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 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

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 The Oz is coming home.

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 And what's up with the big state high school powwow in Montgomery?

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 Blake Lovell of Southeastern 16 will preview a big weekend of SEC basketball.

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 Zach Pounders of the Shoals Sports Report previews postseason play for our local boys and girls high school basketball teams.

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 And Brett is here right now to tell us about a big junior day visit weekend in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

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 It's an absolute pleasure for us to welcome in Brett Greenberg.

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 Loaded, loaded junior day coming up.

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 Obviously, these days have always been interesting, but in the day of the portal, and a lot of us are concerned about some of the direction of high school recruits because now they can plug and play guys who've got more age and more experience.

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 Seven eventual signees in the 2020 class, which finished number three overall were on campus.

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 The guy I've submitted a crystal ball prediction in November, just coming off his two trips for the third Saturday, October, and also being in town for LSU game last November as well.

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 I know a lot of people may be wondering what's the move from Nick Sheridan going on to Michigan State because he was a big staple on a lot of recruitments.

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 Derek Nix, who I've put on my board, I'm sure you guys have talked about it, has elite, elite recruiting experience in the southeast and all over.

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 Coming up, a big weekend, a hot, cold in between on the hardwoods across the NCC.

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 The Score.

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 Welcome back in.

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 It is an absolute pleasure for us to open the door and say hello to Blake Lovell.

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 He's got it all covered at Southeastern 16.

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 Late Lovell, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Doing well, guys.

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 Good to talk to you as always.

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 Good, bud.

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 Blake, what is it?

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 Every Friday we talk to you, we talk, and then we either get snow, ice, or sub-zero temperatures.

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 Is there a connection on Friday when we talk, and then on Saturday, here comes old man winter knocking it under.

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 Is there a connection there, Blake?

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 There's got to be something going on, because I'm about ready to move somewhere where it's 95 right now.

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 Hey, don't go to Florida.

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 It's just cold down here, too.

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 It's all like global warming, I guess.

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 Blake, obviously, it's going to be warm inside.

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 Before we look ahead and see what is kind of an attractive matchup this weekend, your thoughts to date, is it safe to say the SEC is a box of chocolates?

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 You never know what you're going to get this season.

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 Yeah, that's what it feels like, because I think, again, every single team, probably outside of Texas A&M right now,

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 is feeling like, hey, we have seen the good, and we've seen the not-so-good times.

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 I think that really does apply to everyone.

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 I mean, even Texas A&M, I don't think can really say that very much, because if you think about it, guys,

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 they have one loss in SEC play, double overtime in Tennessee.

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 They played really well there, and they've had two losses, period, since November the 14th, and both have been in overtime.

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 So they have actually been the one constant, and they've been very consistent to this point.

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 And everybody else has given us reasons to kind of doubt their ability sometimes when we get to March

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 and figure out, do they actually have what it takes to win two or more games, to get to that second weekend and beyond.

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 So I think that's going to be the biggest thing, and, you know, it's really why the SEC is so different this year than last year,

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 whereas last year, you know, we had so much confidence in those top teams and their ability to kind of just consistently find ways to win.

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 But this year, you're going to have a lot of these teams in that four to ten-feet range to where you get somebody with the wrong matchup,

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 and any of these teams can be out in round one.

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 So that's a big difference.

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 Just to reiterate your point, I'm sitting here looking at the SEC standings as of yesterday,

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 and teams one through 12, all but two of them have got a net from 12 to 40,

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 which, again, putting that in English is good.

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 Texas A&M, Arkansas, who's been – I think a lot of people thought they were going to be good,

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 but they've been playing very well.

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 We'll get into Alabama and Florida in a minute.

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 Ole Miss has got a net of 86.

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 Missouri's got one of 73.

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 But there are nine teams in the SEC standings who are 40 and below in net rankings.

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 Yeah, and that's why, like, even though it's easy to be more down on the SEC this year than last year,

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 the numbers are still working really well in the SEC's favor when it comes to just, you know,

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 where you want teams to be come tournament time.

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 And that's why, I think, at worst, the SEC is probably going to wind up having nine teams in to the tournament

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 because all these teams that are beating up on each other, their profiles are still pretty good.

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 Now, again, you don't have those just elite, rock-solid profiles the way we had last year

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 because the non-conference resumes, which you can't do anything about that right now,

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 those just were not to the level they needed to be to get, you know, much closer to that,

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 to where teams could afford having three or four losses and not dropping an extra seed line or two.

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 Teams just kind of stayed the same last year.

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 So I think that's the biggest difference.

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 And so, for me, I think we're going to kind of find out here, as you start to look at teams,

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 let's say, like, Texas and Missouri, even Georgia, I think Georgia's going to be fine.

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 They should be able to find their way in.

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 But, like, those are really the only teams that I kind of worry about when it comes to,

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 if you're looking at a worst-case scenario for the SEC, let's say a number drop to eight,

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 it's probably because Georgia's going to just fall off somewhere.

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 Missouri, I think, still got a lot of work to do.

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 Texas, who knows what you're going to get on night-in-night up for them.

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 So I think that's why the SEC is still going to be fine, guys.

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 It's just, again, going back to the, you're going to have a lot of teams probably in decent seed lines,

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 but I just don't know if they kind of have that punch that we saw last year.

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 Blake Lovell, Southeastern 16.

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 Blake, the elephant in the room, pardon the pun, is what's going on in Tuscaloosa on the court

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 and in the courtroom.

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 Your thoughts, where are you now that we have a little more of an in-depth story

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 and where it's going, where you think it's going to land, and the impact it has on a team.

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 I mean, it's tough enough facing an SEC opponent week in and week out,

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 but it's also tough sitting here, especially if you're a coaching staff.

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 What are we going to do if this happens?

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 What are we going to do if that happens?

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 March Madness is right around the corner.

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 Your thoughts about the Mediaco situation in Tuscaloosa?

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 Yeah, I mean, the logistics of it all are just a mess.

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 It's hard to know exactly.

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 Again, like you said, if you're Nate Oates, you're trying to kind of get your team,

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 at this point, you play 20 games, and you're trying to kind of get your team rounded into form

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 for March, and you kind of know what you're looking at from an upcoming schedule standpoint.

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 You've got three big games coming up at Ford on Sunday.

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 You've got A&M next week, then you're at Auburn.

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 So it's tough from that standpoint.

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 Of course, it's also tough from the opposition standpoint, where you're looking up and saying,

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 well, what do we need to be preparing for with Alabama?

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 Because there's no question, like without Betty Oco, they are a different team.

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 Like he brings an element that they just don't have on the roster.

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 And so, yeah, how this thing plays out in the next week or two I think is maybe anyone's guess

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 just based on how it's played out to this point, because I don't know that anyone thought

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 that we'd be sitting here having this conversation right now.

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 So I think it is kind of one where as long as he's on the floor, everybody can bring up the stuff

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 about, well, the NCAA is going to make them vacate wins and all this other nonsense.

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 No, they're not.

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 I'm sorry.

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 I just don't see that happening.

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 I think the NCAA by no means is going to have any sort of significant control over doing something,

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 because if they did, they would have already tried to do it now.

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 Yeah, I mean, that's the thing.

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 So I'm not buying that argument.

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 But the thing is, guys, again, as long as he keeps playing, and if he were to be granted the opportunity

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 to play for the rest of the season, I think it's an instant upgrade for Alabama,

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 because you are looking at a team that I already thought had maybe as high of a ceiling

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 as anybody in the SEC.

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 That ceiling would be higher if they have someone like that.

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 Alabama-Florida, one of the marquee games in the SEC Sunday, yes, Sunday at noon on ABC.

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 With Bidiaco, Alabama played, I thought, their best defensive game against Missouri,

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 and it helped that Wrightson was 7 out of 10 from three-point line.

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 They played much better defense.

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 Alabama's not been able to match up with Florida the last couple of years.

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 With Bidiaco and maybe a little better defensive effort in shooting the three,

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 do they match up a little bit better Sunday?

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 Yeah, I think they do.

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 And I think, again, it's just looking at Florida and knowing that you've got a frontcourt

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 that's one of the best in the country.

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 And I think when you just can add the element, and Amari Allen's absence has been felt, I think, for Alabama.

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 Just seeing that pairing together, I think, is just kind of a fascinating thing for me.

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 Just seeing what Amari Allen and Charles Bidiaco, what those guys can do together.

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 To me, that's the biggest kind of question I have because I just think that pairing is such a dynamic potential pairing for Alabama

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 that it can make all the difference in a game at Florida or beyond.

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 And that's where, again, like we said, cooking in next week's games and how important they feel.

435
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 So, yeah, I mean, he's just a game-changer, again, with Bidiaco because he has those elements, I think,

436
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 that Alabama has struggled with the most.

437
00:28:52,780 --> 00:28:57,600
 And that's where whether it's just, you know, interior defense, whether it's rebounding, those kind of things.

438
00:28:57,860 --> 00:29:00,680
 Like, these are all important when you're playing a team like Florida.

439
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 And I know, you know, the Gators kind of ran into a tough matchup with Auburn,

440
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 but they came back, beat South Carolina, you know, by 47 or whatever.

441
00:29:08,860 --> 00:29:14,460
 And I just think it's such a great matchup with these two because if Florida's going to win,

442
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 you know, it may be because of the frontcourt, but they're going to have to get that backcourt,

443
00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:20,740
 which has kind of been the most talked-about theme all year with the Gators.

444
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 They've got to get them consistent going up against one of the best backcourts out there that Alabama has.

445
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 So, yeah, it's a great matchup, guys.

446
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 I'm glad the SEC does this, to be honest with you, putting a game like this on a Sunday

447
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 in between the, you know, the championship games and the Super Bowl.

448
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 So, I kind of like seeing a spotlight on these two games.

449
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 And I don't think you could ask for a better matchup this year, to be honest with you.

450
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:46,100
 Like you mentioned Auburn, obviously, who's had a better week than the Tigers?

451
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:48,900
 Your thoughts about this weekend's matchup with UT?

452
00:29:50,060 --> 00:29:52,700
 Yeah, I mean, Auburn's playing well.

453
00:29:52,900 --> 00:29:54,840
 And I think the defense has been the biggest difference.

454
00:29:54,980 --> 00:30:00,260
 I know they gave up 82 to Texas, but they are getting closer to playing more, you know,

455
00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,460
 35 to 40-minute type games defensively.

456
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 And I think that's what you have to do, because their offense is so good.

457
00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:10,880
 And, you know, I think that's going to be the key on Saturday.

458
00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:13,940
 Tennessee is playing better offensively right now.

459
00:30:14,140 --> 00:30:17,060
 Like, they're a team that I think has figured some things out.

460
00:30:17,180 --> 00:30:18,720
 Nate Amen has played a lot better.

461
00:30:19,140 --> 00:30:21,780
 Jacoby Gillespie, the first-team All-SEC guy, of course.

462
00:30:21,940 --> 00:30:26,420
 And I just think Tennessee seems to be finding a bit of a rhythm on the offensive side.

463
00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:30,920
 So if you put those two together, you know, that's going to make for a fun clash, I think,

464
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,800
 in Knoxville, just because Auburn is so good on the offensive side.

465
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:37,260
 And I think, you know, we saw them go to Florida and win.

466
00:30:37,700 --> 00:30:40,900
 This feels like somewhat of a similar matchup against Tennessee.

467
00:30:41,060 --> 00:30:45,120
 Although, you know, if you want to point out some differences, Florida I think is just a better offensive team.

468
00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:49,420
 But these were two elite, elite offensive rebounding teams in Florida.

469
00:30:49,420 --> 00:30:49,880
 Yes, yeah.

470
00:30:49,940 --> 00:30:51,120
 Two of the best out there.

471
00:30:51,540 --> 00:30:56,620
 And so if Auburn can do some of the same things they did against Florida, I think they've got a great chance to win this game.

472
00:30:57,120 --> 00:31:01,220
 But, again, if we're looking up and Tennessee wins, I think Nate Amen is probably a difference,

473
00:31:01,220 --> 00:31:03,340
 because he doesn't look like a freshman anymore.

474
00:31:04,060 --> 00:31:12,880
 I think one thing, if Tennessee has a 52-27 rebounding edge and 26-7 on the offensive boards,

475
00:31:12,980 --> 00:31:16,420
 as they did against Georgia, Tennessee will win.

476
00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:19,140
 It still amazes me when I saw that stat.

477
00:31:19,700 --> 00:31:25,140
 And Tennessee held on to win by one in overtime, which should give Georgia credit.

478
00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:26,700
 They're a better team this year.

479
00:31:27,060 --> 00:31:30,880
 I'd have looked at that and I'd have told you Tennessee wouldn't have won the game by 15 points.

480
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 That was amazing.

481
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 Great stuff, my friend.

482
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 As always, you're going to be busy Saturday and Sunday afternoon.

483
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484
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485
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486
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487
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488
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489
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 So, yeah, find us there at Southeastern 16.

490
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491
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 That's a win itself, Blake.

492
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 Keep it on this weekend, okay?

493
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 All right, thanks, guys.

494
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 Appreciate it as always.

495
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 Late level hooking up with us busy there at Southeastern 16.

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599
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 What do you say we go to where it never snows?

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604
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 Bill, welcome in.

605
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 There's a nasty rumor going around that even you guys have seen some snow this season.

606
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 How are you?

607
00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:22,620
 Well, I looked at my Doppler and it looked a little white.

608
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 Like my hair, right?

609
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 Bill, obviously a lot to get to today.

610
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 Let's talk about where it's warmer.

611
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 And that is, if you could take a thermometer to dabble right now, it would melt the snow, would it not?

612
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 He is mad at Ole Miss.

613
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 He says, I'm as mad as you know what, and I'm not taking it anymore.

614
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 Your thoughts, did you ever think we'd get to a point where these coaches in the offseason would be going at each other the way they're going these days?

615
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 And a lot of folks say, maybe it's time.

616
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 Well, I think he would have been in a lot better situation if he would have been at his anger toward trying to find a solution.

617
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 Yeah.

618
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 But, you know, he can come off sounding like a crybaby, but what about a solution?

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 What's your solution?

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 What are you going to do to change this?

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 And I didn't hear that.

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 I had to stop listening to it because I'm not really a big dabble fan.

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 He just kind of gets on my nerves.

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 And, look, you know, that's whatever.

625
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 I mean, you're right.

626
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 I mean, it is what it is with that.

627
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 But, still, I just had to kind of stop listening to it.

628
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 But I would have been much more interested and had a lot more respect for him if instead of sitting up there for seven minutes and crying about it,

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 he would have said, all right, this is happening, and not name names, but I want to see this happen instead.

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 And so, you know, I don't know why they're afraid to do that.

631
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 They just won't.

632
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 And so, you know, it's not going to change.

633
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 If he thought his action was going to be a change agent, he's, I think, incorrect.

634
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 You bring up a good point, and I'm with you, Bill.

635
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 I mean, obviously the world's full of problems, but the key is find somebody who's a problem solver because the problems are going to come.

636
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 Is Davo kind of caught in a time warp?

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640
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 Is Davo in some ways living in a time warp?

641
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642
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 And you either have to adjust accordingly and play the game or try to change it or sit there and b**** like a little girl.

643
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 All of his antics that he's had about how, well, we don't do that at Clemson and all this holier-than-thou stuff comes off as just real, it turns me off.

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 Because I'm like, well, who are you?

645
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646
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 What have you done for me lately?

647
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 And last year you sucked, buddy.

648
00:41:14,340 --> 00:41:16,240
 And so, but change it.

649
00:41:16,340 --> 00:41:17,900
 Do something to change it.

650
00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:19,680
 I mean, you know what?

651
00:41:19,920 --> 00:41:24,380
 I hate to say this, and I don't mean to be political, but it's like Tom Homan yesterday.

652
00:41:25,040 --> 00:41:26,480
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653
00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:30,980
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654
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655
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656
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657
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 And whine.

658
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 Do something productive that will make it different so you won't gripe about it.

659
00:41:57,240 --> 00:42:02,480
 But I just don't know why they're not more proactive in trying to come up with a solution.

660
00:42:02,980 --> 00:42:06,140
 Because complaining about this is not going to change it.

661
00:42:06,280 --> 00:42:06,720
 It's not.

662
00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:13,260
 Let me ask you about a point I've heard, and particularly since last Friday,

663
00:42:13,740 --> 00:42:16,540
 when the college football playoff committee came out and said,

664
00:42:16,620 --> 00:42:24,660
 nope, we're going to stay at 12 because the Big Ten and the SEC can't decide what direction we're going in.

665
00:42:24,740 --> 00:42:29,200
 So we're just going to stand pat for another year or so.

666
00:42:29,200 --> 00:42:37,900
 I have heard more criticism of Greg Sankey for his leadership or lack thereof this week from media than I've heard in a while.

667
00:42:38,500 --> 00:42:44,160
 Now, I praise him because he basically saved college football in 2020 with COVID.

668
00:42:44,700 --> 00:42:50,420
 He brought in Oklahoma and Texas to expand the league with two very good teams.

669
00:42:50,420 --> 00:42:53,380
 But it's the same thing you keep saying.

670
00:42:53,500 --> 00:43:00,120
 And I know I mentioned this about your proposal literally on a napkin in the Mexican restaurant.

671
00:43:00,620 --> 00:43:06,360
 But Sankey, a lot of people thought we would get past this and have some answers now.

672
00:43:06,940 --> 00:43:13,600
 And the leadership from the commissioners, I know there's a you-know-what contest going on with the Big Ten and the SEC.

673
00:43:14,460 --> 00:43:20,360
 Your thoughts on Sankey and the leadership or lack thereof in moving this forward?

674
00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:28,040
 Well, look, I'm a little disappointed because I feel that Greg Sankey has the leverage.

675
00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:36,660
 When you're the big kid on the block, you know, you have the ability to be a bully.

