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 Hopefully, you're going to have Andrew Bone on in a few minutes to tell us who is going, who is coming at Alabama.

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 The elephant in the room.

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 Nobody does a better job of covering this.

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 I know Tim Watts helps you, Charlie Ponder, Blake Beiler, a lot of good guys at BOL.

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 Here are thoughts from Alabama men's basketball head coach Nate Oates

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 following Alabama's win on Saturday against Kentucky.

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 Big win to start out SEC play.

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 Obviously, it's Kentucky.

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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 Welcome back again.

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 Really appreciate kicking off the week with us.

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 And for Max Howe, taking time out of his busy schedule to the Magnolia State to join our little huddle here.

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 Max Howe, by the way, a radio talk, sports talk legend, also former assistant coach at Florida State, and a school name, Ole Miss.

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 Max, welcome in.

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 Have you caught Final Four fever yet in the Magnolia State?

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 Well, you know, the ballgames have indicated that we all should be dead, in particular with Ole Miss.

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 I mean, what, 60 years in county since they haven't even been recognized?

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 You know, and I've got to have to say this, guys.

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 I'm really, as close as I've been to that program for the last three or four years and coached their three,

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 just for them to just keep hammering on Lane Kiffin and the way he exited and all that stuff, I got news for them.

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 If it hadn't been for Lane Kiffin, they'd still be treading along just like they have been for the last 60 years.

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 And on top of that, I'm going to give him credit for winning that ballgame last week.

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 I would bet my last dollar he drew the game plan for that.

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 If Charlie Weiss is calling it, Pete Golden ought to be happy for that.

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 And I'm going to tell you, the one he's got coming up this week, I know who drew that game plan.

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 It wasn't crystal ball.

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 It was Jimmy Johnson.

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 Or Jimmy Sexton.

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 Well, Sexton just sits back and sits back and takes the paintbrush.

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 That's all he's got to do.

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 No one's happier than Lane, I guarantee you.

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 I'll tell you who hates this is LSU.

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 I looked the other day, and right now it's costing about three-quarters of a million dollars, so they can't wait for Ole Miss to lose, so they quit cutting those checks.

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 I mean, and Ole Miss is not even having to pay it.

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 LSU's paying it.

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 Yeah, that's right.

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 That's Jimmy Sexton.

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 I guarantee you, he's the man.

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 Your thoughts, obviously, Max, it's one thing to get to this dance.

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 What's the situation?

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 We've heard back and forth, Lane's going to pull his coaches.

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 No, he's not.

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 The NFL's looking at why's and why not.

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 What's the status as far as the coaching situation going in for Ole Miss?

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 I think they're going to hang in there.

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 Now, if they can beat Miami on Thursday night, this couple of weeks,

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 you know, that may change a few things, but I think it's going to stay just like they're still in Baton Rouge today.

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 I think they'll come home.

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 I'll come back to Oxford tomorrow morning or tomorrow afternoon,

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 and they'll put the game plan in for Miami.

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 But the fact is, look, a lot of that stuff, guys, you know, the media's just hyping that as much as they can.

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 Oh, yes, clickbait.

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 I'm not saying there's some underlying failure there.

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 Don't get me wrong.

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 But the fact is, at the consistency, they stay on top of that deal.

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 You know, he was supposed to be at the ballgame on Thursday night this past week in Baton Rouge.

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 Excuse me.

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 Selling.

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 But he wasn't.

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 And I understand who stopped it was ESPN.

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 That's right.

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 He would draw so much attention, not only sitting in the box with the governor from Louisiana,

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 but also on the halftime show.

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 So, I mean, you know, I understand all the politics that go with that.

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 But he's eaten it up.

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 And I think we can see what he draws from the portal,

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 just how serious he really is about immediate success there.

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 And if I had to guess and bet my last dollar, I guarantee you he's 24-7 right now.

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 Well, Max, what he is, he's an NFL coach, is he not?

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 Basically, he's getting to be an NFL coach without having the pressure of being an NFL coach.

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 Because right now, the blueprint's the same.

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 Go out and buy a team without having to deal with the equity that the NFL throws at you.

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 No doubt about that.

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 And, of course, you know, he spent 30 years with his dad on the sideline in the NFL.

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 I mean, he's got a great background for that.

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 He understands the system.

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 And I know I've just listened to some podcasts this morning.

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 The guys are saying, oh, he's going to fail at LSU because his kid's not going to have any favor.

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 You know, are you kidding me?

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 Those kids, most of those kids will be at LSU next year, the next two, three years with him all being paid.

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 Yeah.

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 Well.

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 You don't understand the emotion thing has kind of been removed from that.

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 Yeah, that's right.

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 Max, let me ask you about the game itself.

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 Miami beat Ohio State 24-17.

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 Not because of Carson Beck thrown for 138 yards.

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 It was because of that Miami defensive front.

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 Metsador and Reuben Bain Jr. and some of those other dudes are pretty good as far as getting to the quarterback.

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 Trinidad Shambliss put on an absolute clinic in the fourth quarter against Georgia.

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 Max, he made about five plays.

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 I said it last week that NFL defense is what I had a hard time defending.

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 Max, your thoughts, break down the game for us a little bit.

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 Well, you know, coming in against Miami, they got probably the best two rush ins in college football right now.

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 Yes.

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 And the other guys are, you know, adequate, to say the least.

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 I think, you know, it's going to take a really creative game plan, and I think that's what he does.

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 And that's why he'll pass that on to Weiss, and Weiss will convince Pete that they need to run that

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 because he understands the game itself.

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 Look, University of Miami is just one step below the NFL.

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 In particular, I know for a fact that Cristobal is using Jimmy Johnson.

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 He was on the sideline the other night, and I don't know where he's caught that.

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 They didn't show him until the end of the game, but he was there.

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 And you heard Cristobal, if you listen carefully, Cristobal was hollering in front of the way

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 because he wanted to talk to him again before he left.

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 So my point is that Lane is even better prepared for a Miami team than he would be for a Georgia team,

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 even though I think Miami's got as good a talent as Georgia does right now this year.

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 But I think he'll work for that.

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 He'll pass that on to their play callers, and to Weiss and the bunch that's going to come back up there

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 and call the game.

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 The only reason there was some hard feelings with the administration in Ole Miss when he left,

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 that he wanted the job so bad that he didn't want to take a chance.

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 And I think if it was pushed, LSU would have let him coach there.

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 But it was the Ole Miss people that didn't want him there.

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 There's probably some underlying stuff that we don't know about also that took place.

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 But the fact is, he's as good a mind, a brighter mind about picking up defense.

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 I've talked to a couple of guys that worked for him before.

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 They said he can walk in a film room, flip on the tape, and he'd look at the secondary

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 where they lined up, and he'd look at the offense.

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 As soon as the ball snapped, he'd tell you where the ball's going.

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 And he said that's probably a half a dozen people in the world that can do that.

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 And just because he's done it so long, you know, he came out of that background.

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 I don't know that Ole Miss could beat them, the depth situation.

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 Carson Beck, you know, transferred, not a great quarterback,

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 but he did enough the other night to win the football game.

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 And I did see some things in Carson Beck down there that I didn't see in Georgia

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 toward the end of his career there, is that he lowered his head and ran the football

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 and got that first down toward the end of the ball game.

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 I think it probably wasn't the ball game.

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 It gave him the momentum to keep playing hard.

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 So, you know, I think it's going to be a really, really good football game.

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 The running back for Ole Miss, you know, I don't know what his status will be.

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 I know he had a shoulder injury.

435
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 He had a strap on it the other night.

436
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 I don't know how much they'll try to use him, but he's going to be a key component.

437
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 Because if they don't, if they don't threaten the running game, all they're going to do

438
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 is rush three or four and drop the rest of them to stop the passing game.

439
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 So, Chambliss, you're right, Brett, Chambliss, he came.

440
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 I saw him run out on the corner on a sideline pass that he was covered.

441
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 He just flipped the ball, kind of underhanded, about 10 yards down the field for a first down.

442
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 And, you know, that's an inherent trait that you can't teach.

443
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 That's just a skill set that's there.

444
00:31:08,980 --> 00:31:10,540
 Here's the next question.

445
00:31:11,140 --> 00:31:15,220
 If the NCAA rules are eligible, does he stay at Ole Miss or do he go to LSU?

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 There you go.

447
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 That's literally the multimillion-dollar question.

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 Max, according to our sources, the honeymoon is over in Tuscaloosa.

449
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 Where does Alabama go from here?

450
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 Oh, my God.

451
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 I mean, I was on another show this morning in Tuscaloosa, by the way, and that was a hot topic.

452
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 You know, here's the thing I can't quite understand is Coach Saban is still on the payroll.

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 I think they pay him, what, like $500,000 a year.

454
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 Half a million dollars a year to go to basketball games.

455
00:31:44,900 --> 00:31:45,240
 Right.

456
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 As a consultant.

457
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 Well, you know, I wonder who he's consulting with.

458
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 Let me give him a hint.

459
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 Maybe Reese Davis and the crew is on the desk there.

460
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 There's somebody that needs some help in that L.A. department.

461
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 I mean, I know they aren't going to make a move at the top, but they're going to have to make a move

462
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463
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464
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 Whoever handles special teams, he's got to go.

465
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 I mean, there's three or four now.

466
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 If you go back, though, and check the boy's history, he doesn't have a history of that.

467
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 He's got a history of bringing that staff there, and he's so confident.

468
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 And you look at that one loss record, guys can be deceiving.

469
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 And the reason is this.

470
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 I've told you this a hundred times.

471
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 I coached at Troy when I was the head assistant coach and won a national championship.

472
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 I went to Florida State.

473
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 We were playing at the level Alabama has been playing in.

474
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 We didn't recruit.

475
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 We selected.

476
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 And guys between that level, between Troy and FSU at that time, it's like daylight and dark.

477
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 So go back and out of that 120 wins he's got, look at who he played.

478
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 I mean, it was down just one grade above a high school is what it was.

479
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 It was in AIA and Division II.

480
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 So you can't put a lot of stock.

481
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 There's so much difference in the game, and even the game today has changed, as we all know.

482
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 You can't put a lot of stock in just that one loss record.

483
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 I'll say that he's illustrated himself right now to being a down-and-three coach.

484
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 It's what it amounts to.

485
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 And that's a good day.

486
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 He could be eight, you know, he could be eight, four, seven, and five if he's trying to rebuild.

487
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 I don't think that the fed base in Alabama will stand for that.

488
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:35,700
 No.

489
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 I think they'll tell him one more year, and you've got to make the changes, and you've got to improve that,

490
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 or, you know, we've got to make a change.

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492
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 If he stays three years, it'll be down in the upper 20s or lower 30 million.

493
00:33:55,860 --> 00:33:58,560
 Well, they got some folks in Alabama could write a check for that.

494
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 And I know they'll make a change.

495
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 I think it's part of it, my conclusion with him, is a demeanor that he has.

496
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 Sometimes he looks like he's lost on the sideline, and then when you hear his press conference, he doesn't ever say anything.

497
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 You know, he just talks in generalities.

498
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 Exactly.

499
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 He doesn't emphasize individual players.

500
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 It's just a lot of things that the fed base in Alabama is different for, let's say that.

501
00:34:32,300 --> 00:34:33,920
 And the main thing is they aren't winning.

502
00:34:34,240 --> 00:34:35,860
 They aren't winning critical ballgames.

