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 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

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 Is anyone anywhere shocked that BB is Auburn's new QB?

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 We'll be talking with Brian Matthews about that in about 25 minutes, about Bowen Brown now finally being an Auburn Tiger.

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 Las Vegas insider Bruce Marshall previews the CFP Final Four and always delighted to have Roger in the huddle with us to recount the Rose Bowl and talk some Bama basketball.

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 The man who never gets a wink of sleep, Roger Hoover on the Alabama Crimson Tide Network.

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 Football, basketball, always having a ball.

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 Roger Hoover, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Boomo Bugg.

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 And the topic is the last game of Alabama football for this season.

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 Roger, now that we have seen this thing from the Alpha to the Omega, where do you start in breaking down Alabama football 2025 and I guess technically 2026?

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 Well, a really tough start, a really tough ending in between some really good moments, I think, for this group.

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 To play like they did in SEC play and essentially be the regular season champion of the SEC.

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 I know that's not technically how it works, but if the SEC championship game ever went away, I think you would have seen Alabama this year as the champion based on the 7-1 record.

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 Those things happen this year.

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 I think it's a good year when you can beat Auburn, LSU, and Tennessee, too.

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 That's where Alabama fans obviously want this program to be, and it's always been about national championships and SEC championships in Alabama.

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 But the Crimson Tide were able to put themselves in a position to win both after some really long odds that people gave them to begin the season.

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 When, you know, at different points of the year it could have splintered, especially for me, more than anything, after the loss to Georgia in the SEC championship game, wasn't a lot of optimism around the program.

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 And kind of those are more of the memories I'll have from this group versus, you know, how the season ended in the Rose Bowl or even how it began against Florida State.

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 Roger, it's safe to say the I word could end up describing this team this season, I meaning inconsistent.

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 Now is when you, in NASCAR terms, you take a pit stop, you find out what needs to be tuned up, and you go from there.

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 It's easy for fans to sit here and, you know, shock, shock at Alabama.

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 You know, that go-ahead touchdown against South Carolina was so critical a few weeks ago.

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 Both teams doing well.

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 My goodness gracious, the women improved to 15-1, 1-1 in the SEC.

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 Houston Millett, 14, Amari Allen, 11 points, 9 rebounds.

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 Coming off that win against Kentucky, just really impressive the way Alabama's style of play was good.

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 You know, unfortunate to still be dealing with a few injuries, like Aidan Shirell not being available for the rest of the first half and the second half.

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 This looks like another Nate Oates team that can run away with an SEC regular season championship and then obviously hope for the tournament success, both in Nashville and then in March Madness.

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 You know, tough loss against South Carolina to start conference play, but Alabama competed about as well as most SEC teams.

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 Arkansas had just lost Arkansas State a few weeks ago, picked last in the SEC this year.

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 Kind of everybody expects Kentucky to be on just that tier, kind of outside those Power 3 programs that are clearly at the top of our league right now.

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 The men's team on Saturday against the Texas Longhorns.

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 Coleman Coliseum, a good place to be.

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 For all you North Alabama fans, find a way to get up there, get some tickets, and enjoy a good trip to Nashville and share on the Crimson Tide.

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 I was going to talk to you about that because it's the U-word comes into play.

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 It's unique.

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 Your thoughts about playing at probably the unique place in the entire SEC and one of the more unique places in the entire college basketball world.

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 I keep using the name Richard Hendricks, and I keep expensing 20% off, and they still look at me, and I'm like, you know, yeah.

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 I noticed London Jemison, who is beginning to improve, had a big three against Kentucky.

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 Could it be labeled the world's worst-kept secret, Auburn's new QB as initials of BB,

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 and it's not Brett Beaird?

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 Well, they couldn't afford Brett, so they had to go with Byron.

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 That's it.

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 It's all about making the right valuation.

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 That's right.

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 You've got so much money you can spend on that position.

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 That's right.

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 Yep, yep.

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 Byron Brown, officially an Auburn Tiger now, all signed and ready to go.

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 That's a big portal addition for Auburn, right?

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 Probably the best.

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 Well, I don't say probably.

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 He is the best quarterback since Bo Nix, which is also the last time Auburn had a winning season.

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 So it's a really important addition.

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 You know, 3,000 yards passing, over 1,000 yards rushing, you know, a guy who can do a lot

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 of great things and be a good leader from what we've been told, too, on and off the field.

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 So that's a really important addition for Auburn.

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 Let me ask you about this.

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 I know some fans and even media have been snickering.

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 Fred Gaskin III, I believe, is the safety, is the eighth South Florida player added to the portal.

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 Yeah.

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 And, you know, the joke now is, is this north-south Florida, and I told a friend of mine yesterday,

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 look, number one, these guys are talented or the Auburn coaches will not be looking at them.

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 Number two, they're familiar with the staff, and they can come in and the transition is not as bad.

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 Wait a minute, your thoughts on adding the eighth South Florida player.

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 Well, that's exactly right.

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 I mean, you look at Auburn defensively, you know, you've got D.J. Durkin back, you've got some pieces there,

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 linebacker, safety back there, some other guys.

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 And, you know, you just want to rebuild that defensive line because you have to, and you want to, you know, fill in the depth chart,

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 make sure you've got players.

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 And, of course, you've got to get some cornerbacks, too.

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 They both left.

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 But, you know, offensively, brand-new coaches all on that side of the ball, brand-new philosophy, brand-new system.

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 But now you're bringing in the quarterbacks that are in that system.

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 You've got two of the top three receivers here.

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 I think they're going to get the number one receiver, Singleton, here fairly shortly, not a promise.

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 I just think that's the way it's trending right now.

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 So you're getting some key pieces from that offense now, running back, too, that will be able to step in

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 and be able not just to run it but also help the other guys that are new to the system come along to it quicker

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 and off-season workouts and such and help people understand, you know, what this coaching staff is about

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 and how to fit in and how to be a part of it on and off the field.

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 So I think it's important to get, you know, as many quality South Florida players, you know, as possible.

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 You look at Indiana a couple years ago.

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 I think they brought in 13 JMU players.

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 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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 And I also think it says something about the coach, right, that these players want to follow him,

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 want to play for him, right?

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 They believe in him.

389
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 We did not see that, was it, five years ago when Brian Harsin came from Boise State, right?

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 So that's another thing that stands out to me, too.

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 Brian Matthews, AuburnSports.com.

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 Brian, what it also says to me is the days of bringing in a guy and developing,

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 it's never going to go away completely, but it's definitely changed.

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 These coaches now know they're taking the blueprint at Indiana and other places,

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 bring in familiarity and start winning as soon as possible.

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 But in some ways, is it so that it's the bird in hand versus the two in the bush?

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 You may go out and get a five-star promising guy, but it may take two or three years.

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 These coaches ain't waiting two or three years.

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 They're not.

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 And we'll see if Auburn can complete this, right?

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 This is just one that you've got to rebuild the offensive and defensive lines,

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 which is going to be a very, very big task for them to do.

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 So, you know, we'll see about that'll go a long way to determine whether or not this team can start winning right away.

404
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 But, I mean, adding out like Brian Brown to me is a message that that's the way this is going, right?

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 You just went out and got a quarterback with one-year eligibility that can absolutely light it up and be a difference maker.

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 So, I would think, you know, this team is going to surround him with a quality offensive line to protect him

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 and get the running game going and then have a good defense on the other side of the ball to help support that offense.

408
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 So, you think that's the way it's going, but it just hasn't happened yet.

409
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 I think you're up to 11 incoming transfers now.

410
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 Yeah.

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 Three or four, I'd probably say, are going to be starters, but they've still got a lot to go as far as the line of scrimmage goes.

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 We're on that topic.

413
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 You mentioned 11 coming in.

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 What's the number going out at last camp?

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 We'll be quick with the question because it could change before I finish the statement here.

416
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 What's the number so far going out?

417
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 Yeah, it's 30 going out, and I'm sorry.

418
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 I had 10 coming in so far.

419
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 So, that's probably going to change the day.

420
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 I would imagine they'll pick up a few more.

421
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 That's the way it's kind of been going.

422
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 But, yeah, so 30 out.

423
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 I put about around 10 of those as, you know, guys I would say would likely be starters next year.

424
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 So, some really important pieces you've got to replace there,

425
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 and then some important pieces you're losing because guys are eligible to go into the draft,

426
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 especially on those offensive and defensive lines.

427
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 All right.

428
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 Speaking of defensive line, I know some guys have entered the portal.

429
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 Malik Blockton.

430
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 Yeah.

431
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 You've got a couple of guys going to the NFL.

432
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 Eventually, Malik Altry, Jordan Crawford.

433
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 I mentioned that they are coming back.

434
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 Yep.

435
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 A couple of names that I saw.

436
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 And, again, you probably got 150 names in your head as far as potential transfer for the dudes.

437
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 Arkansas State transfer, Cody Sigler.

438
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 Oklahoma State transfer to Marion Thomas.

439
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 Or two that I've heard Auburn is interested in.

440
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 North Texas transfer defensive lineman, Sadiq Clemens.

441
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 Your thoughts on replacing a lot of these guys on the defensive front.

442
00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:13,640
 Yeah.

443
00:27:14,020 --> 00:27:19,400
 Cody Sigler is a guy that came in early on a visit, but I think he's turning another direction right now.

444
00:27:19,460 --> 00:27:21,640
 So, I'm not expecting that to happen.

445
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 But, Oklahoma State to Marion Thomas.

446
00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:25,420
 I think Auburn is probably the team to beat there.

447
00:27:26,120 --> 00:27:32,820
 North Texas, Sadiq Clemens is supposed to be in, well, was in yesterday.

448
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 So, I don't know if he's left yet or not.

449
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 And then, you look at the edge position.

450
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 Auburn really needs some help there.

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 They've got some dudes coming back.

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 Of course, Jared Smith, J.J. Falk are two, I think, going to be good players that haven't played a lot of SEC ball yet.

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 So, that's an area they need to really step up and improve at, too.

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 So, that's one to watch defensive end and edge, too.

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 On the defensive side of the ball.

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 Let's talk a little round ball action.

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 Tough loss on the road to a ranked team, Georgia, in overtime, triple digits for both offenses.

458
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 And now, no time to cry in your soup.

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 You've got to get busy, what, tonight against Texas A&M.

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 That's right.

461
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 Bucky ball coming to Nethle Arena tonight.

462
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 It's going to be probably another high-scoring game unless Auburn really plays great defensively.

463
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 You know, Bucky is a guy who likes to press, likes to shoot a lot of threes, shoot early in possession.

464
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 So, it's going to be a pretty wild game.

465
00:28:33,260 --> 00:28:37,300
 They're a little bit deeper than Auburn, which gives them, you know, advantage in playing that way.

466
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 And, you know, Auburn played a team in Georgia that likes to play that way, too.

467
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 So, that gives them maybe a little head start in preparing for A&M.

468
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:46,800
 But, it should be an exciting night.

469
00:28:47,300 --> 00:28:52,420
 I'm sure this team appreciates being back home with all the tough games they played,

470
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 mostly away from Nethle Arena here in the non-conference and then open up at a top 25 team.

471
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 So, it'll be a big atmosphere tonight at 8 o'clock.

472
00:29:02,560 --> 00:29:05,840
 Monday Musings, I always enjoy reviewing.

473
00:29:06,220 --> 00:29:09,920
 You always come up with one stat that blows me away.

474
00:29:10,780 --> 00:29:16,120
 Auburn has had one offensive lineman drafted in the past seven years.

475
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 During that same period, Alabama's had 10, LSU's had 10, Georgia's had 15.

476
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 So, B, what does that tell you?

477
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:31,240
 It tells me that Auburn has really, really failed in that area.

478
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 Every coach, head coach, analyst, everybody involved with recruiting that position over the last six or seven years

479
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 has done a terrible job at Auburn, just to be honest.

480
00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:43,560
 Now, they may have a couple of guys drafted this year, right?

481
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 So, that's better.

482
00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:50,900
 But, that is a position that has not been recruited well, not been developed well,

483
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 and that has to change for Auburn to be successful.

484
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 It's 35-1 over the last seven years as far as the NFL draftees on the offensive line.

485
00:30:00,100 --> 00:30:04,940
 It's just, that's a despicable stat if you're looking at the Auburn perspective of that, right?

486
00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:07,080
 So, we'll see.

487
00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:11,820
 You know, Auburn, Coach Gullis looks like he started out early trying to address this,

488
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 you know, put a couple of USF guys he believed in on the offensive line,

489
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 went out there and got Bear McWhorter, a former Michigan commit, who got his release there.

490
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 So, I had some high school guys I can bring along, got some, what I think, some guys back

491
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 that were registered last year or didn't play a lot.

492
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 And Todd Buster and Jacoby Ward, I think, have a chance.

493
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:37,460
 Kyle Ellis, another freshman last year, got to play and start at center.

494
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 So, you know, there's some pieces there, but they are going to have to really go out the portal

495
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 and hit that area hard.

496
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 Unbelievable.

497
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 You also mentioned that Todd Pettiford did not start the other day against Georgia,

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 tremendously talented player.

499
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 And, again, you're not being critical.

500
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 You're just pointing out that he's got all the potential in the world,

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 but he needs to focus and get serious because he's one of the most dependable players,

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 should be a leader.

503
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 As you put it, Auburn needs more from Pettiford.

504
00:31:15,740 --> 00:31:16,340
 Yeah, I do.

505
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 I'm not trying to be too hard on him, but, you know, he was, you know,

506
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 suspended from the starting position for the SEC opener, which is never a good thing.

507
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 And he is not performing at a very high level when it comes to shooting threes

508
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 or getting assists.

509
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 And nobody expects him to be the, you know, SEC leader in assists.

510
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 He's not that type of point guard.

511
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 He's more of a scorer.

512
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 But he can certainly be a top 15 guy in assists or maybe top 10 or top 12.

513
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 And he's just not playing.

514
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 He's not taking that step forward like he thought he would.

515
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 And Auburn needs that to really reach their potential.

516
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 You know, they don't have a, you know, a whole lot of, you know,

517
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 depth on the front line, the bigs.

518
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 And they need those guards to really play well, really be dangerous,

519
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 really make teams have to defend that perimeter all the way around

520
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 to open things up for them.

521
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 And they play better perimeter defense, too.

522
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 That's something Coach Pearl has really talked a lot about here recently,

523
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 especially after Georgia and the failures they had there.

