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 Adam is here right now to recalb a busy Saturday in SEC basketball.

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 Running out of Saturdays here in SEC basketball for the month of February.

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 Happy Monday to you.

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 Adam, let's start with a very interesting weekend and a very interesting stretch of days

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 A very interesting weekend and a very interesting stretch for the Auburn Tigers of late, Adam.

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 This recent stretch of losses, this four-game losing streak, like, it's tough to be too concerned about it.

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 Arkansas is playing really well right now.

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 So, that's going to be a matchup that you're not going to want to miss, you know, see who can do more, Acuff or Bailon.

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 Sometimes the basket looks like the ocean, and sometimes the basket looks like a thimble up there.

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 It's just now they've got to pick themselves up off the mat for the first time, and we'll see if they can do it.

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 Adam, Tennessee continues to roll.

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 It was Rick Barnes' 250th win at Tennessee, which is rather impressive.

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 Jacoby Dillespie.

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 We know LSU's one of the bottom in the SEC, but Tennessee continues to – the Vols continue to roll.

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 Yeah, I mean, you've got to take care of business against the teams that you have to beat.

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 It was a pretty comfortable workman-like win.

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 You know, you're not going to – probably not going to have too many plays in that game in the highlight reel at the end of the year.

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 But, you know, it's just a nice, solid SEC win.

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 You're not going to turn down any opportunities to add one of those to your resume.

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 So, yeah, I mean, it's all about – now that you've got Nate Amen going and you know what you got from Jacoby Gillespie, you know, it's time to find some guys.

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 You know, they've got to see who are the other guys that they can get going a little bit here.

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 You know, Boswell would be a guy who you'd like to see a little bit more from offensively.

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 I know he's not on the court to really score, but, you know, he could shoot better than he has.

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 Carey has been good for them, but, you know, I think that you need a little more consistency from there

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 Adam Spencer, Saturday down south.

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 How does the ruling on what at the end of last week affect the SEC this coming season?

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 They're in Oxford.

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 Mr. Chandler said getting a green light from the local judge,

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 just like the verdict's still out in big orange country.

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 He's proven that he can, you know, he's proven what he can do.

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 I mean, you know, it's locked in, basically.

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 Yeah, SaturdayDownSouth.com, Saturday Tradition.

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 as we motor towards March Madness

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 It's amazing, is it not, Adam?

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

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 following the win against South Carolina.

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 It was just four in a row.

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 A lot of stuff we didn't do great, but we did enough to get a win and a CC play.

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 You know, we got three yards, scored it pretty well.

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 We took care of it a lot better in the second half.

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 I wasn't happy with our first half turnovers, but 20 assists, 12 turnovers.

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 We did a decent job moving at six straight games.

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 We've hit at least 12 threes, so we're starting to shoot it like I thought we could shoot it.

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 And then getting right to healthy is a big part of that.

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 Holloway and I file on continue to shoot it well.

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 The score.

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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 Welcome back in.

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 It's so fresh.

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 The ink is still dripping off.

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 Over the latest AP basketball top 25 in the house.

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 And a new top dog, Michigan, is number one, replacing Arizona.

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 They fall over the weekend.

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 And thus, they fall down to the number four spot.

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 Houston, by the way, number two.

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 Not one team from the SEC in the top ten.

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 Alabama does crack back in at 25.

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 Wednesday night's opponent, Arkansas, moves up one to number 20.

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 Vandy at 19.

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 And the highest ranked team from the SEC, Brett Beaird.

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 At number 12, the Florida Gators.

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 Do you know anybody who knows anything about the Florida Gators?

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 Our next guest knows a lot about the Florida Gators.

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 And I think they, right now, are heading shoulders above everybody else in the SEC for men's basketball.

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 Just call it the golden rule.

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 John Ferrari is in the Sunshine State.

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 And a place called St. Augustine.

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 Probably still hearing the roar of the Daytona 500.

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 He's online at 965sports.com.

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 John, welcome in.

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 Can you hear me now?

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 I can, Harold.

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 Great to be with you and Brett.

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 And I'll tell you, you could hear the roar of the O'Connell Center on Saturday afternoon.

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 That place was rocking like a Beard Brothers birthday.

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 I'll tell you, it was electric in there on Saturday.

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 And Florida never trailed.

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 I mean, Xavier and Lee hit a three to begin the festivities, and they honestly never looked back.

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 Now, Kentucky ran a couple of strings of seven in a row and ten in a row in the second half

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 and crept within two at one point.

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 But every time they got to the point you thought they might take the lead, Florida had a shot to respond,

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 whether it was Xavier and Lee, whether it was the interior with Chin Yulu, whether it was Urban Klavkar,

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 who had five threes on Saturday.

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 So, if Florida shoots the three like they did this past Saturday, they can beat anybody in the country.

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 Now, that's a big if, but they have got the three-pointer back in their offense, at least for now.

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 Johnny, if they're the 12th best team in the country, what does that say about the other 11?

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 Because anyone who's watched this team would say, gee whiz, these guys must be the defending national champs.

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 And they are.

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 Your thoughts about this team, that was last year, this is this year.

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 Sometimes that can be a plus, sometimes that can be a negative because you've got a big target on your back.

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 But your thoughts about, let's borrow a NASCAR term here, basically they're in a good position

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 because it really doesn't matter outside of pride and ego where you are right now.

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 Just stay there, get to the postseason, and then it's up to you.

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 But your thoughts about this team at this point compared to last year's?

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 They're peaking at the right time, Harold.

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 They had a tough non-conference schedule.

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 You just mentioned the top five.

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 I heard it during the break before I came on and Michigan being the new number one team.

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 But Florida played Arizona to begin the season and lost a close one.

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 They lost at Cameron Indoor to Duke, who's in the top five.

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 They had a shot at the end to win.

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 And they lost to UConn, who's currently ranked fifth in the country.

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 All three of those games were away games.

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 None of them were in the state of Florida.

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 So having said that, and the fact that I think it's taken them a while with Coach Golden to find out what works best with this team.

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 Walter Clayton and Will Richard were at the game on Saturday.

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 Those are two big pieces they don't have this year.

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 And I think it took Xavier and Lee a while to learn that he's not playing in the Ivy League now.

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 He's in the SEC.

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 The young man is held tough, but I think it took him a while to find his place at this level and Boogie Flan.

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 And I think now the pieces are starting to come together.

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 And I like their chances right now, guys.

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 I know they're ranked 12th, which they'd be a top three seed if you're going by rankings right now.

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 But six losses aside, I think the non-conference schedule is going to benefit them in March because they've basically played the toughest competition in the country, non-conference.

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 And they've got the SEC lead right now.

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 So I like where they are.

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 I think health is going to be the biggest issue, meaning they've got to stay healthy because they only go eight deep.

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 And if anybody gets hurt, then I think you have a problem.

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 But right now, I like where Todd Golden and the Gators are trending moving forward.

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 Yeah.

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 Unlike football, playing a tough preseason schedule actually benefits you.

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 Both Florida, Alabama, and Auburn have done that.

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 Just to reiterate your point, Florida entered that Kentucky game ranked 354th nationally in three-point percentage.

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 And you're right, when you lose Clayton, Richard, and Martin, that's going to take some threes out of it.

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 Everybody knows how good that front line is.

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 Condon will kind of disappear occasionally, but Hawk is really good.

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 But if this three-point shooting comes on, John, they're going to be tough to handle down the stretch.

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 That's really the key, Brett, the three-point shooting, because everything else is consistent with this team.

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 The interior, Condon does come and go at times, but still, they've got Hauk, they've got Shin Yulu,

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 and they've got Han Longton, who comes off the bench if you get in foul trouble.

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 So they go four deep inside.

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 It's the outside that you worry about.

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 Boogie Flan gives you the intangibles with the steals and defense.

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 But Xavier Lee and Urban Klavkar coming off the bench, and Klavkar's been their best shooter from the outside this season.

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 Those two guys are going to have to come up big in March if Florida wants to get to Indianapolis in another Final Four.

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 That's really going to be what determines it, because everything else is going to be consistent on this team.

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 But is there going to be a night where they can't hit from the outside?

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 Well, that's the danger, and then that's the night they could be eliminated.

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 So that's really going to be the question mark going into March.

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 They're not going to be as good from the outside as they were a year ago without the three guys you just rattled off,

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 Clayton, Richard, and Martin.

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 But can they be good enough?

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 Meaning, can they hit enough that with the dominance inside, they're going to be able to get back to a Final Four anyway?

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 And I think they might have a good chance of making a run at it.

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 It's going to be interesting.

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 They're going to play in Tampa the first two rounds, guys.

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 I think that's where it's trending.

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 NCAA has a site in Florida this year.

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 And with Florida creeping back in the top 12, I think 16 is the floor for this team,

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 and Final Four is the ceiling right now with where we're trending with the basketball.

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 John, before we jump off, 1-10, where are you with the North Alabama boy now

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 compared to where this Florida program was this time last year?

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 One being I can't stand it, 10, I can't wait.

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 I think it's probably about a 9.2.

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 Can't wait.

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 I mean, what I've heard from Coach Summeroff so far, I've loved guys.

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 Now, he's not coached a game yet, and that's what matters.

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 But the enthusiasm, the excitement, and just honestly more of the transparency in the press conferences

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 that I've been around, but nothing against Coach Napier, but it was pretty vanilla.

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 And if someone said dry toast, you really didn't get a lot out of his press conferences.

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 And then we saw the 12 formation, which we haven't heard about two tight ends.

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 That's another thing that's a plus with Coach Summeroff.

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 Not that I'm against using two tight ends, but not on every down.

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 So I think this is going to be a lot more fun.

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 I think it's going to be a better product on the field.

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 The question in my mind, guys, is how much better and what is Coach Summeroff feeling?

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 And we're not going to know in one year.

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 I understand that.

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 But I think it's going to be a fun ride with him.

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 I do.

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 And the bar's been set pretty low from what Florida's had the past four years.

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 So I think he's going to be able to step over that bar.

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 But how much higher does he go?

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 That's really the question right now.

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00:25:33,380 --> 00:25:33,860
 Yeah.

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 Ron Zuck and Billy are not there anymore.

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 John, where can we get online and listen to your show later today, bud?

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 You can get online at 1240news.com and 102.1 and 1240 in St. Augustine.

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 And, guys, it's always an honor and a privilege to be with you.

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 Put the brakes on the Daytona 500.

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 Crank up your show this afternoon.

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 John, thanks so much for your time, buddy.

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 John Frauer, Hickenham with us.

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 Westwood One Sports presents this special update on the 2026 Winter Games.

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 The U.S. women's hockey team just posted a fifth straight shutout,

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 5-0 over Sweden, to get back to the gold medal game on Thursday,

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 likely against Canada, who faces Switzerland in the other semifinal

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 Bobsled the third of four runs in progress for the women's Monobob.

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 Three Americans currently sit in the top five.

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 Alana Myers-Taylor is second.

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 Kaylee Humphreys third and Keisha Love fifth.

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 Humphreys is the defending gold medalist from Beijing,

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 where Myers-Taylor took the silver.

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578
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 Brian, welcome in.

579
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 Happy Monday to you.

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 How are you?

581
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 I'm doing pretty good.

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 Happy Monday to you and everybody out there.

583
00:33:18,140 --> 00:33:18,860
 Hey, Brian.

584
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 Oh, my gosh.

585
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 Can we put it in the can, put a lid on it, and save it a while?

586
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 That's what we've been through.

587
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 But in the meantime, Brian, if you're going to do a walk-up song, you know baseball has

588
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 these walk-up songs.

589
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 If you were going to do a walk-up song for this Auburn basketball team, would you consider

590
00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:36,760
 Ray Stevens' old song streaking?

591
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 I mean, four wins in a row, four losses in a row.

592
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 Brian, what's going on with these Tigers?

593
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 That's a good choice, yeah.

594
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 And they have been streaking in the wrong direction.

595
00:33:48,340 --> 00:33:48,420
 Yeah.

596
00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:50,640
 What's going on?

597
00:33:50,700 --> 00:33:52,840
 It's hard to put your finger on one thing, you know.

598
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 You know, it doesn't help when Keyshawn Hall is not playing.

599
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 No.

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 It doesn't help when they continue to shoot poorly from the outside, continue to have issues

601
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 defensively.

602
00:34:05,060 --> 00:34:09,680
 I just thought the two home losses last week were really, really, really tough on them.

603
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 Yeah.

604
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 You know, they're still a pretty competitive team.

605
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 Honestly, I thought without Keyshawn Hall, they might get blown out of the building in Arkansas

606
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 and down in there for most of the game, which I thought was a positive.

607
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 I mean, if you can take a positive from a loss.

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 But, you know, there's this team now that's not very deep, and they just don't have quite

609
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 enough to me to do all the things you need to do to win games, right?

