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

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 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 Good afternoon and welcome here to the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

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 can the homeboys bring the state crown back to town again?

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 The homeboys are doing pretty well right now.

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 Morris Hill 14-0 over Bayside Academy with about two minutes left in the second quarter.

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 It has been an absolute master class in running the wing tee with Daryl Higgins.

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 They dropped a touchdown pass early in the game, but we'll try to keep you updated throughout the show.

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 Alabama, Auburn, and UNA get men's basketball wins last night and the SEC wins the ACC Challenge.

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 Former Auburn quarterback Charlie Troman gives us his assessment of new coach Alex Goldich.

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 And BB is here right now to talk coaching changes in the SEC and his predictions for a championship weekend.

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 From one BB, Brett Beaird, to another BB, Bill Bender, he is the national voice of the sporting news.

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 Bill Bender, welcome in.

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 Did you survive National Signing Day okay?

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 I survived the last 10 days okay, I guess.

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 I'm glad I took that day off because everything else has been wild.

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 From Lane, signing day, through all these conference title games and the playoff and the debates.

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 We're very, very thankful.

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 I know it's a week after Thanksgiving, but it's a belated thanks for that.

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 Really good coach.

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 Alex Golesh is from up my way, from Dublin, and by way of Moscow, by the way.

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 The offensive coordinator at Oregon.

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 Bill Bender, the Sporting News.

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 One of the more amazing things I've seen in years, Vandy tried to get a 13th game to show the committee

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 Alabama fans want to watch BYU, who's number 11, at Texas Tech.

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 The Red Raiders won 29-7.

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 Did they do it again, just Texas Tech win?

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 If I'm going to get on the phone here, I'm going to go do my All-American meeting at Sporting News.

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 Bill Bender got it all figured out there at the Sporting News.

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 Bill, we know what happened the first time these two boys got together.

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 Bill, what do you say about this weekend's showdown in Hotlanta?

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 I had Georgia winning a one-score game, but I think I had Georgia winning a one-score game last time.

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 And talked to some friends there.

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 Brett's friends there helped me out.

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 Remember that article I wrote at the time?

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 They're the one that's going to – and they're going to have a really good gripe because, yes, they did beat Notre Dame on the field.

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 Indiana and Ohio State, both of these teams are better.

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 Julian's saying former Alabama commit really looked good.

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 Indiana's a better team this year.

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 Bill Bender's got Ohio State winning 28-17 and covering the 5.5-point spread.

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 Julian Sane's a real deal.

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 The receiver's good.

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 Defense just unrelenting under Matt Patricia.

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 I think the Buckeyes get it done.

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 Clinch the one seed.

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 Then Indiana falls to four.

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 I will say this, though.

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 I forgot to tell you this about Alabama and Georgia.

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 If Alabama wins, everybody better be prepared for them to jump up to number four.

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 Because I think they will.

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 I think they'll get a first-round bye.

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 Well, the SEC champion should.

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 We'll see how that goes.

251
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 And you're right.

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 I was really impressed with Ohio State.

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 They're deserving number one seed.

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 Right now, a lot of good stuff.

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 I know for you, the postseason awards coming up.

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 We're going to know a lot more Sunday afternoon about 2 o'clock where everybody's going.

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 Where can we get online to get all your good stuff?

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 Yeah, I'll be at the Nagurski Award Monday.

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 I get to help present that award.

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 I'm staring at the box right now that I have to try on.

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 And I have no concept of how to put a bow tie on.

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 So we're going to go figure that out.

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 I'll talk to you guys next week.

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 Maybe I'll figure it out by then.

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 There you go.

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 I don't mean to tell you what to do.

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 Forget the bow tie.

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 Just make sure you wear pants with it.

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 Okay, Bill?

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 I will.

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 No problem.

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 Hello again, everybody.

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 I'm Roger Hoover.

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 On Thursday's edition of Crimson Drive, driven by NASCAR, we'll be joined by women's basketball head coach Christy Curry.

325
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 Yeah, I mean, he's done a phenomenal job in recruiting.

326
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 You know, they had a top recruiting class.

327
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 They've hit the portal.

328
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 They've done an outstanding job.

329
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 You know, they returned two starters.

330
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 We returned two starters.

331
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 We played them down in Destin.

332
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 And we're fortunate to come out on a positive side, but they're a different team.

333
00:17:13,980 --> 00:17:18,660
 And I think the importance of us understanding shooters, the importance to have a great inside-outside game.

334
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 Very similar styles of play.

335
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 They run a lot of split action.

336
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 Very difficult to defend.

337
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 We're going to have to be disciplined defensively.

338
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 We're going to have to rebound the basketball.

339
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 But I think it'll be interesting who can make more threes.

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 You know, who's going to come out and play off two feet and get the bottle of the paint.

341
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 So it'll be a fun matchup because we're very similar styles of play.

342
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 You know, we're excited for Crimson Chaos.

343
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 It should be a fun weekend of basketball in Coleman Coliseum.

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 I'll have more in a moment.

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 The score.

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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

356
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 Welcome back in.

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 A couple things before we get to the one, the only Doug Segrist.

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 Right now at the half, basically about ready to come out of the locker rooms at the 3A state championship game.

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 Good news, Mars Hill Bible, Bayside Academy, scoring late in the first half.

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 Cuts the lead to 14-6.

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 Mars Hill, two quarters away from back-to-back state 3A championship.

362
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 Titles all the best to the Panthers.

363
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 And BB, while we're on the scoreboard, what a win by the UNA men last night.

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 Knocking off San Francisco 65-63 at San Francisco, the number 20 team in the country.

365
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 BB, huge win for Coach Tony Pujol and the Lions.

366
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 Yeah, they're playing well.

367
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 They've won three consecutive games.

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 In fact, they got behind Harrell, I think it was 24-7.

369
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 It was a huge deficit.

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 Came back, whittled their way from the game, got down to the end.

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 It was tied, and UNA made the plays at the end to win 66-64.

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 Coach Tony Pujol, proud of his guys, and I'm sure also proud of Doug Segrist for being named one of the best.

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 As a matter of fact, one of the top 50 legends of the Alabama Sports Writers Association, and that ain't all.

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 Doug Segrist, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Guys, I am superb.

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 I'm ready for a championship Saturday.

378
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 Even though I'm not sure why we're having it anymore.

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 Doug, you're smart, man.

380
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 Why in the world, and what's going to be the future of this?

381
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 I mean, why would somebody want to sit here and schedule all these tough games?

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 Because we've heard the argument, well, we're fans, and we don't want to see this team.

383
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 But at the same time, when they lose to a good team, we'll get to this point in the season, and they left at the altar, so to speak.

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 Then all of a sudden, it's like the tune changes.

385
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 What's going to be the future of these league championship games, given the reality?

386
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 And not only that, going to a nine-game ACC regular season next year.

387
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 Yeah, I think you're going to see non-conference schedules get lighter.

388
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 You know, the benefit of the new playoff is we've seen in early September some of the best intersectional matchups we've ever seen.

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 At least, you know, in our lifetime.

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 And it's just been fantastic, but you can't afford to do that going forward, particularly nine games.

391
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 Again, the SEC championship game, I mean, tomorrow should be a great game, but Georgia really has nothing to lose.

392
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 Because Alabama may have everything.

393
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 You know, I'm not convinced that they win their end.

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 Look at the Big Ten.

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 I mean, Indiana, I would say any other year, this would be the game of the century.

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 And now, you know, I would almost have a gentleman's agreement to play backups, because you can't risk injury.

397
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 And it's a needle.

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 Yeah.

399
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 If Alabama loses that game, is it fair, given their strength of schedule relative to other teams' end?

400
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 And not only that, that means they would have lost to Georgia, who early in the year they beat on their home turf.

401
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 They were in the top five at the time.

402
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 Your thoughts on that, and here's how we see it, Doug.

403
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 They are between maybe, if everything fell right, going from where they are now, what, number nine to number four,

404
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 or basically being left out entirely?

405
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 What's right and what's wrong there?

406
00:21:53,540 --> 00:21:56,020
 We know if they win, they're in, but what happens if they lose?

407
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 I think if they lose, they slide down at least one spot.

408
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 And that doesn't sound bad.

409
00:22:02,120 --> 00:22:11,380
 But if there's an upset, you know, if BYU knocks off Texas Tech and gets in, or if, you know,

410
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 if Duke, where Virginia takes care of business, all of a sudden there just wouldn't be a slot for them.

411
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 That's the potential.

412
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 Vegas says it's not happening.

413
00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:26,720
 The odds of Alabama making the field are just about as certain as you can find.

414
00:22:26,980 --> 00:22:35,360
 But I'm just not buying it because if you look at the field, listen, we can talk about Notre Dame's two losses,

415
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 but they lost two games at the start of the season against top 25 teams, one on the road.

416
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 Both came down to one play.

417
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 Either way, they could have won the game.

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 Their schedule has been relatively good.

419
00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:52,280
 On paper, I mean, this is the top five, top 16.

420
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 Miami beat Notre Dame.

421
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 And on paper, they're at least the top 10 teams.

422
00:22:58,100 --> 00:23:03,940
 So Texas is right now playing as well as anybody, but they've got three losses.

423
00:23:04,080 --> 00:23:05,380
 But why do they have three losses?

424
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 Because, you know, they opened at Ohio State.

425
00:23:08,340 --> 00:23:14,480
 So I think this is the year where you're, you know, you say 12 teams is too much,

426
00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:16,400
 but we've got 15 teams that are legit.

427
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 And so I think that's where the problem really comes in.

428
00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:25,100
 Alabama's got the metrics, but they also got the one bad loss at Florida State.

429
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 And, you know, I think if you just do the eye test, the way they've played the last month of the season,

430
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 it's been a little shaky.

431
00:23:35,560 --> 00:23:40,260
 Alabama's won 10 in the last 11 against Georgia, including, as we mentioned,

432
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 the earlier one to snap a 33-game home winning streak, 24-21 that Georgia had.

433
00:23:48,060 --> 00:23:49,940
 Both teams have got key injuries.

434
00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,420
 L.T. Overton got hurt in practice.

435
00:23:53,020 --> 00:23:55,600
 Bobo, the Georgia center, is going to be out.

436
00:23:55,920 --> 00:23:57,660
 He wins Saturday afternoon.

437
00:23:59,860 --> 00:24:01,900
 I'm kind of favorite Georgia this time.

438
00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:06,640
 Now, we know that Kirby gets a little uptight with Alabama and gets a little conservative,

439
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 and they get behind, and then they open things up and they come back.

440
00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:14,420
 You know, I think Georgia can win it all.

441
00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:19,520
 I don't think they're decisively better, but I think with everything going on,

442
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 I think this is the time with nothing to lose that Kirby can let it all fly.

443
00:24:24,360 --> 00:24:27,700
 And I just got a feeling Georgia pulls it out.

444
00:24:28,160 --> 00:24:31,300
 You know, I predicted in August these two teams would meet,

445
00:24:31,620 --> 00:24:36,480
 but I predicted Alabama would win after avenging the regular season loss to Georgia.

446
00:24:36,820 --> 00:24:38,820
 So I've kind of got it backwards here.

447
00:24:40,340 --> 00:24:44,220
 You know, October Alabama can win this game going away,

448
00:24:45,140 --> 00:24:47,660
 but we just haven't seen that performance of late.

449
00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:50,760
 Doug Segrist in the huddle with us.

450
00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,240
 Doug, did Auburn finally get it right with their head coach?

451
00:24:54,360 --> 00:24:55,680
 Yeah, I think so.

452
00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:58,360
 I mean, listen, everybody wanted John Summerall,

453
00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:01,300
 but he got what he considered was a better offer.

454
00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,500
 I think this is a pretty good fallback.

455
00:25:04,620 --> 00:25:09,420
 I actually thought DJ Durkin wouldn't have been a bad fallback,

456
00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:12,220
 but I think this is kind of a step up from that.

457
00:25:12,800 --> 00:25:18,520
 In coaching circles, Alex Gellish is really considered the hot, young commodity.

458
00:25:19,740 --> 00:25:24,080
 You look at his record, South Florida, it's not overwhelming,

459
00:25:24,340 --> 00:25:27,840
 but they won, what, five games in three years before he got there.

460
00:25:28,240 --> 00:25:29,060
 And he beat Florida.

461
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,460
 Yeah, and rebuilt them in a hurry.

462
00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:35,220
 You know, they play a good non-conference schedule.

463
00:25:35,780 --> 00:25:37,520
 He's played Alabama tough twice.

464
00:25:38,560 --> 00:25:45,320
 So, you know, I just think this is a solid hire, not a home run, probably a double,

465
00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:50,520
 but I think this program is poised to take a big step forward.

466
00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:52,440
 A lot of the credit there goes to Hugh Freeze.

467
00:25:52,820 --> 00:25:54,180
 I mean, the talent's there now.

468
00:25:54,300 --> 00:25:55,620
 It wasn't three years ago.

469
00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:56,380
 Yeah.

470
00:25:56,420 --> 00:26:00,800
 But they've got a roster now that next year, if they hold the cards and keep people,

471
00:26:00,980 --> 00:26:05,880
 you know, avoiding mass exodus, I think this team can compete for a playoff.

472
00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:12,200
 We know eventually, once Lane gets his staff in place and gets rolling

473
00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:18,560
 and gets over the initial brushback from fans on how he handled this,

474
00:26:18,700 --> 00:26:21,200
 he's going to win at LSU.

475
00:26:21,200 --> 00:26:23,760
 Six new coaches in the league now.

476
00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:30,400
 Five years from now, who's going to be the best hire the SEC put forth last week?

477
00:26:32,700 --> 00:26:40,620
 I'm going to go Summerall 1A and Gullish 1B because I think both are headed to places

478
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 where they can make a difference because, again, Florida's roster is really good, you know.

479
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 So they just need the leadership they've lacked.

480
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 And, listen, a lot of things went bad for Billy Napier.

481
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 They're beyond the coach's control, but they're set up.

482
00:26:56,920 --> 00:26:58,440
 I think both those guys are set up.

483
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 And, again, you know, we talk about all these coaching changes at Auburn.

484
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 You know, if Alabama ever takes a step back, that makes your life a lot better.

