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 The Boomo Bugg Show.

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 Your exclusive inside track to the tie, Tigers, Tennessee and the rest of the SEC.

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 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 Good afternoon and welcome in to the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

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 Brett Beaird, welcome in.

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 And who says miracles still don't happen?

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 Indiana says, who's your new national champion college football?

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 Welcome in and how are you?

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 Hey, Pete, Tuesday to you and the listeners.

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 We'll be talking about that tremendous win by Indiana throughout the show.

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 Las Vegas insider Bruce Marshall is going to recount that game and also previews the NFL's Final Four.

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 Alabama finishes number nine in the final Associated Press poll for 2026 season.

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 ESPN announces a new six-part series entitled Saban.

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 Now, my question is, will Roger Hoover's iconic interviews with Nick Saban be featured in the series?

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 But Roger is here right now to answer that question and look at 2026 Alabama and talk some Alabama basketball.

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 What a coincidence is that, Roger Hoover?

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 He is all over the place when it comes to Alabama sports, basketball, football, you name it.

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 He's got it on the Alabama Crimson Tide Network, but you know that if you listen here on 93.9, the score just about every day.

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 Roger, welcome in.

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 Boom, oh, bug.

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 Hey, buddy.

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 You know, people have been looking for professions since the Garden of Eden, and they found it last night.

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 Your thoughts before we move on to Crimson Tide talk.

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 Roger, let's talk about how that might influence not only college football, but in particular here, Alabama.

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 Nick, it was almost sacrilegious, but I thought he brought up a good point on the set of ESPN.

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 Roger Hoover, if that voice sounds familiar,

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 People are already looking ahead to next year, and this is the way too early top 25s.

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 This is from, I won't mention them all, On3, ESPN, CBS, on and on, Sports Illustrated.

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 Starting the season, in some cases, outside the top 20.

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 Coach Saban's no longer here, but I'm here and I'm ready to lead you to what's next.

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 The Alabama men go on the road twice.

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 They get behind twice, but they come back twice.

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 They were behind by 11 points at halftime and then outscore Oklahoma 12 to nothing to get back in the game.

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 He has improved so much offensively, blocking shots now, a rim protector, Bama with a bye week, which I think has helped.

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 Your thoughts on the men and, unfortunately, the women with a tough week, losing a very close game to Auburn and to Tennessee.

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 Taylor Boboen unable to go.

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 It kind of felt like the Oklahoma football game.

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 You're just like, it could not be starting any worse.

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 As Richard talked about in our interview today on Crimson Drive, they lost one they feel like they shouldn't have a week ago against Kentucky.

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 Still probably an NCAA tournament team, but they are in danger of falling to that eight or nine seed category if they don't turn things around.

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 And Nate owes to somebody that preaches that he wants to win the regular season and the tournament title every single year.

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 It's like Coach Saban trying to win the West and the SEC in football.

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 You can win national championships without that, but it better start with that.

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 You upset number six, Kentucky.

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 It's kind of one of those nights.

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 Hopefully you get Essence Cody back, and hopefully you're ready to go against a talented but not near the top of the SEC Mississippi State team coming up this week.

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 This could be a really good opportunity on Sunday to kind of get everything trending back in the right direction before you get some really tough games after that against Georgia and against LSU to close out the month.

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 Well, listen, great stuff.

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 As always, hopefully the bye week for both men and women will allow Rondra Hoover a little bit of downtime.

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 Where can we get online and get Crimson Drive and your great interviews and all the other stuff as far as Crimson Tide Sports?

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 Yeah, just follow the Crimson Tide Sports Network on social media platforms, especially on YouTube, especially if you have the YouTube app on your television.

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 It's now very easy to watch us from the comfort of your television.

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 It's always available on demand with our interviews, too.

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 So, look forward to hearing from Richard Hendricks, as you mentioned, and some men's basketball players later in the week on our Thursday show, plus Christy Curry.

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 And before long, we'll be talking with Patrick Murphy, Rob Vaughn, about softball and baseball and everything that's coming up here at the Capstone.

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 But, yeah, a little bit of downtime.

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 I just hate the weather forecast.

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 I'm not able to work my golf game this time of the year.

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 Exactly.

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 We're going to get off to a little bit of a rough spring around the greens, it seems like.

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 Yeah, we're looking at a forecast in North Alabama this weekend between zero and 100 inches.

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 So, Roger, we'll let you know how that turns out.

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 So, in the meantime, milk and bread and Bama basketballs, stay safe, and thanks so much for your time today, buddy.

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 All right, you guys are the best.

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 Thank you, bud.

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 Brian, welcome in.

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 Have you dug out from the blizzard of 26 yet?

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 So far, it hasn't hit Auburn-Alabama, although there could be another one coming through this weekend, so we'll see.

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 Brian, let's talk a little football here.

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 The portal is now done.

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 Professor Matthews, what kind of grade would you put on this class for the Tigers?

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 I would not say Auburn's completely done yet.

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 I still think they're in the market for a receiver and maybe a defensive lineman or two.

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 But so far, I think they've done well.

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 I'd probably give it a B and maybe look it upwards from that for the incoming guys.

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 I think they've filled every need.

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 I think Auburn's clearly better at quarterback, running back.

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 They're better at safety nickel, even though it was already a strong position.

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 They're better at tight end.

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 So they've definitely helped themselves, especially on offense.

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 And I think cornerbacks, they've more than held their own after losing two returning starters from last year.

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 They certainly have more depth there with the guys they've added.

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 And they've done a good job rebuilding the offensive line.

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 We'll see how it turns out.

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 But they've signed seven offensive linemen.

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 Six of them are seniors.

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 So that's a lot of experience they're bringing to that group.

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 So, you know, I think they've done their, you know, they've done a pretty bang-up job of going out this roster

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 and giving Auburn a chance to be a competitive team next fall.

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 Getting amazing.

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 People sit here, and it's modern era of social media, and they sit here at the panic.

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 But because to get a B after what they got hit initially is pretty amazing, it's not bright.

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 Because, I mean, a lot of teams lose numbers.

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 But you look at the potential for star rankings, especially at the wide receiver spot

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 and some of these other positions.

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 To come from that to getting the B is pretty amazing.

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 Your thoughts just overall as far as replacing what was, let's face it, the only time is going to tell

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 if they live up to the potential.

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 But I think Cal Coleman, he'd already earned his strikes.

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 But your thoughts just about that angle?

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 Well, they lost some, of course, they lost their three best receivers.

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 They lost a really talented young quarterback.

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 We don't know how good Deuce Knight's going to be yet.

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 I mean, Auburn went out and got Byron Brown, who we know is a pretty good quarterback

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 and could be a great quarterback.

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 We'll see, you know, how that, you know, looks within SEC schedule, but certainly has that potential.

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 And, you know, Auburn lost some really talented guys that have been in the program two or three years.

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 Malik blocked in the defensive lineman, was a tough loss there.

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 You know, some other guys, I think, you know, back up offensive linemen.

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 I think they let some of those guys go.

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 But certainly in some key areas like wide receiver, they were hit really hard.

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 But I think they have done a really good job of, you know, filling out a lot of those rooms.

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 Even wide receiver, you know, they signed, I guess it was, for the top five USF receivers from last season,

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 plus another guy.

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 You know, they're still looking for maybe another quality guy that could, you know,

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 compete for one of those top two spots.

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 But, you know, having your starting quarterback come over, having his center come over,

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 having, you know, his top receivers come over, his top running back, along with the running backs they got.

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 I just think the offense should really hit the ground running when spring practice gets underway here

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 in another month and a half or so.

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 I always enjoyed reading Monday musings.

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 And as only you could put it, quote,

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 no position has held Auburn back more over the last five seasons than quarterback.

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 And adding Byron Brown is a game changer.

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 They can stay healthy.

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 Jeremiah Cobb.

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 Bryson Washington may have been the biggest surprise in the portal.

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 Devinport will help.

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 Four new tight ends.

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 Fred Gaskin.

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 Luttrell.

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 And we've talked about the offensive line now what seems like 20 years.

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 Cole Best coming in at center.

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 I think he's going to be a big, it may spearhead that entire group.

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 Again, time will tell.

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 And I know you've seen this, you've heard it, and it's the same thing you say a lot.

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 Show me.

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 It's the Missouri anthem.

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 But once again, when you look at the transfers coming in, is it 33 or 34 now?

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 Up to some of that.

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 But no, Monday musings I thought was a very good one this week.

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 Appreciate it.

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 It's 33 in and 34 out by my count.

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 I think other people have a couple more out.

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 I'm not necessarily counting.

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 Maybe they're walk-ons or I don't know.

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 Yeah, right.

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 Yeah, so you're talking about basically with 20, you know, signees.

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 You're talking about close to 55 newcomers, you know.

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 So I don't think it's necessarily going to be that big of a turnover every year.

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 But certainly in transition here it is.

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 And that's just a lot of new names to learn about and new numbers on the roster you got

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 to get to know and stuff.

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 But that is how college football is certainly.

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 That is the world of college football in this era, right?

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 the portal than the previous staff did.

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 Brian Matthews, AuburnSports.com.

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 I was going to ask you about that, Brian.

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 Going back to last night and the lessons learned, not only last night, but this season from Indiana.

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 People say how that might influence Auburn.

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 Well, hello.

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 They're not going to.

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 They already have, basically, from James Madison to Indiana, from South Florida to Auburn.

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 But your thoughts about how Indiana might influence programs across the country where, let's face

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 it, these coaches, they've been in love with all these five stars and signing these big fat

445
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:52,960
 contracts like Carson Beck.

446
00:27:53,080 --> 00:27:56,940
 No, I mean, if Carson Beck's got the money in front of him, he's going to do what most people

447
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 are going to do.

448
00:27:57,340 --> 00:27:58,080
 They're going to take it.

449
00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:03,660
 But how is Indiana's strategy going to influence these coaches of trying to get more bang for

450
00:28:03,660 --> 00:28:04,080
 the buck?

451
00:28:05,280 --> 00:28:07,940
 Yeah, I think people are going to try to copycat Indiana for sure.

452
00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:08,700
 Yep.

453
00:28:09,460 --> 00:28:11,440
 But, you know, I don't know how well that's going to work.

454
00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:17,820
 I just feel like Indiana's a bit of an outlier, but I also feel like, you know, when you think

455
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 about filling up a roster with a bunch of experienced guys that also have talent, you can see where

456
00:28:24,900 --> 00:28:30,600
 it can do what Indiana did and really manhandle, you know, some of these more talented, but maybe

457
00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:32,120
 younger, less experienced rosters.

458
00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:35,260
 But, you know, it's still a tough thing.

459
00:28:35,260 --> 00:28:38,820
 It's still a tough thing to do in my eye because you've got to do it every year.

460
00:28:38,820 --> 00:28:39,040
 Yeah.

461
00:28:39,500 --> 00:28:39,760
 Yeah.

462
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 And you've got to be able to out, you know, out choose, you know, be able to, you know,

463
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 be, be more adept at picking those good players, you know, that are three stars or coming out

464
00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:58,120
 of a D2 or, you know, a group of four, group of five schools than other schools.

465
00:28:58,280 --> 00:28:59,380
 That's not easy to do.

466
00:28:59,560 --> 00:29:01,080
 So we'll see.

467
00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:06,360
 I think Auburn's built to try to do that and along with to continue to recruit better.

468
00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:11,480
 They didn't recruit well the last class, but I think the staff wants to maybe not sign the

469
00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:16,540
 big classes, but at least go after some of the top guys still in high school while really

470
00:29:16,540 --> 00:29:20,320
 working hard in the portal to keep the talent level high.

471
00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:21,600
 Yeah.

472
00:29:21,820 --> 00:29:24,460
 And a lot of these, it's across the board.

473
00:29:24,700 --> 00:29:30,040
 When you look at Auburn's last seven or eight, Kamari Ton, the defensive back from Chattanooga,

474
00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:31,620
 I think was the last one.

475
00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:39,820
 Stanford, Jack Luttrell, safety from Arizona, Oregon State, LSU, two Ole Miss dudes.

476
00:29:40,180 --> 00:29:45,120
 And then Scruff, that's a great football name, Richardson, the cornerback from Notre Dame.

477
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:50,440
 Again, when you get in the transfer portal, Bud, I mean, it's just all across the board.

478
00:29:51,220 --> 00:29:51,380
 Yeah.

479
00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:55,620
 And, you know, you look at a guy like Kamari Todd, I think that gives you an idea of what

480
00:29:55,620 --> 00:29:56,440
 Auburn's thinking here.

481
00:29:56,520 --> 00:30:00,800
 You're getting a guy from the state of Alabama that spent, I think, a year at Chattanooga.

482
00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:02,380
 So he's going back here.

483
00:30:02,860 --> 00:30:04,720
 He's probably not going to be expected to start.

484
00:30:05,100 --> 00:30:06,740
 May earn a spot in the playing rotation.

485
00:30:06,860 --> 00:30:07,340
 We'll see.

486
00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:12,700
 But even if not, you feel like if he's good enough, and I do, that he's going to stick

487
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 around for a couple of years.

488
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:16,940
 You know, he's an insane kid getting a shot at a bigger school now.

489
00:30:17,060 --> 00:30:21,360
 So you can keep him here and maybe develop him and turn him into a really good player if

490
00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:23,160
 he's not already ready to be that guy yet.

491
00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:28,940
 So you've seen Auburn sign a lot of kids from closer to home, bringing them back from

492
00:30:28,940 --> 00:30:29,780
 smaller schools.

493
00:30:29,980 --> 00:30:34,120
 You've seen Auburn, of course, sign a lot of kids from USF that are familiar with his

494
00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:36,160
 staff and especially this offense.

495
00:30:37,060 --> 00:30:42,180
 So, you know, and you've seen Auburn sign a lot of kids with multiple years of eligibility

496
00:30:42,180 --> 00:30:43,000
 left, too.

497
00:30:43,940 --> 00:30:45,080
 Really some good players.

498
00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:50,500
 I think Walter Mathis or Buddy Mathis from LSU, I think, played in just about every game

499
00:30:50,500 --> 00:30:52,400
 as a true freshman last year on the defensive line.

500
00:30:53,020 --> 00:30:55,300
 When you do that LSU, that means you're a really good player.

501
00:30:55,700 --> 00:31:00,460
 So Auburn may have a two or three year starter there, you know, going forward.

