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

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 Brett Beaird, welcome in where the Braves suffer a massive strikeout three weeks before the season even begins.

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 It's been a tough two days for Shoals teams at Legacy Arena.

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 The Red Bay boys lost last night 34-32 in a tight game to Lafayette.

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 Calvin Watkins, the leading scorer for Lauderdale County in that game with 15 points.

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 And what you were alluding to, the Atlanta Braves designated hitter, Jerkson Profar, is facing a 162-game suspension

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 Roger is here right now to preview Bama, Georgia this afternoon in the big week for Bama baseball.

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 Roger's saying, I got to follow that.

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 A guy that's sitting on the bench with a $42 million deal and he whips again.

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 But Roger Hoover, I'm sure, totally is there with a go-played name in stone.

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 He's got it. Roger, welcome in. How are you?

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 Boomo Bugg. I'm doing better than Jerkson Profar, except for that, you know, when he opens his bank app,

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 I mean, quickly, I know we're talking Bama here, but that is so fresh and a lot of Braves fans here.

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 I know this is not easy news to take.

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 And then, what, a total of 23, 24 seconds, who's counting?

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 when it matters the most for LeBaron Phylon to get that go-ahead score.

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 Roger, your thoughts on a tough loss to Texas, but a new leaf this week,

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 What an interesting showdown out at Frisco in the college baseball classic out at Frisco.

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 You knock off some good teams.

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 getting that win against Oregon State,

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 hopefully a very winning one coming up for the Crimson Tide.

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 Welcome back in.

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 Obviously, you're going to be hooking up, hopefully, here, with the legend, Coach Sonny Smith, momentarily, BB.

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 But in the meantime, in case you missed it, Braves fans after last year said, okay, Profar, we understand we're all human.

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 You make mistakes, even though the mistake after signing a $42 million deal is one thing.

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 But then to come back now and allegedly do it again and be suspended, get this.

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 I'm going to throw some simple math at you, okay?

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 The word is, Profar is suspended for 162 games.

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 Brett Beaird, how many games are in a regular season for a Major League Baseball team?

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 One, it's 162.

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 Can you explain this, my friend?

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 No.

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 Harold, it's one of the more amazing things.

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 James, our esteemed producer, told us about it a little bit earlier today.

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 Again, I would imagine he'll get another test just to go through the protocol that you've got to go through for the Players Association.

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 He will forfeit $15 million if he is declared ineligible.

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 My first comment is, go take that $15 million and go get one or two starting pitchers for the team.

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 We'll see how that goes, but it's amazing.

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 They begin the season.

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 They've already lost starting pitchers.

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 Yeah.

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 Swallenbach and Houston Waltrip for probably two months.

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 And now they've got another hole as far as their designated hitter or left fielder.

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 Now, again, you'll be having some players cut, and I'm sure they'll be able to pick up some journeyman left fielders.

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 But, Harold, this is just, again, we'll see.

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 Allegedly, this has happened.

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 They'll probably confirm it later today, but this is beyond stupid.

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 Well, it's not only stupid.

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 It's almost criminal.

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 You said he's got to forfeit $15 million.

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 I'm not too good at math.

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 But what about the other $27 million?

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 I mean, shouldn't there not be some fine print there that says this is what you get unless you violate the following fine print?

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 And then the ball literally is in his court.

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 And if he does, he's got to give it back.

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 I mean, to me, that's a one-sided deal.

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 And if his people were able to pull that off, you've got to sit here and ask the question, Braves, what are you doing, man?

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 I mean, you're surrendering a lot of leverage there.

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 I'm not in the business sometimes in the heat of the moment.

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 Hindsight's always 20-20 sometimes to close the deal.

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 You've got to do it or you can go elsewhere.

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 But you see where I'm coming from on that.

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 And you talk about going and getting somebody.

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 That's a possibility.

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 But two things on that.

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 Number one, the season, the regular season, gets rocking and rolling three weeks in one day.

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 Three weeks from tomorrow, the season gets going.

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 And as you mentioned, you've already got holes in your pitching staff.

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 Now you've got a big hole there.

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 And where does the management go from here to try to go out and you said get some starting pitching?

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 Well, here's the problem with that, PB.

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 Everybody's searching for the same thing.

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 And if you are a front-line pitcher, even with a $15 million savings, you're still going to be behind the eight ball.

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 To me, you've got to sit here and say, we've got to eat this.

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 You've got to believe these teams have some type of insurance policy to help eat some of that.

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 But still, at this point, the season is only three weeks to go.

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 It would be one thing if it's three months ago.

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 They might have some time to deal with it.

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00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:12,200
 And the bigger question, have you talked with Super Braves fan, Bill Shanks, who got his reaction yet this morning?

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 No, Bill Shanks is at spring training as we speak.

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 And I'm sure he will have some interesting comments on social media later today.

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 Harold, as you mentioned, he's still got a year left on this three-year $42 million.

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 And I'm sure a morals clause or whatever would allow the Braves to get out of that.

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 I would not waste too much time doing that.

390
00:22:39,020 --> 00:22:46,860
 Now, as far as the starting pitchers, I mentioned, too, last week, Gio Lito is one, and Littell is another one.

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 They're still out there, and this may be an opportunity to go get these guys.

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 But, Harold, I wouldn't even think about having this guy try to come in for a third year.

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 I would just keep it alone.

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 Cut your losses, man.

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 Cut your losses.

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 You know, baseball, three strikes and you're out.

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 And in this case, maybe two strikes and you're out.

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 We'll keep a close eye on that.

399
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 B.B., I don't know if you saw the article from Kevin Scarbinsky, friend of the show, about the Auburn basketball program.

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 If you did, you know, jump in.

401
00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:21,360
 But to kind of paraphrase, he was saying, you know, it was good at one time when Alabama and Auburn played each other.

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 But Kevin brought up a good point.

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 He's basically asking questions of what role Bruce Pearl, not Stephen Pearl, his son, but Bruce Pearl played in where Auburn is being where it is right now, coming in to basically their backs to the wall to make the tournament.

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 Basically, in effect, he said, Bruce, it's your option.

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 You can retire.

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 You can hang it up.

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 But I think what Kevin was trying to say, it was instead of the timing, there's a certain window that kids can leave.

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 And Bruce got past that window.

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 And then right before everything opened up for the season, he said, I'm hanging it up and I'm giving it to my son.

410
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 Did you see the article by Kevin and some of the questions he raised as far as the influence that Bruce Pearl played on where the team is this season?

411
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 Well, Harold, I think a lot of this is on Bruce.

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 And the timing is the question about this.

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 Look, I know that he wanted Stephen Pearl to take over.

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 Stephen had been rumored to be the coach and waiting for a couple of years.

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 But he basically put John Cohen, the Auburn Athletic Directors, back against the wall and did not allow him.

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 There's no way that he could go out and make a coaching hire.

417
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 At that point.

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 I think he did this two or three days before practice was going to begin for the season.

419
00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:44,480
 And then the other thing that Kevin brought up is the schedule.

420
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 This is a Bruce Pearl schedule.

421
00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:51,720
 Now, again, he's kind of amped up the schedule the last couple of years.

422
00:24:51,860 --> 00:24:53,880
 Nate Oates has done this from day one.

423
00:24:54,460 --> 00:24:56,480
 But this is a Bruce Pearl schedule.

424
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 And to their credit, earlier they beat St. John.

425
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 They beat North Carolina State.

426
00:25:01,940 --> 00:25:03,540
 They lost to Houston by one.

427
00:25:03,540 --> 00:25:12,980
 But the problem is, and we've been discussing this now for the last week, when did the bad losses offset the good wins?

428
00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:13,460
 Yeah.

429
00:25:13,580 --> 00:25:18,240
 And Auburn has lost to Mississippi State, Oklahoma, and Ole Miss.

430
00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:20,500
 And all these teams are decent teams.

431
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 Oklahoma's playing better.

432
00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:25,660
 Ole Miss has now their 10-game losing streak.

433
00:25:25,660 --> 00:25:29,260
 But to answer your question, Harold, a lot of this is on Bruce Pearl.

434
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 The question is, how do you lose to a team that's on a 10-game losing streak at home after beating the best team by many consideration of the league, Florida, at their place?

435
00:25:39,460 --> 00:25:42,920
 I think that illustrates just how crazy this season has gone for Auburn.

436
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 Meanwhile, Alabama, and it's a well-put trap game, if you will.

437
00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:49,500
 This is a very interesting showdown.

438
00:25:49,620 --> 00:25:51,780
 I know on paper people are going to say, well, it's Alabama.

439
00:25:52,360 --> 00:25:55,380
 Speaking of streaks, what, eight games now that they're riding?

440
00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:58,340
 They got a layup game tonight with Georgia.

441
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 And as Lee Corso would say, BB, as someone who, believe it or not, actually played some sports back in the day, not so fast, my friend, do not take anybody anywhere for granted.

442
00:26:09,460 --> 00:26:11,620
 Yeah, this is not a layup game.

443
00:26:11,700 --> 00:26:13,040
 This is a tricky game.

444
00:26:13,140 --> 00:26:17,920
 Now, Georgia's run and gun, up-tempo the way Alabama is.

445
00:26:18,220 --> 00:26:25,000
 And they were actually scoring close to 98 points themselves earlier this year.

446
00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:26,940
 Now, they've fallen off a little bit.

447
00:26:27,120 --> 00:26:31,340
 But Georgia's won four, I believe, four out of their last five games.

448
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 This is going to be a tough, tough game.

449
00:26:34,560 --> 00:26:36,500
 Auburn lost there earlier this year.

450
00:26:36,580 --> 00:26:38,020
 A lot of other teams have.

451
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 Mike White, of course, who was the Florida coach for a while and then navigated over to Georgia, has really made the Georgia basketball program respectable.

452
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 But no, there's no question about that.

453
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 They can shoot the three.

454
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 They can rebound a little bit.

455
00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:57,740
 This is going to be a tricky game tonight for Alabama.

456
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 Brett, my Lear Jets running low on field.

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 We actually have ESPN News supposedly on our cable subscription.

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 We can't get it.

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 So I'll be watching it on the radio on 93 now.

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 That's about my favorite, man.

466
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 You lost me about nine channels ago.

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 In men's basketball action tonight, the Alabama Crimson Tide will play on the road at Georgia.

541
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 16th ranked Alabama is 12-4 in the SEC.

542
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 22-7 on the season.

543
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546
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547
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 6-10 in the SEC.

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551
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552
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579
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 Time to head to West, young man and young lady.

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583
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 Bruce Marshall, welcome in.

584
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 How are you?

585
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 Hey there, Harold.

586
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 Pretty good.

587
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 How are you?

588
00:34:17,900 --> 00:34:19,460
 March Madness is here.

589
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 March Madness is here.

590
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 Is Vegas in a good mood?

591
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 Bruce, I know the Super Bowl is always going to wear the crown when it comes to this stuff as far as business there.

592
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 But I've got a feeling March Madness has got to hold its own as well.

593
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 It does, Harold.

594
00:34:33,080 --> 00:34:52,700
 And it's kind of interesting because, you know, for a few years there, and it might even be the case now, but the totality of March Madness and a lot of the real business at the sportsbooks where it's really buzzing there is actually in the conference tournaments because there's actually more games and they go on throughout the day.

595
00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:53,880
 And that'll be mostly next week.

596
00:34:54,380 --> 00:35:00,100
 But the volume they got in total for a while actually exceeded the Super Bowl.

597
00:35:00,740 --> 00:35:00,980
 Wow.

598
00:35:01,140 --> 00:35:03,620
 Just not for one game, but if you put all of them together.

599
00:35:04,540 --> 00:35:17,800
 And many of the hotels up here did, for a while, really, you know, bend over backwards to accommodate ballrooms and things like that with extra TVs in there.

600
00:35:17,860 --> 00:35:22,500
 And they would bring in, you know, kiosks to do more betting and things like that.

601
00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:25,700
 However, in recent years, not quite as much.

602
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 And some of this came out, you know, after COVID, it took them a while to get back doing that.

603
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:43,700
 But, you know, in general now, and I think we saw this in the Super Bowl too, the city wasn't, it's still buzzing Super Bowl week, but not quite as crowded as it had been before all these other states started to have their own casinos and sportsbooks and things like that.

604
00:35:43,700 --> 00:35:49,640
 But it's still an exciting time here, but temperatures down a little bit from where it was seven, eight years ago.

605
00:35:51,580 --> 00:35:54,920
 I asked you last week about the top four seeds.

606
00:35:55,300 --> 00:35:59,200
 Duke, Michigan, Arizona, they're kind of a no-brainer.

607
00:35:59,960 --> 00:36:04,080
 Iowa State was there for a while, and I think they've dropped to a three seed.

608
00:36:04,340 --> 00:36:11,660
 UConn, according to a lot of the mocks, is now joined that one seed.

609
00:36:12,060 --> 00:36:16,560
 But what about the Florida Gators, the defending national champion?

610
00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:26,240
 They ran Arkansas out of the gym, 111 to 77, and had a little dust up with John Calipari and Todd Golden.

611
00:36:26,940 --> 00:36:35,000
 So, tell us your number one seeds, and could the Gators get to that one seed, Bruce Marshall?

612
00:36:35,780 --> 00:36:41,020
 Well, Brett, I wish I could have taken a swing at both of those guys, if you ask me, but for what that's worth.

613
00:36:43,660 --> 00:36:51,540
 Yes, I think the Gators could, and right now I'm not sure they aren't the best team in the country right now, and that would be Duke included.

614
00:36:51,540 --> 00:37:04,480
 Right now, you know, Duke, Arizona, and Florida, I think, are my top three, and I think there's room in there for Florida to get on the top line.

615
00:37:04,580 --> 00:37:13,060
 Now, they did have that really, they had a couple close losses early there, a couple actually in the SEC too, but early in the season, including that one to Duke.

616
00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:21,220
 That may perhaps keep them off the top line, but as far as the top line goes, and right there between one and two,

617
00:37:21,220 --> 00:37:29,120
 is sometimes, sometimes that comes down to how these teams fare in their conference tournaments, and they're looking, you know,

618
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 and we know these, I think most of the decisions on the entire field are made before you get to the conference tournaments,

619
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,860
 just right at the end, but how they seed some of these teams is there.

620
00:37:38,860 --> 00:37:52,160
 If Florida wins the SEC tournament, which I think it will, and if Michigan doesn't win the Big Ten, or if UConn doesn't win the Big East,

621
00:37:52,440 --> 00:38:00,140
 I think that's where Florida could slip into the top four, but it's really, it's not really that relevant,

622
00:38:00,260 --> 00:38:06,020
 because I think they'd probably be the number one, two seed right now, which means they would probably,

623
00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:10,900
 they'd put them in the same region, the way they snake this thing around with the last number one seed,

624
00:38:11,560 --> 00:38:16,460
 and right now, I'd say they'd probably be UConn, so I think they're probably going to be one, two with UConn,

625
00:38:16,500 --> 00:38:21,900
 either order, and perhaps it would be Michigan, but I'm going to say mostly right now, UConn, one, two,

626
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:27,780
 either order in whatever region it is, so it's probably not going to make that much difference,

627
00:38:27,780 --> 00:38:31,140
 but I do think there's a chance Florida ends up on the top line, yes.

