1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:12,900 Now, get ready to roll, Shoals, Decatur, Athens and all of Northwest Alabama and Southern Tennessee. It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM Sports Voice. 2 00:00:15,900 --> 00:00:29,980 The Boomo Bugg Show. Your exclusive inside track to the tie, Tigers, Tennessee and the rest of the SEC. Now your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score. 3 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:48,900 Good afternoon and welcome into the Boomo Bugg Show. I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird. Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley. Brett Beaird, welcome in where it was a super weekend for the Patriots, Seahawks, Auburn and Tennessee. Not so much for Alabama. 4 00:00:48,900 --> 00:00:59,020 Good afternoon. Welcome in. How are you? A lot to get to today, including a lot shaking between Mars Hill and Russellville. And more importantly, our thoughts and prayers. 5 00:00:59,340 --> 00:01:05,140 You, your family, affected by all the bad weather over the weekend, particularly over in North Mississippi and Tennessee. 6 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:06,900 Brett Beaird, welcome in and how are you? 7 00:01:06,900 --> 00:01:17,080 Happy Monday to you and the listeners. Yes, it was quite a weekend for a lot of people in the South, northern Mississippi and the Nashville area, southern Tennessee. 8 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:23,420 Hit very hard, snow, ice, the entire gamut the entire weekend. 9 00:01:23,540 --> 00:01:28,380 And again, freezing temperatures in nearly close to zero the next couple of nights. 10 00:01:29,060 --> 00:01:36,440 Hard to believe this, but today, January the 26th, is the 43rd anniversary of Paul Bear Bryant's death. 11 00:01:36,900 --> 00:01:37,040 Wow. 12 00:01:37,040 --> 00:01:38,980 We'll talk about that during the show. 13 00:01:39,540 --> 00:01:43,440 As you mentioned with the Super Bowl, Seattle and New England are matched up in it. 14 00:01:43,500 --> 00:01:45,680 We'll talk about it during the course of the week. 15 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:51,360 But right now, Adam is here to talk about some SEC basketball and football. 16 00:01:51,960 --> 00:01:53,760 And that's not all when you talk with Adam Spencer. 17 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,360 He's got it all covered there at Saturday Down South. 18 00:01:56,700 --> 00:01:57,520 Adam, welcome in. 19 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:02,080 Hopefully, you and your family were able to dodge all the ice monsters over the weekend. 20 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:02,840 How are you? 21 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:04,700 I'm doing great, guys. 22 00:02:04,740 --> 00:02:08,340 We just got snow up here, so we've managed to avoid the ice, which is good. 23 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,760 Take the snow and a player to be named later, I guarantee you, Adam. 24 00:02:13,160 --> 00:02:19,000 Obviously, the show does go on getting into the heart of SEC basketball season. 25 00:02:19,220 --> 00:02:21,180 Adam, obviously, one of the more intriguing matchups. 26 00:02:21,620 --> 00:02:24,800 Over the weekend, Alabama taking on Tennessee. 27 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:29,000 And the big story that was off the court, on the court, and elsewhere, 28 00:02:29,660 --> 00:02:34,000 Betty Yaco, obviously, even within Tennessee, says defense still beats offense. 29 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:38,440 Where do you start breaking down that game and the performance of Alabama 30 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:39,880 doing something they hadn't done in a while? 31 00:02:40,460 --> 00:02:43,460 And that's lose back-to-back games at home. 32 00:02:44,380 --> 00:02:46,740 Yeah, I thought that that was a really fun game to watch. 33 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:48,980 You know, the Stars really came out to play. 34 00:02:49,180 --> 00:02:53,300 I mean, Nate Amon had one of his best games of the year. 35 00:02:53,640 --> 00:02:57,120 Jacoby Gillespie continues to provide some spark offensively. 36 00:02:57,300 --> 00:02:58,220 I thought it was impressive. 37 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:02,880 You know, you look at the box score, and you see LeBaron Phylon had 26 points. 38 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:06,460 But you look deeper, and, you know, he was only 7 for 20 shooting. 39 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:08,780 He was 2 for 9 from 3. 40 00:03:08,900 --> 00:03:13,440 So, I mean, even though he had 26 points, like, I thought that Tennessee did a good job on him, 41 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:17,060 you know, forcing him into taking tough shots, making him, you know, 42 00:03:17,140 --> 00:03:20,040 pass up some shots that he would have liked to take. 43 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,440 You know, he still had 7 assists, which is pretty impressive. 44 00:03:22,480 --> 00:03:27,280 But, you know, he played an impressive game, but that Tennessee defense just made him 45 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:33,680 uncomfortable enough to make it, you know, inefficient enough to pull out the win. 46 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:35,000 So, I was really impressed by Tennessee. 47 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:41,020 Nate Amon continues to improve, just like Rick Barnes has said he's going to during the 48 00:03:41,020 --> 00:03:41,920 second half of the season. 49 00:03:42,140 --> 00:03:46,120 So, you know, they're staying the course with him, and he's starting to look like the top 50 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:47,720 five pick everybody expected. 51 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:52,600 Yeah, Rick Barnes does, has gone to Nate Oates' number. 52 00:03:52,600 --> 00:03:57,000 He does an amazing job of getting mismatches with the men. 53 00:03:57,220 --> 00:04:03,520 In fact, Alabama, defensively, the players were five to six inches shorter than the men. 54 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:05,420 Boy, he took advantage of that. 55 00:04:06,540 --> 00:04:14,500 Adam, the big surprise of the weekend, Auburn going to Gainesville to face a red-hot Florida 56 00:04:14,500 --> 00:04:22,220 Gators team and did a masterful job of defending them in the post, ended up beating the Gators 57 00:04:22,220 --> 00:04:26,120 for the first time in Gainesville in 30 years. 58 00:04:27,300 --> 00:04:28,900 Yeah, I was really impressed by Auburn. 59 00:04:29,100 --> 00:04:31,040 You know, that's a tough place to go and win. 60 00:04:31,280 --> 00:04:33,620 Florida seemed to be hitting its stride. 61 00:04:33,860 --> 00:04:39,140 You know, I had moved them, I'd moved the Gators up to number one in my power rankings last week, 62 00:04:39,140 --> 00:04:40,540 and now I've got to reassess that. 63 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:47,280 So, yeah, I mean, Auburn, this is the kind of talent that we've expected to see from Auburn. 64 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,340 You know, going into Florida and winning, you know, that's a nice surprise. 65 00:04:50,540 --> 00:04:56,160 But the consistency that hasn't been there to start SEC play was there. 66 00:04:56,440 --> 00:04:58,060 And, you know, you saw them frustrate. 67 00:04:58,260 --> 00:05:04,160 Like, you said, the frontcourt guys, Condon, Hawk, you know, those guys were struggling all game. 68 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:09,080 And when you can throw sides at them the way that Auburn can, I mean, it was an impressive win. 69 00:05:09,300 --> 00:05:13,780 And, you know, I'm not by no means pressing the panic button on Florida at all. 70 00:05:13,780 --> 00:05:21,040 But, yeah, that was a very nice win for Auburn and something that hopefully Stephen Pearl can use to build some momentum. 71 00:05:22,160 --> 00:05:24,000 Adam Spencer, Saturday down, Seth. 72 00:05:24,180 --> 00:05:26,600 Adam, your thoughts overall about the SEC? 73 00:05:26,900 --> 00:05:29,360 Everybody had Alabama penciled in at the top of the heap. 74 00:05:29,420 --> 00:05:33,160 Right now they're basically in the middle of it, three and three behind Auburn. 75 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:35,520 Your thoughts overall? 76 00:05:35,520 --> 00:05:40,620 Is it safe to say this league on any given night, just what we talked about, plus the old saying, 77 00:05:41,020 --> 00:05:42,980 anything can in this season has happened? 78 00:05:43,780 --> 00:05:47,500 Yeah, I mean, I think that, you know, this thing is still wide open. 79 00:05:47,780 --> 00:05:50,960 You know, Texas A&M is at the top right now. 80 00:05:51,000 --> 00:05:55,000 And you've got to give Bucky McMillan a ton of credit because Bucky Ball has worked right away. 81 00:05:55,160 --> 00:06:00,780 You know, right now it's a two-horse race between him and Mark Byington for the SEC coach of the year. 82 00:06:00,940 --> 00:06:07,200 And, I mean, I think McMillan's pulled ahead by a few lengths here because Vanderbilt's kind of coming back down to earth. 83 00:06:07,500 --> 00:06:10,340 But, yeah, Bucky McMillan, that's been a huge story. 84 00:06:10,500 --> 00:06:11,580 Texas A&M looks great. 85 00:06:11,580 --> 00:06:11,980 Yeah. 86 00:06:13,780 --> 00:06:21,500 You've come on. 87 00:06:21,740 --> 00:06:23,940 Florida still looks strong despite the loss to Auburn. 88 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:26,120 Can't count Auburn out. 89 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:29,220 You know, Vanderbilt could figure out some things. 90 00:06:29,880 --> 00:06:36,700 But this league is, it's, they don't have the elite teams like they did last year. 91 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:40,120 But this is still the deepest league in the country. 92 00:06:40,420 --> 00:06:43,060 And, yeah, like you said, anything can happen on any given night. 93 00:06:43,180 --> 00:06:44,800 And so far this season, it has been. 94 00:06:46,100 --> 00:06:54,160 Adam, about three weeks ago, Kentucky fans were calling head basketball coach Mark Pope anything but his name. 95 00:06:54,760 --> 00:06:55,880 Five wins. 96 00:06:59,880 --> 00:07:05,140 Texas A&M has made his two wins. 97 00:07:05,700 --> 00:07:07,900 Things are, they're getting a little healthier. 98 00:07:08,820 --> 00:07:10,940 Aberdeen is playing well. 99 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:23,320 Yeah, absolutely. 100 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:28,160 I mean, you've got to give credit for them to, you know, overcome some early adversity. 101 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:34,180 You know, they lost Jalen Lowe, the guard transfer from Pitt to an injury. 102 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:36,940 So, they didn't have Jaden Quaintance back yet. 103 00:07:37,140 --> 00:07:40,640 So, you know, they've had to kind of figure out who they were. 104 00:07:40,780 --> 00:07:43,940 Otega Owe, you know, yeah, he got off to a slow start. 105 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:47,200 But he seems to be figuring out, you know, his role a little bit. 106 00:07:47,560 --> 00:07:52,640 Malachi Moreno has been a revelation for them since he hit that shot against LSU. 107 00:07:52,640 --> 00:08:01,800 He's really caught on here, you know, and then, yeah, Denzel Aberdeen, same thing, just, like, needing to figure out where he fits in this new system, how to, you know, take on. 108 00:08:01,900 --> 00:08:12,540 When you were, like, the sixth option at Florida last year, I mean, you just face a completely different level of defensive intensity when you're the number one or number two guy on any given night. 109 00:08:12,540 --> 00:08:16,860 And so, he's had to raise his level of play, and that took a little bit, but he's there now. 110 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:27,160 And, yeah, you know, you've got to give credit to Mark Pope and the Wildcats for not caving when the fire was the hottest here back in early January. 111 00:08:28,300 --> 00:08:34,740 All right, Adam, we're not going to let you get away without giving you a chance to brag about your Tigers from Como. 112 00:08:36,580 --> 00:08:39,940 Yeah, I mean, that was, you know, not going to brag too much. 113 00:08:39,940 --> 00:08:46,380 Those were fun buzzer beaters in regulation and then in overtime. 114 00:08:46,780 --> 00:08:53,380 But, yeah, I mean, you know, preview for tomorrow's SEC power, I have Oklahoma at 16th. 115 00:08:53,480 --> 00:09:01,360 So, you know, at home against the worst team in the league, you don't really want to be needing two buzzer beaters, let alone one buzzer beater. 116 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:07,100 But it's always better to win and be on the right side of the buzzer beater than it is to be on the wrong side of the buzzer beater. 117 00:09:07,100 --> 00:09:16,200 So, I'll take it and, you know, we'll see if this team can figure out an identity because Mizzou is the most baffling team in the conference right now. 118 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:21,860 You know, losing at LSU, losing to Georgia, you know, but they have wins over Kentucky and Florida. 119 00:09:22,100 --> 00:09:25,740 It's just, and Auburn, you know, they've beaten everybody on top. 120 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:29,920 And it's just, you never know what you're going to get from Mizzou on any given night. 121 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:31,140 And that's kind of fun. 122 00:09:31,260 --> 00:09:33,700 And it's pretty frustrating at times, too. 123 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:37,440 Is Kellen DeBoer the head coach there of the Missouri basketball team? 124 00:09:37,980 --> 00:09:38,620 Yeah, right? 125 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:41,000 Him and Dennis Gates have been sharing notes, apparently. 126 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:46,720 In fact, that game has been moved to, moved back to 7 o'clock. 127 00:09:46,860 --> 00:09:52,060 It was originally scheduled tip-off at 8 because of the weather, all the weather impacts. 128 00:09:52,180 --> 00:09:53,640 They moved it back to 7. 129 00:09:54,180 --> 00:09:56,400 Adam, not exactly a big shock here. 130 00:09:56,560 --> 00:10:02,280 A lot of people were anticipating the college football playoff committee last Friday to announce, 131 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:10,020 Well, we're going to 16, but about a week ago, everybody began to get word that, what a surprise, too. 132 00:10:10,140 --> 00:10:20,060 The Big Ten and the SEC could not agree on 16 or 24, so they punted, and they're going to stay at 12 for another year. 133 00:10:20,180 --> 00:10:27,420 And now that we've got that decided, could they figure out the calendar and all of the other issues that we have with college football? 