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 Las Vegas insider Bruce Marshall will preview the Super Bowl in some SEC basketball.

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 Roger Hoover is on the Alabama Crimson Tide Network, but you know that if you listen to 93.9 to score any time that the Crimson Tide is playing.

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 Really well on this Tuesday.

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 Man, we're digging out, Roger.

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 Did you have any problems with old man winter over the weekend?

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 That's nice, is it not?

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 Murray Allen may still be a game or two away from coming back from what it sounds like from Nate Oaks yesterday in his press conference and on our show, Hey Coach.

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 Obviously, you look at this team and every game is like, oh my gosh, more injuries.

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 Georgia is very good, just ahead of the Crimson Tide in the standings in the SEC.

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 not just to Georgia, but to Baton Rouge coming up on Sunday when Alabama has to take on sixth-ranked LSU,

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 a team that looks every bit as good as the national championship team that Coach Mulkey had a few years ago.

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 Roger, let me ask you a little bit of victory about the hometown girl, in a sense, your Carly Weathers.

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 We had a baseline out-of-bounds play where she threw the ball, kind of like Grant Hill and that famous shot.

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 Yeah, it looked more like Ryan Weathers and David Weathers with the way she threw, and I immediately chimed in on the SEC Network to be like, oh, that's a Yankee-style throw, you know, from Carly Weathers, is what she did.

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 If you knew her, Pat, folks, you'd understand why they are the salt of the earth.

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 Sometimes these phenoms in high school can put up big numbers, and then when they get to this level of play, they have to kind of get up to speed.

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 She has just a great core vision, great IQ, but I think she's impacted this team in a huge way and very good at the free throw line, very good on her three-point shooting.

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 She'll make some huge shots, I believe, for Alabama down the road, especially some of our talented guards like Carly Weathers, Diana Collins, Jessica Timmons getting in foul trouble.

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 You've already mentioned the two, basketball, women's basketball.

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 You do it Tuesday and Thursday among 500 other things that you do during the course of the week.

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 Tell us about Roger Hoover's week and the guest on Crimson Drive this week.

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 Yeah, Jaleel Bethea joining us later this afternoon and probably Aiden Shirell on Thursday's show.

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 So some great men's basketball interviews coming up this week, along with taking a look back to Hey Coach last night.

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 So we're really excited about that.

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 Welcome back in, basically, BB.

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 We basically heard a lot of complaining last year about Alabama's offensive line coach play.

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 And within the last few days, strong winds of the answer coming from out west, Adrian Clem is coming over.

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 It looks like this is not official unless you've got some information that I haven't seen, like a 99% chance right now.

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 But it's 20-26, you can blink your eye and everything fall apart.

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 But what are you hearing about Adrian Clem coming in as Alabama's new offensive line coach?

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 Well, multimedia reports indicate that he has been hired.

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 Now, it is not official, and I'm guessing the SID office will send this out a little bit later this week.

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 Why is he being hired this week?

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 Because Alabama has a big junior day coming up this weekend, and that's one of the reasons.

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 But you and I have heard this since early in the season, or really certainly midway through the season.

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 Why can't Alabama not run the dadgum ball after they've had a history of this under Nick Saban?

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 Well, Kalen DeBoer is trying to do something about this and hiring an offensive line coach.

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 And I'm also going to be curious to see, and I've heard the same thing you did.

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 You mentioned this yesterday.

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 They may even hire two of them.

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 That would be interesting.

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 I'm going to see where this goes again.

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 I still think they need to get another running back out of the transfer portal.

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 They've got pretty good guys.

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 I think AK Deere is going to have a pretty good season.

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 Crowell is a five-star, along with Jet Tamala.

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 In fact, I sent our buddy Tom Lemming, who's been covering this 40 years ago,

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 and I said, you said this a year ago, and he said, yeah, you're right.

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 But right now, it won't be official until later this week.

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 But Adrian Clem, he was at USC, coached with the Patriots, coached with, I think, SMU and two or three other teams.

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 His very good reputation was recruiter of the year, I believe, when he was at Oregon.

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 But I think that will happen later this week.

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 So who is Adrian Clem a little deeper?

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 First of all, he is 48 years old.

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 He'll be 49 come May.

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 He's a California native.

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 He went to college, played all four years at Hawaii.

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 So he's pretty smart.

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 If you're not going to play for a national powerhouse, just go to Hawaii and enjoy four years there, right?

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 Basically, he went to get into coaching.

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 And after that, he said, SMU, I'd like to come on down.

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 What's the connection there?

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 June Jones.

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 Where did June Jones coach?

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 Hawaii.

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 So he gave him a shot to come in as an assistant there.

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 Worked his way up.

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 He went to the NFL before that.

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 Was drafted in the second round, a 2,000 draft by the New England Patriots.

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 And wound up playing.

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 Also picked up, by the way, three Super Bowl rings with the Patriots.

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 And that's not bad.

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 Bling, bling.

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 In Super Bowl, a couple of weeks, you're bringing in some of these recruits.

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 He also played with the Raiders and Green Bay.

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 As far as stops along the way, UCLA and the Pittsburgh Steelers had some issues.

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 According to the reports at both stops, UCLA and Pittsburgh.

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 Then he went on to Oregon, as you mentioned, was like the Pac-12 recruiter of the year.

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 But I think in addition to that, I think the one thing that I find interesting about this,

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 in the 22 season, the offensive line led the FBS in sacks allowed with only five.

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 Translated, in other words, the quarterback's going to like it.

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 The quarterback was only sacked five times that year under his tutelage.

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 And the Ducks rushing game was rated the 12th best.

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 I got a feeling that might be music to the ears of a lot of Alabama fans.

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 And also, he was interviewed to become the New England Patriots offensive coordinator.

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 And who beat him out?

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 Bill O'Brien at the time, coming up from Alabama.

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 And just one caveat to it.

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 He's also personal friends, according to the reports, with one, Courtney Morgan.

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 Who's that?

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 He is the Alabama general manager, BB.

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 I think that had a lot to do with the tire, too.

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 And you mentioned the success running the ball at Oregon.

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 12th among all FBS teams in rushing offense.

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 216 yards per game.

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 That's music to the ears of Alabama fans.

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 Well, you've got to, to me, I agree with you.

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 To bring it in, are you surprised that they haven't already?

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 Or is it one of those deals where maybe they want to bring somebody in and say,

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 listen, before we pull the trigger here, we want to bring you in and get your thoughts.

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 Who fits your mold?

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 We know he's probably chomping at the bits of the potential of a Crowell coming in.

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 And I got to believe with you, AK Deer, last year, in all honesty,

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 I saw some of the play in the kids.

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 Sometimes it looked like he had lights like a deer in the headlights at times back there.

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 As a lot of kids do coming out of high school,

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 particularly trying to pick up the blitz and everything.

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 But I think he's going to be better.

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 The potential's there.

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 But I agree with you that they desperately need some experience at the running back spot.

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 They thought they had it until Texas came involved.

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 Well, Hollywood Smothers had committed to Alabama.

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 And I've heard various stories on this that the compliance staff screwed that up, to be honest with you.

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 And then others, Texas just came after him with, obviously, a lot of money.

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 And he ended up going there.

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 Daniel Hill's another one.

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 I think if he's healthy, along with Crowell and along with AK Deer, Kevin Reilly is still there.

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 Now, again, they can still have visitors and get people out of the portal right now.

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 And particularly, visitors can come in before February the 2nd.

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 But, again, for frustrated Alabama fans, they are working to do something about this.

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 I think they did a decent job.

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 Jevin James, who started 13 games in his career, I think the offensive line will have a better push than what they've had.

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00:27:31,820 --> 00:27:37,760
 But, yeah, this was the one Alabama fans were clamoring about was getting a new offensive line, coach.

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 Well, and you mentioned about Hollywood Smothers.

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 To me, hats off to Dalbo.

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 A lot of people get in a pool pit and they preach about this and that, but they never follow through with practicing yet.

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00:27:50,060 --> 00:27:54,360
 And Dalbo basically called out Ole Miss and Pete Golding for going after one of his guys.

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 And he said, enough is enough.

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 I'm going to the NCAA.

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 And I don't know if you're caught or not, but the NCAA is siding with Dalbo.

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 They're going to be looking at Pete Golding and Ole Miss for tampering charges, BB.

442
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 They literally, he came out and just publicly documented the tampering of Ole Miss.

445
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 I mean, even giving times.

446
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 Yeah.

447
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 As times and dates, Cal linebacker Luke Forelli, who they had talked with him over and over again.

448
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 And then, of course, at the end, he didn't answer a couple of texts and they got suspicious and found out that he had done that.

449
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 But the NCAA has noted, yes, they are looking into this right now.

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 It is an absolute pleasure for us to welcome in the man who is the super voice when he comes to upcoming on the Super Bowl.

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572
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 Bruce Marshall, welcome in.

573
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 How are you?

574
00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:27,120
 Hey, pretty good.

575
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 Just one more to go in football, and we'll finally be over with it.

576
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 Are you a fan of this, Bruce, this waiting, or would you like to just go ahead and jump in this week with the Super Bowl?

577
00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:40,140
 I'd rather jump right in with it, to tell you the truth.

578
00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:42,160
 That's actually happened.

579
00:35:42,720 --> 00:35:47,500
 There have been a couple of Super Bowls where you've had just the one week.

580
00:35:47,780 --> 00:35:55,080
 Actually, back to Super Bowl 4, the Chiefs-Vikings, that was just a week, believe it or not, the year before the merger.

581
00:35:55,080 --> 00:36:03,740
 And a couple since then, the strike years did that, 82, and then I think 87 did that as well.

582
00:36:04,660 --> 00:36:07,740
 But it's happened a couple times, but it's always this two-week gap.

583
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:11,940
 And by the time you get to the game, we're just sort of ready for it all to get over with.

584
00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:14,800
 Bruce, only you, the historian, would know that.

585
00:36:14,820 --> 00:36:16,500
 I don't even remember what I had for breakfast this morning.

586
00:36:16,560 --> 00:36:18,400
 You're going back to the Super Bowl 4.

587
00:36:18,780 --> 00:36:20,180
 I am totally impressed.

588
00:36:20,180 --> 00:36:27,000
 But I tell you what, there's all kinds of, there's always the X's and the O's, but it's also a chance to get into the Jimmys and Joes.

589
00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:30,160
 And who has a better story than Mr. Backup, Sam Darnold?

590
00:36:30,220 --> 00:36:32,640
 I don't think he's missing the New York Jets these days, do you?

591
00:36:32,700 --> 00:36:39,680
 And the money he was making then compared to now, not only being no longer a backup, he is up front and center with Seattle.

592
00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:41,320
 Yeah, he is.

593
00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:49,320
 And that really convinced me last week because I had been a Darnold doubter up until last week.

594
00:36:49,400 --> 00:36:50,500
 But he really stepped up good.

595
00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:56,040
 And this is sort of an interesting angle, the way Seattle played this year.

596
00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:59,600
 They were okay to move Geno Smith out.

597
00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:04,840
 And they didn't spend huge on Darnold.

598
00:37:04,920 --> 00:37:09,960
 They spent pretty good money, but it's not Mahomes-like money on the quarterback.

599
00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:22,840
 So, and that's sort of a new way of thinking around the league is that maybe you don't need to, you know, get the Josh Allen of the Mahomes, you know, spend all that money on the quarterback.

600
00:37:23,140 --> 00:37:31,640
 You can spend good money, but not break the bank and get a guy like Tarnold who can manage it, manage the team well enough and just get the rest of the team right.

601
00:37:32,180 --> 00:37:34,240
 And the rest of the team is right for Seattle here.

602
00:37:34,240 --> 00:37:39,500
 So I'm actually, I don't think he's a detriment anymore, not the way he played last week.

603
00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:45,440
 Speaking of offense, Alabama fans want to know, how did Seattle get to the Super Bowl without Ryan Grubb, Bruce?

604
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 Yes, I know.

605
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 Oh, I know.

