1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:08,780 Now, get ready to roll Shoals, Decatur, Athens, and all of Northwest Alabama and Southern Tennessee. 2 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:12,780 It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM Sports Voice. 3 00:00:15,660 --> 00:00:18,280 The Boomo Bugg Show. 4 00:00:18,660 --> 00:00:23,840 Your exclusive inside track to the tie, Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC. 5 00:00:24,240 --> 00:00:28,660 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9. 6 00:00:29,060 --> 00:00:30,080 The story. 7 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:34,040 Good afternoon and welcome in to the Boomo Bugg Show. 8 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:35,860 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird. 9 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,020 Thank you so much for giving us the ride around the Tennessee Valley. 10 00:00:39,180 --> 00:00:40,140 Brett Beaird, welcome in. 11 00:00:40,220 --> 00:00:47,420 Where the question of the day is, to play or not to play, that is a question around Aiden Holiday. 12 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:53,940 Good afternoon, welcome in, and some breaking news on this Friday for Mr. Holloway, my friend. 13 00:00:54,740 --> 00:00:57,080 Happy Sweet 16 Friday. 14 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:04,020 I believe the judge has given him permission to travel, Harold, but he is not going to play tonight. 15 00:01:04,180 --> 00:01:15,900 The university just released a statement saying that his status has not changed, so I do not envision Aiden Holloway playing tonight against Michigan. 16 00:01:16,060 --> 00:01:25,880 Nate Oates' first career win at Alabama came against a dusty May-led Florida Atlantic team, November the 11th of 2019. 17 00:01:26,980 --> 00:01:29,100 Who's the coach at Michigan tonight? 18 00:01:29,460 --> 00:01:30,180 That's me. 19 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:35,660 Bill Shanks previews the Braves season opener against the Kansas City Royals. 20 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:42,000 And Jimmy is here right now to break down Alabama versus Michigan in the Sweet 16 tonight. 21 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:47,320 Jimmy Stein is busy there, his co-host of Locked On Bama, part of the Locked On Network. 22 00:01:47,500 --> 00:01:48,260 Jimmy, welcome in. 23 00:01:48,300 --> 00:01:48,840 How are you? 24 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:51,760 Guys, thanks for having me back. 25 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:52,120 Hey, Jimmy. 26 00:01:53,100 --> 00:01:57,120 Very interesting, and they call it the Sweet 16, some extra spice. 27 00:01:57,260 --> 00:01:58,680 It now seems like it's been clarified. 28 00:01:58,980 --> 00:02:07,480 But up to this point, I think folks would say, wait a minute, I thought this thing had been settled with Holloway, and now all of a sudden the judge says, well, here's the good news. 29 00:02:07,540 --> 00:02:11,760 You can travel to Chicago, but there's still more hurdles to leap. 30 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:12,740 Jimmy, what do you know? 31 00:02:12,820 --> 00:02:15,920 What's the latest as you understand the Holloway situation? 32 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:21,020 Well, I wouldn't be shocked if Holloway went to Chicago to just support his teammates. 33 00:02:21,420 --> 00:02:26,940 That would not be shocking at all, be it from the bench or even from the stands. 34 00:02:27,500 --> 00:02:28,660 That wouldn't be shocking. 35 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:34,200 But I also think an element to this is, you know, Holloway's not from Tuscaloosa. 36 00:02:34,620 --> 00:02:35,760 He's not even from Birmingham. 37 00:02:36,300 --> 00:02:42,740 A lot of this could just be Holloway wanting to go home to Charlotte and spend some time with his family. 38 00:02:43,220 --> 00:02:55,360 If he is suspended from academic things at Alabama and suspended from campus and can't work with the basketball team, there's not much of a reason for him to be in Tuscaloosa. 39 00:02:56,020 --> 00:03:02,940 So I think some of this could just simply be traveling home for him, and it's not 100% basketball-related. 40 00:03:03,140 --> 00:03:11,000 But now he at least has the option of seeing his teammates outside the state if that's something he wants to do. 41 00:03:11,180 --> 00:03:14,780 But I think some of this may just simply be about going home to Charlotte. 42 00:03:16,140 --> 00:03:22,360 Jimmy, before we break down the Michigan game, a lot of speculation this week. 43 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:28,900 There are some high-profile jobs that are open right now, including North Carolina. 44 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:40,340 I know I've had several sources say that's not going to happen for Nate Oates, but he came out yesterday and gave a passionate support of how Alabama treats him. 45 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:41,700 He loves Tuscaloosa. 46 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:44,140 The girls love Tuscaloosa. 47 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:46,740 I could see staying here the rest of my career. 48 00:03:47,020 --> 00:03:57,080 We've heard other coaches say that, but obviously with the Sweet 16 and a lot of job openings, a lot of speculation for coaches coming and going. 49 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:00,480 Your thoughts on Nate Oates' future at Alabama? 50 00:04:01,420 --> 00:04:09,800 Yeah, I think if Nate Oates was using Alabama as a stepping stone towards a more traditional blue-blood-type program, he would have already left. 51 00:04:10,240 --> 00:04:18,560 I think he's had those opportunities in the past or certainly have had the opportunities in the past to aggressively go after one of those gigs. 52 00:04:18,660 --> 00:04:24,880 A lot of them have opened, even Kentucky two cycles ago, North Carolina now. 53 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:32,200 But I'm sticking with what I believe, what I've heard, and what I believe about Nate Oates. 54 00:04:32,300 --> 00:04:36,320 I don't think he's leaving those girls in Tuscaloosa. 55 00:04:36,740 --> 00:04:41,040 I think he likes his daughters being there. 56 00:04:41,980 --> 00:04:48,520 Now, I personally believe one day when the daughters are a little older and a little more independent, 57 00:04:49,220 --> 00:04:53,740 I would not be surprised at all to see Nate Oates move on to the NBA. 58 00:04:54,260 --> 00:04:57,260 I'm sort of expecting it, frankly. 59 00:04:57,580 --> 00:04:59,180 I mean, that's sort of what I expect. 60 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:07,420 I think he's going to be a little bit more like Billy Donovan than he is, you know, a guy that just moves on to another college job. 61 00:05:07,420 --> 00:05:15,140 I think he's accomplished all that one can accomplish at Alabama other than the national championship. 62 00:05:15,300 --> 00:05:16,520 I'm sure he'd love to do that. 63 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,640 The fact of the matter is he keeps putting Alabama on the front porch. 64 00:05:19,780 --> 00:05:23,180 I don't know that this is the year that they're going to get it done either. 65 00:05:23,620 --> 00:05:28,120 But if you keep landing on the front porch, eventually the door is going to open. 66 00:05:29,200 --> 00:05:31,460 So you're saying he's not Will Wade, right? 67 00:05:33,580 --> 00:05:34,520 So many ways. 68 00:05:34,980 --> 00:05:40,900 I like, to me, Nate Oates earns my respect in that he came right out and said, 69 00:05:40,980 --> 00:05:45,680 basically, I'm not a good businessman because I'm not literally leveraging this spot 70 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:50,280 because I basically go to the university and say I'm already making more money than I ever thought I could. 71 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:51,760 So I'm happy from a money standpoint. 72 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:57,860 How refreshing is it to see somebody say, I'm not going to chase the almighty dollar and then die from a heart attack? 73 00:05:57,860 --> 00:06:02,440 To me, that tells me the guy's got some integrity and some boundaries, and he's got to respect that. 74 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:04,440 But here's the bottom line. 75 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:11,360 If he wants to keep on being the fans' favorite, all he's got to do tonight is knock off a mammoth team from Michigan. 76 00:06:11,500 --> 00:06:13,300 Other than that, everything is good, right, Jimmy? 77 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:19,500 You know, when you get this far in the tournament, sometimes you just have some extremely tough matchups. 78 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:22,840 Let's remember two years ago, Alabama gets to the Final Four. 79 00:06:23,200 --> 00:06:26,240 That wasn't just a good UConn team that beat them. 80 00:06:26,300 --> 00:06:30,220 That was an historically great UConn team that beat Alabama. 81 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:32,180 Last year, they lose to Duke. 82 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:39,660 Duke may win the national title this year, and I think Duke fans will tell you that last year's Duke team was even better. 83 00:06:40,220 --> 00:06:43,260 They just lost to Florida in the end. 84 00:06:43,820 --> 00:06:52,820 This year, Alabama's misfortune in terms of running into someone late that is a very difficult matchup for them is Michigan. 85 00:06:53,180 --> 00:07:01,880 This is a really tough matchup for Alabama in terms of if you want to match up with Alabama and beat Alabama, muscle them around the basket. 86 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:08,380 I mean, that's the formula to beating Alabama is muscling them around the basket. 87 00:07:08,380 --> 00:07:11,000 And Michigan just has a roster. 88 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:15,820 I mean, this is exactly what Alabama does not want to match up against. 89 00:07:16,320 --> 00:07:18,300 That doesn't mean they can't win. 90 00:07:18,880 --> 00:07:26,800 When you can shoot like Alabama is capable of shooting and have the night Alabama is capable of having, they can beat anyone. 91 00:07:27,380 --> 00:07:34,900 But in terms of a specific matchup that worries you, it's a team like Michigan that's so big up front. 92 00:07:34,900 --> 00:07:42,100 You really kind of feel like Aiden Shirell has taken on three guys tonight instead of the normal one. 93 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:54,020 Jimmy, I know Texas Tech was playing without one of their star players, D.T. Thompson, but I thought Alabama may have played their most complete game, 94 00:07:54,120 --> 00:07:59,060 and particularly on the defensive side of the ball as far as h***. 95 00:07:59,300 --> 00:08:03,020 They just simply seemed to attack Texas Tech. 96 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:04,880 They're rebounding them by 12. 97 00:08:05,420 --> 00:08:07,380 It seemed like it was by 30. 98 00:08:07,860 --> 00:08:10,960 They're not going to be able to push Michigan around like that. 99 00:08:11,180 --> 00:08:15,980 But, Jimmy, your thoughts on the chemistry of this team, overcoming adversity. 100 00:08:15,980 --> 00:08:23,820 It seems like every time something comes up, they're able to play through it and go to another level. 101 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:28,860 We'll see how much of a carryover that Texas Tech win is going to be tonight. 102 00:08:29,420 --> 00:08:33,140 But, Jimmy, I've said this, and I know you have with Luke Robinson. 103 00:08:33,900 --> 00:08:39,120 This is not Nadeau's best team, but I still say it's his best coaching job. 104 00:08:39,860 --> 00:08:49,740 When you consider in the preseason that Alabama was ranked in the AP poll 15th, and I believe per the NCAA Tournament Committee, 105 00:08:50,040 --> 00:08:57,780 they finished the regular season heading into the NCAA Tournament 14th, and are now in the Sweet 16, you know, top 16. 106 00:08:58,380 --> 00:09:03,280 The team has basically at this point lived up to the expectation for it. 107 00:09:04,380 --> 00:09:08,860 So, that doesn't make it Nate's best coaching job, but this is why it might be. 108 00:09:09,680 --> 00:09:13,440 It wasn't that they played all year with the hand tied behind their back. 109 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:22,300 I mean, they've got three guys lost for the season to injury, all three of which would be contributing to some degree. 110 00:09:22,680 --> 00:09:23,940 But it's not just that. 111 00:09:24,020 --> 00:09:26,320 If you're losing three, you've got ten remaining, right? 112 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:33,340 Well, of those ten, only one of them has been healthy and available in every single game, and that's Houston Millette. 113 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:37,360 The other nine players have taken turns missing Tom. 114 00:09:37,860 --> 00:09:52,380 I do think losing Holloway is a really big blow, and Alabama could have really used him tonight, because Alabama's path to victory tonight is being scorching hot from three-point land, and Holloway is as good at that as anyone. 115 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:54,460 So, they'll really miss him tonight. 116 00:09:54,740 --> 00:10:01,300 But the fact of the matter is, Nate Oates has this team believing in themselves just by missing players. 117 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:05,080 He's been missing players the entirety of the season. 118 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:09,240 So, the fact that they're missing Holloway here doesn't seem to affect them at all. 119 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:10,600 They've been missing guys all year. 120 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:14,080 Jimmy Stanko, host of Locked On Bama. 121 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:18,780 Jimmy, is it true that this could be called scrimmage Friday for the Alabama football team? 122 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:21,800 Yes, they scrimmaged this morning. 123 00:10:22,100 --> 00:10:23,600 It was at the practice facility. 124 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:24,820 It was not at the stadium. 125 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:29,780 Most formal scrimmages take place at the stadium, but I think this is the second year in a row. 126 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:37,260 DeBoer is at the first scrimmage has taken place at the football facility, because for any number of reasons. 127 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:39,140 But number one, they didn't invite a big crowd. 128 00:10:39,140 --> 00:10:41,940 So, information is tough to get. 129 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:45,240 I've heard a couple of whispers in particular. 130 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:48,160 I heard Ryan Williams had a really big day. 131 00:10:48,780 --> 00:10:54,300 That's great news and not surprising, or at least not surprising to me. 132 00:10:55,060 --> 00:10:59,440 I've said all season, and I really believe this going into next year. 133 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:05,600 I think Ryan's going to have a monster junior year, but he apparently had a really nice day today with a couple of touchdowns. 134 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:10,360 Jimmy, what a day for Alabama Athletics. 135 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:16,240 I think last weekend may have been one of the best weekends in the history of Alabama Athletics. 136 00:11:16,340 --> 00:11:21,300 You've got a Sweet 16 contest tonight, a football scrimmage this morning. 