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

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

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 Good afternoon and welcome in to the Boomo Bugg Show. I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird. Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley. Brett Beaird, welcome in where the question of the day is, are you ready to take the lid off the playoff party? Good afternoon. Welcome in and how are you?

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 Happy football Friday. I think everybody is ready to take the lid off and we'll analyze every college football playoff game this weekend throughout the show.

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 The one and only Bill Shanks gives us his model to fix college football playoff issues.

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 Jimmy is here right now to talk about his keys for Alabama to beat Oklahoma tonight.

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 And I would imagine back to Bill, he's got a thing or two to say why Georgia fans have even more reasons to hate Texas.

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 We'll get into that a little bit later on, but you mentioned the one and only Jimmy Stein.

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 He's co-host of Locked On Bama, part of the Locked On Network.

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 Jimmy Stein, welcome in.

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 How does it sound?

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 An Alabama football game on a Friday night.

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 If I got that right, how are you?

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 It does feel a little strange, doesn't it?

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 On top of the strangeness in terms of how it feels playing such a huge game on a Friday night is, this is the college football playoff, but it also feels like any other road game in Norman, Oklahoma.

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 There's nothing neutral about the field tonight.

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 Make no mistake, this is an SEC road game.

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 Everyone knows how hard those are to win.

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 The fact that this is a playoff game doesn't change that.

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 So, Jimmy, obviously we know the mission.

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 Remember the old TV show, Mission Impossible.

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 Should you accept, and this tape will self-destruct in so many seconds, but where do you start in breaking down the secrets to success for the Crimson Tide to get revenge like Georgia did on Alabama earlier this season?

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 Well, it's a broken record when it comes to breaking down this game, but everyone thought the first time they played, the turnovers decided it.

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 If Alabama had only turned it over twice instead of three times, just one less turnover, they would have won the game.

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 If they had turned it over only once, they might have won by two scores.

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 Turnovers decided the first game, as did special teams' disasters.

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 I think that's something to watch tonight, is turnovers and special teams.

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 That's how Alabama lost the first time around.

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 They sort of won the matchup, I think, on both sides of the ball, offensively and defensively.

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 The offense moved the ball, Ty Simpson threw for over 300 yards against this great Oklahoma defense.

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 They had 400 yards of total offense.

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 They had four drives over 60 yards.

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 Defensively, they held Oklahoma to the point that Oklahoma's longest scoring drive of the whole night was like 41 yards.

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 So, offensively and defensively, you played good enough.

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 You showed you can beat this team, but you can't turn over the ball three times, and you can't have special teams' disasters.

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 Alabama doesn't need to go out and win this game on special teams.

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 I don't think it's a situation where you're looking to get a huge advantage there with long,

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 tauty field goals or booming Blake Dowd punts or big returns.

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 No, all you have to do is be solid in special teams.

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 Don't give anything away.

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 Don't lose field position because of poor special teams' play.

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 Just be solid there.

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 Don't turn over the ball, and you really have to like Alabama's chances,

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 even though it's going to be a very difficult atmosphere and it's an elite defense you're going up against.

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 Jimmy, it does appear Alabama is much healthier for this game than coming out of the Georgia game.

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 We've seen John Miller running around the practice field.

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 Kim Dewberry, I know Zabian Brown, Justin Jefferson, they were hurt in the game and came out.

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 Josh Cuavers is huge.

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 And, quote, the comments have been, he will be available.

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 I'm guessing he's going to be on a pitch count.

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 We don't know if that's going to be 15 plays or 50.

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 But one thing we do know, the overall health of this team is much better than it was two weeks ago.

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 Yeah, I'm not going to use the word healthy to describe this Alabama team.

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 They're not healthy in too many spots.

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 But they are healthier than they were in Atlanta against Georgia.

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 The health situation has improved pretty much across the board.

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 Everyone who has banged up feels a little bit better.

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 You're even getting a couple guys back who couldn't play at all against the Georgia Bulldogs.

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 So the health situation is better.

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 This isn't a healthy Alabama football team.

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 And you'd probably assume the same about Oklahoma.

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 You play 12 college football games, eight of them in the SEC.

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 They're going to be banged up, too.

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 And, of course, they famously have a quarterback who underwent surgery during the season.

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 I think what we haven't talked about enough, guys, is this three-week break that Oklahoma's got

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 and then got the two-week break from the SEC championship.

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 So that's three weeks for John Mateer's hand to improve.

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 Anyone that saw him play in September and then saw him play after the hand surgery,

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 You're probably going to be dealing with a much healthier Mateer than you saw in the game

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 Jimmy's time to get up with us, Locked on Bama.

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 Not only that, but Bama and, like a lot of teams, in third and long situations,

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 how many times do you see a quarterback get loose and pick up a first down, flip the field, and or score?

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 Because everybody's talking about his hand.

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 He's also got some legs that he can hurt you with, too, if you don't bird dog him enough.

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 You absolutely have to be concerned with Mateer's legs as much as his arm.

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 But Alabama's got a pretty good, healthy linebacking core for tonight.

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 Alabama's just sort of well-suited personnel-wise to deal with that.

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 I wouldn't be surprised at all to see Ty Simpson a little more aggressive in the run game tonight.

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 This is sort of a game where you fire all the bullets you got, right, because it's win or go home.

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 Not a lot of them, but even two or three is more than you usually see.

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 What we're talking about, Ty, your thoughts,

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 obviously people have been questioning the physical part with the back, et cetera,

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 and they know the extent.

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 But psychologically, it just seemed like at some point, particularly after the Missouri game,

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 Ty went from being Superman when it came to confidence to maybe second-guessing

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 and holding on a second or two too long, too many strips.

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 And, number one, you know, a lot of speculation about the second half of that Missouri game

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 and a big hit he took in the second half of that game

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 and how he's been a little bit of a different player since.

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 I'm not disputing that.

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 It's a fair observation.

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 After that bye week, look who Alabama's played defensively.

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 Look who Ty has matched wits with at the line of scrimmage.

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 People talk about how good Ty is at changing plays of the line of scrimmage

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 and how good he is pre-snap.

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 Ty has faced a litany of some of the best defensive minds in all of college football.

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 These aren't just the best defenses in the SEC.

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 These are the best defenses and some of the best defensive coordinators in the sport.

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 And Alabama played them all in a row, all after the bye week,

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 all with Ty clearly a little banged up.

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 So you add it all up.

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 And Alabama's almost fortunate to be where they are tonight,

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 you know, in Norman, in the college football playoff,

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 but healthier than they've been.

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 And they've seen this Oklahoma defense before.

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 And I think those are all nice advantages for Alabama.

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 But Oklahoma knows Alabama's personnel, too.

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 Jimmy, giving Ty Simpson a cleaner pocket is going to be key tonight.

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 Alabama matched Georgia's physicality in September.

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 Tennessee was leading the nation in sacks and tackles for a loss.

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 And he did not get sacked.

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 Obviously, we know what's happened since then.

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 Oklahoma leads the SEC in sacks with 41.

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 TFLs with 115.

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 Do you think they may roll Ty out a little bit more?

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 It's going to be so key to get production on first down.

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 Get four yards.

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 Again, some of these offensive linemen are healthier.

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 Again, Parker Bralsford with the high ankle sprain.

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 Kim, do you, Barry, who missed all or most of the Georgia game in Atlanta?

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 How does Alabama have a cleaner pocket for Ty tonight?

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 Well, you have to be creative.

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 You have to be creative.

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 You're not just going to whip them straight up.

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 They're way too good for that.

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 Plus, you didn't have to deal with R. Mason Thomas the first time around.

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 He's the best player in the front seven.

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 He didn't even play in the first game.

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 Now you've got him tonight.

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 Probably a little rust there.

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 But what a great football player he is.

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 He's going to be a handful for Proctor, Caden Proctor, or Michael Carroll

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 Whenever I look at a game or do an analysis of a game that looks like it's me close,

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 If it doesn't go well for Alabama, why didn't it go well?

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 And the answer is inability to handle the pressures.

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 Oklahoma is very good at it.

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 They're highly disruptive.

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 They've sacked a quarterback.

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 They'll tackle you for loss.

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 They're very disruptive and aggressive.

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 The fact of the matter is, if Alabama can't handle that,

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 you really don't have much of a chance.

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 They're as good as it gets.

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 You have to be healthier than they were in Atlanta.

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 It's not just tackle-to-tackle, guys.

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 I think a huge part of Ty's protection tonight is going to come from the tight end position

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 Because they are going to bring blitzers.

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 There are going to be times when an offensive lineman's beat and they need help.

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 The tight ends on the back have to have a good night helping keep Ty clean.

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 And if you do that, maybe one of those playmaking receivers can wiggle free and make a big play.

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 You mentioned the tight ends with the nest.

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 We know Cuevas is back.

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 At least there's some light in the tunnel.

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 You can correct us if we're wrong on this, Jimmy.

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 And his reputation is just that, blocking.

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 And I guarantee you, if you're Ty Simpson, that's news to your ears.

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 What are you hearing about Danny Lewis and his availability tonight?

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 he's probably as healthy as he's been all year.

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 So when I say he's healthier, he's been all year, I'm not saying much.

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 It's all relative.

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 But it is helpful.

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 And this is why, when the game is as complicated and complex,

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 it's not that you can get an Oklahoma player blocked, which is hard enough.

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 It's who to block.

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 Your thoughts about huge, how huge would it be if Ryan Williams returned to the glory days of Georgia last year

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 Now, it didn't really show up in the stat sheet, but Ryan looked a little bouncier to me in Atlanta

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 than he had most of the year.

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 We'll have to ask Ryan when the season's over.

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 I don't know if there's ever been a week he's been 100% all year long.

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 He's little.

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 He was getting some of that quickness and twitch back.

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 He's probably as healthy as he's been.

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 You know he's determined this is a big stage.

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 That never seems to scare him.

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 I won't be surprised at all to see it happen.

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 But at the same time, when you look over the course of the first 13 games,

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 we shouldn't be too surprised when it doesn't.

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 But he's due.

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 He's due.

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 There's no question he's due.

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 And, again, to my eye, he looked a little quicker in Atlanta than we've seen him look lately.

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 Yeah, Jimmy, I thought you did too.

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 Give us your prediction for the score tonight.

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 And where can we get online and get the best Alabama sports podcast?

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 What can you do on the planet?

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 Well, it can go either way.

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 One of the things that really worries me about Oklahoma and their advantage in the home field,

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 they also have a significant advantage, a kicker.

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 Tate Sandell was the best place kicker in college football.

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 So, one advantage Oklahoma has, guys, is they are in scoring position on a part of the field that Alabama is not.

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 That's right.

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 So, I think that is to their advantage.

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 And in a close game, it would be nice to have the best kicker in college football on your team.

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 And they've got that.

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 But, despite that, and despite playing in Norman, I think if Alabama cuts the turnovers down and wins the turnover battle,

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 they don't even have to win it 3-1.

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 They just have to turn it over no more than Oklahoma does.

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 If they do that, I think Alabama wins tonight 21-20 with a fourth-quarter touchdown.

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 Maybe a big play in the fourth quarter from one of the wideouts like Ryan or Jeremy.

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 And Alabama makes the one play in the fourth quarter that wins the game 21-20.

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 We will have a post-game reaction show at some insane hour tonight live on the YouTube channel.

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 And, of course, we'll have new content all week on Locked On Bama.

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 It's a heart stopper.

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 Enjoy the game.

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 Thanks so much.

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 Football, Alabama football on a Friday night.

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 It must be 2025 or something like that.

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 Thanks so much for your time.

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 Enjoy, okay?

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 Appreciate it, guys.

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 Merry Christmas.

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 Merry Christmas.

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 You too, Jimmy.

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 BB, your thoughts.

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 Everybody's talking about Alabama's health now compared to where it was just a few weeks ago on the other side of the coin.

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 Oklahoma basically saying that we're going to match you with that because the big one there is Mason.

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 How much has matured's hand healed as well, BB?

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 Well, we'll find out tonight.

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 It's got to be better than what it was, and particularly in November.

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 Now, Oklahoma's center, I believe, is having some issues, but they've had another week to heal up from a rugged regular season.

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 And there's no question as far as you look at the roster for both teams and go down it,

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 Oklahoma's going to be healthier than Alabama is, even though I think that's going to be one of the big keys to the game.

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 This Alabama team will be much healthier than they were two weeks ago.

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 Well, you know, we were talking earlier about the score and all this, that, and the other.

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 And to me, the thing that's not getting enough love, everybody talks about the defense, the offense.

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 I think we need to focus a lot on that special teams because I thought that Jimmy Stein brought up a good point.

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 Once they cross the 50, certainly once they get inside the 35, barring America, they almost guarantee three points, BB, if history's on their side.

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 And here's, I think, something that I think could be, I'm looking at some of the numbers here.

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 When this game was first announced, everybody said, oh, my gosh.

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 You remember when the format was first announced?

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 They said, this home field advantage is going to be huge for the home team because if you're in an area where it's prone to have bad weather, cold weather, et cetera, that's a plus.

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 Well, initially, everybody thought it's going to be in Oklahoma.

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 It's going to be like just a few days before Christmas.

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 It's going to be awful.

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 I checked the numbers, and the numbers are kind of deceiving because the high today is about like it is here.

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 It's going to be in the 60s.

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 At least that's the forecast.

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 And then by game time, it's going to dip into football weather, upper 40s.

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 That's not going to be the issue because I think football players, they relish that.

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 It's just like a marathon or some runner.

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 They love the 40s because by the time they get out there and work up a sweat, that's just about right.

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 The problem is going to be the wind.

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 It's out in Oklahoma.

