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 Now, get ready to roll Shoals, Decatur, Athens and all of Northwest Alabama and Southern Tennessee.

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 The Boomo Bugg Show.

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

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 Afternoon and welcome in to the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

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 Brett Beaird, welcome in.

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 And is the NCAA finally doing some biting or is it just going to keep on barking?

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 Yeah, five years to play five.

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 They've only been talking about that for 20 years.

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 The Braves beat the Angels last night 7-2 and they also won the fight.

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 Braves manager Walt Wise, a former high school football coach in Black Belt and Karate,

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 dove into the scrum and made a form tackle.

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 Rodney Orr, tighter and sider.

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 You got me tickled about that Braves fight.

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 He's here right now to talk about North Carolina hiring Michael Malone.

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 What's Walt Wise doing fighting a bunch of Angels?

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 You know that's going to be the headline out in the media now, right?

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 He's like our next guest, Harold.

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 He's been there and done that.

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 David Siss, Coach David Siss, busy there at Tar Heel 24-7.

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 David, but first, welcome in.

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 I'm doing good, guys.

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 And what's Walt Wise doing attacking a bunch of Angels?

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 You know that's going to be the headline across America, right, David?

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 I didn't see that part of it.

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 And I said, well, it's over.

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 You're safer than, you know, Abraham's Bozom or Adam's Bozom or whoever it is.

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 As you get closer to the fight, they start slowing up.

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 Mike Malone.

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 I'm more interested in that right now than I am in the portal, because that stuff's going to influence, you know, who they can get.

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 David, he's now in the house, obviously, but I've been asked the last couple of days, did the new athletic director approach and even make an attempted hire at Billy Donovan, Dusty May, Tommy Lloyd?

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 David, one of the guys early on that was in the mix was Nate Oates.

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 But your thoughts about Alabama's future now that Nate Oates is signed, sealed, and all but delivered.

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 And the other part to that is, David, obviously the Big Ten is just, they're just running away with things right now.

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 People forgot, or maybe forget, the SEC won it last year.

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 First of all, Alabama Nate Oates, it looks to me like there's been some, we're talking about the same thing with North Carolina, that there's been some confirmation that they're going to invest in the program.

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 And he still had a lot of money, but what some of the top programs have, it's phenomenal.

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 You know, what they spend.

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 So, you know, I've talked to some people and they think that Alabama's going to invest more.

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 That's the big deal in today's basketball world.

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 But it's going to come down to how much that they can get through donors in the NIL because the revenue share, they're only going to get 15%.

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 I mean, if you go look at the schools in the Big Ten and look at their enrollment, I mean, it dwarfs the SEC right now.

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 David, we've got a couple minutes for the Masters update.

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 Did Kentucky actually have or put in the $22 million that's been speculated most of the season?

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 And it was just blowing people's minds that when I said that, they're thinking, oh, you're crazy.

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 Nobody's spending over $10 million.

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 That's what people were saying nine months ago.

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 North Carolina, Kyan Evans, he hit the portal.

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 They paid him $2.1 million.

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 He averaged about three a game.

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 He's getting paid $1 million for a point in order.

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 Listen, brother, we're not going to make $2 million from the Masters, but we've got to go find the very latest man.

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 Welcome back in.

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 We've been talking to masters.

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 It's called Scarbo Nose.

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 Kevin Scarbinsky, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 I'm good, guys.

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 How are you today?

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 I'm good.

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 Man, we're doing all right.

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 Are you in the doldrums right now?

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 No college basketball?

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 Before we get into some of the specifics, your thoughts about the season that was, Kevin?

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 Yeah, you know me too well.

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 I do go through a little bit of a depression after basketball ends because you know how much I love that sport.

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 So it's a little bittersweet seeing it come to an end.

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 But as with most sports now, it doesn't really end because now is transfer portal season and trying to determine what everybody's roster is going to look like for next year,

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 which is why it's kind of comical, all of these way-too-early top 25s.

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 How do you pick a top 25 when you don't know who's going to be playing for what teams?

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 Kevin.

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 Again, it's interesting to talk about, but there's not much substance there.

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 It's kind of like cotton candy.

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 There you go.

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 It goes in a hurry.

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 But the coaches don't even know, I would imagine.

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 So don't ask me.

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 I'm just Nate Oates or I'm, you know, Stephen Pearl.

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 I don't know.

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 Wait and see where the money goes.

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 But your thoughts just about where we are now.

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 Every fan base gets upset.

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 But if you look across the board, outside of your own team, every coach is facing the same hurdles, are they not?

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 They got guys chasing the money.

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 I saw right now, the teams that had rosters last year, 45% of those guys are now in the portal.

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 Isn't that amazing?

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 That high of a percentage of players looking for what they believe will be greener grass, which isn't always out there.

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 As we've seen in too many instances, you know, Mo Diabate is probably the best local example.

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 You know, he and Alabama went back and forth several times after last season.

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 You know, he asked for more money.

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 They agreed.

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 He came back and asked for a little more money.

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 They agreed.

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 He came back another time and asked for more money.

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 And they said, sorry, that's all we got.

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 And if you're in it for the money, then you should probably go where someone can pay you more.

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 And he did.

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 And I don't think it worked out very well.

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 For him at Kentucky, Alabama certainly had a better season.

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 Alabama finished higher in the SEC.

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 Alabama made a deeper run into March Madness.

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 So, and Mo didn't really have a breakout season.

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 He didn't really get opportunities to score.

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 He's a little bit limited at that end.

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 So, he's a cautionary tale to me of a guy who left for the wrong reasons.

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 And that's the key.

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 Why are you leaving?

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 No one would criticize or should criticize Yaxa Lindeborg for leaving UAB to go to Michigan.

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 He did everything he could do at UAB.

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 And Andy Kennedy and that staff did a great job developing him.

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 And they deserve a great deal of credit for him becoming the player he became.

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 And then he made a very smart transfer portal decision to go to a program that had a chance to do big things in March.

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 And, of course, they went on and won the national championship because Dusty May did what every coach has to do now.

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 It's about spending it wisely.

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 It's about getting guys for team players.

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 Yaxa Lindeborg, this is mind-blowing when you think about it.

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 He was the Big Ten player of the year and he averaged fewer than 15 points a game.

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 Wow.

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 Think about that.

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 That's pretty amazing.

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 And a first-team All-American to boot.

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 And he deserved both of those honors.

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 But he was very much a team player.

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 And so were all those guys they brought in.

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 Elliot Cadeau and Adai Mara, the center, and Mariz Johnson from Illinois.

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 You know, the entire roster, the entire starting lineup was transfers.

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 Amari Burnett from Alabama a couple of years ago.

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 So it's about evaluating, making good decisions, and finding the guys who will blend together, will play together.

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 And it's hard to do.

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 It's not easy to do, but it is job one now for coaches at every school.

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 You had a great article about Auburn, Stephen Pearl, and how they ended the season.

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 And I think you touched on this, too, maybe on Twitter.

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 The annual postseason debate.

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 Is it better to lose in the first round of the NCAA tournament or win a NIT or play well in the NIT and win three or four games?

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 And I think that depends upon the coach and the program.

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 This worked out very well for Stephen Pearl.

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 Auburn fans feel more confident in him.

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 They feel better about the team.

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 He had five games to develop young players.

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 I'm well aware everybody wants to lose in the NCAA tournament.

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 But you touched on this a little bit.

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 22-16 looks a lot better than 17-16.

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 Oh, absolutely.

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 I mean, just think about the vibe around the program.

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 On Selection Sunday, when they got left out, the second team out after Oklahoma, the big dance,

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 they could have shut it down at that point.

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 But there would have been an incredible negative aura around the program at that point had they not gone on and played in the NIT.

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 Or had they gone to the NIT and not won five games and won the championship.

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 And maybe we're having a different conversation if they had not come back at the end of the Tulsa game to tie it and send it to overtime and look like they did let a big lead get away.

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 And it looked like they were going to do the same thing in that game that they did in the season and start out strong and finish very meekly and slink off with a loss from ahead, which wouldn't have been a good feeling either.

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 But, look, everybody wants to be in the NCAA tournament.

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 And if you're in Auburn and if you're in the place where that program is, that Bruce Pearl, with Stephen Pearl's assistance and others, of course, lifted it to, no, you don't want to play in the NIT.

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 But you deal, play the club, the hand you're dealt, right?

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 And they played it well.

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 And so now there's a whole different vibe about the program.

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 Kevin Overton's coming back.

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 And, man, did he develop in the last third of the season and certainly in the postseason into a really, really good basketball player.

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 We'll see who else comes back, who else goes.

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 But all in all, I think they salvaged what could have been a very disappointing season.

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 It's still disappointing in several aspects.

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 The fact they didn't get in the NCAA tournament, the fact that they went 3-9 in their last 12 games,

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 and they couldn't salvage it when it started to go wrong.

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 But they did create some positives at the end.

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 So we'll see what Stephen Pearl does with the roster and what he does next year.

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 That's going to tell a lot because that's the first year this is going to be his schedule, his roster completely next year.

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 Scarborough knows the place to go.

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 Quickly, Kevin, just to show you how strong basketball is now in the state,

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 they tell me Saturday Alabama's got an A-Day football game.

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 Your thoughts about what you're hearing out of Tuscaloosa heading into a very interesting spring for another coach in Tuscaloosa?

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 Yeah, I'll be honest.

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 I bury myself so deeply in basketball that I don't pay much attention to spring football.

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 I'll be honest about that.

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 And look, we all know that nothing that happens in the spring, nothing that's going to happen Saturday,

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 is going to change anyone's opinion about Kalen DeBoer and whether he's the right guy to get Alabama back to winning championships,

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 whether it's SEC championships or national championships.

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 We won't know that until we get into the fall, until we get into the season.

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 I guess we will get a glimpse at the quarterbacks, which will be interesting.

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 That's what everybody wants to know.

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 Who's going to be the starting quarterback?

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 I don't know that we'll have a decision after Saturday.

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 It always seemed like it was going to be a competition that went into fall camp.

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 So we'll see.

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 It'll be fun to watch and see some players break out, perhaps that we don't know a lot about or weren't expecting much from.

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 But I think there's limited stuff that we gain as journalists or as fans from the spring.

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 You know, we will learn a lot more once they get into the fall camp.

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 Yeah, I share your mild depression about the end of basketball season.

