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 Roger is here right now to talk about Alabama basketball and baseball traveling to Hattiesburg, Mississippi later today to face a very good Southern Miss team.

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 Absolutely, a ranked Southern Miss team.

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 Roger's always invited into the lineup.

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 He would also want us to share that the state's top gunner is Gunner Rivers.

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 North Carolina State.

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 Because that's where Papa grew his teeth in college football before going on en route to the NFL Hall of Fame.

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 Roger, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Boom, oh, bug.

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 It's been a long time since we won at Pete Taylor Park.

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 Roger, obviously, you've got 10 pounds of sugar, as always, and a five-pound sack.

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 and Coach Paul Bear Bryant, he was always a nemesis.

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 regardless of Charles Mediacos on the team or not, to be quite honest with you.

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 Roger, Uber, Crimson Tide Network.

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 First things first, Roger.

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 Obviously, if you're State, you're looking at it and says it's David and Goliath.

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 Alabama just gave up 49 points a week ago, the last time they were in this building,

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 Recalp the Florida game for us and tell us a little bit more about the tournament next week, my friend.

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 Looking past the upstate to 20-28, the opening date now with Georgia State.

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 Georgia State, Ohio State, UT Martin, and Oklahoma State, three of the four at home,

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 The problem, that is, you can only have three non-conference with a lead going to nine.

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 One of them's got to go, Roger.

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 You know, I'm sitting in the parking lot across from the athletic director's office.

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 Well, let's switch to a FaceTime.

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 No, anyway, I don't know, to be honest with you, that is a really good point

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 that I think the schedules are going to continue to evolve as we go along.

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 But Alabama's been very committed to try and playing the toughest schedule as possible.

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 So, I think you're going to see at least one of those power programs stay on the roster

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 and on the schedule for what's ahead for Alabama.

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 But at this point, 2028 feels like a long way away.

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 Oh, it does.

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 Absolutely.

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 Safe travels to Hennigsburg.

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 You do a great job no matter what the sport is.

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 Who else have you got as a guest on Crimson Drive this week?

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 And where can we get online, listen to all the games, baseball, basketball, et cetera,

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 and also get all the good Crimson Tide Sports Network stuff?

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 Yeah, just follow us on the Crimson Tide Sports Network social media platforms

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 at UA underscore TTSN for everything that's coming up with Crimson Drive today and Thursday

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 at 2 o'clock.

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 As you mentioned, Houston Millette will be on the show.

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 Also, LeBaron Tylon will be on the show coming up on Thursday.

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 So, we look forward to catching up with them, plus keeping an eye on all sports going on right

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 now at the University of Alabama.

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 And then, yeah, just turn your radio on.

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 We're going to be very, very busy over these next few days with all the baseball, softball,

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 men's, women's basketball all happening at the same time.

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 Look forward to a very good week coming up, and then look forward to talking with you guys again

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 next week as we get ready for some postseason basketball for Alabama women's basketball

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 in the SEC tournament.

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 But it's an exciting time of the year.

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 Roger, we're going to hold you to it.

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 Safe travels, and thanks so much for your time today.

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 You guys are the best.

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 Thanks for having me on.

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 Roll Tide.

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 Roger Hoover, Crimson Tide Sports Network.

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 Speaking of the Crimson Tide, how about that Alabama softball team?

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 They are ranked number four in the country.

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 The score.

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 Welcome back in.

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 It is an absolute pleasure for us to say hello to the legend, former head coach at Auburn and VCU.

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 When it comes to men's basketball, of course, the one, the only coach, Sonny Smith.

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 Coach, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Oh, I'm good.

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 How are you guys today?

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 Coach?

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 Kind of depressed, Coach.

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 We're looking at this calendar here, and we've got this weekend and then next weekend, and that's it for the SEC regular season.

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 Is it true, Coach, that time gets by in a hurry?

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 Oh, no question about it.

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 It's the first of the season you think it's never going to get by, and then all of a sudden it winds down to nothing.

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 And it is really a rollercoaster ride.

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 It is a rollercoaster ride.

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 It is.

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 I mean, there's always going to be that team like a jack.

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 They're going to sit there, and they're going to go from, like, smooth, from A to Z.

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 But most teams are human.

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 They're going to have highs and lows.

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 And, you know, I don't have to tell you that Auburn's had their share of them.

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 But, boy, I tell you what, what a win over the weekend.

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 Coach, your thoughts just about snapping the losing streak, but not only that, snapping it against one of the brand teams that they're called Kentucky.

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 Well, it's an amazing thing to me, having been in the league and out for so many years, that the name Kentucky comes up.

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 It's like they're thinking about basketball.

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 And once they start thinking about basketball, they say, well, Kentucky's right there.

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 And that's the way it's always been over the years.

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 Kentucky's right there.

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 Sonny, I thought it was a big win for Auburn to come back in the last seconds, basically, to get a tip in to win the game.

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 Auburn just kept fighting to get the rebound.

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 Deshaun Murphy had a big game, 25 points, 10 rebounds.

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 And I thought the Auburn defense played a little bit better.

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 Kentucky actually went a significant time and had one field goal.

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 Sonny, that was a big win for Auburn, and Deshaun Murphy helped them get there.

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 I was a little bit concerned about their defense, if it was going to be good and if it was going to be capable of leading them up to the top of the league.

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 And I think we can throw that worry out.

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 I think Auburn has got a really good defense.

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 And they've got a little bit of depth to go with that now, and that's going to make a big difference.

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 Coach, talk to us about any time you've been there as a young coach taking over.

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 First-year coach is always growing pains.

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 How do you do this?

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 How do you do that?

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 But especially in this case where you're trying to take over for your daddy.

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 Obviously, there's been some issues with different personalities.

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 Of course, you never had that back in your day with guys.

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 I think, what was his name?

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 Barkley and some of those guys.

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 You never had that issue.

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 Or if you did, if I'm wrong on that, you can talk to us about how a coach handles that.

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 Well, I tell you what, when you've got a person like Barkley, you've got to make a decision.

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 Are you going to try to straighten him out?

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 Are you going to try to keep him?

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 Or are you going to shoot him?

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 But you know what, Charles Barkley, if you left him alone and if you didn't let him play

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 and you didn't coach much, he responded to that a lot better than the other guys did.

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 But he eventually adjusted to that.

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 But he was a freelance player, offensively and defensively.

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 And the style of play didn't make a difference to him.

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 He could play up and down or he could play half court.

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 He could do the whole deal.

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 I appreciate that word, freelance.

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 One thing about it, Coach, kids are not free now.

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 How do you handle it as a coach now that they're not free?

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 In other words, you've got some of these players making, in some cases, more money than some of your assistant coaches.

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 How do you deal with a modern athlete, given the fact that you're basically, some people call them semi-pro.

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 I'd call them pro as far as the money goes.

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 Yeah, I haven't thought about an answer for this.

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 But I would start out by saying, just be honest with them.

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 Be honest with them and find out where they're coming from and where you're coming from.

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 And see if you can balance those things together.

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 Because the kids today are a little bit different than what they are a while back.

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 And it might be, talent might be the same and all that.

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 But the thinking about the game and preparing yourself to play is a little bit different than it used to be.

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 Yeah.

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00:25:28,660 --> 00:25:29,080
 Absolutely.

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00:25:29,660 --> 00:25:31,900
 Let me ask you about Alabama.

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 They've won six consecutive games.

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 They held on to beat LSU 92-83 for their 20th win of the season.

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 In fact, that's the fourth consecutive year that Nate Oates has won 20 games for Alabama.

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 They had a little bit of a hangover, Sonny.

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 I guess when there are 232 points scored in one basketball game, the previous game, it's a little tough to get going for the next one.

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 That was one of the most incredible games in the history of the SEC.

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 Sonny, your thoughts on Alabama and Nate Oates right now?

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 The funny thing about them, they're a tremendous basketball team, tremendous coach, depth is good, and they go about their business in a quiet way.

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00:26:23,500 --> 00:26:28,300
 You know, you don't have a lot of highlights or headlines.

440
00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:34,560
 They just keep getting better and roam right along there.

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00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:39,600
 And pretty soon they're going to jump up and whoop somebody real bad, which they've already done.

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 Well, I'll tell you one thing.

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 That Acuff kid for Arkansas, Sonny, is pretty good.

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 He scored 49 points.

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00:26:49,520 --> 00:26:52,980
 People forgot that John Calipari can coach.

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 Alabama was fortunate.

447
00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:59,280
 They nearly fouled out the entire team by the time they got to double overtime.

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 But Acuff may end up getting the MVP in the league.

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00:27:03,420 --> 00:27:07,100
 But, Sonny, John Calipari can still coach a little basketball.

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 It doesn't matter the type of player that you give him.

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 He adjusted him to the way that he wants to play.

452
00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:23,880
 If you saw one John Calipari team, you've basically seen them all from a style.

453
00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:27,360
 He's going to have the John Calipari style.

454
00:27:27,360 --> 00:27:34,300
 And it's not overwhelming, and it's not one of those that restricts you too much.

455
00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:41,500
 But he's got a great style of play that's freedom and also tremendous defense.

456
00:27:41,980 --> 00:27:45,740
 And he's really a great coach, I think.

457
00:27:46,740 --> 00:27:52,040
 Coach, obviously Florida is right now the talk of the town across the league.

458
00:27:52,220 --> 00:27:59,380
 Your thoughts, would you agree with that, and if Florida is that and all that and a bag of chips at number one,

459
00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:02,180
 who is the second and or third best teams in the league?

460
00:28:04,580 --> 00:28:15,480
 This year has been the worst for me to even think about it because it's just the teams that you would expect them to be there and not there.

461
00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:23,480
 But now that it's starting to settle in, it looks to me like you've got an Alabama team that's really good.

462
00:28:24,140 --> 00:28:27,240
 You've got an Auburn team that's really good.

463
00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:31,620
 So you've got good basketball coming out of the state of Alabama right here.

464
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:38,560
 But this year, in this league, you don't have a really bad team.

465
00:28:39,140 --> 00:28:43,020
 Everybody can whip everybody, so the records would be a little bit different.

466
00:28:43,620 --> 00:28:48,260
 But I'm really impressed with basketball in the conference.

467
00:28:50,260 --> 00:28:51,460
 Sonny, I agree with you.

468
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:54,420
 And I'll tell you one thing, Rick Barnes still knows how to coach, too.

469
00:28:54,580 --> 00:29:02,680
 He's got that Tennessee team, and that's going to be quite a game between Alabama and Tennessee on Saturday in Knoxville.

470
00:29:03,180 --> 00:29:06,700
 Listen, we always enjoy the great conversation with you.

471
00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:12,480
 It's that time of the year, the last two weeks of the regular season and then the SEC tournament.

472
00:29:12,620 --> 00:29:14,480
 I know you love this time of the year.

473
00:29:14,820 --> 00:29:15,580
 Oh, I do.

474
00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:16,140
 Listen, have a great week.

475
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 Have a great week, and I hope we can do this again with you real soon.

476
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 Oh, any time with you guys, for sure.

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563
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564
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593
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594
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 How are you?

595
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 Yeah, boy.

596
00:35:22,540 --> 00:35:25,080
 That was pretty exciting stuff.

597
00:35:25,600 --> 00:35:32,980
 It was, I woke up so early, you know, by the time I felt exhausted by what, 7.30 a.m. out here.

598
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 Pacific time zone.

599
00:35:35,700 --> 00:35:38,880
 So I was pretty much done by the morning after watching that game.

600
00:35:39,220 --> 00:35:42,520
 But it was a good fun, good excitement there.

601
00:35:42,900 --> 00:35:51,200
 And really capped the whole tournament there was really, really, really, really exciting on the hockey side there.

602
00:35:51,300 --> 00:35:54,020
 I can see why Canada would be rather disappointed, though.

603
00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:59,100
 They were, well, they had tilted the ice the last two periods.

604
00:35:59,580 --> 00:36:05,480
 Really some great chances and only, you know, some star work by Connor Hellebuck in goal.

605
00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:11,360
 But I think the story for Canada in the end was I think they did miss Sidney Crosby a lot.

606
00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:13,900
 He really organizes the power play well.

607
00:36:14,700 --> 00:36:20,560
 And I'm not sure, you know, John Cooper seemed to keep mixing up his lines there, trying to find the right combinations.

608
00:36:20,860 --> 00:36:26,340
 But he never really did once Crosby went out earlier in the tournament.

