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 Now, get ready to roll Shoals, Decatur, Athens, and all of Northwest Alabama and Southern Tennessee. It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM Sports Voice.

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 The Boomo Bugg Show. New exclusive inside track to the Tide, Tigers, Tennessee and the rest of the SEC. Now your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 Good afternoon and welcome in to the Boomo Bugg Show. I'm Harold Barker alongside Brett Beaird. Thank you so much for giving us the free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

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 Brett Beaird, welcome in where Alabama basketball says here comes the judge and a big day at UNA. Good afternoon, welcome in and how are you?

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 Happy Wednesday to you and the listeners. Alabama basketball plays this best defensive game of the season and beats Missouri 92-64.

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 New Russellville coach, Daryl Higgins, will join us a little bit later and start and talk about starting a new era with the Golden Tigers.

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 And as you alluded to, we're delighted to bring in UNA football coach Brent Dierman, who will be introducing a new defensive coordinator a little bit later today.

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 And maybe January, but it's never an off season for UNA head football coach Brent Dierman. Coach, welcome in. Would you agree with that? How are you?

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 I'm doing fantastic, fellas. Every Wednesday, I get to speak with you guys. It's a great Wednesday. I know that.

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 Right back at you. We're playing tennis here. It's a verbal tennis game, coach.

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 We appreciate you taking time out because your time is going to be spent today, just a short time from now, bringing in a brand new chapter as far as your staff.

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 This goes on in college football. Coach, I won't steal your thunder.

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 What can you tell us about the new additions to your staff?

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 Oh, so in total, we got five new guys on staff, but the big one here that's getting announced today is our defensive coordinator.

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 It's a guy that I've worked with in the past at Kansas. Clint Bowen. Clint has been the defensive coordinator at Kansas on two different stints.

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 Was the interim head coach at one time as well at Kansas, so he's been a Big 12 defensive coordinator this past season.

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 He was the defensive coordinator at Oklahoma State, where he helped improve that defense to one of the worst in football, to be in a very solid unit this past year.

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 He's also been at North Texas and Western Kentucky as a defensive coordinator, so we are very excited for the experience that he brings to our staff.

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 Coach, I was going to add to that, the last three games that he was at Oklahoma State, the final three opponents scored 20 points or less.

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 Kansas State, 14, Central Florida, 17.

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 That's pretty impressive to hold your three final opponents to 20 points or less.

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 Yeah, so a crazy story behind Clint's run there is he went there as an offensive analyst, and when all the deal happened with Gundy and different guys getting moved around on staff, he got the defensive coordinator job mid-season.

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 So, for a guy to take over a defense that struggled early in the year and be able to put those type numbers together just shows you, number one, that players play for him.

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 The scheme that he runs is very effective.

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 What I love about him is he runs the scheme that the players run the best.

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 He was a high school football coach a little bit in his time, and he understands how to match the scheme around the players you have.

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 Coach, that's what I was going to say.

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 Obviously, sometimes people will put a square peg in a round hole.

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 Talk to us about the process.

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 As a coach, this is part of the game.

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 Every season, you have to sit here and say, this worked, that didn't.

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 Other coaches take opportunities elsewhere.

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 It is a business in many ways at the end of the day.

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 Talk to us as a head coach about this part of the schedule.

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 It's January, but I've always said this is probably as important a window for a season as cons,

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 because you've got strength and conditioning, you've got assembling a new staff, losing and gaining.

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 Talk to us as a head coach about just that part of the job.

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 Oh, yeah.

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 You've got to win now.

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 I told our players the other day that there's a great quote that I've read that I share with our team

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 that there's going to be a time that comes where a winner asks what you did all spring and summer.

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 And there's going to be two disappointments in life.

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 You're either going to face the disappointment of losing, the disappointment of a bad season,

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 or you're going to face the pain and discomfort of the struggle that you're going to go through

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 to get to winning, to get to success.

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 So the wins that you take in January and February lead to winning in August and September for sure.

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 Coach, we'll jump off on that topic there.

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 Obviously, you've got a big announcement coming up here.

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 You mentioned a total of five for the folks who follow UNA and might have missed some of those details.

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 Talk to us about some of those positions.

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 I was able to hire a new offensive coordinator with the ever-changing world of college athletics

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 and especially college football, rev share, NIL, transfer portal.

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 When I came here, all that stuff was not as big and such a fluid situation as it's become now.

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 So I am stepping away from the offensive play-calling duties.

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 And for the first time since being at UNA, I've turned over the play-calling duties to another coach on staff.

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 So I was able to bring in Travis Partridge, who was actually on staff with me and Clint Bowen at Kansas,

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 has been the quarterback coach at Kansas for a little bit,

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 has been the offense coordinator at UT Martin at Tennessee State,

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 and most recently at Bowling Green.

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 So another group of five experienced play-caller coming in.

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 I was able to bring Colby Ellis as our new receivers coach,

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 was actually here for a stint before, bringing him back here,

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 was a great player at Oklahoma State,

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 and was actually on staff with Coach Bowen at Oklahoma State this past year,

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 working with receivers.

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 Josh Long is our new defensive line coach,

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 came to us from Memphis where he was the assistant D-line coach.

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 Josh was able to help us land seven transfers from Memphis,

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 which Memphis is probably one of the top three group of five programs

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 So landing players from there has been big.

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 And then Max Halpin is the latest addition of an O-line coach

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 that we actually will probably announce later in this week

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 for the public and all to know.

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 But Max joins us from Missouri State,

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 where he's been the O-line coach for the last five years.

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 So a lot of big additions to our staff.

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 This one I was going to ask you,

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 the Times Daily I know had a list of the players coming and going

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 as far as the transfer portal.

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 You mentioned seven from Memphis.

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 If you can now, I don't want you to if you're not ready,

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 but highlight some of the transfers who you've got coming in.

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 Yeah, we took a transfer at every position.

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 You know, for us, we thought we needed to grow our depth.

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 I'll start at the position everybody always asks about.

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 and our backup that played well at the end of the year, John Austin Wood,

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 a true freshman, but brought in Banks Bowen.

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 Banks Bowen is the son of our defensive coordinator.

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 He's a transfer from Oklahoma State at quarterback.

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 We brought in two transfer running backs, Chris McMillan from Bowling Green,

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 Jalen Calhoun from Appalachian State.

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 We got three transfer receivers, one from Tennessee State named Snap Reed,

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 one from Memphis, Xavier Johnson, and one, a great buddy of mine in the arena football world.

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 His son was a D3 All-American, Ethan Aberger.

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 He's coming in, been a two-time all-conference player.

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 So really excited about the receiver room.

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 We've got three transfer O-linemen.

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 Levy Johnson is the son of great – our linebacker coach, Mike Johnson,

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 was a transfer from South Alabama offensive tackle.

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 Isaac Rue is a transfer O-lineman that went to high school at Muscle Shoals,

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 And Will French is a transfer center from the University of Memphis.

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 So at tight end, we brought two transfers, one from Tennessee State,

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 And then the biggest probably room that's been improved is our D-line room.

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 In all total, we brought seven transfers of junior college defensive linemen in,

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 which we gave up too many yards in rushing.

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 We had a couple seniors on that side of the ball.

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 So we needed to get bigger.

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 So we've got a junior college transfer in Jaheim Johnson is 6'6",

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 250-pound defensive end.

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 We've got two 320-plus-pound interior defensive tackles from Memphis

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 Two more defensive ends from Memphis, Donovan Nevels and Kavion both come to us from Memphis.

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 So a huge, huge focal point was in the trenches and especially D-line this offseason.

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 You and I head football coach, Brent Jeremy.

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 Coach, obviously, it's a give-and-take world out there now.

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 And just to give you an illustration, when would we have ever seen this back in the day?

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 Our neighbors over in Huntsville, normal Alabama A&M, Alabama A&M, picked up former Penn State

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 quarterback Beckham Kritza.

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 You would have never seen that back in the day.

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 And as you mentioned, a lot of folks don't realize, nobody knows this better than you,

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 how good Alabama's new punter is in Adam Wofford.

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 What are they getting?

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 Yeah, they're getting a kid that's a seasoned vet now.

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 I mean, he's been a three-year starter.

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 Got to see growth in him every year.

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 I think he averaged over 40 yards a punt as a true freshman.

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 And then that number just increased every single year.

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 He had multiple punts this past season of 60-plus, even got up to 70-plus yards in his punting game.

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 Great in putting the ball where he wants to put it.

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 Flips the field.

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 Has fantastic hang time.

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 So they're going to get a weapon in Tuscaloosa.

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 You hope, as an Alabama fan, I bet, you hope you don't have to see him that much this year.

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 You don't like when your punter's on the field.

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 But it's a good – it's nice to have a weapon that can flip the field for sure.

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 I don't know if your 2026 football schedule has been confirmed yet,

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 but I saw a little bit of that on the Times Daily, too.

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 I know a lot of people are excited about playing Sanford at Joe Davis Stadium.

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 I know so many people watched – Harold and I watched so many Pencil Stars games there,

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 but they have refurbished it now.

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 It's a beautiful stadium.

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 But that's exciting.

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 I know you and I played them before.

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 But August 29th, Joe Davis Stadium, the Sanford Bulldogs.

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 Yeah, we are very excited.

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 Anytime you can take an in-state matchup, it's great for both fan bases.

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 It's great in recruiting.

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 It's just great for this whole state,

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 for an opportunity for high school coaches and players to be able to come out

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 and hit – kill two birds with one stone by going to our game and getting to see two of the better FCS programs in the country,

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 in my opinion, battle it out at the neutral site in Huntsville.

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 Huntsville's a special place to me.

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 It's where I met my wife, where I played around football for a little bit.

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 So, to be able to go back to a place that meant so much to me and my family and play and take on a great opponent with a new staff coming in,

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 it's going to do a fantastic job.

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 Coach, you're not going to believe this.

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 Watch out if you're going to play in Huntsville.

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 A guy by the name of Tom Luganville, now famous at ESPN, he was a coach of the Tennessee Valley Vipers.

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 He met his wife.

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 His wife is from right here in the greater Shoals area.

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 So, there's just something about that matchup that seems to be magical.

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 But, Coach, talk to us about this phase of it as far as your spring schedule and any thoughts about a spring game.

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 You know, the portal changes every year.

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 Last year, we had a spring portal window, which scared teams from having a spring game.

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 And now there's no spring portal window anymore.

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 So, I'd say in the last four or five years in college football, you've seen more rule changes than we've seen in the last 50 years of college football.

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 So, you'll probably go back to seeing some spring games.

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 You'll probably go back to a televised game for us.

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 We are not long away from getting into our brand-new stadium.

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 So, our practice facility we have right now doesn't have any bleachers.

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 So, it's kind of a bring-a-lawn-chair kind of deal.

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 So, we won't make a big, huge deal out of a game this year as much as we'll just say it's a scrimmage.

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 So, we're going to get after it and get better and get to see what our transfers can do alongside the returning guys that we have.

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 So, we'll still be in that kind of old-school model where we'll have a good scrimmage in the spring.

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 I'll tell you another one is, I don't know if you guys remember him as well, but Jacksonville Jaguars head football coach, Liam Cohen, was a quarterback for the Tennessee Valley Vipers.

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 There you go.

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 Heck of a team.

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 And Florida's new head coaches from Huntsville, too.

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 So, there's a lot of connections there, Coach.

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 Absolutely is.

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 Coach, good luck with the press conference this afternoon.

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 Listen, when you get the spring calendar laid out, certainly let us know.

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 We'll get you back on again.

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 But it's always a blessing to have you on.

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 Listen, hopefully winter conditioning continues to go well.

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 I'm glad you got your staff together.

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 And we certainly look forward to doing this again real soon.

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 Love talking to you guys on Wednesdays.

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 Thank you so much.

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 Right back at you, UNA head football coach, Brent Nervin.

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 Welcome back in.

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 Really appreciate giving us a free ride around the Tennessee Valley where we often get the

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 question, is it live or is it Memorex?

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 Nadeau's got one win last night.

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 Alabama played their best defensive game of the really maybe the season, beating Missouri

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 country, Quaden Samuels, from McNamara High School in Forestville, Maryland.

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 I'd gotten wind of this earlier this week.

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 Fellow who knows talent by as well as anybody anywhere.

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 with the news of the last few days when it comes to coaching.

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 Coach Daryl Higgins, I'm going to sit here and pause, is the head coach at Russellville High

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 Coach, that sounds like something we haven't said before, but welcome in.

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 Congratulations.

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 I would imagine, B.B., a lot of folks saying they went quiet when they saw the news.

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 not only around here, but the entire state and the region.

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 Yeah, 2018, 2020, 24, 25.

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 Coach Daryl Higgins, again, we're going to be hopefully delving more into that, B.B.

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 has, for all you lawyers, you know the term, all of us laymen sitting here, and we can't

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 even spend it, recusing himself.

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 I guess translated, he's taking himself out of the picture because of ties to the university.

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 to the NCAA, he has too much conflict of interest, and the judge was smart enough with everything

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 going on on social media to go ahead and step down.

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 is going to have pluses and minuses.

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 Obviously, you know, Nate Oates is not going to say no if it's under the legal framework of

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 him being able to get a green light on it.

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 You're not going to say no to that kind of depth, especially at that position.

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 It gives Cheryl much needed rest.

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 It gives him depth, and in this league, Alabama has shown that that's been one of their weaknesses.

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 They can light it up from the outside.

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 The problem has been on the inside.

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 He brings not only that, but he brings a lot of age.

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 He brings a lot of experience, not to mention some talent, but at the same time, the other

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 side of that is these kids are kids.

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 All of a sudden, here comes, quote, the old man in, and from one game to the next, you never

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 know what's going to happen.

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 Your thoughts just about the mindset, and to that point, in case you're just joining this

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 story, he's under a window where I don't know what the day count is now, but for the foreseeable

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 future of the next week anyway, he's got the green light to play in that temporary injunction,

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 including a huge game Saturday, actually Sunday, down at Florida, where Golden, the coach down

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 there, has already said, bring him.

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 We're going to beat you anyway.

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 Well, the hearing was supposed to be with the judge who stepped down Tuesday, yesterday,

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 but with the weather issues that we've had, one of the NCAA tourneys quite simply could not

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 even get to Birmingham.

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 I'm guessing he was flying into Birmingham, and whether the airport delays, weather delays,

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 whatever, prevented him from doing that, and it's kind of messed up the schedule a little

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 bit, but again, we'll see where all this stuff goes.

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 Right now, he's got a temporary restraining order for the junction, and he can play legally

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 until this hearing, which will be, yes, you can continue to play, or no, you can't.

