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

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 I'm Hill Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

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 Brett Beaird, welcome in where Auburn picks up a big one on the recruiting trail.

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 Ole Miss picks up a big football win in February.

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 Happy Friday to you and the listeners.

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 The Mississippi Judge grants Ole Miss cornerback Trinidad Chambliss an injunction for an extra year of eligibility.

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 Zach Pounders of the Shoals Sports Report preview Shoals teams going to Wallace State next week.

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 Jimmy is here right now to talk about a new tight ends coach for Kalen DeBoer, 8A and a little Alabama basketball.

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 And that ain't all.

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 You guessed it, part of the Locked On Network.

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 Jimmy, welcome in.

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 Happy Friday to you.

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 How are you?

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 Oh, I'm doing great, guys.

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 I appreciate y'all having me back.

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 Hey, Jimmy.

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 Man, we appreciate you taking time out to join us.

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 Let's go to what Brett alluded to there.

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 A lot of Alabama fans say, we need some help with our assistant coaches.

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 Jimmy, did they add to answering those questions and picking up Richard Owens from Louisville?

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 He's actually arguably maybe my favorite hire of the new hires for a couple of reasons.

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 Number one, when the offensive line job came open, coincidentally, that day I was contacted by a guy in football that said that he strongly urged Alabama or hoped Alabama would hire Richard Owens from Louisville to coach the offensive line.

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 And then I started kind of digging into him and thought that he would be a really good candidate, you know, for that job and thought there was a possibility that might work out.

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 I thought it was really good.

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 But at the same time, I'm like, wow, I thought that Richard Owens thing would work out.

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 And then lo and behold, he ends up being the tight end hire.

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 What I really like about it is, first of all, even though I realize he's just leaving an offensive line coaching position, he actually has extensive experience coaching the tight end position.

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 He was a tight end himself in college and the NFL before embarking on a career largely coaching tight ends.

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 In fact, Alabama's last tight end coach, Brian Ellis, he had never coached the tight end position before getting to Alabama and working for Kalen DeBoer.

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 So you've actually got a more experienced tight end coach than you had the last time around.

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 But even more so than that, what I really like is his time as an offensive line coach and as a run game coordinator.

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 To me, it's just another overt sign that Kalen DeBoer and Ron Grubb realize what has to be fixed.

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 And they're putting a lot of resources into fixing what they know what has to be fixed.

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 They must have been listening to Locked On Bama.

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 Jimmy, he's paid his dues.

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 You look at his resume two times at Louisville, but also stops at UAB, Georgia Southern, and South Alabama.

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 He's worked his way up the ranks.

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 A lot of promotions.

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 He's also worked, ironically, he worked with Brian Ellis at Georgia Southern.

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 He also worked for Kane Womack or worked with Kane Womack at South Alabama.

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 So there's a lot of tie-ins there.

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 But, hey, you know, I don't know what the exact number is,

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 There's always tremendous interest when a job at an Alabama opens up.

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 Jimmy, a day announced earlier this week will be April the 11th, 1 p.m.

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 A lot of people thought it might be the 18th, which it normally is, the third Saturday.

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 But there's a big country western concert literally being held inside Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday, April the 18th.

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 Jimmy, Brian Fowler told us yesterday practice may begin around March 9th.

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 That's what we believe in lockdown.

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 Alabama's not announced that.

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 So they haven't announced that it could change, but I believe it will be March 9th, which is a Monday.

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 And that will allow them to practice and then still spring break, I believe, is the following week.

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 So it'll be – Alabama's done this traditionally where spring break's in the middle of spring practice.

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 But all that really does is allow you kind of an extra week to have some amount of control over the team.

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 But in terms of what's going to happen on A-Day, again, no announcement from Alabama.

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 Last year, it was a practice.

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 I think this is going to be more of a game or more of a scrimmage situation.

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 Jimmy Stein, co-host of Locked On Bama, part of the Locked On Network.

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 Tuscaloosa judge says no to Betty Iaco.

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 An Oxford judge says yes to Ole Miss.

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 Jimmy, what's the difference in these cases?

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 We haven't seen all the fine print, but it's very interesting how one person can go to court and get the green light.

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 Another one goes and gets the red light.

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 Here's the frustrating part of it for me.

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 The frustrating part is the NCAA fought this.

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 The NCAA says, under our rules, as we write the rules and enforce them, Chambliss is not eligible.

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 And Ole Miss had asked the NCAA four or five different times.

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 The NCAA said no every time.

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 Now go back a year, year and a half to the Diego Pavia case, where JUCO years had always counted.

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 That was a rule that the NCAA had, that JUCO years count.

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 It was a rule that the NCAA member institutions were in support of, and the NCAA fights it, and Pavia gets a local judge to say,

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 What frustrates me is that Pavia was a national darling of sorts by both the media, and he even got a couple of game days.

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 And to some extent, Pavia is a national hero of sorts when a judge ruled him eligible against the NCAA's wishes.

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 Betiaco tried something similar, and now he's a bad guy.

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 And Alabama's the evil empire, you know, for basically fighting the NCAA to get a player eligible.

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 Other players fight the NCAA, win, and they're celebrated.

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 That part of it is frustrating to me.

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 But obviously, case by case, cases are largely decided on their facts, applying the law to the facts.

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 And the Chambles case, the Pavia case, the Betiaco case, they're all wildly different, you know, facts-wise.

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 Yeah, Jimmy, the trend in that Chambliss, to me, is more of a medical red shirt.

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 He had a terrible case with tonsillitis.

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 In fact, they had a physician as a witness who documented very strongly the issues that Chambliss had,

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 and that that's much more of a medical red shirt.

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 Jimmy, before we let you go, Alabama trying to get win number four against South Carolina tomorrow night.

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 And if Rachel scores 21, I'll predict right now Alabama wins the game.

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 I love that prop bet type prediction, and I agree.

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 I think with Alabama, they have a pretty deep team.

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 The numbers aren't great.

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 But what they're deep in is they have more than five guys that are capable of helping you win big SEC games.

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 They actually have eight or nine guys that can help you win big SEC games.

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 But the big three to me are Phylon, Reitzel, and Holloway.

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 Holloway's been banged up.

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 He's got a bad wrist.

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 And he is able to play.

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 But I think those that have seen Holloway play a lot realize he's not really 100% or he's not at the top of his game.

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 Phylon also banged up.

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 Reitzel also banged up.

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 But point being, I'm still waiting for the day or the night that Phylon, Reitzel, and Holloway are all healthy and all having a great night.

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 For Alabama's sake, I hope it doesn't happen against South Carolina in a home game.

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 I hope it happens in the second or third round of the NCAA tournament because I do think Alabama is going to be extremely difficult to beat when all three of those guys are healthy and playing well.

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 As good as Alabama has been, and they'd be a four seed today, according to Joe Lenardi, against the number one schedule in the country.

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 So they've been good.

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 But we still haven't seen those big three healthy and all playing well at the same time.

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 When we do, we're probably going to see a heck of a basketball team.

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 Jimmy, they'd score 130 points in that game, if that ever happens.

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 Listen, great stuff, as always.

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 You and Luke Robinson do a superb job.

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 Jimmy, where can we get online and get the best Alabama sports podcast on the planet?

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 Locked on Bama, you can find us on YouTube.

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 Just this Big Mac is a household word

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 to McDonald's lovers.

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 and his book is called A Storm Came Up.

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 Doug Sigrist, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 I'm great, Harold.

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 How y'all doing?

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 Hey, buddy.

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 Man, we're doing all right.

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 We're coming out of the woods,

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 starting to fall out a little bit,

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 so keep sending those southern winds our way, Doug.

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 We appreciate it.

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 Listen, man.

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 Alabama basketball,

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 is it a more interesting story on the courts

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 or in the courts these days, Doug?

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 I will say on the court.

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 I think they're actually a better team

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 without Charles Bediaco

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 because of the style they play.

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 Bediaco was the piece

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 that might get them over the hump

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 in the tournament

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 where they don't match up against the big teams,

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 Arizona to produce the Gonzagas,

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 but their pace is much better.

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 and while I feel for Charles Bediaco,

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 I just, you know,

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 it wasn't the right decision.

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 So, I think it worked out for the best.

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 I think they're actually playing

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 some of their best basketball

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 the last few games,

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 particularly because they kind of overcame stuff

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 that's been haunting them all season.

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 Look at Texas A&M.

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 The turnovers are a big problem.

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 This is a team that forces your full court.

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 They forced 15, 16 turnovers a game.

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 Alabama only made four.

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 And then against both Auburn and then Ole Miss,

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 pretty much they can't get a three-point shot

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 And they adjust to that.

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 the spacing improves.

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 And the pace improves.

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 And it bombs away in the second half.

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 So, I thought those were both good wins as well.

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 Doug, I agree with you.

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 I thought the spacing in the Ole Miss game

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 was much better than they had

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 earlier in the season.

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 And Reitzel is not going to score 21 points

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 every game.

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 But, Doug, if he could score 12 to 15,

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 he may be the difference in Alabama

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 getting a three-seed or four-seed

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 instead of a five-seed.

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 Absolutely.

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 And, you know, he's, what, 12?

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 His last 24.

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 I mean, he's just red hot now.

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 It's incredible.

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 Yes.

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 Yeah.

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 He wasn't shooting well earlier.

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 You know, it's that third person,

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 whether it's, you know,

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 it could be Latrell on some games.

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 It could be Houston, Millett,

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 and other games.

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 They need that third spoke in the wheel

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 because teams are so focused on keeping

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 Phylon and Holloway off the line.

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 Now, they can get to the rim.

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 But in terms of three-point shooting,

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 I mean, how do you defend when three or four guys are red hot?

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 Yeah.

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 Doug, some people in this conversation are sold.

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 They remember Ray Stevenson, the great song,

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 Streaking.

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 You've got to go down.

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 It's one of the great songs of all time.

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 I mean, the lyrics in that thing make Mozart and Shakespeare

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 go to the farm.

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 But, Doug, is Auburn singing that song?

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 They win four in a row.

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 Then they streak the three losses in a row.

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 Doug, your thoughts about this Auburn team in transition

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 and what about the NCAA tournament for the Tigers?

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 Well, I think they're still in good shape.

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 I know a lot of people are kind of moving them

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 into bubble category because of the record,

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 because of three losses.

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 But the bottom line is their metrics are still incredible.

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 They played the second-best schedule in the nation.

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 Only Alabama's played a better schedule.

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 You know, when both Pettiford and Hall are on,

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 you know, it just totally changes their offense.

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 Their problems are like polar opposite of Alabama's.

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 Alabama's obviously is they don't play defense consistently enough.

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 Auburn's problem is the offense isn't consistent enough.

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 But when they do play defense, they can disrupt.

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 And I think if Steven Pearl can kind of get that focus back

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 because it feeds, you know, it feeds everything else they want to do.

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 And they've had a couple lapses in the last couple games in particular

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 where it just hasn't been there.

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 I agree with you.

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 Their strength of schedule, they've got good wins.

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 But it was interesting that Steven Pearl decided to binge

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 Keyshawn Hall, what many people consider one of the better players,

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 in the SEC for the final 12-38 the other night against Vanderbilt.

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 They're going to need him down the stretch.

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 Yeah, they really did.

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 And I get it.

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 I mean, you're playing the long game.

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 And, you know, Nate Oates has done that at times with some of the players,

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 including Pylon.

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 And it's paid off.

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 But, you know, Pylon gets benched for three minutes.

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 And then he's back there with a better attitude.

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 You know, it was a gamble.

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 But, you know, if anybody's criticizing Steven Pearl for this,

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 you know, this, I mean, he basically takes over,

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 facing one of the toughest schedules in the country,

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 with almost a total rebuild.

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 And I think what he's done so far is remarkable.

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 And that's why I'm impressed even more with kind of the message

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 he sent the other night.

