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 Brett Beaird, welcome in where it looks like Kalen is staying.

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 How shocked are you that Kalen DeBoer says,

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 I know Saturday Night South is going to be previewing the SEC in the first round.

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 I know you're going to be doing your power rankings for SEC basketball.

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 Alabama misses a real opportunity.

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 They played really well in the first half against Arizona.

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 And then Arizona took over the boards and turnovers led to a loss for the time.

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 But you don't have much more on SEC basketball later this week.

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 Where can we get online and get yours and the team's good stuff?

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 Yeah, SaturdayDownSouth.com.

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 We'll have some power rankings up sometime tomorrow for basketball.

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 Friday Night Football this week.

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 Adam, listen, man, thanks so much for your time today and have a great week, okay?

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 Yeah, you too, guys.

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 Thanks for having me.

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 Welcome back in, Brett.

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 I don't know if you heard it or not, but we just got word that after much deliberation,

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 Max Howell is staying in the state of Mississippi.

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 Did you get that memo?

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 Well, quite frankly, as fun as we are of Max, we'd be glad if he moved back to Alabama.

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 But again, I understand if he wants to stay there.

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 former assistant coach in a place called Ole Miss in Florida State,

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 and the pride of the Tom Bigby Waterway in the Magnolia State.

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 Max Howell, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Well, when I got up this morning and stepped my head out the door, it was 17 degrees at my house.

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 So, I don't know how you guys are working out, but now, I'm looking at it, now we are up to at least 32 right now.

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 Well, you're heading there, right, Rich?

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 That's what we call North Mississippi.

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 I literally live about, I live eight miles from the Alabama line and about 15 miles from the Tennessee state line.

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 Wow.

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 So, I live in the East Quarter.

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 Yeah, I got you, brother.

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 I know all about that dirt over that neck of the woods.

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 And what you're saying is it's colder than divorce court, right?

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 Well, it does.

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 Yeah, absolutely.

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 And, you know, it springs on you.

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 You know, they don't give you a whole lot of advance notice with all that high-tech equipment and all the weather people have today.

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 They said, you know, if it's going to go to a drop, it'll be a little bit easy.

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 16 degrees will freeze.

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 I mean, that'll freeze rain water.

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 I'm going to tell you about it.

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 I'm going to tell you something, Max.

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 I'll tell you what's crazy.

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 Over the weekend, they ran the Rocket City Marathon over in Huntsville.

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 They started it before the sun came up.

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 It was like zero to five degrees.

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 Can you imagine with an 18-mile-an-hour wind out of the north?

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 And here's the punchline, Max.

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 They paid $150 to do it.

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 Oh, my gosh.

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 We're in the wrong business.

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 How did both of us finish?

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 Cold and colder, I guarantee you.

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 Max, listen, Ken and the Boar is staying in Alabama.

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 People said, why did he wait so long?

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 Well, could it be that, Greg, I'm entertaining some thoughts here.

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 Do you have any extra cabbage that maybe you'd throw my way here?

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 Your thoughts about the news out of Tuscaloosa.

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 Well, I think it's going to depend maybe how comfortable he feels by staying is how he does

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 in this upcoming ballgame Friday night.

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 I'm telling you, they've lost the last two to Oklahoma.

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 I'm looking at my score sheet right now.

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 Guys, I'm picking Oklahoma with this one.

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 Not so much that they've lost it, but the fact is they haven't played very well in the last week or two.

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 I don't know.

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 I believe Simpsons must be hurt to some degree.

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 They don't want to release that.

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 And the younger kids just hadn't got enough experience yet to stick them in there.

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 So, I don't know.

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 It's just, I guess, I revert way back to when Coach Saban first came and we all looked and talked about him and all.

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 But if you remember, his season by season got better.

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 It was all incremental how much better he got each year.

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 I hadn't seen any inclination that this is going to happen with this bunch.

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 For some reason.

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 I don't know.

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 I'm just doing from pure observation.

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 I've always been what they call an eye guy.

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 That's E-Y-E, eye guy.

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 How do they look?

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 Because if they look good, that tells you they will be performing very well at the same time.

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 And the weeks that they have a poor ball game, the next week, I cannot see a lot of improvement.

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 Normally, if they improve, it comes just mainly because they played a weaker team than they did the week before.

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 And I hate to be that critical about it.

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 But when you have what is obvious that you've got something to compare them to, and it hadn't been but a couple years back,

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 the fact is, I think that's true.

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 If you pull the fed base, I think you're going to get something very similar to that.

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 Banks, this is such a quarterback-centric offense, and you're right.

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 Ty Simpson does have physical limitations with injuries from the Missouri and South Carolina game.

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 I appreciate – the kid's a tough kid.

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 He's taken a lot of hits, and particularly in the last three or four games.

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 His offensive line is a solid offensive line, but it's not good.

439
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 I saw Cam Miller running well in practice today.

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 He's going to be back.

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 Cuevas is still a question mark.

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 But, Max, in the first game in November, Alabama outgained Oklahoma 2-1, but turnovers.

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 They had an 87-yard pick six.

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 They fumbled a punt.

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 Oklahoma scored on short fields.

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 What can Alabama do, Max, to turn around in Norman?

447
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 I'm going to tell you that the points that you make right there, Brett, I'm just telling you,

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 those are the things you correct in practice every day.

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 I'm not convinced right now that they have all-out, full scrimmage, what I call correction practices,

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 where you go back and look at the tape.

451
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 What did we not do well against this defense?

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 Let's work on that, you know, give a buddy off or shorts and headgear or whatever.

453
00:25:25,660 --> 00:25:28,380
 But Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, that's the days you're correct.

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 And you don't have to ruin them 50s with sprints.

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 Put them in just – put number twos or threes in the same defense that the tape showed that the opponent was using

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 and ruin your offense against it.

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 It does not take a genius to do that.

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 I don't know why that I don't see – I just don't see the improvement this late this season

459
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 for that very reason that you just brought out on those situations that are correctable.

460
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 If what you've got designated as words, if they can't get it corrected, then you put twos in there.

461
00:26:04,700 --> 00:26:05,200
 Thank you.

462
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 That's why you have that many kids on the roster to find – you know, keep running.

463
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 And I know they say, well, you know, you ought to do all that in the spring.

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 That's okay.

465
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 I understand all the things where you can or can't do that.

466
00:26:17,060 --> 00:26:19,520
 But the fact is, it's all about winning.

467
00:26:20,080 --> 00:26:25,340
 And if you don't – you know, if you don't make the big – the most – 100% effort to win,

468
00:26:25,460 --> 00:26:26,740
 I don't care where it's at practice.

469
00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:28,820
 I don't care, you know, where it is.

470
00:26:29,420 --> 00:26:34,480
 Would – the officials tee that thing – give you the term to tee it up.

471
00:26:34,480 --> 00:26:35,400
 And they blow the whistle.

472
00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:37,620
 It's time to play 100% every snap.

473
00:26:38,220 --> 00:26:41,380
 And I think that was Coach Saban's philosophy.

474
00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:43,560
 I just don't think we see that right there.

475
00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:45,960
 Max Haldenhuddle with us.

476
00:26:46,060 --> 00:26:49,040
 Max Tulane, Ole Miss, you're in the state of Mississippi.

477
00:26:49,440 --> 00:26:51,940
 Your thoughts about the buzz on the ground there?

478
00:26:52,100 --> 00:26:55,240
 John Somerhal finding out today that he won't have – looks like anyway.

479
00:26:55,340 --> 00:26:56,740
 The service is a DJ lag way.

480
00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:57,800
 He's hitting a portal once.

481
00:26:58,180 --> 00:27:00,360
 He wraps things up at Tulane, heads on down to Florida.

482
00:27:00,360 --> 00:27:04,680
 Your thoughts about that and how that's going to be pretty big – a big story going forward

483
00:27:04,680 --> 00:27:06,860
 to all these coaches and changing and everything else.

484
00:27:07,360 --> 00:27:14,740
 And at the end of the day, how much will Lane raid that Ole Miss roster in the portal to bring to LSU

485
00:27:14,740 --> 00:27:17,080
 just to further his PR image in Oxford?

486
00:27:18,540 --> 00:27:21,820
 Listen, he could care less about the PR image, I'm going to tell you.

487
00:27:22,100 --> 00:27:25,180
 He's going to have this medium that can sign their name.

488
00:27:25,700 --> 00:27:32,840
 If they run a 4-4 or better, I guarantee they're going to be in Baton Rouge this year.

489
00:27:33,700 --> 00:27:38,380
 Here's a way I can say that with all confidence.

490
00:27:38,660 --> 00:27:39,640
 We know his personality.

491
00:27:39,980 --> 00:27:40,820
 We know how he does.

492
00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:45,280
 He was raised with an NFL background, and that's exactly what he's doing right now.

493
00:27:45,780 --> 00:27:45,920
 Okay.

494
00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:52,120
 How – I'm going to give you the reason he chose LSU over Florida.

495
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:53,120
 He had his choice.

496
00:27:53,720 --> 00:28:02,120
 He takes LSU because literally – this came from one of the top contributors to their program financially.

497
00:28:03,120 --> 00:28:07,620
 They were willing to give him up to $100 billion.

498
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,640
 The seven-year contract is a paper contract.

499
00:28:12,240 --> 00:28:17,300
 They know there's a very possibility if a good NFL job comes along after three or four years,

500
00:28:17,580 --> 00:28:18,680
 he's out of there and be going.

501
00:28:19,260 --> 00:28:20,760
 They know it, but you know what?

502
00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:21,760
 They don't care.

503
00:28:22,140 --> 00:28:22,680
 They don't care.

504
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:31,480
 If he does – if it's worth that to them, the amount of money they'll contribute to bring him out of the portal

505
00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:35,360
 and really put the program back on track where it used to be.

506
00:28:35,740 --> 00:28:37,340
 They're willing to spend that kind of money.

507
00:28:37,740 --> 00:28:43,900
 If it's safe in three – I'm sure they won't go in two years, but I heard the guy say three to four years.

508
00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:51,560
 So if they're happy with that, why should everybody else be all up in arms about his attitude and the way he does it?

509
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:57,360
 Look, he's a – literally, guys, he's a capitalist, to say the least.

510
00:28:57,700 --> 00:29:03,360
 He's going after – if you've ever been around very long, if you've really observed what he does,

511
00:29:03,700 --> 00:29:05,360
 the guy's got a photographic memory.

512
00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:12,400
 I was told from a couple guys on that staff that he could go with the tape and sit there and flip the tape on

513
00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:17,560
 from last week's game or from an opponent's game coming up that they reviewed.

514
00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:23,800
 He said within two to three minutes he could call the defense before – based on the way they've lined up.

515
00:29:23,900 --> 00:29:27,680
 Even if they shift him to another defense, he could call it right there.

516
00:29:28,780 --> 00:29:36,380
 So if that be the case, if he's got that kind of magnitude as far as his projection is concerned, he's going to win.

517
00:29:37,140 --> 00:29:41,820
 He'll get – with the benefit situation like it is, guys, he's going to get the players.

518
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:43,760
 I don't think he's too down about that.

519
00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:47,960
 All he's got to do is, you know, put them together based on what he sees week by week.

520
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:49,480
 I've already looked at the schedule.

521
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:52,580
 He's going to win eight or nine, I guarantee you, my first year.

522
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:57,060
 And after that, you know, it'll be all – it'll be strictly up the hill.

523
00:29:57,660 --> 00:30:01,300
 So, you know, that's the way – that's my evaluation.

524
00:30:01,500 --> 00:30:04,300
 I think the game coming up this week, I think they'll win by –

525
00:30:04,300 --> 00:30:06,900
 I think the Lions win 17 to half or something like that.

526
00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:07,120
 Yeah.

527
00:30:07,760 --> 00:30:10,040
 He'll win by 20s, 30 points.

528
00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:11,700
 Well, he won't.

529
00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:14,340
 He's not talking about giving up, but I'm talking about Ole Miss Will.

530
00:30:14,840 --> 00:30:18,780
 Now, the next game, the winner of that ball game, I believe, has got Georgia.

531
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:22,440
 So, you know, we'll see how that works out after that.

532
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:30,740
 Max, just quickly, Pete Golding tutored under Nick Saban for five years now with Kiffin.

533
00:30:31,300 --> 00:30:33,180
 I got him used in his press conference.

534
00:30:33,340 --> 00:30:38,540
 He said, guys, I don't do hot yoga, which, of course, was a little bit of a job at Lane Kiffin.

535
00:30:38,960 --> 00:30:41,840
 He said, I'm just a football coach.

536
00:30:42,260 --> 00:30:44,600
 Max, how well will Pete do at Ole Miss?

537
00:30:45,560 --> 00:30:48,180
 You know, I think – here's the thing I think he's going to have to –

538
00:30:48,180 --> 00:30:50,960
 he's going to have to correct on his own.

539
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:53,780
 He's been an assistant coach all these years.

540
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:57,100
 He's done a very good job with the defensive side.

541
00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:02,300
 With Ole Miss's own defense, he's going to have a hard time not trying to call the plays.

542
00:31:02,820 --> 00:31:03,320
 There you go.

543
00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:05,000
 Clear his mind.

544
00:31:05,140 --> 00:31:05,600
 Be sure.

545
00:31:05,780 --> 00:31:05,840
 Yeah.

546
00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:08,760
 Try to pick up – you know, he's observing the game.

547
00:31:08,900 --> 00:31:15,640
 Try to pick up any deficiencies that they may have or that he can find holes in their defense for every time as well.