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 This was a very enjoyable tournament.

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 And you also had a very good column on Nate Oates yet to reach his ceiling.

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 And that's going to be for another conversation, hopefully very soon.

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00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:55,920
 But where can we get online and get all of the great stuff and also listen to the podcast?

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 Yeah, best thing to do, follow me on Twitter slash X at Kevin Scarbinsky.

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 Because I'll link everything that I do, my columns for the Birmingham News.

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 You can find links to those also on AL.com.

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 And then my podcast, you can go to YouTube.

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 It's Kevin Scarbinsky-SkarboKnows.

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 That's the channel.

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 You can subscribe.

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 Don't cost nothing, as I always say.

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 So I appreciate when people do that.

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 And, you know, we've built a pretty good audience.

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 We're continuing to grow.

457
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 And we'll continue through what people would consider the offseason,

458
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459
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 Free is the key word.

460
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 Hey, Kevin, listen, man, it's always good to hook up with you.

461
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 Thank you so much, and let's do it again as soon as possible, okay?

462
00:29:44,500 --> 00:29:45,060
 Sounds good.

463
00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:45,520
 Thanks, guys.

464
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 Have a great day.

465
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 Thank you, babe.

466
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 Thank you.

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 Welcome back in.

536
00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:39,280
 Time to head on down the road where a lot of folks wearing crimson will be heading this weekend.

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 Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where Rodney Orr calls home.

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 He's the founder and editor of tighterinsider.com.

539
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 And his book is called Bigger Than Bama.

540
00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:48,080
 Rodney Orr, welcome in.

541
00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:48,620
 How are you?

542
00:34:52,040 --> 00:34:53,440
 I know what Rodney's doing.

543
00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:55,500
 He's buying some sunscreen right now.

544
00:34:55,500 --> 00:35:01,680
 Last I looked, B.B., just by reminder, 86 and clear, Saturday in Tuscaloosa.

545
00:35:01,860 --> 00:35:05,540
 So, Rodney, are you with us or are you at Walmart loading up on sunscreen?

546
00:35:06,300 --> 00:35:11,260
 I think he's at Walmart loading up on sunscreen.

547
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:14,980
 B.B., your thoughts heading in, talking with Kevin there.

548
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:22,200
 This has been one of the quietest springs I can remember in a long time heading into the A-Day game.

549
00:35:22,900 --> 00:35:24,700
 Coaches actually love that.

550
00:35:24,820 --> 00:35:27,560
 They practice in basic obscurity.

551
00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:32,800
 There was a media session yesterday for about a whopping 10 minutes.

552
00:35:33,960 --> 00:35:37,480
 And I think coaches actually like that.

553
00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:37,940
 Oh, yeah.

554
00:35:38,040 --> 00:35:39,140
 To some degree.

555
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:45,660
 But quite frankly, I think someone would be glad to play in the fall in front of an empty stadium.

556
00:35:46,660 --> 00:35:48,920
 But Rodney had a great report.

557
00:35:49,020 --> 00:35:53,540
 And, again, something, just to piggyback what we talked about earlier in the week,

558
00:35:53,600 --> 00:35:57,600
 is how impressive this defensive line looks.

559
00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:02,900
 And particularly the transfers such as Terrence Green, 6'6", 330.

560
00:36:02,900 --> 00:36:05,560
 You ain't going to miss him on the defensive front.

561
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:08,340
 Devon Tompkins, 6'5", 300.

562
00:36:09,740 --> 00:36:13,140
 And Steve Em, I call him.

563
00:36:13,180 --> 00:36:14,020
 Edrick Hill.

564
00:36:14,460 --> 00:36:14,680
 Yeah.

565
00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:15,600
 Beeman.

566
00:36:16,380 --> 00:36:17,340
 London Simmons.

567
00:36:18,140 --> 00:36:20,640
 Again, they've got numbers in depth this year.

568
00:36:21,180 --> 00:36:24,480
 Rodney Orr has got it all covered again here at tighterinsider.com.

569
00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:25,480
 The book Bigger Than Bama.

570
00:36:25,580 --> 00:36:26,480
 Rodney, we were joking.

571
00:36:26,620 --> 00:36:30,040
 Were you at Walmart buying sunscreen for Saturday's weather for A-Day game?

572
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:30,640
 How are you?

573
00:36:31,380 --> 00:36:32,440
 I'm doing well, guys.

574
00:36:33,260 --> 00:36:35,080
 No, I actually wasn't, Harold.

575
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:36,500
 I was leaving the gym.

576
00:36:37,500 --> 00:36:40,080
 I was doing something fairly productive.

577
00:36:40,720 --> 00:36:42,900
 The buffed guy online with us.

578
00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:44,480
 One of the three has got to be buffed.

579
00:36:44,520 --> 00:36:45,600
 And, Rodney, it's always you.

580
00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:46,500
 Your thoughts hitting it.

581
00:36:46,540 --> 00:36:50,580
 Brett and I were just talking A-Day game part three for this coaching staff.

582
00:36:51,220 --> 00:36:53,580
 Where do you start in breaking it down?

583
00:36:53,660 --> 00:36:55,360
 From afar, it's been pretty quiet.

584
00:36:55,460 --> 00:36:57,460
 You're closer to the epicenter than we are.

585
00:36:57,500 --> 00:36:58,520
 You might disagree with that.

586
00:36:58,580 --> 00:37:03,200
 But what's the vibe you're getting for, if you will, on the Wednesday before the A-Day game?

587
00:37:04,040 --> 00:37:05,700
 No, I think you're right, Harold.

588
00:37:05,820 --> 00:37:07,920
 It's been unusually quiet, actually.

589
00:37:08,880 --> 00:37:10,840
 I don't know exactly why that is.

590
00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:13,700
 I'm sure there's probably a lot of reasons.

591
00:37:14,260 --> 00:37:23,580
 But, you know, kind of like you said, it's a weird spring because you're just not getting a lot of vibe, as you called it.

592
00:37:23,580 --> 00:37:33,300
 But, you know, I think that, you know, where you started all the new faces that they brought in on the line of scrimmage, both offensively and defensively.

593
00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:38,940
 Because if they did not produce there in the portal, then this team is going to be in trouble.

594
00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:45,240
 And, you know, because I think there's obviously four new faces that are going to start on the offensive line.

595
00:37:45,660 --> 00:37:48,580
 Several contributors, I heard Brett alluding to some of those guys.

596
00:37:48,580 --> 00:37:57,500
 There's Terrence Green, Heifer Bingley-Jones, Dez Lulu, you know, the kid from USC, Devin Tompkins.

597
00:37:57,900 --> 00:38:02,600
 So those guys are going to be really key to, you know, how this team pans out.

598
00:38:04,620 --> 00:38:12,320
 We also – I know you looked primarily at the defensive side of the ball yesterday, Rodney.

599
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:21,500
 And, again, we've talked about the linebackers, and they're smallish, but they're quick, they're athletic, they've got some twitch.

600
00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:23,520
 I know you really like QB Reese.

601
00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:28,080
 Tell us what you saw with Caleb Woodson and some of the younger linebackers.

602
00:38:28,900 --> 00:38:36,420
 You know, Caleb Woodson's obviously the transfer from Virginia Tech who was really productive there the last two years.

603
00:38:36,740 --> 00:38:44,820
 And I was watching him out there running around, and I'm thinking, oh, that's a Saban safety from a few years ago, you know?

604
00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:46,600
 I mean, he just looks like it.

605
00:38:47,100 --> 00:38:49,440
 I think they list him about 230.

606
00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:55,980
 He really doesn't look that big, but at least not from the vantage point I had yesterday.

607
00:38:57,100 --> 00:38:59,140
 But he's very athletic, very fluid.

608
00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:03,880
 I mean, I understand he's provided a high level of leadership already since he's been here.

609
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:06,960
 So I think there's a ton of excitement about Caleb Woodson.

610
00:39:07,140 --> 00:39:10,220
 I think you have to obviously find somebody to go with him and some depth.

611
00:39:10,920 --> 00:39:18,520
 And QB Reese is a guy that he's probably never going to be an all-conference, all-American type player for sure.

612
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:21,520
 But he's a playmaker.

613
00:39:22,120 --> 00:39:28,780
 I mean, you know, again, he's not a C.J. Moseley or Reuben Foster or anything like that, but just a football player.

614
00:39:28,940 --> 00:39:33,660
 So QB Reese, you mentioned Luke Metsch, Duke Johnson, Bill Sanders.

615
00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:40,460
 And, again, not really the biggest guys like we used to see with Saban, you know, the guys that are his inside backers.

616
00:39:40,660 --> 00:39:42,740
 But, yes, they are very athletic.

617
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:44,840
 Katie Jones as well, by the way.

618
00:39:45,500 --> 00:39:46,100
 Yeah, I'm sorry.

619
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 Rodney, Rodney Orttiter and Sandra.com.

620
00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:50,800
 Interesting comments by DeBoer, just bits and pieces of it.

621
00:39:51,140 --> 00:39:54,000
 And I think fans would totally agree with his analysis here.

622
00:39:54,100 --> 00:39:59,820
 Needs to take ownership, talking about the running game, taking ownership and being more physical in practice.

623
00:40:00,020 --> 00:40:03,500
 I think a lot of folks were shocked at the lack of the P word last year.

624
00:40:04,040 --> 00:40:07,740
 Your thoughts, just how much emphasis is being put on trying to correct what a lot of folks said.

625
00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:09,860
 This team is soft last year.

626
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:15,420
 Well, you know, again, I had somebody tell me this, which I thought was an interesting tidbit.

627
00:40:15,420 --> 00:40:19,780
 He's been to every single practice, scrimmage and all of that, or at least most of them.

628
00:40:20,420 --> 00:40:24,740
 And he said, you know, the one thing that stood out to him about a week ago,

629
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:30,220
 they had a 20-minute period where they went good on good, and it was really physical.

630
00:40:30,580 --> 00:40:32,020
 I mean, it was brutal physical.

631
00:40:32,500 --> 00:40:34,200
 And he said, man, love to see it.

632
00:40:34,220 --> 00:40:38,380
 He said the question was, why didn't they do that in earlier practices prior to that one?

633
00:40:38,540 --> 00:40:40,140
 And they haven't done it since.

634
00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:44,020
 So I think that's something that they feel like.

