900
 All these studs that won it for them last year are back.

1158
01:13:45,900 --> 01:13:49,500
 The big receiver, Keon Chapman, was out most of the year.

1159
01:13:50,000 --> 01:13:51,060
 But he's now back.

1160
01:13:51,380 --> 01:13:54,800
 So I think it's just going to be hard to stop Jackson if they're on their game.

1161
01:13:54,940 --> 01:14:01,160
 Now, unfortunately, I think the weather forecast is calling for some rain, a good deal around

1162
01:14:01,160 --> 01:14:03,420
 Thursday and a lot of rain on Friday, maybe.

1163
01:14:03,580 --> 01:14:07,040
 Hopefully that'll change the deeper into the week we get.

1164
01:14:07,140 --> 01:14:08,780
 But that could affect the game.

1165
01:14:09,740 --> 01:14:15,160
 BT, I said several times during the course of the season, I thought most of Shoals was the

1166
01:14:15,160 --> 01:14:16,720
 best team in North Alabama.

1167
01:14:17,320 --> 01:14:23,360
 And they advanced to the semifinals with a rematch game with Klay Chalkwell.

1168
01:14:23,360 --> 01:14:29,540
 They beat Klay Chalkwell last year, but they were about to go up 17-7.

1169
01:14:29,660 --> 01:14:34,980
 It looked like a peak six was about to put them ahead by 10, but it didn't happen.

1170
01:14:35,100 --> 01:14:41,060
 And then Aaron Fry, very talented quarterback for Klay Chalkwell, more or less took over.

1171
01:14:41,580 --> 01:14:46,160
 Great season for most of the Shoals, but they fall 32-13.

1172
01:14:46,320 --> 01:14:48,660
 Woods ran for 114 yards.

1173
01:14:49,180 --> 01:14:53,860
 Clements had a good game, but Klay Chalkwell is just a very good team.

1174
01:14:53,940 --> 01:14:56,560
 And that should be quite a 6A matchup with Sarah Lamb.

1175
01:14:57,480 --> 01:14:59,560
 Yeah, I mean, Muscle Shoals did have a great year.

1176
01:15:00,380 --> 01:15:05,600
 I mean, just, you know, their playoff road after Mae Jemison, who wasn't great, but then

1177
01:15:05,600 --> 01:15:10,220
 to beat Parker, the reigning champ, go to Mountain Brook, who was in the final just a couple of

1178
01:15:10,220 --> 01:15:12,320
 years ago, and then have to beat Klay Chalkwell.

1179
01:15:12,900 --> 01:15:15,380
 That's probably as tough a road as anybody faced.

1180
01:15:15,880 --> 01:15:20,200
 And then Klay Chalkwell has been number one in 6A all year.

1181
01:15:20,200 --> 01:15:25,460
 They've been number one in our Power 25, which is out today, I think, since they beat

1182
01:15:25,460 --> 01:15:28,240
 Thompson, probably when they moved to number one.

1183
01:15:28,860 --> 01:15:31,080
 So it's really, that's going to be a really interesting game.

1184
01:15:31,140 --> 01:15:32,480
 They move on to face Sarah Lamb.

1185
01:15:32,580 --> 01:15:35,360
 That's a one versus two matchup Friday night.

1186
01:15:35,520 --> 01:15:37,920
 Sarah Lamb in their fourth straight title game.

1187
01:15:38,440 --> 01:15:42,920
 They've won one and lost two, including two years ago to Klay Chalkwell when KJ Lacey

1188
01:15:42,920 --> 01:15:46,820
 got stopped on the one yard line on the game's final play.

1189
01:15:46,820 --> 01:15:51,120
 So I think you'll really see some talent on both sides in that game.

1190
01:15:51,360 --> 01:15:55,940
 I mentioned Deshaun Spencer for the wide receiver from Sarah Lamb.

1191
01:15:56,040 --> 01:15:59,400
 Also, Jamison Roberts has really been even better than KJ Lacey was.

1192
01:15:59,480 --> 01:16:03,100
 He's added a running dimension that Sarah Lamb hasn't had before.

1193
01:16:03,340 --> 01:16:09,940
 So I always say that 6A title game is almost always the best game of Super 7, and it looks

1194
01:16:09,940 --> 01:16:12,300
 like, the matchup looks like it might be that way again.

1195
01:16:12,860 --> 01:16:14,620
 I think you're exactly right.

1196
01:16:14,720 --> 01:16:16,220
 In fact, everything gets started.

1197
01:16:16,340 --> 01:16:22,020
 I know you've got the flag football game, and then Thompson, Opelika, class 7A on Wednesday

1198
01:16:22,020 --> 01:16:23,660
 night at 7 o'clock.

1199
01:16:23,740 --> 01:16:29,160
 And again, the Morris Hill Bayside Academy game is Thursday morning, starting at 11.

1200
01:16:29,240 --> 01:16:34,660
 I believe Alabama Public TV is going to be broadcasting the Super 7 again.

1201
01:16:34,660 --> 01:16:41,440
 When are you and Thomas Ashworth coming out as far as your preview for the Super 7 in-depth

1202
01:16:41,440 --> 01:16:43,140
 for all the teams?

1203
01:16:43,420 --> 01:16:46,260
 And what else have you got on the agenda for the week?

1204
01:16:46,940 --> 01:16:48,380
 Yeah, we've got a lot going on.

1205
01:16:48,480 --> 01:16:53,000
 We're actually headed up there tomorrow to get ready for everything.