676
00:43:37,360 --> 00:43:44,620
 And not that bullying is a good thing, but sometimes it may be a necessity.

677
00:43:44,620 --> 00:43:50,720
 And I think that if he's got the leverage, he needs to use it.

678
00:43:51,180 --> 00:43:58,900
 He needs to threaten to say, you know what, we'll just have our SEC champion and we'll look at that as a national championship and the heck with all of you guys.

679
00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:05,660
 And somebody needs to grow a pair and tell the group of six to hit the road.

680
00:44:06,660 --> 00:44:17,200
 I'm really surprised, and forgive me if I'm a broken record on this, that after the playoff with Tulane and James Madison once again showing they don't belong,

681
00:44:17,780 --> 00:44:21,380
 there was not more outcry of why they're there in the first place.

682
00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:26,300
 And there's nobody that can have a louder voice with that than Greg Sankey.

683
00:44:27,100 --> 00:44:29,800
 So, yeah, I'm a little surprised by that.

684
00:44:30,600 --> 00:44:37,980
 And, you know, look, I do believe, Brett, that there are things going on behind the curtain that we may not understand.

685
00:44:38,240 --> 00:44:38,900
 Oh, sure.

686
00:44:38,900 --> 00:44:46,620
 That, you know, maybe a little past our salary point.

687
00:44:47,020 --> 00:44:55,300
 And I appreciate that and respect that because I've grown to learn in my old age that, you know, we may think we know everything that is going on,

688
00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:57,360
 but usually there is a reason for it.

689
00:44:57,360 --> 00:45:09,360
 There's probably a reason why Greg Sankey perhaps has not been as forceful or as proactive as we would prefer because I don't think it's because Greg Sankey doesn't care or Greg Sankey doesn't.

690
00:45:09,620 --> 00:45:15,660
 I think there are egos involved and there's no question.

691
00:45:16,120 --> 00:45:18,420
 The bidding contest is going on here.

692
00:45:18,500 --> 00:45:18,820
 Yes.

693
00:45:18,940 --> 00:45:23,840
 And, yeah, when you're talking about money, you know, we're not playing Monopoly.

694
00:45:24,120 --> 00:45:25,380
 You know, we're not going to Parkway.

695
00:45:25,380 --> 00:45:27,620
 We're not going to the Mediterranean Railroad.

696
00:45:27,740 --> 00:45:30,980
 It is a much more complicated situation.

697
00:45:31,700 --> 00:45:37,040
 But still, you know, lock yourself in a room and let's come up with some solutions.

698
00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:39,480
 And I don't know.

699
00:45:39,540 --> 00:45:41,660
 I would love to know what those conversations are like.

700
00:45:41,760 --> 00:45:48,080
 I would love to know how proactive the conversations are, how free they feel that they need to talk.

701
00:45:49,260 --> 00:45:52,860
 I mean, do the four commissioners of the Power Four conferences sit in a room and say,

702
00:45:53,060 --> 00:45:55,600
 why exactly do we have the group of six in there?

703
00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:59,340
 You know, and who's forcing them to have them in there?

704
00:45:59,620 --> 00:45:59,880
 Who?

705
00:46:00,040 --> 00:46:00,600
 I mean, what?

706
00:46:00,740 --> 00:46:01,640
 Is there a contract?

707
00:46:01,880 --> 00:46:02,080
 Is there?

708
00:46:02,380 --> 00:46:03,180
 Why are they?

709
00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:09,640
 I think if you've got that right there taken care of and you had that separation,

710
00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:17,100
 that that would be the first step of getting to a more perfect union, to use the term, if you will.

711
00:46:17,700 --> 00:46:25,580
 Because if you've got ten conferences, I mean, that's just ten more, you know, nine more names than you probably need.

712
00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:28,360
 You just need to simplify it a little bit.

713
00:46:28,420 --> 00:46:32,000
 And I think until they do that, we're going to run into a lot of problems.

714
00:46:32,140 --> 00:46:32,740
 We really are.

715
00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:37,000
 Because I don't know how you can satisfy the group of six conferences at all.

716
00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:37,780
 How can you?

717
00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:41,080
 Bill Shanks, theseuperstations.com.

718
00:46:41,140 --> 00:46:44,780
 One thing about it, Bill, the older you get, the more you find out how little you do know.

719
00:46:44,840 --> 00:46:50,060
 And a guy that would answer this is the guy that is turning the calendar to these days is Nick Saban.

720
00:46:50,160 --> 00:46:54,020
 But why in the world would Nick Saban at this age want to take on this responsibility?

721
00:46:54,200 --> 00:46:55,520
 He is living the life.

722
00:46:56,060 --> 00:46:56,780
 Bill, your thoughts.

723
00:46:57,020 --> 00:46:58,440
 Obviously, that's the easy answer.

724
00:46:58,500 --> 00:47:00,740
 But where's the NCAA going to be in five years?

725
00:47:00,740 --> 00:47:02,100
 In college sports, for that matter.

726
00:47:04,620 --> 00:47:05,960
 Well, I don't know.

727
00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:07,380
 I really don't know.

728
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:10,640
 That's hard when there's no leadership.

729
00:47:11,540 --> 00:47:15,220
 And, you know, it's like going back to Dabo for a minute.

730
00:47:17,020 --> 00:47:18,640
 Who's Dabo complaining to?

731
00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:20,580
 His hand.

732
00:47:21,240 --> 00:47:21,920
 The hand.

733
00:47:22,100 --> 00:47:22,620
 The microphone.

734
00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:24,120
 Right.

735
00:47:24,380 --> 00:47:25,200
 Exactly, Harold.

736
00:47:25,360 --> 00:47:32,420
 I mean, who does he have the ability to call and say, Pete Golding is doing this and I'm not happy.

737
00:47:33,080 --> 00:47:34,380
 Mommy, he hit me.

738
00:47:35,240 --> 00:47:35,960
 That's right.

739
00:47:36,380 --> 00:47:37,340
 There's nobody.

740
00:47:38,620 --> 00:47:43,320
 It's like, why are you, if there's no one to complain to.

741
00:47:44,300 --> 00:47:50,360
 It's like, we all know, and this is what kind of made his comment silly in my opinion.

742
00:47:50,700 --> 00:47:52,420
 We all know tampering is going on.

743
00:47:52,700 --> 00:48:00,220
 Let me tell you, the state of Georgia about had a conniption three weeks ago when the rumor was out that Ohio State was coming after Nate Frazier.

744
00:48:01,060 --> 00:48:01,260
 Yeah.

745
00:48:01,840 --> 00:48:09,380
 And was there tampering involved with that if there was a rumor that Ohio State University or was that the agent?

746
00:48:09,380 --> 00:48:14,480
 And maybe the agent calling other teams to say, hey, make us an offer so we can get more from where we are at.

747
00:48:14,580 --> 00:48:15,740
 I know that goes on, too.

748
00:48:16,180 --> 00:48:18,920
 But, I mean, we all know tampering is going on now.

749
00:48:19,360 --> 00:48:19,720
 Who are you going to tell?

750
00:48:19,720 --> 00:48:20,620
 It always has.

751
00:48:20,940 --> 00:48:22,280
 It always has, Bill.

752
00:48:22,380 --> 00:48:23,780
 Oh, it always has.

753
00:48:24,040 --> 00:48:27,160
 But, you know, Harold, those things that Auburn used to do behind our back now that.

754
00:48:27,240 --> 00:48:27,880
 Oh, man.

755
00:48:28,980 --> 00:48:31,040
 I can't get away with just a charger anymore.

756
00:48:31,160 --> 00:48:33,880
 You got to have a gold-plated steering wheel now.

757
00:48:33,940 --> 00:48:35,400
 Those old chargers are gone, man.

758
00:48:35,720 --> 00:48:36,340
 That's right.

759
00:48:36,400 --> 00:48:36,920
 That's right.

760
00:48:37,020 --> 00:48:37,380
 That's right.

761
00:48:37,420 --> 00:48:38,540
 But who is he going to tell?

762
00:48:38,700 --> 00:48:39,300
 And, you know what?

763
00:48:39,380 --> 00:48:41,520
 Again, until there's a –

764
00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:41,800
 I know.

765
00:48:42,420 --> 00:48:48,460
 I mean, it's like if you walk into Walmart and I'm like, you know what?

766
00:48:48,460 --> 00:48:55,120
 I know that TV is priced at $257, but I'm going to take it, and there's nobody there to tell.

767
00:48:55,780 --> 00:48:57,940
 There's going to be dumb people going in there and taking them.

768
00:48:58,520 --> 00:49:07,020
 So, I mean, I may be using bad examples or comparisons, but it's like when there is nobody in control, nobody in charge, what are you going to do?

769
00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:07,780
 You're going to call the NCAA?

770
00:49:08,060 --> 00:49:09,080
 What are they going to say to you?

771
00:49:09,400 --> 00:49:12,900
 When's the last time – here's the question for you.

772
00:49:13,240 --> 00:49:22,140
 When's the last time there has been a suspension of a player in college football for academics in adequacy?

773
00:49:23,140 --> 00:49:33,620
 I mean, we used to have all the time to fear that a player once a year on a team, every team in the country, somebody would flunk out.

774
00:49:34,140 --> 00:49:35,400
 It's smarter now, Bill.

775
00:49:36,540 --> 00:49:41,340
 When's the last time we've had a college football player flunk out and not be academically eligible?

776
00:49:41,700 --> 00:49:43,740
 I mean, really, how long has that been since that happened?

777
00:49:43,740 --> 00:49:44,960
 He made a C in walking.

778
00:49:46,420 --> 00:49:52,880
 All right, I've had several people text me this week, ask him, ask him.

779
00:49:53,840 --> 00:49:56,960
 Isn't it hard to believe we've got spring training around the corner?

780
00:49:57,600 --> 00:50:01,100
 In fact, February – yeah, February begins Sunday.

781
00:50:02,240 --> 00:50:04,120
 And we've talked about this.

782
00:50:04,980 --> 00:50:10,200
 Anthopolis got a lot of criticism a year ago, and a lot of it was merited.

783
00:50:10,200 --> 00:50:23,380
 But he has made some moves that have strengthened this team in the – you know, as far as the relief, as far as the bullpen is concerned, infield, depth, et cetera.

784
00:50:23,620 --> 00:50:32,140
 And, again, I know you wait for me to ask you about durable starting pitchers, but being – you know, we can see it now.

785
00:50:32,220 --> 00:50:33,480
 We can nearly feel it.

786
00:50:33,800 --> 00:50:41,320
 Your thoughts quickly about what he's done and what are you hearing about what he may add before the season begins?

787
00:50:41,740 --> 00:50:49,200
 Well, they signed a guy today, Mark Perez, who has been – he's not very good.

788
00:50:49,300 --> 00:50:53,660
 I mean, it's a minor league contract bringing – and I don't buy those minor league contracts, bringing people to camp.

789
00:50:53,860 --> 00:51:00,760
 You know, there was a rumor on Wednesday that he was interested in Lucas Giolito or Chris Bassett.

790
00:51:00,960 --> 00:51:04,200
 Those would be very good additions, very, very positive.

791
00:51:04,820 --> 00:51:08,240
 I've mentioned Bassett several times, and I think he would be very good.

792
00:51:08,300 --> 00:51:09,460
 He'd probably be a little bit more expensive.

793
00:51:10,180 --> 00:51:18,240
 Giolito is actually coming back off of the same kind of procedure that Spencer Strider had two years ago, the internal brace procedure.

794
00:51:18,820 --> 00:51:23,000
 And he – Giolito was better than Spencer last year after his return.

795
00:51:23,620 --> 00:51:28,860
 So I think we're all kind of wondering how Spencer Strider will do with his first full year back for the internal brace.

796
00:51:28,860 --> 00:51:31,500
 And I'm curious as to how Giolito would do.

797
00:51:31,640 --> 00:51:33,480
 So I would take either one of those.

798
00:51:33,740 --> 00:51:42,880
 But, you know, today's move aside, I think that, you know, they can still bring in someone, and they better.

799
00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:44,060
 They better.

800
00:51:44,180 --> 00:51:46,400
 We're 10 days away from pitchers and catchers reporting.

801
00:51:46,640 --> 00:51:51,720
 The first workout is a week from Tuesday, official workout for pitchers and catchers.

802
00:51:51,800 --> 00:51:53,860
 So we're here, you know, it's here.

803
00:51:54,060 --> 00:52:02,380
 And I just think it'd be a real bad mistake if they don't go into camp with a new external option for that starting rotation.

804
00:52:02,380 --> 00:52:03,800
 I think it would be really stupid.

805
00:52:04,800 --> 00:52:06,800
 No, I think you're exactly right.

806
00:52:06,800 --> 00:52:21,340
 Well, if any of our incredible listeners would like to call your show this afternoon and talk about college football, the Braves, anything else under the sun, tampering what Jordan's been doing behind the scenes.

807
00:52:21,440 --> 00:52:22,340
 We know how that goes.

808
00:52:23,280 --> 00:52:28,100
 Where can they get online and call you and tell you what they feel?

809
00:52:28,360 --> 00:52:32,620
 Well, they always call me and they tell me they've got to have somewhere to call because you two won't shut up.

810
00:52:32,660 --> 00:52:35,140
 And I'm like, well, I have to talk to the host for you, you know.

811
00:52:35,220 --> 00:52:36,280
 I mean, what are you going to do?

812
00:52:36,280 --> 00:52:46,560
 But, no, the superstations.com will be – it's kind of a weird weekend because of the weather and because of the, you know, the no football.

813
00:52:46,780 --> 00:52:50,800
 This is the first time we haven't had any football, right, to look forward to this weekend.

814
00:52:51,160 --> 00:52:56,400
 So, we're going to be talking about the NHL and its problem with academic ineligible.

815
00:52:56,740 --> 00:52:57,240
 It's the point.

816
00:52:58,160 --> 00:52:59,260
 I'm sorry, the point.

817
00:53:01,200 --> 00:53:04,220
 The man who's going to drop a puck on stuff, I guarantee you.

818
00:53:04,220 --> 00:53:04,880
 It's the Lord's mercy.

819
00:53:06,720 --> 00:53:08,380
 It's always good to hook up with you.

820
00:53:08,780 --> 00:53:11,600
 No basketball, no football, but plenty of snowballs.

821
00:53:11,880 --> 00:53:12,440
 So, be careful.

822
00:53:13,380 --> 00:53:14,740
 Y'all be careful, too.

823
00:53:14,860 --> 00:53:18,640
 We're going to get a trace, and that means the world will come to a stop.

824
00:53:18,720 --> 00:53:19,760
 Oh, yeah, absolutely.

825
00:53:20,760 --> 00:53:21,700
 Look out, Walmart.

826
00:53:21,820 --> 00:53:23,820
 Bill Shanks, thesesuperstations.com.

827
00:53:23,880 --> 00:53:30,700
 Quickly, the folks with the University of North Alabama Lions Athletic Club hitched out of the park again with a Hall of Famer,

828
00:53:31,060 --> 00:53:34,360
 one who knows the shows better than anybody, Ozzie Newsome.

829
00:53:34,460 --> 00:53:38,320
 It's going to be at the Renaissance Shows Conference Center Tuesday, May 19th, to address the group.

830
00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:40,000
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831
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832
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 That is on tap for May 19th.

833
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 The Oz is going to be the keynote speaker.

834
00:53:54,120 --> 00:53:56,700
 Coming up in the next hour, Justin Ferguson talking to Auburn Tigers.

835
00:53:56,840 --> 00:53:58,120
 Zach Pounder speaking to the show.

836
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 He's got it all wrapped up.

837
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963
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964
01:01:24,280 --> 01:01:24,900
 Welcome back again.

965
01:01:24,960 --> 01:01:26,140
 Now, it's your Boomo Bugg Show.

966
01:01:26,240 --> 01:01:27,760
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967
01:01:27,840 --> 01:01:31,280
 Thank you so much for giving us a free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

968
01:01:31,400 --> 01:01:37,580
 We kind of emphasize that because, interesting enough, we're always pleased and honored to bring in Mike Huganen,

969
01:01:38,140 --> 01:01:42,740
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970
01:01:42,960 --> 01:01:44,360
 Mike, welcome in.

971
01:01:44,360 --> 01:01:46,980
 Is it true that we're now getting some Florida weather?

972
01:01:47,180 --> 01:01:49,520
 It's cold in your backyard, too, is it not?

973
01:01:50,220 --> 01:01:50,420
 Yeah.

974
01:01:50,520 --> 01:01:55,460
 It's going to be wind chill overnight Saturday into Sunday 8.

975
01:01:56,320 --> 01:01:56,640
 Ah!

976
01:01:57,360 --> 01:01:57,840
 Orlando.

977
01:01:58,580 --> 01:02:01,160
 You got some nervous oranges and iguanas, don't you?

978
01:02:01,620 --> 01:02:02,060
 Yeah.

979
01:02:03,120 --> 01:02:08,400
 And the temperature here is 22, and I have a friend, a high school friend who lives in Miami still.

980
01:02:09,380 --> 01:02:12,380
 It could be 32 over the weekend in Miami.

981
01:02:12,580 --> 01:02:13,700
 And you mentioned iguanas.

982
01:02:14,640 --> 01:02:17,860
 Iguanas, there's a lot of iguanas in South Florida.

983
01:02:18,440 --> 01:02:18,600
 Yeah.

984
01:02:18,960 --> 01:02:26,660
 When it gets that cold, they don't die, but their body sort of seizes up, and they fall out of trees.

985
01:02:26,800 --> 01:02:27,780
 Oh, man.

986
01:02:28,060 --> 01:02:30,620
 I think people think that's an urban legend.

987
01:02:30,760 --> 01:02:31,460
 No, it's true.

988
01:02:32,020 --> 01:02:38,540
 So, you'll be able to drive around Miami on Sunday morning and find iguanas lying on the ground.

989
01:02:39,020 --> 01:02:39,840
 Oh, man.