485
00:27:09,140 --> 00:27:10,540
 I'm not sure that's going to happen, though.

486
00:27:11,300 --> 00:27:17,060
 I just think Auburn fans are more patient than they get credit for.

487
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 Maybe the boosters aren't, but the fan base is.

488
00:27:21,540 --> 00:27:29,340
 We'll get into this in the upcoming weeks, but once you can tell for how they've performed so far,

489
00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:36,060
 will Alabama and Auburn in men's basketball get to the lead eight and possibly the final four again?

490
00:27:37,100 --> 00:27:38,800
 I think the potential's there.

491
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 And, you know, I think your goal has to be sweet 16 because, you know,

492
00:27:43,720 --> 00:27:46,140
 you've got to take care of those first two games.

493
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 But I think those two teams, along with Florida and Tennessee at times,

494
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 are kind of like the cream of the crop.

495
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 But let's be honest.

496
00:27:57,460 --> 00:28:00,560
 I mean, the Big Ten has just blown by the SEC this year.

497
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 I talked to Bruce Pearl back in August before he announced his decision.

498
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 The first story we did.

499
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 And, you know, he was saying, listen, the SEC was so good last year

500
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 because the league was ahead of the NIL game.

501
00:28:14,540 --> 00:28:15,780
 Well, now everybody's caught up.

502
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 And you're seeing that in the Big Ten right now, Michigan, Purdue, Michigan State look like they are,

503
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 like their major league and the rest of college basketball is double A or triple A.

504
00:28:26,860 --> 00:28:29,680
 So the big teams are just loaded right now.

505
00:28:29,740 --> 00:28:31,620
 But I think the SEC is going to be awfully good.

506
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 And I think Alabama and Auburn can both compete for a title.

507
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 You're right about Michigan.

508
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 They beat everybody in Las Vegas by 30, Auburn by 30, and won the next night, beat Gonzaga by 40.

509
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 That was one of the more impressive performances I've seen.

510
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 Can't tell you how much we enjoy catching up with you, young man.

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 Listen, have a great weekend, great week.

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 Let's do this again real soon.

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521
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 Thanks, guys.

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 Y'all have a great week.

523
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 Absolutely.

524
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 Thank you so much, Doug.

525
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 The one, the only, Doug Segrist.

526
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 Coming up, going to give you the update from the 3A State Championship and Ryan Callahan.

527
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582
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583
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 To a rival on a last-second field goal.

584
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 Whatever, it's fine.

585
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586
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649
00:35:00,820 --> 00:35:02,640
 And a quick update from the Super 7.

650
00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:07,440
 Mars Hill Bible trying to bring another state 3A crown back to town.

651
00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:09,160
 Leading 14-6.

652
00:35:09,240 --> 00:35:11,380
 They just kicked off the second half.

653
00:35:11,540 --> 00:35:13,200
 Bayside Academy with a good return.

654
00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:16,180
 They got it up near midfield on that opening kickoff.

655
00:35:16,680 --> 00:35:20,800
 Looked like they were getting an instant first down, but the penalty brought it back right now.

656
00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:24,080
 It is 11-26 to go in the third.

657
00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:27,540
 And they are basically just completed the pass there at midfield.

658
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:34,420
 14-6 Mars Hill Bible trying to hang on and then add to it once they get the rock back, BB.

659
00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:42,100
 Yeah, they're trying to win their 20th consecutive game in back-to-back Class 3A state championships.

660
00:35:42,620 --> 00:35:48,940
 I thought Bayside Academy was going to be their stiffest competition that they played.

661
00:35:49,140 --> 00:35:55,780
 Harold, let me update our listeners with some of our local players as far as signing.

662
00:35:56,540 --> 00:36:03,860
 Interesting note, Kiwi Foster decommitted from Arkansas earlier in the week and yesterday committed to Troy.

663
00:36:04,340 --> 00:36:13,600
 And Ryan Satterfield took over at Arkansas coming from Memphis, of course, brought in a new coaching staff for still in the process of doing that.

664
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:24,560
 He did not work out for Foster, so he decided – in fact, I saw he and Scott Baston and Maury Johnson yesterday made the local news.

665
00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:27,360
 And that was interesting.

666
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:29,980
 Decommence from Arkansas commenced to Troy.

667
00:36:30,660 --> 00:36:32,900
 Some of you are watching Mars Hill right now.

668
00:36:33,020 --> 00:36:38,120
 Jackson Penn committed to Troy and signed with the Trojans yesterday.

669
00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:42,000
 He's rushed for 1,800 yards, 35 touchdowns.

670
00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:48,080
 Hudson Higgins follows through with his commitment to UAB, even though they don't have a coach.

671
00:36:48,700 --> 00:36:52,620
 He's run for nearly 2,000 yards and 28 touchdowns.

672
00:36:53,180 --> 00:36:57,100
 And Florence defensive back Walt Barrett signs with Austin Peay.

673
00:36:57,240 --> 00:36:58,080
 So, congratulations.

674
00:36:59,100 --> 00:37:03,280
 We're going to try to keep track of some more of the other guys who signed yesterday.

675
00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:09,980
 But congratulations to all these young men and women who signed scholarships on National Signing Day yesterday.

676
00:37:10,380 --> 00:37:16,360
 And let me say, thank you so much, folks, for giving us an extra hour of your time yesterday.

677
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678
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 So, we do appreciate that.

679
00:37:22,140 --> 00:37:29,940
 Bibi, now that the dust has settled, to me, the biggest surprise, and we're after going to hook up and get more details on it, is Ryan Callahan.

680
00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:33,560
 Of course, if you're a regular on the show, you know he covers the big orange like the morning dew.

681
00:37:33,860 --> 00:37:36,060
 Tennessee is interesting.

682
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:46,140
 A lot of fans sometimes say, well, if you get blown out at the end of the year, particularly in a rival game, in particular on your home field, that's going to impact recruiting, especially this close.

683
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:47,620
 I mean, think about it.

684
00:37:47,620 --> 00:37:54,680
 Tennessee got blown out by three touchdowns Saturday, and they were probably one of the biggest gainers yesterday, finishing.

685
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:58,460
 They went to bed last night.

686
00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:00,580
 They were ahead of Alabama this morning.

687
00:38:01,100 --> 00:38:02,600
 They did the math again.

688
00:38:02,600 --> 00:38:04,640
 Last time I looked, Alabama had nipped them out.

689
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:11,520
 Alabama finished with a number five class in on three, a number, I think, four class in 24-7.

690
00:38:11,700 --> 00:38:13,140
 So, that's tomatoes and tomatoes.

691
00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:21,480
 But back to the point there, Tennessee really, really jumped in, and people said, well, Josh Heupel must be a good recruiter.

692
00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:28,640
 He may be, but they also got somebody who owns a lot of truck stops in the Cleveland Browns with a lot of money in the background, BB.

693
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:34,740
 Well, I don't think there's any question NIL was very instrumental in how Tennessee finished.

694
00:38:34,860 --> 00:38:41,680
 In fact, it was the highest finish Tennessee's had in the recruiting standings in 10 years.

695
00:38:41,900 --> 00:38:50,600
 And your point's well made after being dominated by Vanderbilt in the second half in Tennessee, finishing the season eight and four.

696
00:38:50,700 --> 00:38:54,040
 And I know there are a lot of Tennessee fans disappointed with that.

697
00:38:54,040 --> 00:39:03,540
 J.J. Finch, a very talented defensive lineman from Illinois, had been committed to Alabama for months, and then flipped to Tennessee.

698
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:11,020
 Legend Bay was another one who had flipped to Ohio State, then flipped back to Tennessee.

699
00:39:12,020 --> 00:39:21,280
 Carter Gooden, a defensive lineman from UCLA, who had committed to UCLA, flipped to Tennessee.

700
00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:27,080
 And Jordan Carter, a four-star edge rusher, signed with Tennessee over Texas A&M.

701
00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:31,560
 But yes, best recruiting class Tennessee's had in 10 years.

702
00:39:32,100 --> 00:39:34,460
 I'm sure I had nothing out of coincidence with money.

703
00:39:34,680 --> 00:39:36,140
 Your thoughts about where we are now?

704
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:40,480
 Because right now, one of the conversations that's in the mix is Texas Tech.

705
00:39:40,660 --> 00:39:46,600
 Do you really believe back in the day Texas Tech would be in, at this point, if you took out the NIL issue?

706
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 Your thoughts about how, from this point forward, this has got to influence classes.

707
00:39:53,300 --> 00:40:00,560
 And you look at it, and a lot of people say, well, they want to go because it's a tradition, it's family, it's this, it's that.

708
00:40:01,240 --> 00:40:08,100
 BB, let's face it, I think Lane Kiffin, you can love him or hate him, I think this is before, he was still in good graces at Ole Miss.

709
00:40:08,540 --> 00:40:10,440
 He said, look, it's a different era out there.

710
00:40:10,540 --> 00:40:13,340
 These kids don't go by those old formulas.

711
00:40:14,100 --> 00:40:15,060
 It's real simple.

712
00:40:15,300 --> 00:40:19,440
 Whoever's got the money and can promise them decent playing time, deal's done.

713
00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:26,480
 Well, Texas Tech has made no bones about it as far as saying, look, we've got a big NIL package.

714
00:40:26,820 --> 00:40:29,180
 We're trying to ramp up this program.

715
00:40:29,400 --> 00:40:33,660
 And, again, they're playing BYU for the Big 12 Championship Saturday.

716
00:40:34,380 --> 00:40:38,180
 They're ranked number five, I believe, in the nation right now.

717
00:40:38,780 --> 00:40:40,540
 And, Harold, they may even get a bye.

718
00:40:40,620 --> 00:40:45,960
 We'll certainly see you, and particularly if Alabama beats Georgia again on Saturday.

719
00:40:46,260 --> 00:40:48,400
 But a lot of it is they went all in.

720
00:40:49,300 --> 00:40:55,040
 They've had several big boosters, give as much money as they could.

721
00:40:55,040 --> 00:40:56,860
 And it certainly paid off.

722
00:40:56,920 --> 00:41:03,960
 His wins on the field paid off again as far as recruiting rankings yesterday.

723
00:41:04,420 --> 00:41:05,480
 Got some breaking news.

724
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:06,040
 Good news.

725
00:41:06,220 --> 00:41:06,920
 Mars Hill Bible.

726
00:41:07,100 --> 00:41:11,200
 Bayside Academy was driving and had a good run.

727
00:41:11,420 --> 00:41:12,960
 And then, boom, a fumble.

728
00:41:14,020 --> 00:41:15,740
 Mars Hill has now recovered.

729
00:41:15,860 --> 00:41:23,840
 They are at midfield, 10-0-8 to go in the third quarter and they lead 14-6 and about to move into Bayside Academy territory.

730
00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:27,200
 So, a quick update on the Super 7 State 3-8 Championship game.

731
00:41:27,540 --> 00:41:28,700
 Your thoughts back to Alabama.

732
00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:32,020
 Obviously, you didn't see a lot of this under Nick.

733
00:41:32,140 --> 00:41:35,800
 People going in another direction on signing day yesterday.

734
00:41:36,020 --> 00:41:41,020
 Not one, but two wide receivers saying, we're going to scratch our head and go elsewhere.

735
00:41:41,520 --> 00:41:42,760
 But here's the caveat.

736
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:46,740
 I think a lot of Alabama fans are saying, well, I think they're both three A's.

737
00:41:46,900 --> 00:41:49,180
 We can replace them in the portal.

738
00:41:49,940 --> 00:41:52,760
 Where do you start in reacting to the news?

739
00:41:52,900 --> 00:41:54,560
 Whether they do or whether they don't.

740
00:41:54,560 --> 00:42:00,360
 But the fact is, Alabama had these guys in their sights for some time at the wide receiver spot.

741
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:03,280
 And now, they've got to go back and open it back up and go shopping.

742
00:42:03,920 --> 00:42:10,680
 Well, the reason Owen Cabal did not come to Alabama was they were going to offer a scholarship, but not an NIL package.

743
00:42:13,440 --> 00:42:15,320
 That's the primary reason.

744
00:42:15,500 --> 00:42:16,700
 And Vanderbilt did.

745
00:42:17,020 --> 00:42:21,320
 And, again, Clark Lee has totally changed that program.

746
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:22,980
 And we'll continue to see this.

747
00:42:23,180 --> 00:42:30,120
 Jared Curtis, one of the best quarterbacks in the country, who was committed to Georgia, decommitted and committed to Bandy.

748
00:42:30,720 --> 00:42:32,880
 So, the Pavia influence there.

749
00:42:34,020 --> 00:42:40,140
 But, yeah, the reason Owen Cabal did not come was strictly Alabama did not offer.

750
00:42:40,860 --> 00:42:45,020
 Either they didn't offer one or it wasn't much of an NIL package.

751
00:42:45,020 --> 00:42:47,500
 But, yes, that's one of the reasons.

752
00:42:47,740 --> 00:42:50,140
 I mentioned J.J. Fence, the defensive lineman.

753
00:42:50,700 --> 00:42:52,020
 That's basically it.

754
00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:55,040
 Alabama got outbid with an NIL package.

755
00:42:55,340 --> 00:42:55,460
 Yeah.

756
00:42:55,580 --> 00:42:56,880
 And I'll say this.

757
00:42:56,920 --> 00:42:59,180
 I think Courtney Morgan, he's not going to overspend.

758
00:42:59,340 --> 00:43:00,960
 I think that's his mantra.

759
00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:02,300
 He's a GM.

760
00:43:02,560 --> 00:43:05,540
 He sits here and tries to get what they call value out of those packages.

761
00:43:06,240 --> 00:43:08,300
 And I don't think he's going to overspend.

762
00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:13,300
 If someone says, give me my price where I'm going, I think Courtney will show you the door.

763
00:43:13,300 --> 00:43:18,940
 And, you know, B.B., at some point you've got to do that because when you overspend, if you rob Peter, you've got to pay Paul.

764
00:43:19,060 --> 00:43:22,220
 If I give you $10 million, then I've got nobody to block for you.

765
00:43:22,240 --> 00:43:23,340
 I've got to give somebody else $0.10.