610
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 I mean, you know, Keyshawn, Murphy's playing really well right now.

611
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 Todd Pettiford had a pretty good game.

612
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 I thought at Arkansas, maybe his best game of the year.

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 But they just can't get enough from enough people at one time to really put a full game

614
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 together.

615
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 You think Steven is appreciating his dad, every head coach out there.

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 It's one thing to have all this talent on paper.

617
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 It's great.

618
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619
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620
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 But sometimes they can have a two-ed.

621
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 Your thoughts about the situation there with Keyshawn, and that has to be, as a coach,

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623
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 Yeah.

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 I mean, we're talking about mid-February, so we should be past a lot of these things,

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629
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 And when you have these things happen for whatever reason, I think they're big setbacks.

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 I think the most natural leaders are maybe, you know, Sebastian Williams Adams, a freshman.

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 Don't have to have the length on the perimeter to defend really well.

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 Alabama is going to be facing them Wednesday night.

641
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 Julius Acuff, Jr., scoring 31 points and may end up being a lottery pick when everything's said and done.

642
00:36:29,540 --> 00:36:32,700
 We kind of figured, Cal, are not forgotten how to coach.

643
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644
00:36:36,340 --> 00:36:40,900
 I think when they turn it on, they can be as good as anybody in the league.

645
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 I just, they're a team to me that's full of talent but doesn't always play, you know, at the highest level all the time.

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647
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 But they never really turned it up, you know.

648
00:36:56,700 --> 00:37:02,980
 It seems like they played at a 6 or 7 or maybe an 8 and never really played at a 10 at least for a sustained period of time against Auburn.

649
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 So, you know, I don't know.

650
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 It depends, I guess, on what team shows up Arkansas-wise.

651
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652
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653
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654
00:37:20,500 --> 00:37:24,100
 This is obviously a crossroads for this team this season.

655
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 Who's got a more intriguing resume than Auburn?

656
00:37:27,860 --> 00:37:29,740
 We've just talked about the bad side.

657
00:37:29,860 --> 00:37:32,420
 You take that coin and you toss it over.

658
00:37:32,680 --> 00:37:38,520
 They beat the top-ranked team in the SEC right now in the country handily at their place.

659
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 The committee here, and it's hard to believe, but it's going to be here before we know it.

660
00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:46,920
 This is going to be an interesting conversation about these Auburn Tigers.

661
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:47,960
 I think you're going to make it.

662
00:37:47,980 --> 00:37:49,280
 But where in the world do you put them?

663
00:37:49,600 --> 00:37:51,660
 I guess, what, in the middle of the pack, maybe an 8 or 9.

664
00:37:51,720 --> 00:37:54,580
 But this is one of the more intriguing resumes of anybody anywhere.

665
00:37:55,300 --> 00:37:55,840
 It is.

666
00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:58,280
 And they probably will be rewarded for the schedule they played.

667
00:37:58,380 --> 00:37:59,620
 One of the toughest schedules in the country.

668
00:38:00,420 --> 00:38:01,840
 They do have some nice wins.

669
00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:02,780
 They've got some tough losses.

670
00:38:02,900 --> 00:38:04,360
 But they don't have a lot of bad losses either.

671
00:38:05,340 --> 00:38:06,260
 So that's good.

672
00:38:06,740 --> 00:38:12,300
 So, you know, I think as long as they don't fall off a cliff, the last, what is it, seven games of the season, whatever it is.

673
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:15,520
 You know, I think they're in pretty good shape.

674
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:20,360
 But then again, you look at those games, those six, seven games.

675
00:38:20,700 --> 00:38:28,080
 And again, whether it's Mississippi State away, Kentucky at home, Ole Miss at home, even LSU at home.

676
00:38:28,780 --> 00:38:30,700
 They can win or lose any of those games.

677
00:38:30,940 --> 00:38:33,200
 You know, that's just the way Auburn is right now.

678
00:38:33,380 --> 00:38:40,300
 So they're going to have to get back to doing what they've done best in games that they've won against the teams,

679
00:38:40,380 --> 00:38:43,840
 which is playing really, really physical and playing really, really good defense

680
00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:47,700
 and not chucking up a bunch of threes and, you know, doing a bunch of other stuff.

681
00:38:47,780 --> 00:38:49,700
 It doesn't work well for this team right now.

682
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:51,440
 So we'll see if they can do that.

683
00:38:53,100 --> 00:38:56,480
 This is a week with, you know, a state's a team.

684
00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:58,400
 I think you can go there and win, possibly.

685
00:38:58,780 --> 00:39:02,000
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686
00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:06,260
 But, again, you're getting them at Neville where Auburn should be really, really competitive.

687
00:39:06,500 --> 00:39:09,660
 They didn't show that last week, but certainly capable of being.

688
00:39:10,300 --> 00:39:14,940
 So there are opportunities there, but there's also opportunities to continue to streak in the other way.

689
00:39:15,980 --> 00:39:25,300
 If Auburn can go 4-2 or 3-3, they should be in good shape because, again, they beat St. John's, who's won 11 consecutive games.

690
00:39:25,800 --> 00:39:31,080
 They beat North Carolina State, who I think they're 8-3 in the ACC.

691
00:39:31,860 --> 00:39:33,620
 And lost to Houston, but won.

692
00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:34,620
 Be mad again.

693
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:39,000
 I know they're struggling right now a little bit.

694
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:43,720
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695
00:39:44,540 --> 00:39:45,900
 Yeah, they deserve a lot of credit.

696
00:39:47,300 --> 00:39:50,180
 Chris Perl and his staff have put together a strong schedule.

697
00:39:50,700 --> 00:39:56,700
 They did it last year and really did well against some great teams throughout the season.

698
00:39:57,500 --> 00:40:00,240
 And it's been more of a fight this year.

699
00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:04,220
 But when you put together a schedule like that, when you challenge a team like that,

700
00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:07,380
 it usually makes your team better, more hardened,

701
00:40:07,940 --> 00:40:11,900
 and it usually is rewarded once we get to selection Sunday.

702
00:40:12,300 --> 00:40:14,840
 I feel that that's the way it's going to be.

703
00:40:15,300 --> 00:40:17,220
 But Auburn can't completely fall off a cliff.

704
00:40:17,420 --> 00:40:24,300
 You're not going to send a team to the NCAA tournament that's, what is Auburn, 5-7 now,

705
00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:29,560
 that's 7-11 or 8-10.

706
00:40:29,700 --> 00:40:32,240
 It's going to be tough to send a team like that to the tournament.

707
00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:33,580
 So they've got to start winning some games.

708
00:40:34,340 --> 00:40:36,460
 To me, this is the most dangerous part of the schedule.

709
00:40:36,460 --> 00:40:39,120
 If you lose to a top-ranked team, that's one thing.

710
00:40:39,160 --> 00:40:41,320
 But you cannot lose to Mississippi State and LSU.

711
00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:44,140
 That, to me, this is where Auburn is right now.

712
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:48,740
 That's a dangerous matchup if they don't take care of business because perception is reality.

713
00:40:49,020 --> 00:40:50,240
 But, Ron, let me ask you this.

714
00:40:50,380 --> 00:40:55,100
 Is it so that Auburn's new head football coach is a praying man?

715
00:40:55,240 --> 00:40:57,280
 Is he in the prayer these days by his O-line?

716
00:40:59,300 --> 00:41:00,880
 I did write about that.

717
00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:01,960
 Yes, you did.

718
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:07,860
 I just thought it was interesting, you know, sitting there listening to him

719
00:41:07,860 --> 00:41:11,180
 and how he was able to kind of joke about it.

720
00:41:11,540 --> 00:41:15,900
 And, you know, pointing out that that is an area where you've got 15 newcomers

721
00:41:15,900 --> 00:41:18,360
 and no real starters returning, I guess.

722
00:41:18,820 --> 00:41:22,780
 They've got, you know, a young kid that started two games at the center there.

723
00:41:23,500 --> 00:41:27,800
 But not a lot of experience had to go out in the portal and sign nine.

724
00:41:27,860 --> 00:41:29,600
 They've got five freshmen coming in.

725
00:41:30,100 --> 00:41:32,300
 It is an area to watch really closely.

726
00:41:32,500 --> 00:41:36,700
 But even while he's kind of, you know, saying, I'll pray about it or whatever,

727
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:41,900
 and, you know, he wasn't making fun of praying, but I think he was kind of shining a little light on it, right?

728
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:46,740
 And behind that, though, behind that veneer, I just sense a lot of confidence from him

729
00:41:46,740 --> 00:41:51,120
 and his ability and his staff's ability to evaluate those players and bring them in and coach them up.

730
00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:55,460
 I think he believes that they are going to be good on the offensive line.

731
00:41:55,500 --> 00:41:56,820
 We'll see how that turns out, of course.

732
00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:59,300
 But, yeah, I did write about that a little bit.

733
00:41:59,420 --> 00:42:04,320
 And then, of course, I wrote about The Grateful Dead in my musical part, which was great.

734
00:42:04,320 --> 00:42:04,940
 There you go.

735
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:08,400
 People need to read Monday Musings.

736
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:12,960
 You get the fans or the solo acts.

737
00:42:13,300 --> 00:42:14,780
 You've got them down pat.

738
00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:21,400
 Stanton Romale, Joe Simmons, Cole Bass, probably the center, Jacob Strand.

739
00:42:21,700 --> 00:42:25,520
 I know Ellis, Buster, and Ward are returning.

740
00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:32,060
 Again, that's kind of what spring practice is, is to see who's going to be able to play for you.

741
00:42:32,160 --> 00:42:35,840
 I'm also going to be curious to see Wilson's eye ear.

742
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:38,420
 He may be in 2027.

743
00:42:38,420 --> 00:42:43,740
 But, again, when you've got that many bodies and you've got some competition, B, Matt,

744
00:42:44,140 --> 00:42:48,900
 and I think Auburn's going to, as Goliath said, we're going to run the heck out of the ball.

745
00:42:49,060 --> 00:42:51,780
 I think the O-line is going to be eventually pretty good.

746
00:42:52,780 --> 00:42:57,720
 Well, I think when you have a running quarterback and you have a staff that wants to run the ball,

747
00:42:58,300 --> 00:43:02,020
 that's a lot easier to do than trying to find the perfect left tackle to right tackle.

748
00:43:02,660 --> 00:43:05,440
 You know, go back and pass, you know, a bunch of times during the game.

749
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:08,940
 So, if that's their plan, they've got the right guys to do it.

750
00:43:09,300 --> 00:43:13,880
 They've certainly got, you know, now four former starting running backs at other schools now,

751
00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:16,000
 including, you know, Cobb here back at Auburn.

752
00:43:16,540 --> 00:43:17,660
 So, that's really good.

753
00:43:17,780 --> 00:43:19,100
 They've rebuilt the tight end room.

754
00:43:19,620 --> 00:43:20,460
 You know, they've got the quarterback.

755
00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:21,520
 They've got his receivers.

756
00:43:22,020 --> 00:43:22,420
 Oh, yeah.

757
00:43:23,140 --> 00:43:28,360
 There's plenty of reasons to be, you know, at least, at the very least, you know,

758
00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:32,960
 interestingly excited about it, you know, or curiously excited about it, yeah.

759
00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:36,480
 And for the others that, you know, just want to believe, you know,

760
00:43:36,520 --> 00:43:38,760
 I think there's reasons to be really, really excited about it.

761
00:43:38,820 --> 00:43:43,020
 It's the offseason when our teams are defeated and playing for championships, right?

762
00:43:44,140 --> 00:43:48,420
 Speaking of excited, did the coaching staff jump into a chilly Lake Martin down there

763
00:43:48,420 --> 00:43:49,880
 when they got the news from Donovan Moore?

764
00:43:51,220 --> 00:43:52,340
 Wow, what a great pickup.

765
00:43:52,340 --> 00:43:57,380
 I mean, and, you know, the thing is, throughout this time at Auburn,

766
00:43:57,460 --> 00:44:00,120
 when they've not had a lot of success, right, they've had some,

767
00:44:00,220 --> 00:44:02,480
 but they've had some great defensive linemen.

768
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:06,320
 I mean, some absolute studs, guys that are playing in the NFL

769
00:44:06,320 --> 00:44:07,960
 or will be playing in the NFL.

770
00:44:08,580 --> 00:44:12,360
 Derrick Hall just won a ring, of course, but, you know,

771
00:44:12,440 --> 00:44:14,660
 we're talking about the top player in the state,

772
00:44:15,220 --> 00:44:19,400
 one of those playmaking defensive tackles you'd really like to add to your program.

773
00:44:19,400 --> 00:44:23,340
 So, yeah, really nice pickup for Goalish and his staff.

774
00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:27,260
 These guys, you know, I'm not going to pretend like I'm embedded with them, right?