134 00:10:28,480 --> 00:10:35,660 Yeah, I mean, you think that now that they've punted for a year here, we can kind of regroup, get all on the same page for 2027, 135 00:10:36,060 --> 00:10:44,920 and make sure that that goes smoothly because, I mean, you've got to figure out, you know, the 16-24 thing, 136 00:10:44,980 --> 00:10:52,260 we've got to get it decided soon, like in the next few months here before, you know, you can't wait until this time next year 137 00:10:52,260 --> 00:10:53,920 and then have these same discussions. 138 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:57,860 So hopefully they can figure this out and we can move some things around. 139 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:05,200 I know people want to protect, you know, Rivalry Week on the week of Thanksgiving, but something's going to get lost in the shuffle here. 140 00:11:05,300 --> 00:11:09,780 And if it's Rivalry Week being on Thanksgiving, then, you know, that's just what we're going to have to deal with. 141 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,200 But, you know, we'll see what happens. 142 00:11:12,480 --> 00:11:21,400 But, you know, hopefully we can get something going for 2027 before the 2026 season even kicks off. 143 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:27,840 In the meantime, if you look at the paper game right now, is it Lane's world? 144 00:11:27,940 --> 00:11:28,860 We're just living in it. 145 00:11:28,900 --> 00:11:29,520 He's gone out. 146 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:30,480 They gave him a checkbook. 147 00:11:30,580 --> 00:11:35,060 And what he's done, he's pretty much inked the number one dude in the portal at every position. 148 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:37,620 The latest, the big lineman coming down. 149 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:43,500 Your thoughts about Lane, is there any reason why Lane Kiffin can't win, given the fact that they just basically said, 150 00:11:43,580 --> 00:11:45,880 Yo, play the NFL model and buy us a team? 151 00:11:47,180 --> 00:11:49,220 I mean, yeah, that's the way to do it. 152 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:56,040 I mean, you know, you see these NIL teams, you know, Kurt Signetti said that his NIL wasn't where people thought it was. 153 00:11:56,180 --> 00:11:58,220 But, you know, we don't need to act like he did. 154 00:11:58,220 --> 00:11:58,900 It's good enough. 155 00:11:58,900 --> 00:12:04,940 I mean, the portal, you know, when you have a coach that, you know, that offensive staff that he's got coming in, 156 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:11,660 you know, himself, Charlie Weiss Jr., keeping Blake Baker, the coaching staff is set, and that's a big boost. 157 00:12:11,940 --> 00:12:15,240 So I think that this team's going to hit the ground running. 158 00:12:15,420 --> 00:12:18,260 I think that they're, yeah, like you said, they're loaded at every position. 159 00:12:18,420 --> 00:12:19,260 There's a ton of talent. 160 00:12:19,460 --> 00:12:24,080 I mean, you know, you look at the two teams that are playing in the Super Bowl, Seattle and New England, 161 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:30,840 those teams spent some of the most money in free agency this offseason, and it made immediate dividends. 162 00:12:31,180 --> 00:12:33,860 So, I mean, that's basically the model that we're looking at right now. 163 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:35,680 You know, Lane Kiffin came into Baton Rouge. 164 00:12:35,680 --> 00:12:40,500 He looked around, saw what they needed, and then went out and spent to get the best players at those positions. 165 00:12:41,020 --> 00:12:42,280 So, I mean, I trust him. 166 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:47,080 You know, even with all the drama surrounding him, what you can't question is that he wins ballgames. 167 00:12:47,520 --> 00:12:53,100 So, you know, I think that, yeah, they'll be, I've said it before, I think 10 wins is the floor for that team, 168 00:12:53,180 --> 00:12:54,740 and 10 wins will get them into the playoff. 169 00:12:55,920 --> 00:13:03,560 And a great way to begin the week, as always, now that we're transitioning to basketball, 170 00:13:03,560 --> 00:13:11,660 but still some transfer portal stuff, we'll see if they do anything as far as trying to help the calendar for college football. 171 00:13:11,820 --> 00:13:16,720 We look forward to your power rankings for SEC basketball coming out later today, 172 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:21,500 or tomorrow, but where can we get online to get yours and the team's good stuff? 173 00:13:22,300 --> 00:13:26,500 Yeah, SaturdayDownSouth.com, and we've got you covered with basketball heating up, 174 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:31,260 and we'll keep on the portal stuff until everybody's figured out where they're playing next year. 175 00:13:31,980 --> 00:13:33,920 And make some snow cream in the meantime. 176 00:13:34,180 --> 00:13:36,840 Adam, stay warm up there, and thanks so much for your time today. 177 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:38,820 Yeah, thanks for having me, guys. 178 00:13:39,260 --> 00:13:39,440 Stay safe. 179 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:39,820 Thank you, bud. 180 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:42,680 Adam Spencer hooking up with us Saturday Down South. 181 00:13:42,780 --> 00:13:43,440 You mentioned a poll. 182 00:13:43,540 --> 00:13:44,540 The latest one's out. 183 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:49,080 Auburn's still unable to crack the top 25 despite that big win over Florida. 184 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:53,560 Alabama sliding all the way down to number 23, BB. 185 00:13:53,740 --> 00:13:57,760 They're heading in the wrong direction, but still plenty of time if I turn this train around. 186 00:13:57,900 --> 00:14:03,340 In the meantime, what do you say we bring some sunshine into the conversation to the Sunshine State 187 00:14:03,340 --> 00:14:04,440 and John Ferrari next. 188 00:14:04,560 --> 00:14:05,100 Stay with us. 189 00:14:10,220 --> 00:14:13,160 This is Miranda Haddock with the Florence Education Foundation. 190 00:14:13,780 --> 00:14:16,600 We invite you to support our Friends of the Foundation campaign. 191 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:22,600 As a friend of the Foundation, you can contribute any amount to help fund classroom needs in Florence City schools. 192 00:14:23,220 --> 00:14:26,480 Please visit our website at FlorenceEducationFoundation.org 193 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:29,680 to 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00:19:11,600 --> 00:19:19,620 Join us tonight for Hey Coach and the Nate Oates Show presented by Alpha Insurance live at 6 p.m. Central from Baumhauer's Victory Grill in Tuscaloosa. 283 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:29,160 You can listen on our full radio network, the Varsity Network app, as well as watch the video stream on all CTSN social media platforms at UA underscore CTSN. 284 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:31,820 Crimson Tide Today is brought to you by Guthrie's. 285 00:19:32,080 --> 00:19:35,760 Crimson Tide Today is a production of the Crimson Tide Sports Network from Learfield. 286 00:19:36,540 --> 00:19:37,600 The score. 287 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:42,880 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score. 288 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:44,100 Welcome back in. 289 00:19:44,160 --> 00:19:44,820 Here's the deal. 290 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:48,360 We're going to go to John Frawley down to the Sunshine State and try to make a deal. 291 00:19:48,500 --> 00:19:55,780 John's visiting there at CBS Sports Radio 1420 WAOC and 1240 WFOI in St. Augustine, Florida. 292 00:19:56,200 --> 00:20:00,180 The Sunshine State and online at 965sports.com. 293 00:20:00,260 --> 00:20:01,360 John, welcome in. 294 00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:09,460 And before we get started, can we trade you two inches of ice just for two hours of warm sunshine and a player to be named later? 295 00:20:09,540 --> 00:20:10,040 How are you? 296 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:13,280 I'm doing well, Harold. 297 00:20:13,340 --> 00:20:18,220 And I was telling your producer, I was wondering how you guys were doing. 298 00:20:18,260 --> 00:20:23,580 Because yesterday, not that the folks listening are going to want to hear this, but it was 80 degrees. 299 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:24,840 Oh, my God. 300 00:20:25,260 --> 00:20:26,100 In Jacksonville, Florida. 301 00:20:26,100 --> 00:20:28,580 I'm watching TV and seeing this. 302 00:20:29,120 --> 00:20:31,480 This is like a movie for us down here. 303 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:37,080 Now, it's going to get cold by our standards, 29 and 30 in the morning the rest of the week. 304 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:39,240 But nothing like what you folks have endured. 305 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:42,980 So, my prayers and wishes are with the Tennessee Valley. 306 00:20:43,160 --> 00:20:44,780 Hopefully, everybody stayed safe. 307 00:20:45,260 --> 00:20:46,960 Well, I appreciate that, John. 308 00:20:47,140 --> 00:20:50,120 And listen, we will gladly trade if you change your mind. 309 00:20:50,200 --> 00:20:56,680 In the meantime, I would imagine Florida was as warm as the thermometer until Auburn came to town. 310 00:20:56,680 --> 00:21:01,700 And it looks like Auburn brought some of that chill from Alabama to the Gators basketball team over the weekend. 311 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:02,820 Your thoughts, John? 312 00:21:03,820 --> 00:21:08,160 Auburn was the better team, basically, from almost start to finish Saturday. 313 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:15,420 And Todd Golden admitted that in the postgame, that normally Florida comes out and throws the first punch or two. 314 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:17,700 That was not the case Saturday afternoon. 315 00:21:17,900 --> 00:21:18,720 Auburn did. 316 00:21:19,420 --> 00:21:21,960 Hall had 24 points for the Tigers. 317 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:28,080 Florida made a run in the second half, got the game tied with a little bit over seven minutes to go. 318 00:21:28,220 --> 00:21:31,840 And you started thinking, okay, Florida's going to take control of this. 319 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,520 And like Lee Corso would say, not so fast. 320 00:21:34,800 --> 00:21:36,440 Auburn just took off again. 321 00:21:37,060 --> 00:21:40,120 And hats off to Stephen Pearl and the Tigers. 322 00:21:40,320 --> 00:21:41,160 They were the better team. 323 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:43,240 First time in 30 years, by the way. 324 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:45,720 They won in Gainesville, 1996. 325 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:53,420 And to put that in, I guess, fashion or whatever, Steve Spurrier won a national title that year. 326 00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:54,720 Florida's first in football. 327 00:21:55,360 --> 00:21:56,940 That's how far back that was. 328 00:21:57,900 --> 00:22:02,900 But I think this next week or two is going to be critical for Florida. 329 00:22:03,020 --> 00:22:06,840 And, of course, we're going to be playing a team you guys are familiar with next Sunday. 330 00:22:07,160 --> 00:22:12,540 Alabama, in between, we've got South Carolina Wednesday night, Florida. 331 00:22:12,800 --> 00:22:17,720 So, I think this is going to be a bounce-back week, or Todd Golden's hoping it is. 332 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:20,740 It looked like Florida was starting to take control of this conference. 333 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:24,520 But this is up for grabs right now in the SEC. 334 00:22:25,900 --> 00:22:29,500 John, according to what we're told, that Florida's going to win that ball game. 335 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:33,240 Because I thought it was interesting, Todd just came out after the Betty Yaco news and said, 336 00:22:33,340 --> 00:22:34,380 let them have them. 337 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:35,260 We're going to beat them anyway. 338 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:40,020 So, it looks like they've thrown down the gut and there's some extra spice for that matchup this weekend. 339 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:45,180 We were talking about that Saturday in the media room before the game. 340 00:22:45,340 --> 00:22:51,240 And, yeah, you know, that's a good time, guys, to have a game on a Sunday afternoon at 1, 341 00:22:51,240 --> 00:22:54,300 which, as you know, normally the men don't play Sunday. 342 00:22:54,500 --> 00:22:55,340 The ladies do. 343 00:22:55,700 --> 00:23:00,700 But with football off this week until next week for the Super Bowl, 344 00:23:01,420 --> 00:23:03,660 that's going to kind of have a football mentality. 345 00:23:03,900 --> 00:23:08,100 I know Coach Golden said that in a coach's show with Sean Kelly. 346 00:23:09,060 --> 00:23:13,200 And I don't necessarily know if he's alone in those thoughts, though. 347 00:23:13,280 --> 00:23:17,720 You guys may differ with the young man, you know, nothing against him, 348 00:23:17,780 --> 00:23:21,440 but just the way that went down, if that's allowed to stay, 349 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:27,980 that's opened up a Pandora box, I think, as far as guys declaring to go to the NBA, 350 00:23:28,360 --> 00:23:31,960 signing a contract, and then being able to come back. 351 00:23:32,020 --> 00:23:35,020 We were joking that we might bring Mike Miller back for the game. 352 00:23:35,380 --> 00:23:39,000 But, you know, we'll see how that plays out. 353 00:23:39,200 --> 00:23:43,020 But that aside, it's going to be a pretty important game for both teams. 354 00:23:43,120 --> 00:23:45,640 I know Alabama lost to Tennessee Saturday. 355 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:47,520 Florida lost to Auburn. 356 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:50,480 So, it's a big week for both teams, I think. 357 00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:52,360 And that game's going to be huge next Sunday. 358 00:23:53,260 --> 00:23:54,540 Yeah, I agree with you. 359 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,120 It's going to be a critical two-week stretch for a lot of teams. 360 00:23:59,140 --> 00:24:01,420 There's not the elite team this year, 361 00:24:01,500 --> 00:24:07,680 but there literally are 10 or 11 teams who are buying for bids in the NCAA. 362 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:10,760 Auburn just out-defensed. 363 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:16,220 They out-muscled Florida in the paint, which surprised me. 364 00:24:16,780 --> 00:24:20,700 Shinaloo got off to a good start, and then, I don't know if I'd use the word disappear, 365 00:24:21,100 --> 00:24:22,780 but he wasn't nearly as effective. 