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 Now, get ready to roll Shoals, Decatur, Athens and all of Northwest Alabama and Southern Tennessee. It's time for the Valley's Exclusive FM Sports Voice.

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 The Boomo Bugg Show. New Exclusive Inside Track to the Tide, Tigers, Tennessee and the rest of the SEC. Now your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 Good afternoon and welcome here to the Boomo Bugg Show. I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird. Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

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 Brett Beaird, welcome in where Auburn round ball fans are bracing for a stormy weekend forecast.

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 In Alabama, basketball fans are saying, who saw this matchup coming? Good afternoon, welcome in and how are you?

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 Happy Basketball Friday to you and the listeners. As you alluded to, Auburn loses to the Tennessee Volunteers 72-62, putting its NCAA tournament chances in jeopardy.

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 The top four seeds are in action today in the SEC men's basketball tournament in Nashville, including the Alabama Crimson Tide playing Ole Miss.

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 Today at 6 p.m., Jimmy is here right now to preview Bama's game with Ole Miss and talk some spring football.

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 Everybody thought Ole Miss would miss this opportunity, but not so fast, my friend.

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 Jimmy's time on that and everything else as co-host of Locked On, Bama, part of the Locked On Network.

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 Jimmy, welcome in. Happy Friday to you. How are you?

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 Oh, I'm doing great, guys.

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 Jimmy, were you the one who forecast this? Alabama will be taking on Ole Miss?

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 I mean, just a short time ago, it was which Alabama opponents that beat them earlier this year will the Tide be facing today?

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 Would it be Georgia? Would it be the other guys?

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 But a funny thing happened on the way to today's matchup.

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 Alabama will be taking on Ole Miss. What about those Rebs?

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 It's a surprise. I mean, a real surprise.

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 You would have guessed it would be Georgia or Texas, but it's Ole Miss.

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 And, you know, Chris Beard is one of the best coaches in this league.

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 He's saying a lot.

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 In that sense, it's not a surprise that Chris Beard would have his team playing their best ball in March.

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 That's everyone's goal, and it shouldn't be a surprise when one of the best coaches pulls that off.

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 Clearly, Ole Miss playing their best ball of the year.

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 They're more than capable.

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 The worry for Alabama beyond Chris Beard just being a good coach is that they're pretty good around the basket.

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 You know, they're post players or good players.

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 So, you know, that's probably, you know, the formula to beating Alabama this year when Alabama does lose in the NCAA tournament, assuming they will.

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 And there's a good chance at some point they'll lose in the NCAA tournament.

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 But when they do, you can almost bet it won't necessarily be to an athletic, hot-shooting team.

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 It'll be to a big, physical team that's really good in the paint, really good around the basket.

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 I think that's sort of the toughest matchup for Alabama, and Ole Miss presents that to a degree.

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 But I do like Alabama's chances to win tonight.

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 Ole Miss could run out of gas late, playing three games in three days.

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 Let's talk about that part right there, the physical versus, if you will, the mental part.

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 Ole Miss right now, I mean, let's face it, three games in three days, I don't care if you play any kids in the backyard, that would be tough.

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 But this is their third game in three days.

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 Alabama should be rested.

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 But the other side of that coin is, could they be too rested?

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 And could Alabama, is there a chance that just human nature would kick in and say, oh, we got this.

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 This is Ole Miss.

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 Look what we did in the regular season.

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 They were everybody's punching bag in the regular season for the most part.

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 Your thoughts just about two things there.

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 Ole Miss running right now, let's face it, a challenge, three games in three days.

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 But on the other side of the coin, could Alabama sit here and maybe take a little bit of a sneak peek ahead at their own cost?

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 You know, I don't think last year, I don't think Alabama was looking past Florida, but Alabama got shrubbed by Florida in the NCC tournament.

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 And then did well in the NCC tournament.

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 And, of course, Florida would go on to win the national championship.

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 Alabama could, you know, Alabama being a no-show is a possibility here when you have the NCC tournament wrapped up, when you could question whether winning the SEC tournament is high on their list of team goals.

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 I think those are fair questions.

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 But in terms of how the game will play out, this is my best guess.

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 And in some ways, the script is so obvious it won't work out this way.

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 But due to Ole Miss being very comfortable with the venue, winning two games in two days when Alabama hasn't played at all, I think it's almost easy to predict Ole Miss getting off to a really good start.

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 This is a team that's used to coming from behind.

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 They've eradicated some double-digit, you know, some double-digit hills.

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 They've had to climb this season.

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 They've just been a very good comeback team.

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 So I sort of foresee a really good start by Ole Miss and a second-half comeback by Alabama.

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 As Ole Miss sort of runs out of gas and Alabama's superior talent sort of takes over late.

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 Jimmy, one good sign.

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 Amore Allen came back to scoring and getting rebounds.

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 16 rebounds, five against Auburn last Saturday night.

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 Bo Bowen still trying to do something.

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 Noah Williamson still trying to do something.

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 Jimmy, can they get a little help?

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 I think the fact that I'm excited about as an Alabama supporter is the team as a whole, in terms of the 10 guys that play, they're as healthy as they've been.

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 I mean, it's been a struggle to get healthy and stay that way for this bunch, but they are.

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 And, again, I don't think it's a coincidence that Nate Oates, early this week, sort of challenged Bowl Bowen and London Jemison.

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 Because that's not very fair to look at a banged up guy and say, hey, you've got to give me more, when they're lucky just to be out there at all.

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 He could be a real March surprise for Alabama, but it is going to take all 10.

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 I do think, largely, this will be the LeBaron-Fylon show in this postseason.

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 And I think he's probably playing with a chip on his shoulder, because he's been left off a few of these all-star teams.

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 The Cousy finalists, he might be out there playing a little mad.

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 That could be helpful for Alabama, too.

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 But it's got to be more than Phylon for the team to advance and achieve something special.

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 Jimmy's time locked on Bama.

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 Every time Bama plays basketball this season, it is the proverbial question,

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 how healthy is Bama coming into tonight's showdown?

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 Ask again, Harold.

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 How healthy this team is.

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 Every game, we have to ask how healthy the team is, because that's been as big of an opponent for this team this season

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 I mean, to me, it's been the story of this season.

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 Number one, you played the toughest schedule in the sport and only lost eight times.

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 That's got to be the headline.

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 That shows how, wow, that's a good basketball team right there.

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 That's all you need to know.

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 But the number two thing is they did this in spite of being so banged up.

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 They have one player on the team that was available for every single game, just one, in Houston Millette.

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 So, you had nine of your ten regulars miss time.

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 And when you miss time, you're not only missing the games that you missed, you're probably banged up before you went out.

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 So, this team was playing shorthanded and or hurt most of the year.

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 Now, they're as healthy as they've been all year.

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 And we'll see if that pays off.

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 Jimmy Stein and Luke Robinson also talk a little Alabama football occasionally.

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 And Ryan Grubb, the offensive coordinator, when asked about competition at left tackle, he said,

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 He also mentioned Michael Carroll's pretty sad at right tackle.

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 Jimmy, your thoughts on some of the comments from Ryan Grubb.

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 Yeah, man, that was fascinating on so many levels.

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 It's a fair question.

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 But, Alabama fans, it's good news.

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 Alabama fans should, frankly, celebrate this news because it means that there's some confidence already.

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 Because this is the group that may decide the outcome of the season, frankly.

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 Just three practices in.

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 There's answers at left tackle.

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 It means that Jackson Lloyd, who was a five-star prospect, may, in fact, live up to the considerable hype for him to win a starting spot this quickly.

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 And, Rayson Delgado, the center, he's coming from FCS football at Cal Poly.

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 Fair to question how that's going to translate to the SEC.

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 For them to sort of name him the center ahead of several other candidates is, frankly, great news.

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 It means that they have no concerns after working with him as to how his game will translate to this next level.

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 So, it's really good news.

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 Now, we can debate the philosophy or the logic or the reasonableness of naming starters this soon after spring.

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 We know he's going to start this fall.

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 Is that detrimental to the team at all?

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 I mean, and I think that Zabian knows that he's got to improve each and every day, not because there's competition for a spot, but he wants to play in the NFL.

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 There's scouts at practice.

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 There's NFL scouts at your spring practices.

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 They watch tape.

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 The coaches watch tape.

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 There's always someone showing up new who can take the job, and to me, it's not that big a deal that Ryan Grubb, quote, named someone the starter.

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 And one last point, you don't have to submit your starting lineup for East Carolina today.

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 You can say someone's going to start.

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 It doesn't mean they have to.

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 So, Jackson, Lloyd, Rayson, Delgati, they'll have plenty of opportunity to lose the job they can do.

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 There's five scrimmages.

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 Between now and East Carolina.

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 So, there's still a lot left to prove.

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 Jimmy, obviously, you hear this across the board.

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 Every camp, everybody's fired up.

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 Everybody's going to win a national championship, and I'm sure it's no different in Tuscaloosa.

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 But what are you hearing realistically as far as the vibe overall?

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 This team, by Alabama standards, let's face it, they've got a ways to go because we know where the bar is set.

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 Anything short of a national championship, you've still got work to do.

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 But what are you hearing as far as the vibe realistically?

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 Yeah, I'm going to go with quiet confidence.

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 This probably isn't a year where you need to talk a lot.

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 I mean, two of the last three times you played, you got blown out.

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 Now, you were playing against elite competition at the end because you earned the right to do it.

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 We have to remember that.

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 They earned the right to get blown out by Georgia.

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 But you did lose two of your last three games, and it wasn't very close.

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 I don't think it's a good offseason for talking.

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 I don't think it's a good offseason to be publicly upset when things like FanDuel put your over-under win total at 8.5, which is probably the lowest it's been since, I don't know, since FanDuel.

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 I just think it's a good year to put your head down and go to work.

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 And I do think there's some quiet confidence that the team will be better than the nation perceives it to be.

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 Jamie, where can we get online and get the best podcast on the planet about Alabama sports, number one?

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 And number two, what is Jimmy Stein's prediction for the final score tonight between Alabama and the Ole Miss Black Bear, Rebel, Land Sharks, whatever they are now?

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 Let's go Alabama 89-81 over Ole Miss.

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 Sounded like a good deal, Jamie.

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 Thanks so much for your time today and have a good weekend.

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 Welcome back in.

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 Time to go stereo.

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 If you don't believe me now, I just listed up.

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 Brett Beaird, will you please do the honors?

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 Harold, our next guest normally takes off the first two days of the NCAA men's basketball tournament,

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 watching, I believe, Florida Gators are ahead of Kentucky 16-8 very early in that game.

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 Brett Beaird, college football analyst for First Coast News and co-host of Second Helping podcast in the SEC

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 with our good friend Travis Reier.

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 Brett Beaird, can you update us on that Florida-Kentucky score?

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 They've been double the score.

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 Listen, the only way Florida's going to lose in the SEC tournament is if they get bored.

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 they're likely playing their first two rounds of the NCAA tournament in Tampa.

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 So, if you're a Gator fan right now, you're pretty happy.

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 Brent Beard lives in the state of Florida.

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 It must be fun in your backyard.

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 I remember we were so old up here, Brent, that Florida used to be a football school.

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 Is it safe to say it's now a basketball school?

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 What makes Todd Golden so good?

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 frankly, in the country.

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 Ruben Chinlew averages a double-double every game.

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 They're shooting better.

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 They weren't shooting real well.

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 or will they be a number two seed when we come on Sunday?

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 Auburn fans were in a good mood yesterday for about 33 minutes.

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 or where they are on the bubble.

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 Tennessee was impressive.

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 Your thoughts on Tennessee.

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 How far can they go?

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 And the big question in this state is, has Auburn done enough to make the NCAA tournament?

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 That's really debatable.

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 I mean, when you've got, what, double-digit losses, 15, look,

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 they played a much tougher schedule than a lot of people.

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 But very few teams have ever been given an at-large bid when you've got that many losses.

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 So, that's a real problem.

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 I'll tell you guys, if you saw Bruce Pearl yesterday yelling at the officials and anybody else he could yell at,

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 that was not a good look, any stretch of the imagination.

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 Now, obviously, Steve and Pearl will be back next year, but they have really struggled as of late.

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 Now, Tennessee has a very interesting game with Vanderbilt.

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 Vanderbilt played real well this year, too, and deserve a lot of credit for that.

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 But here's a reality for Tennessee.

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 For some reason, when Tennessee, with this current coaching staff, when they get into the NCAA playoffs,

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 they get tight, and they don't play with any kind of reckless abandon that they do during the season.

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 And, frankly, Tennessee's got enough talent.

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 The problem is, will they be loose enough in order to play well like they have,

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 or are they going to go back to what they've done with this coaching staff over the last three or four years?

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 Brent Beard in the huddle with us.

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 Brent, Alabama fan says, is it going to be Texas?

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 No.

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 Is it going to be Georgia?

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 No.

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 Is it going to be Ole Miss?

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 Yes.

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 I don't think a lot of folks, if they're honest, saw this matchup coming tonight for Alabama.

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 Your thoughts about Bama and the Rebs?

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 Well, Bama's playing, frankly, better, and I think they're peaking at the right time.

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 I mean, they scored.

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 Now, here's what they really needed to do.

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 They scored almost 60 points in the paint against Auburn.

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 Yeah.

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 But that was really impressive, frankly.

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 I mean, they only shot 26% from three.

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 So, they really needed to show that they could score in the paint the way that they did.

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 And, again, the thing with Alabama, and, again, they beat Ole Miss 93-74 earlier.

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 And, look, I agree with Jimmy Stein.

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 I think at some point, guys, you're talking about three games in three days.

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 I'm not saying Ole Miss can't give Alabama a lot of problems because of how well-coached they are.

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 But, at some point, I don't care who you are.

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 When you've played three games in three days, and you don't even do that in the NCAA tournament,

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 how much legs do they have left is going to be the big question for them.

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 Especially a team like Alabama that loves to crank it up and run up-tempo.

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 Boy, and maybe in the first half, there's some adrenaline involved and all that.

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 But, in the second half, I think that's going to be the question, Brent.

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 Well, I would agree with that.

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 And, look, the other thing with Alabama is, I mean, Bama could, I'm not going to say that they're going to win it

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 because I don't think anybody's going to win it over Florida right now.

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 If Florida is awake and alert, no one's going to beat Florida in the SEC tournament,

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 which is an important thing with that.

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 But, at the same time, you know, if Bama, the main thing they've got to do is that they,

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 if they could win a couple of games, I mean, they're in.

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 There's no question about that.

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 Would they go up?

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 Would they be a three-seed?

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 I think is what everybody's looking at at this point.

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 But, at the same time, I mean, when you've got Phylon, like you did in the previous game,

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 21.4 assists, that's pretty strong.

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 But, the brethren on the team need to be able to step up, too.

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 And, they've got to play.

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 And, how far they go will be determined on how much they want to play defense.

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 Yeah.

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 Let me ask you about the other surprise before we let you go.