137 00:11:21,500 --> 00:11:27,840 Oh, by the way, the baseball team plays a team from Lee County beginning a three-game series. 138 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:32,820 What a weekend to be an Alabama sports fan. 139 00:11:33,020 --> 00:11:36,840 And, Jimmy, nobody covers it better than you and Luke Robinson. 140 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:41,140 I know you've had, but you've been talking about Sweet 16 all week. 141 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:43,100 You'll have pre-game, post-game. 142 00:11:43,680 --> 00:11:50,640 And also with that football scrimmage, when you get more details, where can we get online to get all the good stuff? 143 00:11:51,300 --> 00:11:52,520 Yeah, thanks, guys. 144 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:53,860 Locked on Bama. 145 00:11:54,020 --> 00:11:58,480 You can find us on YouTube if you want to watch us on video. 146 00:11:59,900 --> 00:12:05,460 If you just prefer to listen to the audio version, you can find Locked on Bama wherever you get your podcasts. 147 00:12:05,620 --> 00:12:11,740 Locked on Bama, we have minimum six new shows every single week, so new content every day. 148 00:12:13,040 --> 00:12:14,420 Keep up the good work, Jimmy. 149 00:12:14,520 --> 00:12:17,320 Have a great weekend, and thanks so much for your time today, buddy. 150 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:18,880 Hey, I appreciate it, guys. 151 00:12:18,940 --> 00:12:19,860 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00:16:34,060 Like, that didn't happen to me much at Miami, honestly. 230 00:16:34,600 --> 00:16:39,800 The fancier show out and the right field Raiders, man, those, the first opening weekend, 231 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:40,680 that was the real deal. 232 00:16:41,020 --> 00:16:42,680 And they just keep coming out every game. 233 00:16:42,780 --> 00:16:43,780 Like, we love that. 234 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:44,180 Trust me. 235 00:16:44,540 --> 00:16:47,800 Every time we're there for the national anthem, we just look out on right field and we're all 236 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:49,060 like, wow, look at them. 237 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:50,300 They showed out today, huh? 238 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:53,000 You love that victory lap, too, that you guys get to have. 239 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:53,540 Oh, my God. 240 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:55,020 I love it, but it gets me tired. 241 00:16:56,940 --> 00:16:58,680 That's all we talk about when we're over there. 242 00:16:58,700 --> 00:17:01,080 We're 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00:17:32,220 Roll to victory at goodfeet.com. 254 00:17:32,340 --> 00:17:33,700 That's goodfeet.com. 255 00:17:33,900 --> 00:17:34,440 Roll Tide. 256 00:17:34,720 --> 00:17:39,240 Join us this evening for Alabama in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. 257 00:17:39,620 --> 00:17:45,700 Radio coverage from Chicago will begin at 5.30 p.m. Central, leading up to tip-off at 6.35 p.m. 258 00:17:46,140 --> 00:17:48,700 Crimson Tide Today is brought to you by the Good Feet Store. 259 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,720 Crimson Tide Today is a production of the Crimson Tide Sports Network from Learfield. 260 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:59,880 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score. 261 00:18:00,420 --> 00:18:01,100 Welcome back in. 262 00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:07,740 Time to go down to the calm and gentle environment known as Baton Rouge and say hello to my Scarborough. 263 00:18:07,740 --> 00:18:12,740 He is the owner and publisher, not to mention the recruiting analyst for TigerBait.com. 264 00:18:13,500 --> 00:18:14,220 Mike, welcome in. 265 00:18:14,260 --> 00:18:14,740 How are you? 266 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:17,020 Oh, glad to be with you guys. 267 00:18:17,460 --> 00:18:18,640 Been a busy week over here. 268 00:18:20,760 --> 00:18:22,720 We've been kind of busy, Mike, and in the weather. 269 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:25,000 What have we missed this week in your backyard? 270 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:34,180 Yeah, spring football, baseball, and women's basketball still in the tournament. 271 00:18:34,180 --> 00:18:42,980 And then they went and brought Will Wade back in a scenario that us in the media here said that we've never witnessed before. 272 00:18:43,940 --> 00:18:47,740 And it's, of course, it's one of those things we say only in Louisiana. 273 00:18:48,500 --> 00:18:48,800 Yeah. 274 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:52,300 You need to come up with that motto and put it on a sweatshirt or a t-shirt. 275 00:18:52,700 --> 00:18:53,720 You sell a lot of them. 276 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:59,840 How would you like to be in charge of the staff meetings with a collection of coaches at Baton Rouge? 277 00:19:00,020 --> 00:19:02,060 Are you going to be in charge of that meeting, Mike? 278 00:19:03,480 --> 00:19:14,360 Yeah, you know, what's funny is I've been chasing this story about Wade, and I first wrote a column, I guess, about three weeks ago, 279 00:19:14,420 --> 00:19:17,960 where I said that the Will Wade thing was a possibility. 280 00:19:19,360 --> 00:19:26,620 And at that point, I wouldn't say it was happening, but a lot of people were saying that McMahon was going to get another year 281 00:19:26,620 --> 00:19:29,320 because of the money and blah, blah, blah. 282 00:19:32,780 --> 00:19:40,360 But as the weeks went by and it became, through my sources, just obvious it was going to take place, 283 00:19:40,460 --> 00:19:50,440 it was like, what other athletic department of the country has a top of their masthead of Jay Johnson, 284 00:19:50,440 --> 00:20:00,700 two of the last three national championships in baseball, Tim Mulkey, Lane Kiffin, and Will Wade. 285 00:20:01,320 --> 00:20:06,060 And then you've got Jay Clark, who's the defending national champion in gymnastics. 286 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:09,060 It's a h*** of a thing. 287 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:12,300 Mike, are you the only one contributing down there? 288 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:16,400 Is Fort Knox, did it move from Kentucky to Louisiana? 289 00:20:16,560 --> 00:20:17,880 Where's all this money coming from? 290 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:19,900 We don't know. 291 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:27,260 And it's, you know, look, how is it getting done? 292 00:20:28,700 --> 00:20:36,300 Look, I think in Will Wade's case, he's got a group of donors that probably have been sitting on the sideline for a while 293 00:20:36,300 --> 00:20:40,980 and that aren't really folks that do anything with other sports. 294 00:20:43,300 --> 00:20:53,160 But, look, it's, we're sitting here, I know two nights ago when I saw Christy Curry up and leave for South Florida. 295 00:20:53,780 --> 00:21:00,360 And I talked to Kendall Rogers for a show that we do every, once a week this morning. 296 00:21:01,580 --> 00:21:15,500 And it's, look, the thing, folks look at it over here and what's going on and say that there's no way that schools can continue doing what they're doing. 297 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:20,060 And then you look at LSU, it's going wild beyond anybody else. 298 00:21:20,740 --> 00:21:33,000 And it's, you know, a lot of people think there's only two schools in the SEC that can continue at this rate, and that's Texas and Texas A&M as far as the SEC. 299 00:21:35,920 --> 00:21:43,840 And I don't know, it's, I know Jay Johnson, who's, like I said, won two of the last three national championships in baseball. 300 00:21:44,860 --> 00:21:53,240 He's in the bottom third of the SEC when it comes to rev share and the percentage that he gets. 301 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:54,560 And why is that? 302 00:21:55,100 --> 00:21:55,760 Why is that? 303 00:21:55,900 --> 00:21:58,700 Well, why did Christy Curry leave for South Florida? 304 00:21:59,180 --> 00:22:06,320 Well, Kim Mulkey's getting a big chunk of money of that rev share, and it's affecting baseball. 305 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:23,460 You know, I think the only school in the SEC that's probably trying to do it, do what LSU's doing because they've got a power, they have high expectations for women's basketball, and they're not forking out a ton of money for other sports is Tennessee. 306 00:22:26,860 --> 00:22:30,660 So, I don't know, something's going to give. 307 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:32,800 That's right. 308 00:22:33,260 --> 00:22:35,580 As long as it's flowing, they're going to keep it going, right? 309 00:22:35,640 --> 00:22:37,660 I mean, that's just the bottom line if it's there. 310 00:22:37,820 --> 00:22:46,440 But, you know, the other side of the coin is if you mention, you know, the baseball situation, at some point, this guy's going to say, you know, Christy had it right at Alabama. 311 00:22:47,360 --> 00:22:52,740 The expectation for me is the same as it is for the guys across the hall, but I'm having to do it. 312 00:22:52,860 --> 00:22:55,620 You're asking me to swim with rocks in my pocket, so to speak. 313 00:22:57,320 --> 00:22:57,720 Yeah. 314 00:23:00,120 --> 00:23:12,020 I don't think you want to be telling some coaches, well, so-and-so's able to raise a lot of money for their program, and you need to do the same. 315 00:23:15,700 --> 00:23:17,400 For some coaches, it's easier. 316 00:23:17,540 --> 00:23:18,420 For others, it's not. 317 00:23:19,120 --> 00:23:19,340 Yeah. 318 00:23:21,240 --> 00:23:21,640 Yeah. 319 00:23:22,640 --> 00:23:26,540 Mike, everybody knows about Will Wade's past. 320 00:23:26,720 --> 00:23:33,040 LSU fired him four years ago over some allegations, five level one violations. 321 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:40,380 We understand the baggage, but as you well know, Mike, on the court, he's a tremendous coach. 322 00:23:41,460 --> 00:23:46,620 How many of the current roster for LSU do you think that he will want to keep? 323 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:58,320 Obviously, there's going to be a big change on the roster, but Mike, your thoughts as far as winning on the court and starting over, basically, with this basketball roster? 324 00:23:59,180 --> 00:24:03,560 Yeah, I asked that question this morning, and I don't have an answer. 325 00:24:04,380 --> 00:24:08,820 Is there one or two guys on the current roster that he'd like to see if he could keep? 326 00:24:09,780 --> 00:24:11,620 I don't have an answer for that yet. 327 00:24:12,400 --> 00:24:17,860 But what people don't realize is that Will Wade was really a sacrificial lamb. 328 00:24:18,860 --> 00:24:24,540 Do you remember LSU had the stuff with Arleigh the Lake Hospital and the Doll Alexander? 329 00:24:24,980 --> 00:24:25,440 Yeah, they have. 330 00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:36,540 And it was basically, the NCAA had done their due deal, you know, they couldn't, there wasn't anything that they could nail Will Wade for. 331 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:48,540 But it was basically, give us Will Wade or we're going to hammer your football program over these other things. 332 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:52,940 And that was the deal that was struck between Scott Woodward and the NCAA. 333 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:56,660 And so Will Wade lost his job. 334 00:24:57,460 --> 00:25:09,320 But everybody that was in place when Will Wade got fired, other than Virgil Osbury, is no longer here. 335 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:14,320 And so Will Wade's always been like a folk hero here. 336 00:25:14,320 --> 00:25:23,960 And while Scott Woodward and some others may not have been too excited about Will Wade, the fans never lost their love for him. 337 00:25:25,220 --> 00:25:30,340 And at the end of the day, guess who signs the checks that ultimately come into the coffer and has to call the fans. 338 00:25:30,820 --> 00:25:35,340 Meanwhile, let's talk about that other sport down there, LSU football in the spring. 339 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:37,260 How are things going with the lane train? 340 00:25:38,780 --> 00:25:40,380 Been out there for two practices. 341 00:25:40,380 --> 00:25:43,220 We'll get 30 minutes tomorrow. 342 00:25:45,260 --> 00:25:51,580 I think for us in the media, it's when you've got close to 60 new members of that roster. 343 00:25:53,360 --> 00:26:01,900 We're out there learning the numbers and figuring out who's who when we go out there and film and shoot photos. 344 00:26:01,900 --> 00:26:09,040 But there is a renewed, very much a renewed excitement, a sense of urgency. 345 00:26:10,100 --> 00:26:18,860 And it looks like the players are certainly having fun, particularly the ones that are returning. 346 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:22,300 And so a lot of high expectations. 347 00:26:24,660 --> 00:26:31,900 But it's like Kiffin said the other day, how physical are they going to get this and how much hitting are they going to do? 348 00:26:33,660 --> 00:26:35,500 He said, look, you don't do that anymore. 349 00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:39,260 You operate like the NFL, all because there's no second portal period. 350 00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:41,200 Your team now is your team. 351 00:26:41,680 --> 00:26:43,020 And you don't want to get them beat up. 352 00:26:43,700 --> 00:27:00,420 Mike, is one of the adjustments they're going to make with Kiffin when he was at Ole Miss in the six seasons, his offense averaged 75 snaps a game, 36 points, 500 total yards a game. 353 00:27:00,420 --> 00:27:05,900 And what people don't understand is he's very efficient at running the ball. 354 00:27:07,140 --> 00:27:10,960 A key one Lacey, again, coming back with 1,600 yards. 355 00:27:11,420 --> 00:27:16,060 Is it just the tempo of the offense they're going to have to adjust to in the spring? 356 00:27:17,540 --> 00:27:18,640 I think so. 357 00:27:18,780 --> 00:27:21,060 He was asked that question Tuesday. 358 00:27:21,060 --> 00:27:33,480 And one of the things that's very noticeable is they constantly are playing loud, high-tempo music loud during practice. 359 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,000 And I think that's to aid in the tempo. 360 00:27:37,140 --> 00:27:46,040 But certainly you've got not only did one of the critical aspects of why Brian Kelly is no longer the coach 361 00:27:47,540 --> 00:27:50,820 was people questioning his strength and conditioning program. 362 00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:54,440 So that's all new at LSU. 363 00:27:54,940 --> 00:27:57,840 And I think the players are taken to it. 364 00:27:58,580 --> 00:28:05,620 But certainly there's a big number of those guys that have to get used to that tempo. 365 00:28:06,060 --> 00:28:08,060 And it's a part of the conditioning. 366 00:28:10,360 --> 00:28:11,540 Mike, I know one thing. 367 00:28:11,580 --> 00:28:13,100 It's been a crazy spring. 368 00:28:13,100 --> 00:28:15,920 But I'm guessing that it's helped your subscriptions. 369 00:28:16,500 --> 00:28:19,440 And nobody does a better job of covering LSU. 370 00:28:19,660 --> 00:28:26,220 We've been blessed to work with you now for, Lord, I think 12, 13, 14 years. 371 00:28:26,940 --> 00:28:30,800 You're the man when it comes to covering LSU sports. 372 00:28:31,260 --> 00:28:32,520 But good luck. 373 00:28:32,900 --> 00:28:38,960 Let us call you back in a couple of weeks toward the end of spring and see how things are going. 374 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:41,300 Listen, congratulations again. 375 00:28:41,300 --> 00:28:46,240 You stepped down on it and stepped down on your own a couple years ago and it's paid off for you. 376 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:51,380 Nobody deserves that better than you, but where can we get online to get all your good stuff? 