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 Thanks for jumping in for the Olympics update.

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 Your thoughts about the other football coaches,

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 the new kid in town, Alex Gullis,

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 fresh and picking up Donovan Moore, who's he,

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 many consider to be the number one recruit in the state of Alabama.

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 He's a prize DL.

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 Folks said, how'd you do it?

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 Well, according to reports, he's a lifelong Auburn fan.

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 But that doesn't always work out.

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 Your thoughts about the big pickup for Auburn?

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 I think it's huge.

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 You know, we pay so much attention now to the portal,

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 but you've still got to recruit.

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 You've got to develop players.

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 And you've got a better chance of retaining a guy for four years

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 who's been a lifelong fan.

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 I think this is huge for Auburn.

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 And, again, I think Alex Gullis has really made inroads

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 with high school recruiting very fast.

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 Absolutely.

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 Well, now, listen, young man,

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 we're going down the stretch of basketball here.

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 And we need to be talking to you on a fairly frequent basis.

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 So we will be calling very soon.

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 Listen, have a great week.

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 We always enjoy the conversation.

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 Thank you, guys.

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 Look forward to it.

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 The one, the only, Doug Segers.

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 BB, it's going to be a huge weekend for area basketball play.

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 Some of them already off and rolling in the SEC,

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 a slate of dates.

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 And as we mentioned, SEC baseball.

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 Are you ready for a huge weekend

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 Bill, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 I'm doing well.

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 Good afternoon.

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 How are y'all?

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 We're good.

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 Man, we're doing all right.

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 Are you a big fan of figure skating in the Olympics, or do you prefer baseball, Bill?

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 Well, I had to do a television thing yesterday, and we talked about our favorite Olympic events, and I said the closing ceremonies.

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 As quick as it gets over, the better.

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 I don't have the wardrobe for some of that stuff.

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 Baseball season.

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 It's hard to believe, is it not?

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 Camp opening up this week.

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 First game of spring training next weekend, a week from tomorrow.

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 But here we go again, Bill.

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 Hawkeye in the MASH unit.

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 Talk to us about what is going on with his pitching staff, Spencer Schwellenbach and Joe Jimenez, both on the 60-day IL.

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 Not what Braves fans want to hear.

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 Well, no, not at all.

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 And today's a great day.

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 Today's the start of college baseball.

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 Baseball gets started for good on the college ranks, which is outstanding, and the SEC is full of talented teams.

654
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 You know, it's incredible that before they even could take the field for their first official workout for pitchers and catchers, they already had two pretty major injuries.

655
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 I mean, we knew about Joe Jimenez.

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 He was not, he's not, I don't know if he's ever going to pitch again.

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 He's just got a really bad situation with his knee.

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 And it's, I mean, I heard even last year when they had to go do another procedure, whatever, that he was really in trouble with ever playing again.

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 But Spencer Schwellenbach, obviously more of the question that he had from last season because of missing half the year with a broken bone in the elbow, for it to come out that, well, he's got to possibly have a surgery or scope or whatever you want to call it, have bone chips out of his elbow.

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 It's like, you've got to be kidding me.

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 And because the last two years have been defined by the injuries.

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 I mean, you can't write the history of 24 and 25 for this franchise and not have the injuries in the first sentence.

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 So to start with this kind of news, the first couple of days of spring training, it's not what you want, for sure.

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 You had a great article in the Savannah Morning News about this.

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 And we've been talking about this now for what seems like three years.

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 A couple of your stats to emphasize this.

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 19 Braves pitchers started at least one game last year.

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 The ERA, they led the National League in ERA in 2024, failed with 3.58, failed 11th in 2025 to 4.36.

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 And again, we've discussed this for the last five or six weeks.

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 I give Enthaloplin some credit.

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 He has filled some hoes.

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 He has brought some guys in.

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 But as you've indicated in the article, as far as pitching, he's brought in veteran Martin Perez to a minor league contract.

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 And I know you get asked about this every day, and you had a podcast about this too.

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 It's the same thing again.

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 You know, will he bring in a durable veteran pitcher, at least one, before the season begins?

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 Well, he met with the media earlier today down in Florida and said that he's trying to find a playoff starting pitcher.

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 I'm sorry.

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 Did I miss something?

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 Have the Braves already made the playoffs for 2026?

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 We'll double-check that for you, Bill.

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 I mean, I just, I'm sorry.

683
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 I just don't agree with that philosophy whatsoever.

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 You're basically saying, well, if we've got somebody that I know is going to be in the top three of our rotation, fine.

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 But if not, we're going to go with who we have.

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 And, you know, who you have includes, I mean, he said there are four pitchers in the rotation that are set.

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 Chris Sale, okay.

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 Chris Sale, when he's pitching, is one of the best in baseball.

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 But he turns 37 on March 30th.

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 And he has not been durable at all, even in the two years with the Braves.

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 I mean, he couldn't finish the first year because of back issues.

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 Couldn't pitch in the playoff series against San Diego.

693
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 And then last year he dove for a ball, broke two ribs because he's too d*** skinny, and was out for 10 weeks.

694
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 And then you have Spencer Strider.

695
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 All right.

696
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 Well, Spencer Strider has had Tommy John and internal brace, two elbow procedures.

697
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 Okay.

698
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 Well, that, you know, maybe he can hold up, but that's a gamble.

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 And then you have Reynaldo Lopez, who was only able to pitch one game last year before he was out for the season

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 You got that.

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 And then you've got Grant Holmes, who's got a partially torn UCL in his elbow.

703
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 I mean, that's a big gamble to try to say that's your rotation for 2026.

704
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 And then he said we're going to have competition for the fifth starter spot.

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 So it's like, good luck.

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 But, I mean, I don't know why you're only going to get a playoff starter when your a** ain't even close to the playoffs.

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 He's my friend.

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 That's Bill Shanks, thesesuperstations.com.

710
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 Bill, we had to find voice of the Braves, our mutual friend, Ben Ingram, on earlier this week.

711
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 And, obviously, no one is as connected with his team as Ben, his broadcast team there.

712
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 And if you listen and read between the lines, it seemed like even in the building, when Walt Weiss's name was said,

713
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 he is going to be the new skipper, I think a lot of folks are pleased because they're familiar with him.

714
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 He comes off the bench.

715
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 But even they were a little bit taken aback.

716
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 Your thoughts about Walt Weiss as the new skipper of the Braves?

717
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 Well, I heard Walt's press conference earlier this week when he first met with the media.

718
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 I thought he did very, very well.

719
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 And I think he is a good manager to put in there.

720
00:39:13,140 --> 00:39:21,060
 You know, look, this is a team, whether we think so or not, that believes they can compete for a playoff spot.

721
00:39:21,720 --> 00:39:27,980
 They forget they pitched in fourth place last year, but nonetheless, they want to make it back to the playoffs.

722
00:39:28,380 --> 00:39:37,820
 Well, so, you know, do you want to kind of keep what's been going on going, or did you want to totally push reset with a brand new everything?

723
00:39:38,380 --> 00:39:43,980
 And that's when you have a brand new manager, that's what you have, a brand new everything, pretty much.

724
00:39:43,980 --> 00:39:55,640
 And so, you know, especially a brand new manager, first-time manager, first-time doing everything, yeah, that's wiping the slate clean.

725
00:39:55,780 --> 00:40:01,460
 So this is obviously a little more of a transition type compared to a start over.

726
00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:03,160
 And I think Walt did fine.

727
00:40:03,240 --> 00:40:04,580
 I think he'll do fine.

728
00:40:04,820 --> 00:40:09,820
 And I think, you know, there's got to be refreshed a little bit because of the newness of everything.

729
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,440
 And I think that'll be good for this team and this organization.

730
00:40:13,620 --> 00:40:16,420
 Well, let me ask you a couple of things.

731
00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:20,800
 Will the Braves be more aggressive and run more?

732
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:23,400
 Will they hit and run more?

733
00:40:23,700 --> 00:40:26,500
 Will they play station-to-station more?

734
00:40:27,180 --> 00:40:30,120
 Will he leave starters in the game a little longer?

735
00:40:30,340 --> 00:40:32,840
 And, you know, we've been hearing that for 25 years.

736
00:40:33,460 --> 00:40:38,220
 In other words, what would be different from Walt Wise than from Snit?

737
00:40:38,760 --> 00:40:42,420
 Well, they did bring in a guy by the name of Anton Richardson,

738
00:40:42,700 --> 00:40:44,580
 who is going to be the first base coach.

739
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:46,940
 And he was with the Mets last year.

740
00:40:47,080 --> 00:40:53,760
 And he is thought of as a very heralded and very respected base running coach.

741
00:40:54,120 --> 00:40:59,280
 And he actually, he made Juan Soto have like 30-something stolen bases.

742
00:40:59,500 --> 00:41:01,260
 And Juan Soto's not really a base dealer.

743
00:41:01,720 --> 00:41:05,240
 But he, you know, he got Juan Soto and improved the Mets.

744
00:41:05,560 --> 00:41:07,940
 So, I think that's going to be something to watch, Brett,

745
00:41:07,940 --> 00:41:13,160
 is whether the team will kind of run a little bit more and be a little bit more aggressive on the base runner.

746
00:41:13,520 --> 00:41:15,260
 And that's nothing on the previous staff.

747
00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:18,800
 But, again, that's what happens when you kind of refresh the staff a little bit.

748
00:41:19,020 --> 00:41:24,480
 You know, you can bring in someone who may have a specialty that can help you a little bit.

749
00:41:24,740 --> 00:41:27,180
 So, I'm anxious to see that.

750
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:30,120
 And, you know, I'm not saying Austin Riley is going to have 30 stolen bases.

751
00:41:30,460 --> 00:41:34,640
 But, you know, can he get – and I don't think Ronald Acuna needs to steal 70 either.

752
00:41:34,960 --> 00:41:37,020
 I mean, I don't think that's a smart thing to do.

753
00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:39,300
 But, you know, can he get Ozzie up to 20?

754
00:41:39,400 --> 00:41:40,740
 Can he get Harris to 30?

755
00:41:40,900 --> 00:41:46,640
 Can he – some things like that that I think will help this team a great deal just to be more aggressive and smart.

756
00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:49,520
 And with his tutelage, hopefully that can happen.

757
00:41:50,140 --> 00:41:55,380
 And it puts a lot more pressure on the defense, gets them out of double play situations if you take that tack too, Bill.

758
00:41:55,640 --> 00:42:00,260
 Your thoughts, a lot of folks are asking right now about broadcasting rights.

759
00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:01,380
 We've touched on it before.

760
00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:03,100
 It looks like Gray Media is in the middle of it.

761
00:42:03,160 --> 00:42:05,960
 And, oh, by the way, Gray just picked up another station.

762
00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:16,120
 If the Braves do go on Gray, they're going to invade Cardinal territory because apparently Gray bought an Osayan vehicle station over in Jackson, Tennessee, WBBJ.

763
00:42:16,300 --> 00:42:18,820
 So that's going to go to a Gray family.

764
00:42:19,380 --> 00:42:25,320
 What is the latest – pardon the pun – but what base are the Braves as far as broadcasting this summer?

765
00:42:26,060 --> 00:42:31,280
 Well, they announced this morning, Harold, that they are going to have 15 spring training games on the Gray station.

766
00:42:31,760 --> 00:42:35,320
 So they have not announced a full partnership yet.

767
00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:36,200
 I don't know why.

768
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:37,760
 Obviously, it's not complete yet.

769
00:42:37,760 --> 00:42:46,800
 But they did go ahead today and announce that the Gray stations will, in fact, televise 15 spring training games, which is great.

770
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:48,300
 I mean, that's great.

771
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:49,360
 That's what you want to do.

772
00:42:49,540 --> 00:42:50,780
 And so that's a lot.

