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 Now, get ready to roll Shoals, Decatur, Athens, and all of Northwest Alabama and Southern Tennessee. It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM Sports Voice.

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

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 Good afternoon and welcome here to the Boomo Bugg Show. I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird. Thank you so much for giving us a free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

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 Brett Beaird, we start out today with breaking news out of Happy Valley and the big question closer to us, can the underdogs knock off the Georgia dogs?

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 Good afternoon, welcome in and how are you?

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 Happy Football Friday to you. Yes, Matt Campbell looks like he is going to be the next football coach at Penn State.

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 I don't quite know why it took so long for them to ask him if he wanted to be coach.

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 The SEC approves a jump from 85 to 105 for football scholarships.

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 We discussed that with Ryan Fowler yesterday.

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 Mike Eugen and Pete Cordelli will preview championship weekend and delighted once again.

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 Jimmy is here right now to give us his keys to Bama beating Georgia in the SEC championship game.

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 A lot of folks are locked on Bama, but no one more so than Jimmy Stein.

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 That's because he's a co-host of Locked on Bama, part of the Locked On Network.

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 Jimmy, welcome in. Happy TGIF to you.

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 How are you?

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 Oh, doing great, guys. Thanks for having me.

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 Hey, Jimmy.

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 And we appreciate you taking time out.

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 First of all, let's go ahead and Canada Board says, do you believe me now?

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 I told you I was never interested in all those media guys across the country trying to get some clicks, and I'm sure a lot of them did.

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 Not interested in Penn State, Matt Campbell says, I am. Let's go.

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 So this thing, when you have a premier job like that, a lot of questions out there, including DeBoer at one point with some of the media folks.

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 But can we finally put this baby to rest?

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 Looks like it, and I don't know that any other really big jobs will open during the cycle.

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 This is probably it, so everyone can rest easy.

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 It's like Kalen DeBoer will be the head coach at Alabama in 2026, regardless of what happens the rest of the season.

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 But, you know, two years at Alabama, again, I think I said back when all this started about three weeks ago that I was confident that Kalen DeBoer would be back next year

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 and that he wouldn't be leaving for Penn State or any other job.

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 But I also said, you know, there was an above-zero chance of it happening, and that's simply because Alabama's not for everyone.

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 There has been a couple of instances in the long-ago past of Alabama coaches just voluntarily leaving for various reasons.

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 So you never know in college football in this modern, modern time.

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 But Kalen DeBoer's got a good job, and he seemed happy.

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 He got the question during the SEC Championship game press conference.

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 He got the question, finally, about the Penn State job.

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 He seemed happy to get it and happy to put it to rest, eager to tell all fans of Alabama football that he and his family are very happy at Tuscaloosa.

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 And that's a big part of it, too.

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 Let's start with first things first.

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 He can make a lot of Alabama fans happy, including his family, with a win tomorrow.

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 We know Vegas says the odds are against him.

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 Before we get into some of the chalk talk, let's talk about something that no one wants to see, and that is the big news with Overton.

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 Had a big game against Georgia the first time around.

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 Looks like he's out.

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 Jimmy, where do you start breaking it down with Overton?

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 Yeah, that's a big loss because, I mean, L.T. Overton's one of Alabama's best defenders.

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 He certainly came up big against Georgia the first time around.

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 He's a senior.

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 He's from Georgia on top of everything else.

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 But he has an illness situation that means he'll be out for this weekend, and we'll have to see going forward how that's going to shake out for him.

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 But Kane Womack rotates a lot of players.

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 The guys that will rotate in an L.T. Overton spot are names that Alabama fans probably know well simply because they have played quite a bit.

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 That's Jordan Renaud, who I would expect would see the start in L.T. Overton's place at Bandit.

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 He's backed up by Keon Keeley, who's looked really good in situational pass rushing roles.

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 His role might expand a little more with Overton out.

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 So Renaud and Keeley will really be the beneficiary in terms of snaps of L.T. being out.

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 However, one thing to look for in this game, guys, Georgia plays a lot of 12 personnel as much as anybody in the league.

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 Alabama has consistently combated some 12 personnel packages by using two outside linebackers, two of the Wolves.

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 I think you'll see quite a bit of Clay Roussau and Yonse Pierre on the field at the same time with no true Bandit on the field at all.

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 So that's just a way that Kane Womack has sort of taken on these offenses that run a lot of 12 personnel.

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 And then you'll have the packages with both outside linebackers on the field at the same time.

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 Jimmy, I think any time you look at an Alabama-Georgia game, the first question I've always had over the years,

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 Again, winning an amazing 10 out of 11.

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 We know this is a new year with a new team winning the turnover battle.

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 Alabama didn't do that against Oklahoma and got beat.

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 But Alabama's a plus eight.

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 Georgia is a minus one, which I think that surprises a lot of people and explosive plays.

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 Jimmy, what is your keys to Alabama beating Georgia?

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 Second thing, those explosive plays Brett was just talking about, they've been absent.

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 If they don't come back, it just seems unlikely that you're going to drive the length of the field multiple times against Georgia without explosive plays from the wide receiver group.

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 Kai is certainly still more than capable.

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 You still have Jeremy Bernard, Ryan Williams, Lotseer Brooks, Isaiah Horton.

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 It could happen, and it needs to happen for Alabama to have success in the game.

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 You don't have to do it all day long, but you're going to need a few.

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 Jimmy, you mentioned Ryan Williams.

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 He has been on a milk carton of late.

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 Your thoughts, when you say Georgia and Alabama, Ryan Williams has etched his legacy in stone there, obviously from last year.

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 He's not 100% healthy.

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 He's not injured, or you'd see him on the availability reports of somebody that potentially may not play in the game.

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 It's not that situation at all.

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 It's more of a typical situation where just about everybody on the field is banged up to some degree.

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 Ryan has to fight through that.

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 I think another thing that's affected Ryan a little bit is while he's been maybe not 100%, maybe not himself, now you have the emergence of Lottier Brooks at the slot, where Ryan was sort of projected to play most of his snaps.

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 So I think it's the combination of not being 100% and then getting a little frustrated because he's having to share more snaps, and then frustrated with himself for the early season drops.

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 I think it's all of it.

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 But primarily, if you want to ask, okay, why hasn't Ryan had the sophomore season everyone was expecting, well, he's been hurt.

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 Jimmy, the defense, you mentioned the improvement.

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 I think him particularly, the defensive line, and that's a real key to me is the number of players that Womack has been playing, and I think that's really beginning to pay off.

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 I know Malcolm Simmons had two big runs after the catch against Alabama last week, but I thought Keon Salb played really well.

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 Well, Zabian Brown, people forget about him sometimes, but he had a master class against Kemp Coleman, holding him to 43 yards, and Georgia Tech dropped eight and held Gunnar Stockton to 70 yards passing.

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 Georgia's offense did not look very good.

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 They have certainly during the course of the year.

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 We talked about slowing down the run game.

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 Can they draw a page, disguise some coverage, and once again, slow down Gunnar Stockton?

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 You know, Georgia's offense is both very good and perplexing at the same time.

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 They make you defend everything because they run the ball really well, so you better defend Nate Frazier and Chauncey Bowens in the run game.

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 They'll arch you there.

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 They can throw the ball to the tight end.

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 I mean, Oscar Delp is one of the more, you know, one of the better tight ends in the league at running routes, getting open and catching the ball.

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 I mean, Delp's a threat at tight end.

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 Outside, they feature Zachariah Branch, who's as good as anybody in the whole league at making plays outside.

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 So, I think they lost Colby Young, who's sort of their version of Isaiah Horton.

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 I think that's hurt them a little bit.

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 But they have other guys like Noah Thomas.

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 And then, of course, Gunnar Stockton, a quarterback who, over the course of the season, has been really, really good.

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 So, it's almost perplexing when Georgia doesn't score a lot of points or struggles to move the ball.

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 You're like, how is this happening?

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 I think Alabama has that same question at times.

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 You know, like you seem to have better personnel than the scoring indicates.

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 I think some of it, guys, is just simply how many good defenses there are in this league.

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 I think that has something to do with it.

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 Georgia lost their center last week, Drew Bobo, in the Georgia Tech game.

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 They had to replace him in-game.

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 That seemed to be a big struggle for them and is going to be a big question for them tomorrow.

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 As much as Alabama's availability report was lengthy, Georgia's not quite as lengthy, but still pretty impactful.

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 Losing their starting center and now a backup center that they're not sure of has to take on Tim Keenan for 60 minutes.

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 So, advantage Alabama there.

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 Jimmy Stein, Locked On Belmont, I was going to ask you about that.

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 Obviously, you know that caught the attention of Womack and his staff.

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 How will they attack that?

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 Well, you need to assume that, obviously, you can really attack their A-gaps and keep Chauncey Bowens and Nate Frazier out of the middle.

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 You would think so.

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 You've got to remember, Nate Frazier, Chauncey Bowens both had good games against Alabama, particularly Bowens.

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 I think Frazier had a fumble.

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 But Bowens really had a day against Alabama.

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 They've had too many explosive plays, you know, in terms of what happened last September.

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 That's going to have to be limited.

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 And I think when you win those battles in the A-gap, that can help you limit explosive plays.

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 So, sure, that's an advantage for Alabama.

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 But Alabama's missing some guys, too.

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 At just about every position group, someone is either missing or banged up.

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 Jimmy, there was a question from media and a lot of fans.

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 Could Kaelin DeBoer recruit?

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 Well, we saw a pretty good class come in last year.

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 And this class is fifth or their fourth and two, fourth, seven.

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 Fifth and on three, they added a running back to get to 21.

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 Treshawn Brown out of Huntsville, Texas.

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 Bryson Cooley, I know there are some projections.

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 Andrew Bone of BOL still thinks he may end up going to Alabama at Laurel, Mississippi.

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 Jimmy, I think Kaelin DeBoer has answered the question.

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 Yes, we can recruit.

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 He sure has.

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 I think a lot of credit goes to Courtney Morgan, of course, and his staff.

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 He has such a new age of recruiting where the general manager and his staff have as much to do with it as anyone.

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 But no question.

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 It's two years in a row, really.

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 I mean, this was a good class.

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 Last year was a good class.

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 And you see how many of those true freshmen like Dijon Lee and lots of your books are out there playing significant roles for Alabama.

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 Michael Carroll, this class looks to me just as good or better.

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 You know, it's not the Nick Saban classes.

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 No one needs to confuse it with that.

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 It's not going to really compare player to player with the groups that Saban was able to sign throughout a lot of his tenure at Alabama.

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 But the whole process has changed.

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 The whole system has changed.

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 And to be completely honest, those Saban classes that he signed, you can't sign those classes anymore.

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 It costs too much money.

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 You'd be over the cap.

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 There's literally a salary cap now when it comes to recruiting.

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 There's only so much you can spend.

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 And some of those classes were so star-studded.

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 There's no way you could have gotten them all under what.

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 So, obviously, the bar is lower for everyone.

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 And it's a new world for everyone.

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 And Alabama's still finished, you know, in the top group.

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 I'm glad everyone recognizes that, you know, hey, times have changed a little bit when it comes to recruiting.

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 Jimmy, great stuff, as always.

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 Jimmy, it's time.

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 Before we get away, folks want to know, final score quickly tomorrow in Atlanta.

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 23-21, Connor Talti with three field goals to win it for Alabama.

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 Oh, wow.

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 The new king in Tuscaloosa by the name of Talti, right?

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 My, how things change.

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 Jimmy, thanks so much for your time today.

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 Enjoy and safe travels to and from, okay?

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 Thanks, guys.

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 Welcome back in quickly another congratulations to the Mars Hill football team.

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 State champs in 3A again.

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 Right now, 4A underway.

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 Jackson leading Aniston 30-0 at the half.

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 That guy, Crowell BB.

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 Three mega-long TD runs.

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 In fact, he broke more tackles than you did hearts back in your Don Juan days.

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 Well, you know, that's debatable, but I'm not going to argue with you.

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 But, yes, Harold, he is the Gatorade player of the year in the state of Alabama.

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 But he is a heck of a player, and Jackson has a heck of a team.

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 Absolutely.

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 Blake Lovell does a heck of a job there at Southeastern 16,

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 also with the Blue Ribbon Yearbook, the podcast, Establish the Past.

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 Blake, welcome in.

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 How's your Friday going?

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 Yeah, doing well, guys.

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 Good to talk to you as always.

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 Hey, Blake.

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 You too.

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 Before we get into all this chalk talk with the obvious thing going on tomorrow in Atlanta,

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 I think the coaches went to the SEC guys and said,

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 you've got to do something about this.

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 Nine-game schedule.

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 You want us to bring home the big prize.

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 But listen, we can't build the depth like we did in the old days.

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 We can't afford it.

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 Can you give us more scholarships?

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 And boom, it looks like it's going to go from 85 to 105.

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 I think that's a much-needed move.

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 Would you agree, Blake?

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 of think about, again, what you're trying to achieve as a whole.

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 And I think that's what it comes down to, is what's the goal here?

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 The goal is to be able to get as many teams in the playoff as you can.

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 And, again, you're going and adding an extra game.

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 You kind of know the path to get there becomes more challenging.

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 I mean, here's what we were debating this the other day.

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 Let's see who's got the easiest schedule.

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 And then as we're going through them, we're like, wait a second.

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 Everybody's got an extra game.

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 No one's got an easy schedule.

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 It's not the way it's going to work anymore.

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 So, you know, just simply adding one more game does have a big impact.

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 So I think, again, it's kind of an obvious move to make.

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 You have to kind of put yourself in a position, like I said,

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 to feel like you're going to still give your conference a team, you know,

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 an opportunity to have the most teams in the playoff.

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 Yeah, all you need to do is look at the attrition, the key injuries,

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 Alabama and Auburn Hill for tomorrow in the SEC championship game.

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 And you can see where that's going to play off down the road.

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 Before we get your keys to who's going to win that game,

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 really an historic week in the SEC in football, six new coaches have been added.

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 We've talked about all these.

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 Will Stein, the former offensive coordinator at Oregon,

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 is the latest.

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 We've talked a lot about Alex Golesh at Auburn.

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 Pete Golden taking over at Ole Miss, of course, the one and only Lane Kiffin at LSU.

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 John Summerall at Florida.

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 Who made the best hire?

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 But I think the one that, to me, has my attention the most and that I'm maybe most intrigued by,

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 and I think that's Alex Golesh at Auburn, because I feel like he is kind of that guy that we used to make the jokes of,

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 well, if you breathe the same air as Nick Saban or Sean McVay at one point in the NFL,

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 if you just breathe the same air, you've got a chance to go get a big job eventually.

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 You can just kind of go out and prove yourself.

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 and you just kind of understand, I think, and let's put it this way, too,

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 sometimes there's such an urge to course-correct from going from the offensive guy to a defensive guy.

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 I think in Auburn's instance here, I'm glad they didn't do that,

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 because they just didn't say, well, Hugh Freeze was supposed to be an offensive guru,

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 swung and missed on him, so let's go the defense route.

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 No, like, Golesh is different now, because he is kind of seen as one of those up-and-coming, like, star-type guys,

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 and I think if you just kind of do the research on it, he's a chance to have a ton of success here.

