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

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 The Boomo Bugg Show. Your exclusive inside track to the tie, Tigers, Tennessee and the rest of the SEC. Now your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 Good afternoon and welcome here to the Boomo Bugg Show. I'm Harold Bugg, normally joined by Brett Beaird. He is currently bathing in sunscreen in anticipation of tomorrow's hot times in Tuscaloosa.

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 The voice may sound a little different right now. Could it be the return of an alien with the Artemis II crew, maybe puberty, or could it be a technical glitch? Inquiring minds want to know, stay tuned.

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 In the meantime, speaking of Tuscaloosa, let's head on down and say hello to Jimmy Stein. He's a co-host of Locked On Bama, part of the Locked On Network. Jimmy, welcome in. How are you?

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 Doing great, Harold. I hope you're doing well also.

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 We are doing fantastic, Jimmy.

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 I'm looking at the forecast here. Is this weekend's forecast in Tuscaloosa for April or September? I'm confused here. Jimmy, help us out.

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 It feels a little like September, which is fun. I mean, this is as close as you get to a game day until the game days are actually here.

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 Football in Bryant-Denny Stadium. Now, that's just about where the comparisons to a game in September will end. In fact, they're not even playing a game at all.

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 They're just really practicing somewhat similar to what they did a year ago, except this will be a full two-hour scrimmage.

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 Last year, they did drills. It will look like just any other Tuesday practice at the football facility.

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 This is going to look exactly like the scrimmages that are put on for, you know, the Red Elephant Club, the Yale Alabama people, Crimson Tide Foundation.

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 This will just be scrimmage number three, but this time the public's invited, and it's at Bryant-Denny.

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 But there will be no score, no stats, just a scrimmage.

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 You know, the thing is, Jimmy, and we want to talk chalk, obviously, here in a sec, but the one thing I like about this is,

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 and I say the same thing with Auburn, Knoxville, or Timbuktu, the Chamber of Commerce, they love these spring games

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 because football fans are hungry for something, for the camaraderie.

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 They want to get together with fellow fans.

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 Translator, this is good for the local economy as opposed to some of these situations over the last few years

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 where they just scratch the game for the most part.

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 Yeah, that's right. There'll be a pretty good crowd.

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 I don't think this is going to be anything approaching Alabama's record spring crowds.

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 But, you know, just a ballpark guess, I'm going to say there'll be 35,000, 40,000 people there, conservatively.

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 That's a lot of Alabama fans in one place.

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 Everyone wants to, you know, see these quarterbacks.

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 The weird part about having what amounts to a scaled-down spring game that doesn't have a mega crowd

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 is that there really is a lot to see.

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 I mean, there's 16, 17 positions that are just up for grabs.

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 The competition continues, won't be settled tomorrow, but this will be fans.

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 This will give the fans that are there a chance to weigh in and see how those battles are going.

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 And you know that a lot of the fans that attend the scrimmage tomorrow, Harold, are going to pick a quarterback.

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 You know, we're going to have to wait on DeBoer to pick one, but a lot of the fans are going to pick one tomorrow.

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 Jimmy Stein, co-host of Locked on Bama.

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 Jimmy, it's a two-hour show, so take as much of that time as you want breaking it down.

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 As far as you mentioned position battles, obviously quarterback.

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 Based on just from afar, the vibe we're getting is that, you know, Max there, he's got the experience, the familiarity,

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 but you've got this all-promising guy.

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 But here's the bottom line, Jimmy.

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 Based on at least the reports that we got in the last scrimmage,

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 neither one of them shined up to expectations.

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 I don't know how anybody could at Alabama live up to the expectations.

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 But what are you hearing as far as the battle right now at the QB spot?

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 I think the first takeaway is this.

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 They're even.

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 come to the scrimmage tomorrow and just simply count the reps.

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 I believe, fully believe, you're going to see Keelan Russell and Austin Mack alternate with the first team.

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 The first team offense, they don't mix and match.

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 And these scrimmages, there will be a first team offense on the field when it's their turn.

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 You're going to see Austin Mack and Keelan Russell split those reps evenly.

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 That means the battle's even because these coaches, they don't do anything for show.

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 They're coaching for their careers.

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 They're coaching for their lives.

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 They don't waste reps.

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 The battle, you know the battle's even when both of the candidates are getting the same number of reps

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 with the first team in a scrimmage.

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 And that's what we have.

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 So they're even.

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 Now, there are things that distinguish between the two of them.

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 I think everyone is going to have an opinion as to maybe who should be the guy.

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 It's close.

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 And if I was going to describe the two of them right now to show what kind of quandary the coach is in,

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 I'm going to be overgeneralistic here, but I think it suits the purpose of showing how difficult the choice is ultimately going to be.

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 I think between the two of them, at this point in their careers, Austin is less likely to lose a football game.

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 And, you know, different people will look at that different ways, but it actually makes the decision really difficult.

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 And at this point, that's kind of what it looks like.

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 Jimmy, just to interpret that, I understand you're right.

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 Basically, it comes down always, according to maybe to a baseball or shortstop.

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 The old guy may not be as sparkly as the old guy, but he's more consistent.

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 He's not going to die for the ball, but he's not also going to boot the routine grounder.

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 It seems like, in some ways, there's an analogy there that maybe Mack is going to be more consistent, more reliable.

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 I think that's a good, solid analogy that really explains it.

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 They're playmakers.

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 They're super gifted.

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 But instead of always making the plays, they have to learn to take the plays.

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 Meaning that Keelan probably tries to do too much at times because he's capable of doing that.

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 So trying to do too much, though, can get you into a little trouble.

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 I think Austin Mack is pretty good at taking what's there, at seeing the field, and sort of limiting errors.

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 So Keelan is also likely to improve.

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 The more he plays, the more reps he gets, he's so young.

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 He's going to be getting better and better and better.

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 But the question that Keelan DeBoer has to answer, Harold, is who's best suited to win the games this fall?

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 Not five years from now, but this fall, who's best suited to win the game?

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 I think a lot of people just kind of see it as a 50-50 situation.

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 Yeah, and the other thing is, which one's not going to cost me a game?

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 Let's go into the running back room.

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 At the beginning of camp, everybody says, I can't wait to go to Tuscaloosa for the 8-8 game

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 and see that phenom called EJ Crowell.

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 Big question mark as to whether or not I was putting down money, and I don't bet, by the way, for the record,

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 but if I was going to put down money, I would say you're not going to see much of him or any at all.

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 What are you hearing?

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 I wouldn't bet against you on that one.

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 I don't believe that we will see EJ Crowell tomorrow.

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 If anything, that's disappointing for the fans because he was the freshman, the shiniest new toy

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 that has the highest expectations in terms of fan excitement,

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 sort of similar to Ryan Williams' arrival, and Ryan wasn't even at Alabama in his initial spring.

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 He was still graduating from Sierra Land High School, didn't arrive until the summer,

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 but EJ's arrival has sort of been celebrated, similar to Ryan's, but he's been banged up.

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 and anything they were overly cautious because they're not playing games this spring.

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 my understanding from the staff is that they're very excited about EJ.

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 He hasn't been disappointing at all.

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 It's just a little disappointing he hasn't been able to be put on display yet in these scrimmage situations.

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 Check out Jimmy Stein there, Locked On Bama.

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 Jimmy, you mentioned Ryan Williams.

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 Obviously, what's the definition of disappointments when you don't live up to expectations?

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 And after the Georgia game in his first season, the bar was set out there with the Artemis II crew

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 on the other side of the booth, sky high and beyond.

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 Almost impossible to live up to it.

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 Even if he did, he's just being normal.

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 Last year, I think it's safe to say he did not live up to those expectations.

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 But so far, in camp, without all the head knocking that serious that you're going to get this fall,

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 it seems like he's able to take some lessons learned last season and apply them to spring.

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 That's what we're hearing anyway.

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 What about you?

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 Yeah, I'll just give you the opinion of the guys on the team, and not my own,

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 but in an interesting video that was put out, I think, late this morning by Yale Alabama,

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 Ryan was the majority.

