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 The Boomo Bugg Show.

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 Your exclusive inside track to the Tide, Tigers, Tennessee and the rest of the SEC.

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 Now your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 Good afternoon and welcome here to the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

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 Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

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 Brett Beaird, welcome in.

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 The Monday after they put the footballs into the mothballs.

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 The big question is, did you have a good or bad weekend?

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 Happy Monday to you and the listeners.

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 Former Alabama and Auburn players play a big role in Seattle's 29-13 win over New England.

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 Jimmy Lay of AO.com tells us about another change in the high school Super 7.

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 And Adam is here right now to talk Super Bowl and recap an interesting weekend in SEC basketball.

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 Spencer's busy at Saturday down south.

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 Adam, welcome in.

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 Hey, guys.

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 I'm doing well.

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 Hey, Brad.

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 Well, was it the Super Bowl or the Super Boar, Adam?

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 Obviously, the old saying came true.

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 Defense obviously reigns skiing.

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 I guess it's all in your perspective on what happened on the field and off the field.

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 Either way, Roger Goodell, he's cashing the big checks, love it or hate it.

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 Yeah, I mean, I think it was pretty instructive of, you know, how you want to build a team.

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 I mean, the star-wide receivers didn't really do much.

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 Those guys are pretty expensive.

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 So, I mean, you know, I don't think you're going to turn down a player like J.F.N. anytime soon.

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 But it was interesting to see that the Seahawks really won this game with their line play on both sides of the ball.

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 So, you know, they just did it by just making life miserable on Drake May and the New England offense.

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 And, you know, it's not the most exciting football for people who like offense.

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 But, you know, it wasn't even a great showing for people who like defense because there wasn't a ton of flashy defensive plays.

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 It was just sound, smart football on both sides of the ball by Seattle.

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 And here they are.

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 Now they're a champion.

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 So, you know, I think they're going to be around for a while.

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 It's an interesting, you know, the back story to that.

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 A year ago, Jalen Milrow was at Alabama and Ryan Grubb was at Seattle.

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 This year, Milrow is picking up a Super Bowl ring and Grubb is at Alabama.

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 And the Seahawks, after the departure, they will be cashing the big checks and calling themselves, we are the champions.

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 Well, I think the more important thing, guys, is that Drew Locke, my former Mizzou guy, won a Super Bowl.

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 You know, he's a spot ahead of Milrow on the old depth chart there.

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 So, let's give my Missouri Tigers some credit.

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 There's plenty of that to go around.

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 But, yeah, I mean, credit to Sam Darnold, too, I mean, you know, taking over that offense.

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 And, you know, now, you know, the offense was far from the star of the show all year for the Seahawks.

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 I know they played some teams who'd lost their quarterbacks, which certainly makes a big difference.

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 But, Adam, you're right.

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 Seattle sank Mays six times.

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 Derek Hall, formerly of Auburn, had two critical plays.

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 Adam Spencer, Saturday down south, changing gears.

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 ACC basketball, Alabama goes into the land of love, in parentheses, the Iron Bowl of basketball.

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 They fall behind by 10 but figure out how to win by four in the end.

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 Back and forth, you know, exactly what you expect, you know, with Nate Oates' offense and, you know, some of the talent that the Auburn side has.

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 I mean, the Stars came out to play, Pettiford and Murphy each, or Pettiford and Hall each had really strong games for Auburn.

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 That was one that they really needed to go into Auburn and win that one was a big confidence booster.

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 Texas A&M had scored 92 or more points in each of their last three games.

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 Now, I do understand teams run into cold shooting, but the Gators looked awfully impressive again against Bucky Ball,

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 You know, that's the team that – you know, when you have a frontcourt like Florida has,

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 that's a championship-caliber team.

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 They need consistency from their guards, and, you know, Boogie Fland has been coming on strong.

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 And, you know, Davian Lee and Fland only combined for 19 points on one for 11 from three.

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 So, I mean, they had – you know, they've had some strong games in the past few weeks,

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 So, you know, I think that it's just really impressive to see, you know, what that frontcourt is capable of doing.

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 They're going to be really tough to beat.

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 They're a good team.

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 Like, this isn't taking anything away from them.

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 You know, they were due for one of these.

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 Maybe it's good that they had it now.

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 And I expect them to bounce back with some more strong performances against top-tier SEC teams.

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 It's hard to believe, Adam.

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 Before you know it, March Madness will be here in a team.

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 That seems to be getting their mojo now is Kentucky.

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 It's a mess out there in the SEC, is it not?

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 Kentucky is now the hottest team.

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 I mean, I got a bunch of c*** talked to me the other week when I had Kentucky at, like, number three or something after, like,

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 So, you know, this expensive roster is gelling at the right, you know, you don't want to be playing your best basketball in November.

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 So, I mean, they're trending that way, and, you know, we'll see if they can avoid the clunkers that they've been prone to this year moving as we approach mid-February here in the stretch run.

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 Missouri has absolutely no problem with South Carolina winning 78 to 59, actually.

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 Missouri's still playing well.

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 I know you've got the power rankings coming up tomorrow.

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 A lot of basketball into the Super Bowl is over with, too.

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

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 Yeah, SaturdayDownSouth.com.

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 We've got you covered this March.

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 We've got some Bracketology publishing here in a few minutes and power rankings tomorrow.

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 Adam, as always, good to hook up with you, and I'm sure you can't wait for those Kentucky b******* to touch base with you now

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 Here are post-game thoughts from Alabama men's basketball head coach Nate Oates

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 after Alabama won at Auburn on Saturday.

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 Big rival game.

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 It's always good to get a win in here.

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 Steven told me his first time since 11-12 we got back-to-back wins, and they were tough, hard-fought wins to get.

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 I mean, they came ready to play.

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 Cut six points off that lead.

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 Welcome back in.

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 It is a pleasure for us to say hello to Andrew Ball.

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 Fine columnist and recruiting editor for BamaOnline.com.

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 His book's called The Road to Bama.

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 Andrew, welcome in.

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 Is it true that you're going to be next year's halftime entertainment for the Super Bowl?

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 How are you?

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 I hope not.

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 I don't know.

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 I mean, people would tune in for that.

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 But, yeah.

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 You know, we actually watched both of them.

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 We had both the TVs on.

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 So, the question is, Andrew, which was the best one?

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 I don't know.

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 I mean, it was kind of interesting to me.

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 But, you know, my favorite part of the whole Super Bowl was just watching all the commercials.

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 You know, the game was kind of boring.

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 Oh, man.

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 Obviously, a pretty big defensive effort there by the Seahawks.

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 You know, it was good to see some of the, you know, former Alabama players win the Super Bowl.

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 Of course, some of those guys were able to have a big impact, especially Josh Jobe.

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 So, it's good to see that.

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 But, overall, it was, I don't know, it was kind of a boring little, it didn't hit just quite like the old ones used to.

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 Absolutely.

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 Last week was National Signing Day 2.0, and you've got a very good article out about key needs for Alabama in the 2027 recruiting class.

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 And receiver, for example, Sidarian Morgan, is a lot of anticipation to see what he can do.

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 Alabama picked up M.J. Mathis and Aubrey Walker late.

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 And we've talked with you about in five-star monsoon sales, or monsoon Bama sales, as he calls himself, certainly at the top of that list.

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 Five-star Xavier Salb, Alabama brought in his younger brother, too.

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 Andrew, who are some promising prospects at receiver for Alabama?

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 Yes, I think Alabama certainly focused in on the receiver position, as you mentioned, Sidarian Morgan, in the biggest name of their class last year.

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 And I don't think they had originally gone into the 26 cycle with wide receiver as a pressing need.

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 And this year is certainly going to be one of those years where they try to load up a lot more.

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 I can see them signing at least, even though they signed three receivers, it was kind of more so.

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 You get Sidarian Morgan, and then you kind of add a couple of guys late.

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 They weren't really big-time, I don't want to call them, they weren't, they are going to, they could be really good players,

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 but they just weren't highly rated, they weren't heavily recruited, they kind of both got offers very late in the process,

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 and didn't really have a lot of top schools to choose from.

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 So you bring those guys in to kind of develop them over the course of the next couple of years, give you some depth,

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 and if it works out, it works out.

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 But I think this year there's going to be a lot more focus on kind of your bigger name guys

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 and trying to add some really some big star talent to go along with a guy like Sidarian Morgan from the previous year.

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 And Monsoon Sells, five-star from Indianapolis, visited two weekends ago for junior day, spent multiple days on campus.

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 So he wasn't just in town for just a day, so he was able to see a lot of the campus, spend some time with the coaching staff,

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 and just kind of be around the entire program and the entire community.

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 So that was a good visit for him, a kid who grew up in the Birmingham area,

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 or was born in the Birmingham area in Inslee before he moved to Indianapolis.

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 So a kid that has always grown up an Alabama fan, but a lot of schools certainly coming after him, Indiana, Ohio State.

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 Those are kind of his top three schools with Alabama.

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 So getting back on campus during the spring, an official visit, I think things are moving in the right direction for him.

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 Jaden Upshaw, another big-time recruit, wide receiver out of Georgia, top 100 kid,

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 has visited a couple times now, including junior day.

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 He has an official visit date set for June the 5th, and he plans on getting back in the spring.

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 So that's a guy that we're watching pretty closely, Xavier Saab, who is the younger brother of Keon Saab

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 and recent Alabama signee, Amari Saab.

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 That's a guy that has been on Alabama's radar for quite a while and has been to Tuscaloosa several times, obviously,

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 to come see Keon play, but now a lot of the attention is on him.

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 He recently connected with new wide receivers coach, Derek Nix.

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 They're starting to form that relationship, and he plans on getting back down to Tuscaloosa a couple times this spring.

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 He hasn't been back since the fall, but, you know, we certainly expect him to make his way.

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 And another guy that I'll point out is Osani Gales out of IMG Academy, originally from California, but moved to IMG.

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 He's a guy that visited the weekend prior to junior day, just kind of on his own.

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 It was a very quiet weekend in Tuscaloosa, so he was able to get a lot of one-on-one time with the coaching staff.

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 He's a top 10 wide receiver in the country.

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 Getting guys like that on campus, he had three top 100 wide receivers in town on junior day, right before the dead period.

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 Really good for Alabama, because those are visits that kind of leave a mark on you heading into the spring.

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 As you're starting to set up your official visits, you know, spring plans, you know, where do you want to get back to to go see a spring practice, be with the coaching staff a little bit more.

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 So those are visits that were important for a lot of these kids during January.

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 Andrew, before we jump in with the Olympic update, your thoughts, the Super Bowl told us one thing.

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 You can have a room full of great receivers, great running backs, but if the line ain't doing the job, it ain't going to work.

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 Your thoughts where Alabama is right now compared to last year with the respective lines, and how much work will they still have to do there to get it up to a championship level?

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 You know, offensive line is going to be really interesting this cycle, just because they signed five in the 26th class.

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 They got another six via the transfer portal, so that's 11 new faces in the offensive line room, and I think, you know, every single one of those guys is a kid who can return the following year.

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 It won't be out of eligibility, so you have a lot of, you know, you still brought in some young players from the transfer portal, not necessarily, you know, you got a couple guys that are juniors, redshirt juniors, but no seniors.

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 You also got guys that transferred in that are redshirt freshmen.

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 So you've got some young talent there on the offensive front.

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 I don't know if they are going to really press for a big number on the offensive line this year.

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 Now you have a new offensive line coach in Adrian Clem, and a lot of the guys that, you know, we talked about for months as far as top-end guys in that 27 class at the offensive line,

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 or guys that had been recruited by Coach Kapp for over a year.

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 A lot of those guys had Alabama in their top, you know, top one, top two, top three, and were setting up official visit dates, but, you know, some of those guys have kind of fallen back a little bit.

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 I think they're kind of waiting to decide if they're going to come back to Tuscaloosa or not, you know, certainly wanting to build that relationship with Coach Clem, because, you know, even though a lot of people don't, you know, they might look at recruiting now and just assume, all right, it doesn't really matter if, you know, as long as these kids are getting paid.

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 It does matter.

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 Relationships are a very big part of the recruiting cycle, especially on the high school front.

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 I always look back at Michael Carroll a couple years ago.

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 Michael Carroll would have never even probably visited Alabama if not for Coach Kapp because he had extended him an offer at a Michigan State camp the previous year.

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 So then he makes trips to Tuscaloosa because of it and falls in love.

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 So you really want to try to build those relationships.

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 Yeah, absolutely.

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 Andrew, I hate to jump in.

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 I hate to jump in, bud.

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 Listen, always good stuff.

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 Unfortunately, we've got to jump over and get the latest from the Olympics.

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 Listen, man, thanks so much.

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 And quickly, it's called Bama Online, part of the On3.com family.

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 Let's pick this story up on the flip side.

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 Okay, Andrew, down the road, bud.

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 All right.

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 Sounds good.

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 Thanks, Joe.

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 Thank you, bud.

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 All right.

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 And today, in Italy, a couple of Duluth, Minnesota natives looking for a semifinal victory in the mixed doubles that would have them assured of winning a medal and maybe a goal.

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491
00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:50,440
 Welcome back in.

492
00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:52,440
 Time to go to the land of reigning iguanas.

493
00:31:52,560 --> 00:31:55,060
 That's the state of Florida, where Mark McLeod calls home.

494
00:31:55,160 --> 00:31:57,000
 He's host of the Blitz with Mark McLeod.

