Boomo Bugg Show 030526
93.9 The Score WYTK - March 5, 2026
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Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.
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I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.
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Good afternoon, welcome in and how are you?
Happy Thursday to you and the listeners.
We'll talk about Alabama, Auburn and Tennessee basketball and football throughout the show.
Steve Harrison will tell us about the latest clash to be inducted into the Lauderdale County Sports Hall of Fame.
And BB is here right now to reminisce about a college football icon, Lou Holtz, who passed away yesterday at 89 years young.
Bill Bender is the voice with the Sporting News.
Bill, welcome in.
How are you?
Hey, I'm doing well.
Thanks for having me on.
You're good.
Man, we appreciate you taking time out.
Obviously, Bill, there are coaches who come along and then there are coaches who come along.
Some people are great as far as their records on the field.
But in some ways, Lou Holtz was bigger than that was.
He was a personality.
He was never afraid to speak his mind.
You may agree.
You may disagree.
But as the song says back in the day, we won't back down.
Your reflections on the one and only Lou Holtz.
Well, you know, I'm a Catholic kid from central Ohio.
So, you know, you grow up in a Catholic school.
And when I was in grade school, Notre Dame was kind of at their peak under hold.
You know, from 88 to 93, they were it.
He was Nick Saban for that six-year stretch.
You know, they were the big game in town.
They won those top five games.
They own that stage.
Now, Harold, I think the younger generation knows Lou Holtz as the guy on ESPN arguing with Reece Davis and I.
That's right.
So, but I remember Lou Holtz as the just unbelievable family football, football coach.
Everybody has an impersonation.
None of them are perfect.
But I think he was very self-aware of who he was and a very awesome football coach.
And the thing is, you said you knew him from your backyard.
A lot of folks in the SEC remember him from our backyard.
He had stops in the SEC as well.
Sometimes that gets overshadowed, does it not?
It does.
You know, whether it was Arkansas or, you know, his last act at South Carolina where he did a nice job there.
They were pretty not a great football team before he got there.
It took them to a couple of bowl games.
And, you know, just an old school, grind it out guy.
The story I've told a couple times in the last 48 hours was, or 24 hours, is I went to a fundraiser a couple years ago.
One of those Catholic school fundraisers and trivia night or whatever.
And Lou Holtz did a video message.
And everybody, nobody was playing with their phones and nobody was eating.
Everybody stopped what they were doing to listen to what Lou had to say.
I mean, he's that revered within that community.
And, you know, we'll miss him.
Absolutely.
I've seen about 15 stories.
And particularly a funny one, when he was the graduation speaker at a college.
Another good one yesterday was when his first job was William and Mary.
And they played West Virginia.
West Virginia and Bobby Bowden beat him like a drum.
And he was complaining after the game to Bobby Bowden about the score.
And Bobby Bowden said, well, you need more Williams than Mary's.
As only Bobby Bowden could say it.
And people forget about North Carolina State.
Harold mentioned Arkansas and South Carolina.
Several people mentioned yesterday that they talk about what he did to get Notre Dame back to the top.
They said maybe his greatest reclamation project was at South Carolina.
Yeah.
I mean, those teams became competitive immediately.
And, you know, like I said, I just, I can't get away from Notre Dame, though.
It just, there's two games that stood out.
You know, the Catholics' first convict game, I was probably nine years old.
But the Florida State game in 93, nobody thought Notre Dame would win that football game.
And, you know, they played Florida State with Charlie Ward and Bobby Bowden, Brett.
I mean, that's full circle, right?
Like, they beat that Bobby Bowden team.
And yes, it's called a dream that started.
I think it's one of the most significant football games of my lifetime.
And I remember it and exactly what I was doing, who I was with, all those things.
And then there was Lou Holtz right in the middle of it pulling off that upset.
He was good at that.
He was good at getting his team up when they were playing the other Goliath in town.
I know it's hard to believe, Bill, but Brett and I were in grade school with you back in the day.
So I know that's hard to believe, but let's switch gears.
It's March Madness.
Obviously, isn't it, speaking of that, hard to believe this is the last season of the regular season in college basketball.
Your thoughts as far as heading in, it's pretty safe to say that Duke's in a good position, Arizona's in a good position, UConn.
Who this weekend is going to come out of it in a good position to get that number one seed on Selection Sunday?
I just think you have five teams fight for four spots right now.
So it's probably a little bit fluid.
You know, Duke and Michigan look pretty good.
Arizona in the Big 12, you never know.
And then UConn in Florida.
Florida's been surging up.
I give myself a small pat on the back because I've had them a little bit higher each week as we were going.
I had them as a two last week.
So they just continue to move up that board with the way that they're playing under, you know, Coach Golden.
So keep an eye on the Gators.
But, you know, it's a deal worth five for four spots, and all five of them are number one seed worthy to me.
Right now I have UConn ahead of Florida, but that could easily change.
Yeah, absolutely.
Alabama got into a trap game in Athens, Georgia.
Catchings, a kid for Georgia who'd been averaging 10 points, went off for 32, and that helped, I think, an emotionally drained Alabama team.
You've got them on the three line right now.
I'm guessing they're going to probably stay on the four.
But if they beat Auburn and win a couple of games in the SEC tournament, we'll see three or four for Alabama when everything's said and done.
Playing really well at the right time, scoring a lot of points at the right time.
Going to be a tough tournament out for whoever they play because of that ability to get up and down and score at the rate that they do.
You know, so they're the other team.
Florida and Alabama have been trending upward for about three weeks on those brackets, and I think, look for that.
They have to continue if they continue to do what they're doing this weekend and in to the SEC tournament, which is, you know what, I'm not saying it because I'm just on your station, but SEC tournament has the most intrigue to me because I think if I could pick one day, that quarterfinal and second round of the year, that's going to be live because there's some teams on the bubble there, too.
Not only that, Bill.
I mean, Nashville is just a special place.
It would be hard to get an argument because you go to some of these other cities and they're so big.
Nashville is not a small place, but it still has a town feel to it as opposed to an Atlanta or Tampa, some of these other places, and I think that adds to it, too.
You know our zip code here, Bill.
By the way, Bill, been to the national voice for the Sporting News.
People ask a question about Auburn.
To me, the answer is very simple.
If they start winning from now on, then they're in good shape, but the question is, Bill, what happens if they, we know what happens if they lose, what happens if they split, say, this weekend and in the SEC tournament?
Do they be able to sneak in under the bubble?
Maybe.
You know, and it didn't help that Bruce Pearl had to compare them to Indiana, rather, not Indiana, Miami, rather the message came across or not.
Now, the Red Hawks should be in the tournament even if they lose on Friday.
I'm going to be clear about that.
I know the Mac, you can say what you want about their strength to schedule at 29-0.
You know, come on.
Auburn's a good team and has a better strength to schedule.
Nobody's doubting that, but at a certain point, you've got to win a couple games.
So, I anticipate they'll be right on the bubble as we get into the last weekend, and they can play themselves off of it.
But, you know, I do respect the number of quad one opponents that they've played and beat, but, you know, come on.
Are we going to take them over a 29-1 or 30-2 Miami?
I hope you guys are on my side on this one.
Yes.
Bill, it's ridiculous to sit there and say a 29-0 or a 30-0 Miami of Ohio does not deserve to get in, and Auburn does.
Come on.
And I know Bruce wants his son to get in there, but Miami of Ohio deserves to be in the tournament.
You've got Michigan State is all-making his normal late-season run.
They've got a four-game winning streak, and it's still – we laughed about this earlier this week.
It's still amazing for me to look on your two-line and see Nebraska.
25-4, 14-4, they're 12-4 in quad one and two.
As we've laughed about it, if they played Alabama in the NCAA tournament, it'd be 125-123.
But it is amazing to see Nebraska as either a two- or three-seed.
Yeah, I wouldn't want to keep booked for that game.
You'd just – you'd be right – you'd have your head down right in the whole time.
They play well.
They play good team ball.
What you mentioned is, though, you never leave them.
You just learn.
Like, it's almost like a learned behavior up here in Ohio where we just know Izzo's going to have them going by the time the tournament rolls around.
Jeremy Pierce is pretty good.
So, yeah, those teams are exciting.
That's exciting.