377 00:28:51,420 --> 00:28:52,260 Yeah, I appreciate it. 378 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:55,140 This November will be 30 years of TigerBait.com. 379 00:28:55,220 --> 00:28:55,520 Wow. 380 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:56,060 Amazing. 381 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:56,840 Amazing. 382 00:28:57,040 --> 00:29:00,960 Yeah, so LSU Tigers on TigerBait is our YouTube channel. 383 00:29:01,100 --> 00:29:06,080 I think we posted like a dozen pieces there on YouTube yesterday. 384 00:29:06,260 --> 00:29:15,260 It was crazy between football, baseball, and all the Will Wade stuff and live shows and, of course, TigerBait.com. 385 00:29:16,260 --> 00:29:17,960 30 years of covering LSU. 386 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:19,420 I can't wait for your book, Mike. 387 00:29:20,300 --> 00:29:20,740 Yeah. 388 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:26,140 It's like Joe Brown's Sports Illustrated cover in the 80s. 389 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:27,920 Crazy days at LSU. 390 00:29:28,140 --> 00:29:28,760 Yeah, that's right. 391 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:29,840 It's part two. 392 00:29:29,860 --> 00:29:30,300 Can't wait. 393 00:29:31,060 --> 00:29:33,580 Mike, again, thanks for your time today and have a great weekend. 394 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00:34:53,280 --> 00:34:57,980 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score. 501 00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:01,060 Welcome back in, Brett Beaird, your favorite topic, history. 502 00:35:01,300 --> 00:35:02,980 This is a historic day. 503 00:35:02,980 --> 00:35:11,740 On this date, March 27, 2019, Nate Oates arrived in Tuscaloosa. 504 00:35:11,940 --> 00:35:12,840 You're a history buff. 505 00:35:13,260 --> 00:35:16,840 Did anything else happen of note on this date, March 27? 506 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:21,840 Could that have anything to do with the Atlanta Braves? 507 00:35:21,880 --> 00:35:23,220 Oh, I kind of. 508 00:35:23,340 --> 00:35:34,620 And Bill Shanks, host of the Bill Shanks Show, which 19 years ago today, he started the infamous Bill Shanks Show on 105.5 FM in Macon, Georgia. 509 00:35:34,620 --> 00:35:38,460 We can get that from a pretty reliable source or deny it. 510 00:35:38,700 --> 00:35:51,160 Why don't we do that right now with Bill Shanks, still host of the Bill Shanks Show on 93.1 FM in Macon, online at thesuperstations.com, and on the tube at 41 NBC and the Savannah Without the Banana Morning News. 511 00:35:51,160 --> 00:35:51,900 Bill, welcome in. 512 00:35:51,940 --> 00:35:52,420 How are you? 513 00:35:53,220 --> 00:35:53,900 I'm doing well. 514 00:35:53,980 --> 00:35:54,520 How are y'all? 515 00:35:55,060 --> 00:35:55,360 Hey, Bill. 516 00:35:55,580 --> 00:35:55,940 Congratulations. 517 00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:59,940 If you can stay more than two weeks in this business, you're doing something right. 518 00:36:00,220 --> 00:36:05,200 19 years ago today, the mic cover came off on the Bill Shanks Show. 519 00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:06,720 Congratulations, Bill Shanks. 520 00:36:07,380 --> 00:36:08,000 Well, thank you. 521 00:36:08,020 --> 00:36:12,640 We were actually supposed to go on the 26th, but the microphones didn't work, which is a really bad sign. 522 00:36:14,540 --> 00:36:18,380 I assume you got them working since then, but man, what a run it's been. 523 00:36:18,460 --> 00:36:19,460 This is a crazy business. 524 00:36:19,460 --> 00:36:20,980 You got to love it to stay in there. 525 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:24,100 A lot of people want to get in it, but you got to love it to stay in it. 526 00:36:24,220 --> 00:36:25,960 So it's been a good run, has it not, Bill? 527 00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:29,400 It has, and I've enjoyed every minute of it. 528 00:36:29,620 --> 00:36:34,540 It's, you know, just sit around and talk sports and just have fun with it. 529 00:36:34,900 --> 00:36:36,940 It is a good time. 530 00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:42,660 We have a good time on our show like you guys do on yours, especially when you have great guests like me. 531 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:43,080 Right. 532 00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:43,600 Correct. 533 00:36:43,720 --> 00:36:48,000 And since you took the words right out of my mouth, that's why you've been on 19 years plus, Bill. 534 00:36:48,260 --> 00:36:51,100 Yeah, but I've been on longer with y'all. 535 00:36:51,240 --> 00:36:53,900 I've been going on with y'all's show longer than I've been on my own show. 536 00:36:54,300 --> 00:36:55,500 That's exactly right. 537 00:36:55,640 --> 00:36:57,660 Thank you for helping us get you started there, Bill. 538 00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:02,480 Let's talk about something else. 539 00:37:02,580 --> 00:37:05,940 A big part of that Bill Shanks show over the years has been the Atlanta Braves. 540 00:37:06,020 --> 00:37:11,760 A lot of folks may or may not know this, but you and the Braves are no strangers to each other. 541 00:37:11,860 --> 00:37:14,660 Even before the Bill Shanks show, there was Bill Shanks for the Braves. 542 00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:18,640 And before we get into the curtain coming up on this season, talk to us about that. 543 00:37:20,460 --> 00:37:21,260 About what now? 544 00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:21,640 I'm sorry. 545 00:37:21,740 --> 00:37:22,500 Say it one more time. 546 00:37:22,720 --> 00:37:25,200 Yeah, you were hooked up with the Atlanta Braves kind of network. 547 00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:28,540 You were doing radio work with the Braves before you started your own show. 548 00:37:28,900 --> 00:37:29,680 Oh, yeah, yeah. 549 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:30,120 I'm sorry. 550 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:31,160 I was. 551 00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:36,600 For a little while, I did the post-game show for the Atlanta Braves radio network. 552 00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:37,040 You did. 553 00:37:37,100 --> 00:37:45,860 Before that, I had a TV show with the Braves called The Braves Show, which we spent a lot of time in research to come up with that name. 554 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:52,440 But it was actually a Meyer League show, a Meyer League TV show that we had a great time doing. 555 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,700 Heck, I about love doing that more than anything, telling those Meyer League stories. 556 00:37:56,700 --> 00:37:57,960 That was a lot of fun. 557 00:37:58,360 --> 00:37:58,720 Yes. 558 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:02,160 Yeah, we've had a couple of things with the Braves. 559 00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:03,120 Had the book. 560 00:38:03,540 --> 00:38:06,720 I think that was the first time I was on with you guys when I had my book, wasn't it? 561 00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:07,700 Yeah, it was. 562 00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:08,280 Yeah, yeah. 563 00:38:09,420 --> 00:38:14,020 And by the way, I appreciate you bringing up the minor leagues because the reason is it comes full circle. 564 00:38:14,160 --> 00:38:19,600 I remember the most special time of the year was like in September when you get the call up. 565 00:38:19,680 --> 00:38:25,520 And I'd go to the guys, and they would make more money off their per diem at the majors than they were making in the minors. 566 00:38:25,520 --> 00:38:27,300 And this is a true story. 567 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:30,780 One of the guys that was involved with that, his name was Walt Weiss. 568 00:38:31,420 --> 00:38:32,180 Oh, wow. 569 00:38:32,180 --> 00:38:48,700 They would make more money off their per diem at the end in that one month when they got called up than they did all summer with the minor league team. 570 00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:54,120 I remember one year, Harold, we were doing a story on Adler Roach. 571 00:38:54,580 --> 00:38:55,980 This was in 2003. 572 00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:58,680 And the rumor was that he was going to get called up. 573 00:38:59,340 --> 00:39:04,160 And Adam and his wife, they had, they had a, I think they had one of their two kids. 574 00:39:04,260 --> 00:39:05,460 Maybe they had both of them. 575 00:39:05,740 --> 00:39:07,520 But they were really struggling financially. 576 00:39:08,100 --> 00:39:11,760 And they were, they were like praying to God that they got called up. 577 00:39:12,060 --> 00:39:18,780 And because they would have made like another $30,000, even, you know, in 2003, and they didn't. 578 00:39:18,900 --> 00:39:26,000 And boy, they were upset because they just, they needed that because at that point, you know, minor leagues just didn't make, 579 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:30,560 minor leagues, I think he got like a $20,000 bonus coming out of his junior college. 580 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:35,180 And he got drafted in 2000 and he just didn't make squat in the minor leagues. 581 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:39,560 And so he was hoping that $30,000 would be there and it wasn't. 582 00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:42,420 And it was rough, but he made up for it later on. 583 00:39:43,340 --> 00:39:52,180 By the way, if you want to see a comprehensive, detailed look at the Atlanta Braves by position, 584 00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:54,140 it's in the Savannah Morning News. 585 00:39:54,300 --> 00:39:57,140 I know, I think you dropped that a couple of days ago. 586 00:39:58,080 --> 00:40:00,640 Let me ask you about the elephant in the room. 587 00:40:00,640 --> 00:40:04,420 And we've talked about this, I mean, literally for three years. 588 00:40:05,060 --> 00:40:07,500 That it's been a concern and you know what it is. 589 00:40:07,500 --> 00:40:08,660 It's starting pitching. 590 00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:12,180 Again, when these guys are healthy, they're good. 591 00:40:12,680 --> 00:40:21,060 But their track record on being durable, veteran, experienced pitchers, Chris Sale starts tonight. 592 00:40:21,860 --> 00:40:26,640 You asked the question, can Ronaldo Lopez start 25 games? 593 00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:28,040 Good luck with that. 594 00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:32,600 Grant Holmes coming off a partially torn UCL. 595 00:40:33,240 --> 00:40:35,040 Bryce Elder is good or bad. 596 00:40:35,800 --> 00:40:38,180 And then you've got all the guys who are injured. 597 00:40:38,420 --> 00:40:40,020 I know you love the rookies. 598 00:40:40,140 --> 00:40:42,740 Fuentes, who had an incredible spring. 599 00:40:43,480 --> 00:40:44,200 And J.R. 600 00:40:44,300 --> 00:40:50,720 Ritchie, Perez, Suarez are certainly capable, possibly down the road. 601 00:40:50,860 --> 00:40:52,900 But let me ask you the same question. 602 00:40:53,020 --> 00:40:55,560 We've been talking about for three years now. 603 00:40:56,140 --> 00:40:58,760 Can this pitching staff stay healthy? 604 00:40:58,900 --> 00:41:00,480 And can they develop the kids? 605 00:41:01,240 --> 00:41:02,680 Well, I just don't know. 606 00:41:02,860 --> 00:41:06,540 I've had such a hard time all week, Brent, trying to come up with a prediction. 607 00:41:06,800 --> 00:41:07,360 People won't. 608 00:41:08,260 --> 00:41:12,500 I was on a show yesterday morning and spit out 87 wins. 609 00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:15,520 And I don't even know if I feel good about that. 610 00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:16,780 And it's all about pitching. 611 00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:20,600 The bullpen looks good. 612 00:41:20,700 --> 00:41:28,180 But how long until the bullpen is impacted by the rotation if the pitchers in the starting rotation don't go deep in the games, right? 613 00:41:28,380 --> 00:41:30,080 I mean, you've got to think about it. 614 00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:31,660 It can be a domino effect there. 615 00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:37,720 That's why starting pitching is the most important part of a team because it impacts so much. 616 00:41:38,240 --> 00:41:42,420 And even in this regard, the offense is great. 617 00:41:42,600 --> 00:41:44,900 I'm really excited to see what this offense can do. 618 00:41:45,020 --> 00:41:47,420 I'm excited about Mike Kastrzemski. 619 00:41:47,740 --> 00:41:51,240 I think Acuna obviously looked good, the WBC. 620 00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:54,080 Everybody seems to be healthy, knock on wood. 621 00:41:55,160 --> 00:42:00,780 But it's like you don't want that offense to feel like it's got to score five runs every game to win a game. 622 00:42:01,260 --> 00:42:03,760 That puts pressure on them. 623 00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:13,020 So, the issues with rotation can be so far impacted as far as how it just controls everything about the team. 624 00:42:13,220 --> 00:42:15,800 But, you know, there are a lot of positives about this team. 625 00:42:15,900 --> 00:42:17,340 The lineup, like I said, is good. 626 00:42:17,460 --> 00:42:19,320 The bullpen looks really good. 627 00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:30,320 And if I felt like those guys with rotation were going to be healthy and that some of those guys could come back, like Schwellenbach or Waldrop or some of those guys, I may feel better. 628 00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:32,300 But you just don't know. 629 00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:44,740 You know, we do know this, Bill, and that is that one thing that the Braves could do different this year than last year is get off to a good start or don't get off to a disastrous start like they did last year. 630 00:42:44,860 --> 00:42:48,800 It's like in football, if you have to start every one of your drives, it's your own one. 631 00:42:49,140 --> 00:42:50,360 It's a long way to go. 632 00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:56,360 Your thoughts just about what they learned from last year and how they're going to try to avoid getting out of the block so slow. 633 00:42:56,900 --> 00:43:08,560 Well, I've talked about something all spring, Harold, is they compiled the best record in the Grapefruit League and in all of baseball in spring training, which usually is something that's not very important. 634 00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:15,460 But I've gone back to, since I've watched this team since I was nine years old, I have a pretty good Rolodex of memory. 635 00:43:16,060 --> 00:43:22,940 And in 1982, 44 years ago, Joe Torre, who, by the way, will throw out the first pitch tonight of the game. 636 00:43:22,940 --> 00:43:23,240 Good. 637 00:43:23,900 --> 00:43:29,660 Joe Torre was the manager, the new manager of the Braves, and the Braves had not been very good. 638 00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:31,680 They had been with Bobby Cox for four years. 639 00:43:31,800 --> 00:43:33,160 He only had one winning season. 640 00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:37,120 It was only one game over, 581-80 in 1980. 641 00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:43,460 And they just had not done very well as a franchise the first 16 years they had been in Atlanta. 642 00:43:43,940 --> 00:43:46,880 And Joe Torre came in and said, I want to win in spring training. 643 00:43:47,340 --> 00:43:49,720 Well, he just wanted the culture to be different. 