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 So, we should know a little bit more about this, Harold, in the next few days.

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 Is it just me, or where did common sense get off the train?

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 I mean, this is, to me, it's either he can or he can't.

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 What in the world would be the fine print that says he cannot?

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 Because at this point in time, in this modern era, with all the money that everybody's making,

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 does somebody somewhere or not have just either a legal sense or common sense to say,

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 here's the ruling, let's move forward, let's put this baby to rest one way or the other?

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 And your thoughts, in the meantime, about this Alabama team, baby, they had a two-game losing

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 streak at home.

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 They blew out Missouri last night, and are you reading the same tea leaves that I am about

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 Nate Oates, especially after the losses, basically, in effect, questioning just the desire to win,

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 and do you get the same sense that maybe he's seeing too many individual guys and not enough

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 teamwork, in other words, too much me and not enough we?

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 Is that a fair assessment, or your thoughts about this team?

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 They've got talent, but the loose back-to-back games at Tuscaloosa, you know Nate Oates does

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 not like that, but your thoughts just about some of the intangibles with this team this

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 season.

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 Well, they lost back-to-back games at Tuscaloosa to two very good teams.

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 I knew Tennessee was going to begin to play much better, and again, Rick Barnes seems to

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 have Nate Oates' number.

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 I think he's gotten their attention in the last week, and listen, this schedule's only going

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 to get rougher.

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 They've got Florida at noon on ABC Sunday, and then they've got Texas A&M, I believe, the

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 following Tuesday in Tuscaloosa, and then they go to Auburn the following Saturday for

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 a 3-30 game.

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 What they did last night was they played defense.

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 Again, when this team plays defense, they rebound.

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 They had a lot of assists last night.

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 Aiden Holloway didn't score a lot, but he had nine assists.

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 Bidiaco blocked a couple of shots, played well, but Reitzel scored 21 points, scored a career

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 high.

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 I've been saying all along, he's been hurt the majority of his career, and if he could ever

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 stay healthy, he could become an all-SEC player.

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 Nate Oates mentioned that last night after the game.

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 He said, look, we have worked primarily on making stops, on playing defense, and if you can't

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 do that in the SEC, you're not going to win.

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 Now, it helped that Missouri missed 15 free throws, which is quite frankly astounding, but

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 I thought they played maybe the best game they played the entire year.

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 The problem with the NCAA is they have said for years that if you sign an NBA contract, your

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 eligibility in college is over, but there are so many changes that have happened in the

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 last three years, and people have been trying to make this point for weeks now.

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 You've got so many players who are playing in Europe.

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 They're being paid.

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 That league is better than the G League, which Bidiaco played in.

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 Now, Bidiaco signed three NBA contracts, but he never played in the NBA.

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 In fact, he got cut by three teams, and he's played in the G League, and Harold, I thought

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 somebody would test the waters on this sooner or later, and this is just not about the short

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 term is can he continue to play in Alabama.

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 The long term about this is if he is able to get away with this, is this going to open the

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 barn door, and you're going to have quite a few other people who have played and not, or

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 that didn't play much in the NBA, or are they going to come back and try to go to school?

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 Because the bottom line is, Harold, they make more money with NIL than they can in their first year

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 contract in the NBA.

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 And to your point, this is not the first time this has happened out at Baylor and a school in

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 California, so this is not unique just to Alabama, but what's the legal term, guys?

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553
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 Welcome back in.

554
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 I think the roads are clear enough for us to head on down to Tuscaloosa and say hello to Rod Dior.

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 He's the founder and dentist of tighterinsider.com.

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 And his book is called Bigger Than Bama.

557
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 Rod Dior, welcome in.

558
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 How are you?

559
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 Doing well, Harold and Brett.

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 How are you guys today?

561
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 Good.

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 And we're doing all right.

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 I'll tell you what, you've got a plate full of the United, all kinds of stuff going on with basketball and baseball, softball.

564
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 But football is always king of the hill.

565
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 Rodney, busy week.

566
00:35:53,700 --> 00:35:58,620
 Looks like Alabama is going to be picking up a new offensive line coach in Adrian Clem.

567
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 And according to the news, we're getting losing an assistant defensive line coach in Jamie Mosley to, of all places, Stanford.

568
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 The carousel is busy in your backyard, is it not, Rodney?

569
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 Yeah, it has been, obviously, a little bit.

570
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 You know, right now, certainly, since we talked last, I mean, obviously, on Friday evening, Coach Kapp, Chris Kapilovic, the offensive line coach, the last two seasons, of course, parted ways with Alabama.

571
00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:35,120
 And fairly promptly, Adrian Clem was announced as being hired, the new offensive line coach.

572
00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:41,740
 Of course, he's got a track record in the NFL and, you know, in college, it's a pretty good track record, actually.

573
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 I mean, he's had a lot of success.

574
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 He was a really good player, played for June Jones at Hawaii for four years as a starter, you know, coach for June Jones at SMU.

575
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 He's been at UCLA.

576
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 He's been at Oregon.

577
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 He's been with the Patriots.

578
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 He's been with the Steelers.

579
00:36:55,940 --> 00:37:01,060
 So he's got a varied background, and it appears to be a really good hire.

580
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 We've talked to, you know, several coaches who either coach with him, a couple that hired him.

581
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 So they have a pretty good idea about, you know, the kind of coach he is and his strengths and so forth.

582
00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:16,840
 And I think it just sounds like he's a really good recruiter and a guy that's been a good teacher.

583
00:37:18,200 --> 00:37:24,340
 Ronnie, I'm sure none of your subscribers on the board have mentioned when he was at Oregon,

584
00:37:24,340 --> 00:37:34,180
 they only had five sacks allowed in 13 games, and they averaged rushing for 216 yards a game.

585
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 I would imagine some of the subscribers noted that.

586
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 Yeah, I mean, that offensive line was really good.

587
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 I mean, obviously, I think he had a couple of All-Americans on that line.

588
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 Yeah, he did.

589
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 I think he had three guys that played in the NFL on that offensive line.

590
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 So, you know, he's done a really good job in terms of the record that he has for developing players.

591
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 And that's something that's obviously, I think, something that's extremely important

592
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 and something that I think, you know, there's been some question if that's been lacking, you know, under Coach Kapp.

593
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 But, so, yes, he did have a lot of success there.

594
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 I know that he's been a run game coordinator as well.

595
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 He really believes in a physical lineup and knock you off the ball type brand of football.

596
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 And, you know, he's talked about, guys, about the way things have changed over the last several years

597
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 in terms of up front and the offensive line.

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 But he's still old school.

599
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 You know, I think that's the way he wants to do it.

600
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 So, I know Alabama fans have certainly been clamoring for a physical style of play up front.

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 And that's kind of been his forte.

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 Rodney, you're hooking up with us.

603
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 Rodney, it's just a coincidence that the news comes the week that big Alabama Junior Day.

604
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 It's interesting at the quarterback spot.

605
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 I just saw the news yesterday.

606
00:39:02,500 --> 00:39:05,240
 Tamala out of Nebraska got his fifth star.

607
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 He joins Russell as a fifth star.

608
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 How many schools this day and time have two five stars in right now, or at least in the huddle.

609
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 And yet another guy may be the starting quarterback at this point in time.

610
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 But then, to add to that, Elijah Haven from a place called Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is the number one quarterback in the country.

611
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 Looks like he's coming in.

612
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 And if you go by the tea leaves, looks like Alabama's got the inside track right now.

613
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 Yeah, I mean, again, it's early.

614
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 And, you know, he's obviously going to be heavily recruited.

615
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 There's, you know, people I've talked to think that with Lane Kiffin getting there at LSU, that it might have put them in a position.

616
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 But they've already taken a big commitment for this class.

617
00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:52,360
 So, you know, it certainly could put Alabama in a great position here.

618
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 We'll see.

619
00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:54,900
 I mean, there's other schools that are obviously involved.

620
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 I know that even Auburn has been mentioned to some degree.

621
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 So, you know, we'll see.

622
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 But, yeah, he's going to be here.

623
00:40:02,440 --> 00:40:03,160
 He's been here before.

624
00:40:03,780 --> 00:40:05,300
 I mean, they've got a really good-looking list.

625
00:40:05,420 --> 00:40:08,500
 I mean, obviously, Alabama already has Trent Seaburn committed.

626
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 He's been a guy that's been a local star at Thompson, you know, in the state, and is a really good player.

627
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 And they've got some other top players, Munch on sales, a wide receiver out of Indianapolis is a kid that, you know,

628
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 goes by the nickname of Bama because he's originally from the state.

629
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 And he's got one of the top wide receivers in the country, 6'5", to give Alabama a lot of height.

630
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 But so it'll be interesting to see what he does.

631
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 And they have several other five-star type players coming in for visits.

632
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:46,180
 And we'll have all that information here in the next, hopefully, by this evening as we continue to put the list together.

633
00:40:46,980 --> 00:40:52,440
 Yeah, Ronnie, I had a couple of people ask me about, well, are they ready to commit to Alabama?

634
00:40:52,680 --> 00:40:56,900
 I said, look, we've got a long way to go here in this process.

635
00:40:57,360 --> 00:41:07,660
 But I would imagine a few of your other subscribers saw where Ismail Kamara, considered to be the number three inside offensive lineman,

636
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:13,900
 is coming in, Caden Moss from Jackson, Mississippi, the number three offensive tackle,

637
00:41:14,480 --> 00:41:19,740
 and the number six interior offensive lineman, Jatori Williams, a former Alabama commit.

638
00:41:20,940 --> 00:41:25,800
 Offensive linemen seem to be getting attention to a lot of Alabama fans now.

639
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:28,940
 Yeah, those guys are coming in.

640
00:41:29,100 --> 00:41:30,180
 You know, we'll see how they do.

641
00:41:30,420 --> 00:41:34,680
 Certainly, it'll give Adrian Clem something to work on very quickly.

642
00:41:35,060 --> 00:41:40,580
 You know, it's an early project for him to kind of start building his relationship with those guys who,

643
00:41:40,700 --> 00:41:42,380
 as you mentioned, are very highly rated.

644
00:41:42,580 --> 00:41:46,240
 I know that, you know, they have Kenny Simon, Kenneth Simon coming in.

645
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 He's a Navy All-American going to play in that game.

646
00:41:50,160 --> 00:41:51,620
 He's already scheduled to do that.

647
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:53,100
 He's a linebacker out of Tennessee.

648
00:41:53,540 --> 00:41:58,060
 Jaden Upshaw is one of the top wide receivers in the country out of Georgia is coming in.

649
00:41:58,680 --> 00:42:03,160
 A defensive lineman from down in Mobile at McGill-Tulin.

650
00:42:04,200 --> 00:42:05,860
 Avery and Pauley is coming in.

651
00:42:06,040 --> 00:42:07,300
 So, you get the drift.

652
00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:10,280
 I mean, it's a really good-looking group that they have coming in.

653
00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:14,160
 And, you know, here's the thing, Harold and Brett, let's say this, though.

654
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 You know, the weather here is supposed to be really – it's going to be pretty cold.

655
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:22,140
 So, we'll see.

656
00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:24,600
 That could certainly change some plans.

657
00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:24,940
 Oh, yeah.

658
00:42:26,140 --> 00:42:29,340
 It's changed a lot of plans up in this neighborhood, I guarantee you.

659
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 Rodney, you're going to be with us, Tiger Insider.com.

660
00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:34,500
 Rodney, you know, the things move so fast.

661
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 It's always, well, who's coming, blah, blah, blah.

662
00:42:37,980 --> 00:42:41,600
 And sometimes the latest additions to the class sometimes gets lost in the shuffle.

663
00:42:41,780 --> 00:42:43,280
 To me, it's a very interesting mix.

664
00:42:43,840 --> 00:42:47,480
 Alabama goes down Highway 82 and picks up state offensive lineman,

665
00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:51,040
 and Javon James brings experience at the highest level of SEC.

666
00:42:51,820 --> 00:42:55,940
 And then they go the other way down to Moody and pick up Aubrey Walker.

667
00:42:57,040 --> 00:42:58,580
 A parent of the kid can fly.

668
00:42:58,740 --> 00:43:03,620
 Your thoughts, I know there are others, but as far as James and Walker, to me, too intriguing.

669
00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:04,500
 They're almost bookends.

670
00:43:04,580 --> 00:43:07,740
 You've got one guy that's been there and done that, Walker coming out of high school from Moody.

671
00:43:09,460 --> 00:43:14,340
 Yeah, Aubrey Walker, he's a guy that probably didn't get a lot of recognition.

672
00:43:15,180 --> 00:43:20,020
 But if you just kind of watch him on tape, he's legitimately fast.

673
00:43:20,280 --> 00:43:27,340
 I mean, he is, I think they say he's been timed at 4-3-4, but he does look legitimately fast.

674
00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:28,360
 He's very smooth.

675
00:43:29,260 --> 00:43:32,360
 Seems to catch the ball pretty well based on the tape I've seen of him.

676
00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:35,080
 You know, an impressive-looking kid.

677
00:43:37,160 --> 00:43:44,920
 Look, I think when you have kind of now with the 105, not that you're going to have 105 on scholarship,

678
00:43:45,420 --> 00:43:50,900
 but you can take guys that maybe in the past you would not have taken that you really liked,

679
00:43:51,440 --> 00:43:54,600
 but they just didn't seem like, you know, hey, we don't have the numbers.

680
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:59,680
 So this opens an opportunity for him, and, you know, we'll see.

681
00:43:59,780 --> 00:44:04,520
 Like I said, at that position right now, they needed some depth as well.

682
00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:07,600
 So to bring him in, to bring in a guy like M.J. Mathis,

683
00:44:08,120 --> 00:44:11,720
 another player that was formally committed to Samford, you know,

684
00:44:11,840 --> 00:44:15,920
 it certainly helps in terms of your depth and what you can do in practices.

685
00:44:18,060 --> 00:44:18,500
 Absolutely.

686
00:44:19,380 --> 00:44:25,080
 Rodney, I know you've been asked, well, which one of these guys can come in and be an impact player?

687
00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:30,400
 Well, that remains to be seen because this is a combination of production and potential,

688
00:44:30,860 --> 00:44:35,920
 and we know what potential can get for you sometimes with that.

689
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:39,420
 I think they were able to take care of their needs in the Keekin game.

690
00:44:39,540 --> 00:44:40,060
 We'll see.

691
00:44:40,200 --> 00:44:41,940
 The UNA punter is very good.

692
00:44:42,800 --> 00:44:45,020
 Quinn is very interesting from Ireland.