990
01:02:39,900 --> 01:02:41,300
 See, we're big animal lovers here.

991
01:02:41,380 --> 01:02:43,940
 Let's hope that these forecasters miss it again.

992
01:02:44,440 --> 01:02:50,020
 Mike, obviously, it's probably going to be a little warmer inside the gym come Sunday.

993
01:02:50,180 --> 01:02:50,760
 It sounds weird.

994
01:02:50,880 --> 01:02:52,920
 Sunday almost got him a NASCAR voice there.

995
01:02:53,020 --> 01:02:56,760
 When Alabama rose in town, Todd Golden already throwing it down and said,

996
01:02:56,840 --> 01:02:59,800
 I don't care if they got Bediaco or not, we're going to win this ballgame.

997
01:02:59,800 --> 01:03:06,940
 Mike, your thoughts about hopefully a warmer climate there in Gainesville inside when Alabama, the Crimson Tide, rose in town Sunday.

998
01:03:07,660 --> 01:03:07,760
 Yeah.

999
01:03:07,820 --> 01:03:15,480
 I think Florida's the better team, but Florida's better than Auburn, and Auburn beat Florida last week in Gainesville because Florida could not stop Keyshawn Hall.

1000
01:03:17,380 --> 01:03:21,000
 Kylon is the best player on the SEC this year.

1001
01:03:21,660 --> 01:03:23,780
 Florida is going to have to keep him under control.

1002
01:03:23,940 --> 01:03:28,700
 I think the one advantage for Florida, Florida is really good on the backboards.

1003
01:03:29,940 --> 01:03:37,460
 They beat South Carolina by almost 50 in Columbia the other night, and they out-rebounded the game contract.

1004
01:03:37,620 --> 01:03:38,640
 I think it was by 28.

1005
01:03:39,500 --> 01:03:39,740
 Yeah.

1006
01:03:40,420 --> 01:03:42,000
 Florida's guards aren't very good.

1007
01:03:42,200 --> 01:03:43,740
 Florida's front court is quite good.

1008
01:03:44,160 --> 01:03:45,740
 I think Alabama's the flip side.

1009
01:03:46,100 --> 01:03:51,360
 So, it's going to be an interesting matchup because Florida's going to want to get the ball in the paint,

1010
01:03:52,020 --> 01:03:54,820
 and Alabama's going to want to fire away from outside.

1011
01:03:55,020 --> 01:03:58,700
 So, it should be an interesting dichotomy there.

1012
01:03:59,980 --> 01:04:00,220
 Yeah.

1013
01:04:00,340 --> 01:04:02,880
 Can Alabama stay somewhat close on the boards?

1014
01:04:02,960 --> 01:04:04,920
 I think that will determine the winner.

1015
01:04:06,040 --> 01:04:10,780
 Mike, I know last year at one point in the season or for a couple of weeks,

1016
01:04:10,900 --> 01:04:14,660
 there were three SEC teams in the top five.

1017
01:04:14,660 --> 01:04:20,240
 There is not a dominant team in the SEC, but there are a lot of good teams.

1018
01:04:21,040 --> 01:04:25,940
 Texas A&M with Buckyball, people wonder, well, how in the world would he do in the SEC?

1019
01:04:26,740 --> 01:04:28,440
 Quite good so far.

1020
01:04:29,540 --> 01:04:32,300
 Florida, as you mentioned, with the upset with Auburn.

1021
01:04:32,380 --> 01:04:39,800
 But there are 11 to 12 teams, and this will shrink up a little bit as we get closer to March Madness.

1022
01:04:39,800 --> 01:04:43,220
 But SEC right now has been wide open.

1023
01:04:44,100 --> 01:04:50,300
 Yeah, and I think it's a case of you could get nine or ten teams in the NCAA field,

1024
01:04:50,540 --> 01:04:54,920
 but how many are built to get past the second weekend?

1025
01:04:55,120 --> 01:05:00,560
 And I'm not sure there's many SEC teams that can get to the Sweet 16.

1026
01:05:01,840 --> 01:05:04,740
 I'm not sure there's going to be an SEC team in the Elite Eight,

1027
01:05:04,780 --> 01:05:10,660
 and that comes the year after the SEC had two in the Final Four and, of course, the eventual national champ.

1028
01:05:10,900 --> 01:05:14,060
 But it's extremely evenly matched.

1029
01:05:15,180 --> 01:05:22,040
 It's sort of like a lot of good teams in the Big 12 as well, and there's also a lot of cannibalism.

1030
01:05:23,180 --> 01:05:28,460
 And I think that's going to be a common refrain over the next couple weeks.

1031
01:05:28,980 --> 01:05:31,400
 Oh, my goodness, I can't believe they beat that team.

1032
01:05:31,580 --> 01:05:32,960
 Well, both are pretty good.

1033
01:05:33,220 --> 01:05:38,520
 And the key is holding serve at home, and that's what Florida did not do last weekend.

1034
01:05:39,120 --> 01:05:40,800
 They need to do that on Sunday.

1035
01:05:41,800 --> 01:05:45,500
 So, it looks like it's the Big Ten's world, no matter the sport, and we're just kind of living in it.

1036
01:05:45,860 --> 01:05:48,020
 Mike, let's come back to the SEC.

1037
01:05:48,700 --> 01:05:50,180
 How many times do we see this?

1038
01:05:50,220 --> 01:05:54,340
 A kid comes up in baseball or other sports, and they just rip it apart.

1039
01:05:54,460 --> 01:05:57,820
 And then when the other coaches sit here and say, aha, we got their number.

1040
01:05:57,880 --> 01:05:58,580
 We sit in football.

1041
01:05:58,720 --> 01:06:02,040
 They have great numbers the first half of the season, and the other coaches catch up with them.

1042
01:06:02,460 --> 01:06:03,800
 The point I'm trying to make here is Buckyball.

1043
01:06:04,480 --> 01:06:09,340
 Everybody keeps waiting for the ball to drop with Buckyball there at Texas A&M.

1044
01:06:09,460 --> 01:06:11,280
 So far, he is the talk of the town.

1045
01:06:11,360 --> 01:06:14,980
 Your thoughts about the situation there in College Station in the hardwoods?

1046
01:06:15,280 --> 01:06:19,400
 Yeah, he's doing a great job, especially when you look at what Buzz Williams is doing at Maryland.

1047
01:06:19,600 --> 01:06:21,440
 That is a horrible team.

1048
01:06:21,860 --> 01:06:24,880
 And there's already talk about they've got to get rid of him.

1049
01:06:25,740 --> 01:06:32,200
 If you look at what A&M has done, some impressive wins.

1050
01:06:32,840 --> 01:06:38,320
 I would also argue that they've had a relatively easy for the SEC schedule.

1051
01:06:38,840 --> 01:06:40,380
 They have not played Georgia yet.

1052
01:06:40,460 --> 01:06:43,320
 They have not played Alabama yet.

1053
01:06:43,400 --> 01:06:44,920
 They have not played Florida yet.

1054
01:06:45,000 --> 01:06:46,580
 They have not played Vanderbilt yet.

1055
01:06:46,820 --> 01:06:49,380
 So they haven't played Arkansas yet.

1056
01:06:49,380 --> 01:06:54,760
 So let's see what happens when the quote-unquote better teams are on the schedule.

1057
01:06:54,900 --> 01:07:02,600
 But I think that if you're an A&M fan or an SEC fan, you're looking at what A&M is doing.

1058
01:07:02,600 --> 01:07:05,600
 And you're like, this is an interesting team.

1059
01:07:05,980 --> 01:07:10,700
 And he's got a bunch of transfers that have come together extremely well.

1060
01:07:12,300 --> 01:07:14,040
 They are a well-coached team.

1061
01:07:14,900 --> 01:07:21,620
 But I still wonder, you know, if they're leading the SEC now, I would not be surprised if they finish fourth in the SEC.

1062
01:07:22,000 --> 01:07:22,320
 Wow.

1063
01:07:23,720 --> 01:07:24,640
 Yeah, you're right.

1064
01:07:24,720 --> 01:07:26,980
 But he's made quite a splash the first year.

1065
01:07:27,400 --> 01:07:33,040
 Mike, I was going to ask you, as far as football off-season hires, it's caught my attention.

1066
01:07:33,540 --> 01:07:41,740
 Lincoln Riley, and we've talked about their lack of defense for years, brings in former TCE legend Gary Patterson.

1067
01:07:42,400 --> 01:07:52,040
 And Josh Heupel hired Jim Knowles to come in and replay Kim Banks as far as defensive coordinator.

1068
01:07:52,540 --> 01:07:56,260
 Mike, are those two of the better hires in the off-season?

1069
01:07:57,160 --> 01:07:58,560
 I'm not sure about Patterson.

1070
01:07:59,240 --> 01:08:02,200
 I think Jim Knowles was a good hire.

1071
01:08:02,540 --> 01:08:04,380
 He's a guy who was a hot commodity.

1072
01:08:05,160 --> 01:08:09,340
 Went from Ohio State to Penn State in the off-season, which was surprising to some.

1073
01:08:09,420 --> 01:08:11,520
 But then again, I think he got over $3 million.

1074
01:08:12,160 --> 01:08:24,080
 And then the Penn State staff gets fired, and Penn State's new coach, Matt Campbell, goes out and hires Danton Lynn from USC, who's a really good coach.

1075
01:08:24,160 --> 01:08:27,500
 I think Knowles is a high-level defensive coordinator.

1076
01:08:27,660 --> 01:08:32,900
 And talking to people, his scheme, though, can be difficult to learn.

1077
01:08:33,540 --> 01:08:37,160
 So it'll be interesting to see how that's implemented in the spring.

1078
01:08:37,600 --> 01:08:40,700
 I certainly expect better defense from Tennessee this year than last year.

1079
01:08:40,800 --> 01:08:42,960
 Gary Patterson, to me, is a mystery.

1080
01:08:43,160 --> 01:08:44,300
 He hasn't coached for a while.

1081
01:08:44,840 --> 01:08:47,200
 He made his bones as a defensive coordinator.

1082
01:08:47,680 --> 01:08:50,480
 His TCU teams played great defense for the most part.

1083
01:08:51,600 --> 01:08:56,480
 That hire has a high ceiling.

1084
01:08:57,040 --> 01:08:59,580
 I think it has also, though, a very low floor.

1085
01:09:01,080 --> 01:09:05,160
 It's risky, I think, because, again, Patterson hasn't been on the field for a while.

1086
01:09:07,160 --> 01:09:09,720
 What changes has he made in his defense?

1087
01:09:10,800 --> 01:09:15,880
 I think, from a big-name standpoint, obviously, it made you sit up and look.

1088
01:09:16,200 --> 01:09:16,820
 Oh, my goodness.

1089
01:09:17,160 --> 01:09:19,900
 But I think Jim Knowles was a better hire than Gary Patterson.

1090
01:09:21,300 --> 01:09:28,860
 He's in Tuscaloosa when a guy named Dennis Franchoni marched in the room, and his little ducklings behind him, and of the assistants who didn't come win him, won Greg Patterson.

1091
01:09:28,960 --> 01:09:32,240
 He stayed behind and made some money back at the old farm.

1092
01:09:32,640 --> 01:09:33,980
 Let me ask you this, Mike.

1093
01:09:33,980 --> 01:09:41,580
 It seems like this day and time, we talk as much about courtrooms as we do, basketball courts and basketball and football fields.

1094
01:09:42,180 --> 01:09:46,560
 What's your take on the news over the last few days with Duke and quarterback Darian Mensah?

1095
01:09:47,660 --> 01:09:54,660
 Yeah, I think, you know, no one's surprised that, you know, Miami, as soon as he entered the portal, oh, he's going to Miami.

1096
01:09:55,380 --> 01:09:56,440
 And he entered Miami.

1097
01:09:57,240 --> 01:09:59,580
 Miami's actually got two guys involved in court cases.

1098
01:09:59,760 --> 01:10:00,880
 Damon Wilson's the other one.

1099
01:10:02,240 --> 01:10:09,240
 I think, you know, Duke at first seemed to be very confident that, okay, you know, he's not going anywhere.

1100
01:10:10,060 --> 01:10:14,540
 But money talks these days, and Miami's going to give him a heck of a lot more money.

1101
01:10:14,980 --> 01:10:17,740
 It appears that there is some kind of buyout situation.

1102
01:10:18,000 --> 01:10:25,600
 But it all goes back to, it's like in, you know, quote-unquote, college athletics is not real life.

1103
01:10:26,320 --> 01:10:29,880
 But in real life, you can change jobs.

1104
01:10:29,880 --> 01:10:36,800
 But, yes, there are some contracts where you have a clause where you can't work for a rival.

1105
01:10:38,220 --> 01:10:39,140
 Non-compete.

1106
01:10:39,460 --> 01:10:42,500
 Yeah, Miami stole a quarterback from the ACC champ.

1107
01:10:43,060 --> 01:10:49,500
 So, until you're actually an employee, I'm not sure how any team can keep players.

1108
01:10:49,580 --> 01:10:57,540
 Though I will say that Washington, when DeMond Williams says, I'm leaving, they said, okay, we're going to sue you.

1109
01:10:57,540 --> 01:11:02,900
 And then the Big Ten also weighed in, we will be part of the case for you.

1110
01:11:03,260 --> 01:11:04,480
 And then DeMond Williams stays.

1111
01:11:04,600 --> 01:11:07,700
 I don't know how his NIL deal was written.

1112
01:11:08,180 --> 01:11:15,280
 But one thing I thought was very interesting was that you didn't hear a peep from the ACC office when Miami stole Duke's quarterback.

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 Mike, athletic departments, most people know football and men's basketball are the primary profit centers for athletics.

1114
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 Sometimes women's basketball, LSU, South Carolina, and others.

1115
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 And since joining the Big Ten, they have lost $516 million.

1117
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 Yeah, that's, I don't know how that is possible, I'll be honest.

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 Rutgers is a really good academic school.

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 And you wonder, if I'm a student at Rutgers, yeah, I'm probably interested in Rutgers Athletics.

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 At the same time, they have high student fees.

1121
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 And I'd be like, maybe it's time for Rutgers to leave the Big Ten.

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 Because despite the Big Ten having the best multimedia deal, you're telling me we're still losing this much money?

1123
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 A half billion dollars.

1124
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 And that's insanity.

1125
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 And I think it goes to show, I would be interested in seeing what the numbers are at a Mississippi State,

1126
01:12:28,520 --> 01:12:34,180
 at a Purdue, at a Minnesota, at a South Carolina.

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 Because, again, Rutgers is in a state that is extremely rich.

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 New Jersey has a lot of money.

1129
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 I find it, yeah, it's, I was incredulous when I saw, wait a second, you're telling me they're making $70 million a year

1130
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 from the Big Ten multimedia deal, and they're still losing that kind of money?

1131
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 Don't take a finance class at Rutgers is the point, Bill, Mike.

1132
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 Yeah, I don't know how that's possible.

1133
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 I don't know if it's a horribly run department or if it's a case, and Maryland evidently is losing money as well,

1134
01:13:10,340 --> 01:13:13,380
 another Big Ten school bringing in huge amounts of money.

1135
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 I don't, at some point, maybe some school president stands up and says,

1136
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 yes, the Big Ten has some academic and athletic, it's prestigious,

1137
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 but we're not going to be, we're not going to be wasting that much money anymore.

1138
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 No.

1139
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 Because that's, it's a waste of money, no question.

1140
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 Yeah, I was dumbfounded by that, my goodness.

1141
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 Well, listen, try to warm up, maybe by next week, it would be above freezing.

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 Listen, have a great weekend, first weekend without football, by the way, that's going to be tough to get through,

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 but some good basketball action.

1144
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 Yeah.

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 Listen, have a great weekend, let's do this again next Friday.

1146
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 Excellent, thanks guys.

1147
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 Thank you so much.

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 Stay warm down here, throw those iguanas and blankets too, if you don't mind.

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 Mike, who can hook in with us, national college football slash basketball analyst from usually a warm in sunny Orlando,

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 Coming up, it's all relative, pretty chilly right here in your own backyard.

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 we got an Alabama gymnastics preview with SEC Network analyst Louisa Blanco.

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 I was talking with head coach Ashley Johnston and, you know, not only was I her athlete,

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 But she really credits the buy-in of the freshmen.

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 Not only are they pushing all the members of the team with their talent and their greatness

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 The Score.

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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1249
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 Welcome back in again.

1250
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 Thanks so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

1251
01:19:28,720 --> 01:19:33,260
 And for Zach Pounder taking time out of his schedule there at Shoals Sports Report.

1252
01:19:33,380 --> 01:19:34,060
 Zach, welcome in.

1253
01:19:34,120 --> 01:19:35,060
 Happy Friday to you.

1254
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 How are you?

1255
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 Doing good.

1256
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 How are y'all?

1257
01:19:37,580 --> 01:19:38,380
 We're doing all right.

1258
01:19:38,400 --> 01:19:38,840
 It's hard to believe.

1259
01:19:38,920 --> 01:19:40,840
 I'm looking at the calendar in shock, shock.

1260
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 It's the last Friday in the month of January, translated when it comes to high school sports.

1261
01:19:46,940 --> 01:19:51,200
 Basketball about to get ready for the postseason down at I-65 in Hantsville and other places.

1262
01:19:51,720 --> 01:19:58,520
 Zach, coming in right now, what are the top storylines for our Shoals teams here on this last Friday of the month?

1263
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 The top storylines for me in basketball are it has everybody coming out of this break of 10 days off basically for some teams.

1264
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 And a week plus in some cases.

1265
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 And some teams have area games that have meant a whole lot to seed.

1266
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 And some of the area games that play out the area still.

1267
01:20:15,240 --> 01:20:22,740
 Lexington and girls have a game on Monday with Tanner that could determine the one seed depending on what Decatur Heritage does tonight with Tanner.