495
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 The Gator Blitz is his podcast.

496
00:31:59,300 --> 00:31:59,960
 Mark, welcome in.

497
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:00,540
 How are you?

498
00:32:01,540 --> 00:32:02,700
 Hey, doing well, Harold.

499
00:32:02,780 --> 00:32:03,820
 Good to be on with you and Brett.

500
00:32:04,060 --> 00:32:04,960
 You too.

501
00:32:05,140 --> 00:32:07,120
 Mark, the Super Bowl was yesterday.

502
00:32:07,460 --> 00:32:10,220
 Did you get chill bumps watching the game and the halftime show?

503
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:12,400
 No.

504
00:32:15,900 --> 00:32:16,860
 That's a good answer.

505
00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:20,860
 You know, guys, I didn't even see the halftime show.

506
00:32:21,540 --> 00:32:23,360
 Apparently, a lot of people didn't.

507
00:32:25,860 --> 00:32:28,200
 And a little bit of a game as well.

508
00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:32,480
 Just a bit of a game of this because my daughter is getting ready for her.

509
00:32:32,780 --> 00:32:37,860
 She's a Muay Thai martial arts girl, and she's training for a boxing match.

510
00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:40,080
 A big charity boxing match.

511
00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:45,320
 And so she wanted to watch Rocky, and I said, okay, we'll watch Rocky.

512
00:32:45,660 --> 00:32:48,760
 Well, if she knows martial arts, she do what she says.

513
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:49,340
 Right, Mark?

514
00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:51,020
 You bet you, man.

515
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,600
 Mark, obviously, a lot going on.

516
00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:59,420
 Florida is the defending national championship in basketball.

517
00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:00,800
 Is anybody going to argue that?

518
00:33:02,160 --> 00:33:03,180
 Oh, I'll tell you what.

519
00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:04,400
 Yeah, absolutely.

520
00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:06,440
 And this bunch is getting better.

521
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:09,880
 You know, to start off the season, the backcourt was just a mess.

522
00:33:09,980 --> 00:33:11,500
 All new guys, you know, as we know.

523
00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:13,600
 The frontcourt was loaded with returnees.

524
00:33:14,380 --> 00:33:21,700
 But the crazy thing is that we're watching the defensive play of the frontcourt guys

525
00:33:21,700 --> 00:33:24,660
 improve before our very eyes over the past several weeks.

526
00:33:24,920 --> 00:33:28,940
 So this has gotten even better for the frontcourt and the backcourt guys.

527
00:33:28,940 --> 00:33:32,940
 We figured they would start to make move and come together and start to gel

528
00:33:32,940 --> 00:33:34,640
 because these guys all played to different places.

529
00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:36,780
 They hit the portal and they came to Florida.

530
00:33:37,020 --> 00:33:42,960
 So you're starting to see that really improve in terms of a little bit of assists,

531
00:33:43,120 --> 00:33:48,320
 but certainly just in terms of what they're able to do to move around

532
00:33:48,320 --> 00:33:50,720
 and do some of the things that they need to do.

533
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:55,960
 Because even Thomas Hawk, Cheney, these guys will step out.

534
00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:58,760
 Certainly, Alex, they'll step out, man.

535
00:33:58,860 --> 00:34:01,600
 And on occasion, they'll knock down a three-point basket.

536
00:34:01,960 --> 00:34:05,560
 So, you know, it's a really neat offense for Florida to see as it's developing.

537
00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:11,840
 I do think, you know, the big issue, though, is still they've improved in turnovers dramatically.

538
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:15,000
 They were terrible to start the first month and a half of the season.

539
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:20,820
 But, Harold, they really have got to do a better job at that backcourt

540
00:34:20,820 --> 00:34:22,180
 and knocking down threes.

541
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:27,120
 Florida's dead last in the conference, and really it's improved, but very, very little.

542
00:34:28,320 --> 00:34:32,600
 Yeah, and that's one of the things that Alabama should have probably done, Mark,

543
00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:36,000
 is pick the post in the middle and let Florida,

544
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:40,320
 to shoot threes and go into a zone, but it didn't happen.

545
00:34:40,460 --> 00:34:45,120
 Something else that didn't happen in the first part of the game against Texas A&M,

546
00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:46,000
 they didn't score.

547
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:54,000
 They went an astonishing one for 28 after scoring 92 points or more for three consecutive games.

548
00:34:54,160 --> 00:35:04,760
 I saw that score close to halftime, Mark, and I thought it was a – somebody had made a mistake as far as putting the score on the screen.

549
00:35:05,220 --> 00:35:08,720
 That was one of the more amazing defensive efforts I've ever seen.

550
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:10,580
 It really was.

551
00:35:10,740 --> 00:35:17,780
 And, yeah, just as we're talking about, the Florida defense, particularly in the frontcourt, has gotten really so much better.

552
00:35:18,360 --> 00:35:25,520
 Watching Cheney and Hawk doing some of the things they were doing over the past two weeks, you're going, oh, my goodness.

553
00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:30,400
 I mean, these guys are struggling just to find a place to get a shot because they're coming out.

554
00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:37,640
 They're coming away from the basket, and they're coming out on them and saying, okay, we're going to turn you back over to the backcourt guys,

555
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:39,860
 but you're not going to get a mid-range shot.

556
00:35:40,100 --> 00:35:42,640
 You're not going to stop and pop a jumper here.

557
00:35:43,420 --> 00:35:47,360
 And Florida's really doing a fabulous job with that.

558
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:48,240
 But, yeah, you're right.

559
00:35:48,340 --> 00:35:52,640
 None of us were really too upset about that score, Brett.

560
00:35:53,060 --> 00:36:01,980
 We thought it was a pretty good thing down here in Florida, but I'll tell you, the interesting thing to me was the fast starts by Florida.

561
00:36:02,180 --> 00:36:07,800
 Ever since that loss to Auburn, that really, those guys were not happy, and they knew they blew it.

562
00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:13,940
 They knew Auburn just handed it to them, and they said, we are not going to be hammered like this again and scolded.

563
00:36:15,220 --> 00:36:25,180
 So they came out firing fast early to start the game, and then in the second half, as you know, you watch after tip-off of that second half,

564
00:36:25,300 --> 00:36:28,180
 and Florida goes on a 22-5 run, and it was over.

565
00:36:28,500 --> 00:36:29,820
 That's just to say they had nothing left.

566
00:36:30,980 --> 00:36:36,920
 You know, Mark, coaches will never say this verbally, but sometimes I think they want their teams to lose over the course,

567
00:36:37,020 --> 00:36:40,120
 and in basketball, not in football, you don't have as much wiggle room,

568
00:36:40,120 --> 00:36:42,780
 but sometimes it takes that to slap them in the face.

569
00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:47,060
 The coach can preach it all day, but until they have to suffer the embarrassment of an actual loss,

570
00:36:47,180 --> 00:36:51,100
 it usually comes against a team they lightly regard, and then it gets their attention,

571
00:36:51,300 --> 00:36:54,480
 and as I said, the rest is history, but what a job by Todd Golden.

572
00:36:54,720 --> 00:36:55,620
 Be honest with us.

573
00:36:55,660 --> 00:36:56,300
 Raise your hand.

574
00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:57,720
 Tell us the truth.

575
00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:01,740
 Did you think this boy would be this good at this point in his tenure at Florida when he first came in?

576
00:37:02,940 --> 00:37:03,260
 No.

577
00:37:03,620 --> 00:37:04,460
 No, I didn't.

578
00:37:04,460 --> 00:37:09,280
 And you know what I thought, Harold, and I know I've shared this with you guys a few years ago when he was hired.

579
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:19,640
 My excitement really was the fact that he was such an international recruiter out of the University of San Francisco.

580
00:37:19,820 --> 00:37:20,680
 That's what they had to do.

581
00:37:20,860 --> 00:37:23,900
 You know, he turned that way and he leaned on his connections, and he did that,

582
00:37:24,340 --> 00:37:29,000
 and that excited me because we've watched the NBA draft for many, many, many years now

583
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:34,800
 and look at the international players that they are bringing in and into the draft.

584
00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:39,300
 So, goodness gracious, I mean, to get some of those guys to come in and play college ball

585
00:37:39,300 --> 00:37:43,520
 and then go to the NBA draft, and you look at what Florida's done with it,

586
00:37:43,560 --> 00:37:44,620
 and they've been very successful.

587
00:37:46,380 --> 00:37:53,060
 We're waiting to hear what the verdict is on the eligibility for Charles Bidiaco.

588
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:59,660
 Tomorrow is Pavia versus NCA preliminary injunction hearing.

589
00:37:59,660 --> 00:38:05,560
 Thursday is Trinidad Chambliss, and Friday is Joey Aguilar.

590
00:38:06,260 --> 00:38:12,260
 And this is a different set of circumstances, but I couldn't help but look twice when I saw

591
00:38:12,260 --> 00:38:20,340
 that Florida wide receiver Khalil Jackson has been granted a seventh season of eligibility

592
00:38:20,340 --> 00:38:23,600
 via the medical hardship waiver.

593
00:38:24,460 --> 00:38:30,900
 Mark, do you think this may usher in the five for five that people have been talking about

594
00:38:30,900 --> 00:38:33,480
 for probably 20 years?

595
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:35,480
 Great question.

596
00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:36,600
 Great question.

597
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:42,440
 Yeah, and I can't say I was surprised by it based on some of the decisions,

598
00:38:42,580 --> 00:38:44,620
 and I think you guys are probably feeling the same way I do.

599
00:38:45,020 --> 00:38:50,480
 Some of the recent decisions here and there, you know, judges getting involved, the NCAA saying no,

600
00:38:50,540 --> 00:38:55,000
 and, you know, it just, I wasn't surprised with Jackson and what happened there.

601
00:38:55,240 --> 00:39:00,800
 Obviously, two years ago, you did suffer a really horrible injury, but, yeah, I'm not in favor.

602
00:39:00,920 --> 00:39:02,180
 I'm a five for five guy.

603
00:39:02,280 --> 00:39:05,560
 I'm not in favor of seeing these seven and eight at University of Miami.

604
00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:07,660
 What do they have, a nine-year tight end?

605
00:39:08,300 --> 00:39:08,980
 Nine years.

606
00:39:09,720 --> 00:39:09,920
 Yeah.

607
00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:11,800
 Yeah, I'm not in favor of that.

608
00:39:11,940 --> 00:39:15,120
 I did, and you guys, I'm sure, got a good laugh out of it, too,

609
00:39:15,180 --> 00:39:18,940
 when John Summerall in a press conference last week said,

610
00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:22,000
 well, you know, guys, we're talking with Tim Tebow,

611
00:39:22,080 --> 00:39:25,820
 and we want to see if there's any way we can find some eligibility back for him,

612
00:39:26,220 --> 00:39:28,080
 because he would love to come back and play.

613
00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:30,260
 He wasn't joking either, was he?

614
00:39:30,260 --> 00:39:31,240
 He was serious, wasn't he?

615
00:39:33,300 --> 00:39:34,340
 We wish he was.

616
00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:36,280
 Oh, my gosh.

617
00:39:36,540 --> 00:39:37,700
 You know, here's the deal, Mark.

618
00:39:37,740 --> 00:39:41,780
 You look at this, and you've got a case over here where a guy gets the green light

619
00:39:41,780 --> 00:39:43,680
 and a case over there where he does it.

620
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:45,440
 What is the criteria?

621
00:39:45,540 --> 00:39:47,700
 What is the basis for making these decisions?

622
00:39:47,860 --> 00:39:50,760
 Because it says, well, here's the fine print for this player, and there's,

623
00:39:51,100 --> 00:39:52,080
 I agree with you.

624
00:39:52,140 --> 00:39:55,520
 Why not make it uniform and just say, look, whatever the reason is,

625
00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:59,220
 is, like, go to Baskin-Robbins, pick a flavor, chocolate, Rocky Road, vanilla.

626
00:39:59,660 --> 00:40:01,340
 It's all ice cream.

627
00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:02,880
 Make it five for five.

628
00:40:02,980 --> 00:40:05,120
 You choose how you want to sit here and shuffle the deck.

629
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:06,560
 But what would be wrong with that?

630
00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:08,580
 Because right now, what are they going to do?

631
00:40:08,620 --> 00:40:11,460
 They're going to say, okay, Aguilar, it's okay for you to go,

632
00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:13,860
 but Chambliss, it's not okay for you to go.

633
00:40:13,940 --> 00:40:17,100
 I mean, because it just seems like they keep kicking the can down the road

634
00:40:17,100 --> 00:40:19,140
 and moving the goalposts with these decisions.

635
00:40:20,160 --> 00:40:21,120
 You're exactly right.

636
00:40:21,120 --> 00:40:25,280
 I had that very conversation with another show I went on last week,

637
00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:27,920
 where we got really in-depth about it, and I said, look, guys,

638
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:29,980
 this is nothing new.

639
00:40:30,400 --> 00:40:34,860
 The NCAA is behind the eight ball, and they've sat on their hands

640
00:40:34,860 --> 00:40:38,780
 when we watched the transfer portal coming our way.

641
00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,500
 They sat on their hands while we watched NIL coming.

642
00:40:41,800 --> 00:40:45,340
 They sat on their hands with all of the cheating that is going on.

643
00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:47,940
 I mean, you've got to be kidding me.