606
00:37:48,980 --> 00:37:50,100
 That's true.

607
00:37:50,740 --> 00:37:51,480
 That's true.

608
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 After his one year there last year.

609
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 But it's a little different mix here with Seattle and McDonald's second year there.

610
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 I think they sort of figured it out.

611
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 And Kubiak's done a really good job with them this year with the offense.

612
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 So it's just the pieces just seem to fit this year for the Seahawks.

613
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 I think that's one of the reasons why they're in the Super Bowl.

614
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 I know they've had some injuries of running back with Charbonnet, Kenneth Walker.

615
00:38:21,260 --> 00:38:25,080
 In fact, they had run, I think, until that Rams game.

616
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 They'd run for 170-something yards a game.

617
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 And they've been much more balanced.

618
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:33,760
 All right, now, historian, I got one for you.

619
00:38:34,740 --> 00:38:38,720
 Alabama's had three starting quarterbacks in the Super Bowl.

620
00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:39,220
 Yeah.

621
00:38:39,420 --> 00:38:42,240
 Mark Dar, 67 through 68.

622
00:38:43,100 --> 00:38:50,360
 Joe Namath, of course, with one of the greatest stepsets, if not the, in the Super Bowl history in 69.

623
00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:51,240
 Yeah.

624
00:38:51,240 --> 00:38:57,160
 Ken Stabler in 1977 when the Raiders beat Minnesota.

625
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 I found this amazing.

626
00:39:00,580 --> 00:39:05,960
 USC, and Harold mentioned Sam Darnold, and no question, he's really come on.

627
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:08,340
 All right, now, confirm this for me.

628
00:39:08,760 --> 00:39:17,360
 USC, with all of their quarterback tradition, has never had a quarterback start a Super Bowl.

629
00:39:17,500 --> 00:39:18,700
 Is that correct?

630
00:39:20,140 --> 00:39:26,920
 I think that's true because I'm looking at all the SC quarterbacks in the past.

631
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 I don't think.

632
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 Here's one for you.

633
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 There was an SC quarterback who played in the first Super Bowl.

634
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 In fact, he is the only quarterback still surviving from the first Super Bowl.

635
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 Pete Beathard came in.

636
00:39:44,120 --> 00:39:45,140
 Oh, yeah, of course.

637
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 For Len Dawson.

638
00:39:49,140 --> 00:39:49,980
 But you're right.

639
00:39:50,100 --> 00:39:57,860
 All these, you know, all the SC, you know, the quarterbacks they've had there, I don't think, you know, they have.

640
00:39:57,860 --> 00:40:04,540
 Carson Palmer never made it, you know, and, you know, various others, various others.

641
00:40:04,720 --> 00:40:06,400
 So, Darnold, yeah, I guess he would be the first.

642
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 And if you ever go to Jeopardy, remember that.

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644
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 Let's go to the other side of the equation.

645
00:40:13,240 --> 00:40:14,520
 The New England Patriots.

646
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 And speaking of quarterbacks, one-time Alabama commit, Drake May.

647
00:40:19,380 --> 00:40:23,720
 Bruce, help us with the pronunciation of the former Patriot coach.

648
00:40:23,820 --> 00:40:26,700
 Is it Bill Belichick or Bill Belichick?

649
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:28,740
 What's he thinking this week?

650
00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:32,320
 Well, whatever you call him.

651
00:40:34,940 --> 00:40:36,340
 It's funny we bring it up.

652
00:40:36,460 --> 00:40:43,260
 This is the only time we're mentioning Belichick now because after North Carolina lost that opener to TCU, we didn't talk about him anymore.

653
00:40:43,340 --> 00:40:44,920
 But, yeah, here is a New England back.

654
00:40:45,840 --> 00:40:46,740
 This is interesting.

655
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:59,800
 I think it's just a very, very odd confluence of factors have contributed here to New England, making it all the way to the Super Bowl, including last week.

656
00:40:59,800 --> 00:41:07,640
 And, you know, and I'm not making this up if you listen to Denver Talk Radio or read the sports pages this week.

657
00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:10,520
 Sean Payton is really, really getting it.

658
00:41:11,240 --> 00:41:16,320
 Not picking that field goal in the second quarter in a game that figured to be a low-scoring game.

659
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:24,740
 A two-score lead is gold, especially when your defense is playing that well and you've got bad weather on the way.

660
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:31,320
 I mean, that was a no-brainer to kick that field goal to go up 10-0 before the conditions really got bad.

661
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:32,860
 It's going to be like a 30-yard field goal.

662
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:35,720
 Let's can make that 10-0 in a game like that.

663
00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:43,900
 I mean, everything changes, and they went, and they said there was just a collective gasp out of the stadium when Payton went for it.

664
00:41:43,980 --> 00:41:47,720
 And he sort of said, yeah, maybe I should have, but he's not really saying.

665
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:50,460
 He's saying I should have called the run play and not the pass play.

666
00:41:50,540 --> 00:41:51,480
 He's missing the point.

667
00:41:51,580 --> 00:41:52,460
 Kick the field goal there.

668
00:41:53,260 --> 00:41:56,540
 It's obvious, and he's really getting it in Denver this week.

669
00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:01,980
 But, you know, you look at the Patriots, you know, what's happened in the AFC this year.

670
00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:04,860
 You had Patrick Mahomes get hurt.

671
00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:06,540
 You had Joe Burrow get hurt.

672
00:42:06,720 --> 00:42:08,660
 You had Lamar Jackson get hurt.

673
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:15,500
 You had the conference sort of collapse around the Patriots.

674
00:42:15,620 --> 00:42:19,780
 The schedule broke incredibly well for them, including all the way through last week.

675
00:42:19,880 --> 00:42:21,160
 You get Denver without Bo Nix.

676
00:42:22,100 --> 00:42:27,200
 You got, you know, they had Cincinnati right before Joe Burrow came back.

677
00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:32,140
 Baltimore was vulnerable when they got them, even when they beat Buffalo.

678
00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:34,920
 Okay, they're winning these games, so I don't want to take that away from them.

679
00:42:35,540 --> 00:42:36,620
 But that was the point in the season.

680
00:42:36,760 --> 00:42:38,420
 Buffalo was losing some games in midseason.

681
00:42:38,560 --> 00:42:39,600
 They lost a game in Miami.

682
00:42:39,720 --> 00:42:41,320
 They lost a game to Atlanta.

683
00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:44,220
 I mean, they were sort of a little flat period there.

684
00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:48,760
 Everything has just fallen so perfectly right for New England.

685
00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:51,360
 And if I'm the Patriots, I'm a little concerned.

686
00:42:51,500 --> 00:42:56,740
 I don't want to get down on Drake May last week because no quarterback was going to put up good numbers in those conditions.

687
00:42:56,740 --> 00:42:57,180
 No.

688
00:42:57,520 --> 00:43:00,340
 But he hasn't played a good game in the playoffs yet.

689
00:43:00,440 --> 00:43:03,540
 He's been sacked five times each of the first three games.

690
00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:06,620
 And they've sort of just survived.

691
00:43:06,740 --> 00:43:10,060
 They've been the last one standing in the AFC.

692
00:43:10,260 --> 00:43:14,220
 But I think this is a much, much tougher test they're going to get in Santa Clara.

693
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:20,380
 And not only that, I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but how many touchdowns has this Seattle defense given up in the playoffs?

694
00:43:20,380 --> 00:43:23,580
 The last time I looked, Bruce, it was a big fat goose egg, zero.

695
00:43:23,700 --> 00:43:24,360
 That's amazing.

696
00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:28,400
 Yeah, I mean, they're really, really tough.

697
00:43:28,540 --> 00:43:34,880
 And I really think the Rams are probably the only team that could have beaten them.

698
00:43:34,980 --> 00:43:44,460
 And, oh, by the way, I mean, talking about strategy, this is not a good weekend for Sean's because I really wonder why McVeigh did not go for a two-point conversion there,

699
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:47,660
 especially the second touchdown in the fourth quarter.

700
00:43:47,660 --> 00:43:49,960
 When you get down 31-26, it's pretty automatic.

701
00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:51,300
 They're going for the two.

702
00:43:52,380 --> 00:43:57,500
 It's still a one-score game if they kick a field goal the other way, and you've got a chance to get within three.

703
00:43:57,620 --> 00:43:59,540
 And that would have certainly helped them late.

704
00:44:00,020 --> 00:44:04,200
 And they sort of, you know, wouldn't have had to go for broke, and they could have probably forced overtime.

705
00:44:04,460 --> 00:44:11,560
 So strategy-wise, I think McVeigh really dropped the ball in that game, and Seattle took advantage.

706
00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:17,040
 And I really think that was probably the Super Bowl West on Sunday we saw up in Seattle.

707
00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:25,160
 I know everybody wants to talk about these two quarterbacks and the offenses, but both of these guys have got very good defenses.

708
00:44:26,020 --> 00:44:30,600
 Brable was known for it when he coached the Titans in Nashville.

709
00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:41,080
 Christian Barmore, who really, one of the games came into his own, was the national championship game in 2020 when Alabama beat Ohio State.

710
00:44:41,180 --> 00:44:42,400
 He's been disrupted.

711
00:44:42,620 --> 00:44:46,180
 They've got two good linebackers in Ellis, in Spillane.

712
00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:50,660
 Give me your thoughts on Brable.

713
00:44:50,660 --> 00:44:55,800
 I think Tennessee fans, or at least the administration, got bored with him.

714
00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:58,360
 And he's gone up there, and you're right.

715
00:44:58,620 --> 00:45:02,380
 They've just had one of those years to where the schedule failed just right.

716
00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:04,040
 Your thoughts on Brable?

717
00:45:04,720 --> 00:45:06,560
 Yeah, I think he's coach of the year.

718
00:45:07,160 --> 00:45:10,840
 And this is a – I mean, McDonald would be in that mix, too.

719
00:45:10,920 --> 00:45:16,020
 And you've got Ben Johnson in Chicago and Lincoln and Jacksonville and some others.

720
00:45:16,120 --> 00:45:18,800
 But I think this is a masterpiece by Brable.

721
00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:24,560
 I mean, his first year there, I think he is probably really glad to be out of Tennessee.

722
00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:26,500
 And how do they feel now?

723
00:45:26,500 --> 00:45:31,920
 They're going to be on their third coach, you know, since they moved him out in just a little over a year.

724
00:45:33,220 --> 00:45:38,600
 No, he's done a magnificent job, and that defense is very good.

725
00:45:38,720 --> 00:45:43,380
 I mean, the defense turned around both of those first two games.

726
00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:51,460
 They really kept the Chargers in check and really got into C.J. Stroud's head in the second game.

727
00:45:51,560 --> 00:45:55,020
 I thought Houston was actually sort of a little in control that game in the second quarter.

728
00:45:55,160 --> 00:45:57,720
 And then they just got to Stroud, and he completely imploded.

729
00:45:58,440 --> 00:45:59,880
 So, they can do that.

730
00:45:59,960 --> 00:46:01,320
 Now, they have those two games at home.

731
00:46:02,220 --> 00:46:05,820
 And, you know, last week once they – well, the snow helped out last week, too.

732
00:46:06,220 --> 00:46:09,740
 By the way, one thing I just brought this up to some Denver guys, too.

733
00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:17,580
 And, again, knocking Sean Payton a bit, but when that – the conditions got really bad there in the second half,

734
00:46:17,660 --> 00:46:19,380
 no passing game was going to work.

735
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:27,980
 And New England, I knew it was May, you know, New England's offense was about three or four runs by May,

736
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:32,240
 including that really clever bootleg to kill the clock right at the end.

737
00:46:32,240 --> 00:46:40,100
 But what's wrong about running some Wildcat and use Sam Ellinger in there in the fourth day where Denver was not going to move an inch

738
00:46:40,100 --> 00:46:41,240
 with Stidham in the second half?

739
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:45,220
 You know, they got – Ellinger's a really good running quarterback.

740
00:46:45,660 --> 00:46:46,740
 Do something a little different.