773
00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:52,640
 That's more than half of them, you know.

774
00:42:52,900 --> 00:42:54,860
 And so, I mean, they play around 30.

775
00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:56,420
 So it's about half the exhibition game.

776
00:42:56,460 --> 00:42:57,000
 So that's great.

777
00:42:57,060 --> 00:42:57,900
 That's what you want.

778
00:42:57,900 --> 00:43:01,560
 And so – but I'm sure they're finalizing things.

779
00:43:01,740 --> 00:43:04,680
 I mean, I'm sure, you know, it's a big decision and it's a big –

780
00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:11,500
 you know, you don't know if it's going to be a short-term thing because of having to kind of do this on the fly a little bit to a certain extent.

781
00:43:11,700 --> 00:43:15,000
 I mean, again, they've been knowing this was coming.

782
00:43:15,580 --> 00:43:18,700
 I don't think they knew of the abruptness of it coming right now.

783
00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:23,500
 They probably thought that after 2027 when the contract was up was when they had to plan for it.

784
00:43:23,500 --> 00:43:29,220
 But I think that we'll probably see something in the next couple of weeks out of there about what's going to happen.

785
00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:32,260
 But I think Gray will be a part of it, if not the main part of it.

786
00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:38,620
 Who are you looking most forward to hearing about or seeing in spring training?

787
00:43:38,740 --> 00:43:41,680
 I know you normally go down there for a little while.

788
00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:48,180
 I know you love J.R. Ritchie, but I know you want these guys to season a little bit in the spring.

789
00:43:48,620 --> 00:43:50,840
 And talk about the catcher situation.

790
00:43:51,060 --> 00:43:54,160
 You tweeted about this again about Sean Murphy.

791
00:43:55,380 --> 00:43:57,560
 And I don't know if he's hitting his weight.

792
00:43:57,700 --> 00:43:59,980
 And you mentioned they should have already traded him.

793
00:44:00,420 --> 00:44:02,960
 Who are you looking forward to seeing or hearing about?

794
00:44:03,100 --> 00:44:04,920
 And what's the catcher situation?

795
00:44:05,700 --> 00:44:12,480
 Well, I mean, J.R. Ritchie, you know, if we want to look at, all right, why have they not got a starting pitcher?

796
00:44:12,480 --> 00:44:17,620
 I could use as part of the answer J.R. Ritchie and the potential for him.

797
00:44:18,140 --> 00:44:28,460
 Now, I'm going to assume that Hurston Waldrop is going to be in the fifth starter competition with Bryce Elder, with Martin Perez, you know, with Joey Wentz.

798
00:44:28,720 --> 00:44:33,300
 I think they would have preferred Hurston to start in AAA.

799
00:44:33,460 --> 00:44:34,740
 They may still prefer that.

800
00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:37,220
 It may have changed a little bit with his Schwalbach injury.

801
00:44:37,660 --> 00:44:41,340
 But I don't think there's any doubt J.R. Ritchie, for me, is someone to keep an eye on.

802
00:44:41,460 --> 00:44:43,520
 I mean, we saw a glimpse of Hurston last year.

803
00:44:43,860 --> 00:44:44,700
 I want to see more.

804
00:44:44,880 --> 00:44:50,540
 But J.R. Ritchie, when J.R. makes his debut, I think we're all going to be pleasantly surprised at who that is.

805
00:44:50,860 --> 00:44:55,780
 And that may – I know that Alex Antopoulos loves J.R. Ritchie like I do, okay?

806
00:44:55,780 --> 00:44:58,360
 He's a very big J.R. Ritchie fan.

807
00:44:58,880 --> 00:45:06,640
 And that might be why he's holding off on getting a starting pitcher, because he may think J.R. Ritchie might do just as well as some of those guys.

808
00:45:06,720 --> 00:45:07,300
 I don't know.

809
00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:09,700
 But I think that's the big thing.

810
00:45:09,740 --> 00:45:14,920
 As far as the catcher's concerned, obviously, Drake Baldwin coming back after his Rookie of the Year season.

811
00:45:15,460 --> 00:45:19,220
 And they signed Jonah Heim a couple of days ago, Brad.

812
00:45:19,320 --> 00:45:26,900
 And he's a switch hitting catcher, 30 years old, who was the starter for the Texas Rangers when they won the World Series a few years ago with Bruce Bochy.

813
00:45:27,460 --> 00:45:28,600
 Very good receiver.

814
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:30,780
 Gold glove winner a couple of seasons ago.

815
00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:33,980
 And, you know, I think he'll back up Baldwin.

816
00:45:34,580 --> 00:45:46,420
 And it's a shame that, you know, the most expensive catcher they've got is Sean Murphy, who the last two years has hit 197 combined, and it's making $15 million a year.

817
00:45:46,620 --> 00:45:48,720
 And he's hurt.

818
00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:49,660
 And he's hurt.

819
00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:56,000
 So that's a shame they didn't loosen up more funds by trading him when they should have.

820
00:45:56,840 --> 00:45:58,980
 Bill Shanks, the Superstations.com.

821
00:45:59,020 --> 00:46:01,860
 Bill, as you know, a Tuscaloosa judge said no to Mediaco.

822
00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:06,920
 An Oxford judge said yes to Trinidad Chambliss telling the NCAA when they walked out of the room.

823
00:46:06,980 --> 00:46:08,660
 That's not how we do business around here, boys.

824
00:46:09,080 --> 00:46:16,120
 Your thoughts now that shapes the SEC with Chambliss now getting a green light, and won't it be fun when LSU comes to town now?

825
00:46:17,460 --> 00:46:24,940
 Well, Harold, I don't know if you've heard this news, but we've got a judge in Georgia that's going to allow a petition.

826
00:46:25,280 --> 00:46:27,780
 Herschel Walker's coming back next year for Georgia Bulldogs.

827
00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:30,560
 For the next four years, right?

828
00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:38,300
 No, he's only got one year left of eligibility because he went to the New Jersey Generals in 1983.

829
00:46:38,300 --> 00:46:39,060
 That's right.

830
00:46:40,180 --> 00:46:41,540
 Donald Trump, yeah.

831
00:46:41,920 --> 00:46:50,020
 Yeah, that d*** Donald Trump, whatever happened to him, the only bad thing he's ever done in his career is he screwed us with the situation.

832
00:46:50,460 --> 00:46:53,720
 But, yeah, you know, it's crazy.

833
00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:56,760
 I mean, it's just crazy of all that's going on.

834
00:46:56,760 --> 00:47:07,660
 And, you know, there's no – I mean, for those judges to be fans and supporters of the program, it's crazy.

835
00:47:07,900 --> 00:47:09,380
 I mean, you know, that's just ridiculous.

836
00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:10,360
 It really is.

837
00:47:11,420 --> 00:47:14,020
 Did you see the 24 – I sent it to you.

838
00:47:14,020 --> 00:47:15,860
 I know you've been busy.

839
00:47:16,640 --> 00:47:24,860
 The 24-team playoff format that Padetti at the Big Ten, quote, sent out.

840
00:47:25,260 --> 00:47:27,920
 Pete Thamel had it on ESPN this morning.

841
00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:40,580
 You know, it was just a Pentagon Secrets, and Padetti sent it out to ADs and a few coaches, and, of course, he leaked it to ESPN.

842
00:47:41,420 --> 00:47:50,440
 Some of it actually makes sense, and I kept thinking – Bill Shanks did this on the napkin in the Mexican restaurant about six weeks ago.

843
00:47:50,820 --> 00:47:52,260
 Did you copy that?

844
00:47:52,580 --> 00:48:03,960
 I don't know if you had a chance to look at it or not, but a lot of it was that the two rounds at home, the semifinal games would be played sooner.

845
00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:05,760
 They would compress the schedule.

846
00:48:06,280 --> 00:48:09,360
 Again, it's what we've been talking about for weeks.

847
00:48:10,380 --> 00:48:12,860
 Well, I'm glad that there's some stuff out there.

848
00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:18,640
 I mean, to be honest with you, Brad, I mean, when I saw the 24 and looked at the bracket, I'm like, give me a break.

849
00:48:18,940 --> 00:48:19,460
 Yeah, I know.

850
00:48:20,140 --> 00:48:39,360
 Because the teams that were listed in there, I mean, I personally think that if they're going to continue to include group of five, group of six conferences now, I guess it is, that they're wasting my time.

851
00:48:40,440 --> 00:48:44,820
 And until they split off, I just – I don't get it.

852
00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:45,420
 I don't.

853
00:48:45,580 --> 00:48:47,180
 And I think 24 is too much.

854
00:48:47,180 --> 00:48:51,580
 I think 24 would be too much if you're talking about the Power Four conferences.

855
00:48:51,980 --> 00:48:53,440
 I just don't think we want that.

856
00:48:53,600 --> 00:48:57,060
 I think who are the best teams in football?

857
00:48:57,280 --> 00:48:59,480
 24, you're going to thin it out a little bit.

858
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:05,540
 And, I mean, 16 is just cleaner as far as – all right, one through 16, two through 15, three – I mean, h***.

859
00:49:05,920 --> 00:49:07,540
 I mean, I'm from South Georgia.

860
00:49:07,640 --> 00:49:09,540
 I can figure that one out right there, you know.

861
00:49:09,540 --> 00:49:19,120
 So, I just – I mean, but, look, if it generates conversation, Brett, that is important for that to happen.

862
00:49:19,580 --> 00:49:22,740
 And I think that's what we've got to see here moving forward.

863
00:49:23,140 --> 00:49:27,360
 So – but I think they're going to get a lot of pushback on their plan for 24 teams.

864
00:49:28,080 --> 00:49:32,980
 Well, yeah, yeah, I agree with you, but you've got a very valid point.

865
00:49:33,100 --> 00:49:34,400
 Let's start somewhere.

866
00:49:34,900 --> 00:49:35,100
 Yeah.

867
00:49:35,100 --> 00:49:46,060
 At least get the conversation going, and let's start somewhere and start wheeling this thing down to a framework that everybody can work with.

868
00:49:46,120 --> 00:49:52,040
 Well, I know you're excited about college baseball beginning for the Dogs and the Braves.

869
00:49:52,600 --> 00:49:58,660
 If some of our esteemed listeners would like to listen to your award-winning program this afternoon, where can they go?

870
00:49:59,380 --> 00:50:04,940
 Well, they can't listen to me because I am taking the day off and going to have Georgia baseball on the Super Station.

871
00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:05,240
 Okay.

872
00:50:06,240 --> 00:50:11,360
 We will – I'll be listening to the game and enjoying the sound of baseball.

873
00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:21,400
 But normally from 3 until 7, we are on every day from – in those time periods from 3 to 7 Eastern time on theseuperstations.com.

874
00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:23,680
 You've got a very good boss over there, Bill.

875
00:50:23,780 --> 00:50:24,920
 Keep him happy, okay?

876
00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:26,300
 That's right.

877
00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:28,780
 He makes the rules now, let me tell you.

878
00:50:28,780 --> 00:50:29,220
 That's right.

879
00:50:30,100 --> 00:50:30,600
 See you, bud.

880
00:50:30,600 --> 00:50:35,800
 You've got three of them, me, myself, and now the one, the only, Bill Shanks, at theseuperstations.com.

881
00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:38,600
 BB, lots of area basketball team rocking and rolling.

882
00:50:39,120 --> 00:50:41,260
 The latest on the foreign side, Falcons, BB.

883
00:50:41,360 --> 00:50:51,920
 Yeah, they lost, unfortunately, last night to 73 to 65 to James Clemens.

884
00:50:52,300 --> 00:50:57,220
 James Clemens, one of the best teams in Herald State.

885
00:50:58,280 --> 00:51:01,220
 But Florence came back, made it close at the end.

886
00:51:01,380 --> 00:51:09,260
 But James Clemens will move on to play Bob Jones in the championship game of the area.