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 And so I think, to me, he's probably the one that maybe some people wouldn't answer at the top of the list,

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 but I'd put him right there, because I do think he's got a chance to have a lot of success.

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 And, of course, you know, Arkansas fans don't want to hear that.

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 They thought he was going to be their next-head coach.

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 But I think it works out better for him to be at Auburn,

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 because I think he's got a chance to really have a lot of success there.

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 Blake Lillis, Southeastern 16, his job at Auburn is to do what Alabama is trying to do tomorrow,

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 and that's win an SEC championship and beyond.

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 Blake, where do you start talking chalk when it comes to Alabama and Georgia Part 2?

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 Yeah, I mean, look, the obvious thing when you start with, you know,

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 kind of understanding that, obviously, it's long odds for Jan Miller to be back on the field,

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 and that has an impact, but I think at the same time, you know,

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 it is kind of one of those where I think it's easy to forget,

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 and I think as looking at some previews and listening to some people this week,

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 we can't forget that this game has been played before this season.

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 which, again, is also in Alabama's favor here,

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 but I think you have to remember that this is one where we've seen Alabama in the spot.

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 Now, yes, it's kind of a different scenario,

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 but I think that, to me, is kind of where you begin,

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 is to go back and sort of look at some of the things the first time around

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 and some of those plays that Alabama was able to make,

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 and quite frankly, the lack of big plays.

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 When you talk about Georgia and not being able to get some of those key ones,

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 especially in the passing game the first time around,

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 and I think that, to me, is what this comes down to, right?

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 I mean, football is simple sometimes.

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 Hey, you look at kind of the trajectory of the two quarterbacks.

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 I know some people have wanted to see a little bit more.

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 Ty Simpson has played.

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 Like, Gunnar Stocks has played well.

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 We understand that, but it's also, again, a matter of matchups here,

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 and I think this is one where, you know, they're in this game for a reason,

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 but I do think, at least from the standpoint of understanding the challenge ahead,

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 Alabama has more confidence heading into this game

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 because they've already beaten this team once

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 and feel like they at least have somewhat of a blueprint to work with there.

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 Well, let me ask you, Ben, of course, key injuries.

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 Brenton made a good point there.

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 You get this point, you're nicked up.

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 Alabama's going to be without Overton, the key guy on defense,

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 and Georgia's going to be without a big guy on offense, Drew Bobo,

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 because you don't hear that name as a household word,

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 but he apparently is the brain to that offense.

451
00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,060
 Yeah, and I think, you know, that's the thing.

452
00:28:12,060 --> 00:28:16,480
 When you get in these kind of games, right, we can talk about the first game,

453
00:28:16,540 --> 00:28:19,200
 and I do think Alabama can certainly take a lot away from it,

454
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 but we are at a different point in the season, too,

455
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 where you, again, have guys who are not on the field,

456
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 are not going to be able to make the same kind of impact,

457
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 and I do think that, you know, is going to change some things,

458
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 probably matchup-wise schematically in terms of what these coordinators are trying to achieve

459
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 and their play calling and those things, too.

460
00:28:36,420 --> 00:28:40,400
 So it is, it's a fascinating one, and I think that, you know,

461
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 it always does because it's Georgia and Alabama in this era,

462
00:28:43,080 --> 00:28:49,400
 but I still, you know, right now, guys, I do kind of give somewhat of an edge here to Alabama,

463
00:28:49,540 --> 00:28:52,460
 and I know that's not the popular pick because everybody's like,

464
00:28:52,540 --> 00:28:56,440
 well, I know what the history tells me, but I just think Georgia's a better team,

465
00:28:56,820 --> 00:29:00,440
 but I think there's some things, again, going back, and I did this recently,

466
00:29:00,940 --> 00:29:04,500
 you know, seeing that game again and just kind of dissecting it a little bit more,

467
00:29:05,300 --> 00:29:09,680
 I think there's a path here for Alabama that feels pretty attainable,

468
00:29:10,180 --> 00:29:12,720
 and, yeah, I just, I'm looking forward to it.

469
00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:18,260
 If Alabama wins, do they go to number four in the rankings,

470
00:29:18,620 --> 00:29:26,900
 and if Alabama loses, do they drop to 10 and need a prayer vigil to stay in the playoff?

471
00:29:27,420 --> 00:29:29,860
 Yeah, you may need that for this committee, period,

472
00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:34,240
 because I don't ever know what they're going to do, to be honest with you.

473
00:29:35,300 --> 00:29:38,240
 It's going to be interesting, and we always say, like, you can't,

474
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475
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 and how you lose in this game, and there's no question about it,

476
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 and I think that's the important thing here is it's going to matter.

477
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 Like, if you're Alabama, if you beat Georgia, how you win will probably,

478
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 like you said, determine do you move up to four, do you kind of be,

479
00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:57,220
 are you sitting in that spot?

480
00:29:57,340 --> 00:30:00,680
 Certainly, you know, if you're getting one of the buys, that's a significant thing.

481
00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:05,620
 Or should you lose, and let's say, you know, I don't know,

482
00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:07,800
 you lose by two touchdowns or something like that.

483
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:09,720
 How does that impact things a little bit?

484
00:30:09,780 --> 00:30:12,260
 Because, again, I would not trust this committee at all.

485
00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:15,860
 There's no telling what they could do in that kind of scenario.

486
00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:20,100
 So I know this isn't like what we're used to saying in football games,

487
00:30:20,120 --> 00:30:23,180
 but just keep it close, and you're going to be okay.

488
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,540
 But, you know, everybody's trying to win here, but at the same time,

489
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 I would not want to put in this committee's hands any sort of idea,

490
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 like you said, Brett, not just moving them down,

491
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 but, you know, flirting with the idea somehow that I just, I don't know, guys.

492
00:30:36,900 --> 00:30:37,640
 That's all I'm saying.

493
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 I know you talked about it at Nautium this week,

494
00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:42,720
 but there's a lot of ways this could play out probably.

495
00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:44,160
 Absolutely.

496
00:30:44,500 --> 00:30:48,460
 We'll get into basketball with you a little bit more in the upcoming weeks,

497
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 but the SEC wins the ACC Challenge 9-7.

498
00:30:53,480 --> 00:30:56,460
 And I know they won it last year 14-2.

499
00:30:57,260 --> 00:31:02,460
 Alabama and Auburn, Alabama 6-2, Auburn 7-2, Auburn playing Arizona.

500
00:31:02,820 --> 00:31:04,720
 Auburn is going to play them next week.

501
00:31:05,260 --> 00:31:07,100
 It may be the best team in the league.

502
00:31:07,700 --> 00:31:08,780
 Here we go again.

503
00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:12,960
 The Vanderbilt Commodores, who are undefeated at 9-0,

504
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 they haven't played Alabama's schedule,

505
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 but the job Mark Byington has done there is truly remarkable.

506
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:22,860
 Blake, where can we get online, my friend,

507
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 and get your tremendous podcast about football and basketball?

508
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:30,360
 Yeah, I always appreciate it, guys.

509
00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:32,200
 Yeah, find us, Southeastern 16, on YouTube.

510
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 Any podcast app you use, you can find us there.

511
00:31:34,540 --> 00:31:38,420
 Of course, lots of coverage this weekend for the SEC championship game

512
00:31:38,420 --> 00:31:42,520
 and also lots of big SEC basketball games coming up as well.

513
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 So, yeah, we'll have it all covered there at Southeastern 16.

514
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:46,260
 Sounds great, Blake.

515
00:31:46,300 --> 00:31:47,360
 Listen, man, thanks for your time, Dan.

516
00:31:47,380 --> 00:31:48,380
 Have a great weekend, okay?

517
00:31:49,020 --> 00:31:49,560
 Thanks, guys.

518
00:31:49,620 --> 00:31:49,940
 You too.

519
00:31:51,060 --> 00:31:53,400
 Blake Love will check him out, Southeastern 16.

520
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 I wonder what's going on with Georgia's biggest fan this weekend.

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635
00:37:02,940 --> 00:37:05,260
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00:37:05,580 --> 00:37:08,600
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640
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 Bill Shanks, welcome in.

641
00:37:19,480 --> 00:37:20,460
 How are you?

642
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:22,240
 I'm totally objective.

643
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:24,320
 No question.

644
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 I'm proud you said that because Brett and I, we were scratching our heads today, Bill, again.

645
00:37:29,540 --> 00:37:31,560
 We want to make sure we're clear on this.

646
00:37:32,020 --> 00:37:38,040
 Did we see on X slash Twitter that Bill Shanks said Alabama is going to win by two touchdowns?

647
00:37:38,060 --> 00:37:38,940
 Did we misread that?

648
00:37:40,100 --> 00:37:41,360
 Yeah, I think you did.

649
00:37:42,820 --> 00:37:45,640
 We just want to make sure, which leads to part two.

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 If you could talk to an Alabama fan, Bill, what would you say?

651
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 And, Brett, if you could talk to a Georgia fan, what would you say?

652
00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:53,020
 Go ahead, Brett.

653
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 It's your show.

654
00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:59,060
 Go back to September.

655
00:37:59,340 --> 00:38:01,900
 Go back to the last 11 games.

656
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 Things change.

657
00:38:04,060 --> 00:38:05,180
 Teams change.

658
00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:08,680
 But history might be on Alabama's side.

659
00:38:10,880 --> 00:38:12,020
 How long do I have?

660
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 You just go right on ahead.

661
00:38:16,700 --> 00:38:24,560
 First of all, there's no question that historically, starting with 2008,

662
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 when Bill Shanks embarrassed himself and walked out of the press box down 17 to nothing all the way back to his car to calm down before he murdered Mark Rick and then went back to the press box only to see that Alabama had scored two more touchdowns to make it 31 to nothing.

663
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 And then that night, because I showed my a**, it's been a real bad situation for the Georgia Bulldogs.

664
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 And there is no question that if you go to 2012, there was some devil on the shoulder of Mark Rick that told him not to spike the ball that allowed Alabama to win the game and win another championship.

665
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 When, if he had done that, who knows what would have happened?

666
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 And the history has been on Alabama's side, with the exception of one glorious night and four degree weather in Indianapolis, where it was proven right then and there that it's tough to beat a team twice.

667
00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:52,360
 So, you fast forward to now when in September 27th, if Georgia had kicked a field goal like Coach Shanks was saying in the press box, they would have tied that game and then gone on to win because of the fact that Georgia was shutting down the Alabama offense compared to the first half.

668
00:39:52,820 --> 00:40:02,980
 And then you have the fact that since that game, Alabama's running game is a dumpster fire and Georgia's defense is getting better.

669
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 Georgia, even though they had a very difficult game last week with the much improved state rival, the Georgia Tech, Yellowjack, has played very, very well.

670
00:40:15,220 --> 00:40:18,740
 And Gunnar Stockton is looked at a lot differently than he was looked at then.

671
00:40:18,740 --> 00:40:26,580
 And the running back who fumbled against Alabama back up to September 27th, well, he was waterboarded the next week and punished for his defense.

672
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:43,820
 And he has played extremely well since then, Tomont Nate Frazier, who I believe is third in the country behind Jeremiah Love and Ahmaud Hardy as far as football focus rankings since the beginning of the season.

673
00:40:44,620 --> 00:40:50,120
 And you've got much improved pass catching group with the Georgia Bulldogs.

674
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 You have Alabama's offensive linemen, L.T. Overton out.

675
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 You've got their tight end out, which somebody on my show yesterday said was the biggest loss of all.

676
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 Jam Miller is probably not going to play.

677
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 And Kaelin DeBoer is thinking about running the Notre Dame box.

678
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 And so you've got all those factors.

679
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 And objectively, I come to the conclusion that Georgia is going to win by two and a half touchdowns.

680
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:21,820
 Oh, so it's Georgia by two and a half, not Alabama.

681
00:41:21,980 --> 00:41:23,140
 Let's make sure we're clear on that, Bill.

682
00:41:23,260 --> 00:41:24,040
 Yeah, that's fake news.

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 I don't know where you're getting that from, Bob.

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 Let's clear that up.

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 In a semi-serious note, this just happened.

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687
00:41:38,060 --> 00:41:46,020
 When Roy Kramer threw out the ideal of an SEC championship game in 1991, a lot of people thought he was absolutely crazy.

688
00:41:47,020 --> 00:41:48,780
 Gene Starling certainly did.

689
00:41:49,980 --> 00:42:04,040
 We see where it's going, but about five minutes ago, Chuck Dunlop of the SEC office just sent out a tweet that Roy Kramer ironically died this morning in the age of 96 years old.

690
00:42:04,500 --> 00:42:13,340
 We will see where this game goes because, again, that's a lot of the scuttle, but why do you continue to play championship games?

691
00:42:13,340 --> 00:42:21,180
 I think it is a big deal to win an SEC championship, but, listen, we've seen a lot of these over the years, Bill Shanks.

692
00:42:21,620 --> 00:42:25,320
 It's amazing where this game has morphed from 1992.

693
00:42:26,260 --> 00:42:30,340
 Well, it's eerily ironic that Roy Kramer does that.

694
00:42:30,340 --> 00:42:30,780
 It is.

695
00:42:30,980 --> 00:42:31,520
 It is.

696
00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:32,900
 It is.

697
00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:40,840
 I mean, I saw that, and I'm like, that can't be because of how spooky it was that I might be the last one.

698
00:42:41,420 --> 00:42:50,400
 And it's like, dang, look, I know there's a lot to figure out in this sport.

699
00:42:50,820 --> 00:42:53,040
 This has not been a good week for college football.

700
00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:53,880
 No.

701
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:57,660
 I just think it's been a mess, to be honest with you.

702
00:42:57,660 --> 00:42:57,840
 Yeah.

703
00:42:58,140 --> 00:43:06,460
 And thankfully, tonight when the games start and then tomorrow, we're going to be kind of saved by the action that we love the most, which is the game.

704
00:43:06,460 --> 00:43:14,080
 But, look, I love the championship game, and I love for there to be a crown champion.

705
00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:21,360
 Now, you know, Brett, you and I are probably going to think this because our two programs are there a lot.

706
00:43:22,020 --> 00:43:22,340
 You know?

707
00:43:22,560 --> 00:43:27,600
 And so we're going to value it more than a lot of other teams that might not.

708
00:43:27,940 --> 00:43:29,240
 And I get it.

709
00:43:29,300 --> 00:43:30,240
 I understand that.

710
00:43:30,600 --> 00:43:37,400
 While I don't agree, I completely – and, look, one of my best friends is like, God, I can't believe we're playing this game, yada, yada, yada.

711
00:43:37,860 --> 00:43:40,020
 And I understand what he's saying.

712
00:43:40,020 --> 00:43:52,240
 I just can't get past the fact that, look, Georgia went two decades and didn't win an SEC championship from 1982 to 2002 when they beat Arkansas 34-3.

713
00:43:52,800 --> 00:44:04,400
 And so the fact that Georgia has been in eight SEC championship games in the ten years of Kirby Smart, that's hard for me to say, oh, I don't care about the SEC championship games anymore.