644
00:40:47,940 --> 00:40:51,180
 And, you know, this is an NCAA problem.

645
00:40:51,380 --> 00:40:57,780
 Look, I would love to see the SEC and Big Ten tell the NCAA thanks,

646
00:40:57,880 --> 00:40:58,500
 but no thanks.

647
00:40:58,540 --> 00:40:59,520
 You've had your opportunity.

648
00:41:00,120 --> 00:41:01,240
 We're going to do it our way.

649
00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:06,120
 And go and tell the members of the ACC and Big 12 and, you know,

650
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:08,580
 some other schools, hey, come join us.

651
00:41:08,780 --> 00:41:10,520
 Well, you guys can start a third conference.

652
00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:15,080
 We'll go 60 teams and do our own D1 and our own playoff,

653
00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:18,200
 and we'll be fine without the NCAA making silly decisions.

654
00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:19,020
 Because you're right, Harold.

655
00:41:19,700 --> 00:41:22,220
 There has to be some established rules.

656
00:41:22,620 --> 00:41:28,020
 Yeah, but they're not even making a rule until after the fact.

657
00:41:28,020 --> 00:41:28,940
 That's the problem.

658
00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:30,300
 They let everybody do what they want,

659
00:41:30,380 --> 00:41:33,440
 and then they want to come in after the fact and say, well, here's the rule.

660
00:41:33,860 --> 00:41:35,720
 Why don't you tell us that up front, knucklehead?

661
00:41:36,780 --> 00:41:37,180
 Bingo.

662
00:41:37,420 --> 00:41:37,700
 Bingo.

663
00:41:37,940 --> 00:41:38,340
 Exactly.

664
00:41:38,660 --> 00:41:39,060
 Exactly.

665
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:40,560
 They're behind on everything.

666
00:41:40,720 --> 00:41:43,760
 And then, you know, well, we're going to get a committee to study this.

667
00:41:43,820 --> 00:41:44,960
 Well, committee to study?

668
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:47,900
 This has been going on for nine months or 13 months.

669
00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:51,520
 Yeah, I know.

670
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:54,800
 If we're in this situation 18 months from now, Mark,

671
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:59,200
 I think you may see a succession from some of the conferences.

672
00:42:00,080 --> 00:42:03,660
 Let me ask you about National Signing Day 2.0 for the Gators.

673
00:42:04,060 --> 00:42:09,860
 They brought in 20 overall, 18 signees, two preferred walk-ons,

674
00:42:09,960 --> 00:42:14,180
 and I know they've got 30 transfers that they picked up earlier.

675
00:42:14,580 --> 00:42:18,400
 And Jon Sumrall mentioned it, and I think more coaches feel this way.

676
00:42:18,500 --> 00:42:20,500
 He just had the you-know-what to say it.

677
00:42:20,880 --> 00:42:26,180
 Look, you've got to earn your name on the back of that jersey before you play here.

678
00:42:26,700 --> 00:42:29,740
 I know Florida brought in some impressive guys.

679
00:42:29,920 --> 00:42:36,320
 Davian Gross or Grossi, a four-star, C.J. Broning, Kevin Ford,

680
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:41,940
 just to name a few, your thoughts on this signing class.

681
00:42:42,100 --> 00:42:44,500
 And, again, he didn't have a lot of time to put it together.

682
00:42:45,560 --> 00:42:46,400
 Great point.

683
00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:47,020
 Great point.

684
00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:47,960
 And that's the key.

685
00:42:48,500 --> 00:42:54,760
 And, you know, despite Florida parting with Napier early, well, I don't want to say real

686
00:42:54,760 --> 00:42:55,460
 early in the season.

687
00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:56,840
 There were other schools that went ahead of him.

688
00:42:57,020 --> 00:43:04,640
 But I think that that is a key point, that, you know, Florida was able to really fill their

689
00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:05,040
 needs.

690
00:43:05,080 --> 00:43:06,360
 And that was the key for Florida.

691
00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:08,200
 They missed on some high-profile guys.

692
00:43:08,280 --> 00:43:08,840
 They really did.

693
00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:14,180
 But I think if he can do a good job this year and if they can prove that they're developing

694
00:43:14,180 --> 00:43:15,400
 players, maybe that'll win.

695
00:43:16,100 --> 00:43:18,280
 Maybe they'll get some of those higher-profile guys.

696
00:43:18,500 --> 00:43:23,860
 But in terms of, Florida needed a lot of help on both sides of the line of scrimmage.

697
00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:26,400
 They needed some help on the back end of the defense.

698
00:43:26,820 --> 00:43:32,520
 And they really needed to rework the tight end room as a complete rebuild.

699
00:43:32,900 --> 00:43:36,040
 And the wide receiver room is about a half a rebuild.

700
00:43:36,420 --> 00:43:41,920
 So, they really brought in all those guys, I think, between tight ends and wide receivers.

701
00:43:42,240 --> 00:43:44,340
 Correct me if I'm wrong, Brett, but I think they brought in eight.

702
00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:47,440
 And they have another walk-on at wide receivers.

703
00:43:47,820 --> 00:43:50,540
 So, yeah, it's going to be a different day in Gainesville.

704
00:43:51,660 --> 00:43:53,860
 Talk to us about that, if you will, Mark.

705
00:43:53,920 --> 00:43:55,040
 What is the vibe right now?

706
00:43:55,100 --> 00:43:58,920
 Because, let's face it, everybody loves a new coach because they haven't lost a game yet.

707
00:43:59,420 --> 00:44:03,260
 Things change right after that, about 30 seconds or less from the fan base.

708
00:44:03,300 --> 00:44:06,140
 But what's the vibe right now with a new kid in town?

709
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:08,500
 I think it's very good.

710
00:44:08,500 --> 00:44:11,280
 And I think there are several reasons for that.

711
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:15,840
 I think people, it's interesting.

712
00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:17,680
 Billy Napier did a bit of marketing.

713
00:44:17,820 --> 00:44:20,320
 He did quite a bit of marketing for his program.

714
00:44:20,460 --> 00:44:22,560
 You haven't seen Summerall do a whole lot of that.

715
00:44:23,080 --> 00:44:28,080
 You know, the strength and conditioning program, we're not hearing a lot of stuff out of there.

716
00:44:28,120 --> 00:44:32,440
 We're not seeing guys, you know, throwing up incredible weights and posted,

717
00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:36,580
 or I should say speed times being posted, improvements in speed,

718
00:44:37,060 --> 00:44:38,500
 where Napier did a lot of that.

719
00:44:38,660 --> 00:44:41,740
 But what you are seeing, and I think that's important,

720
00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:46,880
 is you're seeing people like Steve Spurrier, Urban Meyer,

721
00:44:47,460 --> 00:44:52,480
 and a lot of former key Florida players who, you know, in the past meant a lot to the program

722
00:44:52,480 --> 00:44:58,180
 and did a lot for the program, out there on social media, making a lot of comments or in interviews

723
00:44:58,180 --> 00:45:01,380
 and saying, look, Florida's heading in the right direction.

724
00:45:01,560 --> 00:45:02,860
 Florida's got it together.

725
00:45:02,860 --> 00:45:07,940
 And one thing that they're doing, guys, is a lot of praise for the assistant coaches,

726
00:45:08,040 --> 00:45:11,280
 because I think that is one thing that John Summerall really did well,

727
00:45:11,620 --> 00:45:18,440
 was he brought in some assistant coaches who, and it's almost a significant upgrade, we think.

728
00:45:18,500 --> 00:45:22,320
 Now, we've got to get on the field and see, but think it's a significant upgrade from Napier.

729
00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:26,820
 Mark, this is an important spring in the SEC.

730
00:45:26,820 --> 00:45:33,960
 You've got six new head coaches, and even in the other teams and programs,

731
00:45:34,460 --> 00:45:38,580
 you've got, when you don't have a seventh-year quarterback,

732
00:45:39,080 --> 00:45:41,420
 you've got their breaking quarterbacks.

733
00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:45,860
 It's offensive and defensive lines across the board.

734
00:45:46,420 --> 00:45:48,420
 When does Florida begin spring practice?

735
00:45:48,660 --> 00:45:49,920
 When is the spring game?

736
00:45:49,980 --> 00:45:55,600
 And I hear it's not on a Thursday, which Florida fans appreciate that.

737
00:45:56,480 --> 00:45:59,560
 When are you hearing about spring practice and the spring game?

738
00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:03,080
 Yeah, yeah, April 11th is the spring game.

739
00:46:03,700 --> 00:46:05,040
 And I think it's going to be good.

740
00:46:05,100 --> 00:46:09,480
 They're going to give the players a week off for spring break and let them get out of there.

741
00:46:09,540 --> 00:46:11,680
 In fact, I think they're giving them actually a week and a day.

742
00:46:12,320 --> 00:46:15,080
 But, yeah, they're going to kick it off here soon,

743
00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:18,300
 and it'll be a six-week process for spring practice for Florida

744
00:46:18,300 --> 00:46:20,040
 with one of those weeks being the off week.

745
00:46:20,800 --> 00:46:26,840
 I think that what the fans want to see, I don't know if it's going to happen.

746
00:46:27,160 --> 00:46:30,040
 The fans want to see one or two of those scrimmage sessions open.

747
00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:31,620
 That's what they really want to see.

748
00:46:31,880 --> 00:46:33,820
 And I just don't know if they'll do it.

749
00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:37,020
 Although, if anybody asks, spits a microphone in front of Steve's party,

750
00:46:37,100 --> 00:46:37,660
 they'll say, absolutely.

751
00:46:38,140 --> 00:46:39,180
 We should do it all the time.

752
00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:40,920
 I think they'll be able to get fans out there.

753
00:46:42,180 --> 00:46:44,380
 That would go a long way to help.

754
00:46:44,380 --> 00:46:46,260
 It really would, because Napier did that.

755
00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:49,820
 After saying no, he eventually did that and had a spring practice,

756
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:52,740
 I'm sorry, a spring scrimmage open.

757
00:46:53,380 --> 00:46:57,440
 And it went a long way to kind of calming down the fan base.

758
00:46:59,220 --> 00:47:08,280
 Mark, the SEC announced last week they had netted $1.03 billion in revenue,

759
00:47:08,280 --> 00:47:16,080
 so they dispersed, you see, $72.4 million to the 16 schools.

760
00:47:16,240 --> 00:47:22,920
 Now, Oklahoma, Texas, they're going to get more because they're still transitioning into the SEC.

761
00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:30,600
 And I don't know if you noticed this or not, but it was another omission from the SEC office.

762
00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:37,480
 They meant to send a little bit of that to the radio shows that promote the SEC on a daily basis.

763
00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:41,780
 And, Mark, once again, we got left out.

764
00:47:43,160 --> 00:47:44,080
 Yep, we did.

765
00:47:44,560 --> 00:47:48,240
 I'll bet we won't even get a media gift at SEC Media Days either.

766
00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:50,340
 We'll get a trip around the room.

767
00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:54,080
 We'll get a free trip around the room and all the air you can breathe, you know.

768
00:47:56,160 --> 00:48:00,620
 That water with lemon in it and the water container with lemon in it.

769
00:48:00,800 --> 00:48:01,900
 Dr. Pepper, Mark.

770
00:48:02,120 --> 00:48:02,800
 Dr. Pepper.

771
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:03,460
 Come on.

772
00:48:06,320 --> 00:48:07,700
 Yeah, how about that, huh?

773
00:48:07,700 --> 00:48:13,780
 You know, we were talking before, you know, back when the TV contract was being negotiated right afterwards,

774
00:48:14,260 --> 00:48:18,480
 and all the talk was $80 million per school, $85 million.

775
00:48:18,620 --> 00:48:22,880
 And I'm sitting there thinking, doesn't that sound a little low, being Texas and Oklahoma?

776
00:48:23,300 --> 00:48:28,500
 And I just thought it was low, and then, you know, sure enough, it's over $100 million.

777
00:48:28,680 --> 00:48:30,580
 Yeah, it's just, it's fantastic.

778
00:48:30,780 --> 00:48:34,000
 And then you see what's going on at Florida State, goodness gracious.

779
00:48:34,280 --> 00:48:39,420
 And you know why Congressman Weatherford a few years ago was beating the drum,

780
00:48:39,820 --> 00:48:42,000
 saying, we've got to get out of the ACC.

781
00:48:42,580 --> 00:48:44,200
 And, you know, that's it.

782
00:48:44,260 --> 00:48:48,400
 And that's why, again, I say, you know, SEC, Big Ten, pull away,

783
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:52,020
 because the NCAA is not doing you any favors, and they're not going to.

784
00:48:52,540 --> 00:48:57,380
 And then let's start, let them go get another conference in all these schools,

785
00:48:57,820 --> 00:48:59,780
 Florida State, Clemson, whoever, Miami.

786
00:49:00,120 --> 00:49:04,080
 They can all, you know, all the Big 12 schools get together, about 20 of them,

787
00:49:04,240 --> 00:49:08,080
 and have their own little conference and go get their TV contract.

788
00:49:10,300 --> 00:49:12,140
 Well, we've been waiting on that, Mark.

789
00:49:12,240 --> 00:49:16,780
 Yeah, I think, again, if this nothing is not done in 18 months, that may happen.

790
00:49:16,940 --> 00:49:22,820
 Listen, but I always enjoy the conversation about the Gators and the SEC football and basketball.

791
00:49:22,980 --> 00:49:25,260
 But where can we get online to get you good stuff?