503
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 And the ones they're winning, the production, if you go compare the numbers for the last four or five years,

504
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 is where they are in the last two, way below the production of yardage.

505
00:34:46,120 --> 00:34:50,580
 And, you know, it's just the whole program itself looks like it's just taking a step or two back.

506
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 Yeah, and the bookend losses, Max, makes it look even overshadows the good wins that he had in the middle of the season.

507
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 Max, we've got to run, do a break.

508
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 Always great to begin Monday with you.

509
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 Should be a fascinating Final Four.

510
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 Max, have a great week.

511
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 Enjoy the Final Four.

512
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 Let's do this again next Monday.

513
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 I'll be right there, guys.

514
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 Thank you so much for the opportunity here.

515
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 Thank you so much.

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 John, welcome in.

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 How are you?

633
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 Doing great, Harold.

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 Hope you and Brett had a happy new year.

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 And we're certainly ready to turn the page on 2025 when it comes to Gators football in northeast Florida.

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 I can tell both of you guys that.

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 Yeah.

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 I think a lot of folks in Tuscaloosa are ready to turn the page on 2026 the way it got started, John.

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 But more on that in a second.

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 I was looking at some of the numbers the other day on this portal thing, and maybe you've got different sources, John.

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 I saw a number, something like over 4,000 kids are going to enter the portal across the board.

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 And here's what's amazing about it.

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 Basically, at least half will not wind up at another place, meaning they rolled the dice and lost the bird in the hand

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 versus the two in the bush with their scholarship.

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 Your thoughts about where we are and, I mean, if you're going to sit here and enter it,

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 you better have some good information.

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 Or, let's face it, there's a chance you're going to make a lot of money,

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 but in some cases, it's going to cost these kids a lot of money.

649
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 I'll tell you where we're at, guys.

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 In my opinion, we're on steroids with this transfer portal.

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 It's way out of control.

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 And that's a sad statistic.

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 You floated out there, Harold.

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 About over half of them won't be able to go back.

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 These kids get a lot of bad information.

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 And I think, you know, I miss the time where maybe if something didn't go right for you,

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 you don't just put your name in the transfer portal.

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 That's right.

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 You try to make it right where you're at.

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 But in today's world, that's not what's going on.

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 That's not just on the kids.

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 That's on the NCAA and the fact that there's really no, you know, supervision over this whole thing.

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 But I saw over 4,500 in the portal, too, Harold.

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 And it's the wild, wild west.

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 Basically, this portal period, you can put your name in until January 16th.

666
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 Yeah.

667
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 But you can stay in it until somebody picks you up, which I didn't realize until last week.

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 So you just got to get in it before January 16th.

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 And the teams in the playoff, I think, get a later time to go in.

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 The teams that are still playing.

671
00:43:22,140 --> 00:43:23,720
 And so that's good for them.

672
00:43:24,100 --> 00:43:26,300
 Maybe it's bad for them in some ways, too.

673
00:43:26,440 --> 00:43:29,160
 But I just hope they can.

674
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:32,800
 I think we're still probably three, four, five years away from this, guys.

675
00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:41,160
 But there's going to have to be some unilateral litigation across the board, meaning all 50 states under the same rule.

676
00:43:41,540 --> 00:43:44,000
 And right now, we're nowhere close to that.

677
00:43:44,240 --> 00:43:50,160
 I can't imagine being a head coach in college football right now trying to navigate all this.

678
00:43:50,580 --> 00:43:53,000
 Well, and the thing is, you're right.

679
00:43:53,660 --> 00:43:55,640
 They've got to stop fearing all these lawsuits.

680
00:43:55,840 --> 00:43:57,760
 I think that's what keeps the wild, wild west going.

681
00:43:57,840 --> 00:44:03,180
 But let me ask you, you look at the teams now, and you look at the teams who are in, and you look at the teams who are out.

682
00:44:03,220 --> 00:44:07,960
 Everybody criticized this guy named Kiffin over in Ole Miss who are going to the portal and not recruiting.

683
00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:12,520
 Nobody yesterday is now the king of the road in Indiana.

684
00:44:13,240 --> 00:44:17,340
 How is where we're going right now going to influence how these teams are put together going forward?

685
00:44:17,500 --> 00:44:22,340
 Because Indiana and Ole Miss, they shopped heavy, and they shopped wisely in the portal.

686
00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:24,220
 They got a lot of bang for their buck.

687
00:44:24,340 --> 00:44:25,260
 Other teams have spent.

688
00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:28,680
 Alabama spends twice as much as Indiana, and look where they are.

689
00:44:28,740 --> 00:44:30,020
 They're watching from the couch, too.

690
00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:35,980
 Your thoughts about how, speaking of coaches, given what we've seen from Indiana, Ole Miss, and others,

691
00:44:36,660 --> 00:44:38,900
 how they're going to put together these rosters down the road.

692
00:44:40,480 --> 00:44:42,580
 Well, let me start with Indiana.

693
00:44:43,240 --> 00:44:45,880
 Hats off to what Kurt Cignetti's done up there.

694
00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:51,180
 I mean, that's the story not only of the year, but maybe of our lifetime, guys.

695
00:44:51,260 --> 00:44:52,740
 And I don't think I'm exaggerating.

696
00:44:52,860 --> 00:45:00,740
 What he's done for a program that has been in existence for 136 years, it's the greatest two years ever.

697
00:45:01,260 --> 00:45:03,100
 I just don't think that's superbole.

698
00:45:03,100 --> 00:45:05,220
 I think that's fact with what they're doing.

699
00:45:06,200 --> 00:45:11,400
 I just don't know if it's practical, though, for other schools.

700
00:45:11,680 --> 00:45:15,300
 I think they're more the outlier than the norm.

701
00:45:15,420 --> 00:45:19,620
 I just think it's really difficult, like I just said, to navigate all this.

702
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:23,560
 Coaches and then the situation with Lane Kiffin.

703
00:45:24,040 --> 00:45:28,260
 Harold, you made a few people in northeast Florida drive off the road when you mentioned that name.

704
00:45:28,420 --> 00:45:30,460
 That's not a popular name here right now.

705
00:45:30,460 --> 00:45:31,760
 What happened with the Florida?

706
00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:34,740
 Or Tennessee, or USC, or Alabama, or Oxford.

707
00:45:35,740 --> 00:45:44,560
 But that's another situation with they need to somehow come up with a period where, A, in my opinion,

708
00:45:44,720 --> 00:45:48,760
 coaches can't go from school A to school B.

709
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:54,840
 And there's got to be a period, just like the transfer portal, where you can negotiate with them in these two weeks.

710
00:45:54,940 --> 00:46:02,080
 And that's it, because it's just created havoc with all these teams and the Mississippi situation.

711
00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:05,620
 Their coaching staff right now going back and forth.

712
00:46:05,960 --> 00:46:10,340
 But I think this is a learning curve for everybody, to be honest with you.

713
00:46:10,360 --> 00:46:14,000
 I'm sure there's going to be a lot of people looking at the blueprint, what Kurt Signetti did.

714
00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:23,200
 But, again, I just don't know how practical it is, how many other schools can duplicate what he did, especially to the success he's done it.

715
00:46:23,300 --> 00:46:25,700
 I think it's really difficult, guys.

716
00:46:25,780 --> 00:46:31,240
 And the other thing, I think it's made college football more equal.

717
00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:34,360
 What I mean by that is, look at your final four right now.

718
00:46:34,900 --> 00:46:35,040
 Yeah.

719
00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:45,320
 Did you ever think we'd be in a situation where Oregon, Indiana, Mississippi, and Miami, three of the four, have never won national titles?

720
00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:47,580
 Miami hasn't won one in 24 years.

721
00:46:48,580 --> 00:46:52,800
 In ways, that's good, but, again, in ways, that's bad, because there's no continuity.

722
00:46:53,740 --> 00:46:59,400
 And as a fan, I would hate this, because you can't really get to know your guys,

723
00:46:59,480 --> 00:47:02,900
 because every year you've got to get a depth chart to learn who's on the team.

724
00:47:02,900 --> 00:47:07,440
 So, I just think it's a really bad time that we're in with all this right now.

725
00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:13,840
 John, Florida has lost at least 27 scholarship players.

726
00:47:14,660 --> 00:47:17,600
 One of them, DJ Lagway, he has entered the portal.

727
00:47:18,300 --> 00:47:21,040
 I know Florida is trying to keep Jayden Ball.

728
00:47:21,180 --> 00:47:25,580
 I think it was very underutilized with Billy Napier.

729
00:47:26,060 --> 00:47:28,440
 What is Jayden Ball's situation?

730
00:47:28,660 --> 00:47:30,740
 Do you believe he may come back to Florida?

731
00:47:30,740 --> 00:47:36,920
 And what is Florida's, with Jon Sumrall, what is their quarterback situation now?

732
00:47:38,080 --> 00:47:40,420
 Well, I'll start with Jayden Ball, Brett.

733
00:47:40,700 --> 00:47:44,880
 I think it's 50-50 on whether he comes back to Florida, to be honest.

734
00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:45,600
 You're right.

735
00:47:45,900 --> 00:47:49,940
 He was highly underutilized under Coach Napier, no question.

736
00:47:50,720 --> 00:47:57,120
 I think the sales pitch has been, if he comes back, he's going to be their bell cow at running back.

737
00:47:57,600 --> 00:47:58,900
 There's no doubt about it.

738
00:47:59,060 --> 00:48:01,900
 But I think this is going to come down to two things.

739
00:48:02,300 --> 00:48:06,360
 Obviously, money, which I don't think is going to be a problem for Florida.

740
00:48:06,740 --> 00:48:14,240
 But I think the other thing is going to be, if Jayden Ball convinced Florida can be a winning program,

741
00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:22,000
 the remainder of the time he's got left, or does he want to go somewhere else and try to win a championship like Texas, for instance.

742
00:48:22,760 --> 00:48:26,980
 That, I think, is going to be the bigger issue to keep him, to be honest, is the latter.

743
00:48:27,920 --> 00:48:35,300
 As far as quarterback Aaron Filo, it sure does seem like he is going to be coming to Florida.

744
00:48:35,460 --> 00:48:41,760
 Now, nothing, to my knowledge, has been signed as of this moment, guys, but he's from Georgia Tech.

745
00:48:42,300 --> 00:48:47,320
 A lot of folks have already known about him because his name's been out there for a couple of weeks now.

746
00:48:48,120 --> 00:48:52,560
 He broke somebody's passing record in the state of Georgia named Trevor Lawrence.

747
00:48:52,560 --> 00:48:57,900
 Brent Beard's the only one that's more popular than Trevor Lawrence in Duvall County right now.

748
00:48:58,260 --> 00:49:03,940
 So, if that means anything, but I think Aaron Filo's going to be a quarterback.

749
00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:06,680
 I also think they're going to bring another quarterback in.

750
00:49:06,820 --> 00:49:10,420
 I don't know who that will be, guys, but I think they're going to bring two in

751
00:49:10,420 --> 00:49:15,020
 because right now they've got two on the current roster.

752
00:49:15,560 --> 00:49:21,040
 Trammell Jones is returning, and they've got Will Griffin, the four-star freshman they signed.

753
00:49:21,480 --> 00:49:25,560
 They need more than just one, in my opinion, because you know how injuries are,

754
00:49:25,660 --> 00:49:30,320
 and I think they're going to get, besides Filo, they're going to get somebody else,

755
00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:35,080
 whether it's the old Dominion quarterback that's been mentioned or somebody else.