366 00:24:23,500 --> 00:24:25,760 Alex Condon did disappear, John. 367 00:24:25,860 --> 00:24:27,520 He had all of one point. 368 00:24:27,980 --> 00:24:32,460 They completely shut him down in the game. 369 00:24:32,540 --> 00:24:33,180 And I'm like you. 370 00:24:33,220 --> 00:24:38,600 I thought Florida, when they made a run, they were going to take control of the game, 371 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:41,620 but they never did, and Condon never even got started. 372 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:47,240 Condon only attempted four shots on Saturday, which is just unacceptable. 373 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:49,060 He's got to get more than that. 374 00:24:49,300 --> 00:24:53,300 And the other thing with Condon, he's got to stop shooting three-pointers. 375 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:55,040 It's a low-percentage play. 376 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:58,540 He tried two on Saturday, didn't make either. 377 00:24:59,360 --> 00:25:03,020 And, honestly, he's been a little bit of a disappointment this year. 378 00:25:03,500 --> 00:25:07,420 He's been good at times, but not as consistent as I thought he would be. 379 00:25:08,340 --> 00:25:13,460 And, overall, as you brought up, Brett, Auburn was the more physical team, 380 00:25:13,520 --> 00:25:14,500 which surprised me. 381 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:18,820 Chin Yulu has been gigantic throughout the season, 382 00:25:18,820 --> 00:25:23,820 but on Saturday, Auburn had answers for him as well as Thomas Houck. 383 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:28,340 Though Houck did have 27, but still, they were the better team in the paint, 384 00:25:28,580 --> 00:25:33,140 and as far as the SEC overall, don't look now, 385 00:25:33,380 --> 00:25:35,900 but Kentucky's starting to creep back in there, too. 386 00:25:36,560 --> 00:25:39,300 With a former Florida Gator named Denzel Aberdeen. 387 00:25:39,620 --> 00:25:41,660 So, they're not out of this either. 388 00:25:43,220 --> 00:25:46,180 John, 4965sports.com. 389 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,260 John, the class pretty much, at least on papers in the house, 390 00:25:49,340 --> 00:25:53,460 your thoughts about how Florida did with the football portal class? 391 00:25:54,420 --> 00:25:57,460 Well, that was the highlight of Saturday, Harold. 392 00:25:57,620 --> 00:26:01,180 We actually got to meet with John Summerall, which was a surprise to me. 393 00:26:01,260 --> 00:26:07,580 He was at the game, and at halftime, it was an impromptu, kind of mini-press conference, 394 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:13,240 down where the Florida basketball opposing team normally comes in after the game. 395 00:26:13,900 --> 00:26:16,340 He seemed pretty pleased by the class. 396 00:26:16,460 --> 00:26:20,440 Now, he did say he would have hoped this would have been the one year. 397 00:26:20,820 --> 00:26:25,080 They did away with the second portal, as we know, the second after the spring. 398 00:26:25,280 --> 00:26:28,180 He said, being a new guy, he kind of joked, but he said, 399 00:26:28,620 --> 00:26:30,740 naturally, they'd have to do away with that this year. 400 00:26:30,840 --> 00:26:35,740 He would have liked to have that for one more year, being his first year in Florida. 401 00:26:35,740 --> 00:26:42,920 But, overall, he said he's going to put this team through some stuff they haven't been through before. 402 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:48,980 He talked about coming out at 5.50 on Wednesday morning behind a practice field. 403 00:26:49,100 --> 00:26:53,580 Now, I'm not going to get up and do that, guys, but let's see what's going on, 404 00:26:53,660 --> 00:26:59,460 and that these guys were going to have to earn their logos on the jerseys, 405 00:26:59,460 --> 00:27:03,480 and that's something one Urban Meyer did back in the mid-2000s, 406 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:08,040 the last time the Florida football program was honestly really nationally relevant. 407 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:12,100 They haven't been since then, and so this will be interesting. 408 00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:16,140 I had a good initial feel with Coach Summerall. 409 00:27:16,280 --> 00:27:18,320 It doesn't mean he's going to win a lot of games on the field, 410 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:23,760 but it was a different tone than we got with Billy Napier the last four years, 411 00:27:23,900 --> 00:27:26,120 and that wasn't working, as we all know. 412 00:27:26,120 --> 00:27:32,200 So, he mentioned Aaron Filo and that Buster Faulkner was huge in getting him, 413 00:27:32,300 --> 00:27:37,580 the quarterback from Georgia Tech, and he was pleased with Trammell Jones, too, 414 00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:43,320 but I'm getting the feeling that Aaron Filo's going to go in with the lead. 415 00:27:43,500 --> 00:27:45,960 Now, it doesn't mean Trammell Jones can't beat him out, 416 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:49,880 but because of Filo's familiarity with the system, 417 00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:57,760 and also he brought up that he had never recruited a player on Christmas Eve on his team, 418 00:27:57,820 --> 00:27:59,320 and that was one Jaden Baugh. 419 00:27:59,460 --> 00:28:04,100 He said that might have been his biggest recruitment was just keeping him, 420 00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:09,880 which we talked about, and Jaden Wood, the young defensive end as well. 421 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:15,880 He brought him up, and Dallas Wilson, Vernell Brown III, and Miles Graham 422 00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:21,800 as keys to keeping guys that were vital from last year's roster. 423 00:28:22,420 --> 00:28:27,520 So, April 11th is going to be the spring game, Saturday at 1 o'clock, 424 00:28:27,660 --> 00:28:29,860 and let me just throw this in, not that it matters, 425 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:33,100 but thank goodness this isn't a Thursday or Friday night. 426 00:28:33,220 --> 00:28:37,740 We were told from Coach Napier for years, that would help your recruiting. 427 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:41,100 Well, they were 4-8 on the field last year. 428 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:44,340 I don't know how much it helped Coach Napier, but it didn't really help. 429 00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:48,500 So, anyway, it's going to be Saturday at 1, 430 00:28:48,660 --> 00:28:53,340 and without that second transfer portal period, 431 00:28:53,980 --> 00:28:57,280 I think you're going to see these games start being on TV again, guys, 432 00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:02,780 because coaches were worried about being poached, their roster, 433 00:29:03,020 --> 00:29:05,700 from other teams looking at these games on TV, 434 00:29:05,940 --> 00:29:08,420 and that's why they started not having them on there. 435 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:12,320 I think that fear is going to be gone and subsided now 436 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:15,480 because there's only the one window for the transfer portal, 437 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:19,220 another benefit, I think, of only having one 438 00:29:19,220 --> 00:29:23,660 because I don't know about you guys, but I love those spring games. 439 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:25,280 A lot of times you don't get anything out of them, 440 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:30,480 but I'm just pining for some football by April, so I love those games. 441 00:29:30,580 --> 00:29:32,320 So I was happy to hear that, too. 442 00:29:33,180 --> 00:29:34,400 I agree with you. 443 00:29:34,500 --> 00:29:37,580 We'll get into this more with you as you go throughout the year, 444 00:29:37,660 --> 00:29:41,580 but now that the college football playoff committee did absolutely nothing 445 00:29:41,580 --> 00:29:45,980 to advance and move college football forward, 446 00:29:46,100 --> 00:29:48,360 now that we've got that out of the way for a while, 447 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:51,500 John, maybe somebody, I don't know who, 448 00:29:52,180 --> 00:29:55,060 could try to solve the other 20 issues. 449 00:29:55,300 --> 00:29:57,180 The product on the field is great, 450 00:29:57,600 --> 00:30:01,300 but there are about 20 issues that need to be solved in college football, 451 00:30:01,300 --> 00:30:03,760 and I don't know who's going to be able to do it. 452 00:30:04,820 --> 00:30:08,780 Well, touching on that college football playoff, guys, 453 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:10,220 I was amazed. 454 00:30:10,780 --> 00:30:14,180 Nobody voted for 12 on that committee, 455 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:18,060 but the Big Ten was sticking at 24. 456 00:30:18,780 --> 00:30:20,600 They didn't want to give an inch, 457 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:23,840 and so we wound up back at 12, 458 00:30:24,100 --> 00:30:28,020 and if that playoff was next year, 459 00:30:28,980 --> 00:30:32,120 Miami would not be in the field from last year, 460 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:34,700 meaning Notre Dame, if they're in the top 12, 461 00:30:35,300 --> 00:30:36,740 they're guaranteed a spot, 462 00:30:37,540 --> 00:30:40,480 and Duke, with five losses, would be in now. 463 00:30:40,580 --> 00:30:41,840 James Madison would not. 464 00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:45,640 All the power four champions are getting in, 465 00:30:45,660 --> 00:30:48,040 and I just thought that was crazy that the committee 466 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:51,100 didn't do anything to address any of the problems. 467 00:30:51,260 --> 00:30:52,400 In fact, in my opinion, 468 00:30:53,200 --> 00:30:54,260 they might have made it worse, 469 00:30:54,320 --> 00:30:57,500 because we might have another Notre Dame-Miami situation 470 00:30:57,500 --> 00:30:58,480 moving forward, 471 00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,160 and to me, that'd be a shame if, 472 00:31:01,340 --> 00:31:02,680 not that I'm rooting for Miami, 473 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:05,520 but anybody in that spot that beat Notre Dame 474 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:07,040 might not get in, 475 00:31:07,080 --> 00:31:08,900 because Notre Dame's guaranteed a spot 476 00:31:08,900 --> 00:31:10,100 if they're in the top 12. 477 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:13,120 I just think it's ridiculous what's going on. 478 00:31:13,980 --> 00:31:15,180 No question about it. 479 00:31:15,180 --> 00:31:18,040 I think you get a lot of amens throughout the congregation. 480 00:31:18,420 --> 00:31:19,960 John, where can we get online 481 00:31:19,960 --> 00:31:23,000 and listen to your great show this afternoon, bud? 482 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:24,720 Well, thanks, Brett. 483 00:31:24,840 --> 00:31:28,180 You can get online at 1240news.com. 484 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:30,820 You can follow me on x slash Twitter 485 00:31:30,820 --> 00:31:33,700 at jf underscore sports now, 486 00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:37,200 and we'll talk a lot about Florida Gators sports, 487 00:31:37,340 --> 00:31:40,340 a Super Bowl that's not very popular in Duval County 488 00:31:40,340 --> 00:31:41,720 without the Jaguars, 489 00:31:42,060 --> 00:31:43,700 and college basketball, 490 00:31:43,980 --> 00:31:45,280 so there's a lot going on. 491 00:31:45,280 --> 00:31:49,180 And one, Brent Beard will be on the show today. 492 00:31:49,200 --> 00:31:50,880 I think you're familiar with him, 493 00:31:50,980 --> 00:31:52,760 so we're getting a celebrity today, too. 494 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:55,560 Mr. Sunshine himself. 495 00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:57,260 John, listen, man, thanks for your time today. 496 00:31:57,380 --> 00:31:58,360 Keep up the temperatures, 497 00:31:58,580 --> 00:31:59,840 and let's do it 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00:37:54,020 You're still grooving, still connecting, still loving, still turning up, still thriving. 628 00:37:54,260 --> 00:37:57,980 You still got it, but your immune system, it weakens as you age. 629 00:37:57,980 --> 00:37:59,800 That's where vaccines come in. 630 00:38:00,020 --> 00:38:04,820 They help train and strengthen your immune response to fight off respiratory illnesses like flu, 631 00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:07,760 pneumococcal pneumonia, RSV, or COVID-19. 632 00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:10,960 Ask your doctor or pharmacist which vaccines you need. 633 00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:13,960 Book in minutes at VaxAssist.com. 634 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:15,380 Sponsored by Pfizer. 635 00:38:19,380 --> 00:38:20,800 The Score. 636 00:38:21,260 --> 00:38:26,020 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score. 637 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:26,820 The Score. 638 00:38:26,820 --> 00:38:27,380 Welcome back in. 639 00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:29,680 Really appreciate free ride around the Tennessee Valley. 640 00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:32,720 And for Brian Matthews, taking time out of his busy schedule. 641 00:38:32,720 --> 00:38:36,560 Follow the Auburn Tigers at AuburnSports.com. 642 00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:40,000 Brian is a senior editor again at AuburnSports.com. 643 00:38:40,100 --> 00:38:41,060 Brian, welcome in. 644 00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:45,920 Hopefully, you're in a better situation than a lot of our neighbors up in this end of the state. 645 00:38:45,980 --> 00:38:46,520 How are you? 646 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:49,280 Doing fine down here. 647 00:38:49,780 --> 00:38:52,940 Cold, certainly, but got a lot of rain. 648 00:38:53,020 --> 00:38:56,800 But we were really fortunate, I guess, as part of the state not to get hit with the ice or the snow 649 00:38:56,800 --> 00:39:00,400 or, you know, have those issues that some people are having out there. 650 00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:02,920 Brian, a double bonus. 651 00:39:03,700 --> 00:39:05,840 Auburn basketball team, they got it right. 652 00:39:05,940 --> 00:39:10,560 Just leave the state and go to Florida, where we've been talking to some of our friends' attempts down in the 80s. 653 00:39:10,980 --> 00:39:15,800 And did Auburn bring some of that heat to the Sunshine State over the weekend, to the hardwoods? 