548
00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:21,920
 I think that's going to be – holding attention to the whole picture is – I'm telling you guys,

549
00:31:22,340 --> 00:31:27,220
 having been on the field before, that's a – that's a big – that's a challenge for you.

550
00:31:27,820 --> 00:31:28,240
 It is.

551
00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:31,160
 You know, he's going to be on the sideline, not in the box.

552
00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:35,720
 He's going to be having – people are going to be pulling on him on timeouts.

553
00:31:35,860 --> 00:31:36,400
 What does he do?

554
00:31:36,460 --> 00:31:37,360
 Does he go to the team?

555
00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:39,840
 We've seen some coaches now on the timeouts.

556
00:31:39,900 --> 00:31:41,240
 They don't even go to the team huddle.

557
00:31:41,420 --> 00:31:42,760
 They walk up down the sideline.

558
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:46,140
 I don't – I think he's going to be more involved in that.

559
00:31:46,500 --> 00:31:48,920
 I think he's going to try to win emotionally.

560
00:31:49,220 --> 00:31:52,300
 The kids like him a lot, and I think they'll play hard for him.

561
00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:57,700
 And, you know, I think this is a great game for him to cut his teeth on.

562
00:31:58,240 --> 00:31:59,900
 Because they're their favorite house.

563
00:31:59,980 --> 00:32:00,780
 They've already played him.

564
00:32:00,840 --> 00:32:02,420
 He's got a current tape on him.

565
00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:05,100
 They know what they're going to break to the table.

566
00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:09,380
 They know what Joe Subroff is going to throw at him from Dave Wood.

567
00:32:09,540 --> 00:32:12,820
 So, you know, he should come away with a nice win and a nice victory.

568
00:32:13,420 --> 00:32:16,840
 I'd be interested to see, you know, where they line up against Georgia

569
00:32:16,840 --> 00:32:20,680
 or where they line up against, you know, Texas A&M or those kind of teams.

570
00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:24,680
 Well, you know, I think we'll get a better read at that particular time.

571
00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:25,580
 I hope he does well.

572
00:32:25,700 --> 00:32:27,380
 I think he's got a great future.

573
00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:30,840
 All the stuff that was going on, if you recall, though, beforehand,

574
00:32:31,380 --> 00:32:33,120
 he didn't want to be a head football coach.

575
00:32:33,520 --> 00:32:34,880
 He was a great assistant.

576
00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:36,740
 His family lives in Pontotock County.

577
00:32:37,540 --> 00:32:38,560
 You know, he was home.

578
00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:39,840
 He was going to be there.

579
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,940
 He was a – I think he was the highest-paid assistant in the SEC,

580
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,860
 the second or third highest-paid assistant in the country.

581
00:32:46,120 --> 00:32:47,500
 At the time, a little over $3 million.

582
00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:51,340
 So, I think it's something to watch.

583
00:32:51,900 --> 00:32:54,060
 And I'll be doing the same thing, guys.

584
00:32:54,100 --> 00:32:57,820
 I'll be watching right now to see how smooth they operate now

585
00:32:57,820 --> 00:33:00,880
 when somebody else really calling the shots.

586
00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:05,440
 Quickly, before you get away, Max, Alabama's latest pickup on the recruiting trail

587
00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:08,520
 is your neighbor up the road there at Ittawamba Community College.

588
00:33:08,620 --> 00:33:11,000
 You've got a B from over there to know how to pronounce Ittawamba.

589
00:33:12,020 --> 00:33:12,420
 Ittawamba.

590
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:19,440
 He is – Ittawamba, he's a 6'3", one now, 6'2", 190 defensive back at Ittawamba.

591
00:33:19,620 --> 00:33:23,180
 I know you don't follow Ittawamba, but it's very interesting that here in this late cycle,

592
00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:25,800
 Alabama goes to Fulton, Mississippi for the latest pickup.

593
00:33:27,340 --> 00:33:30,460
 Well, I mean, one thing about it, they had a decent year.

594
00:33:30,560 --> 00:33:31,440
 They changed coaches.

595
00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:33,480
 This was, I think, his first year.

596
00:33:34,340 --> 00:33:35,840
 And they had a decent year.

597
00:33:35,900 --> 00:33:40,740
 I think six or seven wins this year, which they have not done that in a couple years.

598
00:33:41,300 --> 00:33:45,260
 The junior college system, guys, at this state, you both know that.

599
00:33:45,600 --> 00:33:48,800
 The fact is, I got really involved with that.

600
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:53,200
 In fact, before I started in the radio business, after I left Ole Miss,

601
00:33:53,620 --> 00:33:57,740
 I was doing a junior college recruiting guide nationwide,

602
00:33:58,060 --> 00:33:59,920
 but I was anchored in Mississippi.

603
00:34:00,740 --> 00:34:05,200
 And the way I got in the radio business, I was doing the work in Mississippi

604
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:07,960
 and driving to Atlanta two days a week to have it printed.

605
00:34:08,660 --> 00:34:11,080
 And I walked in the shop, but that guy said,

606
00:34:11,160 --> 00:34:12,620
 well, you've done a little football background.

607
00:34:12,820 --> 00:34:14,880
 Why don't you sit down and interview with this radio station?

608
00:34:15,260 --> 00:34:16,900
 Well, I did, and they signed me up.

609
00:34:16,900 --> 00:34:19,840
 That was six days to the Fed, and I got it up.

610
00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:21,180
 I saved a little bit of years with them.

611
00:34:21,900 --> 00:34:26,700
 Listen, I love the junior college players.

612
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:28,120
 I love the way they get there.

613
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:32,580
 Those kids, people that really do know a lot about that,

614
00:34:32,900 --> 00:34:34,840
 they ought to go to a ballgame sometime and watch.

615
00:34:34,860 --> 00:34:35,240
 Thank you.

616
00:34:35,260 --> 00:34:39,620
 You can see some really good talent, particularly come out of these,

617
00:34:39,700 --> 00:34:40,160
 out of Mississippi.

618
00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:41,760
 Absolutely.

619
00:34:42,020 --> 00:34:43,640
 Max, we've got to run to a break.

620
00:34:43,740 --> 00:34:45,040
 Always enjoy it.

621
00:34:45,160 --> 00:34:46,040
 Have a great week.

622
00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:47,560
 Let's do this again next Monday.

623
00:34:48,220 --> 00:34:49,240
 I'll be sitting right here.

624
00:34:49,240 --> 00:34:52,060
 We'll talk about those games on Saturday and Friday night.

625
00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:53,120
 Thank you, man.

626
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714
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715
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717
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720
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754
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 The Score.

755
00:40:26,040 --> 00:40:26,640
 Welcome back in.

756
00:40:26,660 --> 00:40:28,800
 It is a pleasure for us to say hello to Brian Matthews.

757
00:40:28,800 --> 00:40:31,740
 He's a senior editor for AuburnSports.com.

758
00:40:31,820 --> 00:40:32,900
 Brian, welcome in.

759
00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:33,920
 How are you?

760
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:35,740
 I'm doing great, guys.

761
00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:36,500
 Thanks for having me on.

762
00:40:36,620 --> 00:40:36,980
 I'm doing great.

763
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:38,960
 Man, we appreciate you taking time out.

764
00:40:39,100 --> 00:40:43,900
 Brian, obviously, any time you change the ball, sometimes the shuffle gets rocking and rolling.

765
00:40:44,500 --> 00:40:46,040
 Talk to us about the latest.

766
00:40:46,220 --> 00:40:47,000
 We know we're coming up.

767
00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:50,540
 The official window is coming up here as far as the transfer in a few weeks.

768
00:40:51,540 --> 00:40:55,740
 Rumblings about prize wide receiver Malcolm Simmons heading that direction.

769
00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:57,020
 What can you tell us, Brian?

770
00:40:58,000 --> 00:40:59,900
 Yeah, he is planning to enter the portal.

771
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:07,640
 I'd say he's one of the top guys of the 13 now that have announced their intention to enter the portal.

772
00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:13,700
 I'd say he's probably the one that Auburn would have fought the most to keep, the one they wanted to keep the most.

773
00:41:14,460 --> 00:41:18,200
 But, you know, he'll be going to his junior season looking for a new home.

774
00:41:18,340 --> 00:41:19,100
 He'll be out there.

775
00:41:19,100 --> 00:41:23,180
 So, you know, that is a room that Auburn has some talented young players.

776
00:41:23,460 --> 00:41:25,080
 I know Auburn's working to keep Cam Coleman.

777
00:41:25,900 --> 00:41:28,860
 They'd love to keep Eric Singleton, the Georgia Tech manager.

778
00:41:29,780 --> 00:41:32,420
 And then they've also got some young guys in there they want to keep, too.

779
00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:35,640
 So I do think they'll look in the portal for some help there.

780
00:41:36,220 --> 00:41:40,860
 But, you know, it's not the guy they want to keep, but it's not the end of the world, so to speak.

781
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:46,640
 Let me ask you about some of the positions when January 2nd begins.

782
00:41:46,760 --> 00:41:48,220
 Auburn's going to be very active.

783
00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:49,020
 Tied in.

784
00:41:49,180 --> 00:41:50,040
 They're losing.

785
00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:52,740
 Brandon Frazier and Johnson.

786
00:41:53,620 --> 00:41:54,640
 Offensive tackle.

787
00:41:54,820 --> 00:41:55,640
 Two-tone Miller.

788
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:57,620
 Mason Murphy out of eligibility.

789
00:41:58,100 --> 00:42:00,120
 What will Xavier Chaplin do?

790
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:03,900
 Probably need an offensive tackle or two.

791
00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:08,300
 And we talked about this a couple weeks ago as far as pass rusher.

792
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:12,860
 Auburn's got some very talented guys who are probably likely going to the NFL.

793
00:42:13,160 --> 00:42:17,340
 Kedrick Falk, Keron Crawford, Chris Murray is there.

794
00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:21,980
 Maris Williams is going to be one of several.

795
00:42:22,100 --> 00:42:23,940
 I know Auburn's got some young guys.

796
00:42:24,520 --> 00:42:30,780
 What's your one, two, or three top portal positions Auburn's going to be looking to fill beginning of January?

797
00:42:31,420 --> 00:42:33,080
 Well, you mentioned tight end first.

798
00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:34,540
 And I think there's a good reason for that.

799
00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:38,220
 I think that room is in bad shape right now.

800
00:42:39,420 --> 00:42:44,740
 Hollis Davidson is another young guy who was a freshman this fall who redshirted, I believe,

801
00:42:45,140 --> 00:42:47,480
 who's already announced his intention to enter the portal.

802
00:42:48,380 --> 00:42:50,100
 I could see that as a total rebuild.

803
00:42:50,460 --> 00:42:51,040
 They're that position.

804
00:42:51,300 --> 00:42:52,560
 That'll be a big one.

805
00:42:54,240 --> 00:42:56,660
 You know, offensive line you brought up.

806
00:42:56,660 --> 00:43:02,700
 Do you remember in the offseason that was mentioned that Auburn had six offensive linemen with NFL grade?

807
00:43:03,540 --> 00:43:03,820
 Okay.

808
00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:06,380
 Well, I don't know about that.

809
00:43:07,260 --> 00:43:13,060
 But that's going to be a bit of a rebuild, too.

810
00:43:13,460 --> 00:43:16,500
 It looks like Conor Liu would be back, which would be great.

811
00:43:17,060 --> 00:43:20,060
 He's a talented dude who competes and gets out for it.

812
00:43:21,060 --> 00:43:28,300
 And, you know, I think Cal Ellis, with his starting experience, a year in his belt in offseason in college, will help him tremendously.

813
00:43:29,500 --> 00:43:32,820
 I don't know, as you mentioned, what Xavier Chaplin would do.

814
00:43:32,940 --> 00:43:37,080
 But if I'm Auburn, I would try to recruit above him.

815
00:43:37,080 --> 00:43:45,220
 I'm not trying to be mean here, but Auburn needs players at offensive tackles, and they haven't had those players in quite a while.

816
00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:48,200
 And they tried last year, and, you know, they did okay.

817
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:51,080
 But I just, it's not good enough to win in this conference.

818
00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:54,760
 The production Auburn's getting or not getting at that position.

819
00:43:54,960 --> 00:43:55,640
 So we'll see.

820
00:43:55,740 --> 00:43:57,920
 But I think that will be a big area of need.

821
00:43:58,700 --> 00:44:07,480
 I think, you know, defense Auburn's in good shape, except for what you mentioned, the defensive line, especially the pass rushers, and some depth up there.

822
00:44:07,480 --> 00:44:14,320
 And it'll be interesting to see how some of those young defensive linemen come around that Richard this year didn't play a lot.

823
00:44:15,580 --> 00:44:21,580
 I'm thinking of, oh, gosh, Jared Smith, of course, as a pass rusher.

824
00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:23,500
 J.J. Falk moved to defensive end.

825
00:44:24,220 --> 00:44:27,900
 Malik Autry, another freshman there that could be in Jordan Crawford.

826
00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:29,760
 So they got some young guys.

827
00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:32,620
 Darren Smith, another guy, but we'll see how much they can step up.

828
00:44:32,720 --> 00:44:34,640
 And one other guy, you mentioned Amaris Williams.

829
00:44:34,720 --> 00:44:37,220
 I think that's a guy they're fighting for that could also win at the portal.

830
00:44:38,660 --> 00:44:40,580
 Brian Matthews, AuburnSports.com.

831
00:44:40,620 --> 00:44:42,620
 You mentioned guys getting their grades.

832
00:44:43,100 --> 00:44:44,080
 Brent and I had grades.

833
00:44:44,160 --> 00:44:45,200
 They weren't A's in college.