741
00:46:46,980 --> 00:46:49,000
 You know, you had to make something happen.

742
00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:52,600
 And May's ability to run saved the game for New England.

743
00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:54,420
 Denver could have used that with Ellinger.

744
00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:57,440
 I thought I'm not second-guessing this because I texted some people at the time.

745
00:46:57,540 --> 00:46:59,100
 I said Denver should do this, but they didn't.

746
00:47:00,140 --> 00:47:03,380
 But bottom line is Rabel has pushed the right buttons.

747
00:47:03,800 --> 00:47:05,080
 He is going to win coach of the year.

748
00:47:05,140 --> 00:47:05,660
 He should.

749
00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:12,000
 And, you know, they probably – they wasted that year with Jared Mayo last year.

750
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:14,320
 They probably could have brought Rabel in last year,

751
00:47:14,460 --> 00:47:18,880
 but they felt like they owed that to Mayo after being there under Belichick.

752
00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:21,100
 But, man, that's turned out to be a great hire.

753
00:47:21,220 --> 00:47:22,500
 And he's a great coach.

754
00:47:22,800 --> 00:47:23,320
 He really is.

755
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:28,260
 Bruce Marshall got it all going on in Vegas as well, Vegas Insider amongst other places.

756
00:47:28,380 --> 00:47:29,300
 I want to make sure I'm clear.

757
00:47:29,420 --> 00:47:31,560
 I said that the Seahawks defense hadn't given any touchdowns.

758
00:47:31,660 --> 00:47:35,260
 Obviously, I meant before taking on the Rams, they scored some.

759
00:47:35,420 --> 00:47:37,900
 But the Seahawks, at that point, have been pretty stingy.

760
00:47:38,000 --> 00:47:39,620
 Let's switch gears if you don't mind, Bruce.

761
00:47:40,100 --> 00:47:40,800
 Go basketball.

762
00:47:41,160 --> 00:47:43,100
 Alabama doing something they haven't done in a while.

763
00:47:43,180 --> 00:47:46,720
 And that's lose back-to-back games at home.

764
00:47:47,240 --> 00:47:49,780
 Your thoughts about this team, injuries and all.

765
00:47:49,880 --> 00:47:51,580
 But, nonetheless, they had the home cooking.

766
00:47:51,580 --> 00:47:58,920
 And tonight, a chance to go against a team from Missouri, which, if you look at the numbers, has a better slate to date than Alabama.

767
00:48:00,220 --> 00:48:05,040
 Yeah, I mean, it's been a little, you know, bumpy here for Bama.

768
00:48:05,260 --> 00:48:07,540
 You know, the recent losses.

769
00:48:07,720 --> 00:48:09,020
 I mean, they're close in all these games.

770
00:48:09,140 --> 00:48:13,320
 The Texas game and the Tennessee game close.

771
00:48:13,440 --> 00:48:14,840
 The Vanderbilt game was close.

772
00:48:14,920 --> 00:48:16,940
 But they are falling a little bit short.

773
00:48:18,300 --> 00:48:24,940
 So, this is, I mean, we're still talking, I think, 11, 12 SEC teams probably in the dance.

774
00:48:25,640 --> 00:48:28,660
 But this might not be easy tonight.

775
00:48:28,740 --> 00:48:32,240
 Speaking about close games, Missouri's playing a lot of those lately.

776
00:48:33,380 --> 00:48:37,620
 And they have done a little better than I thought.

777
00:48:37,620 --> 00:48:42,700
 I mean, they've come on and done some things in recent games.

778
00:48:42,820 --> 00:48:46,620
 Mitchell, the forward, is putting up some pretty good numbers.

779
00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:50,640
 He used to be at Duke, and now he's really coming into his own with Missouri.

780
00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:52,620
 Dennis Gates is getting some wins.

781
00:48:52,740 --> 00:48:57,300
 I think it's going to be a tough game for Bama, like they all are.

782
00:48:57,560 --> 00:49:00,360
 I think they've got, they're not going to play themselves out of the field.

783
00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:04,320
 But I think you're probably looking like a sixth seed now, probably.

784
00:49:04,600 --> 00:49:08,280
 And that could drop down a little bit further if they don't win a few of these games coming up.

785
00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:14,460
 Auburn may have had the best win in the SEC the entire year.

786
00:49:14,460 --> 00:49:19,120
 Ending a 30-year losing streak to the Gators.

787
00:49:19,520 --> 00:49:23,140
 And they really and truly did a masterful job.

788
00:49:23,300 --> 00:49:25,100
 Condon at one point.

789
00:49:26,860 --> 00:49:30,080
 Chinilu, who has had 21 rebounds twice.

790
00:49:30,800 --> 00:49:36,020
 He did his thing in the first half, but they slowed him down in the second half.

791
00:49:36,140 --> 00:49:42,800
 Now, Auburn hosts, I think, an improved Texas team who beat Alabama a couple weeks ago.

792
00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:49,940
 And Sean Miller, when you give this some time, he's going to do very well at Texas.

793
00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:56,180
 Alabama plays Florida in Gainesville on a rare Sunday afternoon game.

794
00:49:56,180 --> 00:49:59,620
 I think it's noon on Sunday.

795
00:49:59,900 --> 00:50:03,120
 Your thoughts on the Auburn win in Alabama.

796
00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:05,440
 Florida is a bad matchup for Alabama.

797
00:50:06,500 --> 00:50:07,460
 Yeah, Florida.

798
00:50:07,740 --> 00:50:10,920
 I was shocked by that game with Auburn winning.

799
00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:14,120
 And they were really in control of that game in the first half.

800
00:50:14,220 --> 00:50:14,820
 And you're right.

801
00:50:14,900 --> 00:50:16,660
 They kept condon to basically nothing.

802
00:50:17,100 --> 00:50:19,420
 And it was Huff that was doing all the business for them.

803
00:50:19,500 --> 00:50:22,020
 The guards, Boogie and Xavier and Lee, didn't do much either.

804
00:50:22,160 --> 00:50:28,220
 So it was just an all-around great effort for Coach Steven Pearl there to win that game.

805
00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:34,200
 I still think, you know, Florida had been looking really good in a nice win streak in the last week.

806
00:50:34,240 --> 00:50:37,220
 And I think they probably bounced back tomorrow at South Carolina.

807
00:50:37,340 --> 00:50:38,480
 They're going to have to play some points.

808
00:50:39,640 --> 00:50:42,060
 But at home, I still wouldn't.

809
00:50:42,920 --> 00:50:46,320
 I don't want to say that was an outlier effort against Auburn, but maybe it was.

810
00:50:46,320 --> 00:50:48,840
 Now they're at home again this weekend against Alabama.

811
00:50:49,120 --> 00:50:50,980
 I would not probably bet against Florida.

812
00:50:51,160 --> 00:50:56,300
 I still think they have as much a chance to make a deep run in this league as anybody.

813
00:50:56,680 --> 00:51:00,080
 And especially since they seem to have figured some things out.

814
00:51:00,720 --> 00:51:01,820
 That front line is very good.

815
00:51:01,880 --> 00:51:04,520
 And if those guards start to play, they're going to be tough to beat.

816
00:51:04,560 --> 00:51:05,700
 But that was a great win for Auburn.

817
00:51:05,820 --> 00:51:05,960
 Yep.

818
00:51:06,640 --> 00:51:13,780
 Let me ask you in two minutes, your thoughts on Charles Bidiaco, what Nate Odds is trying to do there.

819
00:51:13,780 --> 00:51:16,420
 We see both sides of it.

820
00:51:16,540 --> 00:51:19,040
 And a lot of Alabama fans did not like it.

821
00:51:19,500 --> 00:51:21,860
 But in today's climate, they understand it.

822
00:51:22,760 --> 00:51:25,260
 And Charles was going to have a hearing this morning.

823
00:51:25,380 --> 00:51:29,000
 It's been postponed because of the weather for 10 days.

824
00:51:29,260 --> 00:51:31,100
 Bruce, your thoughts on that situation?

825
00:51:31,860 --> 00:51:34,760
 Yeah, the whole Bidiaco thing is strange.

826
00:51:35,200 --> 00:51:39,600
 And we've seen a couple of other of these players come in.

827
00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:41,580
 I saw one the other night in Santa Clara.

828
00:51:41,760 --> 00:51:42,080
 I saw one of them.

829
00:51:42,240 --> 00:51:45,160
 Garland was a G League guy.

830
00:51:45,420 --> 00:51:54,260
 But the degree of controversy about this, I find kind of, if it's not ironic, it's sure curious.

831
00:51:54,860 --> 00:52:03,920
 We're in an environment now where Nill is paying these players a lot more than what they might be getting if they get drafted into the gym.

832
00:52:03,920 --> 00:52:04,400
 That's right.

833
00:52:05,400 --> 00:52:09,360
 So what is the brouhaha about here?

834
00:52:09,720 --> 00:52:14,820
 I mean, the college players are effectively pros now.

835
00:52:15,220 --> 00:52:24,960
 So I don't see what the problem is here for a guy who got drafted or whatever in G League and didn't play in the NBA.

836
00:52:25,040 --> 00:52:26,720
 If you play in the NBA, I can understand that.

837
00:52:26,920 --> 00:52:31,840
 But guys who didn't, you know, the college guys are pros now.

838
00:52:31,980 --> 00:52:33,780
 So what's the controversy about?

839
00:52:34,060 --> 00:52:37,940
 This is much too big of a deal made about this thing.

840
00:52:38,260 --> 00:52:44,680
 And it's a couple of guys trying to stand on a hill like Izzo and a few others about what's going on with college sports.

841
00:52:44,840 --> 00:52:46,080
 This is not the problem.

842
00:52:46,080 --> 00:52:50,920
 The problem is the runaway Nill and the problem is everything else that goes on with college sports.

843
00:52:51,020 --> 00:52:55,860
 And I think this is so far down the list, and I really can't believe they've made such a big deal.

844
00:52:55,920 --> 00:53:02,420
 I hope that Iaco, you know, gets back in there, and then I guess he has, and they'll let him play.

845
00:53:02,620 --> 00:53:03,040
 What the heck?

846
00:53:04,460 --> 00:53:05,800
 They're paying the Kentucky.

847
00:53:06,380 --> 00:53:08,540
 Kentucky's been paying their guys for a long time, too.

848
00:53:08,540 --> 00:53:13,860
 Yeah, that's an institution in Lexington.

849
00:53:14,060 --> 00:53:15,000
 You're exactly right.

850
00:53:15,120 --> 00:53:16,060
 Great stuff.

851
00:53:16,220 --> 00:53:19,600
 We'll pick the Super Bowl with you next week.

852
00:53:19,660 --> 00:53:21,900
 But a lot of good basketball going on.

853
00:53:22,100 --> 00:53:27,980
 I know you covered all the National Hockey League, NBA, everything.

854
00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:32,240
 But big college basketball tonight and last night.

855
00:53:32,340 --> 00:53:37,840
 Big win for Arizona coming back to beat BYU or holding on, more or less.

856
00:53:38,240 --> 00:53:42,320
 Where can we get online and get those 27 platforms that you're on?

857
00:53:42,480 --> 00:53:44,440
 Yeah, Tuesday's a good night.

858
00:53:44,440 --> 00:53:48,640
 I love this night in college hoops because it's not too overloaded with low major leagues.

859
00:53:49,120 --> 00:53:50,980
 And it's a good mid-major action.

860
00:53:51,180 --> 00:53:53,000
 You've got A-10, you've got Missouri Valley, Mountain West.

861
00:53:53,140 --> 00:53:55,300
 It's a good Tuesdays are good and a couple SECs tonight.

862
00:53:55,420 --> 00:53:58,160
 Like Kentucky Vanderbilt.

863
00:53:58,340 --> 00:53:59,260
 That's a good one tonight, too.

864
00:53:59,600 --> 00:54:00,840
 Anyway, picks I got up there.

865
00:54:01,320 --> 00:54:05,240
 Basketball, hockey, and the rest up at VegasInsider.com.