693
00:44:45,720 --> 00:44:47,160
 We'll see how that goes.

694
00:44:47,160 --> 00:44:48,760
 He's also got a long snapper.

695
00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:51,720
 I've heard more good stuff about Noah Rogers.

696
00:44:52,260 --> 00:44:52,880
 I'm like you.

697
00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:57,980
 Josh Ford and a lot of people nearly forgot about him because he committed

698
00:44:57,980 --> 00:45:03,140
 was one of the first ones, and these numbers are not going to jump off the page.

699
00:45:03,240 --> 00:45:09,460
 But when you're 6'6", 250, and you've played against power four teams in the Big 12,

700
00:45:10,180 --> 00:45:11,560
 you're going to be able to do something.

701
00:45:11,680 --> 00:45:13,760
 I'll be curious about Bingley Jones.

702
00:45:13,760 --> 00:45:17,800
 I think he still is waiting to see about that seventh year.

703
00:45:18,080 --> 00:45:22,940
 But Terrence Green, Desmond Yu, as I call him, and Tompkins.

704
00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:31,840
 Ronnie, again, give it a, you know, whether it's a C-plus or B-minus or B, it's an interesting

705
00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:34,360
 combination of production and potential.

706
00:45:35,020 --> 00:45:35,800
 It is.

707
00:45:35,800 --> 00:45:40,540
 I think if you look at the offensive line, I mean, I really felt they needed at least two

708
00:45:40,540 --> 00:45:42,160
 guys with starting experience.

709
00:45:42,340 --> 00:45:48,340
 I mean, and I think when you look at Dogatti, the interior player, Rayson Dogatti from Cal Poly,

710
00:45:48,980 --> 00:45:51,380
 a guy that probably plays center for you right away.

711
00:45:51,580 --> 00:45:55,260
 You know, step in for Parker Brelstrand, has a ton of reps as a starter.

712
00:45:55,760 --> 00:46:00,700
 And then I think also you mentioned, Harold mentioned earlier, Javin James from Mississippi

713
00:46:00,700 --> 00:46:01,320
 State.

714
00:46:01,560 --> 00:46:06,280
 He started a ton on the offensive line, started nine games last year, left tackle for Mississippi

715
00:46:06,280 --> 00:46:06,660
 State.

716
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:09,620
 But you've got some young players, you know, on the offensive line.

717
00:46:09,860 --> 00:46:14,560
 Ty Haywood, Caden Strayhorn, an interior player.

718
00:46:14,680 --> 00:46:17,120
 Haywood, of course, being a former five-star offensive tackle.

719
00:46:17,780 --> 00:46:22,040
 So you've got some guys, you've got some other guys like Ethan Fields that's going to provide

720
00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:23,040
 some depth for you.

721
00:46:23,520 --> 00:46:25,200
 You needed some numbers there.

722
00:46:25,880 --> 00:46:31,480
 And then on the defensive line, you mentioned Terrence Green is a big interior player, transferring

723
00:46:31,480 --> 00:46:32,420
 in from Oregon.

724
00:46:32,920 --> 00:46:34,820
 Bingley Jones from Mississippi State.

725
00:46:35,500 --> 00:46:37,320
 They've got some outside guys.

726
00:46:37,320 --> 00:46:39,000
 Devin Tompkins from USC.

727
00:46:40,100 --> 00:46:45,780
 Yumi Lozulu from over in South Carolina on the outside, on the edge.

728
00:46:46,060 --> 00:46:48,740
 That's a great combination, I think, that they got up front.

729
00:46:49,240 --> 00:46:55,140
 And then I think Caleb Woodson is an interior inside linebacker, I should say, who is from

730
00:46:55,140 --> 00:46:56,300
 the Virginia Tech.

731
00:46:56,560 --> 00:46:59,680
 Guy's been very productive, has a lot of experience.

732
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:05,400
 I really think you could use another experienced inside backer, but that's obviously not likely

733
00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:05,960
 to happen.

734
00:47:07,080 --> 00:47:13,160
 But yeah, I think overall, when you look at the line of scrimmage, they got some guys

735
00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:18,680
 that I think, as you mentioned, some bring some production already, and some bring some

736
00:47:18,680 --> 00:47:19,720
 really good potential.

737
00:47:21,000 --> 00:47:24,740
 Rodney, what is to make of this Alabama basketball team?

738
00:47:24,820 --> 00:47:28,660
 You used this morning, the judge, your neighbor down there, is going to recuse himself, basically

739
00:47:28,660 --> 00:47:29,840
 saying, here, you take it.

740
00:47:30,220 --> 00:47:31,420
 Your thoughts about that?

741
00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:33,000
 Where do you think it's going to wind up?

742
00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:34,660
 And your thoughts about this team?

743
00:47:35,100 --> 00:47:38,480
 I mean, one time, they're sitting here and losing, losing, losing, and then they come

744
00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:39,540
 back and they blow a team out.

745
00:47:39,620 --> 00:47:44,480
 It's been up and down, a rollercoaster ride so far, particularly on the SEC side of the

746
00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:44,760
 schedule.

747
00:47:44,840 --> 00:47:48,380
 But your thoughts about the team and all the legal battles going on in your backyard?

748
00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:53,220
 Yeah, I mean, you know, again, I think this Betty Occo thing just has to play out.

749
00:47:53,660 --> 00:47:55,360
 You know, we'll see what happens.

750
00:47:55,800 --> 00:47:57,160
 It's hard to make a prediction.

751
00:47:57,280 --> 00:47:58,160
 I would say this.

752
00:47:58,780 --> 00:48:04,440
 I don't know how you can have pro players playing at other places, whether it's NBA or whatever.

753
00:48:05,040 --> 00:48:07,520
 It seems like, to me, a professional is a professional.

754
00:48:08,280 --> 00:48:13,040
 I know they're trying to draw the line in the sand and say, well, it's not an NBA player.

755
00:48:13,420 --> 00:48:18,780
 And that's what, you know, right now, that's where they're saying if you sign an NBA contract,

756
00:48:19,240 --> 00:48:21,380
 then, you know, you're not eligible.

757
00:48:21,820 --> 00:48:23,040
 That's the NCAA stance.

758
00:48:23,420 --> 00:48:25,160
 But I don't really understand it.

759
00:48:25,160 --> 00:48:28,620
 I'm sure that'll all get worked out, and we'll see.

760
00:48:28,980 --> 00:48:34,840
 I would feel a little favorable towards what, you know, this decision coming for Betty Occo

761
00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:35,440
 eventually.

762
00:48:36,160 --> 00:48:39,900
 But right now, he's playing, and obviously, he's, you know, making a big difference.

763
00:48:40,740 --> 00:48:44,400
 And with him, I think this team can be really, really good.

764
00:48:44,900 --> 00:48:46,300
 And, you know, here's the thing, too, Harold.

765
00:48:46,320 --> 00:48:48,480
 I know Alabama was on a little bit of a skid.

766
00:48:50,040 --> 00:48:58,100
 But we've seen in the past that NATO's teams have kind of done this before, and they respond

767
00:48:58,100 --> 00:49:02,340
 really, really well to adversity, you know, as you start to move towards the stretch run

768
00:49:02,340 --> 00:49:02,900
 of the season.

769
00:49:03,260 --> 00:49:05,900
 So, and last night, it looked like they did.

770
00:49:06,160 --> 00:49:08,240
 You know, it was a really big win for them.

771
00:49:08,500 --> 00:49:10,180
 And so we'll see.

772
00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:12,340
 I mean, this team obviously has a lot of potential.

773
00:49:12,720 --> 00:49:14,020
 We have to get some guys healthy.

774
00:49:14,280 --> 00:49:15,220
 We have to stay healthy.

775
00:49:15,820 --> 00:49:20,060
 And, you know, if they can keep Betty Occo, I think this team can make a real run.

776
00:49:21,500 --> 00:49:25,800
 Ronnie, I wonder how many people mentioned to you this week, and you believe it's been

777
00:49:25,800 --> 00:49:33,560
 43 years since Coach Bryant passed away, and then a day later, much beloved official, Eddie

778
00:49:33,560 --> 00:49:41,360
 Condon, where I pulled the age of 97, who I heard could do stand-up comedy.

779
00:49:41,600 --> 00:49:48,440
 I don't know how much you interfaced with him during practice on the field occasionally,

780
00:49:48,740 --> 00:49:55,240
 but obviously, Bud, remembering two legends in Alabama Lord this week.

781
00:49:56,000 --> 00:49:56,120
 Yeah.

782
00:49:56,160 --> 00:49:57,240
 Who was the first one you mentioned?

783
00:49:57,400 --> 00:49:57,680
 I'm sorry.

784
00:49:57,920 --> 00:49:58,700
 Coach Bryant.

785
00:49:59,460 --> 00:49:59,920
 Oh, yeah.

786
00:50:01,720 --> 00:50:02,760
 That's all right, Bud.

787
00:50:02,760 --> 00:50:04,620
 I know you've had an interesting day, too.

788
00:50:05,960 --> 00:50:08,020
 He is the legend of all, right?

789
00:50:08,580 --> 00:50:08,820
 Yep.

790
00:50:09,080 --> 00:50:14,920
 Yeah, no, I mean, it's really hard to believe that it's been 43 years ago, honestly.

791
00:50:17,180 --> 00:50:23,840
 I mean, you know, time has really flown by, and I certainly remember that day extremely

792
00:50:23,840 --> 00:50:28,860
 well, you know, and you just about remember every detail of that day.

793
00:50:29,440 --> 00:50:34,020
 And it was kind of a, you know, just one of those days that you never seem to forget.

794
00:50:34,920 --> 00:50:40,480
 And, you know, his mark is still, I think, you know, the thing about it is, Harold and

795
00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:41,800
 Brett, I still talk to players.

796
00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:43,500
 I talked to Tommy Wilcox today.

797
00:50:43,640 --> 00:50:44,640
 In fact, we were talking.

798
00:50:45,380 --> 00:50:50,280
 And I talked to Walter Lewis a few days ago about, you know, Coach Bryant, can you believe

799
00:50:50,280 --> 00:50:52,100
 it's already been 43 years ago?

800
00:50:52,100 --> 00:50:56,840
 And, you know, those guys, when I talk to them on the phone, when we have conversations

801
00:50:56,840 --> 00:51:01,460
 and we talk about Coach Bryant, they always go back to Coach Bryant when we're talking about,

802
00:51:01,720 --> 00:51:06,020
 you know, different things in their playing careers and after their playing careers and

803
00:51:06,020 --> 00:51:07,660
 the influence that Coach Bryant had.

804
00:51:07,940 --> 00:51:12,820
 So, you know, he certainly impacted all of those, you know, former greats.

805
00:51:12,880 --> 00:51:17,720
 But, and then Eddie Conyers, listen, Eddie told me a lot of Coach Bryant stories, too.

806
00:51:18,720 --> 00:51:26,800
 He told me one, I'll tell you, I won't use the exact words that he's used, but Coach Bryant,

807
00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:33,820
 Eddie decided back in the 70s he was going to go out on a speaking tour, and he was a very

808
00:51:33,820 --> 00:51:34,700
 talented speaker.

809
00:51:34,860 --> 00:51:35,740
 I mean, hilarious.

810
00:51:36,160 --> 00:51:37,820
 This guy was a comedian.

811
00:51:39,320 --> 00:51:42,860
 And shared a lot of stories with me, but he told me this one story.

812
00:51:43,820 --> 00:51:48,840
 This is a couple of years ago when he told me, he said, back in the early 70s when Alabama

813
00:51:48,840 --> 00:51:52,920
 switched to the wishbone, he went out on the speaking tour and, you know, was speaking to

814
00:51:52,920 --> 00:52:00,720
 all these different Alabama groups, and he said that he was, you know, explaining that Alabama

815
00:52:00,720 --> 00:52:06,760
 was talking about the wishbone and had a lot of questions about the wishbone, and Coach Bryant

816
00:52:06,760 --> 00:52:12,160
 called him into his office and said, Eddie, I hear you decided you wanted to go out on a

817
00:52:12,160 --> 00:52:12,860
 speaking tour.

818
00:52:13,940 --> 00:52:18,440
 He goes, so tell me, what are you talking to all these Alabama fans about?

819
00:52:18,500 --> 00:52:19,340
 Tell me what you're telling them.

820
00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:24,640
 He said, oh, Coach, I was just explaining, they wanted to know about the wishbone.

821
00:52:25,440 --> 00:52:30,460
 And Coach Bryant said, Eddie, you don't know blank about the wishbone.

822
00:52:30,960 --> 00:52:31,800
 B-L-A-N-K.

823
00:52:31,840 --> 00:52:33,500
 The best thing for you is to say nothing.

824
00:52:34,200 --> 00:52:35,520
 He said, yes, sir, Coach.

825
00:52:35,600 --> 00:52:36,040
 Yes, sir.

826
00:52:37,620 --> 00:52:38,920
 Would you like fries with that?

827
00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:45,620
 But, you know, yeah, Eddie was one of a kind, man.

828
00:52:45,720 --> 00:52:48,420
 I mean, you know, he really was.

829
00:52:48,460 --> 00:52:49,960
 Like I said, you'd see him at practice.

830
00:52:50,060 --> 00:52:51,880
 After practice, he'd call you to the side.

831
00:52:51,940 --> 00:52:57,000
 Now, the last couple of years, you know, that he was here, you know, Eddie would sit on the

832
00:52:57,000 --> 00:52:57,980
 side a little bit.

833
00:52:58,100 --> 00:53:03,100
 He'd call you over and, you know, chat more than he actually did, I think, refereeing.

834
00:53:03,320 --> 00:53:06,220
 But, you know, he's certainly a guy that was a legend.

835
00:53:07,160 --> 00:53:07,240
 Yeah.

836
00:53:07,340 --> 00:53:08,020
 No question.

837
00:53:08,160 --> 00:53:11,840
 He always enjoyed saying, yeah, my wife and I enjoy going out to eat.

838
00:53:12,320 --> 00:53:14,680
 She goes on Tuesday and I go on Friday.

839
00:53:16,080 --> 00:53:17,200
 Sick of a long marriage.

840
00:53:17,560 --> 00:53:21,460
 His one-liners, Rodney, were just absolutely priceless.

841
00:53:22,580 --> 00:53:22,720
 Yeah.

842
00:53:22,800 --> 00:53:26,480
 How has your marriage been so successful?

843
00:53:26,880 --> 00:53:27,960
 We go out twice a week.

844
00:53:28,140 --> 00:53:29,040
 She goes out on Tuesday.