834
00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:46,340
 So you get a grade.

835
00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:47,820
 It's not always A.

836
00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:54,160
 Brian, you've got plenty of experiences, a lot of folks do, with a brand-new coach coming in.

837
00:44:54,680 --> 00:44:55,440
 My goodness gracious.

838
00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:59,020
 How many times have we had this conversation over the last just relatively last few years?

839
00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:07,180
 How is it different now as far as the vibe with this new boss and this new staff coming together compared to the last two or three or whatever it's been?

840
00:45:08,300 --> 00:45:11,440
 Well, I think in some ways it's changed.

841
00:45:11,720 --> 00:45:20,460
 You know how fan bases in the South, right, tend to put the coaches on a pedestal and kind of maybe worship isn't the right word, but you know what I'm talking about.

842
00:45:20,460 --> 00:45:21,000
 Yeah, I know.

843
00:45:21,500 --> 00:45:22,380
 Adolize to a point.

844
00:45:23,060 --> 00:45:25,020
 Yeah, idolize is probably a better word, yes.

845
00:45:25,140 --> 00:45:37,460
 And I think a lot of Auburn people are going to restrain from that in a lot of ways because I think they're a little fed up and just want the right guy here.

846
00:45:37,600 --> 00:45:44,580
 And if Al Skollis can step up and start winning games and start running a program, you know, that's competitive, then I think that will change.

847
00:45:45,220 --> 00:45:47,220
 But I think in that way it's a little bit different.

848
00:45:48,740 --> 00:45:51,320
 And in the other way, it's really different for me.

849
00:45:52,020 --> 00:46:06,080
 You know, when he started, you know, you had your, what was it, an on-field assistant, you had maybe an old guy and one graduate assistant or maybe two.

850
00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:12,900
 So now you've got this giant staff of personnel guys and recruiting guys.

851
00:46:13,320 --> 00:46:20,140
 I kind of thought, and I was mistaken, but I kind of thought when the transition went through that more of those guys would remain.

852
00:46:21,180 --> 00:46:26,620
 But, you know, to me it looks like most of those guys have been replaced by a whole new group of guys.

853
00:46:26,780 --> 00:46:28,760
 I've got to try to get to know a little bit.

854
00:46:29,020 --> 00:46:31,040
 So that's going to be a transition.

855
00:46:31,240 --> 00:46:34,500
 So, you know, you're not just talking about the regular coaches coming in, changing.

856
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:40,540
 You're talking about, you know, 20, 25, you know, personnel, analysts.

857
00:46:41,500 --> 00:46:45,320
 But, you know, you've got a defensive line coach and the assistant defensive line coach.

858
00:46:45,460 --> 00:46:47,480
 Just a lot of new coaches and new faces.

859
00:46:49,160 --> 00:46:57,140
 You had a great Monday musings today as far as Brian Matthews' playoff suggestions.

860
00:46:57,620 --> 00:47:00,820
 And I agree wholeheartedly with quite a few of these.

861
00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:05,900
 Just quickly to highlight these, the schedule's too long.

862
00:47:06,020 --> 00:47:10,300
 We shouldn't be playing a national championship game on January the 19th.

863
00:47:11,300 --> 00:47:13,560
 Start the season on week zero.

864
00:47:13,740 --> 00:47:15,640
 I've been advocating this for years.

865
00:47:16,180 --> 00:47:21,460
 The other thing you do if you start week zero, you might be able to get two buys in there.

866
00:47:22,000 --> 00:47:23,700
 This year they've only got one.

867
00:47:24,300 --> 00:47:25,580
 Here's some of your other ones.

868
00:47:25,640 --> 00:47:26,960
 I'll just highlight these.

869
00:47:27,660 --> 00:47:35,100
 The CFP committee goes out of its way to not consider rematches or conference affiliation setting up brackets.

870
00:47:35,620 --> 00:47:40,840
 Oklahoma and Alabama, one we talked about last week, no more weekly reveals.

871
00:47:40,880 --> 00:47:41,420
 Tulane Joel.

872
00:47:41,680 --> 00:47:42,200
 Thank you to God.

873
00:47:43,120 --> 00:47:45,980
 No more guaranteed group five teams.

874
00:47:46,620 --> 00:47:48,800
 Here's one everybody agrees with.

875
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:51,460
 No more special treatment for Notre Dame.

876
00:47:52,600 --> 00:47:54,420
 And you've got several there.

877
00:47:54,540 --> 00:47:55,820
 Great job by you.

878
00:47:56,080 --> 00:48:01,440
 It's logical and reasonable, which is one of the things college football doesn't have now.

879
00:48:02,100 --> 00:48:03,240
 Summarize that for us.

880
00:48:03,240 --> 00:48:04,740
 You had some great suggestions.

881
00:48:08,120 --> 00:48:10,280
 I think we might have lost Brian.

882
00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:11,600
 Brian, are you with us now, bud?

883
00:48:13,480 --> 00:48:15,080
 It's like we might have lost that connection.

884
00:48:15,340 --> 00:48:19,020
 And just to elaborate while we make that effort there, baby, I agree with him.

885
00:48:19,160 --> 00:48:20,660
 He mentioned rematches.

886
00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:22,600
 Not only is Oklahoma and Alabama getting back together.

887
00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:23,520
 Look at Ole Miss and Tulane.

888
00:48:24,620 --> 00:48:26,400
 So what is the point?

889
00:48:26,580 --> 00:48:30,940
 And the other point about Notre Dame, at what point are they going to sit here and say,

890
00:48:30,940 --> 00:48:34,080
 hey, look, if you're going to play, you've got to play with the same rules as everybody else.

891
00:48:34,120 --> 00:48:36,040
 You can't pick and choose when it's good for you.

892
00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:38,920
 That's almost like what happened over the weekend with Diego Pavia.

893
00:48:39,020 --> 00:48:42,200
 You know he's the king of Nashville, but once he steps outside of that bubble

894
00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:45,880
 and people start treating him just like another guy, they have problems with that, B.B.

895
00:48:46,840 --> 00:48:47,560
 They do.

896
00:48:47,780 --> 00:48:52,060
 And you mentioned this last year when we talked about special treatment for Notre Dame.

897
00:48:52,160 --> 00:48:55,620
 Look, you and I certainly understand they're a brand.

898
00:48:55,900 --> 00:48:58,560
 They're one of the college football icons.

899
00:48:58,880 --> 00:49:05,880
 But why don't you give special treatment to Utah or California or someone else?

900
00:49:05,940 --> 00:49:07,400
 It's always Notre Dame.

901
00:49:07,520 --> 00:49:13,560
 But I really do like a lot of his suggestions and certainly advocate getting online,

902
00:49:13,720 --> 00:49:16,880
 looking at Monday Musings with AuburnSports.com.

903
00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:20,240
 Well, there's one thing that Alabama and Auburn basketball fans can agree.

904
00:49:20,400 --> 00:49:21,440
 Stay away from Arizona.

905
00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:24,060
 B.B., Arizona is a good basketball team.

906
00:49:24,120 --> 00:49:26,260
 Just ask both Alabama and Auburn.

907
00:49:26,700 --> 00:49:27,260
 Yeah.

908
00:49:27,600 --> 00:49:32,460
 Harold, Alabama dropped to 16 in the Associated Press rankings this morning.

909
00:49:32,620 --> 00:49:40,140
 They have lost this year to number one, Arizona, number six, Purdue, and number seven, Gonzaga.

910
00:49:40,620 --> 00:49:46,020
 But Alabama had the same issues in the second half with rebounding or lack thereof.

911
00:49:46,520 --> 00:49:48,200
 Arizona is a tremendous team.

912
00:49:48,320 --> 00:49:50,660
 They've got a big front line.

913
00:49:50,780 --> 00:49:52,440
 They've got excellent guards.

914
00:49:52,920 --> 00:49:55,240
 Alabama played really well in the first half.

915
00:49:55,240 --> 00:49:59,020
 They have team basketball, played some defense, rebounded some balls.

916
00:49:59,220 --> 00:50:04,040
 But, unfortunately, Nate decided not to call a timeout during Arizona run.

917
00:50:04,160 --> 00:50:05,300
 That was another mistake.

918
00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:07,820
 He didn't play Jaleel Bethea.

919
00:50:07,980 --> 00:50:10,800
 I thought that one was two in Arizona.

920
00:50:11,100 --> 00:50:15,280
 Unfortunately, Alabama got caught up and just Arizona ran away in the second half.

921
00:50:15,280 --> 00:50:17,520
 Well, it's the same thing we said from the early part of the season.

922
00:50:17,620 --> 00:50:22,120
 Until Alabama can get consistent crashing the boards, they're going to win 20-plus ballgames.

923
00:50:22,120 --> 00:50:24,340
 The question is, can they win a championship?

924
00:50:25,140 --> 00:50:28,340
 As long as the threes fall from heaven, they're going to stay in the ballgame.

925
00:50:28,420 --> 00:50:32,740
 But when they're not, they cannot sit here and win a championship until they get that part corrected.

926
00:50:32,860 --> 00:50:33,700
 There's still plenty of time.

927
00:50:33,780 --> 00:50:34,240
 We'll see.

928
00:50:34,720 --> 00:50:42,860
 But speaking of basketball, quickly, BB, UNA, Monday night in the Battle of the Valley on the Hill in normal Alabama, BB.

929
00:50:43,400 --> 00:50:45,280
 Yeah, that should be an interesting game.

930
00:50:45,280 --> 00:50:48,960
 Again, they haven't played, I believe, Harold, in about 10 days.

931
00:50:50,040 --> 00:50:53,300
 And I know Tony Pujol's looking forward to getting back there.

932
00:50:53,360 --> 00:50:57,420
 They should have a good crowd in normal Alabama.

933
00:50:57,620 --> 00:50:59,800
 That stadium seats about 6,000.

934
00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:01,520
 It's a nice place over there, too.

935
00:51:01,600 --> 00:51:02,780
 Easy drive to and from.

936
00:51:03,200 --> 00:51:05,600
 Coming up the next hour, I'm going to be taking it all over the place.

937
00:51:05,660 --> 00:51:09,880
 What are former Alabama players saying about the huge news coming out of the weekend in Tuscaloosa?

938
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:11,360
 William Redfish Barger on that.

939
00:51:11,460 --> 00:51:12,740
 Big Orange Taco events for all.

940
00:51:12,840 --> 00:51:16,100
 And Ben Thomas got everything else covered at AL.com.

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 1819 News.

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 The president of the Brown University Republican Club, Martin Berteo, says that Mountain Brook

1042
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 native Ella Cook was known for her bold, brave, and kind heart as she served in that

1043
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 Republican chapter.

1044
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 Berteo says those who knew her at the university are devastated at the loss.

1045
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 Cook was one of two students shot and killed by a gunman this past Saturday on campus.

1046
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 The founder of the College Republicans of America, William Donahue, believes that Cook

1047
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 was targeted in that shooting for her conservative beliefs.

1048
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 Donahue says Cook was known in conservative circles not only on campus but across the nation,

1049
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 and he says this loss of Cook is rocking college Republicans just as the assassination of Charlie

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 Kirk affected the nation.

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 An appeal is being made by students and staff from various universities here in Alabama

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 These concepts are considered divisive when it comes to race and gender.

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 The Legal Defense Fund is providing lawyers for this appeal by the plaintiffs.

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 The suspect was seen leaving in a red vehicle after making a purchase.

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 I'm Andrea Tyson.

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1110
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 Welcome back in.

1112
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1113
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 And BB, it never stops for BT on the other end of the state.

1116
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1117
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1118
01:00:44,240 --> 01:00:45,700
 Ben Thomas, welcome in.

1119
01:00:45,760 --> 01:00:49,920
 Let's hope you don't have as much frost on your pumpkin down there as we do on ours up here.

1120
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 How are you?

1121
01:00:51,200 --> 01:00:56,360
 No, no frost, but it was in the 20s last night and early this morning down there on the Gulf Coast.

1122
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 So, we'll probably all be sick about Wednesday because it'll probably be any tomorrow.

1123
01:01:02,700 --> 01:01:06,620
 Ben, we're not the smartest people in the world, and I think most folks would agree with that.

1124
01:01:06,900 --> 01:01:10,680
 But we have figured out how to win most football games in the high school world.

1125
01:01:10,680 --> 01:01:17,600
 And that's how Daryl Higgins, your coach, and Crowell running the ball and Morgan catching the ball,

1126
01:01:17,720 --> 01:01:23,780
 not to mention some more, the Alabama All-Stars showing out over the weekend.

1127
01:01:24,500 --> 01:01:29,200
 And yet another win for Daryl Higgins out of Mars Hill, this time with the Alabama All-Stars.

1128
01:01:29,800 --> 01:01:31,280
 What a show from these guys.

1129
01:01:32,600 --> 01:01:34,040
 Yeah, it's kind of become routine.

1130
01:01:34,900 --> 01:01:38,820
 Six straight victories for the Alabama All-Stars over the Mississippi team.

1131
01:01:39,460 --> 01:01:40,740
 They scored more points.

1132
01:01:40,900 --> 01:01:42,060
 40, it was 40-10.

1133
01:01:42,060 --> 01:01:46,160
 That was the most points they'd scored in games played in Mississippi.

1134
01:01:46,440 --> 01:01:47,660
 This one was in Hattiesburg.

1135
01:01:48,260 --> 01:01:49,540
 Pretty good crowd over there.

1136
01:01:49,600 --> 01:01:50,800
 I was over there for the game.

1137
01:01:51,140 --> 01:01:52,740
 But, yeah, they just whooped them.