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 The players know who's good and who's not.

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 I have 100% expected Ryan to have a monster junior season.

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 I think we all know he had issues a year ago.

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 I think he's worked really hard to address them.

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 I mean, I think if he only drops five balls next fall, those five drops are going to be magnified

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 and talked about at loud volumes.

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 If he only drops three balls, same thing.

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 If he drops ten balls again, I mean, that could happen, certainly.

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 But also what I think you will see mixed in there with maybe some plays that don't go great is going to be a ton of playmaking.

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 I think Ryan's going to be one of the better wide receivers in college football this fall, assuming good health.

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 I think he's just set for a monster year.

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 Those four guys all had huge freshman seasons.

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 All had significant drop-offs as sophomores and then had monster junior years that catapulted them into the first round of the draft.

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 I'm not saying Ryan is the fifth guy and is going to be the fifth guy in that list because that list is so ridiculous with those first-round talents.

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 It's sort of, frankly, what I'm personally expecting to see is Ryan have a monster junior year like Julio, like Calvin, like Jalen Waddell, and like Amari Cooper.

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 And they used their year threes to launch very successful NFL careers.

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 Here's the bottom line, Jimmy.

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 Correct me if I'm wrong.

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 I don't try to be the smartest man in the room, but it doesn't matter what Ryan Williams can do.

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 It doesn't matter what the quarterbacks can do.

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 Unless the big dudes up front do their job, we know that's been chewed on a whole lot.

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 Your thoughts on the progression of the offensive line and then if we have time, the defensive line so far?

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 Yeah, I think the offensive line was the biggest question of the spring before the spring began.

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 I assumed that was the biggest question of the spring and we would leave the spring with it still being a question mark in terms of,

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 okay, when you line up against East Carolina, who's going to be your first team?

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 One of the surprises this spring is so much of that has largely been answered in spring practices.

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 I didn't really see that coming.

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 I thought the competition would extend further than it did, but that's good news for Alabama fans.

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 It means that the coaching staff is really comfortable with a handful of guys.

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 Jackson Lloyd is certainly to be the left tackle.

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 Rayson Delgotti is certainly to be the center.

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 That's already been determined.

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 Jimmy, before we jump off, obviously we've got to hit the Masters here.

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 Quickly, where can we get the beer and the latest with you and the team?

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 Locked on Bama.

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 You can find us on YouTube or anywhere you get your podcasts.

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 Sounds great.

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 Jimmy, kick back.

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 Bathe yourself in some sunscreen this weekend and enjoy some football in April, okay?

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 Rory McIlroy about to tee off in the second round.

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 defending national champion next year, and so it's very competitive, and I think that's where

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 did this past year, you know, look out, because that means that a lot of other, you know, schools

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 Steven Pearl feels a little bit better now, going from 17-16 to 22-16, winning the NIT, and a lot of

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 sure it's time, you know, they had a pretty good sense of what that would look like, why

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 it went probably best case scenario for Auburn.

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 But, yeah, I think it wound up being, you know, a pretty good move for Auburn.

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 Going to be a fascinating month for SEC basketballs for us.

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 Who's going and coming?

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 Listen, you may even be able to take a nap this weekend with college basketball in the rear view,

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 but there's always incredible podcasts as we transition more to SEC baseball.

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 Where can we get online and get all the great, the best podcasts on the planet?

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 Yeah, I appreciate you guys.

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 You can find us there at Southeastern 16 on YouTube, any podcast app you use.

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 Yeah, you can find all of our SEC basketball transfer portal coverage, SEC football spring practice,

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 SEC baseball stuff.

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 So, yeah, find it all at Southeastern 16.

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 Well, listen, man, thanks for your time.

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 Have a great weekend.

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 Stay safe out there, okay?

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 Thanks, guys.

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 You too.

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 Thank you, Bill.

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 Great level.

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507
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 Welcome back in.

508
00:33:43,560 --> 00:33:45,060
 Brett Beaird, a question time for you.

509
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:51,240
 You know, Atlanta's got the Braves, Augusta's got the Masters, and Macon has Bill Shanks.

510
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 You can only take one of those three from the state of Georgia.

511
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 Which one do you take?

512
00:33:55,780 --> 00:34:00,500
 Harold, that's a stupid question because you know that I would go with the latter answer.

513
00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:13,020
 I would imagine Bill Shanks saying, sure, when he's not busy, as host of the Bill Shanks show on 93.1 FM in Macon, online at thesuperstations.com, and on the tube at 41 NBC.

514
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 Bill, I agree with Brett.

515
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 Good choice.

516
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 How are you?

517
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 Well, I'm in Atlanta traffic right now, so I'm as well as can be expected.

518
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 Good luck.

519
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 Yeah, it reminds me of why I don't live up here.

520
00:34:27,260 --> 00:34:27,720
 It's crazy.

521
00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:32,000
 Bill, how do you survive that jungle over there?

522
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 I mean, I go about once every 10 years, and it takes me the other nine to get over that rush hour trip.

523
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 How do you deal with that, man?

524
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:41,060
 I left Macon at 11.30 to come up to.

525
00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:49,520
 I'm doing the show, they won't let me in the battery since Del Murphy's restaurant's gone, so the Atlanta Braves won't let me.

526
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 So I'm going to do my show from the AAA ballpark.

527
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:54,020
 I left 11.30.

528
00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:59,420
 My ETA, when I first started, it was like 142.

529
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 Now it's 224.

530
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 Amazing.

531
00:35:04,140 --> 00:35:08,440
 And I got a GSP on the Georgia State Patrolman on the back.

532
00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:11,460
 I mean, I feel like Burt Reynolds with Sally Field in the back seat.

533
00:35:11,600 --> 00:35:21,240
 I'm ready to take, you know, kind of put the metal to the pedal and the thing to the floor and take off and stop by and get me a Diablo sandwich with a Dr. Pepper.

534
00:35:22,420 --> 00:35:25,620
 Well, if you see blue in your rearview mirror, let us know.

535
00:35:25,740 --> 00:35:27,000
 We'll be kind to you, Bill, there.

536
00:35:27,140 --> 00:35:31,460
 But let's talk about, speaking of blue, the Braves blue is rocking and rolling.

537
00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:34,620
 First place in the National League East.

538
00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:37,640
 What a far cry, and what a difference the year makes, Bill.

539
00:35:38,720 --> 00:35:45,300
 Well, from 3-10 last year, and of course, the 0-7 start to the 8-5 start this year, it is much better.

540
00:35:45,380 --> 00:35:46,900
 There's no question about that.

541
00:35:47,700 --> 00:35:51,880
 They are, they got the best team ERA in baseball, which is great.

542
00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:56,180
 Best bullpen ERA by far in baseball, which is tremendous.

543
00:35:57,100 --> 00:36:02,440
 Good and bad on the offensive side, but still, you got to feel good about what you've seen overall.

544
00:36:02,440 --> 00:36:06,020
 Yeah, I think a good first two weeks for sure.

545
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:11,580
 Give us your version of the fight and the tackle.

546
00:36:12,200 --> 00:36:14,980
 We talked about that a little bit on your show.

547
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:24,100
 When you've got a manager who's got a blank belt in karate, intimate experience, a former football coach,

548
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 I'm telling you right now, I ain't messing with Walt Weiss.

549
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 Well, I told you yesterday on my show that, you know, with you Alabama fans who like to fire coaches at halftime every other game,

550
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 you need a tackling coach.

551
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 I think Walt Weiss will be a good candidate for you.

552
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 He took things into his own hands, and he decided he needed to slow Jorge Soler down.

553
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 And, you know, I mean, I treat Jorge Soler with regal status because he hit that home run.

554
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 Well, I don't know if you'll know or not, but those astronauts actually saw the ball laying on the moon that he hit five years ago.

555
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 He was laying right next to Alice Crampton, which was kind of interesting.

556
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 Bill Shane's taking him out at thesesuperstations.com.

557
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 Bill, what's been the reason?

