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 Alabama basketball wins a track meet over Buckyball 197 in a thriller in Tuscaloosa.

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 Caleb Suggs of the Decatur Daily previews area boys and girls high school basketball tournaments that begin tonight.

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 And BB is here right now to give us his prediction for the Super Bowl.

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 Well, he's a very smart man.

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 He knows how to leave behind a snowy Ohio and sometimes hello to a sunny South Florida.

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 Bill Bender is the national voice of the Sporting News.

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 Bill, welcome in.

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 Obviously, it is Super Bowl week.

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 You saw these guys down in South Florida in college football.

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 Your thoughts on a Thursday before a Super Sunday.

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 Where are you with this matchup, Bill Bender?

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 You know, it was weird last weekend, you know, not having a football game on.

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 Alabama, obviously, well represented in this game.

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 You know, the matchup of the cornerbacks, everybody wants to see.

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 Drake Mays, Sam Darnold, who at Darnold has had a tremendous postseason.

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 Defense wins championships.

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 Bill Bender in the huddle with us, Sporting News.

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 Bill, talk to us about the NFL as a business and some of the decisions they make.

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 Interesting, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is a man that's always going to be booed by a lot of fans.

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 You're right down the shores of Lake Erie.

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 Speaking of Tua, back to his days at Alabama, the national media, which is why we love having you at the table, you have a different seat.

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 I won't quote the service here, but here's a question posed by one of the prominent services out there.

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 Obviously, he didn't meet Alabama standards.

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 Why Kalen DeBoer will not survive at Alabama past 2026.

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 What do these people know, Bill?

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 Well, I mean, that would – that's hitting it like you're going to go like six and seven, and I don't see that.

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 24-7 sports does a really good job with that.

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 Bill, I keep saying this with all these preseason rankings.

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 If DeBoer goes five and seven, we can answer that question for you.

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 Your thoughts just about the other.

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 We talked about Goodell and off-the-field stuff with the NFL.

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 Obviously, you know what's going on well-documented with Alabama and basketball mediaco.

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 Every time something doesn't go my way, I'm going to come back and collect one or two million dollars in college

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 If you're 25 years old and you're still not in the NFL, there's probably a reason for it.

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 There's no injunctions.

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 These are the rules.

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 At what point does somebody stand up and say, I'm going to be the person to make this and enforce this rule?

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 Bill Bender, about two weeks ago, had the predicted the Seahawks 24, Patriots 20.

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 Are you, have you changed that pick, number one, to number two?

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 You know, I looked at Brayville.

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 You know, I have a what-if coming tomorrow that I think you'll really enjoy.

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 I got Seattle 24, New England 20.

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 I do think we have two deep teams that are this good on defense that, you know, defense, special teams.

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 They will be huge in a game like this.

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 And I think it will be super entertaining.

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 And as you know, we're getting into some bracketology now.

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 So, I'm already kind of spinning forward to March Madness.

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 Got a closet full of hats.

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 You wear them all up there, Bill.

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 Listen, man, always a good job.

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 Thanks so much.

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 Stay as warm as you can.

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 Let's do it again soon, okay?

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 Anytime, guys.

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 Have a great week.

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 Thank you, buddy.

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 Yeah, you know, it's awesome to always be home and excited to be, you know, a little warmer weather and just, you know, back on campus in our regular routine.

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 I think as coaches, we're routine oriented, and anytime you can, you know, be in your environment and prepare for another opportunity to defend your home court, it's exciting for us.

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 Welcome back in.

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 It is a pleasure for us to say hello to Caleb Suggs, who's got it all covered there at the Decatur Daily.

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 Caleb, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 I'm doing good, guys.

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 How are y'all?

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 Hey, man.

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 Well, the question is, are you ready for some post-season basketball in the state of Alabama, Caleb?

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 Yeah, you know, I think I've said it multiple times, always enjoy this time of year, especially once we get down to regional tournament time at Wallace, which is, I think, one of the best events, you know, in any post-season sport in high school.

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 So, yeah, I'm looking forward to it.

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 That's funny to me.

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 It always seems like, you know, Christmas and everything, it just seems like the first couple months of the season will take a while, and then you get to January, and it's gone and flashed.

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 But here we are again.

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 We talk about some of the teams who have had a good season, who's playing well going into the area tournaments, and we'll do that, certainly.

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 But two programs that both boys and girls have had a very good year, East Limestone Girls are 18 and 6, number 9 in Class 5A.

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 In fact, the top 10 dropped in.

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 I think the final one, certainly final one of the regular season, East Limestone Girls doing well.

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 The East Limestone Boys are 23 and 4, number 3 in Class 5A.

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 In the West Morgan Girls are 20 and 6, number 6 in Class 4A.

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 In the Boys are 21 and 6, and number 5 in Class 4A.

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 Boy, I know both schools are excited, boys and girls playing well going into the post-season.

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 Yeah, I think it's always cool.

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 You know, you have your school, both teams are doing really good.

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 I think that's exciting.

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 You know, if you look at it, we've talked about East Limestone Boys.

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 They've been so good this year.

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 Did suffer their first loss since November earlier this week, but it was to James Clemens by two points.

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 You know, a top 10 team for 11 A's.

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 That just goes to show you how good they are.

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 The girls, East Limestone, I mean, I think that's one of the teams to really watch close.

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 They were, you know, not as good to start the season, but they've really come on late.

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 Won, I don't know, several games in a row.

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 They've just been really, really good here late in the season.

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 And then, yeah, with Morgan, you know, the boys, you know, they've come to the Elite Eight twice in the last year.

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 You know, they're going to push forward again, and it's going to be a tough road.

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 You've got Brooks and Deschler and some other teams that are going to be in that path.

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 It's really stacked in the Northwest path.

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 So, you know, but it's going to be pretty exciting, and I think they have a really good shot at it.

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 They play a really fun brand of basketball, and they're really deep, and so, and they can, you know, they like to score points.

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 But as we saw this past Saturday in the Orange County tournament, they can play a rock fight, too.

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 So, we've got some really good teams, and I'm looking forward to what they can do with the postseason.

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 Caleb Suggs, the Decatur Daily.

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 It's always a fun question to ask.

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 A lot of times you look at records, and everybody say, well, this team's not going to go far.

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 Look at the record.

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 But what you don't see always is who they played.

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 They play a tough, challenging schedule for the sole purpose of getting ready for this time of the year,

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 and I think that's why sometimes these teams that come in with, quote, bad records,

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 they surprise people in the postseason when it comes back to playing folks in their own classification.

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 Who would come to mind of the teams that we cover here in North Alabama that might fit that description,

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 and who is, let's face it, basketball is like any other sport.

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 Big Mo is always a fun thing to have.

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 Who's got the momentum heading into this part of the schedule?

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 Yeah, I think I would just say that the number one team that jumps out of my mind without a doubt is Tanner.

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 You know, a team, obviously, a rich history.

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 They've been in the late eights, like two or three years.

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 I can't remember.

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 They're just a team that, you know, and they've never seen, at least in the last few years,

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 they've never seen to have the best record, but they always turn it up, you know, in February.

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 And that seems to be the case again this year.

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 They've won five in the last seven.

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 They beat Dakota Heritage, who was at the time ranked number one.

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 And, you know, actually, you know, that won them their chance to host the area tournament.

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 They tied in the area with Dakota Heritage, won the points off, and so now they're hosting.

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 And so, you know, you look at, you know, a team that's 14, 14, and 500,

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 and now they're hosting the area tournament with a team, you know, that was ranked number one.

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 That just goes to show you all you need is to win a few games.

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 But it's not just about them playing good late in the season.

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 They got Cade Dorney back, who, you know, missed a good chunk of the season with entry.

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 He's back now, and that's just a huge piece to have back, you know,

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 to pair him with Ricky Spage Jr. and a couple other guys that they have.

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 So that's going to be a team, I think, that you really need to watch.

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 It's kind of been flying in the radar all year.

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 Like you said, they've played some really tough teams.

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 They've played these losses all like three times.

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 So, you know, they've played some good teams and have, you know, quality losses.

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 And so, you know, people may not be looking at them, like you said, because of the record.

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 But I think they're going to be a team that's going to make a push at 2A.

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 Yeah, you had an article about East Lawrence about that.

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 They got back several players about four or five weeks ago, and now they're playing well.

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 Let me ask you about a couple of the areas.

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 Class 7A, Area 8, James Clemens.

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 You mentioned they beat East Limestone.

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 That's going to be a very competitive region.

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 Austin and Bob Jones, now they begin play a little later, a week from today, I believe.

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 And then the second game, James Clemens at Florence.

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 Florence actually upset James Clemens earlier in the year.

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 James Clemens in the AL.com Power Poll.

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 Your thoughts on Austin, Bob Jones, James Clemens, Florence, and that Class 7A Area 8?

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 Yeah, I mean, that's the area where you just don't know.

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 I mean, here we were last year.

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 Austin was hosting the area tournament playing the fourth team in Florence.

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 And, you know, Florence goes on to upset Austin, and then what did they do after that?

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 They go all the way to the state finals.

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 So, I mean, you know, that area is stacked.

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 You know, I think any of those teams could come out on top.

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 And, you know, you look at it, Florence has kind of had an up-and-down year

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 because they had to replace so much from last year's team.

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 And Austin, you know, they've been a little disappointing compared to what I thought they were going to be,

406
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 but they still have the talent.

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 So, they certainly could, you know, beat Bob Jones and Morgan and beat, you know,

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 one of the other teams and win the area, but definitely make it to Wallace.

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 So, yeah, I mean, that's a fun region to just, you know, some regions you don't get that

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 where you get all the games that are just fun and exciting.

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 You know, there's usually a weak team somewhere in there.

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 That's one of those regions where, you know, both the semifinal games are going to be great,

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 and the final game is going to be great, and it's going to be a great all-around area tournament.

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 So, if you're looking for basketball around the area to go to, that's for one, for sure.

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 Yeah.

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 Ken, it's always fun when you have folks from not necessarily right under each other's noses,

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 but still close enough that you can have some fun with it.

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 The Class 6A Area 15 at Muscle Shoals, Decatur, Hartzell, Muscle Shoals, Athens.

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 Your thoughts about the matchup.

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 Who comes out and who rocks from that area of play?

421
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 Yeah, I think, you know, when you look at Muscle Shoals in Athens, Athens has got some talent,

422
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 so I wouldn't be surprised if they could pull that set.

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 But right now, it just feels like Muscle Shoals has been the most consistent team in that area all year.

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 I think the most intriguing game is definitely Decatur and Hartzell.

425
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 It feels like Hartzell has been the better team all year, but they've lost both times.

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 They've played Decatur both times.

427
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 They were close losses.

428
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 The last one came down to a last shot at the buzzer.

429
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 So, you know, but then again, you look at it, you know, yeah, they've lost two times,

430
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 but it's hard to beat a team three times.

431
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 So, that's going to be a really interesting game, which is basically for a spot in the sub-regionals,

432
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 that game is between two of our area schools.

433
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 So, I'm really looking forward to that one, see what happens in there.

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 But, like, you know, to answer your question, I feel like it's Muscle Shoals to lose,

435
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 especially being the host team.

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 They've just been the most consistent.

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 But I will say that area has kind of been, you know, I don't know what the way it is.

438
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 I don't know.

439
00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:48,660
 But it's been hard to predict this year.

440
00:27:48,940 --> 00:27:53,080
 So, it isn't surprising to see any of those teams, kind of like the Austin, Bob Jones,

441
00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:56,120
 Florence region, to see any of those teams come out on top.

442
00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:58,780
 Yeah, you're right about Muscle Shoals.

443
00:27:58,860 --> 00:28:01,260
 They've won 14 out of their last 16 games.

444
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:06,060
 They lost to Albert Bull, who's, I think, number two in power rankings.

445
00:28:07,240 --> 00:28:09,540
 Congratulations to the Priceful Girls.

446
00:28:09,540 --> 00:28:13,400
 You had an article about the Morgan County Tournament.

447
00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:19,340
 They had Good Hope Tuesday night, Madeline Williams, Abby Langlox.

448
00:28:19,420 --> 00:28:24,660
 We've talked about those ladies the entire season, and also about the Decatur Girls.

449
00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:26,980
 They beat Columbia 72-42.

450
00:28:27,380 --> 00:28:29,480
 But we talked about this last week.

451
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 They're 24-5 and will host the area tournament for the first time in 25 years.

452
00:28:35,940 --> 00:28:39,440
 But don't you know Decatur's excited about that?

453
00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:44,480
 Yeah, you know, it's been just an amazing year for them.

454
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 You talk about a program that was absolute dominance between 1990 and 2000,

455
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 and then, you know, basically disappeared overnight.

456
00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:54,500
 They've really had some hard times in the last 15, 20 years.

457
00:28:54,780 --> 00:28:57,720
 So, to see them just, and they've been slowly building towards it,

458
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 but to get to see them kind of break through and have that success,

459
00:29:00,540 --> 00:29:02,140
 especially for a community that, you know,

460
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 and have had some rough luck with athletics recently, just to put it bluntly.

461
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:08,200
 So, it's really cool for them.

462
00:29:08,340 --> 00:29:09,900
 It's cool to see the support that they're getting.

463
00:29:10,100 --> 00:29:12,100
 So, you know, hopefully it continues for them.

464
00:29:13,460 --> 00:29:13,860
 Absolutely.

465
00:29:14,140 --> 00:29:18,080
 Well, you've got the area tournaments covered, and there are a lot of them.

466
00:29:18,140 --> 00:29:19,920
 It's going to be some great basketball.

467
00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:28,720
 I know you'll have the stories in the scores on Twitter, online, in the paper, et cetera.

468
00:29:28,820 --> 00:29:32,860
 But where can we get online and get the best post-game coverage in North Alabama?

469
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,260
 Yeah, you can get online at DecaturDaily.com.

470
00:29:36,660 --> 00:29:39,640
 We've got a few teams playing tonight, but mostly we'll kick off tomorrow,

471
00:29:39,900 --> 00:29:42,440
 and area tournaments will run all the way through next week,

472
00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:44,880
 and then we'll hit regionals and all the way to state until it finishes.

473
00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:48,120
 I see Hansel right around the corner.

474
00:29:48,360 --> 00:29:49,180
 Meantime, enjoy.