887
00:51:09,460 --> 00:51:12,080
 And, unfortunately, Florence's season is done.

888
00:51:12,520 --> 00:51:17,000
 Hard to believe it's going to get rocking down at Hansel and Jack State coming up in the next few days.

889
00:51:17,160 --> 00:51:20,100
 But first, coming up in the next hour, Justin Ferguson on the Auburn Tigers.

890
00:51:20,260 --> 00:51:22,200
 Zach Panter's got the show's report in the house.

891
00:51:22,540 --> 00:51:26,520
 And Mike Hugen and I'm going coast to coast in the second hour of the Bumo Buck Show.

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1114
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 Mike, welcome in.

1115
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 Happy TGIFT.

1116
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 Hopefully, you've thawed out by now.

1117
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 How are you?

1118
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 Yeah, doing well.

1119
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 Looking forward to an interesting weekend of college basketball.

1120
01:01:54,320 --> 01:02:00,080
 Mike, before we jump on the hardwoods, your thoughts about the Judge Judy show over the past few days.

1121
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 Obviously, we know what happened in Tuscaloosa.

1122
01:02:02,160 --> 01:02:04,280
 We know what happened yesterday in Oxford.

1123
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 And I think Aguilar and Tennessee, as they say, is a work in progress, even as we speak,

1124
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 barring some type of late-minute problems there.

1125
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 But your thoughts on the ruling, I know the fine print's different in every case.

1126
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 But nonetheless, the sharp attorney can find the fine print.

1127
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 I saw, what was the other day, Mike, a quarterback at Montana.

1128
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 He's coming back for his ninth year.

1129
01:02:25,440 --> 01:02:27,540
 So if you've got a good lawyer and know how to work the fine print,

1130
01:02:28,000 --> 01:02:30,260
 you can still do business at the NIL level.

1131
01:02:30,700 --> 01:02:35,940
 Your thoughts about that and how the shameless news may affect the SEC.

1132
01:02:36,380 --> 01:02:40,100
 And let's face it, Deuce Knight was not exactly going to Ole Miss to sit on the bench.

1133
01:02:42,280 --> 01:02:49,760
 The D.C. quarterback situation in a two-day stretch went from what's Ole Miss going to do without Chambliss

1134
01:02:49,760 --> 01:02:52,280
 and what's Tennessee going to do without Aguilar.

1135
01:02:52,760 --> 01:02:56,420
 I think Aguilar is going to be going to get his extra year.

1136
01:02:56,560 --> 01:02:59,920
 So those two teams all of a sudden have good quarterback situations.

1137
01:02:59,920 --> 01:03:03,300
 I wonder about Ole Miss without Kiffin.

1138
01:03:04,020 --> 01:03:09,280
 I think Aguilar, if you're a Vols fan, you're ecstatic, obviously.

1139
01:03:10,400 --> 01:03:16,200
 I think a second year in offense, he'll be more attuned to what Heifel wants.

1140
01:03:16,340 --> 01:03:18,260
 He threw a heck of a lot of picks this year.

1141
01:03:18,780 --> 01:03:25,460
 If he goes back on that, maybe they'll look back and say, hey, we can make the playoff again.

1142
01:03:25,560 --> 01:03:27,060
 And I think that's the case.

1143
01:03:27,180 --> 01:03:29,300
 Again, I've got more questions about Ole Miss.

1144
01:03:29,560 --> 01:03:33,360
 The dude you mentioned in Montana is actually a linebacker.

1145
01:03:34,300 --> 01:03:35,720
 He'll be a ninth-year senior.

1146
01:03:36,240 --> 01:03:36,820
 Ninth-year.

1147
01:03:37,600 --> 01:03:39,080
 He's already earned three degrees.

1148
01:03:39,940 --> 01:03:41,280
 He started at USC.

1149
01:03:41,660 --> 01:03:44,300
 He was there for, I think, seven years.

1150
01:03:44,740 --> 01:03:47,420
 Only played on the field for two of them.

1151
01:03:48,700 --> 01:03:53,340
 Had an incredible run of, I think, four years.

1152
01:03:53,440 --> 01:03:54,580
 He had injury issues.

1153
01:03:55,240 --> 01:04:01,740
 And one year, it might have been the COVID year, he was sick and missed a couple months.

1154
01:04:01,740 --> 01:04:05,300
 So he has legitimate medical things.

1155
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 I'm not sure.

1156
01:04:06,140 --> 01:04:09,340
 You know, the Chambliss situation, he's saying it's medical.

1157
01:04:11,100 --> 01:04:20,640
 I sort of can't believe that Ferris State, given how good he proved to be, would not have already asked for those two years.

1158
01:04:20,900 --> 01:04:21,720
 But, you know, who knows?

1159
01:04:23,260 --> 01:04:36,060
 But the interesting thing about college athletics, as much goes on in the courtroom in the offseason as it goes on in weight rooms.

1160
01:04:36,400 --> 01:04:39,660
 So that's a problem for college sports going forward.

1161
01:04:41,100 --> 01:04:42,600
 Yeah, he is.

1162
01:04:43,040 --> 01:04:58,820
 Yeah, I think it was the 2022 year in dispute with a severe case of tonsillitis at Ferris State, which was the question as far as he's more of a medical redshirt than Bediaco.

1163
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 Mike, the Alabama-Ohio State, they had a two-year series that was going to begin in 2027, home and away, of course.

1164
01:05:10,280 --> 01:05:18,160
 And Paul Feinbaum was on a radio station in Ohio earlier this week and said he didn't know if he was going to come off.

1165
01:05:19,280 --> 01:05:38,420
 He had heard from Greg Byrne, the Alabama athletic director, with some of these schools, not just Alabama, realizing that if strength of schedule is not going to be a priority for the selection committee, why do we need to play the top teams?

1166
01:05:38,540 --> 01:05:40,540
 Now, the fans are the ones who lose this.

1167
01:05:40,540 --> 01:05:44,420
 But, Mike, your thoughts, they haven't made a decision yet.

1168
01:05:44,780 --> 01:05:48,240
 Your thoughts, that would be a shame if that series is canceled.

1169
01:05:50,540 --> 01:05:52,840
 It would be game two this fall.

1170
01:05:53,460 --> 01:05:54,880
 That's the kind of stuff that you're right.

1171
01:05:55,000 --> 01:06:00,780
 I mean, if you're a casual fan of college football, you get ginned up for those kind of games.

1172
01:06:00,860 --> 01:06:05,040
 And obviously, if you're a hardcore fan, that's, you know, like catnip to a cat.

1173
01:06:05,180 --> 01:06:09,440
 I mean, those two premier programs, oh, my God, this is fantastic.

1174
01:06:10,040 --> 01:06:11,560
 It's a key early season game.

1175
01:06:14,260 --> 01:06:19,880
 It's, you know, I think Georgia has canceled one of its series going forward.

1176
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 Florida State, I think, has canceled one of its series going forward.

1177
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 That kind of stuff, yeah.

1178
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 You know, and I think one of Georgia's reasons was, well, we're playing nine SEC games now,

1179
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 so, you know, we don't want to play the extra tough game.

1180
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 Well, yeah, as a fan, that kicks you off.

1181
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 I can see it to an extent, but I think the difference, and we all know the difference,

1182
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 if it's not going to be Alabama, Ohio State, it's going to be Ohio State, UAB, and Alabama versus Ohio.

1183
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 And that's where fans lose out.

1184
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 I do give the SEC some credit.

1185
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 If they're saying nine conference games plus one power four opponent, you know, if you're Florida,

1186
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 if you're Georgia, if you're South Carolina, and if you're Kentucky, your power four opponent

1187
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 is your end-of-season rivalry game.

1188
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 So you're sort of, you're okay.

1189
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 But, you know, if I'm an Alabama fan, if I'm an Ohio State fan, I would much rather see the Tide

1190
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 play the Buckeyes than the Tide go play a Wake Forest team.

1191
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 So to meet that power four requirement.

1192
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 Yeah, I'm sorry.

1193
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 Mike, you're getting in the huddle with us.

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 You mentioned round ball.

1196
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 What strikes you fancy this weekend, Mike, as we get closer and closer to March Madness?

1197
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 Yeah, Auburn playing at Arkansas.

1198
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 Boy, Auburn needs a win big time.

1199
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 Lost three in a row, all two good teams.

1200
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 But at the same time, I know their net rating is good, their Ken Palm rating is good, but you

1201
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 need another big win.

1202
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 You got the Florida win on the road, which is impressive.

1203
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 You pounded Arkansas by 20-plus at home in January.

1204
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 I think a season sweep of Arkansas puts you in great stead for the NCAA tournament, especially

1205
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 when you look at some of the, you know, four, I think they have six games left after Arkansas.

1206
01:08:30,920 --> 01:08:34,020
 Four of them are just not good SEC teams.

1207
01:08:34,520 --> 01:08:38,220
 And those are the kind of games that don't really gain you much.

1208
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 So, tomorrow's game, if you're an Auburn fan, you want them to complete the season sweep of

1209
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 Arkansas big time.

1210
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 Mike, is Florida the best team in the SEC?

1211
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 I think so.

1212
01:08:50,920 --> 01:08:56,120
 They're playing, they can't shoot the ball, which is sort of staggering considering how

1213
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 well their guard played last year.

1214
01:08:58,260 --> 01:09:03,000
 They are the worst power four team in the nation in three-point percentage, 29.2%.

1215
01:09:03,000 --> 01:09:09,140
 But they are winning because their front court is really good, and they play great defense,

1216
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 and they just embarrass you on the backwards.

1217
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 They are relentless with their rebounding.

1218
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 They only go eight deep.

1219
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 They're athletic.

1220
01:09:21,700 --> 01:09:23,220
 They're big guys play defense.

1221
01:09:23,720 --> 01:09:24,660
 They can switch.

1222
01:09:26,220 --> 01:09:32,400
 It's a really good team, not nearly as good offensively as last year's, but the defense

1223
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 is better than last year's.

1224
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 Mike, is Auburn a poster child for the SEC this season?

1225
01:09:38,560 --> 01:09:44,220
 You knock off Florida at Florida, comparatively with relative ease.

1226
01:09:44,860 --> 01:09:46,540
 You win four in a row during that stretch.

1227
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 Now, you're losers of three in a row.

1228
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 Is that not the poster child for SEC basketball this season?

1229
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 Auburn, you look at Texas A&M, which, you know, heck of 10 days ago, oh, my God,

1230
01:09:59,800 --> 01:10:00,720
 they might win the league.

1231
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 That's right.

1232
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 Oh, my God, they might finish under .500 in the league.

1233
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 So, yeah, I mean, I think that there are bad teams in the SEC, really bad at the bottom.

1234
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 But I think that there is a lot of parity in the SEC.

1235
01:10:17,600 --> 01:10:18,960
 And in some respects, you're right.

1236
01:10:19,040 --> 01:10:22,420
 Auburn is sort of like the typical SEC team.

1237
01:10:22,420 --> 01:10:24,560
 You can win on the road, and you can lose it all.

1238
01:10:25,660 --> 01:10:28,860
 Now, no one's losing to LSU, Oklahoma, or South Carolina.

1239
01:10:29,080 --> 01:10:29,440
 Right.

1240
01:10:29,840 --> 01:10:37,680
 But, yeah, I don't think anybody who follows the SEC would be shocked if Auburn won in

1241
01:10:37,680 --> 01:10:38,420
 bad football tomorrow.

1242
01:10:39,920 --> 01:10:41,640
 Yeah, you're probably right.

1243
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 Well, listen, have a great weekend.

1244
01:10:43,780 --> 01:10:47,540
 It's a fun time of the year, Major League Baseball getting started.

1245
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 College baseball begins today.

1246
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 College basketball going down the stretch, the Olympics going on.