654 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:16,960 How about that game? 655 00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:19,900 Incredible performance by Auburn, I thought. 656 00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:24,840 Just so, just really got after Florida from the tip, right? 657 00:39:24,940 --> 00:39:27,780 Just played so hard, so physical. 658 00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:30,680 You know, took it right at all those Florida big men. 659 00:39:30,900 --> 00:39:32,980 You know, that's one of the best big men in the country. 660 00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:35,900 And Auburn just took it right at them. 661 00:39:35,900 --> 00:39:42,140 And just really, really played physical and tough and gritty, as we like to say now. 662 00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:44,560 And just really an impressive performance. 663 00:39:44,700 --> 00:39:47,600 The first win in Gainesville for Auburn in 30 years. 664 00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:50,980 So, won't be riding that anymore. 665 00:39:52,580 --> 00:39:54,900 But, yeah, that was a really nice win for the Tigers. 666 00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:59,320 Auburn matched their physicality and then some. 667 00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:04,280 I know Steve and Pearl said or told the team earlier before the game, 668 00:40:04,420 --> 00:40:07,860 either you rebound or you can come sit on the bench next to me. 669 00:40:08,460 --> 00:40:09,780 I think they got the message. 670 00:40:10,300 --> 00:40:16,980 Shindlew, who had had 21 rebounds twice this season, got off to a good start. 671 00:40:17,100 --> 00:40:18,200 They held a human check. 672 00:40:18,300 --> 00:40:21,280 Alex Condon scored a whopping one point. 673 00:40:22,160 --> 00:40:23,320 Auburn won the post. 674 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:25,220 They did. 675 00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:27,640 And they held their own rebounding, right? 676 00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:29,780 They had an edge in rebounding for a lot of the game. 677 00:40:29,920 --> 00:40:32,600 I think Florida pulled away there in the second half. 678 00:40:32,700 --> 00:40:33,960 They were just plus seven from Florida. 679 00:40:34,420 --> 00:40:39,580 But points in the paint, Auburn, I believe, was plus ten, which is incredible against that team. 680 00:40:40,020 --> 00:40:41,060 If you think about it. 681 00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:45,140 And, you know, I thought free throw shooting was also a big difference in that game. 682 00:40:45,280 --> 00:40:46,460 Auburn made 19 at 21. 683 00:40:47,260 --> 00:40:52,680 I think Florida was around 60%, 16 and 27, I think it was, like that. 684 00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:56,320 So, yeah, that was a big difference. 685 00:40:56,460 --> 00:41:01,480 And I just thought the intensity that Auburn brought, you know, they built that 18-point lead early in the second half. 686 00:41:01,860 --> 00:41:03,460 You thought it was going to make a run. 687 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:12,040 But when they did make a run, I think this team, and Stephen Pearl said afterwards that, you know, three weeks ago they probably would have lost that game. 688 00:41:12,140 --> 00:41:14,300 But I think you said 20, I don't remember that quote. 689 00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:14,620 Wow. 690 00:41:15,920 --> 00:41:23,560 But he's referring to, you know, Florida making that run and Auburn not panicking, not falling apart, you know, digging in. 691 00:41:23,780 --> 00:41:31,500 And being able to finish that game over the last seven minutes and making their own run there to pull out that, I guess it was a nine-point win. 692 00:41:31,580 --> 00:41:32,620 Yeah, 76-67. 693 00:41:33,860 --> 00:41:36,580 Ryan Matthews, senior editor of AuburnSports.com. 694 00:41:36,660 --> 00:41:39,900 Did Stephen go to his dad and say, Dad, this is how you do it. 695 00:41:40,220 --> 00:41:47,620 Your thoughts about any time you get a brand-new coach in, especially after a legend like Bruce, there's always going to be that, well, there's going to be some growing pains. 696 00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:56,480 If you look at where he is right now, is it safe to say that maybe he's ahead of where a lot of folks thought he might be at this point in his tenure there? 697 00:41:58,520 --> 00:42:00,400 I think that's probably fair to say. 698 00:42:00,740 --> 00:42:07,220 I think he was left with an interesting situation with the 10 newcomers and just a hot cut back. 699 00:42:07,920 --> 00:42:14,400 I think this coaching staff has had to coach really hard this season to get this team to play like it's playing right now, right? 700 00:42:14,400 --> 00:42:16,940 I don't think it was an easy task they've been through. 701 00:42:17,520 --> 00:42:27,820 I think this team is a little short on leadership and a little short on depth in certain areas, but they're finding a way to go out there and play like this, and it's really making a difference. 702 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:36,160 I don't think they can have the sustained effort for 40 minutes for the next 11 games. 703 00:42:36,700 --> 00:42:40,580 I think there's going to be some ups and downs, but I think they've found their identity. 704 00:42:40,580 --> 00:42:44,100 They know that they can go anywhere and beat any team when they play like that. 705 00:42:44,240 --> 00:42:50,280 I think that gives them a lot of confidence now going into the next two-thirds or so of the schedule. 706 00:42:51,720 --> 00:42:57,400 Troy running back, Tay Meadows, was Auburn's 37th transfer. 707 00:42:57,880 --> 00:43:02,800 Michael Matthew Canty was the 38th, the linebacker from Hampton. 708 00:43:03,580 --> 00:43:09,120 Arliss Bordingham was the 39th from Florida in Bowling Green. 709 00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:12,460 Now, look, I took a nap yesterday afternoon. 710 00:43:12,600 --> 00:43:16,280 Did I miss two transfers that Auburn brought in? 711 00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:19,580 Are they at 39 or 44 right now? 712 00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:22,060 They are sitting pretty at 39. 713 00:43:22,200 --> 00:43:24,880 That could be it for them, but we'll see. 714 00:43:25,020 --> 00:43:28,100 There's still thousands, I guess, of players in the portal. 715 00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:34,540 You never know when Auburn may evaluate a guy and decide if he's a good fit here or there. 716 00:43:35,300 --> 00:43:37,000 Who knows what's going to happen this spring. 717 00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:42,840 I know there's not supposed to be a portal period, but there's a court of law that could change that, so we'll see. 718 00:43:43,040 --> 00:43:47,420 But I think Auburn is about done with the major moves they're making. 719 00:43:47,820 --> 00:43:50,820 Tay Meadows, you mentioned, is one of those changing pace guys. 720 00:43:50,820 --> 00:43:55,280 I think he's a guy that can use in certain positions in certain areas. 721 00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:58,480 So I just think he was a nice little piece to add to that offense. 722 00:43:59,820 --> 00:44:04,340 And, you know, it's incredible how much the tight end room has changed, right? 723 00:44:05,140 --> 00:44:09,060 I think they've got seven tight ends now, if I'm counting correctly, which is incredible. 724 00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:16,220 They only returned, I guess it was one from last year, and they had a freshman coming in. 725 00:44:16,860 --> 00:44:17,640 But that's it. 726 00:44:17,700 --> 00:44:19,940 So they've really worked hard to improve that room. 727 00:44:20,740 --> 00:44:26,000 You know, they've got some, you know, Jake Johnson, Arliss Bordingham, who you mentioned, Hunter Herring, another late addition. 728 00:44:26,540 --> 00:44:27,960 All three of those guys are seniors. 729 00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:31,300 Hunter has placed some other positions, but he's even concentrated on tight end. 730 00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:38,180 They've got Jonathan Echols from South Florida, who knows the system well, a junior. 731 00:44:38,460 --> 00:44:47,320 Of course, they've got Ryan Gaya back, Barring Xavier Newsome from a, I think that was from Howard, maybe, or from a smaller school. 732 00:44:47,840 --> 00:44:49,740 And then they've got a freshman come in, I think, from Dynamobile. 733 00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:54,820 So they've got a great mix there of older guys, veterans, younger guys coming in. 734 00:44:55,780 --> 00:44:58,060 You know, it's going to be interesting to see how they use all those guys. 735 00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:01,880 Ryan Matthews, senior editor of AuburnSports.com. 736 00:45:01,920 --> 00:45:02,640 You mentioned Howard. 737 00:45:02,900 --> 00:45:04,160 What do you say to Auburn fans? 738 00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:10,160 We're here in a situation where we hear from a lot of fans and almost across the board, just say, what are these coaches doing? 739 00:45:10,240 --> 00:45:11,520 You've got somebody from Howard. 740 00:45:11,960 --> 00:45:13,460 You've got somebody from Slippery Rock. 741 00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:16,820 You've got somebody from the Colorado School of Mines, from Timbuktu U. 742 00:45:17,240 --> 00:45:21,740 Well, what do you say to fans who say, where are the four and five stars? 743 00:45:23,540 --> 00:45:30,440 Well, I mean, I think it's important that you just evaluate players, right, and not what they did and how to go for what they're doing in college. 744 00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:35,780 It's because players get bigger, stronger, they get overlooked when they get a chance to play. 745 00:45:35,780 --> 00:45:36,980 And budget-friendly, too. 746 00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:38,680 That's true. 747 00:45:38,860 --> 00:45:39,620 That's also true. 748 00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:42,660 So we'll see how this works out for Auburn. 749 00:45:43,180 --> 00:45:44,480 This is the direction they're going. 750 00:45:45,200 --> 00:45:47,400 You know, I think they're certainly improved in areas. 751 00:45:47,500 --> 00:45:51,600 I don't think you could deny they're better at quarterback or running back or tied in. 752 00:45:52,940 --> 00:45:54,420 We'll see about offensive line. 753 00:45:54,420 --> 00:45:57,840 It's another position where they're going to have, like, 17, 18 scholarship guys now. 754 00:45:57,840 --> 00:46:01,080 So that's more than usual. 755 00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:03,120 So they're going to have a lot of competition there. 756 00:46:03,380 --> 00:46:05,480 We'll see if they're better or not there. 757 00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:12,740 Probably came up a little short on the defensive line, in my opinion, as far as adding, you know, impact players there. 758 00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:14,700 So we'll see how that affects them going forward. 759 00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:19,660 And I think they've improved themselves at safety nickel, and we'll see how it works out at cornerback. 760 00:46:19,820 --> 00:46:25,640 So they have done some good work, I feel like, and I do think this team has a chance to be competitive. 761 00:46:26,300 --> 00:46:35,120 I think the offense should be better, and if the defense can sustain what it did a year ago, I'm not sure it can, but if it can, this team should have a chance to win more games. 762 00:46:36,620 --> 00:46:37,640 Yeah, isn't it amazing? 763 00:46:37,640 --> 00:46:42,000 This time next year will be the national championship game. 764 00:46:42,160 --> 00:46:51,920 To show you how out of whack the college football playoff schedule is, I always enjoy Monday musings, and you address this. 765 00:46:52,220 --> 00:47:06,900 They had a year, the college football playoff committee had a year to work this out, and the Big Ten and the SEC had a you-know-what contest, and they could not do it and decided to stay at 12. 766 00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:15,000 And once again, now that we've got that selected, what about the calendar, as you mentioned? 767 00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:21,140 The only thing we know is Notre Dame's going to be guaranteed a spot if they're right number 12 or higher. 768 00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:32,740 And as you mentioned, one of the really, really bad things about this is it was a collective shrug from a lot of fans and officials. 769 00:47:32,740 --> 00:47:34,720 There was no pushback. 770 00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:37,860 There's a major problem with the calendar. 771 00:47:38,900 --> 00:47:44,560 Unfortunately, the championship games may have to be deleted at some point soon. 772 00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:51,500 But, B, Matt, you know, once again, it's just a lot of frustration with anybody who loves the game. 773 00:47:52,360 --> 00:47:55,140 We just don't have any solutions to a lot of this. 774 00:47:55,900 --> 00:48:06,400 Yeah, and, you know, the other thing about it is, you know, they tweaked the formula as you mentioned with Notre Dame, and now the four power four conferences, their champions guaranteed to get in. 775 00:48:06,500 --> 00:48:13,360 So if you apply that formula last year, Miami does not get in, and Miami came within a drive of winning the national championship. 776 00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:18,200 So I just find that ridiculous that this is okay with everybody, right? 777 00:48:18,260 --> 00:48:21,660 It's just not good, I don't think. 778 00:48:22,400 --> 00:48:27,520 And you mentioned Notre Dame, and no, I don't like the area where four-twelfth will guarantee the spot. 779 00:48:27,660 --> 00:48:30,040 Like, why isn't every other independent get that? 780 00:48:30,160 --> 00:48:32,500 You know, maybe they don't need it, but why aren't they? 781 00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:39,640 So it's just I find it pretty outlandish that this is going on, and nobody's really raising much of a stink about it. 782 00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:45,900 You know, it was an interesting and entertaining playoff, I thought, this round. 783 00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:50,080 But, you know, that doesn't guarantee it's going to be this next time, you know. 784 00:48:50,540 --> 00:48:51,520 So we'll see. 785 00:48:52,640 --> 00:48:53,460 It's amazing. 786 00:48:53,900 --> 00:49:03,000 Well, listen, you've got the transfer portal, basketball, hard to believe baseball is going to start next time we turn around and think of the ice out of the dugout. 