475
00:29:49,340 --> 00:29:52,040
 Caleb, stay safe out there, and thanks so much for your time today.

476
00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:53,260
 All right, guys.

477
00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:53,820
 Thanks for having me.

478
00:29:54,220 --> 00:29:54,700
 Thank you, bud.

479
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597
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 Happy Thursday to you.

598
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:01,940
 How are you?

599
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 Doing very well, guys.

600
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 How are you?

601
00:36:04,620 --> 00:36:04,880
 I'm good.

602
00:36:04,940 --> 00:36:07,200
 I would imagine, are you enjoying kind of a break?

603
00:36:07,200 --> 00:36:10,680
 I mean, obviously, National Signing Day, both parts are now finished.

604
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:14,820
 Auburn getting a break on the high school schedule this week as far as weekdays.

605
00:36:15,140 --> 00:36:16,940
 Are you enjoying a little break there?

606
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:20,480
 I am enjoying a little midweek rest from basketball.

607
00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:22,600
 You know, it's kind of funny.

608
00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:27,260
 We talked about National Signing Day yesterday, and I'll be completely honest, guys.

609
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 Up until Monday of this week, that totally slipped in my mind that National Signing Day was this week.

610
00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:36,220
 It did a lot of folks.

611
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 Logan, obviously, as the late Pat Dye, speaking of Auburn, we'll save the haze in the bar.

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 And your thoughts now, it's always fun to see how these so-called experts, they evaluate the class.

613
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 They come out with a number in December.

614
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 And then when we get to this point, they say, well, here's the final number.

615
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 They do some reevaluating.

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 Correct us if we're wrong, Logan.

617
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 It depends, I guess, what service you use.

618
00:36:55,520 --> 00:37:00,060
 Auburn finishing number 30 in the 24-7 rankings with 16 commitments.

619
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:10,900
 Your thoughts about that, and like every school, your thoughts about the mix now between the old route of high school kids coming in and a ton of transfers coming in.

620
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 Yeah, yeah, absolutely.

621
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:22,080
 Look, I think, you know, all in all, I think the goalish and the staff, considering the, you know, whirlwind of the past two months has been for them, I think they did pretty well.

622
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 In the high school recruiting class, they ended up, like you said, 30th in the 24-7 rankings.

623
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 They brought in 16 kids.

624
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 They don't necessarily have that, I guess you could say, star-studded pickup, if you will.

625
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 I mean, they picked up Jacquez Wilkes, a linebacker, Shadarius Toodle was a guy who was a key piece in that class.

626
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 Both of those guys are the highest-ranked commits in this class on the defensive side of the ball.

627
00:37:46,900 --> 00:37:59,780
 You know, they got some late additions there from the wide receiver, Brady Marquise, from Michigan, and then obviously splashed in a couple of offensive line additions.

628
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 Bear McWhorter was a late pickup there in that class.

629
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 So, all in all, I think, you know, with the time that they had to hit the high school trail, I think they did pretty well.

630
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 I think that you will continue to see, and goalish talked about this yesterday, speaking with the media, you know,

631
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 Obviously, the portal has kind of taken over the last two months, attention and talent acquisition.

632
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 But, you know, he's been able to mix in calls and texts and meets with these 2027 kids.

633
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 Going ahead and getting a jump start on that.

634
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 They had a junior day over the weekend where they hosted, I mean, tons of 27, 28, 29 recruits.

635
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 Lots of buzz, you know, heading in for that 27 class.

636
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 Obviously, I think one of the biggest names there is Elijah Haven, who seems to be trending towards Alabama at the moment.

637
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 But you're already seeing goalish in this staff, you know, make waves with high-level kids in that 27 class.

638
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 I think they're going to really attack the Southeast region pretty hard.

639
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 I think they're going to get national at some positions, like he noted yesterday.

640
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 But all in all, I like the high school class that they sign.

641
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 And then, obviously, you know, we've talked already before, you know, in the past couple meetings with you guys,

642
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 the transfer portal has, I guess, largely come to a close for the most part.

643
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 I guess he's probably left some room for some, you know, late Juco additions and such.

644
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 But I think, for the most part, out of the portal, you're done.

645
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 They're 39 commits, 13th in the transfer portal rankings there in 247.

646
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 Talk about a couple of crucial pickups already in that room, obviously, or in that regard, Bryce.

647
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 Byron Brown is huge.

648
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652
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653
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 11 of them are on the offensive side of the ball.

654
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655
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657
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658
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659
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 He's going to come in.

660
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 You know, I don't necessarily know that he's maybe as talented as Conor Liu,

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662
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 He knows the culture.

663
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 He knows the system.

664
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 It's going to make this transition, you know, as seamless as possible,

665
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 as easy as possible for all of these newcomers on the offensive side of the ball.

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 That's the difference in modern coaches when they change as opposed to, let's face it,

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00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:59,140
 Because when you came in in that situation, it was because the team was bad,

670
00:40:59,220 --> 00:41:01,280
 which means you inherited a bad roster.

671
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:03,500
 But now, two things on this.

672
00:41:03,500 --> 00:41:08,960
 You can come in and put all your chips on the portal to have instant success as best you can control.

673
00:41:09,240 --> 00:41:10,660
 And it looks like that's what he's done.

674
00:41:10,700 --> 00:41:15,820
 He's put all his chips on South Florida to come in and get out the shot next year

675
00:41:15,820 --> 00:41:17,580
 and then start building after that.

676
00:41:17,660 --> 00:41:18,700
 Is that a fair assessment?

677
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:21,700
 Because fans are not going to sit here and give you that long.

678
00:41:22,220 --> 00:41:25,480
 In the old days, it was three years, then he went to two.

679
00:41:25,600 --> 00:41:29,340
 And now, in some cases, once you get through the first year, halfway through the second year,

680
00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:31,220
 they're ready to pull the slip out from under you.

681
00:41:31,640 --> 00:41:33,740
 It's just safe to say that Goldish is going ahead and saying,

682
00:41:33,820 --> 00:41:37,880
 I'm putting all my chips on next year and we'll worry about everything else after that.

683
00:41:38,660 --> 00:41:44,380
 Yeah, you know, I mean, I think he's, like you mentioned, I mean, it's nowadays you can certainly come in

684
00:41:44,380 --> 00:41:46,220
 and you should expect results.

685
00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:51,860
 I mean, and especially in Auburn's case with Auburn fans, you know, they've endured five straight losing seasons.

686
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:54,920
 Like, it's time for them to taste a winning season.

687
00:41:55,060 --> 00:41:59,980
 It's time for them to, you know, I don't want to put eight and four out there as a record that he has to meet,

688
00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:04,100
 but, like, it's time for them to taste a seven, eight, nine win season at Auburn.

689
00:42:04,180 --> 00:42:06,140
 I think Goldish can certainly do that in year one.

690
00:42:06,140 --> 00:42:11,500
 I think that it's obviously going to be expected of him to at least make a bowl game.

691
00:42:12,540 --> 00:42:16,720
 You know, you're going to see, you obviously want to see improvements in that regard.

692
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:21,800
 I think that, you know, again, Gordon, Joel Gordon talked about it a lot yesterday, just the importance.

693
00:42:22,380 --> 00:42:29,180
 He said, you know, you can't really even quantify how important it is that we brought over all of these guys from USF.

694
00:42:29,300 --> 00:42:33,520
 You know, specifically talking about the offensive side of the ball and that offensive staff.

695
00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:36,140
 They both talked about how it's just a collective effort.

696
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:38,260
 There's no egos in that room.

697
00:42:38,380 --> 00:42:42,720
 You know, it's Joel Gordon's probably going to man the offense, the offensive play calling.

698
00:42:42,900 --> 00:42:44,500
 But, you know, Alex Goldish speaks up.

699
00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:48,460
 He said he has a pretty high hit rate on touchdowns when he speaks up.

700
00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:53,900
 You see, you know, when we come off the field in between drives, everybody is a collective group.

701
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,020
 Even young guys and GEAs will speak up.

702
00:42:56,620 --> 00:43:01,940
 He talked about, you know, there's just two offensive guys on that staff and Larry Porter and Larry Scott,

703
00:43:01,940 --> 00:43:06,520
 who were not in the system a year ago and in years past.

704
00:43:07,000 --> 00:43:08,740
 But those two dudes, they're pros.

705
00:43:08,900 --> 00:43:09,420
 They're vets.

706
00:43:09,620 --> 00:43:11,680
 Larry Porter, obviously, he's been at Auburn.

707
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:13,160
 He knows the program.

708
00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:17,620
 Larry Scott's been a head coach, a highly regarded head coach at that.

709
00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:25,160
 So I think that the transition for those two kind of meshing with all of the USF guys on that offensive side of the ball is going to bring great results.

710
00:43:26,360 --> 00:43:30,200
 Speaking about the defensive side of the ball, obviously, DJ Durkin's back.

711
00:43:30,280 --> 00:43:32,720
 He talked yesterday about how much he loves Auburn.

712
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:37,860
 You know, why leave a place that you love and you feel like home at?

713
00:43:38,120 --> 00:43:43,700
 You've got, you know, loads of SEC experience on that defensive side of the ball.

714
00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:46,740
 Lots of talent coming back on that defensive side of the ball.

715
00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:52,260
 I really do think that while Auburn, again, is not going to be quite as talented on paper as years past,

716
00:43:52,300 --> 00:43:57,360
 I do think that this team is going to bring results that Auburn fans are going to like.

717
00:43:57,360 --> 00:44:00,120
 I think that, you know, Alex Golas talked about it yesterday.

718
00:44:00,340 --> 00:44:01,780
 It's finally football time.

719
00:44:01,940 --> 00:44:07,400
 Like, he can put the transfer portal and the, you know, 26 high school recruiting behind him,

720
00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:09,560
 and he can finally teach X's and O's.

721
00:44:09,700 --> 00:44:15,620
 I think that the staff, they kind of ping me as, I don't know how to say this without making it sound so obvious,

722
00:44:15,740 --> 00:44:18,320
 but, like, they just ping me as football coaches, you know?

723
00:44:18,380 --> 00:44:21,480
 Like, they really love the game.

724
00:44:21,560 --> 00:44:22,460
 They love their players.

725
00:44:22,460 --> 00:44:26,800
 They want to go out there and just punish the other guys on the other side of the field.

726
00:44:26,980 --> 00:44:31,300
 And I think that they're going to bring pretty great results when the ball rolls around.

727
00:44:31,900 --> 00:44:37,460
 Well, I'm sure Auburn fans are going to appreciate this staff, not trying to be professional golfers.

728
00:44:38,180 --> 00:44:39,040
 Pardon the pun.

729
00:44:40,240 --> 00:44:44,420
 Alex Golich yesterday said, we're going to run the heck out of the ball.

730
00:44:44,860 --> 00:44:48,180
 But Auburn really retooled the tight end spot.

731
00:44:48,320 --> 00:44:49,360
 They've got seven.

732
00:44:49,880 --> 00:44:56,180
 I know Jake Johnson has speculated he may be the projected starter, but Bordingham, Herring, you know,

733
00:44:56,180 --> 00:45:01,780
 they're going to 12 personnel, have two or three when you get in goal line situation,

734
00:45:01,960 --> 00:45:09,420
 and 12 receivers, Singleton, Coger, Nimrod, again, speculated to be starters.

735
00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:15,280
 Man, they've retooled and beefed up tight end and wide receiver rooms.

736
00:45:16,640 --> 00:45:17,680
 Yeah, absolutely.

737
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:26,520
 And, you know, when you look at that tight end room a year ago, it's pretty much a major overhaul from a year ago in that room.

738
00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:29,500
 You bring in, you know, you lose Brandon Frazier.

739
00:45:29,660 --> 00:45:32,880
 You lose Preston Howard, who really, really struggled a year ago.

740
00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:36,100
 You lose Hollis Davidson, who was there for a year.

741
00:45:36,480 --> 00:45:39,540
 I think the lone attorney in that room is Ryan G.

742
00:45:40,020 --> 00:45:45,760
 So you bring in, I believe it's five or six newcomers in that room.

743
00:45:45,840 --> 00:45:47,360
 You talk about Jake Johnson.

744
00:45:47,480 --> 00:45:51,800
 I think he's probably going to be your, maybe your go-to guy in that room.

745
00:45:51,900 --> 00:45:56,420
 I think that he brings kind of the most experience and production.

746
00:45:56,640 --> 00:45:59,080
 I think Arlis Bordingham was a significant pickup.

747
00:45:59,680 --> 00:46:02,960
 When, you know, when I first saw that pickup, I was kind of interested.

748
00:46:03,180 --> 00:46:07,560
 I didn't necessarily know what Auburn had gotten out of when they picked up Arlis Bordingham.

749
00:46:07,700 --> 00:46:09,880
 He obviously brings SEC experience.

750
00:46:10,020 --> 00:46:11,480
 He spent three seasons in Florida.

751
00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:15,880
 I was reading through his accolades a couple weeks ago, and he's, you know,

752
00:46:15,940 --> 00:46:21,160
 honorable mention, academic, a guy in Florida in his freshman year.

753
00:46:21,160 --> 00:46:25,220
 So this guy probably has his smarts, and he can be a guy who comes in

754
00:46:25,220 --> 00:46:28,860
 and picks up on the system and helps kind of these younger tight ends in that room

755
00:46:28,860 --> 00:46:30,000
 kind of evolve.

756
00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:33,280
 You know, he obviously dealt with injuries at Bowling Green.

757
00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:37,640
 So I think that he's another guy who could come in and produce in that tight end room.

758
00:46:38,700 --> 00:46:42,920
 You bring over Xavier Newsome, who was with Larry Scott at Howard.

759
00:46:43,080 --> 00:46:45,480
 So that could be an interesting pickup as well.

760
00:46:45,480 --> 00:46:50,840
 He was highly regarded as a defensive edge rusher coming out of high school.

761
00:46:51,000 --> 00:46:52,280
 I believe he was at 6'6", 250.

762
00:46:52,640 --> 00:46:55,360
 So he could be a big target for you as well.

763
00:46:55,500 --> 00:47:00,860
 And then Hunter Herring, the ULM tight end that they picked up,

764
00:47:00,980 --> 00:47:03,200
 who played quarterback over at ULM.

765
00:47:03,320 --> 00:47:05,340
 This was also an interesting one to me.