1247
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 Very interesting time of the year.

1248
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 Mike, have a great weekend.

1249
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 Hopefully, it's a little warmer for you, buddy.

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 Mike, you're going to hook it up with us.

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 There you go.

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 There's Mike.

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 Mike, you're going to hook it up with us.

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 The Score.

1341
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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1342
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 Welcome back in.

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 You talk about a fella who's busy as a bee.

1344
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 He's Zach Pounders there at Shoals Sports Report.

1345
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 Zach, welcome in.

1346
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 How are you?

1347
01:16:33,260 --> 01:16:33,960
 Good. How are y'all?

1348
01:16:34,740 --> 01:16:39,800
 You're juggling a lot in the air right now with all these respective area matchups.

1349
01:16:39,960 --> 01:16:43,640
 Let's start with the Florence High Falcons on the road to Madison.

1350
01:16:43,800 --> 01:16:46,620
 Zach, your thoughts about Florence High's game last night.

1351
01:16:47,600 --> 01:16:52,000
 For the Bullies, came up short, but once again, they were undersized this year.

1352
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 Nobody ever picked three this year on the roster.

1353
01:16:54,880 --> 01:16:56,600
 So, you know, it's going to be a tough year for them this year.

1354
01:16:56,600 --> 01:17:01,580
 They're also replacing all four of the five stars from last year, or three of the five from last year,

1355
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 and losing Jalen Chandler, Jalen Blackwell, Bryant James, and a few more of your teams.

1356
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 But still, I thought, just for them, a lot of guys that have valuable reps this year in 7-8 ball

1357
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 that will benefit them going down to 5-8 ball next year with the runs of all the Cators, Coleman,

1358
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 and all those, and most of those next year in their replays.

1359
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 Instead of playing the Huntsville, Gools, all the time.

1360
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 Now, talk about Florence Girls, too.

1361
01:17:28,980 --> 01:17:30,720
 Why are you talking about Florence?

1362
01:17:31,540 --> 01:17:36,780
 Yeah, Florence Girls really had a comeback win-win tonight, and it kind of got out of hand late.

1363
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 They were up by 6, 36 to go.

1364
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 James Simmons' coach has got double technicals, and it was in a personal foul, two free throws,

1365
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 double technical fouls, four more free throws, six free throws, and the ball for Florence.

1366
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 Turned a six-point game, and it left them to an 11-point game.

1367
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 And it was really a death knell for the game, also.

1368
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 But they were down by three at halftime, had a third late second quarter, and got back into it at halftime.

1369
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 And Jordan Ricks deserved the second half, had 25 points, 13 rebounds, 9 of 12 on free throws,

1370
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 I think, and half of those come in the last 30 seconds of the game.

1371
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 Wow.

1372
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 Zach Patterson's show sports report.

1373
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 What's good for most of the shows is bad for Decatur in the Area 15 Championship, Zach.

1374
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 Yes, and also on the girls' side, it's right off the set.

1375
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 Decatur boys won the girls' championship, and most of the shows are running up on the girls' side.

1376
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 So, most of the shows boys get Gardendale tomorrow night, and Gardendale has died, as I've heard.

1377
01:18:40,380 --> 01:18:42,720
 And most of the shows girls are going to play chalkboard tonight.

1378
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 The plays like 23-1, I think chalkboard in the state, and 56-8 girls.

1379
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 Very tough matchup for most of the shows girls, again, in the sub-regional round.

1380
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 Knowing you, you've seen Brooks beat Dessler three times this year, and they did it the third time the other night,

1381
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 capturing the Class 4A Area 14 crown.

1382
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 They won 52-47.

1383
01:19:07,300 --> 01:19:14,200
 Brooks wins his third straight area title and will host a sub-regional game tomorrow night against Haleville.

1384
01:19:14,360 --> 01:19:19,600
 Garrett Breed, what a surprise that is, led the Tigers with 23 points.

1385
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 Thurk Hill had 13, Dessler will travel to Fayette County.

1386
01:19:24,600 --> 01:19:28,980
 But I know you've seen a few Brooks and Dessler boys' basketball games this year.

1387
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 Yes, and if I'm Brooks, I am praying I'll take Dessler again at Wall Street for a fourth time.

1388
01:19:34,740 --> 01:19:34,980
 Exactly.

1389
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 All right, you can win somebody three times, but at some point, that one's going to run out.

1390
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 Right.

1391
01:19:42,420 --> 01:19:47,200
 Even Wilson Dessler girls come out to play four times this year at Wall Street if they both win the night.

1392
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 And even that, it's scary if you're Dessler girls who's like, at what point will they come through and pull through?

1393
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 Yeah, Dessler and Brooks, so if they were all in the high school games, they would both be a favorite this weekend in their sub-regional games.

1394
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 However, Dessler on the road this year and Peter missed, and then Brooks at home hasn't lost this year.

1395
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 Boy, Haleville came into Brooks two years ago and beat that Loder Brooks team with Noah Gray, R.J. Gurley, and Tyler L.M. as a junior and senior.

1396
01:20:21,280 --> 01:20:25,220
 However, it's a different Brooks team this year and different Haleville team as well.

1397
01:20:25,780 --> 01:20:27,700
 But I still like Brooks and Dessler mostly at Wall Street.

1398
01:20:29,300 --> 01:20:34,960
 Yeah, it's always fun to see traditional high school power towns, I call it, to be in rocking and rolling.

1399
01:20:35,140 --> 01:20:40,280
 And is there a better place for high school basketball than Rogersville, a.k.a. Lauderdale County?

1400
01:20:40,400 --> 01:20:44,020
 Both the boys and the girls, they're costing the fans some money.

1401
01:20:44,380 --> 01:20:45,060
 It's postseason.

1402
01:20:45,180 --> 01:20:47,740
 These guys are always rocking and rolling.

1403
01:20:47,740 --> 01:20:52,320
 The fans don't mind spending it, but congratulations to the Lauderdale County boys and girls.

1404
01:20:53,320 --> 01:21:02,040
 Yeah, saving Marshall as well, but both fan bases are also saving money tonight as well, with both schools playing the celebrationals on the same night.

1405
01:21:02,740 --> 01:21:05,640
 Between Friday and Saturday, the same school was involved.

1406
01:21:06,320 --> 01:21:11,740
 So, Marshall and Lauderdale County both tonight are starting at 6 o'clock, with the girls at 6 and the boys at 7.30.

1407
01:21:12,780 --> 01:21:15,300
 L.C. has Phil Campbell and Marshall has Carbett County.

1408
01:21:15,780 --> 01:21:19,040
 Carbett County boys and Marshall boys, that's interesting matchup, I think.

1409
01:21:19,580 --> 01:21:21,120
 I think Carbett County could get them this year.

1410
01:21:22,340 --> 01:21:25,620
 Marshall is down this year, but their record is deceiving.

1411
01:21:26,740 --> 01:21:28,080
 Carbett County had some scores.

1412
01:21:28,500 --> 01:21:31,160
 Lauderdale County boys, maybe too much for Phil Campbell.

1413
01:21:31,820 --> 01:21:33,180
 What I've seen Phil Campbell this year.

1414
01:21:33,900 --> 01:21:40,160
 And on the girls' side, I think it's Marshall, Lauderdale County on the collision course for Wallace State, possibly in the lead eight.

1415
01:21:41,980 --> 01:21:44,360
 We mentioned this last week.

1416
01:21:44,920 --> 01:21:51,580
 Mars Hill with Bell Hill, the 3,000-point milestone.

1417
01:21:53,320 --> 01:22:05,840
 She reached, according to the Times Daily, she is now at 3,066 points, which moves her ahead of former Shoals Christian player, Sarah Davis.

1418
01:22:06,320 --> 01:22:15,820
 We had 3,048, and we talked about Reese Davis at Dasser and Bell Hill several times during the course of the season.

1419
01:22:16,060 --> 01:22:18,740
 But, my goodness gracious, congratulations.

1420
01:22:19,420 --> 01:22:25,000
 Again, according to the Times Daily, she is the all-time leading scorer in Lauderdale County history.

1421
01:22:25,800 --> 01:22:26,980
 She is that now.

1422
01:22:27,180 --> 01:22:28,040
 That is confirmed.

1423
01:22:28,560 --> 01:22:34,800
 And at this point, she's chasing down Anna Claire Knoblet for the Shoals area from Governor Christian from about 10, 11 years ago.

1424
01:22:35,620 --> 01:22:37,920
 And Reese Davis is hard on her heels for 3,000.

1425
01:22:38,140 --> 01:22:44,180
 Reese should hit 3,000 next season with ease if she plays her average every night of this year.

1426
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 But, Bill, it's about to become pick a random record that she'll set in the two years.

1427
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 Like most LeBron stats, most points on January 13th at 4 p.m. or whatever it is, random arbitrary stats.

1428
01:22:58,760 --> 01:23:02,720
 But a very impressive player already has a sophomore, has 3,000 points.

1429
01:23:03,640 --> 01:23:06,720
 She should hit 4,000 next year, if not 5,000, then she's a senior.

1430
01:23:07,140 --> 01:23:11,540
 And maybe the state record even at like 5,200 for girls or whatever it is.

1431
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 I don't think she can track down the boys record, but I'm not doing it at all.

1432
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 Yeah, your thoughts about another team.

1433
01:23:19,920 --> 01:23:25,640
 We mentioned Lauderdale County and Morris Hill, but the Red Bay girls, if it's late February, guess what?

1434
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 They're getting ready to rock and roll.

1435
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 Your thoughts about the Red Bay girls, correct me if I'm wrong, they take on Cold Springs and the 2A girls Northwest Regional.

1436
01:23:34,480 --> 01:23:38,360
 Yeah, Red Bay girls, kind of a down year, but they've won enough games to get here.

1437
01:23:38,360 --> 01:23:44,600
 And if you're from Red Bay, the Red Bay area, or a 2A person, if you remember this matchup from years ago at Wallace State,

1438
01:23:44,680 --> 01:23:50,260
 it was always like Red Bay, Cold Springs, Tanner, some way, some order, those four hands at Wallace.

1439
01:23:50,860 --> 01:23:54,540
 However, Cold Springs and Red Bay this year, only one of them gets to Wallace.

1440
01:23:55,240 --> 01:23:58,900
 And on the boys' side, Red Bay talk to the boys, Red Bay should get to Wallace,

1441
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 and then it should be a bloodbath between them, Tanner and Covenant, Tanner Heritage, possibly, and Cold Springs boys.

1442
01:24:08,180 --> 01:24:11,220
 Who have we not mentioned in this segment?

1443
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 We'll get to Wallace.

1444
01:24:14,040 --> 01:24:15,780
 You've already mentioned two or three.

1445
01:24:15,900 --> 01:24:21,120
 You thought Deser and Brooks would win tomorrow night in advance to Wallace State.

1446
01:24:21,120 --> 01:24:25,580
 Who else in the shows do you believe gets to Wallace next week?

1447
01:24:26,340 --> 01:24:28,040
 Waterloo has it been in the wild.

1448
01:24:28,260 --> 01:24:30,140
 I don't know a lot about the boys' and girls' basketball.

1449
01:24:30,520 --> 01:24:32,560
 A lot of Wallace get one thing in the wild, at least.

1450
01:24:32,980 --> 01:24:35,220
 And Lexington and girls have a chance against Belgring.

1451
01:24:35,800 --> 01:24:36,760
 They're very young, though.

1452
01:24:37,900 --> 01:24:40,080
 Belgring's record is about 29 or whatever they are.

1453
01:24:40,660 --> 01:24:44,740
 Lexington's record is not that great on paper, but they're still a solid team.

1454
01:24:45,740 --> 01:24:53,940
 They have Brimley and White, who can give you 15 and 29, and then a few more girls that can give you 8 or 10 points here and there, and can add up quick.