609
00:36:27,360 --> 00:36:30,540
 Hellebuck really was something else in goal for USA.

610
00:36:30,780 --> 00:36:33,500
 And I think he was the real hero of that.

611
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:35,640
 Now, though, it's back to reality for all these guys.

612
00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:39,000
 Hellebuck is not having a good year for Winnipeg there.

613
00:36:39,220 --> 00:36:41,060
 He's not in the Vesna conversation.

614
00:36:41,700 --> 00:36:44,280
 For Canada, Jordan Bennington was pretty good in goal in the tournament.

615
00:36:44,460 --> 00:36:48,000
 He's having a wretched season in St. Louis, which is also having a bad season.

616
00:36:48,740 --> 00:36:52,160
 And, oh, by the way, Mike Sullivan, the coach for the U.S. Olympians, good for him.

617
00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:55,660
 He's now got an Olympic gold medal along with a couple of Stanley Cups at Pittsburgh.

618
00:36:56,460 --> 00:37:02,260
 But he has not been able to turn the trick with the Rangers this season.

619
00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:05,080
 I thought he was almost lucky to be keeping his job.

620
00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:09,360
 And maybe the Olympics job inflated him somewhat.

621
00:37:09,540 --> 00:37:11,520
 But he doesn't have that to fall back on anymore.

622
00:37:12,200 --> 00:37:16,080
 And I know a lot of Rangers fans want their team to start playing better, and they have not.

623
00:37:16,200 --> 00:37:18,680
 So it's back to the real world now in hockey.

624
00:37:20,060 --> 00:37:24,940
 Speaking of Olympics, is it safe to say that the U.S. stole Canada's heart and soul?

625
00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:34,180
 I mean, they get the crown in hockey and curling, which was those two sports was to Canada what maple syrup has been over the years.

626
00:37:34,260 --> 00:37:35,340
 So they just stole their heart.

627
00:37:35,500 --> 00:37:37,540
 That's the beautiful thing about the Olympics, is it not?

628
00:37:38,180 --> 00:37:38,940
 Yeah, it is.

629
00:37:39,260 --> 00:37:40,400
 And they are really down.

630
00:37:40,460 --> 00:37:42,880
 They're also down with the women's team losing the U.S. too.

631
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:47,500
 I mean, they are very upset up there.

632
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:53,580
 But, you know, just one of these things, these things, they can happen in hockey.

633
00:37:53,860 --> 00:37:58,600
 And they're still, Canada would still be favored over the U.S. if they played them 10 straight times.

634
00:37:58,660 --> 00:37:59,600
 It would be favored every time.

635
00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:03,320
 So the U.S. got them in the big one, and that's what mattered.

636
00:38:04,020 --> 00:38:05,920
 But it was a lot of what-ifs in that tournament.

637
00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:09,800
 I mean, I thought Fibon might have been the best team I saw in that tournament.

638
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:15,000
 That's a whole NHL lineup they had is most of the Dallas Stars on Finland's side.

639
00:38:15,240 --> 00:38:18,020
 So that was really sort of an NHL all-star game.

640
00:38:18,140 --> 00:38:21,240
 You just divided it up by the countries, put Sweden in there, too.

641
00:38:21,340 --> 00:38:22,900
 And, you know, Russia wasn't even participating.

642
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:26,140
 If they were, there's a lot of Russians in the NHL, too.

643
00:38:26,200 --> 00:38:28,740
 So in 2030, we'll see if they get back in there.

644
00:38:28,980 --> 00:38:31,780
 But these international tournaments can be fun if they really do it right.

645
00:38:31,820 --> 00:38:34,160
 And we saw it at Four Nations last year in the NHL, too.

646
00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:35,160
 That was really good fun.

647
00:38:35,620 --> 00:38:40,000
 And I think they'll go back to that in place of the traditional all-star game once again next year.

648
00:38:41,100 --> 00:38:48,320
 We talked last week about the over for the Alabama-Arkansas game, maybe close to 200.

649
00:38:49,760 --> 00:38:52,480
 And I texted you about that after it was over with.

650
00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:55,200
 I don't think you envision 232, though.

651
00:38:56,500 --> 00:39:06,600
 Yeah, the way the season has gone for me sometimes, I would have been perfect if I had the under-231 and lost by a point.

652
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:12,440
 I mean, that was just some sort of game there.

653
00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:15,200
 And, you know, what Acuff was doing.

654
00:39:15,380 --> 00:39:20,000
 I mean, we will see them both in the dance.

655
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:27,980
 And that's what, you know, if Alabama can get all of its games like that, where it's just up and down the court,

656
00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:29,120
 and they can shoot all the threes.

657
00:39:29,220 --> 00:39:31,760
 They didn't shoot as many threes in that game as they normally do.

658
00:39:32,560 --> 00:39:38,760
 But, I mean, they're capable of beating anybody, even the, you know, it would be, it would take a lot of things falling correctly.

659
00:39:38,940 --> 00:39:40,880
 But they all have a chance.

660
00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:48,200
 And I think at some point, though, you know, the Oates and the analytics and things with all those three-pointers will end up biting them.

661
00:39:48,260 --> 00:39:50,000
 But if there's a chance, it won't.

662
00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:51,640
 And they could outscore.

663
00:39:51,720 --> 00:39:53,660
 And I think Arkansas is going to keep getting better, too.

664
00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:58,720
 Calipari's teams usually do that late in the season, at least they did last year at Arkansas.

665
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,320
 So I wouldn't count the Razorbacks out of it either.

666
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670
00:40:24,220 --> 00:40:29,260
 And then this morning, that same Tuscaloosa judge by the name of Bruce is not going to grant the injunction.

671
00:40:30,200 --> 00:40:34,920
 If you're Alabama, at what point do you just say, let's just move on because it's obvious we can win.

672
00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:41,480
 At what point does this become too big of a distraction given all the pressure you're already facing just trying to win ballgames?

673
00:40:41,860 --> 00:40:45,200
 I think, you know, Harold, it's what, February 24 today?

674
00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:47,060
 I think they should move on right now.

675
00:40:47,200 --> 00:40:51,600
 I mean, we're two weeks in front of the SEC tournament, and they're not going to get this stuff resolved.

676
00:40:51,980 --> 00:41:00,920
 From what I gather, the next step is going to the Alabama Supreme Court and looking for an injunction there.

677
00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:15,360
 If they think they can speed that up and get it within the next week, I don't know how the court process goes, you know, in Alabama and how quickly that would work, you know, in Montgomery.

678
00:41:15,620 --> 00:41:20,240
 But they're, you know, the other thing is, too, I mean, Bediaco played five games.

679
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:23,380
 They were three and two in those five games.

680
00:41:23,780 --> 00:41:30,760
 So I don't know that it's that necessary in the angst that it's really worth it right now.

681
00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:43,700
 I am a little surprised that a more of a, you know, localized judge didn't rule in Alabama's favor just because that's the Trinidad-Chambliss theory from Mississippi.

682
00:41:43,700 --> 00:41:47,280
 You get a local judge, you're supposed to get a favorable ruling.

683
00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:52,140
 But, you know, I hate to see the NCAA win anything.

684
00:41:52,580 --> 00:41:56,500
 So I've been sort of cheering for Bediaco just to throw it in the NCAA's face.

685
00:41:56,840 --> 00:42:01,540
 And he may end up winning this thing eventually, but it's right now for this season, it's a time thing.

686
00:42:01,700 --> 00:42:05,240
 And I just think maybe the tide's better off moving on, but we'll see.

687
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:10,080
 Let me ask you about a couple of games this week in the SEC.

688
00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:13,320
 Auburn and Oklahoma tonight.

689
00:42:14,500 --> 00:42:17,700
 Porter Moser is on the hot seat, to say the least.

690
00:42:18,300 --> 00:42:20,080
 They won a couple of games lately.

691
00:42:20,280 --> 00:42:24,300
 Auburn had a big win over Kentucky on Saturday.

692
00:42:24,300 --> 00:42:30,080
 Mark Pope went off after the game, and the SEC fined him $25,000 this morning.

693
00:42:31,720 --> 00:42:33,980
 And a big game in the SEC.

694
00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:37,300
 Tennessee's beaten Alabama five consecutive times.

695
00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:39,900
 Alabama's going to Knoxville.

696
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,920
 They hit a mid-court shot last year at the buzzer.

697
00:42:43,600 --> 00:42:44,700
 That won the game.

698
00:42:44,860 --> 00:42:46,080
 Your thoughts tonight.

699
00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:52,940
 Auburn, again, needing another win against Oklahoma in a big matchup Saturday afternoon with Alabama,

700
00:42:52,940 --> 00:42:56,560
 number 17 at number 22, Tennessee.

701
00:42:57,560 --> 00:43:05,960
 I think Auburn is setting up as one of the more fascinating case studies here for the selection committee.

702
00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:14,440
 Because the metrics don't look all that bad for them with some of the numbers.

703
00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:18,580
 Although, you know, the record, you know, isn't great.

704
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:26,620
 But the losses they have had have been, you know, good.

705
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:35,600
 There's no such thing as really a good loss in all these calculations, although it does help the schedule strength some.

706
00:43:35,660 --> 00:43:40,380
 And I think in the end, that schedule strength thing may work in Auburn's favor.

707
00:43:40,780 --> 00:43:46,420
 Because it's a top ten, if last I checked, maybe even a top five schedule strength.

708
00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:48,580
 So that's one of the factors that might figure it.

709
00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:51,660
 Having said that, they got a win tonight, though.

710
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:54,700
 I mean, I think this was a damaging loss.

711
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:57,100
 And, you know, they had five in a row.

712
00:43:57,420 --> 00:44:05,020
 You know, it is tough for a team straddling the cut line to lose five straight in February and still get a call on selection Sunday.

713
00:44:05,140 --> 00:44:06,760
 And they didn't win that, pull that thing out.

714
00:44:07,260 --> 00:44:10,960
 And they tried to lose that game on Saturday against Kentucky, too.

715
00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:12,360
 It'd be tough.

716
00:44:12,420 --> 00:44:13,180
 But I do agree with you.

717
00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:16,380
 Mosher's in some, Mosher's got to be in some trouble here.

718
00:44:16,620 --> 00:44:18,380
 And it just hasn't worked.

719
00:44:19,260 --> 00:44:20,340
 They're not incapable.

720
00:44:20,580 --> 00:44:22,160
 They have a couple of wins that aren't bad.

721
00:44:22,320 --> 00:44:25,700
 But you're sitting 3-11 at this stage, 13-14.

722
00:44:27,220 --> 00:44:29,380
 I think Auburn should get this in a night.

723
00:44:29,460 --> 00:44:32,880
 But if they don't, I think they're starting to trend the wrong way.

724
00:44:33,020 --> 00:44:36,120
 I mean, you can't take all these SEC teams into the tournament.

725
00:44:36,260 --> 00:44:39,540
 I don't think they get quite as many teams as they got last year on selection Sunday.

726
00:44:40,060 --> 00:44:45,720
 And if that's the case, Auburn better not give the committee any reason to look unfavorably upon it.

727
00:44:46,380 --> 00:44:47,920
 I agree with you, Bruce.

728
00:44:47,980 --> 00:44:49,980
 If I lost to Florida tonight, it'd be one thing.

729
00:44:50,020 --> 00:44:54,680
 But you can't lose a team with that record and expect to get any love from the committee.

730
00:44:54,680 --> 00:44:59,640
 So, in some ways, playing a team with a bad record can also be bad for you if things go south on you.

731
00:44:59,980 --> 00:45:01,440
 Bruce, talk to us about it.

732
00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:04,800
 It's obvious that basketball, unlike football, it's a marathon.

733
00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:07,840
 I mean, everybody was in love with Bucky Ball at Texas A&M.

734
00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:09,360
 Then they were in love with Vanderbilt.

735
00:45:09,860 --> 00:45:11,440
 Both teams have come back to earth.

736
00:45:11,560 --> 00:45:13,900
 Your thoughts about where things are now, it's hard to believe.

737
00:45:13,960 --> 00:45:16,400
 Just three games left in the regular season.

738
00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:19,620
 Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, obviously they've learned a lot.

739
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:26,260
 But where are things right now across the league outside of maybe the impenetrable Florida Gators?

740
00:45:27,100 --> 00:45:30,080
 Well, I think that's where the main storyline is right now.

