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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 in 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. Brett Beaird, welcome in where the curtain comes up on Auburn football while it comes down for one Tiger basketball star. Good afternoon, welcome in and how are you?

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 Happy Wednesday to you and the listeners. As you alluded to, Auburn rallies in the second half to beat South Alabama 78-67 in the NIT.

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 And Nathan Keene will tell us how the Tigers did it a little bit later.

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 Five SEC teams, Vandy, Arkansas, Texas, Texas A&M and Georgia tip off tomorrow in the SEC tournament.

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 Ten teams overall in the SEC are playing in the tournament.

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 And good friend Mike Huguenin will tell us how many of those ten could advance to the Sweet 16.

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 Matt checking in for the big O, Orlando.

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 He is the National College football slash basketball analyst down there.

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 Mike, welcome in to basketball heaven, if you will.

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 How are you?

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 Yeah, doing well.

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 And, you know, if every NCAA tournament game is as good as the two last night, which both literally came down to the last second, this is going to be an epically good tournament.

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 Mike, obviously, this is playing night tonight.

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 To me, one of the more intriguing matchups is the SMU in Miami of Ohio.

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 How many had it, what's the proverbial saying, 5% these days, had this game on their bingo card as creating this much intrigue a few weeks ago.

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 But your thoughts about, we know they've got other matchups tonight involving Lehigh, but your thoughts about the SMU and the Bruce Pearl special, Miami of Ohio.

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 Yeah, Miami of Ohio is a really efficient offensive team.

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 They shoot the ball well, not overly big, not overly athletic, but they shoot the ball well.

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 If you're an old-school basketball person, you like Miami of Ohio because of their offense.

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 SMU has two really good guards.

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 It's a problem.

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 One of those guards, B.J. Edwards, missed games late with an injury.

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 There is a question as to whether he will even play at all tonight.

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 SMU said, well, we expect him back.

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 But, you know, I don't know.

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 People know, coaches lie.

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 Really?

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 But SMU's lead guard is Boopi Miller, great nickname, a really high-level player.

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 He and Edwards would be too much for Miami of Ohio.

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 But if Edwards does not play, or if he's a little bit still banged up, Miami of Ohio can win.

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 Again, I think that there's a certain segment of college basketball fans that want to see Miami go at least win once or twice.

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 I think there's also a segment that wants them to get blown out so they can say, see, I said they weren't in the tournament at all, and this is true.

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 But I think, yeah, there's a lot of intrigue for a play-in game between two programs that, yeah, are, in some respects, lucky to be in the field.

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 The Hogs win the SEC tournament, beating Vandia on Sunday, and they are a very good team.

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 Everybody knows about Darius Acuff Jr., but I thought Brazil was the MVP of the championship game.

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 Malik Thomas and Mitchell and other friends there.

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 If Cale gets Arkansas to the Final Four, he will be the first head coach in NCAA history to reach the Final Four with four different schools.

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 Mike, can you get him there?

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 I don't think so.

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 Acuff is a high-level player.

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 He's going to be the first, you know, I think he goes in the top five.

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 He has a lot of freedom to do what he wants in Calipari's offense.

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 You know, Arkansas put together a nice run.

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 They beat Oklahoma.

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 They were, I think, sort of lucky to beat Ole Miss, and then they sort of dominated Vandy.

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 I think Hawaii gives them a somewhat tough game in the first round.

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 But, I mean, this, you know, Florida blew them out.

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 Auburn blew them out.

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 Georgia blew them by 14.

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 The thing is, for the most part, though, they've lost a good team.

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 And Acuff is a difference maker.

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 I think, you know, Malik Thomas is another freshman who plays well.

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 I think the key, though, is they need two of the big guys, Pringle, Brazil, and Ewan, to play well.

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 Nick Pringle, sort of not always all together.

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 Malik Ewan sometimes doesn't show up either.

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 So, you know, Billy Richmond's good.

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 DJ Wagner has his moments.

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 But I think you know Acuff and Thomas are going to play well.

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 They need two of their three big guys to play well.

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 And let's see if that happens.

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 In the huddle with Mike Huguenin checking in from Orlando.

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 Mike, let's talk about the team that has a lot of name brand in our neck of the woods, Alabama.

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 We saw what happened with Ole Miss.

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 And now comes, of all the people out there, and this is what you love about March Madness.

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 Hofstra, only in the NCAA basketball tournament can you have these type matchups.

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 We know what people are saying on paper, but do they know enough about Hofstra?

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 Your thoughts about the matchup?

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 And oh, by the way, Alabama will be without Mr. Holloway.

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 Cruz Davis and Preston Edmead.

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 Edmead's a freshman who will not be at Hofstra next year.

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 He is going to be a rich kid in about two weeks.

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 Cruz Davis also is going to be moving on, too.

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 But this is a really good backcourt.

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 Cruz Davis is an excellent three-point shooter.

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 Preston Edmead is a really good shooter.

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 They have a seven-footer who weighs 280 pounds in the middle.

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 Zero offensive game, but he's seven foot 280.

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 He is a defensive presence.

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 And you wonder about, they also got a guy named Biggie, Biggie Patterson.

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 And you got to like guys named Biggie playing basketball.

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 So you mentioned the Aiden Holloway situation.

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 That is going to be an issue.

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 You're getting ready to play the NCAA tournament.

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 Your second-leading scorer gets booted off the team.

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 That is a distraction.

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 It's going to be brought up every time.

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 Oh, or a player speaks to the media.

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 So they can say, well, it's not going to be a big deal.

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 It is a big deal.

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 And Hofstra has the guards to take advantage.

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 Byline is going to be the best player on the court.

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 The question is, with Holloway out, who steps up to help him?

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 And again, the Hofstra guards are for real.

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 So it took on added intrigue when Holloway was booted.

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 Mike, let me ask you about the 5-12 matchup in that Tampa pod.

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 Akron, 28-5 versus the 5-seed Texas Tech.

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 Texas Tech lost Tomp and JT Tomp and earlier in February.

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 And Akron, Mike, scored a lot of points.

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 Their top five scorers are seniors, which you see with so many of these mid-American teams.

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 But they've only played three teams in the Ken Palm top 100 all year.

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 And they lost all three.

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 Mike, your thoughts about, I know Akron is a trendy upset pick.

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 Akron and Texas Tech.

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 You know, if Tomp was there, Texas Tech would probably be a 3- or 4-seed.

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 And his loss, he took away the team's best player.

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 A second-team All-American, even though he was hurt.

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 And you're right.

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 I mean, Akron lost five years total.

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 But they lost to Purdue, Yale, Monmouth, Ohio, all top 100 teams.

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 And Troy beat them by 10 in Troy.

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 But you mentioned the fact that these guys are extremely experienced.

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 The top six players, all from the state of Ohio, which is rare.

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 Two Ohio State transfers.

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 Another really good backcourt, De'Berry Johnson and Shama Scott.

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 They are extremely athletic.

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 They also are extremely small.

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 They're one of the 20 smallest teams in the entire nation.

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 And they don't get to the free throw line.

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 They're totally perimeter oriented.

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 So, you know, Texas Tech still has Christian Anderson, who's a stud, point guard.

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 They are going to miss Toppen.

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 But you figure Texas Tech has enough talent to still win this game.

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 But they also come in having lost three in a row.

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 And they really, you know, the last time we saw them on the court, Iowa State blew their doors.

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 BYU beat them.

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 TCU beat them.

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 They lost to Arizona State late in February, which is an embarrassingly bad loss.

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 There is reason to think that Akron can pull the upset.

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 And I mentioned the fact that Akron is small.

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 Well, Texas Tech is exceedingly small now without Toppen.

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 So, going to be a bunch of 6'5", 6'6", rangy dudes and a couple 6'1", guards running around the court.

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 I think Akron has a legit chance to pull the upset.

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 Texas Tech vastly better defensively.

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 But Akron is not a mid-major in terms of athleticism.

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 These dudes are extremely athletic.

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 And if this game is played in the 80s, Akron is going to win.

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 I don't think Texas Tech will let that happen, though.

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 Man, with the encyclopedic mind, Mike Huguenin, you mentioned their name.

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 They've been invoked.

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 That is Troy, taking on Nebraska.

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 And for longtime fans, these two have met before on the football field.

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 Troy actually upset the Huskers back in the day when they were coming up the ranks in football.

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 This is a popular pick as far as the Trojans could do it again, this time in basketball.

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 Mike, your thoughts on that?

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 And who will be the biggest giant slayer this opening weekend?

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 Yes, Scott Cross has done a great job at Troy.

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 He's at Texas Arlington, and he never got to the NCAA tournament.

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 And their AD got a little bit miffed and fired him.

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 And you're like, Texas Arlington has fallen into the abyss.

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 And meanwhile, Scott Cross has Troy playing really well.

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 But it's relative.

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 I mean, Nebraska has never won an NCAA tournament game.

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 That has been a basketball wasteland.

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 Fred Hoiberg has done a really nice job.

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 They play really good offense.

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 They're extremely efficient.

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 They're relatively athletic.

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 Troy, for the upset, Dowd and Valdez have to combine for about 45 points, I think.

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 And if that happens, yeah, Troy can win.

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 But I don't think Nebraska lets that happen.

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 You know, this is a gigantic disparity in terms of the 10-time ratings, about 100 spots.

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 But Dowd and Valdez are fun players to watch, guys who Scott Cross signed and developed.

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 These are juniors who haven't played anywhere else.

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 So, I think Troy can keep this interesting for about 30 minutes.

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 But I think, ultimately, Nebraska wins.

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 But there's also so much more pressure on Nebraska.

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 Everybody expects it to win.

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 You've got to get your first NCAA tournament win.

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 And that should help Troy as well.

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 Because the longer this game stays close, the more pressure on Nebraska.

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 Let me ask you, before we let you go, who are some of your first-round upset picks?

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 I think Cal Baptist has a legit chance to beat Kansas.

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 Cal Baptist making its NCAA, its first-ever NCAA appearance.

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 A scrappy bunch of guys who play really good defense.

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 And Kansas, they're ultra-talented.

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 They don't – they're not consistent.

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 And if Darren Peterson, you know, isn't healthy or isn't feeling it, that team suffers.

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 So, I think that's a very interesting one.

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 North Carolina without Caleb Wilson is a shell of its former self.

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 I think Akron has a legit chance to win.

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 And I mentioned him earlier.

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 But I think the best one, the best chance is – I also think South Florida is going to beat Louisville.

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 USF, they've got a Division II point guard transfer, famous folks, who's a really good player.

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 They like to get up and down the court.

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 And Louisville, in its two seasons under Pat Kelsey, they beat a lot of bad teams.

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 And they struggled against a good team.

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 USF's a good team.

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 I'm not buying the McNeese over Vanderbilt hype.

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 I just don't think McNeese is that good.

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 But I think that if you're looking for a for sure upset pick, I think VCU takes down North Carolina for sure.

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 Yeah, Brian Hanson, Nate Oates' former assistant is a South Florida coach.

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 In fact, turned down the Syracuse job.

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 He grew up right outside of Syracuse.

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 Yeah, you're exactly right.

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 Listen, thank you so much for coming on.

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 We've got an abbreviated show Friday, and we could not finish this week without talking to you about the tournament.

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 It is finally here, my friend.

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 Listen, enjoy the tournament, buddy.

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 Let's do this again Friday week, hopefully.

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 On yesterday's edition of Crimson Drive, driven by NASCAR, we were joined by softball pitcher Jocelyn Briskey.

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 I feel like my sophomore year is kind of where I struggled a little bit mentally on the mound when pressure situations came up.

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 Welcome back in. Really appreciate free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

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 And for us riding on down to the heart of Florida and saying hello to Double A, Andrea Adelson looking up with us from Orlando.

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 And while we're on the Alphabet Soup train from ESPN.

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 Andrea, welcome in. Are you ready for a little March Madness?

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 No, it's already begun, fellas.

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 Last night was a great little entree.

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 So, yeah, it's going to be a great weekend.

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 Literally just downstairs, we're on spring break this week, talking to a little AA about going someplace on Saturday to watch some games.

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 So, yes, we're excited.

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 Andrea, you bring up a good point.

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 For all the men listening right now, they want to know how your husband struck gold.

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 Because every man wants a wife who loves sports more than they do.

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 How is he so lucky?

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 Can you explain that, Andrea, for the gentlemen listening right now?

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 Well, you know, he had great taste in me.

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 So, what can I say?

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 You know, and, you know, the great thing for him is that both of our daughters also love sports.

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 Really?

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 And Middle AA, yes, who is an ice hockey player, she's already filled out her bracket.

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 She informed me she has picked Michigan, of course, because that's where daddy is from.

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 But, yeah, and she did a women's bracket, too.

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 She is all into it, like all in, love sports.

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 They watch hockey together every night.

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 It's a very cool thing for him.

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 Not just me, the whole family.

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 Hey, that's what you do.

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 Let me ask you this.

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 So, who are the daughters going to root for if Michigan plays Florida?

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 And I'll let you explain why that might be of an intriguing matchup for you.

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 Who are they going to root for in that scenario?

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 Yeah.

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 I'm always on the losing end of that one, fellas.

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 And, you know, quite frankly, I blame football because I'm never at home on Saturdays to take them to Gator football watch parties.

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 So, what do they do?

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 They go to Michigan football watch parties.

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 And, oh, by the way, I think Michigan has won a national championship in football way more recently than Florida has.

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 So, while it is basketball season, you know, football does inform a lot of the decisions that are made in this house, as it does in many homes in Florida.

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 And, yeah, she already told me she picked Michigan to beat Florida.

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 So, I mean, she literally just told me.

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 That goes the allowance.

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 Exactly.