1206
01:16:53,640 --> 01:17:02,080
 We've actually already had two parts of our Super 7 moments, memorable moments from the last

1207
01:17:02,080 --> 01:17:03,200
 25 years.

1208
01:17:03,860 --> 01:17:05,160
 I had the first part yesterday.

1209
01:17:05,280 --> 01:17:08,340
 The second part is online today, number 16 through 25.

1210
01:17:09,340 --> 01:17:11,800
 And then we'll have the top five tomorrow.

1211
01:17:12,460 --> 01:17:14,500
 We had the Power 25 is out already.

1212
01:17:14,860 --> 01:17:16,360
 Brett, you can check that out.

1213
01:17:16,980 --> 01:17:19,200
 And then Tuesday, we've got a big day.

1214
01:17:19,340 --> 01:17:24,320
 We've got, you know, what recruits you want to watch in the Super 7, previews of the flag

1215
01:17:24,320 --> 01:17:28,780
 football championship, and really a breakdown of the class 7A game where we talk to other

1216
01:17:28,780 --> 01:17:33,200
 coaches about that and a bunch of other stuff that you don't want me to go on and on about.

1217
01:17:33,360 --> 01:17:36,080
 But the picks come out on Wednesday if that's what you're looking for.

1218
01:17:37,240 --> 01:17:39,620
 And of course, we'll have signing day coverage as well.

1219
01:17:39,800 --> 01:17:43,280
 So anyway, just go to AL.com and you can find all that stuff.

1220
01:17:44,080 --> 01:17:46,140
 Ben, you need to call Popeye and get some spinach.

1221
01:17:46,140 --> 01:17:47,240
 I can tell right now.

1222
01:17:50,000 --> 01:17:50,660
 Busy time.

1223
01:17:50,780 --> 01:17:51,600
 Stay safe out there.

1224
01:17:51,700 --> 01:17:52,740
 Safe travels to and from.

1225
01:17:52,820 --> 01:17:54,260
 And thanks so much for your time today.

1226
01:17:54,840 --> 01:17:55,140
 All right.

1227
01:17:55,180 --> 01:17:55,660
 Thanks, guys.

1228
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 Y'all have a good week.

1229
01:17:56,840 --> 01:17:57,400
 You too, bud.

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1295
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 Here are postgame thoughts from Kalem DeBoer after Saturday's Iron Bowl victory at Auburn.

1296
01:21:39,580 --> 01:21:45,860
 Couldn't be more proud of these guys, first of all, for this game and just how resilient they were within the game.

1297
01:21:46,020 --> 01:21:54,620
 Obviously, we jumped on pretty quick early, but they had some explosive plays, and I feel that's the one thing that's disappointing.

1298
01:21:54,760 --> 01:22:01,340
 We gave us some explosives, and we didn't have the explosives, but the takeaways and taking care of the football ourself was huge.

1299
01:22:02,140 --> 01:22:09,260
 But just the fight and the belief, you know, I think there's some teams that hope they can find a way.

1300
01:22:09,360 --> 01:22:15,900
 I think our guys really understand that they get in these spots, they're going to make it happen, and nothing's going to be given to you.

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 You've got to earn it.

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 These guys have done that since day one.

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 Welcome back in.

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01:23:22,400 --> 01:23:27,960
 It is a pleasure for us to welcome the man who I would assume had a very interesting weekend.

1321
01:23:28,160 --> 01:23:34,140
 The V-Man, Vince Roller, 99.1, the sports animal in Knoxville, Tennessee on the Ball Radio Network.

1322
01:23:34,260 --> 01:23:35,440
 V-Man, welcome in.

1323
01:23:35,480 --> 01:23:37,580
 Did you survive okay the weekend?

1324
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 How are you?

1325
01:23:39,200 --> 01:23:40,240
 I did.

1326
01:23:40,620 --> 01:23:43,200
 The scale was not friendly.

1327
01:23:43,520 --> 01:23:48,060
 Neither was the second half of Neyland Stadium.

1328
01:23:48,780 --> 01:23:55,640
 And, yeah, a few too many leftovers over the weekend and all that fun stuff.

1329
01:23:55,860 --> 01:23:57,920
 So, yeah, I got some making up to do.

1330
01:23:58,160 --> 01:24:01,140
 At least I could do something about that on the back end.

1331
01:24:01,360 --> 01:24:04,100
 Tennessee can't increase what happened in that second half.

1332
01:24:04,840 --> 01:24:19,540
 Which is rare, a skinny waistline or Tennessee fans who are happy with the coaching right now after that, not only loss, three touchdowns, two yards rival on your home field does not sit well, does it V-Man?

1333
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 No, I mean, there's former players that we talked to and heard from all last week.

1334
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 And, obviously, fans feel that way, too.

1335
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 It's not just the fans.

1336
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 It's the former players.

1337
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 The feeling is you never lose to Vanderbilt.

1338
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 You should never.

1339
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 I don't care what the record is.

1340
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 And I think Kentucky falls in that category.

1341
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 There's no excuse for it.

1342
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 And the history tells you that Tennessee usually does not.

1343
01:24:48,900 --> 01:24:53,740
 So, spike up, you know, best year in history.

1344
01:24:54,300 --> 01:24:55,820
 Doesn't matter to them.

1345
01:24:56,120 --> 01:24:57,760
 That's just unacceptable to them.

1346
01:24:57,920 --> 01:25:07,000
 And then for it to play out that way and have one of the worst halves of football under Josh Heupel.

1347
01:25:07,520 --> 01:25:12,700
 There are a couple brutal ones, but this one was right up there.