792
00:49:26,080 --> 00:49:28,560
 Yeah, at McLeod Live on Twitter.

793
00:49:28,760 --> 00:49:29,860
 And, yeah, it's always great.

794
00:49:29,940 --> 00:49:31,540
 A lot of fun to be on with you guys.

795
00:49:31,740 --> 00:49:33,960
 And I'm glad you're knowledgeable guys.

796
00:49:33,960 --> 00:49:40,500
 I had a question last week on the show with a guy and a very nice young lady that I just couldn't believe.

797
00:49:40,700 --> 00:49:42,840
 So, it's good to be on with educated guys.

798
00:49:45,060 --> 00:49:48,380
 Well, if we ever find them, we'll make sure that they get on with it there, Mark.

799
00:49:48,420 --> 00:49:48,680
 Okay.

800
00:49:48,780 --> 00:49:50,340
 In the meantime, thank you so much.

801
00:49:50,400 --> 00:49:54,540
 And tell the SEC if they want to send that money up to the radio shows, we'll lick the stamp for them.

802
00:49:54,640 --> 00:49:54,880
 Okay.

803
00:49:55,200 --> 00:49:55,560
 Absolutely.

804
00:49:56,320 --> 00:49:56,720
 Absolutely.

805
00:49:58,260 --> 00:49:58,860
 Good job.

806
00:49:58,900 --> 00:49:59,580
 Mark McLeod.

807
00:49:59,880 --> 00:50:00,640
 Thank you, bud.

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 Body camera footage has been released in connection to a deadly shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island that took the life of Mountain Brook College student Ella Cook.

914
00:55:37,400 --> 00:55:44,680
 The mayor of Providence, Brett Smiley, said that this video release is in response to media requests and the public's right for transparency from its government.

915
00:55:44,940 --> 00:55:51,420
 Smiley also said that none of the video will ever answer the question as to why the gunman, 48-year-old Claudio Valente, decided to do this.

916
00:55:51,700 --> 00:55:56,340
 Valente was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound just days after this violent shooting.

917
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922
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924
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925
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930
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931
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932
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933
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938
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 Shoals, Decatur, Athens, and all of Northwest Alabama and Southern Tennessee.

948
00:58:10,380 --> 00:58:13,720
 It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM Sports Voice.

949
00:58:16,540 --> 00:58:19,220
 The Boomo Bugg Show.

950
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 Your exclusive inside track to the tie.

951
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 Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC.

952
00:58:25,600 --> 00:58:31,000
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9, The Score.

953
00:58:31,940 --> 00:58:33,900
 Welcome back in our tour to the Boomo Bugg Show.

954
00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:35,620
 I'm Harold Bugg, alongside Brett Beaird.

955
00:58:35,720 --> 00:58:39,160
 Thank you so much for giving us a street ride around the Tennessee Valley.

956
00:58:39,160 --> 00:58:44,000
 And for Jimmy Lay, taking time out of his busy schedule there at AL.com.

957
00:58:44,120 --> 00:58:45,060
 Jimmy, welcome in.

958
00:58:45,120 --> 00:58:45,800
 How are you?

959
00:58:46,540 --> 00:58:46,980
 Hey, guys.

960
00:58:46,980 --> 00:58:47,680
 I'm doing great.

961
00:58:47,780 --> 00:58:48,280
 How are y'all doing?

962
00:58:48,900 --> 00:58:49,380
 Hey, Jimmy.

963
00:58:49,460 --> 00:58:49,920
 I'm doing all right.

964
00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:54,160
 Are you ready, Jimmy Lay, for some area play when it comes to high school basketball?

965
00:58:55,000 --> 00:58:57,740
 It is here, whether you are ready or not.

966
00:58:58,100 --> 00:59:00,520
 A lot of schools have already played a few games.

967
00:59:01,340 --> 00:59:05,220
 I think everybody is almost at the area final.

968
00:59:05,220 --> 00:59:07,140
 The lower classifications are.

969
00:59:07,280 --> 00:59:10,960
 I know 7A don't start until a little bit later.

970
00:59:11,280 --> 00:59:12,740
 But, yeah, it is here.

971
00:59:14,380 --> 00:59:17,940
 Yeah, Jimmy's 7A begins Thursday.

972
00:59:17,940 --> 00:59:21,760
 I know in area 7, of course, is at Huntsville.

973
00:59:23,200 --> 00:59:25,180
 Huntsville at Grissom at 6.

974
00:59:25,400 --> 00:59:31,280
 We mentioned Jack Dawson, 900 wins in a few minutes, Spartan at Albert Bowl.

975
00:59:31,920 --> 00:59:35,880
 And then the area 8 is at James Clemens on Thursday.

976
00:59:36,020 --> 00:59:37,220
 Bob Jones at Austin.

977
00:59:37,540 --> 00:59:41,400
 James Clemens at Florence for the second game.

978
00:59:41,540 --> 00:59:46,240
 That's going to be very interesting matchups, Jimmy, for class 7A come Thursday.

979
00:59:47,400 --> 00:59:47,920
 Absolutely.

980
00:59:48,360 --> 00:59:51,840
 I think Huntsville is probably the head of the class there.

981
00:59:52,580 --> 00:59:55,200
 They've been number one here and there during the season.

982
00:59:56,700 --> 00:59:59,800
 They've lost a couple times to 6A May Jemison.

983
01:00:00,180 --> 01:00:05,540
 But, all in all, I think they have probably the best team in these two areas.

984
01:00:06,140 --> 01:00:10,360
 Bob Jones and James Clemens, the top two in area 8.

985
01:00:10,500 --> 01:00:12,800
 James Clemens beat them twice, but tight games.

986
01:00:13,000 --> 01:00:17,260
 But, you know, James Clemens didn't beat Florence by much earlier in the season.

987
01:00:18,140 --> 01:00:21,260
 And so, that's not going to be a gimme for those guys, even though they're hosting.

988
01:00:21,960 --> 01:00:23,820
 So, it's a really good team.

989
01:00:23,900 --> 01:00:26,240
 No matter who comes out of this, you've got some really good teams.

990
01:00:26,660 --> 01:00:30,820
 Sparkman and Albertville, all fit the shame that one of those teams is going to go home

991
01:00:30,820 --> 01:00:33,560
 and not have a chance, you know, to make it.

992
01:00:34,080 --> 01:00:35,820
 And that's just because it's so tough.

993
01:00:35,940 --> 01:00:43,840
 You know, there you have Grissom, the fourth-place team in that area with such a legendary coach like Jack Dawson,

994
01:00:43,940 --> 01:00:44,600
 as you just mentioned.

995
01:00:45,020 --> 01:00:48,500
 It seems a little strange that they probably will get eliminated.

996
01:00:49,640 --> 01:00:54,720
 Talk to us about it, Jack, before we move on to the 6A Area 15 and Muscle Shoals.

997
01:00:54,800 --> 01:00:57,520
 Do people realize what a treasure Jack Dawson is?

998
01:00:57,520 --> 01:01:03,000
 I mean, this guy, people don't realize he's not exactly a spring chicken, and he still loves it.

999
01:01:03,060 --> 01:01:04,340
 He's out of the old school.

1000
01:01:04,900 --> 01:01:05,980
 Chad doesn't do it for the money.

1001
01:01:06,080 --> 01:01:07,840
 He does it out of passion, out of heart.

1002
01:01:07,920 --> 01:01:10,980
 But the people realize, I don't care if you're playing tiddly wings.

1003
01:01:11,060 --> 01:01:16,140
 If you win 900 ballgames, especially at the level that he's won at, that's pretty incredible.

1004
01:01:17,300 --> 01:01:18,740
 It really is.

1005
01:01:19,560 --> 01:01:26,380
 And just, you know, people here in the Huntsville area, they know, you know, what he did at Butler

1006
01:01:26,380 --> 01:01:31,800
 and how he was able to just, I mean, really just dominate there, you know, at that school.

1007
01:01:32,060 --> 01:01:35,120
 And now Butler, you know, is not even a school anymore.

1008
01:01:35,260 --> 01:01:40,140
 And then he was going to retire, and then he jumps over to J.O. Johnson,

1009
01:01:40,140 --> 01:01:45,820
 which they won a couple of state titles there before they changed schools to May Jemison,

1010
01:01:46,100 --> 01:01:49,020
 won another state title, you know, for them.

1011
01:01:49,320 --> 01:01:52,820
 Thought he was going to retire again, and then he just couldn't.

1012
01:01:52,920 --> 01:01:57,760
 He just had to scratch that edge, and then Grissom came calling, and he jumped in there.

1013
01:01:58,400 --> 01:02:01,920
 He's not had the best teams that he would like to have at Grissom,

1014
01:02:02,000 --> 01:02:04,420
 and mainly because he's so tough, as we just talked about him.

1015
01:02:04,480 --> 01:02:04,920
 That's right.

1016
01:02:05,100 --> 01:02:05,520
 He's on school.

1017
01:02:05,780 --> 01:02:09,740
 Such a tough, I mean, I've seen they get knocked out

1018
01:02:09,740 --> 01:02:12,560
 on some crazy last-second, you know, shots.

1019
01:02:12,660 --> 01:02:15,720
 I think Sparkman knocked him out a couple of years ago on a last-second,

1020
01:02:16,100 --> 01:02:18,440
 you know, 30-footer that was just so improbable.

1021
01:02:19,200 --> 01:02:20,100
 He got beat.

1022
01:02:20,860 --> 01:02:25,520
 Got knocked out of the Final Four berth from Huntsville a couple years ago.

1023
01:02:26,000 --> 01:02:27,340
 Just couldn't beat those guys.

1024
01:02:27,460 --> 01:02:31,260
 But, man, he's just done it, you know, all the places that he's been.

1025
01:02:31,260 --> 01:02:35,040
 I mean, Hayes, Butler, Johnson, Jemison, now Grissom.

1026
01:02:35,520 --> 01:02:36,540
 When's he going to retire?

1027
01:02:36,720 --> 01:02:37,380
 I don't know.

1028
01:02:37,640 --> 01:02:41,540
 They probably have to just eventually just say, okay, Jack, that's it.

1029
01:02:42,040 --> 01:02:43,380
 You've got to retire, man.

1030
01:02:43,620 --> 01:02:44,080
 That's right.

1031
01:02:44,620 --> 01:02:47,460
 I tell you, when he's going to retire in 19 victories,

1032
01:02:47,460 --> 01:02:51,980
 when he gets number 920 at the end of that season,

1033
01:02:52,580 --> 01:02:53,740
 Harold mentioned this earlier,

1034
01:02:53,900 --> 01:02:55,860
 most of the shows has really played well.

1035
01:02:55,960 --> 01:02:56,360
 They've won.

1036
01:02:57,020 --> 01:03:01,000
 Jimmy, I always look for teams that are hot going into the area of play.

1037
01:03:01,100 --> 01:03:02,480
 Most of the shows has won.

1038
01:03:03,080 --> 01:03:07,240
 13 of 16, in fact, they lost to Albert Bull last week.

1039
01:03:07,460 --> 01:03:09,080
 In fact, the source tonight,

1040
01:03:09,200 --> 01:03:12,080
 Decatur Hartzell at 530,

1041
01:03:12,180 --> 01:03:15,740
 and then most of the shows taking on Athens after that.

1042
01:03:15,820 --> 01:03:16,880
 Your thoughts on that?

1043
01:03:16,960 --> 01:03:20,880
 And also, we've talked about Huntsville quite a bit during the course of the year.

1044
01:03:20,940 --> 01:03:22,740
 It still amazes me, Jimmy,

1045
01:03:22,860 --> 01:03:26,480
 that May Jemison beat Huntsville not once but twice this season.

1046
01:03:27,480 --> 01:03:28,320
 They're tough.

1047
01:03:28,900 --> 01:03:30,080
 They really are.

1048
01:03:30,360 --> 01:03:31,400
 And they get after you.

1049
01:03:31,500 --> 01:03:32,560
 They turn you over.

1050
01:03:33,240 --> 01:03:36,620
 And that's how you beat a team like Huntsville is when they have so much size.

1051
01:03:37,600 --> 01:03:40,380
 You've got to really get after them and turn the ball over

1052
01:03:40,380 --> 01:03:42,900
 so you get more possessions than they do.

1053
01:03:43,060 --> 01:03:44,480
 And if you can get more possessions,

1054
01:03:45,080 --> 01:03:46,680
 that's how you're going to have a great chance.

1055
01:03:46,760 --> 01:03:48,860
 You're not going to beat them on the boards more times than not.

1056
01:03:49,220 --> 01:03:51,000
 You're going to have to, like I said,

1057
01:03:51,040 --> 01:03:54,260
 you've got to turn them over and get some easy baskets that way.

1058
01:03:55,400 --> 01:03:56,840
 Muscle Shoals is on a roll.

1059
01:03:56,980 --> 01:03:59,620
 They're the class, you know, of that area.

1060
01:04:00,660 --> 01:04:06,180
 And I look for them to win this area and go to sub-region play

1061
01:04:06,180 --> 01:04:08,560
 and win there and get to the regionals.

1062
01:04:08,620 --> 01:04:09,720
 I'm not sure if they're regions.

1063
01:04:10,620 --> 01:04:16,060
 I believe they're in Hanceville, right, when they win out, I believe so.

