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 Now, get ready to roll Shoals, Decatur, Athens and all of Northwest Alabama and Southern Tennessee.

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 It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM Sports Voice.

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 The Boomo Bugg Show.

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

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 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 Good afternoon and welcome here to the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

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

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 Brett Beaird, welcome in where a rough night for the Auburn Tigers.

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 Alabama, Brett, for their date with state tonight.

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 And Braves fans, a whole new way to see the Braves play in 2026.

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 Good afternoon, welcome in and how are you?

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 Happy Wednesday to you and the listeners.

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 Some breaking news from Ben Thomas of AL.com.

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 Scott Bateson, head football coach at Muscle Shoals, announced this morning.

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 He is stepping down after 18 seasons and 170 wins.

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 Very interesting going on this morning.

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 Four teams from the Shoals have advanced to the Final Four in Birmingham next week.

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 The Morris Hill Bible Girls, Lauderdale County Boys, the Descent Boys, and the Red Bay Boys.

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 We'll have that schedule for you a little bit later in the show.

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 But right now, David Weathers, good friend, is here to talk about sports and life.

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 That's a thick book.

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 The legend of Loretto, almost two decades in a thing called Major League Baseball with the Yankees, the Mets, the Reds, the Brewers.

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 David, a lot to get to today.

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 How many folks, especially from our neck of the woods, ever get to put on the pinstripes of the New York Yankees as a player?

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 And then let's break it on down.

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 How many folks ever get to do it as a dad and now see their son be able to put on the same pinstripes of the New York Yankees?

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 For the folks who might have missed it, Ryan Weathers is on the move, David.

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 And so we're excited about his first spring training outing and putting on the uniform and all those kinds of things.

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 But universally, throughout, you know, anyone who plays baseball, to put on a Yankees or Dodgers uniform is pretty special.

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 And George Steinberg walked up to me and says, hey, this is, I didn't want to trade for you.

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 But, you know, when you play for a team like the Yankees, it is like playing for Alabama.

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 Carly Weathers was named to the SEC Community Service Team.

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 Brett, she's doing great.

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 She's driven and she's handling it like a champ and super proud of her.

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 David, I know she's smart.

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 And I just want my teammates to know I was, like, the best teammate.

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 No matter what it is I'm feeling, if I'm upset, if I'm down, whatever, like, it's my job.

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 The score.

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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 Welcome back in.

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 It's a pleasure for us to go ahead on down to where the sun is always shining, or is it?

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 It is now.

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 They plugged it back in finally.

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 Down to the Sunshine State where we go with AA Andrew Adelson from ESPN.

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 AA, welcome in.

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 Is it finally summertime in your backyard again?

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 Well, I may have a blanket on my lap, but hopefully this is it.

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 Hopefully this is the last cold front of the season, guys.

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 It is going to be 70 today, so I don't have too much to complain about.

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah.

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 We're willing to trade any time, Andrew.

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 Let's talk a little bit about finance here.

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 You cover those boys up the road in the state capital called Tallahassee, home of the Florida State Seminoles.

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 Andrew, did I see these numbers right, or do I need to go back to the eye doctor again?

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 Florida State is swimming underwater to the tune of almost a half billion, that's with a B as in bug, dollars in debt for the athletic department.

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 Is that true?

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 And why is it up over 2,000 percent?

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 Again, correct me if I'm wrong on my numbers here, since like 2017, 2018.

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 And are you writing checks to get them back to the surface?

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 Well, you know, I think my University of Florida degree would be revoked if I wrote them checks to get them back.

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 But, you know, you must have known before you called that I was just watching the Florida State Board of Trustees meeting in which this came up.

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 And I have to tell you, the board chair, Peter Collins, not happy with the media coverage and folks lambasting Florida State for having so much debt.

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 And he repeatedly said throughout the course of the comments that athletic director Michael Alford presented to the board that the reason for the debt is because Florida State has made significant investments in football.

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 They renovated their football stadium, and they needed a bond for that, and they made it a little smaller, but they increased their capacity for their luxury seating.

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 And according to the numbers that Michael Alford presented there today, they were able to make already over $5 million more just this past season on revenue off the football stadium than previously.

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 The other part of it is they built an entirely new football facility that cost well over $100 million.

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 And so when you are making those types of investments in football, you're going to have debt.

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 Now, they believe it is worth the investment.

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 They had to bring Florida State up to speed.

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 I mean, how many times did we discuss previously on this show how far behind Florida State was from a facility perspective?

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 And they even showed a chart during this meeting that they were in 2022.

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 As recently as 2022, they were in the bottom third of the ACC in terms of available square footage for football.

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 So I don't want to come off and sound like a Florida State defender.

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 I am certainly not on the payroll, but I literally just watched this meeting.

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 And so I'm offering their perspective.

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 And for those who are wanting to know, in terms of the overall percentage of their athletic budget, the debt service is at 12%.

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 So that's, what did they say, $20-something million a year, I think I wrote down.

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 So that's where they're at.

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 They felt it was worth the investment.

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 I understand, however, why other people have a different opinion on where Florida State Essex is right now.

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 Double A, the other end of the spectrum here is on 3.com with an article yesterday.

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 These anonymous surveys, anonymous surveys about SEC general managers and budgets across the board,

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 pretty much all of, I don't know, any of the day of 10 or 15, LSU has got the top budget at $40 million

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 for NIL and Texas Tech is not far behind them.

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 But on the opposite end, the scale, double A, but once again, that's where we are in college football now.

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 Makes you wonder how all of those deals that went over the rev share cap got through NIL Go, doesn't it, fellas?

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 And I know that the CSE briefly looked at LSU and said, oh, there's nothing to see here.

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 But they're not the only ones.

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 And you're right, Texas Tech is up there.

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 I'm sure there are other programs who have spent money over the last few years that have increased their own budgets.

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 I mean, we can think off the top of our heads which schools we're spending more than others,

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 Oregon, Ohio State, Miami, right, LSU, Texas Tech.

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 So not surprising at all.

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 I think the biggest thing about all of this is, you know, we all know that the rev share in the cap is going to increase every single year.

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 It's how much further can all of these deals go with the NIL and some of the other outside compensation that I just mentioned that it all looks like it's, quote, above board.

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 And maybe I'm Pollyanna.

401
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 Maybe I'll never look above board.

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 Maybe these budgets will just continue to skyrocket by 10% to 20% every single year until we, you know, get to Never Never Land.

403
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 But I do know that there are some, you know, within the athletics community that would like to see a little bit more policing in place in terms of what some of these deals look like.

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 Tampering, obviously, through the portal that may have allowed some of these guys to change schools.

405
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 You know, and maybe a little bit more transparency and clarity on how these deals get structured and how schools do get to a place where they're at $40 million.

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 Because when you look at rev share alone, right, it's $20.5 million last year.

407
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 It's going to be somewhere in the $21 point something million for this year.

408
00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:56,800
 Well, football is not getting all of that, right?

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 They're getting about 75% to 80% depending on the school.

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 So that's, what, $15 million roughly.

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 So that means $25 extra million are coming from NIL, endorsement, other deals that players are getting.

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 I think if there was more clarity, it would be helpful for the average fan to understand how are these budgets coming to be.

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 But there's also schools that don't want that clarity because they want to keep operating the way that they are in order to give themselves a leg up.

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 Double A, Andrew Adelson, ASPN.

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00:26:28,600 --> 00:26:38,480
 And speaking of NIL, interesting comments from your boy and, I guess, ours, by extension there at Florida, John Summerall from North Alabama and your backyard at Gainesville.

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 He is kind of holding the feet to the fire of these NIL guys, is he not?

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 Here's what's interesting.

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 His quote, in the modern world of college sports, they need to work like pros.

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 They need to be held accountable.

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 This is after John donated $100,000 to the NIL fund from his old school at Tulane.

421
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 Your thoughts about John's approach to the NIL, at least speaking of transparent, he basically is calling them in and says,

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 if you're going to be paid like a pro, you need to be at like a pro.

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 I love hearing that, quite honestly, because I think that should be the approach for all coaches out there.

424
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 Because, as we just mentioned, if your budget or payroll is $40 million for a football team, well, you kind of want to expect some sort of return on that investment, right?

425
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 At least $40 million.

426
00:27:29,520 --> 00:27:30,520
 Right, exactly.

427
00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,580
 Maybe winning a conference or national championship, right?

428
00:27:33,660 --> 00:27:43,040
 I mean, you want to put in the work to be able to say, well, it's worth all of this money that we are shelling out to X player.

429
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 Because then what is the point of it all, right?

430
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 Then you're just spending money to keep up with the Joneses.

431
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 So I know there are some who believe it's harder to have accountability because once you pay guys the money, they're just going to take the money and be happy about it.

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 But I do think there has to be some sort of incentive to want to be able to work hard.

433
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 And being able to get that paycheck, even though it's not pay-for-play, wink-wink, nudge-nudge guys, you want these guys to prove why they're worth the investment that you've made in them.

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 So I appreciate the comments.

435
00:28:24,100 --> 00:28:25,500
 I will say this, though.

436
00:28:25,500 --> 00:28:31,940
 When you started mentioning Gainesville, I thought you were going to bring up the Mario Kirby roast throwdown.

437
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 That was on day.

438
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 On Monday.

439
00:28:34,820 --> 00:28:34,980
 Okay.

440
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 All right.

441
00:28:35,660 --> 00:28:36,480
 I got ahead of my skis.

442
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:37,100
 I'm sorry.

443
00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:38,520
 I got ahead of my skis.

444
00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:38,960
 All right.

445
00:28:39,260 --> 00:28:39,540
 All right.

446
00:28:40,920 --> 00:28:41,500
 Go ahead.

447
00:28:42,020 --> 00:28:44,720
 No, you go ahead and talk about it.

448
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 The tannet light is on.

449
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 Double A, go.

450
00:28:48,660 --> 00:28:49,060
 Okay.

451
00:28:49,260 --> 00:28:50,200
 You know what, guys?

452
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 I wonder if, like, Coach Furrier wrote all the jokes for each of them because they were very Furrier-esque.

453
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 The ribbing that they gave each other.

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 More of this, please.

455
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 Right?

456
00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:08,520
 I mean, how fantastic was it that each of these guys were poking fun at each other?

457
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 Everyone was laughing.

458
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 Nobody took themselves too seriously, right?

459
00:29:12,940 --> 00:29:15,680
 It's okay to have some fun in college football, right?

460
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:19,400
 It's okay to be Steve Spurrier every once in a while.

461
00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,580
 And I have seen this side of Mario off camera.

462
00:29:22,580 --> 00:29:32,200
 And I'm glad the country has seen this side of Mario for just, like, a few milliseconds because there's this image of him.