741
00:45:30,340 --> 00:45:34,200
 And if you look at Florida's losses there, they were most all of them early.

742
00:45:34,380 --> 00:45:35,960
 I know there's that one shocker.

743
00:45:36,060 --> 00:45:37,040
 They had the Auburn one.

744
00:45:37,100 --> 00:45:40,380
 But they had, you know, losses earlier in the season.

745
00:45:40,580 --> 00:45:41,560
 And they were close.

746
00:45:41,620 --> 00:45:42,800
 And they were against good teams.

747
00:45:42,940 --> 00:45:45,980
 I guess they had that one loss in San Diego, too, that I can excuse.

748
00:45:46,980 --> 00:45:52,980
 But they, I guess, TCU, but they can, you know, they look like the team to me.

749
00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:56,460
 And I think the rest of them are going to be in the mix.

750
00:45:56,920 --> 00:46:02,980
 But I really think at this stage, Florida is the only SEC team to me that looks like a Final Four caliber team.

751
00:46:03,080 --> 00:46:14,260
 When you look at the whole country, as this season is shaken out here, I'm not sure that I see more than five or six teams actually winning this tournament.

752
00:46:15,160 --> 00:46:19,300
 And last year, I had to say double that, or maybe triple.

753
00:46:20,040 --> 00:46:28,440
 But I think you got, and Duke certainly made its statement the other night, Michigan will be there, Arizona is there, and Florida, I would say, is the other.

754
00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:32,920
 Right now, if you had to give me four teams to make the Final Four, there's your four.

755
00:46:34,080 --> 00:46:37,520
 And, you know, Houston's starting to lose some ground here.

756
00:46:38,220 --> 00:46:40,500
 Iowa State's lost some games.

757
00:46:41,540 --> 00:46:43,160
 I guess UConn could be in there.

758
00:46:44,800 --> 00:46:48,540
 You know, as of last week, I thought Illinois might have had a shot to be in there.

759
00:46:48,600 --> 00:46:50,620
 And then they lose that game, blow that big lead at UCLA.

760
00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:55,820
 I think it's a pretty much closed fraternity this year.

761
00:46:55,900 --> 00:46:57,060
 These teams, they can win it.

762
00:46:57,060 --> 00:46:58,040
 Florida's one of them.

763
00:46:58,620 --> 00:47:02,280
 But there's, I think that's the only one in the SEC that's got a real shot.

764
00:47:02,620 --> 00:47:04,460
 Could be wrong, but that's the way I see it right now.

765
00:47:05,320 --> 00:47:07,740
 Yeah, I think some of these teams have hit a wall.

766
00:47:08,380 --> 00:47:11,240
 Give us your thoughts, Alabama-Tennessee Saturday.

767
00:47:12,220 --> 00:47:12,500
 Yeah.

768
00:47:13,220 --> 00:47:15,160
 Tennessee's won eight of nine.

769
00:47:16,560 --> 00:47:18,280
 And they have really picked up the pace.

770
00:47:18,460 --> 00:47:21,260
 By the way, this is a crucial one tonight for Missouri, by the way.

771
00:47:21,900 --> 00:47:23,640
 And we'll see how they met.

772
00:47:23,720 --> 00:47:28,820
 Missouri's got those six, nine, six, ten guys out there on the perimeter who really caused some matchup problems.

773
00:47:29,660 --> 00:47:31,540
 Mitchell and Pierce, so they could be trouble.

774
00:47:32,500 --> 00:47:36,300
 But I've, Tennessee is better than I thought it was going to be.

775
00:47:36,800 --> 00:47:44,080
 And, you know, I give Coach, you know, I give Coach Barnes a lot of credit what he has done.

776
00:47:44,200 --> 00:47:47,880
 And Amon has come on like such gangbusters here.

777
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:55,820
 And he is really, he is really going to, you know, stop, you know, he's very, very difficult to stop.

778
00:47:55,920 --> 00:47:57,120
 And we know what Gillespie can do.

779
00:47:57,720 --> 00:47:59,060
 They are just solid all run.

780
00:47:59,120 --> 00:48:00,340
 I'm fascinated by this game.

781
00:48:00,680 --> 00:48:02,620
 They went into Vanderbilt last week.

782
00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:05,420
 We know Vanderbilt likes to run like crazy.

783
00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:07,560
 And they slowed them down.

784
00:48:08,020 --> 00:48:09,880
 And they won that game in Nashville.

785
00:48:10,440 --> 00:48:13,240
 So, that impressed me very much.

786
00:48:13,360 --> 00:48:16,560
 They also beat, you know, A&M earlier.

787
00:48:18,140 --> 00:48:19,220
 Dial clash here.

788
00:48:19,280 --> 00:48:20,440
 They get Alabama at home.

789
00:48:21,020 --> 00:48:22,720
 I'm kind of thinking Tennessee there.

790
00:48:23,020 --> 00:48:27,220
 But once Alabama starts hitting, you know, all these threes, they've got a chance.

791
00:48:27,220 --> 00:48:33,220
 But Tennessee is looking to me like a team that has a chance to make a run to the second weekend for sure.

792
00:48:33,480 --> 00:48:34,440
 Maybe even a little further.

793
00:48:34,560 --> 00:48:34,840
 We'll see.

794
00:48:36,180 --> 00:48:39,060
 Bruce Marshall again, amongst other places, Vegas and Saturday.

795
00:48:39,180 --> 00:48:40,340
 Always fun to ask.

796
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:44,800
 You're under the radar game for tonight and tomorrow night.

797
00:48:44,940 --> 00:48:46,580
 And one final question, Bruce.

798
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:48,500
 LSU is at Ole Miss.

799
00:48:48,740 --> 00:48:50,320
 Will Lane Kiffin attend that game?

800
00:48:52,280 --> 00:48:54,800
 I think not, unless he comes in a disguise.

801
00:48:54,800 --> 00:48:58,040
 He might go fake beard and sunglasses.

802
00:48:58,280 --> 00:48:59,020
 Maybe he'll throw up.

803
00:49:00,740 --> 00:49:01,860
 Although, who knows?

804
00:49:01,940 --> 00:49:06,780
 LSU might have him coaching the team because I don't think Matt McMahon's going to be there much longer.

805
00:49:07,140 --> 00:49:08,800
 Okay, here's a couple for tonight and tomorrow.

806
00:49:08,960 --> 00:49:09,940
 They're actually out here in the West.

807
00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:12,280
 USC, UCLA tonight.

808
00:49:12,460 --> 00:49:13,820
 There's always interesting things there.

809
00:49:13,860 --> 00:49:17,740
 Hey, I'm working on a book on when Bob Boyd pulled the stall out on UCLA.

810
00:49:18,040 --> 00:49:19,100
 He hated me to say stall.

811
00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:23,180
 But back in the late 60s and beat Llewells and that.

812
00:49:23,180 --> 00:49:26,480
 But anyway, USC is now in a little bit of trouble.

813
00:49:26,780 --> 00:49:27,900
 They've lost three in a row.

814
00:49:29,120 --> 00:49:31,940
 Gilbert Arenas' son, he got out of school.

815
00:49:32,120 --> 00:49:34,220
 They activated him in January.

816
00:49:35,040 --> 00:49:36,860
 And he had really been coming on gangbusters.

817
00:49:37,160 --> 00:49:42,340
 But apparently he was playing with, like, the flu last week and had a couple of off games.

818
00:49:43,120 --> 00:49:45,440
 They're a seven-and-a-half point underdog at UCLA.

819
00:49:45,640 --> 00:49:50,840
 I know UCLA's all excited about winning that game against Illinois in the comeback and Donovan Dent with his tie.

820
00:49:50,920 --> 00:49:52,200
 I said he'd like drive at the end of the game.

821
00:49:52,780 --> 00:49:54,400
 This looks too many points to me.

822
00:49:55,420 --> 00:50:01,900
 When this matchup throughout the years has looked close on paper, it has looked close on the court, too.

823
00:50:02,220 --> 00:50:03,160
 Seven-and-a-half's too many.

824
00:50:03,360 --> 00:50:05,160
 I'll take USC definitely tonight.

825
00:50:05,600 --> 00:50:08,200
 In the late-night action in the Big Ten now out in LA.

826
00:50:08,580 --> 00:50:10,940
 Tomorrow night, another one out here.

827
00:50:11,560 --> 00:50:14,000
 Santa Clara's playing St. Mary's in Moraga.

828
00:50:14,200 --> 00:50:15,360
 So St. Mary's is at home.

829
00:50:15,940 --> 00:50:22,840
 Very, very big game as far as the cut line goes, especially Santa Clara, which is hanging right around the 11 line,

830
00:50:22,920 --> 00:50:25,020
 if you listen to Joe Linardi and some of those others.

831
00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:29,060
 Bracketologists, they are really good.

832
00:50:29,120 --> 00:50:30,620
 They beat St. Mary's at home earlier.

833
00:50:31,700 --> 00:50:34,060
 They have got so much balance and firepower.

834
00:50:34,200 --> 00:50:36,020
 This is Herb Sendik's best team he's had there.

835
00:50:36,160 --> 00:50:41,460
 I think they go into Moraga and win, and that might be enough to put them on the safe side of the cut line.

836
00:50:41,640 --> 00:50:43,500
 But they'll be a slight underdog tomorrow night.

837
00:50:43,840 --> 00:50:44,780
 Two very good games.

838
00:50:45,120 --> 00:50:47,040
 Late night, West Coast action.

839
00:50:47,480 --> 00:50:49,040
 Watch them tonight and tomorrow night.

840
00:50:50,900 --> 00:50:53,880
 College basketball, the NBA, hockey.

841
00:50:55,200 --> 00:50:59,380
 If there's a sport, Bruce Marshall covers it.

842
00:50:59,640 --> 00:51:02,520
 Where can we get online and steal the gold standard?

843
00:51:02,720 --> 00:51:08,440
 Where can we get online and get all your 47 platforms to get the absolute latest?

844
00:51:09,120 --> 00:51:10,140
 Thank you, Brett.

845
00:51:10,540 --> 00:51:13,520
 Yeah, we've got hockey's coming back tomorrow night, Thursday night.

846
00:51:13,620 --> 00:51:14,780
 So NHL's back, too.

847
00:51:15,300 --> 00:51:15,920
 NBA's back.

848
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 College hoops.

849
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 It's getting exciting.

850
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 Check out my old places, VegasInsider.com.

851
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 Also, CBS Sportsline, Sportsline.com.

852
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 Picks up there.

853
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 Also, fix it with a different twist.

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 Winnersandwiners.com.

855
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 Picksandparlays.com.

856
00:51:30,160 --> 00:51:32,640
 Bruce, it's always good to catch up with you, man.

857
00:51:32,700 --> 00:51:35,980
 And all we want for Christmas, according to the hockey team, is our two-front tee.

858
00:51:36,100 --> 00:51:37,660
 Thanks so much, and have a great week.

859
00:51:37,700 --> 00:51:38,180
 Okay, buddy?

860
00:51:38,740 --> 00:51:39,440
 Okay, boys.

861
00:51:39,480 --> 00:51:39,900
 Thank you.

862
00:51:40,500 --> 00:51:41,080
 Thank you, Billy.

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 Marsha, Vegas Insider, BB.

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 We don't have to go all the way to Italy to catch some good action coming up this afternoon.

865
00:51:47,440 --> 00:51:48,880
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866
00:51:48,880 --> 00:51:50,640
 You're on 93.9 and score at four.

867
00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:56,360
 Lunderdale County, Marsha, girls, followed by, you guessed it, at 545, if you're on schedule,

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869
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 That's right here on 93.9, the score.

870
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946
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949
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950
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966
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967
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1002
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 27 tournament trips.

1003
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 Five journeys to Omaha.

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1007
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1008
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1023
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1025
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1026
01:01:12,960 --> 01:01:18,380
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1027
01:01:19,220 --> 01:01:19,940
 Welcome back in.

1028
01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:21,180
 I was here to the Boomo Bugg Show.

1029
01:01:21,280 --> 01:01:22,860
 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

1030
01:01:22,960 --> 01:01:25,900
 Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

1031
01:01:26,060 --> 01:01:30,520
 And for Joe Cox who spins every Saturday down south.

1032
01:01:30,660 --> 01:01:32,880
 It's because he works at Saturday down south.

1033
01:01:32,960 --> 01:01:33,680
 Joe, welcome in.

1034
01:01:33,740 --> 01:01:34,280
 How are you?