635
00:40:44,020 --> 00:40:46,140
 I remember 1999.

636
00:40:46,440 --> 00:40:47,600
 I'll give you that as an example.

637
00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:50,680
 Because you saw how that team turned around that year.

638
00:40:51,560 --> 00:40:56,780
 And, you know, they tied for the – well, they actually won the SEC championship when they beat Florida, of course.

639
00:40:57,260 --> 00:41:01,800
 But that team in that spring – and I watched it up close.

640
00:41:01,860 --> 00:41:04,980
 Every practice, the whole practice, Dubose used to let us in.

641
00:41:05,660 --> 00:41:08,120
 And it was physical.

642
00:41:08,380 --> 00:41:11,020
 And when I say physical, there were fistfights every day.

643
00:41:11,020 --> 00:41:14,720
 I mean, it was offensive line, defensive line going against each other.

644
00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:15,920
 I mean, it was a battle royal.

645
00:41:16,620 --> 00:41:23,240
 And I really think that ultimately, when that team hit some hard times early, when they lost that game to Louisiana Tech,

646
00:41:23,840 --> 00:41:30,000
 it was going back to the spring where they had some leadership and they had that – just had a physicalness about them

647
00:41:30,000 --> 00:41:31,980
 that I think really was important.

648
00:41:32,300 --> 00:41:37,460
 And I only say that to say, you know, again, I think that's going to be really important to this team

649
00:41:37,460 --> 00:41:40,480
 because they got physically worn out a few times last year.

650
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:44,060
 I mean, Georgia did it – I mean, well, Florida State did it in the first game.

651
00:41:44,780 --> 00:41:48,020
 And, you know, Georgia did it, obviously, in the SEC championship game.

652
00:41:48,620 --> 00:41:51,140
 And, you know, Indiana really did it in the Rose Bowl.

653
00:41:52,820 --> 00:41:55,900
 I really do enjoy your on-the-hoof reports.

654
00:41:56,100 --> 00:41:56,840
 They're very good.

655
00:41:56,960 --> 00:42:02,640
 Again, you've got such a limited time in viewing, 10 or 15 minutes.

656
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:06,640
 But I know you concentrated on the defensive side of the ball because of that.

657
00:42:07,720 --> 00:42:12,760
 TITV 24-7 message board recruiting, all sorts of stuff.

658
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:14,700
 But where can we get online and get everything?

659
00:42:15,920 --> 00:42:16,280
 Right.

660
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:17,780
 It's tighterinsider.com.

661
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 It's only $48 a year.

662
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 You can get the access there with a credit card if you prefer.

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 There is an address there to send a check.

664
00:42:24,780 --> 00:42:27,420
 Gives you the premium information, but also our all-sports forum.

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 That's our community there.

666
00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:31,620
 It never stops on tighterinsider.com.

667
00:42:32,100 --> 00:42:33,620
 Rodney, appreciate your time, Dave.

668
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:34,840
 Crimson Saturday.

669
00:42:35,040 --> 00:42:36,100
 What do you say, Rodney?

670
00:42:36,140 --> 00:42:38,480
 We kick back and talk some Masters Green.

671
00:42:39,020 --> 00:42:40,920
 Straight ahead, 93.9 to score.

672
00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:41,840
 More after this.

673
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674
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680
00:43:39,040 --> 00:43:43,800
 Now, his menu included wagyu filet mignon or seared salmon as the main course.

681
00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:47,640
 Not exactly the fair true to the Emerald Isle.

682
00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:50,120
 People keep asking me, why didn't you go more Irish?

683
00:43:50,220 --> 00:43:52,260
 And I said, because I want to enjoy the dinner as well.

684
00:43:54,960 --> 00:44:00,240
 So, you know, I tried to do a few things that I thought everyone would eat.

685
00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:05,660
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686
00:44:05,820 --> 00:44:09,860
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 Welcome back again.

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827
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829
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831
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834
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835
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836
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 You know who'd be proud about that, Nolan Ryan, he didn't mess around back in the day, I guarantee you, tell you what, the Braves, they won the, I think they won the battle there on the field with the fisticuffs and the game.

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920
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921
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922
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925
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929
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930
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931
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932
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933
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958
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959
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960
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961
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962
00:59:32,480 --> 00:59:37,900
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

963
00:59:38,620 --> 00:59:39,480
 Welcome back in.

964
00:59:39,520 --> 00:59:40,780
 Hour two of the Boomo Bugg Show.

965
00:59:40,880 --> 00:59:42,560
 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

966
00:59:42,660 --> 00:59:45,860
 Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

967
00:59:45,980 --> 00:59:50,440
 Baby, I can't think of a better way to tip off a second hour than saying hello to the man

968
00:59:50,440 --> 00:59:54,640
 who says, offseason, what stinking offseason.

969
00:59:54,640 --> 00:59:56,800
 UNA men's basketball coach, Tony Pujo.

970
00:59:56,880 --> 00:59:57,800
 Coach, welcome in.

971
00:59:57,880 --> 00:59:58,420
 How are you?

972
00:59:59,500 --> 01:00:00,680
 Harold, Brett, doing great.

973
01:00:00,800 --> 01:00:01,640
 How about you guys?

974
01:00:01,640 --> 01:00:02,200
 How are you guys doing?

975
01:00:02,340 --> 01:00:02,760
 Good, man.

976
01:00:03,480 --> 01:00:05,260
 Well, we're trying to keep up with you, coach.

977
01:00:05,320 --> 01:00:08,820
 I thought this was the offseason, but you've been busy as a bee.

978
01:00:09,400 --> 01:00:14,220
 Boy, I tell you what, when you start looking at this coaching staff, go to the spice rack.

979
01:00:14,280 --> 01:00:15,780
 You have spiced things up.

980
01:00:15,820 --> 01:00:17,380
 I will not steal your thunder.

981
01:00:17,920 --> 01:00:22,480
 Where do you start in talking about the new folks on your staff?

982
01:00:22,480 --> 01:00:32,440
 Well, I can tell you right now we're very blessed to bring in two important pieces this year for the upcoming year.

983
01:00:32,440 --> 01:00:46,560
 I can definitely start with just a local guy that obviously is from the area, has done a tremendous job in his career as far as coaching and the ladder that he's climbed so far.

984
01:00:46,660 --> 01:00:49,700
 I think he's a very special and unique coach.

985
01:00:50,380 --> 01:00:53,540
 We've known each other for a lot of years.

986
01:00:54,080 --> 01:00:55,060
 We played against them.

987
01:00:55,180 --> 01:00:59,000
 In fact, I played them one time, and after that game, I told them I'd never play them again.

988
01:00:59,820 --> 01:01:14,800
 We beat them at home, and it was a close game, but ever since then, we've always been connected, and I always knew that if I ever had an opportunity, Drew Stutz was somebody I definitely wanted to bring on staff,

989
01:01:14,800 --> 01:01:23,680
 and we're fortunate that it was the right time, I think, and it's a great fit for him and his career, so we're just very blessed to have him.

990
01:01:25,140 --> 01:01:36,320
 Talk to us about the time, because let's face it, you can have the best grapes in the world, but sometimes the best thing you can do is go and let time give you the wisdom, the experience, the ups and downs,

991
01:01:36,920 --> 01:01:40,160
 and you look at an apples-to-apples comparison for Drew.

992
01:01:40,560 --> 01:01:41,460
 Two things on this.

993
01:01:41,460 --> 01:01:43,180
 He goes to Fried Harmon, and what does he do?

994
01:01:43,660 --> 01:01:46,660
 I don't care if you're playing tiddlywinks or pickleball.

995
01:01:46,760 --> 01:01:48,840
 If you win a national championship, that's incredible.

996
01:01:49,260 --> 01:01:51,320
 To win two out of three, that's off the charts.

997
01:01:51,420 --> 01:01:52,900
 I don't care what the sport is.

998
01:01:53,420 --> 01:01:58,040
 Talk to us about what that does, but here's the other part, Coach, the intangible.

999
01:01:58,100 --> 01:02:00,360
 A lot of coaches, they jump from job to job.

1000
01:02:01,300 --> 01:02:06,540
 Drew looks at the shows at UNA, and he says that's great, but it's also home where the heart is.

1001
01:02:07,120 --> 01:02:15,180
 Yeah, that's right, and that's why I mentioned the word fit, right, because I think not only is it a great opportunity to be here

1002
01:02:15,180 --> 01:02:23,820
 at the University of North Alabama at this time, but it's the right fit for him as far as his community, right?

1003
01:02:23,880 --> 01:02:25,920
 It's a community that he's very familiar with.

1004
01:02:26,500 --> 01:02:28,200
 Still, his family lives here in town.

1005
01:02:29,440 --> 01:02:34,320
 You know, I think what that's done also is, I'm going to laugh at this, but, you know,

1006
01:02:34,400 --> 01:02:38,600
 our attendance has probably gone up a little bit since he's been on staff, right?

1007
01:02:39,100 --> 01:02:43,760
 You're going to have more people coming to the games, right, because it's just a local hero from this area.

1008
01:02:44,440 --> 01:02:51,760
 The one thing I can tell you about Drew is his passion for just working with young people,

1009
01:02:52,020 --> 01:02:55,980
 and, you know, you could tell that he got into this profession for all the right reasons,

1010
01:02:56,640 --> 01:03:03,460
 a highly, highly intelligent human being who really puts a lot of time into his craft.

1011
01:03:03,460 --> 01:03:09,340
 So, again, guys, I can't tell you how blessed we are to have a guy like Drew Stutz here in our program.

1012
01:03:10,160 --> 01:03:13,140
 Well, let's talk about another addition to your staff.

1013
01:03:13,400 --> 01:03:21,660
 When Will Susie was playing, and I had several people tell me that they said when Will ever quits playing,

1014
01:03:22,020 --> 01:03:26,040
 he's going to go into coaching one day or administration.

1015
01:03:26,800 --> 01:03:29,260
 I hear a rumor that that may have happened.

1016
01:03:29,780 --> 01:03:31,500
 Talk about another addition.

1017
01:03:32,160 --> 01:03:37,720
 Yeah, the other addition, obviously, is Will Susie, the Iron Lion, right, like we like to call him,

1018
01:03:37,720 --> 01:03:42,580
 the guy that played the most games in UNA history for men's basketball.

