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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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 Where the question of the day is, has Alabama basketball opened up a brand new can of?

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 You get to cover a national championship game, and you get to do something very few people in the world do,

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 Signetti took the money, knew how to spend it, and evaluated talent that could play as a team and as a we, not a me.

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 It is a pleasure for us to say hello to Caleb Suggs.

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 He's got it all covered over at the Decatur Daily.

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 Caleb, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 I'm doing good, guys.

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 How are y'all?

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 Hey, buddy.

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 Hey, we're doing all right.

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 Obviously, the weather folks say in portions of North Alabama, it's going to be stormy.

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 But just about all over Alabama could be a stormy day tomorrow with the reclassification news coming in the pipeline,

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 affecting a lot of high school teams.

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 Caleb, what are you hearing as far as on the eve of the news about reclassifications as far as teams in your neck of the woods?

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 You know, I've heard a lot of rumors that I'm sure a lot of people have heard.

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 But I will be honest with you.

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 Everybody that I've talked to that I think would know really just has no clue.

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 And, I mean, this reclassification, I don't think I've ever seen anything like it.

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 I mean, people are just kind of waiting with bated breath just to see what's going to happen.

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 And the crazy part is, you know, we could get something.

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 I mean, I don't think it's out of the – it would be out of the realm of possibility that we could get something.

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 And then with all these things kind of going on with politics and, you know, the state, something to change by the end of the day.

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 I mean, it's just – it's going to be a crazy day.

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 You know, public and private is kind of the big thing right now.

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 Honestly, in my opinion, you know, it may – people may not like it.

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 But I don't really think there's been anything that needs to justify the split there.

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 I'm more interested to see how they balance out – I think I've heard a lot of rumors about trying to balance out the classes better.

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 So, I'm interested to see if anything changes there.

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 But as far as what's going to happen, your guess is as good as mine right now.

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 Yeah, the Montgomery Advertiser – and let me emphasize this – speculated.

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 And I know you mentioned that Austin may be dropping to 6A.

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 I've heard Florence and Elbervold may be dropping from 7A to 6A.

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 Most of the shows may go from 6A to 5A, along with Coleman, Decatur, Columbia, and Jasper.

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 Again, this is the Montgomery Advertiser speculating on that.

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 And Harold and I – Ben Thomas is on every Monday with us.

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 And he surveyed about 59 coaches.

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 And the three of us hear enough complaints about public and private schools in competition and athletics for the last 10 years.

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 But I thought it was interesting.

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 The majority of the ones that were polled or in the survey said, yes, we have problems.

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 And as you mentioned, the balance thing needs to be looked at, too.

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 But most of the coaches said, look, we know we have problems.

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 But we do not feel like you need to split public and private schools.

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 Yeah, I mean, there's not – things can always be fixed.

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 Before they go full split, I would rather see them do something, you know, maybe change how competitive balance multiplier works.

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 You know, maybe instead of every two years, it's every year.

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 Maybe just, you know, in fact, you know, if you want to say, you know, maybe someone like Mars Hill that's been so dominant in 1A, 2A, 3A, maybe they get 4A completely and go to 5A, you know, something like that.

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 You know, that's just – you know, that's just an idea.

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 That's not a saying that's what's going to happen or anything.

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 But I would rather see something like that than a complete split at this point.

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 Like I said, I just don't think that there's been enough of an impact to justify the split right now.

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 Again, that's just my opinion.

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 I know other people may feel differently, but that's just not what I feel.

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 And, again, when you're that arbitrary, the last thing a school like Columbia needs is to move up.

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 They have enough trouble as it is.

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 Caleb Suggs, the Decatur Daily, and one of those teams obviously has got a close eye and one of your neighbors there.

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 Decatur Heritage.

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 In the meantime, we'll have to wait and see what's down the road.

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 But how about the boys, the Eagles making a big jump coming off that Final Four appearance last season

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 and lately moving up to the number one spot in Class 2A for the first time this season, Caleb?

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 Yeah, I mean, they just continue to, you know, to be, you know, one of the – I've been in the best team in 2A.

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 I thought they were the best team in 2A all year.

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 You know, you look at their record, it's not as great as some of the other teams in 2A,

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 like Cold Springs, for example, who was number one.

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 They were around 18-1 or something like that before they lost this past Friday.

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 But the difference is, you know, Decatur Heritage is going out.

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 They're playing the Jaspers, the Madison Academy, all these real – you know, 4A.

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 You know, I don't think they've lost to a team below 4.

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 I take that back.

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 They did lose by 2 to Lauderdale County in 3A, a really good 3A team.

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 But that just goes to show you, I mean, the kind of schedule they're playing.

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 And they've beat some of these teams and they've lost some.

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 But when it comes down to 2A competition, I have not seen a team, I think, that's going to – at least not at North Alabama,

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 that I think is going far with them.

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 And I really think they're the best team in 2A.

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 I think they're going to make another push to go to Birmingham.

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 And, you know, I feel like they have a better chance at a state championship than they did last year.

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 And I thought they had a good chance last year.

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 So, this is a really good team.

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 And I think they definitely have a chance to make a run.

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 Let me mention some of the other teams in your area that have climbed or they're still very high.

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 The West Morgan boys, we've talked about them.

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 They're 17-5.

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 They climbed to number 3 in Class 4A.

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 Once again, we keep talking about schools that have very competitive athletic problems across the board,

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 Athens, in Austin and others, and West Morgan's a good example.

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 You wrote an article in the last week about East Limestone.

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 They're number 2.

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 Number 2 in Class 5A.

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 They're 21-5.

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 Jake Moran has really got that program going.

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 And we talked with you about a month ago about the Decatur girls having a good year.

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 I'd say they're 20-4 now and number 10 in Class 6A.

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 Yeah.

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 You know, we've talked a lot about Decatur.

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 What Coach Rod is doing this first year has just been phenomenal for a program that's definitely

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 had his share of down years in the past 10 to 15, 20 years.

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 So, you know, the fact that they keep winning has been, you know, been great for them.

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 But, yeah, I mean, East Limestone, that's really, you know, that's been a great story just because

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 what Coach Brand is doing is that I already knew he was a great coach.

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 But what he's doing is phenomenal.

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 You know, it's not like they lost a ton of players last year.

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 But when you lose a guy like Zach Cain, who is a player of the year, you know, just an amazing

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 player, the kind of player that just takes over a game and, you know, and you lose him.

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 And then all of a sudden, here you are a year later and you're better.

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 I mean, they really are.

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 I mean, they're two or three wins away from matching last year's win total in the regular season.

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 I mean, they've been that good and they're very balanced.

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 They've got six players that have led a game in scoring at least once this year.

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 Most of them have done it two or three times.

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 It's not more.

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 I mean, Coach Moran is just, I mean, he's definitely in the coach of the year category

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 right now, not just for us, but for the state.

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 I mean, what he's done has been phenomenal.

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 And they're a team.

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 They're out there just like what's Morgan Boys and the Dakota Heritage Boys.

449
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 They're going to be a team that's going to push for Birmingham and push for a state championship.

450
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 Caleb, before you jump off, Brent and I are big fans at county tournaments.

451
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 Talk to us your impressions of the Morgan County Tournament down at Falkville.

452
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 Yeah, you know, I've been blessed to be able to cover the Morgan County Tournament, the Lawrence County Tournament.

453
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 Unfortunately, it's not a thing anymore, but I was blessed to cover it when it was.

454
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 It was a limestone, and I've been to all of them, and they're all fantastic.

455
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 Morgan County's just as good.

456
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 You know, you go to the different schools every year, and it's just fun to see that, you know,

457
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 obviously, in the grand scheme of things, it don't mean anything when you come to postseason,

458
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 but it means so much to these communities.

459
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 And, you know, that's really what high school sports is all about, just, you know,

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 seeing kids, you know, that have that community pride and everything.

461
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 And so it's always fun to see, and it's been a blast this week, and I'm looking forward to it.

462
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 The finals got moved up to tomorrow because of the possible weather, but, yeah,

463
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 I'm looking forward to seeing the championship and see what happens.

464
00:28:35,020 --> 00:28:40,240
 Yeah, I bet Mother Nature's rearranged quite a few games lately.

465
00:28:41,020 --> 00:28:49,040
 Also, the Limestone County Tournament is going on at Tanner High School, and we're blessed to talk to you on a frequent basis.

466
00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:58,060
 I know you will have Friday or Saturday or some point this weekend probably the latest on teams in the Decatur area,

467
00:28:58,280 --> 00:29:01,680
 whether they move up or move down in the classification.

468
00:29:02,140 --> 00:29:08,880
 Also, about the public and private schools, but also the scores, the stories.

469
00:29:09,300 --> 00:29:13,620
 But where can we get online and get a recap of all the great action?

470
00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:16,000
 Next time we turn around, we'll be in Hanceville.

471
00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:17,780
 Where can we get the latest?

472
00:29:18,780 --> 00:29:20,580
 Yeah, you can get them at DecaturDaily.com.

473
00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:23,980
 We'll have, you know, all the stuff that comes out with the reclassification tomorrow

474
00:29:23,980 --> 00:29:25,500
 and then plenty of basketball as well.

475
00:29:26,760 --> 00:29:30,860
 Caleb, stay safe and as dry as you can out there, and thanks so much for your time today, buddy.

476
00:29:32,020 --> 00:29:33,140
 Thanks, guys. Thanks for having me.

477
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 Thank you, bud.

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601
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 Are the folks there in Knoxville, are they going by the Euro model, the American model?

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 Or the Hollywood model?

603
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 You know, probably different for everybody, and some are just going by the Euro model.

604
00:35:52,740 --> 00:35:56,440
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605
00:35:56,540 --> 00:36:01,420
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606
00:36:01,420 --> 00:36:08,300
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 I don't know.

609
00:36:12,940 --> 00:36:16,700
 But we're still kind of waiting to figure out what this is all going to be in the next few days.

610
00:36:17,140 --> 00:36:17,460
 Yeah.

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613
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614
00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:32,980
 Tennessee plays at Alabama.

615
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 How much practice time has Tennessee been spending on getting ready for Bidiaco?

616
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:43,000
 Well, yeah, I think that you've got to make some midweek adjustments on that one.

617
00:36:43,240 --> 00:36:46,140
 We'll see how they cope with that.

618
00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:50,080
 But, yeah, it's obviously been an interesting week from that standpoint.

619
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 We'll see how Tennessee knows it's going to be a challenge.

620
00:36:54,760 --> 00:37:00,160
 They've always had a hard time winning at Alabama, it seems like.

621
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622
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623
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624
00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:13,740
 So, we'll see how that goes.

625
00:37:13,860 --> 00:37:17,060
 But, yeah, that's going to be a big storyline, obviously, for a lot of teams.

626
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 And, now Tennessee gets to be, I guess, the first to see what it's really like to go against an Alabama team

627
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 with that kind of mid-season addition, kind of on short notice, too.

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 I certainly enjoy reading your recruiting chat where you talk about potential transfer portal

629
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 or getting commitments from kids.

630
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 And, also, you look at the roster.

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 Tennessee picked up quarterback Ryan Staub, who a lot of people look at him and say,

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 well, he's the depth piece that they may need down the road.

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 The two young guys are the ones going to be doing it.

634
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 And, you said, pretty slim.

636
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 Obviously, they've got George McIntyre and friends who were there.

637
00:38:07,080 --> 00:38:14,120
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638
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 Now, I know Bo Pribula was another part, but you mentioned and said no.

639
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 Tennessee went after both of those quarterbacks seriously.

640
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641
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 Yeah, it seems like their approach from the start was sort of, and they were, as I mentioned,

642
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 pretty heavily involved there with Brendan Swordsby.

643
00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:46,840
 That just didn't really take off and didn't result in a visit because LSU and Texas Tech were so aggressive

644
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:54,660
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645
00:38:54,660 --> 00:38:59,360
 And, Tennessee just didn't get much of a chance once the portal officially opened.

646
00:39:00,420 --> 00:39:02,920
 But, certainly with Sam Levitt, they obviously got a visit.

647
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 He was in town for a couple days, and it was in Knoxville where Lane Kiffin sort of intercepted him on his way to Miami

648
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 and got a chance to meet up with him there.