644 00:43:49,720 --> 00:43:53,940 He wanted them to start winning from day one in the Grapefruit League. 645 00:43:54,340 --> 00:43:58,640 Well, they went 18-7, and they turned that into starting the year 13-0. 646 00:43:58,820 --> 00:44:02,320 And, of course, if they hadn't have done that, they would not have won the division that year. 647 00:44:02,540 --> 00:44:07,140 So I'm not saying this year's Braves is going to win 13 in a row to start the year. 648 00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:14,400 But I think that with Walt being the new manager, with what happened last year with the 0-7 start, which was a dagger. 649 00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:17,160 I mean, the d*** season was over at 0-7. 650 00:44:18,380 --> 00:44:22,560 To come out and play well in spring training was an important thing this year. 651 00:44:23,060 --> 00:44:25,400 And I think they were good to do. 652 00:44:25,500 --> 00:44:30,360 I mean, look, if they had gone, you know, 7-18, we'd be panicking right now, right? 653 00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:40,960 So I'd much rather have that record in the positive and to do what they did because I think that will make us still a little bit better going into the season tonight. 654 00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:55,420 Boy, how critical is it going to be for Drake Baldwin to stay healthy, wins the rookie of the year, everybody thinks this guy's got, you know, his ceiling is unlimited. 655 00:44:56,300 --> 00:45:02,680 Murphy is out, I believe, until sometime in May with that hilt that he had surgery on. 656 00:45:02,780 --> 00:45:07,060 I believe the Braves brought in Jonah Heim and correct me on that. 657 00:45:07,240 --> 00:45:15,020 But your thoughts on Baldwin and, again, a position that gets overlooked too much, critical to keep Baldwin healthy this year. 658 00:45:15,720 --> 00:45:18,340 Well, he's an impressive young man, Brett. 659 00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:23,100 He's a big old barrel-chested kid, and he is loved in that clubhouse. 660 00:45:23,100 --> 00:45:30,940 He's a very nice young man, like Riley, like Olsen, the kind of kid that if you had a daughter, you'd want her to marry. 661 00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:32,960 He's just a really nice young man. 662 00:45:33,780 --> 00:45:37,280 But I think he's going to break out even more offensively this year. 663 00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:37,980 I really do. 664 00:45:38,180 --> 00:45:42,120 And when he's not catching, I think he's going to be the main DH. 665 00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:51,260 Because I think he'll face right-handed pitchers, more right-handed pitchers, and I think they want that bat in the lineup more than anything. 666 00:45:51,900 --> 00:45:52,980 And, you know, he's young. 667 00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:54,060 He says he can handle it. 668 00:45:54,120 --> 00:45:59,680 I asked him if he could, you know, kind of handle regular play, even if he's not catching. 669 00:45:59,820 --> 00:46:01,080 And I think he's ready for it. 670 00:46:01,120 --> 00:46:03,840 So I think he's going to be really, really good. 671 00:46:04,040 --> 00:46:11,820 And Murphy will be back in May, and I hope he's the most expensive bench player in the National League. 672 00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:17,460 So says Bill Shanks, check him out online at theesuperstations.com. 673 00:46:17,500 --> 00:46:21,160 Bill, let's face it, if you're a baseball fan, it is special. 674 00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:24,020 Opening day any year is special, is it not? 675 00:46:24,080 --> 00:46:25,320 Or in this case, opening night. 676 00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:27,840 Well, it's great. 677 00:46:28,060 --> 00:46:35,900 I mean, I hate that it's spread out with three different nights for these teams because it should be one opening day. 678 00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:37,100 It should be one day. 679 00:46:37,300 --> 00:46:38,860 I mean, the whole – 680 00:46:38,860 --> 00:46:39,320 That's right. 681 00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:40,880 This is television. 682 00:46:41,100 --> 00:46:44,300 It's like the whole first week of college football in the NFL. 683 00:46:44,620 --> 00:46:45,300 We know that. 684 00:46:45,780 --> 00:46:47,180 It's all about television. 685 00:46:47,460 --> 00:46:52,340 And the Giants and the Yankees started it off on Wednesday on Netflix, believe it or not. 686 00:46:52,340 --> 00:46:57,040 And then last week, and yesterday, there were a bunch of games. 687 00:46:57,480 --> 00:47:01,900 But, yeah, it's – you know, if you love baseball, this is a sacred day. 688 00:47:02,080 --> 00:47:03,400 It's a real fun day. 689 00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:10,460 And, you know, you just hope your team does well, and you've got six months of entertaining baseball to watch. 690 00:47:11,560 --> 00:47:14,340 Listen, tell us about Braves' vision again. 691 00:47:14,980 --> 00:47:17,680 They have added some more cable. 692 00:47:18,060 --> 00:47:21,560 And I was asked that question earlier to ask you. 693 00:47:21,940 --> 00:47:24,360 I know it's a streaming service. 694 00:47:24,500 --> 00:47:28,140 They're going to be on, quote, linear free TV at times. 695 00:47:28,360 --> 00:47:31,580 But update us again about Braves' vision TV. 696 00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:33,080 Well, all right. 697 00:47:33,140 --> 00:47:40,180 So they are announcing carriage deals, video delivery deals with different cable systems. 698 00:47:40,940 --> 00:47:46,400 They just announced a few minutes before you guys called me, a deal with Zubo. 699 00:47:46,920 --> 00:47:52,280 So any Zubo subscriber would have access to Braves' vision. 700 00:47:53,220 --> 00:47:59,920 If you're a Comcast subscriber, you will have access to Braves' vision. 701 00:48:00,500 --> 00:48:04,860 And I think, you know, they're trying to do something with Dish TV, Dish Network. 702 00:48:05,060 --> 00:48:07,000 So they haven't announced that yet. 703 00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:11,280 But so, now, I'm a YouTube TV subscriber. 704 00:48:11,660 --> 00:48:15,740 And I don't, the rumor is they're not going to do anything with YouTube. 705 00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:19,660 So I've got to go buy Braves' vision for $99. 706 00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:22,880 And, you know, look, I don't care. 707 00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:24,020 I want to watch the Braves. 708 00:48:24,100 --> 00:48:25,940 So if this is what I've got to do, I've got to do it. 709 00:48:26,020 --> 00:48:35,380 So if you're lucky enough to have one of those cable systems or streaming services, then you'll get it on your TV. 710 00:48:35,720 --> 00:48:38,460 And if not, you'll have to buy the Braves' vision, Braves' TV. 711 00:48:38,860 --> 00:48:41,500 And, you know, I still think it's pretty affordable. 712 00:48:41,860 --> 00:48:43,160 I mean, I know people don't like to pay. 713 00:48:43,280 --> 00:48:46,740 But, h***, how many daggum services do we pay for already? 714 00:48:46,900 --> 00:48:48,300 So just add one more to it. 715 00:48:50,400 --> 00:48:55,920 Yeah, and I think the Braves are going to be on the local NBC station, Channel 48, tonight. 716 00:48:56,040 --> 00:48:57,100 It's going to be live. 717 00:48:57,200 --> 00:48:59,180 And they will have some of those throughout. 718 00:48:59,340 --> 00:49:03,620 And they'll have it with their sister station. 719 00:49:03,820 --> 00:49:09,780 Listen, again, as Harold mentioned, as much as we enjoy giving you hail, congratulations. 720 00:49:10,860 --> 00:49:16,540 We're proud to be a small part of the success of your broadcasting empire. 721 00:49:16,540 --> 00:49:21,700 The Beard boys are very happy to do interviews, and we certainly enjoy Friday. 722 00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:28,960 We know how tough this business is, and you have done an incredible job of growing the station. 723 00:49:29,620 --> 00:49:34,640 And I know today's special for you, opening day for baseball fans is religious. 724 00:49:34,940 --> 00:49:38,420 It should be a religious holiday, quite frankly. 725 00:49:39,240 --> 00:49:45,340 Where can we get online and listen to your show this afternoon and your prediction for the Braves' season? 726 00:49:45,740 --> 00:49:51,600 Well, we'll figure something out, see if I want to keep it at 87 or how I'm feeling by the time we do it. 727 00:49:51,640 --> 00:49:57,400 But we'll be on at the top of the next hour at thesesuperstations.com. 728 00:49:57,520 --> 00:50:01,280 We had the great Tim from Athens, Alabama call yesterday. 729 00:50:01,860 --> 00:50:06,260 And, you know, we love those sloppy seconds from the Boom O' Buck show. 730 00:50:06,380 --> 00:50:07,440 We'll take them any time. 731 00:50:08,640 --> 00:50:10,280 And we'll have you any time, Bill. 732 00:50:10,320 --> 00:50:12,160 I guarantee you've got the door always open. 733 00:50:12,480 --> 00:50:13,900 Good luck with the Braves tonight, okay? 734 00:50:13,900 --> 00:50:15,720 Okay, guys. 735 00:50:15,820 --> 00:50:16,780 Thank you so very much. 736 00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:17,180 See you, buddy. 737 00:50:17,460 --> 00:50:19,420 Bill Shanks, thesesuperstations.com. 738 00:50:19,500 --> 00:50:21,360 Bill was talking about just adding one more to you. 739 00:50:21,380 --> 00:50:24,880 Remember what Max Howe said when he went to buy, like, a house or a truck or anything? 740 00:50:25,520 --> 00:50:27,960 He says, I don't care how much it costs, what are my monthly payments? 741 00:50:28,320 --> 00:50:28,760 That's it. 742 00:50:30,200 --> 00:50:31,580 Break it down in chunks. 743 00:50:32,040 --> 00:50:34,700 Coming up for the next hour, we're going to be taking you all over the place. 744 00:50:35,320 --> 00:50:37,840 The Auburn Tigers getting ready for a final four date. 745 00:50:37,920 --> 00:50:38,980 Justin Ferguson on that. 746 00:50:39,420 --> 00:50:42,100 David Siss talking about the stuff at North Carolina. 747 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relief advocates. 824 00:55:29,400 --> 00:55:31,080 Real solutions for real people. 825 00:55:33,260 --> 00:55:34,500 1819 News. 826 00:55:35,120 --> 00:55:40,320 Former U.S. Navy SEAL Jared Hudson, who is also running in the Republican Senate primary here in Alabama, 827 00:55:40,600 --> 00:55:43,560 is denouncing the teachings of Islam's Sharia law. 828 00:55:43,820 --> 00:55:47,140 This week, Hudson spoke in Huntsville at the Young Republicans Monthly Meeting. 829 00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:53,160 Hudson says that the Islamic set of laws derived from the Koran teaches tyranny and denounces individual rights. 830 00:55:53,160 --> 00:55:57,060 Hudson says that such teaching is the antithesis of the U.S. Constitution, 831 00:55:57,360 --> 00:56:00,240 where the rights of the individuals are outlined and protected, 832 00:56:00,580 --> 00:56:03,520 and God is recognized as the source of these rights, 833 00:56:03,760 --> 00:56:06,680 with government being constrained to not overstep them. 834 00:56:06,900 --> 00:56:10,360 Hudson believes the best way to stop the spread of Sharia is to offer legislation 835 00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:13,260 that further enforces and protects the U.S. Constitution. 836 00:56:13,800 --> 00:56:16,320 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this. 837 00:56:16,380 --> 00:56:19,100 Where I was living was not a great place to live anymore. 838 00:56:19,380 --> 00:56:21,320 I began to pray for a place to go, 839 00:56:21,320 --> 00:56:24,020 praying for all of these things that a nine-year-old would want. 840 00:56:24,200 --> 00:56:27,640 I wanted horses, big house, with a bunch of people my age. 841 00:56:27,780 --> 00:56:28,540 I wanted parents. 842 00:56:28,660 --> 00:56:29,640 I wanted a mom and a dad. 843 00:56:29,960 --> 00:56:33,700 Before I even prayed it, the Lord had already answered my prayer with the Big Oak Ranch. 844 00:56:33,880 --> 00:56:36,900 Who would that nine-year-old be if she never came to the Big Oak Ranch? 845 00:56:37,060 --> 00:56:41,860 I would be trying to fight for survival instead of fighting to break a cycle. 846 00:56:42,080 --> 00:56:45,480 Big Oak Ranch, a Christian home for children needing a chance. 847 00:56:45,820 --> 00:56:49,980 Forensic scientists have positively confirmed that the three bodies found in Baldwin County 848 00:56:49,980 --> 00:56:52,420 are that of the missing Chalk family from Theodore. 849 00:56:52,640 --> 00:56:56,780 The Mobile County Sheriff's Office has now notified the next of kin when it comes to Aurelia, 850 00:56:56,980 --> 00:56:58,440 Nayurka, and Anthony Chalk. 851 00:56:58,580 --> 00:57:01,440 The family of three went missing from their home at the end of January. 852 00:57:01,920 --> 00:57:06,200 The company seeking to build a 2,000-acre solar farm in Stockton is planning to address 853 00:57:06,200 --> 00:57:07,940 public concerns with the community meeting. 854 00:57:08,200 --> 00:57:10,640 Silicon Ranch will hold that meeting on April 8th. 855 00:57:10,660 --> 00:57:13,720 It'll be at the John Rhodes Civic Center starting at 6.30 p.m. 856 00:57:13,800 --> 00:57:18,460 Silicon Ranch CEO Reagan Farr says he wants to address the misconceptions over safety and 857 00:57:18,460 --> 00:57:21,040 environmental impact of a solar panel farm. 858 00:57:21,560 --> 00:57:22,260 I'm Andrea Tex. 859 00:57:22,740 --> 00:57:27,060 For more news affecting Alabamians, go to 1819news.com. 860 00:57:27,240 --> 00:57:30,060 And while you're there, subscribe to the daily newsletter. 861 00:57:33,020 --> 00:57:38,400 Valley Broadcasting Corporation, WITK-FM, Rogersville, Athens, Decatur, The Shores. 862 00:57:38,600 --> 00:57:40,800 Sports Radio 93.9, The Score. 863 00:57:41,840 --> 00:57:43,560 Survive and advance. 864 00:57:43,720 --> 00:57:45,000 Alabama advances. 865 00:57:45,300 --> 00:57:46,820 Win or go home. 866 00:57:46,840 --> 00:57:47,840 For three again. 867 00:57:48,060 --> 00:57:49,060 Hits it again. 868 00:57:49,540 --> 00:57:50,620 Oh, mercy. 869 00:57:50,740 --> 00:57:52,080 It's the Sweet 16. 870 00:57:52,140 --> 00:57:52,420 Tip. 871 00:57:52,740 --> 00:57:53,480 No good. 872 00:57:53,720 --> 00:57:55,300 And let's get out of here. 873 00:57:55,420 --> 00:57:56,320 Join us Friday. 874 00:57:56,760 --> 00:57:58,080 The Crimson Tide. 875 00:57:58,220 --> 00:57:59,320 The Wolverines. 876 00:57:59,320 --> 00:58:02,600 Live from the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. 877 00:58:02,900 --> 00:58:09,480 Our coverage begins at 5.30 on your home for Alabama basketball, the Crimson Tide Sports 878 00:58:09,480 --> 00:58:10,920 Network from Learfield. 879 00:58:11,120 --> 00:58:16,120 Brought to you locally in part by nationwide insurance agents Michael Noe and Bill Cochran, 880 00:58:16,760 --> 00:58:22,700 Garner Pierce Auto, the Alabama Music Hall of Fame, Bob's Tire and Alignment, Alpha insurance 881 00:58:22,700 --> 00:58:28,040 agents David Jordan, Mike Mitchell, and Matt Henry, Fake Independent, Champy's world famous 882 00:58:28,040 --> 00:58:32,300 fried chicken, Garnett Electric, and Elliott Johnson Insurance. 883 00:58:32,780 --> 00:58:34,780 Alabama and Michigan in the Sweet 16. 884 00:58:35,180 --> 00:58:38,280 This Friday afternoon at 5.30 on 93.9, The Score. 885 00:58:41,600 --> 00:58:43,840 93.9, The Score weather. 886 00:58:44,380 --> 00:58:48,620 Today, increasingly cloudy with a 30% chance of afternoon showers and a high around 80. 887 00:58:49,460 --> 00:58:53,620 Tonight, mostly cloudy with a 30% chance of showers overnight and a low near 40. 888 00:58:54,420 --> 00:58:57,600 Tomorrow, sunny with possible gusty winds and a high around 65. 889 00:58:58,280 --> 00:59:00,260 Tomorrow night, clear with a low near 40. 890 00:59:01,000 --> 00:59:03,580 And for your Sunday, sunny with a high around 75. 891 00:59:04,200 --> 00:59:06,820 Your weather from 93.9, The Score. 