1138
01:01:52,940 --> 01:01:57,640
 I mean, they were worried in talking to the coaches before the game and last week.

1139
01:01:57,740 --> 01:02:02,700
 They were a little bit worried about the size of Mississippi's offensive line, which was really big.

1140
01:02:03,540 --> 01:02:04,580
 But it didn't matter.

1141
01:02:04,760 --> 01:02:08,860
 I mean, they just, you know, the guys on the defensive line, they were in the backfield constantly.

1142
01:02:09,500 --> 01:02:18,180
 Tink Jones and Kamarian Johnson and Muscle Shoals and Tristan Lyles of Central Phoenix City and the other guys were, they were too quick for them.

1143
01:02:18,320 --> 01:02:21,560
 And they just, Mississippi couldn't get anything going.

1144
01:02:21,700 --> 01:02:28,180
 Their best player, Tristan Keys, who's the number one player in Mississippi, who's fine with Tennessee, a wide receiver.

1145
01:02:28,180 --> 01:02:31,220
 He played a little bit, but wasn't really very effective.

1146
01:02:31,360 --> 01:02:32,340
 He was a little bit injured.

1147
01:02:32,700 --> 01:02:34,160
 I don't think it would have made a difference.

1148
01:02:34,340 --> 01:02:40,780
 I mean, just as you said, and as Randy Kennedy and I wrote, the stars on the Alabama team really showed out.

1149
01:02:42,060 --> 01:02:46,420
 Speaking of showing out, obviously you had a 50-yard run call back talking about Crowell.

1150
01:02:46,840 --> 01:02:52,720
 But the one that, what's the modern word, went viral was the touchdown run that did count.

1151
01:02:53,340 --> 01:02:57,900
 Has that kid from Mississippi, has he come back too yet from that run at the end of it?

1152
01:02:58,780 --> 01:02:59,840
 Yeah, probably not.

1153
01:02:59,920 --> 01:03:00,440
 I don't know.

1154
01:03:00,440 --> 01:03:06,620
 But, yeah, I mean, just, you know, I've seen Crowell play the last three games, the semifinal against St. Michael.

1155
01:03:07,220 --> 01:03:10,980
 I didn't know then that the St. Michael coach was going to be in the NFL a few weeks.

1156
01:03:12,060 --> 01:03:14,440
 So, we could talk about that.

1157
01:03:15,320 --> 01:03:19,580
 And then, obviously, the state championship game against Aniston and this game.

1158
01:03:20,240 --> 01:03:22,440
 And he really, you know, he was the MVP of this game.

1159
01:03:22,780 --> 01:03:27,300
 He really, maybe I'm just used to seeing what he does and expecting what he does.

1160
01:03:27,300 --> 01:03:30,980
 Because I didn't think, you know, he had the greatest performance in the world.

1161
01:03:31,120 --> 01:03:33,500
 But I think he ran for 60 yards on 10 carries.

1162
01:03:33,600 --> 01:03:41,620
 Like you said, he had a 50-yard touchdown run call back for a hold on the complete other side of the field that would have made no difference at all in the play.

1163
01:03:41,800 --> 01:03:47,800
 So, you know, had that not been called back, he rushes for, what, 120 yards and two touchdowns.

1164
01:03:47,840 --> 01:03:49,820
 But, yeah, we were laughing in the press box.

1165
01:03:49,820 --> 01:03:55,980
 Because when he got that ball in the touchdown run that counted, once he got by the tackle, you could look at it.

1166
01:03:55,980 --> 01:03:58,460
 And I told Randy Kennedy, who was next to me, I'm like, well, that's a touchdown.

1167
01:03:59,100 --> 01:04:02,880
 And sure enough, he just cut it up the middle and went into the end zone.

1168
01:04:03,000 --> 01:04:11,080
 So, he continues to be, you know, very impactful in everything he does and I think probably is the leading contender to be Mr. Football this year.

1169
01:04:11,140 --> 01:04:13,540
 We'll see next month.

1170
01:04:14,540 --> 01:04:16,160
 But, yeah, certainly in the running for that.

1171
01:04:16,340 --> 01:04:19,260
 But another good performance by Mr. Crowell.

1172
01:04:20,280 --> 01:04:23,220
 B.T., you mentioned the Mississippi offensive line.

1173
01:04:23,340 --> 01:04:29,000
 One of those guys was four-star offensive lineman Bryson Cooley, who is a commitment to Alabama.

1174
01:04:29,920 --> 01:04:41,500
 And so, I was reading some of the reports how people were, he's obviously a huge kid, but his ability to pull, his athleticism, a lot of people were impressed with that.

1175
01:04:41,660 --> 01:04:44,320
 But there are just stars on this team everywhere.

1176
01:04:44,560 --> 01:04:48,000
 Mississippi had Daniel Hill's younger brother, J.J. Hill.

1177
01:04:48,580 --> 01:04:51,360
 Landon Duckworth, the South Carolina signee.

1178
01:04:51,760 --> 01:04:54,120
 Brock Bradley from Spain Park.

1179
01:04:54,480 --> 01:04:56,520
 Clemson, 6 of 9 for 59.

1180
01:04:56,780 --> 01:05:01,860
 Corey Barber was Ole Miss, now flipped to LSU.

1181
01:05:02,040 --> 01:05:08,020
 I mean, you can nearly look at every position on both sides of these teams and find very good players.

1182
01:05:09,100 --> 01:05:10,360
 Yeah, and they showed out.

1183
01:05:10,460 --> 01:05:13,060
 I mean, like I said, Mississippi didn't do a whole lot offensively.

1184
01:05:13,140 --> 01:05:17,300
 I think they thought their big offensive line could wear down Alabama.

1185
01:05:17,480 --> 01:05:22,520
 They tried to run Hill up the middle a bunch, and he just, I don't think he gained more than three or four yards a carry.

1186
01:05:23,540 --> 01:05:30,220
 You know, C.D. Morgan, the Benjamin Russell wide receiver that's going to Alabama showed out, made an unbelievable catch.

1187
01:05:30,600 --> 01:05:30,760
 Yeah.

1188
01:05:31,240 --> 01:05:32,740
 Back corner of the end zone.

1189
01:05:33,360 --> 01:05:38,480
 He caught it over two Mississippi defenders who were basically both interfering with him.

1190
01:05:39,480 --> 01:05:41,440
 You know, and still caught the ball.

1191
01:05:41,500 --> 01:05:46,220
 There's an awesome picture of that by Vasha Hunt on AL.com if you haven't seen it.

1192
01:05:46,760 --> 01:05:47,840
 You can check that out.

1193
01:05:47,880 --> 01:05:50,420
 You can go to our stories on the high school sports page.

1194
01:05:50,620 --> 01:05:52,680
 So, he was, that was an elite play.

1195
01:05:53,240 --> 01:06:00,220
 I tell you, a guy that we probably haven't talked enough about this year is Zion Crumpton of Carver-Montgomery.

1196
01:06:00,400 --> 01:06:02,720
 Zion's going to Mississippi State.

1197
01:06:02,800 --> 01:06:06,780
 He played quarterback for Carver this year, but kind of out of necessity.

1198
01:06:06,980 --> 01:06:11,060
 He's going to be, I would assume, a wide receiver, a DB in the SEC.

1199
01:06:11,060 --> 01:06:17,680
 He made an unbelievable catch in the other end zone where he got both feet down before he went out of bounds.

1200
01:06:17,840 --> 01:06:20,640
 And so, it was just, it was just an all-around good performance.

1201
01:06:20,820 --> 01:06:26,680
 And talking to the coaches before the game, they were talking about, you know, the great players.

1202
01:06:26,920 --> 01:06:30,320
 You know, there were some good players, some great players on the Alabama team.

1203
01:06:30,680 --> 01:06:33,580
 And I'm talking about through practice, not just through the game.

1204
01:06:33,760 --> 01:06:39,820
 And then there were two elite players that seemed to be head and shoulders above them all.

1205
01:06:39,960 --> 01:06:42,160
 One of them we've already talked about multiple times.

1206
01:06:42,280 --> 01:06:44,960
 That's Crowell, the running back from Jackson.

1207
01:06:45,140 --> 01:06:51,280
 The other one they mentioned was Anthony Tank-Jones, the linebacker from St. Paul's, who's headed to Oregon.

1208
01:06:52,540 --> 01:06:57,200
 They said he was unbelievable, almost unblockable in practice all week.

1209
01:06:57,780 --> 01:07:01,580
 And had another good day on Saturday.

1210
01:07:01,580 --> 01:07:06,040
 The stack keeper, we lost the stack keeper for Southern Miss.

1211
01:07:06,440 --> 01:07:07,860
 So, we didn't have the tackle stats.

1212
01:07:07,980 --> 01:07:09,880
 I think we hope to get those this week.

1213
01:07:10,180 --> 01:07:12,580
 But that's why the tackles weren't in the game.

1214
01:07:12,700 --> 01:07:14,760
 But clearly, he made an impression.

1215
01:07:14,880 --> 01:07:16,660
 They blocked one of the craziest plays.

1216
01:07:17,640 --> 01:07:22,320
 He and Kamarian Johnson, the special teams weren't really great on either side.

1217
01:07:22,900 --> 01:07:27,560
 And he and Kamarian Johnson, they really crushed the Mississippi punter at the goal line.

1218
01:07:27,560 --> 01:07:35,540
 And he somehow got off kind of a little wedge shot that Theodore's J.J. Bush caught at the seven and dived into the end zone for a special teams touchdown.

1219
01:07:35,880 --> 01:07:37,640
 So, really impressed.

1220
01:07:37,760 --> 01:07:42,780
 Kirk Johnson was the head coach for Benjamin Russell, or for the Alabama team, for Benjamin Russell.

1221
01:07:43,240 --> 01:07:44,740
 You mentioned Coach Higgins was there.

1222
01:07:44,840 --> 01:07:47,380
 Jake Gaines was there.

1223
01:07:47,440 --> 01:07:51,580
 Juan Johnson from James Clemens was the offensive coordinator, and a lot of other guys.

1224
01:07:51,900 --> 01:07:53,480
 So, fun day in Mississippi.

1225
01:07:55,120 --> 01:07:59,080
 And Thomas, looking at us from AL.com, his name has been invoked.

1226
01:07:59,240 --> 01:08:01,240
 So, Ben, let's talk about old man Rivers.

1227
01:08:02,400 --> 01:08:04,500
 You talk about leading by example.

1228
01:08:04,980 --> 01:08:11,720
 44, how many people get to have their grandkids watch them come and play in the NFL, sitting on the bench for that long?

1229
01:08:11,820 --> 01:08:14,260
 What a weekend for the pride of Athens, Alabama.

1230
01:08:15,120 --> 01:08:21,000
 Well, when you guys, when we talked to you guys last week, I never could have guessed that was on the horizon.

1231
01:08:22,220 --> 01:08:23,960
 I wrote my column on Friday.

1232
01:08:23,960 --> 01:08:28,140
 You know, it surprised me from the fact that I wasn't expecting it, and yet it didn't surprise me,

1233
01:08:28,200 --> 01:08:33,360
 because Phillip is probably the most competitive person I've ever met in my entire life.

1234
01:08:34,120 --> 01:08:38,360
 And, you know, he said to begin with, when he first came down here and took the St. Michael job,

1235
01:08:38,480 --> 01:08:42,860
 that one of the reasons that some people had talked to him about maybe being a TV commentator,

1236
01:08:43,340 --> 01:08:51,100
 but he thought that one reason he didn't feel like he could do that was because he just didn't feel like he could not have an impact on the scoreboard in some way.

1237
01:08:51,740 --> 01:08:54,680
 I think this was a unique situation, obviously.

1238
01:08:54,840 --> 01:08:56,320
 He wouldn't have gone back just anywhere.

1239
01:08:56,320 --> 01:09:01,340
 This was based on the fact that he and Colts coach Shane Steichen are really good friends.

1240
01:09:01,840 --> 01:09:06,780
 He knew 12 or 14 of the current Colts players from his last run and all the injuries.

1241
01:09:06,960 --> 01:09:11,520
 I mean, I think all those things combined led to what we saw yesterday.

1242
01:09:11,980 --> 01:09:16,240
 And I didn't get to see the game because we were watching the Broncos down here.

1243
01:09:16,320 --> 01:09:18,040
 We didn't get the Colts game, unfortunately.

1244
01:09:18,480 --> 01:09:21,140
 But it looked like he performed pretty well for 44.

1245
01:09:21,140 --> 01:09:21,420
 He did.

1246
01:09:21,420 --> 01:09:27,640
 You know, he turned 44 last week and he threw a touchdown pass through an interception.

1247
01:09:27,840 --> 01:09:32,540
 That was at the end of the game when they were at 18 seconds left and they're trying to get in field goal position.

1248
01:09:32,980 --> 01:09:34,000
 So we'll see.

1249
01:09:34,100 --> 01:09:35,140
 I mean, I hope he doesn't get hurt.

1250
01:09:35,360 --> 01:09:41,780
 But the St. Michael team had a watch party yesterday and it was fun to watch them all fired up.

1251
01:09:42,100 --> 01:09:50,700
 So, but I told you as I wrote my column that I was starting to feel bad about asking him every week, every summer, hey, are you going to go back to the NFL?

1252
01:09:51,040 --> 01:09:52,980
 Well, I'm not going to feel bad about asking him that question.

1253
01:09:53,640 --> 01:09:54,420
 There you go.

1254
01:09:54,580 --> 01:09:57,160
 There you go.

1255
01:09:57,220 --> 01:10:03,700
 It just shows you, though, this, he is a, to your word, a C word, a competitor, because he obviously stayed in decent shape.