1348
01:25:13,840 --> 01:25:18,280
 They, when Tennessee went up 21-14, it was 7-51 left to go in the second quarter.

1349
01:25:18,760 --> 01:25:20,980
 They're outscored 31-3 after that.

1350
01:25:21,540 --> 01:25:21,800
 Wow.

1351
01:25:21,860 --> 01:25:26,480
 And 11 explosive run plays for Vanderbilt.

1352
01:25:26,660 --> 01:25:27,300
 11.

1353
01:25:29,140 --> 01:25:31,780
 Just Diego Pavia running wild.

1354
01:25:32,820 --> 01:25:36,840
 You know, they did a good job against him last year, but we kind of talked about it last week.

1355
01:25:37,340 --> 01:25:38,020
 He's better.

1356
01:25:38,620 --> 01:25:39,880
 That team is better.

1357
01:25:40,700 --> 01:25:42,720
 And his plays were just back-breaking.

1358
01:25:42,720 --> 01:25:53,820
 And what makes it, what makes it, makes fans more furious, you know, at Heupel and the coaching staff is, they were thoroughly outcoached in that game.

1359
01:25:54,500 --> 01:26:03,480
 I could not see very often where they had a spy on Diego Pavia.

1360
01:26:03,980 --> 01:26:06,600
 And I don't understand how you do that.

1361
01:26:07,140 --> 01:26:10,140
 And so what they would do, they're very undisciplined defensively.

1362
01:26:10,300 --> 01:26:14,240
 So, one, they didn't have a spy oftentimes.

1363
01:26:14,480 --> 01:26:16,700
 And if they did, guys were just doing their own thing.

1364
01:26:17,180 --> 01:26:29,580
 And then when they would blitz, they would blitz, and this team always on the defensive line, linebackers, they're very aggressive in heading vertical up the field.

1365
01:26:30,060 --> 01:26:38,200
 So, their linebackers would choose a gap and then just shoot up just all 100% towards Pavia.

1366
01:26:38,580 --> 01:26:40,580
 And then he'd just step aside.

1367
01:26:40,960 --> 01:26:42,240
 They'd zoom past him.

1368
01:26:42,540 --> 01:26:44,480
 And then the middle of the field was wide open.

1369
01:26:44,480 --> 01:26:50,160
 It happened against Mateer at Oklahoma, and it happened countless times in this game.

1370
01:26:50,700 --> 01:26:51,620
 They just weren't disciplined.

1371
01:26:52,120 --> 01:27:03,080
 You know, in Alabama and Nick Saban and even Kirby Smart, when they played quarterbacks that are dual threats like that, they'll give up a couple of yards.

1372
01:27:03,280 --> 01:27:09,520
 But they will break down and make sure you stay in front of them, and then you don't get past them.

1373
01:27:09,980 --> 01:27:13,780
 And then when you get there, you arrive with violence.

1374
01:27:13,780 --> 01:27:17,380
 You don't have to just run past him every time.

1375
01:27:17,560 --> 01:27:19,340
 So, I didn't understand the game plan.

1376
01:27:19,580 --> 01:27:20,980
 I didn't understand their execution.

1377
01:27:21,760 --> 01:27:25,880
 And then they were clearly demoralized once Vanderbilt took the lead.

1378
01:27:26,060 --> 01:27:30,320
 And then Vanderbilt shortened the game with these long drives in the second half.

1379
01:27:30,660 --> 01:27:36,780
 And then Tennessee put pressure on itself because they knew they had limited opportunities, led to more mistakes,

1380
01:27:36,780 --> 01:27:45,660
 and not being able to execute and just brilliantly done by Vanderbilt to see the weaknesses of Tennessee and pounce on them.

1381
01:27:46,380 --> 01:27:50,940
 Steve, first of all, Vanderbilt is a legitimate top-10 team.

1382
01:27:51,440 --> 01:27:52,700
 They're ranked 12th.

1383
01:27:52,760 --> 01:27:56,160
 They're 10-2, 6-2 in the SEC.

1384
01:27:56,660 --> 01:28:02,700
 Columbia should be invited to New York as a Heisman finalist.

1385
01:28:03,380 --> 01:28:04,700
 And I get the angst.

1386
01:28:04,740 --> 01:28:07,960
 I listened to all this stuff last year when Alabama lost to Bandy.

1387
01:28:09,540 --> 01:28:12,100
 And Tennessee has lost.

1388
01:28:12,660 --> 01:28:15,680
 I know they're frustrated and angry over the season.

1389
01:28:15,880 --> 01:28:20,080
 They thought it was going to be a top-five, top-seven, getting the playoff year.

1390
01:28:20,560 --> 01:28:26,060
 They've lost to four teams in the top-12, three teams in the top-10.

1391
01:28:26,660 --> 01:28:29,700
 I know that doesn't make anybody feel better.

1392
01:28:30,380 --> 01:28:37,260
 They lost their two corners, V, who would have been two of the best in the SEC.

1393
01:28:37,600 --> 01:28:41,100
 They've been riddled with injuries, and particularly defensively.

1394
01:28:41,940 --> 01:28:47,440
 Look, I get it that the three of us have been in the SEC following it for decades.

1395
01:28:48,200 --> 01:28:52,280
 But maybe in a few weeks, they'll step back and look at the big picture

1396
01:28:52,280 --> 01:28:55,240
 and realize they've lost to four top-12 teams.

1397
01:28:55,960 --> 01:29:01,000
 Yeah, I mean, I think some optimistic fans, glass-half-full fans,

1398
01:29:01,520 --> 01:29:03,820
 ones that still believe in Josh Heupel,

1399
01:29:03,920 --> 01:29:07,080
 and by no means the majority of the fan base not believe in him.