558
00:37:18,140 --> 00:37:21,780
 I mean, as Walt Weiss, I would say he has to take a lot of credit so far.

559
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 It's young.

560
00:37:22,340 --> 00:37:23,840
 We're not going to get crazy here.

561
00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:25,800
 It's a long marathon called baseball.

562
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:32,140
 But in your opinion, outside of Walt Weiss and the energy that he's brought, the re-energizing, if you will,

563
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:37,460
 as far as players, what has been the key to this year compared to last year?

564
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 Well, I mean, I think last year was just a combination of things that happened that first week.

565
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 First of all, they had to start in San Diego and then Los Angeles.

566
00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:50,880
 Yep.

567
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 After the second game of the season, their starting pitcher got hurt, didn't come back for the rest of the year,

568
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 and all the low-beds.

569
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 And then, you know, after four games, their left fielder got suspended for performance-enhancing drugs,

570
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 and then they had to go play the Dodgers.

571
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 And it was like, d***, we just don't have a whole shot at anything going right.

572
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 But, you know, this year, I really go back to the success they had in spring training.

573
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 I don't know how – I mean, I'm the only one that said that, so I'm going to take credit for it.

574
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 I mean, usually you don't care about spring training stats or wins and losses.

575
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 But, man, it was important this year because it was a brand-new team,

576
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 and it was a chance to kind of push reset to a certain extent.

577
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 So they did that, and it was very beneficial, I think, to have that type of just, hey, let's win.

578
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 Let's do everything we can to win.

579
00:38:50,820 --> 00:38:54,100
 And it carried over, and it carried over so far.

580
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 So they got a real interesting series with the Guardians.

581
00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:02,680
 It used to be the Indians before some people got woke.

582
00:39:03,300 --> 00:39:08,400
 And it's going to be an interesting series because they're 8-5-2.

583
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:12,700
 They're a good team, and that will be real interesting to see how that all plays out.

584
00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:19,180
 By the way, our favorite starting pitcher, Bryce Elder, pitches again tonight.

585
00:39:19,180 --> 00:39:25,280
 One and one with a 0.00 ERA.

586
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:26,440
 What about that?

587
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:27,880
 He's a beast.

588
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:29,000
 I told you he was a beast.

589
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:30,440
 Nobody listens to me online.

590
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:31,940
 You know what?

591
00:39:32,300 --> 00:39:35,220
 I tell you what, he's been really good.

592
00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:47,880
 He missed all Greg Maddox, and I think any pitcher that doesn't throw harder than 95 ought to go spend the time with Greg Maddox because he told Bryce Elder kind of how to pitch and what he should do.

593
00:39:47,980 --> 00:39:52,760
 And I think it's beneficial for him, and it's been great, and that's a good thing.

594
00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:54,820
 So I hope it will continue.

595
00:39:54,820 --> 00:39:58,760
 Look, it wasn't just the fans who were skeptical about Bryce.

596
00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:06,680
 I mean, in spring training, the general manager named the top four starting pitchers who were locked in the rotation.

597
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:11,160
 It was Sel, Strider, Lopez, and Holmes, not Bryce Elder.

598
00:40:11,380 --> 00:40:13,120
 So he had to fight for that fifth job.

599
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:17,040
 He obviously had to go off one spot with the injury to Strider.

600
00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:18,600
 And now look what he's doing.

601
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:21,200
 He's been great, and I can't wait to see what he does tonight.

602
00:40:21,820 --> 00:40:27,100
 You know, Bill, the other thing, too, is you look at this team, and what's the old saying?

603
00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:32,220
 You can't win a championship in April, but you can put yourself in a position to certainly lose any realistic hope of it.

604
00:40:32,540 --> 00:40:37,820
 The other side of that coin is, conversely to last year, you got folks on the DL, on the mend.

605
00:40:38,420 --> 00:40:43,780
 If you can sit here and just tread water and stay anywhere from one to three games out to get some of these guys back,

606
00:40:43,780 --> 00:40:50,600
 you got to like not only where you are now, but the back half of the season as well, obviously, hoping everybody else stays healthy.

607
00:40:51,960 --> 00:40:56,220
 Well, you know, and those are pitchers, so right now you don't care, right?

608
00:40:56,320 --> 00:41:00,980
 I mean, right now you're in good shape because the pitchers have been the best in baseball overall.

609
00:41:01,180 --> 00:41:08,740
 I think the rotation of the ERA is 2.79, and, you know, the voltage of the ERA is under one.

610
00:41:08,740 --> 00:41:15,760
 And so that's a mark of how that ends, and so to know that you're going to get reinforcements back.

611
00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:19,960
 I mean, A.J. Smith-Schalber started throwing off the mound earlier this week, getting down in Florida.

612
00:41:20,460 --> 00:41:22,100
 I don't know about Schwellenbach.

613
00:41:22,340 --> 00:41:23,540
 We'll see about that.

614
00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:28,040
 I mean, he's got to come back, and I haven't heard one way or the other how his recovery is going.

615
00:41:28,180 --> 00:41:31,620
 And Hurston-Waldrup is the same way, so we just don't know.

616
00:41:31,620 --> 00:41:36,940
 It may not for a while, but, you know, we've just got to be patient and hopefully, you know,

617
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:42,120
 and the biggest thing is, I mean, one of the reasons why I'm going to Gwinnett and see the double-A team

618
00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:46,180
 is that J.R. Ritchie is also a fantastic start.

619
00:41:46,680 --> 00:41:49,140
 Denier Quintez is also an even better start.

620
00:41:49,420 --> 00:41:53,740
 So they've got two guys in triple-A who they can call on if they need help.

621
00:41:53,980 --> 00:41:57,080
 And, you know, the fifth starter spot is still a little bit of a revolving door,

622
00:41:57,160 --> 00:41:58,660
 but Strider may be back soon.

623
00:41:58,660 --> 00:42:03,960
 So if Strider's back, and you've got Sale, Strider, Elder, Lofans, and Holmes,

624
00:42:04,520 --> 00:42:07,800
 well, that's a pretty good rotation, and it may block, you know,

625
00:42:07,860 --> 00:42:10,580
 Ritchie and Quintez here for a little bit.

626
00:42:10,940 --> 00:42:14,460
 And then when Schwellenbach and Waldrop and Strider get back,

627
00:42:14,540 --> 00:42:17,680
 well, you don't have to rush them as much, which is good, you know,

628
00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:21,000
 because when you rush pitchers, you wind up getting in trouble usually.

629
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:25,940
 So it's a good situation to start off with the pitching doing well

630
00:42:25,940 --> 00:42:30,040
 because of the ramifications that it's not hurting you right now

631
00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:32,560
 to have all those injuries they had early in spring training.

632
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:37,480
 Yeah, I've already been asked this week when Strider was coming back,

633
00:42:37,580 --> 00:42:42,060
 hopefully maybe late May, late April in Fuentes.

634
00:42:42,620 --> 00:42:48,000
 I keep saying the same word you use, let him seize them a little bit, you know,

635
00:42:48,080 --> 00:42:49,380
 and then bring them up.

636
00:42:49,460 --> 00:42:52,480
 We've got a Masters update coming up soon.

637
00:42:53,740 --> 00:42:56,140
 Listen, God bless you.

638
00:42:56,880 --> 00:43:01,100
 You know, if they keep sending you a one-finger salute, just ignore them.

639
00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:06,880
 Who's on the show later today, and where can we get online to listen?

640
00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:07,860
 Well, I don't know why.

641
00:43:07,940 --> 00:43:11,020
 With the last name of Shanks, y'all wouldn't want me to have a Masters update.

642
00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:12,620
 I'll say all about the d*** Masters.

643
00:43:12,780 --> 00:43:13,520
 My name is Shanks.

644
00:43:13,780 --> 00:43:21,540
 Hey, good luck with that traffic over there, Bill.

645
00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:24,440
 And we'll agree with those five guys who give you that one-finger salute.

646
00:43:24,540 --> 00:43:25,920
 We believe you're number one, too, Bill.