1268
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 And if Tanner loses tonight, Decatur Heritage, Lexington wins on Monday against Tanner, it's a two-way tight and tall for the area host and one seed.

1269
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 And the difference in that is that once they get Tanner, the one thing gets Lindsey Lane, the two thing gets Tanner in the area semis.

1270
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 And both teams should have a good chance, whoever wins that area, to get out of the celebration and go to Washington.

1271
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 We're going to talk about some of the hot teams going into the area.

1272
01:20:55,580 --> 01:20:57,400
 That's always interesting to me.

1273
01:20:57,620 --> 01:20:59,740
 We've got a couple of boys and girls.

1274
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 One of them that is the Muscle Shoals boys.

1275
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 They have won 13 of 14 games now.

1276
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 They're going to host Florence tonight.

1277
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 Florence beat them earlier in the season.

1278
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 Muscle Shoals beat Decatur 71-45 earlier.

1279
01:21:16,680 --> 01:21:20,000
 Gavin Parrish scored 21 points.

1280
01:21:20,320 --> 01:21:27,140
 But one team that is doing, that is playing very well right now is the Muscle Shoals boys.

1281
01:21:28,000 --> 01:21:30,360
 Yes, Muscle Shoals and Florence tonight at Muscle Shoals.

1282
01:21:30,480 --> 01:21:36,800
 I will say this, if we go into that game tonight, get there early before 5.30, before 5.00, play before 5.00.

1283
01:21:36,800 --> 01:21:38,500
 They will probably have to close the doors.

1284
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 Does not have a capacity to hold both schools' capacities on both sides.

1285
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 I know last year they had to close the doors like at probably 6.00 or 6.30.

1286
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 So, if you go into that game tonight, get there early, get there quick.

1287
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 But, yeah, Muscle Shoals boys, it's kind of like Florence boys last year was.

1288
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 They had three or four scores who could get it done at any night.

1289
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 Gavin Parrish can get to 20 a night, 50 a night.

1290
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 Cam Hoes can get to 20 a night.

1291
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 Keale Foster, not a score, but he can change a game, quit with rebate on the block.

1292
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 But, just his athleticism for the football field shows on the basketball court, too.

1293
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 And, when he's not in the catering, he had a dunk, got a technical foul for it because he yelled.

1294
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 But, when he's dunked, if that game wasn't on the show, he would have brought the house down, the roof, whatever, on the building.

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 It was one of those, if I had a video of it, I always had a video of it.

1296
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 He probably took off on the block and just sort of get his head.

1297
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 But, one of those don'ts, it really changed the game, it changed the whole flow of the game.

1298
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 And, it's kind of a lot of fun towards last year.

1299
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 They have moved Jamari and Draper out of the Charlotte, I'm pretty sure, and now he's off the bench.

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 But, yeah, that kind of size off the bench at new level basketball, it's huge.

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 And then, Christian Preacher is also back from his ankle injury in football.

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 So, they're now seven, eight days at what shows they can run and roll.

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 And, hopefully, they can get a walk.

1304
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 No, go ahead, Zach.

1305
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 Now, Zach Pounder is looking up on the show's sports report.

1306
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 Obviously, we mentioned the schedule coming in, Zach.

1307
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 A lot of teams looking pretty good, just a matter of staying healthy.

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 But, other teams, they're on the ropes trying to make sure that they can sit here and get a respectable seed.

1309
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 Your thoughts about some of the teams that come to mind, I would imagine Deschner and Wilson Boyes come to mind in that category.

1310
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 Yes, what a game last night.

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 First off, both teams played a heck of a game.

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 One of those games, I think you asked everybody to tell, from the second quarter to the fourth quarter, you didn't know who was going to win.

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 It was always like one-point lead here, two-point lead there.

1314
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 Big foul.

1315
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 Big foul here, big call there.

1316
01:23:48,720 --> 01:23:52,000
 But, yeah, Wilson last night went that fourth overtime with Deschner.

1317
01:23:52,120 --> 01:23:54,100
 Janus Mallett at the buzzer of regulation.

1318
01:23:54,800 --> 01:23:55,460
 Second effort.

1319
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 I think he attended a jump shot.

1320
01:23:57,800 --> 01:23:58,760
 Got offensive board.

1321
01:23:58,980 --> 01:24:04,120
 Went back, put it back up with, like, one-second lead up in the clock now as it was rolling.

1322
01:24:04,860 --> 01:24:10,080
 But Deschner pulled through it every time to win that game and locked up the three seed in the area for the boys.

1323
01:24:10,740 --> 01:24:13,440
 That 4-8 boys area is now decided on the seed.

1324
01:24:14,120 --> 01:24:15,460
 Brooks is the one seed host him.

1325
01:24:16,420 --> 01:24:18,580
 Central Wilson has the five and four seed.

1326
01:24:19,120 --> 01:24:20,720
 Deschner-Hatton has the three and two seed.

1327
01:24:21,500 --> 01:24:23,340
 Deschner-Hatton winner will go to sub-regionals.

1328
01:24:23,500 --> 01:24:25,180
 The Wilson-Central winner plays Brooks.

1329
01:24:26,080 --> 01:24:28,040
 And that winner will go to sub-regionals offseason.

1330
01:24:29,600 --> 01:24:32,400
 Yeah, you had a Deschner-Brooks game like that.

1331
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 That's the difference in you and a lot of folks.

1332
01:24:35,760 --> 01:24:39,920
 You go to a lot of these games, and we'll get into that in just a few minutes.

1333
01:24:40,220 --> 01:24:45,240
 We talk a lot about the Lauderdale County girls for a lot of reasons.

1334
01:24:45,460 --> 01:24:48,800
 In fact, they're one of the hottest teams going into the area.

1335
01:24:49,100 --> 01:24:55,900
 But tip of the count to the boys, they won their 20th game beating Central 73-49.

1336
01:24:55,900 --> 01:24:59,940
 Kevin Watkins, who is really a good season, had 20 points.

1337
01:25:00,640 --> 01:25:04,700
 They reached 20 wins for the seventh time in nine years.

1338
01:25:05,900 --> 01:25:07,100
 The girls are great.

1339
01:25:07,220 --> 01:25:11,300
 You know, we talked about the girls for a while, but the boys are not too shabby either.

1340
01:25:12,160 --> 01:25:18,680
 Yeah, it's odd for them boys every day to be better than the girls, just for the first time in a year, probably.

1341
01:25:18,840 --> 01:25:20,160
 But the girls have been battle-tested.

1342
01:25:20,480 --> 01:25:24,620
 They went through some injury issues in December.

1343
01:25:25,300 --> 01:25:29,060
 They have one player out for the season, I think Anthony Shelton broke her way back from injury.

1344
01:25:29,720 --> 01:25:33,620
 And then I think they have one more that was also in the European tournament.

1345
01:25:34,280 --> 01:25:40,140
 But when they're fully healthy, I think it'll be this year, they're going to be up there with the best of them in the state.

1346
01:25:40,680 --> 01:25:59,400
 And if they don't get to Wallace in the Elite Eight with the Smart Seals, or both of them are not in the Elite Eight with the Smart Seals,

1347
01:25:59,900 --> 01:26:07,640
 at Wallace State, my bad, then something's going wrong, somebody had it off nine, or something.

1348
01:26:09,160 --> 01:26:10,860
 Zach Pander's show of the Sports Report.

1349
01:26:11,020 --> 01:26:17,000
 Obviously, it's been a very interesting few days out at Mars Hill with the news of Coach Gerald Higgins leaving the football program for Russellville.

1350
01:26:17,080 --> 01:26:19,500
 But let's talk a bit about on the hardwoods.

1351
01:26:19,720 --> 01:26:21,000
 Did I see this right, Zach?

1352
01:26:21,100 --> 01:26:27,700
 The Mars Hill girls pick up their 950th win, and now 951 since then.

1353
01:26:28,140 --> 01:26:30,760
 So, it's been an interesting week out of the Hill.

1354
01:26:31,580 --> 01:26:37,400
 Yeah, I was actually at Mars Hill last Friday for the Peter Hesher's game on the hills of Coach Higgins leaving.

1355
01:26:38,540 --> 01:26:44,680
 And also, the realignment stuff, it's a very odd feeling over there now at Mars Hill with no in line.

1356
01:26:44,740 --> 01:26:44,860
 Yeah.

1357
01:26:45,440 --> 01:26:47,080
 All right, we're not going to 4-8 for football.

1358
01:26:47,600 --> 01:26:51,100
 We don't have to play Brooks and Deschler, but we have to play private schools now across the board.

1359
01:26:51,260 --> 01:26:51,400
 Yeah.

1360
01:26:52,260 --> 01:26:57,180
 And I think the realignment helps them and hurts them both.

1361
01:26:57,700 --> 01:26:59,980
 I think with a new coach for them, it helps them.

1362
01:27:00,400 --> 01:27:08,520
 Because who the new coach is, it's a less intimate job now at Mars Hill than it would be if you're in 4-8 with Brooks, Deschler, Hamilton, all those schools.

1363
01:27:09,520 --> 01:27:11,100
 So, now it's a less intimate job.

1364
01:27:11,940 --> 01:27:17,480
 And on the basketball side, the boys may be the best 8-13 team in the state.

1365
01:27:17,800 --> 01:27:19,300
 For one of the best 8-13 team in the state.

1366
01:27:20,240 --> 01:27:21,600
 They're 6-0 in area plays.

1367
01:27:21,600 --> 01:27:38,200
 And they have played Austin, Hunt, Bull, Madison, Canada, Heritage, whoever, in the upper competition level, they've played some of the best in the state.

1368
01:27:39,060 --> 01:27:40,600
 And lost about all of them.

1369
01:27:40,940 --> 01:27:42,280
 They beat Orange Beach in 4-8.

1370
01:27:42,580 --> 01:27:45,940
 But they have one more win outside the area at the cyber map.

1371
01:27:46,960 --> 01:27:52,200
 But as far as that goes, 8-13, don't be deceived if they're at Wall of State in two weeks.

1372
01:27:53,320 --> 01:27:55,500
 That reminds me a little bit of Oakwood.

1373
01:27:55,940 --> 01:27:59,020
 They're 11-12, but they're number one in 1-A.

1374
01:27:59,560 --> 01:28:06,200
 Because, just like you said, they play all these upper-tier teams and lose games.

1375
01:28:07,580 --> 01:28:11,440
 Before we get into – I'm sitting here looking at the standings.

1376
01:28:11,580 --> 01:28:13,500
 But congratulations to Coach Killen.

1377
01:28:14,140 --> 01:28:16,160
 The Destra girls do their thing.

1378
01:28:16,780 --> 01:28:20,240
 She got win number 949.

1379
01:28:20,900 --> 01:28:21,120
 Wow.

1380
01:28:21,120 --> 01:28:25,800
 And we were just talking about Mars Hill with 950 total for the program.

1381
01:28:26,520 --> 01:28:31,380
 Reach Davis does her thing, scoring 34 points, Casey Nelson 19.

1382
01:28:32,320 --> 01:28:34,500
 And we talked about her a good bit last year.

1383
01:28:34,680 --> 01:28:39,160
 But, once again, Coach Killen, 949 total wins.

1384
01:28:40,080 --> 01:28:42,300
 Yeah, she's basically not on the door of 1,000.

1385
01:28:42,520 --> 01:28:45,640
 And if she wins at her current rate, she should hit 1,000.

1386
01:28:46,860 --> 01:28:50,220
 Not this season, not next season, but in the next season after that.

1387
01:28:50,440 --> 01:28:51,600
 I don't know what the year that is.

1388
01:28:52,080 --> 01:28:53,840
 They win about 25, 30 a year.

1389
01:28:53,940 --> 01:28:57,240
 Therefore, I think they can win 30 this year also if they go far enough.

1390
01:28:57,600 --> 01:29:01,600
 And she'll hit 1,000, and then who knows what.

1391
01:29:02,260 --> 01:29:05,200
 To have 1,000 wins in volleyball and basketball is something like –

1392
01:29:05,200 --> 01:29:05,420
 Incredible.

1393
01:29:07,140 --> 01:29:08,780
 It's probably never going to be done again.

1394
01:29:09,380 --> 01:29:11,160
 30 years or something now.

1395
01:29:11,260 --> 01:29:12,780
 I think it's a girls' basketball coach.

1396
01:29:14,460 --> 01:29:15,760
 I think 37 years.

1397
01:29:16,320 --> 01:29:18,760
 He's probably ever got more basketball than we've all watched.

1398
01:29:19,300 --> 01:29:19,800
 That's right.

1399
01:29:20,760 --> 01:29:23,280
 Now, listen, last night, that Desher Wilson girls game.

1400
01:29:23,920 --> 01:29:24,180
 Yeah.

1401
01:29:24,760 --> 01:29:30,000
 That is the most fire of the top 10-inch girls in a long time.

1402
01:29:30,940 --> 01:29:33,260
 That was a game that really – it was close early.

1403
01:29:33,480 --> 01:29:34,380
 They pulled away the third quarter.

1404
01:29:35,140 --> 01:29:39,420
 And they play with that kind of effort and that kind of firepower the rest of the season.

1405
01:29:40,420 --> 01:29:41,640
 I don't know if Goodhub can beat them.

1406
01:29:42,000 --> 01:29:44,000
 I don't know if Trinity can beat them out of the Central Region.

1407
01:29:44,800 --> 01:29:47,180
 And I don't know if Clemson can beat them in the Northeast.

1408
01:29:48,180 --> 01:29:51,080
 When you have Reese and Casey, we can give you 20 and 20 a night.

1409
01:29:51,440 --> 01:29:56,260
 And Chloe can give you – Chloe Nelson and Casey's twin sisters can give you 10 or 15 a night.

1410
01:29:56,260 --> 01:30:02,840
 And then, with Desher also, Demerica Hanks is going to be a pest on defense.

1411
01:30:03,100 --> 01:30:04,440
 You can stay in the field last night.

1412
01:30:05,520 --> 01:30:07,580
 They're coming into form a team now.

1413
01:30:07,840 --> 01:30:08,480
 No seniors.

1414
01:30:09,060 --> 01:30:10,140
 It's not been the last ride.

1415
01:30:10,300 --> 01:30:11,980
 That's the scary part, too, is there's no seniors.

1416
01:30:12,620 --> 01:30:13,340
 It's all juniors.

1417
01:30:13,740 --> 01:30:15,780
 They're all three to two and sophomores.

1418
01:30:17,140 --> 01:30:20,940
 So, last night, we also had three girls with 10 points or more.

1419
01:30:21,580 --> 01:30:23,720
 But when you have three getting 10 a piece, that's only 30.

1420
01:30:23,720 --> 01:30:30,500
 If you have two that can give you 40 combined, that's going to win and go farther in the long run.

1421
01:30:31,360 --> 01:30:32,940
 Yeah, you're exactly right.

1422
01:30:33,260 --> 01:30:36,460
 By the way, congratulations on growing your site.

1423
01:30:37,280 --> 01:30:41,580
 You had a – of course, I follow it and get updates.

1424
01:30:42,020 --> 01:30:43,060
 You've got the scores.

1425
01:30:43,620 --> 01:30:45,360
 As I mentioned, you attend games.

1426
01:30:45,440 --> 01:30:48,340
 I've seen you at some of the football games.

1427
01:30:48,680 --> 01:30:51,920
 But starting in 2023, now you've grown it.

1428
01:30:51,920 --> 01:30:55,180
 I believe you're going to add flag football upcoming.

1429
01:30:55,360 --> 01:31:02,640
 But you cover all 17 high schools in Lauderdale and Calvert County for varsity football, basketball,

1430
01:31:02,880 --> 01:31:03,760
 softball, and baseball.

1431
01:31:04,080 --> 01:31:09,600
 And you can get on your site now and look at the standings going into the area tournament.

1432
01:31:09,600 --> 01:31:12,820
 That's going to begin, I believe, next week.

1433
01:31:12,960 --> 01:31:14,620
 Again, talk about your site.

1434
01:31:14,800 --> 01:31:19,780
 I know you're going to be covering a lot of games tonight, maybe at most of the show's Florence game.

1435
01:31:19,840 --> 01:31:24,940
 But talk a little bit more about the site and where we can get on and get the scores every night in the latest standings.

1436
01:31:25,720 --> 01:31:30,080
 Yes, we're about to be full go the next month.

1437
01:31:30,260 --> 01:31:34,660
 We've got basketball playoffs, baseball, softball starting up in a few weeks.

1438
01:31:35,400 --> 01:31:37,720
 Running pretty easy for those on our Facebook and Twitter right now.

1439
01:31:38,360 --> 01:31:41,660
 And then showofsportsupport.com is our website.

1440
01:31:42,240 --> 01:31:44,360
 It's the same as the Facebook and Twitter page.

1441
01:31:45,000 --> 01:31:47,820
 But on that, we have live areas of standings.

1442
01:31:48,020 --> 01:31:53,820
 So, the results in the night area games around the area and around the surrounding areas that affect our teams,

1443
01:31:53,920 --> 01:31:58,120
 proceed while those on there and then our Twitter and Facebook.

1444
01:31:58,360 --> 01:32:03,680
 Also, we're going live next week to playoff after every night of the playoff for the next day after.

1445
01:32:04,900 --> 01:32:06,960
 It's going to be one of the most fun times of the year for us.

1446
01:32:07,640 --> 01:32:15,880
 So, Facebook, showofsportsupport, Twitter, at showofsport, at lowercase, S-H-O-A-L-S-T-O-R-T-S.

1447
01:32:16,680 --> 01:32:18,740
 And our website, showofsportsupport.com.

1448
01:32:19,200 --> 01:32:22,760
 We hope to have more on there as we go deeper into this year.

1449
01:32:24,040 --> 01:32:24,740
 And that's all.

1450
01:32:26,220 --> 01:32:28,560
 Zach, a lot of hard work, but you love it.

1451
01:32:28,600 --> 01:32:29,100
 Keep it up.