1256
01:10:03,760 --> 01:10:04,460
 Now, think about it.

1257
01:10:04,800 --> 01:10:09,000
 The Colts, how many guys would like an opportunity much younger than Phillip?

1258
01:10:09,520 --> 01:10:18,500
 But it just shows you that if you're determined and you can stay in shape, that at the end of the day, the people who sign the checks, they'll take you over some of those, those younger Colts.

1259
01:10:19,240 --> 01:10:23,740
 Yeah, they said he had a great week of practice, too, that the ball never touched the ground.

1260
01:10:23,880 --> 01:10:27,820
 I mean, you know, Riley Leonard, ironically, of course, Phillip lives in Fairhope now.

1261
01:10:27,940 --> 01:10:31,760
 Riley Leonard is from Fairhope and he's the other quarterback that had a knee injury.

1262
01:10:32,480 --> 01:10:35,400
 So I hate it for Riley that he hadn't been able to get in there.

1263
01:10:35,580 --> 01:10:37,180
 But it's cool.

1264
01:10:37,360 --> 01:10:38,060
 I'm pulling for Phillip.

1265
01:10:38,140 --> 01:10:39,300
 I'm hoping he doesn't get injured.

1266
01:10:40,260 --> 01:10:40,440
 No.

1267
01:10:40,580 --> 01:10:45,380
 You know, he's asked one of the players last week when this happened, one of the St. Michael's players.

1268
01:10:45,380 --> 01:10:52,200
 You know, obviously, we all know Phillip is known for a little good-natured trash talk, even a high school coach.

1269
01:10:52,900 --> 01:10:53,620
 And I said, you know, you think he'll be –

1270
01:10:53,620 --> 01:10:54,300
 High school player.

1271
01:10:54,980 --> 01:10:55,600
 That's right.

1272
01:10:55,900 --> 01:10:59,580
 And I said, you know, after five years, you think he'll still be talking?

1273
01:10:59,940 --> 01:11:04,120
 And Noah Moss, who signed with NC State, said, oh, he'll be chirping.

1274
01:11:04,260 --> 01:11:05,740
 He might be a little bit more careful about it.

1275
01:11:05,740 --> 01:11:06,600
 He'll be chirping.

1276
01:11:07,740 --> 01:11:15,500
 BT, I thought today we'd be talking about which teams went down and which teams went up in the reclassification.

1277
01:11:16,360 --> 01:11:25,700
 But the Alabama High School Athletic Association announced last week they have postponed that announcement until January the 23rd.

1278
01:11:25,700 --> 01:11:39,520
 And I believe it has to do with the mediation between the Montgomery County Judge J.R. Gaines ordered lawyers for the Alabama High School Athletic Association

1279
01:11:39,520 --> 01:11:46,600
 and Governor Ivey's team to mediate the ongoing dispute over the athletic ability, over the CHEWS Act,

1280
01:11:47,240 --> 01:11:55,180
 the longstanding rule that requires students who receive financial aid to transfer to a private school to sit out a year.

1281
01:11:55,820 --> 01:11:57,280
 BT, talk about that a little bit.

1282
01:11:57,340 --> 01:12:01,520
 I've heard Austin and Florence are going down to 6A.

1283
01:12:01,600 --> 01:12:07,560
 Morris Hill is going up to 4A, but we ain't going to know officially into January the 23rd.

1284
01:12:09,360 --> 01:12:10,320
 Yeah, or later.

1285
01:12:10,540 --> 01:12:12,280
 I mean, you know, it could be postponed again.

1286
01:12:12,480 --> 01:12:15,260
 I mean, everything is up in the air.

1287
01:12:15,500 --> 01:12:20,700
 And I think if I understand it right, there's a mediation this Wednesday between the lawyers and, I guess,

1288
01:12:20,740 --> 01:12:24,780
 Heath Harmon and his folks and whoever, whatever legislators are involved.

1289
01:12:24,960 --> 01:12:31,160
 I mean, it's an interesting situation because, you know, they didn't want to go ahead and reclassify on Monday

1290
01:12:31,160 --> 01:12:35,260
 and then have to come back something major changed and have to come back and do it all over again.

1291
01:12:35,440 --> 01:12:38,320
 So, you know, will it be solved by January 23rd?

1292
01:12:38,360 --> 01:12:39,040
 I'm not sure.

1293
01:12:39,180 --> 01:12:43,220
 I mean, it kind of puts coaches behind the eight ball as far as meeting your schedule.

1294
01:12:43,540 --> 01:12:46,760
 You know, a lot of those guys, a lot of that, usually by this time,

1295
01:12:46,800 --> 01:12:50,440
 a lot of those teams have already had their region meetings and know what their schedule is

1296
01:12:50,440 --> 01:12:52,860
 and are trying to find opponents for non-region games.

1297
01:12:53,040 --> 01:12:54,760
 And so, we'll see.

1298
01:12:54,840 --> 01:12:57,280
 I mean, I still think the private school issue is big.

1299
01:12:57,540 --> 01:12:59,860
 I still think there's a chance they're separated.

1300
01:13:00,720 --> 01:13:01,580
 Maybe not this cycle.

1301
01:13:02,160 --> 01:13:03,040
 We'll have to see.

1302
01:13:03,160 --> 01:13:05,660
 But there's a lot of stuff going on.

1303
01:13:05,780 --> 01:13:09,000
 I mean, I think some of the private schools are frustrated with the competitive balance.

1304
01:13:09,120 --> 01:13:09,640
 I don't think.

1305
01:13:09,680 --> 01:13:10,020
 I know.

1306
01:13:10,100 --> 01:13:12,680
 They're frustrated with the competitive balance and the multiplier.

1307
01:13:13,360 --> 01:13:19,100
 I think some of the public schools will not like it if this Choose Act goes through

1308
01:13:19,100 --> 01:13:24,980
 and private schools are able to, you know, get kids in and give them $7,000 and play them immediately,

1309
01:13:25,240 --> 01:13:28,060
 which is the big meeting right now.

1310
01:13:28,340 --> 01:13:29,200
 So, I don't know.

1311
01:13:29,260 --> 01:13:33,120
 I mean, as I'm on record saying, I hope we still play together.

1312
01:13:33,320 --> 01:13:34,720
 I'd like all of them to play together.

1313
01:13:34,720 --> 01:13:38,800
 But it seems like we're headed down a path that I'm not fired up about.

1314
01:13:40,060 --> 01:13:47,280
 Something else I know you and Thomas Ashworth of AL.com will be following will be coaching changes.

1315
01:13:47,940 --> 01:13:49,200
 You mentioned Jake Gaines.

1316
01:13:49,400 --> 01:13:52,340
 He stepped down, the very successful Moody coach.

1317
01:13:52,920 --> 01:13:56,580
 Hazel Green has a new head coach.

1318
01:13:57,060 --> 01:13:59,780
 Former Alabama standout, Juwan Simpson.

1319
01:14:00,480 --> 01:14:03,540
 And if he wants a challenge, he's got one at Hazel Green.

1320
01:14:03,680 --> 01:14:05,320
 I wish him a lot of luck with that.

1321
01:14:05,860 --> 01:14:11,400
 I think this is going to be a very active offseason for coaching changes.

1322
01:14:11,540 --> 01:14:14,080
 BT, what else have you got working on this week?

1323
01:14:14,140 --> 01:14:16,460
 And where can we get online to find all of it?

1324
01:14:17,560 --> 01:14:18,620
 I think you're right.

1325
01:14:18,620 --> 01:14:20,960
 Last year, I think we had over 100 coaching changes.

1326
01:14:21,280 --> 01:14:23,240
 I don't know if there will be that many this year.

1327
01:14:23,720 --> 01:14:27,620
 Jake Gaines, look, everybody knows, most people know, he's going to be the head coach of Pell City,

1328
01:14:27,700 --> 01:14:29,380
 and that's probably going to be announced tomorrow.

1329
01:14:30,380 --> 01:14:34,580
 And there's probably some other hires that will happen this week before we get to Christmas.

1330
01:14:35,400 --> 01:14:37,180
 But, yeah, be on the lookout for that.

1331
01:14:37,860 --> 01:14:41,780
 Our big thing this week, guys, is, well, first of all, the All-State team will come out on Saturday.

1332
01:14:42,000 --> 01:14:46,440
 We voted on that last week, so we'll have the Alabama Sportswriters All-State team.

1333
01:14:46,980 --> 01:14:53,100
 And also today, actually, within the hour, we are starting our AL.com fans player of the year bracket.

1334
01:14:53,280 --> 01:14:56,860
 We've chosen 16 players and seeded them as we did last year.

1335
01:14:57,400 --> 01:15:00,160
 And we're starting round one of our voting for that.

1336
01:15:00,280 --> 01:15:01,260
 It will last this week.

1337
01:15:01,260 --> 01:15:04,580
 And then next week, we'll have round two starting on Monday.

1338
01:15:04,580 --> 01:15:07,500
 So, look for that on AL.com in just a little bit.

1339
01:15:07,800 --> 01:15:10,300
 Vote on those eight first-round matchups.

1340
01:15:10,660 --> 01:15:16,160
 And a lot of other, I think we've got one more basketball poll coming on Thursday before the holiday break.

1341
01:15:16,280 --> 01:15:18,500
 So, a lot of good stuff still on tap.

1342
01:15:19,720 --> 01:15:21,580
 Always got something fresh cooking here.

1343
01:15:21,680 --> 01:15:22,360
 Keep it up, Ben.

1344
01:15:22,440 --> 01:15:24,020
 Thanks so much for your time, Dave.

1345
01:15:24,100 --> 01:15:26,160
 And keep that warm weather there as long as you can, okay?

1346
01:15:26,840 --> 01:15:27,340
 I'm trying.

1347
01:15:27,460 --> 01:15:28,080
 God bless you guys.

1348
01:15:28,140 --> 01:15:28,700
 Appreciate everything.

1349
01:15:28,700 --> 01:15:29,240
 Thank you, buddy.

1350
01:15:29,600 --> 01:15:30,920
 Same right back at you, BT.

1351
01:15:30,920 --> 01:15:33,360
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 Hey, fans.

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 Welcome back to Fansville's Cheers and Tears.

1398
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 Okay, so like everybody deals with losing, right?

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 To a rival on a last-second field goal.

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 Whatever, it's fine.

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 I totally fight.

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

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 Mmm, those 23 flavors are like so delicious.

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

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 College football, it's a pepper thing.

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 The score.

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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 The score.

1421
01:19:30,980 --> 01:19:31,500
 Welcome back in.

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01:19:31,540 --> 01:19:35,540
 Maybe quickly, things that are on the minds of a lot of Alabama fans.

1423
01:19:35,620 --> 01:19:37,220
 How are things looking down in T-Town?

1424
01:19:37,280 --> 01:19:40,320
 I'm going to be talking a little bit later on with Redfish Barger about that.

1425
01:19:40,460 --> 01:19:46,840
 But as far as observations that are reported today at practice, Jim Miller was back with the offense.

1426
01:19:46,940 --> 01:19:49,400
 We're just giving you what we were told here as far as reports.

1427
01:19:49,520 --> 01:19:51,340
 Jim Miller back with the offense.

1428
01:19:51,480 --> 01:19:54,440
 Parker Brelsford and Cam Dewberry were working with the OL.

1429
01:19:55,280 --> 01:19:59,880
 Josh Cuevas was in the stretch lines, then working on a stationary bike.

1430
01:20:00,240 --> 01:20:07,460
 And they did not see LT Overton as far as other personnel or Drake Kirkpatrick Jr.

1431
01:20:08,200 --> 01:20:11,240
 BB, obviously a very interesting week for the Tuscaloosa boys.

1432
01:20:12,580 --> 01:20:14,960
 Yeah, I think Vince has joined us now.

1433
01:20:15,200 --> 01:20:20,080
 A herald of the eight that were out by the time they got to the fourth quarter.

1434
01:20:20,620 --> 01:20:22,620
 I think Alabama is going to get six.

1435
01:20:22,800 --> 01:20:26,600
 I don't see LT Overton coming back.

1436
01:20:26,700 --> 01:20:29,040
 Josh Cuevas may be a game-time decision.

1437
01:20:29,660 --> 01:20:29,900
 Yeah.

1438
01:20:30,740 --> 01:20:33,020
 Vince, by the way, we did not see Phil Fulmer.

1439
01:20:33,060 --> 01:20:34,720
 He was not spotted down there either.

1440
01:20:34,720 --> 01:20:39,620
 Maybe Vince Ferrara can confirm or deny that when he's not meeting there at 991.

1441
01:20:39,660 --> 01:20:42,180
 The Sports Network in Knoxville on the Ball Radio Network.

1442
01:20:42,280 --> 01:20:43,240
 V-Man, welcome in.

1443
01:20:43,320 --> 01:20:43,980
 How are you?

1444
01:20:45,160 --> 01:20:48,480
 Never a shortage of Tennessee stuff to talk about.

1445
01:20:48,560 --> 01:20:49,480
 I hope you guys are doing well.

1446
01:20:51,760 --> 01:20:53,760
 Let's talk about big orange country.

1447
01:20:54,280 --> 01:20:59,560
 Obviously, you got what looks like a home run higher as far as a new defensive coordinator.

1448
01:21:00,280 --> 01:21:07,480
 But we know from day to day, actually now, minute to minute, you can see people entering the portal, coaches being let go, coaches come on board.

1449
01:21:07,560 --> 01:21:11,340
 What's the latest scuttlebutt in Knoxville, V-Man?

1450
01:21:12,040 --> 01:21:14,260
 Yeah, I mean, you hit on it.