628
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629
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 Bruce, where do you put this team from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, they're kind of hot, eight games in a row,

630
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 coming from way behind, again, a Baker's dozen on the road at Knoxville, that makes it eight in a row.

631
00:38:47,820 --> 00:38:52,720
 First things first, your thoughts about tonight's, as they put it, tricky game at Georgia,

632
00:38:52,720 --> 00:38:57,880
 and then what do you see Alabama heading into this as we get deeper into March Madness?

633
00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:04,480
 Oh, Alabama's in pretty good shape, and I think when we throw around the term protected seed,

634
00:39:05,260 --> 00:39:11,440
 and that means a one through four seed, and all that really means the practicality for the sub-regional round

635
00:39:11,440 --> 00:39:18,300
 is they give them a more geographically favorable assignment in the sub-regional.

636
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:25,300
 In Alabama's case, and certainly Florida's case, that would probably mean Tampa in the sub-regional,

637
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:31,280
 so I think Florida for sure we can pencil in there, and perhaps Alabama too.

638
00:39:31,380 --> 00:39:39,280
 The other southern sort of venue in the sub-regional is in Greenville, so that's a possibility too,

639
00:39:39,340 --> 00:39:44,440
 but Duke's going to be in there in that sub-regional, but I think they're pretty good for Alabama.

640
00:39:44,440 --> 00:39:49,080
 I think they are into that category now, four-line, possibly moving up to the three-line.

641
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:52,500
 Having said that, this could be a little tricky here tonight.

642
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:57,660
 Georgia is probably on the safe side of the cut line.

643
00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:00,000
 I think Georgia wins this game tonight.

644
00:40:00,800 --> 00:40:04,500
 That would be a quad one, I mean, a quad one A win, I think, for Georgia,

645
00:40:04,500 --> 00:40:08,680
 and that would put Michael White's team safely into the tournament,

646
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:15,740
 and they've got some firepower, and this could be a very entertaining game tonight.

647
00:40:16,420 --> 00:40:18,460
 But I think they're both probably going to be there.

648
00:40:18,460 --> 00:40:19,680
 We know Alabama's going to be there.

649
00:40:19,740 --> 00:40:21,300
 I think Georgia's probably in there too.

650
00:40:21,500 --> 00:40:24,960
 There's a couple of other SEC teams, including that one down the road in Auburn.

651
00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:26,860
 Not quite sure about them yet.

652
00:40:27,260 --> 00:40:28,300
 There'll be an action night.

653
00:40:28,380 --> 00:40:31,120
 A&M's the other one, so it is a pretty good night in the SEC tonight.

654
00:40:32,220 --> 00:40:35,340
 That's what I was going to ask you about is Auburn.

655
00:40:35,840 --> 00:40:38,220
 They've got big wins.

656
00:40:38,220 --> 00:40:42,320
 They beat Florida and Gainesville, which seems to be an apparition now.

657
00:40:42,500 --> 00:40:44,740
 They lost to Houston by a point.

658
00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:52,720
 They beat North Carolina State and other teams,

659
00:40:53,260 --> 00:40:59,160
 but they've lost to Ole Miss, who ended their 10-game losing streak.

660
00:40:59,720 --> 00:41:01,880
 Oklahoma, who's shown some life.

661
00:41:02,660 --> 00:41:06,020
 And Mississippi State, the center later right now,

662
00:41:06,060 --> 00:41:09,240
 I've seen several who've said Auburn right now is on the bubble

663
00:41:09,240 --> 00:41:10,920
 or they're the last four out.

664
00:41:11,640 --> 00:41:16,160
 Do the bad losses finally end up surpassing the good wins?

665
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:20,200
 Brett, my gut feeling is yes,

666
00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:23,820
 although there is still a little time for Auburn to change that narrative.

667
00:41:24,420 --> 00:41:29,660
 And the reason I think it's yes that they've done a little too much losing

668
00:41:29,660 --> 00:41:30,500
 is just that.

669
00:41:30,980 --> 00:41:36,200
 There are just too many losses right now on this resume where, you know,

670
00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:39,080
 I know they've got some quad one wins and some good wins in there,

671
00:41:39,200 --> 00:41:44,760
 but at some point, you know, you can't be at 500, I think, on Selection Sunday,

672
00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:47,380
 no matter how many good wins you have and expect to get in there.

673
00:41:48,380 --> 00:41:51,060
 So they have, I think they've got to finish above 500.

674
00:41:51,200 --> 00:41:53,260
 It would be good to win these last two games.

675
00:41:54,460 --> 00:41:58,540
 They've got Bruce Pearl campaigning for them

676
00:41:58,540 --> 00:42:02,000
 and campaigning for his son on Barstool,

677
00:42:02,360 --> 00:42:06,060
 saying unflattering things about the Miami O.

678
00:42:06,060 --> 00:42:07,540
 I bet that's what Barstool does.

679
00:42:07,540 --> 00:42:11,200
 I mean, they're supposed to say unflattering things on Barstool.

680
00:42:11,600 --> 00:42:13,300
 So I don't blame Pearl for saying that, though.

681
00:42:13,300 --> 00:42:14,220
 I don't necessarily agree with them.

682
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:17,660
 But nonetheless, they can still play their way in,

683
00:42:17,700 --> 00:42:22,820
 but I think Auburn has put itself right now no margin for error.

684
00:42:23,340 --> 00:42:27,680
 And some of these losses lately, yeah, you just can't lose that many games, I think,

685
00:42:28,260 --> 00:42:31,300
 and hope the selection committee keeps overlooking it.

686
00:42:31,300 --> 00:42:32,840
 It's just too many losses there for Auburn.

687
00:42:33,060 --> 00:42:35,000
 But it's got to stop like now,

688
00:42:35,140 --> 00:42:37,860
 and they've got to win a couple games in Nashville next week too, I think.

689
00:42:38,780 --> 00:42:42,340
 Otherwise, they could wind up conceivably with 16 losses,

690
00:42:42,500 --> 00:42:45,020
 and that's not good if you're trying to get off that bubble there.

691
00:42:45,540 --> 00:42:49,340
 Bruce, obviously, basketball, unlike some of these other sports, it's a marathon.

692
00:42:49,720 --> 00:42:51,080
 You get out like a jackrabbit.

693
00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:51,840
 You can get hot.

694
00:42:51,900 --> 00:42:53,220
 You can get a lot of national buzz.

695
00:42:53,860 --> 00:42:56,780
 And then, like in NASCAR, you run out of fuel as you get near the end.

696
00:42:56,840 --> 00:43:00,040
 On the other side of the coin, you've got teams that start slow like a turtle,

697
00:43:00,100 --> 00:43:01,380
 and they wind up fast.

698
00:43:01,900 --> 00:43:05,520
 Your thoughts, in your opinion, as we get closer to the dance,

699
00:43:06,140 --> 00:43:10,580
 who maybe is losing some steam that at one time we thought was a lock to go deep,

700
00:43:10,980 --> 00:43:12,220
 and then on the other side of the coin,

701
00:43:12,440 --> 00:43:15,380
 who's getting, like Lazarus, a second breath here?

702
00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:23,720
 Yeah, I mean, I wonder, you know, in the ACC besides Duke,

703
00:43:24,400 --> 00:43:27,260
 and Duke looks like, you know, like I said,

704
00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:28,880
 one of the two best teams in the country right now,

705
00:43:28,920 --> 00:43:30,160
 but beneath Duke there.

706
00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:34,640
 I mean, NC State took a really bad loss against the Blue Devils last night.

707
00:43:34,700 --> 00:43:36,300
 They've taken some losses here.

708
00:43:36,420 --> 00:43:38,700
 I know Joe and already still got them in the dance,

709
00:43:38,780 --> 00:43:41,340
 but I wonder about NC State, and I wonder about North Carolina, too.

710
00:43:41,980 --> 00:43:46,640
 If Caleb Wilson doesn't come back, and he's supposed to here before the end,

711
00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:51,240
 I mean, how that's going to rate with how North Carolina is going to be able to do.

712
00:43:51,700 --> 00:43:53,720
 The SEC's got a couple of those.

713
00:43:54,820 --> 00:43:56,300
 Vanderbilt going the wrong way.

714
00:43:56,420 --> 00:44:00,960
 I think there was a time this season I really thought Vanderbilt was going to be a threat for the Final Four.

715
00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:03,700
 I do not think that right now.

716
00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:06,300
 I mean, they're struggling somewhat.

717
00:44:06,620 --> 00:44:09,560
 Gonzaga, I think, has got to get back Braden Huff.

718
00:44:09,620 --> 00:44:10,560
 I'm not sure that they will.

719
00:44:10,880 --> 00:44:12,360
 He's been out since early January.

720
00:44:12,620 --> 00:44:15,520
 There's another 6'10 guy inside, 17 points per game score.

721
00:44:15,660 --> 00:44:18,120
 They're a threat to go to the Final Four if they can get fully healthy,

722
00:44:18,220 --> 00:44:21,380
 but I'm not sure Huff is going to be able to do that for him.

723
00:44:21,720 --> 00:44:25,060
 Speaking of Gonzaga, St. Mary's out there in the WCC.

724
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:27,120
 I think they are safely in the tournament right now,

725
00:44:27,240 --> 00:44:30,740
 and I think this actually might be Randy Bennett's best chance to advance.

726
00:44:31,540 --> 00:44:36,020
 He's been in the second weekend twice, I believe, but I think they can get there,

727
00:44:36,260 --> 00:44:38,480
 and all of a sudden this team is coming together.

728
00:44:38,660 --> 00:44:41,140
 They are big and rough, so they could be there.

729
00:44:41,540 --> 00:44:46,360
 So I'd watch out for them making a late move here.

730
00:44:46,500 --> 00:44:50,000
 One other one that I would be a little worried about going the wrong way right now is Kansas.

731
00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:57,520
 All of this hype with Darren Peterson, I just think you just can't have that much hype on a guy,

732
00:44:57,640 --> 00:45:02,080
 and I'm not sure that he, you know, it's not a distraction there.

733
00:45:02,180 --> 00:45:06,320
 And all this Peterson talk, I mean, they got smacked pretty good at Arizona the other day.

734
00:45:06,720 --> 00:45:08,320
 They seem to be going in the wrong direction.

735
00:45:08,420 --> 00:45:12,000
 So I think there's more teams kind of going in the wrong direction than in a good direction right now.

736
00:45:12,220 --> 00:45:16,580
 So we'll just have to see how this sorts out in the next week and a half before we get to selection Sunday.

737
00:45:17,140 --> 00:45:21,740
 Let me ask you about two Big Ten teams that may be going in the right direction.

738
00:45:22,640 --> 00:45:26,140
 The first one is Tom Izzo's Michigan State.

739
00:45:26,640 --> 00:45:28,700
 24-5, 14-4.

740
00:45:28,920 --> 00:45:31,860
 I saw them play Indiana Sunday a little bit.

741
00:45:32,480 --> 00:45:33,820
 Four-game winning streak.

742
00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:35,840
 Fears is playing really well.

743
00:45:35,960 --> 00:45:37,600
 They're 8-5 in Quad 1.

744
00:45:37,700 --> 00:45:39,740
 No losses in Quad 3-4.

745
00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:42,920
 And it still amazes me to say this.

746
00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:44,080
 Nebraska.

747
00:45:44,840 --> 00:45:49,120
 They're 25-4 and 14-4 overall.

748
00:45:49,640 --> 00:45:51,920
 And we've laughed about them playing Alabama.

749
00:45:52,100 --> 00:45:54,140
 That'd be 120-118.

750
00:45:55,420 --> 00:46:04,100
 And some people I've seen have Nebraska a three-seed, no lower than four, and one of them I saw had them a two-seed.

751
00:46:04,580 --> 00:46:09,300
 Your thoughts on Michigan State, Nebraska, going in the positive direction?

752
00:46:10,180 --> 00:46:10,880
 Yeah, they are.

753
00:46:11,040 --> 00:46:13,140
 And they're two that are moving in the right direction.

754
00:46:13,260 --> 00:46:13,780
 You're correct.

755
00:46:13,980 --> 00:46:14,960
 Michigan State definitely.

756
00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:19,800
 Now, Fears had a little bit of a controversy there for a while a month ago, got involved in a couple things.

757
00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:20,980
 But he's straightened out.

758
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:21,760
 He's leading the nation.

759
00:46:21,760 --> 00:46:25,240
 I mean, we've seen Izzo do this before.

760
00:46:26,120 --> 00:46:27,860
 He's only won one national title.

761
00:46:28,140 --> 00:46:29,020
 That's something we think about.

762
00:46:29,100 --> 00:46:31,220
 Izzo, we keep thinking he's done this so many times.

763
00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:34,240
 But he has made runs in March before.

764
00:46:35,100 --> 00:46:38,040
 And I could see that happening again with Michigan State.

765
00:46:38,460 --> 00:46:43,640
 Nebraska has surprised me a little bit because they haven't lost that much altitude here.

766
00:46:43,740 --> 00:46:47,860
 And in the Big Ten, we thought, you know, eventually this will catch up with Nebraska.

767
00:46:47,860 --> 00:46:52,700
 That wasn't a really tough non-conference schedule they played.

768
00:46:52,880 --> 00:46:58,120
 I mean, you know, Oklahoma and Kansas State aren't as good as we thought they were going to be.

769
00:46:58,400 --> 00:46:59,560
 And Oklahoma's playing better now.

770
00:46:59,600 --> 00:47:01,420
 Creighton's certainly not as good as we thought they were going to be.

771
00:47:02,020 --> 00:47:04,140
 But I give Fred Hoiberg credit.

772
00:47:04,460 --> 00:47:08,500
 And, again, this is another guy working the portal very, very well.

773
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:11,740
 And they've got some, you know, frontliners who do some things.

774
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:13,860
 Sanford, the Iowa transfer.

775
00:47:14,620 --> 00:47:17,860
 Mass came out of the Missouri Valley two years ago.

776
00:47:17,980 --> 00:47:19,400
 They've got some guys who can do it.

777
00:47:19,460 --> 00:47:22,280
 I'm going to give you one other one in the Big Ten I would watch here.

778
00:47:24,000 --> 00:47:25,980
 Wisconsin has played better.

779
00:47:26,080 --> 00:47:29,380
 They've gone back and forth a little bit here the last few weeks.

780
00:47:29,580 --> 00:47:34,900
 But at their best, they can be kind of dangerous, especially if, you know,

781
00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:37,160
 if they get going in the backcourt there.

782
00:47:37,320 --> 00:47:42,180
 They've got some guys who can do some business in Boyd and Blackwell.

783
00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:45,160
 That's a pretty good combination they've got on the perimeter.