502
00:31:00,540 --> 00:31:03,340
 TJ Hedrick, Ole Miss, similar deal there.

503
00:31:03,340 --> 00:31:08,400
 You're a really talented young offensive lineman who may need some more development, but could

504
00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:09,700
 end up being a really good starter.

505
00:31:09,900 --> 00:31:12,160
 So a great mix of guys that got out.

506
00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:14,860
 One or two of your guys are going to contribute right away.

507
00:31:14,900 --> 00:31:16,980
 And then a bunch of guys with multiple years of eligibility.

508
00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:20,080
 Auburn basketball with a big week.

509
00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:25,280
 Two games on the road tonight at Ole Miss at eight o'clock tip-off.

510
00:31:25,420 --> 00:31:27,540
 I think that game's on ESPNU.

511
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:32,840
 And then they've got the Florida Gators, which may be the best team in the SEC.

512
00:31:33,140 --> 00:31:37,480
 They're beginning to play like the defending national champions.

513
00:31:38,020 --> 00:31:43,240
 Keyshawn Murphy had a tough game against South Carolina, but I know we had some foul trouble.

514
00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:49,380
 But you've got that and everything else covered on Auburn Sports, continuing when the additions

515
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 for the transfer portal, basketball, the whole nine yards, B-Man, and Monday Musings.

516
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 Where can we get online to get all the great stuff?

517
00:31:57,620 --> 00:32:01,600
 And I put up a notebook for baseball getting started with their practice here this week.

518
00:32:02,020 --> 00:32:04,980
 So all that and more at auburnsports.com.

519
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 You can follow me on Twitter and X at B-Man-A-U.

520
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521
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522
00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:16,200
 But, yeah, plenty of coverage of the portal.

523
00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:20,160
 I think there's still some information to come out there as far as incoming folks.

524
00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:23,560
 You know, Miami, Indiana players, they can start hitting the portal now.

525
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,820
 So we'll see what happens with that group.

526
00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:30,780
 Maybe there's some Miami kids that Auburn might target in the near future.

527
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 So stay tuned for that.

528
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 You're a busy boy, Brian.

529
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 But remember the most important three words this week, milk and bread, okay?

530
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 There you go.

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 Gotcha.

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 Bruce Marshall, welcome in the day after.

639
00:38:32,320 --> 00:38:32,880
 How are you?

640
00:38:33,720 --> 00:38:38,940
 Yeah, I guess, you know, we're living without college football for a while.

641
00:38:39,020 --> 00:38:41,220
 It feels kind of funny, but, you know.

642
00:38:42,140 --> 00:38:44,740
 That has played on for a long time, didn't it?

643
00:38:45,740 --> 00:38:48,820
 In Alabama, it's now the season of darkness, Bruce.

644
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 There's only 365 days a year, unless it's a leap year, and then they add one.

645
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 But, Bruce, your thoughts about this magical season for Indiana, and how ironic is you had

646
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 a pair of your neighbors there last night, this Martin Davis guy and Tom Brady.

647
00:39:03,520 --> 00:39:08,300
 I don't think they're identical twins, but they were at the game last night for more than

648
00:39:08,300 --> 00:39:09,440
 just being a fan.

649
00:39:09,660 --> 00:39:14,340
 Bruce, first of all, your thoughts about this season, perfect season for the Hoosiers, and

650
00:39:14,340 --> 00:39:17,460
 then, of course, why those two guys might have been there last night at the game.

651
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,140
 Well, yeah, for sure.

652
00:39:19,140 --> 00:39:25,700
 Sure, and I wonder if, you know, Kurt Signetti and Indiana just didn't sort of change the

653
00:39:25,700 --> 00:39:34,280
 paradigm here for how to, you know, turn this thing around for a team and how he coached

654
00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:36,300
 it and using the portal properly.

655
00:39:36,540 --> 00:39:36,980
 Yes.

656
00:39:37,260 --> 00:39:42,060
 I think we'll get a little idea next year how much staying power with Indiana.

657
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:46,440
 I think they will be a competitor and a contender again next year, I would think.

658
00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:51,300
 I got Josh Hoover coming in from TCU to replace Mendoza, assuming he goes to the NFL like we

659
00:39:51,300 --> 00:39:52,280
 all think he is.

660
00:39:53,020 --> 00:39:53,200
 Right.

661
00:39:53,240 --> 00:39:57,720
 But it's interesting, you go back to look, you know, before this past season, and Indiana

662
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 was, you know, picked fifth or sixth in the Big Ten, and I think their season win total

663
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 was maybe seven and a half, so this was still sort of a surprise, but if you pull under the

664
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 hood a little bit, I mean, this was a veteran team, and he had those 13 guys from James

665
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 Madison joining him.

666
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 It was an older team.

667
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 And a lot of guys, you know, 23, 24 on the team, they do have a pretty big nil budget

668
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 there, although Mendoza was a pretty good bargain, $2 million, I think.

669
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 But if you, you know, the way they played, too, and it was just very smart, they were able

670
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 to minimize, I still think they had a little speed deficit against most of these teams in

671
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 the playoffs, but they managed to minimize that really heady play there in the secondary.

672
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 And we did, though, get a good championship game, and I think that was the first time since

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 that Georgia-Alabama game where two have bailed out Bama eight years ago now, where we actually

674
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 had a good, exciting finish there, and I think, you know, we're probably going to see Carson

675
00:41:04,940 --> 00:41:10,120
 Beck's going to be reliving that last interception for a long time, because they had a shot there.

676
00:41:10,300 --> 00:41:13,760
 I mean, they were, you know, they were right there and doing it.

677
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:19,360
 I would say one other unsung hero in this game, you know, for Indiana, Becker, that wide

678
00:41:19,360 --> 00:41:22,360
 receiver, those are back shoulder throws on those third downs.

679
00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:24,720
 They took some big-time catches by Becker.

680
00:41:24,820 --> 00:41:26,460
 He really emerged in the second half of the season.

681
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:28,400
 Now about Mendoza and the Raiders.

682
00:41:29,720 --> 00:41:34,160
 I think they better think really hard about this, and this seems to be the consensus that

683
00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:36,360
 this is who the Raiders are going to go for.

684
00:41:36,660 --> 00:41:38,860
 They're going to go for Mendoza, and they want to start.

685
00:41:39,020 --> 00:41:42,380
 You know, they've got Bowers, and they've got Ashton Jenny, and they've got, they're going

686
00:41:42,380 --> 00:41:49,160
 to hope this will be able to allure a top-notch coach in there who can do something.

687
00:41:49,240 --> 00:41:52,240
 They thought that would be Pete Carroll last year, and it did not be a good fit.

688
00:41:52,660 --> 00:41:54,620
 Robert Salah thought they'd have him.

689
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:55,520
 Now he's in Tennessee.

690
00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:56,880
 That's not there.

691
00:41:56,960 --> 00:42:04,480
 I think they had better ask themselves really hard, are we better off trading down, and if

692
00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:10,200
 we can go into free agency and get some guy like Malik Willis, who I think is ready, and

693
00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:16,020
 I think he's going to get pretty good starter's money, maybe not top-flight starter, but we

694
00:42:16,020 --> 00:42:21,840
 saw what Seattle has been able to do with a guy like Darnold this year, and I maintain

695
00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:25,520
 they might be better the next few years with Willis than Mendoza.

696
00:42:25,520 --> 00:42:29,740
 We will see, but this is not a big quarterback draft.

697
00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:34,780
 Next year would be a better draft from what it looks like, but that's a question that I

698
00:42:34,780 --> 00:42:37,360
 know that's what Brady and Davis were doing there last night.

699
00:42:37,460 --> 00:42:43,080
 They wanted to see if Mendoza was up close, so I think it's probably about 75% chance that's

700
00:42:43,080 --> 00:42:45,140
 what they will do is take him, but we'll see.

701
00:42:46,060 --> 00:42:50,320
 Bruce, I thought this would be a more competitive game, and if you'd have told me before the

702
00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:56,620
 game that Fletcher would run for 112 yards and two touchdowns, Malachi Tony would have

703
00:42:56,620 --> 00:43:04,240
 110 in the touchdown, Miami would have three sacks and six tackles for loss, Mendoza would

704
00:43:04,240 --> 00:43:09,960
 throw for under 200 yards and zero passing touchdowns, and Miami would have had, I mean,

705
00:43:10,020 --> 00:43:18,180
 Indiana would have had an atrocious five penalties for 38 yards after having 13 the entire season.

706
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:21,640
 I may have told you Miami would have won the game to 10 points.

707
00:43:22,780 --> 00:43:28,500
 I think I would have, too, and you look back, I mean, Shannon Dawson, I think, is going

708
00:43:28,500 --> 00:43:34,140
 to be a little bit a miff, too, that he didn't open up the offense a bit more in the first

709
00:43:34,140 --> 00:43:39,520
 half because they really didn't do much at all, and it's funny, the game this reminded

710
00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:45,420
 me of a little bit was that 22 years ago, the Patriots-Panthers Super Bowl really was

711
00:43:45,420 --> 00:43:49,140
 a slow first half, and then it really became a corker in the second half.

712
00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:52,500
 That's what this game sort of reminded me of, and Miami opened up the offense, and all

713
00:43:52,500 --> 00:43:56,660
 of a sudden, they were finding some room downfield for Beck to throw, and the running

714
00:43:56,660 --> 00:43:59,640
 game got going, but yeah, you're right.

715
00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:00,780
 I wouldn't have thought that.

716
00:44:00,840 --> 00:44:05,180
 That block punt, though, turned out to be a really big play because Indiana was on the

717
00:44:05,180 --> 00:44:09,100
 ropes there in the second half because once Miami started moving, they had a chance, and

718
00:44:09,100 --> 00:44:11,780
 I think they're going to regret that for a long time.

719
00:44:12,060 --> 00:44:15,800
 You don't get many opportunities to win this thing, and that was right there on the platter

720
00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:17,060
 for Miami in their home stadium.

721
00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:17,780
 Couldn't quite do it.

722
00:44:18,800 --> 00:44:20,780
 Bruce Marshall, Vegas Insider.

723
00:44:20,780 --> 00:44:23,440
 Bruce says that the Big Ten's world, we're just living in it.

724
00:44:23,500 --> 00:44:24,100
 Three teams.

725
00:44:24,180 --> 00:44:26,620
 It's not like one team's dominating and spreading the wealth.

726
00:44:27,100 --> 00:44:31,520
 I'm looking at the way too early top 25 next year, and it looks like Alabama, if they're

727
00:44:31,520 --> 00:44:34,100
 going to do it themselves, they've got some work to do.

728
00:44:34,240 --> 00:44:37,320
 The preseason got them anywhere from 11th to 21st.

729
00:44:37,520 --> 00:44:43,840
 Your thoughts here are way too early, but it's always a fun topic of trying to get back to level

730
00:44:43,840 --> 00:44:44,960
 pegging with the Big Ten.

731
00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:50,040
 Yeah, and that's true, and they are rated a little bit down.

732
00:44:50,220 --> 00:44:54,120
 We're not quite done with the portal here yet.

733
00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:59,580
 By the way, speaking of not done with the portal, we saw Duke Darian Mensah threw his name

734
00:44:59,580 --> 00:45:01,980
 back in the hat at the end of last week.

735
00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:09,460
 That big money deal he got from Duke, I guess Miami might offer him more money, so we'll see

736
00:45:09,460 --> 00:45:10,560
 how that goes.

737
00:45:11,560 --> 00:45:14,600
 But yeah, we're back in there looking.

738
00:45:14,820 --> 00:45:22,340
 It'll be a, you know, there will be similar names up there again next year, but there's

739
00:45:22,340 --> 00:45:25,160
 always room for somebody, you know, to break through.

740
00:45:25,260 --> 00:45:28,040
 Who might the breakthrough team be next year?

741
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:29,800
 Hard to, you know, hard to say.

742
00:45:31,600 --> 00:45:38,100
 The Big Ten thing here, this is what I've been maintaining for a while about the Big Ten,

743
00:45:38,100 --> 00:45:44,940
 that yes, the upper tier of the Big Ten is now the power base in college football, and

744
00:45:44,940 --> 00:45:49,440
 also you've got Matt Campbell coming into Penn State, too, and Michigan, Shetel, Whittingham,

745
00:45:49,500 --> 00:45:51,780
 so they might be back in the mix again next year, too.

746
00:45:53,180 --> 00:45:58,820
 But with the strength the SEC has had, I still maintain this over the Big Ten and the others

747
00:45:58,820 --> 00:45:59,740
 is downstream.

748
00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:06,440
 The bottom half of the SEC is probably, is better than the bottom half of the Big Ten, no

749
00:46:06,440 --> 00:46:07,320
 question about that.

750
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:14,200
 But it's that middle and top rung, not really, and Greg Sankey's got a lot to answer, or he's

751
00:46:14,200 --> 00:46:18,180
 got a lot of comment upon when we get together at the media days, I guess we'll be in Tampa

752
00:46:18,180 --> 00:46:23,880
 in July, and it's three years now, no SEC team has been in the championship game, and

753
00:46:23,880 --> 00:46:25,320
 they had a very poor bowl season.

754
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:30,880
 In fact, only two wins for the SEC versus outside the SEC.

755
00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:37,200
 Two of those wins were Ole Miss and Alabama over other SEC entries.

756
00:46:37,580 --> 00:46:43,300
 So, yeah, I mean, I think it has shifted a bit, and, you know, like I said, if you told

757
00:46:43,300 --> 00:46:47,480
 me if three years ago we'd have three straight years with no SEC team in the final, I'd say

758
00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:48,820
 that's crazy, but that's what happened.

759
00:46:50,040 --> 00:46:56,700
 Bruce, my comeback to that has been three years ago, Alabama got beaten overtime to Michigan.

760
00:46:57,240 --> 00:47:03,680
 Two years ago, Texas lost on a scoop and score, and this year Ole Miss loses to Miami with 18

761
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:05,280
 seconds remaining in the game.

762
00:47:05,840 --> 00:47:10,420
 Now, if one or two plays happen in those games, you've got SEC teams there.

763
00:47:10,980 --> 00:47:15,720
 Then you had six coaching changes in the SEC this year.

764
00:47:15,860 --> 00:47:18,320
 Again, give the Big Ten their view.