1064
01:04:16,600 --> 01:04:21,180
 It's strange how they decide every year which areas are going to go to Hanceville,

1065
01:04:21,180 --> 01:04:23,140
 which are going to go to Jacksonville.

1066
01:04:23,140 --> 01:04:26,220
 They change it sometimes, and sometimes they change it,

1067
01:04:26,300 --> 01:04:29,440
 and you end up having the best teams in the same region.

1068
01:04:30,180 --> 01:04:33,520
 I know last year, Hanceville and Hoover were the two best teams,

1069
01:04:33,520 --> 01:04:36,420
 but they had to play in the region final.

1070
01:04:36,920 --> 01:04:38,880
 That should have been a state final game.

1071
01:04:38,980 --> 01:04:41,420
 That was such a great Hanceville team last year.

1072
01:04:41,960 --> 01:04:45,440
 But anyway, I really think that Muscle Shoals is going to win that,

1073
01:04:45,500 --> 01:04:46,520
 but, man, Hanceville's good.

1074
01:04:47,000 --> 01:04:48,060
 They always are.

1075
01:04:48,920 --> 01:04:51,980
 You know, Athens and Decatur, they're not bad.

1076
01:04:52,120 --> 01:04:58,120
 I mean, they have some talent that if you don't play your best game,

1077
01:04:58,220 --> 01:04:59,140
 you can get beat.

1078
01:05:00,020 --> 01:05:05,120
 I saw a game this past weekend in the girls, 4A girls, area 15.

1079
01:05:05,720 --> 01:05:09,740
 Madison Academy got upset in double overtime by JP2,

1080
01:05:09,860 --> 01:05:11,780
 and they had dominated them during the season.

1081
01:05:12,140 --> 01:05:16,440
 It just got to win that one game to move on, and that's all it takes.

1082
01:05:17,080 --> 01:05:18,600
 Jimmy, lay, AL.com.

1083
01:05:18,680 --> 01:05:20,860
 Jimmy, obviously a lot of good teams.

1084
01:05:21,200 --> 01:05:25,340
 In terms of Shoals area teams, in the greater Shoals area,

1085
01:05:25,900 --> 01:05:29,880
 on the boys' side, obviously you've got tournament play there at Brooks,

1086
01:05:30,120 --> 01:05:31,780
 West Morgan, Lauderdale County.

1087
01:05:32,380 --> 01:05:36,120
 Your thoughts about what stands out as far as those host sides at Brooks,

1088
01:05:36,460 --> 01:05:38,760
 Lauderdale County, West Morgan, Lawrence County?

1089
01:05:39,760 --> 01:05:46,480
 I tell you what, I got to see West Morgan up close just last week playing

1090
01:05:46,480 --> 01:05:50,800
 Westminster, and they just, I mean, Westminster is a pretty good little team.

1091
01:05:51,280 --> 01:05:56,780
 They got upset by Randolph over the weekend, but, man, they just took them apart.

1092
01:05:56,960 --> 01:05:58,780
 I mean, they just, they're just so sound.

1093
01:05:58,920 --> 01:06:00,120
 They don't turn the ball over.

1094
01:06:01,240 --> 01:06:03,300
 They've got some really good shooters.

1095
01:06:04,360 --> 01:06:09,660
 They've got some big guys that can step outside and hit the, you know, hit the three.

1096
01:06:10,280 --> 01:06:11,720
 So, I really like them.

1097
01:06:12,840 --> 01:06:16,260
 You know, Brooks is usually, you know, pretty solid.

1098
01:06:17,120 --> 01:06:21,760
 I believe they are hosting their area, I believe, is that right?

1099
01:06:22,400 --> 01:06:23,560
 I would tell you this.

1100
01:06:23,680 --> 01:06:28,680
 If you're hosting an area, it's because you dominated during the regular season more times than not.

1101
01:06:28,960 --> 01:06:33,080
 Most of these teams that are hosting, it's because they went undefeated in the area.

1102
01:06:33,200 --> 01:06:33,960
 They beat everybody.

1103
01:06:34,560 --> 01:06:39,360
 And so, when they win again, it shouldn't be a surprise when they do that.

1104
01:06:39,520 --> 01:06:43,840
 You know, very few of these teams, they're so good that they don't get complacent.

1105
01:06:43,840 --> 01:06:50,340
 They don't allow teams that are not as good as them to rise up and, you know, upset them.

1106
01:06:50,480 --> 01:06:55,220
 And so, I look for Brooks to be able to, I think they got, well, they got Deschler.

1107
01:06:55,320 --> 01:06:57,000
 I mean, Deschler, man, they're always solid.

1108
01:06:57,100 --> 01:07:02,360
 You never know they're, you know, but I think Brooks is probably going to be able to handle that.

1109
01:07:02,720 --> 01:07:07,140
 Wes Morgan, they're probably going to beat, you know, East Lawrence.

1110
01:07:08,720 --> 01:07:11,140
 And you mentioned, we mentioned Florence earlier.

1111
01:07:11,140 --> 01:07:15,620
 I think Florence is going to give James Clemens a pretty tough game.

1112
01:07:15,780 --> 01:07:19,140
 I don't think that's going to be, because they played them tough during the regular season.

1113
01:07:19,740 --> 01:07:25,300
 So, like I said, you can't get this far into the season and not be playing your best basketball,

1114
01:07:25,440 --> 01:07:28,140
 because if you don't, if you have that one bad night, man, you're going home.

1115
01:07:29,420 --> 01:07:38,320
 Jimmy, the Alabama High School Athletic Association has had a very interesting year so far with the announcements,

1116
01:07:38,720 --> 01:07:47,140
 the reclassification raised quite a bit, splitting public and private schools for the postseason.

1117
01:07:47,280 --> 01:07:50,200
 Now, again, they can play during the regular season.

1118
01:07:50,200 --> 01:07:55,140
 And the central board came out last week with changes.

1119
01:07:55,520 --> 01:08:03,960
 Again, it's going to Mobile, and this is going to be a four-day event beginning in 2026 in Mobile.

1120
01:08:04,700 --> 01:08:10,360
 In Class 6A, they've expanded it from 16 to 24 teams.

1121
01:08:11,000 --> 01:08:22,120
 The top teams, actually, the teams that finish first or second in their respective regions will receive a first-round buy in the playoffs.

1122
01:08:22,880 --> 01:08:24,120
 That's going to be interesting.

1123
01:08:24,280 --> 01:08:29,480
 The other thing they tried to do, Jimmy, was what we talked about with you last fall,

1124
01:08:29,480 --> 01:08:37,840
 was trying to keep some of these travel expenses down, because teams from Huntsville and Mobile went to their respective areas,

1125
01:08:38,100 --> 01:08:42,640
 and that cost some of these schools $20,000 in travel expenses.

1126
01:08:43,460 --> 01:08:44,440
 Jimmy, your thoughts?

1127
01:08:44,740 --> 01:08:51,560
 And then, I don't mind, Oakwood Academy is denied their appeal, because they played one more game.

1128
01:08:51,960 --> 01:08:53,500
 Scottsboro is upset.

1129
01:08:54,440 --> 01:08:57,860
 Been an interesting year so far for the central board.

1130
01:08:58,580 --> 01:09:02,600
 I tell you what, they can't get out of their own way sometimes.

1131
01:09:02,760 --> 01:09:04,260
 No, that's correct.

1132
01:09:04,940 --> 01:09:08,240
 And somehow, Oakwood is in the middle of it, again.

1133
01:09:09,000 --> 01:09:09,320
 Again.

1134
01:09:10,140 --> 01:09:12,780
 More so, this is probably their fault.

1135
01:09:12,900 --> 01:09:14,120
 I know they had some discussions.

1136
01:09:14,320 --> 01:09:19,160
 They claimed that they had spoken to somebody at the state office and said that their game with Whitesburg,

1137
01:09:19,220 --> 01:09:24,380
 which put them over the top, was going to be allowed, and then afterwards said it wasn't.

1138
01:09:25,620 --> 01:09:28,800
 I just hate it for the kids, because they've had a great seat.

1139
01:09:28,860 --> 01:09:30,900
 They're ranked number one in single-A.

1140
01:09:31,080 --> 01:09:39,120
 They've played some really tough teams this year, had a chance to probably get to Birmingham, win a state championship,

1141
01:09:39,280 --> 01:09:41,300
 and then you just lose it because of that.

1142
01:09:41,300 --> 01:09:45,620
 But the other thing that a lot of people don't realize is they're in that area with Skyline.

1143
01:09:45,820 --> 01:09:50,060
 Skyline should have been elevated to the number one seed in that tournament.

1144
01:09:50,640 --> 01:09:51,940
 Well, they didn't do that.

1145
01:09:52,000 --> 01:09:56,420
 They didn't receive the tournament, so Skyline ended up being the number two.

1146
01:09:57,480 --> 01:10:04,440
 And they have to play Eider, and so Eider should have been the number two seed.

1147
01:10:04,680 --> 01:10:07,200
 So Eider and Skyline should have been one and two.

1148
01:10:07,280 --> 01:10:08,900
 They didn't do that, so they had to play each other.

1149
01:10:09,200 --> 01:10:14,160
 One of those teams probably deserves to go on to the sub-regional, but one of them is going home.

1150
01:10:14,660 --> 01:10:14,860
 Wow.

1151
01:10:14,860 --> 01:10:17,040
 Because they just, why would you not do that?

1152
01:10:17,060 --> 01:10:18,980
 It doesn't make sense to me, but they didn't do that.

1153
01:10:19,820 --> 01:10:27,620
 Scottsboro, you know, they tell all the schools, if you have any problems, if there's anything that needs to be clarified,

1154
01:10:27,840 --> 01:10:29,280
 if there's any errors, let us know.

1155
01:10:29,740 --> 01:10:31,580
 Scottsboro spoke up and said, yes, there's an error.

1156
01:10:31,960 --> 01:10:37,040
 And so because of this error, you've counted too many students in our average daily,

1157
01:10:37,180 --> 01:10:39,220
 and so therefore we shouldn't be in 5A.

1158
01:10:39,620 --> 01:10:41,420
 They said, okay, thanks, but you're still in 5A.

1159
01:10:41,780 --> 01:10:43,280
 I'm like, that don't make any sense.

1160
01:10:43,280 --> 01:10:48,780
 Why do you want schools to, why do you tell them, hey, tell us if there's an error,

1161
01:10:49,120 --> 01:10:52,420
 and then they tell you, and then they're like, well, thanks for letting us know,

1162
01:10:52,480 --> 01:10:53,460
 but we're not going to change it.

1163
01:10:53,720 --> 01:10:54,160
 Wow.

1164
01:10:54,460 --> 01:11:01,140
 So it's just, I don't know any coach, really, that says, yes, we're absolutely in favor of this change

1165
01:11:01,140 --> 01:11:02,720
 with the private and the public schools.

1166
01:11:03,540 --> 01:11:09,380
 The top 7A schools doesn't affect them, probably helps them a bit because it sort of dilutes.

1167
01:11:09,760 --> 01:11:13,540
 You know, they're dropping down into what used to be 6A, you know,

1168
01:11:13,540 --> 01:11:17,700
 and so they're playing a lot of those same teams, again, that they used to play, that they used to dominate.

1169
01:11:18,420 --> 01:11:23,980
 So the best schools in 7A, the Thompsons and the, you know, the central Phoenix cities

1170
01:11:23,980 --> 01:11:27,660
 and those schools, they're still going to dominate regardless.

1171
01:11:28,320 --> 01:11:30,280
 It's a lot of the private schools.

1172
01:11:30,460 --> 01:11:35,660
 I mean, I think I sent you this, Brad, Westminster's region where they got two schools in Birmingham,

1173
01:11:36,400 --> 01:11:38,560
 a school in Tuscaloosa and a school in Auburn.

1174
01:11:38,960 --> 01:11:43,280
 Man, when you've got to go to Lee Scott Academy, and it's not just football.

1175
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 You've got to go there for anything else on a good week game.

1176
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 Come on, man.

1177
01:11:47,980 --> 01:11:51,300
 You're going to have to basically, yes, it's an eight-hour trip, round trip, you know.

1178
01:11:51,440 --> 01:11:55,280
 So not really sure the thinking there.

1179
01:11:55,380 --> 01:11:59,060
 There is some discussion about changing something, about letting some of the schools,

1180
01:11:59,320 --> 01:12:03,920
 the two largest schools, McGill-Tulin down in Mobile and Briarwood,

1181
01:12:03,980 --> 01:12:10,680
 allowing them to still play in the public, you know, put them back into the public school regions.

1182
01:12:11,160 --> 01:12:13,280
 Not sure how, you know, where that will go.

1183
01:12:13,400 --> 01:12:14,860
 That might help a little bit.

1184
01:12:15,000 --> 01:12:20,300
 But one of the athletic directors I talked to told me, he said,

1185
01:12:20,400 --> 01:12:21,040
 it's just two years.

1186
01:12:21,100 --> 01:12:21,960
 We've got to get through it.

1187
01:12:22,580 --> 01:12:24,120
 You know, everybody hates it.

1188
01:12:24,260 --> 01:12:25,360
 There's nothing we can do.

1189
01:12:25,500 --> 01:12:27,620
 But we've just got to make the best for these two years.

1190
01:12:27,620 --> 01:12:33,680
 And I thought, man, I just hope that it doesn't cause some irreparable harm in these two years

1191
01:12:33,680 --> 01:12:37,700
 that we see that happens for years to come.