1451
01:21:14,360 --> 01:21:16,660
 Jim Knowles, that was a big story last week.

1452
01:21:16,720 --> 01:21:22,620
 Late last week, it was confirmed that he's the new defensive coordinator of Tennessee.

1453
01:21:23,380 --> 01:21:28,280
 He was the high-profile coordinator hire last year at Penn State.

1454
01:21:28,820 --> 01:21:35,200
 Taking him and hired him from Ohio State after he won the national championship and actually beat Tennessee in the first round.

1455
01:21:35,840 --> 01:21:39,060
 And helped him winning the national championship a couple of years ago.

1456
01:21:39,260 --> 01:21:47,400
 So, it really showed, it's something that we haven't seen Josh Heupel do before, and that's fire a coach from his staff.

1457
01:21:47,540 --> 01:21:51,100
 They've all left on their own for other reasons, promotions, things like that.

1458
01:21:51,620 --> 01:22:01,520
 And so, it also shows that, you know, he, one, means business, and two, understands the urgency that is there for the head coach.

1459
01:22:01,520 --> 01:22:07,100
 And when you make coordinator changes, then that means there's heat on the head coach.

1460
01:22:07,380 --> 01:22:09,280
 And it's not up to the standards.

1461
01:22:09,400 --> 01:22:10,980
 And he has talked about the standards a lot.

1462
01:22:11,520 --> 01:22:18,720
 And so, yeah, he didn't just bring somebody in that he had a relationship with or an up-and-comer.

1463
01:22:19,440 --> 01:22:21,580
 I mean, I don't know how anyone can complain.

1464
01:22:21,740 --> 01:22:27,200
 I mean, there's things you can point to, like, all right, we're going to see if this works out.

1465
01:22:27,580 --> 01:22:34,880
 The fact that he's got a very complicated system, that has had a track record of that.

1466
01:22:35,100 --> 01:22:36,820
 And then, you know, players have said that.

1467
01:22:36,880 --> 01:22:37,860
 He's even admitted that.

1468
01:22:38,500 --> 01:22:48,580
 But he said at Penn State that, you know, he learned and knows that and tried to change how he would teach his system that's very complicated.

1469
01:22:48,580 --> 01:22:57,900
 But, you know, look, you would think that he's advanced, he doesn't have the blinders on, he's advanced and understands that, hey, I have to continue to evolve as a coach.

1470
01:22:58,400 --> 01:23:00,820
 And these new players, I've got to win with them.

1471
01:23:00,980 --> 01:23:02,720
 I've got to have a great defense this year.

1472
01:23:03,580 --> 01:23:08,540
 Josh Heupel doesn't have two, three years for him to get his own players in and learn the system, all that.

1473
01:23:08,680 --> 01:23:11,680
 It's not today's world, and that's not Josh Heupel's world right now.

1474
01:23:11,840 --> 01:23:23,020
 So, but even with that, it statistically should be an upgrade from what Tennessee put out there this year, despite some of those injuries on defense.

1475
01:23:23,780 --> 01:23:31,700
 The Govoss247 had a list of the coaching staff contracts, updates.

1476
01:23:32,520 --> 01:23:38,720
 Ronnie Gardner, I know there were a few questions about him making nearly a million dollars a year.

1477
01:23:39,440 --> 01:23:43,920
 Defensive line coach, Tennessee's offensive coordinator, making 1.45.

1478
01:23:44,920 --> 01:23:47,160
 Glenn Ellerby, nearly a million dollars.

1479
01:23:47,280 --> 01:23:51,260
 Kelsey Pope, William Inge, $800,000.

1480
01:23:51,820 --> 01:23:58,000
 If they got the contract, the salary updates, that would tell me these guys are coming back for 26.

1481
01:23:59,360 --> 01:24:02,240
 Well, I wouldn't be so certain on that.

1482
01:24:02,340 --> 01:24:11,120
 Now, the one coach that has an expiring contract, the on-field coach, is Rodney Gardner, which is the one that everybody wants to be kept.

1483
01:24:11,780 --> 01:24:23,020
 And so, the other ones, Chris Lowe said on our station that Josh Heupel has given Jim Knowles the ability to make some changes to the staff.

1484
01:24:23,160 --> 01:24:27,480
 Now, does that mean he can make some changes defensively, except Rodney Gardner?

1485
01:24:28,160 --> 01:24:28,880
 We'll see.

1486
01:24:28,880 --> 01:24:29,940
 Right, right.

1487
01:24:30,080 --> 01:24:39,480
 But that's the guy that, to me, would be a no-brainer to keep, and they, you know, I'm sure they're just waiting for the go-ahead, and then they'll sign him to a new deal.

1488
01:24:39,580 --> 01:24:51,260
 But some of those that have contracts expiring in 2026, and even maybe in 2027, it would not surprise me if they want to go a different direction if they eat those and then just go.

1489
01:24:51,260 --> 01:24:57,860
 Because you don't, it's just not normal for a coordinator to come in and then have all the same coaches.

1490
01:24:58,280 --> 01:25:03,340
 That side of the ball was too bad to not have other changes besides the head coach.

1491
01:25:03,680 --> 01:25:13,680
 And the other big thing that, in your original question, was, you know, what people are talking about, what's going on, and that's the decisions to go to the NFL and then the portal.

1492
01:25:14,200 --> 01:25:16,180
 There's been three guys that have declared for the NFL.

1493
01:25:16,180 --> 01:25:24,460
 No surprise with Jermon McCoy, who didn't play this season, the cornerback that's mocked in almost all first rounds.

1494
01:25:24,980 --> 01:25:28,780
 And then linebacker Arianne Carter, which is the one that surprised some people.

1495
01:25:28,900 --> 01:25:31,160
 It did not surprise me, talking to scouts.

1496
01:25:31,460 --> 01:25:35,500
 And then Chris Brazel II, who was their leading receiver this year.

1497
01:25:35,840 --> 01:25:39,100
 And then they've had four reserve players that have hit the portal as well.

1498
01:25:39,200 --> 01:25:42,500
 Nothing to send shockwaves to anyone.

1499
01:25:42,500 --> 01:25:51,940
 But that's the thing, you've got to keep tabs on coaching changes, the portal, and the declarations for the NFL.

1500
01:25:52,120 --> 01:25:54,520
 They have two big ones left, I think, at least.

1501
01:25:54,620 --> 01:26:01,280
 And that's Colton Hood, who is showing up in some higher mocks, even though I think mocks are overrated for the NFL draft.

1502
01:26:01,640 --> 01:26:04,020
 And then Lance Hurd, their starting left tackle.

1503
01:26:04,140 --> 01:26:07,660
 Those are some of the big decisions still to come for the NFL.

1504
01:26:09,820 --> 01:26:17,260
 V, what's the reaction from most of your listeners as far as the 2026 football schedule?

1505
01:26:18,300 --> 01:26:26,440
 Yeah, it's been modest because I think people realize it's tough for everybody.

1506
01:26:27,360 --> 01:26:33,940
 I mean, I dare people to pull up an SEC schedule and say, man, they got it easy.

1507
01:26:34,060 --> 01:26:36,180
 The SEC was hooking them up.

1508
01:26:36,500 --> 01:26:44,460
 It's not possible with a nine-game schedule, especially because I think a lot of the teams that didn't have great records this year,

1509
01:26:44,900 --> 01:26:49,940
 you can make an argument, could make a pretty good jump, you know, with their new head coaches.

1510
01:26:50,220 --> 01:26:52,980
 And it's a wild card in what they will be next year.

1511
01:26:53,440 --> 01:26:57,960
 It's just strange for Tennessee's schedule to not see Florida and Georgia on there.

1512
01:26:58,680 --> 01:27:02,880
 I think just it being weird and strange is the biggest thing.

1513
01:27:03,620 --> 01:27:08,380
 I think Tennessee, they closed the season with LSU, A&M, and Vanderbilt.

1514
01:27:08,620 --> 01:27:10,740
 That's the toughest three-game stretch.

1515
01:27:11,180 --> 01:27:16,260
 I think some other teams have maybe one or two more difficult two- and three-game stretches.

1516
01:27:16,900 --> 01:27:21,920
 And then the eight games in a row to start the year, there's, I think, four other teams that had that.

1517
01:27:22,960 --> 01:27:26,720
 That is not easy, but some have it the other way around.

1518
01:27:26,900 --> 01:27:31,880
 Like Texas starts out with four games, then they're open a week early, and then they close out with eight straight games.

1519
01:27:32,200 --> 01:27:33,160
 Would you rather have that?

1520
01:27:33,560 --> 01:27:34,200
 I wouldn't.

1521
01:27:34,480 --> 01:27:36,040
 So it's tough for everybody.

1522
01:27:36,160 --> 01:27:39,180
 It's hard to really complain about the 20-26 schedule.

1523
01:27:39,520 --> 01:27:41,240
 Good home games.

1524
01:27:41,680 --> 01:27:43,900
 That's for sure in terms of interest level.

1525
01:27:45,260 --> 01:27:50,440
 Especially, like I said, only one by weight next year, so that's going to be another challenge for that nine game.

1526
01:27:50,500 --> 01:27:52,940
 You're adding games with fewer breaks in between.

1527
01:27:53,520 --> 01:27:59,160
 Me, man, obviously, if Knowles is in town, that means somebody's left, and that guy is Tim Banks.

1528
01:27:59,300 --> 01:28:01,840
 He is now scheduled to be at Auburn.

1529
01:28:01,900 --> 01:28:04,400
 What can you tell Auburn fans about Mr. Banks?

1530
01:28:05,700 --> 01:28:10,180
 Well, he, with Alex Golesh, they're coming to Neyland Stadium in Knoxville.

1531
01:28:10,500 --> 01:28:14,880
 Lane Griffin in LSU, coming to Neyland Stadium in Knoxville.

1532
01:28:15,300 --> 01:28:21,020
 Jerry Mack, ex-running backs coach, he's the G5 coach of the year at Kennesaw State.

1533
01:28:21,560 --> 01:28:22,940
 He's coming to Knoxville.

1534
01:28:23,160 --> 01:28:24,840
 I think it's one of his big jobs.

1535
01:28:25,160 --> 01:28:28,420
 So all kinds of return reunions.

1536
01:28:28,880 --> 01:28:32,800
 But I think Tim Banks is a really good coach.

1537
01:28:33,140 --> 01:28:38,740
 For whatever reason, it came down this year, and they didn't tackle very well.

1538
01:28:38,740 --> 01:28:42,140
 I don't know if it was accountability or what maybe went wrong.

1539
01:28:42,420 --> 01:28:45,000
 But the last couple of years, he's had outstanding defenses.

1540
01:28:45,220 --> 01:28:48,240
 They typically get turnovers and get sacks.

1541
01:28:48,920 --> 01:28:54,860
 And so I think you can expect he's a DB coach, so I can expect to see extra attention to that secondary.

1542
01:28:55,880 --> 01:29:02,120
 And, yeah, I think he'll work well with Alex Golesh, who I expect to have success there at Auburn.

1543
01:29:03,440 --> 01:29:06,700
 Rick Barnes wanted to get back on the right track this week.

1544
01:29:06,700 --> 01:29:08,200
 I believe they've got Louisville.

1545
01:29:08,360 --> 01:29:09,600
 I think they're going to do that.

1546
01:29:09,980 --> 01:29:15,680
 They're going to, again, Tennessee, Alabama, and Auburn have played really a rigorous schedule.

1547
01:29:16,000 --> 01:29:20,960
 Alabama's lost in the number one, six, and seven teams in the nation.

1548
01:29:21,160 --> 01:29:25,240
 B-Man, where can we get online and get all of the great stuff?

1549
01:29:26,180 --> 01:29:29,900
 Yeah, and I just saw Ryan Shumpert, I think, put it out there from Rock the Top Insider.

1550
01:29:30,020 --> 01:29:33,400
 Tennessee is a home underdog to Louisville.

1551
01:29:33,520 --> 01:29:38,900
 That's the first time in 86 great games they've been a home favorite.

1552
01:29:39,080 --> 01:29:41,040
 And they went back that streak going back to, like, 2020.

1553
01:29:41,640 --> 01:29:43,960
 So there are – Louisville's another really good team.

1554
01:29:44,280 --> 01:29:45,800
 You can follow me on all the socials.

1555
01:29:45,860 --> 01:29:48,360
 It's Vince Sports, V-I-N-C-E Sports.

1556
01:29:48,900 --> 01:29:52,540
 And then I'll be in Tampa when I join you guys next week.

1557
01:29:52,540 --> 01:29:53,420
 We'll get it on Saturday.

1558
01:29:53,760 --> 01:29:59,060
 So looking forward to an update on mom's cooking for the next couple of Mondays.

1559
01:30:00,160 --> 01:30:03,400
 And the word that Brent and I would like to leave you with, it's called leftovers.

1560
01:30:03,580 --> 01:30:05,480
 Keep us in mind with that leftover word, okay?

1561
01:30:06,700 --> 01:30:07,060
 Absolutely.

1562
01:30:07,260 --> 01:30:08,960
 We'll get a delivery to you one of these days.

1563
01:30:09,460 --> 01:30:10,400
 There you go.

1564
01:30:10,920 --> 01:30:12,360
 That's the key for one of these days.

1565
01:30:12,580 --> 01:30:13,620
 One of these days.

1566
01:30:13,720 --> 01:30:14,940
 Maybe years or millennials.

1567
01:30:15,200 --> 01:30:16,700
 I admit it hasn't happened yet.

1568
01:30:16,940 --> 01:30:17,500
 It'll happen.