524
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 Going to be curious to see what you think about Bucky Ball

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 because everybody knows him from Samford.

526
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 And I thought it would take him a while for a system to get going.

527
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 But I'm going to be curious to see how he goes.

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 I know you and your staff are going to be, I mean,

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 minute by minute on the transfer portal as far as having to cover it.

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 The transfer portal, the football team, everything going on there

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538
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 So still, maybe some people leave them, we'll see.

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 And then, of course, basketball, as you mentioned,

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553
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693
00:38:54,720 --> 00:38:55,640
 Welcome back in.

694
00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:57,040
 Move over, Tom Brady.

695
00:38:57,420 --> 00:39:00,000
 Bruce Marshall is a headliner in Vegas.

696
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:01,940
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697
00:39:02,060 --> 00:39:03,300
 Bound Sports.net.

698
00:39:03,400 --> 00:39:04,500
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699
00:39:04,600 --> 00:39:05,340
 Winners and Winers.

700
00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:09,000
 His podcast, Bet Rivers, Vegas Insider.

701
00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:10,360
 Bruce, welcome in.

702
00:39:10,660 --> 00:39:12,440
 Have you had a Tom Brady sighting yet?

703
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:12,980
 How are you?

704
00:39:13,540 --> 00:39:15,060
 Yeah, well, no.

705
00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:19,000
 I have a feeling he's going to be doing the Raider interviews via Zoom,

706
00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:23,280
 which is one of the problems the Raiders have.

707
00:39:23,600 --> 00:39:25,780
 But, you know, we will see.

708
00:39:25,780 --> 00:39:30,740
 We got through Black Monday yesterday and more to come on that NFL coaching front.

709
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:33,080
 I got to ask you about the Raiders.

710
00:39:33,260 --> 00:39:34,880
 I saw a story the other day.

711
00:39:34,960 --> 00:39:39,120
 The owner of Mark Davis, I saw he was with this absolutely gorgeous woman,

712
00:39:39,120 --> 00:39:41,820
 and she said that she liked his haircut.

713
00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:46,300
 The odds of that, and where is his house that he's building there?

714
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:48,000
 Is it next to yours there, Bruce?

715
00:39:49,240 --> 00:39:52,940
 No, I don't see him around, and I don't go to his barber either

716
00:39:52,940 --> 00:39:55,040
 because I don't know that anybody else would.

717
00:39:55,780 --> 00:39:56,740
 Nobody else does.

718
00:39:57,420 --> 00:39:59,980
 Let me say this about the Raiders, though.

719
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:02,920
 We talk about dysfunction with a capital D.

720
00:40:03,820 --> 00:40:09,100
 Since 2000, they have now had 15 coaches.

721
00:40:09,900 --> 00:40:13,880
 15 coaches since 2000.

722
00:40:14,420 --> 00:40:17,380
 And, you know, Pete Carroll's probably lucky to be out of there.

723
00:40:17,380 --> 00:40:25,220
 During the course of the season, I had heard before the trade deadline that one guy whose name was out there,

724
00:40:25,460 --> 00:40:26,740
 the Raiders didn't want to trade.

725
00:40:26,940 --> 00:40:28,080
 Carroll didn't want to trade.

726
00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:33,100
 And Chip Kelly, when he was still there, the defensive coordinator, was Jacoby Myers, the receiver.

727
00:40:33,340 --> 00:40:36,680
 He was the only wideout who would ever get open.

728
00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:43,040
 And if you watch the Raiders enough this year, the only ones who, receivers who really ever got open were the tight ends.

729
00:40:43,460 --> 00:40:44,520
 And Byers in particular.

730
00:40:44,680 --> 00:40:45,780
 But the wideouts never were.

731
00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:47,720
 And that's why Geno was always on the move.

732
00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:50,280
 And he really doesn't make plays on the move.

733
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:51,380
 And the whole thing was a mess.

734
00:40:51,820 --> 00:40:56,160
 But the Raiders went ahead above Carroll's pleas.

735
00:40:56,580 --> 00:40:58,580
 They traded Myers to the Jags anyway.

736
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:02,000
 And, oh, by the way, they love Myers in Jacksonville.

737
00:41:02,040 --> 00:41:04,360
 I think he might have just signed a contract extension.

738
00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:07,320
 The guy never drops a pass and he gets open.

739
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:12,280
 I mean, this is the dysfunction the Raiders had was not Carroll's fault.

740
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:13,680
 It goes back a long way.

741
00:41:14,240 --> 00:41:14,960
 Could be worse.

742
00:41:15,020 --> 00:41:15,780
 It could be the Jets.

743
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:16,900
 Let me ask you this, Bruce.

744
00:41:17,060 --> 00:41:24,300
 In terms of Vegas, what are the odds that college football's Final Four would be this Final Four if we went back to the beginning of the season?

745
00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:27,000
 Yeah, I was thinking about that, guys.

746
00:41:27,220 --> 00:41:30,720
 And not the, you know, really long odds would be these four.

747
00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:31,700
 Yeah.

748
00:41:31,700 --> 00:41:35,340
 You know, I think Oregon might be the only one you'd say would be there.

749
00:41:35,440 --> 00:41:41,420
 I think some people needed some more convincing on Indiana, though they thought they'd even.

750
00:41:41,660 --> 00:41:44,980
 Actually, this year, no, Indiana was regarded down in the Big Ten.

751
00:41:45,140 --> 00:41:49,520
 But I look back at some preseason, you know, polls are down fifth, sixth in the league.

752
00:41:49,620 --> 00:41:50,700
 So that's a surprise.

753
00:41:51,500 --> 00:41:53,480
 And Miami hadn't really done it.

754
00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:55,960
 They thought they might be.

755
00:41:56,020 --> 00:41:58,020
 We heard that last year when Cam Ward was there.

756
00:41:58,280 --> 00:42:00,640
 And not sure the back would make a difference.

757
00:42:01,200 --> 00:42:04,360
 And who would have thought Ole Miss would be the last team standing from the SEC?

758
00:42:05,100 --> 00:42:08,220
 Greg Sankey wouldn't have guessed that back at media this in July.

759
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:10,480
 So, no, I think you're right.

760
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:16,940
 I think this is a very long shot, sort of a final four, as long shot as it could be in the final four.

761
00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:19,320
 And that's what we got, though.

762
00:42:20,420 --> 00:42:22,240
 Let me ask you about these coaches.

763
00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:24,260
 They've got a couple of things in common.

764
00:42:24,420 --> 00:42:27,200
 Number one, they believe in winning the line of scrimmage.

765
00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:31,280
 It won't go into detail with the two games with you in just a minute.

766
00:42:32,620 --> 00:42:38,860
 Lanning was only at Alabama for one year in 2015, and they interviewed him and said,

767
00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:44,020
 I learned more from him in a year than I had my entire time in coaching.

768
00:42:44,900 --> 00:42:53,160
 Cristobal came after being fired at Florida International 2013 in the mid-2010s.

769
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:55,560
 Offensive line coach.

770
00:42:56,560 --> 00:43:02,220
 Golding, for five years, was able to learn under Saban.

771
00:43:02,780 --> 00:43:10,060
 Signity started when Nick walked in the door in 2007, was his receiver coach, recruiting coordinator,

772
00:43:10,200 --> 00:43:13,060
 before going to Indiana University, IUP.

773
00:43:14,940 --> 00:43:20,180
 And they've talked extensively this week about what Nick Saban has done for their career.

774
00:43:21,480 --> 00:43:31,260
 It's amazing, Brett, how the Saban coaching tree has spread so far and how he connects to so many of these guys.

775
00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:38,540
 And they all pretty much say the same thing about him, you know, that he really taught them how to run a program.

776
00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:45,360
 It's interesting, you know, one thing about Coach Saban, when he used to be at, when he used to work at Alabama,

777
00:43:45,360 --> 00:43:51,760
 and he used to go to the media days, when I would ask him a question, he really answered in detail.

778
00:43:52,720 --> 00:43:56,060
 And a lot of the coaches don't. Kirby doesn't answer the questions that good.

779
00:43:56,640 --> 00:43:59,320
 But Saban was really thoughtful about it.

780
00:43:59,380 --> 00:44:06,640
 And I remember once asking about, you know, which coaches that he, you know, molded him the most.

781
00:44:06,680 --> 00:44:09,220
 And I was kind of leading him in the same Belichick.

782
00:44:09,920 --> 00:44:13,320
 And he mentioned Belichick a little bit. The first one he mentioned was Don James.

783
00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:17,140
 He said, that's the guy. He said, that's the guy.

784
00:44:17,240 --> 00:44:22,000
 He gave me the blueprint. He showed me how to run a program when I was at Kent State.

785
00:44:22,140 --> 00:44:25,400
 He said, that's, and so that's when he was a player there, too.

786
00:44:25,780 --> 00:44:27,800
 And he said, I learned more from Don James than anybody.

787
00:44:27,980 --> 00:44:31,080
 So I think he, and that, you heard other coaches say that about James.

788
00:44:31,080 --> 00:44:34,900
 So this tree actually goes back to Don James and a little bit further.

789
00:44:35,160 --> 00:44:40,020
 And you're right. He has influence on so many guys and all these guys in the Final Four.

790
00:44:40,500 --> 00:44:42,980
 It's amazing. I'm going to ask you about that, Bruce.

791
00:44:43,060 --> 00:44:45,740
 Bruce Marshall, Vegas Insider, amongst other places.

792
00:44:46,400 --> 00:44:48,720
 Have you ever seen a more intriguing story than Ole Miss?

793
00:44:48,940 --> 00:44:52,500
 Because when you go through what they've been through, it's supposed to blow everything up.

794
00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:53,480
 You've got a built-in excuse.

795
00:44:53,480 --> 00:44:57,840
 Well, we got this far, but we had a coaching change and we got off track.

796
00:44:58,260 --> 00:45:02,620
 It seems as if anything, this team has been coalesced, to borrow one of the big words there.

797
00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:09,200
 Your thoughts about the showdown coming up on Thursday night, not too far from you, down in the desert there at the Fiesta Bowl.

798
00:45:09,920 --> 00:45:13,660
 Yeah, I guess Brett's going to be coming down to Phoenix this week, huh, with the Ole Miss radio crew.

799
00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:15,480
 So he'll be down there.

800
00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:19,360
 No, I haven't. Not specifically like these dynamics.

801
00:45:19,360 --> 00:45:25,080
 I guess the one thing that sort of comes to mind in a cross-sport reference was Michigan basketball in 89.

802
00:45:25,960 --> 00:45:30,100
 Bill Frieder, you know, announced right at the eve of the tournament he's going to Arizona State.

803
00:45:30,240 --> 00:45:32,560
 Bo Schenbeckler is the AD. I'll talk about him more in a second.

804
00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:36,360
 You know, so you're not coaching us in the tournament. I'm going to promote Steve Fisher.

805
00:45:36,900 --> 00:45:41,820
 Now, the difference there was Frieder, that was sort of a Pearl Harbor announcement.

806
00:45:41,980 --> 00:45:43,340
 Nobody knew that was coming.

807
00:45:43,980 --> 00:45:48,000
 I mean, Lane's departure from Ole Miss was telegraphed.

808
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:49,020
 He'd been playing forever.

809
00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:54,580
 Yeah, it was like one of George Foreman's roundhouse rights at Ali in the number of the jungle.

810
00:45:54,660 --> 00:45:55,960
 You could see it coming for a mile.

811
00:45:56,440 --> 00:46:05,560
 But the way they have coalesced around it, it does give you that sort of Michigan Frieder-Fisher feel of 89, the way they have done it.

812
00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:07,800
 But the distractions keep coming.

813
00:46:07,940 --> 00:46:14,420
 Now, I see they're going to let Charlie Weiss, a junior coach, be able to stay as offensive coordinator for this game.

814
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:17,160
 But, man, there's a lot of distractions around Ole Miss.

815
00:46:17,160 --> 00:46:19,400
 They seem to have put it to the side.

816
00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:24,720
 But I come back, you know, and Chambliss, I mean, he's had distractions, too.

817
00:46:24,800 --> 00:46:27,900
 I mean, he's trying to fight for another year of eligibility and all that.

818
00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:31,760
 But on the field, he seems to be actually getting better.

819
00:46:32,240 --> 00:46:38,940
 But I've circled around in this game, boys, and coming back to my old thought, I mean, it's not me.

820
00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:40,100
 I mean, this is forever.

821
00:46:40,260 --> 00:46:41,180
 People have been saying this.

822
00:46:41,860 --> 00:46:43,140
 Defense wins championships.

823
00:46:43,560 --> 00:46:48,640
 And this Miami defense is something else.

824
00:46:48,780 --> 00:46:55,840
 And Georgia had been playing really good the last month and a half before the Sugar Bowl last week, too.

825
00:46:55,840 --> 00:46:58,920
 That was impressive, the way Ole Miss is moving the ball against them.

826
00:46:59,120 --> 00:47:01,120
 But this Miami is a little bit different.

827
00:47:01,380 --> 00:47:04,700
 I mean, they've got some NFL guys in the defensive front like Bain.

828
00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:13,960
 If Chambliss is going to do magic, I mean, it's going to have to take it to another level against these guys.

829
00:47:14,100 --> 00:47:18,420
 You know, until Ohio State scored well into the third quarter last week,

830
00:47:19,220 --> 00:47:25,640
 this defense had not allowed a TD versus A&M and Ohio State through six-plus quarters in the postseason.

831
00:47:26,540 --> 00:47:34,900
 And I also thought in the fourth quarter when Ohio State made that run and all Miami buckled up the chin straps

832
00:47:34,900 --> 00:47:41,140
 and just uncorked that TD drive, most of it on the ground, that said something to me.

833
00:47:41,320 --> 00:47:44,700
 I mean, I think, you know, these guys are playing with a purpose, too,

834
00:47:44,760 --> 00:47:48,400
 because they're playing with a chip on their shoulder because a lot of people,

835
00:47:48,500 --> 00:47:51,940
 the Notre Damers especially, said we should be there, not Miami.

836
00:47:52,660 --> 00:47:53,780
 I think Miami's going to get them.

837
00:47:54,180 --> 00:47:56,300
 And I think Miami, I think it ends for Ole Miss here.

838
00:47:56,760 --> 00:47:59,440
 It pains me to say that because I have enjoyed this story and this run.