766
00:43:23,700 --> 00:43:24,180
 Guess what?

767
00:43:24,240 --> 00:43:26,400
 It ain't going to matter if I get my $10 million man.

768
00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:28,120
 Ain't nobody going to be there to block for him.

769
00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:31,600
 So, you've got to have somebody who knows how to get the biggest bang for the buck.

770
00:43:31,780 --> 00:43:34,600
 You mentioned Vanderbilt, and we mentioned it earlier with Diego.

771
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:39,560
 And your thoughts, again, anybody can understand.

772
00:43:39,700 --> 00:43:44,120
 Alabama fans, they were there last year at number 13 in a 12-party.

773
00:43:44,980 --> 00:43:50,340
 This year, Vanderbilt is going to be, at this point in time, who knows what's going to happen Sunday morning, Sunday afternoon.

774
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:53,480
 But right now, they're just on the outside looking in.

775
00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:55,340
 You understand their angst.

776
00:43:56,460 --> 00:44:04,640
 But, for Diego to come out and say, not only am I mad, I want to go to Washington, D.C., I want to stop the world.

777
00:44:04,760 --> 00:44:08,040
 We've got all these issues with this and that, you name it.

778
00:44:08,420 --> 00:44:14,880
 And I want the most powerful man in the United States to go to bat for Vanderbilt and sign an executive order.

779
00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:23,020
 At what point does Diego get the memo that people in Nashville love him, but outside of Nashville, a lot of people have problems with his moxie?

780
00:44:23,340 --> 00:44:29,800
 Well, Harold, that's one of the reasons why Vanderbilt is 10-2 is because of his moxie.

781
00:44:29,940 --> 00:44:35,860
 But I think people with a little cooler heads have said, Diego, we appreciate everything that you've done.

782
00:44:35,900 --> 00:44:37,600
 And we understand the frustration.

783
00:44:38,420 --> 00:44:40,180
 And Doug brought this up, Harold.

784
00:44:40,580 --> 00:44:43,100
 This year, I didn't think there was last year.

785
00:44:43,100 --> 00:44:49,260
 This year, you make a case for 15 or 16 teams being eligible for the playoffs.

786
00:44:49,420 --> 00:44:50,980
 And Vanderbilt is another one.

787
00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:56,060
 Texas is going to be hollering probably come Sunday afternoon.

788
00:44:56,360 --> 00:45:02,320
 But, again, there are a lot of people trying to do something with this calendar.

789
00:45:02,700 --> 00:45:05,260
 I think that's certainly got to be looked at again.

790
00:45:05,840 --> 00:45:07,580
 Who's running college football?

791
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:09,420
 Nobody right now really knows.

792
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:11,680
 And we understand the frustration.

793
00:45:11,900 --> 00:45:17,060
 But I think a few people have explained to him, Diego, just concentrate on the field.

794
00:45:17,580 --> 00:45:18,820
 Well, here's the problem with it.

795
00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:21,840
 I mean, you can, again, we understand where he's coming from.

796
00:45:21,920 --> 00:45:24,720
 Anybody who is number 13 to 14 is going to feel that way.

797
00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:27,620
 But here's about that same conversation, same argument.

798
00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:30,920
 Next year, who's going to be number 13 and number 14?

799
00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:33,920
 So you go ahead and you get all these rules changed.

800
00:45:34,460 --> 00:45:35,140
 Then guess what?

801
00:45:35,220 --> 00:45:37,680
 Next year, in law, all you lawyers know this.

802
00:45:37,720 --> 00:45:39,120
 The word is the P word, precedent.

803
00:45:39,640 --> 00:45:42,480
 Once you set a precedent, next year somebody else is going to sue.

804
00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:44,540
 And then the next year somebody else is going to sue.

805
00:45:44,740 --> 00:45:46,480
 And you say, well, we'll fix this problem.

806
00:45:46,660 --> 00:45:47,900
 We'll go to 16 teams.

807
00:45:47,980 --> 00:45:50,520
 Well, guess what's going to happen when number 17 wants to go to court?

808
00:45:50,860 --> 00:45:54,560
 Where do you say we've got to have some parameters here and some boundaries?

809
00:45:54,800 --> 00:46:01,480
 Well, that's what people have been saying, Harold, for two or three years when the NCAA did not do their job.

810
00:46:01,660 --> 00:46:04,960
 And all of this stuff went into a legal battle.

811
00:46:05,480 --> 00:46:07,580
 That's the problem with this.

812
00:46:07,640 --> 00:46:16,360
 And again, I don't know if the NCAA's ever, I think they're a little more streamlined than they have been with their bureaucracy.

813
00:46:16,720 --> 00:46:26,000
 But until they name a commissioner or a division council that's got some you-know-what, this is going to continue to be a problem.

814
00:46:26,540 --> 00:46:26,840
 Yeah.

815
00:46:27,980 --> 00:46:29,980
 You know, we've been so busy this week.

816
00:46:30,100 --> 00:46:35,400
 One of the biggest stories relative to us here in this general area happened on Tuesday night, baby.

817
00:46:35,640 --> 00:46:38,980
 And that is the committee moving Alabama up one spot.

818
00:46:39,180 --> 00:46:42,460
 What kind of value can you put on moving from 10 to 9?

819
00:46:43,080 --> 00:46:47,180
 And you know where I'm going with this because that gives them a little more wiggle room in case.

820
00:46:47,320 --> 00:46:52,760
 Now, obviously, if Alabama goes to Atlanta and gets blown out, I think a lot of folks are going to say they're justified.

821
00:46:52,940 --> 00:47:03,120
 But if Alabama goes and they win, and let's face it, David, that means at least two, if Ohio State beats Indiana, that means two of the top four teams will be losing this weekend.

822
00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:07,620
 One will be either Ohio State or Indiana, and the other would be if Alabama wins Georgia.

823
00:47:08,240 --> 00:47:10,520
 And that means Alabama would have beaten Georgia twice.

824
00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:15,160
 Why can you put an argument in there that Alabama isn't deserving of one of those top four spots?

825
00:47:15,160 --> 00:47:17,500
 And that's big because you get a first-round buy.

826
00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:18,520
 You don't have to travel.

827
00:47:18,680 --> 00:47:19,400
 You don't have to play.

828
00:47:19,700 --> 00:47:25,280
 You get to sit here and watch and scout and keep your team healthy and not risk a loss.

829
00:47:25,340 --> 00:47:26,880
 So there's a lot of bonuses to that.

830
00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:35,080
 But, B.B., your thoughts, number one, a big story that kind of went under the radar because we've had so much on our plate, moving Alabama 10 to 9.

831
00:47:35,940 --> 00:47:43,480
 And what factor did ESPN play when they came in and said, guys, I'm not going to tell you what to do here, but here are the ratings.

832
00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:47,180
 This is what Alabama means in terms of ratings across the board this year.

833
00:47:47,760 --> 00:47:50,900
 Well, I mentioned this earlier this week.

834
00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:59,060
 Alabama was the most watched team in the country with averaging 8.14, I believe, million viewers.

835
00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:00,780
 Georgia was second.

836
00:48:01,560 --> 00:48:04,120
 And quite frankly, I think it was huge for Alabama.

837
00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:14,760
 As you mentioned, it's going to give them a little bit more wiggle room because, again, you've got Miami and BYU beating on the door to try to get in or to try to jump Alabama.

838
00:48:14,760 --> 00:48:17,700
 But it's the strength of schedule, Harold.

839
00:48:17,800 --> 00:48:20,760
 The same thing we've been trying to argue throughout.

840
00:48:21,400 --> 00:48:27,700
 Notre Dame's done a very good job of coming back from the two losses to begin the season, as Doug Seager said.

841
00:48:28,160 --> 00:48:29,760
 They do pass the eye test.

842
00:48:29,860 --> 00:48:30,900
 They're playing very well.

843
00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:38,180
 But Alabama's strength of schedule, and you and I have argued for this metric for years that needs to be more emphasized.

844
00:48:38,320 --> 00:48:41,760
 Greg Sankey's talked about it until he's blue in the face.

845
00:48:41,760 --> 00:48:46,660
 And I really think he's going to have to take control of this right now.

846
00:48:46,740 --> 00:49:03,920
 To me, he and Panetti or somebody, the Big Ten commissioner, but this selection committee, and it is amazing at the blowback from some of the national journalists I've seen this week talking about the selection committee as a clown show.

847
00:49:04,460 --> 00:49:12,780
 Bruce Feldman of Fox Sports mentioned this earlier, but to answer your question, I think it helps Alabama quite a bit to jump Notre Dame.

848
00:49:13,060 --> 00:49:21,720
 And, again, Alabama doesn't need to lose 35-7 to Georgia, but it does help them, I think, as far as giving them a little bit more of a cushion.

849
00:49:22,120 --> 00:49:25,120
 The game is Saturday between Bama and Georgia, 3 o'clock.

850
00:49:25,200 --> 00:49:28,500
 By then, we should know the outcome of the Texas Tech-BYU game.

851
00:49:28,620 --> 00:49:32,420
 Bama fans, I'm assuming, rooting for heavily for Texas Tech there.

852
00:49:32,480 --> 00:49:37,080
 That would give more wiggle room taking BYU out of the mix, so we'll keep a close eye on that.

853
00:49:37,160 --> 00:49:41,960
 But by the time Alabama kicks off, they pretty much will have a handle on if they're going to get any wiggle room there.

854
00:49:41,960 --> 00:49:47,680
 Good news from the Super 7, the boys from Mars Hill striking again.

855
00:49:48,160 --> 00:49:50,300
 As a matter of fact, let me retract that.

856
00:49:50,500 --> 00:49:52,900
 They scored a penalty, brought it back.

857
00:49:53,500 --> 00:49:58,020
 So, in the interim, from when we were talking to then, I overspoke a penalty.

858
00:49:58,180 --> 00:49:58,820
 They had a touchdown.

859
00:49:59,100 --> 00:49:59,980
 It got called back.

860
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:02,920
 It's 14-6, 4-18 to go into third.

861
00:50:03,440 --> 00:50:08,320
 And they are going to be attempting a field goal, which is about 20 to 30 yards.

862
00:50:08,320 --> 00:50:13,520
 I can't really tell from my angle here, but they're in place to kick a field goal.

863
00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:18,200
 And if they hit that, it would increase the lead by 3 to 17-6.

864
00:50:18,300 --> 00:50:20,860
 If you hang on a second, I'll give you the very latest.

865
00:50:21,020 --> 00:50:24,300
 The kick is up, and the kick is good.

866
00:50:24,820 --> 00:50:29,080
 So, Mars Hill, you're hearing it in live time here.

867
00:50:29,180 --> 00:50:31,520
 Mars Hill increasing it 17-6.

868
00:50:32,240 --> 00:50:35,000
 They are leading by 11 with 3-55.

869
00:50:35,300 --> 00:50:38,220
 They're going to third at the 3A state championship game.

870
00:50:38,760 --> 00:50:42,200
 And, of course, right now, everybody in this neck of the woods is all Mars Hill.

871
00:50:42,300 --> 00:50:44,640
 Coming up in the next hour, I'm going to be taking kind of close there.

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 1819 News.

938
00:54:03,440 --> 00:54:09,140
 U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville wants to see more narco-terrorist boats blown up rather than less.

939
00:54:09,140 --> 00:54:17,280
 Tuberville is fully supporting the Trump administration and its efforts to stop the importation of drugs from countries such as Mexico and Venezuela.

940
00:54:17,660 --> 00:54:25,380
 Tuberville was on Fox Business saying he's opposed to the war powers resolution being offered by Senate Democrats along with sole Republican Rand Paul of Kentucky.

941
00:54:25,800 --> 00:54:29,000
 War power resolutions would restrain the actions of the U.S. military.

942
00:54:29,000 --> 00:54:38,140
 Where were they, Dagan, when Obama had 580 bombings with drones and killed innocent people, thousands of people?

943
00:54:38,240 --> 00:54:38,840
 Where were they?

944
00:54:39,200 --> 00:54:48,460
 And we're talking about one bombing here of a Venezuelan radical drug boat and terrorist that was bombed and people were killed.

945
00:54:48,540 --> 00:54:49,440
 We need to kill them all.

946
00:54:49,740 --> 00:54:51,840
 They're killing Americans every day.

947
00:54:52,180 --> 00:54:55,600
 We have people that are trying to support these people.

948
00:54:55,980 --> 00:54:58,140
 Where are we going wrong here?

949
00:54:58,260 --> 00:54:59,700
 President Trump's exactly right.

950
00:54:59,760 --> 00:55:01,360
 Kill every d*** one of them.

951
00:55:01,420 --> 00:55:03,180
 And we can eradicate this.

952
00:55:03,180 --> 00:55:05,900
 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this.

953
00:55:05,900 --> 00:55:08,560
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954
00:55:08,680 --> 00:55:11,240
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955
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956
00:55:18,840 --> 00:55:23,180
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957
00:55:23,860 --> 00:55:32,820
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958
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959
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960
00:55:36,200 --> 00:55:40,980
 A human skull that was found by a dog at a property in Centerpoint this past summer has now been identified.

961
00:55:41,360 --> 00:55:45,900
 The skeletal remains are that of a visually impaired man, 25-year-old Curtis Taylor, Jr.

962
00:55:46,040 --> 00:55:48,940
 He was last seen by family members in February of 2024.

963
00:55:49,660 --> 00:55:50,420
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964
00:55:50,900 --> 00:55:55,240
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965
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966
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967
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968
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969
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970
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971
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972
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973
00:57:00,540 --> 00:57:05,940
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974
00:57:06,140 --> 00:57:08,360
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975
00:57:10,800 --> 00:57:13,840
 Ryan Radke here from Sunday Night Football Law in Westwood 1.

976
00:57:13,940 --> 00:57:17,920
 Mike Golick and ILB in Kansas City this week when the Chiefs host the Texans.

977
00:57:18,380 --> 00:57:23,100
 Kansas City sits outside the playoff picture at 6-6, knowing they need wins down the stretch.

978
00:57:23,460 --> 00:57:28,420
 Now they get a league-leading defense in Houston, who is feeling confident after four straight wins.