766
00:47:05,420 --> 00:47:11,060
 You know, I was talking with Mike G of the War Report a couple weeks ago about this pickup.

767
00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:17,060
 And, you know, this could be one where, yeah, he might produce some in that tight end room.

768
00:47:17,400 --> 00:47:22,520
 And I think he certainly will also get some plug in in special teams.

769
00:47:22,640 --> 00:47:25,300
 But he could be a guy who comes in, like I said, play quarterback.

770
00:47:25,720 --> 00:47:31,060
 He could put the headset on on the sidelines, you know, and kind of be that Cord Sandberg type guy

771
00:47:31,060 --> 00:47:34,780
 who is a little bit older, a little bit more experienced, knows the playbook,

772
00:47:34,840 --> 00:47:37,120
 and he's helping maybe relay plays in.

773
00:47:37,340 --> 00:47:40,200
 Like, obviously that's just a hypothetical situation.

774
00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:46,000
 But he could totally be that guy who, you know, these younger guys could lean on to kind of get some of that experience

775
00:47:46,000 --> 00:47:50,300
 and help them kind of ease into this new scheme.

776
00:47:51,300 --> 00:47:54,140
 Logan Fowler hooking up with us from 1819 News.

777
00:47:54,260 --> 00:47:55,580
 Logan, I saw a number.

778
00:47:55,680 --> 00:47:59,180
 You can see if you've seen the same numbers that we have.

779
00:47:59,500 --> 00:48:02,460
 As far as everybody's wondering, what's my team spending?

780
00:48:02,820 --> 00:48:06,200
 Did I see $30 million that Auburn is divvying up?

781
00:48:06,260 --> 00:48:07,580
 I mean, I know that's Texas money.

782
00:48:07,680 --> 00:48:08,780
 Maybe I saw that wrong.

783
00:48:09,200 --> 00:48:10,720
 And your thoughts about two things.

784
00:48:10,820 --> 00:48:13,700
 Number one, this day and time, if you're going to win, you better have depth.

785
00:48:14,420 --> 00:48:16,440
 Where's Auburn, in your opinion, as far as depth?

786
00:48:16,440 --> 00:48:20,720
 And who is coming in behind Brown in a bad case scenario?

787
00:48:22,240 --> 00:48:28,900
 Yeah, I did see the number, the $30 million number being thrown around there in that NIL talk.

788
00:48:29,820 --> 00:48:32,440
 You know, I honestly, personally, I don't know.

789
00:48:32,920 --> 00:48:38,100
 I do think that you're having to throw out that type of money now to compete in this day and age.

790
00:48:38,220 --> 00:48:39,620
 You know, we talk about it a little bit.

791
00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:43,200
 And, again, I don't know specific numbers.

792
00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:48,580
 But just for instance, I mean, if you've got to pay Byron Brown, you know, a few million dollars,

793
00:48:48,700 --> 00:48:53,320
 you've got to pay a guy like Bryson Washington, Jeremiah Cobb, Malik Allstreet,

794
00:48:53,380 --> 00:48:55,740
 like all these guys, it starts to add up very quickly.

795
00:48:56,520 --> 00:49:00,680
 And $30 million, really, in the grand scheme of things, when we look at it,

796
00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:02,080
 that sounds like a lot of money.

797
00:49:02,260 --> 00:49:07,300
 But, you know, if you've got 105 scholarship spots and 105 guys on your roster,

798
00:49:07,800 --> 00:49:15,740
 it really is kind of interesting to think about how many of those guys are close to the million-dollar range.

799
00:49:17,200 --> 00:49:22,500
 Do the math there, you would only have about 30 who could consume that type of money.

800
00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:24,280
 So, that's very interesting.

801
00:49:24,560 --> 00:49:28,240
 I personally know that, you know, I know that Alex Golesh in Auburn,

802
00:49:28,360 --> 00:49:31,360
 he feels like he's got the resources at Auburn to succeed.

803
00:49:31,520 --> 00:49:34,020
 He talked a lot about that yesterday in that media setting.

804
00:49:35,780 --> 00:49:41,680
 And so, I believe he's got the support staff and everything he needs to be successful at Auburn.

805
00:49:41,680 --> 00:49:45,680
 And that's crazy to think that we're throwing around that type of money now in college football.

806
00:49:46,380 --> 00:49:48,340
 Only $30 million.

807
00:49:49,360 --> 00:49:50,100
 Right, right.

808
00:49:51,060 --> 00:49:55,300
 And so, getting to your question about the depth, you know, with that,

809
00:49:55,780 --> 00:50:00,900
 I don't think that there's really any team in college football nowadays who just has depth.

810
00:50:02,060 --> 00:50:04,300
 You know, depth galore, I guess I should say.

811
00:50:04,640 --> 00:50:08,420
 Like, when you think about those Alabama teams of the past, the Nick Saban teams,

812
00:50:08,940 --> 00:50:15,180
 you would see teams that could match up with them maybe 11-on-11 talent-wise.

813
00:50:15,180 --> 00:50:20,100
 But, when you get down and you're thinking about the 30, 50, 60 players that they have

814
00:50:20,100 --> 00:50:22,920
 sitting over there on the sideline, that's what made them different.

815
00:50:23,300 --> 00:50:27,320
 And I just don't think that you're going to see teams nowadays with that type of depth.

816
00:50:27,740 --> 00:50:31,740
 However, I do think that Auburn has some key depth pieces all over the field.

817
00:50:31,840 --> 00:50:32,380
 I really do.

818
00:50:32,540 --> 00:50:36,920
 You know, specifically talking about the offensive line, Alex Golesh mentioned yesterday,

819
00:50:37,080 --> 00:50:40,400
 brought in 17 scholarship offensive linemen and three walk-ons.

820
00:50:41,020 --> 00:50:44,120
 That's a lot of people competing for five spots.

821
00:50:44,460 --> 00:50:47,280
 And every single one of them think that they're going to go in there and start.

822
00:50:48,100 --> 00:50:53,940
 You know, he talked about how he's 100% convinced that the five he thinks is going to start right now

823
00:50:53,940 --> 00:50:59,780
 is just not going to, that's not going to come to fruition when, you know, when they take the field in August.

824
00:51:00,000 --> 00:51:02,800
 So, yeah, you've got plenty of names to work with there.

825
00:51:03,140 --> 00:51:09,580
 Speaking of quarterback, I do really like the Oregon State kid they brought in, Tristan.

826
00:51:09,580 --> 00:51:14,000
 And I don't want to miss up his last name because I can't think of it off the top of my head right here, Tatia.

827
00:51:15,940 --> 00:51:18,200
 And so, yeah, I do.

828
00:51:18,280 --> 00:51:19,560
 I've watched a little bit of his film.

829
00:51:19,680 --> 00:51:20,460
 I've looked at his numbers.

830
00:51:20,580 --> 00:51:21,940
 I think that he's got a live arm.

831
00:51:22,020 --> 00:51:25,780
 I think that he could be a guy who, once Byron Brown is out of the program,

832
00:51:26,180 --> 00:51:29,260
 I do think he could come in and be a starter, especially under Joel Gordon,

833
00:51:29,400 --> 00:51:33,940
 who seems to be, you know, a pretty good quarterback developer.

834
00:51:34,460 --> 00:51:37,660
 Golesh has really raved about him and his offensive mind

835
00:51:37,660 --> 00:51:40,360
 and how he's brilliant on that side of the ball.

836
00:51:40,980 --> 00:51:43,380
 So I think that he's going to be your first guy up.

837
00:51:44,360 --> 00:51:46,740
 You know, they added a couple of guys there from USF

838
00:51:46,740 --> 00:51:51,740
 and then the one kid they had committed to them down in South Florida in the 26th class as well.

839
00:51:52,840 --> 00:51:56,120
 So I think that Tristan Tia could be a guy who would come in

840
00:51:56,120 --> 00:52:01,000
 and give you some valuable minutes behind Byron Brown, which, you know, could.

841
00:52:01,820 --> 00:52:05,020
 You know, obviously, God forbid, Byron Brown get hurt or anybody get hurt.

842
00:52:05,220 --> 00:52:07,380
 But Byron Brown's going to run the football a lot.

843
00:52:07,960 --> 00:52:08,960
 He's going to be taking some hits.

844
00:52:09,140 --> 00:52:12,180
 So you definitely do have to have a quarterback sitting there behind Brown,

845
00:52:12,240 --> 00:52:15,400
 who you're confident in, that can go in there and give you some production.

846
00:52:16,900 --> 00:52:17,260
 Absolutely.

847
00:52:17,560 --> 00:52:19,160
 Good stuff, Logan.

848
00:52:19,160 --> 00:52:22,700
 A little basketball game on the plains tomorrow, about 3 o'clock.

849
00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:25,780
 I think it's on ESPN2 with Alabama and Auburn.

850
00:52:26,540 --> 00:52:32,400
 Where can we get online and get all your great stuff as far as football and basketball?

851
00:52:33,340 --> 00:52:33,700
 Yes, sir.

852
00:52:33,760 --> 00:52:36,880
 You're going to check out some written work over at 1819 News.

853
00:52:37,320 --> 00:52:40,860
 You can also check out some exclusive podcasts at Tailgate Auburn

854
00:52:40,860 --> 00:52:43,760
 and check out some more of our written work at Tailgate Auburn.

855
00:52:43,760 --> 00:52:48,900
 We have newsletters and profiles and such going out over there at tailgateauburn.com.

856
00:52:49,400 --> 00:52:51,860
 You can follow me on X at Logan F Fowler.

857
00:52:54,920 --> 00:52:56,440
 Logan, enjoy the weekend.

858
00:52:56,680 --> 00:53:00,100
 As the late Stevie Ray Vaughan will say, don't come knocking when you see the house rocking.

859
00:53:00,240 --> 00:53:04,700
 And I think the house is going to be rocking Saturday when the Iron Bowl returns to your backyard.

860
00:53:04,860 --> 00:53:06,440
 Thanks so much for your time today.

861
00:53:07,240 --> 00:53:07,640
 Absolutely.

862
00:53:07,840 --> 00:53:08,680
 Thank you for having me on.

863
00:53:08,800 --> 00:53:09,220
 You're good.

864
00:53:09,700 --> 00:53:12,020
 Logan Fowler, 1819 News.

865
00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:17,440
 Speaking of Alabama, in about three or four minutes from right now, guess what gets rocking?

866
00:53:18,320 --> 00:53:23,820
 Alabama softball today against Villanova over in Atlanta.

867
00:53:23,960 --> 00:53:24,600
 It's hard to believe.

868
00:53:25,100 --> 00:53:28,680
 Meanwhile, coming up in the next hour, we're going to put a ribbon on the recruiting classes.

869
00:53:28,900 --> 00:53:32,180
 The dean of everything, Tom Lemmy from CBS, is going to be checking in.

870
00:53:32,260 --> 00:53:36,920
 Along with the Ryan Express, Ryan Callahan and Ryan Fowler, it's all straight ahead.

871
00:53:37,000 --> 00:53:37,500
 Stay with us.

872
00:53:44,500 --> 00:53:47,420
 Getting the kids to practice on time.

873
00:53:47,840 --> 00:53:49,640
 Remembering if it's your day to bring snacks.

874
00:53:50,120 --> 00:53:51,900
 Making it to the game with a clean jersey.

875
00:53:52,400 --> 00:53:54,760
 Why are simple things sometimes so complicated?

876
00:53:55,240 --> 00:53:58,040
 Thankfully, with auto owners, insurance doesn't have to be one of them.

877
00:53:58,400 --> 00:54:01,320
 Auto owners works with independent agents who answer when you call.

878
00:54:01,560 --> 00:54:03,380
 So you can worry about more important things.

879
00:54:03,740 --> 00:54:06,520
 Like whether your kid is going to run toward first or third base.

880
00:54:07,060 --> 00:54:08,360
 That's simple human sense.

881
00:54:08,660 --> 00:54:12,300
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882
00:54:12,420 --> 00:54:15,180
 Or call 256-383-3400.

883
00:54:15,820 --> 00:54:17,240
 Well, good morning, kiddo.

884
00:54:17,780 --> 00:54:19,880
 I love that you're home from college.

885
00:54:20,140 --> 00:54:21,220
 I've missed you.

886
00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:23,160
 Still taking your nature-made vitamins?

887
00:54:23,620 --> 00:54:24,380
 Every day.

888
00:54:24,800 --> 00:54:27,080
 A multivitamin and a probiotic.

889
00:54:27,400 --> 00:54:28,620
 You better be taking yours.

890
00:54:28,960 --> 00:54:30,440
 Still looking out for me, Mom.

891
00:54:30,900 --> 00:54:32,180
 I'll never stop.

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997
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 Thank you so much for giving us a free ride around the Tennessee Valley and for welcoming in a man who has to have a very, very high IQ.

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 That's because he is now leaving Chicago and has been in Florida post the deep freeze leaving.

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1000
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 That was the last at least 10-20 of Tom Lemming when he's not busy following everything when it comes to recruiting at the Lemming Report on CBS, the Sports Network, and his magazine is called Prep Football Report.

1001
01:01:27,960 --> 01:01:28,800
 Tom, welcome in.

1002
01:01:28,840 --> 01:01:30,160
 Are you still in Florida?

1003
01:01:31,020 --> 01:01:34,040
 Yeah, I'm in the Tampa area now just kind of driving around.

1004
01:01:34,380 --> 01:01:37,460
 I'm not that bright, although I was smart last week.

1005
01:01:37,540 --> 01:01:47,680
 I was supposed to do a big get-together in Raleigh near NC State, and I called it off at 3 a.m. the day before because they were expecting 12 inches of snow.

1006
01:01:48,080 --> 01:01:48,740
 They got it.

1007
01:01:49,160 --> 01:01:54,660
 The interstates were closed because I was going to finish and then drive to Columbia, South Carolina, wind up in Savannah that night.

1008
01:01:54,720 --> 01:01:56,180
 I wouldn't have gotten off for three days.

1009
01:01:56,180 --> 01:01:58,960
 They closed the interstates, the big accidents.

1010
01:01:59,420 --> 01:02:08,600
 And I did it really to keep the kids and their parents from driving three to four hours to meet me because we're going to be the top 70 players in all of the Carolinas.

1011
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 And all of them were going to show up.