839
00:48:00,040 --> 00:48:05,120
 My gut says Miami gets them and covers that price and maybe a little lower scoring game

840
00:48:05,120 --> 00:48:06,580
 than Ole Miss-Georgia last week.

841
00:48:07,460 --> 00:48:12,160
 I'll tell you one thing, if Trent and Ed Chambliss replicates the fourth quarter,

842
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:13,900
 he has had to get to Georgia.

843
00:48:14,140 --> 00:48:16,060
 That's going to be a fun game.

844
00:48:16,660 --> 00:48:20,200
 Let me ask you about the Peach Bowl, Indiana, and Oregon.

845
00:48:20,400 --> 00:48:23,580
 Everybody saw what Indiana did to Alabama.

846
00:48:24,240 --> 00:48:30,240
 Their receivers, Becker, Surratt, Cooper, who caught the touchdowns,

847
00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:34,480
 they've got very good running backs, Hemby, and friends,

848
00:48:34,600 --> 00:48:36,620
 but they won that game at the line of scrimmage.

849
00:48:36,680 --> 00:48:39,860
 Alabama was just whipped at the line.

850
00:48:40,420 --> 00:48:45,900
 I was impressed with Oregon's defense, and everybody talks about their offense.

851
00:48:46,660 --> 00:48:49,720
 Finney had three turnovers, which was amazing.

852
00:48:49,720 --> 00:48:56,680
 They forced four sacks, seven tackles for a loss against Texas Tech.

853
00:48:56,840 --> 00:48:59,900
 Both of these teams can certainly move the football.

854
00:49:00,640 --> 00:49:03,400
 Indiana, Oregon, and the Peach Bowl, my friend.

855
00:49:04,120 --> 00:49:05,720
 Yeah, Brett, well, a couple things here.

856
00:49:05,840 --> 00:49:09,120
 You know, we've got the other thing, the regular season rematch angle,

857
00:49:09,240 --> 00:49:13,220
 and if you go back to conference championship weekend in December,

858
00:49:13,520 --> 00:49:17,800
 that's now 6-2 this season, so keep that in mind.

859
00:49:18,080 --> 00:49:19,800
 That would favor Oregon here.

860
00:49:19,900 --> 00:49:22,720
 That first game was kind of, you know, close back and forth,

861
00:49:22,820 --> 00:49:25,620
 and Indiana finally pulled free right at the end.

862
00:49:25,860 --> 00:49:28,220
 Dante Moore threw a couple picks late in the fourth quarter,

863
00:49:28,340 --> 00:49:29,460
 and that sort of turned that game around.

864
00:49:30,060 --> 00:49:31,980
 Here's my thought about Indiana, and you're right.

865
00:49:32,140 --> 00:49:34,860
 You know, by about late in the first quarter last week,

866
00:49:35,760 --> 00:49:38,900
 I began to realize my Alabama pick wasn't going to work

867
00:49:38,900 --> 00:49:44,640
 because Indiana was gouging out five, six, seven yards on the first down.

868
00:49:45,100 --> 00:49:51,180
 And you two said this last week, that this is actually a run-first team.

869
00:49:51,540 --> 00:49:56,220
 I mean, with Embi and Black, you know, they're, you know,

870
00:49:56,220 --> 00:50:01,640
 this is about a 60, 63, 64% run, as good as Mendoza is.

871
00:50:01,740 --> 00:50:02,480
 It's a run team.

872
00:50:03,520 --> 00:50:06,780
 What Cignetti reminds me of, and I've been trying to think,

873
00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:10,600
 this guy is really special, who, you know, Barry Alvarez sort of came to mind.

874
00:50:11,220 --> 00:50:13,280
 And I thought, no, no, no, he's not more than Alvarez.

875
00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:16,100
 And I arrived at Bo Schembechler.

876
00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:19,700
 And not necessarily Woody.

877
00:50:20,240 --> 00:50:24,700
 Woody was a little too peculiar, and Woody was more stubborn than Schembechler.

878
00:50:24,800 --> 00:50:26,080
 If it wasn't working, he'd keep trying it.

879
00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:28,060
 That's why I think Schembechler was a little better coach.

880
00:50:28,180 --> 00:50:30,720
 That'll get me in trouble with Ohio State people, but so be it.

881
00:50:31,160 --> 00:50:35,080
 But what Schembechler's teams used to do, and what Cignetti's teams are doing,

882
00:50:35,840 --> 00:50:38,980
 when they have an advantage at the line of scrimmage,

883
00:50:39,420 --> 00:50:41,180
 they don't back off at all.

884
00:50:41,700 --> 00:50:45,380
 They're merciless, and they just keep hammering you like that.

885
00:50:45,640 --> 00:50:49,680
 And this is, look back at some, especially in the 70s with Schembechler,

886
00:50:49,780 --> 00:50:51,880
 about midway in 69, his first year at Michigan.

887
00:50:52,260 --> 00:50:53,940
 And I guess he did this at Miami O before that.

888
00:50:54,620 --> 00:50:58,640
 They killed teams, but they just did repetition, the same thing.

889
00:50:58,720 --> 00:51:00,160
 You either stop us or you don't.

890
00:51:00,760 --> 00:51:04,960
 And I remember one Michigan game I actually saw in person with Schembechler in 87.

891
00:51:04,960 --> 00:51:08,200
 They played Long Beach State at the Big House, my alma mater.

892
00:51:09,100 --> 00:51:12,320
 And Bo spent the whole, most of the first half running between the tackles.

893
00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:14,480
 Just, we dare you to stop us.

894
00:51:14,760 --> 00:51:20,740
 And if you can't stop Indiana like that, Cignetti will, merciless, he's ruthless.

895
00:51:20,980 --> 00:51:22,980
 Just like Schembechler was.

896
00:51:23,600 --> 00:51:25,800
 Now, can he do that here?

897
00:51:26,580 --> 00:51:27,360
 I don't know.

898
00:51:27,660 --> 00:51:30,040
 They didn't run that well the first time against Oregon.

899
00:51:30,180 --> 00:51:31,460
 They only gained three yards per carry.

900
00:51:32,320 --> 00:51:34,640
 They didn't run that well against Iowa.

901
00:51:35,260 --> 00:51:37,120
 They didn't run that well against Penn State.

902
00:51:37,980 --> 00:51:44,320
 So I think this is going to be completely different than the Alabama game, because you guys mentioned

903
00:51:44,320 --> 00:51:46,360
 what Oregon did against Texas Tech.

904
00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:48,920
 They manhandled Texas Tech.

905
00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:50,600
 I didn't expect to see that.

906
00:51:51,140 --> 00:51:52,160
 That was an angry team.

907
00:51:52,260 --> 00:51:55,800
 And I think, you know, they kind of took the second half off against James Madison the week

908
00:51:55,800 --> 00:51:56,120
 before.

909
00:51:56,820 --> 00:52:02,060
 They came under some criticism for that, but I don't think Indiana is going to be able to get

910
00:52:02,060 --> 00:52:03,120
 this ground game going.

911
00:52:03,620 --> 00:52:05,600
 It's not going to be like the Alabama game.

912
00:52:05,760 --> 00:52:07,280
 I like the revenge factor.

913
00:52:08,660 --> 00:52:15,240
 I'm still needing some convincing on Dante Moore, you know, being, you know, the one or two

914
00:52:15,240 --> 00:52:16,840
 pick coming out in the draft if he does.

915
00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:21,640
 But something tells me they just scaled it back last week, and they decided we're going to

916
00:52:21,640 --> 00:52:24,560
 play this sort of game against Texas Tech, and that's what they did.

917
00:52:24,640 --> 00:52:27,900
 I think that was actually more impressive even than what Indiana did.

918
00:52:28,380 --> 00:52:29,580
 I think Oregon gets them here.

919
00:52:29,660 --> 00:52:31,980
 I think it's probably a lower scoring game going under the total.

920
00:52:32,520 --> 00:52:37,500
 But the rematch angle in Indiana, everybody's loving Indiana now.

921
00:52:37,580 --> 00:52:39,860
 They're sort of forgetting what Texas, what Oregon did last week.

922
00:52:40,180 --> 00:52:41,280
 I'm going to take the Duckies.

923
00:52:42,880 --> 00:52:43,760
 Very interesting.

924
00:52:44,220 --> 00:52:44,860
 All right.

925
00:52:44,940 --> 00:52:48,960
 We're not going to let you go without asking you about college basketball.

926
00:52:49,340 --> 00:52:55,220
 Alabama going to Nashville to play the undefeated Vanderbilt Commodores.

927
00:52:55,220 --> 00:53:01,340
 Bama beating Kentucky Saturday for the fourth consecutive time, which is quite interesting.

928
00:53:01,540 --> 00:53:04,120
 Kentucky fans are not happy, to say the least.

929
00:53:04,900 --> 00:53:10,100
 Your thoughts, Alabama going to Nashville to face those undefeated Commodores.

930
00:53:10,780 --> 00:53:11,360
 You know what?

931
00:53:11,420 --> 00:53:19,040
 I've had some Vanderbilt people tell me that this is not only the most exciting Vanderbilt team

932
00:53:19,040 --> 00:53:22,720
 they've had, but they think Mark Byington is a save-up.

933
00:53:22,720 --> 00:53:27,820
 I mean, the way they play and the athleticism that they have.

934
00:53:28,280 --> 00:53:32,380
 And he has really worked the portal well.

935
00:53:32,460 --> 00:53:34,940
 Now, some of these guys were, he got some of them in last year.

936
00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:39,260
 But bringing Duke Miles in, and I don't know how many teams Duke Miles has played for.

937
00:53:40,100 --> 00:53:43,420
 But, man, has he fit in there so well.

938
00:53:43,700 --> 00:53:49,940
 And they're shooting, you know, over 51% from the floor.

939
00:53:49,940 --> 00:53:50,280
 Wow.

940
00:53:50,380 --> 00:53:51,580
 They'll hit you from all angles.

941
00:53:52,700 --> 00:54:01,040
 And I think this is going to be a real struggle for Alabama to go in there and deal with these guys,

942
00:54:01,100 --> 00:54:03,400
 because they just hit you from all different angles.

943
00:54:03,780 --> 00:54:09,260
 I'm curious what the total is going to be, because, you know, Alabama, you know, puts a lot of points on the board.

944
00:54:09,360 --> 00:54:12,280
 These teams combine for about 188 points per game.

945
00:54:12,420 --> 00:54:14,180
 Are we going to have a total in the 180s?

946
00:54:14,180 --> 00:54:15,460
 We rarely see that.

947
00:54:16,440 --> 00:54:18,960
 But I almost lean to Vandy.

948
00:54:19,160 --> 00:54:20,900
 I want to see somebody beat Vandy first.

949
00:54:21,040 --> 00:54:22,500
 I've seen Alabama lose a couple times.

950
00:54:22,640 --> 00:54:25,600
 No disgrace losing to Purdue and Gonzaga.

951
00:54:25,760 --> 00:54:31,580
 The Arizona game bothered me a little bit, because I thought they just sort of went completely off the rails in the second half.

952
00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:37,020
 But, you know, let's let somebody beat Vandy before I pick against them.

953
00:54:37,120 --> 00:54:37,280
 We'll see.

954
00:54:39,100 --> 00:54:42,700
 Bruce Marshall is still the gold standard.

955
00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:48,560
 Wish you a wonderful 2026 with your 25 platforms.

956
00:54:48,560 --> 00:54:51,120
 Where can we find the gold standard online?

957
00:54:51,820 --> 00:54:52,860
 Yeah, thanks, Brett.

958
00:54:52,980 --> 00:54:58,620
 Check me out online, the old standbys for the picks, Vegasinsider.com.

959
00:54:59,040 --> 00:55:02,280
 Also, up there at CBS Sportsline, sportsline.com.

960
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 And the new places for picks with a different twist at winnersandwiners.com and picksandparlays.com.

961
00:55:09,400 --> 00:55:10,860
 You are a busy boy.

962
00:55:10,980 --> 00:55:11,800
 Keep it up, Bruce.

963
00:55:11,860 --> 00:55:13,700
 And thank you so much for your time today.

964
00:55:14,460 --> 00:55:15,240
 Thank you, boys.

965
00:55:15,280 --> 00:55:15,840
 Have a good week.

966
00:55:16,260 --> 00:55:16,740
 Thank you, buddy.

967
00:55:17,000 --> 00:55:20,360
 Bruce Marshall again, amongst other places, Vegasinsider.

968
00:55:20,460 --> 00:55:22,700
 Coming up the next hour, we're going to be going all over the place.

969
00:55:22,700 --> 00:55:26,080
 Matt Michelle checking in along with Joe Cox at ESPN's AA.

970
00:55:26,660 --> 00:55:29,220
 Andrea Adelson, it's all for the head of the Bumbo Bug Show.

971
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 Stay with us.

972
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979
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 Or in Killen, call Matt Henry at 256-757-5006.

980
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981
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 Oh, could this vintage store be any cuter?

982
00:56:14,500 --> 00:56:14,780
 Right?

983
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984
00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:16,960
 They accept Discover.

985
00:56:17,360 --> 00:56:18,080
 Accept Discover?

986
00:56:18,500 --> 00:56:19,820
 In a little place like this?

987
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 I don't think so, Jennifer.

988
00:56:21,560 --> 00:56:22,360
 Oh, yeah, huh.

989
00:56:22,680 --> 00:56:24,580
 Discover's accepted where I like to shop.

990
00:56:24,720 --> 00:56:25,520
 Come on, baby.

991
00:56:25,600 --> 00:56:26,560
 Get with the times.

992
00:56:27,340 --> 00:56:30,180
 Right, so we shouldn't get the parachute pants?

993
00:56:30,560 --> 00:56:31,800
 These are making a comeback.

994
00:56:33,260 --> 00:56:34,140
 I think.

995
00:56:34,720 --> 00:56:38,340
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996
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997
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998
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999
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1000
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1001
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1002
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 Since I'm such a smart traveler, can I move to first class?

1003
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 Uh, no.

1004
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1008
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1009
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1028
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1029
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 Hey, fans.

1030
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 Welcome back to Fansville's Cheers.

1031
00:58:16,360 --> 00:58:17,440
 And tears.

1032
00:58:18,440 --> 00:58:21,040
 Okay, so like everybody deals with losing, right?