979
00:57:28,800 --> 00:57:31,540
 Join us for all the action on Sunday Night Football.

980
00:57:41,540 --> 00:57:45,160
 Kevin Harlan here from Monday Night Football on Westwood 1.

981
00:57:45,660 --> 00:57:49,980
 Join me and Hall of Fame quarterback Kurt Warner for a battle between two playoff-bound teams

982
00:57:49,980 --> 00:57:53,300
 when the Los Angeles Chargers take on the Philadelphia Eagles.

983
00:57:53,920 --> 00:57:56,000
 Eagles are 8-4, but have lost two straight.

984
00:57:56,440 --> 00:57:57,660
 Chargers also 8-4.

985
00:57:57,760 --> 00:57:58,660
 They're coming off a win.

986
00:57:59,120 --> 00:57:59,720
 Don't miss it.

987
00:57:59,920 --> 00:58:02,260
 Eagles at the Chargers on Monday Night Football.

988
00:58:02,260 --> 00:58:13,080
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989
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 For today, a 70% chance of mostly afternoon showers, high around 45.

990
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991
00:58:20,660 --> 00:58:23,260
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992
00:58:23,820 --> 00:58:26,380
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993
00:58:26,840 --> 00:58:29,940
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994
00:58:30,800 --> 00:58:33,260
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995
00:58:34,760 --> 00:58:43,240
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996
00:58:43,880 --> 00:58:47,220
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997
00:58:50,220 --> 00:58:52,700
 The Boomo Bugg Show.

998
00:58:53,100 --> 00:58:58,300
 Your exclusive inside track to the Tide, Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC.

999
00:58:59,120 --> 00:59:04,520
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9, The Score.

1000
00:59:05,600 --> 00:59:07,500
 Welcome back in our tour to the Boomo Bugg Show.

1001
00:59:07,580 --> 00:59:09,040
 I'm Harold Bugg, alongside Redbeard.

1002
00:59:09,120 --> 00:59:11,940
 Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

1003
00:59:12,060 --> 00:59:16,240
 And speaking of a ride, we highly recommend you keep your eyes on the road,

1004
00:59:16,300 --> 00:59:18,820
 and we'll keep an eye on the Super 7 right now.

1005
00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:21,920
 It is late in the third, Mars Hill Bible.

1006
00:59:22,200 --> 00:59:26,960
 They lead Bayside Academy 17.6, but Bayside Academy driving.

1007
00:59:27,260 --> 00:59:32,580
 Now, inside the 15-yard line, trailing by 11 with 56 seconds to go in the third quarter.

1008
00:59:33,060 --> 00:59:36,080
 And, of course, BB, we will keep you up to date on that.

1009
00:59:36,180 --> 00:59:42,120
 Plus, giving you the man, the king, the Elvis of coverage in the bluegrass state, Larry Vaught.

1010
00:59:42,200 --> 00:59:44,160
 He's busy there with Vaught's views.

1011
00:59:44,420 --> 00:59:49,000
 His column appears in 50 papers and websites on at WPBK-FM.

1012
00:59:49,220 --> 00:59:54,140
 He's on UK with a sports minute on radio stations for Edge Media, WLAP,

1013
00:59:54,560 --> 00:59:59,180
 and a feature writer for Topps Magazine, Larry Vaught.

1014
00:59:59,280 --> 00:59:59,840
 Welcome in.

1015
00:59:59,900 --> 01:00:03,640
 You're going to have to eat a lot of turkey at Thanksgiving to get the energy to keep up with all that.

1016
01:00:03,800 --> 01:00:04,260
 How are you?

1017
01:00:04,960 --> 01:00:06,160
 I'm doing great.

1018
01:00:06,260 --> 01:00:10,360
 I was a little envious when I heard you all talking about 45 and 50 degrees.

1019
01:00:11,080 --> 01:00:13,100
 I'd like to be experiencing that right now.

1020
01:00:13,480 --> 01:00:14,460
 We're down south.

1021
01:00:16,960 --> 01:00:17,920
 Did you get any snow?

1022
01:00:18,020 --> 01:00:18,820
 Did you get any snow, Larry?

1023
01:00:19,320 --> 01:00:20,280
 How's it going up there?

1024
01:00:20,720 --> 01:00:24,180
 Yeah, we had our second snow two days ago.

1025
01:00:24,300 --> 01:00:26,020
 So, we got probably about an inch of snow.

1026
01:00:26,440 --> 01:00:30,900
 But it's just snow, so all the snow that came, but a little snow that came is still here.

1027
01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:32,300
 So, it's just kind of pretty to look at.

1028
01:00:32,380 --> 01:00:34,460
 But it's, I think, 28 right now.

1029
01:00:34,640 --> 01:00:35,860
 Last time I looked at my thermometer.

1030
01:00:37,200 --> 01:00:42,460
 Larry, how do Oregon fans feel about the new head coach of Kentucky football?

1031
01:00:43,840 --> 01:00:44,480
 I'm surprised.

1032
01:00:44,760 --> 01:00:51,200
 They've been very kind and gracious, I think, because Will Stein is staying to go ahead and coach for them in the playoffs.

1033
01:00:51,620 --> 01:00:53,660
 So, they've been pretty gracious.

1034
01:00:53,840 --> 01:00:58,460
 I think they knew he was going to be getting a head coaching job, which is a matter of when and where.

1035
01:00:59,220 --> 01:01:02,120
 And I think Kentucky fans are just delighted.

1036
01:01:02,120 --> 01:01:06,640
 It's really kind of funny how the scenario has shifted up here two months ago.

1037
01:01:06,900 --> 01:01:10,620
 It's, wow, I can't wait until football gets over and basketball gets started.

1038
01:01:11,060 --> 01:01:13,880
 And Kentucky is just kicking butt and taking names.

1039
01:01:14,200 --> 01:01:15,500
 It's going to be so much fun.

1040
01:01:15,820 --> 01:01:20,980
 And now it's like, man, I can't wait until Will Stein gets that first football team rolling and everything like that.

1041
01:01:21,260 --> 01:01:22,700
 And put it because basketball is done.

1042
01:01:22,980 --> 01:01:24,160
 I mean, it's basketball done.

1043
01:01:24,500 --> 01:01:29,440
 So, I mean, up here we see our eyes and make everything work out just however we need to.

1044
01:01:29,500 --> 01:01:30,720
 We just spin it whatever we need to.

1045
01:01:30,960 --> 01:01:31,680
 There you go.

1046
01:01:31,740 --> 01:01:32,220
 There you go.

1047
01:01:32,980 --> 01:01:36,100
 Listen, you keep telling everybody volleyball is the sport.

1048
01:01:36,100 --> 01:01:40,760
 I've been saying that for a while.

1049
01:01:41,460 --> 01:01:43,280
 Tell us a little bit more about Will.

1050
01:01:43,640 --> 01:01:46,380
 A big history with Louisville.

1051
01:01:47,080 --> 01:01:53,280
 Will's dad, Matt, was a defensive end for Kentucky under Jerry Claiborne.

1052
01:01:53,460 --> 01:01:58,220
 He has got a lot of Kentucky roots and has slowly made his way up.

1053
01:01:58,560 --> 01:02:02,980
 Only 36 years old, a head coach in the SEC.

1054
01:02:03,380 --> 01:02:05,140
 Larry, tell us a little bit more about him.

1055
01:02:05,800 --> 01:02:11,820
 Well, he's a really feisty, spunky guy who, even though he grew up in Louisville, grew up a Kentucky fan.

1056
01:02:11,980 --> 01:02:16,200
 And even though he played at Louisville, he always stayed a Kentucky fan.

1057
01:02:16,340 --> 01:02:19,840
 I mean, he grew up, he went to Tubby Smith's basketball camp.

1058
01:02:19,960 --> 01:02:29,200
 In fact, Will's dad was telling me last night that when Will was at one of the summer camps, he got a call one night and thought, uh-oh, this is not good.

1059
01:02:29,280 --> 01:02:31,300
 This is a caller from the U.K. camp.

1060
01:02:31,720 --> 01:02:35,240
 And he said, I just want to tell him that your son is doing really well.

1061
01:02:35,340 --> 01:02:36,880
 And he said, oh, your call, tell me he's doing well.

1062
01:02:36,940 --> 01:02:38,420
 And he said, well, yeah, that's what I'd like to do.

1063
01:02:38,460 --> 01:02:39,380
 He won a contest.

1064
01:02:40,120 --> 01:02:42,740
 And Will's father said, who is this?

1065
01:02:42,800 --> 01:02:43,840
 He said, oh, this is Tubby Smith.

1066
01:02:44,160 --> 01:02:45,120
 He said, that's right.

1067
01:02:45,420 --> 01:02:47,680
 Okay, well, y'all quit messing with me.

1068
01:02:48,000 --> 01:02:49,240
 And he got to say, you're pulling up on me.

1069
01:02:49,260 --> 01:02:49,800
 April 1st.

1070
01:02:50,500 --> 01:02:52,120
 Yeah, and then Tubby called back.

1071
01:02:52,180 --> 01:02:53,580
 It really was Tubby calling.

1072
01:02:53,580 --> 01:02:58,540
 But they had a life-size poster of DeMarcus Cousins in their house.

1073
01:02:58,880 --> 01:03:04,960
 His parents had U.K. season football and basketball tickets, so he went to a lot of the games.

1074
01:03:05,260 --> 01:03:07,640
 I remember his different bowl games and all like that.

1075
01:03:07,680 --> 01:03:12,200
 So he's always been a Kentucky fan, even though he played at Louisville.

1076
01:03:12,600 --> 01:03:19,840
 And in his coaching career, you can look, every move has kind of been an upward move or a very well-thought-out move,

1077
01:03:19,840 --> 01:03:24,980
 like when he left college to go become a head high school coach in two years in Texas

1078
01:03:24,980 --> 01:03:27,880
 because he thought he needed to learn how to run a whole operation.

1079
01:03:28,040 --> 01:03:33,120
 And so that worked out very well for him because now that he went right back into college

1080
01:03:33,120 --> 01:03:37,060
 and he's moved up and he's, I think, got a really good offensive mind.

1081
01:03:37,420 --> 01:03:43,780
 He said yesterday that he wants his quarterback to be the toughest MFer on the field and all like that.

1082
01:03:43,900 --> 01:03:48,660
 So, I mean, he's got to be great for media people because he's going to give you sound bites.

1083
01:03:48,660 --> 01:03:50,020
 I will tell you that.

1084
01:03:50,140 --> 01:03:51,700
 He's going to do that now.

1085
01:03:52,020 --> 01:03:55,400
 How he kind of rebuilds his roster and what he does, I don't know.

1086
01:03:55,400 --> 01:04:00,160
 But just talking about just winning a press conference, he's certainly won a press conference.

1087
01:04:00,620 --> 01:04:01,760
 Yeah, I'm looking up.

1088
01:04:01,860 --> 01:04:03,520
 I'm Googling it what MF stands for.

1089
01:04:03,620 --> 01:04:04,140
 Here it is.

1090
01:04:04,700 --> 01:04:05,580
 Morning, folks.

1091
01:04:05,900 --> 01:04:06,620
 Morning, folks.

1092
01:04:06,900 --> 01:04:08,080
 That's what I thought it was, yeah.

1093
01:04:08,360 --> 01:04:08,820
 Let's see it.

1094
01:04:10,820 --> 01:04:11,920
 Let me ask you this.

1095
01:04:12,000 --> 01:04:15,140
 Obviously, first of all, you're giving every parent out there chill bumps.

1096
01:04:15,640 --> 01:04:18,840
 What parent would not want to see their kids live a dream right there in their own backyard?

1097
01:04:19,020 --> 01:04:19,820
 So, you know, they're proud.

1098
01:04:19,980 --> 01:04:26,880
 But your thoughts earlier, the favorite son was a guy that knows our neck of the woods, and that's John Somerol.

1099
01:04:27,100 --> 01:04:31,980
 He grew up and still maintains, at least until recently, a resident still over in Huntsville.

1100
01:04:32,100 --> 01:04:35,600
 He was, at least at one point, the heir apparent to come in there.

1101
01:04:36,100 --> 01:04:37,120
 We know how things work.

1102
01:04:37,120 --> 01:04:42,260
 I thought it was interesting that the moment that he goes to Florida, it looks like it was signed.

1103
01:04:42,400 --> 01:04:44,660
 Kentucky says, no, we're going to be making a change.

1104
01:04:45,140 --> 01:04:48,580
 Your thoughts about that part of the story, Larry?

1105
01:04:49,200 --> 01:04:52,520
 Okay, y'all, my conspiracy theory or my professional theory?

1106
01:04:52,860 --> 01:04:53,260
 Both.

1107
01:04:53,400 --> 01:04:53,580
 Both.

1108
01:04:53,700 --> 01:04:54,040
 We've got time.

1109
01:04:54,040 --> 01:04:54,320
 Okay.

1110
01:04:54,980 --> 01:04:55,340
 All right.

1111
01:04:55,720 --> 01:05:01,580
 The conspiracy is, of course, the Florida AD is Scott Strickland, who worked for Mitch Barnhart at Kentucky.

1112
01:05:02,180 --> 01:05:09,480
 And Mitch knew that Scott was going after John, so he just kind of wanted to stay out of the way, and he just didn't do anything.

1113
01:05:09,820 --> 01:05:17,600
 Now, I also think that Mitch and his people felt they needed somebody that was known as kind of an offensive guy,

1114
01:05:17,700 --> 01:05:21,820
 where John's kind of known more for his defense, even though his offenses have been really good,

1115
01:05:21,880 --> 01:05:24,560
 but just the perception will be that John Summerall's a defensive guy.

1116
01:05:25,080 --> 01:05:29,120
 So I think they were kind of, okay, Florida's really wanting him.

1117
01:05:29,140 --> 01:05:30,640
 That's why I've got one of my guys working.

1118
01:05:30,860 --> 01:05:32,540
 John's kind of known as a defensive guy.

1119
01:05:32,980 --> 01:05:36,500
 Maybe Mark Stoops will find a way to beat Louisville, and this will solve all of it.

1120
01:05:36,500 --> 01:05:38,040
 We'll just keep Mark and save our money.