775
00:44:27,300 --> 00:44:30,240
 I'm around them all the time, but, you know, I've been around a while,

776
00:44:30,420 --> 00:44:31,580
 and you can just tell.

777
00:44:31,580 --> 00:44:32,840
 You're sending them chocolates, right?

778
00:44:33,100 --> 00:44:33,300
 Yeah.

779
00:44:34,380 --> 00:44:38,440
 You can tell that they are working really, really hard in recruiting, right?

780
00:44:38,580 --> 00:44:42,980
 So, and that effort pays really big dividends, I feel like.

781
00:44:43,300 --> 00:44:47,580
 And kudos to them for going out right away as a brand-new staff

782
00:44:47,580 --> 00:44:49,960
 and getting a top player like Donovan Moore.

783
00:44:50,900 --> 00:44:55,620
 You never know what you're going to get when college baseball season begins,

784
00:44:55,740 --> 00:44:59,220
 and particularly with pitching on the first weekend.

785
00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:03,160
 In fact, it looked like, well, where in the heck are the bats after Auburn won,

786
00:45:03,240 --> 00:45:08,660
 I believe, 2-1 Friday night, the 2-1 of the first game of the doubleheader,

787
00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:15,960
 and then they exploded at 17-2 to sweep the doubleheader in the three-game series.

788
00:45:16,240 --> 00:45:21,460
 Bob Terrell, Bristol Carter played well, Fralick, McCrane.

789
00:45:22,120 --> 00:45:27,200
 The bats were humming in the final game.

790
00:45:27,340 --> 00:45:31,440
 B-Matt, your assessment of the weekend for Auburn baseball?

791
00:45:32,680 --> 00:45:36,660
 Well, I think the pitching was absolutely outstanding for Auburn.

792
00:45:38,140 --> 00:45:41,860
 And, you know, it was good to see them kind of break out, you know, Sunday.

793
00:45:42,100 --> 00:45:46,080
 Well, second game Saturday, not Sunday, excuse me, but game two, the doubleheader.

794
00:45:46,280 --> 00:45:52,180
 But I thought Petrovic had an incredible start, as did Marciano, as did Jackson Sanders.

795
00:45:52,960 --> 00:45:55,360
 You know, they've got two guys, I'll probably throw Tuesday,

796
00:45:55,640 --> 00:45:59,660
 Andres Alvarez and Chatterton, who were starters last year.

797
00:46:00,240 --> 00:46:02,940
 And they'll probably piggyback a non-conference game.

798
00:46:03,380 --> 00:46:06,800
 So you feel really good about the guys that came in.

799
00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:09,140
 Garrett Brewer, I thought, threw well in relief.

800
00:46:09,260 --> 00:46:12,320
 Ryan Hessler really dominated in his just one inning.

801
00:46:12,320 --> 00:46:16,240
 I think he threw like six pitches to get three outs, something like that, if I'm not mistaken.

802
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:17,980
 Six or seven pitches.

803
00:46:18,660 --> 00:46:24,160
 So just a terrific all-around performance by the pitching staff, from top to bottom.

804
00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:28,260
 And then you mentioned some guys, Chase Freire, like, off to a great start.

805
00:46:28,400 --> 00:46:29,800
 At Guevara, off to a great start.

806
00:46:30,500 --> 00:46:32,500
 Buck Terrell, off to a pretty good start there.

807
00:46:32,660 --> 00:46:34,580
 So that's good to see.

808
00:46:35,100 --> 00:46:38,220
 And, you know, if you're wondering about the first two games,

809
00:46:38,460 --> 00:46:42,020
 well, I mean, I give Youngstown State, you know, their two starters are great.

810
00:46:42,020 --> 00:46:44,200
 You know, they pitched well, I thought.

811
00:46:44,580 --> 00:46:48,340
 And that first guy, I mean, he makes three pitches, and he kind of staggered them.

812
00:46:48,500 --> 00:46:52,940
 And he brought in this big breaking ball that was just moving so well.

813
00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:53,900
 It could throw it through strikes.

814
00:46:53,980 --> 00:46:55,360
 It was just giving Auburn a lot of trouble.

815
00:46:55,560 --> 00:47:00,860
 And I just don't think teams like Auburn or SEC teams see a lot of pitchers like that

816
00:47:00,860 --> 00:47:06,100
 that throw, you know, not the 90-plus fastballs and a bunch of breaking balls.

817
00:47:06,720 --> 00:47:09,060
 And sometimes you have to make an adjustment to that early in the season.

818
00:47:09,220 --> 00:47:14,300
 But they certainly adjusted to it by game two Saturday and really started swinging those bats.

819
00:47:15,560 --> 00:47:21,180
 Yeah, B-Man, you never know when the starting pitcher for Youngstown State may be Greg Maddox.

820
00:47:21,520 --> 00:47:22,560
 You never know.

821
00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:24,940
 You never really do.

822
00:47:26,060 --> 00:47:28,100
 Always enjoy the conversation.

823
00:47:28,740 --> 00:47:30,400
 Big week for basketball.

824
00:47:30,720 --> 00:47:32,380
 I know you've got that covered.

825
00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:34,940
 Tell us the baseball schedule.

826
00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:38,400
 Football practice will begin in spring here shortly.

827
00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:40,960
 Where can we get online and get all the stuff?

828
00:47:41,920 --> 00:47:45,060
 Yeah, it is about to really pick up once football practice gets going.

829
00:47:45,220 --> 00:47:47,920
 But baseball has Cincinnati, which is a really good team.

830
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:50,600
 I think they've won both their games.

831
00:47:50,900 --> 00:47:55,480
 Or I don't know if they played a third game against, was it South Alabama or Jack State?

832
00:47:55,580 --> 00:47:56,040
 I can't remember.

833
00:47:57,080 --> 00:47:59,440
 But, yeah, and then they're coming to Auburn Tuesday.

834
00:47:59,640 --> 00:48:00,920
 I would expect a real fight there.

835
00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:03,180
 And then Auburn goes to Arlington this weekend.

836
00:48:03,820 --> 00:48:06,860
 They've got Kansas State, Florida State, and Louisville out there.

837
00:48:06,980 --> 00:48:09,900
 So there should be two or three really competitive games for them.

838
00:48:10,220 --> 00:48:11,140
 Good early test.

839
00:48:11,200 --> 00:48:13,940
 They went there last year and won two of three.

840
00:48:14,480 --> 00:48:19,700
 And I thought that was a really great test for them to help prepare them for SEC players.

841
00:48:19,700 --> 00:48:22,760
 So it should be a good weekend of baseball out there in Arlington, Texas.

842
00:48:23,560 --> 00:48:25,840
 Got it all covered there at auburnsports.com.

843
00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:27,460
 Brian, thanks so much for your time today.

844
00:48:27,580 --> 00:48:30,680
 And enjoy the Grateful Dead licks, okay?

845
00:48:31,400 --> 00:48:32,820
 I will, man.

846
00:48:33,680 --> 00:48:34,760
 I enjoy doing that.

847
00:48:34,860 --> 00:48:37,620
 And I even went to the store and bought some Jerry Garcia ice cream.

848
00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:38,120
 Wow.

849
00:48:38,380 --> 00:48:39,480
 I don't know if I've had it.

850
00:48:39,480 --> 00:48:39,800
 I heard it.

851
00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:40,120
 It's delicious.

852
00:48:40,580 --> 00:48:41,260
 I heard it.

853
00:48:41,380 --> 00:48:43,920
 We were at that red light, and you were busting out windows, man.

854
00:48:43,940 --> 00:48:44,820
 You were busting it.

855
00:48:46,680 --> 00:48:47,420
 There you go.

856
00:48:48,060 --> 00:48:49,680
 Hey, there you have it, Brian Matthews.

857
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858
00:48:51,020 --> 00:48:56,340
 BB, I tell you what, UNA Baseball broke in a brand-new stadium over the weekend.

859
00:48:56,480 --> 00:48:58,080
 Won two out of three against Southern Illinois.

860
00:48:58,280 --> 00:49:01,780
 That is a plush home feel for the Lions, BB.

861
00:49:02,160 --> 00:49:04,320
 Yeah, they were showing out all weekend, Harold.

862
00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:09,580
 Again, you had the new digs for baseball and then the basketball on ESPN.

863
00:49:09,740 --> 00:49:16,080
 First time ESPN's ever televised a game on the UNA campus.

864
00:49:16,760 --> 00:49:17,740
 Boy, it was a thriller.

865
00:49:18,000 --> 00:49:21,280
 UNA wins 84 to 78 in overtime.

866
00:49:22,280 --> 00:49:26,020
 A much-needed win for Tony Pujol in the Lions.

867
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 Coming up, speaking of the show, Zach Paner's got it all covered right here in her own backyard.

868
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869
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922
00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:47,800
 The co-founder, Reagan Farr, was not able to attend the recent community meeting where Baldwin County residents showed up by the hundreds in opposition to this proposal.

923
00:53:48,140 --> 00:53:57,220
 However, Farr did say he wants to talk with the residents of that area to clear up misconceptions about the company and where exactly this solar farm will be located,

924
00:53:57,400 --> 00:53:59,920
 which he says will not be in the wetland area.

925
00:54:00,120 --> 00:54:05,480
 Farr says that normally Silicon Ranch speaks to the community directly before public projects are announced,

926
00:54:05,480 --> 00:54:12,780
 but he said that the Alabama Public Service Commission made the filing without input from his company on how to address concerns coming from the residents.

927
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937
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953
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954
00:56:31,620 --> 00:56:33,060
 Women's Hockey Semifinals.

955
00:56:33,220 --> 00:56:38,380
 Team USA blew open a close game with three goals in a three-minute span late in the second period

956
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957
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958
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959
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960
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 Starting this hour, the Free Skate and the Figure Skating Pairs event.

961
00:56:57,060 --> 00:57:00,880
 Two American teams in the top ten after yesterday's short program.

962
00:57:01,040 --> 00:57:02,580
 Ellie Cam and Danny O'Shea.

963
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964
00:57:05,520 --> 00:57:08,660
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965
00:57:09,460 --> 00:57:13,280
 In curling, the U.S. women looking for a fourth straight win, but they trail Italy.

966
00:57:13,640 --> 00:57:15,280
 One-nothing in the fourth end.

967
00:57:15,580 --> 00:57:17,060
 U.S. men have won three straight.

968
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969
00:57:18,700 --> 00:57:21,940
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986
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987
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01:00:11,880 --> 01:00:17,300
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1021
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1024
01:00:22,040 --> 01:00:24,820
 Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

1025
01:00:24,880 --> 01:00:28,020
 Baby, we mentioned the UNA baseball team at the brand new stadium.

1026
01:00:28,160 --> 01:00:32,540
 If you're looking to get out of the house this week, looks like it's going to be some doggone good weather.

1027
01:00:32,800 --> 01:00:36,320
 UNA has a week-long, if you will, home cooking.

1028
01:00:36,580 --> 01:00:40,960
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1029
01:00:41,080 --> 01:00:44,100
 Then on Wednesday, taking on Murray State at 3 o'clock.

1030
01:00:44,180 --> 01:00:46,880
 And then Friday, you guessed it, starting at 3.

1031
01:00:46,960 --> 01:00:53,820
 The first of 3 with St. Louis, all at the brand new Mike D. Lane Field at Bank Independent Stadium.

1032
01:00:53,960 --> 01:00:55,880
 So, BB, plenty to keep you busy this week.

1033
01:00:55,900 --> 01:00:57,500
 And, again, looks like the weather's going to be good.

1034
01:00:57,940 --> 01:01:01,080
 Well, thank God the weather is, because we've had a rough winter.

1035
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 But you're right.

1036
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 You couldn't pick a better week to go see some baseball.

1037
01:01:05,580 --> 01:01:09,020
 Can't pick a better way to lead off the second hour than saying hello to Brett Greenberg.

1038
01:01:09,020 --> 01:01:14,420
 He is the recruiting guru for Ballot 24-7 at, you guessed it, 24-7 Sports.

1039
01:01:14,860 --> 01:01:15,500
 Brett, welcome in.

1040
01:01:15,540 --> 01:01:16,080
 How are you?

1041
01:01:16,780 --> 01:01:17,320
 Good, guys.

1042
01:01:17,380 --> 01:01:18,840
 Appreciate you having me on, like you said.

1043
01:01:18,920 --> 01:01:19,240
 Hey, man.

1044
01:01:19,460 --> 01:01:23,020
 Whole lot better weather for some good college baseball around the country.

1045
01:01:24,560 --> 01:01:27,220
 Brett, obviously, you mentioned that quickly.

1046
01:01:27,520 --> 01:01:30,100
 Alabama, a very interesting opening weekend themselves.

1047
01:01:30,460 --> 01:01:34,340
 Everybody thought, well, this team coming in from Washington State, they're going to be a pushover.

