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 Where the big question amongst others of the day is,

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 Roger, talk to us about this team going back to about August 30th, the night of August 30th, to here on December 2nd.

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 It's been, we're joking the other day from Alabama fans, they're broke because they've been going to see the cardiologist all year.

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 Roger, obviously they say what's hard is to beat a team that's really good one time.

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 Now let's really break it open and have the best day Alabama's had.

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 The great rally they had earlier in the season, even before we played them against Tennessee.

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 Roger, this second year we talked about it yesterday with William Redfish Barger.

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 Bray Hubbard involved in the two turnovers.

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 He's been missing from action relative to where he started.

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 Ryan Williams is having a sophomore slump.

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 Listen, Harold and I are biased, but you did a marvelous job in Las Vegas.

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 I stayed up for most of the games.

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 Alabama lost to Gonzaga 95-85 and then ran UNLV in Maryland out of the gym,

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 So lessons learned against Gonzaga, the main lesson, rebound.

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 You've got to keep rebounding.

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 I think Nate's going to be saying that one word over and over again the rest of the season.

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 If this group can do that and if they can shoot it as well as they did against UNLV on Tuesday,

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 Maryland on Wednesday, this is going to be a special team.

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 And this is also a group that has to get healthy.

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 Really tough injuries out there with Latrell Reitzel Jr. unavailable,

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 as well as Keaton Bristow.

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 They're kind of still day-to-day as we get ready for Clemson tomorrow night.

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 So it'll be important to get this group healthy, just like the football team,

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 in order to see what they can fully do.

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 But I think it's going to be a fun matchup against Clemson.

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 They may not be ranked.

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 It may not be as attention-grabbing as some of the names like St. John's,

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 Purdue, Illinois, Gonzaga that we've faced so far this year.

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 But it's still a really good basketball team that we only saw a couple years ago

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 in the Elite Eight with a Final Four berth on the line.

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 Not as much on the line this time around as we meet in early December,

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 but it's still a great opportunity for the Crimson Tide.

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 And I think everyone's looking forward to being back together

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 and seeing this group in Coleman Coliseum in Tuscaloosa tomorrow.

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 Tell us about the week, Crimson Rewind, as you mentioned with Tyler last night.

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 Crimson Drive, I saw Chris Stewart, is one of the guys.

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 By the way, if you haven't seen Kalen DeBoer, everybody says,

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 well, you know, he's kind of stuffy, he's kind of subdued.

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 Watch the clip of Kalen DeBoer giving Chris a hug on camera.

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 That's one of the funniest things I've seen in a while.

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 He has quite a personality that a lot of fans don't understand.

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 Hey, Coach, on Wednesday.

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 And then, of course, in Atlanta at the Mercedes Dome on Saturday.

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 Tell us about your week.

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 Yeah, pretty much all the football, basketball things you mentioned

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 that we're going to be right there.

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 Yeah, Crimson Drive gets us started this afternoon.

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 We're going to have a good conversation not only with Chris,

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 but also Damian Square, who used to be our sideline reporter.

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 He was the captain of that team in 2012 that beat Georgia on that thrilling finish at the end of the T.J.

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 Moseley tip pass, and all of a sudden time ran out for a driving Georgia football team.

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 He tells us he didn't even know Alabama was ahead at that point of the game.

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 He didn't know what the score was at all.

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 That's how locked in and focused that group was.

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 Ironically enough, led by Kirby Smart as the defensive coordinator that year.

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 So really fun stories, though, with Damian coming up this afternoon.

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 And then we'll have Hey Coach tomorrow night.

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 So Chris is going to be there with Coach DeBoer at Baumhauer's.

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 I'll be teaming up again with Brian Pastink on the basketball call for the Clemson game.

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 So looking forward to that.

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 Women's basketball.

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 We're also at home against Clemson on Thursday.

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 So it's deja vu all over again coming up on Thursday nights as we settle in for Alabama against Clemson in basketball in both men's and women's basketball the next two days.

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 And then it's on to Atlanta for what's a very special game, the SEC championship game, which I hope as we move forward in college football, we find a way to keep this game as important as it always has been.

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 For us growing up, once that game got introduced, it became the highlight of the year, whether it was in Birmingham or eventually finding its good home in Atlanta.

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 I hope college football recognizes how special a game like this is.

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 And I'm thrilled we get to be a part of it again coming up this year.

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 Roger, as always, appreciate your time.

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 I know it's early December, but I'm going to predict pretty good weather conditions for the game for the crew Saturday.

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 How about that?

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 Yeah, I think 72 degrees.

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 If it gets any colder, it might get down to 71.

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 We'll be ready for it.

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 Stay tuned.

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 Hey, Roger, safe travels to and from.

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 Tom, and thanks so much for your time today.

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 Enjoy it, guys.

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 Welcome back week.

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 Absolutely nothing happening over the past week down the plain.

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 I think maybe Brian Matthews might disagree with that.

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 He's a senior editor for AuburnSports.com.

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 Brian, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 I'm doing great, guys.

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 How are y'all?

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 Hey, buddy.

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 Hey, we're doing all right.

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 We're just sitting here thumbing through the research, Brian.

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 Alabama's head coach is from South Dakota.

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 Auburn's new coach is from Russia.

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 It's just like Bear Bryant and Pat Dye predicted all those years ago, right?

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 Yeah.

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 I mean, they're ready for whatever weather comes at them, right?

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 You got that right.

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 Prepare for that.

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 All right.

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 The curtain is up on the brand new era.

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 Is it early Christmas on the plains?

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 You was there.

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 You saw it.

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 What are your impressions, and what about this new era of Auburn football?

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 I mean, I was pretty impressed.

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 He's a coach that's been on the heartboard from the start.

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 You know, we followed him, but we never listed him as really a front runner or in the top two

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 until really getting into the last maybe 24 hours or so, 48 hours before Sunday when he was officially announced.

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 But he's the guy, I think, that really grows on you when you look at his background.

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 He's got the SEC coaching experience at Tennessee.

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 His offenses have been pretty impressive.

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 Over 500 yards, over 40 points per game this year at South Florida.

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 You know, a guy that seems like a football guy, really, one of those guys that lives and breathes football.

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 He's going to be over the complex for long hours working to, I won't say rebuild, because I don't think Auburn people want to hear that word,

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 but working to bring Auburn back into championship contention where Auburn people believe and strongly believe that's where this team belongs,

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 that's where this program belongs.

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 So, yeah, I was pretty impressed with everything I've seen from him so far.

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 Good having Cody Burns back, I think, as his right-hand man.

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 And we'll see how, you know, the staff and everything comes together.

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 A big signing day coming up.

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 Then you're going to go through the process with the transfer portal and, you know, who stays, who goes, and who comes in.

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 So, still a long way to process everything that's going on.

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 And the one thing I would say to people out there, you know, that are closely watching things, don't overreact.

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 We don't know how things are going to pull out.

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 You know, a player may say, oh, my God, this is terrible.

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 And then he gets to know his new position coach and they have a great relationship.

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 He ends up staying.

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 So, you just don't know how this is going to progress over the next several weeks.

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 You had a very good Monday musings yesterday, and we try to highlight that with you on Mondays.

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 Lanking and Edge, you made the comment, and I think everybody noticed this.

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 In the Iron Bowl on Saturday night, the first 20 minutes, Auburn came out and looked scared.

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 And you noted that it's inexcusable.

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 And also, Auburn needs a winner.

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 Auburn has been in its best when it plays hard-nosed, tough, selfish football.

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 Now, I'll say the defense has done that from time to time in the last couple of years.

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 Pat Dyer and Tommy Toberville were certainly microcosms of that.

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 But he's got a chance to come in and basically set his benchmarks.

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 And you alluded to some of it, but hard-nosed, tough, selfish players needs to be a part of it, too.

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 It does.

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 And that's sort of what he talked about he wants from his players.

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 He talked a lot about, excuse me, that's a very loud car.

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 He talked a lot about being process-driven, right?

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 He mentioned that over and over.

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 He talked about that a lot during his time at USF.

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 And I think fans of the state will recognize that.

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 That's very much what Nick Saban did for 17 years, right?

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 It's not the process.

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 It's about practice.

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 It's about everything else getting to that game, not the actual game.

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 If you do the process right, you'll get to the game.

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 It'll be much easier.

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 Easy is probably not the word that Saban or our coaches would use.

431
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 But you know what I'm saying, right?

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 Yeah.

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 So I think that's going to be a little bit different.

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 That'll be an adjustment for the players.

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 You know, it's going to be a little bit more strict, I would imagine, in the way they go about things.

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 But I just, you know, we'll see how it turns out.

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 I'm not going to get on any show or message board or write a story about how I think Alex Golesh is the be-all-end-all

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 and Auburn's done a great job and he's going to turn Auburn around.

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 Yeah, I'm just not that person to do that, especially what Auburn's gone through the last six, seven years

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 with this revolving door of coaches.

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 So we'll see how it turns out.

442
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 I like what I've seen so far.

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 I've seen some positive signs.

444
00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:54,060
 But, you know, we'll know more about nine, ten months from now, right?

445
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 I think we're both from Missouri.

446
00:25:56,540 --> 00:25:58,380
 You've got to show me before I sit here and comment.

447
00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:03,760
 You know, you earn it and I'll give it, but no free tickets based on what we've seen over the past few years.

448
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 Brian Matthews, AuburnSports.com.

449
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 Brian, a lot of folks thought John Somerl was going to be the man.

450
00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:12,360
 Your thoughts just back to that word process.

451
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 What happened there?

452
00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:17,440
 Well, I mean, there are two competing narratives, so I don't know exactly what happened.

453
00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:20,000
 I'm inclined not to believe either of them fully.

454
00:26:20,500 --> 00:26:28,060
 I think Auburn's side is that they started getting, you know, some, you know, not as much feedback from him.

455
00:26:28,220 --> 00:26:35,300
 And he was maybe playing them to up his salary and looking at other jobs at the same time, you know.

456
00:26:35,860 --> 00:26:36,080
 Right.

457
00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:43,420
 I think his perspective was that, you know, Auburn was trying to force circuit on them or was lowballing them.

458
00:26:43,620 --> 00:26:46,720
 So we've heard both things, and I don't know exactly what's right.

459
00:26:46,780 --> 00:26:48,020
 I'm not sure I'll ever know what's right.

460
00:26:48,180 --> 00:26:52,480
 But Auburn's hired Alex Goldish now, so it really doesn't matter in the big picture.

461
00:26:53,780 --> 00:26:56,140
 Obviously, a lot of people say, how's he going to do as a head coach?

462
00:26:56,300 --> 00:26:58,940
 My answer to that is, who's he going to hire around him?

463
00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:00,500
 I think that was part of Nick's success.

464
00:27:00,580 --> 00:27:03,660
 He could recruit five-star players and five-star assistants.

465
00:27:03,660 --> 00:27:05,840
 What are you hearing about the staff?

466
00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:07,540
 I mean, it's coming together.

467
00:27:07,620 --> 00:27:09,620
 He's going to bring a lot of guys from USF.

468
00:27:09,700 --> 00:27:11,620
 He already has, especially on the offensive side.

469
00:27:12,360 --> 00:27:14,300
 Not as many yet defensively.

470
00:27:14,460 --> 00:27:15,860
 We still don't have an answer on Durkin.

471
00:27:16,120 --> 00:27:18,120
 I think that's going to come fairly soon.

472
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:19,120
 They can't wait too long.

473
00:27:19,220 --> 00:27:20,220
 You've got Sunday tomorrow.

474
00:27:20,480 --> 00:27:24,980
 You've got kids on the team wanting to make decisions, and they need to hire DC.

475
00:27:25,340 --> 00:27:27,500
 So we'll see how that goes.

476
00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:30,740
 But, you know, I mentioned Cody Burns is here already.

477
00:27:30,740 --> 00:27:33,500
 He brought in his director of scouting, Alex Fagan.

478
00:27:34,620 --> 00:27:36,120
 Offensive coordinator, Gerald Gordon.

479
00:27:36,420 --> 00:27:43,180
 I think Cody is co-offensive coordinator, I believe, and associate head coach, something like that.

480
00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:45,820
 Offensive line coach, Tyler Hudnick.

481
00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:47,320
 I hope I say these names right as here.

482
00:27:47,900 --> 00:27:49,720
 Cornerbacks coach, DeMarcus Van Dyke.

483
00:27:50,420 --> 00:27:52,860
 They brought in strength coach, George Cordy.

484
00:27:53,360 --> 00:28:00,200
 Again, I'm not sure if that's the pronunciation yet, but this is just early with this.

485
00:28:00,280 --> 00:28:04,160
 I'm sure there are a lot more guys, and we just haven't put a name to a face yet.

486
00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:06,240
 But that's going to be a process.

487
00:28:06,360 --> 00:28:10,500
 He said his number one thing coming in was the current roster.

488
00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:15,920
 So that would be developing relationships with those guys and figuring out who they want

489
00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:19,120
 to keep and if those guys they want to keep want to stay, right?

490
00:28:19,180 --> 00:28:21,820
 And then along with recruiting and along with hiring a staff.

491
00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:26,580
 So those are the first three big things he's going to be working on over the next seven plus days.

492
00:28:27,420 --> 00:28:30,480
 Let me ask you about recruiting National Signing Day tomorrow.

493
00:28:30,580 --> 00:28:34,820
 There's no way in the world Alex Golich hasn't been there 24 hours yet.

494
00:28:34,820 --> 00:28:40,640
 And the 2027 class and 2028 are going to be his classes.

495
00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:47,300
 Auburn has had, and I know you've got a recruiting crew that's going to be quite busy in the next two days.

496
00:28:48,380 --> 00:28:54,080
 Braylon Womack flipped to Mississippi State, a very coveted talent.

497
00:28:54,380 --> 00:28:59,920
 Peyton Falzone, the four-star quarterback, has decommitted the backup at Penn State.

498
00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:02,500
 And then I know an offensive lineman.

499
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:10,380
 But the other part of this is he's going to bring with him eventually some of his commits at South Florida.

500
00:29:10,940 --> 00:29:14,100
 Marcus Brown was committed to South Florida for a long time.

501
00:29:14,140 --> 00:29:15,020
 Yeah, exactly.

502
00:29:15,020 --> 00:29:18,300
 I think their quarterback is committed, which is his name I don't know yet.

503
00:29:18,980 --> 00:29:22,280
 He's definitely looking hard at all right now.

504
00:29:22,820 --> 00:29:28,620
 And Byron Brown, their quarterback who threw for over 3,000 yards and ran for over 1,000 so far this season.

505
00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:30,860
 He's got a year of eligibility left.

506
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:36,400
 So that's one that we'll be talking about probably going into the portal season once that gets started.

507
00:29:36,820 --> 00:29:38,720
 So, yeah, there's going to be a lot of movement.

508
00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:43,740
 Recruiting-wise, probably some surprises, I would imagine, just because, as you mentioned,

509
00:29:44,420 --> 00:29:45,900
 they've been recruiting a whole bunch of guys.

510
00:29:45,980 --> 00:29:52,940
 And maybe there's guys out there that they couldn't get at South Florida because they didn't have the financial resources or they weren't a big enough program.

511
00:29:53,380 --> 00:29:58,200
 Where now that they've got Auburn money and they've got the Auburn program, maybe they can make another run at those guys.

512
00:29:58,260 --> 00:29:58,780
 So we'll see.

513
00:29:59,260 --> 00:30:05,340
 But expecting a little bit of upheaval in recruiting over the next 24, 36 hours or so.

514
00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:09,340
 Yeah, I think their quarterback's name is Reese Brush.

515
00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:11,100
 And I'm like you.

516
00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:13,300
 I'm not quite sure about the first name.

517
00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:15,220
 Let me ask you before we go.

518
00:30:15,320 --> 00:30:18,840
 D.J. Durkin has been a centerpiece of this.

519
00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:22,920
 I know he and Alex Golesh have met several times.

520
00:30:23,060 --> 00:30:28,960
 And, again, it's not a bad thing if he decides to bring in his own defensive coordinator.