1033
00:58:21,100 --> 00:58:22,980
 To a rival on a last-second field goal.

1034
00:58:23,240 --> 00:58:23,880
 Whatever, it's fine.

1035
00:58:23,920 --> 00:58:24,540
 I'm totally fine.

1036
00:58:24,720 --> 00:58:28,340
 But I cope with losing with an ice-cold Dr. Pepper.

1037
00:58:29,920 --> 00:58:32,940
 Mmm, those 23 flavors are like so delicious.

1038
00:58:33,580 --> 00:58:37,640
 They totally wash away the pain of your college football team taking a big fat L.

1039
00:58:38,800 --> 00:58:39,600
 College football.

1040
00:58:39,900 --> 00:58:40,680
 It's a pepper thing.

1041
00:58:43,160 --> 00:58:44,320
 1819 News.

1042
00:58:44,540 --> 00:58:49,480
 U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville spoke recently at the Gulf State Park Lodge.

1043
00:58:49,480 --> 00:58:54,720
 Just a day after he filed the necessary paperwork to run for governor of Alabama in 2026.

1044
00:58:55,080 --> 00:59:03,680
 Tuberville said that his priorities for the state of Alabama, should he be elected as governor, would be to evaluate what is being taught in public schools and colleges.

1045
00:59:04,040 --> 00:59:11,160
 Tuberville said too much indoctrination is going on and students end up leaving those schools with massive student loans and woke ideology.

1046
00:59:11,320 --> 00:59:23,980
 Tuberville also wants to look into fraud going on in Alabama and says that taxpayer money should stay in the person's wallet or their business rather than be sent to the federal government to be squandered through programs where fraud is present.

1047
00:59:23,980 --> 00:59:34,560
 The senator also said that the West Alabama Corridor project needs to be reviewed since it's only using state money in its construction rather than also having federal financial assistance.

1048
00:59:34,780 --> 00:59:37,540
 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this.

1049
00:59:37,800 --> 00:59:45,640
 Some of the greatest blessings is just having the people that care about you, to have someone that's just going to love you and make you feel important.

1050
00:59:46,020 --> 00:59:47,740
 They encourage you to be in church.

1051
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 They encourage you to be in prayer.

1052
00:59:49,020 --> 00:59:50,780
 They encourage you to be in your Bible.

1053
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 Now it's a part of my day every day.

1054
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1055
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1056
01:00:06,940 --> 01:00:15,460
 Walker County Sheriff Nick Smith is confirming the condition of a little boy who was found dead in Walker County, two miles from his home in Jasper.

1057
01:00:15,460 --> 01:00:22,240
 Sheriff Smith says that four-year-old Jonathan Bowley did not show any signs of trauma or assault when his body was found this past Friday.

1058
01:00:22,580 --> 01:00:30,440
 An autopsy will be conducted to determine cause of death for the little boy he went missing while he and his older brother were visiting his father on New Year's Day.

1059
01:00:30,840 --> 01:00:36,720
 For more news affecting Alabamians, go to 1819news.com.

1060
01:00:36,920 --> 01:00:39,360
 And while you're there, subscribe to the daily newsletter.

1061
01:00:39,360 --> 01:00:48,220
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1062
01:00:48,360 --> 01:00:50,520
 Sports Radio 93.9 The Score.

1063
01:00:51,320 --> 01:00:55,340
 High school basketball season is here and is your home for Florence Falcons athletics.

1064
01:00:55,720 --> 01:00:58,700
 93.9 The Score is proud to bring you a select lineup of games.

1065
01:00:59,040 --> 01:01:02,200
 This Friday, the Falcons go on the road to face the Athens Golden Eagles.

1066
01:01:02,680 --> 01:01:07,380
 Airtime is approximately 7.15 with a tip at 7.30 here on 93.9 The Score.

1067
01:01:08,160 --> 01:01:12,740
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1068
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1071
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1072
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1073
01:01:34,180 --> 01:01:35,540
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1074
01:01:35,840 --> 01:01:36,880
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1075
01:01:37,160 --> 01:01:42,700
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1076
01:01:43,140 --> 01:01:45,660
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1077
01:01:46,080 --> 01:01:49,040
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1078
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1079
01:01:52,700 --> 01:01:53,820
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1080
01:01:54,700 --> 01:01:56,920
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1081
01:01:57,560 --> 01:02:02,240
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1082
01:02:03,240 --> 01:02:05,440
 Tonight partly cloudy with a low near 45.

1083
01:02:06,280 --> 01:02:08,600
 Tomorrow partly sunny with a high around 70.

1084
01:02:09,160 --> 01:02:11,320
 Tomorrow night mostly cloudy with a low near 50.

1085
01:02:11,900 --> 01:02:16,860
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1086
01:02:16,860 --> 01:02:19,980
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1087
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 Now, get ready to roll Shoals, Decatur, Athens, and all of Northwest Alabama and Southern Tennessee.

1088
01:02:32,800 --> 01:02:36,120
 It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM Sports Voice.

1089
01:02:39,120 --> 01:02:41,400
 The Boomo Bugg Show.

1090
01:02:41,400 --> 01:02:41,680
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1091
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 Your exclusive inside track to the Tide.

1092
01:02:44,260 --> 01:02:47,200
 Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC.

1093
01:02:48,000 --> 01:02:53,420
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1094
01:02:54,340 --> 01:02:56,280
 Welcome back in our tour to the Boomo Bugg Show.

1095
01:02:56,380 --> 01:02:58,040
 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

1096
01:02:58,140 --> 01:03:01,040
 Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

1097
01:03:01,300 --> 01:03:05,720
 And for AA, taking time out of her busy schedule there at ESPN.

1098
01:03:06,240 --> 01:03:07,680
 Andrea Adelson, welcome in.

1099
01:03:07,760 --> 01:03:08,600
 How are you?

1100
01:03:09,440 --> 01:03:10,400
 Happy New Year, fellas.

1101
01:03:10,500 --> 01:03:11,100
 I'm doing great.

1102
01:03:11,180 --> 01:03:11,780
 How's y'all doing?

1103
01:03:12,320 --> 01:03:13,440
 And we're doing fine.

1104
01:03:13,520 --> 01:03:15,800
 Are you ready for college football's final four?

1105
01:03:15,920 --> 01:03:20,080
 Brought to you by one Nick Saban's former assistant coaches.

1106
01:03:21,360 --> 01:03:21,980
 I'm ready.

1107
01:03:22,080 --> 01:03:26,240
 I'm in Arizona right now, ready for this Fiesta Bowl with two of his former assistants.

1108
01:03:26,880 --> 01:03:28,160
 It's going to be exciting, fellas.

1109
01:03:28,960 --> 01:03:29,780
 You're in Arizona.

1110
01:03:30,140 --> 01:03:31,660
 I had Arizona, Simon.

1111
01:03:31,780 --> 01:03:36,380
 Many, many years ago, I went out, and it was in the springtime, and a guy had been out there

1112
01:03:36,380 --> 01:03:40,460
 before and said, make sure you pack your shorts and flip-flops.

1113
01:03:40,640 --> 01:03:44,080
 I got out there, and the desert wind, they had a cold front move through.

1114
01:03:44,280 --> 01:03:45,720
 It like to froze me to death.

1115
01:03:45,800 --> 01:03:46,740
 There was no mountain.

1116
01:03:47,060 --> 01:03:47,940
 You got mountains.

1117
01:03:48,020 --> 01:03:50,520
 You got camelback and all that stuff out there in the Phoenix area.

1118
01:03:50,840 --> 01:03:53,620
 But how was the weather in January?

1119
01:03:53,960 --> 01:03:57,700
 It was not Chamber of Commerce weather the last time I was out there this time of the year.

1120
01:03:57,760 --> 01:03:58,640
 How's the weather for you?

1121
01:03:59,480 --> 01:04:04,320
 Yeah, so I walked outside this morning to just get a cup of coffee, and I just had my usual

1122
01:04:04,320 --> 01:04:08,100
 leggings and a little long-sleeved top on, and I was freezing.

1123
01:04:08,700 --> 01:04:15,320
 And I get it because I'm a Floridian, so if it's below 70, I need the full parka.

1124
01:04:15,800 --> 01:04:16,980
 But it was very chilly.

1125
01:04:16,980 --> 01:04:19,780
 But I have to tell you guys, I was just standing outside in the sun,

1126
01:04:20,320 --> 01:04:21,860
 and I was worried about getting sunburned.

1127
01:04:21,920 --> 01:04:25,680
 So it's that desert effect of, like, in the sun, it's really hot.

1128
01:04:25,960 --> 01:04:28,780
 But when there is no sun, it's really cold this time of year.

1129
01:04:28,880 --> 01:04:29,140
 Yeah.

1130
01:04:29,380 --> 01:04:30,860
 Well, I didn't have leggings on back then.

1131
01:04:30,880 --> 01:04:31,840
 I still got cold.

1132
01:04:31,900 --> 01:04:34,700
 Let's talk about what's hot, and that's the topic of the showdown.

1133
01:04:35,280 --> 01:04:36,460
 Let's talk about that.

1134
01:04:36,660 --> 01:04:41,180
 What are the odds of four coaches being here, and all of them come off the Nick Saban tree,

1135
01:04:41,700 --> 01:04:46,540
 none more intriguing than Pete Golding, because this guy was basically running out of Tuscaloosa

1136
01:04:46,540 --> 01:04:48,720
 on a rail when he was a mere defensive coordinator.

1137
01:04:49,300 --> 01:04:52,780
 Lane Kiffin said, come on down here, and now he is a top rebel in Oxford.

1138
01:04:52,900 --> 01:04:59,200
 Your thoughts about the journey that Pete Golding got to get here, and then, of course, the matchup itself?

1139
01:04:59,200 --> 01:05:08,860
 Yeah, I don't think if you were to write this in a Hollywood script, people would have envisioned it when he was run out of town at Alabama.

1140
01:05:09,260 --> 01:05:17,040
 It kind of feels like living in a fairytale, and not just that, fellas, to be able to beat Georgia with that fourth quarter last week.

1141
01:05:17,140 --> 01:05:23,100
 I don't think anyone expected that, particularly because we kind of saw the same script in the first meeting, right?

1142
01:05:23,160 --> 01:05:24,860
 Yeah, to a big lead, Georgia comes there.

1143
01:05:24,900 --> 01:05:25,980
 Ah, we've seen this before.

1144
01:05:26,460 --> 01:05:31,080
 But the fact they were able to come back and win that game with Pete Golding as the head coach, right?

1145
01:05:31,220 --> 01:05:31,380
 Yeah.

1146
01:05:31,380 --> 01:05:33,760
 Not Lane Kiffin, who thought, oh, I'm going to go to LSU.

1147
01:05:33,900 --> 01:05:36,020
 I may have a better chance of winning a national championship there.

1148
01:05:36,760 --> 01:05:44,900
 I don't know, guys, they're one game away from playing for a national championship with what Pete Golding has done in the first two games of the playoffs.

1149
01:05:45,400 --> 01:05:54,100
 It's remarkable, and quite honestly, I think it's probably a bit hard to fathom considering where Ole Miss was sitting here about a month ago.

1150
01:05:54,740 --> 01:05:59,200
 You know, to add to that story, you look at the back story of Ole Miss' quarterback.

1151
01:05:59,200 --> 01:06:01,980
 I saw the other night they had a good stat.

1152
01:06:02,120 --> 01:06:05,120
 Last year at this time, he was playing in front of 350 people.

1153
01:06:05,440 --> 01:06:06,820
 350, okay?

1154
01:06:07,320 --> 01:06:15,100
 And now he started out the season on the bench, and here he is hoping that the clock doesn't strike midnight for his Cinderella story.

1155
01:06:16,020 --> 01:06:21,680
 Yeah, and what a remarkable performance in that fourth quarter against Georgia last week.

1156
01:06:21,700 --> 01:06:24,920
 And we've seen him make plays like that throughout the course of the season.

1157
01:06:25,080 --> 01:06:34,560
 But for him to be able to win the starting job the way that he did when Austin Simmons got hurt and then never lose it and get better week after week.

1158
01:06:34,660 --> 01:06:44,480
 The thing about him, too, though, is because he played for a national championship last year, I think we see that poise of a leader, of a champion, someone who's been there before.

1159
01:06:44,480 --> 01:06:47,620
 And it may be D2, and people kind of maybe want to poo-poo that.

1160
01:06:48,040 --> 01:06:57,680
 But when you've got a guy who's played in big games like that, who's made plays to win games before, games with high stakes, games that have titles on the line,

1161
01:06:58,020 --> 01:07:01,420
 I think that probably translated to what we saw last week.

1162
01:07:01,800 --> 01:07:03,860
 It doesn't seem like he's a guy who gets flustered.

1163
01:07:04,280 --> 01:07:06,400
 It doesn't seem like he's a guy who gets his feathers ruffled.

1164
01:07:06,620 --> 01:07:09,300
 He feels like he's in complete command right now.

1165
01:07:09,680 --> 01:07:13,260
 That's exactly what you want from your quarterback heading to a game like this one.

1166
01:07:13,980 --> 01:07:26,000
 Now, Malay, I knew that Mario Cristobal, once and again, he's had a history of dropping one or two games every year that are really head-scratchers.

1167
01:07:26,440 --> 01:07:32,240
 But the one thing about Mario, I know when he was at Alabama, he was the offensive line coach.

1168
01:07:32,240 --> 01:07:40,460
 Everybody knew sooner or later, once he established the line of scrimmage at Miami, they were going to be a tough out.

1169
01:07:41,220 --> 01:07:48,220
 Obviously, defensively with Bain Jr., Masedore, they got all over Ohio State.

1170
01:07:48,340 --> 01:07:54,720
 Ohio State averaged, I think, less than two yards of carry, sank, and sang five times.

1171
01:07:55,100 --> 01:07:59,200
 And their defense is incredible, but they ran the ball very effectively.

1172
01:07:59,200 --> 01:08:03,040
 My Goa, Francis My Goa, and help me with that pronunciation.

1173
01:08:04,000 --> 01:08:11,200
 But the unsung hero of that offensive line is number 52, a kid by the name of James Brockermeyer.

1174
01:08:11,220 --> 01:08:16,600
 Even his brother Tommy came to Alabama about three or four years ago.

1175
01:08:16,760 --> 01:08:18,320
 Tommy was an offensive tackle.

1176
01:08:18,520 --> 01:08:19,860
 James was the center.