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 It's a losing battle, fellas.

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 What can I do?

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 Double A, let me ask you about your Gators.

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 12-game winning streak snapped by a good Vandy team.

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 On Saturday, 14 turnovers.

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 That's as talented as this Florida team is.

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 That's been a little bit of a bugaboo for them when they lose games.

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 When you've got a front line that's 6'9 to 6'11, Boogie Flan and Lee are beginning to shoot the three a little bit better.

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 But turnovers has been an issue.

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 Your thoughts, Double A, how far can this Gator team go?

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 You know, it's a great question because, you know, Little AA was literally asking me, is this team as good as last year?

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 I think last year's team was better than this year's team overall as a team.

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 The question to me is just going to come down to matchup and who they end up playing somewhere down the road.

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 I know Todd Golden said the loss in the SEC championship game wasn't really going to derail what he thought this team was capable of doing.

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 But I do think it probably served as a bit of a wake-up call that you can't play like that and hope to win a championship,

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 whether it's in the SEC or whether it is for a national championship.

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 And you look at some of the teams that they are with, particularly Houston, if they make it that far.

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 Anytime you're playing a team that is as fast and athletic and runs the floor the way that Houston likes to do,

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 you've got to be careful about turning the ball over because they will make you pay.

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 So I know that looking very far ahead down the bracket, fellas, you know, whoever, I'm assuming they will beat,

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 whomever they get in their first round game.

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 But then I think even like Iowa or Clemson could present some challenges in the next round.

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 And then obviously, you know, Vanderbilt's in that bracket as well.

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 So I do hope there were some learning lessons off of that performance.

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 As you said, they are clearly talented enough.

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 And they've got the players with size advantages where they need them.

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 So I won't be surprised if they defend the national championship.

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 But they are not my pick right now to win the national championship.

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 Double A, Andrea Adelson, ESPN.

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 How about this, Andrea?

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 I'm talking about spinning right down the middle and equal stuff.

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 The men with 10 teams from the SEC making it.

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 The women with 10 teams from the SEC making it.

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 How about that for parity?

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 Well, fantastic, guys.

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 And I was at the SEC women's tournament.

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 And I got to see just about every single one of those teams that made the field in person.

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 They are talented.

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 There's All-Americans all up and down the board among the elite teams.

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 Freshmen All-Americans as well.

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 When you look at the job that Aaliyah Chavez has done at Oklahoma, obviously with South Carolina,

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 brings to the table.

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 Texas.

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 Guys, I picked Texas to win and pretty upset and dethrone UConn.

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 I just think they are the most complete team playing against the toughest schedule that I have seen so far.

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 I haven't seen much of UCLA.

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 But I will say, having seen Texas in person and South Carolina in person,

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 and the way Texas just completely took apart South Carolina in that SEC championship game.

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 It's a veteran team.

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 I love the way they play defense.

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 Rory Harmon, Madison Booker are playing in an extremely high level.

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 And I think they can challenge and beat UConn.

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 I really do.

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 Because they've been through the gauntlet of playing a conference like the SEC,

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 where, as you mentioned, there are 10 teams.

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 UConn, as great as they are, they never get that challenge in the Big East.

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 So, you know, they're going to be tested in this tournament.

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 And so, yeah, Texas is my upset pick.

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 I'm sure I'm in the minority there.

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 Let me ask you about two things.

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 David Cutcliffe, the SEC office announced yesterday that he's kind of retiring.

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 He's been working in the SEC office since 2022.

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 Harold and I interviewed him a couple years ago.

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 So much respect for him.

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 Head coach at Ole Miss and Duke, Tennessee assistant for many years.

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 Again, a man of integrity.

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 So many people respect the job that he's doing.

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 That's number one.

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 Number two, you had a chance.

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 I was looking at your Twitter feed.

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 You had a chance to emcee one of Lou Holtz's final public appearances

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 at the Orlando Touchdown Club.

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 And I know a lot of people noticed that he was, unfortunately, going downhill then.

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 But they had the funeral for him at the Basilica at Notre Dame earlier this week.

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 Double A, your thoughts on Cutcliffe and then your final public appearance with Lou Holtz.

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 Well, you know, first I'm just going to say it's an absolute treat to be able to cover David Cutcliffe

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 and to be in the presence of Lou Holtz in one of his final public speaking engagements.

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 I'm just going to put that right.

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 Two legends who have done so much for the game, but also two men who knew how to treat people

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 and treat people the right way.

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 Thank you.

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 And so when you start with Cutcliffe, he is the only coach to this day

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 that every single time he picked up the phone or saw me in person, the first thing he said was,

439
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 how are the girls?

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 How's the family?

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 And that, to me, speaks volumes about where the priorities are for him.

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 Fantastic coach.

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 Incredible job.

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 Everywhere he has been, obviously, we know the connections, the Mannings.

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 Obviously, what he did at Duke, resurrecting that program and laying the groundwork for the ACC championship this year.

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 But I'm glad you said a man of integrity because that's how he is.

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 And anybody who's ever met him, come across him, had a conversation with him, has been the better for it.

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 So I'm just appreciative that I had an opportunity to cover him and to get to know him and to have him in my life

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 because he just, you know, he did so much for me and his career has just been second to none.

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 But I think what he would like people to remember is the way he treated folks and made people feel.

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 And from that perspective, he's a Hall of Famer in every single way.

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 As for Lou Holtz, guys, what an opportunity.

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 The Orlando Touchdown Club, as there are cities all across the South that have these touchdown clubs

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 where you bring in your guest speaker, you talk football, you have some fun, share a few laughs, eat some dinner.

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 They asked me to host this event with Lee Corso and Lou Holtz.

456
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:22,100
 And I was so nervous, guys, right?

457
00:30:22,100 --> 00:30:26,620
 Because, like, these two giants, and what am I doing here?

458
00:30:26,780 --> 00:30:31,280
 Like, how would I get picked to stand up in front of these guys and ask them questions?

459
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 And, oh, my gosh, I better, like, not mess this up because it's going to be my fault if they don't tell jokes

460
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 and get people to laugh, right?

461
00:30:38,820 --> 00:30:45,120
 But from the very beginning, they both put everyone just completely at ease, myself included,

462
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 because they were themselves.

463
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 And I think that's what, you know, we loved so much about those guys and Lou Holtz.

464
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 You knew what you were getting with Lou at all times, right?

465
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 It was not fake.

466
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 This was not a persona.

467
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 This is who he was.

468
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 And he lived and breathed Notre Dame.

469
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 I mean, from the time he was a schoolboy, he knew Notre Dame was going to be somewhere in his life,

470
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 going to Catholic school, right?

471
00:31:09,820 --> 00:31:18,400
 So his ability to, again, make people feel like they're the only person in the room when he's talking to you,

472
00:31:18,540 --> 00:31:24,900
 the ability to transform lives and to have this impact at universities and schools all across the country.

473
00:31:25,560 --> 00:31:30,240
 I knew he was in hospice care, and the folks at the Orlando Touchdown Club were keeping me appraised.

474
00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:35,840
 And all I kept hearing was, well, so-and-so flew in to see him, and so-and-so, and so, you know,

475
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 on and on down the list, like how many people came to be able to see him in person one last time

476
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 to tell him how much they loved him, how much he meant to them.

477
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 And when we were done with the Q&A portion of the, you know, the appearance,

478
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 we had a little, me and two other reporters got up on stage just to talk about the hot topics of the day in college sports.

479
00:32:00,820 --> 00:32:06,860
 And Lou was so excited, he just kept raising his hand in the audience to chime in

480
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 and give his thoughts on where things were in college football.

481
00:32:09,840 --> 00:32:12,040
 And I was like, God, Lou, why'd you get off the stage?

482
00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:13,820
 We would have been glad to have him up here.

483
00:32:13,820 --> 00:32:17,080
 We thought he was done and just wanted to take a break, but no.

484
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 Lou participated in the full one hour and just, you know, he kept, you know,

485
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 what does he think about players being paid?

486
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 Raise your hand.

487
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 Who do you, what do you think of Lane Kiffin?

488
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 Raise your hand.

489
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 Like it was, I won't forget that.

490
00:32:30,240 --> 00:32:32,380
 And it was an incredible experience.

491
00:32:32,380 --> 00:32:36,380
 And I'm so glad I got that one final photo and moment.

492
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 And he had a blast.

493
00:32:37,720 --> 00:32:44,280
 And that makes me so happy that even though he knew he was struggling and he didn't have much longer,

494
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 he took that opportunity to not only have some fun, but again, make other people around him have the time of their lives.

495
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 And that's what it was all about for him as well.

496
00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:57,560
 Great story.

497
00:32:58,220 --> 00:32:59,220
 Great stories.

498
00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:01,780
 Well, listen, enjoy March Madness.

499
00:33:01,860 --> 00:33:03,880
 Have fun with Eric and the girls.

500
00:33:04,240 --> 00:33:04,440
 Yeah.

501
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:05,120
 Yeah.

502
00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:10,400
 Michigan is in some other team we know well is in their bracket.

503
00:33:10,580 --> 00:33:12,480
 We'll see how that eventually comes out.

504
00:33:13,100 --> 00:33:16,980
 Where can we get a line, young lady, and get your stuff and the teams?

505
00:33:17,660 --> 00:33:18,600
 No, appreciate that.

506
00:33:18,820 --> 00:33:20,900
 Fellas, ESPN.com.

507
00:33:20,980 --> 00:33:25,260
 You can go on our men's basketball page, our women's basketball page, our college football page.

508
00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:27,020
 We've got great content there.

509
00:33:27,600 --> 00:33:30,540
 ACC Network tonight at 5 Eastern, 4 Central.

510
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 We've got our Inside Access show, interview with Virginia's Tony Elliott to figure out how they build off of their 11-1 season.

511
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:39,620
 And next week, fellas, we're going to be in Miami.

512
00:33:40,460 --> 00:33:41,960
 So that'll be a lot of fun, too.

513
00:33:42,060 --> 00:33:45,800
 Got to do some spring football mixed in with some women's basketball tournament coverage.

514
00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:48,240
 So busy times, but fun times as well.

515
00:33:49,260 --> 00:33:52,660
 Eric wants to know, are you going to share the remote control within this March Madness?

516
00:33:53,960 --> 00:34:00,980
 Well, the good thing is I believe Michigan's playing late at night, so it'll be later at night, so it'll be okay.

517
00:34:01,900 --> 00:34:04,840
 But, yeah, I think we all know who wins that battle in this house.

518
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,780
 Yeah, in the Eastern Times, though, that should be like 2.30 in the morning.

519
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:08,680
 Listen, enjoy.

520
00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:09,540
 Thank you so much.

521
00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:10,640
 Let's do it again at AA.

522
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 All right, fellas.

523
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 Thanks for having me again.

524
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 Appreciate it.

525
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 Thank you, dear.

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639
00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:25,340
 Needless to say, a very interesting three or four days or so for Nate Oates

640
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 and his Alabama basketball team.

641
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:30,720
 Nate is probably going to say,

642
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 Drew, help me put things in perspective from last week about this time

643
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 until coming up this Friday against Hofstra.

644
00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:43,540
 Well, I mean, certainly he'll be without Aiden Holloway, at least for the first two rounds,

645
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 probably for the tournament.

646
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 You know, not very good judgment on Aiden's part, you know, especially after being stopped

647
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 several days before.

648
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 And I think that led to the raid of his home.

649
00:40:56,120 --> 00:41:03,600
 But obviously not a good decision, you know, and one that he needed to be punished for, and he will be.

650
00:41:03,800 --> 00:41:05,500
 So he will not be in the lineup.

651
00:41:05,940 --> 00:41:13,140
 There's a lot of clown media out there, you know, taking shots at Nate Oates and acting like he's a rogue,

652
00:41:13,220 --> 00:41:19,000
 like Jerry Tarkanian or something like that, just a rule breaker and only cares about winning.

653
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:22,100
 But I think they're kind of trying to twist some things.

654
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 A lot of them just want clicks and hits, you know, and most of them are people that are not within this state

655
00:41:30,440 --> 00:41:34,580
 who wouldn't know Alabama basketball from volleyball, in my opinion.

656
00:41:35,080 --> 00:41:36,680
 They take a lot of shots.

657
00:41:37,660 --> 00:41:42,160
 And, of course, some of them are from the state of Tennessee, and take from that what you will.

658
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:46,940
 But, I mean, I will say it's going to hurt Alabama, no question.

659
00:41:47,120 --> 00:41:48,300
 I'm not going to say it won't.

660
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 I mean, when you're without a guy that's your best three-point shooter,

661
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 one of your two best creators off the dribble, along with LeBaron Bylon,

662
00:41:58,260 --> 00:42:02,020
 and a guy that, you know, averaged 17 points a game, it's certainly going to hurt.

663
00:42:02,940 --> 00:42:06,660
 You know, and I think the Hofstra matchup was an interesting one beforehand

664
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 with the tempo differences between the two teams and Speedy Claxton's group, you know,

665
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 got a lot of size and like to slow the ball down.

666
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 And so now, you know, it's interesting, neither team takes the ball away a lot.

667
00:42:20,620 --> 00:42:23,740
 But it's going to change Alabama's lineup, no question about it.

668
00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:30,700
 The one thing you can say is due to injury, because Aiden has some wrist issues, he missed a few games.

669
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 So, they've been without him before, and they know how to play without him.

670
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 But still, I mean, it looked like the team was finally getting healthy at the right time.

671
00:42:38,860 --> 00:42:39,080
 Yeah.

672
00:42:39,580 --> 00:42:41,500
 And unfortunately, you have this happen.

673
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 But I think we have to just reset, take it one game at a time.

674
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 And I think it's going to put the onus on Houston Millett.