521
00:30:29,660 --> 00:30:34,540
 But I know Auburn fans appreciate everything that he's tried to do the last two years.

522
00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:39,720
 Your gut feeling, will D.J. Durkin be a part of his staff?

523
00:30:40,220 --> 00:30:42,060
 I don't have a good gut right now.

524
00:30:42,900 --> 00:30:48,220
 My gut might have said no yesterday and was feeling better about it.

525
00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:49,600
 Maybe it possibly happened last night.

526
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:56,040
 And now I probably, if I had to, you know, nail my hands down or whatever, maybe 51-49, he says.

527
00:30:56,460 --> 00:30:58,120
 But I just don't know that for sure.

528
00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:02,380
 If he stays, he's going to make about $3 million and be one of the highest-paid coordinators in the country.

529
00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:06,040
 But, you know, maybe there are other factors for him.

530
00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:10,120
 He's in the running, I think, for at least one head coaching position, maybe.

531
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:11,000
 I don't think he's a favorite.

532
00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:12,160
 We'll see.

533
00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:14,860
 So that's another factor you have to kind of look at, too.

534
00:31:15,700 --> 00:31:16,500
 Yeah, absolutely.

535
00:31:16,740 --> 00:31:21,620
 Well, it has been an amazing, I'm sure, 72 hours for you and the staff.

536
00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:25,700
 And then you're staring National Signing Day in the face.

537
00:31:26,460 --> 00:31:34,380
 Where can we get online and get continuing coverage of the coaching hire, who he hires as far as assistants?

538
00:31:34,640 --> 00:31:41,420
 Oh, by the way, the Pearl Boys still are playing basketball in the portals here about a month away.

539
00:31:41,420 --> 00:31:44,100
 Where can we get online to get all the good stuff?

540
00:31:44,900 --> 00:31:46,540
 Yeah, just check us out at AuburnSports.com.

541
00:31:46,580 --> 00:31:52,260
 We probably had 40 or so updates to our stories, content since Goalist was hired.

542
00:31:52,340 --> 00:32:00,120
 So we are blowing out of coverage of the hire, the recruiting impact, the staff, everything at AuburnSports.com on the Revival Network.

543
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 You can sign up online right now.

544
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 You'll get a great deal.

545
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 And you can follow me on Twitter and slash X at BMATAU.

546
00:32:07,820 --> 00:32:12,080
 Well, you know, with all that work you mentioned, he's going to get some of that Auburn money.

547
00:32:12,340 --> 00:32:15,220
 You need to talk to him, Brian, about you getting some of that Auburn money, okay?

548
00:32:16,100 --> 00:32:17,220
 I'll do my best.

549
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:17,960
 Okay.

550
00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:18,820
 Good luck, buddy.

551
00:32:18,900 --> 00:32:19,220
 Good luck.

552
00:32:19,340 --> 00:32:20,300
 Go ahead, Brian, man.

553
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 Hook it up with us, senior at AuburnSports.com.

554
00:32:23,580 --> 00:32:25,440
 I'll tell you what, B.B., I'm just sitting here listening to that.

555
00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:30,020
 If he brings in all these quarterbacks, what about Deuce Knight and Ashton Daniels?

556
00:32:30,060 --> 00:32:31,640
 Where do they wind up next year?

557
00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:32,000
 That's a good question.

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643
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645
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646
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657
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658
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 How are you?

659
00:38:53,900 --> 00:38:59,260
 Geez, I was looking forward to Rachel Maddow interviewing Paul Feinbaum.

660
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 There you go.

661
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 That would be must-see TV, would it not, Bruce?

662
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 That would.

663
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 What were the Vegas odds on Armageddon hitting the SEC coaching ranks this weekend?

664
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 Bruce, have you ever seen anything like it?

665
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 No, I haven't.

666
00:39:17,460 --> 00:39:32,780
 I mean, I haven't seen anything like this Kiffin stuff since, you know, O.J. and the white Bronco chase and then riding from Rockingham back to the police department when we had the helicopters following him.

667
00:39:32,900 --> 00:39:35,920
 I think that was the only thing we were missing.

668
00:39:36,940 --> 00:39:39,440
 It was something else.

669
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 And, I mean, listen, there's a couple things about Kiffin.

670
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 I'll say this.

671
00:39:45,060 --> 00:39:57,300
 I mean, the guys you know, I mean, Brett in Memphis and Richard Cross, Michael Borky, these guys who cover Ole Miss and know Kiffin, all seem to like him.

672
00:39:58,060 --> 00:40:04,180
 You know, and they, past Ole Miss, they haven't all been that way, past Ole Miss coaches.

673
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 They've told me they haven't liked the guy.

674
00:40:05,660 --> 00:40:07,240
 They all seem to like Kiffin.

675
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 He's not going to, you know, go out and play golf with the sports writers and all that.

676
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 But they did seem to think he's kind of a pleasant guy.

677
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 And I think you can be self-absorbed and be kind of a pleasant guy, sort of.

678
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 And I think this is just what Lane is.

679
00:40:26,020 --> 00:40:31,620
 But I think, you know, some of the quotes we saw from last week are pretty funny.

680
00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:36,540
 Lane's the only guy who can try to burn a bridge while trying to stand on it.

681
00:40:36,620 --> 00:40:42,420
 I mean, what we hear he did at Ole Miss was like threatening Ole Miss.

682
00:40:42,460 --> 00:40:47,180
 If you don't let me coach the playoff, I'm going to take all my players to LSU and my staff with me.

683
00:40:47,860 --> 00:40:50,260
 I mean, that's Kiffin-esque there.

684
00:40:50,600 --> 00:40:51,560
 But, I mean, it is what it is.

685
00:40:51,620 --> 00:40:54,500
 He may be the perfect fit for LSU.

686
00:40:54,700 --> 00:41:00,300
 And I always thought he will kind of embrace the insanity there.

687
00:41:00,420 --> 00:41:03,880
 And it takes a special – we never thought – Brian Kelly never looked comfortable.

688
00:41:04,060 --> 00:41:05,060
 He never looked comfortable anywhere.

689
00:41:05,280 --> 00:41:06,260
 But, I mean, he certainly didn't.

690
00:41:06,900 --> 00:41:11,120
 In Baton Rouge, plus the fact he was a Yankee down there, that did not help him one bit.

691
00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:17,140
 But I have a feeling Kiffin – it's just sort of – and I always thought Kiffin, you know,

692
00:41:17,280 --> 00:41:22,660
 before the Tide hired DeBoer, that Kiffin would probably be a guy who could handle the Alabama job, too,

693
00:41:22,720 --> 00:41:26,500
 just all the pressures with it, just because it sort of rolls off its back.

694
00:41:27,140 --> 00:41:30,840
 So, in a way, I think this might really work for LSU.

695
00:41:31,020 --> 00:41:34,300
 And it makes – listen, those guys down there, Jimmy Ott and Charlie Hanegger,

696
00:41:34,380 --> 00:41:39,420
 those guys I talked to in Baton Rouge, they are thrilled, whatever they think of Kiffin.

697
00:41:39,880 --> 00:41:45,920
 I mean, he's must-see – it's sort of like what MSNOW, they call it, CNN, and Trump.

698
00:41:46,100 --> 00:41:49,620
 I mean, he's great for ratings, and Trump's great for their ratings,

699
00:41:49,780 --> 00:41:52,600
 and Kiffin is great for the media down there, whatever they think of him.

700
00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:55,920
 It's going to be a show they can't miss.

701
00:41:56,600 --> 00:41:58,580
 It's a Hollywood marriage, in my opinion.

702
00:41:58,720 --> 00:42:01,060
 It's going to be – the beat writers, they're going to have a ball with that.

703
00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:03,580
 But I was going to ask you, if you already answered that one, if it's going to work.

704
00:42:03,580 --> 00:42:09,460
 Let me ask you this, Bruce, is it going to work with the marriage now, the new marriage at Auburn?

705
00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:12,060
 It's a good question.

706
00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:17,140
 Because the SEC is so tough, we will see.

707
00:42:17,260 --> 00:42:23,000
 I think Golesh has a better shot to make it work than Freeze did,

708
00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:28,080
 just because he's really progressive offensively.

709
00:42:28,580 --> 00:42:32,700
 And we saw Auburn struggle the last couple years, and that surprised me a bit.

710
00:42:32,700 --> 00:42:36,440
 I thought Freeze would be able to get that thing cranked up a little bit better, but he didn't.

711
00:42:37,280 --> 00:42:41,120
 South Florida was as fun a team, as fun to watch as any team in the country.

712
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:44,800
 And by the way, that's the best team in the American, and they've got to kick themselves.

713
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:48,540
 They blew that game to Memphis, and they blew that game to Navy.

714
00:42:48,860 --> 00:42:50,260
 I mean, they are better than Tulane.

715
00:42:50,720 --> 00:42:54,160
 They beat North Texas by three touchdowns in Denton.

716
00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:59,200
 So, I mean, we won't see them in the playoff, but I think Golesh, you know,

717
00:42:59,280 --> 00:43:00,740
 they'll be more fun to watch.

718
00:43:00,900 --> 00:43:02,740
 Now, it's tough to win in the SEC.

719
00:43:02,740 --> 00:43:06,900
 I mean, shoot, look, go back to the old Norseworthy thing.

720
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:08,240
 Somebody's got to lose in this league.

721
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:13,380
 This year it was Arkansas, and Auburn lost more than it should have, probably.

722
00:43:13,540 --> 00:43:18,300
 And Auburn was not a bad team this year, but at 5-7, you know, you can be good

723
00:43:18,300 --> 00:43:20,260
 and still finish at 500 in the SEC.

724
00:43:20,660 --> 00:43:23,660
 So, my answer is, I think he's got a better shot than Freeze.

725
00:43:24,740 --> 00:43:25,860
 It'll be more fun to watch.

726
00:43:25,980 --> 00:43:29,980
 If he's going to win enough to satisfy the Auburn fan base, that I'm not sure.

727
00:43:30,120 --> 00:43:30,620
 We will see.

728
00:43:31,620 --> 00:43:33,600
 Let me ask you about John Summerall.

729
00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:38,700
 Harold and I are biased because we know him pretty well, his roots,

730
00:43:38,900 --> 00:43:41,880
 and playing at Huntsville at Grissom High School, then, of course,

731
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:46,300
 playing at Kentucky, coaching at Troy, Ole Miss, et cetera.

732
00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:51,740
 I know some Florida fans have said, oh, Lord, we've hired another Sunbelt coach.

733
00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:54,820
 He is not Billy Napier 2.0.

734
00:43:54,940 --> 00:43:57,540
 Your thoughts on John Summerall going to Florida?

735
00:43:58,540 --> 00:44:04,400
 I think Florida might have actually lucked into something here with Kiffin sort of dropping out.

736
00:44:05,720 --> 00:44:10,520
 They might have got the better coach, although we'll see about that.

737
00:44:10,580 --> 00:44:17,420
 But even if not, Summerall's close, and you won't have all the Kiffin drama there.

738
00:44:18,060 --> 00:44:18,220
 Really?

739
00:44:18,220 --> 00:44:24,660
 And I think, you know, when somebody asked me the other day who's going to be at their job longer,

740
00:44:24,860 --> 00:44:29,540
 Summerall or Kiffin, and that's tough to answer in the SEC.

741
00:44:29,900 --> 00:44:33,300
 I said, there's maybe a better chance Summerall's going to last longer at Florida.

742
00:44:33,400 --> 00:44:36,380
 Maybe this is what they've been looking for.

743
00:44:36,480 --> 00:44:38,260
 He checks every box.

744
00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:46,460
 And, you know, Troy and Tulane here, and they didn't skip a beat at Tulane after Willie Fritz left.

745
00:44:47,780 --> 00:44:51,520
 This year, I mean, they had to scramble some at Tulane because of the quarterback thing.

746
00:44:52,580 --> 00:44:56,020
 Finley leaving school there in spring, and, you know, Retzlaff, they found Retzlaff,

747
00:44:56,100 --> 00:44:57,140
 and it's worked out pretty well.

748
00:44:57,200 --> 00:44:58,200
 I mean, they make the playoff.

749
00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:03,720
 So, I think Summerall, he's a home run, I think.

750
00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:06,140
 But then again, here we are.

751
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:09,740
 We're in the SEC, and it's so darn tough.

752
00:45:09,820 --> 00:45:11,820
 But I think they have as good a chance of Summerall as any.

753
00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:14,440
 And I have a single goal of Summerall, so I hope it works.

754
00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:17,780
 And the thing is, Bruce, he is a down-home guy.

755
00:45:18,140 --> 00:45:21,100
 Unlike, let's face it, Kiffin was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.

756
00:45:21,140 --> 00:45:22,500
 He's always known the good life.

757
00:45:22,640 --> 00:45:25,200
 Summerall, he still maintains a residence in Huntsville.

758
00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:27,220
 He has four kids.

759
00:45:27,220 --> 00:45:29,820
 He married his high school sweetheart from over at Grissom High.

760
00:45:29,900 --> 00:45:34,020
 So, he knows what it's like to come up and earn his stripes, as opposed to Kiffin,

761
00:45:34,060 --> 00:45:37,800
 who basically has always had the Mercedes waiting in the parking lot for him, you know.

762
00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:40,580
 So, I think he knows what hard work is.

763
00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:41,460
 You've got to go earn it.

764
00:45:41,660 --> 00:45:45,640
 As far as the balance of the coaches out there, what's your assessment of Arkansas

765
00:45:45,640 --> 00:45:49,480
 and all the other places, Kentucky, your thoughts about those hires?

766
00:45:50,500 --> 00:45:52,260
 Well, Kentucky's the interesting one.

767
00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:54,260
 Well, Arkansas, I guess they all are.

768
00:45:54,900 --> 00:45:57,980
 Kentucky didn't, they must have had their eye on Will Stein for a while,

769
00:45:58,080 --> 00:46:05,800
 because that didn't, that happened really quick after, after Stoops got pushed out.

770
00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:09,020
 I mean, that whole, that was, you know, 48 hours, 24 hours.

771
00:46:09,100 --> 00:46:09,720
 That all happened.

772
00:46:10,440 --> 00:46:16,140
 And I'm, and I'm pretty sure Stein is a Sexton guy, because he worked for Lanny and, you know,

773
00:46:16,140 --> 00:46:20,180
 but it seems to fit, I mean, he's from, I know I went to Louisville, but I mean, he's a Kentucky guy.

774
00:46:20,940 --> 00:46:25,880
 And there, I mean, listen, Kentucky, after watching that offense the last couple of years,

775
00:46:26,440 --> 00:46:31,380
 Stein's offenses have been really, really as sharp as you can get at Oregon the last few years.

776
00:46:31,380 --> 00:46:34,340
 So, I like that hire from that perspective.

777
00:46:34,340 --> 00:46:35,960
 But again, is he going to win enough there?

778
00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:36,560
 It's Kentucky.

779
00:46:36,700 --> 00:46:39,860
 Nobody ever seems to win consistently more than Stoops.

780
00:46:39,860 --> 00:46:43,000
 And he hits your ceiling at seven, eight wins, but we'll see.

781
00:46:43,100 --> 00:46:46,000
 But I think that gives him a better chance to compete.

782
00:46:46,340 --> 00:46:51,540
 Silverfield, his star might have fallen, I thought, a little bit late in the season,

783
00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:54,180
 when Memphis started to blow some games late.

784
00:46:55,000 --> 00:47:00,780
 But he did keep that program very relevant after Norvell left.

785
00:47:00,780 --> 00:47:05,860
 Remember, Norvell got them in the, well, let's call it the New Year's Six Bowls,

786
00:47:05,900 --> 00:47:09,820
 and they were the rep in 2019, played Penn State in the Cotton Bowl.

787
00:47:09,980 --> 00:47:12,440
 But, you know, Norvell had left for Florida State right before that,

788
00:47:12,500 --> 00:47:13,560
 so they promoted Silverfield.