649
00:39:13,660 --> 00:39:17,600
 But, yeah, they did their part to try to land one of those guys,

650
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 but it seemed like their approach from the start was we're only going to go after guys

651
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 that we think would be a clear upgrade or at least a potential upgrade over Joey Aguilar

652
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653
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654
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655
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 And if that's successful, you know, he's only played three years at four-year schools,

656
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 so Aguilar would get a fourth year next season at Tennessee.

657
00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:04,640
 So that's still, you know, I think some people see that as an unlikely challenge to be successful,

658
00:40:04,640 --> 00:40:06,400
 but we'll see if that's how it plays out.

659
00:40:06,640 --> 00:40:12,020
 And if it's something that works out, though, Tennessee could very well still have Joey Aguilar

660
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661
00:40:15,060 --> 00:40:18,980
 So, you know, I think they were only looking for guys that would be a clear upgrade over him.

662
00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:25,000
 That's where the pursuit of Bo Pribula was kind of just, you know, sort of a fallback plan,

663
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 it seemed like, at the time.

664
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 And Tennessee ultimately decided, I think, at the price they were looking at to go for a guy like that

665
00:40:31,780 --> 00:40:33,960
 that it just wasn't worth it, and he ends up at Virginia.

666
00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:37,420
 So, yeah, just an interesting situation.

667
00:40:37,820 --> 00:40:42,860
 But after all that, you know, after all that happens in the portal, they end up, as you said,

668
00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:46,880
 just going for a guy that looks more like a depth piece than Ryan Staub.

669
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:51,160
 Now, you do like that he has one career start under his belt, has played in a few other games.

670
00:40:51,680 --> 00:40:54,700
 So a little bit of experience, three years of experience at the college level,

671
00:40:54,820 --> 00:40:58,360
 you need a guy like that when you've got a redshirt freshman in George McIntyre

672
00:40:58,360 --> 00:41:03,760
 and a true freshman in Faison Brandon as your only two options that you know you're going to have

673
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:05,000
 aside from Ryan Staub.

674
00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:07,640
 So we'll see where that competition takes them.

675
00:41:07,740 --> 00:41:09,840
 You know, sometimes it plays out differently.

676
00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:10,440
 You never know.

677
00:41:10,820 --> 00:41:15,240
 Maybe Staub just, you know, really clicks in Tennessee's system, takes a step forward,

678
00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:17,340
 and ends up being more of a factor than we expect.

679
00:41:17,500 --> 00:41:20,960
 But at the very least, at least they've got an experienced guy to throw in there.

680
00:41:21,420 --> 00:41:25,140
 But, yeah, you've got a couple talented guys in McIntyre and Faison Brandon.

681
00:41:25,140 --> 00:41:29,360
 They're just young guys, and I think Tennessee ideally didn't want to have to rely on them

682
00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:31,760
 going into a pretty important 20-26 season.

683
00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:34,500
 Now they're in a position where it looks like they might have to,

684
00:41:34,780 --> 00:41:38,200
 and so it's going to be how quickly can those guys pick things up

685
00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:41,460
 and continue to develop and can Tennessee get them ready in time.

686
00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:47,260
 How did that two-star out of Miami who begged to walk on at Miami wind up at Indiana?

687
00:41:47,380 --> 00:41:48,820
 How did things turn out for that kid?

688
00:41:49,220 --> 00:41:51,380
 Maybe we can turn the page and find out more.

689
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:54,980
 But, Ryan, you mentioned about the things hanging in the air.

690
00:41:55,060 --> 00:41:56,560
 Ole Miss is in a similar situation.

691
00:41:57,040 --> 00:41:59,700
 We saw this week's ruling about Mediaco in basketball.

692
00:42:00,420 --> 00:42:01,760
 It may be a tough question.

693
00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:03,260
 Are you hearing of any time frame?

694
00:42:03,380 --> 00:42:07,360
 Because if the NCAA had any moxie at all, they would come out and say,

695
00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:12,140
 let's get this done before spring training so these teams can kind of halfway make plans for the fall.

696
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:17,600
 Yeah, and it's tricky, too, but with the one transfer portal window this year,

697
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:23,440
 Tennessee was hoping to get some sort of clarity on where things at least might be headed in that case.

698
00:42:23,660 --> 00:42:29,900
 There was a scheduled conference call, I guess, before the portal officially closed.

699
00:42:30,500 --> 00:42:33,580
 And it turned out to be just scheduling a hearing in that case.

700
00:42:33,780 --> 00:42:36,440
 And so there is a hearing set for February 10th.

701
00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:39,440
 So Tennessee obviously won't get any clarity very soon.

702
00:42:40,160 --> 00:42:47,060
 And that hearing, that's not expected to be a date where you're going to have a ruling that day necessarily.

703
00:42:47,240 --> 00:42:48,960
 That's just sort of where things will start.

704
00:42:48,960 --> 00:42:50,160
 So we'll see.

705
00:42:50,300 --> 00:42:53,600
 It's probably something they won't really get any clarity on until this spring.

706
00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:57,080
 We'll see if it's in time for spring practice.

707
00:42:57,260 --> 00:43:01,520
 But either way, it doesn't look like it's going to be wrapped up here very quickly.

708
00:43:02,620 --> 00:43:05,680
 So if they're able to get Joey Aguilar back, it might be.

709
00:43:06,180 --> 00:43:06,740
 We'll see.

710
00:43:06,780 --> 00:43:08,160
 It might be after spring practice.

711
00:43:08,300 --> 00:43:11,960
 That would be certainly strange to find out that, hey, you just went through spring.

712
00:43:12,060 --> 00:43:13,360
 Now you've got another starting quarterback.

713
00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:14,980
 But that's kind of where they were last year.

714
00:43:14,980 --> 00:43:20,260
 Joey Aguilar came in in May after spring practice and was able to pick things up in time.

715
00:43:20,460 --> 00:43:22,580
 And in the meantime, he's sort of in limbo.

716
00:43:22,660 --> 00:43:23,880
 A lot of other guys in limbo.

717
00:43:24,240 --> 00:43:29,720
 Tennessee had a visitor from Florida, a defensive lineman, Brian Taylor Jr., who was a senior this past year.

718
00:43:30,100 --> 00:43:34,100
 He's hoping to get another year of eligibility because he's a former junior college prospect.

719
00:43:34,260 --> 00:43:40,160
 So a lot of other players kind of hoping for a sweeping ruling that will help their case to come back for another year.

720
00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:46,780
 So, yeah, a lot of guys still waiting, and that makes things kind of messy in the meantime for guys who are still waiting to see what might happen with that ruling.

721
00:43:47,860 --> 00:44:01,140
 Tennessee could not hire Kurt Signetti, but they did hire his strength and conditioning coach, Derek Owens, for a reported $1.2 million,

722
00:44:01,900 --> 00:44:12,220
 which would make him, and I'll let you confirm this, according to reports, the highest paid strength and conditioning coach in the history of college football.

723
00:44:13,900 --> 00:44:14,660
 That's correct.

724
00:44:14,820 --> 00:44:18,020
 Yeah, that's a pretty aggressive move there by Tennessee.

725
00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:25,240
 And the way it went down seems kind of a little bit different from what you would expect in a situation like that.

726
00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:30,500
 Apparently the deal was done days before Indiana even played in the national championship game.

727
00:44:31,260 --> 00:44:39,460
 And, you know, he informed some people that he was headed to Tennessee, but maybe, from what we understand,

728
00:44:39,580 --> 00:44:45,100
 maybe didn't inform Kurt Signetti that he was headed to Tennessee until after the national championship game.

729
00:44:45,100 --> 00:44:52,620
 So next thing you know, they win the game, and he's off to Knoxville early Tuesday morning to take over that program

730
00:44:52,620 --> 00:44:55,060
 and start their off-season workouts.

731
00:44:55,480 --> 00:44:58,140
 So, yeah, really, really interesting hire there.

732
00:44:58,220 --> 00:45:01,620
 And it sounds like, you know, Josh Heupel kind of knew where he wanted to go with that opening

733
00:45:01,620 --> 00:45:06,900
 as soon as he made the move to part ways with Kurt Schmidt, the former strength and conditioning coach

734
00:45:06,900 --> 00:45:09,800
 that had been in charge of the program since Heupel arrived.

735
00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:11,780
 There was a connection there.

736
00:45:11,900 --> 00:45:15,540
 Heupel had worked with Owens one year previously at UCF.

737
00:45:15,540 --> 00:45:20,100
 So having that previous experience, you know, might have made a difference, obviously,

738
00:45:20,300 --> 00:45:25,080
 and the chance to go to an SEC program like that, you know, maybe appealed to him as well.

739
00:45:25,180 --> 00:45:28,080
 But, you know, making him the highest-paid strength and conditioning coach in the country

740
00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:29,880
 might have had something to do with it, too.

741
00:45:30,240 --> 00:45:37,900
 So, yeah, definitely a move that's been well-received by Tennessee fans just to see that you're getting

742
00:45:37,900 --> 00:45:42,860
 a guy like that that's obviously coming from a national championship program this season.

743
00:45:42,860 --> 00:45:45,060
 And, you know, we'll see if it pays off.

744
00:45:45,220 --> 00:45:49,160
 You know, there were, you know, kind of rave reviews about Kurt Schmidt for a few years,

745
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:53,960
 and suddenly, you know, there was talk within the program around midseason that maybe Tennessee

746
00:45:53,960 --> 00:45:56,040
 needed to go in a different direction there.

747
00:45:56,140 --> 00:45:56,660
 They do.

748
00:45:57,300 --> 00:46:00,080
 We'll see what kind of different results that might result in.

749
00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:05,960
 One of the things that he might be tasked with right away is at least contributing to the

750
00:46:05,960 --> 00:46:07,780
 continued growth of George McIntyre.

751
00:46:07,780 --> 00:46:09,200
 We mentioned the young quarterback.

752
00:46:09,540 --> 00:46:11,800
 He's a guy that needs to put on some weight.

753
00:46:11,980 --> 00:46:16,240
 He's a taller, lankier guy who's, you know, maybe in the 200-pound range now.

754
00:46:16,520 --> 00:46:20,480
 Needs to get a bit bigger in time for this season if he's going to be ready to potentially

755
00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:22,140
 be Tennessee's starting quarterback.

756
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:25,040
 And he's got to win the job, obviously.

757
00:46:25,220 --> 00:46:27,980
 But that's one of the things people will be keeping a close eye on.

758
00:46:28,100 --> 00:46:31,860
 So, a lot to get done with this team that he's taking over in Knoxville.

759
00:46:31,860 --> 00:46:36,180
 But that's certainly one of the things people will be watching is his continued physical development

760
00:46:36,180 --> 00:46:37,400
 throughout the offseason.

761
00:46:38,140 --> 00:46:41,840
 Brian, don't believe the folks who tell you that Brent and I need to put on a few pounds

762
00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:42,040
 either.

763
00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:43,520
 Do not believe them, okay?

764
00:46:44,920 --> 00:46:47,500
 The portal now, obviously, it's amazing.

765
00:46:47,660 --> 00:46:51,860
 It's closed, but we're still seeing people coming in because of the paperwork and all that stuff.

766
00:46:52,300 --> 00:46:54,060
 There was a holiday this past week.

767
00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:56,980
 We talk about what was there.

768
00:46:57,340 --> 00:47:02,620
 In your opinion, where maybe did Tennessee not strengthen themselves in the portal, if any

769
00:47:02,620 --> 00:47:03,420
 position at all?

770
00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:08,600
 Yeah, and they're actually still getting some work done in the portal as we speak, because

771
00:47:08,600 --> 00:47:10,900
 classes just started at Tennessee on Tuesday.

772
00:47:11,100 --> 00:47:14,140
 They've got a couple visits that we're wrapping up today.

773
00:47:14,840 --> 00:47:17,460
 Mostly looking at depth, guys, at this point, though.

774
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:22,020
 And you see a little bit of that where it looks like teams are just sort of essentially swapping

775
00:47:22,020 --> 00:47:24,060
 special teamers and swapping backups.

776
00:47:24,060 --> 00:47:28,040
 And that might be where Tennessee's at at this point in the portal, just kind of looking for

777
00:47:28,040 --> 00:47:30,240
 some additional bodies at certain positions.