1455
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 Before we jump off, we've got to give some love to Waterloo and 1A Northwest.

1456
01:24:58,780 --> 01:24:59,960
 Waterloo taking on Meek.

1457
01:25:00,020 --> 01:25:01,380
 Your thoughts about that matchup?

1458
01:25:02,740 --> 01:25:05,160
 Yeah, Waterloo girls this year, kind of up and down the year.

1459
01:25:06,080 --> 01:25:07,100
 The rest are the same as usual.

1460
01:25:07,340 --> 01:25:11,320
 Meek girls are 23 and 4, so it doesn't match up for them.

1461
01:25:11,560 --> 01:25:13,760
 And Meek boys, trying to pull that up real quick.

1462
01:25:15,120 --> 01:25:17,920
 Meek boys are 17 and 8.

1463
01:25:18,200 --> 01:25:19,280
 Waterloo is 13 and 12.

1464
01:25:19,500 --> 01:25:25,600
 Waterloo started out with Westside, but still, when you go on the road and it's our regional game.

1465
01:25:26,120 --> 01:25:27,400
 I heard it this way.

1466
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 That's always been the toughest game in the playoffs, because it's like you're in the playoffs, but it's also like you're not in the playoffs yet.

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 Listen, you recap everything at night.

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 Where can we get on Facebook, get online?

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 You've also got a podcast about it.

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 And we'll be live tonight to recap all the action from each time.

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1479
01:26:24,820 --> 01:26:31,480
 Johannes Haslett-Clabo, the Norwegian cross-country sensation, today won the gold medal in the 10,000-meter free.

1480
01:26:31,560 --> 01:26:34,280
 Over the last two Winter Games, eight gold medals.

1481
01:26:34,380 --> 01:26:35,180
 One more in Italy.

1482
01:26:35,540 --> 01:26:36,600
 He'll have the most ever.

1483
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 Three more next week.

1484
01:26:37,840 --> 01:26:41,040
 He'll have six in these games, breaking the record of five.

1485
01:26:41,040 --> 01:26:42,980
 Shared by Clabo from four years ago.

1486
01:26:43,300 --> 01:26:44,680
 And Eric Hyden in 1980.

1487
01:26:45,060 --> 01:26:46,280
 No U.S. medals yet today.

1488
01:26:46,360 --> 01:26:48,320
 There's never been one in the men's biathlon.

1489
01:26:48,540 --> 01:26:51,800
 In the 10,000 sprint, there was hope for Campbell Wright.

1490
01:26:51,880 --> 01:26:54,240
 Actually grew up in New Zealand, but competes for the U.S.

1491
01:26:54,240 --> 01:26:57,320
 He was second at the world championships, but he was 12th today.

1492
01:26:57,320 --> 01:27:03,100
 Speed skating at 10,000 meters was won by 19-year-old Metsoja Jelic of the Czech Republic.

1493
01:27:03,260 --> 01:27:08,960
 And the bronze went to 40-year-old Jorrit Bergsma, the Dutch skater, who won the gold 12 years ago.

1494
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 Currently in the U.S., men lost to Canada 6-3.

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 Hey, man.

1619
01:33:50,440 --> 01:33:51,140
 We're doing all right.

1620
01:33:51,260 --> 01:33:58,780
 Literally, in more ways than one, some big recruiting news for this Auburn's new football staff.

1621
01:34:00,400 --> 01:34:01,200
 Yeah, no, absolutely.

1622
01:34:01,200 --> 01:34:04,460
 They got a massive pickup yesterday.

1623
01:34:04,780 --> 01:34:14,540
 Really, their first big, you know, recruit commitment of the, you know, really of the new coaching staff.

1624
01:34:15,140 --> 01:34:21,940
 You know, it's exactly what Auburn, you know, wanted to go out and get in getting Donovan Moore.

1625
01:34:22,420 --> 01:34:24,140
 Number one player in the state of Alabama.

1626
01:34:24,520 --> 01:34:26,960
 Number five defensive lineman in the country.

1627
01:34:27,060 --> 01:34:30,140
 Top 75 player in the country from Hueytown.

1628
01:34:30,760 --> 01:34:40,900
 You know, and I think it's a really obvious sign that, you know, there's a reason why Vontrell King-Williams kept his job at Auburn with D.J. Durkin.

1629
01:34:41,320 --> 01:34:47,660
 You know, he's done a great job with defensive line and defensive line recruiting since he got the job a couple years ago.

1630
01:34:48,080 --> 01:34:59,200
 He's one of the only two coaches that gets to stay on this new staff and pays a quick dividend on the recruiting trail by being able to pick up a guy that they've been very, very familiar with, you know, throughout this recruiting process.

1631
01:34:59,200 --> 01:35:08,900
 And, Justin, the other thing is, to be objective here, Alabama, I don't think they ever had any competition for Trent Seaborn, the quarterback at times.

1632
01:35:08,900 --> 01:35:10,220
 He grew up an Alabama fan.

1633
01:35:10,340 --> 01:35:12,960
 And where it is, this kid grew up a big Auburn fan.

1634
01:35:13,040 --> 01:35:16,480
 But just that being the case, you've still got to close the deal.

1635
01:35:16,560 --> 01:35:18,420
 It doesn't hurt that he's grown up.

1636
01:35:18,460 --> 01:35:19,980
 I understand he's even got an Auburn tattoo.

1637
01:35:20,660 --> 01:35:22,060
 But you've still got to close the deal.

1638
01:35:23,240 --> 01:35:24,040
 Yeah, 100%.

1639
01:35:24,040 --> 01:35:30,940
 I mean, we've seen, you know, Auburn, you know, fans in the past go play for Alabama and vice versa.

1640
01:35:31,140 --> 01:35:32,020
 But, yeah, it does help.

1641
01:35:32,500 --> 01:35:36,360
 That's why I think I've always said kind of over the years, you know, for Auburn.

1642
01:35:36,360 --> 01:35:43,860
 And, you know, obviously recruiting has kind of changed with what everything's, you know, gone on with the transfer portal and all that.

1643
01:35:44,280 --> 01:35:51,000
 But I've always thought, like, when Auburn's been at its best in recruiting, they go find guys that fit them really well.

1644
01:35:51,100 --> 01:35:54,520
 They can't just necessarily go out and, you know, go star chasing.

1645
01:35:54,960 --> 01:36:00,600
 You know, you've got to find guys that, you know, really fit what you want to do and want to be there with you.

1646
01:36:01,240 --> 01:36:04,220
 And, you know, you have some of that here with Moore.

1647
01:36:04,600 --> 01:36:09,460
 A really good example of that I always go back to, and obviously he was a phenomenal five-star recruit.

1648
01:36:09,460 --> 01:36:15,040
 But Auburn had some of that, you know, when they got Derrick Brown several years ago.

1649
01:36:15,160 --> 01:36:20,980
 He felt like he fitted Auburn better than he fitted Alabama or Georgia, and that's why he ended up there.

1650
01:36:21,140 --> 01:36:26,400
 So I wouldn't be surprised if you're more kind of getting the same thing as a guy who's been very familiar with the program.

1651
01:36:27,260 --> 01:36:33,500
 When you get to mid-February in basketball and you lose a couple of games, you start hearing this stuff about,

1652
01:36:33,500 --> 01:36:35,040
 well, are they on the bubble?

1653
01:36:35,800 --> 01:36:37,280
 And Auburn won four in a row.

1654
01:36:37,440 --> 01:36:39,060
 Now they've lost three in a row.

1655
01:36:39,600 --> 01:36:41,700
 And I've been hearing this narrative this week.

1656
01:36:41,760 --> 01:36:45,560
 Well, you know, what's Auburn got to do to stay off the bubble?

1657
01:36:46,220 --> 01:36:49,680
 In quad one games this year, they've beaten St. John's.

1658
01:36:50,900 --> 01:36:55,600
 In fact, that looks like a bigger win every week for Alabama and Auburn.

1659
01:36:55,600 --> 01:37:00,340
 St. John's won 10 consecutive games, beat UConn last week.

1660
01:37:00,840 --> 01:37:04,320
 North Carolina State's 8-3 in the SEC.

1661
01:37:05,280 --> 01:37:08,500
 It doesn't get any bigger than beating Florida and Gainesville.

1662
01:37:08,680 --> 01:37:14,100
 They obliterated Arkansas and Auburn, lost by one point to Houston.

1663
01:37:15,300 --> 01:37:20,680
 Everybody's lost to Michigan, Arizona, Purdue, along with the SEC losses.

1664
01:37:21,040 --> 01:37:21,940
 Look, I get it.

1665
01:37:22,040 --> 01:37:23,520
 I know there's some frustration.

1666
01:37:23,720 --> 01:37:25,620
 We'll get into that a little bit in a minute.

1667
01:37:25,960 --> 01:37:28,280
 But to me, it's just seeding.

1668
01:37:28,520 --> 01:37:33,100
 Well, Auburn finished between a 6 seed and an 8 seed.

1669
01:37:33,320 --> 01:37:35,680
 We'll see how the remaining seven games go.

1670
01:37:35,840 --> 01:37:39,240
 But let's talk about the bubble for Auburn right now.

1671
01:37:39,320 --> 01:37:44,760
 To me, when you look at their quad one wins and their 8-0 and quad three and four,

1672
01:37:44,900 --> 01:37:48,380
 they don't have a bad loss, Auburn is going to be in the tournament.

1673
01:37:48,540 --> 01:37:50,340
 It's just where the seeding is going to be.

1674
01:37:51,260 --> 01:37:52,240
 Yeah, 100%.

1675
01:37:52,240 --> 01:37:55,700
 You know, I think Auburn right now is just you don't want to keep making losing a habit.

1676
01:37:55,700 --> 01:37:59,800
 They got some quad two games down the stretch that you can't afford to lose

1677
01:37:59,800 --> 01:38:02,120
 if you want to be in the tournament comfortably.

1678
01:38:02,540 --> 01:38:03,620
 But I'll put it to you this way.

1679
01:38:03,740 --> 01:38:06,640
 This team reminds me a lot of the team from three years ago from Auburn

1680
01:38:06,640 --> 01:38:08,720
 that was a 9 seed in the NCAA tournament.

1681
01:38:08,880 --> 01:38:10,440
 It was kind of the same type of season for them.

1682
01:38:11,220 --> 01:38:16,320
 Auburn's already got more quad one wins than that team had in all of the season,

1683
01:38:16,440 --> 01:38:17,140
 three seasons ago.

1684
01:38:17,420 --> 01:38:18,600
 And that team was a 9.

1685
01:38:19,120 --> 01:38:24,140
 So for Auburn, I think you feel pretty good about your chances to make the tournament

1686
01:38:24,140 --> 01:38:25,300
 if you take care of business.

1687
01:38:25,980 --> 01:38:27,860
 It's some of these games they've got coming up.

1688
01:38:28,660 --> 01:38:33,280
 You go to a team like you go to Arkansas tomorrow.

1689
01:38:33,500 --> 01:38:35,340
 You play Kentucky at home next Saturday.

1690
01:38:35,520 --> 01:38:36,840
 You've got BAM at the end of the season.

1691
01:38:37,580 --> 01:38:40,440
 Oklahoma's kind of sneaking into quad one territory since they beat Vandy,

1692
01:38:40,820 --> 01:38:42,220
 and that's a true road game for Auburn.

1693
01:38:42,400 --> 01:38:46,800
 So, like, there are some opportunities to pick up some resume builders, you know,

1694
01:38:46,840 --> 01:38:47,540
 moving forward.

1695
01:38:48,260 --> 01:38:49,880
 And that's really what you've missed out on.

1696
01:38:49,980 --> 01:38:51,900
 The three-game losing streak is frustrating.

1697
01:38:52,280 --> 01:38:53,500
 I know fans don't like it.