714
00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:12,240
 And it's going to be hard for Alabama fans to say the same thing because of how many times they've been and seen it and enjoyed it.

715
00:44:12,700 --> 00:44:27,300
 So, you know, I understand all of the – and you wish there was somebody logical that could figure it out, Brett, to where the conference championship games could still be relevant enough and important enough to not discard.

716
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:30,580
 But I'm leery of that because I think you're just going to throw them away.

717
00:44:30,580 --> 00:44:34,860
 But the fact that Roy Kramer died today is just –

718
00:44:34,860 --> 00:44:35,860
 Wow, it is.

719
00:44:35,860 --> 00:44:36,340
 I mean, God bless him.

720
00:44:36,620 --> 00:44:37,400
 And what a life.

721
00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:42,500
 And he lets his legacy, and tomorrow might be the last one on it.

722
00:44:42,860 --> 00:44:43,300
 Yeah, wow.

723
00:44:44,360 --> 00:44:46,980
 Talk about the circle coming, full circle on that one.

724
00:44:47,020 --> 00:44:49,880
 There you have it, the Bill Shanks, the host of the Bill Shanks Show.

725
00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:51,760
 Check him out, thesesuperstations.com.

726
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:52,820
 Bill, you mentioned Overton.

727
00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:54,520
 That's going to be a big loss for Bama and Cueva.

728
00:44:54,580 --> 00:44:56,260
 It's going to be a big loss for Alabama's offense.

729
00:44:56,840 --> 00:44:58,940
 Let's talk about the mass report for the Dawgs.

730
00:44:58,940 --> 00:45:02,380
 At this point in the season, everybody's going to be nicked up some more than others.

731
00:45:03,220 --> 00:45:09,740
 Your thoughts, starting in the middle of Georgia's offensive line with Mike Bobo's son, how big a loss is that, Bill?

732
00:45:10,180 --> 00:45:11,060
 Well, it's huge.

733
00:45:11,320 --> 00:45:34,760
 And I've said all week, Harold, the injuries, and I assumed it more about Jan Miller, but even taking what Brett said in consideration of it being equally or more important to lose the Quavis young man, the tight end, and then the injury to Drew Bobo.

734
00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:41,400
 So it's almost like, all right, well, the team that overcomes these issues wins.

735
00:45:42,540 --> 00:45:45,880
 These are significant injuries for these two teams.

736
00:45:45,960 --> 00:45:47,440
 There's no question about it.

737
00:45:47,980 --> 00:46:01,120
 You know, and there was a lot of panic because, look, Gunnar Stockton early in the year struggled, and he struggled, in my opinion, to some extent.

738
00:46:01,340 --> 00:46:10,940
 I don't know how much, but to some extent because in the third series of the first game of the year against Marshall, the offensive line had two people get hurt.

739
00:46:11,680 --> 00:46:33,560
 Same series, the third series, and Ernest Green and Juan Gaston both got hurt, and the next couple weeks, you saw a revolving door of offensive linemen, and to me, that's why when Gunnar Stockton didn't look too great until the Tennessee game, when he threw that pass, he threw a pass to London Humphrey that was about the prettiest pass all year long.

740
00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:40,140
 Before that, there were Georgia fans on social media wanting to tar and feathering to have to back off after that play.

741
00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:46,580
 But the offensive line issues, when they cleared up for Georgia, Gunnar Stockton all of a sudden got into the high of the conversation.

742
00:46:47,200 --> 00:46:51,420
 That's how big of a deal it was for the offensive line to be healthy.

743
00:46:51,960 --> 00:46:57,800
 So, consequently, when Drew Bobo got hurt last week, everybody was panicking, and I understand.

744
00:46:59,800 --> 00:47:01,900
 You know, you're right, what you said.

745
00:47:02,040 --> 00:47:13,760
 I mean, you get to this point, and whether it's Jam and Cuevas and Elberton for Alabama or, you know, I mean, Georgia lost his leading receiver earlier a couple of weeks ago with Colby Young.

746
00:47:13,760 --> 00:47:19,160
 They now have lost Drew Bobo, and they've had issues, like all teams have.

747
00:47:19,520 --> 00:47:23,740
 When you get to this point, Game 13, it's next man up.

748
00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:24,720
 You have no choice.

749
00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:36,200
 And so the good thing about what Alabama and Georgia have at their disposal are prospects and players who come in highly regarded and highly recruited,

750
00:47:36,720 --> 00:47:43,020
 and it's not like the replacements for any of these players are going to be two stars who we don't know who they are.

751
00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:49,000
 And it's just a question of which replacement can step up and do the job.

752
00:47:49,340 --> 00:47:51,300
 So, you know, look, I don't know.

753
00:47:51,440 --> 00:47:58,740
 Everybody's saying, well, you know, over here, the big question over here is can they be okay without Drew Bobo?

754
00:47:58,940 --> 00:48:05,560
 Funniest thing is to me, guys, is that in September and August, they were like, Drew Bobo sucks just like his dad.

755
00:48:05,560 --> 00:48:05,940
 Oh, yeah.

756
00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:06,720
 Oh, yeah.

757
00:48:06,720 --> 00:48:09,720
 And I kept on saying, you guys are nuts.

758
00:48:10,300 --> 00:48:19,260
 Because, and I'm not an offensive lineman officiant, I know, but Kirby's one ain't putting no daggum offensive lineman in there just because his dad's the offensive coordinator.

759
00:48:19,360 --> 00:48:19,640
 No.

760
00:48:20,080 --> 00:48:28,040
 And if Drew Bobo, his last name was Drew Rasmussen, people would have thought differently about him.

761
00:48:28,240 --> 00:48:31,720
 But I'm so happy for that kid to shut everybody up.

762
00:48:31,880 --> 00:48:35,440
 And now that he's out and gone, they're panicking, which is kind of funny.

763
00:48:36,260 --> 00:48:37,780
 Here's the thing about it also.

764
00:48:38,020 --> 00:48:41,500
 Not only has he been consistent, things you could depend on.

765
00:48:41,620 --> 00:48:42,120
 Think about it.

766
00:48:42,180 --> 00:48:48,260
 Every night he goes home, how many kids get to go home and talk to the offensive coordinator right, left, and in between?

767
00:48:48,400 --> 00:48:49,680
 You see it on the high school level.

768
00:48:49,760 --> 00:48:54,840
 Anytime you get a kid who plays when his dad's a coach, they're always a step ahead of everybody else.

769
00:48:55,660 --> 00:48:56,100
 Absolutely.

770
00:48:56,440 --> 00:48:57,020
 No question.

771
00:48:57,340 --> 00:49:06,160
 And, you know, I saw enough in August that in a scrimmage I went to, I'm like, that kid's fine.

772
00:49:06,220 --> 00:49:08,640
 I don't see anything that's glaring that's like.

773
00:49:08,940 --> 00:49:12,940
 And I'm always crazy about when the center is changing hands.

774
00:49:12,940 --> 00:49:20,820
 I mean, that to me, when you replace your center from the previous year, that can be as impactful as replacing the other.

775
00:49:20,820 --> 00:49:21,180
 Exactly.

776
00:49:21,700 --> 00:49:22,400
 Inside out.

777
00:49:22,580 --> 00:49:34,100
 When you replace both of them, though, which is what happened to Georgia this year with both Gunnar Stockton taking over, Carson back, and then Jake Bobo, a group of other coming in, that was a worry.

778
00:49:34,260 --> 00:49:39,700
 But, you know, that was the least of worry compared to the injuries, and that allowed Drew Bobo to do his job.

779
00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:44,480
 So, look, I mean, tomorrow, Malachi Tolliver, it was hurt a little bit earlier in the year.

780
00:49:44,620 --> 00:49:45,280
 He's back.

781
00:49:46,540 --> 00:49:53,080
 You know, I asked the people who look at the offensive line a lot closer than I do, what do you think about that kid?

782
00:49:53,140 --> 00:49:55,440
 And they said, well, I don't think he really was the problem.

783
00:49:55,560 --> 00:49:59,200
 The other guy struggled against Georgia Tech more than Tolliver.

784
00:49:59,740 --> 00:50:02,280
 They said he did some, had some bad snaps.

785
00:50:02,280 --> 00:50:09,380
 And I've said all week long, look, you better be prepared for at least one bad snap that will make you gulp a little bit tomorrow.

786
00:50:10,140 --> 00:50:10,280
 Yeah.

787
00:50:10,900 --> 00:50:18,660
 You know, even though I'm sure he and Gunnar Stockton have probably snapped enough to where they felt like they could get married in Vermont, they were so close to each other.

788
00:50:19,320 --> 00:50:23,280
 But the bottom line is he's not the starter.

789
00:50:23,740 --> 00:50:26,080
 And so you've got to expect something like that to happen.

790
00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:27,080
 You hope it just won't hurt him.

791
00:50:27,260 --> 00:50:28,880
 Because here's another thing to me, guys.

792
00:50:29,540 --> 00:50:32,560
 I mean, look, these two teams are close.

793
00:50:32,640 --> 00:50:33,660
 We know that.

794
00:50:33,780 --> 00:50:35,920
 And it's all about who makes the mistake.

795
00:50:36,380 --> 00:50:44,420
 You know, I mean, who can avoid the interception, the big return, the thing that can bite you?

796
00:50:44,720 --> 00:50:51,040
 That's what these two teams have got to worry about much more than, oh, my God, so-and-so is not playing the bar to me.

797
00:50:52,700 --> 00:50:59,600
 The two ironic things this morning, we just talked about Roy Kramer's passing, basically created this game.

798
00:50:59,880 --> 00:51:08,440
 We discussed yesterday, again, next year, the ninth conference game added, how beat up both of these teams are after 12 games.

799
00:51:08,840 --> 00:51:12,260
 And I sent you this tweet a little bit earlier today.

800
00:51:12,260 --> 00:51:22,280
 The SEC approved the jump from 85 to 105 scholarships to where, and again, teams are still playing with a lot of this stuff.

801
00:51:22,280 --> 00:51:27,300
 But maybe it will provide more depth that we've talked about.

802
00:51:27,360 --> 00:51:31,040
 Kirby and Nick Saban were the masters in recruiting.

803
00:51:31,400 --> 00:51:38,500
 Your thoughts of the SEC basically opening the door and adding 20 more scholarships to football?

804
00:51:38,840 --> 00:51:49,720
 Well, I'm not surprised, and I think it is kind of a, not a compromise, but kind of a bone to throw out there of not having the restriction.

805
00:51:50,020 --> 00:51:53,220
 Now, here's the thing, Brett, that is kind of funny to me.

806
00:51:54,140 --> 00:51:57,920
 You know, we used to be in a situation where we were always counting scholarships.

807
00:51:58,240 --> 00:51:59,980
 Oh, my God, are they at 85?

808
00:52:00,220 --> 00:52:01,060
 Are they at 83?

809
00:52:01,220 --> 00:52:07,360
 We don't ever do that anymore because we don't know right now who is on scholarship.

810
00:52:07,680 --> 00:52:11,760
 Let's take Drew Bobo, for example, and I may be completely wrong about this, but just using this scenario.

811
00:52:12,280 --> 00:52:18,480
 Drew Bobo, well, number one, his dad has made a lot of money, right?

812
00:52:18,580 --> 00:52:20,880
 Mike Bobo makes $1.5 million this year.

813
00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:26,980
 He's made a good living to where if he had to pay for Drew Bobo to go to attend a couple of classes at Georgia,

814
00:52:26,980 --> 00:52:33,880
 it ain't going to, you know, Mr. Cableville, and not to mention the family's wealthy.

815
00:52:34,320 --> 00:52:39,280
 Well, I don't, I'll be shocked if Drew Bobo's on scholarship, so he may not even count against it,

816
00:52:39,460 --> 00:52:42,220
 and we don't know how that goes on anyway, do we?

817
00:52:42,440 --> 00:52:48,420
 So it's different than, oh, we count up scholarships and, you know, know what the numbers are.

818
00:52:48,760 --> 00:52:54,300
 Now, and I'm not saying today's decision is not important because it can be very, very helpful in that regard,

819
00:52:54,300 --> 00:52:58,900
 but I, you know, I've kind of backed off of that, how many people on scholarship think,

820
00:52:58,980 --> 00:53:02,500
 because I think it's so difficult to know anyway, because, I mean,

821
00:53:02,760 --> 00:53:07,580
 who's to say that someone who's making a big daggum bunch of money on NIL ain't paying for his old way?

822
00:53:07,580 --> 00:53:08,600
 There you go.

823
00:53:09,600 --> 00:53:10,280
 We don't know that.

824
00:53:10,820 --> 00:53:11,260
 Yeah, that's right.

825
00:53:11,720 --> 00:53:12,540
 Yeah, absolutely.

826
00:53:12,840 --> 00:53:18,900
 Now, if any of our devoted listeners would like to call, listen to your show this afternoon,

827
00:53:19,240 --> 00:53:28,560
 chime in, let me know again what time, what hour you're doing the predictions for Georgia Go 1-11 against Alabama,

828
00:53:28,980 --> 00:53:34,960
 where can they get online and listen to a great breakdown of the game and the predictions?

829
00:53:35,460 --> 00:53:38,260
 And in an objective manner, unlike some places I know.

830
00:53:40,060 --> 00:53:46,440
 Well, you know, look, we're going to have fun this afternoon and we're going to have to take predictions

831
00:53:46,440 --> 00:53:50,220
 starting at 425 Eastern time after we get that Falcons mess over with.

832
00:53:50,800 --> 00:53:55,300
 And so we'll start taking predictions on the Georgia-Alabama game.

833
00:53:55,940 --> 00:54:02,160
 And, you know, we're also taking your numbers because if any of the people in the 205 are calling up

834
00:54:02,160 --> 00:54:04,320
 and saying anything bad, we know people.

835
00:54:05,840 --> 00:54:07,260
 We got an eye on the phone.

836
00:54:07,260 --> 00:54:09,600
 Bill, listen, state travels to and from the Dome.

837
00:54:10,040 --> 00:54:12,400
 I'm predicting 72 and a dry track tomorrow.

838
00:54:12,480 --> 00:54:13,000
 Would you agree?

839
00:54:14,100 --> 00:54:18,400
 Well, yeah, it's going to be some nasty weather, so I'm glad it's inside for sure.

840
00:54:18,560 --> 00:54:19,260
 But it's going to be a game.

841
00:54:19,720 --> 00:54:20,620
 I can't wait.

842
00:54:20,700 --> 00:54:21,300
 And you know what?

843
00:54:21,780 --> 00:54:25,600
 I'm glad they're in it and can't wait to see another SEC championship game.

844
00:54:26,500 --> 00:54:26,860
 Absolutely.

845
00:54:27,060 --> 00:54:27,700
 Safe travels, Bill.

846
00:54:27,760 --> 00:54:28,760
 Thanks so much for your time.

847
00:54:28,900 --> 00:54:29,940
 There you have the one, the only.

848
00:54:30,060 --> 00:54:30,480
 See you, Ben.

849
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850
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 He has been there at thesuperstations.com.