789
00:47:15,300 --> 00:47:17,360
 We thought he was in line for somewhere.

790
00:47:19,420 --> 00:47:25,260
 You know, I don't think he was Arkansas' first choice, but we will see.

791
00:47:25,260 --> 00:47:30,540
 Again, I mean, he's taken over a program that he did not win an SEC game

792
00:47:30,540 --> 00:47:32,400
 on a 10-game losing streak now.

793
00:47:32,960 --> 00:47:35,240
 So he's got a lot of work ahead of him.

794
00:47:35,440 --> 00:47:38,640
 I kind of like the Stein hire a little bit more to tell you the truth, but we'll see.

795
00:47:39,500 --> 00:47:40,820
 Let's talk some games.

796
00:47:40,960 --> 00:47:42,420
 We'll get to Atlanta in a second.

797
00:47:42,900 --> 00:47:44,520
 Indiana at Ohio State.

798
00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:48,000
 A lot of people are saying, well, first time since Oregon,

799
00:47:48,180 --> 00:47:51,020
 Indiana's going to be playing a team with a pulse.

800
00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:55,660
 Fernando Menendez has got a chance to make a Heisman statement.

801
00:47:56,340 --> 00:47:58,260
 Ohio State just bullied Michigan.

802
00:47:58,260 --> 00:48:01,120
 They just whipped Michigan at the line of scrimmage.

803
00:48:01,620 --> 00:48:04,320
 Sam used Jeremiah Smith, Cornell Tate.

804
00:48:04,980 --> 00:48:09,280
 Ohio State, a five-and-a-half-point favorite in Indianapolis.

805
00:48:09,280 --> 00:48:10,780
 Do they win in cover?

806
00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:12,640
 I think so.

807
00:48:12,860 --> 00:48:16,780
 I think for the time being, I've had it picking against Ohio State.

808
00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:18,640
 I mean, there's just no use in doing that.

809
00:48:18,900 --> 00:48:24,380
 I mean, like you said, Brett, the line of scrimmage, they really own that against Michigan.

810
00:48:25,180 --> 00:48:29,880
 Yeah, I went in even watching them this year, and I mean, every game's sort of the same.

811
00:48:30,020 --> 00:48:31,500
 It's just grinding everybody up.

812
00:48:32,300 --> 00:48:36,860
 Even, you know, back to the title game last year against Notre Dame, and I remember watching that,

813
00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:40,900
 and I sort of watched it on that sky cam that they have on ESPN.

814
00:48:41,140 --> 00:48:45,940
 But you could tell up front, Ohio State was just really winning the line of scrimmage.

815
00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:47,060
 Notre Dame was fortunate.

816
00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:52,280
 Riley Leonard kept them in the game, but up front, Ohio State was just dominating, and that's what they're doing this year.

817
00:48:53,060 --> 00:48:58,980
 And that's why I am not, and I think we mentioned this last week about Julian Sands' Heisman candidacy.

818
00:48:59,180 --> 00:49:00,520
 I don't buy that yet.

819
00:49:00,600 --> 00:49:02,380
 It has just been too easy for this kid.

820
00:49:02,780 --> 00:49:03,920
 He's got all day to throw.

821
00:49:04,380 --> 00:49:08,340
 I know he's good, but, you know, it's just been too easy for him.

822
00:49:08,820 --> 00:49:11,780
 Mendoza, I think, might win.

823
00:49:12,180 --> 00:49:13,120
 Probably it's my vote.

824
00:49:13,180 --> 00:49:15,440
 I'm back to him after I was on the Haynes King bandwagon.

825
00:49:16,060 --> 00:49:19,560
 But I'm thinking if Mendoza has a decent game, he actually might win it.

826
00:49:19,720 --> 00:49:20,360
 But I'm not.

827
00:49:21,260 --> 00:49:21,880
 You're right.

828
00:49:22,380 --> 00:49:26,720
 Indiana, we did see the Oregon game, so they're really good.

829
00:49:26,820 --> 00:49:32,540
 And they didn't look as outmatched in the playoff against Notre Dame as, say, SMU did against Penn State last year.

830
00:49:32,620 --> 00:49:34,540
 So they might put up a fight for a while.

831
00:49:34,620 --> 00:49:37,100
 But under a touchdown, I cannot pick against Ohio State.

832
00:49:37,180 --> 00:49:40,520
 As much as that pains me, I can't pick against Ohio State.

833
00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:41,320
 I know it does.

834
00:49:41,740 --> 00:49:43,780
 Not the president of the Ryan Day fan club.

835
00:49:43,860 --> 00:49:45,500
 He's Bruce Marshall, Vegas insider.

836
00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:46,840
 A couple of things, Bruce.

837
00:49:46,940 --> 00:49:49,500
 Number one, the poll comes out tonight, the only one that matters.

838
00:49:49,860 --> 00:49:56,020
 Where will Alabama be in it, given the chaos at Ole Miss and obviously some of the changes over the past week?

839
00:49:56,700 --> 00:50:03,280
 And speaking of games, what's going to happen Saturday in the rematch of Alabama and Georgia for all the marbles in the SEC?

840
00:50:05,200 --> 00:50:08,480
 Well, first, we'll talk about the poll tonight.

841
00:50:09,600 --> 00:50:23,240
 The interesting thing for me is that last year, the poll guys said that effectively this is the poll that counts because they said they weren't going to move positions based on the conference title games.

842
00:50:23,940 --> 00:50:30,260
 So the interesting thing for me is at the edge of the field, I think Alabama then should be okay.

843
00:50:30,520 --> 00:50:34,220
 I think they're probably going to be probably 10th tonight.

844
00:50:34,480 --> 00:50:37,720
 And even if they lose to Georgia, I can't see them getting knocked out.

845
00:50:38,380 --> 00:50:41,820
 The intrigue for me is if BYU is at 11.

846
00:50:43,820 --> 00:50:49,140
 If BYU loses to Texas Tech, Miami is going to be next in line.

847
00:50:50,040 --> 00:50:54,140
 And maybe they leapfrogged Miami over BYU tonight.

848
00:50:54,200 --> 00:50:54,580
 I don't know.

849
00:50:54,720 --> 00:50:57,460
 But that's the only intrigue for me.

850
00:50:59,080 --> 00:51:00,380
 And then we'll see what happens.

851
00:51:00,480 --> 00:51:03,040
 The ACC, Virginia would be in if they win.

852
00:51:03,120 --> 00:51:05,620
 I'm not sure Duke would be in if Duke beats Virginia.

853
00:51:05,620 --> 00:51:18,700
 In fact, I think in that case, maybe Miami does get in as an at-large, so the ACC might not be shut out.

854
00:51:19,260 --> 00:51:20,840
 But that's the whole thing tonight.

855
00:51:20,920 --> 00:51:22,380
 It's right at the edge, I think.

856
00:51:22,800 --> 00:51:25,720
 And this is my problem with them announcing all this beforehand.

857
00:51:26,820 --> 00:51:29,680
 A lot of the drama really is sort of taken out of it.

858
00:51:29,680 --> 00:51:35,900
 It's like knowing the score of a boxing match from the officials and judges along the way.

859
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:38,800
 And you know after the 14th round, the way this decision is going to go.

860
00:51:39,460 --> 00:51:43,700
 So this is the one tonight that I think the only drama is there who's at 11 tonight.

861
00:51:43,900 --> 00:51:45,820
 Bama's going to be at 10, even if they lose to Georgia.

862
00:51:45,960 --> 00:51:51,780
 I don't think they're going to knock them beneath Texas or beneath poor Vanderbilt.

863
00:51:52,520 --> 00:51:53,800
 Vanderbilt's going to be left out of this thing.

864
00:51:53,800 --> 00:51:58,360
 I know there are a lot of people in Nashville upset, but that's just the way the schedule works

865
00:51:58,360 --> 00:52:00,680
 and the way they pick these things.

866
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:03,560
 They're going to be the first or second team out, no matter what, I think.

867
00:52:04,480 --> 00:52:05,000
 All right.

868
00:52:05,060 --> 00:52:08,680
 Give us your prediction, Alabama and Georgia 2.0.

869
00:52:08,860 --> 00:52:11,060
 And you mentioned number 11, BYU.

870
00:52:11,340 --> 00:52:12,440
 They're at Texas Tech.

871
00:52:12,520 --> 00:52:19,760
 It's a rematch of a game that Texas Tech won earlier and held BYU to only 67 points.

872
00:52:19,960 --> 00:52:25,260
 Penn State is flirting with Kalani Satake, the BYU coach.

873
00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:26,680
 We'll see where that goes.

874
00:52:27,300 --> 00:52:34,180
 Your prediction on Alabama-Georgia and does Texas Tech beat BYU again?

875
00:52:35,140 --> 00:52:36,420
 Yeah, Alabama-Georgia.

876
00:52:36,560 --> 00:52:37,820
 I'm kind of thinking Alabama.

877
00:52:38,180 --> 00:52:43,860
 And the reason I'm saying that is as much as I've been waving the flag for Gunnar Stockton

878
00:52:43,860 --> 00:52:55,020
 and I keep comparing him to Stetson Bennett and Scrappy and all that, well, you know, he can have games like he can still have games like last week against Georgia Tech

879
00:52:55,020 --> 00:52:56,920
 where it didn't look like he could complete a pass.

880
00:52:57,160 --> 00:53:01,700
 I mean, it's really, you know, he's Bill Kilmer.

881
00:53:01,960 --> 00:53:03,040
 I mean, he's sort of like that.

882
00:53:03,160 --> 00:53:06,200
 I mean, he's never going to look that good with him.

883
00:53:06,280 --> 00:53:11,600
 And he is always liable to, you know, not have, I mean, to have like a bad game.

884
00:53:12,280 --> 00:53:18,640
 And I don't think Georgia beats Bama if he plays anything like he did against Georgia Tech last week.

885
00:53:19,440 --> 00:53:21,100
 Bama's sort of a survivor this year.

886
00:53:21,160 --> 00:53:23,440
 I mean, they did go into Georgia and win.

887
00:53:23,540 --> 00:53:25,420
 They are the team that they took out Vanderbilt.

888
00:53:25,620 --> 00:53:31,340
 I mean, I know they lost that game to Oklahoma late, but that was sort of weird.

889
00:53:31,460 --> 00:53:32,240
 I mean, the turnovers.

890
00:53:33,060 --> 00:53:37,100
 And I know they have to run the ball a little bit better, but darn it, they seem to be able to find a way to,

891
00:53:37,660 --> 00:53:39,720
 Simpson seems to be able to make plays.

892
00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:44,620
 And I, actually, as much as I've been a Stockton Bennett, I kind of like Simpson a bit more.

893
00:53:44,680 --> 00:53:46,500
 So I'm going to take Bama to win this close.

894
00:53:47,160 --> 00:53:49,460
 And that'll, you know, erase all doubt.

895
00:53:49,460 --> 00:53:52,300
 Would that knock Georgia out of the top four and a bye?

896
00:53:52,520 --> 00:53:52,880
 Possibly.

897
00:53:53,400 --> 00:53:57,000
 We'll have to see if that was the case to Texas Tech and move into the top four.

898
00:53:57,120 --> 00:53:58,040
 I think they beat BYU.

899
00:53:59,740 --> 00:54:05,120
 I mean, this team is not, you know, they won with three different quarterbacks this year.

900
00:54:05,740 --> 00:54:08,560
 This is the sort of depth that they've developed.

901
00:54:08,660 --> 00:54:13,960
 And, again, we talked about football GMs and, you know, with Barton Simmons at Vanderbilt,

902
00:54:14,040 --> 00:54:15,640
 my favorite example, doing a great job.

903
00:54:16,840 --> 00:54:19,840
 James Blanchard at Texas Tech is the other one.

904
00:54:20,460 --> 00:54:23,380
 Notre Dame tried to pull him out of there, and Cody Campbell came in and said,

905
00:54:23,400 --> 00:54:26,720
 uh-uh, we're going to bump your salary up, stay here in Lubbock.

906
00:54:27,060 --> 00:54:30,360
 He and McGuire have a really good working relationship.

907
00:54:31,160 --> 00:54:33,580
 And they've got all the nil money they need.

908
00:54:34,500 --> 00:54:36,000
 But it's not just money.

909
00:54:36,100 --> 00:54:37,440
 We talked about this last week.

910
00:54:37,500 --> 00:54:41,760
 If that's it, then if it's just money, then, you know, the New York Mets would win the World Series.

911
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 That's right.

912
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 This guy knows what he's doing.

913
00:54:44,220 --> 00:54:46,480
 And they have put the building blocks together.

914
00:54:46,600 --> 00:54:49,860
 I think Texas Tech wins maybe something like the first game at BYU.

915
00:54:50,040 --> 00:54:53,860
 The Satake rumors have to be distracting at BYU, I think.

916
00:54:54,420 --> 00:54:57,140
 I don't think – I think Arizona – Arizona should have beat BYU.

917
00:54:57,320 --> 00:54:58,920
 Arizona's the second-best team in that league.

918
00:54:58,980 --> 00:55:00,500
 Should have been playing Texas Tech here.

919
00:55:00,560 --> 00:55:02,300
 But I think Texas Tech wins.

920
00:55:03,100 --> 00:55:07,620
 And if Georgia loses, Texas Tech is going to take advantage and get a bye, I think.

921
00:55:08,600 --> 00:55:11,480
 Well, you're a winner if you follow Bruce Marshall.

922
00:55:11,840 --> 00:55:13,260
 Still the gold standard.

923
00:55:13,640 --> 00:55:15,940
 College basketball, some big games tonight.

924
00:55:16,080 --> 00:55:18,080
 Alabama hosts Clemson tomorrow.

925
00:55:18,820 --> 00:55:21,500
 NFL, hockey, you name it.

926
00:55:21,580 --> 00:55:23,540
 You follow it and do a great job.

927
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 Tell us about the many platforms we can find the great Bruce Marshall on.

928
00:55:30,380 --> 00:55:32,440
 Well, thanks, Brett.

929
00:55:32,680 --> 00:55:34,100
 Yeah, a lot of college hoops tonight.

930
00:55:34,160 --> 00:55:35,040
 Boy, some good games.

931
00:55:35,520 --> 00:55:38,560
 Watch this Iowa-Michigan State game in the Big Ten.

932
00:55:38,660 --> 00:55:41,000
 I know we've got some other big games going tonight, but watch this.

933
00:55:41,100 --> 00:55:43,060
 And Iowa's a team – we know Michigan State's good,

934
00:55:43,120 --> 00:55:45,400
 but I kind of like what Ben McCollum's doing at Iowa.

935
00:55:45,760 --> 00:55:47,420
 Watch that one among other college games.

936
00:55:47,480 --> 00:55:51,020
 I've got some picks on that one and other ones tonight at my old platforms.

937
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 That's VegasInsider.com, CBSSportsLine, SportsLine.com,

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 and picks with a different twist at WinnersAndWeiners.com,

939
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940
00:56:00,200 --> 00:56:03,880
 Bruce is always good to catch up with you, man.

941
00:56:03,920 --> 00:56:06,060
 After last weekend, I don't know what in the world we're going to do

942
00:56:06,060 --> 00:56:08,080
 for an encore this weekend, but we'll give it a shot.

943
00:56:08,180 --> 00:56:10,120
 Thanks so much, and have a great and safe week, okay?

944
00:56:10,760 --> 00:56:11,740
 Have a good week, boys.

945
00:56:11,800 --> 00:56:12,200
 Thank you.

946
00:56:12,440 --> 00:56:12,960
 Thank you, buddy.

947
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 Bruce Marshall again, amongst other places.

948
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 Vegas in Saturday.

949
00:56:16,800 --> 00:56:18,100
 Coming up, Matt Michelle on deck,

950
00:56:18,100 --> 00:56:20,780
 talking about the chaos down in Florida and LSU.

951
00:56:21,040 --> 00:56:22,360
 Joe Cox all over the SEC.

952
00:56:23,440 --> 00:56:28,120
 And Thomas Ashworth says it's time for the big showdowns of the high school grid irons.