845
00:53:29,300 --> 00:53:29,980
 That's right.

846
00:53:30,660 --> 00:53:31,440
 That's what it was.

847
00:53:31,680 --> 00:53:32,480
 That's what it was.

848
00:53:33,440 --> 00:53:33,840
 Classic.

849
00:53:34,580 --> 00:53:35,860
 Listen up on that, guys.

850
00:53:36,540 --> 00:53:42,780
 Rodney, where can we get online, buddy, and get the best coverage of Alabama sports 24-7

851
00:53:42,780 --> 00:53:51,280
 message board, interviews, transfer, recruiting, junior day list for a very nominal price?

852
00:53:52,180 --> 00:53:52,440
 Right.

853
00:53:52,620 --> 00:53:53,940
 It's tighterinsider.com.

854
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 It's only $48 a year.

855
00:53:56,220 --> 00:53:58,680
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856
00:53:58,800 --> 00:54:00,280
 There is an address there to send a check.

857
00:54:00,280 --> 00:54:04,960
 Again, there's a lot of talk going on right now on our forum.

858
00:54:05,060 --> 00:54:08,500
 There's a lot of basketball, football, the new hire, of course.

859
00:54:09,320 --> 00:54:11,040
 Like you said, junior day coming up.

860
00:54:11,280 --> 00:54:13,860
 And, Brett, we hope to have that out here later this afternoon.

861
00:54:15,020 --> 00:54:17,340
 All that right there on tighterinsider.com.

862
00:54:17,840 --> 00:54:22,120
 Well, it's on your plate, football, basketball, and who knows, later on, maybe even some pickleball.

863
00:54:22,240 --> 00:54:23,080
 You've got a lot on your plate.

864
00:54:23,200 --> 00:54:25,760
 Keep up the good work, Rodney, and thanks so much for your time today.

865
00:54:26,560 --> 00:54:27,260
 Thank you, guys.

866
00:54:27,360 --> 00:54:27,760
 Take care.

867
00:54:27,860 --> 00:54:28,280
 Thank you, bud.

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908
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909
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910
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911
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912
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925
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 1819 News.

926
00:57:49,980 --> 00:57:55,920
 The Alabama House has passed a bill that would implement the death penalty against those convicted of child rape.

927
00:57:56,160 --> 00:58:00,100
 The Child Predator Death Penalty Act was sponsored by state lawmaker Matt Simpson.

928
00:58:00,480 --> 00:58:02,900
 The bill passed with a 73-6 vote.

929
00:58:03,120 --> 00:58:04,800
 There were 17 abstentions.

930
00:58:05,020 --> 00:58:09,220
 Democrat lawmaker Chris England was opposed to the passage of the bill, calling it cruel punishment,

931
00:58:09,460 --> 00:58:12,260
 and said that the language of the bill is fundamentally unconstitutional.

932
00:58:12,620 --> 00:58:17,580
 England also said that he feared that victims in cases of rape may not come forward with the information

933
00:58:17,580 --> 00:58:20,120
 if they know that the death penalty is on the table.

934
00:58:20,360 --> 00:58:23,400
 House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter made a statement after the bill was passed,

935
00:58:23,440 --> 00:58:29,420
 saying that anyone who violates the innocence of a child represents the very worst of humanity and has no place in this world.

936
00:58:29,420 --> 00:58:33,740
 Ledbetter said that by passing this legislation, the state lawmakers are standing for victims

937
00:58:33,740 --> 00:58:37,140
 and sending a clear message that children will be protected here in Alabama.

938
00:58:37,420 --> 00:58:40,600
 State Senator April Weaver is sponsoring the bill over in the state Senate.

939
00:58:40,780 --> 00:58:43,380
 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this.

940
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941
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945
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946
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947
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 The arrest occurred at an extended stay hotel.

948
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 The name of the person taken into custody has not been released.

949
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 The Gumbo and Alabama Slammer Festival in Foley has been rescheduled for February 7th and 8th.

950
00:59:32,180 --> 00:59:36,840
 The event was going to happen this coming weekend, January 31st, at Heritage Park.

951
00:59:37,200 --> 00:59:37,920
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952
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953
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955
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956
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957
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958
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959
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960
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961
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962
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963
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964
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965
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966
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981
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982
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983
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984
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985
01:00:59,520 --> 01:01:00,220
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986
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987
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988
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989
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990
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991
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992
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993
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994
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995
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996
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997
01:01:30,520 --> 01:01:33,240
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998
01:01:33,540 --> 01:01:38,740
 Your exclusive inside track to the Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC.

999
01:01:39,540 --> 01:01:44,960
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9, The Score.

1000
01:01:46,020 --> 01:01:48,060
 Welcome back in our tour of the Boomo Bugg Show.

1001
01:01:48,180 --> 01:01:49,700
 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

1002
01:01:49,800 --> 01:01:52,980
 Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

1003
01:01:53,180 --> 01:01:56,060
 And are you ready to put on your game face, Brett Beaird?

1004
01:01:56,420 --> 01:01:57,300
 Yes, I am.

1005
01:01:57,820 --> 01:01:59,840
 You know, back in the day, it was TWA.

1006
01:02:00,080 --> 01:02:03,240
 These days, it's UNA that's spending a lot of time at airports.

1007
01:02:03,580 --> 01:02:06,340
 Just asked UNA head basketball coach, Tony Pujo.

1008
01:02:06,440 --> 01:02:08,100
 Coach, welcome in.

1009
01:02:08,100 --> 01:02:08,820
 How are you?

1010
01:02:08,900 --> 01:02:09,560
 Where are you?

1011
01:02:09,600 --> 01:02:12,260
 You're spending more time in the air than Superman these days.

1012
01:02:12,300 --> 01:02:12,820
 How are you doing?

1013
01:02:13,760 --> 01:02:14,820
 Doing great, Harold.

1014
01:02:15,020 --> 01:02:16,380
 Good to be with you guys.

1015
01:02:16,620 --> 01:02:19,900
 We're sitting here in the Birmingham Airport right now getting ready to go to Florida.

1016
01:02:20,760 --> 01:02:21,720
 Man, I'll tell you what.

1017
01:02:21,800 --> 01:02:23,040
 How do you guys do this?

1018
01:02:23,120 --> 01:02:25,260
 I mean, it's like you look around sometimes.

1019
01:02:25,260 --> 01:02:27,280
 I had a brother who traveled the country.

1020
01:02:27,280 --> 01:02:30,420
 And he said, I had to look around and see if my rear end was catching up with me.

1021
01:02:30,420 --> 01:02:40,720
 As a coach and as a player, do you guys ever go, especially this time of the year when you're traveling all over the place, how do you find time to even practice and get ready for some of these games?

1022
01:02:41,480 --> 01:02:43,680
 Yeah, it could be a challenge, right?

1023
01:02:44,480 --> 01:02:46,840
 You know, but we figure out ways.

1024
01:02:46,960 --> 01:02:48,860
 Obviously, we'll get in today.

1025
01:02:49,940 --> 01:02:53,020
 We'll fly into Florida and then head over to the gym.

1026
01:02:53,180 --> 01:02:56,880
 We'll practice tonight, in fact, around 7 o'clock our time here.

1027
01:02:56,960 --> 01:02:58,340
 Central time is only 8 o'clock there.

1028
01:02:58,820 --> 01:03:01,700
 And then we'll get about a good hour, hour and a half of practice.

1029
01:03:01,880 --> 01:03:07,720
 And then tomorrow there'll be obviously a shoot around in the morning before we play Thursday evening.

1030
01:03:07,720 --> 01:03:13,940
 So it is a challenge at times, but it is obviously something that's doable thanks to the opposing team.

1031
01:03:13,940 --> 01:03:18,460
 And then accommodating us with our arrival times and all that stuff.

1032
01:03:19,620 --> 01:03:23,200
 Tony, let me ask you about the loss to Queens.

1033
01:03:23,400 --> 01:03:25,180
 Queens is a very good team.

1034
01:03:25,280 --> 01:03:29,740
 In fact, I believe they lead the conference with a 7-1 record.

1035
01:03:30,060 --> 01:03:36,020
 They beat Eastern Kentucky, Bellarmine, Jacksonville, North Florida, et cetera.

1036
01:03:36,820 --> 01:03:41,620
 And you've had a close game with them last week, certainly for 30 minutes.

1037
01:03:41,620 --> 01:03:45,680
 But as you well know, they're at 40 in the game.

1038
01:03:45,880 --> 01:03:47,500
 Talk about the game last week.

1039
01:03:48,200 --> 01:03:50,300
 Yeah, I thought our guys came out.

1040
01:03:51,080 --> 01:03:53,220
 The physicality of the game, I thought we did a good job.

1041
01:03:53,300 --> 01:03:56,960
 We took away the three-point line, which is something that they're really, really good at.

1042
01:03:58,840 --> 01:04:09,320
 The preseason player of the year, the Ashby kid, we held him to zero points in the game to get one three off.

1043
01:04:09,560 --> 01:04:13,420
 I thought our guys did a tremendous job defensively of locking in on him.

1044
01:04:13,940 --> 01:04:15,060
 But credit them, man.

1045
01:04:15,160 --> 01:04:19,420
 They did things that is not what they normally do, right?

1046
01:04:19,440 --> 01:04:20,460
 It's a high-assist team.

1047
01:04:20,560 --> 01:04:21,900
 They only finished with 11 assists.

1048
01:04:22,340 --> 01:04:24,940
 It's a team that doesn't turn the ball over, had 11 turnovers.

1049
01:04:25,660 --> 01:04:28,500
 So we knew that the defensive game plan was on point.

1050
01:04:28,760 --> 01:04:30,320
 Offensively, we just were not in sync.

1051
01:04:30,900 --> 01:04:32,180
 And again, you've got to credit them.

1052
01:04:32,240 --> 01:04:33,980
 They did a good job of preparing for us.

1053
01:04:34,580 --> 01:04:38,380
 But again, I just think that this league right now is so wide open.

1054
01:04:39,120 --> 01:04:42,100
 And that game is proof of it, right?

1055
01:04:42,140 --> 01:04:48,340
 Because their following game is at West Georgia, and they lose on the road, which is the first loss in the year.

1056
01:04:48,840 --> 01:04:52,460
 So it just goes to show you that this league is wide open.

1057
01:04:52,460 --> 01:04:59,680
 And it's who is going to be hot in March, those four days in March, to have a team go to the NCAA tournament.

1058
01:05:00,360 --> 01:05:02,440
 Talk to us about this part of the schedule, Coach.

1059
01:05:02,620 --> 01:05:04,280
 Obviously, it's a very interesting part.

1060
01:05:04,540 --> 01:05:09,380
 You've got the first part out of the way, lessons learned, and you're trying to sit here and stay focused on the postseason.

1061
01:05:09,780 --> 01:05:14,780
 But you're in the middle of a five-game road trip, unless I'm looking at things wrong here.

1062
01:05:14,980 --> 01:05:18,880
 Like Brent mentioned, you've been at Queens now, at Florida Gulf Coast.

1063
01:05:19,020 --> 01:05:22,720
 After that, all these are at games, Stetson, Central Arkansas, and Austin Peay.

1064
01:05:23,240 --> 01:05:26,640
 But I'm just going to guess, as a head coach, you're not going to look ahead of those games.

1065
01:05:26,800 --> 01:05:28,620
 The next game is the most important one.

1066
01:05:28,680 --> 01:05:30,820
 Let's talk about Florida Gulf Coast.

1067
01:05:31,820 --> 01:05:32,000
 Yeah.

1068
01:05:32,240 --> 01:05:35,920
 And I can tell you this, it is an interesting part of our schedule.

1069
01:05:36,140 --> 01:05:40,500
 We're going to play five games straight on the road and then four games straight at home.

1070
01:05:41,160 --> 01:05:41,260
 Right.

1071
01:05:41,500 --> 01:05:46,560
 And then we'll finish up with two road games, a road game, a home game, and then another road game.

1072
01:05:46,720 --> 01:05:49,380
 So it is a unique time.

1073
01:05:49,960 --> 01:05:54,540
 You know, obviously, one of those games was postponed because of the snow that we had in the area.

1074
01:05:54,700 --> 01:05:55,460
 It wasn't because of us.

1075
01:05:55,900 --> 01:05:59,060
 It was because Central Arkansas, you know, they were not going to be able to travel.

1076
01:05:59,440 --> 01:06:00,860
 So we had to move that game.

1077
01:06:00,860 --> 01:06:03,380
 So now that kind of tilted this a little bit.

1078
01:06:03,520 --> 01:06:13,000
 But as far as Florida Gulf Coast is concerned, you know, again, one of the top teams in the league since I've been in the league this year, they were picked in the top three.

1079
01:06:13,620 --> 01:06:15,200
 But like anybody else, right?

1080
01:06:15,640 --> 01:06:20,540
 Teams are still trying to figure out some things that I think they're sitting at two and six in the league.

1081
01:06:21,480 --> 01:06:23,740
 And I'm telling you, they're hungry for a win.

1082
01:06:23,900 --> 01:06:28,320
 So, you know, right now our focus is we're trying to figure out our team as well.

1083
01:06:28,900 --> 01:06:32,200
 I think our guys are trying to do some things, and I've got to give them credit.

1084
01:06:32,780 --> 01:06:34,780
 They stay positive throughout this whole thing.

1085
01:06:35,020 --> 01:06:42,880
 And, again, that goes to guys like Dallas Howell, Dante Bacchus, and, you know, guys like Cannon Jefferson who kind of keep pushing, right?

1086
01:06:42,920 --> 01:06:45,600
 They keep telling the guys that we just got to stay connected.

1087
01:06:45,780 --> 01:06:48,600
 We got to keep, you know, just heading in the right direction.

1088
01:06:49,400 --> 01:06:58,100
 So, right now we're going into this game playing a very good opponent at home, which they're really good at, is playing at home.

1089
01:06:58,500 --> 01:07:02,080
 So, it's going to be a challenge for us for sure, but we're looking forward to it.

1090
01:07:02,940 --> 01:07:05,540
 Tony, I say this frankly to you.

1091
01:07:05,540 --> 01:07:09,560
 Again, when you look at the record of a team, look behind it.

1092
01:07:10,160 --> 01:07:12,240
 They're 8-13, but they're 2-6.

1093
01:07:12,360 --> 01:07:16,560
 As you mentioned at conference play, they've got losses to Illinois.

1094
01:07:16,860 --> 01:07:25,180
 Yeah, that Illinois, Alabama beat, Georgia Southern, FIU, Kennesaw State in overtime, New Mexico.