1569
01:30:18,340 --> 01:30:19,100
 It's a first.

1570
01:30:19,480 --> 01:30:20,880
 Safe travels to and from, V-Man.

1571
01:30:20,960 --> 01:30:22,260
 Thanks so much for your time today.

1572
01:30:23,160 --> 01:30:23,480
 All right.

1573
01:30:23,500 --> 01:30:24,200
 You guys are the best.

1574
01:30:24,300 --> 01:30:24,520
 Appreciate it.

1575
01:30:24,520 --> 01:30:25,080
 Thank you, man.

1576
01:30:25,660 --> 01:30:28,640
 The V-Man, Vince Rawlin, 99.1, the sports animal.

1577
01:30:28,780 --> 01:30:31,120
 Coming up on a week for Alabama fans.

1578
01:30:31,440 --> 01:30:35,060
 And who knows better than a former Alabama standout, the Redfish.

1579
01:30:35,280 --> 01:30:35,540
 Next.

1580
01:30:35,660 --> 01:30:36,120
 Stay with us.

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1590
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1591
01:31:24,380 --> 01:31:25,600
 Hey, fans.

1592
01:31:26,060 --> 01:31:28,360
 Welcome back to Fansville's Cheers.

1593
01:31:29,360 --> 01:31:30,440
 And tears.

1594
01:31:31,440 --> 01:31:34,040
 Okay, so like everybody deals with losing, right?

1595
01:31:34,120 --> 01:31:35,980
 To a rival on a last-second field goal.

1596
01:31:36,220 --> 01:31:36,900
 Whatever, it's fine.

1597
01:31:36,920 --> 01:31:37,540
 I'm totally fine.

1598
01:31:37,720 --> 01:31:41,340
 But I cope with losing with an ice-cold Dr. Pepper.

1599
01:31:42,820 --> 01:31:45,940
 Those 23 flavors are like so delicious.

1600
01:31:46,600 --> 01:31:50,640
 They totally wash away the pain of your college football team taking a big fat L.

1601
01:31:51,700 --> 01:31:52,620
 College football.

1602
01:31:52,940 --> 01:31:53,680
 It's a pepper thing.

1603
01:31:54,260 --> 01:31:55,640
 The holidays are rolling in.

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1648
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1649
01:34:22,500 --> 01:34:23,500
 Welcome back in.

1650
01:34:23,540 --> 01:34:28,160
 It is an absolute pleasure for us to say hello, open the door, and say hello to William Redfish

1651
01:34:28,160 --> 01:34:33,260
 Barger, former University of Alabama offensive lineman, and now co-host by the microphone of

1652
01:34:33,260 --> 01:34:34,340
 BAM's radio.

1653
01:34:34,520 --> 01:34:35,320
 William, welcome in.

1654
01:34:35,400 --> 01:34:36,940
 Happy Monday to you.

1655
01:34:37,340 --> 01:34:38,180
 It's game week.

1656
01:34:38,240 --> 01:34:38,740
 How are you?

1657
01:34:39,520 --> 01:34:40,700
 I'm doing good, guys.

1658
01:34:40,700 --> 01:34:41,600
 Hope y'all are as well.

1659
01:34:41,720 --> 01:34:42,000
 Hey, bud.

1660
01:34:42,360 --> 01:34:43,020
 And we are.

1661
01:34:43,060 --> 01:34:44,180
 We appreciate you asking, William.

1662
01:34:44,240 --> 01:34:47,420
 Let's get to the obvious part of the pond, elephant in the room.

1663
01:34:48,460 --> 01:34:51,460
 Kellen DeBoer says, all that stuff is just noise.

1664
01:34:51,580 --> 01:34:52,460
 It's rat poison.

1665
01:34:52,660 --> 01:34:54,060
 I'm rolling with the tide.

1666
01:34:54,240 --> 01:34:56,500
 William, what's your reaction to the news?

1667
01:34:56,560 --> 01:35:01,120
 I think a lot of folks who are plugged into the story were not totally surprised by.

1668
01:35:02,480 --> 01:35:09,160
 Yeah, I mean, I know in today's college football world, people aren't accustomed to football coaches

1669
01:35:09,160 --> 01:35:17,860
 telling the truth, but in this particular case, Kellen DeBoer is 100% telling the truth.

1670
01:35:17,860 --> 01:35:25,620
 I think it was a lot more wishful thinking than reality on the Michigan end.

1671
01:35:25,620 --> 01:35:49,120
 And I think any viable candidate that they do approach for that job is going to give it a kind of it's not going to pass the smell test, so to speak, especially for anyone that's in a similar situation to Kellen DeBoer at a program like Alabama where the AD is aligned with what his goals are.

1672
01:35:49,120 --> 01:36:18,040
 You know, there's a better chance than not that, you know, the AD at Michigan isn't going to survive this scandal, and I'm surprised he still is employed, but, you know, there's just a big mess up there, and, you know, I don't know, you know, a whole lot of people that would want to wade off into it, you know, for any amount of money just because of the uncertainties.

1673
01:36:18,040 --> 01:36:38,200
 And, you know, they've got two schools within their own conference now that's, you know, kind of difficult to keep up with from an NIL standpoint in Ohio State and Oregon, and it's not the job that it was when Jim Harbaugh took it, you know, 10, 15 years ago, however long it's been.

1674
01:36:38,200 --> 01:37:03,700
 So, you know, I don't think Kellen DeBoer had any interest in Penn State or the University of Michigan, and, you know, he knew what he was getting into when, you know, he decided to take over for Nick Saban, and, you know, I think he deserves some, you know, some house credit for having the cojones to bite that animal off a little bit there.

1675
01:37:03,700 --> 01:37:21,620
 So, you know, and I'm sure, you know, if things don't go our way Friday night, half the fan base is going to want to send a man in a U-Haul truck Saturday morning, but, you know, maybe don't even get on the plane, leave him on the tarmac like they did Lane Kiffin out in L.A.

1676
01:37:21,700 --> 01:37:26,120
 Send him to Kennesaw State, and you make, to me, that's the central part of this whole thing.

1677
01:37:26,200 --> 01:37:33,580
 I saw over the weekend what they call it on TV, a scroll at the bottom, and it said that they're bringing in a third party to investigate the F.A. department.

1678
01:37:33,700 --> 01:37:48,700
 I'm thinking, who in their right mind, I mean, at this point in life, I think we've all had opportunities to go elsewhere, employment-wise, for better money, but the management was a train wreck, and why in the world would you trade peace of mind for more money, perhaps, on the front end, for a headache down the road?

1679
01:37:48,700 --> 01:37:58,100
 You've got to look at the balance. Your thoughts about that, again, and what does it mean for Alabama? Because no longer can they have that for a distraction.

1680
01:37:58,360 --> 01:38:13,700
 It's game on, focus on the game itself, and you bring up a good point. It seemed like everybody wanted DeBoer at one point, except a lot of Alabama fans, after the last loss, but your thoughts about what that does as far as preparation for this game this week, if any?

1681
01:38:14,640 --> 01:38:31,100
 Well, I mean, I think Alabama's done a good job this season, you know, kind of channeling out the outside distractions, and I know it's difficult for both coaches and players to do in today's college football world because of the social media.

1682
01:38:31,100 --> 01:38:44,580
 And a lot of the players, you know, have to be, you know, have to stay plugged into that to, you know, promote things that they're, you know, brand ambassadors for and what they're getting compensated for.

1683
01:38:44,780 --> 01:38:59,980
 So, you know, that makes it more difficult. And certainly from back in the dark ages, when I was down there where you might find out something that was going on two days later in the Tuscaloosa newspaper, you know, at the corner store down there.

1684
01:38:59,980 --> 01:39:14,940
 But, you know, I think Alabama's got enough, you know, distractions on the field that they need to, you know, be focused on overcoming versus what, who or, you know, who's not their head coach might be talking to.

1685
01:39:15,820 --> 01:39:23,720
 You know, they've got a formidable opponent that they've got to travel to and play in the first round of the playoffs Friday evening in Norman, Oklahoma.

1686
01:39:24,280 --> 01:39:39,260
 And, you know, it's a, you know, it's an interesting rematch if you really look at all of the metrics and measuring sticks that are used to determine, you know, who wins or loses a football game.

1687
01:39:39,260 --> 01:39:44,140
 You know, you know, Oklahoma only had 200 yards, 212 total yards of offense.

1688
01:39:45,020 --> 01:39:45,140
 Yeah.

1689
01:39:45,280 --> 01:39:50,440
 You know, Alabama doubled them up on total yards on time of possessions.

1690
01:39:51,140 --> 01:39:58,120
 And unfortunately, the outcome of the game came down to the fact that they tripled them up on the amount of turnover.

1691
01:39:58,420 --> 01:40:07,680
 So, you know, I think if both teams play this game Friday night clean, you know, it's going to come.

1692
01:40:07,680 --> 01:40:09,340
 It's going to be a low-scoring game.

1693
01:40:09,520 --> 01:40:16,420
 I think the point total is sitting right at 40 right now, and I'd be kind of surprised if it even reaches that point.

1694
01:40:16,580 --> 01:40:22,560
 I mean, this could be a 17-14 kind of old-school Gene Stallings type game.

1695
01:40:23,580 --> 01:40:24,560
 Here's the deal, William.

1696
01:40:24,720 --> 01:40:29,860
 I think a lot of folks say, what's Alabama got to do to keep giving the other guys a short field?

1697
01:40:29,940 --> 01:40:34,160
 We saw the defense play good, but they still look what happened with the final score of Georgia.

1698
01:40:34,160 --> 01:40:37,460
 If you look at just the stats, you say, well, you said this defense is good.

1699
01:40:37,520 --> 01:40:38,340
 What's going on here?

1700
01:40:38,440 --> 01:40:44,620
 But when you're starting, basically, at the points they start against Georgia, if they do that again against Oklahoma,

1701
01:40:44,960 --> 01:40:46,380
 your thoughts just about something.

1702
01:40:46,520 --> 01:40:50,880
 I've always said one of the big stats that kind of gets overlooked, how good are you on third down converting?

1703
01:40:51,400 --> 01:40:55,000
 How good are you on defense to keep the other team from converting on third down?

1704
01:40:55,060 --> 01:41:02,280
 Your thoughts just about some of the stats that kind of fly out of the radar, starting with not giving Oklahoma short field after short field.

1705
01:41:03,480 --> 01:41:14,380
 Well, you know, a lot of people look at, you know, bang-bang turnovers or three and outs, and they think it's, well, you know, the defense is going to get gassed.

1706
01:41:14,380 --> 01:41:17,520
 They haven't had a chance to get rested.

1707
01:41:17,940 --> 01:41:22,180
 And, yes, that is true, and it can become a factor if it happens repetitively.

1708
01:41:22,340 --> 01:41:33,160
 But where it really gets you into is it never gives you a chance to make adjustments and look at what the team, you know, might have been successful on

1709
01:41:33,160 --> 01:41:36,660
 and, you know, what you might have been successful on.

1710
01:41:36,720 --> 01:41:44,040
 I know it's been expedited, you know, tremendously with those guys having the tablets to, you know, look at stuff on instantly over there on the sidelines.

1711
01:41:44,040 --> 01:41:47,620
 But, you know, that's something that plays into it.

1712
01:41:48,020 --> 01:41:59,660
 And, you know, when the offense can convert third downs and move those chains, you know, it tends to lead to better performances for the defense.

1713
01:42:00,220 --> 01:42:12,060
 So, you know, that's something that Alabama, I think, should be the, you know, the first goal before we even start about talking about, you know, scoring 14-plus points is, you know, let's convert third downs.

1714
01:42:12,260 --> 01:42:13,860
 Let's don't turn the ball over.

1715
01:42:14,020 --> 01:42:15,520
 Let's don't give up sacks.

1716
01:42:15,660 --> 01:42:19,080
 Let's don't whiff on blitz pickup if you're one of the running backs.

1717
01:42:19,720 --> 01:42:21,420
 You know, there's a lot of stuff.

1718
01:42:21,420 --> 01:42:37,920
 And, you know, I've got my own level of anxiety about this game and some concerns that I probably wouldn't have if you really go back and look at the game the first weekend in November, I think it was, the first matchup.

1719
01:42:38,500 --> 01:42:43,640
 You know, Josh Cuavers was really Ty Simpson saving grace in that game.

1720
01:42:44,640 --> 01:42:48,700
 I mean, I don't care what any availability reports say.

1721
01:42:48,900 --> 01:42:52,060
 If he plays in this game Friday night, he never had a broken foot.

1722
01:42:53,900 --> 01:43:01,260
 And really the only guy I'm expecting to be back is Jam Miller that's of, you know, significance and has a chance to come back.

1723
01:43:01,360 --> 01:43:02,480
 There's some of them that don't.

1724
01:43:02,560 --> 01:43:09,780
 Yeah, I mean, I expect Parker Brailsford's ankle to be a little bit better and, you know, some of the other sprains and tweaks.

1725
01:43:10,100 --> 01:43:24,620
 But, you know, if Cuavers was available for this game, I think my attitude would be, you know, a little bit different because, you know, he was wide open for the taking, you know, every time Ty Simpson chose to target him.

1726
01:43:24,620 --> 01:43:37,120
 And, you know, and I do think the young tight ends are probably a little bit more capable of taking up his slack as far as a receiver in the passing game goes.

1727
01:43:37,300 --> 01:43:48,100
 But they're not quite ready to, you know, be that guy at the point of attack on a running play, you know, going up, you know, right into the seven or the nine hole.