892 00:59:06,820 --> 00:59:20,080 Now, get ready to roll Shoals, Decatur, Athens, and all of Northwest Alabama and Southern Tennessee. 893 00:59:20,660 --> 00:59:24,080 It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM sports voice. 894 00:59:27,080 --> 00:59:29,320 The Boomo Bugg Show. 895 00:59:29,880 --> 00:59:32,040 New exclusive inside track to the Tide. 896 00:59:32,180 --> 00:59:35,140 Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC. 897 00:59:35,940 --> 00:59:41,360 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9, The Score. 898 00:59:42,160 --> 00:59:43,980 Welcome back in, our tour of the Boomo Bugg Show. 899 00:59:44,080 --> 00:59:45,660 I'm Harold Bugg, alongside Redbeard. 900 00:59:45,760 --> 00:59:51,120 Thank you so much for giving us a ride around the Tennessee Valley and for making it to Friday, 901 00:59:51,240 --> 00:59:55,440 which means it's time for a say hello to the one, the only, Mike Huguenin, 902 00:59:55,960 --> 00:59:59,740 college football slash basketball analyst down in Orlando, Florida. 903 00:59:59,920 --> 01:00:04,420 Mike, welcome in to the middle, if you will, of a Sweet 16 dance. 904 01:00:04,540 --> 01:00:05,080 How are you? 905 01:00:05,760 --> 01:00:07,220 Yeah, doing quite well. 906 01:00:07,940 --> 01:00:08,280 I'm good. 907 01:00:08,620 --> 01:00:11,100 Obviously, the SEC started out with 10. 908 01:00:11,100 --> 01:00:12,940 We now know it's down to two. 909 01:00:13,120 --> 01:00:17,020 Let's talk about the two in a second that still got a chance for moving on, 910 01:00:17,060 --> 01:00:21,920 but let's talk about the two that got derailed last night, in particular, Texas. 911 01:00:22,120 --> 01:00:25,740 To me, this was the surprise so far in many ways, certainly from the SEC, 912 01:00:26,120 --> 01:00:29,980 to come from where they were just a month ago to now having this conversation, 913 01:00:30,220 --> 01:00:34,900 but it ends, as all teams will, outside of one, on a heartbreak note, 914 01:00:34,980 --> 01:00:36,400 especially for Texas last night. 915 01:00:36,900 --> 01:00:41,040 Yeah, this was not a good Texas team for the majority of the team. 916 01:00:41,040 --> 01:00:48,340 The SEC, spent a lot of money on a roster that really struggled to find itself. 917 01:00:48,500 --> 01:00:51,440 They were abysmal on defense in the regular season. 918 01:00:51,580 --> 01:00:55,220 Their defense improved greatly in the NCAA tournament. 919 01:00:55,420 --> 01:00:57,480 It helped play in NC State in the first round. 920 01:00:57,600 --> 01:00:59,800 That was a discombobulated team anyway. 921 01:01:00,420 --> 01:01:03,860 Gonzaga really didn't have that much size and wasn't that physical. 922 01:01:05,220 --> 01:01:07,480 In other words, the Texas got a good draw. 923 01:01:08,520 --> 01:01:08,700 Yeah. 924 01:01:08,940 --> 01:01:13,660 And Purdue is an extremely efficient offensive team. 925 01:01:13,880 --> 01:01:15,140 They hit the three. 926 01:01:15,440 --> 01:01:18,720 They got Kauffman Wren, who's a phenomenal inside player. 927 01:01:20,040 --> 01:01:22,820 Braden Smith is a great point guard. 928 01:01:23,600 --> 01:01:25,640 Texas, yeah, Texas played well last night. 929 01:01:26,060 --> 01:01:26,740 Come on, Mark. 930 01:01:26,980 --> 01:01:29,000 Hit big shot after big shot, playing hurt. 931 01:01:29,660 --> 01:01:34,620 But, yeah, to get sent home on a tip-in with .7 seconds left, 932 01:01:35,280 --> 01:01:43,400 I think the idea, though, is that if you're an SEC fan, Texas is willing to spend money, obviously. 933 01:01:44,260 --> 01:01:49,300 I think Texas basketball is in a good place going forward. 934 01:01:49,420 --> 01:01:55,140 I don't think Sean Miller has had a ton of success in the NCAA tournament before at Arizona. 935 01:01:55,340 --> 01:01:58,520 He had really high-level teams that always sort of underachieved. 936 01:01:59,180 --> 01:02:03,860 But I don't think there's any doubt but that Texas is overachieving and getting to the Sweet 16. 937 01:02:04,060 --> 01:02:11,260 And I think Texas, with its willingness to spend money, is going to be an SEC basketball contender annually. 938 01:02:12,640 --> 01:02:17,480 Arkansas obviously trying to pick up the W last night, taking on Arizona. 939 01:02:17,620 --> 01:02:18,460 Two things on that. 940 01:02:18,540 --> 01:02:21,740 If you listen to Razorback fans, they call it the worst officiated game in the world. 941 01:02:22,520 --> 01:02:26,200 I think it's also safe to say that Arkansas could use some help on defense, too. 942 01:02:27,360 --> 01:02:34,000 Yeah, Arkansas on defense, it seemed like their M.O. last night was, 943 01:02:34,140 --> 01:02:36,260 let's let them score, then we'll get the ball back. 944 01:02:36,680 --> 01:02:38,100 That's how we're going to play defense. 945 01:02:38,100 --> 01:02:42,440 And the idea that the refs played, oh, my goodness. 946 01:02:42,640 --> 01:02:49,700 You know, I learned when I was in fifth grade, blaming the refs is that that's loser talk. 947 01:02:49,820 --> 01:02:53,420 It wasn't like my basketball coach said. 948 01:02:54,020 --> 01:02:57,640 Because even in fifth grade, we were whining about the refs. 949 01:02:57,880 --> 01:03:02,620 But Nebraska's frontcourt, they don't know how to play defense. 950 01:03:03,620 --> 01:03:07,580 You know, they seemed extremely interested in getting dunks, and they got enough. 951 01:03:08,320 --> 01:03:14,840 But there was zero opposition when Arkansas was on defense. 952 01:03:15,340 --> 01:03:16,420 Acuff's a great player. 953 01:03:16,580 --> 01:03:17,500 He had a great season. 954 01:03:18,600 --> 01:03:26,120 But the frontcourt, the highly paid frontcourt, you touch them, and they move out of the way. 955 01:03:26,260 --> 01:03:31,900 This is the same team that lost to Florida by 34 because Florida embarrassed them in the paint. 956 01:03:32,380 --> 01:03:33,940 Arizona did the same thing. 957 01:03:34,100 --> 01:03:35,340 It wasn't the refs. 958 01:03:35,760 --> 01:03:42,020 It was a very lackluster defensive performance that never got better. 959 01:03:42,160 --> 01:03:48,740 In the second half, Arkansas flat quit, and they were doing some cheap shots on the Arizona players. 960 01:03:49,340 --> 01:03:51,020 It's just not a good look for Arkansas. 961 01:03:52,600 --> 01:03:57,880 Mike, I thought the Illinois-Houston game was going to be one of the best games of the tournament. 962 01:03:58,120 --> 01:03:59,160 Very low scoring. 963 01:03:59,900 --> 01:04:01,320 And that's what Houston wanted. 964 01:04:01,540 --> 01:04:05,080 Houston would have been delighted to have this game in the 60s. 965 01:04:05,580 --> 01:04:11,540 But as Kevin Sampson said after the game, look, we couldn't score. 966 01:04:12,000 --> 01:04:14,580 And in basketball, that is kind of important. 967 01:04:15,600 --> 01:04:17,800 Illinois won 65-55. 968 01:04:18,160 --> 01:04:22,960 They'd rather score 90 points, but their defense was just suffocating. 969 01:04:23,280 --> 01:04:25,540 And Harold and I are big fans of Kevin Sampson. 970 01:04:25,640 --> 01:04:27,680 He's got a lot of old school in him. 971 01:04:28,240 --> 01:04:33,160 And Alabama beat Illinois November 19th at United Center where they play tonight. 972 01:04:33,640 --> 01:04:36,820 But Illinois just clamped down on Houston to 1-10. 973 01:04:37,380 --> 01:04:45,020 Yeah, you know, Houston about five years ago under Sampson was if the game gets out of the 60s, 974 01:04:45,020 --> 01:04:46,600 they can't win because they're offensively. 975 01:04:47,180 --> 01:04:48,860 This year's offense was not horrible. 976 01:04:49,680 --> 01:04:53,100 They had tremendous problems with Illinois' length. 977 01:04:54,440 --> 01:04:56,700 Kingston Fleming's never really got going. 978 01:04:57,400 --> 01:05:00,220 The front court was a no-show offensively. 979 01:05:01,380 --> 01:05:03,620 Yeah, this was – I agree. 980 01:05:03,620 --> 01:05:06,860 I thought this would be a phenomenal last-second kind of game. 981 01:05:07,220 --> 01:05:09,200 Sort of like the Purdue-Texas game was. 982 01:05:09,660 --> 01:05:14,560 Instead, after about the six-minute mark of the first half, unless Oklahoma – I mean, 983 01:05:14,620 --> 01:05:16,940 unless Illinois collapses, Houston ain't going to win. 984 01:05:17,040 --> 01:05:20,240 And Houston, you know, they cut it to eight late. 985 01:05:20,400 --> 01:05:21,840 And you're like, okay, this is their run. 986 01:05:22,260 --> 01:05:25,720 And then, boom, turn around and Illinois runs off an 8-0 run. 987 01:05:25,940 --> 01:05:29,360 So Houston's offense was atrocious last night. 988 01:05:29,360 --> 01:05:32,780 But I think a big part of that was Illinois' defense, the length. 989 01:05:33,480 --> 01:05:42,640 And Keaton Wagler, 185-pound guard, has 12 rebounds against Houston's front court, leading rebounder in the game. 990 01:05:42,960 --> 01:05:47,760 He was dominant, even though he did not score that much. 991 01:05:47,820 --> 01:05:51,120 He played phenomenal defense, distributed the ball well. 992 01:05:51,820 --> 01:05:59,160 And, again, when you're a 6'5", 185-pound guard with 12 rebounds against Houston, you've done something. 993 01:05:59,280 --> 01:06:03,000 But Illinois' defense, yeah, that was the story of the game last night. 994 01:06:03,060 --> 01:06:04,720 They were – they clamped down. 995 01:06:05,060 --> 01:06:07,500 And that's not a very good defensive team in the regular season. 996 01:06:08,320 --> 01:06:09,220 Yeah, absolutely. 997 01:06:09,500 --> 01:06:13,920 Mike, we've obviously talked about Alabama and Michigan the entire week. 998 01:06:14,820 --> 01:06:17,600 It was a 10 – they were a 10-point favorite. 999 01:06:17,720 --> 01:06:18,980 That's come down a little bit. 1000 01:06:19,120 --> 01:06:24,120 But they've got Leonard Borg, the Big Ten player of the year, the transfer from UAB. 1001 01:06:24,540 --> 01:06:31,500 Johnson, Mars, who's 7'3", 7'4", whatever it is, once you get past seven feet. 1002 01:06:32,280 --> 01:06:36,720 Elliot Cadeau, I believe, was with North Carolina a couple of years ago. 1003 01:06:37,660 --> 01:06:38,780 Alabama's playing well. 1004 01:06:38,920 --> 01:06:40,080 They faced adversity. 1005 01:06:40,540 --> 01:06:42,820 Holloway, obviously, being out. 1006 01:06:42,920 --> 01:06:44,460 They rounded Texas Tech. 1007 01:06:44,500 --> 01:06:48,200 They may have played the most complete game they played all year. 1008 01:06:48,200 --> 01:06:54,900 But they're going to need that and even more, Mike, to get past Michigan tonight in the United Center. 1009 01:06:55,040 --> 01:06:57,460 Your thoughts, Michigan and Alabama? 1010 01:06:57,900 --> 01:07:01,860 Yeah, Alabama's got to hit, I think, 15, 16 threes to have a chance to win. 1011 01:07:02,240 --> 01:07:05,260 They are going to get annihilated in the paint. 1012 01:07:06,940 --> 01:07:11,580 Michigan, Dusty May, sort of one of the new edge coaches. 1013 01:07:11,760 --> 01:07:15,840 He likes playing two bakes and sometimes even three bakes. 1014 01:07:16,300 --> 01:07:17,800 They like to pound the ball inside. 1015 01:07:18,320 --> 01:07:23,720 Their backcourt is a little bit spotty, especially with Cason being out, the backup point guard. 1016 01:07:23,840 --> 01:07:26,000 Cadeau is extremely hot and cold. 1017 01:07:27,300 --> 01:07:30,960 I think Alabama, yeah, Alabama's got to be on fire from three-point range. 1018 01:07:31,060 --> 01:07:32,620 And, you know, they were against Texas Tech. 1019 01:07:33,040 --> 01:07:35,000 And, you know, Texas Tech was missing Toppin. 1020 01:07:35,380 --> 01:07:40,680 But Alabama just came out from the get-go and blew them off the court. 1021 01:07:40,980 --> 01:07:42,960 That's the kind of game they need to play tonight. 1022 01:07:43,360 --> 01:07:47,720 Again, they have to be on fire from three-point range because they're going to get crushed in the paint. 1023 01:07:48,820 --> 01:07:49,880 Very interesting matchup. 1024 01:07:49,940 --> 01:07:50,680 Would you agree, Mike? 1025 01:07:50,700 --> 01:07:54,260 Mike Hugan, college football slash basketball analyst. 1026 01:07:55,220 --> 01:07:56,600 St. John's and Duke. 1027 01:07:56,700 --> 01:07:58,380 This guy, Patino, has been there before. 1028 01:07:58,580 --> 01:07:58,940 Duke. 1029 01:07:59,900 --> 01:08:03,060 Now that they have a mayonnaise, they've got a brand name on their jersey. 1030 01:08:03,160 --> 01:08:06,980 Your thoughts about a very spicy way to tip off the night, St. John's and Duke. 1031 01:08:07,620 --> 01:08:10,960 Yeah, St. John's does not have a true point guard. 1032 01:08:11,160 --> 01:08:13,740 They struggle mightily in running their half-court office. 1033 01:08:14,560 --> 01:08:16,960 They need transition hoops. 1034 01:08:18,040 --> 01:08:20,620 They play extremely physical defense. 1035 01:08:21,600 --> 01:08:27,480 Zubi Etrafor against Boozer is going to be phenomenal viewing. 1036 01:08:29,560 --> 01:08:33,200 He's four years older than Boozer, extremely physical. 1037 01:08:33,540 --> 01:08:37,720 Boozer, you know, for an 18-year-old, 19-year-old kid, is pretty darn physical himself. 1038 01:08:37,920 --> 01:08:43,440 But to me, this comes down to if Duke, which has played really good defense this year, 1039 01:08:43,500 --> 01:08:45,760 they do not give up a lot of fast-break points. 1040 01:08:46,500 --> 01:08:51,260 If St. John's can't score on the first 10 to 12 seconds of possession, I think they're in trouble. 1041 01:08:52,320 --> 01:08:56,280 You know, Bryce Hopkins hit five three-pointers the other day for St. John's. 1042 01:08:56,280 --> 01:08:57,540 He had 26 all year. 1043 01:08:58,400 --> 01:09:01,380 So him hitting five is not going to happen again. 1044 01:09:03,080 --> 01:09:07,960 Yeah, to me, this is all about St. John's scoring early in the possession 1045 01:09:07,960 --> 01:09:11,140 and Duke making them run a half-court offense. 1046 01:09:11,820 --> 01:09:14,800 I am interested in seeing what Boozer can do against Etrafor, 1047 01:09:14,860 --> 01:09:21,020 but I think Duke is better overall as long as they don't give up early hoops for St. John's. 1048 01:09:21,020 --> 01:09:22,760 This should be a really interesting game. 1049 01:09:23,000 --> 01:09:29,060 St. John's is extremely physical, and you wonder if Duke can. 1050 01:09:29,360 --> 01:09:31,120 You know, the ACC was not a physical league. 1051 01:09:32,120 --> 01:09:34,040 St. John's will beat on you. 1052 01:09:34,740 --> 01:09:38,340 This is going to be interesting from that standpoint for Duke as well. 1053 01:09:38,580 --> 01:09:40,740 You know, how is it called by the refs? 1054 01:09:40,960 --> 01:09:45,920 But, again, I think the whole thing comes down to stopping St. John's from scoring early in its possessions. 1055 01:09:46,100 --> 01:09:48,120 I think Duke can do that well enough to win. 1056 01:09:49,080 --> 01:09:58,380 Mike, Iowa State and Tennessee, some of our guests this week have said that they thought Tennessee may have the best chance of advancing to the Elite Eight. 1057 01:09:58,920 --> 01:10:01,080 Health got a big part in this. 1058 01:10:01,080 --> 01:10:03,220 Joshua Jefferson for Iowa State. 1059 01:10:03,700 --> 01:10:10,100 Health has been hurting, getting his way through this. 1060 01:10:10,200 --> 01:10:12,640 Jacoby Gillespie could be another big key. 1061 01:10:12,800 --> 01:10:19,160 Tennessee's got some bulk inside with Estrella, Carey, et cetera. 1062 01:10:20,540 --> 01:10:22,640 Iowa State's got some good guards. 1063 01:10:23,080 --> 01:10:25,020 This should be compelling, too. 1064 01:10:25,100 --> 01:10:28,240 The last game of the night, Iowa State at Tennessee. 1065 01:10:30,620 --> 01:10:32,460 Jefferson is a game-time decision. 1066 01:10:32,720 --> 01:10:34,000 I'm not sure I buy that. 1067 01:10:34,400 --> 01:10:36,000 But the fact that Iowa State is here. 1068 01:10:36,240 --> 01:10:37,980 Joshua Jefferson's the first-team All-American. 1069 01:10:38,840 --> 01:10:40,580 And Iowa State lost him. 1070 01:10:41,360 --> 01:10:43,680 He is a really high-level player. 1071 01:10:44,080 --> 01:10:46,900 And they did not need him in the second round to play Kentucky. 1072 01:10:48,260 --> 01:10:51,900 But I know Kentucky beat Tennessee twice. 1073 01:10:53,200 --> 01:10:54,540 Tennessee's a better team than Kentucky. 1074 01:10:55,060 --> 01:10:56,760 They're a better coach than Kentucky. 1075 01:10:56,980 --> 01:10:59,920 They have clearly defined roles. 