647
00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:27,500
 So stay safe out there, okay, buddy?

648
00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:29,620
 Okay, guys, thank you.

649
00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:30,100
 See you, bud.

650
00:43:30,180 --> 00:43:31,600
 Bill's Shanks, these superstations.

651
00:43:32,000 --> 00:43:35,840
 Speaking of the Masters, the microphone and the golf course, the latest next.

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 Stay with us.

653
00:43:43,780 --> 00:44:08,020
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654
00:44:12,900 --> 00:44:17,920
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655
00:44:18,420 --> 00:44:19,200
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656
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 Scotty Scheffler is hanging in there in the second round as he steps into Amen Corner.

657
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 At 11, Scheffler was short of the green with his second shot, then pitched it to seven feet.

658
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 Scotty Scheffler for the par at the 11th.

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 Scheffler had a couple of early bogeys today, but he has battled back to even par for the round.

665
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 Two under for the tournament.

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 Three back of Sam Burns and Rory McIlroy, both at five under.

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 Rory McIlroy has teed off here in the second round.

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 He carried the bunker and landed in the first cut on the right edge of the fairway.

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 McIlroy, 5-under, along with Sam Burns.

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 Sam Burns, four straight pars to open his second round to remain at 5-under.

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 Two players, one back at 4-under.

690
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 Wyndham Clark in the clubhouse with a 4-under, 68 today after his even par 72 on Thursday.

691
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 Justin Rose at 4-under as well.

692
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 Rose, 2-under today through 13 and with birdies at 10 and 11 to start his second nine.

693
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 A host of players at 3-under.

694
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 Tyrell Hatton, Brooks Koepka, Shane Lowry, Jason Day, and Patrick Reed.

695
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 Koepka with back-to-back birdies at 12 and 13.

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 And we're watching the cut line here on Friday.

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 Bryson DeChambeau, John Rum on the wrong side of it right now at plus 5.

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 On Thursday's edition of Crimson Drive, driven by NASCAR, we were joined by Alabama baseball shortstop, Justin LeBron.

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 We were joking at the top of the show while we were walking your way down to the mic that, uh, were you kind of like marinated in the sunscreen, uh, getting ready for tomorrow's hot fun in the sun in T-Town?

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 Well, uh, there are four spring games tomorrow, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi State, and Florida, and you better have something, a hat, and some sunscreen.

788
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 But I think a lot of people are looking forward to, even with the limitations of a typical spring game, they need to fix and are looking forward to certainly a lot of the players.

789
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 Tennessee with a quarterback battle.

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 John Summerall going to do.

792
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 Mississippi State, Camario Davis taking over at quarterback.

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 Uh, Faison Brandon, George McIntyre, quarterback battle at Tennessee.

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 And we've gone through a lot of the questions about Alabama, and a lot of folks are interested, certainly, in Keylon Russell, Austin Mack.

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 Yeah.

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 But again, as I mentioned earlier this week, Harold, I want to see what the line of scrimmage looks like.

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 Can they run the ball more effectively?

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 A lot of folks going to see it.

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 Uh, beginning at 12.30 pregame, game kicks off if there is a kickoff.

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806
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 I've been asked about that this week.

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 But you can hear the interviews, the play-by-play, uh, starting at 12.30 on 93.9 The Score.

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 Doug Seager's got both covered.

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 A bill that closes primary elections for both the Republican and Democratic parties here in Alabama was shut down on the last day of the legislative session.

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 Yarbrough quoted his father in saying that a man always does his priorities.

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 Swinging and a drive to left center field.

870
00:58:46,660 --> 00:58:47,860
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871
00:58:48,340 --> 00:58:49,260
 He did it again!

872
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890
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895
01:00:03,380 --> 01:00:06,780
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896
01:00:09,820 --> 01:00:12,020
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897
01:00:12,620 --> 01:00:14,700
 Your exclusive inside track to the tide.

898
01:00:14,880 --> 01:00:17,820
 Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC.

899
01:00:18,640 --> 01:00:24,040
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9, The Score.

900
01:00:24,740 --> 01:00:26,740
 Welcome back in, our tour of the Boomo Bugg Show.

901
01:00:26,820 --> 01:00:28,420
 I'm Harold Bugg, alongside Brett Beaird.

902
01:00:28,520 --> 01:00:31,560
 Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

903
01:00:31,560 --> 01:00:40,160
 And for Mike Cugan, taking time out of his busy schedule as national college basketball slash football analyst down in Orlando, Florida.

904
01:00:40,300 --> 01:00:41,080
 Mike, welcome in.

905
01:00:41,160 --> 01:00:42,220
 Happy Friday to you.

906
01:00:42,260 --> 01:00:42,840
 How are you?

907
01:00:43,580 --> 01:00:50,220
 Doing not doing well, but sort of having, sorry about that, sort of having withdrawals from no college basketball.

908
01:00:51,580 --> 01:00:54,020
 I hope you're coping okay, Mike.

909
01:00:54,140 --> 01:00:58,400
 The thing is, I don't think anybody was surprised by the eventual outcome.

910
01:00:58,500 --> 01:01:05,480
 Pretty much, I think, by most standards played out by the script that Connecticut would give them a good game, but Michigan would in the end win.

911
01:01:05,720 --> 01:01:15,760
 We know that the question, Mike, now, across the country, what are coaches, general managers, and everybody else doing now to sit here?

912
01:01:16,940 --> 01:01:18,220
 It's a simple question.

913
01:01:18,320 --> 01:01:19,440
 It's not that easy to answer.

914
01:01:19,560 --> 01:01:22,400
 The simple question is just come up with as much money as Michigan.

915
01:01:22,960 --> 01:01:24,940
 Have a coach that knows how to evaluate talent.

916
01:01:25,080 --> 01:01:28,320
 It's a pretty simple formula, but it's hard to put into practice, is it not, Mike?

917
01:01:28,840 --> 01:01:32,240
 Yeah, and money only gets you so far.

918
01:01:32,240 --> 01:01:34,960
 I think Chuckie's a perfect example.

919
01:01:35,120 --> 01:01:36,600
 BYU is another example.

920
01:01:37,200 --> 01:01:45,960
 I think Dusty May did a very nice job of finding guys who fit the kind of offense and defense he plays.

921
01:01:46,080 --> 01:01:47,120
 He wanted big guys.

922
01:01:48,040 --> 01:01:49,060
 He wanted a point guard.

923
01:01:49,920 --> 01:01:54,300
 He got Elliott Caddo, who North Carolina was not displeased to see leave.

924
01:01:54,700 --> 01:01:56,840
 He did not play well in North Carolina.

925
01:01:57,680 --> 01:02:00,940
 A day Mara at UCLA was underutilized.

926
01:02:01,460 --> 01:02:05,460
 Moraes Johnson in Illinois was considered superfluous.

927
01:02:06,240 --> 01:02:09,860
 So, it's a combination.

928
01:02:10,660 --> 01:02:15,520
 You've got to spend money, but I would argue you do not have to have the highest payroll.

929
01:02:16,020 --> 01:02:19,680
 You have to have a coach who gets good players who fit in his system.

930
01:02:20,680 --> 01:02:24,680
 Illinois was a big team with a really good freshman point guard.

931
01:02:25,680 --> 01:02:29,800
 Arizona was a big team with a really good freshman point guard.

932
01:02:30,020 --> 01:02:30,580
 There you go.

933
01:02:30,780 --> 01:02:31,520
 A freshman guard.

934
01:02:31,740 --> 01:02:36,340
 And Michigan was a very big team with an experienced point guard.

935
01:02:36,740 --> 01:02:38,700
 And I think that has something to do with it.

936
01:02:39,380 --> 01:02:41,180
 I think you're going to see teams.

937
01:02:42,300 --> 01:02:44,200
 I think the pendulum has swung.

938
01:02:44,800 --> 01:02:52,680
 If you've got mobile big guys, that's, I think, a recipe for having a ton of success.

939
01:02:53,020 --> 01:02:55,260
 Michigan had mobile big guys.