1048
01:01:34,440 --> 01:01:35,020
 And guess what?

1049
01:01:35,540 --> 01:01:38,640
 They made the Crimson Faces look crimson in that opening game.

1050
01:01:38,720 --> 01:01:41,760
 They rebounded nicely Saturday and Sunday.

1051
01:01:42,040 --> 01:01:44,740
 You never, in college baseball, it's a box of chocolates, is it not?

1052
01:01:45,480 --> 01:01:45,880
 Absolutely.

1053
01:01:46,060 --> 01:01:46,740
 You never know.

1054
01:01:46,880 --> 01:01:49,600
 And I will, you know, caution this to Alabama fans.

1055
01:01:49,700 --> 01:01:52,680
 Yeah, it was kind of a rough start to the season.

1056
01:01:52,680 --> 01:01:56,200
 It was an 8-4 loss to come back with 8-1 win, 11-1 win.

1057
01:01:56,240 --> 01:01:59,920
 I believe it was in seven innings in the doubleheader on Saturday.

1058
01:02:00,060 --> 01:02:02,520
 But also, I mean, they weren't the only SEC program to lose.

1059
01:02:02,680 --> 01:02:04,040
 Florida loses their opener, I believe.

1060
01:02:04,160 --> 01:02:05,220
 Andy lost on Sunday.

1061
01:02:05,580 --> 01:02:06,520
 Jordan lost as well.

1062
01:02:06,720 --> 01:02:08,060
 So, things are moving.

1063
01:02:08,220 --> 01:02:08,940
 They're always moving.

1064
01:02:09,060 --> 01:02:10,560
 And there can be a loss at any point.

1065
01:02:10,720 --> 01:02:12,820
 There's good players everywhere across the country.

1066
01:02:13,380 --> 01:02:15,980
 Man, it's a marathon, not a sprint when it comes to baseball.

1067
01:02:16,120 --> 01:02:17,400
 Brent, let's switch gears.

1068
01:02:17,780 --> 01:02:19,820
 A recruiting guru.

1069
01:02:20,600 --> 01:02:26,640
 Talk to us about, first of all, the latest pickup, again, junior college, All-American,

1070
01:02:26,820 --> 01:02:31,520
 wide receiver, Tyler Henderson, coming over from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.

1071
01:02:31,600 --> 01:02:34,420
 I believe they had a guy back in the day that did pretty well from that place.

1072
01:02:34,500 --> 01:02:36,560
 I just asked Lane Kiffin when he was at Tennessee.

1073
01:02:37,280 --> 01:02:43,040
 Your thoughts about the latest and Alabama picking up folks from places that a lot of folks

1074
01:02:43,040 --> 01:02:43,900
 thought they never would.

1075
01:02:44,580 --> 01:02:44,940
 Yeah.

1076
01:02:45,080 --> 01:02:47,560
 And it kind of goes back to, I'm glad you brought up that last point.

1077
01:02:47,640 --> 01:02:52,660
 It goes back to what I've said over and over here on the radio and on Bama247 and social

1078
01:02:52,660 --> 01:02:53,880
 media and different avenues.

1079
01:02:54,380 --> 01:02:56,240
 The staff is continuing to build the roster.

1080
01:02:56,400 --> 01:02:58,020
 Staffs across the country are doing so.

1081
01:02:58,080 --> 01:03:00,960
 Jumping from 85 scholarships to 105 scholarships.

1082
01:03:01,160 --> 01:03:02,400
 You've got to fill out this roster.

1083
01:03:02,700 --> 01:03:06,100
 And certainly, wide receiver was a point of focus.

1084
01:03:06,200 --> 01:03:08,940
 You looked at maybe, I believe it was kind of a month ago, a month plus.

1085
01:03:09,320 --> 01:03:11,540
 Alabama had five scholarship guys in the room.

1086
01:03:11,580 --> 01:03:12,000
 That's right.

1087
01:03:12,100 --> 01:03:12,820
 It wasn't cut it.

1088
01:03:13,300 --> 01:03:15,120
 The top of the top, those five, they're good.

1089
01:03:15,120 --> 01:03:16,060
 They're very talented.

1090
01:03:16,200 --> 01:03:16,840
 They're experienced.

1091
01:03:17,000 --> 01:03:18,440
 You've got Darren Morgan included in that.

1092
01:03:18,640 --> 01:03:19,900
 But you had to bring in more guys.

1093
01:03:20,060 --> 01:03:24,340
 They're up to 11 total in the room with the newest addition of Tyler Henderson, six foot,

1094
01:03:24,400 --> 01:03:27,800
 175 plus pounds coming over from, like you said, Mississippi.

1095
01:03:28,420 --> 01:03:33,580
 Gulf Coast Community College was an All-American last fall, 67 catches, 13, just under 1,300

1096
01:03:33,580 --> 01:03:35,360
 yards, 12 touchdowns as a sophomore.

1097
01:03:35,540 --> 01:03:41,320
 So a guy with multiple years of eligibility and a guy that you could maybe, maybe more viewed

1098
01:03:41,320 --> 01:03:44,980
 in the scout team and depth chart, depth piece for right now.

1099
01:03:45,040 --> 01:03:50,220
 But who knows when, in the 2027 season, or 27 season, excuse me, and beyond.

1100
01:03:50,380 --> 01:03:52,940
 So it's another guy that you continue to add to the roster there.

1101
01:03:53,520 --> 01:03:56,100
 Alabama, like I said, the staff's continuing to build out the roster.

1102
01:03:56,200 --> 01:03:57,120
 105 scholarships.

1103
01:03:57,560 --> 01:03:58,580
 That's a lot of bodies.

1104
01:04:00,180 --> 01:04:02,480
 Brad, let me ask you about another position.

1105
01:04:03,480 --> 01:04:10,700
 And particularly inside linebacker, Alabama lost a combined 1,800 snaps from Deontay Lawson,

1106
01:04:11,520 --> 01:04:13,940
 Justin Jefferson, and Hill Green.

1107
01:04:14,620 --> 01:04:21,160
 Now, they brought in Caleb Woodson, who's got a lot of experience, nearly over 1,200 snaps.

1108
01:04:21,600 --> 01:04:29,280
 And the potential for Caden Jones, QB Reese, Luke Matts, Duke Johnson is off the charts.

1109
01:04:29,480 --> 01:04:32,480
 But again, they've got limited experience.

1110
01:04:33,220 --> 01:04:37,560
 Alabama, as you mentioned, did a very good job of filling out the receivers.

1111
01:04:38,400 --> 01:04:43,560
 Do you anticipate Alabama may be adding at least one more inside linebacker?

1112
01:04:44,940 --> 01:04:46,320
 Well, it's tough to say right now.

1113
01:04:46,400 --> 01:04:48,460
 I think it's a very fair point to be asked.

1114
01:04:48,660 --> 01:04:53,560
 But I will say, and like I've said, you know, these guys that are getting added over the last couple weeks,

1115
01:04:53,660 --> 01:04:56,660
 several weeks, you know, especially at the wide receiver position, the more depth pieces.

1116
01:04:56,780 --> 01:05:00,580
 So I don't know if they're going to add someone that has a potential immediate impact.

1117
01:05:00,700 --> 01:05:04,120
 But yeah, it's one of those positions where I don't know if it was a head-scratcher

1118
01:05:04,120 --> 01:05:09,160
 or just kind of more of a proof of this staff likes what they have in the room.

1119
01:05:09,280 --> 01:05:12,420
 You bring in a Caleb Woodson, who you presume to be your starter.

1120
01:05:12,560 --> 01:05:15,220
 They love the potential of QB Reese, who's a redshirt sophomore.

1121
01:05:15,420 --> 01:05:17,120
 Caden Jones, like you mentioned, a junior.

1122
01:05:17,300 --> 01:05:20,780
 Duke Johnson, who I believe appeared in, if not all, a majority of the games,

1123
01:05:20,880 --> 01:05:22,680
 whether that be primarily a special team.

1124
01:05:22,760 --> 01:05:23,860
 But there's a lot to like there.

1125
01:05:24,120 --> 01:05:24,900
 You've got Luke Metz.

1126
01:05:24,920 --> 01:05:25,880
 You've got Abdul Sanders.

1127
01:05:26,120 --> 01:05:29,680
 So the room is talented and, like you said, not a whole lot of experience.

1128
01:05:29,680 --> 01:05:35,680
 I think there's going to be a lot of attention on that position room among a couple others in the spring.

1129
01:05:35,800 --> 01:05:37,540
 It's going to be nice to see how it shakes out.

1130
01:05:37,760 --> 01:05:39,840
 But like I said, kind of at the top of that response,

1131
01:05:39,920 --> 01:05:41,840
 I'm not sure if they're going to add more bodies.

1132
01:05:41,980 --> 01:05:47,200
 And if they do, it's not going to be kind of a guy that you would think is going to come beat right away.

1133
01:05:47,280 --> 01:05:51,560
 Xavier Griffin's another guy as well, the number one linebacker in the country coming in as an early enrollee.

1134
01:05:51,620 --> 01:05:53,040
 There's a lot of potential with him as well.

1135
01:05:53,160 --> 01:05:57,460
 So a lot of moving pieces across the roster and certainly still at the inside linebacker position.

1136
01:05:57,780 --> 01:06:04,040
 I think I saw mention to Mitchell there, his mama said he's already gained 18 pounds since he got to Tuscaloosa.

1137
01:06:04,200 --> 01:06:06,420
 Brett Greenberg, Bama 24-7.

1138
01:06:06,520 --> 01:06:10,740
 Brett, to me, we look at all these numbers and it's great to get to four or five stars.

1139
01:06:10,800 --> 01:06:11,920
 Nobody's going to turn them down.

1140
01:06:12,720 --> 01:06:16,800
 But what's more refreshing to me is the attitude that goes with it.

1141
01:06:17,140 --> 01:06:19,340
 And I bring up Trent Seaborn's name.

1142
01:06:19,400 --> 01:06:21,320
 And to me, he is a very interesting young man.

1143
01:06:21,420 --> 01:06:24,660
 He is going to go down probably as one of the greatest, if not the greatest,

1144
01:06:24,660 --> 01:06:28,460
 high school kid in terms of accomplishments of all time.

1145
01:06:28,720 --> 01:06:32,880
 But the point I'm trying to make here is, and you're closer to the upper center than we are.

1146
01:06:32,960 --> 01:06:34,840
 He said, look, I'm shutting you down.

1147
01:06:34,880 --> 01:06:36,440
 I'm not taking any more visits.

1148
01:06:36,640 --> 01:06:38,780
 I'm going to spend that time coming to Tuscaloosa.

1149
01:06:39,000 --> 01:06:43,220
 And I'm going to start recruiting, doing my part, to build a class around me.

1150
01:06:43,840 --> 01:06:48,160
 I know that room is full of four and five stars, in this case, five stars.

1151
01:06:48,580 --> 01:06:50,220
 But you've got to love this kid's attitude.

1152
01:06:50,480 --> 01:06:57,340
 If a coach had that kind of attitude through 105 on that roster, with that much potential, how could you not win?

1153
01:06:58,760 --> 01:06:59,160
 Absolutely.

1154
01:06:59,460 --> 01:07:05,920
 Trent's a kid that is, like you said, could go down as, if not one of the best, the best guys in the state of Alabama.

1155
01:07:06,020 --> 01:07:06,980
 Just pure accomplishments.

1156
01:07:07,220 --> 01:07:10,840
 Already got state championships, won a five with 10,000 plus yards.

1157
01:07:10,940 --> 01:07:12,060
 He's got a whole season to go.

1158
01:07:12,180 --> 01:07:13,520
 I joked with him recently about that.

1159
01:07:13,600 --> 01:07:16,380
 Like, he's still got a whole year to go to add on to those accolades.

1160
01:07:16,520 --> 01:07:21,920
 But this is a kid that kind of, you know, it's not shocking to hear him say he's shut down.

1161
01:07:21,980 --> 01:07:24,680
 Now, other heavy hitters are going after him like he wasn't.

1162
01:07:24,680 --> 01:07:26,340
 He's not committed to Alabama.

1163
01:07:26,540 --> 01:07:31,140
 You're dealing with a Miami and Oregon who, quite frankly, and you guys know better, have more money than Alabama.

1164
01:07:31,360 --> 01:07:31,960
 That's right.

1165
01:07:32,660 --> 01:07:34,440
 You've got to say it in this day and age.

1166
01:07:34,920 --> 01:07:38,020
 This is a kid who absolutely loves Alabama.

1167
01:07:38,260 --> 01:07:41,020
 Grew up very close to a Tunga Viola family.

1168
01:07:41,400 --> 01:07:46,520
 He deals with Tunga's dad, Nalu, and training almost weekly now in the offseason.

1169
01:07:46,800 --> 01:07:48,900
 A kid who was over at Alabama this weekend.