1076 01:11:00,160 --> 01:11:08,500 And Tennessee's defense, you know, if Jefferson does not play, even if he does play, he's not going to be 100%. 1077 01:11:08,500 --> 01:11:19,920 So, to me, this is a game where Tennessee's defense, if they play, if the Vols play defense at their peak, this will be a low-scoring game and Tennessee can win. 1078 01:11:20,460 --> 01:11:24,480 If Iowa State hits double-digit three, they're going to win. 1079 01:11:25,100 --> 01:11:27,480 I don't trust Tennessee offense. 1080 01:11:27,960 --> 01:11:30,220 I do trust the Tennessee defense, though. 1081 01:11:31,020 --> 01:11:37,980 This should be an extremely physical, sort of an – I don't think this is going to be aesthetically pleasing. 1082 01:11:38,120 --> 01:11:40,240 I don't think it's going to be as ugly as Illinois and Houston. 1083 01:11:40,780 --> 01:11:43,480 But this certainly is not going to be free-flowing basketball. 1084 01:11:44,020 --> 01:11:45,700 And I think that's just fine with Tennessee. 1085 01:11:45,840 --> 01:11:49,760 But, again, I think the Iowa State three-point shooting is going to be huge. 1086 01:11:49,920 --> 01:11:55,320 And, you know, the Vols see Alabama twice a year, which shoots a ton of threes. 1087 01:11:55,360 --> 01:12:00,700 Because Iowa State, obviously, not at that – they don't shoot nearly as many, but they can hit them. 1088 01:12:00,920 --> 01:12:04,160 But, yeah, this is a really sneaky, good game. 1089 01:12:04,740 --> 01:12:07,880 And I think, again, the Vols defense is the key. 1090 01:12:09,000 --> 01:12:13,700 Mike, quickly, a very intriguing matchup with UConn and Michigan State on the court, 1091 01:12:13,820 --> 01:12:16,980 but an interesting matchup of the respective coaches as well. 1092 01:12:20,040 --> 01:12:21,980 Three national titles combined. 1093 01:12:22,740 --> 01:12:27,580 You know, Izzo is known as Mr. March, but he's obviously not Mr. April 1094 01:12:27,580 --> 01:12:30,040 because, again, he has one national title. 1095 01:12:30,540 --> 01:12:37,620 So, the Terrace Reed inside, what does Michigan State do with him? 1096 01:12:38,020 --> 01:12:40,020 Can UConn handle Jeremy Fears? 1097 01:12:40,300 --> 01:12:42,660 Can Jeremy Fears not do something stupid? 1098 01:12:44,060 --> 01:12:48,060 This – you know, Jackson Kohler needs to show up and play. 1099 01:12:48,440 --> 01:12:53,480 Carson Cooper needs to show up and play for Michigan State because they cannot let Terrace re-dominate. 1100 01:12:53,600 --> 01:12:58,080 But this is – this is another – I think 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01:19:02,160 All of ESPN, all in one place. 1241 01:19:02,400 --> 01:19:05,860 Your home for the most live sports and the best championship moments. 1242 01:19:06,240 --> 01:19:07,920 The electricity is palpable. 1243 01:19:08,560 --> 01:19:11,320 Step up your game with no annual contract required. 1244 01:19:11,700 --> 01:19:13,540 It's the ultimate fan experience. 1245 01:19:13,540 --> 01:19:18,600 Level up for more on the ESPN app or at stream.espn.com. 1246 01:19:19,140 --> 01:19:20,200 Sign up now. 1247 01:19:22,100 --> 01:19:23,280 The score. 1248 01:19:23,720 --> 01:19:28,500 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score. 1249 01:19:29,000 --> 01:19:29,300 The score. 1250 01:19:29,400 --> 01:19:30,060 Welcome back in. 1251 01:19:30,180 --> 01:19:31,420 Happy Friday to you. 1252 01:19:31,520 --> 01:19:32,700 And David Sisk. 1253 01:19:32,780 --> 01:19:37,060 He is the basketball and hoots recruiting analyst for Tar Heel 24-7. 1254 01:19:37,220 --> 01:19:38,400 David, welcome in. 1255 01:19:38,520 --> 01:19:39,180 How are you? 1256 01:19:40,040 --> 01:19:41,520 Man, I've missed you guys. 1257 01:19:42,020 --> 01:19:42,440 Hey, buddy. 1258 01:19:42,560 --> 01:19:43,180 Same here. 1259 01:19:43,380 --> 01:19:43,800 I've missed you. 1260 01:19:43,900 --> 01:19:47,580 We've been waiting to ask you, is your bracket still perfect again, David? 1261 01:19:48,920 --> 01:19:50,180 I'm going to be honest with you. 1262 01:19:50,180 --> 01:19:56,440 I don't do a bracket simply because I don't go through all those games. 1263 01:19:56,440 --> 01:19:57,740 I mean, everybody has brackets. 1264 01:19:57,880 --> 01:20:01,920 They've seen probably 10% of the teams play at the end of the game. 1265 01:20:02,020 --> 01:20:04,400 I did have – I knew I liked Arizona. 1266 01:20:05,140 --> 01:20:06,400 I knew I liked Michigan. 1267 01:20:07,240 --> 01:20:09,000 And Duke was in a pretty good one. 1268 01:20:09,280 --> 01:20:11,300 I had Florida coming out of their side. 1269 01:20:11,580 --> 01:20:11,840 Yeah. 1270 01:20:12,000 --> 01:20:13,020 Excuse me, not Florida. 1271 01:20:13,100 --> 01:20:13,460 I'm sorry. 1272 01:20:13,520 --> 01:20:14,100 I had Houston. 1273 01:20:14,660 --> 01:20:16,120 I had Houston beating Florida. 1274 01:20:16,260 --> 01:20:17,280 Neither one of them is there. 1275 01:20:17,720 --> 01:20:19,940 So, I've got three of the four. 1276 01:20:20,080 --> 01:20:21,680 And I think I had Arizona and Michigan. 1277 01:20:22,080 --> 01:20:23,120 I'm saying I think. 1278 01:20:23,240 --> 01:20:26,000 So, that tells you how – that I didn't do a bracket. 1279 01:20:26,620 --> 01:20:30,640 But just taking the teams, I had Arizona and Michigan, I think, 1280 01:20:31,080 --> 01:20:32,940 just I thought we'd get to the finals. 1281 01:20:33,180 --> 01:20:35,160 And I said I thought Arizona would win it. 1282 01:20:35,280 --> 01:20:36,720 So, that's kind of where I stand at. 1283 01:20:37,460 --> 01:20:39,200 If you – just want to have fun. 1284 01:20:39,240 --> 01:20:40,000 Don't take it seriously. 1285 01:20:40,100 --> 01:20:42,700 I think those things are fun because it's always going to be crazy. 1286 01:20:42,700 --> 01:20:45,780 I think you can take a dartboard and be about as successful as trying to think it through. 1287 01:20:45,860 --> 01:20:47,120 But your thoughts, you mentioned Florida. 1288 01:20:47,200 --> 01:20:48,240 How surprised were you? 1289 01:20:48,780 --> 01:20:52,420 And we're all, I think, friends or fans of Samson at Houston. 1290 01:20:52,880 --> 01:20:55,820 I think he tries his best to do it the right way. 1291 01:20:56,000 --> 01:20:58,560 And I've seen some of the comments back and forth. 1292 01:20:58,660 --> 01:21:03,520 A lot of these programs where they want to go the traditional route with pure college-aged kids, 1293 01:21:03,520 --> 01:21:06,100 they're now playing pro guys from Europe and elsewhere. 1294 01:21:06,560 --> 01:21:10,400 Before we get into the obvious here, David, your thoughts just about the climate of the game. 1295 01:21:10,400 --> 01:21:13,520 And as we get to this part of the NCAA tournament, 1296 01:21:13,640 --> 01:21:19,900 you start to see some of that experience and age guys starting to take over some of these kids in the tournament. 1297 01:21:20,640 --> 01:21:22,600 Well, I've always said this. 1298 01:21:22,840 --> 01:21:29,340 I feel like if you're a college basketball coach, you want to find a way for your team to get old. 1299 01:21:30,440 --> 01:21:33,820 And, you know, there's different ways of doing that. 1300 01:21:33,920 --> 01:21:34,840 You can go through the portal. 1301 01:21:35,320 --> 01:21:39,700 A lot of these guys that are coming over from Europe are 20 years old, 21 years old when they get here. 1302 01:21:40,240 --> 01:21:42,280 They play professionally for several years. 1303 01:21:42,680 --> 01:21:44,800 Yeah, they're kind of hit and miss with those guys. 1304 01:21:44,960 --> 01:21:46,840 I know North Carolina had one this year. 1305 01:21:47,280 --> 01:21:51,800 They played in the Adriatic League, and he just wasn't very athletic at all. 1306 01:21:51,900 --> 01:21:52,700 We've got over here. 1307 01:21:53,340 --> 01:21:58,540 You had to see him play against American college athletes to understand how athletic he was not. 1308 01:21:59,180 --> 01:22:02,020 So, you know, not against those guys over there. 1309 01:22:02,220 --> 01:22:07,080 So, I think in all these things, you're kind of picking your poison. 1310 01:22:07,360 --> 01:22:16,280 But I feel like you need an older team, and I'm just, you know, if you could get a freshman or two that's really good, true, that's good. 1311 01:22:16,440 --> 01:22:17,760 You get a couple guys to stay. 1312 01:22:18,120 --> 01:22:22,720 But, I mean, if you look at guys, you know, you look at Arizona, man, they've got great freshmen. 1313 01:22:23,560 --> 01:22:32,140 And they've got about three of them, Coopede, Braden Burry's, and you know, Bradley's transfer used to be in Alabama, and they've got a big post out of Europe. 1314 01:22:32,600 --> 01:22:33,420 They've done it. 1315 01:22:34,380 --> 01:22:43,520 They've done it a lot of different ways, and they've been able to really strike on all those, you know, where everything's worked. 1316 01:22:43,980 --> 01:22:45,600 And I think that's what it comes down to. 1317 01:22:45,600 --> 01:22:50,520 I mean, if you miscalculate, you can do it the same way, and I can do it the same way. 1318 01:22:51,280 --> 01:22:56,200 And you can have a lot better judgment than the players you're taking, and you're going to be successful. 1319 01:22:56,660 --> 01:23:00,660 So, I think just the individual eye for talent means a lot. 1320 01:23:01,700 --> 01:23:09,560 David, before we get into some candidates to replace Hubert Davis in North Carolina, what happened the last two or three weeks? 1321 01:23:09,700 --> 01:23:13,000 I know a lot of people are looking, well, North Carolina looks pretty good. 1322 01:23:13,000 --> 01:23:16,720 They beat Duke that first game, but they had a key injury. 1323 01:23:16,940 --> 01:23:25,260 They had a big lead in the NCAA tournament game, lost it, and then the roof fell in. 1324 01:23:25,440 --> 01:23:29,500 David, what happened with Hubert Davis the last two or three weeks? 1325 01:23:30,240 --> 01:23:45,240 Well, my boss said the worst thing, and he really thought Hubert should go, and he said the worst thing that ever happened to Hubert was the best thing that ever happened to North Carolina. 1326 01:23:45,400 --> 01:23:47,900 And I said, that sounds like a country song, man. 1327 01:23:47,960 --> 01:23:53,360 You could take that down to Muscle Shoals and sell it and be in copies, you know. 1328 01:23:54,160 --> 01:23:57,440 And you guys are the ones that could get him an appointment over there and make it happen. 1329 01:23:58,820 --> 01:24:07,360 But Caleb Wilson getting hurt had a lot, had a huge amount. 1330 01:24:07,920 --> 01:24:09,820 And the team was playing well. 1331 01:24:10,620 --> 01:24:19,020 I think some of the role players had stepped up, and it was such a positive team that they were saying, okay, we're getting better, we're playing well. 1332 01:24:19,500 --> 01:24:23,440 Caleb Wilson's going to come back, and, man, we're going to make a run. 1333 01:24:24,280 --> 01:24:30,440 And when Caleb, of all things, he had a hand injury and he was out. 1334 01:24:30,940 --> 01:24:35,080 Well, he hurt his other hand in practice probably a day before he was going to be cleared. 1335 01:24:35,740 --> 01:24:41,880 And broke a thumb, dunking on a side goal, and non-contact, and it sunk them. 1336 01:24:42,520 --> 01:24:43,940 The coaches couldn't get over it. 1337 01:24:44,060 --> 01:24:49,140 I don't think the players could get over it, because that was really what they were banking on. 1338 01:24:49,280 --> 01:24:51,840 And when it fell through, I think the team went down with them. 1339 01:24:52,400 --> 01:24:55,600 But, you know, they were still playing well against VCU. 1340 01:24:56,660 --> 01:25:00,980 And they were up 19, and they blew the biggest lead in the history of the round of 64. 1341 01:25:01,800 --> 01:25:06,340 And Hubert, to me, looks like the state just got too big for him. 1342 01:25:06,360 --> 01:25:07,220 I think he froze. 1343 01:25:07,720 --> 01:25:09,360 I think he choked in situations. 1344 01:25:09,980 --> 01:25:11,020 They couldn't get the ball thrown. 1345 01:25:11,140 --> 01:25:16,780 If they get the ball thrown in on the inbounds pass, in a critical situation, they'd probably win the game. 1346 01:25:17,500 --> 01:25:21,600 And he's sitting there with a timeout and doesn't take it when they're right at the five-second mark. 1347 01:25:21,700 --> 01:25:22,220 And they don't get it. 1348 01:25:22,360 --> 01:25:24,460 And he just, I mean, his eyes were a lot of sausage. 1349 01:25:25,040 --> 01:25:27,720 And I just, I think it was a lot of things. 1350 01:25:27,840 --> 01:25:29,940 But I think, in the end, it just got too big for him. 1351 01:25:30,640 --> 01:25:32,640 David Siss, Tar Heel 24-7. 1352 01:25:32,780 --> 01:25:35,440 David, we live, shock, shock, in an era of social media. 1353 01:25:36,080 --> 01:25:38,280 All kinds of stories out there about daydotes. 1354 01:25:38,280 --> 01:25:41,680 And, obviously, a lot of folks thought, well, it's automatic. 1355 01:25:41,860 --> 01:25:44,180 He's had success at Alabama, and this is a natural. 1356 01:25:44,300 --> 01:25:45,060 Not so fast. 1357 01:25:45,580 --> 01:25:49,940 One of the stories says, well, we like what Nate's done in terms of wins and losses, 1358 01:25:49,940 --> 01:25:52,700 but a lot of baggage off the court. 1359 01:25:52,780 --> 01:25:54,580 So, let's maybe take a flyer on Nate. 1360 01:25:54,900 --> 01:25:56,960 Your thoughts on that before we get to the obvious. 1361 01:25:57,100 --> 01:25:59,340 If it's not Nate, how true are those stories? 1362 01:25:59,520 --> 01:26:03,080 And then, of course, the follow-up to that would be, if he's out, who's in? 1363 01:26:04,140 --> 01:26:05,780 Well, let's talk about Nate Oates. 1364 01:26:06,340 --> 01:26:06,540 Yeah. 1365 01:26:06,540 --> 01:26:11,020 I think, from the things that I've heard, this is sourced very well. 1366 01:26:12,400 --> 01:26:14,680 North Carolina wants to win the press conference. 1367 01:26:14,800 --> 01:26:22,480 So, when they get a new coach, they don't want to have to take 90% of their time explaining away why they did it. 1368 01:26:22,960 --> 01:26:23,720 And you're right. 1369 01:26:24,080 --> 01:26:26,020 Nate's a tremendous coach off the court. 1370 01:26:26,440 --> 01:26:41,600 I think as far, if Alabama fans are worried about losing him, not to North Carolina, but anywhere, I think a lot of players, I think everything that's happened off the court has kind of hurt him in those situations. 1371 01:26:41,600 --> 01:26:45,880 And I just feel like there's administrators feel like that they can't sell that. 1372 01:26:46,600 --> 01:26:48,540 And so, now I know this. 1373 01:26:48,860 --> 01:26:50,060 I'm not putting down Nate Oates. 1374 01:26:50,100 --> 01:26:51,100 You guys know this. 1375 01:26:51,200 --> 01:26:52,440 I've been on your show several years. 1376 01:26:52,440 --> 01:26:54,660 You're not a bigger Nate Oates fan in the world than me. 1377 01:26:54,920 --> 01:26:57,680 And I've said this on a show in North Carolina. 1378 01:26:58,360 --> 01:27:02,240 I'd hire Nate Oates if he was the guy that got caught on the pot on him. 1379 01:27:03,020 --> 01:27:11,680 So, I mean, I am totally in a Nate Oates vote, but you can't, and you've got to think this about North Carolina, too. 1380 01:27:12,160 --> 01:27:19,380 North Carolina, whether they do or not, the administration thinks they have the, they're pristine. 1381 01:27:20,140 --> 01:27:26,460 They've got that, they think, where they do, whether it's true or not, they think that they've got that pure image. 1382 01:27:27,400 --> 01:27:30,660 And that's debatable, very. 1383 01:27:32,380 --> 01:27:37,820 So, you know, there's some schools, I'll put it in a nutshell, they just think they're above it. 1384 01:27:38,640 --> 01:27:41,220 Well, let me throw this scenario at you, David. 1385 01:27:41,220 --> 01:27:46,620 Obviously, we all were familiar with the cheating scandal back in, what, the early 90s or whatever, Bill Belichick being hired. 1386 01:27:46,860 --> 01:27:47,840 Let me throw this scenario. 1387 01:27:48,220 --> 01:27:52,160 With all the stuff that's going on at Georgia, if Bill Belichick left and Kirby Smart said, 1388 01:27:52,260 --> 01:27:57,340 I wanted to go to North Carolina, would they hire him after all that's gone on with Georgia's football program off the field? 