866
00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:07,660
 Also, CBSSportsLine, SportsLine.com.

867
00:54:07,760 --> 00:54:11,040
 And picks with a different twist up there at WinnersAndWiners.com.

868
00:54:11,500 --> 00:54:14,340
 Sounds great, Bruce.

869
00:54:14,440 --> 00:54:15,380
 Send us some sunshine.

870
00:54:15,600 --> 00:54:16,740
 Let's do it again soon, okay?

871
00:54:17,560 --> 00:54:18,540
 Have a good week, boys.

872
00:54:18,600 --> 00:54:19,000
 Thank you.

873
00:54:19,100 --> 00:54:19,640
 You too, Billy.

874
00:54:19,700 --> 00:54:20,260
 Thank you so much.

875
00:54:20,320 --> 00:54:21,440
 Bruce Marshall hooking up with us.

876
00:54:21,480 --> 00:54:22,880
 We'll see you there with the Las Vegas Insider.

877
00:54:22,980 --> 00:54:24,040
 Quickly, remember the name.

878
00:54:24,780 --> 00:54:26,120
 Brian Dable, BB.

879
00:54:26,460 --> 00:54:26,840
 Oh, yeah.

880
00:54:27,360 --> 00:54:30,660
 He's a former Alabama offensive coordinator, head coach of the Giants.

881
00:54:30,720 --> 00:54:32,540
 Looks like he's going to be moving back close to us.

882
00:54:33,020 --> 00:54:37,360
 Word is he'll be the new offensive coordinator of the Tennessee Titans.

883
00:54:38,160 --> 00:54:41,680
 These coaches just go to the closet and add another shirt to the coordinator.

884
00:54:41,920 --> 00:54:44,540
 They've got a closet full of different teams.

885
00:54:44,700 --> 00:54:46,920
 Coming up the next time, I'm going to be taking you all over the place.

886
00:54:47,000 --> 00:54:48,300
 Joe Cox all over the SEC.

887
00:54:48,900 --> 00:54:52,960
 Thomas Ashworth trying to make sense of what's going on in the high school world of sports in Alabama.

888
00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:56,500
 And Kurt McNair back and more straight ahead.

889
00:54:56,580 --> 00:54:57,240
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 Oh, how tender.

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 And over to Becca who's whispering affirmations to her can.

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953
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 1819 News.

954
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 A task force has been created by a group of Republican senators, including U.S. Senator

955
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 Tommy Tuberville.

956
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 The mission of this task force is to investigate fraud within federal funding that is connected

957
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 to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Senate Committee.

958
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 Tuberville said that the issue of fraud has to be tackled aggressively on all sides so as

959
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 not to abuse the American taxpayer.

960
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 Tuberville referred to the $19 billion fraud schemes that have been exposed in the state of

961
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 Minnesota that have been conducted by Somalian refugees.

962
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 Tuberville also blames Minnesota Governor Tim Walz for allowing the federal funds to flow

963
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 unchecked to these fake Somalian daycares and other businesses.

964
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 Tuberville says this task force will work to ensure that every cent allocated to programs

965
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 involving education, health, labor, and pensions are being used for their intended purposes.

966
00:58:59,960 --> 00:59:02,600
 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this.

967
00:59:02,860 --> 00:59:07,140
 Some of the greatest blessings is just having the people that care about you, to have someone

968
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 that's just going to love you and make you feel important.

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 They encourage you to be in church.

970
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 They encourage you to be in prayer.

971
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 They encourage you to be in your Bible.

972
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 My house parents planted seeds in me that you can see where those seeds have sprouted in

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975
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 Big Oak Ranch, a Christian home for children needing a chance.

976
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 A dentist from Evergreen is facing arson charges and insurance fraud charges.

977
00:59:34,420 --> 00:59:38,840
 Dr. Douglas O'Connor was booked in the Connecuh County Jail as a result of a 10-month investigation

978
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 into an explosion that occurred at his dental practice.

979
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 The Alabama State Fire Marshal's Office and the Alabama Attorney General's Office

980
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 worked together on this case.

981
00:59:46,960 --> 00:59:50,060
 The National Weather Service is confirming another tornado landed in Alabama

982
00:59:50,060 --> 00:59:52,980
 during the severe weather that entered the state this past weekend.

983
00:59:53,200 --> 00:59:57,900
 The EF2 tornado hit the downtown area of Geneva with winds of 150 miles per hour.

984
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 It created a three-mile path of damage and was on the ground for four minutes.

985
01:00:02,440 --> 01:00:03,140
 I'm Andrea Tice.

986
01:00:03,460 --> 01:00:06,900
 For more news affecting Alabamians, go to 1819news.com.

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988
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 Join us for U&A Basketball Night from 7 to 8.30 p.m. on Monday nights from Lost Pizza Shoals.

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 Go inside the U&A Basketball Programs with head coaches Tony Pujol and Candy Whitaker.

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 A go-ahead two-run homer over the high left field wall at Auburn.

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1014
01:02:13,300 --> 01:02:18,700
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1015
01:02:19,260 --> 01:02:20,120
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1016
01:02:20,200 --> 01:02:23,020
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1017
01:02:23,100 --> 01:02:25,700
 Thank you so much for giving us your ride around the Tennessee Valley.

1018
01:02:25,820 --> 01:02:28,260
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1023
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 The contract extended going into the future with the Alabama Crimson Tide Network.

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1026
01:02:49,260 --> 01:02:52,780
 Well, The Score is the voice for Alabama athletics.

1027
01:02:52,780 --> 01:02:59,920
 Again, football and men's and women's basketball, baseball, softball, hey, coach, you name it.

1028
01:03:00,100 --> 01:03:04,020
 93.9 The Score covers Alabama athletics.

1029
01:03:04,480 --> 01:03:09,460
 It's been a staple of what has been up and down and basically taken a bomb to it.

1030
01:03:09,520 --> 01:03:12,540
 High school sports over the last few days.

1031
01:03:13,080 --> 01:03:16,380
 Thomas Ashworth here to talk about that more from AL.com.

1032
01:03:16,480 --> 01:03:17,820
 Thomas, welcome in.

1033
01:03:17,900 --> 01:03:18,700
 How are you?

1034
01:03:19,460 --> 01:03:20,000
 Hey, doing good.

1035
01:03:20,060 --> 01:03:20,540
 How are y'all doing?

1036
01:03:20,920 --> 01:03:21,220
 Good, man.

1037
01:03:21,320 --> 01:03:22,420
 And we're trying to figure out.

1038
01:03:22,460 --> 01:03:24,880
 It's almost like they took this big jigsaw puzzle.

1039
01:03:25,480 --> 01:03:26,460
 You looked at the box.

1040
01:03:26,540 --> 01:03:27,420
 You saw the picture.

1041
01:03:27,600 --> 01:03:28,540
 They opened the box.

1042
01:03:29,060 --> 01:03:31,220
 They threw all the pieces in the air and it came down.

1043
01:03:31,300 --> 01:03:33,680
 It's like, my gosh, how are we ever going to put this thing together?

1044
01:03:34,440 --> 01:03:36,740
 Thomas, your thoughts about where things are

1045
01:03:36,740 --> 01:03:45,160
 and your understanding of the central board approving reclassification for 26, 27, and 27, 28 school years.

1046
01:03:46,140 --> 01:03:50,660
 Yeah, just, I mean, going back even to a few days before the decision,

1047
01:03:50,820 --> 01:03:53,760
 it seemed like just nobody really knew what was going to happen.

1048
01:03:54,120 --> 01:03:58,720
 You hear from coaches and ADs and you kind of hear something different from everybody.

1049
01:03:59,160 --> 01:04:01,160
 You know, they're going to split.

1050
01:04:01,300 --> 01:04:02,520
 They're going to stay the same.

1051
01:04:02,580 --> 01:04:04,040
 They're going to kick it down the road a couple of years.

1052
01:04:04,040 --> 01:04:06,280
 It's just kind of nobody really knew.

1053
01:04:06,600 --> 01:04:10,520
 But, yeah, like you said, just a landmark decision, obviously.

1054
01:04:11,000 --> 01:04:16,400
 First time in 104 years that schools are going to be playing for different championships in the HSAA.

1055
01:04:17,580 --> 01:04:19,020
 You know, it's surprising.

1056
01:04:19,300 --> 01:04:25,800
 I mean, I think a lot of coaches and athletic directors are kind of in that same headspace of, you know,

1057
01:04:25,820 --> 01:04:30,980
 it's a surprise, some disappointing, mostly disappointing results.

1058
01:04:31,180 --> 01:04:32,980
 But they're just going to have to see how it goes.

1059
01:04:32,980 --> 01:04:36,360
 And I think there's a lot that we can learn in the next couple of years from this.

1060
01:04:36,460 --> 01:04:42,500
 And, you know, there's nothing stopping the central board from the next reclassification cycle saying,

1061
01:04:42,920 --> 01:04:44,860
 oh, this isn't working, let's change it.

1062
01:04:44,960 --> 01:04:47,400
 You know, there's nothing saying that they can't do that.

1063
01:04:47,680 --> 01:04:51,700
 But, you know, like you said, for the next two years, and we'll talk about it a little more,

1064
01:04:51,780 --> 01:04:53,540
 but just a landmark decision.

1065
01:04:54,200 --> 01:05:00,120
 You know, coaches are seemingly and rightfully so in kind of that situation of, well, this is what we're dealt.

1066
01:05:00,200 --> 01:05:02,600
 We're just going to have to, you know, deal with it.

1067
01:05:02,940 --> 01:05:07,860
 And there's a lot of decisions and a lot of, you know, factors that are going to play into it.

1068
01:05:07,860 --> 01:05:09,160
 What is the playoff going to look like?

1069
01:05:09,500 --> 01:05:11,300
 You know, how is travel going to work?

1070
01:05:11,580 --> 01:05:16,580
 Is there going to be some time to help with some of these schools that are having to travel four hours every single week?

1071
01:05:16,680 --> 01:05:19,980
 You know, there's just a lot of questions that are going to have to be answered.

1072
01:05:20,860 --> 01:05:25,900
 Ryan Thomas, just listening to that there, did the board ever come back with an old-fashioned approach to life?

1073
01:05:25,960 --> 01:05:28,020
 It's called common sense and communication.

1074
01:05:28,800 --> 01:05:33,400
 To me, what they should do is, if you've got a reason, state those reasons why you're doing it.

1075
01:05:33,420 --> 01:05:37,240
 In other words, it means that the old system, at least in their views, was broken.

1076
01:05:37,340 --> 01:05:38,420
 What was broken about it?

1077
01:05:39,280 --> 01:05:45,060
 How are they going to sit here and tell these parents to spend money and time away from class going from three to four hours away?

1078
01:05:45,620 --> 01:05:49,220
 And what would be wrong with Thomas sitting down, especially in this modern era?

1079
01:05:49,220 --> 01:05:50,020
 You've got a smartphone.

1080
01:05:50,280 --> 01:05:50,900
 You've got the Internet.

1081
01:05:51,480 --> 01:05:54,580
 And doing a poll with the coaches and say, guys, we want to make some changes.

1082
01:05:55,180 --> 01:06:03,540
 But before we do, you're closer to the epicenter than us in some central office, sitting here with a bow tie on and making executive decisions and feeding their egos.

1083
01:06:03,740 --> 01:06:11,300
 What would be wrong with the board, at least going initially the way to the coaches and asking them how to improve the old system first?

1084
01:06:12,140 --> 01:06:14,940
 Well, I mean, you're certainly raising some good points there.

1085
01:06:14,940 --> 01:06:23,640
 And, I mean, you think about, you know, even taking football aside, you know, you look at softball and how are you going to, you know,

1086
01:06:23,820 --> 01:06:29,220
 potentially justify Lee Scott having to drive to Broward with Christian and, you know, some of these schools.

1087
01:06:29,440 --> 01:06:34,000
 And, you know, I think Huntsville kind of got the good end of it as far as that.