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 Anyone who's ever been west of the Mississippi knows the wind out there is different than wind over here.

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 And I saw, as satirical as some fans are, they said that might be a good thing for Alabama because if he pushes it to the right, maybe the wind will blow it back over.

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 But your thoughts just about the conditions out there and the elephant in the room, the home field advantage.

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 Well, Harold, first of all, they've got a proud tradition.

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 That fan base is as passionate as anybody's, BB.

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 Well, I've got reports there are not many Alabama fans there.

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 Again, Harold, think about this for a second.

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 This is the weekend before Christmas.

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 A lot of people have got plans.

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 Now, the Rose Bowl would be a different matter.

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 I think there would be a lot of Alabama fans.

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 They're fortunate enough to win tonight.

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 But let's take the home field advantage for Oklahoma.

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 I go back to this again.

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 Alabama won four games, Harold, this year on the road.

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 You beat Georgia and Athens and snap a 33-game winning streak.

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 You're going to be able to walk in to Norman.

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 They also beat South Carolina, Auburn, and Missouri on the road.

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 They're not going to be afraid to walk into a hostile environment.

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 But the special teams is a concern.

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 They've got the best field goal kicker.

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 In fact, he won the Lou Groves Award, Tate Sundell.

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 Grayson Miller is first-team All-SEC punter.

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 And Isaiah Sintega is a tremendous receiver.

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 But Alabama doesn't need to be better than Oklahoma.

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 They just need to match them.

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 Harold, as far as field position is concerned, they'll have a much better chance to win the game.

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 Well, look who just walked in here, Doug Segrist.

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 He's a legend when it comes to covering sports, whether it's with the Birmingham News or getting his hair done and dutered up to face the cameras at the zone ABC 3340.

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 Doug, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 I am great, and I am so sorry I'm late.

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 Well, it's a 15-yard penalty, but it's offsetting because we're late sometimes, too, Doug.

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 Are you ready for Christmas, Doug?

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 Are you going to be late like the rest of us for Christmas?

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 Yeah, it gets easier for me at this age.

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 You know, kids are grown, grandkids, you know, a lot of that stuff's plotted in advance.

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 So, I'm in pretty good shape.

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 There you go.

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 Doug, is Alabama in pretty good shape to rebound against Oklahoma tonight at Oklahoma?

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 Are we talking October, Alabama, or are we talking December, Alabama?

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 Yeah, I would imagine a lot of folks would like for it to be the October, but let's talk about the December, Alabama.

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 You've got to play the Cods you dealt now.

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 Yeah, listen, I think they'll be healthier.

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 But, you know, the offense is digressed.

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 Quarterback players digressed.

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 The running backs, I'm not sure they were ever, you know, playing well enough to digress.

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 Receiving is digressed.

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 I just worry about the offense.

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 Defense has been spectacular.

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 I think the defense can hold its own tonight.

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 You know, can Ty Simpson kind of reclaim his confidence?

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 And don't get me wrong, I think it would be hard for any quarterback to have confidence.

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 The way he's getting hit on, really, pummeled on a regular basis.

455
00:28:33,780 --> 00:28:40,160
 They've had two weeks, two weeks to heal wounds, two weeks to kind of figure this out.

456
00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:45,460
 And, you know, let's not forget that the first time, I mean, Alabama outgained them nearly two to one.

457
00:28:45,580 --> 00:28:47,780
 It was just all about field position and turnovers.

458
00:28:49,420 --> 00:28:53,100
 Yeah, that's exactly what we've talked about.

459
00:28:53,100 --> 00:29:00,000
 And, again, the same issue Alabama had with Georgia and Atlanta is the same one in Tuscaloosa.

460
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 They gave Oklahoma short fields.

461
00:29:02,660 --> 00:29:06,040
 And, Doug, we just got through talking about the special teams.

462
00:29:06,460 --> 00:29:10,780
 There is no question Oklahoma's got the advantage over Alabama in special teams.

463
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 They've got Lou Groza award winner, one of the top punters in the SEC, Centega.

464
00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:19,240
 Their receiver can return punts.

465
00:29:19,580 --> 00:29:25,180
 Alabama doesn't need to beat Oklahoma in special teams, but they've got to match them.

466
00:29:25,260 --> 00:29:30,900
 They can't fumble the ball, give up a 40-yard return, and miss a 26-yard field goal.

467
00:29:32,260 --> 00:29:34,280
 Yeah, and let's be honest.

468
00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:38,060
 Oklahoma may have the advantage in special teams over everybody in the playoffs.

469
00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:39,100
 I mean, they're just not good.

470
00:29:39,100 --> 00:29:39,880
 Yeah, I agree with that.

471
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:41,860
 And that's part of the problem.

472
00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:48,100
 If you do give them field position, you do get a stop, they can still score 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 points

473
00:29:48,100 --> 00:29:50,520
 because the kicker's so good.

474
00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:52,900
 So that's a big part of it.

475
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:57,120
 You know, in October, Alabama was controlling the tempo.

476
00:29:58,300 --> 00:30:04,900
 They were controlling the field position and not necessarily with special teams.

477
00:30:04,900 --> 00:30:09,920
 It was more or less just with sustained drives, and if they can get back to that.

478
00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:12,940
 You know, you don't have to run for 150 yards.

479
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 But if you can run for 75 and just buy you a little time to throw the ball, it makes a big difference.

480
00:30:19,860 --> 00:30:28,200
 If you can use your running backs in the flat as receivers, again, that can kind of get this defense to back off.

481
00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:36,060
 Brent Vettelbulls just seems to have Alabama's number, whether Kaelin DeVores on the sideline or Nick Saban of late.

482
00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:40,340
 So it's just – he's just such a mastermind on defense.

483
00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:43,620
 But let's be honest, their offense has been worse than Alabama's.

484
00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:44,320
 Yes.

485
00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:48,040
 No, you're exactly right.

486
00:30:48,100 --> 00:30:49,220
 Let me ask you real quick.

487
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 Miami at Texas A&M.

488
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:55,280
 This is going to be the 11 a.m. game tomorrow on TNT.

489
00:30:56,160 --> 00:30:59,820
 Battle of two quarterbacks with Marcel Reed and Carson Beck.

490
00:31:00,820 --> 00:31:02,160
 Miami's a really good team.

491
00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:05,400
 They've got a good pass rush with Reuben Bain and Mesidor.

492
00:31:06,700 --> 00:31:08,320
 Your thoughts on this game?

493
00:31:08,420 --> 00:31:12,700
 The home field advantage certainly is an advantage for Texas A&M.

494
00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:13,440
 Your thoughts?

495
00:31:14,380 --> 00:31:16,100
 I like Texas A&M.

496
00:31:17,980 --> 00:31:19,360
 Here's the weird dichotomy.

497
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 I feel – I have a better feeling that Carson Beck can have an A game than Marcel Reed.

498
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 But I also have a stronger feeling that Carson Beck can throw three interceptions.

499
00:31:32,740 --> 00:31:37,440
 And, you know, and Marcel Reed, I just feel, is more consistent.

500
00:31:37,700 --> 00:31:39,220
 You know, he can beat you running the ball.

501
00:31:39,300 --> 00:31:40,260
 He can throw the ball.

502
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 They've got the two best wide receivers to be on the field.

503
00:31:44,380 --> 00:31:47,020
 And their defense has been really solid all year.

504
00:31:47,020 --> 00:31:52,660
 So, I just think A&M is the more complete team and really has kind of gone under the radar.

505
00:31:52,860 --> 00:31:54,440
 So, I like A&M to advance.

506
00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:57,560
 I think that's what a lot of people feel like.

507
00:31:57,680 --> 00:31:59,680
 Listen, we've got to run to our next guest.

508
00:31:59,820 --> 00:32:04,920
 But we will give you a call again hopefully in the next week or so and look at the rest of the playoffs.

509
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 Always enjoy the conversation with you.

510
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 But Merry Christmas to you and your family.

511
00:32:12,100 --> 00:32:13,600
 And let's do this again real soon.

512
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:15,060
 Merry Christmas.

513
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:16,640
 Always love being around you guys.

514
00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:17,060
 Anytime.

515
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 Doug's right back at you.

516
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 Hope you've been a good boy this year.

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 Going to find out less than a week from today.

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 In fact, his team is so good, they don't play until next year.

627
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 Bill Shanks, welcome in.

628
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 How are you?

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 Merry Christmas to you, Huckleberry.

631
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 Well, thank you so much.

632
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 Listen, our addresses are the same, so we'll be looking for that package.

633
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 But what kind of package are you going to send the folks in Texas?

634
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 Just what you need, another reason to hate Texas.

635
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 Bill, what the heck has happened with Bill Muschamp?

636
00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:28,180
 Well, it was a surprise, no question.

637
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 It was, I guess, expected, maybe assumed, which is always dangerous, that at some point, Glenn Schumann would get a head coaching job.

638
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 And when that happened, that Bill Muschamp would fly back into the D.C. role at UGA.

639
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 Bill didn't take a time off to follow his son around and watch him a little bit, so that's why he backed off.

640
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 But, you know, he got an opportunity, reportedly $4 million, so h***, that'll make a lot of people make some money.

641
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 $4 million defensive coordinator.

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 Somewhere Joe Kind just p***** off, you know that?

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 Think about that, Bill, for a second, remember when Amal Moore just got him saving $4 million?

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 What a scandal that was to be the head coach at Bama.

645
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 Yeah, and he was overpaid because he didn't turn out to be so good.

646
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 That's right.

647
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 That's right.

648
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 What are we going to do now with defensive coordinators getting $4 million if you don't think?

649
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 And, you know, the other thing is, I tell you, while you mention money, I'm going to bring this up.

650
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 One of the stories here in the state of Georgia this week has been the fact that Aaron Filo, the backup quarterback at Georgia Tech, who had seen action in all of eight games in his first two years at Georgia Tech,

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 is going to follow his offensive coordinator, Buster Faulkner, down to Gainesville for a reported $3 million.

652
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 Wow.

653
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 And Georgia Tech was ready to match the offer of $3 million.

654
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 And I'm like, you know what, we thought Carson Beck going to Miami for $4 million or $5 million, whatever it turned out to be, was a lot of money.

655
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 Well, Carson Beck had two full years as a starter at one of the premier programs in the country, and Aaron Filo's had eight games played in two years.

656
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 He's getting $3 million bucks.

657
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 Unbelievable.

658
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 Oh, gosh.

659
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 P.T. Barnum was right.

660
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 Bill, your thoughts, obviously, you're in a good spot there.

661
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 Every team wants to make the playoffs, but they also want to have that chance to rest and rest and rest.

662
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 Your thoughts where Georgia is, not only making the playoffs, but where they are, being able to kick back and watch, get game film, and stay healthy as possible.

663
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 Well, I tell you, I was, you know, concerned because of the time off that it was just too d*** long.

664
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 And I think it is.

665
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 I think these games tonight and tomorrow should have been played a week ago.

666
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 I don't know why there's an extra week because, you know, it's just difficult.

667
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 It's difficult to wonder and worry about having three-plus weeks off.

668
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 For this situation, for Georgia, because of the fact they've played 13 games, nine games against SEC opponents,

669
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670
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 They're beat up.

671
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 I mean, they were already beat up going into the Alabama game, missing a pretty good number of players, and still overcame that.

672
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 And then to walk off the field, you know, the quarterback, I don't think Gunnar Stockton was hurt.

673
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 I think he was just beat up.

674
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 I mean, he was kind of walking like Terry Bradshaw in 1978 or something like that.

675
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 But it's just the schedule of playing tough physicality, you know.

676
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 And so for that reason, I'm glad Georgia's got the time off to be able to get healthy.

677
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 And, you know, I don't know if Colby Young's going to be back or not, the wide receiver.

678
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 He may be back more if they reach the semifinals or finals, which would be a tremendous addition.

679
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 He was their leading receiver when he went down with an injury in midseason.

680
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 And Ethan Barbour, the tight end who only played one game before he was hurt, he's got a chance to come back.

681
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 But it's really just getting healthy.

682
00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:17,220
 And I, to be honest with you, I'm kind of going against what I used to believe.

683
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:24,800
 But I think that's as important as worrying about whether the long layoff will cause you to not play well at the end of that time period.

684
00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:28,680
 Yeah, you referred to the college football schedule.

685
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:31,440
 They have got to take a long look at this.

686
00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:38,820
 I wanted to give you some time to go over the, quote, Shanks model on how to fix college football.

687
00:42:38,820 --> 00:42:42,940
 Now, a lot of this pertains to the college football playoff.

688
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:53,760
 And let me preface this by saying this is, a lot of this is common sense, reasonable suggestions, which are very rare in today's world now.

689
00:42:54,320 --> 00:43:04,400
 On and off the field, you know, such as power four conferences, all playing nine conference games, be it large bids.

690
00:43:04,980 --> 00:43:07,600
 Notre Dame either picks a conference or gets out.

691
00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:10,140
 I think everybody agrees with that now.

692
00:43:10,860 --> 00:43:17,260
 And you wrote this in a very short period of time, once again, telling us what a genius and savant that you are.

693
00:43:17,420 --> 00:43:22,420
 But tell us about the Shanks model to fix college football.

694
00:43:23,600 --> 00:43:29,500
 Well, I literally was at a Mexican restaurant that I'm looking at right now as I go to my other restaurant to do the shows.

695
00:43:29,500 --> 00:43:32,980
 And I was sitting there before the playoff committee announced their teams.

696
00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:35,420
 And I'm like, why is this so difficult?

697
00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:37,720
 And I wrote that in my notes section of my phone.

698
00:43:38,220 --> 00:43:41,440
 It pretty much says that the power four conferences are split off.