463
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:33,580
 And it's the same for Kirby, right?

464
00:29:33,820 --> 00:29:42,060
 You've got this image of these two guys who are on a football sideline who look like they're ready to tear your head off at any given moment.

465
00:29:42,380 --> 00:29:43,680
 You could be up 45-0.

466
00:29:43,940 --> 00:29:47,920
 It could be a 20-20 tie game in the fourth quarter, right?

467
00:29:48,120 --> 00:29:56,680
 But both of these guys are known for their trademark intensity, their will to win, their competitiveness, their anger, their fire.

468
00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:00,320
 To see them tell a few jokes and get a few laughs.

469
00:30:00,660 --> 00:30:01,640
 I mean, come on.

470
00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:05,080
 Like, it helps soften the image up a little bit.

471
00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:15,300
 And I think we can all agree that that image that's projected on a sideline doesn't tell you the full story of a guy or a coach or a gal or a player or anything like that.

472
00:30:15,420 --> 00:30:16,940
 So, I enjoyed it.

473
00:30:17,180 --> 00:30:18,700
 I'm glad we got to see it.

474
00:30:18,960 --> 00:30:25,040
 And I'm certainly glad it happened in the presence of the king of the one-liner, Steve Spurrier, guys.

475
00:30:25,460 --> 00:30:25,960
 There you go.

476
00:30:26,620 --> 00:30:29,200
 Devil A, you're stamped at a great job this week.

477
00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:34,760
 One of them was what college football game are you looking forward to the most?

478
00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:39,580
 That's about his no-brainer to me is LSU at Ole Miss.

479
00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:46,840
 That's going to be ten times worse than when Nick Saban went to Baton Rouge the first time he was a coach at Alabama.

480
00:30:47,720 --> 00:30:49,480
 And that's the one you nominated.

481
00:30:49,700 --> 00:30:57,360
 And also, most interesting hire for the coordinators, blast from the past, names on the rise.

482
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 Very good stuff there.

483
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 Devil A, where can we get online and get those articles and a lot more?

484
00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:06,520
 I appreciate that, fellas.

485
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:08,860
 You know, talking about blast from the past.

486
00:31:08,940 --> 00:31:11,080
 How about Bobby Petrino working with Bill Belichick?

487
00:31:11,220 --> 00:31:14,020
 I still cannot, like, wrap my brain around that.

488
00:31:14,220 --> 00:31:19,960
 And I think folks probably have forgotten that and will be reminded as we get closer to football season.

489
00:31:20,420 --> 00:31:21,640
 But that's all in there and more.

490
00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:23,940
 ESPN.com, college football page.

491
00:31:23,940 --> 00:31:35,280
 And our Inside Access show this week on the ACC Network features a great interview with new Wake Forest quarterback, Gio Lopez, who just came from Bill Belichick in North Carolina.

492
00:31:35,860 --> 00:31:38,040
 So tune into that if you guys can.

493
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 How to embarrass a fly on the wall and be in the room with Belichick and Petrino's stories.

494
00:31:43,120 --> 00:31:45,380
 Hey, Double A, it's always good to hook up with you.

495
00:31:45,460 --> 00:31:46,780
 Thanks so much for your time, Dan.

496
00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:48,420
 Have a safe rest of the week, okay?

497
00:31:49,420 --> 00:31:50,740
 All right, fellas, I appreciate it.

498
00:31:50,780 --> 00:31:51,120
 Take care.

499
00:31:51,200 --> 00:31:51,620
 Thank you, dear.

500
00:31:51,980 --> 00:31:54,200
 Double A, Andrew Adelson, ESPN.

501
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502
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 Cristobal alluded that the reason that they're now in NIL, that Kirby was using the NIL system before it became legal.

503
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 And then Kirby fired back.

504
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 You do know that Steve Spurrier has more national championships for the head coach at Duke than you do at Miami.

505
00:32:12,540 --> 00:32:14,180
 There you go.

506
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507
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582
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583
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588
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589
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618
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 How are you?

619
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 Doing well, Harold.

620
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 Brett, how are you guys?

621
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 Man, a lot to get to, Rodney.

622
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 You've got all kinds of stuff on your plate there.

623
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 Going to talk about tonight's game on the hardwoods.

624
00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:10,260
 But it's always a headline.

625
00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:14,200
 It's hard to believe why just two weeks away from the spring drills.

626
00:38:14,460 --> 00:38:17,560
 Rodney, it's almost a rhetorical question.

627
00:38:18,940 --> 00:38:22,580
 When's the last time Alabama had this many questions coming into spring count?

628
00:38:24,720 --> 00:38:26,740
 Yeah, man, that is a great question.

629
00:38:27,240 --> 00:38:32,780
 You know, I wouldn't even include 2007 because that was just a coaching transition there.

630
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 I mean, we knew what was the deal then, right?

631
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:45,920
 But, you know, Harold, I mean, geez, I mean, there are a lot of question marks when you've got a quarterback battle.

632
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 You probably have four spots open on the offensive line.

633
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 You probably have a spot or two at wide receiver.

634
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 I mean, obviously you've got Brooks and Ryan Williams coming back, but you've got Noah Rogers as a new player.

635
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 You've got, you know, some other guys are going to have opportunities to be in that rotation.

636
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 You've got a whole new defensive line.

637
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 Yeah, running back.

638
00:39:06,780 --> 00:39:08,400
 You've got a whole new defensive line.

639
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 You've got, you lost your top three inside backers.

640
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 You've got a transfer and you've got Caden Jones coming back.

641
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 And then you've got three of the young guys that they signed a year ago that they were so high on.

642
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 Duke Johnson, Luke Metz, and Abdul Sanders.

643
00:39:23,760 --> 00:39:26,980
 Of course, you've got the transfer from Virginia Tech, Caleb Woodson.

644
00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:34,300
 You know, the secondary really looks to be the main spot, I think, that has depth and quality on your team

645
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 because they've recruited a lot of numbers there.

646
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 They've recruited a lot of high-quality players.

647
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 So, other than that, Harold, I mean, there's just about a question mark everywhere.

648
00:39:44,940 --> 00:39:49,640
 And before we even get to special teams, basically, it's a complete facelift there in some ways.

649
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:52,380
 Sure looks like it.

650
00:39:52,460 --> 00:39:54,700
 I mean, you think about the offensive line.

651
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 You've got a new coach.

652
00:39:56,440 --> 00:40:02,760
 You've got, potentially, there are four new starters on that offensive line that weren't even on your roster last year.

653
00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:03,140
 Wow.

654
00:40:03,620 --> 00:40:09,740
 Not saying that's how it's going to turn out, but, you know, potentially you could have a left tackle that was at Mississippi State.

655
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 You could have, you know, a center that was at Cal Poly.

656
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 And you could have, you know, a couple of new guards that weren't on the roster.

657
00:40:18,740 --> 00:40:20,820
 Maybe Caden Strayhorn being one of those.

658
00:40:21,620 --> 00:40:22,640
 You know, we'll see.

659
00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:26,720
 But certainly you could have a lot of new faces, you know, on that offensive line.

660
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:35,460
 And then, like I said, I think that possibly two of the three starters on the defensive line are going to be guys that weren't on your roster last year.

661
00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:36,720
 So, you kind of get the drift.

662
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 And then you probably, now look, they signed a place kicker out of the portal they're really high on.

663
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:46,880
 Orkin Quinn, you know, whether or not he unseats Talti or not, we'll see.

664
00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:54,840
 But, you know, there's a lot of things to look at in terms of, you know, what Alabama might be next year.

665
00:40:55,980 --> 00:40:58,080
 Ronnie, you mentioned linebackers.

666
00:40:58,200 --> 00:41:03,600
 I thought that was the one area that they should have brought in at least one more guy from the portal.

667
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 You mentioned the three inside linebackers moving on.

668
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 Now, outside linebackers, Yonse Pierre, Justin Hill.

669
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:14,600
 I think Justin Hill's got tremendous potential.

670
00:41:14,820 --> 00:41:20,540
 Desmond Yu, coming in from South Carolina, who has played a lot of football.

671
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:24,000
 And you mentioned the other linebackers.

672
00:41:24,580 --> 00:41:27,540
 And, Ronnie, again, Caden Jones has played a little bit more.

673
00:41:27,660 --> 00:41:28,420
 QB Reese.

674
00:41:28,720 --> 00:41:37,040
 All those guys, Sanders, Duke Johnson, Caleb Woodson, I think, has got a lot of experience that's really going to help.

675
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:43,100
 I thought the linebacker position inside and out was in particularly one area.

676
00:41:43,260 --> 00:41:45,480
 They should have brought in at least one or two more.

677
00:41:46,820 --> 00:41:49,320
 I couldn't agree more, especially on the inside.

678
00:41:49,520 --> 00:41:54,680
 I thought, you know, if they could find the right guy, you'd get another experienced guy.

679
00:41:54,940 --> 00:41:55,800
 But, you know what?

680
00:41:55,900 --> 00:41:57,660
 Listen, they're going to roll with what they have.

681
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 Apparently, they must feel confident in those guys.

682
00:42:01,100 --> 00:42:02,340
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683
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 I know they're really talented.

684
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 I mean, I think it's just an experience factor there.

685
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 And you talk about outside backer.

686
00:42:09,060 --> 00:42:13,320
 I mean, obviously, Yonsei Pierre is really talented.

687
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 You lost a couple of guys.

688
00:42:15,380 --> 00:42:16,540
 You lost Quay Roussau.

689
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 You lost Noah Carter.

690
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 Both those guys transferred out.

691
00:42:19,800 --> 00:42:23,000
 Which I thought, you know, obviously, they were good players.

692
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693
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 So, yeah, I mean, I do agree with that, Brett.

694
00:42:31,360 --> 00:42:33,240
 And, look, I mentioned the offensive line.

695
00:42:33,320 --> 00:42:37,400
 Let me mention a guy, too, because I don't want to forget Nick Brooks who transferred in from Texas.

696
00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:42,600
 I think he's got a chance to be a pretty good player, maybe, on the interior of that offensive line.

697
00:42:42,700 --> 00:42:45,840
 So, they did get some guys, no doubt about it.

698
00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:49,020
 I mean, in the portal, I think, on the defensive line, you're talking about Terrence Green,

699
00:42:49,660 --> 00:42:54,600
 Kedrick Bingley-Jones, Devin Tompkins, Desmond Yu, as we call him, Des Yu,

700
00:42:55,020 --> 00:42:56,340
 who's probably going to be an end.

701
00:42:57,260 --> 00:42:59,240
 So, they got some guys.