784
00:47:45,300 --> 00:47:46,860
 So I'd watch out for Wisconsin, too.

785
00:47:47,980 --> 00:47:52,160
 I can't believe, Harold, and I have to ask you about one team in the SEC

786
00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:57,020
 that people still think is the standard bearer is Kentucky.

787
00:47:57,500 --> 00:47:57,680
 Who?

788
00:47:57,780 --> 00:47:59,600
 19-10, 10-6.

789
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:04,940
 They played Texas A&M in College Station, I believe, tonight,

790
00:48:05,140 --> 00:48:07,100
 and finished with Gulf, Florida.

791
00:48:08,620 --> 00:48:10,380
 Kentucky's had some good wins.

792
00:48:10,560 --> 00:48:15,120
 They stayed with Florida in their first game.

793
00:48:15,700 --> 00:48:17,540
 Your thoughts about the Cats?

794
00:48:17,980 --> 00:48:20,260
 I don't think – I mean, they'll be there.

795
00:48:20,380 --> 00:48:23,680
 I think they'll probably get them on the seven line or something like that.

796
00:48:24,140 --> 00:48:31,480
 But I don't think they're going to get beyond the first weekend, really.

797
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:33,460
 I'd be surprised to get the Sweet 16.

798
00:48:33,600 --> 00:48:35,640
 They've just lost too many games this year.

799
00:48:36,300 --> 00:48:40,600
 And it just doesn't look like a vintage Kentucky team to me.

800
00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:45,400
 They really – the front line usually gives them some more scoring

801
00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:47,580
 than what they're getting this year up front.

802
00:48:48,320 --> 00:48:50,880
 And a lot of it – they're kind of riding on the –

803
00:48:50,880 --> 00:48:53,100
 the transfer from Oklahoma a couple years ago.

804
00:48:53,220 --> 00:48:54,860
 As he goes, they sort of go.

805
00:48:55,380 --> 00:48:56,280
 Well, I know about Kentucky.

806
00:48:56,360 --> 00:48:56,900
 It's interesting.

807
00:48:57,120 --> 00:49:00,360
 A newsflash this morning that Mitch Barnhart is expected to retire.

808
00:49:00,920 --> 00:49:02,060
 As AD has been there.

809
00:49:02,140 --> 00:49:04,000
 He's been there a long time.

810
00:49:04,120 --> 00:49:07,600
 I don't know – I don't think Mark Pope's in any trouble yet.

811
00:49:08,380 --> 00:49:12,920
 But whenever your AD who hires you retires, you've got to start looking over your shoulder.

812
00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:15,720
 Next year, I think maybe Pope feels some real heat.

813
00:49:17,460 --> 00:49:22,520
 Yeah, Greg Byrne and John Cohen both are disciples of Barnhart.

814
00:49:22,700 --> 00:49:23,360
 And you're right.

815
00:49:23,460 --> 00:49:25,720
 He has been there for a long time.

816
00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:29,920
 And you have been the gold standard for a long time.

817
00:49:31,300 --> 00:49:38,580
 Be it the National Hockey League, college basketball, the last week of the regular season.

818
00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:43,740
 All the other stuff, the NBA that's going on, still the gold standard.

819
00:49:43,960 --> 00:49:47,360
 Where can we get online in all your many, many platforms?

820
00:49:48,140 --> 00:49:50,120
 Yeah, we've got a lot of games.

821
00:49:50,240 --> 00:49:52,980
 I mean, they're playing again in the NHL, NBA, college hoops.

822
00:49:53,100 --> 00:49:54,620
 This is a good, fun week in college hoops.

823
00:49:55,120 --> 00:49:59,220
 So picks up there, old places, VegasInsider.com, CBSSportsLine.com.

824
00:49:59,680 --> 00:50:04,080
 And picks the different twists up there, WinnersAndWiners.com, PicksAndParlays.com.

825
00:50:05,680 --> 00:50:07,320
 Lots of options, Bruce.

826
00:50:07,380 --> 00:50:08,500
 As always, good job.

827
00:50:08,600 --> 00:50:09,340
 Thank you so much.

828
00:50:09,380 --> 00:50:10,560
 Let's do it again soon, okay?

829
00:50:11,220 --> 00:50:12,120
 Have a good week, boys.

830
00:50:12,200 --> 00:50:12,560
 Thank you.

831
00:50:12,660 --> 00:50:13,200
 Thank you, Benny.

832
00:50:13,320 --> 00:50:14,180
 You do the same.

833
00:50:14,180 --> 00:50:17,200
 Bruce Marshall against some other places, Vegas Insider.

834
00:50:17,780 --> 00:50:20,980
 BB, obviously, good job by Jimmy Oliver and Cruz this morning.

835
00:50:21,180 --> 00:50:25,480
 But a disappointing end for friends out of Lauderdale County and the state dates, BB.

836
00:50:26,100 --> 00:50:33,020
 Yeah, Harold, just to recap real quick, the Red Bay boys lost last night to Lafayette, 34-32.

837
00:50:33,380 --> 00:50:38,020
 This morning, the Mars Hill girls lost in number one, St. James.

838
00:50:38,160 --> 00:50:38,960
 They are good.

839
00:50:39,520 --> 00:50:41,400
 76-256.

840
00:50:41,400 --> 00:50:44,300
 Bell Hill, 38.16 rebounds.

841
00:50:45,040 --> 00:50:47,180
 And as you may have heard as we were coming in,

842
00:50:47,420 --> 00:50:52,000
 Lauderdale County boys lost in Montgomery Academy, 60-50.

843
00:50:52,200 --> 00:50:54,680
 Calvin Watkins with 15 points.

844
00:50:55,240 --> 00:50:56,800
 One more to go this afternoon.

845
00:50:57,000 --> 00:51:02,060
 Dessler boys at 24-7 versus Fairfield, 22-10.

846
00:51:02,200 --> 00:51:05,220
 That should start approximately at 4-30.

847
00:51:05,720 --> 00:51:08,660
 Good luck to Brian Pounders and the Dessler Tigers.

848
00:51:09,180 --> 00:51:09,580
 Absolutely.

849
00:51:09,780 --> 00:51:10,640
 Echo those sentiments.

850
00:51:11,160 --> 00:51:13,860
 In the meantime, what's going on down on the plains?

851
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 The recent challenge to the candidacy of John Wall as he runs for lieutenant governor here in Alabama

962
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963
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964
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965
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 After Wall presented his side of the story, Wall calls the whole residency issue a lie and misinformation.

966
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 Isbell has now told 1819 News that the Wes Allen campaign did finance the challenge,

967
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968
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969
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 Wes Allen has now released a statement regarding this payment made to the law firm.

970
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971
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972
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 Wall calls Allen's actions deeply disappointing and says that Allen should run on his own record

973
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 Other Republicans who are running in this lieutenant governor primary race are Rick Pate,

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1020
00:59:35,700 --> 00:59:38,580
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1022
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1023
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 Brian, welcome in.

1024
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 How are you?

1025
00:59:54,200 --> 00:59:55,080
 I'm doing great.

1026
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 How are y'all?

1027
00:59:56,080 --> 00:59:56,440
 Hey, bud.

1028
00:59:56,760 --> 00:59:57,900
 Man, we're doing all right, Brian.

1029
00:59:58,000 --> 01:00:04,460
 Obviously, is it safe to say this has been a frustrating year for Auburn basketball fans?

1030
01:00:05,460 --> 01:00:06,440
 Oh, it really has.

1031
01:00:06,560 --> 01:00:11,500
 You know, they had that four-game winning streak about a month ago, and you're feeling really good.

1032
01:00:11,580 --> 01:00:17,300
 They had some really nice wins, have played a really tough schedule, and you thought they'd be able to build on that

1033
01:00:17,300 --> 01:00:23,280
 and, you know, make a nice run here in the SEC and at least, you know, compete in the top half of the league.

1034
01:00:23,280 --> 01:00:25,500
 But that hasn't happened.

1035
01:00:25,660 --> 01:00:27,700
 Last month, they've really played poorly.

1036
01:00:28,240 --> 01:00:31,540
 21-1 of the last six or seven or eight, I think it is now.

1037
01:00:32,600 --> 01:00:36,860
 They've really, really fought down the stretch here and lost to LSU.

1038
01:00:37,000 --> 01:00:42,980
 It was really, really tough when it comes to their chances of getting to the NCAA tournament and, excuse me, lost to Ole Miss,

1039
01:00:43,020 --> 01:00:49,500
 and now they've got LSU coming in and, you know, a fairly similar team to Ole Miss in that they play better on the road

1040
01:00:49,500 --> 01:00:53,280
 and, you know, they probably saw what Ole Miss did and they're like, well, we can do the same thing.

1041
01:00:54,140 --> 01:00:57,080
 The thing is, and that's the question, Brian, would you agree?

1042
01:00:57,260 --> 01:01:00,020
 Because, you know, which has more weight?

1043
01:01:00,320 --> 01:01:06,700
 The wins that this team has been able to accomplish in this place is something that's extremely rare, beating Florida at Florida.

1044
01:01:06,840 --> 01:01:11,840
 But then you turn right around, as you mentioned, you lose to a team riding a 10-game losing streak

1045
01:01:11,840 --> 01:01:16,600
 and you do it on your home court, which has been sacred territory for this program over the years.

1046
01:01:16,600 --> 01:01:22,360
 So, Brian, the question is, which has more weight here, the great wins or the losses?

1047
01:01:24,140 --> 01:01:31,540
 Yeah, I think they're about the same, but, you know, before last week, Auburn didn't have a bad loss, and now they do.

1048
01:01:32,520 --> 01:01:37,100
 So, yeah, I just think that's another notch on the wrong side of the ledger for Auburn, you know,

1049
01:01:37,140 --> 01:01:42,620
 when the tournament committee, you know, tries to figure out who are the last few teams in this tournament.

1050
01:01:42,980 --> 01:01:48,600
 So, and it also puts Auburn in a situation where it's impossible to say they have to do something

1051
01:01:48,600 --> 01:01:49,780
 because you really don't know.

1052
01:01:50,480 --> 01:01:51,820
 You don't know what everybody else is going to do.

1053
01:01:51,820 --> 01:01:55,120
 You don't know if there'll be a bunch of bid-stealers or no bid-stealers.

1054
01:01:55,160 --> 01:01:55,720
 You just don't know.

1055
01:01:56,580 --> 01:02:01,880
 But you feel like Auburn is in the position where they've got to win, I guess, LSU, late tonight,

1056
01:02:02,220 --> 01:02:06,020
 games at 9 o'clock, and they probably have to go and win at Alabama,

1057
01:02:06,180 --> 01:02:10,080
 which is not going to be the way Alabama is playing compared to Auburn.

1058
01:02:11,380 --> 01:02:15,220
 Let me, Monday musings, I always enjoy it.

1059
01:02:15,220 --> 01:02:23,420
 And the one you had yesterday talks about the learning curve of a first-year coach.

1060
01:02:24,200 --> 01:02:27,200
 There have been discipline problems there.

1061
01:02:28,380 --> 01:02:32,400
 Again, Auburn's won some impressive games, but lately they have not.

1062
01:02:32,560 --> 01:02:36,880
 Everybody knew there was going to be a learning curve with the staff.

1063
01:02:36,980 --> 01:02:37,580
 It's amazing.

1064
01:02:37,720 --> 01:02:43,980
 You can be six inches, sit six inches away from the head coach, and it's amazing at the difference.

1065
01:02:44,240 --> 01:02:46,560
 And you can kind of sum this up.

1066
01:02:46,960 --> 01:02:48,280
 It's complicated.

1067
01:02:48,660 --> 01:02:51,480
 It may be too soon to draw conclusions.

1068
01:02:52,320 --> 01:02:54,320
 Stephen Pearl is a good coach.

1069
01:02:54,900 --> 01:03:01,400
 I know a lot of people said, well, Bruce resigned late, a few days before the season began.

1070
01:03:01,640 --> 01:03:02,880
 This was his schedule.

1071
01:03:03,580 --> 01:03:04,980
 This was his roster.

1072
01:03:05,940 --> 01:03:11,140
 Summarize money musings for us in the learning curve of a new coach.

1073
01:03:12,000 --> 01:03:12,480
 Yeah.

1074
01:03:13,020 --> 01:03:15,840
 You know, you sort of got to bounce things out, right?

1075
01:03:15,880 --> 01:03:17,040
 Auburn has played poorly.

1076
01:03:17,380 --> 01:03:20,260
 They've gotten worse as the season's gone on.

1077
01:03:20,740 --> 01:03:22,420
 You know, you can point to a lot of negative things.

1078
01:03:23,780 --> 01:03:29,300
 But you can also look at it and say that, okay, Stephen Pearl's a first-time head coach.

1079
01:03:29,560 --> 01:03:31,540
 He got the job full-time.

1080
01:03:31,720 --> 01:03:35,040
 He got this roster right before the start of preseason practice.

1081
01:03:36,620 --> 01:03:43,140
 And, you know, he's also got a group of players that when you go back to the summer,

1082
01:03:43,300 --> 01:03:47,340
 Bruce, when he was the coach, was talking about having to play higher tempo,

1083
01:03:47,560 --> 01:03:51,920
 having to play more players, you know, being a little bit different than they were.

1084
01:03:52,100 --> 01:03:58,800
 And then you get into the season and you have a couple injuries, a discipline issue here or there.

1085
01:03:59,880 --> 01:04:01,080
 Some guys aren't ready.

1086
01:04:01,080 --> 01:04:05,840
 And suddenly you've got a seven-man rotation and you can't play high tempo.

1087
01:04:06,000 --> 01:04:07,040
 You can't play full court.

1088
01:04:07,560 --> 01:04:09,580
 You've got to play this slow half-court game.

1089
01:04:09,900 --> 01:04:14,640
 And, you know, why I think a guy like Keyshawn Hall is good in any system offensively.

1090
01:04:15,740 --> 01:04:19,960
 Defensively, he's just not that guy when it comes to playing a half-court defense

1091
01:04:19,960 --> 01:04:25,660
 and expecting him to defend his man and do everything right for, you know, 20, 30 seconds or whatever it is.

1092
01:04:27,260 --> 01:04:28,320
 Here's the bottom line.

1093
01:04:28,440 --> 01:04:29,260
 First things first.

1094
01:04:29,400 --> 01:04:33,300
 All Auburn can do is, like all of us, you've got to control the things you can control

1095
01:04:33,300 --> 01:04:35,640
 and let the chips fall within may, obviously, after that.

1096
01:04:36,400 --> 01:04:38,340
 Shock, shock for that depth of that observation.

1097
01:04:38,760 --> 01:04:41,680
 But be that as it may, you've got to take care of business tonight.

1098
01:04:42,160 --> 01:04:46,240
 If you lose this one, I think it's pretty safe to say that you don't like your chances.

1099
01:04:46,820 --> 01:04:49,640
 Not that it's LSU, but LSU's not had a startling season.

1100
01:04:49,720 --> 01:04:51,760
 That's just being totally honest about it.