1012
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 They were even called the day before.

1013
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 We're still coming.

1014
01:02:13,320 --> 01:02:16,060
 And if they did, they would have been stuck there.

1015
01:02:16,340 --> 01:02:17,060
 So I'm glad I didn't.

1016
01:02:17,060 --> 01:02:17,560
 My goodness.

1017
01:02:18,120 --> 01:02:20,260
 I'll do it in May when the weather is a little bit better.

1018
01:02:20,380 --> 01:02:21,200
 There you go.

1019
01:02:21,260 --> 01:02:21,840
 There you go.

1020
01:02:21,840 --> 01:02:22,900
 Rain, sleet of snow.

1021
01:02:23,020 --> 01:02:23,880
 You still got the show.

1022
01:02:24,040 --> 01:02:29,460
 Tom, obviously, now both parts of the class, the old way of putting it together is now in the house.

1023
01:02:30,040 --> 01:02:30,560
 Tom, your thoughts.

1024
01:02:30,640 --> 01:02:36,900
 Who comes out, in your opinion, the winners now that the five recruiting classes and all the recruiting classes are in?

1025
01:02:36,940 --> 01:02:38,620
 Who is your top five, Tom Lemming?

1026
01:02:39,360 --> 01:02:40,720
 I have USC number one.

1027
01:02:40,720 --> 01:02:46,580
 They have by far the best high school because they have so many players and they're all four and five stars.

1028
01:02:47,240 --> 01:02:49,200
 And then Alabama, they moved up quickly.

1029
01:02:50,360 --> 01:02:51,500
 Notre Dame had been number two.

1030
01:02:51,580 --> 01:02:57,620
 They moved down, even though they had a good NIL day when bringing in the transfers.

1031
01:02:58,360 --> 01:03:00,800
 But it's Alabama, Notre Dame, Oregon, Ohio State.

1032
01:03:00,980 --> 01:03:03,760
 Georgia just, it was between Georgia and Ohio State.

1033
01:03:03,880 --> 01:03:05,560
 And again, it's all apples and oranges anyway.

1034
01:03:05,680 --> 01:03:07,340
 Those six schools all had great years.

1035
01:03:07,840 --> 01:03:11,680
 That top six was, in my opinion, head and shoulders above the rest.

1036
01:03:12,880 --> 01:03:15,320
 All right, Tom, obviously, you know our zip code.

1037
01:03:15,500 --> 01:03:16,420
 Indulge us, if you will.

1038
01:03:16,520 --> 01:03:23,120
 Why is Alabama, two ways of looking at it, number two in the country, and it doesn't take a smart fellow to figure it out.

1039
01:03:23,180 --> 01:03:25,620
 Number one in SEC, which is always important.

1040
01:03:26,060 --> 01:03:30,100
 You can finish from good class sometimes and finish seventh or eighth in the SEC.

1041
01:03:30,460 --> 01:03:32,780
 What makes Alabama number two, in your opinion?

1042
01:03:33,820 --> 01:03:37,400
 Well, getting Xavier Griffin was a big, big catch, too.

1043
01:03:37,440 --> 01:03:40,360
 Because he was one of my two finalists for the Buckets Award.

1044
01:03:41,000 --> 01:03:41,180
 Wow.

1045
01:03:41,340 --> 01:03:42,460
 Another kid went to Texas.

1046
01:03:42,600 --> 01:03:43,500
 They're both from Georgia.

1047
01:03:43,720 --> 01:03:51,580
 But Xavier is an impact ball player who I think is going to be a lifestyle guy right from the beginning because it's such explosive moves.

1048
01:03:52,160 --> 01:03:53,700
 But I thought, you know, he was big.

1049
01:03:53,800 --> 01:03:54,520
 Everybody they got.

1050
01:03:54,600 --> 01:03:58,540
 Even they got a kid out of the Chicagoer, Max Sutter, tight end.

1051
01:03:58,980 --> 01:03:59,360
 In Alabama.

1052
01:03:59,860 --> 01:04:03,180
 As a matter of fact, Alabama was there a couple of days last week.

1053
01:04:03,400 --> 01:04:06,580
 Them and Georgia, I think, total, they offer like nine guys out of Chicago.

1054
01:04:06,740 --> 01:04:07,520
 Chicago is loaded.

1055
01:04:08,140 --> 01:04:10,000
 So they're hitting that.

1056
01:04:10,000 --> 01:04:16,140
 And obviously, a quarterback that I thought has five stars, and I gave him to him back in April, Jet Tamela.

1057
01:04:16,860 --> 01:04:19,140
 I thought he was big, big time when I saw him.

1058
01:04:19,200 --> 01:04:21,740
 And I sat down with him and his coach and watched him throw.

1059
01:04:21,840 --> 01:04:23,040
 And you watch.

1060
01:04:23,080 --> 01:04:24,560
 He's going to be a big-time kid.

1061
01:04:25,280 --> 01:04:32,300
 And just everybody, when you go up and down their roster, you know, the Coral Wall kid, arguably one of the top two running backs in the country.

1062
01:04:32,660 --> 01:04:35,440
 And Jordan Edwards, one of the top two free safety.

1063
01:04:35,860 --> 01:04:43,220
 So Alabama just did a fantastic job at recruiting and obviously did a good job, too, just with transfers.

1064
01:04:43,480 --> 01:04:45,320
 So I think overall, the class.

1065
01:04:45,620 --> 01:04:46,160
 I don't know how many.

1066
01:04:47,000 --> 01:04:49,540
 What is it, 105 now you're allowed to have?

1067
01:04:50,020 --> 01:04:50,340
 105.

1068
01:04:50,680 --> 01:04:51,480
 You can afford it.

1069
01:04:52,260 --> 01:04:52,360
 Right.

1070
01:04:52,780 --> 01:04:55,460
 You know, back when I started in the late 70s, it was 105.

1071
01:04:56,560 --> 01:05:08,140
 And with that, the ball players, you know, the weaker schools, Vanderbilt, the Mississippi State for the conference, they really couldn't compete against Alabama or Tennessee or schools like that.

1072
01:05:08,180 --> 01:05:14,280
 But now at LSU, now with the transfer portal, if you're not playing one year, you're bouncing around to the next go right away.

1073
01:05:14,380 --> 01:05:15,960
 So everything's kind of equal and out.

1074
01:05:16,500 --> 01:05:17,320
 It's crazy.

1075
01:05:17,980 --> 01:05:29,120
 I'm having trouble keeping track of everybody because they may sign one day, like Duke quarterback, and then Miami comes up with a lot more money and say, well, Duke, we'll pay you money to let your quarterback go to us.

1076
01:05:29,300 --> 01:05:31,120
 So it's a crazy world.

1077
01:05:31,220 --> 01:05:39,060
 I don't like this world, but I guess we've got to live with it until the NCAA and all the athletic directors put their heads together.

1078
01:05:39,180 --> 01:05:53,900
 And usually when they do it, the IQ still hasn't reached 100, but still you're hoping that they do someday get things figured out so it's more of a, you know, instead of the Wild West with these guys transferring everywhere left and right.

1079
01:05:53,900 --> 01:06:01,220
 And, you know, the kids are always going to get paid now, but I do think they need some rules, maybe NFL-type rules, and that might work out.

1080
01:06:02,280 --> 01:06:05,360
 Tom, let me ask you about the line of scrimmage for Alabama.

1081
01:06:05,480 --> 01:06:07,660
 We talked about that a good bit this week.

1082
01:06:07,780 --> 01:06:09,160
 They brought in some guys.

1083
01:06:09,240 --> 01:06:12,380
 They got five offensive linemen, five defensive linemen.

1084
01:06:13,020 --> 01:06:16,500
 Jared Doughty from Atlanta.

1085
01:06:16,700 --> 01:06:20,800
 Chris Booker, a four-star interior offensive lineman from Hapeville.

1086
01:06:21,340 --> 01:06:27,380
 Charter in Atlanta, a Bear Fretwell, a three-star kid, a run of 4-7.

1087
01:06:27,940 --> 01:06:33,940
 Picked up Bryson Cooley, a four-star from West Jones High School in Laurel, Mississippi late.

1088
01:06:33,940 --> 01:06:37,740
 And then on the defensive line, Nolan Wilson from Picayune.

1089
01:06:38,240 --> 01:06:42,940
 Jamari Matthews, who transferred from Spartan and Harvest to Gainesville.

1090
01:06:43,500 --> 01:06:46,660
 And Maury Johnson in our backyard for most of the shows.

1091
01:06:46,780 --> 01:06:53,840
 What's your thoughts on what appears on paper to be a very productive lineman class for Alabama?

1092
01:06:54,900 --> 01:06:59,600
 You know, Alabama is, without a doubt, still one of the best recruiting staffs in the country.

1093
01:06:59,760 --> 01:07:00,200
 I watch that.

1094
01:07:00,460 --> 01:07:02,680
 You know, being on the road almost the whole year, you watch it.

1095
01:07:03,340 --> 01:07:12,500
 And I didn't see much of a drop-off between Nick and the staff, the new staff, when it comes to work ethic and going out there.

1096
01:07:12,560 --> 01:07:13,500
 Alabama is everywhere.

1097
01:07:14,000 --> 01:07:18,820
 I mean, you didn't really see Nick's guys up in Chicago like you see now or in New Jersey or in Ohio.

1098
01:07:19,640 --> 01:07:22,300
 So these guys are really going after the top guys.

1099
01:07:22,440 --> 01:07:25,120
 It's just a matter of they're not winning like Nick did.

1100
01:07:25,280 --> 01:07:26,860
 So the fans are a little upset with him.

1101
01:07:26,920 --> 01:07:28,080
 But I'm not upset.

1102
01:07:28,400 --> 01:07:31,280
 And, you know, guys like Nolan Wilson coming in, he's an outstanding player.

1103
01:07:31,400 --> 01:07:32,760
 Matthews is an outstanding player.

1104
01:07:33,060 --> 01:07:34,120
 They've done very well.

1105
01:07:34,340 --> 01:07:37,060
 They've got the horses to win a national title again.

1106
01:07:37,440 --> 01:07:41,280
 It just comes down to the, you know, the conference is super competitive.

1107
01:07:41,280 --> 01:07:44,700
 And the whole nation is now super competitive.

1108
01:07:44,840 --> 01:07:45,800
 The Big Ten is coming in.

1109
01:07:45,880 --> 01:07:48,240
 Who would have thought Indiana would have won a national title?

1110
01:07:48,420 --> 01:07:49,100
 Oh, my gosh.

1111
01:07:49,220 --> 01:07:54,620
 I remember when Jerry Denardo was head coach, they were just happy to win four or five games.

1112
01:07:55,420 --> 01:07:57,640
 And now they've won a national title.

1113
01:07:57,880 --> 01:08:05,160
 And it's because of the money that the alumni put into the program, but also they've got a great coach in Kurt Cignetti.

1114
01:08:05,520 --> 01:08:10,180
 But also they knew how to hit the transfer portal better than anybody else.

1115
01:08:10,680 --> 01:08:12,200
 Because Kurt has that eye for talent.

1116
01:08:12,360 --> 01:08:14,020
 He said, I'm not just looking for four or five stars.

1117
01:08:14,100 --> 01:08:19,200
 I'm looking for guys that can play in our system, but also play at a very high level.

1118
01:08:19,220 --> 01:08:23,600
 And I think other people are going to start looking at, hey, you know what, maybe we shouldn't go.

1119
01:08:23,820 --> 01:08:26,660
 I started the five-star system, and even I say the bogus.

1120
01:08:26,860 --> 01:08:29,120
 I mean, you know, look for guys just because they've got stars.

1121
01:08:29,220 --> 01:08:33,900
 You look for guys because they've got heart, they've got great production, and they've got the size that fits that position.

1122
01:08:34,220 --> 01:08:38,660
 When you look for those kind of guys like Kurt did the past couple of years, you're going to have great success.

1123
01:08:39,860 --> 01:08:40,560
 Great point.

1124
01:08:40,700 --> 01:08:42,040
 Tom Lemming hooking up with us.

1125
01:08:42,140 --> 01:08:44,260
 There's a Lemming report on the CBS Sports Network.

1126
01:08:44,520 --> 01:08:45,880
 Obviously, you mentioned it, Tom.

1127
01:08:46,240 --> 01:08:48,520
 A lot of folks are going to say, we live in a copycat world.

1128
01:08:48,580 --> 01:08:49,980
 We're not saying he's copycat.

1129
01:08:50,480 --> 01:08:54,160
 But you could make that assessment with what Goldish is doing at Auburn.

1130
01:08:54,280 --> 01:09:00,560
 He leaves a school, goes to another school, and basically has to get three Greyhound buses to bring everybody from Tampa.

1131
01:09:00,640 --> 01:09:03,940
 Speaking of Tampa, right down the road from where you are now to Auburn.

1132
01:09:03,940 --> 01:09:12,640
 And your thoughts, I saw where Auburn got 16 with a traditional route of high school kids, 39 probably and counting with a portal.

1133
01:09:12,960 --> 01:09:15,620
 Your thoughts about the roster at Auburn, Tom?

1134
01:09:16,680 --> 01:09:18,740
 I knew him as a recruiting coordinator.

1135
01:09:18,900 --> 01:09:19,800
 He was very good.

1136
01:09:19,900 --> 01:09:22,080
 I didn't even know he was a coach until just recently.

1137
01:09:23,100 --> 01:09:23,500
 Yeah.

1138
01:09:24,060 --> 01:09:27,740
 He is a very good recruiter, and you watch.

1139
01:09:28,260 --> 01:09:31,480
 Auburn's going to do very well because this guy seems to know what he's doing.

1140
01:09:31,480 --> 01:09:34,180
 And he's another guy that seems to bring in the right players.

1141
01:09:34,680 --> 01:09:36,060
 I saw a lot of the Auburn guys.

1142
01:09:36,240 --> 01:09:41,560
 Usually, you know, I see every one of Alabama's guys a person because they go up to high-profile guys.

1143
01:09:42,120 --> 01:09:43,660
 But I saw a good number of these guys.

1144
01:09:43,880 --> 01:09:46,340
 You know, the Wills kid is an instant impact player.

1145
01:09:46,520 --> 01:09:52,760
 It is the kid from Mobile, Doodle, I think that's his name, the linebacker.