1095
01:07:25,440 --> 01:07:27,860
 I noticed I think they had two one-point losses.

1096
01:07:28,600 --> 01:07:33,580
 Tony, once again, they play a tough schedule, and they've had some close games against national opponents.

1097
01:07:34,360 --> 01:07:35,380
 That's our league.

1098
01:07:35,620 --> 01:07:36,340
 That's our league.

1099
01:07:36,540 --> 01:07:38,140
 I mean, I'll just be honest with you.

1100
01:07:38,680 --> 01:07:43,160
 You know, even their FAU game at home, it was a game that they had won.

1101
01:07:43,160 --> 01:07:46,360
 And, unfortunately, you know, FAU made some plays down the stretch.

1102
01:07:46,860 --> 01:07:52,960
 To get that game, and you're talking about a team at FAU that's one of the top teams in their league, right, in the American.

1103
01:07:53,280 --> 01:07:57,400
 So, you know, you can go up and down every team in our league.

1104
01:07:58,060 --> 01:08:02,720
 Everybody's been prepared for what we're embarking in, and it's such a well-coached league.

1105
01:08:03,100 --> 01:08:08,660
 Coach Chambers does a really good job at Florida, as well as all the coaches in our league, right?

1106
01:08:08,660 --> 01:08:12,040
 Like, this league has a lot of good coaches and a lot of good talent.

1107
01:08:12,300 --> 01:08:15,360
 So, again, we're looking forward to the challenge.

1108
01:08:15,480 --> 01:08:19,460
 We got our own challenges that we're trying to make sure that we're figuring out.

1109
01:08:19,880 --> 01:08:25,580
 And I couldn't ask for a better opponent to go up against than Florida Gulf Coast for us to try to figure those things out.

1110
01:08:26,240 --> 01:08:29,660
 Coach, I'm looking at the schedule here, and this is crazy.

1111
01:08:29,660 --> 01:08:32,760
 My, oh, my, what's the old saying, time gets by so fast.

1112
01:08:33,040 --> 01:08:37,860
 One month from this date, one month from this date, the regular season is over.

1113
01:08:38,000 --> 01:08:39,380
 You take it on West Georgia.

1114
01:08:39,960 --> 01:08:42,960
 You've obviously got the lion's share of the schedule behind you.

1115
01:08:43,320 --> 01:08:50,540
 Based on what you've seen so far, what lessons would you like to take over this, again, I'll say it as hard as it is to say, the last month of the regular season?

1116
01:08:51,380 --> 01:09:06,400
 Well, what I can tell you is, you know, what seasons always teach me is the amount of gratitude that I have for the people that I work for, the people that I work with, the students that I, you know, student-athletes that I get to coach, right?

1117
01:09:07,120 --> 01:09:13,120
 So, you know, we tell our guys all the time, we're going to blink, and the conference tournament's going to be here.

1118
01:09:13,500 --> 01:09:13,820
 It is.

1119
01:09:13,920 --> 01:09:19,760
 So, my thing is, I'm always focusing on what can we do today, right?

1120
01:09:19,960 --> 01:09:21,400
 I want to always be present.

1121
01:09:21,640 --> 01:09:26,560
 I want to be in the place that I'm at, because I want to savor that.

1122
01:09:26,640 --> 01:09:33,120
 I want to savor the moments of understanding that we're building something here that's unique and special, right?

1123
01:09:33,320 --> 01:09:42,380
 Like, that's the one thing that I'm very proud of is just every coach that has been here, every player that has played here has put their mark on what this program's about.

1124
01:09:42,380 --> 01:09:47,200
 And I can tell you this, I'm looking forward to this Thursday.

1125
01:09:48,000 --> 01:09:51,000
 But more importantly, I'm looking forward to practice tonight.

1126
01:09:51,160 --> 01:09:54,160
 I can't wait to get on that court and be with these guys.

1127
01:09:54,720 --> 01:09:57,860
 And just, again, another day to make them better as a team.

1128
01:09:58,440 --> 01:10:07,080
 And obviously, ourselves as coaches, continuing to grow the game, you know, grow our skill as we continue to coach.

1129
01:10:07,560 --> 01:10:10,120
 Well, and the other thing, coach, I mean, you're never going to say this.

1130
01:10:10,160 --> 01:10:14,700
 I'll say it for you, is, yes, coaches have always had obstacles from the modern era.

1131
01:10:15,540 --> 01:10:21,160
 You sit here, and all of a sudden, one of your prized pupils is going to be picked off the tree.

1132
01:10:21,380 --> 01:10:25,760
 As a coach, you have to sit here and say, okay, we lost a star guy to Texas A&M.

1133
01:10:25,820 --> 01:10:28,560
 You can't say the system says go, and you can't say no to that.

1134
01:10:28,980 --> 01:10:33,180
 But as a coach, you just don't walk in and say, here's a pair of shoes, fill them.

1135
01:10:33,240 --> 01:10:34,000
 It's not that easy.

1136
01:10:34,120 --> 01:10:36,840
 So, your thought is just about the modern era of coaching.

1137
01:10:37,360 --> 01:10:39,480
 One day, you got him just over on the football side.

1138
01:10:40,340 --> 01:10:43,640
 Let's face it, Coach Dierma, who was on with us earlier, loses a prized punter.

1139
01:10:43,760 --> 01:10:45,260
 That's just the nature of the beast now.

1140
01:10:46,780 --> 01:10:48,940
 That's definitely the way it is, right?

1141
01:10:49,120 --> 01:10:51,900
 Like, it is the way, this is exactly the way it is.

1142
01:10:52,320 --> 01:10:56,120
 And, you know, we, you know, unfortunately, one of the things that I say all the time,

1143
01:10:56,780 --> 01:10:58,600
 don't look towards the kids.

1144
01:10:58,660 --> 01:11:00,940
 The kids aren't the ones making the rules, okay?

1145
01:11:02,060 --> 01:11:07,260
 I wonder sometimes, you know, how can we as adults, you know, you hear it all the time,

1146
01:11:07,260 --> 01:11:10,760
 and even in politics today, man, common sense.

1147
01:11:11,180 --> 01:11:13,380
 Like, what is that, Coach?

1148
01:11:13,940 --> 01:11:15,360
 Yeah, that's my point.

1149
01:11:15,440 --> 01:11:17,220
 My point is sometimes I don't even get it.

1150
01:11:17,400 --> 01:11:24,260
 Like, how is, you know, how is, how are these guys coming together and saying,

1151
01:11:24,480 --> 01:11:26,780
 this is really good for the game of basketball?

1152
01:11:27,260 --> 01:11:30,480
 This decision that we're about to make is really good for the game.

1153
01:11:30,900 --> 01:11:32,940
 And, you know, my thing is this.

1154
01:11:33,020 --> 01:11:37,000
 I'm just hoping that the right minds, the people that make decisions,

1155
01:11:37,600 --> 01:11:39,920
 come together, gain common sense, right?

1156
01:11:40,420 --> 01:11:43,860
 And then let's put together, and I'm all for it.

1157
01:11:43,860 --> 01:11:48,180
 Listen, I'm all for making sure that our kids are taken care of while they're in college, okay?

1158
01:11:48,180 --> 01:11:49,620
 So I don't want you to think that I'm not.

1159
01:11:50,160 --> 01:11:56,320
 But what I do believe is it has to be a structure that's going to prepare them for what's next.

1160
01:11:57,020 --> 01:11:57,180
 Right.

1161
01:11:57,180 --> 01:12:02,500
 It can't be a structure that just doesn't blend in with what's coming next for them.

1162
01:12:02,580 --> 01:12:03,580
 May it be the workforce.

1163
01:12:03,760 --> 01:12:06,020
 May it be continuing to play the game of basketball.

1164
01:12:06,600 --> 01:12:10,380
 Players shouldn't be getting paid more in college than they are in the pros.

1165
01:12:10,580 --> 01:12:11,820
 Like, that should never be happening.

1166
01:12:12,040 --> 01:12:12,120
 Yep.

1167
01:12:12,360 --> 01:12:12,540
 No.

1168
01:12:12,920 --> 01:12:16,960
 Like, that should never be happening because if you're climbing the ladder of success,

1169
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 you shouldn't be getting a pay cut, right?

1170
01:12:19,480 --> 01:12:22,340
 So my thing is, and that's happening right now.

1171
01:12:22,860 --> 01:12:28,220
 So the right minds need to just come together, set the rules the way they're supposed to be set,

1172
01:12:28,520 --> 01:12:36,340
 and then just, like I said, let's just make common sense decisions so that we're not hurting these young people, okay,

1173
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 as they continue to kind of grow in this game and grow as men.

1174
01:12:42,360 --> 01:12:47,540
 Tony, you had a little bit of a lineup change against Queens, sophomore Darkon King,

1175
01:12:47,680 --> 01:12:53,100
 and true freshman Braylon Patton got their first career starts,

1176
01:12:53,100 --> 01:12:58,220
 and Braylon Patton finished with 10 points, four rebounds, three assists.

1177
01:12:58,780 --> 01:13:00,340
 That's a pretty good night for him.

1178
01:13:01,100 --> 01:13:07,880
 100%, and I got to tell you something because I never cheat my guys, but he had five rebounds.

1179
01:13:08,140 --> 01:13:09,980
 He had four defensive rebounds.

1180
01:13:10,500 --> 01:13:15,340
 He had one offensive rebound, and he finished with three assists, finished with 10 points,

1181
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 and I'm just telling you, Braylon's got a real promising future.

1182
01:13:22,180 --> 01:13:29,260
 We felt comfortable with going with him, and again, it's nothing other than a little shakeup

1183
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 to make sure that guys understand that they can't take things for granted.

1184
01:13:32,800 --> 01:13:37,600
 They've got to make sure that the culture of the program will always be protected,

1185
01:13:38,400 --> 01:13:46,400
 so we need guys to understand what those standards are, and we can't ever let those standards slip,

1186
01:13:47,200 --> 01:13:49,580
 and I'm not saying that that's happening.

1187
01:13:49,720 --> 01:13:54,700
 What I'm saying is we've just got to make sure that guys understand that every day you come to practice,

1188
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 you have to earn everything you get.

1189
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 You get evaluated after every practice.

1190
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 You get evaluated after every game.

1191
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 That's the real world.

1192
01:14:01,700 --> 01:14:04,400
 When you go to work, you get evaluated every day, okay?

1193
01:14:04,760 --> 01:14:10,020
 And my thing is if you produce, trust me, that's how you keep your job.

1194
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 When you don't produce, that's how you can potentially lose your job.

1195
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 So one thing that we stress with our guys is we need everyday guys.

1196
01:14:18,220 --> 01:14:21,220
 We need guys that are going to show up every day and get their job done.

1197
01:14:22,400 --> 01:14:25,560
 Tony, in closing, congratulations to you.

1198
01:14:25,760 --> 01:14:29,280
 We've been talking about the transfer portal and players coming and going.

1199
01:14:30,000 --> 01:14:37,840
 Six-year senior Dallas Howell passed Jamari Blackman for the second-most career Division I games

1200
01:14:37,840 --> 01:14:39,620
 in a UNA uniform.

1201
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 In fact, he is one of just seven known players in Division I this season to play for six seasons

1202
01:14:48,040 --> 01:14:51,200
 and the only one to play for the same school.

1203
01:14:51,620 --> 01:14:52,260
 That's right.

1204
01:14:52,420 --> 01:14:52,720
 I'm at that.

1205
01:14:52,720 --> 01:14:55,900
 You talk about loyalty and perseverance.

1206
01:14:56,700 --> 01:15:01,140
 Boy, he's in the dictionary when it comes to that, Tony.

1207
01:15:02,020 --> 01:15:04,840
 Listen, Dallas Howell is a program guy.

1208
01:15:05,800 --> 01:15:10,200
 Dallas Howell is somebody that we're big fans of.

1209
01:15:10,940 --> 01:15:13,660
 We're very thankful that he's part of this program.

1210
01:15:14,680 --> 01:15:15,540
 And you're right.

1211
01:15:15,680 --> 01:15:17,020
 He's been here for six years.

1212
01:15:17,260 --> 01:15:22,120
 The only Division I player that has had six years and has been in the same school.

1213
01:15:22,760 --> 01:15:23,160
 Wow.

1214
01:15:23,380 --> 01:15:24,060
 You know, last year.

1215
01:15:24,140 --> 01:15:25,980
 And just think about what happened to him last year, right?

1216
01:15:26,380 --> 01:15:29,220
 I mean, season-ending, season-ending, torn ACL.

1217
01:15:29,820 --> 01:15:31,320
 And, man, he's come back.

1218
01:15:31,540 --> 01:15:35,020
 And, you know, obviously, probably up to this day,

1219
01:15:35,140 --> 01:15:38,140
 he's going to probably be harder on himself than anybody else.

1220
01:15:38,460 --> 01:15:40,440
 Probably not playing the way he wants to play.

1221
01:15:41,020 --> 01:15:43,020
 But, man, you know, we believe in him.

1222
01:15:43,680 --> 01:15:45,440
 We know that it's a matter of time.

1223
01:15:45,900 --> 01:15:50,460
 So we're going to stand with him, just like he stood with us for six years.

1224
01:15:50,460 --> 01:15:52,560
 So I'm a big fan of his.

1225
01:15:52,900 --> 01:15:57,300
 And I just want you to know that he affects winning, even if he scores or not.

1226
01:15:58,120 --> 01:15:58,220
 Yeah.

1227
01:15:58,400 --> 01:16:00,020
 Mr. Anomaly, I guarantee you.

1228
01:16:00,060 --> 01:16:03,940
 Coach, always good to hook up with you and enjoy that airport food.

1229
01:16:04,320 --> 01:16:06,800
 And hopefully you'll get some of that Florida Chamber of Commerce weather

1230
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 down in Fort Myers.

1231
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 And stay safe and safe travels to and from, okay?

1232
01:16:11,180 --> 01:16:12,220
 Yeah, appreciate you guys.

1233
01:16:12,460 --> 01:16:12,760
 Thank you.

1234
01:16:12,940 --> 01:16:13,080
 Thank you, Tom.

1235
01:16:13,560 --> 01:16:14,420
 Thank you so much.

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 I would assume the term very interesting is what's going on with a lot of high school coaches throughout the entire state of Alabama,

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 including out of the Falcons' nest and football coach out at Florence High.

1348
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 Coach Kenny Morrison in the huddle with us.

1349
01:21:44,520 --> 01:21:45,440
 Coach, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 I'm great.

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 Thanks for having me on.