675
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 I would have him as a starter.

676
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 He brings a lot to the table, especially, you know, the intangible things and the leadership qualities

677
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 and the ability to make those, you know, plays that they value in blue-collar basketball.

678
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 And he's capable of scoring double digits.

679
00:43:06,940 --> 00:43:08,880
 Now, I think it's going to change some roles.

680
00:43:09,020 --> 00:43:13,860
 I think Amari Allen is going to probably become that secondary ball handler to LeBaron Phylon

681
00:43:13,860 --> 00:43:18,580
 and handling pressure and bringing the ball up and creating, certainly now.

682
00:43:18,580 --> 00:43:24,460
 And I think you'll see, you know, a guy like London Jimmison play a lot more for it.

683
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 They're going to need more out of the Taylor Bowl Bowen.

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 But some guys are just going to step up.

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 They may even need four minutes out of Jahlil Bethea.

686
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 Now, I think they can still win the first-round game.

687
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 I absolutely do.

688
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 But it really puts a huge question mark on the second round of 32 opponent,

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 whether that be a Texas Tech team that's adjusted to life without, you know, J.T. Toppin

690
00:43:47,880 --> 00:43:51,460
 or if Akron can pull one of those 12-5 upsets.

691
00:43:51,540 --> 00:43:53,400
 So it's going to be interesting, no doubt about it.

692
00:43:54,540 --> 00:43:56,500
 D2, that's what I was going to say.

693
00:43:56,640 --> 00:43:58,640
 Again, who steps up?

694
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:04,300
 Taylor Bowl Bowen, as we noticed in Nashville, had one of his better games in a while,

695
00:44:04,300 --> 00:44:06,220
 and he seems to be getting healthy.

696
00:44:06,220 --> 00:44:12,660
 Noah Williamson, bless his heart, did play well or better than what he has.

697
00:44:13,240 --> 00:44:21,780
 If Jahlil Bethea can't play and can't control himself, a lot of times he comes in and jacks up a 30-footer

698
00:44:21,780 --> 00:44:23,020
 and then goes to the bench.

699
00:44:23,600 --> 00:44:31,540
 But if he's got tremendous athleticism, Amari Allen, who's been off more than he's been on in the last four games,

700
00:44:31,980 --> 00:44:33,540
 I think will be a little bit better.

701
00:44:33,640 --> 00:44:34,260
 But you're right.

702
00:44:34,340 --> 00:44:40,420
 Houston Millett, with his athleticism and just all-around hustle, I think will help.

703
00:44:40,820 --> 00:44:43,860
 They certainly can compensate for this, D.D.

704
00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:45,200
 And you're right.

705
00:44:45,260 --> 00:44:46,740
 It's a real discrepancy.

706
00:44:46,920 --> 00:44:49,320
 Alabama wants to go a mile a minute.

707
00:44:50,500 --> 00:44:55,200
 And Hofstra is a dinosaur and slowing it down.

708
00:44:55,720 --> 00:44:56,800
 Very methodical.

709
00:44:56,980 --> 00:44:58,180
 Going to be very interesting.

710
00:44:58,500 --> 00:45:03,240
 But they have certainly got the guys here who can compensate for the loss of Holloway.

711
00:45:04,040 --> 00:45:05,500
 Well, you would think so.

712
00:45:06,240 --> 00:45:11,000
 And, again, since he's been in and out of the lineup, they've already had to do this.

713
00:45:11,220 --> 00:45:14,100
 I mean, they've even been without LeBaron Phylon.

714
00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:16,100
 They've been without a lot of kids.

715
00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:20,680
 So, these kids and the coaching staff, they don't make excuses.

716
00:45:21,320 --> 00:45:22,600
 And they're very resilient.

717
00:45:23,380 --> 00:45:27,680
 And so, I would expect them to do that, you know, this time as well.

718
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:35,160
 And, again, the one thing is, if this had happened, you know, right –

719
00:45:35,160 --> 00:45:38,860
 say this happens right before you leave, before you fly out.

720
00:45:39,320 --> 00:45:43,180
 I mean, at least they've had a chance to process it and deal with it.

721
00:45:43,180 --> 00:45:43,360
 Yeah.

722
00:45:43,540 --> 00:45:45,260
 So, they know he's not going to be there.

723
00:45:45,340 --> 00:45:46,640
 They know what they have to do.

724
00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:50,420
 It gives guys an opportunity to showcase themselves.

725
00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:54,860
 Amari Allen is certainly a first-round possibility in the NBA draft.

726
00:45:54,860 --> 00:45:58,520
 It gives him a chance to, as you said, Brett, kind of bounce back and reset.

727
00:45:59,140 --> 00:46:04,060
 I didn't think he played very well in the first half against Ole Miss,

728
00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:05,860
 but I thought he played better in the second half.

729
00:46:06,120 --> 00:46:07,260
 They need more out of him.

730
00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:11,520
 And what I did mention is a senior that had been playing really well

731
00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:15,440
 and had been all – the SEC Player of the Week was an absolute no-jo

732
00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:19,320
 against Ole Miss, and that can't happen starting Friday.

733
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:20,580
 And that's what Trell writes on.

734
00:46:20,860 --> 00:46:21,260
 Absolutely.

735
00:46:22,300 --> 00:46:26,520
 As a senior, he's got to defend and he's got to make shots for Alabama

736
00:46:26,520 --> 00:46:27,880
 to have a chance to make a run.

737
00:46:28,980 --> 00:46:32,020
 You mentioned the I word earlier, and that is the intangibles.

738
00:46:32,260 --> 00:46:33,880
 Your thoughts on what this does?

739
00:46:33,980 --> 00:46:36,240
 Obviously, now I think two things on that, Drew.

740
00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:39,680
 Number one, they know they've got to hunker down, circle the wagons,

741
00:46:39,700 --> 00:46:40,600
 and play now as a team.

742
00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:43,240
 But I think going even back before that to Ole Miss,

743
00:46:43,460 --> 00:46:46,720
 I think it can make an argument that maybe they took Ole Miss too lightly.

744
00:46:46,900 --> 00:46:49,680
 We beat them by almost, what, 20 in the regular season,

745
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 just a few days before, weeks before.

746
00:46:52,100 --> 00:46:53,900
 They had one of the worst records in the SEC.

747
00:46:54,860 --> 00:46:56,760
 And then once they saw that they were down,

748
00:46:56,820 --> 00:46:59,620
 they started playing with their hair on fire, but it was too little too late.

749
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:02,760
 Your thoughts about that and now the fact that, as you mentioned,

750
00:47:02,820 --> 00:47:04,140
 they've had a few days to adjust.

751
00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:07,980
 In other words, I think maybe they have no reason to have their heads in the clouds

752
00:47:07,980 --> 00:47:09,040
 coming into this matchup.

753
00:47:09,640 --> 00:47:11,640
 There's no way they'll have their heads in the clouds.

754
00:47:11,640 --> 00:47:15,620
 First of all, they lost their last game to Ole Miss.

755
00:47:16,160 --> 00:47:19,520
 And I think, you know, and you look at what the Rebels did,

756
00:47:19,600 --> 00:47:21,600
 they nearly made the final of the SEC.

757
00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:26,680
 You know, they lost in overtime to a really good Arkansas team.

758
00:47:27,020 --> 00:47:29,100
 So, Chris Beard's a Final Four coach.

759
00:47:29,480 --> 00:47:31,120
 He had those guys ready to go.

760
00:47:31,580 --> 00:47:34,500
 And you also understand two years ago you went to the Final Four

761
00:47:34,500 --> 00:47:38,200
 after getting eviscerated by Florida in the SEC tournament.

762
00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:41,440
 And you went to the Elite Eight last year after, you know,

763
00:47:41,540 --> 00:47:44,680
 beating Kentucky and then getting eviscerated, you know,

764
00:47:44,740 --> 00:47:45,840
 by the Gators again.

765
00:47:46,080 --> 00:47:49,060
 So, you know, they haven't won the SEC tournament in a few years.

766
00:47:49,560 --> 00:47:51,240
 Haven't had a ton of success there.

767
00:47:51,600 --> 00:47:59,520
 But, you know, again, I think one of those things is I think you understand that you have to reset yourself.

768
00:47:59,700 --> 00:48:01,680
 And now one of your brothers is gone.

769
00:48:01,980 --> 00:48:04,540
 So, and there's no guarantees in this.

770
00:48:04,580 --> 00:48:05,480
 It's one and done.

771
00:48:05,980 --> 00:48:10,700
 They did, a few years back, did lose, you know, an NCAA opener to Notre Dame.

772
00:48:11,060 --> 00:48:16,940
 And, of course, an injury to, you know, J.Q., Javon clearly had a lot to do with that.

773
00:48:17,380 --> 00:48:21,000
 So, again, but you have to understand that you have to be ready to go.

774
00:48:21,100 --> 00:48:22,180
 You've got to be ready to roll.

775
00:48:22,580 --> 00:48:23,840
 And I think they will be.

776
00:48:23,980 --> 00:48:26,380
 I mean, I think the program is still strong.

777
00:48:26,860 --> 00:48:28,660
 I think Nate Oates knows how to win.

778
00:48:28,760 --> 00:48:31,380
 I think those kind of coaches don't grow on trees.

779
00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:38,620
 You've seen what he's done already, going to a multiple Sweet 16, two straight Elite A's, and a Final Four.

780
00:48:38,740 --> 00:48:40,580
 So, I think the infrastructure is fine.

781
00:48:41,060 --> 00:48:46,200
 There's a lot of people taking shots at Alabama and their culture and what they do.

782
00:48:46,320 --> 00:48:48,200
 But you can use that as fuel, too.

783
00:48:48,640 --> 00:48:53,520
 I mean, you try to insulate kids from this, but they hear the criticism and everything.

784
00:48:53,860 --> 00:48:59,740
 But just use this fuel and go out and play well and try to get to the second weekend and see where it goes.

785
00:49:01,380 --> 00:49:08,500
 D2, in a few minutes, how many of the TNSEC teams advance to the Sweet 16?

786
00:49:09,080 --> 00:49:15,740
 And we saw that the all-down, Keyshawn Murphy, said, I'm not playing in this South Alabama game.

787
00:49:15,860 --> 00:49:17,340
 Auburn did come back to win it.

788
00:49:17,840 --> 00:49:23,320
 But your thoughts quickly on the, how many advance to the Sweet 16 and your thoughts on Auburn?

789
00:49:24,320 --> 00:49:29,300
 Well, I mean, I think Florida and Vanderbilt have good chances to advance.

790
00:49:29,720 --> 00:49:34,440
 I know some people think McNeese, including our good friend Blake Lovell, can knock them off.

791
00:49:34,500 --> 00:49:35,960
 But I like Vanderbilt's chances.

792
00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:37,840
 I think they're a good squad.

793
00:49:37,840 --> 00:49:43,540
 That would be a really fascinating meeting with Florida and Vandy again in the Sweet 16

794
00:49:43,540 --> 00:49:46,300
 after what we saw happen in the regular season and tournament.

795
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:52,900
 And then, you know, when you look at it, Texas A&M, I don't like their matchup with St. Mary.

796
00:49:53,520 --> 00:49:55,720
 I really think Randy Bennett does a nice job.

797
00:49:55,780 --> 00:49:56,460
 I don't expect.

798
00:49:56,600 --> 00:50:01,040
 And then, even then, if you're able to get by that game, and I think I'm going to take St. Mary,

799
00:50:01,520 --> 00:50:04,400
 I don't like Houston, their chances against Houston.

800
00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:08,740
 I think Houston, I'm leaning toward picking them for the final four.

801
00:50:08,960 --> 00:50:10,680
 I haven't finalized my bracket.

802
00:50:10,800 --> 00:50:12,860
 But I really like Kelvin Sampson and Houston.

803
00:50:13,260 --> 00:50:16,120
 So, I'm not expecting to the Sweet 16.

804
00:50:16,840 --> 00:50:19,200
 Georgia, I don't like their matchup with St. Louis.

805
00:50:19,300 --> 00:50:20,280
 I don't think they'll advance.

806
00:50:20,920 --> 00:50:27,420
 I think Alabama, I have them advancing to the Sweet 16 before the suspension over Texas Tech.

807
00:50:27,760 --> 00:50:33,320
 I'm not as confident now, but I think I can still see a path where they can step up for two games

808
00:50:33,320 --> 00:50:35,760
 and find a way to get to the weekend.

809
00:50:36,220 --> 00:50:38,960
 And then, I think Tennessee, I like Tennessee's draw.

810
00:50:39,120 --> 00:50:40,360
 I think they can get there.

811
00:50:41,060 --> 00:50:48,080
 And then, Kentucky, they're going to have, it's going to be another blue, you know, situation for the big,

812
00:50:48,080 --> 00:50:50,140
 more blues for the big blue nation.

813
00:50:50,240 --> 00:50:51,860
 I don't think they get by Iowa State.

814
00:50:52,200 --> 00:50:53,720
 I don't see them in the Sweet 16.

815
00:50:54,180 --> 00:50:57,460
 And then, Arkansas, I see them getting past Wisconsin.

816
00:50:57,980 --> 00:50:59,860
 So, I think that's going to be a heck of a game.

817
00:51:00,300 --> 00:51:04,480
 And then, I don't like Texas' chance, even though they did win for me last night.

818
00:51:04,580 --> 00:51:09,580
 And I think Mizzou also got a really tough draw with Miami, who I like over the Tigers,

819
00:51:09,720 --> 00:51:11,620
 even though it's in their backyard in St. Louis.

820
00:51:12,620 --> 00:51:14,540
 Yeah, I think you're exactly right.