1728
01:43:48,900 --> 01:43:58,280
 Well, I know with the last time we talked with you in the first Oklahoma-Alabama game in November, you're quite impressed with Brent Venables.

1729
01:43:58,680 --> 01:44:06,780
 You know, we'll see where his head coaching goes as far as CEO of a program, but as far as a defensive coordinator, he's very good.

1730
01:44:06,880 --> 01:44:10,820
 And he seems to have two weeks to get ready for Alabama every time he plays them.

1731
01:44:11,220 --> 01:44:16,700
 Oklahoma leads the conference in sacks with 41, tackles for a loss with 115.

1732
01:44:17,580 --> 01:44:24,600
 When I see stands like that, I'm thinking, yeah, a lot of third and twelves, which is not good for any team.

1733
01:44:24,600 --> 01:44:28,740
 And I know you get asked all the time, can Alabama improve the running attack?

1734
01:44:29,200 --> 01:44:34,800
 We'll see with Cam Miller back a little bit, feeling better, maybe some of the offensive linemen.

1735
01:44:35,460 --> 01:44:38,980
 But again, as Harold mentioned, third and long, second and long.

1736
01:44:39,700 --> 01:44:41,380
 How can they counter that?

1737
01:44:42,740 --> 01:44:49,740
 Well, the easiest way to counter it is to pick up six yards or more on first down and have second and four or less.

1738
01:44:51,100 --> 01:44:53,700
 But, you know, that's easier said than done.

1739
01:44:54,900 --> 01:45:02,720
 And, you know, Thomas is still listed as questionable, but at a bare minimum, I expect him to give it a whirl and try and go.

1740
01:45:03,560 --> 01:45:12,220
 And, you know, it would help the cause if he is limited in plays, but, you know, because they didn't have to deal with him the first go around.

1741
01:45:12,440 --> 01:45:18,420
 And, you know, it's to be more efficient and more productive on first down.

1742
01:45:18,820 --> 01:45:26,300
 And, you know, Alabama kind of got a little bit of a ground game going against them, you know, in the first matchup.

1743
01:45:26,360 --> 01:45:31,780
 I think both Daniel Hill and one other running back, it might have been Jam.

1744
01:45:32,080 --> 01:45:34,840
 You know, they both averaged over three yards per carry.

1745
01:45:34,960 --> 01:45:37,820
 I think one was a little over three and the other one was right at four.

1746
01:45:38,000 --> 01:45:40,780
 So, you know, I'm sure they're going to give that a whirl.

1747
01:45:40,860 --> 01:45:54,540
 But when you become predictable, you know, which they have been at times on first down, you know, running plays, you know, in the A gaps on either side of the center running play.

1748
01:45:54,740 --> 01:46:03,780
 You know, they need to become less predictable on first down, and that might help the trend of second and long, third and longs, you know, becoming the norm.

1749
01:46:05,460 --> 01:46:15,980
 Well, if you were calling the play, you know there's going to be a good chance that Venables is going to send two or three high safeties and then bring the jailhouse rush on a lot of other plays.

1750
01:46:16,100 --> 01:46:17,340
 What is the perfect call?

1751
01:46:17,400 --> 01:46:21,300
 Because I believe every, if you're playing chess, there's always something to counter with.

1752
01:46:21,340 --> 01:46:25,880
 You know Venables is going to take away, if he can, the long ball, and he's going to bring everybody else.

1753
01:46:25,980 --> 01:46:28,440
 What is the perfect antidote to that, in your opinion?

1754
01:46:30,420 --> 01:46:36,280
 Well, you know, the first game that I'm actually a play caller in will be my first game as a play caller.

1755
01:46:37,860 --> 01:46:42,200
 But, you know, I've got a little bit of Gus Malzahn in me.

1756
01:46:42,880 --> 01:46:51,060
 You know, if there's something that I'm doing that's successful, I'm running it until the defensive coordinator forces me to do something else.

1757
01:46:51,060 --> 01:47:09,080
 You know, one area with this offense, especially when you look at Ty Simpson's skill set, and the fact that it's been a revolving door of multiple offensive line, you know, matchups, or excuse me, lineups throughout the course of the season.

1758
01:47:09,080 --> 01:47:14,520
 And, you know, one thing that's always kind of confused me is, why not, you know, move the pocket?

1759
01:47:15,880 --> 01:47:16,080
 Yeah.

1760
01:47:16,180 --> 01:47:22,540
 I thought the offensive coordinator my freshman year at Alabama was just a, well, he was a football spot.

1761
01:47:22,720 --> 01:47:30,160
 I mean, he ran the ball when I thought he was going to run, and he passed it when I, you know, I thought he was going to, you know, do the opposite.

1762
01:47:30,160 --> 01:47:32,460
 But, you know, let's move the pocket.

1763
01:47:32,720 --> 01:47:42,020
 Let's roll Ty Simpson out and, you know, flood the tight end, the tailback, and the wide receiver and give Ty three simple quick reads.

1764
01:47:42,640 --> 01:47:44,560
 And it's a simple read for the quarterback.

1765
01:47:44,780 --> 01:47:52,180
 If the forced man to the side that you roll out to, if he rushes, you know, you dump it over his head to one of those three receivers.

1766
01:47:52,560 --> 01:48:00,780
 If he drops into coverage, then you give a go-go call, and all of a sudden he becomes the running back and, you know, picks up what's there.

1767
01:48:01,420 --> 01:48:07,000
 And, you know, that's a play along with the seam pass, or some people call it a tight end dump pass.

1768
01:48:07,860 --> 01:48:11,580
 Those are two plays that are virtually impossible to stop.

1769
01:48:12,040 --> 01:48:18,520
 You know, if you're the forced man to that side of that play, and you take one false step, you're toast.

1770
01:48:19,360 --> 01:48:25,240
 And so, you know, I'm a big believer in keeping things simple, stupid, and football is not rocket science.

1771
01:48:25,460 --> 01:48:30,100
 It's a real simple game, and a lot of times played by real simple people.

1772
01:48:30,300 --> 01:48:36,140
 And so that's the way I think it should be presented and tried to be asked to execute.

1773
01:48:36,380 --> 01:48:42,460
 Let's don't make it, you know, a triple reverse flea flicker throwback pass.

1774
01:48:42,580 --> 01:48:50,260
 Let's just line up and do things that are kind of a little bit more, got higher percentages attached to them as far as being executed.

1775
01:48:51,320 --> 01:48:56,600
 William, an Alabama judge earlier today, granted, former Tennessee and Alabama.

1776
01:48:56,600 --> 01:48:57,120
 I knew this was coming.

1777
01:48:57,660 --> 01:48:59,980
 You knew that was coming.

1778
01:49:00,080 --> 01:49:07,640
 My only response is, is I think I just heard the jet from Baton Rouge fly over my head en route from to Fort Payne Airport.

1779
01:49:08,480 --> 01:49:09,060
 There you go.

1780
01:49:09,640 --> 01:49:11,840
 And he's not going to see Randy Owen either, is he?

1781
01:49:11,840 --> 01:49:12,080
 Go ahead.

1782
01:49:12,220 --> 01:49:13,480
 No, no, that's fine, William.

1783
01:49:13,540 --> 01:49:16,660
 I knew I was going to get a good reaction from you.

1784
01:49:17,040 --> 01:49:22,660
 I know you've been asked, well, William, is he going to be an SEC coach next year?

1785
01:49:23,080 --> 01:49:24,500
 That remains to be seen.

1786
01:49:25,340 --> 01:49:27,040
 I mean, yes, it does.

1787
01:49:27,120 --> 01:49:45,860
 I mean, I don't know if that was a gentleman's agreement, if there was something signed, but, you know, I thought the plan was when this was kind of put to bed that he was going to kind of, you know, put one toe in the shallow into the pool and maybe start back up as an analyst or a coach at Jacksonville State for Charles Kelly.

1788
01:49:46,600 --> 01:49:48,800
 But, you know, I don't know.

1789
01:49:48,800 --> 01:49:50,240
 I mean, honestly, I don't.

1790
01:49:50,380 --> 01:49:54,940
 I mean, I would love to see Jeremy at Alabama this afternoon.

1791
01:49:55,320 --> 01:50:04,020
 But, you know, I don't know, you know, if he wants to start back making very little money as an off-the-field analyst.

1792
01:50:04,220 --> 01:50:11,960
 I don't know if he's going to, you know, now with the injunction, if he's going to try and go for, you know, being a position coach.

1793
01:50:12,040 --> 01:50:20,220
 I mean, I can't think of a whole lot of places around, you know, the SEC that are in the market for a defensive coordinator.

1794
01:50:20,840 --> 01:50:23,560
 And, you know, that's one thing, too, guys.

1795
01:50:23,820 --> 01:50:40,400
 You know, let's don't look past the fact that just because he's gotten an injunction from the NCAA that the big man in the big office, you know, in Birmingham, Greg Sankey, is going to give his blessing to anything beyond an off-the-field analyst.

1796
01:50:40,580 --> 01:50:43,020
 So we'll just have to wait and see how that all plays out.

1797
01:50:44,940 --> 01:50:48,720
 We've talked about the issues Oklahoma gives Alabama.

1798
01:50:48,720 --> 01:50:51,100
 What's your prediction for Friday night?

1799
01:50:52,440 --> 01:50:53,560
 You know, I really do.

1800
01:50:53,680 --> 01:50:55,960
 I think it's going to be a low-scoring game.

1801
01:50:56,080 --> 01:50:58,260
 The first person to 20 might win it.

1802
01:50:58,780 --> 01:51:01,600
 I really do see kind of a 17-14.

1803
01:51:02,360 --> 01:51:04,960
 I pray it doesn't turn into a field goal shootout.

1804
01:51:05,600 --> 01:51:06,040
 Really?

1805
01:51:07,060 --> 01:51:18,260
 You know, that is one thing that I think does play into Alabama's advantage is it's not like Oklahoma has been an offensive juggernaut of late themselves.

1806
01:51:18,720 --> 01:51:24,600
 So, you know, that could change with them having another off-week and get rested.

1807
01:51:24,800 --> 01:51:28,220
 Maybe Mateer's, you know, thumb is fully finally healed.

1808
01:51:28,340 --> 01:51:28,800
 Who knows?

1809
01:51:29,000 --> 01:51:32,280
 But I do think it's going to be a low-scoring affair.

1810
01:51:32,780 --> 01:51:34,900
 I think it's going to be a defensive struggle.

1811
01:51:35,560 --> 01:51:44,380
 And, you know, I would love it if my old pal, number 18, Bray Hubbard, could get me a couple of turnovers, mainly a pick-six.

1812
01:51:44,440 --> 01:51:45,760
 That would certainly help the cost.

1813
01:51:46,560 --> 01:51:49,000
 I think that's going to be one of the biggest keys, William.

1814
01:51:49,060 --> 01:51:50,100
 You're exactly right.

1815
01:51:50,260 --> 01:51:54,500
 Listen, we always enjoy talking ball with you on Monday.

1816
01:51:55,040 --> 01:51:56,440
 Listen, have a great week.

1817
01:51:56,660 --> 01:51:59,400
 Let's do some post-game analysis next Monday.

1818
01:52:00,500 --> 01:52:02,840
 Okay, now, if it doesn't go our way, don't call me.

1819
01:52:04,980 --> 01:52:06,760
 I'm writing it down even as we speak.

1820
01:52:06,760 --> 01:52:07,320
 I'm just kidding.

1821
01:52:08,040 --> 01:52:09,760
 I'll show up, win, lose, or draw.

1822
01:52:10,600 --> 01:52:11,400
 Thank you, buddy.

1823
01:52:11,940 --> 01:52:12,860
 Thank you so much.

1824
01:52:12,960 --> 01:52:14,060
 Hope it's going to be all the good stuff.

1825
01:52:14,200 --> 01:52:14,340
 You too.

1826
01:52:15,240 --> 01:52:17,080
 Redfish Barger in the huddle with us.

1827
01:52:17,120 --> 01:52:19,980
 Phoebe, speaking of that, keep it right here on 93.9, the score.

1828
01:52:20,060 --> 01:52:22,680
 We've got you covered with Alabama coverage tonight.

1829
01:52:22,760 --> 01:52:25,500
 Hey, Coach, followed by the Dolphins and Senators, a big night ahead.

1830
01:52:25,580 --> 01:52:25,900
 What else?

1831
01:52:26,000 --> 01:52:27,420
 You're on 93.9, the score tonight, BB.

1832
01:52:28,600 --> 01:52:35,380
 Well, probably Monday night football at some point after, hey, Coach, it's going to be an interesting week, though.

1833
01:52:35,380 --> 01:52:45,400
 A lot of the focus may, thank God, may turn to analyzing the games and predicting scores instead of where coaches are going.

1834
01:52:45,720 --> 01:52:47,300
 Well, Alabama already a win.

1835
01:52:47,380 --> 01:52:51,520
 The forecast looking pretty good for December's standards out in Norman.

1836
01:52:51,680 --> 01:52:53,680
 Temps around 50, even around 60.

1837
01:52:54,160 --> 01:52:55,320
 Game time about 45.

1838
01:52:55,420 --> 01:52:57,460
 In other words, football weather.

1839
01:52:57,840 --> 01:52:58,840
 Right now, they'll take it.

1840
01:52:58,880 --> 01:53:02,560
 That's going to take care of us for now on behalf of BB, Greg, James, Flair, the entire crew here.

1841
01:53:02,920 --> 01:53:04,720
 Harold LeVog, thank you so much for your time today.

1842
01:53:04,780 --> 01:53:09,340
 Let's do it again tomorrow at noon to two for the Boom O' Buck Show back here on Sports Radio 93.9, the score.