1389 01:27:58,060 --> 01:27:58,460 Absolutely. 1390 01:28:00,000 --> 01:28:02,460 So, and that's a great point. 1391 01:28:03,180 --> 01:28:07,940 And, you know, with a, with a, maybe they've got fatigue over Belichick, 1392 01:28:07,940 --> 01:28:10,560 and they just don't want to have to do that on two fronts. 1393 01:28:10,860 --> 01:28:15,760 But, you know, it's, you know, the Belichick things look like a soap opera. 1394 01:28:16,560 --> 01:28:22,020 And, you know, but, yeah, I agree with you 100%. 1395 01:28:22,020 --> 01:28:25,100 And like I say, I'm not defending that. 1396 01:28:26,100 --> 01:28:33,120 We've done live streams and podcasts over there, and people tell me, who would you like to see them hire, just personally? 1397 01:28:33,340 --> 01:28:37,400 And I've said, look, I'm going to get blowback on this, and I do get blowback on it. 1398 01:28:37,640 --> 01:28:39,080 And I said, Nate Oates. 1399 01:28:39,500 --> 01:28:41,220 I said, you look what he's done. 1400 01:28:41,300 --> 01:28:42,920 You look what he's done this year. 1401 01:28:43,280 --> 01:28:45,320 You know, I've got a buddy of mine that says this. 1402 01:28:45,380 --> 01:28:53,960 He says, Jake Bradley is the only player that's really transferred out of there that's been better at another place than he has been at Alabama. 1403 01:28:54,100 --> 01:28:59,720 And you look at guys that he brings in in Alabama that are in a transfer portal, they get better. 1404 01:29:00,060 --> 01:29:01,720 And then if they leave, they get worse. 1405 01:29:02,420 --> 01:29:06,040 So, you know, to me, he's a great coach. 1406 01:29:06,160 --> 01:29:06,860 I'll just leave it at that. 1407 01:29:06,860 --> 01:29:07,920 He is a great coach. 1408 01:29:08,560 --> 01:29:16,620 David, who are in North Carolina going to have 15 of the top coaches in the country? 1409 01:29:16,780 --> 01:29:22,660 And I know a lot of them have said this week, I'm happy where I'm in, where I am. 1410 01:29:22,740 --> 01:29:26,000 I'm just concentrating on the tournament game, et cetera. 1411 01:29:26,700 --> 01:29:34,160 Right now, the way you know the administration and the athletic department, who could you say would be the leader in the clubhouse? 1412 01:29:36,160 --> 01:29:38,420 I think it's going to depend on who they can afford. 1413 01:29:38,560 --> 01:29:45,820 But I think they've got a new AD coming in, and he's talking a good game that money's not going to be an issue. 1414 01:29:46,100 --> 01:29:51,900 But when it comes down to it, I don't know if his checkbook can cover his promises. 1415 01:29:54,160 --> 01:30:04,480 And so the names that you hear the most that I think kind of fit what they want would be the obvious. 1416 01:30:05,200 --> 01:30:07,720 It would be Tommy Lloyd at Arizona. 1417 01:30:08,400 --> 01:30:12,600 It would be Dusty May at Michigan. 1418 01:30:13,600 --> 01:30:16,160 It would be Billy Donovan. 1419 01:30:17,500 --> 01:30:19,800 And this is going to sound crazy. 1420 01:30:20,740 --> 01:30:23,040 Billy Donovan may be the guy they can afford. 1421 01:30:24,960 --> 01:30:27,180 I mean, that sounds nuts. 1422 01:30:27,800 --> 01:30:28,840 But there's no buyout. 1423 01:30:30,100 --> 01:30:32,760 The payout right now is $19 million. 1424 01:30:33,540 --> 01:30:33,740 Right. 1425 01:30:33,860 --> 01:30:34,100 Wow. 1426 01:30:34,280 --> 01:30:35,060 So, yeah. 1427 01:30:35,300 --> 01:30:37,960 So, you know, I think it's before April 1st. 1428 01:30:38,160 --> 01:30:39,800 I mean, if he'd done it today, it would be $19 million. 1429 01:30:39,800 --> 01:30:40,240 It is. 1430 01:30:40,360 --> 01:30:46,720 But if you look at Tommy Lloyd and Dusty May, their buyouts are $10 million plus. 1431 01:30:47,460 --> 01:30:51,100 And you're already paying what you've fired, what you've gotten rid of. 1432 01:30:51,660 --> 01:30:54,500 And they may be on the hunt for a new GM. 1433 01:30:54,920 --> 01:30:56,980 And you're doing all these different things. 1434 01:30:56,980 --> 01:30:59,560 And it could be up in everything. 1435 01:30:59,700 --> 01:31:04,240 By the time you do two contracts and buyouts, you could be looking at a total thing of about a $50 million. 1436 01:31:04,880 --> 01:31:05,280 Wow. 1437 01:31:05,660 --> 01:31:05,760 Yeah. 1438 01:31:06,040 --> 01:31:08,000 With no guarantees. 1439 01:31:08,600 --> 01:31:09,100 Absolutely. 1440 01:31:09,700 --> 01:31:12,540 And so, your buyouts are a big thing. 1441 01:31:13,140 --> 01:31:17,720 And there's a lot of rumors going around that Billy's ready to get out of Chicago. 1442 01:31:17,960 --> 01:31:18,180 Right. 1443 01:31:18,280 --> 01:31:18,860 I've heard that. 1444 01:31:19,440 --> 01:31:19,740 Yeah. 1445 01:31:19,940 --> 01:31:20,160 Yeah. 1446 01:31:20,320 --> 01:31:21,780 So, there's your thing. 1447 01:31:22,140 --> 01:31:23,080 I'll say this. 1448 01:31:24,200 --> 01:31:25,940 McCollum hasn't hurt himself in Iowa. 1449 01:31:26,780 --> 01:31:26,960 Right. 1450 01:31:26,960 --> 01:31:30,020 And he probably wasn't even the guy a week ago that they were considering. 1451 01:31:30,320 --> 01:31:32,420 His contract buyouts, not much of anything. 1452 01:31:33,220 --> 01:31:38,100 I don't know if you hire a guy, you know, off a couple of weeks' performance. 1453 01:31:38,320 --> 01:31:40,360 But, you know, he won a couple of national championships. 1454 01:31:40,560 --> 01:31:40,700 Yeah. 1455 01:31:41,480 --> 01:31:45,000 So, you know, he's been proven, you know, if you want to go to the Nettie route. 1456 01:31:45,680 --> 01:31:47,040 So, yeah. 1457 01:31:47,200 --> 01:31:48,940 So, that's what I'd say right now. 1458 01:31:49,900 --> 01:31:51,220 David, great stuff. 1459 01:31:51,380 --> 01:31:53,300 Great to catch up with you. 1460 01:31:53,500 --> 01:31:54,880 Yeah, we have missed you, brother. 1461 01:31:55,280 --> 01:31:55,480 Yeah. 1462 01:31:55,500 --> 01:31:56,060 Oh, yeah. 1463 01:31:56,640 --> 01:31:58,480 I mean, it's been awful. 1464 01:31:59,400 --> 01:32:03,200 I haven't got to watch the SEC anymore. 1465 01:32:03,340 --> 01:32:07,480 I've had to watch Syracuse or Pitt play each other. 1466 01:32:08,140 --> 01:32:08,580 Absolutely. 1467 01:32:09,220 --> 01:32:14,120 Listen, but where can we get online and get the latest about North Carolina's coaching, Serge? 1468 01:32:14,400 --> 01:32:14,780 Okay. 1469 01:32:14,940 --> 01:32:18,660 You can follow me at, of course, CoachDavidShift at Twitter. 1470 01:32:19,220 --> 01:32:25,340 But, like you said, I write now for and do all my work with Tar Heel 247. 1471 01:32:25,340 --> 01:32:30,620 So, obviously, that would be the North Carolina-Tar Heel side on 247 Sports. 1472 01:32:31,900 --> 01:32:34,520 It's Friday and a full plate of basketball tonight. 1473 01:32:34,680 --> 01:32:36,060 Kick back and enjoy it, David. 1474 01:32:36,100 --> 01:32:37,400 And thank you so much for your time. 1475 01:32:37,580 --> 01:32:39,280 And let's do it again soon, okay? 1476 01:32:40,040 --> 01:32:41,000 Man, let's do it. 1477 01:32:41,220 --> 01:32:41,620 Absolutely. 1478 01:32:42,180 --> 01:32:43,020 I'll miss you guys. 1479 01:32:43,560 --> 01:32:46,540 If this guy don't work, I'll try to get him fired over the summer. 1480 01:32:46,780 --> 01:32:47,720 So, I'll get back on the show. 1481 01:32:48,400 --> 01:32:49,280 There you go. 1482 01:32:49,360 --> 01:32:50,220 There you go, brother. 1483 01:32:50,220 --> 01:32:51,220 That's a good record, I guarantee you. 1484 01:32:51,260 --> 01:32:51,660 They have it. 1485 01:32:52,040 --> 01:32:53,920 Coach David Siss, check him out there again. 1486 01:32:54,040 --> 01:32:55,720 Tar Heel 247. 1487 01:32:56,000 --> 01:32:59,560 Speaking of Sweet 16, how about some Final Four talk? 1488 01:33:00,220 --> 01:33:01,280 And the Auburn Tigers. 1489 01:33:01,720 --> 01:33:03,180 Justin Ferguson next day with us. 1490 01:33:07,180 --> 01:33:08,640 It's March Madness time. 1491 01:33:08,640 --> 01:33:12,020 And there's no better place to watch the action than Champion's Famous Fried Chicken. 1492 01:33:12,480 --> 01:33:15,600 Grab a family pack piled high with crispy golden fried chicken. 1493 01:33:15,920 --> 01:33:18,320 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01:37:37,660 Progressive presents the Sports Flash on 93-9. 1574 01:37:37,960 --> 01:37:38,640 The score. 1575 01:37:39,060 --> 01:37:43,060 In college baseball action tonight, the Alabama Crimson Tide will host No. 5 Auburn. 1576 01:37:43,140 --> 01:37:46,440 The Auburn Tigers are 20-4 on the season, 4-2 in the SEC. 1577 01:37:46,800 --> 01:37:50,160 Alabama 3-3 in the conference, 19-7. 1578 01:37:50,340 --> 01:37:53,720 Overall, game one of the series is tonight in Tuscaloosa. 1579 01:37:54,180 --> 01:37:55,620 South Alabama is at home tonight. 1580 01:37:55,700 --> 01:38:00,660 They'll take on Old Dominion, South Alabama is 3-3 in the Sun Belt, 16-9 overall. 1581 01:38:00,840 --> 01:38:03,340 Old Dominion 2-4 in Sun Belt play. 1582 01:38:03,500 --> 01:38:05,300 Troy plays tonight at Georgia Southern. 1583 01:38:05,660 --> 01:38:09,700 Trojans are 11-14 overall, 3-3 in the Sun Belt. 1584 01:38:09,800 --> 01:38:12,440 Georgia Southern is 1-5 in conference play. 1585 01:38:12,440 --> 01:38:15,760 North Alabama is on the road today as the Lions play at Bellarmine. 1586 01:38:15,840 --> 01:38:19,580 North Alabama is 4-2 in the A-Sun. 1587 01:38:19,820 --> 01:38:24,100 Bundle auto and home, renters, or condo, and save with Progressive. 1588 01:38:24,280 --> 01:38:29,660 I'm John Thayer with the Sports Flash, presented by Progressive on 93-9, The Score. 1589 01:38:35,660 --> 01:38:37,020 The Score. 1590 01:38:37,460 --> 01:38:42,060 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93-9, The Score. 1591 01:38:42,840 --> 01:38:43,580 Welcome back again. 1592 01:38:43,640 --> 01:38:46,120 Time to say hello to Justin Ferguson. 1593 01:38:46,280 --> 01:38:49,340 Got the Auburn Tigers covered there with the Auburn Observer. 1594 01:38:49,480 --> 01:38:50,380 Justin, welcome in. 1595 01:38:50,440 --> 01:38:52,060 Happy TGIFT. 1596 01:38:52,120 --> 01:38:52,580 How are you? 1597 01:38:53,700 --> 01:38:54,580 I'm doing well. 1598 01:38:54,640 --> 01:38:54,960 How are y'all? 1599 01:38:55,520 --> 01:38:59,360 You got your plans and your bags packed for Indianapolis, Justin. 1600 01:39:00,640 --> 01:39:01,580 Got the plans. 1601 01:39:01,680 --> 01:39:03,260 Don't have the bags packed quite yet. 1602 01:39:03,360 --> 01:39:05,920 But, yeah, going to Indianapolis for the second time this year. 1603 01:39:06,320 --> 01:39:09,200 I thought it would have been a long shot if we had said, hey, in April, we're going to 1604 01:39:09,200 --> 01:39:12,280 go watch Auburn basketball play Indianapolis. 1605 01:39:12,280 --> 01:39:17,260 Well, in a roundabout way, they're actually making it up there next week during Final Four 1606 01:39:17,260 --> 01:39:17,540 weekend. 1607 01:39:18,760 --> 01:39:19,960 It's the same road. 1608 01:39:20,060 --> 01:39:23,060 Obviously, let's talk about this journey, this road to this point. 1609 01:39:23,360 --> 01:39:24,840 Two things on that, Justin. 1610 01:39:24,940 --> 01:39:31,120 Obviously, what has this program and the Auburn basketball fans learned this season and the 1611 01:39:31,120 --> 01:39:35,420 lessons learned from the regular season and during this run? 1612 01:39:36,060 --> 01:39:40,040 It's kind of a hard question to answer because in the modern era, the question is, how many 1613 01:39:40,040 --> 01:39:42,520 of these players now playing will be here next year? 1614 01:39:43,000 --> 01:39:45,460 But where do you start in trying to answer those questions? 1615 01:39:46,940 --> 01:39:52,580 Yeah, I mean, I think the NIT was a really good opportunity for Auburn to, you know, kind 1616 01:39:52,580 --> 01:39:57,680 of try to erase some of the bad feelings at the end of the regular season. 1617 01:39:57,800 --> 01:40:02,100 Obviously, Auburn's second half of the regular season, SEC play, cost them a shot at the NCAA 1618 01:40:02,100 --> 01:40:02,560 tournament. 1619 01:40:03,440 --> 01:40:06,740 And if you'd have gone into the offseason limping like that, it would have been a pretty tough 1620 01:40:06,740 --> 01:40:07,380 road. 1621 01:40:07,540 --> 01:40:11,600 And so, you have an opportunity to kind of build up momentum as a program by playing in the 1622 01:40:11,600 --> 01:40:11,880 IIT. 1623 01:40:12,020 --> 01:40:13,420 There's risk involved, for sure. 1624 01:40:13,540 --> 01:40:19,880 But when you go three for three at home, you get a lot of what you wanted out of this tournament 1625 01:40:19,880 --> 01:40:20,560 so far. 1626 01:40:20,560 --> 01:40:27,580 And Keishon Murphy, you know, opting out was a big blow, I think, for Auburn and a surprise. 1627 01:40:27,700 --> 01:40:31,220 But what it's done is that some of these younger players have been able to play more. 1628 01:40:31,440 --> 01:40:38,400 He's had a huge game against, you know, against the other night on Sunday when they played 1629 01:40:38,400 --> 01:40:39,180 Nevada. 1630 01:40:39,900 --> 01:40:45,520 Sebastian Williams-Adams had a huge game at center against Seattle in the second round. 1631 01:40:45,720 --> 01:40:47,200 So, you get that. 1632 01:40:47,280 --> 01:40:51,380 Elijah Freeman's played all 40 minutes of the last two games for Auburn. 1633 01:40:51,820 --> 01:40:56,060 Those three guys are all three young guys who were, you know, first year in D1 basketball. 1634 01:40:56,460 --> 01:41:00,940 And they've done a really good job, I think, of, you know, taking advantage of bonus basketball 1635 01:41:00,940 --> 01:41:03,920 to be played, more development time for them. 1636 01:41:03,940 --> 01:41:09,000 And then you throw in guys like Kevin Overton, who until earlier this week had been one of 1637 01:41:09,000 --> 01:41:11,780 the hottest shooters in the country, playing well. 1638 01:41:11,840 --> 01:41:13,080 He's got eligibility remaining. 1639 01:41:13,460 --> 01:41:15,100 Sahot Pettiford's got eligibility remaining. 1640 01:41:15,220 --> 01:41:16,660 We'll see what his future ends up being. 1641 01:41:16,740 --> 01:41:20,860 But he had a really good game of point guard the other night against Nevada, even though his 1642 01:41:20,860 --> 01:41:21,740 shot wasn't really falling. 1643 01:41:21,820 --> 01:41:27,260 And so, you look at this team and you see just a wide range of guys that have an opportunity 1644 01:41:27,260 --> 01:41:28,380 to play next season. 1645 01:41:28,500 --> 01:41:28,940 And you're right. 1646 01:41:29,000 --> 01:41:30,300 Like, you don't know if they're going to play. 1647 01:41:30,300 --> 01:41:34,240 I thought Stephen Pearl said something really interesting on, you know, Tuesday night after 1648 01:41:34,240 --> 01:41:38,820 or Wednesday night after the game where he said, hey, we, you know, we tell these guys, 1649 01:41:38,960 --> 01:41:42,100 look, if you're here with us or if you're not here with us next year, no matter where you're 1650 01:41:42,100 --> 01:41:44,440 playing, you're getting more film out there to put out. 1651 01:41:44,600 --> 01:41:48,140 So, you know, they did a really good job, I think, of taking advantage of this opportunity. 1652 01:41:48,460 --> 01:41:51,740 It's not going to erase how disappointing it is that they aren't in the tournament. 1653 01:41:51,820 --> 01:41:55,940 But, you know, Auburn's talked about how they'd much rather be in the NCAA tournament, even 1654 01:41:55,940 --> 01:41:58,200 if they've made this really good run here in the NIT. 1655 01:41:58,200 --> 01:42:05,300 So, I think it's a good opportunity for Auburn to take care of business and develop some of 1656 01:42:05,300 --> 01:42:08,920 these guys for the future, get more reps as a coaching staff in a program. 1657 01:42:09,180 --> 01:42:12,160 And they obviously have done that and now are heading to Indianapolis. 1658 01:42:13,600 --> 01:42:20,500 Another positive aspect for this week, besides winning three games in the NIT, Bruce Pearl hired 1659 01:42:20,500 --> 01:42:21,660 Brian Kloman. 1660 01:42:22,320 --> 01:42:28,360 The new general manager was on Pat Kelsey's staff for 11 years at Louisville. 1661 01:42:29,160 --> 01:42:32,460 And everything I read about in Justin is very positive. 1662 01:42:33,860 --> 01:42:34,380 Absolutely. 1663 01:42:34,660 --> 01:42:36,800 I mean, he's done a really good job at Louisville. 