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 The Oklahoma Sooners.

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 Not only has Porter Moser saved its job by winning six consecutive games.

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 They beat Arkansas today, which is going to be a tall task.

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 They may get in the NCAA tournament.

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 They've lost nine consecutive games midway through the season.

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 They out-rebounded Texas A&M by 15, 19-11 on the glass, in 18-1 in second-half points.

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 Some of these former Bama boys, and particularly Darian Reed and Muhammad Wagyu, have played very well.

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 Your thoughts on the Sooner Uprising in the SEC tournament?

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 Yeah.

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 They've really played well, haven't they?

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 Now, I think part of the issue here with Arkansas today, and playing them, Darius Acup, has been hurt.

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 Now, how full goal he is kind of remains to be seen a little bit.

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 But, I'm impressed with both these teams.

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 I'll tell you what, guys.

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 I'm not sure Cal has not done his best job of coaching in a long time.

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 I agree.

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 With his team, now, you mentioned A&M, and because he's from the great state of Alabama, he needs to be mentioned.

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 What Bucky Ball has done with A&M, frankly, has been nothing short of incredible.

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 They've got to do something about their height.

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 They've got to get some big men who can keep up with that pace that they've got.

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 And they need a week off as much as anybody, don't they, going into the NCAA tournament.

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 So, I think that's going to be huge for them.

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 But, yes, Oklahoma is turning around.

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 They're making their shots.

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 Their defense is much improved.

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 I think what, if Oklahoma could win today against Arkansas, it's going to be very interesting to see how far they go.

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 Yeah, absolutely.

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 Well, I know you're looking forward to the day we all are, the top four seeds in action in Nashville.

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 But, where can we get online and get all your good stuff, including the podcast?

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 Yeah, and also, let me say, watch this Will Wade thing for LSU.

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 Now, Wade's obviously at NC State, and he's played dumb with every press conference that they've had.

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 And, listen, the other thing I'll say real quick is, please tell me, why is South Carolina bringing their coach back?

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 That has been an absolute dumpster fire.

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 And, guys, I'll tell you one thing.

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 How bad are they going to be this year after basketball?

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 And if football does a nosedive, their baseball team may have to save them along that line.

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00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:34,780
 But, again, first coach news here in Jacksonville, to do a lot with 9.30 a.m.

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 with our friend Terry Norvell on the radio and at Brent Beard, B-E-A-I-R-D.

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 Folks ought to know how to spell that for Brett over the years.

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 But, guys, it's going to be a fun day and a fun weekend.

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 And Sunday will be quite suspenseful for a lot of teams, will it not?

442
00:31:56,780 --> 00:31:57,700
 Enjoy it, Brent.

443
00:31:57,700 --> 00:32:00,760
 And, by the way, good luck getting over that March Madness flu, okay?

444
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,180
 I'll tell you one thing that's also going on right now.

445
00:32:05,740 --> 00:32:11,740
 Believe it or not, not only do you have the basketball tournament going on, thank God they've changed the time.

446
00:32:12,100 --> 00:32:19,620
 The golf tournament is down here this weekend, too, if anybody who's a golf fan.

447
00:32:20,620 --> 00:32:23,240
 And it's hard to travel anywhere with this.

448
00:32:23,900 --> 00:32:27,880
 But I'm just glad they used to do it during the NCAA tournament.

449
00:32:28,020 --> 00:32:31,460
 So they've changed that, which is a godsend, believe me.

450
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 Absolutely.

451
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 One of the prettiest courses on the tour.

452
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 Brent's always good to hook up with you.

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544
00:37:13,540 --> 00:37:14,840
 Welcome back in.

545
00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:19,400
 It is an absolute pleasure if it's Friday to open the door and say hello to Mr. Bill.

546
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 Bill Shanks, host of the Bill Shanks Show on 93.1 FM in Macon, Georgia.

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 Online at thesesuperstations.com.

548
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 Contributor for 41NBC and Brent Beard.

549
00:37:29,180 --> 00:37:30,920
 Is there anything else we can add?

550
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:34,540
 Maybe this could possibly be a special day for Bill Shanks?

551
00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:35,420
 Would you agree with that?

552
00:37:35,420 --> 00:37:39,940
 You know, we've been talking with our next guest for over 20-something years.

553
00:37:40,060 --> 00:37:41,620
 Been blessed to do that.

554
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:41,920
 Right.

555
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:46,260
 And he has frequently mentioned that you and I are older than dirt.

556
00:37:46,740 --> 00:37:46,960
 Right.

557
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:56,680
 Some other comments that we can't rephrase on adult radio, but I'll be honest with you.

558
00:37:56,740 --> 00:37:58,500
 I think he's catching up with us now.

559
00:37:58,680 --> 00:37:58,900
 Yeah.

560
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:00,500
 Have you ever tried living without dirt, though?

561
00:38:00,660 --> 00:38:04,020
 Bill Shanks, I think that it's in order.

562
00:38:04,260 --> 00:38:05,520
 Happy birthday to you.

563
00:38:05,700 --> 00:38:08,460
 Have you got your cake and everything else all lined up over there?

564
00:38:08,500 --> 00:38:09,060
 How are you?

565
00:38:10,140 --> 00:38:10,920
 Doing great.

566
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:12,040
 Well, thank you very much.

567
00:38:12,100 --> 00:38:15,860
 I do have my cake lined up, but since when did this show become adult radio?

568
00:38:15,860 --> 00:38:17,660
 I want to clarify that right now.

569
00:38:18,100 --> 00:38:20,320
 Well, we all have goals in life, Bill.

570
00:38:20,380 --> 00:38:23,640
 As always, my great mom used to say, I've got to have something to build to.

571
00:38:23,720 --> 00:38:24,380
 So we're getting there.

572
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:24,980
 It's a process.

573
00:38:25,200 --> 00:38:26,200
 You've heard that word before.

574
00:38:27,900 --> 00:38:28,540
 That's right.

575
00:38:28,760 --> 00:38:29,140
 That's right.

576
00:38:29,140 --> 00:38:29,700
 That's a good one.

577
00:38:29,840 --> 00:38:30,600
 Congratulations, man.

578
00:38:30,900 --> 00:38:32,620
 I hear people joke about age.

579
00:38:32,740 --> 00:38:34,960
 Look, do you want to get old or do you want the alternative?

580
00:38:35,220 --> 00:38:37,240
 There's only two choices that I know of, Bill.

581
00:38:37,260 --> 00:38:38,240
 I'll take old, okay?

582
00:38:39,180 --> 00:38:40,720
 Well, and here's the thing.

583
00:38:40,720 --> 00:38:45,200
 I keep reading these things on social media about how if you can last five more years,

584
00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:49,600
 we'll all last to 120, so h***, I'm just wanting to last five more years.

585
00:38:50,100 --> 00:38:50,500
 Absolutely.

586
00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:53,840
 If that's the case, I'm back at middle age.

587
00:38:53,980 --> 00:38:55,120
 If that's the case, you know.

588
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:57,080
 Let me break it down for you.

589
00:38:57,120 --> 00:39:00,220
 I'm at a point where they have to call the fire department and not light my candles, okay?

590
00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:02,440
 I get it.

591
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:03,340
 I get it.

592
00:39:03,580 --> 00:39:04,260
 All right, Bill.

593
00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:06,540
 Ole Miss and Georgia.

594
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:11,940
 Your thoughts, everybody thought over here is going to be Georgia or Texas taking on Alabama

595
00:39:11,940 --> 00:39:16,480
 in the SEC basketball tournament and the Rebs gets a rolling.

596
00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:21,380
 Your thoughts about this Georgia basketball, and I'll say it again, Bill, I just don't understand.

597
00:39:21,380 --> 00:39:27,100
 Of all the college teams sitting on a Fort Knox of possible recruits, it should be Georgia

598
00:39:27,100 --> 00:39:31,600
 with what you got there in Atlanta and the greater Atlanta area alone.

599
00:39:33,100 --> 00:39:34,780
 Well, last night was embarrassing.

600
00:39:35,180 --> 00:39:36,280
 That was ridiculous.

601
00:39:36,640 --> 00:39:38,440
 It was just not a very good performance whatsoever.

602
00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:41,360
 And they've had them that this year.

603
00:39:41,420 --> 00:39:45,700
 They had one against Ole Miss earlier when they lost home in overtime to them by two points,

604
00:39:45,700 --> 00:39:47,640
 and you're like, what the heck was that all about?

605
00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:48,400
 Yeah.

606
00:39:48,620 --> 00:39:49,520
 So, I don't know.

607
00:39:49,700 --> 00:39:52,360
 I mean, they just – they're a good team.

608
00:39:52,460 --> 00:39:58,300
 They're not a great team, you know, and this is the first time in two decades that they're

609
00:39:58,300 --> 00:40:05,760
 going to be in two consecutive NCAAs, which is great, and I think every Georgia fan is happy

610
00:40:05,760 --> 00:40:06,500
 about that.

611
00:40:06,500 --> 00:40:09,520
 But, you know, you're kind of embarrassed by what happened last night.

612
00:40:09,660 --> 00:40:12,780
 You're like, well, how are you going to win a game in the NCAA tournament if you can't

613
00:40:12,780 --> 00:40:13,460
 beat Ole Miss?

614
00:40:14,200 --> 00:40:18,340
 And for some reason, Ole Miss has got Georgia's number of football and basketball, which

615
00:40:18,340 --> 00:40:20,440
 I don't like you, Harold Bugg.

616
00:40:20,660 --> 00:40:24,220
 That's kind of what that means because you're an Ole Miss fan and we all know it.

617
00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:26,760
 But last night was weird.

618
00:40:26,900 --> 00:40:28,780
 It was just like, what's this all about?

619
00:40:28,780 --> 00:40:32,920
 You hate it when you get into – even the conference tournament and your team just makes

620
00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:34,720
 you kind of ask those kind of questions, don't you?

621
00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:36,200
 You do, yeah.

622
00:40:36,780 --> 00:40:43,280
 The two goaltending calls that were missed by the officials, and particularly the last one,

623
00:40:43,340 --> 00:40:45,860
 was absurd, quite frankly.

624
00:40:46,020 --> 00:40:50,660
 But, again, the official has got to make the call before it can be reviewed.

625
00:40:51,520 --> 00:41:00,060
 And then, for some reason, Ole Miss decided to foul in the last few seconds, and that was

626
00:41:00,060 --> 00:41:02,680
 the, quote, one-step continuation rule.

627
00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:04,980
 I guess they had to get close to the NBA.

628
00:41:06,040 --> 00:41:11,760
 But, you know, the moral of the story is don't get behind by 23, but Georgia got hosed on a

629
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:12,560
 couple of calls.

630
00:41:13,640 --> 00:41:17,260
 Well, we all know the SEC office has been after Georgia for decades.

631
00:41:17,460 --> 00:41:18,560
 I mean, we all know that.

632
00:41:18,760 --> 00:41:22,520
 I mean, God, I sound like an Auburn fan in my old age.

633
00:41:22,580 --> 00:41:23,720
 What the heck is that all about?

634
00:41:24,000 --> 00:41:24,520
 Like, God.

635
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:33,660
 Well, you know, there goes my mother passing me on the road, and I don't know where she's going.

636
00:41:33,720 --> 00:41:35,680
 Maybe she's going to go get me a birthday present.

637
00:41:36,140 --> 00:41:41,860
 Anyway, so, yeah, that was weird.

638
00:41:41,940 --> 00:41:43,760
 There were a couple of weird calls, for sure.

639
00:41:44,180 --> 00:41:49,580
 And it was, you know, but like you said, I don't have any sympathy for them, because they

640
00:41:49,580 --> 00:41:51,160
 got to have 23 points.

641
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:56,460
 It's like, dude, you cannot do that against a team that's got, what, 13 wins coming in

642
00:41:56,460 --> 00:41:59,980
 there, and it was just, it was embarrassing.

643
00:42:00,220 --> 00:42:05,180
 It was an embarrassing performance, and, you know, their offense is, I tell you, the thing

644
00:42:05,180 --> 00:42:10,120
 about having a great offensive team, your defense can't just shock, and theirs does, unfortunately.

645
00:42:10,700 --> 00:42:10,840
 Yeah.

646
00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:14,460
 The birthday boy, Bill Shanks in the huddle with us.

647
00:42:15,240 --> 00:42:17,220
 Bill, how good are the Braves?

648
00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:21,460
 Well, if we ask the pride of Loretto, he'd probably say pretty doggone good.

649
00:42:21,460 --> 00:42:25,820
 But right now, Ryan Weathers on the mound, even as we speak, against the Braves for the

650
00:42:25,820 --> 00:42:31,360
 Yankees, and the Braves are off to a 4-0 start early on, at the second end, last time I checked.

651
00:42:31,420 --> 00:42:34,320
 Your thoughts about the Braves so far that you're seeing, Bill?

652
00:42:35,220 --> 00:42:36,960
 Well, they've been good this spring.

653
00:42:37,040 --> 00:42:37,900
 They've had a good spring.

654
00:42:37,900 --> 00:42:45,200
 I was down there last week and was down there for about five full days and got 30 interviews,

655
00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:49,600
 which you can see on my YouTube page and through Twitter at Bill Shanks.

656
00:42:49,860 --> 00:42:53,680
 But, you know, their pitching looks good.

657
00:42:53,820 --> 00:42:56,360
 The kid today, Fuentes, is doing well so far.

658
00:42:56,840 --> 00:43:01,060
 Grant Holmes did pretty well last night with five hit list innings against the Pittsburgh

659
00:43:01,060 --> 00:43:02,460
 Pirates, which was good.

660
00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:04,980
 They look good.

661
00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:08,660
 I mean, they're having a really good spring, which, you know, and I asked Walt Weiss about

662
00:43:08,660 --> 00:43:15,760
 this the other day, and it's like, I know spring training records don't matter, but considering

663
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:21,840
 the fact that you're the new manager and considering the fact that, you know, this team was 10 games

664
00:43:21,840 --> 00:43:26,220
 under 500, doesn't it kind of help a little bit to have a winning spring?

665
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:27,740
 And he said yes.

666
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:32,160
 He believes that that's the case, and it kind of establishes something right off the bat.

667
00:43:32,340 --> 00:43:36,440
 And you've got to remember, too, this team last year started 0-7, right?

668
00:43:36,500 --> 00:43:37,040
 Yeah, that's right.

669
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:41,500
 It was a horrible start to the season, you know, and so to get even spring training off

670
00:43:41,500 --> 00:43:44,240
 to a good start, I think, is a really good thing.

671
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:46,760
 But I like what I've seen so far.

672
00:43:46,860 --> 00:43:49,120
 I like what I saw last week when I was down in spring training.

673
00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:54,040
 And, you know, we're two weeks away from tonight is the opening night.

674
00:43:54,420 --> 00:43:55,360
 Let me ask you that.

675
00:43:55,420 --> 00:44:00,040
 You mentioned being down there because there's no substitute for being in the environment and

676
00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:01,100
 kind of absorbing it.