778
00:47:30,940 --> 00:47:36,360
 But maybe at cornerback, I think, is a position where Tennessee came up a little bit short of

779
00:47:36,360 --> 00:47:38,320
 what they wanted, at least to this point.

780
00:47:38,420 --> 00:47:41,020
 They still might add another depth piece there.

781
00:47:41,260 --> 00:47:46,760
 Obviously, you lose the former starters in Jermod McCoy and Colton Hood to the NFL draft.

782
00:47:47,180 --> 00:47:49,320
 And then you lose Ricky Gibson to the transfer portal.

783
00:47:49,760 --> 00:47:53,580
 And they made a couple of additions there, led by Kay and Lee, the Auburn transfer.

784
00:47:54,180 --> 00:47:57,580
 But I think, ideally, Tennessee would have gotten at least another guy that was a little

785
00:47:57,580 --> 00:48:03,080
 more proven at the cornerback position to see if they could sort of patch things up there

786
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:03,920
 a little bit better.

787
00:48:04,280 --> 00:48:08,360
 Because that's three really good cornerbacks they lost, and two of them obviously headed

788
00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:08,920
 to the draft.

789
00:48:09,040 --> 00:48:11,040
 You can't fault those guys for leaving.

790
00:48:11,300 --> 00:48:16,700
 But that's not ideal for Tennessee to not have some more ready-made options there at

791
00:48:16,700 --> 00:48:17,440
 the corner position.

792
00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:20,240
 I think they did a nice job at linebacker and at safety.

793
00:48:20,520 --> 00:48:25,040
 At linebacker, certainly it looks a lot better now for Tennessee with Arian Carter having

794
00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:27,560
 withdrawn from the NFL draft.

795
00:48:27,560 --> 00:48:32,980
 And after talking about entering the transfer portal and ending up staying in Knoxville,

796
00:48:33,120 --> 00:48:37,640
 now the defensive line, I think, would be the other position where I think Tennessee needed

797
00:48:37,640 --> 00:48:42,800
 to do a little bit more, and to this point at least has not done enough.

798
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:45,460
 They got the Penn State transfer, Xavier Gillum.

799
00:48:45,880 --> 00:48:50,700
 That's a four-star transfer, a guy that our analysts are high on, that had a nice year this

800
00:48:50,700 --> 00:48:53,280
 past season in kind of a rotational role.

801
00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:55,580
 But Tennessee's got a lot.

802
00:48:55,680 --> 00:48:58,420
 They've lost a lot across the defensive line from this past season.

803
00:48:58,800 --> 00:49:03,060
 They did okay at the edge position, I think, adding Chaz Coleman and Tulane transferred

804
00:49:03,060 --> 00:49:09,660
 Jordan Norman, but now not having some of those bigger-bodied guys after losing three really

805
00:49:09,660 --> 00:49:15,640
 important pieces in Bryson Easton, Dominic Bailey, and Jackson Moy, along with Tyree West,

806
00:49:15,680 --> 00:49:16,340
 who played a lot.

807
00:49:16,760 --> 00:49:22,380
 That's three or four big, big rotational pieces and starters in some cases, and they didn't

808
00:49:22,380 --> 00:49:24,000
 get a lot to replace those guys.

809
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:28,200
 So I think that's the one position, aside from cornerback, where I think they're maybe

810
00:49:28,200 --> 00:49:31,480
 not quite as well off as they would like to be coming out of the portal.

811
00:49:31,600 --> 00:49:36,800
 But they did get a lot done, and nearly 20 additions so far on scholarship guys out of

812
00:49:36,800 --> 00:49:37,100
 the portal.

813
00:49:37,240 --> 00:49:40,700
 That's a much bigger number than Tennessee traditionally has had under Josh Heifel.

814
00:49:40,840 --> 00:49:45,700
 So they did some things well, but still some areas where I do think they came up a bit short

815
00:49:45,700 --> 00:49:47,160
 of what they ideally would have liked to have.

816
00:49:48,260 --> 00:49:52,640
 Well, there should be a lot of people watching that Alabama-Tennessee game Saturday night.

817
00:49:52,820 --> 00:49:59,180
 They may be snowed in or iced in, but to see if Betty Ico is going to play in the game,

818
00:49:59,240 --> 00:50:01,060
 it was going to be a good game to begin with.

819
00:50:01,120 --> 00:50:03,940
 Both these teams having a bye week, a mid-bye week.

820
00:50:04,780 --> 00:50:09,660
 In Tennessee, Rick Barnes has not been happy with some of the performance, lost a tough

821
00:50:09,660 --> 00:50:13,380
 game to Tennessee last weekend.

822
00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:17,320
 Do you still have any of the transfer portal specials?

823
00:50:17,440 --> 00:50:22,840
 And you've got a lot of stuff going on, transfer portal, believe it or not, recruiting is still

824
00:50:22,840 --> 00:50:24,860
 going on, baseball is around the corner.

825
00:50:25,540 --> 00:50:27,860
 Where can we get online to get all the good stuff?

826
00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:30,560
 Yeah, GoVols247.com.

827
00:50:30,560 --> 00:50:35,640
 And yeah, we do have a sale right now, two months for $1, or you can get 50% off an annual

828
00:50:35,640 --> 00:50:36,180
 subscription.

829
00:50:36,480 --> 00:50:41,660
 So still a great time to check out the site and as you said, still get all that transfer

830
00:50:41,660 --> 00:50:42,280
 portal coverage.

831
00:50:42,340 --> 00:50:43,800
 It's not completely over just yet.

832
00:50:44,100 --> 00:50:47,920
 And Tennessee, if the weather permits, might have a junior day this weekend.

833
00:50:48,060 --> 00:50:52,000
 That's very much on the fence right now, but still some recruiting going on, coaches

834
00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:53,260
 on the road and things like that.

835
00:50:53,340 --> 00:50:56,840
 So a lot happening and plenty to check out at GoVols247.com.

836
00:50:57,580 --> 00:50:59,500
 Ryan, listen, man, it's always good to hook up with you.

837
00:50:59,500 --> 00:51:03,500
 You can transfer all that bad weather up north if you can for us too.

838
00:51:03,660 --> 00:51:05,140
 Listen, stay safe if you can up there.

839
00:51:05,220 --> 00:51:06,560
 Thanks so much for your time today, Ryan.

840
00:51:07,240 --> 00:51:07,500
 Yep.

841
00:51:07,540 --> 00:51:08,240
 Same to you guys.

842
00:51:08,360 --> 00:51:08,720
 Appreciate it.

843
00:51:08,720 --> 00:51:09,200
 Thank you, bud.

844
00:51:09,580 --> 00:51:10,760
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845
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846
00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:14,080
 Tough night for UNA on the road, BB.

847
00:51:14,700 --> 00:51:16,800
 Yeah, they're in a little bit of a slump.

848
00:51:16,920 --> 00:51:19,240
 They lost to Queens 87-62.

849
00:51:19,500 --> 00:51:26,260
 Close game for 30 minutes, but Queens pulled away in the last 10 minutes.

850
00:51:26,460 --> 00:51:31,800
 Tony Pujol trying to change up the lineup a little bit, and it seemed to work for a while.

851
00:51:32,520 --> 00:51:36,020
 I know Cornelius Williams, 12 points, 5 rebounds.

852
00:51:36,580 --> 00:51:38,320
 Jefferson added 11 points.

853
00:51:38,520 --> 00:51:42,800
 But again, a tough night, and UNA does not play again.

854
00:51:43,020 --> 00:51:53,300
 Due to the impending weather, UNA will not play this weekend, and the next scheduled game will be Thursday in Florida Gulf Coast.

855
00:51:53,720 --> 00:51:55,580
 That'll be a 6 o'clock tip-off.

856
00:51:55,880 --> 00:52:01,320
 So, unfortunately, UNA, bad news, losing on the road to Queens.

857
00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:04,000
 I think the weather might be better down there coming next week.

858
00:52:04,060 --> 00:52:05,820
 In the meantime, the next hour is right ahead.

859
00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:07,400
 Going to be checking in with Logan Fowler.

860
00:52:07,400 --> 00:52:09,020
 Going to be talking about the Auburn Tigers.

861
00:52:09,400 --> 00:52:13,340
 Craig Stevenson talking about what's going on this state from one end to the next at AL.com.

862
00:52:13,400 --> 00:52:16,140
 And Ryan Fowler, the latest Tide Talk and more.

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914
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915
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 Okay, so like, everybody deals with losing, right?

916
00:55:39,320 --> 00:55:41,200
 To a rival on a last-second field goal.

917
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 Whatever, it's fine.

918
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 I'm totally fine.

919
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922
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924
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 18-19 News.

925
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 An Alabama pastor just got a shout-out from President Trump.

926
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 Mobile pastor Travis Johnson was recently featured in a New York Times article about how President Trump has put Christ back into Christmas.

927
00:56:13,500 --> 00:56:25,000
 President Trump posted that article on True Social this week with a lot of Alabamians noticing Johnson has traveled with President Trump for various events and also serves on the recently established Religious Liberty Commission.

928
00:56:25,240 --> 00:56:30,560
 Johnson credits Trump for bringing faith, family, and freedom back into the White House and to the forefront of our country.

929
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930
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 Glennie McGee is being charged along with multiple other people who assisted him in this criminal enterprise.

941
00:57:19,920 --> 00:57:26,700
 That includes his wife, Echanzda Maxey, who is found to have used her own children to transport the drugs in their school backpacks.

942
00:57:27,040 --> 00:57:34,540
 This is the same case that blew up national headlines when McGee's lawyer was reprimanded by the judge for using artificial intelligence in his brief.

943
00:57:34,860 --> 00:57:38,140
 The AI turned out to have created false case citations.

944
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 Police in Ozark have arrested a Florida man for possession of 81 gallons of moonshine.

945
00:57:42,400 --> 00:57:48,940
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946
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947
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968
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969
01:00:05,040 --> 01:00:10,440
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970
01:00:11,180 --> 01:00:13,060
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971
01:00:13,140 --> 01:00:14,660
 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

972
01:00:14,760 --> 01:00:17,740
 Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

973
01:00:17,960 --> 01:00:21,380
 And for Logan Fowler taking time out of his busy schedule.

974
01:00:21,380 --> 01:00:27,100
 There coming the Auburn Tigers for 1819 News and Tailgate Auburn.

975
01:00:27,260 --> 01:00:29,320
 That's T-A-L-E-Gate Auburn.

976
01:00:29,820 --> 01:00:30,700
 Logan, welcome in.

977
01:00:30,760 --> 01:00:31,480
 How are you?

978
01:00:32,140 --> 01:00:33,320
 I'm doing well, guys.

979
01:00:33,380 --> 01:00:33,840
 How are you?

980
01:00:34,200 --> 01:00:36,700
 Well, we blinked three times, Logan.

981
01:00:36,780 --> 01:00:40,580
 What did we miss when it comes to the latest transfer auditions at Auburn?

982
01:00:40,620 --> 01:00:43,080
 If you blink these days, you miss some action.

983
01:00:43,180 --> 01:00:45,380
 What's the latest Tiger talk via the portal?

984
01:00:46,700 --> 01:00:47,280
 Yeah, yeah.

985
01:00:47,320 --> 01:00:49,540
 Look, Auburn's up to 35 commits in the portal.

986
01:00:50,380 --> 01:00:54,580
 247's got them ranked just outside the top 10 at the number 12 spot.

987
01:00:55,740 --> 01:00:59,020
 Portal closed last Friday, but Auburn's still keeping their efforts strong.

988
01:00:59,020 --> 01:01:02,160
 They added an offensive lineman last night from Miami.

989
01:01:02,540 --> 01:01:07,380
 So, the portal efforts are continuing for Auburn and Alex Golesh.

990
01:01:07,520 --> 01:01:09,380
 They're filling spots, filling needs.

991
01:01:09,960 --> 01:01:14,640
 You know, they have, you know, close to 50 outgoing players, 37 through the portal.

992
01:01:14,840 --> 01:01:16,620
 So, they've almost matched that number.

993
01:01:17,480 --> 01:01:18,420
 Lots of departures.

994
01:01:18,500 --> 01:01:24,040
 But I think Alex Golesh and his staff have done pretty well, all things considered, throughout this transfer portal cycle.

995
01:01:24,580 --> 01:01:26,460
 You know, it's an interesting question, Logan.