1101
01:04:52,140 --> 01:04:53,980
 Your thoughts about this matchup tonight?

1102
01:04:55,320 --> 01:04:56,960
 I'd be very concerned, right?

1103
01:04:57,040 --> 01:04:59,520
 I mean, you look at Auburn.

1104
01:05:00,420 --> 01:05:02,240
 It's the same thing over and over.

1105
01:05:02,780 --> 01:05:03,840
 It's the defense.

1106
01:05:04,020 --> 01:05:09,040
 It's the inability to defend the three-point shot.

1107
01:05:09,900 --> 01:05:14,440
 Over and over again, teams come in and play Auburn and shoot higher percentages,

1108
01:05:15,040 --> 01:05:18,980
 make more three-pointers than they normally do against other opponents they play.

1109
01:05:19,380 --> 01:05:27,120
 And, you know, you just wonder, at least I wonder, how motivated this team is, right?

1110
01:05:27,260 --> 01:05:30,720
 You don't really see them getting after it when they're on the floor.

1111
01:05:30,720 --> 01:05:33,420
 You certainly didn't see enough of that against Ole Miss.

1112
01:05:33,520 --> 01:05:34,860
 So, yeah, I'd be very concerned.

1113
01:05:36,000 --> 01:05:39,720
 But, you know, you never want to count a team out because you never know, right?

1114
01:05:39,760 --> 01:05:40,380
 You just don't know.

1115
01:05:40,760 --> 01:05:41,860
 These are young people.

1116
01:05:42,520 --> 01:05:43,380
 They're playing a sport.

1117
01:05:43,580 --> 01:05:44,980
 You know, a lot of things can happen.

1118
01:05:46,400 --> 01:05:50,380
 If they end up – just, again, this is hypothetical.

1119
01:05:50,660 --> 01:05:52,000
 They beat LSU tonight.

1120
01:05:52,720 --> 01:05:55,320
 They lose to Alabama in a close game Saturday.

1121
01:05:55,580 --> 01:05:59,900
 And then they win one or two games in the SEC tournament.

1122
01:05:59,900 --> 01:06:02,760
 In other words, they win three of their last four.

1123
01:06:03,160 --> 01:06:04,640
 Would that be enough to get in?

1124
01:06:06,040 --> 01:06:12,500
 You know, that would probably be, like, depending on what everybody else does, right?

1125
01:06:13,160 --> 01:06:14,760
 They might need some help with that.

1126
01:06:14,900 --> 01:06:22,900
 But then maybe the tournament committee looks at their resume overall and sees their schedule, see some of their good wins.

1127
01:06:24,900 --> 01:06:32,740
 It takes a look at that first Alabama game they lost to home and, you know, takes it to effect that it had a player that only played four games for them and was ruled ineligible.

1128
01:06:33,000 --> 01:06:34,880
 So, all that could be a factor.

1129
01:06:35,880 --> 01:06:38,620
 But I couldn't certainly say for sure that would happen.

1130
01:06:38,840 --> 01:06:45,360
 I just – if you want to more or less guarantee it or want to guarantee it or feel a lot better of it, you've got to beat LSU.

1131
01:06:45,520 --> 01:06:46,380
 Then you've got to go beat Alabama.

1132
01:06:46,600 --> 01:06:49,400
 And I'm not sure Auburn can win either of those games, to be honest.

1133
01:06:51,300 --> 01:07:02,380
 While we're on the topic of basketball and craziness out there, I don't know if you saw the story with now USC forward Chad Baker-Mazzaro.

1134
01:07:02,520 --> 01:07:05,820
 Originally to break it up, obviously he came to USC from Auburn.

1135
01:07:06,000 --> 01:07:07,620
 I haven't seen all the details.

1136
01:07:07,780 --> 01:07:09,740
 Maybe you have, and please share if you have.

1137
01:07:09,860 --> 01:07:14,440
 But from what I understand, obviously he was a problem child at Auburn.

1138
01:07:14,520 --> 01:07:16,900
 He goes to USC, and now he's been tossed there.

1139
01:07:17,460 --> 01:07:20,500
 Did I see where he falsified his birth certificate?

1140
01:07:20,880 --> 01:07:22,700
 He's actually – I saw one number.

1141
01:07:22,800 --> 01:07:24,760
 Maybe this was a sensational story.

1142
01:07:24,860 --> 01:07:27,900
 32 years old with four kids.

1143
01:07:29,020 --> 01:07:30,300
 I mean, this –

1144
01:07:30,300 --> 01:07:31,260
 I don't know about that.

1145
01:07:32,060 --> 01:07:33,300
 He's a unique character.

1146
01:07:33,440 --> 01:07:34,340
 I'll say that, would you not?

1147
01:07:36,140 --> 01:07:41,760
 Yes, and I feel bad for him in a way, right?

1148
01:07:41,860 --> 01:07:52,020
 I mean, I know he's responsible for his own actions, but, you know, it probably would have been better for him to stay at one school for longer

1149
01:07:52,020 --> 01:07:57,060
 and, you know, not jump around and do the things he's done.

1150
01:07:57,060 --> 01:08:04,480
 I don't think that lends to learning discipline and learning to be able to handle your emotions better.

1151
01:08:04,800 --> 01:08:08,480
 But, you know, I wish him the best.

1152
01:08:08,560 --> 01:08:09,820
 He helped Auburn make it to the Final Four.

1153
01:08:09,900 --> 01:08:13,720
 He was a key part of that team and, you know, played here, you know, two years.

1154
01:08:13,920 --> 01:08:16,200
 He certainly had his ups and downs at Auburn, right?

1155
01:08:16,320 --> 01:08:19,160
 He was certainly a guy that you had to be concerned with.

1156
01:08:19,220 --> 01:08:21,860
 Is he going to, you know, make it to the next game or not?

1157
01:08:21,860 --> 01:08:33,840
 But I think a lot of people are, you know, laughing about this or taking some sort of, I don't know, happiness from seeing him fail somewhere.

1158
01:08:34,140 --> 01:08:35,500
 I just don't feel that way.

1159
01:08:35,580 --> 01:08:37,200
 I feel bad for him as a kid, I guess.

1160
01:08:37,880 --> 01:08:38,240
 I don't know.

1161
01:08:38,240 --> 01:08:41,700
 The updated information here is that was one report.

1162
01:08:41,800 --> 01:08:42,980
 This one says 26.

1163
01:08:43,300 --> 01:08:49,480
 So, either way, pass, but you go to college football, you've got guys probably older than that.

1164
01:08:49,560 --> 01:08:52,780
 So, that's just, to me, it illustrates where college sports is in general.

1165
01:08:54,640 --> 01:08:59,500
 Switching gears a little bit here, Auburn fans said, can you give us some good news?

1166
01:08:59,660 --> 01:09:01,600
 Do you want to talk Auburn baseball, Brian?

1167
01:09:02,760 --> 01:09:03,160
 Yes.

1168
01:09:03,440 --> 01:09:04,920
 So, the baseball team is 9-2.

1169
01:09:05,760 --> 01:09:07,820
 I thought they played really well against Nebraska.

1170
01:09:08,060 --> 01:09:10,640
 You know, they had a tough loss Friday, 9-8, 10 innings.

1171
01:09:11,160 --> 01:09:14,340
 They brought the top two relievers in, and those guys just didn't have it that night.

1172
01:09:14,960 --> 01:09:18,420
 But they bounced back, and they run-rule Nebraska on Saturday.

1173
01:09:19,200 --> 01:09:22,320
 And then they come back and really almost run-rule them again.

1174
01:09:22,460 --> 01:09:23,940
 They won a 12-3 Sunday.

1175
01:09:25,200 --> 01:09:27,860
 And, you know, the pitchings come together really well.

1176
01:09:27,940 --> 01:09:33,320
 Jake Marciano, the Friday night starter, 29 strikeouts, zero walks, and three starts.

1177
01:09:33,740 --> 01:09:35,240
 That's really, really impressive.

1178
01:09:35,920 --> 01:09:39,000
 Don't know that, but I've seen that in my 25 years coming to the baseball team.

1179
01:09:40,060 --> 01:09:44,200
 And the hitting, which has got a little bit of a slow start, I think, is really coming around the lineup.

1180
01:09:44,620 --> 01:09:52,680
 And, you know, just like last year, you had a few freshmen that were all SEC all-freshman guys and freshman all-American types.

1181
01:09:53,080 --> 01:09:54,280
 They've got three more this year.

1182
01:09:55,220 --> 01:09:57,360
 The McCrane brothers, Mason's a true freshman.

1183
01:09:57,500 --> 01:09:58,760
 He's an SEC freshman for a week.

1184
01:09:59,440 --> 01:10:02,320
 He's a 45-5 with six RBIs, a home run Saturday.

1185
01:10:02,900 --> 01:10:07,820
 Brandon McCrane is a redshirt freshman's older brother, leading the team with a batting average over 500.

1186
01:10:08,180 --> 01:10:20,260
 And then Ethan Bingaman, who was the SEC freshman of the week a week ago, playing first base and then got his first opportunity to pitch Sunday and threw a scoreless inning there in the ninth.

1187
01:10:20,480 --> 01:10:29,540
 So, they've got some more good young talent in, starting to come together as a team, I feel like, and really excited about what the pitching is doing.

1188
01:10:29,700 --> 01:10:30,600
 I think they are.

1189
01:10:30,980 --> 01:10:40,420
 They should get Griffin Gray's back, assuming he doesn't have a setback from his little back injury here, potentially this week or early next week.

1190
01:10:41,360 --> 01:10:56,760
 Listen, Auburn's pitching staff has struck out 140 batters, 25 walks in 97 innings, 140 strikeouts for the most through 11 games, I think, in decades.

1191
01:10:57,440 --> 01:10:58,180
 It's been amazing.

1192
01:10:58,180 --> 01:11:08,960
 And you mentioned the McCrane boys, Mason with eight runs in four games, first career home run, and his brothers only hitting a cool 533.

1193
01:11:09,340 --> 01:11:10,400
 That's pretty good.

1194
01:11:11,240 --> 01:11:13,020
 Yeah, it really is.

1195
01:11:13,380 --> 01:11:20,200
 And, you know, Brandon McCrane, the older brother, he can play just about any position on the team except for catch or pitch.

1196
01:11:20,900 --> 01:11:31,520
 And then Mason McCrane is just a, I don't know if freak is the right word, 6'6", can run, has one of the best arms you'll see in left field.

1197
01:11:32,140 --> 01:11:41,940
 I mean, at some point this season, somebody's going to test that arm and he is going to gun them out and play to third base and make one of those eye-popping type throws we see every once in a while.

1198
01:11:42,940 --> 01:11:44,940
 And, yeah, they're just really good.

1199
01:11:45,000 --> 01:11:54,040
 Ethan Bingaman is another guy that, you know, is very versatile, can play first, second, third, and, of course, can be a back-end pitcher, a closer type guy.

1200
01:11:54,040 --> 01:12:00,840
 So, yeah, they've done a great job of bringing in high-skill talent with this team and then supplementing with the portal.

1201
01:12:02,200 --> 01:12:04,360
 He might be able to play for the Braves.

1202
01:12:04,460 --> 01:12:06,360
 They need a left fielder right now.

1203
01:12:07,060 --> 01:12:07,280
 Yeah.

1204
01:12:07,280 --> 01:12:07,820
 My goodness, great.

1205
01:12:07,820 --> 01:12:09,440
 They need a D.A. too, don't they?

1206
01:12:09,920 --> 01:12:10,320
 Exactly.

1207
01:12:11,080 --> 01:12:17,280
 And somebody who understands, he's got a $2 million contract to honor.

1208
01:12:18,220 --> 01:12:18,620
 Yep.

1209
01:12:19,440 --> 01:12:20,020
 What a mess.

1210
01:12:20,980 --> 01:12:21,380
 Absolutely.

1211
01:12:21,680 --> 01:12:23,020
 Always good to talk with you.

1212
01:12:23,100 --> 01:12:24,040
 Have a great week.

1213
01:12:24,040 --> 01:12:27,480
 It should be an interesting night in the SEC tonight.

1214
01:12:28,080 --> 01:12:29,260
 Where can we get online?

1215
01:12:29,400 --> 01:12:32,380
 Is football going to get started here next time we turn around?

1216
01:12:32,980 --> 01:12:33,340
 That's right.

1217
01:12:33,480 --> 01:12:33,920
 Baseball.

1218
01:12:35,080 --> 01:12:35,960
 Yeah, absolutely.

1219
01:12:36,300 --> 01:12:38,480
 But where can we get online and get all the good stuff?

1220
01:12:38,820 --> 01:12:39,960
 Yeah, I appreciate that.

1221
01:12:40,060 --> 01:12:41,880
 AuburnSports.com will have full coverage tonight.

1222
01:12:41,960 --> 01:12:42,800
 I'll be at baseball.

1223
01:12:43,260 --> 01:12:45,200
 Caleb and Justin at basketball.

1224
01:12:45,940 --> 01:12:47,140
 And, of course, we've got recruiting.

1225
01:12:47,260 --> 01:12:48,140
 The dead period is over.

1226
01:12:48,620 --> 01:12:49,980
 Football practice starts in two weeks.

1227
01:12:50,040 --> 01:12:50,460
 All that more.

1228
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 AuburnSports.com.

1229
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 Follow me on Twitter.

1230
01:12:52,560 --> 01:12:53,800
 That's X at BMATAU.

1231
01:12:54,720 --> 01:12:57,440
 Other than that, not a cotton-picking thing going on, right, Brian?

1232
01:12:58,340 --> 01:12:58,940
 That's right.

1233
01:12:59,960 --> 01:13:00,580
 Have a good one.

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1264
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1265
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 I just sold a pair like that on eBay.

1266
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 Oh, really?

1267
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 Yeah, it took like two seconds to list and they sold almost immediately.

1268
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 I've been selling everything lately.

1269
01:15:00,960 --> 01:15:06,960
 Some chunky boots, a faux fur coat I never wore, and a vintage chair that was more of an expensive clothing rack.

1270
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 You know, I actually bought these on eBay.

1271
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 Wait, are you, Kitty, sell stuff from Brooklyn?

1272
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1273
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1283
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1284
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1285
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1286
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1290
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1327
01:17:05,280 --> 01:17:06,060
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1328
01:17:06,760 --> 01:17:09,000
 Here are thoughts from baseball head coach Rob Vaughn.

1329
01:17:09,240 --> 01:17:12,220
 Following the weekend in Frisco, Texas for the Crimson Tide.

1330
01:17:12,400 --> 01:17:17,160
 I told our guys like the next step for this team is like how we play from behind.

1331
01:17:17,420 --> 01:17:21,700
 You know, like the first two days we've got out to big leads offensively.

1332
01:17:21,780 --> 01:17:25,620
 Things have kind of gone our way offensively and we weren't playing from behind.

1333
01:17:25,620 --> 01:17:31,700
 And today, you know, after the third, you know, I just thought like we just too many weeks early out.