1121
01:05:38,540 --> 01:05:47,660
 And all I got there, when it didn't happen, I think trying to get somebody that will hopefully get the ball in the end zone a little more regular is what Mitch wanted to do.

1122
01:05:48,060 --> 01:05:51,580
 So I think the way the timing played out just kind of took the pressure off Mitch.

1123
01:05:51,680 --> 01:05:54,600
 He could say, oh, yeah, well, we loved Summerall, but he was gone.

1124
01:05:54,700 --> 01:05:57,740
 Wish he hadn't been, but now we're really happy to have Will Stein.

1125
01:05:57,820 --> 01:06:00,200
 And that's kind of how it's being spun up here.

1126
01:06:00,280 --> 01:06:02,420
 But I think John will do a great job.

1127
01:06:02,460 --> 01:06:03,940
 He's still one of my favorite people.

1128
01:06:03,940 --> 01:06:11,020
 And believe it or not, I can still, like when he got the job, I sent him a couple texts, and he still responds to me.

1129
01:06:11,100 --> 01:06:11,760
 And answers back.

1130
01:06:11,940 --> 01:06:14,100
 He really hadn't changed as he's had success.

1131
01:06:14,860 --> 01:06:21,240
 And I'm really glad to see that Brad White, he got him because him and Brad White worked really well together when John was at Kentucky.

1132
01:06:21,780 --> 01:06:26,240
 So I think Florida folks will be happier with Brad White than what they think they are right now.

1133
01:06:26,240 --> 01:06:32,580
 But it's been kind of funny to see that it doesn't look like the Florida fans are overjoyed with the John Summerall hire.

1134
01:06:32,900 --> 01:06:38,240
 Like if he came to Kentucky, he would have got the Elvis treatment that Will Stein got yesterday.

1135
01:06:38,380 --> 01:06:40,740
 I mean, Will talked about when he flew in to Louisville.

1136
01:06:41,060 --> 01:06:42,520
 He'd never seen as many police cars.

1137
01:06:42,680 --> 01:06:43,700
 He didn't know what was going on.

1138
01:06:43,980 --> 01:06:47,400
 He said he had 15 in front of me, escorting us, and 15 behind us.

1139
01:06:47,840 --> 01:06:50,900
 He said he didn't mean he's in school, and he was trying to get away from them, right?

1140
01:06:51,040 --> 01:06:52,940
 Yeah, he got his camera out and took pictures.

1141
01:06:52,940 --> 01:06:57,320
 And his dad said he thought, who in the world is this guy?

1142
01:06:57,420 --> 01:07:00,820
 Is that my son that they're treating like Elvis and all, like a rock star?

1143
01:07:01,220 --> 01:07:05,320
 So it's been really funny, but they are a good family.

1144
01:07:05,480 --> 01:07:10,180
 Like I say, his dad played at Kentucky and a bunch of his former teammates at the press conference yesterday.

1145
01:07:10,300 --> 01:07:14,180
 That was kind of nice to see all of them welcome one of theirs back.

1146
01:07:14,260 --> 01:07:19,760
 And I think Will will just kind of heal a lot of wounds and things that have gone on.

1147
01:07:19,760 --> 01:07:21,640
 But the bottom line is he's still got to win.

1148
01:07:21,780 --> 01:07:23,180
 And let's see how he goes about that.

1149
01:07:24,140 --> 01:07:29,700
 Larry, you had a very good article about Mark Stoops, his legacy at Kentucky.

1150
01:07:30,840 --> 01:07:34,600
 Stoops leaves a legacy of what is possible at Kentucky.

1151
01:07:35,220 --> 01:07:51,860
 I think in a couple of years when Kentucky fans step back and look at what Stoops was able to do, 10 win seasons in 2018 and 2021, eight consecutive bowl games, two top 25 finishes.

1152
01:07:51,860 --> 01:07:57,240
 And I know Alabama fans and Georgia fans look at that and just shrug their shoulders.

1153
01:07:57,500 --> 01:07:59,080
 But it's still a big deal.

1154
01:07:59,700 --> 01:08:04,000
 Now, the last two years went off the rails, four and eight, five and seven.

1155
01:08:04,600 --> 01:08:12,040
 And in particular, as you noted, the debacle with Louisville, one of your biggest rivals, 41 to nothing.

1156
01:08:13,180 --> 01:08:20,100
 But I thought the last four years, offensive issues with quarterback, the offensive coordinator.

1157
01:08:20,900 --> 01:08:24,440
 Larry, your thoughts on the legacy of Mark Stoops at Kentucky?

1158
01:08:25,200 --> 01:08:33,220
 Well, first of all, the younger fans don't remember the days when four and eight and five and seven would have been considered debacle.

1159
01:08:33,220 --> 01:08:34,780
 That would have not been.

1160
01:08:35,520 --> 01:08:39,520
 And I've been telling people to think that I would have lived, I've been doing this over 50 years,

1161
01:08:39,860 --> 01:08:44,160
 and to think that I would have lived long enough for Kentucky fans to only won seven games.

1162
01:08:44,340 --> 01:08:45,020
 Man, what's the matter?

1163
01:08:45,440 --> 01:08:51,420
 You know, if you won enough to go to a bowl, we ran naked down the streets on Main Street celebrating.

1164
01:08:51,580 --> 01:08:54,020
 Everybody was just overjoyed, didn't know what to do.

1165
01:08:54,400 --> 01:08:56,380
 And Mark raised that bar up.

1166
01:08:56,720 --> 01:09:02,960
 And I think the biggest mistake that Mark made was when he was having these good seasons.

1167
01:09:03,180 --> 01:09:08,860
 And he decided, okay, what I'm doing is working for giving us where we kind of are.

1168
01:09:09,200 --> 01:09:14,760
 But if we're going to kind of move in and do even better, we're going to have to do kind of like what Nick Saban finally had to do,

1169
01:09:14,780 --> 01:09:19,480
 kind of open his offense up and do different things, which just wasn't really in Mark's DNA.

1170
01:09:20,260 --> 01:09:26,820
 And they had some bad misses with the quarterbacks in the portal and some different things and kind of got away from what they were.

1171
01:09:26,820 --> 01:09:28,300
 Their culture kind of changed.

1172
01:09:29,100 --> 01:09:33,820
 I also think when the offensive line coach, John Schlarman, passed away a few years back,

1173
01:09:33,860 --> 01:09:36,340
 he was the guy that kind of held that big blue wall together.

1174
01:09:36,480 --> 01:09:43,240
 He was the Kentucky guy, the one that identified with all those people and had guys that would just run through walls for him.

1175
01:09:43,620 --> 01:09:45,780
 And it's never been the same up front since then.

1176
01:09:45,820 --> 01:09:48,560
 So it was kind of a tough combination of things.

1177
01:09:48,860 --> 01:09:52,920
 But, again, a lot of the younger UK fans just don't remember the tough times.

1178
01:09:53,160 --> 01:09:56,220
 They've seen two 10-win seasons in three years.

1179
01:09:56,500 --> 01:09:59,820
 I went 41 years in between seeing a 10-win season in Kentucky.

1180
01:10:00,020 --> 01:10:02,540
 And it took from 1977 to 2018.

1181
01:10:03,080 --> 01:10:06,300
 They don't remember some of those kind of periods like that.

1182
01:10:06,420 --> 01:10:11,300
 So, as you said, for Alabama and Georgia, what Mark Stoops did probably wouldn't have seen that significant.

1183
01:10:11,660 --> 01:10:16,940
 But for what he did at Kentucky and to raise the bar to where he did, it's pretty phenomenal.

1184
01:10:17,380 --> 01:10:22,740
 And now we'll see if we all can build on that or not because it's easy to kind of talk about that

1185
01:10:22,740 --> 01:10:25,640
 and that we're going to compete for championships and do all that.

1186
01:10:25,720 --> 01:10:29,560
 But these teams in the SEC don't just roll over and say, yeah, that young kid from Oregon,

1187
01:10:29,660 --> 01:10:31,040
 let's let him win a couple every year.

1188
01:10:31,300 --> 01:10:32,460
 They're not going to do that.

1189
01:10:32,800 --> 01:10:35,420
 But his plans sound good.

1190
01:10:36,400 --> 01:10:36,520
 Yeah.

1191
01:10:37,000 --> 01:10:39,940
 I can't wait for a coach to get up on his opening introduction and say,

1192
01:10:40,020 --> 01:10:41,920
 we're going to lose every ball game this year.

1193
01:10:42,160 --> 01:10:43,880
 And then my cash is on my buyout.

1194
01:10:44,000 --> 01:10:45,620
 So, thank you very much, Kentucky.

1195
01:10:47,500 --> 01:10:48,140
 You know what?

1196
01:10:48,240 --> 01:10:49,660
 And this day and age, it could be coming.

1197
01:10:49,780 --> 01:10:51,780
 So, I'm so happy now that there's money in the bank.

1198
01:10:51,900 --> 01:10:53,800
 If they need to fire me today, I'm good.

1199
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 I'm the smart one here.

1200
01:10:57,140 --> 01:10:59,240
 Let's talk about that other sport in Kentucky.

1201
01:10:59,240 --> 01:11:00,680
 I think they call it basketball.

1202
01:11:01,560 --> 01:11:02,640
 Oh, I thought you were saying volleyball.

1203
01:11:02,800 --> 01:11:04,540
 And basketball is over.

1204
01:11:04,940 --> 01:11:05,680
 Basketball is over.

1205
01:11:10,220 --> 01:11:12,980
 The basketball has been such a disappointment.

1206
01:11:13,560 --> 01:11:16,820
 I think everybody thought this team was going to be better.

1207
01:11:17,020 --> 01:11:20,640
 And once they beat Purdue in an exhibition game with their starting point guard,

1208
01:11:20,740 --> 01:11:26,180
 Jalen Lowe, hurt and not playing, that just raised expectations through the roof.

1209
01:11:26,180 --> 01:11:30,260
 And now they're 0-3 against ranked teams that have looked horrible.

1210
01:11:30,660 --> 01:11:32,300
 They just have looked horrible.

1211
01:11:32,740 --> 01:11:37,640
 Against Louisville and Michigan State, they both were down about 20 points or more in each of those games.

1212
01:11:38,060 --> 01:11:41,800
 Against North Carolina, they went 10 minutes without a field goal Tuesday night.

1213
01:11:41,960 --> 01:11:43,940
 And they just look out of sync.

1214
01:11:44,240 --> 01:11:45,960
 Their aggressiveness is not there.

1215
01:11:46,020 --> 01:11:47,100
 They're getting bullied around.

1216
01:11:47,440 --> 01:11:49,400
 They don't seem to be hustling the way they should.

1217
01:11:49,460 --> 01:11:50,980
 They can't make a three-point shot.

1218
01:11:51,560 --> 01:11:55,640
 And then Mark Pope has just kind of been at a loss for words.

1219
01:11:55,700 --> 01:11:56,640
 He's such a nice guy.

1220
01:11:56,720 --> 01:11:59,680
 He just won't raise h*** about something and come out.

1221
01:11:59,780 --> 01:12:02,200
 Kentucky fans, they want him to come out with some fire.

1222
01:12:02,660 --> 01:12:05,300
 And that's just not him during a game or after a game.

1223
01:12:05,780 --> 01:12:11,080
 I mean, there's a lot of talk up here now about will Kentucky even make the NCAA tournament.

1224
01:12:11,760 --> 01:12:18,640
 And based on what you've seen the last three weeks, I mean, that's a valid concern because now you've got Gonzaga Friday night,

1225
01:12:18,720 --> 01:12:20,700
 which I think will be the best team Kentucky's played.

1226
01:12:21,220 --> 01:12:26,840
 Then they've got Indiana coming in in a week, which has been better than what I expected.

1227
01:12:26,840 --> 01:12:29,460
 Then they've got to play that Rick Pitino in St. John's.

1228
01:12:29,520 --> 01:12:31,520
 And you think Rick Pitino won't want to beat Kentucky?

1229
01:12:31,840 --> 01:12:32,000
 Really?

1230
01:12:32,080 --> 01:12:33,280
 And then you look at the SEC.

1231
01:12:33,640 --> 01:12:39,480
 I think the SEC's maybe going to be a little bit better than what some thought going into this season

1232
01:12:39,480 --> 01:12:43,840
 and certainly better than what Kentucky needs it to be based on how they're playing right now.

1233
01:12:44,420 --> 01:12:48,500
 I mean, maybe if they get Jaden Quaintance back in the middle, that's going to help them some.

1234
01:12:48,920 --> 01:12:51,220
 But this team just has issues.

1235
01:12:51,220 --> 01:12:56,300
 They don't have the shooters and the teamwork and the offense is just kind of clogged down.

1236
01:12:56,760 --> 01:12:59,360
 So I don't know if they're going to get this worked out or not,

1237
01:12:59,400 --> 01:13:03,340
 but I know there's a lot of panic up here in the bluegrass right now about basketball.

1238
01:13:04,320 --> 01:13:08,380
 Well, Larry, once again, it just pushes everybody to volleyball.

1239
01:13:08,960 --> 01:13:11,240
 They're disappointed with basketball.

1240
01:13:11,540 --> 01:13:12,400
 They're going to volleyball.

1241
01:13:12,840 --> 01:13:13,140
 All right.

1242
01:13:13,520 --> 01:13:16,840
 Well, they all do because I tell you, this volleyball team is going to win the national championship.

1243
01:13:17,020 --> 01:13:18,340
 I've been telling you that for two months.

1244
01:13:22,680 --> 01:13:23,560
 Oh, Lord.

1245
01:13:24,060 --> 01:13:27,380
 We always enjoy the conversation with you, my friend.

1246
01:13:28,140 --> 01:13:36,520
 Volleyball, basketball, or football, Volts Views is the place, along as Harold mentioned, the other 47 platforms you're on.

1247
01:13:36,940 --> 01:13:39,140
 Where can we get online to get all your good stuff?

1248
01:13:39,700 --> 01:13:48,060
 Well, the best place you can do is you can go to YourSportsEdge.com or you can go to VoltsFuse.com, and that'll have all of my writings there for you.

1249
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 Or you can just follow me on X at VoltsFuse, and that way you'll usually have links to where you can read me or hear me.