940
01:02:55,420 --> 01:02:57,260
 Arizona had mobile big guys.

941
01:02:57,660 --> 01:02:59,580
 Illinois had mobile big guys.

942
01:02:59,580 --> 01:03:01,980
 But Michigan had the best overall team.

943
01:03:03,200 --> 01:03:05,660
 Mike, I saw a tweet a few minutes ago.

944
01:03:05,900 --> 01:03:18,740
 As of 104 Central, 204 Eastern Time in your Eastern Zone, there are 2,000 and 65 players who have entered the college basketball portal.

945
01:03:19,300 --> 01:03:25,380
 That is 700 more than who entered the portal in 2023.

946
01:03:26,740 --> 01:03:35,200
 And our friend, Blake Lovell of Southeastern 16, we were talking about Rick Barnes, who has lost seven players.

947
01:03:35,440 --> 01:03:38,820
 The women's program has lost nine.

948
01:03:39,580 --> 01:03:43,540
 And some of that was some misconceptions about Tennessee's NIL.

949
01:03:44,040 --> 01:03:53,920
 But for a Rick Barnes, who's added a few more gray hairs, he literally is beginning to start over in the Tennessee women's program right now.

950
01:03:54,400 --> 01:03:55,620
 Needs a lot of work.

951
01:03:55,880 --> 01:04:04,540
 Mike, your thoughts on, Harold mentioned it, general managers, coaches, the work they're having to do now for the next 30 days.

952
01:04:05,080 --> 01:04:12,060
 Yeah, it's compressed to an extent of the opening of the portal.

953
01:04:12,380 --> 01:04:15,160
 It's only about, like I said, two to three weeks.

954
01:04:15,360 --> 01:04:18,340
 But it's not like, oh, my God, we've got to worry about the portal now.

955
01:04:18,720 --> 01:04:22,140
 Most programs are doing this year-round now.

956
01:04:22,220 --> 01:04:23,740
 It's sort of like an NFL front office.

957
01:04:23,740 --> 01:04:28,060
 You're always looking for players to sign if other teams cut them, all that kind of stuff.

958
01:04:28,100 --> 01:04:29,600
 You're looking at the high school ranks.

959
01:04:30,620 --> 01:04:35,800
 So it's not like this caught Tennessee or, frankly, any school by surprise.

960
01:04:36,040 --> 01:04:43,460
 Again, you better be prepared when the portal, Tennessee already has the lung blade from Belmont.

961
01:04:43,640 --> 01:04:46,340
 It should be a really nice fit for the Vols offense.

962
01:04:47,020 --> 01:04:57,460
 But it is interesting to see an elite eight team lose guys with remaining eligibility.

963
01:04:58,200 --> 01:05:01,280
 So, yeah, Barnes knows what he's doing.

964
01:05:01,440 --> 01:05:04,360
 He has a certain kind of guy, a certain kind of player in mind.

965
01:05:04,500 --> 01:05:11,020
 But, yeah, now you've got to put practice into motion and see how this works out.

966
01:05:12,100 --> 01:05:15,460
 Mike Higgins, National College football slash basketball analyst.

967
01:05:15,840 --> 01:05:20,140
 If you'd indulge us, Mike, with our zip code, what do you see as far as Alabama and Auburn?

968
01:05:20,200 --> 01:05:24,020
 That's a tough question because who knows who's on the roster, right?

969
01:05:24,060 --> 01:05:25,900
 I mean, that's kind of a crazy question.

970
01:05:25,900 --> 01:05:34,960
 But your thoughts maybe as far as the thinking based on the patterns, because it seems like Nate would prefer to go with those jackrabbits at guard who can knock down the three.

971
01:05:35,080 --> 01:05:39,360
 And maybe, obviously, we'd like to have the big guy, but the priority seems to be behind the arc.

972
01:05:39,440 --> 01:05:42,720
 Your thoughts about Alabama's future, how they're going to put this roster together.

973
01:05:42,780 --> 01:05:48,360
 And, of course, Stephen Pearl, basically playing Lazarus, comes back to life in the NIT.

974
01:05:50,960 --> 01:05:51,320
 Right.

975
01:05:51,420 --> 01:05:56,420
 Nate Oates is not going to all of a sudden go, oh, I'm going to change everything I've done in the past to copy Michigan.

976
01:05:56,560 --> 01:06:06,260
 He's going to look for three-point shooters, though I would argue that he knows he needs to get more physical up front.

977
01:06:07,320 --> 01:06:10,660
 They got bullied at times in the SEC play.

978
01:06:10,900 --> 01:06:12,900
 They got bullied in the NCAA tournament.

979
01:06:14,280 --> 01:06:16,380
 Yeah, shooting three-pointers is fine.

980
01:06:16,460 --> 01:06:17,900
 He's not going to change that aspect.

981
01:06:17,900 --> 01:06:22,620
 But my assumption is they're going to try to get a little bit more physical up front.

982
01:06:23,300 --> 01:06:30,800
 And if you're at Auburn, I think you're looking for just a boatload of guys who can come in, shoot the ball, very athletic.

983
01:06:32,460 --> 01:06:35,040
 And you want what everybody else wants.

984
01:06:35,200 --> 01:06:39,740
 You want shooters, you want athletes, and you want big guys who can be physical.

985
01:06:40,420 --> 01:06:44,920
 Now, that goes back to how much is Alabama going to spend, how much is Auburn going to spend.

986
01:06:45,820 --> 01:06:49,640
 But, yeah, I think if you're an Alabama fan, you're confident.

987
01:06:50,000 --> 01:06:53,120
 Oates getting more physical up front.

988
01:06:53,360 --> 01:06:56,860
 If you're a Tigers fan, I'm not sure you're confident.

989
01:06:58,480 --> 01:07:00,000
 You know, Stephen Pearl has not done this.

990
01:07:01,100 --> 01:07:04,680
 You know, he took over a team in the summer last year.

991
01:07:04,780 --> 01:07:06,120
 The roster already was there.

992
01:07:06,540 --> 01:07:09,280
 So, he's having to put together a roster for the first time.

993
01:07:09,480 --> 01:07:14,080
 Now, granted, he helped his dad put together rosters before, but it is different when you're the coach.

994
01:07:14,540 --> 01:07:17,640
 But, yeah, Alabama has an easier road than Auburn.

995
01:07:19,020 --> 01:07:21,580
 I think we've discussed this with you before.

996
01:07:21,740 --> 01:07:25,440
 We've been blessed to work with you now for 20-plus years.

997
01:07:26,080 --> 01:07:34,080
 The NCAA Football Division Council discussing the five years to play five.

998
01:07:34,080 --> 01:07:40,880
 There will be no granting of red shirts or waivers in order to receive additional players.

999
01:07:41,580 --> 01:07:47,480
 The five-year eligibility clock, as they put it, would begin at an athlete's 19th birthday

1000
01:07:47,480 --> 01:07:50,580
 or when they graduate from high school.

1001
01:07:51,260 --> 01:07:56,220
 Mike, we've discussed this with you on and off for the last 10 to 15 years,

1002
01:07:56,420 --> 01:08:00,420
 and we've heard all the stuff about player eligibility.

1003
01:08:01,640 --> 01:08:07,260
 Again, the Ole Miss quarterback going to the Mississippi Supreme Court.

1004
01:08:07,260 --> 01:08:10,980
 But your thoughts on the five years to play five?

1005
01:08:11,780 --> 01:08:15,040
 I think that has some merit,

1006
01:08:15,160 --> 01:08:23,080
 and I think that would be a little bit more survivable if it goes to court.

1007
01:08:24,180 --> 01:08:29,100
 The one free transfer thing in five years, that is not survivable.

1008
01:08:30,680 --> 01:08:34,460
 And that's just theatrics by politicians going that kind of stuff out there.

1009
01:08:35,600 --> 01:08:39,400
 The age thing, it has merit.

1010
01:08:39,920 --> 01:08:46,920
 I do wonder if you're a Mormon mission, you're starting college at 21.