677
00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:04,920
 I think sometimes when you see some of these rosters, excuse me, you see some of these

678
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:08,500
 rosters and some of these older guys get on there, and they just basically mail it in.

679
00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:13,940
 When you get a younger team, they are, by nature, going to try harder because they're trying

680
00:44:13,940 --> 00:44:15,420
 to land a spot on the roster.

681
00:44:15,500 --> 00:44:17,940
 They don't have the guaranteed contract some of these other guys have.

682
00:44:17,940 --> 00:44:20,880
 So, what kind of vibe are you getting from this team?

683
00:44:20,940 --> 00:44:22,060
 Just the vibe part of it.

684
00:44:22,940 --> 00:44:29,600
 Well, you know, I think when I got there, Harold, they had just had the profile news pop

685
00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:32,980
 the day before, and they were off that day.

686
00:44:32,980 --> 00:44:38,960
 I broke down that Tuesday when they had the off day, and that was when the profile news dropped.

687
00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:43,340
 And so, when they got back the next day, I mean, they were pretty p*****.

688
00:44:44,120 --> 00:44:45,240
 They were pretty upset.

689
00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:52,200
 But, you know, look, we all know, and they found this out more than anybody the last two

690
00:44:52,200 --> 00:44:55,900
 seasons, in baseball, you've got to adjust and roll the punches, man.

691
00:44:56,020 --> 00:45:00,820
 And whether it's an injury or whatever, you've got to keep on going because you've got six

692
00:45:00,820 --> 00:45:03,760
 months and 162 games to come no matter what.

693
00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:05,600
 So, I think it was good.

694
00:45:05,920 --> 00:45:12,620
 You know, I was – I think there's a little bit of an energy because of the new manager and the managerial change.

695
00:45:12,780 --> 00:45:14,900
 That's no knock on Ryan Sticker, of course.

696
00:45:15,060 --> 00:45:17,920
 I think you have any type of change like that.

697
00:45:18,020 --> 00:45:22,660
 You're rejuvenating a little bit with a new voice, a new sound, and a new push.

698
00:45:22,900 --> 00:45:27,200
 And so, you know, I'm very – I'm optimistic.

699
00:45:27,540 --> 00:45:29,960
 I mean, I feel better after I went down there.

700
00:45:30,220 --> 00:45:34,680
 And, you know, I saw Grant Holmes, who, like I said, pitched last night for five innings.

701
00:45:34,740 --> 00:45:37,480
 I saw him pitch on Saturday, and he looked good.

702
00:45:37,940 --> 00:45:42,360
 I didn't go to the game on Friday night, but they said Reynaldo Lopez looked really good.

703
00:45:42,740 --> 00:45:47,300
 That's important for that team to have the three and four starters in the rotation do well

704
00:45:47,300 --> 00:45:53,800
 because that's where our concern was, especially with Waldrop and Schwellenbach.

705
00:45:54,200 --> 00:45:56,060
 Can't forget about A.J. Smith-Shalver.

706
00:45:56,620 --> 00:46:01,160
 And now Wentz is gone for the year because of the torn ACL that he suffered on Sunday.

707
00:46:01,160 --> 00:46:05,080
 So, you know, you've got all those things that kind of creep up on you,

708
00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:09,900
 and you want some good news, and so far, I think even with the injuries,

709
00:46:10,100 --> 00:46:11,800
 the positive outweighs the negative.

710
00:46:12,560 --> 00:46:17,380
 Well, I've asked you to the point of nauseam about bringing in another starting pitcher,

711
00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:21,520
 and you have not exactly been optimistic about that.

712
00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:25,740
 Having said that, and you mentioned Fuentes pitching today.

713
00:46:25,740 --> 00:46:31,320
 I know you love J.R. Ritchie, Martin Perez, Carrasco, Hernandez.

714
00:46:32,120 --> 00:46:37,180
 Now that you've been down there, do you feel a little bit better about some of the kids

715
00:46:37,180 --> 00:46:38,700
 being able to come in?

716
00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:43,980
 You know, and maybe even later in the year, the depth of pitching, how do you feel now?

717
00:46:45,580 --> 00:46:50,680
 Well, I've said that I thought Ritchie would start 15 games to the Braves

718
00:46:50,680 --> 00:46:57,220
 after the Schwellenbach and Waldrop injuries, and I believe that.

719
00:46:57,220 --> 00:47:00,240
 I also believe that Schwellenbach and Waldrop are going to be back.

720
00:47:00,380 --> 00:47:06,000
 I mean, I feel more confidence now that that's not just two guys who are gone permanently.

721
00:47:06,320 --> 00:47:08,200
 They're going to be back at some point.

722
00:47:08,840 --> 00:47:10,440
 The Schauber could be back in August.

723
00:47:10,780 --> 00:47:11,940
 I mean, that's not out of the question.

724
00:47:12,720 --> 00:47:18,540
 I don't know for what role, but I mean, you could get a little insertion of new arms,

725
00:47:19,360 --> 00:47:22,400
 rebuilt arms, what do you want to call it, in the latter part of the year,

726
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:23,920
 which is not a bad thing, right?

727
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:32,880
 I think their plan right now, Brett, is to survive early on, hope nobody else gets hurt,

728
00:47:32,880 --> 00:47:42,520
 and then they will get Ritchie up at some point, and they will get those other guys back.

729
00:47:42,980 --> 00:47:46,860
 And, you know, if they have the opportunity to add another arm, if they need to, they will.

730
00:47:47,300 --> 00:47:52,620
 But I think right now, I'd be really shocked if they, Lucas Chialito is the only one left,

731
00:47:52,780 --> 00:47:54,080
 the main one left, if you will.

732
00:47:54,380 --> 00:47:55,940
 I don't see them getting him.

733
00:47:56,080 --> 00:47:57,120
 I just, I don't.

734
00:47:57,200 --> 00:47:58,660
 I'd be really surprised if they did.

735
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:02,280
 Bill Shanks, theesuperstations.com.

736
00:48:02,360 --> 00:48:03,820
 We still get the question, Bill.

737
00:48:03,900 --> 00:48:09,540
 Some confusion about, we know you can hear the Braves with you and with us here on 93.9.

738
00:48:09,540 --> 00:48:12,640
 The question is, will we be able to see the Braves?

739
00:48:12,720 --> 00:48:13,680
 The answer is yes.

740
00:48:13,780 --> 00:48:19,220
 The question is, will we still get free Braves TV, or is it like everything else now,

741
00:48:19,360 --> 00:48:22,700
 everything's got a price tag, and they've got to go to one of these streaming services?

742
00:48:23,320 --> 00:48:28,380
 Well, look, I think everybody should buy the package, and a couple reasons.

743
00:48:28,540 --> 00:48:34,400
 Number one, you're not going to have to worry about signing the Braves on great television stations,

744
00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:41,120
 or on your cable system, or your streaming service, it's going to be on your braves.tv no matter what.

745
00:48:41,240 --> 00:48:42,840
 And it's not that expensive.

746
00:48:43,740 --> 00:48:47,180
 And, I mean, I know it is for some people, and they can't afford that.

747
00:48:47,220 --> 00:48:52,160
 But, I mean, I think for the most part, it's not that out of whack price-wise.

748
00:48:52,340 --> 00:48:54,720
 And, I mean, if you're going to drive over to Atlanta, I hate to tell you,

749
00:48:54,720 --> 00:48:57,340
 you're going to spend a h*** of a lot more than what you're going to pay for that TV service.

750
00:48:58,940 --> 00:49:04,160
 And, you know, the other part is, you are kind of helping the Braves.

751
00:49:04,160 --> 00:49:06,820
 It's their revenue to make sure they do support that team.

752
00:49:06,940 --> 00:49:11,060
 And I hate to say that, because somebody can come back and say,

753
00:49:11,120 --> 00:49:16,660
 well, what if I pay my money, and that money goes to an office complex in the battery?

754
00:49:17,080 --> 00:49:18,500
 You know, and I get it.

755
00:49:18,500 --> 00:49:19,280
 Or a yacht.

756
00:49:20,500 --> 00:49:21,760
 Yeah, absolutely.

757
00:49:21,760 --> 00:49:27,960
 But, I mean, I think that it's a well-priced plan.

758
00:49:28,560 --> 00:49:33,440
 There are going to be games that are going to be put on cable systems and streaming services.

759
00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:34,760
 That's still to come.

760
00:49:35,220 --> 00:49:41,260
 And then a select number of games that are either going to be simulcast or available on free TV on the Gray Station.

761
00:49:41,440 --> 00:49:43,300
 So, that news is still to come.

762
00:49:43,380 --> 00:49:46,960
 But, you know, they announced the streaming part first because they want you to pay the money.

763
00:49:47,060 --> 00:49:47,780
 And I don't blame them.

764
00:49:47,820 --> 00:49:48,360
 I would, too.

765
00:49:48,440 --> 00:49:49,600
 And I want to do it.

766
00:49:49,600 --> 00:49:51,480
 And I think everybody should do it, to be honest with you.

767
00:49:51,480 --> 00:49:53,360
 Bill, what is it for the folks?

768
00:49:53,460 --> 00:49:54,420
 I think a lot of people know.

769
00:49:54,540 --> 00:49:55,360
 But there's obviously some.

770
00:49:55,460 --> 00:49:56,300
 It was about $99.

771
00:49:56,660 --> 00:49:57,780
 Is that what it is for the season?

772
00:49:58,820 --> 00:49:59,720
 I think so.

773
00:49:59,900 --> 00:50:00,160
 Yeah.

774
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:03,380
 And, I mean, there's different kind of levels, I think.

775
00:50:03,640 --> 00:50:08,160
 And, like, I get the baseball package, the MLB package every year, Harold.

776
00:50:08,580 --> 00:50:09,900
 And I think it's only $50 more.

777
00:50:10,860 --> 00:50:11,640
 Yeah, for everybody.

778
00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:15,500
 So, I mean, for $200, you get the whole thing.

779
00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:18,580
 So, I mean, it's not that bad.

780
00:50:18,780 --> 00:50:24,060
 And over the course of – if you watch a lot of – I mean, if you don't watch a lot of baseball, it won't matter anyway, right?

781
00:50:24,080 --> 00:50:29,580
 But if you do, if you do watch the Braves, I really think it's a fair situation.

782
00:50:29,580 --> 00:50:37,220
 And, look, somebody told me earlier this morning, and she said, you know, we had free baseball on TV for decades.

783
00:50:37,380 --> 00:50:42,480
 I don't mind paying 100-whatever dollars for a Braves baseball, which is less than a dollar a game.

784
00:50:44,260 --> 00:50:49,220
 Let me ask you real quick, what are the plans to replace the knucklehead of the year?

785
00:50:49,900 --> 00:50:51,360
 Once was bad enough.

786
00:50:51,480 --> 00:50:52,900
 How on the – you know what?

787
00:50:52,940 --> 00:50:54,080
 He did it twice.

788
00:50:54,560 --> 00:50:55,860
 What are the plans there?

789
00:50:58,020 --> 00:51:04,000
 Well, I think, you know, they had already brought in Mike Yastrzemski, who's going to play majority time in left field.

790
00:51:04,180 --> 00:51:06,480
 They'll platoon him a little bit, which I don't like, really.

791
00:51:06,560 --> 00:51:07,400
 I don't like platoons.

792
00:51:08,420 --> 00:51:11,540
 And they're going to have Eli White.

793
00:51:11,720 --> 00:51:16,360
 They're going to have – when Drake Ball is not catching, he'll be the DH.

794
00:51:17,780 --> 00:51:28,120
 I think that the Lugo – Mateo kid, rather, I'm sorry, Jorge Mateo, is going to be another possibility to get some at-bats there.

795
00:51:28,120 --> 00:51:33,680
 So, you know, they're going to mix it up a little bit, unless they acquire another bat.

796
00:51:33,820 --> 00:51:38,880
 But I think it's going to provide more at-bats for Mike Yastrzemski no matter what.

797
00:51:38,980 --> 00:51:41,720
 It's going to provide more at-bats for Drake Baldwin.

798
00:51:42,200 --> 00:51:44,660
 I think when Drake Baldwin is not catching, he's the DH.

799
00:51:45,540 --> 00:51:48,920
 And so we just got to kind of see how they kind of work all that out.

800
00:51:49,020 --> 00:51:54,580
 But I think they could still bring in a hitter before the season starts.

801
00:51:54,580 --> 00:51:56,360
 I wouldn't be surprised by that whatsoever.

802
00:51:57,680 --> 00:51:58,120
 Absolutely.

803
00:51:58,460 --> 00:52:00,660
 Well, listen, have a great weekend.

804
00:52:00,940 --> 00:52:02,060
 Enjoy tonight.

805
00:52:03,060 --> 00:52:08,100
 You know, we'll leave the dirt comments about birthdays.

806
00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:15,840
 But as much as we enjoy giving you hail, isn't it nice to be celebrating, as Harold alluded to, another birthday?

807
00:52:16,840 --> 00:52:20,260
 The alternative is not where we want to.

808
00:52:20,680 --> 00:52:22,180
 Give your mother a hug.

809
00:52:22,600 --> 00:52:32,240
 Now, if any of our esteemed listeners would like to call in this afternoon and wish you a happy birthday, how can they do that?

810
00:52:32,880 --> 00:52:35,660
 Well, they could call in, but I'd just rather them send me cash.

811
00:52:35,840 --> 00:52:36,600
 Can they do that?

812
00:52:36,740 --> 00:52:38,440
 I mean, is that possible, Claire?

813
00:52:39,160 --> 00:52:44,260
 Do I need a GoFundMe page for my birthday just to let the Alabama fans send me cash?

814
00:52:44,260 --> 00:52:45,100
 That would be good.

815
00:52:46,900 --> 00:52:54,460
 Theesuperstations.com will be on in about an hour and six minutes and take you up until we've got Georgia and Tennessee baseball.

816
00:52:54,460 --> 00:52:56,460
 We've got conference baseball starting tonight.

817
00:52:57,160 --> 00:52:59,840
 We'll have that, so we can't wait for that.

818
00:52:59,980 --> 00:53:05,760
 But, yeah, we'll be on from 3 until about 5.40 Eastern time and look to have a lot of fun.

819
00:53:06,580 --> 00:53:08,780
 Hope the Dawes give you a win for a birthday present.

820
00:53:08,780 --> 00:53:13,560
 Listen, man, again, on behalf of BB, happy 29th birthday again, Bill.

821
00:53:14,560 --> 00:53:15,000
 56.

822
00:53:15,840 --> 00:53:26,200
 So, again, I'm 56, but I'm looking at this as if I've got four or five more years to make it to where I'll live to 120, I'm still middle-aged.

823
00:53:26,800 --> 00:53:27,200
 Yeah.

824
00:53:27,520 --> 00:53:30,040
 If you're a bottle of wine, you're just now coming in time.