787 00:49:04,460 --> 00:49:08,400 You've got everything covered from A to Z. 788 00:49:08,500 --> 00:49:11,500 Where can we get online to get all the good stuff from you and the team? 789 00:49:12,240 --> 00:49:13,300 I appreciate that. 790 00:49:13,300 --> 00:49:19,900 Yeah, big win in basketball, plenty of coverage of that, and more coming up as Auburn hosts Texas Wednesday night. 791 00:49:20,340 --> 00:49:30,100 We'll talk to Stephen again Tuesday, and, of course, plenty of coverage of baseball practice going on, and Auburn wrapping up their portal work for the most part here. 792 00:49:30,700 --> 00:49:32,280 And getting ready for spring practice. 793 00:49:32,640 --> 00:49:36,380 So we'll have plenty of coverage of all that and more at auburnsports.com. 794 00:49:36,780 --> 00:49:37,600 Follow me on Twitter. 795 00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:39,000 I wish you'd be met at you. 796 00:49:39,520 --> 00:49:40,100 I'm sorry. 797 00:49:40,280 --> 00:49:45,460 And I hope you answered the question, when are the powers that be to stop kissing Notre Dame's ring? 798 00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:47,520 If you don't mind, if you can answer that, we'd appreciate it. 799 00:49:47,760 --> 00:49:50,900 So, listen, Brian, it's always good to hook up with you. 800 00:49:50,980 --> 00:49:51,580 Thanks so much. 801 00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:52,820 Let's do it again soon, okay? 802 00:49:53,420 --> 00:49:53,820 All right, y'all. 803 00:49:53,860 --> 00:49:54,200 Take care. 804 00:49:54,300 --> 00:49:54,760 Appreciate it. 805 00:49:54,820 --> 00:49:55,240 Thank you, bud. 806 00:49:55,300 --> 00:49:57,560 Brian Matthews, senior editor, Auburnsports.com. 807 00:49:57,620 --> 00:49:58,560 Baby, we mentioned it. 808 00:49:59,260 --> 00:50:05,520 Interesting times out of Mark Hill and Russellville 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Now, get ready to roll, Shoals, Decatur, Athens, and all of Northwest Alabama and Southern Tennessee. 988 01:00:05,580 --> 01:00:08,920 It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM Sports Voice. 989 01:00:11,800 --> 01:00:14,500 The Boomo Bugg Show. 990 01:00:14,820 --> 01:00:20,000 Your exclusive inside track to the Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC. 991 01:00:20,820 --> 01:00:26,220 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score. 992 01:00:27,140 --> 01:00:27,820 Welcome back in. 993 01:00:27,860 --> 01:00:28,960 How are you here to the Boomo Bugg Show? 994 01:00:29,060 --> 01:00:30,680 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird. 995 01:00:30,780 --> 01:00:33,520 Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley. 996 01:00:33,620 --> 01:00:35,340 Baby, what a weekend weather-wise. 997 01:00:35,500 --> 01:00:39,440 A lot of us affected by ice storms on this end of the state. 998 01:00:39,520 --> 01:00:43,100 They had a tornado on the other end of the state. 999 01:00:43,180 --> 01:00:44,620 We'll be taking you now with Ben Thomas. 1000 01:00:45,000 --> 01:00:46,720 He's on that other end of the state. 1001 01:00:46,800 --> 01:00:48,400 Get it all covered there at AL.com. 1002 01:00:48,400 --> 01:00:49,380 Ben, welcome in. 1003 01:00:49,500 --> 01:00:50,840 Ice Tornadoes. 1004 01:00:51,260 --> 01:00:53,020 Welcome to Alabama 2026. 1005 01:00:53,120 --> 01:00:53,640 How are you? 1006 01:00:55,040 --> 01:00:56,120 Staying warm down here. 1007 01:00:56,160 --> 01:00:56,940 You guys all right? 1008 01:00:56,980 --> 01:00:59,180 I didn't know if y'all would be able to get to work all right this morning. 1009 01:00:59,180 --> 01:00:59,800 Oh, man. 1010 01:01:00,780 --> 01:01:04,120 Rain, sleet, or snow, we still got to do a show, Ben. 1011 01:01:04,200 --> 01:01:05,860 And thanks for being a part of it. 1012 01:01:06,000 --> 01:01:09,920 Ben, have we ever talked to you about this school up here called Mars Hill? 1013 01:01:10,440 --> 01:01:14,060 And they had some news over the weekend with Coach Daryl Higgins. 1014 01:01:14,100 --> 01:01:16,820 When you saw the news, what was your reaction? 1015 01:01:18,820 --> 01:01:22,820 Why is this happening today when the AHSAA is announcing reclassification? 1016 01:01:23,320 --> 01:01:25,960 That was my reaction. 1017 01:01:26,120 --> 01:01:30,980 We had a couple of big stories statewide that kind of got dwarfed by the AHSAA news. 1018 01:01:30,980 --> 01:01:37,040 But, yeah, Coach Higgins leaving Mars Hill, what a run he had there, and taking over at Russellville. 1019 01:01:37,180 --> 01:01:38,760 I think a good hire there at Russellville. 1020 01:01:39,340 --> 01:01:43,400 Tim Carter, his retirement as the Fairhope head coach. 1021 01:01:43,900 --> 01:01:48,020 And Phillip Rivers was interviewing for the head coaching job at the Buffalo Bills. 1022 01:01:48,420 --> 01:01:56,540 So, all of that going on when Heath Harmon and that association decided to make a landmark decision on Friday. 1023 01:01:58,520 --> 01:02:03,360 BT, that's exactly what it was to split the public and private schools. 1024 01:02:03,360 --> 01:02:13,160 It would have been enough of a story to basically delete Class 7A and then go down to Class 5A, 4A. 1025 01:02:14,700 --> 01:02:18,720 That would have been enough story, much less the public and private. 1026 01:02:18,900 --> 01:02:21,800 Let's talk about the private first. 1027 01:02:22,060 --> 01:02:31,860 And you told us leading up to this that you had a little bit of a foresight that there might be some major changes. 1028 01:02:31,860 --> 01:02:39,800 And, boy, there were private divided into two groups now, Class AA with 17 schools, 1029 01:02:39,960 --> 01:02:43,740 larger ones, Class Single A with 43 schools. 1030 01:02:43,860 --> 01:02:47,380 The biggest complaint that I've heard is travel. 1031 01:02:48,020 --> 01:02:58,380 For some of the, Westminster, for example, they would have four trips this fall of 150 to 200 miles. 1032 01:02:58,900 --> 01:03:01,940 BT, what have you heard, first of all, with public and private? 1033 01:03:02,060 --> 01:03:05,500 I know you've heard a lot of constructive criticism. 1034 01:03:06,760 --> 01:03:11,940 Yeah, I don't even know if it's been constructive, but there's definitely been a lot of criticism. 1035 01:03:12,780 --> 01:03:18,160 And, you know, I think the two arguments, the two big arguments against it are the travel. 1036 01:03:18,300 --> 01:03:23,780 Like you said, Brett, you know, you've got a team like Glenwood, which is located in central Phoenix, 1037 01:03:23,880 --> 01:03:30,300 or in the Phoenix City area, that's going to have to travel to Mobile two or three times a football. 1038 01:03:30,300 --> 01:03:31,280 And that's just football. 1039 01:03:31,280 --> 01:03:34,700 I mean, I'm talking football, you know, not to mention the other smaller sports. 1040 01:03:35,040 --> 01:03:43,940 But in the smaller private schools, the school of Region 1 or whatever they call it, where my son's school, Bayshore, is located, 1041 01:03:44,400 --> 01:03:46,560 has two wiregrass schools in it. 1042 01:03:46,780 --> 01:03:49,360 And they're going to have to be traveled back. 1043 01:03:49,460 --> 01:03:54,600 I mean, you have to, from where I am right now to Dothan, it's about three and a half hours. 1044 01:03:54,740 --> 01:03:57,140 You have to go through the school almost to get there. 1045 01:03:57,440 --> 01:03:57,800 Jeez. 1046 01:03:58,220 --> 01:04:00,100 So travel is a big concern. 1047 01:04:00,800 --> 01:04:04,560 And the other concern, I think, is it just dilutes the championships. 1048 01:04:04,980 --> 01:04:10,080 I mean, if you get a bigger private school, you've got 17 teams, only 16. 1049 01:04:10,340 --> 01:04:12,060 Indian Springs doesn't play football. 1050 01:04:12,060 --> 01:04:15,420 So in football, you only got 16 teams in that larger school. 1051 01:04:15,640 --> 01:04:19,080 So, you know, one of those 16 is going to be your state championship. 1052 01:04:19,600 --> 01:04:27,600 And, you know, is winning that state championship going to be as meaningful as winning the class 5A or 6A state championship? 1053 01:04:28,600 --> 01:04:29,460 We'll have to see. 1054 01:04:29,540 --> 01:04:31,520 But I think those are the two big complaints. 1055 01:04:31,680 --> 01:04:36,760 I mean, obviously, if you want to try and see the positives in it, you know, 1056 01:04:36,760 --> 01:04:40,540 the private schools have talked, a lot of them for a long time, about, you know, 1057 01:04:40,540 --> 01:04:44,240 that they have been too heavily assessed with the multiplier and the competitive balance. 1058 01:04:44,900 --> 01:04:48,180 Now that's gone, at least for the next two years. 1059 01:04:49,100 --> 01:04:52,720 Apparently, they've now decided to count the CHOOSE Act not as financial aid. 1060 01:04:52,800 --> 01:04:55,860 So that's kind of, that situation is gone as well. 1061 01:04:56,240 --> 01:05:02,560 And the larger classifications of public school were pretty similar, especially the largest, which is now Class 6A. 1062 01:05:02,660 --> 01:05:04,540 I mean, the teams are pretty much the same there. 1063 01:05:05,500 --> 01:05:11,720 But it's, there's certainly, it's been a heavily, heavily debated topic online all weekend. 1064 01:05:12,160 --> 01:05:15,900 Obviously, the Lieutenant Governor, I think we see which way he feels. 1065 01:05:16,700 --> 01:05:25,280 And he's gotten, I don't know if you guys read it, but it looks like to me he's getting considerable backlash from a lot of the fans across the state. 1066 01:05:25,280 --> 01:05:33,160 So I think, I don't want to speak for everybody, but most of the coaches I've talked to, the football coaches and other sports, 1067 01:05:33,540 --> 01:05:36,260 did not want to separate whether they were public or private. 1068 01:05:36,400 --> 01:05:36,840 Some did. 1069 01:05:36,980 --> 01:05:38,380 I'm sure some were out there. 1070 01:05:38,440 --> 01:05:40,180 Most of them, I don't think, wanted to. 1071 01:05:41,280 --> 01:05:43,560 And we'll see, you know, if we get to the fall. 1072 01:05:43,660 --> 01:05:44,620 Who knows what could happen? 1073 01:05:44,720 --> 01:05:46,740 I mean, the private schools are having a meeting on Friday. 1074 01:05:47,780 --> 01:05:49,720 We'll see if anything comes out of that. 1075 01:05:50,120 --> 01:05:54,260 I would guess that they would, we'll get to the fall and we'll have this alignment. 1076 01:05:54,420 --> 01:05:55,760 We'll just see if it works or not. 1077 01:05:55,860 --> 01:05:58,820 But nothing's going to surprise me from here on out, I don't think. 1078 01:06:00,000 --> 01:06:06,740 I was going to ask you about that, Ben, because any time you get a subject like this, the one group that loves it, it's called attorneys. 1079 01:06:07,860 --> 01:06:09,140 Will they get involved? 1080 01:06:09,860 --> 01:06:15,440 And will, is there, what would be the possibility of the private saying, you know what, have it your way, Burger King. 1081 01:06:15,500 --> 01:06:19,320 We're just going to go off and do our own thing here and form our own group here. 1082 01:06:19,440 --> 01:06:24,600 What's the likelihood of that is, because I know right now there's a lot of frustration, little heads hopefully will prevail. 1083 01:06:25,280 --> 01:06:29,120 But in your opinion, what's the likelihood that the privates meet and say, why are we putting up with this? 1084 01:06:29,140 --> 01:06:30,020 We don't have to do this. 1085 01:06:31,000 --> 01:06:33,920 Well, I think, I think there might be some that push it that way. 1086 01:06:33,980 --> 01:06:36,080 I think the legitimate governor may be one of those. 1087 01:06:36,480 --> 01:06:39,060 I don't think it will happen this time around. 1088 01:06:39,740 --> 01:06:42,260 Again, I'm not discounting any possibilities. 1089 01:06:43,140 --> 01:06:49,420 But I just don't think, I mean, there's still, you know, there's still some, even though they're separated for championship, 1090 01:06:49,440 --> 01:06:54,980 play, there's still some big advantages for them to be a member of the Alabama High School Athletic Association. 1091 01:06:55,540 --> 01:06:58,040 One of them being that they can still play the public schools. 1092 01:06:58,260 --> 01:07:06,240 If they decide to go out on their own, have a separate organization, say they join up with the remaining schools in the AISA or whatever, 1093 01:07:06,760 --> 01:07:09,400 you're not going to be, you're not going to be allowed to play the public schools. 1094 01:07:09,560 --> 01:07:13,040 And that's not just, we think, you know, our mind goes back to football naturally. 1095 01:07:13,260 --> 01:07:17,380 But, you know, think about softball, the tournaments, and volleyball, and all that stuff. 1096 01:07:17,380 --> 01:07:20,020 I just don't think they want to go down that road. 1097 01:07:20,320 --> 01:07:27,140 And certainly, you talk about the Bryant Jordan Awards and the revenue sharing program and everything else that's associated with that. 1098 01:07:27,480 --> 01:07:32,140 So there's still, what I'm saying is there's still large benefits for being in the association. 1099 01:07:32,460 --> 01:07:37,280 I was not, as I told you guys, I think multiple times, I was not for this decision. 1100 01:07:37,500 --> 01:07:38,620 I wanted them to stay together. 1101 01:07:38,840 --> 01:07:42,340 But I understand where it's coming from. 1102 01:07:42,780 --> 01:07:50,380 And if we get to August, I think there'll be some excitement in me as far as, boy, this is going to be a new rivalry between UMS and McGill. 1103 01:07:50,440 --> 01:07:51,580 And we get to talk about this. 1104 01:07:51,740 --> 01:07:53,280 I think there'll be some of that. 1105 01:07:53,380 --> 01:08:01,100 As a parent, honestly, I'm concerned about my 14-year-old eighth grader at a school that has just started football the last couple of years, 1106 01:08:01,100 --> 01:08:06,960 playing against schools like Mobile Christian and Bayside, longstanding and very good football programs. 1107 01:08:07,320 --> 01:08:12,700 So I'm as split, as you can tell, I'm as split on the decision as anybody else is. 1108 01:08:13,960 --> 01:08:15,320 VT, I'll tell you one thing. 1109 01:08:15,440 --> 01:08:23,700 If you wanted to, if you thought a lot of these regions were competitive before, just look at it now. 1110 01:08:23,700 --> 01:08:32,460 And several people mentioned to me over the weekend, Class 5A, Region 7 is jokingly being referred to as the region of doom. 1111 01:08:33,080 --> 01:08:41,300 Athens, Austin, Decatur, East Limestone, Florence, Hartzell, Muscle Shoals, Russellville. 1112 01:08:42,100 --> 01:08:43,420 That is incredible. 1113 01:08:43,660 --> 01:08:51,240 And I know you've seen others across the state, and particularly in the Birmingham area, Class 4A, Region 7, 1114 01:08:51,400 --> 01:08:58,840 with Ardmore, Brooks, Deserah, Hamilton joining now, Priceville coming in, Lawrence County, West Morgan, West Point. 1115 01:08:59,000 --> 01:09:00,020 Man, I'll tell you one thing. 1116 01:09:00,100 --> 01:09:05,500 If you want to see some, I mean, these are nearly playoff games every Friday night. 1117 01:09:06,660 --> 01:09:08,440 There's some tough regions. 1118 01:09:08,440 --> 01:09:16,200 I mean, obviously, you know, in Class 6A, which we've done away with 7A now, at least for now, those regions look about the same. 1119 01:09:17,140 --> 01:09:19,320 You've still got all the, Spain Park moves back up. 1120 01:09:19,380 --> 01:09:24,940 That's one of the major changes into that region with Hoover and Thompson and all those schools. 