1035
01:01:35,140 --> 01:01:35,540
 Good.

1036
01:01:35,620 --> 01:01:36,260
 All right.

1037
01:01:36,800 --> 01:01:39,120
 Everything going along pretty smoothly here.

1038
01:01:39,600 --> 01:01:46,340
 I know getting to see a little bit of baseball gives us some hope that maybe it won't be as cold as it's been the last day or two.

1039
01:01:47,620 --> 01:01:49,620
 Speaking of hope, let's go to the Pope.

1040
01:01:49,620 --> 01:01:54,720
 And he is a little bit poorer today because of his trip to Auburn over the weekend.

1041
01:01:54,880 --> 01:01:56,460
 He did not like the officiating.

1042
01:01:57,040 --> 01:02:00,220
 He had to pay out of the teeth this week because of his opinions.

1043
01:02:00,660 --> 01:02:07,420
 Your thoughts on the game and if you're a coach, obviously when you're perfect, you're going to say, why'd you do that?

1044
01:02:07,500 --> 01:02:10,460
 But these coaches, it's about passion, is it not?

1045
01:02:11,380 --> 01:02:12,020
 It is.

1046
01:02:12,320 --> 01:02:16,740
 I felt like the hungrier team came up with the win in that game.

1047
01:02:17,880 --> 01:02:22,760
 You know, Auburn really did a good job scrapping to make it happen there at the end.

1048
01:02:22,940 --> 01:02:27,020
 The team that makes the last play is generally going to be the team that's in good shape in the SEC.

1049
01:02:27,020 --> 01:02:29,940
 And, you know, they were able to do that.

1050
01:02:30,360 --> 01:02:33,520
 You know, kind of gets them a little bit off the bubble.

1051
01:02:33,780 --> 01:02:38,100
 But for Kentucky, you're sliding, you know, in the opposite direction.

1052
01:02:38,220 --> 01:02:39,260
 You're going right toward it.

1053
01:02:39,340 --> 01:02:43,760
 So these are two teams that I don't think are resting particularly easy right now.

1054
01:02:44,460 --> 01:02:46,220
 Joe, talk to us about Kentucky.

1055
01:02:46,340 --> 01:02:49,560
 The reason if you're brand new to the show, you live in the Bluegrass State.

1056
01:02:49,620 --> 01:02:50,860
 You know it better than we do.

1057
01:02:51,480 --> 01:02:55,020
 Is it sad to say that Kentucky basketball is a cousin to Alabama football?

1058
01:02:55,160 --> 01:02:57,300
 There's only one thing that's going to make the fans happy.

1059
01:02:57,380 --> 01:02:58,200
 And you know what that is.

1060
01:02:58,220 --> 01:02:59,600
 It's the big C, the championship.

1061
01:03:00,480 --> 01:03:04,340
 That you get the honeymoon, but then you've got to get down to reality.

1062
01:03:05,080 --> 01:03:10,220
 Do you see a lot of parallels between what Pope's going through there and maybe what DeBoer's going through at Alabama?

1063
01:03:10,400 --> 01:03:14,000
 I mean, these fans, they'll give you a little slack, but not a whole lot of slack.

1064
01:03:15,000 --> 01:03:15,360
 Absolutely.

1065
01:03:15,360 --> 01:03:18,740
 I think that's a very similar situation.

1066
01:03:19,080 --> 01:03:28,200
 I actually, you know, this morning I had this very thought about the two programs and how we're in this world now with NIL money and the portal.

1067
01:03:28,660 --> 01:03:30,360
 You know, there's going to be more parity.

1068
01:03:30,520 --> 01:03:34,100
 There's going to be some Indiana footballs in there who pop up.

1069
01:03:34,320 --> 01:03:36,620
 And, you know, I can't say Michigan basketball.

1070
01:03:37,000 --> 01:03:42,460
 You know, they've had some runs here and there, but that's not usually a team that you're going, wow, they're as good as anybody.

1071
01:03:42,700 --> 01:03:46,840
 So, you know, the upside is if you're a fan of those teams, great, good for you.

1072
01:03:46,920 --> 01:03:52,640
 If you're an Alabama football fan, if you're a Kentucky basketball fan, parity is not really what you're in the market for.

1073
01:03:52,640 --> 01:03:52,860
 Nope.

1074
01:03:53,540 --> 01:03:58,220
 You want the good old always have it to have it again.

1075
01:03:58,480 --> 01:04:01,100
 And it's going to be harder and harder to see that.

1076
01:04:01,220 --> 01:04:02,920
 Now, how much patience is there going to be?

1077
01:04:02,980 --> 01:04:05,840
 My guess is about as much in Lexington as in Tuscaloosa.

1078
01:04:06,120 --> 01:04:16,220
 Yeah, your colleague Adam Spencer had his top five contenders for SEC Men's Basketball Player of the Year.

1079
01:04:16,980 --> 01:04:19,160
 And you can't argue with a lot of these guys.

1080
01:04:19,520 --> 01:04:21,820
 Thomas Howell from Florida.

1081
01:04:22,480 --> 01:04:24,520
 Josh Hubbard from Mississippi State.

1082
01:04:24,600 --> 01:04:26,560
 He went off on Auburn last week.

1083
01:04:27,220 --> 01:04:33,840
 Tyler Tanner from Vanderbilt, who has had a very good season averaging nearly 19 points a game.

1084
01:04:33,840 --> 01:04:39,280
 LeBaron Phylon from Alabama went off for 35 on the Hogs.

1085
01:04:39,460 --> 01:04:44,040
 And Darius Acuff, who went off on 49 on Alabama.

1086
01:04:44,760 --> 01:04:45,940
 Who's Joe Cotton?

1087
01:04:45,940 --> 01:04:51,040
 We've got two, again, four games, two weeks left in the season for the tournament.

1088
01:04:51,720 --> 01:04:54,180
 Who is your MVP of the league right now?

1089
01:04:54,680 --> 01:04:58,540
 I think those last two are the guys who I would kind of circle.

1090
01:04:59,120 --> 01:05:05,160
 No disrespect to Florida, but for them, I feel like it's largely been a team situation.

1091
01:05:05,160 --> 01:05:11,900
 It's hard to pick out one guy who's the big gun, and sometimes that works really well for them because you can't just shut down one guy.

1092
01:05:12,540 --> 01:05:14,060
 Phylon, you know, came in.

1093
01:05:14,100 --> 01:05:18,700
 I think people said that's probably the best scorer in the league, and he's been right there.

1094
01:05:18,780 --> 01:05:20,420
 He's pretty much lived up to that.

1095
01:05:21,040 --> 01:05:27,280
 Acuff, you know, you see that's that John Calipari guard, the guy who can just be the alpha dog.

1096
01:05:27,520 --> 01:05:33,580
 And, you know, you're going to have some games where it doesn't work, but you're going to have some others where he's the best guy on the floor.

1097
01:05:33,580 --> 01:05:40,920
 So, to me, those two guys, just in terms of total body of work and where they're at right now, those are the two I kind of have mentally circled.

1098
01:05:41,820 --> 01:05:43,440
 Joe Cox, Saturday down south.

1099
01:05:43,540 --> 01:05:47,800
 We'll get to see a couple of those names that Brett mentioned tomorrow night on the same court.

1100
01:05:48,320 --> 01:05:50,760
 Mr. Hubbard with State, Mr. Phylon with Alabama.

1101
01:05:51,400 --> 01:05:57,460
 Joe, your thoughts about, obviously, I know what the paper game says in that game, but given the psychology,

1102
01:05:57,660 --> 01:06:02,560
 Alabama's got a pretty big game on Saturday with arch-rival Tennessee and after that Auburn.

1103
01:06:02,560 --> 01:06:05,140
 But your thoughts about Bama's next two games.

1104
01:06:05,280 --> 01:06:12,940
 First, the date with State in Tuscaloosa and then on the road to a place that's tough even for the Boston Celtics to win in Knoxville.

1105
01:06:13,800 --> 01:06:14,920
 Yeah, absolutely.

1106
01:06:15,160 --> 01:06:22,920
 You can't afford to look past this first one and, you know, Josh Hubbard's exhibit A as to why that 35-point half.

1107
01:06:23,040 --> 01:06:31,880
 And, yes, I said 35-point half against Auburn is testimony to what can happen if you let that little dude get an inch of space.

1108
01:06:31,880 --> 01:06:35,360
 So, that's going to be agenda matter number one.

1109
01:06:35,960 --> 01:06:41,800
 You know, Nate Oates has got to have one and probably two guys everywhere he goes, make his life difficult.

1110
01:06:42,000 --> 01:06:47,340
 He's still going to score a lot of points, but you can make him, you know, use a lot of shots and not make it easy.

1111
01:06:47,460 --> 01:06:49,760
 And if they do that, I think they're going to be in pretty good shape.

1112
01:06:50,000 --> 01:06:58,320
 Tennessee, you know, boy, right now, Alabama and Tennessee, two of the teams, I think, can have about the best momentum in terms of their situation.

1113
01:06:58,520 --> 01:07:03,120
 Alabama hit kind of a rough patch, but they've really done well and played through that, and Tennessee did too.

1114
01:07:03,280 --> 01:07:06,740
 And they're both, you know, kind of coming around and rounding into form.

1115
01:07:06,860 --> 01:07:08,340
 Obviously, everybody wants to be Florida.

1116
01:07:08,460 --> 01:07:11,180
 You want to be the one who's number one in the league by a couple games.

1117
01:07:11,360 --> 01:07:14,960
 But if you can't do that, it's not a bad thing to be where those two are.

1118
01:07:16,080 --> 01:07:22,960
 Joe Lenardi's been saying the SEC could get nine or ten teams in.

1119
01:07:23,120 --> 01:07:31,580
 In fact, right now, there are nine teams with an above .500 record, 8-6, Georgia 7-7.

1120
01:07:32,340 --> 01:07:37,520
 Alabama's got them next Tuesday night, then Auburn 6-8 with the game at Oklahoma.

1121
01:07:38,320 --> 01:07:40,600
 We'll see how this pans out.

1122
01:07:40,880 --> 01:07:45,780
 Auburn, I think, is going to eventually be in if they win some games with their strength of schedule.

1123
01:07:46,080 --> 01:07:47,580
 The hard one wins.

1124
01:07:48,520 --> 01:07:53,380
 How many teams from the SEC, according to Joe Cox, would get in the tournament?

1125
01:07:54,480 --> 01:07:56,720
 I'd say nine or ten is a reasonable thing.

1126
01:07:56,860 --> 01:08:01,040
 I mean, you look at the league, and those bottom four, I think you can just strike them out.

1127
01:08:01,160 --> 01:08:04,900
 They're not, you know, unless they do something insane in Nashville, they're not going anywhere.

1128
01:08:05,480 --> 01:08:07,300
 Mississippi State's barely above them.

1129
01:08:07,360 --> 01:08:08,380
 So that's the five.

1130
01:08:08,460 --> 01:08:10,180
 I think you can just take them off the table.

1131
01:08:10,300 --> 01:08:11,080
 That leaves 11.

1132
01:08:11,200 --> 01:08:16,080
 Now, out of that 11, yeah, seven or eight are pretty well locked solid.

1133
01:08:16,520 --> 01:08:20,600
 The battle's going to be to get that ninth spot and maybe that tenth spot.

1134
01:08:21,060 --> 01:08:27,560
 The only thing that's going to hurt the league is not having some big superpower, Goliath, to be number one overall.

1135
01:08:27,800 --> 01:08:31,960
 It's a quality league top to bottom, but that doesn't always resonate.

1136
01:08:32,480 --> 01:08:35,580
 Florida's very good, but Florida's not the glamour team right now.

1137
01:08:35,640 --> 01:08:38,900
 So that might pinch the SEC come Selection Sunday.

1138
01:08:39,900 --> 01:08:41,540
 Joe Cox, Saturday down south.

1139
01:08:41,620 --> 01:08:42,860
 Joe, can you make us a promise?

1140
01:08:42,980 --> 01:08:47,780
 One of these days, we can talk about basketball on the court instead of in a courtroom.

1141
01:08:48,280 --> 01:08:50,960
 More this morning from our neck of the woods.

1142
01:08:51,160 --> 01:08:56,660
 Judge refuses Charles Mediaco's request to play Alabama basketball amid appeal.

1143
01:08:57,100 --> 01:09:00,020
 We know yesterday Charles said, I'm going to appeal today.