1019
01:03:43,780 --> 01:03:50,900
 You know, and I'll tell you this, Will's from New Jersey, but when he got to the Shoals,

1020
01:03:51,200 --> 01:03:54,480
 and he'll tell you this, you know, he's mentioned it a lot of times in the media.

1021
01:03:55,960 --> 01:03:57,060
 This is home for him.

1022
01:03:57,700 --> 01:04:02,040
 He really, really enjoyed being a part of this unbelievable community

1023
01:04:02,040 --> 01:04:06,700
 and the way that they embraced him as a player and as a student.

1024
01:04:07,740 --> 01:04:10,940
 He gave it a shot in the real world, got into the business world,

1025
01:04:10,940 --> 01:04:16,680
 and he gave it a shot, but he realized, like you said, I think this is the right profession for him.

1026
01:04:17,680 --> 01:04:21,980
 He missed it, and he wanted to be back to it, and I'll tell you what he brings to the table.

1027
01:04:23,180 --> 01:04:30,540
 Somebody, first of all, that understands who we are, understands everything about the culture that we're trying to build.

1028
01:04:31,680 --> 01:04:39,760
 He's part of the foundation of who we are, and I think when you have young men who are coming into,

1029
01:04:39,920 --> 01:04:43,640
 especially in the world that we live in today where you have so much turnover,

1030
01:04:44,440 --> 01:04:50,620
 he's a guy that can kind of speed start that building the camaraderie, building the team.

1031
01:04:51,580 --> 01:04:58,120
 He can really get in there in the trenches with him and kind of guide them through to get him to that point.

1032
01:04:59,160 --> 01:05:03,820
 Coach, I think another point to that, too, is you said he entered the business world,

1033
01:05:03,940 --> 01:05:11,200
 and in this day and time, we cited a stat earlier, 45% of last year's rosters in college basketball is now in the portal,

1034
01:05:11,320 --> 01:05:15,240
 but the point I'm trying to make is these kids think the grass is green on the other side,

1035
01:05:15,320 --> 01:05:18,660
 and Will, being a young man, he may have thought that, but he had to follow his heart.

1036
01:05:18,940 --> 01:05:22,100
 The meaning, he can come back to these kids and say, look, guys, look at me.

1037
01:05:22,160 --> 01:05:23,280
 Look at my face.

1038
01:05:23,580 --> 01:05:25,760
 I'm telling you, you better follow your heart.

1039
01:05:26,140 --> 01:05:27,180
 This is a short run.

1040
01:05:27,180 --> 01:05:31,660
 I don't care if you have five years, you mentioned longevity, at some point it's going to end.

1041
01:05:31,920 --> 01:05:33,400
 I think that's an important message.

1042
01:05:33,480 --> 01:05:36,500
 You can tell these kids, make sure you make the most of it.

1043
01:05:36,600 --> 01:05:38,620
 The grass ain't always green on the other side.

1044
01:05:39,020 --> 01:05:44,560
 And also, Coach, bringing in a staff whose hearts are with you, it's always been tough.

1045
01:05:44,640 --> 01:05:48,500
 But in this day and time, you've got to juggle so many balls in the air with the NIL and everything else.

1046
01:05:48,500 --> 01:05:52,940
 Your thoughts, just the importance of having a staff who's connected in so many ways.

1047
01:05:53,680 --> 01:06:00,340
 Well, you know, I've learned that a lot from just being around people, and sometimes even out of basketball, right?

1048
01:06:00,580 --> 01:06:00,760
 Yep.

1049
01:06:00,760 --> 01:06:07,920
 There's a lot of business owners in our town that I happen to have built a relationship with.

1050
01:06:08,440 --> 01:06:16,080
 You know, Ike Fowler at Alabama Health Guidance, and guys like Charles Anderson, Terry Anderson.

1051
01:06:16,080 --> 01:06:21,160
 You know, when you talk to these men, and you talk about, and when we discuss their business,

1052
01:06:21,840 --> 01:06:25,320
 one of the first things they always tell me is, hey, you've got to hire the right people, right?

1053
01:06:25,460 --> 01:06:29,500
 You've got to hire people that have the same vision and that are good people,

1054
01:06:29,640 --> 01:06:34,260
 people that are going to take your vision and just continue to build it.

1055
01:06:34,380 --> 01:06:34,480
 Right.

1056
01:06:34,760 --> 01:06:37,700
 And there's a lot of truth to that.

1057
01:06:38,160 --> 01:06:42,340
 So when you bring in a guy like Drew Stutz, who this place means a lot to him.

1058
01:06:42,520 --> 01:06:43,440
 This is where he went to school.

1059
01:06:43,980 --> 01:06:45,020
 This is where he grew up.

1060
01:06:45,020 --> 01:06:46,020
 He went to Mars Hill.

1061
01:06:47,260 --> 01:06:48,300
 You know, this is his community.

1062
01:06:48,640 --> 01:06:53,620
 So it means a lot to him when you talk to a guy like Will Soucy, somebody who wasn't even

1063
01:06:53,620 --> 01:06:58,740
 from here six, seven years ago, and now doesn't want to leave here.

1064
01:06:58,900 --> 01:06:59,680
 He wants to be here.

1065
01:07:00,540 --> 01:07:06,120
 Those type of guys, you know, they just add so much value to the building of your program.

1066
01:07:07,260 --> 01:07:12,900
 Tony, the transfer portal, of course, opened yesterday, and there are over 1,000 players

1067
01:07:12,900 --> 01:07:14,300
 who've already jumped in it.

1068
01:07:14,660 --> 01:07:17,980
 We're not going to get into specific names, of course.

1069
01:07:17,980 --> 01:07:24,360
 But as far as positions of need, guard, forward, center, wings.

1070
01:07:24,800 --> 01:07:28,900
 Tony, what positions are you looking to fill in the next six weeks or so?

1071
01:07:29,560 --> 01:07:32,440
 Well, I don't mind sharing with you where we're at right now.

1072
01:07:32,540 --> 01:07:34,660
 I mean, we've got six guys.

1073
01:07:34,820 --> 01:07:36,540
 Again, I'm not going to mention names, obviously.

1074
01:07:36,720 --> 01:07:40,440
 But we've got two returners from last year's team, both freshmen.

1075
01:07:41,080 --> 01:07:45,040
 We've got two incoming freshmen that we also signed in the fall.

1076
01:07:45,480 --> 01:07:48,680
 And we've already gotten two commitments from guys in the portal.

1077
01:07:49,380 --> 01:07:51,580
 In fact, both of them are Division II players.

1078
01:07:52,180 --> 01:07:54,900
 So we've got six right now on the roster.

1079
01:07:55,280 --> 01:08:00,160
 And this upcoming year, I'm going to go ahead and just sign 12 to the roster.

1080
01:08:00,360 --> 01:08:06,880
 Because now with all the revenue share and all that, I'm just a believer that even though

1081
01:08:06,880 --> 01:08:12,860
 we've got 15 scholarships, I just feel that 15 seems to me like too big of a number.

1082
01:08:13,240 --> 01:08:15,520
 Because you're not going to keep everybody happy, right?

1083
01:08:15,680 --> 01:08:20,460
 So to me, I'm going to go ahead and just get, we're going to scholarship about 12 guys.

1084
01:08:20,740 --> 01:08:26,020
 I may keep one scholarship maybe late, just in case something happens.

1085
01:08:26,520 --> 01:08:28,400
 But at the same time, we're going to go after six.

1086
01:08:28,500 --> 01:08:34,520
 And right now, our board, we've got guys lined up to come in on visits here this upcoming week.

1087
01:08:35,620 --> 01:08:41,620
 And for us, we're going to go after guys that, number one, understand the culture,

1088
01:08:41,780 --> 01:08:46,740
 understand just the style of play, and understand who we are as people.

1089
01:08:46,860 --> 01:08:48,160
 And they want to be here.

1090
01:08:48,920 --> 01:08:53,020
 I'm going to put a big time, that to me is the most important.

1091
01:08:54,100 --> 01:08:55,300
 Do they have to be talented?

1092
01:08:55,760 --> 01:08:56,120
 100%.

1093
01:08:56,120 --> 01:08:56,880
 Right?

1094
01:08:57,100 --> 01:09:00,180
 But at the same time, they've got to understand what they're walking into.

1095
01:09:00,620 --> 01:09:01,820
 So they've got to be the right fit.

1096
01:09:02,260 --> 01:09:07,980
 And that's what my staff and I are kind of talking on a daily is, do they fit what we're

1097
01:09:07,980 --> 01:09:08,440
 trying to do?

1098
01:09:08,520 --> 01:09:10,680
 If they do, then yeah, we need to have them here.

1099
01:09:10,740 --> 01:09:13,220
 If not, I know they're talented.

1100
01:09:13,480 --> 01:09:17,460
 But if they don't fit what we're trying to do here, yeah, let's move on and let's get

1101
01:09:17,460 --> 01:09:19,240
 somebody else that wants to be here.

1102
01:09:20,680 --> 01:09:23,380
 UNA head basketball coach, Tony Pujol.

1103
01:09:23,500 --> 01:09:24,520
 Talk to us about that.

1104
01:09:24,560 --> 01:09:29,080
 We were talking earlier with some of our friends, Coach, and the joke was, in the old days, these

1105
01:09:29,080 --> 01:09:32,640
 magazines, they come out at a certain time and they say, this is how we see the league

1106
01:09:32,640 --> 01:09:33,080
 going.

1107
01:09:33,940 --> 01:09:38,520
 As a head coach, at what point do you, as a head coach and head coaches in general, finally

1108
01:09:38,520 --> 01:09:41,740
 say, maybe now I can find out what my team is about?

1109
01:09:41,900 --> 01:09:45,700
 Because when people ask us, what about this team or that team?

1110
01:09:45,760 --> 01:09:46,500
 I don't know.

1111
01:09:46,860 --> 01:09:50,000
 In some ways, the coach doesn't even know until all this settles down.

1112
01:09:50,520 --> 01:09:51,720
 How tough is that?

1113
01:09:51,780 --> 01:09:53,100
 How do you juggle it realistically?

1114
01:09:53,100 --> 01:09:56,500
 At what point do you finally get an idea of your roster?

1115
01:09:57,260 --> 01:09:57,400
 Yeah.

1116
01:09:57,540 --> 01:09:58,840
 And let me say this to you.