Michigan, Michigan State this weekend ought to be good.
Michigan clinched the Big Ten, obviously.
But that's one of them rivalry games that I think is pretty nasty.
And Michigan's going to have to prove it a little bit this week.
Lost LJ Kaysom for the season last week to an ACL injury.
So, you know, we'll see how that impacts them.
You may say it's a backup point guard.
Who cares?
But he's a big part of their offense.
Must be 2026.
Indiana's good in football and Michigan's good in basketball.
Where do we go wrong?
Bill Bender, how significant will tomorrow be or will it just be another blip on the radar?
The power four conference commissioners are expected to huddle in the White House with a fellow by the name of President Donald Trump.
Among them, that'll be Nick Saban, Urban Meyer, Mack Brown, about the future of college athletics.
Will anything come out of that other than an expensive catering bill?
Well, you know, it depends on more.
Is this serious?
Are they going to get down to it?
Or is it like a photo op for social media?
You know, I mean, you just mentioned Mack and Nick and Urban.
Those are probably the three voices in college football, to me, among coaches that you would pick to listen to the most.
You know, but so we'll see.
You know, very interested to see what comes of that, what changes they recommend, what they like about the sport.
So I think we still like the games on the field and on the court.
Just all this other stuff we have to write about that, to me personally, gets pretty exhausting.
Yeah, yeah, I could see why you would say that.
Last week, weekend of the regular season, my friend, and with all the conference tournaments next week,
I know you and your buddies have got it covered.
What else are you working on this week, and where can we get online and read the good stuff?
Yeah, I'm at BillBender92 at sportingnews.com.
We've got, I might not have a lot of stuff.
You know, there's a tribute to Lou Holtz that we wrote yesterday and a couple other things that are coming.
But yeah, it'll be March Madness for the next 10 days or so.
I'm super excited about it.
But yeah, keep an eye on that crimson tide, man.
They just keep moving up.
And hopefully the temperature is moving up there in the backyard of Ohio.
Listen, Bill, thanks so much for your time, Dan.
Have a great rest of the week and weekend, all right?
Hey, no problem.
Thanks for having me on, guys.
Thank you, Bill.
The man with the sporting news, Bill Bender.
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The score.
Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9, the score.
Welcome back, Ken.
What do you say?
We had North Young Man in the Bluegrass State of Kentucky, and say hello to Larry Vaught.
He's busy there with Vaught's views.
Get this.
Column writer, 30 papers on his website.
There behind the microphone at WPBK.
UK Sports Minute on radio stations for Edge Media Throughout on WLAP.
And feature writer for Topps Magazine.
Larry, you're a busy boy.
How are you?
I'm doing fine.
My mind's been blown, kind of blown here in the last few minutes a little bit,
but having some conversations with some folks.
We actually have the, depending on which recruiting service you look at,
the number one ranked tight end in the junior class in the nation lives here where I do.
And I've just been hearing some of the numbers that might be involved with his contract offer.
He may own Danville in two years.
My goodness gracious, Larry.
It's funny.
I can't even understand.
I'm serious.
How long have we been doing this?
And did you ever think when you started out, all of us as young kids in this crazy business,
that we'd ever be having this conversation?
No.
I mean, it's just an insane thing.
I mean, I don't begrudge any athlete for getting that kind of money.
Because if I could get it, you know, we would have all done the same.
But it's just changed things so much.
And I just don't see how fans can keep going.
I mean, if it had been 35 years going, I don't take my kids to games and stuff.
And the prices were like this.
I wouldn't have done it.
I couldn't have done it.
And the prices are just going to keep escalating.
And I don't know when it's ever, I don't guess it's ever going to stop.
So, but it just makes it hard.
And then if you've got maybe a basketball team that you're pretty sure has got over a $20 million payroll,
and they can't play because they get tired.
You know, they're having to play on Saturday, and they're making them play again on the d*** Tuesday.
And how can those guys be expected to do that for what they make?
I mean, 72 hours rest and go play?
I mean, the way the SEC has treated Kentucky this year has been unbelievable.
Oh, wait a minute.
I think they've done that to everybody, though, hasn't they?
I'm calling my senator.
I'm putting a stop to this.
I want my trophy, Larry.
But you bring up a point.
What's that going to do?
Let's face it.
At some point, we're crazy about college sports.
We all are.
We admit that.
And we're going to sit here, and we're going to chop our gums, and we're going to sit here and fuss and fight.
We're going to still watch.
We all know that.
But at what point, we're going to say, as you mentioned, enough's enough because tickets are going to go up.
We get that.
Concession's going to go up.
We get that.
Parking's going to go up.
And not only that, they're expanding the playoffs.
So my team plays here, then they go to California, then they go to Boston.
In other words, they're like a rubber ball bouncing all over the country, three or four stops in the postseason.
At what point do we say, you know what?
It was good while it lasted, but enough's enough.
Yeah, I don't know.
I mean, that's why I've become such a fan, like volleyball and gymnastics and stuff like that.
You still have athletes who are competing.
You know, they've got scholarships, and maybe they get a little something, but most of the time they don't get anything.
I don't quite understand if you're going to do it in this day and age, why you can't take, if you're giving the football team $37 million,
why can't you give each of those athletes maybe $2,000 or something like that and make an old guy like me think,
well, maybe there is still some fairness involved.
But, I mean, and I think the next trend is going to be, I think you're going to see a lot of high school junior football players pretty soon
try to make sure they have those credits, and they're not going to enroll in school in December.
They're just going to skip their senior season of high school football so they can get on campus and start making that money.
It's already done here in Alabama.
It's already done.
Ryan Williams is a face.
He's a face for that.
Okay, we'll see that.
I think, I mean, just like this young man I was talking about here in our town, for the number of zeros that are being thrown around to get him,
I don't know why he'd want to stay for his high school senior season.
I mean, he could fly back home for his prom, I'm pretty sure, with the money he's going to have.
On his plane.
Yeah, on his plane.
So, I don't know.
It's just a tough thing to watch.
I'm fortunate I've got a Division III school, Center College, here in Danville, so I go watch a lot of their games
because it's just, I hate to say it's more fun, but it really is just kind of more fun right now.
Larry, Mitch Barnhart, the longest tenure Power Four athletic director, announcing this week he will retire in June.
Hire John Calipari, Mark Stoops, among the many things that he's done in nearly a quarter of a century.
He's seen quite a few changes himself.
Larry, what's Barnhart's legacy at Kentucky?
That he wrote himself a million-dollar-a-year job when he retired.
Wow.
Speaking of money.
Yeah, that's exactly right.
Thanks for your contribution, Larry.
And I don't mean that to be really harsh on him, but I think right now in this state, most people are thinking you're going to retire and you wrote the contract for yourself in such a way that you're going to get a million dollars a year to do something.
And they've created some title like director of physical activity for the janitors or something like that.
And he gets to keep his country club membership and he gets free tickets.
I mean, come on now.
And then you're going to go out and ask fans to get more money to kind of go along with what we were saying.
I mean, before that, I think his legacy would have been that, yes, he did elevate the Olympic sports at Kentucky.
The academics, he's done a good job with student-athletes, making really pretty significant gains in their academic marks.
You know, anymore, I don't know who goes to class.
I don't know how you know who, how they make their grades anymore.
Why?
And I don't quite get that.
He had some really good hires.
He had a couple of hires not so good.
But it's kind of an interesting time for him to be leaving because his football team's coming off four and eight and five and seven seasons.
His basketball team got to the Sweet 16 last year, which was fine.
But this year, I mean, it's just been a disaster up here.
There's been a few really good wins, but there's just been way too many miserable nights and all.
And so his legacy is kind of hard to determine.
But the biggest thing in this state right now is the conversation, not about he did this or did that.
It's just how did he swing it where he's going to get almost a million dollars a year for not working.
Wow.
Wow.
Unbelievable.
Well, Larry, the Cats have lost four out of their last six games.
As you noted, Owe, Ortega Owe, I believe, has come on.
Mohamed Diabadi, the transfer from Alabama, Kentucky led Texas A&M 30-18 with eight minutes left to go in the first half.
And that was the highlight.
Texas A&M kind of took over from there.
You mean you consider a 27-2 run kind of taking over?
Yeah.
Yeah.