1121 01:09:25,820 --> 01:09:29,460 You know, I think our Huntsville and Mobile regions are largely the same. 1122 01:09:29,960 --> 01:09:33,620 I think Gadsden City moved up into the Huntsville region. 1123 01:09:33,620 --> 01:09:38,080 And so, yeah, there's still, now look, there's still very competitive regions. 1124 01:09:38,200 --> 01:09:41,100 There's going to be very competitive football, even in the private school league. 1125 01:09:41,240 --> 01:09:43,600 It's just going to take an adjustment. 1126 01:09:43,760 --> 01:09:46,940 And we're not out on a cliff by ourselves in this. 1127 01:09:47,040 --> 01:09:51,360 There are other states that have separated, Tennessee, Georgia, Louisiana. 1128 01:09:51,660 --> 01:09:55,780 We're looking at a story now to try and kind of see, all right, how'd that work out for you? 1129 01:09:55,820 --> 01:10:00,800 And what's your plan, you know, how does that differ from what the plan we're going to? 1130 01:10:00,920 --> 01:10:12,680 But I did find it very interesting, and I was there in Montgomery on Friday, that Terry Curtis, the board president, was one of the, there's only, there's only two people who voted no against this plan that Heath Farman recommended. 1131 01:10:13,320 --> 01:10:16,440 And I think it, as I understand it, it was the only plan recommended. 1132 01:10:16,600 --> 01:10:18,440 I'm not even sure they talked about another plan. 1133 01:10:19,760 --> 01:10:24,700 Terry Curtis voted no, and Jerome Woods, the principal of Blunt High School, voted no. 1134 01:10:24,760 --> 01:10:29,240 And everybody else, the other 13 members of the central board, voted for this change. 1135 01:10:29,780 --> 01:10:36,740 I hope we're, as everybody else said, I hope we're considering what's best for all student-athletes in the state, public or private. 1136 01:10:38,500 --> 01:10:41,220 And I'm sure, you know, the central board is trying to do what's best. 1137 01:10:41,440 --> 01:10:52,080 This was, as I wrote my column, I think this was a lose-lose decision for Heath Farman, the lose-lose recommendation, because they were going to get heavily criticized either way they went. 1138 01:10:52,240 --> 01:10:53,920 And I'm not even sure the politicians agree. 1139 01:10:53,920 --> 01:11:00,820 I mean, you know, obviously we know where Mr. Angelo stands, but we haven't heard from the governor or the Speaker of the House. 1140 01:11:00,940 --> 01:11:02,620 I mean, I think they may be in the other camp. 1141 01:11:02,860 --> 01:11:06,760 So a lot of people disagree on this, no matter where you are in the state. 1142 01:11:07,240 --> 01:11:09,760 I imagine politicians disagree with each other. 1143 01:11:09,960 --> 01:11:11,220 Let me ask you this, Ben. 1144 01:11:11,220 --> 01:11:12,380 The only time is going to tell. 1145 01:11:12,540 --> 01:11:20,820 But in your opinion, from right now, as it stands right now, in your opinion, what schools are, in your opinion, the biggest winners and maybe the biggest losers from this realignment? 1146 01:11:20,820 --> 01:11:26,380 I know up here we've got Florence Monster Shoals, the host of schools, and that the deck's been reshuffled. 1147 01:11:26,520 --> 01:11:28,740 In your opinion, who are the winners and who are the losers? 1148 01:11:28,840 --> 01:11:31,820 We know time's going to tell, but as things stand right now. 1149 01:11:32,580 --> 01:11:35,780 Yeah, it kind of depends on what you base that on, I think. 1150 01:11:35,920 --> 01:11:44,460 I mean, like in 6A Region 1, you take out St. Paul's and McGill, and Sierra Leone has dominated that region the last three or four years. 1151 01:11:44,580 --> 01:11:47,220 It looks like, you know, they're going to just continue to do that. 1152 01:11:47,880 --> 01:11:58,560 You look at volleyball, you've got McGill, too, who's won about the last four 7A state titles, playing against just 15 other teams, 16 other teams, I guess. 1153 01:11:58,840 --> 01:12:08,000 And Bayside Academy, who was competitive balanced up to 7A, is now in the lower division, and they won 21 straight before they moved up to 7A. 1154 01:12:08,240 --> 01:12:15,880 So, you know, I guess you would declare them winners because it looks like they're going to be champions for a while, but I don't know that they would declare themselves winners. 1155 01:12:16,000 --> 01:12:18,140 Like, I don't think they want it that way. 1156 01:12:18,180 --> 01:12:20,400 I think they want to play against the toughest competition. 1157 01:12:20,700 --> 01:12:22,700 So, I'm not sure. 1158 01:12:22,700 --> 01:12:31,720 I mean, I guess some of the smaller public schools maybe feel like they have won, they have a better chance with Cousin, Mars Hill, and some of those schools not competing. 1159 01:12:31,920 --> 01:12:37,940 I'm sure some of them think that maybe they're winners in this situation, but it's kind of hard to dissect at this point. 1160 01:12:38,360 --> 01:12:38,440 Right. 1161 01:12:39,560 --> 01:12:40,860 BT, I know one thing. 1162 01:12:40,960 --> 01:12:44,100 There are a lot of coaches in North Alabama off today. 1163 01:12:45,460 --> 01:12:59,080 They may be doing a honeydew list, but I know one thing they're probably doing is they're sitting down and looking at a new schedule, in particularly in Class 5A, 4A, and it goes down for a lot of them. 1164 01:12:59,860 --> 01:13:04,920 For some of these guys, again, Bob Gotts, he said, I may not like it in Madison Academy. 1165 01:13:05,440 --> 01:13:08,500 I may not like this, but we've got to work with it. 1166 01:13:08,640 --> 01:13:13,960 Well, there can be a lot of coaches the next two or three weeks having to put these schedules together. 1167 01:13:15,100 --> 01:13:16,100 Right, right. 1168 01:13:16,740 --> 01:13:19,400 So that's one of my major questions. 1169 01:13:20,020 --> 01:13:31,540 Even though the HSAA has said private schools can play public schools during the regular season, Terry Curtis, for one, was a little skeptical that maybe the public schools wouldn't play private schools. 1170 01:13:31,720 --> 01:13:36,480 And if they don't, well, then you really have an excuse for them to leave if they're not going to play. 1171 01:13:36,580 --> 01:13:39,540 But early indications are that that's not going to happen. 1172 01:13:39,680 --> 01:13:41,820 I mean, I'm sure some will probably try that. 1173 01:13:41,820 --> 01:13:46,000 But I think I saw Wes Morgan's schedule already out yesterday. 1174 01:13:46,240 --> 01:13:47,660 I believe it had Madison Academy. 1175 01:13:47,860 --> 01:13:48,600 I believe it was Wes Morgan. 1176 01:13:49,100 --> 01:13:49,620 Yeah, it did. 1177 01:13:49,620 --> 01:13:51,840 It had Madison Academy on there. 1178 01:13:52,020 --> 01:13:54,620 So hopefully that's going to be the way it works. 1179 01:13:55,280 --> 01:13:59,640 They're still going to play each other because there's a lot of robberies in the state we don't want to see go away. 1180 01:14:00,380 --> 01:14:02,060 I'll be very interested to see. 1181 01:14:02,180 --> 01:14:05,240 So the private schools are meeting Friday in Montgomery. 1182 01:14:05,440 --> 01:14:11,020 That's the school administrators and ADs just to talk about where they go going forward. 1183 01:14:11,080 --> 01:14:18,020 I was told this morning that there's been no formal talk of any lawsuit or any leaving the HSAA at this point. 1184 01:14:18,160 --> 01:14:20,220 You know, maybe even they get in that room, things change. 1185 01:14:20,360 --> 01:14:23,180 But I would hope that this is what we got now. 1186 01:14:23,220 --> 01:14:24,460 Let's try it for a couple years. 1187 01:14:24,680 --> 01:14:30,140 And if not, if you want to do something else, then, you know, go ahead and give it a try. 1188 01:14:30,200 --> 01:14:32,800 But I just don't think they want to leave the association, most of them. 1189 01:14:33,640 --> 01:14:38,800 Before you jump off, how shot were you at Mr. Football in Alabama for 2025-2026? 1190 01:14:40,440 --> 01:14:41,200 Blown away. 1191 01:14:41,380 --> 01:14:41,960 No, I wasn't. 1192 01:14:42,260 --> 01:14:45,520 Yeah, I think we talked about that. 1193 01:14:45,640 --> 01:14:49,140 I mean, EJ Crowell was, you know, was the clear winner. 1194 01:14:49,300 --> 01:14:51,300 He was humbled by the award. 1195 01:14:51,420 --> 01:14:55,360 He said he deserved it, but he was definitely happy to win it. 1196 01:14:56,420 --> 01:15:00,780 Trent Seaborn, I think, probably was second in that, and he certainly could have been deserving as well. 1197 01:15:00,820 --> 01:15:01,740 But he's got another year. 1198 01:15:01,740 --> 01:15:05,120 So maybe he gets his crack at it next year. 1199 01:15:05,180 --> 01:15:10,780 But we had a good banquet in Montgomery, and I appreciate the coaches and athletes turning out for that. 1200 01:15:11,120 --> 01:15:17,000 And congratulations to all the finalists, really, not just the winner of the year, but all the finalists. 1201 01:15:18,180 --> 01:15:21,200 You've had nothing to do now for the last couple of weeks. 1202 01:15:21,920 --> 01:15:26,300 You know, the Power 10 boys and girls basketball is up. 1203 01:15:26,740 --> 01:15:28,800 At least I saw the girls this morning. 1204 01:15:29,100 --> 01:15:34,820 What else have you got going on 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--> 01:22:27,680 The Sports Animal on your way to work. 1349 01:22:28,220 --> 01:22:33,140 Where I hope tomorrow morning he's not out in zero degrees like we were planning on having here according to the forecast. 1350 01:22:33,380 --> 01:22:34,740 Vince Ferraro, welcome in. 1351 01:22:35,160 --> 01:22:37,060 How are you and have you thawed out yet? 1352 01:22:38,220 --> 01:22:38,660 No. 1353 01:22:39,080 --> 01:22:42,860 And my dog, Daphne, keeps wanting to go outside on the deck. 1354 01:22:43,380 --> 01:22:47,900 So, I'm like, you get your way like 99% of the time. 1355 01:22:48,100 --> 01:22:50,720 But we just came from a walk. 1356 01:22:50,800 --> 01:22:52,220 So, I think I'll stay inside in the warm. 1357 01:22:52,680 --> 01:22:53,040 Yeah. 1358 01:22:53,040 --> 01:22:56,260 She's probably looking at you like, why are you trying to tell me what to do now? 1359 01:22:56,340 --> 01:22:57,460 Normally, she runs a show. 1360 01:22:57,540 --> 01:22:59,080 So, all of a sudden, you're the boss, right? 1361 01:23:00,720 --> 01:23:02,340 She has a thick coat. 1362 01:23:03,060 --> 01:23:04,340 Her dad is soft. 1363 01:23:04,340 --> 01:23:05,960 So, he's from Florida. 1364 01:23:06,240 --> 01:23:07,500 He's not about all this stuff. 1365 01:23:08,640 --> 01:23:09,020 Hey, man. 1366 01:23:09,100 --> 01:23:11,680 According to Nato, Tennessee's got a pretty good basketball team. 1367 01:23:11,740 --> 01:23:12,260 Would you agree? 1368 01:23:12,940 --> 01:23:16,120 Yeah, they showed what the upside is. 1369 01:23:16,380 --> 01:23:20,140 They haven't played that way for a good part of the year. 1370 01:23:20,320 --> 01:23:30,000 But they showed the potential they have in playing closer to what Rick Barnes wants in terms of urgency on the defensive end. 1371 01:23:30,560 --> 01:23:37,360 And as you guys know, Rick Barnes has been giving Nato's problems now for a couple of years. 1372 01:23:37,360 --> 01:23:47,260 So, five straight in the series and to keep the old Alabama to 73 as good as they are offensively in just six made threes. 1373 01:23:47,760 --> 01:23:50,920 Although, you know, I understand Alabama was playing a different way early. 1374 01:23:51,060 --> 01:23:52,500 They weren't jacking up a bunch of shots. 1375 01:23:52,660 --> 01:24:03,460 But then when they needed to, once the inside play wasn't what it was, they weren't able to make those because Tennessee was playing with more urgency and intensity. 1376 01:24:03,460 --> 01:24:12,340 And as Rick Barnes tries to tell them, the offense will come when you play with that kind of urgency and intensity. 1377 01:24:12,980 --> 01:24:22,360 And they were confident and obviously wrote an unbelievable performance by Nate Amen, who was named, as you guys know, the co-player of the week in the SEC now. 1378 01:24:23,900 --> 01:24:29,900 Rick Barnes is very good at slowing down Nato's offense. 1379 01:24:29,900 --> 01:24:36,520 And one of the other things he does really well is he creates mismatches. 1380 01:24:36,860 --> 01:24:48,540 A 6'3 guard cannot guard a 6'9", 6'10", 8'9", mint, who took advantage of it, repeatedly driving in the basket or just shooting shots. 1381 01:24:48,960 --> 01:24:58,740 I'm sitting there thinking, watching this game Saturday night, how in the world was this Tennessee team only two and three on the season when they played that well? 1382 01:24:58,740 --> 01:25:04,500 And again, I know that Rick Barnes has been trying a lot of fire under this team for a while. 1383 01:25:04,640 --> 01:25:07,460 Well, he got a big match out Saturday night. 1384 01:25:08,200 --> 01:25:15,980 Yeah, you're with the Tennessee fan base wondering where has this been and why don't they play this way all the time? 1385 01:25:16,420 --> 01:25:21,920 Honestly, you can join Rick Barnes in that thought too because he tried to figure out that. 1386 01:25:21,920 --> 01:25:24,800 Because, you know, they have some veteran players. 1387 01:25:24,920 --> 01:25:26,260 They have a lot of new players. 1388 01:25:26,600 --> 01:25:33,980 So, them adapting to the standard that Barnes and the staff has, that is still an adjustment for them. 1389 01:25:34,040 --> 01:25:35,600 And they're starting to figure it out. 1390 01:25:35,780 --> 01:25:38,760 But it's not like they don't have experienced players. 1391 01:25:38,860 --> 01:25:39,260 They do. 1392 01:25:39,400 --> 01:25:42,900 In fact, some of the most inconsistent play has come from their transfers. 1393 01:25:43,100 --> 01:25:46,660 And that's part of what he has lamented about. 1394 01:25:47,000 --> 01:25:52,620 But, you know, when you get that kind of play from, you know, a freshman in Nate Amen. 1395 01:25:52,980 --> 01:25:55,000 And you mentioned the mismatches there. 1396 01:25:55,480 --> 01:25:58,920 Betty Aco would come out on him and he would drive past him. 1397 01:25:58,920 --> 01:26:06,600 So, you know, Phylon would come, would step to him and he'd just drop him and shoot over him. 1398 01:26:06,740 --> 01:26:08,120 And he couldn't check him either. 1399 01:26:08,420 --> 01:26:13,520 And we had Amaro Morgan, the Tennessee basketball assistant coach, who joins us weekly. 1400 01:26:14,380 --> 01:26:18,300 And he was talking about what a gym rat Nate Amen is. 1401 01:26:18,660 --> 01:26:20,520 So, yeah, Barnes does that. 1402 01:26:21,040 --> 01:26:24,040 And they got, you know, J.P. Estrella made his first career start. 1403 01:26:24,360 --> 01:26:27,640 He's a veteran guy, but he's another guy that has been injured so much. 1404 01:26:27,640 --> 01:26:30,900 He hasn't really played that much in SEC games. 1405 01:26:31,320 --> 01:26:40,080 But he, I think, had his best all-around performance beyond what the box score said with six points and five rebounds. 1406 01:26:40,160 --> 01:26:41,440 He did a lot more from them. 1407 01:26:41,680 --> 01:26:43,380 They had really good big-to-big passing. 1408 01:26:43,760 --> 01:26:45,060 They just played the right way. 1409 01:26:45,160 --> 01:26:50,580 They didn't turn the ball over a bunch where they've had live ball turnovers that lead to easy runouts. 