1664 01:42:36,940 --> 01:42:42,440 You've got to remember, two years ago, he inherited, you know, when he was on staff with Kelsey, 1665 01:42:42,900 --> 01:42:45,560 they inherited one of the worst situations in the country. 1666 01:42:46,200 --> 01:42:49,160 Kenny Payne had just kind of decimated that Louisville program. 1667 01:42:49,720 --> 01:42:51,400 They had barely won. 1668 01:42:51,720 --> 01:42:54,920 The last two seasons, you know, they've signed a five-star. 1669 01:42:55,060 --> 01:42:57,840 They've had the number three recruiting transfer class in the country. 1670 01:42:58,280 --> 01:43:00,000 Back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances. 1671 01:43:00,460 --> 01:43:02,820 They're back to being a force in the ACC again. 1672 01:43:03,200 --> 01:43:04,540 And so, this kind of quick turnaround. 1673 01:43:04,920 --> 01:43:10,000 And, you know, when you look at Kloman, he was, you know, the kind of guy behind the recruiting 1674 01:43:10,000 --> 01:43:11,200 effort for Louisville. 1675 01:43:11,320 --> 01:43:15,600 And that continues when, you know, they made the tournament four out of five years together 1676 01:43:15,600 --> 01:43:18,600 at Winthrop and College of Charleston before they got there. 1677 01:43:19,380 --> 01:43:27,020 He's a really good guy for recruiting, talent evaluation, and he's got, you know, this past season, 1678 01:43:27,020 --> 01:43:30,280 he has been the GM, so to speak, for Louisville. 1679 01:43:30,420 --> 01:43:31,760 And so, Auburn wanted a GM. 1680 01:43:32,280 --> 01:43:36,820 You know, when the coaching change happened before the season, they had Matt Gatons. 1681 01:43:36,940 --> 01:43:38,700 They were going to bring Matt Gatons in to be a GM. 1682 01:43:38,960 --> 01:43:41,640 Well, Bruce Pearl steps down, Stephen Pearl steps up. 1683 01:43:41,800 --> 01:43:43,160 They need an extra assistant coach. 1684 01:43:43,260 --> 01:43:44,080 They moved Gatons on there. 1685 01:43:44,140 --> 01:43:45,180 So, they haven't had a GM. 1686 01:43:45,720 --> 01:43:50,860 And they go out and they go to a place like Louisville and get a guy who, you know, 1687 01:43:51,300 --> 01:43:54,860 has been this, at a high major, at a serious basketball school. 1688 01:43:54,860 --> 01:43:59,080 Now, he has a relationship with Stephen Pearl that has gone on for a long time. 1689 01:43:59,320 --> 01:44:01,440 It was a big reason why he decided to make this move. 1690 01:44:01,920 --> 01:44:07,680 But to get a sitting GM at a high major basketball program that takes this thing seriously, 1691 01:44:08,080 --> 01:44:10,920 I think it's a pretty good sign because he's going to have a lot of work to do here in this offseason. 1692 01:44:11,280 --> 01:44:14,880 Auburn's got to get better with their roster, especially on the defensive side of the floor, 1693 01:44:15,200 --> 01:44:16,520 after missing the NCAA tournament. 1694 01:44:17,000 --> 01:44:23,320 And he's a guy that's just very well regarded in the southeast and beyond as being a really good recruiter, 1695 01:44:23,460 --> 01:44:24,440 talent evaluator. 1696 01:44:24,860 --> 01:44:29,800 And in these days, you know, managing the salary cap, managing NIL, all that kind of stuff. 1697 01:44:30,060 --> 01:44:31,900 He did some really good jobs with it at Louisville. 1698 01:44:32,900 --> 01:44:38,200 Justin Ferguson, the Auburn Observer, one set of coaches who love these basketball teams, 1699 01:44:38,280 --> 01:44:39,260 still rocking and rolling. 1700 01:44:39,620 --> 01:44:41,820 Would you agree, Justin, are the football coaches? 1701 01:44:41,920 --> 01:44:43,800 They can go about your business kind of quietly. 1702 01:44:44,600 --> 01:44:49,260 Your thoughts on how things are going on the planes on the brand-new regime this spring? 1703 01:44:50,840 --> 01:44:53,180 Now, five practices down for Alex Gullish. 1704 01:44:53,240 --> 01:44:57,860 And I think one of the big things we've seen and heard the most about Gullish and his staff 1705 01:44:57,860 --> 01:45:04,920 and what we've seen from practices so far in this first week and a half is it's a pretty demanding group. 1706 01:45:05,460 --> 01:45:09,120 This is not a program that you feel like this coaching staff is going to sit back and say, 1707 01:45:09,560 --> 01:45:11,640 well, give us some time, give us some patience. 1708 01:45:11,880 --> 01:45:14,340 We're going to, you know, they're trying to hit the ground running. 1709 01:45:14,520 --> 01:45:18,500 They brought in several of their guys from USF to try to speed up that process. 1710 01:45:18,500 --> 01:45:22,580 But when you watch these practices and you talk to these players after practices, 1711 01:45:22,580 --> 01:45:29,280 the one thing you keep hearing and seeing is we're going fast-paced, full effort, all practice long. 1712 01:45:29,400 --> 01:45:31,080 It's high energy, high effort. 1713 01:45:31,300 --> 01:45:33,400 And I think it's a difference. 1714 01:45:33,640 --> 01:45:38,040 It's a difference of what we saw these last few seasons under Hugh Freeze. 1715 01:45:38,080 --> 01:45:42,060 And look, we'll see if it translates to any more wins in the fall. 1716 01:45:42,140 --> 01:45:42,920 It's still the spring. 1717 01:45:43,420 --> 01:45:47,200 But what you've seen with Gullish is you're trying to set the tone. 1718 01:45:47,200 --> 01:45:53,640 When you're trying to build a culture of, hey, everything we do, we do relentless effort from beginning to end. 1719 01:45:53,940 --> 01:45:56,780 And he hasn't shied away the last couple of practices. 1720 01:45:56,780 --> 01:46:05,140 He has not shied away from making his point very, very clear where if he feels like that effort's not coming on a consistent basis, 1721 01:46:05,140 --> 01:46:06,880 you will hear about it. 1722 01:46:07,140 --> 01:46:10,480 And we heard about it Tuesday when we talked to him after practice. 1723 01:46:10,480 --> 01:46:11,920 Heard about it again yesterday. 1724 01:46:12,120 --> 01:46:15,580 We're getting ready for interviews after practice on Thursday. 1725 01:46:15,940 --> 01:46:17,160 Gullish has got the team together. 1726 01:46:17,360 --> 01:46:23,560 And he is just lighting into them about how much they need to be able to work harder for the entirety of practice. 1727 01:46:23,700 --> 01:46:28,320 So it's definitely a different kind of tone set here right now in spring practices. 1728 01:46:29,180 --> 01:46:33,600 Listen, I know Auburn brought in some guys on the defensive line. 1729 01:46:34,340 --> 01:46:39,200 The Ole Miss transferred Sean Womack, Nate Johnson from Missouri. 1730 01:46:40,020 --> 01:46:44,160 You got Joe Phillips there who I've seen doing some interviews. 1731 01:46:44,720 --> 01:46:58,180 But it's nearly like Auburn picked up someone out of the transfer portal when Chris Murray was granted another year of eligibility from the NCAA on Tuesday, 6-3-2-56. 1732 01:46:59,060 --> 01:47:01,060 Man, welcome to the defensive line. 1733 01:47:02,520 --> 01:47:08,040 Yeah, I mean, and this is one of the craziest stories I've ever covered in my last few years here. 1734 01:47:08,100 --> 01:47:11,360 You know, all these rules are different and the NCAA and the waivers and all that. 1735 01:47:12,000 --> 01:47:17,260 Chris Murray, who played at Auburn last season, was a rotational piece, you know, three and a half sacks, 15 quarterback pressures. 1736 01:47:17,260 --> 01:47:23,120 He was a pretty good, you know, rotational edge rusher behind Keldrick Falk and Keron Crawford and those guys. 1737 01:47:23,840 --> 01:47:29,260 He, at the end of last season, they started working. 1738 01:47:29,380 --> 01:47:36,080 Auburn's compliance started working and asking the NCAA, hey, Chris Murray had injury back when he was at TCU a few years ago. 1739 01:47:36,720 --> 01:47:39,120 You know, is there a way we can get a redshirt there? 1740 01:47:39,320 --> 01:47:41,060 You know, what's the process like? 1741 01:47:41,120 --> 01:47:42,060 And so they submitted it. 1742 01:47:42,120 --> 01:47:43,980 They worked through all of it. 1743 01:47:44,300 --> 01:47:49,600 And then for three and a half months, Chris Murray heard nothing from anybody at the NCAA. 1744 01:47:50,040 --> 01:47:51,680 And then he's going to Pro Day. 1745 01:47:51,760 --> 01:47:53,040 He's going to Pro Day on Tuesday. 1746 01:47:53,380 --> 01:47:58,000 He wakes up saying, all right, time to go run the 40, time to go do the bench press. 1747 01:47:58,000 --> 01:48:01,020 I got to try to impress these NFL teams because my college career is over. 1748 01:48:01,480 --> 01:48:07,580 He gets a call on his way to the field that says, hey, you got another year of eligibility. 1749 01:48:07,900 --> 01:48:12,560 So he walks in to Pro Day and everybody's like, hey, Chris, good to see you. 1750 01:48:12,560 --> 01:48:13,100 How's it going? 1751 01:48:13,180 --> 01:48:14,320 He said, I'm doing really well. 1752 01:48:14,380 --> 01:48:16,200 They just told me I'm back here for another year. 1753 01:48:16,960 --> 01:48:22,060 And so, yeah, I mean, Auburn had wanted to get another guy at edge rusher if they could. 1754 01:48:22,540 --> 01:48:25,920 Over the next few months, they looked at a Baylor transfer and some other guys there. 1755 01:48:26,000 --> 01:48:27,200 They're kind of these late pickups. 1756 01:48:27,840 --> 01:48:33,740 Now, at a position that's got some good pieces, just a little thin, they get a reinforcement in Chris Murray. 1757 01:48:34,000 --> 01:48:43,180 We talked to him yesterday, the happiest guy I think I've ever talked to after a practice because he's just so happy that he's going to get one more year. 1758 01:48:43,500 --> 01:48:48,840 He wants to be a mentor for these young guys, and he wants to kind of build off of what was a good debut at Auburn last season. 1759 01:48:49,620 --> 01:48:50,860 Can you jump off, Justin? 1760 01:48:51,000 --> 01:48:57,080 Talk to us about the Iron Bowl of baseball this weekend between Auburn and Alabama. 1761 01:48:58,660 --> 01:49:02,440 Yeah, I mean, a week ago, I'd have said, you know, it's been a very interesting game. 1762 01:49:02,520 --> 01:49:04,920 Auburn was coming in with a ton of momentum in Alabama. 1763 01:49:05,120 --> 01:49:07,020 We kind of see what's going on with them. 1764 01:49:07,660 --> 01:49:09,980 Obviously, last week, Bama sweeps Florida. 1765 01:49:10,200 --> 01:49:12,300 There's a no-hitter thrown in there. 1766 01:49:12,700 --> 01:49:14,960 Obviously, they've got, you know, a great lot. 1767 01:49:15,120 --> 01:49:18,280 You know, Justin LeBron is one of the best players in the country. 1768 01:49:18,560 --> 01:49:20,500 And so, Bama's got some momentum at home. 1769 01:49:20,940 --> 01:49:25,420 Auburn, meanwhile, they win a thriller on Friday night against Texas and then drop the next two. 1770 01:49:25,780 --> 01:49:26,980 So, they lose that series. 1771 01:49:26,980 --> 01:49:28,560 It's kind of a little bit of a setback. 1772 01:49:28,940 --> 01:49:30,260 They hadn't had one of those in a while. 1773 01:49:30,640 --> 01:49:32,060 They did get back rolling earlier this week. 1774 01:49:32,140 --> 01:49:35,020 They played South Alabama and Montgomery and run ruled them. 1775 01:49:35,300 --> 01:49:38,960 So, it's going to be a lot of fun, I think, this weekend. 1776 01:49:39,680 --> 01:49:43,200 You know, obviously, Alabama's feeling more confident after what happened last week. 1777 01:49:43,540 --> 01:49:47,800 Auburn's going to be desperate and kind of itching to get a series win away from home. 1778 01:49:47,880 --> 01:49:49,120 It's going to be a rivalry atmosphere. 1779 01:49:49,680 --> 01:49:52,060 But I think Auburn did a really good job earlier this week 1780 01:49:52,060 --> 01:49:55,800 at getting those bats back going again after Sunday was pretty tough against Texas 1781 01:49:55,800 --> 01:49:57,660 and that crazy pitching staff that they got. 1782 01:49:58,340 --> 01:50:02,440 So, I'm looking forward to it, what we hear about this weekend between Auburn and Alabama. 1783 01:50:02,940 --> 01:50:07,400 Because, yeah, like I said, you know, you'd have felt pretty good about Auburn's chances, 1784 01:50:07,760 --> 01:50:11,580 you know, going up there and stealing a series from Alabama a couple weeks ago. 1785 01:50:11,820 --> 01:50:15,760 I think Alabama's just got a lot more momentum here coming into this one. 1786 01:50:16,240 --> 01:50:18,260 So, it'll be very interesting to see how Auburn handles that. 1787 01:50:19,260 --> 01:50:21,160 Amazing time of the year, is it, bud? 1788 01:50:21,740 --> 01:50:24,460 Major League Baseball Braves beginning tonight. 1789 01:50:24,460 --> 01:50:24,700 Yeah. 1790 01:50:24,820 --> 01:50:25,760 Week 16. 1791 01:50:26,760 --> 01:50:30,200 Spring football, college baseball going on. 1792 01:50:30,260 --> 01:50:31,240 My goodness gracious. 1793 01:50:31,240 --> 01:50:35,020 And you've got it all covered pertaining to the Auburn Tigers. 1794 01:50:35,820 --> 01:50:37,960 The NIT trips continue. 1795 01:50:38,620 --> 01:50:39,720 Spring football. 1796 01:50:39,940 --> 01:50:40,880 The 6 a.m. 1797 01:50:40,980 --> 01:50:41,560 Emails. 1798 01:50:41,700 --> 01:50:42,680 The Friday Mailbag. 1799 01:50:42,780 --> 01:50:43,280 The podcast. 1800 01:50:44,140 --> 01:50:46,160 Where can we get online to get all your stuff? 1801 01:50:47,360 --> 01:50:47,560 Yep. 1802 01:50:47,920 --> 01:50:48,760 AuburnObserver.com. 1803 01:50:48,860 --> 01:50:49,460 Sign up there. 1804 01:50:49,560 --> 01:50:50,460 Got a ton of stuff. 1805 01:50:50,600 --> 01:50:54,080 You know, today he wrote a story on the new GM hire that we talked about earlier for Auburn 1806 01:50:54,080 --> 01:50:54,580 basketball. 1807 01:50:54,940 --> 01:50:57,680 Got some practice notes from this week that you can check out. 1808 01:50:58,120 --> 01:51:00,360 Got a podcast out this morning as well. 1809 01:51:00,580 --> 01:51:04,600 And then, yeah, next week, you know, next Tuesday, we'll be back on the practice field 1810 01:51:04,600 --> 01:51:05,940 with Auburn football. 1811 01:51:06,220 --> 01:51:08,240 And then I'm going to get on a plane and go to Indianapolis. 1812 01:51:08,520 --> 01:51:09,900 So, it's a busy time. 1813 01:51:10,360 --> 01:51:11,840 We'll give it all covered for you. 1814 01:51:11,900 --> 01:51:12,720 AuburnObserver.com. 1815 01:51:12,780 --> 01:51:13,220 Sign up there. 1816 01:51:14,060 --> 01:51:14,740 Sounds busy. 1817 01:51:14,840 --> 01:51:15,780 Justin, safe travels. 1818 01:51:15,880 --> 01:51:17,420 And thanks so much for your time today. 1819 01:51:18,780 --> 01:51:19,320 Appreciate y'all. 1820 01:51:19,400 --> 01:51:19,660 Thank you. 1821 01:51:19,900 --> 01:51:20,440 Thank you, buddy. 1822 01:51:20,500 --> 01:51:22,160 Justin Ferguson, the Auburn Observer. 1823 01:51:22,340 --> 01:51:23,000 Justin busy. 1824 01:51:23,280 --> 01:51:25,500 And so, the team here at 93.9 to score. 1825 01:51:25,640 --> 01:51:29,040 Coming up tonight, 5.30 pregame in Alabama, Michigan. 1826 01:51:29,040 --> 01:51:31,460 Sweet 16 action from Chicago. 1827 01:51:31,820 --> 01:51:33,140 Tip time, 6.35. 1828 01:51:33,780 --> 01:51:36,240 Once that baby's over, straight to the Braves. 1829 01:51:36,400 --> 01:51:38,020 Opening night with KC. 1830 01:51:38,260 --> 01:51:42,360 And then after that, more Sweet 16 coverage from Westwood 1. 1831 01:51:42,780 --> 01:51:44,660 BB, a busy night here at 93.9 to score. 1832 01:51:45,060 --> 01:51:46,960 Well, this time of the year, it always is. 1833 01:51:47,060 --> 01:51:48,740 It's an incredible time. 1834 01:51:48,840 --> 01:51:50,500 We'll see how the time does. 1835 01:51:50,560 --> 01:51:52,800 If they can rebound and play some defense. 1836 01:51:53,060 --> 01:51:53,260 Yeah. 1837 01:51:53,480 --> 01:51:56,880 See if they can play with these Michigan Wolverines to the end. 1838 01:51:57,500 --> 01:52:00,640 Bottom line is, have a great and safe weekend. 1839 01:52:00,820 --> 01:52:01,960 That's going to take care of Bids for now. 1840 01:52:02,000 --> 01:52:04,360 On behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire career. 1841 01:52:04,520 --> 01:52:06,420 Harold Buck, thank you so much for your time today. 1842 01:52:06,480 --> 01:52:07,180 Let's do it again Monday. 1843 01:52:07,560 --> 01:52:08,880 Noon to 2 for the Boomwell Buck Show. 1844 01:52:08,880 --> 01:52:11,140 Back here on Sports Radio from 93.9 to score. 1845 01:52:11,500 --> 01:52:13,500 Thank you.