I mean, think about that.
I guess it's a 27-3 at the half.
But I mean, how can you go at eight minutes?
You go from 12 points up to 14.
I think it was 14 points behind.
And then Texas A&M has another little run to start the second half.
So the run ends up being 36-3 over a team that's got over a $20 million payroll, supposed to be a top, supposed to have been a contender for national honors this year.
And I mean, it's just unbelievable how this team, when they collapse, they could just collapse.
And Mark Pope just kind of sits there for a guy that's supposed to be really smart, like he doesn't know what the world's going on.
And then he comes on after the game and talks again about fatigue.
He's got a short bench.
These guys are tired.
And nine or ten players.
What team in the league has got more than nine or ten players?
And how much?
I mean, I just don't get it.
I just don't know how you can be so tired at four minutes.
I mean, I just don't get it.
And I mean, they get those long TV timeouts, and they're supposed to be young enough.
I don't know.
And he's the guy that said he'd never make excuses when he got to Kentucky.
And I believe that's how he was as a player.
He never made excuses, but he's full of excuses right now.
They're not going over very well in this area.
And there's not a lot of real big expectations.
He's got to play Florida Saturday, and then you go to the SEC tournament,
where Kentucky's last three games in Nashville, they've lost by a combined 89 points.
If they're tired at this age, wait till they get to this milestone.
I'm going to play my guys.
You know, I'm sitting there thinking, guys like us have to work every day.
And nobody says, oh, you need a little math.
Oh, for about 50 years.
Yeah.
I mean, I go out and cover these guys playing.
I don't anymore, but for you, Steve, for you, go out and come back, write a story,
get to bed at 2 a.m., have to be back up in the office at 6 a.m.
And nobody says, Larry, are you a little tired?
You have a long night?
No.
Get your butt on in here and work.
Shut your freaking mouth and get busy.
Yeah.
And if you don't, we'll go get somebody else.
There you go.
If they do run out of gas, what's it going to be like in the offseason for the Pope?
Well, it's going to need to be a really busy offseason because he didn't have a single high school player signed or committed,
and none that seemed to be looking that way.
He's up this week after they got beat by Texas A&M.
He was up watching a G League player or two play, which, again, is another thing.
I just drive folks in this state, I think, insane if he suddenly brings in players from the G League.
That's his recruiting mantra.
I don't know how many players on this team now will come back next year.
I would think several would, but there also may be some surprising ones that won't come back.
They might just decide they're going to go somewhere else because when you lose to Kentucky, it's not a really pleasant place to play.
We can relate down here with football.
Yeah, I was going to say, you know well what I'm talking about.
Well, listen, Larry, there is gymnastics and there is volleyball, which you remind me every time we get in contact as far as the flagship of the program.
Larry, where can we get online and get all your great stuff, my friend?
Well, you can get on my website at either yoursportsedge.com or vaultsfuse.com, and you can follow me on Twitter at vaultsfuse.com.
I want to see what those kids are doing at vaultsfuse.
Now we've got that.
I want to see where those kids are after midnight on the bar scene in Lexington, see if they're too tired to go to the bars after midnight up there, Larry.
Can you do a story on that?
Yeah, and think about this, what the SEC's done to this women's basketball team.
They had to play yesterday at 11, turn around and play again today at 11.
Now they've got to play again tomorrow at 11.
Well, with Mark Pope's philosophy, they can't even get to the gym by 11 tomorrow.
You know what the girl's going to tell them?
Shut up, boy.
Maybe even a little bit more forceful than that.
Yeah, there you go.
I guarantee you.
Larry, listen, man, always good to catch it with you.
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Always busy, covering UT, Ryan Callahan there at Go Balls 24-7.
Ryan, welcome in.
How are you?
Hey, guys, doing well.
How are you?
I'm good.
It's safe to say, Ryan, every ACC basketball team that needs a shot in the arm
needs to play South Carolina.
That often can help.
They're not having the best year,
and that ended up being a good matchup for Tennessee to take care of business
and get through a night without Nate Amon.
So, you know, we'll see how they do going forward and what his status is.
But, yeah, obviously for one night they were able to kind of get on track there
and survive having their best player not out on the floor,
which obviously cost them against Alabama last weekend.
We want to talk more about that key injury going forward.
But in the meantime, teams who have got potential but has had a bumpy ride,
games like that, we joke about it, but South Carolina fans are not joking about it, of course.
But if you're another team that's still got some potential in there,
those games are important because it can help you get back your confidence,
not to mention that much-needed win.
Yeah, no question.
You're referring to the South Carolina game?
Yes.
Yeah, yeah.
So definitely a game like that.
I think, you know, just especially at the time of year it is, you know,
you've got another big game coming up against Vanderbilt on Saturday.
You've got the SEC tournament just around the corner.
You know, it's a good time of year to, you know, kind of get some good vibes,
just have a little shot in the arm there and feel like things are working well,
especially coming off a tough loss to Alabama on Saturday,
a game they led by a fairly comfortable margin at one point there
and let slip away in the second half.
So for that to get them back with some good vibes
and especially show them that they can win without Nate Amon if needed,
I think was a good step for them.
And a game like that can be helpful for sure, especially to go on the road
and take care of business that way.
Tennessee trying to be one of the four teams to get a double bye
and begin play on Friday.
They've got a tough task.
Vandy's been a tough customer for a lot of people,
got off to an incredible start.
And again, like a lot of teams do, but mid-conference,
they begin to hit a little bit of a wall in losing.
Number one, if Tennessee beats Vandy,
would they be the number three seed in the SEC and get a double bye?
And what have you heard about Amon's status as far as the Vandy game?
Yeah, I don't know that they're locked into the three seed if they win that.
That might depend on other factors.
But I think they will get the double bye if they beat Vanderbilt.
So that's obviously a big deal and something they could really use to help them
in the SEC tournament.
And, you know, they still could use a quality win or two here down the stretch.
They've already beaten Vanderbilt on the road, but another win there would help.
And then obviously anything they can do in the SEC tournament to strengthen their case
would certainly give them a better chance of climbing.
They've been kind of in a lot of five-seed projections lately.
Would like to get into that four-seed if they can.
You want to avoid some of those 5-12 matchups that they've been in some recent projections
with Miami of Ohio as the number 12 seed facing them.
I think that's a 12 seed a lot of people would like to avoid given their record
even if they don't have a lot of quality wins.
So, yeah, we'll see about that.
But they certainly could use, you know,
just strengthening their resume a little bit more here down the stretch
and another win Saturday would help in that regard.
Yeah, Amon's injury, you know, it doesn't sound like there's –
it's concerning enough because Rick Barnes is throwing around the dreaded term
of high ankle sprain and we've seen those in multiple sports
and that can be a several-week thing before someone's back to normal.
So, obviously, basketball, that's a really tough one with all the change of direction
and everything and he's a really athletic guy.
So, that's a tough one to play through.
At the same time, he's made it clear he expects Nate Amon to play again this season
so he doesn't think it's the type of thing that's going to keep him out for a few more weeks.
But at the same time, can we expect him back Saturday?
You know, that seems a bit optimistic if that's the description of the injury.
So, I think they'll take it easy with him.
He might even just plan to sit him out the SEC tournament if it's any kind of –
if his status is in question at all at that point.
Just knowing that you're in the tournament, you're not –
your season's not on the line next week.
Just get him ready for the NCAA tournament when things are really at stake
and maybe even, you know, see how much you have to play him in the first round.
You know, you might – if you can get into a 4-13 game or a 5-12
where you can take care of business, then maybe you don't even, you know,
push the issue there and save him for when it really matters.
So, that's a tricky injury.
Obviously, if that's the description of the injury we got,
then I think that tells you it's pretty serious
and they're going to have to do what they can to get him as much rest as possible
to get him ready for March Madness.
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Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Ryan, Tennessee women
taking on the Alabama women tonight in the SEC tournament there in South Carolina.
Your thoughts about what Alabama's going to be facing with the Lady Vols.
Well, a team that's licking its wounds, to say the least.
They've not been at their best here lately
and have had a lot of SEC losses more than they're used to.
So, it's a tough spot to be in.
But I think they're in position to play better than they have been.