1177
01:08:20,560 --> 01:08:25,880
 James ended up playing more than Tommy did because he was injured a good bit.

1178
01:08:26,120 --> 01:08:31,500
 And then they went to TCU, and James transferred to Miami.

1179
01:08:31,840 --> 01:08:34,680
 And I noticed him against Ohio State.

1180
01:08:35,280 --> 01:08:36,520
 He doesn't say much.

1181
01:08:36,560 --> 01:08:39,800
 He doesn't search and look for the fanfare.

1182
01:08:39,800 --> 01:08:44,820
 But he is one of their unsung heroes on that offensive line in this team.

1183
01:08:45,560 --> 01:08:53,780
 Well, there's no question about that, particularly because he came in last year and had some pretty big shoes to fill from who their center was a year ago.

1184
01:08:53,780 --> 01:09:02,800
 And he has been a steadying force for them on the offensive line, one of the veterans of this unit that has helped establish the run, which is so important.

1185
01:09:02,880 --> 01:09:03,760
 You fellas know that.

1186
01:09:04,100 --> 01:09:05,840
 For any team in the playoff.

1187
01:09:05,960 --> 01:09:13,020
 And the fact that Miami has found its way again with its run game, which kind of, they didn't have it midway through the year.

1188
01:09:13,120 --> 01:09:17,780
 Part of the reason why they lost to Louisville and SMU is just weren't running the ball consistently.

1189
01:09:18,120 --> 01:09:19,040
 Now they are.

1190
01:09:19,140 --> 01:09:25,140
 And they don't have to rely on Carson Beck to make magical throws to win games, which is something you probably don't want.

1191
01:09:25,480 --> 01:09:30,580
 If you're Mario Cristobal, you want to establish the run and really take control of games.

1192
01:09:30,760 --> 01:09:35,740
 And they've done that in the fourth quarter against Ohio State and against Texas A&M.

1193
01:09:35,980 --> 01:09:42,200
 And the fact that you've got the center there who's leading the way, who's making the right calls at the line, who's making the right checks,

1194
01:09:42,200 --> 01:09:50,540
 who knows what he's doing, who's been a steady leader, has been huge for Miami in just being able to establish what they're doing.

1195
01:09:50,620 --> 01:09:54,080
 A lot of folks have been talking about the defense because of how well the defense has played.

1196
01:09:54,380 --> 01:09:57,900
 And yes, the defense is playing simply outstanding.

1197
01:09:58,360 --> 01:10:05,840
 But the fact that Miami has relied on their offensive line to win both of these games and to dominate the way that they have,

1198
01:10:06,160 --> 01:10:10,000
 I think is a huge testament, not just to James, but to that entire group as a whole.

1199
01:10:10,640 --> 01:10:12,540
 Andrea Adelson, ESPN.

1200
01:10:13,120 --> 01:10:15,860
 Is it true that a lot of folks had to go out and buy a new TV?

1201
01:10:16,580 --> 01:10:18,860
 You're familiar with this term, MTV, called a cutaway.

1202
01:10:18,960 --> 01:10:23,500
 When they saw the cutaways of Kurt Zignetti the other night in the Alabama game, it's like he melted a lot of TVs.

1203
01:10:24,140 --> 01:10:29,320
 Is he in the running with Nick Saban to give the meanest stare into a TV camera, Andrea?

1204
01:10:30,060 --> 01:10:32,160
 Did he learn that from Nick during his time at Alabama?

1205
01:10:32,160 --> 01:10:32,740
 I think he was.

1206
01:10:32,960 --> 01:10:36,440
 Is that, is that, you know, because, and by the way, like, Mario.

1207
01:10:36,440 --> 01:10:37,460
 I hate you. I hate you too.

1208
01:10:38,980 --> 01:10:45,480
 Mario's got a pretty mean stare too, so maybe that's all part of the training when you go and work for Nick Saban.

1209
01:10:45,880 --> 01:10:54,780
 But it's funny, I was, I saw a t-shirt somewhere on social media with Kurt Stare on the t-shirt.

1210
01:10:54,960 --> 01:11:03,160
 And the memes that have been created, like that stare, this is the look my wife gives me when I'm loading the dishwasher.

1211
01:11:03,460 --> 01:11:05,020
 Yes, that is the look I give my husband.

1212
01:11:05,020 --> 01:11:06,440
 Sorry, blow down, human being.

1213
01:11:07,400 --> 01:11:10,360
 Exactly. What are you doing? That's not how you loat a dishwasher.

1214
01:11:11,040 --> 01:11:23,360
 No, but the job that he has done at a place like Indiana, and by the way, the fans traveling to the Rose Bowl from Indiana and taking over that stadium, right?

1215
01:11:23,360 --> 01:11:27,760
 I mean, we talk about, like, fairy tales and what we just said about Pete.

1216
01:11:27,860 --> 01:11:38,620
 I mean, what about the job that Kurt Signetti has done, essentially taking a program that had never won anything, undefeated right now, just wipes the floor with Alabama, right?

1217
01:11:38,720 --> 01:11:41,960
 I mean, what, it was four decades since they lost a game that badly?

1218
01:11:42,460 --> 01:11:47,920
 And Kurt Signetti's staring down people and pretty p***** at the end of it and, like, refusing to smile.

1219
01:11:48,040 --> 01:11:49,120
 Where have we seen that before?

1220
01:11:49,500 --> 01:11:51,880
 Did Nick Staven smile after beating people 38 to 38?

1221
01:11:51,880 --> 01:11:53,040
 Well, Alabama was good.

1222
01:11:55,560 --> 01:11:57,280
 Very similar, fellas, very similar.

1223
01:11:58,680 --> 01:12:01,020
 I'm going to ask you about Hollywood.

1224
01:12:02,720 --> 01:12:06,980
 Alabama's now got two Hollywoods going into 2026.

1225
01:12:06,980 --> 01:12:12,200
 You know the ACC very well, you know, North Carolina State.

1226
01:12:12,340 --> 01:12:19,640
 Hollywood's mothers committed and signed with Alabama yesterday, visited on Sunday or Monday,

1227
01:12:19,880 --> 01:12:29,880
 and eventually signed 5'11", 195, rushed for 939 yards and six touchdowns in 11 games in 2025,

1228
01:12:29,880 --> 01:12:37,540
 ended the season four consecutive 100-yard games, including a 164 job against Wake Forest.

1229
01:12:37,780 --> 01:12:43,740
 Double-A, he's also a pretty good receiver, got 37 passes, coming out of the backfield.

1230
01:12:43,940 --> 01:12:45,820
 How good is Hollywood?

1231
01:12:46,700 --> 01:12:52,260
 I mean, he's obviously somebody that Alabama desperately needs because he's a playmaker

1232
01:12:52,260 --> 01:12:54,700
 and he's electric with the ball in his hands.

1233
01:12:54,820 --> 01:12:59,500
 You know, it kind of reminds me of when Alabama went and got Jameer Gibbs from Georgia Tech

1234
01:12:59,500 --> 01:13:06,460
 to be able to do what he did for that offense, very similar in terms of the ability to be able

1235
01:13:06,460 --> 01:13:08,280
 to make some of those catches out of the backfield.

1236
01:13:08,880 --> 01:13:16,420
 But I think Hollywood is a guy who can be a little bit more explosive than what Jameer is.

1237
01:13:16,420 --> 01:13:19,700
 And Jameer is an explosive player, if there's any question about that.

1238
01:13:20,700 --> 01:13:26,040
 But he was the heart and soul at times of what NC State was doing on offense.

1239
01:13:26,180 --> 01:13:27,040
 He missed a couple games.

1240
01:13:27,120 --> 01:13:27,980
 He was a little bit banged up.

1241
01:13:28,000 --> 01:13:31,680
 But I think we saw the best of him, particularly also against Georgia Tech at the end of the season.

1242
01:13:32,520 --> 01:13:36,880
 And what he meant to that offense, I think it's a huge get for a team that simply,

1243
01:13:37,020 --> 01:13:39,880
 you guys don't need me to tell you this, just could not run the ball this year.

1244
01:13:40,240 --> 01:13:44,300
 And how maddening was it that Alabama simply could not run the ball,

1245
01:13:44,300 --> 01:13:48,800
 particularly with some guys on the offensive line who were rated as first-round prospects

1246
01:13:48,800 --> 01:13:50,040
 at the beginning of the season.

1247
01:13:50,560 --> 01:13:51,200
 Keyword, rated.

1248
01:13:52,140 --> 01:13:52,940
 Rated, right?

1249
01:13:53,520 --> 01:13:58,620
 When you don't have that group in sync and you've got running backs that are banged up

1250
01:13:58,620 --> 01:14:02,060
 and maybe not game breakers that we've been used to seeing for Alabama,

1251
01:14:02,200 --> 01:14:05,460
 that obviously was the number one position to need for this offense.

1252
01:14:05,600 --> 01:14:09,480
 So the fact they were able to get a player like Hollywood Smothers, I think, is huge.

1253
01:14:09,580 --> 01:14:10,600
 I'm a huge fan of his.

1254
01:14:11,300 --> 01:14:12,200
 Fantastic player.

1255
01:14:12,340 --> 01:14:13,640
 And I think Alabama got a great one.

1256
01:14:14,220 --> 01:14:16,920
 Double A, before we get away, we'll take you piecemeal.

1257
01:14:17,040 --> 01:14:22,460
 First things first, who comes out a winner in the respective final four games this week?

1258
01:14:23,760 --> 01:14:27,920
 Guys, I'm tired of picking against Miami, so I'm going to pick Miami.

1259
01:14:28,420 --> 01:14:31,720
 I just think they're playing at a really high level on defense right now,

1260
01:14:31,760 --> 01:14:35,400
 and I'm going to go with that old cliche of defenses winning championships.

1261
01:14:35,660 --> 01:14:40,640
 I do think Trinidad Chambliss obviously presents, I think, the biggest issue that they've faced, right?

1262
01:14:40,720 --> 01:14:45,000
 I mean, Marcel Reed with a scrambling quarterback doesn't have the accuracy that Trinidad has, right?

1263
01:14:45,340 --> 01:14:48,160
 And, of course, the quarterback they faced last week wasn't a scrambler, right?

1264
01:14:48,200 --> 01:14:53,980
 So I think Trinidad Chambliss is the complete package and is going to prevent a different challenge for this Miami defense.

1265
01:14:54,560 --> 01:14:57,360
 I do think Miami will be able to handle it.

1266
01:14:57,540 --> 01:15:00,700
 And on the other side of it, it's hard to go against Indiana right now.

1267
01:15:00,800 --> 01:15:03,300
 I know it's hard to win a rematch.

1268
01:15:03,660 --> 01:15:05,080
 I know it's hard to win a rematch.

1269
01:15:05,380 --> 01:15:09,180
 But the way Indiana's playing right now, I was at the Orange Bowl and I saw Oregon play.

1270
01:15:09,940 --> 01:15:16,340
 I just don't think Oregon has got the firepower, quite frankly, to be able to keep up with Indiana.

1271
01:15:16,340 --> 01:15:18,240
 No one talks about Indiana's defense.

1272
01:15:19,500 --> 01:15:24,440
 That is one of the best groups in the entire country to do what they did, not only Alabama,

1273
01:15:24,720 --> 01:15:28,400
 but what they did at Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game.

1274
01:15:28,560 --> 01:15:33,740
 I think they will have similar results to what Texas Tech did in terms of just slowing down their run game

1275
01:15:33,740 --> 01:15:37,120
 and not giving them the type of balance they like on offense.

1276
01:15:37,500 --> 01:15:40,920
 So I'm going to go with Indiana and Miami.

1277
01:15:41,260 --> 01:15:45,460
 Who had that on their preseason pick-em board?

1278
01:15:45,880 --> 01:15:46,720
 Who tells the truth?

1279
01:15:46,980 --> 01:15:47,320
 Not me.

1280
01:15:48,000 --> 01:15:48,520
 No.

1281
01:15:49,160 --> 01:15:51,320
 Not many had it on their bingo card.

1282
01:15:51,420 --> 01:15:52,300
 You're exactly right.

1283
01:15:52,420 --> 01:15:54,920
 Listen, have fun in Arizona.

1284
01:15:55,120 --> 01:16:01,100
 I know you've got media days for both teams later today and look forward to your articles.

1285
01:16:01,660 --> 01:16:03,320
 Listen, have a great 20-26.

1286
01:16:03,660 --> 01:16:04,740
 You know we love you.

1287
01:16:05,040 --> 01:16:07,140
 Proud of all the sass you've had.

1288
01:16:07,340 --> 01:16:10,860
 Which means you're out there covering one of the CFP games.

1289
01:16:11,520 --> 01:16:12,980
 Safe travels back.

1290
01:16:13,220 --> 01:16:16,740
 And where can we get online, young lady, and get your stuff and the teams?

1291
01:16:17,600 --> 01:16:18,780
 Appreciate that, fellas.

1292
01:16:18,920 --> 01:16:19,940
 You know how much it means to me.

1293
01:16:19,980 --> 01:16:21,160
 Y'all have me on every week.

1294
01:16:21,600 --> 01:16:22,540
 ESPN.com.

1295
01:16:22,600 --> 01:16:25,980
 Plenty of coverage there from our entire team, both here and at the Peach Bowl.

1296
01:16:27,100 --> 01:16:33,200
 And if folks have ACC Network, you can tune in tomorrow, 4 o'clock Central Inside Access.

1297
01:16:33,200 --> 01:16:35,180
 We're going to be live from the stadium.

1298
01:16:35,180 --> 01:16:40,640
 We're going to have some special guests, including Timbo Fisher, is going to be joining us on the show.

1299
01:16:40,900 --> 01:16:40,980
 Wow.

1300
01:16:42,120 --> 01:16:44,380
 Hopefully, y'all can tune in and watch that as well.

1301
01:16:45,020 --> 01:16:46,260
 You're a very intelligent woman.

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 Fun in the sun in Florida and Arizona and getting paid.

1303
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 Your IQ is off the charts.

1304
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 Stay safe out there, Andrew.

1305
01:16:52,040 --> 01:16:53,820
 And thanks so much again for your time today.

1306
01:16:54,380 --> 01:16:54,920
 All right, fellas.

1307
01:16:54,960 --> 01:16:55,540
 Thanks for having me again.