821
00:51:15,540 --> 00:51:19,500
 D2, where can we get online and get your expanded show?

822
00:51:19,500 --> 00:51:26,100
 And I know you are eagerly anticipating Thursday getting everything started for real.

823
00:51:26,280 --> 00:51:28,400
 Where can we get online and get all the good stuff?

824
00:51:29,180 --> 00:51:34,140
 Yeah, you can certainly connect with me at 977 ESPN on X.

825
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826
00:51:37,640 --> 00:51:42,220
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827
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828
00:51:49,140 --> 00:51:50,900
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829
00:51:51,020 --> 00:51:56,640
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830
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831
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 It's from Kentucky, right?

832
00:52:02,080 --> 00:52:02,520
 Yeah.

833
00:52:04,920 --> 00:52:06,700
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834
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:07,800
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835
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836
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837
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838
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839
00:52:13,960 --> 00:52:16,580
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840
00:52:17,240 --> 00:52:17,900
 Thank you, guys.

841
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842
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843
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934
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 The Alabama House has passed a bill that is modeled after the federal bill that was passed

935
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 last year named the Lake and Riley Act.

936
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 This state bill passed with a 75-to-1 vote on Tuesday.

937
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 The bill's sponsor, Ernie Yarbrough, says his bill would allow for state-based law enforcement

938
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939
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940
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941
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 The bill is now headed over to the state Senate.

942
00:57:16,420 --> 00:57:18,900
 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this.

943
00:57:19,160 --> 00:57:21,920
 Where I was living was not a great place to live anymore.

944
00:57:22,200 --> 00:57:26,920
 I began to pray for a place to go, praying for all of these things that a nine-year-old would want.

945
00:57:26,920 --> 00:57:30,620
 I wanted horses, big house with a bunch of people my age.

946
00:57:30,760 --> 00:57:31,560
 I wanted parents.

947
00:57:31,660 --> 00:57:32,660
 I wanted a mom and a dad.

948
00:57:32,980 --> 00:57:36,820
 Before I even prayed it, the Lord had already answered my prayer with the Big Oak Ranch.

949
00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:40,040
 Who would that nine-year-old be if she never came to the Big Oak Ranch?

950
00:57:40,220 --> 00:57:45,100
 I would be trying to fight for survival instead of fighting to break a cycle.

951
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952
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 Federal charges have been issued against a Pritchard police officer in connection to a fatal

953
00:57:53,580 --> 00:57:56,720
 shooting that occurred at a home in February where the officer lived.

954
00:57:57,120 --> 00:58:01,540
 Officer Ryan Phillips is charged with owning stolen firearms, one of which was stolen from

955
00:58:01,540 --> 00:58:05,800
 the scene of a car crash this past January where Phillips was a responding officer.

956
00:58:06,140 --> 00:58:10,100
 The multiple firearms that were stolen all came to light after Phillips' home was searched

957
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958
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961
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 about 50 job opportunities to the area on top of the 50 employees that already work for the company.

962
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 Construction of the new corporate headquarters should begin in the next few months.

963
00:58:34,500 --> 00:58:35,200
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964
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967
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968
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969
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970
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971
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 Starts.

972
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 Oh, Marcy.

973
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 Now.

974
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 Two seconds, one.

975
00:59:01,560 --> 00:59:02,120
 Buzzer.

976
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977
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978
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 Let's get out of here.

979
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980
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981
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982
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983
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984
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1002
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1003
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1004
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1005
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1006
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1009
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 Now, get ready to roll Shoals, Decatur, Athens, and all of Northwest Alabama and Southern Tennessee.

1010
01:00:28,940 --> 01:00:32,260
 It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM Sports Voice.

1011
01:00:35,080 --> 01:00:37,540
 The Boomo Bugg show.

1012
01:00:37,540 --> 01:00:37,820
 The Boomo Bugg show.

1013
01:00:37,820 --> 01:00:37,860
 The Boomo Bugg show.

1014
01:00:37,860 --> 01:00:40,240
 Your exclusive inside track to the tide.

1015
01:00:40,380 --> 01:00:43,360
 Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC.

1016
01:00:44,220 --> 01:00:49,560
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9, the score.

1017
01:00:50,560 --> 01:00:52,480
 Welcome back in our tour of the Boomo Bugg show.

1018
01:00:52,580 --> 01:00:54,200
 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

1019
01:00:54,280 --> 01:00:57,140
 Thank you so much for giving us a ride around the Tennessee Valley.

1020
01:00:57,220 --> 01:00:59,400
 Maybe obviously a busy time of the year.

1021
01:00:59,500 --> 01:01:01,380
 That includes Nathan King.

1022
01:01:01,520 --> 01:01:05,900
 He's scheduled to hook up with us shortly from 24-7 Sports there at Auburn.

1023
01:01:05,900 --> 01:01:13,380
 While we ever hook up with Nathan B.B., you can see why someone might have problems trying to figure things out with the schedule.

1024
01:01:14,020 --> 01:01:14,640
 My, oh, my.

1025
01:01:14,960 --> 01:01:18,740
 Can you put it, Miley, a busy week on the plains?

1026
01:01:18,800 --> 01:01:19,340
 Would you agree?

1027
01:01:19,700 --> 01:01:21,640
 Well, it's absolutely incredible.

1028
01:01:21,840 --> 01:01:26,900
 Harold Auburn beat Georgia Tech, a top-10 team in baseball.

1029
01:01:27,720 --> 01:01:30,740
 They had nearly 7,000 fans there.

1030
01:01:30,840 --> 01:01:32,640
 Beat them 9-2 emphatically.

1031
01:01:33,420 --> 01:01:41,240
 And then you've got the start of the Alex Golich era in spring practice, their first practice of the year.

1032
01:01:41,800 --> 01:01:50,140
 Now, by the way, if you've got nothing else to do, you can come to the NIT game that started at 9 o'clock last night on ESPN2.

1033
01:01:50,380 --> 01:01:52,940
 South Alabama led 36-30.

1034
01:01:53,540 --> 01:01:57,020
 In fact, it looked like South Alabama was going to win in the route.

1035
01:01:57,140 --> 01:02:00,860
 I think they had an 11-point lead in the first half.

1036
01:02:00,860 --> 01:02:03,500
 But to Auburn's credit, they came back.

1037
01:02:03,620 --> 01:02:06,480
 Overton started hitting everything he threw up.

1038
01:02:06,920 --> 01:02:11,200
 Made seven of eight triples, threes in the second half.

1039
01:02:12,060 --> 01:02:24,080
 And Caden Magwood, who had not played a game since the first week in January, comes back and plays and scores, I believe, 14 points.

1040
01:02:24,080 --> 01:02:30,680
 At one point in the second half, he scored 11 straight points to get Auburn back in that game.

1041
01:02:30,840 --> 01:02:34,180
 And then Auburn pulled away and won 78-67.

1042
01:02:35,020 --> 01:02:39,380
 Yeah, we know that you're busy, too, and you don't have time to follow this stuff like we do.

1043
01:02:39,720 --> 01:02:43,120
 But to me, one of the big stories, it's not only for Auburn.

1044
01:02:43,220 --> 01:02:44,060
 I mean, let's face it.

1045
01:02:44,400 --> 01:02:48,080
 Auburn fans, once you get to play and the juices get going, you want to win.

1046
01:02:48,160 --> 01:02:48,960
 It is the NIT.

1047
01:02:49,100 --> 01:02:50,940
 Let's make sure we put everything in perspective.

1048
01:02:50,940 --> 01:02:55,120
 But to me, the big story is Keyshawn Murphy opting out BBI.

1049
01:02:55,120 --> 01:02:58,520
 I know these kids now have that option on the table.

1050
01:02:59,020 --> 01:03:03,120
 But your thoughts, and I don't know that anybody even saw this coming.

1051
01:03:03,840 --> 01:03:06,640
 I guess we're just guessing here.

1052
01:03:06,720 --> 01:03:09,800
 If they make the NCAA field, I'll be there.

1053
01:03:09,880 --> 01:03:12,020
 If it's the NIT, it's not worth my time.

1054
01:03:12,100 --> 01:03:12,740
 I'm opting out.

1055
01:03:12,800 --> 01:03:21,120
 Your thoughts, not only about Murphy's decision, but for college sports, whether it's, in this case, basketball or football, with these type decisions.

1056
01:03:21,120 --> 01:03:33,060
 Well, I think that's the crux of this, Harold, was since he's not in an NCAA game and he's thinking about, well, if I play and get hurt, how is that going to hurt my NBA future?

1057
01:03:33,620 --> 01:03:35,120
 I think that's a lot of it.

1058
01:03:35,200 --> 01:03:37,980
 In fact, Stephen Pearl talked about that after the game.

1059
01:03:38,060 --> 01:03:42,560
 And he said, and I quote, Murph has decided not to play in these games.

1060
01:03:43,460 --> 01:03:45,540
 Paul's, I'm not sure why.

1061
01:03:46,600 --> 01:03:53,500
 But, you know, we love Murph, and again, Stephen Pearl said all the right things, but that's kind of where we are.

1062
01:03:53,580 --> 01:03:55,700
 And again, you can look at the crowd last night.

1063
01:03:55,820 --> 01:03:58,280
 The arena was half full, and I get it.

1064
01:03:58,720 --> 01:04:04,880
 And then the other thing, you start a dadgum game at 9 o'clock at night on a weeknight.

1065
01:04:05,020 --> 01:04:07,280
 People got to get up and go to work the next morning.

1066
01:04:07,460 --> 01:04:11,080
 But, again, it's just a sign of the times now.

1067
01:04:11,900 --> 01:04:21,780
 The other way of looking at it, and I understand, if you're going to take this thing and what's the old word, at least when I started in this crazy industry, the old word was objectivity, meaning pretty simple.

1068
01:04:21,860 --> 01:04:22,900
 You tell both sides of the story.

1069
01:04:22,960 --> 01:04:23,720
 I get Murph's side.

1070
01:04:23,840 --> 01:04:24,440
 He don't get hurt.

1071
01:04:24,500 --> 01:04:24,960
 We get that.

1072
01:04:25,560 --> 01:04:31,000
 But if I am an NBA executive, I'm going to look at this and say, so let me get this straight.

1073
01:04:32,180 --> 01:04:33,840
 This is a team sport, right?

1074
01:04:34,180 --> 01:04:36,080
 Did the team count on you or not?

1075
01:04:36,520 --> 01:04:38,940
 Don't you think the other guys could get hurt, too?

1076
01:04:39,860 --> 01:04:50,040
 Help me to understand, going forward, when things don't go your way, what's going to prevent you from laying down going forward once you start picking up the NBA bucks?

1077
01:04:50,500 --> 01:04:55,320
 Well, I think that is some of the baggage that some of these players are going to begin acquiring.

1078
01:04:55,500 --> 01:04:59,920
 Look, again, I know people look at the NIT as an exhibition game.

1079
01:05:00,120 --> 01:05:15,880
 And I get all the talk with that, but in football and a lot of the sports, a lot of these NBA or NFL general managers are kind of looking at, you know, if you're going to do this, if you're going to quit then.

1080
01:05:16,360 --> 01:05:25,900
 Again, I know you and I talk about this, and I know you and I have a lot of old school in this, but when you play, you play to compete, you play to win.

1081
01:05:25,900 --> 01:05:26,560
 You're a team.

1082
01:05:26,760 --> 01:05:30,800
 That's just the way I was brought up with everything that we did.

1083
01:05:31,000 --> 01:05:38,000
 My dad instilled that in us, and I know you've followed that mantra your entire life.

1084
01:05:38,120 --> 01:05:40,120
 Again, there are a lot of reasons for it.

1085
01:05:40,140 --> 01:05:48,500
 I get not trying to get hurt, but, you know, when you play with these guys all year, and some of these guys have played for years with their teammates,

1086
01:05:48,500 --> 01:05:55,440
 and you opt out of the last game or so, again, they'll get over it and forget it in a couple of years.

1087
01:05:55,580 --> 01:05:57,620
 But for a lot of people, it's a bad look.

1088
01:05:58,800 --> 01:06:01,240
 What do you think is going to happen now in the offseason?

1089
01:06:01,340 --> 01:06:04,640
 I can't imagine Auburn doing anything other than bringing Stephen Pearl back.

1090
01:06:04,700 --> 01:06:05,500
 And I will say this.

1091
01:06:05,520 --> 01:06:09,360
 I know he's had his critics this year, but, again, back to the old word, objective.

1092
01:06:09,360 --> 01:06:17,840
 His dad left him in an incredibly challenging position with the decision and, to me, the timing of it right before everything got rolling.

1093
01:06:18,820 --> 01:06:21,040
 But he had an option to not play in the NIT.

1094
01:06:21,260 --> 01:06:23,480
 A lot of folks, that decision's in front of you.

1095
01:06:23,620 --> 01:06:30,040
 We've seen other schools over the years because of this and because Notre Dame has done it with certain bowl games over the years because we're Notre Dame.

1096
01:06:30,120 --> 01:06:31,000
 We're not going there.

1097
01:06:31,080 --> 01:06:31,960
 We're Notre Dame.

1098
01:06:32,260 --> 01:06:35,360
 I will give it to Stephen Pearl, and I like his answer.

1099
01:06:35,780 --> 01:06:37,560
 He says, I'm paid to coach basketball.

1100
01:06:37,980 --> 01:06:39,580
 We have an opportunity to play basketball.

1101
01:06:40,260 --> 01:06:41,160
 Let's play basketball.

1102
01:06:42,080 --> 01:06:45,420
 Well, and the other thing, Harold, he wants to win some games.

1103
01:06:45,700 --> 01:06:45,800
 Right.