1117
01:09:59,120 --> 01:10:04,560
 So, you know, there are teams that there are leagues that play against each other.

1118
01:10:04,780 --> 01:10:07,100
 Like we had the A-Sun-Socon game, right?

1119
01:10:07,580 --> 01:10:09,740
 Well, they all have to project.

1120
01:10:10,880 --> 01:10:13,660
 You know, they want to play the one seed versus the one seed.

1121
01:10:13,780 --> 01:10:15,380
 They want to play the two seed versus the two seed.

1122
01:10:15,480 --> 01:10:16,780
 Well, how are you doing that?

1123
01:10:16,960 --> 01:10:18,620
 Everybody's roster is changing every year.

1124
01:10:18,980 --> 01:10:20,900
 So how are they getting to that point, right?

1125
01:10:21,340 --> 01:10:27,700
 So to me, the way I view it is, first of all, we're going into a new league, right?

1126
01:10:28,440 --> 01:10:29,160
 The UAC.

1127
01:10:29,700 --> 01:10:31,600
 So we're going to be playing in the UAC next year.

1128
01:10:31,780 --> 01:10:32,960
 So we're seeing new teams.

1129
01:10:33,040 --> 01:10:38,060
 Now, we're going to see some familiar teams, Austin Peay and Central Arkansas and Eastern

1130
01:10:38,060 --> 01:10:40,440
 Kentucky and West Georgia.

1131
01:10:40,940 --> 01:10:44,600
 But, you know, we've never played against Tarleton State in basketball.

1132
01:10:44,760 --> 01:10:46,160
 We haven't played against Abilene Christian.

1133
01:10:46,420 --> 01:10:50,320
 We don't know UT Arlington, University of Arkansas, Little Rock.

1134
01:10:50,540 --> 01:10:52,100
 We don't know those people yet.

1135
01:10:52,700 --> 01:10:56,320
 So to me, I'm going to be looking at their style of play.

1136
01:10:56,900 --> 01:11:01,220
 But as far as their roster, some of these schools only got two guys on the roster right

1137
01:11:01,220 --> 01:11:01,540
 now.

1138
01:11:02,220 --> 01:11:08,760
 You got some places I don't even have a, they had a, they showed this the other day where

1139
01:11:08,760 --> 01:11:14,740
 they had the Tennessee women's, they showed zero people on there.

1140
01:11:14,740 --> 01:11:16,760
 I mean, they got nobody on their staff.

1141
01:11:16,920 --> 01:11:20,180
 So I'm just saying that right now, it's just so difficult.

1142
01:11:21,120 --> 01:11:24,280
 These things are going to play out all the way to about June.

1143
01:11:24,700 --> 01:11:28,800
 And then by June, you'll have a, you know, your program set.

1144
01:11:29,360 --> 01:11:33,980
 And even then you're still building because you're trying to put all these new pieces

1145
01:11:33,980 --> 01:11:36,260
 together to make a team.

1146
01:11:36,260 --> 01:11:36,580
 So.

1147
01:11:39,180 --> 01:11:41,340
 Well, we certainly wish you luck doing it.

1148
01:11:41,420 --> 01:11:46,240
 We've got to run to a master's update here in just a few minutes, but always delighted to

1149
01:11:46,240 --> 01:11:47,340
 catch up with you.

1150
01:11:48,020 --> 01:11:51,240
 Congratulations on the roster construction for the staff.

1151
01:11:51,500 --> 01:11:51,880
 Yeah.

1152
01:11:52,080 --> 01:11:54,360
 Some incredible guys.

1153
01:11:54,920 --> 01:11:56,240
 Listen, have a great spring.

1154
01:11:56,360 --> 01:11:58,680
 Let us give you a call a little bit later in the spring.

1155
01:11:58,740 --> 01:12:00,400
 You should get that roster completed.

1156
01:12:01,480 --> 01:12:01,880
 100%.

1157
01:12:01,880 --> 01:12:06,720
 Coach Tony Pujo, UNA men's basketball coach.

1158
01:12:06,800 --> 01:12:10,060
 BB, obviously we're going to be talking master's in a second, but quickly before we jump into

1159
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 that, uh, for the folks who might've missed it, the NCAA, basically are, are they serious

1160
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 this time about quote age, uh, based eligibility?

1161
01:12:19,080 --> 01:12:23,280
 In other words, here's the key part for years, it's been five seasons.

1162
01:12:23,500 --> 01:12:29,560
 Now it's five years, not seasons from the time of their 19th birthday or high school graduation,

1163
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 whichever comes first.

1164
01:12:31,300 --> 01:12:33,300
 Uh, to me, that is a good rule.

1165
01:12:33,380 --> 01:12:35,340
 That's got to be something universal about it.

1166
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 You know, there's nothing worse than going to home Depot and buying something that's not

1167
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 a universal fit.

1168
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 You get it home and then what's the fancy word?

1169
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 It is proprietary.

1170
01:12:43,600 --> 01:12:46,560
 Uh, to me, this is a universal approach across the board, BB.

1171
01:12:46,560 --> 01:12:51,240
 Well, we've, we've only been told by this for 20 years and we've been doing this show for

1172
01:12:51,240 --> 01:12:55,640
 25, uh, but no granting of red shirts or waivers.

1173
01:12:55,780 --> 01:12:57,740
 Harold, to me, this is simply a solution.

1174
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 Five years to play five.

1175
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 Coming up tomorrow.

1176
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 If you love yourself some golf, the granddaddy, the masters going on, even as we speak, it's

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 Uh, we've got the latest on that and a quick reminder coming up now in less than an hour,

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 or the Atlanta Braves, the day game.

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 It is another, uh, if you will, closing out the road trip.

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 Um, outside of that, I, I mean, I'm, I'm excited to get the week going and see where, where I

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 Three aces already at the Par 3 contest.

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1218
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1219
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1220
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 Of course, no Par 3 winner has captured the green jacket in the same week.

1221
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 Jacob Bridgman might be making a run for it, though.

1222
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1223
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1224
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 Goddorup, 3-under through 7 holes.

1225
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 Aaron Rye, Matt McCarty, and last year's U.S. Open champion, J.J. Spahn, are all 2-under.

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1286
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1287
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 I'm Roger Hoover.

1288
01:18:41,080 --> 01:18:47,080
 On Tuesday's edition of Crimson Drive, driven by NASCAR, we were joined by Alabama softball outfielder Anna Roman.

1289
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 Having the most fun ever.

1290
01:18:48,380 --> 01:18:52,020
 There's literally no way I could ever imagine that I would be doing like this.

1291
01:18:52,080 --> 01:18:53,800
 And this team's literally the best.

1292
01:18:54,240 --> 01:18:56,140
 What do you think's led to such a good start this season?

1293
01:18:56,400 --> 01:18:57,780
 The leadership on the team.

1294
01:18:57,780 --> 01:19:02,020
 I talk about this all the time, but I know what to do because they're showing me what to do.

1295
01:19:02,360 --> 01:19:04,420
 And it's just so easy to fall in line with them.

1296
01:19:04,740 --> 01:19:06,580
 Who are some of the key leaders on this team?

1297
01:19:07,100 --> 01:19:08,960
 Lex, Marley.

1298
01:19:09,600 --> 01:19:10,580
 We got Kristen.

1299
01:19:11,520 --> 01:19:11,920
 Larissa.

1300
01:19:12,100 --> 01:19:17,980
 Larissa helps me so much because she's also a right fielder and she just, that was so easy for me to fill in there.

1301
01:19:18,120 --> 01:19:20,600
 And then who else am I missing?

1302
01:19:21,240 --> 01:19:24,080
 Jocelyn is a great leader for the freshman pitchers.

1303
01:19:25,680 --> 01:19:28,320
 Hitting wise, I would say Lex has helped me a lot too.

1304
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 I'll have more in a moment.

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1318
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 Welcome back in.

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 A pleasure for sitting on down to the plains.

1320
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1322
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 Nathan, they tell me your plate runneth over.

1323
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 Welcome in.

1324
01:20:38,140 --> 01:20:38,840
 How are you?

1325
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 I am doing good.

1326
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 Like you said, lots going on with the portal open and fun time to be at auburnundercover.com.

1327
01:20:47,680 --> 01:20:48,520
 Lots going on for sure.

1328
01:20:49,520 --> 01:20:54,080
 Is the celebration still on or is it starting to die down a little bit from the NIT?

1329
01:20:55,100 --> 01:20:55,580
 Oh, goodness.

1330
01:20:55,580 --> 01:21:05,360
 I mean, not to say this in any certain way, but the celebration died down like the next morning because you just had to turn the page so quickly.

1331
01:21:05,360 --> 01:21:12,200
 Like, you know, and the other teams that were playing late in the college basketball season, I'm sure they experienced the same thing.

1332
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 It's just the nature of where we are right now in the sport.

1333
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 Like, you can't celebrate very long.

1334
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 You can't really think about your season very long.

1335
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 I mean, in the span of less than 72 hours after Kevin Overton hit that huge shot for them to go to overtime and then ultimately win the NIT championship,

1336
01:21:30,800 --> 01:21:33,960
 less than 72 hours later, he posts that he's back at Auburn.

1337
01:21:34,420 --> 01:21:37,000
 Like, that's kind of the world we're in right now.

1338
01:21:37,760 --> 01:21:41,560
 And so, yeah, obviously it was a great finish for this team.

1339
01:21:41,640 --> 01:21:51,060
 Like Stephen Pearl said, it was sort of a way for them to change the narrative on what was an otherwise disappointing finish to the season not making the NCAA tournament.

1340
01:21:51,260 --> 01:21:57,480
 And now they're turning their attention toward trying to get back to the tournament next year, of course, with the new roster.

1341
01:21:58,720 --> 01:22:03,440
 Nathan, let me ask you some quick updates about the transfer portal.

1342
01:22:03,640 --> 01:22:07,000
 As you mentioned, Kevin Overton announced that he is returning.

1343
01:22:07,280 --> 01:22:13,880
 And I don't know if they're – his development at the final third of the season was, what, nearly dramatic.

1344
01:22:15,260 --> 01:22:17,040
 Saw it in the postseason, too.

1345
01:22:17,580 --> 01:22:22,300
 But we've learned Philip Jobick is expected to hit the transfer portal at some point.

1346
01:22:23,000 --> 01:22:27,300
 Magwood, who had a tremendous game early in the NIT, announced this morning.