1308
01:16:55,580 --> 01:16:56,020
 Appreciate it.

1309
01:16:56,080 --> 01:16:56,400
 Thank you, Dave.

1310
01:16:56,400 --> 01:16:57,780
 Hey, Andrew, it's in the ESPN.

1311
01:16:57,860 --> 01:17:00,380
 Wouldn't it be interesting if Miami and Oregon do play?

1312
01:17:01,000 --> 01:17:03,280
 I wonder what's going through the mind of Mario Cristobal.

1313
01:17:03,800 --> 01:17:08,900
 Guess who was the former Duck who's now going to be trying to beat the Duck if that comes to fruition.

1314
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 In the meantime, all over the SEC with Joe Cox on deck on the Bumo Buck Show.

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1400
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 I'm Roger Hoover.

1401
01:20:38,600 --> 01:20:41,180
 Here are postgame thoughts from Alabama head coach Christy Curry,

1402
01:20:41,500 --> 01:20:45,460
 following Alabama's win in its SEC home opener on Sunday against Arkansas.

1403
01:20:45,860 --> 01:20:48,100
 I think the response was pretty evident.

1404
01:20:48,340 --> 01:20:50,980
 It was with great character and energy, and I'm so proud of them.

1405
01:20:51,380 --> 01:20:52,360
 I do want to say this.

1406
01:20:52,440 --> 01:20:53,640
 What an amazing crowd.

1407
01:20:53,800 --> 01:20:56,440
 And thank you to the Steelman band for showing up for us today.

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 They are big time, and it says a lot about those students to come over and do this for us.

1409
01:21:00,360 --> 01:21:03,260
 And it means the world to us to have a band in the stands.

1410
01:21:03,340 --> 01:21:05,800
 So thank you to Steelman and our amazing crowd.

1411
01:21:05,900 --> 01:21:07,700
 What a great crowd on Alumni Day.

1412
01:21:07,800 --> 01:21:11,540
 It's great to have Coach Moody and Miss Sandra in the house and so many former players.

1413
01:21:11,740 --> 01:21:13,160
 And just what a great day.

1414
01:21:13,380 --> 01:21:16,320
 Well, I know you're hoping for a similar crowd against Kentucky on Thursday.

1415
01:21:16,640 --> 01:21:20,040
 I'm sure you're just now starting to get into the weeds with that matchup,

1416
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 but they just pulled off a big win at LSU a few nights ago.

1417
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 They're a good team.

1418
01:21:24,160 --> 01:21:27,080
 What do you want the focus to be leading up to that matchup on Thursday?

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 We're just going to have to play exceptional.

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 I'll have more in a moment.

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 The Score.

1436
01:22:21,560 --> 01:22:26,340
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1437
01:22:26,940 --> 01:22:27,880
 Welcome back in.

1438
01:22:27,940 --> 01:22:33,380
 Really appreciate giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley and for Joe Cox taking time out of his busy schedule.

1439
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 There's columnist for Saturday down south.

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 His book's called A Fine Team Man.

1441
01:22:38,580 --> 01:22:39,760
 Joe Cox, welcome in.

1442
01:22:39,800 --> 01:22:44,400
 Before we talk chalk, hopefully you're feeling better than the last time we got in the huddle together.

1443
01:22:44,480 --> 01:22:56,340
 Willie Nelson, after taking several meetings and several readings, I'm surprised to find my mind still fairly sound.

1444
01:22:57,340 --> 01:23:01,580
 So, if it works for Willie, it'll work for me, I guess.

1445
01:23:03,720 --> 01:23:05,500
 We've got to read that man's book.

1446
01:23:05,720 --> 01:23:12,500
 Who in the world would have thought Willie Nelson would still be rocking in the likes of Elvis Presley and a host of other folks,

1447
01:23:12,780 --> 01:23:14,980
 including Mick Jagger and some of these other guys.

1448
01:23:15,220 --> 01:23:15,940
 They're still rocking.

1449
01:23:16,160 --> 01:23:17,460
 What are they drinking?

1450
01:23:17,920 --> 01:23:19,620
 Maybe that's not the right way to say.

1451
01:23:19,700 --> 01:23:21,540
 What are they eating that we're not, Joe?

1452
01:23:22,740 --> 01:23:27,180
 I think Willie's had some help from some organic greenery over the years.

1453
01:23:27,180 --> 01:23:29,640
 Yeah, it's more like what's smoking.

1454
01:23:30,860 --> 01:23:33,360
 He's been living out of the patch for a while, has he not?

1455
01:23:34,020 --> 01:23:35,000
 I think so.

1456
01:23:35,480 --> 01:23:35,760
 All right.

1457
01:23:35,920 --> 01:23:36,760
 Here we go.

1458
01:23:36,940 --> 01:23:41,900
 Who's going to reap the benefits and who's going to have the fiesta at the bowl out in Arizona?

1459
01:23:42,160 --> 01:23:43,840
 Ole Miss and Miami.

1460
01:23:44,360 --> 01:23:49,460
 What are the odds of us having a conversation about Ole Miss in the final four here, Joe?

1461
01:23:50,540 --> 01:23:52,440
 Everything is upside down.

1462
01:23:52,620 --> 01:23:55,620
 You know, everything we thought we knew, we didn't know.

1463
01:23:56,680 --> 01:23:59,020
 And just hang on tight.

1464
01:23:59,020 --> 01:24:08,160
 I've got to say, in terms of a single game by a single player, what Trinidad Chambliss showed in that Georgia game from Ole Miss,

1465
01:24:08,700 --> 01:24:10,700
 I was just astonished.

1466
01:24:10,840 --> 01:24:17,660
 He would manage to shake off an incredible pass rush and then would just throw a dart again and again and again.

1467
01:24:17,820 --> 01:24:23,200
 And I thought, you know, you watch this and you kind of get an idea of why this sport is upside down

1468
01:24:23,200 --> 01:24:26,780
 because it's a guy who was slinging it around for Ferris State a year ago.

1469
01:24:27,680 --> 01:24:29,660
 How did everybody miss out on that?

1470
01:24:29,860 --> 01:24:34,780
 I have no idea, but I'm glad we're getting to see him at the big stage now.

1471
01:24:35,380 --> 01:24:43,880
 You know, based off the way he played, I feel like he showed more in his win than Carson Beck did in taking down Ohio State.

1472
01:24:44,080 --> 01:24:50,520
 Carson Beck kind of reverted to the old Georgia Carson Beck and said, I'll manage the game and not beat us.

1473
01:24:50,620 --> 01:24:55,200
 And that was good enough, but I think it's going to take a little more against the Rebels,

1474
01:24:55,320 --> 01:24:59,240
 particularly if they get Chambliss on the same page he was in that last game.

1475
01:24:59,840 --> 01:25:02,180
 Let's stay with him for a second, if you don't mind, Joe.

1476
01:25:02,240 --> 01:25:06,520
 Aside from the bowl game, his future, obviously the eligibility issue is up in the air.

1477
01:25:07,020 --> 01:25:12,140
 But according to the reports that we're seeing here, everybody thought it was the foregone conclusion

1478
01:25:12,140 --> 01:25:17,320
 that Lane was just going to pack him up and take him to LSU, plug and play and have instant success down there.

1479
01:25:17,880 --> 01:25:20,780
 Not so fast, my friend, according to getting back to those reports,

1480
01:25:20,840 --> 01:25:24,860
 it looks like if he clears the hurdle as far as his eligibility issue,

1481
01:25:24,920 --> 01:25:26,780
 he's going to stay a rebel at Ole Miss.

1482
01:25:26,900 --> 01:25:30,820
 And your thoughts about what that does for Ole Miss and what that does for Lane

1483
01:25:30,820 --> 01:25:35,400
 when you sit here and maybe missing what he thought at one time was the centerpiece

1484
01:25:35,400 --> 01:25:37,520
 of his first year in Baton Rouge.

1485
01:25:38,080 --> 01:25:41,280
 Yeah, I mean, that's a massive keep for Ole Miss.

1486
01:25:41,320 --> 01:25:45,660
 Obviously shows, despite the coaching change, they don't intend to go anywhere.

1487
01:25:45,800 --> 01:25:49,900
 You know, the one that surprised me, maybe even more than him, was Austin Simmons

1488
01:25:49,900 --> 01:25:55,200
 because I thought there might be a situation where the Rebels managed to keep Chambliss,

1489
01:25:55,400 --> 01:25:57,940
 but Austin Simmons is now bound for Missouri.

1490
01:25:57,940 --> 01:26:02,920
 So I can only assume Lane's on some completely other page.

1491
01:26:03,020 --> 01:26:07,060
 You know he's got something dialed up, and I guess he's in the next.

1492
01:26:07,060 --> 01:26:07,660
 Tom Brady, maybe?

1493
01:26:08,200 --> 01:26:09,280
 Yeah, who knows?

1494
01:26:09,340 --> 01:26:12,060
 At this point, he might get a couple more years of eligibility.

1495
01:26:12,900 --> 01:26:18,060
 And the only thing we know is that we don't know, but I'll enjoy figuring it out.

1496
01:26:19,140 --> 01:26:26,660
 Joe, I think the biggest question in this game is Chambliss has incredible scrambling ability.

1497
01:26:26,660 --> 01:26:33,480
 He can't improvise, and the difference between him and Carson Beck, he can run 40 yards,

1498
01:26:33,960 --> 01:26:39,860
 run out to the right, and throw an absolute dime 30 yards down the field.

1499
01:26:39,960 --> 01:26:42,860
 He threw one of the most incredible passes against Georgia.

1500
01:26:43,940 --> 01:26:48,660
 Tua did something like that to Waddle a couple years ago against Tennessee.

1501
01:26:48,900 --> 01:26:52,840
 But Miami has an elite line of scrimmage.

1502
01:26:53,520 --> 01:26:56,640
 Mesidor and Bain Jr. are very good.

1503
01:26:56,840 --> 01:27:00,260
 They completely dismantled the Ohio State run game.

1504
01:27:00,840 --> 01:27:02,840
 St. Jr. sang five times.

1505
01:27:02,940 --> 01:27:06,480
 Now, if anybody can do it, it's going to be Trinidad Chambliss.

1506
01:27:06,600 --> 01:27:09,100
 And Kiwan Lacy is going to be a big factor.

1507
01:27:09,700 --> 01:27:12,340
 Still ran for 100 yards with a bad shoulder.

1508
01:27:12,400 --> 01:27:20,180
 But to me, Joe, can the Ole Miss offensive line keep this ferocious front seven off of Chambliss?

1509
01:27:21,060 --> 01:27:23,460
 Yeah, I mean, that's going to be your challenge.

1510
01:27:23,780 --> 01:27:29,160
 But the interesting thing, as you noted, Chambliss is one of those guys who maybe the more heat you get on him,

1511
01:27:29,180 --> 01:27:30,400
 the more dangerous he is.

1512
01:27:30,480 --> 01:27:35,120
 You almost say, let's just keep him in the pocket and give him chances with our secondary.

1513
01:27:36,120 --> 01:27:41,500
 So, you know, if you're Ole Miss, there's an element of saying, oh, come on, bring what you got.

1514
01:27:41,580 --> 01:27:45,320
 And after he ducks under a couple of guys, he'll beat the guys who are left.

1515
01:27:45,720 --> 01:27:52,880
 So, you know, yeah, that to me will be the kind of the chess match is does Miami just say we're going to rush,

1516
01:27:52,960 --> 01:27:56,300
 but we're going to rush in a very disciplined way and try to keep you in the pocket?

1517
01:27:56,300 --> 01:28:00,800
 Or do they just come loose with some pressure and then we're going to get some backyard football?

1518
01:28:02,160 --> 01:28:03,960
 Joe Cox said it down south.

1519
01:28:03,960 --> 01:28:07,320
 Joe, your thoughts about the other side of the coin.

1520
01:28:07,420 --> 01:28:09,720
 Everybody's in love with Indiana and why not?

1521
01:28:09,800 --> 01:28:14,300
 It's hard to bet against them after what they did to Alabama, completely embarrassing.

1522
01:28:14,420 --> 01:28:15,860
 The worst loss of this millennial.

1523
01:28:16,260 --> 01:28:21,340
 You've got to go back to the latter part of the other one before you saw a margin that big for Alabama football, period.

1524
01:28:21,920 --> 01:28:23,800
 That was under DeBose, not DeBoer.

1525
01:28:24,320 --> 01:28:30,620
 Your thoughts about Indiana and, of course, the script is it's hard to beat a team twice.

1526
01:28:30,620 --> 01:28:34,440
 Will that script continue when Indiana and Oregon get back together?

1527
01:28:35,080 --> 01:28:37,340
 You know, it is tough to beat a team twice.

1528
01:28:37,440 --> 01:28:45,780
 But, yeah, we can't jump over the fact that I understand down in your neck of the woods there are a lot of people who are just shaking their heads about Alabama.

1529
01:28:45,980 --> 01:29:02,620
 And I think you can both shake your heads about Alabama and still give credit to that Indiana team for, you know, just, I thought Paul Feinbaum maybe said it best when he said, I think what hurts for Alabama fans is they watched a Saban disciple put a Saban-like beating on Alabama.

1530
01:29:02,720 --> 01:29:03,300
 That's right.

1531
01:29:03,440 --> 01:29:03,620
 Yep.

1532
01:29:03,820 --> 01:29:05,120
 And that's very true.

1533
01:29:05,120 --> 01:29:08,240
 I mean, Indiana just dominated the game all the way around.

1534
01:29:08,380 --> 01:29:14,640
 And the thing that has impressed me, you know, after the first year, maybe there was a little bit of, okay, they're a one-trick pony.

1535
01:29:14,780 --> 01:29:18,480
 They'll come in and they'll throw the ball all around the lot and outscore you.

1536
01:29:18,620 --> 01:29:20,340
 But, no, their defense is legitimate.

1537
01:29:20,540 --> 01:29:22,120
 Their running game is legitimate.

1538
01:29:22,720 --> 01:29:24,860
 They look like an all-around good team.

1539
01:29:25,060 --> 01:29:30,020
 But, as you know, beating a team twice in a year is a hard thing to manage.

1540
01:29:30,120 --> 01:29:32,360
 And this is just a really solid Oregon team.

1541
01:29:32,480 --> 01:29:41,560
 It's a really intriguing matchup because they similarly are, they do kind of the same things with a little bit less podash.