1104
01:06:46,160 --> 01:06:55,960
 Again, they went through a tough stretch in February and early March, and he wants to at least have a little bit of a good taste in his mouth going into next season.

1105
01:06:55,960 --> 01:07:00,660
 I think John Cohen, the Auburn Athletic Director, will keep him.

1106
01:07:01,520 --> 01:07:17,280
 Again, we all know he kind of had both hands tied behind his back because, once again, Bruce decided to retire three days before practice began, and he certainly made up the schedule, made the roster.

1107
01:07:17,840 --> 01:07:19,500
 It'll be a key year for Stephen.

1108
01:07:19,620 --> 01:07:29,200
 I know a lot of people are going to be looking for more improvement, but I'm telling you, if they can't talk some of these guys into coming back, he's going to be in the same boat next year, Harold.

1109
01:07:29,200 --> 01:07:41,380
 He's going to have to reconstruct that roster, and it's going to take some time for these guys to come in, and don't you know he's going to spend a little time talking about defense in the preseason?

1110
01:07:41,540 --> 01:07:42,640
 Spend a little money, too.

1111
01:07:42,700 --> 01:07:44,580
 It's going to be an interesting year for son and dad.

1112
01:07:45,080 --> 01:07:46,420
 What's the next year going to be for Bruce?

1113
01:07:46,580 --> 01:07:49,840
 Because, you know, Bruce is like a big huggy bear.

1114
01:07:50,060 --> 01:07:55,920
 A lot of folks love him to pieces, but these last few days have been challenging for Stephen and Bruce.

1115
01:07:56,020 --> 01:08:00,540
 It's going to be interesting to see what both of them have learned over the last few days and weeks.

1116
01:08:01,000 --> 01:08:04,300
 Yeah, Bruce was called on camera in Nashville.

1117
01:08:05,420 --> 01:08:11,800
 Probably the best way I can put this is we can't repeat the words on a family radio station.

1118
01:08:12,020 --> 01:08:13,900
 That was a bad look for Bruce.

1119
01:08:14,020 --> 01:08:15,100
 Look, I get it.

1120
01:08:15,160 --> 01:08:16,040
 He's a competitor.

1121
01:08:16,280 --> 01:08:17,320
 He loves his son.

1122
01:08:17,820 --> 01:08:19,980
 He's been coaching Auburn for years.

1123
01:08:20,260 --> 01:08:23,200
 And were there some bad calls in that game?

1124
01:08:23,280 --> 01:08:25,740
 Yes, they were, or at least questionable calls.

1125
01:08:26,280 --> 01:08:31,300
 And then some of his comments on the selection show on Sunday.

1126
01:08:32,320 --> 01:08:34,060
 But, yeah, Bruce may temper.

1127
01:08:34,340 --> 01:08:36,980
 And, again, it's kind of hard for him to do that.

1128
01:08:37,440 --> 01:08:40,700
 He may be asked to temper some of his comments for a while.

1129
01:08:41,000 --> 01:08:43,000
 Speaking of comments, Nathan Keene's got a few there.

1130
01:08:43,080 --> 01:08:45,500
 24-7 sports, part of the Auburn Undercover family.

1131
01:08:45,620 --> 01:08:48,280
 Nathan, obviously a little bit tight on time, but welcome in.

1132
01:08:48,280 --> 01:08:51,640
 And we know, like we said, man, you've got to be so crazy down there with basketball.

1133
01:08:51,920 --> 01:08:53,120
 We've been talking about that.

1134
01:08:53,600 --> 01:08:58,420
 In the time left here, obviously one curtain is coming down on basketball.

1135
01:08:58,660 --> 01:08:59,600
 The other one's coming up.

1136
01:09:00,080 --> 01:09:02,180
 Opening week for a brand-new era.

1137
01:09:02,420 --> 01:09:04,080
 Nathan, your thoughts so far.

1138
01:09:04,200 --> 01:09:05,580
 First of all, welcome in.

1139
01:09:07,340 --> 01:09:09,020
 I hope you're loading up on the calories.

1140
01:09:09,160 --> 01:09:10,500
 It's busy for you down there, is it not?

1141
01:09:11,880 --> 01:09:12,560
 Yeah, it is.

1142
01:09:12,920 --> 01:09:14,920
 It's crossover season continues.

1143
01:09:15,260 --> 01:09:16,960
 And apologies for being a little bit late, you guys.

1144
01:09:16,960 --> 01:09:22,420
 But, yeah, I mean, we went to one practice yesterday morning, things opening up for the spring for football.

1145
01:09:22,560 --> 01:09:31,440
 And, I mean, I think the biggest storyline is, you know, Auburn trying to follow other programs that have brought over a bunch of familiar faces when they hire a new coach.

1146
01:09:32,000 --> 01:09:32,700
 You've seen it.

1147
01:09:33,180 --> 01:09:35,220
 You know, the prime example is Indiana.

1148
01:09:35,420 --> 01:09:39,260
 Everyone would love to be them, of course, coming over with a lot of guys from James Madison.

1149
01:09:39,380 --> 01:09:41,240
 But teams like Vanderbilt and other programs have done it.

1150
01:09:42,080 --> 01:09:44,580
 Fourteen USF transfers for this team.

1151
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 Most of them on offense.

1152
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 You have your starting quarterback.

1153
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 You have your starting center.

1154
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 You have a bunch of pass catchers.

1155
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 Of course, you have Gullish and you have the play caller, the offensive coordinator.

1156
01:09:53,900 --> 01:10:05,080
 Right now, it seems like, from talking to everybody there, that things are going smoother than maybe you normally would with a coaching fan, just because you have so many guys who have run this offense in particular.

1157
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 And it's a pretty difficult, you know, complex offensive team.

1158
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 But they can head a schedule a little bit because they've got players, essentially, as extra coaches on the field to bring everybody else up to speed.

1159
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 And what did you notice yesterday?

1160
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 Really, your first time to see all of the coaches, and particularly the new coaches, in action.

1161
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 The energy, the instruction, the attention to detail.

1162
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 What did you notice?

1163
01:10:31,620 --> 01:10:39,420
 Yeah, I mean, we'll see more as kind of the practices go on about the differences between this staff and the previous staff, you know, whether they're good or bad.

1164
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 I mean, you can tell this early on.

1165
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 But you mentioned attention to detail, and I mean, that's the biggest thing right now.

1166
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 Poor Alex Gullish.

1167
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 He brought it up yesterday, and I thought it was a good point by him.

1168
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 He said, look, you can't get this first impression back.

1169
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 And he made sure his coaching could do that.

1170
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 Like, you know, whatever they decide to do, whatever they decide to allow, however they set up this program,

1171
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 like, these first two practices are going to set the tone, not just for this offseason,

1172
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 but his entire tenure moving forward.

1173
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 Like, you know, it's really difficult, he said, you know, to change the, you know,

1174
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 and the word culture gets thrown around a lot.

1175
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 Culture is kind of a cliche.

1176
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 But in this instance, like, changing what you do on a daily basis, changing what you're asking of your team,

1177
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 you've got to set that standard right now.

1178
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 And so Alex Gullish is obsessing over those details early on, making sure that his team is doing those things right.

1179
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 In terms of the things, you know, progressing on the field, it's, you know, that's going to come.

1180
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 He said, you know, he's not really concerned with that.

1181
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 You know, the beginning of spring, installing a new playbook is always difficult.

1182
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 He said as long as things look pretty crisp, closer to the spring game, he'll be pleased with that.

1183
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 But, yeah, right now it's just about trying to get everybody on the same page.

1184
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 And, you know, he said, look, it comes down to what you're allowed to wear in the building, you know,

1185
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 when you're going in and out of practice.

1186
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 Like, it's those little details that have to set the tone for the rest of his tenure,

1187
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 because obviously these are the first players he's going to coach in his Auburn tenure.

1188
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 Nathan King, 24-7 Sports, part of the Auburn Undercover family.

1189
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 Nathan, a friend of our show we've worked with over the years by the name of Cole Kubrick.

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 I mean, basically what I'm coming inside from the conclusions I've been able to draw so far.

1194
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 It's March.

1195
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 I think it's always good to temper and tamp the brakes in March.

1196
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 A long way to the season.

1197
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 We'll see once live bullets start flying.

1198
01:12:27,560 --> 01:12:31,580
 But, Nathan, what's the vibe with this culture now compared to 12 months ago?

1199
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 Yeah, I mean, it's just, you know, things were sort of dead in the water for quite some time.

1200
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 Obviously, there was hope that Auburn would have a resurgent year three under Hugh Freeze.

1201
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 But where did that hope really come from?

1202
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 You were bringing back a lot of the same players.

1203
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 You had the same exact situation at quarterback.

1204
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 You know, really not much had changed.

1205
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 So, you're just kind of hoping.

1206
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 It was kind of the definition of insanity.

1207
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 You know, don't change anything.

1208
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 You hope for a result.

1209
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 And so, I think that's just where this hope comes from.

1210
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 You know, look, you have a different guy in place who's younger, who's certainly driven.

1211
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 Right now, he's a guy that's definitely, like I said, the obsessive off-season type, kind of a grinder as a 41-year-old.

1212
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 And, look, I think the biggest thing about Alex Golesh that should have Auburn fans excited is, look, I don't know how many games they're going to win this year.

1213
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 But the adaptive part of him is, I think, the most encouraging thing.

1214
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 Because we heard Hugh Freeze say several times, not several, a bunch of times, hey, this offense has worked for me before, and we're going to make it work here.

1215
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 And that just, you know, that round hole, square peg situation, just, that's not what you want in college football.

1216
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 And Alex, from his first introductory press conference, talked about being adaptable, talked about tailoring his offense to his quarterback every year.

1217
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 And even yesterday, he said, look, I know what I want the identity to be, but I can't go out there and play.

1218
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 So, this spring is going to be about seeing what kind of identity this team can have, and then after that, they'll go into the off-season and develop a blueprint for that.

1219
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 So, really, I think he's just trying to adapt on the fly, figure out what he's working with, and after that, they can go full steam ahead.

1220
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 Listen, you've had some very good articles as far as preseason.

1221
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 Listen, I know you had one on the defense, five questions.

1222
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 He replaces Tedrick Falk.

1223
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 He will emerge at cornerback, et cetera.

1224
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 We'll be talking with you about those to come.

1225
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 I'll tell you one thing.

1226
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 I know you've had some busy days in your career, but yesterday with the first day of the Alex Goldich era,

1227
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 oh, by the way, there's a basketball game.

1228
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 And, oh, by the way, there's a baseball game with Georgia Tech, which Auburn won 9-2.

1229
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 I'm guessing you didn't have any problems sleeping last night, but where can we get online?

1230
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 And we'll have you more in depth, hopefully, next week or in the next couple weeks.

1231
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 Where can we get online to get your stuff and the teams?

1232
01:14:52,000 --> 01:14:52,820
 Yeah, for sure.

1233
01:14:52,940 --> 01:14:53,940
 Again, sorry about missing you.

1234
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 No problem.

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 Auburnundercover.com.

1236
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 Like you said, lots going on, but we've got a great team over here.

1237
01:15:01,060 --> 01:15:02,760
 I mean, recruiting on top of that.

1238
01:15:02,920 --> 01:15:07,460
 Your recruiting visits opened back up yesterday, and so Christian Clemente was on top of those.

1239
01:15:07,560 --> 01:15:13,020
 Jason Caldwell over at baseball doing the radio call for the game as well as covering the game.

1240
01:15:13,120 --> 01:15:19,160
 They get a huge win, and then a 9 p.m. tip-off in the NIT at Neville Arena, and the Tigers were able to win that one.

1241
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 So we'll have it covered for you guys.

1242
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 Like you said, busy March, really, until spring practice is over.

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 Whole new meeting to March Madness.

1246
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 Nathan, get some sanity down there, and thank you so much for your time today.

1247
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 Thank you, guys.

1248
01:15:37,840 --> 01:15:38,200
 Appreciate it.

1249
01:15:38,360 --> 01:15:38,960
 Thank you, bud.

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 Welcome back in.

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 It is an absolute pleasure for us to open the door and say hello to Abby Stutz,

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 women's head basketball coach at Freed Hardeman College.

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 Abby, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Doing great.

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 According to the infamous Miles Stutz,

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 than Freed Hardeman.

1355
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 Would you agree with Mr. Miles Stutz, Abby?

1356
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 You know, I think he's a little biased, but I do like the coaches we have at Freed Hardeman.

1357
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 Before we talk about the women, how about, this is so ironic, last week we had a guy on named Drew Stutz.

1358
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 I got a feeling for the folks who are just brand new to the show, you know that men's basketball coach pretty well as well, do you not?

1359
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 Yeah, he's pretty good.

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 We're pretty close.

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1364
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 Abby, let's talk about your side of the ledger.

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 Second year of the Lady Lions and another good one.

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1368
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 Yeah, it's really hard to know where to start.

1369
01:22:11,400 --> 01:22:15,820
 I guess first, just I'm grateful for the group that we have.

1370
01:22:16,100 --> 01:22:21,160
 We've had a great group of girls who, for me, has been a joy to be around.

1371
01:22:21,280 --> 01:22:23,800
 It makes my job really easy and really fun.

1372
01:22:25,060 --> 01:22:28,260
 And we've just had a great year on the floor as well.

1373
01:22:28,480 --> 01:22:31,360
 We're playing a really tough conference, the Mid-South Conference.

1374
01:22:32,140 --> 01:22:36,520
 We've got seven teams in our conference, and five of us have made it to the Sweet 16.

1375
01:22:37,220 --> 01:22:37,580
 Wow.

1376
01:22:37,760 --> 01:22:42,100
 And so, yes, you're going against really good teams, nine in and nine out.