1334
01:17:31,820 --> 01:17:33,760
 Not enough consistency in our at-bats.

1335
01:17:33,880 --> 01:17:37,000
 And it seemed like anytime we did swing a ball, it was right at them.

1336
01:17:37,060 --> 01:17:38,280
 Just not near enough of them.

1337
01:17:38,380 --> 01:17:41,220
 Not near enough tough of that so we took something away from them.

1338
01:17:41,360 --> 01:17:43,140
 And that's how he's still in the game in the eighth.

1339
01:17:43,260 --> 01:17:44,920
 So credit him, man.

1340
01:17:44,980 --> 01:17:45,780
 He did a great job.

1341
01:17:45,840 --> 01:17:47,400
 We just have to do a better job offensively.

1342
01:17:47,520 --> 01:17:50,160
 And the defense came to somebody from the tail on the fifth.

1343
01:17:50,320 --> 01:17:51,600
 Just plays not made.

1344
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 It, you know, should have been a zero and turned into a three spot.

1345
01:17:54,280 --> 01:17:58,080
 So that'll come back and get you, but all in all, it's a good weekend, but a frustrating finish.

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 The Score.

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1358
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 Welcome back in. Time to say hello to Mr. Joe Cox, fine columnist there with Saturday down south.

1359
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 His book is called A Fine T-Man.

1360
01:18:54,320 --> 01:18:55,780
 Joe, welcome in. How are you?

1361
01:18:57,340 --> 01:19:06,360
 Can't complain. Weather's improving by the day and ready for a nice march with lots of good hoops, lots of good baseball.

1362
01:19:07,300 --> 01:19:11,300
 Joe, who's got a more expensive mouth? You or me? We live in a dentist's chair.

1363
01:19:11,300 --> 01:19:14,080
 Last time we talked, I have to have a follow-up question there.

1364
01:19:14,280 --> 01:19:18,400
 I mean, we could retire if we just could cash out our teeth, could we not?

1365
01:19:19,000 --> 01:19:24,420
 Hey, I have talked with my mom sometimes and said, I think maybe the older generation's had it right.

1366
01:19:24,500 --> 01:19:30,840
 Just yank the things out, be done, give me some false chompers, and I'd probably be happier and definitely wealthier.

1367
01:19:31,880 --> 01:19:35,020
 Yeah, I still got my mom's old t-shirt, just gum it, you know?

1368
01:19:37,420 --> 01:19:38,600
 Now I know what she meant.

1369
01:19:38,760 --> 01:19:46,240
 Joe, obviously, let's talk about Alabama chewing into Tennessee's big lead down at one point by a baker's dozen.

1370
01:19:46,720 --> 01:19:48,100
 It's always tough to beat Tennessee.

1371
01:19:48,280 --> 01:19:54,620
 Just ask Nate Oates, especially at Tennessee, especially when a lot's on the line for Tennessee at this point in the season.

1372
01:19:54,760 --> 01:19:58,040
 Joe, where do you start breaking it down, Bama and Tennessee?

1373
01:19:58,920 --> 01:20:06,640
 That was a really impressive comeback, really impressed by the guts of Alabama to come back and take that one away.

1374
01:20:06,980 --> 01:20:12,880
 And, you know, we said last time there was kind of a rough stretch there, had a few losses in short succession.

1375
01:20:12,880 --> 01:20:18,760
 But, boy, since that loss to Florida on the first day of February, everything's coming up aces,

1376
01:20:18,920 --> 01:20:22,660
 and you feel like Alabama's locking in about where you'd want to be right now.

1377
01:20:24,220 --> 01:20:27,200
 Joe, some bubble teams in the SEC.

1378
01:20:27,760 --> 01:20:29,660
 Auburn is at the top of that list.

1379
01:20:29,780 --> 01:20:36,440
 They've got LSU tonight, finish with Alabama and Tuscaloosa Saturday night on senior night.

1380
01:20:37,100 --> 01:20:39,660
 Auburn 15-14, 6-10.

1381
01:20:39,660 --> 01:20:41,600
 They have impressive wins.

1382
01:20:42,300 --> 01:20:44,840
 St. John's, Florida, and Gainesville.

1383
01:20:44,980 --> 01:20:46,660
 They beat North Carolina State.

1384
01:20:47,180 --> 01:20:54,740
 But they've lost to Mississippi State, Oklahoma, and Ole Miss, and snapped a 10-game losing streak.

1385
01:20:56,100 --> 01:21:01,220
 They've got to go 1-1 this week at least and maybe win two games in the tournament.

1386
01:21:01,500 --> 01:21:03,440
 I don't know if even that would be enough.

1387
01:21:03,940 --> 01:21:10,980
 Texas A&M, they've lost six out of their last eight after losing very impressive in January.

1388
01:21:11,720 --> 01:21:17,760
 But they're 19-10 and 9-7 in the SEC with a 4-6 quad one.

1389
01:21:19,260 --> 01:21:24,760
 Auburn and Texas A&M, can they get a 9 or 10 seed and get in the tournament?

1390
01:21:25,480 --> 01:21:28,000
 How much more work do they have?

1391
01:21:28,000 --> 01:21:32,840
 You know, in the case of Auburn, it suddenly looks very daunting.

1392
01:21:33,160 --> 01:21:41,940
 I think they really need to beat Alabama to have a particularly good shot because even if you split this week, okay, that's a 15th loss.

1393
01:21:42,080 --> 01:21:45,400
 Unless you come into Nashville and win the soccer, that's a 16th loss.

1394
01:21:45,400 --> 01:21:52,400
 You don't see a lot of 16-loss teams make an NCAA tournament and probably shouldn't, to be honest.

1395
01:21:53,080 --> 01:21:55,360
 A&M, you're in a little bit better shape.

1396
01:21:55,860 --> 01:22:01,560
 I think they're a mild home favorite tonight against Kentucky.

1397
01:22:01,560 --> 01:22:04,040
 If they win that, I think it's all gravy for them.

1398
01:22:04,100 --> 01:22:10,140
 Even if they lose that, if they take care of LSU, that puts them 20-11 going into the SEC tournament.

1399
01:22:10,360 --> 01:22:12,880
 You feel like they're probably in pretty good shape.

1400
01:22:13,340 --> 01:22:16,720
 But, again, if they win tonight, I think that pretty much would lock them in.

1401
01:22:17,660 --> 01:22:19,080
 Joe Cox, Saturday, down south.

1402
01:22:19,260 --> 01:22:22,260
 Joe, what's your thoughts about Bruce Pearl stomping for?

1403
01:22:22,360 --> 01:22:23,920
 Let's face it, if you're a dad, you're going to do this.

1404
01:22:24,000 --> 01:22:32,700
 It's natural stomping basically for Auburn over Miami of Ohio because Auburn is a brand and Miami is Florida, not Ohio.

1405
01:22:33,700 --> 01:22:36,460
 Joe, your thoughts about Bruce's pitch?

1406
01:22:37,560 --> 01:22:42,020
 I'd be interested to hear what Bruce's thoughts would be if Stephen was the coach at Miami of Ohio.

1407
01:22:42,020 --> 01:22:48,820
 You know, Bruce coached at some small schools that had some good teams over the years.

1408
01:22:49,380 --> 01:22:50,680
 Right, Wisconsin-A-Wonkey.

1409
01:22:51,380 --> 01:23:02,220
 Yeah, I think he would recognize, you know, one of the things everybody loves about March is that those small schools can sometimes write some amazing stories and make some deep runs.

1410
01:23:02,540 --> 01:23:05,600
 And, yeah, I mean, of course, you're going to stick up for your kid.

1411
01:23:05,680 --> 01:23:07,060
 It is the dad thing to do.

1412
01:23:07,060 --> 01:23:10,660
 But I don't think it's one of his better takes, I'll put it that way.

1413
01:23:12,020 --> 01:23:16,080
 Let me ask you about two other teams that I believe are in the tournament.

1414
01:23:16,360 --> 01:23:18,440
 Number one is Texas.

1415
01:23:19,120 --> 01:23:22,540
 They're 18-11, 9-7 in the SEC.

1416
01:23:22,980 --> 01:23:29,040
 They've got more quad one wins than Tennessee and as many as Arkansas and Kentucky.

1417
01:23:29,820 --> 01:23:34,300
 They won five in a row, and then they've lost back-to-back games to Georgia and Florida.

1418
01:23:34,500 --> 01:23:40,000
 Believe me, there's no lack of respect for losing to either one of those two teams.

1419
01:23:41,260 --> 01:23:43,080
 Missouri, they're 20-9.

1420
01:23:43,200 --> 01:23:49,100
 They've won six out of their last eight, 10-6 in the SEC.

1421
01:23:49,480 --> 01:23:55,120
 Now, they may only be an eight- or nine-seed, quote-unquote, but, Joe, to me, am I crazy?

1422
01:23:55,320 --> 01:23:57,820
 I think Texas and Missouri are in the tournament.

1423
01:23:58,500 --> 01:23:59,940
 I think they probably are.

1424
01:24:00,040 --> 01:24:03,440
 I think Missouri almost certainly is with 10 league wins already.

1425
01:24:04,000 --> 01:24:07,440
 They played Oklahoma tonight, so a very good chance to get another one.

1426
01:24:07,760 --> 01:24:11,660
 I don't think you could shut out an SEC team with 11 conference wins.

1427
01:24:12,540 --> 01:24:16,740
 Texas may be a little bit shakier, but as you say, there's a lot of quality wins there.

1428
01:24:17,340 --> 01:24:20,920
 They play Oklahoma this week, too, so I think for them, you know,

1429
01:24:20,940 --> 01:24:26,560
 with a road game in Arkansas and in Oklahoma, I think a split probably would just about lock them in.

1430
01:24:26,720 --> 01:24:31,460
 I think they probably do need to take care of Oklahoma, but they're in good shape.

1431
01:24:31,740 --> 01:24:36,400
 But you start to talk about seeding, and you're going to lead me to one of my sermons.

1432
01:24:36,520 --> 01:24:37,760
 I'm going to go ahead and get this out there.

1433
01:24:37,760 --> 01:24:40,700
 We said this early, and then it proved itself true in football,

1434
01:24:40,860 --> 01:24:43,280
 how you didn't want to be in the conference championship game.

1435
01:24:43,380 --> 01:24:47,220
 So here's my wild, long-distance takeaway for the big dance.

1436
01:24:47,680 --> 01:24:50,280
 You do not want to be a 4 or a 5 seed.

1437
01:24:50,680 --> 01:24:54,860
 And we've got, you know, Alabama's talked about there, Arkansas's talked about there,

1438
01:24:54,960 --> 01:24:56,200
 Tennessee's talked about there.

1439
01:24:56,520 --> 01:24:58,240
 You don't want to be a 4 or a 5.

1440
01:24:58,340 --> 01:25:01,620
 It would be better to be a 6 or a 7 than a 4 or a 5.

1441
01:25:02,540 --> 01:25:04,140
 Amen, brother, pass the plate.

1442
01:25:05,000 --> 01:25:07,120
 You live in a state known for basketball.

1443
01:25:07,120 --> 01:25:08,280
 It's called Kentucky.

1444
01:25:08,700 --> 01:25:10,920
 Joe, we're on family radio.

1445
01:25:11,120 --> 01:25:14,940
 To the extent you can comment on this season under Coach Pope,

1446
01:25:15,020 --> 01:25:16,920
 what are Kentucky fans saying at this point?

1447
01:25:18,120 --> 01:25:21,440
 You know, up, down, up, down, up, down.

1448
01:25:21,540 --> 01:25:23,160
 It's been a roller coaster.

1449
01:25:23,380 --> 01:25:28,720
 And, of course, you know, the big news this morning is that Mitch Barnhart is expected to resign

1450
01:25:28,720 --> 01:25:32,060
 as the athletic director effective around the summer.

1451
01:25:32,320 --> 01:25:34,280
 I mean, he's been in since 2002.

1452
01:25:34,640 --> 01:25:36,160
 He's certainly had a good run.

1453
01:25:36,860 --> 01:25:43,260
 But, you know, I think some people around Lexington are excited about possibly getting some new blood,

1454
01:25:43,260 --> 01:25:49,340
 somebody who's a little more acclimated to the current culture, whereas Mitch has got kind of that

1455
01:25:49,340 --> 01:25:53,520
 Debo Sweeney kind of feel to him in that, you know, he's out there gutting it out.

1456
01:25:53,600 --> 01:25:59,580
 But you can tell some days that he just doesn't necessarily understand all of the new rigmarole.

1457
01:25:59,800 --> 01:26:05,340
 So we'll have to keep an eye on that because that will, of course, directly affect Mark Pope

1458
01:26:05,340 --> 01:26:10,940
 because Barnhart hired him and the new AD, you know, every AD kind of has their own people.

1459
01:26:10,940 --> 01:26:16,060
 So it's another sign that it's probably time to win some more games, Mark.

1460
01:26:17,520 --> 01:26:25,100
 Joe, if the Gators win, finish with two wins this week and get two wins in the SEC tournament,

1461
01:26:25,720 --> 01:26:29,020
 much less win it, could they get a one seed?

1462
01:26:29,680 --> 01:26:32,460
 That's certainly within the realm of possibility.

1463
01:26:33,060 --> 01:26:38,420
 And, you know, what history teaches me is they should and they probably won't.

1464
01:26:38,420 --> 01:26:45,040
 I still feel like the SEC is a little bit undervalued by the people who make those decisions.

1465
01:26:45,400 --> 01:26:48,320
 But, man, after watching Florida the other night against Arkansas,

1466
01:26:49,100 --> 01:26:52,100
 there aren't four better teams in the country right now.

1467
01:26:52,220 --> 01:26:52,920
 No, no.

1468
01:26:54,960 --> 01:26:56,480
 No question about it.

1469
01:26:57,180 --> 01:26:59,600
 Baseball, we will get into a lot more.

1470
01:26:59,740 --> 01:27:03,320
 I know you're going to have your power rankings for baseball.

1471
01:27:03,840 --> 01:27:06,860
 Joe, just quickly, who's impressed you so far in baseball?

1472
01:27:07,220 --> 01:27:10,560
 You know, Texas is pitching really well.

1473
01:27:10,880 --> 01:27:14,700
 I've been really impressed with them off the top of my head.

1474
01:27:14,820 --> 01:27:18,260
 And then, of course, you know, you and I, this is another one of our crusades, B.B.

1475
01:27:18,260 --> 01:27:22,560
 We are always talking about Arkansas and the year that Dave Van Horn gets it done.

1476
01:27:22,740 --> 01:27:24,340
 Could this be that year?

1477
01:27:24,460 --> 01:27:25,060
 It could be.

1478
01:27:25,280 --> 01:27:25,680
 Finally.

1479
01:27:26,280 --> 01:27:28,980
 You know, one day we're going to look really smart.

1480
01:27:29,200 --> 01:27:30,740
 It's just taking us a while.