1410 01:26:51,200 --> 01:26:52,980 You know, they cut a lot of that down. 1411 01:26:53,060 --> 01:26:55,700 And they didn't panic when they were down 10 in the first half. 1412 01:26:55,820 --> 01:27:03,740 They just chipped away, and their guys were engaged and confident, and they adjusted during the game. 1413 01:27:03,840 --> 01:27:08,360 And that has been something else that, you know, when Betty Aco and Alabama are scoring all those points in the paint, 1414 01:27:09,360 --> 01:27:11,060 Tennessee didn't panic. 1415 01:27:11,500 --> 01:27:16,360 They made the adjustments to where it was tougher for Alabama to get those looks inside. 1416 01:27:17,020 --> 01:27:21,000 And they haven't always adjusted well in games. 1417 01:27:21,000 --> 01:27:26,100 There's been times when it goes south, and it just continues to go south. 1418 01:27:26,700 --> 01:27:27,840 But they were locked in. 1419 01:27:27,960 --> 01:27:32,820 I think having that midweek day off really helped them. 1420 01:27:32,880 --> 01:27:36,560 Clearly it helped them more than it did Alabama, even though they added Betty Aco. 1421 01:27:37,120 --> 01:27:40,140 You know, we'll see if it continues. 1422 01:27:40,140 --> 01:27:46,140 It's one game, and this team typically does have a good bounce-back ability to it under Barnes. 1423 01:27:46,500 --> 01:27:51,280 But we'll see if this is a build-up or if it's a one-game versus an opponent. 1424 01:27:51,420 --> 01:27:53,080 But don't get it twisted. 1425 01:27:53,520 --> 01:27:59,120 They absolutely had to have a road game at some point when you drop the Kentucky game at home like you did. 1426 01:27:59,400 --> 01:28:08,040 Tennessee was the only team in the NCAA net top 59 that was without at least one true road win. 1427 01:28:08,780 --> 01:28:11,220 That's how much that was a sore on their resume. 1428 01:28:11,400 --> 01:28:17,700 They had to get on the board from that standpoint, and they needed that win against a quad one 1429 01:28:17,700 --> 01:28:20,520 because it moves their record to just three and five in that area. 1430 01:28:20,520 --> 01:28:22,520 So they got more work to do there as well. 1431 01:28:23,520 --> 01:28:24,580 Talk to us about the league. 1432 01:28:24,720 --> 01:28:27,800 Obviously, what you just mentioned there is pretty much the same script. 1433 01:28:27,900 --> 01:28:28,680 You look at Kentucky. 1434 01:28:28,800 --> 01:28:30,420 It's been Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. 1435 01:28:30,740 --> 01:28:33,900 You look at Florida the weekend losing to Auburn at home, too. 1436 01:28:34,640 --> 01:28:36,700 Your thoughts just about the league now. 1437 01:28:36,900 --> 01:28:40,300 It's safe to say it's a box of chocolate, says Forrest Gump. 1438 01:28:41,340 --> 01:28:42,040 It is. 1439 01:28:42,240 --> 01:28:47,460 You know, I think when you end up looking at the numbers and getting in the NCAA tournament, 1440 01:28:47,460 --> 01:28:49,240 they're not going to have what they had last year, 1441 01:28:49,400 --> 01:28:54,740 but they're still going to be at or near the top in terms of number of teams in the NCAA tournament. 1442 01:28:55,300 --> 01:28:58,780 But is there anyone there that you think could win the national championship? 1443 01:28:59,380 --> 01:29:01,480 I think that's where it can hold them back. 1444 01:29:02,040 --> 01:29:04,340 I mean, in the rankings, everybody's in the team. 1445 01:29:04,580 --> 01:29:09,460 I mean, Vanderbilt was up there, and then they hit the skids with three straight losses before. 1446 01:29:09,840 --> 01:29:10,940 You know, they went on Saturday. 1447 01:29:11,260 --> 01:29:13,140 But everybody else is in the team. 1448 01:29:13,320 --> 01:29:16,820 I mean, Tennessee played that way, and they weren't even ranked last week. 1449 01:29:17,480 --> 01:29:22,660 So, yeah, there's maybe not an elite team. 1450 01:29:22,880 --> 01:29:27,340 And the jury's still out, I think, for people nationally on Texas A&M. 1451 01:29:27,400 --> 01:29:31,180 They have that kind of record, and they're at the top of the SEC standings. 1452 01:29:31,180 --> 01:29:36,500 But clearly, everybody else, coaches, writers, are taking a wait-and-see on them. 1453 01:29:36,540 --> 01:29:41,460 And even their net and their Ken Palm isn't too stellar yet for their record. 1454 01:29:41,860 --> 01:29:46,720 So, I also think these teams are going to look differently as the year goes on. 1455 01:29:47,280 --> 01:29:49,260 So, there could be some teams emerge. 1456 01:29:49,900 --> 01:29:58,960 But I just think it is deep, but it may not be top-heavy enough to where it'll pay off in the NCAA tournament. 1457 01:30:00,060 --> 01:30:01,600 Yeah, we'll see about that. 1458 01:30:01,680 --> 01:30:02,260 But you're right. 1459 01:30:02,320 --> 01:30:04,340 It's about 10 or 11 teams deep. 1460 01:30:04,540 --> 01:30:08,060 Some of the bottom feeders now are beginning to separate themselves. 1461 01:30:08,440 --> 01:30:17,460 Tennessee gets a commitment from Ian Duarte, who Alabama looked at, receiver. 1462 01:30:17,620 --> 01:30:20,320 In fact, I believe he was going to visit Alabama. 1463 01:30:20,320 --> 01:30:21,680 I don't know if that ever happened. 1464 01:30:21,920 --> 01:30:25,440 But Tennessee was able to scoop him up. 1465 01:30:25,980 --> 01:30:28,920 V-Man, great stuff, as always. 1466 01:30:29,100 --> 01:30:32,540 Where can we get online and get all of these great, great information? 1467 01:30:33,180 --> 01:30:33,940 Yeah, I appreciate it. 1468 01:30:34,000 --> 01:30:42,240 And he actually picked Tennessee over Illinois, who beat Tennessee in the bowl game, the New York City Bowl in Nashville. 1469 01:30:42,680 --> 01:30:47,580 Tennessee had three portal additions and signed another kid to the 2026 class. 1470 01:30:47,580 --> 01:30:48,880 It's kind of a newer thing. 1471 01:30:48,880 --> 01:30:56,260 With his expanded rosters, instead of walk-ons, they're announcing them as additions to the 2026 class. 1472 01:30:56,620 --> 01:31:01,940 Because when you get to the fall, that's when walk-ons, and that's when you're going to get to a 105. 1473 01:31:02,580 --> 01:31:05,340 So it'll be walk-ons that will turn into scholarship players. 1474 01:31:06,200 --> 01:31:09,700 But they can still carry more than the 85 until you get to that. 1475 01:31:09,700 --> 01:31:15,000 So it's kind of you're seeing everybody out, a whole bunch of players, more so than the typical. 1476 01:31:15,200 --> 01:31:20,120 But we'll talk more about that on the show and on the SportsSource digital network. 1477 01:31:20,260 --> 01:31:25,880 Check that out, SportsSource, on YouTube and on the website for some of the TV work as well. 1478 01:31:26,720 --> 01:31:29,200 Well, according to Daphne, V-Man, you're not a walk-on. 1479 01:31:29,280 --> 01:31:29,900 You're a five-star. 1480 01:31:30,020 --> 01:31:31,920 Keep up the good work, and let's do it again soon, okay? 1481 01:31:32,620 --> 01:31:34,920 It's a fluid situation in terms of the title. 1482 01:31:35,240 --> 01:31:36,660 But, no, I appreciate you guys. 1483 01:31:36,740 --> 01:31:37,340 I always enjoy it. 1484 01:31:38,100 --> 01:31:40,620 We'll see you outside with Daphne as soon as the weather breaks. 1485 01:31:40,620 --> 01:31:45,380 So, V-Man, checking in from 99.1, the Sports Animal Inn, Knoxville. 1486 01:31:45,580 --> 01:31:45,940 What up? 1487 01:31:46,020 --> 01:31:49,940 Down in Tuscaloosa, the Redfish, William Barger, on deck on the Boomo Bugg Show. 1488 01:31:50,020 --> 01:31:50,660 Stay with us. 1489 01:31:54,340 --> 01:32:00,460 Hello, my name is Keith Medley, and I'm an attorney with a law firm of Johnson, Passeur, Medley & Burchill. 1490 01:32:00,600 --> 01:32:07,600 Why call an out-of-town lawyer when you can call our law firm, which has over 100 years of combined experience in all areas of the law? 1491 01:32:08,020 --> 01:32:14,380 Check us out first by calling our office at 256-766-3131. 1492 01:32:14,380 --> 01:32:21,820 No representation is made that the quality of legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers. 1493 01:32:23,820 --> 01:32:25,860 Getting the kids to practice on time. 1494 01:32:26,280 --> 01:32:28,060 Remembering if it's your day to 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01:37:57,380 The Score. 1603 01:37:57,380 --> 01:37:58,020 Welcome back in. 1604 01:37:58,020 --> 01:38:04,160 It is an absolute pleasure for us to welcome in the man, William Redfish Barger, former Alabama offensive lineman. 1605 01:38:04,260 --> 01:38:05,260 William, welcome in. 1606 01:38:05,740 --> 01:38:08,040 Hopefully, the weather cooperated with you over the weekend. 1607 01:38:08,140 --> 01:38:08,620 How are you? 1608 01:38:09,640 --> 01:38:12,500 Oh, we didn't get nothing but a bunch of rain here, fellas. 1609 01:38:12,640 --> 01:38:15,540 Y'all got all the ice up north. 1610 01:38:15,700 --> 01:38:18,740 We got all the rain and the tornadoes hit south Alabama. 1611 01:38:20,420 --> 01:38:22,720 This is just a crazy place to live, is it not, William? 1612 01:38:22,720 --> 01:38:26,400 I mean, where else can you get ice storms on one end and tornadoes on the other? 1613 01:38:26,500 --> 01:38:30,000 Basically, on the same day, we'll let the weather folks take care of that. 1614 01:38:30,640 --> 01:38:34,100 This is one of those days where people, it's amazing. 1615 01:38:34,240 --> 01:38:37,480 You look up and you keep saying, no, that was not 43 years ago. 1616 01:38:37,560 --> 01:38:42,160 If you're a certain age, this is one of those days you know where you were 43 years ago, 1617 01:38:42,280 --> 01:38:45,560 the day that Coach Paul Bear Bryant passed away. 1618 01:38:45,740 --> 01:38:48,720 William, my, oh, my, how things have changed in 43 years. 1619 01:38:50,100 --> 01:38:57,120 Well, I know exactly where I was because my sixth-grade teacher, Ms. Minton, wheeled the television in 1620 01:38:57,120 --> 01:39:01,100 so we could watch the news in our classroom. 1621 01:39:02,380 --> 01:39:07,080 You know, that was back before you could watch stuff on a tablet or a phone. 1622 01:39:07,080 --> 01:39:16,200 And, you know, we did the space shuttle launches back then, and I think they even did it a couple years earlier 1623 01:39:16,200 --> 01:39:18,080 when President Reagan got shot. 1624 01:39:18,380 --> 01:39:21,640 But, no, I remember exactly where I was. 1625 01:39:23,840 --> 01:39:25,200 William, it's amazing. 1626 01:39:25,600 --> 01:39:27,820 I remember it like it was yesterday. 1627 01:39:28,740 --> 01:39:33,900 And when I ran into people, and during the course of a conversation, his name comes up. 1628 01:39:33,980 --> 01:39:42,460 They tell me, I remember two days when somebody passed away was when President Kennedy got shot 1629 01:39:42,460 --> 01:39:43,920 and when Bear passed away. 1630 01:39:44,020 --> 01:39:44,660 It's amazing. 1631 01:39:44,820 --> 01:39:46,000 I hear that all the time. 1632 01:39:47,680 --> 01:39:54,260 Yeah, you know, and like I said, it's probably different for, you know, people that didn't grow up in the state 1633 01:39:54,260 --> 01:39:59,060 during that time or if people were already adults living in the state at that time. 1634 01:39:59,060 --> 01:40:04,960 But certainly a well-remembered day in college football. 1635 01:40:05,860 --> 01:40:09,560 Let me just say on behalf of Brett, we weren't in the sixth grade back then. 1636 01:40:11,560 --> 01:40:15,980 That's bad, fellas, because I'm pretty long in the face myself. 1637 01:40:16,960 --> 01:40:17,900 You're telling me. 1638 01:40:18,240 --> 01:40:20,200 Let me ask you this, just a fun question. 1639 01:40:20,680 --> 01:40:26,740 Where do you think Coach Paul Bear Bryant would be in today's game, given the fact that basically coaches 1640 01:40:26,740 --> 01:40:31,700 are no longer, how can you be a disciplinarian in this day and era when, in some cases, 1641 01:40:31,700 --> 01:40:33,780 they're making more than some of the coaches on the staff. 1642 01:40:34,140 --> 01:40:35,160 They've got total control. 1643 01:40:35,280 --> 01:40:37,180 They're living in high-rent districts. 1644 01:40:37,700 --> 01:40:41,200 Your thoughts, just a fun question of how Coach Bryant would have adjusted to this era. 1645 01:40:42,440 --> 01:40:45,000 Well, I mean, I think you just hit the nail on the head. 1646 01:40:45,140 --> 01:40:53,360 I mean, all really good leaders in whatever walk of life that they're, you know, participating in, 1647 01:40:53,420 --> 01:40:58,220 whether it's in the private sector or government or the sports world, you know, 1648 01:40:58,240 --> 01:41:01,040 and that's what Coach Bryant really was known for. 1649 01:41:01,040 --> 01:41:07,540 You know, he went from three yards in a cloud of dust to, you know, when he had passing quarterbacks 1650 01:41:07,540 --> 01:41:09,000 like Nathan and Sabler. 1651 01:41:09,180 --> 01:41:13,480 He went a little bit more, you know, heavy-handed with the passing game. 1652 01:41:13,640 --> 01:41:18,700 And, you know, there was, you know, Alabama fans that were ready to run him out of town. 1653 01:41:18,700 --> 01:41:23,020 And, you know, he was working with taking the Miami Dolphins head coaching job. 1654 01:41:23,180 --> 01:41:29,080 But, you know, he had several, you know, transitory periods in his coaching career, 1655 01:41:29,080 --> 01:41:32,540 and he always came out smelling like a rose on the other side of it. 1656 01:41:33,660 --> 01:41:39,300 Well, I know that the transfer portal is beginning to wind down a little bit. 1657 01:41:39,800 --> 01:41:44,440 I know Alabama fans, I've been asked about this, and I know you get asked about it a lot. 1658 01:41:44,580 --> 01:41:48,740 When is Kalen DeBoer going to make any, quote, potential coaching changes? 1659 01:41:48,740 --> 01:41:55,840 Well, he made one at the end of last week with Coach Kemp, decided to move on from him. 1660 01:41:56,620 --> 01:41:58,380 And I've heard quite a few names. 1661 01:41:58,600 --> 01:42:06,120 One that's come up that even that has been mentioned nationally is Adrian Clem, K-L-E-M-E-M, 1662 01:42:06,200 --> 01:42:11,640 who's on the USC staff as coach with Oregon, UCLA, SMU, 1663 01:42:11,640 --> 01:42:17,440 has got some previous relationships with Courtney Morgan, Alabama's general manager. 1664 01:42:18,600 --> 01:42:22,720 You know, and people ask me, well, will there be a change at special teams 1665 01:42:22,720 --> 01:42:24,700 and at other positions? 1666 01:42:25,080 --> 01:42:27,700 You know, we'll see where this goes. 1667 01:42:28,040 --> 01:42:35,720 William, what have you heard about any potential names as far as the offensive line coach replacement? 1668 01:42:36,420 --> 01:42:40,560 And do you envision more changes on the staff? 1669 01:42:42,360 --> 01:42:45,900 Well, you know, I think on the offensive end of stuff, you know, 1670 01:42:45,960 --> 01:42:50,640 there's probably been three names, I think, that have been bannied around the most. 1671 01:42:50,640 --> 01:42:55,520 And that's, you know, the one you just mentioned, Brandon Jones from Missouri. 1672 01:42:55,720 --> 01:42:55,860 Yeah. 1673 01:42:56,160 --> 01:42:58,280 And obviously Scott Huff. 1674 01:42:59,020 --> 01:42:59,300 Right. 1675 01:42:59,800 --> 01:43:07,760 And so, you know, I think that the, regardless of who it ends up being, 1676 01:43:07,760 --> 01:43:13,460 I think you're going to see a, you know, renewed emphasis on the running game. 1677 01:43:14,940 --> 01:43:21,020 You know, I don't think it really matters with the, if there is a change made in the special teams department, 1678 01:43:21,020 --> 01:43:27,080 because those guys are all already on campus, you know, via the portal. 