1542
01:29:41,660 --> 01:29:42,280
 They can run it.

1543
01:29:42,320 --> 01:29:43,000
 They can throw it.

1544
01:29:43,040 --> 01:29:44,660
 They can defend pretty darn well.

1545
01:29:45,400 --> 01:29:50,520
 Maybe not quite as flashy as Indiana, but a very similar blueprint.

1546
01:29:50,900 --> 01:29:53,360
 So, you know, again, we don't know anything.

1547
01:29:53,520 --> 01:29:56,140
 Watch it be 38-3 again, but it looks like the game.

1548
01:29:56,240 --> 01:29:58,520
 It should be a really good competitive game.

1549
01:29:59,580 --> 01:30:13,040
 Joe, I'm guessing Kentucky Joe, I asked this question, too, that Kentucky fans, Big Blue Nation, may be blue today after Alabama beat Kentucky for their fourth consecutive win.

1550
01:30:13,740 --> 01:30:17,860
 15 points in Tuscaloosa after beating them in Nashville.

1551
01:30:19,040 --> 01:30:26,040
 Joe, your thoughts on where Kentucky's going in a big game tomorrow night, Alabama and Vandy?

1552
01:30:27,020 --> 01:30:35,260
 Yeah, you're getting a lot of unhappy fans in Big Blue Nation, and it's not so much losing to Alabama.

1553
01:30:35,380 --> 01:30:42,100
 Much like we were talking about with Kalen DeBoer, it's not so much the wins and losses, it's how you take a loss.

1554
01:30:42,100 --> 01:30:50,420
 And to see Kentucky just get throttled, there are people who certainly don't find that acceptable.

1555
01:30:50,660 --> 01:30:51,760
 It's a long season.

1556
01:30:52,000 --> 01:30:53,600
 It could still be turned around.

1557
01:30:54,180 --> 01:30:57,000
 You know, I've learned a few lessons on that over the years.

1558
01:30:57,100 --> 01:31:03,040
 I've seen teams that I wouldn't give you a nickel for in January, turn around and be world beaters in March.

1559
01:31:03,680 --> 01:31:05,980
 So, it certainly can be done.

1560
01:31:06,120 --> 01:31:06,960
 Will it be done?

1561
01:31:07,120 --> 01:31:08,900
 That seems to be a little darker.

1562
01:31:09,260 --> 01:31:12,020
 And, you know, the SEC is looking really good league-wide.

1563
01:31:12,680 --> 01:31:20,400
 My son, who's about to turn 14, he's already been scouting out the SEC tournament tickets, and he said, we should go the first day.

1564
01:31:21,060 --> 01:31:25,400
 And, you know, it used to be nobody wanted to go the first day because it was the four worst teams.

1565
01:31:25,400 --> 01:31:31,120
 I said, you know, honestly, it's not a bad thing because the SEC's number nine team this year is probably going to be a really good team.

1566
01:31:31,780 --> 01:31:33,160
 Yeah, absolutely.

1567
01:31:33,760 --> 01:31:38,220
 Does Bama give Vandy their first loss of the season tomorrow night, Joe?

1568
01:31:38,420 --> 01:31:43,420
 And secondly, where can we get on line and get yours and the team's good stuff?

1569
01:31:44,240 --> 01:31:46,220
 You know, I think they probably do.

1570
01:31:46,760 --> 01:31:54,400
 I do think it's kind of an amazing thing that the Vanderbilt men and women collectively in basketball haven't taken a loss yet.

1571
01:31:54,480 --> 01:31:56,060
 So, that can't last forever.

1572
01:31:56,780 --> 01:31:59,880
 Maybe the guys are going to be the trailblazers there.

1573
01:32:00,040 --> 01:32:02,360
 And I like the way Alabama played against Kentucky.

1574
01:32:02,660 --> 01:32:06,480
 There's no secret to the fact that they've got the horses to do it.

1575
01:32:06,480 --> 01:32:10,180
 And, yeah, I would pick the tide to pull that one out.

1576
01:32:10,380 --> 01:32:13,880
 Saturday down south, we'll be covering hoops.

1577
01:32:14,140 --> 01:32:20,740
 And, gosh, guys, the weather unseasonably mild up here makes me even start thinking about that other round ball sport,

1578
01:32:20,820 --> 01:32:22,120
 the one with the hard round ball.

1579
01:32:22,240 --> 01:32:24,900
 And that's going to be coming around here before too much longer.

1580
01:32:25,260 --> 01:32:27,260
 We're all just on the carousel, aren't we?

1581
01:32:27,960 --> 01:32:28,800
 We can't wait.

1582
01:32:28,960 --> 01:32:33,940
 Joe, Vanderbilt men and women both unbeaten as Diego Pavia play basketball, too.

1583
01:32:33,940 --> 01:32:35,460
 Is that the story there, Joe?

1584
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 Probably.

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 He's probably trying to get some more eligibility.

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 Really?

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 What a story in the big, big country.

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 Joe, listen, man, thanks for your time today.

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 I'll do it.

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 You guys take care.

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 Thank you, bud.

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 Matt Merchel, college insider with the Orlando Sentinel.

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 Double M, welcome in. How are you?

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 I'm doing well. How are you guys doing today?

1704
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 Seeing if you can confirm or deny our opposing fans now flashing signs, we won't Indiana.

1705
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 I'm not sure if that's the case.

1706
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 I mean, you know, Indiana is playing really good football right now.

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 You know what I mean?

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 And I think you saw what they were able to do this past weekend against Alabama.

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 You know, this is a team right now that is locked in and ready to go.

1710
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 And it's going to be interesting to see if they can find a way to beat Oregon, you know, second time around, which is always hard to do is beat the same team twice in a season.

1711
01:39:30,780 --> 01:39:33,060
 So it's going to be interesting to see if Indiana can find a way to do that.

1712
01:39:33,140 --> 01:39:35,160
 But they're playing some of the best football right now.

1713
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 And probably a team not many teams want to face right now in the college football playoff.

1714
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 You've got roots to Indiana.

1715
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 Have you been able to talk with some of your friends over the years?

1716
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 I would imagine that state is on fire.

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 Did you ever think you'd say this for Indiana football, not Indiana?

1718
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 They don't make movies about Indiana football.

1719
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 They do about Indiana basketball.

1720
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 I mean, Hoosiers, one of the best of all times when it comes to sports movies.

1721
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 But have you had a chance to talk with some of the folks up there who I would imagine right now are right in cloud nine?

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 Oh, yeah.

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 I mean, everyone is excited.

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 Obviously, they still feel like there's a lot of work that needs to be done, you know, when you think about the success that Indiana football, you know, really hasn't had.

1725
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 It wasn't until I think it was in the 60s, you know, when they went to a Rose Bowl in the late 60s, you know, that they had this kind of attention to success.

1726
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 Yeah, I think, again, I've said this to you guys several times.

1727
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 I mean, the job Kurt Cignetti has done has been outstanding and the commitment that the school has put into the football program.

1728
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 I mean, I think that's what was lacking, you know, over the last, you know, couple decades was just, you know, kind of a financial commitment.

1729
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 Well, now that we're seeing the college football world kind of change and morph based on, you know, what's going on with name, image, and likeness and revenue sharing and things like that, you're seeing Indiana invest money.

1730
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 You're seeing their donors investing money in the football program, and that's paying off right now.

1731
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 You're seeing that pay off in a spot in the semifinals.

1732
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 Now, if they can get to the national championship game and possibly win a title, I think it would say a lot about what Indiana has been able to do.

1733
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 And I'll say it again, if that happens, they'll build a statue of Kurt Cignetti right out front of the stadium, and they'll do it within a few months.

1734
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 They won't wait around very long.

1735
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 Well, you used the right word there.

1736
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 They're investing.

1737
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 Other teams are spending, like Texas and a lot of the other teams.

1738
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 There's a big difference between the two words.

1739
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 But to me, it reminds me of what happens as far as – I appreciate you bringing it up at this point.

1740
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 Mal Moore and Kurt and Nick Saban, that was the perfect chemistry.

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 You had somebody upstairs who was smart.

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 You had the perfect chemistry between the two.

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 It's a different ballgame.

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 You probably couldn't do that now.

1745
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 But the principle is the same.

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 To me, one of the things I think Cignetti is doing is it's safe to say he is using the blueprint for success down the road.

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1748
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 And one of the things I think a lot of folks caught the other night is we're so caught up in these 18- and 19-year-olds.

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 Back in the day, you could bring them on, develop them, and in two, three years, they would live up to that.

1750
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 But now you've got to win yesterday.

1751
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 And one of the ways that a lot of folks observed from that game was Cignetti.

1752
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 He brought in a lot of older guys, if you will, those old 22, 23, and maybe even 24-year-olds.

1753
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 They weren't intimidated by that stage or this season.

1754
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 No, not at all.

1755
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 I mean, you saw it early on.

1756
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 I thought Alabama had a really good plan, at least in the first couple possessions, where they came after Fernando Mendoza with a lot of pressure,

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 mainly kind of being disruptive.

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 And, you know, this is what Kirk Cignetti did.

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 He's a very mastermind-type scenario, much like Nick Saban, where all of a sudden, okay, we're going to make adjustments.

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 And they were able to do that.

1761
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 And their line was able to give Mendoza time.

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 They were able to run the football.

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 All of a sudden, you saw the momentum switch.

1764
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 And once the point started going up, you know, it just wasn't going back.

1765
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 I think that's – you hit on it with the talent evaluation.

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 I think that's what Cignetti does a really good job of.

1767
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 I mean, you're seeing it now.

1768
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 Listen, they're going to lose Mendoza to the NFL.

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 He goes out in the transfer portal and gets Josh Hoover, the TCU quarterback, who's a very talented quarterback,

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 a guy that probably will come in there and basically assume the same mantle as Mendoza did.

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 And once you've won that Heisman Trophy there, once you've proven that you can win, it's going to be a lot easier to open up that pipeline to bring guys in.

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 And he's got a plan in place.

1773
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 Okay, we're going to get experienced guys.

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 We're going to fill holes.

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 We're going to figure out what's best for us.

1776
01:43:31,460 --> 01:43:36,360
 We're not just going to throw money at the highest, you know, biggest name in the portal.

1777
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 We're going to find guys that we think are really going to fit into what we're trying to do.

1778
01:43:40,120 --> 01:43:45,620
 That's, I think, the secret for anybody right now in college football is don't just throw your money out there.

1779
01:43:45,720 --> 01:43:47,760
 I mean, yeah, Texas Tech's going to throw their money out there.

1780
01:43:48,060 --> 01:43:51,920
 The Texans are going to throw their money at guys' big names in the portal.

1781
01:43:52,260 --> 01:43:57,020
 But I'm going to say right now, it's the team that can sit down and say, okay, we're going to pick these guys.

1782
01:43:57,380 --> 01:43:59,600
 And maybe this kid went from Central Arkansas State.

1783
01:43:59,900 --> 01:44:02,280
 And maybe this guy went from an FCS school.

1784
01:44:02,640 --> 01:44:05,100
 We're going to find those guys the best at what we're trying to do.

1785
01:44:05,980 --> 01:44:07,840
 Yeah, it's a talent evaluation.

1786
01:44:08,580 --> 01:44:11,900
 Matt, Ole Miss and Miami in the Fiesta Bowl.

1787
01:44:13,200 --> 01:44:18,000
 We were talking with Andrew Adelson about this a little bit earlier with some of our other guests.

1788
01:44:18,100 --> 01:44:24,220
 I think this comes down to the Miami front seven is just absolutely ferocious.

1789
01:44:24,600 --> 01:44:28,500
 Can the Ole Miss offensive line block them?

1790
01:44:28,660 --> 01:44:30,560
 Can they pick up blitzes coming out?

1791
01:44:30,680 --> 01:44:35,840
 Keylon Lacy ran for 100 yards with a bad shoulder.

1792
01:44:36,440 --> 01:44:41,960
 Trinidad Shambler has been on one of the most incredible performances I've ever seen by a college quarterback

1793
01:44:41,960 --> 01:44:45,260
 against a very good Georgia defense.

1794
01:44:45,760 --> 01:44:47,780
 Can the offensive line keep?

1795
01:44:47,940 --> 01:44:49,300
 And we know we can scramble.

1796
01:44:50,300 --> 01:44:54,220
 And Joe Cox of Saturday Night Live had a good point.

1797
01:44:54,660 --> 01:45:00,360
 They may just maybe want to keep him in the pocket and let the secondary try to win.

1798
01:45:00,360 --> 01:45:03,760
 But can the Ole Miss offensive line block that Miami front?

1799
01:45:04,580 --> 01:45:06,800
 Yeah, I think that's going to be the key to this game.

1800
01:45:06,920 --> 01:45:13,940
 I mean, you know, listen, Miami is only allowing about two and a half yards per carry in the playoffs when it comes to running the football.

1801
01:45:14,060 --> 01:45:16,200
 They've only allowed one rushing touchdown.

1802
01:45:16,720 --> 01:45:18,040
 You know, that's the secret right now.

1803
01:45:18,120 --> 01:45:21,120
 They've got to find a way to shut down Ole Miss' running game.

1804
01:45:21,480 --> 01:45:24,300
 They've got to be really kind of stout up front.

1805
01:45:24,620 --> 01:45:26,320
 They've got to put pressure on the quarterback.

1806
01:45:26,880 --> 01:45:27,860
 You know, they've got to be disruptive.

1807
01:45:28,080 --> 01:45:36,760
 This has been Miami's success, the plans for success the last two games, is the defense has stepped up and been able to really kind of contain these teams.

1808
01:45:37,280 --> 01:45:40,620
 And then Miami's offense just does what it needs to do to find a way.

1809
01:45:40,720 --> 01:45:46,560
 Think about that Carson Beck goes from a Georgia program that was competing for a national title, goes to Miami.

1810
01:45:46,640 --> 01:45:48,280
 He's got a chance to get back to a national title.

1811
01:45:48,500 --> 01:45:51,340
 There's a reason why Miami signed Carson Beck.

1812
01:45:51,400 --> 01:46:03,680
 And this is because of it, because you want an experienced quarterback who can come in here and say, I've been here before, I know what it takes, I'll be a calming effect in the offensive model, and I'll make sure that we don't get kind of rattled by something that happens.

1813
01:46:03,680 --> 01:46:09,160
 Because Ole Miss is going to throw the kitchen sink at them, for sure, to see if they can get a chance to win.