1481
01:27:31,540 --> 01:27:33,040
 Well, we're in it for the long haul.

1482
01:27:34,880 --> 01:27:38,680
 I mean, where can we get online and get yours and the team's good stuff, Joe?

1483
01:27:38,980 --> 01:27:39,520
 Check it out.

1484
01:27:39,580 --> 01:27:41,060
 It's Saturday down south.

1485
01:27:41,500 --> 01:27:45,380
 Yeah, it shapes up to be a really fun and interesting March,

1486
01:27:45,380 --> 01:27:47,800
 and I'm looking forward to it as much as anybody.

1487
01:27:48,680 --> 01:27:51,840
 And we're looking forward to saving you a seat next time, Joe.

1488
01:27:51,900 --> 01:27:54,640
 In the meantime, thank you so much, and stay out of the dental chair, okay?

1489
01:27:55,140 --> 01:27:56,400
 I will do my best.

1490
01:27:56,480 --> 01:27:57,220
 You guys take care.

1491
01:27:57,760 --> 01:27:58,420
 Thank you, man.

1492
01:27:58,420 --> 01:28:01,800
 Docs, busy there at Saturday down south.

1493
01:28:01,900 --> 01:28:04,360
 Coming up, double L, Matt Michelle on deck.

1494
01:28:04,440 --> 01:28:04,940
 Stay with us.

1495
01:28:08,940 --> 01:28:11,740
 A KFC tale in the pursuit of flavor.

1496
01:28:12,180 --> 01:28:17,280
 The greatest insult the colonel ever suffered was being served a wrap that was just a snack by a friend.

1497
01:28:17,280 --> 01:28:23,020
 So he took two crispy tenders, lettuce, tomatoes, and pepper mayo, and wrapped them in a soft tortilla.

1498
01:28:23,320 --> 01:28:24,300
 It wasn't a snack.

1499
01:28:24,380 --> 01:28:25,180
 It was a meal.

1500
01:28:25,500 --> 01:28:28,360
 He called it a twister and never called that friend again.

1501
01:28:28,720 --> 01:28:31,040
 The colonel lived, so we could chicken.

1502
01:28:31,420 --> 01:28:32,000
 The Twister.

1503
01:28:32,260 --> 01:28:34,560
 Now back at KFC, classic or with bacon.

1504
01:28:34,820 --> 01:28:35,840
 Also try it spicy.

1505
01:28:36,160 --> 01:28:37,400
 It's finger licking good.

1506
01:28:37,640 --> 01:28:38,980
 Prices and participation may vary.

1507
01:28:39,620 --> 01:28:40,860
 It's your captain speaking.

1508
01:28:41,160 --> 01:28:42,920
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1509
01:28:43,220 --> 01:28:43,820
 Smart move.

1510
01:28:44,100 --> 01:28:47,380
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1511
01:28:47,600 --> 01:28:48,240
 Can't blame you.

1512
01:28:48,460 --> 01:28:50,820
 Mirafast works fast, but without the harsh side effects.

1513
01:28:51,060 --> 01:28:53,980
 Since I'm such a smart traveler, can I move to first class?

1514
01:28:54,160 --> 01:28:54,840
 Uh, no.

1515
01:28:55,320 --> 01:28:56,020
 Close the curtain, Carol.

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1520
01:29:08,060 --> 01:29:09,080
 Contains magnesium hydroxide.

1521
01:29:09,560 --> 01:29:12,900
 Tim collects bobbleheads.

1522
01:29:13,240 --> 01:29:14,620
 A lot of bobbleheads.

1523
01:29:15,040 --> 01:29:16,100
 Baseball bobbleheads.

1524
01:29:16,400 --> 01:29:17,740
 Race car bobbleheads.

1525
01:29:17,980 --> 01:29:19,400
 Little chihuahua bobbleheads.

1526
01:29:19,560 --> 01:29:22,480
 He's got an entire room strictly for bobbleheads.

1527
01:29:22,900 --> 01:29:23,640
 Does he need them?

1528
01:29:23,820 --> 01:29:24,120
 No.

1529
01:29:24,360 --> 01:29:25,460
 Is his wife mad about it?

1530
01:29:25,560 --> 01:29:26,240
 A little.

1531
01:29:26,480 --> 01:29:29,080
 But Tim works with Empower, and he got good at money.

1532
01:29:29,340 --> 01:29:30,700
 So he can be a little bad.

1533
01:29:30,980 --> 01:29:32,500
 Ooh, horse bobblehead.

1534
01:29:32,860 --> 01:29:33,680
 Classy, Tim.

1535
01:29:34,400 --> 01:29:34,840
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1536
01:29:35,100 --> 01:29:36,560
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1537
01:29:36,840 --> 01:29:38,560
 Start today at Empower.com.

1538
01:29:39,100 --> 01:29:40,420
 Okay, I have to tell you.

1539
01:29:40,600 --> 01:29:44,880
 I was just looking on eBay, where I go for all kinds of things I love, and there it was.

1540
01:29:44,960 --> 01:29:46,560
 That hologram trading card.

1541
01:29:46,840 --> 01:29:47,640
 One of the rarest.

1542
01:29:47,700 --> 01:29:49,100
 The last one I needed for my set.

1543
01:29:49,400 --> 01:29:50,340
 Shiny like the...

1544
01:29:50,340 --> 01:29:52,040
 Designer handbag of my dreams.

1545
01:29:52,340 --> 01:29:52,980
 One of a kind.

1546
01:29:53,180 --> 01:29:53,800
 eBay had it.

1547
01:29:53,960 --> 01:29:55,500
 And now everyone's asking.

1548
01:29:55,840 --> 01:29:57,240
 Ooh, where'd you get your...

1549
01:29:57,240 --> 01:29:58,040
 Windshield wipers.

1550
01:29:58,320 --> 01:30:00,060
 eBay has all the parts that fit my car.

1551
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1552
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1553
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1554
01:30:06,520 --> 01:30:06,760
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1555
01:30:07,060 --> 01:30:08,500
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1556
01:30:09,240 --> 01:30:12,180
 Progressive presents the Sports Flash on 93.9.

1557
01:30:12,180 --> 01:30:13,180
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1558
01:30:13,500 --> 01:30:17,540
 In college baseball tonight, the South Alabama Jaguars will take on UAB.

1559
01:30:17,860 --> 01:30:19,960
 They'll play at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery.

1560
01:30:20,200 --> 01:30:21,500
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1561
01:30:21,620 --> 01:30:25,320
 South Alabama is 9-3 on the season.

1562
01:30:25,820 --> 01:30:28,220
 Alabama Crimson Tide will host Jacksonville State.

1563
01:30:28,340 --> 01:30:30,200
 Alabama is 9-3 on the year.

1564
01:30:30,320 --> 01:30:34,080
 Jacksonville State comes into the matchup with a 10-2 record.

1565
01:30:34,640 --> 01:30:36,800
 And the Auburn Tigers are set to host Samford.

1566
01:30:36,940 --> 01:30:38,760
 Seventh-ranked Auburn is 9-2.

1567
01:30:39,200 --> 01:30:40,920
 Samford is 5-6.

1568
01:30:41,260 --> 01:30:43,980
 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament action tomorrow.

1569
01:30:44,140 --> 01:30:48,060
 Auburn will take on Texas A&M in round number one.

1570
01:30:48,060 --> 01:30:50,700
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1571
01:30:51,240 --> 01:30:54,180
 SEC Tournament is in Greenville, South Carolina.

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1575
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1577
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1580
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1593
01:31:40,300 --> 01:31:42,780
 A KFC tale in the pursuit of flavor.

1594
01:31:43,220 --> 01:31:48,320
 The greatest insult the colonel ever suffered was being served a wrap that was just a snack by a friend.

1595
01:31:48,560 --> 01:31:54,040
 So he took two crispy tenders, lettuce, tomatoes, and pepper mayo, and wrapped them in a soft tortilla.

1596
01:31:54,040 --> 01:31:55,320
 It wasn't a snack.

1597
01:31:55,420 --> 01:31:56,200
 It was a meal.

1598
01:31:56,520 --> 01:31:59,400
 He called it a twister and never called that friend again.

1599
01:31:59,740 --> 01:32:02,100
 The colonel lived so we could chicken.

1600
01:32:02,440 --> 01:32:03,000
 The twister.

1601
01:32:03,300 --> 01:32:05,540
 Now back at KFC, classic or with bacon.

1602
01:32:05,820 --> 01:32:06,840
 Also try it spicy.

1603
01:32:07,180 --> 01:32:08,380
 It's finger licking good.

1604
01:32:08,680 --> 01:32:09,960
 Prices and participation may vary.

1605
01:32:13,360 --> 01:32:14,560
 The score.

1606
01:32:14,980 --> 01:32:19,740
 Now back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1607
01:32:20,300 --> 01:32:20,560
 The score.

1608
01:32:20,560 --> 01:32:21,240
 Welcome back in.

1609
01:32:21,300 --> 01:32:23,860
 What a pleasure it is to say hello to Matt Merchel.

1610
01:32:23,980 --> 01:32:26,460
 College Insider with the Orlando Center on his podcast.

1611
01:32:26,760 --> 01:32:28,660
 It's called Gridiron 365.

1612
01:32:29,380 --> 01:32:30,060
 Matt, welcome in.

1613
01:32:30,120 --> 01:32:30,700
 How are you?

1614
01:32:32,540 --> 01:32:33,160
 Good to be there.

1615
01:32:33,920 --> 01:32:34,300
 Hey, Ben.

1616
01:32:34,460 --> 01:32:35,420
 There we go, Matt.

1617
01:32:35,780 --> 01:32:39,060
 Just kind of joking aside here, or maybe it is a joke.

1618
01:32:39,760 --> 01:32:43,240
 I was just going to go ahead and give the national title again to the Florida Gators.

1619
01:32:43,460 --> 01:32:46,080
 Are we going to play out this thing and have a full penalty, Matt?

1620
01:32:47,220 --> 01:32:51,580
 No, I think, listen, I think Florida's playing really well right now, obviously.

1621
01:32:51,580 --> 01:32:56,720
 I think they've showcased themselves as one of the top teams in the country, but I think based

1622
01:32:56,720 --> 01:33:01,280
 on what we've seen this year, I think there's, you know, I think it could be some surprises

1623
01:33:01,280 --> 01:33:01,980
 in there as well.

1624
01:33:01,980 --> 01:33:06,260
 You know, I mean, you've seen Boobage to pop up and make some good runs late.

1625
01:33:06,680 --> 01:33:08,520
 I thought Arizona has played really well.

1626
01:33:08,940 --> 01:33:13,880
 You know, you could make the case for, you know, maybe a mid-major fighting away.

1627
01:33:14,060 --> 01:33:15,100
 Duke has played well.

1628
01:33:15,860 --> 01:33:21,640
 Michigan, you know, I think there are teams this time of year that, you know, there's

1629
01:33:21,640 --> 01:33:25,220
 always going to be a surprise, you know, but I do believe Florida's going to be one of

1630
01:33:25,220 --> 01:33:30,120
 the teams in the final four unless something kind of strange happens, but because they're

1631
01:33:30,120 --> 01:33:31,500
 playing really good basketball.

1632
01:33:31,660 --> 01:33:36,420
 And I think Todd Goldman has done a good job of, you know, rebuilding this roster and getting

1633
01:33:36,420 --> 01:33:39,500
 them ready for what they need to do to face the challenge of defending their national

1634
01:33:39,500 --> 01:33:39,920
 championship.

1635
01:33:40,560 --> 01:33:42,120
 His name has been invoked.

1636
01:33:42,540 --> 01:33:45,320
 Matt, who are you taking in a cage match?

1637
01:33:45,420 --> 01:33:46,860
 Todd Golden or John Calipari?

1638
01:33:48,940 --> 01:33:50,040
 I don't know.

1639
01:33:50,140 --> 01:33:51,160
 You know, I get it.

1640
01:33:51,200 --> 01:33:54,220
 You know, there's frustration, you know, both guys thought that, you know, I think, I think

1641
01:33:54,220 --> 01:33:59,000
 Calipari thought that maybe, you know, that there was some, you know, that he was, it

1642
01:33:59,000 --> 01:34:00,660
 was not, you know, his team was getting pummeled.

1643
01:34:01,460 --> 01:34:02,200
 I don't know.

1644
01:34:02,300 --> 01:34:06,120
 I still take Golden because he's a young guy, you know, Calipari, you know, obviously

1645
01:34:06,120 --> 01:34:10,200
 is protecting his team, doing the best he can, you know, going on right now with

1646
01:34:10,200 --> 01:34:11,060
 the season they've had.

1647
01:34:11,880 --> 01:34:13,600
 So I think it's going to be interesting.

1648
01:34:13,820 --> 01:34:14,260
 You know what I mean?

1649
01:34:14,300 --> 01:34:18,380
 It's, it's, we're at that time of year where tempers start to run high and coaches want

1650
01:34:18,380 --> 01:34:21,940
 to, you know, coaches are getting teed up all the time and, you know, they're, everyone's

1651
01:34:21,940 --> 01:34:25,620
 trying to do what they can to motivate their team to try to put something together and

1652
01:34:25,620 --> 01:34:26,420
 make a serious run.

1653
01:34:26,620 --> 01:34:29,440
 Most of the time when that stuff happens, that's all about motivation.

1654
01:34:29,440 --> 01:34:33,400
 That's all about hoping your team will, will, will take something from it and maybe

1655
01:34:33,400 --> 01:34:34,400
 utilize it on the court.

1656
01:34:35,620 --> 01:34:38,800
 Uh, who's Matt Merchelle's number one seeds?

1657
01:34:38,800 --> 01:34:46,040
 I know I've seen you, you mentioned a couple, Duke, Michigan, Arizona, UConn, uh, the Florida

1658
01:34:46,040 --> 01:34:49,460
 is right now is a two seed Houston, Illinois.

1659
01:34:50,180 --> 01:34:51,500
 Uh, it's kind of interesting.

1660
01:34:51,660 --> 01:34:57,420
 You've seen Nebraska mentioned on some of the marks in two or three, uh, a lot of good teams

1661
01:34:57,420 --> 01:34:58,300
 at the top.

1662
01:34:58,400 --> 01:34:59,440
 Who are your top four?

1663
01:35:00,340 --> 01:35:04,020
 Well, I, yeah, I think I meant, you know, I think I mentioned, you know, Arizona, Duke

1664
01:35:04,020 --> 01:35:04,960
 is probably up there.

1665
01:35:05,500 --> 01:35:07,480
 Um, Michigan has played really well.

1666
01:35:07,960 --> 01:35:11,620
 You know, UConn is making that kind of special run that we haven't seen before.

1667
01:35:11,840 --> 01:35:15,280
 I tell you a team that that's going to be interesting to me to watch out for is Houston.