1452
01:32:29,160 --> 01:32:29,940
 And thank you so much.

1453
01:32:30,000 --> 01:32:31,080
 Stay warm out there, okay?

1454
01:32:31,160 --> 01:32:32,440
 And thanks so much for your time today.

1455
01:32:33,060 --> 01:32:33,680
 Thank you, y'all too.

1456
01:32:34,300 --> 01:32:34,920
 Thank you, buddy.

1457
01:32:35,220 --> 01:32:37,720
 Zach Pounder is looking up on the show's sports report.

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 Coming up, what's going on down in the plains?

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1579
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1580
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1581
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1582
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1583
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1584
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1585
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 I didn't check

1586
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 if I took the gas hose

1587
01:36:56,900 --> 01:36:58,020
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1588
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 Ooh, not smart.

1589
01:37:01,140 --> 01:37:02,620
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1590
01:37:02,620 --> 01:37:03,480
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1591
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1592
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1629
01:37:54,440 --> 01:37:55,040
 Welcome back in.

1630
01:37:55,100 --> 01:37:55,840
 Time to head on down

1631
01:37:55,840 --> 01:37:56,380
 to the planes

1632
01:37:56,380 --> 01:37:57,700
 and check in with Justin Ferguson.

1633
01:37:57,820 --> 01:37:58,580
 Got it all covered there

1634
01:37:58,580 --> 01:37:59,560
 when it comes to Auburn

1635
01:37:59,560 --> 01:38:01,500
 at the Auburn Observer.

1636
01:38:01,660 --> 01:38:02,560
 Justin, welcome in.

1637
01:38:02,620 --> 01:38:03,100
 How are you?

1638
01:38:03,920 --> 01:38:04,620
 Doing all right.

1639
01:38:04,640 --> 01:38:04,960
 How are y'all?

1640
01:38:05,480 --> 01:38:05,800
 Hey, man.

1641
01:38:05,800 --> 01:38:06,400
 We're doing all right.

1642
01:38:06,460 --> 01:38:07,340
 Well, kind of.

1643
01:38:07,360 --> 01:38:09,020
 The weather is cold,

1644
01:38:09,240 --> 01:38:10,820
 but Justin, it's safe to say

1645
01:38:10,820 --> 01:38:12,260
 this Auburn basketball team

1646
01:38:12,260 --> 01:38:13,460
 is hot of late.

1647
01:38:14,460 --> 01:38:15,260
 Yeah, I mean,

1648
01:38:15,280 --> 01:38:18,580
 it is about as hot

1649
01:38:18,580 --> 01:38:20,140
 as I've seen this team be

1650
01:38:20,140 --> 01:38:21,660
 this season for sure

1651
01:38:21,660 --> 01:38:22,980
 and maybe the hottest team

1652
01:38:22,980 --> 01:38:23,500
 in the SEC.

1653
01:38:24,260 --> 01:38:25,000
 It's kind of funny.

1654
01:38:25,200 --> 01:38:25,880
 You know, this team started

1655
01:38:25,880 --> 01:38:26,540
 one and three

1656
01:38:26,540 --> 01:38:27,340
 and everybody was kind of

1657
01:38:27,340 --> 01:38:28,000
 looking around like,

1658
01:38:28,100 --> 01:38:29,200
 oh, what is this going

1659
01:38:29,200 --> 01:38:29,840
 to end up looking like?

1660
01:38:30,260 --> 01:38:31,280
 You win four straight

1661
01:38:31,280 --> 01:38:32,320
 and, I mean,

1662
01:38:32,700 --> 01:38:33,420
 the other thing is

1663
01:38:33,420 --> 01:38:34,080
 that you've won

1664
01:38:34,080 --> 01:38:35,120
 back-to-back here

1665
01:38:35,120 --> 01:38:36,300
 beating Florida.

1666
01:38:36,300 --> 01:38:37,340
 Florida on the road

1667
01:38:37,340 --> 01:38:37,900
 for the first time

1668
01:38:37,900 --> 01:38:38,340
 in 30 years

1669
01:38:38,340 --> 01:38:38,980
 and then coming back

1670
01:38:38,980 --> 01:38:39,720
 from 14 down

1671
01:38:39,720 --> 01:38:40,280
 to beat Texas

1672
01:38:40,280 --> 01:38:40,820
 the other night.

1673
01:38:41,260 --> 01:38:42,200
 That was the first two

1674
01:38:42,200 --> 01:38:43,240
 of what is a really brutal

1675
01:38:43,240 --> 01:38:44,100
 stretch in the schedule

1676
01:38:44,100 --> 01:38:44,580
 for Auburn.

1677
01:38:44,660 --> 01:38:45,680
 We looked at that middle six

1678
01:38:45,680 --> 01:38:46,120
 and was like,

1679
01:38:46,180 --> 01:38:46,580
 oh, man,

1680
01:38:46,600 --> 01:38:47,240
 this is going to be tough.

1681
01:38:47,640 --> 01:38:48,720
 But they're 2-0 in it

1682
01:38:48,720 --> 01:38:49,540
 and 4-0

1683
01:38:49,540 --> 01:38:50,860
 and playing really good

1684
01:38:50,860 --> 01:38:51,920
 basketball at the right

1685
01:38:51,920 --> 01:38:52,440
 time of the year.

1686
01:38:53,000 --> 01:38:54,220
 So what's been the secret

1687
01:38:54,220 --> 01:38:54,920
 to the sauce?

1688
01:38:55,080 --> 01:38:55,780
 I mean, obviously,

1689
01:38:56,360 --> 01:38:57,200
 like you,

1690
01:38:57,220 --> 01:38:57,880
 a lot of folks said,

1691
01:38:57,940 --> 01:38:58,900
 look, it's this record.

1692
01:38:59,260 --> 01:39:00,500
 They're going to Florida,

1693
01:39:00,680 --> 01:39:02,160
 the defending national champs.

1694
01:39:02,160 --> 01:39:03,040
 It's a road game.

1695
01:39:03,120 --> 01:39:03,780
 It starts there,

1696
01:39:03,860 --> 01:39:05,220
 but that's just one of four.

1697
01:39:05,320 --> 01:39:06,240
 What has been the secret

1698
01:39:06,240 --> 01:39:06,800
 to the sauce

1699
01:39:06,800 --> 01:39:07,380
 for this team?

1700
01:39:08,460 --> 01:39:08,980
 Yeah, I mean,

1701
01:39:09,000 --> 01:39:09,680
 I think the big thing

1702
01:39:09,680 --> 01:39:10,220
 for this team

1703
01:39:10,220 --> 01:39:10,740
 has just been

1704
01:39:10,740 --> 01:39:11,360
 I think they've gotten

1705
01:39:11,360 --> 01:39:12,040
 a lot more comfortable

1706
01:39:12,040 --> 01:39:12,940
 playing with one another

1707
01:39:12,940 --> 01:39:13,920
 and just kind of

1708
01:39:13,920 --> 01:39:15,240
 adjusting to what works

1709
01:39:15,240 --> 01:39:15,620
 for them

1710
01:39:15,620 --> 01:39:17,040
 on the offensive end.

1711
01:39:17,360 --> 01:39:18,040
 I think you saw that

1712
01:39:18,040 --> 01:39:18,800
 in the second half

1713
01:39:18,800 --> 01:39:19,940
 against Texas

1714
01:39:19,940 --> 01:39:20,740
 the other night.

1715
01:39:20,840 --> 01:39:20,940
 I mean,

1716
01:39:21,000 --> 01:39:22,820
 it's really the best

1717
01:39:22,820 --> 01:39:24,100
 half of offense

1718
01:39:24,100 --> 01:39:24,540
 in Auburn

1719
01:39:24,540 --> 01:39:25,520
 that I've seen

1720
01:39:25,520 --> 01:39:26,360
 in a very long time

1721
01:39:26,360 --> 01:39:27,600
 because, you know,

1722
01:39:27,620 --> 01:39:28,200
 they average almost

1723
01:39:28,200 --> 01:39:29,240
 two points of possession

1724
01:39:29,240 --> 01:39:30,260
 in the second half

1725
01:39:30,260 --> 01:39:30,840
 against Texas.

1726
01:39:31,140 --> 01:39:31,960
 And, you know,

1727
01:39:32,080 --> 01:39:33,480
 28 trips down the floor,

1728
01:39:33,560 --> 01:39:34,680
 they score 24 times.

1729
01:39:34,780 --> 01:39:35,260
 It's hard to do

1730
01:39:35,260 --> 01:39:35,940
 against anybody.

1731
01:39:36,400 --> 01:39:37,740
 And I think you see it

1732
01:39:37,740 --> 01:39:38,200
 in that game.

1733
01:39:38,300 --> 01:39:38,860
 Keyshawn Hall,

1734
01:39:39,580 --> 01:39:39,860
 you know,

1735
01:39:39,900 --> 01:39:41,160
 it's a lot of one-on-one.

1736
01:39:41,280 --> 01:39:42,280
 It's a lot of getting downhill.

1737
01:39:42,760 --> 01:39:43,720
 It's a lot of trust

1738
01:39:43,720 --> 01:39:44,420
 in, you know,

1739
01:39:44,440 --> 01:39:45,320
 him to make plays

1740
01:39:45,320 --> 01:39:46,180
 and then getting guys

1741
01:39:46,180 --> 01:39:46,700
 off of that.

1742
01:39:46,800 --> 01:39:47,880
 Kevin Overton goes crazy.

1743
01:39:48,340 --> 01:39:48,980
 You get a frontcourt

1744
01:39:48,980 --> 01:39:49,760
 that's hanging in there

1745
01:39:49,760 --> 01:39:50,720
 and battling

1746
01:39:50,720 --> 01:39:51,860
 and rebounding down low.

1747
01:39:51,980 --> 01:39:52,880
 So, I think that's

1748
01:39:52,880 --> 01:39:53,240
 a big thing.

1749
01:39:53,300 --> 01:39:53,940
 And on the second part,

1750
01:39:54,000 --> 01:39:54,240
 it's like,

1751
01:39:54,480 --> 01:39:55,280
 I think Auburn's playing

1752
01:39:55,280 --> 01:39:55,980
 just been locked

1753
01:39:55,980 --> 01:39:56,940
 into playing strong

1754
01:39:56,940 --> 01:39:58,120
 defense for 40 minutes.

1755
01:39:58,540 --> 01:39:59,360
 This was a thing

1756
01:39:59,360 --> 01:40:00,180
 that really kind of

1757
01:40:00,180 --> 01:40:00,660
 eluded them

1758
01:40:00,660 --> 01:40:01,300
 early in the season.

1759
01:40:01,820 --> 01:40:02,340
 They weren't really

1760
01:40:02,340 --> 01:40:03,180
 playing consistently

1761
01:40:03,180 --> 01:40:03,800
 on that end.

1762
01:40:04,200 --> 01:40:05,060
 This is not an elite

1763
01:40:05,060 --> 01:40:05,740
 defensive team

1764
01:40:05,740 --> 01:40:06,400
 by any means,

1765
01:40:06,740 --> 01:40:07,460
 but if they fight

1766
01:40:07,460 --> 01:40:08,320
 and they compete

1767
01:40:08,320 --> 01:40:09,820
 for all 40 minutes,

1768
01:40:10,340 --> 01:40:11,100
 they can do some

1769
01:40:11,100 --> 01:40:12,060
 pretty special stuff.

1770
01:40:12,060 --> 01:40:12,820
 And I think last week

1771
01:40:12,820 --> 01:40:14,500
 Florida was a great example.

1772
01:40:14,700 --> 01:40:14,880
 I mean,

1773
01:40:15,160 --> 01:40:16,240
 that was the worst

1774
01:40:16,240 --> 01:40:17,680
 home game

1775
01:40:17,680 --> 01:40:18,460
 Florida basketball

1776
01:40:18,460 --> 01:40:19,560
 has had in three years

1777
01:40:19,560 --> 01:40:21,520
 on the offensive end.

1778
01:40:21,700 --> 01:40:22,380
 And for this Auburn

1779
01:40:22,380 --> 01:40:23,220
 defense to be the one

1780
01:40:23,220 --> 01:40:23,780
 to do that,

1781
01:40:24,180 --> 01:40:25,120
 it's a lot of fight.

1782
01:40:25,220 --> 01:40:26,100
 It's a lot of effort.

1783
01:40:26,480 --> 01:40:28,060
 It's a lot of physicality.

1784
01:40:28,940 --> 01:40:31,320
 This is not Dylan Carwell

1785
01:40:31,320 --> 01:40:32,000
 and Janiah Broom.

1786
01:40:32,120 --> 01:40:33,000
 This is not Denver Jones

1787
01:40:33,000 --> 01:40:33,620
 on the perimeter.

1788
01:40:33,800 --> 01:40:34,880
 This is not a team

1789
01:40:34,880 --> 01:40:35,900
 that's got elite defenders.

1790
01:40:36,460 --> 01:40:37,500
 But they can play

1791
01:40:37,500 --> 01:40:38,500
 with a ton of physicality

1792
01:40:38,500 --> 01:40:39,020
 and that changes

1793
01:40:39,020 --> 01:40:39,880
 a whole lot for them.

1794
01:40:41,620 --> 01:40:43,440
 The game defensively,

1795
01:40:43,680 --> 01:40:45,460
 they stood up to Florida.

1796
01:40:45,620 --> 01:40:46,060
 They matched

1797
01:40:46,060 --> 01:40:47,200
 their physicality.

1798
01:40:47,360 --> 01:40:48,140
 Condon scores

1799
01:40:48,140 --> 01:40:49,340
 all of one point.

1800
01:40:49,600 --> 01:40:51,540
 Chinilu played well

1801
01:40:51,540 --> 01:40:52,340
 in the first half

1802
01:40:52,340 --> 01:40:54,240
 in the second half.

1803
01:40:54,360 --> 01:40:54,480
 Now,

1804
01:40:54,560 --> 01:40:55,140
 Hauk scored,

1805
01:40:55,340 --> 01:40:55,560
 I believe,

1806
01:40:55,660 --> 01:40:57,720
 27 points.

1807
01:40:57,860 --> 01:40:59,420
 But it also helps.

1808
01:41:00,040 --> 01:41:00,820
 I think Auburn

1809
01:41:00,820 --> 01:41:01,940
 had a grand total

1810
01:41:01,940 --> 01:41:03,080
 of three turnovers,

1811
01:41:03,280 --> 01:41:04,300
 which is incredible.

1812
01:41:05,260 --> 01:41:06,840
 Pettiford had done,

1813
01:41:07,500 --> 01:41:08,700
 which is amazing

1814
01:41:08,700 --> 01:41:10,320
 to play 36 minutes

1815
01:41:10,320 --> 01:41:10,940
 and do that.

1816
01:41:11,040 --> 01:41:11,600
 Oh, by the way,

1817
01:41:11,620 --> 01:41:12,440
 in the second half

1818
01:41:12,440 --> 01:41:13,360
 against the Gators,

1819
01:41:14,000 --> 01:41:15,680
 Auburn shot 68%

1820
01:41:15,680 --> 01:41:16,700
 from the floor

1821
01:41:16,700 --> 01:41:18,300
 and 67%

1822
01:41:18,300 --> 01:41:19,980
 from the three-point line.

1823
01:41:20,500 --> 01:41:21,420
 that's going to win

1824
01:41:21,420 --> 01:41:22,160
 a few games.

1825
01:41:23,000 --> 01:41:23,620
 It is.

1826
01:41:23,720 --> 01:41:24,400
 And I think, you know,

1827
01:41:24,440 --> 01:41:25,240
 I think what you're seeing

1828
01:41:25,240 --> 01:41:26,340
 from this team right now

1829
01:41:26,340 --> 01:41:26,920
 is you're seeing,

1830
01:41:27,220 --> 01:41:27,520
 you know,

1831
01:41:27,520 --> 01:41:28,640
 a lot of confidence

1832
01:41:28,640 --> 01:41:29,360
 in what they're doing.

1833
01:41:29,540 --> 01:41:30,820
 And, you know,

1834
01:41:30,900 --> 01:41:32,080
 I think this team,

1835
01:41:32,220 --> 01:41:32,780
 because they have

1836
01:41:32,780 --> 01:41:33,220
 a lot of good

1837
01:41:33,220 --> 01:41:34,180
 isolation scores,

1838
01:41:34,280 --> 01:41:35,480
 a lot of one-on-one scores,

1839
01:41:35,700 --> 01:41:36,420
 they're really good

1840
01:41:36,420 --> 01:41:37,220
 at what, you know,

1841
01:41:37,240 --> 01:41:38,380
 what we call late offense,

1842
01:41:38,520 --> 01:41:39,560
 where, you know,

1843
01:41:39,640 --> 01:41:40,440
 in years past,

1844
01:41:40,480 --> 01:41:41,340
 you have a team that,

1845
01:41:41,800 --> 01:41:42,120
 you know,

1846
01:41:42,200 --> 01:41:42,840
 hey, we're going to try

1847
01:41:42,840 --> 01:41:43,500
 to fly down the floor,

1848
01:41:43,560 --> 01:41:44,560
 get the first good shot

1849
01:41:44,560 --> 01:41:46,160
 that we can take

1850
01:41:46,160 --> 01:41:47,160
 and go from there.

1851
01:41:47,260 --> 01:41:48,180
 I think this Auburn team

1852
01:41:48,180 --> 01:41:49,060
 has been better of like,

1853
01:41:49,120 --> 01:41:49,400
 okay,

1854
01:41:49,820 --> 01:41:50,840
 let's run our stuff.