1353
01:21:49,060 --> 01:21:49,400
 Hey, Coach.

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01:21:49,400 --> 01:21:50,980
 Hey, we appreciate you taking time out.

1355
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 It's January and we're talking high school football.

1356
01:21:54,240 --> 01:22:00,440
 Coach, has anything changed with the Volkswagen Montgomery since the last time we got together here?

1357
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 Boy, I'll tell you what, there's been a shakeup in the state for sure.

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 Here's your thoughts.

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 Obviously, Coach, fans.

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 I need fans right now still trying to sit here and figure.

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 Remember, if you had an older brother, one of the first games older brothers teach younger brothers is 52 cards,

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1363
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 Thank you, big brother.

1364
01:22:21,600 --> 01:22:23,320
 Is it kind of that way now?

1365
01:22:23,400 --> 01:22:27,800
 It's trying to sit here and just kind of put all these pieces together as a high school coach.

1366
01:22:27,900 --> 01:22:32,120
 What's your initial reaction to all these changes as a head coach at Florence High?

1367
01:22:33,560 --> 01:22:36,600
 You know, obviously, we're still processing it.

1368
01:22:37,300 --> 01:22:43,300
 It really didn't play a big factor into the top, the large classifications.

1369
01:22:43,640 --> 01:22:51,640
 It really was a major move for the small classifications with the private schools being pulled out into their own area.

1370
01:22:52,980 --> 01:22:58,220
 You know, we were sitting at the largest 6A all alone.

1371
01:22:58,580 --> 01:23:00,980
 We were finally going to drop down a classification.

1372
01:23:01,320 --> 01:23:02,120
 We went to 33.

1373
01:23:02,780 --> 01:23:05,560
 We've seen those numbers throughout the whole year.

1374
01:23:06,080 --> 01:23:07,940
 We knew kind of where we were going to land.

1375
01:23:08,060 --> 01:23:12,960
 We just didn't know they were going to pull the privates out and kind of move everybody down to a 6A, 5A thing.

1376
01:23:13,060 --> 01:23:18,940
 But, you know, it kind of is what it is, and it's the cards we've been dealt.

1377
01:23:19,280 --> 01:23:23,600
 And, again, we felt like we were going to be here in this spot.

1378
01:23:23,680 --> 01:23:25,480
 We just didn't know how the rest was going to shake out.

1379
01:23:26,880 --> 01:23:28,560
 Coach, were you in favor?

1380
01:23:29,880 --> 01:23:38,720
 I know our friend BenThomas at L.com literally surveyed about 58 coaches across the state anonymously.

1381
01:23:39,440 --> 01:23:44,320
 And, still, the majority of them were not in favor of pulling out the private schools.

1382
01:23:44,460 --> 01:23:54,980
 Now, again, public and private can play during the regular season, but in the postseason, they will have, again, separate postseason for their championships.

1383
01:23:55,520 --> 01:23:59,660
 Were you in favor of splitting the public and private schools?

1384
01:24:01,080 --> 01:24:03,400
 I've got a lot of mixed emotions about it.

1385
01:24:03,760 --> 01:24:07,120
 You know, again, it didn't really affect us.

1386
01:24:07,120 --> 01:24:16,600
 The only thing it could affect, there was a bracket that came out somewhere towards the end here that had 32-7A and 32-6A.

1387
01:24:16,680 --> 01:24:21,140
 Now, that would have been a big difference because that would have created a travel with us.

1388
01:24:21,280 --> 01:24:25,720
 That would have put us down in a region with Clay Chalkwell and Pinson and those guys.

1389
01:24:26,140 --> 01:24:27,680
 I was not in favor of that.

1390
01:24:27,940 --> 01:24:31,940
 But, you know, kind of shook out and went back to the old way that it's been.

1391
01:24:31,940 --> 01:24:35,120
 And, you know, 22 years I was at Decatur High School.

1392
01:24:35,280 --> 01:24:38,240
 This is the region that I had always grew up in.

1393
01:24:38,500 --> 01:24:41,160
 And, you know, it's a fun group of folks to play.

1394
01:24:41,360 --> 01:24:43,480
 And we used to call it the SEC North.

1395
01:24:43,640 --> 01:24:46,740
 And looking at that schedule right now, it is the SEC North.

1396
01:24:46,880 --> 01:24:48,660
 It's going to be brutal every Friday night.

1397
01:24:49,160 --> 01:24:52,760
 But there's going to be folks in the stands, and it's going to be a great high school atmosphere.

1398
01:24:53,040 --> 01:24:54,900
 So, definitely in favor of that.

1399
01:24:55,020 --> 01:25:00,660
 I spent three years in Tennessee, and this is kind of what happened while I was up there.

1400
01:25:00,760 --> 01:25:01,460
 They pulled them.

1401
01:25:01,980 --> 01:25:04,940
 They went to their own different divisions, and it worked up there.

1402
01:25:05,060 --> 01:25:10,060
 But, you know, it's become a free-for-all up there with NIL and private schools.

1403
01:25:10,320 --> 01:25:11,760
 And, you know, up there they're a little different.

1404
01:25:11,760 --> 01:25:16,740
 They've got housing at different places, dorms and everything that they can offer.

1405
01:25:17,100 --> 01:25:20,140
 So, it's a free-for-all up there.

1406
01:25:20,480 --> 01:25:22,680
 I don't know how it's going to shake out here.

1407
01:25:23,180 --> 01:25:28,160
 And the last thing I'll say, I've got friends that are in private school that were in public.

1408
01:25:28,660 --> 01:25:33,180
 And, you know, really close friends of mine, Bob Godsey, Jerry Adcox at Whiteford,

1409
01:25:33,300 --> 01:25:36,200
 Christian that I grew up, you know, 22 years coaching with.

1410
01:25:36,780 --> 01:25:39,360
 You know, I feel for those guys because they want to be in this league.

1411
01:25:39,720 --> 01:25:42,140
 And they know what this league is about.

1412
01:25:42,400 --> 01:25:47,300
 And, you know, they're afraid that their kids are going to recognize that it's a different league

1413
01:25:47,300 --> 01:25:50,760
 and maybe want to go back to the bigger public schools.

1414
01:25:51,000 --> 01:25:52,140
 And they may lose kids.

1415
01:25:52,500 --> 01:25:57,580
 So, you know, it may work to our advantage getting some of the private schools back, kids back.

1416
01:25:57,660 --> 01:25:58,160
 But who knows?

1417
01:25:58,220 --> 01:25:58,600
 We'll see.

1418
01:25:59,800 --> 01:26:02,320
 Coach, I knew these guys in Tennessee were doing okay.

1419
01:26:02,780 --> 01:26:04,000
 I had to go and get one of those.

1420
01:26:04,040 --> 01:26:04,840
 I think it was a junior.

1421
01:26:05,220 --> 01:26:07,300
 He loaned me the money to buy my latest Mercedes.

1422
01:26:07,300 --> 01:26:09,360
 So, I knew he was rich.

1423
01:26:09,920 --> 01:26:10,940
 Boy, it's got it.

1424
01:26:11,120 --> 01:26:11,880
 It's up there.

1425
01:26:11,920 --> 01:26:12,760
 It's something else, man.

1426
01:26:13,600 --> 01:26:14,960
 Your thoughts about the schedule.

1427
01:26:15,280 --> 01:26:17,440
 Hey, we get NIL money down here.

1428
01:26:17,520 --> 01:26:18,140
 I'm getting out.

1429
01:26:18,780 --> 01:26:19,220
 Yeah.

1430
01:26:19,220 --> 01:26:20,640
 Somebody else can deal with that.

1431
01:26:20,860 --> 01:26:21,080
 Yep.

1432
01:26:21,200 --> 01:26:21,480
 Yeah.

1433
01:26:21,580 --> 01:26:22,760
 We don't get NIL.

1434
01:26:22,920 --> 01:26:23,920
 We get N-O-N-E.

1435
01:26:24,120 --> 01:26:25,420
 So, it starts with an N.

1436
01:26:25,440 --> 01:26:26,760
 That's about as close as it gets.

1437
01:26:26,940 --> 01:26:29,420
 But, Coach, your thoughts about some of these guys and parents.

1438
01:26:29,920 --> 01:26:32,840
 Did the folks in Montgomery ever say, you know what?

1439
01:26:32,840 --> 01:26:34,760
 If we're smart, we'll talk to you guys, the coaches.

1440
01:26:35,220 --> 01:26:36,440
 We've got this thing called the Internet.

1441
01:26:36,600 --> 01:26:37,620
 You don't even have to come down here.

1442
01:26:37,680 --> 01:26:38,360
 You can participate.

1443
01:26:39,000 --> 01:26:42,040
 Find out what is best long-term from a coach's perspective.

1444
01:26:42,220 --> 01:26:44,720
 And we've been talking with some of the folks across the state.

1445
01:26:44,780 --> 01:26:49,500
 And some of these parents and kids are going to have to travel two and three hours for a game.

1446
01:26:49,600 --> 01:26:53,940
 And then that's one thing for football because it's Friday and you've got Saturday to catch up and watch cartoons.

1447
01:26:53,940 --> 01:27:01,000
 But if you're playing some of these other sports like basketball, how in the world are they going to do that kind of traveling and get back and go to class?

1448
01:27:01,800 --> 01:27:06,220
 Yeah, you think about a Tuesday night basketball game that's got to travel two hours.

1449
01:27:07,040 --> 01:27:08,980
 That's tough business on these kids.

1450
01:27:09,280 --> 01:27:14,360
 And I know the private schools, I don't know exactly when it is, tomorrow or Friday, I'm not sure.

1451
01:27:14,500 --> 01:27:18,860
 But I know the private schools have called for a meeting with the Athletic Association.

1452
01:27:19,160 --> 01:27:20,660
 I don't know how that's going to shake out.

1453
01:27:20,660 --> 01:27:23,480
 But, yeah, that's a tough gig for them.

1454
01:27:23,620 --> 01:27:27,000
 And financially, it's going to be rough on them.

1455
01:27:27,040 --> 01:27:31,500
 And it's going to be hard on those kids from a school day, the next day standpoint.

1456
01:27:31,800 --> 01:27:33,420
 You've got baseball.

1457
01:27:33,420 --> 01:27:36,340
 I was a head baseball coach at Decatur for four years.

1458
01:27:36,560 --> 01:27:39,480
 And we played almost every night but Wednesday night.

1459
01:27:39,620 --> 01:27:40,920
 You can imagine that travel.

1460
01:27:41,920 --> 01:27:43,080
 It's tough.

1461
01:27:44,020 --> 01:27:46,760
 The kids are the ones, again, that are going to suffer.

1462
01:27:49,100 --> 01:27:54,360
 I'm the District 7 board representative for our Alabama Football Coaches Association.

1463
01:27:55,160 --> 01:28:00,700
 And, you know, we're representing all the coaches, private or public.

1464
01:28:01,060 --> 01:28:03,460
 And there's guys on our board that are private school.

1465
01:28:03,580 --> 01:28:04,800
 There's guys that are public school.

1466
01:28:04,920 --> 01:28:10,240
 There's some that's been in public that are private now and some in private back in public.

1467
01:28:10,440 --> 01:28:12,380
 So, you know, we represent them all.

1468
01:28:12,500 --> 01:28:20,640
 And we've sat in those meetings and had some of the – you just – we were all shocked across the board that it just happened.

1469
01:28:21,100 --> 01:28:27,200
 We really thought it might be a two-year study and then, you know, get a better deal with it and figure it out.

1470
01:28:27,200 --> 01:28:30,220
 But, oh, it got thrown out there quick.

1471
01:28:32,120 --> 01:28:38,920
 Coach, I've had several friends of mine who've seen this and they call Class 5A Region 7 the Region of Doom.

1472
01:28:39,320 --> 01:28:41,780
 Or, as you said, the ACC North.

1473
01:28:42,500 --> 01:28:44,240
 It is absolutely amazing.

1474
01:28:44,500 --> 01:28:48,860
 It is a playoff game practically every Friday night.

1475
01:28:49,000 --> 01:28:52,760
 Have you been able to finalize the 2026 schedule yet?

1476
01:28:53,440 --> 01:28:54,980
 I finalized it today.

1477
01:28:54,980 --> 01:28:59,700
 And, I mean, the thing that I just hung up the phone with Daryl Higgins.

1478
01:29:00,380 --> 01:29:03,880
 Daryl and I went to – we played high school football together.

1479
01:29:04,140 --> 01:29:06,960
 And, you know, proud for him getting an opportunity down at Russell.

1480
01:29:07,060 --> 01:29:11,680
 I know he needed a few years to get back into the public school side of it.

1481
01:29:11,740 --> 01:29:13,260
 And this was great timing for him.

1482
01:29:13,900 --> 01:29:14,700
 And we just talked.

1483
01:29:15,740 --> 01:29:18,400
 Again, I grew up in this, but we didn't have Russell in the mix.

1484
01:29:18,500 --> 01:29:19,620
 Now we're adding him in.

1485
01:29:20,260 --> 01:29:24,780
 And he's got some guys – John Mothershed is helping him coach.

1486
01:29:24,780 --> 01:29:27,200
 And I know he's had Chris Ballantyne helping him, though.

1487
01:29:27,680 --> 01:29:29,180
 You're talking about a well coach.

1488
01:29:29,320 --> 01:29:32,480
 You're talking about some of the top coaches in this state down in Russell now.

1489
01:29:33,700 --> 01:29:35,320
 They add that into the mix.

1490
01:29:35,480 --> 01:29:35,720
 Wow.

1491
01:29:36,160 --> 01:29:38,740
 So, it is tough every Friday night.

1492
01:29:39,120 --> 01:29:43,280
 It – you know, we obviously wanted in 6A.

1493
01:29:43,500 --> 01:29:46,480
 And somebody told me, well, you got what you wish for.

1494
01:29:46,680 --> 01:29:51,340
 I said, no, I got what I wish for from a gate standpoint.

1495
01:29:51,780 --> 01:29:53,260
 And folks in the stand.

1496
01:29:53,900 --> 01:29:56,560
 But I didn't wish for this as far as who we're playing.

1497
01:29:57,380 --> 01:30:01,040
 Coach, who are you going to open up with, if you don't mind us asking, Aaron?

1498
01:30:01,380 --> 01:30:04,660
 Yeah, we're going to do a jamboree with Huntsville over in Huntsville.

1499
01:30:05,240 --> 01:30:05,600
 Okay.

1500
01:30:05,800 --> 01:30:07,840
 And we're going to do a jamboree instead of a spring game.

1501
01:30:08,080 --> 01:30:10,600
 And then we're going to open up on the road at Pinson Valley.