851
00:54:35,100 --> 00:54:38,460
 Coming up in the next hour, what are the big coaches saying about the game?

852
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 Coach Pete Cordelli is going to be on that.

853
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854
00:54:43,680 --> 00:54:46,800
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855
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911
00:57:04,700 --> 00:57:06,000
 The ref totally blew that call.

912
00:57:06,200 --> 00:57:08,100
 Oh, I'm sure he'll make the right call next time.

913
00:57:08,320 --> 00:57:09,060
 It's too late.

914
00:57:09,140 --> 00:57:10,500
 It cost us the game.

915
00:57:10,600 --> 00:57:11,860
 Well, it's just one game.

916
00:57:12,060 --> 00:57:14,160
 That loss eliminated us from the playoffs.

917
00:57:14,480 --> 00:57:16,160
 Oh, the playoffs are on so late.

918
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924
00:57:36,940 --> 00:57:43,140
 The unemployment rate saw a drop from 2.9% for August to 2.8% for the following month.

925
00:57:43,140 --> 00:57:47,260
 9,000 positions were added in the fields of education and health services.

926
00:57:47,660 --> 00:57:50,700
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927
00:57:50,980 --> 00:57:59,180
 The Department of Workforce also reports that prime age workers between 25 and 54 years of age who are in the Alabama labor force is now at 78%.

928
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 A search continues in Lawrence County for three children who were in a home that caught fire this Friday morning.

937
00:58:37,740 --> 00:58:40,240
 Two adults are confirmed to be dead from that fire.

938
00:58:40,560 --> 00:58:42,460
 It broke out at a home in Hillsborough Community.

939
00:58:42,800 --> 00:58:46,180
 The Alabama State Fire Marshal is being brought in to investigate this case.

940
00:58:46,780 --> 00:58:50,200
 A teenager in Athens is being charged with attempted murder and terrorism.

941
00:58:50,500 --> 00:58:56,060
 Carson Butler is now 18 years old and is accused of plotting to kill faculty and students at Athens High School.

942
00:58:56,300 --> 00:59:00,520
 Athens Police, along with the FBI, became aware of this plot in June of this year.

943
00:59:00,660 --> 00:59:01,940
 The threats were made online.

944
00:59:02,780 --> 00:59:08,920
 And State Senator Larry Stutz announced this past Thursday that he will be running for re-election in 2026 for Senate District 6.

945
00:59:09,160 --> 00:59:11,300
 Stutz has been a state senator since 2014.

946
00:59:11,800 --> 00:59:16,180
 He's also a physician who has delivered about 12,000 babies through his medical practice.

947
00:59:16,700 --> 00:59:17,420
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948
00:59:18,020 --> 00:59:22,400
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949
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952
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953
00:59:42,060 --> 00:59:48,780
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954
00:59:48,780 --> 00:59:52,600
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955
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00:59:57,060 --> 01:00:01,700
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958
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960
01:00:09,140 --> 01:00:36,880
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961
01:00:38,700 --> 01:00:41,020
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962
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963
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964
01:00:47,620 --> 01:00:49,920
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965
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 Tomorrow night, partly cloudy with a 20% chance of showers overnight and a low near 35.

966
01:00:55,000 --> 01:00:58,980
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969
01:01:15,860 --> 01:01:19,200
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970
01:01:22,200 --> 01:01:24,500
 The Boomo Bugg Show.

971
01:01:25,100 --> 01:01:27,180
 Your exclusive inside track to the Tide.

972
01:01:27,340 --> 01:01:30,280
 Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC.

973
01:01:31,100 --> 01:01:36,520
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9, The Score.

974
01:01:37,160 --> 01:01:38,960
 Welcome back to the Boomo Bugg Show.

975
01:01:39,060 --> 01:01:40,540
 I'm Harold Bugg, alongside Redbeard.

976
01:01:40,640 --> 01:01:43,560
 Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

977
01:01:43,900 --> 01:01:47,740
 And for Mike Huganen, taking time out of his schedule down in Orlando, Florida,

978
01:01:47,860 --> 01:01:50,460
 as a national college football slash basketball analyst.

979
01:01:51,020 --> 01:01:52,260
 Mike, welcome in.

980
01:01:52,340 --> 01:01:53,180
 How are you?

981
01:01:54,020 --> 01:01:54,600
 Doing well.

982
01:01:54,800 --> 01:01:59,400
 Looking forward to a handful of interesting games this weekend.

983
01:02:00,440 --> 01:02:06,120
 Obviously, conference championship weekend, but I would argue that a couple aren't really that important.

984
01:02:08,120 --> 01:02:13,840
 Mike, obviously, one is important in Alabama and Georgia, and who knows how that's going to impact

985
01:02:13,840 --> 01:02:17,780
 how the Dominoes fall for better or worse after that comes Sunday and beyond.

986
01:02:18,500 --> 01:02:22,480
 Mike, where do you start in talking about Alabama and Georgia Part 2 this season

987
01:02:22,480 --> 01:02:27,380
 and two old rivals back at it fighting for the SEC championship again?

988
01:02:28,080 --> 01:02:34,940
 Yeah, obviously, a rematch that Alabama won the original game this year.

989
01:02:35,500 --> 01:02:38,820
 Kirby Smart is not good against the Tide, 1-7.

990
01:02:41,780 --> 01:02:47,980
 I think Georgia has gotten incrementally better for the most part

991
01:02:47,980 --> 01:02:48,940
 throughout the season.

992
01:02:49,160 --> 01:02:52,520
 I think Alabama has had some ebbs and flows.

993
01:02:53,700 --> 01:02:59,300
 Hard for me to see Alabama winning this game if they don't run for, I don't know, 125 or so yards.

994
01:02:59,440 --> 01:03:04,260
 You know, that's really not that much, but that's a lot for Alabama this year.

995
01:03:04,460 --> 01:03:10,880
 So, you don't want the game to come solely down to Ty Simpson throwing the ball.

996
01:03:10,940 --> 01:03:13,240
 You've got to have a modicum of a rushing attack.

997
01:03:13,820 --> 01:03:15,560
 They need Jan Miller to do something.

998
01:03:16,500 --> 01:03:23,800
 Now, I think Alabama can hit some big plays, but again, I think they have to have some summits of a running game.

999
01:03:24,480 --> 01:03:32,020
 And the most intriguing aspect of this to me, yes, Alabama is in the SEC title game.

1000
01:03:32,120 --> 01:03:33,040
 They have two losses.

1001
01:03:33,260 --> 01:03:37,660
 If they have three losses, I'm pretty sure they still get in the playoff.

1002
01:03:37,900 --> 01:03:45,360
 But if they were to lose like 38-10, then it becomes a mystery.

1003
01:03:46,120 --> 01:03:49,440
 And I would be leaning toward, no, they don't get in if they get blown out.

1004
01:03:49,540 --> 01:03:52,620
 But I don't think this team can get blown out by Georgia.

1005
01:03:52,620 --> 01:03:56,960
 I think that Ty Simpson can do enough to keep it close, though I do think Georgia is going to win.

1006
01:03:58,120 --> 01:04:06,120
 Mike, we don't get enough one and two match-ups, sometimes during the regular season, occasionally in the offseason.

1007
01:04:06,260 --> 01:04:16,540
 But we've got that tomorrow with the Big Ten championship with Ohio State, who looked mighty impressive, beating Michigan in Big House last week against Indiana.

1008
01:04:17,100 --> 01:04:25,900
 Menendez, with the real opportunity to showcase for the Husband Trophy, will Ohio State continue to be dominant?

1009
01:04:26,340 --> 01:04:28,820
 They were very balanced running the ball.

1010
01:04:29,520 --> 01:04:32,300
 Bo Jackson, Jeremiah Smith, Cornell Tate.

1011
01:04:32,780 --> 01:04:40,140
 Indiana, I still say, is a little bit underrated because a lot of people have not had a chance to watch them very much.

1012
01:04:40,800 --> 01:04:44,960
 Ohio State, five-and-a-half-point favorite, Mike, in Indianapolis.

1013
01:04:45,120 --> 01:04:46,160
 Do they win in cover?

1014
01:04:46,540 --> 01:04:47,880
 Yeah, I think they do.

1015
01:04:48,940 --> 01:04:50,960
 You know, this is like you pointed out.

1016
01:04:51,180 --> 01:04:54,860
 This is number one versus number two, and I don't care.

1017
01:04:56,000 --> 01:04:58,740
 The winner is going to be the number one seed in the playoff.

1018
01:04:58,840 --> 01:05:00,280
 The loser is going to be the number three.

1019
01:05:01,400 --> 01:05:07,740
 You can't make the loser the number four seed because that means they'd be in the same bracket, these two teams.

1020
01:05:07,740 --> 01:05:12,640
 So, this is important for Mendoza, as far as Heisman hopes.

1021
01:05:13,060 --> 01:05:17,960
 You know, Julian's saying, for some reason, he's getting a lot of Heisman love as well.

1022
01:05:18,100 --> 01:05:22,960
 I don't understand why he is not only – he's not the best player on his team.

1023
01:05:23,520 --> 01:05:25,620
 He's not even the best player on the Ohio State offense.

1024
01:05:26,740 --> 01:05:30,500
 I don't see why people are touting him as a Heisman guy.

1025
01:05:31,300 --> 01:05:33,660
 Well, we all know he's a quarterback of the number one team.

1026
01:05:33,880 --> 01:05:36,800
 But, you know, they could be playing their number two quarterback.

1027
01:05:37,040 --> 01:05:37,840
 They'd be 12-0.

1028
01:05:39,120 --> 01:05:41,740
 Indiana take Mendoza away, and they might be 9-3.

1029
01:05:42,180 --> 01:05:52,900
 So, again, it's this – yeah, it's sort of – it makes me feel sort of dirty, the fact that it's one versus two, and I really don't care.

1030
01:05:52,980 --> 01:05:54,240
 I think Ohio State does win.

1031
01:05:54,340 --> 01:05:59,380
 I think their depth factor up front on defense is the big differentiator.

1032
01:06:01,380 --> 01:06:11,380
 I think – I'm more assured of Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate doing something than I am Elijah Sherratt.

1033
01:06:12,700 --> 01:06:16,440
 Ohio State's defense is going to be by far the best Indiana has seen.

1034
01:06:16,560 --> 01:06:20,980
 The flip side, the Indiana offense might be the best Ohio State defense has seen.

1035
01:06:21,160 --> 01:06:23,680
 So, there are a lot of intriguing storylines.

1036
01:06:23,880 --> 01:06:27,180
 But, again, you know, the winner's number one in the playoffs.

1037
01:06:27,320 --> 01:06:28,520
 The loser's number three.

1038
01:06:30,160 --> 01:06:32,960
 And it doesn't hold much interest to me, unfortunately.

1039
01:06:34,320 --> 01:06:38,200
 I think you're going to get an Astro College football slash basketball analyst down in Orlando.

1040
01:06:38,580 --> 01:06:40,500
 Obviously, somebody's going to lose there.

1041
01:06:41,640 --> 01:06:45,300
 Another top team runs a chance of losing this weekend.

1042
01:06:45,480 --> 01:06:45,940
 That's Georgia.

1043
01:06:46,060 --> 01:06:47,140
 They're in the top three.

1044
01:06:48,200 --> 01:06:53,800
 If Alabama knocks off Georgia a second time, where do you put Alabama on Sunday?

1045
01:06:54,700 --> 01:06:56,240
 I think they'll be five or six.

1046
01:06:56,300 --> 01:06:57,660
 I don't think they'll be in the top four.

1047
01:06:58,280 --> 01:07:00,220
 But I do think they'll be probably five.

1048
01:07:01,120 --> 01:07:04,260
 I'm interested in seeing also what happens with Texas Tech, BYU.

1049
01:07:05,380 --> 01:07:09,020
 BYU 11-1 with no chance to get in if they lose.

1050
01:07:10,400 --> 01:07:16,200
 And if you want mass chaos on Sunday, you want to see Duke win.

1051
01:07:16,420 --> 01:07:18,640
 You want to see Alabama win.

1052
01:07:18,820 --> 01:07:21,280
 And you want to see BYU win.

1053
01:07:22,240 --> 01:07:28,000
 It would be wild and wooly for the selection committee in that scenario.

1054
01:07:28,880 --> 01:07:31,220
 But, yeah, BYU, Texas Tech.

1055
01:07:31,440 --> 01:07:35,740
 I mean, Texas Tech beat them, frankly, easily the first time they played in Lovac.

1056
01:07:36,400 --> 01:07:37,700
 This game will be in Dallas.

1057
01:07:37,920 --> 01:07:41,380
 I don't see much reason to think it will be different.

1058
01:07:42,040 --> 01:07:44,940
 Texas Tech's got better lines on both sides of the ball.

1059
01:07:45,060 --> 01:07:47,180
 So, I think that will be the difference again.

1060
01:07:48,600 --> 01:07:52,300
 Still not convinced that Texas Tech's offense is all that.

1061
01:07:53,200 --> 01:07:56,220
 But that is an interesting and talented defense.

1062
01:07:56,380 --> 01:07:58,980
 Rodriguez is a tremendous linebacker.

1063
01:08:00,700 --> 01:08:11,560
 And Texas Tech, you know, for a program that never learned how to play defense, it's sort of startling to look at Texas Tech this year and realize, my God, these guys are really good on defense.

1064
01:08:12,980 --> 01:08:15,540
 And, again, that's the Big 12 game.

1065
01:08:16,080 --> 01:08:18,560
 I can't see Texas Tech losing, frankly.

1066
01:08:19,700 --> 01:08:23,140
 Mike, we have discussed this all week long.

1067
01:08:23,240 --> 01:08:35,100
 It has been a historical week for the SEC, literally turning over six coaches or six coaching hires, which is mind-boggling when you think about it.

1068
01:08:35,640 --> 01:08:39,120
 Alex Golich, of course, we've talked about a good bit coming to Auburn.

1069
01:08:39,220 --> 01:08:41,680
 Jon Sumrall to Florida.

1070
01:08:42,480 --> 01:08:45,320
 A lot of people thought it might be Lane Kiffin, but no.

1071
01:08:45,720 --> 01:08:47,760
 Lane Kiffin goes to LSU.

1072
01:08:48,480 --> 01:08:50,180
 Brian Silverfield to Arkansas.

1073
01:08:50,440 --> 01:08:51,680
 Will Stein to Kentucky.

1074
01:08:51,860 --> 01:08:54,400
 And Pete Golding saying it on me.

1075
01:08:54,620 --> 01:08:56,280
 Mike, who made the best hire?

1076
01:08:57,640 --> 01:09:01,000
 You know, I think Kiffin has the highest ceiling, though.

1077
01:09:01,060 --> 01:09:07,200
 I will say also that that has the potential to be a train wreck.

1078
01:09:08,660 --> 01:09:14,440
 Kiffin is, you know, Kiffin is used to getting, Kiffin does what he wants.

1079
01:09:14,700 --> 01:09:15,400
 Let's put it that way.

1080
01:09:16,120 --> 01:09:20,220
 You know, all the great stuff during the season.

1081
01:09:20,560 --> 01:09:21,660
 Oh, he's changed.