825
00:53:30,160 --> 00:53:30,680
 Okay, Bill.

826
00:53:31,800 --> 00:53:32,460
 That's right.

827
00:53:33,100 --> 00:53:34,080
 Have a great weekend, Bill.

828
00:53:34,080 --> 00:53:34,460
 Thank you, buddy.

829
00:53:35,120 --> 00:53:35,960
 Thank you, guys.

830
00:53:36,280 --> 00:53:40,720
 The birthday boy, Bill Shanks, at thesuperstations.com.

831
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 Coming up in the second hour, we're going to be taking it all over the place.

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833
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 The man from Birmingham, Doug Segrist, along with Mike Huguenin, kicking it all off in the second hour of the Bumult Buck Show.

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905
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 A bill has been passed by the Alabama Senate that would limit the incentives given to data centers that are coming into the state of Alabama.

906
00:57:40,960 --> 00:57:43,020
 State Senator Andrew Jones offered the bill.

907
00:57:43,020 --> 00:57:50,340
 It limits the maximum exemption period to 20 years when it comes to tax abatements being offered to these data processing centers.

908
00:57:50,580 --> 00:57:59,280
 Jones says the state wants to be competitive but not give out sweetheart deals in light of how data centers use a ton of power to operate in whatever state they are.

909
00:57:59,440 --> 00:58:03,420
 Another bill offered by state Senator Lance Bell was also passed by the Senate.

910
00:58:03,420 --> 00:58:10,460
 That bill prohibits the cost shifting of energy required by these data centers to the Alabama businesses and families.

911
00:58:10,960 --> 00:58:22,680
 The Clean Energy Advocacy Group known as Energy Alabama supports Bell's bill saying that it protects Alabamians from being forced to pay for the cost of the large electric demand of these data centers.

912
00:58:23,080 --> 00:58:28,480
 Energy Alabama says that data centers should be the ones who pay their own way when they come into a state.

913
00:58:28,720 --> 00:58:31,100
 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this.

914
00:58:31,100 --> 00:58:39,760
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915
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917
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918
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919
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920
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921
00:58:58,320 --> 00:59:01,720
 A McCallum man was arrested and charged with AI-generated pornography.

922
00:59:01,980 --> 00:59:09,460
 40-year-old Richard Smalley is accused of using the AI with a picture of a fully clothed child in order to create a nude picture of that same child.

923
00:59:09,660 --> 00:59:18,080
 This case will be the first to involve a new state law that was passed by the state legislature back in 2024 that bans the use of AI-generated pornography.

924
00:59:18,880 --> 00:59:19,700
 I'm Andrea Tox.

925
00:59:20,080 --> 00:59:24,640
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926
00:59:24,820 --> 00:59:27,700
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927
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928
00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:42,100
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929
00:59:42,200 --> 00:59:43,160
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930
00:59:43,400 --> 00:59:44,280
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931
00:59:44,540 --> 00:59:45,760
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932
00:59:46,080 --> 00:59:49,120
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933
00:59:49,380 --> 00:59:50,140
 The win.

934
00:59:50,740 --> 01:00:00,800
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935
01:00:00,800 --> 01:00:04,720
 Tonight, Alabama takes on Ole Miss in the quarterfinals of the SEC tournament.

936
01:00:05,000 --> 01:00:08,160
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948
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949
01:00:37,160 --> 01:00:39,340
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950
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951
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952
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953
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954
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955
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956
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957
01:01:11,140 --> 01:01:14,460
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958
01:01:14,460 --> 01:01:14,780
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959
01:01:17,540 --> 01:01:19,960
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960
01:01:20,340 --> 01:01:22,440
 Your exclusive inside track to the tide.

961
01:01:22,600 --> 01:01:25,540
 Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC.

962
01:01:26,340 --> 01:01:31,780
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9, The Score.

963
01:01:32,580 --> 01:01:34,540
 Welcome back to the Boomo Bugg Show.

964
01:01:34,620 --> 01:01:35,260
 I'm Harold Bugg.

965
01:01:35,320 --> 01:01:36,700
 Normally joined by Brett Beaird.

966
01:01:36,780 --> 01:01:40,660
 He just came down with a case of March Madness Flu.

967
01:01:40,800 --> 01:01:42,640
 But we're proud that you are on board with us.

968
01:01:42,940 --> 01:01:45,820
 ACC basketball tournament happening even as we speak.

969
01:01:45,900 --> 01:01:46,920
 Up the road in Nashville.

970
01:01:47,720 --> 01:01:50,620
 Home of screen music instead of country music this week.

971
01:01:50,620 --> 01:01:54,800
 And right now, as scripted Florida, leading the Miami Wildcats from Kentucky.

972
01:01:55,000 --> 01:01:58,620
 37-28 at last report as they get near the break.

973
01:01:58,760 --> 01:02:03,740
 Mike Hugenden is always on it as National College football slash basketball analyst.

974
01:02:04,340 --> 01:02:05,060
 Mike, welcome in.

975
01:02:05,120 --> 01:02:05,660
 How are you?

976
01:02:09,940 --> 01:02:11,960
 Hopefully we'll be able to hook up here with Mike.

977
01:02:12,280 --> 01:02:15,060
 Surely he's coming at us from the heart of Florida.

978
01:02:15,620 --> 01:02:17,440
 And again, it's a busy day today.

979
01:02:17,580 --> 01:02:20,000
 Kentucky and Florida, even as we speak right now.

980
01:02:20,200 --> 01:02:23,360
 And it looks like, as we talked earlier with Brent Beard,

981
01:02:23,440 --> 01:02:26,920
 I don't think anybody's going to catch the Florida Gators unless, as Brent Beard put it,

982
01:02:26,960 --> 01:02:28,060
 unless they get bored.

983
01:02:28,620 --> 01:02:31,680
 Kentucky right now, if you can keep it within 10, getting into the second half,

984
01:02:31,720 --> 01:02:33,840
 you've still got a Feynman's chance there.

985
01:02:34,140 --> 01:02:35,080
 We'll see how that goes.

986
01:02:35,080 --> 01:02:39,080
 Coming up, interesting after this game, it's going to be Vanderbilt and Tennessee.

987
01:02:39,800 --> 01:02:42,940
 And as we mentioned, a game that you can watch here on 93.9,

988
01:02:43,000 --> 01:02:46,500
 the score later on tonight, Alabama and Ole Miss, pregame at five,

989
01:02:46,640 --> 01:02:49,600
 game at six, going to be talking about that in depth here in a second.

990
01:02:49,760 --> 01:02:53,320
 And then nightcap, the team that I don't think anybody wants to face right now,

991
01:02:53,400 --> 01:02:57,080
 those Sooners from Oklahoma, taking on Arkansas, that is in the nightcap.

992
01:02:57,160 --> 01:02:58,720
 Let's see if we've got Mike back with us.

993
01:02:58,780 --> 01:02:59,720
 Mike, are you with us now?

994
01:03:02,520 --> 01:03:04,060
 No, but Brent Beard is.

995
01:03:05,320 --> 01:03:06,360
 There we go.

996
01:03:07,740 --> 01:03:09,200
 Obviously, Mike having some issues.

997
01:03:09,200 --> 01:03:11,960
 He's probably got a case of March Madness flu, too.

998
01:03:12,480 --> 01:03:16,660
 Your thoughts before you jump off there about the Florida-Kentucky game right now.

999
01:03:16,760 --> 01:03:18,920
 It's 37-28 at last report.

1000
01:03:21,080 --> 01:03:23,980
 Can anybody, your brother, Brent, put it very well,

1001
01:03:24,060 --> 01:03:27,320
 can anybody realistically knock off the Gators in this tournament?

1002
01:03:27,820 --> 01:03:32,660
 Harold, if they, again, if they're focused and playing well, I would say no.

1003
01:03:32,660 --> 01:03:39,020
 Now, Kentucky has played the Gators pretty close in both games.

1004
01:03:39,660 --> 01:03:44,440
 In fact, listen, if you stay within single digits of Florida, you played well.

1005
01:03:45,820 --> 01:03:50,940
 Owe has had a marvelous season playing so far.

1006
01:03:51,060 --> 01:03:54,560
 Mohamed Diabadi, I believe, has played pretty well in this game.

1007
01:03:54,920 --> 01:04:00,240
 I still expect Florida to pull away late, but I'll give Kentucky credit.

1008
01:04:00,460 --> 01:04:01,960
 And again, they've won two in a row, too.

1009
01:04:02,040 --> 01:04:04,720
 We've talked about Ole Miss and Oklahoma winning, too.

1010
01:04:05,120 --> 01:04:06,200
 So has the Cats.

1011
01:04:06,380 --> 01:04:09,460
 It's almost a win if you keep it within single digits at the break.

1012
01:04:09,860 --> 01:04:13,520
 Speaking of Florida, let's go back and see if Mike Hugen is now joining us

1013
01:04:13,520 --> 01:04:14,580
 from the Sunshine State.

1014
01:04:14,720 --> 01:04:16,120
 Mike, are you there with us now?

1015
01:04:16,840 --> 01:04:17,600
 I am, indeed.

1016
01:04:18,440 --> 01:04:19,180
 There you go.

1017
01:04:19,260 --> 01:04:20,840
 Enjoying some March Madness.

1018
01:04:21,240 --> 01:04:25,300
 Mike, you're from the basketball council of the Southeastern Conference again

1019
01:04:25,300 --> 01:04:25,940
 this season.

1020
01:04:25,940 --> 01:04:29,260
 Is it Florida's world, the rest of us just living in it, Mike?

1021
01:04:29,940 --> 01:04:30,220
 Yeah.

1022
01:04:30,400 --> 01:04:34,460
 I mean, Florida is playing exceedingly good basketball right now.

1023
01:04:34,660 --> 01:04:40,280
 And Kentucky is the only SEC team to keep them, to lose a game by single digits

1024
01:04:40,280 --> 01:04:43,580
 since January to Florida in the SEC.

1025
01:04:45,680 --> 01:04:47,340
 Auburn did win in Gainesville.

1026
01:04:47,420 --> 01:04:48,620
 Missouri did beat Florida.

1027
01:04:48,800 --> 01:04:52,120
 But Florida is destroying teams of late.

1028
01:04:52,600 --> 01:04:55,240
 It's an extremely well-rounded team.

1029
01:04:56,340 --> 01:04:58,800
 By far the most well-rounded team in the league.

1030
01:04:58,920 --> 01:05:03,060
 They still have a couple weaknesses, but they are playing exceedingly well.

1031
01:05:03,440 --> 01:05:07,820
 You know, obviously, a lot of eyes on Sunday, Selection Sunday, and everybody's talking about

1032
01:05:07,820 --> 01:05:08,800
 the number one seed.

1033
01:05:09,540 --> 01:05:15,000
 If Florida is not one of the number one seeds, I would love to see a team better than the Gators

1034
01:05:15,000 --> 01:05:15,420
 right now.

1035
01:05:15,580 --> 01:05:19,020
 Well, I wouldn't want to face a team better than the Gators right now if they're not.

1036
01:05:20,120 --> 01:05:27,360
 Yeah, I think that the idea that Kentucky, I'm sorry, not Kentucky, the fact that UConn could be a number one seed.

1037
01:05:27,860 --> 01:05:29,800
 I know UConn beat Florida.

1038
01:05:31,140 --> 01:05:35,980
 That was back before Christmas, early December, first week of December.

1039
01:05:37,560 --> 01:05:39,200
 Basically a UConn home game.

1040
01:05:40,740 --> 01:05:43,900
 Florida, I think Florida has nailed down a number one seed.

1041
01:05:44,000 --> 01:05:46,820
 The SEC might not be as good as it was last year.

1042
01:05:47,460 --> 01:05:49,420
 It's still going to get ten teams in the field.

1043
01:05:49,600 --> 01:05:50,760
 The Big East is going to get three.

1044
01:05:51,760 --> 01:05:57,600
 So I think that shows that Florida has played better teams in its league than UConn has.

1045
01:05:58,080 --> 01:06:03,120
 So I don't think anybody thinks, you know, Michigan is struggling with Ohio State now.

1046
01:06:03,180 --> 01:06:04,280
 They're going to be a number one.

1047
01:06:04,780 --> 01:06:05,980
 Arizona won the Big 12.

1048
01:06:05,980 --> 01:06:07,200
 They're going to be a number one.

1049
01:06:08,400 --> 01:06:12,380
 I think Florida and Duke are safe, too.

1050
01:06:12,520 --> 01:06:15,280
 I think UConn will be the number two seed in Florida's region.

1051
01:06:16,180 --> 01:06:23,120
 The day's number two game will be Tennessee and Vanderbilt, an all-Vanderbilt and all-Volunteer State matchup.

1052
01:06:23,480 --> 01:06:26,620
 Before we talk about that one, let's talk about the Auburn Tigers.

1053
01:06:26,860 --> 01:06:29,040
 We saw Bruce doing what fathers do.

1054
01:06:29,200 --> 01:06:30,740
 They go to bat for their son.

1055
01:06:30,840 --> 01:06:31,560
 We get that.

1056
01:06:32,060 --> 01:06:37,940
 But you take the emotions out of it, no one's had a more up-and-down season than the Auburn Tigers.

1057
01:06:37,940 --> 01:06:41,280
 Come Sunday night, what's Auburn going to hear from the committee?

1058
01:06:44,860 --> 01:06:49,180
 17-16, finished 11th in your league.

1059
01:06:50,560 --> 01:06:56,640
 Personally, I don't think a team that's one game over 500 and finished 11th in its league deserves a chance to play for a national title.

1060
01:06:58,060 --> 01:07:03,940
 And they're not supposed to look at this, but Auburn's lost nine of their last 12.

1061
01:07:06,040 --> 01:07:08,240
 Yes, they have some extremely nice wins.

1062
01:07:08,400 --> 01:07:09,920
 I don't think anybody doubts that.

1063
01:07:10,460 --> 01:07:14,220
 But down the stretch, they lost to Oklahoma, which is sort of a bubble team.

1064
01:07:15,140 --> 01:07:15,940
 They lost to Alabama.

1065
01:07:17,940 --> 01:07:22,220
 They lost to Ole Miss at home, which that might have been the killer game.

1066
01:07:23,160 --> 01:07:26,080
 Yesterday, you can argue that they should not have lost to Tennessee.

1067
01:07:26,300 --> 01:07:29,160
 They were the better team for 31 minutes.

1068
01:07:29,500 --> 01:07:33,940
 But the Ole Miss loss, I think, sort of sealed their fate.

1069
01:07:34,700 --> 01:07:41,680
 Since then, they've beaten LSU and Mississippi State, arguably the two worst teams in the league.

1070
01:07:41,920 --> 01:07:43,900
 So, I don't think Auburn's getting in.

1071
01:07:45,340 --> 01:07:49,780
 Meanwhile, back at the ranch, as we mentioned, it's the all-volunteer showdown coming up here shortly.