699
00:43:41,880 --> 00:43:46,100
 All power four conferences have to play the same number of conference games.

700
00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:47,460
 Are you listening, Big Ten?

701
00:43:48,120 --> 00:44:06,440
 And the conference championships are relevant as are the winners of the conference championship games because the two teams from the four conferences make the college football playoff field of 16 automatically.

702
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:13,260
 So if you get to your conference championship game, you're in the conference time, you're in the playoff of 16 teams.

703
00:44:13,660 --> 00:44:29,060
 The winner of the conference championship games will be hosting home games in the playoff, which means you will have the incentive to get to the conference tournament game or championship game and also to win it.

704
00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:35,920
 And then, you know, I think you have uniformity with the four conferences as far as how many conference games they play.

705
00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:39,680
 So everybody's on the same on the same wavelength there.

706
00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:46,840
 You play two games against the other three conference, power four conference opponents.

707
00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:58,140
 So you pick two games against teams from, for example, if you're an SEC team, you take two games, probably one home and one away against Big Ten, Big 12 or ACC.

708
00:44:58,860 --> 00:45:10,140
 The 12th game will be against a, if you want to, if you want to, against a power, rather a group of five conference team, preferably one in your home state.

709
00:45:10,140 --> 00:45:14,460
 And if you're going to pay money to, you pay it to somebody in your home state.

710
00:45:14,900 --> 00:45:23,040
 And then that makes that game, that makes that game relevant and more interesting than Georgia playing Austin freaking P who nobody cares about.

711
00:45:23,280 --> 00:45:35,840
 If Georgia wasn't playing Georgia Southern or Georgia State, it would be much more relevant and much more of an interesting game compared to some team that, I mean, Charlotte for crying out loud, which God knows that was just dumb as h***.

712
00:45:35,840 --> 00:45:39,600
 So you do that, and then you have the 16-team playoff.

713
00:45:40,640 --> 00:45:54,040
 And then with the, so if you've got the two conference championship game opponents from the four conferences, that's half of the 16 teams in the 16-team tournament.

714
00:45:54,320 --> 00:45:56,960
 The other eight teams are at-large teams.

715
00:45:57,360 --> 00:46:11,020
 No conference can have more than five at-large teams, which means no conference can have half of the 16 teams, which would mean if the SEC is strong enough, they can have seven teams in the 16-team tournament.

716
00:46:11,480 --> 00:46:19,980
 And it's not required that a conference have more than the original two teams that are in the championship game.

717
00:46:20,080 --> 00:46:28,080
 So if the ACC sucks, the two teams that are in the ACC conference tournament championship game are the only two teams that make it.

718
00:46:28,340 --> 00:46:30,680
 And the other at-large teams come from the other four.

719
00:46:30,680 --> 00:46:42,660
 And the group of five is split off, and they do a similar arrangement in a 16-team tournament where there are five champions.

720
00:46:43,500 --> 00:46:46,800
 Those five are, you know, they somehow work it out.

721
00:46:46,880 --> 00:46:51,640
 I don't know whether it's the best team out of the five conference tournament champions gets a bye.

722
00:46:51,740 --> 00:46:52,160
 I don't know.

723
00:46:52,320 --> 00:46:53,020
 Work it out.

724
00:46:53,360 --> 00:46:58,280
 But here's the thing, you know, look, and it is commonsensical.

725
00:46:58,500 --> 00:46:59,920
 It's not rocket science.

726
00:47:00,060 --> 00:47:02,140
 I know the money is a little bit more difficult.

727
00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:07,940
 And, yes, Notre Dame has to put or get off the pot and get into a conference, or you're not going to be involved.

728
00:47:08,080 --> 00:47:09,680
 You're not going to be allowed to be.

729
00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:17,060
 And if Notre Dame doesn't want it, they go play in the group of five tournament, and they can do whatever the h*** they want.

730
00:47:17,060 --> 00:47:21,680
 But they do not need to be given special circumstance in this format.

731
00:47:21,940 --> 00:47:23,240
 And, look, here's the thing.

732
00:47:24,360 --> 00:47:27,280
 I mean, I just threw that out there.

733
00:47:27,740 --> 00:47:29,400
 And, you know, it does make sense.

734
00:47:29,480 --> 00:47:31,840
 And now I'm becoming even more passionate about it.

735
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:36,600
 But the main reason, Harold and Brent, is because I don't understand, and I'm not talking about you two,

736
00:47:36,920 --> 00:47:44,320
 why people who don't have bigger platforms than the three of us, like bald people and ones who wear tight T-shirts,

737
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:49,180
 who have thousands and thousands and thousands of followers on social media,

738
00:47:49,360 --> 00:47:54,760
 don't come up with something so that we can at least throw poop up against the wall to see what can do.

739
00:47:56,080 --> 00:47:58,440
 I spend too much time in gym to do that.

740
00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:02,680
 And, Bill, I love your idea, but it never worked because it makes too much sense.

741
00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:04,160
 Let me ask you this, Bill.

742
00:48:05,560 --> 00:48:09,840
 Your second favorite team is playing tonight, Alabama.

743
00:48:09,840 --> 00:48:15,620
 Can Alabama do to Oklahoma what Georgia did to Alabama in the SEC championship game?

744
00:48:15,680 --> 00:48:16,960
 And get revenge, Bill.

745
00:48:18,240 --> 00:48:24,140
 You know, I played Curley in Oklahoma in high school in a play, so I'm kind of rooting for the Sooners here tonight.

746
00:48:24,880 --> 00:48:25,320
 Really?

747
00:48:25,560 --> 00:48:28,280
 You know, where the wind comes sweeping down the plain.

748
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:28,960
 Yeah.

749
00:48:29,960 --> 00:48:38,520
 You know, look, I think the big question for me with Alabama is the same question I had going into the game against Georgia.

750
00:48:38,620 --> 00:48:39,420
 Can they run the football?

751
00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:41,020
 If they can't, they're not going to win.

752
00:48:41,080 --> 00:48:46,360
 And if they can, then I think it's going to be more interesting to see how they do score points

753
00:48:46,360 --> 00:48:49,380
 and are able to get something done against Oklahoma.

754
00:48:49,380 --> 00:48:54,840
 But I think it's going to be tough because unless, you know,

755
00:48:55,340 --> 00:49:00,840
 Derrick Henry's been transferred with NIL money to Alabama here the last couple weeks,

756
00:49:00,900 --> 00:49:02,660
 I don't know how they're going to do it.

757
00:49:02,740 --> 00:49:08,120
 So if Jam's healthy, he's got to play well and go out there and really do the job.

758
00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:11,520
 And so I'm anxious to see what's going to happen.

759
00:49:12,880 --> 00:49:15,980
 We'll talk about the Braves more after Christmas.

760
00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:24,720
 But listen, I have been nearly impressed with Anthopolis with the additions that he has made.

761
00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:30,060
 Kim is coming back, one-year deal for $20 million at shortstop.

762
00:49:30,180 --> 00:49:36,120
 We talked about Suarez coming in, is in the bullpen.

763
00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:37,260
 Now, I'm like you.

764
00:49:37,360 --> 00:49:42,740
 They've still got to go find, again, a veteran, durable starting pitcher.

765
00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:48,540
 But I'll be honest with you, I've nearly been impressed with what he's done so far in the preseason.

766
00:49:49,760 --> 00:49:51,380
 Well, I think it looks good.

767
00:49:51,540 --> 00:49:59,760
 I think I like the lineup with Kim coming back and Strimski there in a full year from pro bar.

768
00:49:59,840 --> 00:50:06,260
 Strimski gets caught again, and hopefully they can stay a little bit more healthy than they had the last two years.

769
00:50:06,500 --> 00:50:08,180
 That's going to be a big component of it.

770
00:50:08,260 --> 00:50:11,580
 The bullpen looks good, and I think there are some good options there.

771
00:50:11,700 --> 00:50:12,580
 I'd still like another one.

772
00:50:12,780 --> 00:50:15,020
 Look, I'm just crazy about pitching.

773
00:50:15,380 --> 00:50:16,780
 I don't think you can ever have enough.

774
00:50:16,780 --> 00:50:29,380
 I just saw a trade, Baltimore just acquired Shane Boz from Tampa Bay, who is a decent pitcher, but I think his ERA last season was above four and a half.

775
00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:32,700
 And they just gave up three of their top 30 prospects for it.

776
00:50:33,040 --> 00:50:41,620
 So, the price for pitching is so high these days, which is why you've got to develop your own, you know.

777
00:50:41,740 --> 00:50:47,140
 And the Braves have a couple of guys, obviously Hurston Waldrop, who had nine starts late last season.

778
00:50:47,260 --> 00:50:49,480
 They've got a kid that I love, J.R. Ritchie.

779
00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:55,200
 I want to keep on saying his name because I want all of your listeners to know about J.R. Ritchie.

780
00:50:55,280 --> 00:50:59,520
 I think he's going to be a really good pitcher and see some action for Atlanta this year.

781
00:50:59,960 --> 00:51:04,700
 But, yeah, I mean, I think it looks good on paper, but I just want more pitchers.

782
00:51:04,820 --> 00:51:11,480
 Even if it's guys brought in on minor league deals with invites to big league camp, I'd like to have some additional options.

783
00:51:11,480 --> 00:51:16,300
 Because we've just found out the last two years how many you can run through if you have bad luck.

784
00:51:16,380 --> 00:51:19,820
 And they can't go through that again, or they're not going to be better than 76 and 86.

785
00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:29,420
 Well, I'll tell you one thing, Bryce Elder, better not lead the Braves in the number of starts this coming season if he makes the frigging team.

786
00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:32,220
 And you brought up a great point.

787
00:51:32,360 --> 00:51:37,220
 Every one of the Braves' potential starting pitchers has got a health question.

788
00:51:37,820 --> 00:51:41,800
 And, again, if they all get healthy, it's going to be wonderful.

789
00:51:42,100 --> 00:51:45,260
 But I know, again, we've talked about that for three years now.

790
00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:49,680
 You have got to be healthy in September to get to October.

791
00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:52,480
 And we'll see how that goes.

792
00:51:53,060 --> 00:51:58,660
 Listen, as much as we enjoy giving you hail, we cherish our friendship with you.

793
00:51:59,180 --> 00:52:01,020
 Hug your mom and the dogs.

794
00:52:01,220 --> 00:52:02,860
 Hope everybody has a great Christmas.

795
00:52:02,860 --> 00:52:06,460
 You and your listeners, advertisers, and staff.

796
00:52:07,020 --> 00:52:09,400
 And, listen, we love you and have a great week.

797
00:52:09,500 --> 00:52:11,080
 We'll pick up again after Christmas.

798
00:52:11,620 --> 00:52:13,240
 Well, just right back at you.

799
00:52:13,340 --> 00:52:14,180
 I love you guys.

800
00:52:14,480 --> 00:52:18,820
 And I always enjoy coming on and saving this show every single Friday.

801
00:52:19,480 --> 00:52:21,700
 But I'll tell you, I'm really upset.

802
00:52:21,940 --> 00:52:29,500
 I said this last Friday that my callers, my sloppy second callers I get from you, turd balls,

803
00:52:29,900 --> 00:52:32,380
 haven't called in the last two weeks.

804
00:52:32,520 --> 00:52:33,400
 And I don't know why.

805
00:52:33,960 --> 00:52:36,360
 Where the h*** is Kevin and Shea and all those guys?

806
00:52:36,640 --> 00:52:37,840
 Well, our pay phones are down.

807
00:52:37,880 --> 00:52:39,080
 We can't find a quarter, Bill.

808
00:52:39,160 --> 00:52:39,680
 Oh, man.

809
00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:41,400
 I mean, my gosh.

810
00:52:41,520 --> 00:52:45,100
 I thought sure they'd call up and apologize for their errant prediction.

811
00:52:45,220 --> 00:52:46,320
 And I haven't heard from them.

812
00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:51,260
 So, maybe they'll call up today and give me a prediction about my Sooners and what's going to happen tonight.

813
00:52:51,400 --> 00:52:52,140
 Oh, man.

814
00:52:52,720 --> 00:52:56,240
 I promise you, if Emma wins and that, you will hear from the homeboys.

815
00:52:56,420 --> 00:52:56,900
 I guarantee you.

816
00:52:56,900 --> 00:52:58,520
 Bill, I echo those sentiments from Brett Beaird.

817
00:52:58,880 --> 00:52:59,980
 Merry Christmas to you and your family.

818
00:53:00,060 --> 00:53:01,160
 Stay safe out there, okay?

819
00:53:01,600 --> 00:53:02,060
 All right.

820
00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:03,020
 Merry Christmas, guys.

821
00:53:03,120 --> 00:53:03,540
 See you, buddy.

822
00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:05,580
 The one and the only, Bill Shanks.

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824
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825
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826
00:53:15,460 --> 00:53:16,780
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926
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 Welcome back to Fansville's Cheers.

927
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 And tears.

928
00:57:42,800 --> 00:57:45,480
 Okay, so like everybody deals with losing, right?

929
00:57:45,540 --> 00:57:47,420
 To a rival on a last-second field goal.

930
00:57:47,680 --> 00:57:48,320
 Whatever, it's fine.

931
00:57:48,360 --> 00:57:48,980
 I'm totally fine.

932
00:57:49,140 --> 00:57:52,780
 But I cope with losing with an ice-cold Dr. Pepper.

933
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934
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 They totally wash away the pain of your college football team taking a big fat L.

935
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 College football.

936
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 It's a pepper thing.

937
00:58:07,580 --> 00:58:08,620
 1819 News.

938
00:58:08,840 --> 00:58:15,260
 The University of Alabama Systems is returning to standardized testing scores such as the SAT and ACT tests.