756
00:49:35,080 --> 00:49:38,220
 I look for two quarterbacks in this cycle.

757
00:49:39,300 --> 00:49:41,820
 A big bang for the buck is what they're looking at, I'm sure.

758
00:49:41,980 --> 00:49:44,380
 John Ferrari, 965sports.com.

759
00:49:44,440 --> 00:49:47,260
 John, what's the SEC going to do going forward to fix?

760
00:49:47,920 --> 00:49:52,400
 You look at the numbers in the bowl right now, it's not the SEC, it's the S-I-C-K.

761
00:49:53,060 --> 00:49:56,780
 Your thoughts about the SEC, usually, remember the old days,

762
00:49:57,340 --> 00:50:00,460
 just way to the end of the year, the SEC is going to shine the bowl season.

763
00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:02,100
 Not so much this year.

764
00:50:03,460 --> 00:50:05,080
 Not so much this year.

765
00:50:05,420 --> 00:50:10,060
 I still think, though, that's been blown out of proportion so far, Harold.

766
00:50:10,160 --> 00:50:11,800
 I know they've had an off year.

767
00:50:11,940 --> 00:50:12,500
 I get that.

768
00:50:12,560 --> 00:50:13,160
 There's no doubt.

769
00:50:13,260 --> 00:50:14,480
 The numbers are the numbers.

770
00:50:14,980 --> 00:50:18,880
 But here's the problem with that, in my opinion, guys.

771
00:50:19,400 --> 00:50:26,820
 If you're not in the college football playoff, a lot of these bowls, and I went to one, the Gator Bowl, which I love.

772
00:50:26,900 --> 00:50:27,920
 I've grown up with it.

773
00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:30,760
 But they've become really insignificant now.

774
00:50:30,880 --> 00:50:31,920
 I hate to say that.

775
00:50:31,980 --> 00:50:38,240
 If you don't know who's showing up, the reason I bring up the Gator Bowl, Missouri's quarterback opted out.

776
00:50:38,960 --> 00:50:41,560
 If he's there, I think Missouri wins that game.

777
00:50:41,560 --> 00:50:44,880
 For the SEC against Virginia, nothing against those kids.

778
00:50:45,040 --> 00:50:49,520
 And I just think there's examples of that all over the place.

779
00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:51,740
 Now, the playoff was disappointing.

780
00:50:51,940 --> 00:50:54,680
 I know you guys, Alabama ran into a buzzsaw.

781
00:50:54,780 --> 00:50:56,660
 I think they ran into the best team in the country.

782
00:50:57,560 --> 00:50:58,880
 Georgia surprised me.

783
00:50:58,940 --> 00:51:00,940
 But it was another SEC team that beat them.

784
00:51:01,340 --> 00:51:02,360
 I'm still surprised.

785
00:51:02,480 --> 00:51:04,580
 I think Kirby Smart outsmarted himself.

786
00:51:04,740 --> 00:51:06,320
 No pun intended on that one.

787
00:51:06,320 --> 00:51:12,440
 But I don't think the SEC overall is as bad as what that bowl record indicates.

788
00:51:13,680 --> 00:51:15,700
 And these things are kind of cyclical.

789
00:51:16,480 --> 00:51:24,200
 And I think you're going to see the SEC make a major bounce back next year when it comes to the bowl games and the playoff.

790
00:51:24,420 --> 00:51:27,980
 And Mississippi still could win this thing for the SEC.

791
00:51:28,200 --> 00:51:29,380
 I know they're the underdog.

792
00:51:29,700 --> 00:51:32,160
 But this was an off year, no doubt.

793
00:51:32,260 --> 00:51:35,740
 But I don't think it's as bad as what the national media is portraying.

794
00:51:36,240 --> 00:51:40,900
 They've been waiting for this for years, guys, the national media, to be able to pounce on the SEC.

795
00:51:41,460 --> 00:51:44,500
 They finally got their moment after decades of waiting.

796
00:51:45,500 --> 00:51:53,740
 John, the SEC had four or five teams who lost by one score, in particularly Tennessee, Missouri.

797
00:51:54,560 --> 00:52:00,580
 Even Mississippi State the other night, and Taylor, their quarterback, had a serious injury.

798
00:52:01,300 --> 00:52:03,000
 I hope that he's doing well.

799
00:52:03,220 --> 00:52:09,260
 But, yeah, Bruce Feldman of Fox and Brett McMurphy have been having an absolute field day.

800
00:52:09,880 --> 00:52:14,480
 With the B-10, oh, they're 9-4, and the ACC is 8-5, blah, blah, blah, blah.

801
00:52:15,020 --> 00:52:16,160
 But I agree with you.

802
00:52:16,260 --> 00:52:20,860
 I think a lot of the – and there were six coaching changes in the SEC.

803
00:52:21,100 --> 00:52:23,020
 You don't think that's going to impact this.

804
00:52:23,740 --> 00:52:27,640
 But great stuff is always for Florida and the SEC.

805
00:52:28,400 --> 00:52:32,480
 Go ahead and finish your thought, and where can we find you this afternoon?

806
00:52:33,660 --> 00:52:35,140
 Yeah, I didn't mean to interrupt, Brett.

807
00:52:35,160 --> 00:52:40,580
 I was just going to say, on the Mississippi State specifically, they were 5-7.

808
00:52:40,940 --> 00:52:44,520
 But because teams opted out, it was great for them that they got in a bowl game.

809
00:52:44,640 --> 00:52:49,840
 But, honestly, they shouldn't have been part of that bowl game mix, if you really want to think about it.

810
00:52:50,440 --> 00:52:56,600
 So, that, again, that's why I said these were some weird situations that led to this, in my opinion,

811
00:52:56,720 --> 00:52:59,980
 as far as where the SEC bowl record is this year.

812
00:53:00,140 --> 00:53:03,880
 But you can get online at 1240news.com.

813
00:53:04,000 --> 00:53:07,580
 Follow me at JF underscore sports now.

814
00:53:07,840 --> 00:53:09,940
 And we'll talk Florida Gators.

815
00:53:10,460 --> 00:53:15,220
 And, believe it or not, guys, this afternoon, we're going to talk playoff-bound Jacksonville Jaguars.

816
00:53:15,220 --> 00:53:19,540
 I can't believe I'm saying this, and I'm sorry, but I am, and they're there.

817
00:53:19,980 --> 00:53:23,660
 So, we're going to enjoy that while we got it, as they say, folks.

818
00:53:24,760 --> 00:53:26,380
 They're jacked up in Jacksonville.

819
00:53:26,500 --> 00:53:27,360
 John, thank you, John.

820
00:53:27,440 --> 00:53:28,580
 Stay safe down there, okay?

821
00:53:29,480 --> 00:53:32,820
 As always, thanks for having me, and happy new year to everyone.

822
00:53:33,140 --> 00:53:34,260
 And you're right back at you, John.

823
00:53:34,340 --> 00:53:36,420
 John, Ferrari, 965sports.com.

824
00:53:36,480 --> 00:53:38,940
 Ladies, basketball poll is out.

825
00:53:39,080 --> 00:53:42,040
 Alabama cashing in on the win over Kentucky, up a spot.

826
00:53:42,040 --> 00:53:46,780
 They're now at number 13, the highest-rated team in the SEC, is Vanderbilt at number 11.

827
00:53:46,940 --> 00:53:48,460
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828
00:53:48,460 --> 00:53:49,860
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829
00:53:51,220 --> 00:53:55,620
 Yeah, Wednesday night at 8 o'clock, that game's going to be on ESPN, too.

830
00:53:55,740 --> 00:53:59,960
 But you can listen to it on the radio at 93.9 The Score.

831
00:53:59,960 --> 00:54:00,920
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884
00:56:28,560 --> 00:56:29,740
 And tears.

885
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 Oh.

886
00:56:31,000 --> 00:56:31,320
 Okay.

887
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 So, like, everybody deals with losing, right?

888
00:56:33,420 --> 00:56:35,280
 To a rival on a last-second field goal.

889
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 Whatever.

890
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 It's fine.

891
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 The kids just weren't impressed.

902
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 How did you feel when your son called in the backup?

903
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 Embarrassed.

904
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905
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 It's always a fireman.

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907
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 He had an axe and everything.

908
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942
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943
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944
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983
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984
01:01:27,760 --> 01:01:29,340
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985
01:01:29,460 --> 01:01:32,240
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986
01:01:32,360 --> 01:01:36,980
 Maybe I can't think of a better way to kick off this second hour than staying over to the BT Express.

987
01:01:37,160 --> 01:01:39,600
 Ben Thomas got it all covered there at AL.com.

988
01:01:40,380 --> 01:01:41,200
 Ben, welcome in.

989
01:01:41,280 --> 01:01:42,040
 How are you?

990
01:01:42,800 --> 01:01:43,880
 Hey, I'm doing good, guys.

991
01:01:43,940 --> 01:01:47,560
 Hope you guys had a good new year and are ready for 2026.

992
01:01:48,680 --> 01:01:49,480
 Thank you so much.

993
01:01:49,540 --> 01:01:50,520
 Right back at you, Ben.

994
01:01:50,620 --> 01:01:51,140
 Same to you.

995
01:01:51,220 --> 01:01:54,160
 But I watched that Colts game over the weekend, and I said,

996
01:01:54,240 --> 01:01:58,080
 where is Ben Thomas' neighbor down in the Mobile area?

997
01:01:58,200 --> 01:01:59,520
 Where is Phillip Rivers?

998
01:02:00,200 --> 01:02:03,440
 But then I got to see another guy who's also one of your neighbors.

999
01:02:03,440 --> 01:02:09,200
 So are the Indianapolis Colts, are they like, what, Mobile, the greater Mobile area north?

1000
01:02:09,300 --> 01:02:10,880
 Is that the way it works now for the Colts?

1001
01:02:11,520 --> 01:02:15,220
 That's pretty unique, isn't it, to have Phillip be there.

1002
01:02:15,460 --> 01:02:17,480
 I think he was there exactly four weeks.

1003
01:02:17,840 --> 01:02:24,080
 I saw he said online that he'd be back at eighth grade P.E. tomorrow at St. Michael.

1004
01:02:24,420 --> 01:02:28,640
 So I'm looking forward to running him down when he gets back,

1005
01:02:28,760 --> 01:02:32,500
 especially with now talk that maybe he wants to be an NFL coach.

1006
01:02:32,500 --> 01:02:34,740
 We'll see if that transpires.

1007
01:02:35,040 --> 01:02:38,640
 But, yeah, Riley Leonard played great yesterday, I thought.

1008
01:02:38,780 --> 01:02:41,900
 I mean, their Colts problem was they just, at least in, I was never,

1009
01:02:42,120 --> 01:02:45,040
 like I didn't pay close attention to the Colts until Phillip got there,

1010
01:02:45,140 --> 01:02:49,000
 but look at me, they needed some defensive help in the games I watched.

1011
01:02:49,140 --> 01:02:53,260
 But I thought Phillip played well, and I thought Riley played really well.

1012
01:02:53,340 --> 01:02:56,520
 I think he went through two touchdown passes and ran for another.

1013
01:02:56,680 --> 01:03:00,960
 I mean, they had a chance to win the game, and just the defense couldn't hold them.

1014
01:03:00,960 --> 01:03:05,200
 So proud for him, be interested to see what they do moving forward.

1015
01:03:05,360 --> 01:03:09,280
 You know, obviously, Daniel Jones' injury allowed all that to happen.