1250
01:13:56,440 --> 01:13:57,280
 Sounds great, Larry.

1251
01:13:57,340 --> 01:13:59,560
 And listen, keep up the good work, and we'll see you at the net, okay?

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1324
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 Welcome back in.

1325
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 Before we get to the one, the only, Charlie Traumann.

1326
01:18:05,620 --> 01:18:06,120
 Quick update.

1327
01:18:06,240 --> 01:18:08,480
 Super 7 3-8 state championship game.

1328
01:18:08,880 --> 01:18:09,900
 Mars Hill Bible.

1329
01:18:10,140 --> 01:18:11,020
 Bayside Academy.

1330
01:18:11,160 --> 01:18:13,620
 Mars Hill was up 17-6.

1331
01:18:13,720 --> 01:18:15,980
 Bayside Academy marched it down.

1332
01:18:15,980 --> 01:18:17,180
 Kicked a field goal.

1333
01:18:17,540 --> 01:18:18,380
 Cut the lead.

1334
01:18:18,640 --> 01:18:19,360
 And then a penalty.

1335
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 Personal foul.

1336
01:18:20,480 --> 01:18:22,260
 Gave Bayside Academy a first down.

1337
01:18:22,660 --> 01:18:23,520
 They scored a touchdown.

1338
01:18:23,800 --> 01:18:25,240
 An ensuing two-point conversion.

1339
01:18:25,400 --> 01:18:26,300
 Cut the lead to three.

1340
01:18:26,840 --> 01:18:28,540
 Mars Hill Bible got the ball right back.

1341
01:18:28,700 --> 01:18:30,040
 And marched it right down the field.

1342
01:18:30,160 --> 01:18:30,820
 They scored.

1343
01:18:31,400 --> 01:18:32,700
 24-14.

1344
01:18:33,260 --> 01:18:34,620
 7.39 to go.

1345
01:18:34,740 --> 01:18:36,700
 Defense taking over now for Mars Hill Bible.

1346
01:18:36,900 --> 01:18:38,920
 Third and 31.

1347
01:18:40,020 --> 01:18:44,440
 And I'm going to ask Charlie Traumann as a former quarterback what play you call on that.

1348
01:18:44,440 --> 01:18:45,660
 But 24-14.

1349
01:18:45,660 --> 01:18:47,560
 Marse Hill Bible over Bayside Academy.

1350
01:18:47,720 --> 01:18:51,400
 7-31 to go in the state championship game.

1351
01:18:51,620 --> 01:18:52,760
 We've already given it away.

1352
01:18:52,920 --> 01:18:54,480
 Charlie Traumann has been there and done that.

1353
01:18:54,640 --> 01:18:55,460
 Former Auburn quarterback.

1354
01:18:55,600 --> 01:18:56,440
 Charlie, welcome in.

1355
01:18:56,520 --> 01:19:00,360
 And what play did you guys call on third and 31 in a championship game?

1356
01:19:01,220 --> 01:19:06,240
 Well, I'd call that same play that Nick Saban called when he was fourth and 31 at all.

1357
01:19:06,240 --> 01:19:07,120
 Great digger.

1358
01:19:07,120 --> 01:19:08,260
 Great digger.

1359
01:19:10,080 --> 01:19:11,620
 That's the play I'd call.

1360
01:19:12,360 --> 01:19:21,060
 I'd tell the defense to rush just two people and mush rush and give the quarterback all day long to throw.

1361
01:19:22,620 --> 01:19:24,660
 Let him have luck and deserve, right?

1362
01:19:25,520 --> 01:19:26,220
 That's right.

1363
01:19:26,480 --> 01:19:27,200
 That's right.

1364
01:19:27,700 --> 01:19:28,760
 Oh, my goodness.

1365
01:19:29,100 --> 01:19:33,440
 Anyway, Marshall trying to hang on and bring another state championship back to town.

1366
01:19:33,840 --> 01:19:39,100
 Speaking of town, Charlie, how do you feel about the newest resident called Auburn's new head coach?

1367
01:19:39,340 --> 01:19:43,580
 As an Auburn family man, former Tiger, your reaction to the news?

1368
01:19:44,480 --> 01:19:51,780
 Well, I was a little surprised that it wasn't John Summerall, but knowing that John Summerall had made the deal with Florida,

1369
01:19:51,780 --> 01:19:55,140
 I thought that Alex Golesh was a great hire.

1370
01:19:55,140 --> 01:20:03,140
 And I wasn't completely familiar with his whole story, but, you know, he's got a great story.

1371
01:20:03,880 --> 01:20:05,460
 And, you know, he comes from Russia.

1372
01:20:05,740 --> 01:20:08,580
 He came to the United States when he was seven years old.

1373
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 And, you know, he fell in love with football after going to a camp when he was just a young kid.

1374
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 And he loves competition.

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 And, you know, he's very, very disciplined.

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 He is going to be like Nick Saban in the sense that he keeps mentioning the word process.

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 He says it's a process.

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 And, you know, we're going to be a – he calls it an athlete-run program.

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 By that, he means that, you know, he's going to take the strengths of his players.

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 And he's – he actually talked about the quarterback in particular, take the strengths of the quarterback.

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 And he's going to, you know, arrange his offensive strategy around the strengths of his quarterback and the skill position players.

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 And I just like what he stands for.

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 You know, he's a good family man.

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 And he has done a great job at South Florida in the sense that when he got there, they had won four games in three years.

1385
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 And, you know, he had two winning seasons, seven and six.

1386
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 And then he's nine and three this year.

1387
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 So, you know, I'm excited about him, guys.

1388
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 I really am.

1389
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 Charlie, let me ask you.

1390
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 Only you would know this.

1391
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 He is bringing – I believe it's Reese Rice, his first name, the quarterback from South Florida.

1392
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 There is some scuttlebutt about Byron Brown.

1393
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 He has been the starting quarterback for South Florida for, I know, two years.

1394
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 He's tormented Alabama in a couple of games.

1395
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 We know Ashton Daniel did not play in the Mercer game to come back next year.

1396
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 And everybody knows the potential of Deuce Knight.

1397
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 Charlie, if you were Deuce Knight and Ashton Daniel, how would you feel about – and again, I know it's competition.

1398
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 How would you feel about if he ends up bringing not one but two cornerbacks from South Florida?

1399
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 Well, I'm not – you know, the Rice kid is – he's a high school kid that, you know, is being recruited.

1400
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 So, I wouldn't worry so much about him because it's going to take him a year to adjust and things like that.

1401
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 But I would worry about the Brown kid out of South Florida.

1402
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 Yeah, if I was Deuce Knight, it would not sit well with me that he was bringing his quarterback in,

1403
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 especially since he was the actual coach's quarterback for the last two years.

1404
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 So, you would think that he would almost have a leg up on Deuce Knight.

1405
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 But I tell you what, if they do that, it'll be an open competition.

1406
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 And between the three quarterbacks, between Ashton Daniels, Deuce Knight, and this Brown kid,

1407
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 they'll choose the right quarterback.

1408
01:23:09,280 --> 01:23:14,180
 And if I – if it was my guess, I think it would be Deuce Knight.

1409
01:23:14,800 --> 01:23:19,740
 But that's just a supposition of mine.

1410
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 But I'm a Deuce Knight fan.

1411
01:23:22,580 --> 01:23:27,040
 I had been a Deuce Knight fan before he played in the Mercer game.

1412
01:23:27,160 --> 01:23:33,940
 I've seen some practice practices, and he has an incredible arm.

1413
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 He's got great arm talent, as well as the ability to run the football like a gazelle.

1414
01:23:39,660 --> 01:23:45,820
 So, you know, I really hope that he's going to be the quarterback next year.

1415
01:23:46,820 --> 01:23:49,080
 Former Auburn quarterback, Charlie Trotman.

1416
01:23:49,080 --> 01:23:55,420
 And could it be said that one of the biggest moves that Alex made was keeping DJ as his DC?

1417
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 Oh, yeah.

1418
01:23:57,680 --> 01:23:58,660
 No doubt about it.

1419
01:23:58,760 --> 01:24:02,840
 I mean, there was a friend of mine who – I went to the basketball game last night,

1420
01:24:02,940 --> 01:24:09,660
 and Coach Gullish was introduced to the crowd, and they gave him a really warm welcome.

1421
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 I think everybody's excited about it after they've heard him

1422
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 and been a little bit familiarized with his story.

1423
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 But I had a friend of mine say, you know, we needed three things.

1424
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 We needed a coach that could keep DJ Durkin.

1425
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 We needed a coach that – or a coach that would be able to coach up Deuce Knight.

1426
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 And then, you know, we needed somebody that we feel like has offensive firepower.

1427
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 And we haven't had that in three years, guys.

1428
01:24:48,360 --> 01:24:52,600
 I mean, we haven't scored many points at all over the last three years.

1429
01:24:53,080 --> 01:24:58,580
 And the guy I was talking to said, and we got all three of those in one coach.

1430
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 So, you know, hopefully it'll turn out well.

1431
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 But Auburn's schedule next year is brutal.

1432
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 It is.

1433
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 You know, it's hard to win in the SEC.

1434
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 But, you know, maybe if Auburn can do a good job of recreating – you know,

1435
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 we're going to lose three offensive starters on the line.

1436
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 And the line was not real good at pass blocking this year.

1437
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 So, they're going to have to revamp the offensive line.

1438
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 If they can do that, and Coach Golesh can put his offense on the field like he had when – you remember Hendon Hooker at Tennessee?

1439
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 Yeah.

1440
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 Yeah.

1441
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 The offense they had there.

1442
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 That's hopefully what we're going to see at Auburn.

1443
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 Charlie, I know he's going to bring some additional staff members.

1444
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 Of course, Auburn – Cody Burns, I know, makes a lot of Auburn fans happy.

1445
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 But he's going to bring in three or four or certainly more of his staff that probably worked with him at South Florida.

1446
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 Receivers coach Marcus Davis, Wesley McGriff, and the general manager Will Redman, again, he certainly can bring in his own guys.

1447
01:26:17,180 --> 01:26:22,900
 How many of the former Q3 staff do you envision remaining on the staff?

1448
01:26:24,300 --> 01:26:26,440
 That's a great question, Brett.

1449
01:26:26,840 --> 01:26:34,040
 I'm not sure – I think those coaches that you just named are outstanding coaches.

1450
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 I think that Marcus Davis and, you know, Wesley McGriff and just – those guys, they've been there.

1451
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 They've done that.

1452
01:26:47,100 --> 01:26:49,920
 They've proven themselves on the field.

1453
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 But I will say this, a coach is very, very loyal generally to his assistants.

1454
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 And I don't begrudge Coach Goalish if he wants to bring in, you know, his assistants because they've been successful there and they work well together.

1455
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 And I know we're keeping our defensive line coach, which I'm happy about, because our defensive line was one of the stronger parts of our team this year.

1456
01:27:20,780 --> 01:27:36,860
 And, you know, I mean, it's going to be a little bit of this and a little bit of that in terms of who's going to be on the coaching staff because you'll have some that are retained and some that are new and some that come from South Florida.

1457
01:27:36,860 --> 01:27:52,400
 So, you know, we've got to get them to mesh and work, you know, pull all the same strings and try to make that offense work, especially because I think the defense under D.J. Durkin will be good again.

1458
01:27:53,400 --> 01:28:00,840
 Charlie, it's not fair to Alex Goalish to comment on really this recruiting class.

1459
01:28:00,980 --> 01:28:03,200
 I mean, my lord, he'd been there three days.

1460
01:28:03,700 --> 01:28:07,980
 But Auburn's 38th and people will just shrug their shoulders at that.

1461
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 But for some of the guys they brought in yesterday, Charlie, and I know you don't have that list in front of you, I thought he did as best of a job as he could.

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 Yeah, I thought he did great.

1463
01:28:19,120 --> 01:28:22,440
 You know, he got a defensive lineman from Texas.

1464
01:28:22,860 --> 01:28:26,000
 He got another defensive lineman from Penn State.

1465
01:28:26,780 --> 01:28:33,300
 He was able to pull a receiver from Sarah Land, from Duke.

1466
01:28:34,280 --> 01:28:41,900
 He got most of the players that were on the list of Auburn commitments.

1467
01:28:42,120 --> 01:28:44,000
 He got most of them to sign.

1468
01:28:44,000 --> 01:28:51,820
 Now, I think Auburn lost like six players because of the change in the coaching staff.

1469
01:28:53,000 --> 01:28:55,320
 And some of those were big losses.

1470
01:28:55,520 --> 01:29:01,380
 There was a five-star safety, I know, that went to Mississippi State that we would have loved to have had.

1471
01:29:02,660 --> 01:29:12,360
 But other than that, you know, I mean, to come in and only have 48 hours to, you know, before these guys are putting their name on the line,

1472
01:29:12,500 --> 01:29:15,000
 I think he did a whale of a job.

1473
01:29:16,140 --> 01:29:17,420
 No question about that.

1474
01:29:17,480 --> 01:29:21,120
 Yeah, that was Braylon who flipped to Mississippi State.

1475
01:29:21,540 --> 01:29:24,560
 Charlie, I always enjoy the conversation.

1476
01:29:24,560 --> 01:29:29,440
 This Auburn basketball team, if you got to see firsthand last night, it's pretty good, too.

1477
01:29:30,220 --> 01:29:32,340
 Seven's chip off the old block.

1478
01:29:32,820 --> 01:29:34,140
 Listen, have a great weekend.

1479
01:29:34,320 --> 01:29:36,320
 Enjoy the SEC championship.

1480
01:29:36,640 --> 01:29:38,300
 Let's do this again real soon, bud.

1481
01:29:38,820 --> 01:29:39,860
 All right, sounds good.

1482
01:29:40,020 --> 01:29:40,760
 Appreciate it, Harold.

1483
01:29:40,880 --> 01:29:41,640
 Appreciate it, Brett.

1484
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 You guys have a good afternoon, too.

1485
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 And we appreciate you, Charlie Trotman, former Auburn quarterback.

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 Speaking of former Auburn quarterbacks, remember Barrett Trotter?

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 You know what he's up to these days, B.B.?