1400
01:29:07,440 --> 01:29:11,480
 But I think some optimistic fans will look at it that way.

1401
01:29:12,160 --> 01:29:18,240
 But Tennessee had only lost four games at home in Josh Heupel's first four years.

1402
01:29:18,700 --> 01:29:21,060
 They lost three times at home this year,

1403
01:29:21,780 --> 01:29:25,220
 including a couple of games by one score in that Georgia game

1404
01:29:25,220 --> 01:29:28,800
 where there was countless opportunities to where they could win that game

1405
01:29:28,800 --> 01:29:31,480
 without even coming down to a missed field goal.

1406
01:29:32,540 --> 01:29:33,620
 So there was a lot.

1407
01:29:33,720 --> 01:29:36,120
 And then they played some of their lesser competition,

1408
01:29:36,280 --> 01:29:37,380
 and they barely beat them.

1409
01:29:37,780 --> 01:29:41,200
 Here's some numbers to flip what you said, and you're not wrong,

1410
01:29:41,320 --> 01:29:42,820
 but here's some numbers to flip what you said.

1411
01:29:43,060 --> 01:29:44,300
 Tennessee 4-4 in the SEC.

1412
01:29:44,680 --> 01:29:50,480
 The four teams they beat in the SEC combined league record of 5-27.

1413
01:29:51,140 --> 01:29:51,660
 Wow.

1414
01:29:52,300 --> 01:29:55,820
 Combined total record, 16-32.

1415
01:29:56,600 --> 01:29:56,800
 Wow.

1416
01:29:56,800 --> 01:30:02,180
 I didn't count how many of those have new coaches today or about to have new coaches.

1417
01:30:02,180 --> 01:30:05,300
 And then Syracuse was 3-9 this year.

1418
01:30:06,600 --> 01:30:10,680
 And then their two group of five opponents were both 4-8.

1419
01:30:11,060 --> 01:30:16,200
 And the only team with a winning record that they beat was ETSU out of the FCS.

1420
01:30:17,000 --> 01:30:21,600
 So you have to beat somebody in your schedule.

1421
01:30:21,740 --> 01:30:23,240
 You can't just lose your best teams.

1422
01:30:23,240 --> 01:30:25,620
 And then to do it the way they did it

1423
01:30:25,620 --> 01:30:30,080
 and have so many things they can point to as unacceptable,

1424
01:30:31,660 --> 01:30:35,800
 that's where 8-4, maybe some people thought they'd go 8-4,

1425
01:30:36,200 --> 01:30:40,760
 but this was really an ugly 8-4 in how it went down

1426
01:30:40,760 --> 01:30:46,100
 because you were left wanting more through every game except for the Florida game.

1427
01:30:46,220 --> 01:30:47,720
 And even some people nitpick that,

1428
01:30:48,020 --> 01:30:50,660
 and then you followed it up with that against Vanderbilt

1429
01:30:50,660 --> 01:30:53,820
 where you never want to lose to Vanderbilt.

1430
01:30:53,820 --> 01:30:59,700
 So I think that's why fans won't just take the positive side of it overall.

1431
01:31:00,440 --> 01:31:02,340
 V, let me ask you quickly,

1432
01:31:03,200 --> 01:31:08,120
 any substance to the rumors of Josh Heupel being, quote,

1433
01:31:08,180 --> 01:31:09,840
 a candidate at Penn State?

1434
01:31:10,780 --> 01:31:13,680
 You know, that would surprise me, honestly.

1435
01:31:14,600 --> 01:31:17,320
 I don't have any insight on that.

1436
01:31:17,660 --> 01:31:19,360
 That would really surprise me.

1437
01:31:19,640 --> 01:31:20,960
 The one thing that I would look at,

1438
01:31:20,960 --> 01:31:23,780
 I think there's definitely going to be staff changes

1439
01:31:23,780 --> 01:31:26,720
 and probably on defense.

1440
01:31:27,200 --> 01:31:27,920
 I don't know.

1441
01:31:28,660 --> 01:31:30,560
 I think some of that could be,

1442
01:31:31,040 --> 01:31:34,720
 hey, you know, Tim Banks, we need to do this differently, this differently.

1443
01:31:35,100 --> 01:31:36,560
 We need to change this position.

1444
01:31:37,440 --> 01:31:39,360
 We need to make these changes.

1445
01:31:39,760 --> 01:31:42,940
 They need to recruit better on defense, especially in the secondary.

1446
01:31:43,320 --> 01:31:47,300
 They're not getting elite enough players that are ready to go in the secondary.

1447
01:31:48,400 --> 01:31:53,780
 And even at linebacker, whereas the line they recruited pretty well.

1448
01:31:55,200 --> 01:32:02,440
 But if Auburn does, if Alex Golesh doesn't retain D.J. Durkin,

1449
01:32:03,060 --> 01:32:05,260
 I just kind of wonder, I don't know this,

1450
01:32:05,380 --> 01:32:09,840
 I wonder if he would look to his former staff mate in Tim Banks,

1451
01:32:09,920 --> 01:32:13,540
 if Tim Banks is looking for a fresh start or to beat the posse.

1452
01:32:13,720 --> 01:32:15,520
 I don't know that that's the case.

1453
01:32:16,040 --> 01:32:19,260
 But these kind of relationships is where guys match up.

1454
01:32:19,400 --> 01:32:21,500
 And I think there's going to be some changes somewhere.