1855
01:41:50,980 --> 01:41:52,080
 And if we don't love

1856
01:41:52,080 --> 01:41:52,920
 the look we're getting,

1857
01:41:53,400 --> 01:41:54,200
 we always know

1858
01:41:54,200 --> 01:41:54,840
 we can kick it

1859
01:41:54,840 --> 01:41:56,200
 to a Tishon Hall

1860
01:41:56,200 --> 01:41:57,740
 or a Tahaid Pettiford

1861
01:41:57,740 --> 01:41:59,880
 or a Kevin Overton

1862
01:41:59,880 --> 01:42:01,840
 or a Elijah Freeman

1863
01:42:01,840 --> 01:42:03,400
 and go work for,

1864
01:42:03,640 --> 01:42:03,800
 hey,

1865
01:42:03,880 --> 01:42:04,720
 late in the shot clock,

1866
01:42:05,160 --> 01:42:05,440
 you know,

1867
01:42:05,760 --> 01:42:07,260
 go one-on-one

1868
01:42:07,260 --> 01:42:07,900
 with somebody,

1869
01:42:08,420 --> 01:42:09,440
 get a screen,

1870
01:42:09,600 --> 01:42:10,080
 get downhill.

1871
01:42:10,580 --> 01:42:11,640
 They're either going to foul you

1872
01:42:11,640 --> 01:42:12,160
 or you're going to get

1873
01:42:12,160 --> 01:42:12,980
 a good look out of it.

1874
01:42:13,100 --> 01:42:14,280
 And so Auburn's been able

1875
01:42:14,280 --> 01:42:15,240
 to pile that up,

1876
01:42:15,240 --> 01:42:16,300
 you know,

1877
01:42:16,300 --> 01:42:17,280
 because any coach

1878
01:42:17,280 --> 01:42:18,280
 will tell you in basketball,

1879
01:42:18,940 --> 01:42:21,160
 you can be the best defense around.

1880
01:42:21,380 --> 01:42:22,280
 It's hard to play defense

1881
01:42:22,280 --> 01:42:23,660
 for 30 seconds in a row.

1882
01:42:23,800 --> 01:42:24,040
 It's just,

1883
01:42:24,120 --> 01:42:26,480
 you wear down over time.

1884
01:42:26,540 --> 01:42:27,120
 And I think Auburn,

1885
01:42:27,620 --> 01:42:28,700
 especially in the second half

1886
01:42:28,700 --> 01:42:29,100
 of games,

1887
01:42:29,520 --> 01:42:30,820
 they're really making teams

1888
01:42:30,820 --> 01:42:32,820
 defend later in the shot clock.

1889
01:42:33,280 --> 01:42:34,220
 And, you know,

1890
01:42:34,460 --> 01:42:35,180
 teams get tired.

1891
01:42:35,300 --> 01:42:35,960
 They start fouling.

1892
01:42:36,080 --> 01:42:36,680
 They start reaching.

1893
01:42:37,200 --> 01:42:37,840
 And I think Auburn's

1894
01:42:37,840 --> 01:42:38,840
 taking great advantage of that.

1895
01:42:38,880 --> 01:42:40,040
 But in order to do that,

1896
01:42:40,340 --> 01:42:41,000
 you've got to one,

1897
01:42:41,100 --> 01:42:41,900
 not get in a hurry,

1898
01:42:42,260 --> 01:42:43,780
 not force bad passes,

1899
01:42:43,880 --> 01:42:44,680
 not turn the ball over,

1900
01:42:44,740 --> 01:42:46,340
 and also just don't force bad shots.

1901
01:42:46,720 --> 01:42:48,320
 I think Auburn had a bad habit

1902
01:42:48,320 --> 01:42:49,060
 earlier this season

1903
01:42:49,060 --> 01:42:50,700
 of forcing early shots

1904
01:42:50,700 --> 01:42:51,780
 that were not very good

1905
01:42:51,780 --> 01:42:52,380
 and then basically

1906
01:42:52,380 --> 01:42:52,860
 the other team

1907
01:42:52,860 --> 01:42:53,640
 just get out and go

1908
01:42:53,640 --> 01:42:54,420
 on the other end.

1909
01:42:54,880 --> 01:42:55,420
 If you,

1910
01:42:56,000 --> 01:42:57,080
 even if you miss the shot,

1911
01:42:57,160 --> 01:42:58,200
 if it's a good shot,

1912
01:42:58,580 --> 01:42:59,700
 it's late in the shot clock

1913
01:42:59,700 --> 01:43:00,700
 and you feel like you got it,

1914
01:43:00,840 --> 01:43:01,680
 you at least have time

1915
01:43:01,680 --> 01:43:02,460
 to go set your defense

1916
01:43:02,460 --> 01:43:03,500
 on the other end of the floor.

1917
01:43:03,580 --> 01:43:04,120
 And I think that's been

1918
01:43:04,120 --> 01:43:04,660
 a big difference

1919
01:43:04,660 --> 01:43:05,380
 for this Auburn team.

1920
01:43:06,100 --> 01:43:06,860
 What a concept.

1921
01:43:07,060 --> 01:43:08,140
 The Indiana football team

1922
01:43:08,140 --> 01:43:09,300
 says if you don't beat yourself,

1923
01:43:09,420 --> 01:43:10,280
 you increase your odds

1924
01:43:10,280 --> 01:43:11,200
 of winning consistently.

1925
01:43:11,540 --> 01:43:12,240
 Justin Ferguson,

1926
01:43:12,840 --> 01:43:13,760
 the Auburn observer,

1927
01:43:13,900 --> 01:43:14,980
 there's two kinds of streaks,

1928
01:43:15,080 --> 01:43:15,240
 right?

1929
01:43:15,340 --> 01:43:15,600
 Justin,

1930
01:43:15,720 --> 01:43:16,520
 one's a winning streak,

1931
01:43:16,680 --> 01:43:17,520
 one's a losing streak.

1932
01:43:17,600 --> 01:43:18,380
 They're both difficult.

1933
01:43:18,940 --> 01:43:19,860
 It's hard to break out

1934
01:43:19,860 --> 01:43:20,700
 of a losing streak.

1935
01:43:20,800 --> 01:43:21,520
 Sometimes it's hard

1936
01:43:21,520 --> 01:43:22,980
 to keep a winning streak.

1937
01:43:23,380 --> 01:43:24,060
 To do that,

1938
01:43:24,520 --> 01:43:25,400
 Auburn's got to go

1939
01:43:25,400 --> 01:43:26,280
 and take on

1940
01:43:26,280 --> 01:43:27,240
 an old nemesis,

1941
01:43:27,440 --> 01:43:28,940
 Tennessee this weekend.

1942
01:43:29,060 --> 01:43:29,440
 Your thoughts

1943
01:43:29,440 --> 01:43:30,420
 about that matchup?

1944
01:43:31,140 --> 01:43:32,460
 It's a brutal matchup

1945
01:43:32,460 --> 01:43:33,160
 for sure.

1946
01:43:33,280 --> 01:43:33,920
 And I think it's,

1947
01:43:33,920 --> 01:43:34,140
 you know,

1948
01:43:34,180 --> 01:43:35,100
 a lot of the same things

1949
01:43:35,100 --> 01:43:35,560
 we talked about

1950
01:43:35,560 --> 01:43:36,080
 with Florida

1951
01:43:36,080 --> 01:43:37,400
 a week ago

1952
01:43:37,400 --> 01:43:38,140
 apply here.

1953
01:43:38,920 --> 01:43:39,400
 You know,

1954
01:43:39,400 --> 01:43:40,240
 last week we were saying,

1955
01:43:40,360 --> 01:43:40,420
 like,

1956
01:43:40,440 --> 01:43:40,580
 hey,

1957
01:43:40,580 --> 01:43:41,140
 Florida's the best

1958
01:43:41,140 --> 01:43:41,740
 rebounding team

1959
01:43:41,740 --> 01:43:42,140
 in America.

1960
01:43:42,240 --> 01:43:42,340
 Well,

1961
01:43:42,360 --> 01:43:43,040
 guess who's the new

1962
01:43:43,040 --> 01:43:44,120
 best rebounding team

1963
01:43:44,120 --> 01:43:44,520
 in America

1964
01:43:44,520 --> 01:43:45,440
 after the last week?

1965
01:43:45,980 --> 01:43:46,380
 Tennessee.

1966
01:43:46,760 --> 01:43:46,920
 Yeah,

1967
01:43:47,040 --> 01:43:47,420
 Tennessee.

1968
01:43:47,660 --> 01:43:48,100
 That's right.

1969
01:43:48,780 --> 01:43:49,900
 Tennessee had 28

1970
01:43:49,900 --> 01:43:50,740
 offensive rebounds

1971
01:43:50,740 --> 01:43:51,260
 against Georgia.

1972
01:43:51,400 --> 01:43:51,700
 That's right.

1973
01:43:51,960 --> 01:43:52,440
 28.

1974
01:43:52,440 --> 01:43:53,200
 Like,

1975
01:43:53,280 --> 01:43:54,460
 it's insane what they're

1976
01:43:54,460 --> 01:43:55,120
 doing right now

1977
01:43:55,120 --> 01:43:56,020
 on the glass.

1978
01:43:56,160 --> 01:43:56,620
 So for Auburn,

1979
01:43:57,040 --> 01:43:57,480
 it's,

1980
01:43:57,480 --> 01:43:57,860
 you know,

1981
01:43:58,280 --> 01:43:59,720
 matching that physicality

1982
01:43:59,720 --> 01:44:00,220
 that they showed

1983
01:44:00,220 --> 01:44:01,280
 against Florida last week.

1984
01:44:01,340 --> 01:44:01,440
 Like,

1985
01:44:01,480 --> 01:44:01,620
 hey,

1986
01:44:01,660 --> 01:44:02,440
 we are going to be

1987
01:44:02,440 --> 01:44:03,060
 in here to fight

1988
01:44:03,060 --> 01:44:03,480
 with you

1989
01:44:03,480 --> 01:44:04,580
 for all 40 minutes.

1990
01:44:04,780 --> 01:44:05,040
 We're going to,

1991
01:44:05,320 --> 01:44:05,940
 we know you're good

1992
01:44:05,940 --> 01:44:06,500
 at rebounding,

1993
01:44:06,600 --> 01:44:07,120
 but we feel like

1994
01:44:07,120 --> 01:44:07,980
 we can hold our own.

1995
01:44:08,220 --> 01:44:09,560
 That's priority number one.

1996
01:44:09,660 --> 01:44:10,700
 If Auburn can do that,

1997
01:44:11,060 --> 01:44:12,700
 you look at the matchup.

1998
01:44:13,580 --> 01:44:14,280
 Tennessee's had some

1999
01:44:14,280 --> 01:44:15,160
 issues with turnovers

2000
01:44:15,160 --> 01:44:15,760
 this season.

2001
01:44:16,280 --> 01:44:17,000
 Can Auburn,

2002
01:44:17,120 --> 01:44:17,360
 you know,

2003
01:44:17,380 --> 01:44:18,020
 force those

2004
01:44:18,020 --> 01:44:18,780
 because Auburn's done

2005
01:44:18,780 --> 01:44:19,500
 a really good job

2006
01:44:19,500 --> 01:44:21,480
 of not turning the ball over?

2007
01:44:21,560 --> 01:44:22,620
 Can they win that matchup?

2008
01:44:22,880 --> 01:44:23,960
 The other thing is free throws.

2009
01:44:24,420 --> 01:44:25,780
 Tennessee doesn't,

2010
01:44:26,180 --> 01:44:27,220
 hasn't been great

2011
01:44:27,220 --> 01:44:28,220
 from the free throw line

2012
01:44:28,220 --> 01:44:29,000
 on the whole.

2013
01:44:29,100 --> 01:44:29,860
 Auburn has been

2014
01:44:29,860 --> 01:44:30,920
 really good from the line

2015
01:44:30,920 --> 01:44:32,200
 and they get to it

2016
01:44:32,200 --> 01:44:33,040
 more than anybody

2017
01:44:33,040 --> 01:44:33,900
 in college basketball

2018
01:44:33,900 --> 01:44:34,380
 this season.

2019
01:44:34,520 --> 01:44:35,360
 So those are like

2020
01:44:35,360 --> 01:44:36,260
 two areas where I think

2021
01:44:36,260 --> 01:44:36,640
 it's kind of like

2022
01:44:36,640 --> 01:44:37,380
 the special teams

2023
01:44:37,380 --> 01:44:39,420
 of offensive basketball

2024
01:44:39,420 --> 01:44:39,820
 where it's like,

2025
01:44:39,880 --> 01:44:40,040
 all right,

2026
01:44:40,320 --> 01:44:42,000
 if we win the turnover battle,

2027
01:44:42,160 --> 01:44:43,540
 we win the free throw battle,

2028
01:44:43,940 --> 01:44:44,780
 we feel like we have

2029
01:44:44,780 --> 01:44:45,180
 a good chance.

2030
01:44:45,180 --> 01:44:46,180
 The thing you can't do

2031
01:44:46,180 --> 01:44:47,140
 though is let Tennessee

2032
01:44:47,140 --> 01:44:48,980
 get shot after shot

2033
01:44:48,980 --> 01:44:49,680
 after shot

2034
01:44:49,680 --> 01:44:50,860
 because they go

2035
01:44:50,860 --> 01:44:52,120
 pull it off the glass.

2036
01:44:52,240 --> 01:44:53,120
 Like they've got some talent

2037
01:44:53,120 --> 01:44:53,340
 to play.

2038
01:44:53,440 --> 01:44:54,100
 Jacoby Gillespie

2039
01:44:54,100 --> 01:44:55,580
 is a really good shooter

2040
01:44:55,580 --> 01:44:56,400
 especially at home

2041
01:44:56,400 --> 01:44:57,200
 and he doesn't come

2042
01:44:57,200 --> 01:44:57,800
 off the floor

2043
01:44:57,800 --> 01:44:58,300
 and he's a great

2044
01:44:58,300 --> 01:44:59,000
 point guard for them.

2045
01:44:59,400 --> 01:44:59,900
 Nata Mint

2046
01:44:59,900 --> 01:45:00,980
 is one of the best

2047
01:45:00,980 --> 01:45:01,900
 freshmen in the country

2048
01:45:01,900 --> 01:45:02,740
 and that's saying something

2049
01:45:02,740 --> 01:45:03,960
 because this is a crazy

2050
01:45:03,960 --> 01:45:05,040
 good freshman class

2051
01:45:05,040 --> 01:45:06,140
 in college basketball

2052
01:45:06,140 --> 01:45:06,960
 and he's 6'10

2053
01:45:06,960 --> 01:45:07,540
 and can shoot

2054
01:45:07,540 --> 01:45:08,460
 pretty well.

2055
01:45:08,640 --> 01:45:10,080
 So they've got pieces,

2056
01:45:10,220 --> 01:45:11,020
 they've got weapons

2057
01:45:11,020 --> 01:45:12,380
 to score

2058
01:45:12,380 --> 01:45:13,880
 and if you give them

2059
01:45:13,880 --> 01:45:14,780
 second and third

2060
01:45:14,780 --> 01:45:15,620
 and fourth chances,

2061
01:45:15,740 --> 01:45:16,460
 they'll knock it down

2062
01:45:16,460 --> 01:45:17,220
 especially at home.

2063
01:45:17,360 --> 01:45:17,920
 So for Auburn,

2064
01:45:18,040 --> 01:45:18,980
 it's trying to limit

2065
01:45:18,980 --> 01:45:19,680
 to one shot

2066
01:45:19,680 --> 01:45:20,980
 as much as possible,

2067
01:45:21,480 --> 01:45:22,340
 take care of the ball,

2068
01:45:22,640 --> 01:45:23,520
 get to the free throw line.

2069
01:45:23,560 --> 01:45:24,260
 If they do that,

2070
01:45:24,600 --> 01:45:25,440
 they have the ability

2071
01:45:25,440 --> 01:45:26,320
 to kind of grind out

2072
01:45:26,320 --> 01:45:27,340
 a game against Tennessee

2073
01:45:27,340 --> 01:45:28,700
 but it's going to take that.

2074
01:45:28,780 --> 01:45:29,300
 It's going to take

2075
01:45:29,300 --> 01:45:30,540
 stuff like that

2076
01:45:30,540 --> 01:45:31,760
 and playing that

2077
01:45:31,760 --> 01:45:32,420
 kind of defense

2078
01:45:32,420 --> 01:45:33,180
 they played last week

2079
01:45:33,180 --> 01:45:33,540
 at Florida.

2080
01:45:33,680 --> 01:45:35,800
 I think this game

2081
01:45:35,800 --> 01:45:36,920
 is really reminiscent

2082
01:45:36,920 --> 01:45:37,800
 of that Florida game

2083
01:45:37,800 --> 01:45:38,200
 last week.

2084
01:45:38,260 --> 01:45:38,880
 I feel like if Auburn

2085
01:45:38,880 --> 01:45:39,420
 does the things

2086
01:45:39,420 --> 01:45:40,220
 that they did well

2087
01:45:40,220 --> 01:45:41,140
 against Florida,

2088
01:45:41,560 --> 01:45:42,220
 they'll have a chance

2089
01:45:42,220 --> 01:45:42,840
 to beat Tennessee

2090
01:45:42,840 --> 01:45:43,460
 which is something

2091
01:45:43,460 --> 01:45:44,780
 because they don't have

2092
01:45:44,780 --> 01:45:45,540
 a great track record

2093
01:45:45,540 --> 01:45:46,420
 in Knoxville

2094
01:45:46,420 --> 01:45:47,780
 but not very many teams do.

2095
01:45:49,780 --> 01:45:51,420
 Auburn's 39th

2096
01:45:51,420 --> 01:45:53,420
 transfer edition,

2097
01:45:53,720 --> 01:45:55,340
 Orlis Bordingham,

2098
01:45:55,840 --> 01:45:57,240
 according to Alex Golich

2099
01:45:57,240 --> 01:45:59,940
 yesterday at the Senior Bowl

2100
01:45:59,940 --> 01:46:01,320
 may be the last

2101
01:46:01,320 --> 01:46:02,020
 as he said

2102
01:46:02,020 --> 01:46:03,820
 we're close to being done

2103
01:46:03,820 --> 01:46:05,320
 and I think Auburn

2104
01:46:05,320 --> 01:46:07,320
 met a lot of their needs

2105
01:46:07,320 --> 01:46:08,500
 and I know we've discussed

2106
01:46:08,500 --> 01:46:09,520
 that the last

2107
01:46:09,520 --> 01:46:11,020
 two or three weeks.