1170
01:07:49,220 --> 01:07:50,460
 And I got a lot of questions.

1171
01:07:50,600 --> 01:07:51,720
 Hey, is this an official visit?

1172
01:07:51,800 --> 01:07:52,660
 Is this an unofficial visit?

1173
01:07:52,960 --> 01:07:59,580
 No, he's just going up there to hang out with his buddies, go watch some Alabama baseball, and then stay there, stay on campus, and go watch some Alabama basketball.

1174
01:07:59,920 --> 01:08:01,080
 Let's talk with him about it.

1175
01:08:01,100 --> 01:08:03,220
 He's like, hey, I'm going to be there every single weekend.

1176
01:08:03,700 --> 01:08:07,160
 His official visit is set for June 12th through June 14th.

1177
01:08:07,160 --> 01:08:11,480
 But told me, like you said, he's going to be up there every single weekend helping out recruiting.

1178
01:08:11,480 --> 01:08:20,580
 And even when he's not on campus, I talk to guys, whether it's another quarterback in Elijah Haven, who Trent Seaborn is all in on adding, which should tell you everything you need to know.

1179
01:08:20,740 --> 01:08:22,520
 It could be a defender out in California.

1180
01:08:22,840 --> 01:08:24,220
 He's hearing from Trent Seaborn.

1181
01:08:24,560 --> 01:08:31,980
 The Trayvon Hall, Oklahoma wide receiver commit, who plays his high school ball at Central Tuscaloosa, which is a five-minute trip to campus, if not less.

1182
01:08:32,240 --> 01:08:35,260
 He's telling me, hey, Trent was giving me a little bit of c***.

1183
01:08:35,360 --> 01:08:36,820
 Hey, why are you committed to the students?

1184
01:08:37,260 --> 01:08:42,060
 So it's very, very special, not only the talent, but the way he carries himself.

1185
01:08:42,240 --> 01:08:45,900
 And this is a kid who turned down offers to go play elsewhere, even in high school.

1186
01:08:46,060 --> 01:08:47,880
 I mean, we're not going to speed or bound up much there.

1187
01:08:47,960 --> 01:08:48,740
 That was made public.

1188
01:08:48,900 --> 01:08:51,800
 So it's very, very impressive what he's doing.

1189
01:08:51,860 --> 01:08:56,040
 And it's kind of similar to a Ryan Williams, the way he came in and was helping recruiting.

1190
01:08:56,160 --> 01:08:57,600
 He was an extension of a recruiting staff.

1191
01:08:57,960 --> 01:08:59,020
 Trent Seaborn is that.

1192
01:08:59,220 --> 01:09:03,140
 And then some, he was telling me a couple months ago as well, he's talking with position coaches.

1193
01:09:03,240 --> 01:09:04,940
 Hey, who do you want me to reach out to?

1194
01:09:05,060 --> 01:09:12,720
 I've got number one interior offensive lineman, Maxwell Hiller, who's considered Alabama and Florida to be kind of neck and neck for him right now.

1195
01:09:12,800 --> 01:09:14,460
 He's hearing from Trent Seaborn all the time.

1196
01:09:14,540 --> 01:09:16,220
 They're excited about building that relationship.

1197
01:09:16,620 --> 01:09:23,600
 He's just a kid who's looked up very highly, not only in the state with all the accolades, like you mentioned before, but also around the country.

1198
01:09:23,600 --> 01:09:25,240
 He's getting his hands in.

1199
01:09:25,500 --> 01:09:27,240
 He's getting in the ears of multiple, multiple guys.

1200
01:09:27,340 --> 01:09:28,460
 So it's extremely impressive.

1201
01:09:29,460 --> 01:09:33,600
 You have got a list of the official visits coming up May 28th.

1202
01:09:34,300 --> 01:09:38,600
 Anthony Sweeney from Maryland, Antoine Jackson from Memphis.

1203
01:09:39,240 --> 01:09:41,000
 We can go on down the list.

1204
01:09:41,160 --> 01:09:45,600
 That's going to be critical because, again, that's going to be official visits.

1205
01:09:45,600 --> 01:09:48,960
 And then these guys making decisions in June.

1206
01:09:49,100 --> 01:09:50,400
 There's a lot of talent.

1207
01:09:50,400 --> 01:09:56,800
 I know we've talked about that, Brad, in the last couple weeks for 2027 in the state of Alabama.

1208
01:09:56,800 --> 01:10:03,140
 Junior James at Thompson, Deshaun Hall at Prattville.

1209
01:10:03,780 --> 01:10:07,580
 And we'll be talking with you about these guys in the weeks to come.

1210
01:10:07,740 --> 01:10:14,220
 But you've been on top of the 2027 dudes, and that is now beginning to come into play.

1211
01:10:14,920 --> 01:10:24,220
 The great stuff, as always, we always enjoy the conversation, whether it's a JUCO committee or prospects for 2027.

1212
01:10:24,460 --> 01:10:25,580
 You've got it covered.

1213
01:10:26,080 --> 01:10:28,480
 But where can we get online and get all the good stuff?

1214
01:10:28,900 --> 01:10:31,480
 Yeah, well, I always appreciate the kind words.

1215
01:10:31,560 --> 01:10:34,540
 You guys do a good job of plugging my stuff on the beginning.

1216
01:10:34,660 --> 01:10:42,340
 But like I said, over at Bambu247, and like Brett said, we've got a full list of official visits that's seemingly growing by the day, by the second, really.

1217
01:10:43,020 --> 01:10:45,560
 Spring visits are going to start, spring practice, I believe.

1218
01:10:45,760 --> 01:10:52,940
 We haven't got an official date yet, but usually kind of that first week to March range is going to win Alabama will get on the field.

1219
01:10:53,040 --> 01:10:54,320
 So that's going to be here before we know it.

1220
01:10:54,340 --> 01:10:58,660
 They're going to have tons and tons of recruits, recruits, and top targets and commits on campus.

1221
01:10:58,840 --> 01:11:04,060
 And so we're going to continue to track all that on Bambu247 and over on Twitter, at Brett Remerters.

1222
01:11:05,060 --> 01:11:06,560
 I feel like the odd man out here.

1223
01:11:06,640 --> 01:11:08,000
 I mean, the battle of the Brits.

1224
01:11:10,540 --> 01:11:12,300
 Mr. Baird wins that battle.

1225
01:11:12,940 --> 01:11:13,780
 There we go.

1226
01:11:14,280 --> 01:11:16,980
 Hey, have a great week, and thanks again so much for your time today.

1227
01:11:17,600 --> 01:11:18,220
 Absolutely, guys.

1228
01:11:18,260 --> 01:11:18,840
 Always a good time.

1229
01:11:18,940 --> 01:11:19,140
 Happy to be out here.

1230
01:11:19,140 --> 01:11:19,640
 Thank you, Doug.

1231
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 Brett Greenberg, he is busy at Bama 24-7, part of the 24-7 sports family.

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1289
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 We'll come back in quickly before we check in with the V-Man, Lieutenant Colonel Kilgore in Apocalypse Now.

1290
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 A bad day, baby.

1291
01:15:49,240 --> 01:15:52,740
 Robert Duvall passing away at the ripe young age of 95.

1292
01:15:53,480 --> 01:15:55,840
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1293
01:15:55,980 --> 01:15:59,560
 I mean, you could list about seven or eight other ones,

1294
01:15:59,660 --> 01:16:04,140
 but he was a tremendous actor, and from what I hear, an even better person.

1295
01:16:04,980 --> 01:16:07,720
 Ah, the Godfather, part one, part two.

1296
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1298
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1299
01:16:18,340 --> 01:16:19,340
 V-Man, welcome in.

1300
01:16:19,420 --> 01:16:20,180
 How are you?

1301
01:16:20,840 --> 01:16:21,940
 I am good, guys.

1302
01:16:22,000 --> 01:16:26,340
 I thought for sure you were going to make an easy transition from The Godfather

1303
01:16:26,340 --> 01:16:31,240
 to Vince Ferrara in Knoxville with his Italian background.

1304
01:16:31,720 --> 01:16:32,920
 Well, it was calming.

1305
01:16:33,540 --> 01:16:34,280
 It was calming.

1306
01:16:34,520 --> 01:16:36,420
 You cut me short every minute.

1307
01:16:36,580 --> 01:16:40,300
 It was calming, you know, so you read my mind.

1308
01:16:40,520 --> 01:16:41,920
 Thank goodness you stopped it there.

1309
01:16:44,420 --> 01:16:46,740
 All right, V-Man, let's get the party started here.

1310
01:16:46,740 --> 01:16:50,440
 What's the latest on Judge Judy and Joey Aguilar?

1311
01:16:51,580 --> 01:16:56,480
 Yeah, I don't think Judge Judy had any connections to Tennessee,

1312
01:16:56,780 --> 01:17:01,680
 so I'm not sure she would have been presiding over this court case.

1313
01:17:01,840 --> 01:17:06,700
 It was, you know, first of all, it was exhausting just reading about it.

1314
01:17:07,340 --> 01:17:12,840
 So it reminds me why I don't normally track these sort of things.

1315
01:17:12,840 --> 01:17:17,820
 You know, you have to be up on what's going on because everybody's asking about it.

1316
01:17:18,140 --> 01:17:20,000
 So you dig into it.

1317
01:17:20,080 --> 01:17:23,820
 But my gosh, how horrible to be on a regular beat.

1318
01:17:23,880 --> 01:17:24,600
 It's like politics.

1319
01:17:25,000 --> 01:17:27,360
 Like, who wants that to be their existence?

1320
01:17:28,040 --> 01:17:31,660
 You know, bringing up all this, you know, lawyers are bringing up all this minutiae,

1321
01:17:31,740 --> 01:17:36,540
 trying and stretching to bring these things up and find one little thing here,

1322
01:17:36,580 --> 01:17:41,120
 and then the judge has to shoot down and interrogate about every single point.

1323
01:17:41,220 --> 01:17:45,200
 There really has nothing to do with what the ultimate purpose of it is.

1324
01:17:45,580 --> 01:17:46,720
 I will say this.

1325
01:17:46,780 --> 01:17:51,540
 It was a little surprising that it wasn't more focused on the JUCO rule.

1326
01:17:52,260 --> 01:17:58,600
 I think that's what the Pavia, when Aguilar was with Pavia, that's what it was more about.

1327
01:17:59,000 --> 01:18:08,260
 But they took more of the, hey, he's being deprived of the market value because of this rule

1328
01:18:08,260 --> 01:18:15,920
 and because he's not granted eligibility of being able to make $2 to $4 million that he should be.

1329
01:18:15,920 --> 01:18:25,480
 And so it's obviously different than the Trinidad-Chambliss situation because Chambliss had some medical aspect of it

1330
01:18:25,480 --> 01:18:33,060
 that the NCAA didn't really recognize during, you know, all the processes after their original ruling.

1331
01:18:34,280 --> 01:18:40,320
 Aguilar doesn't have that necessarily, but everyone is connected, you know, to that.

1332
01:18:40,380 --> 01:18:44,400
 Even the NCAA lawyer, you know, is a Tennessee guy.

1333
01:18:44,400 --> 01:18:49,980
 And they're all talking love about Joey Aguilar, really appreciation, all this kind of stuff.

1334
01:18:50,460 --> 01:19:03,120
 But the judge was very strong and direct in first saying that, you know, that would not impact any sort of ruling.

1335
01:19:03,120 --> 01:19:13,460
 But then also in interrogating and questioning the, you know, the lawyer for Joey Aguilar in the situation with some tough questions that, you know,

1336
01:19:13,500 --> 01:19:17,680
 there weren't always the clear answers to, like, what the exact market value.

1337
01:19:18,260 --> 01:19:23,340
 I don't know why that is such a big deal, whether it's $2 million or $2.5 million.

1338
01:19:23,980 --> 01:19:25,660
 Should he play or should he not play?

1339
01:19:26,660 --> 01:19:28,920
 It's all just crazy.

1340
01:19:29,060 --> 01:19:30,780
 So I don't know which way it's going to go.

1341
01:19:30,860 --> 01:19:31,900
 It's probably 50-50.

1342
01:19:32,600 --> 01:19:37,300
 But it's just we got all this information in them, and they're going to rule in short order.

1343
01:19:37,420 --> 01:19:39,700
 Probably I would guess this week, but who knows.

1344
01:19:40,380 --> 01:19:46,820
 I don't know that it took, you know, one drastic stance or lean one way or the other.

1345
01:19:47,440 --> 01:19:48,280
 I'm with you, V-Man.

1346
01:19:48,380 --> 01:19:51,160
 I had a lawyer one time tell me I had a question about some settlement.

1347
01:19:51,300 --> 01:19:55,880
 He said, look, whether you take $2 million or $0.02, in the eyes of the law, you took a settlement.