1146
01:09:52,960 --> 01:09:53,780
 Yeah, it is.

1147
01:09:54,400 --> 01:09:56,680
 He was one of my 15 finalists for the Butkus Award.

1148
01:09:56,720 --> 01:09:58,000
 I really liked him on film.

1149
01:09:58,000 --> 01:10:05,300
 And they got some, in my opinion, some really outstanding ball players that people like Parker Pritchett.

1150
01:10:05,340 --> 01:10:07,120
 I went to Carbert High School in Columbus, saw him.

1151
01:10:07,280 --> 01:10:08,020
 Really liked him.

1152
01:10:08,160 --> 01:10:08,740
 He's big.

1153
01:10:08,800 --> 01:10:10,260
 He's got great lengths and everything else.

1154
01:10:10,940 --> 01:10:11,820
 Adam Ali.

1155
01:10:12,540 --> 01:10:14,240
 I'd seen him at Cardinal Newman.

1156
01:10:14,360 --> 01:10:15,440
 I had all the players meet there.

1157
01:10:15,540 --> 01:10:17,640
 And I was just at that school two days ago, too.

1158
01:10:18,120 --> 01:10:19,800
 And Adam, a big-time guy.

1159
01:10:19,880 --> 01:10:22,200
 He was also one of our Butkus nominees.

1160
01:10:22,860 --> 01:10:23,820
 So they did well.

1161
01:10:23,820 --> 01:10:27,260
 Obviously, the class isn't really that close to Alabama's.

1162
01:10:27,540 --> 01:10:32,560
 But for Auburn, with a new coach and everything, and with all the problems they had over the past couple of years with U-Free,

1163
01:10:33,260 --> 01:10:34,720
 I think it's an excellent.

1164
01:10:35,420 --> 01:10:37,840
 And I think it also bodes well for the future.

1165
01:10:38,420 --> 01:10:41,020
 You know, their top, I had them between 25 and 30.

1166
01:10:41,600 --> 01:10:47,280
 But I'd say next year, I bet Auburn has a shot at possibly breaking into the top 10, but for sure the top 15.

1167
01:10:47,420 --> 01:10:49,520
 Because I think he's going to have things going.

1168
01:10:49,640 --> 01:10:50,380
 He knows the recruiting.

1169
01:10:50,600 --> 01:10:52,800
 And to me, I'd watch guys develop.

1170
01:10:52,940 --> 01:10:54,640
 Mack Brown, everybody said, well, I can't go.

1171
01:10:54,700 --> 01:10:58,920
 But he knew he was a great recruiter, as was Phil Fulmer, the best, really.

1172
01:10:59,120 --> 01:10:59,840
 Nick was the best.

1173
01:10:59,960 --> 01:11:00,860
 Hadn't showed up to everybody else.

1174
01:11:00,900 --> 01:11:02,980
 But after him comes Pete Carroll and Urban Meyer.

1175
01:11:03,120 --> 01:11:04,000
 They were all great.

1176
01:11:04,140 --> 01:11:05,440
 And Bobby Bowden the same way.

1177
01:11:06,560 --> 01:11:12,480
 Let me ask you about some of the prospects who visited Alabama and Auburn this past weekend.

1178
01:11:12,480 --> 01:11:17,580
 And everybody wants Elijah Haven, the number one quarterback, according to a lot of people.

1179
01:11:18,520 --> 01:11:26,620
 From Baton Rouge, John Meredith, considered to be a, quote, five-star from North Crowley High School in Fort Worth.

1180
01:11:27,920 --> 01:11:30,960
 Monson Sales, out of Indianapolis.

1181
01:11:31,180 --> 01:11:34,100
 His nickname is Bama, which may tell you something.

1182
01:11:35,160 --> 01:11:36,780
 There are a lot of other ones here.

1183
01:11:36,780 --> 01:11:40,780
 But I'm sure you've seen all these guys by now in person.

1184
01:11:41,460 --> 01:11:42,400
 I've seen all of them.

1185
01:11:42,840 --> 01:11:47,800
 I just saw my number one player in the country, quarterback, Champ Mons from Vero Beach.

1186
01:11:47,960 --> 01:11:48,980
 Alabama's offered him.

1187
01:11:49,340 --> 01:11:51,620
 And Alabama, I think that's who he mentions first.

1188
01:11:52,480 --> 01:11:53,760
 He wasn't my number one.

1189
01:11:53,820 --> 01:11:55,380
 DJ Jacobs had been my number one.

1190
01:11:55,400 --> 01:11:59,400
 Now he's not my number two, the kid who's committed to Ohio State from Roswell, Georgia.

1191
01:12:00,020 --> 01:12:02,960
 But I spent a couple hours watching this kid.

1192
01:12:03,340 --> 01:12:07,860
 Champ Mons is 6'3", 230, quarterback, threw for 3,000 yards, rushed for 700.

1193
01:12:08,500 --> 01:12:10,500
 Runs a 4'5", at 6'2", 230.

1194
01:12:10,500 --> 01:12:11,120
 He's got an arm.

1195
01:12:11,120 --> 01:12:14,380
 He's got terrific skills.

1196
01:12:14,740 --> 01:12:15,620
 I saw Elijah Haven.

1197
01:12:15,700 --> 01:12:16,360
 I went to his school.

1198
01:12:16,700 --> 01:12:17,960
 He's one of the nicest kids around.

1199
01:12:18,040 --> 01:12:18,920
 He's got length, everything.

1200
01:12:19,480 --> 01:12:20,900
 I don't think he's as good as Champ Mons.

1201
01:12:21,000 --> 01:12:21,860
 I watched them both.

1202
01:12:22,220 --> 01:12:25,600
 Champ plays Vero Beach, the best teams in the state of Florida.

1203
01:12:25,780 --> 01:12:32,780
 As a matter of fact, unfortunately, he was winning the state title for that one kid through the touchdown pass on a Hail Mary.

1204
01:12:33,160 --> 01:12:39,600
 It was all over the Internet before that, and they beat Vero Beach on the last play of the game, a 45-yard Hail Mary pass.

1205
01:12:40,000 --> 01:12:41,300
 But this kid is outstanding.

1206
01:12:41,420 --> 01:12:42,440
 He's got great, done everything.

1207
01:12:43,160 --> 01:12:44,460
 Alabama's right all over him.

1208
01:12:44,620 --> 01:12:45,240
 That's the guy.

1209
01:12:45,360 --> 01:12:45,780
 And I know they want...

1210
01:12:45,780 --> 01:12:49,660
 If they get either Champ Mons or Elijah Haven, they're in business.

1211
01:12:50,100 --> 01:12:53,460
 Monchon Sales looks like the best wide receiver in the country.

1212
01:12:53,620 --> 01:12:54,540
 I've seen him several times.

1213
01:12:54,640 --> 01:12:56,140
 He's very obliging, good kid.

1214
01:12:56,800 --> 01:12:58,880
 They don't have that work ethic yet when you watch him.

1215
01:12:58,940 --> 01:13:01,260
 But he doesn't have 10, 10, 800-meter speed.

1216
01:13:01,380 --> 01:13:02,300
 He's 6'5", 195.

1217
01:13:02,880 --> 01:13:04,860
 So I think at Alabama, he'll get it.

1218
01:13:05,200 --> 01:13:08,480
 He's got all the skills in the world to be a super five-star player.

1219
01:13:08,660 --> 01:13:10,380
 But play-wise, he's good.

1220
01:13:10,480 --> 01:13:11,980
 But he's not the knockout guy yet.

1221
01:13:12,600 --> 01:13:13,800
 There's two great running backs.

1222
01:13:14,060 --> 01:13:16,160
 Come on, Spell, who's already committed to Georgia.

1223
01:13:16,680 --> 01:13:18,900
 And David Gabriel George is from Baylor.

1224
01:13:18,980 --> 01:13:21,560
 When I saw that kid, I said, oh, he's from Montreal, Canada.

1225
01:13:21,980 --> 01:13:23,780
 Who thought they even played football up there?

1226
01:13:23,780 --> 01:13:26,460
 I know it's hockey, but this kid is outstanding.

1227
01:13:27,240 --> 01:13:27,620
 Both of them.

1228
01:13:27,920 --> 01:13:31,080
 It's apples and oranges again for the great running back.

1229
01:13:31,180 --> 01:13:34,600
 And the best tight end is Ahmaud Hudson out of Ruston, Louisiana.

1230
01:13:34,920 --> 01:13:36,300
 He came down and met me at A&M.

1231
01:13:36,560 --> 01:13:38,520
 He's also a great basketball player.

1232
01:13:39,060 --> 01:13:41,280
 The best corner is a kid named Joshua Dobson.

1233
01:13:41,640 --> 01:13:46,140
 So I've seen all the top 100 kids already in person, several of them twice already.

1234
01:13:46,280 --> 01:13:48,900
 And now it's still traveling until late April.

1235
01:13:49,080 --> 01:13:50,480
 I'll probably see a lot of them three times.

1236
01:13:50,860 --> 01:13:52,440
 Those are the best guys I've seen.

1237
01:13:52,440 --> 01:13:53,940
 John Meredith is a good corner.

1238
01:13:54,360 --> 01:13:56,420
 But I thought Joshua Dobson is better than him.

1239
01:13:56,840 --> 01:14:00,540
 The more length, you know, Joshua runs like a 10, 700 meters.

1240
01:14:00,640 --> 01:14:01,360
 He switched now.

1241
01:14:01,860 --> 01:14:03,480
 He was the best player in South Carolina.

1242
01:14:03,840 --> 01:14:08,380
 Last week, he moved up to North Carolina to play at the best program in the Charlotte area.

1243
01:14:08,980 --> 01:14:10,880
 So he's going to be one.

1244
01:14:11,100 --> 01:14:13,500
 I think Alabama's offered just about every single one of them.

1245
01:14:13,560 --> 01:14:15,360
 So you'll be hearing that a lot this year.

1246
01:14:16,400 --> 01:14:23,260
 Let me ask you about two Alabama guys, defensive linemen, who have a tremendous amount of potential.

1247
01:14:24,000 --> 01:14:25,240
 Of course, everybody wants them.

1248
01:14:25,340 --> 01:14:27,040
 Hueytown's Donovan Moore.

1249
01:14:27,240 --> 01:14:34,640
 Moore is 6'3", 285, considered by many to be the number one prospect in the state of Alabama.

1250
01:14:35,420 --> 01:14:42,200
 And Carlos May from Ramsey in Birmingham, 6'3", 305.

1251
01:14:42,920 --> 01:14:48,320
 But, again, just a host of schools that certainly want their services.

1252
01:14:48,980 --> 01:14:50,580
 Your thoughts, if you've seen them.

1253
01:14:50,660 --> 01:14:56,120
 Hueytown's Donovan Moore, a defensive lineman, and Carlos May from Ramsey in Birmingham.

1254
01:14:56,840 --> 01:15:02,320
 Just in the last couple of months, I went to both schools so I could sit down with them and their coach.

1255
01:15:02,580 --> 01:15:04,540
 And you're right, you're two great players.

1256
01:15:05,260 --> 01:15:09,340
 Carlos May has become national as an interior defensive tackle.

1257
01:15:10,620 --> 01:15:13,780
 That's really the most difficult position to recruit.

1258
01:15:14,460 --> 01:15:17,640
 You get big guys, but most of them are moved on offense because they don't have the feet.

1259
01:15:17,760 --> 01:15:19,600
 Carlos has got great feet, as does Moore.

1260
01:15:20,220 --> 01:15:21,160
 They're both big guys.

1261
01:15:21,300 --> 01:15:23,200
 They're both impact ball players.

1262
01:15:23,620 --> 01:15:24,900
 And they're both nationally recruited.

1263
01:15:24,900 --> 01:15:29,840
 And it'll come down to NIL money with both these guys, I'm sure, because they're that good.

1264
01:15:30,680 --> 01:15:32,740
 And that's why it was great.

1265
01:15:32,900 --> 01:15:37,600
 I've been to Donovan's, what's his name, the quarterback, the NFL quarterback game.

1266
01:15:37,840 --> 01:15:40,080
 I went and saw him years ago.

1267
01:15:40,260 --> 01:15:41,340
 I went to Florida State.

1268
01:15:41,980 --> 01:15:44,040
 And I came back and told the coach.

1269
01:15:44,140 --> 01:15:46,580
 That's the first time I've been there since he was there.

1270
01:15:46,660 --> 01:15:48,540
 And Donovan, watched him on film.

1271
01:15:48,740 --> 01:15:51,560
 And, you know, he's got great, violent-type hands.

1272
01:15:51,560 --> 01:15:53,480
 He's a natural athlete.

1273
01:15:53,820 --> 01:15:58,600
 Well, Carlos is more of an impact inside guy where he can really dominate.

1274
01:15:58,920 --> 01:16:00,800
 So they're both just big, big-time players.

1275
01:16:00,940 --> 01:16:01,360
 And you're right.

1276
01:16:01,500 --> 01:16:06,020
 They're, if not the two best, they're two of the top players in the state.

1277
01:16:07,460 --> 01:16:07,860
 Absolutely.

1278
01:16:08,300 --> 01:16:09,600
 Well, you're the best.

1279
01:16:09,840 --> 01:16:12,480
 When I texted about Thamala, I couldn't help him.

1280
01:16:12,480 --> 01:16:18,500
 I nearly chuckled when I saw that, that, yeah, Thamala's a five-star on 24-7.

1281
01:16:18,500 --> 01:16:22,040
 He's been a five-star for nearly a year from you.

1282
01:16:22,920 --> 01:16:24,680
 I know you've been singing his praises.

1283
01:16:24,680 --> 01:16:29,600
 Yeah, I noticed when I told him I was going to name him five stars, he said, well, the website's got me a three.

1284
01:16:29,880 --> 01:16:31,540
 And one of them doesn't even have me.

1285
01:16:31,700 --> 01:16:33,200
 He said, don't worry about it.

1286
01:16:33,680 --> 01:16:38,820
 When I do it, you know, not that I'm a genius or anything, but everyone knows I'm the only guy that travel to see these guys in person.

1287
01:16:39,240 --> 01:16:41,520
 And I usually get a collective opinion talking to college.

1288
01:16:41,700 --> 01:16:45,080
 Sometimes NFL guys like Sean Payton, they'll tell me about the guys in their area.