1502
01:30:11,560 --> 01:30:15,520
 And then we'll be back home for the first home opener.

1503
01:30:15,640 --> 01:30:17,260
 It'll be Jasper City coming here.

1504
01:30:17,860 --> 01:30:21,120
 And then region play starts.

1505
01:30:21,320 --> 01:30:23,100
 And the rivalry week is that first one.

1506
01:30:23,200 --> 01:30:24,460
 And that's us and Muscle Shoals.

1507
01:30:24,660 --> 01:30:26,500
 The first region opener will be us two.

1508
01:30:27,080 --> 01:30:28,620
 And it'll be at Muscle Shoals.

1509
01:30:29,640 --> 01:30:34,620
 And then from there, we'll have Russell right after that at Russell.

1510
01:30:35,440 --> 01:30:38,560
 So, I've got to go two Muscle Shoals and two Russell back-to-back.

1511
01:30:38,940 --> 01:30:41,280
 So, other than that, nothing is a piece of cake, right?

1512
01:30:41,680 --> 01:30:42,600
 Oh, absolutely not.

1513
01:30:42,720 --> 01:30:44,880
 Then Decatur's coming here for homecoming.

1514
01:30:45,380 --> 01:30:46,860
 And we're going to need an open week.

1515
01:30:46,860 --> 01:30:48,340
 Week five will be open.

1516
01:30:49,000 --> 01:30:50,700
 And then it starts right back up.

1517
01:30:50,760 --> 01:30:55,100
 We've got Athens, East Limestone, Austin, and Hartsell.

1518
01:30:55,340 --> 01:30:57,620
 And we're going to finish the year at Fort Payne.

1519
01:30:58,320 --> 01:30:59,840
 So, it's brutal.

1520
01:31:00,780 --> 01:31:00,880
 Yeah.

1521
01:31:01,640 --> 01:31:02,080
 Absolutely.

1522
01:31:02,500 --> 01:31:05,160
 Listen, we'll let you – let me ask you before we do let you go.

1523
01:31:05,380 --> 01:31:10,080
 Your spring plans, will you have spring practice in a spring game

1524
01:31:10,080 --> 01:31:12,140
 or take the extra week in July?

1525
01:31:12,800 --> 01:31:14,140
 We're going to take the extra week.

1526
01:31:14,140 --> 01:31:17,340
 Again, we're going to play Huntsville in the Jamboree in the fall.

1527
01:31:18,040 --> 01:31:18,260
 Okay.

1528
01:31:18,360 --> 01:31:22,820
 We feel like a big need for us is to stay in this weight room and get stronger.

1529
01:31:23,580 --> 01:31:30,540
 And a lot of times when you go into spring training, sometimes you back off of them a little bit so you can have a solid spring.

1530
01:31:30,680 --> 01:31:33,300
 But we're going to stay heavy on the weights all the way through.

1531
01:31:33,300 --> 01:31:37,820
 And we're going to do stuff with them in the afternoons as far as we get two hours a week.

1532
01:31:38,580 --> 01:31:41,320
 All schools do across the state.

1533
01:31:41,480 --> 01:31:48,140
 So, we'll utilize our two hours a week in the afternoon and work on some stuff with our guys, skill development.

1534
01:31:48,900 --> 01:31:51,060
 But we're – weight room's our number one focus.

1535
01:31:51,300 --> 01:31:52,460
 Nutrition plan started.

1536
01:31:53,460 --> 01:31:56,220
 We've got to be ready for the big dogs when the fall rolls around.

1537
01:31:57,180 --> 01:31:59,100
 Coach, it's always good to hook up with you.

1538
01:31:59,180 --> 01:32:01,720
 I know it's a lot going at you 90 miles an hour right now.

1539
01:32:01,800 --> 01:32:03,520
 I'm probably trying to drink out of a fire hose.

1540
01:32:03,620 --> 01:32:08,440
 And if you leave now, you might make that season finale at Fort Payne by the time it rolls around, okay?

1541
01:32:08,700 --> 01:32:09,480
 That's a road trip.

1542
01:32:10,280 --> 01:32:11,540
 If we blink, it'll be here.

1543
01:32:11,600 --> 01:32:12,140
 That's for sure.

1544
01:32:12,240 --> 01:32:12,660
 That's right.

1545
01:32:13,700 --> 01:32:16,000
 Sweet Home Alabama with Randy and the guys over there.

1546
01:32:16,060 --> 01:32:17,960
 Coach, listen, man, thanks so much for your time today.

1547
01:32:17,980 --> 01:32:19,080
 Let's do it again soon, okay?

1548
01:32:19,720 --> 01:32:20,880
 I appreciate you having me on.

1549
01:32:21,340 --> 01:32:21,560
 Go Fire.

1550
01:32:21,560 --> 01:32:22,120
 Thank you, Coach.

1551
01:32:22,220 --> 01:32:22,580
 Thank you so much.

1552
01:32:22,940 --> 01:32:25,040
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 Tim collects bobbleheads.

1594
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 A lot of bobbleheads.

1595
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 Baseball bobbleheads.

1596
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 Race car bobbleheads.

1597
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 Little chihuahua bobbleheads.

1598
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 He's got an entire room strictly for bobbleheads.

1599
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1600
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 No.

1601
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1602
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 A little.

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1604
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 So he can be a little bad.

1605
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 Ooh, horse bobblehead.

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1672
01:38:20,300 --> 01:38:21,120
 Welcome back in.

1673
01:38:21,240 --> 01:38:24,020
 Gonna be joining Drew Jarman momentarily.

1674
01:38:24,240 --> 01:38:26,980
 But, BB, obviously, a huge day.

1675
01:38:27,080 --> 01:38:28,520
 Busy times in Tuscaloosa.

1676
01:38:28,640 --> 01:38:29,420
 My goodness gracious.

1677
01:38:29,920 --> 01:38:31,680
 Here it is, the end of January.

1678
01:38:31,880 --> 01:38:32,800
 Almost said February.

1679
01:38:33,380 --> 01:38:39,920
 And it's rocking and rolling, including some big recruiting news this weekend for the basketball team.

1680
01:38:40,540 --> 01:38:40,700
 Yeah.

1681
01:38:40,800 --> 01:38:41,780
 Five-star wing.

1682
01:38:41,920 --> 01:38:47,400
 Quaden Samuels out of Maryland committed to Alabama earlier today.

1683
01:38:47,400 --> 01:38:54,400
 Actually, Harold, he'd signed the papers about two months ago, his mother said, on Twitter, which was interesting.

1684
01:38:54,580 --> 01:38:59,960
 But he is considered to be the number 18 player nationally in the country.

1685
01:38:59,960 --> 01:39:07,920
 He joins four-star for Terrace Bowie in the recruiting class for Alabama.

1686
01:39:08,620 --> 01:39:12,420
 And, of course, I get asked about once a week about Caleb Holt.

1687
01:39:13,060 --> 01:39:19,300
 And Caleb Holt is from March-April time frame.

1688
01:39:19,400 --> 01:39:26,280
 And from what I hear from D2, who's about to join us, that may be between Alabama and Arizona.

1689
01:39:26,440 --> 01:39:34,980
 But, once again, Alabama picking up five-star number 18 in the country wing, Quaden Samuels, a little bit earlier today.

1690
01:39:35,240 --> 01:39:37,960
 So, which A team will it be, Alabama or Arizona?

1691
01:39:38,180 --> 01:39:40,620
 The man who knows is the gentleman who has two Ds.

1692
01:39:40,620 --> 01:39:44,680
 His name is Drew Jarman, host of Talking Ball Nuts with 97.7 FM, The Zone.

1693
01:39:44,760 --> 01:39:45,400
 Drew, welcome in.

1694
01:39:45,440 --> 01:39:46,000
 How are you?

1695
01:39:46,880 --> 01:39:48,000
 I'm doing well, guys.

1696
01:39:48,040 --> 01:39:48,460
 How are you?

1697
01:39:48,860 --> 01:39:49,180
 Hey, Bernie.

1698
01:39:49,240 --> 01:39:50,800
 Man, we're just sitting here talking.

1699
01:39:50,900 --> 01:39:52,580
 Is it not crazy, the things that are going to go?

1700
01:39:52,600 --> 01:39:53,800
 It's supposed to be the off-season.

1701
01:39:54,380 --> 01:39:57,620
 NASCAR always has a pit stop, but not in the modern era.

1702
01:39:57,700 --> 01:39:58,680
 Let's start with basketball.

1703
01:39:58,820 --> 01:40:01,380
 We were talking about that as we were getting together with you there.

1704
01:40:01,500 --> 01:40:06,780
 Your thoughts about the pickup this morning and, of course, people out in Newmarket and, for that matter,

1705
01:40:06,840 --> 01:40:09,920
 anybody who follows high school sports knows the name Caleb Holt.

1706
01:40:09,920 --> 01:40:18,620
 Your thoughts about the pickup this morning from Maryland and, basically, one of the best players to ever come through this state before being shopped elsewhere in the modern era?

1707
01:40:19,080 --> 01:40:19,700
 Yeah.

1708
01:40:19,700 --> 01:40:20,220
 Yeah.

1709
01:40:20,220 --> 01:40:25,960
 You know, Caleb Holt is arguably, may go down as the greatest player in the state's history.

1710
01:40:25,960 --> 01:40:43,940
 When you think about his impact, you know, he was basically the reason there was a rule change in Madison County, which, you know, when he came up through the middle schools over there, you know, in Madison County, got feeding into Buckhorn.

1711
01:40:44,520 --> 01:40:51,400
 He was a seventh grader, and they did not allow eighth graders and middle school players to play on the varsity.

1712
01:40:51,400 --> 01:41:08,620
 You had to play eighth grade basketball, middle school basketball, in other words, or you had to play, you know, you could, they would allow you to play JV basketball, but you weren't allowed to play on the varsity.

1713
01:41:08,620 --> 01:41:14,380
 And it was a weird rule, because at least you weren't able to do that at Hazel Green and Buckhorn.

1714
01:41:14,500 --> 01:41:18,800
 If you went to New Hope or Madison County, you could actually play.

1715
01:41:19,440 --> 01:41:27,500
 If you were considered in a large school situation, you could not play for like a Hazel Green or a Buckhorn.

1716
01:41:27,500 --> 01:41:52,020
 It was a very weird, obscure rule, and the reason I, the first time I ever found out about it, is because my good friend Todd Jeffers, who is now the associate head coach on the staff at Huntsville High, was the coach at Hazel Green, and he had an eighth grader named Kyron Lewis, who, as you all know, would, uh, it was a great player and could have played for him as an eighth grader, but did not because of that obscure rule.

1717
01:41:52,020 --> 01:42:05,280
 So, Caleb Holt is, you know, Patrick Harding put it to me when he, when, uh, they were trying to get him eligible, he actually wasn't eligible for the first, I want to say, half dozen games or so of his eighth grade year.

1718
01:42:05,280 --> 01:42:07,240
 And he told me, he goes, Drew, here's the deal.

1719
01:42:08,120 --> 01:42:12,580
 Caleb Holt would play eighth grade basketball and average 50 points a game.

1720
01:42:12,840 --> 01:42:13,280
 Yeah.

1721
01:42:13,280 --> 01:42:19,540
 Or he could come to, uh, Buckhorn High School when he would leave my JV in scoring at 25 points per game.

1722
01:42:19,640 --> 01:42:21,980
 But here's, here's what needs to happen.

1723
01:42:22,020 --> 01:42:29,640
 He needs to be eligible and, and leading my varsity in scoring at 16 points per game is the way he equated it.

1724
01:42:29,760 --> 01:42:32,880
 And that's basically what happened once he became eligible.

1725
01:42:33,160 --> 01:42:38,480
 Uh, and then, as you know, it was the kind of stuff of legend, his freshman and sophomore years.

1726
01:42:38,480 --> 01:42:46,740
 And just think about that, uh, in, in context, freshman and sophomore years, he led the Buckhorn Bucks to state championship.

1727
01:42:47,460 --> 01:42:51,940
 And I'll never forget when he was a freshman and they beat Mountain Brook in the finals.

1728
01:42:52,080 --> 01:42:55,200
 They actually beat Mountain Brook both years in the championship game.

1729
01:42:55,200 --> 01:43:02,760
 But when he was a freshman, the way it's still kind of interesting in the state, a lot of them don't see you and they hear about you.

1730
01:43:02,820 --> 01:43:03,460
 It's like a legend.

1731
01:43:03,620 --> 01:43:08,260
 They don't see you until maybe you get to the biggest stage, which is in Birmingham.

1732
01:43:08,600 --> 01:43:13,500
 And I'll never forget everybody talking about how he was the best ninth grader they'd ever seen.

1733
01:43:13,500 --> 01:43:25,180
 And, uh, you know, and, uh, and coach, uh, Davis at, uh, at Mountain Brook said basically, uh, you know, that he's, he's the best, uh, uh, you know, he's, he's an NBA player.

1734
01:43:25,280 --> 01:43:26,280
 We couldn't guard him.

1735
01:43:26,620 --> 01:43:31,280
 And, you know, they, they just, it, it, it was just an amazing thing to watch him.

1736
01:43:31,680 --> 01:43:33,780
 Uh, it's amazing to see how good he's gotten.

1737
01:43:33,940 --> 01:43:38,940
 I mean, I heard about it in middle school myself, but I don't see a lot of middle school basketball.

1738
01:43:39,300 --> 01:43:42,660
 So you always wondered, okay, is he really that good?

1739
01:43:43,280 --> 01:43:48,460
 Uh, and, and, uh, and so he actually is, he's that absolutely that good.

1740
01:43:48,700 --> 01:43:55,560
 And he's become a top five player in the country and certainly Nate Oates has been in a very spirited recruiting battle.

1741
01:43:55,720 --> 01:43:56,760
 I heard what Brett said.

1742
01:43:56,880 --> 01:43:58,480
 I would say that's accurate.

1743
01:43:58,660 --> 01:44:01,360
 I would say Alabama and Arizona are probably the two favorites.

1744
01:44:01,500 --> 01:44:03,380
 There's been some back and forth there.

1745
01:44:03,500 --> 01:44:06,520
 I know Kentucky has been high up there at times.

1746
01:44:07,540 --> 01:44:11,580
 Robin has had a very lucrative offer on his desk as well.

1747
01:44:11,960 --> 01:44:18,600
 He's just been extremely heavily pursued by most of the, uh, most of the college basketball pantheon.