1016
01:03:09,400 --> 01:03:13,300
 But I think Riley proved that he can play at that level, and we'll see, you know,

1017
01:03:13,340 --> 01:03:14,800
 where they go moving forward.

1018
01:03:15,280 --> 01:03:18,480
 Man, back to Phillip, it's not one of the most intriguing stories.

1019
01:03:18,640 --> 01:03:22,580
 This is nothing new for him, because coming out of high school over at Athens High,

1020
01:03:22,700 --> 01:03:24,300
 everybody thought it was going to be a shoe-in here.

1021
01:03:24,440 --> 01:03:28,740
 How many people from Alabama wind up at North Carolina State

1022
01:03:28,740 --> 01:03:32,020
 and then become a legend there and then go to the NFL,

1023
01:03:32,860 --> 01:03:37,740
 have 1,000 kids on his way to Canton in the NFL Hall of Fame.

1024
01:03:38,120 --> 01:03:43,680
 He comes back, he becomes a high school coach, he has a success, he leaves,

1025
01:03:43,780 --> 01:03:46,760
 and now how many people go from the NFL to an eighth grade

1026
01:03:46,760 --> 01:03:49,680
 with the possibility of going back to the NFL?

1027
01:03:49,960 --> 01:03:52,760
 He is a very intriguing person, is he not?

1028
01:03:53,500 --> 01:03:57,280
 It seems like he's kind of reignited his name nationwide.

1029
01:03:57,780 --> 01:04:00,680
 I mean, you know, down here, we just got to know him as Coach Rivers.

1030
01:04:01,280 --> 01:04:05,840
 It was kind of neat when he came back, having that guy be the head coach.

1031
01:04:05,940 --> 01:04:08,020
 I mean, his school was 10 minutes from my house,

1032
01:04:08,120 --> 01:04:09,620
 I mean, that was kind of a neat deal,

1033
01:04:09,760 --> 01:04:13,820
 and obviously everybody was intrigued to see how he would do on this level,

1034
01:04:13,960 --> 01:04:15,120
 and he's done really well.

1035
01:04:15,240 --> 01:04:17,960
 I mean, I think he's won 42 games in five years,

1036
01:04:18,440 --> 01:04:21,200
 been to the semifinals the last two years,

1037
01:04:21,660 --> 01:04:25,360
 and, you know, were it not for that star-studded Jackson high school team,

1038
01:04:25,820 --> 01:04:28,060
 they've got to be two-time state champions right now.

1039
01:04:28,300 --> 01:04:30,920
 But, you know, Jackson beat them twice in the semifinals.

1040
01:04:32,160 --> 01:04:35,720
 So, I say that to say, you know, it got to be kind of just,

1041
01:04:36,360 --> 01:04:39,040
 I don't know if I want to say just another one of the coaches in the area,

1042
01:04:39,160 --> 01:04:42,200
 but, you know, that was, you know, a guy that I would call to do a preview

1043
01:04:42,200 --> 01:04:45,640
 or whatever, and I think the national media kind of, you know,

1044
01:04:45,640 --> 01:04:47,720
 I think the next thing was his Hall of Fame, you know,

1045
01:04:47,780 --> 01:04:50,000
 what was going to be elected to the Hall of Fame.

1046
01:04:50,120 --> 01:04:52,580
 So, from that standpoint, he was still in the national media,

1047
01:04:52,700 --> 01:04:55,560
 but this certainly has reignited things for him,

1048
01:04:55,600 --> 01:04:56,560
 and I'm interested.

1049
01:04:56,720 --> 01:04:58,200
 I'm hoping to get to talk to him tomorrow.

1050
01:04:58,200 --> 01:05:02,700
 I'm interested to see if, you know, are you really entertaining any thoughts

1051
01:05:02,700 --> 01:05:03,940
 of being a coach in the NFL?

1052
01:05:04,620 --> 01:05:06,720
 I don't think he'll ever go in the broadcast booth

1053
01:05:06,720 --> 01:05:10,880
 because he just has told me, and as you can see from his competitiveness,

1054
01:05:11,040 --> 01:05:13,300
 he's just far too competitive not to have an impact.

1055
01:05:13,340 --> 01:05:14,020
 He's too blunt.

1056
01:05:14,220 --> 01:05:14,780
 He's too honest.

1057
01:05:16,980 --> 01:05:21,240
 So, I think he's coaching somewhere, and the issue with him is, you know,

1058
01:05:21,280 --> 01:05:26,220
 his son, Gunner, his oldest son, is going to be a senior next year,

1059
01:05:26,280 --> 01:05:28,600
 one of the most highly recruited quarterbacks in the nation.

1060
01:05:29,320 --> 01:05:32,120
 I don't think he'd want to leave him during his senior year,

1061
01:05:32,220 --> 01:05:35,480
 and then his next son, Pete, is going to be a freshman, I think.

1062
01:05:35,640 --> 01:05:38,340
 So, I guess it just depends on how much he wants to.

1063
01:05:38,340 --> 01:05:41,940
 I know he loves coaching at St. Michael and coaching his children

1064
01:05:41,940 --> 01:05:45,220
 and coaching the other guys, so, you know, I guess money talks,

1065
01:05:45,500 --> 01:05:48,400
 even when you make that much money, but I'll be interested to see

1066
01:05:48,400 --> 01:05:50,260
 what his thoughts are moving forward.

1067
01:05:51,240 --> 01:05:56,980
 BT, you wrote a very good article last week summarizing the top 10 stories

1068
01:05:56,980 --> 01:06:02,140
 in Husky sports for 2025, and you probably started with 50

1069
01:06:02,140 --> 01:06:03,320
 and narrowed it to 10.

1070
01:06:03,880 --> 01:06:07,880
 Two of these I'm going to lump together, and people say,

1071
01:06:07,880 --> 01:06:10,960
 well, what in the world are you talking about two 0-10 teams?

1072
01:06:11,620 --> 01:06:14,300
 I hope we never have this conversation again,

1073
01:06:14,420 --> 01:06:18,400
 but I remember distinctly, we discussed this for two or three weeks

1074
01:06:18,400 --> 01:06:26,160
 when Williamson beat rival Murphy 100-0 in a high school football game.

1075
01:06:26,280 --> 01:06:29,580
 They led 73-0 at halftime.

1076
01:06:30,180 --> 01:06:32,320
 The other thing that caught a lot of people's attention,

1077
01:06:32,460 --> 01:06:36,440
 the two coaches, Antonio Coleman, Alabama and Auburn,

1078
01:06:36,520 --> 01:06:39,560
 and then Sherman Williams, the running back from Alabama,

1079
01:06:40,360 --> 01:06:46,640
 Murphy ended up finishing 0-10 and scored all of 12 points during the season.

1080
01:06:46,840 --> 01:06:52,160
 Sherman Williams had a chance to, the officials and the coach,

1081
01:06:52,300 --> 01:06:55,660
 Williamson, Antonio Coleman, asking about a running clock.

1082
01:06:55,760 --> 01:06:59,600
 He said no, and there was a lot of dispute about that,

1083
01:06:59,600 --> 01:07:03,480
 and one that's closer to us is, of course, Columbia now,

1084
01:07:04,060 --> 01:07:11,520
 who is carrying a 101-game losing streak into 20-26 after going 0-10.

1085
01:07:12,180 --> 01:07:14,600
 But they're a better team than Williamson.

1086
01:07:14,740 --> 01:07:19,380
 They should have beat East Lawrence, had an 85-yard touchdown callback

1087
01:07:19,380 --> 01:07:21,980
 and played well against a couple other teams.

1088
01:07:22,680 --> 01:07:24,780
 BT, I hope we don't have this discussion.

1089
01:07:24,780 --> 01:07:27,720
 Is the top-10 stories for 20-26?

1090
01:07:28,780 --> 01:07:29,560
 I hope not.

1091
01:07:29,680 --> 01:07:32,460
 I mean, yeah, I would have, had Columbia and Murphy met this year,

1092
01:07:32,520 --> 01:07:33,420
 I would have picked Columbia.

1093
01:07:33,540 --> 01:07:33,780
 Really?

1094
01:07:34,060 --> 01:07:36,940
 I mean, because you're right.

1095
01:07:37,020 --> 01:07:39,360
 They were much better, I thought.

1096
01:07:39,460 --> 01:07:40,800
 I mean, I didn't see them live and in person,

1097
01:07:40,960 --> 01:07:43,640
 but, you know, just watching their scores and seeing our reporting,

1098
01:07:44,220 --> 01:07:45,840
 they did have a chance to win.

1099
01:07:45,920 --> 01:07:48,280
 In fact, I think against Haley, in the last game of the year,

1100
01:07:48,340 --> 01:07:49,300
 they were up at half.

1101
01:07:49,300 --> 01:07:53,120
 So they had a chance to win some games and just didn't work out.

1102
01:07:53,340 --> 01:07:55,880
 Hopefully Sammy Copes will stay there.

1103
01:07:56,060 --> 01:07:59,040
 And I think if he does, they will win some games this year

1104
01:07:59,040 --> 01:08:00,100
 and maybe build on that.

1105
01:08:00,440 --> 01:08:00,980
 I just can't.

1106
01:08:01,020 --> 01:08:03,500
 My wife, we were talking about it at one point.

1107
01:08:03,540 --> 01:08:06,320
 My wife said, man, how do you just keep kids out there when you're looking,

1108
01:08:06,400 --> 01:08:08,360
 when you haven't done it in 2015?

1109
01:08:08,900 --> 01:08:11,720
 And that takes a good coaching job in itself.

1110
01:08:12,120 --> 01:08:13,880
 So I'd like to see them play.

1111
01:08:14,020 --> 01:08:15,160
 I wish they would play it.

1112
01:08:15,320 --> 01:08:17,520
 Columbia and Murphy would play in the kickoff classic.

1113
01:08:18,000 --> 01:08:18,660
 There you go.

1114
01:08:18,660 --> 01:08:21,220
 They have some intriguing storylines.

1115
01:08:21,220 --> 01:08:26,100
 So we posted this top ten last week, I guess on New Year's Day or New Year's Eve.

1116
01:08:26,160 --> 01:08:26,840
 I can't remember.

1117
01:08:27,040 --> 01:08:28,740
 You can still find it on AL.com.

1118
01:08:28,900 --> 01:08:33,920
 But what struck me is when you have high school stories that reach the national level,

1119
01:08:34,640 --> 01:08:36,500
 they almost got to be in the top ten.

1120
01:08:36,620 --> 01:08:39,440
 I mean, some of those, maybe the majority of them did not.

1121
01:08:39,760 --> 01:08:45,500
 But the ones that did, I thought, were the aforementioned Phillip Rivers, obviously returning.

1122
01:08:46,320 --> 01:08:48,100
 That was a national level story.

1123
01:08:48,760 --> 01:08:51,480
 And the two you just mentioned, Brett, were national level stories.

1124
01:08:51,640 --> 01:08:52,860
 I think, I mean, people are talking.

1125
01:08:53,000 --> 01:08:57,300
 You don't very often see a 100-0 during the high school football.

1126
01:08:57,640 --> 01:08:58,360
 So those two.

1127
01:08:58,460 --> 01:09:00,160
 And then, of course, you can throw Rush Probst in there.

1128
01:09:00,280 --> 01:09:03,240
 I mean, I think he's certainly a regional story.

1129
01:09:03,380 --> 01:09:05,220
 I don't know if he's a national story or not.