1455
01:32:22,080 --> 01:32:26,180
 So I would be more looking at that versus Hypo.

1456
01:32:26,180 --> 01:32:29,560
 Well, I would be surprised if Hypo was to make a move.

1457
01:32:29,840 --> 01:32:31,380
 Yeah, yeah, I would agree.

1458
01:32:31,540 --> 01:32:35,900
 But, again, the rumor mill flows this time of the year.

1459
01:32:36,020 --> 01:32:38,380
 Where can we get online to get all the good stuff?

1460
01:32:39,160 --> 01:32:43,900
 Yeah, at Vince Sports on social media, Twitter slash X and Instagram

1461
01:32:43,900 --> 01:32:47,000
 and Facebook, all that kind of fun stuff.

1462
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 And then the TV work, SportsSource, digital network on YouTube.

1463
01:32:52,460 --> 01:32:54,440
 You can find some more work there.

1464
01:32:55,040 --> 01:32:57,880
 What a way to finish November and kick off December.

1465
01:32:58,020 --> 01:32:59,020
 V-Man, thanks so much.

1466
01:32:59,120 --> 01:33:00,740
 Survive, and let's do it again soon, okay?

1467
01:33:01,100 --> 01:33:02,360
 All right, always a pleasure.

1468
01:33:02,520 --> 01:33:03,000
 Always enjoy it.

1469
01:33:03,000 --> 01:33:03,380
 Thank you, brother.

1470
01:33:03,560 --> 01:33:03,700
 Thank you, guys.

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1565
01:38:03,660 --> 01:38:04,320
 Welcome back in.

1566
01:38:04,360 --> 01:38:08,640
 Baby, I was out this morning and overheard a conversation amongst Alabama fans,

1567
01:38:08,660 --> 01:38:13,220
 and they are convinced that this team this year is in cahoots with cardiologists.

1568
01:38:13,480 --> 01:38:16,560
 They think that this team is good for their business.

1569
01:38:16,560 --> 01:38:17,160
 Would you agree?

1570
01:38:17,840 --> 01:38:26,200
 Well, I think it's kind of the M.O. of Kellen DeBoer in his national championship season with Washington.

1571
01:38:26,680 --> 01:38:26,940
 Yeah.

1572
01:38:27,060 --> 01:38:30,280
 I believe they had eight or nine one-score games.

1573
01:38:30,860 --> 01:38:32,220
 Well, that's fans.

1574
01:38:32,340 --> 01:38:35,140
 What happens if you're a fan slash former Alabama player?

1575
01:38:35,220 --> 01:38:37,260
 Nobody knows that better than William Redfish.

1576
01:38:37,360 --> 01:38:42,580
 Barger, been there and done that on the offensive line, wearing the crimson now clothes to BAM's radio.

1577
01:38:42,840 --> 01:38:44,560
 William, welcome in.

1578
01:38:44,660 --> 01:38:46,040
 How are you, and how was your weekend?

1579
01:38:47,000 --> 01:38:47,840
 It was good.

1580
01:38:47,920 --> 01:38:50,560
 It wasn't long enough, but, you know, they never are.

1581
01:38:52,080 --> 01:38:53,380
 Let me ask you this, William.

1582
01:38:53,380 --> 01:38:55,680
 You've seen a lot of football, played a lot of football.

1583
01:38:56,220 --> 01:38:59,060
 What went through your mind on fourth and two?

1584
01:38:59,360 --> 01:39:04,780
 Is it safe to say this coach, he knows how to have some brass calls?

1585
01:39:07,540 --> 01:39:07,940
 Yeah.

1586
01:39:08,200 --> 01:39:12,440
 You know, look, I never have any problem, you know, going for the jugular.

1587
01:39:12,440 --> 01:39:21,980
 I wish this 2025 ball club would take on the cojones, so to speak, of their head coach

1588
01:39:21,980 --> 01:39:26,000
 and, you know, learn to put people out of their misery when they've got that opportunity.

1589
01:39:26,500 --> 01:39:26,780
 Right.

1590
01:39:27,180 --> 01:39:31,520
 And, you know, just to play off of what y'all were talking about when we were coming on,

1591
01:39:32,100 --> 01:39:38,580
 the average margin of victory in a head-to-head SEC matchup for 2025 is only 10 points this year.

1592
01:39:38,700 --> 01:39:38,920
 Yeah.

1593
01:39:42,420 --> 01:39:43,060
 Absolutely.

1594
01:39:43,520 --> 01:39:50,580
 William, I know Malcolm Simmons, some Alabama fans thought, well, they forgot to cover him

1595
01:39:50,580 --> 01:39:55,100
 Saturday night, but I will give credit for the secondary.

1596
01:39:55,720 --> 01:40:00,700
 I thought Zabian Brown did a marvelous job trying to cover Kim Coleman.

1597
01:40:01,200 --> 01:40:04,080
 Coleman had five catches for 43 yards.

1598
01:40:04,260 --> 01:40:09,680
 Keon Saab had five tackles, led the team with two pass breakups, and, of course,

1599
01:40:10,240 --> 01:40:14,040
 Bray Hubbard had two of the most important plays in the game.

1600
01:40:14,820 --> 01:40:20,400
 Your thoughts, again, I know Auburn came back, made it a tight game, scared everybody he had to death.

1601
01:40:20,860 --> 01:40:22,840
 Your thoughts on the defensive performance?

1602
01:40:23,840 --> 01:40:28,940
 Well, you know, I agreed with, you know, what Kane Womack was trying to do.