702
00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:03,540
 But, you know, it's just so many new faces.

703
00:43:05,060 --> 00:43:08,820
 We're on your titleinsider.com, which goes to the other side of the coin, Rodney.

704
00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:10,400
 To me, that's true.

705
00:43:10,580 --> 00:43:12,980
 So much peach fuzz, if you will.

706
00:43:13,080 --> 00:43:15,580
 A lot of young guns, all kinds of potential.

707
00:43:15,700 --> 00:43:17,080
 But, you know what to say about potential.

708
00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:19,680
 It can make you poe if you don't live up to it.

709
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:23,560
 Your thoughts about maybe one of the X factors, and it seemed like yesterday,

710
00:43:23,700 --> 00:43:26,800
 this kid was a 17-year-old coming out of high school.

711
00:43:26,980 --> 00:43:31,480
 Ryan Williams, how important is it for Ryan Williams to step up

712
00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:33,840
 and be the leader on this team next season?

713
00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:36,660
 Because he's got a natural charisma about him,

714
00:43:37,100 --> 00:43:38,720
 but charisma doesn't win ballgames.

715
00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:39,500
 Talent does.

716
00:43:39,720 --> 00:43:41,600
 Your thoughts about the role of Ryan Williams.

717
00:43:43,260 --> 00:43:47,820
 Yeah, I mean, you know, Ryan obviously had a really sophomore slump,

718
00:43:47,900 --> 00:43:49,080
 if you want to call it that.

719
00:43:49,340 --> 00:43:51,780
 I mean, he wasn't quite what we know he can be.

720
00:43:52,300 --> 00:43:55,960
 I won't be surprised if Ryan bounces back and has a big year.

721
00:43:55,960 --> 00:43:58,760
 Again, a lot of it's going to depend on what happens around him,

722
00:43:58,820 --> 00:44:02,240
 the quarterback, the offensive line, the other receivers.

723
00:44:02,640 --> 00:44:10,020
 And I think, you know, so I think Ryan, I would be surprised if he doesn't bounce back

724
00:44:10,020 --> 00:44:11,040
 and have a really big year.

725
00:44:11,120 --> 00:44:12,080
 And I think, yeah, you're right.

726
00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:14,220
 He does have to be a leader.

727
00:44:15,080 --> 00:44:20,460
 Man, it's just somebody's going to have to step up, no doubt about it,

728
00:44:20,460 --> 00:44:23,540
 on that side of the ball, and more than one guy.

729
00:44:24,460 --> 00:44:27,580
 But here's the thing, too, as I'm saying all this stuff.

730
00:44:27,920 --> 00:44:29,600
 This isn't just an Alabama thing.

731
00:44:30,260 --> 00:44:30,400
 Thank you.

732
00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:32,180
 This is pretty much an everybody thing.

733
00:44:32,240 --> 00:44:36,440
 Now, with all the movement that goes on due to the portal,

734
00:44:37,020 --> 00:44:39,420
 there's a lot of transition, a lot of teams in transition.

735
00:44:39,780 --> 00:44:43,620
 So I'm not really trying to make any excuses because there shouldn't be.

736
00:44:44,380 --> 00:44:47,840
 You know, you've had three years to kind of put your roster together.

737
00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:49,060
 You've recruited well.

738
00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:50,940
 You've got the guys out of the portal.

739
00:44:50,940 --> 00:44:52,340
 When you go get guys out of the portal,

740
00:44:52,780 --> 00:44:56,440
 you should expect those guys to be able to come in and contribute right away

741
00:44:56,440 --> 00:44:57,640
 and help you win games.

742
00:44:58,180 --> 00:45:01,600
 So there's really not any excuses because there are a lot of other teams,

743
00:45:01,700 --> 00:45:05,340
 and most of them on Alabama's schedule are kind of in that same situation

744
00:45:05,340 --> 00:45:06,580
 in terms of transition.

745
00:45:07,000 --> 00:45:09,260
 Yeah, I look at Tennessee, some interesting stuff there

746
00:45:09,260 --> 00:45:10,240
 with their quarterback spot.

747
00:45:10,300 --> 00:45:14,680
 And speaking of which, now that they inherited Ty Simpson,

748
00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:17,360
 and if you want to comment on Ty at the end of the season

749
00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:19,680
 with his health issues, feel free to do so.

750
00:45:20,400 --> 00:45:24,220
 But also, as far back to the P-word potential,

751
00:45:24,380 --> 00:45:27,200
 does anybody have a more promising quarterback room than Alabama?

752
00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:29,060
 The question is, how do you keep them all happy?

753
00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:34,640
 Yeah, I mean, you know, again, I think a lot of youth there.

754
00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:36,520
 I mean, obviously, Mack has been around.

755
00:45:36,680 --> 00:45:37,900
 Austin Mack's been around a while.

756
00:45:37,980 --> 00:45:42,980
 This is going on his fourth year in this system with the board and Grubb.

757
00:45:43,340 --> 00:45:45,340
 Of course, the one year Grubb was gone, Sheridan.

758
00:45:45,700 --> 00:45:49,320
 But, you know, he's got a lot of experience in the system.

759
00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:51,940
 I mean, obviously not a lot of playing experience.

760
00:45:52,600 --> 00:45:56,320
 I thought when he got into the game, he handled himself really well in the Rose Bowl.

761
00:45:56,860 --> 00:46:02,460
 And then, you know, Keelan Russell is just a guy that obviously has a tremendous amount

762
00:46:02,460 --> 00:46:03,700
 of ability and potential.

763
00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:08,620
 Now, listen, if he is as good as people think and say,

764
00:46:09,080 --> 00:46:15,400
 and he can come in and be a Bryce Young type guy in terms of what Bryce did in 2021 with,

765
00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:18,740
 hey, Bryce didn't have much more experience than Keelan Russell.

766
00:46:19,060 --> 00:46:21,340
 I mean, he didn't play a ton, actually.

767
00:46:21,940 --> 00:46:27,660
 Keelan's thrown more touchdown passes, threw more touchdown passes as a true freshman than Bryce did.

768
00:46:27,660 --> 00:46:29,600
 If you remember, Bryce only threw one.

769
00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:35,220
 But I say all that to say, you know, if he can come in and be that guy

770
00:46:35,220 --> 00:46:41,460
 and you can get adequate, good offensive line play, you can improve the run game,

771
00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:47,940
 then all of a sudden, a quarterback with that kind of ability can elevate everybody around him.

772
00:46:48,520 --> 00:46:50,560
 Now, I'm not trying to put all this pressure on Keelan Russell.

773
00:46:50,700 --> 00:46:54,540
 I'm just saying why Alabama might be better than some people think.

774
00:46:55,120 --> 00:46:56,520
 Perhaps it's Austin Mack.

775
00:46:56,640 --> 00:46:58,300
 Perhaps he's the guy that does that.

776
00:46:58,380 --> 00:46:59,940
 I mean, I'm not going to rule that out.

777
00:47:00,420 --> 00:47:04,260
 But I am saying that based on the things we've heard about Keelan Russell,

778
00:47:04,260 --> 00:47:06,940
 if he's that special and if he's ready,

779
00:47:07,260 --> 00:47:11,380
 then he could be a guy that really elevates his team to another level.

780
00:47:11,640 --> 00:47:12,700
 So, you know, we'll see.

781
00:47:14,100 --> 00:47:19,080
 Ronnie, I know you get this question about every three hours on the board

782
00:47:19,080 --> 00:47:25,680
 and it has just turned into nearly an obsession with some Alabama fans.

783
00:47:25,940 --> 00:47:31,580
 But with the two new additions, Adrian Clem coming in, the offensive line coach,

784
00:47:32,120 --> 00:47:36,880
 Richard Owens is the tight end coach, but he's coached offensive line twice.

785
00:47:38,220 --> 00:47:40,500
 Brian Ellis now a quarterback coach.

786
00:47:41,100 --> 00:47:43,720
 And it's the same question that we hear too.

787
00:47:43,720 --> 00:47:47,040
 And we'll have a little bit better idea during spring.

788
00:47:47,200 --> 00:47:49,660
 I believe they begin March the 9th.

789
00:47:49,800 --> 00:47:53,540
 It's the annual question of Ronnie, can they run the ball more effectively?

790
00:47:55,300 --> 00:47:56,920
 Well, I think they're sure going to try.

791
00:47:56,920 --> 00:48:03,540
 I mean, Clem has a reputation as developing physical offensive lines that run the ball

792
00:48:03,540 --> 00:48:05,120
 and are productive running the football.

793
00:48:05,460 --> 00:48:08,980
 They've had some really good pass protection offensive lines.

794
00:48:09,300 --> 00:48:14,560
 He had one team, I think it was at Oregon, that gave up the fewest sacks in the country that year.

795
00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:16,140
 And I mean, it was under 10.

796
00:48:16,280 --> 00:48:17,580
 That was pretty amazing.

797
00:48:18,420 --> 00:48:23,860
 So he's had a lot of success at times building offensive lines.

798
00:48:23,860 --> 00:48:27,200
 So that's a good question, Brett.

799
00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:34,540
 And I think it's one of the big questions that this Alabama team will face next year.

800
00:48:34,620 --> 00:48:39,880
 I mean, one of the questions that this offseason, this spring, how are they going to develop that?

801
00:48:40,480 --> 00:48:46,240
 And, you know, obviously they've got Daniel Hill coming back, Kevin Riley coming back, running back.

802
00:48:46,640 --> 00:48:48,120
 And then they've got the young players.

803
00:48:48,240 --> 00:48:52,120
 A.K. Deer has a lot of talent, as does E.J. Crowell.

804
00:48:52,280 --> 00:48:54,520
 So they've got some backs.

805
00:48:55,020 --> 00:48:58,120
 They just don't have a real established back, you know.

806
00:48:58,360 --> 00:49:00,680
 And, again, that's one of the question marks.

807
00:49:01,400 --> 00:49:05,560
 As you start to, you know, kind of list these question marks, that's another one of them.

808
00:49:05,620 --> 00:49:07,660
 They don't have a real established back.

809
00:49:07,660 --> 00:49:09,700
 I know some of these guys, Riley played some.

810
00:49:10,120 --> 00:49:11,520
 You know, Hill had some success.

811
00:49:12,020 --> 00:49:19,560
 But they don't have those two or three backs that Saban had, that we're used to Alabama having, you know,

812
00:49:19,700 --> 00:49:24,620
 a depth chart full of running backs that have good experience.

813
00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:29,220
 So that's an issue, too, I think, as you go into spring.

814
00:49:30,160 --> 00:49:34,540
 Yeah, Crowell, Ronnie, may have that potential down the road.