1072
01:07:49,920 --> 01:07:51,220
 Tennessee and Vanderbilt.

1073
01:07:51,620 --> 01:07:54,440
 I would imagine the folks in Nashville love this matchup.

1074
01:07:54,820 --> 01:07:56,560
 Won't be much dust in the seats.

1075
01:07:56,640 --> 01:07:58,380
 They're going to sell just about every ticket for this one.

1076
01:07:59,000 --> 01:08:00,400
 That's one thing about the seats.

1077
01:08:00,480 --> 01:08:03,680
 What's going to happen on the court this afternoon between Tennessee and Vanderbilt?

1078
01:08:03,880 --> 01:08:05,020
 This is weird, Mike.

1079
01:08:05,440 --> 01:08:08,540
 Tennessee goes to Nashville earlier, and they knock off the doors there.

1080
01:08:08,540 --> 01:08:11,080
 The doors go to Knoxville in the last game of the regular season.

1081
01:08:11,280 --> 01:08:13,080
 They knock off Tennessee on their home court.

1082
01:08:13,780 --> 01:08:15,760
 What comes up this afternoon, that one?

1083
01:08:18,160 --> 01:08:19,080
 By the pace.

1084
01:08:19,720 --> 01:08:22,700
 When they played in Nashville, it was played at Tennessee's pace.

1085
01:08:22,820 --> 01:08:24,040
 The game was in the 60s.

1086
01:08:24,300 --> 01:08:29,980
 When they played in Knoxville, the game was at Vanderbilt's pace, points in the 80s, and Vandy wins.

1087
01:08:31,120 --> 01:08:35,640
 A slower game is much, much better for the Vols.

1088
01:08:35,640 --> 01:08:39,460
 And in that scenario, they can pound Vanderbilt inside.

1089
01:08:39,640 --> 01:08:42,520
 Tennessee is by far the most physical team.

1090
01:08:42,520 --> 01:08:51,640
 But I would argue that you really can't sort of impose your physicality if it's a fast-paced game.

1091
01:08:52,140 --> 01:08:58,620
 If Vanderbilt's getting up and down the court, the Tennessee size advantage is sort of to dissipate.

1092
01:08:58,980 --> 01:09:04,100
 So, the Vols want a slow-paced game where they can pound the ball inside, get the ball to Nate Amen.

1093
01:09:04,640 --> 01:09:06,620
 Hope Jacoby Gillespie plays well.

1094
01:09:07,600 --> 01:09:12,000
 Tennessee, you know, sort of woke up last night, played phenomenal basketball the last nine minutes.

1095
01:09:12,420 --> 01:09:15,080
 I think they're the better team than Vandy.

1096
01:09:15,340 --> 01:09:21,200
 So, in the rubber match, I'll take Tennessee, and I think the game will be in the 60s.

1097
01:09:21,940 --> 01:09:25,580
 Mike, you're getting a national college football-slash-basketball analyst.

1098
01:09:25,680 --> 01:09:28,920
 This is not the epitome of what March Madness is all about.

1099
01:09:29,360 --> 01:09:34,560
 When the bracket came out for the SEC tournament, everybody just had this smart, foregone conclusion.

1100
01:09:34,840 --> 01:09:37,100
 So, Alabama, we know it's going to be there on Friday.

1101
01:09:37,260 --> 01:09:39,240
 Will it be Texas or will it be Georgia?

1102
01:09:39,880 --> 01:09:43,980
 The intrigue being both those teams beat Alabama earlier this regular season.

1103
01:09:43,980 --> 01:09:49,240
 So, we know it's going to be one of them because Ole Miss is the only thing that's going to stand the way.

1104
01:09:49,820 --> 01:09:54,080
 Here we are on the Friday before the Friday night game, and Alabama is going to be taking on who?

1105
01:09:54,620 --> 01:09:57,800
 Not the Dawgs, not anybody else, but the Ole Miss Rebels.

1106
01:09:57,940 --> 01:09:59,340
 Your thoughts about Ole Miss?

1107
01:09:59,420 --> 01:10:01,280
 Three games in three days.

1108
01:10:01,880 --> 01:10:04,180
 Can they keep the train on track tonight against the Tide?

1109
01:10:07,060 --> 01:10:07,460
 Blank.

1110
01:10:07,620 --> 01:10:08,900
 Sort of laughing.

1111
01:10:10,840 --> 01:10:13,600
 Ole Miss beat a discombobulated Texas team.

1112
01:10:13,600 --> 01:10:16,000
 They have faded badly down the stretch.

1113
01:10:17,160 --> 01:10:21,660
 Then Ole Miss beat a Mike White coach team, which is not difficult to do.

1114
01:10:21,820 --> 01:10:29,180
 I know Georgia's going to the tournament, but so if I'm Alabama, I'm ecstatic because Ole Miss is bad.

1115
01:10:29,560 --> 01:10:33,200
 They won five games in the regular season in conference play.

1116
01:10:34,000 --> 01:10:35,720
 I think they've shot their shot.

1117
01:10:35,880 --> 01:10:36,860
 They've played well.

1118
01:10:36,920 --> 01:10:38,160
 They've played well offensively.

1119
01:10:38,640 --> 01:10:41,340
 I don't think they can stop Alabama's offense.

1120
01:10:41,340 --> 01:10:45,700
 So, I think Alabama gets a breather of sorts.

1121
01:10:46,360 --> 01:10:48,620
 I think Alabama wins comfortably tonight.

1122
01:10:49,560 --> 01:10:56,600
 Where do you put – I mean, obviously, there's a lot to be determined, but right now on a Friday, just taking a poke in the dark here, Mike, what would you see Alabama?

1123
01:10:56,860 --> 01:10:58,280
 It seems the conventional wisdom.

1124
01:10:58,440 --> 01:10:59,000
 Is it going to be three?

1125
01:10:59,080 --> 01:10:59,840
 Is it going to be four?

1126
01:11:00,500 --> 01:11:04,860
 Obviously, where they're going to wind up in the tournament is going to have an influence, I would assume, on that.

1127
01:11:04,920 --> 01:11:07,360
 But where would you put Alabama right now in the dance?

1128
01:11:09,720 --> 01:11:12,580
 I think the interesting – what are they going to do with Tennessee and Vandy?

1129
01:11:12,660 --> 01:11:16,600
 I think the Tennessee-Vandy game will have an impact on the seeding.

1130
01:11:16,720 --> 01:11:20,520
 I think the team that wins tonight will be seeded one line higher than the loser.

1131
01:11:21,260 --> 01:11:29,820
 I think Alabama could be a three if there had been a couple more teams that lost, big teams that lost in their conference tournaments.

1132
01:11:29,820 --> 01:11:32,260
 But I think the title will be a four.

1133
01:11:32,460 --> 01:11:35,000
 I think that will be fine with Nate Oates.

1134
01:11:36,140 --> 01:11:43,000
 And, again, their style of play, it can be difficult if you haven't seen it before.

1135
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 So they get up and down the court.

1136
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 They're going to play a team in the first round that most likely wants to plod.

1137
01:11:51,540 --> 01:11:55,620
 And for the most part, Alabama doesn't get sucked into those kind of games.

1138
01:11:56,320 --> 01:12:02,280
 The last one that got sucked into was the Vols game in late February, and they won in any way in Knoxville.

1139
01:12:02,460 --> 01:12:07,960
 So I think Alabama is going to be a four, and their offense makes them dangerous, obviously.

1140
01:12:08,740 --> 01:12:13,280
 We mentioned earlier about basketball compared to football as a marathon.

1141
01:12:13,820 --> 01:12:16,120
 And in case in points, Oklahoma, Texas A&M.

1142
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 At one point this season, everybody was already writing off the Sooners basketball team.

1143
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 And everybody was pumping sunshine and buckyball at Texas A&M.

1144
01:12:24,500 --> 01:12:29,060
 And then, as the season wore on, we saw the vector line starting to cross.

1145
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 Oklahoma now has the gas.

1146
01:12:31,400 --> 01:12:33,440
 Texas A&M, they've come back to earth.

1147
01:12:33,820 --> 01:12:38,640
 Before we get into tonight's matchup with Oklahoma and Arkansas, your thoughts about buckyball?

1148
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 Personally, I think he's exceeded expectations with the roster he inherited.

1149
01:12:44,020 --> 01:12:46,660
 But, nonetheless, this is a pretty smart league.

1150
01:12:46,920 --> 01:12:49,260
 You play long enough, they'll figure out where the holes are.

1151
01:12:51,820 --> 01:12:55,120
 Really talented team for Buckingham Miller.

1152
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 I think he did a really nice job.

1153
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 There were not a lot of expectations.

1154
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 I think they were picked to finish 13th in the league, or maybe it was 11th.

1155
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 I know it was above 10th, and it was an odd number.

1156
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 And I know it wasn't 15th.

1157
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 So he's done a nice job, but I think you're exactly right.

1158
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 You watch enough tape, and you realize, okay, this is what they do.

1159
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 As long as we don't do A, B, and C, we should be able to feast on D, E, and F.

1160
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 So let's try to do that.

1161
01:13:26,020 --> 01:13:29,920
 And I think, for the most part, teams have done that in SEC play.

1162
01:13:30,760 --> 01:13:33,900
 They started off 7-1 in league play.

1163
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 Then they played Alabama and Florida back-to-back.

1164
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 Barely lost to Alabama.

1165
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 Florida hammered them.

1166
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 Then they lost to Mizzou.

1167
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 Then they lost to Vandy.

1168
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 So at that point, they're 7-5, and you realize this team isn't nearly as good as they looked.

1169
01:13:49,680 --> 01:13:55,420
 But if I'm Buckingham Miller, if I'm an A&M fan, if I'm an A&M Athletic Department administrator,

1170
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 I'm extremely pleased with the fact this team's going to the NCAA tournament.

1171
01:14:00,240 --> 01:14:03,320
 Meanwhile, Oklahoma and Arkansas on a collision course tonight.

1172
01:14:03,480 --> 01:14:04,440
 Two old border neighbors.

1173
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 What's going to happen in that one, Mike?

1174
01:14:08,360 --> 01:14:08,800
 Basketball.

1175
01:14:08,940 --> 01:14:13,040
 Yeah, giving up, left for dead, and Porter Moser, get him out of here.

1176
01:14:13,580 --> 01:14:14,960
 Well, they're hot.

1177
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 They've won eight of their last ten.

1178
01:14:17,180 --> 01:14:22,200
 I think if they beat Arkansas tonight, they get in the NCAA tournament, maybe replacing Texas

1179
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 because Texas has gone the opposite way.

1180
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 And yesterday's game, they embarrassed Texas A&M.

1181
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 You told me three weeks ago, Oklahoma's going to be looking phenomenal in the SEC tournament.

1182
01:14:38,640 --> 01:14:40,220
 I would have been, oh, the Oklahoma women?

1183
01:14:40,780 --> 01:14:44,200
 Because the Oklahoma men aren't good, but they're playing phenomenal basketball.

1184
01:14:44,800 --> 01:14:49,080
 And Nigel Pack is getting paid a lot of money.

1185
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 He has Final Four experience when he was in Miami, and he started to play a lot better.

1186
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 Should be a fun day, all four top C's rocking and rolling today.

1187
01:15:00,380 --> 01:15:01,800
 I know you're going to enjoy that, Mike.

1188
01:15:01,860 --> 01:15:06,120
 And I would imagine you've already got the industrial strength popcorn ready for next week

1189
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 when it really gets down to business.

1190
01:15:07,780 --> 01:15:09,240
 Thank you so much for your time today.

1191
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 Kick back, enjoy, and have a great and safe weekend, Mike.

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 On yesterday's edition of Crimson Drive, driven by NASCAR, we were joined by Alabama baseball

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 outfielder, Logan Devenport.

1261
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 Got dinner with them.

1262
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 They showed me everything.

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 I just, it made me feel at home.

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1265
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 You know, like a lot of schools, they're very cutthroat.

1266
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 I think Alabama was such a good culture, such good people that are truly genuine and it made

1267
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 an easy decision.

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 That's one thing to see on a recruiting trip, but how have you seen that pop up again once

1269
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 you've gotten into fall ball or even early in the season, the culture kind of stayed the

1270
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 same?

1271
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 Yeah.

1272
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 So in the fall, like we, we'd have meetings, we'd come in and talk about like our core values

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 and, and what we value as a team and what it's going to take to get to, you know, Omaha.

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 Welcome back in.

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 It is an absolute pleasure for us to welcome in the man who knows all about radio, TV, newspapers.

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 Doug Sigrist, welcome in.

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 How are you?

1303
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 I'm superb.

1304
01:21:12,680 --> 01:21:15,400
 You know, this is the best we talked about last week.

1305
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 Yeah.

1306
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 But this is the best time of the year.

1307
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 I am working from home today.

1308
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 I'm sitting in front of my TV.

1309
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 I'm getting some stuff done, but this is just awesome.

1310
01:21:26,340 --> 01:21:26,560
 Yeah.

1311
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 Are you like Brett?

1312
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 Brett, he is.

1313
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 Now, he kind of takes it seriously.

1314
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 He's not going to take a shower until March manages to play the U.S.

1315
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 Are you with Brett on that, or what's the deal?

1316
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 No, I'll probably take a shower daily.

1317
01:21:39,900 --> 01:21:40,160
 Okay.

1318
01:21:40,300 --> 01:21:41,520
 At least once, right?

1319
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 Well, I've gotten to the point where when I enter the house, I feel like I'm visiting my grandfather.

1320
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 So, yeah, I need that shower.

1321
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 I hear you, Doug.

1322
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 What are your impressions so far?

1323
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 I think the biggest surprise, the Ole Miss Rebels.

1324
01:22:00,480 --> 01:22:04,900
 Let's start with those guys because no one gave them much of a chance coming in.

1325
01:22:05,340 --> 01:22:06,460
 They were over there in Oxford.

1326
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 They were everybody's punching bag, and here it is.

1327
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 It's Friday, and the question is how much gas do they still have left in the tank against the team not too far from you, from Tuscaloosa, coming up tonight in Nashville.

1328
01:22:18,140 --> 01:22:20,320
 But your impressions of the tourney so far in Nashville?

1329
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 Ole Miss has turned it on.

1330
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 Oklahoma's turned it on.

1331
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 Oklahoma's on the bubble.

1332
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 They got hot down the stretch.

1333
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 So, that's not a big surprise.

1334
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 But this Ole Miss team, you know, particularly considering who's coaching them, I expected more.

1335
01:22:37,560 --> 01:22:43,980
 Maybe not much more, but I expect teams to be, you know, at least to kind of be playing on the bubble at this point.

1336
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 You know, they've got scores, but they also got like LSU's two best players from last year, one of whom Alabama wanted.

1337
01:22:52,720 --> 01:22:55,440
 And I thought we would see more out of them.

1338
01:22:55,680 --> 01:23:05,240
 You know, I think it runs out tonight, but I go back to last year when Alabama played Ole Miss, and Ole Miss just absolutely shut them down defensively.