1289
01:16:45,440 --> 01:16:50,940
 So after I'm finished, and I told them, I said, you watch the other guys, they'll start moving you up as soon as I put this out.

1290
01:16:51,580 --> 01:16:52,300
 Hey, guys.

1291
01:16:52,420 --> 01:16:54,540
 Well, we've been working with you for so long.

1292
01:16:54,720 --> 01:16:55,920
 Where can we get online?

1293
01:16:56,060 --> 01:16:58,180
 I know you quite busy, obviously, yesterday.

1294
01:16:58,340 --> 01:17:01,460
 Where can we get online and get all your good stuff?

1295
01:17:01,780 --> 01:17:11,180
 Just go to Tom Lemming, L-E-M-M-I-N-G, TomLemming, prepfootball.com, and then get it, or just the Lemming Report, which is the name of the show.

1296
01:17:11,340 --> 01:17:17,440
 And my Twitter handle, or X handle, whatever they call it now, and then they can tell them how to get the magazines.

1297
01:17:17,700 --> 01:17:19,340
 It's always 240 pages.

1298
01:17:19,740 --> 01:17:24,380
 Then there's a 120-page underclass magazine that comes out right after that one.

1299
01:17:24,480 --> 01:17:27,020
 So that's why I have to now check out freshmen.

1300
01:17:27,100 --> 01:17:28,380
 Who was that 20 years ago?

1301
01:17:28,400 --> 01:17:30,080
 I'm looking at freshmen in high school now.

1302
01:17:30,520 --> 01:17:31,760
 It seems to be natural.

1303
01:17:31,760 --> 01:17:33,540
 They're getting offered by all the colleges.

1304
01:17:34,540 --> 01:17:35,800
 That's why you're still in business.

1305
01:17:35,920 --> 01:17:36,880
 You evolve with the times.

1306
01:17:37,140 --> 01:17:38,180
 Tom, safe travels out there.

1307
01:17:38,260 --> 01:17:41,120
 Watch out for falling iguanas out of the palm trees down there, okay?

1308
01:17:41,760 --> 01:17:42,540
 I sure will.

1309
01:17:42,800 --> 01:17:43,300
 Take care.

1310
01:17:43,360 --> 01:17:43,980
 Thank you, Tom.

1311
01:17:44,060 --> 01:17:44,500
 Bye-bye, guys.

1312
01:17:44,500 --> 01:17:44,820
 Thank you so much.

1313
01:17:44,880 --> 01:17:49,700
 Tom Lemming, looking at what this vision there with the Lemming Report on the CBS Sports Network.

1314
01:17:49,880 --> 01:17:52,440
 Coming up, it's Ryan Callahan on UT on deck.

1315
01:17:52,520 --> 01:17:52,960
 Stay with us.

1316
01:17:57,580 --> 01:18:03,460
 Silicon carbide was discovered in 1893 when a meteorite crashed to the earth in Arizona.

1317
01:18:03,700 --> 01:18:07,180
 It was discovered by a French chemist named Henri Messon.

1318
01:18:07,540 --> 01:18:09,100
 And originally, he thought it was a diamond.

1319
01:18:09,420 --> 01:18:12,020
 When he realized it wasn't, he named it after himself.

1320
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 That's right.

1321
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 I know we've all kind of been divided here lately, but I think we can all agree from deep down in our soul that we all hate Valentine's Day.

1323
01:18:21,520 --> 01:18:24,380
 It is the most fabricated and made-up holiday ever.

1324
01:18:24,580 --> 01:18:30,200
 So, in celebration of that, I'm now declaring Moissanite the official anti-Valentine's Day gym.

1325
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 And at Medford Jewelers, we are going to be running one-carat emerald-cut Moissanite bezel set in both pendant and earrings for $75 each.

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01:18:38,260 --> 01:18:41,340
 Or you can get the pendant and earring pair for $125.

1327
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1328
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1329
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1330
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1333
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1334
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1335
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1337
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1338
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1339
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1340
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1386
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1392
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1393
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1394
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1399
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1400
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1401
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 Yeah, cybersecurity.

1402
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1403
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1411
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 The Score.

1432
01:23:24,100 --> 01:23:28,900
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1433
01:23:29,420 --> 01:23:35,500
 Welcome back in, the man who never sleeps, rain, sleet, or a lot of snow like this past weekend in his backyard.

1434
01:23:35,500 --> 01:23:39,500
 Ryan Callahan got it all covered there when it comes to UT at GoVols247.

1435
01:23:40,160 --> 01:23:41,520
 Ryan, welcome in.

1436
01:23:41,700 --> 01:23:44,600
 Has the snow begun to melt yet in your backyard?

1437
01:23:45,960 --> 01:23:51,960
 Yeah, I'm actually looking at a pretty clean yard and clean streets, but we were out of school yet again here today.

1438
01:23:52,140 --> 01:23:58,940
 We've been, Knox County has been out of school all week so far, over a total of about three and a half inches of snow.

1439
01:23:59,320 --> 01:24:00,960
 So it's been a few weeks.

1440
01:24:01,640 --> 01:24:04,080
 Yeah, I know the kids hate that, Ryan, so much.

1441
01:24:04,200 --> 01:24:04,620
 Oh, I know.

1442
01:24:05,300 --> 01:24:08,720
 Are the parents all bald from pulling their hair out, trying to stay inside with those kids?

1443
01:24:08,720 --> 01:24:09,060
 Oh, yeah.

1444
01:24:10,320 --> 01:24:10,800
 No question.

1445
01:24:10,800 --> 01:24:14,940
 Ryan, obviously, talk to us about National Signing Day Part 2.

1446
01:24:15,120 --> 01:24:16,900
 I'm looking at some numbers here.

1447
01:24:17,480 --> 01:24:24,660
 Is it true that, Ryan, that UT finished with a No. 8 class on National Signing Day Part 2?

1448
01:24:25,660 --> 01:24:26,180
 They did.

1449
01:24:26,380 --> 01:24:30,300
 And really, the only movement there was the result of recent rankings updates.

1450
01:24:30,700 --> 01:24:35,420
 Tennessee just finished, I believe it was .09 points behind No. 7 Texas.

1451
01:24:35,420 --> 01:24:41,900
 They had predicted No. 7, flipped behind Texas as a result of those updates and a recent addition by Texas.

1452
01:24:42,540 --> 01:24:47,020
 Tennessee did add a running back yesterday that helped the team score a little bit.

1453
01:24:47,540 --> 01:24:54,900
 So not a completely quiet National Signing Day, but it's clearly not the event that it was years ago.

1454
01:24:55,740 --> 01:25:03,500
 But, yeah, Tennessee with a strong class, their highest-rated class clearly since 2015.

1455
01:25:03,980 --> 01:25:06,720
 So, you know, massive progress there.

1456
01:25:07,480 --> 01:25:13,300
 You know, to go from 10 to 12 is a little bit harder than going up two spots lower in the rankings.

1457
01:25:13,540 --> 01:25:19,980
 So their highest class had been No. 10 before that, under Josh Heifel, now up to No. 8 in the 2026 class.

1458
01:25:20,100 --> 01:25:22,340
 So a strong effort led by three five-stars.

1459
01:25:22,480 --> 01:25:24,440
 First time they've done that also since 2015.

1460
01:25:25,100 --> 01:25:28,640
 So a lot of really good players toward the top of the class.

1461
01:25:28,640 --> 01:25:33,520
 And then, you know, we'll kind of have to see over time how the bottom half grades out.

1462
01:25:33,580 --> 01:25:36,040
 But even some guys with, I think, pretty high ceilings in that part of the class.

1463
01:25:36,740 --> 01:25:39,680
 Brian, talk to us about the recipe just how it puts together.

1464
01:25:40,040 --> 01:25:41,760
 You see Lane at LSU.

1465
01:25:42,080 --> 01:25:43,900
 You see Golesh at Auburn.

1466
01:25:44,040 --> 01:25:47,260
 I mean, they're just basically just writing checks and bringing people in.

1467
01:25:47,320 --> 01:25:49,400
 Then you got Alabama and Georgia.

1468
01:25:49,400 --> 01:25:51,160
 They're going the old slow route.

1469
01:25:51,320 --> 01:25:59,580
 You know, we're going to bring in primarily a foundation of high school kids, try to develop them, and then supplement with the portal.

1470
01:25:59,580 --> 01:26:05,420
 Or what, as far as where it's been and where it is now with this staff, as far as their recipe?

1471
01:26:06,600 --> 01:26:11,160
 Yeah, Tennessee, to this point, under Josh Heifel, it's been mostly about the high school players.

1472
01:26:11,440 --> 01:26:17,220
 And that's not to say they've not taken advantage of the portal when they've needed to or when they've had a need to address.

1473
01:26:17,800 --> 01:26:21,360
 But, yeah, they tend to prefer most of the roster to be built that way.

1474
01:26:21,440 --> 01:26:22,660
 I think there are a couple reasons for that.

1475
01:26:22,760 --> 01:26:26,880
 One, good for culture, good for continuity, good for learning the system.

1476
01:26:26,880 --> 01:26:32,620
 If you're constantly bringing in first-year guys, there can be so much turnover that sometimes it leads to a down year sometimes

1477
01:26:32,620 --> 01:26:36,340
 when you've got all new starters at a certain position group or anything like that.

1478
01:26:36,760 --> 01:26:43,500
 And then on top of that, a lot of people believe it can be easier to retain your own players in terms of saving money

1479
01:26:43,500 --> 01:26:47,840
 in regard to revenue sharing and things like that, as opposed to, quote-unquote,

1480
01:26:47,960 --> 01:26:53,040
 buying a player out of the transfer portal where you're competing against everyone on the open market.

1481
01:26:53,420 --> 01:26:55,780
 So there's a logic to that.

1482
01:26:55,900 --> 01:27:00,040
 But yet, for better or worse, Tennessee has not been as heavy on the transfer portal as most other teams.

1483
01:27:00,240 --> 01:27:05,460
 This is the first year they've even taken double-digit transfers since, I believe, Josh Heupel's first year.

1484
01:27:05,920 --> 01:27:11,920
 They were up around 20, 21 in this class in terms of total transfers by far the most they've taken.

1485
01:27:12,320 --> 01:27:18,660
 We'll see if that's kind of the norm going forward, but definitely would expect them to be at least a little bit more transfer-heavy

1486
01:27:18,660 --> 01:27:25,200
 just because of the 105-man scholarship roster limitation now with being able to have that many scholarship guys

1487
01:27:25,200 --> 01:27:27,980
 just to keep the numbers sort of maxed out.

1488
01:27:28,060 --> 01:27:32,580
 You're going to have to bring in some depth guys and things like that out of the portal most likely to patch things up.

1489
01:27:32,700 --> 01:27:36,160
 But, yeah, they've been a little heavier on the high school recruiting, and I think they'll kind of keep it that way.

1490
01:27:36,220 --> 01:27:38,040
 I think that's the way they ideally would like to build.

1491
01:27:38,440 --> 01:27:41,140
 But you've got to get some key players out of the transfer portal every year, too.

1492
01:27:42,240 --> 01:27:48,740
 Ryan, that was the first thing I noticed when looking at this class last night was the –

1493
01:27:48,740 --> 01:27:55,220
 it was the best finish in 11 years, 31 players, three five-stars.

1494
01:27:55,220 --> 01:28:02,040
 Foul sign Brandon from North Carolina, T.K. Keyes from Henniesburg, Mississippi,

1495
01:28:02,380 --> 01:28:07,380
 and Gabriel Ossenda from the Baylor School in Tennessee.

1496
01:28:08,380 --> 01:28:13,980
 Did they go heavy on the line of scrimmage, skill positions?

1497
01:28:14,700 --> 01:28:18,060
 You know, it's the old proverbial, did Tennessee meet their needs?

1498
01:28:18,420 --> 01:28:22,460
 Any position that you felt like they may have come up short with?

1499
01:28:29,420 --> 01:28:31,500
 I'm going to have a little bit of a hiccup there with Ryan.

1500
01:28:31,860 --> 01:28:33,740
 Ryan Callahan, go balls 24-7.

1501
01:28:34,180 --> 01:28:36,040
 Ryan, when you get back, just to jump in.

1502
01:28:36,100 --> 01:28:38,820
 In the meantime, one thing we want to find out from Ryan, too,

1503
01:28:38,920 --> 01:28:42,360
 is it seems like everybody spends as much time in a courtroom these days

1504
01:28:42,360 --> 01:28:45,080
 as they do either on a football field or basketball court.

1505
01:28:45,360 --> 01:28:47,200
 So, Ryan, are you with us now?

1506
01:28:48,160 --> 01:28:48,600
 I am.

1507
01:28:48,680 --> 01:28:49,180
 Sorry about that.

1508
01:28:50,220 --> 01:28:51,620
 Go ahead, Brad.

1509
01:28:51,660 --> 01:28:54,760
 Repeat your question, Brad, if you will, and then we'll get to Joey Aguilar here.

1510
01:28:54,760 --> 01:28:59,520
 No, I would just say, if there is any positions that Tennessee, in your opinion,

1511
01:28:59,580 --> 01:29:02,500
 may have come up a little short with as far as meeting their needs.

1512
01:29:03,360 --> 01:29:06,380
 Well, I think they sort of addressed that one yesterday a little.

1513
01:29:06,460 --> 01:29:08,200
 Well, both of them yesterday, I would say.

1514
01:29:08,440 --> 01:29:11,840
 Both of them probably on the offensive side at running back and wide receiver.

1515
01:29:12,200 --> 01:29:15,300
 They were down the four scholarship players at running back

1516
01:29:15,300 --> 01:29:18,340
 and added a pretty nice late pickup yesterday.

1517
01:29:18,620 --> 01:29:22,980
 And Will Rejecti out of Canton, Georgia, a guy with nearly 30 offers,

1518
01:29:23,440 --> 01:29:26,420
 played in the Navy All-American Bowl, or was chosen to play in that

1519
01:29:26,420 --> 01:29:28,280
 and didn't get to participate in the game.

1520
01:29:28,980 --> 01:29:31,740
 But, you know, pretty decent late pickup there.

1521
01:29:31,980 --> 01:29:35,000
 A guy who chose Tennessee over Georgia Southern and Arkansas.