996
01:01:26,740 --> 01:01:32,440
 It'd be interesting to hear and see the roster now, at least going forward, compared to where it was two years ago.

997
01:01:32,600 --> 01:01:34,400
 How many kids are on the roster?

998
01:01:34,520 --> 01:01:36,140
 We posed this question the other day.

999
01:01:36,180 --> 01:01:38,660
 How many of Nick's guys are still on the roster at Alabama?

1000
01:01:39,120 --> 01:01:44,580
 How many of Hugh's guys are going to be left at Auburn after the dust settles?

1001
01:01:45,400 --> 01:01:45,840
 Oh, goodness.

1002
01:01:46,180 --> 01:01:46,980
 Yeah, I don't know.

1003
01:01:47,440 --> 01:01:55,800
 I mean, you know, when you look at the offensive line specifically, you know, and this is a position that they hit really hard.

1004
01:01:55,860 --> 01:01:57,980
 You had three guys from last year's class.

1005
01:01:58,100 --> 01:01:58,900
 That's right.

1006
01:01:59,420 --> 01:02:01,860
 Remaining after the transfer portal.

1007
01:02:03,040 --> 01:02:04,960
 You know, that obviously, you couldn't live with that.

1008
01:02:05,220 --> 01:02:05,940
 They were all freshmen.

1009
01:02:06,080 --> 01:02:08,020
 They weren't probably going to contribute this year anyways.

1010
01:02:08,420 --> 01:02:14,740
 You know, Auburn's coach, Tyler Hudenix, going out and added 17 guys in that room.

1011
01:02:15,360 --> 01:02:20,460
 So, I mean, it's just a completely new, just an influx of players every year.

1012
01:02:20,560 --> 01:02:22,040
 It's something that we've got to get used to.

1013
01:02:22,040 --> 01:02:31,180
 It's something that us and the media, you know, probably after spring, we'll begin to get a good grasp on this roster and start, you know, remembering names.

1014
01:02:31,320 --> 01:02:35,900
 Probably going to have to have the roster sheet out for a couple games to start off the season next year.

1015
01:02:36,100 --> 01:02:46,160
 But, yeah, I mean, you know, again, it's something we're going to have to get used to with, again, 40-plus guys coming in through high school and the transfer portal year in and year out now.

1016
01:02:46,400 --> 01:02:49,180
 It's like going to one of these seminars and they've got these badges.

1017
01:02:49,400 --> 01:02:50,860
 It says, hi, my name is Logan.

1018
01:02:51,100 --> 01:02:54,160
 And it's going to be one of those situations where they report to camp.

1019
01:02:54,280 --> 01:03:00,940
 But, Logan, at the other side of the coin, back in the day, a lot of certain age groups always look forward to those preseason magazines.

1020
01:03:01,740 --> 01:03:12,940
 Is there any possible way these guys have any idea, especially a team like Auburn, with all the change they've got there, for that matter, many teams, how in the world can you put an answer to the question, how is Auburn going to do this season?

1021
01:03:12,960 --> 01:03:18,960
 That's almost an impossible question for anybody anywhere to answer about any team now, at least at this point on the calendar, is it not?

1022
01:03:19,520 --> 01:03:21,060
 Yeah, no, totally.

1023
01:03:21,880 --> 01:03:23,440
 There's no way to know.

1024
01:03:23,840 --> 01:03:29,440
 You know, you hear people talk about expectations right now, and there's just, yeah, you expect Auburn to make a bowl game.

1025
01:03:29,540 --> 01:03:36,840
 You expect them to obviously win more than five games, which they haven't done in the last two years, and five straight losing seasons.

1026
01:03:36,840 --> 01:03:43,040
 You obviously want to see that improve, but again, until the spring is over, you just don't have a good grasp.

1027
01:03:43,200 --> 01:03:53,880
 Now, the good part about this portal window being, you know, the single portal window in January, 15-day period, is that you do know what your roster is going to look like after the spring.

1028
01:03:54,660 --> 01:04:01,160
 You know, there's not going to be too many departures, just no incoming guys, so you do know what that's going to look like.

1029
01:04:01,280 --> 01:04:05,600
 But again, when you talk expectations, you have obviously an Auburn situation.

1030
01:04:05,600 --> 01:04:11,720
 You've got a first-year head coach on the Plains, well, not a first-year head coach, but in his first year on the Plains.

1031
01:04:11,960 --> 01:04:18,380
 Obviously, half of that offensive staff is just new, and defensive staff as well.

1032
01:04:19,100 --> 01:04:20,640
 These guys have to mesh together.

1033
01:04:20,780 --> 01:04:22,740
 They've got to get familiar with line numbers.

1034
01:04:23,720 --> 01:04:25,740
 They've got to implement a new offensive scheme.

1035
01:04:26,840 --> 01:04:38,380
 Thankfully for Auburn and Alex Golesh, they've brought in a lot of USF guys who know the culture and know the scheme, know the calls, know what's going to be expected of Alex Golesh and Joel Gordon on the offensive side of the ball.

1036
01:04:38,380 --> 01:04:46,300
 And obviously, it helps when you have the leader in total offense last year in Byron Brown that's going to be manning your offense.

1037
01:04:46,620 --> 01:04:48,900
 But again, you know, you've got to mesh up front.

1038
01:04:49,040 --> 01:04:51,680
 You're replacing all five starters on the offensive line.

1039
01:04:52,640 --> 01:04:56,320
 Complete turnover in the wide receiver room.

1040
01:04:57,240 --> 01:05:01,220
 So, obviously, it's going to take some time to mesh and kind of get the ball rolling.

1041
01:05:01,440 --> 01:05:02,860
 So, yeah, expectations.

1042
01:05:03,760 --> 01:05:13,260
 Obviously, Auburn fans are going to set them high, but you've got to kind of, I guess the word is cautiously optimistic about how things can go for Auburn next year.

1043
01:05:14,240 --> 01:05:22,140
 Derek, I think it's Derek Plaz, P-L-A-Z-Z, is the latest commitment from Miami.

1044
01:05:22,640 --> 01:05:30,260
 It was in and out of the lineup, but again, it seems to be developed pretty well.

1045
01:05:31,580 --> 01:05:40,500
 And, Logan, I saw where Tommy Kinsler IV, another Miami offensive line transfer, visited yesterday.

1046
01:05:41,480 --> 01:05:43,500
 Tell us a little bit more about Plaz.

1047
01:05:43,660 --> 01:05:47,600
 And was there another Miami transfer in yesterday or today?

1048
01:05:48,680 --> 01:05:49,120
 Yeah.

1049
01:05:49,500 --> 01:05:54,780
 Derek Plaz, it seems like he's going to be, you know, obviously he can never have too much depth in the trenches.

1050
01:05:55,900 --> 01:05:58,260
 He was a former three-star recruit.

1051
01:05:58,600 --> 01:06:03,400
 I think he's coming over with, I believe, three years of eligibility.

1052
01:06:04,400 --> 01:06:07,900
 Six-foot-four, 3'10", got him in last night.

1053
01:06:08,500 --> 01:06:17,100
 So, that's another guy, you know, when you think about the losses of guys like maybe Broderick Scholl, you know, DeAndre Carter, who you lost through the portal.

1054
01:06:17,240 --> 01:06:22,580
 Didn't contribute last year, but maybe those were guys you were going to depend upon to be in the two-deep this year.

1055
01:06:23,140 --> 01:06:30,800
 You know, Derek Plaz kind of fits into that mold and could provide some depth for Coach Hoodie in that offensive line room.

1056
01:06:31,480 --> 01:06:36,300
 Tommy Kinsler, he was another one who was on a visit today, I do believe.

1057
01:06:38,320 --> 01:06:47,760
 He, I believe he started 10 games, if I remember correctly, for Miami in 24, he was in and out of the lineup this year.

1058
01:06:47,760 --> 01:06:55,940
 So, he wasn't, you know, I guess as impactful for this national championship contending team this past year.

1059
01:06:56,000 --> 01:06:57,520
 But, again, he's a big guy.

1060
01:06:57,640 --> 01:06:59,620
 He's 340 pounds, 6'6".

1061
01:06:59,620 --> 01:07:01,300
 Obviously, you're not going to turn that away.

1062
01:07:01,960 --> 01:07:05,060
 This is another guy who could come in and play guard or tackle for you.

1063
01:07:05,700 --> 01:07:12,540
 And, I mean, again, in the SEC, man, you can never have too many offensive linemen, especially, you know, you can't teach size.

1064
01:07:12,540 --> 01:07:22,580
 So, I think that would be another big pickup, give Golesh and Coach Hoodie quite a few options there to play around with in that offensive line room.

1065
01:07:23,300 --> 01:07:26,480
 They seem to be pretty well said offensively.

1066
01:07:26,940 --> 01:07:33,000
 They went from questions at running back to one of the best running back rooms in the SEC.

1067
01:07:33,840 --> 01:07:35,920
 Tied in, looks much better.

1068
01:07:36,620 --> 01:07:39,200
 Receiver, what's left, Logan?

1069
01:07:39,400 --> 01:07:40,940
 Is it defensive line?

1070
01:07:41,100 --> 01:07:43,920
 I know they're pretty well off at linebacker.

1071
01:07:45,300 --> 01:07:50,960
 As far as remaining targets or positions, what's left in the portal for Auburn?

1072
01:07:51,660 --> 01:07:52,200
 Yeah, yeah.

1073
01:07:52,260 --> 01:07:56,880
 I think Auburn, like I said earlier, I think they've done a pretty well job of filling their needs.

1074
01:07:56,980 --> 01:08:01,960
 I think that, you know, if you get this Kinsler from Miami, that's awesome.

1075
01:08:02,020 --> 01:08:05,080
 If you miss out on him, you know, it doesn't necessarily hurt you on offense.

1076
01:08:05,260 --> 01:08:06,780
 I think you're okay offensively.

1077
01:08:07,240 --> 01:08:12,900
 Maybe add another wide receiver if you can, if you think that he can come in and contribute right away.

1078
01:08:13,460 --> 01:08:18,680
 That way you don't necessarily have to depend upon, you know, the young USF transfers coming over.

1079
01:08:19,580 --> 01:08:24,660
 You don't have to necessarily depend upon a Sam Turner to make an impact in year two.

1080
01:08:25,360 --> 01:08:27,560
 So maybe a top-notch receiver.

1081
01:08:27,780 --> 01:08:29,920
 They've missed out on quite a few names at that position.

1082
01:08:30,620 --> 01:08:34,560
 So if you get the right guy and feel the right fit there, I think that's something you can look for.

1083
01:08:34,740 --> 01:08:43,560
 Obviously, defensively, the North Carolina transfer, and I believe his name was Deontre Robinson, who was on campus last week.

1084
01:08:44,060 --> 01:08:45,520
 You missed out on him, it seems.

1085
01:08:45,520 --> 01:08:57,260
 And so maybe if you can get another top-notch guy like that to kind of fill up the middle, kind of fill up some gaps and disrupt the interior there on that defensive line, I think that's something you could look for.

1086
01:08:57,500 --> 01:09:00,820
 Linebacker, you're pretty well off there, linebacker.

1087
01:09:00,960 --> 01:09:03,660
 That's a room that you didn't really even have to hit hard in the portal.

1088
01:09:04,180 --> 01:09:08,780
 Maybe you could go get a guy there if you, you know, want some more depth, if you just want to feel comfortable.

1089
01:09:09,140 --> 01:09:17,580
 But I feel good where things are sitting there with Xavier Atkins and Elijah Melendez, Bryce Diaz, DeMarcus Riddick, all of that young talent there in that room.

1090
01:09:17,640 --> 01:09:27,140
 And then they got some guys on the back end of that defense that are going to come in and contribute right away, and Andre Johnson from UCLA, Fred Gaskins from USF.

1091
01:09:27,200 --> 01:09:30,880
 So I think maybe just a few more spots could be filled.

1092
01:09:30,880 --> 01:09:39,140
 Obviously, Auburn's going to continue to fill them, you know, as long as they feel that they can get the right fit, wherever that is on the roster.

1093
01:09:40,440 --> 01:09:46,580
 Logan Fowler, with us, talking to Auburn Tigers at 1819 News and tailgate Auburn, S-T-A-L-E-Gate Auburn.