1347
01:22:28,060 --> 01:22:34,400
 I know Elijah Freeman, Sebastian Williams-Adams, or two more, will they stay or will they go?

1348
01:22:35,200 --> 01:22:37,140
 Pettiford, of course, is going to be one.

1349
01:22:37,480 --> 01:22:39,880
 He may want to go through the NBA process.

1350
01:22:40,860 --> 01:22:44,360
 What are you hearing as far – we know about three of them.

1351
01:22:44,720 --> 01:22:48,200
 What are we hearing about the others as far as who are on the roster?

1352
01:22:48,980 --> 01:22:51,960
 Yeah, so Jovich officially in the portal this morning.

1353
01:22:52,220 --> 01:22:57,100
 So no messing about there, no chance for Auburn to get him back.

1354
01:22:57,400 --> 01:23:02,220
 And that was a situation where, look, that was – I'm sure that was surprising to you guys as well.

1355
01:23:02,360 --> 01:23:06,840
 Like, it wasn't surprising after the end of the season where I started to hear about, you know,

1356
01:23:06,900 --> 01:23:12,380
 what Jovich had wanted to do and that he may have been demanding a little bit more money than Auburn wanted to give.

1357
01:23:12,500 --> 01:23:16,660
 But just surprising because, you know, a player uproots themselves and comes from overseas

1358
01:23:16,660 --> 01:23:21,600
 and moves their entire life to one place and is now going to go somewhere else.

1359
01:23:21,740 --> 01:23:24,160
 The one that was not surprising at all was Caden Magwood.

1360
01:23:24,280 --> 01:23:28,500
 I mean, obviously that was a tumultuous situation with him all season with Stephen Pearl.

1361
01:23:28,660 --> 01:23:33,700
 Obviously, Magwood was removed from the lineup for the better part of a couple months

1362
01:23:33,700 --> 01:23:36,540
 and didn't really ever come back into it.

1363
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 Like you said, he came back in the NIT after the season was – obviously he didn't make the tournament.

1364
01:23:40,940 --> 01:23:43,540
 And so, you know, no surprise there.

1365
01:23:43,620 --> 01:23:48,780
 Kevin Overton was one that Auburn wanted to get done ASAP after the conclusion of the season.

1366
01:23:48,980 --> 01:23:53,300
 So now you're waiting on those three guys – you're waiting on those three guys you talked about.

1367
01:23:53,740 --> 01:23:58,080
 Of those three, I probably would feel the best about Elijah Freeman coming back right now

1368
01:23:58,080 --> 01:24:02,440
 just because I think the pitch to him is going to be pretty clear, you know,

1369
01:24:02,480 --> 01:24:07,020
 what he developed into this season and the type of player he became.

1370
01:24:07,020 --> 01:24:09,640
 He was already a starter for them at the end of the season.

1371
01:24:10,160 --> 01:24:12,500
 He'll come back and be that again.

1372
01:24:14,060 --> 01:24:16,140
 Sebastian Williams-Adams is interesting.

1373
01:24:16,440 --> 01:24:21,360
 Like that's an interesting conversation because he's a guy who showed a lot of potential

1374
01:24:21,360 --> 01:24:22,380
 right away at Auburn.

1375
01:24:22,900 --> 01:24:25,780
 But somebody who's also probably going to hear from some other programs

1376
01:24:25,780 --> 01:24:27,300
 about what he could do there.

1377
01:24:27,560 --> 01:24:33,220
 And then Zahad Pettiford, man, he's a guy that – look, we've talked about on this show before.

1378
01:24:33,340 --> 01:24:35,120
 Like those types of point guards don't grow on trees.

1379
01:24:35,120 --> 01:24:39,460
 Like guys that are – and skilled, but at the same time,

1380
01:24:39,540 --> 01:24:41,060
 it's Zahad Pettiford going into year three.

1381
01:24:41,500 --> 01:24:44,320
 Like you said, if he chooses to come back to college and not to go to the NBA,

1382
01:24:45,580 --> 01:24:46,900
 is his price going to be too high?

1383
01:24:47,100 --> 01:24:48,400
 Like that's just what happens now.

1384
01:24:48,940 --> 01:24:50,880
 You know, is he going to hear from some other programs,

1385
01:24:50,980 --> 01:24:53,340
 maybe some schools closer to home up in New Jersey,

1386
01:24:53,980 --> 01:24:59,940
 and are they going to offer him in the $3.5 million – that would not be –

1387
01:24:59,940 --> 01:25:03,400
 that's not a good number based on what we've heard over the last couple seasons.

1388
01:25:03,520 --> 01:25:04,760
 Would Auburn be willing to match that?

1389
01:25:04,900 --> 01:25:07,860
 Or would they say, hey, we've got a bunch of other things we need to do on this roster.

1390
01:25:08,400 --> 01:25:09,740
 We can go get a point guard.

1391
01:25:10,880 --> 01:25:13,500
 Best of luck to you, and we'll see you down the road.

1392
01:25:14,860 --> 01:25:17,840
 Auburn definitely needs those decisions within the next few days

1393
01:25:17,840 --> 01:25:19,480
 in order to know what their roster looks like.

1394
01:25:20,360 --> 01:25:22,060
 Patrick Klein would say crazy.

1395
01:25:22,520 --> 01:25:26,720
 Nathan, speaking of big money, we know Hollywood spends a lot of money on face lifts,

1396
01:25:26,720 --> 01:25:31,940
 but $323 million for the upgrades to Jerton-Harris Stadium.

1397
01:25:32,320 --> 01:25:36,400
 Nathan, the question is, how much of that money did you contribute to that $323 million?

1398
01:25:37,660 --> 01:25:41,640
 You know, if my four years of tuition helped them at all, then good point.

1399
01:25:41,640 --> 01:25:42,300
 There you go.

1400
01:25:43,060 --> 01:25:45,460
 Other than that, none at all.

1401
01:25:45,600 --> 01:25:48,380
 Yeah, I mean, that's something we've been waiting on for a while.

1402
01:25:48,820 --> 01:25:53,100
 This has kind of been the master plan from Auburn Athletic Director John Cohen

1403
01:25:53,100 --> 01:25:54,880
 for the better part of three years.

1404
01:25:55,340 --> 01:26:00,260
 You saw it, the first stages of it last year, $27 million video board.

1405
01:26:00,320 --> 01:26:03,780
 Of course, that video board in the North End Zone had not been renovated since 1987

1406
01:26:03,780 --> 01:26:06,580
 when that other one was put in, so it was a little overdue.

1407
01:26:06,580 --> 01:26:10,740
 So for a bit of a facelift, but we knew that was only phase one

1408
01:26:10,740 --> 01:26:13,480
 and that phase two was going to be what are they going to do

1409
01:26:13,480 --> 01:26:16,680
 with all that scaffolding on the back of the stadium over there.

1410
01:26:16,780 --> 01:26:18,100
 And today they unveil.

1411
01:26:18,240 --> 01:26:21,560
 It'll be up for voting next week, but obviously that's probably just a formality.

1412
01:26:21,720 --> 01:26:22,780
 This thing's ready to go.

1413
01:26:23,260 --> 01:26:25,320
 It's a multipurpose facility, and like you said,

1414
01:26:25,440 --> 01:26:28,760
 that holds a price tag of $305 million,

1415
01:26:29,140 --> 01:26:33,460
 and then there's also some upgrades to the space on campus around there.

1416
01:26:33,860 --> 01:26:38,620
 Basically just try to make, right, you know, if you've been to Auburn at any time recently,

1417
01:26:38,740 --> 01:26:42,360
 like walking around the stadium just kind of feels like a means to an end,

1418
01:26:42,840 --> 01:26:45,260
 which is, you know, that's what most college places are.

1419
01:26:45,300 --> 01:26:48,640
 Like, unless you're a pro, unless you're in the battery at a Braves game,

1420
01:26:48,740 --> 01:26:52,100
 like, you know, places don't really have a lot of infrastructure around the stadium.

1421
01:26:52,240 --> 01:26:53,820
 That's just how college campuses are.

1422
01:26:54,340 --> 01:26:57,720
 But Auburn would like to lean a little bit more into what I talked about,

1423
01:26:57,780 --> 01:26:59,360
 you know, having some stuff to do around

1424
01:26:59,360 --> 01:27:03,640
 and making it a little easier for people to get around and hang out around the stadium.

1425
01:27:03,800 --> 01:27:05,700
 And so that project is going to be $18 million.

1426
01:27:06,200 --> 01:27:10,880
 And so that brings us to that price tag you mentioned, $323 million for the two of those.

1427
01:27:11,120 --> 01:27:14,400
 And, you know, again, it's been something that Auburn's been waiting on for a long time.

1428
01:27:14,480 --> 01:27:15,500
 They've been excited about it.

1429
01:27:15,700 --> 01:27:19,400
 And it's going to, by the response from the rendering today,

1430
01:27:19,440 --> 01:27:20,660
 I think people are pretty excited about it.

1431
01:27:20,720 --> 01:27:21,660
 It looks cool.

1432
01:27:22,040 --> 01:27:24,640
 It looks like something that is going to have a little bit for everybody.

1433
01:27:24,640 --> 01:27:25,700
 It's just more seating.

1434
01:27:26,160 --> 01:27:29,260
 It's more, it's got like a ballroom kind of area.

1435
01:27:29,480 --> 01:27:31,800
 It's going to be for more than just football.

1436
01:27:31,940 --> 01:27:36,360
 They want the stadium to be somewhere that people can go for all sorts of events

1437
01:27:36,360 --> 01:27:37,440
 over the course of a year.

1438
01:27:37,820 --> 01:27:38,820
 And that's their goal.

1439
01:27:40,380 --> 01:27:41,660
 That's what I was going to say.

1440
01:27:41,780 --> 01:27:46,000
 Bryant, Denny, and other stadiums across the SEC hold weddings.

1441
01:27:46,580 --> 01:27:49,020
 They hold Chamber of Commerce events.

1442
01:27:49,380 --> 01:27:53,940
 They hold multi-events and purpose events.

1443
01:27:54,620 --> 01:27:57,560
 And, again, the athletic department can make money off of that.

1444
01:27:57,680 --> 01:27:58,280
 So, yes.

1445
01:27:58,940 --> 01:28:05,080
 Again, I know it costs a lot of money, but people get tired of hearing keeping up with the Joneses.