2108
01:46:11,180 --> 01:46:12,240
 Do you anticipate

2109
01:46:12,240 --> 01:46:13,680
 anyone else

2110
01:46:13,680 --> 01:46:15,800
 at any other position

2111
01:46:15,800 --> 01:46:16,960
 as far as transfers

2112
01:46:16,960 --> 01:46:17,700
 and again

2113
01:46:17,700 --> 01:46:19,620
 the National Signing Day

2114
01:46:19,620 --> 01:46:20,620
 is next Wednesday.

2115
01:46:21,740 --> 01:46:23,060
 Most of these teams

2116
01:46:23,060 --> 01:46:23,980
 now are done.

2117
01:46:24,160 --> 01:46:25,300
 There's very little

2118
01:46:25,300 --> 01:46:26,680
 but some teams

2119
01:46:26,680 --> 01:46:27,600
 will bring in a few.

2120
01:46:28,280 --> 01:46:28,800
 Will Auburn

2121
01:46:28,800 --> 01:46:30,040
 bring anyone in

2122
01:46:30,040 --> 01:46:31,320
 as far as high school

2123
01:46:31,320 --> 01:46:32,040
 next week?

2124
01:46:33,000 --> 01:46:33,900
 Don't think anything

2125
01:46:33,900 --> 01:46:34,440
 of high school.

2126
01:46:34,540 --> 01:46:34,980
 They don't really have

2127
01:46:34,980 --> 01:46:35,780
 any commitments right now

2128
01:46:35,780 --> 01:46:36,840
 that kind of fit that bill.

2129
01:46:37,660 --> 01:46:38,460
 I think next week

2130
01:46:38,460 --> 01:46:38,860
 it's funny

2131
01:46:38,860 --> 01:46:40,220
 we just got word

2132
01:46:40,220 --> 01:46:41,620
 today that we're going

2133
01:46:41,620 --> 01:46:42,780
 to talk to Alex Golich

2134
01:46:42,780 --> 01:46:43,480
 and the coordinators

2135
01:46:43,480 --> 01:46:44,860
 next week on Signing Day

2136
01:46:44,860 --> 01:46:45,600
 and it's not really

2137
01:46:45,600 --> 01:46:46,340
 because Auburn's

2138
01:46:46,340 --> 01:46:46,840
 doing anything

2139
01:46:46,840 --> 01:46:47,600
 but it's just

2140
01:46:47,600 --> 01:46:48,540
 hey, we've got to

2141
01:46:48,540 --> 01:46:49,420
 catch up on all the

2142
01:46:49,420 --> 01:46:50,300
 things they've done

2143
01:46:50,300 --> 01:46:51,140
 over the last month.

2144
01:46:51,920 --> 01:46:53,260
 I think it's going to be

2145
01:46:53,260 --> 01:46:54,340
 pretty quiet here.