765
00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:26,120
 They've been able to come on in the last three years, and then the bowl record to me is ludicrous

766
00:47:26,120 --> 00:47:32,860
 when you look at coaching changes, opt-outs, and injuries, and four of those losses the SEC

767
00:47:32,860 --> 00:47:37,020
 incurred in bowl season this year happened in the last minute.

768
00:47:37,620 --> 00:47:40,300
 I would take that with a little bit of grain of salt.

769
00:47:40,980 --> 00:47:42,200
 Yeah, probably so.

770
00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:46,860
 I mean, the bowls in general are, you know, unless you get to the playoffs, I'm not sure

771
00:47:46,860 --> 00:47:49,160
 how much we can put stock in that.

772
00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:52,800
 The difference is, though, in previous years, I mean, this has been a while for the bowls

773
00:47:52,800 --> 00:47:57,020
 like this, and the SEC had been doing, you know, pretty well, and I think the concern

774
00:47:57,020 --> 00:48:02,160
 is it's, yeah, I know Tennessee lost in the last play to Illinois, and, you know, there's

775
00:48:02,160 --> 00:48:06,600
 a couple other ones, but they're all, you know, Tennessee and Vanderbilt and all

776
00:48:06,600 --> 00:48:08,420
 them, South Carolina last year lost to Illinois.

777
00:48:08,420 --> 00:48:12,300
 I mean, these sorts of teams are losing to the Big Ten and Bulls the last couple years.

778
00:48:12,400 --> 00:48:13,260
 That didn't used to happen.

779
00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:15,560
 So, there's something in there.

780
00:48:15,980 --> 00:48:20,340
 And, like I said, the strongest teams over the last few years, it's been Michigan, it's

781
00:48:20,340 --> 00:48:21,560
 been Ohio State, it's been Indiana.

782
00:48:21,980 --> 00:48:27,860
 So, there's a good chance we'll see the SEC back in there.

783
00:48:28,460 --> 00:48:30,760
 We'll start hearing about Texas right about now again.

784
00:48:30,860 --> 00:48:32,280
 We'll start expanding again.

785
00:48:32,760 --> 00:48:35,900
 It's going to start right now, so we'll see.

786
00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:40,900
 But the gap's not as big as it seems, but it is different, though, from a few years ago.

787
00:48:41,620 --> 00:48:45,940
 The folks out in Teos country, but they want an ROI on all that money.

788
00:48:46,460 --> 00:48:48,500
 All right, Bruce, talk to us about your thoughts.

789
00:48:48,580 --> 00:48:52,800
 So far, we're getting now starting to turn the corner in ACC basketball play.

790
00:48:53,200 --> 00:48:55,960
 Your thoughts about ACC basketball play.

791
00:48:57,140 --> 00:48:58,040
 Interesting here.

792
00:48:58,460 --> 00:49:04,980
 Keeping an eye on Florida, which looks like it's sort of turning some things around a little

793
00:49:04,980 --> 00:49:08,080
 bit, and they've got some wins in a row here now.

794
00:49:08,860 --> 00:49:12,800
 And tonight, they get LSU, which also had a good win.

795
00:49:12,920 --> 00:49:16,320
 I thought this was really going bad, and Matt McMahon might be in trouble and all that, but

796
00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:21,220
 nice win the other day for LSU against Missouri, so they're at least on the board, you know,

797
00:49:21,220 --> 00:49:22,220
 on conference play now.

798
00:49:22,840 --> 00:49:25,340
 But Florida is the interesting one to me.

799
00:49:26,140 --> 00:49:31,060
 A couple of the transfer guards now are all of a sudden starting to make an impact.

800
00:49:31,060 --> 00:49:34,480
 Boogie Fland has had some big games here in the last two weeks.

801
00:49:34,980 --> 00:49:41,700
 Xavion Lee makes the rare transfer from the Ivy League to the SEC from Princeton.

802
00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:46,380
 A big 20 points in that win over Vanderbilt on Saturday.

803
00:49:46,760 --> 00:49:51,980
 So, you know, Florida looks like they are certainly back, you know, back in the mix.

804
00:49:52,900 --> 00:49:56,960
 I guess the game of tonight, though, now they're playing LSU, but they're a pretty big favorite

805
00:49:56,960 --> 00:49:57,500
 at home.

806
00:49:57,840 --> 00:50:03,100
 That's a pretty big slug of points, but I might be inclined to ride Florida here for a while.

807
00:50:03,680 --> 00:50:04,540
 Vanderbilt, Arkansas.

808
00:50:04,720 --> 00:50:07,180
 This is the other one tonight that I'm kind of interested in.

809
00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:14,000
 Vanderbilt had a long win streak, and it finally ended last week with a thud, and they lost

810
00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:16,120
 twice close to Florida on the weekend.

811
00:50:16,340 --> 00:50:22,160
 They lost to Texas kind of substantially before that, so you wonder if they are starting to

812
00:50:22,160 --> 00:50:23,580
 lose a little bit of altitude here.

813
00:50:23,700 --> 00:50:27,980
 I mean, they were up as high as projected as a two-seed into last week.

814
00:50:28,500 --> 00:50:32,420
 All of a sudden, John Calipari's got Arkansas poised here.

815
00:50:33,320 --> 00:50:37,780
 Tough loss to Georgia the other day, but they are back home at Bud Walton tonight where they

816
00:50:37,780 --> 00:50:40,640
 put 108 on South Carolina last week.

817
00:50:41,340 --> 00:50:46,400
 And Darius Acuff, this freshman, has been scoring 20-plus points like every night.

818
00:50:47,180 --> 00:50:51,280
 So, something tells me Arkansas might bounce back here tonight, and Vanderbilt might be in a

819
00:50:51,280 --> 00:50:53,720
 little bit of a tiny tailspin at the moment.

820
00:50:53,800 --> 00:50:54,060
 We'll see.

821
00:50:54,740 --> 00:51:00,900
 Let me ask you in a couple of minutes, the final four for the NFL, the Rams and the Seahawks.

822
00:51:01,160 --> 00:51:05,180
 Seahawks are 2.5-point favorite the third time they played this season.

823
00:51:05,980 --> 00:51:14,120
 Patriots, 5.5-point favorite over the Denver Broncos, minus Bo Nix and Jarrett Stenham in

824
00:51:14,120 --> 00:51:14,680
 there now.

825
00:51:15,080 --> 00:51:16,820
 Will the favorites win and cover?

826
00:51:18,100 --> 00:51:18,580
 No.

827
00:51:18,900 --> 00:51:20,300
 I think both underdogs can win.

828
00:51:20,860 --> 00:51:23,000
 At least, I think.

829
00:51:23,180 --> 00:51:23,940
 I mean, we will see.

830
00:51:24,500 --> 00:51:28,240
 It's going on a limit with Denver, but that'll be the first game on Sunday.

831
00:51:29,020 --> 00:51:30,940
 Keep in mind a couple of things about Sean Payton.

832
00:51:30,940 --> 00:51:36,960
 In his years at New Orleans, he generally had some competent and capable backup quarterbacks

833
00:51:36,960 --> 00:51:42,420
 there, whether it be Chase Daniel, whether it be Teddy Bridgewater, whether it be Taysom

834
00:51:42,420 --> 00:51:42,740
 Hill.

835
00:51:43,500 --> 00:51:48,160
 They usually held their own when they had to come in there when Drew Brees went down.

836
00:51:49,580 --> 00:51:50,440
 He has...

837
00:51:50,440 --> 00:51:51,780
 Now, what do we know about Jarrett Stenham?

838
00:51:52,180 --> 00:51:58,340
 I actually saw him in one of his few starts for the Raiders when McDaniels was coaching him,

839
00:51:58,340 --> 00:52:00,680
 who, by the way, is now at New England.

840
00:52:01,260 --> 00:52:02,240
 As the coordinator.

841
00:52:03,120 --> 00:52:04,660
 Didn't look all that great.

842
00:52:04,940 --> 00:52:09,000
 And then he had, when they benched Eric Carr at the end of 22, and then he started two

843
00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:13,060
 for Sean at the end of 23, after Russell Wilson was benched.

844
00:52:13,340 --> 00:52:19,420
 He did look very good in the preseason this August, whatever that means.

845
00:52:19,740 --> 00:52:24,320
 But if they did have a preseason MVP in the NFL this year, it probably would have been Stenham.

846
00:52:24,380 --> 00:52:25,100
 But that's about it.

847
00:52:25,160 --> 00:52:27,260
 That's what we've got to go on.

848
00:52:27,260 --> 00:52:30,440
 And Peyton, though, he is...

849
00:52:30,440 --> 00:52:35,900
 I do shows in Denver, too, and people there have been telling me all year, he's seen...

850
00:52:35,900 --> 00:52:39,840
 And they don't think Peyton is making this up, but he thinks he can win with Stenham.

851
00:52:40,200 --> 00:52:45,260
 And it sort of reminds me of what Dan Reeves used to say about Gary Kubiak.

852
00:52:46,140 --> 00:52:48,700
 You know, if he only went down, he said, I think we can win with Kubiak.

853
00:52:49,260 --> 00:52:52,380
 Well, a couple times, Kubiak had to step in, but darn if he didn't do well.

854
00:52:52,940 --> 00:52:54,500
 So I wouldn't rate Denver out.

855
00:52:54,560 --> 00:52:58,340
 He can't do some of the things Knicks can do, obviously, in the running in particular.

856
00:52:59,160 --> 00:53:01,300
 Stenham is not immobile, but he doesn't run like Knicks.

857
00:53:01,620 --> 00:53:03,280
 And that saved Denver a lot this year.

858
00:53:03,340 --> 00:53:04,420
 So they're going to have to do some things.

859
00:53:04,660 --> 00:53:08,560
 But they all thought all year that they didn't match up too badly with New England.

860
00:53:08,720 --> 00:53:10,900
 Buffalo was a matchup that scared them because of Allen.

861
00:53:11,760 --> 00:53:17,240
 You know, I don't think Drake Mays looked all that great the last, except for a couple passes the last two weeks in his pocket presence.

862
00:53:17,540 --> 00:53:20,400
 I think Denver can get them, and you're getting a bonus at the point.

863
00:53:20,500 --> 00:53:22,160
 The other one is a great game.

864
00:53:22,780 --> 00:53:23,900
 We've been waiting for this all year.

865
00:53:23,980 --> 00:53:26,040
 They split in the regular season.

866
00:53:27,840 --> 00:53:31,980
 If you look back at it, I thought, you know, Seattle maybe should have won that first game.

867
00:53:32,460 --> 00:53:34,500
 And the Rams maybe should have won the second game.

868
00:53:34,620 --> 00:53:35,860
 And then the results were different.

869
00:53:35,860 --> 00:53:38,600
 And that was that wild overtime game and the two-point conversion and all that.

870
00:53:39,340 --> 00:53:43,580
 If you look at the stats, though, Sam Darnold, six picks in those two games.

871
00:53:44,100 --> 00:53:51,940
 And I think I still maintain he's a concern for me in a game like this, especially against a guy like Stafford.

872
00:53:53,580 --> 00:54:02,480
 Last week, because of the Rashid Shaheed kickoff return and the first quarter developments that put Seattle up so comfortably early,

873
00:54:03,140 --> 00:54:04,040
 changed that whole game.

874
00:54:04,040 --> 00:54:05,820
 And Darnold didn't have to do much last week.

875
00:54:06,280 --> 00:54:07,380
 And that was a break for Seattle.

876
00:54:07,520 --> 00:54:08,720
 23-17 passes.

877
00:54:10,120 --> 00:54:12,940
 Very, you know, it was everything else worked for Seattle.

878
00:54:13,640 --> 00:54:15,200
 That's not going to happen this week.

879
00:54:15,920 --> 00:54:17,080
 I think the Rams can go.

880
00:54:17,160 --> 00:54:19,020
 They're the only team that can go up there to Seattle and win.

881
00:54:19,700 --> 00:54:20,680
 I think they can do it.

882
00:54:20,860 --> 00:54:23,420
 And it's mainly because of Stafford over Darnold for me.

883
00:54:23,480 --> 00:54:25,480
 So I think we're going to get a Rams-Denver Super Bowl.

884
00:54:25,580 --> 00:54:26,100
 We will see.

885
00:54:27,440 --> 00:54:29,920
 Well, listen, great stuff as always.

886
00:54:30,480 --> 00:54:35,220
 The 15 platforms, Jerome, where can we get online to get the gold standard?

887
00:54:35,300 --> 00:54:35,820
 Well, thanks.

888
00:54:35,940 --> 00:54:40,680
 I checked me out online at the old standbys, VegasInsider.com.

889
00:54:40,840 --> 00:54:43,720
 Also, we're at CBS Sportsline, Sportsline.com.

890
00:54:44,260 --> 00:54:45,560
 Picks with a different twist up there.

891
00:54:45,660 --> 00:54:46,840
 WinnersAndWiners.com.

892
00:54:46,880 --> 00:54:48,300
 PicksAndParlays.com.

893
00:54:49,460 --> 00:54:51,040
 Bruce Marshall, busy boy.

894
00:54:51,180 --> 00:54:52,660
 Listen, man, thanks so much.

895
00:54:52,700 --> 00:54:53,960
 You got a buffet going on there.

896
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 Former U.S. Navy SEAL Jared Hudson says he will remain a candidate within the Republican Senate primary race

982
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 despite the fact that Barry Moore was recently endorsed in this race by President Trump.

983
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984
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985
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 Morgan Murphy, Rodney Walker, and Dale Shelton Dees Jr. are also running in this Republican primary.

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 The SWAT team for the Limestone County Sheriff's Department conducted a search of a home in Athens.

1001
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 Authorities then seized 120 grams of methamphetamines along with a firearm.

1002
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 Bonfer Pierce has been set at $250,000.

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 The Morgan County School District is expanding its STAR program to work with students that have disabilities.

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1020
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1026
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1027
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 Today's sunny with a high around 45 and wind chill values between 20 and 30.

1028
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 Tonight mostly clear with wind gusts up to 15 miles an hour and a low around 25.

1029
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 Tomorrow mostly cloudy with a 40% chance of afternoon showers and a high around 50.

1030
01:02:38,520 --> 01:02:42,700
 Tomorrow night cloudy with a 70% chance of showers overnight and a low near 40.

1031
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1032
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1033
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1034
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 Shoals, Decatur, Athens, and all of northwest Alabama and southern Tennessee.

1035
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 It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM Sports Voice.

1036
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1037
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 Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC.