1603
01:40:28,940 --> 01:40:38,980
 You know, some people were frustrated that, you know, we seem to be just giving, you know, Auburn three and four yards a pop on the QB keepers and the QB scramblers.

1604
01:40:38,980 --> 01:40:47,780
 But he was, you know, he was playing some, you know, zone coverage on the back end, trying to eliminate, you know, big plays to those all-in-wide receivers.

1605
01:40:48,380 --> 01:40:59,420
 And, you know, for those that missed out on it, if you have, you know, some time, you know, go back and watch the replay and just focus in on Zabian Brown.

1606
01:40:59,420 --> 01:41:10,120
 He put on a master class in how to play coverage corner and enjoy him next year because it'll be the last time you get to see him play.

1607
01:41:10,280 --> 01:41:20,360
 But, you know, I think when you factor in games like Saturday night and the fact that he's already got two Daniel Moore prints on his trophy case,

1608
01:41:20,460 --> 01:41:24,960
 I mean, he's easily the best corner that's been in Tuscaloosa since Patrick Sertan Jr.

1609
01:41:26,100 --> 01:41:27,300
 William Redfish Barger.

1610
01:41:27,360 --> 01:41:29,000
 William, talk to us about this team.

1611
01:41:29,220 --> 01:41:32,280
 You were gracious enough to come on after the Florida State game.

1612
01:41:32,380 --> 01:41:33,700
 We know where the mood was then.

1613
01:41:33,700 --> 01:41:39,820
 Who would have thought here as we get to pull the curtain on the regular season that Matt Norvell will be where he is

1614
01:41:39,820 --> 01:41:44,420
 and Ken and DeBoer will be where he is and with this Alabama team is where they are.

1615
01:41:45,160 --> 01:41:51,580
 Your thoughts just about the season and now getting ready to wear the road out again to Atlanta to face.

1616
01:41:52,260 --> 01:41:55,300
 I'm sure Kirby says, oh my, here we go again.

1617
01:41:56,540 --> 01:42:01,720
 Well, you know, everything I'm fixing to say is positive, but there's going to be a but at the end of it.

1618
01:42:01,820 --> 01:42:02,240
 All right.

1619
01:42:02,740 --> 01:42:11,780
 You know, I think you just have to, as an Alabama fan, you just have to appreciate, you know, how this season has turned out.

1620
01:42:12,860 --> 01:42:18,080
 You know, they took down all the big rivals in the regular season.

1621
01:42:18,960 --> 01:42:25,720
 And, you know, despite giving Oklahoma that game, you know, they still had an opportunity to win it.

1622
01:42:25,720 --> 01:42:35,560
 And I think that's kind of the, you know, kind of the calling card of this team, you know, both offensively and defensively.

1623
01:42:35,760 --> 01:42:45,840
 Is there going to be in every game, there's going to be an opportunity for them to, you know, either seal the win or come from behind and take victory from the other team.

1624
01:42:46,420 --> 01:42:48,560
 And, you know, they've done a great job of that.

1625
01:42:48,560 --> 01:42:56,860
 You know, I think through two regular seasons now, Nick, Kalen DeBoer's got the same record as Nick Saban through his first two seasons at Alabama.

1626
01:42:56,860 --> 01:43:06,300
 And I don't think anybody would have ever predicted that, you know, but based on some of the attitudes when Kalen DeBoer was hired to replace Nick Saban.

1627
01:43:06,760 --> 01:43:08,640
 But here comes the but.

1628
01:43:09,080 --> 01:43:09,480
 But.

1629
01:43:10,300 --> 01:43:17,840
 You know, I'm not sure if this team hasn't gone as far as their injured roster can take them.

1630
01:43:18,600 --> 01:43:28,040
 You know, you heard what Kirk Herbstreit said about Ty Simpson being hooked up to an electro-stim unit over there on the sideline.

1631
01:43:28,160 --> 01:43:31,320
 And that's been an issue since he got duplexed against Missouri.

1632
01:43:32,660 --> 01:43:36,380
 You know, two of the top running backs aren't going to be available this weekend.

1633
01:43:36,380 --> 01:43:38,500
 The center's playing on one leg.

1634
01:43:38,960 --> 01:43:50,800
 Josh Quavis will be out, you know, and his absence was missed more Saturday evening as a run blocker than it was as a receiver.

1635
01:43:51,120 --> 01:44:05,960
 If he had been playing, you know, that outside zone stretch play that Grubb, you know, got no groove with, you know, a lot of those runs would have turned into big runs if the two freshman tight ends would have not whiffed and just gotten in somebody's way.

1636
01:44:05,960 --> 01:44:13,000
 So, you know, I'm not saying I don't have confidence that, you know, Alabama doesn't have a chance to win this game.

1637
01:44:13,080 --> 01:44:16,580
 Whoever wins it, I think it's going to be a low-scoring, close game.

1638
01:44:17,580 --> 01:44:29,320
 But, you know, that's a tall task, you know, for some offensive production when you've got over half of your starters either, you know,

1639
01:44:29,680 --> 01:44:36,540
 unavailable to play because they're injured or they're fighting through injuries to continue to try and get out on the field.

1640
01:44:36,780 --> 01:44:43,900
 And, you know, that's just, you know, a byproduct of the college football world that we live in these days.

1641
01:44:44,100 --> 01:44:49,780
 There's no more, you know, depth, elite talent depth stacked up like it used to be.

1642
01:44:50,020 --> 01:44:57,580
 And, you know, we'll see if, you know, Kirby, if it's an issue for Kirby Smart, you know, their starting center is going to be, you know, out for the rest of the year.