But they're in a tough spot knowing that they've not been at their best year down the stretch
and feel like they're going to have a tough time getting back on track here
with as long as it's been since they've won consistently in SEC plays.
So, yeah, I don't know.
I don't know what to expect on that one.
But it feels like a type of matchup they could win this game.
There's no reason to think they can't.
But they need some good vibes.
Kind of like what we were talking about with the men's team.
They could use a win to feel better about themselves
because it's not been what they would expect down the stretch
and they're not used to losing this many consecutive SEC games.
Listen, you've heard this for probably half the season.
I know Rick Barnes has.
Two games against Kentucky when Tennessee had big leads, 13-17,
and Kentucky comes back to win.
They lead Alabama by 12 or 14.
Alabama comes back to win.
I think this has happened four or five times, Ryan.
And, again, in this league it just simply happens.
But when it's three, four, or five times,
and I'm sure Rick Barnes has been over some of this,
your thoughts on losing the double-digit leads.
Yeah, that's not – I don't know what to make of that
because the Kentucky part is interesting.
You know, they're a team that's sort of done that to a lot of teams this year.
And then you can point to the aim at injury as the explanation for the Alabama loss.
So is that a sign that, you know, that the next time Tennessee's in that situation
and a team starts to come back, they're going to start seeing –
start thinking back to what happened before and say, here we go again?
Or is that a sign that those just were sort of fluky situations
and there happened to be three of them because you faced the same team twice
that has proved to be really good at coming back against teams
and starting slow in a lot of those games like Kentucky has.
So it's hard to say.
I think they're in a better position than the people think probably the next time
they get in one of those positions, but you don't want to have that track record regardless.
So I don't think it's something this team should be worried about,
but it is something that you're going to think about every time you're in that situation
and a team starts to come back.
I just think Kentucky is a unique team.
And then Alabama, that was obviously a weird game where Ament just not being out there
I think was a big deal for that team that's relied on him so much down the stretch
in a lot of games.
Ryan, we know you've got to jump off here, but your thoughts about where things are right now
at this point in the season without Tony V calling the shots for Tennessee baseball?
Yeah, off to a bit of a weird start.
They lost a non-conference series, but they're not used to having that problem.
So I think they played pretty well for the most part this past weekend in Texas
in a tournament with a pretty tough field.
So they've got some good experience against better competition under their belts.
Off to an okay start, I would say, but not just blowing the doors off people right now.
And that's caused enough concerns so far that people think Tony Vitello might have been the
straw that stirred the drink a little bit, but it might be tough to continue things without him
at that high of a level at least.
So we'll see.
I think it's still too early to make many proclamations there, but they're a talented team
and there's reason to think they're going to get better as the season goes along.
So I think some of the things they showed this past weekend, good signs.
They put up some good offensive numbers against a couple of those teams they faced.
So there's still some reasons to worry or reasons to think they've got some growing to do.
But overall, I think okay so far and still looks like a team that should be in the top half
of the SEC somewhere, but obviously it's a really tough league and they've got to continue
to get better.
We're going to let you go.
Florida started spring football practice this week.
Alabama began Sunday.
When does Tennessee begin spring football practice, number one?
And number two, where can we get online to get yours and the team's good stuff?
Yeah, Tennessee's first practice, they go on spring break next week and as soon as they
get back from spring break, they will start that, I believe that following Monday will be their
first practice, but I know they have a practice scheduled for Tuesday as well.
They kind of have to go four times a week most weeks to squeeze things into a four-week schedule
waiting until after spring break.
So they'll be starting here pretty soon and yeah, for now, the thing's kind of focused
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But yeah, lots of coverage of that as we get ready for the start of spring practice, basketball,
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So lots to check out at GoVolt247.com.
Folks from Nashville, Vanderbilt come to Knoxville this weekend and the next weekend, the folks
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Safe travels to and from and Ryan, thanks so much for your time, Dave.
Sounds good.
Thanks a lot, guys.
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BB, your thoughts about UNA pulling the curtain on the basketball season themselves yesterday?
Tough loss, Harold, again.
Florida Gulf Coast won by 11.
UNA got a little bit healthier toward the end of the season, but that really a short bench
really hurt Tony Pujo, but knowing Tony, he'll take a couple of days to recover and then he'll
be chomping at the bid again for next season.
One final note about UNA baseball team at Oxford, Mississippi, a strong showing coming up
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Speaking of Mississippi down to Hattiesburg and taking on a very good Golden Eagles team.
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Caleb, welcome in.
Happy Thursday to you.
How are you?
Well, it's finally March, so that's a great thing.
Yes.
And I would imagine, and since it is March,
it's a great thing that the Auburn Tigers beat the LSU Tigers
to keep the pulse alive for March Madness.
Would you agree, Caleb?
Yeah, absolutely.
I mean, if Auburn has any chance of making the NCAA tournament,
it had to beat LSU on Tuesday night.
That was a late one.
But, yeah, it had to beat LSU.
It's got an opportunity to go into Tuscaloosa
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which I think if Auburn wins at Alabama on Saturday,
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for maybe not having to play in the first four.
But, I mean, it depends on kind of how the game goes, of course.
Steven Pearl has called out his team for playing with, quote,
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I'm not trying to be facetious here.
This is a very talented team,
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I know this is a simplistic question,
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I think just watching the LSU game,
I think there were a lot of good signs from Auburn
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It seemed like everybody was playing kind of on the same page.
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that's how they needed to play,
and they executed kind of in the way that they needed to.
So, I mean, I think going into the Alabama game,
I think Auburn's head is where it needs to be,
which is they know that they've got a huge opportunity
going up against not only just like a big rival,
that a win would mean a lot to the fans,
especially seeing that Alabama came into Neville Arena earlier this year
and beat Auburn.
And, I mean, it's now or never.
This is a chance if you're Auburn.
You have to understand that a win here
could potentially just kind of put you in the tournament.
Caleb Jones, obviously, it's the old,
every kind of coach I think likes this.
It's the us versus the world.
We have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
You know they're going to have that pregame locker room.
They're going to be rocking and rolling,
trying to peel the paint off.
But, Caleb, obviously, it's easy to get up right before a game.
Sometimes in this modern era,
we were talking to some of our friends from Kentucky,
Mr. Basketball Heaven, at least at one time.
And it seems like there's, in this modern era,
there's almost like, well, I'm tired.
I don't like being pushed.
I don't like a coach telling me what to do.
I'm not saying that's the case here,
but that seems to be, if you listen to a lot of folks,
in some cases, that seems to be the mindset.
We do know there has been no secret.
This team has not always been on the same page
when it comes to discipline.
As far as what Steven Pearl has learned from that standpoint,
what lessons would he take away from this year?
Just, you can have four and five stars.
That's great.
But you still got to play as a we, not a me.
Yeah, absolutely.
I mean, there have been some issues with some guys,
you know, maybe not showing up to practice
or showing up to film on time.
Those have been addressed.
There's a couple of, you know, mistakes have been made.
And Steven Pearl has a standard for his program
and how he wants his guys to operate
and kind of approach not just playing the game of basketball
and what it means to be a basketball player at Auburn,
but just in general,
the way that they have to approach the team aspect of it, right?
Right.
Like you said, it's not a me, it is a we thing.
And so this team kind of going into this final game against Alabama,
even though this team hasn't really,
this team hasn't played together for more than just this season, right?
You've got a lot of new faces around.
This team still has some guys that have seen the NCAA tournament,
guys like Kevin Overton,
who I think is going to have to be a leader
kind of heading into this final game
to Hot Pettiford going to have to step up
and just kind of vocalize.
You know, Keyshawn Murphy has never won an NCAA tournament game.
So this is a time where these guys have to step up
and realize, hey, this may be the last shot
for guys like Murph, guys like Keyshawn,
Keyshawn Hall,
who they have an opportunity here
to step up for those guys,
step up for their teammates.
And it's going to take a tremendous amount of detail,
excuse me, a tremendous amount of attention to detail
because you're playing a really talented Alabama team
who is probably going to be fired up
coming off of a loss to,
who did Alabama lose to?
They lost at Georgia,
which was the perfect storm for Georgia.
They were trying to stay alive too,
like Auburn for the NCAA tournament.
And it was at home.
Yeah, so, I mean,
Alabama's going to be coming into this game fired up
because they're not going to be happy
coming off that loss to Georgia.