1094
01:09:47,020 --> 01:09:54,000
 Logan, wouldn't it be interesting to go back five years, certainly 10 years ago, and could you imagine the people responding to the conversation we're having today?

1095
01:09:54,000 --> 01:09:55,460
 What are you guys talking about?

1096
01:09:55,780 --> 01:09:58,200
 What about the old-fashioned route of recruiting?

1097
01:09:58,880 --> 01:10:08,140
 Your thoughts about this staff, how they're going to approach the traditional form of going to the high schools and trying to land talent, particularly the relatively new in the state of Alabama.

1098
01:10:08,280 --> 01:10:09,160
 It's all about relationships.

1099
01:10:09,380 --> 01:10:13,940
 We saw it the first year when Auburn squashed Alabama in DeBoer's first year.

1100
01:10:14,320 --> 01:10:15,560
 Now the shoe's on the other foot.

1101
01:10:15,660 --> 01:10:19,500
 Your thoughts about Goldish and his approach to the traditional route of recruiting?

1102
01:10:20,360 --> 01:10:24,460
 Yeah, it's something he mentioned in his introductory press conference.

1103
01:10:24,600 --> 01:10:27,580
 It's something that he wants to do is build this thing through the high school ranks.

1104
01:10:27,680 --> 01:10:38,440
 He said that, you know, the 200-mile radius where Auburn is positioned has elite talent, so that he's going to go out there and he's going to find it, and they're going to attack the high school ranks as hard as they possibly can.

1105
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 Now, you know, this situation this year, I believe he had, what, three days before National Signing Day, so that obviously was not feasible for him and his staff he didn't even have in place this year.

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 So the transfer portal was obviously going to be a necessity in your words, no doubt, and it's going to continue to be a necessity.

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 You have to build your team nowadays through the transfer portal.

1108
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 There's just no denying it.

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 But I do think that Alex Goldish is going to hit, you know, especially the southeast region pretty hard.

1110
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 They obviously have a lot of ties in the South Florida area, you know, coming over from South Florida.

1111
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 I think you've got tons of SEC experience and Coleman Hedzler and Tim Banks and D.J. Durkin, Montreal King-Williams.

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 I don't know how you can mention recruiting without mentioning his name.

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 You know, that defensive staff is full of hungry recruiters who are going to go out and kill the trail and try to develop and make relationships with those high school kids.

1114
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 I think that's ideal.

1115
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 I think that's how every coach would love to build their program is, you know, creating relationships years in advance with these high school kids, bringing them into your program, developing them, turning them into, you know, men off the field.

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 So that's how all of these coaches learn, learn the game, learn the, you know, how everything, how the process is recruiting.

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 That's what they still admire.

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 And I think that's how they want to do it.

1119
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 Hugh Freeze, that's how he wanted to do it.

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 He obviously did, you know, very well in getting the talent to the planes.

1121
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 Now it's just a matter of can Alex Goldish and this staff get the talent to the planes and develop them.

1122
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 So, yeah, I don't worry too much about Alex Goldish and his recruiting efforts right now.

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 Logan, I don't think there's going to be any ice and snow Saturday afternoon in Gainesville is the good thing for the fans.

1124
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 But the bad thing for Auburn is they're playing one of the hottest teams in the country in the Gators.

1125
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 They started out five and four.

1126
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 Now I think they're eight and went eight of their last nine games.

1127
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 Auburn owned a little bit of a role.

1128
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 They beat Ole Miss 78-66 on the road, and I believe they've won three of the last four.

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 But we'll find out Saturday because Florida is a stout competition.

1130
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 Great stuff again.

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 Alyssa, where can we get online and get all your good stuff?

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 Logan, it's always good to hook up with you.

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 Thanks so much, and keep up the good work, okay?

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 Yes, sir.

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 Thanks for having me on.

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 Thank you, bud.

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 Coming up, time to go from the shows to the shores with Craig Stevenson next.

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1231
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 I'm Roger Hoover.

1232
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 On Tuesday's Crimson Drive, we were joined by SEC Network basketball analyst

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 and former Crimson Tide star, Richard Hendricks.

1234
01:17:12,840 --> 01:17:16,400
 I think those two losses with Vanderbilt on the road was a winnable game.

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 Alabama had a lot of momentum going into halftime, but, you know,

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 some cramps and injuries that took place without having Aiden Sherell

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 and LeBaron Phylon not being able to participate in the second half,

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 I think played a significant role in Alabama pulling that game out.

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 And they still could have won.

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 The game against Texas was something that caught them off guard.

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 But it was the response to go on the road at Mississippi State,

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 a team that was playing really good basketball.

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 You have one of the leading scorers in the country and in the league

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 and Josh Hubbard, who's been playing at an elite level

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 to bounce back the way they did in that second half

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 and win that game in Starkville was huge.

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 And then the resiliency once again on the road in Norman

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 against a team that really needed to win

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 and to hold on and down in the stretch of the game.

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 I'll have more in a moment.

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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 Welcome back again.

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 Time to say hello to Craig Stevenson.

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 He's got it all covered there at AL.com.

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 Craig, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Oh, doing pretty well.

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 I appreciate you guys having me on.

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 Why?

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 Is something happening in the world sports we need to talk about?

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 I guess there is.

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 Absolutely.

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 Now, we're now weather people up here, Craig.

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 We're all into the weather stuff, you know.

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 But, anyway, when you saw this story, there are a few things happening, Craig.

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 When you first saw the story about Charles Mediaco, what was your initial reaction to this news?

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 I hate it.

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 That's what my initial reaction is to it.

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 I mean, you know, Alabama, if Alabama is working within the framework of the rules and the law, you know, I don't blame them necessarily for trying to take advantage of it.

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 But I think it's bad for college sports, obviously, when you have pros coming back and playing.

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 And I know a lot of people have said, well, there's all these European guys that are in college basketball, including one at Auburn, I think, that have played pro basketball before coming to college.

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 I guess it's a matter of degree or of distinction without a difference or whatever it is.

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 But I don't have to like any of it.

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 And it just seems to me that it's kind of against the spirit of the rules for Charles Mediaco to leave for the pros three years ago.

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 When you turn pro, you give up your college eligibility and then try to come back just because he's within that five-year window.

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 I don't like it.

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 I hope it – I mean, it sounds like they're planning on playing him.

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 That's the latest.

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 They're going to play him Tuesday or play him tomorrow against Tennessee and – or, excuse me, Saturday against Tennessee.

1294
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 And then the hearing is on Tuesday.

1295
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 We'll see.

1296
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 I don't know.

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 I don't care for it.

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 Here's the thing, Craig.

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 Obviously, there's a thing called Pandora's box.

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 Once you start this, how are you going to put Pandora back in the box as far as college sports?

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 And the other thing is, my understanding is, it is, quote, a temporary injunction.

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 We've already seen the pushback.

1303
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 I think the folks up in Connecticut where they talk funny has already said, don't count the games relative to the tournament that he plays in.

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 You know this is not done legally.

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 And what does it mean, a temporary injunction?

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 In other words, if they got it penciled in, you practice all week for Tennessee, and then the powers that be come to Nate Oates 10 minutes before the game say, well, we changed our mind.

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 It's no longer temporary.

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 He can't play.

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 I mean, how do we interpret that part of it?

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 I'm not a lawyer, but I do have some experience with temporary injunctions, unfortunately, having to do with a property dispute I had.

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 But basically, you get the temporary restraining order until you can have a full hearing, which is what's coming Tuesday.

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 And then when they do that, they'll decide if there is an injunction put in place that will make the temporary restraining or the force of the law.

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 So basically, they're just waiting until whoever is complaining gets a chance to respond, which will be Tuesday.

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 I mean, whoever is resisting this, which will be the NCAA.

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 But if you read the wording of the ruling yesterday in Tuscaloosa, it says that the NCAA is not permitted to use Petey Aco playing against Alabama in any way.

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 In other words, they can't come back and say they have to forfeit games.

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 They're not allowed in the NCAA tournament and all that.

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 So it seems to me, you know, that's not going to happen.

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 Well, it's going to be interesting to see where and, you know, we've heard a lot of debate.

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 I know you had an article on Trinidad Chambliss, the Ole Miss quarterback, trying to get a six-year of eligibility.

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 Of course, Diego Pavia started all of this.

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 He has filed a suit in the state of Mississippi to try to get one more year of eligibility.

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 The NCAA hasn't ruled on that yet.

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 Anything new on Chambliss that you're hearing?

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 No.

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 And then the backup is to take it to court, obviously, if they get turned down again.

1331
01:23:22,400 --> 01:23:27,300
 And, you know, they filed this thing, just like, you know, Alabama filed it in Tuscaloosa County.

1332
01:23:28,100 --> 01:23:30,440
 Ole Miss filed it in Lafayette County.

1333
01:23:30,920 --> 01:23:34,840
 Duke filed theirs against Derrick-Mensi in Durham County.

1334
01:23:35,080 --> 01:23:41,920
 And I believe the judge in the Chambliss case is an Ole Miss law grad.

1335
01:23:42,360 --> 01:23:47,020
 Obviously, the judge in the Chambliss case is an Alabama athletic booster.

1336
01:23:47,560 --> 01:23:52,840
 The Durham case is a Duke basketball or Duke season ticket holder or something.

1337
01:23:53,100 --> 01:23:57,020
 So, you can always find a favorable court for these things.

1338
01:23:57,260 --> 01:24:02,960
 And, you know, it sounds like to me Chambliss is going to get the – I mean, just based on what we've seen in the past,

1339
01:24:03,060 --> 01:24:06,460
 Chambliss is probably going to get the year back, which I don't care for again.

1340
01:24:06,960 --> 01:24:11,520
 I mean, it's hard to argue that he was denied the opportunity to play college football.

1341
01:24:11,660 --> 01:24:12,920
 He played five years.

1342
01:24:13,340 --> 01:24:20,900
 It's not, you know, college football's fault that he wasn't good enough coming out of high school to go somewhere he would –

1343
01:24:20,900 --> 01:24:21,580
 There you go.

1344
01:24:21,780 --> 01:24:22,320
 Great point.

1345
01:24:22,500 --> 01:24:22,960
 Great point.

1346
01:24:22,960 --> 01:24:38,960
 But, you know, with the way the NCAA has operated and exploiting their athletes for so long, you know, legally, it's restraint of trade is what the rulings keep being done and keep saying.

1347
01:24:38,960 --> 01:24:53,500
 And until there is congressional intervention of some sort, this is – it's just going to be a matter of each individual case, the parties go to what they consider a favorable state or local court.

1348
01:24:53,920 --> 01:24:57,160
 And I don't know that there is going to be congressional intervention.

1349
01:24:57,340 --> 01:25:03,840
 It doesn't sound like anybody has the appetite for that, especially in a midterm election year, by the way.

1350
01:25:03,840 --> 01:25:08,780
 Craig, is it true that the judge in Tuscaloosa has a crimson white striped gowl?

1351
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 I'm just saying.

1352
01:25:10,160 --> 01:25:11,560
 Yeah, there's no question.

1353
01:25:11,820 --> 01:25:14,920
 Yeah, I mean, well, of course, every – well, think about it this way, though.

1354
01:25:15,000 --> 01:25:18,640
 Just not even to be, you know, an athletics homer.

1355
01:25:18,980 --> 01:25:19,280
 Right.

1356
01:25:19,640 --> 01:25:22,600
 What is the biggest law school in the state of Alabama?

1357
01:25:22,900 --> 01:25:24,060
 The University of Alabama.

1358
01:25:24,400 --> 01:25:25,200
 And it's the same for Ole Miss.

1359
01:25:25,200 --> 01:25:26,500
 Auburn doesn't have a law school.

1360
01:25:26,600 --> 01:25:27,500
 There's one in Samford.

1361
01:25:27,560 --> 01:25:28,620
 Yeah, same thing in Mississippi.

1362
01:25:28,620 --> 01:25:29,800
 Look, I'm from Mississippi.

1363
01:25:30,480 --> 01:25:33,520
 Every lawyer and every doctor in the state is at Ole Miss.

1364
01:25:33,720 --> 01:25:34,220
 You know?

1365
01:25:34,280 --> 01:25:34,500
 Yeah.