1522
01:29:35,560 --> 01:29:39,260
 Georgia was also involved for a while last month before going a different direction.

1523
01:29:39,260 --> 01:29:44,380
 So, yeah, an intriguing pickup, at least, for a nice depth option there at running back.

1524
01:29:44,480 --> 01:29:48,360
 But before that they were a little bit short on numbers and wide receiver as well.

1525
01:29:48,620 --> 01:29:52,840
 They, you know, kind of adding to the back end of the class and the roster,

1526
01:29:53,340 --> 01:29:58,120
 took a few local, essentially what they view as preferred walk-on level players

1527
01:29:58,120 --> 01:30:01,880
 just to kind of fill out the roster and added a local receiver yesterday

1528
01:30:01,880 --> 01:30:04,320
 to sort of fill out the numbers there.

1529
01:30:04,400 --> 01:30:07,800
 But, yeah, not really stacked in terms of scholarship receivers.

1530
01:30:07,800 --> 01:30:10,400
 You know, guys that are likely to contribute on offense this year.

1531
01:30:10,500 --> 01:30:12,820
 So that's maybe one where they could have used one more.

1532
01:30:12,900 --> 01:30:16,760
 They had a couple commitments, including Legend Bay, who flipped to Ohio State,

1533
01:30:16,880 --> 01:30:21,040
 actually got out of a signed letter of intent with Tennessee and ended up at Ohio State.

1534
01:30:21,360 --> 01:30:25,880
 So some defections like that late kind of cost them a couple of the numbers they'd like to have there.

1535
01:30:27,160 --> 01:30:28,860
 Obviously, we alluded to it, Ryan.

1536
01:30:28,940 --> 01:30:31,180
 Your thoughts, what's the latest with Here Come the Judge?

1537
01:30:31,240 --> 01:30:35,740
 We know that Alabama and Ole Miss, they spend a lot of time in the courtroom with their respective stories.

1538
01:30:36,160 --> 01:30:37,160
 What's the latest with Joey?

1539
01:30:38,300 --> 01:30:44,680
 Yeah, so Tennessee has actually gotten some relatively good news on that front here in the last day or two,

1540
01:30:45,080 --> 01:30:51,380
 with yesterday Joey Aguilar being granted a temporary restraining order in his recently filed lawsuit.

1541
01:30:51,600 --> 01:30:55,160
 And this has come together pretty quickly for him in a Knox County court.

1542
01:30:55,680 --> 01:31:02,520
 So sort of taking a page out of Alabama's playbook, I think, with the Charles Bediacos case, they decided, you know what,

1543
01:31:02,560 --> 01:31:12,440
 let's find a local case here, put it in a more friendly venue, and see if we can get a favorable judge that might give us a better chance of getting this approved.

1544
01:31:12,960 --> 01:31:15,080
 And so he's been granted the temporary restraining order.

1545
01:31:15,480 --> 01:31:22,680
 Now he'll have a hearing, it sounds like, next Friday, and that will at least be the beginning of that process.

1546
01:31:22,920 --> 01:31:26,740
 Don't know that we'll get a hearing or get a verdict on that next Friday.

1547
01:31:26,840 --> 01:31:30,040
 But either way, seeking an injunction beginning next Friday.

1548
01:31:30,580 --> 01:31:33,780
 And whether he gets that injunction, you know, we'll see.

1549
01:31:33,880 --> 01:31:37,380
 But it certainly looks much more favorable for him to get that.

1550
01:31:37,380 --> 01:31:45,080
 So I think the odds of Joey Aguilar being Tennessee's starting quarterback in 2026 have improved pretty significantly over the past few days alone.

1551
01:31:45,480 --> 01:31:48,280
 So it's been an interesting week in that regard.

1552
01:31:48,440 --> 01:31:55,500
 And, you know, certainly the decision to withdraw from the Diego Pavia lawsuit that he had previously attached himself to as a plaintiff

1553
01:31:55,500 --> 01:32:04,160
 and seek his own court case separate from everyone else in Knox County court might end up being a nice strategic move on his part.

1554
01:32:04,160 --> 01:32:08,980
 So we'll see how that plays out, but Tennessee hoping to get some clarity on that before spring practice if possible.

1555
01:32:09,160 --> 01:32:13,960
 So it's something that they're, you know, certainly pushing for some sort of resolution here in the next few weeks.

1556
01:32:14,660 --> 01:32:20,660
 Yeah, I also noticed Rick Barnes, Tennessee's men's basketball coach, smiling a little bit more lately.

1557
01:32:20,660 --> 01:32:27,620
 They beat Ole Miss this week 84-66 and had an impressive win over Auburn.

1558
01:32:27,620 --> 01:32:33,700
 Dwayne Brown from Hoover really showed up in that game and helped them.

1559
01:32:34,340 --> 01:32:36,660
 But Tennessee is playing well right now.

1560
01:32:36,760 --> 01:32:39,240
 We'll get into that a little bit more with you next time.

1561
01:32:39,720 --> 01:32:44,460
 Be it basketball, transfer, recruiting, that's beginning to come to an end.

1562
01:32:44,620 --> 01:32:47,480
 Tennessee baseball going to begin next time we turn around.

1563
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 Ryan, where can we get online to get all the good stuff?

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1565
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1566
01:33:00,560 --> 01:33:03,320
 Yeah, basketball in full swing, Tennessee playing at Kentucky this weekend.

1567
01:33:03,840 --> 01:33:07,320
 Still some recruiting coverage as we look ahead to the 2027 class.

1568
01:33:07,400 --> 01:33:09,440
 Now that 2026 is pretty much put to bed.

1569
01:33:09,620 --> 01:33:11,060
 So lots to check out.

1570
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 And spring practice, of course, just around the corner as well.

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 And the question, Ryan, which is going to come first?

1573
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 Football spring practice or schools reopening for your kids there?

1574
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 It better be the latter or we'll have to go.

1575
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 I was going to call Matlock.

1576
01:33:29,300 --> 01:33:29,980
 Hey, listen, thanks.

1577
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 Good luck up there.

1578
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 Thanks for your time today.

1579
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 Absolutely.

1580
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 Thanks, guys.

1581
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 Thank you, Ben.

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 College basketball, Alabama ticking down Texas A&M at Coleman Coliseum wins tonight, 197.

1642
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 Crimson Tide hit 16 three-pointers in the win.

1643
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 They go to 15-7.

1644
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 Aiden Holloway at 20 points.

1645
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 LeBaron fill in with 17.

1646
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 North Alabama, they lost on the road in Central Arkansas Wednesday, 81-60.

1647
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 They go to 7-14 at 2-8 in the Atlantic Sun.

1648
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 Dante Vasquez, 21 points for the Lions.

1649
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 Central Arkansas pulling away in the second half as they outscored UNA by 20.

1650
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1651
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1653
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1654
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1680
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 The score.

1681
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 Welcome back in.

1682
01:39:13,540 --> 01:39:17,760
 It is always a pleasure for us to open the door and say hello to Ryan Feller.

1683
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 He drives you home afternoons down in Tuscaloosa, Alabama as host of the game on Tide 109.

1684
01:39:23,440 --> 01:39:24,460
 Ryan, welcome in.

1685
01:39:24,520 --> 01:39:25,120
 How are you?

1686
01:39:26,060 --> 01:39:27,700
 Well, a little cold, to be honest with you.

1687
01:39:27,700 --> 01:39:30,460
 Here in T-Town, it's only about 48 degrees.

1688
01:39:31,280 --> 01:39:37,180
 Wind's kind of blowing up, but I bet it's a little colder up there on the mountain where you guys are at.

1689
01:39:37,700 --> 01:39:40,320
 And, hey, we're still celebrating.

1690
01:39:40,540 --> 01:39:43,500
 It's still, you know, Nadeau's kind of warmed us up a little bit.

1691
01:39:43,760 --> 01:39:44,860
 Got back on the way to the side.

1692
01:39:44,920 --> 01:39:45,360
 That was good.

1693
01:39:45,440 --> 01:39:46,140
 Kind of felt good.

1694
01:39:46,920 --> 01:39:51,660
 So, and we're waiting for a trial, which courtroom could be a little hotter tomorrow.

1695
01:39:51,820 --> 01:39:53,380
 Who knows what that's going to produce?

1696
01:39:53,900 --> 01:39:56,500
 Yeah, Ryan, talk to us about this team this year.

1697
01:39:56,600 --> 01:40:00,100
 I mean, it is truly a Forrest Gump special.

1698
01:40:00,260 --> 01:40:01,960
 It's not like a box of chocolates.

1699
01:40:02,060 --> 01:40:03,260
 You never know what you're going to get.

1700
01:40:03,580 --> 01:40:04,940
 They can knock off good teams.

1701
01:40:05,020 --> 01:40:06,900
 They can get embarrassed by other good teams.

1702
01:40:07,340 --> 01:40:13,280
 And then they can take on the number one team at the time in the SEC and win a shootout in a track meet.

1703
01:40:13,480 --> 01:40:14,420
 Ryan, your thoughts.

1704
01:40:14,900 --> 01:40:20,580
 And not only that, that win last night to me is so pivotal because you're about to go down to Auburn.

1705
01:40:20,580 --> 01:40:22,620
 You were 4-4 coming into that game.

1706
01:40:23,060 --> 01:40:25,580
 Here's a team that started out in the top 10.

1707
01:40:25,820 --> 01:40:27,240
 They've slid out of the top 25.

1708
01:40:27,980 --> 01:40:31,040
 Very critical, to say the least, about that win last night.

1709
01:40:31,460 --> 01:40:33,440
 But your thoughts overall about this team?

1710
01:40:34,400 --> 01:40:34,560
 Yeah.

1711
01:40:34,660 --> 01:40:39,700
 I mean, I think it's, as you said it, you don't ever know which team is going to show up, right?

1712
01:40:39,760 --> 01:40:42,120
 I mean, they've got plenty of guard play.

1713
01:40:42,700 --> 01:40:44,500
 They've been able to score some points.

1714
01:40:44,500 --> 01:40:54,400
 But, you know, if this team, you know, I've watched Nadeau's before, and I feel like his teams almost at times will peak a little bit too much, right?

1715
01:40:54,600 --> 01:40:54,880
 Yeah.

1716
01:40:54,960 --> 01:40:55,440
 Too early.

1717
01:40:55,880 --> 01:40:59,400
 And maybe this one is just peaking just right because here you are.

1718
01:40:59,500 --> 01:41:00,300
 You've got about a month.

1719
01:41:00,480 --> 01:41:00,860
 What is it?

1720
01:41:01,060 --> 01:41:03,600
 I think the final game is March the 7th.

1721
01:41:03,860 --> 01:41:04,200
 Yeah, hey.

1722
01:41:04,300 --> 01:41:05,820
 Auburn, excuse me, Auburn's here.

1723
01:41:06,320 --> 01:41:08,540
 And you've got to go play them all on the road on Saturday.

1724
01:41:08,700 --> 01:41:12,040
 But getting a chance to kind of walk your way up.

1725
01:41:12,400 --> 01:41:24,060
 Now, listen, and I hate to drag it right back to the courtroom because I pick up that the audience just hates, you know, this discussion as far as the NCA and, you know, whether it's true or whether it's false.

1726
01:41:24,060 --> 01:41:30,040
 But, I mean, tomorrow is going to determine, I think, a lot for this team, especially if they can get healthy.

1727
01:41:30,920 --> 01:41:37,960
 But if they get this temporary restraining order that goes their way and the hearing tomorrow.

1728
01:41:38,460 --> 01:41:41,960
 Now, you know, we've seen some other cases really not go as favorable.

1729
01:41:42,540 --> 01:41:53,500
 But you have a new judge, and Judge Pruitt, he's not an Alabama booster, but, you know, I would imagine if we went through his closet, we could probably find an Alabama shirt or two.

1730
01:41:53,680 --> 01:41:54,840
 I mean, everybody's in Salusa.

1731
01:41:55,460 --> 01:41:56,160
 Some has to.

1732
01:41:56,920 --> 01:42:00,900
 Yeah, Auburn folks, I mean, I think he went to undergrad here.

1733
01:42:00,920 --> 01:42:04,140
 Everybody went to Faulkner Law School, but he's not officially as a booster.

1734
01:42:05,200 --> 01:42:08,420
 He's also, you know, an elected position, right?

1735
01:42:08,460 --> 01:42:11,080
 I mean, those are elected positions here in Tuscaloosa.

1736
01:42:11,280 --> 01:42:13,460
 I mean, these are things you have to discuss.

1737
01:42:13,700 --> 01:42:16,060
 I mean, because it's like he's not an appointed judge.

1738
01:42:16,080 --> 01:42:17,360
 He's an elected judge now.

1739
01:42:17,940 --> 01:42:20,560
 But they start, you know, doing all this terminology.

1740
01:42:20,560 --> 01:42:28,500
 But, you know, the NCA could show that they've got some teeth if they win this tomorrow.

1741
01:42:29,020 --> 01:42:41,940
 I mean, guys, that important hearing tomorrow, because I promise you, if Charles Pattiaco wins his case and he continues to play, that will open the flood doors for what we will see in college basketball.

1742
01:42:42,300 --> 01:42:47,000
 Because I promise you, there's somebody out there that needs a rim protector just like Alabama.

1743
01:42:47,620 --> 01:42:49,840
 And they're willing to go a lot of different levels.

1744
01:42:50,500 --> 01:42:52,240
 And it may open the door for the NFL.

1745
01:42:52,760 --> 01:43:02,000
 I mean, that's the other part that we're not discussing is, you know, a guy that goes to the draft, he's not drafted where he thinks he's going to draft or be drafted.

1746
01:43:02,300 --> 01:43:03,540
 He doesn't sign a contract.

1747
01:43:03,720 --> 01:43:06,960
 Does he have the chance to go back to the college ranks?

1748
01:43:08,020 --> 01:43:12,680
 If that case tomorrow goes Charles Pattiaco's way, there's probably going to be a pretty good argument that that can exist.

1749
01:43:12,820 --> 01:43:24,260
 I think we saw a little bit of that in Dan Wetzel's article today on ESPN, kind of describing that that could be the future of where we're headed if this judge rules tomorrow and Charles Pattiaco's favor.

1750
01:43:24,900 --> 01:43:25,560
 Right, right.

1751
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 People don't follow this stuff as religiously as some.