1144
01:09:00,580 --> 01:09:06,520
 Judge Daniel Pruitt says, not so fast, my friend, denied his injunction earlier from this month.

1145
01:09:06,520 --> 01:09:10,720
 And basically, if we understand it right, here's what it means in a nutshell.

1146
01:09:10,920 --> 01:09:16,620
 Won't be able to play with Alabama against state or matchups to come in the postseason as of now.

1147
01:09:16,820 --> 01:09:20,540
 But his appeal to the Alabama Supreme Court remains active.

1148
01:09:21,200 --> 01:09:23,640
 Joe, we asked this earlier.

1149
01:09:23,960 --> 01:09:34,220
 At what point does Alabama say, this is becoming too big of a distraction, and it's superseding what we need to focus on, and that is a laser focus on what we can control?

1150
01:09:35,040 --> 01:09:42,160
 Yeah, I think you're getting very near that time, just because you don't want to be fiddling with the rotation.

1151
01:09:42,160 --> 01:09:46,280
 And again, I got him back and kind of had some trouble with that very thing.

1152
01:09:46,280 --> 01:09:53,320
 At some point, the anticipated return is smaller than the difficulty for the guys to have.

1153
01:09:54,640 --> 01:10:04,260
 But yeah, what a weird situation, and it feels like we're all getting more legal news than we signed up for on the sports beat these days.

1154
01:10:04,680 --> 01:10:14,080
 But, you know, if the NCAA ever muscles up and decides to get back in the policing game, it might cut some of this down, but it also might not.

1155
01:10:14,160 --> 01:10:15,180
 We'll find out, I guess.

1156
01:10:16,720 --> 01:10:24,620
 We're also getting in that time of the year to where there's speculation about coaches leaving the league, whether they want to or not.

1157
01:10:25,020 --> 01:10:27,240
 Porter Moser at Oklahoma.

1158
01:10:28,320 --> 01:10:32,400
 McMahon at LSU, a lot of people more or less look at that as a given.

1159
01:10:33,160 --> 01:10:35,920
 Lamont Paris at South Carolina.

1160
01:10:36,640 --> 01:10:45,320
 Chris Beard is a good coach, but they're in a long losing streak, and this year is pretty much over with him.

1161
01:10:45,860 --> 01:10:50,680
 Joe, how many changes would be made in the SEC at the end of the season?

1162
01:10:51,420 --> 01:10:59,120
 You know, less than a handful would seem the likely answer, I think, between the fact that you're going to get more teams in the tournament and out.

1163
01:10:59,640 --> 01:11:02,560
 I think that's going to, you know, obviously help on that front.

1164
01:11:02,560 --> 01:11:08,980
 And, you know, you get a few guys who are still just kind of finding their way, and it wouldn't seem right to cut them loose.

1165
01:11:09,480 --> 01:11:12,900
 I don't think we'll have as much turnaround as we did in football.

1166
01:11:13,500 --> 01:11:17,120
 So, you know, three or four seems like the outside limit.

1167
01:11:17,420 --> 01:11:23,240
 But I'm going to improvise a second here and put in a plug for a guy who I'm going to be watching for.

1168
01:11:23,320 --> 01:11:28,560
 And I think however many openings there are, keep an eye out for Josh Schertz from St. Louis.

1169
01:11:29,860 --> 01:11:33,040
 Just a really big believer in that guy as a coach.

1170
01:11:33,800 --> 01:11:40,220
 He and I have, we were there at different times, but we both have passed through Lincoln Memorial as a Division II school.

1171
01:11:40,880 --> 01:11:43,700
 And the only thing that Schertz does is win games.

1172
01:11:43,820 --> 01:11:44,620
 He's not glamorous.

1173
01:11:44,940 --> 01:11:47,920
 He's not going to make headlines or win press conferences.

1174
01:11:48,140 --> 01:11:53,780
 But some school is going to grab that guy from St. Louis, and they're going to get a guy who's just going to show up and win games.

1175
01:11:53,840 --> 01:11:54,980
 And they'll be glad they did.

1176
01:11:56,480 --> 01:11:58,900
 Joe, whoever gets him is going to get a unique coach.

1177
01:11:59,000 --> 01:12:02,620
 But how many coaches hire someone whose mascot is a Billiken?

1178
01:12:02,780 --> 01:12:04,020
 So there you have it with St. Louis.

1179
01:12:04,100 --> 01:12:07,280
 I promise you he's going to be unique if and when that happens.

1180
01:12:07,280 --> 01:12:14,300
 But your thoughts, speaking of coaches who are finding out that the SEC basketball is a grind.

1181
01:12:14,600 --> 01:12:19,580
 At one time, Texas A&M and Vanderbilt were the rock stars, and now they've come back to earth.

1182
01:12:19,680 --> 01:12:24,640
 Your thoughts about just the statement that those two teams make and getting ready for the postseason.

1183
01:12:24,820 --> 01:12:28,180
 Can they get their mojo back in the postseason, especially Bandits in their own backyard?

1184
01:12:29,300 --> 01:12:31,160
 Yeah, I mean, they certainly can.

1185
01:12:31,360 --> 01:12:35,900
 It's not like their success in the early part of the season was a fluke.

1186
01:12:35,900 --> 01:12:39,860
 I do think they kind of ran into the grind of the league.

1187
01:12:39,960 --> 01:12:44,400
 You're talking about two teams that played two of the easier pre-conference schedules.

1188
01:12:45,060 --> 01:12:50,240
 So it's a little different when you play, you know, a tough game a month or a tough game twice a month

1189
01:12:50,240 --> 01:12:51,980
 than when you're playing two tough games a week.

1190
01:12:52,700 --> 01:12:55,320
 So they've kind of gotten exposed to that.

1191
01:12:55,320 --> 01:13:01,580
 And let's remember, you know, still they're in that class of kind of still baby steps in the SEC.

1192
01:13:02,000 --> 01:13:04,600
 I think both schools are thrilled with what they've gotten.

1193
01:13:05,180 --> 01:13:10,600
 But at the same time, yeah, I think one or both of them are still, you know, good to right the ship

1194
01:13:10,600 --> 01:13:11,640
 and put up a good run.

1195
01:13:12,220 --> 01:13:17,440
 Vandy seems like the one that may be a little more suited for March, but time will tell.

1196
01:13:18,660 --> 01:13:20,020
 Joe, great stuff.

1197
01:13:20,160 --> 01:13:22,500
 As always, listen, good luck.

1198
01:13:23,140 --> 01:13:26,240
 Joe Conks is going later this afternoon to a place.

1199
01:13:26,320 --> 01:13:28,700
 Harold Bugg knows well, the dentist's office.

1200
01:13:29,340 --> 01:13:36,100
 As you continue to increase his pension, he may be retiring at the end of the year.

1201
01:13:36,220 --> 01:13:38,900
 Harold's dentist is probably going to retire this year.

1202
01:13:39,020 --> 01:13:39,860
 I've got my own care.

1203
01:13:40,360 --> 01:13:43,720
 You know, because he continues to contribute to it.

1204
01:13:44,320 --> 01:13:45,760
 Joe, where can we get online?

1205
01:13:45,760 --> 01:13:49,160
 I know you've got baseball rankings later this week, my friend.

1206
01:13:49,620 --> 01:13:51,800
 Where can we get online to get all the good stuff?

1207
01:13:52,140 --> 01:13:56,180
 Yeah, I encourage everybody, take good care of those chompers, unlike us.

1208
01:13:56,220 --> 01:13:56,540
 Thank you.

1209
01:13:56,580 --> 01:14:00,280
 But in the meanwhile, if you're in a waiting room, pull up Saturday down south

1210
01:14:00,280 --> 01:14:01,940
 and read a little sports while you're there.

1211
01:14:02,240 --> 01:14:05,060
 And maybe it'll do the teeth and the dental nerves both.

1212
01:14:05,800 --> 01:14:08,060
 Yeah, and Joe, I think we're the only two people in there.

1213
01:14:08,140 --> 01:14:09,760
 It's not a hockey player getting their teeth done.

1214
01:14:10,140 --> 01:14:13,740
 So good luck, my friend.

1215
01:14:13,740 --> 01:14:16,980
 Joe, listen, man, have a great week in spite of that dreaded trip to the dentist, okay?

1216
01:14:17,600 --> 01:14:18,360
 All right, guys.

1217
01:14:18,440 --> 01:14:19,360
 Take care.

1218
01:14:19,440 --> 01:14:19,900
 Thank you, man.

1219
01:14:19,900 --> 01:14:21,600
 Joe Cox, Saturday down south.

1220
01:14:21,960 --> 01:14:25,140
 Was a rock star back in the day, rock group called The Letterman.

1221
01:14:25,240 --> 01:14:28,260
 Coming up, Daryl Furman with a different letterman on deck.

1222
01:14:28,340 --> 01:14:28,860
 Stay with us.

1223
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1224
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1225
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1226
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1227
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 Accept Discover?

1228
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 In a little place like this?

1229
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 I don't think so, Jennifer.

1230
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 Oh, yeah, huh.

1231
01:14:44,920 --> 01:14:46,780
 Discover's accepted where I like to shop.

1232
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 Come on, baby.

1233
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 Get with the times.

1234
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1235
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 So we shouldn't get the parachute pants?

1236
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 These are making a comeback.

1237
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 I think.

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 I think.

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1242
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1272
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 From the University of Alabama, this is Crimson Tide Today.

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1296
01:18:03,580 --> 01:18:04,360
 Hello again, everybody.

1297
01:18:04,620 --> 01:18:05,320
 I'm Roger Hoover.

1298
01:18:05,660 --> 01:18:12,660
 Here are postgame thoughts from Alabama women's basketball head coach Christy Curry following Alabama's dramatic win on Sunday at Florida.

1299
01:18:12,980 --> 01:18:15,560
 Yeah, just absolutely incredibly proud.

1300
01:18:15,820 --> 01:18:17,820
 You know, just thought our kids really embraced hard.

1301
01:18:17,940 --> 01:18:19,560
 I think Florida is as talented.

1302
01:18:21,240 --> 01:18:27,780
 They're really talented for McDonald's All-Americans and know their record's a little bit deceiving, but they're incredibly talented.

1303
01:18:28,000 --> 01:18:31,420
 And to me, probably the best point guard in the league, one of the top two or three.

1304
01:18:32,040 --> 01:18:33,400
 She's really hard to defend.

1305
01:18:33,640 --> 01:18:35,080
 So a huge road win.

1306
01:18:35,220 --> 01:18:36,660
 I'm just so happy for our kids, man.

1307
01:18:36,700 --> 01:18:39,200
 They've been fighting and working and staying at it hard.

1308
01:18:40,240 --> 01:18:41,220
 You know, it's called the SEC.

1309
01:18:41,680 --> 01:18:43,720
 And I'm just so happy for them today to get a win.

1310
01:18:43,860 --> 01:18:45,320
 That's just all we needed was a win.

1311
01:18:46,100 --> 01:18:49,640
 Crimson Tide and get seven three-pointers made by Jessica Timmons.

1312
01:18:49,720 --> 01:18:50,340
 A new career high.

1313
01:18:50,440 --> 01:18:51,700
 34 points to Mia Scott.

1314
01:18:51,780 --> 01:18:52,360
 21 points.

1315
01:18:52,620 --> 01:18:54,700
 How did those players just keep you going offensively in this game?

1316
01:18:54,700 --> 01:18:59,460
 Yeah, just I thought Jess's leadership, Carly's leadership in huddles, the positivity.

1317
01:18:59,460 --> 01:19:00,740
 I'll have more in a moment.

1318
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 Roll Tide.

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 The Score.

1329
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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1330
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 The Score.

1331
01:19:57,020 --> 01:19:59,700
 Welcome back in my, oh my, time just by.

1332
01:19:59,860 --> 01:20:01,040
 Just ask Daryl Furman.

1333
01:20:01,160 --> 01:20:03,400
 It's been a while since we've been in a huddle with Daryl.

1334
01:20:03,440 --> 01:20:08,280
 He's the founder and president of the Letterman, the USA, and One Yard at a Time Gala coming up.

1335
01:20:08,400 --> 01:20:09,220
 Daryl, welcome in.

1336
01:20:09,280 --> 01:20:09,900
 How are you?

1337
01:20:10,500 --> 01:20:10,960
 Hey, guys.