953
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 That and more spread ahead of the boom old bug show.

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 A meeting that was held this past Monday night by the Hoover Zoning Commission was packed out by community members who are opposed to a particular rezoning proposition.

1008
00:59:16,740 --> 00:59:22,740
 The commission ended up voting no on approving the rezoning application coming from the Islamic Academy of Alabama.

1009
00:59:22,740 --> 00:59:30,360
 The Islamic Academy was seeking to repurpose the Meadowbrook corporate park and turn it into a K-12 school and Muslim community center.

1010
00:59:30,600 --> 00:59:37,440
 The city planner, Mack Martin, says his staff found that the proposal did not align with the comprehensive plan first established for that corporate park.

1011
00:59:37,780 --> 00:59:47,480
 Attorney Lucas Gambino represented the Islamic Academy in this meeting, while community members turned out to address the commission for 40 minutes with their concerns over the rezoning proposition,

1012
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 the effects on traffic, and the precedent that it would set if a school is placed in a corporate park.

1013
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 The commission ultimately made a motion to deny a recommendation to the Hoover City Council that issue could be addressed by the Hoover City Council as early as its January meeting.

1014
01:00:02,560 --> 01:00:04,920
 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this.

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1020
01:00:30,940 --> 01:00:38,720
 The Chelsea City Council will be holding a meeting tonight regarding a proposed construction of a Target department store on Highway 47 in Chelsea Corners Way.

1021
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 A developer is looking to acquire some 30 acres in that area for the project and then sell that land to Target if they commit to building a store there.

1022
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 The developer and Target company are seeking economic incentives from the city of Chelsea.

1023
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 Community members will be able to make public statements and or questions about this plan.

1024
01:00:55,300 --> 01:00:56,080
 I'm Andrea Tyson.

1025
01:00:56,620 --> 01:01:00,800
 For more news affecting Alabamians, go to 1819news.com.

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1028
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1029
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1031
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 Tomorrow, early freezing fog, and then sunny with a high around 50.

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 Now, get ready to roll, Shoals, Decatur, Athens, and all of northwest Alabama and southern Tennessee.

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1040
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 The Boomo Bugg Show.

1041
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 Your exclusive inside track to the Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC.

1042
01:02:10,280 --> 01:02:15,880
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1043
01:02:16,760 --> 01:02:18,680
 Welcome back in our Totally Boomo Bugg Show.

1044
01:02:18,760 --> 01:02:20,320
 I'm Harold Bugg, alongside Brett Beaird.

1045
01:02:20,400 --> 01:02:23,080
 Thank you so much for giving us a free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

1046
01:02:23,220 --> 01:02:28,440
 Maybe is it me, or is it just getting colder as the day wears on out there?

1047
01:02:28,880 --> 01:02:31,180
 It is a cold day.

1048
01:02:31,360 --> 01:02:33,700
 Once you get to December, it's cold and rainy.

1049
01:02:33,940 --> 01:02:38,020
 But, you know, it always turns cold and rainy for the Super 7.

1050
01:02:38,380 --> 01:02:39,820
 Yeah, it's amazing.

1051
01:02:39,820 --> 01:02:46,300
 And it's here upon us, and nobody's got an eye on it better and closer than Thomas Ashworth over at AL.com.

1052
01:02:46,380 --> 01:02:47,300
 Thomas, welcome in.

1053
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 How are you?

1054
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 Good.

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 How are you doing?

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 Hey, boy.

1057
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 We're doing all right.

1058
01:02:51,500 --> 01:02:52,220
 It's amazing.

1059
01:02:52,340 --> 01:02:58,300
 And, Thomas, before we get to the obvious topic de jure here in our zip code, talk to us about this season.

1060
01:02:58,360 --> 01:03:11,860
 Everybody talks about college, and they talk about the NFL, but these kids, it's now 12 months for these high school kids, but formal practice and formal games starting before Labor Day and now winding down right before Christmas.

1061
01:03:11,860 --> 01:03:15,800
 It's a long season for high school kids as well, is it not?

1062
01:03:16,480 --> 01:03:17,460
 Yeah, you said it.

1063
01:03:17,520 --> 01:03:19,740
 I mean, it seems like the seasons are just getting longer and longer.

1064
01:03:20,380 --> 01:03:28,180
 And in some states, I mean, even if you go across the state line in Georgia, it's even longer than, you know, Alabama has as far as pads and stuff like that goes.

1065
01:03:28,380 --> 01:03:30,580
 So, it seems like it's getting longer and longer.

1066
01:03:30,980 --> 01:03:33,320
 But, I mean, it's been a good year, honestly.

1067
01:03:34,100 --> 01:03:38,700
 There's been some really good runs in North Alabama, and we'll talk about them, I'm sure, in a little bit, and one in particular.

1068
01:03:38,900 --> 01:03:40,580
 But now it's been a really good year for football.

1069
01:03:41,180 --> 01:03:46,280
 And, like you said, it's really long, a lot of, you know, really good games this year, it seems like.

1070
01:03:46,280 --> 01:03:50,280
 It seems like we're talking a lot about, you know, a really good game that happened.

1071
01:03:50,620 --> 01:03:51,640
 Every single week we talk.

1072
01:03:51,920 --> 01:03:53,500
 So, it's been a really good year, honestly.

1073
01:03:53,640 --> 01:03:56,340
 Yeah, but like you said, it's the end of a long, long year.

1074
01:03:56,500 --> 01:04:00,660
 So, I'm sure, you know, I'm sure they're ready to, you know, be able to hang it up.

1075
01:04:00,720 --> 01:04:04,400
 But, at the same time, I'm sure they'd love to be, some would still love to be playing some more football.

1076
01:04:05,540 --> 01:04:10,800
 Let me ask you about this Morris Hill game at Bayside Academy at Jackson Penn.

1077
01:04:12,020 --> 01:04:19,800
 And Hudson Higgins have ran for a combined 3,700 yards and 64 touchdowns.

1078
01:04:19,800 --> 01:04:27,260
 Their closest game the entire season was the first one against Madison Academy by 24 points.

1079
01:04:27,460 --> 01:04:29,780
 They have just steamrolled teams.

1080
01:04:29,880 --> 01:04:32,600
 I saw them beat an undefeated Geraldine team.

1081
01:04:32,700 --> 01:04:38,640
 They scored on three of the first five plays of the game and led 35-0 at halftime.

1082
01:04:39,200 --> 01:04:40,760
 This is a good Bayside team.

1083
01:04:40,840 --> 01:04:45,660
 And I know you and Ben Thomas are going to go in-depth as far as looking at each matchup.

1084
01:04:45,660 --> 01:04:52,220
 Barrett Trotter, the former Auburn quarterback, is the coach at Bayside Academy.

1085
01:04:53,020 --> 01:04:55,020
 Davis Barnett is a good quarterback.

1086
01:04:55,500 --> 01:04:57,920
 But Morris Hill is a buzzsaw.

1087
01:04:58,080 --> 01:05:03,280
 When they get going, and both of those two running backs run a 4-4 and a 4-3,

1088
01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:07,140
 your thoughts on Bayside Academy and Morris Hill?

1089
01:05:07,980 --> 01:05:12,860
 Yeah, like you said, I don't know if there's a better running back duo in the state of Alabama, honestly.

1090
01:05:13,480 --> 01:05:16,860
 And, I mean, that's saying something, especially when you're talking about 3As,

1091
01:05:16,960 --> 01:05:21,680
 where, you know, some guys, some of the best teams have two guys that have FBS rosters,

1092
01:05:21,840 --> 01:05:27,360
 but they have offers and commitments, but they have two guys that are playing FBS football in their running back room,

1093
01:05:27,400 --> 01:05:30,060
 which is, you know, just ridiculous when you're talking about a 3A level.

1094
01:05:30,440 --> 01:05:34,100
 I mean, like you said, it's two completely, I don't want to say completely different,

1095
01:05:34,220 --> 01:05:37,340
 but, you know, both of these offenses run, you know, very differently.

1096
01:05:37,340 --> 01:05:41,180
 Like you said, Hudson Higgins, I think he's almost at 2,000 yards,

1097
01:05:41,340 --> 01:05:43,720
 and then Jackson Bennett, 7,800 yards on the ground.

1098
01:05:44,080 --> 01:05:45,140
 And they throw the ball some.

1099
01:05:45,240 --> 01:05:48,160
 Lawson Frederick has, you know, I think he's over 1,000 yards,

1100
01:05:48,240 --> 01:05:50,620
 and Isaiah Owens is a, you know, Division I guy.

1101
01:05:51,200 --> 01:05:52,680
 But they throw the ball some.

1102
01:05:52,880 --> 01:05:56,800
 But, I mean, Bayside Academy, their quarterback, Davis Barnett, like you said,

1103
01:05:56,840 --> 01:06:00,920
 I think he surpassed 3,000 yards, over 40 touchdowns passing.

1104
01:06:01,840 --> 01:06:03,480
 And, you know, they get it to a lot of people.

1105
01:06:04,000 --> 01:06:07,920
 They're, Walker Collins is a guy, 806 yards, 11 touchdowns.

1106
01:06:08,300 --> 01:06:11,440
 Monroe Parton is committed to Wake Forest, but I know he's on Auburn's radar.

1107
01:06:12,160 --> 01:06:14,800
 He's been involved getting the ball some at tight end.

1108
01:06:15,120 --> 01:06:16,940
 But he plays linebacker as well.

1109
01:06:17,060 --> 01:06:21,300
 And I know Auburn would like to, you know, try and get him in at tight end, it seems like.

1110
01:06:21,400 --> 01:06:24,320
 But, I mean, there's still two different offenses.

1111
01:06:24,320 --> 01:06:28,480
 But, I mean, you know better than I do this, Marcel defense is really good.

1112
01:06:29,060 --> 01:06:31,320
 Samuel Sweeney is a, you know, Division I guy.

1113
01:06:31,740 --> 01:06:34,460
 27 tackles for loss and six sacks on the year.

1114
01:06:35,280 --> 01:06:38,120
 Jesse Parker, you know, has been really good for Marcel.

1115
01:06:38,920 --> 01:06:42,140
 168 tackles, which has to be some kind of, you know, top 10.

1116
01:06:43,540 --> 01:06:44,980
 There's been a lot in Jackson Penn.

1117
01:06:45,220 --> 01:06:47,880
 And Hudson Higgins has obviously been good in the secondary as well.

1118
01:06:48,060 --> 01:06:50,040
 So, this will be a really good matchup.

1119
01:06:50,100 --> 01:06:51,920
 I think there's just talent all over the board.

1120
01:06:51,920 --> 01:06:54,820
 And this Bayside Academy team is loaded with talent.

1121
01:06:55,140 --> 01:06:58,220
 But Mars Hill, I mean, like you said, we talked about it at the beginning of the year.

1122
01:06:58,280 --> 01:06:59,220
 We knew they were going to be here.

1123
01:06:59,360 --> 01:07:02,700
 I mean, I don't think it was a secret to anybody that this team could compete.

1124
01:07:02,840 --> 01:07:06,080
 You know, this time last year, this roster was just so banged up.

1125
01:07:06,160 --> 01:07:09,940
 I mean, they just had like, it seemed like every single week somebody was going down with an injury.

1126
01:07:10,140 --> 01:07:12,800
 And they were almost, you know, depleted when it got to the state championship.

1127
01:07:13,000 --> 01:07:14,620
 And really grinded that one out.

1128
01:07:14,680 --> 01:07:19,300
 But I think this one will be a little bit more special for them just because they have so many guys that are coming back.

1129
01:07:19,300 --> 01:07:25,560
 And a lot of guys who may have been injured for that state championship game are able to play for a championship this week.

1130
01:07:26,500 --> 01:07:28,300
 Thomas Ashworth, AL.com.

1131
01:07:28,360 --> 01:07:29,320
 You mentioned Higgins.

1132
01:07:29,540 --> 01:07:30,940
 Coach Higgins is the boss there.

1133
01:07:30,980 --> 01:07:32,060
 He's been there and done that.

1134
01:07:32,500 --> 01:07:33,480
 He's got the crown.

1135
01:07:33,600 --> 01:07:35,280
 It's Bayside's job to take it off.

1136
01:07:35,420 --> 01:07:37,380
 But Coach Higgins is a wise old fox.

1137
01:07:37,440 --> 01:07:41,760
 He knows as good as his team has been, as convincing as the wins have been.

1138
01:07:41,840 --> 01:07:44,680
 He knows that every giant has some chink in the armor.

1139
01:07:44,680 --> 01:07:46,720
 Your thoughts about the respective weaknesses.

1140
01:07:47,000 --> 01:07:50,860
 What, in your opinion, would be the weakness for Mars Hill coming in?

1141
01:07:50,920 --> 01:07:53,880
 And conversely, for Bayside, what would be their weakness coming in?

1142
01:07:54,640 --> 01:07:54,840
 Yeah.

1143
01:07:54,980 --> 01:08:02,520
 I mean, it's tough to say, you know, kind of, you know, what the game will look like for any of these matchups.

1144
01:08:02,740 --> 01:08:07,360
 Just in general, because, you know, it's two completely different sides of the state most of the time.

1145
01:08:07,400 --> 01:08:13,060
 And sometimes, you know, in some classifications, it's like the north team is like five miles away from the south team in Birmingham.

1146
01:08:13,060 --> 01:08:16,960
 But this one is truly, like, two completely different parts of the state.

1147
01:08:17,040 --> 01:08:19,660
 These teams could not be farther apart, it seems like.

1148
01:08:20,000 --> 01:08:21,760
 So, it's going to be interesting.

1149
01:08:21,920 --> 01:08:27,700
 I don't think that – I don't know if Mars Hill has seen a passing game like Bayside.

1150
01:08:27,780 --> 01:08:28,840
 Maybe a couple of times.

1151
01:08:29,020 --> 01:08:32,540
 I know Madison Academy throws the ball really well, but that was really early in the season.

1152
01:08:32,900 --> 01:08:34,320
 And Piedmont could throw the ball really well.

1153
01:08:34,440 --> 01:08:37,780
 But they've spread it out really well, Bayside Academy does.

1154
01:08:38,220 --> 01:08:47,420
 So, I think that'll be interesting to watch is kind of how the secondary is able to keep up with a quarterback that has so much volume as far as just throwing the ball in general.

1155
01:08:47,640 --> 01:08:48,980
 And they can run the ball as well.

1156
01:08:49,280 --> 01:08:54,900
 But, I mean, I just think that this Bayside Academy team is in the elite when it comes to throwing the ball.

1157
01:08:55,040 --> 01:08:59,060
 And, obviously, they have a guy who knows the quarterback position a little well as coach.

1158
01:08:59,420 --> 01:09:00,860
 So, you know, that helps.

1159
01:09:01,200 --> 01:09:06,900
 And then, you know, I just don't know if any team has seen a running game in 3A like Mars Hill has.

1160
01:09:07,660 --> 01:09:09,180
 We talked about him a bunch.

1161
01:09:10,160 --> 01:09:13,080
 But, you know, Hudson Higgins and Jackson Penn are game changers.

1162
01:09:13,340 --> 01:09:15,760
 And, you know, even when they don't have the ball, they're game changers.

1163
01:09:15,920 --> 01:09:19,880
 And they're able to create, you know, opportunities for each other.

1164
01:09:20,000 --> 01:09:24,060
 They have a few, you know, offensive linemen that are going to play Division I.

1165
01:09:24,360 --> 01:09:29,160
 Then you throw in tight end Matthew McIntyre, who is probably an FBS Power 4 guy.

1166
01:09:29,560 --> 01:09:31,560
 You know, their run game is just elite.

1167
01:09:31,780 --> 01:09:36,680
 And you can probably put them up against a team in a 6A or 7A, some of those teams.

1168
01:09:36,820 --> 01:09:39,100
 And, I mean, they'll probably run the ball pretty effectively.

1169
01:09:39,460 --> 01:09:40,600
 They're just loaded at that.