1643
01:44:57,680 --> 01:45:00,100
 So, they'll be playing a backup there at that position.

1644
01:45:00,380 --> 01:45:04,140
 But, you know, they are more healthy than Alabama going into this matchup.

1645
01:45:04,440 --> 01:45:14,000
 But, you know, maybe the inner demons that Kirby has struggled with for the last 11 years will rear their ugly head once again.

1646
01:45:14,400 --> 01:45:23,500
 Or, you know, maybe one of the best ball-hawking safeties that seems to, you know, have a niche for creating turnovers.

1647
01:45:23,640 --> 01:45:26,780
 And Bray Hubbard can give the offense some short fields at times.

1648
01:45:27,280 --> 01:45:28,980
 Let's talk about old brother Hubbard.

1649
01:45:29,200 --> 01:45:34,540
 I mean, back to what we said earlier, how far has he come since after that Florida State game?

1650
01:45:35,580 --> 01:45:38,740
 Well, I don't necessarily think it's since the Florida State game.

1651
01:45:38,740 --> 01:45:47,280
 You know, I think that was probably the, you know, one of the biggest talking points when DeBoer was hired.

1652
01:45:47,540 --> 01:45:56,580
 And, you know, you saw the, you know, Justice Haynes, Julian Sayan, and Caleb Downs, you know, opt to transfer.

1653
01:45:56,880 --> 01:46:06,660
 And, you know, you know, they didn't think that, you know, a talent like Caleb Downs, you know, that people knew that, you know, they'd never seen Julian Sayan play, so they weren't worried about him.

1654
01:46:07,300 --> 01:46:11,640
 You know, Alabama still had some good quality running backs to replace Justice Haynes.

1655
01:46:11,840 --> 01:46:17,060
 But, you know, the Caleb Downs transfer, I think, is what, you know, had everybody in an uproar.

1656
01:46:17,280 --> 01:46:25,340
 And, you know, I think he's certainly, for the past two seasons, he's been a huge, huge, you know, development back there.

1657
01:46:25,480 --> 01:46:28,540
 And, you know, playing center field in coverage.

1658
01:46:28,840 --> 01:46:35,000
 I mean, he loves getting up there and getting it, sticking his neck, you know, in there on tackling, on the run, in the box.

1659
01:46:35,100 --> 01:46:43,480
 And so he's just a unique player, you know, I think, in today's game, you know, just because of his versatility.

1660
01:46:43,480 --> 01:46:56,640
 You know, he's good in coverage, he's good at, you know, creating turnovers and, you know, having that willingness to get in there and basically be an extra linebacker at times to help him run stops is a unique talent.

1661
01:46:57,120 --> 01:47:04,060
 And, you know, I think, you know, that's a guy that, you know, I'm not saying he's going to be a top-ten draft pick like Caleb Downs is,

1662
01:47:04,120 --> 01:47:09,340
 but that's a guy that will play football on Sundays as long as his body allows him to.

1663
01:47:10,440 --> 01:47:14,880
 William, I've been asked twice this weekend about Ryan Williams.

1664
01:47:15,640 --> 01:47:20,400
 20 passing routes, Ty Simpson, I believe, targeted him.

1665
01:47:20,400 --> 01:47:26,520
 My answer was, Ryan Williams' problem is Jeremy Bernard, Isaiah Horton, and Lutz Air Brooks.

1666
01:47:27,180 --> 01:47:30,320
 Maybe Ty Simpson has more confidence in them.

1667
01:47:30,880 --> 01:47:34,300
 I know you've been asked this probably the last two or three weeks.

1668
01:47:35,340 --> 01:47:38,420
 What's your assessment of the Ryan Williams situation?

1669
01:47:39,840 --> 01:47:46,100
 You know, look, there's obviously something going on outside of a tweaked hamstring.

1670
01:47:47,200 --> 01:48:00,860
 You know, I can't really go into details on the radio about it, but let's just say that Ryan hasn't really responded well to being asked to play in the slot.

1671
01:48:01,300 --> 01:48:11,480
 You know, at the time, you know, they wanted to give 17 Brooks a chance to grow into that position and not throw him to the fire until he was really ready.

1672
01:48:12,260 --> 01:48:19,660
 And, look, I get it, you know, when you're as small as Ryan Williams is, there's more blocking and more contact that occurs at that spot.

1673
01:48:20,340 --> 01:48:27,580
 And, you know, he is more of a, you know, a glider and prefers being outside the hash marks and, you know, going on go routes.

1674
01:48:27,720 --> 01:48:32,080
 But that's just not what this offense is designed for.

1675
01:48:32,760 --> 01:48:43,600
 And, you know, I think it's going to, you know, be a decision that's going to have to be made collectively is, you know, and I think it should be an easy sell for the coaching staff.

1676
01:48:43,800 --> 01:48:52,740
 You know, look, Jeremy Bernard and Isaiah Orton are going to be gone next year and 17 will be ready to take over that slot role and you'll be back to the outside.

1677
01:48:52,740 --> 01:49:01,300
 So let's just chalk all this nonsense up to a somewhat of a sophomore slump and try and get better and go forward for 2026.

1678
01:49:01,840 --> 01:49:07,520
 Of course, in 2025, we know all these other guys are going to be throwing some bucks at him to sit here and satisfy what he wants.

1679
01:49:07,600 --> 01:49:09,800
 So it's going to be interesting to see what happens there.

1680
01:49:09,900 --> 01:49:14,000
 Before we get off, William, what's going to be the final score Saturday night in Atlanta?