1446
01:28:05,080 --> 01:28:14,080
 But if you can turn an area into a multi-purpose and get rent, get money from events, it's certainly worth it.

1447
01:28:14,420 --> 01:28:16,080
 Listen, we've got a little shorter show.

1448
01:28:16,340 --> 01:28:18,160
 The Braves are coming up here shortly.

1449
01:28:18,740 --> 01:28:25,040
 But we wanted to get you on and talk a little, Auburn, and particularly I know the spring game is coming up a week from Saturday.

1450
01:28:25,760 --> 01:28:30,060
 Listen, where can we get online and get yours and Jason and all the team's great stuff?

1451
01:28:30,600 --> 01:28:31,140
 For sure.

1452
01:28:31,280 --> 01:28:32,200
 Auburnundercover.com.

1453
01:28:32,880 --> 01:28:36,240
 If you're an Auburn fan, we're offering 60% off right now for the transfer portal.

1454
01:28:36,800 --> 01:28:40,260
 Our transfer tracker has been moving right along.

1455
01:28:40,460 --> 01:28:42,440
 Lots of updates already here in a couple days.

1456
01:28:42,580 --> 01:28:44,500
 It's definitely one of the craziest times of the year.

1457
01:28:44,600 --> 01:28:47,080
 Nothing like the college football transfer portal.

1458
01:28:47,300 --> 01:28:49,520
 So, if you want to stay on top of it, Auburnundercover.com.

1459
01:28:50,440 --> 01:28:51,340
 Nathan, sounds great.

1460
01:28:51,400 --> 01:28:52,380
 Man, thanks for your time, Dan.

1461
01:28:52,420 --> 01:28:53,540
 Let's do it again soon, okay?

1462
01:28:54,220 --> 01:28:54,760
 Thank you, guys.

1463
01:28:54,820 --> 01:28:55,200
 Appreciate it.

1464
01:28:55,380 --> 01:28:55,920
 Thank you, bud.

1465
01:28:56,220 --> 01:29:00,380
 Nathan King, busy there, 24-7 Sports, Auburn Undercover.

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1491
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1492
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1493
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1495
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1496
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1497
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1498
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1500
01:31:16,420 --> 01:31:21,220
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1501
01:31:21,220 --> 01:31:25,780
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1514
01:32:20,980 --> 01:32:24,920
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1516
01:32:28,600 --> 01:32:30,740
 Drew, welcome in. How are you?

1517
01:32:31,340 --> 01:32:32,660
 I'm good, guys. How are y'all?

1518
01:32:33,140 --> 01:32:33,420
 Hey, man.

1519
01:32:33,600 --> 01:32:39,900
 We're trying to keep up with this roster construction and also A-Day game and a host of other things, Drew.

1520
01:32:39,960 --> 01:32:40,900
 Where do we start?

1521
01:32:41,040 --> 01:32:42,620
 Obviously, comings and goings.

1522
01:32:42,700 --> 01:32:47,840
 And one thing we have in common with everybody we talk to, everybody's saying, my team is blowing up.

1523
01:32:47,880 --> 01:32:48,660
 Who's going to play?

1524
01:32:48,800 --> 01:32:53,460
 Well, the good side is there's plenty of folks out there looking for greener pastures.

1525
01:32:53,640 --> 01:32:56,240
 Drew, where is Alabama in all this stuff?

1526
01:32:56,780 --> 01:33:01,060
 Well, they're, you know, they've, you know, they haven't added anybody yet.

1527
01:33:01,180 --> 01:33:02,560
 They've lost three guys.

1528
01:33:02,720 --> 01:33:12,060
 And two of them are no shock to anyone because, like I said, you know, Jalil Bathea is more apt to be playing at Rucker Park

1529
01:33:12,060 --> 01:33:16,700
 and in the N1 mixtape open run than he is in a structured basketball game.

1530
01:33:16,800 --> 01:33:21,800
 And then a good athlete just didn't, wasn't healthy at first.

1531
01:33:21,900 --> 01:33:25,580
 And they just never really fit, just like he didn't fit at Miami, really.

1532
01:33:25,580 --> 01:33:27,400
 And so he's moving on.

1533
01:33:27,480 --> 01:33:31,020
 There's no surprise there, even though I think his attitude stayed good.

1534
01:33:31,140 --> 01:33:37,200
 But he's just not going to have a big-time opportunity, I don't think, to develop at Alabama, at least in his mind.

1535
01:33:37,360 --> 01:33:42,720
 And then certainly, you know, I don't think anybody's surprised that Taylor Bull-Bowen moved on.

1536
01:33:43,300 --> 01:33:47,320
 A lot of it's money because they want probably the same amount of money.

1537
01:33:47,800 --> 01:33:52,500
 And, you know, and he had a decent year when he was healthy, but he wasn't healthy a lot.

1538
01:33:52,500 --> 01:33:56,960
 And I'm sure Alabama didn't want to pay the same rate or especially give a raise.

1539
01:33:57,060 --> 01:33:59,240
 So he has decided to move on.

1540
01:33:59,920 --> 01:34:05,060
 And, you know, and then, of course, we know, you know, that Aiden Sherell.

1541
01:34:05,160 --> 01:34:10,060
 Now, Aiden Sherell, his situation, I know Alabama's still plugging away at it.

1542
01:34:10,560 --> 01:34:12,380
 They've been doing that for a while.

1543
01:34:12,500 --> 01:34:14,760
 They had a significant offer already on his desk.

1544
01:34:14,880 --> 01:34:18,300
 But the thing about bigs is they're kind of like Sasquatches.

1545
01:34:18,500 --> 01:34:20,420
 They're, you know, they're in demand and they're rare.

1546
01:34:21,100 --> 01:34:27,160
 And if you find one and you have a good one, not even a great one, because I think, you know, Aiden improved a lot.

1547
01:34:27,340 --> 01:34:28,400
 He's a good player.

1548
01:34:28,580 --> 01:34:32,020
 But is he worth a price tag of potentially $3 million?

1549
01:34:33,020 --> 01:34:34,420
 I don't think so.

1550
01:34:34,840 --> 01:34:39,140
 So Alabama has to decide what they're going to do because they're going to, I think, have about a $12 million payroll.

1551
01:34:39,740 --> 01:34:43,260
 Certainly, I think he's worth money and certainly I think he can continue to get better.

1552
01:34:43,500 --> 01:34:48,860
 And I think he'd be good if they could go out and get a true five and have him play the four.

1553
01:34:49,040 --> 01:34:56,000
 But, I mean, he's also a guy that I don't think is ever going to get drafted, and especially in the first round to go to the NBA.

1554
01:34:56,460 --> 01:34:58,700
 So he's trying to maximize his value.

1555
01:34:58,940 --> 01:35:01,680
 And so we'll see if they can reach some common ground.

1556
01:35:01,680 --> 01:35:05,480
 But I think Sherell so far is the only one that's a mild surprise.

1557
01:35:05,820 --> 01:35:09,000
 But in this climate, it's not even a stunning one, in my opinion.

1558
01:35:09,480 --> 01:35:12,600
 D2, let me ask you about some of the other guys.

1559
01:35:12,760 --> 01:35:23,180
 Maury Allen, speculation that he may go through the draft period in the draft combine, give it a shot.

1560
01:35:24,020 --> 01:35:32,540
 I know speculation that he may have been a first-round draft pick early in the year and kind of tailed off toward the end.

1561
01:35:32,960 --> 01:35:37,080
 Do you think he puts his name in the draft, tries it, and then makes a decision?

1562
01:35:37,960 --> 01:35:43,960
 And then you've got London Jemison, who is a young player developing, who showed some skills.

1563
01:35:44,520 --> 01:35:46,200
 Davian Hanna, who got hurt.

1564
01:35:46,780 --> 01:35:49,220
 Collins O, as I call him, got hurt, too.

1565
01:35:49,920 --> 01:35:51,600
 D2, what about the other guys?

1566
01:35:51,680 --> 01:35:52,200
 How do you think?

1567
01:35:52,280 --> 01:35:53,600
 What route would they go?

1568
01:35:54,300 --> 01:35:59,880
 Well, I mean, Anya Juwaka's still got a – they have to decide what his health situation is.

1569
01:35:59,920 --> 01:36:00,080
 Yeah.

1570
01:36:00,340 --> 01:36:02,060
 He had a couple of heart procedures.

1571
01:36:02,860 --> 01:36:09,320
 You know, so I don't think he's going to have – even as a big – he's not going to have great value right now.

1572
01:36:09,760 --> 01:36:12,020
 And so – and that's no disrespect.

1573
01:36:12,300 --> 01:36:13,020
 It's just fact.

1574
01:36:13,380 --> 01:36:16,120
 He can get a clean bill of health.

1575
01:36:16,280 --> 01:36:28,400
 I'm sure Alabama would like to bring him back, especially with the look right now in the room of the post players, which is barren, about like Tennessee women's basketball.

1576
01:36:28,780 --> 01:36:32,360
 So, they certainly would like to have him back.

1577
01:36:32,800 --> 01:36:35,260
 Davian Hanna, he had a hip injury.

1578
01:36:35,820 --> 01:36:37,160
 He had a legit injury.

1579
01:36:37,380 --> 01:36:39,340
 So, I would want to bring him back.

1580
01:36:39,400 --> 01:36:40,960
 I thought he showed a ton of potential.

1581
01:36:41,980 --> 01:36:45,580
 You know, and I don't know what his value would be, too, after having the red shirt.

1582
01:36:45,700 --> 01:36:48,760
 But certainly, I'd like to bring him back if I were Alabama.

1583
01:36:49,100 --> 01:36:55,000
 I think he's a really good system fit and continue to get – could get – to get better and could make a big jump.

1584
01:36:55,000 --> 01:37:02,340
 And then, you know, when you look at some of the other guys on the roster, we haven't heard anything from Keaton Briscoe.

1585
01:37:02,480 --> 01:37:04,720
 I was kind of expecting him to hit the portal.

1586
01:37:05,300 --> 01:37:11,980
 But it may be a situation of where Alabama wants to keep him, maybe be – and give him a shot to develop.

1587
01:37:12,500 --> 01:37:14,680
 Because he is a serviceable big.

1588
01:37:15,200 --> 01:37:15,400
 Yeah.