815
00:49:34,540 --> 00:49:39,760
 A.K. Deer could be an explosive running back, as we all know.

816
00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:44,800
 But they've still got to learn how to block, pick up the blitz, et cetera.

817
00:49:44,960 --> 00:49:46,020
 We'll see where it goes.

818
00:49:46,220 --> 00:49:52,740
 Alabama basketball going for their seventh consecutive win tonight against Mississippi State.

819
00:49:53,300 --> 00:50:00,520
 I'm sure you've got recruiting tidbits down the road, transfer portal, at least put to band for a while,

820
00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:05,360
 and then spring practice beginning, I believe, in about another 10 days or so.

821
00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:13,380
 Ronnie, where can we get online and get 24-7 access to the message board, all the great stuff, for a very nominal price?

822
00:50:14,420 --> 00:50:20,940
 Right, it's tighterinsider.com, and it's only $48 a year, and you can get instant access with your credit card,

823
00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:25,800
 or if you prefer, there is an address there to send a check, and, you know, that gives you all the premium stuff.

824
00:50:25,940 --> 00:50:34,000
 And, you know, right now it's been kind of slow, but we've certainly got a lot of stuff going on on our all-sports forum,

825
00:50:34,060 --> 00:50:38,060
 a lot of talk, a lot of communication, information being exchanged there,

826
00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:42,340
 and it should be a wild one tonight once this game gets tipped off.

827
00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:44,220
 So look forward to that.

828
00:50:45,180 --> 00:50:49,300
 And in about 10 days, I've got a feeling it's really going to pick up there as well.

829
00:50:49,380 --> 00:50:50,840
 Rodney, listen, man, thanks so much.

830
00:50:50,940 --> 00:50:53,060
 Enjoy the game tonight, and stay safe down there, okay?

831
00:50:53,580 --> 00:50:54,400
 Appreciate it, guys.

832
00:50:54,520 --> 00:50:55,000
 Take care.

833
00:50:55,420 --> 00:50:55,900
 Thank you, bud.

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 Welcome back in.

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996
00:59:59,220 --> 01:00:00,800
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997
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 Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley and for checking in on the 93.9, The Score app.

998
01:00:07,340 --> 01:00:11,520
 And with that, we say hello to the boss of UNA Men's Basketball, Coach Tony Pujo.

999
01:00:11,920 --> 01:00:13,020
 Coach, welcome in.

1000
01:00:13,080 --> 01:00:13,780
 How are you?

1001
01:00:14,540 --> 01:00:16,120
 Harold, how are you guys doing today?

1002
01:00:16,660 --> 01:00:24,640
 Yeah, we're kind of melancholic a little bit, Coach, because is it time for the old artist Prince to move over?

1003
01:00:24,780 --> 01:00:28,580
 It's purple rain time tonight at CB&S Arena.

1004
01:00:29,220 --> 01:00:32,580
 And I would imagine as a head coach, it's a bittersweet night.

1005
01:00:33,220 --> 01:00:34,320
 Where's time gone?

1006
01:00:34,320 --> 01:00:37,320
 The last home game of the season for you guys.

1007
01:00:38,300 --> 01:00:49,040
 Coach, talk to us about senior nights and what it means to you and at least four seniors, three players, and let's face it, one of the most important parts of any team, guys on the bench.

1008
01:00:50,000 --> 01:00:50,800
 Yeah, 100%.

1009
01:00:50,800 --> 01:01:04,640
 Thank you for bringing that up because I think it's so important in today's dynamic where we have three special guys that are going to play their last home game today, but one in particular, right?

1010
01:01:04,740 --> 01:01:07,900
 You've got Jamal Albritton, who's been here for three years.

1011
01:01:09,180 --> 01:01:26,760
 You know, Dante Bacchus, who's been here for two, but one of the coolest things on our team is the fact that we have the only Division I basketball player that's been in college for six years.

1012
01:01:27,240 --> 01:01:36,540
 You know, he was here during COVID, and he got hurt last year and got a medical lecture, which gives him those two extra years.

1013
01:01:37,540 --> 01:01:43,440
 And he's the only one that's been at Division I level that's been in college for six years at the same school.

1014
01:01:44,560 --> 01:01:48,580
 You know, and to me, that's something you don't hear about.

1015
01:01:48,700 --> 01:01:51,860
 Most kids that are in school for five or six years have transferred.

1016
01:01:52,300 --> 01:01:55,240
 And Dallas Howell has been here the whole time.

1017
01:01:56,320 --> 01:02:01,380
 It's just a great day to honor these three individuals, especially Dallas, who's been with us for six years.

1018
01:02:01,720 --> 01:02:03,340
 Can we expand on that a little bit?

1019
01:02:03,400 --> 01:02:07,860
 Because it is a rarity in this day and time when kids have so many options.

1020
01:02:07,960 --> 01:02:12,220
 The first time someone talks to the wrong side of the mouth, they'll transfer out on you.

1021
01:02:12,300 --> 01:02:15,560
 But to stay six years anywhere, what does that say?

1022
01:02:15,660 --> 01:02:19,420
 We see numbers and stats, but, Coach, you see them as a person.

1023
01:02:19,540 --> 01:02:21,460
 Talk to us about the person.

1024
01:02:22,100 --> 01:02:27,660
 Oh, well, you know, to me, all three of them are just fantastic human beings, right?

1025
01:02:27,740 --> 01:02:29,580
 Like, they're all three of them.

1026
01:02:29,780 --> 01:02:34,100
 Jamal's been with us for three years, and, you know, he was a JUCO transfer.

1027
01:02:34,500 --> 01:02:37,780
 He got hurt last year also, which got him another year.

1028
01:02:38,640 --> 01:02:42,700
 And then, obviously, Dante came over from Sneak State.

1029
01:02:43,020 --> 01:02:43,940
 He's been with us for two.

1030
01:02:44,080 --> 01:02:46,880
 But Dallas has been here through everything, right?

1031
01:02:46,920 --> 01:02:50,620
 He was here his first year on campus was COVID year.

1032
01:02:50,820 --> 01:02:53,840
 So he got to deal with us, you know.

1033
01:02:53,880 --> 01:03:01,420
 And then, you know, after that, he's been here through the, after we got, you know,

1034
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 released from the NCAA, you know, those four-year probation where we're not allowed to play in the postseason.

1035
01:03:09,220 --> 01:03:21,640
 He was part of the team that won the most games in Division I history when we won 18 games the year after we got out of that probationary period.

1036
01:03:22,420 --> 01:03:31,040
 And then, obviously, unfortunately, last year, he was obviously part of the team, but obviously tore his ACL, but was always around the team, around the program.

1037
01:03:31,560 --> 01:03:45,260
 He was like another coach on the sideline when we won the regular season championship, which was the first team at UNA during the Division I era to win a team championship, regular season champions of the eight suns.

1038
01:03:45,340 --> 01:03:52,820
 So, you know, all I can tell you about Dallas is, you know, he is by far a culture guy in our program.

1039
01:03:53,340 --> 01:04:00,320
 He's a pillar of the program, and he is definitely one of the guys that are going to go down in history as one of the best to have played here.

1040
01:04:00,800 --> 01:04:05,440
 So, I'm just very thankful to have been his coach during that time.

1041
01:04:05,520 --> 01:04:08,920
 In fact, he's almost played as long as I've coached here.

1042
01:04:09,160 --> 01:04:11,240
 So, I coached here for eight years.

1043
01:04:11,340 --> 01:04:12,160
 He's been here for six.

1044
01:04:12,520 --> 01:04:19,100
 So, you know, I'm just thankful to have Dallas not only as a player, but just a human being in our program.

1045
01:04:20,160 --> 01:04:25,200
 Tony, when you look at the final score against Lemscombe, and it's 73-51,

1046
01:04:26,400 --> 01:04:31,220
 a casual fan would say, well, UNA got smoked in that game.

1047
01:04:31,680 --> 01:04:32,900
 That's not correct.

1048
01:04:32,900 --> 01:04:35,300
 You led for over 15 minutes.

1049
01:04:35,480 --> 01:04:47,020
 You had a 26-24 lead at halftime, and then Lemscombe scored 49 points on 20 of 27 shots from the field.

1050
01:04:47,240 --> 01:04:49,160
 That's 74%.

1051
01:04:49,160 --> 01:04:55,080
 Not too many teams are going to shoot 74% in the second half.

1052
01:04:55,240 --> 01:05:00,020
 Lipscombe did, but I thought to myself, that may be a little bit of a microcosm of the season.

1053
01:05:00,740 --> 01:05:03,120
 You lead, there were nine lead changes.

1054
01:05:03,360 --> 01:05:07,920
 You're leading at halftime, and then the second half went another way.

1055
01:05:08,640 --> 01:05:10,080
 Yeah, well, I can tell you this.

1056
01:05:10,100 --> 01:05:15,140
 If you look at all the games, especially that we've played in the last six to eight games,

1057
01:05:16,380 --> 01:05:20,420
 we've either been leading during the game or definitely leading in the first half.

1058
01:05:21,180 --> 01:05:29,500
 And when you're playing seven scholarship guys, you know, it's hard, right?

1059
01:05:29,600 --> 01:05:31,120
 You've got a few guys that are out.

1060
01:05:31,940 --> 01:05:36,140
 Obviously, Cannon Jefferson hasn't played in about three and a half weeks.

1061
01:05:36,720 --> 01:05:38,540
 Darkon King hasn't played in over a month.

1062
01:05:40,080 --> 01:05:44,060
 You know, these are guys that are instrumental in your nine-man rotation.

1063
01:05:44,980 --> 01:05:52,600
 And unfortunately, right now, for us, these seven guys have to kind of play the entire game.

1064
01:05:53,420 --> 01:05:55,240
 And I know it weighs on them.

1065
01:05:55,520 --> 01:06:00,980
 You know, they do a good job, but it's hard for them to sustain for 40 minutes when you're

1066
01:06:00,980 --> 01:06:02,080
 playing just seven guys.

1067
01:06:02,820 --> 01:06:09,120
 And my thing moving forward is, you know, we've got to just continue to hammer away.

1068
01:06:09,260 --> 01:06:14,760
 Hopefully, we're getting news that maybe we'll have a few, two of these guys come back

1069
01:06:14,760 --> 01:06:16,880
 right before tournament time.

1070
01:06:17,100 --> 01:06:23,300
 So that hopefully will, you know, bring some, you know, just bring some of those minutes

1071
01:06:23,300 --> 01:06:27,380
 that are so desperately needed for these guys to just get a little bit of rest.

1072
01:06:27,380 --> 01:06:32,140
 I think Bacchus is averaging like 36 minutes, 38 minutes a game.