1088
01:06:34,040 --> 01:06:37,860
 But, I mean, still, you look at Mars Hill, that's his program that's going to have to travel some as well.

1089
01:06:38,500 --> 01:06:40,940
 There's a lot of schools that are just having to travel.

1090
01:06:41,120 --> 01:06:41,760
 Wynwood as well.

1091
01:06:42,020 --> 01:06:42,800
 They're in Phoenix City.

1092
01:06:42,900 --> 01:06:45,560
 Their closest is Montgomery, and that's like an hour and a half away.

1093
01:06:46,380 --> 01:06:52,040
 But you look at the central board, obviously, you know, it's made up of administrators, principals, ADs.

1094
01:06:52,160 --> 01:06:58,880
 You know, there's obviously Kerry Curtis is a football name and Bibb County's football coach, Matt Geohagan.

1095
01:06:59,520 --> 01:07:01,520
 He's an assistant principal and the head football coach.

1096
01:07:01,800 --> 01:07:06,460
 But, obviously, I'm sure some other, you know, people on this board have been coaches before.

1097
01:07:06,880 --> 01:07:10,360
 But, like you said, I mean, it's certainly a decision that should have been factored in with the coaches.

1098
01:07:11,700 --> 01:07:20,920
 I mean, it doesn't seem like coaches, you know, have one way or another as far as this is bad, this is good, you know, as a conglomerate.

1099
01:07:20,920 --> 01:07:30,840
 But I think as we did our surveys and AL.com ruled that there were four options, and one of them was they should separate them.

1100
01:07:31,300 --> 01:07:37,040
 I think only 9% of coaches voted for that option, for what should happen moving forward.

1101
01:07:37,380 --> 01:07:43,960
 But, like you said, I mean, it's unclear what approach we're taking to hearing these voices.

1102
01:07:45,000 --> 01:07:46,200
 There's certainly a lot of them.

1103
01:07:46,900 --> 01:07:53,140
 But, you know, it's certainly going to lead to evaluating for the future as far as, you know, what our decisions are going to look like moving forward,

1104
01:07:53,260 --> 01:07:55,680
 just because of how big of a landmark decision this one was.

1105
01:07:56,620 --> 01:08:05,100
 Yeah, Louis LeBlanc at Westminster, they interviewed him the other night, I believe, on Channel 48,

1106
01:08:05,500 --> 01:08:11,040
 and he said, Luke, we've got four road games that are going to be between two and a half to four hours.

1107
01:08:12,400 --> 01:08:17,740
 And hopefully they're on Friday night, but that's still going to be, anybody knew it.

1108
01:08:17,840 --> 01:08:23,480
 I mean, again, the teams from North Alabama who had to drive to Mobile last year to play playoff games,

1109
01:08:23,920 --> 01:08:30,980
 Florence and Baker, for example, it's expensive and certainly time-consuming.

1110
01:08:32,280 --> 01:08:35,780
 Let's look at some of the teams that we talk about, that we cover.

1111
01:08:36,660 --> 01:08:37,960
 And I know you mentioned this.

1112
01:08:38,080 --> 01:08:40,740
 Man, I've mentioned this several times.

1113
01:08:40,820 --> 01:08:44,800
 This Class 5A Region 7 is just an absolute gauntlet.

1114
01:08:45,940 --> 01:08:47,740
 You've got teams moving up.

1115
01:08:47,840 --> 01:08:49,220
 Most of them have come down.

1116
01:08:50,300 --> 01:08:58,600
 But in Class 5A Region 7, Athens, Austin, Decatur, East Limestone, Florence, Hartsell,

1117
01:08:58,860 --> 01:09:01,500
 Mustershells, Rustable with Darren Higgins.

1118
01:09:02,460 --> 01:09:04,000
 And we'll talk about that in a minute.

1119
01:09:04,480 --> 01:09:07,360
 That is a tough, tough region, Thomas.

1120
01:09:08,220 --> 01:09:09,140
 Yeah, it is.

1121
01:09:09,260 --> 01:09:13,100
 And, you know, it's ridiculous kind of looking at some of these classifications.

1122
01:09:13,280 --> 01:09:14,380
 Obviously, that's a really good one.

1123
01:09:14,480 --> 01:09:18,280
 You've got Muscle Shoals, Russellville, you know, like you said, getting Coach Higgins.

1124
01:09:18,720 --> 01:09:20,860
 Florence was pretty good last year, obviously.

1125
01:09:22,380 --> 01:09:23,300
 Austin's always good.

1126
01:09:23,400 --> 01:09:24,360
 Athens has Cody Gross.

1127
01:09:24,420 --> 01:09:25,760
 They're always going to be consistent.

1128
01:09:25,920 --> 01:09:30,800
 But you look at some of the makeup of these regions, and you're like, what is going on?

1129
01:09:30,840 --> 01:09:35,700
 I mean, you look at, like, Clay Chalkville in Oxford and, you know, being in the same region as Douglas.

1130
01:09:36,020 --> 01:09:40,180
 Like, that's, I don't, you know, it's obviously no playing against Douglas.

1131
01:09:40,340 --> 01:09:44,820
 But, you know, it's an example of, you know, there's just some kind of safety issue, you know.

1132
01:09:45,100 --> 01:09:49,720
 You're looking at the, you know, obviously, Clay Chalkville won the state championship last year.

1133
01:09:49,740 --> 01:09:55,140
 And you look at some of these other regions, and you see some of these matchups, and you're like, how are these going to hold up?

1134
01:09:55,140 --> 01:10:04,480
 And especially when you're looking at some of these AA private schools, I mean, McGill-Tulin, obviously, is the biggest private school in the state.

1135
01:10:04,580 --> 01:10:11,700
 I think that their enrollment was near 500, and they're expected to compete against Glenwood, who I don't even know if their average enrollment is 200.

1136
01:10:12,540 --> 01:10:17,040
 You know, some of these schools are going to have double and triple on the sidelines.

1137
01:10:17,560 --> 01:10:21,180
 And obviously, that's one of the factors, and that's kind of a tangent in and of itself.

1138
01:10:21,180 --> 01:10:23,980
 But, no, like you said, that's going to be a really good region.

1139
01:10:24,120 --> 01:10:32,560
 There's, you know, right across the way, Albertville is going to be joining a new region with that ARAB-BOAZ region as well.

1140
01:10:33,500 --> 01:10:37,900
 It's just a completely new look of teams, and I think there's some exciting matchups we're going to get back.

1141
01:10:38,020 --> 01:10:41,040
 I think Austin-Muscle Shoals is going to be a fun matchup.

1142
01:10:41,360 --> 01:10:46,320
 Muscle Shoals-Russellville is going to be really fun to have consistently on the schedule as well.

1143
01:10:47,160 --> 01:10:49,280
 You know, Florence playing Muscle Shoals consistently.

1144
01:10:49,860 --> 01:10:54,120
 And that being a region game, even more important, I think, is really interesting as well.

1145
01:10:54,940 --> 01:11:02,240
 And then, you know, in that classification, they have 6A, what was the old 6A, lost Buckhorn, Hazel Green, and Gadsden City.

1146
01:11:02,580 --> 01:11:09,080
 So, it's a really interesting mix of teams in 5A right now with Clay Chalkville and Oxford and Parker.

1147
01:11:09,080 --> 01:11:12,840
 And, you know, you get Spanish sport and Benjamin Russell in there as well.

1148
01:11:12,960 --> 01:11:14,240
 So, it's going to be a gauntlet.

1149
01:11:14,280 --> 01:11:14,980
 It really is.

1150
01:11:15,080 --> 01:11:17,020
 And, like you said, that region is going to be really fun.

1151
01:11:17,940 --> 01:11:19,420
 Thomas Ashworth, AL.com.

1152
01:11:19,460 --> 01:11:24,720
 It's going to be interesting to see when some of these teams, certainly in basketball season, go three and four hours on the road.

1153
01:11:25,060 --> 01:11:30,540
 What about class the next day when they come pulling in about 3 o'clock in the morning from one of those long road trips?

1154
01:11:30,780 --> 01:11:32,440
 I've got to finish the mamas and daddies.

1155
01:11:33,160 --> 01:11:36,140
 I've got to be right in the can once that starts to be a reality.

1156
01:11:36,240 --> 01:11:37,020
 But let me ask you this.

1157
01:11:37,020 --> 01:11:38,380
 There's a lot of questions out there.

1158
01:11:39,380 --> 01:11:40,300
 You know the answer.

1159
01:11:40,400 --> 01:11:41,520
 A lot of other people know the answer.

1160
01:11:41,600 --> 01:11:44,940
 But a lot of folks who have not been following it as closely may not.

1161
01:11:45,160 --> 01:11:50,280
 As far as some of the questions, can public and private schools still play each other, Thomas?

1162
01:11:51,340 --> 01:11:51,700
 Yeah.

1163
01:11:51,940 --> 01:11:54,560
 I mean, we've seen some of the schedules already released.

1164
01:11:55,700 --> 01:11:59,220
 I mean, Madison Academy is going to open the year with West Morgan.

1165
01:12:00,180 --> 01:12:03,400
 I think that there's a couple of more that are coming up.

1166
01:12:03,740 --> 01:12:05,220
 I can't think of them off the top of my head.

1167
01:12:05,220 --> 01:12:08,420
 I know that is one of them that's going to happen.

1168
01:12:08,540 --> 01:12:10,520
 I think Pisgah is going to play Randolph as well.

1169
01:12:11,640 --> 01:12:14,840
 And, I mean, I think Deschler is going to play Marcello as well.

1170
01:12:14,860 --> 01:12:15,620
 Yeah, but more people.

1171
01:12:16,120 --> 01:12:16,360
 Yes.

1172
01:12:16,460 --> 01:12:16,700
 Yeah.

1173
01:12:16,780 --> 01:12:19,900
 I think that'll be, you know, good matchups to have.

1174
01:12:19,980 --> 01:12:21,840
 And I think it's good that we're not losing those.

1175
01:12:21,920 --> 01:12:26,240
 I mean, there's a lot of, you know, really fun matchups across the state that would have been lost.

1176
01:12:26,380 --> 01:12:28,240
 I mean, you look at Deschler, Marcello.

1177
01:12:28,320 --> 01:12:29,300
 I think that's a fun one.

1178
01:12:29,760 --> 01:12:32,460
 You know, Murphy McGill-Toolin is a rivalry.

1179
01:12:33,240 --> 01:12:34,960
 Jackson St. Michael down south.

1180
01:12:35,040 --> 01:12:38,860
 Those are some school programs that are really budding rivalries.

1181
01:12:39,500 --> 01:12:40,100
 Rightfully so.

1182
01:12:40,160 --> 01:12:41,140
 There's some really good players.

1183
01:12:41,740 --> 01:12:43,980
 But I think that's good, obviously.

1184
01:12:44,260 --> 01:12:55,420
 Obviously, it's good because you don't want, you know, a new open Madison County having to drive to, you know, Fort Payne every single week or to, you know, Florence every single week just to play somebody.

1185
01:12:55,980 --> 01:13:00,940
 But it's good because you're going to keep getting these rivalries and, you know, these matchups.

1186
01:13:01,060 --> 01:13:10,320
 And Madison Academy, West Morgan is another really good example of kind of budding rivalries that may be unofficial but still should be really good games.

1187
01:13:10,420 --> 01:13:12,100
 So, I mean, it's good that we're not losing that.

1188
01:13:12,320 --> 01:13:23,120
 And especially during baseball and softball season, it's impossible to schedule if you're not only going to be able to play public and private, especially for, you know, Mars Hill, who may not be around that many private schools.

1189
01:13:23,660 --> 01:13:26,800
 So, it's good that that's still going to be a thing for sure.

1190
01:13:27,700 --> 01:13:30,540
 Yeah, Austin Burke, just some coaching changes.

1191
01:13:31,260 --> 01:13:36,420
 Austin Burke replacing Seth Parker at Priceville.

1192
01:13:36,420 --> 01:13:41,520
 Seth, of course, went to Bob Jones where he was on the staff there for years.