1339
01:23:05,800 --> 01:23:06,080
 That's right.

1340
01:23:06,080 --> 01:23:13,420
 So, Chris Beard will come up with some type of scheme that, you know, if Alabama's off a little, it could cause some problems.

1341
01:23:14,260 --> 01:23:16,120
 Let's face it, Ole Miss is loosey-goosey.

1342
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 I mean, if they lose, well, everybody said we was going to lose.

1343
01:23:18,900 --> 01:23:20,660
 Alabama right now is expected to win.

1344
01:23:20,780 --> 01:23:24,940
 So, what's the old definition of disappointments when you don't live up to expectations?

1345
01:23:25,220 --> 01:23:34,580
 Is that the biggest enemy in your mind, Doug, is the fact that Alabama might, between the ears, take this team for granted between the stripes?

1346
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 I think they did that with Georgia.

1347
01:23:37,840 --> 01:23:40,980
 And because of that, I don't think they do that tonight.

1348
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 You know, they've got two days off.

1349
01:23:44,700 --> 01:23:46,780
 They're really kind of on a hot streak.

1350
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 And still, when we look kind of at the national picture, they're still getting doubted a lot.

1351
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 And I've got a feeling Nate Oates is going to kind of remind his team of that.

1352
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 So, I don't really expect a flat performance tonight.

1353
01:24:01,440 --> 01:24:07,620
 Sunday night, Doug, what news will the Auburn fans be hearing about this men's basketball team?

1354
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 When does the NIT start?

1355
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 Not the NIT, but the NIT, right?

1356
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 Yeah.

1357
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 Yeah, it was all there for the taking.

1358
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 And, you know, every chance the last three weeks, you know, they had a, you know, when Auburn had a chance to move forward, they took two steps backwards.

1359
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 Just, you know, the chemistry wasn't there.

1360
01:24:30,700 --> 01:24:32,320
 I'm not sure the roster was there.

1361
01:24:33,260 --> 01:24:34,660
 This is very disappointing.

1362
01:24:34,880 --> 01:24:38,360
 You know, and I think, you know, you're still kind of hanging on by the thread.

1363
01:24:38,560 --> 01:24:44,880
 I think St. Louis winning today helped, because that would have erased another at-large spot.

1364
01:24:45,060 --> 01:24:49,720
 But certainly Miami of Ohio losing yesterday hurts a lot.

1365
01:24:50,980 --> 01:24:58,760
 And the biggest thing that hurts is just every change you've had to perform, just come up short.

1366
01:24:59,140 --> 01:25:02,620
 And, you know, giving up a 19-0 run, listen, Tennessee's a good team.

1367
01:25:03,100 --> 01:25:08,220
 I think with the right matchups, Tennessee could go to the Final Four, because of the way they play defense.

1368
01:25:08,580 --> 01:25:12,140
 But, you know, they just mugged Auburn for about a five-minute stretch.

1369
01:25:13,260 --> 01:25:16,660
 You think that even if the NIT is on the table, they'll take it?

1370
01:25:16,680 --> 01:25:17,580
 Because that can be expensive.

1371
01:25:17,720 --> 01:25:20,740
 Instead of making money, sometimes you spend money when you go that route.

1372
01:25:21,180 --> 01:25:25,040
 Or would it be better just to say, you know what, we're just going to hang it up.

1373
01:25:25,120 --> 01:25:29,440
 We're going to sit here, close the door, find out what we did wrong this year, and try to fix it in the offseason.

1374
01:25:29,520 --> 01:25:31,080
 What would be the best strategy for Auburn?

1375
01:25:31,220 --> 01:25:35,180
 And to that end, what does Auburn need to do to get back to the standard?

1376
01:25:37,480 --> 01:25:43,440
 Probably sit this one out, and then I think go back to focusing on high school recruitment

1377
01:25:43,440 --> 01:25:46,980
 and kind of match up with the portal as you need to.

1378
01:25:47,080 --> 01:25:53,020
 Because I think, really, one of Stephen Pearl's strengths is his ability to coach and practice

1379
01:25:53,020 --> 01:25:54,220
 and to develop players.

1380
01:25:54,760 --> 01:25:56,860
 And we just didn't see the development this year.

1381
01:25:57,200 --> 01:26:02,060
 It was almost a complete overhaul, and I think that's the biggest reason for that.

1382
01:26:02,240 --> 01:26:07,180
 But go back to what is your strength, and that's, you know, evaluating talent,

1383
01:26:07,480 --> 01:26:10,760
 getting talent on campus, then helping them grow.

1384
01:26:11,620 --> 01:26:15,180
 And, you know, it certainly saves you a little money, too.

1385
01:26:16,200 --> 01:26:23,160
 But at that point, if you have the nucleus in place, you can kind of pick and choose the portal.

1386
01:26:23,680 --> 01:26:24,720
 There are just so many.

1387
01:26:26,000 --> 01:26:27,800
 Again, I don't blame this on him.

1388
01:26:28,000 --> 01:26:30,180
 I mean, he inherited a bad situation.

1389
01:26:30,220 --> 01:26:30,500
 Oh, man.

1390
01:26:30,820 --> 01:26:32,140
 Potentially a bad roster.

1391
01:26:32,560 --> 01:26:33,780
 You look at all the guys.

1392
01:26:33,780 --> 01:26:37,860
 You've got four guys from last year that have played NBA games this year.

1393
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 And honestly, I thought one would at this point.

1394
01:26:41,100 --> 01:26:41,860
 I thought Broom would.

1395
01:26:43,300 --> 01:26:44,840
 Nobody replaces that.

1396
01:26:45,020 --> 01:26:50,060
 And the fact they played this incredible schedule, it just went south on it.

1397
01:26:50,060 --> 01:26:53,180
 But I'm not sure the roster was really that good.

1398
01:26:53,460 --> 01:26:54,820
 Just not enough size.

1399
01:26:55,520 --> 01:26:55,700
 Yeah.

1400
01:26:56,360 --> 01:26:59,240
 You think Steven called his mom and said, why did Dad do this to me?

1401
01:27:02,060 --> 01:27:03,100
 He talked to him.

1402
01:27:03,120 --> 01:27:04,100
 What was he thinking?

1403
01:27:04,760 --> 01:27:06,940
 No, listen, this didn't happen in the vacuum.

1404
01:27:07,240 --> 01:27:12,100
 I'm sure, hey, I'm probably going to step down, you know, on the timer right.

1405
01:27:13,180 --> 01:27:19,840
 Steven Pearl would probably, you know, be better off had he gone somewhere else where he could, you know,

1406
01:27:20,040 --> 01:27:21,880
 not be under that glare.

1407
01:27:22,440 --> 01:27:24,640
 But at the same time, it is what it is.

1408
01:27:24,800 --> 01:27:29,500
 And, you know, I think you just try to get back to what you do best next year.

1409
01:27:30,640 --> 01:27:37,060
 Speaking of that, the balance of the schedule today, all top four big shots rocking and rolling up in Nashville.

1410
01:27:37,240 --> 01:27:38,420
 Kentucky having the way right now.

1411
01:27:38,480 --> 01:27:44,080
 But Florida, we mentioned, coming up after this one, Tennessee and Vanderbilt, third time this season.

1412
01:27:44,160 --> 01:27:46,180
 They're split down the middle so far.

1413
01:27:46,180 --> 01:27:51,820
 Who takes a, say, in baseball, the rubber match this afternoon, Tennessee and Vanderbilt tournament?

1414
01:27:53,480 --> 01:27:59,420
 I just think Tennessee is just too physical when they're getting the calls.

1415
01:28:00,180 --> 01:28:05,600
 And, you know, I think neutral side, they're going to try to bully Vanderbilt.

1416
01:28:06,100 --> 01:28:08,700
 I think Vanderbilt is really overachieved.

1417
01:28:08,780 --> 01:28:10,920
 And I said it when they got off to the great start.

1418
01:28:11,720 --> 01:28:15,020
 I just think Tennessee is the more solid team.

1419
01:28:16,180 --> 01:28:18,320
 All said, I mean, Vanderbilt is still very good.

1420
01:28:18,440 --> 01:28:26,040
 I just, if anybody has overachieved, I think Texas A&M is the only program that has overachieved more than Vanderbilt this year.

1421
01:28:27,380 --> 01:28:30,920
 And the night camp, pretty good one, Arkansas and Oklahoma.

1422
01:28:31,160 --> 01:28:34,140
 Doug, your thoughts on that showdown for the late date tonight?

1423
01:28:34,960 --> 01:28:38,100
 Yeah, I'm wondering if Oklahoma has solidified everything.

1424
01:28:38,100 --> 01:28:43,300
 I just don't think they can go with Arkansas for a third straight night.

1425
01:28:43,400 --> 01:28:48,760
 You know, the thing is, Calipari has really gotten more tempo this year.

1426
01:28:49,300 --> 01:28:52,900
 The roster's been a little limited the last few weeks.

1427
01:28:53,020 --> 01:28:56,880
 I don't know if they can go as fast as they want to go against Oklahoma.

1428
01:28:57,040 --> 01:28:59,760
 I just think Arkansas is the better team.

1429
01:29:00,120 --> 01:29:07,600
 And, again, I think there are four teams in the SEC, if everything breaks right, can go deep in the tournament.

1430
01:29:07,760 --> 01:29:09,020
 And Arkansas is one of those four.

1431
01:29:09,780 --> 01:29:15,180
 Well, if Arkansas goes to the script tonight and they take on Alabama tomorrow, it starts, what, in the afternoon?

1432
01:29:15,300 --> 01:29:19,160
 They may wind up Tuesday if the regular season scoreboard is any indication.

1433
01:29:19,820 --> 01:29:21,000
 That's going to be a long one.

1434
01:29:21,040 --> 01:29:22,900
 Doug, it's always good to hook up with you, man.

1435
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 We know that you're going to be kicking back and enjoying.

1436
01:29:26,080 --> 01:29:31,600
 And, quickly, who, in your opinion, will play for all the marbles and cut down the nets on Sunday in Nashville?

1437
01:29:33,360 --> 01:29:34,700
 I'm going to go Florida, Alabama.

1438
01:29:35,620 --> 01:29:35,840
 Yeah.

1439
01:29:36,640 --> 01:29:40,060
 And I think Alabama right now, that would solidify.

1440
01:29:40,280 --> 01:29:46,200
 I think most people would take Florida in that game, but at least it would solidify maybe as high as a number three C.

1441
01:29:46,300 --> 01:29:47,260
 So, stay tuned, man.

1442
01:29:47,260 --> 01:29:48,900
 Listen, thank you so much for your time today.

1443
01:29:49,020 --> 01:29:50,320
 Kick back and enjoy.

1444
01:29:50,920 --> 01:29:53,400
 And, please, stay away from that March Madness flu, okay?

1445
01:29:54,600 --> 01:29:55,160
 Thanks, Harold.

1446
01:29:55,220 --> 01:29:55,880
 You have a good one.

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 The one and the only, Doug Seeger, is checking in from Beham.

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1563
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 Craig, welcome in.

1564
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 How are you?

1565
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 Harold, doing great.

1566
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 How are you?

1567
01:35:27,420 --> 01:35:29,440
 It's a very busy time of year.

1568
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 Yeah.

1569
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 You know, it's funny when you say that, Craig, because everybody, I think, in the back of

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 their minds, they believe that September is the busiest time of the year.

1571
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 But in some ways, it's the slowest, is it not?

1572
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 If you're a sportscaster, sports writer in the sports business.

1573
01:35:43,300 --> 01:35:43,560
 Yeah.

1574
01:35:43,840 --> 01:35:46,160
 Because this time of year, it's a Super Bowl, is it not?

1575
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 Yeah, it is.

1576
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 Because, I mean, with football, you're right.

1577
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 I mean, obviously, it's, you know, everybody is dialed in all the time.

1578
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 They're in football season, but it's one game a week, you know?

1579
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 Right.

1580
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 So, and basketball, and you know, you got baseball going on, and spring football, and

1581
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1582
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 So, yes, it is, you know, I enjoy this time of year, really, March and April, you know,

1583
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 once you get into April, you get the Masters, you get baseball season.

1584
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 Yeah.

1585
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 It's a really fun time of year to be a sports fan.

1586
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 You don't have real football, but other than that, you got everything else.

1587
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 I'm proud you said that, because obviously, you got this going on.

1588
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1589
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 granddaddy of them all over to Masters.

1590
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 So, good job there, Craig.

1591
01:36:34,480 --> 01:36:35,540
 So far, so good.

1592
01:36:35,580 --> 01:36:39,220
 Are you enjoying the basketball party that they're pitching there in Nashville?

1593
01:36:39,340 --> 01:36:40,680
 What are your impressions so far?

1594
01:36:41,820 --> 01:36:50,480
 Well, you know, Auburn continues to make life interesting, or, you know, devastating if

1595
01:36:50,480 --> 01:36:51,140
 you're an Auburn fan.

1596
01:36:51,240 --> 01:36:55,240
 Yeah, I mean, I thought that game yesterday against Tennessee, they really had it in hand.

1597
01:36:55,460 --> 01:37:00,460
 You know, they were up double digits with about 11 minutes left, and then evaporated all of

1598
01:37:00,460 --> 01:37:00,660
 a sudden.

1599
01:37:01,020 --> 01:37:02,760
 Not only did they lose, they lost by 10.

1600
01:37:02,760 --> 01:37:06,980
 So, they got blown out over the final 10 minutes, and obviously, they really needed that

1601
01:37:06,980 --> 01:37:09,240
 one to be secure in the NCAA tournament.

1602
01:37:09,480 --> 01:37:13,720
 There's still a chance they could make it, but it just gave them every margin for error,

1603
01:37:13,900 --> 01:37:17,360
 and basically, everything has to break right for them to get in, and they still might.

1604
01:37:17,440 --> 01:37:23,340
 But again, it was just a brutal, brutal collapse to what has been a brutal, you know, last six

1605
01:37:23,340 --> 01:37:24,480
 weeks or so for Auburn.

1606
01:37:25,100 --> 01:37:26,700
 Craig, I saw that, too.

1607
01:37:27,060 --> 01:37:30,820
 Sometimes, if you lose by a bucket, the committee would say, you know, blah, blah, blah.

1608
01:37:30,820 --> 01:37:35,320
 But when you have the lead, they did, and then you end up losing by double digits.

1609
01:37:35,860 --> 01:37:37,760
 I mean, where do you start breaking that down?

1610
01:37:37,840 --> 01:37:42,000
 If you're an Auburn fan, I mean, obviously, a man is, he is good.

1611
01:37:42,120 --> 01:37:43,540
 I mean, let's just go ahead and tell like it is.

1612
01:37:43,540 --> 01:37:44,960
 This kid's good, but he's one player.