939
00:58:15,260 --> 00:58:21,280
 The university first put in place a test-optional admissions process back during the COVID scare.

940
00:58:21,280 --> 00:58:28,360
 The proposal to return to standardized testing came during a special board meeting and was offered by Dr. Tanjanita Johnson.

941
00:58:28,760 --> 00:58:37,500
 Johnson says that standardized testing provides valuable insight into academic success at the university and is also a predictor of the success of incoming students.

942
00:58:37,820 --> 00:58:46,480
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943
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944
00:58:59,220 --> 00:59:03,260
 The changes will be implemented for the 2027 to 2028 academic year.

945
00:59:03,520 --> 00:59:07,160
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946
00:59:07,520 --> 00:59:09,880
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951
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952
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953
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954
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955
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961
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962
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981
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982
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990
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991
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992
01:02:17,540 --> 01:02:19,160
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993
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994
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995
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996
01:02:30,280 --> 01:02:31,680
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997
01:02:31,820 --> 01:02:32,920
 Mike, welcome in.

998
01:02:32,980 --> 01:02:33,760
 How are you?

999
01:02:34,580 --> 01:02:35,420
 Doing well.

1000
01:02:36,220 --> 01:02:41,060
 I'm looking forward to the college football playoff to an extent.

1001
01:02:41,300 --> 01:02:45,840
 I think two of the games this weekend are going to be not watchable.

1002
01:02:46,080 --> 01:02:53,320
 I think I'll be finishing my Christmas shopping tomorrow night in the second half of the Oregon James-Madison game.

1003
01:02:54,220 --> 01:03:01,880
 Speaking of that, Mike, conversely, from a business standpoint, both Alabama and Oklahoma have got to like this

1004
01:03:01,880 --> 01:03:04,920
 because people are hungry for a decent football game.

1005
01:03:05,000 --> 01:03:06,620
 On paper, this promises to be that.

1006
01:03:07,140 --> 01:03:08,300
 You're going to have a lot of eyes.

1007
01:03:08,380 --> 01:03:09,960
 There's no competition to speak of.

1008
01:03:09,960 --> 01:03:16,060
 So, from a business standpoint, you couldn't ask for a better setup if you're the bean counters at Alabama and Oklahoma

1009
01:03:16,060 --> 01:03:19,420
 and also has to be able to manage a pretty good recruiting boost, too.

1010
01:03:21,800 --> 01:03:25,580
 If you're a coach and a player, you're quite familiar with your opponent.

1011
01:03:26,320 --> 01:03:28,940
 And I think that's an advantage as well.

1012
01:03:29,800 --> 01:03:33,520
 You know, Texas A&M and Miami, they played, I believe it was last year or the year before.

1013
01:03:34,040 --> 01:03:38,920
 But at the same time, I mean, this will be the third meeting in two seasons.

1014
01:03:39,440 --> 01:03:41,400
 These teams are used to each other.

1015
01:03:41,900 --> 01:03:45,060
 They know what each other does well and doesn't do well.

1016
01:03:45,980 --> 01:03:48,000
 Both struggle to run the ball.

1017
01:03:48,860 --> 01:03:52,460
 Oklahoma's offense has been hit or miss most of the season.

1018
01:03:53,480 --> 01:03:58,860
 Alabama's offense has tailed off late in the season because the running game has gotten incrementally worse.

1019
01:03:59,740 --> 01:04:08,160
 But, again, I think the familiarity of the two teams helps you prepare for this kind of game.

1020
01:04:08,320 --> 01:04:13,160
 You know, you're not watching film discovering, oh, my God, you know, this is incredible.

1021
01:04:13,380 --> 01:04:15,800
 No, this is more like, yeah, I remember that.

1022
01:04:15,900 --> 01:04:16,640
 Let's do this.

1023
01:04:16,740 --> 01:04:17,480
 Let's do that.

1024
01:04:17,780 --> 01:04:19,120
 You're familiar with your opponent.

1025
01:04:19,900 --> 01:04:20,920
 Mike, let me ask you this.

1026
01:04:20,960 --> 01:04:22,960
 Obviously, there's been a lot of focus on the health.

1027
01:04:23,080 --> 01:04:26,980
 And let's face it, if you are a team from the SEC, you're going to be banged up.

1028
01:04:27,020 --> 01:04:28,840
 I don't care who you are or where you are.

1029
01:04:29,420 --> 01:04:33,000
 Your thoughts, obviously, it seems like Alabama is healthier.

1030
01:04:33,000 --> 01:04:34,780
 We got a good quote from earlier.

1031
01:04:34,880 --> 01:04:35,480
 They're not healthy.

1032
01:04:35,580 --> 01:04:36,900
 They're healthier than they were.

1033
01:04:37,240 --> 01:04:38,300
 But so is Oklahoma.

1034
01:04:38,460 --> 01:04:39,640
 They're getting Mason back.

1035
01:04:39,720 --> 01:04:43,680
 You would think Mature's had more time to his hand to heal from surgery.

1036
01:04:44,340 --> 01:04:47,140
 Your thoughts, who has the edge from a health standpoint tonight?

1037
01:04:47,780 --> 01:04:52,520
 Yeah, I think Mature not having taken any hits for three weeks is big.

1038
01:04:53,280 --> 01:04:58,500
 Early in the season, he was a little bit more freewheeling, threw a nice deep ball.

1039
01:04:59,220 --> 01:05:03,140
 Since he came back from the hand surgery, you know, he really didn't have much rehab.

1040
01:05:03,700 --> 01:05:05,520
 He was thrown right back into the fray.

1041
01:05:05,680 --> 01:05:07,260
 He struggled throwing the deep ball.

1042
01:05:07,640 --> 01:05:11,360
 And I think they've been a little gun-shy in terms of him running the ball.

1043
01:05:12,300 --> 01:05:15,620
 You know, a lot has been made of Alabama's poor rushing attack.

1044
01:05:16,160 --> 01:05:18,460
 Oklahoma has a poor rushing attack as well.

1045
01:05:19,700 --> 01:05:23,520
 But that's where I think, you know, Jim Miller can give them a boost for the tide.

1046
01:05:24,080 --> 01:05:28,040
 And Mature being more, what's the word I want?

1047
01:05:29,120 --> 01:05:35,280
 I think he'll be more apt to run tonight, whereas maybe in the last month of the season,

1048
01:05:35,460 --> 01:05:38,040
 he was a little bit afraid to run.

1049
01:05:38,400 --> 01:05:41,340
 So, you know, getting R. Mason Thomas back is gigantic.

1050
01:05:41,580 --> 01:05:44,380
 That kid is a really good pass rusher.

1051
01:05:44,640 --> 01:05:48,100
 And better, I think, than people think, setting the eggs, that kind of stuff.

1052
01:05:48,100 --> 01:05:55,560
 But I think McKeer's presumed healthier hand is a huge deal for Oklahoma's offense.

1053
01:05:56,760 --> 01:06:02,920
 Yeah, Mike, Alabama outgained Oklahoma 2-2, nearly 2-1 in November.

1054
01:06:03,620 --> 01:06:06,540
 But the kicking game was abysmal.

1055
01:06:06,780 --> 01:06:08,900
 Ryan Williams fumbled a punt.

1056
01:06:09,520 --> 01:06:14,560
 Oklahoma recovered for a short touchdown.

1057
01:06:15,820 --> 01:06:20,080
 They had a 42-yard return in the punting game.

1058
01:06:20,800 --> 01:06:23,900
 And Connor Talty missed a chip shot field goal.

1059
01:06:24,780 --> 01:06:26,700
 And Oklahoma's got some of the best.

1060
01:06:26,900 --> 01:06:29,000
 Again, the Luke Groves Award winner.

1061
01:06:29,160 --> 01:06:30,440
 Their punter is very good.

1062
01:06:30,940 --> 01:06:34,500
 Alabama's not going to surpass Oklahoma's special teams.

1063
01:06:35,020 --> 01:06:37,560
 But it can't be the wreck that it was in November.

1064
01:06:38,220 --> 01:06:38,560
 True.

1065
01:06:38,560 --> 01:06:48,020
 And the Oklahoma kicker, Tate Sandell, the dude's 23 of 24, and he's 7 of 7 from beyond 50 yards.

1066
01:06:48,160 --> 01:06:53,840
 How he was not a first-team All-American is beyond comprehension, frankly.

1067
01:06:54,180 --> 01:06:55,440
 He was the Groves Award winner.

1068
01:06:55,580 --> 01:06:58,880
 He is by far, by far the best kicker in the country.

1069
01:06:59,260 --> 01:07:02,140
 You can count on him up to like 59 or 60 yards.

1070
01:07:02,360 --> 01:07:05,840
 I don't think Alabama feels that confident in Connor Talty.

1071
01:07:07,640 --> 01:07:09,740
 Turnovers are big in every big game.

1072
01:07:09,980 --> 01:07:15,060
 But I think in this game where you have offenses that have been sputtering,

1073
01:07:16,220 --> 01:07:19,320
 that if you turn it over and give the other team an extra possession,

1074
01:07:19,680 --> 01:07:24,100
 and you lose a possession, I think that's the more important aspect here.

1075
01:07:24,500 --> 01:07:31,460
 With offenses that sputter, you need to be on point when you have the ball.

1076
01:07:32,600 --> 01:07:35,920
 And that's something to watch tonight, the turnover aspect.

1077
01:07:36,580 --> 01:07:39,340
 And you're right, special teams, I've got to think that Alabama's hoping,

1078
01:07:39,940 --> 01:07:42,140
 okay, they have better special teams than us.

1079
01:07:42,180 --> 01:07:48,700
 But like you said, let's not make this a totally one-sided special team battle.

1080
01:07:48,920 --> 01:07:50,220
 Let's hold our own.

1081
01:07:50,220 --> 01:07:53,160
 Yes, they have the better kicker, probably have the better punter,

1082
01:07:53,300 --> 01:07:56,280
 but let's not do stupid stuff on special teams.

1083
01:07:56,720 --> 01:08:00,600
 Pill position going to be huge, I guarantee, with a kicker like that.

1084
01:08:01,000 --> 01:08:02,880
 Mike, by the way, in a huddle with Mike Huguenin,

1085
01:08:03,320 --> 01:08:05,320
 it's almost like this is a NASCAR race.

1086
01:08:05,380 --> 01:08:08,700
 Back in the days of Earnhardt and Gordon are swapping paint.

1087
01:08:08,780 --> 01:08:10,520
 It opened with Oklahoma, a point-and-a-half favorite.

1088
01:08:10,640 --> 01:08:12,020
 Then went to Bama, the same margin.

1089
01:08:12,600 --> 01:08:15,620
 Then it went back to Oklahoma, a point-and-a-half.

1090
01:08:16,940 --> 01:08:20,120
 Vegas is Oklahoma by a point-and-a-half.

1091
01:08:20,260 --> 01:08:22,600
 What does Mike Huguenin say as far as tonight's outcome?

1092
01:08:24,780 --> 01:08:29,680
 You know, somebody told me today that Alabama has never lost to the same team

1093
01:08:29,680 --> 01:08:30,860
 in one season twice.

1094
01:08:31,540 --> 01:08:31,820
 That's right.

1095
01:08:31,820 --> 01:08:35,360
 Since the 1893, the Birmingham Athletic Club.

1096
01:08:35,800 --> 01:08:39,880
 And my question to him was how often has I played the same team twice,

1097
01:08:39,960 --> 01:08:41,240
 and he did not know that.

1098
01:08:41,280 --> 01:08:42,060
 It's not often.

1099
01:08:42,520 --> 01:08:44,820
 And it is hard to beat the same team twice.

1100
01:08:45,120 --> 01:08:47,600
 You see it in basketball, and you see it in the NFL.

1101
01:08:48,880 --> 01:08:55,660
 That said, Oklahoma, I think in the playoff, the home field is gigantic.

1102
01:08:57,520 --> 01:09:00,420
 You know, Oklahoma won in Tuscaloosa in the regular season.

1103
01:09:00,960 --> 01:09:02,180
 Now they're playing at home.

1104
01:09:03,880 --> 01:09:06,420
 Owen Field is a difficult place to play.

1105
01:09:06,600 --> 01:09:08,140
 The fans are going to be revved up.

1106
01:09:08,200 --> 01:09:09,340
 They're going to be well-oiled.

1107
01:09:10,160 --> 01:09:13,280
 I think McKeer is presumed.

1108
01:09:13,760 --> 01:09:18,440
 The fact that he's healthier, I think, gives Oklahoma an edge,

1109
01:09:18,540 --> 01:09:20,940
 along with Tate Sandell and the home field.

1110
01:09:20,940 --> 01:09:26,460
 So I think Oklahoma will win by three or four points, but no more than that.

1111
01:09:26,620 --> 01:09:28,860
 I expect a relatively low-scoring game.

1112
01:09:28,960 --> 01:09:30,580
 I don't think there's going to be any kind of shootout,

1113
01:09:30,960 --> 01:09:33,060
 because I think both of these are good defenses.

1114
01:09:34,220 --> 01:09:35,260
 You know, that's the one thing.

1115
01:09:35,420 --> 01:09:37,000
 Everybody talks about Oklahoma's defense.

1116
01:09:37,880 --> 01:09:40,980
 Alabama's defense only gives up 11 more yards per game than Oklahoma.

1117
01:09:42,360 --> 01:09:44,580
 It's been overshadowed, I think, a little bit this year.

1118
01:09:44,660 --> 01:09:47,200
 Yes, and they've had some breakdowns in an opportune time.