1668
01:35:15,940 --> 01:35:20,340
 Um, cause I don't, you know, I know they've, they've, they've gone through a, uh, a stretch

1669
01:35:20,340 --> 01:35:25,600
 here where they've lost three games, but Kelvin Sampson is, is a heck of a coach and a guy

1670
01:35:25,600 --> 01:35:30,420
 who only seems to get his teams to kind of buy back into what they're doing to make a

1671
01:35:30,420 --> 01:35:31,320
 serious run.

1672
01:35:31,480 --> 01:35:34,600
 Um, I'm not saying they're going to be a one seed, but I, I think they're a, they're

1673
01:35:34,600 --> 01:35:37,000
 a team that's definitely going to make, it can make some noise.

1674
01:35:37,460 --> 01:35:40,800
 Um, I mean, UConn is probably going to be the other, the other, the other number one.

1675
01:35:41,240 --> 01:35:45,220
 Uh, and, and, you know, I mean, it depends on what happens over the next week or so with

1676
01:35:45,220 --> 01:35:45,920
 conference tournaments.

1677
01:35:45,920 --> 01:35:49,300
 I mean, you could see a couple of these teams, maybe get a lot.

1678
01:35:49,360 --> 01:35:53,920
 I still think that not much is going to change at the top, but it's going to be interesting

1679
01:35:53,920 --> 01:35:57,340
 with these, with these teams and different brackets and, and figure out how could someone

1680
01:35:57,340 --> 01:35:58,500
 take down some of these giants.

1681
01:35:59,400 --> 01:36:01,840
 And you know, Matt, Matt, I'm a chef of the way to the Orlando center.

1682
01:36:01,960 --> 01:36:05,360
 Another thing that you're playing for to fill in the blank here, who we're talking

1683
01:36:05,360 --> 01:36:10,340
 about, Alabama, uh, obviously they're on a streak right now, but this season has shown

1684
01:36:10,340 --> 01:36:13,960
 it's a, it's a season of streets, winning streaks and losing streaks.

1685
01:36:13,960 --> 01:36:16,640
 The last thing you want to do now is stumble your toe and your swipe.

1686
01:36:17,140 --> 01:36:21,680
 Yes, Alabama is in the NCAA tournament, but we have been talking today.

1687
01:36:21,740 --> 01:36:25,220
 The one thing you don't want to do is land at the four or five spot, because that means

1688
01:36:25,220 --> 01:36:26,720
 you're playing a tough team.

1689
01:36:26,940 --> 01:36:27,820
 That's tricky.

1690
01:36:27,820 --> 01:36:31,380
 It's better if you're going to do that, go for the number three seed, obviously you're

1691
01:36:31,380 --> 01:36:35,180
 better than at two or even six or seven, but stay out to four and five.

1692
01:36:35,380 --> 01:36:39,620
 We say all that to say this, the importance of tonight's game for Bama against Georgia,

1693
01:36:39,620 --> 01:36:43,460
 and then a team who nobody can figure out the Auburn Tigers this weekend.

1694
01:36:44,380 --> 01:36:44,740
 Yeah.

1695
01:36:44,840 --> 01:36:47,280
 I mean, I think for Alabama, you're, you're exactly right.

1696
01:36:47,380 --> 01:36:52,100
 If you want to stay up and be a high seed and avoid, you know, getting a tough matchup in

1697
01:36:52,100 --> 01:36:55,860
 the first round of the NCAA tournament or second round, you know, you want to be up that

1698
01:36:55,860 --> 01:36:57,860
 high.

1699
01:36:57,860 --> 01:37:00,060
 So if you're Alabama, you want to kind of go into this tournament and the SEC tournament,

1700
01:37:00,060 --> 01:37:01,380
 you want to go in hot.

1701
01:37:01,480 --> 01:37:05,080
 You want to be able to go in there and, and continue to win and, and, and, you know, guide

1702
01:37:05,080 --> 01:37:08,460
 your way to the, to the, to the championship game and then see what happens when you get

1703
01:37:08,460 --> 01:37:09,160
 in the NCAA tournament.

1704
01:37:09,160 --> 01:37:13,320
 I mean, that's just going to be the short of it is getting out there and finding it out.

1705
01:37:13,480 --> 01:37:17,560
 You know, Auburn, again, I mean, you know, they're, they're like you mentioned, they're,

1706
01:37:17,640 --> 01:37:19,300
 they're such an enigma of a team right now.

1707
01:37:19,360 --> 01:37:21,320
 You know, you don't know what, what you're going to get.

1708
01:37:21,400 --> 01:37:25,720
 And, you know, they're not a very good team on the road, which is not a good thing to tell,

1709
01:37:25,800 --> 01:37:29,500
 to say when you're going to go play in a conference tournament or you're going to go on it.

1710
01:37:29,580 --> 01:37:34,280
 They, you know, I mean, I think for Auburn, you know, it's about trying to try to maybe

1711
01:37:34,280 --> 01:37:39,400
 spring together some wins, maybe try to, to, to get some pride, maybe going in a little bit

1712
01:37:39,400 --> 01:37:43,240
 and, and maybe if you get hot, maybe depending on what happens, maybe you could find a way

1713
01:37:43,240 --> 01:37:45,380
 to slip in and, and, and do some damage.

1714
01:37:45,380 --> 01:37:48,660
 But again, I'm not quite sure what to make of that team.

1715
01:37:48,660 --> 01:37:52,440
 It just, it just really seems like every, every time they have a good, a good game that

1716
01:37:52,440 --> 01:37:54,180
 they followed up with some head scratchers.

1717
01:37:54,360 --> 01:37:58,620
 So it's, it's definitely one that they're, they're, they're going to look back on the season

1718
01:37:58,620 --> 01:38:00,920
 and I think they, they've had some missed opportunities.

1719
01:38:02,220 --> 01:38:08,760
 We have listened to expanding the college football playoffs on nauseam now for years,

1720
01:38:08,760 --> 01:38:11,200
 but what about college basketball?

1721
01:38:11,480 --> 01:38:18,140
 I know there's a lot of chatter about expanding it, 64, and then you got the four playing games.

1722
01:38:18,580 --> 01:38:20,640
 Man, is 68 teams enough?

1723
01:38:21,840 --> 01:38:23,300
 You know, I don't know.

1724
01:38:23,420 --> 01:38:28,360
 I do, I think it is, but I know Charlie Baker, the NCAA president has been really pushing the

1725
01:38:28,360 --> 01:38:30,860
 idea of, you know, bumping that up, trying to get it up.

1726
01:38:30,920 --> 01:38:31,480
 I think, what was it?

1727
01:38:31,680 --> 01:38:34,460
 76 is what they're talking about the latest round.

1728
01:38:34,680 --> 01:38:40,800
 And, you know, I mean, I think, you know, what's driving this is to be honest with you.

1729
01:38:41,180 --> 01:38:43,820
 It's guys like Greg Sankey and the SEC and the ACC.

1730
01:38:44,400 --> 01:38:48,380
 You know, these, these conferences want to get as many of their teams in as possible to

1731
01:38:48,380 --> 01:38:49,080
 the NCAA tournament.

1732
01:38:49,640 --> 01:38:52,260
 And if you say, let's expand, they say, okay, that's great.

1733
01:38:52,360 --> 01:38:56,540
 Now we can get, you know, if you're the SEC, we can get, you know, three more teams in,

1734
01:38:56,600 --> 01:38:57,780
 or we can get, you know, whatever it is.

1735
01:38:57,980 --> 01:39:02,860
 And then all of a sudden, it's, you know, we've gone to where you've got 90% of a power

1736
01:39:02,860 --> 01:39:04,580
 conference is going to make an NCAA tournament.

1737
01:39:05,320 --> 01:39:07,300
 And it's, you know, and I get that.

1738
01:39:07,360 --> 01:39:10,360
 It's more money, it's more prestige, it's more, you know, opportunities.

1739
01:39:10,740 --> 01:39:17,580
 So if it's something we need, I mean, do we need a team that's, you know, a 15 and, you

1740
01:39:17,580 --> 01:39:22,240
 know, a 15-win team maybe making the NCAA tournament, you know, or a 15-win team making

1741
01:39:22,240 --> 01:39:22,880
 the NCAA tournament?

1742
01:39:23,240 --> 01:39:28,300
 I'm not sure, I mean, I'm sure if this was going to benefit mid-majors, and you're going

1743
01:39:28,300 --> 01:39:33,480
 to see maybe some of these conferences that only get one dedicated automatic bid, maybe

1744
01:39:33,480 --> 01:39:36,760
 them getting a team or two in, I think that would be great.

1745
01:39:37,260 --> 01:39:40,440
 But I'm not sure if that's going to be what comes to fruition.

1746
01:39:40,600 --> 01:39:45,440
 I think it's going to be more about getting the power programs more, you know, power conferences

1747
01:39:45,440 --> 01:39:48,160
 more opportunities to get teams in for them.

1748
01:39:48,160 --> 01:39:52,840
 And, you know, again, I just think 68 seems to be a nice sweet spot right now.

1749
01:39:53,000 --> 01:39:56,800
 But, you know, as we know in the past, money drives this thing.

1750
01:39:56,860 --> 01:40:00,880
 And if they feel like they can make more money, and they can convince the TV networks to give

1751
01:40:00,880 --> 01:40:02,860
 them more money, then they'll expand to 76.

1752
01:40:03,120 --> 01:40:07,420
 And next thing you know, we'll be talking about 98, and then, you know, we might as well just

1753
01:40:07,420 --> 01:40:08,640
 invite everybody in, right?

1754
01:40:08,780 --> 01:40:10,640
 Just whoever, everyone gets a trophy.

1755
01:40:11,400 --> 01:40:12,760
 Everybody gets a trophy.

1756
01:40:12,880 --> 01:40:15,220
 Let's have a group hug here and split the check.

1757
01:40:15,540 --> 01:40:17,120
 You mentioned Greg Sankey's name.

1758
01:40:17,120 --> 01:40:19,560
 Greg Sankey is getting involved.

1759
01:40:19,740 --> 01:40:24,980
 The commissioner of the SEC wants college sports to return to the one-time transfer rule.

1760
01:40:25,120 --> 01:40:31,040
 Sankey is calling for national eligibility standards that put academics first, blah, blah, blah, blah.

1761
01:40:31,900 --> 01:40:37,100
 Matt, are they telling Greg, take the cup, go down the hall, close the door, and bring it back in with test things?

1762
01:40:37,160 --> 01:40:38,500
 What's going on with Greg Sankey?

1763
01:40:38,660 --> 01:40:41,360
 And is he going to get his Christmas wish here in the summer?

1764
01:40:42,120 --> 01:40:43,100
 No, no.

1765
01:40:43,300 --> 01:40:45,520
 I mean, listen, I think Greg loves this.

1766
01:40:45,720 --> 01:40:51,360
 I mean, maybe personally Greg thinks this is the way it should be, but I mean, he's got, you know,

1767
01:40:51,380 --> 01:40:57,580
 he's got school presidents right now and, you know, college football coaches from the SEC standing behind him

1768
01:40:57,580 --> 01:40:59,260
 going, no, no, we don't want this.

1769
01:40:59,400 --> 01:41:02,420
 You know, we don't want, we can, I mean, look around at these teams.

1770
01:41:02,580 --> 01:41:05,200
 Look around, most of the teams across the country, especially in football,

1771
01:41:05,680 --> 01:41:08,620
 they're built on rosters with multiple-year transfers.

1772
01:41:09,140 --> 01:41:12,460
 They're not built on one and, you know, like one-time transfer guys.

1773
01:41:12,480 --> 01:41:14,400
 They're built on multiple-year transfers.

1774
01:41:15,060 --> 01:41:18,200
 And, you know, and I get what Greg's trying to say.

1775
01:41:18,280 --> 01:41:19,380
 It would be great to do this.

1776
01:41:19,760 --> 01:41:22,040
 But that's already gone.

1777
01:41:22,120 --> 01:41:23,000
 That idea is gone.

1778
01:41:23,000 --> 01:41:28,640
 And, you know, the idea of sitting down and working all this out, I mean, this is a pie-in-the-sky type of plan.

1779
01:41:29,240 --> 01:41:36,320
 Because, you know, we, I mean, right now we're trying to figure out every little step of what maybe we need to get rid of the NCAA.

1780
01:41:36,560 --> 01:41:37,600
 Maybe we need to do this.

1781
01:41:37,680 --> 01:41:38,780
 Maybe we need to do that.

1782
01:41:39,020 --> 01:41:41,380
 Maybe we need to build another, you know, we should expand our playoff.

1783
01:41:41,480 --> 01:41:44,280
 Maybe we need to, we can't decide and get one thing done.

1784
01:41:44,520 --> 01:41:45,380
 You know what I mean?

1785
01:41:45,400 --> 01:41:45,860
 It's great.

1786
01:41:46,020 --> 01:41:50,100
 It's like getting a blueprint for a house and you keep adding, you keep adding floors to the house,

1787
01:41:50,160 --> 01:41:51,320
 but you haven't built the house yet.

1788
01:41:51,640 --> 01:41:52,100
 You know what I mean?

1789
01:41:52,100 --> 01:41:57,760
 It's like you've got to go and get at least one or two things done first before we start talking about this stuff.

1790
01:41:58,020 --> 01:42:04,600
 So, I mean, would it be great for fans to not have to think about, you know, players jumping year after year after year?

1791
01:42:04,680 --> 01:42:05,340
 Yeah, it'd be great.

1792
01:42:05,460 --> 01:42:08,840
 But I just don't think that the schools themselves want to deal with that.

1793
01:42:08,900 --> 01:42:14,740
 And the NCAA doesn't want to get involved in that because every time they start talking about it, you know, someone sues them.

1794
01:42:15,140 --> 01:42:16,740
 I mean, look at what's going on in the court system.

1795
01:42:16,740 --> 01:42:22,980
 You know, I mean, there's half a dozen, you know, lawsuits, big profile lawsuits where people are suing them for eligibility.

1796
01:42:23,400 --> 01:42:28,300
 So, it's a great idea, maybe in theory, but I just don't think it's going to be coming around.

1797
01:42:28,880 --> 01:42:33,700
 Something that may be, what are your thoughts about this, Matt, as far as what they might be able to do?

1798
01:42:33,740 --> 01:42:42,840
 And using the template today in baseball, Profar of the Braves suspended all 162 games for violating the PED policy.

1799
01:42:43,440 --> 01:42:48,280
 $42 million contract, the Braves sitting here scratching their heads right now and saying, how am I going to handle this?

1800
01:42:49,480 --> 01:42:52,180
 The reason I bring that up, bring it back to college football.

1801
01:42:52,640 --> 01:42:57,620
 Is there any way that these lawyers can grow some and say, we're going to have at least a two-year deal minimum?

1802
01:42:58,180 --> 01:42:59,320
 Here's some fine print.

1803
01:42:59,680 --> 01:43:03,540
 In the case of some of these guys going out and getting in trouble, I won't call anybody's name, Georgia.

1804
01:43:04,840 --> 01:43:16,080
 Of all these high-profile guys getting in trouble with a big contract, is there any way that you can sit here and write the contract where, yes, here's the money, but here's what you've got to give back?