1589
01:37:15,580 --> 01:37:17,860
 I'm not sure he's an SEC talent yet.

1590
01:37:18,180 --> 01:37:21,680
 And especially, it could be a price point situation.

1591
01:37:21,940 --> 01:37:24,600
 We'll have to see, you know, what the economics are.

1592
01:37:24,600 --> 01:37:30,140
 And then, we know with Aiden Holloway, you have to wait on his, you know, legal situation.

1593
01:37:30,500 --> 01:37:33,280
 I do think that may help Alabama in a way, though, with him.

1594
01:37:33,680 --> 01:37:37,060
 And I would certainly think they would like to bring him back.

1595
01:37:37,220 --> 01:37:40,920
 So, it's just going to be interesting to see what happens in the next coming days.

1596
01:37:41,300 --> 01:37:43,760
 I expected them to keep a handful of these guys.

1597
01:37:43,840 --> 01:37:46,620
 And I still think there's a really good chance they will.

1598
01:37:47,500 --> 01:37:51,800
 Double D, Drew DeArmond, host, Talking Ball on Huntsville's 97-7 in the zone.

1599
01:37:51,880 --> 01:37:52,760
 We alluded to it.

1600
01:37:53,240 --> 01:37:57,720
 Believe it or not, Alabama's also got some football news coming up this weekend.

1601
01:37:57,880 --> 01:37:58,820
 A-Day game.

1602
01:37:58,900 --> 01:38:00,960
 Drew, where do you start breaking it down?

1603
01:38:01,960 --> 01:38:06,660
 Well, you get to look at the offensive lines and see if they're still continuing to progress

1604
01:38:06,660 --> 01:38:10,860
 and see if Michael Carroll's continuing to settle in at right guard, which he is.

1605
01:38:10,920 --> 01:38:11,640
 It's a good sign.

1606
01:38:12,140 --> 01:38:13,900
 Javon James at right tackle.

1607
01:38:14,280 --> 01:38:16,240
 Nick Brooks was there last week.

1608
01:38:16,700 --> 01:38:18,240
 He's the transfer from Texas.

1609
01:38:18,580 --> 01:38:23,600
 And then Jackson Lloyd, I think, has done a great job developing at the left tackle spot

1610
01:38:23,600 --> 01:38:24,800
 and then gaining confidence.

1611
01:38:25,460 --> 01:38:30,580
 You know, we'll see, but certainly, and then, you know, left guard right now,

1612
01:38:30,660 --> 01:38:32,620
 Ethan Fields has been playing there some.

1613
01:38:33,500 --> 01:38:35,740
 And I think Brooks has played there also.

1614
01:38:36,480 --> 01:38:40,740
 And then, of course, we'll see, you know, if the young man from Brookwood,

1615
01:38:41,120 --> 01:38:44,960
 if he can get healthy in the fall, I think he's probably going to be the starter.

1616
01:38:45,540 --> 01:38:47,500
 So we'll see there, certainly.

1617
01:38:47,680 --> 01:38:50,920
 And then Delgatti seems to be settling in at center.

1618
01:38:50,920 --> 01:38:55,800
 So, certainly, I think the offensive line has started to take shape, which is encouraging.

1619
01:38:56,400 --> 01:38:59,260
 And then you hear about the running back room.

1620
01:38:59,820 --> 01:39:04,300
 And, you know, Treshawn Brown is kind of a guy that's a prize from Huntsville, Texas,

1621
01:39:04,560 --> 01:39:06,220
 who they signed late.

1622
01:39:06,760 --> 01:39:11,420
 And I think he's going to be a guy that I don't know if he'll, you know, be a starter or anything,

1623
01:39:11,540 --> 01:39:13,920
 but it's good that he's showcasing ability.

1624
01:39:14,300 --> 01:39:15,960
 And certainly, you hear good things.

1625
01:39:15,960 --> 01:39:18,280
 I have a second scrimmage coming from Kevin Riley.

1626
01:39:18,800 --> 01:39:20,800
 I think Daniel Hill's in better shape.

1627
01:39:21,340 --> 01:39:22,820
 He ate beer as well.

1628
01:39:23,180 --> 01:39:26,600
 And Crowell will be a huge part of things when he's healthy.

1629
01:39:26,760 --> 01:39:30,840
 So I think the running game is hopefully making some strides, no doubt about it.

1630
01:39:31,140 --> 01:39:34,580
 And then quarterback-wise, look, I mean, I think from what I hear,

1631
01:39:34,640 --> 01:39:38,560
 they both struggled a little bit on Friday, last Friday.

1632
01:39:38,700 --> 01:39:42,280
 But I still think it's going to be a situation kind of like A.J. McCarron

1633
01:39:42,280 --> 01:39:51,020
 and Phillip Sims and where it's going to play itself out where they'll know who the starter is probably after the first game.

1634
01:39:51,120 --> 01:39:53,500
 I think both of them would play against East Carolina.

1635
01:39:54,000 --> 01:39:55,060
 I think they're both talented.

1636
01:39:55,260 --> 01:39:59,820
 And I think Austin Mack and certainly Keelan Russell bring a lot of talent to the table.

1637
01:40:00,960 --> 01:40:01,440
 Absolutely.

1638
01:40:01,880 --> 01:40:06,760
 Well, we got the Braves Day game in California coming up.

1639
01:40:06,820 --> 01:40:09,260
 Maybe there won't be another fight this afternoon.

1640
01:40:09,980 --> 01:40:11,620
 And then a Masters update.

1641
01:40:11,840 --> 01:40:15,860
 D2, where can we get online to get you and Scott with your expanded show?

1642
01:40:16,540 --> 01:40:21,660
 Oh, yeah, certainly they can go to 977 ESPN to follow us on X.

1643
01:40:21,800 --> 01:40:32,860
 Or you can go to, certainly you can go to 977 ESPN The Zone, our X, or excuse me, our, on Instagram, 977 The Zone.

1644
01:40:32,860 --> 01:40:38,080
 You can find our content and our sub, 977ESPN.com.

1645
01:40:38,420 --> 01:40:44,260
 And then, of course, you can go to our sound file page, ESPN 977 The Zone, if you missed any of Talking Ball.

1646
01:40:44,360 --> 01:40:49,580
 And, of course, now we're on the expanded show from 7 to 10 a.m. each Monday through Friday.

1647
01:40:49,840 --> 01:40:51,940
 And I know it's a big time of year for the Masters.

1648
01:40:52,120 --> 01:40:53,600
 We're actually giving away a driver.

1649
01:40:53,840 --> 01:40:57,060
 And, man, we probably had 45 phone calls today.

1650
01:40:57,200 --> 01:40:58,900
 Everybody's looking forward to golf.

1651
01:40:58,900 --> 01:41:06,980
 And if you give away a golf club, it's amazing how people want to get a high-quality piece of equipment this time of year to play some golf.

1652
01:41:07,140 --> 01:41:09,820
 But looking forward to another great Masters as well.

1653
01:41:12,200 --> 01:41:13,160
 Absolutely, bud.

1654
01:41:13,260 --> 01:41:14,640
 Well, listen, have a great week.

1655
01:41:14,640 --> 01:41:18,520
 We will probably see each other come Saturday for a day.

1656
01:41:18,700 --> 01:41:19,980
 But have a great week.

1657
01:41:20,060 --> 01:41:22,360
 I know you've got a birthday coming up to yourself.

1658
01:41:22,500 --> 01:41:24,900
 We'll be talking about that a little bit later in the show, buddy.

1659
01:41:25,240 --> 01:41:26,240
 Always enjoy it.

1660
01:41:26,300 --> 01:41:27,140
 Have a great week.

1661
01:41:27,700 --> 01:41:30,600
 Well, and happy birthday this week to you and your brother.

1662
01:41:30,760 --> 01:41:32,440
 And we're glad to see you both turn forward.

1663
01:41:34,360 --> 01:41:38,560
 Drew DeArmond, host of Talking Ball on, I suppose, 97.7 FM, the Zone.

1664
01:41:38,600 --> 01:41:40,140
 BB, give us some wisdom.

1665
01:41:40,480 --> 01:41:42,600
 You've got a birthday in the house here.

1666
01:41:42,700 --> 01:41:45,920
 What have you learned in your 29 years on this earth?

1667
01:41:46,200 --> 01:41:47,780
 That's a really good question, Harold.

1668
01:41:47,880 --> 01:41:50,780
 What these days I'm going to sit down long enough to figure it out?

1669
01:41:52,040 --> 01:41:55,040
 Now, as we mentioned, coming up, the Braves are going to be coming up.

1670
01:41:55,080 --> 01:41:57,220
 We've got a busy, jam-packed afternoon here.

1671
01:41:57,560 --> 01:41:58,700
 We've got the Masters.

1672
01:41:59,420 --> 01:42:00,420
 It's going to be interesting.

1673
01:42:00,560 --> 01:42:03,140
 No Tiger Woods is going to be at the Masters this year.

1674
01:42:03,640 --> 01:42:05,660
 And did you see the photo the other day?

1675
01:42:06,200 --> 01:42:09,880
 You know, Tiger Woods back in the day, everybody was saying he is going to do this and do that.

1676
01:42:10,300 --> 01:42:14,920
 Everybody was joking about John Daly, and I don't know if this meme had it right or not.

1677
01:42:15,380 --> 01:42:19,220
 John Daly was going to the Masters, and Tiger's going to be watching the sideline, BB.

1678
01:42:19,680 --> 01:42:21,800
 Yeah, unfortunately, Harold, you're right.

1679
01:42:21,900 --> 01:42:27,120
 Tiger's an incredible, as a lot of people say, the greatest guy on forever, but he's got his issues.

1680
01:42:27,440 --> 01:42:32,180
 You think that maybe John Daly got there because he took such good care of himself, BB?

1681
01:42:32,580 --> 01:42:34,160
 I'm sure that's what he did.

1682
01:42:34,720 --> 01:42:39,700
 As we mentioned, coming up at the top of the hour, it's pregame for the Braves in the land of the Angels.

1683
01:42:40,180 --> 01:42:44,260
 But straight ahead, it's par-three day on the eve of the real deal tomorrow at the Masters.

1684
01:42:44,420 --> 01:42:47,540
 Coming up, the latest from the par-three action at the Masters.

1685
01:42:47,860 --> 01:42:50,400
 That's coming up right here on 93.9 The Score.