1348
01:19:55,960 --> 01:19:56,640
 You took money.

1349
01:19:57,200 --> 01:20:01,820
 So technically, it doesn't matter how many zeros you put in front of it.

1350
01:20:02,220 --> 01:20:05,020
 So, V-Man, the question is, what does Tennessee do if they do?

1351
01:20:05,380 --> 01:20:07,820
 What does Tennessee do if they don't, given the green light?

1352
01:20:09,200 --> 01:20:15,020
 Well, if he gets the injunction and he's able to play, first of all, he wouldn't be able to participate in spring practice

1353
01:20:15,020 --> 01:20:19,540
 because he had the surgery to remove a blood clot.

1354
01:20:19,540 --> 01:20:29,680
 And so he's going to be, he would be out for spring, but still be able to, you know, bottomless teammates and, you know, things like that.

1355
01:20:29,760 --> 01:20:32,100
 He would be the starting quarterback for Tennessee.

1356
01:20:32,760 --> 01:20:35,960
 I don't, I don't, I don't care how they present it.

1357
01:20:36,000 --> 01:20:37,780
 I think he would be the starting quarterback.

1358
01:20:38,140 --> 01:20:45,740
 If he's not there, then it's a competition between George McIntyre, the second year player, retro freshman and true freshman,

1359
01:20:45,740 --> 01:20:51,860
 five-star phase on Brandon, McIntyre would be the favorite in that battle.

1360
01:20:52,300 --> 01:20:57,060
 But I think Brandon, from a physical standpoint, is more prepared to sustain in the SEC.

1361
01:20:57,680 --> 01:21:02,940
 But from the mental standpoint of having a year in the system already, the advantage goes to McIntyre.

1362
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 And there have been really positive, you know, feedback on how he has done and how he has looked in our eyes and practices as well.

1363
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 So we'll see.

1364
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 The biggest question with McIntyre is, is he so slender?

1365
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 He's probably even thinner than Nico was, you know, when he was at this point in his career.

1366
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 But even though he's adding weight, that's the thing, is can you sustain?

1367
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 But in terms of able to function and trust in it, yeah, I think McIntyre would be the guy.

1368
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 They'd have to roll with it, because I don't think it's going to be Ryan Stobb or the true freshman.

1369
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 That's just not typically a recipe for success.

1370
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 V, one thing we do know, Derrick Jones is the new cornerback coach replacing Michael Hunter Jr., who went to the Rams.

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 V, what do you know about him?

1372
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 Yeah, I think he is, under the circumstances, he's a good hire.

1373
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 He worked with Jim Knowles at Duke, and they, you know, also worked under David Cutcliffe.

1374
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 They have experience from Oklahoma State as well.

1375
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 And so, you know, he's coached guys in the NFL, both in special teams, Jamison Crowder, who was a star at Duke, and a number of other cornerbacks that have made it to the National Football League.

1376
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 So, under the circumstances of finding a guy that can fill the role of helping coach the players and ease that transition with a complicated defense, which is what Hunter had that familiarity there.

1377
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 I think that's a real positive that you have a guy with 25 years of coaching experience under his belt that was just in the game until they had coaching changes at Virginia Tech and was available for you.

1378
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 So, it happened so fast.

1379
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 To me, it tells me that Jones was on the list high somewhere behind Michael Hunter, and under the circumstances, I think they did well to come up with him.

1380
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 You know how fans are.

1381
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 You know, they want their former Vols and things like that, but I think he's a good hire for doing it, and getting it done quickly helps, too.

1382
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 B-Man, 99.1, the sports animal in Knoxville.

1383
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 It's hard to believe, less than two weeks, the beginning of technically March Madness.

1384
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 Where is this Tennessee basketball team right now getting ready for the postseason?

1385
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 Well, if you listen to fans talk about them sometime, you would think they have, like, Oklahoma or South Carolina's record.

1386
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 You know, they haven't been destroying teams, so they've just kind of been doing whatever it takes to win,

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 and because there haven't been the style points necessarily, and they've played some maybe closer games.

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 I think that has frustrated some fans that expected more, but they're getting what everyone was looking for,

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 and that's a third score in J.P. Estrella.

1390
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 Ever since he's come into the starting lineup, they've played well.

1391
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 I think they've only lost once.

1392
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 So they've got Gillespie who can score, Nate A-Man is continuing to play well and draw fouls.

1393
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 Not sure there's anyone, not very many people in the SEC that draw more fouls than Nate A-Man.

1394
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 I think there's only a couple.

1395
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 And he makes us free throws, and he's a smart player.

1396
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 He's playing through contact despite, you know, slender size, but he continues to add weight.

1397
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 So I think it's encouraging.

1398
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 They give up another double-digit lead.

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 I think fans of their own teams that give up double-digit leads are concerned about that,

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 but there's also a lot of other teams that give up double-digit leads.

1401
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 And they've given up double-digit leads except for Kentucky.

1402
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 That's the only team that they haven't come back on.

1403
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 Other teams they've given up double-digit leads to, they've still ended up winning.

1404
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 So, you know, they're still trying to figure some things out and get better.

1405
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 But I do think that if the offense of efficiency continues to improve,

1406
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 they're going to be there in a position to be a top-four team in the SEC tournament,

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 which is ultimately what you want with a double-by.

1408
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 Absolutely.

1409
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 And Tennessee gets off to a good weekend, as you well know.

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 to open the season in baseball, be it sweeping nickels,

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 including 12-2, 7-run a game.

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 V, always good to talk to you, buddy.

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 Where can we get online to get all the V's good stuff?

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01:25:35,600 --> 01:25:36,380
 Yeah, I appreciate it.

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 The softball team is as dominant as anyone.

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 They're the new number one team in one of the polls.

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 You can find them on all the socials at Vince Sports, V-I-N-C-E, sports.

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 Be careful with those horses to add your bed up there, okay, V-Man?

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 Absolutely.

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 You guys be careful, too.

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 See you, bud.

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 Hey, man, Vince Rara, quickly, baby, before we get off,

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 your thoughts quickly in 10 seconds.

1424
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 Alabama saying goodbye, Ohio State, with a new situation coming up in sports.

1425
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 Well, again, for the fans who wanted the big non-conference game,

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 that would not be good news.

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 Yeah.

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01:33:54,200 --> 01:33:56,100
 I think Zach Pounders might agree with that.

1591
01:33:56,200 --> 01:33:58,200
 Zach's busy there at the Shoals Sports Report.

1592
01:33:58,320 --> 01:33:59,020
 Zach, welcome in.

1593
01:33:59,060 --> 01:33:59,540
 How are you?

1594
01:34:00,300 --> 01:34:01,220
 Doing good, how are y'all?

1595
01:34:01,820 --> 01:34:03,920
 Are you ready to go rocking with the regionals?

1596
01:34:03,960 --> 01:34:06,780
 And one thing about it, we can't argue with the weather.

1597
01:34:06,900 --> 01:34:10,900
 It's looking good on the drive in the greater Shoals area down to Hanceville this week.

1598
01:34:11,280 --> 01:34:13,820
 Your thoughts, where do you start in breaking it down, Zach?

1599
01:34:14,920 --> 01:34:17,120
 I start in 3A Girls and Boys.

1600
01:34:17,420 --> 01:34:22,560
 Starting out Wednesday morning at Wallace, 3A Girls, Marteal, and then Marteal Boys,

1601
01:34:22,560 --> 01:34:24,140
 and then Lardot County Girls and Boys.

1602
01:34:25,040 --> 01:34:27,900
 I expect Marteal Girls to win handily.

1603
01:34:28,360 --> 01:34:30,240
 I think Lardot County Girls have a tougher matchup.

1604
01:34:31,140 --> 01:34:31,940
 With Vindemont.

1605
01:34:32,720 --> 01:34:34,640
 And Marteal County Boys have a local sport.

1606
01:34:34,960 --> 01:34:40,380
 But Marteal Boys have an interesting matchup with Winfield, who is always solid every year.

1607
01:34:41,080 --> 01:34:44,720
 And knows, has been to Austin before, knows what takes to get to Wallace.

1608
01:34:45,200 --> 01:34:47,760
 And Marteal and Winfield have a little bit of a history in the playoffs.

1609
01:34:48,640 --> 01:34:51,240
 With basketball and football the last couple of years also.

1610
01:34:51,240 --> 01:34:54,620
 So many of the guys that have played in those games over the last few years.

1611
01:34:54,720 --> 01:34:56,300
 A little bit of added energy also.

1612
01:34:57,080 --> 01:34:58,140
 So who knows how those go.

1613
01:34:58,460 --> 01:35:04,620
 But then it goes to 4A on Wednesday night with Wilson, Brooks, and Deschler.

1614
01:35:06,360 --> 01:35:10,920
 Yeah, we'll talk about Wilson in a few minutes about making history.

1615
01:35:10,920 --> 01:35:13,700
 Let me ask you about one of the hottest teams.

1616
01:35:13,840 --> 01:35:19,200
 And you've seen these guys quite a bit, and particularly in the last month, Brooks Boys.

1617
01:35:20,200 --> 01:35:24,840
 Six consecutive wins, 14 out of 16.

1618
01:35:25,160 --> 01:35:28,940
 They beat Haleville 57-234.

1619
01:35:29,080 --> 01:35:32,480
 Parker Mertz, freshman, is really playing well.

1620
01:35:32,600 --> 01:35:33,560
 Had a career high.

1621
01:35:34,020 --> 01:35:35,220
 21 points.

1622
01:35:35,360 --> 01:35:37,740
 Miles Warren hit 12 points.

1623
01:35:37,860 --> 01:35:40,300
 11 rebounds, 10 are Bowens.

1624
01:35:40,920 --> 01:35:44,680
 And at 10, Brooks Boys playing pretty well right now.

1625
01:35:44,880 --> 01:35:47,820
 Brooks versus Wes Morgan Wednesday at 430.

1626
01:35:48,940 --> 01:35:55,360
 Yeah, this area draw for Brooks and Deschler girls, Brooks Boys and Deschler girls, the area champions, is rough this year.

1627
01:35:56,500 --> 01:36:01,020
 Ironically, I know if you're almost better off losing the area championship game and getting the two-seed,

1628
01:36:01,660 --> 01:36:06,560
 go on the road, risking a loss on the road to celebrate the round and get the loss that way

1629
01:36:06,560 --> 01:36:09,100
 because Brooks plays Wes Morgan.

1630
01:36:09,540 --> 01:36:14,020
 Deschler girls get good hope for the sixth straight year at Wall Street, which is insane on semi-levels.

1631
01:36:15,180 --> 01:36:19,880
 But that Miles Warren stat line, I do want to point out, all those points in the second half,

1632
01:36:20,360 --> 01:36:23,380
 so it wasn't like he had six in the first half or four in each half.

1633
01:36:23,780 --> 01:36:25,040
 He had all 12 in the second half.

1634
01:36:25,040 --> 01:36:28,500
 Haleville kind of played the game of anybody but him.

1635
01:36:29,340 --> 01:36:32,020
 And their girls did the same thing with Wilson the other night.

1636
01:36:32,200 --> 01:36:35,540
 Avery Darby had nine points, probably one of her season high on the season,

1637
01:36:35,720 --> 01:36:37,080
 or something around that range.

1638
01:36:37,880 --> 01:36:43,040
 But playing that, not anybody but them strategy can win you games and also lose you games

1639
01:36:43,040 --> 01:36:45,300
 because Parker Murray also could go off.

1640
01:36:45,480 --> 01:36:46,780
 Aaron Bowles went off for Brooks.

1641
01:36:47,240 --> 01:36:47,700
 They're not.

1642
01:36:47,800 --> 01:36:49,400
 So Miles didn't have to do it by himself.

1643
01:36:50,260 --> 01:36:53,580
 And with Brooks Boys, it's Westmore's first.

1644
01:36:53,840 --> 01:36:54,980
 Westmore has athletes.

1645
01:36:55,200 --> 01:36:57,040
 They beat Deschler last year in the third regional round.

1646
01:36:57,600 --> 01:37:00,980
 And they played Brooks in the Elite Eight last year at Wallace.

1647
01:37:02,100 --> 01:37:06,960
 So you get a Sweet 16 game of the Elite Eight Northwest boys from last season.

1648
01:37:07,520 --> 01:37:10,160
 But Deschler boys have a tough test at East Lawrence.

1649
01:37:10,160 --> 01:37:14,780
 Also, it's not the same East Lawrence team that was playing in November, December.

1650
01:37:15,460 --> 01:37:21,100
 Bryce Young, the quarterback in the NFL, he's a sophomore, 6'3", 180-ish or whatever.

1651
01:37:21,600 --> 01:37:22,600
 They keep playing football, too.

1652
01:37:22,920 --> 01:37:25,720
 But he's come back, and they're 8-4 since he's been back.