1170
01:09:40,600 --> 01:09:45,740
 So, I just think that, like we talked about, you know, those two factors will probably make the difference in that one.

1171
01:09:45,840 --> 01:09:50,680
 Just, you know, who's going to throw the ball and who's going to run the ball better will probably be the difference in this one.

1172
01:09:51,420 --> 01:09:57,200
 Yeah, and I'm going to be curious if Mars Hill gets behind for the first time this year, how they react to that.

1173
01:09:57,360 --> 01:09:58,740
 That will be interesting.

1174
01:09:59,580 --> 01:10:02,560
 I know you're going down, I believe, today or tomorrow.

1175
01:10:03,080 --> 01:10:05,660
 Who else are you looking forward to seeing?

1176
01:10:06,480 --> 01:10:09,680
 Maplesville in Class 1A has 10 shutouts.

1177
01:10:09,680 --> 01:10:11,200
 I still find that amazing.

1178
01:10:11,600 --> 01:10:16,620
 Against Wadley, Jackson versus Aniston.

1179
01:10:16,800 --> 01:10:17,960
 Aniston is undefeated.

1180
01:10:18,100 --> 01:10:19,060
 They beat Desler.

1181
01:10:19,840 --> 01:10:22,240
 Jackson with E.J. Crowell.

1182
01:10:22,980 --> 01:10:27,860
 Landon Duckworth, he's going to South Carolina, and about seven other D1 prospects.

1183
01:10:28,720 --> 01:10:32,320
 Good old Rush Proves with Kusa Christian against Lynette.

1184
01:10:33,100 --> 01:10:35,500
 Rush always seems to end up being there.

1185
01:10:35,500 --> 01:10:38,840
 And then, we talked to Ben about this yesterday.

1186
01:10:39,360 --> 01:10:41,980
 Class 6A always seems to be one of the better games.

1187
01:10:42,280 --> 01:10:49,080
 Sarah Landon undefeated against Clay Chalkwell at 14-0, who beat a very, very good Musher Shoals team.

1188
01:10:49,520 --> 01:10:52,340
 Any games in particular that you're looking forward to?

1189
01:10:53,240 --> 01:10:55,180
 Yeah, I think 6A is pretty interesting.

1190
01:10:55,180 --> 01:10:59,300
 Like you just talked about, Sarah Landon, the last few years, they had Ryan Williams.

1191
01:10:59,480 --> 01:11:01,680
 People were like, oh, I don't know if they're going to be back without Ryan Williams.

1192
01:11:02,100 --> 01:11:02,580
 Get back.

1193
01:11:02,760 --> 01:11:03,560
 Luke KJ, Lacey.

1194
01:11:03,860 --> 01:11:04,820
 You know, there's questions there.

1195
01:11:05,100 --> 01:11:08,680
 But they get back to the state championship game against a Clay Chalkwell team.

1196
01:11:08,820 --> 01:11:13,300
 That's some of the, you know, best speed positions or speed players in the game.

1197
01:11:13,740 --> 01:11:15,860
 Their quarterback really runs the ball well.

1198
01:11:16,540 --> 01:11:20,020
 Corey Barber recently decimated from Ole Miss after Lane Kiffin left.

1199
01:11:20,360 --> 01:11:22,540
 Recently got an offer from LSU from Lane Kiffin.

1200
01:11:22,720 --> 01:11:27,020
 So they might be going to play for Lane Kiffin over in Baton Rouge.

1201
01:11:27,520 --> 01:11:28,900
 That's a really interesting matchup.

1202
01:11:29,020 --> 01:11:31,540
 But this 1A matchup, I think, is going to be really fun.

1203
01:11:31,860 --> 01:11:33,400
 Wadley, the defending champion.

1204
01:11:33,620 --> 01:11:37,900
 They have one of the best players in the state, you know, as far as numbers go.

1205
01:11:39,040 --> 01:11:41,760
 And Jacquez Wilkes, he's going to Auburn.

1206
01:11:42,120 --> 01:11:44,760
 But, I mean, they return just so much talent on that defense.

1207
01:11:44,760 --> 01:11:52,140
 And I think they're allowing, like, under or right around four points a game that Mapleville defense is.

1208
01:11:52,220 --> 01:11:53,380
 Or 3.2, there it is.

1209
01:11:53,620 --> 01:11:56,060
 They're allowing 3.2 points a game in a 10 shutout.

1210
01:11:56,140 --> 01:11:57,160
 So just ridiculous.

1211
01:11:57,680 --> 01:12:01,740
 And there's got to be some kind of state record as far as straight shutouts or something.

1212
01:12:01,920 --> 01:12:03,360
 You'd think there'd be something in there.

1213
01:12:03,460 --> 01:12:08,000
 But I think that they allowed, like, 18 points last week against Leroy.

1214
01:12:08,140 --> 01:12:10,240
 And it's like, man, it's a tough week for them.

1215
01:12:10,240 --> 01:12:14,560
 But, like, I think they played a 5A in Holtville in the last 14.

1216
01:12:14,780 --> 01:12:16,820
 So, I mean, those are their only two double digits.

1217
01:12:17,280 --> 01:12:18,460
 You know, leads to 5A.

1218
01:12:18,580 --> 01:12:20,420
 And then it gets a really good Leroy team.

1219
01:12:20,520 --> 01:12:24,980
 So, that'll be an interesting one just because, you know, they have so much talent on defense.

1220
01:12:25,300 --> 01:12:31,860
 And Nehemiah McCrary, the guy who has offers from Georgia and Alabama, he's kind of gone under the radar as a one-hit player.

1221
01:12:32,160 --> 01:12:37,460
 But, like you said, with Rush getting a champion, you know, in position to get a championship, that Marceau game.

1222
01:12:37,860 --> 01:12:43,160
 And it's been on the hunt for his first championship since they were in 6A, like, 20 or 30 years ago.

1223
01:12:43,380 --> 01:12:45,200
 And then Moody Vigers also are really good.

1224
01:12:45,260 --> 01:12:47,500
 I mean, there's just some really good matchups in the Super 7.

1225
01:12:47,740 --> 01:12:50,800
 I don't know if there's been a better slate of matchups in recent memory, honestly.

1226
01:12:51,060 --> 01:12:52,340
 Because there should be some really good games.

1227
01:12:53,000 --> 01:12:54,960
 Thomas, obviously, Marceau Bible back then.

1228
01:12:55,020 --> 01:12:57,060
 They're carrying the torch for all of North Alabama.

1229
01:12:57,060 --> 01:13:00,500
 A lot of disappointing teams out there to not make it this far.

1230
01:13:00,580 --> 01:13:03,040
 Muscle Shoals getting so close yet so far away.

1231
01:13:03,640 --> 01:13:11,780
 Your thoughts now that the season's over for 99.9% of North Alabama teams as far as putting a rep on this year,

1232
01:13:11,900 --> 01:13:14,100
 as far as high school teams in the North, your thoughts?

1233
01:13:15,140 --> 01:13:18,580
 Yeah, I mean, there are some teams that, you know, I think surprised.

1234
01:13:19,280 --> 01:13:25,140
 I think that kind of, if you're asking, you know, who was the biggest surprise, I look at playing B as number one.

1235
01:13:25,720 --> 01:13:27,460
 They were just elite.

1236
01:13:27,620 --> 01:13:31,820
 And everybody kind of thought, you know, they're going to be much better than they were last year.

1237
01:13:31,860 --> 01:13:34,620
 I think they went like 5-5 last year or something like that.

1238
01:13:34,620 --> 01:13:40,460
 But this year, obviously, they made it to the state semifinals and lost almost a fluke to a really good Aniston team.

1239
01:13:40,920 --> 01:13:46,060
 I think they scored, and they scored like the last 3.1 seconds after, like, blocking a kick or something like that.

1240
01:13:46,720 --> 01:13:49,400
 It was just a crazy game from what it sounds like.

1241
01:13:49,520 --> 01:13:54,560
 But I think that was a really good season for them, obviously, to get to the semifinals.

1242
01:13:55,360 --> 01:13:58,800
 It's unclear, you know, if Pruitt's going to be the coach next year.

1243
01:13:58,880 --> 01:14:00,420
 I mean, he's had a really good run.

1244
01:14:01,260 --> 01:14:03,620
 And then, you know, Jeremy's going to go to Jack State.

1245
01:14:03,660 --> 01:14:05,420
 I'm sure he's there now working with them.

1246
01:14:05,420 --> 01:14:07,580
 So a lot of questions over at Plainview.

1247
01:14:07,740 --> 01:14:10,620
 But they've had a really good year over there.

1248
01:14:10,740 --> 01:14:14,060
 Muscle Shoals, obviously, they looked like one of the best teams in the state.

1249
01:14:14,360 --> 01:14:16,380
 They just ran into a brick wall against Clay Chalkville.

1250
01:14:16,500 --> 01:14:19,180
 I mean, this is a nationally ranked Clay Chalkville team.

1251
01:14:19,340 --> 01:14:22,100
 I think that they came in at, like, number 25 in the nation.

1252
01:14:22,340 --> 01:14:26,360
 And the most recent Max Rep's hole just stacked just about everywhere.

1253
01:14:27,060 --> 01:14:30,040
 But as far as Huntsville goes, I mean, they're still kind of chasing that.

1254
01:14:30,480 --> 01:14:33,420
 You know, they're just going to break through, which is tough.

1255
01:14:34,160 --> 01:14:36,040
 Madison Academy kind of looked like that team.

1256
01:14:36,160 --> 01:14:38,860
 It just ran into a really, really good Aniston team.

1257
01:14:38,980 --> 01:14:40,140
 It's now in the state championship game.

1258
01:14:40,560 --> 01:14:43,440
 So, I mean, they're still kind of looking for that team that's going to break through.

1259
01:14:43,540 --> 01:14:45,680
 And I think that Madison Academy has a really good chance.

1260
01:14:46,440 --> 01:14:48,000
 James Collins has a chance next year.

1261
01:14:48,120 --> 01:14:51,500
 But I think the question for next year is who's going to be that team that, you know,

1262
01:14:51,580 --> 01:14:55,800
 kind of breaks the mold of a team being able to, you know,

1263
01:14:55,840 --> 01:14:58,180
 advance past the first or second round over in Huntsville.

1264
01:14:58,740 --> 01:15:02,840
 And then in 7-8, who's going to be the team that, you know, finally gets that first win to the 29th team.

1265
01:15:03,140 --> 01:15:05,360
 So, you know, kind of a tough year for Huntsville standards.

1266
01:15:05,540 --> 01:15:07,900
 But I think there's a lot of questions that should be answered next year.

1267
01:15:08,700 --> 01:15:11,440
 You follow Jack State football and basketball.

1268
01:15:11,680 --> 01:15:15,060
 In fact, you had a story on AL.com about Jack State and UNA.

1269
01:15:15,780 --> 01:15:21,940
 And then Friday, Kennesaw State at Jack State for the Conference USA championship.

1270
01:15:22,600 --> 01:15:25,020
 Can Jack State win Conference USA?

1271
01:15:26,540 --> 01:15:27,380
 Yeah, why not?

1272
01:15:27,660 --> 01:15:28,560
 I mean, they're in the game.

1273
01:15:29,260 --> 01:15:31,500
 So, that's obviously a good start to winning a championship.

1274
01:15:32,000 --> 01:15:35,500
 But, you know, it's kind of a surprise, honestly.

1275
01:15:35,620 --> 01:15:38,700
 You just never really know what you're going to get when a first-year coach comes in.

1276
01:15:38,800 --> 01:15:40,900
 I mean, I'm just kind of thinking back.

1277
01:15:41,040 --> 01:15:44,840
 You had one cornerback and one quarterback that were on scholarship on the roster.

1278
01:15:45,180 --> 01:15:50,220
 When he came in, I think he started like 40 or 50 players on the roster when he came in.

1279
01:15:50,360 --> 01:15:54,060
 Coach Kelly did, that roster was gutted from the transfer portal.

1280
01:15:54,320 --> 01:15:56,780
 When you look at it now, they're rolling.

1281
01:15:56,960 --> 01:16:00,360
 I mean, they've number one seed hosting conference championship.

1282
01:16:00,560 --> 01:16:03,300
 And this team has obviously exceeded everybody's expectations.

1283
01:16:03,560 --> 01:16:07,340
 I mean, you know, you kind of knew they were going to be in a bowl game, that kind of thing.

1284
01:16:07,460 --> 01:16:10,280
 But hosting a conference championship in the first year is just unheard of.

1285
01:16:10,600 --> 01:16:12,800
 I mean, they're playing a really good Kennesaw State team.

1286
01:16:13,000 --> 01:16:18,740
 And Jerry Mack's been in the talk for some other coaching vacancies like Memphis and some other spots.

1287
01:16:18,740 --> 01:16:20,740
 So it'll be interesting to see what happens there.

1288
01:16:20,880 --> 01:16:24,320
 But as for now, I mean, this Jack State team has all the pieces.

1289
01:16:24,500 --> 01:16:27,420
 They have a lot of really good players who have done really well.

1290
01:16:27,820 --> 01:16:30,540
 Cam Cook runs the ball at an elite level.

1291
01:16:30,720 --> 01:16:32,840
 He's, I think, the number one rusher in the country right now.

1292
01:16:33,300 --> 01:16:37,300
 But I think they've exceeded everybody's expectations for sure.

1293
01:16:37,820 --> 01:16:39,860
 I don't see a reason why they can't win it again.

1294
01:16:40,020 --> 01:16:43,560
 I mean, they're stacked at just about every position it seems like.

1295
01:16:43,700 --> 01:16:45,620
 But they've just got to clean up some things.

1296
01:16:45,840 --> 01:16:48,600
 And I think that they'll be just fine, especially being at home again.

1297
01:16:49,540 --> 01:16:58,260
 Well, you've got an easy week ahead of you as far as covering the Super 7 and then Jacksonville State in the Gulf South Conference.

1298
01:16:58,460 --> 01:17:01,920
 Very good write-up again about you and a win yesterday.

1299
01:17:02,120 --> 01:17:05,220
 Where can we get online, young man, and get all the great stuff?

1300
01:17:05,760 --> 01:17:10,860
 Yeah, you might not be able to talk to any for the next three days because I'll be asleep after all this.

1301
01:17:11,300 --> 01:17:16,600
 But on AL.com, we'll have plenty of stuff leading up to the Super 7, after the Super 7.

1302
01:17:16,740 --> 01:17:21,620
 And there's an SEC championship game or something like that I heard coming up, too.

1303
01:17:21,920 --> 01:17:24,620
 So plenty coming on AL.com from a busy week.

1304
01:17:24,840 --> 01:17:26,080
 So a lot of coverage.

1305
01:17:26,280 --> 01:17:29,240
 And, you know, this is a good week to be watching sports in Alabama.

1306
01:17:30,420 --> 01:17:33,420
 Santa Claus is not the only one busy here in December, right, Thomas?

1307
01:17:33,420 --> 01:17:34,900
 Thomas Ashworth, they're going to be with us.

1308
01:17:34,940 --> 01:17:36,260
 He's visiting there at AL.com.

1309
01:17:36,320 --> 01:17:37,300
 Listen, man, thanks for your time.

1310
01:17:37,360 --> 01:17:38,660
 Have a great rest of the week, okay?

1311
01:17:40,480 --> 01:17:43,060
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 and cheering on your favorite team with friends.

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1356
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1357
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1358
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1359
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 From the University of Alabama, this is Crimson Tide Today.

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1363
01:20:36,480 --> 01:20:37,140
 Hello again, everybody.

1364
01:20:37,340 --> 01:20:38,120
 I'm Roger Hoover.

1365
01:20:38,480 --> 01:20:44,440
 On Monday, Alabama women's basketball improved to 8-0 in the season with a dominant home win against Kennesaw State.

1366
01:20:44,820 --> 01:20:46,460
 Here are some of the highlights from the victory.

1367
01:20:46,880 --> 01:20:48,900
 Naomi Jones, handoff to Timmons.