1377
01:22:42,500 --> 01:22:46,840
 And I think that that's really prepared us for this moment as we get ready for the national tournament.

1378
01:22:47,840 --> 01:22:53,160
 Abby, you have had a great year, 29-3, 9-3 in conference play.

1379
01:22:53,160 --> 01:22:59,420
 You beat number nine seed, Bethel, out of Indiana, 73-64.

1380
01:23:00,460 --> 01:23:02,700
 Lily Key scored 21.

1381
01:23:03,040 --> 01:23:06,160
 Allie Weathers, believe me, we know the Weathers family.

1382
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 You have 19 points.

1383
01:23:09,400 --> 01:23:12,600
 And the Satterley girls played pretty well, too.

1384
01:23:12,720 --> 01:23:13,760
 Gina had 18.

1385
01:23:13,940 --> 01:23:18,260
 Rachel, tell us a little bit about the personality of your team.

1386
01:23:19,640 --> 01:23:22,380
 I mean, just those girls you listed off,

1387
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 and I would say it's a characteristic with the rest of our girls as well,

1388
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 is we just have a very unselfish group of girls.

1389
01:23:30,260 --> 01:23:35,000
 And I think that a strength of our team is we have girls who are very versatile

1390
01:23:35,000 --> 01:23:40,720
 and are willing to do whatever it takes for our team to be able to get the win.

1391
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 And so I think that that's what makes us special is, you know, whether it's pulling rebounds,

1392
01:23:45,960 --> 01:23:51,360
 whether it's playing great defense, whether it's making the extra pass, whether it's scoring the ball.

1393
01:23:52,360 --> 01:23:57,280
 Our girls have bought into that, and it's who they are, where they're unselfish.

1394
01:23:57,360 --> 01:24:02,000
 They don't really care about, you know, the accolades or who gets the high point or whatever.

1395
01:24:02,560 --> 01:24:08,840
 We value so much more than that, and I think our group of girls are just a very together group,

1396
01:24:08,840 --> 01:24:13,000
 and they use that to our advantage where you can't just key on on just one player.

1397
01:24:13,580 --> 01:24:17,080
 You got to be able to guard all of us, and they do a great job on defense as well.

1398
01:24:17,960 --> 01:24:19,680
 Coach, Abby's took it up with us.

1399
01:24:20,420 --> 01:24:23,400
 As Freed Hartman found out what's in the water yet in the Shoals area,

1400
01:24:23,820 --> 01:24:28,420
 let's talk about your roots to our neck of the woods and what a treat it must be.

1401
01:24:28,580 --> 01:24:32,380
 I mean, everybody that has one of these kids named the last name Weathers on their team,

1402
01:24:32,420 --> 01:24:33,020
 they're pretty grateful.

1403
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 The Newark Yankees, the Alabama Crimson Tide, and now your Lions are there at Freed Hartman.

1404
01:24:38,920 --> 01:24:43,820
 A lot of connections between the greater Shoals area and Henderson, Tennessee.

1405
01:24:44,760 --> 01:24:46,080
 Yes, there is.

1406
01:24:46,280 --> 01:24:48,260
 We're super grateful to have Allie.

1407
01:24:48,840 --> 01:24:53,360
 She's come in as a freshman and played a really big role for us,

1408
01:24:53,480 --> 01:24:57,740
 and everything that I kind of just talked about as far as she's just super unselfish,

1409
01:24:58,220 --> 01:25:02,740
 very high IQ player, but really, I told her mom last week,

1410
01:25:03,140 --> 01:25:06,800
 she's just a winner, and I think you see that with her family as well,

1411
01:25:06,960 --> 01:25:08,900
 and that's what I was complimenting to her mother.

1412
01:25:09,640 --> 01:25:13,540
 It comes from their family roots where she just knows how to win.

1413
01:25:13,760 --> 01:25:15,520
 She's able to make the big play.

1414
01:25:16,140 --> 01:25:17,240
 She doesn't get rattled.

1415
01:25:17,360 --> 01:25:22,060
 She doesn't play like a freshman, and so we're just super blessed to be able to have her,

1416
01:25:22,320 --> 01:25:24,680
 and most important, she's a great teammate.

1417
01:25:24,680 --> 01:25:31,080
 I think she makes those around her better, and we're super blessed that she's not too far from my hometown.

1418
01:25:31,380 --> 01:25:35,200
 There was a lot of connecting dots there of her high school coach,

1419
01:25:35,280 --> 01:25:40,580
 actually was my high school coach for several years, and she actually played at Freed Hardeman,

1420
01:25:40,760 --> 01:25:42,520
 so there's a lot of dots there.

1421
01:25:43,860 --> 01:25:47,160
 Abby, let me ask you about the growth of the women's game.

1422
01:25:47,680 --> 01:25:50,200
 I hear so much more about it.

1423
01:25:50,200 --> 01:25:52,620
 Pat Summitt gets so much credit.

1424
01:25:52,820 --> 01:26:00,400
 Gino and UConn gets a lot too, but the SEC, the growth of the SEC,

1425
01:26:01,060 --> 01:26:07,080
 certainly South Carolina, Texas, Ole Miss, just to name a few of the teams,

1426
01:26:07,320 --> 01:26:12,840
 but a lot of people are excited about the women's NCAA basketball tournament.

1427
01:26:13,000 --> 01:26:19,680
 We hear about the men's all the time, but you've seen a lot of this firsthand, watching TV.

1428
01:26:20,020 --> 01:26:24,880
 You know a lot of the SEC coaches and players.

1429
01:26:25,400 --> 01:26:30,560
 Talk about the growth of the women's game in the last 10 to 20 years.

1430
01:26:31,200 --> 01:26:37,240
 Oh, it's been super exciting to see, just to see the promotion of women's basketball,

1431
01:26:38,040 --> 01:26:41,580
 and I think it's awesome to see at all levels.

1432
01:26:41,860 --> 01:26:46,140
 You know, I think in AI, there's a lot of really high-level players.

1433
01:26:46,360 --> 01:26:48,660
 There's a lot of really high-level teams and coaches,

1434
01:26:49,180 --> 01:26:55,040
 and I think you see that from Division I all the way to the different levels at the bottom too.

1435
01:26:55,160 --> 01:26:58,340
 And so it's just been really exciting to be a part of.

1436
01:26:58,520 --> 01:27:03,920
 I'm super grateful to be one of many coaches that get to be around a group of girls

1437
01:27:03,920 --> 01:27:05,660
 and have an impact on their lives.

1438
01:27:06,240 --> 01:27:11,100
 And then they're also impacting other people's lives simply through the game of basketball.

1439
01:27:11,360 --> 01:27:17,100
 And so really keeping that into perspective of, yes, basketball is what we do,

1440
01:27:17,100 --> 01:27:19,180
 but ultimately it's not who we are.

1441
01:27:19,740 --> 01:27:25,820
 And I think that that's been a great thing to be a part of and an exciting time for women's basketball for sure.

1442
01:27:26,720 --> 01:27:32,340
 We know that you're happy where you are, but if you're a former player, current player, coach,

1443
01:27:32,400 --> 01:27:34,980
 you're never done until it's that championships in the house.

1444
01:27:35,120 --> 01:27:37,280
 Talk to us about where you are, what's next for you,

1445
01:27:37,360 --> 01:27:40,340
 and what are the folks here in the shows that can see the hometown girl

1446
01:27:40,340 --> 01:27:42,620
 try to keep on rocking and rolling here in the postseason?

1447
01:27:43,320 --> 01:27:46,200
 Yeah, so we're currently in Sioux City, Iowa.

1448
01:27:47,140 --> 01:27:50,080
 We're getting ready for the Sweet 16 game.

1449
01:27:50,200 --> 01:27:52,820
 We just finished with practice this morning.

1450
01:27:53,100 --> 01:27:57,440
 And so we play at 1 o'clock tomorrow against Georgetown,

1451
01:27:57,820 --> 01:27:59,940
 who actually is a team from our conference.

1452
01:28:00,200 --> 01:28:02,260
 So we've played them twice already this year.

1453
01:28:03,560 --> 01:28:05,760
 And we're just looking forward to a great tournament.

1454
01:28:06,060 --> 01:28:09,120
 I think we are the overall number one seed,

1455
01:28:09,120 --> 01:28:12,360
 but we've got a lot of good basketball teams here.

1456
01:28:12,720 --> 01:28:18,040
 And the things that we've kind of said ourselves is we are focusing on ourselves

1457
01:28:18,040 --> 01:28:20,920
 and what we can control and the hard work we've put in.

1458
01:28:21,160 --> 01:28:23,140
 And you can't really worry about, you know,

1459
01:28:23,180 --> 01:28:26,300
 the other teams or other things that are out of your control.

1460
01:28:26,460 --> 01:28:28,680
 You just got to keep being yourself and what got you here.

1461
01:28:30,020 --> 01:28:33,480
 Abby, thank you so much for taking a few minutes to join us.

1462
01:28:33,480 --> 01:28:39,680
 So believe me, Harold and I hear from your fan club in North Alabama quite frequently,

1463
01:28:39,680 --> 01:28:42,000
 your brother and his team.

1464
01:28:42,160 --> 01:28:49,740
 It's incredible to have the men's and women's team as good as they are at Freed Hardman.

1465
01:28:50,160 --> 01:28:53,240
 Listen, much, much luck this week.

1466
01:28:53,320 --> 01:28:54,080
 And you're right.

1467
01:28:54,160 --> 01:28:59,020
 It's amazing to me to have that many teams from the same conference in the Sweet 16.

1468
01:28:59,700 --> 01:29:00,980
 Thank you for your time.

1469
01:29:01,120 --> 01:29:01,940
 God bless you.

1470
01:29:02,140 --> 01:29:04,720
 And listen, much luck this week in the tournament.

1471
01:29:05,600 --> 01:29:06,000
 Absolutely.

1472
01:29:06,280 --> 01:29:07,640
 Thank you so much for having me.

1473
01:29:08,520 --> 01:29:09,420
 Thank you so much.

1474
01:29:09,480 --> 01:29:10,720
 And continued success.

1475
01:29:10,940 --> 01:29:14,200
 Coach Abby Stutz, Freed Hardman, women's head basketball coach.

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1478
01:29:18,120 --> 01:29:23,780
 how many colleges have a brother and sister head coaching team in the entire country?

1479
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 I think we know the answer.

1480
01:29:25,440 --> 01:29:27,520
 A lot of questions this spring down in Tuscaloosa.

1481
01:29:27,680 --> 01:29:30,360
 Rodney Orr with hopefully some answers next on the Moonwheel Bug Show.

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1624
01:35:17,060 --> 01:35:17,760
 Welcome back in.

1625
01:35:17,840 --> 01:35:22,560
 The B and B and Z could be applied to Rodney Orr, founder and editor of TylerInsider.com.

1626
01:35:22,600 --> 01:35:24,780
 The book is called Bigger Than Bama.

1627
01:35:24,940 --> 01:35:26,520
 Rodney Orr, welcome in.

1628
01:35:26,680 --> 01:35:28,140
 Are you a busy boy these days?

1629
01:35:29,540 --> 01:35:35,000
 Well, probably in some ways I am, Harold, but you know what?

1630
01:35:36,060 --> 01:35:41,780
 It's always fun when, you know, things are, this NCAA tournament is here.

1631
01:35:41,880 --> 01:35:48,480
 It's one of the great events and, you know, hopefully Alabama can have an extended stay.

1632
01:35:50,080 --> 01:35:54,680
 Rodney, obviously, it's not the kind of week that NATO is wanting to tip off.

1633
01:35:54,800 --> 01:35:59,420
 The court issues, these coaches, they make a lot of bucks, but they also earn a lot of bucks.

1634
01:35:59,420 --> 01:36:02,540
 Trying to sit here and manage on and off the court issues.

1635
01:36:02,700 --> 01:36:04,680
 Rodney, obviously, we don't want to berate it.

1636
01:36:04,700 --> 01:36:05,720
 It's still in a court system.

1637
01:36:05,820 --> 01:36:06,680
 It's going to play out.

1638
01:36:06,880 --> 01:36:09,220
 But to me, that's the question.

1639
01:36:09,600 --> 01:36:13,960
 In the meantime, the speculation is, how does Alabama adjust to this reality?

1640
01:36:14,440 --> 01:36:15,800
 They're not going to have Holloway.

1641
01:36:16,360 --> 01:36:18,480
 So you can't sit here and cry any soup about that.

1642
01:36:18,560 --> 01:36:20,940
 The question is, where do they go from here, Rodney, to adjust?

1643
01:36:22,200 --> 01:36:26,400
 Yeah, I mean, I just think that, you know, obviously they've got some depth in their backcourt

1644
01:36:26,400 --> 01:36:27,820
 and they've got some versatility.

1645
01:36:28,320 --> 01:36:36,280
 I mean, you've got Phylon, obviously, and Reitzel and, you know, so, and Millett, obviously, too.

1646
01:36:36,600 --> 01:36:43,660
 And then I think, you know, Amari Allen with his versatility to play outside, to play the perimeter,

1647
01:36:43,780 --> 01:36:46,380
 to handle the ball, that gives them a little more versatility.

1648
01:36:46,660 --> 01:36:50,140
 I think also there's, you know, Oates has talked about going bigger some,

1649
01:36:50,240 --> 01:36:53,220
 so maybe that means some more minutes for Noah Williamson.

1650
01:36:53,320 --> 01:36:58,600
 But I just think, you know, Phylon, Reitzel, they have to be ready to carry a heavier load.

1651
01:36:58,900 --> 01:37:01,200
 You know, they have to be ready to play more minutes.

1652
01:37:01,920 --> 01:37:04,160
 And, you know, it's just kind of the way it is.