2146
01:46:54,420 --> 01:46:55,440
 They're in the 90s

2147
01:46:55,440 --> 01:46:56,120
 right now

2148
01:46:56,120 --> 01:46:58,180
 in their scholarship

2149
01:46:58,180 --> 01:46:58,960
 count at the moment

2150
01:46:58,960 --> 01:47:00,180
 so that's a good

2151
01:47:00,180 --> 01:47:01,040
 number to be at

2152
01:47:01,040 --> 01:47:02,120
 for sure

2153
01:47:02,120 --> 01:47:03,320
 and Alex Golich

2154
01:47:03,320 --> 01:47:03,860
 was kind of saying

2155
01:47:03,860 --> 01:47:04,320
 what you're going

2156
01:47:04,320 --> 01:47:05,300
 to see now is

2157
01:47:05,300 --> 01:47:06,560
 alright, we've got

2158
01:47:06,560 --> 01:47:07,280
 these guys in

2159
01:47:07,280 --> 01:47:08,500
 let's go through spring

2160
01:47:08,500 --> 01:47:09,360
 and then once spring

2161
01:47:09,360 --> 01:47:10,240
 you've got to remember

2162
01:47:10,240 --> 01:47:11,760
 while there's not a big

2163
01:47:11,760 --> 01:47:12,840
 open transfer portal

2164
01:47:12,840 --> 01:47:13,640
 grad transfers

2165
01:47:13,640 --> 01:47:14,580
 are still a thing

2166
01:47:14,580 --> 01:47:15,660
 and so there might be

2167
01:47:15,660 --> 01:47:16,320
 some guys kind of

2168
01:47:16,320 --> 01:47:17,100
 late in the process

2169
01:47:17,100 --> 01:47:18,440
 okay, they go through

2170
01:47:18,440 --> 01:47:19,600
 spring, they graduate

2171
01:47:19,600 --> 01:47:21,780
 wait from college

2172
01:47:21,780 --> 01:47:22,720
 in the spring

2173
01:47:22,720 --> 01:47:23,120
 and then

2174
01:47:23,120 --> 01:47:23,900
 you know what

2175
01:47:23,900 --> 01:47:24,820
 maybe they try

2176
01:47:24,820 --> 01:47:25,360
 to make a move

2177
01:47:25,360 --> 01:47:26,080
 over the summer

2178
01:47:26,080 --> 01:47:27,380
 that's the kind

2179
01:47:27,380 --> 01:47:27,820
 of thing you're

2180
01:47:27,820 --> 01:47:28,280
 probably going to

2181
01:47:28,280 --> 01:47:28,900
 look at more

2182
01:47:28,900 --> 01:47:30,020
 maybe those

2183
01:47:30,020 --> 01:47:30,920
 maybe some JUCO

2184
01:47:30,920 --> 01:47:31,400
 kids

2185
01:47:31,400 --> 01:47:31,900
 maybe something

2186
01:47:31,900 --> 01:47:32,400
 like that

2187
01:47:32,400 --> 01:47:33,280
 but I think

2188
01:47:33,280 --> 01:47:33,920
 you know

2189
01:47:33,920 --> 01:47:34,640
 for the most part

2190
01:47:34,640 --> 01:47:35,060
 it's probably

2191
01:47:35,060 --> 01:47:35,520
 going to be

2192
01:47:35,520 --> 01:47:36,440
 another couple

2193
01:47:36,440 --> 01:47:36,780
 of months

2194
01:47:36,780 --> 01:47:37,380
 before we start

2195
01:47:37,380 --> 01:47:37,840
 hearing about

2196
01:47:37,840 --> 01:47:38,140
 Auburn

2197
01:47:38,140 --> 01:47:38,960
 making any more

2198
01:47:38,960 --> 01:47:39,320
 moves

2199
01:47:39,320 --> 01:47:40,560
 with their roster

2200
01:47:40,560 --> 01:47:41,100
 right now

2201
01:47:41,100 --> 01:47:41,540
 it's going to be

2202
01:47:41,540 --> 01:47:42,180
 focusing on

2203
01:47:42,180 --> 01:47:43,040
 getting the guys

2204
01:47:43,040 --> 01:47:43,600
 they got in

2205
01:47:43,600 --> 01:47:45,020
 and starting

2206
01:47:45,020 --> 01:47:45,500
 to train them

2207
01:47:45,500 --> 01:47:46,320
 up and turn

2208
01:47:46,320 --> 01:47:46,700
 them loose

2209
01:47:46,700 --> 01:47:47,680
 you know

2210
01:47:47,680 --> 01:47:48,580
 with a very

2211
01:47:48,580 --> 01:47:49,160
 very big

2212
01:47:49,160 --> 01:47:49,740
 you know

2213
01:47:49,740 --> 01:47:50,400
 winter workouts

2214
01:47:50,400 --> 01:47:50,940
 and spring

2215
01:47:50,940 --> 01:47:51,980
 practices

2216
01:47:51,980 --> 01:47:52,460
 they've got

2217
01:47:52,460 --> 01:47:53,500
 coming up

2218
01:47:53,500 --> 01:47:54,760
 Justin, Alex

2219
01:47:54,760 --> 01:47:55,240
 in the modern

2220
01:47:55,240 --> 01:47:55,520
 era

2221
01:47:55,520 --> 01:47:56,020
 if you want

2222
01:47:56,020 --> 01:47:56,660
 to get clicks

2223
01:47:56,660 --> 01:47:57,360
 you say something

2224
01:47:57,360 --> 01:47:57,860
 where Alabama

2225
01:47:57,860 --> 01:47:58,600
 is talking smack

2226
01:47:58,600 --> 01:47:59,060
 on Auburn

2227
01:47:59,060 --> 01:47:59,360
 or Auburn

2228
01:47:59,360 --> 01:48:00,040
 is talking smack

2229
01:48:00,040 --> 01:48:00,400
 on Alabama

2230
01:48:00,400 --> 01:48:01,620
 I have a rule

2231
01:48:01,620 --> 01:48:02,160
 I don't click

2232
01:48:02,160 --> 01:48:02,660
 on those things

2233
01:48:02,660 --> 01:48:03,200
 because I know

2234
01:48:03,200 --> 01:48:03,660
 what the game

2235
01:48:03,660 --> 01:48:04,240
 is all about

2236
01:48:04,240 --> 01:48:05,100
 but you've seen

2237
01:48:05,100 --> 01:48:05,680
 the same things

2238
01:48:05,680 --> 01:48:06,140
 we have about

2239
01:48:06,140 --> 01:48:06,680
 goalies taking

2240
01:48:06,680 --> 01:48:07,600
 shots at Alabama

2241
01:48:07,600 --> 01:48:08,860
 and your thoughts

2242
01:48:08,860 --> 01:48:09,640
 about this Auburn

2243
01:48:09,640 --> 01:48:10,080
 staff

2244
01:48:10,080 --> 01:48:11,300
 obviously a lot

2245
01:48:11,300 --> 01:48:12,300
 of short time

2246
01:48:12,300 --> 01:48:12,700
 to make up

2247
01:48:12,700 --> 01:48:13,040
 a lot of

2248
01:48:13,040 --> 01:48:13,480
 inroads

2249
01:48:13,480 --> 01:48:14,040
 with in-state

2250
01:48:14,040 --> 01:48:14,540
 coaches

2251
01:48:14,540 --> 01:48:15,640
 your thoughts

2252
01:48:15,640 --> 01:48:16,060
 about those

2253
01:48:16,060 --> 01:48:16,720
 two topics

2254
01:48:16,720 --> 01:48:17,560
 of the smack

2255
01:48:17,560 --> 01:48:18,100
 top back

2256
01:48:18,100 --> 01:48:18,640
 and forth

2257
01:48:18,640 --> 01:48:19,480
 and where

2258
01:48:19,480 --> 01:48:20,240
 these coaches

2259
01:48:20,240 --> 01:48:20,680
 this new

2260
01:48:20,680 --> 01:48:21,000
 staff

2261
01:48:21,000 --> 01:48:21,800
 making inroads

2262
01:48:21,800 --> 01:48:22,440
 with in-state

2263
01:48:22,440 --> 01:48:22,940
 coaches

2264
01:48:22,940 --> 01:48:23,800
 yeah

2265
01:48:23,800 --> 01:48:24,420
 I wasn't

2266
01:48:24,420 --> 01:48:25,000
 immobile

2267
01:48:25,000 --> 01:48:25,500
 for it

2268
01:48:25,500 --> 01:48:26,040
 but it was

2269
01:48:26,040 --> 01:48:26,860
 I heard

2270
01:48:26,860 --> 01:48:27,540
 from the folks

2271
01:48:27,540 --> 01:48:27,920
 that were down

2272
01:48:27,920 --> 01:48:28,180
 there

2273
01:48:28,180 --> 01:48:28,820
 it was like

2274
01:48:28,820 --> 01:48:29,760
 Golesh was asked

2275
01:48:29,760 --> 01:48:30,220
 about the

2276
01:48:30,220 --> 01:48:31,100
 Betty Aco thing

2277
01:48:31,100 --> 01:48:31,840
 and he was just

2278
01:48:31,840 --> 01:48:32,660
 like I don't know

2279
01:48:32,660 --> 01:48:33,220
 and then he was

2280
01:48:33,220 --> 01:48:33,700
 just like oh

2281
01:48:33,700 --> 01:48:34,280
 well they lost

2282
01:48:34,280 --> 01:48:34,780
 so you know

2283
01:48:34,780 --> 01:48:35,880
 easy win

2284
01:48:35,880 --> 01:48:37,000
 easy way to get

2285
01:48:37,000 --> 01:48:37,520
 the fans

2286
01:48:37,520 --> 01:48:38,640
 kind of fired up

2287
01:48:38,640 --> 01:48:38,980
 you know

2288
01:48:38,980 --> 01:48:39,980
 that's kind of

2289
01:48:39,980 --> 01:48:40,720
 kind of cheap

2290
01:48:40,720 --> 01:48:41,380
 pop is what you

2291
01:48:41,380 --> 01:48:41,980
 would call that

2292
01:48:41,980 --> 01:48:42,420
 but yeah

2293
01:48:42,420 --> 01:48:42,780
 you know

2294
01:48:42,780 --> 01:48:43,060
 I mean

2295
01:48:43,060 --> 01:48:44,080
 I will say

2296
01:48:44,080 --> 01:48:44,380
 this thing

2297
01:48:44,380 --> 01:48:45,620
 about Alex Golesh

2298
01:48:45,620 --> 01:48:47,380
 and just kind of

2299
01:48:47,380 --> 01:48:47,760
 he's a guy

2300
01:48:47,760 --> 01:48:48,140
 who wants to

2301
01:48:48,140 --> 01:48:48,860
 kind of embrace

2302
01:48:48,860 --> 01:48:49,560
 this opportunity

2303
01:48:49,560 --> 01:48:49,920
 at Auburn

2304
01:48:49,920 --> 01:48:50,420
 embrace

2305
01:48:50,420 --> 01:48:51,420
 this fan base

2306
01:48:51,420 --> 01:48:52,300
 embrace this culture

2307
01:48:52,300 --> 01:48:52,740
 and I think

2308
01:48:52,740 --> 01:48:53,480
 obviously Alabama

2309
01:48:53,480 --> 01:48:53,960
 there's a lot

2310
01:48:53,960 --> 01:48:54,480
 of comps there

2311
01:48:54,480 --> 01:48:54,780
 into that

2312
01:48:54,780 --> 01:48:55,840
 so you get that

2313
01:48:55,840 --> 01:48:56,480
 and you know

2314
01:48:56,480 --> 01:48:56,900
 we talk about

2315
01:48:56,900 --> 01:48:57,460
 making inroads

2316
01:48:57,460 --> 01:48:57,980
 yeah I mean

2317
01:48:57,980 --> 01:48:59,400
 I'll say this

2318
01:48:59,400 --> 01:49:00,280
 about Golesh

2319
01:49:00,280 --> 01:49:00,740
 I think there

2320
01:49:00,740 --> 01:49:01,300
 are some folks

2321
01:49:01,300 --> 01:49:01,960
 that were like

2322
01:49:01,960 --> 01:49:02,520
 oh this is another

2323
01:49:02,520 --> 01:49:03,080
 group of five

2324
01:49:03,080 --> 01:49:03,400
 coach

2325
01:49:03,400 --> 01:49:04,420
 what can they do

2326
01:49:04,420 --> 01:49:04,880
 in recruiting

2327
01:49:04,880 --> 01:49:05,840
 Auburn just had

2328
01:49:05,840 --> 01:49:06,220
 a really good

2329
01:49:06,220 --> 01:49:06,620
 recruiting

2330
01:49:06,620 --> 01:49:08,860
 staff and all

2331
01:49:08,860 --> 01:49:09,140
 that

2332
01:49:09,140 --> 01:49:09,880
 and how's this

2333
01:49:09,880 --> 01:49:10,560
 guy going to be

2334
01:49:10,560 --> 01:49:11,900
 I'll tell you

2335
01:49:11,900 --> 01:49:12,120
 this

2336
01:49:12,120 --> 01:49:13,040
 the word I've

2337
01:49:13,040 --> 01:49:14,180
 got just from

2338
01:49:14,180 --> 01:49:14,700
 seeing him

2339
01:49:14,700 --> 01:49:15,180
 and then talking

2340
01:49:15,180 --> 01:49:15,860
 to some coaches

2341
01:49:15,860 --> 01:49:16,900
 here in the state

2342
01:49:16,900 --> 01:49:17,560
 and just around

2343
01:49:17,560 --> 01:49:18,500
 Alex Golesh

2344
01:49:18,500 --> 01:49:19,060
 and this staff

2345
01:49:19,060 --> 01:49:19,480
 have been

2346
01:49:19,480 --> 01:49:20,580
 really really

2347
01:49:20,580 --> 01:49:21,100
 hard at work

2348
01:49:21,100 --> 01:49:21,460
 I don't know

2349
01:49:21,460 --> 01:49:21,880
 if this dude

2350
01:49:21,880 --> 01:49:22,320
 sleeps

2351
01:49:22,320 --> 01:49:23,160
 like he is

2352
01:49:23,160 --> 01:49:24,320
 constantly working

2353
01:49:24,320 --> 01:49:25,300
 constantly recruiting

2354
01:49:25,300 --> 01:49:26,460
 and then yeah

2355
01:49:26,460 --> 01:49:27,180
 I mean he knows

2356
01:49:27,180 --> 01:49:28,140
 that he's an

2357
01:49:28,140 --> 01:49:28,680
 outsider

2358
01:49:28,680 --> 01:49:30,100
 to a degree

2359
01:49:30,100 --> 01:49:30,800
 with you know

2360
01:49:30,800 --> 01:49:31,240
 some of these

2361
01:49:31,240 --> 01:49:31,820
 some of these

2362
01:49:31,820 --> 01:49:32,580
 schools in

2363
01:49:32,580 --> 01:49:33,180
 Alabama

2364
01:49:33,180 --> 01:49:34,580
 so getting as

2365
01:49:34,580 --> 01:49:35,240
 much face time

2366
01:49:35,240 --> 01:49:35,840
 as they can

2367
01:49:35,840 --> 01:49:37,180
 with high school

2368
01:49:37,180 --> 01:49:37,700
 coaches

2369
01:49:37,700 --> 01:49:38,560
 with recruits

2370
01:49:38,560 --> 01:49:39,240
 they've been all

2371
01:49:39,240 --> 01:49:39,760
 over the place

2372
01:49:39,760 --> 01:49:40,320
 over these last

2373
01:49:40,320 --> 01:49:40,780
 few weeks

2374
01:49:40,780 --> 01:49:41,160
 which I think

2375
01:49:41,160 --> 01:49:42,160
 is pretty big

2376
01:49:42,160 --> 01:49:42,700
 to kind of get

2377
01:49:42,700 --> 01:49:43,580
 that initial

2378
01:49:43,580 --> 01:49:44,400
 first impression

2379
01:49:44,400 --> 01:49:45,640
 and you know

2380
01:49:45,640 --> 01:49:46,020
 yeah the

2381
01:49:46,020 --> 01:49:47,060
 coaches convention

2382
01:49:47,060 --> 01:49:47,460
 the coaches

2383
01:49:47,460 --> 01:49:47,940
 association

2384
01:49:47,940 --> 01:49:48,420
 convention

2385
01:49:48,420 --> 01:49:49,600
 in Montgomery

2386
01:49:49,600 --> 01:49:50,720
 this weekend

2387
01:49:50,720 --> 01:49:51,540
 like these

2388
01:49:51,540 --> 01:49:51,960
 last couple

2389
01:49:51,960 --> 01:49:52,340
 days

2390
01:49:52,340 --> 01:49:53,280
 he took

2391
01:49:53,280 --> 01:49:53,560
 his old

2392
01:49:53,560 --> 01:49:54,140
 staff there

2393
01:49:54,140 --> 01:49:54,620
 and made

2394
01:49:54,620 --> 01:49:55,200
 sure that

2395
01:49:55,200 --> 01:49:55,940
 they all

2396
01:49:55,940 --> 01:49:56,420
 got to meet

2397
01:49:56,420 --> 01:49:57,080
 with coaches

2398
01:49:57,080 --> 01:49:57,440
 and all that

2399
01:49:57,440 --> 01:49:57,760
 and it's just

2400
01:49:57,760 --> 01:49:58,440
 that kind of

2401
01:49:58,440 --> 01:49:58,820
 stuff's big

2402
01:49:58,820 --> 01:49:59,740
 because hey

2403
01:49:59,740 --> 01:50:00,320
 it might not

2404
01:50:00,320 --> 01:50:00,840
 get you

2405
01:50:00,840 --> 01:50:01,420
 you know

2406
01:50:01,420 --> 01:50:02,080
 a five star

2407
01:50:02,080 --> 01:50:02,620
 right away

2408
01:50:02,620 --> 01:50:03,000
 or anything

2409
01:50:03,000 --> 01:50:03,500
 like that

2410
01:50:03,500 --> 01:50:04,240
 but relationships

2411
01:50:04,240 --> 01:50:04,820
 are huge

2412
01:50:04,820 --> 01:50:05,300
 in recruiting

2413
01:50:05,300 --> 01:50:05,980
 and so you

2414
01:50:05,980 --> 01:50:06,360
 got to build

2415
01:50:06,360 --> 01:50:07,020
 those inroads

2416
01:50:07,020 --> 01:50:07,900
 and this

2417
01:50:07,900 --> 01:50:08,480
 dude's just

2418
01:50:08,480 --> 01:50:09,440
 you know

2419
01:50:09,440 --> 01:50:09,900
 I don't know

2420
01:50:09,900 --> 01:50:10,760
 how he's got

2421
01:50:10,760 --> 01:50:11,380
 this many hours

2422
01:50:11,380 --> 01:50:11,820
 in the day

2423
01:50:11,820 --> 01:50:12,360
 but he's doing

2424
01:50:12,360 --> 01:50:13,000
 a really good

2425
01:50:13,000 --> 01:50:13,580
 job of trying

2426
01:50:13,580 --> 01:50:14,420
 to you know

2427
01:50:14,420 --> 01:50:15,080
 make a great

2428
01:50:15,080 --> 01:50:15,840
 first impression

2429
01:50:15,840 --> 01:50:16,500
 here on the

2430
01:50:16,500 --> 01:50:17,120
 recruiting trail

2431
01:50:17,120 --> 01:50:18,740
 well I don't

2432
01:50:18,740 --> 01:50:19,180
 know if you

2433
01:50:19,180 --> 01:50:19,820
 sleep much

2434
01:50:19,820 --> 01:50:20,200
 either

2435
01:50:20,200 --> 01:50:21,900
 I know you're

2436
01:50:21,900 --> 01:50:22,500
 probably going

2437
01:50:22,500 --> 01:50:23,280
 to Knoxville

2438
01:50:23,280 --> 01:50:24,340
 tomorrow

2439
01:50:24,340 --> 01:50:25,700
 or heading

2440
01:50:25,700 --> 01:50:26,500
 that duration

2441
01:50:26,500 --> 01:50:27,160
 soon

2442
01:50:27,160 --> 01:50:28,700
 6 a.m.

2443
01:50:28,760 --> 01:50:29,240
 emails

2444
01:50:29,240 --> 01:50:30,160
 the mailbag

2445
01:50:30,160 --> 01:50:30,960
 on Friday

2446
01:50:30,960 --> 01:50:31,880
 the podcast

2447
01:50:31,880 --> 01:50:32,920
 football

2448
01:50:32,920 --> 01:50:33,680
 basketball

2449
01:50:33,680 --> 01:50:34,860
 et cetera

2450
01:50:34,860 --> 01:50:35,940
 where can we

2451
01:50:35,940 --> 01:50:36,440
 get online

2452
01:50:36,440 --> 01:50:36,960
 to get all

2453
01:50:36,960 --> 01:50:37,440
 of it

2454
01:50:37,440 --> 01:50:38,120
 yeah

2455
01:50:38,120 --> 01:50:39,100
 auburnobserver.com

2456
01:50:39,100 --> 01:50:39,640
 check it out

2457
01:50:39,640 --> 01:50:40,500
 we've got a

2458
01:50:40,500 --> 01:50:41,340
 mailbag out today

2459
01:50:41,340 --> 01:50:41,980
 and a podcast

2460
01:50:41,980 --> 01:50:42,700
 so a lot of

2461
01:50:42,700 --> 01:50:43,560
 good stuff in there

2462
01:50:43,560 --> 01:50:44,340
 and you're right

2463
01:50:44,340 --> 01:50:45,020
 I'm heading to

2464
01:50:45,020 --> 01:50:45,840
 Knoxville tomorrow

2465
01:50:45,840 --> 01:50:47,340
 this is the first

2466
01:50:47,340 --> 01:50:47,920
 time I've ever

2467
01:50:47,920 --> 01:50:48,320
 been like

2468
01:50:48,320 --> 01:50:48,780
 oh I'm glad

2469
01:50:48,780 --> 01:50:49,500
 it's a late game

2470
01:50:49,500 --> 01:50:50,240
 because there's

2471
01:50:50,240 --> 01:50:50,600
 supposed to be

2472
01:50:50,600 --> 01:50:51,160
 a lot of snow

2473
01:50:51,160 --> 01:50:52,040
 in the forecast

2474
01:50:52,040 --> 01:50:52,800
 in Knoxville

2475
01:50:52,800 --> 01:50:53,460
 I might have to

2476
01:50:53,460 --> 01:50:54,840
 take a sled

2477
01:50:54,840 --> 01:50:55,360
 up there

2478
01:50:55,360 --> 01:50:56,120
 eventually

2479
01:50:56,120 --> 01:50:57,100
 to get in

2480
01:50:57,100 --> 01:50:58,260
 but I'm going

2481
01:50:58,260 --> 01:50:58,500
 to be able

2482
01:50:58,500 --> 01:50:59,300
 to take my time

2483
01:50:59,300 --> 01:51:01,980
 make a very

2484
01:51:01,980 --> 01:51:02,800
 careful drive

2485
01:51:02,800 --> 01:51:03,380
 into Knoxville

2486
01:51:03,380 --> 01:51:03,680
 tomorrow

2487
01:51:03,680 --> 01:51:04,200
 hopefully the

2488
01:51:04,200 --> 01:51:05,080
 weather will

2489
01:51:05,080 --> 01:51:06,240
 cooperate enough

2490
01:51:06,240 --> 01:51:06,740
 that I can make

2491
01:51:06,740 --> 01:51:07,060
 that trip

2492
01:51:07,060 --> 01:51:08,680
 always love

2493
01:51:08,680 --> 01:51:09,740
 covering

2494
01:51:09,740 --> 01:51:10,820
 games

2495
01:51:10,820 --> 01:51:11,480
 so if you've

2496
01:51:11,480 --> 01:51:12,080
 never been to

2497
01:51:12,080 --> 01:51:12,720
 Tennessee for a

2498
01:51:12,720 --> 01:51:13,380
 basketball game

2499
01:51:13,380 --> 01:51:14,300
 it is a whole lot

2500
01:51:14,300 --> 01:51:14,600
 of fun

2501
01:51:14,600 --> 01:51:14,960
 because of how

2502
01:51:14,960 --> 01:51:15,560
 big that arena

2503
01:51:15,560 --> 01:51:15,840
 is

2504
01:51:15,840 --> 01:51:17,020
 we'll have that

2505
01:51:17,020 --> 01:51:17,560
 coverage over

2506
01:51:17,560 --> 01:51:18,020
 the weekend

2507
01:51:18,020 --> 01:51:18,780
 and we'll be

2508
01:51:18,780 --> 01:51:19,380
 back at it

2509
01:51:19,380 --> 01:51:19,860
 next week

2510
01:51:19,860 --> 01:51:21,980
 with football

2511
01:51:21,980 --> 01:51:22,580
 coverage

2512
01:51:22,580 --> 01:51:23,700
 and additionally

2513
01:51:23,700 --> 01:51:24,660
 there's going to

2514
01:51:24,660 --> 01:51:25,020
 be a pretty

2515
01:51:25,020 --> 01:51:25,980
 decent sized

2516
01:51:25,980 --> 01:51:26,820
 basketball game

2517
01:51:26,820 --> 01:51:27,240
 a week from

2518
01:51:27,240 --> 01:51:27,580
 tomorrow

2519
01:51:27,580 --> 01:51:28,740
 here inside

2520
01:51:28,740 --> 01:51:29,020
 Neville

2521
01:51:29,020 --> 01:51:29,300
 Arena

2522
01:51:29,300 --> 01:51:29,740
 so we'll

2523
01:51:29,740 --> 01:51:30,160
 get you ready

2524
01:51:30,160 --> 01:51:30,620
 for that one

2525
01:51:30,620 --> 01:51:31,480
 as well

2526
01:51:31,480 --> 01:51:32,380
 having been there

2527
01:51:32,380 --> 01:51:32,960
 personally

2528
01:51:32,960 --> 01:51:33,640
 be careful

2529
01:51:33,640 --> 01:51:34,040
 put some

2530
01:51:34,040 --> 01:51:34,560
 brakes on that

2531
01:51:34,560 --> 01:51:35,080
 because the

2532
01:51:35,080 --> 01:51:35,600
 Tennessee River

2533
01:51:35,600 --> 01:51:36,100
 is right across

2534
01:51:36,100 --> 01:51:36,460
 the street

2535
01:51:36,460 --> 01:51:37,060
 so be careful

2536
01:51:37,060 --> 01:51:37,320
 up there

2537
01:51:37,320 --> 01:51:37,600
 Justin

2538
01:51:37,600 --> 01:51:37,940
 okay

2539
01:51:37,940 --> 01:51:39,160
 yeah

2540
01:51:39,160 --> 01:51:40,120
 they told me

2541
01:51:40,120 --> 01:51:40,820
 they told me

2542
01:51:40,820 --> 01:51:41,760
 a buddy of mine

2543
01:51:41,760 --> 01:51:42,140
 who's up

2544
01:51:42,140 --> 01:51:42,820
 who covers

2545
01:51:42,820 --> 01:51:43,200
 Tennessee

2546
01:51:43,200 --> 01:51:43,720
 said yeah

2547
01:51:43,720 --> 01:51:44,180
 by the time

2548
01:51:44,180 --> 01:51:44,560
 you get here

2549
01:51:44,560 --> 01:51:44,880
 tomorrow

2550
01:51:44,880 --> 01:51:45,480
 the windchill

2551
01:51:45,480 --> 01:51:45,780
 is supposed

2552
01:51:45,780 --> 01:51:46,420
 to be zero

2553
01:51:46,420 --> 01:51:46,860
 and I was like

2554
01:51:46,860 --> 01:51:47,260
 oh great

2555
01:51:47,260 --> 01:51:48,420
 that'll be fun

2556
01:51:48,420 --> 01:51:48,880
 that'll be a

2557
01:51:48,880 --> 01:51:49,460
 whole lot of fun

2558
01:51:49,460 --> 01:51:50,340
 so yeah

2559
01:51:50,340 --> 01:51:51,580
 I appreciate

2560
01:51:51,580 --> 01:51:51,920
 y'all

2561
01:51:51,920 --> 01:51:52,800
 try to stay

2562
01:51:52,800 --> 01:51:53,740
 warm as well

2563
01:51:53,740 --> 01:51:54,860
 thank you so much

2564
01:51:54,860 --> 01:51:55,840
 South Alabama

2565
01:51:55,840 --> 01:51:56,420
 weather there

2566
01:51:56,420 --> 01:51:56,620
 baby

2567
01:51:56,620 --> 01:51:57,120
 how are you

2568
01:51:57,120 --> 01:51:57,480
 going to make

2569
01:51:57,480 --> 01:51:57,980
 this weekend

2570
01:51:59,020 --> 01:51:59,540
 basketball

2571
01:51:59,540 --> 01:52:00,060
 how are you

2572
01:52:00,060 --> 01:52:00,360
 going to make

2573
01:52:00,360 --> 01:52:00,600
 it through

2574
01:52:00,600 --> 01:52:01,060
 this weekend

2575
01:52:01,060 --> 01:52:01,460
 Brett Beery

2576
01:52:01,460 --> 01:52:02,100
 well between

2577
01:52:02,100 --> 01:52:02,940
 no football

2578
01:52:02,940 --> 01:52:03,680
 and zero

2579
01:52:03,680 --> 01:52:04,280
 temperatures

2580
01:52:04,280 --> 01:52:05,340
 I'm just

2581
01:52:05,340 --> 01:52:05,760
 going to have

2582
01:52:05,760 --> 01:52:06,440
 to man up

2583
01:52:06,440 --> 01:52:06,880
 there's no

2584
01:52:06,880 --> 01:52:07,380
 question

2585
01:52:07,380 --> 01:52:07,720
 yeah

2586
01:52:07,720 --> 01:52:08,120
 and I

2587
01:52:08,120 --> 01:52:08,600
 recommend

2588
01:52:08,600 --> 01:52:09,140
 staying where

2589
01:52:09,140 --> 01:52:09,520
 you are

2590
01:52:09,520 --> 01:52:10,240
 and listening

2591
01:52:10,240 --> 01:52:11,520
 to Alabama

2592
01:52:11,520 --> 01:52:12,980
 this weekend

2593
01:52:12,980 --> 01:52:13,360
 right here

2594
01:52:13,360 --> 01:52:14,620
 on 93.9

2595
01:52:14,620 --> 01:52:15,040
 the score

2596
01:52:15,040 --> 01:52:15,440
 as they take

2597
01:52:15,440 --> 01:52:15,720
 on the

2598
01:52:15,720 --> 01:52:16,020
 Gators

2599
01:52:16,020 --> 01:52:16,760
 down in

2600
01:52:16,760 --> 01:52:17,060
 Florida

2601
01:52:17,060 --> 01:52:17,300
 again

2602
01:52:17,300 --> 01:52:17,640
 that's

2603
01:52:17,640 --> 01:52:17,940
 Sunday

2604
01:52:17,940 --> 01:52:18,360
 afternoon

2605
01:52:18,360 --> 01:52:18,660
 here on

2606
01:52:18,660 --> 01:52:19,340
 93.9

2607
01:52:19,340 --> 01:52:19,780
 the score

2608
01:52:19,780 --> 01:52:20,320
 we're going to

2609
01:52:20,320 --> 01:52:20,660
 take care of

2610
01:52:20,660 --> 01:52:21,080
 this for now

2611
01:52:21,080 --> 01:52:21,480
 on behalf of

2612
01:52:21,480 --> 01:52:21,620
 BB

2613
01:52:21,620 --> 01:52:22,200
 Greg James

2614
01:52:22,200 --> 01:52:22,440
 Blair

2615
01:52:22,440 --> 01:52:23,040
 the entire

2616
01:52:23,040 --> 01:52:23,420
 crew here

2617
01:52:23,420 --> 01:52:23,920
 Parole Buck

2618
01:52:23,920 --> 01:52:24,580
 thank you so much

2619
01:52:24,580 --> 01:52:25,120
 for your time

2620
01:52:25,120 --> 01:52:25,440
 today

2621
01:52:25,440 --> 01:52:26,460
 let's do it again

2622
01:52:26,460 --> 01:52:26,780
 Monday

2623
01:52:26,780 --> 01:52:27,780
 hopefully warmer

2624
01:52:27,780 --> 01:52:28,520
 right here on

2625
01:52:28,520 --> 01:52:29,320
 93.9

2626
01:52:29,320 --> 01:52:29,820
 the score