1039
01:03:15,980 --> 01:03:21,700
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9, The Score.

1040
01:03:22,360 --> 01:03:22,980
 Hi, Ken.

1041
01:03:23,040 --> 01:03:24,200
 How are you from the Boomo Bugg Show?

1042
01:03:24,280 --> 01:03:25,860
 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

1043
01:03:25,960 --> 01:03:28,560
 Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

1044
01:03:28,660 --> 01:03:33,320
 Maybe if you're a regular on the show, you know we try to have as much fun as possible here.

1045
01:03:33,440 --> 01:03:35,900
 But you got to know when things kind of get serious.

1046
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 And one of the nice things about having a show that comes out of your backyard, in other words, we originate in North Alabama.

1047
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 So, it's not like being piped in from Timbuk too.

1048
01:03:43,400 --> 01:03:46,940
 And that is, the weather this weekend can be very, very serious.

1049
01:03:47,080 --> 01:03:49,560
 We don't usually sit here and talk a whole lot about weather.

1050
01:03:49,640 --> 01:03:50,580
 That's not our bailiwick.

1051
01:03:50,980 --> 01:03:59,400
 But for those that we trust who are not in the clickbait, even they are saying, keep a close eye on the sky, the combination of ice and snow.

1052
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 Well, the reason we're bringing, we're already telling you this.

1053
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 We're just reminding you to make sure that you are as prepared as possible with batteries, with backup food.

1054
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 And, of course, maybe some propane containers if you have something that can use that.

1055
01:04:13,080 --> 01:04:21,640
 But, B.B., the bottom line is, coming at you from where we are, it's just a nice way to sit here and remind all of us that this weather could get serious this weekend.

1056
01:04:21,940 --> 01:04:31,380
 Well, I vividly remember the ice storm of 1982 that basically paralyzed half the state for nearly a week.

1057
01:04:31,380 --> 01:04:38,860
 You need to have another alternate source of heat, stock up a little bit on food, and just get prepared in advance.

1058
01:04:39,140 --> 01:04:41,260
 And use common sense as much as possible.

1059
01:04:41,360 --> 01:04:43,440
 It's a pleasure for us to welcome in Brett Greenberg.

1060
01:04:43,560 --> 01:04:45,240
 I wonder if he does weather.

1061
01:04:45,340 --> 01:04:53,200
 We know he does a knockout job cover recruiting for the place called Alabama there, Bama 24-7, part of the 24-7 sports family.

1062
01:04:53,680 --> 01:04:54,800
 Brett, welcome in.

1063
01:04:55,080 --> 01:04:56,320
 How's your forecast going?

1064
01:04:56,400 --> 01:04:56,900
 How are you?

1065
01:04:57,500 --> 01:04:58,160
 I'm good.

1066
01:04:58,200 --> 01:04:58,820
 I'm good, guys.

1067
01:04:58,920 --> 01:05:01,000
 I appreciate you guys having me on.

1068
01:05:01,000 --> 01:05:03,560
 I'm not a weather expert, I will say.

1069
01:05:03,920 --> 01:05:12,560
 I think my biggest take is that it's cold, and it looks like it's going to get colder down in the south as much as you'll get from me.

1070
01:05:13,160 --> 01:05:13,920
 I guarantee you.

1071
01:05:13,920 --> 01:05:15,760
 Let's stay with our bailiwick here, Brett.

1072
01:05:16,140 --> 01:05:18,940
 Your thoughts as far as this class?

1073
01:05:19,020 --> 01:05:22,520
 We know it's kind of confusing for a lot of folks who don't follow this today.

1074
01:05:22,520 --> 01:05:25,140
 I thought you guys said the portal was over.

1075
01:05:25,860 --> 01:05:29,800
 Yeah, but still there's some unfinished business that could take place.

1076
01:05:30,360 --> 01:05:36,840
 Brett, your thoughts about Alabama coming out of the closing of the window and where things are right now going forward.

1077
01:05:37,500 --> 01:05:43,300
 Yeah, it's a good point you brought up, and I think I talked about this last week, but I'll just say it again just for your listeners.

1078
01:05:43,300 --> 01:05:45,960
 The window closed on January 16th.

1079
01:05:45,960 --> 01:05:56,680
 That's for guys to enter the transfer portal, but now they have until I believe it's February 2nd to take visits elsewhere, so it's going to continue to roll right along.

1080
01:05:56,820 --> 01:06:07,520
 Obviously, Alabama had a much, much better weekend than the weekend prior, I would say, with the Crimson Tide, adding five through the portal and also adding a high school addition at the wide receiver position.

1081
01:06:07,700 --> 01:06:12,400
 But all in all, you're sitting at 17 incoming transfers as of now.

1082
01:06:12,520 --> 01:06:19,720
 Continuing to hear some more names are popping up as the staff continues to evaluate guys, whether it's a power four level.

1083
01:06:20,680 --> 01:06:23,980
 There's the Miami and Indiana rosters that are probably going to open up.

1084
01:06:24,020 --> 01:06:24,220
 Yeah.

1085
01:06:24,340 --> 01:06:32,820
 I've seen a couple departures already as they have a five-day window that, I believe, started as soon as the clock hit zero last night in Miami.

1086
01:06:32,820 --> 01:06:35,880
 So those rosters are rich with talent.

1087
01:06:35,980 --> 01:06:37,800
 There could be some guys that pop up as well.

1088
01:06:38,240 --> 01:06:46,080
 The staff is looking through the JUCO ranks and also the high school level as well for some guys that maybe slip through the tracks, through the tracks.

1089
01:06:46,240 --> 01:06:55,200
 And certainly one of those is Maurice Mathis, who's a 6'1", 190-pounder, who got to campus last week, picked up an offer and quickly joined with Crimson Tide.

1090
01:06:55,260 --> 01:06:56,380
 He's going to be an early enroll.

1091
01:06:56,460 --> 01:07:02,220
 He had 1,200-plus yards and 16 touchdowns for Houston County down in South Georgia, who played some really good competition.

1092
01:07:02,220 --> 01:07:12,940
 So it's continuing to go, roll right along, maybe not as busy as when the window was open, but the staff is continuing to evaluate and try to get some more guys in the fold.

1093
01:07:13,140 --> 01:07:18,860
 As you guys know, the roster went from 85 to 105, so there's still some spots to be filled.

1094
01:07:19,660 --> 01:07:26,400
 Let me ask you about a couple of receivers that one's already been in, Nico Brown from Yale.

1095
01:07:26,740 --> 01:07:36,860
 And I know some people have a tendency to snicker about the Ivy League, where this guy's got 71 receptions for over 1,000 yards and 11 touchdowns.

1096
01:07:36,920 --> 01:07:42,140
 His 108 yards of receiving per game was one of the best in the nation.

1097
01:07:42,140 --> 01:07:52,760
 And then Ian Duarte, and I'll let you correct me on that, 95 for over 1,000, he's from Idaho State.

1098
01:07:53,140 --> 01:08:01,640
 Again, those two schools may not be at the top of your list in recruiting, but their production, they've shown they can play.

1099
01:08:01,740 --> 01:08:03,200
 Your thoughts on both players?

1100
01:08:03,980 --> 01:08:04,660
 Yeah, absolutely.

1101
01:08:04,780 --> 01:08:06,860
 You kind of hit it right on the head right there.

1102
01:08:06,860 --> 01:08:16,520
 And, you know, talk about you're going to have to add more guys with this 105 roster limit now, getting, you know, obviously expanding from 20, from 85.

1103
01:08:16,960 --> 01:08:25,080
 You're not going to convince, you know, starting talent and other, you know, powerful programs to come in and be your wide receiver six, for example.

1104
01:08:25,220 --> 01:08:27,660
 Your offensive line eight, you know, offensive tackle eight.

1105
01:08:27,720 --> 01:08:31,820
 So these are the type of guys that Alabama is going to continue to be going after.

1106
01:08:31,820 --> 01:08:43,940
 You mentioned Nico Brown had visited Washington, Michigan State, Northwestern, UCLA, was at Alabama over the weekend, confirmed he left and went to visit Stanford as well, where his older brother, I believe his younger brother, excuse me.

1107
01:08:44,320 --> 01:08:46,340
 And you're dealing with a Yale kid.

1108
01:08:46,440 --> 01:08:52,200
 He's got probably a very, very nice brain on that shoulder and a smart guy.

1109
01:08:52,420 --> 01:08:59,640
 Everything I was told, you know, he's going to continue to take those visits, was going to take all of his visits before a decision is made.

1110
01:08:59,700 --> 01:09:04,000
 So continuing to monitor the latest of Brown, which you can find on Bama 247.

1111
01:09:04,120 --> 01:09:10,900
 And then Ian Duarte, who confirmed with me, Alabama's been in contact with visit, seems likely at this point.

1112
01:09:10,980 --> 01:09:12,960
 Now, when that does happen, I'm not sure.

1113
01:09:13,040 --> 01:09:13,720
 I was talking with him.

1114
01:09:13,760 --> 01:09:15,140
 He doesn't want to get down there soon.

1115
01:09:15,460 --> 01:09:17,000
 No official offer yet.

1116
01:09:17,000 --> 01:09:23,800
 And that's one thing to note with this staff, both at the high school ranks and for the most part in the high school recruiting and this portal.

1117
01:09:24,020 --> 01:09:25,380
 They want to get you on campus.

1118
01:09:25,480 --> 01:09:26,380
 They want to get your measurables.

1119
01:09:26,500 --> 01:09:31,840
 They want to put you in front of Courtney Morgan, Kalen DeBoer, whatever respective position coach that may be.

1120
01:09:32,100 --> 01:09:37,800
 So just because an offer hasn't been extended yet doesn't mean there won't be once you get on campus.

1121
01:09:37,880 --> 01:09:41,120
 But those are the two guys, I think, at receiver that I'm definitely monitoring.

1122
01:09:42,380 --> 01:09:45,580
 Check it out with Brett Greenberg there, Bama 247.

1123
01:09:45,740 --> 01:09:47,700
 Brett, obviously, they come and they go.

1124
01:09:47,860 --> 01:09:50,780
 The bottom line is you look at the balance.

1125
01:09:51,100 --> 01:09:57,040
 And everybody last year who followed this program said Alabama's got to get better, shock, shock, on the respective lines.

1126
01:09:57,560 --> 01:09:58,460
 They lost a lot.

1127
01:09:58,560 --> 01:09:59,340
 They've gotten a lot.

1128
01:09:59,640 --> 01:10:04,080
 Brett, how does the line coming in compare with the line going out at Alabama?

1129
01:10:05,180 --> 01:10:07,180
 Yeah, I think you start with the offensive line.

1130
01:10:07,180 --> 01:10:14,100
 And offense and defensive line, I've said over and over, were the two main points of focus, I think, pretty much all year.

1131
01:10:14,180 --> 01:10:18,520
 Anyone who watched Alabama wasn't up to Alabama's standard, if you will.

1132
01:10:18,640 --> 01:10:20,380
 And, yeah, they lost a lot on both sides.

1133
01:10:20,460 --> 01:10:31,080
 But I think what you're bringing in with, for example, Cal Poly Center and Rayson Delgatti with extreme, extreme experience over, I believe, 1,300-plus career snaps has allowed, I think, three pressures.

1134
01:10:32,400 --> 01:10:35,200
 Three or four, I can't exactly remember the exact number.

1135
01:10:35,300 --> 01:10:38,460
 He's a guy who can probably plug and play immediately at the center position.

1136
01:10:38,780 --> 01:10:41,140
 And you look at who they lost to the NFL draft.

1137
01:10:41,540 --> 01:10:48,840
 And a Parker Brailser, who came in from Washington and was kind of one of the more reliable offensive linemen for the Crimson Tide over the last two years.

1138
01:10:49,000 --> 01:10:50,360
 And you bring in a Caden Strayhorn.

1139
01:10:50,460 --> 01:10:51,680
 You have Maul Waldrop in the build.

1140
01:10:52,020 --> 01:10:54,860
 Well, you wanted to bring a guy with maybe a little bit more experience.

1141
01:10:54,960 --> 01:10:57,920
 You can see him plugging and playing at the center position.

1142
01:10:59,400 --> 01:11:03,700
 And you look at it as a whole, I think the one mainstay is Michael Carroll at right tackle.

1143
01:11:04,160 --> 01:11:05,720
 And then beyond that, it was all up in the air.

1144
01:11:05,840 --> 01:11:13,800
 You added Nick Brooks, the 6'6", 350-pounder out of Texas, who projected it as an offensive tackle coming out of Grayson High School here in Georgia.

1145
01:11:14,300 --> 01:11:22,720
 Was played for Longhorns three games against, started three games against SEC opponents last year at the left guard position.

1146
01:11:22,880 --> 01:11:27,960
 And everybody I've talked to near the Texas program kind of told me it was kind of similar to Alabama.

1147
01:11:28,140 --> 01:11:30,900
 There was, that offensive line wasn't what it needed to be.

1148
01:11:31,000 --> 01:11:34,040
 There was a lot of positions, guys playing out of position.

1149
01:11:34,160 --> 01:11:43,080
 What I think bodes well for Alabama receiving his commitment and ultimate signing is, yes, he projects the left tackle, but has shown his ability to play the guard spot.

1150
01:11:43,080 --> 01:11:47,380
 And it's that positional versatility that this staff has gone after at the high school rinks.

1151
01:11:47,480 --> 01:11:49,540
 They're doing that in the portal as well.

1152
01:11:49,840 --> 01:11:58,960
 You had an Ethan Fields, an interior lineman from Ole Miss, who didn't have, I think, was under 100 total snaps last fall for the Rebels, but more experienced.

1153
01:11:59,140 --> 01:12:02,020
 Guys that, and one of my buddies brought up a good point.

1154
01:12:02,220 --> 01:12:06,980
 You see that most of these portal additions have two or three years of eligibility.

1155
01:12:07,220 --> 01:12:10,620
 So you're getting guys in the fold that aren't just going to be leaving after one year.

1156
01:12:10,620 --> 01:12:15,580
 And now there's the portal that's going to happen next year, and it's crazy, and who knows who's going to be there.

1157
01:12:15,620 --> 01:12:18,420
 And they could leave after one year, whatever that may be.

1158
01:12:18,460 --> 01:12:19,840
 We'll attack that a year from now.

1159
01:12:19,940 --> 01:12:23,880
 But you're getting guys in the building that have multiple years of experience.