1368
01:20:49,000 --> 01:20:52,720
 Timmons in the free throw line, driving right side layup, up off the window, it's in.

1369
01:20:53,200 --> 01:20:56,040
 Jessica Timmons leading the way with 19 points for Alabama.

1370
01:20:56,200 --> 01:20:57,900
 She makes it 65-53.

1371
01:20:58,740 --> 01:21:01,120
 Collins, bounce pass right side lane.

1372
01:21:01,260 --> 01:21:05,120
 Lester fights her way in, throws it up, no good off the window, an iron rebound.

1373
01:21:05,440 --> 01:21:09,400
 Costa, Costa works it back to a wide open Weathers, left wing three, switch.

1374
01:21:10,020 --> 01:21:13,660
 Carly Weathers makes it to Alabama 70, Kennesaw State 57.

1375
01:21:13,660 --> 01:21:17,780
 Her hand layup off the glass, rolls in, 79-65.

1376
01:21:18,140 --> 01:21:19,380
 Alabama five seconds left.

1377
01:21:19,720 --> 01:21:20,760
 Inbounds pass to Collins.

1378
01:21:20,880 --> 01:21:25,880
 She will dribble out the final moments as Alabama improves to a perfect 8-0 on the season

1379
01:21:25,880 --> 01:21:29,320
 and wins in front of a lot of fifth graders at Coleman Coliseum.

1380
01:21:29,720 --> 01:21:33,800
 Final score, Alabama 79, Kennesaw State 65.

1381
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 I'll have more in a moment.

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 The Score.

1396
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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1397
01:22:30,080 --> 01:22:30,800
 Welcome back in.

1398
01:22:30,860 --> 01:22:36,880
 I would imagine he's been as crazy as the rest of us trying to put all the pieces into the puzzle the past few days.

1399
01:22:37,040 --> 01:22:41,040
 Joe Cox got it all covered there when it comes to the SEC at Saturday down south.

1400
01:22:41,200 --> 01:22:42,500
 Joe Cox, welcome in.

1401
01:22:42,580 --> 01:22:43,280
 How are you?

1402
01:22:44,160 --> 01:22:51,380
 Well, I'm just trying to decide now that it's slowing down a little bit when I can look forward to my buyout money to start rolling in this week.

1403
01:22:52,940 --> 01:22:55,720
 Well, not so fast, my friend.

1404
01:22:56,040 --> 01:23:02,520
 As crazy as it's been, there's yet some more breaking news, at least on the eve of National Recruiting Day tomorrow.

1405
01:23:03,300 --> 01:23:10,020
 Five-star quarterback Jared Curtis decommitting from Georgia and going to Vanderbilt.

1406
01:23:10,120 --> 01:23:11,880
 When's the last time that happened, Joe?

1407
01:23:13,140 --> 01:23:16,020
 Probably about the time dinosaurs roamed in the earthquake.

1408
01:23:16,020 --> 01:23:16,340
 Yeah.

1409
01:23:17,340 --> 01:23:21,160
 Now, this is pretty wild, and it's going to be interesting to see.

1410
01:23:21,340 --> 01:23:23,220
 I mean, this was a perfect storm for Vandy.

1411
01:23:23,360 --> 01:23:24,820
 This kid was right in their backyard.

1412
01:23:25,160 --> 01:23:26,640
 They'd had a relationship with him.

1413
01:23:26,680 --> 01:23:30,080
 They could stay up with him, and they made this happen.

1414
01:23:30,220 --> 01:23:31,460
 Is this an isolated thing?

1415
01:23:31,540 --> 01:23:40,880
 Is this going to be, you know, in the NIL era, is it truly going to be a free-for-all where Vandy can sign great players and Georgia might lose players to Vandy?

1416
01:23:40,880 --> 01:23:44,960
 See, it feels more like a one-time thing, but let's hold the phone and check.

1417
01:23:46,220 --> 01:23:49,320
 Who is the best hire in the SEC?

1418
01:23:50,040 --> 01:23:58,080
 Lane Kiffin at LSU, John Summerall at Florida, Alex Golesh at Auburn, Brian Silverfield at Arkansas.

1419
01:23:58,440 --> 01:24:01,100
 People forget about Pete Golding at Ole Miss.

1420
01:24:01,480 --> 01:24:04,200
 And now, officially today, Will Kline at Kentucky.

1421
01:24:05,480 --> 01:24:07,600
 You know, it's going to be interesting.

1422
01:24:07,880 --> 01:24:09,600
 I really like Summerall.

1423
01:24:10,040 --> 01:24:20,980
 I think Florida was a little bit down in the mouth over losing the Kiffin sweepstakes, but they may have just fooled around and gotten themselves a coach who will fit their program better in the long haul.

1424
01:24:21,500 --> 01:24:22,900
 That's the one that stands out.

1425
01:24:23,140 --> 01:24:28,380
 Honestly, other than Golding, I think everybody makes a lot of sense for their respective teams.

1426
01:24:28,700 --> 01:24:33,780
 And Ole Miss is kind of between a rock and a hard place, and that's why they end up with Golding.

1427
01:24:34,040 --> 01:24:37,460
 But that's the only one I really would say I don't like.

1428
01:24:37,540 --> 01:24:39,780
 I think all the others are certainly defensible.

1429
01:24:40,800 --> 01:24:43,480
 Obviously, Kiffin, LSU, got the guy they wanted.

1430
01:24:44,180 --> 01:24:48,320
 Now, will it do them any good, or will he win one and then be fired two years later?

1431
01:24:49,060 --> 01:24:53,040
 You know, that seems to be kind of the rhythm they move in over there.

1432
01:24:53,340 --> 01:24:55,880
 But I like what Florida did.

1433
01:24:56,260 --> 01:24:58,540
 That's my one biggest takeaway, probably.

1434
01:24:59,060 --> 01:24:59,880
 I agree with you.

1435
01:24:59,920 --> 01:25:01,700
 I think long-term is the right move.

1436
01:25:01,800 --> 01:25:04,220
 I don't think he won the press conference, but who cares?

1437
01:25:04,660 --> 01:25:07,860
 Press conferences, like footprints in the sand, they'll wash you up pretty quickly there.

1438
01:25:08,140 --> 01:25:10,300
 Your thoughts, will it work at Ole Miss under Pete?

1439
01:25:10,300 --> 01:25:18,000
 Can you imagine Alabama fans saying, huh, Pete Golding is going to be a head coach in the SEC back when he left Tuscaloosa?

1440
01:25:18,360 --> 01:25:23,080
 Will it work there, and will the crazy Hollywood marriage work in Baton Rouge?

1441
01:25:24,100 --> 01:25:27,840
 Well, you know, I don't think that either one of them is on great standing.

1442
01:25:28,020 --> 01:25:34,760
 I think LSU has a better chance of working out just because they're going to throw the absolute kitchen sink at this money-wise.

1443
01:25:35,220 --> 01:25:35,500
 Right.

1444
01:25:35,860 --> 01:25:38,340
 I just don't like the fit with Golding.

1445
01:25:38,340 --> 01:25:44,860
 I mean, Ole Miss got where they were because of the offense, and I understand that a lot of those guys jumped on a plane and headed to Baton Rouge.

1446
01:25:45,680 --> 01:25:48,300
 I understand even why Golding is the interim coach.

1447
01:25:48,300 --> 01:25:52,340
 I understand why he's going to coach the team in the potential playoff game.

1448
01:25:52,420 --> 01:25:57,340
 What I don't understand is just shutting it down and saying, we're done, that's our coach.

1449
01:25:57,500 --> 01:26:05,200
 I would have said, interim coach Golding here, and who knows, maybe they pull one out of their head and they win a couple of games in the playoff,

1450
01:26:05,300 --> 01:26:10,720
 and you think, well, this is the guy, but it wasn't a decision that I think they had to rush into.

1451
01:26:10,860 --> 01:26:19,620
 I think they, as many did, probably got caught up in the emotions of the moment and felt like they had to do something drastic, and I don't think it'll age well.

1452
01:26:20,760 --> 01:26:23,800
 Your thoughts on Alex Golesh going to Auburn.

1453
01:26:23,920 --> 01:26:26,280
 He is resurrected South Florida.

1454
01:26:26,640 --> 01:26:28,400
 Has he won a championship there?

1455
01:26:28,540 --> 01:26:28,880
 No.

1456
01:26:29,760 --> 01:26:34,060
 Certainly was the offensive coordinator with Josh Heupel at Tennessee.

1457
01:26:34,940 --> 01:26:36,520
 Did some good things there.

1458
01:26:37,040 --> 01:26:44,040
 Another offensive-minded coach, of course, the last three at Auburn have been, and you see where that worked out.

1459
01:26:44,860 --> 01:26:48,240
 But he's a little bit, again, it's not so much the Russia connection.

1460
01:26:48,420 --> 01:26:52,340
 He's just a little bit of a different guy in a different breed.

1461
01:26:53,080 --> 01:27:00,400
 Can Alex Golesh finally get Auburn to winning some games and somewhere down the road a championship?

1462
01:27:01,500 --> 01:27:02,900
 You know, I think he can.

1463
01:27:03,380 --> 01:27:04,640
 I'm going to say this.

1464
01:27:04,700 --> 01:27:11,020
 I think a lot of the schools probably ended up doing as well on their second try as they would have overall.

1465
01:27:11,180 --> 01:27:12,180
 Talked about Florida earlier.

1466
01:27:12,380 --> 01:27:13,320
 Here's another one.

1467
01:27:14,020 --> 01:27:15,460
 Summerall would have been fine there.

1468
01:27:15,600 --> 01:27:22,460
 I think Golesh actually might be a better fit to have an offensive guy, a guy who's also been in the SEC a little bit.

1469
01:27:22,740 --> 01:27:27,420
 And, you know, the thing everybody tells me about Alex Golesh is he's not going to be outworked.

1470
01:27:27,620 --> 01:27:29,860
 And I think that's a big thing at Auburn.

1471
01:27:29,940 --> 01:27:31,740
 I think they need that kind of dedication.

1472
01:27:32,480 --> 01:27:33,580
 And maybe that can help.

1473
01:27:33,700 --> 01:27:38,740
 And then throw Kentucky in there because I think they really would have wanted Summerall, and the timing just didn't work out.

1474
01:27:38,800 --> 01:27:41,760
 But I think they might have made a better move with Will Stein.

1475
01:27:41,760 --> 01:27:46,080
 I think an offense guy there makes sense after the problems they've had.

1476
01:27:46,200 --> 01:27:47,680
 Now, he's never been a head coach.

1477
01:27:47,780 --> 01:27:49,040
 It's a little bit of a dice roll.

1478
01:27:49,200 --> 01:27:51,740
 But at Kentucky, you're going to have to roll some dice.

1479
01:27:52,080 --> 01:27:59,200
 You know, I think all of those schools ultimately may look back and say, you know, it wasn't exactly what we thought, but we did pretty darn well.

1480
01:27:59,200 --> 01:28:07,960
 I would have thought that, speaking of coaches, that Coach DeBoer would be in the SEC championship game after game one.

1481
01:28:08,180 --> 01:28:11,840
 Everybody kind of thought the dogs would be there, but that's the situation.

1482
01:28:12,220 --> 01:28:14,780
 The more things change, the more they remain the same.

1483
01:28:14,880 --> 01:28:18,500
 The rest of the league is throwing millions of dollars to get to the SEC championship game.

1484
01:28:18,640 --> 01:28:24,020
 And while they're seeing two old dogs back in it, what happens this weekend in the rematch?

1485
01:28:24,640 --> 01:28:25,940
 Oh, it'll be a good one.

1486
01:28:26,000 --> 01:28:27,180
 Yeah, I mean, go figure.

1487
01:28:27,340 --> 01:28:30,620
 Here we are talking about how different the landscape is.

1488
01:28:30,680 --> 01:28:32,120
 This big recruit's going to Vandy.

1489
01:28:32,240 --> 01:28:36,180
 Yeah, I got a feeling those teams from Alabama and Georgia are still going to stick around.

1490
01:28:36,280 --> 01:28:40,380
 I think they'll still be up there when the push comes to shove.

1491
01:28:40,920 --> 01:28:42,420
 Really excited to see this.

1492
01:28:42,520 --> 01:28:45,360
 I think Alabama might have a little bit more on the line.

1493
01:28:45,580 --> 01:28:54,000
 I think it would be hard to knock Bama out of the playoff for losing this game, but they definitely would be in more jeopardy of that, say, than Georgia would.

1494
01:28:54,760 --> 01:28:59,580
 I'll be interested to see, you know, if that kind of motivational aspect makes any difference.

1495
01:29:00,440 --> 01:29:08,380
 Georgia has played some of its best football down the stretch, so I would give them kind of the immediate, you know, knee-jerk reaction to go for them.

1496
01:29:08,380 --> 01:29:12,820
 But maybe Alabama's motivation will be a little stronger and help them overcome that.

1497
01:29:13,520 --> 01:29:18,820
 Joe, what do you think Clark Lee's going to be saying tonight after the rankings are unveiled again?

1498
01:29:19,540 --> 01:29:22,940
 Committee, what about us at Vanderbilt?

1499
01:29:23,220 --> 01:29:25,760
 10-2, 6-2 in the conference.

1500
01:29:26,020 --> 01:29:27,320
 We up Tennessee's butt.

1501
01:29:27,860 --> 01:29:30,400
 Just dominated them in the second half.

1502
01:29:31,040 --> 01:29:32,960
 Say what you want to about Pavia.

1503
01:29:33,240 --> 01:29:38,660
 He deserves to be a finalist for the Heisman in New York in a couple of weeks.

1504
01:29:39,280 --> 01:29:40,760
 Joe, what about Vandy?

1505
01:29:41,780 --> 01:29:48,500
 You know, I think they're going to end up left out, and it's a shame because they've really done everything that anybody could ask of them.

1506
01:29:49,120 --> 01:29:54,580
 I think Pavia's Heisman candidacy might be, you know, kind of the crumb they're thrown.

1507
01:29:54,580 --> 01:29:59,160
 But it just doesn't shake out like they're going to end up in that field.

1508
01:29:59,540 --> 01:30:03,120
 And, you know, admittedly, some SEC bias is going to show here.

1509
01:30:03,180 --> 01:30:05,520
 Would I rather see Vanderbilt in that field than Notre Dame?

1510
01:30:05,640 --> 01:30:06,500
 Heck, yes, I would.

1511
01:30:06,600 --> 01:30:08,100
 But I don't think we're going to see that.

1512
01:30:09,200 --> 01:30:11,880
 And, Joe, just quickly, what about Oklahoma?

1513
01:30:12,440 --> 01:30:17,000
 And, again, they've done nothing but win, beating Alabama in Tuscaloosa.

1514
01:30:17,760 --> 01:30:23,940
 10-2, 6-2, I don't know how many people predicted that at the beginning of the season.

1515
01:30:24,780 --> 01:30:30,540
 No, I think they were probably a team that was thought to come in a little closer to 500 than where they've ended up.

1516
01:30:30,740 --> 01:30:32,380
 And they seem to be on the right side of it.

1517
01:30:32,400 --> 01:30:34,100
 I think they're in good shape.

1518
01:30:34,800 --> 01:30:40,460
 And, you know, we can go cross-eyed trying to figure out if their 10-2 is really better than Vandy's 10-2.

1519
01:30:41,140 --> 01:30:45,500
 But that's why they pay all those ADs and decision-makers all those millions of dollars.

1520
01:30:45,500 --> 01:30:48,720
 So, we'll just have to leave it to them, I suppose.

1521
01:30:50,260 --> 01:30:51,920
 Joe, great stuff, as always.

1522
01:30:52,060 --> 01:30:58,440
 You came pretty close to a lot of the teams predicting the season record way back in August.

1523
01:30:58,760 --> 01:31:02,620
 Joe, where can we get online and get all the good stuff with you and the team?

1524
01:31:03,400 --> 01:31:05,900
 Yep, check us out, SaturdayDownSouth.com.