1193
01:13:41,620 --> 01:13:52,520
 But the one that's been talked about quite a bit around here is Daryl Higgins leaving at Mars Hill after four blue maps and ten years to go to Russellville.

1194
01:13:52,640 --> 01:13:55,680
 Goodwin went to, ended up going to Demopolis.

1195
01:13:56,680 --> 01:14:01,260
 But I know Daryl wanted to get back into the public system to get a retirement.

1196
01:14:01,860 --> 01:14:04,360
 He was a medastler for many years.

1197
01:14:04,680 --> 01:14:10,140
 But Daryl Higgins, after a long and very successful tenure, will go to Russellville.

1198
01:14:11,020 --> 01:14:15,060
 Yeah, good matchup or a good match for both sides.

1199
01:14:15,900 --> 01:14:24,260
 Russellville, obviously, there was, it was obvious that they were going to be jumping, I guess, quote up in the next reclassification cycle.

1200
01:14:24,520 --> 01:14:28,980
 So, a huge challenge there, especially joining the region like we just talked about.

1201
01:14:29,060 --> 01:14:32,420
 You know, if everything stayed the same, there would have easily been a 6A.

1202
01:14:32,980 --> 01:14:39,340
 Joining that Muscle Shoals region that was already really tough with Athens and Jasper.

1203
01:14:39,720 --> 01:14:41,840
 Obviously, there would have been some realignment there.

1204
01:14:41,940 --> 01:14:43,620
 But a really tough region regardless.

1205
01:14:45,020 --> 01:14:47,560
 But I think it presents a good challenge for Russellville.

1206
01:14:47,820 --> 01:14:52,340
 And, I mean, I think that Goodwin left it in a really good spot.

1207
01:14:52,420 --> 01:14:52,960
 I really do.

1208
01:14:53,500 --> 01:14:55,460
 You know, they have some talent returning over there.

1209
01:14:55,780 --> 01:15:01,080
 But, you know, Daryl Higgins, obviously, I think that it speaks for himself, for itself, just the work that he's done.

1210
01:15:01,360 --> 01:15:05,000
 You think about, you know, just like not that long ago when Marcel was starting.

1211
01:15:05,120 --> 01:15:06,260
 I mean, they went 0-10.

1212
01:15:07,020 --> 01:15:09,680
 And, you know, it's been absolutely rolling.

1213
01:15:10,620 --> 01:15:13,320
 Just, you know, and they haven't just been beating folks.

1214
01:15:13,460 --> 01:15:18,020
 I mean, last year, I think their closest game was like, correct me if I'm wrong, but it was like 34 points or something like that.

1215
01:15:18,380 --> 01:15:19,820
 No, that is correct.

1216
01:15:20,380 --> 01:15:23,200
 Yeah, just ridiculous numbers in the regular season.

1217
01:15:23,360 --> 01:15:28,100
 And then in the postseason, it was kind of a blowout in Birmingham, whether the score indicated it or not.

1218
01:15:28,600 --> 01:15:32,880
 Just ridiculous numbers that Daryl Higgins is putting up with that Marcel group.

1219
01:15:33,040 --> 01:15:36,160
 And he's leaving that Marcel job in a really good spot as well.

1220
01:15:36,260 --> 01:15:43,080
 I mean, you look at it, I mean, they would be, regardless of who they hire, I mean, you could probably coach that team to, you know, a semifinal appearance.

1221
01:15:43,540 --> 01:15:45,680
 I mean, they've got a bunch of talent returning.

1222
01:15:45,780 --> 01:15:46,420
 They really do.

1223
01:15:46,640 --> 01:15:51,580
 You just kind of look at some of the frontrunners and single-A private, it feels weird to say that.

1224
01:15:51,760 --> 01:15:53,820
 But, you know, Bayside Academy is in there.

1225
01:15:55,140 --> 01:15:59,460
 Cusa Christian, Cusa Christian, you know, Tuscaloosa Academy is going to be really good.

1226
01:15:59,600 --> 01:16:07,020
 But, you know, they're an easy frontrunner, in my opinion, right now, to win whatever the new state championship is going to be called for the small private.

1227
01:16:08,620 --> 01:16:20,260
 Just closing quickly with this, Power 10 boys basketball, Albertville 8, James Clemens 6, those Huntsville Crimson Panthers, number one in the boys' Power Bowl,

1228
01:16:20,940 --> 01:16:23,740
 and even more North Alabama teams in the girls.

1229
01:16:23,900 --> 01:16:30,500
 Gunnersville 7, Bob Jones 6, Scottsboro 5, Hazel Green 3, Albertville 2.

1230
01:16:31,280 --> 01:16:39,900
 North Alabama, well-represented in the Dessert and Morris Hill girls, and Priceville in Fort Payne in the teams, too.

1231
01:16:40,000 --> 01:16:41,460
 Watch great stuff this week.

1232
01:16:41,520 --> 01:16:42,600
 I know you've been busy.

1233
01:16:43,080 --> 01:16:44,560
 Where can we get your stuff?

1234
01:16:44,700 --> 01:16:50,260
 Ben Thomas, Craig Stevenson, Randy Kennedy, all sorts of dudes on AL.com.

1235
01:16:50,920 --> 01:16:57,120
 Yeah, we've got a bunch of stuff coming with a big meeting on Friday between private coaches and everything going on.

1236
01:16:57,260 --> 01:16:58,180
 So, a lot coming.

1237
01:16:58,980 --> 01:17:00,380
 Follow us on AL.com.

1238
01:17:00,480 --> 01:17:08,960
 We've got tons of content coming from reclassification and, you know, a lot of transfer portal stuff is, you know, in the mix right now as well.

1239
01:17:09,040 --> 01:17:11,020
 So, a lot of coaching changes in high school as well.

1240
01:17:11,120 --> 01:17:12,960
 So, tons of stuff going on right now, for sure.

1241
01:17:13,700 --> 01:17:17,360
 Oh, and you mean into the rock and roll show when it comes to high school sports in the state.

1242
01:17:17,480 --> 01:17:20,160
 Thomas, thanks for your time to stay safe and warm out there, okay?

1243
01:17:20,920 --> 01:17:21,340
 Yes, sir.

1244
01:17:21,380 --> 01:17:22,080
 Appreciate you guys.

1245
01:17:22,260 --> 01:17:22,780
 Thank you, Ben.

1246
01:17:22,860 --> 01:17:24,360
 Thomas Ashworth, AL.com.

1247
01:17:24,420 --> 01:17:25,640
 You mentioned Coach Higgins.

1248
01:17:26,060 --> 01:17:30,100
 Guess who's scheduled to be on with us tomorrow along with Martin High Coach Morrison.

1249
01:17:30,280 --> 01:17:31,500
 That's all coming up tomorrow.

1250
01:17:31,980 --> 01:17:35,120
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 On Tuesday's edition of Crimson Drive, driven by NASCAR, we'll be joined by Alabama men's basketball guard, Jaleel Bathia.

1331
01:21:35,300 --> 01:21:39,340
 We've definitely been growing, like, from since, like, the beginning of the season.

1332
01:21:39,520 --> 01:21:41,400
 Like, it's been picking up ever since.

1333
01:21:41,500 --> 01:21:45,500
 Like, I feel like every day we get better and better than every day, the more time we spend together.

1334
01:21:45,680 --> 01:21:50,060
 And, yeah, hopefully that continues to increase as the season goes along.

1335
01:21:50,480 --> 01:21:51,880
 We certainly look forward to that.

1336
01:21:52,000 --> 01:21:54,060
 What do you feel like your role is on this team right now?

1337
01:21:54,880 --> 01:22:01,880
 Well, my role really is just coming off the bench, really just having that energy, play defense and hit open shots.

1338
01:22:02,220 --> 01:22:04,480
 Really just make the right play.

1339
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 Yeah, about it, yeah.

1340
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 We go on the run.

1341
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1342
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 I'll have more in a moment.

1343
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 Welcome back in.

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 It is an afternoon privilege for us to say hello to Joe Cox.

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 Fine color, this was Saturday down south.

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 Joe, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Guys, this is day four of not being able to leave the house.

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 I'm doing okay, but I've got to admit, the provisions are getting a little scared.

1369
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 It's kind of whatever we can find, we're eating at this point,

1370
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 so hopefully I'll be able to get out in the next 24 hours or so.

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 Joe, I'm going to recommend don't read the book about Donner's Pass.

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 I'll let you do the Google on that.

1373
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 How much did you guys come out okay other than just cabin fever?

1374
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 I think a lot of us down here are going through the same thing,

1375
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 but you're way up there in Kentucky.

1376
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 How was it for you and the family?

1377
01:24:03,860 --> 01:24:05,700
 Yeah, so far that's the biggest issue.

1378
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 We've probably got about four inches of snow,

1379
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 but the ice, as I'm sure you guys are sympathetic with, is the scary part.

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 And my daughter is trying to head to Orlando in the morning.

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 That's going to be contingent on the school deciding that's okay

1382
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 and me being able to get her to the airport in Nashville.

1383
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 So cross your fingers for her,

1384
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 and if indeed I'm going, cross them for me too.

1385
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 Joe, Alabama's had quite a week.

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 They lose to Tennessee.

1387
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 And Rick Barnes just has Nate Oates' number.

1388
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 He created a lot of mismatches, and particularly LeBaron Phylon guarding Nate Ament,

1389
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 who had an incredible game.

1390
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 I think he's going to be one and done.

1391
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 And, of course, everyone's talked about Charles Bediaco, Alabama, playing Missouri tonight,

1392
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 hosting them at home, trying to rebound.

1393
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 Joe, your thoughts on the Tennessee game, and everybody's had an opinion on Charles Bediaco and his dilemma.

1394
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 Oh, very much.

1395
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 Yeah, I was really impressed with the Vols to come out and kind of put one together.

1396
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 I mean, it is really as good as anybody.

1397
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 And, yeah, I'm with you.

1398
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 He's definitely a one and done.

1399
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 And I can see a world in which he ends up as the SEC Player of the Year.

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 Now, they need to win a few more close games to make that happen, but that's there for them.

1401
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 For Alabama, you know, the X Factor, everybody's talking about the moral nature of this.

1402
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 Should it be okay?

1403
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 Is it okay?

1404
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 Nobody's really talking about the on-court part of it, which is it's not always the easiest thing in the world

1405
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 to just throw another guy into your rotation in late January.

1406
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 Right.

1407
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 And that might be what I'm more interested in.

1408
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 I mean, this Missouri game tonight is a real trap game.

1409
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 Missouri is not one of the most talented teams in the league, but they're very well coached.

1410
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 And they have an ability, if you let them hang around, to steal a game on you.

1411
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 So, you know, I'm definitely going to have an eye on this one tonight because I think Mizzou could really give them fits.

1412
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 And, you know, boy, if you drop this game to Missouri, you go below .500.

1413
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 Again, yeah, at that point, I think everybody's going to be a little less concerned about whether

1414
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 Mediaco should or shouldn't be able to play, then with let's get our rotation right and figure out how to win a few more games, you know.

1415
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 And if they keep losing, they may want to call Larry Bird and see if he can come down to help them.

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 Joe Cox, center it down south.

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 Joe, did anybody tell Auburn you're supposed to go on the road and lose at Florida over the weekend?

1418
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 And they didn't.

1419
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 No, I don't think they got that message because talking about a team, you know, we talked about a little bit with Tennessee,

1420
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 but another team that was just due for one of those complete efforts.

1421
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 And, you know, got to tip my hat to Steven Pearl, got to go to none of his guys.

1422
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 Keyshawn Hall has been kind of up and down, but if you can keep him on the floor and keep him involved, you know,

1423
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 he gives you a chance against anybody and to go down there and pull that one out, I think is certainly a big step in the right direction.

1424
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 Auburn is another one of those teams that might be inclined toward the bubble a little bit at the moment,

1425
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 but that one I think probably puts him in much safer breathing space.

1426
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 Joe, I keep saying this nearly every week and I keep waiting for the shoe to drop.