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1602
01:35:14,300 --> 01:35:15,300
 The Score.

1603
01:35:15,900 --> 01:35:20,500
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1604
01:35:20,500 --> 01:35:21,660
 Welcome back in.

1605
01:35:21,760 --> 01:35:25,080
 Mars Hill Bible and Bayside Academy putting the Super in the Super 7.

1606
01:35:25,720 --> 01:35:28,540
 Bayside Academy cut the Mars Hill lead to 17-14.

1607
01:35:28,780 --> 01:35:31,500
 And then, boom, boom, Mars Hill Bible with back-to-back touchdowns.

1608
01:35:32,460 --> 01:35:34,360
 Bayside Academy takes the one-two punch.

1609
01:35:34,440 --> 01:35:36,260
 They come back with their own touchdown.

1610
01:35:36,520 --> 01:35:38,400
 It's now 31-21.

1611
01:35:38,800 --> 01:35:39,820
 Mars Hill Bible.

1612
01:35:40,540 --> 01:35:42,840
 Bayside Academy just had the on-side kick.

1613
01:35:42,960 --> 01:35:44,160
 Mars Hill Bible recovered.

1614
01:35:45,020 --> 01:35:45,920
 Hope you followed all that.

1615
01:35:46,000 --> 01:35:46,780
 31-21.

1616
01:35:47,040 --> 01:35:49,980
 Three minutes, 28 seconds away for Mars Hill Bible.

1617
01:35:50,140 --> 01:35:50,860
 Bring him back.

1618
01:35:51,440 --> 01:35:54,660
 Their second state championship in 3A play.

1619
01:35:54,920 --> 01:35:58,480
 Let's go to a place that's known for a championship or two, Tuscaloosa.

1620
01:35:58,640 --> 01:36:04,480
 Ryan Fowler drives you home every afternoon there as host of the game on Tide 109 FM in T-Town.

1621
01:36:04,600 --> 01:36:05,700
 Ryan, welcome in.

1622
01:36:05,780 --> 01:36:06,680
 How are you?

1623
01:36:07,240 --> 01:36:08,020
 Yeah, doing good.

1624
01:36:08,080 --> 01:36:08,560
 Doing good.

1625
01:36:08,680 --> 01:36:10,420
 Just trying to plug along.

1626
01:36:10,660 --> 01:36:13,760
 And, you know, all these injuries starting to mount up for Alabama.

1627
01:36:14,140 --> 01:36:17,140
 But they've made their way to Atlanta.

1628
01:36:17,640 --> 01:36:20,560
 And, you know, the Iron Bowl was a big victory.

1629
01:36:20,660 --> 01:36:24,580
 I think it's one that you must stop and celebrate, right, especially in this state.

1630
01:36:25,400 --> 01:36:31,360
 You know, 70% of the state will be happy and 30% are a little bit disappointed.

1631
01:36:31,520 --> 01:36:32,780
 But I know Auburn got a coach.

1632
01:36:32,780 --> 01:36:38,420
 And so they're a little bit happy, I guess, as we, you know, approach the offseason.

1633
01:36:38,720 --> 01:36:40,420
 So it was a big win for Alabama.

1634
01:36:40,660 --> 01:36:42,120
 It was a bad loss for the Auburn Tigers.

1635
01:36:43,140 --> 01:36:47,400
 Let's talk about now that the regular season is in the books.

1636
01:36:47,500 --> 01:36:48,760
 Two things on there, Ryan.

1637
01:36:48,840 --> 01:36:53,700
 Who would have thought back in the last weekend of August that we'd be having this conversation

1638
01:36:53,700 --> 01:36:58,320
 about Alabama getting ready to play for the SEC championship game, if we're honest.

1639
01:36:58,820 --> 01:37:01,260
 Your thoughts about the season to date.

1640
01:37:01,860 --> 01:37:05,040
 And then, obviously, that's good.

1641
01:37:05,340 --> 01:37:09,200
 But by Alabama standards, you've still got work to do starting this weekend in Atlanta.

1642
01:37:10,860 --> 01:37:18,600
 Yeah, I think when you take a look at what this team has been able to accomplish, what this team has been able to adversity.

1643
01:37:18,940 --> 01:37:26,160
 I mean, you know, and I don't know if it's just me, but Kaelin Boer was just asked about this, and it kind of hit me.

1644
01:37:27,020 --> 01:37:32,020
 Because, you know, we have so many different things to cover that we, you almost forget about it.

1645
01:37:32,380 --> 01:37:34,200
 But why are there so many injuries?

1646
01:37:34,360 --> 01:37:37,900
 Well, because you play in the toughest conference in all of college football.

1647
01:37:38,240 --> 01:37:42,000
 And whether you believe this or not, Alabama's the regular season champs, right?

1648
01:37:42,040 --> 01:37:43,020
 I mean, they're the number one seed.

1649
01:37:43,480 --> 01:37:44,760
 Now, we don't claim a trophy.

1650
01:37:44,960 --> 01:37:49,640
 There's probably others in this state that would put up a trophy or put a trophy shirt.

1651
01:37:50,720 --> 01:37:53,520
 But they are the number one team, right?

1652
01:37:53,580 --> 01:37:54,420
 I mean, they're the number one seed.

1653
01:37:54,480 --> 01:37:55,400
 They had to earn that.

1654
01:37:55,840 --> 01:37:57,660
 And they went through a lot of different injuries.

1655
01:37:57,820 --> 01:37:59,700
 They faced a lot of adversity.

1656
01:38:00,560 --> 01:38:03,460
 But I think about where this team is at.

1657
01:38:03,900 --> 01:38:09,120
 And then I think about probably one of the hardest schedules in all of college football.

1658
01:38:09,440 --> 01:38:10,560
 I mean, is that a fair statement?

1659
01:38:11,200 --> 01:38:14,180
 And then I think about it's even going to get harder.

1660
01:38:14,960 --> 01:38:15,280
 Right?

1661
01:38:15,480 --> 01:38:18,340
 Because the SEC is going to non-conference games.

1662
01:38:18,900 --> 01:38:25,600
 And now the ones that, you know, did not have the successful season throughout the league, it's going to get harder for you guys, too.

1663
01:38:25,740 --> 01:38:28,480
 Because now it becomes nine conference games.

1664
01:38:28,620 --> 01:38:35,420
 You don't get a chance to pad your numbers against, you know, the Chattanoobos, the Western Kentuckys, the smaller teams.

1665
01:38:35,460 --> 01:38:37,240
 And there's nothing against those smaller teams.

1666
01:38:37,460 --> 01:38:39,020
 But it's going to become even harder.

1667
01:38:39,360 --> 01:38:49,420
 Do you have the roster in college football to be able to go through and sustain a roster to get through a nine-game conference schedule?

1668
01:38:49,580 --> 01:38:52,900
 Because, listen, the reason why we did it is one reason.

1669
01:38:53,120 --> 01:38:53,600
 Money.

1670
01:38:54,140 --> 01:38:54,820
 We did it for money.

1671
01:38:55,400 --> 01:38:55,580
 Right?

1672
01:38:56,140 --> 01:39:01,600
 Because money currently in college athletics is at a – it's hard, right?

1673
01:39:01,660 --> 01:39:02,600
 It's hard to come by.

1674
01:39:02,920 --> 01:39:05,680
 And we've done this in the world of college athletics.

1675
01:39:06,160 --> 01:39:11,260
 But I also look at it and I go, they're going to have to increase this roster limit.

1676
01:39:11,980 --> 01:39:13,360
 I don't think they have a choice.

1677
01:39:14,360 --> 01:39:23,140
 I do not think they have a choice to be able to go through and get more, you know, roster size.

1678
01:39:23,260 --> 01:39:26,460
 I mean, I think they're going to have to create a number.

1679
01:39:26,800 --> 01:39:27,980
 And I don't know what that number is.

1680
01:39:28,060 --> 01:39:28,820
 Maybe it's 95.

1681
01:39:29,460 --> 01:39:31,440
 You know, maybe it's 105, like the Big Ten.

1682
01:39:31,840 --> 01:39:33,320
 They're allowed to go to 105.

1683
01:39:33,980 --> 01:39:37,340
 But the SEC has been very hesitant at getting there.

1684
01:39:37,500 --> 01:39:38,880
 Now, they're having discussions.

1685
01:39:39,500 --> 01:39:46,240
 But they're going to have to at some point move beyond the 85 if they're going to play – I mean, guys, look at it.

1686
01:39:46,280 --> 01:39:53,260
 It's almost like it's similar if you're the last two teams standing to an NFL regular season schedule.

1687
01:39:53,640 --> 01:40:00,280
 We have to – and I'm not here campaigning because these guys do – you know, it's not a full-time job.

1688
01:40:00,420 --> 01:40:03,640
 And there's not a practice squad that you can go get players.

1689
01:40:03,740 --> 01:40:11,040
 You know, if the NFL guys later this season, my Dallas Cowboy guys, have nine injuries at the running back position,

1690
01:40:11,460 --> 01:40:12,600
 you know what they'll do next week?

1691
01:40:12,980 --> 01:40:19,440
 They'll go to the practice squad on somebody else's roster, and they can pull away from that, okay, and get through the season.

1692
01:40:19,720 --> 01:40:21,780
 In college football, you can't do that.

1693
01:40:22,380 --> 01:40:26,960
 That's a big problem that they're going to have to find a way to address.

1694
01:40:26,960 --> 01:40:29,360
 You know, you're going into the SEC title game.

1695
01:40:29,780 --> 01:40:32,740
 Everybody wants to see the two best teams.

1696
01:40:33,380 --> 01:40:36,320
 But you also want to see a team that is talented.

1697
01:40:36,700 --> 01:40:39,560
 And Georgia's dealing with major injuries, and Alabama is.

1698
01:40:39,960 --> 01:40:45,060
 And it's almost when you go through this extra championship game, you almost say, okay,

1699
01:40:45,140 --> 01:40:50,320
 if you go through 10 conference games, including the SEC title game,

1700
01:40:50,440 --> 01:40:56,120
 and then you play a college football playoff, it's almost like the Big Ten.

1701
01:40:56,520 --> 01:40:58,260
 We've seen them win national titles.

1702
01:40:58,660 --> 01:41:01,780
 But is that based on the best team that they've got?

1703
01:41:02,540 --> 01:41:06,940
 Or is that based on the schedule that has allowed them to get to this point?

1704
01:41:06,980 --> 01:41:08,320
 Is that a fair question, guys?

1705
01:41:08,480 --> 01:41:10,540
 I mean, am I asking it the right way?

1706
01:41:10,760 --> 01:41:12,620
 No, you're not, especially in the NIL era.

1707
01:41:12,700 --> 01:41:14,460
 You don't have the depth now that you once did either.

1708
01:41:14,580 --> 01:41:17,860
 So you're increasing the competition, and you're decreasing the depth.

1709
01:41:19,600 --> 01:41:24,780
 Yes, and you're now playing a lot more games when you look at, you know,

1710
01:41:24,820 --> 01:41:27,560
 the amount of games that it takes to go win a championship.

1711
01:41:27,680 --> 01:41:33,060
 So we've seen the Big Ten pull ahead, and I almost feel like that it's based on strategy.

1712
01:41:33,740 --> 01:41:35,400
 They play a weaker schedule.

1713
01:41:35,720 --> 01:41:36,820
 They don't play in the league.

1714
01:41:37,120 --> 01:41:39,780
 That is just every – I mean, listen, as much as – listen,

1715
01:41:39,860 --> 01:41:43,320
 I know I've thrown a few stones at Auburn here in the first couple of minutes.

1716
01:41:43,820 --> 01:41:45,240
 But listen, take Auburn.

1717
01:41:46,200 --> 01:41:47,780
 Put them in another conference.

1718
01:41:48,780 --> 01:41:49,540
 What would they do?

1719
01:41:49,980 --> 01:41:54,500
 There is no doubt in my mind that that team would not be 5-7.

1720
01:41:54,500 --> 01:41:56,480
 Guys, they've got a great wide receiver core.

1721
01:41:56,760 --> 01:41:57,920
 They've got a great defense.

1722
01:41:58,920 --> 01:42:02,620
 And really, they've got better quarterback play as of late.

1723
01:42:02,720 --> 01:42:04,480
 That's not a bad football team.

1724
01:42:05,180 --> 01:42:06,980
 Yeah, we like to pick and have fun.

1725
01:42:07,200 --> 01:42:10,600
 But when you look at Auburn, they're not a bad team.

1726
01:42:11,080 --> 01:42:16,800
 They're a team that plays in a league that is so dynamic that it's hard to win games

1727
01:42:16,800 --> 01:42:20,620
 and it's hard to stack – you know, what are they, 1-7, I guess, in the league.

1728
01:42:21,060 --> 01:42:26,240
 But I promise you, if you put them in the ACC, heck, they may win the darn thing.

1729
01:42:28,560 --> 01:42:30,440
 Well, let me ask you about the injuries.

1730
01:42:31,280 --> 01:42:35,620
 L.T. Overton surprised a lot of people being out.

1731
01:42:35,740 --> 01:42:39,520
 Obviously, that injury happened in practice.

1732
01:42:39,980 --> 01:42:41,400
 And people forget this.

1733
01:42:41,540 --> 01:42:45,480
 But L.T. Overton had a huge play late in that Georgia game

1734
01:42:45,480 --> 01:42:50,000
 when he tripped up Kess Jones on that fourth down.

1735
01:42:50,980 --> 01:42:56,040
 Now, Josh Quavis, Danny Lewis, the two tight ends, and left guard Kim Dewberry

1736
01:42:56,040 --> 01:42:57,460
 are, quote, questionable.

1737
01:42:58,200 --> 01:43:03,800
 I would be shocked if Josh Quavis, number 80, plays in that game.

1738
01:43:03,800 --> 01:43:09,080
 I would also be surprised if Cam Miller, at least a miracle, happens.

1739
01:43:09,220 --> 01:43:13,840
 And I think we're going to see more of Daniel Heal and A.K. Deer siding.

1740
01:43:14,600 --> 01:43:19,340
 And who's not on that list is number 15, Ty Simpson,

1741
01:43:19,620 --> 01:43:23,540
 who's been quite frankly hurt since the South Carolina game.