1073
01:06:32,600 --> 01:06:35,140
 Cornelius Williams up in the upper 30s.

1074
01:06:35,680 --> 01:06:37,180
 Kevin Dekovicic also.

1075
01:06:37,680 --> 01:06:43,140
 So we just, if we can get a couple of these guys, I think our guys would definitely benefit

1076
01:06:43,140 --> 01:06:43,600
 from that.

1077
01:06:44,240 --> 01:06:48,500
 You bring up a good point, Coach, because you know, if we know that, the opposing coaches,

1078
01:06:48,700 --> 01:06:53,600
 it's almost like a no-brainer how to approach you to things, get your big guys in foul trouble

1079
01:06:53,600 --> 01:06:54,820
 because you've got a short bench.

1080
01:06:55,460 --> 01:06:59,760
 And like Alabama, play jackrabbit ball, run their tongues out to get to the second half.

1081
01:06:59,860 --> 01:07:02,200
 So if you've got a short bench, it's kind of a no-brainer.

1082
01:07:02,580 --> 01:07:07,400
 Your thoughts on that, and let's face it, sports, anyone who's been around as long as all of us,

1083
01:07:07,520 --> 01:07:08,700
 it's a roller coaster.

1084
01:07:08,860 --> 01:07:13,460
 Some seasons, what's the old saying, some days you're the windshield, some days you're the bug.

1085
01:07:15,000 --> 01:07:17,460
 Your thoughts, what have you learned this season?

1086
01:07:17,460 --> 01:07:22,640
 And what, as far as comparing to last year when everything went right, this year, like you said,

1087
01:07:22,720 --> 01:07:26,980
 you're down to seven scholarship players, the lessons learned, and then how do you counter,

1088
01:07:27,140 --> 01:07:30,300
 knowing that the other coach is going to sit here and try to get you guys in foul trouble

1089
01:07:30,300 --> 01:07:32,080
 to get you into the second half?

1090
01:07:32,780 --> 01:07:38,120
 Yeah, I mean, you know, what I've learned is, you know, especially us and our staff,

1091
01:07:38,120 --> 01:07:49,500
 is no matter what we, no matter what type of adversity hits us or challenges, we've got to keep moving, right?

1092
01:07:49,560 --> 01:07:51,020
 Like, we've got to keep coaching these guys.

1093
01:07:51,140 --> 01:07:56,760
 We've got to keep bringing energy, bringing our effort, knowing that it's going to be enough for these guys, right?

1094
01:07:56,760 --> 01:08:03,300
 Like, we can't, if we're going to tell these players to move on to the next play or, hey, man,

1095
01:08:03,600 --> 01:08:08,440
 take the challenges on and break them and move forward, we as coaches have to do the same.

1096
01:08:08,680 --> 01:08:11,380
 I mean, we can't, you don't want to be hypocritical here, right?

1097
01:08:11,420 --> 01:08:18,180
 You want to make sure that you're giving them the same type of information that you expect them.

1098
01:08:18,180 --> 01:08:27,200
 So us as coaches, one of the things that I know we've learned is, you know, how can we best help these guys with what we can do, right?

1099
01:08:27,380 --> 01:08:36,940
 So we, any little thing that we can help them with, even going into the game, how do we help even with timeouts,

1100
01:08:37,020 --> 01:08:45,560
 maybe to give them a break in between sessions, you know, like, it's just something that we've been kind of working on.

1101
01:08:45,560 --> 01:08:50,880
 And like I said, if you look at the game, Central Arkansas, we were up 13 at one point, just kind of ran out of gas.

1102
01:08:51,420 --> 01:08:55,600
 We beat each other in overtime, you know, on national television.

1103
01:08:57,260 --> 01:08:58,220
 We're right there.

1104
01:08:58,460 --> 01:09:01,680
 We just got to keep telling these guys to keep hammering away.

1105
01:09:02,380 --> 01:09:09,020
 In fact, every goal that we have set for ourselves is still attainable, which is to win the 8th Sun Tournament, right?

1106
01:09:09,160 --> 01:09:10,960
 Which, that's the, we're a one bid league.

1107
01:09:10,960 --> 01:09:16,560
 So let's position ourselves, let's continue to get better every day so that we can, that we can move forward.

1108
01:09:16,640 --> 01:09:22,120
 So if you're asking me what I've learned, is that just be persistent and just stay with and be positive.

1109
01:09:23,340 --> 01:09:29,480
 Tell you one thing that is consistent is Cornelius Williams leading the 8th Sun in rebounding.

1110
01:09:29,480 --> 01:09:34,200
 Did it last year, averaging 9.6 rebounds a game this year.

1111
01:09:34,200 --> 01:09:40,740
 West of Georgia's Shelton Williams drying his second, but Cornelius continues to clean up on the boards.

1112
01:09:41,460 --> 01:09:43,560
 Yeah, and, you know, that's the thing.

1113
01:09:44,160 --> 01:09:47,840
 Cornelius has done a really good job of just being him, right?

1114
01:09:47,940 --> 01:09:51,120
 Now he's supporting Cass, needs to join him.

1115
01:09:51,680 --> 01:09:59,500
 But he's another one, you know, Brett, he's another one that, you know, is playing a lot of minutes, right?

1116
01:09:59,660 --> 01:10:00,580
 Yeah, I'm sure.

1117
01:10:00,760 --> 01:10:08,140
 We just got to make sure that, you know, we keep these guys with their head on right.

1118
01:10:08,600 --> 01:10:12,400
 But as far as what Cornelius does, Cornelius is going to do what Cornelius is going to do.

1119
01:10:12,900 --> 01:10:14,640
 You know, he's going to rebound, he's going to defend.

1120
01:10:15,820 --> 01:10:17,380
 He's just a force down there.

1121
01:10:17,620 --> 01:10:21,740
 And he sees the difference between last year and this year.

1122
01:10:22,220 --> 01:10:27,460
 You know, when the second leading rebounder last year was Tate Fields, who was only a few rebounds behind him.

1123
01:10:29,220 --> 01:10:30,980
 Cornelius doesn't have that with him this year.

1124
01:10:31,040 --> 01:10:32,600
 So he's getting a lot of double teams.

1125
01:10:33,120 --> 01:10:36,060
 He's getting a lot of, like, they're really physical with him down there.

1126
01:10:36,480 --> 01:10:40,300
 And even with that, he's still leading the league in rebounding, which is pretty amazing.

1127
01:10:40,800 --> 01:10:47,880
 Coach, obviously, you would love to see a full house last regular season game come early, stay late.

1128
01:10:47,960 --> 01:10:48,760
 It's a twin bill.

1129
01:10:48,900 --> 01:10:53,800
 Your thoughts about the message to the fans and the matchup tonight on the court?

1130
01:10:54,420 --> 01:10:55,040
 You know what?

1131
01:10:55,640 --> 01:10:56,920
 I'll be honest with you both.

1132
01:10:57,460 --> 01:10:59,040
 I don't have to send a message.

1133
01:10:59,820 --> 01:11:02,460
 The fans in our community have been outstanding.

1134
01:11:04,900 --> 01:11:10,100
 Guys, all you've got to do is look at the attendance records in our league.

1135
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 It's amazing.

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 And you know what that tells me is that we don't have fair-weather fans.

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 And I know, like everybody else, everybody likes to win.

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 And all I can tell you is there's no way that anybody can tell me that this is not just unique and really, I mean, just an unbelievable community, how they support not only our team, how they support every team at our university.

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 So, again, just very thankful, very grateful to be a part of the Florence community.

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 And I want them to know that I'm very, very thankful, very grateful for that.

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 But I know that's been a lot of fun, and a lot of people have come down and enjoyed some good UNA basketball talk and pizza.

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 Unbelievable.

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 And I definitely want to send out a shout-out to Chuck McCarty, the owner of Lost Pizza, and Ike Fowler, the owner of Alabama Health Guidance.

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 I mean, it's a packed house every night.

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 The enthusiasm there, not only for myself, but, you know, for Coach Whitaker, our women's coach, and even our other sports, right, like baseball, softball.

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 They've been out there, you know, talking to folks and now leading into the spring sports.

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 Those two men, again, Chuck McCarty and Ike Fowler, very, very thankful for them for just the way that they put that together.

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 It's top-notch.

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 Coach, they're both class-backs and wonderful men in our community that did a tremendous job with the show.

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 Again, very grateful for those two guys and everything that Lost Pizza's done.

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 I know they appreciate the shout-out.

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 Coach, again, senior night, grab a box of Kleenex and get a win, okay?

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 Yeah, that's the plan, brother.

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 That's the plan.

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 The women, UNA women, they take on Central Arkansas.

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 Welcome back, kid.

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 And for Nathan King, taking time out of his busy schedule, following the Auburn Tigers there at 24-7 Sports,

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 Nathan, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 I'm doing good.

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 How are you guys?

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 Yeah, we're doing all right, Nathan.

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 I tell you what, are any of us smart enough to figure out any SEC basketball team this season?

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 One minute, you're on top of the mountain, and the next minute, you're down at the bottom seeing an avalanche coming at you.

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 Talk to us about the emotions of this Auburn basketball team from Saturday to last night, Nathan.

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 Yeah, I mean, you just hit on it.

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 The inconsistency is the biggest thing about this team.

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 You know, none of us are necessarily surprised that this is not a SEC contender this season.

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 That was not what we expected in year one under Stephen Farrell.

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 It's not what we expected with a completely, almost a completely brand-new roster.

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 But maybe you would expect them to have figured some things out at this point in the season.

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 But to your point, it's so up and down.

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 But I think, unfortunately for this team, it may be only down on the defensive end of the floor.

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 That was just my biggest takeaway from last night is that, you know, they have had some solid moments on defense this season.

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 I think it led to that win over Florida.

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 I think their defense is ultimately what got them that win over Kentucky because of how well they played in the second half.

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 But on the whole, guys, this is a very, very poor defensive team.

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 Oklahoma starts last night shooting 9 of 12 from 3.

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 Stephen Farrell said it after the game that, you know, of their first 10 makes from 3, he thought 8 were just, you know, terrible defensive rotations.

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 You know, maybe they made two toughies, but teams are going to do that.

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 And how many times have we heard that this season, guys?

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 I mean, it was almost an error image of the Josh Hubbard game for Mississippi State of just a team chucking up a bunch of threes and making everything.

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 At some point, you cannot just chalk that up to difficult shot making anymore.

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 I think we reached that point a month ago with this Auburn team.

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 We'll see what they're able to do because their defense continues to fail them.

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 Nathan, the obvious question is, you look at this resume, and it's like a shotgun, is it not?