1119
01:09:48,060 --> 01:09:55,360
 But I think I'm a little bit more confident in Oklahoma with a healthier tier

1120
01:09:55,360 --> 01:09:58,080
 moving the ball on the ground than I am Alabama.

1121
01:09:58,880 --> 01:10:00,480
 Yeah, Mike, to answer your question,

1122
01:10:00,640 --> 01:10:03,840
 Alabama's played the same team twice, seven times.

1123
01:10:03,840 --> 01:10:09,460
 Now, two or three of those were in the 1890s, 99 with Florida.

1124
01:10:09,880 --> 01:10:11,020
 They won twice.

1125
01:10:11,320 --> 01:10:14,680
 The Georgia a couple of times.

1126
01:10:15,820 --> 01:10:17,240
 Yeah, it's been rare.

1127
01:10:17,380 --> 01:10:23,740
 And also, they've played 58 times on Fridays, but only 14 since 1971.

1128
01:10:24,300 --> 01:10:26,460
 So it's rare for a Friday game.

1129
01:10:27,120 --> 01:10:29,080
 Miami at Texas A&M.

1130
01:10:29,760 --> 01:10:35,380
 Should be a fun game, Miami, with a good pass rush and Mesidor and Reuben Bain.

1131
01:10:35,980 --> 01:10:39,180
 Malachi Tony can turn the game around at any time.

1132
01:10:40,200 --> 01:10:42,900
 A&M did not play during the course of the season.

1133
01:10:43,140 --> 01:10:46,100
 Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss, Tennessee, or Oklahoma.

1134
01:10:46,700 --> 01:10:50,960
 But I know a lot of teams feel like they're going to win with a home field advantage tonight.

1135
01:10:51,080 --> 01:10:52,760
 Does Mike Huganen agree?

1136
01:10:55,340 --> 01:10:56,520
 It is gigantic.

1137
01:10:57,680 --> 01:11:02,220
 You know, Miami, when they play at home, often play in front of crowds of about 40,000.

1138
01:11:02,720 --> 01:11:06,480
 There's going to be 101 or 102 out for blood tonight.

1139
01:11:06,980 --> 01:11:08,280
 Or out for blood tomorrow, rather.

1140
01:11:09,720 --> 01:11:16,500
 I think the biggest difference in these two teams, Marcel Reed is extremely mobile in the pocket.

1141
01:11:17,140 --> 01:11:19,880
 Carson Beck is a lawn chair in the pocket.

1142
01:11:21,200 --> 01:11:30,860
 You hit Carson Beck, and he has, throughout his career, proven that he will throw the ball to you if you hit him.

1143
01:11:31,520 --> 01:11:40,060
 So, if I'm Cassius Howell, and if I'm Mike Elko, I'm dialing up extra blitz or two that I haven't shown this year.

1144
01:11:40,660 --> 01:11:43,320
 I'm trying to get Cassius Howell into the backfield.

1145
01:11:43,740 --> 01:11:47,260
 Both these teams pride themselves on being good along both lines.

1146
01:11:47,380 --> 01:11:48,800
 Both lines are really good.

1147
01:11:49,640 --> 01:11:51,900
 Texas A&M had an All-American lineman.

1148
01:11:52,160 --> 01:11:53,620
 Miami had an All-American lineman.

1149
01:11:54,120 --> 01:11:56,140
 I think Reuben Bain's an All-American.

1150
01:11:56,620 --> 01:11:58,040
 Cassius Howell's an All-American.

1151
01:11:58,040 --> 01:12:02,600
 So, there's a lot of similarities up front with these teams.

1152
01:12:03,040 --> 01:12:05,540
 I think both secondaries can be exploited.

1153
01:12:06,440 --> 01:12:10,160
 If Carson Beck has time, he will throw for a heck of a lot of yards.

1154
01:12:10,740 --> 01:12:16,300
 But I think the determining factor in this game will be Marcel Reed's legs.

1155
01:12:16,460 --> 01:12:19,860
 He is a weapon with the ball in his hands running.

1156
01:12:20,460 --> 01:12:24,240
 Carson Beck is a weapon as long as he gets the ball out of his hands.

1157
01:12:24,240 --> 01:12:34,040
 So, I think the home field and Marcel Reed's mobility let A&M escape with a – I'm thinking between four and seven points.

1158
01:12:34,140 --> 01:12:35,480
 I think this will be a very close game.

1159
01:12:35,980 --> 01:12:41,020
 I also trust Elko and his staff more than I trust Cristobal and his staff.

1160
01:12:42,940 --> 01:12:46,160
 You know, Texas A&M is coming off a horrible performance.

1161
01:12:47,160 --> 01:12:51,660
 And Texas A&M was known for Clemsoning before Clemson even made it a thing.

1162
01:12:52,260 --> 01:12:57,940
 And I'm sure there's A&M fans who are like, we're Texas A&M, of course we're going to lose.

1163
01:12:58,420 --> 01:13:09,260
 But I think if I'm a Miami player, in the back of my mind, I'm thinking my coach has proven that he can choke with the best of them.

1164
01:13:09,260 --> 01:13:12,620
 So, I think it's a fan thing versus a player thing.

1165
01:13:13,000 --> 01:13:14,720
 And I think that's another A&M advantage.

1166
01:13:15,640 --> 01:13:18,520
 Mike, you've got a National College football slash basketball analyst.

1167
01:13:18,720 --> 01:13:22,240
 Mike, before we jump off here, who's going to be the new head football coach at Michigan?

1168
01:13:22,500 --> 01:13:24,000
 And what are we going to find out?

1169
01:13:26,500 --> 01:13:27,460
 Situation, obviously.

1170
01:13:27,620 --> 01:13:29,860
 And, you know, not for necessarily good reasons.

1171
01:13:31,320 --> 01:13:33,620
 You still hear a lot of Jet Fish.

1172
01:13:33,700 --> 01:13:34,940
 Oh, he was an assistant here.

1173
01:13:35,500 --> 01:13:36,220
 I'll be honest.

1174
01:13:36,280 --> 01:13:39,440
 I'm not sure you want to bring back anybody associated with Jamar.

1175
01:13:39,820 --> 01:13:40,120
 Yeah.

1176
01:13:40,260 --> 01:13:40,460
 Yep.

1177
01:13:40,860 --> 01:13:43,200
 Yes, they won a national title with Harbaugh.

1178
01:13:43,880 --> 01:13:48,300
 But, my goodness, it turned out extremely unseemly.

1179
01:13:48,740 --> 01:13:49,220
 Yeah.

1180
01:13:50,080 --> 01:13:52,820
 You know, DeBoer has said, I'm not going.

1181
01:13:53,340 --> 01:14:00,880
 So, I would imagine if Alabama loses tonight, there will be some Tide fans who will pick up Kalen DeBoer at the airport and say, get in.

1182
01:14:00,880 --> 01:14:02,660
 And I'll try to Ann Arbor myself.

1183
01:14:03,700 --> 01:14:06,860
 So, but, no, Michigan, it's still a good job.

1184
01:14:07,580 --> 01:14:10,560
 If Bryce Underwood stays, it's a really good job.

1185
01:14:10,780 --> 01:14:16,340
 But, that's the specter of that situation looming over the playoff.

1186
01:14:16,460 --> 01:14:19,880
 But, at least we can focus on on-the-field stuff for the next two days.

1187
01:14:20,320 --> 01:14:20,500
 Yeah.

1188
01:14:21,100 --> 01:14:22,360
 Thank God for that.

1189
01:14:22,600 --> 01:14:24,620
 Mike, I always enjoy the conversation.

1190
01:14:24,620 --> 01:14:30,660
 It's great to have the playoffs finally here, even as many issues as we have with them.

1191
01:14:31,280 --> 01:14:33,700
 Merry Christmas to you and your family.

1192
01:14:33,840 --> 01:14:34,940
 Hope it's a great week.

1193
01:14:34,980 --> 01:14:37,620
 And we'll try to catch up with you before the end of the year.

1194
01:14:38,160 --> 01:14:38,460
 Excellent.

1195
01:14:38,580 --> 01:14:38,920
 Appreciate it.

1196
01:14:38,920 --> 01:14:40,420
 You guys have a nice Christmas as well.

1197
01:14:40,520 --> 01:14:41,140
 Same to your listeners.

1198
01:14:41,340 --> 01:14:41,520
 Thanks.

1199
01:14:41,660 --> 01:14:42,280
 Thank you, Mike.

1200
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 I appreciate that very much.

1201
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 Race car bobbleheads.

1238
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 He's got an entire room strictly for bobbleheads.

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1241
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 But Tim works with Empower, and he got good at money.

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 So he can be a little bad.

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1283
01:19:06,280 --> 01:19:07,080
 I'm Roger Hoover.

1284
01:19:07,080 --> 01:19:12,180
 As we get ready for Alabama against Oklahoma in the college football playoff, here are thoughts

1285
01:19:12,180 --> 01:19:13,840
 from Bama Central's Katie Windham.

1286
01:19:14,380 --> 01:19:19,260
 Some guys that have been dealing with injuries that needed time to just rest and be off their

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01:19:19,260 --> 01:19:22,820
 feet for a couple of days that you just can't do in the middle of the grind of an SEC schedule

1288
01:19:22,820 --> 01:19:24,440
 when you're fighting for a playoff spot.

1289
01:19:24,620 --> 01:19:25,780
 You can't really sit out.

1290
01:19:25,860 --> 01:19:27,440
 I think we saw that against Eastern Illinois.

1291
01:19:27,580 --> 01:19:30,880
 Maybe some guys sit out and try and rest that game, but then you're right back in it with

1292
01:19:30,880 --> 01:19:31,260
 Iron Bull.

1293
01:19:31,340 --> 01:19:33,360
 You're right back in with SEC title and they can't rest.

1294
01:19:33,460 --> 01:19:37,240
 They've been able to get a little bit of rest, even though Alabama has like the shortest break

1295
01:19:37,240 --> 01:19:41,320
 of any playoff team, just with playing in the conference championship weekend and then playing

1296
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 on Friday.

1297
01:19:42,800 --> 01:19:46,840
 And then I think there also has been a mental reset because it was obviously not the strongest

1298
01:19:46,840 --> 01:19:48,260
 finish to the season.

1299
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 You're coming off probably your worst performance of the season and weren't necessarily playing

1300
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 your best before that.

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 But I think the team has shown us at times this year that they can beat and compete with

1302
01:19:58,120 --> 01:19:58,920
 anyone in the country.

1303
01:19:59,060 --> 01:20:02,220
 And so I think having that mental and physical reset is going to be good for them.

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1318
01:20:39,760 --> 01:20:40,080
 round.

1319
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 Put them back in and again, in case you missed it.

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1328
01:21:07,280 --> 01:21:12,080
 Alabama pregame, 4 o'clock this afternoon, right here on 93.9 The Score with a game.

1329
01:21:12,560 --> 01:21:13,820
 They say it's 7 o'clock, BB.

1330
01:21:13,900 --> 01:21:16,600
 It may be closer to 8 once they get done with all the pregame stuff.

1331
01:21:16,640 --> 01:21:17,120
 Would you agree?

1332
01:21:17,360 --> 01:21:20,580
 I would imagine, Harold, the kickoff will be about 7.20.

1333
01:21:20,700 --> 01:21:21,580
 Yeah, you're right.

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 Yeah, we don't have to wait that long to get the latest to watch shaking in the shows.

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1336
01:21:28,700 --> 01:21:29,420
 Zach, welcome in.

1337
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 How are you?

1338
01:21:31,060 --> 01:21:31,620
 Good, how are you all?

1339
01:21:32,300 --> 01:21:32,620
 Hey, man.

1340
01:21:32,620 --> 01:21:33,280
 We're doing all right.

1341
01:21:33,340 --> 01:21:34,140
 Great time of the year.

1342
01:21:34,240 --> 01:21:39,700
 Obviously, football's got the playoff thing going on, but as far as high school, it's always

1343
01:21:39,700 --> 01:21:43,160
 a fun time of the year because you get a lot of these holiday tournaments.

1344
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 You see teams that you'll never see again, and some of these tournaments, I'll tell you

1345
01:21:47,200 --> 01:21:48,960
 what, the talent is off the charts.

1346
01:21:49,540 --> 01:21:53,960
 Zach, before we get into some of that, your thoughts, who's hot and who's not so far as

1347
01:21:53,960 --> 01:21:56,660
 far as the high school basketball scene throughout the shows?

1348
01:21:57,380 --> 01:22:00,520
 First off, I'll piggyback off the football topic.

1349
01:22:01,340 --> 01:22:04,120
 The SEC says it just means more.

1350
01:22:04,680 --> 01:22:09,320
 I think every game in the show, the smartest tonight is playing before 6 o'clock to get the

1351
01:22:09,320 --> 01:22:12,860
 game done before the down game tonight, which is kind of funny, but also true.

1352
01:22:14,660 --> 01:22:15,380
 Good point.

1353
01:22:16,300 --> 01:22:21,960
 Right now, it looks like, on the girls' side, Larder, Coney, Marseille, on a collision course

1354
01:22:21,960 --> 01:22:26,780
 again for Wallace State in the Elite Eight this year, or it could be sub-regional if

1355
01:22:26,780 --> 01:22:28,400
 it's one of them that doesn't win the area.

1356
01:22:29,680 --> 01:22:33,440
 And then Rodgers has gotten a lot late, had like a 1-5 start, something like that.

1357
01:22:33,980 --> 01:22:35,420
 They're currently 9-5.

1358
01:22:36,220 --> 01:22:42,520
 On the boys' side, Larder County 9-1 off of down here last year, missed the playoffs the

1359
01:22:42,520 --> 01:22:48,040
 first time in like, I think 10 years, maybe, and they're 9-1, Brooks 6-2 after a 1-2 start.