1011
01:08:47,760 --> 01:08:50,880
 I don't know how that would be worked out.

1012
01:08:50,980 --> 01:08:53,360
 Also, the fact that there are injuries.

1013
01:08:54,320 --> 01:08:57,220
 Look at Michael Penix, the Falcons' starting quarterback.

1014
01:08:57,860 --> 01:08:59,540
 He played at Indiana first.

1015
01:08:59,980 --> 01:09:01,200
 He played there for four years.

1016
01:09:01,320 --> 01:09:02,800
 He had four season-ending injuries.

1017
01:09:03,280 --> 01:09:06,740
 And two of them kept him basically from playing more than one game in a season.

1018
01:09:07,100 --> 01:09:10,580
 So I'm not sure you can punish people for getting hurt.

1019
01:09:11,840 --> 01:09:19,220
 I think everybody agrees that the idea of 26- and 27-year-old college players is ridiculous.

1020
01:09:20,020 --> 01:09:25,040
 But I think injuries are a fact of life for college athletes.

1021
01:09:25,600 --> 01:09:28,900
 And that, to me, smacks of being unfair.

1022
01:09:29,460 --> 01:09:34,520
 If a guy gets hurt two foreign ACLs in five years, that's not that uncommon.

1023
01:09:34,880 --> 01:09:36,860
 My nephew played college lacrosse.

1024
01:09:36,960 --> 01:09:37,560
 He had that.

1025
01:09:38,140 --> 01:09:40,520
 So, and missed two years.

1026
01:09:40,720 --> 01:09:42,900
 So that's a sticking point.

1027
01:09:43,040 --> 01:09:51,140
 But I do think that an age limit is more survivable in court than the one transfer in five years,

1028
01:09:51,260 --> 01:09:56,220
 which is performative theater and has absolutely zero chance of being put into action.

1029
01:09:56,940 --> 01:10:00,500
 You know, some lawyer right now is saying, call me once that happens.

1030
01:10:00,580 --> 01:10:01,580
 Let's go from there.

1031
01:10:01,700 --> 01:10:04,940
 Mike, in the meantime, a lot of spring flings this weekend.

1032
01:10:04,940 --> 01:10:08,140
 In your opinion, what is the most intriguing spring?

1033
01:10:08,700 --> 01:10:11,680
 Maybe across the country and particularly around the SEC.

1034
01:10:14,120 --> 01:10:17,240
 Because there's a lot of questions at quarterback for a lot of schools.

1035
01:10:18,680 --> 01:10:25,340
 That, to me, is, you know, the SEC wants to get back to the top of the college football world.

1036
01:10:25,440 --> 01:10:31,100
 Three years in a row, we've seen a Big Ten school win and three different Big Ten schools at that.

1037
01:10:31,780 --> 01:10:38,480
 So, if you're Tennessee, if you're Florida, if you're Alabama, even if you're LSU,

1038
01:10:38,700 --> 01:10:43,960
 you're, I think, worried and wondering about your quarterback situation for the fall.

1039
01:10:45,380 --> 01:10:47,740
 You know, Kentucky seems happy with Kenny Minchie.

1040
01:10:48,280 --> 01:10:55,540
 I'm assuming Auburn is fine with Byron Brown because he is extremely well-versed in Gullish's offense.

1041
01:10:55,820 --> 01:10:59,500
 South Carolina was sellers, even though he did not play all that well last year.

1042
01:10:59,760 --> 01:11:06,760
 But there are a lot of SEC programs that are going to go into the summer with questions at quarterback.

1043
01:11:07,480 --> 01:11:15,780
 And for a league that wants to win a national title, having quarterback questions, plural, is not a good thing.

1044
01:11:15,920 --> 01:11:19,660
 You know, Texas has Manning back, presumably a positive.

1045
01:11:19,980 --> 01:11:23,060
 Texas A&A with Marcel Reed, presumably a positive.

1046
01:11:23,620 --> 01:11:27,340
 But there's still a lot of questions about a lot of quarterback situations in the SEC.

1047
01:11:28,060 --> 01:11:32,360
 And that, to me, is fascinating because the league doesn't want to get back to the top.

1048
01:11:32,880 --> 01:11:37,360
 But quarterback play, obviously, is very important in getting back to the top.

1049
01:11:38,500 --> 01:11:45,660
 Tennessee, for example, tomorrow, Faison Brandon and George McIntyre, who's a tall drink of water.

1050
01:11:46,360 --> 01:11:50,880
 And they're trying to put a—and then Keelan Russell and Austin Bank for Alabama.

1051
01:11:50,880 --> 01:11:53,700
 I got tickled at Jon Sumrall.

1052
01:11:54,120 --> 01:11:57,660
 He's mentioned this a couple of times, to basically paraphrase it.

1053
01:11:57,980 --> 01:12:00,080
 He said, look, these kids are getting paid now.

1054
01:12:00,160 --> 01:12:01,300
 They better perform.

1055
01:12:02,300 --> 01:12:06,240
 Mike, in about 90 seconds, your thoughts on Jon Sumrall in Florida?

1056
01:12:06,460 --> 01:12:09,140
 Yeah, I think he's got a point.

1057
01:12:10,280 --> 01:12:13,480
 You know, people have always criticized college athletes.

1058
01:12:14,060 --> 01:12:16,640
 And at times, it's been a little over the top.

1059
01:12:16,760 --> 01:12:20,060
 But now, they are professional.

1060
01:12:20,720 --> 01:12:26,600
 And if you're paying a dude a million dollars, which might be cheap for a quarterback,

1061
01:12:27,180 --> 01:12:30,880
 you do expect a certain level of play.

1062
01:12:30,880 --> 01:12:37,280
 Now, there are, obviously, situations where the coach and general manager have overpaid.

1063
01:12:37,600 --> 01:12:46,520
 But criticism of college players now, I think, is—it's not bothersome anymore because these guys are getting paid.

1064
01:12:47,780 --> 01:12:48,640
 Yeah, absolutely.

1065
01:12:48,900 --> 01:12:50,860
 Well, they've got four in the SEC tomorrow.

1066
01:12:50,980 --> 01:12:53,300
 Mississippi State, Florida, Alabama, and Tennessee.

1067
01:12:53,700 --> 01:12:56,240
 And then they've got six or seven next week.

1068
01:12:56,320 --> 01:13:04,380
 Yeah, and listen, I always enjoy conversation, be it basketball or football or life.

1069
01:13:05,020 --> 01:13:06,440
 Have a great weekend, buddy.

1070
01:13:06,520 --> 01:13:07,920
 Let's do this again next Friday.

1071
01:13:08,500 --> 01:13:08,840
 Excellent.

1072
01:13:08,980 --> 01:13:09,480
 Appreciate it, guys.

1073
01:13:09,980 --> 01:13:10,940
 There you go, Mike.

1074
01:13:11,000 --> 01:13:12,260
 You're going in, checking in.

1075
01:13:12,400 --> 01:13:14,100
 Time for us to check out the Masters.

1076
01:13:14,500 --> 01:13:16,400
 And look for a lot of Big Mac.

1077
01:13:16,560 --> 01:13:18,380
 McIlroy looks like he's making a move.

1078
01:13:18,760 --> 01:13:21,680
 Along with Tyrell Hatton, that looks to be the top of the board.

1079
01:13:21,860 --> 01:13:26,240
 Well, we'll see for sure next, the latest from the Masters here on 93.9, the score.

1080
01:13:34,920 --> 01:13:36,020
 Shoals drop everything.

1081
01:13:36,460 --> 01:13:37,380
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1082
01:13:37,680 --> 01:13:40,660
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1083
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1084
01:13:45,060 --> 01:13:50,160
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1085
01:13:50,300 --> 01:13:53,820
 And coming off the bench hot, our brand-new buffalo chicken dip.

1086
01:13:53,940 --> 01:13:57,660
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1087
01:13:58,040 --> 01:14:04,000
 Run the full-court press at Lost Pizza Company Shoals, where every bite beats the buzzer.