1192
01:12:37,760 --> 01:12:38,740
 I just hope that doesn't happen.

1193
01:12:40,220 --> 01:12:42,440
 Jimmy, great stuff as always, bud.

1194
01:12:43,240 --> 01:12:46,400
 The area of plays here really gets rolling this week.

1195
01:12:46,500 --> 01:12:49,260
 Man, I know you've got some of the games covered.

1196
01:12:49,780 --> 01:12:52,180
 Ben Thomas, Tim, Thomas Ashworth.

1197
01:12:52,340 --> 01:12:56,840
 But where can we get online and get the results, game stories, and everything else?

1198
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 Absolutely.

1199
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 Go to preps.al.com.

1200
01:12:59,940 --> 01:13:04,420
 And, again, as we always say, if you're at a game and there's a last-second play, man,

1201
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 get your camera out and video that thing.

1202
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 And go to the al.dotprepsx account.

1203
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 Put that thing on there because without people out there doing these videos like that,

1204
01:13:19,000 --> 01:13:22,840
 we all get to see some of these great finishes, and I'm sure we're going to see some.

1205
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 Jimmy, enjoy the area of play.

1206
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 Stay safe out there.

1207
01:13:27,080 --> 01:13:29,240
 And thanks so much for your time to have a great week, okay?

1208
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 You got it.

1209
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 You too, guys.

1210
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 Thank you, bud.

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 But in the meantime, a pleasure for us to welcome in the man who can always answer the

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 question, the V-Man at 99.1, the sports animal in Knoxville.

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 The question, V-Man, how do you consistently provide gold medal winning performances?

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 How are you?

1305
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 I'm good.

1306
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 That actually was not the expected first question I was going to get from you.

1307
01:18:14,940 --> 01:18:19,440
 I thought it would be, why does Tennessee keep giving up double-digit leads to Kentucky?

1308
01:18:19,440 --> 01:18:24,040
 Well, that's a question that a lot of fans are still asking.

1309
01:18:24,220 --> 01:18:25,680
 Frankly, a lot of media are, too.

1310
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 I'm consistent and I have a good dog.

1311
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 So, that's my reasoning.

1312
01:18:31,780 --> 01:18:35,820
 Well, everybody's at the kennel right now trying to mock you there, V-Man.

1313
01:18:35,920 --> 01:18:37,700
 Your thoughts about this Tennessee team.

1314
01:18:37,880 --> 01:18:43,220
 And is it safe to say that every fan base in the SEC at one point or the other this season

1315
01:18:43,220 --> 01:18:44,780
 has pretty much said the same thing?

1316
01:18:45,200 --> 01:18:49,020
 How can you beat this team this much and then lose to this team this much?

1317
01:18:49,400 --> 01:18:54,980
 Obviously, Kentucky has Tennessee's number, but is it the year of every weekend is unpredictable

1318
01:18:54,980 --> 01:18:56,500
 across the SEC landscape?

1319
01:18:57,560 --> 01:18:59,740
 Yeah, I think it's today's college athletics.

1320
01:19:00,140 --> 01:19:03,280
 It's, you know, guys moving around so much.

1321
01:19:03,420 --> 01:19:07,840
 It's guys, you know, trying to develop the chemistry and it still, you know, will be a

1322
01:19:07,840 --> 01:19:09,840
 little bit of ebb and flow and up and down.

1323
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 And then, you know, you just never know with all that's going on in kids' lives with NIL

1324
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 and, you know, social media and everything else, just the focus of guys.

1325
01:19:20,880 --> 01:19:23,740
 And that can fluctuate within the game.

1326
01:19:24,000 --> 01:19:25,080
 And that was certainly the case.

1327
01:19:25,240 --> 01:19:30,560
 Tennessee was absolutely lights out in the first half from three.

1328
01:19:30,860 --> 01:19:34,540
 You know, just an incredible performance by Tennessee.

1329
01:19:34,660 --> 01:19:36,560
 And that's really not something they rely on.

1330
01:19:36,560 --> 01:19:43,620
 So, their numbers weren't very good inside in the paint where typically they are outstanding.

1331
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 But they were shooting the three so well they didn't have to go inside.

1332
01:19:48,840 --> 01:19:51,800
 Then they couldn't turn it on when they needed it.

1333
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 And when that became something that Kentucky was able to drive on Tennessee and be aggressive

1334
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 inside, Tennessee didn't have answers to that.

1335
01:20:04,380 --> 01:20:07,800
 And then it was kind of similar to the first time, it just kind of chipped away.

1336
01:20:08,520 --> 01:20:10,460
 And I think Tennessee fought better.

1337
01:20:10,680 --> 01:20:15,100
 They still, you know, they got a better chance to win this game in the end than, you know,

1338
01:20:15,100 --> 01:20:21,560
 last time they kind of, you know, whittled a little bit in the phrasing, I think, of Rick Barnes.

1339
01:20:21,720 --> 01:20:23,020
 But it was different.

1340
01:20:23,560 --> 01:20:29,740
 But they still, you know, it's still disappointing that they couldn't get enough guys to have good,

1341
01:20:29,740 --> 01:20:35,360
 enough performances besides Amen, who was incredible again, and Jacoby Gillespie.

1342
01:20:36,020 --> 01:20:40,580
 They really need a more consistent third score.

1343
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 Now, it doesn't have to be the same guy every game, but they need a third guy to be able to not only be a threat,

1344
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 but have a good offensive game.

1345
01:20:51,420 --> 01:20:52,860
 And that just hasn't been the case.

1346
01:20:53,040 --> 01:20:59,140
 And they turn the ball over too much, and they miss free throws, and they miss shots around the basket.

1347
01:20:59,460 --> 01:21:05,660
 And when they lose games, all those three things are a factor in their losses.

1348
01:21:06,400 --> 01:21:11,620
 So those are things that you should be able to be better at.

1349
01:21:12,360 --> 01:21:17,760
 The free throw shooting percentage, I don't know how much you could improve that within a season.

1350
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 And making shots around the basket, that's poise.

1351
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 So you should be able to do that.

1352
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 And turnovers, a lot of times it is self-inflicted and poise also.

1353
01:21:29,040 --> 01:21:31,140
 So they're going to improve on some of those.

1354
01:21:31,600 --> 01:21:35,260
 But, you know, that's why it's frustrating for fans.

1355
01:21:35,380 --> 01:21:38,220
 They're like, all right, these are fundamental things in basketball.

1356
01:21:38,660 --> 01:21:41,540
 If we do that, we should be good enough to win a lot of games.

1357
01:21:42,280 --> 01:21:45,180
 Well, and they did that against Alabama and Auburn.

1358
01:21:46,480 --> 01:21:51,960
 And they seem to have been able to do it this year, except everybody, except Kentucky.

1359
01:21:51,960 --> 01:22:00,400
 You mentioned, Nate, Amen, 24, averaging nearly 25 points in the last four conference games.

1360
01:22:00,400 --> 01:22:05,820
 J.P. Estrella, who made some key baskets against Auburn in the second half.

1361
01:22:05,940 --> 01:22:09,960
 Bishop Boswell scored 10 against Tennessee.

1362
01:22:10,260 --> 01:22:13,860
 But Dwayne Brown looked good against Auburn, too.

1363
01:22:14,000 --> 01:22:17,300
 But you're right, B, that third score that I know they're still looking for.

1364
01:22:18,040 --> 01:22:27,820
 In SEC play, Nate, Amen, it's averaging about 21, Gillespie about 19, and then it's Boswell and Estrella about eight.

1365
01:22:27,940 --> 01:22:30,900
 Now, those numbers aren't bad overall.

1366
01:22:31,680 --> 01:22:35,520
 You would like to have a third guy in double figures.

1367
01:22:35,980 --> 01:22:42,500
 It's just been so wildly inconsistent on who gives it to you.

1368
01:22:42,660 --> 01:22:44,460
 Boswell should not be the guy.

1369
01:22:44,460 --> 01:22:49,580
 He has the potential to, but they ask so much of him in so many other ways.

1370
01:22:50,020 --> 01:22:58,460
 To ask him to be a much bigger scorer does not sound like something that is, you know, is in the cards right now.

1371
01:22:58,780 --> 01:23:03,660
 We talked to Mauro Morgan, assistant coach who comes on weekly on our show, Sports Talk.

1372
01:23:04,280 --> 01:23:08,380
 And he said Boswell's doing exactly what we asked him to do.

1373
01:23:08,700 --> 01:23:15,260
 I think the guy should be Estrella, Estrella, Kerry Brown, Alcparra.

1374
01:23:15,460 --> 01:23:21,960
 I think that's where the third scoring, because then you're getting inside out versus everything on the perimeter.

1375
01:23:23,140 --> 01:23:29,400
 So that's where I think Tennessee can take the biggest jump is in scoring.

1376
01:23:29,640 --> 01:23:35,580
 And some of that is just hitting your bunnies around the rim, and then the numbers will look a lot better.

1377
01:23:35,880 --> 01:23:40,080
 And you could argue they win a couple more games if they just do some of those fundamental things.

1378
01:23:40,400 --> 01:23:43,580
 But, yeah, Amen has been phenomenal.

1379
01:23:44,260 --> 01:23:50,920
 And you can just see him taking over and looks like a lottery pick in the NBA draft right now.

1380
01:23:53,140 --> 01:23:55,180
 No question about that.

1381
01:23:55,280 --> 01:24:03,500
 V, just quickly, Tennessee finishes number eight on National Signing Day, the highest they've been since 2015,

1382
01:24:03,900 --> 01:24:07,180
 according to Ryan Callahan of GoVos247.

1383
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 Files on Brandon, the quarterback, T.K. Keyes, and Gabriel Ascenda, some of the jewels in that class.

1384
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 But a nice signing day to be in a couple minutes, a nice signing day for Tennessee.

1385
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 Yeah, no doubt.

1386
01:24:23,120 --> 01:24:32,160
 And they need to hit on these guys, because, you know, honestly, there are some positions that they brought in a lot of guys,

1387
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 especially on defense in the secondary and the defensive line.

1388
01:24:36,380 --> 01:24:41,860
 They are going to need them to play and have bigger roles early.

1389
01:24:42,360 --> 01:24:45,900
 I don't know that they've been in that position that much in the past.

1390
01:24:45,900 --> 01:24:51,820
 So, you end up in the composite rankings of everybody with two five-stars.

1391
01:24:51,940 --> 01:24:57,000
 But Ascenda, some services have them as a five, some of them as a four, however you look at it.

1392
01:24:58,000 --> 01:25:05,160
 They're going to need a big hit percentage if they're going to make up for some of their losses in the portal

1393
01:25:05,160 --> 01:25:10,680
 and losses in graduation from last year and, you know, fill some holes.

1394
01:25:10,820 --> 01:25:17,980
 Because they do have still some question marks on this team, especially when it comes to that D-line and how deep they'll go.

1395
01:25:18,820 --> 01:25:22,100
 One thing about it, V-Man, when it happens, you've got it all covered there.

1396
01:25:22,220 --> 01:25:25,100
 Listen, man, thanks so much for knocking it out of the park this week, okay?

1397
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 All right.

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 You guys are the best.

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 Always enjoy.

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1401
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 Thank you, buddy.

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 You know, baby, it's a shame that you see these folks work all their lives to get to the Super Bowl.

1510
01:31:34,540 --> 01:31:36,680
 And then politics has a way of sitting in the thunder.

1511
01:31:36,860 --> 01:31:44,880
 But in spite of all that, I thought one of the more inspiring stories yesterday was a fellow who turned out to be the MVP, Kenneth Walker III.

1512
01:31:46,140 --> 01:31:49,480
 You look at the way he performed yesterday, and he says, what's the problem?

1513
01:31:49,520 --> 01:31:52,380
 This kid's in the peak health, and he is now.

1514
01:31:52,600 --> 01:31:57,280
 But he basically was giving up a very slow chance when he was a kid.

1515
01:31:57,460 --> 01:32:11,020
 And then as recently as 2018, he was diagnosed with blood clots in both lungs and goes all the way back to when he's in high school there in the Memphis area, Arlington.

1516
01:32:11,240 --> 01:32:15,360
 If you're familiar with that part of the woods, you know, that's a town north of Memphis there.

1517
01:32:15,360 --> 01:32:23,440
 He had pulmonary embolism in his lungs as a child, and then even more issues just eight years ago.

1518
01:32:23,580 --> 01:32:32,180
 So when you see those kind of stories, BB, it makes you just say thank you so much for having a story that's aside from all the politics going on.

1519
01:32:32,180 --> 01:32:42,540
 Well, he was the reason, certainly one of the reasons, besides the defensive line, which ripped the Patriots' offensive line the entire game.

1520
01:32:42,660 --> 01:32:46,760
 Walker runs for 135 yards.

1521
01:32:47,420 --> 01:32:55,280
 And, Harold, I thought the team that ran the ball in this game more, and Seattle's done that, would end up winning the game.

1522
01:32:55,280 --> 01:33:01,000
 But, yeah, he's also not the tallest player on the team, which I think everybody noticed that yesterday.

1523
01:33:01,320 --> 01:33:05,560
 But I'll tell you one thing, when he gets a crease, he's got tremendous vision.

1524
01:33:05,700 --> 01:33:07,840
 When he gets a crease, he's gone.

1525
01:33:08,380 --> 01:33:11,880
 And the thing about it is, the Memphis area is right there in the middle of SEC country.