1338
01:20:11,020 --> 01:20:12,500
 Thanks for having me on this afternoon.

1339
01:20:13,000 --> 01:20:13,300
 Hey, bud.

1340
01:20:13,360 --> 01:20:14,240
 You're more than welcome.

1341
01:20:14,240 --> 01:20:19,280
 The last time that Brett and I broke out our tuxes, I think we went to the inauguration of Lincoln and Grant.

1342
01:20:19,840 --> 01:20:21,840
 But you're about to break out your tux again.

1343
01:20:22,040 --> 01:20:22,840
 And, Jerry, it's been a while.

1344
01:20:23,920 --> 01:20:28,400
 If you've got any tips on how to fill out those moth-eaten and the tuxes, we'll appreciate it.

1345
01:20:28,500 --> 01:20:30,780
 But, Jerry, you're about to break out your tux again.

1346
01:20:30,920 --> 01:20:35,780
 Talk to us about the Letterman of the USA and One Yard at a Time Gala coming up.

1347
01:20:36,460 --> 01:20:38,280
 Well, I'll just say this to you guys.

1348
01:20:38,400 --> 01:20:41,480
 We're a working man's gala, so we don't do tuxedos.

1349
01:20:41,620 --> 01:20:43,960
 We do a coat, a tie, and cocktail.

1350
01:20:44,820 --> 01:20:45,620
 There you go.

1351
01:20:47,400 --> 01:20:50,040
 And, you know, we don't feed rubber chickens at our gala.

1352
01:20:50,160 --> 01:20:57,980
 We have short ribs because Chris Gray, who played for the Miami Dolphins, played for Auburn University, he likes them some short ribs.

1353
01:20:58,440 --> 01:21:01,380
 And so does a fellow you guys know by the name of Hoss Johnson.

1354
01:21:01,380 --> 01:21:04,640
 So we don't do the rubber chickens at the Letterman of the USA.

1355
01:21:04,880 --> 01:21:18,400
 We have a real gala with short ribs and orange rolls at the club in Birmingham, Alabama, which is on the 27th of February, and the door is open at 6 p.m. to the general public.

1356
01:21:19,680 --> 01:21:21,820
 Talk to us about the whines of it all, Daryl.

1357
01:21:21,820 --> 01:21:24,800
 Obviously, for the folks who are not familiar, if you're there, you know.

1358
01:21:24,800 --> 01:21:29,980
 But talk to us about what is all involved with the Letterman of the USA.

1359
01:21:31,000 --> 01:21:34,680
 Well, if you're not familiar with the Letterman of the USA, just let me tell you this.

1360
01:21:34,800 --> 01:21:45,880
 We're a national 5013C nonprofit organization that is based in central Alabama and does something quite unique from our history perspective.

1361
01:21:46,400 --> 01:21:51,160
 We were originally involved in disaster relief from the tornado of 427-11.

1362
01:21:51,160 --> 01:22:04,380
 But over the years, we've grown into something much more resilient, and we help veterans transition from their military careers into a civilian life.

1363
01:22:04,680 --> 01:22:12,180
 And we do that with multiple fascinating programs that hit them on every level of that transition.

1364
01:22:12,740 --> 01:22:20,740
 We can help the homeless veteran with shelters for heroes and someday with the Heroes Village, and that's our homeless village that we'll have someday.

1365
01:22:21,360 --> 01:22:27,380
 We can help the veteran with his utility bill or his water bill or his rent.

1366
01:22:27,380 --> 01:22:31,360
 We can help them with food through our Foods for Heroes program.

1367
01:22:31,560 --> 01:22:41,500
 We have a program called Turkeys for Heroes that each year provides the veteran with basically a hot turkey meal right the week before Thanksgiving.

1368
01:22:42,440 --> 01:22:50,720
 Then, if you're a veteran, you have a child in need that needs maybe a laptop for scholastics and you can't afford it, well, we can do that, too.

1369
01:22:50,920 --> 01:22:52,920
 We have a program called Laptops for Heroes.

1370
01:22:53,320 --> 01:22:55,240
 Guys, we're now partnering with the Birmingham Barons.

1371
01:22:55,800 --> 01:23:04,940
 And we give laptops to the Birmingham Barons during the innings, you know, the half to the innings or whatever during the baseball game.

1372
01:23:05,360 --> 01:23:14,000
 We'll go out on the field and we'll give the kids a laptop because we believe at the Letterman USA that if you impact the child, you impact the future.

1373
01:23:14,500 --> 01:23:16,320
 But we go even deeper than that.

1374
01:23:16,720 --> 01:23:20,080
 We're now doing a program called Shelters for Heroes.

1375
01:23:21,080 --> 01:23:29,120
 Everybody knows that the Letterman USA for years had a program called Interiors for Heroes, which we closed out on December the 24th.

1376
01:23:29,260 --> 01:23:40,120
 And so the reason we did that is because people like Hoss and myself are in our 60s now, and it was a very intense physical program, Interiors for Heroes, because there had to be a lot of furniture lifted.

1377
01:23:40,780 --> 01:23:48,400
 So we decided that we would close it out, and we did that with our swan song up in a place called Jonesville, Tennessee.

1378
01:23:48,400 --> 01:23:59,120
 You might have heard of it, 22 trillion gallons of water dropped on it, and I think they said that's the equivalent of one year and seven months of water over Niagara Falls.

1379
01:23:59,560 --> 01:24:09,080
 And we went out up there with our, I think it was 1,500 square foot of warehouse of furniture from the Mountain Brook and the Homewood and the Vestavia area,

1380
01:24:09,540 --> 01:24:12,720
 and we helped the veterans up there to close that program out.

1381
01:24:13,260 --> 01:24:19,800
 And then we went in partnership with the Jefferson County Commission and the Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham,

1382
01:24:20,020 --> 01:24:22,280
 and we started a program called Shelters for Heroes.

1383
01:24:22,980 --> 01:24:30,060
 Because, you know, guys, we talked about before in the past how we had this program that helped these veterans after they got an apartment.

1384
01:24:30,320 --> 01:24:43,260
 They would basically, wouldn't have anything but a bed once they got this apartment from the VA or Salvation Army or Priority Veterans or Volunteers of America.

1385
01:24:43,820 --> 01:24:48,880
 So what we realized in our work with them when we decided we'd close out Interiors for Heroes,

1386
01:24:49,400 --> 01:24:58,520
 we realized that there was a need, once they get into this program, it takes anywhere from a week to two weeks to get them off the street, okay?

1387
01:24:58,720 --> 01:25:09,360
 And so Shelters for Heroes comes in and swoops them off the street, gets them in a hotel, a nice hot meal, and either air-conditioned or heating.

1388
01:25:09,360 --> 01:25:16,400
 And to our astonishment, guys, this is what really took us back when we started this program late fall.

1389
01:25:17,360 --> 01:25:20,300
 We've helped more families than we've helped individual veterans.

1390
01:25:20,520 --> 01:25:24,940
 I'm talking veterans of either three or four families.

1391
01:25:25,480 --> 01:25:30,440
 And one family we put up, the mom had cancer and the child had cancer.

1392
01:25:30,560 --> 01:25:31,960
 We put them up for seven weeks.

1393
01:25:33,480 --> 01:25:34,980
 Wow. Great story.

1394
01:25:34,980 --> 01:25:44,360
 And then that brings us to the future, and the future is what do veterans and what do athletes have in common?

1395
01:25:45,780 --> 01:25:46,380
 Head trauma.

1396
01:25:47,140 --> 01:25:47,280
 Yeah.

1397
01:25:47,280 --> 01:25:59,580
 And so it's a natural fit for us to go with Chris Nowlinsky and the Concussion and CTE Foundation in form a partnership.

1398
01:26:00,040 --> 01:26:06,360
 And it was interesting to me, when they decided to come into Alabama, they could have done what they did with the University of Florida,

1399
01:26:06,960 --> 01:26:13,380
 and they could have basically, they could have partnered with them like Danny Warfel like they did.

1400
01:26:13,720 --> 01:26:21,380
 But instead, what they chose to do is come into Alabama and ask the little Thomas, the Tank Engine, known as the Letterman of the USA,

1401
01:26:21,380 --> 01:26:29,860
 to partner with them to bring awareness to concussion and CTE, which, if you're listening to an audience, is not familiar with CTE.

1402
01:26:30,380 --> 01:26:37,600
 Chronic traumatic encephalopathy has already taken one of my teammates, Kevin Turner, and it is in the process, I believe,

1403
01:26:37,700 --> 01:26:40,920
 and taken my senior classmate at Alabama, Kerry Goode.

1404
01:26:41,640 --> 01:26:49,180
 And I can't remember the guy at Auburn that's a basketball player that has it, but I'm sorry because I'm getting old, guys.

1405
01:26:49,240 --> 01:26:50,760
 I'm 63, and so I'm getting a little old.

1406
01:26:50,760 --> 01:26:51,240
 That's all right.

1407
01:26:51,940 --> 01:26:52,520
 You're young.

1408
01:26:56,720 --> 01:26:57,360
 You're young.

1409
01:26:57,360 --> 01:26:57,940
 You're young, trust me.

1410
01:26:59,080 --> 01:27:03,320
 Darrell, let me ask you about the one yard at a time.

1411
01:27:03,440 --> 01:27:05,600
 Gaylor, again, Friday night at the club.

1412
01:27:06,360 --> 01:27:13,500
 Tell us how our audience can get tickets, and you're honoring your athletic honoree this year.

1413
01:27:13,640 --> 01:27:22,060
 He is a guy by the name of Stadman Shealy, former quarterback in Alabama, and then Alan Cook is your military honoree.

1414
01:27:22,780 --> 01:27:27,520
 Yeah, okay, so Alan is a very interesting, his most humble military honoree.

1415
01:27:27,760 --> 01:27:32,960
 United States Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Alan Cook is probably one of the most humble Marines I've ever met.

1416
01:27:33,380 --> 01:27:40,600
 Not only did he serve in Iraq and Afghanistan, in combat, I don't mean in real combat.

1417
01:27:41,240 --> 01:27:42,980
 After he finished, that wasn't enough for him.

1418
01:27:42,980 --> 01:27:51,420
 He found a guy named Sean Ryan, and he started helping him with doing embassy duty and all this stuff you hear about companies like Blackwater

1419
01:27:51,420 --> 01:27:54,520
 and what all they do that was founded by Eric Prince.

1420
01:27:54,900 --> 01:28:01,180
 So Alan has had a long career in service to the United States, and so he is a perfect honoree.

1421
01:28:01,420 --> 01:28:09,360
 And I'm hoping you guys will get him on because he knows a little bit about something called CBI and head trauma, which is the other side of this equation.

1422
01:28:09,860 --> 01:28:17,640
 So I'm hoping that you guys can get it worked out with Elaine and y'all can get him on because he is a tremendous resource for me.

1423
01:28:18,240 --> 01:28:23,840
 In the past, he used to run an organization called Alabama Veterans before he left Alabama Veterans.

1424
01:28:24,560 --> 01:28:28,180
 And he's just a great resource for veterans in the state.

1425
01:28:28,740 --> 01:28:30,340
 And I've got a question to you guys.

1426
01:28:31,060 --> 01:28:36,060
 Here's a Stubman-Sheely question that maybe your audience trivia.

1427
01:28:37,000 --> 01:28:41,800
 Do you guys know who the last host of the Bear Bryant show was?

1428
01:28:43,980 --> 01:28:44,840
 Let me guess.

1429
01:28:44,920 --> 01:28:45,480
 Stubman-Sheely?

1430
01:28:46,280 --> 01:28:46,780
 Yes, sir.

1431
01:28:49,300 --> 01:28:50,000
 That's right.

1432
01:28:50,240 --> 01:28:51,340
 It was Stubman-Sheely.

1433
01:28:54,480 --> 01:28:55,520
 I got one right.

1434
01:28:55,720 --> 01:28:56,560
 I finally got one.

1435
01:28:56,600 --> 01:28:58,520
 If I go to Jeopardy, I'm going to remember that, Daryl.

1436
01:28:59,620 --> 01:29:02,600
 Well, you know, I've got a couple more that blows people's minds.

1437
01:29:02,980 --> 01:29:12,860
 But, you know, most people would never believe that the person that gave the halftime talk at the 1986 Sun Bowl was not Walter Ray Perkins.

1438
01:29:13,060 --> 01:29:14,440
 It was somebody else.