1427
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 I don't know if it is, but am I wondering how buckyball would go over in the SEC quite well?

1428
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 16-4, 6-1.

1429
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 They beat Mississippi State by 20 and then beat South Carolina by just about as much.

1430
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 AG had a really good game for them, but buckyball, you play defense, you hit the threes.

1431
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 They've been very difficult to solve so far now after seven games in the league.

1432
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 Absolutely.

1433
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 I'm with you.

1434
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 You know, there's an element of, is this too good to be true?

1435
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 As long as they keep going on the way that they're doing, A&M certainly earns a lot of respect.

1436
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 One thing that really jumps out to me about this A&M team is how well they pass the basketball.

1437
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 They are first in the SEC in assists.

1438
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 They're right at 20 a game, so they distribute the ball really well.

1439
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 And it's always just a really good reminder that whatever level of the game you play, and if you can pass the ball, you make everybody's job so much easier.

1440
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 Joe, are they going to let Mr. Pope continue to be one of your neighbors up there in the Bluegrass State?

1441
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 And what a matchup tonight, Kentucky and Vanderbilt at the unique home court advantages in the entire college basketball world.

1442
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 It really is.

1443
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 If you go back over the years, Kentucky and Vandy is one of those games that it really doesn't matter.

1444
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 One of them can be up, one of them can be down.

1445
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 They might be both up or both down.

1446
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 It seems like there's always going to be something crazy going on with that game, and tonight really should be no exception.

1447
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 You know, Kentucky might be punching a little bit above its weight class.

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 The schedule was friendly this past week, but at the same time, you know, it's funny.

1449
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 They've had a couple of injuries, and it's had the effect of kind of shortening the rotation, and maybe, you know, a couple of guys who wouldn't be getting minutes are getting minutes, and they're taking advantage of it.

1450
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 And, you know, again, much like we just said about A&M, if you can pass the ball, if you can find open shooters, you can make your job a lot easier.

1451
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 Now, Vandy, you know, they've struggled here of late, but, yeah, anytime you're going into a place where you're coaching from the end zones, everything is up for grabs, and literally anything can happen.

1452
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 Joe, yeah, Denzel Aberdeen, the Florida transfer, dropped 19, and the other thing, they're winning close games.

1453
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 Beat Texas by five, beat Ole Miss 72-63.

1454
01:30:03,120 --> 01:30:08,000
 Ortega Owe is playing like a lot of people thought he was going to.

1455
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 Muhammad Diabadi has really added some muscle under there.

1456
01:30:12,600 --> 01:30:19,580
 So, yeah, the jeers have turned to cheers after winning five consecutive games for the Cans.

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 Always enjoy the conversation about the SEC, be it football or basketball.

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 Joe, where can we get online to get your stuff and the teams?

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 Saturday down south, we'll be bringing it wire to wire, and it feels insane given the weather to think about this.

1460
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 But, guys, we're only like three weeks away from SEC baseball, and we always dive in on that as well.

1461
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 So, assuming that all of this stuff ever thaws out and there's still some grass under it, we'll look forward to that in a few weeks, too.

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 In the meantime, safe travels to and from Orlando and bring us all back some sunshine from down there.

1463
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 Okay, Joe?

1464
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 That sounds like a plan right there.

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 All right.

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 Thank you, Joe.

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1567
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1568
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1569
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1570
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1595
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 The Score.

1596
01:37:02,580 --> 01:37:07,360
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1597
01:37:07,900 --> 01:37:08,520
 Welcome back in.

1598
01:37:08,540 --> 01:37:13,800
 It is a pleasure for us to welcome in Kirk McNair at writing for Bama 24-7.

1599
01:37:13,900 --> 01:37:16,320
 Now writing for the Paul W. Bryant Museum.

1600
01:37:16,580 --> 01:37:18,080
 His book is called Game Changers.

1601
01:37:18,280 --> 01:37:19,200
 Kirk, welcome in.

1602
01:37:19,260 --> 01:37:19,960
 How are you?

1603
01:37:21,100 --> 01:37:22,760
 I hope you guys are well.

1604
01:37:22,760 --> 01:37:23,040
 Hey, Boone.

1605
01:37:23,520 --> 01:37:24,920
 Staying warm if you can.

1606
01:37:25,680 --> 01:37:29,660
 Well, keeping the batteries and the shovel up here, Kirk, we always welcome one more set

1607
01:37:29,660 --> 01:37:30,060
 of hands.

1608
01:37:30,200 --> 01:37:33,140
 So, if you have nothing better to do, we can always use another pair.

1609
01:37:33,220 --> 01:37:36,120
 Hopefully, you made it through okay in your neck of the woods.

1610
01:37:36,180 --> 01:37:41,000
 And I would imagine, Kirk, like a lot of us, when this week rolls around, we think back,

1611
01:37:41,120 --> 01:37:43,980
 where were we 43 years ago?

1612
01:37:44,660 --> 01:37:48,660
 Nobody knows how to answer that question better than you, because I'll give a little hint.

1613
01:37:49,060 --> 01:37:51,840
 You're now writing for the Paul W. Bryant Museum.

1614
01:37:51,980 --> 01:37:53,220
 Kirk, your reflections.

1615
01:37:54,960 --> 01:37:59,120
 Well, I'm not sure what your question is.

1616
01:37:59,160 --> 01:38:01,060
 Do you want to know where I was 43 years ago?

1617
01:38:01,060 --> 01:38:02,480
 Yeah, 43 years ago.

1618
01:38:02,740 --> 01:38:06,320
 And just on that day and how it's changed the whole aura.

1619
01:38:06,500 --> 01:38:10,600
 I mean, I think a lot of folks who were around at that time, it was one of those moments where

1620
01:38:10,600 --> 01:38:15,300
 you remember where you were when JFK was assassinated, when the first man went on the moon.

1621
01:38:15,500 --> 01:38:17,860
 I know maybe outside of Alabama wasn't the case.

1622
01:38:18,380 --> 01:38:21,980
 But obviously, in this state, people of a certain age, they know where they were at that moment.

1623
01:38:22,780 --> 01:38:23,160
 Oh, yeah.

1624
01:38:23,680 --> 01:38:24,540
 And, of course, I do.

1625
01:38:24,540 --> 01:38:29,580
 I was in my office talking to one of my recruiting sources.

1626
01:38:30,400 --> 01:38:35,000
 And Al Browning was working for me then and also doing a lot of work for Coach Bryant.

1627
01:38:35,800 --> 01:38:40,900
 And he came to my office door and said, I've got to talk to you.

1628
01:38:41,280 --> 01:38:44,820
 And it was 12.46, I think, something like that.

1629
01:38:44,840 --> 01:38:46,300
 I remember looking at my watch.

1630
01:38:47,320 --> 01:38:52,240
 And, of course, he told me he had just gotten off the phone with Linda Knowles,

1631
01:38:52,240 --> 01:38:59,180
 who was Coach Bryant's secretary, and gave me the news, of course.

1632
01:38:59,520 --> 01:39:06,900
 And I don't remember for sure the order, but I just felt the need.

1633
01:39:07,040 --> 01:39:09,080
 I had to tell certain people.

1634
01:39:09,760 --> 01:39:10,180
 And I did.

1635
01:39:10,320 --> 01:39:17,420
 I picked up the phone and called a few friends of mine who were in the business, mostly,

1636
01:39:17,420 --> 01:39:18,660
 to tell them.

1637
01:39:19,180 --> 01:39:22,680
 And, you know, it was just sort of I was stunned.

1638
01:39:24,260 --> 01:39:31,820
 You know, kind of interesting, the way things worked out on the eve of Coach Bryant's funeral.

1639
01:39:33,620 --> 01:39:37,520
 And my house had become sort of a gathering place for it.

1640
01:39:37,720 --> 01:39:42,120
 I had the bowl representatives from the Sugar Bowl, the Cotton Bowl, the Liberty Bowl,

1641
01:39:42,120 --> 01:39:45,860
 and a couple of other people that had gathered at my house.

1642
01:39:45,960 --> 01:39:49,680
 And I got a call from Bill Easterling.

1643
01:39:50,000 --> 01:39:51,880
 He and Al Van Hoos had come down.

1644
01:39:52,680 --> 01:39:55,280
 And Bill wanted to know, said, well, where is everybody?

1645
01:39:55,600 --> 01:39:58,020
 And I said, well, you're welcome to come here.

1646
01:39:58,220 --> 01:40:00,620
 There's a, and told them who's there.

1647
01:40:01,320 --> 01:40:02,860
 And they said, do you need anything?

1648
01:40:02,980 --> 01:40:05,540
 And I said, yeah, we're running real low on scotch.

1649
01:40:06,800 --> 01:40:09,040
 Not tape, right?

1650
01:40:09,160 --> 01:40:09,920
 Just scotch.

1651
01:40:11,260 --> 01:40:16,740
 They came in with a bottle of whiskey and a bag of potato chips.

1652
01:40:19,440 --> 01:40:20,380
 In that order.

1653
01:40:23,760 --> 01:40:30,840
 But it was, of course, it's not a funny time, obviously, but that was, I just can't ever forget

1654
01:40:30,840 --> 01:40:33,300
 opening the door and see it then standing there.

1655
01:40:36,340 --> 01:40:38,300
 It was funny.

1656
01:40:38,540 --> 01:40:45,220
 I was cleaning out my office recently and saw my notes from Cotton Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Liberty Bowl

1657
01:40:45,220 --> 01:40:50,540
 representatives that had, notes they had written me afterwards.

1658
01:40:51,620 --> 01:40:54,780
 And House Brock is from the Cotton Bowl.

1659
01:40:57,900 --> 01:41:00,120
 Well, I'm not going to try and name them all.

1660
01:41:00,400 --> 01:41:09,320
 And that was one of the most, so many people were in such a fog.

1661
01:41:11,420 --> 01:41:18,240
 They had, you know, the football players who came to town for the funeral, ended up finally

1662
01:41:18,240 --> 01:41:26,480
 putting together a little, past football players, I mean, who had put together a little get together.

1663
01:41:27,940 --> 01:41:35,200
 You know, it just, it was a, everybody just seemed to be sort of in a fog, like, because it was not expected.

1664
01:41:35,360 --> 01:41:38,020
 Even though he was in the hospital, it had been ill.

1665
01:41:38,860 --> 01:41:52,200
 No one expected that, and it was, well, just, it was just overwhelming, really.

1666
01:41:53,120 --> 01:41:58,420
 Well, it's one of those deals, it's one of those deals, Kirk, where he was one of those guys you never thought was going to pass away.

1667
01:41:58,580 --> 01:42:01,940
 And what was ironic about it, he died in his 60s.

1668
01:42:02,000 --> 01:42:05,460
 It's hard to believe that Coach Bryant never made it to the 70s.

1669
01:42:05,460 --> 01:42:05,820
 Yep.

1670
01:42:06,540 --> 01:42:08,480
 I was thinking about that today.

1671
01:42:09,460 --> 01:42:12,720
 I'm about to be 81, which is old.

1672
01:42:13,380 --> 01:42:15,500
 No, it's not how you look good at it, man.

1673
01:42:16,060 --> 01:42:24,140
 Yeah, but, you know, what I was thinking about was Coach Bryant at 69 seemed a lot older to me.

1674
01:42:24,220 --> 01:42:24,480
 Yeah.

1675
01:42:24,700 --> 01:42:24,920
 Yeah.

1676
01:42:25,340 --> 01:42:25,640
 Yes.

1677
01:42:25,700 --> 01:42:28,160
 And I feel about myself now.

1678
01:42:28,840 --> 01:42:34,340
 And I thought he was pretty old when I went to work in 1970 for him.

1679
01:42:34,580 --> 01:42:46,080
 So, you know, he was in his late 40s, I guess, or something like that, maybe in his 50s, maybe it was in his 50s.

1680
01:42:46,080 --> 01:42:55,300
 But it's just, it's still, not just on the anniversary.