1526
01:33:12,000 --> 01:33:18,780
 You've got, obviously, Ole Miss down the road, Tennessee, the state, Arkansas is right up the road, Mississippi State not too far, and he winds up at Michigan State.

1527
01:33:18,840 --> 01:33:20,020
 And that's the thing about the Super Bowl.

1528
01:33:20,500 --> 01:33:23,900
 You can't always go by that college and the rankings of a high school.

1529
01:33:23,900 --> 01:33:27,420
 Well, sometimes it takes a while for the grape juice to turn into good wine.

1530
01:33:27,560 --> 01:33:33,420
 Brian Matthews has got a pretty good story as well, following the Super Bowl, a senior editor for AuburnSports.com.

1531
01:33:33,500 --> 01:33:34,220
 Brian, welcome in.

1532
01:33:34,280 --> 01:33:34,760
 How are you?

1533
01:33:35,360 --> 01:33:38,140
 It was good to see Derek Hall go out there and have a great game for Auburn.

1534
01:33:38,320 --> 01:33:39,520
 I had a couple of tracks there.

1535
01:33:39,660 --> 01:33:40,360
 That was exciting.

1536
01:33:40,820 --> 01:33:45,800
 One of the best all-around football players and persons I've covered at Auburn.

1537
01:33:46,340 --> 01:33:51,120
 And for the folks who don't cover him on a daily basis, Brian, let's forget all the numbers.

1538
01:33:51,380 --> 01:33:53,440
 In a few years, we'll forget statistics.

1539
01:33:53,860 --> 01:33:56,960
 Talk to us about Derek Hall's story to get this far.

1540
01:33:58,220 --> 01:34:01,420
 Well, I mean, I think a lot of people know that he was born premature.

1541
01:34:01,800 --> 01:34:05,400
 I don't remember the exact details of it.

1542
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 It's been a minute.

1543
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 Like four months, I believe it was.

1544
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 Something like four months premature.

1545
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 He had basically had a 1% chance to live.

1546
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 Yeah.

1547
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 And, you know, so from that, you know, he grew into just, you know, an incredible athlete, football player.

1548
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 And just, you know, when he was here at Auburn, just a great leader, a hard worker.

1549
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 It's just amazing if you look at Auburn's defensive line, it seems like they have one of these guys every three or four years.

1550
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 Keldrick Falk, of course, was the last one.

1551
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 And, you know, Derek was the guy that would be out there at practice, would work harder than anybody, you know, even though he was, you know, Auburn going to be a starter no matter what.

1552
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 He's one of Auburn's best players.

1553
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 But that didn't matter to him.

1554
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 And, you know, just a tremendous human being off the field, too.

1555
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 So I think a lot of people are just really excited for him to have this success.

1556
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1557
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 Money musings I always enjoy.

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 I usually bring it up.

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1560
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 Going back and reading this thing about some of the bands and the singer, you mentioned last week, just to throw this in real quick,

1561
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 the Midnight Special, I can't tell you how many times my dad came into our room at about one o'clock in the morning and said,

1562
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 boys, you better get your you-know-what to bed.

1563
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 But that started a lot.

1564
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 And that track, some TBS, was another one that I remember vividly.

1565
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 But you mentioned, and we talked with you about him last week, Gus Malzahn.

1566
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1567
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 Malzahn never had a losing record in 11 seasons in all, including three as offensive coordinator.

1568
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 Since he left, the Tigers have had five consecutive losing seasons in their 0-10 against Alabama in Georgia.

1569
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 Yeah, that's kind of good.

1570
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 I can understand where people felt like, you know, he had reached the end at Auburn, right?

1571
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 I'm not disputing that.

1572
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 But if you're going to replace him, I guess Malzahn, you better have a better plan, and Auburn hasn't shown that they have that.

1573
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 We'll see if this new coach changes that.

1574
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 You know, I'm not going to make any predictions because I'm not going to do that.

1575
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 Ah, go ahead, Brian, go ahead.

1576
01:36:28,620 --> 01:36:33,220
 But speaking of the Midnight Special, which was last week, but of course you can go back and find that.

1577
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 But just, you know, that era, unless you went to a lot of concerts, that's the first opportunity you ever had to see some of these bands, some of these singers that you heard on the radio perform live.

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 That was a really important time, you know, it was back in the 70s, it's been 50 years now, but it still was a really important time for a lot of people.

1579
01:36:51,580 --> 01:37:02,740
 And me too, I got to watch that on TV at the time, and, you know, you can go back now, they're in the process, or I don't know if they completed it yet, but putting all the old Midnight Specials on YouTube TV.

1580
01:37:03,300 --> 01:37:12,460
 Go back and find those, you can find all the different bands that were on there, you know, Country, Popular, you know, David Bowie, you know, Prince.

1581
01:37:13,260 --> 01:37:19,000
 You know, Fleetwood Mac, some of my favorites, you know, it was just incredible, the different bands, the different singers that were on there.

1582
01:37:19,640 --> 01:37:25,280
 And they would highlight different people in there, and I had an opportunity to interview one of the guys that came to a guy named Wolfman Jack.

1583
01:37:25,440 --> 01:37:25,840
 I don't know if it was.

1584
01:37:25,840 --> 01:37:26,860
 Yeah, yep, that's right.

1585
01:37:27,280 --> 01:37:33,660
 I had an opportunity in another market, he came through, and to say the least, he was an interesting character.

1586
01:37:34,100 --> 01:37:36,620
 Brian, where's your thought right now as far as this team?

1587
01:37:36,620 --> 01:37:42,420
 Obviously, just like down at Florida, and any time you bring in a brand new boss, everybody's all fired up.

1588
01:37:42,580 --> 01:37:45,060
 And as I've always said, they still haven't lost a ball game.

1589
01:37:45,180 --> 01:37:48,760
 We'll see after that how the fans react and how they lose, and who you lose to.

1590
01:37:49,300 --> 01:37:51,780
 But, Brian, what's your vibe right now with this new staff?

1591
01:37:53,100 --> 01:37:54,160
 It's pretty good.

1592
01:37:54,400 --> 01:38:02,060
 I don't, there's no negatives that I've seen or heard or felt from the football staff and goalers.

1593
01:38:02,200 --> 01:38:04,280
 I think so far they're doing a good job.

1594
01:38:04,280 --> 01:38:10,560
 I think transform portal-wise, they went out and added a lot to the team.

1595
01:38:11,000 --> 01:38:13,340
 I have concerns about the D-line, O-line.

1596
01:38:13,480 --> 01:38:14,300
 We'll see how that works out.

1597
01:38:14,380 --> 01:38:16,400
 They've got some numbers there, but we'll just have to see.

1598
01:38:17,520 --> 01:38:24,520
 But I like bringing in Byron Brown at quarterback and bringing in a bunch of his receivers and guys he's worked with.

1599
01:38:25,000 --> 01:38:28,420
 I think that's going to help them make that transition quicker.

1600
01:38:28,880 --> 01:38:33,220
 I think offensively, that's been always the biggest issue over the last five years, right?

1601
01:38:33,880 --> 01:38:34,780
 Most times.

1602
01:38:35,440 --> 01:38:37,820
 So having that's going to make a big difference.

1603
01:38:38,820 --> 01:38:44,300
 So far I like the approach from those guys, and we'll see.

1604
01:38:44,500 --> 01:38:48,480
 We got a chance to speak to Goldish and Joel Gordon, the offensive coordinator.

1605
01:38:49,180 --> 01:38:51,980
 And, of course, E.J. Durkin again with D.C. last week.

1606
01:38:52,060 --> 01:38:56,260
 And then this week we're going to have a roundtable with some of the assistant coaches.

1607
01:38:56,360 --> 01:38:59,880
 So that'll be good to catch up with them and start getting to know them a little bit better.

1608
01:39:01,440 --> 01:39:03,220
 Tell us again about spring.

1609
01:39:03,500 --> 01:39:05,300
 When does spring practice begin?

1610
01:39:05,540 --> 01:39:06,880
 It's going to be so critical.

1611
01:39:06,880 --> 01:39:09,900
 We talked about this a little bit earlier with our Florida guests.

1612
01:39:10,380 --> 01:39:13,020
 Six new coaches in the league.

1613
01:39:13,240 --> 01:39:14,720
 Transfer portal now.

1614
01:39:15,240 --> 01:39:16,620
 Going to be a critical spring.

1615
01:39:16,760 --> 01:39:18,900
 When does spring practice begin for Auburn?

1616
01:39:18,960 --> 01:39:20,600
 And tell us again the spring game.

1617
01:39:21,340 --> 01:39:23,100
 Yeah, I got the numbers.

1618
01:39:23,220 --> 01:39:28,480
 I'm not sure if I got them right, but I think is it March 18th and the spring game is the 17th or is that reversed?

1619
01:39:29,380 --> 01:39:31,200
 Yeah, that sounds right.

1620
01:39:31,200 --> 01:39:36,840
 So mid-March is going to start, mid-April, Saturday, the 17th.

1621
01:39:36,880 --> 01:39:38,720
 I believe it is the 8-A game.

1622
01:39:38,800 --> 01:39:40,160
 It's going to be a more traditional game.

1623
01:39:40,900 --> 01:39:46,380
 The biggest changes I see to spring is, you know, just a few years ago.

1624
01:39:46,460 --> 01:39:51,800
 I don't know if I mentioned this last time I was on the show, but we were talking about spring practice or 8-A games.

1625
01:39:51,900 --> 01:40:00,620
 Maybe, you know, not having them anymore just because of the spring transfer portal and people concerned about other players being scouted.

1626
01:40:00,960 --> 01:40:05,980
 Now they've taken the spring transfer portal away, although I think people can still transfer if they want to.

1627
01:40:07,320 --> 01:40:14,540
 But you've also got a situation where Auburn's got around 90 players on campus in the football program right now.

1628
01:40:14,920 --> 01:40:20,080
 So, you know, a few years ago those numbers were around 50 most years.

1629
01:40:20,260 --> 01:40:23,020
 And it was hard to have a real spring game because you have enough players.

1630
01:40:23,480 --> 01:40:25,120
 But they'll certainly do that.

1631
01:40:25,160 --> 01:40:26,100
 They've almost got a full team.

1632
01:40:27,140 --> 01:40:28,380
 You can almost do a baseball.

1633
01:40:28,520 --> 01:40:29,660
 I don't do a doubleheader, Brian.

1634
01:40:29,720 --> 01:40:31,300
 If you keep going to add to that numbers there.

1635
01:40:31,460 --> 01:40:33,580
 Brian Matthews, AuburnSports.com.

1636
01:40:34,060 --> 01:40:36,480
 Brian, a ball game over the weekend in your backyard.

1637
01:40:36,740 --> 01:40:38,060
 The Iron Bowl of basketball.

1638
01:40:38,340 --> 01:40:41,520
 What did we learn about Alabama and Auburn on the hardwoods?

1639
01:40:41,940 --> 01:40:43,680
 Well, I thought Alabama deserves credit.

1640
01:40:43,780 --> 01:40:45,340
 I thought they made some really great shots.

1641
01:40:45,440 --> 01:40:46,780
 I thought they played really hard.

1642
01:40:47,380 --> 01:40:51,620
 You know, and I thought when the game was on the line, they made the plays and Auburn didn't.

1643
01:40:51,800 --> 01:40:53,700
 So, they deserve credit for the win.

1644
01:40:54,000 --> 01:41:03,340
 You know, I just think the last five minutes of that first half, you know, as Auburn had built that 10-point lead and Alabama was able to whittle it down, I thought that was big.

1645
01:41:03,500 --> 01:41:10,660
 I thought that was big in a good way for Alabama and big in a really bad way for Auburn because that gave the title a lot of momentum going into the second half.

1646
01:41:10,660 --> 01:41:25,120
 And they scored, I think it was 59 points in the second half, which, you know, if you're Auburn, you're at home, you know, playing in a very loud, very full, that's unacceptable to allow that to happen.

1647
01:41:25,460 --> 01:41:33,540
 So, you know, while you give credit for Alabama, you know, playing so well offensively, making those shots, you know, from the Auburn perspective, you've got to play a lot better defensively.

1648
01:41:33,540 --> 01:41:45,400
 So, that is their only path to beating good teams is playing that really intense physical defense, and they didn't get it done against Alabama there in the last 25 minutes of that game.

1649
01:41:45,440 --> 01:41:47,860
 And we'll see, you know, what they can do with Vanderbilt touches tonight.

1650
01:41:48,760 --> 01:41:53,020
 Right, let's face it, in tennis terms, Auburn is in a better position to hold serve than anybody.

1651
01:41:53,320 --> 01:41:58,640
 Is there a more intimidating environment for a visiting team than right there in your backyard?

1652
01:41:58,640 --> 01:42:04,420
 I know everybody's got loud crowds, but the way that baby is built, that sound just sits here and amplifies.

1653
01:42:04,660 --> 01:42:06,500
 I mean, you've got to hold serve when you're home.

1654
01:42:07,280 --> 01:42:11,500
 I think it's safe to say it's one of the toughest, if not the toughest place to play in the SEC.

1655
01:42:11,800 --> 01:42:15,920
 I have not been to every venue there, so I couldn't say it with certainty.

1656
01:42:17,120 --> 01:42:21,220
 I know I did not get the chance to go to Duke when Auburn played there.