1613
01:37:45,060 --> 01:37:49,120
 When you've got that kind of lead in that, at that part of the game, you should have at

1614
01:37:49,120 --> 01:37:53,900
 least some strategy, some B plan to go to and say, what can we do to stop the big momentum

1615
01:37:53,900 --> 01:37:54,860
 from swinging this far?

1616
01:37:54,920 --> 01:37:56,840
 Because momentum's always a part of any game.

1617
01:37:57,220 --> 01:38:00,760
 But when it swings like that, how much of that is on the coaching staff?

1618
01:38:00,820 --> 01:38:04,280
 And speaking of which, your thoughts about Papa Pearl?

1619
01:38:05,520 --> 01:38:05,920
 Yeah.

1620
01:38:06,020 --> 01:38:06,340
 Okay.

1621
01:38:06,400 --> 01:38:07,160
 Well, that's a lot.

1622
01:38:07,320 --> 01:38:09,440
 But let me see if I can kind of dig through it.

1623
01:38:10,780 --> 01:38:11,180
 Yeah.

1624
01:38:11,380 --> 01:38:17,140
 You know, it's easy to say Stephen Pearl is in over his head, which maybe he is.

1625
01:38:17,240 --> 01:38:19,020
 But, you know, it's not his fault.

1626
01:38:19,020 --> 01:38:25,740
 But his dad quitting was, you know, right when practice was starting, Auburn didn't really

1627
01:38:25,740 --> 01:38:26,700
 have any other choice.

1628
01:38:27,380 --> 01:38:29,780
 And it obviously looked pretty good for a while.

1629
01:38:29,900 --> 01:38:32,740
 But, yeah, there's something off with this Auburn team.

1630
01:38:33,800 --> 01:38:39,460
 You know, the roster, the chemistry just does not seem to be blended very well.

1631
01:38:39,460 --> 01:38:44,560
 And, you know, when you get a new roster every year, basically, you know, they lost all

1632
01:38:44,560 --> 01:38:49,200
 those great, not just Janai Broome, but a lot of the glue guys, you know, Dylan Cardwell

1633
01:38:49,200 --> 01:38:51,220
 and others off of that team last year.

1634
01:38:51,360 --> 01:38:56,980
 And it just seems like we see this quite a bit in college baseball, where you really have

1635
01:38:56,980 --> 01:38:59,800
 to remake your roster every year because you lose guys in the draft.

1636
01:38:59,980 --> 01:39:04,620
 But it seems like, you know, they just got a bad batch, so to speak.

1637
01:39:04,620 --> 01:39:05,860
 You know, they just didn't.

1638
01:39:06,080 --> 01:39:07,560
 And we've seen teams in the past.

1639
01:39:07,640 --> 01:39:08,440
 There have been a lot of teams.

1640
01:39:08,520 --> 01:39:10,700
 I was actually making a list of this earlier today.

1641
01:39:11,240 --> 01:39:15,160
 There's been something like, the last three years, there have been four teams who made

1642
01:39:15,160 --> 01:39:17,500
 the Final Four and then didn't even make the tournament the next year.

1643
01:39:17,660 --> 01:39:20,260
 NC State last year was an example of that.

1644
01:39:20,340 --> 01:39:23,940
 North Carolina, a couple of years ago, made the Final Four, didn't make the tournament

1645
01:39:23,940 --> 01:39:25,020
 the next year.

1646
01:39:25,100 --> 01:39:25,860
 So it happens.

1647
01:39:26,000 --> 01:39:26,840
 It's one year.

1648
01:39:26,920 --> 01:39:27,480
 It's an off year.

1649
01:39:27,540 --> 01:39:30,640
 It looks bad because it's Steven Pearl's first year.

1650
01:39:30,880 --> 01:39:36,220
 As far as Bruce, yeah, I mean, just not doing his son any favors or maybe doing his son a

1651
01:39:36,220 --> 01:39:39,180
 favor by pulling the spotlight onto himself.

1652
01:39:39,340 --> 01:39:43,300
 But, you know, yelling at the refs in the crowd yesterday and just some of the crazy stuff

1653
01:39:43,300 --> 01:39:45,340
 he said on TV about Miami of Ohio.

1654
01:39:45,660 --> 01:39:50,220
 And, you know, even if you could just dismiss all the politics that he's involved in, it's

1655
01:39:50,220 --> 01:39:55,320
 just, man, it just seems like there's so much controversy around this program right now.

1656
01:39:55,400 --> 01:39:59,720
 And maybe they just need to get this one over with and move on to next year.

1657
01:39:59,780 --> 01:40:01,460
 But I don't think Steven Pearl's going to get fired.

1658
01:40:01,540 --> 01:40:02,160
 That would be crazy.

1659
01:40:02,320 --> 01:40:04,920
 But, again, he was put in an impossible spot.

1660
01:40:05,640 --> 01:40:07,440
 Yeah, I agree with you, Craig.

1661
01:40:07,500 --> 01:40:08,740
 It wasn't just what happened.

1662
01:40:08,820 --> 01:40:10,560
 It's when it happened there at the last minute.

1663
01:40:10,660 --> 01:40:13,000
 Craig Stevenson hooking up with us at AL.com.

1664
01:40:13,080 --> 01:40:17,780
 On the other side of the coin, another side of the state, Greg, your thoughts about Alabama.

1665
01:40:17,900 --> 01:40:18,840
 They should be rested.

1666
01:40:18,840 --> 01:40:25,220
 But before we get into the X's and O's, on that topic, your thoughts about how Nate

1667
01:40:25,220 --> 01:40:30,060
 Oates has put together this roster because, yeah, I know a lot of folks said, you mean

1668
01:40:30,060 --> 01:40:31,520
 they played sports when you were young?

1669
01:40:31,600 --> 01:40:32,260
 Yeah, they did.

1670
01:40:32,700 --> 01:40:34,680
 And one thing that hasn't changed is chemistry.

1671
01:40:34,840 --> 01:40:37,280
 You've got to have that on any team out there.

1672
01:40:37,300 --> 01:40:39,780
 I don't care if it was 1,000 years ago when I played or now.

1673
01:40:40,380 --> 01:40:45,680
 And you look at this team that Nate's put together, and it seems like they finally figured

1674
01:40:45,680 --> 01:40:46,220
 this thing out.

1675
01:40:46,260 --> 01:40:47,400
 We need to play as one.

1676
01:40:47,540 --> 01:40:51,780
 They've got some guys on there that they're not opposed to taking the charge.

1677
01:40:51,880 --> 01:40:52,880
 And that's the first thing I see.

1678
01:40:52,960 --> 01:40:54,820
 Can somebody sit there and take the charge?

1679
01:40:54,920 --> 01:40:57,000
 That tells me he's a team guy.

1680
01:40:57,540 --> 01:41:02,640
 And you look at, did you ever think we'd say this, the payroll in Alabama and Kentucky is

1681
01:41:02,640 --> 01:41:06,620
 roughly in the neighborhood of three times what Alabama is spending.

1682
01:41:07,600 --> 01:41:11,540
 It's always been important, but has it ever been more important for a coach to be able

1683
01:41:11,540 --> 01:41:15,000
 to evaluate talent to get the biggest bang for his buck?

1684
01:41:15,760 --> 01:41:16,160
 For sure.

1685
01:41:16,280 --> 01:41:19,720
 And, you know, they've obviously done a great job of the traditional recruiting.

1686
01:41:19,720 --> 01:41:22,600
 They bring in several four- and five-star guys every year.

1687
01:41:22,720 --> 01:41:27,700
 They're bringing in a couple next year, although they did miss out on Caleb Holt, which was

1688
01:41:27,700 --> 01:41:28,440
 Oh, man.

1689
01:41:28,440 --> 01:41:28,760
 Huge.

1690
01:41:28,760 --> 01:41:29,520
 Which stings a little bit.

1691
01:41:29,600 --> 01:41:31,120
 I know you guys know up in that part of the state.

1692
01:41:31,320 --> 01:41:31,680
 Oh, yeah.

1693
01:41:32,100 --> 01:41:32,460
 Phenomenal.

1694
01:41:32,860 --> 01:41:37,340
 You know, what has been interesting with this team is you thought maybe the Charles

1695
01:41:37,340 --> 01:41:41,780
 Fidiaco's situation was just going to blow everything up when all that fell apart.

1696
01:41:41,880 --> 01:41:44,040
 But they've actually played better since he's been gone.

1697
01:41:45,000 --> 01:41:49,140
 And it's not just, you know, LeBaron Filon, obviously, is a superstar, going to be a first-round

1698
01:41:49,140 --> 01:41:49,480
 pick.

1699
01:41:50,020 --> 01:41:53,800
 Murray Allen, who's a true freshman, probably will be a lottery pick as well.

1700
01:41:54,300 --> 01:41:56,820
 But it's been those, like I mentioned, those glue guys.

1701
01:41:56,960 --> 01:42:00,160
 Latreau, Reitzel, Houston, Millette have really come on recently.

1702
01:42:00,700 --> 01:42:04,560
 You know, they went and got a bunch of guys in the portal, but none of those guys have really

1703
01:42:04,560 --> 01:42:05,920
 been that great this year.

1704
01:42:06,440 --> 01:42:08,740
 Aiden Holloway is another one, obviously, transferred from Auburn.

1705
01:42:08,820 --> 01:42:12,220
 He has been that secondary scorer to Filon a lot of the time.

1706
01:42:12,280 --> 01:42:15,160
 But yeah, it just seems like Madoz is a really good coach, obviously.

1707
01:42:15,660 --> 01:42:21,620
 You know, he says and does some dumb things off the court, but he is a basketball savant.

1708
01:42:21,760 --> 01:42:22,960
 There's no question about it.

1709
01:42:23,160 --> 01:42:26,320
 And got him going again, and they're playing great right now.

1710
01:42:26,500 --> 01:42:28,200
 You know, can they win the SEC tournament?

1711
01:42:28,340 --> 01:42:30,560
 I'm not sure anybody's going to beat Florida, be honest with you.

1712
01:42:30,900 --> 01:42:33,500
 Can they win the NCAA tournament, get to the Final Four?

1713
01:42:33,600 --> 01:42:34,800
 I don't know about that either.

1714
01:42:35,320 --> 01:42:38,280
 But they have, you know, they've got it rolling right now.

1715
01:42:38,280 --> 01:42:42,440
 You know, Final Four, Elite Eight, probably at least a Sweet 16 this year.

1716
01:42:42,620 --> 01:42:47,600
 So, yeah, this is, you know, you've been following Alabama basketball a long time, as I have.

1717
01:42:47,700 --> 01:42:51,100
 And this is the glory days of Alabama basketball, as far as I'm concerned.

1718
01:42:51,580 --> 01:42:52,360
 You have to agree.

1719
01:42:52,480 --> 01:42:57,620
 I think right now, Craig, if you agree or disagree, something that's going on kind of behind the

1720
01:42:57,620 --> 01:42:59,340
 scenes over the last few days.

1721
01:42:59,460 --> 01:43:03,720
 And I think if you're a serious Alabama basketball fan, you better keep a close eye on it.

1722
01:43:03,720 --> 01:43:08,060
 And that's up in a place called Michigan State, where Izzo looks like there's

1723
01:43:08,060 --> 01:43:09,540
 rumblings that he might hang it up.

1724
01:43:09,640 --> 01:43:12,600
 And of all the jobs out there, I think Nate Oates has pretty much said,

1725
01:43:12,700 --> 01:43:16,040
 I'm staying at Alabama until I at least try to have a legitimate chance to win a national

1726
01:43:16,040 --> 01:43:16,540
 championship.

1727
01:43:17,500 --> 01:43:20,500
 But he, I think in his heart, loves Michigan State.

1728
01:43:20,600 --> 01:43:22,360
 What are your thoughts about that?

1729
01:43:22,620 --> 01:43:26,180
 I don't want to sit here and throw anything out there, just about the potential down the road.

1730
01:43:27,160 --> 01:43:27,880
 Yeah, I don't doubt.

1731
01:43:27,960 --> 01:43:29,560
 That's what I have always said, too.

1732
01:43:29,560 --> 01:43:34,220
 If he was ever going to leave, you know, potentially the NBA, too, because they do play very

1733
01:43:34,220 --> 01:43:35,660
 NBA style.

1734
01:43:36,780 --> 01:43:40,320
 But if he ever left for another college job, it would be Michigan State again.

1735
01:43:40,460 --> 01:43:43,220
 You know, like you said, he came up as a high school coach in the state of Michigan.

1736
01:43:43,220 --> 01:43:45,440
 Tom Izzo's one of his mentors.

1737
01:43:46,180 --> 01:43:49,640
 And yes, I think if that job came up and he would give it some serious thought, you'd

1738
01:43:49,640 --> 01:43:53,940
 wonder, you know, would the timing be just right, potentially?

1739
01:43:55,040 --> 01:44:00,060
 You know, because there have been some other people like that in the past in other sports.

1740
01:44:00,060 --> 01:44:02,540
 It's like, well, he's going to go to that job when it comes up.

1741
01:44:02,600 --> 01:44:06,160
 And like Kurt Cignetti at Penn State, you know, you'll figure, well, Penn State comes up and

1742
01:44:06,160 --> 01:44:06,560
 he's going.

1743
01:44:06,900 --> 01:44:07,500
 Well, he didn't.

1744
01:44:07,560 --> 01:44:09,380
 Then he won a national championship in Indiana.

1745
01:44:09,760 --> 01:44:10,900
 You go back 20 years.

1746
01:44:11,320 --> 01:44:13,960
 Les Miles is going to go to Michigan if that job opens up.

1747
01:44:14,320 --> 01:44:17,940
 Well, he was on the verge of playing for a national championship at LSU and he didn't take that

1748
01:44:17,940 --> 01:44:18,180
 job.

1749
01:44:18,240 --> 01:44:19,380
 And then he won a title at LSU.

1750
01:44:19,560 --> 01:44:24,860
 So all that is to say, if Michigan State came open, yes, I think Nate Oates would give

1751
01:44:24,860 --> 01:44:25,840
 it serious consideration.

1752
01:44:26,380 --> 01:44:29,180
 Is it automatic that he would go?

1753
01:44:29,280 --> 01:44:30,100
 I don't know about that.

1754
01:44:30,560 --> 01:44:30,880
 Yeah.

1755
01:44:31,040 --> 01:44:34,120
 So if it does come open, would Lane Kiffin consider that job, correct?

1756
01:44:35,240 --> 01:44:35,680
 Yeah.

1757
01:44:35,800 --> 01:44:37,240
 Well, he's always, yeah.

1758
01:44:37,320 --> 01:44:43,040
 If you're making a hot board, you know, like the websites do, he'd be at the top of every

1759
01:44:43,040 --> 01:44:43,440
 one of them.

1760
01:44:43,520 --> 01:44:43,640
 Yeah.

1761
01:44:43,820 --> 01:44:44,500
 I don't even know.

1762
01:44:45,020 --> 01:44:46,880
 You know, I will say this.