1360
01:22:49,240 --> 01:22:53,560
 Dashler is now 5-2 or something, like 6-3, whatever.

1361
01:22:54,520 --> 01:22:57,840
 But they've played a tough game that's coming out of the ball, and they've got a late start

1362
01:22:57,840 --> 01:22:58,340
 to the football.

1363
01:22:59,200 --> 01:23:01,120
 So right now, it looks like that's the usual tough game.

1364
01:23:01,360 --> 01:23:04,220
 And Wallace is down this year, and he's losing a lot on the boys' side.

1365
01:23:04,740 --> 01:23:07,160
 And the girls have fought the better tough game as well.

1366
01:23:08,920 --> 01:23:18,440
 Yeah, you actually had a clip of Miles Warren, Brooks, beating Dashler at the buzzer, 57-55.

1367
01:23:18,440 --> 01:23:25,480
 In fact, Miles Warren has been averaging 26 points a game this year.

1368
01:23:25,580 --> 01:23:27,480
 He has just been lighting it up.

1369
01:23:28,460 --> 01:23:30,860
 Brooks now at 6-2.

1370
01:23:31,740 --> 01:23:36,160
 And you mentioned Dashler, and Harold alluded to the holiday tournaments.

1371
01:23:36,360 --> 01:23:40,360
 They're in Gatlinburg for the King of Smokies tournament.

1372
01:23:40,500 --> 01:23:44,040
 I think they've been doing this for two or three consecutive years.

1373
01:23:44,040 --> 01:23:48,840
 They beat a team in Tennessee called Eagleton, 64-56.

1374
01:23:49,120 --> 01:23:54,900
 Garrett Reed, Mr. All-Everything, just an incredible three-sport athlete.

1375
01:23:55,560 --> 01:24:01,080
 17, Kendrick Gunn, the running back at Dashler, and then Braylon Warren with 12 each.

1376
01:24:01,260 --> 01:24:05,900
 But talk about Brooks beating Dashler, 57-55.

1377
01:24:06,180 --> 01:24:09,160
 And again, the Tigers in Gatlinburg in the tournament.

1378
01:24:09,780 --> 01:24:11,680
 Yeah, that Brooks-Deshler game looking high.

1379
01:24:11,800 --> 01:24:16,860
 Well, it was going to be a big game in the now and the week it's come as far as the area standings go.

1380
01:24:17,400 --> 01:24:21,080
 And it really put Dashler in a hole now in the area standings at 1-2 for the boys.

1381
01:24:22,220 --> 01:24:23,200
 And Brooks is now 2-0.

1382
01:24:24,060 --> 01:24:26,300
 Dashler's a game down to Central and Brooks.

1383
01:24:27,180 --> 01:24:28,540
 So, Dashler's almost in at Central.

1384
01:24:28,620 --> 01:24:32,900
 They have to win out in that area schedule to have a chance at the 1-2 seed.

1385
01:24:34,120 --> 01:24:38,000
 But Central, I don't know how Central beat Dashler that night, by like a few points.

1386
01:24:39,300 --> 01:24:42,360
 But Brooks and Dashler, it was a back-and-forth game.

1387
01:24:43,580 --> 01:24:45,280
 I think Dashler was at like 10 at one point.

1388
01:24:46,000 --> 01:24:46,780
 Brooks fought back.

1389
01:24:46,980 --> 01:24:52,440
 This is not the same thing, but it was last year where we had R.J, Miles, Tyler, Ashley, and a few more.

1390
01:24:53,400 --> 01:24:54,760
 This is Miles' winning team.

1391
01:24:55,220 --> 01:24:58,580
 And I think they're a year away from where they really can be in this team.

1392
01:24:59,580 --> 01:25:05,240
 But Parker Mertz, with his trustee, Mertz's nephew, can also shoot really well

1393
01:25:05,240 --> 01:25:07,860
 and have a few more high-tech experiments in this team.

1394
01:25:08,320 --> 01:25:09,260
 He had three points.

1395
01:25:09,600 --> 01:25:11,840
 The only three points he had was to tie that game.

1396
01:25:12,560 --> 01:25:17,560
 We're to go ahead in that game Monday before Dashler tied it and before Miles won it.

1397
01:25:18,380 --> 01:25:20,040
 But Brooks is a very young team.

1398
01:25:20,280 --> 01:25:21,380
 Miles will carry them.

1399
01:25:21,760 --> 01:25:23,540
 They'll go as far as Miles can carry them, I think.

1400
01:25:23,860 --> 01:25:24,060
 Yeah.

1401
01:25:24,560 --> 01:25:28,300
 And if Miles gets hot, good bus, hard to busses.

1402
01:25:28,840 --> 01:25:31,040
 But Monday night, he had 13 to 14 free throws.

1403
01:25:31,360 --> 01:25:34,160
 At one point, he had 12 points, 12 or 12 free throws.

1404
01:25:34,460 --> 01:25:35,200
 I didn't have time.

1405
01:25:35,280 --> 01:25:36,200
 That's what the stat line was.

1406
01:25:37,460 --> 01:25:38,640
 I've watched a ton of sports.

1407
01:25:38,820 --> 01:25:40,440
 I've never seen a stat line like that.

1408
01:25:41,020 --> 01:25:41,280
 I don't think.

1409
01:25:42,340 --> 01:25:46,780
 I've seen NBA players go up to 30 points and 15 free throws, but it's spread out.

1410
01:25:47,280 --> 01:25:49,100
 And it's not your first 12 points for all free throws.

1411
01:25:51,040 --> 01:25:53,280
 In the huddle with Zach Pounder, show sports reports.

1412
01:25:53,360 --> 01:25:55,320
 You've got to love these matchups.

1413
01:25:56,260 --> 01:25:58,740
 What about Will White out at Lexington?

1414
01:25:59,460 --> 01:26:05,640
 He beats Wilson at the buzzer 65-63 in triple overtime, Zach.

1415
01:26:06,900 --> 01:26:09,540
 Aiden Chambers actually won that game for him at the end.

1416
01:26:09,760 --> 01:26:12,860
 Will had a shot at the end of the video regulation for the second or first overtime.

1417
01:26:13,720 --> 01:26:17,380
 Boy, Will White is one of the more underrated players in the show, I think.

1418
01:26:17,380 --> 01:26:22,580
 He won't have the stat lines of like 25 points, 15 rebounds, five assists.

1419
01:26:22,740 --> 01:26:25,240
 He can have a stat line of 10 and 10, 15 and 10.

1420
01:26:26,140 --> 01:26:31,040
 And then Zane Kilburn, freshman at Lexington, and also the quarterback for football, can be

1421
01:26:31,040 --> 01:26:33,300
 one of the best athletes in that field history ever.

1422
01:26:33,620 --> 01:26:34,820
 He's been in the right few years.

1423
01:26:35,300 --> 01:26:38,760
 He already can put up 15 and 9, up to 20 and 9.

1424
01:26:39,740 --> 01:26:41,980
 But Lexington is one of those underrated teams.

1425
01:26:42,540 --> 01:26:43,540
 They're not going to be flashy.

1426
01:26:43,660 --> 01:26:44,660
 They're not going to beat you for threes.

1427
01:26:45,120 --> 01:26:46,780
 They're going to beat you just playing basketball.

1428
01:26:48,540 --> 01:26:53,520
 They're not going to win a ton of games because of their depth and their size.

1429
01:26:53,720 --> 01:26:54,760
 Like last night, the Cater Heritage.

1430
01:26:55,400 --> 01:26:58,680
 The Cater Heritage is one of the longest teams I've seen all season as far as when it goes

1431
01:26:58,680 --> 01:26:59,620
 inside and all that.

1432
01:27:00,360 --> 01:27:04,860
 So Lexington can beat you just about playing basketball, going position for possession,

1433
01:27:05,120 --> 01:27:05,540
 and scoring.

1434
01:27:05,700 --> 01:27:10,620
 Hunter Killen, the head coach over there, is one of the best in the area as far as getting

1435
01:27:10,620 --> 01:27:13,480
 the best out of those guys and getting those guys fired up very good play.

1436
01:27:14,480 --> 01:27:18,920
 Yeah, that's one of the first things I noticed with Lexington, with Zane Kilburn, who is a

1437
01:27:18,920 --> 01:27:19,780
 very good quarterback.

1438
01:27:20,160 --> 01:27:24,700
 Again, so many of the athletes in the shelves play multiple sports.

1439
01:27:24,940 --> 01:27:28,560
 You mentioned Lauderdale County off to a 9-1 record.

1440
01:27:28,720 --> 01:27:31,740
 They recently beat Calvert County 69-51.

1441
01:27:32,040 --> 01:27:35,260
 They're ranked number six in Class 6A.

1442
01:27:35,360 --> 01:27:40,620
 Asa Butler scored 14, Calvin Watkins 11, and some of the other guys.

1443
01:27:40,620 --> 01:27:44,480
 As you mentioned, Lauderdale County off to a tremendous start.

1444
01:27:45,420 --> 01:27:49,400
 And that's the key to Lauderdale thing is, is the fact that it doesn't have to be one guy

1445
01:27:49,400 --> 01:27:49,960
 every night.

1446
01:27:50,540 --> 01:27:53,020
 It can be two guys, maybe 10 or 12 each.

1447
01:27:53,620 --> 01:28:00,460
 I can't do how many times I've just looked at a game and saw 10, 10, 12, 12, 11 on the box

1448
01:28:00,460 --> 01:28:08,440
 last year where Charlotte didn't have 35-89 or 20-89, but if you didn't have 20, no problem

1449
01:28:08,440 --> 01:28:13,500
 because you could get 10, 10, 10 from three or four more and get to 50 that way.

1450
01:28:14,080 --> 01:28:17,800
 But yeah, Lauderdale County, it's going to be Calvin Watkins and David Cedars leading there,

1451
01:28:17,860 --> 01:28:23,080
 I think, and then Eason Hamill, Asa Butler as well as, you know, in a shooting role.

1452
01:28:23,520 --> 01:28:30,280
 But Florida, it's going to be Calvin Watkins, a football player also over there, and Jaden Cedars

1453
01:28:30,280 --> 01:28:32,420
 also carrying them.

1454
01:28:32,960 --> 01:28:36,460
 And they're one of those also, it's not going to be flashy, but they're going to press you

1455
01:28:36,460 --> 01:28:38,620
 to death on the boys' side of the girls.

1456
01:28:39,280 --> 01:28:46,260
 Coach Owens is one of the best in the area as far as tenure goes, and as far as success goes,

1457
01:28:46,500 --> 01:28:51,340
 pro-long success, they're always there in February, they're always in the sub-regionals.

1458
01:28:51,520 --> 01:28:56,320
 Wallace, having a chance to go Birmingham, and if the Braggots ball is dry, they'll have

1459
01:28:56,320 --> 01:28:57,320
 a really good chance, I think.

1460
01:28:57,920 --> 01:29:02,200
 If they can win that area, or even if they're going to stick it in that area, I like their

1461
01:29:02,200 --> 01:29:06,640
 chance to get into Wallace this year, because the sub-regional pairings this year for 2A and

1462
01:29:06,640 --> 01:29:07,560
 3A are local.

1463
01:29:08,280 --> 01:29:13,500
 So the Lexington, Southern Christian areas pair up, and the Mar-Till, Arden County areas

1464
01:29:13,500 --> 01:29:13,980
 pair up.

1465
01:29:14,780 --> 01:29:18,180
 So if it's all dry, I'll have to be back to Wallace this year.

1466
01:29:19,660 --> 01:29:20,540
 Here's the deal, Zach.

1467
01:29:20,600 --> 01:29:21,820
 You bring up a good point.

1468
01:29:23,780 --> 01:29:28,320
 You look at these basketball teams, sometimes the records can be misleading relative to schedule.

1469
01:29:28,500 --> 01:29:30,100
 It's all about getting the postseason.

1470
01:29:30,940 --> 01:29:33,220
 Your thoughts, it's all about the strategy.

1471
01:29:33,440 --> 01:29:35,600
 Your thoughts about the Florence High Falcons so far?

1472
01:29:37,280 --> 01:29:41,120
 With Florence, with the boys, I look at their roster up tonight.

1473
01:29:41,600 --> 01:29:43,000
 I think they're tall to win a 6-3.

1474
01:29:44,360 --> 01:29:48,100
 That's going to be one of those, I think it's going to be a matter of size.

1475
01:29:48,360 --> 01:29:52,000
 Because in 7-8, it's hard to win with a guy that's 6-3 and played in the 5.

1476
01:29:52,720 --> 01:29:52,940
 Yeah.

1477
01:29:54,000 --> 01:29:55,940
 If you can shoot the lights out, that don't matter.

1478
01:29:56,840 --> 01:30:05,320
 However, I think if Florence is one of those, if they can tread water in a tournament and get to playing their best ball at the right time, I think they have a chance.

1479
01:30:06,360 --> 01:30:11,560
 With the girls, Jordan Riggs is a defensive warrior.

1480
01:30:12,420 --> 01:30:21,240
 Basically, she's had a few games already, like 5 steals, 10 rebounds, or 10 and 5 or whatever, as far as rebounds and steals go.

1481
01:30:22,080 --> 01:30:27,400
 And if you come to give you 10 or 12 points, training them across you on the girls' side can give you 10 or 12 points and 10 rebounds.

1482
01:30:28,800 --> 01:30:33,880
 And so for the girls and boys, I think it's going to be something they'll play their best ball at the right time.

1483
01:30:34,360 --> 01:30:37,100
 And their record should be the season when it comes down to the end of the season.