1160
01:12:23,880 --> 01:12:32,740
 And then flipping over the defensive line, obviously you've lost a lot of production, James Smith, Wade Roussard, Jordan Renaud, and so on and so forth.

1161
01:12:32,740 --> 01:12:39,280
 But you bring in who arguably, I believe, you know, in my opinion, one of the bigger pickups for the Crimson Tide throughout this entire cycle,

1162
01:12:39,440 --> 01:12:45,160
 Terrence Green, Oregon defensive lineman, going to be probably your nose tackle for the Crimson Tide.

1163
01:12:46,440 --> 01:12:56,680
 After losing Tim Keenan, 6'5", 330-plus pounds, and not one of your typical, I think, nose tackle type of body makes, if you will.

1164
01:12:56,760 --> 01:12:57,340
 He's long.

1165
01:12:57,440 --> 01:12:57,980
 He's athletic.

1166
01:12:58,080 --> 01:12:59,980
 It goes along with what this staff's looking for.

1167
01:13:00,180 --> 01:13:00,900
 He's disruptive.

1168
01:13:01,100 --> 01:13:04,980
 He started the third most snaps of any interior defensive lineman in Oregon.

1169
01:13:05,080 --> 01:13:08,600
 I believe the Ducks brought back most of their starters at that position.

1170
01:13:08,720 --> 01:13:09,720
 So he was looking elsewhere.

1171
01:13:10,100 --> 01:13:12,140
 Alabama got that done very quickly.

1172
01:13:12,400 --> 01:13:13,960
 And I've been practicing this name.

1173
01:13:14,040 --> 01:13:14,940
 I haven't nailed it yet.

1174
01:13:15,060 --> 01:13:19,920
 I'm just going to tell you to master that going into the spring and the fall.

1175
01:13:19,920 --> 01:13:24,660
 But Alabama then had, you know, kind of cap out the very good weekend in South Carolina edge.

1176
01:13:25,100 --> 01:13:29,960
 Desmond Umuzulu, who's 6'6", 255 pounds.

1177
01:13:30,040 --> 01:13:34,480
 I think those measurables kind of just jump at you right off the page.

1178
01:13:34,740 --> 01:13:36,440
 And, again, it was another similar situation.

1179
01:13:36,560 --> 01:13:39,840
 It was productive for the Gamecocks, but they brought back most of their starters.

1180
01:13:39,960 --> 01:13:41,280
 So he was looking for a home elsewhere.

1181
01:13:41,700 --> 01:13:44,660
 He's got a great – he had a great relationship with Alabama as director of recruiting.

1182
01:13:44,980 --> 01:13:50,400
 Katavis Sanders, I think that went a long way in ultimately securing a visit pretty quickly since entering the portal

1183
01:13:50,400 --> 01:13:53,780
 and ultimately signing – or committing and signing, excuse me.

1184
01:13:53,780 --> 01:13:56,940
 And you look at it kind of as a roster as a whole.

1185
01:13:57,080 --> 01:13:58,280
 You retain to Yonse Pierre.

1186
01:13:58,880 --> 01:14:05,780
 Him, Yonse Pierre on one side and Desmond Umuzulu on the other side can kind of wreak havoc on those third downs.

1187
01:14:05,960 --> 01:14:07,240
 So there's a lot to like.

1188
01:14:07,360 --> 01:14:12,480
 I think Alabama certainly got better on both sides of the ball in the trenches, and that was a big, big focus.

1189
01:14:13,640 --> 01:14:14,080
 Absolutely.

1190
01:14:14,420 --> 01:14:16,640
 Listen, you've got another obligation at 120.

1191
01:14:16,760 --> 01:14:18,000
 We're going to let you go.

1192
01:14:18,840 --> 01:14:23,280
 Tell us where we can get online and get the absolute latest.

1193
01:14:23,280 --> 01:14:29,060
 I know Jacoby Clinton might be another one from West Florida to be looking at.

1194
01:14:29,140 --> 01:14:31,860
 He is Clinton Dix's younger brother.

1195
01:14:32,360 --> 01:14:33,340
 That should be interesting.

1196
01:14:33,560 --> 01:14:35,680
 Where can we get online to get all the great stuff?

1197
01:14:36,400 --> 01:14:36,980
 Yeah, absolutely.

1198
01:14:37,080 --> 01:14:38,980
 As always, appreciate you guys having me on.

1199
01:14:39,100 --> 01:14:43,600
 Sorry I had to be a little bit cut short, but I owe you a couple more minutes next time I'm on here.

1200
01:14:43,700 --> 01:14:52,100
 But you do a great job of kind of support and promoting all of our good work over at Bama247 and at Brett Greenberg underscore over on Twitter.

1201
01:14:52,180 --> 01:14:56,140
 And like I said, Alabama, you know, sitting at 17 incoming transfers, don't think it's done.

1202
01:14:56,240 --> 01:15:05,080
 Could see potentially some more addition along the offensive line, maybe a wide receiver as well, or edge, Wolf-like as well, just kind of looking at this roster.

1203
01:15:05,080 --> 01:15:11,160
 So, yeah, Bama247 and at brettgreenberg.com underscore or brettgreenberg underscore over on Twitter.

1204
01:15:12,220 --> 01:15:14,160
 Brett, always appreciate your time.

1205
01:15:14,240 --> 01:15:14,540
 Good luck.

1206
01:15:14,660 --> 01:15:16,000
 Thanks so much for your time today.

1207
01:15:16,860 --> 01:15:17,480
 Absolutely, guys.

1208
01:15:17,500 --> 01:15:18,060
 You have a great day.

1209
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 Brett Greenberg is going to win this Bama247.

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1212
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1213
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 David Weathers' daughter is on that team.

1214
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 So, congratulations.

1215
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 You're talking about a proud papa in Miles Stutz and the crew up at Freed Harmon in Henderson, Tennessee.

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 Coming up all over the NCC with Joe Cox next.

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1258
01:18:17,180 --> 01:18:17,900
 Hello again, everybody.

1259
01:18:18,100 --> 01:18:18,920
 I'm Roger Hoover.

1260
01:18:19,360 --> 01:18:24,240
 Here are thoughts from Alabama men's basketball head coach Nate Oates following Saturday's win at Oklahoma.

1261
01:18:24,240 --> 01:18:27,020
 I did think in certain Houston in the starting lineup.

1262
01:18:27,160 --> 01:18:36,000
 And I didn't think it was as much about who came out of the lineup as just putting Houston in there for any one of pretty much any of them outside Aiden Sherell.

1263
01:18:36,380 --> 01:18:38,500
 Just to get our energy where it needed to be.

1264
01:18:39,680 --> 01:18:42,560
 And he got it where it needed to be to start that second half.

1265
01:18:42,680 --> 01:18:44,980
 So huge run to start the second half.

1266
01:18:45,720 --> 01:18:52,200
 You know, I thought if we could play that hard the first 20 minutes, we wouldn't have been down 11.

1267
01:18:52,440 --> 01:18:57,940
 But I got to figure out what we got to do to get us playing harder for 40 minutes.

1268
01:18:58,320 --> 01:18:59,960
 You know, not wait until we get down.

1269
01:19:00,080 --> 01:19:00,620
 We did it.

1270
01:19:01,180 --> 01:19:02,260
 We stayed on the road.

1271
01:19:02,400 --> 01:19:06,020
 We wait until we get down 14 and then we turn it up and go on a run.

1272
01:19:06,700 --> 01:19:08,460
 So we got to do a better job.

1273
01:19:08,520 --> 01:19:09,900
 I got to do a better job as a coach.

1274
01:19:10,440 --> 01:19:12,620
 Getting these guys motivated to give us better effort.

1275
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1290
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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1291
01:20:11,120 --> 01:20:11,960
 Welcome back in.

1292
01:20:12,000 --> 01:20:15,440
 It is always a pleasure for us to open the door and say hello to Joe Cox.

1293
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 He's got it all covered there.

1294
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 His columnist for Saturday Down South.

1295
01:20:18,420 --> 01:20:19,780
 Joe, welcome in.

1296
01:20:19,880 --> 01:20:20,740
 How are you?

1297
01:20:21,600 --> 01:20:22,400
 Doing okay.

1298
01:20:22,540 --> 01:20:26,440
 Trying to thaw out a little bit up here, but other than that, I can't complain.

1299
01:20:27,580 --> 01:20:33,960
 Joe, are they going to come out with a sports movie and call it Hoosiers Part 2 after this season?

1300
01:20:34,820 --> 01:20:36,320
 You know, they'd be justified.

1301
01:20:36,920 --> 01:20:41,120
 100 to 1 preseason pick for the title.

1302
01:20:41,500 --> 01:20:44,040
 And, you know, they checked every box.

1303
01:20:44,220 --> 01:20:49,300
 It's the rare season where you go away and you say, no, it really had to be them.

1304
01:20:49,400 --> 01:20:51,380
 They did everything they were supposed to do.

1305
01:20:52,100 --> 01:20:54,540
 You know, you're right there on the border with Indiana.

1306
01:20:54,780 --> 01:20:56,400
 You're in Kentucky country.

1307
01:20:56,720 --> 01:20:57,340
 It's basketball.

1308
01:20:57,720 --> 01:21:01,140
 What's going on over the state line as far as those football fans?

1309
01:21:01,260 --> 01:21:05,340
 Are they sitting here pinching themselves saying, we never thought we'd live to see this day?

1310
01:21:06,200 --> 01:21:08,400
 There really is a big element of that.

1311
01:21:08,500 --> 01:21:13,360
 I've got a good friend who's an IU alum, and he actually lives in Texas now.

1312
01:21:13,440 --> 01:21:16,600
 So he's down in what now passes for SBC country.

1313
01:21:16,600 --> 01:21:22,020
 And, yeah, I think it's just like, don't wake me up before this thing ends, you know?

1314
01:21:23,580 --> 01:21:24,520
 Oh, my.

1315
01:21:25,920 --> 01:21:28,320
 Joe, where are we going in sports?

1316
01:21:28,440 --> 01:21:32,320
 It was the product on the field continues to be wonderful.

1317
01:21:32,800 --> 01:21:35,880
 We enjoy the games every week.

1318
01:21:35,960 --> 01:21:40,180
 Very competitive national championship game last night.

1319
01:21:40,180 --> 01:21:52,840
 And now, as far as looking at the future, Friday is the deadline for the commissioners to get together and say, we're either staying at 12 or we're going to 16.

1320
01:21:53,180 --> 01:22:11,120
 Tony Petetti is probably beside himself, the Big Ten commissioner, wants to go to 24, which would cause quite a ripple effect as far as probably eliminating the conference championship games beginning the season earlier.

1321
01:22:11,400 --> 01:22:13,880
 And, Joe, they've got to do something about this calendar.

1322
01:22:14,620 --> 01:22:19,300
 We would be nearly a week away from the national championship next year.

1323
01:22:19,660 --> 01:22:23,540
 It's six days later than it was last night.

1324
01:22:24,260 --> 01:22:31,820
 There are so many questions that, to me, are even more important than are we going to expand to 16.

1325
01:22:32,160 --> 01:22:36,780
 Joe, your thoughts on where we're going in the next couple of years.

1326
01:22:37,420 --> 01:22:41,120
 Yeah, I think the concern here is who is the visionary?

1327
01:22:41,340 --> 01:22:49,340
 Who is the person who comes up with the plan that makes sense, that takes care of the players, that takes care of the coaches, that takes care of the schools?

1328
01:22:49,340 --> 01:22:54,780
 And their calendar, the fear here is that there is nobody, because there hasn't been anybody.

1329
01:22:55,640 --> 01:23:02,860
 I see more than ever that push to say, we need a commissioner or whatever you want to call him, a head man, basically.

1330
01:23:03,240 --> 01:23:14,840
 And not coincidentally, Nick Saban's name is one I always hear batted about, because I think he would have the combination of a finger in enough pies and enough horse sense to kind of get the thing to a workable place.

1331
01:23:14,840 --> 01:23:26,920
 But, yeah, there's a lot going right at this point, but we're really teetering on the verge of being able to possibly upset the whole card if we're not careful about all of these things.

1332
01:23:27,160 --> 01:23:29,000
 And, yeah, do you make it bigger?

1333
01:23:29,120 --> 01:23:30,260
 Do you keep it the same?

1334
01:23:30,780 --> 01:23:34,080
 I think the conference championship games are outmoded at this point.

1335
01:23:34,220 --> 01:23:36,940
 We kind of talked around that over the course of the year.

1336
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 But I almost think whatever you do, even if you've kept it at 12, I think it's time to pull those.

1337
01:23:43,520 --> 01:23:50,100
 16 games is too long for a college season, and the games don't mean anything at this point.

1338
01:23:50,340 --> 01:23:55,220
 I'd rather be in the playoff and out of the championship game than vice versa any day.

1339
01:23:55,560 --> 01:24:00,940
 So that's one thing I've kind of got circled, is let's just figure out a way to cut that part out altogether.

1340
01:24:02,080 --> 01:24:11,280
 But, yeah, it would be lovely to finish this up two or three weeks earlier, figure out a way to make the portal window make sense so the kids aren't transferring in the middle of the semester.

1341
01:24:12,060 --> 01:24:12,540
 I don't know.

1342
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 If the headhunters come to you guys looking for a college football boss, throw my name in there.

1343
01:24:17,780 --> 01:24:19,040
 I'll take the salary anyway.

1344
01:24:20,260 --> 01:24:20,660
 Absolutely.

1345
01:24:21,280 --> 01:24:22,800
 We consider it done.

1346
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 Joe Cox meets it there.

1347
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 Right now it's Saturday down south.

1348
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 Joe, we need more of Greg's thinking, less of ESPN's influence on that side of things.

1349
01:24:31,640 --> 01:24:34,600
 But let's talk something that's very near and dear to you.

1350
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 SEC basketball, it's hard to believe.

1351
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 January is passing right before our very eyes.

1352
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 Before you know it, March Madness will be here.

1353
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 Joe, your thoughts to date around the SEC hardwoods?

1354
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 My thought still is I think the best point I've heard made was made by my 13-year-old son who said,

1355
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 let's get tickets for that first day of the SEC tournament because whoever's number nine, number 10, number 11 in the SEC,

1356
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 is going to be some darn good teams.

1357
01:25:00,880 --> 01:25:02,340
 I can promise you that much.