1657
01:42:21,280 --> 01:42:23,140
 Was it last year, I think, or maybe the year before?

1658
01:42:24,140 --> 01:42:30,360
 But the people that were there and the people that have been there before just talk about how the people are on top of you there.

1659
01:42:32,360 --> 01:42:38,720
 Plus their tradition, I would imagine that's a pretty tough place to play, too, especially if you're not used to it.

1660
01:42:38,720 --> 01:42:51,580
 But, yeah, I think, you know, starting with Bruce and the administration and, you know, building it and the plans for making it, you know, a little bit smaller than Beard Eves

1661
01:42:51,580 --> 01:42:55,660
 and certainly putting everybody close to the court has really paid off for all minutes.

1662
01:42:55,800 --> 01:42:59,080
 It's just the perfect size, and it's filled up.

1663
01:42:59,140 --> 01:43:00,360
 It's loud every game.

1664
01:43:00,500 --> 01:43:05,800
 I don't know the number of sellouts straight it is, but it's a lot, and it is a great place to play basketball.

1665
01:43:05,800 --> 01:43:07,440
 It's a great place to go watch a basketball game.

1666
01:43:08,720 --> 01:43:11,540
 Overton had four threes.

1667
01:43:12,500 --> 01:43:23,600
 Keyshawn Hall, who did not have a good first half, that's some credit to Alabama, really got started in the second half, finished with 24.

1668
01:43:23,920 --> 01:43:32,040
 Boy, he can get to the rim in a hurry, and I thought Pettiford had a much better second half, too.

1669
01:43:32,040 --> 01:43:42,920
 But, again, as you mentioned, Alabama just made some threes down the stretch, and as you alluded to, Vanderbilt tomorrow night at home, and then they go to Hog Heaven on Saturday.

1670
01:43:43,760 --> 01:43:47,640
 A pivotal, tough week for Auburn basketball this week.

1671
01:43:48,120 --> 01:43:48,800
 Very tough.

1672
01:43:48,920 --> 01:43:50,320
 You know, they had the four-game winning streak.

1673
01:43:50,460 --> 01:43:58,320
 They went up to Tennessee and got, you know, out-muscled, out-physicaled, and then they came home with a week off against Alabama and just had that game.

1674
01:43:58,460 --> 01:44:00,100
 So, yes, now they're in a really tough position.

1675
01:44:01,060 --> 01:44:06,620
 Backs against the wall in a lot of ways with Vanderbilt coming in, which, you know, a couple weeks ago was the best team in the SEC.

1676
01:44:06,940 --> 01:44:10,980
 They've had some setbacks themselves, but still a very, very good offensive team, for sure.

1677
01:44:11,440 --> 01:44:13,960
 Very tough to stop and do a lot of different things.

1678
01:44:14,020 --> 01:44:19,160
 And then, you know, going to Arkansas, which, you know, Arkansas was here a few weeks ago.

1679
01:44:19,320 --> 01:44:21,100
 Calipari came in here and said, that's not us.

1680
01:44:21,140 --> 01:44:22,020
 That's not how we play.

1681
01:44:22,160 --> 01:44:25,200
 I think he probably felt like they played one of the worst games of the season at Auburn.

1682
01:44:25,200 --> 01:44:32,140
 I'm sure Auburn has something to do with that, but you know that Auburn going up there, he's going to bring that back up and challenge his team.

1683
01:44:32,520 --> 01:44:33,560
 Not let that happen again.

1684
01:44:33,640 --> 01:44:40,000
 So, this is two really, really tough games for Auburn coming up, and they're going to have to play really well to win either or or both.

1685
01:44:40,360 --> 01:44:42,020
 So, and it starts on defense.

1686
01:44:42,160 --> 01:44:49,500
 I think you'll know within the first, you know, five to ten minutes of this game, you know, whether or not Auburn's going to be able to compete, by the way,

1687
01:44:49,500 --> 01:44:54,160
 because it's how they play on defense is going to be a great sign.

1688
01:44:54,340 --> 01:44:57,980
 And if they're checking up threes again like they have the last two games, that's not enough.

1689
01:44:59,580 --> 01:45:01,840
 Obviously, March Madden's right around the corner.

1690
01:45:01,980 --> 01:45:05,740
 Even, Stephen, correct me if I'm wrong, Auburn's sitting there at 5-5 in the conference.

1691
01:45:05,920 --> 01:45:07,760
 Your thoughts, what does Auburn need?

1692
01:45:07,980 --> 01:45:16,020
 I know any time every team's got something to work on, but specifically, what would you like to see Auburn work on, on the balance of this team heading into March Madness?

1693
01:45:17,780 --> 01:45:23,960
 You know, we're ten games in SEC play, so you want to say, well, they need to shoot threes better, but I think they are who they are now.

1694
01:45:24,440 --> 01:45:25,460
 Maybe I'm wrong on that.

1695
01:45:25,520 --> 01:45:31,840
 Maybe they will get hot there, but that's been an issue for most of the season, so I'm not sure how that changes.

1696
01:45:33,360 --> 01:45:37,580
 To me, they're basically playing seven guys a lot of minutes.

1697
01:45:38,360 --> 01:45:42,500
 And, you know, of those seven, Yovic only played like 12 or 13 against Alabama.

1698
01:45:43,240 --> 01:45:47,560
 So that puts a lot of strain, especially with the way that they need to play defensively.

1699
01:45:48,220 --> 01:45:54,820
 You know, all these players play 30, 35, 36 minutes every single game, twice a week.

1700
01:45:54,940 --> 01:45:59,620
 So I think the one thing that can help them is if they can find some guys that can give them more help.

1701
01:45:59,700 --> 01:46:01,680
 I don't know if that's possible or not, but we'll see.

1702
01:46:02,440 --> 01:46:07,160
 I know they played Kevin Overton at Point a little bit, which might open some things up other places.

1703
01:46:07,160 --> 01:46:13,140
 We'll see if he can maybe get a full rotation there or something, you know, going forward.

1704
01:46:13,240 --> 01:46:14,860
 I don't know if that's really possible or not.

1705
01:46:14,900 --> 01:46:15,780
 We'll see how that looks.

1706
01:46:16,760 --> 01:46:19,320
 But that's really it to me.

1707
01:46:19,380 --> 01:46:23,020
 I just think they're limited right now with the guys they trust to be on the floor

1708
01:46:23,020 --> 01:46:26,340
 and the way those guys have to play in order for Robin to win.

1709
01:46:26,480 --> 01:46:28,900
 I just think that puts them in a really tough position.

1710
01:46:29,920 --> 01:46:35,660
 When we talked with you this time last week, we were headed into National Signing Day 2.0.

1711
01:46:36,060 --> 01:46:40,000
 And Auburn actually ended up finishing number 30.

1712
01:46:40,360 --> 01:46:42,120
 And believe me, they're not used to that.

1713
01:46:42,480 --> 01:46:49,580
 But it's really, again, I've said this, it's not fair to judge the staff.

1714
01:46:49,700 --> 01:46:52,660
 I mean, Lord have mercy, they just frankly walked in the door,

1715
01:46:52,780 --> 01:46:56,000
 but they were able to salvage the recruiting class.

1716
01:46:56,000 --> 01:46:59,400
 They signed to Hunter in the freshman class.

1717
01:46:59,540 --> 01:47:04,200
 I believe 10 on offense, 9 on defense, and 2 on special teams.

1718
01:47:04,460 --> 01:47:14,300
 And they got some jewels and Deshaun Spencer from Sourland, the Toodle Boys, Wilks, who had an incredible season.

1719
01:47:14,720 --> 01:47:15,400
 Be mad.

1720
01:47:15,520 --> 01:47:17,680
 Again, we'll get into more of this a little bit later.

1721
01:47:17,680 --> 01:47:21,680
 But just in a couple of minutes, your thoughts on Auburn and how they finished.

1722
01:47:22,500 --> 01:47:29,000
 Yeah, I don't see a bunch of guys in that class that are going to step in and be stars, you know, like Keldrick Falk was a few years ago.

1723
01:47:29,340 --> 01:47:30,820
 And players start right away.

1724
01:47:31,120 --> 01:47:33,060
 I'm sure there's going to be a surprise here or there.

1725
01:47:33,220 --> 01:47:35,720
 But, you know, you can see the potential in all those guys that sign.

1726
01:47:35,800 --> 01:47:36,660
 I like Wilks a lot.

1727
01:47:37,420 --> 01:47:42,780
 I love small school guys that play like three, four positions and the big physical dudes, and they come to Auburn.

1728
01:47:43,240 --> 01:47:45,720
 And, you know, once they concentrate on one, they can get really, really good.

1729
01:47:45,800 --> 01:47:53,500
 And once they get, you know, into a college, you know, weight program, an nutrition program, I'm just pretty high on his future.

1730
01:47:53,500 --> 01:47:57,140
 But, you know, I don't know if he's going to be able to contribute as a freshman or it's going to be a year or two.

1731
01:47:58,220 --> 01:48:01,760
 But, you know, that was not the type of class that Auburn needs to sign.

1732
01:48:01,900 --> 01:48:04,260
 And I don't really – certainly don't blame Gullish for it.

1733
01:48:04,260 --> 01:48:05,320
 I don't really blame Freese for it.

1734
01:48:05,340 --> 01:48:06,560
 I think that's the John Cohen class.

1735
01:48:06,640 --> 01:48:08,160
 That's what I'm going to call it from now on.

1736
01:48:08,840 --> 01:48:15,680
 He made a decision back in the summer to limit Auburn's NIL and how they were able to offer deals to recruits.

1737
01:48:15,860 --> 01:48:17,900
 And it's submarine that class when he did that.

1738
01:48:17,900 --> 01:48:20,580
 And, you know, he thought he was doing the right thing at the time.

1739
01:48:20,700 --> 01:48:23,420
 And we'll see how that turns out for him and Auburn.

1740
01:48:25,920 --> 01:48:26,320
 Absolutely.

1741
01:48:26,760 --> 01:48:29,200
 Well, listen, baseball getting started this week.

1742
01:48:29,260 --> 01:48:33,640
 Yeah, I know you had an article on them going to be fascinating to see where they go.

1743
01:48:33,720 --> 01:48:35,760
 ACC going to be awfully tough.

1744
01:48:36,300 --> 01:48:39,220
 Again, then the two basketball games this week.

1745
01:48:39,300 --> 01:48:45,920
 And if there's any news, in fact, I believe it's Youngstown State this weekend be mad in baseball.

1746
01:48:46,680 --> 01:48:50,240
 Where can we get online to get yours and the team's good stuff?

1747
01:48:50,860 --> 01:48:53,400
 Yeah, and there's going to be a lot of information this week.

1748
01:48:53,560 --> 01:48:55,980
 Just finish talking to Pearl about the story from that.

1749
01:48:57,200 --> 01:48:58,640
 Baseball, as you mentioned, starting up.

1750
01:48:58,680 --> 01:49:00,160
 We've got a roundtable with the assistants.

1751
01:49:01,120 --> 01:49:04,540
 So plenty softball, of course, started this past weekend.

1752
01:49:05,280 --> 01:49:05,920
 All that and more.

1753
01:49:06,000 --> 01:49:06,700
 AuburnSports.com.

1754
01:49:06,780 --> 01:49:08,720
 You can follow me on Twitter, such as X at BMATAU.

1755
01:49:09,720 --> 01:49:10,460
 Sounds great.

1756
01:49:10,560 --> 01:49:12,900
 Good time to thaw out, get outside, and play ball.

1757
01:49:13,000 --> 01:49:14,120
 Brian, listen, man, have a great week.

1758
01:49:14,160 --> 01:49:15,580
 And thanks so much for your time today.

1759
01:49:16,200 --> 01:49:17,040
 I appreciate you guys.

1760
01:49:17,100 --> 01:49:17,320
 Thanks.

1761
01:49:17,640 --> 01:49:18,140
 Thank you, bud.

1762
01:49:18,220 --> 01:49:20,500
 Brian Matthews, senior in AuburnSports.com.

1763
01:49:20,520 --> 01:49:24,320
 BB, are you ready for some UNA home cooking on the hardwoods?

1764
01:49:24,320 --> 01:49:31,300
 Yeah, they, Harold, fortunately, I believe the next four games are going to be at home.

1765
01:49:31,480 --> 01:49:35,800
 They play tonight and also on Wednesday night.

1766
01:49:37,060 --> 01:49:42,460
 Every time UNA plays a team lately, it seems like they're leading the league.

1767
01:49:42,680 --> 01:49:45,500
 Central Arkansas is on the heater themselves.

1768
01:49:45,940 --> 01:49:49,600
 They got Central Arkansas, West Georgia Wednesday night.

1769
01:49:49,600 --> 01:49:57,660
 So I know Tony Pujol and the guys are looking forward to having a little home court advantage this week.

1770
01:49:57,800 --> 01:50:02,540
 Starting at six tonight at CB&S Bank Arena in Florence, Alabama.

1771
01:50:02,700 --> 01:50:03,740
 Going to take care of business for now.

1772
01:50:03,820 --> 01:50:06,360
 On behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

1773
01:50:06,660 --> 01:50:08,520
 Harold Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1774
01:50:08,620 --> 01:50:10,880
 Let's do it again tomorrow, noon to two with the Boom Up Buck Show.

1775
01:50:11,220 --> 01:50:13,340
 Back here on Sports Radio, 93.9 The Score.