1439
01:29:14,580 --> 01:29:16,260
 And it is an incredible story.

1440
01:29:16,380 --> 01:29:22,720
 And most people, most Alabama fans have no idea why Alabama came out in that second half and put a whooping,

1441
01:29:22,720 --> 01:29:27,700
 and as Louis Cazar used to say in his books on Washington.

1442
01:29:28,420 --> 01:29:33,480
 And it wasn't because of any of the coaches at Alabama that gave the halftime talk.

1443
01:29:33,600 --> 01:29:36,160
 It was somebody that you would have never, ever believed that did it.

1444
01:29:36,620 --> 01:29:41,500
 But I found out that day what a motivator that coach was, and I was stunned.

1445
01:29:41,800 --> 01:29:42,860
 You guys who that was?

1446
01:29:43,720 --> 01:29:44,320
 Who's that?

1447
01:29:45,480 --> 01:29:46,420
 Don Shua.

1448
01:29:47,520 --> 01:29:47,960
 Wow.

1449
01:29:49,620 --> 01:29:50,540
 How about that?

1450
01:29:50,540 --> 01:29:51,920
 He had a pretty good run at the end.

1451
01:29:52,720 --> 01:29:55,440
 Most Alabama fans have no clue to that.

1452
01:29:55,640 --> 01:29:57,620
 Don Shua spoke to us at halftime.

1453
01:29:58,240 --> 01:30:05,520
 And if you go back and watch that second half, the Alabama team that came out and took on Washington, it was night and day.

1454
01:30:06,320 --> 01:30:07,180
 Yeah, absolutely.

1455
01:30:08,240 --> 01:30:08,400
 I think we put a whooping on them.

1456
01:30:08,400 --> 01:30:09,620
 I think we put a whooping on them.

1457
01:30:09,860 --> 01:30:11,880
 Yes, you did.

1458
01:30:12,200 --> 01:30:18,980
 Daryl, I've never seen a nonprofit organization grow as much as yours has in 15 years.

1459
01:30:19,980 --> 01:30:24,020
 But where can we get online and get more information about the organization?

1460
01:30:24,900 --> 01:30:26,700
 L-O-T-U-S-A dot org.

1461
01:30:27,200 --> 01:30:36,100
 And I'm going to say the reason the little Thomas the Tank Engine, the Letterman USA, grew out of a flag football game into one of Alabama's now veteran nonprofits.

1462
01:30:36,500 --> 01:30:41,400
 Actually, when you think about the state of Alabama and its veterans, you think about the Letterman USA.

1463
01:30:41,940 --> 01:30:45,160
 It's because God has had his hands on this organization.

1464
01:30:45,720 --> 01:30:53,280
 I remember one night, right after the flag football game, it was the season right after that, and I was at the Ole Miss game.

1465
01:30:53,420 --> 01:30:58,960
 And Keith Dunham was there with Tommy Ford as you came into the A-Club entrance downstairs in the stadium.

1466
01:30:59,620 --> 01:31:05,360
 And I told Keith Dunham, and I said, you know, I didn't ask for this mantle, but he said, this mantle is on you.

1467
01:31:05,940 --> 01:31:10,920
 And I never forget those words because I knew what he meant, and I knew what I was supposed to do at that point in time.

1468
01:31:11,300 --> 01:31:16,020
 I was really a little, I guess I was a little, didn't understand the whole thing.

1469
01:31:16,020 --> 01:31:20,700
 But when God puts something on your heart, guys, you go with it.

1470
01:31:21,320 --> 01:31:22,000
 Here you go.

1471
01:31:22,280 --> 01:31:26,720
 Don't mess with the father, I guarantee you.

1472
01:31:26,760 --> 01:31:28,940
 Darrell, listen, man, all the best to you.

1473
01:31:29,060 --> 01:31:30,040
 Thank you so much.

1474
01:31:30,120 --> 01:31:34,000
 I know it's going to be another success, and let's try to do it again as soon as possible, okay?

1475
01:31:34,760 --> 01:31:42,320
 And I hope you guys will have us back when we get ready to make the blitz with Concussion and CTE Foundation.

1476
01:31:43,200 --> 01:31:49,040
 You know, I'd like to get those guys from Boston to get on the radio with you, too, or some kind of way that we could do that.

1477
01:31:49,040 --> 01:31:50,080
 I think that would be great.

1478
01:31:50,420 --> 01:31:50,600
 That's right.

1479
01:31:50,920 --> 01:31:51,840
 We'll save my space.

1480
01:31:51,980 --> 01:31:54,600
 They can park the car anywhere down here.

1481
01:31:54,700 --> 01:31:57,220
 So, in the meantime, stay safe out there, Darrell, okay?

1482
01:31:57,700 --> 01:31:58,180
 All right.

1483
01:31:58,220 --> 01:31:58,780
 Thanks, guys.

1484
01:31:59,380 --> 01:32:00,060
 Thank you, bud.

1485
01:32:00,500 --> 01:32:04,180
 Darrell Furman, he is the founder and president of Letterman of the USA.

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1561
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 In college baseball action tonight, Alabama's on the road to play at number 12.

1562
01:36:00,420 --> 01:36:02,760
 Southern Miss, Alabama is 7-1.

1563
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1564
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1568
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1569
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1570
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1600
01:37:55,380 --> 01:38:00,040
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1601
01:38:00,440 --> 01:38:01,380
 Welcome back in.

1602
01:38:01,440 --> 01:38:06,160
 It's an absolute pleasure for us to hear someone you read just about every day there at AL.com.

1603
01:38:06,220 --> 01:38:07,040
 Andrew Hammond.

1604
01:38:08,100 --> 01:38:10,920
 It taught a heck of a journey to get to our neck of the woods.

1605
01:38:10,920 --> 01:38:13,240
 It started out in Wichita, Kansas.

1606
01:38:13,440 --> 01:38:15,440
 It goes on to the Detroit Free Press.

1607
01:38:16,180 --> 01:38:21,920
 And now, if I'm wrong, Andrew, over the last three years, sports editor of AL.com.

1608
01:38:22,760 --> 01:38:31,360
 Heck of a journey, Andrew, from lions and tigers and wolverines to now covering elephants and tigers in our neck of the woods.

1609
01:38:31,820 --> 01:38:32,600
 Andrew, welcome in.

1610
01:38:32,600 --> 01:38:33,240
 Andrew, how are you?

1611
01:38:34,180 --> 01:38:35,560
 I'm doing well.

1612
01:38:36,040 --> 01:38:46,640
 You forgot to skip the three-year jaunt in Washington covering Huskies, Seahawks, Sounders, and Mariners.

1613
01:38:46,640 --> 01:38:48,640
 Not bad.

1614
01:38:49,520 --> 01:38:50,220
 It's all good.

1615
01:38:50,300 --> 01:38:50,960
 Look, man.

1616
01:38:51,720 --> 01:38:58,600
 Look, as somebody who has lived this career, I'm like, let me not leave any stone unturned.

1617
01:38:59,000 --> 01:39:00,980
 But excited to be on with you guys.

1618
01:39:01,660 --> 01:39:11,620
 Andrew, that's what I like about it because sometimes a lot of folks in this business can be accused of waving, you know, the pom-poms as far as being what they call a homer.

1619
01:39:11,680 --> 01:39:12,520
 But you've been out there.

1620
01:39:12,600 --> 01:39:13,420
 You've been with pros.

1621
01:39:13,520 --> 01:39:14,220
 You've been in college.

1622
01:39:14,360 --> 01:39:20,360
 What's been, as far as putting us on the Super Bowl, how has it enabled you to see the passions of the Northwest?

1623
01:39:20,980 --> 01:39:25,520
 Obviously, there in Detroit, you've got a team right down the interstate called Ann Arbor there in Michigan.

1624
01:39:26,080 --> 01:39:28,300
 And now, Alabama and Auburn.

1625
01:39:28,300 --> 01:39:30,780
 That has to be an interesting experience for you.

1626
01:39:31,640 --> 01:39:44,780
 It's fascinating because, you know, I mean, college football, I think the one thing that we love about not just college football, but college sports in general, is the regionality that it offers us.

1627
01:39:44,780 --> 01:39:52,300
 You know, like, obviously, down here in Alabama, Iron Bowl, SEC, that goes without being said.

1628
01:39:52,520 --> 01:40:01,960
 Kind of the same thing with the Big Ten, but, you know, the Pacific Northwest being, you know, in Pac-12 country for the final days of the Pac-12.

1629
01:40:02,100 --> 01:40:08,520
 I don't care about this new Pac-12 with, you know, all of these, you know, Mountain West schools.

1630
01:40:08,860 --> 01:40:09,960
 No, you, no.

1631
01:40:11,180 --> 01:40:13,520
 I love me some OG Pac-12.

1632
01:40:13,520 --> 01:40:26,600
 So, just being there and being from Kansas, kind of getting the, I haven't been in ACC country yet, but still getting a sense of what, you know, the region look like across the country.

1633
01:40:26,740 --> 01:40:27,460
 It's super special.

1634
01:40:27,680 --> 01:40:37,080
 So, having an appreciation for, you know, Big 12 football or Big 12 sports, the Big Ten, Pac-12, and obviously the SEC.

1635
01:40:37,080 --> 01:40:43,340
 So, when I see somebody kind of trash one region, I'll sit there and go, wait, hold on, hold on one second.

1636
01:40:44,100 --> 01:40:47,000
 There's some good ball being played over there.

1637
01:40:47,060 --> 01:40:49,040
 You might want to pay attention a little bit.

1638
01:40:50,140 --> 01:40:56,500
 But your thoughts on this, Andrew, as far as here, let's face it, Alabama's unique because we don't have pro sports.

1639
01:40:57,120 --> 01:40:58,560
 Our joke is it's football.

1640
01:40:58,720 --> 01:41:02,360
 It's college football 365 days a year, unless it's a leap year.

1641
01:41:02,560 --> 01:41:05,460
 And then to add one, you've got a good perspective.

1642
01:41:05,640 --> 01:41:14,660
 How does the passion here on, say, in February, June, July, when it comes to college ball across the country, including there, down the road from Ann Arbor?

1643
01:41:16,860 --> 01:41:19,100
 And I will say this is a full compliment.

1644
01:41:19,320 --> 01:41:20,040
 It is hilarious.

1645
01:41:21,220 --> 01:41:28,060
 So, when I first got here, I was covering a little bit of the SEC baseball tournament.

1646
01:41:28,900 --> 01:41:33,740
 And I'm trying to find my way, trying to find, you know, where I'm supposed to be seated.

1647
01:41:34,620 --> 01:41:39,560
 And a security guard sees my name tag, and he's like, oh, you must be new with AL.com.

1648
01:41:39,600 --> 01:41:40,480
 And I'm like, yes, sir.

1649
01:41:40,720 --> 01:41:43,520
 And his next question was, which side?

1650
01:41:44,580 --> 01:41:50,800
 And I'm over here going, oh, we're doing that already?

1651
01:41:51,080 --> 01:41:51,480
 Okay.

1652
01:41:52,260 --> 01:41:58,540
 So, to disappoint him and everybody else, I am a die-hard Notre Dame fan since I was four years old.

1653
01:41:58,880 --> 01:42:02,340
 So, suffering built character, kids.

1654
01:42:05,520 --> 01:42:06,340
 You got that.

1655
01:42:06,340 --> 01:42:25,400
 Andrew, your story, and you write many of them, about the SEC basketball power rankings, and obviously with two weeks left in the regular season before we get to Nashville, I think we're beginning to get a little bit better idea about who the top five teams are in the SEC.

1656
01:42:25,720 --> 01:42:26,620
 And I agree with you.

1657
01:42:26,760 --> 01:42:27,860
 Florida's number one.

1658
01:42:27,940 --> 01:42:30,320
 They've got a two-game lead over everybody else.

1659
01:42:31,000 --> 01:42:35,100
 But they've got Texas and Arkansas on their schedule coming up.

1660
01:42:35,660 --> 01:42:40,520
 Alabama's won six consecutive games, but a big game with your number three team.

1661
01:42:41,140 --> 01:42:48,280
 Tennessee, we'll see if two and three swap with your updated rankings next week.

1662
01:42:48,760 --> 01:42:57,960
 Arkansas, certainly with Calipari in the game of maybe the century with Alabama and Arkansas and Kentucky five.

1663
01:42:58,280 --> 01:43:00,020
 I agree with your top five.