So, it's going to be a great game.
It's a great way to kind of end the regular season,
get two bitter rivals,
one fighting for an NCAA tournament spot,
and the other just looking for a season sweep.
Caleb, this goes back to the,
in fact, we've talked with you about this,
I believe, a couple of times.
And until Auburn had the two or three losses
to the bottom tier of the SEC,
again, they've got what may be one of the most impressive wins
the entire season,
beating Florida in Gainesville
before the Gators took off again.
St. John's,
they lost by one point Houston.
They also beat North Carolina State,
who's had a good year in the ACC.
But again,
people have been saying the last two weeks
when you lose to Oklahoma,
Mississippi State,
and Ole Miss
and snap their 10-game losing streak,
the bad losses
just outweighed the good wins.
Well, I mean,
Stephen Pearl had a tall task
of facing one of the toughest,
if not the toughest,
schedules in the country,
both in a non-conference,
and then you get into SEC play
and you've got some really good teams there.
But yeah,
I mean,
Auburn's got some solid wins,
kind of like you mentioned.
It's a win over Florida,
and it's not just a fluke win over Florida.
It's a win over Florida.
It's a win over St. John's,
NC State,
kind of like you said.
They've hung in there with teams like Houston.
So, I mean,
if there's anything to kind of be taken away
from those wins,
is that this Auburn team,
when they do play together,
when they are able to execute,
they kind of hang in there
and they can compete.
But kind of going back to what you were
kind of ending on there,
they do have some bad losses,
some losses where I think
maybe they go into the game
kind of knowing they are the better team.
I think Auburn kind of overlooked,
maybe not overlooked,
it's not the right word,
but I think Auburn kind of went
into the Ole Miss game
almost expecting just to win.
It would almost be a little easier
than it was.
And I think they kind of learned their lesson
after the Ole Miss game
because if you go into the LSU game
with that same mentality of,
well, hey,
the LSU's not that good,
you know,
as a team,
like,
you know,
if you're Auburn,
you're thinking,
okay,
well,
we're a better team than LSU is
or we're a better team than Ole Miss is,
if you go into the LSU game
with that mentality,
you lose to LSU.
And so I think
my biggest takeaway
from watching Auburn play at LSU
is they played with a purpose.
They played like,
hey,
not every game
is going to be given.
You've got to go out there
and you've got to earn it
and Auburn earned a win
against LSU.
Your thoughts about a story
that is obviously
it's a fun topic.
Obviously,
Bruce going to bat for his son
and Papa Wood.
Basically,
if you haven't followed the story
saying that,
look at,
as we just got done talking about,
look at the balance
and the whole work
of Auburn's season
as opposed to a team
like Miami of Ohio,
which is not a brand team.
Yeah,
they got a much better record,
but that's Miami of Ohio.
This is Auburn
and the SEC.
He's saying basically
all things are relative.
Your take on Bruce
stomping for his son
over what?
At last report,
an unbeaten team
from Miami of Ohio.
I mean,
yeah,
I mean,
Bruce is going to go
to bat for his son
because,
I mean,
it's as simple as that.
Like,
any father would
talk about his son
and,
you know,
Steven's got his team
in a position
to where
they've won some games.
You know,
they've put a resume together
and it's going to be up
to the committee
to decide
if that resume
is in fact
what they view
as,
I guess,
acceptable
for the NCAA tournament.
So,
I mean,
but you also got to
kind of keep in mind,
like,
this is Steven Pearl's
first season
as a head coach.
There's going to be
a lot of things
that he's going to
have to take away
and have to learn
and apply for next year
and you'll kind of see
what direction
the program heads in
in year two.
but there's definitely
been some things,
I think,
some lessons
that Steven Pearl
has learned
and,
of course,
he's got a great
outlet in Bruce Pearl
to kind of work
through some,
maybe some issues
that have kind of
come up.
But,
yeah,
I mean,
it's no surprise
to see Bruce
kind of step in
and obviously
support his son.
He's been very
supportive of Steven
and everything
that he's been
and everything
that he's done.
Okay,
a little spring
football practice
just around the corner.
In fact,
Florida began this week.
Alabama begins Sunday.
What are some
of the questions
you have?
And I know
you and Brian Matthews
and the crew
have discussed these
in the last month
ever since,
and particularly
the transfer portal.
The line of scrimmage,
the offensive line,
even though there are
17 or 18 new guys
there,
well,
they're about 14 or 15.
The questions
at line of scrimmage,
the defensive line,
Dallas Walker's back,
Cody Sigler,
Walter Mathis
on that defensive line.
The secondary,
Pleasant,
is an all-NCC player,
Andre Jordan,
Shamar Arnaud
there along
with Blake Woody,
Jenkins,
et cetera.
What are some
of your top questions
going into spring
football practice
for Auburn?
Yeah,
I think the offensive line
is a big question
as to kind of
who's going to
take the role
and take the reins
and kind of lead
the reps there
at all five positions
there.
I think there's going
to be a battle
at cornerback.
They've got
the rooms
kind of open.
Like you said,
they've got
Rayshon Pleasant.
They've got
UCLA transfer
Andre Jordan Jr.,
Florida State transfer
Shamar Arnaud,
and then, of course,
you've got the young guy
and Blake Woodby.
So there's going
to be battles there.
Another thing
that I'm interested
to kind of see
is I love
kind of looking
at the demeanor
of kind of
how practices
are run.
I want to see
how active
Alex Golesh is
and kind of
the attitude
that he takes
toward practice.
How is he
actively coaching?
Kind of what is
his style?
Because every
head coach
has their own style,
and so I'm interested
to see that.
I think one thing
that really stuck
out to me
in his opening
press conference
was he talks
about Golesh
does.
He talks about
this program.
He wants it
to be player-led.
Auburn Football
put out a video
on Twitter
like a week
or so ago
of some of the
winter workouts
going on.
You can really
kind of tell
early on that
the players
are buying into
it being a
player-led program.
And so I want
to see that.
I want to see
how Golesh
encourages his
players and kind
of see who
steps into a
leadership role
of who's
chasing that
extra rep
because I think
you're going
to be able
to learn a
little bit
about this
team and
kind of how
it operates
within the
first several
weeks of
spring practice.
That's a good
point.
Auburn
baseball doing
well.
They took
two out of
three from
Nebraska last
weekend.
The McCrane
boys are just
hitting the cover
off of the
baseball and
we're getting
SEC play
again later
this month.
I always
enjoy the
conversation with
you, be it
football,
basketball,
recruiting,
or the
transfer portal.
Where can we
get online and
get yours and
the team's good
stuff?
Like you
said, we're
going to have
our basketball
coverage
continuing for
men's
basketball.
Women's
basketball had
a big win
yesterday in
the opening
round of the
SEC tournament.
Brian Matthews
has done a
phenomenal job
of covering
this Auburn
baseball team
as it gets
close to
SEC play.
Auburn
softball
starts SEC
play this
weekend.
We'll have
coverage of
everything,
baseball,
basketball,
softball,
football,
spring
practice,
recruiting,
all that's
going to be
at
auburnsports.com,
part of the
On3 and
Rivals Network.
Whole new
meaning to
March Madness.
Caleb,
thanks for your
time today and
have a great
one,
okay?
Thanks,
guys.
Thank you,
bud.
Caleb Jones,
visit there
at
auburnsports.com.
Coming up,
Alabama with
big recruiting
news on the
hardwoods and
the man,
Steve Harrison,
next.
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A lot of prize
folks over the
years when it comes
to playing sports
in Lauderdale
County,
and nobody
knows that
better than
Steve Harrison,
former president
of Lauderdale
County Sports
Hall of Fame.
Steve, welcome
in.
How are you?
You two old
coots doing?
Well, we'd like
to see if the
fish are biting.
We know the
answer, though.
We know the
crappie is not
biting, or as
they say, a
North Carolina
crappie.
I'm still scared
to say that word.
So we know the
crappie are,
do you prefer
crappie, Steve?
They're not
biting today because
we know you're
on with us, right?
Yeah, you messed
up my fishing
today, but I'm
going tomorrow
and make up
for it.
I'm sorry, man.
Well, we'll take
a trip around the
room and take
our punishment
like two old
coots there,
Steve.