1130
01:09:05,540 --> 01:09:08,940
 But it was a big year.

1131
01:09:09,020 --> 01:09:13,940
 And I think next year is going to be, we're going to have some more big headline-stealing stories.

1132
01:09:14,880 --> 01:09:16,920
 Ben, you mentioned Rush while we're on that topic.

1133
01:09:17,060 --> 01:09:20,940
 He reminds me in principle, not in specifics, but in principle of Lane Kibben.

1134
01:09:20,980 --> 01:09:21,840
 He's always selling.

1135
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 And thank goodness ESPN wouldn't give Lane free time to sell it during the Sugar Bowl.

1136
01:09:28,180 --> 01:09:29,680
 But your thoughts about Rush.

1137
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 He said in his post-game conference, his last one, basically, I'm still out there shopping.

1138
01:09:35,340 --> 01:09:36,660
 Where's he going to wind up next?

1139
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 You know somebody's going to take a flyer on him.

1140
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 That's a good question.

1141
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 I wish I knew.

1142
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 I mean, apparently it won't be Kusa.

1143
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 You know, Kusa has stated that they're bringing Marco Bryant back,

1144
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 which is the reason that Rush got the coach to begin with.

1145
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 But Marco Bryant got suspended.

1146
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 So, you know, unless Rush stays on there as an assistant, it's not going to be there.

1147
01:09:56,700 --> 01:10:01,560
 But he did say after the state championship game, which was his eighth, by the way,

1148
01:10:01,980 --> 01:10:04,120
 his eighth title, that he was open for business.

1149
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 He's going to coach six or seven more years.

1150
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 I think he's 67 now or something like that.

1151
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 So, you're right.

1152
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 Somebody's going to take a flyer on him.

1153
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 I don't know whether it'll be.

1154
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 I mean, there's obviously jobs open in our state right now.

1155
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 Good jobs.

1156
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 There's obviously jobs in neighboring states.

1157
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 So, I think he'll have a chance somewhere.

1158
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 I mean, you know, he's going to win football games.

1159
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 It's just a matter of what's going to happen off the field and what are the headlines going

1160
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 to be when he gets there.

1161
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 Rush is in the portal again.

1162
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 I mean, you mentioned earlier Hazel Green.

1163
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 Let's go the other way with it on the other end of the spectrum.

1164
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 My goodness gracious, your thoughts about Tim Miller, for the folks who don't realize what

1165
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 his accomplishments were at Hazel Green when it came to girls basketball, 780 wins, 11

1166
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 state titles, hanging it up, become the AD at St. John Paul's II, another private school.

1167
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 But your thoughts about the Tim Miller story?

1168
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 Well, one of the best coaches probably in any sport we've ever seen in Alabama, and currently

1169
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 in girls basketball.

1170
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 But what he's done, I mean, obviously they had their run of seven straight, you know, no

1171
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 team girls or boys had won seven straight state basketball titles before his Hazel Green

1172
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 team did.

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 Now, they lost, obviously, last year at a Park Crossing in the semifinals at a very close

1174
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 game, 56-54.

1175
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 They lost that game, and Park Crossing went on to win the state title.

1176
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 But just a man, I mean, he won everywhere he went, not just one, but one state title.

1177
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 780 wins, 11 state titles.

1178
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 I knew him a little bit when I was in Montgomery, and he was at Jeff Davis winning there, and then

1179
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 he, of course, went up to y'all's neck of the woods and just continued to win.

1180
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 So, Hall of Famer, obviously, probably multiple times over.

1181
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 And, you know, especially when we get to the Final Four, we'll miss him being there,

1182
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 I'm sure.

1183
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 B.T., one of the big stories we're going to hear for 2026 to be in August, certainly

1184
01:12:01,100 --> 01:12:07,060
 the season will be starting then, but the Super 7 is going to Mobile.

1185
01:12:07,600 --> 01:12:15,020
 It's been in Birmingham, other places over the years, but we started talking about this with

1186
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 you two years ago.

1187
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 It's going to be in Mobile for 2026, 2028, and it's going to expand from a three-day schedule

1188
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 to a four-day format, which is going to be interesting in itself.

1189
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 We'll be going back to Birmingham in 2027 and Mobile in 2028.

1190
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 That's going to be one of the big stories, and particularly to begin the season and to be mentioned

1191
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 midway through the year.

1192
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 But that's a big deal.

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 I'm proud for you because it's going to be in your backyard, but the Super 7 is coming

1194
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 to Mobile.

1195
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 I'm excited about it.

1196
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 I know some people in y'all's neck of the woods aren't too excited about it because it's

1197
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 a long drive, obviously.

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 And of course, I'm sure we're going to talk about it.

1199
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 We don't know how many games there are going to be because we don't know what the reclass

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 is going to look like.

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 That comes out later this month, we hope.

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 But if you've not been to South Alabama, the stadium, the setting is going to be terrific.

1203
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 And Birmingham does a great job, and their stadium is nice.

1204
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 The Hancock-Whitney Stadium is a little bit smaller.

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 They currently play the North-South game there in the Alabama-Mississippi game every other

1206
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 year.

1207
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 And it's going to see 25,000 to 30,000.

1208
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 And the crowds for 6A and 7A are going to look really good in that stadium.

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 They're going to do a good job.

1210
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 I'm sure there'll be some hiccups the first time, and they'll adjust to that.

1211
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 But I like the four-day format if we're in the current situation, if we're going to go

1212
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 to that, because I think it gives you more time.

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 You're talking about two games a day versus three games a day, and it gives you more time

1214
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 to cover each one of those games and stuff.

1215
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 So I like that format.

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 Obviously, I like it because I get to sleep in my own bed, but I also like it because I

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 think South Alabama and Danny Cordy and the people that are organized that are going to

1218
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 do a great job.

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01:14:08,760 --> 01:14:12,520
 I think even though the travel is going to be longer for some people, I think it's going

1220
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 to be, I think once they get down here and if they're open to it, they're going to see

1221
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 that it's a fantastic venue, and they're going to put on a good show.

1222
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 BT is going to be an interesting January.

1223
01:14:23,140 --> 01:14:25,840
 We've discussed this now for months.

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 As far as the CHEWS Act, the mitigation for that, the lawsuit with Governor Kay Ivey and

1225
01:14:33,760 --> 01:14:38,520
 the Alabama High School Athletic Association, Montgomery Circuit Judge Jauer Gaines, they're

1226
01:14:38,520 --> 01:14:39,900
 trying to work that out.

1227
01:14:40,360 --> 01:14:44,780
 Public versus private, we've discussed that with you for years.

1228
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 And then the January 23rd reclassification.

1229
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 Hopefully, by the time we get to the end of the month, we'll have some clarity and some

1230
01:14:52,400 --> 01:14:53,660
 transparency on that.

1231
01:14:53,720 --> 01:14:58,200
 And I know you and yourself are going to be covering a lot of high school basketball going

1232
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 on.

1233
01:14:58,540 --> 01:15:05,560
 BT, what else is on the agenda in the docket for you and your cohorts this week?

1234
01:15:06,340 --> 01:15:12,280
 Yeah, actually, along the lines of that public versus private, so I did a survey, a lot of

1235
01:15:12,280 --> 01:15:15,880
 the football coaches in the state, an anonymous survey, I sent that out last week.

1236
01:15:16,020 --> 01:15:20,560
 And I've got about, and I ask them basically one question, you know, what do you want to

1237
01:15:20,560 --> 01:15:21,020
 see happen?

1238
01:15:21,260 --> 01:15:22,560
 Should it stay the same?

1239
01:15:22,720 --> 01:15:25,300
 Should we separate for championships?

1240
01:15:25,660 --> 01:15:27,060
 Should we separate totally?

1241
01:15:27,500 --> 01:15:28,980
 They had four different possibilities.

1242
01:15:29,200 --> 01:15:32,240
 So I'm going through, I've got almost 50 responses so far.

1243
01:15:32,700 --> 01:15:36,080
 And it's funny, when you say it's anonymous, you get a lot of comments.

1244
01:15:36,340 --> 01:15:38,440
 So I'm weaning through those comments.

1245
01:15:38,700 --> 01:15:44,820
 And you guys, it is all over the spectrum, as far as coaches think, about, no, it should

1246
01:15:44,820 --> 01:15:45,740
 stay the same.

1247
01:15:46,780 --> 01:15:48,980
 We should separate totally.

1248
01:15:49,600 --> 01:15:50,840
 We've got to do this and that.

1249
01:15:51,000 --> 01:15:54,900
 And so I'm weaning through that, and I hope it might be the weekend before I get that done.

1250
01:15:55,020 --> 01:16:00,700
 I think it'll be a multi-part series, because there's just some great comments all over

1251
01:16:00,700 --> 01:16:01,080
 the place.

1252
01:16:01,160 --> 01:16:02,760
 So look for that probably this weekend.

1253
01:16:02,760 --> 01:16:07,980
 And also look for here in the next hour, Brett, we will, you probably saw, it's not a big

1254
01:16:07,980 --> 01:16:13,100
 shock, but we're still voting on our people's choice for the AL.com Player of the Year.

1255
01:16:13,280 --> 01:16:15,100
 The top two seeds are in the final.

1256
01:16:15,300 --> 01:16:20,920
 That's EJ Crowell, the Jackson running back, and Trent Siebel, the Thompson quarterback.

1257
01:16:21,200 --> 01:16:23,660
 And voting on that starts here in just a few minutes.

1258
01:16:23,760 --> 01:16:24,620
 We'll vote all week.

1259
01:16:24,660 --> 01:16:28,000
 And then we'll crown that champion on Monday.

1260
01:16:28,340 --> 01:16:31,180
 So, of course, we've got Mr. Football coming up on the 20th.

1261
01:16:31,260 --> 01:16:32,980
 So a lot of good things on AL.com.

1262
01:16:34,120 --> 01:16:36,200
 Need to get some rest sometime in there, Ben.

1263
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 You're a busy boy.

1264
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 Keep it up.

1265
01:16:37,700 --> 01:16:39,920
 And thank you so much for your time today, buddy.

1266
01:16:40,820 --> 01:16:41,080
 All right.

1267
01:16:41,100 --> 01:16:41,440
 Thanks, good.

1268
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 Y'all have a good week.

1269
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 You too, bud.

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1373
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1374
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1375
01:21:38,920 --> 01:21:40,080
 Hey, fans.

1376
01:21:40,480 --> 01:21:42,780
 Welcome back to Fansville's Cheers.

1377
01:21:43,720 --> 01:21:44,840
 And tears.

1378
01:21:45,800 --> 01:21:48,460
 Okay, so like everybody deals with losing, right?

1379
01:21:48,540 --> 01:21:50,400
 To a rival on a last-second field goal.

1380
01:21:50,660 --> 01:21:51,300
 Whatever, it's fine.

1381
01:21:51,340 --> 01:21:51,960
 I'm totally fine.

1382
01:21:51,960 --> 01:21:55,780
 But I cope with losing with an ice-cold Dr. Pepper.

1383
01:21:57,040 --> 01:22:00,380
 Mmm, those 23 flavors are like so delicious.

1384
01:22:01,020 --> 01:22:05,040
 They totally wash away the pain of your college football team taking a big fat L.

1385
01:22:06,180 --> 01:22:07,020
 College football.

1386
01:22:07,380 --> 01:22:08,120
 It's a pepper thing.

1387
01:22:09,060 --> 01:22:10,200
 The Score.