1742
01:43:24,020 --> 01:43:27,100
 And I know it's next man up, and we've talked about attrition,

1743
01:43:27,320 --> 01:43:30,140
 but there's no question, Ryan, this is a beat-up team.

1744
01:43:31,740 --> 01:43:33,500
 No, it is. It is.

1745
01:43:33,660 --> 01:43:34,900
 I mean, that's what I'm talking about.

1746
01:43:35,100 --> 01:43:38,600
 But, you know, and maybe it's quick time trying to be negative, Ryan,

1747
01:43:38,640 --> 01:43:39,340
 and be positive.

1748
01:43:40,520 --> 01:43:44,560
 Let me tell you where Kaelin DeBoer is better than Nick Saban.

1749
01:43:44,760 --> 01:43:45,720
 You guys ready for this?

1750
01:43:46,420 --> 01:43:47,480
 It's not championships.

1751
01:43:48,120 --> 01:43:49,560
 He plays more players.

1752
01:43:49,760 --> 01:43:53,720
 He plays a lot more players throughout the season,

1753
01:43:53,720 --> 01:43:56,100
 and he's ready for moments like this.

1754
01:43:56,260 --> 01:43:58,900
 And, listen, I don't know if Coach Saban would have adjusted.

1755
01:43:58,900 --> 01:44:00,860
 Maybe Coach Saban would have adjusted.

1756
01:44:01,460 --> 01:44:03,100
 And he would have started playing more players.

1757
01:44:03,180 --> 01:44:06,780
 But he came from an NFL model where they were limited with the number of the players.

1758
01:44:07,280 --> 01:44:12,240
 You almost have to step back a little bit and give this coaching staff a lot of credit

1759
01:44:12,240 --> 01:44:15,700
 for being able to go through and to be able to manage those injuries.

1760
01:44:15,860 --> 01:44:18,180
 I don't have any more details other than what Kaelin DeBoer.

1761
01:44:18,260 --> 01:44:21,740
 I was on the SEC talk conference just a couple of minutes ago.

1762
01:44:22,460 --> 01:44:24,680
 And when he said what he did, I went, okay.

1763
01:44:25,040 --> 01:44:28,540
 I mean, it's, you know, I look at it and I say, man, that's tough.

1764
01:44:29,000 --> 01:44:30,980
 But, see, things like this are going to happen.

1765
01:44:31,500 --> 01:44:32,480
 I mean, who knows?

1766
01:44:32,540 --> 01:44:33,900
 We could have a flu outbreak.

1767
01:44:34,360 --> 01:44:39,720
 But you're going to have to increase, and you're going to have to get some depth.

1768
01:44:40,680 --> 01:44:46,400
 And I think Harold said a couple of minutes ago, NIL kind of boxes you in where you can't really build depth.

1769
01:44:47,900 --> 01:44:52,940
 I just look at it, and I stare back, and I go, I see this big old steam, you know,

1770
01:44:52,960 --> 01:44:54,840
 this big ball rolling down a hill.

1771
01:44:55,280 --> 01:44:57,100
 And it's like, okay, we're going to nine.

1772
01:44:57,200 --> 01:44:58,020
 We're going this way.

1773
01:44:58,520 --> 01:45:03,540
 It's the injuries that just continue to go back in the back of my head that it's, you know,

1774
01:45:03,560 --> 01:45:09,660
 if you played a team like Purdue or you played a team that's just not very good.

1775
01:45:13,460 --> 01:45:13,860
 Okay.

1776
01:45:14,080 --> 01:45:15,180
 Just got a text message.

1777
01:45:15,180 --> 01:45:17,900
 So, yeah, definitely, definitely is an illness.

1778
01:45:18,100 --> 01:45:20,000
 So, yeah, I'm able to confirm that.

1779
01:45:20,120 --> 01:45:25,880
 So, yeah, just got a text message from someone that, yes, yeah.

1780
01:45:26,020 --> 01:45:28,040
 So, yeah, Kaelin DeBoer said it was an illness.

1781
01:45:28,660 --> 01:45:32,660
 But, you know, I don't think he's ever going to fidge in any way.

1782
01:45:32,760 --> 01:45:36,260
 But, yeah, just literally got a text message just a couple seconds ago.

1783
01:45:36,380 --> 01:45:39,020
 So, yes, it was no doubt an illness.

1784
01:45:39,380 --> 01:45:42,140
 But, let's see, these are the things that you have to deal with.

1785
01:45:43,000 --> 01:45:49,140
 And if you were – but it's a credit to this roster building that you have to be able to build a roster.

1786
01:45:49,140 --> 01:45:56,040
 You've got to be able to recruit, you know, Alabama yesterday, the guy that everybody told us that could not recruit,

1787
01:45:56,760 --> 01:45:58,900
 this time the number one class in the SEC again.

1788
01:46:00,760 --> 01:46:04,920
 Ryan Fowler, afternoons, 109 FM in Tuscaloosa.

1789
01:46:05,140 --> 01:46:08,240
 Ryan, the future will be what it is going to be.

1790
01:46:08,360 --> 01:46:12,420
 First things first, what happens for Alabama Saturday in Atlanta?

1791
01:46:12,420 --> 01:46:16,760
 And what happens Sunday if things don't go Alabama's way Saturday?

1792
01:46:19,140 --> 01:46:23,420
 Well, I feel – I feel that this team would be in the college football playoffs.

1793
01:46:24,480 --> 01:46:33,820
 And I feel that you – it was almost like what we talked about a few weeks ago, that they got it – that they got it wrong.

1794
01:46:34,700 --> 01:46:37,160
 And I think they corrected – is that fair?

1795
01:46:37,920 --> 01:46:40,220
 They didn't come out and say that they got it wrong.

1796
01:46:40,660 --> 01:46:41,820
 But, guys, they got it wrong.

1797
01:46:42,240 --> 01:46:42,880
 And they flipped it.

1798
01:46:43,040 --> 01:46:47,080
 And I think because it was after the Oklahoma, they dropped them six spots.

1799
01:46:47,140 --> 01:46:48,940
 And I think they went back and corrected that.

1800
01:46:49,400 --> 01:46:55,420
 So, that's the issue, you know, that we're sitting here looking at.

1801
01:46:55,420 --> 01:47:02,920
 That I think this committee – that there's no way – I know they've got a bad blemish.

1802
01:47:03,560 --> 01:47:04,800
 They've got that Florida State.

1803
01:47:05,340 --> 01:47:11,280
 But when you go through the best league in the country and you are, quote, the regular season champs,

1804
01:47:11,280 --> 01:47:18,400
 you're the number one seed in the SEC title game, then you deserve a spot in a, quote, playoff.

1805
01:47:18,980 --> 01:47:20,820
 Because you really just played a playoff.

1806
01:47:20,980 --> 01:47:23,720
 I mean, you went through the toughest schedule out here.

1807
01:47:23,720 --> 01:47:28,340
 And you prove that you're the best of the best, you get the blemishes, right?

1808
01:47:28,380 --> 01:47:29,340
 You understand them.

1809
01:47:29,460 --> 01:47:33,900
 But, guys, I remember Kirby Smart in 2024 in spring meetings.

1810
01:47:34,460 --> 01:47:39,820
 I'll never forget – I could circle you the seat that I was sitting in when he looked at us and says,

1811
01:47:39,880 --> 01:47:43,860
 guys, I hope y'all have enjoyed undefeated season because it's not going to happen anymore.

1812
01:47:44,100 --> 01:47:44,820
 Those things are done.

1813
01:47:45,140 --> 01:47:46,720
 And I went, what's he doing?

1814
01:47:46,820 --> 01:47:47,560
 Conceding a loss?

1815
01:47:47,880 --> 01:47:50,100
 And he explained that that's not going to happen anymore.

1816
01:47:50,280 --> 01:47:54,320
 So, to be able to get to this point, I think they've earned a spot.

1817
01:47:54,500 --> 01:47:55,800
 And I think they'll get that spot.

1818
01:47:55,880 --> 01:47:59,660
 As long as they don't go over and just get absolutely destroyed.

1819
01:48:00,560 --> 01:48:00,680
 Yeah.

1820
01:48:01,780 --> 01:48:04,700
 Brian, one of our guests mentioned this earlier.

1821
01:48:04,900 --> 01:48:10,660
 If the September Alabama team played Georgia Saturday, they'd win but two touchdowns.

1822
01:48:11,660 --> 01:48:18,160
 And my comment to that was, offensively, you're probably correct because, again,

1823
01:48:18,320 --> 01:48:25,480
 with Ty Simpson's injury situation and the other injuries on the offensive line and at tight end,

1824
01:48:25,580 --> 01:48:31,000
 this offense is not exactly percolating the way they were in September.

1825
01:48:31,140 --> 01:48:40,820
 But I counter that by saying, this defense has improved leaps and bounds since, particularly the Florida State game.

1826
01:48:41,260 --> 01:48:43,840
 That secondary put on a master class.

1827
01:48:44,760 --> 01:48:50,620
 Zapian Brown held Coleman to five catches for 43 yards.

1828
01:48:52,700 --> 01:48:56,860
 Hubbard forced two intercepts.

1829
01:48:56,860 --> 01:48:58,240
 Well, two turnovers.

1830
01:48:58,860 --> 01:49:00,880
 Keon Salb had five tackles.

1831
01:49:01,280 --> 01:49:02,540
 I don't think there's any question.

1832
01:49:02,680 --> 01:49:06,920
 This defense, and I know Womack has gotten a lot of criticism.

1833
01:49:07,600 --> 01:49:09,760
 This defense has come a long way.

1834
01:49:10,620 --> 01:49:11,760
 Man, I tell you what.

1835
01:49:11,940 --> 01:49:12,260
 Wow.

1836
01:49:12,400 --> 01:49:14,560
 What the job he's been able to do.

1837
01:49:15,040 --> 01:49:15,320
 Wow.

1838
01:49:18,600 --> 01:49:21,400
 Pretty, pretty, pretty, pretty incredible.

1839
01:49:21,860 --> 01:49:22,100
 Wow.

1840
01:49:22,620 --> 01:49:23,520
 At Kane Womack.

1841
01:49:23,800 --> 01:49:28,520
 And I know while Arkansas looked at him, and I think he would have been a great, you know, a great fit.

1842
01:49:28,960 --> 01:49:33,980
 But I'm glad that Alabama was able to keep him because he's a championship caliber defensive coach.

1843
01:49:34,240 --> 01:49:35,520
 And look at the job.

1844
01:49:35,820 --> 01:49:40,400
 That Alabama, if they win Saturday, one of the reasons, it's going to be because of Kane Womack.

1845
01:49:40,940 --> 01:49:46,760
 And that's a, I mean, you step back and you look at this job that this Alabama defense has been able to overcome.

1846
01:49:47,860 --> 01:49:48,920
 It's been pretty special.

1847
01:49:49,060 --> 01:49:50,360
 And they've also dealt with the injuries.

1848
01:49:50,500 --> 01:49:52,780
 If you look at that injury report, look at all those defensive guys.

1849
01:49:52,880 --> 01:49:53,760
 They've been able to do it.

1850
01:49:53,860 --> 01:49:54,000
 Yep.

1851
01:49:54,120 --> 01:49:55,460
 And they've done it with a lot of injuries.

1852
01:49:57,160 --> 01:50:02,320
 To who's on the show today, where can we get on line and listen?

1853
01:50:04,580 --> 01:50:07,360
 It is, we've got Josh from College Football Nerds.

1854
01:50:07,380 --> 01:50:08,260
 We've got Rodney Orr.

1855
01:50:08,340 --> 01:50:10,960
 We've also got Bruce Marshall, which is somebody that you guys feature.

1856
01:50:11,120 --> 01:50:15,260
 And we're going to do keys to victory for this Alabama Crimson Tide football team.

1857
01:50:15,280 --> 01:50:19,480
 And I'm still working the phones, trying to get some clearance on this L.T. Overton.

1858
01:50:19,860 --> 01:50:24,380
 If I can do anything, I'll do it coming up at 2 o'clock here in just a couple of minutes if I get some clearance.

1859
01:50:24,380 --> 01:50:27,560
 But we'll do it, Todd, 100.9 in Tuscaloosa.

1860
01:50:27,660 --> 01:50:29,140
 Always appreciate you guys so much.

1861
01:50:30,100 --> 01:50:30,820
 Same right back.

1862
01:50:30,900 --> 01:50:31,300
 It's Ryan.

1863
01:50:31,540 --> 01:50:33,740
 Safe travels to and from the Dome this weekend.

1864
01:50:33,860 --> 01:50:36,960
 Ryan Fowler, host of the game, 109 FM in Tuscaloosa, BB.

1865
01:50:37,840 --> 01:50:40,240
 The more things change, the more they remain the same.

1866
01:50:40,380 --> 01:50:43,020
 Literally, as we speak, the game over.

1867
01:50:43,220 --> 01:50:46,340
 Mars Hill Bible 38, Bayside Academy 21.

1868
01:50:47,200 --> 01:50:50,240
 Mars Hill Bible back-to-back state championships.

1869
01:50:50,640 --> 01:50:52,100
 No surprise to me.

1870
01:50:52,100 --> 01:50:54,480
 I've watched them two or three times this year.

1871
01:50:54,580 --> 01:51:02,920
 It's just very difficult to get ready in a couple of days to face that wing T, the misdirection, all the other things they do.

1872
01:51:03,680 --> 01:51:09,400
 20 consecutive wins for more Hill and bank-to-bank state championships.

1873
01:51:09,820 --> 01:51:13,300
 Congratulations to Coach Daryl Higgins and the entire staff and team.

1874
01:51:13,440 --> 01:51:14,200
 What a job.

1875
01:51:14,860 --> 01:51:18,540
 It's going to take care of us for today on behalf of BB, Greg James Blair, the entire crew here.

1876
01:51:18,600 --> 01:51:20,600
 Harold Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1877
01:51:20,680 --> 01:51:21,360
 Let's do it again tomorrow.

1878
01:51:21,520 --> 01:51:25,320
 New in the tube of the Boomwell Buck Show back here on Sports Radio 93.9 to score.