1082
01:09:22,120 --> 01:09:23,700
 He loves, that was all BS.

1083
01:09:24,660 --> 01:09:26,360
 I hope I can say BS on the radio.

1084
01:09:27,220 --> 01:09:29,840
 Lane Kiffin is out for one person, Lane Kiffin.

1085
01:09:30,500 --> 01:09:30,780
 That's right.

1086
01:09:30,880 --> 01:09:36,560
 The LSU situation is bizarre, to say the least.

1087
01:09:36,960 --> 01:09:39,460
 You had the governor involved in the firing of a coach.

1088
01:09:39,600 --> 01:09:42,540
 You had the governor involved in the firing of an athletic director.

1089
01:09:42,880 --> 01:09:46,440
 You had the governor saying, we're not given huge contracts anymore.

1090
01:09:46,860 --> 01:09:53,500
 You had the LSU board of trustees saying, we're not paying Brian Kelly his full going away present.

1091
01:09:53,500 --> 01:09:56,540
 But then you realize, okay, we are going to pay Brian Kelly.

1092
01:09:56,800 --> 01:10:02,800
 You know, by the way, we are going to give Lane Kiffin the exact same kind of contract we gave Brian Kelly.

1093
01:10:03,280 --> 01:10:05,600
 And the governor is like, oh, great hire.

1094
01:10:05,700 --> 01:10:06,140
 I loved it.

1095
01:10:06,140 --> 01:10:10,800
 So, it's a dysfunctional program with a dysfunctional coach.

1096
01:10:13,120 --> 01:10:15,640
 I think Sumrall was a good hire.

1097
01:10:16,440 --> 01:10:18,520
 I don't like Pete Golding hire.

1098
01:10:18,740 --> 01:10:21,700
 I don't like the Ryan Silverfield hire.

1099
01:10:21,920 --> 01:10:25,340
 I think the Will Stein hire could be really good, though.

1100
01:10:25,840 --> 01:10:28,960
 I don't think, you know, we've seen Kentucky at its ceiling.

1101
01:10:29,140 --> 01:10:30,440
 It's a 9-1 team, I think.

1102
01:10:31,400 --> 01:10:33,620
 Goal-ish, I think there's a little bit of mystery there.

1103
01:10:34,000 --> 01:10:40,220
 He did a phenomenal job rebuilding a USF program that was absolutely horrible when he got there.

1104
01:10:41,140 --> 01:10:42,220
 He's got a swagger.

1105
01:10:42,720 --> 01:10:44,500
 He likes offense.

1106
01:10:45,460 --> 01:10:51,220
 His offense is vastly more watchable than he freezes if he gets the right quarterback.

1107
01:10:52,980 --> 01:10:59,060
 You know, the staffers that he hired, the staffer that Sumrall hired, that will tell the tale.

1108
01:10:59,300 --> 01:11:03,880
 But I think, you know, take Kiffin out of the mix because it's a bizarre situation.

1109
01:11:04,020 --> 01:11:14,180
 But I think the Goal-ish and Sumrall hires are the interesting ones because those programs have shown in the past they can play and win national titles.

1110
01:11:14,460 --> 01:11:23,720
 Not sure these two coaches can do that, but I'm quite comfortable in saying that both these coaches will be better than their immediate predecessors.

1111
01:11:24,420 --> 01:11:27,600
 Mike, your thoughts about almost a chilling story today.

1112
01:11:27,800 --> 01:11:36,920
 We talked about it earlier today that the guy who was controversial back in his day, Roy Kramer, SEC Commiss, said we're going to have a championship game.

1113
01:11:37,000 --> 01:11:38,960
 Of course, we know Gene Stallings pitched the history of the field.

1114
01:11:39,020 --> 01:11:42,520
 We saw what happened in his very first game against Florida and Steve Spurrier.

1115
01:11:43,800 --> 01:11:48,920
 Passing away, we found out the news, I don't know the exact timetable, but Roy Kramer passing away.

1116
01:11:48,980 --> 01:11:56,420
 Your thoughts about his legacy and how ironic it is that here he is on the eve of this SEC championship game.

1117
01:11:56,500 --> 01:12:00,600
 And people now may be putting some question marks over the future of championship games.

1118
01:12:01,340 --> 01:12:08,020
 Yeah, but at the time, in some respects, he was ahead of his time.

1119
01:12:08,240 --> 01:12:09,420
 You know, what are you doing?

1120
01:12:09,560 --> 01:12:10,820
 You're playing a title game.

1121
01:12:10,820 --> 01:12:12,420
 You could wreck your team's hopes.

1122
01:12:13,140 --> 01:12:15,760
 Oh, by the way, though, yeah, you are going to make a ton of money.

1123
01:12:16,860 --> 01:12:19,940
 And it's like Jim Delaney and the Big Ten Network.

1124
01:12:20,040 --> 01:12:20,700
 What are you doing?

1125
01:12:20,880 --> 01:12:22,640
 Oh, my God, look at how much money you've brought in.

1126
01:12:23,000 --> 01:12:25,600
 So I think Kramer was ahead of his time.

1127
01:12:25,700 --> 01:12:30,020
 I met him a couple times when I was working in Orlando.

1128
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 I can remember a Florida Citrus Sports Commission meeting, talking to him beforehand, interviewing him for a story.

1129
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 And I asked him about, do you worry about the potential for there being too many bowls and no one cares?

1130
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 And he sort of laughed it off.

1131
01:12:45,740 --> 01:12:48,060
 But he made a speech.

1132
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 And immediately, the first thing he said was, I'm glad to be in front of people who think bowl games are great.

1133
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 I just talked to a medium member who doesn't like bowls.

1134
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 And I'm thinking, that's not what I said.

1135
01:13:00,800 --> 01:13:03,360
 But anyway, he was ahead of his time.

1136
01:13:04,000 --> 01:13:09,680
 He deserves a ton of credit for making the SEC what it is today.

1137
01:13:10,800 --> 01:13:12,020
 Sly continued it.

1138
01:13:12,300 --> 01:13:13,520
 Sankey continued it.

1139
01:13:13,520 --> 01:13:20,980
 But I would argue that Roy Kramer, a guy who was a football coach at Central Michigan and an AD at Bandy,

1140
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 deserves a heck of a lot of credit for the SEC being where it is now.

1141
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 He had no problems with expanding when he brought in South Carolina and Arkansas.

1142
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 He had no problems pitching the idea of a conference title game.

1143
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 And I would argue that during his tenure is when the SEC took the mantle of Beth Lee and had no let go.

1144
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 I heard this name back in October after James Franklin was fired.

1145
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 But Matt Campbell, really flying under the radar in the job he's done at Iowa State, is not a sexy name.

1146
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 But when you look at what he's done there compared to the resources that he's got, now this morning, according to multiple media reports,

1147
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 he is right now maybe eminent to be named the head coach at Penn State.

1148
01:14:17,900 --> 01:14:22,500
 And I've been wondering, why in the world did they not ask this guy a month ago?

1149
01:14:23,140 --> 01:14:24,280
 Mike, your thoughts?

1150
01:14:24,840 --> 01:14:30,440
 Yeah, I don't, that has been, you know, they got out ahead of everything by firing Franklin.

1151
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 A guy who was a field goal away from playing for the national title last year.

1152
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 And I can sort of understand why they got rid of him.

1153
01:14:38,000 --> 01:14:39,120
 They thought he didn't see him.

1154
01:14:39,540 --> 01:14:48,220
 But I will admit, if you're firing a coach in late September or early October, this search has been a nightmare.

1155
01:14:48,900 --> 01:14:51,260
 They've done an abysmal job.

1156
01:14:51,420 --> 01:14:56,160
 And you cannot tell me that they went into this thinking, ooh, we're going to hire Matt Rule.

1157
01:14:56,920 --> 01:14:59,780
 And if that's the case, I mean, Pat Craft, the AD, should be fired.

1158
01:15:00,380 --> 01:15:03,060
 But I think they've bungled the search.

1159
01:15:03,440 --> 01:15:10,840
 And now, to me, it's like they've gone swimming, and they're in a muddy creek, and their toes touched something,

1160
01:15:11,240 --> 01:15:12,560
 and they reach down and pick it up.

1161
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 Oh, my goodness, it's a golden nugget.

1162
01:15:14,120 --> 01:15:19,940
 Because I think Matt Campbell can win big at Penn State.

1163
01:15:20,100 --> 01:15:24,700
 Your point, Iowa State is a horrendous program historically.

1164
01:15:25,480 --> 01:15:28,620
 Awful, awful, awful, awful, awful program.

1165
01:15:29,120 --> 01:15:36,380
 But he made them legitimate contenders, for the most part, every single season in the Big 12.

1166
01:15:36,980 --> 01:15:39,720
 So give him better resources.

1167
01:15:40,260 --> 01:15:42,200
 I think he'll hire a really good staff.

1168
01:15:43,000 --> 01:15:50,400
 The recruiting aspect will be different for him because he's used to finding sort of under-recruited guys

1169
01:15:50,400 --> 01:15:51,440
 and developing them.

1170
01:15:52,020 --> 01:15:55,260
 I think he can still do that to an extent at Penn State.

1171
01:15:55,260 --> 01:16:00,300
 But I think his ability to hire good assistants is notable.

1172
01:16:01,620 --> 01:16:06,080
 And, yeah, for a school that I think bungled their coaching search,

1173
01:16:06,520 --> 01:16:10,880
 I think they came away with a B-plus or A-minus hired.

1174
01:16:11,120 --> 01:16:13,280
 It's sort of like they've lucked into this.

1175
01:16:13,820 --> 01:16:16,660
 And like I said, why did they wait so long?

1176
01:16:16,700 --> 01:16:17,180
 Absolutely.

1177
01:16:18,360 --> 01:16:18,580
 Yeah.

1178
01:16:19,800 --> 01:16:21,300
 No question about it.

1179
01:16:21,680 --> 01:16:24,480
 Well, listen, enjoy some of the games this weekend.

1180
01:16:24,480 --> 01:16:31,900
 It will be an interesting Sunday afternoon when this committee lets us know what the heck they've decided.

1181
01:16:32,520 --> 01:16:33,400
 Have a great weekend.

1182
01:16:33,540 --> 01:16:34,980
 Let's do this again next Friday.

1183
01:16:35,460 --> 01:16:35,760
 Excellent.

1184
01:16:35,880 --> 01:16:36,240
 Appreciate it.

1185
01:16:36,260 --> 01:16:36,640
 Thanks, guys.

1186
01:16:37,300 --> 01:16:38,460
 Thank you so much, Mike.

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01:16:38,520 --> 01:16:43,880
 You're going to National College Football Slash Basketball Analyst State Championship 4A right now.

1188
01:16:44,040 --> 01:16:46,200
 I've got a feeling Jackson's on their way about in the fourth quarter.

1189
01:16:46,320 --> 01:16:47,200
 45-0.

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 In case you're wondering about Mr. Crowell, he just reeled off another 56-yard run.

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 He's fourth of the day, over 200 yards rushing.

1192
01:16:55,620 --> 01:16:58,640
 I think he's a pretty good guy in the pipeline for Alabama.

1193
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 Coming up, what's going on in Tennessee country?

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 Ryan Callahan, the latest next.

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 The Score.

1277
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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1278
01:21:13,980 --> 01:21:14,600
 Welcome back in.

1279
01:21:14,660 --> 01:21:18,960
 Obviously, a very interesting week in East Tennessee for Ryan Callahan.

1280
01:21:19,100 --> 01:21:22,120
 He's busy there following Tennessee at Go Vols 24-7.

1281
01:21:22,260 --> 01:21:22,960
 Ryan, welcome in.

1282
01:21:23,000 --> 01:21:23,480
 How are you?

1283
01:21:24,600 --> 01:21:25,100
 Doing well.

1284
01:21:25,120 --> 01:21:25,420
 How are you?

1285
01:21:25,860 --> 01:21:26,220
 Good, Boone.

1286
01:21:26,360 --> 01:21:29,260
 And just sitting here looking at how things can change.

1287
01:21:29,460 --> 01:21:34,160
 How did Tennessee fans feel about Josh Heupel when they went to bed over the weekend Saturday night

1288
01:21:34,160 --> 01:21:39,040
 compared to how they felt about him when they went to bed Wednesday night after National Signing Day?

1289
01:21:39,780 --> 01:21:41,220
 You know, it's a good question.

1290
01:21:41,360 --> 01:21:44,560
 I think they feel a little bit better about him right now.

1291
01:21:44,940 --> 01:21:46,040
 I bet they do.

1292
01:21:46,820 --> 01:21:59,000
 But, you know, at the same time, though, that loss to Vanderbilt is so fresh on fans' minds that I don't know that even an impressive finish on early signing day does a lot to totally take that away.

1293
01:21:59,000 --> 01:22:01,380
 So, I think that one's going to sting fans for a while.

1294
01:22:01,520 --> 01:22:04,820
 And I think there are a lot of people who see that signing class and say, okay, that's great.

1295
01:22:05,240 --> 01:22:07,320
 But is that going to fix this team for next year?

1296
01:22:07,420 --> 01:22:14,360
 Because, obviously, not many freshmen come in and make that much of an immediate impact, especially in a program like Tennessee that's pretty well established now.

1297
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 So, I think a lot of people are still kind of in wait-and-see mode and want to see what changes are going to be made

1298
01:22:19,960 --> 01:22:25,120
 or what the approach is to make things better next year after what was a pretty embarrassing loss for Tennessee fans

1299
01:22:25,120 --> 01:22:28,160
 that aren't used to seeing Tennessee get run out of its own building by Vanderbilt.

1300
01:22:28,780 --> 01:22:29,760
 Talk to us about that.

1301
01:22:29,800 --> 01:22:30,960
 What happened there, Ryan?

1302
01:22:31,020 --> 01:22:32,500
 Because it's one thing to lose.

1303
01:22:32,900 --> 01:22:36,700
 Our friend over in Memphis, Brent Norsworthy, he put a very deep thought together.

1304
01:22:36,700 --> 01:22:39,780
 He said, on any given Saturday, somebody's going to win, somebody's going to lose.

1305
01:22:39,980 --> 01:22:41,460
 That goes without saying.

1306
01:22:41,820 --> 01:22:50,800
 But when you lose by three touchdowns to Vanderbilt on your home turf, you've got some head-scratching.

1307
01:22:50,960 --> 01:22:56,740
 And, by the way, this comes after losing to arch-rivals Alabama and Georgia, starting with Vanderbilt.

1308
01:22:56,820 --> 01:22:57,820
 What happened there?

1309
01:22:58,620 --> 01:23:02,660
 Yeah, you know, honestly, first of all, I picked Tennessee to win that game.

1310
01:23:02,780 --> 01:23:03,540
 I shouldn't have.

1311
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 Everything in my gut told me Vanderbilt was just the better team, and that turned out to be the case.

1312
01:23:10,000 --> 01:23:14,580
 Now, that being said, I don't think Vanderbilt should have beaten Tennessee by three touchdowns on its home field.

1313
01:23:14,700 --> 01:23:17,840
 I think that was a game that sort of got away from them.