1388
01:22:10,640 --> 01:22:15,420
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1389
01:22:15,920 --> 01:22:16,260
 The Score.

1390
01:22:16,280 --> 01:22:16,920
 Welcome back in.

1391
01:22:16,960 --> 01:22:18,360
 Time to say hello to the man.

1392
01:22:18,480 --> 01:22:19,980
 Just call it the traveling man.

1393
01:22:19,980 --> 01:22:20,580
 The man, the V-man.

1394
01:22:20,720 --> 01:22:22,300
 Vince Ferraro, 99.1.

1395
01:22:22,380 --> 01:22:24,200
 The Sports Animal in Knoxville, Tennessee.

1396
01:22:24,360 --> 01:22:25,780
 Vince Ferraro, welcome in.

1397
01:22:25,840 --> 01:22:26,640
 How are you?

1398
01:22:27,500 --> 01:22:28,740
 Happy New Year to you guys.

1399
01:22:28,820 --> 01:22:29,260
 I'm great.

1400
01:22:29,380 --> 01:22:29,780
 How are we doing?

1401
01:22:30,540 --> 01:22:31,360
 Man, we're doing all right.

1402
01:22:31,380 --> 01:22:34,640
 Are you still going up and down the beach there in Tampa while on the ladies?

1403
01:22:35,120 --> 01:22:37,480
 Or are you back in the workforce with us?

1404
01:22:39,400 --> 01:22:44,380
 Well, I would have to actually do that first to still be there.

1405
01:22:44,500 --> 01:22:44,820
 Right.

1406
01:22:44,820 --> 01:22:49,440
 So, I guess I failed from that standpoint in my trip.

1407
01:22:49,540 --> 01:22:50,860
 Join the crowd, V-man.

1408
01:22:52,840 --> 01:22:54,800
 So, I am back in Knoxville.

1409
01:22:55,640 --> 01:22:59,240
 Yeah, I got back yesterday and got back to work this morning.

1410
01:22:59,540 --> 01:23:01,000
 So, but great to be on with you guys.

1411
01:23:01,080 --> 01:23:03,180
 Hope you guys had a great holiday season.

1412
01:23:03,760 --> 01:23:04,340
 Yeah, we did.

1413
01:23:04,400 --> 01:23:05,780
 Hope they're right back at you, V-man.

1414
01:23:05,880 --> 01:23:08,040
 Vince, let's talk a little bit about your quarterback situation.

1415
01:23:08,040 --> 01:23:15,900
 Joey Aguilar, to be or not to be, where it is, undergoes surgery to remove tumor from his arm.

1416
01:23:16,040 --> 01:23:17,620
 Your thoughts on that and what's the latest?

1417
01:23:18,800 --> 01:23:19,820
 Yeah, that's wild.

1418
01:23:19,920 --> 01:23:21,660
 They kept it under wraps all the time.

1419
01:23:22,260 --> 01:23:24,400
 And it was a benign tumor that was removed.

1420
01:23:24,540 --> 01:23:26,940
 Ian Rappaport had reported that.

1421
01:23:27,120 --> 01:23:32,000
 I guess maybe talking to him in terms of, you know, his NFL draft interest, things like that.

1422
01:23:32,000 --> 01:23:43,740
 But it was incredible, you know, that he was able to play through that because it was pressing up against his bicep and labrum and causing him pain and discomfort.

1423
01:23:44,520 --> 01:23:52,560
 And it was, you know, really impressive what he was able to do this year as it is during a regular season, leading the SEC in passing.

1424
01:23:52,560 --> 01:23:58,900
 Now, he was not on the highest level in the second half of the year.

1425
01:23:59,620 --> 01:24:06,600
 I didn't think he had a great bowl game, but, you know, maybe that is a part of why things in the second half were not as good.

1426
01:24:07,180 --> 01:24:08,420
 Let me ask you this, V-man.

1427
01:24:08,600 --> 01:24:12,000
 Obviously, his future, what are you hearing as far as his future?

1428
01:24:12,100 --> 01:24:17,700
 And, you know, there's this thing called the Internet that kind of sits here and throws stuff out there.

1429
01:24:17,800 --> 01:24:19,800
 Some of it sticks, some of it doesn't.

1430
01:24:20,320 --> 01:24:24,040
 Rumblings that this guy from Tennessee might be interested by the name of Ty Simpson.

1431
01:24:24,180 --> 01:24:25,560
 We've got to see that to believe it.

1432
01:24:26,160 --> 01:24:29,540
 But your thoughts, first things first, what is the future of Joey Aguilar?

1433
01:24:31,160 --> 01:24:33,800
 Well, we have to see it by his eligibility.

1434
01:24:34,240 --> 01:24:38,100
 He has not really wanted to talk about it every time he's been asked about it.

1435
01:24:38,180 --> 01:24:40,280
 He just basically said, you know, we'll see.

1436
01:24:40,580 --> 01:24:42,920
 I do think he wants another year of eligibility.

1437
01:24:44,020 --> 01:24:47,560
 And, you know, I'm sure he's trying to get some feedback from the NFL.

1438
01:24:47,560 --> 01:24:58,380
 I don't think it would be that, you know, he would be a high draft pick, plus he's an older quarterback that, you know, he's going to have an uphill battle one way or the other this year or if he gets another year.

1439
01:24:58,580 --> 01:25:01,060
 So my guess is he wants to play college football.

1440
01:25:01,300 --> 01:25:02,400
 He's always been very thankful.

1441
01:25:02,960 --> 01:25:04,560
 So I don't know if he's going to get it.

1442
01:25:04,600 --> 01:25:08,960
 The thing is, you know, those top quarterbacks are already going.

1443
01:25:09,400 --> 01:25:11,780
 They're already going, picking schools.

1444
01:25:12,400 --> 01:25:16,180
 And so, you know, you cannot sit around.

1445
01:25:16,320 --> 01:25:19,380
 There's not going to be a spring portal if you don't get one now.

1446
01:25:20,020 --> 01:25:22,680
 And so that's why so many quarterbacks are in the portal.

1447
01:25:22,800 --> 01:25:24,760
 That's why so many players are in the portal.

1448
01:25:24,760 --> 01:25:41,400
 And that's why teams are going to jump on the right guy and probably throw elevated money from their worth, you know, from what the public's worth is based on productivity, especially, and towards those quarterbacks.

1449
01:25:41,660 --> 01:25:44,500
 So Tennessee cannot just wait around.

1450
01:25:44,720 --> 01:25:51,540
 And if they do, then maybe they know something or maybe they're not willing to pay what it takes to get some of the guys.

1451
01:25:51,680 --> 01:25:54,000
 And that might be part of their philosophy, too.

1452
01:25:54,000 --> 01:26:08,660
 Do they get an experienced guy with just a year's eligibility that won't cost as much that isn't going to scare off the two guys that they've got, in McIntyre and Brandon, who's the incoming true freshman five-star.

1453
01:26:08,860 --> 01:26:10,940
 So you've got to take all those things into consideration.

1454
01:26:11,180 --> 01:26:11,800
 There's budgets.

1455
01:26:12,220 --> 01:26:14,460
 It's more and more expensive in the portal.

1456
01:26:14,720 --> 01:26:23,980
 So I don't know if he's going to be back or not, but I would say that would be a long shot between the ruling and the fact that Tennessee needs to get another guy in.

1457
01:26:24,000 --> 01:26:30,600
 And they probably won't know by the time they need to make a decision on whether Aguilar will have eligibility.

1458
01:26:31,880 --> 01:26:36,460
 B, I can imagine what the conversation was this morning on your show.

1459
01:26:36,600 --> 01:26:43,800
 Tennessee loses to Illinois 30-28, another tough loss, another one-score loss.

1460
01:26:44,380 --> 01:26:46,400
 On a disappointing season.

1461
01:26:46,400 --> 01:26:51,380
 They lose to Alabama on two turnovers, really, by Aguilar.

1462
01:26:52,020 --> 01:26:54,320
 Get beat by Vandy in Knoxville.

1463
01:26:54,540 --> 01:26:57,580
 And then, of course, lose to count the season eight and five.

1464
01:26:57,980 --> 01:27:04,340
 Disappointing for everybody involved, and particularly after what Josh Heupel has done when he walked in the door.

1465
01:27:05,060 --> 01:27:09,420
 And I keep saying beating Alabama twice gives you some equity.

1466
01:27:10,460 --> 01:27:12,140
 What is your reaction?

1467
01:27:12,380 --> 01:27:13,840
 I know you're just back then.

1468
01:27:15,420 --> 01:27:19,140
 Yeah, V, what was your reaction this morning from some of the callers?

1469
01:27:21,340 --> 01:27:24,200
 I think we may have a bit of an issue there with the V-Man.

1470
01:27:24,320 --> 01:27:31,340
 And the question as far as reaction on his show up in K-Town with a job that Josh Heupel is doing after the loss to Illinois.

1471
01:27:31,840 --> 01:27:39,780
 What we effort to get back, V-Man, and I do agree earlier with the comments about the national narrative coming down the SEC in the bowl picture.

1472
01:27:39,880 --> 01:27:43,200
 The only question is, how many opt-outs did the other team have?

1473
01:27:43,380 --> 01:27:44,760
 It has to be apples to apples.

1474
01:27:44,940 --> 01:27:51,260
 If the SEC teams had a lot of opt-outs and the other team came full force because they want to beat an SEC team, I can do that.

1475
01:27:51,660 --> 01:27:53,540
 That's going to be something that plays itself out.

1476
01:27:53,540 --> 01:27:59,780
 But, B.B., as we try to get V-Man back on, I'm looking at the folks who are entering the portal.

1477
01:28:00,440 --> 01:28:02,620
 That last count, Alabama with 15.

1478
01:28:02,900 --> 01:28:04,400
 I saw, did I see this right?

1479
01:28:04,520 --> 01:28:06,720
 Tennessee with over 25.

1480
01:28:06,940 --> 01:28:08,280
 Did I see that number right?

1481
01:28:08,480 --> 01:28:10,580
 Yeah, I've seen that number.

1482
01:28:10,680 --> 01:28:13,980
 If we get V-Bag, he can certainly confirm that.

1483
01:28:14,100 --> 01:28:17,040
 But, yeah, it was a disappointing bowl season.

1484
01:28:17,440 --> 01:28:20,380
 Again, five teams had one-score losses.

1485
01:28:20,380 --> 01:28:24,420
 And, Harold, it's not just the opt-outs.

1486
01:28:24,640 --> 01:28:28,540
 It's not the coaching situation with the SEC.

1487
01:28:28,820 --> 01:28:30,580
 A lot of coaches coming in.

1488
01:28:31,040 --> 01:28:32,620
 A lot of transition there.

1489
01:28:32,760 --> 01:28:33,700
 There are a lot of reasons.

1490
01:28:33,880 --> 01:28:34,760
 There's no question.

1491
01:28:34,840 --> 01:28:37,300
 You can't sugarcoat a 4-9 record.

1492
01:28:37,840 --> 01:28:39,400
 But there are a lot of reasons for it.

1493
01:28:40,660 --> 01:28:42,320
 What's the bowl going to do, B.B.?

1494
01:28:42,320 --> 01:28:45,520
 I mean, first of all, it's not going to go anywhere as long as we watch them.

1495
01:28:45,660 --> 01:28:47,580
 Because ESPN wants the bowl games.

1496
01:28:47,760 --> 01:28:49,240
 They're profitable for ESPN.

1497
01:28:49,300 --> 01:28:53,680
 Even though one shows up, people are still going to make money because of the current arrangement.