1679 01:43:27,260 --> 01:43:31,140 I mean, I think they got a snapper, a kicker, and a punter all out of the portal. 1680 01:43:31,300 --> 01:43:33,740 That's not as paramount. 1681 01:43:34,620 --> 01:43:40,000 Let's just say if you were trying to have, you know, a coach to put in front of all the juniors 1682 01:43:40,000 --> 01:43:42,240 at the junior day that's coming up this weekend. 1683 01:43:42,400 --> 01:43:47,640 So I think at a minimum, you know, you're going to see whoever the replacement is, 1684 01:43:47,680 --> 01:43:52,240 is the offensive line coach will be there this weekend to meet with people. 1685 01:43:53,680 --> 01:44:00,280 And, you know, I really haven't heard any other serious conversations about, you know, 1686 01:44:00,280 --> 01:44:01,800 other position groupings. 1687 01:44:01,800 --> 01:44:06,000 I think if there is a change to be made, you would see the same thing, 1688 01:44:06,000 --> 01:44:10,300 that I would think they would want to have somebody there to go face-to-face 1689 01:44:10,300 --> 01:44:15,080 with the recruits and their parents, because they've got a pretty healthy group 1690 01:44:15,080 --> 01:44:19,880 of elite high school players, you know, real heavy-handed, again, 1691 01:44:19,940 --> 01:44:22,280 from the state of Mississippi coming in this weekend. 1692 01:44:23,380 --> 01:44:27,560 Another name that we've heard, Redfish, is a guy named Adrian Clem. 1693 01:44:27,560 --> 01:44:29,140 He's now an analyst for USC. 1694 01:44:30,080 --> 01:44:33,220 He played three years with the Patriots, got three Super Bowl rings. 1695 01:44:33,340 --> 01:44:34,280 He was at Oregon. 1696 01:44:34,840 --> 01:44:37,320 He was a Pac-12 recruiter of the year. 1697 01:44:37,420 --> 01:44:39,740 So it's going to be interesting to see, keep it close. 1698 01:44:39,960 --> 01:44:41,680 Again, his name is Adrian Clem. 1699 01:44:42,080 --> 01:44:45,200 The other thing, too, that we've heard and see what your thoughts are on this, 1700 01:44:45,240 --> 01:44:47,080 that you're going to go more to an NFL model. 1701 01:44:47,160 --> 01:44:49,480 Instead of just having one coach come in, they're going to have two. 1702 01:44:49,600 --> 01:44:51,020 One's going to concentrate on passing. 1703 01:44:51,160 --> 01:44:52,500 One's going to concentrate on running. 1704 01:44:52,800 --> 01:44:56,820 My old mind, talking about Coach Brighton, how things have changed in 43 years. 1705 01:44:57,000 --> 01:45:01,360 Your thoughts about bringing in basically something that I can't remember ever happening, 1706 01:45:01,440 --> 01:45:03,620 having two guys do the job of one. 1707 01:45:04,760 --> 01:45:09,280 Well, actually, here we go with the past always repeating itself. 1708 01:45:09,440 --> 01:45:12,760 We had two offensive line coaches the whole time I was at Alabama. 1709 01:45:12,980 --> 01:45:13,320 Okay. 1710 01:45:14,120 --> 01:45:19,780 Now, back then, it was divided up between the centers and guards coach 1711 01:45:19,780 --> 01:45:21,540 and the offensive tackles coaches. 1712 01:45:22,020 --> 01:45:26,500 And, you know, the urban legend then was, you know, 1713 01:45:26,520 --> 01:45:32,360 it was easier for one coach to focus his eyes on, you know, three guys in the middle. 1714 01:45:32,700 --> 01:45:35,300 And, you know, you could go back and watch or play twice 1715 01:45:35,300 --> 01:45:37,700 to see what the left tackle and the right tackle did. 1716 01:45:37,980 --> 01:45:43,280 But, you know, that used to be kind of the recipe in the college game is to have. 1717 01:45:43,320 --> 01:45:47,840 And, you know, sometimes they split it up where the offensive tackles guy 1718 01:45:47,840 --> 01:45:49,520 coached the tight ends as well. 1719 01:45:49,780 --> 01:45:53,120 You know, that's kind of a seamless transition there. 1720 01:45:53,380 --> 01:45:55,160 And it's also a career path. 1721 01:45:55,260 --> 01:45:58,580 You see a lot of guys that come into college coaching, you know, 1722 01:45:58,600 --> 01:46:01,600 one of the entry-level positions is the tight end position. 1723 01:46:01,880 --> 01:46:07,300 And you end up seeing them graduate up to being a full-blown offensive line coach. 1724 01:46:07,480 --> 01:46:11,940 But, you know, I think it's good, you know, to have two different sets of eyes. 1725 01:46:12,520 --> 01:46:19,240 You know, especially when you look at how complex the offense has become in today's game. 1726 01:46:19,460 --> 01:46:20,680 But, you know, I'm sorry. 1727 01:46:20,760 --> 01:46:24,040 I got lost in my own thoughts when you all asked that the first go around. 1728 01:46:24,860 --> 01:46:28,120 Yeah, Clem, I think, might be the leader in the clubhouse now. 1729 01:46:28,800 --> 01:46:35,160 And, you know, seems to have a pretty deep resume and an emphasis on the running game. 1730 01:46:35,420 --> 01:46:40,380 You know, I like the fact that he, you know, played the position in the NFL 1731 01:46:40,380 --> 01:46:45,780 and obviously, you know, was at the Patriots during their run. 1732 01:46:46,060 --> 01:46:46,620 What a week. 1733 01:46:47,620 --> 01:46:52,740 Yeah, so, you know, and, you know, if in fact that's the direction that they're going in, 1734 01:46:53,260 --> 01:46:57,420 as far as having it split with two different guys, I mean, I think that's a plus. 1735 01:46:58,680 --> 01:47:03,180 Speaking of the offensive line, we discussed the transfer portal guys. 1736 01:47:03,720 --> 01:47:07,600 Again, it's a combination of production versus potential. 1737 01:47:08,320 --> 01:47:10,200 Alabama did add one more. 1738 01:47:10,620 --> 01:47:13,480 Javon James from Mississippi State. 1739 01:47:14,040 --> 01:47:16,900 It was started a significant number of games. 1740 01:47:17,020 --> 01:47:20,520 I know you like Rachel Delgati out of Cal Poly. 1741 01:47:21,180 --> 01:47:24,740 Nick Brooks from Texas certainly has got some experience. 1742 01:47:25,300 --> 01:47:28,280 The other guys have certainly got potential. 1743 01:47:29,420 --> 01:47:32,280 William, your thoughts, again, on the offensive line. 1744 01:47:32,480 --> 01:47:35,280 Most of this stuff's now coming to a close. 1745 01:47:35,460 --> 01:47:40,480 We'll have some other guys come in, I'm sure, before February the 2nd. 1746 01:47:40,860 --> 01:47:44,640 Your thoughts on this offensive line class now that they've added one more? 1747 01:47:45,660 --> 01:47:48,960 Well, I mean, I think you kind of, you know, gave it a great intro. 1748 01:47:49,200 --> 01:47:52,720 I think you have to look at it in two different groupings. 1749 01:47:52,860 --> 01:47:58,000 You know, you have to look at it in the guys that you think are coming in 1750 01:47:58,000 --> 01:48:00,980 that can compete for, you know, a starting job. 1751 01:48:01,340 --> 01:48:08,580 And so, you know, I think that James certainly starting 12 or 13 games in the SEC 1752 01:48:08,580 --> 01:48:14,300 last year at left tackle gives them some flexibility at the tackle spots. 1753 01:48:15,420 --> 01:48:20,980 You know, I think Delgati and also I think his last name is Sehorne. 1754 01:48:21,100 --> 01:48:22,460 It's coming from Michigan. 1755 01:48:22,460 --> 01:48:28,780 You know, that that might be a deal where, you know, whoever wins the center's job, 1756 01:48:28,860 --> 01:48:32,820 the other guy could be the second-team center but also put for a starting 1757 01:48:32,820 --> 01:48:34,260 offensive guard job. 1758 01:48:34,720 --> 01:48:41,180 And I also find probably the most intriguing guy is Brooks from Texas. 1759 01:48:42,180 --> 01:48:46,720 You know, the fact that he's got three starts against SEC teams, you know, 1760 01:48:46,760 --> 01:48:52,960 he signed as an offensive tackle prospect, but because they got decimated at Texas 1761 01:48:52,960 --> 01:48:56,660 last year on the inside, he ended up playing offensive guard for them 1762 01:48:56,660 --> 01:48:59,940 and played it pretty well, especially for a true freshman. 1763 01:49:00,940 --> 01:49:05,660 And so then you kind of have to put, you know, albeit he was a five-star recruit, 1764 01:49:05,820 --> 01:49:11,040 you know, I think Ty Haywood, you know, do they let him compete for one of the, you know, 1765 01:49:11,080 --> 01:49:12,420 for the left tackle spot? 1766 01:49:12,560 --> 01:49:16,140 Obviously, nobody thinks that he's going to beat out Michael Carroll. 1767 01:49:16,900 --> 01:49:21,500 Or, you know, in a conspiratory manner, in a perfect world, you know, 1768 01:49:21,500 --> 01:49:26,760 do they offer Michael Carroll a raise to slide inside and let one of these other guys 1769 01:49:26,760 --> 01:49:31,880 play right tackle, you know, if they show that they can, you know, play it as well, 1770 01:49:31,900 --> 01:49:33,140 if not better than Carroll. 1771 01:49:33,280 --> 01:49:38,800 So, I mean, I think the way to sum up this, you know, O-line-Poral stuff is I think 1772 01:49:38,800 --> 01:49:45,440 they've certainly helped the depth situation, but I think they've really got three guys, 1773 01:49:45,440 --> 01:49:55,100 maybe even four, you know, in Delgati, Seahorn, James, and the big boy from Texas 1774 01:49:55,100 --> 01:49:58,380 that can possibly push for starting jobs. 1775 01:49:58,640 --> 01:50:04,980 So, you know, I think you've got to give the staff, you know, an A for, you know, 1776 01:50:05,020 --> 01:50:11,680 what they've attempted to try and do to the O-line, you know, room from a starter depth combo there. 1777 01:50:12,580 --> 01:50:13,880 What are you hearing? 1778 01:50:14,440 --> 01:50:17,060 Auburn has got a spring game set. 1779 01:50:17,300 --> 01:50:21,060 We found out today Florida's got one on April the 11th. 1780 01:50:21,800 --> 01:50:23,400 What have you heard about Alabama? 1781 01:50:23,680 --> 01:50:24,980 That's been awfully quiet. 1782 01:50:25,140 --> 01:50:29,040 And, again, I know they're trying to take care of a lot of things. 1783 01:50:29,300 --> 01:50:34,200 William, do you anticipate, have you heard from any of your running buddies or anyone else, 1784 01:50:34,240 --> 01:50:36,240 will Alabama have a spring game? 1785 01:50:37,520 --> 01:50:40,460 I have not heard anything one way or the other. 1786 01:50:41,780 --> 01:50:45,560 You know, and to be honest with you, I don't know. 1787 01:50:45,720 --> 01:50:53,880 I think it might even be more enjoyable to a fan if they could find, you know, TV coverage 1788 01:50:53,880 --> 01:51:01,580 and do, you know, half of a real practice and then maybe with, you know, situational scrimmaging 1789 01:51:01,580 --> 01:51:02,580 at the end of it. 1790 01:51:02,660 --> 01:51:05,740 That's how they, you know, do a lot of their stuff anyway. 1791 01:51:06,000 --> 01:51:10,940 You know, just so, you know, fans that have never had the opportunity to see how a practice 1792 01:51:10,940 --> 01:51:17,180 is constructed and executed where, you know, you get to see the group drills and then, you 1793 01:51:17,180 --> 01:51:22,760 know, O-line, D-line, pass pro drill, maybe an inside run drill. 1794 01:51:22,940 --> 01:51:30,360 Sadly, you don't get to see that kind of watered-down version of the Oklahoma drill anymore because 1795 01:51:30,360 --> 01:51:31,820 that's basically what it is. 1796 01:51:32,060 --> 01:51:38,780 But, you know, I would certainly enjoy seeing that versus watching, you know, the threes on 1797 01:51:38,780 --> 01:51:40,620 threes at the end of an A-day game. 1798 01:51:41,780 --> 01:51:42,260 Absolutely. 1799 01:51:43,160 --> 01:51:45,300 Listen, we always enjoy the conversation. 1800 01:51:45,500 --> 01:51:49,260 Now, if Kalen DeBoer pulls a rabbit out of the hand and lets somebody know later this 1801 01:51:49,260 --> 01:51:54,560 week that William Barger is going to be the new offensive line coach, you let us know, 1802 01:51:54,620 --> 01:51:57,180 you let us know if any of that happens. 1803 01:51:58,140 --> 01:52:03,740 Well, you know what, guys, I've said this before publicly and I don't mind saying it again. 1804 01:52:03,740 --> 01:52:11,500 Man, I think there is like a seminar type continuing education that these guys have to do that involve 1805 01:52:11,500 --> 01:52:14,740 player and parent sensitivity training. 1806 01:52:15,060 --> 01:52:20,200 And I would get kicked out of that with an F right off the bat. 1807 01:52:20,520 --> 01:52:22,700 So, I'm old enough now. 1808 01:52:22,800 --> 01:52:27,560 I'm maybe not as old as you guys, but I'm old enough now to know my strengths and my weaknesses, 1809 01:52:27,560 --> 01:52:30,000 and I would flunk that right out of the gate. 1810 01:52:30,100 --> 01:52:32,360 So, let's just don't get any unfounded rumors going. 1811 01:52:33,080 --> 01:52:34,220 Man, let's just add to that. 1812 01:52:34,260 --> 01:52:36,020 You don't care which way the wind blows either. 1813 01:52:36,300 --> 01:52:36,840 Oh, man. 1814 01:52:37,940 --> 01:52:39,640 If you don't know it now, you will, William. 1815 01:52:39,680 --> 01:52:40,440 I guarantee you. 1816 01:52:40,460 --> 01:52:42,920 Listen, man, as always, good to go with you. 1817 01:52:42,960 --> 01:52:45,040 Good to see you get through all this bad weather over the weekend. 1818 01:52:45,160 --> 01:52:46,540 And thanks so much for your time today. 1819 01:52:47,560 --> 01:52:48,280 Enjoy it, guys. 1820 01:52:48,360 --> 01:52:49,000 Talk to you soon. 1821 01:52:49,020 --> 01:52:49,560 Thank you, buddy. 1822 01:52:49,960 --> 01:52:51,860 The Redfish, William Redfish Barger. 1823 01:52:51,920 --> 01:52:56,860 BB, obviously, basketball, Alabama, bounce back time, 23rd in the latest poll, 1824 01:52:57,380 --> 01:53:02,540 taking on the Missouri Tigers tomorrow night, and the Auburn Tigers will be taking on 1825 01:53:02,540 --> 01:53:03,800 Texas Wednesday night. 1826 01:53:04,240 --> 01:53:07,040 Your thoughts about the Tide and Tigers at this point in the schedule? 1827 01:53:07,620 --> 01:53:11,300 Well, Auburn certainly had a very impressive win over Florida. 1828 01:53:11,940 --> 01:53:15,900 Again, as Brian Matthews said, we'll see if that continues. 1829 01:53:17,220 --> 01:53:20,680 Alabama's got to get healthy again. 1830 01:53:21,360 --> 01:53:25,380 Amit just took advantage of two guys being out. 1831 01:53:25,940 --> 01:53:29,060 Hopefully, they can get healthier for the Missouri game. 1832 01:53:29,060 --> 01:53:33,020 And, Harold, they have rescheduled about five SEC games. 1833 01:53:33,100 --> 01:53:38,580 That tells you how bad the weather's been and will be this week when you start rescheduling 1834 01:53:38,580 --> 01:53:41,340 SEC basketball games in the middle of the week. 1835 01:53:41,580 --> 01:53:44,280 I'm still getting off that Blair forecast zero. 1836 01:53:44,540 --> 01:53:48,240 If you don't think the weather's serious, I like zero calories. 1837 01:53:48,460 --> 01:53:49,640 I don't like zero temperatures. 1838 01:53:50,260 --> 01:53:51,740 That's going to take care of business for now. 1839 01:53:51,840 --> 01:53:54,240 On behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here. 1840 01:53:54,620 --> 01:53:56,480 Harold Bogg, thank you so much for your time today. 1841 01:53:56,560 --> 01:53:59,680 Let's do it again tomorrow on noon to two for the Bimble Bug Show back here on Sports Radio 1842 01:53:59,680 --> 01:54:00,960 from 93.9 to score.