1653
01:37:04,260 --> 01:37:09,480
 You've only got nine guys on scholarship right now that are available to play.

1654
01:37:09,480 --> 01:37:17,060
 So, yeah, they're thin, but, you know, at the same time, fortunately, they do have some depth in the backcourt.

1655
01:37:17,800 --> 01:37:22,380
 And the other thing, too, Rodney, is, ironically, the fact they've had so many injuries

1656
01:37:22,380 --> 01:37:27,600
 and they have to go to so many different lineups, in some ways, I can see where that might be a pleasure

1657
01:37:27,600 --> 01:37:30,860
 because it's not the first time they've started the game without Holloway.

1658
01:37:32,140 --> 01:37:32,500
 Exactly.

1659
01:37:32,980 --> 01:37:35,480
 I mean, you know, again, let's be clear.

1660
01:37:35,480 --> 01:37:39,560
 You lost your best three-point shooter in terms of shooting 44%.

1661
01:37:39,560 --> 01:37:46,340
 For the last 11 games, he's been your leading scorer, averaging 16.8 points per game, second leading scorer.

1662
01:37:46,980 --> 01:37:51,780
 So, you know, he's obviously a pivotal player, but at the same time, you're right.

1663
01:37:51,900 --> 01:37:54,420
 You know, Oates has used a lot of guys.

1664
01:37:54,560 --> 01:37:57,840
 I mean, he's had a rotation there that, you know, has built some minutes.

1665
01:37:57,840 --> 01:38:03,060
 And I think that, like you said, I think overall, because they've had to do that,

1666
01:38:03,100 --> 01:38:04,900
 they've had some injury issues throughout the year.

1667
01:38:05,020 --> 01:38:07,560
 The guys have played more minutes maybe than what they would have.

1668
01:38:07,860 --> 01:38:11,400
 And I think that's certainly going to prove beneficial in this situation.

1669
01:38:12,400 --> 01:38:17,060
 You had a good article about the first week of spring football practice.

1670
01:38:17,180 --> 01:38:19,840
 Of course, they're on spring break this week.

1671
01:38:21,140 --> 01:38:27,920
 And the good and some concerns, we'll know a little bit more about the quarterback situation.

1672
01:38:27,920 --> 01:38:30,660
 I know that's the question everybody wants to talk about.

1673
01:38:31,140 --> 01:38:33,420
 They've got some incredibly talented kids.

1674
01:38:33,900 --> 01:38:36,400
 I've been saying this for a while, Rodney.

1675
01:38:36,440 --> 01:38:38,980
 I think they've got the best secondary in college football.

1676
01:38:39,400 --> 01:38:43,760
 Then they bring in Jaira Edwards and Jordan Edmonds.

1677
01:38:45,120 --> 01:38:46,440
 It's incredible.

1678
01:38:46,860 --> 01:38:48,400
 And then the other transfer.

1679
01:38:49,260 --> 01:38:50,900
 And you mentioned some concerns.

1680
01:38:51,420 --> 01:38:57,580
 We found out last week that Jackson Lloyd and Michael Carroll, the assistant coaches,

1681
01:38:57,760 --> 01:39:00,200
 and particularly Ryan Grubb, liked them a lot.

1682
01:39:00,960 --> 01:39:08,580
 But a statement that caught my eye was, yeah, they're good, but they can't block Yonsei Pierre.

1683
01:39:08,900 --> 01:39:11,380
 He abused all of them last week.

1684
01:39:12,140 --> 01:39:14,480
 Rodney, some people look at that as a negative.

1685
01:39:14,760 --> 01:39:16,440
 I'll look at that as a positive.

1686
01:39:17,640 --> 01:39:19,420
 Well, and you're right.

1687
01:39:19,620 --> 01:39:21,520
 Certainly it is a positive, I think.

1688
01:39:21,640 --> 01:39:24,000
 You know, obviously from the Yonsei Pierre perspective.

1689
01:39:24,600 --> 01:39:25,580
 And I'll say this, too.

1690
01:39:25,680 --> 01:39:31,840
 Now, he's working on some guys who are young, whether it's Jackson Lloyd or Michael Carroll or whoever.

1691
01:39:32,620 --> 01:39:35,460
 And, you know, I'll never forget, and I'm going to go back a little ways.

1692
01:39:36,060 --> 01:39:38,800
 I'll never forget Wesley Britt was a redshirt freshman.

1693
01:39:38,940 --> 01:39:44,500
 Trying to watch him block Kendall Moorhead was very painful.

1694
01:39:44,500 --> 01:39:49,400
 But he became a great player.

1695
01:39:49,400 --> 01:39:50,820
 These guys are developing.

1696
01:39:51,300 --> 01:39:52,940
 I mean, it's really early, obviously.

1697
01:39:53,540 --> 01:39:57,120
 But, you know, you see so much potential in this offensive line.

1698
01:39:57,220 --> 01:39:57,700
 You really do.

1699
01:39:57,800 --> 01:39:58,920
 I mean, you see Michael Carroll.

1700
01:39:59,380 --> 01:40:00,440
 You see Jackson Lloyd.

1701
01:40:00,820 --> 01:40:02,140
 Extraordinary, talented guys.

1702
01:40:02,740 --> 01:40:08,820
 Listen, people say, okay, why did Grubb come out and say there's no competition at left tackle?

1703
01:40:09,140 --> 01:40:10,580
 Well, I really don't know.

1704
01:40:11,220 --> 01:40:19,940
 But what does that do to a guy like Javon James who transfers from Mississippi State as a nine-game starter in the SEC at left tackle?

1705
01:40:20,660 --> 01:40:26,280
 And people wonder, well, why would you eliminate the competition there when you just recruited this guy out of the portal?

1706
01:40:26,280 --> 01:40:31,280
 Well, here's the thing that I think a lot of people don't know.

1707
01:40:31,400 --> 01:40:32,480
 We reported this.

1708
01:40:33,120 --> 01:40:34,980
 Javon James has worked some at right tackle.

1709
01:40:35,720 --> 01:40:37,600
 So, there is a possibility.

1710
01:40:37,760 --> 01:40:40,940
 Now, don't forget, Grubb said this the other day.

1711
01:40:41,420 --> 01:40:45,340
 He said, Michael Carroll can play a lot of positions on the offensive line.

1712
01:40:45,800 --> 01:40:46,940
 He's got the versatility.

1713
01:40:47,680 --> 01:40:51,900
 The message there is, you know, they're going to look at Michael Carroll at some other spot.

1714
01:40:52,240 --> 01:40:57,000
 They're looking at him at guard because that's really what a lot of people think his natural position is.

1715
01:40:57,640 --> 01:41:04,520
 So, this could, I'm not saying it is, but it could possibly evolve into a situation where you have Jackson Lloyd at left tackle,

1716
01:41:04,720 --> 01:41:10,160
 Javon James at right tackle, Michael Carroll at right guard, Rayson Delgatti at center,

1717
01:41:10,900 --> 01:41:15,800
 and maybe Nick Brooks at left guard or William Sanders who's out this spring.

1718
01:41:16,380 --> 01:41:19,260
 Or you could have Nick Brooks who's also working at right tackle.

1719
01:41:19,360 --> 01:41:21,280
 So, you kind of get my drift.

1720
01:41:22,200 --> 01:41:28,160
 You can see some real positive strengths there if they can piece this thing together.

1721
01:41:29,500 --> 01:41:32,260
 Rodney, you're busy there at tighterinsider.com.

1722
01:41:32,340 --> 01:41:33,660
 Again, the book's called Bigger Than Bama.

1723
01:41:33,880 --> 01:41:39,720
 What I find interesting is normally, you're right, even though these coaches may know the answer to some of these questions,

1724
01:41:40,200 --> 01:41:41,840
 they don't want to reveal it this early.

1725
01:41:41,960 --> 01:41:44,040
 It looks like this staff is like a salmon.

1726
01:41:44,120 --> 01:41:44,860
 They're swimming upstream.

1727
01:41:44,980 --> 01:41:45,920
 They're going against the grain.

1728
01:41:45,920 --> 01:41:47,180
 And go ahead and make a decision.

1729
01:41:47,880 --> 01:41:51,420
 Does that portend maybe coming out with a quarterback decision a little early?

1730
01:41:52,080 --> 01:41:57,600
 And it looks like maybe it's possible that all five positions on the O-line could be named early.

1731
01:41:58,080 --> 01:42:03,160
 Your thoughts on that and the thing that you've got to balance out with these coaches now,

1732
01:42:03,380 --> 01:42:09,560
 if you come out too early, what does that send a message with the door open for the portal once it opens up again legally?

1733
01:42:09,560 --> 01:42:17,120
 Your thoughts just about how this staff seems to be making decisions more decisively early than maybe some of the times past?

1734
01:42:17,900 --> 01:42:25,200
 Well, I think quarterback specifically, I don't see an early decision there.

1735
01:42:25,280 --> 01:42:26,720
 Then that would really shock me.

1736
01:42:27,160 --> 01:42:27,320
 Yeah.

1737
01:42:27,460 --> 01:42:36,220
 Based on the feedback we've gotten, both of those guys have looked elite throwing the ball.

1738
01:42:36,780 --> 01:42:38,440
 I mean, these are elite passers.

1739
01:42:38,600 --> 01:42:38,780
 Yeah.

1740
01:42:38,940 --> 01:42:42,500
 I talked to a really good source this weekend who was at all four practices.

1741
01:42:43,280 --> 01:42:49,660
 And he said, listen, these two guys, and this is a guy that we know, the source.

1742
01:42:50,100 --> 01:42:51,500
 He said, they're off the charts.

1743
01:42:51,580 --> 01:42:54,000
 He said, these guys have extreme talent.

1744
01:42:54,140 --> 01:42:57,460
 I said, well, okay, now can the offensive line protect them?

1745
01:42:57,740 --> 01:42:58,840
 He said, well, that's the question.

1746
01:42:58,960 --> 01:43:00,120
 You know, it's too early to tell.

1747
01:43:00,520 --> 01:43:06,360
 And I think the running backs, based on what I was told, really have to pick it up in pass protection.

1748
01:43:06,920 --> 01:43:08,560
 So there's a lot that goes into it.

1749
01:43:08,660 --> 01:43:13,660
 But to the question of a quarterback being announced early, I'd be shocked by that.

1750
01:43:13,740 --> 01:43:19,760
 In fact, the statement I was given was that this is going to be a real tough decision for this coaching staff.

1751
01:43:19,760 --> 01:43:26,180
 Now, the one thing I would say that Austin Mack has the advantage in, obviously he's going into his fourth year in this system.

1752
01:43:27,300 --> 01:43:34,140
 And I think based on some things I've heard, Harold and Brett, it shows a little bit from just the management standpoint of this offense.

1753
01:43:34,760 --> 01:43:37,860
 You know, getting the protections right and all of those things.

1754
01:43:38,160 --> 01:43:41,700
 I just think Austin Mack might be ahead in those areas based on what I've been told.

1755
01:43:42,140 --> 01:43:47,000
 But now, look, that said, I'm not ruling out that Keelan Russell is eventually the guy.

1756
01:43:47,000 --> 01:43:53,400
 I think both these guys, the conversations that I've had, they're really elite passers.

1757
01:43:54,400 --> 01:44:04,900
 I always enjoy when you do your on-the-hoof report for particularly the first media viewing period during the summer.

1758
01:44:05,100 --> 01:44:17,140
 But during the spring, Daniel Hill, I'd heard he's playing around 250 at one point last year down to a chiseled, as you put it, 236.

1759
01:44:19,580 --> 01:44:22,020
 And Crowell, 5'11", 221.

1760
01:44:23,140 --> 01:44:25,860
 And these tight ends must be some specimens.

1761
01:44:26,900 --> 01:44:32,240
 And we talked about Josh Ford, 6'6", nearly 270.

1762
01:44:33,000 --> 01:44:35,240
 Caleb Edwards, 6'6", 270.

1763
01:44:36,120 --> 01:44:38,860
 Marshall Pritchard, 250.

1764
01:44:40,320 --> 01:44:42,180
 Suter, at 250.

1765
01:44:42,380 --> 01:44:46,900
 And then you've got some pretty good-sized young men on the offensive line.

1766
01:44:47,100 --> 01:44:49,200
 Lloyd, 6'7", 320.

1767
01:44:50,080 --> 01:44:54,460
 And Brooks, 6'7", 339, down about 15, 20 pounds.

1768
01:44:55,180 --> 01:45:00,140
 They're some big, good-looking young men on that team, according to Rodney Orr.

1769
01:45:00,820 --> 01:45:12,920
 Well, I'll tell you, you know, I hear a lot of complaints, you know, and I say that, you know how it goes, about David Ballou and the strength program's not what it used to be, and that's why Alabama's not physical.

1770
01:45:13,060 --> 01:45:24,100
 But I'm going to tell you, on the hoof, and look, their defensive line doesn't look anything like the Saban defensive lines, you know, and maybe they're not quite as big overall, massive.

1771
01:45:24,260 --> 01:45:25,840
 The game has changed a little bit.

1772
01:45:26,320 --> 01:45:31,200
 But I'll say this, on the hoof, this is a, it's a really good-looking team.

1773
01:45:31,320 --> 01:45:33,300
 I don't know what else David Ballou could do.

1774
01:45:33,740 --> 01:45:35,360
 You know, physically, they look good.

1775
01:45:35,480 --> 01:45:38,200
 I can tell you, Daniel Hill's made a real transformation.

1776
01:45:38,740 --> 01:45:38,840
 Yeah.

1777
01:45:39,200 --> 01:45:41,680
 And his feet look quicker, much quicker.

1778
01:45:43,040 --> 01:45:45,460
 And you mentioned the tight ends, and you're right.