1484
01:30:38,060 --> 01:30:39,560
 Yeah, you're exactly right.

1485
01:30:39,640 --> 01:30:42,640
 A lot of the football players just now in the last week or two.

1486
01:30:43,000 --> 01:30:44,660
 Let's finish up with the girls.

1487
01:30:44,660 --> 01:30:46,540
 Boy, this is a real surprise.

1488
01:30:46,740 --> 01:30:49,260
 Number three, Dastler beating Seymour, Tennessee.

1489
01:30:50,120 --> 01:30:52,760
 And Rich Davis scores 26 points.

1490
01:30:52,920 --> 01:30:55,260
 Dastler ladies now 9-2.

1491
01:30:55,920 --> 01:31:00,400
 Rich Davis is, believe me, is worth the price of admission.

1492
01:31:01,160 --> 01:31:02,280
 So is Belle Hill.

1493
01:31:02,480 --> 01:31:04,080
 She had 28 points.

1494
01:31:04,980 --> 01:31:07,480
 Mars Hill, number two in Class 3A.

1495
01:31:07,580 --> 01:31:08,840
 They beat Phil Campbell.

1496
01:31:09,960 --> 01:31:15,640
 And then the Lauderdale County girls, 7-2 after beating Convert County.

1497
01:31:16,160 --> 01:31:20,600
 Madison Mobley led the Lauderdale County, I believe they're 7-2.

1498
01:31:21,280 --> 01:31:25,880
 Again, Zach, as the sun comes up in the morning, you can count on Dastler.

1499
01:31:26,040 --> 01:31:27,540
 Morris here, Lauderdale County.

1500
01:31:27,700 --> 01:31:29,340
 Girls to be very good.

1501
01:31:30,700 --> 01:31:36,360
 Yeah, with Dastler though, I think the scariest part with Dastler is, he is not Rich Davis.

1502
01:31:36,360 --> 01:31:41,500
 The scariest one for Dastler is Casey and Chloe Nelson, the twins, number 10-12.

1503
01:31:41,740 --> 01:31:46,240
 I couldn't tell you which one was Rich right now, but I think Casey is number 10 and Chloe is number 12.

1504
01:31:47,400 --> 01:31:49,260
 I think they're sophomores or juniors.

1505
01:31:49,780 --> 01:31:53,360
 Casey can go out there and get 20 points a night, just like Reece can.

1506
01:31:54,180 --> 01:31:59,280
 And then Chloe can give you 8 or 10 points and 8 or 10 rebounds a night, too.

1507
01:32:00,160 --> 01:32:09,400
 So Reece is really playing in the best situation in the shows, I think, for the girls to get to things to, where she doesn't have to do it all every night.

1508
01:32:09,780 --> 01:32:12,900
 And you can have that kind of lineup to not have to do it all every night.

1509
01:32:14,200 --> 01:32:15,840
 It's a great match to have.

1510
01:32:16,420 --> 01:32:26,180
 With Mars Hill and Bell Hill, I think you can talk for her, talk about her for three hours, on how athletic she is, and how overpowered she is with everybody.

1511
01:32:26,180 --> 01:32:34,420
 I think somebody had texted you tonight during the Phil County and Mars Hill game and said, Mars slash Bell Hill, 14, Phil County, nothing in the first quarter.

1512
01:32:34,980 --> 01:32:37,860
 She had the first 14 points and went up to 28 points.

1513
01:32:38,400 --> 01:32:40,120
 Could have had 40 if you wanted it.

1514
01:32:41,140 --> 01:32:48,240
 But those two, in Larder County even, they are down on paper this year.

1515
01:32:48,240 --> 01:32:49,900
 They don't have the flashy score.

1516
01:32:50,500 --> 01:32:55,880
 They have Ramon Thomas, who's an offensive test, who can go get steals, rebounds every night.

1517
01:32:56,580 --> 01:33:00,640
 And then they can get 10 points out of a few girls every night to get to 30 or 40 points.

1518
01:33:01,780 --> 01:33:02,900
 And they're going to press you.

1519
01:33:03,040 --> 01:33:04,000
 Everyone knows it.

1520
01:33:04,560 --> 01:33:07,940
 While we can, we'll press you to death, if they need to.

1521
01:33:08,300 --> 01:33:09,780
 And they will from the jump.

1522
01:33:10,600 --> 01:33:13,000
 And Larder played basketball a few weeks ago.

1523
01:33:13,720 --> 01:33:15,820
 And Larder trail most of the game came back up one.

1524
01:33:16,380 --> 01:33:22,760
 But it was because of the press and our mighty comments getting steals and forcing turnovers on the defensive side.

1525
01:33:24,000 --> 01:33:24,440
 Absolutely.

1526
01:33:24,800 --> 01:33:26,840
 And also, congratulations to Wilson.

1527
01:33:27,160 --> 01:33:27,980
 They're 10-1.

1528
01:33:28,260 --> 01:33:33,860
 They beat Lakestown 58-31, ranked number eight in Class 4A.

1529
01:33:34,240 --> 01:33:35,480
 Zach, always great.

1530
01:33:35,700 --> 01:33:45,220
 Wanted to catch up before Christmas as far as give our local listeners a little bit of an idea about some of the teams who have gotten out of the block well.

1531
01:33:45,400 --> 01:33:51,960
 And, again, some of these guys are going to continue to make it up with football, and particularly some of the football players coming back.

1532
01:33:52,340 --> 01:33:53,180
 You've got clips.

1533
01:33:53,300 --> 01:33:54,280
 You've got scores.

1534
01:33:55,800 --> 01:33:56,980
 You've got trends.

1535
01:33:57,500 --> 01:33:59,860
 Where can we get online and get all the great stuff?

1536
01:34:00,360 --> 01:34:02,320
 Facebook is so much for the sports report.

1537
01:34:02,760 --> 01:34:07,600
 Twitter, at lowercase, S-H-O-A-L-S-P-O-R-T-S.

1538
01:34:08,100 --> 01:34:12,080
 And also, this year with basketball, we're adding live standings for area midweek.

1539
01:34:12,680 --> 01:34:15,180
 So, this book increases more as the season gets deeper.

1540
01:34:15,740 --> 01:34:19,120
 But every Wednesday, we have updated area standings from Monday to Tuesday.

1541
01:34:19,460 --> 01:34:28,900
 And every Sunday, we have a post on our Facebook, as well as our website, showofsportsreport.com, same as our Twitter and Facebook name.

1542
01:34:29,900 --> 01:34:32,520
 But a lot of area standings, and we are also in there for Christmas.

1543
01:34:32,840 --> 01:34:34,500
 We are just getting ramped up, basically.

1544
01:34:35,820 --> 01:34:39,660
 It's a much more time of the year, not for Christmas, but for basketball.

1545
01:34:40,540 --> 01:34:43,480
 Certainly, but it should be a fun season.

1546
01:34:44,640 --> 01:34:46,040
 A lot of hard work.

1547
01:34:46,700 --> 01:34:47,820
 Congratulations, Oni.

1548
01:34:47,880 --> 01:34:50,660
 Keep up the good work, and thank you so much for your time today, Zach.

1549
01:34:51,300 --> 01:34:51,820
 Thank you.

1550
01:34:52,440 --> 01:34:53,120
 Thank you, Bud.

1551
01:34:53,400 --> 01:34:56,220
 Zach Founders, it's called the show's sports reports.

1552
01:34:56,780 --> 01:35:00,860
 He's called Brent Beard to tell us the next day with us.

1553
01:35:15,140 --> 01:35:22,740
 Hey, this is Russell from Medford Jewelers, reminding everyone as we celebrate our 80th Christmas in downtown Florence that we have you covered.

1554
01:35:23,260 --> 01:35:28,160
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1555
01:35:28,600 --> 01:35:31,880
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1556
01:35:32,400 --> 01:35:39,860
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1557
01:35:39,980 --> 01:35:45,440
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1558
01:35:45,700 --> 01:35:47,740
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1559
01:35:48,580 --> 01:35:52,540
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1560
01:35:53,100 --> 01:35:56,900
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1561
01:35:57,400 --> 01:36:01,200
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1562
01:36:01,360 --> 01:36:06,180
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1563
01:36:06,920 --> 01:36:08,360
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1564
01:36:08,820 --> 01:36:09,680
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1565
01:36:10,120 --> 01:36:11,060
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1566
01:36:11,960 --> 01:36:13,680
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1567
01:36:14,360 --> 01:36:19,120
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1568
01:36:21,620 --> 01:36:28,340
 Hey, even now, it's auction time again, and it's the John Wayne Terry Farm and Equipment Auction just outside of Moulton, Alabama.

1569
01:36:28,780 --> 01:36:34,640
 Phillips Brothers Auctions invites you to join us for this live on-site auction, Saturday, December the 20th at 9 a.m.

1570
01:36:34,640 --> 01:36:42,400
 As we offer a beautiful 74.94-acre fence cattle farm with three barns, three ponds, cattle working facility, mobile home, and more at auction.

1571
01:36:42,800 --> 01:36:46,280
 Also selling farm equipment, including three tractors, hay equipment, and more.

1572
01:36:46,680 --> 01:36:55,620
 This property is located at 279 County Road 149 with a Town Creek address and is just off Highway 157, eight miles northwest of Moulton, Alabama.

1573
01:36:56,060 --> 01:37:04,320
 You can see more online right now at phillipsbrothersauctions.com or call Ben Phillips at 256-710-9683 for more details.

1574
01:37:04,780 --> 01:37:09,920
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1575
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 7-6 on the season.

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1643
01:40:59,860 --> 01:41:01,560
 Welcome back in.

1644
01:41:01,760 --> 01:41:02,620
 Brent Beard.

1645
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 As hard as I may try, I don't think I could possibly do a better job of introducing our next guest.

1646
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 Carly Simon was saying, song, nobody does it better than you.

1647
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 The stage is all yours, my friend.

1648
01:41:15,160 --> 01:41:17,480
 Yeah, I was delighted to bring in Brother Brent.

1649
01:41:17,580 --> 01:41:21,160
 Brent Beard, college football analyst for First Coach News.

1650
01:41:21,580 --> 01:41:22,740
 He's a husband trophy voter.

1651
01:41:22,900 --> 01:41:25,980
 In fact, he disclosed last night on Second Helping.

1652
01:41:26,240 --> 01:41:26,700
 Yeah.

1653
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 He voted for Fernando Mendoza for the husband trophy.

1654
01:41:32,440 --> 01:41:40,220
 And as I mentioned, co-host of Second Helping podcast on the SEC with good friend Travis Reiger.

1655
01:41:40,740 --> 01:41:47,340
 Brent, welcome into the show, my friend.

1656
01:41:47,860 --> 01:41:50,000
 I'll have a heck of an intro there.

1657
01:41:50,200 --> 01:41:54,580
 Let's just jump right into the deep end here and talk about the game tonight.

1658
01:41:55,180 --> 01:41:56,460
 Everybody's talked about it.

1659
01:41:56,560 --> 01:42:02,520
 They've got all these injuries, Alabama's offense, Oklahoma's offense, Alabama's defense, Oklahoma's defense.

1660
01:42:03,200 --> 01:42:07,620
 Brent, where do you start in talking chalk about Bama and Oklahoma Part 2 this season?

1661
01:42:07,620 --> 01:42:14,020
 Well, it's so odd with the game being on a Friday night, and Bama has had some success with Friday night games,

1662
01:42:14,140 --> 01:42:19,680
 i.e. the Southern Cow game in 1971 when they won.

1663
01:42:19,900 --> 01:42:24,860
 People forget that game was actually on a Friday night.

1664
01:42:25,360 --> 01:42:29,680
 Brent and I were about 12 and 13 years old at that point.

1665
01:42:30,480 --> 01:42:33,540
 And I remember going to bed and finding out Bama had won the next day.

1666
01:42:33,540 --> 01:42:39,820
 It was just amazed, frankly, but that began a long run.

1667
01:42:39,920 --> 01:42:43,820
 I hope that they can get a little bit of that going tonight.

1668
01:42:45,040 --> 01:42:52,700
 I think the interesting thing about this game is, well, there's a bunch of them, frankly,

1669
01:42:52,860 --> 01:42:54,700
 but, number one, having these guys healthy.

1670
01:42:55,500 --> 01:42:59,540
 To me, Jim Miller being back is not even so much his running ability.

1671
01:43:00,140 --> 01:43:04,300
 It's the fact that he can pick up the blitz better than the other running backs can.

1672
01:43:05,060 --> 01:43:10,660
 Having Josh Quavis back tied in is just, and again, he may be on a pitch count.

1673
01:43:10,780 --> 01:43:11,500
 We don't know.

1674
01:43:12,100 --> 01:43:14,660
 But he would just be invaluable.

1675
01:43:14,660 --> 01:43:23,880
 I mean, Quavis could catch four or five passes for 50 yards and make a huge difference in the game.

1676
01:43:25,040 --> 01:43:30,660
 Ryan Williams, if he decided to show up for this game, that would really be tremendous.

1677
01:43:31,560 --> 01:43:36,000
 And this is the kind of game that he really kind of steps up for also.

1678
01:43:36,520 --> 01:43:40,540
 Guys, I'm going to throw this out, and it's a little bit controversial,

1679
01:43:41,020 --> 01:43:43,180
 but I think it's something they might need to look at.

1680
01:43:43,180 --> 01:43:50,140
 If Ty struggles at quarterback, I'm not saying for the rest of the game,

1681
01:43:50,780 --> 01:43:55,220
 but sometimes it may not hurt for them to take him out

1682
01:43:55,220 --> 01:44:06,320
 and put one of the backups in for a series, Austin Mack or Keelan Russell,

1683
01:44:06,440 --> 01:44:11,040
 who I think is going to be a superstar, probably sooner than later,

1684
01:44:11,280 --> 01:44:13,480
 and let the game slow down.