1366
01:25:34,680 --> 01:25:35,620
 I mean, it's the same way.

1367
01:25:38,080 --> 01:25:38,600
 Absolutely.

1368
01:25:39,740 --> 01:25:46,220
 Tomorrow is a big day for a lot of people, including AL.com, as far as covering it.

1369
01:25:46,400 --> 01:25:48,740
 High school's got reclassification.

1370
01:25:49,600 --> 01:25:56,080
 Ben Thomas and his cohorts are going to be following which schools go up, which schools go down.

1371
01:25:56,080 --> 01:26:04,600
 And then the big question about will the Alabama High School Athletic Association split public and private.

1372
01:26:04,780 --> 01:26:09,520
 Ben Thomas has done a great job of trying to stay on top of that.

1373
01:26:09,640 --> 01:26:25,700
 And then tomorrow is the deadline that ESPN has imposed for the college football playoff selection committee to say we're either expanding to 16 or we're staying at 12.

1374
01:26:26,160 --> 01:26:36,080
 And it appears that Greg Sankey and Tony Patati of the Big Ten are not in the same room, much less on the same page for this.

1375
01:26:36,940 --> 01:26:41,240
 Craig, your gut feeling, will they stay at 12 tomorrow?

1376
01:26:45,080 --> 01:26:52,840
 Yeah, I'm not sure I have a real good – I mean, I think we're trending towards expansion, if not immediately, then in the future.

1377
01:26:53,080 --> 01:26:55,460
 And they've really got to work on this calendar, though.

1378
01:26:55,540 --> 01:26:57,100
 I mean, the season's already too long.

1379
01:26:57,100 --> 01:27:01,120
 You know, next year, the championship game will be on the 25th of January.

1380
01:27:01,320 --> 01:27:02,920
 I don't know if anybody really wants that.

1381
01:27:03,620 --> 01:27:08,780
 You know, and I hope they figure out a way to start the playoff earlier.

1382
01:27:09,400 --> 01:27:16,560
 You know, I think that, obviously, the conference championship weekend is the big impediment here, along with the Army-Navy game, by the way.

1383
01:27:16,580 --> 01:27:19,580
 And you've got the president getting involved in that, so who knows what's going to happen there.

1384
01:27:20,180 --> 01:27:28,060
 But, you know, there has always been a feeling that the conference championship games will never go away because they make so much money.

1385
01:27:28,060 --> 01:27:43,900
 But I think there is probably a way for the TV people to kind of, quote-unquote, make the conferences whole by paying more for the playoff to make up the financial money they would leave on the table by not having conference championship games.

1386
01:27:43,960 --> 01:27:48,360
 I think conference championship games have kind of outlived their usefulness, you know,

1387
01:27:48,420 --> 01:27:54,300
 because you've got, when you get in a situation where Ole Miss was better off not playing in the SEC championship game.

1388
01:27:54,300 --> 01:27:54,900
 Thank you.

1389
01:27:55,000 --> 01:27:56,800
 Or they had played in it, you know.

1390
01:27:57,980 --> 01:27:59,760
 Just one example, there are others.

1391
01:28:00,000 --> 01:28:01,840
 But Miami is another one.

1392
01:28:02,620 --> 01:28:06,900
 You know, I just think we're probably trending in that direction.

1393
01:28:07,080 --> 01:28:11,980
 What I don't want to see is the season to start earlier because, you know, we don't,

1394
01:28:11,980 --> 01:28:22,460
 I don't want 11 a.m. kickoffs in, you know, in Miami and, you know, Athens on August 23rd and people dying in the stands.

1395
01:28:22,660 --> 01:28:23,860
 I don't think anybody wants that.

1396
01:28:24,920 --> 01:28:26,600
 Well, it's going to be interesting.

1397
01:28:26,780 --> 01:28:34,020
 And I know your staff will be on top of it, both high school and the announcement from the college football playoff committee.

1398
01:28:34,440 --> 01:28:36,740
 Craig, a lot of stuff going on in the state.

1399
01:28:36,880 --> 01:28:39,080
 Where can we get online to get it for your team?

1400
01:28:39,820 --> 01:28:43,280
 Yeah, al.com slash sports is the best way to find it.

1401
01:28:43,280 --> 01:28:51,240
 You know, we have tabs for Alabama, Auburn, high school sports, South Alabama, Troy, senior bowl, senior bowl is next week.

1402
01:28:51,360 --> 01:28:51,760
 Yeah.

1403
01:28:51,840 --> 01:28:52,520
 That's a big thing.

1404
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 So, come check it out.

1405
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 Christmas in Mobile for NFL folks.

1406
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 Craig, listen, stay safe.

1407
01:28:58,940 --> 01:29:00,560
 And thank you so much for your time today, buddy.

1408
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 All right, man.

1409
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 Y'all take care.

1410
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 Thank you, bud.

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1495
01:34:38,620 --> 01:34:39,560
 Ryan, welcome in.

1496
01:34:39,640 --> 01:34:40,420
 Ryan, how are you?

1497
01:34:41,500 --> 01:34:43,240
 You guys some milk and bread?

1498
01:34:43,760 --> 01:34:45,800
 Is that an option?

1499
01:34:46,080 --> 01:34:46,780
 Are you guys good?

1500
01:34:48,160 --> 01:34:50,320
 There's nothing left, Ryan, in the stores.

1501
01:34:51,500 --> 01:34:52,380
 It's amazing.

1502
01:34:52,860 --> 01:34:58,560
 I remember one day a friend of mine was a meteorologist, and he forecast like 8 or 10 inches, and of course he missed it.

1503
01:34:59,000 --> 01:34:59,880
 So we joked with him.

1504
01:34:59,940 --> 01:35:05,240
 We went outside and said we've been shoving 8 to 10 inches of invisible snow, so we'll see how this baby goes.

1505
01:35:05,240 --> 01:35:09,580
 But Ryan, has Alabama done anything controversial this week across the country?

1506
01:35:10,640 --> 01:35:19,380
 You know, I had to come in kind of a slow week here in T-Town, but they have got the world in an uproar.

1507
01:35:19,720 --> 01:35:24,820
 And, you know, I want to ask you guys something, if you don't mind, because you guys are much more in tune.

1508
01:35:25,620 --> 01:35:30,840
 Did they have the same reaction when Baylor did it a couple of weeks ago?

1509
01:35:31,180 --> 01:35:31,980
 Did they?

1510
01:35:32,320 --> 01:35:34,940
 And I put this up on my Twitter account earlier.

1511
01:35:35,260 --> 01:35:37,780
 It was actually late last night.

1512
01:35:37,780 --> 01:35:43,480
 And I put it up, if you really want to light the fuse, let Alabama do something that creates leverage.

1513
01:35:43,920 --> 01:35:45,520
 And I talked about fixing NIL.

1514
01:35:45,620 --> 01:35:50,200
 If you really want to fix NIL, and I know we're talking about college basketball, we're just talking about college sports in general.

1515
01:35:50,300 --> 01:35:51,440
 It's all a soup bowl, though.

1516
01:35:52,200 --> 01:35:56,780
 Let Alabama go fund like what Cody Campbell's doing out in Texas Tech.

1517
01:35:57,180 --> 01:35:59,980
 They will literally, they will blow a gasket.

1518
01:36:00,540 --> 01:36:02,080
 And Alabama just hits different.

1519
01:36:02,660 --> 01:36:08,380
 And for those out there that are reacting, I really haven't seen too many positive articles.

1520
01:36:08,980 --> 01:36:12,700
 I'm just applauding Greg Byrne and Nate Oates.

1521
01:36:12,840 --> 01:36:18,840
 For too many years, I covered Alabama bowing at the feet of the NCAA.

1522
01:36:19,540 --> 01:36:21,260
 I just applaud them to stand it up.

1523
01:36:21,380 --> 01:36:30,900
 Because really, Alabama's pattern, and really, I've often said this, I've always been jealous of the way that Auburn defends themselves in front of the NCAA.

1524
01:36:31,720 --> 01:36:33,480
 I mean, they look at you and say, prove it.

1525
01:36:33,780 --> 01:36:34,160
 Show me.

1526
01:36:34,460 --> 01:36:35,220
 Show me what we do.

1527
01:36:35,220 --> 01:36:37,160
 Spend the money and time to prove it.

1528
01:36:37,800 --> 01:36:41,860
 Yeah, and really, you know, and Auburn, the other thing is they don't ask permission from anything.

1529
01:36:42,320 --> 01:36:48,760
 I mean, do you think they called Greg Sanky and said, hey, we're going to hire Hugh Freeze after Hugh Freeze had been blocked multiple times?

1530
01:36:48,860 --> 01:36:49,640
 No, they just did it.

1531
01:36:50,600 --> 01:36:51,960
 Don't ask for permission.

1532
01:36:52,140 --> 01:36:53,340
 Ask for forgiveness whenever.

1533
01:36:53,900 --> 01:36:58,860
 But I just like Alabama having a mindset of standing up and standing up for Alabama.

1534
01:36:59,340 --> 01:37:01,600
 I also have mixed emotions.

1535
01:37:01,940 --> 01:37:04,260
 I understand why people are so upset.

1536
01:37:04,840 --> 01:37:05,180
 I do.

1537
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 Because I'm right there.

1538
01:37:08,120 --> 01:37:10,560
 But this is a new era.

1539
01:37:11,080 --> 01:37:16,900
 We're all going to have to recalibrate, as I tell Alabama fans every day, your expectations.

1540
01:37:16,900 --> 01:37:23,100
 This is a new college sports arena that most of us have never even thought that we were going to get to.

1541
01:37:23,800 --> 01:37:34,360
 I never thought that we would have, you know, a contract with a player and then somebody else buying the contract out and then you owe Duke University for Mensa.

1542
01:37:34,520 --> 01:37:40,860
 I mean, I'm literally trying to wrap my head around what we've seen in the world with college football.

1543
01:37:41,020 --> 01:37:43,660
 And this is what happens when you go to sleep at the wheel.

1544
01:37:43,840 --> 01:37:52,720
 And our commissioners and our administrator leaders, the hierarchy of the NCAA, they went to sleep at the wheel.

1545
01:37:53,100 --> 01:37:54,700
 And that's where we're – this is where we're at.

1546
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 Ryan, there is a precedent in this case.

1547
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 And I'm like you.

1548
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1549
01:38:03,380 --> 01:38:06,420
 But BD alcohol is still within the five-year window.

1550
01:38:06,560 --> 01:38:10,840
 And I still say that they just need to say, look, you've got five years to play five.

1551
01:38:11,660 --> 01:38:24,040
 But the NCAA's already granted eligibility to Baylor's – his last name is Nanji – who played for the premier European league in Barcelona.

1552
01:38:25,380 --> 01:38:29,040
 And he was the 31st pick in the NBA draft.

1553
01:38:29,840 --> 01:38:33,080
 But did not sign it with a team.

1554
01:38:33,840 --> 01:38:47,800
 And then a lot of people said, well, if they play him, can the NCAA come back and say at the end of the season, well, either you're forfeiting games or the selection committee, which is not their purpose,

1555
01:38:48,040 --> 01:38:57,040
 will not allow you to play in the NCAA tournament in the way the judge has worded the injunction, right?

1556
01:38:57,100 --> 01:38:58,040
 They can't do that.

1557
01:38:59,040 --> 01:38:59,960
 No, no.

1558
01:39:00,180 --> 01:39:02,440
 And this is going to be either a fight.

1559
01:39:03,020 --> 01:39:06,040
 We know that Nate Oates is planning on playing Charles Badiaco.

1560
01:39:06,440 --> 01:39:07,560
 So we'll see.

1561
01:39:08,040 --> 01:39:12,860
 I mean, when you step back – but listen, you know what this is really about to me?

1562
01:39:13,360 --> 01:39:15,680
 It's not about the NCAA and about one player.

1563
01:39:16,220 --> 01:39:22,160
 What's it about is the college basketball and this partnership that they've had with the NBA.

1564
01:39:22,780 --> 01:39:27,600
 Because what would happen, okay, if this case follows through, and we believe that it will,

1565
01:39:27,600 --> 01:39:38,880
 because the judge ordered a temporary restraining order, he believes that there's merit here behind the case that he's going to give a full one next Tuesday at the hearing at 9 o'clock.