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 You got Florida, you got Kentucky, close against Houston, and then you got games like last night.

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 Oklahoma's not exactly going to win a national championship.

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 It's on the road.

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 But the obvious question, Nathan, what does this do?

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 Where does this put this Auburn basketball team with the obvious question as far as the postseason?

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 Well, this is why that Kentucky game carried so much weight.

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 This kind of result is exactly why you had to beat Kentucky at home because that was another quality win for your resume.

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 hey, you know, got to win this one if you want to get in the NCAA tournament.

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 It was never you have to win this one and you have to go beat a quad one Oklahoma game on the road.

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 So I think still, and I know people maybe don't want to hear this, but this is a special case, this Auburn team.

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 This is a team that could finish 8-10 in the SEC if they win these next two home games and lose to Alabama.

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 And I think they're in, and I don't really think there's much discourse about it.

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 I wrote about it today, and you've seen some statistics.

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 This team's schedule is just absurd.

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 They've played five games against top seven Ken Palm teams.

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 All of those have been on the road.

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 They're 6-11 against teams that are currently in the field.

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 That's a pretty decent number of teams that are currently projected to be NCAA tournament teams.

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 They're almost 500 against those teams.

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 The bubble is so weak that when you start to compare this Auburn team to, let's say, Missouri, let's say, UCLA, let's say, TCU,

1365
01:23:28,960 --> 01:23:32,580
 you know, high major teams that are, quote, on the bubble, it's not even close, guys.

1366
01:23:32,720 --> 01:23:34,020
 It's not even a competition.

1367
01:23:34,020 --> 01:23:37,580
 Auburn has more quad one wins, and their schedule is just miles ahead.

1368
01:23:37,680 --> 01:23:43,020
 I mean, they have the number one schedule in the country and the number one strength of schedule in the net rankings in the entire country.

1369
01:23:43,120 --> 01:23:47,840
 These other teams are talking about don't have as many quad one wins, and their schedules are in the 40s and 50s.

1370
01:23:47,960 --> 01:23:52,180
 So, it's like the selection committee will take that into very serious account.

1371
01:23:52,840 --> 01:23:55,400
 This is an Auburn schedule that was absolutely murderous.

1372
01:23:55,600 --> 01:24:03,320
 And, look, they would like to have had some more wins with the way I've been kind of putting it is, imagine how many wins this Auburn team would have if they had these other teams' schedules.

1373
01:24:03,900 --> 01:24:11,580
 If their toughest game, if they're Missouri, your toughest game in the non-conference is Minnesota, how many more Auburn wins would they have this season?

1374
01:24:11,700 --> 01:24:13,760
 Would they have four or five more wins in the non-conference?

1375
01:24:13,860 --> 01:24:15,840
 And then we'd be having a much different conversation right now.

1376
01:24:15,900 --> 01:24:16,160
 Right.

1377
01:24:16,960 --> 01:24:18,920
 Well, Nathan, that's what I was going to say.

1378
01:24:19,060 --> 01:24:21,020
 Auburn has beaten Florida.

1379
01:24:21,400 --> 01:24:25,220
 They beat St. John's, who's now won 13 consecutive games.

1380
01:24:25,340 --> 01:24:26,840
 They beat North Carolina State.

1381
01:24:26,940 --> 01:24:29,620
 They lost Houston by one.

1382
01:24:30,500 --> 01:24:40,720
 And going back to the theory on defense, Auburn's 313th out of 365 and allowing nine three-point makes per game.

1383
01:24:40,920 --> 01:24:42,280
 And you mentioned this.

1384
01:24:42,440 --> 01:24:45,640
 I was reading your stuff this morning, and I'll quote you.

1385
01:24:45,840 --> 01:24:58,500
 The team's personnel includes too many poor defenders, and Stephen Pearl is unable to be the all-out dedicated defensive coordinator like he used to be as an assistant.

1386
01:24:59,720 --> 01:25:00,800
 Yeah, I think that's it.

1387
01:25:00,880 --> 01:25:06,580
 I mean, I think it's pretty simple at this point in the season, the kind of personnel this team has.

1388
01:25:06,720 --> 01:25:13,440
 Look, guys, like, there is no Denver Jones on this team that you can just send out there and say,

1389
01:25:13,640 --> 01:25:16,840
 all right, bud, the opposing team's best guard, go shut him down.

1390
01:25:17,580 --> 01:25:24,220
 You know, there is no Chad Baker Mazzara, who's a 6'8 wing, who's lightning quick and can defend on the perimeter.

1391
01:25:24,340 --> 01:25:29,300
 There's no Dylan Hardwell that you can say, hey, man, your only job is to get defensive rebounds and block shots.

1392
01:25:29,740 --> 01:25:32,760
 Like, they just don't have players like that on this team.

1393
01:25:32,840 --> 01:25:36,660
 And I don't think it's necessarily – people have been talking about it this week.

1394
01:25:36,700 --> 01:25:40,480
 I don't think it's a failure in roster construction or anything like that.

1395
01:25:40,980 --> 01:25:44,800
 I don't know if they could have anticipated Keyshawn Hall being this bad of a defender.

1396
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 He is the – you know, he is the focal point of this team.

1397
01:25:49,780 --> 01:25:55,000
 And it's just, man, when him and Tahod Pettiford aren't going, this team has a lot of problems.

1398
01:25:55,440 --> 01:25:57,880
 A guy like Kevin Overton can try to make up for it.

1399
01:25:58,180 --> 01:26:01,340
 You know, he had five three-pointers last night, which was impressive.

1400
01:26:01,560 --> 01:26:04,820
 And, you know, other guys in this rotation have had their moments this season.

1401
01:26:05,000 --> 01:26:09,420
 But this is just not – I just – I think a lot of it comes down to personnel.

1402
01:26:09,720 --> 01:26:13,700
 And I don't know if that's necessarily a huge deal for this team.

1403
01:26:13,800 --> 01:26:15,760
 This was a weird offseason.

1404
01:26:16,000 --> 01:26:19,260
 They had to put this roster together to replace ten guys.

1405
01:26:19,880 --> 01:26:25,040
 And then, oh, on top of it, the head coach who's there right now isn't even the head coach who put the roster together.

1406
01:26:25,040 --> 01:26:30,540
 And I'm sort of tired of people saying, well, Stephen Pearl had a big hand in creating this roster.

1407
01:26:30,980 --> 01:26:37,320
 And it's like, okay, how much do you think the head coach does in putting together a roster as opposed to maybe the top assistant?

1408
01:26:37,520 --> 01:26:40,960
 I mean, that's probably an 80-20 ratio we're talking about there.

1409
01:26:41,240 --> 01:26:44,200
 So, I mean, it would have been a difficult season for anybody.

1410
01:26:44,340 --> 01:26:46,880
 I think it would have been a difficult season for Bruce Pearl to put together.

1411
01:26:46,980 --> 01:26:49,460
 Maybe he would have squeezed out a few more wins right now.

1412
01:26:49,540 --> 01:26:52,960
 But, yeah, I mean, I think the defense at this point, they just are what they are.

1413
01:26:53,340 --> 01:26:56,120
 I don't think they have any elite defenders on this team.

1414
01:26:56,240 --> 01:26:59,780
 I think Sebastian Williams Adams as a freshman has the potential to be that.

1415
01:26:59,900 --> 01:27:03,760
 But he's still an 18-, 19-year-old in a college freshman's body.

1416
01:27:03,920 --> 01:27:06,960
 So, you know, it's difficult for him night in and night out.

1417
01:27:07,060 --> 01:27:12,660
 And that just means they're going to have to get really, really efficient offensive performances here down the stretch.

1418
01:27:12,740 --> 01:27:15,240
 And that means Taha Pettiford and Keyshawn Hall need to be more consistent.

1419
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 Nathan King, Auburn undercover.

1420
01:27:17,540 --> 01:27:18,520
 You bring up a good point.

1421
01:27:18,580 --> 01:27:19,060
 I'm old school.

1422
01:27:19,120 --> 01:27:20,600
 If you don't have defense, I don't care.

1423
01:27:20,600 --> 01:27:24,600
 Unless you're just like Alabama the other night and you score 120, then you can give up 118.

1424
01:27:25,320 --> 01:27:26,820
 But you better be able to score 120.

1425
01:27:27,000 --> 01:27:36,300
 But the other side of that schedule dilemma is, when you look at it, Nathan, is it safe to say two of the next three games are definitely winnable?

1426
01:27:36,480 --> 01:27:37,820
 First of all, both are home.

1427
01:27:38,460 --> 01:27:41,000
 One's against Ole Miss coming up this weekend.

1428
01:27:41,180 --> 01:27:43,600
 The other one is the following Tuesday night against LSU.

1429
01:27:44,160 --> 01:27:46,020
 Neither one's going to win a national championship.

1430
01:27:46,020 --> 01:27:53,180
 And then the emotions will take care of itself in the season, regular season finale, in the Iron Bowl of basketball at Alabama.

1431
01:27:53,180 --> 01:27:55,840
 Your thoughts about the closing schedule here in the regular season?

1432
01:27:57,100 --> 01:28:01,260
 Yeah, the Alabama game just becomes gravy for this team.

1433
01:28:01,400 --> 01:28:02,200
 I mean, it's a road game.

1434
01:28:02,280 --> 01:28:03,400
 It's against a quad one opponent.

1435
01:28:03,760 --> 01:28:04,640
 It's against the top.

1436
01:28:04,900 --> 01:28:10,860
 I haven't looked at Alabama, but I would think they're approaching three or four seed territory in the NCAA tournament.

1437
01:28:10,980 --> 01:28:12,680
 That's going to be a really, really difficult outing.

1438
01:28:12,760 --> 01:28:18,180
 So it all comes down to these next couple games, and honestly, the schedule works out nicely for you here.

1439
01:28:18,180 --> 01:28:24,740
 I mean, the fact that you have two home games, not to mention you're playing two of the worst teams in the league, but you get them both at home.

1440
01:28:25,600 --> 01:28:32,100
 Ole Miss, so Ole Miss won three in a row before they played Auburn in that game last month in Oxford, the game that Auburn won.

1441
01:28:32,640 --> 01:28:33,820
 So they won three in a row before that.

1442
01:28:33,880 --> 01:28:34,800
 They have not won since.

1443
01:28:35,180 --> 01:28:43,820
 They have lost eight straight games since then, and if you look at the metrics, they are playing worse than anybody in the SEC, even worse than South Carolina, who is absolutely dreadful.

1444
01:28:44,360 --> 01:28:47,140
 And then LSU has lost eight of their last nine games.

1445
01:28:47,640 --> 01:28:49,960
 So what is that?