1805
01:43:16,120 --> 01:43:17,580
 You're no longer an 18-year-old kid.

1806
01:43:17,700 --> 01:43:19,160
 You're a millionaire going forward.

1807
01:43:19,220 --> 01:43:19,800
 You're a businessman.

1808
01:43:20,320 --> 01:43:22,460
 You're making more money than your family ever made in a lifetime.

1809
01:43:22,740 --> 01:43:24,240
 So, there's got to be some accountability.

1810
01:43:24,760 --> 01:43:27,800
 Is there any way we'll ever see that come into fruition?

1811
01:43:28,680 --> 01:43:31,060
 The only way that happens is if we go collective bargaining.

1812
01:43:31,580 --> 01:43:31,760
 Yeah.

1813
01:43:32,660 --> 01:43:44,060
 And I don't think they're going to – they don't want to do that because the moment you sit down and say the phrase collective bargaining, everyone thinks about this idea of, you know, becoming employees of the school.

1814
01:43:44,280 --> 01:43:49,980
 And then when you're employees of the school, that opens up a whole other Pandora's box of things that have to be taken care of.

1815
01:43:50,480 --> 01:43:56,180
 And, you know, I just don't think anyone's got the kind of – you know, they're afraid to do that.

1816
01:43:56,300 --> 01:44:02,700
 They're afraid to sit down and say, you know, there may be a schooler or an AD or someone who might decide, I want to do this.

1817
01:44:03,200 --> 01:44:13,960
 But what's going to happen is you're going to get players who go, well, why would I sign and keep myself two years to you when I could go to another school and, you know, do a one-year contract and maybe get the same amount of money?

1818
01:44:13,960 --> 01:44:14,540
 You know what I mean?

1819
01:44:14,600 --> 01:44:15,400
 Depending on what's happening.

1820
01:44:15,740 --> 01:44:17,420
 Depending on how elite of a player you are.

1821
01:44:17,540 --> 01:44:19,980
 You know that – you know, so why would I commit myself to two years?

1822
01:44:20,240 --> 01:44:23,820
 And I guarantee there are agents around the country that would tell a kid, don't sign that contract.

1823
01:44:24,300 --> 01:44:25,380
 You know, don't do that.

1824
01:44:25,580 --> 01:44:28,380
 And then how does that contract become enforceable?

1825
01:44:28,640 --> 01:44:29,240
 You know what I mean?

1826
01:44:29,280 --> 01:44:30,800
 I mean, what does the school have to do?

1827
01:44:30,840 --> 01:44:32,000
 You're going to start suing people?

1828
01:44:32,420 --> 01:44:33,900
 I mean, look at what Cincinnati's doing.

1829
01:44:34,000 --> 01:44:42,940
 They're suing Brandon Sorsby, you know, the former quarterback, for a million dollars because, you know, for basically as a buyout for him leaving to go to Texas Tech.

1830
01:44:43,620 --> 01:44:47,940
 If we're going to start doing that, then you're going to see a heck of a lot of lawsuits going on in court system.

1831
01:44:48,300 --> 01:44:51,700
 And that's not really what college athletes doesn't want to get into.

1832
01:44:52,340 --> 01:44:53,500
 So –

1833
01:44:53,500 --> 01:44:54,500
 Aren't they out there, though?

1834
01:44:54,720 --> 01:44:55,620
 Aren't they out there?

1835
01:44:55,760 --> 01:44:56,720
 Man, I didn't mean to interrupt.

1836
01:44:56,960 --> 01:45:00,940
 But, I mean, college sports – do they just go ahead and just get away with college sports?

1837
01:45:01,020 --> 01:45:02,860
 Say this is basically pro sports now.

1838
01:45:03,760 --> 01:45:04,040
 Yes.

1839
01:45:04,320 --> 01:45:08,560
 If you want to get rid of this stuff, you just essentially make it a professional sport.

1840
01:45:08,780 --> 01:45:09,020
 Right.

1841
01:45:09,100 --> 01:45:10,100
 Or semi-professional league.

1842
01:45:10,340 --> 01:45:12,000
 You admit that's what this is now.

1843
01:45:12,180 --> 01:45:12,320
 Yep.

1844
01:45:12,480 --> 01:45:15,960
 You get rid of the sparsitude of what about education.

1845
01:45:16,100 --> 01:45:16,700
 I mean, that's fine.

1846
01:45:16,760 --> 01:45:17,860
 You can offer education.

1847
01:45:17,980 --> 01:45:18,960
 You can offer opportunities.

1848
01:45:19,140 --> 01:45:19,340
 Right.

1849
01:45:19,500 --> 01:45:20,700
 Take classes and get a degree.

1850
01:45:20,800 --> 01:45:22,200
 That's not – that's fine.

1851
01:45:22,680 --> 01:45:26,220
 But let's not act like what most of these athletes are coming to school for.

1852
01:45:26,460 --> 01:45:29,780
 And then what you do is you sit down and you set up, okay, here's how we're going to do it.

1853
01:45:30,140 --> 01:45:31,400
 You get everyone on board.

1854
01:45:31,480 --> 01:45:34,180
 This can't be like the SEC alone, the SEC and Big Tech.

1855
01:45:34,340 --> 01:45:35,740
 It's got to be everyone on board.

1856
01:45:36,040 --> 01:45:37,500
 You say, this is how we're going to do it.

1857
01:45:37,740 --> 01:45:42,080
 You present, you know, how they're going to pay employees, how they're going to pay what there will be employees.

1858
01:45:42,540 --> 01:45:44,180
 And then you sit down with collective bargaining.

1859
01:45:44,420 --> 01:45:48,320
 And that's where collective bargaining comes in and makes this work because it's just like the NFL.

1860
01:45:48,460 --> 01:45:50,380
 You sign an agreement as a player.

1861
01:45:50,760 --> 01:45:51,900
 Okay, I've signed.

1862
01:45:52,000 --> 01:45:53,500
 I can only sign a two-year deal.

1863
01:45:53,840 --> 01:45:57,700
 You know, I mean, I just take two years and I sign my initial contract, you know,

1864
01:45:57,700 --> 01:45:59,700
 and this is what I can only do, which is what I can't do,

1865
01:45:59,780 --> 01:46:01,060
 and then after two years I can do this.

1866
01:46:01,480 --> 01:46:05,920
 And then that opens the whole door of, okay, you're going to have some money aside for, you know,

1867
01:46:05,920 --> 01:46:08,820
 health insurance to make sure you're taken care of and all those kind of things.

1868
01:46:09,320 --> 01:46:13,380
 And you have to work out the language about can you be fired as a technically employee

1869
01:46:13,380 --> 01:46:15,080
 or how do you get cut, those kind of things.

1870
01:46:15,580 --> 01:46:20,300
 Then that gets us all back to where we're feeling not so much like this is the wild, wild west.

1871
01:46:20,560 --> 01:46:26,100
 But right now schools are so hesitant to even talk about that because they're afraid.

1872
01:46:26,200 --> 01:46:27,720
 That's why they want the government to get involved.

1873
01:46:28,160 --> 01:46:30,240
 You know, and right now the government's got enough problems.

1874
01:46:30,540 --> 01:46:36,140
 I mean, we're, you know, and even with the president sitting down with all these leaders, you know,

1875
01:46:36,140 --> 01:46:38,580
 and talking about this, I'm not sure what comes of this.

1876
01:46:38,800 --> 01:46:43,120
 Because, again, you know, I mean, you're asking a bunch of people to make a decision.

1877
01:46:43,400 --> 01:46:47,120
 We can't even decide on expanding the playoff, you know, as a group.

1878
01:46:47,240 --> 01:46:50,600
 So how do you think we're going to get and change the whole nexus and the whole blueprint

1879
01:46:50,600 --> 01:46:52,740
 of what college athletics is going to be that quickly?

1880
01:46:53,520 --> 01:46:56,600
 Yeah, that meeting is coming Friday at the White House.

1881
01:46:56,760 --> 01:46:58,760
 There is a who's who of sports.

1882
01:46:58,920 --> 01:47:00,580
 This is not just football.

1883
01:47:00,760 --> 01:47:03,380
 It's college athletics in general.

1884
01:47:03,560 --> 01:47:04,120
 I'm like you.

1885
01:47:04,200 --> 01:47:09,000
 There are a lot of impressive people coming to that, but I don't know what they're going to get done.

1886
01:47:09,760 --> 01:47:10,460
 And I agree.

1887
01:47:10,560 --> 01:47:17,100
 I think Sors begins paying $1 million because he, according to the athletics, signed a two-year deal.

1888
01:47:17,380 --> 01:47:17,760
 Thank you.

1889
01:47:17,760 --> 01:47:25,120
 One positive out of this, Matt Merchelle, is targeting.

1890
01:47:25,740 --> 01:47:34,880
 The NCAA rules subcommittee is proposing a one-year trial run to modify the rules regarding targeting penalties.

1891
01:47:35,120 --> 01:47:39,960
 In other words, you wouldn't have to sit out in the next game or the next half.

1892
01:47:40,580 --> 01:47:43,280
 I think they proved their point with this.

1893
01:47:43,280 --> 01:47:51,720
 What they're looking at now is if you're disqualified for targeting for the first time during the season,

1894
01:47:52,360 --> 01:47:54,920
 you will be allowed to play in the next game.

1895
01:47:55,600 --> 01:47:56,900
 Matt, is that an improvement?

1896
01:47:58,120 --> 01:47:58,860
 Yeah, I think it is.

1897
01:47:59,040 --> 01:48:00,140
 I think, you know, yes.

1898
01:48:00,160 --> 01:48:05,960
 I think initially when they started this, it was important to lay out kind of the groundwork of what's going on

1899
01:48:05,960 --> 01:48:09,840
 because they were trying to get rid of, you know, guys who were maybe out there headhunting, you know,

1900
01:48:09,940 --> 01:48:12,520
 trying to make hits, you know, that they...

1901
01:48:12,520 --> 01:48:16,680
 And so I think that now they've kind of proven that and they brought that up.

1902
01:48:16,700 --> 01:48:19,500
 And I think, you know, you could look at it as a case-by-case basis.

1903
01:48:19,600 --> 01:48:24,420
 I think we've had moments where players have got flagged for targeting and it wasn't intentional at all

1904
01:48:24,420 --> 01:48:25,380
 and you stretch the imagination.

1905
01:48:25,640 --> 01:48:30,500
 But then you've missed the first half or half of the game and the next game or whatever, you know,

1906
01:48:30,500 --> 01:48:35,760
 I mean, it kind of really, it penalizes the player and it penalizes the team itself.

1907
01:48:35,980 --> 01:48:38,580
 So I think right now they're trying to tweak these things.

1908
01:48:38,880 --> 01:48:41,460
 We talked about, you know, when this number one targeting first came out,

1909
01:48:41,500 --> 01:48:45,020
 everyone was screaming and yelling and saying how horrible this was and it's a horrible system.

1910
01:48:45,220 --> 01:48:46,420
 It just takes time.

1911
01:48:46,620 --> 01:48:47,600
 It's like life.

1912
01:48:47,940 --> 01:48:49,020
 I mean, it evolves.

1913
01:48:49,280 --> 01:48:49,840
 You know what I mean?

1914
01:48:49,960 --> 01:48:53,720
 It just, things evolve and eventually they move into an area where you can agree and say,

1915
01:48:53,960 --> 01:48:54,880
 okay, this is working.

1916
01:48:54,980 --> 01:48:55,960
 This is how we want it to work.

1917
01:48:55,960 --> 01:48:58,440
 And I think it's going to be for the best of us moving forward.

1918
01:48:59,140 --> 01:49:00,180
 I agree, Ashley.

1919
01:49:00,280 --> 01:49:05,680
 People think it's natural for a player to lower his head when they see a collision coming.

1920
01:49:05,820 --> 01:49:10,180
 But there were many times during the course of the season, there was a questionable targeting

1921
01:49:10,180 --> 01:49:16,300
 that was upheld and yeah, in that player missed the next half, the next game or whatever.

1922
01:49:16,980 --> 01:49:22,540
 Great conversation is always where can we get online and get basketball, football,

1923
01:49:22,800 --> 01:49:26,620
 all sorts of stuff from you and the Orlando Sentinel.

1924
01:49:27,440 --> 01:49:30,260
 Yeah, you can go to OrlandoSentinel.com to check out the,

1925
01:49:30,280 --> 01:49:33,660
 the latest or follow me on social media at OS Matt Merchelle.

1926
01:49:33,760 --> 01:49:38,140
 We've got a lot going on with Florida started spring ball today.

1927
01:49:38,820 --> 01:49:40,260
 So I know we got that covered.

1928
01:49:40,940 --> 01:49:44,840
 UCF, BD, been trying to get into the NCAA tournament for the first time in eight years.

1929
01:49:44,980 --> 01:49:49,820
 So I got that covered and, you know, it's just all sorts of stuff that's happening around the country.

1930
01:49:49,820 --> 01:49:52,440
 Arnold Palmer, we've got golf in our backyard this week.

1931
01:49:52,440 --> 01:49:54,800
 So all sorts of fun stuff going on.

1932
01:49:56,160 --> 01:49:57,140
 TNF, hit it straight.

1933
01:49:57,260 --> 01:49:58,920
 Listen, man, it's always good to catch you with you.

1934
01:49:58,960 --> 01:50:00,280
 Thanks so much for your time today, buddy.

1935
01:50:01,020 --> 01:50:01,340
 All right.

1936
01:50:01,380 --> 01:50:01,920
 Take care, guys.

1937
01:50:02,320 --> 01:50:02,700
 Thank you, Ben.

1938
01:50:02,700 --> 01:50:07,040
 And Michelle, Orlando, one thing they can do is copy basketball, BB.

1939
01:50:07,120 --> 01:50:09,020
 They got flagrant one, flagrant two.

1940
01:50:09,420 --> 01:50:11,800
 Well, that's too simple.

1941
01:50:12,340 --> 01:50:16,160
 Are you ready for some Alabama basketball tonight later on here on 93.9 The Score, BB?

1942
01:50:16,360 --> 01:50:23,380
 Pre-game at 4.30, tip-off at 5.30 on that bastion of sports coverage, ESPN News.

1943
01:50:23,560 --> 01:50:26,240
 But you can listen to it on 93.9 The Score.

1944
01:50:26,560 --> 01:50:29,520
 Or as you put it, watch it on the radio right here on 93.9 The Score.

1945
01:50:29,720 --> 01:50:30,820
 It's going to take care of business from now.

1946
01:50:30,900 --> 01:50:34,340
 On behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here, Harold Bogg.

1947
01:50:34,400 --> 01:50:35,740
 Thank you so much for your time today.

1948
01:50:35,820 --> 01:50:39,140
 Let's do it again tomorrow on noon to two with a bit more Buck Show back here on Sports Radio

1949
01:50:39,140 --> 01:50:40,380
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1950
01:50:50,620 --> 01:50:55,320
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