1566
01:39:39,380 --> 01:39:45,820
 But what this tells you is this partnership that college basketball has had with the NBA.

1567
01:39:46,700 --> 01:39:48,880
 Because think about it like – look at it like this, okay?

1568
01:39:49,500 --> 01:39:53,340
 Now the baseball – college baseball players have always had leverage, right?

1569
01:39:53,620 --> 01:39:55,220
 You come out of high school, you're grafted.

1570
01:39:55,220 --> 01:39:57,280
 Like, you go and you can negotiate.

1571
01:39:57,420 --> 01:39:58,160
 Well, I'll just go to school.

1572
01:39:58,300 --> 01:39:58,560
 Forget it.

1573
01:39:58,560 --> 01:39:59,100
 I'll just go to school.

1574
01:39:59,240 --> 01:39:59,740
 I'll go to school.

1575
01:39:59,840 --> 01:40:00,600
 I'm just going to go to school.

1576
01:40:00,900 --> 01:40:01,160
 All right.

1577
01:40:01,340 --> 01:40:05,500
 Then third year, you can go pro, but then you can also go back for your senior season.

1578
01:40:05,900 --> 01:40:07,100
 Okay, I'm going to lose leverage.

1579
01:40:07,280 --> 01:40:07,400
 Okay.

1580
01:40:07,720 --> 01:40:14,960
 Here in this, what's going to happen is a player that's not drafted where he thinks he's going to be drafted now has leverage.

1581
01:40:15,680 --> 01:40:17,760
 Because he can just say, you know what, I'm not going to sign the contract.

1582
01:40:18,020 --> 01:40:18,580
 I'm going back pro.

1583
01:40:18,920 --> 01:40:19,920
 I'm going back pro.

1584
01:40:20,140 --> 01:40:24,000
 So if I'm drafted and I don't like my team, I'm just going to go back pro.

1585
01:40:24,360 --> 01:40:26,440
 So I think that's where you see this.

1586
01:40:26,660 --> 01:40:30,400
 And listen, I would also love to see it on the college football side of things too.

1587
01:40:31,260 --> 01:40:34,660
 Because to me, well, and look at it.

1588
01:40:34,920 --> 01:40:40,020
 How many times do these guys get bad advice and they go out or they have an injury?

1589
01:40:40,260 --> 01:40:42,760
 Like say next week at the senior bowl, which I'll be covering.

1590
01:40:43,320 --> 01:40:49,860
 You have an injury and that player's not drafted at the level that he thinks he's going to be drafted.

1591
01:40:50,100 --> 01:40:57,160
 Well, then, you know, give the guy, if he's got eligibility, his clock has not run out, allow them to come back.

1592
01:40:57,320 --> 01:41:02,940
 I've often thought that there was a lot of discrepancies between the three different major sports to go.

1593
01:41:03,380 --> 01:41:03,520
 Okay.

1594
01:41:03,520 --> 01:41:08,440
 If he goes pro, he's not eligible to come back, but, but you can do it in so many other areas.

1595
01:41:08,880 --> 01:41:13,460
 I think this is all about covering for their buddies in the NBA.

1596
01:41:13,700 --> 01:41:15,480
 I think that's what a lot of this is about.

1597
01:41:16,340 --> 01:41:19,220
 And legal, legals, if it doesn't fit, they got to acquit.

1598
01:41:19,320 --> 01:41:20,460
 You mark it down, right?

1599
01:41:21,080 --> 01:41:25,480
 Your thoughts about that football team in Tuscaloosa, the power of a lawyer right there, right?

1600
01:41:25,480 --> 01:41:28,980
 Brian, let's talk about those boys across the hall in the football room.

1601
01:41:29,100 --> 01:41:34,360
 They pick up some help down Highway 82 from Mississippi State, start Vegas.

1602
01:41:34,560 --> 01:41:37,340
 At least that last report, that was the last one I saw in the class.

1603
01:41:37,840 --> 01:41:45,000
 Brian, where are you as far as Alabama football with this roster now compared to where it was just a few short weeks ago?

1604
01:41:45,420 --> 01:41:48,200
 I mean, think about what we were talking with you guys last Thursday.

1605
01:41:49,160 --> 01:41:51,940
 There was some real concern around the line of scrimmage.

1606
01:41:52,440 --> 01:42:00,960
 They really, they had a, they've had a good momentum run right here with pick it up competition at the offensive line.

1607
01:42:01,120 --> 01:42:07,400
 If you notice that they've got guys that are going to be able to compete, they've got guys that they can add depth.

1608
01:42:08,140 --> 01:42:13,420
 When you look at this, it seems like they've got multiple options at left tackle, right?

1609
01:42:13,800 --> 01:42:15,220
 I mean, you've got a Ty Haywood.

1610
01:42:15,940 --> 01:42:17,700
 You've got a JV and James.

1611
01:42:18,020 --> 01:42:25,020
 You also have a Jackson Lloyd that you, you know, obviously came in last year with a highly sought after guy.

1612
01:42:25,100 --> 01:42:27,480
 So you feel pretty comfortable there.

1613
01:42:27,560 --> 01:42:31,660
 And then if one of those guys, like a Ty Haywood, he can play interior as well.

1614
01:42:31,940 --> 01:42:36,060
 So if he can't start at left tackle, he's probably going to start at one of the guard spots.

1615
01:42:36,180 --> 01:42:46,620
 So then, and then when you look at the right side, the guards, it just seems like you've been able to check a lot of these boxes that you've been able to add some, some beef.

1616
01:42:46,620 --> 01:43:02,680
 And if you've noticed, and I wonder what Kalen Aboer has learned two years in the SEC that you can get by with in the Pac-12, the old now, the Big Ten, that you can't get by with in the Southeastern Conference.

1617
01:43:03,020 --> 01:43:04,020
 Well, you better be a man.

1618
01:43:04,200 --> 01:43:05,260
 You better go man to man.

1619
01:43:05,360 --> 01:43:08,080
 You better be able to sit here and take a lick and keep on ticking for one thing.

1620
01:43:08,440 --> 01:43:09,940
 It's not everybody gets a trophy here.

1621
01:43:10,460 --> 01:43:10,820
 Right.

1622
01:43:10,920 --> 01:43:12,300
 Well, this is a lot of scrimmage, too.

1623
01:43:12,400 --> 01:43:13,580
 This is a lot of scrimmage league.

1624
01:43:14,420 --> 01:43:24,160
 You've got to be able to win the trenches, and look at what Kalen Aboer has been able to do from adding some big bulk on the offense and the defensive line.

1625
01:43:24,160 --> 01:43:29,820
 Because the guys that you can look through, you know, we talked about JV and James a couple seconds ago, 6'5", 320.

1626
01:43:30,580 --> 01:43:32,160
 Nick Brooks, 6'7", 349.

1627
01:43:33,060 --> 01:43:36,540
 Terrence Green, 6'5", 330 on the defensive side of the football.

1628
01:43:36,740 --> 01:43:39,440
 Evan Fields, 320, 6'3".

1629
01:43:39,440 --> 01:43:42,720
 Ty Haywood, 6'15", 6'5", 316.

1630
01:43:43,340 --> 01:43:44,680
 I mean, you can go through here.

1631
01:43:44,780 --> 01:43:48,460
 Kendrick, Billingsley, Jones, 6'4", 320.

1632
01:43:48,980 --> 01:43:51,580
 Now, they did sign a smaller defensive lineman.

1633
01:43:51,700 --> 01:43:54,180
 It's probably going to be that bandit spot, 6'5", 270.

1634
01:43:54,880 --> 01:44:05,860
 But everybody, it seems like he's going after the bigger guys because initially, I thought the fit for DeBoer's system was probably smaller,

1635
01:44:06,380 --> 01:44:09,900
 more athletic, defensive, excuse me, offensive lineman.

1636
01:44:09,900 --> 01:44:12,740
 And I think we're seeing a little bit of shift in that.

1637
01:44:14,120 --> 01:44:15,880
 It's just what it looks like on paper.

1638
01:44:17,740 --> 01:44:18,880
 You're right.

1639
01:44:18,880 --> 01:44:22,180
 And Ryan, they've got another possibility.

1640
01:44:23,260 --> 01:44:25,220
 I saw this today.

1641
01:44:25,340 --> 01:44:27,760
 Miami is losing a running back.

1642
01:44:28,600 --> 01:44:30,320
 Hello, Hollywood's mothers.

1643
01:44:30,900 --> 01:44:39,040
 Gerard Pringle, 62 carries, 375 yards, ran for 123 against North Carolina State.

1644
01:44:39,040 --> 01:44:43,700
 I think they're kicking the tires on that.

1645
01:44:43,900 --> 01:44:48,700
 They need another linebacker, particularly an inside linebacker.

1646
01:44:48,820 --> 01:44:57,460
 And HaHa Clinton-Dix's younger brother at West Florida would, to me, is somebody that they're interested in.

1647
01:44:58,000 --> 01:45:06,140
 And they've got two receivers, Nicole Brown, the Yale receiver, who's very productive, and Ian Duarte from Idaho State.

1648
01:45:06,600 --> 01:45:09,040
 They need another receiver, one more linebacker.

1649
01:45:09,080 --> 01:45:12,160
 But I agree with you that they've had a stronger finish.

1650
01:45:13,680 --> 01:45:14,540
 They have.

1651
01:45:14,740 --> 01:45:17,640
 And I think they've also had to shop around, right?

1652
01:45:18,480 --> 01:45:24,080
 I don't know about you guys, but I kind of have to shop around when I'm looking for deals or I'm trying to buy something.

1653
01:45:24,200 --> 01:45:27,000
 I don't just shop at one store and I pay the highest price.

1654
01:45:27,420 --> 01:45:30,060
 They've had to go out and really be thrifty.

1655
01:45:30,060 --> 01:45:33,080
 And I think a lot of schools have had to do this.

1656
01:45:33,280 --> 01:45:38,340
 I saw Ohio State a couple of days ago was looking at an offensive lineman from Dartmouth.

1657
01:45:39,280 --> 01:45:43,860
 And so it's just something that I think that we're all having to adjust to.

1658
01:45:44,040 --> 01:45:51,240
 We're having to look at it and say, okay, if I can save $300,000 here, that can add it to here to get a better wide receiver.

1659
01:45:51,660 --> 01:45:56,920
 I mean, it truly is roster management at a general manager level.

1660
01:45:56,920 --> 01:45:58,260
 That's what this is.

1661
01:45:58,400 --> 01:46:04,580
 I mean, this is truly – you're a NFL GM and I think sometimes – I mean, think about this.

1662
01:46:05,480 --> 01:46:10,420
 I know people are mad right now at Kalen the board because he didn't do this or whatever.

1663
01:46:10,560 --> 01:46:12,000
 He finished in the top ten.

1664
01:46:12,100 --> 01:46:13,040
 He won a playoff game.

1665
01:46:13,120 --> 01:46:13,880
 I get all that.

1666
01:46:14,220 --> 01:46:16,860
 It's the loss that matters, the way that they lost.

1667
01:46:17,460 --> 01:46:22,600
 But when Kalen the board got off that plane and we said, who's that guy with him?

1668
01:46:23,140 --> 01:46:23,740
 Who is that?

1669
01:46:23,840 --> 01:46:25,780
 Is that his media relations guy?

1670
01:46:26,040 --> 01:46:26,920
 Is that who that is?

1671
01:46:27,480 --> 01:46:28,860
 No, that's a general manager.

1672
01:46:29,140 --> 01:46:30,840
 What do you mean general manager?

1673
01:46:31,420 --> 01:46:33,280
 What is a general manager?

1674
01:46:33,960 --> 01:46:37,280
 How brilliant does that look?

1675
01:46:37,900 --> 01:46:42,300
 Because now you've really got to be able to do that roster management stuff.

1676
01:46:42,420 --> 01:46:49,880
 You've got to be able to sit down and to be able to have a roster management to be able to say, okay, guys, this is what we're looking for.

1677
01:46:49,880 --> 01:46:58,480
 Because you've got to have a scouting department that can go out and find guys like the guy, you know, Rayson Delgati from Cal Poly.

1678
01:47:00,400 --> 01:47:06,580
 It's now the ones who have a leg up are the ones who are able to scout.