1446
01:28:50,020 --> 01:28:50,320
 What is that?

1447
01:28:50,420 --> 01:28:54,060
 You know, 15 of their last 16 games combined, these teams have lost.

1448
01:28:54,500 --> 01:28:55,860
 Now, they're going to see each other tonight.

1449
01:28:56,040 --> 01:28:56,920
 They're going to play each other tonight.

1450
01:28:56,980 --> 01:29:00,280
 Ole Miss and LSU are, so somebody's got to win that game.

1451
01:29:00,380 --> 01:29:01,940
 But, yeah, I mean, you're exactly right.

1452
01:29:02,000 --> 01:29:06,620
 These next two games, it almost feels silly to even call them must-win.

1453
01:29:06,800 --> 01:29:10,020
 It's more like a can't-lose because, obviously, they're must-win games.

1454
01:29:10,100 --> 01:29:11,920
 But it's like, you lose one of these, you're done.

1455
01:29:12,100 --> 01:29:12,340
 You know what I mean?

1456
01:29:12,400 --> 01:29:13,220
 You're absolutely done.

1457
01:29:13,220 --> 01:29:21,800
 It's a quad three home loss when you're already a team on the bubble, and it adds to this narrative we've been talking about of, hey, Auburn, you know, isn't consistent.

1458
01:29:21,800 --> 01:29:28,340
 And that probably speaks to the committee as well of, like, hey, this team's just not good right now, and they're taking losses that they shouldn't.

1459
01:29:28,440 --> 01:29:31,380
 So, yeah, absolutely must-win those two games at home.

1460
01:29:32,100 --> 01:29:39,880
 Obviously, Auburn is probably going to be close to a double-digit favorite in both games, but they've got to go out there and perform in the Tuesday's game behind them.

1461
01:29:39,920 --> 01:29:42,800
 And like we were talking about, I think if you win those two games, I think you're in the tournament.

1462
01:29:42,960 --> 01:29:44,760
 Now, maybe are you a first-four team?

1463
01:29:45,260 --> 01:29:45,560
 Maybe.

1464
01:29:45,560 --> 01:30:02,000
 We might be having that conversation, but I really cannot see an Auburn team that has five quad one wins and has six wins against the field that has played more quad one games than anybody, has the number one strength of schedule, and came out of it with a decent resume, all things considered.

1465
01:30:02,000 --> 01:30:03,860
 I can't see that team being left out of the tournament.

1466
01:30:04,000 --> 01:30:04,720
 I really can't.

1467
01:30:05,720 --> 01:30:09,460
 Nathan, Auburn, baseball, one thing is for sure, they're playing well.

1468
01:30:09,580 --> 01:30:13,380
 It's going to be Kansas State, number nine, Florida State, number 15, Louisville.

1469
01:30:14,040 --> 01:30:20,640
 Last weekend at Globe Life Field, I know Jason Conwell's got the baseball side of it covered.

1470
01:30:21,800 --> 01:30:25,760
 Recruiting, transfer portal now put to bed for a while.

1471
01:30:27,360 --> 01:30:31,120
 But a lot of things going on, spring practice, next time we turn around.

1472
01:30:31,220 --> 01:30:34,560
 Nathan, where can we get online to get your stuff and the teams?

1473
01:30:35,480 --> 01:30:36,060
 For sure.

1474
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 Auburnundercover.com, still running 50% off if you're not a member.

1475
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 You guys mentioned the notebook I wrote today on basketball.

1476
01:30:42,800 --> 01:30:48,980
 That's a VIP piece, so if you'd like to access that and everything else we have to offer, like you mentioned, baseball and softball are off and running.

1477
01:30:49,060 --> 01:30:55,260
 We've got coverage of that, recruiting, and spring practice will be here before you know it, and so will the SEC and NCAA tournaments.

1478
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 So if you want all that coverage and more, head over to auburnundercover.com.

1479
01:30:59,580 --> 01:31:01,520
 Sounds like a buffet of Auburn coverage.

1480
01:31:01,660 --> 01:31:05,940
 Nathan, thanks so much for taking time out of that busy schedule and joining us today, and stay safe, okay?

1481
01:31:06,780 --> 01:31:07,420
 Thanks, guys.

1482
01:31:07,480 --> 01:31:07,940
 Appreciate y'all.

1483
01:31:08,460 --> 01:31:08,960
 Thank you, bud.

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1607
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 The Score.

1608
01:37:00,700 --> 01:37:02,880
 Welcome back in talking about a busy boy.

1609
01:37:02,980 --> 01:37:05,900
 He's always busy over a 97.7 FM zone.

1610
01:37:06,060 --> 01:37:08,020
 Drew DeArmond, he's host talking ball there.

1611
01:37:08,140 --> 01:37:09,160
 Drew, welcome in.

1612
01:37:09,220 --> 01:37:09,920
 How are you?

1613
01:37:12,540 --> 01:37:14,640
 Obviously, like I said, he's a busy boy.

1614
01:37:14,900 --> 01:37:18,160
 Does anybody cover the Crimson more than Drew, BB?

1615
01:37:18,320 --> 01:37:20,760
 They've got the Crimson Panthers and the Crimson Tide.

1616
01:37:20,820 --> 01:37:21,860
 He's a busy boy, is he not?

1617
01:37:22,420 --> 01:37:25,940
 Yeah, Drew works with Huntsville on a regular basis.

1618
01:37:27,020 --> 01:37:29,400
 That, to me, was the game of the tournament.

1619
01:37:29,800 --> 01:37:35,300
 Hoover won again for the third consecutive year, 61-54.

1620
01:37:35,860 --> 01:37:38,860
 Harold, both these teams lost a lot of players.

1621
01:37:40,140 --> 01:37:43,100
 We've talked about Mr. Basketball, Dwayne Brown.

1622
01:37:43,700 --> 01:37:46,020
 Salim London also left Hoover.

1623
01:37:46,020 --> 01:37:48,920
 They regrouped and rebooted.

1624
01:37:48,920 --> 01:37:50,060
 So did Huntsville.

1625
01:37:50,300 --> 01:37:57,740
 Simon Walker now playing for Auburn, Braden Rivers, North Carolina, Asheville, Gossett, Bowman, Eli Stapler.

1626
01:37:58,480 --> 01:38:02,760
 And a lot of people, including myself, thought Huntsville would win this year.

1627
01:38:02,820 --> 01:38:04,140
 It was just their time.

1628
01:38:04,620 --> 01:38:06,420
 But, again, I give Hoover a lot of credit.

1629
01:38:06,880 --> 01:38:11,080
 They were able to hold off Huntsville at the end to win 61-54.

1630
01:38:11,600 --> 01:38:13,880
 Well, we'll get Drew on with us, obviously, BB.

1631
01:38:14,180 --> 01:38:20,160
 Teams closer to us, Lauderdale County, Morris Hill, the girls, the boys, in this case, the boys and the girls.

1632
01:38:20,580 --> 01:38:24,540
 They're getting busy to keep on trying to keep on rocking and rolling to head on down to state, BB.

1633
01:38:25,400 --> 01:38:27,460
 Well, I think they're going to do that.

1634
01:38:27,580 --> 01:38:36,440
 Scores yesterday, Harold, Morris Hill, Bible girls, 71, Lauderdale County, 62, Bell Hill with another tremendous game.

1635
01:38:37,020 --> 01:38:39,880
 Manus and Mobile led Lauderdale County with 19.

1636
01:38:40,120 --> 01:38:45,900
 Lauderdale County boys beat Morris Hill boys, 74-43.

1637
01:38:47,360 --> 01:38:50,380
 In fact, Red Bay, there are four teams.

1638
01:38:50,380 --> 01:38:57,940
 It's Red Bay, Lauderdale County boys, Morris Hill Bible girls, and the Desher boys.

1639
01:38:58,160 --> 01:39:00,840
 They're going to Birmingham next week.

1640
01:39:00,920 --> 01:39:04,700
 We'll be talking about them in a little bit more detail tomorrow and Friday.

1641
01:39:05,020 --> 01:39:09,400
 And, Bimmy, while we're on the topic of high school, for the folks who might have missed the top of the show,

1642
01:39:09,640 --> 01:39:14,880
 I tell you what, are things that you're talking about the coaching deck shuffling in the Shoals area,

1643
01:39:14,880 --> 01:39:17,640
 first of all over at Morris Hill, Daryl Higgins.

1644
01:39:18,600 --> 01:39:21,980
 Now, obviously, if you're close, real close, it's like, okay.

1645
01:39:22,100 --> 01:39:23,820
 But a lot of folks said, are you kidding me?

1646
01:39:23,900 --> 01:39:27,620
 Leaving Morris Hill ultra successful there, heading down to Russellville.

1647
01:39:27,920 --> 01:39:32,560
 And then this morning, at least, becoming public, I think a lot of folks at Muscle Shoals right now

1648
01:39:32,560 --> 01:39:36,060
 are trying to process the news coming out of Muscle Shoals football.

1649
01:39:37,440 --> 01:39:42,120
 Scott Baston, BenThomasofale.com, my friend, had a...

1650
01:39:42,120 --> 01:39:47,380
 Scott Baston put on social media this morning, the Muscle Shoals football site,

1651
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 that he is retiring after 17 years, close to 180 wins.

1652
01:39:53,820 --> 01:39:59,220
 He has done an incredible job as being the dean of coaching in the Shoals.

1653
01:39:59,220 --> 01:40:04,020
 I know Daryl Higgins was at Morris Hill Bible for 10 years.

1654
01:40:04,700 --> 01:40:08,040
 Scott Baston in Muscle Shoals is stepping down.

1655
01:40:08,160 --> 01:40:13,540
 We'll be curious to see maybe a promotion from within, but we'll see how everything works out.

1656
01:40:13,620 --> 01:40:20,140
 But Scott Baston, who has been a pillar of coaching for many, many years in the Muscle Shoals,

1657
01:40:20,260 --> 01:40:23,080
 announcing his retirement this morning.

1658
01:40:23,320 --> 01:40:26,800
 Well, the one thing you do know, football, like a lot of places,

1659
01:40:27,060 --> 01:40:29,900
 and you can put Muscle Shoals right in there with amongst them.

1660
01:40:30,340 --> 01:40:31,500
 It's very serious.

1661
01:40:31,620 --> 01:40:34,140
 So you know this is going to be a serious search.

1662
01:40:34,240 --> 01:40:37,860
 It's going to be interesting to see who winds up trying to fill those big shoes of Scott

1663
01:40:37,860 --> 01:40:39,260
 out at Muscle Shoals.

1664
01:40:39,360 --> 01:40:42,540
 Of course, as it becomes available, we'll keep you up to date here.