1763
01:44:47,480 --> 01:44:52,440
 If Nate Oates were to go, you know, Brian Hodgson down in South Florida would probably be

1764
01:44:52,440 --> 01:44:57,880
 a pretty good candidate because he has done a great job both at Arkansas State and at South

1765
01:44:57,880 --> 01:44:58,200
 Florida.

1766
01:44:58,200 --> 01:45:00,960
 And of course, he is Nate Oates' right-hand man.

1767
01:45:01,040 --> 01:45:03,560
 He's been on those great teams in the last few years at Alabama.

1768
01:45:04,140 --> 01:45:05,840
 So anyway, just put it right out there.

1769
01:45:06,380 --> 01:45:07,180
 Yeah, there you go.

1770
01:45:07,240 --> 01:45:07,820
 Well, appreciate it.

1771
01:45:07,840 --> 01:45:11,160
 Before that happens, obviously some business tonight on the hardwoods.

1772
01:45:11,260 --> 01:45:14,840
 We know what it looks like on paper, Alabama and Ole Miss.

1773
01:45:14,940 --> 01:45:15,140
 Right.

1774
01:45:15,500 --> 01:45:18,240
 We've been around this thing called basketball a long time.

1775
01:45:18,360 --> 01:45:20,820
 You don't play the game at roughly 2 o'clock in the afternoon.

1776
01:45:20,900 --> 01:45:22,140
 You've got to wait and play it tonight.

1777
01:45:22,800 --> 01:45:25,080
 Your thoughts realistically, what's going to happen tonight?

1778
01:45:26,000 --> 01:45:29,740
 Well, you know, I was kind of, I thought, well, you know, Georgia, if they end up

1779
01:45:29,740 --> 01:45:31,200
 playing them, that's going to be an interesting game.

1780
01:45:31,340 --> 01:45:33,780
 Texas, you know, if they end up playing them, it's going to be an interesting game because

1781
01:45:33,780 --> 01:45:35,240
 they lost to both of them.

1782
01:45:35,680 --> 01:45:39,700
 And then all of a sudden there's carnage in the bracket and they're playing Ole Miss, who

1783
01:45:39,700 --> 01:45:43,420
 they beat by 19 just like whatever it was a couple of weeks ago.

1784
01:45:43,600 --> 01:45:46,020
 So, and Oxford, by the way.

1785
01:45:46,080 --> 01:45:48,480
 So, no, I don't expect Alabama to have much trouble with that one.

1786
01:45:48,580 --> 01:45:52,940
 If they, you know, they get past them, assuming Arkansas wins as well, you know, that could

1787
01:45:52,940 --> 01:45:56,740
 be a really, really interesting game tomorrow because they played that classic game in Tuscaloosa

1788
01:45:56,740 --> 01:45:57,680
 just a couple of weeks ago.

1789
01:45:57,800 --> 01:46:00,660
 So, I'd be shocked if they lose to Ole Miss.

1790
01:46:00,980 --> 01:46:07,800
 But, you know, beyond tonight, it's definitely going to be really, really hard fought if it's

1791
01:46:07,800 --> 01:46:11,000
 Arkansas and then presumably Florida in the championship game.

1792
01:46:11,600 --> 01:46:14,700
 Yeah, that's, to me, it's a what-if situation right now.

1793
01:46:14,780 --> 01:46:18,040
 But doing the hypothetics, I'm borrowing one of the big words here, Alabama wins.

1794
01:46:18,500 --> 01:46:21,880
 Then they would sit back and see who wins the nightcap, Oklahoma and Arkansas.

1795
01:46:22,140 --> 01:46:23,540
 You bring up a good point about Arkansas.

1796
01:46:24,200 --> 01:46:27,860
 But the way Oklahoma's playing, they get a lot of love as the dark horse right now and

1797
01:46:27,860 --> 01:46:29,420
 sports about momentum.

1798
01:46:29,960 --> 01:46:31,820
 Oklahoma's right in the top of the wave right now.

1799
01:46:32,000 --> 01:46:33,720
 But who do you see tomorrow?

1800
01:46:34,020 --> 01:46:36,740
 Can Oklahoma continue their wave against Arkansas?

1801
01:46:36,740 --> 01:46:40,300
 And if Arkansas prevails, what do you see tomorrow?

1802
01:46:40,420 --> 01:46:43,140
 What would be the over-under, what, 420 in that game?

1803
01:46:43,380 --> 01:46:43,840
 Yeah, I know.

1804
01:46:44,060 --> 01:46:45,900
 Yeah, yeah, you're right on all those counts.

1805
01:46:46,340 --> 01:46:47,200
 Yeah, Oklahoma's good.

1806
01:46:47,260 --> 01:46:47,620
 You're right.

1807
01:46:47,760 --> 01:46:51,780
 And, you know, speaking of Auburn, that's a team they've got to be really worried about.

1808
01:46:51,880 --> 01:46:55,420
 And somebody that could come in and steal that spot, it would be Oklahoma, I think, if they

1809
01:46:55,420 --> 01:47:01,200
 make a real run to the final, at least, or even to win tonight over Arkansas would be big

1810
01:47:01,200 --> 01:47:01,880
 for Oklahoma.

1811
01:47:01,880 --> 01:47:07,800
 And, you know, I do, yeah, you know, there are no gimmies, like I said.

1812
01:47:08,020 --> 01:47:10,920
 But I do think that if it's Alabama-Oklahoma, Alabama would win.

1813
01:47:11,000 --> 01:47:15,520
 Alabama-Arkansas, though, I mean, you know, all bets are off on that one, because that's

1814
01:47:15,520 --> 01:47:15,940
 a tough one.

1815
01:47:17,200 --> 01:47:19,100
 Craig Stevenson to AL.com.

1816
01:47:19,180 --> 01:47:24,080
 Craig, help us figure out this UAB situation this season with their schedule.

1817
01:47:25,080 --> 01:47:25,160
 Yeah.

1818
01:47:25,300 --> 01:47:27,480
 Are they the proverbial Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde?

1819
01:47:27,520 --> 01:47:28,880
 Do they want to play every game in the world?

1820
01:47:28,980 --> 01:47:31,460
 Are they the only team in the world that wants to play every game away from home?

1821
01:47:32,580 --> 01:47:36,460
 Yeah, we've seen some teams like that in the past, and I don't know.

1822
01:47:36,640 --> 01:47:38,240
 It is unusual.

1823
01:47:38,800 --> 01:47:43,640
 I would think that it bodes well for them if they get in a postseason tournament, even if

1824
01:47:43,640 --> 01:47:44,880
 that's the NIT, you know.

1825
01:47:46,060 --> 01:47:51,340
 That they're just, you know, because basketball traditionally is such a huge home court advantage,

1826
01:47:51,440 --> 01:47:52,540
 home field advantage sport.

1827
01:47:52,600 --> 01:47:55,280
 But for some teams, it doesn't seem to matter.

1828
01:47:56,420 --> 01:47:57,080
 I don't know.

1829
01:47:57,160 --> 01:47:58,520
 Yeah, I can't explain it.

1830
01:47:58,600 --> 01:48:00,900
 I just think it's probably just a bleaky thing.

1831
01:48:01,160 --> 01:48:07,020
 But, you know, I haven't ever really been to a game, an UAB game at home in a long time.

1832
01:48:07,220 --> 01:48:12,340
 And if there's something particular about their home crowd or home arena that doesn't really

1833
01:48:12,340 --> 01:48:14,260
 inspire them much, I can't really say.

1834
01:48:14,400 --> 01:48:15,340
 That's a good question, though.

1835
01:48:15,420 --> 01:48:16,000
 It is weird.

1836
01:48:16,180 --> 01:48:16,820
 It is odd.

1837
01:48:16,960 --> 01:48:17,520
 I'll say that.

1838
01:48:17,880 --> 01:48:18,160
 It's odd.

1839
01:48:18,160 --> 01:48:19,760
 Something else that's true, too.

1840
01:48:20,140 --> 01:48:22,320
 Scott Cross, a pretty good coach at Troy.

1841
01:48:22,520 --> 01:48:26,540
 What I like about us getting together here, we know that Alabama and Auburn, they're the

1842
01:48:26,540 --> 01:48:28,000
 premier schools of the state.

1843
01:48:28,060 --> 01:48:31,000
 But there's a lot of good basketball teams out there.

1844
01:48:31,140 --> 01:48:32,380
 And Troy is one of them.

1845
01:48:32,600 --> 01:48:35,340
 And Scott Cross, he's almost like he's in the shadow.

1846
01:48:35,540 --> 01:48:40,800
 But, oh, by the way, I'm going to see someone else be a 300-game winner.

1847
01:48:40,980 --> 01:48:43,440
 You've got to be pretty good to win one game, let alone 300.

1848
01:48:44,440 --> 01:48:50,400
 Yeah, he, you know, last year was really a bit of a surprise the way they did.

1849
01:48:50,600 --> 01:48:56,740
 But then they lost four starters, all of them to, well, three of them to major conference

1850
01:48:56,740 --> 01:48:57,880
 programs.

1851
01:48:58,120 --> 01:49:01,260
 And none of those schools that they went to are going to make the NCAA tournament, by the

1852
01:49:01,260 --> 01:49:01,420
 way.

1853
01:49:01,920 --> 01:49:09,640
 But he did bring back nine guys that were on the team last year, including a couple of

1854
01:49:09,640 --> 01:49:10,300
 key contributors.

1855
01:49:10,440 --> 01:49:13,600
 Thomas Dowd, who's a 6'9 forward out of the Dothan area.

1856
01:49:14,000 --> 01:49:15,040
 Really solid player.

1857
01:49:15,180 --> 01:49:16,940
 And they've got some shooters as well.

1858
01:49:17,080 --> 01:49:18,200
 But yeah, Cross, a great coach.

1859
01:49:19,300 --> 01:49:23,940
 You know, to do it back-to-back, double back-to-back, double championships, regular season and tournament

1860
01:49:23,940 --> 01:49:24,720
 two years in a row.

1861
01:49:25,120 --> 01:49:27,120
 I mean, you can't, that's not, there's no fluke to that.

1862
01:49:27,180 --> 01:49:27,900
 He's a good coach.

1863
01:49:28,620 --> 01:49:31,480
 UT Arlington fired him about eight years ago.

1864
01:49:31,720 --> 01:49:35,960
 He's an alum, took them to the NCAA tournament, never had a losing season.

1865
01:49:36,740 --> 01:49:40,980
 And they are regretting that because they've had four coaches in eight years since he left.

1866
01:49:41,280 --> 01:49:42,960
 And Cross is an excellent coach.

1867
01:49:42,960 --> 01:49:46,920
 You know, he's starting to see his, you're starting to see his name mentioned for some big jobs.

1868
01:49:47,380 --> 01:49:57,980
 Georgia Tech is open, and Brent Jones, the former Troy AD, is now the deputy AD at Georgia Tech.

1869
01:49:58,440 --> 01:50:00,600
 So I expect Scott to be up for that job.

1870
01:50:00,880 --> 01:50:01,780
 Will he take it?

1871
01:50:01,800 --> 01:50:02,420
 It's a good question.

1872
01:50:02,520 --> 01:50:04,380
 I kind of thought he was going to leave after last year.

1873
01:50:05,060 --> 01:50:09,000
 He's from the Dallas area, and North Texas opened up, but he ended up staying.

1874
01:50:09,440 --> 01:50:12,500
 And apparently he could have had that job if he had wanted it, but he decided to stay.

1875
01:50:12,500 --> 01:50:16,780
 I think he's got a son that I think is a junior or a senior in high school.

1876
01:50:17,040 --> 01:50:19,000
 And that was part of the reason that he stuck around.

1877
01:50:19,180 --> 01:50:23,880
 But if he stays, man, that would be big for Troy because he's really got him rolling there.

1878
01:50:24,120 --> 01:50:29,880
 But it may get to a point where it's like, man, I've got to see what I can do at the highest level

1879
01:50:29,880 --> 01:50:31,100
 because he's certainly capable.

1880
01:50:31,900 --> 01:50:35,540
 I think I saw the guy who let him go at his last stop up there at McDonald's.

1881
01:50:35,600 --> 01:50:37,200
 He wondered if I wanted fries for that order.

1882
01:50:37,200 --> 01:50:45,760
 Yeah, they said, the UTA AD at the time said, we want to be the next Gonzaga.

1883
01:50:46,260 --> 01:50:47,080
 Yeah, that's right.

1884
01:50:47,760 --> 01:50:48,920
 They have not been.

1885
01:50:49,140 --> 01:50:49,740
 I'll say that.

1886
01:50:49,840 --> 01:50:50,040
 Yeah.

1887
01:50:50,420 --> 01:50:54,200
 You can be the AD one day and D-E-A-D the next day if you make the wrong decisions.

1888
01:50:54,360 --> 01:50:57,800
 Craig, for the folks who want to hook up with you, where can you take us online anytime?

1889
01:50:58,700 --> 01:51:00,600
 Sure, AL.com slash sports.

1890
01:51:00,600 --> 01:51:06,960
 I'm all over the place there writing about South, Troy, SEC, and State, you know, all kind of pro sports

1891
01:51:06,960 --> 01:51:08,640
 and all that sort of thing.

1892
01:51:08,740 --> 01:51:09,960
 So I appreciate your time, Harold.

1893
01:51:10,420 --> 01:51:12,260
 Man, we appreciate you taking time out.

1894
01:51:12,320 --> 01:51:13,940
 Have a great and safe weekend, Craig, okay?

1895
01:51:14,260 --> 01:51:14,700
 All right, bud.

1896
01:51:14,880 --> 01:51:15,180
 Take care.

1897
01:51:15,860 --> 01:51:17,980
 Craig Stevenson, AL.com.

1898
01:51:18,040 --> 01:51:22,080
 That's going to put a ribbon on today's show, but keep it right here on 93.9.

1899
01:51:22,120 --> 01:51:25,480
 The score coming up pregame, 5 o'clock, Alabama in the rim.

1900
01:51:26,340 --> 01:51:30,900
 Black Bears, whatever they are, Ole Miss coming up tonight up in Nashville.

1901
01:51:31,260 --> 01:51:33,880
 6 o'clock tip time again here on 93.9.

1902
01:51:33,940 --> 01:51:35,180
 The score, enjoy that.

1903
01:51:35,700 --> 01:51:37,100
 And the weekend, stay safe.

1904
01:51:37,140 --> 01:51:39,220
 We want to get back in the huddle with you coming up on Monday.

1905
01:51:39,340 --> 01:51:43,680
 But in the meantime, on behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here, Harold Boggs,

1906
01:51:43,680 --> 01:51:45,080
 thank you so much for your time today.

1907
01:51:45,080 --> 01:51:47,560
 Let's do it again Monday, noon to 2 for the Boom Up Buck Show,

1908
01:51:47,680 --> 01:51:49,580
 back here on Sports Radio 93.9.

1909
01:51:49,660 --> 01:51:50,040
 The score.