1679
01:47:06,940 --> 01:47:12,580
 And I describe it as the NFL's back end of the NFL draft, four, five, six, and seven.

1680
01:47:12,920 --> 01:47:15,400
 Sometimes it's what defines an NFL team.

1681
01:47:15,560 --> 01:47:17,120
 It's the back end of that NFL draft.

1682
01:47:18,260 --> 01:47:22,020
 And knowing somebody who knows how to invest money as opposed to spending money.

1683
01:47:22,200 --> 01:47:26,580
 Ryan Fowler, host of the game, tied 109 FM in weekdays down in Tuscaloosa.

1684
01:47:26,780 --> 01:47:33,360
 Ryan, how would you describe, what adjective would you describe this upcoming spring drills for the Alabama Crimson Tide?

1685
01:47:33,460 --> 01:47:34,360
 You've got a brand new quarterback.

1686
01:47:34,560 --> 01:47:36,020
 I'm looking at the preseason polls.

1687
01:47:36,120 --> 01:47:38,120
 I don't know how the world they're going to make this determination.

1688
01:47:38,340 --> 01:47:40,480
 Ranked anywhere from 11th to 21st.

1689
01:47:41,020 --> 01:47:45,300
 Ryan, how would you describe the upcoming spring in Tuscaloosa?

1690
01:47:46,300 --> 01:47:47,980
 Oh, competition.

1691
01:47:48,260 --> 01:47:55,420
 I mean, whether it's quarterback competition, whether it's running back competition, right?

1692
01:47:55,660 --> 01:47:59,260
 I mean, you're going to have some running backs that are going to try to crack into that rotation.

1693
01:47:59,740 --> 01:48:00,820
 Wide receiver.

1694
01:48:01,120 --> 01:48:03,140
 Yeah, it's pretty competitive right there.

1695
01:48:03,540 --> 01:48:05,260
 Offensive line, defensive line.

1696
01:48:05,260 --> 01:48:14,780
 I mean, that offensive line is going to be, I would literally pay money just to watch the competition at the offensive line.

1697
01:48:15,460 --> 01:48:16,620
 And where, I mean, the quarterback.

1698
01:48:17,020 --> 01:48:24,020
 And listen, I was in debate yesterday with some of the audience members because a couple of the guys that said, Austin Mack.

1699
01:48:24,160 --> 01:48:26,100
 You know, I'm not giving up on Austin Mack.

1700
01:48:26,460 --> 01:48:31,740
 I mean, there's a reason why this young man has avoided the portal twice.

1701
01:48:32,220 --> 01:48:36,560
 Back in the spring, everybody thought that coming out of spring practice that he would get in the portal.

1702
01:48:36,740 --> 01:48:37,980
 He chose not to do that.

1703
01:48:38,600 --> 01:48:40,820
 He looked at this portal period here.

1704
01:48:41,020 --> 01:48:42,900
 I'm sure he was probably getting a lot of phone calls.

1705
01:48:43,320 --> 01:48:44,600
 Probably getting a lot of phone calls.

1706
01:48:44,840 --> 01:48:47,680
 I thought Nick Sheridan at Michigan State would be an option for him.

1707
01:48:48,000 --> 01:48:51,300
 I thought DeMarcus Shepard out at Oregon State might be an option for him.

1708
01:48:51,640 --> 01:48:53,800
 And still, he decided to stay right here.

1709
01:48:53,900 --> 01:48:59,860
 So, obviously, he believes that he has a role on the football team and a battle.

1710
01:49:00,140 --> 01:49:01,480
 And he's got a chance to win this thing.

1711
01:49:01,580 --> 01:49:04,940
 Because, remember, there is no spring portal period opening.

1712
01:49:05,880 --> 01:49:09,500
 So, Austin Mack will be on your football team 2026.

1713
01:49:10,080 --> 01:49:16,820
 And I think that's a strong quarterback room when you can look at these two guys and then the guys that they added.

1714
01:49:17,160 --> 01:49:19,380
 So, that with it itself is going to be a battle.

1715
01:49:19,780 --> 01:49:23,520
 But you're going to see who, you know, who can even step up behind those guys.

1716
01:49:23,620 --> 01:49:26,260
 Some of the future of this Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback room.

1717
01:49:26,440 --> 01:49:31,920
 And, you know, everybody you talk to, the Keelan Russell sensation is going to be fun to watch.

1718
01:49:32,100 --> 01:49:35,480
 But is he ready to take those full reins and be that quarterback?

1719
01:49:35,800 --> 01:49:38,460
 Because Taylor DeBoer expects a lot from his quarterback.

1720
01:49:38,960 --> 01:49:40,340
 You saw Ty Simpson.

1721
01:49:40,800 --> 01:49:42,180
 He had to do a lot of checks.

1722
01:49:42,600 --> 01:49:43,660
 A lot of checks.

1723
01:49:43,780 --> 01:49:44,480
 A lot of audibles.

1724
01:49:44,780 --> 01:49:46,040
 Understanding what they're wanting.

1725
01:49:46,760 --> 01:49:48,100
 It's a big part of it.

1726
01:49:48,280 --> 01:49:50,000
 And we'll see if these guys are ready for it.

1727
01:49:50,780 --> 01:49:52,620
 Ryan, let me ask you real quick.

1728
01:49:53,120 --> 01:49:58,440
 Auburn is going, they're going to have a traditional spring game.

1729
01:49:58,780 --> 01:50:04,420
 I'm beginning to see more and more teams announcing that now that they don't have a spring portal.

1730
01:50:05,340 --> 01:50:12,040
 According to your impeccable sources, will Alabama have a traditional spring football game?

1731
01:50:13,160 --> 01:50:14,300
 You know, I've got to be honest.

1732
01:50:14,800 --> 01:50:16,660
 I've not heard anything and I haven't asked anything.

1733
01:50:16,820 --> 01:50:17,460
 I have not.

1734
01:50:18,720 --> 01:50:19,540
 Maybe I should.

1735
01:50:19,980 --> 01:50:24,580
 I will be down to the Senior Bowl next Wednesday for his media availability.

1736
01:50:25,260 --> 01:50:26,800
 But I've got to be honest.

1737
01:50:26,880 --> 01:50:28,200
 I don't know the answer to that.

1738
01:50:28,320 --> 01:50:29,080
 I wish I did.

1739
01:50:29,160 --> 01:50:29,520
 I should.

1740
01:50:30,800 --> 01:50:34,240
 But I guess, you know, it was last year.

1741
01:50:34,360 --> 01:50:37,800
 It was pending the depth concerns, right?

1742
01:50:37,840 --> 01:50:40,080
 I mean, they had concerns in a lot of different positions.

1743
01:50:40,900 --> 01:50:46,760
 Really, if you think about it now, I mean, I think they've got a luxury at a lot of these key spots.

1744
01:50:46,960 --> 01:50:48,120
 So maybe we would have.

1745
01:50:48,240 --> 01:50:48,820
 I mean, maybe you would.

1746
01:50:49,120 --> 01:50:53,700
 Because it would be a good test to see these guys in real-life competition.

1747
01:50:54,440 --> 01:50:54,840
 Absolutely.

1748
01:50:54,840 --> 01:50:57,140
 To see what these guys are all about.

1749
01:50:57,400 --> 01:51:03,660
 But, you know, I would, I mean, I would assume, you've got to keep in mind, that's also a sponsorship opportunity.

1750
01:51:04,280 --> 01:51:05,200
 And that's a lot of money.

1751
01:51:05,760 --> 01:51:08,380
 But now they are doing that concert.

1752
01:51:08,580 --> 01:51:08,920
 What is it?

1753
01:51:08,980 --> 01:51:09,740
 Morgan Wallen?

1754
01:51:09,800 --> 01:51:10,460
 Is that what it is?

1755
01:51:10,700 --> 01:51:10,920
 Yeah.

1756
01:51:11,460 --> 01:51:15,080
 You know, that's going to be one of those big weekends there.

1757
01:51:15,080 --> 01:51:19,500
 So, you know, that was a big fundraiser for the University of Alabama.

1758
01:51:19,620 --> 01:51:22,080
 They've got to pack that thing out at 100,000.

1759
01:51:22,800 --> 01:51:25,580
 People have already started calling me for concert tickets.

1760
01:51:25,720 --> 01:51:26,720
 I don't have anything to do.

1761
01:51:27,040 --> 01:51:28,600
 But it's a big demand.

1762
01:51:28,800 --> 01:51:29,680
 Oh, it's a huge amount.

1763
01:51:29,820 --> 01:51:35,700
 It'll attract, you know, people from all over the state and through the southeast to come to Tuscaloosa.

1764
01:51:35,880 --> 01:51:38,320
 Bryant, any stadium, to see Morgan Wallen.

1765
01:51:38,420 --> 01:51:41,040
 So they are going crazy over that down here.

1766
01:51:42,120 --> 01:51:42,860
 Oh, man.

1767
01:51:42,860 --> 01:51:45,140
 Well, listen, have a great show.

1768
01:51:45,320 --> 01:51:48,840
 I know it will be a riveting discussion this afternoon.

1769
01:51:49,020 --> 01:51:53,640
 Where can our folks get online listening to your guests, callers, et cetera?

1770
01:51:54,300 --> 01:51:56,200
 Yeah, Todd109.com.

1771
01:51:56,260 --> 01:51:57,740
 We start it here at 2 o'clock.

1772
01:51:57,880 --> 01:51:59,320
 And I've got to do a big show for you.

1773
01:51:59,660 --> 01:52:03,640
 We're going to try to update some things, talk about the reaction that this has been.

1774
01:52:04,060 --> 01:52:05,880
 And we'll do it starting here in about six minutes.

1775
01:52:05,980 --> 01:52:06,960
 I always appreciate you guys.

1776
01:52:07,200 --> 01:52:08,180
 Hey, you guys be safe.

1777
01:52:08,240 --> 01:52:08,960
 Seriously, though.

1778
01:52:09,240 --> 01:52:09,600
 Absolutely.

1779
01:52:09,600 --> 01:52:13,740
 I hope you guys are prepared because I do see that weather is going to be a problem for you guys.

1780
01:52:13,860 --> 01:52:15,600
 It looks like it, according to the models.

1781
01:52:16,460 --> 01:52:17,280
 Hang in there, guys.

1782
01:52:17,320 --> 01:52:18,760
 I'll talk to you guys next week.

1783
01:52:18,820 --> 01:52:19,220
 Thank you.

1784
01:52:19,320 --> 01:52:20,160
 Appreciate that, Ryan.

1785
01:52:20,300 --> 01:52:21,100
 Appreciate it so much.

1786
01:52:21,140 --> 01:52:24,000
 It's going to be one of those deals where it depends where you live in North Alabama.

1787
01:52:24,000 --> 01:52:25,580
 I don't think it's going to go coast-to-coast.

1788
01:52:25,980 --> 01:52:29,220
 But it could be bad news if you're in the wrong pocket up here, B.B.

1789
01:52:29,520 --> 01:52:32,100
 B.B., speaking of the weather, a lot of folks might have missed it.

1790
01:52:32,180 --> 01:52:34,840
 UNA is scheduled to play the basketball game this weekend.

1791
01:52:35,060 --> 01:52:37,040
 Quickly, that has been rescheduled.

1792
01:52:37,120 --> 01:52:39,780
 Don't make any plans to watch UNA basketball this weekend, B.B.

1793
01:52:39,780 --> 01:52:43,120
 Yeah, they'll be at Florida Gulf Coast next Thursday.

1794
01:52:43,340 --> 01:52:49,960
 But no weekend games for UNA and, believe me, for high school and a lot of other athletics.

1795
01:52:50,420 --> 01:52:53,020
 Probably going to be a very slow weekend.

1796
01:52:53,320 --> 01:52:54,220
 Yeah, stay tuned.

1797
01:52:54,260 --> 01:52:55,100
 That's going to take care of B.B.

1798
01:52:55,100 --> 01:52:57,840
 For now, on behalf of B.B., Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

1799
01:52:58,160 --> 01:52:59,980
 Harold Bogg, thank you so much for your time today.

1800
01:53:00,060 --> 01:53:02,280
 Let's do it again tomorrow on noon to two for the Boom on Bug Show.

1801
01:53:02,320 --> 01:53:04,800
 Back here on Sports Radio 93.9, The Score.