1314
01:23:18,140 --> 01:23:19,340
 You know, at halftime, they're tied.

1315
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 Right before halftime, they're up by seven.

1316
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 That's the amazing part is you lose a game by 21 that you had in pretty good shape

1317
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 and looked like you were going to be in a dogfight to the finish at halftime,

1318
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 and then the second half just goes that terribly wrong.

1319
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 They lost the middle eight minutes of the game, and that really changed things completely.

1320
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 Vanderbilt scores a touchdown with 12 seconds left in the first half, gets the ball to start the second half,

1321
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 goes down the field, makes it look pretty easy, and takes some time off the clock in doing so.

1322
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 And before Tennessee gets the ball back, you know, probably 40 minutes of real, actual time had passed,

1323
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 and those guys have, you know, they're kind of out of the routine at that point.

1324
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 You know, they've been sitting on the sideline just watching for a while and in the locker room.

1325
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 So I think they come out, they're a little bit stagnant on one drive.

1326
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 That opens the door for Vanderbilt to make it a two-score game.

1327
01:24:02,700 --> 01:24:09,640
 And then they get a chance to cut it to three there, and just kind of a catastrophic sequence there inside the red zone

1328
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 that leads to a field goal instead of a touchdown.

1329
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 Mike Matthews dropping a touchdown pass across the middle, and that just kind of stuck the wind out of their sails,

1330
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 and they were never the same the rest of the game.

1331
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 So just kind of a few things that snowballed on them,

1332
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 but the bottom line is Tennessee's defense was terrible.

1333
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 They gave up 582 yards of total offense.

1334
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 Diego Pavia is playing amazingly well right now.

1335
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 He's on a heater.

1336
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 Tennessee got him to throw two interceptions,

1337
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 but otherwise he did plenty of things that were just tough for them to stop,

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 and that defense had trouble all season.

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 So Tennessee's got some real issues to work out defensively,

1340
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 and that's, I think, where the disappointment lies for so many Tennessee fans.

1341
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 They watched a top-10 defense in most categories take Tennessee to the college football playoff last year,

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 and they lost some key pieces from last year,

1343
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 but I think there was every reason to think they were going to have a good defense again this year,

1344
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 and for that to be such an Achilles heel for a team that had a really good offense for most of the year,

1345
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 that's a pretty big letdown for fans.

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 I don't think they expected it to look anything like that and to see the finished product

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 and what ended up costing them so many games.

1348
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 I think that's a tough one to swallow.

1349
01:25:11,060 --> 01:25:16,740
 I know the Vandy game put a damper on National Signing Day,

1350
01:25:16,880 --> 01:25:25,060
 but I've seen some reports this may be or are considered to be the best recruiting class in 10 years for Tennessee,

1351
01:25:25,060 --> 01:25:31,440
 and when you look at some of the players that Tennessee was able to bring in here,

1352
01:25:31,660 --> 01:25:37,920
 Falzion Brandon, the five-star quarterback, five-star receiver Tristan Keyes,

1353
01:25:38,060 --> 01:25:42,280
 Gabriel Ascenda from the Baylor School,

1354
01:25:43,280 --> 01:25:44,380
 and you just go on and on,

1355
01:25:44,460 --> 01:25:46,080
 and Tennessee flipped some guys,

1356
01:25:46,160 --> 01:25:47,760
 including J.J. Finch,

1357
01:25:48,560 --> 01:25:52,140
 who was a commitment to Alabama,

1358
01:25:52,140 --> 01:25:53,220
 flipped Tennessee,

1359
01:25:53,400 --> 01:25:54,140
 Legend Bay,

1360
01:25:54,260 --> 01:25:55,980
 who flipped a couple of times,

1361
01:25:56,760 --> 01:25:57,820
 Carter Gooden,

1362
01:25:58,320 --> 01:25:59,220
 Jordan Carter,

1363
01:25:59,380 --> 01:26:00,460
 you just go on and on.

1364
01:26:00,560 --> 01:26:04,260
 I know they are 7 and 24-7,

1365
01:26:04,380 --> 01:26:05,680
 at least I looked this morning,

1366
01:26:05,820 --> 01:26:07,160
 and 7 and on 3,

1367
01:26:07,880 --> 01:26:08,580
 and again,

1368
01:26:08,680 --> 01:26:10,260
 I understand the disappointment,

1369
01:26:10,500 --> 01:26:15,160
 but this was a stellar class that may really pay dividends down the road.

1370
01:26:15,900 --> 01:26:16,740
 Yeah, absolutely,

1371
01:26:17,060 --> 01:26:19,560
 and that's in a year where Tennessee,

1372
01:26:19,680 --> 01:26:21,900
 I was getting questions from people in early June,

1373
01:26:22,040 --> 01:26:23,020
 maybe even mid-June,

1374
01:26:23,400 --> 01:26:25,100
 what's going on with Tennessee and recruiting?

1375
01:26:25,440 --> 01:26:27,400
 Even people in my business were kind of wondering,

1376
01:26:27,580 --> 01:26:28,300
 where's Tennessee?

1377
01:26:28,440 --> 01:26:29,760
 They usually start faster than them.

1378
01:26:30,180 --> 01:26:31,980
 They were ranked in the 50s nationally,

1379
01:26:32,140 --> 01:26:33,920
 in the team rankings at one point in June.

1380
01:26:34,300 --> 01:26:36,100
 Had gotten off to a bit of a slow start,

1381
01:26:36,420 --> 01:26:39,780
 and some other teams had just kind of gone on bigger runs than they had.

1382
01:26:40,100 --> 01:26:41,600
 They were just sort of waiting at that time,

1383
01:26:41,740 --> 01:26:44,540
 and it looked like they were waiting on a number of guys they were going to get,

1384
01:26:44,880 --> 01:26:46,780
 but there were still a bunch of irons in the fire

1385
01:26:46,780 --> 01:26:48,220
 that you just didn't know if they were going to pay off,

1386
01:26:48,260 --> 01:26:49,580
 and one of those was Tristan Keyes,

1387
01:26:49,620 --> 01:26:51,040
 who was committed to LSU at the time,

1388
01:26:51,500 --> 01:26:52,760
 and so Tennessee, give them credit,

1389
01:26:52,760 --> 01:26:56,260
 they made some good reads on some guys that they thought they could flip,

1390
01:26:56,440 --> 01:26:57,680
 and some of them turned out to be right.

1391
01:26:57,800 --> 01:26:58,720
 Now, some didn't,

1392
01:26:58,800 --> 01:27:03,180
 but they ended up flipping a total of seven guys out of the 28 signees that they landed,

1393
01:27:03,420 --> 01:27:07,980
 so to stay in some recruitment that looked like they were over to a lot of people

1394
01:27:07,980 --> 01:27:10,140
 or looked like they were maybe a shot in the dark

1395
01:27:10,140 --> 01:27:12,580
 or not especially good odds of flipping someone

1396
01:27:12,580 --> 01:27:14,200
 and make several of those happen,

1397
01:27:14,340 --> 01:27:15,960
 pretty impressive on Tennessee's part.

1398
01:27:16,640 --> 01:27:20,840
 And then, yeah, they just kind of stayed after it.

1399
01:27:21,080 --> 01:27:24,460
 They made their summer run, like every team does these days,

1400
01:27:24,600 --> 01:27:28,200
 and then got Tristan Keyes, got Hezekiah Harris, flipped him from Auburn.

1401
01:27:28,980 --> 01:27:31,460
 So just some of those continued into the season,

1402
01:27:31,960 --> 01:27:34,120
 and before you knew it, they had a top-10 class.

1403
01:27:34,200 --> 01:27:36,000
 It was pretty solidified in there.

1404
01:27:36,220 --> 01:27:37,860
 The three five-stars anchoring the class,

1405
01:27:38,060 --> 01:27:39,960
 I've looked at this before,

1406
01:27:40,040 --> 01:27:42,680
 and I'm pretty sure that's the first time they've signed three five-stars

1407
01:27:42,680 --> 01:27:44,500
 in the internet recruiting era.

1408
01:27:44,600 --> 01:27:46,680
 They've had a couple five-stars multiple times,

1409
01:27:46,800 --> 01:27:48,720
 but that's a pretty big statement for them

1410
01:27:48,720 --> 01:27:50,940
 as long as they finish with those three five-stars

1411
01:27:50,940 --> 01:27:53,140
 on National Sign Day in February.

1412
01:27:53,340 --> 01:27:54,420
 The rankings will change a little bit.

1413
01:27:54,540 --> 01:27:56,580
 And then seven top 100 players,

1414
01:27:56,700 --> 01:27:58,620
 so just some really good depth to this class,

1415
01:27:58,680 --> 01:27:59,860
 and like you said, the way they've finished,

1416
01:28:00,360 --> 01:28:02,140
 three more four-stars on signing day,

1417
01:28:02,260 --> 01:28:04,640
 three flips from other schools on signing day.

1418
01:28:04,740 --> 01:28:05,480
 So pretty impressive,

1419
01:28:05,800 --> 01:28:08,540
 and especially in the aftermath of a tough end of the season like that,

1420
01:28:08,640 --> 01:28:11,560
 it kind of shows that Tennessee still has some things to sell

1421
01:28:11,560 --> 01:28:14,180
 and is on sort of an overall upward trajectory

1422
01:28:14,180 --> 01:28:15,660
 in terms of improving its roster

1423
01:28:15,660 --> 01:28:17,960
 despite what might have happened on the field this season.

1424
01:28:18,640 --> 01:28:20,320
 Ryan Callahan, go balls 24-7.

1425
01:28:20,440 --> 01:28:22,520
 Quickly, Ryan, obviously you would assume

1426
01:28:22,520 --> 01:28:24,900
 there's going to be some changes on the staff.

1427
01:28:25,000 --> 01:28:25,700
 Where do you start?

1428
01:28:26,920 --> 01:28:29,840
 Yeah, everyone wants to know that.

1429
01:28:30,000 --> 01:28:31,260
 Now here's the thing about Josh Heifel.

1430
01:28:31,660 --> 01:28:35,160
 We've never seen Josh Heifel fire anybody really.

1431
01:28:35,880 --> 01:28:37,120
 That's what anyone's really seen.

1432
01:28:37,520 --> 01:28:39,900
 So what's he capable of doing?

1433
01:28:40,020 --> 01:28:42,580
 What's he willing to do with his back to the wall a little bit?

1434
01:28:42,700 --> 01:28:45,360
 So this is going to be sort of a learning experience for all of us

1435
01:28:45,360 --> 01:28:48,720
 because we've never seen Josh Heifel really be willing

1436
01:28:48,720 --> 01:28:52,040
 to push someone aside based on subpar performance

1437
01:28:52,040 --> 01:28:53,040
 or anything like that.

1438
01:28:53,040 --> 01:28:55,540
 He tends to find people to surround himself with

1439
01:28:55,540 --> 01:28:57,920
 that are loyal, that he enjoys working with.

1440
01:28:58,260 --> 01:29:00,300
 He promotes that they have a good culture

1441
01:29:00,300 --> 01:29:02,460
 not just within the players' locker room

1442
01:29:02,460 --> 01:29:03,660
 but among the coaching staff.

1443
01:29:04,300 --> 01:29:07,740
 And so he doesn't work with guys that he doesn't like typically

1444
01:29:07,740 --> 01:29:09,100
 and that leads to a little turnover.

1445
01:29:09,680 --> 01:29:13,680
 So is he willing to maybe fire one of his buddies or one of his guys

1446
01:29:13,680 --> 01:29:14,400
 that he really tries?

1447
01:29:14,620 --> 01:29:16,140
 That's a big question about this.

1448
01:29:16,680 --> 01:29:18,240
 Now Tim Banks, the defensive coordinator,

1449
01:29:18,340 --> 01:29:20,560
 he's the one that's probably catching the most heat right now.

1450
01:29:21,180 --> 01:29:24,340
 That's not a guy Josh Heifel had worked with really before 2021.

1451
01:29:24,720 --> 01:29:27,440
 So their five years at Tennessee is the only real history they have.

1452
01:29:27,560 --> 01:29:29,860
 I think they've had a good working relationship, though.

1453
01:29:29,900 --> 01:29:31,640
 They clearly have gotten along well.

1454
01:29:31,640 --> 01:29:36,660
 But I think the bigger question here is what are the fixes to their problems?

1455
01:29:37,240 --> 01:29:40,500
 Tennessee, for instance, they weren't good offensively last year,

1456
01:29:40,620 --> 01:29:42,960
 made the playoff despite having a pretty average offense

1457
01:29:42,960 --> 01:29:44,080
 by Josh Heifel's standards.

1458
01:29:44,620 --> 01:29:46,520
 They fixed some things this offseason

1459
01:29:46,520 --> 01:29:48,480
 and had a much better offense this year,

1460
01:29:48,520 --> 01:29:49,860
 had a much different looking offense.

1461
01:29:50,540 --> 01:29:53,480
 Are there some changes like that that they could make defensively

1462
01:29:53,480 --> 01:29:55,640
 that would bring similar results maybe

1463
01:29:55,640 --> 01:29:57,620
 and fix some of what's failing them?

1464
01:29:57,640 --> 01:30:01,920
 It depends on what the self-scout is of what their problems actually were.

1465
01:30:02,040 --> 01:30:03,240
 I think there's a case to be made.

1466
01:30:03,600 --> 01:30:05,300
 Their defense is just a bit too complicated

1467
01:30:05,300 --> 01:30:07,560
 and there are things players are doing mentally

1468
01:30:07,560 --> 01:30:10,320
 even after the snap that are kind of slowing them down on the field.

1469
01:30:10,740 --> 01:30:11,920
 If you clean up some of those things

1470
01:30:11,920 --> 01:30:13,020
 and make it a little more straightforward,

1471
01:30:13,400 --> 01:30:15,840
 is it different for players so you get better results?

1472
01:30:16,180 --> 01:30:17,880
 They've got some tough questions to ask,

1473
01:30:18,000 --> 01:30:19,860
 but yeah, fans obviously want to know if there's going to be turnover

1474
01:30:19,860 --> 01:30:22,620
 and right now all we can say is we've got to wait and see

1475
01:30:22,620 --> 01:30:24,860
 because Josh Heifel is very close to the vest

1476
01:30:24,860 --> 01:30:27,660
 and he does not have a track record of making wholesale changes

1477
01:30:27,660 --> 01:30:29,440
 even in tough situations sometimes.

1478
01:30:30,280 --> 01:30:34,480
 Yeah, I knew Jim Banks was going to be the scapegoat

1479
01:30:34,480 --> 01:30:35,600
 for a lot of the fans.

1480
01:30:36,020 --> 01:30:39,420
 I still say when you lose two all-SEC corners

1481
01:30:39,420 --> 01:30:42,520
 and Jamod McCoy, Ricky Gibson,

1482
01:30:42,840 --> 01:30:45,660
 I don't know how many times we talked to you during the season

1483
01:30:45,660 --> 01:30:48,860
 about defensive linemen being hurt

1484
01:30:49,180 --> 01:30:51,320
 and again, I'm not making excuses,

1485
01:30:51,680 --> 01:30:56,180
 but that's a part of this that you need to put in the equation.