1752
01:43:28,640 --> 01:43:33,560
 The question, I guess, that just the typical layman wants to know is, is this thing finally going to be put to rest?

1753
01:43:33,600 --> 01:43:38,460
 In other words, it's like it's been like a library book or like Congress trying to decision to get a budget bill.

1754
01:43:38,560 --> 01:43:40,520
 Three every two weeks, they have to come back and do it again.

1755
01:43:41,020 --> 01:43:44,860
 Whatever happens tomorrow, is that it going forward for the foreseeable future?

1756
01:43:45,660 --> 01:43:47,380
 No, I mean, there's always appeals.

1757
01:43:47,380 --> 01:43:54,360
 I mean, you know, I mean, you know, you look at any time they get from a local level, if the NCAA is not pleased with it.

1758
01:43:54,380 --> 01:43:56,400
 But the problem is time is not on their side, right?

1759
01:43:56,460 --> 01:43:58,620
 I mean, we talked about a couple of seconds ago.

1760
01:43:59,020 --> 01:44:03,300
 I mean, if you get an appeal, that's probably going to take some time.

1761
01:44:03,520 --> 01:44:09,700
 I mean, we saw it in a local courtroom get drugged out once, and they tried to drag it out again today, and it got rejected.

1762
01:44:10,160 --> 01:44:11,300
 Now, but that was on a different side.

1763
01:44:11,380 --> 01:44:13,100
 I think Alabama wanted to drag it out a little bit.

1764
01:44:13,680 --> 01:44:17,200
 That could tell me that Alabama doesn't feel maybe as confident.

1765
01:44:18,060 --> 01:44:23,560
 And I'm saying Alabama, Charles Pattiaco, that they don't feel as confident as maybe they did.

1766
01:44:23,860 --> 01:44:25,760
 Because I still think it was bogus.

1767
01:44:26,420 --> 01:44:29,460
 The NCAA pretended like they didn't know that weather was coming.

1768
01:44:29,740 --> 01:44:35,160
 Guys, we talked about weather for, I mean, two weeks.

1769
01:44:35,160 --> 01:44:35,800
 Over a week.

1770
01:44:36,460 --> 01:44:36,900
 Yes.

1771
01:44:37,220 --> 01:44:40,480
 So they act like they couldn't get down here because of weather.

1772
01:44:40,600 --> 01:44:41,800
 They knew the weather was coming.

1773
01:44:42,940 --> 01:44:46,480
 You know, if I've got an appointment hearing, and I know I've got to be somewhere,

1774
01:44:46,940 --> 01:44:48,340
 I think they did it purposely.

1775
01:44:49,080 --> 01:44:50,640
 I think that was disingenuous.

1776
01:44:51,640 --> 01:44:53,740
 You know, and I'm not saying weather didn't cause them.

1777
01:44:54,380 --> 01:45:00,760
 But I think when you look at it, that was a convenient excuse that they used to kind of drive that thing home.

1778
01:45:01,340 --> 01:45:09,220
 And, you know, but who knows what this, because they asked for a recusal the same day they said they couldn't get here for weather.

1779
01:45:09,320 --> 01:45:11,100
 So I think that was the focus all along.

1780
01:45:11,800 --> 01:45:12,680
 And we'll see.

1781
01:45:12,760 --> 01:45:21,160
 But I'm telling you that the next 24 hours could decide the future of college sports.

1782
01:45:21,560 --> 01:45:30,940
 I mean, when you really get to looking at it and thinking about it, I mean, this thing could be a big discussion with the world of collegiate sports.

1783
01:45:31,320 --> 01:45:35,480
 It will be a big, and I can't, I'm going to hear in the mark 930.

1784
01:45:36,760 --> 01:45:41,780
 I'll be curious how much national attention gets pulled in here.

1785
01:45:41,780 --> 01:45:45,780
 You know, will you see a, you know, a Jeff Goodman?

1786
01:45:45,980 --> 01:45:51,280
 Will you see a, you know, a Dan Wetzel who loves to cover this type of legality side of things?

1787
01:45:51,360 --> 01:45:59,240
 I mean, I think it could be a very busy, you know, media contingent here because I think this could be a future landscape decision.

1788
01:45:59,780 --> 01:46:03,160
 Because, you know, in the courtroom, many times you use a case.

1789
01:46:03,480 --> 01:46:07,800
 If it goes your way, then it'll be a part of the arguments for other cases.

1790
01:46:07,940 --> 01:46:10,380
 And I'm not an attorney, but you hear them so many different times.

1791
01:46:10,720 --> 01:46:15,760
 Well, they'll use an example of why this judge ruled the way that he did.

1792
01:46:16,620 --> 01:46:17,840
 And so we will find out.

1793
01:46:17,880 --> 01:46:21,800
 I've called a couple of different attorneys just to kind of pick their brain.

1794
01:46:22,120 --> 01:46:40,060
 And they felt like initially that Judge Roberts would not have ruled the temporary restraining order if he didn't think that he was going to grant it to have, you know, on the premises that this thing would be surpassed, like, in other words, pass the temporary restraining order.

1795
01:46:40,380 --> 01:46:42,100
 So, but this is a different judge.

1796
01:46:42,320 --> 01:46:44,320
 I don't know the way that he interprets the law.

1797
01:46:44,380 --> 01:46:48,520
 And I think that's a lot of it is how do they interpret this rule.

1798
01:46:48,700 --> 01:46:52,500
 And I know that Nate Oates has made his argument multiple times.

1799
01:46:53,280 --> 01:47:07,100
 You know, I think he made it yesterday on a show, Field of 68, talking about the European pros and people that are out of college seven years that are still playing in college basketball.

1800
01:47:07,100 --> 01:47:09,120
 I mean, guys, it's a little bit of a mess.

1801
01:47:09,940 --> 01:47:11,860
 Yeah, that was Joe Goodman's show.

1802
01:47:12,480 --> 01:47:18,600
 Ryan, Alabama didn't beat Texas A&M last night because of beating uncle.

1803
01:47:18,760 --> 01:47:23,100
 Quite frankly, he has not played as well in the last two games.

1804
01:47:23,860 --> 01:47:27,780
 They've struggled with two areas, in my opinion.

1805
01:47:28,000 --> 01:47:33,120
 One, the four transfer guys have basically given Alabama nothing.

1806
01:47:33,340 --> 01:47:37,780
 Taylor Bo Bowen is injuries, the ones from Florida State.

1807
01:47:37,980 --> 01:47:40,360
 Bristow's been hurt the majority of the year.

1808
01:47:40,840 --> 01:47:46,740
 Noel Williamson from Bucknell is just not physical enough to play in the SEC in Jalil Pathea.

1809
01:47:47,440 --> 01:47:54,300
 The transfer from Miami plays about two minutes and jacks up two 30-foot shots and goes to the bench.

1810
01:47:54,880 --> 01:47:58,580
 Alabama beat them because they out-rebounded A&M by eight.

1811
01:47:58,580 --> 01:48:02,940
 They only had six turnovers versus 18 against Florida.

1812
01:48:03,160 --> 01:48:10,700
 And they had 22 bench points from Houston, Millett, who had 12, and London Jimson, who had 10.

1813
01:48:11,380 --> 01:48:13,180
 And they played defense last night.

1814
01:48:13,280 --> 01:48:17,560
 When they played defense and rebound, they didn't beat anybody in the league.

1815
01:48:18,220 --> 01:48:20,220
 Yeah, and obviously they did.

1816
01:48:20,460 --> 01:48:25,800
 I mean, the number one team there, when you look at it and you begin to consider it.

1817
01:48:26,940 --> 01:48:36,620
 But it kind of goes back to, I don't want to say the NIL, but you brought up the portal a couple of minutes ago.

1818
01:48:36,660 --> 01:48:45,620
 And I continue to reference Emily Smarr's article in Tuscaloosa News where they spent $2.9 million in collegiate revenue share.

1819
01:48:45,780 --> 01:48:50,160
 Now, and you could say, well, hold on, they got other NIL deals.

1820
01:48:50,300 --> 01:48:51,640
 Well, guys, I live in Tuscaloosa.

1821
01:48:52,480 --> 01:49:01,200
 I don't see as many basketball players endorsing advertisements as I do, like Ryan Williams or Ty Fimson.

1822
01:49:01,960 --> 01:49:03,120
 I don't see it.

1823
01:49:03,160 --> 01:49:08,400
 Now, I'm not saying that it doesn't happen, but I look up at the billboards and I'm not seeing, you know, like Caden Proctor.

1824
01:49:08,520 --> 01:49:11,540
 I think he did a deal with like Morgan and Morgan Law or something like that.

1825
01:49:11,680 --> 01:49:12,880
 I saw the billboard.

1826
01:49:14,120 --> 01:49:15,480
 I don't see it there.

1827
01:49:15,620 --> 01:49:26,460
 So you tell me, I mean, I'm not saying it's not happening, but from a revenue share standpoint, it seems like from that standpoint, it just, that may be the limit.

1828
01:49:26,820 --> 01:49:29,880
 And so you may be limited with what you can get out of the portal.

1829
01:49:30,240 --> 01:49:35,020
 I think Kevin Sampson earlier in the day talked about, you know, that you just kind of have to do what you got to do.

1830
01:49:35,220 --> 01:49:38,660
 And some of these programs may not have the money that other programs have.

1831
01:49:38,660 --> 01:49:43,680
 And I think that's where you're at is, is you, it's what can you get out of the portal?

1832
01:49:43,920 --> 01:50:00,860
 And I think that's probably led them to the Charles Bediaco to even consider allowing him to come back is probably what we just talked about right there is trying to say reason we took him is because they didn't really do that well in the portal.

1833
01:50:00,860 --> 01:50:08,980
 So going back to the European players, that is one of the reasons why, I mean, those guys charge a lot of cash.

1834
01:50:09,540 --> 01:50:16,380
 I mean, you got to spend pretty heavy cash to go get some of those professionals from the European, you know, the pro league.

1835
01:50:16,480 --> 01:50:20,740
 So, so to go and get those that there's a, there's a big cost right there.

1836
01:50:20,820 --> 01:50:28,440
 And so that's, that's kind of something that you, you do spend a little time thinking about is, is where the amount of portal.

1837
01:50:28,440 --> 01:50:37,320
 And I wish this stuff was public because I think we'd have a little bit better barometer of how to judge these coaches, because at this point, I don't really know how you judge a coach.

1838
01:50:37,320 --> 01:50:46,160
 It's kind of like, you know, do we judge an NFL coach based on, or a major league baseball team based on a salary cap, the New York Yankees?

1839
01:50:46,220 --> 01:50:49,560
 Do we just judge them the same way we do the Kansas City Royals?

1840
01:50:49,760 --> 01:50:50,660
 I don't think so.

1841
01:50:51,740 --> 01:50:54,180
 I wish this was public, but it's never going to be public.

1842
01:50:54,260 --> 01:50:54,940
 It's never going to be public.

1843
01:50:55,160 --> 01:50:56,060
 It's just what it is.

1844
01:50:56,740 --> 01:50:57,740
 Yeah, absolutely.

1845
01:50:57,740 --> 01:50:59,660
 Well, listen, you got to go do a show.

1846
01:50:59,960 --> 01:51:01,980
 I always enjoy the conversation.

1847
01:51:02,400 --> 01:51:06,900
 We'll talk a little bit more about killing the boar in the spring whenever they decide to do one.

1848
01:51:06,980 --> 01:51:10,740
 I noticed they decided to have Texas A&M as homecoming.

1849
01:51:11,420 --> 01:51:15,460
 They decided last year to have Oklahoma headed that turnout.

1850
01:51:16,700 --> 01:51:19,740
 And I wonder if they could have gotten a little lower profile for homecoming.

1851
01:51:20,620 --> 01:51:26,640
 I'm sure Texas A&M is going to use that as fodder once the season begins.

1852
01:51:27,000 --> 01:51:30,980
 Who else have you got on the show today, and where can we get online and listen?

1853
01:51:31,780 --> 01:51:33,400
 We got Brooks Austin at 2.15.

1854
01:51:33,660 --> 01:51:35,540
 We've got Hugh Miller, the old NFL quarterback.

1855
01:51:35,800 --> 01:51:38,860
 He's going to talk about Alabama's rushing attack at 5 o'clock.

1856
01:51:39,340 --> 01:51:42,500
 And then we've got Amari Sapp is going to be with us.

1857
01:51:42,640 --> 01:51:44,740
 And we've got a big famous concert.

1858
01:51:44,940 --> 01:51:51,740
 Ronnie McDowell, the old country musician, is going to be a part of our show at 5.30 to promote a concert here in Tuscaloosa.

1859
01:51:51,940 --> 01:51:58,560
 So, we're going to try to throw it around here for the next four hours starting in just a couple of minutes on Tide at 109.com.

1860
01:51:58,640 --> 01:51:59,840
 I appreciate you guys so much.

1861
01:51:59,880 --> 01:52:01,080
 You guys have a great rest of your day.

1862
01:52:01,840 --> 01:52:08,380
 Same right back at you, Ryan Fowler, host of the show down in Tuscaloosa, 109, about to get cranky.

1863
01:52:08,420 --> 01:52:11,200
 BB, your thoughts coming up as far as Mediaco tomorrow.

1864
01:52:11,280 --> 01:52:13,320
 What do you expect from the judge?

1865
01:52:13,420 --> 01:52:15,740
 Harold, it's 50-50.

1866
01:52:15,880 --> 01:52:21,180
 I know that's a compound answer, but, again, you've got a different judge and a different mindset.

1867
01:52:21,500 --> 01:52:29,980
 Now, if they'd have kept the same judge that he was smart enough to accuse himself, right now, well, I said 50-50.

1868
01:52:30,080 --> 01:52:36,880
 I think I might go right now 55-45 that he will not get the injunction and continue to play.

1869
01:52:37,980 --> 01:52:43,160
 Just one of the many questions to be answered tomorrow, including the Friday for the Super Weekend.

1870
01:52:43,340 --> 01:52:44,680
 That is all straight ahead.

1871
01:52:44,780 --> 01:52:49,900
 But, for now, on behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here, Peril Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1872
01:52:50,260 --> 01:52:55,060
 So, that's doing it again tomorrow, noon to two for the Boom on Bug Show, back here on Sports Radio, 939 to score.