1358
01:25:03,340 --> 01:25:06,060
 It's always up and down throughout the league.

1359
01:25:06,640 --> 01:25:12,840
 But this year, more than ever, man, you could take those 16 slots, take magnetic strips,

1360
01:25:12,840 --> 01:25:17,280
 and throw them at a board with your eyes shut, and you'd end up with something probably pretty close to where we are.

1361
01:25:18,780 --> 01:25:24,200
 Joe, the Gators are the defending national champion, and they got off to a 5-4 start.

1362
01:25:24,320 --> 01:25:27,580
 A lot of people were saying, well, what in the world is wrong with this team?

1363
01:25:28,240 --> 01:25:31,220
 I believe they're 7-1 or 8-1.

1364
01:25:32,420 --> 01:25:39,640
 They've won four consecutive SEC games, and they're beginning to look like a defending national champion.

1365
01:25:39,840 --> 01:25:45,740
 Auburn has got them Saturday, and then Alabama is going down there the following Saturday.

1366
01:25:45,960 --> 01:25:47,420
 Good luck to both teams.

1367
01:25:48,040 --> 01:25:50,100
 Gators are rolling right now, aren't they, Joe?

1368
01:25:50,800 --> 01:25:53,380
 Yeah, they really are, and they're doing it with offense.

1369
01:25:53,680 --> 01:25:59,780
 I think everybody liked their roster coming into the season, and they had some trouble getting everybody on the same page.

1370
01:25:59,880 --> 01:26:04,740
 But the other thing I noticed, I'm looking at the record right now, and the wins stand out.

1371
01:26:04,760 --> 01:26:10,680
 But the other thing that stands out is the point total in that period, 98, 96, 91, 92, 94.

1372
01:26:10,680 --> 01:26:12,780
 You get the team.

1373
01:26:12,980 --> 01:26:17,740
 If you score 90-plus points, unless you're a miserable defensive team, you're going to do pretty well.

1374
01:26:18,160 --> 01:26:23,520
 And that's going to be the challenge for the Alabama schools there is can you guard them?

1375
01:26:23,520 --> 01:26:27,260
 If you can hold them to 80 or so, you've got a shot.

1376
01:26:27,420 --> 01:26:29,900
 But if they're going to put up 90, good luck.

1377
01:26:30,040 --> 01:26:32,920
 Buckle your seatbelts, and you better get hot from three-point range.

1378
01:26:33,200 --> 01:26:34,360
 You know what they say, Joe.

1379
01:26:34,460 --> 01:26:35,740
 Coaches never want to look ahead.

1380
01:26:35,840 --> 01:26:40,240
 First things first, Auburn, Ole Miss, and then next up for Alabama, Tennessee.

1381
01:26:40,240 --> 01:26:42,180
 Your thoughts about those respective matchups.

1382
01:26:43,280 --> 01:26:45,720
 Well, you know, Ole Miss is one of those teams.

1383
01:26:45,820 --> 01:26:46,580
 They're 3-2.

1384
01:26:47,480 --> 01:26:48,360
 Could they be better?

1385
01:26:48,440 --> 01:26:49,040
 Sure, they could.

1386
01:26:49,100 --> 01:26:50,520
 But they've got three in a row.

1387
01:26:51,180 --> 01:26:53,600
 They've won a couple of close games in a row.

1388
01:26:53,720 --> 01:26:57,420
 So you certainly can't afford to overlook them.

1389
01:26:57,860 --> 01:27:00,700
 And, you know, that's the story of the league this year.

1390
01:27:00,780 --> 01:27:05,080
 Tennessee, on the other hand, they're kind of on the disappointing side of things.

1391
01:27:05,200 --> 01:27:05,920
 They're 2-3.

1392
01:27:06,580 --> 01:27:08,420
 But you look at their last two games.

1393
01:27:08,420 --> 01:27:14,000
 They won one in double overtime, and then they lost one to Kentucky that they led for 39 and a half minutes

1394
01:27:14,000 --> 01:27:15,120
 or something like that.

1395
01:27:15,460 --> 01:27:18,560
 And, you know, it just didn't hold up at the end.

1396
01:27:18,880 --> 01:27:23,680
 So, you know, anybody at any point right now in this league can do anything.

1397
01:27:23,860 --> 01:27:24,740
 You could win by 20.

1398
01:27:24,800 --> 01:27:25,860
 You could lose by 20.

1399
01:27:26,020 --> 01:27:27,820
 But I expect close games.

1400
01:27:28,060 --> 01:27:29,620
 Basically, that would be my short answer.

1401
01:27:29,800 --> 01:27:31,960
 These are pretty evenly matched teams.

1402
01:27:32,080 --> 01:27:37,380
 And it's just going to be fun to kind of see them slug it out over the next month or six weeks or so.

1403
01:27:38,380 --> 01:27:40,080
 What's the biggest surprise to you?

1404
01:27:40,140 --> 01:27:43,140
 I may have asked you this last week or a couple weeks.

1405
01:27:43,820 --> 01:27:47,060
 Georgia at 15-3 and 3-2.

1406
01:27:47,780 --> 01:27:52,920
 They got beat by Ole Miss and then turned around and whip Arkansas by 14 points.

1407
01:27:53,740 --> 01:27:56,320
 And Bucky Ball is doing really well.

1408
01:27:56,460 --> 01:27:59,040
 14-4, 4-1 in the SEC.

1409
01:27:59,400 --> 01:28:08,860
 And I know we talked last week about the controversial win over Auburn, their first loss to Tennessee in double overtime.

1410
01:28:09,420 --> 01:28:12,200
 Bucky McMillan's been successful everywhere he's going.

1411
01:28:12,200 --> 01:28:16,820
 And I knew once he got settled at A&M, they would start playing better.

1412
01:28:17,360 --> 01:28:20,240
 Who's the biggest surprise to you so far in the SEC?

1413
01:28:21,080 --> 01:28:23,320
 I'd probably go with A&M right now.

1414
01:28:23,440 --> 01:28:28,440
 And if we did talk about it before, Vanderbilt probably came up and they're settling back to earth a little bit.

1415
01:28:28,720 --> 01:28:37,320
 But, yeah, I didn't expect A&M to be this good this quick just because they've always been a program that would defend you very well.

1416
01:28:37,320 --> 01:28:39,180
 But they've struggled over the years with scoring.

1417
01:28:39,180 --> 01:28:44,100
 They usually have had one or two key players who had to kind of do everything themselves.

1418
01:28:44,700 --> 01:28:47,700
 And they're spreading the wealth around a lot better this year.

1419
01:28:47,800 --> 01:28:50,760
 That's the biggest thing that I think has been a kind of hidden key to them.

1420
01:28:50,880 --> 01:28:52,320
 It's not just one guy anymore.

1421
01:28:52,460 --> 01:28:58,340
 It's not just, you know, gee, if we can get that guy shooting the ball poorly, we're going to take care of A&M.

1422
01:28:58,540 --> 01:29:01,960
 But they've really adapted well to the new coach.

1423
01:29:02,260 --> 01:29:04,220
 And they're a team to look out for.

1424
01:29:04,300 --> 01:29:05,360
 I mean, they're 4-1 in the league.

1425
01:29:05,500 --> 01:29:07,200
 Only two teams can say that.

1426
01:29:07,240 --> 01:29:09,120
 And they've certainly earned their spot up there.

1427
01:29:10,040 --> 01:29:11,100
 I agree with you.

1428
01:29:11,260 --> 01:29:15,160
 The SEC may not have four or five teams in the top ten right now.

1429
01:29:15,160 --> 01:29:16,480
 But they've got more depth.

1430
01:29:16,620 --> 01:29:21,640
 And that's going to be a fascinating tournament in Nashville the next time we turn around.

1431
01:29:21,740 --> 01:29:23,560
 Great stuff, as always.

1432
01:29:23,900 --> 01:29:27,180
 Joe, where can we get online and get your stuff and the teams?

1433
01:29:28,040 --> 01:29:28,900
 Keep up with us.

1434
01:29:28,920 --> 01:29:30,220
 It's Saturday down south.

1435
01:29:30,440 --> 01:29:33,740
 And it'll be a long run to the finish line.

1436
01:29:33,960 --> 01:29:38,460
 And, yeah, like you, I'm kind of – I'm always circling my calendar a little bit for Nashville.

1437
01:29:38,800 --> 01:29:43,940
 But particularly if I get those first-day tickets, we might have a grand time.

1438
01:29:44,000 --> 01:29:45,180
 And we'll have to look you up, BB.

1439
01:29:45,340 --> 01:29:46,600
 I know you'll probably be there again.

1440
01:29:47,600 --> 01:29:53,000
 In the meantime, Joe, look out for that four-letter word, S-N-O-W, this weekend.

1441
01:29:53,180 --> 01:29:54,160
 Thanks so much for your time.

1442
01:29:54,240 --> 01:29:55,760
 Stay and stay safe up there, okay, buddy?

1443
01:29:56,460 --> 01:29:57,000
 I'll do it.

1444
01:29:57,020 --> 01:29:57,740
 You guys take care.

1445
01:29:58,280 --> 01:29:58,840
 You too, Joe.

1446
01:29:59,100 --> 01:30:02,540
 Joe Cox is going to put this vision there at Saturday down south.

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 Why don't we head way down south to hopefully where it's warmer, the state of Florida,

1448
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1557
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1558
01:35:15,700 --> 01:35:23,380
 Welcome back in.

1559
01:35:23,380 --> 01:35:29,520
 You know, baby, it's very rare that we are able to talk to a real professor, but we are today,

1560
01:35:29,680 --> 01:35:37,720
 Mike Neighbors, Florida Southern College professor, does NFL broadcasting, cover the thing called the New Orleans Saints and the Tampa Bay books.

1561
01:35:37,720 --> 01:35:43,160
 He's a fine author of several books, including his newest book, Don't Quit Pivot.

1562
01:35:43,160 --> 01:35:45,200
 Mike Neighbors, welcome in.

1563
01:35:45,300 --> 01:35:45,840
 How are you?

1564
01:35:45,880 --> 01:35:50,160
 And by the way, did the Indiana Hoosers read your book, Don't Quit Pivot?

1565
01:35:50,400 --> 01:35:55,160
 After all, after a story of losing history, they finally put a cherry on top.

1566
01:35:55,240 --> 01:35:55,700
 How are you?

1567
01:35:57,700 --> 01:35:58,760
 Happy New Year, guys.

1568
01:35:59,200 --> 01:36:04,140
 If they made it, I want Kurt Signetti to endorse his job.

1569
01:36:04,220 --> 01:36:04,760
 What a story.

1570
01:36:05,120 --> 01:36:07,920
 We're a prisoner of the moment of sports.

1571
01:36:08,860 --> 01:36:10,840
 It's part of our story in college football.

1572
01:36:11,040 --> 01:36:12,680
 At least in memory, maybe ever in this.

1573
01:36:12,680 --> 01:36:13,360
 This is insane.

1574
01:36:14,360 --> 01:36:20,160
 You know, to me, it's the greatest story, probably in sports, as far as just, it's a Hollywood script, is it not?

1575
01:36:20,200 --> 01:36:27,440
 It's ironic, but the 1976 Indiana basketball team, correct me if I'm wrong, you're the professor here, the smart one in the room,

1576
01:36:27,880 --> 01:36:30,960
 the last college basketball team to wind up unbeaten.

1577
01:36:30,960 --> 01:36:37,400
 And now, guess who's the first team, at least in the modern era, to wind up unbeaten in a 16-team season?

1578
01:36:37,940 --> 01:36:43,240
 We may as well go ahead and get the Hoosiers sequel ready, should we not, out in Hollywood.

1579
01:36:44,360 --> 01:36:48,640
 It's, boy, it's really amazing.

1580
01:36:48,920 --> 01:36:56,720
 And, you know, I know we have the transfer portal and the NIL and all the issues, but I can't help to think, guys,

1581
01:36:56,720 --> 01:37:02,440
 which is college football playoffs the last couple of years, how we, frankly, have been deprived of so many great games.

1582
01:37:02,600 --> 01:37:07,160
 Think about the playoff matchups we could put together over the last 30 years that they've had.

1583
01:37:07,760 --> 01:37:11,700
 I know we need to get a lot of things organized, but, boy, this playoff is just tremendous.

1584
01:37:12,440 --> 01:37:15,860
 I know the ratings are good for this game because so many surprises.

1585
01:37:16,460 --> 01:37:17,740
 But, boy, it's a great game.

1586
01:37:18,020 --> 01:37:21,240
 Often these games are hyped, but that was an exceptional game.

1587
01:37:21,440 --> 01:37:25,920
 Just so many twists and turns and unexpected aspects of it.

1588
01:37:26,340 --> 01:37:27,300
 Great stuff, all right?

1589
01:37:28,620 --> 01:37:31,020
 Yeah, and, boy, you're talking about Mendoza.

1590
01:37:31,840 --> 01:37:33,120
 It's so efficient.

1591
01:37:34,360 --> 01:37:36,180
 It was an amazing team.

1592
01:37:36,180 --> 01:37:40,620
 They had one fumble the entire season, the first game of the year.

1593
01:37:40,740 --> 01:37:42,060
 They had 13 penalties.

1594
01:37:42,940 --> 01:37:46,920
 And those clutch back shoulder throws on fourth and five.

1595
01:37:47,060 --> 01:37:48,040
 He did it twice.

1596
01:37:48,600 --> 01:37:49,940
 Runs a quarterback draw.

1597
01:37:50,200 --> 01:37:52,240
 Breaks about five tackles.

1598
01:37:53,080 --> 01:38:00,140
 Again, you know, it's cohesion, leadership, delivering the clutch.

1599
01:38:00,540 --> 01:38:09,980
 I know you talk about this a good bit in the book in various and sundry ways, but they're worthy of winning a national championship.

1600
01:38:11,980 --> 01:38:12,980
 Yeah, you know what?

1601
01:38:13,100 --> 01:38:18,800
 I know Alabama fans and your audience and Auburn fans don't like hearing this, but it's interesting.

1602
01:38:19,140 --> 01:38:21,800
 We haven't had a lot of new blood win national titles.

1603
01:38:21,980 --> 01:38:28,220
 This is the team that won its first national title since the Gators won it in the mid-'90s, which is pretty remarkable.

1604
01:38:29,060 --> 01:38:36,780
 We used to think of Alabama, the Ohio State, all the blue bloods, SEC schools competing.