1664
01:43:00,120 --> 01:43:03,120
 Talk a little bit about your logic with your top five teams.

1665
01:43:03,940 --> 01:43:14,340
 To me, it's who has been playing good ball and who I believe, if we ended the season today, how would I rank them?

1666
01:43:15,560 --> 01:43:23,820
 It's been a lot of fun kind of charting this along and seeing the rise and the ups and downs of some of the teams in the league.

1667
01:43:24,000 --> 01:43:27,360
 I mean, obviously, Florida stands out.

1668
01:43:27,480 --> 01:43:29,940
 I think they're playing some really good ball.

1669
01:43:29,940 --> 01:43:42,120
 I think their best game of the year, quite frankly, I know people may want to point at the Alabama game, but to me, their best game was going up against Kentucky a few weeks ago.

1670
01:43:42,200 --> 01:43:44,540
 I thought that was a really, really solid game.

1671
01:43:44,620 --> 01:43:52,180
 They've got to go to Lexington at the end of the season, which should be very interesting if things unfold.

1672
01:43:52,620 --> 01:44:01,060
 But yeah, no, I think, you know, the top five right now, I think if we had to end the season today, that would be the top five.

1673
01:44:01,140 --> 01:44:19,860
 But at the same time, you know, I was talking a little earlier about the story of the season, you know, Texas A&M, to me, at one point, I was like, okay, these guys might not only be fighting for an SEC championship, but if, you know, the ball bounces their way, they could be fighting for a top two seed.

1674
01:44:19,860 --> 01:44:30,620
 And we see where they're at now, you know, sitting at number nine, and look, that's just the nature of this conference.

1675
01:44:30,860 --> 01:44:42,540
 I mean, you know, you can sit here, and we talk about these leagues, and these, you know, I know, I think in football, it's kind of a drawback to have all these huge leagues playing each other.

1676
01:44:43,460 --> 01:44:50,140
 But I think in basketball, it offers us a really good story, a really good case for, okay, this conference is the best conference.

1677
01:44:50,340 --> 01:44:54,720
 This conference, you know, is better in these ways.

1678
01:44:54,720 --> 01:45:10,240
 And so I think right now, if you had to, and I'm not saying this because, you know, I reside here, and I received my mail in the South, but I would say that the SEC is probably the best league in college basketball, top to bottom.

1679
01:45:10,420 --> 01:45:13,180
 If you want to make a case for the Big 12, I get it.

1680
01:45:13,280 --> 01:45:14,260
 I would listen to it.

1681
01:45:14,280 --> 01:45:23,120
 I think the Big 12, the top half of the Big 12 is probably better, but I think overall, the SEC, look.

1682
01:45:24,320 --> 01:45:29,060
 The Big 12 could probably put four teams in the Final Four.

1683
01:45:29,440 --> 01:45:43,400
 The SEC, I think, could probably put three, but at the same time, there's a bulk of the SEC that I think can make a deep run in March that I don't think the middle sections of the Big 12 can do.

1684
01:45:45,020 --> 01:45:47,900
 Andrew Hellman is a sports editor of AL.com.

1685
01:45:47,960 --> 01:45:50,040
 Back to that subject of football.

1686
01:45:50,040 --> 01:45:58,380
 Our friends over at CBS Sports, they put out their top ten list of coaches, I guess, is the best way to put it, with their Dockers on the hot seat.

1687
01:45:58,820 --> 01:46:02,660
 And Mr. Board, Alabama, is ranked number eight on that list.

1688
01:46:03,580 --> 01:46:07,500
 Do you agree with their friends at CBS Sports, Andrew?

1689
01:46:08,780 --> 01:46:09,660
 I don't agree.

1690
01:46:09,660 --> 01:46:23,000
 And frankly, and maybe this is because I've, you know, I might be, you know, still naive to the whole sense of Alabama, you know, struggling.

1691
01:46:23,240 --> 01:46:47,280
 To me, I think that the fact that you're at a Tiffany brand and you have not done the thing that the guy before you did, which I think, you know, whether it be following Vince Lombardi or following Bill Jackson or following Bear Bryant, you don't want to be the guy that follows the guy.

1692
01:46:47,280 --> 01:46:58,360
 You want to be the guy, like, three guys from there, where there's still, like, a little, you know, memory, hey, it's far enough gap.

1693
01:46:58,480 --> 01:47:05,180
 But, no, I don't think Kalen DeBoer should be on the hot seat next year or entering this coming season.

1694
01:47:05,320 --> 01:47:13,660
 I mean, I think given the fact that he has made the playoff with Alabama, they won a game in the playoff, they won a road game.

1695
01:47:13,780 --> 01:47:18,320
 They are the first team to win on the road in the college football playoff.

1696
01:47:18,420 --> 01:47:22,580
 So if there's ever, like, a trivia night or something, remember that one.

1697
01:47:23,680 --> 01:47:29,560
 But I think that Kalen DeBoer is just fine.

1698
01:47:29,560 --> 01:47:41,980
 I think the fact that, you know, the two of the last three games Alabama played were not great, and that's going to leave a sour taste in somebody's mouth, obviously.

1699
01:47:42,760 --> 01:47:47,160
 But for him to be on the hot seat, I get it.

1700
01:47:47,300 --> 01:47:48,320
 I understand the logic.

1701
01:47:49,080 --> 01:47:56,200
 I think if you were to put him, if you had to put him on a list, he, like, that, it would have to be near the bottom.

1702
01:47:56,380 --> 01:48:02,040
 So I, frankly, wouldn't have put him there, but I understand why.

1703
01:48:03,280 --> 01:48:10,040
 Going into this season, you know, ask me February 24th, 2027.

1704
01:48:11,040 --> 01:48:14,420
 If he's still on that list, we'll see.

1705
01:48:14,900 --> 01:48:29,100
 So, which I think, if they get back to the playoff, to me, that in this age of playoff expansion and all of that, if you can get back to the playoff, that is a win.

1706
01:48:29,640 --> 01:48:30,480
 That's a win.

1707
01:48:30,680 --> 01:48:35,620
 So anybody listening who's upset at that, it will be okay.

1708
01:48:36,160 --> 01:48:37,460
 Things could be worse.

1709
01:48:37,820 --> 01:48:38,660
 You could be awkward.

1710
01:48:39,920 --> 01:48:43,960
 Speaking of which, the honeymoon is still on down on the plains.

1711
01:48:44,240 --> 01:48:44,880
 He can get away.

1712
01:48:44,960 --> 01:48:48,280
 Even if he leaves the lid up, he still makes no sense down there.

1713
01:48:48,780 --> 01:48:55,940
 So, since it's the honeymoon, your thoughts, what is a realistic expectation for the honeymoon season on the plains?

1714
01:48:57,000 --> 01:48:59,200
 I would say bowl eligibility.

1715
01:48:59,880 --> 01:49:08,620
 I think that bowl eligibility, because, to be completely honest, if, you know,

1716
01:49:08,620 --> 01:49:15,340
 it's not for a couple of bounces for Auburn the last two years, they're probably playing in a bowl game.

1717
01:49:15,980 --> 01:49:32,160
 You know, people forget that, I would say, and I know that people at Auburn hate to see work close, but, you know, you look at the Texas A&M game and the Oklahoma game,

1718
01:49:32,160 --> 01:49:39,320
 and you're sitting there just absolutely frustrated because you know that you had those games in hand.

1719
01:49:39,400 --> 01:49:40,720
 You had a shot to win those games.

1720
01:49:40,840 --> 01:49:43,260
 You didn't have the horses to do it.

1721
01:49:43,320 --> 01:49:44,820
 I mean, heck, look at the Georgia game.

1722
01:49:45,620 --> 01:49:52,820
 Then, against Kentucky, which I might go down as the worst game in the history of Western civilization.

1723
01:49:54,340 --> 01:49:56,140
 Sorry, I had to watch that one.

1724
01:49:56,460 --> 01:49:58,760
 If you watched it, you just saw it.

1725
01:49:59,760 --> 01:50:12,520
 But, no, I'm intrigued by the massive shift of players from USF going to Auburn.

1726
01:50:12,620 --> 01:50:14,040
 I think that's going to be intriguing.

1727
01:50:14,040 --> 01:50:27,840
 I mean, I think that, I wouldn't say that proof of concept is there, but you see a very good example at Indiana where they jettisoned a bunch of players from Signetti at James Madison,

1728
01:50:27,840 --> 01:50:31,940
 and they had back-to-back playoff appearances, one national championship game.

1729
01:50:31,940 --> 01:50:48,120
 So, you know, clearly it can be done, and there's success there, but I think that we're still in the stage of trying to figure out, okay, does it work for, like, what's the situation that may be presented themselves?

1730
01:50:48,120 --> 01:51:03,100
 But I think, you know, to keep the honeymoon going, ball eligibility, and win those games that, you know, you were, quote-unquote, close in last year.

1731
01:51:03,640 --> 01:51:10,680
 And if that means you're going to have to wreck somebody's season along the way, that's college football, baby.

1732
01:51:11,680 --> 01:51:12,520
 Yeah, absolutely.

1733
01:51:12,520 --> 01:51:18,920
 Andrew, we have enjoyed the conversation and delighted to introduce you to our audience.

1734
01:51:19,280 --> 01:51:24,080
 Listen, you have got a tremendous staff that we work with very regularly.

1735
01:51:24,300 --> 01:51:38,980
 Ben Thomas on Mondays, Thomas Ashworth, Randy Kennedy, those guys do a great job with high school football recruiting, Craig Stevenson, kind of the jack-of-all-trades, and delighted to be working with you.

1736
01:51:39,640 --> 01:51:43,160
 Where can we get online and get your stuff and the teams?

1737
01:51:44,220 --> 01:51:46,300
 Well, AL.com, obviously.

1738
01:51:47,540 --> 01:51:50,380
 We're cranking out stuff every single day.

1739
01:51:51,120 --> 01:52:06,700
 Some of the most talented people in the business really enjoy what we do with the staff, whether it be, you know, pro sports, obviously college sports, but high school sports with Final Four coming up next weekend or next week.

1740
01:52:06,840 --> 01:52:12,000
 So, I'll be down at Legacy Arena looking forward to seeing that.

1741
01:52:12,160 --> 01:52:13,620
 So, yeah, just AL.com.

1742
01:52:13,700 --> 01:52:18,340
 And if you want to follow me on socials, Blue Sky, I'm AHAM on there.

1743
01:52:18,580 --> 01:52:22,600
 So, appreciate it, guys, and look forward to doing this again soon, hopefully.

1744
01:52:23,220 --> 01:52:23,620
 Thank you.

1745
01:52:23,660 --> 01:52:25,120
 See you back at you, Andrew.

1746
01:52:25,180 --> 01:52:27,860
 And if you go to Notre Dame or South Bend, wait about June.

1747
01:52:27,920 --> 01:52:28,800
 Don't go now, okay?

1748
01:52:29,840 --> 01:52:30,840
 Okay, that's fine.

1749
01:52:30,940 --> 01:52:31,420
 That's fine.

1750
01:52:33,700 --> 01:52:35,660
 Too much snow there by the lake.

1751
01:52:35,740 --> 01:52:38,460
 Andrew Hammond, sports editor at AL.com.

1752
01:52:38,500 --> 01:52:41,860
 BB, are you ready for some basketball here on 93.9 The Score tonight?

1753
01:52:42,240 --> 01:52:48,820
 Yeah, we have got Mars Hill, Lauderdale County Boys and Girls Herald coming up this afternoon.

1754
01:52:48,820 --> 01:53:02,460
 In fact, the girls, that final for the Northwest region beginning at 4 and immediately following that is going to be Mars Hill Boys and Lauderdale County at approximately 545.

1755
01:53:02,880 --> 01:53:06,840
 And after that, are you ready for some pizza and UNA basketball here on 93.9 BB?

1756
01:53:07,240 --> 01:53:11,240
 Always ready to listen to UNA basketball and eat pizza.

1757
01:53:12,020 --> 01:53:15,240
 That's all straight ahead right here on 93.9 The Score.

1758
01:53:15,340 --> 01:53:16,400
 It's going to take care of business for now.

1759
01:53:16,560 --> 01:53:21,620
 On behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here, Harold Bogg, thank you so much for your time today.

1760
01:53:21,720 --> 01:53:26,420
 Let's do it again tomorrow, noon to two for the Bumult Bug Show back here on Sports Radio 93.9 The Score.