1525
01:31:05,960 --> 01:31:10,460
 Yeah, my perennials are over for the season, but I've got to feel it we'll have some more stuff.

1526
01:31:11,020 --> 01:31:16,200
 Adam Spencer and I will put our heads together and come up with something fun to pass the winter months.

1527
01:31:16,400 --> 01:31:18,720
 And then there's that round ball sport coming up, too.

1528
01:31:19,040 --> 01:31:20,800
 So, we'll have some things to say about it.

1529
01:31:21,920 --> 01:31:24,000
 Joe, stay as warm as you can up there.

1530
01:31:24,080 --> 01:31:25,760
 And thanks so much for your time today, buddy.

1531
01:31:26,500 --> 01:31:27,780
 Always glad to talk to you guys.

1532
01:31:27,840 --> 01:31:28,140
 Take care.

1533
01:31:28,240 --> 01:31:28,780
 Thank you, Joe.

1534
01:31:28,840 --> 01:31:29,680
 Came right back at you.

1535
01:31:29,740 --> 01:31:32,580
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 Hey, fans, welcome back to Fansville's Cheers and Tears.

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 Okay, so like everybody deals with losing, right, to a rival on a last-second field goal.

1566
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 Whatever, it's fine, I'm totally fine.

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1610
01:36:35,600 --> 01:36:38,740
 Welcome back in, in case you missed it earlier.

1611
01:36:39,160 --> 01:36:45,700
 The fellow who follows this show, I think his name is Paul, announcing he will not be running

1612
01:36:45,700 --> 01:36:50,100
 for that Tommy Tuble vacated seat there in a Senate in Washington, D.C.

1613
01:36:50,780 --> 01:36:55,180
 B.B., can you confirm or deny that Matt Merchel may be sliding into that position?

1614
01:36:56,760 --> 01:37:02,620
 Matt Merchel is one of the most talented people I know on this planet, but I'm going to guess

1615
01:37:02,620 --> 01:37:07,920
 that running for Tommy Tuble's vacant Senate seat is not on his wish list.

1616
01:37:08,180 --> 01:37:11,860
 He's probably waiting to get the call from Jimmy Sexton to get one of those jobs out there

1617
01:37:11,860 --> 01:37:12,300
 in coaching.

1618
01:37:12,540 --> 01:37:17,680
 Or, in the meantime, do his job there as a college insider with the Orlando Center on his podcast,

1619
01:37:17,760 --> 01:37:18,760
 the Gridiron 365.

1620
01:37:19,260 --> 01:37:20,280
 Matt, welcome in.

1621
01:37:20,360 --> 01:37:23,180
 Are you still in Orlando, or are you on the way to D.C.?

1622
01:37:23,180 --> 01:37:23,740
 How are you?

1623
01:37:24,980 --> 01:37:26,160
 Yeah, I'm doing well.

1624
01:37:26,320 --> 01:37:30,660
 You know, I think politics, I'm staying out of politics, so you don't have to worry about that.

1625
01:37:30,980 --> 01:37:32,360
 You are a smart man.

1626
01:37:32,560 --> 01:37:34,340
 You are in Orlando, of course.

1627
01:37:34,880 --> 01:37:39,500
 And if it's not rush hour traffic, it's not that far of a drive over to Tampa, where the

1628
01:37:39,500 --> 01:37:42,680
 new top Tiger comes from, to Auburn.

1629
01:37:42,740 --> 01:37:47,460
 What can you tell folks about the new head coach of the Auburn Tigers from South Florida?

1630
01:37:48,520 --> 01:37:51,540
 Well, you know, I think Alex Golesh is obviously the up-and-coming coach.

1631
01:37:52,360 --> 01:37:58,040
 You know, he's a guy who really kind of embodies a lot of the things that, you know, make coaches

1632
01:37:58,040 --> 01:37:58,440
 great.

1633
01:37:58,960 --> 01:38:03,980
 You know, he came up, you know, with a good background.

1634
01:38:05,100 --> 01:38:11,360
 You know, he got into his coaching and, you know, was being an offensive coordinator at

1635
01:38:11,360 --> 01:38:12,180
 several spots.

1636
01:38:12,180 --> 01:38:17,500
 You know, he was at UCF for one season, went to Tennessee with Josh Heupel, was there for

1637
01:38:17,500 --> 01:38:21,020
 a while, then went to USF, and he did a really good job at USF.

1638
01:38:21,140 --> 01:38:25,300
 You know, he basically has kept that program, you know, relevant, you know, over the last

1639
01:38:25,300 --> 01:38:25,860
 couple of years.

1640
01:38:25,980 --> 01:38:30,100
 And in fact, they're wearing the mix for the American Athletic Conference Championship.

1641
01:38:30,600 --> 01:38:34,340
 They're wearing the mix for a possible G5 spot in the college football playoff, except

1642
01:38:34,340 --> 01:38:36,820
 for a couple of bad losses late in the season.

1643
01:38:37,200 --> 01:38:41,280
 But he's a guy who's going to be an offensive-minded coach, a guy who's probably going to check

1644
01:38:41,280 --> 01:38:45,780
 all the boxes that Auburn is looking for when you talk about, you know, what they want

1645
01:38:45,780 --> 01:38:46,260
 in a coach.

1646
01:38:46,260 --> 01:38:50,720
 So he's a guy I think is not going to jump from job to job.

1647
01:38:51,140 --> 01:38:55,300
 You know, he's going to take his job very seriously, and I think it's going to be interesting

1648
01:38:55,300 --> 01:39:00,260
 kind of his approach to when he gets to Auburn, you know, how he wants to make things work for

1649
01:39:00,260 --> 01:39:00,420
 them.

1650
01:39:00,600 --> 01:39:04,660
 You know, I mean, he understands, I'm sure, what the job is in front of them and what the,

1651
01:39:04,720 --> 01:39:09,420
 you know, when you look at what fans expect from Auburn, you know, I mean, he understands

1652
01:39:09,420 --> 01:39:10,120
 that very well.

1653
01:39:11,420 --> 01:39:20,580
 John Summerall was not the number one choice for Gator Nation, Lane Kiffin was, and right

1654
01:39:20,580 --> 01:39:23,000
 now they've got the consolation prize.

1655
01:39:23,400 --> 01:39:25,100
 We're quite familiar with him, Matt.

1656
01:39:25,420 --> 01:39:30,380
 He may end up in the long term being a real win for the Gators.

1657
01:39:31,040 --> 01:39:38,540
 What are you hearing from Florida fans, Florida media, as far as John Summerall taking over

1658
01:39:38,540 --> 01:39:40,360
 in the head coach with the Gators?

1659
01:39:41,260 --> 01:39:45,340
 Well, you know, I think in John's case, you know, he obviously understands he wasn't the

1660
01:39:45,340 --> 01:39:45,840
 first guy.

1661
01:39:46,240 --> 01:39:49,180
 You know, most of the fan base really wanted Lane Kiffin.

1662
01:39:49,600 --> 01:39:52,180
 Like a lot of the boosters wanted Lane Kiffin.

1663
01:39:52,760 --> 01:39:56,300
 And he comes in now and he has to win them over.

1664
01:39:56,480 --> 01:40:00,060
 You know, he had his press conference the other day, talked about how important winning is.

1665
01:40:00,100 --> 01:40:01,940
 He talked about the history of Florida.

1666
01:40:02,500 --> 01:40:05,400
 You know, he said all the right things that, you know, coach is supposed to say when you're

1667
01:40:05,400 --> 01:40:09,600
 standing in front of, you know, the people that you're trying to press, but that's all

1668
01:40:09,600 --> 01:40:09,900
 good.

1669
01:40:10,180 --> 01:40:11,180
 That's all said good.

1670
01:40:11,300 --> 01:40:13,800
 But, you know, Billy Nater did the same thing.

1671
01:40:13,860 --> 01:40:14,260
 You know what?

1672
01:40:14,340 --> 01:40:17,000
 Four or five years ago, three or four years ago, what it was when he showed up.

1673
01:40:17,120 --> 01:40:21,960
 And I think, you know, for John, it's going to come down to they need results on the field.

1674
01:40:22,260 --> 01:40:26,140
 You know, I mean, I think one of the things that he said that really got, you know, people

1675
01:40:26,140 --> 01:40:29,280
 keyed in was this idea that offense is supposed to be going to be important.

1676
01:40:29,720 --> 01:40:31,540
 You know, they need to score points.

1677
01:40:31,600 --> 01:40:35,460
 That's something that Florida struggled with, you know, they need to develop a quarterback.

1678
01:40:35,680 --> 01:40:37,720
 That's something they've struggled with over the last couple of years.

1679
01:40:38,020 --> 01:40:42,680
 So if he could do that, you know, when he gets there and he could start winning some

1680
01:40:42,680 --> 01:40:46,400
 games, especially the games that, you know, Florida fans really want them to be in, you

1681
01:40:46,400 --> 01:40:51,700
 know, Georgia, you know, you know, LSU, you know, when you play Auburn, you know, games

1682
01:40:51,700 --> 01:40:55,760
 that, that really matter, you know, I think he is going to win over the fan base, you

1683
01:40:55,760 --> 01:40:59,820
 know, again, if he goes out and struggles and it's going to take some time, you know,

1684
01:40:59,820 --> 01:41:02,820
 yeah, there are a lot of good pieces at Florida, it could take some time for him to

1685
01:41:02,820 --> 01:41:03,380
 get that going.

1686
01:41:03,960 --> 01:41:07,280
 But, you know, I mean, that, that's where I think it's going to be the big job ahead

1687
01:41:07,280 --> 01:41:07,440
 of him.

1688
01:41:07,460 --> 01:41:11,160
 It's a PR campaign for him right now, because he's nothing, you, everything you say

1689
01:41:11,160 --> 01:41:14,940
 could be great, but if you aren't showing results, whether it's recruiting and the

1690
01:41:14,940 --> 01:41:20,700
 transfer portal, all those things, that's when fans just kind of put on the empathy hat

1691
01:41:20,700 --> 01:41:22,460
 and just decide that that's what they're going to do.

1692
01:41:23,400 --> 01:41:28,760
 Matt, Michelle, the Orlando sentiment, have you considered moving jobs and being the

1693
01:41:28,760 --> 01:41:30,580
 beat writer for LSU next season?

1694
01:41:30,660 --> 01:41:32,280
 It should be spicy, should it not?

1695
01:41:33,440 --> 01:41:34,540
 It should be spicy.

1696
01:41:34,640 --> 01:41:36,220
 I have no desire to be at LSU.

1697
01:41:36,220 --> 01:41:36,520
 Okay.

1698
01:41:37,400 --> 01:41:38,660
 We got that cleared up.

1699
01:41:40,400 --> 01:41:47,200
 This is, I'm going to say this, this, this to me is a head scratch because you, if you're

1700
01:41:47,200 --> 01:41:52,700
 LSU, think about this guy, you know, was it two, three years ago, they made a huge splash

1701
01:41:52,700 --> 01:41:53,740
 by bringing in Brian Kelly.

1702
01:41:53,900 --> 01:41:57,680
 They spent a lot of money to bring Brian Kelly in and everyone said, this is the best hire

1703
01:41:57,680 --> 01:41:59,280
 that's ever been made at LSU.

1704
01:41:59,460 --> 01:41:59,860
 Ever.

1705
01:42:00,900 --> 01:42:01,300
 Ever.

1706
01:42:01,620 --> 01:42:02,600
 And it wasn't.

1707
01:42:02,600 --> 01:42:05,560
 And then all of a sudden, you know, now it's like, okay, we're going to bring in Lane

1708
01:42:05,560 --> 01:42:08,460
 Kiffin and this is going to be the best hire that we've ever had.

1709
01:42:08,460 --> 01:42:08,820
 This is.

1710
01:42:08,880 --> 01:42:09,840
 I don't see it.

1711
01:42:10,420 --> 01:42:15,320
 And, you know, that to me, that's, that's a concern because again, you know, I saw some

1712
01:42:15,320 --> 01:42:18,600
 things about this job that I just didn't think if I was Lane Kiffin, I'd be interested

1713
01:42:18,600 --> 01:42:18,900
 in it.

1714
01:42:19,120 --> 01:42:23,660
 I mean, the first and foremost fact is the fact that you've got a governor of your state

1715
01:42:23,660 --> 01:42:27,580
 who's basically been chomping at the bit to tell you that he's going to be in charge

1716
01:42:27,580 --> 01:42:31,400
 of doing the contracts for his coaches and he's going to be in charge of making sure this

1717
01:42:31,400 --> 01:42:33,020
 works out well, you know, all that.

1718
01:42:33,380 --> 01:42:35,480
 You don't need any of that as your head coach.

1719
01:42:35,480 --> 01:42:40,080
 You don't want to interfere from politicians and people who have nothing to do with the football

1720
01:42:40,080 --> 01:42:40,500
 program.

1721
01:42:40,840 --> 01:42:45,300
 You want a good athletic director who's going to come in and help guide you and work

1722
01:42:45,300 --> 01:42:47,760
 with you, help build this program.

1723
01:42:48,180 --> 01:42:50,480
 I'm not sure if he's going to get that at LSU.

1724
01:42:50,680 --> 01:42:52,380
 Granted, yes, he's going to get a lot of money.

1725
01:42:52,760 --> 01:42:54,100
 He's going to get a lot of opportunity.

1726
01:42:54,280 --> 01:43:00,120
 He's going to be a face on TV a lot of the weekends in the SEC, but he's got to have just

1727
01:43:00,120 --> 01:43:05,380
 like, much like I mentioned with John Summerall, he's got to win because if you don't win

1728
01:43:05,380 --> 01:43:10,380
 and you don't make an impression and you're not competing, I just think you're going to fall

1729
01:43:10,380 --> 01:43:14,920
 in that trap that he's fallen in his career where you've made these moves and all of a

1730
01:43:14,920 --> 01:43:16,840
 sudden things have not worked out the way you expected.

1731
01:43:17,260 --> 01:43:20,600
 And the thing is, I mean, the perfect marriage, there'll never be another scenario.

1732
01:43:20,600 --> 01:43:23,660
 You talk about the perfect fit was Mal Moore and Nick Saban.

1733
01:43:23,920 --> 01:43:28,360
 Anyone who covered Mal knew he was the most humble guy, most competitive guy, but had an

1734
01:43:28,360 --> 01:43:28,980
 eye for talent.

1735
01:43:29,120 --> 01:43:33,500
 He hired Nick, he gave him what he wanted, then he got out of the way and said, do your

1736
01:43:33,500 --> 01:43:33,940
 job.

1737
01:43:33,980 --> 01:43:37,060
 I don't think you'll ever see that scenario again because these guys got big egos.

1738
01:43:37,600 --> 01:43:43,020
 And I look at Lane Kiffin, the difference between Lane, he's got a mind, but he just doesn't

1739
01:43:43,020 --> 01:43:45,200
 strike me as being the hardest working guy out there.

1740
01:43:45,200 --> 01:43:50,920
 Meaning of all the coaches, he's got to go out and hire an all-star, five-star staff.

1741
01:43:51,400 --> 01:43:56,020
 He's done some of that with the wives coming over, but your thoughts just about from that

1742
01:43:56,020 --> 01:44:02,640
 standpoint, and if you are a coach with choices, what are you as far as wanting to go to work

1743
01:44:02,640 --> 01:44:07,880
 for a man who basically preaches one thing on Sunday and practices another on Monday?

1744
01:44:08,920 --> 01:44:10,120
 Yeah, I mean, very much so.

1745
01:44:10,240 --> 01:44:12,680
 I mean, this situation was, I mean, think about this.

1746
01:44:13,020 --> 01:44:15,920
 He blatantly was out looking for jobs.

1747
01:44:16,100 --> 01:44:21,000
 You know, he was interviewing for jobs as he's leading a team that is contending for the

1748
01:44:21,000 --> 01:44:21,340
 SEC.

1749
01:44:21,760 --> 01:44:23,740
 Three wins away from a national championship.