1605
01:38:37,080 --> 01:38:43,340
 So it just shows you with all the changes in college football that we need to fix, it has created an opening.

1606
01:38:44,020 --> 01:38:50,620
 And I know we're trying to keep track of where these players go every year, but it'll be interesting to me if Danny can do this already.

1607
01:38:51,180 --> 01:38:53,280
 I mean, I think he's been available for a while, guys.

1608
01:38:53,360 --> 01:38:55,440
 It'll be interesting to see if he can add to this.

1609
01:38:55,680 --> 01:38:58,260
 I'm looking at Mark Cuban in the pregame.

1610
01:38:58,360 --> 01:39:05,880
 It's nice to have his account maybe help in the NIL fund, but it'll be interesting to see where they're moving forward

1611
01:39:05,880 --> 01:39:09,820
 because it's such a landscape of college football that it's been for a while.

1612
01:39:10,300 --> 01:39:14,240
 It's always good to have a buddy who's a billionaire to kind of track those things for you.

1613
01:39:14,500 --> 01:39:15,620
 Mike, let me ask you this.

1614
01:39:15,620 --> 01:39:17,340
 Obviously, you know Alabama.

1615
01:39:17,780 --> 01:39:18,460
 We go back.

1616
01:39:18,540 --> 01:39:21,260
 You worked there in Tide Town back in the day.

1617
01:39:21,460 --> 01:39:23,240
 That's where we kind of got to go know each other.

1618
01:39:23,240 --> 01:39:27,600
 And, of course, I think you now have checks going to Tuscaloosa via a daughter there.

1619
01:39:27,660 --> 01:39:29,820
 So you know it from a business standpoint.

1620
01:39:29,920 --> 01:39:31,440
 You know it from an emotional standpoint.

1621
01:39:31,800 --> 01:39:33,020
 You know it as a historian.

1622
01:39:33,160 --> 01:39:35,400
 I'm looking at the preseason polls, and you know this.

1623
01:39:36,180 --> 01:39:41,080
 Alabama is anywhere from 11th to 21st in the way too early polls.

1624
01:39:41,860 --> 01:39:45,320
 Translated, that's not going to cut it going forward.

1625
01:39:45,420 --> 01:39:46,780
 No excuses, please.

1626
01:39:46,780 --> 01:39:51,880
 But your thoughts just about what does your gut tell you about Alabama post-Nick Saban?

1627
01:39:54,420 --> 01:39:57,860
 Well, I think, Kalen, to me, I was a big supporter of his.

1628
01:39:57,960 --> 01:39:59,900
 I know they're just, again, excuses.

1629
01:40:00,920 --> 01:40:07,640
 It's just impossible to fully support him based on missing Nick Saban.

1630
01:40:07,780 --> 01:40:09,860
 I was disappointed with the way they played Indiana.

1631
01:40:10,100 --> 01:40:12,200
 I think they could have been better prepared for that game.

1632
01:40:12,200 --> 01:40:18,940
 I was encouraged by the way he played this year, but then kind of discouraged how he didn't seem to get better.

1633
01:40:19,060 --> 01:40:22,660
 At the second half of the game, it took place.

1634
01:40:23,120 --> 01:40:29,820
 And, of course, that was for him to have another transfer portal, but he turned that down.

1635
01:40:30,220 --> 01:40:31,800
 I think the jury's still out on Kalen.

1636
01:40:32,020 --> 01:40:46,700
 I mean, he's won everywhere he's been, but there's a reason Nick Saban is in football and basketball or not coaching anymore because it's so tough right now.

1637
01:40:46,800 --> 01:40:49,140
 Now, they're getting good paychecks, there's no doubt about it.

1638
01:40:49,420 --> 01:40:55,780
 But year to year, it's really tough, a lot tougher than it was, you know, five to ten years ago when it wasn't easy then either.

1639
01:40:55,940 --> 01:41:02,420
 So, I think it'll be interesting to see how he keeps recruiting, how he does with the transfer portal.

1640
01:41:02,640 --> 01:41:09,860
 Can he keep that quarterback position in a spot where they don't miss him like they did in the previous year?

1641
01:41:10,300 --> 01:41:15,600
 Or they would have got by him like H.J. McCarron or Greg McIlroy years ago.

1642
01:41:15,720 --> 01:41:18,920
 Even a Ty Simpson, how unusual he didn't transfer.

1643
01:41:19,360 --> 01:41:23,020
 Can he keep the train rolling with recruiting in the transfer portal?

1644
01:41:23,120 --> 01:41:24,500
 I think the jury's still out on that.

1645
01:41:25,280 --> 01:41:26,480
 Mike, you are a goldmine.

1646
01:41:26,580 --> 01:41:29,180
 What we're going to try to do here is have a little bit of a connection issue.

1647
01:41:29,340 --> 01:41:31,520
 Why don't we try to reconnect with you?

1648
01:41:31,760 --> 01:41:32,340
 Stand by.

1649
01:41:32,420 --> 01:41:33,640
 We're going to try to reconnect with you.

1650
01:41:33,680 --> 01:41:34,740
 Got a bit of an issue there.

1651
01:41:35,100 --> 01:41:36,380
 We apologize for that.

1652
01:41:36,420 --> 01:41:39,300
 But we're going to try to get back online with you because you're a goldmine and stuff.

1653
01:41:39,400 --> 01:41:42,420
 Mike, neighbors hooking up with us down in the Sunshine State.

1654
01:41:42,520 --> 01:41:47,860
 BB, to me, no one had a tougher job than DeBoer coming in.

1655
01:41:48,620 --> 01:41:54,960
 And these polls, to me, I would rather have a poll that says I am 15th than number three.

1656
01:41:54,960 --> 01:42:01,800
 Because what's the definition of disappointment is when the expectations are high and you don't meet them.

1657
01:42:01,860 --> 01:42:08,260
 You look at Indiana this year, and even if they had been ranked in the top five, they end up winning a national championship.

1658
01:42:08,260 --> 01:42:15,580
 It would have been nice, but isn't it always nice when you have absolutely zero expectations and your team wins.

1659
01:42:16,200 --> 01:42:17,700
 Alabama's always going to have them.

1660
01:42:17,820 --> 01:42:23,160
 But to me, all these way too early polls, it just tells you that they really don't know what the c*** they're talking about.

1661
01:42:23,200 --> 01:42:25,760
 Because how can they be 11-1 and 21-1 in another?

1662
01:42:26,300 --> 01:42:27,680
 So they're all over the place.

1663
01:42:28,120 --> 01:42:31,500
 It's kind of like what Nick Saban said about the recruiting rankings.

1664
01:42:32,060 --> 01:42:40,080
 As he pointed out, he said a lot of these people are sitting on their A's and they've never evaluated talent themselves because he brought up Damian Harris, a five-star.

1665
01:42:40,520 --> 01:42:42,180
 He's no longer drawing NFL checks.

1666
01:42:42,260 --> 01:42:44,040
 Josh Jacobs, he was a nobody.

1667
01:42:44,160 --> 01:42:46,480
 Look, he's going to be playing for a national championship, BB.

1668
01:42:46,880 --> 01:42:48,980
 Well, yeah, Mike's rejoined.

1669
01:42:49,080 --> 01:42:54,940
 The reason Alabama's 11-21 in the preseason polls, it's pretty simple to me.

1670
01:42:55,000 --> 01:42:57,120
 They don't have a returning veteran quarterback.

1671
01:42:57,760 --> 01:43:03,640
 That's the reason Arch Manning and Texas are going to be in the top five of all of these preseason polls.

1672
01:43:04,280 --> 01:43:12,400
 And so many people do it the old way as far as preseason is they look at the returning starters, et cetera.

1673
01:43:12,400 --> 01:43:17,060
 And with the transfer portal, that he has turned that logic upside down.

1674
01:43:17,120 --> 01:43:18,520
 But Mike's back with us again.

1675
01:43:18,940 --> 01:43:21,220
 Mike does it both ways, the old way and the new way.

1676
01:43:21,320 --> 01:43:22,940
 Mike Neighbors again hooking up with us.

1677
01:43:23,000 --> 01:43:24,280
 Mike, are you back with us, my friend?

1678
01:43:25,300 --> 01:43:28,420
 Yeah, my office is kind of here in the middle, so I apologize for that.

1679
01:43:28,820 --> 01:43:30,220
 I think I'm in a better spot now.

1680
01:43:30,320 --> 01:43:30,680
 Can you hear me?

1681
01:43:30,800 --> 01:43:31,340
 Yeah, you are.

1682
01:43:32,260 --> 01:43:33,160
 You are, Mike.

1683
01:43:33,180 --> 01:43:34,800
 You mentioned Arch Manning, brother.

1684
01:43:35,040 --> 01:43:36,200
 You mentioned Arch Manning.

1685
01:43:36,200 --> 01:43:40,740
 How about the perception of him now compared to what it was in October?

1686
01:43:40,960 --> 01:43:41,640
 Just insane.

1687
01:43:42,640 --> 01:43:47,880
 And then I saw that Dan Orlovsky was asked recently, you know, where is Arch Manning?

1688
01:43:47,940 --> 01:43:51,680
 And he just interrupted the question and just held out the number one finger, the good one.

1689
01:43:52,920 --> 01:43:56,120
 He's the number one overall pick next year, and there's no doubt about it.

1690
01:43:56,500 --> 01:44:01,400
 And I just think that Arch Manning, even just a few weeks ago,

1691
01:44:01,400 --> 01:44:09,140
 if he's a bowl game and down the stretch compared to Ty Simpson, you wonder if Ty Simpson's going

1692
01:44:09,140 --> 01:44:13,540
 because, A, he doesn't want to get hurt anymore, but also his quarterback draft will be more

1693
01:44:13,540 --> 01:44:16,740
 advantageous for him compared to what it could be next year.

1694
01:44:17,260 --> 01:44:20,920
 Yes, the advantage of having a dad who knows this game inside and out as well.

1695
01:44:21,020 --> 01:44:27,700
 Your thoughts about the upcoming, you've got a great eye for the NFL, and we want to parallel it with, of all things, Alabama.

1696
01:44:28,600 --> 01:44:34,520
 Seattle is going to sit here and be rocking and doing their thing, and they don't have Ryan Grubb.

1697
01:44:34,560 --> 01:44:37,840
 How did Seattle get there without Ryan Grubb, Mike?

1698
01:44:40,720 --> 01:44:41,600
 It's crazy.

1699
01:44:41,960 --> 01:44:43,860
 Are you talking about the NFL playoffs now?

1700
01:44:44,380 --> 01:44:49,700
 Yeah, I mean, you know, the thing is, he was criticized with Seattle because he couldn't establish a running game,

1701
01:44:49,780 --> 01:44:51,140
 so they ran him out of town.

1702
01:44:51,220 --> 01:44:52,260
 He winds up to Alabama.

1703
01:44:52,400 --> 01:44:53,340
 What's a knock this year?

1704
01:44:53,880 --> 01:44:55,920
 He's not able to develop a running game.

1705
01:44:56,020 --> 01:44:58,580
 Your thoughts just about what is it with Ryan Grubb?

1706
01:44:58,580 --> 01:44:59,960
 We saw it last night.

1707
01:45:00,080 --> 01:45:04,640
 The reason Miami hung in there, they had a strong running game, something that, you know, Oregon included.

1708
01:45:04,800 --> 01:45:05,720
 They had to go to the bench.

1709
01:45:06,100 --> 01:45:08,100
 But if you're going to win, it ain't rocket science.

1710
01:45:08,160 --> 01:45:11,460
 You've got to have the line, but you've also got to have a good running game as well.

1711
01:45:12,420 --> 01:45:14,780
 Yeah, it just amazes me at Alabama.

1712
01:45:15,480 --> 01:45:19,840
 First of all, that Mark Ingram was the first running back or first Alabama player to win a Heisman,

1713
01:45:19,840 --> 01:45:23,060
 and then they just go on this role where they have a lot of Heisman winners.

1714
01:45:23,360 --> 01:45:24,880
 But Alabama's always had that.

1715
01:45:24,940 --> 01:45:26,300
 It's always had the strong running game.

1716
01:45:26,300 --> 01:45:29,800
 And I'm sure that frustrated Ty Simpson, even though he's not going to say it.

1717
01:45:30,140 --> 01:45:33,600
 But how much better would he have been this year with a strong running game?

1718
01:45:33,660 --> 01:45:37,500
 Because we saw it earlier in the year how great he was with the balance on offense.

1719
01:45:37,780 --> 01:45:39,200
 So it was just weird, wasn't it?

1720
01:45:39,200 --> 01:45:42,420
 It was just a weird year for Alabama because they lose to Florida State.

1721
01:45:42,500 --> 01:45:43,460
 Everybody counts them out.

1722
01:45:43,920 --> 01:45:46,820
 And then they come back and they win so many games in a row.

1723
01:45:46,860 --> 01:45:48,560
 And then they just can't put it together at the end.

1724
01:45:48,640 --> 01:45:52,780
 Just a weird year with the running game and a weird year from start to finish.

1725
01:45:52,780 --> 01:45:58,240
 Something we really haven't seen in terms of things Alabama normally has that they didn't have this year.

1726
01:45:58,900 --> 01:46:05,440
 I've got to ask you about the NFL Final Four, and particularly a coach you know well, and that's Sean Payton.

1727
01:46:05,620 --> 01:46:07,160
 They're hosting New England.

1728
01:46:07,940 --> 01:46:10,260
 And everybody's saying, well, Bo Nix went down.

1729
01:46:10,600 --> 01:46:12,580
 He really had a very good season.

1730
01:46:12,780 --> 01:46:13,320
 He's out.

1731
01:46:13,320 --> 01:46:15,460
 Jared Stenum, the former Auburn quarterback.

1732
01:46:15,880 --> 01:46:18,560
 So New England's going to win in the cakewalk.

1733
01:46:18,740 --> 01:46:20,680
 I really – I would wait on that.

1734
01:46:21,060 --> 01:46:23,020
 You know Sean Payton very well.

1735
01:46:23,560 --> 01:46:26,020
 He wrote a book about his former quarterback.

1736
01:46:26,740 --> 01:46:33,700
 Your thoughts on that game, the Patriots, who have really done well with Mike Vrabel coming in from the Titans.

1737
01:46:33,700 --> 01:46:37,120
 I know they won 10 consecutive games at one point.