1498
01:28:53,800 --> 01:28:59,740
 The question is, if they continue having all these folks who don't show up, you've got coaches on the move.

1499
01:29:00,360 --> 01:29:02,500
 They're just going through the motions in a lot of these cases.

1500
01:29:02,600 --> 01:29:03,420
 You can see it.

1501
01:29:03,820 --> 01:29:05,140
 You see a lot of these players.

1502
01:29:05,320 --> 01:29:09,640
 And even in games that count, you can see players not having the same intensity.

1503
01:29:09,780 --> 01:29:18,320
 Now, when's the last time you've seen, for instance, an Alabama team where the opposing running back took the ball and toted the team on his back five, six yards?

1504
01:29:18,380 --> 01:29:20,600
 You just don't see the same intensity, B.B.

1505
01:29:20,600 --> 01:29:24,120
 Because these guys, they're looking at like, I don't know if I want to get hurt here.

1506
01:29:24,200 --> 01:29:25,320
 It could cost me some money.

1507
01:29:26,100 --> 01:29:27,200
 Well, that's some of it.

1508
01:29:27,200 --> 01:29:35,220
 And one of the solutions I've thrown out on this, Harold, is what the basketball tournament in Las Vegas is.

1509
01:29:35,360 --> 01:29:39,660
 They give the players NIL money to participate in the tournament.

1510
01:29:39,800 --> 01:29:40,260
 There you go.

1511
01:29:40,280 --> 01:29:43,740
 And I think that's what a lot of these bowls are going to be doing.

1512
01:29:44,100 --> 01:29:55,020
 I think some of them, they move for their utter existence, move to the beginning of the season, and have a much bigger deal to begin the season.

1513
01:29:55,280 --> 01:30:00,040
 But I think they will be offering NIL packages for players.

1514
01:30:00,220 --> 01:30:02,540
 Now, again, you've got many of them.

1515
01:30:02,660 --> 01:30:06,000
 They're going to probably not be certainly what the players want.

1516
01:30:06,200 --> 01:30:08,200
 But, again, it's another attraction.

1517
01:30:08,420 --> 01:30:13,000
 If they can keep their big sponsors, the bowls will remain.

1518
01:30:13,600 --> 01:30:21,720
 But as far as getting more players to opt out, I really do think, Harold, that it's going to be an NIL package.

1519
01:30:21,720 --> 01:30:25,600
 Well, it all started going downhill when they pulled out the Poulain Weed Eater Bowl down in Shreveport.

1520
01:30:26,120 --> 01:30:27,980
 I'm never forgiven them for that.

1521
01:30:28,020 --> 01:30:28,820
 It's never been the same.

1522
01:30:28,940 --> 01:30:30,860
 V-Man, Vince Ferrara, are you back with us?

1523
01:30:30,920 --> 01:30:32,360
 Was it something we said?

1524
01:30:32,780 --> 01:30:34,100
 Are you back with us, V-Man?

1525
01:30:35,080 --> 01:30:36,200
 Not at all.

1526
01:30:36,280 --> 01:30:40,140
 I think that was Karma saying you need to be back in Florida, not back in the car.

1527
01:30:40,140 --> 01:30:40,800
 There you go.

1528
01:30:41,800 --> 01:30:44,380
 While the lady's on the beach, we try to help you, V-Man.

1529
01:30:44,720 --> 01:30:48,560
 V-Man, your question again for the V-Man, for the folks who might have missed that.

1530
01:30:48,620 --> 01:30:49,480
 Go ahead and get to your question.

1531
01:30:49,480 --> 01:30:54,820
 V, just quickly, everyone knows this was a disappointing season for Tennessee.

1532
01:30:55,060 --> 01:30:58,300
 They lose 30-28 to cap off.

1533
01:30:58,460 --> 01:31:02,320
 They lose to Vandy and Knoxville, lose to Alabama again.

1534
01:31:02,780 --> 01:31:11,000
 And I know some fans say, well, you know, as Hypo reached his ceiling, look, he beat Alabama twice

1535
01:31:11,000 --> 01:31:13,460
 and really turned that Tennessee program around.

1536
01:31:13,900 --> 01:31:17,800
 What was the reaction on your show this morning from some of the callers?

1537
01:31:18,680 --> 01:31:25,720
 Yeah, I mean, they've been, it wasn't, it's not a media because it was, you know, almost a week ago from that game.

1538
01:31:25,720 --> 01:31:28,620
 And we've had shows that I wasn't on since then.

1539
01:31:28,720 --> 01:31:30,840
 So it wasn't maybe the best gauge.

1540
01:31:31,000 --> 01:31:34,280
 But, you know, I saw what some of the reaction is.

1541
01:31:34,560 --> 01:31:40,400
 And I think some of the basketball team is taking it, some of the frustration from the football season.

1542
01:31:40,640 --> 01:31:44,480
 They're getting additional quick pylons on the basketball team.

1543
01:31:44,600 --> 01:31:45,440
 They don't win.

1544
01:31:46,080 --> 01:31:52,460
 But, no, it was not good because they won't, you know, Josh Hypo was talking about in the postgame

1545
01:31:52,460 --> 01:31:57,600
 after they lost to Illinois that, you know, maybe you can use this for motivation towards next season.

1546
01:31:57,600 --> 01:32:01,220
 And, well, fans wanted to see that you use a Vanderbilt game towards motivation.

1547
01:32:01,560 --> 01:32:02,480
 Yeah, that's right.

1548
01:32:03,220 --> 01:32:07,280
 And Illinois also showed a blueprint on what a lot of teams have done.

1549
01:32:07,400 --> 01:32:08,220
 You hold on to the ball.

1550
01:32:08,320 --> 01:32:10,040
 You play two high safeties.

1551
01:32:10,260 --> 01:32:11,820
 You don't give up anything deep.

1552
01:32:12,120 --> 01:32:12,860
 Limit possessions.

1553
01:32:13,060 --> 01:32:13,620
 They press.

1554
01:32:13,980 --> 01:32:17,860
 And then, you know, Tennessee is beatable when you do that.

1555
01:32:18,060 --> 01:32:20,200
 And Tennessee thought they had answers to that, and they do not.

1556
01:32:20,380 --> 01:32:21,840
 So, yeah, very frustrating.

1557
01:32:22,120 --> 01:32:25,860
 And then the basketball team loses, and then fans are upset about that.

1558
01:32:26,420 --> 01:32:31,100
 So, yeah, there's a lot of things kind of annoying fans at this point right now.

1559
01:32:31,880 --> 01:32:33,680
 Oh, man, I bet that is true.

1560
01:32:33,780 --> 01:32:40,240
 Listen, we're delighted you got a chance to get away, spend some time with mom and the family and friends,

1561
01:32:40,240 --> 01:32:42,120
 and get a chance to go to a bowl game.

1562
01:32:42,300 --> 01:32:45,140
 I know it was a great Christmas break for you.

1563
01:32:45,300 --> 01:32:49,120
 Where can we get online and listen to the show and get all your stuff?

1564
01:32:50,020 --> 01:32:55,100
 Yeah, I did see at least a competitive bowl game, even though we saw the SEC lose like pretty much all the other ones

1565
01:32:55,100 --> 01:32:56,460
 in the Rely Quest Bowl in Tampa.

1566
01:32:56,820 --> 01:32:58,000
 How about this?

1567
01:32:58,080 --> 01:33:01,600
 I ate mom's cooking, and I lost a bunch of weight.

1568
01:33:02,040 --> 01:33:02,360
 Wow.

1569
01:33:02,360 --> 01:33:05,060
 So, stop that for a weight loss program.

1570
01:33:05,280 --> 01:33:05,680
 Jeez.

1571
01:33:06,360 --> 01:33:08,760
 But you can follow me on the socials.

1572
01:33:08,820 --> 01:33:14,820
 You can see pictures of the vacation when I get those up there, at Vince Sports, V-I-N-C-E Sports,

1573
01:33:14,920 --> 01:33:19,280
 and then Sports Source Digital Network on YouTube for some of the TV work.

1574
01:33:20,420 --> 01:33:22,060
 B-Man, I'll leave you with one more thought.

1575
01:33:22,300 --> 01:33:24,400
 Hang on to that tan as long as you can.

1576
01:33:24,460 --> 01:33:28,460
 You're the only man in Knoxville with a tan in January, so hold on to it as long as you can, okay?

1577
01:33:29,820 --> 01:33:30,760
 Absolutely, guys.

1578
01:33:30,900 --> 01:33:31,740
 Thank you so much.

1579
01:33:31,840 --> 01:33:32,420
 Appreciate it.

1580
01:33:32,540 --> 01:33:33,200
 Thank you, buddy.

1581
01:33:33,540 --> 01:33:38,440
 The B-Man, Vince Roller, 99.1, the e-sports animal in Knoxville, Tennessee.

1582
01:33:38,660 --> 01:33:41,120
 Let's go from big orange country to the redfish.

1583
01:33:41,340 --> 01:33:42,680
 Redfish bars are on deck.

1584
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 Welcome back again.

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 You know, BB, when we last spoke with William Redfish Barger,

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 he said, if Alabama gets beat, do not call.

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 We're kind of stubborn people, or we're not?

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 Redfish, welcome in.

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 Is it safe to say that Alabama got beat, or are Alabama fans, a lot of them anyway,

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 using another word to describe it?

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 How are you?

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 Well, I'd be better if y'all had gotten James to forget to call me today.

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 We tried.

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 James is too good to forget stuff like that.

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 No, no, I'm just kidding.

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 I'm a big believer in facing the music when you've got to eat a full portion of grilled crow.

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 See, that's the way it is.

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 You're going to win some, lose some.

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 To me, William, it wasn't the fact they lost the ball game.

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 Vegas said they were.

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 They were the number one team in the country.

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 I don't think it was so much losing the ball game.

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 It's how they lost the ball game, Redfish.

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 Yeah, you know, I don't.

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 It's been a long time, I think, since I saw a game fall off the rails that quickly.

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 At the end of the first quarter, I was like, well, maybe I don't have to avoid Brett and those guys Monday.

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 You know, when it derailed, it derailed in a hurry.

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 But, yeah, I think that's probably what, you know, most people have an issue with is, you know, just how, you know, lopsided and ugly it got.

1736
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 And, you know, it got that way in a hurry.

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 I mean, I got to be honest.

1738
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 I mean, when they put Austin Mack in at quarterback and they had to settle for a field goal on that drive, I mean, my TV may not have been the first one that got disconnected, but it got disconnected right after that field goal was made.

1739
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 William, your thoughts on Indiana.

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 I've seen him a little bit.

1741
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 I watched him against Oregon.

1742
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 I saw a good bit of the Ohio State game.

1743
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 When you hear about, well, he's taken three stars and he's so efficient, he coaches this team so well.

1744
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 We talked about they don't make mistakes.

1745
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 They're 17 now, 18 plus on the season.

1746
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 What impresses you so much about Indiana?

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 Well, you know, I'll be Indiana specific in a minute, but, you know, I think what you really, you know, can learn when you look at the four teams that are in the field,

1748
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1749
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 but those other three teams are all portal creations, and when you look at, you know, and if you look at, you know, what happened with them, you know, I mean,

1750
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 I think there's something that you, especially with Kirby getting clipped, you know, I think you don't have to be a, you know, a men's football guy to figure out that,

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1754
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 but, you know, it begs the question, you know, can you afford to wait on, you know, five-star line of scrimmage players to develop for two, sometimes three years going forward,

1755
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 It's called a budget, and let me ask you this, William, as a guy who's been there and done that, you and former players,

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 how do you feel about modern college football where basically I'm here for a year and if I do well, I'm going to cost more money.