1653
01:37:26,400 --> 01:37:30,220
 They were 4-12 when he was injured.

1654
01:37:30,540 --> 01:37:33,600
 And since he's been back, they're now like 12-16 or something.

1655
01:37:34,260 --> 01:37:35,620
 But he doesn't make a difference for them.

1656
01:37:35,760 --> 01:37:36,500
 It has size.

1657
01:37:36,580 --> 01:37:37,600
 That gives them an advantage also.

1658
01:37:38,880 --> 01:37:42,140
 Zach Piner's show, Sports Report, you mentioned Wes Morgan.

1659
01:37:42,240 --> 01:37:43,340
 That's just a heck of a program.

1660
01:37:43,460 --> 01:37:45,500
 I don't care what size or shape the ball is.

1661
01:37:45,640 --> 01:37:52,120
 But the reason to bring that up, we sit here and a lot of these teams, it's almost, if it's February, you know they are in.

1662
01:37:52,180 --> 01:37:53,360
 They're perennial powerhouses.

1663
01:37:53,940 --> 01:37:57,460
 I've always had fun with the folks through the first time.

1664
01:37:57,600 --> 01:37:59,160
 And let's talk about the Wilson girls.

1665
01:37:59,360 --> 01:38:01,020
 Correct us if we're wrong on this, Zach.

1666
01:38:01,420 --> 01:38:05,320
 But the Wilson girls, they knock off Haley will buy a bucket, 40-38.

1667
01:38:05,320 --> 01:38:14,660
 The reason that is significant, the folks have to be on fire because this is the first time the Wilson girls are headed to its first regional tournament in history.

1668
01:38:14,780 --> 01:38:16,460
 You can correct us if we're wrong on that.

1669
01:38:16,740 --> 01:38:18,620
 But what a story for the Wilson girls.

1670
01:38:19,540 --> 01:38:20,780
 Yes, that is correct.

1671
01:38:20,880 --> 01:38:25,260
 But also, it's the first time in Wilson basketball history, boys or girls, to beat a Wallace.

1672
01:38:26,080 --> 01:38:28,040
 And it's the first time in this current format also.

1673
01:38:28,780 --> 01:38:32,320
 Not in 1990 was the last time they went this far, but that was the old format.

1674
01:38:32,320 --> 01:38:34,500
 This is the new format, it's 94.

1675
01:38:35,560 --> 01:38:37,500
 So, first time for that school to be this far in the playoffs.

1676
01:38:38,040 --> 01:38:40,900
 And I expect them to travel with the best of them on Wednesdays.

1677
01:38:41,480 --> 01:38:46,700
 I wouldn't be shocked to see Wilson have more people there than Mars Hill, Lardot County, Dessler, or Brooks.

1678
01:38:47,500 --> 01:38:50,660
 No disrespect to all those, but we know those travel well.

1679
01:38:51,500 --> 01:38:55,000
 And if you were following Wilson softball last year, their area and regionals,

1680
01:38:56,140 --> 01:38:58,760
 Wilson traveled well with softball last year, even though it was more localized.

1681
01:38:58,760 --> 01:39:03,420
 But it was like 10 of all at night in the area championship game for softball last year.

1682
01:39:04,000 --> 01:39:07,640
 There were still teachers there, other coaches of other sports.

1683
01:39:08,640 --> 01:39:10,740
 Just a really good community support system at Wilson.

1684
01:39:11,080 --> 01:39:15,320
 And the coach at Wilson, Eric Oakley, one of the best areas in the area.

1685
01:39:16,060 --> 01:39:20,700
 High respect all around for him from other coaches and just in the area.

1686
01:39:21,680 --> 01:39:23,440
 Really could have happened to a better person also.

1687
01:39:24,440 --> 01:39:29,260
 Yeah, you have mentioned Wilson two or three times this winter.

1688
01:39:29,560 --> 01:39:32,400
 As far as I'm like you, I'm excited for them.

1689
01:39:32,520 --> 01:39:39,040
 In fact, that's one of the games, 93-9, is going to be covering the Muscle Shoals boys win.

1690
01:39:39,180 --> 01:39:42,300
 They beat Gardendale 78-61.

1691
01:39:43,140 --> 01:39:48,280
 Keevy Foster, a very good defensive back, who was going to Arkansas, but now going to Troy.

1692
01:39:49,020 --> 01:39:53,260
 Plays pretty good basketball, too, 18 points and 10 rebounds.

1693
01:39:53,860 --> 01:39:56,620
 Muscle Shoals 19-8.

1694
01:39:57,700 --> 01:40:06,040
 Your thoughts on Muscle Shoals going to, after beating Gardendale, how far can they advance in Wallace?

1695
01:40:07,320 --> 01:40:12,620
 I always say once you get above 4-8 basketball, 5-8 to 7-8 basketball, it's a whole different game.

1696
01:40:12,620 --> 01:40:15,620
 Because they're all bigger, faster, and stronger than at the 4-8 level.

1697
01:40:16,620 --> 01:40:23,780
 So, Muscle Shoals, particularly Huntsville, who was the, I want to say, area champion out of the Hazel Green and Buckhorn area.

1698
01:40:24,720 --> 01:40:26,260
 So, a good Huntsville area team.

1699
01:40:27,340 --> 01:40:28,980
 And I always say this, too, about Wallace State.

1700
01:40:29,520 --> 01:40:32,400
 You can average 50 points a year or 70 points a season.

1701
01:40:32,960 --> 01:40:34,740
 When you get to Wallace, none of that matters.

1702
01:40:34,860 --> 01:40:35,860
 It's already neutralized.

1703
01:40:35,940 --> 01:40:37,080
 And you can score 15 points.

1704
01:40:37,180 --> 01:40:38,420
 You can score 25 points.

1705
01:40:38,660 --> 01:40:47,620
 And I've seen teams get down there averaging 50 in the season and winning scoring 25 points a game or winning in the 60s.

1706
01:40:48,620 --> 01:40:56,200
 You really look at how well you defend and how well you weather the storm of the different environment and the runs of the game.

1707
01:40:57,480 --> 01:40:59,840
 Not to mention, all of a sudden, everything's new.

1708
01:40:59,980 --> 01:41:03,400
 The environment, the shooting angles, the backgrounds, the whole nine yards.

1709
01:41:03,500 --> 01:41:05,020
 Not to mention the adrenaline as well.

1710
01:41:05,480 --> 01:41:06,960
 Zach Pounder's show sports report.

1711
01:41:07,420 --> 01:41:10,260
 This area is on fire when it comes to girls, is it not, Zach?

1712
01:41:10,340 --> 01:41:16,600
 Let's talk about, and we're blessed here at 93-9, the score to be kind of the headquarters to bring you action if you can't make it down in person.

1713
01:41:16,860 --> 01:41:22,400
 Coming up on Wednesday, you get the ball rolling at noon with the Florence girls taking on another.

1714
01:41:22,620 --> 01:41:24,080
 We know what they can do in football.

1715
01:41:24,280 --> 01:41:25,740
 Ask the Florence High football team.

1716
01:41:26,120 --> 01:41:30,640
 Your thoughts about the Florence girls taking on Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa Wednesday at noon.

1717
01:41:31,860 --> 01:41:33,680
 Yeah, Florence is actually Friday at noon.

1718
01:41:34,300 --> 01:41:35,240
 Friday at noon, I'm sorry.

1719
01:41:35,640 --> 01:41:36,440
 Yeah, you're good.

1720
01:41:36,540 --> 01:41:37,840
 It all runs together for me, too.

1721
01:41:37,900 --> 01:41:38,240
 Don't worry.

1722
01:41:40,020 --> 01:41:44,100
 But Florence girls, though, play at Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa for the second straight year at Wallace.

1723
01:41:45,420 --> 01:41:46,700
 Hillcrest is a new coach.

1724
01:41:47,420 --> 01:41:49,560
 And I think they lost a few players from last year.

1725
01:41:50,260 --> 01:41:53,160
 Florence did, too, but Florence also reloaded this all season.

1726
01:41:53,900 --> 01:41:58,740
 And Florence has a group of girls that have been there once before last year, had the weather delay last year,

1727
01:41:58,800 --> 01:42:02,100
 the fire alarm going off at halftime, at the end of halftime.

1728
01:42:02,220 --> 01:42:03,460
 So you had an extended halftime.

1729
01:42:04,080 --> 01:42:05,540
 However, they've been there before now.

1730
01:42:06,600 --> 01:42:09,260
 Coach Woods has been there to Wallace as a player and a coach.

1731
01:42:09,260 --> 01:42:16,600
 She played at Deschler in, like, 2004 to 2008 and won, like, four straight state championships, I think.

1732
01:42:17,140 --> 01:42:18,340
 So she's been there plenty of times.

1733
01:42:18,520 --> 01:42:19,460
 She knows what it's like.

1734
01:42:19,920 --> 01:42:27,760
 She knows how to lock them in and how to hit them weather the storm of a run here, a run there, or a cold stretch of the game.

1735
01:42:28,200 --> 01:42:29,460
 However, Florence does have this.

1736
01:42:29,900 --> 01:42:38,340
 They are a defensive team who will get steals, and you'll see on the box score three or four steals for two or three girls.

1737
01:42:39,580 --> 01:42:41,520
 However, they're also a streaky team on shooting.

1738
01:42:42,180 --> 01:42:45,520
 If they're on grade, if they're not, they're going to have to defend.

1739
01:42:46,520 --> 01:42:47,720
 Trini McCroskey can rebound.

1740
01:42:47,860 --> 01:42:48,800
 Diamond Chandler can rebound.

1741
01:42:49,060 --> 01:42:50,300
 But they need to hit shots also.

1742
01:42:50,600 --> 01:42:54,860
 Jordan Riggs, I think, has to start fast on Friday, and they have a good chance.

1743
01:42:54,980 --> 01:43:00,220
 If she starts slow, like she did against James Clemens, I don't know how she will weather the storm and be in there for the first time.

1744
01:43:00,900 --> 01:43:02,300
 Come from Carpenter County this all season.

1745
01:43:02,980 --> 01:43:05,580
 But Coach Wood has been there before.

1746
01:43:06,220 --> 01:43:08,160
 Most of the Florence team has been there as well.

1747
01:43:08,820 --> 01:43:09,980
 It shouldn't be nothing new for them.

1748
01:43:11,160 --> 01:43:13,860
 Zach, I'm proud you said that to make sure that we're clear on that.

1749
01:43:14,020 --> 01:43:15,420
 Florence again Friday at noon.

1750
01:43:15,600 --> 01:43:18,240
 Wednesday, Wednesday, you're on 9-3-9.

1751
01:43:18,280 --> 01:43:19,560
 The score is going to be a busy day.

1752
01:43:19,720 --> 01:43:25,220
 And I love the way they do this because it's rare to have one sit with its boys or girls to make it.

1753
01:43:25,220 --> 01:43:30,120
 But when both do it, why not schedule it to where basically they can go back-to-back for the fans?

1754
01:43:30,580 --> 01:43:34,160
 9 o'clock, Hollypun-Mars Hill, 10-30.

1755
01:43:34,280 --> 01:43:38,280
 Of course, if things go as scripted, it's the Mars Hill boys taking on Winfield.

1756
01:43:38,760 --> 01:43:41,840
 And then at noon, the Lauderdale County girls with Vinemont.

1757
01:43:42,340 --> 01:43:45,760
 And then follow that with the Lauderdale County boys against Locust Fort.

1758
01:43:45,960 --> 01:43:50,340
 That's a lot to digest there, but your thoughts about those matchups in 3A play?

1759
01:43:51,300 --> 01:43:52,280
 Yeah, 3A girls.

1760
01:43:52,280 --> 01:43:54,820
 I think the story to watch for 3A girls is Belle Hill.

1761
01:43:54,980 --> 01:43:56,080
 And what can she do at Wallace?

1762
01:43:56,460 --> 01:43:58,400
 I guess not in Lauderdale County this year.

1763
01:43:59,100 --> 01:44:01,580
 She had 43 last year against Lauderdale County and got B.

1764
01:44:01,980 --> 01:44:06,720
 However, she has help this year with Molly Wright and Mia Humphreys, who can both give her about 10 points a game also.

1765
01:44:07,080 --> 01:44:10,900
 So, if she can have her, she's going to have 20 at least every night.

1766
01:44:11,620 --> 01:44:16,680
 Her and Reese Davis are a couple of the players that you can almost guarantee they're going to get their 20, 25 points a night.

1767
01:44:17,300 --> 01:44:19,620
 And we're going to get around them to benefit them as well.

1768
01:44:20,460 --> 01:44:30,000
 But with Lauderdale County, it's kind of like last year boys, there is that one or two defined scores, but they have a few scores that can give you 8 or 10 points a game and come out of nowhere.