1088
01:14:04,000 --> 01:14:08,780
 This update on the 2026 Masters is brought to you locally by Alabama Health Guidance.

1089
01:14:13,040 --> 01:14:18,080
 From the Augusta National Golf Club, Westwood One Sports presents this special report on the Masters.

1090
01:14:18,520 --> 01:14:19,300
 I'm Ted Emmerich.

1091
01:14:19,540 --> 01:14:25,160
 It's a brutal course for just about everyone in the second round, except Tyrell Hatton for some reason.

1092
01:14:25,480 --> 01:14:29,640
 Seven under today through 16, seven birdies, no bogeys for the Brit.

1093
01:14:29,980 --> 01:14:32,960
 He is tied atop the leaderboard for now.

1094
01:14:33,280 --> 01:14:37,860
 Rory McIlroy just starting his round and looking to take sole possession of the lead.

1095
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 McIlroy hits it high into this beautiful blue sky with a short iron, ball on its way, past the flagstick to this back-left pole location, and it's going to spin back towards the hall.

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 Really good shot by the defending champion.

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 Inside five feet for McIlroy for Birdie to reach six under par.

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 Five feet for Birdie for McIlroy at number two, but it is down the hill.

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 Tyrell Hatton, Rory McIlroy lead the way at five under par.

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 McIlroy does have a five-foot birdie putt coming up at number two.

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 Wyndham Clark, Justin Rose, Sam Burns, and Patrick Reed all one shot back at four under.

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 Clark went out this morning and shot four under 68 to push to minus four overall.

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 Rose is two under today through 14.

1127
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 Brooks Koepka among those at three under par.

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 The five-time major winner is three under today through 14.

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 Scotty Scheffler landed in the creek at 13.

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 Time behind the mic at former tri-host of the Zone ABC 3340 down in a city called Birmingham,

1190
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 Alabama.

1191
01:20:11,600 --> 01:20:13,080
 Doug Segrist, welcome in.

1192
01:20:13,120 --> 01:20:13,800
 How are you?

1193
01:20:14,680 --> 01:20:15,720
 I am superb.

1194
01:20:16,400 --> 01:20:19,100
 I'm just regretful that basketball's over.

1195
01:20:19,820 --> 01:20:20,100
 Yeah.

1196
01:20:20,600 --> 01:20:22,940
 Well, but the other way looking at it, you got the Masters.

1197
01:20:23,040 --> 01:20:27,120
 By the way, Doug, are you still handing out coaching tips to the winners at the Masters,

1198
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 or are you giving that up?

1199
01:20:29,840 --> 01:20:31,360
 Yeah, I gave it.

1200
01:20:31,360 --> 01:20:36,620
 Listen, I haven't played golf since July 20th, 1988.

1201
01:20:38,620 --> 01:20:40,340
 Why do you remember that date, Doug?

1202
01:20:41,840 --> 01:20:49,460
 Because I played with Joe DiMaggio at a pro-AM, and I figured life wasn't going to get any

1203
01:20:49,460 --> 01:20:50,200
 better than that.

1204
01:20:50,220 --> 01:20:51,740
 It's been downhill since.

1205
01:20:52,460 --> 01:20:57,040
 Yeah, I remember I was down in one of the years when they had the big tournament there in

1206
01:20:57,040 --> 01:21:01,560
 Birmingham, and Charlie Barkley was playing with all the big shots, and what was his name?

1207
01:21:01,640 --> 01:21:05,640
 Soogers, the big banker down there that got in trouble, you know who I'm talking about.

1208
01:21:05,720 --> 01:21:06,780
 Sushi, I think it was, right?

1209
01:21:07,540 --> 01:21:11,320
 Anyway, yeah, Charlie teased off, and what does he do?

1210
01:21:11,940 --> 01:21:14,680
 Of course, he had to go out there and have his toy that was bigger than anybody else's.

1211
01:21:14,740 --> 01:21:16,560
 Charlie hit his trailer out there on the course.

1212
01:21:16,680 --> 01:21:17,020
 I don't know.

1213
01:21:17,260 --> 01:21:22,280
 I think that's why Charlie gave up golf, too, and Doug, so that's the one memory I have

1214
01:21:22,280 --> 01:21:24,640
 with Charlie Barkley on the golf course.

1215
01:21:24,760 --> 01:21:25,780
 All right, talk to us.

1216
01:21:25,900 --> 01:21:28,820
 Spring flings are about to break out all over the place, Doug.

1217
01:21:28,820 --> 01:21:30,700
 Tomorrow is Alabama's turn.

1218
01:21:31,220 --> 01:21:33,980
 What will we learn tomorrow, if anything, in Tuscaloosa?

1219
01:21:35,360 --> 01:21:36,540
 You know, I'm not sure.

1220
01:21:36,620 --> 01:21:41,960
 This is just a glorified scrimmage, but is the offensive line, you know, coming together?

1221
01:21:42,060 --> 01:21:48,540
 I mean, this is the scary part, that this is almost a wholesale transformation and replacement

1222
01:21:48,540 --> 01:21:53,440
 of an offensive line that really underachieved and wasn't very productive last year.

1223
01:21:54,280 --> 01:21:55,740
 You know, can they run the ball now?

1224
01:21:56,520 --> 01:21:58,060
 Which quarterback emerges?

1225
01:21:58,360 --> 01:22:01,940
 You know, here's the irony, is they lost a lot on defense.

1226
01:22:02,260 --> 01:22:03,900
 They need a speed rusher.

1227
01:22:03,900 --> 01:22:06,020
 They got questions of the linebacker.

1228
01:22:06,400 --> 01:22:13,620
 But you go in feeling pretty good about this defense, and it's just what can this offense

1229
01:22:13,620 --> 01:22:18,640
 resurrect that I think has everybody's focus, and this is supposed to be the strength of this

1230
01:22:18,640 --> 01:22:18,980
 program.

1231
01:22:20,660 --> 01:22:25,380
 Doug, I think the other big question is, can they run the ball more effectively?

1232
01:22:25,380 --> 01:22:32,500
 I think they were about 130th the last five games of the season as far as running the ball.

1233
01:22:33,180 --> 01:22:36,740
 I do believe Javon James, for example, at right tackle.

1234
01:22:37,100 --> 01:22:39,640
 Michael Carroll now at right guard.

1235
01:22:41,140 --> 01:22:44,640
 I think this offensive line would be improved.

1236
01:22:45,160 --> 01:22:47,820
 E.J. Crowell, we probably won't see tomorrow.

1237
01:22:48,000 --> 01:22:49,840
 He's been banged up a little bit.

1238
01:22:49,840 --> 01:22:56,900
 But, you know, can they get some explosive plays, a.k.a. Deer, Treshawn Brown is a kid

1239
01:22:56,900 --> 01:22:58,720
 that Kaelin DeBoer's talked about.

1240
01:22:59,260 --> 01:23:04,320
 One of the biggest questions we'll hear the entire spring and summer, Doug, can they run

1241
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 the ball?

1242
01:23:06,820 --> 01:23:12,560
 Yeah, I just, I think part of it is a will to run the ball, and I think that was part of

1243
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 the problem last year.

1244
01:23:13,840 --> 01:23:15,640
 It just wasn't established early enough.

1245
01:23:16,640 --> 01:23:20,380
 You know, obviously, Jim Miller was never 100% healthy.

1246
01:23:20,960 --> 01:23:27,100
 I think, you know, in Riley and Deer and Crowell, the parts are good.

1247
01:23:27,700 --> 01:23:30,120
 I think Daniel Hill has looked really good.

1248
01:23:30,880 --> 01:23:35,400
 But the bottom line is, if you don't have some, you know, road graders up front, it doesn't

1249
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 really matter.

1250
01:23:36,500 --> 01:23:36,940
 Thank you.

1251
01:23:37,120 --> 01:23:42,300
 So I'm interested to see how the change in the coaching staff pays off.

1252
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 Because, you know, you're bringing in a guy who's done it at every level and very much

1253
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 a task, you know, just demands a lot from everybody.