1779
01:45:45,680 --> 01:45:52,040
 You look at Josh Ford, you look at Caleb Edwards, you look at Marshall Pritchett, you look at Matt Suter, you look at all those guys.

1780
01:45:52,180 --> 01:45:55,780
 I mean, they've done a really good job in developing them physically.

1781
01:45:56,620 --> 01:45:59,120
 So, I mean, I see it there.

1782
01:45:59,820 --> 01:46:04,900
 You know, and I look in the secondary, you mentioned it possibly being the best secondary in the country, and they're really talented.

1783
01:46:05,300 --> 01:46:10,000
 Let me say this, this is another thing that was, you know, from my source that I spoke to over the weekend,

1784
01:46:10,400 --> 01:46:14,960
 there's been a lot of rave about Jaira Edwards, the freshman safety from Baltimore.

1785
01:46:15,560 --> 01:46:15,700
 Yeah.

1786
01:46:15,720 --> 01:46:18,420
 And I know that, you know, he's turned heads really early.

1787
01:46:19,120 --> 01:46:25,180
 You know, my source just said, listen, Jordan Edmonds, the true freshman from Marietta, Georgia, at cornerback,

1788
01:46:25,340 --> 01:46:30,920
 is one of the more talented secondary players he's seen come through here in the last several years.

1789
01:46:31,360 --> 01:46:32,620
 And that says something.

1790
01:46:32,780 --> 01:46:34,780
 In fact, he kind of compared him to Patrick Sertain.

1791
01:46:35,720 --> 01:46:38,740
 And he said, this guy is extraordinarily talented.

1792
01:46:38,940 --> 01:46:46,400
 So, listen, I think when you're talking about recruiting talent, they probably recruit secondary talent as well as anyone in the country.

1793
01:46:48,400 --> 01:46:52,920
 Brian, you do a great job also at TigerInsider.com following recruiting.

1794
01:46:53,200 --> 01:46:56,940
 Your thoughts about where things are, and I guess starting with a D word, decommit.

1795
01:46:56,940 --> 01:46:59,600
 How many times has a chicken decommitted from Alabama?

1796
01:47:01,940 --> 01:47:07,900
 Well, you know, I know, obviously, Jabarius Garrar from down at Viger decommitted.

1797
01:47:08,640 --> 01:47:17,060
 The good news on that, Harold and Brett, is the number of edge players on the defensive side of the ball that Alabama's recruiting right now.

1798
01:47:17,240 --> 01:47:18,540
 I mean, they're in on a lot of guys.

1799
01:47:18,660 --> 01:47:21,680
 I know a lot of guys about Antoine Jackson from Memphis.

1800
01:47:22,160 --> 01:47:24,120
 He's a lot bigger than Garrar, by the way.

1801
01:47:24,240 --> 01:47:25,900
 He's 6'6", about 240 to 30.

1802
01:47:26,260 --> 01:47:27,680
 He's a guy that's got a great frame.

1803
01:47:27,740 --> 01:47:29,280
 But they're recruiting several of those guys.

1804
01:47:29,340 --> 01:47:31,340
 They've got some five-star guys coming in.

1805
01:47:31,980 --> 01:47:33,960
 K.J. Green's coming in from Georgia.

1806
01:47:34,280 --> 01:47:38,300
 You know, they've got a list of players at that position.

1807
01:47:38,300 --> 01:47:44,800
 But with that said, I mean, I just think they're doing a great job in terms of kind of lining up the visits.

1808
01:47:45,520 --> 01:47:51,680
 And it looks to me like they're in position to have another, you know, fantastic recruiting class.

1809
01:47:52,440 --> 01:47:53,320
 I want to make sure we're clear.

1810
01:47:53,540 --> 01:47:55,080
 His affectionate name is Chicken.

1811
01:47:55,100 --> 01:47:56,200
 We're not calling him Chicken.

1812
01:47:56,320 --> 01:47:57,080
 That's his nickname.

1813
01:47:57,320 --> 01:47:58,840
 So, just to make sure that we're clear on that.

1814
01:47:59,260 --> 01:48:01,760
 Your thoughts also, I continue to be impressed.

1815
01:48:02,100 --> 01:48:06,560
 This quarterback room potentially is as stout as anybody in the country, especially in this era.

1816
01:48:07,240 --> 01:48:12,120
 Yet, they're still being able to somehow bring in guys who are considered to be number one in the position.

1817
01:48:12,780 --> 01:48:15,440
 Well, that has to be a story in itself, Rodney.

1818
01:48:16,660 --> 01:48:17,100
 Yeah.

1819
01:48:17,320 --> 01:48:18,840
 You said quarterback, right?

1820
01:48:19,180 --> 01:48:19,800
 Yeah, right.

1821
01:48:19,960 --> 01:48:20,520
 Yeah.

1822
01:48:20,620 --> 01:48:20,940
 Yeah.

1823
01:48:21,420 --> 01:48:23,500
 So, exactly.

1824
01:48:23,680 --> 01:48:27,620
 Elijah Haven out of Baton Rouge is a guy that I know they're extremely high on.

1825
01:48:27,740 --> 01:48:34,580
 Obviously, they already have a commitment from Trent Seaborn who, you know, schools are still Miami's coming, has come after him.

1826
01:48:34,740 --> 01:48:35,980
 Morgan has made a pitch.

1827
01:48:35,980 --> 01:48:43,220
 So, they're recruiting high-profile quarterbacks, and, you know, it looks like they're going to get, you know, the ones that they really target.

1828
01:48:43,980 --> 01:48:51,960
 And, you know, again, we talked about Elon Russell and Austin Mack, but they've got two young guys here that I got a glimpse of.

1829
01:48:52,600 --> 01:48:58,400
 Peyton Kawa, who, by the way, you talk about him, if he can't play quarterback, he might be an H-back.

1830
01:48:58,520 --> 01:49:02,400
 I mean, this guy's about 6'5", 235 or more.

1831
01:49:02,580 --> 01:49:06,180
 I mean, he is a good-looking specimen at quarterback.

1832
01:49:06,440 --> 01:49:12,560
 And then, also, Jet Tamala, as well, from Nebraska, he's another big kid.

1833
01:49:12,680 --> 01:49:15,520
 You know, he's a 6'5", 215-pound kid.

1834
01:49:15,840 --> 01:49:21,460
 So, they've got four guys here right now that are obviously really talented.

1835
01:49:22,540 --> 01:49:26,380
 Let me ask you about one more in the secondary that a lot of people overlook.

1836
01:49:27,280 --> 01:49:31,240
 And they say, well, you know, he's a Mercer cornerback.

1837
01:49:31,860 --> 01:49:35,500
 Carmelo O'Neal is 6'4", 209.

1838
01:49:36,080 --> 01:49:44,360
 The length of this secondary amazes me that so many of them are 6'2", to even 6'5".

1839
01:49:44,360 --> 01:49:47,720
 And, Ronnie, you seem to be pretty impressed with O'Neal.

1840
01:49:48,840 --> 01:49:49,320
 Right.

1841
01:49:49,400 --> 01:49:51,500
 I've heard good things about Carmelo O'Neal.

1842
01:49:51,660 --> 01:49:53,060
 They feel really good about him.

1843
01:49:53,160 --> 01:49:53,840
 He could play corner.

1844
01:49:53,960 --> 01:49:54,920
 He could play safety.

1845
01:49:55,500 --> 01:49:58,240
 I think most of his work right now has been at corner.

1846
01:49:59,300 --> 01:50:00,660
 They've been very high on him.

1847
01:50:00,700 --> 01:50:02,740
 We mentioned him in one of our notes packages.

1848
01:50:04,100 --> 01:50:05,140
 He's another one.

1849
01:50:05,240 --> 01:50:07,140
 Like you said, I saw him out on the field.

1850
01:50:07,280 --> 01:50:11,120
 I got to eyeball him in that media viewing period that we had.

1851
01:50:11,180 --> 01:50:12,600
 And it was only like 10 or 12 minutes.

1852
01:50:12,720 --> 01:50:15,860
 So, you're trying to see as much as you possibly can in a limited amount of time.

1853
01:50:16,100 --> 01:50:17,040
 And he's the real deal.

1854
01:50:17,360 --> 01:50:18,040
 Man, he's big.

1855
01:50:18,100 --> 01:50:19,400
 You think Dejean Lee's big?

1856
01:50:19,940 --> 01:50:20,920
 This guy's big.

1857
01:50:21,220 --> 01:50:22,600
 I mean, he really is.

1858
01:50:22,680 --> 01:50:25,040
 And, look, I mentioned Jordan Edmonds, a true freshman.

1859
01:50:25,580 --> 01:50:27,880
 Harold and Britt, he's 6'3", plus himself.

1860
01:50:28,340 --> 01:50:30,940
 I mean, he's a really big kid.

1861
01:50:31,880 --> 01:50:34,140
 So, you're right about the length.

1862
01:50:34,380 --> 01:50:37,160
 The athleticism and the length is really impressive.

1863
01:50:37,380 --> 01:50:43,680
 Now, the front seven, some of the transfer portal guys, you know, you have to hope that Terrence Green,

1864
01:50:44,080 --> 01:50:47,260
 Kigdrick Bingley-Jones, Devin Tompkins come along.

1865
01:50:47,560 --> 01:50:51,400
 To go with Yonsei Pierre up front, that would be a really good.

1866
01:50:51,540 --> 01:50:56,520
 But inside backer, right now, I mean, there's still kind of some question marks there.

1867
01:50:56,580 --> 01:51:00,880
 Not that the guys aren't good or capable, but you just lost a lot of experience.

1868
01:51:01,540 --> 01:51:03,520
 Yeah, I agree.

1869
01:51:03,640 --> 01:51:10,620
 I think they're a little undersized, but making up maybe with athleticism, we'll see how that goes.

1870
01:51:10,820 --> 01:51:16,800
 Well, Tender Insider TV, you're going to be covering the Alabama Crimson Tide in Tampa,

1871
01:51:17,400 --> 01:51:23,980
 Alabama baseball hosting Florida this weekend, and then, of course, spring practice resumes next week.

1872
01:51:23,980 --> 01:51:30,180
 All of that cornucopia of information, along with that 24-7 message board,

1873
01:51:30,280 --> 01:51:36,100
 Ronnie, where can we get online and get all of this great stuff for a very nominal price?

1874
01:51:37,180 --> 01:51:38,880
 Right, it's TenderInsider.com.

1875
01:51:38,920 --> 01:51:40,380
 It's only $48 a year.

1876
01:51:40,460 --> 01:51:42,920
 You can get instant access with your credit card, if you prefer.

1877
01:51:43,080 --> 01:51:46,480
 There is an address there to send a check, and that gives you all our premium information,

1878
01:51:46,600 --> 01:51:48,060
 but also our all-sports forum.

1879
01:51:48,140 --> 01:51:50,360
 That's our community there, Alabama fans.

1880
01:51:50,480 --> 01:51:51,760
 I mean, it's nonstop.

1881
01:51:51,760 --> 01:51:52,920
 It's nonstop.

1882
01:51:53,120 --> 01:51:56,420
 Right now, it's all about basketball, you know, of course, with spring break.

1883
01:51:57,080 --> 01:52:01,800
 So, but like we say, Harold and Brett, it never really ends on TenderInsider.com.

1884
01:52:03,400 --> 01:52:07,460
 24-7 unless it's a leap year, and then it's 366 days a year.

1885
01:52:07,560 --> 01:52:10,140
 Rodney, kick back, enjoy, and thank you so much for your time today.

1886
01:52:11,120 --> 01:52:11,620
 Okay, guys.

1887
01:52:11,700 --> 01:52:12,160
 Appreciate it.

1888
01:52:12,200 --> 01:52:12,560
 Take care.

1889
01:52:12,620 --> 01:52:13,060
 Thank you, bud.

1890
01:52:13,260 --> 01:52:14,920
 Rodney Orr, TenderInsider.com.

1891
01:52:14,960 --> 01:52:16,820
 And, again, the book is called Bigger Than Bama.

1892
01:52:16,920 --> 01:52:20,960
 If you're ready for some early basketball, if you will, official March Madness,

1893
01:52:21,000 --> 01:52:23,680
 which I guess, for the most part, gets rolling tomorrow.

1894
01:52:24,360 --> 01:52:27,980
 Coming up tonight in the so-called play-in games, Prairie View and Lehigh.

1895
01:52:28,080 --> 01:52:29,440
 That's got the 540 tip.

1896
01:52:29,920 --> 01:52:34,340
 And then the intriguing matchup on the late day, BB, Miami, Ohio,

1897
01:52:34,560 --> 01:52:37,640
 and SMU number 11 versus number 11 there.

1898
01:52:37,640 --> 01:52:40,280
 There's going to be a lot of people watching that game here.

1899
01:52:40,420 --> 01:52:43,120
 A lot of people haven't seen Miami of Ohio, and, of course,

1900
01:52:43,200 --> 01:52:45,980
 they went undefeated for a long, long time.

1901
01:52:46,260 --> 01:52:50,320
 But, as you mentioned, it really gets cranked up tomorrow.

1902
01:52:51,100 --> 01:52:52,320
 Load up on the Red Bull.

1903
01:52:52,680 --> 01:52:55,600
 That's going to take care of business for now on behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair,

1904
01:52:55,720 --> 01:52:56,580
 the entire crew here.

1905
01:52:56,660 --> 01:52:58,580
 Peril Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1906
01:52:58,680 --> 01:53:01,080
 Let's do it again tomorrow at noon to 2 for the Boom on Buck Show

1907
01:53:01,080 --> 01:53:03,360
 back here on Sports Radio 93.9 The Score.