1486
01:30:56,880 --> 01:30:58,660
 I appreciate you coming on on Friday.

1487
01:30:58,820 --> 01:31:04,240
 I know you were just snowed under earlier this week with the class.

1488
01:31:04,780 --> 01:31:11,320
 Where can we get online in basketball, recruiting, coaching changes, bowl games?

1489
01:31:11,420 --> 01:31:12,900
 Where can we get all the good stuff?

1490
01:31:13,380 --> 01:31:14,040
 Yeah, you said it.

1491
01:31:14,040 --> 01:31:15,820
 We'll find out Sunday where Tennessee goes bowling.

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1497
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 and, oh, yeah, the transfer portal just around the corner, too.

1498
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 So all kinds of fun coming up.

1499
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 Spicy times in East Tennessee.

1500
01:31:32,460 --> 01:31:33,980
 Ryan, I know you've got a close eye on it.

1501
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 Thanks so much and have a good weekend, okay?

1502
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 You guys do the same.

1503
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 Thanks a lot.

1504
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 Thank you, buddy.

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 The Score.

1599
01:36:32,860 --> 01:36:37,440
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1600
01:36:38,000 --> 01:36:38,940
 Welcome back in.

1601
01:36:39,000 --> 01:36:41,440
 You talk about a man who's been there and done that.

1602
01:36:41,520 --> 01:36:43,120
 Former head coach at Kent State.

1603
01:36:43,120 --> 01:36:44,220
 Nick Saban knows about that.

1604
01:36:44,320 --> 01:36:46,200
 Assistant coach at Arkansas, Minnesota.

1605
01:36:46,340 --> 01:36:50,620
 Picking up a thing called a national championship ring under a guy named Lou Holtz at Notre Dame.

1606
01:36:51,400 --> 01:36:53,520
 Pioneer in radio sports talk.

1607
01:36:53,620 --> 01:36:55,740
 His book is called Making the Grade.

1608
01:36:55,880 --> 01:37:00,040
 Coach Pete Cordelli, thanks for helping us make the grade to secure some of your time today.

1609
01:37:00,120 --> 01:37:00,640
 How are you?

1610
01:37:01,500 --> 01:37:02,700
 Boom-O, I'm doing great.

1611
01:37:02,760 --> 01:37:05,080
 It's always a pleasure to be on with you and Brett, man.

1612
01:37:05,080 --> 01:37:06,600
 You guys do a great job.

1613
01:37:07,400 --> 01:37:08,340
 Well, listen, man.

1614
01:37:09,080 --> 01:37:12,780
 You're the one that took the road grader and helped knock down the trees in this business.

1615
01:37:12,940 --> 01:37:14,380
 I'm sure you don't miss it.

1616
01:37:14,620 --> 01:37:18,840
 You're living the life now, but let's talk a little bit about you've been there and done it as a coach.

1617
01:37:19,920 --> 01:37:21,260
 My, oh, my, oh, my.

1618
01:37:21,420 --> 01:37:30,400
 Putting on your coach's hat, where are you with basically almost half of the SEC changing the leader of the camp this week across the league?

1619
01:37:30,400 --> 01:37:31,200
 What was it?

1620
01:37:31,260 --> 01:37:34,540
 Six out of 16 going to be coming up with new head coaches.

1621
01:37:34,760 --> 01:37:38,300
 Where do you start in grading the hires, coach?

1622
01:37:39,540 --> 01:37:43,420
 Well, that's a great question, but I remember a year ago, there were zero.

1623
01:37:44,080 --> 01:37:44,440
 Zero?

1624
01:37:44,940 --> 01:37:45,200
 Yeah.

1625
01:37:45,560 --> 01:37:48,420
 Well, they smart the end and dumb now, or vice versa.

1626
01:37:49,740 --> 01:37:53,720
 So we go from zero to six in a hurry.

1627
01:37:53,720 --> 01:38:05,020
 But, fellas, back when I was in coaching, you know, most times when a guy would get a head coaching job, the new school they were going to would say,

1628
01:38:05,120 --> 01:38:06,840
 you've got five years to get this turned around.

1629
01:38:07,420 --> 01:38:10,800
 But, again, that was before the portal and NIL.

1630
01:38:11,520 --> 01:38:15,400
 That's back when guys still had to sit out for a year if they transferred.

1631
01:38:17,320 --> 01:38:23,500
 Some schools were still paying guys under the table, which is a fact of life.

1632
01:38:23,980 --> 01:38:29,120
 And, you know, now, as Barry Switzer said, NIL, now it's legal.

1633
01:38:29,640 --> 01:38:32,120
 So he's just putting it above the board, you know.

1634
01:38:32,740 --> 01:38:38,380
 And, but today, in today's climate, you've got three years.

1635
01:38:39,220 --> 01:38:41,560
 And you have to be productive.

1636
01:38:42,440 --> 01:38:47,980
 And the issue is, in a conference like the SEC, they cannibalize each other.

1637
01:38:49,900 --> 01:38:56,000
 Two years ago, Kentucky beats Ole Miss.

1638
01:38:58,600 --> 01:39:00,200
 Florida beats Ole Miss.

1639
01:39:01,280 --> 01:39:03,300
 Florida beats Texas this year.

1640
01:39:04,020 --> 01:39:06,080
 And, you know, Vanderbilt beats Alabama.

1641
01:39:06,880 --> 01:39:14,940
 We've seen teams that have been in the bottom half of the league rise up and win games.

1642
01:39:15,580 --> 01:39:19,480
 And with more frequency than we've seen in the past.

1643
01:39:20,340 --> 01:39:26,220
 The fan base today, because everything is in a nanosecond, you can get the news.

1644
01:39:26,780 --> 01:39:27,200
 That's right.

1645
01:39:27,260 --> 01:39:31,780
 You know, all these people want to beat everybody to the story, so they're putting a bunch of stuff out there.

1646
01:39:32,200 --> 01:39:33,580
 A lot of it's not true.

1647
01:39:33,840 --> 01:39:35,240
 You know, it's based on speculation.

1648
01:39:36,420 --> 01:39:41,460
 But in the coaching world, with the salaries, what they are, because of the TV money,

1649
01:39:42,440 --> 01:39:47,020
 most guys have three years to get this thing turned around, get it done.

1650
01:39:48,020 --> 01:39:55,800
 So the only thing that's really increased in football departments are their analysts

1651
01:39:55,800 --> 01:40:00,500
 and their portal staff and their high school recruiting staff.

1652
01:40:01,440 --> 01:40:06,300
 And that's a direct trickle-down from the NFL, who has a pro scouting department

1653
01:40:06,300 --> 01:40:08,400
 and a college scouting department.

1654
01:40:09,180 --> 01:40:14,120
 So the pro scouting department for college is basically the portal.

1655
01:40:14,840 --> 01:40:19,880
 You have a group of people working on players that once January 2nd hits, man,

1656
01:40:19,920 --> 01:40:24,080
 there's going to be a big run on players because they have two weeks to get it done.

1657
01:40:24,880 --> 01:40:29,320
 We just saw the early signing date from college players this past Wednesday.

1658
01:40:30,480 --> 01:40:36,420
 And Jared Curtis making the biggest change going from his commitment at Georgia going to Vanderbilt.

1659
01:40:36,780 --> 01:40:41,080
 And yesterday, his team won another state championship here in Tennessee,

1660
01:40:41,080 --> 01:40:43,580
 and he accounted for six touchdowns.

1661
01:40:43,580 --> 01:40:45,320
 They won 9-7.

1662
01:40:46,540 --> 01:40:50,880
 But, you know, Georgia will find a way.

1663
01:40:51,260 --> 01:40:52,440
 Kirby Smart always has.

1664
01:40:53,220 --> 01:40:57,740
 And other schools will be doing the same thing.

1665
01:40:58,080 --> 01:41:02,100
 But in today's climate, man, you've got three years or you're out the door.

1666
01:41:04,040 --> 01:41:12,060
 Pete, of the six that were hired, and again, I think everybody realizes that even though it was a circus,

1667
01:41:12,780 --> 01:41:17,660
 Lane Kiffin will be successful at LSU for many reasons.

1668
01:41:18,660 --> 01:41:25,760
 We've talked a lot about Alex Golich, who a lot of people thought Jon Sumrall might be going to Auburn.

1669
01:41:25,860 --> 01:41:27,160
 That did not work out.

1670
01:41:27,380 --> 01:41:29,240
 And they went to plan B or C.

1671
01:41:30,020 --> 01:41:31,980
 And then Jon Sumrall at Florida.

1672
01:41:32,720 --> 01:41:39,880
 Pete, your thoughts on Alex Golich and Jon Sumrall with their future and their respective schools now?

1673
01:41:40,880 --> 01:41:41,920
 Two great guys.

1674
01:41:42,580 --> 01:41:44,540
 I have all the respect in the world.

1675
01:41:44,660 --> 01:41:47,100
 I think it's home run hire for both Auburn and Florida.

1676
01:41:48,100 --> 01:41:51,900
 Alex Golich, I got to know Alex when he was the offensive coordinator at Tennessee,

1677
01:41:52,260 --> 01:41:54,320
 and I was coaching here at Lipscomb Academy.

1678
01:41:55,120 --> 01:42:02,260
 He had Middle Tennessee as a recruiting area, and we used to talk at length about philosophy and different things.

1679
01:42:02,260 --> 01:42:06,720
 And you talk about a guy who's 24-7, 365 football.

1680
01:42:07,220 --> 01:42:08,420
 It's Alex Golich.

1681
01:42:09,140 --> 01:42:11,720
 And, you know, he started out as a G.A. at Ohio State.

1682
01:42:12,760 --> 01:42:15,640
 So he's seen bigger programs.

1683
01:42:15,900 --> 01:42:18,780
 He looked what Tennessee did with that offense when he was there.

1684
01:42:19,420 --> 01:42:24,600
 But I promise you, and then what he's done in South Florida, he took over a complete mess down there, fellas.

1685
01:42:25,060 --> 01:42:31,000
 And he got that thing back, and the quarterback's playing very well, but he built the roster.

1686
01:42:32,040 --> 01:42:37,820
 Just because he's an offensive guy, he knew how to build a defense, an offense, a team.

1687
01:42:38,440 --> 01:42:39,820
 Jon Sumrall's the same way.

1688
01:42:39,960 --> 01:42:44,340
 Sumrall, you know, played at Kentucky, coached in the league at Kentucky at Ole Miss.

1689
01:42:45,140 --> 01:42:51,480
 When he was at Troy, fellas, that Troy team, I believe he was 21-5 in two years.

1690
01:42:51,480 --> 01:42:57,640
 And his defense, the two years he was there, they were in the top five in the country both years.

1691
01:42:58,920 --> 01:43:07,020
 The two guys he's hired to be coordinators at Florida now, Buster Faulkner and Brad White from Kentucky, they are excellent.

1692
01:43:08,120 --> 01:43:09,580
 Florida's going to get to turn around.

1693
01:43:09,720 --> 01:43:10,920
 Auburn's going to get to turn around.

1694
01:43:11,220 --> 01:43:15,800
 So I believe the SEC got better with these hires.

1695
01:43:17,620 --> 01:43:20,560
 Brian Kelly got fired at LSU.

1696
01:43:21,420 --> 01:43:27,540
 Lane Tiffin, because of his agent, Jimmy Sexton, knew he was going to LSU a week later.

1697
01:43:28,340 --> 01:43:31,900
 That LSU thing was done the first weekend in November.

1698
01:43:32,580 --> 01:43:32,700
 Yeah.

1699
01:43:32,980 --> 01:43:34,780
 But it's because of the agents.

1700
01:43:35,880 --> 01:43:42,400
 There's no control of the agents right now, and there's nobody more out of control than Jimmy Sexton.

1701
01:43:44,000 --> 01:43:46,780
 Guys, do you remember when Nick Saban was messing with Texas?

1702
01:43:47,580 --> 01:43:53,740
 Part of what Jimmy Sexton wanted was 10% of the Longhorn Network for Saban to go from Alabama to Texas.

1703
01:43:55,180 --> 01:44:00,840
 Hey, guys, these, you know, everybody goes, well, you know, it's because of the calendar.

1704
01:44:01,360 --> 01:44:03,980
 This stuff has been going on for years.

1705
01:44:04,660 --> 01:44:05,420
 Agreed, man.

1706
01:44:07,580 --> 01:44:07,980
 Guarantee.

1707
01:44:08,780 --> 01:44:11,360
 Coach, obviously, we know about the other side.

1708
01:44:11,700 --> 01:44:13,980
 To me, the most interesting hire was Pete Golden.

1709
01:44:14,060 --> 01:44:15,380
 We were joking earlier this week.

1710
01:44:15,600 --> 01:44:19,380
 Who would have ever thought that Pete Golden would be coaching in the playoffs before Lane Kiffin?

1711
01:44:20,300 --> 01:44:23,200
 Your thoughts about the hire at Ole Miss?

1712
01:44:24,160 --> 01:44:30,200
 I got to tell you, Keith Carter at Ole Miss did a tremendous job holding that thing together.

1713
01:44:30,860 --> 01:44:33,780
 And he spent a lot of time talking to players.

1714
01:44:34,500 --> 01:44:38,280
 And the players went to Keith and said, we want Pete Golden.

1715
01:44:39,080 --> 01:44:39,300
 Yeah.

1716
01:44:39,520 --> 01:44:43,200
 And so now he's going to keep the defensive staff.

1717
01:44:43,660 --> 01:44:47,900
 To me, the key hire is going to be who his offensive coordinator is.

1718
01:44:47,900 --> 01:44:52,640
 And I hear he's talking to Bobby Petrino about being the offensive coordinator at Ole Miss.

1719
01:44:53,300 --> 01:44:53,860
 How about that?

1720
01:44:54,200 --> 01:45:01,960
 So, now when you put a guy like Bobby Petrino with that talent there, I mean, look out.

1721
01:45:02,380 --> 01:45:08,680
 That Ole Miss job, I don't think they miss a beat if they can get a guy like Petrino to be their offensive coordinator.

1722
01:45:10,420 --> 01:45:15,980
 As you can imagine, we have talked Alabama and Georgia a lot this week.

1723
01:45:16,460 --> 01:45:18,080
 I still like the SEC.

1724
01:45:18,080 --> 01:45:21,540
 It's still a big deal to me to win an SEC championship.

1725
01:45:22,600 --> 01:45:28,440
 Fundamental football, win the line of scrimmage, run the ball, stomp the run, don't turn the ball over.

1726
01:45:28,720 --> 01:45:29,660
 We all know that.

1727
01:45:29,780 --> 01:45:31,660
 But you know these two teams well.

1728
01:45:32,260 --> 01:45:34,020
 What happens in Atlanta tomorrow?

1729
01:45:35,100 --> 01:45:37,260
 Well, this is a credit to Georgia.

1730
01:45:37,700 --> 01:45:44,180
 Since 2016, in the last 10 years, Georgia has been in this game eight times.

1731
01:45:44,640 --> 01:45:46,380
 This is their ninth appearance.