1685
01:44:15,300 --> 01:44:24,560
 Thankfully for Alabama, they're playing a team that doesn't score on every other play.

1686
01:44:25,220 --> 01:44:27,360
 And they'll be in the game.

1687
01:44:27,620 --> 01:44:31,900
 But this is going to be fascinating in a lot of ways.

1688
01:44:32,420 --> 01:44:37,460
 And I can tell you right now, this is a humongous game, guys, for Alabama.

1689
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 If they're able to win this game, even if they lose to Indiana when that game comes up,

1690
01:44:44,440 --> 01:44:47,740
 it would be incredible momentum for Bama going into the offseason.

1691
01:44:48,080 --> 01:44:51,240
 And I agree with you on many points, even back to the quarterback spot.

1692
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 First of all, you know that Oklahoma has to spend some time preparing for that scenario

1693
01:44:56,020 --> 01:44:58,740
 because the program, anyway, has a history of that.

1694
01:44:58,800 --> 01:45:01,940
 Go back to Nick Saban against Georgia.

1695
01:45:02,600 --> 01:45:03,180
 That workout.

1696
01:45:03,420 --> 01:45:04,680
 We'll see how that pans out.

1697
01:45:04,720 --> 01:45:08,000
 But I agree with you, Brent, on the significance of this game.

1698
01:45:08,380 --> 01:45:11,440
 It doesn't matter what happens as far as going forward to the national championship.

1699
01:45:12,060 --> 01:45:16,040
 But for one thing, hopefully it would quieten the crickets as far as the bore.

1700
01:45:16,040 --> 01:45:20,060
 I mean, because you've got a lot of folks out there saying, just wait, just wait.

1701
01:45:20,260 --> 01:45:21,340
 Alabama loses here.

1702
01:45:21,460 --> 01:45:22,940
 The fans are going to come out of the woodwork.

1703
01:45:23,020 --> 01:45:24,080
 They're going to drive him crazy.

1704
01:45:24,680 --> 01:45:26,100
 Michigan is going to cash in on that.

1705
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 They're going to lay down some serious cabbage.

1706
01:45:27,880 --> 01:45:30,060
 We've got more money, less flack.

1707
01:45:30,140 --> 01:45:32,340
 Come on up and take over this job.

1708
01:45:32,720 --> 01:45:34,180
 So many points there.

1709
01:45:34,760 --> 01:45:37,360
 And I will say to that, obviously, you're going to be disappointed.

1710
01:45:37,500 --> 01:45:38,960
 But be careful what you wish for.

1711
01:45:39,380 --> 01:45:45,420
 In that scenario, who would come in at this part of the cycle, the coaches, that would not break the bank?

1712
01:45:45,420 --> 01:45:51,500
 Your thoughts just about, if you could elaborate on the significance of this game, aside from just a win.

1713
01:45:51,980 --> 01:46:02,540
 Well, as far as the coaching situation is concerned, look, the bore is going to need a minimum of four or five years in Alabama.

1714
01:46:02,640 --> 01:46:03,980
 You may not get that.

1715
01:46:04,520 --> 01:46:10,940
 But when you make the transition from what possibly may be the greatest coach in the history of the game,

1716
01:46:11,080 --> 01:46:20,200
 and Nick Saban, you've got to have some time in order for your system to be able to get figured out.

1717
01:46:20,620 --> 01:46:24,820
 Look, I mean, the guys won nine and ten games in consecutive years.

1718
01:46:24,940 --> 01:46:26,540
 How many people have done that?

1719
01:46:26,980 --> 01:46:28,020
 And we know they're arch rivals.

1720
01:46:28,700 --> 01:46:29,180
 Absolutely.

1721
01:46:29,720 --> 01:46:33,220
 And, look, that is not an insignificant situation.

1722
01:46:33,220 --> 01:46:41,140
 When you beat Georgia, Tennessee, LSU, and Auburn in the same year, I mean, that, frankly, is amazing.

1723
01:46:41,840 --> 01:46:44,800
 But, yet, there is work to be done.

1724
01:46:44,960 --> 01:46:47,280
 They've got to find a way to run the ball.

1725
01:46:47,580 --> 01:46:55,080
 I mean, their inability to run the ball, frankly, is just mystifying in a lot of ways.

1726
01:46:55,640 --> 01:46:59,540
 A lot of it is because the offensive line is not what it needs to be.

1727
01:47:00,360 --> 01:47:03,820
 We'll be closer next year than you've got right now.

1728
01:47:03,820 --> 01:47:10,440
 But, look, even if I'm a losing night, trying to get rid of DeBoer is not going to answer the problem.

1729
01:47:10,700 --> 01:47:12,620
 It can only compound some things.

1730
01:47:12,820 --> 01:47:13,140
 That's right.

1731
01:47:13,420 --> 01:47:18,600
 Now, he's got to get rid of some coaches on this staff.

1732
01:47:18,700 --> 01:47:21,520
 There's no question about that because the staff needs an upgrade.

1733
01:47:22,300 --> 01:47:33,080
 But if they hang on to DeBoer, at some point, this thing, I think the training wheels are coming off as far as the fans are concerned.

1734
01:47:33,080 --> 01:47:35,460
 And they will see they've made a really good choice.

1735
01:47:36,600 --> 01:47:39,340
 Let me ask you about Texas A&M and Miami.

1736
01:47:39,600 --> 01:47:41,120
 Let me mention this again.

1737
01:47:41,220 --> 01:47:42,940
 I mentioned it twice this week.

1738
01:47:43,420 --> 01:47:49,220
 When fans turn in tomorrow to watch Miami and Texas A&M, they're going to ABC or ESPN.

1739
01:47:49,540 --> 01:47:51,160
 Well, it's not going to be there.

1740
01:47:51,620 --> 01:47:52,640
 It's on TNT.

1741
01:47:53,700 --> 01:47:58,700
 You know, this is like watching the college basketball NCAA tournament.

1742
01:47:59,020 --> 01:48:01,420
 TNT, True TV, TBS.

1743
01:48:01,760 --> 01:48:03,020
 Well, this is TNT.

1744
01:48:03,960 --> 01:48:07,200
 And the Ole Miss game is on TNT.

1745
01:48:07,200 --> 01:48:09,480
 The Oregon game set tomorrow night.

1746
01:48:09,480 --> 01:48:10,640
 It's on when on ABC.

1747
01:48:11,800 --> 01:48:15,340
 We've talked about the quarterbacks, Reed and Carson Beck.

1748
01:48:15,440 --> 01:48:19,260
 Mike Hugin has said Beck is a lawn chair in the pocket.

1749
01:48:20,300 --> 01:48:23,600
 A&M has played a weaker SEC schedule.

1750
01:48:24,200 --> 01:48:30,780
 But I think the home field and a dual threat quarterback, Miami's very talented.

1751
01:48:31,160 --> 01:48:33,280
 And Mario lays an egg.

1752
01:48:34,320 --> 01:48:38,320
 Will A&M, with Reed in the home crowd, beat Miami?

1753
01:48:38,980 --> 01:48:41,100
 Yeah, I do think they will.

1754
01:48:41,500 --> 01:48:46,780
 Now, this is obviously the best Miami team we've seen down here in quite a while.

1755
01:48:46,780 --> 01:48:54,660
 I mean, they're still five hours away from us here in Jacksonville, but we certainly keep up with them.

1756
01:48:55,920 --> 01:49:00,100
 And, look, I think one of the things Mike said was exactly right.

1757
01:49:00,260 --> 01:49:06,960
 This Miami passing attack can be a real strength for them, but it can be a real problem.

1758
01:49:07,700 --> 01:49:16,700
 Also, as far as the interceptions that they have thrown, really, this game is going to be won in the line of scrimmage.

1759
01:49:17,680 --> 01:49:28,200
 If A&M can block the Miami ends, that's going to make a huge difference for them in this game.

1760
01:49:28,300 --> 01:49:30,400
 And that's Reuben Bain and Akeem Messador.

1761
01:49:30,640 --> 01:49:35,220
 Reuben Bain was hurt last year, got hurt in the Florida game with that, too.

1762
01:49:35,220 --> 01:49:39,080
 But, yeah, this is a – this could be a really great game.

1763
01:49:39,300 --> 01:49:41,880
 It's a shame this is not the night game tomorrow night.

1764
01:49:42,260 --> 01:49:46,100
 That would really draw, I think, more people to this game.

1765
01:49:46,640 --> 01:49:51,780
 But, look, I'm just telling you guys, same thing happened at Georgia, same thing happened at Miami.

1766
01:49:52,460 --> 01:49:57,960
 Bain's a good quarterback, but Bain can throw a pick at the absolute worst time.

1767
01:49:58,660 --> 01:50:02,380
 And you don't know when he's got that in them.

1768
01:50:02,820 --> 01:50:05,180
 And Miami's – look, Miami's the same way.

1769
01:50:05,300 --> 01:50:07,760
 Miami can just absolutely blow a game.

1770
01:50:07,760 --> 01:50:18,040
 And they have blown a couple of games a year for the last several years just inexplicably and that that would certainly be an A&M's bandage.

1771
01:50:18,900 --> 01:50:23,900
 So, Brent, before you jump off, what's going to be the final score tonight when everybody leaves the house at Norman?

1772
01:50:25,580 --> 01:50:30,160
 I'll tell you, I've struggled with this greatly, to be honest with you.

1773
01:50:30,220 --> 01:50:33,500
 I mean, and I think it's going to be something like 17-14.

1774
01:50:34,040 --> 01:50:43,500
 I think if they can – if Bama can keep tying up right, then they will be able to win the game.

1775
01:50:43,720 --> 01:50:48,780
 But I'll tell you this, Bama does not need to get behind and have to chase points a whole night.

1776
01:50:50,660 --> 01:50:56,480
 That's how they won the Auburn game, frankly, is they got ahead and quieted the crowd and went on from there.

1777
01:50:56,860 --> 01:51:04,120
 But it's a crucial game for the time, but they – and I know he's going to make some changes,

1778
01:51:04,400 --> 01:51:09,040
 but they need to keep DeBoer and be happy with the progress that he's made.

1779
01:51:10,180 --> 01:51:10,580
 Absolutely.

1780
01:51:10,900 --> 01:51:12,500
 Always enjoy the conversation.

1781
01:51:12,700 --> 01:51:13,820
 It should be a fun weekend.

1782
01:51:14,060 --> 01:51:16,020
 Where can we get online to get your stuff?

1783
01:51:16,520 --> 01:51:20,440
 Yeah, at Brent Beard on Twitter is probably the easiest way.

1784
01:51:20,440 --> 01:51:28,740
 You guys have mentioned the podcast we do with Travis Reier, which is a lot of fun to be able to do that.

1785
01:51:30,080 --> 01:51:34,660
 Also, in First Coast News here in Jacksonville, guys.

1786
01:51:35,000 --> 01:51:43,340
 But so another tremendous weekend, and that's a great thing about a playoff is we're going to have several of these before it's over.

1787
01:51:44,220 --> 01:51:47,480
 Brent, I'll make sure your brother takes care of you for Christmas next week, okay?

1788
01:51:47,680 --> 01:51:48,300
 Good, good.

1789
01:51:48,300 --> 01:51:51,120
 But I appreciate that very much, yes.

1790
01:51:52,540 --> 01:51:57,140
 The other half of the boys, the Brent Beard boys, that's Brent Beard down in Jacksonville.

1791
01:51:57,220 --> 01:51:58,960
 Baby, ask Brent Beard.

1792
01:51:59,040 --> 01:52:00,920
 Let me ask Brent Beard what's going to happen tonight.

1793
01:52:01,040 --> 01:52:05,080
 Yeah, I think the extra week is going to help Alabama tremendously.

1794
01:52:05,380 --> 01:52:11,160
 You can basically give five reasons why Alabama can win or lose this game.

1795
01:52:11,440 --> 01:52:15,440
 Turnovers, they've got to match Oklahoma in the kicking game.

1796
01:52:16,140 --> 01:52:18,100
 Alabama's won on the road all year.

1797
01:52:18,240 --> 01:52:21,340
 When you can win in Athens, you can win in Norman.

1798
01:52:21,700 --> 01:52:24,660
 Alabama 21, Oklahoma 22.

1799
01:52:25,600 --> 01:52:27,760
 If it's an A game, it's Alabama.

1800
01:52:27,940 --> 01:52:28,380
 You're right.

1801
01:52:28,460 --> 01:52:31,680
 You can't have a Red Cross giving charity and special teams.

1802
01:52:31,760 --> 01:52:32,780
 It's got to be special.

1803
01:52:32,960 --> 01:52:38,140
 In that case, 21-19 Alabama with the heart attack special.

1804
01:52:38,320 --> 01:52:42,800
 And again, catch that game pregame straight ahead about 4 o'clock this afternoon here on

1805
01:52:42,800 --> 01:52:48,000
 93.9 The Score with the game itself kicking off at 9 o'clock again right here on 93.9 The Score.

1806
01:52:48,360 --> 01:52:48,560
 Enjoy.

1807
01:52:48,740 --> 01:52:49,700
 It's going to take care of us for now.

1808
01:52:49,800 --> 01:52:52,300
 On behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

1809
01:52:52,840 --> 01:52:54,640
 Harold LeBlanc, thank you so much for your time today.

1810
01:52:54,740 --> 01:52:59,680
 Let's do it again Monday, noon to two for the Bumbo Buck Show back here on Sports Radio 93.9 The Score.

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1814
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1815
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