Let's talk to us
about this class
here, man.
It's very
impressive.
Where do we
start in breaking
down the latest
famed names to
the Lauderdale
Sports Hall of
Fame?
Well, a girl
that stands
out, Brittany
Godsey from
Lauderdale
County High
School, they've
won 14 state
championships up
there.
She is the
first ninth
grader to start
at Lauderdale
County.
I think that
says a lot.
She made
all state all
four years.
That team
went 128 and
12 while she
was playing
point guard,
won two state
championships,
a runner-up,
but she was
equally as good
in softball.
She was all
state in softball,
averaged 12
strikeouts a
game.
She was also
on the tennis
team in singles
and doubles and
was a state
champion in that.
She was a
whale of an
athlete.
That's what
amazes me about
these guys.
We talk about
Garrett Reed,
Ed Dessler.
Steve, she
had four or
five sports.
It's just
absolutely
incredible.
Derek
Chapman is
from coffee
is another
one who
is going
into the
Lauderdale
County Sports
Hall of Fame.
Steve, tell
us about
Derek.
Derek was
the last
collegiate
athlete from
coffee because
they closed
coffee his
senior year
and combined
with Bradshaw
for Florence.
Here's a guy
that his story
is he wouldn't
quit.
Nobody offered
him.
He walked
on at
UNA.
There were
40 or 50
freshmen.
By the
spring the
next year,
he was the
only
returning
defensive
starter.
He played
as a
freshman,
played as
a sophomore,
hurt his
junior year,
came on and
played his
senior year and
wound up with
75 tackles and
six sacks in
his career.
But this is a
smart kid as
well.
If you want
somebody that's
athletic but
academic, he
made first team
all GSC on
the academic
team and he
also made the
super region team
as a player.
He's a guy
that if you
wonder why he
was a good
player, he
had Reggie
White, a
poster of him
on his
bedroom wall.
If you got
Reggie White
as your hero,
your motor's
running all the
time.
Steve Harrison
in the huddle
with us.
Let's talk
about a
pirate and
a warrior
Austin Kerr
from Rogers,
Phyllis Lovelies
from Wilson.
Yeah, I
want to thank
Dan Beavers
for getting
us his way.
He coached
him.
This kid
led Rogers
to the
semifinals.
I want you to
listen to his
three-year
totals.
And this
is rushing,
receiving,
passing yards,
return yardage,
8,432 yards
and 91
touchdowns in
his career.
But he was
equally adept
on the defensive
side of the
ball.
He had 198
tackles, 14
interceptions in
his career.
So I knew
he was a good
player.
I remember
reading about
him, but when
we got his
stats, I was
just dumbfounded
by what he
had done.
Jerry
Knight,
Shell's
area sports
caster of the
year, the
voice of the
UNA Lions,
the voice of
coffee, yellow
jackets for
25 years,
well-deserved,
but multi-talented.
Steve, tell us a
little bit more
about Jerry.
Well, y'all
probably know
this.
His name was
not Jerry
Knight.
His name was
Jerry Grissom,
and he worked
at the radio
station when he
was in high
school, and
they had a
guy named
Jerry work
the day
shift, and
then Jerry
Knight worked
the night
shift.
So they
had to
distinguish it
was Jerry
day and
Jerry
night, and
I never
did ask
Jerry, but
I assume he
put a K
in front of
it so it
wouldn't be
N-I-G-H-T.
And here's
a guy that
25 years
coffee, football,
UNA, voice
of the Lions
there, emceed
the Harlan
Hill Banquet.
I'll tell you
a funny story
about him.
Of course, I
knew Jerry,
and he had
10 years
previously, he
had quit being
in the press
box at UNA.
And so this
is about 2005.
I've been
announcing games
in the press
box for 25
years, and I
saw a local
insurance guy,
Jim Holland,
walking down
the hall, and
I said,
Jim, you
look like
you're lost.
Who are you
looking for?
He said,
Jerry Knight.
I said,
well, Jerry,
it was in
the 90s he
was here.
He said,
no, he's
here.
I said,
well, he's
not up
here.
He said,
well, I
listen to
him every
Saturday.
I said,
you talking
about over
the PA?
He said,
yeah.
I said,
that's me.
He said,
it is not.
I said,
Jim, I
promise you,
Jerry's not
up here,
and I
promise you
that's me.
So Jerry
and I got
quite a kick
out of that
podcast.
We're going
to nominate
you to be
in the Hall
of Fame.
Okay, Steve?
He's there.
He's there
already.
We're going
to put you
in there
twice.
Let's talk
about a
place that
you're very
familiar with,
the pride of
Brooks,
Jimmy Parker.
Yeah,
Jimmy Parker
was a
wonderful
pitcher.
We played
Thomasville,
Brooks did,
in the late
80s for the
state championship.
Jimmy pitched
the first game
and won it.
We just
happened to
meet a guy
named Reed
Cornelius in
the second game
who mowed
us down,
not only in
that game,
but the
next one
and we
finished
the runner
up.
Here's what's
neat about
Jimmy.
Jimmy's dad
used to get
out in the
yard with
him and he
preached
control,
control,
control,
and Jimmy
was a
control
pitcher,
but his
fastball
was only
about 85
miles per
hour.
That doesn't
get the job
done a lot
of times.
He won
35,
35 and
nine at
Brooks.
He won
16 games
at Calhoun
and then
he went
to Troy
and Chase
Riddle,
the coach
there,
said,
all right,
you've got
to have
another
pitch and
the pitch
you've got
to have
is a
change-up.
So here's
what we're
going to
do.
I'm going
to start
you at
20 feet
and when
you can
throw 10
consecutive
change-ups,
you'll move
to 30 feet.
They did
that at
20,
30,
40,
50,
and at
60 feet
6 inches,
which is the
distance to home
plate,
Jimmy finally
threw 10
consecutive
change-ups.
Do you know
how long
that took
fellas?
6 months.
How many
people have
the patience
to 6 months?
Changed his
life,
the change-up,
and put him
at Alabama
for his
senior year.
I think
that's
just the
kid
that's
coachable.
Great
story.
Absolutely.
Ricky
Bryan was
an athlete,
a coach,
a referee,
an umpire,
a sports
committee
member,
and a
1976
graduate.
By the
way,
I can
say that
was a
great
year to
graduate
from
Lansing
High School.
You talk
about a
multi-talented
individual,
Steve,
Ricky was.
My
introductory
remarks
on him
are going
to be
that I
don't know
that anybody
has worn
many hats,
and you
covered that
very well,
B.B.
He coached
his first
coaching job
was at
Loretta,
and he
coached
David
Weathers,
who spent
14 years
in the
major
leagues.
He goes
to Hazelwood,
coaches Pierre
Gude.
I'm sure
at that
point he
thought this
was easy.
Yes,
he had
great
success,
but 40
years as
an umpire.
He's called
eight state
championship
football games.
He's called
the finals
of Babe
Ruth.
He told
me a funny
story.
I asked
him,
how many
coaches did
you ever
eject in
40 years?
He said,
not a
one.
I said,
you never
threw a
coach out.
He said,
no,
but I had
a high
school game
one day.
Coach came
up to me
before the
game.
He said,
Mr.
Blue,
we've got
a dog
that the
team has
kind of
adopted.
He started
coming to
practice.
The kids
have rallied
around him.
Can he
come in
the dugout
with us?
Ricky
looked him
dead in
the eye
and said,
does he
have a
uniform?
He said,
well,
no,
he can't
be in
the
dugout.
Didn't have
one yet,
right?
That's a
good example
of some
of the
stories that
Steve Harrison
can spin
at the
Lauderdale
County Sports
Hall of Fame.
Tell us
again when
it is,
where it
is.
Everybody
wants to
know about
tickets.
And I ask
you this
every year
because I
know you
hear this
all the
time.
If you're
out there
and you
would like
to nominate
someone,
I know it's
on your
website,
but give
us the
who,
what,
when,
and where
to one
of the
great
events
of the
year.
Well,
it'll be
a week
from
Saturday,
March
14th at
630.
We'll be
back at
the
conference
center.
This is
our
26th
induction
class.
I think
there's
about
272
people we
put in
now.