1732
01:45:47,020 --> 01:45:52,760
 The only year they haven't been in the SEC championship is 2020 when Alabama played Florida.

1733
01:45:54,300 --> 01:46:00,380
 That, to me, that's a remarkable accomplishment for the Georgia program.

1734
01:46:00,820 --> 01:46:04,500
 Nine of the last 10 years, they're playing in Atlanta.

1735
01:46:06,000 --> 01:46:07,860
 So, and they're three and five.

1736
01:46:08,000 --> 01:46:09,700
 I know Kirby said his problems with Alabama.

1737
01:46:10,580 --> 01:46:15,980
 But the question mark I have about tomorrow is how many guys are hurt on both teams.

1738
01:46:16,420 --> 01:46:17,660
 Yeah, two guys.

1739
01:46:18,460 --> 01:46:21,060
 Georgia has six guys out, one questionable.

1740
01:46:21,880 --> 01:46:27,760
 And the big one is Drew Bobo to me, the center, you know, who calls all the protections.

1741
01:46:28,280 --> 01:46:34,920
 When he came out on crutches and his foot in a boot last week against Georgia Tech, it was like, uh-oh.

1742
01:46:35,400 --> 01:46:39,240
 Now you've got to go play in the SEC championship game.

1743
01:46:39,480 --> 01:46:42,580
 But the key is going to be when do they get them back.

1744
01:46:43,320 --> 01:46:51,420
 If Georgia wins tomorrow, they won't play again until December 31st, which is three and a half weeks.

1745
01:46:51,560 --> 01:46:53,220
 So you've got some time to recover.

1746
01:46:53,940 --> 01:46:57,780
 If Georgia loses, they're hosting a first-round game in 14 days.

1747
01:46:57,780 --> 01:46:58,920
 Yeah, huge.

1748
01:47:00,040 --> 01:47:05,440
 But, and then on the Alabama side, they have eight guys out and four questionable.

1749
01:47:05,920 --> 01:47:07,780
 And the biggest question mark is Jam Miller.

1750
01:47:08,640 --> 01:47:10,580
 You know, the running back, he got hurt again.

1751
01:47:10,680 --> 01:47:13,740
 But also L.P. Overton, the defensive line is out.

1752
01:47:14,160 --> 01:47:16,200
 That is really huge.

1753
01:47:16,540 --> 01:47:18,500
 And then you don't know if Dewberry's going to play.

1754
01:47:19,020 --> 01:47:23,520
 And both tight ends, Cuevas and Lewis, you don't think they're going to play.

1755
01:47:24,360 --> 01:47:26,680
 But there's a young freshman you've got to look for.

1756
01:47:27,060 --> 01:47:29,780
 His name is Marshall Pritchett, number 14.

1757
01:47:30,920 --> 01:47:37,720
 Marshall Pritchett's father played for us at Notre Dame and was a captain, Wes Pritchett.

1758
01:47:38,840 --> 01:47:43,920
 And Marshall went to Raven Gap, same place Governor Stockton went.

1759
01:47:44,460 --> 01:47:49,040
 Well, Marshall Pritchett is a freshman tight end in Tuscaloosa.

1760
01:47:49,180 --> 01:47:51,500
 Look for him tomorrow to play a big part in that game.

1761
01:47:52,140 --> 01:47:56,360
 I just think that Georgia knows what's at stake.

1762
01:47:56,600 --> 01:47:59,060
 And, you know, you get to a point, enough's enough.

1763
01:47:59,780 --> 01:48:09,160
 I think Georgia's going to end up finding a way to win this game tomorrow and get one of the top four seeds and have three weeks to recover before the playoffs start.

1764
01:48:10,120 --> 01:48:14,440
 So, the other side of that coin, Coach, if that's the case, that means Alabama loses.

1765
01:48:15,000 --> 01:48:18,600
 What happens to Alabama on Sunday as far as the playoff party?

1766
01:48:19,720 --> 01:48:22,680
 Well, they better hope that BYU doesn't upset Texas Tech.

1767
01:48:23,000 --> 01:48:23,240
 Right.

1768
01:48:24,140 --> 01:48:27,380
 Because if BYU beats Texas Tech, Big 12 gets two in.

1769
01:48:27,800 --> 01:48:32,980
 The other game you've got to watch tonight is James Madison against Troy.

1770
01:48:33,540 --> 01:48:39,280
 Because if James Madison puts up a big number, they might get the 12th seed.

1771
01:48:39,980 --> 01:48:43,460
 And the two teams that are on the bubble then, well, there's really three.

1772
01:48:44,200 --> 01:48:46,140
 Miami, Notre Dame, Alabama.

1773
01:48:46,800 --> 01:48:48,740
 But Miami beat Notre Dame.

1774
01:48:49,360 --> 01:48:50,920
 Miami and Notre Dame have two losses.

1775
01:48:51,200 --> 01:48:52,480
 Alabama goes to three.

1776
01:48:53,860 --> 01:48:55,820
 Alabama may get left out if they lose.

1777
01:48:56,180 --> 01:49:02,800
 I don't mean to interrupt, Pete, but can you imagine, in effect, they're saying James Madison is better than Alabama if that's the case.

1778
01:49:02,960 --> 01:49:04,460
 And they're going to say, well, that's the system.

1779
01:49:04,700 --> 01:49:05,420
 Well, we'll change the system.

1780
01:49:05,420 --> 01:49:05,740
 No, no, no, no.

1781
01:49:06,540 --> 01:49:08,080
 Let me tell you something.

1782
01:49:08,320 --> 01:49:10,080
 I've never been for a committee.

1783
01:49:10,780 --> 01:49:14,000
 Never in my life do I like a committee.

1784
01:49:14,760 --> 01:49:18,420
 Because there's too many biases and too many people.

1785
01:49:19,420 --> 01:49:22,060
 I wish we'd go back to the BCS way.

1786
01:49:22,060 --> 01:49:24,380
 They put the information in the computer.

1787
01:49:24,680 --> 01:49:26,580
 Hey, guys, it actually happened.

1788
01:49:27,480 --> 01:49:29,780
 The Mountain West had four teams tied.

1789
01:49:30,700 --> 01:49:34,040
 And they went to the old BCS computer way.

1790
01:49:34,380 --> 01:49:36,540
 And that's how we got Boise State and UNLV.

1791
01:49:37,740 --> 01:49:38,760
 And guess what?

1792
01:49:39,180 --> 01:49:44,240
 Nobody's raising h*** about it because there were no humans involved to blame it on.

1793
01:49:47,720 --> 01:49:48,860
 Bumo, I'm with you.

1794
01:49:49,200 --> 01:49:50,520
 It is a travesty.

1795
01:49:51,160 --> 01:49:53,060
 Here's the other thing, guys, that I don't like.

1796
01:49:54,040 --> 01:49:55,960
 We should learn from college basketball.

1797
01:49:56,800 --> 01:49:56,980
 Yes.

1798
01:49:57,180 --> 01:49:59,700
 Number one, we just saw the SEC-ACC challenge.

1799
01:50:00,900 --> 01:50:03,840
 If you're concerned about strength of schedule, do it in football.

1800
01:50:04,480 --> 01:50:09,500
 SEC-ACC, football, Big 12, and every two years, rotate it.

1801
01:50:10,040 --> 01:50:13,700
 So now you're guaranteed a group of four schools, a power four school.

1802
01:50:14,380 --> 01:50:14,640
 Okay?

1803
01:50:15,000 --> 01:50:22,520
 The second thing is, all right, the basketball selection committee, there's about 30 games in basketball.

1804
01:50:23,520 --> 01:50:25,560
 They look at the last 10.

1805
01:50:26,840 --> 01:50:32,040
 So, really, a third of the schedule is what they put their most emphasis on.

1806
01:50:32,540 --> 01:50:39,220
 With a 12-game college schedule, if you looked at the last four games, that's the final third.

1807
01:50:39,980 --> 01:50:43,260
 College football is behind the eight ball in September.

1808
01:50:44,240 --> 01:50:46,800
 You don't have jamborees and scrimmages like high school.

1809
01:50:46,940 --> 01:50:48,840
 You don't have preseason games like the NFL.

1810
01:50:49,420 --> 01:50:52,880
 It takes the whole month of September to get your team right.

1811
01:50:54,880 --> 01:50:58,640
 And so now, how are we doing in the last four games?

1812
01:50:59,060 --> 01:51:00,780
 And don't blame it on the players.

1813
01:51:01,260 --> 01:51:03,960
 All they can do is play the schedule that's presented.

1814
01:51:04,800 --> 01:51:05,440
 But guess what?

1815
01:51:05,800 --> 01:51:12,800
 If they're beating everybody's brains out in November, they need to be rewarded because they're getting hot at the right time.

1816
01:51:14,700 --> 01:51:18,440
 Football's got too many fingers in the pie.

1817
01:51:20,800 --> 01:51:22,540
 Pete, you make too much sense.

1818
01:51:23,340 --> 01:51:24,180
 It's just ridiculous.

1819
01:51:24,760 --> 01:51:26,360
 Guys, there are answers out there.

1820
01:51:26,420 --> 01:51:28,140
 We're making this a whole lot more complicated.

1821
01:51:28,220 --> 01:51:29,200
 That's exactly correct.

1822
01:51:29,200 --> 01:51:35,200
 We don't need a bunch of folks going to Dallas, Texas every Monday night and coming up with a rank.

1823
01:51:36,820 --> 01:51:38,620
 I was going to say, preach on.

1824
01:51:38,860 --> 01:51:39,280
 Pre-chon.

1825
01:51:39,280 --> 01:51:42,800
 In the SEC, we've got the smartest football fans in the country.

1826
01:51:43,240 --> 01:51:45,580
 They see great high school football on Friday night.

1827
01:51:45,660 --> 01:51:47,200
 They see great football on Saturday.

1828
01:51:47,920 --> 01:51:51,200
 And then they see bad football with the Saints and the Titans on Sunday.

1829
01:51:51,500 --> 01:51:52,380
 So, you know, what can I say?

1830
01:51:54,000 --> 01:51:57,040
 Listen, before we let you go, tell us about making the grade.

1831
01:51:57,160 --> 01:52:01,520
 I think it would be a great Christmas present for a young man.

1832
01:52:01,660 --> 01:52:06,820
 It is a blueprint for sports and particularly football.

1833
01:52:07,040 --> 01:52:13,980
 But it's a great blueprint for a young man in middle school, high school on trying to get to the next level.

1834
01:52:14,520 --> 01:52:15,920
 Well, I appreciate that, Brett.

1835
01:52:16,040 --> 01:52:16,900
 You know, and here's the thing.

1836
01:52:17,040 --> 01:52:20,740
 As we're going into the portal, you have the position specifics.

1837
01:52:21,300 --> 01:52:25,020
 So, if you want to grade a quarterback, you've got 20 different categories to grade them on.

1838
01:52:25,200 --> 01:52:26,160
 Is he going to be good in everyone?

1839
01:52:26,380 --> 01:52:27,340
 No, but you know what?

1840
01:52:27,740 --> 01:52:33,940
 As soon as he can make those average parts of his game into strengths, you have a pretty good player.

1841
01:52:34,260 --> 01:52:35,800
 Same thing with all the other positions.

1842
01:52:36,120 --> 01:52:36,860
 And you're right.

1843
01:52:37,140 --> 01:52:42,320
 It's a roadmap to find how to have better success and develop yourself.

1844
01:52:42,600 --> 01:52:45,300
 But the biggest thing is you have to have your grades.

1845
01:52:45,780 --> 01:52:48,260
 Your academics have to be first and foremost.

1846
01:52:48,720 --> 01:52:51,860
 Because without those, you don't qualify for a scholarship.

1847
01:52:52,340 --> 01:52:55,500
 So, make the grade in the classroom and then make the grade on the field.

1848
01:52:55,900 --> 01:52:57,960
 Man, you'll have a wonderful life.

1849
01:52:59,880 --> 01:53:01,760
 Well, we just graded your performance.

1850
01:53:01,880 --> 01:53:02,620
 You get an A+.

1851
01:53:02,620 --> 01:53:03,900
 You made the honor row again.

1852
01:53:04,040 --> 01:53:05,560
 Listen, Coach, thanks so much.

1853
01:53:05,820 --> 01:53:07,820
 Have a great and safe weekend, okay?

1854
01:53:08,540 --> 01:53:09,120
 Hey, guys.

1855
01:53:09,200 --> 01:53:10,960
 Always a pleasure being on with you.

1856
01:53:10,960 --> 01:53:14,440
 And who knows what's going to happen in Atlanta tomorrow.

1857
01:53:14,580 --> 01:53:15,480
 It's going to be interesting.

1858
01:53:15,980 --> 01:53:16,860
 Yes, it is.

1859
01:53:17,160 --> 01:53:18,160
 Stay tuned.

1860
01:53:18,260 --> 01:53:18,700
 There you have it.

1861
01:53:18,760 --> 01:53:20,580
 Coach Pete Cordelli, breaking news.

1862
01:53:20,720 --> 01:53:22,480
 Recruiting front, Bryson Cooley says,

1863
01:53:22,580 --> 01:53:23,260
 Thank you, Lane.

1864
01:53:23,400 --> 01:53:26,360
 I'm flipping my commitment from LSU to Alabama.

1865
01:53:26,440 --> 01:53:27,500
 That happened just moments ago.

1866
01:53:27,980 --> 01:53:32,260
 He's a four-star offensive lineman from West Jones High School in Laurel, Mississippi, BB.

1867
01:53:32,600 --> 01:53:36,180
 That's a big pickup for Alabama to finish off that class.

1868
01:53:36,660 --> 01:53:38,320
 Why are you picking for tomorrow in Atlanta?

1869
01:53:38,560 --> 01:53:44,660
 I am picking the Alabama Crimson Tide, 27, and the Georgia Bulldogs, 24.

1870
01:53:45,220 --> 01:53:47,980
 That is different than what Bill Schenck said earlier.

1871
01:53:48,040 --> 01:53:48,640
 Yes, it was.

1872
01:53:48,640 --> 01:53:50,960
 I will agree with you, but not necessarily that big a number.

1873
01:53:51,120 --> 01:53:54,320
 24-21, Crimson Tide.

1874
01:53:54,540 --> 01:53:57,200
 Rolling question is, what's going to happen Sunday?

1875
01:53:57,780 --> 01:54:00,720
 We're going to be talking about that Monday along with everything else.

1876
01:54:00,780 --> 01:54:06,280
 But in the meantime, enjoy the weekend, including the call tomorrow with Chris and the guys here on 93.9.

1877
01:54:06,380 --> 01:54:08,140
 The score is going to take care of Esports today.

1878
01:54:08,240 --> 01:54:11,060
 On behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

1879
01:54:11,140 --> 01:54:13,040
 Parallel Bug, thank you so much for your time today.

1880
01:54:13,100 --> 01:54:15,520
 Let's do it again Monday, noon to two with the Boom Will Bug Show.

1881
01:54:15,580 --> 01:54:17,280
 Back here on Sports Radio from 93.9.

1882
01:54:17,340 --> 01:54:17,680
 The score.