1681
01:49:14,840 --> 01:49:15,960
 You know, I do.

1682
01:49:16,100 --> 01:49:23,320
 I think it's going to be a low scoring ball game, you know, at this stage in the game, you know, neither team is an offensive juggernaut.

1683
01:49:23,980 --> 01:49:30,400
 You know, Georgia's had to pull out quite a few close wins, you know, since the first matchup in September.

1684
01:49:31,240 --> 01:49:40,040
 You know, I think it's going to be, you know, a 21 to 17, a 24-21, you know, type of an outcome.

1685
01:49:40,040 --> 01:49:50,580
 And, you know, like I said, I think Alabama's going to have to have some help if they're going to get that kind of point generation against this Georgia defense.

1686
01:49:50,780 --> 01:50:00,300
 And so, you know, hopefully the guys over there on the other side of the ball can, you know, do what they normally did earlier in the season and get them two takeaways to take advantage of.

1687
01:50:01,340 --> 01:50:08,940
 William, before we let you go, Jim Miller walking off on crutches was not a sign Alabama fans wanted to see.

1688
01:50:08,940 --> 01:50:11,240
 We'll see what his status is going to be.

1689
01:50:11,880 --> 01:50:14,100
 What's plan B or plan C?

1690
01:50:14,220 --> 01:50:16,100
 We know Daniel Hill is going to be there.

1691
01:50:16,340 --> 01:50:20,820
 You saw you had a okay deer sighting against Auburn.

1692
01:50:21,500 --> 01:50:24,620
 Richard Young is there, et cetera.

1693
01:50:24,780 --> 01:50:28,240
 William, what's plan B and C if Jim's not ready to go?

1694
01:50:29,080 --> 01:50:38,060
 Well, you know, with, you know, Kevin Riley, you know, being over there with his jaw wired shut, he's not going to be a part of the plan.

1695
01:50:38,060 --> 01:50:38,700
 That's obvious.

1696
01:50:38,700 --> 01:50:45,040
 So, you know, I would expect to see a steady dose of Daniel Hill and AK deer.

1697
01:50:45,220 --> 01:50:48,660
 You'll probably see a little Richard Young as well.

1698
01:50:48,780 --> 01:50:55,360
 But, you know, they're, you know, they're getting kind of thin in that running back room was a, you know, a deep area.

1699
01:50:55,420 --> 01:50:59,460
 I would be shocked if Jim Miller, you know, is available.

1700
01:50:59,460 --> 01:51:01,680
 And if he is, he's not going to be 100%.

1701
01:51:01,680 --> 01:51:06,040
 So, you know, I would plan on seeing, you know, number four, number zero back there.

1702
01:51:06,760 --> 01:51:21,240
 Yeah, I would imagine, William, that Cuevas, number 80 and number 26, their chances of being ready for December 19th or 20th playoff game would be much better than it would be on Saturday.

1703
01:51:21,400 --> 01:51:24,400
 Always enjoy the insight and the conversation.

1704
01:51:24,960 --> 01:51:25,940
 Have a great week.

1705
01:51:26,040 --> 01:51:27,460
 Let's do this again next Monday.

1706
01:51:28,160 --> 01:51:28,940
 Sounds good, guys.

1707
01:51:28,980 --> 01:51:29,980
 I'll see you all next week.

1708
01:51:30,440 --> 01:51:30,780
 Thank you.

1709
01:51:30,780 --> 01:51:31,640
 Look forward to it.

1710
01:51:31,640 --> 01:51:33,280
 William, Redfish Barger.

1711
01:51:33,340 --> 01:51:37,000
 Before we get away, interesting day, the changing of the guard, literally down the plains.

1712
01:51:37,840 --> 01:51:41,760
 A lot of folks very taken aback, I think, by the news.

1713
01:51:41,900 --> 01:51:49,100
 Alex Gullish, the new Auburn head football coach, born, by the way, June 24th, 1984 in Moscow.

1714
01:51:49,360 --> 01:51:50,940
 Moscow, take your preference on that.

1715
01:51:51,180 --> 01:51:53,620
 Russia, he went to Ohio State.

1716
01:51:54,020 --> 01:51:55,980
 This is going to be an interesting marriage, BB.

1717
01:51:56,480 --> 01:51:57,700
 Yeah, it is, Harold.

1718
01:51:57,700 --> 01:52:09,460
 Well, again, I know they want an improvement in offense, but if you look at it, their last three coaches have, quote, been offensive savant with Hugh Freeze and Gus Maltz on.

1719
01:52:10,240 --> 01:52:12,500
 And now you've got Alex Gullish.

1720
01:52:12,640 --> 01:52:14,340
 We'll see where this goes.

1721
01:52:14,860 --> 01:52:15,760
 Stay tuned.

1722
01:52:15,840 --> 01:52:21,140
 By the way, speaking of staying tuned, coming up on Wednesday, National Signing Day.

1723
01:52:21,220 --> 01:52:25,800
 Got the bonus hour in the mix for you, starting at 11, right here on 939 The Score.

1724
01:52:25,800 --> 01:52:31,420
 We'll take you all the way up, of course, 2 o'clock, again, is on Wednesday, so mark it down if you love yourself some recruiting.

1725
01:52:31,940 --> 01:52:33,020
 It's going to take care of us for now.

1726
01:52:33,100 --> 01:52:37,700
 On behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here, Peril Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1727
01:52:38,300 --> 01:52:42,760
 That's doing it again tomorrow at noon to 2 for the Boomwell Buck Show, back here on Sports Radio, from 939 The Score.