Brad
Black
has
taken
over
kind
of the
day-to-day,
did a great
job last
year with
it.
I just
memorize and
talk about
them,
but the
Florence
Conference
Center,
I'm sure
Brad can
be contacted
probably on
our website.
It gives
his cell
phone number.
He works
at the
trade school.
You could
contact him
there,
but we're
expecting a
really good
crowd again.
It's become
a great
event.
I hope
we don't
have what
happened
last year.
We were
scheduled
for the
banquet
and tornado
warnings
everywhere.
We had
to
call
that
sucker
off
at the
last
minute
and have
it at
2 o'clock.
We had to
have it
at 2 o'clock
on Sunday
afternoon,
which was
really weird.
We did
it to let
people get
out of
church,
but also
April
Murphy
went in
last year
and we
had to
give her
time to
get from
Birmingham
back up
here from
a travel
ball she
was coaching.
It was
pandemonium
last year.
Let's
keep the
T-word
and everything
else when
it comes
to bad
weather
out of
the
shows.
Steve,
All the
best with
it,
man.
Thanks so
much for
your time
today.
Thanks,
guys.
Y'all have
really been
great to
support us
through the
years.
Appreciate
your
head.
Thank you,
buddy.
Bye-bye.
Talking about
great.
That's a lot
of work for
Steve Harrison
and the crew
for the
Lauderdale
County
Sports
Hall of
Fame.
Coming up,
we mention
Nate Oates.
Steve loves
to fish.
Nate Oates
loves to reel
in five stars
to tell us
next to
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Welcome back in.
It is a pleasure
for us to say
hello to the
voice of
Tide Town.
Ryan Fowler
drives you home
afternoons on
109 FM in
Tuscaloosa.
Ryan, welcome
in.
How are you?
Doing good.
Doing good.
Hope you guys
are having a
great day.
It's been a
big couple of
days here in
Tuscaloosa.
Quite warm.
Currently in the
80s.
So, yeah.
Yep.
So, we're
having a good
day.
We're having a
good day.
A couple of
days away,
spring football.
And, yeah, so we're
spring football and
the Nate Oates
has kind of got
some things
clicking.
When you look
at, hey,
recruiting a
couple of
minutes ago.
And, hey, so
everything is
shiny on the
side of film
in Tuscaloosa,
Alabama.
Let's talk about
that latest news
there.
Anytime you pick
up, here's
looking at it.
Here's what's
good about this
if you're looking
at it through
the eyes of
Nate Oates.
It's a
five-star.
His name is
Jason Richardson.
If that rings
a bell, he's a
younger brother
of Orlando
Magic guard
Jason Richardson
and former
NBA veteran
Jason Richardson.
Anytime you can
pick up someone
with that many
stars in front of
your name with
that kind of
pedigree, it's
like going to
the Kentucky
Derby.
You look for
horses with a
good bloodline
and it looks
like this kid
checks all the
boxes.
Yes, he does.
Yes, he does.
I got a text
message a couple
of minutes
ago from a
guy that's
from Detroit
and was
Michigan State
one of his
finalists?
I don't know
if they were
or not.
Ole Miss was
in there in
Oregon.
Yeah, Ole Miss,
Creighton.
Okay.
I know he
texted me a
couple of
minutes ago
and he's the
same guy that
told me that
Nate Oates
was going to
be pretty
freaking
incredible.
But he
simply just
texted me and
said he's a
one-and-done
player.
He will play
one year at
the University
of Alabama.
This is a
gigantic
pickup for
Nate Oates.
He's a
football guru
up there.
They kind
of do what
we do down
here, talking
basketball non-stop
up there in
Detroit.
It's kind of
really, really
tied into the
AAU circuit
and all the
different things
there.
Like I said,
he's pretty
excited and
said that
Alabama fans
should be
off the charts
when you look
and it's
Mr.
Richardson
picked up
here at
the University
of Alabama.
Ryan, he
is the
third.
Richardson
is a
five-star.
Quaden
Samuels
is a
four-star.
And
Terrace
Bowie is
a four-star.
Those guys,
what they have
in common,
they're among
the top
33 players
in the
country.
and Caleb
Holtz,
of course,
is what
everyone's
waiting for,
formerly at
Buckhorn,
transferred to
Grayson,
Georgia.
He's going
to be
announcing this
month or
next month,
but Alabama
went for
number 29
in the
nation in
recruiting
and basketball
now to
number nine.
Oh,
wow.
You know,
if you think
about what
Nate Oates
has been
able to do
just from
a building
standpoint,
making money,
he's brought
in,
you know,
about $10
million,
reported to
Mike Rodak
from Bama
247,
who did
that financial
analysis of
the University
of Alabama
Athlete Department
and you look
at Nate Oates
and what he's
been able to
do,
I mean,
you almost
just pinch
yourself and
to be able
to think
about the
interest.
I mean,
this weekend,
you know,
I've told you
guys this
before,
and people
will say,
well,
it's
Kaelin
the board.
Well,
no,
it happened
a few
years ago.
I get more
text messages
for people
wanting
basketball
tickets than
I do
football
that's
amazing.
There's a
smaller
footprint
when you
look at
basketball,
right?
I mean,
you've got
14,000,
15,000,
and in
football,
you've got
100,000,
so,
you know,
it's easier
to probably
get tickets,
but there's
no telling
how many
people I've
already had
to say
no to
for this
Alabama-Auburn
game that's
upcoming
when you look
at Coleman
Coliseum.
it's a
hot ticket
in
Tuscaloosa
this weekend.
Brad,
what's going
to happen
this weekend
and beyond
for this
Alabama
basketball
team?
Well,
I think
when you
think about
losing
against the
Georgia
Bulldogs
and kind
of stopping
the streak
probably resets
this team
from a
motivation
standpoint,
because
sometimes
in those
streaks,
you can
kind of
get lulled
to sleep
a little bit
knowing that
you're going
to try to
find a way
to get out.
So when you
kind of
track and
begin to
kind of
analyze it,
losing,
it's always
a bad thing
to lose.
As Nick Saban
taught us,
it's never
okay to lose
a game.
It's never
okay to lose.
Well,
maybe never
okay to lose
a game,
but when you
lose one,
it's not the
end of the
world.
It's college
basketball.
You know,
you've got a
chance here
to finish
what,
nine out
of ten
in your
last ten
regular season
games,
and you go
to Nashville
with a lot
of momentum,
and if you're
able to beat
Auburn,
then you lock
up that number
two seed.
I think there's
some other
scenarios that
you can do
it,
but 7.30
is the game
on Saturday
evening,
but this
team is
going to
live and die
by shooting,
and that's
what it's
been like
all season.
I mean,
if they're
cold,
then it's
going to be
a problem.
Their defense,
you know,
it's not going
to be an elite
defense.
It's going
to be one
that you're
going to have
to outscore
people,
but the good
thing is
they've got,
the last time
I checked,
number one
scoring offense
in the country
when you look
at it,
and I know
it fluctuates
one,
two,
and three,
but last
time I checked
there,
it's number
one that they
could have
changed,
I guess,
in the last
couple of
days.
Basketball
changes over
pretty quick,
but the good
thing is you
may not be
the best
in defense,
but you're
really,
really good
at offense,
and you
force teams
to kind of
get out of
their element
because you
know that you're
going to have
to keep up
with Alabama.
You're going to
have to run,
you're going to
have to try to
find a way to
score as many
points as they
do.
So Alabama's
one of those
teams,
and we had
Jerry Palm
on yesterday.
He's got Alabama
making a deep
run in the
NCAA tournament,
but I think a lot
of that hinges
on, you know,
you don't want
to drop to
Auburn,
you want to
be able to
take care of
business and
get ready to
go to Nashville
and win a
couple of
games there
and go get
ready.
I mean,
it's crazy,
but the
standard now,
correct me if
I'm wrong,
but it's kind
of a sweet
16 or bust,
right?
I mean,
if this team
didn't reach
16 at this
point,
it would be
a disappointment
and think
about what
Nate Oates
has been able
to lift the
standard to
that type
of standard.
That's simply
amazing.
Let me see
if you agree
with this,
and I think
you may have
mentioned it
at some point
in the last
month.
This isn't
Nate Oates
best team,
but it's his
best coaching
job at
Alabama.