1698
01:38:53,560 --> 01:38:57,320
 I know the coaches and the players are even more frustrated about it for sure.

1699
01:38:57,560 --> 01:39:01,660
 But you look at it and say, okay, what has Auburn really done in the grand scheme of things?

1700
01:39:02,460 --> 01:39:06,820
 They've really just missed out on opportunities to make their resume even better at this point.

1701
01:39:06,940 --> 01:39:11,600
 So they're going to have a stretch here coming up where they've got some kind of more must-win games.

1702
01:39:12,120 --> 01:39:15,440
 But, yeah, right now you're still firmly in the tournament field.

1703
01:39:15,520 --> 01:39:18,440
 It's just going to be a matter of how much you can help your seeding out.

1704
01:39:18,640 --> 01:39:21,260
 And, you know, tomorrow would be a pretty big one if they were able to do it.

1705
01:39:21,660 --> 01:39:25,680
 And the reason is, obviously, Justin, Justin Ferguson, the Auburn Observer,

1706
01:39:25,780 --> 01:39:27,560
 coming in, Arkansas is number 21.

1707
01:39:27,700 --> 01:39:28,680
 There's two ways to look at that.

1708
01:39:28,720 --> 01:39:29,880
 Oh, my gosh, we're on a skid.

1709
01:39:29,960 --> 01:39:31,060
 We're taking on a ranked team.

1710
01:39:31,140 --> 01:39:34,120
 The other side is if you win, you get a lot of mojo out of it.

1711
01:39:34,460 --> 01:39:36,560
 You've been to Bud Walton Arena, I'm sure.

1712
01:39:36,880 --> 01:39:40,260
 To me, it's one of the – we've taught a lot of coaches, you know,

1713
01:39:40,280 --> 01:39:42,640
 obviously Sonny and Wimp and everybody else.

1714
01:39:43,140 --> 01:39:47,860
 In their opinion, it's one of the toughest, loudest places to play as a visiting team.

1715
01:39:48,880 --> 01:39:49,840
 Yeah, 100%.

1716
01:39:49,840 --> 01:39:53,360
 And Auburn does not have a great history at Bud Walton like a lot of teams.

1717
01:39:53,640 --> 01:39:56,420
 But I remember the last time they were there two seasons ago,

1718
01:39:56,540 --> 01:40:00,300
 and I went to that game, they hit Arkansas in the mouth early,

1719
01:40:00,420 --> 01:40:02,240
 and that crowd checked out on them.

1720
01:40:02,380 --> 01:40:02,700
 Yeah.

1721
01:40:03,080 --> 01:40:04,980
 You know, when they bled Arkansas down.

1722
01:40:05,320 --> 01:40:06,940
 A lot tougher to do that with this team,

1723
01:40:07,000 --> 01:40:08,800
 a lot tougher to do that against this Arkansas team.

1724
01:40:08,800 --> 01:40:14,400
 But one of the keys for tomorrow for Auburn against Arkansas is get off to a good start.

1725
01:40:14,760 --> 01:40:18,800
 They did not get off to a good start at all against Vanderbilt earlier this year.

1726
01:40:18,880 --> 01:40:22,040
 Last week had to play catch-up most of the second half, and they fell short.

1727
01:40:22,340 --> 01:40:24,860
 Same thing happened to them against Tennessee a couple weeks ago.

1728
01:40:25,340 --> 01:40:28,100
 So, for Auburn, I think you have to come into this game thinking,

1729
01:40:28,480 --> 01:40:30,320
 you've got to get off to a better start.

1730
01:40:30,440 --> 01:40:33,020
 You've got to be the team that sets the tone,

1731
01:40:33,440 --> 01:40:36,000
 punches the other one in the mouth early, and plays from there.

1732
01:40:36,080 --> 01:40:37,380
 You've got to do that on the road.

1733
01:40:37,720 --> 01:40:41,280
 Auburn did that at home against Arkansas last month,

1734
01:40:41,500 --> 01:40:43,980
 and they ended up blowing Arkansas out, running them out of the gym.

1735
01:40:44,260 --> 01:40:46,380
 I don't think they're going to do that tomorrow in Fayetteville.

1736
01:40:46,500 --> 01:40:47,860
 It's going to be a whole lot tougher to do that.

1737
01:40:47,920 --> 01:40:50,100
 But the central theme kind of remains.

1738
01:40:50,620 --> 01:40:53,140
 If you get off to a good start on this team,

1739
01:40:53,520 --> 01:40:56,420
 it'll be very interesting to see if they're going to be built to come back

1740
01:40:56,420 --> 01:40:59,260
 because that crowd is expecting a win.

1741
01:40:59,260 --> 01:41:02,520
 And, you know, I'll tell you this, the pressure is on Arkansas.

1742
01:41:03,040 --> 01:41:03,760
 They're at home.

1743
01:41:04,020 --> 01:41:05,940
 They need to win the game.

1744
01:41:06,220 --> 01:41:09,020
 And also, they're trying to stay in the hunt for the SEC title.

1745
01:41:09,340 --> 01:41:12,580
 They can't afford to drop home games, so the pressure is on Arkansas.

1746
01:41:12,780 --> 01:41:14,300
 Auburn's got to go out there and play their game

1747
01:41:14,300 --> 01:41:18,120
 and see if they can go out there, you know, and be the aggressor early

1748
01:41:18,120 --> 01:41:20,520
 and crank up that pressure on Arkansas.

1749
01:41:21,140 --> 01:41:23,200
 To expand on that thought, sometimes,

1750
01:41:23,340 --> 01:41:25,520
 especially when you're riding a three-game losing streak,

1751
01:41:25,520 --> 01:41:27,560
 the best thing that can happen to you is get away from home

1752
01:41:27,560 --> 01:41:30,140
 because you're putting so much pressure on yourself at home

1753
01:41:30,140 --> 01:41:31,620
 to please everybody you know.

1754
01:41:32,020 --> 01:41:32,960
 They're coming into this game.

1755
01:41:33,000 --> 01:41:34,480
 They're playing with house money in a sense.

1756
01:41:34,860 --> 01:41:35,820
 Arkansas is the ranked team.

1757
01:41:36,240 --> 01:41:38,540
 The ball, put it this way, the ball is in their court.

1758
01:41:38,800 --> 01:41:40,360
 They've got to satisfy their home fans.

1759
01:41:40,580 --> 01:41:44,500
 So, in some crazy ways, this is a good situation for Auburn.

1760
01:41:44,600 --> 01:41:45,680
 It's two ways of looking at it.

1761
01:41:45,760 --> 01:41:47,480
 Everybody says you want to play all of them at home,

1762
01:41:47,960 --> 01:41:50,920
 but I also believe sometimes when you're in one of these long losing streaks,

1763
01:41:51,020 --> 01:41:52,460
 it's best to get away from that pressure

1764
01:41:52,460 --> 01:41:54,740
 and put the pressure on the other guys to win at home.

1765
01:41:55,520 --> 01:41:58,400
 Yeah, I go back to, you know, a few weeks ago

1766
01:41:58,400 --> 01:42:01,360
 when Auburn started SEC play one and three,

1767
01:42:01,520 --> 01:42:04,980
 and then they won kind of a real ugly game against South Carolina,

1768
01:42:04,980 --> 01:42:06,920
 and then it's like, all right, here we go.

1769
01:42:07,020 --> 01:42:07,840
 We're on the road.

1770
01:42:08,260 --> 01:42:10,620
 They grind out a win over Ole Miss,

1771
01:42:10,660 --> 01:42:13,360
 and then they did a huge win over Florida on the road,

1772
01:42:13,440 --> 01:42:16,040
 and that, you know, being able to go on the road helped Auburn

1773
01:42:16,040 --> 01:42:17,340
 kind of reset their season.

1774
01:42:17,880 --> 01:42:19,600
 They might be in that same situation again.

1775
01:42:19,940 --> 01:42:21,680
 Back-to-back home losses, tough.

1776
01:42:21,860 --> 01:42:23,280
 You hate to have them if you're Auburn.

1777
01:42:23,540 --> 01:42:25,940
 It's a brutal spot to be in at this point in the year,

1778
01:42:26,080 --> 01:42:29,120
 but now you're going on the road and you're playing this Arkansas team,

1779
01:42:29,180 --> 01:42:30,660
 and Arkansas is great at Bud Walton.

1780
01:42:30,760 --> 01:42:33,200
 They've been playing really good basketball as of late,

1781
01:42:33,640 --> 01:42:36,000
 but Auburn should have the confidence and look and say, hey,

1782
01:42:36,000 --> 01:42:36,920
 it's pretty simple.

1783
01:42:37,420 --> 01:42:39,560
 If we can beat Florida on the road,

1784
01:42:40,180 --> 01:42:42,460
 we can hang with anybody on the road in this league,

1785
01:42:42,860 --> 01:42:46,480
 and so they need to kind of tap back into what made them pretty successful

1786
01:42:46,480 --> 01:42:49,440
 against Florida a couple weeks ago,

1787
01:42:49,500 --> 01:42:50,660
 or a few weeks ago at this point,

1788
01:42:51,040 --> 01:42:52,660
 and see if they can do that again against Arkansas

1789
01:42:52,660 --> 01:42:56,260
 and have a shot to come out with a win that could be one of their very best of the year.

1790
01:42:57,400 --> 01:42:59,760
 Let me ask you about Keyshawn Hall,

1791
01:42:59,920 --> 01:43:02,520
 one of the best players in the SEC.

1792
01:43:02,880 --> 01:43:07,420
 A lot of our listeners, of course, saw that in the Alabama game last Saturday.

1793
01:43:08,900 --> 01:43:12,380
 He set out the final 12-38 of the game,

1794
01:43:12,820 --> 01:43:16,560
 had some struggles as far as the two-point shots against Vandy.

1795
01:43:16,680 --> 01:43:18,880
 Maybe not a good matchup against Vandy,

1796
01:43:18,880 --> 01:43:22,100
 but listen, Nate Oates benched Mark Sears.

1797
01:43:24,220 --> 01:43:30,260
 Rick Barnes at Tennessee has benched players already twice this year.

1798
01:43:30,680 --> 01:43:34,080
 There's nothing wrong with benching a star player,

1799
01:43:34,620 --> 01:43:37,040
 and I know a lot's been made of that this week.

1800
01:43:37,160 --> 01:43:40,660
 Your thoughts, I think most people think Hall's going to come back

1801
01:43:40,660 --> 01:43:42,460
 and play well against Arkansas.

1802
01:43:43,200 --> 01:43:46,500
 Your thoughts on Hall not playing the last 12 minutes of the game?

1803
01:43:47,400 --> 01:43:48,520
 Yeah, it was pretty simple.

1804
01:43:48,660 --> 01:43:51,180
 He did not have his best stuff on offense at all.

1805
01:43:51,520 --> 01:43:52,680
 He was 0 for 8 from 2.

1806
01:43:52,780 --> 01:43:54,280
 Vanderbilt did a great job defending him

1807
01:43:54,280 --> 01:43:56,280
 and taking away what makes him really successful,

1808
01:43:56,440 --> 01:43:58,160
 which is getting to the free throw line, driving downhill.

1809
01:43:58,680 --> 01:44:01,440
 He really could only get a couple of shots up that were good.

1810
01:44:01,860 --> 01:44:04,960
 He just, Auburn's offense was not working really well at all

1811
01:44:04,960 --> 01:44:06,300
 when he was in the game.

1812
01:44:06,640 --> 01:44:08,420
 And his defense is just not a strong suit.

1813
01:44:08,800 --> 01:44:09,600
 It's just not.

1814
01:44:09,740 --> 01:44:10,320
 I mean, that's just,

1815
01:44:10,620 --> 01:44:13,520
 he's been able to make up for a lot of the defensive problems this season

1816
01:44:13,520 --> 01:44:15,140
 because he's so good on offense.