1763
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 If not, I'm going to leave.

1764
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1765
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 As a former player, how do you guys feel about the modern state of college football?

1766
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 Well, I mean, I think you kind of have to look at it through a different lens.

1767
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 You know, it's not the same model that it used to be where, you know, people pursued a college football scholarship to get an education, number one.

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1770
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 So, you know, when it first started, I don't think anybody realized it would, you know, develop into the monster that it has.

1771
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 But, you know, you just kind of have to look at it, you know, A, you better not get too attached to your favorite player

1772
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 because you may only be in love with him for 12 months.

1773
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 That's right.

1774
01:45:16,040 --> 01:45:25,580
 But, you know, I think when you start looking at it, you know, in broad strokes, you know, these coaches can pack their stuff up and get gone like you saw Lane Kiffin do.

1775
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 Yeah, that's right.

1776
01:45:26,780 --> 01:45:30,380
 In a, you know, not the most professional manner.

1777
01:45:30,580 --> 01:45:35,220
 So, it's really not amateur sports anymore.

1778
01:45:35,780 --> 01:45:35,940
 No.

1779
01:45:36,300 --> 01:45:44,520
 To me, you know, I think if this is what you're looking at, then the NCAA and college football has to follow suit.

1780
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 And, granted, it would be a small number.

1781
01:45:47,640 --> 01:45:54,080
 But for the guys that are physically and emotionally capable coming straight out of high school,

1782
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 then the next step to me is you've got to give these guys the opportunity to skip college and go straight to the NFL.

1783
01:45:59,860 --> 01:46:00,440
 There you go.

1784
01:46:01,040 --> 01:46:05,900
 Well, let me ask you, when's the last time you saw a guy get basically disqualified because of failing grades?

1785
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 Remember back in the day, that was an issue.

1786
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 When's the last time you seen somebody benched because they didn't do the classroom work?

1787
01:46:12,940 --> 01:46:14,060
 Well, guess what?

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 But in a lot of the 2026 NIL contracts that are circulating around, not attending class will get you a pay cut.

1790
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 Getting arrested will get you a pay cut.

1791
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 Becoming a culture problem in the locker room will get you a pay cut.

1792
01:46:34,300 --> 01:46:34,700
 That's good.

1793
01:46:34,800 --> 01:46:45,260
 It's rapidly moving, you know, away from just a, you know, a free check to it's probably going to be performance-based,

1794
01:46:45,320 --> 01:46:47,380
 probably starting this calendar year.

1795
01:46:47,700 --> 01:46:48,180
 Good deal.

1796
01:46:49,020 --> 01:46:56,720
 William, one of the reasons these four teams are in the Final Four is they win the line of scrimmage.

1797
01:46:57,520 --> 01:47:06,760
 Miami, and we've all watched Carson Beck and Georgia and Miami, but their front seven is ferocious.

1798
01:47:07,440 --> 01:47:12,220
 Indiana beat up Alabama at the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball.

1799
01:47:12,780 --> 01:47:16,060
 Alabama's losing four starters right now.

1800
01:47:16,200 --> 01:47:18,340
 Now, they've got still some kids there.

1801
01:47:18,880 --> 01:47:23,780
 Some of these defensive linemen we talked about the entire season, they're developed.

1802
01:47:23,960 --> 01:47:25,760
 They're a little bit more seasoned now.

1803
01:47:26,400 --> 01:47:28,540
 And I know everybody's waiting on Ty Simpson.

1804
01:47:29,120 --> 01:47:33,560
 And, you know, he could be as Hollywood coming in as a running back, et cetera.

1805
01:47:34,180 --> 01:47:36,640
 But once again, nobody knows this better than you do.

1806
01:47:36,900 --> 01:47:39,660
 You win the line of scrimmage, you win football games.

1807
01:47:40,660 --> 01:47:54,420
 Yeah, and I think the one that probably surprised people the most, and I knew if he could ever get past the stub in his toe in a big game once or twice a year,

1808
01:47:54,500 --> 01:47:56,560
 that this would be the monster that he created.

1809
01:47:56,660 --> 01:48:03,900
 But I think the one that really surprised people the most was the way that Miami was able to dominate Ohio State.

1810
01:48:03,900 --> 01:48:07,200
 on both sides of the line of scrimmage.

1811
01:48:07,460 --> 01:48:10,780
 And, you know, that's Mario Cristobal's M.O.

1812
01:48:11,380 --> 01:48:13,220
 It'll always be his M.O.

1813
01:48:13,700 --> 01:48:16,040
 as long as he's the head coach of Miami.

1814
01:48:16,420 --> 01:48:19,880
 And so, you know, that says a lot.

1815
01:48:20,020 --> 01:48:25,160
 I mean, you know, those, you know, people can say he spent a bunch of money to get Carson back.

1816
01:48:25,160 --> 01:48:30,080
 But, man, he spent a bunch of money to not only get those, you know, big boys.

1817
01:48:30,200 --> 01:48:33,300
 But, I mean, those two defensive ends are a huge problem.

1818
01:48:33,740 --> 01:48:34,240
 Yeah, that's it.

1819
01:48:34,280 --> 01:48:42,320
 You know, they got a couple of first-round draft picks and a former Alabama cast-off that's starting at center for them.

1820
01:48:43,080 --> 01:48:47,240
 And, you know, I think that might be one of the better stories of the transfer portal era.

1821
01:48:47,540 --> 01:48:52,520
 You know, James Brockermeyer comes out of high school in the shadow of his five-star,

1822
01:48:52,520 --> 01:48:58,520
 some people thought, three and done, first-round draft pick, offensive tackle.

1823
01:48:59,500 --> 01:49:02,480
 And, you know, that guy's not even in college football anymore.

1824
01:49:02,880 --> 01:49:08,360
 But, you know, Brockermeyer develops a couple years as a backup at Alabama, leaves and goes to TCU.

1825
01:49:08,580 --> 01:49:12,180
 And now he's the starting center on a college football semi-playoff team.

1826
01:49:13,000 --> 01:49:20,400
 Maybe sometimes, I think, you look at Ohio State and Alabama, they love the bling-bling guys, the wide receivers and running backs.

1827
01:49:20,500 --> 01:49:23,520
 Maybe that's the key, investing in those big uglies, I guarantee.

1828
01:49:23,660 --> 01:49:24,640
 Let me ask you this.

1829
01:49:25,240 --> 01:49:32,860
 I just saw a story a while ago, looks like Rico Scott now, this is unofficial, so let me make sure I preface it by saying he's reconsidered.

1830
01:49:33,140 --> 01:49:35,620
 He's not going to enter the portal there at Alabama.

1831
01:49:35,620 --> 01:49:36,680
 He's coming back.

1832
01:49:37,020 --> 01:49:40,500
 Who knows what that means as far as other news he's getting at the wide receiver spot.

1833
01:49:40,600 --> 01:49:44,380
 But your thoughts about the portal and the future of Alabama.

1834
01:49:44,380 --> 01:49:56,600
 We know now this is back-to-back four lost seasons, but your thoughts about where does Alabama go from here and the fact that just because a kid's name is in the portal right now doesn't mean that's the final word.

1835
01:49:57,600 --> 01:50:04,240
 Yeah, I don't think anybody was losing sleep on whether or not Rico Scott stays or goes.

1836
01:50:04,560 --> 01:50:09,080
 Now, if you want to talk about somebody that they probably are, that's Keyon Keeley.

1837
01:50:09,320 --> 01:50:09,800
 Absolutely.

1838
01:50:10,380 --> 01:50:21,240
 But, you know, I think if you just look at where Alabama's involvement is so far early on in the portal, you know, they're prioritizing several offensive linemen.

1839
01:50:21,240 --> 01:50:26,240
 They've got a couple of running backs, you know, a couple of linebackers.

1840
01:50:26,400 --> 01:50:28,620
 There's a defensive end coming from USC.

1841
01:50:29,200 --> 01:50:36,620
 So, it's, you know, running back and line of scrimmage heavy as far as what they're targeting now in the portal.

1842
01:50:37,480 --> 01:50:44,240
 Yeah, it's got to be Devin Tompkins is another guy from USC, a defensive lineman they're looking at.

1843
01:50:45,120 --> 01:50:47,100
 I've heard a lot about Ty Simpson.

1844
01:50:47,280 --> 01:50:48,260
 He's a great kid.

1845
01:50:48,260 --> 01:50:54,220
 I respect him tremendously for fighting through the injuries that he had.

1846
01:50:54,320 --> 01:50:57,500
 We've heard a lot of speculation in the last two or three days.

1847
01:50:57,780 --> 01:51:02,580
 In your gut, does he go on to the NFL or stay one more year at Alabama?

1848
01:51:03,640 --> 01:51:05,660
 I think he goes to the NFL.

1849
01:51:05,660 --> 01:51:16,080
 And I base that primarily on this quarterback draft class for this year versus what it's probably going to look like next year.

1850
01:51:16,920 --> 01:51:25,140
 You know, if he slides, I think it'll be late first round, early second, which is still pretty d*** good money.

1851
01:51:25,840 --> 01:51:36,640
 And so, you know, I think, you know, there's a big difference once you get outside the top 10, 15 in the first round, obviously, especially in signing bonus guaranteed money.

1852
01:51:36,740 --> 01:51:39,160
 But I think he's going to go pro.

1853
01:51:40,820 --> 01:51:43,480
 William, it's always good to hook up with you, man.

1854
01:51:43,700 --> 01:51:44,580
 Thanks so much.

1855
01:51:44,600 --> 01:51:48,940
 And appreciate you taking our call today in spite of the outcome of that bowl game.

1856
01:51:49,080 --> 01:51:49,280
 Okay.

1857
01:51:50,400 --> 01:51:52,060
 Hey, man, not a problem, guys.

1858
01:51:52,920 --> 01:51:54,260
 Have a good week, William.

1859
01:51:55,040 --> 01:51:56,780
 We go Redfish Barger.

1860
01:51:56,880 --> 01:52:02,640
 BB, are you ready for some UNA basketball and very good pizza tonight?

1861
01:52:03,320 --> 01:52:05,900
 Lost pizza is what you're talking about.

1862
01:52:06,040 --> 01:52:07,800
 UNA basketball night.

1863
01:52:07,800 --> 01:52:11,880
 Kenny Whitaker is going to be on top the first 45 minutes.

1864
01:52:12,540 --> 01:52:14,800
 Tony Poo will hold the final 45 minutes.

1865
01:52:15,020 --> 01:52:21,580
 And if you can't get down and enjoy some pizza, you can listen to the show on 93.9 The Score.

1866
01:52:22,200 --> 01:52:23,480
 Kick back and enjoy.

1867
01:52:23,580 --> 01:52:25,380
 That's going to take care of business for now.

1868
01:52:25,600 --> 01:52:28,280
 On behalf of BB, Greg James Blair, the entire crew here.

1869
01:52:28,360 --> 01:52:30,260
 Parole Bucks, thank you so much for your time today.

1870
01:52:30,840 --> 01:52:34,980
 Let's do it again tomorrow for the Boomwell Bucks show back here noon to two on 93.9 The Score.

1871
01:52:37,120 --> 01:52:41,740
 We'll see you next time.