1769
01:44:30,000 --> 01:44:40,360
 Claire Freeman has had double digit points the last two games and didn't have double digits either all regular season or not back-to-back games all regular season long.

1770
01:44:41,440 --> 01:44:45,520
 By the way, congratulations to the Russellville girls.

1771
01:44:45,800 --> 01:44:51,340
 I know we've talked about Ella Copeland in her record-setting year.

1772
01:44:51,440 --> 01:45:02,580
 She scored 26 points as Russellville beat Sardis 72-62 to reach their first regional, Jack, if I'm correct, in 16 years.

1773
01:45:02,980 --> 01:45:05,140
 They haven't been since 2010.

1774
01:45:05,500 --> 01:45:08,340
 And we talked about Wilson, how historic that he is.

1775
01:45:09,040 --> 01:45:11,060
 Congratulations to the Russellville girls.

1776
01:45:12,680 --> 01:45:16,600
 Yeah, if you kind of say that Wednesday is a show of takeover of Wall Street, basically.

1777
01:45:16,800 --> 01:45:17,420
 Yeah, you did.

1778
01:45:17,660 --> 01:45:21,880
 The only thing for Lauderdale County coming down there, basically, essentially, is Brooks, L.C., Marth Hill, and Wilson.

1779
01:45:22,560 --> 01:45:24,460
 Yeah, Russellville, also, another good season, though.

1780
01:45:24,680 --> 01:45:26,900
 And getting back to Wall Street, a whole lot as well.

1781
01:45:27,720 --> 01:45:28,860
 Ella Copeland's one of those.

1782
01:45:29,160 --> 01:45:30,800
 She's going to give you 20 a night.

1783
01:45:31,760 --> 01:45:33,760
 And at Wall Street, you never know how it's going to change.

1784
01:45:34,060 --> 01:45:41,060
 And since she's been there for the first time in 16 years, how can Russellville weather the storm of, different environment, different depth perception and all that.

1785
01:45:41,680 --> 01:45:43,860
 They get Gunnersville at 9 a.m. on Thursday.

1786
01:45:44,860 --> 01:45:46,920
 Gunnersville's the top two team in 5'8".

1787
01:45:46,920 --> 01:45:53,540
 They have the freshman girl who's like 6'4", I think, or 6'5", as a freshman.

1788
01:45:54,540 --> 01:46:03,300
 She's averaging, I want to say 20 or a double-double at least, and a couple blocks to fill the game at the freshman.

1789
01:46:03,760 --> 01:46:05,060
 And it's already 6'5".

1790
01:46:05,060 --> 01:46:07,420
 So, we think Bell Hill is great.

1791
01:46:08,420 --> 01:46:10,540
 Bell is like 6'1", or 6'3", I think.

1792
01:46:11,080 --> 01:46:13,880
 This girl is 6'5", as a freshman, and just a dominant over there.

1793
01:46:14,100 --> 01:46:14,300
 Wow.

1794
01:46:14,740 --> 01:46:16,080
 Yeah, it's crazy.

1795
01:46:17,000 --> 01:46:20,200
 But, yeah, Russell, a tough matchup.

1796
01:46:20,280 --> 01:46:21,360
 But at Wallace, you never know.

1797
01:46:21,440 --> 01:46:22,220
 That girl's a freshman.

1798
01:46:22,600 --> 01:46:26,040
 When you get to Wallace, it's all neutralized, and the lot's going to be too bright.

1799
01:46:27,040 --> 01:46:30,700
 Well, the strategy on that 6'5", try to get her in foul trouble early.

1800
01:46:30,780 --> 01:46:32,480
 That would be the strategy if I was a coach there.

1801
01:46:32,560 --> 01:46:38,700
 But your thoughts, we mentioned Wilson first time, and Marcelle is on the flip side of that,

1802
01:46:38,760 --> 01:46:40,440
 but the Dester program as well.

1803
01:46:40,560 --> 01:46:44,060
 Your thoughts, I mean, everybody's already got Dester penciled in with girls.

1804
01:46:44,140 --> 01:46:45,060
 The boys are also there.

1805
01:46:45,120 --> 01:46:48,420
 Your thoughts about Dester's chances on both sides?

1806
01:46:49,400 --> 01:46:51,260
 You can't pencil the girls in yet.

1807
01:46:51,260 --> 01:46:52,600
 They have good hope first.

1808
01:46:53,180 --> 01:46:55,980
 And they've played six straight years, and I went and found this the other night.

1809
01:46:57,000 --> 01:47:01,080
 Neither team has won three straight years against each other other than this matchup.

1810
01:47:01,220 --> 01:47:04,020
 I think Dester, or one of them, won the first year.

1811
01:47:04,960 --> 01:47:08,300
 And I think Dester won the next two years, and good hope was one of the last two.

1812
01:47:08,740 --> 01:47:12,060
 I think it was Dester the first one or the first two.

1813
01:47:12,660 --> 01:47:13,840
 Good hope was one of the last two.

1814
01:47:15,180 --> 01:47:18,980
 So, six straight years, also a lot of years back-to-back-to-back.

1815
01:47:19,540 --> 01:47:25,220
 I almost assure you, both teams have spent all season tracking each other and scouting each other,

1816
01:47:25,400 --> 01:47:28,340
 knowing, if you both get to Wallace, how it should be.

1817
01:47:28,700 --> 01:47:29,880
 It's going to be us through first game.

1818
01:47:30,360 --> 01:47:33,320
 And I wish they would re-see the Wallace, honestly, based off a record.

1819
01:47:34,660 --> 01:47:41,160
 Because Brooks Westmoregan, Dester, good hope, and a few more matchups across the state are going to happen,

1820
01:47:41,340 --> 01:47:47,960
 where it's basically a state championship game in the 2016 early day instead of at Birmingham.

1821
01:47:48,620 --> 01:47:50,480
 But you've got to play them at some point anyways.

1822
01:47:50,940 --> 01:47:53,760
 And Dester, always, they have our hit or miss all season.

1823
01:47:54,320 --> 01:47:56,280
 They've had games where you think this team can go to Birmingham.

1824
01:47:56,580 --> 01:47:59,260
 They've had games where you think this team is not going to pass their regionals.

1825
01:47:59,900 --> 01:48:04,820
 They escaped Fayette County Saturday night, had a two-point lead with 13 seconds to go.

1826
01:48:05,720 --> 01:48:06,820
 And Fayette has the ball.

1827
01:48:06,920 --> 01:48:07,680
 They're hitting threes.

1828
01:48:07,900 --> 01:48:13,540
 But again, a steal, Dester got a steal, and got a bucket at the last second to go up by four and went by four.

1829
01:48:14,020 --> 01:48:21,080
 However, Garrett Reed, this team knows that he goes and Everett Mishu is like a Klay Thompson to his Steph Curry.

1830
01:48:22,280 --> 01:48:24,760
 And Everett had 15, Saturday night.

1831
01:48:24,900 --> 01:48:26,260
 Garrett had 30.

1832
01:48:27,500 --> 01:48:28,680
 Garrett's been to Wallace before.

1833
01:48:29,680 --> 01:48:34,880
 And I think a few more have been to Wallace as a freshman or sophomore, may not have played.

1834
01:48:35,400 --> 01:48:43,780
 But the cue of this team is most of them have played baseball, football playoffs, basketball playoffs at high-level reps.

1835
01:48:44,300 --> 01:48:46,560
 Everett has one state as an individual tennis player.

1836
01:48:47,200 --> 01:48:48,760
 Garrett has one state in baseball.

1837
01:48:49,420 --> 01:48:50,780
 Jay Murner has one state in baseball.

1838
01:48:51,100 --> 01:48:51,860
 And a few more have.

1839
01:48:52,920 --> 01:48:55,160
 And they've all had these playoff runs and playoff games.

1840
01:48:55,900 --> 01:48:57,820
 So I don't think the lights are too bright for them.

1841
01:48:58,120 --> 01:49:01,460
 They thrive off of competition and competitive environments.

1842
01:49:01,960 --> 01:49:03,800
 So it's not going to be like the lights are too bright.

1843
01:49:03,880 --> 01:49:07,180
 It's going to be like this is what they want and what they play for every year.

1844
01:49:07,500 --> 01:49:12,060
 It's to be at Wallace, not to be sitting on a baseball dugout bench this week.

1845
01:49:13,220 --> 01:49:14,120
 Great point.

1846
01:49:14,120 --> 01:49:16,780
 The experience going to Wallace really helps.

1847
01:49:16,940 --> 01:49:26,140
 In fact, Garrett Reed may be the best three-sport athlete I've seen in years, averaging 29 points in three playoff games.

1848
01:49:26,300 --> 01:49:31,820
 We really appreciate you coming on because you're going to be really busy Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

1849
01:49:32,520 --> 01:49:36,020
 And we're going to be carrying a lot of the games throughout the rest of the week.

1850
01:49:36,500 --> 01:49:41,500
 I know beginning tomorrow, especially Wednesday, you're going to be previewing the games.

1851
01:49:42,100 --> 01:49:46,720
 You're going to be having probably a podcast if you've got the time at night to recount.

1852
01:49:47,300 --> 01:49:49,740
 Where can we get on live and get all the great stuff?

1853
01:49:50,340 --> 01:49:59,320
 Yeah, we have a regional preview dropping tomorrow at some point with comments from the coaches involved, all we can get.

1854
01:49:59,580 --> 01:50:07,340
 And then just like basic previews of the game, then on Wednesday night we're going live after all the games to recap them, all eight games.

1855
01:50:07,840 --> 01:50:13,920
 And then on Thursday night we'll go live again and Friday as well at some point after the ball is going to go live and recap.

1856
01:50:14,480 --> 01:50:22,420
 And they'll also preview whatever is left of all the state games after this weekend, assuming we get something in the early day on this week.

1857
01:50:22,780 --> 01:50:22,900
 Yeah.

1858
01:50:25,000 --> 01:50:32,300
 But on Facebook, Shell Sports Report and Twitter at lowercase s-h-o-a-l-s-b-o-r-t-s.

1859
01:50:32,800 --> 01:50:35,240
 And we cross-post on both.

1860
01:50:35,680 --> 01:50:43,800
 So if you have a Twitter account, you can turn on post notifications on Twitter on our account and it will give you a notification on ESPN app does or whatever app does to your phone.

1861
01:50:44,000 --> 01:50:46,360
 And then we post a score update on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday.

1862
01:50:47,500 --> 01:50:49,280
 Ten pounds of sugar, five pounds.

1863
01:50:49,600 --> 01:50:50,540
 Zach, I got a fitting.

1864
01:50:50,620 --> 01:50:52,320
 You just point your car to the southeast.

1865
01:50:52,440 --> 01:50:54,020
 It's going to go to Hansel on its own there.

1866
01:50:54,020 --> 01:50:55,800
 Listen, safe travels to and front.

1867
01:50:55,880 --> 01:50:57,680
 And thanks so much for your time today, buddy.

1868
01:50:58,520 --> 01:50:58,960
 Thank you.

1869
01:50:59,680 --> 01:51:00,300
 Thank you, bud.

1870
01:51:00,540 --> 01:51:00,760
 Thank you.

1871
01:51:00,760 --> 01:51:02,640
 Pounder, Shoals, Sports Report.

1872
01:51:02,880 --> 01:51:06,420
 BB, this is Christmas, as we mentioned in February, if you're a high school basketball fan.

1873
01:51:06,440 --> 01:51:08,020
 We've got you covered here on 93.9 to score.

1874
01:51:08,420 --> 01:51:09,940
 Yeah, it's going to be great.

1875
01:51:10,400 --> 01:51:12,100
 We'll go over the games.

1876
01:51:13,120 --> 01:51:18,140
 Harold and particularly, Lauderdale County girls, Vine Mod beginning at noon.

1877
01:51:18,720 --> 01:51:21,740
 Lauderdale County boys versus Locust Fork.

1878
01:51:22,220 --> 01:51:28,580
 Wilson girls, delighted to be carrying them versus West Morgan beginning at approximately three.

1879
01:51:28,680 --> 01:51:33,460
 And the Brooks boys, West Morgan, 430 Wednesday afternoon.

1880
01:51:33,460 --> 01:51:38,460
 And then the Florence girls versus Hillcrest, Tuscaloosa Friday at noon.

1881
01:51:38,460 --> 01:51:41,340
 And we'll go over the broadcast schedule again tomorrow.

1882
01:51:41,340 --> 01:51:44,940
 Make sure you understand Florence is Friday here on 93.9 to score at noon.

1883
01:51:45,000 --> 01:51:48,720
 That's going to take care of business for now on behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

1884
01:51:49,060 --> 01:51:50,980
 Harold and Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1885
01:51:51,380 --> 01:51:56,000
 That's tuning in tomorrow at noon to 2 for the Boom on Buck Show back here on Sports Radio 93.9 to score.