1817
01:44:15,620 --> 01:44:19,580
 But obviously against Vanderbilt, he was not having that offense he used to have.

1818
01:44:19,680 --> 01:44:22,620
 And so, Stephen Pearl made a pretty bold move and said,

1819
01:44:22,720 --> 01:44:26,680
 hey, he's our leading four, but we need to win.

1820
01:44:26,860 --> 01:44:28,640
 We need to try to get back in this game with defense.

1821
01:44:29,040 --> 01:44:29,580
 And they did.

1822
01:44:29,880 --> 01:44:31,220
 Auburn was down 14 at one point.

1823
01:44:31,280 --> 01:44:33,940
 They cut it all the way to four without him ever even looking at the floor

1824
01:44:33,940 --> 01:44:34,760
 at that point.

1825
01:44:34,760 --> 01:44:37,540
 And so, it's going to be very interesting to see what kind of response

1826
01:44:37,540 --> 01:44:39,140
 that's going to be moving forward.

1827
01:44:39,240 --> 01:44:42,520
 That's something that's got to rattle your cage if you're a guy like T.

1828
01:44:42,620 --> 01:44:43,100
 Sean Hall.

1829
01:44:43,360 --> 01:44:44,860
 And, you know, that's the thing.

1830
01:44:44,920 --> 01:44:46,420
 It's like, you can be a great scorer.

1831
01:44:46,540 --> 01:44:48,360
 You can be one of the very best in the SEC,

1832
01:44:48,820 --> 01:44:51,840
 but you've got to play defense and you've got to help your team out

1833
01:44:51,840 --> 01:44:52,480
 in some other ways.

1834
01:44:52,740 --> 01:44:56,280
 So, I would expect him to be a better offensive player moving forward for sure.

1835
01:44:56,280 --> 01:44:58,780
 I think Vandy just had his number the other night.

1836
01:44:59,140 --> 01:45:04,060
 But it is a pretty swift reminder that defense is what carries this

1837
01:45:04,060 --> 01:45:04,760
 basketball team.

1838
01:45:04,980 --> 01:45:07,820
 Defense is what wins games for this team, and you've got to have it.

1839
01:45:08,840 --> 01:45:11,980
 Welcome to college as opposed to being a superstar in high school.

1840
01:45:12,220 --> 01:45:16,720
 Justin, just what you need, something else on your sports buffet plate,

1841
01:45:16,880 --> 01:45:17,380
 baseball.

1842
01:45:18,220 --> 01:45:20,400
 Your thoughts about Auburn's baseball team this season.

1843
01:45:21,220 --> 01:45:24,560
 Yeah, I mean, they started up today against Youngstown State,

1844
01:45:24,560 --> 01:45:26,360
 the first weekend series for them.

1845
01:45:26,440 --> 01:45:27,500
 A lot of expectations.

1846
01:45:27,820 --> 01:45:30,660
 I mean, I don't cover Auburn baseball on a day-to-day basis.

1847
01:45:30,820 --> 01:45:33,260
 We did have our friend Adam Cole, the Montgomery Advertiser,

1848
01:45:33,660 --> 01:45:37,760
 who came on and did a podcast with us today, previewing this season.

1849
01:45:37,840 --> 01:45:41,160
 But one thing I can't tell you is that as long as I've been around Auburn,

1850
01:45:41,220 --> 01:45:43,860
 which has been a long time at this point, you know,

1851
01:45:43,880 --> 01:45:48,160
 since I got to school in 2011, so I guess I've been covering this team

1852
01:45:48,160 --> 01:45:50,620
 in some degree for about 12 or 13 years at this point.

1853
01:45:50,680 --> 01:45:54,320
 This is the most anticipation I can remember for a baseball season.

1854
01:45:54,560 --> 01:45:56,640
 Auburn's a preseason top-ten team.

1855
01:45:56,940 --> 01:45:58,940
 Some people have them up as a top-five team.

1856
01:45:59,760 --> 01:46:01,000
 A ton of hitters back.

1857
01:46:01,240 --> 01:46:02,420
 A ton of hitters back this year.

1858
01:46:02,740 --> 01:46:08,980
 Chris Rembert and Bub Terrell were all LSEC freshman-type of performers this past season.

1859
01:46:09,400 --> 01:46:10,100
 They're back.

1860
01:46:10,740 --> 01:46:13,060
 You've got guys like Cade Ballou.

1861
01:46:13,800 --> 01:46:17,680
 They've got a ton of hitters on this team, hitters with experience.

1862
01:46:18,040 --> 01:46:21,240
 They've got some transfers that are filling out some spots that they really, really like.

1863
01:46:21,620 --> 01:46:25,500
 For Auburn, it's can they use the first month of the season to figure out their pitching?

1864
01:46:25,620 --> 01:46:27,340
 Who can they trust on the weekends?

1865
01:46:27,420 --> 01:46:28,720
 Who can they trust out of the bullpen?

1866
01:46:29,220 --> 01:46:31,860
 They're going to be able to do that in this first month of the season

1867
01:46:31,860 --> 01:46:33,580
 because they get some good home series.

1868
01:46:33,980 --> 01:46:36,280
 They get to go on the road and play some really good teams in non-con.

1869
01:46:37,020 --> 01:46:41,620
 They have the big tournament out at the Rangers Stadium here in a couple weeks.

1870
01:46:42,420 --> 01:46:46,880
 So they've got to figure out what they're going to do on the mound

1871
01:46:46,880 --> 01:46:48,380
 and just kind of who they can trust.

1872
01:46:49,020 --> 01:46:51,740
 You would say, though, for a Butch Thompson team,

1873
01:46:51,820 --> 01:46:54,900
 you'll trust that they'll figure it out on the mound more often than not.

1874
01:46:55,140 --> 01:46:58,180
 I think the really exciting thing about this Auburn team is there are multiple

1875
01:46:58,180 --> 01:47:01,520
 all-SEC caliber hitters back in this lineup this season,

1876
01:47:01,660 --> 01:47:04,440
 and that gets people pretty, pretty excited for what's to come.

1877
01:47:05,240 --> 01:47:10,240
 Well, one thing people have figured out is they need to get on your website

1878
01:47:10,240 --> 01:47:16,400
 to get the absolute latest, the 6 a.m. emails, the Friday mailbag, the podcast,

1879
01:47:17,480 --> 01:47:21,960
 recruiting, football, spring practice, beginning here next time we turn around,

1880
01:47:22,060 --> 01:47:24,540
 basketball, going down the stretch.

1881
01:47:24,820 --> 01:47:27,000
 Where can we get online to get all the good stuff?

1882
01:47:27,820 --> 01:47:29,700
 Yeah, auburnobserver.com, check it out there.

1883
01:47:29,860 --> 01:47:33,200
 Like I said, today we have a season preview podcast with Adam Cole,

1884
01:47:33,200 --> 01:47:34,560
 previewing Auburn baseball season.

1885
01:47:34,660 --> 01:47:35,880
 So you get your baseball fix there.

1886
01:47:36,280 --> 01:47:38,040
 I had a story about Auburn basketball today.

1887
01:47:38,100 --> 01:47:40,320
 Todd Pettiford having a couple good games here on offense,

1888
01:47:40,680 --> 01:47:43,420
 despite the losses, how Auburn can tap into that a little bit more.

1889
01:47:43,800 --> 01:47:44,800
 Did some football this week.

1890
01:47:44,840 --> 01:47:47,780
 We talked to every position coach at Auburn these last couple days,

1891
01:47:47,900 --> 01:47:51,720
 so you got some notes in there from that if you want your football fix.

1892
01:47:52,160 --> 01:47:56,200
 And then I'll be heading to Fayetteville tomorrow morning for that primetime game

1893
01:47:56,200 --> 01:47:57,980
 tomorrow night at Arkansas.

1894
01:47:57,980 --> 01:47:59,960
 We'll have coverage of that all weekend long.

1895
01:48:00,020 --> 01:48:03,020
 Auburnobserver.com, $6 a month, $60 a year.

1896
01:48:03,020 --> 01:48:05,680
 If you subscribe, we've got a ton of stuff on the website right now,

1897
01:48:05,920 --> 01:48:09,060
 and you'll get even more of it emailed to your inbox as soon as it drops.

1898
01:48:09,620 --> 01:48:13,960
 When we talk next week, you'll still be hearing suey pig in your ears out there, Justin.

1899
01:48:14,100 --> 01:48:14,240
 Okay.

1900
01:48:14,300 --> 01:48:15,120
 Safe travels, okay?

1901
01:48:16,160 --> 01:48:16,900
 I appreciate y'all.

1902
01:48:16,960 --> 01:48:17,220
 Thank you.

1903
01:48:17,640 --> 01:48:18,140
 Thank you, buddy.

1904
01:48:18,240 --> 01:48:19,400
 Ferguson, the Auburn Observer.

1905
01:48:19,540 --> 01:48:23,600
 Even as we speak, Joy Aguilar's hearing is underway in Knoxville.

1906
01:48:23,680 --> 01:48:27,200
 BB, what do you think the verdict is going to be up there as far as trying to get his texture here?

1907
01:48:27,200 --> 01:48:27,900
 It's interesting.

1908
01:48:28,140 --> 01:48:33,480
 I've heard it's not the home field advantage as several people described it in Oxford.

1909
01:48:34,320 --> 01:48:36,700
 Maybe 50-50, Harold.

1910
01:48:36,820 --> 01:48:37,420
 We'll see.

1911
01:48:37,580 --> 01:48:42,520
 Just quickly, Auburn at Arkansas is on ESPN at 7.30.

1912
01:48:42,520 --> 01:48:46,380
 South Carolina at Alabama is on the SEC Network at 7.30.

1913
01:48:46,460 --> 01:48:50,220
 You can hear the pregame beginning at 6.30.

1914
01:48:50,700 --> 01:48:57,180
 By the way, UNA Men host Eastern Kentucky Sunday at 3 p.m. on ESPNU.

1915
01:48:57,500 --> 01:48:57,800
 Wow.

1916
01:48:57,980 --> 01:49:05,380
 Making the first time a game inside CB&S Bank Arena on an ESPN network.

1917
01:49:05,660 --> 01:49:10,900
 And I know they've been on the ESPN network quite a few times in tournament play,

1918
01:49:10,900 --> 01:49:17,780
 but it should be exciting, UNA Eastern Kentucky Sunday at 3 p.m. on ESPNU.

1919
01:49:18,140 --> 01:49:21,040
 And on 93.9, the score, a lot's going on this weekend.

1920
01:49:21,220 --> 01:49:24,000
 Kentucky and Florida, 145 pregame tomorrow morning.

1921
01:49:24,100 --> 01:49:28,220
 And then, of course, tomorrow night, Alabama, South Carolina, 6 through the pregame Sunday.

1922
01:49:28,500 --> 01:49:28,760
 Sunday.

1923
01:49:29,300 --> 01:49:31,840
 Washington State, Alabama basketball at 1245.

1924
01:49:31,840 --> 01:49:36,760
 That's the pregame followed by Alabama and Oklahoma in women's basketball.

1925
01:49:37,440 --> 01:49:40,020
 Another busy weekend here on 93.9, the score.

1926
01:49:40,240 --> 01:49:41,740
 Enjoy and stay safe.

1927
01:49:42,040 --> 01:49:45,500
 It's going to take care of us for now on behalf of BB, Greg James Blair, the entire crew here.

1928
01:49:45,820 --> 01:49:47,700
 Harold Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1929
01:49:47,780 --> 01:49:50,180
 Let's do it again Monday, noon to 2 for the Boomer Buck Show.

1930
01:49:50,560 --> 01:49:52,800
 Back here on Sports Radio 93.9, the score.

1931
01:49:52,800 --> 01:49:53,200
 Thank you.