1750
01:44:24,120 --> 01:44:25,780
 Three wins or four, whatever it is.

1751
01:44:26,340 --> 01:44:33,100
 And then he's surprised, mind you, surprised when, you know, Ole Miss says, no, no, no, no.

1752
01:44:33,200 --> 01:44:35,580
 You know, we're not going to let you coach the rest of the season.

1753
01:44:36,120 --> 01:44:38,780
 You know, you've been out looking for jobs, you know.

1754
01:44:39,580 --> 01:44:40,120
 Excuse me.

1755
01:44:40,300 --> 01:44:42,280
 We, you know, we can't allow you to do this.

1756
01:44:42,440 --> 01:44:44,680
 We want, you know, we want a coach who's committed.

1757
01:44:45,220 --> 01:44:46,600
 And then just kind of goes, okay.

1758
01:44:46,700 --> 01:44:50,340
 And then not only does he get on a plane to go to Ole Miss, he brings half of his offensive

1759
01:44:50,340 --> 01:44:52,760
 staff with him because these guys are going with me now.

1760
01:44:53,100 --> 01:44:56,500
 And, you know, he's got players from Ole Miss who are probably thinking, okay, well, I'm

1761
01:44:56,500 --> 01:44:57,240
 going to jump in the portal.

1762
01:44:57,340 --> 01:44:58,240
 I'm going to fall into LSU.

1763
01:44:58,780 --> 01:45:02,440
 So, I mean, it's not exactly, I mean, and I get the timing.

1764
01:45:02,520 --> 01:45:03,720
 The timing wasn't going to be perfect.

1765
01:45:03,840 --> 01:45:07,560
 There was no way that LSU was going to sit back and wait, you know, to the end of the

1766
01:45:07,560 --> 01:45:10,100
 college football season and then try to go through all this.

1767
01:45:10,240 --> 01:45:12,960
 Not with the portal opening up and recruiting and things like that.

1768
01:45:13,480 --> 01:45:18,100
 But to me, this is where I think, and this is a bigger, this is a therapy session, really,

1769
01:45:18,400 --> 01:45:22,380
 where you're talking about Blaine Kiffin as just looking at how he does things.

1770
01:45:22,480 --> 01:45:26,580
 I mean, throughout his career, I mean, the joke about, you know, like I saw it on social

1771
01:45:26,580 --> 01:45:29,360
 media where Lane doesn't just burn the bridge behind him.

1772
01:45:29,360 --> 01:45:30,680
 He burns it when he's on it.

1773
01:45:30,800 --> 01:45:31,280
 You know what I mean?

1774
01:45:31,380 --> 01:45:36,220
 You're not even giving yourself a chance, you know, to leave a program.

1775
01:45:36,740 --> 01:45:39,360
 There could have been ways he could have left Ole Miss and things would have been perfect

1776
01:45:39,360 --> 01:45:42,500
 and they would have said, hey, thanks for all the things you've done and we appreciate

1777
01:45:42,500 --> 01:45:42,780
 it.

1778
01:45:42,980 --> 01:45:46,860
 No, they're pushing his clothes out on a rack out of the parking lot of the Ole Miss

1779
01:45:46,860 --> 01:45:49,020
 complex, you know, because they want him gone.

1780
01:45:49,440 --> 01:45:53,960
 So, again, these are things that I think that could have been done differently.

1781
01:45:54,400 --> 01:45:59,000
 And I think it's a lesson for coaches that, you know, just trying to climb that ladder,

1782
01:45:59,480 --> 01:46:03,400
 sometimes, you know, it's better to sit back and really take what you're doing rather

1783
01:46:03,400 --> 01:46:04,640
 than trying to reach for the next job.

1784
01:46:05,600 --> 01:46:12,380
 Matt, one of the quietest coaching searches, and it's still going on, has been Penn State.

1785
01:46:13,060 --> 01:46:13,200
 Yeah.

1786
01:46:13,260 --> 01:46:19,080
 As far as who's going to replace James Franklin, who, of course, has gone to Virginia Tech.

1787
01:46:19,860 --> 01:46:24,880
 Kalen DeBoer had been rumored to be, quote, on a short list for a while.

1788
01:46:25,740 --> 01:46:27,520
 And we've heard some other names.

1789
01:46:28,040 --> 01:46:34,200
 Matt Campbell at Iowa State was another one I'd heard early, but Kalani Satake, the head

1790
01:46:34,200 --> 01:46:40,860
 coach at BYU right now, according to multiple media reports, may be the number one candidate

1791
01:46:40,860 --> 01:46:42,320
 that they're looking at.

1792
01:46:42,980 --> 01:46:51,820
 He's 83 and 44 at BYU, widely respected, got a rematch with Texas Tech this week for

1793
01:46:51,820 --> 01:46:53,500
 the Big 12 championship.

1794
01:46:54,280 --> 01:46:57,240
 Matt, would he be a fit at Penn State?

1795
01:46:58,260 --> 01:46:59,260
 You know, I'm not sure.

1796
01:46:59,340 --> 01:47:02,040
 When I saw his name pop up, I was a little surprised by that.

1797
01:47:02,180 --> 01:47:05,500
 I mean, listen, I think he's got a pretty good thing going at BYU.

1798
01:47:06,220 --> 01:47:09,080
 You know, you talk about the money situation.

1799
01:47:09,260 --> 01:47:13,740
 You know, obviously, BYU has a huge fan base with ties with the church.

1800
01:47:13,920 --> 01:47:18,080
 They have a lot of money that's flowing in that program, you know what I mean, that you

1801
01:47:18,080 --> 01:47:19,940
 can do some things with NIL.

1802
01:47:20,120 --> 01:47:24,220
 I know there's obviously the religious aspect that's tied in, the missions that they have

1803
01:47:24,220 --> 01:47:24,600
 to do.

1804
01:47:24,920 --> 01:47:28,160
 As Mormons, you know, they're tied in with the program.

1805
01:47:28,280 --> 01:47:30,700
 But he's had success there for the last couple of years.

1806
01:47:31,000 --> 01:47:36,480
 I get the frustration, maybe, of being the Big 12 and thinking, okay, if we go and win 11

1807
01:47:36,480 --> 01:47:40,600
 games this year, we may not even get into the college football playoff.

1808
01:47:41,100 --> 01:47:45,800
 But, I mean, I don't necessarily know moving to Penn State is going to be the best fit for

1809
01:47:45,800 --> 01:47:48,300
 you, you know what I mean, because now you're going to have to find, again, you're going

1810
01:47:48,300 --> 01:47:51,740
 to have to raise money, you're going to have to do a better job of trying to find the pieces

1811
01:47:51,740 --> 01:47:52,900
 you need to have success.

1812
01:47:53,400 --> 01:47:56,720
 The Big 10 is a big step up, not that I'm saying he couldn't do it.

1813
01:47:57,120 --> 01:48:01,200
 But it's interesting, when you mentioned this about this job, right, it's about the fact

1814
01:48:01,200 --> 01:48:05,060
 that there have been a lot of names tied to it, but no one has really stood up and said,

1815
01:48:05,140 --> 01:48:05,960
 I want this job.

1816
01:48:06,340 --> 01:48:06,980
 You know what I mean?

1817
01:48:07,120 --> 01:48:12,220
 So it makes me wonder what's going on behind the scenes that, you know, you don't get coaches

1818
01:48:12,220 --> 01:48:15,780
 who are basically clawing over each other to try to be a candidate for this job.

1819
01:48:15,900 --> 01:48:18,820
 You're hearing more and more guys who are saying, I don't want to be a candidate for

1820
01:48:18,820 --> 01:48:19,240
 this job.

1821
01:48:19,560 --> 01:48:21,560
 So you wonder what's really going on behind the scenes.

1822
01:48:21,680 --> 01:48:25,900
 I'm not saying there's issues, but maybe there's some ties with how, you know, with the athletic

1823
01:48:25,900 --> 01:48:28,680
 department, maybe with boosters, I mean, how do they want it done?

1824
01:48:28,840 --> 01:48:30,080
 So we'll see what happens.

1825
01:48:30,200 --> 01:48:32,880
 I am a little shocked taking this long for that job to get filled.

1826
01:48:33,320 --> 01:48:36,180
 Maybe they talk with James Franklin to get the inside story there.

1827
01:48:36,260 --> 01:48:40,700
 Matt, what's going to happen this weekend in Atlanta when Alabama and Georgia play again?

1828
01:48:42,100 --> 01:48:44,480
 Yeah, you know, I think this is a tough game for Alabama.

1829
01:48:44,640 --> 01:48:47,260
 I mean, Georgia's played really well as of late.

1830
01:48:47,760 --> 01:48:52,040
 I know Alabama has too, you know, but I mean, it's tough when you sit back and think about,

1831
01:48:52,140 --> 01:48:57,200
 you know, what these two teams have been able to overcome to get back to this championship

1832
01:48:57,200 --> 01:49:00,640
 level, you know, to be playing for another SEC championship.

1833
01:49:01,480 --> 01:49:04,220
 I like, you know, I like Georgia a little bit in this game.

1834
01:49:04,320 --> 01:49:08,660
 I know they lost the first time around to Alabama, but ever since that loss, they've played really

1835
01:49:08,660 --> 01:49:09,020
 well.

1836
01:49:09,860 --> 01:49:11,940
 And this is going to be an opportunity for them.

1837
01:49:12,020 --> 01:49:16,760
 You know, you want to get a, you want to get yourself situated in a good spot for, you

1838
01:49:16,760 --> 01:49:17,420
 know, the playoff.

1839
01:49:17,680 --> 01:49:18,720
 You've got to have a win.

1840
01:49:18,840 --> 01:49:22,440
 So I think it's Georgia, but I think it's going to be close.

1841
01:49:22,660 --> 01:49:27,740
 I mean, I don't think it's going to be a blowout, but it's just so tough in this league, I

1842
01:49:27,740 --> 01:49:32,280
 think, week in and week out to try to repeat and try to find ways to win, especially in a

1843
01:49:32,280 --> 01:49:32,760
 neutral fight.

1844
01:49:33,780 --> 01:49:38,180
 Matt, when the rankings come out again tonight, I think we know who's going to be number one.

1845
01:49:38,320 --> 01:49:40,200
 Ohio State just drubbed.

1846
01:49:41,000 --> 01:49:45,260
 Michigan held the Wolverines to 163 yards.

1847
01:49:46,520 --> 01:49:51,820
 Ohio State, Indiana this week for the Big Ten championship.

1848
01:49:52,940 --> 01:49:56,860
 Matt, does Ohio State beat Indiana in a fairly close game?

1849
01:49:57,900 --> 01:50:00,760
 You know, I like Indiana a little bit in this game.

1850
01:50:00,900 --> 01:50:03,860
 I mean, I know they haven't, you know, you look at the way that they've played and they

1851
01:50:03,860 --> 01:50:07,500
 haven't been challenged at times, but this has been an impressive team to me.

1852
01:50:07,500 --> 01:50:11,660
 I mean, a team I'm not sure you want to end up facing in the college football playoffs.

1853
01:50:11,820 --> 01:50:14,540
 So I know Ohio State has played really well right now.

1854
01:50:14,620 --> 01:50:16,980
 I mean, obviously they've marched through this season.

1855
01:50:17,980 --> 01:50:21,660
 You know, just based on that, I would think that you've got an opportunity to win that

1856
01:50:21,660 --> 01:50:23,900
 game, especially the way they've been coming off things.

1857
01:50:24,540 --> 01:50:27,100
 I mean, I do think Indiana's got a good chance here.

1858
01:50:27,140 --> 01:50:28,340
 I think it could be a close game.

1859
01:50:28,440 --> 01:50:34,240
 I mean, again, if Kurt Signetti could get that Big Ten championship ring in year two at

1860
01:50:34,240 --> 01:50:37,780
 Indiana, I'm going to tell you right now, they'll put a statue up out in front of them

1861
01:50:37,780 --> 01:50:39,000
 that blew me up tomorrow.

1862
01:50:39,460 --> 01:50:42,440
 I mean, if they do that, because that's how, that's an oppressive feat to have

1863
01:50:42,440 --> 01:50:43,060
 happen in Indiana.

1864
01:50:43,520 --> 01:50:46,680
 And then to go off, and if you could even compete for a championship, national

1865
01:50:46,680 --> 01:50:50,860
 championship, I mean, you'd be the governor of the state by the time it's all over.

1866
01:50:51,520 --> 01:50:53,980
 So it'd be impressive, but we'll arrange to be seen.

1867
01:50:54,260 --> 01:50:56,560
 Ohio State's a tough team to beat when it gets to the playoffs.

1868
01:50:57,820 --> 01:50:59,080
 No question about it.

1869
01:50:59,080 --> 01:51:05,040
 It should be a fun week, National Sunday Day, hard to believe, again tomorrow, my friend.

1870
01:51:05,120 --> 01:51:08,740
 Matt, where can we get online and get all your great stuff?

1871
01:51:09,600 --> 01:51:14,240
 Yeah, you can go to OrlandoSentinel.com to check out the latest, or you can follow me on

1872
01:51:14,240 --> 01:51:15,900
 social media, OS and Matt Rochelle.

1873
01:51:16,960 --> 01:51:18,860
 Matt, as always, good to hook up with you, man.

1874
01:51:18,940 --> 01:51:22,780
 Thank you so much for your time today, and stay warm down in Orlando, okay?

1875
01:51:23,040 --> 01:51:24,040
 Do it for us up here.

1876
01:51:24,040 --> 01:51:24,380
 Thank you, guys.

1877
01:51:24,980 --> 01:51:25,580
 All right.

1878
01:51:25,600 --> 01:51:26,180
 Thank you, guys.

1879
01:51:26,500 --> 01:51:30,320
 We're busy there with the Orlando Center.

1880
01:51:30,440 --> 01:51:33,660
 BB, obviously, when the poll comes out tonight, what do you expect?

1881
01:51:33,740 --> 01:51:35,240
 Will there be any flip-flopping going on?

1882
01:51:35,940 --> 01:51:41,360
 I've heard some rumors today that Alabama may move up one or move past Notre Dame.

1883
01:51:41,460 --> 01:51:43,380
 I'd have to see it to believe it.

1884
01:51:43,840 --> 01:51:49,280
 And by the way, Harold Bugg, I saw earlier today, why do people want Alabama in the college

1885
01:51:49,280 --> 01:51:54,140
 football playoff, the most watched teams for 2025?

1886
01:51:55,140 --> 01:51:59,000
 Number three was Tennessee with 7.03 million.

1887
01:51:59,500 --> 01:52:02,980
 Number two is Georgia with 7.35 million.

1888
01:52:03,500 --> 01:52:09,100
 The number one watched team in the country, according to the Nielsen ratings, Alabama with

1889
01:52:09,100 --> 01:52:11,900
 8.14 million viewers.

1890
01:52:11,900 --> 01:52:16,900
 Let me tell you, from a fellow who has a little bit of a background in TV, one rating point

1891
01:52:16,900 --> 01:52:20,300
 can be worth millions and millions of dollars.

1892
01:52:20,420 --> 01:52:22,300
 So don't think that they don't kind of look at that.

1893
01:52:22,480 --> 01:52:27,180
 Again, the poll coming out later on tonight, coming up tomorrow, National Signing Day.

1894
01:52:27,260 --> 01:52:28,940
 Got you a bonus hour coming up.

1895
01:52:29,020 --> 01:52:31,780
 If you love recruiting, go ahead and mark it down.

1896
01:52:31,880 --> 01:52:35,080
 11 to 2, bonus coverage tomorrow right here on 93.9 The Score.

1897
01:52:35,180 --> 01:52:38,680
 It's going to take care of this for now on behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew

1898
01:52:38,680 --> 01:52:38,880
 here.

1899
01:52:39,240 --> 01:52:41,200
 Harold Bugg, thank you so much for your time today.

1900
01:52:41,900 --> 01:52:46,420
 All right, 11 to 2 for the Boom Home Bug Show, back here on Sports Radio 93.9 The Score.