1665
01:40:42,960 --> 01:40:47,120
 Meanwhile, BB, obviously coming up tonight, Alabama, Mississippi State.

1666
01:40:47,120 --> 01:40:50,680
 And do you think that Nate Oates right now is saying,

1667
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 the one thing that I don't want these kids to hear is what a lot of folks are saying out there.

1668
01:40:55,800 --> 01:40:57,000
 Let's get through this game.

1669
01:40:57,060 --> 01:40:58,680
 The big ones this weekend against Tennessee.

1670
01:40:58,860 --> 01:41:05,260
 If you're a coach, nothing, and I mean nothing, infuriates you more than to sit here and take an opponent.

1671
01:41:05,400 --> 01:41:08,960
 I don't care who they are, what's on their jersey, what their record is.

1672
01:41:09,720 --> 01:41:12,420
 Nothing infuriates the coach more than that dialogue, BB.

1673
01:41:12,840 --> 01:41:18,640
 Well, yes, again, that status quo pretty much when you've got a huge game coming up,

1674
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 particularly when Alabama hasn't beaten in five consecutive games.

1675
01:41:23,220 --> 01:41:25,480
 But I think this team is going to be focused.

1676
01:41:26,720 --> 01:41:30,400
 Phylon is a little bit of a question mark, whether or not.

1677
01:41:30,500 --> 01:41:33,160
 I'm guessing he may not play very much again.

1678
01:41:33,260 --> 01:41:36,320
 He really got beat up in the Arkansas game.

1679
01:41:36,320 --> 01:41:38,940
 Can London Jemison continue to help them?

1680
01:41:39,400 --> 01:41:39,480
 Yeah.

1681
01:41:39,820 --> 01:41:41,440
 Ainsurel stay out of foul trouble.

1682
01:41:41,920 --> 01:41:43,940
 Again, it's another maturity game.

1683
01:41:44,420 --> 01:41:50,640
 But here, I think this team's pretty focused as far as concentrating on Mississippi State tonight.

1684
01:41:51,040 --> 01:41:57,800
 Well, I mean, if you go with a book and you've played this game of basketball, it's a no-brainer what the approach is.

1685
01:41:58,440 --> 01:42:01,960
 You double-team Josh Hubbard because that's going to leave somebody else open.

1686
01:42:02,420 --> 01:42:06,280
 Okay, if that other person gets hot, then you've got to put – it's a roll of the dice.

1687
01:42:06,860 --> 01:42:10,280
 But if I'm Nate Oates, I don't think I have to tell him this.

1688
01:42:10,280 --> 01:42:15,080
 He's making a lot more money than me, and we'll get to his honors here in a second about going on to the national team.

1689
01:42:15,680 --> 01:42:18,860
 But you double-team Josh Hubbard, and you take your chances, BB.

1690
01:42:19,400 --> 01:42:24,660
 Well, Harold, that's the difference in the game tonight, whether Hubbard scores 12 or 32.

1691
01:42:25,540 --> 01:42:35,560
 He is perfectly capable, scored 46 against Auburn last week, but off on 30-something against Alabama in Starkville last year.

1692
01:42:35,680 --> 01:42:37,040
 But that's the key to him.

1693
01:42:37,100 --> 01:42:44,400
 Again, you can't forget about the other four players, but you've got to focus on guarding him, getting him out of his lane.

1694
01:42:44,500 --> 01:42:50,620
 And again, when he hits one three, he heats up and can hit about six in a row.

1695
01:42:50,620 --> 01:42:59,480
 But certainly, I know that that's been a lot of discussion in the pregame game plan is, what are we going to do to slow down Josh Hubbard?

1696
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 Well, and I think Nate Oates, also part of his strategy is, if he can, protect Phylon and kind of put bubble wrap on him because these next two games, he wants to wrap up and protect that number three seed.

1697
01:43:11,600 --> 01:43:17,200
 As far as a postseason, they're safe as it can be, but he's trying to get to that three and stay off that five line.

1698
01:43:17,200 --> 01:43:19,800
 So, in a perfect world tonight, he double-teams.

1699
01:43:20,320 --> 01:43:22,100
 Hubbard keeps him within human terms.

1700
01:43:22,180 --> 01:43:23,020
 You're not going to stop him.

1701
01:43:23,120 --> 01:43:29,680
 All you can do is try to contain him and do his best to keep Phylon on the bench to get him as healthy as possible for those final two regular season.

1702
01:43:29,780 --> 01:43:33,540
 Well, they've done a good job with turnovers this year.

1703
01:43:33,620 --> 01:43:34,920
 I know they had 18.

1704
01:43:35,440 --> 01:43:41,080
 It seemed like 38 against Florida, but they have really cut down the number of turnovers.

1705
01:43:41,760 --> 01:43:46,780
 Can Bo Bowen come in, the transfer from Florida State, and help them on the boards?

1706
01:43:47,760 --> 01:43:49,940
 They've got to, again, stay out of foul trouble.

1707
01:43:50,060 --> 01:43:55,780
 They got into a little bit of that against LSU in Baton Rouge.

1708
01:43:56,800 --> 01:44:00,660
 But, again, this team's been slowly coming along.

1709
01:44:00,780 --> 01:44:04,880
 I mean, they're averaging 97 points a game in this six-game winning streak.

1710
01:44:05,440 --> 01:44:07,920
 Of course, 117 kind of helps the average.

1711
01:44:08,700 --> 01:44:18,320
 But, again, if they can continue to improve defensively, they've got a shot to be, I think, a four seed, certainly maybe a three.

1712
01:44:18,840 --> 01:44:27,380
 You know, we mentioned earlier, our Alabama fans may be taking Nate Oates for granted like they did this guy named Nick Saban back when he was on his run.

1713
01:44:27,620 --> 01:44:32,220
 And the reason I'm bringing it up is a short time ago, Alabama was just trying to get to the tournament now.

1714
01:44:32,260 --> 01:44:33,480
 It's almost automatic.

1715
01:44:33,660 --> 01:44:35,940
 You don't have to wait and get all the drama on Selection Sunday.

1716
01:44:36,340 --> 01:44:37,960
 But here's the other irony about it.

1717
01:44:38,180 --> 01:44:46,900
 Nate Oates will be part of the coaching staff for the 2026 USA Basketball Men's Under-18 National Team.

1718
01:44:47,460 --> 01:44:51,620
 He will be serving as an assistant coach, and you know where I'm going with this.

1719
01:44:51,620 --> 01:44:57,460
 In case you missed it, he will be serving as an assistant coach to Anthony Grant.

1720
01:44:57,560 --> 01:44:58,840
 Where do we remember that name, BB?

1721
01:44:59,100 --> 01:45:04,340
 Well, former head basketball coach in Alabama, and I'll give you another tip on this.

1722
01:45:04,760 --> 01:45:09,260
 He's not doing this just out of fun, out of you-know-what and giggles.

1723
01:45:10,100 --> 01:45:18,280
 That's a very talented 18-and-under group, and he would like to see some of those guys firsthand, and we'll have the opportunity to do that.

1724
01:45:18,700 --> 01:45:19,920
 How do you think he's going to close?

1725
01:45:20,020 --> 01:45:27,080
 We know we've seen some guys from North Alabama come through here and go on to these basketball factories to that end.

1726
01:45:27,800 --> 01:45:34,580
 How do you think he's going to close, and how is Nate Oates going to use the same, if you will, blueprint as other coaches

1727
01:45:34,580 --> 01:45:39,340
 trying to mix these hotshot five-star high school kids with the portal going forward?

1728
01:45:39,340 --> 01:45:44,820
 Well, the transfer portal guys, Harold, have not worked out very well.

1729
01:45:44,980 --> 01:45:46,300
 Bo Bowen keeps trying.

1730
01:45:46,440 --> 01:45:48,080
 He's a little bit undersized.

1731
01:45:48,760 --> 01:45:55,520
 Noah Williamson played well against Kentucky, and they're trying to bring him up to speed with this.

1732
01:45:55,680 --> 01:46:00,380
 DeLille Bethea scored 20 in a non-conference game.

1733
01:46:00,460 --> 01:46:05,540
 He's not come close to that since, but Harold, he knows that.

1734
01:46:05,600 --> 01:46:08,520
 A lot of people are questioning about Caleb Holt.

1735
01:46:08,520 --> 01:46:11,760
 He should be making a decision in the next 30 days.

1736
01:46:11,900 --> 01:46:15,960
 He was at Buckhorn, then transferred to Grayson in Georgia.

1737
01:46:16,840 --> 01:46:22,540
 But Nate understands you've got to have a mix of top high school players and transfer portal.

1738
01:46:23,080 --> 01:46:26,360
 I think they may be a little more choosy in the transfer portal.

1739
01:46:26,860 --> 01:46:31,020
 Again, brought four guys in, and they really have not given him what he wanted.

1740
01:46:31,700 --> 01:46:33,880
 Coming up, it is the final word.

1741
01:46:34,020 --> 01:46:37,220
 Again, you can catch that game with Bama and Mississippi State later on tonight.

1742
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1794
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 Welcome back in quickly, Bibi.

1795
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 What's on that high school postseason menu for you?

1796
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 Herald, beginning next week, the Final Four, beginning on Tuesday,

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 Morris Hill Bible Girls will play No. 1 St. James in the state semifinals at 9 a.m.

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 at the BJCC.

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 Immediately following that would be the Lauderdale County Boys.

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 They will meet Montgomery Academy at 10 a.m.

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 Later that afternoon, the Fairfield Boys will meet Dessler, who beat West Morgan earlier in the week.

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 That will be at 4.30.

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 And also on Monday, another team in the show is the Red Bay Boys.

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 Yeah.

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 They're 25-5.

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 We'll face Lafayette or Lafayette at 4.30.

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 They're 26-7.

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 So, and I know we're going to be broadcasting, I believe, three of those games.

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 But four teams in the shows have advanced to the Final Four in Birmingham.

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 If you're rolling through the shows tonight, looking for something to do at CBNS Bank Arena at 545.

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 The UNA women take on Central Arkansas, the night cap.

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 It's senior night for the men.

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 They take on Bellarmine.

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 It follows the women again.

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 Their senior night is going to be coming up on Friday against West Georgia.

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 And, of course, you can, speaking of games, you can check out here on 93.9 The Score.

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 It's Bama and Mississippi State with their date tonight down in Tinetown.

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 You can catch it right here on 93.9 The Score.

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 It's going to take care of business for now on behalf of BBE, Greg, James Flair, the entire crew here.

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 Harold Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

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 Let's do it again tomorrow on noon to two for the Bumble Buck Show.

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 Back here on Sports Radio, 93.9 The Score.