1748
01:44:18,700 --> 01:44:29,560
 I know this, I can say it now because, uh, he told me at the time not to mention it, but there was also a cloak and dagger visit by Duke when he was still at Buckhorn.

1749
01:44:29,880 --> 01:44:40,300
 So he's been recruited by everyone, but it's going to be a very interesting saga to see how the whole thing plays out, uh, in his recruitment.

1750
01:44:40,300 --> 01:44:47,340
 And, uh, you know, I know, uh, you know, Alabama is going to fight till the very end and he would be a huge impact player.

1751
01:44:47,340 --> 01:44:53,780
 They're going to lose, uh, you know, their, you know, their best prospect, uh, you know, which of course is LeBaron Phylon.

1752
01:44:53,980 --> 01:44:56,960
 And he's one of the best players to ever come through the state.

1753
01:44:57,120 --> 01:45:02,740
 But the thing that separates Caleb Holt is I think he's every bit as good on both ends of the court.

1754
01:45:02,840 --> 01:45:08,540
 He is a tenacious defender, a tremendous three-level score, just a great player.

1755
01:45:08,940 --> 01:45:10,140
 And it's going to be interesting.

1756
01:45:10,140 --> 01:45:15,000
 And Nate now has two really good players to help, you know, recruit him.

1757
01:45:15,380 --> 01:45:27,440
 Uh, I heard you talk about Terrace Bowie and Bowie plays at Spire Academy in Ohio, plays, uh, for, you know, uh, you know, for coach Kevin Boyle, who is one of the top high school coaches ever.

1758
01:45:27,440 --> 01:45:31,280
 Who was at Mont Bird and Bowie's had a tremendous senior year.

1759
01:45:31,380 --> 01:45:34,320
 And then Quayden Samuels is a guy that's left-handed.

1760
01:45:34,500 --> 01:45:35,400
 He's six foot six.

1761
01:45:35,480 --> 01:45:37,140
 He's got a 6'11 wingspan.

1762
01:45:37,540 --> 01:45:39,000
 He's a volume scorer.

1763
01:45:39,300 --> 01:45:42,940
 Uh, you know, he's been a considered a top 20 player pretty much throughout.

1764
01:45:43,160 --> 01:45:54,440
 And it was a really big recruiting win for Preston Murphy and Nate Oates because you go into Georgetown's backyard, you know, and they wanted him badly and they were able to get Quayden Samuels.

1765
01:45:54,560 --> 01:45:57,500
 So that's a huge get for Alabama going forward.

1766
01:45:59,020 --> 01:45:59,460
 Absolutely.

1767
01:45:59,780 --> 01:46:01,580
 Good win for Nate Oates.

1768
01:46:01,580 --> 01:46:13,060
 I know you were busy with the Huntsville Crimson Panthers, but Alabama whips to Missouri 92-64, maybe certainly the best defensive performance in the SEC.

1769
01:46:13,460 --> 01:46:18,060
 It did not hurt for Latrell Reitzel to score 21 points.

1770
01:46:18,620 --> 01:46:29,680
 He's not going to hit 7 of 10 from the floor every night, but what a luxury it would be for this program if he could stay healthy and score in double digits.

1771
01:46:30,760 --> 01:46:35,060
 But D2, one of the best performances of the season, and they certainly needed it.

1772
01:46:35,140 --> 01:46:42,840
 They've got the Gators Sunday at noon and then Buckyball coming in and then Auburn the following Saturday.

1773
01:46:42,840 --> 01:46:49,880
 But, um, I wouldn't say stopped the bleeding, but Alabama needed to win and they certainly got it last night.

1774
01:46:50,200 --> 01:46:52,580
 Yeah, I was actually in attendance.

1775
01:46:52,860 --> 01:47:00,500
 It was my first game since Kentucky, and I was able to do that because, as y'all know, most of this area has been racked.

1776
01:47:00,500 --> 01:47:02,820
 It was the weather, and it delays.

1777
01:47:03,820 --> 01:47:06,800
 Huntsville High did not play the Spartan Senators last night.

1778
01:47:06,980 --> 01:47:14,100
 We actually, the Crimson Panthers will retake the floor as the newly minted number one team in 7A basketball.

1779
01:47:14,380 --> 01:47:16,540
 And now I have to reprogram myself.

1780
01:47:16,660 --> 01:47:22,520
 This will be the last year I say 7A basketball after learning to do that for 10 years.

1781
01:47:23,060 --> 01:47:26,340
 But they, uh, they will play back-to-back nights.

1782
01:47:26,440 --> 01:47:30,360
 They will play, uh, they will end area play, which they've already clinched.

1783
01:47:30,800 --> 01:47:33,160
 But they will play at Spartan on Thursday night.

1784
01:47:33,320 --> 01:47:39,080
 They will play the Buckhorn Bucks, the alma mater of one Caleb Holt, uh, and Lee Garcia.

1785
01:47:39,080 --> 01:47:41,120
 They're now best player who's headed to UAH.

1786
01:47:41,680 --> 01:47:44,580
 They will play them on Friday night at home.

1787
01:47:44,720 --> 01:47:47,980
 So, they will be back-to-back nights for the Huntsville Crimson Panthers.

1788
01:47:48,300 --> 01:47:50,440
 And, uh, yeah, it was a big win for Nate Oates.

1789
01:47:50,500 --> 01:47:54,180
 I thought the Twin Tower look was good, uh, with Charles Bediaco.

1790
01:47:54,400 --> 01:47:57,180
 Needless to say, there's been a ton of conversation about that.

1791
01:47:57,420 --> 01:48:02,560
 Uh, and I've been, you know, very passionate about the hypocrisy that I've, uh, heard throughout

1792
01:48:02,560 --> 01:48:08,360
 college coaching and especially the national media, uh, with, uh, what Nate Oates is doing

1793
01:48:08,360 --> 01:48:14,440
 with Charles Bediaco, despite the fact 24-year-old Serbians and everybody else are playing everywhere.

1794
01:48:14,860 --> 01:48:19,420
 But, you know, if you, if you circumvent a rule or whatever they want to call it, they call

1795
01:48:19,420 --> 01:48:19,920
 it cheating.

1796
01:48:19,920 --> 01:48:23,100
 Well, I just call it, you know, I, do I like it?

1797
01:48:23,180 --> 01:48:25,020
 No, but everybody's doing this.

1798
01:48:25,100 --> 01:48:26,340
 There's pros everywhere.

1799
01:48:26,980 --> 01:48:29,320
 Bediaco happened to never play in an NBA game.

1800
01:48:29,400 --> 01:48:30,280
 They brought him back.

1801
01:48:30,640 --> 01:48:33,140
 It kind of allows him to end his career at Alabama.

1802
01:48:33,340 --> 01:48:36,920
 Hopefully, they can get this injunction and end it like he should have.

1803
01:48:37,320 --> 01:48:39,880
 Uh, he's had a really nice impact of two games.

1804
01:48:40,020 --> 01:48:44,720
 He's, you can tell he's worked on his game and he's more polished than he was the first

1805
01:48:44,720 --> 01:48:45,580
 time at Alabama.

1806
01:48:45,580 --> 01:48:49,640
 And certainly with him and Aiden Sherell, it can make a big difference.

1807
01:48:49,640 --> 01:48:52,660
 I think their inside game has been readily apparent.

1808
01:48:52,840 --> 01:48:57,020
 I know they lost the Tennessee guys, but you can see all the points of the paint they

1809
01:48:57,020 --> 01:48:57,380
 got.

1810
01:48:57,780 --> 01:49:00,120
 They were able to wear Missouri down last night.

1811
01:49:00,580 --> 01:49:04,340
 Uh, and I thought, got some really solid guard play from LeBaron Phylon.

1812
01:49:04,620 --> 01:49:07,780
 And it was good to see Latrell Reitzel look like his old self.

1813
01:49:08,200 --> 01:49:08,340
 Yeah.

1814
01:49:08,420 --> 01:49:10,720
 They certainly are going to need that down the stretch.

1815
01:49:11,040 --> 01:49:14,920
 And if they can get there all around, I know this is going to sound funny, but their best

1816
01:49:14,920 --> 01:49:16,920
 player has been out the last two games.

1817
01:49:16,920 --> 01:49:20,640
 And I mean that in Amari Allen, I think they're all around a player.

1818
01:49:20,860 --> 01:49:22,040
 They're going to need him.

1819
01:49:22,100 --> 01:49:26,420
 If they're going to go on the road and play against Todd, I've guaranteed a win.

1820
01:49:26,540 --> 01:49:26,940
 Golden.

1821
01:49:27,460 --> 01:49:27,780
 Right.

1822
01:49:27,960 --> 01:49:30,560
 For Florida, who forgot to coach his team against Auburn.

1823
01:49:33,000 --> 01:49:33,480
 Absolutely.

1824
01:49:34,380 --> 01:49:40,660
 Uh, D2, tell us where we can get online and listen to the new expanded talking ball.

1825
01:49:40,860 --> 01:49:45,460
 And as you mentioned, the Panthers got two big games coming up later this week.

1826
01:49:45,460 --> 01:49:50,840
 Uh, and I don't know if the Iranians have let go of your Twitter account yet, but where can

1827
01:49:50,840 --> 01:49:53,180
 we get online and get all the good stuff?

1828
01:49:53,780 --> 01:49:54,220
 Yeah.

1829
01:49:54,340 --> 01:49:55,800
 Still working on the Twitter account.

1830
01:49:55,920 --> 01:49:58,060
 Hopefully one day I'll get it back guys.

1831
01:49:58,060 --> 01:50:02,020
 Uh, please follow me though on nine, seven, seven, ESPN.

1832
01:50:02,540 --> 01:50:06,400
 Uh, we, we post a lot of stuff of our content over there.

1833
01:50:06,580 --> 01:50:12,060
 Uh, you can listen to do, as Brett said, the newly expanded three hour extravaganza of talking

1834
01:50:12,060 --> 01:50:12,560
 ball.

1835
01:50:12,720 --> 01:50:16,160
 Uh, I think please have to start third week of doing that.

1836
01:50:16,840 --> 01:50:19,520
 Scott Tyson and I are on seven to 9 a.m.

1837
01:50:19,600 --> 01:50:21,360
 If you, or excuse me, seven to 10 a.m.

1838
01:50:21,680 --> 01:50:26,080
 If you missed any of that, you can certainly get it on our sound cloud page, 9, 10.7, the

1839
01:50:26,080 --> 01:50:29,360
 zone or 9, 7, 7, ESPN.com.

1840
01:50:29,360 --> 01:50:34,320
 So we've been excited about that, about bringing you, uh, three hours now of content.

1841
01:50:34,420 --> 01:50:37,580
 It's certainly allowed a lot more phone calls and conversation.

1842
01:50:38,000 --> 01:50:42,920
 And, uh, and a lot of it has been very, very spirited this week when you debate what's

1843
01:50:42,920 --> 01:50:46,820
 going on, not just with NATO, but also as you guys have talked about.

1844
01:50:46,840 --> 01:50:51,420
 The changing landscape in our state and high school athletics, uh, with, you know, the

1845
01:50:51,420 --> 01:50:56,640
 private school and public school separation, but from a playoff perspective, we talked to

1846
01:50:56,640 --> 01:50:57,520
 Seth Parker today.

1847
01:50:57,520 --> 01:50:59,580
 I know you guys know Robbie Parker very well.

1848
01:50:59,840 --> 01:51:04,780
 Seth, the new football coach at Bob Jones High School, which is a congrats to him and

1849
01:51:04,780 --> 01:51:10,220
 his wife and family coming back home after he did a really nice job at Priceville, uh, to

1850
01:51:10,220 --> 01:51:11,320
 coach at his alma mater.

1851
01:51:11,460 --> 01:51:12,560
 So we talked about that.

1852
01:51:12,600 --> 01:51:16,680
 And certainly we've been talking about Adrian Clem, who's joined the coaching staff

1853
01:51:16,680 --> 01:51:21,220
 the new offensive line coach for the university of Alabama and spring football.

1854
01:51:21,220 --> 01:51:26,560
 We'll be right around the corner because again, amazingly, uh, we're almost on top of high

1855
01:51:26,560 --> 01:51:31,420
 school basketball playoffs just, you know, in the next month we'll have Mark Madness.

1856
01:51:31,420 --> 01:51:35,700
 So there's tons going on and, uh, we always enjoy being on the boom, oh, bug show.

1857
01:51:36,380 --> 01:51:39,400
 Uh, in the meantime, stay as warm as you can out there.

1858
01:51:39,480 --> 01:51:40,620
 Thanks for your time today, Drew.

1859
01:51:41,340 --> 01:51:41,940
 Thank you guys.

1860
01:51:41,940 --> 01:51:42,980
 Absolutely, man.

1861
01:51:42,980 --> 01:51:44,200
 It's freezing around here.

1862
01:51:44,740 --> 01:51:48,720
 Certainly it's, uh, with our friends in national, we're playing, we're praying for all of them.

1863
01:51:48,840 --> 01:51:51,840
 I think there's still over 150,000 people without.

1864
01:51:53,220 --> 01:51:53,700
 Wow.

1865
01:51:54,340 --> 01:51:54,620
 Wow.

1866
01:51:54,880 --> 01:51:54,880
 Ouch.

1867
01:51:54,880 --> 01:51:57,560
 Drew, listen, let's start on this side of the state line.

1868
01:51:57,880 --> 01:52:01,680
 Drew DeArma, they're going to, with us, host, talking about us with 97.7 FM results.

1869
01:52:01,880 --> 01:52:04,860
 Speaking of the temperatures, we talked with coach Tony Pujo earlier.

1870
01:52:05,480 --> 01:52:06,200
 Wouldn't luck have it.

1871
01:52:06,200 --> 01:52:07,040
 He's going to Florida.

1872
01:52:07,180 --> 01:52:08,300
 Here's the punchline.

1873
01:52:08,660 --> 01:52:14,340
 The temperature in the panhandle of Florida is colder than it is in Juneau, Alaska this week.

1874
01:52:14,900 --> 01:52:16,120
 My timing right here.

1875
01:52:16,400 --> 01:52:16,680
 Absolutely.

1876
01:52:16,680 --> 01:52:20,260
 Just got to take care of business on the behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

1877
01:52:20,580 --> 01:52:22,500
 Harold Mike, thank you so much for your time today.

1878
01:52:22,580 --> 01:52:24,820
 Let's spend it again tomorrow at noon to two with the good more bug show.

1879
01:52:25,200 --> 01:52:27,420
 Back here on sports radio from 93.9 to score.

1880
01:52:27,420 --> 01:52:37,420
 Back here on sports radio from 93.9 to score.