1681
01:42:56,380 --> 01:43:01,620
 I mean, I think about him all the time, because he was so important in my life, obviously.

1682
01:43:02,620 --> 01:43:06,820
 And, you know, he did a lot more for me than I ever could have done for him.

1683
01:43:07,820 --> 01:43:17,360
 And it is now, here we are all these years later, and Paul Jr. and I were having lunch one day, and he said,

1684
01:43:17,480 --> 01:43:19,280
 Our website is not very good.

1685
01:43:19,360 --> 01:43:22,360
 Would you mind taking a look at it and see what you can do with it?

1686
01:43:22,980 --> 01:43:25,260
 That was back in August.

1687
01:43:26,580 --> 01:43:29,800
 And I said, sure, that shouldn't take long, a couple weeks.

1688
01:43:29,920 --> 01:43:33,780
 I'll look at it and see what, make some recommendations or something.

1689
01:43:33,980 --> 01:43:36,920
 And next thing I know, I'm working for him.

1690
01:43:37,160 --> 01:43:38,860
 And we're working for the museum.

1691
01:43:40,220 --> 01:43:42,860
 And I'm enjoying it very much.

1692
01:43:43,360 --> 01:43:52,120
 It's still a work in progress in some respects, but I do enjoy writing, particularly the history things that I'm going to be working on.

1693
01:43:52,700 --> 01:43:55,620
 More so when we get a little further along in it.

1694
01:43:55,940 --> 01:44:01,860
 But it's a fun place to work.

1695
01:44:02,060 --> 01:44:03,580
 I love when I go.

1696
01:44:03,680 --> 01:44:04,660
 I don't work at all.

1697
01:44:04,820 --> 01:44:06,240
 They ask me if I wanted an office.

1698
01:44:06,460 --> 01:44:08,660
 I said, no, if I have an office, I'll have office hours.

1699
01:44:09,500 --> 01:44:22,060
 But I go to the museum several days a week, and it's just fun to wander around and look at things and think what I can write about.

1700
01:44:22,240 --> 01:44:29,020
 I think one of my upcoming articles is going to be on the sofa in his office that most people know about.

1701
01:44:29,800 --> 01:44:43,580
 But some of the memories of people who've made the mistake of sitting in that office sofa across the front and thinking down and down and down, looking up at him and at the clock behind him.

1702
01:44:43,680 --> 01:44:49,140
 It was always 15 minutes ahead of time to kind of rush people out.

1703
01:44:51,840 --> 01:45:06,840
 You had seen it before, as you mentioned to me yesterday, but Mark Edwards, the former sports writer for the Anderson paper, Decatur Daly and others, he's kind of recently semi-retired.

1704
01:45:07,080 --> 01:45:14,500
 But he had a marvelous article the day before, the day of, and the days after the funeral.

1705
01:45:14,940 --> 01:45:19,880
 And you were prominent in the article, as you always have been.

1706
01:45:19,880 --> 01:45:27,760
 But I go back, and the funeral possession is what I will never forget.

1707
01:45:28,680 --> 01:45:33,320
 Again, it's busloads of people.

1708
01:45:33,780 --> 01:45:38,520
 There were people who probably never met him standing on the side of the road.

1709
01:45:38,640 --> 01:45:42,320
 And if it's January of the 26th, you know it had to be cold.

1710
01:45:43,040 --> 01:45:52,500
 People on the overpass, interstate, homemade signs, just literally everywhere,

1711
01:45:52,500 --> 01:46:00,120
 just trying to express some appreciation for what he had done for the state, nationally.

1712
01:46:00,780 --> 01:46:06,020
 And, again, everybody knows the socioeconomic issues in the 60s.

1713
01:46:06,020 --> 01:46:10,040
 And he just kept winning one national championship after another.

1714
01:46:10,040 --> 01:46:20,780
 But the two or three days after he passed away, the funeral, and the results, and seeing the impact he had on so many people was quite emotional.

1715
01:46:21,920 --> 01:46:23,600
 Oh, yeah, it certainly was.

1716
01:46:23,600 --> 01:46:30,880
 And still, you know, I mentioned having lunch with Paul Jr. that day.

1717
01:46:32,920 --> 01:46:37,560
 It was down at a barbecue place down in Greene County.

1718
01:46:38,160 --> 01:46:45,420
 And we weren't there right at lunchtime, but there were people that came in and out.

1719
01:46:45,580 --> 01:46:49,300
 And everybody, it was like seeing a rock star.

1720
01:46:49,920 --> 01:46:50,060
 Yeah.

1721
01:46:50,800 --> 01:46:53,120
 And then Paul Jr., too.

1722
01:46:53,320 --> 01:46:54,060
 No, I'm serious.

1723
01:46:54,260 --> 01:46:54,900
 I'm just kidding.

1724
01:46:59,000 --> 01:47:00,020
 He's your wingman.

1725
01:47:01,940 --> 01:47:07,440
 People came up to him and told their story.

1726
01:47:07,440 --> 01:47:22,640
 And, you know, it might have been not a very close association with Coach Bryant, certainly, but I've always appreciated that in the Bryant family,

1727
01:47:22,800 --> 01:47:28,120
 that they patiently listened to all these people who come to him and say,

1728
01:47:28,860 --> 01:47:34,440
 Well, I was 10 years old and, you know, whatever.

1729
01:47:35,600 --> 01:47:35,740
 Yeah.

1730
01:47:35,740 --> 01:47:36,480
 Pardon me.

1731
01:47:37,360 --> 01:47:43,960
 And, I mean, this was just a few months ago, you know.

1732
01:47:44,920 --> 01:47:48,660
 Everybody still that has a Bryant story wanted to share it.

1733
01:47:52,440 --> 01:47:52,920
 Absolutely.

1734
01:47:54,340 --> 01:47:58,240
 Well, it was incredible, and I was looking at some things the other day.

1735
01:47:58,620 --> 01:48:05,880
 I just, that's one of my regrets was not, I just started a job as alumni director at UAH.

1736
01:48:06,200 --> 01:48:09,260
 We were ridiculously busy doing some things.

1737
01:48:09,360 --> 01:48:14,940
 That's always one of my regrets was not getting down to the funeral.

1738
01:48:15,660 --> 01:48:17,520
 And, by the way, I just got an email.

1739
01:48:18,040 --> 01:48:26,520
 My goodness, Eddie Conyers, 90 years old, the official for so many years, what an incredible man, passed away this morning.

1740
01:48:26,860 --> 01:48:29,200
 A lot of Alabama fans know him.

1741
01:48:29,980 --> 01:48:30,200
 Yeah.

1742
01:48:30,200 --> 01:48:31,200
 I know him so well.

1743
01:48:32,480 --> 01:48:34,140
 It's just absolutely amazing.

1744
01:48:34,140 --> 01:48:43,960
 By the way, I told you this last year when you, quote, retired from Bama 247, that Bryant Museum job is something that you were literally born to do.

1745
01:48:45,840 --> 01:48:47,340
 Well, I didn't know that.

1746
01:48:48,040 --> 01:48:52,780
 I felt like I got hoodwinked a little bit.

1747
01:48:53,780 --> 01:48:54,940
 I'm glad I did.

1748
01:48:55,060 --> 01:48:56,480
 I'm glad I did, of course.

1749
01:48:57,420 --> 01:49:05,120
 It was, I wasn't ready to just sit down and waste away, really.

1750
01:49:05,840 --> 01:49:07,540
 I still felt like I could do something.

1751
01:49:07,860 --> 01:49:10,780
 So, that worked out well for me.

1752
01:49:11,340 --> 01:49:19,680
 And, yeah, Eddie, that's, I was thinking about him this morning.

1753
01:49:19,820 --> 01:49:24,100
 I got an email from Steve Sprayberry's widow, Carol Sprayberry.

1754
01:49:25,540 --> 01:49:35,340
 And she has hosted for many, many years the 1970 freshman at their late Martin home.

1755
01:49:35,900 --> 01:49:43,160
 And while the freshman of the 70 recruiting class, and that was also my first year, so they always included me.

1756
01:49:43,280 --> 01:49:48,620
 And I always have driven Eddie down to that with me.

1757
01:49:49,240 --> 01:49:55,300
 And, of course, he'd just keep me in stitches on the trip down and the trip back.

1758
01:49:55,600 --> 01:49:59,300
 And, I mean, I knew he was very, very ill.

1759
01:49:59,520 --> 01:50:02,900
 And it's a sad, sad time.

1760
01:50:03,900 --> 01:50:08,380
 And he was, you know, funny up until the end.

1761
01:50:09,260 --> 01:50:13,520
 So, and just such a good person.

1762
01:50:13,820 --> 01:50:31,500
 You know, I don't, I suspect there are not too many people that, who don't consider Eddie Conyers to be a part of their lives from the time that he got linked into being the official for practice to way back when, when Coach Bryant first got back.

1763
01:50:32,420 --> 01:50:39,200
 I'll tell you one thing, if Nick, Kirk, if Nick Saban loves you, he mentioned that several times.

1764
01:50:39,680 --> 01:50:42,300
 He just said, I just love Eddie Conyers and his wife.

1765
01:50:42,640 --> 01:50:45,040
 When Nick loves you, you're a good man.

1766
01:50:45,820 --> 01:50:46,880
 Yep, that's right.

1767
01:50:47,120 --> 01:50:47,740
 That's right.

1768
01:50:48,560 --> 01:50:49,960
 How could anybody not?

1769
01:50:50,140 --> 01:50:53,040
 He was a, he was a treasure, no doubt about it.

1770
01:50:54,520 --> 01:51:02,220
 Well, this has been, this, I hated the subject, but I wanted to talk with you about this because I know you were so close to him.

1771
01:51:02,220 --> 01:51:05,060
 I had so many fond memories of him.

1772
01:51:05,200 --> 01:51:07,740
 Listen, good luck with the Bryant Museum.

1773
01:51:08,440 --> 01:51:10,340
 Always great to talk with you.

1774
01:51:10,840 --> 01:51:11,780
 God bless you.

1775
01:51:11,800 --> 01:51:13,780
 And hopefully we can do this again with you soon.

1776
01:51:14,660 --> 01:51:16,520
 Well, I look forward to it.

1777
01:51:16,720 --> 01:51:17,420
 Thanks a lot.

1778
01:51:18,200 --> 01:51:19,540
 Terry McNair, who's going to be with us?

1779
01:51:19,540 --> 01:51:22,700
 There, writer for the Paul W. Bryant Museum.

1780
01:51:22,960 --> 01:51:27,400
 Maybe quickly again, we mentioned earlier in the show, coming up tomorrow, it's going to be interesting to see.

1781
01:51:28,100 --> 01:51:30,420
 Definitely a little more in-depth about all this high school stuff.

1782
01:51:30,520 --> 01:51:33,260
 Going to have Coach Morrison on from Florence High and Coach Higgins.

1783
01:51:33,760 --> 01:51:34,720
 This sounds crazy.

1784
01:51:34,880 --> 01:51:37,100
 Now the head coach at Russell High.

1785
01:51:37,160 --> 01:51:38,380
 So a lot to look forward to tomorrow.

1786
01:51:38,480 --> 01:51:40,940
 In the meantime, Alabama basketball tonight.

1787
01:51:41,620 --> 01:51:49,360
 Yeah, that, again, the tip-off at seven, the pregame at six, it was at eight, but it's going to be on the SEC network.

1788
01:51:49,780 --> 01:51:53,280
 And Nate Oates needs a win tonight in the worst way.

1789
01:51:53,600 --> 01:51:54,980
 We've already got a win here.

1790
01:51:55,040 --> 01:52:01,780
 Again, just to make sure, if you're just now joining us, the coverage will continue here of Alabama sports on 93.9 The Score.

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 The contract has been extended, so a lot to look forward to tonight and beyond.

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 Going to take care of biz for now on behalf of B.B., Greg, James, Blair, the entire crew here.

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 Harold Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

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 Let's do it again tomorrow on noon to two for the Boom Old Buck Show, back here on Sports Radio, 93.9 The Score.