1814
01:46:09,600 --> 01:46:16,360
 But they're going to have to find a way to really kind of get past that defense, as you mentioned, that really just seems to be playing at another level right now.

1815
01:46:17,320 --> 01:46:23,460
 And, of course, if they do get by, they will take on the winner from the aforementioned Indiana Hoosers and Oregon.

1816
01:46:23,980 --> 01:46:25,580
 Folks in Florence remember that name.

1817
01:46:26,180 --> 01:46:36,120
 UNA fans can say the name Signetti can be beaten because back in the day, UNA beat the Indiana University of Pennsylvania in the national championship game for Division II.

1818
01:46:36,900 --> 01:46:42,120
 The coach on that Indiana-Pennsylvania team was Frank Signetti, your papa of Kurt Signetti.

1819
01:46:42,120 --> 01:46:45,280
 So, speaking of family trees, it can come off of that.

1820
01:46:45,680 --> 01:46:56,180
 A little bit of trivia there, but your thoughts about the old proverbial saying, can Indiana make it twice this year, knocking off Oregon, which so far has been hard to do.

1821
01:46:56,240 --> 01:46:59,880
 Alabama-Georgia, Alabama-Oklahoma, we can go up and down the list.

1822
01:47:00,040 --> 01:47:02,340
 Your thoughts about the rematch there and the other semi?

1823
01:47:03,400 --> 01:47:05,200
 Yeah, I think that it's going to be a challenge.

1824
01:47:05,360 --> 01:47:06,340
 I mean, you mentioned it.

1825
01:47:06,400 --> 01:47:09,640
 You know, it's really hard to beat a team twice in the same year.

1826
01:47:09,640 --> 01:47:19,460
 You know, you have to find a – you know, because I know Dan Lanning's probably picked out – gone over that first time, that film, and said, here's the things we didn't do well, we need to do better at.

1827
01:47:19,800 --> 01:47:21,960
 You know, I'm sure Kurt Signetti's doing the same sort of thing.

1828
01:47:22,340 --> 01:47:28,240
 You know, you're basically re-game planning a whole new game plan trying to figure out what's the best way to make this happen.

1829
01:47:28,780 --> 01:47:33,320
 You know, you look at the defense, you know, Indiana, like I said, Indiana's defense has played a lot better.

1830
01:47:33,460 --> 01:47:38,360
 Oregon needs to step up and play a little better, you know, defense if they're going to have a chance to win.

1831
01:47:38,800 --> 01:47:39,900
 This is huge.

1832
01:47:40,060 --> 01:47:42,340
 I mean, these two teams don't understand exactly what's going on.

1833
01:47:42,680 --> 01:47:44,640
 But I think this is going to be a chess match, you know.

1834
01:47:44,800 --> 01:47:52,020
 I'm not saying that Miami Ole Miss isn't going to be, but I think these two coaches, Signetti, you know, and Lanning, both understand what's going on.

1835
01:47:52,080 --> 01:47:53,460
 This is going to be them trying to figure out.

1836
01:47:53,820 --> 01:47:56,040
 Someone's going to score early, how do you answer that score?

1837
01:47:56,380 --> 01:47:58,160
 Someone gets a turnover, how do you answer that?

1838
01:47:58,160 --> 01:48:04,000
 So I think it's going to be kind of who makes the best adjustments, you know, whether it's at halftime or whether it's in-game adjustments,

1839
01:48:04,100 --> 01:48:08,100
 because that's really the team I think has got a chance to come over with a win in this game.

1840
01:48:09,360 --> 01:48:14,920
 We've talked with you on and off during the course of the season about Lincoln Riley at USC

1841
01:48:14,920 --> 01:48:18,920
 and how key a year this was going to be for him.

1842
01:48:19,280 --> 01:48:27,360
 USC had a 24-14 lead against TCU in the Alamo Bowl and ended up losing that.

1843
01:48:27,540 --> 01:48:34,280
 Ken Seals, who was the quarterback at Bandy a couple of years ago, actually ended up winning the game.

1844
01:48:34,880 --> 01:48:38,740
 Lincoln Riley's record the last two seasons, 16-10.

1845
01:48:39,480 --> 01:48:45,980
 Same record as P.J. Fleck in Minnesota, who, by the way, improved to 7-0 in bowl games.

1846
01:48:46,480 --> 01:48:53,960
 I know you mentioned that Lincoln Riley came out on the wrong end of that Notre Dame-USC scheduling squabble.

1847
01:48:54,860 --> 01:49:02,440
 Look, we all take losing a bowl game with a grain of salt, but once again, that did not help Lincoln Riley moving forward.

1848
01:49:03,320 --> 01:49:04,600
 No, it really didn't.

1849
01:49:04,740 --> 01:49:10,180
 And, you know, again, I think, you know, he continues to kind of act like this is something that Notre Dame's doing.

1850
01:49:10,320 --> 01:49:12,520
 I think that, you know, this falls on the school.

1851
01:49:12,640 --> 01:49:13,340
 It falls on himself.

1852
01:49:13,460 --> 01:49:18,300
 You know, listen, you want to, you know, one of the things that we've seen over the last four or five years

1853
01:49:18,300 --> 01:49:25,580
 has been disappointing with realignment and everything going on is these traditional rivalry lineup games, you know, are going away, you know,

1854
01:49:25,580 --> 01:49:28,400
 because, you know, conferences don't want to, you know, do them.

1855
01:49:28,480 --> 01:49:29,680
 The teams don't want to do them.

1856
01:49:29,820 --> 01:49:33,320
 They want to move around and schedule the easier opponents.

1857
01:49:33,580 --> 01:49:38,540
 Well, this is one of those situations where both teams should sat down and say, let's make this happen.

1858
01:49:38,800 --> 01:49:39,920
 You know, let's make this happen.

1859
01:49:40,120 --> 01:49:41,320
 We'll figure something out.

1860
01:49:41,440 --> 01:49:47,020
 We'll make it work, but instead you just kind of draw a line in the sand and say, I'm not going to do this.

1861
01:49:47,120 --> 01:49:49,880
 You know, we tried, but they're not willing to work with us.

1862
01:49:50,160 --> 01:49:51,060
 That's not the case.

1863
01:49:51,220 --> 01:49:55,940
 And I think, you know, really for Lincoln, it's going to come down to he's going to have to start winning.

1864
01:49:56,280 --> 01:50:00,880
 You know, it's fine and all that you have the title and everything, but when things start to go bad,

1865
01:50:00,920 --> 01:50:03,420
 if you start to struggle a little bit and you're not, you know what I mean,

1866
01:50:03,460 --> 01:50:09,800
 and you're not competing for a Big Ten title, it's going to be awful hard to convince people, you know,

1867
01:50:09,800 --> 01:50:15,620
 yeah, I'm the right guy for the job because you're looking at Indiana, which is a program that came kind of out of nowhere,

1868
01:50:15,760 --> 01:50:20,180
 so to speak, in a couple of years, and it's found itself deep in the college football playoff.

1869
01:50:20,460 --> 01:50:26,160
 You're looking at Oregon, which joined the Big Ten and it's found a way to make notice there as well.

1870
01:50:26,680 --> 01:50:27,960
 You can't use that excuse.

1871
01:50:28,060 --> 01:50:29,540
 You can't say, well, the Big Ten is tough.

1872
01:50:29,900 --> 01:50:31,320
 We're going to take time to adjust.

1873
01:50:31,760 --> 01:50:34,680
 Oregon's already said, listen, we can do it.

1874
01:50:34,720 --> 01:50:35,300
 Why can't you?

1875
01:50:35,440 --> 01:50:37,800
 So this is USC we're talking about.

1876
01:50:37,800 --> 01:50:43,880
 This isn't, you know, no offense, this wasn't, you know, like the old Pac-12 with Arizona or something like that.

1877
01:50:44,080 --> 01:50:47,540
 This is a program that should be one of the top blue bloods in there

1878
01:50:47,540 --> 01:50:49,760
 and it still hasn't found a way to find a good back there.

1879
01:50:49,840 --> 01:50:54,240
 So I think Lincoln's going to have a challenge and he's going to have to find a way to quit talking about it

1880
01:50:54,240 --> 01:50:55,980
 and just getting out there and finding a way to win games.

1881
01:50:57,440 --> 01:51:02,680
 Somebody else who ended the season on a good note, Steve Sarkeesian is probably smiling.

1882
01:51:03,680 --> 01:51:09,700
 Texas beat Michigan and Arch Manning had maybe the best day he's had all year.

1883
01:51:09,900 --> 01:51:15,280
 was named the Citrus Bowl MVP and I know you're quite familiar with that.

1884
01:51:15,440 --> 01:51:26,760
 21 to 34, 221 and ran 455 yards and two touchdowns, including a 60-yarder when he just simply outran the entire team.

1885
01:51:27,440 --> 01:51:32,580
 Boy, if Arch could pick up in 2026 where he left out in 2025,

1886
01:51:33,700 --> 01:51:37,160
 Steve's going to be doing a lot more smiling next season.

1887
01:51:38,020 --> 01:51:38,900
 Oh, very much so.

1888
01:51:38,960 --> 01:51:42,400
 I was at that game and thought, I mean, listen, I was impressed by Arch Manning.

1889
01:51:42,480 --> 01:51:45,900
 I mean, we knew Arch Manning had talent, but when you see him kind of thread the needle

1890
01:51:45,900 --> 01:51:50,800
 with some of the throws he made in that game, and then late in the game he had a 60-yard touchdown run

1891
01:51:50,800 --> 01:51:53,540
 where he was just not, no one even came close to getting him.

1892
01:51:53,600 --> 01:51:54,420
 He just took off running.

1893
01:51:55,220 --> 01:51:59,480
 And it made me laugh because I think I said in the press box that his Uncle Paige

1894
01:51:59,480 --> 01:52:01,120
 sure couldn't have done that, you know what I mean?

1895
01:52:01,120 --> 01:52:02,460
 He just run 60 yards.

1896
01:52:03,580 --> 01:52:06,180
 So I think you see he's got the talent there.

1897
01:52:06,400 --> 01:52:11,820
 If he could take that next step, if he could get himself back and really kind of get those pieces together

1898
01:52:11,820 --> 01:52:15,720
 and everything could work and gel, I think Texas has got to get another big chance.

1899
01:52:16,000 --> 01:52:19,180
 I don't think they want to be ranked number one going into the season after what happened this year.

1900
01:52:19,580 --> 01:52:24,660
 I think they would love to come in under the radar, but I also think that, again,

1901
01:52:24,660 --> 01:52:31,540
 this is an opportunity for Arch to kind of take that next step and for Texas really to kind of say,

1902
01:52:31,600 --> 01:52:33,880
 okay, let's go in there and handle this a little differently.

1903
01:52:34,260 --> 01:52:40,220
 Let's not try to build as much, what do you call it, buzz, I guess, surrounding him going into the year.

1904
01:52:40,340 --> 01:52:43,840
 Maybe that will help kind of ease a little bit of pressure on him as he goes into the year.

1905
01:52:44,320 --> 01:52:49,040
 I think now that maybe Arch may be taking over for Eli to pitch Jersey Mike's sandwiches.

1906
01:52:49,180 --> 01:52:52,340
 He may have lost his job after that performance by Arch.

1907
01:52:52,640 --> 01:52:54,360
 Matt, as always, good to hook up with you, man.

1908
01:52:54,400 --> 01:52:57,220
 For the folks who want to get the very latest with you, where can you take us?

1909
01:52:58,020 --> 01:53:04,140
 Yeah, you can go to OrlandoSentinel.com and check out the latest, or you can follow me on social media at OSMattMichelle.

1910
01:53:05,140 --> 01:53:05,700
 Sounds great.

1911
01:53:05,760 --> 01:53:07,140
 Listen, man, thanks for your time today.

1912
01:53:07,260 --> 01:53:08,780
 Keep it up, and let's do it again soon, okay?

1913
01:53:09,660 --> 01:53:10,380
 Okay, sounds good.

1914
01:53:10,520 --> 01:53:10,880
 Take care.

1915
01:53:11,080 --> 01:53:11,660
 Thank you, bud.

1916
01:53:11,680 --> 01:53:12,680
 Matt, Michelle, hooking up with us.

1917
01:53:12,740 --> 01:53:13,720
 OrlandoSentinel.com.

1918
01:53:13,780 --> 01:53:19,300
 Maybe quickly, Portal News, Alabama and Auburn, of course, very active these days.

1919
01:53:19,420 --> 01:53:22,020
 Yeah, James Smith entered the portal.

1920
01:53:22,240 --> 01:53:25,200
 He is the 17th Alabama player.

1921
01:53:25,980 --> 01:53:34,880
 Now, Rico Scott decided he was coming back, but James Smith, again, that defensive line, as far as the depth, we'll see where that goes.

1922
01:53:35,140 --> 01:53:41,620
 Dylan Imbakwe and Joseph Iannata transferred or entered the portal.

1923
01:53:41,900 --> 01:53:44,840
 They have committed and signed with Georgia Tech.

1924
01:53:45,380 --> 01:53:52,860
 So, Brent Key getting two former Alabama players today, and then Byron Brown that finally decides to pull the trigger,

1925
01:53:53,420 --> 01:53:57,400
 and he is going to be the quarterback for 2026 for the Auburn Tigers.

1926
01:53:57,400 --> 01:54:04,280
 And in case you missed it, the door also has an enter on it, and that's where Hollywood Smothers comes down from North Carolina State.

1927
01:54:04,420 --> 01:54:09,220
 A running back, Alabama now with two Hollywoods.

1928
01:54:09,340 --> 01:54:10,640
 That's going to take care of us for now.

1929
01:54:10,720 --> 01:54:13,560
 On behalf of B.B., Greg, James, Blair, the entire crew here.

1930
01:54:13,620 --> 01:54:15,440
 Harold Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1931
01:54:15,540 --> 01:54:17,760
 Let's do it again tomorrow at noon to two for the Boomer Buck Show.

1932
01:54:18,100 --> 01:54:20,340
 Back here on Sports Radio 93.9, The Score.

1933
01:54:20,340 --> 01:54:30,360
 We'll see you next time tomorrow at the Boomer Buck Show.

1934
01:54:30,360 --> 01:54:30,740
 We'll see you next time tomorrow at the Boomer Buck Show.