1738
01:46:37,600 --> 01:46:43,260
 Your thoughts on New England and Denver and what Sean Payton may have in store with them.

1739
01:46:43,740 --> 01:46:47,360
 And then it's the Rams, Seahawks, 3.0.

1740
01:46:48,960 --> 01:46:49,440
 Absolutely.

1741
01:46:49,920 --> 01:46:54,600
 And, you know, Sean Payton just can't win in the postseason after the Saints won the Super Bowl.

1742
01:46:54,680 --> 01:46:59,460
 I mean, you look at the Minnesota Miracle, you look at the no-call, and then he grooms Bo Nix,

1743
01:46:59,540 --> 01:47:00,800
 and then Bo Nix has the injury.

1744
01:47:00,800 --> 01:47:05,780
 But if anybody loves any kind of nugget for motivation, it's Sean Payton.

1745
01:47:05,920 --> 01:47:09,740
 And with Jared Stenum being kind of the guy that everyone's going to count out,

1746
01:47:09,800 --> 01:47:15,080
 I remember when Drew Brees went down, and Drew Brees was never hurt, and he missed five games.

1747
01:47:15,620 --> 01:47:19,240
 And Teddy Bridgewater came in, and he was 5-0 with Sean Payton.

1748
01:47:19,420 --> 01:47:23,680
 I mean, before Jameis Winston got hurt, he had a 6-1 record.

1749
01:47:23,840 --> 01:47:26,940
 He knows how to take quarterbacks and turn things around really quick.

1750
01:47:27,080 --> 01:47:29,440
 I think Bo Nix is an example of that.

1751
01:47:29,880 --> 01:47:33,800
 You know, as good as Drake May's been, he hasn't been that great in the postseason.

1752
01:47:34,300 --> 01:47:35,500
 I mean, look at C.J. Stroud.

1753
01:47:35,620 --> 01:47:39,200
 He lost a lot of money in that game against the Patriots,

1754
01:47:39,240 --> 01:47:42,980
 and it kind of overshadowed how pedestrian Drake May's looks.

1755
01:47:43,340 --> 01:47:45,240
 So, Sean Payton loves this challenge.

1756
01:47:45,380 --> 01:47:47,280
 He doesn't love the fact that Bo Nix isn't playing.

1757
01:47:47,740 --> 01:47:54,980
 That's going to be a very intriguing game because I think it benefits the Broncos as well because there's not a lot of tape on Stenum at all.

1758
01:47:55,140 --> 01:47:56,900
 So, I can't wait to watch that game.

1759
01:47:57,060 --> 01:48:04,200
 And to me, the other one, you have the Matt Stafford factor, the fact that he's probably the best quarterback left.

1760
01:48:04,260 --> 01:48:05,380
 Now, probably he is.

1761
01:48:05,700 --> 01:48:12,840
 If Sam Darnold just doesn't make mistakes and plays average football, Seattle's so good, I think they can go the distance.

1762
01:48:13,060 --> 01:48:18,400
 And you can't say that a lot in this quarterback-driven league, but they're so well-rounded and their defense is so good.

1763
01:48:18,960 --> 01:48:22,720
 I think both games are intriguing with all those subplots.

1764
01:48:23,480 --> 01:48:30,260
 You know, Mike, whether it's radio or professors or football, it's having smart people who know how to move people around.

1765
01:48:30,360 --> 01:48:32,680
 You look at Matt Stafford, he couldn't do anything with the Lions.

1766
01:48:32,780 --> 01:48:36,240
 He goes to the Rams and look how much money he's made them and all the winning.

1767
01:48:36,320 --> 01:48:40,980
 And then you go the other way, he wasn't good enough to be the head coach of the Tennessee Titans,

1768
01:48:40,980 --> 01:48:43,460
 but Mike Vrabel's doing a pretty good job with the Patriots.

1769
01:48:43,920 --> 01:48:44,700
 Is it the coach?

1770
01:48:44,860 --> 01:48:45,480
 Is it the team?

1771
01:48:45,520 --> 01:48:47,840
 Or sometimes it's just management not knowing what they're doing.

1772
01:48:48,960 --> 01:48:50,100
 I think it's everything.

1773
01:48:50,360 --> 01:48:54,620
 I think, you know, if you look at different jobs, I think, you know, the New Orleans Saints,

1774
01:48:54,720 --> 01:48:57,160
 I actually had Jim Morris Sr. as a guest speaker.

1775
01:48:57,500 --> 01:49:03,200
 And when he left the USFL, nobody wanted that Saints job, but he liked the general manager, Jim Finks,

1776
01:49:03,260 --> 01:49:04,640
 who's in the Hall of Fame now.

1777
01:49:04,900 --> 01:49:06,360
 I think you've got to have a good ownership.

1778
01:49:06,560 --> 01:49:07,540
 You've got to have a good GM.

1779
01:49:07,540 --> 01:49:10,280
 And often, you know, look at Jacksonville this year.

1780
01:49:10,400 --> 01:49:12,460
 You know, Shad Khan had a lot of criticism.

1781
01:49:13,000 --> 01:49:14,440
 He's always been a pretty good owner, though.

1782
01:49:14,500 --> 01:49:15,360
 He's spent money.

1783
01:49:15,800 --> 01:49:17,120
 He's tried to make things work.

1784
01:49:17,260 --> 01:49:19,540
 He's took chances with guys like Urban Meyer.

1785
01:49:20,160 --> 01:49:21,640
 But Liam Cohen's turned it around.

1786
01:49:21,800 --> 01:49:25,100
 I think it's been an interesting effect because he leaves the Bucs.

1787
01:49:25,460 --> 01:49:27,440
 I think he really helped Baker Mayfield a year ago.

1788
01:49:27,920 --> 01:49:28,480
 He leaves.

1789
01:49:28,580 --> 01:49:31,960
 Baker Mayfield doesn't have the same season, but he goes to Jacksonville and really shows

1790
01:49:31,960 --> 01:49:34,960
 that he can help a Trevor Lawrence and turn a team around.

1791
01:49:35,180 --> 01:49:38,720
 But to answer your question, you know, they brought in a whole new front office there, too.

1792
01:49:39,180 --> 01:49:41,780
 And they brought in James Gladstone, who's kind of a rising star.

1793
01:49:41,900 --> 01:49:43,440
 So, I think it's not just the coach.

1794
01:49:43,880 --> 01:49:44,820
 You've got to have all three.

1795
01:49:44,940 --> 01:49:50,080
 You've got to have a solid owner who's going to commit, unlike what they have with the Jets and the Browns.

1796
01:49:50,380 --> 01:49:54,120
 But you have to have someone who's committed with a good GM and a good coach.

1797
01:49:55,160 --> 01:49:56,720
 Tell us about your great book.

1798
01:49:56,800 --> 01:49:59,440
 I've read it from cover to cover, and we've talked about it.

1799
01:49:59,440 --> 01:49:59,700
 Thank you.

1800
01:49:59,700 --> 01:50:04,000
 And I remember at the SEC basketball tournament last year, I was in Nashville.

1801
01:50:04,160 --> 01:50:05,140
 We talked about it.

1802
01:50:05,500 --> 01:50:06,840
 It's never too late to pivot.

1803
01:50:07,140 --> 01:50:08,960
 I know you're a great example of it.

1804
01:50:09,100 --> 01:50:13,520
 At the ripe old age of 50, you got a master's degree, became a full-time professor.

1805
01:50:13,520 --> 01:50:14,460
 All right.

1806
01:50:14,660 --> 01:50:16,140
 After being in broadcasting.

1807
01:50:16,300 --> 01:50:17,860
 But you've got great stories in there.

1808
01:50:17,960 --> 01:50:24,540
 Steve Allen, the actor and the comedian, played the banjo when he was younger, went back to a band.

1809
01:50:24,540 --> 01:50:30,280
 Sharon Stone, the actress, really, one of her hobbies was painting.

1810
01:50:30,880 --> 01:50:42,820
 And you've got one example after another of famous and not famous people who went back to passions that they had years ago to fulfill and change their lives.

1811
01:50:43,860 --> 01:50:49,840
 Yeah, your audience, this is for all ages, and there's all kinds of degrees of happiness at work.

1812
01:50:49,960 --> 01:50:51,140
 Some people hate their jobs.

1813
01:50:51,720 --> 01:50:53,040
 Some people just lack passion.

1814
01:50:53,040 --> 01:50:55,520
 And some people, frankly, like what they're doing.

1815
01:50:55,620 --> 01:50:56,620
 They just need new challenge.

1816
01:50:56,700 --> 01:50:57,480
 And that's where I was.

1817
01:50:57,540 --> 01:50:58,780
 I'll always be a sportscaster.

1818
01:50:58,920 --> 01:51:03,440
 But I really thought I would enjoy teaching, but it exceeded all my expectations.

1819
01:51:03,880 --> 01:51:08,780
 And never thought I would write a book and never thought I would have a production company, all these things.

1820
01:51:09,160 --> 01:51:14,340
 But I think the key is, you know, you can make those changes, but we all have skills we take for granted.

1821
01:51:14,900 --> 01:51:18,660
 And I put together my lectures just like I put together my sportscast.

1822
01:51:18,660 --> 01:51:23,260
 I had a student today because I had a lot of Indiana topics at the front end of my lecture.

1823
01:51:23,260 --> 01:51:26,680
 He said, he said, how do you, do you change your PowerPoints up?

1824
01:51:26,680 --> 01:51:27,560
 And I said, absolutely.

1825
01:51:27,780 --> 01:51:29,660
 So I put them together just like I would.

1826
01:51:30,200 --> 01:51:35,720
 Harold remembers this, you know, back in our days when we're doing three sportscasts a week and we would feel good about our shows.

1827
01:51:35,840 --> 01:51:36,720
 But you know what?

1828
01:51:37,000 --> 01:51:38,180
 We had to do it the next day.

1829
01:51:38,660 --> 01:51:40,640
 And that's how I approach teaching the same way.

1830
01:51:40,780 --> 01:51:42,540
 You know, you can't rest on your laurels.

1831
01:51:42,700 --> 01:51:51,580
 And I think the main message, though, and I have examples of all kinds of people, but also five sportscasters who are doing completely different things now.

1832
01:51:51,640 --> 01:51:52,700
 One's a personal trainer.

1833
01:51:52,840 --> 01:51:53,640
 One's a chef.

1834
01:51:54,120 --> 01:51:56,480
 One has started an auctioneering company.

1835
01:51:57,040 --> 01:51:58,560
 One's a financial advisor.

1836
01:51:58,940 --> 01:52:02,600
 They're using all the skills they have as a sportscaster to do different things.

1837
01:52:03,000 --> 01:52:11,880
 And for those listening now, you may take those skills for granted, but maybe write down five things you think you do well and how you can take those skills and do something else.

1838
01:52:11,960 --> 01:52:13,160
 And that's really the theme of my book.

1839
01:52:13,860 --> 01:52:14,520
 Great point.

1840
01:52:14,580 --> 01:52:17,260
 I always say anybody might be able to do one good show, maybe two.

1841
01:52:17,360 --> 01:52:19,440
 I want to say they do 365 times 20.

1842
01:52:19,860 --> 01:52:21,080
 That's when you separate them.

1843
01:52:22,200 --> 01:52:22,600
 Exactly.

1844
01:52:22,980 --> 01:52:24,140
 And it's not easy, man.

1845
01:52:24,180 --> 01:52:25,100
 It's not easy at all.

1846
01:52:25,440 --> 01:52:25,760
 Absolutely.

1847
01:52:26,120 --> 01:52:27,860
 The key is to make it look easy.

1848
01:52:27,960 --> 01:52:30,340
 Listen, you always do that and in space.

1849
01:52:30,780 --> 01:52:32,140
 Mike, listen, man, thank you so much.

1850
01:52:32,140 --> 01:52:34,520
 If you don't mind, send us some of that Florida weather, okay?

1851
01:52:36,340 --> 01:52:38,820
 Hey, will you guys be here for SEC media days?

1852
01:52:38,840 --> 01:52:39,940
 We're going to be in Tampa this year.

1853
01:52:40,700 --> 01:52:41,460
 Yes, it is.

1854
01:52:41,720 --> 01:52:42,560
 We're staying a month.

1855
01:52:44,180 --> 01:52:45,240
 So come on down.

1856
01:52:45,480 --> 01:52:46,540
 I can't wait to see you in person.

1857
01:52:47,640 --> 01:52:48,960
 Listen, thank you so much.

1858
01:52:49,000 --> 01:52:49,900
 Have a great week, okay?

1859
01:52:50,700 --> 01:52:51,000
 All right.

1860
01:52:51,020 --> 01:52:51,580
 Anytime, guys.

1861
01:52:51,640 --> 01:52:52,040
 Happy New Year.

1862
01:52:52,040 --> 01:52:52,640
 Thank you, buddy.

1863
01:52:52,960 --> 01:52:53,740
 All right, neighbors again.

1864
01:52:53,840 --> 01:52:54,400
 Don't quit.

1865
01:52:54,900 --> 01:52:55,220
 Pivot.

1866
01:52:55,460 --> 01:52:58,140
 As we mentioned, the season is now over.

1867
01:52:58,140 --> 01:53:02,640
 And amongst those entering the portal, Mendoza from Indiana.

1868
01:53:02,860 --> 01:53:07,940
 Little brother, Alberto Mendoza enters the portal today.

1869
01:53:08,000 --> 01:53:11,780
 It's going to be interesting to see how that shakes out with Indiana-Miami's roster now on the block

1870
01:53:11,780 --> 01:53:16,020
 and how that may influence the Tide Tigers and Tennessee B, amongst others.

1871
01:53:16,520 --> 01:53:21,600
 Yeah, in fact, if you remember Brian Matthews mentioned specifically about Miami,

1872
01:53:21,860 --> 01:53:24,160
 I'm guessing they've got a play or two in mind.

1873
01:53:24,460 --> 01:53:25,400
 Yeah, stay tuned.

1874
01:53:25,800 --> 01:53:26,840
 It's going to take care of us for now.

1875
01:53:26,900 --> 01:53:29,240
 On behalf of B.B., Greg James Blair, the entire crew here.

1876
01:53:29,320 --> 01:53:31,220
 Peril Dyke, thank you so much for your time today.

1877
01:53:31,300 --> 01:53:35,940
 Let's do it again tomorrow at noon to two with a bit more Buck Show back here on Sports Radio 93.9 The Score.