You know,
when Drew
DeArma and I
talked about
this on Monday,
that is a
very,
very fair
point,
and this
team has
been able
to manage
some
distractions.
Now,
you can
credit,
you can
say,
well,
some of
those
distractions
have been
self-inflicted,
and I think
that's a fair
argument.
I don't think
that's unfair,
but regardless,
they've been able
to manage
those distractions.
They've been able
to navigate
some of those
things,
and you almost
wonder if that
was a galvanizing
moment for this
team,
because everybody
was throwing
stones,
and sometimes
you can use
that.
I know I
heard of
Murray Allen
a couple
days ago
talking about
the Florida
game,
that the
coaches still
used that
177 beating
as a
motivation,
and you
hear Nate
Oates,
listen,
you go back
to the press
conference
that was
after the
Georgia game,
it was
pretty hot
Nate Oates.
He was
pretty warm
in that
press conference
following that
Georgia game.
He was not
pleased with
the effort,
and like I
said,
it was a
good reset
for them
to kind
of humble
them a
little bit
to try
to understand,
hey,
you can be
beat.
I mean,
this league
is talented
enough that
you can lose,
but finished
up the regular
season against
Auburn and
tried to find
a way to
kind of knock
those guys
on down a
couple of
notches,
and right
now it feels
like
that the
two programs
are traveling
opposite directions.
I don't know
if it feels
that way to
you guys,
but judging
from an
amateur
opinion,
it seems
like one
is on the
uptick
and the
continued
rise,
and one
is stagnant
at best,
if not
going down.
Listen,
Bruce Pearls
is a
Hall of Fame
basketball coach,
but if you
think about
the momentum
right now,
that program
looks to be
taking some
significant
steps back
with Stephen
Pearl compared
to Bruce Pearl.
On-the-job
training is
always a
learning curve.
Ryan
fell 109
FM down
in Tietown.
They say
that football
is about to
get cranking
as basketball
edge into
the sunset
part of the
calendar.
Ryan,
if you could
sit down,
we'll mention
DeBoer,
what would
be one of
the first
two or
three questions
you would
ask him
coming into
camp?
That would
be very
simple.
Let's talk
about the
offensive line.
Let's talk
about the
rushing attack.
everything we
talked about
in the last
couple of
weeks,
when you
look at
this team
offensively,
I like
where this
team is
at from
a depth
standpoint.
If you look
at the
defensive
front,
you can't
have any
severe
injuries.
That's the
thing that
you can't
predict.
I think
when you
really get
to
thinking
about
this
team,
they're
deep
enough
that
they're
going
to
have
some
healthy
competitions,
whether it's
the guard
spots,
the tackle
spots.
We all
focused on
the
quarterbacks.
Will it
going to
be
Austin
Mack?
Will it
be
Keelan
Russell?
Will it
be one
of these
guys
that
will
take
charge?
That's
still
to be
determined.
But it's
going to
be one
of those
that
I think
it's
going to
be a
fun
spring.
I think
it's
going to
be one
of the
most
important
springs
that
we've
had
in
some
time
here.
Everybody's
focused on
the
quarterbacks,
rightfully
so.
I think
those
would be
questions.
My
understanding
is we'll
get that
opportunity
on
Tuesday.
I think
the media
availability
that we
are
scheduled
to talk
with
him.
We
haven't
seen
that
go
across
my
email.
I know
they're
going to
practice
four times
before
spring
break.
We're
going to
have a
couple
of
practices
after.
We're
going to
talk
with
some
of
the
coordinators
next
week.
But
also
Adrian
Clem
is
another
huge
topic.
Being
able
to
figure
out
how
to
get
this
offensive
line
to
be
able
to
play.
But
how
does
he
fit
in
with
the
current
chemistry
that
you've
got
on
this
team?
I
think
that
is
another
big
part
of
it.
And
then
I
think
the
question
that
I
would
love
to
come
back
to
is
and
I'm
sure
it
was
personnel
but
I'd
like
to
hear
it
from
Kaelin
the
board
is
when
you
look
at
special
teams
and
you
begin
to
look
at
special
teams
it
personnel
you'd like
to hear
from
that
and
I
just
think
there's
a
there
is
some
you know
it's
so
crazy
that
the
standard
in
Tuscaloosa
because
can you
imagine
how many
people
would
die
to
finish
in
the
top
10
to
go
in
the
playoffs
and
not
only
go
to
the
playoffs
but
win
a
game
in
the
playoffs
I
mean
it's
like
the
ship
is
crashing
down
in
Tuscaloosa
and it
really isn't
I mean
it really
isn't
I mean
think
about it
it's
but we
have
kind of
made it
into
that
because
of the
standard
that has
been
created
here in
Tuscaloosa
is
they expect
to go
and do
something
you know
special
every year
I just
don't think
that's
the new
college
football
that
you're
not
going to
be able
to do
that
every
single
year
you're
not
going
to
be
able
to
go
out
and
win
a
national
title
Alabama
fans
are
glued
in
and then
to
have
you heard
that
and
number
two
he
also
said
that
the
spring
game
would be
much
more
like
the
first
spring
that was
a
scrimmage
than
last
year's
practice
walk
around
the field
yeah
I
think
the
eighth
day
is
something
I
can
confirm
because
I've
heard
that
you know
when you
look at
a sponsorship
when you
look at
Golden
being a
big
sponsor
they're
not going
to give
that up
it was
too
important
so
I know
a lot
of people
are talking
about
well
when
you're
going to
come
back
or
if
it's
going to
come
back
what
format
and all
these
different
things
here
but
I
think
when
you
but
the
injuries
I
injury
I
knew
a little
bit
about
the
Bray
Herbert
but
the
London
Simmons
was
something
new
to me
so
good
reporting
violence
to kind
of
break
that
story
but
you
also
like
you
want
to
find
out
behind
these
guys
what
type
of
competition
left
but
it's
also
unfortunate
William
Sanders
you know
you feel
like
London
Simmons
you know
what
you're
going
to
get
out
of
him
okay
so
he's
a
true
freshman
that
Mississippi
but
then
when
you
look
at
Ray
Hubbard
it
gives
you
some
other
options
but
the
biggest
one
there
is
William
Sanders
because
I
thought
really
he
could
compete
at
that
left
guard
and
now
you
wonder
how
this
is
going
to
hurt
him
not
being
able
to
compete
at
that
spot
that's
going
to
set
him
high
that
to
me
is
the
biggest
loss
out
of
all
those
injuries
is
William
Sanders
at
that
left
guard
and
from
a
local
standpoint
we
pull
for
these
local
guys
his
dad
is
a
sheriff
deputy
here
in
Tuscaloosa
County
from
Brookwood
and
so
we
look
at
you
know
you
kind
of
pull
for
those
local
guys
they
understand
what
it's
like
to
wear
that
crimson
jersey
I
think
a
lot
of
us
were
rooting
that
maybe
he
would
get
that
I'm
winning
show
today
and
where
can
we
get
online
to
listen
well
we're
actually
going to
talk
with
a
couple
different
guests
we've
got
John
Hickman
is going to
come in
for the
first hour
and we're
going to
hang out
and talk
a little
Alabama
sports
but he's
a local
movie actor
that's here
in Tuscaloosa
going to come
in and hang
out with me
he's a big
booster
at the
University
of
Alabama
Bruce
Marshall
which you
guys
meet
quite often
we're
actually
going to
talk
showers
starting
here
in five
or six
minutes
on
Todd
109.com
so I
appreciate
you guys
so much
thanks
thanks so
much
Ryan
have another
five star
show
Ryan
Fowler
109
FM
in Tuscaloosa
BB
obviously
speaking of
Alabama
the women
ready to
hopefully
keep on
rocking
rolling
at the
SEC
tourney
tonight
well
I can tell
one thing
if Ace
Austin
hits
four threes
in the
fourth quarter
I think
Alabama
will continue
to rock
and roll
against
Tennessee
kick back
enjoy it
as you
say
watch it
here on
the radio
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later on
tonight
it's going to
take care of
biz for now
on behalf of
BB
Greg
James
Blair
the entire
crew here
Harold Buck
thank you so much
for your time
today
let's do it
again tomorrow
noon to two
for the
BMO Buck
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