1254
01:23:53,360 --> 01:23:57,720
 And if that translates, then I think the answer is unequivocally yes.

1255
01:23:58,560 --> 01:24:01,780
 Yeah, and the thing is, we've been talking about that too, Doug.

1256
01:24:01,780 --> 01:24:04,460
 It doesn't matter about quarterbacks and running backs and wide receivers.

1257
01:24:04,460 --> 01:24:06,420
 If they don't have time to do the job, guess what?

1258
01:24:06,480 --> 01:24:08,120
 It's a lot of potential left on the board.

1259
01:24:08,120 --> 01:24:12,800
 But if they do, Doug, obviously someone who had all the potential in the world coming

1260
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 out of high school and certainly after the Georgia game his freshman year was one Ryan

1261
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 Williams.

1262
01:24:17,100 --> 01:24:18,500
 We know what happened last year.

1263
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 Doug, your thoughts about Ryan Williams part three in Tuscaloosa?

1264
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 We know he's got the talent.

1265
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 You know, he didn't draw passes his freshman year like he did last year.

1266
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 So you wonder at some point how much of it is other things going on, sophomore slump.

1267
01:24:39,740 --> 01:24:42,760
 Now you add to that he's married, he's stepdad.

1268
01:24:42,820 --> 01:24:46,220
 There just seems to be a lot going on off the field.

1269
01:24:46,440 --> 01:24:48,960
 And that's probably as big a concern as anything.

1270
01:24:49,500 --> 01:24:56,440
 But I think in, you know, the NC State transfer, I think in the freshman from Alex City, you know,

1271
01:24:56,920 --> 01:24:59,200
 losing Bernard is huge.

1272
01:25:00,060 --> 01:25:03,400
 I think still losing Horton is fairly big.

1273
01:25:03,620 --> 01:25:10,220
 But I think they may have some pieces there to compliment Ryan, you know,

1274
01:25:10,240 --> 01:25:14,560
 if he's 100% committed to the way he was freshman.

1275
01:25:15,640 --> 01:25:16,640
 And it's a big question.

1276
01:25:16,760 --> 01:25:18,540
 I don't know if that will be resolved tomorrow.

1277
01:25:18,660 --> 01:25:21,740
 I don't know if we'll know anything until mid-September.

1278
01:25:22,820 --> 01:25:30,240
 Doug, as of 127, there are 2,035 players in the college basketball transfer portal.

1279
01:25:30,440 --> 01:25:36,900
 I just saw on Twitter that Todd Pettiford is saying he's putting his name in the NBA draft

1280
01:25:36,900 --> 01:25:38,880
 but will keep his eligibility.

1281
01:25:39,840 --> 01:25:42,000
 Sebastian Williams is coming back.

1282
01:25:42,520 --> 01:25:44,320
 Kevin Overton, Jobick.

1283
01:25:44,860 --> 01:25:50,500
 We know Amy Sherrell is gone probably to the highest bidder for a big man.

1284
01:25:50,500 --> 01:25:53,000
 A lot of work for a lot of these coaches.

1285
01:25:53,140 --> 01:25:54,720
 Rick Barnes at Tennessee, too.

1286
01:25:54,940 --> 01:25:58,280
 Your thoughts on basketball transfer portal?

1287
01:26:00,020 --> 01:26:01,480
 It's just a mess right now.

1288
01:26:01,700 --> 01:26:05,360
 And, you know, some of these players might end up without a team altogether.

1289
01:26:05,440 --> 01:26:06,040
 They will.

1290
01:26:06,520 --> 01:26:06,680
 Yeah.

1291
01:26:07,940 --> 01:26:09,440
 You're just kind of rolling dice.

1292
01:26:09,580 --> 01:26:11,840
 And, again, I think we need to form the –

1293
01:26:11,840 --> 01:26:18,760
 Sherrell is probably the biggest head-scratcher of all because he was, you know,

1294
01:26:18,800 --> 01:26:26,100
 he is not a post-up, you know, bang-around center like you saw at Michigan this past year.

1295
01:26:26,780 --> 01:26:28,840
 He really fits that Alabama team.

1296
01:26:28,940 --> 01:26:29,320
 He does.

1297
01:26:29,380 --> 01:26:33,380
 But I wonder if this has a lot to do with all the attention on Betty Occo.

1298
01:26:34,540 --> 01:26:37,080
 Are there chemistry issues we didn't know about?

1299
01:26:37,160 --> 01:26:40,980
 Because, you know, on the surface, it seemed like a team that really got together.

1300
01:26:41,220 --> 01:26:43,020
 Is he just looking for a bigger payday?

1301
01:26:43,360 --> 01:26:43,760
 Yeah.

1302
01:26:44,800 --> 01:26:49,340
 But some of the schools he's looking at, you know, the automatic thing, well, if he goes to Michigan,

1303
01:26:49,560 --> 01:26:50,880
 well, that's pretty obvious.

1304
01:26:51,100 --> 01:26:58,020
 But, I mean, I think he's the second Alabama player that's looking strong at Providence with, you know,

1305
01:26:58,040 --> 01:27:00,820
 his form is the guy who recruited him, Brian Hodgson.

1306
01:27:01,460 --> 01:27:04,980
 So, I don't know the solution to this.

1307
01:27:05,580 --> 01:27:13,240
 You know, we saw what Bucky McMillan did last year with just a total retransformation of the Texas A&M program.

1308
01:27:13,240 --> 01:27:17,460
 You know, we keep talking about Michigan, five transfers starting.

1309
01:27:18,160 --> 01:27:19,740
 Burnett was the only holdover.

1310
01:27:20,540 --> 01:27:23,320
 So, it can be done, but you've got to have a lot of money.

1311
01:27:23,500 --> 01:27:25,240
 You've got to be perfect on evaluations.

1312
01:27:25,800 --> 01:27:27,200
 I would hate to be a coach today.

1313
01:27:27,900 --> 01:27:29,120
 Oh, no, no, no.

1314
01:27:29,220 --> 01:27:31,560
 But you just hit on the perfect explanation for it.

1315
01:27:31,560 --> 01:27:32,900
 If you're a fan, you've just got to be quiet.

1316
01:27:33,000 --> 01:27:36,580
 What you've got to do is sell your kids, take the money, and contribute to the athletic department.

1317
01:27:36,640 --> 01:27:37,940
 It's not that complicated, is it?

1318
01:27:38,180 --> 01:27:41,360
 So, they're always begging for money.

1319
01:27:41,360 --> 01:27:43,220
 And quickly, before you jump off, how much pressure?

1320
01:27:43,640 --> 01:27:48,860
 Can we put a quantitative term on it that Kalen DeBoer is facing in year three in Tuscaloosa?

1321
01:27:49,980 --> 01:27:53,720
 Yeah, he's going to be under the microscope.

1322
01:27:54,020 --> 01:27:54,920
 I mean, he's got to win.

1323
01:27:55,760 --> 01:28:00,560
 You know, I think getting back to the playoffs is probably the bare minimum expectation.

1324
01:28:00,900 --> 01:28:02,800
 And the truth is, their schedule's harder.

1325
01:28:03,440 --> 01:28:08,480
 And it's kind of those three or four games in a row that really make it difficult.

1326
01:28:08,580 --> 01:28:11,120
 They ought to start 4-1 or 5-0 pretty easily.

1327
01:28:11,320 --> 01:28:13,800
 But after that, it gets real difficult.

1328
01:28:14,040 --> 01:28:19,540
 And then when you look what they lost, I mean, this kind of sets up as a step-back year.

1329
01:28:20,060 --> 01:28:21,820
 So, can he survive an 8-4?

1330
01:28:22,500 --> 01:28:22,720
 Yeah.

1331
01:28:23,400 --> 01:28:24,900
 7-5 would get Dice.

1332
01:28:25,100 --> 01:28:30,580
 Again, if he's 9-3 and he gets in the playoffs, I think he'll be okay.

1333
01:28:30,840 --> 01:28:33,640
 You know, I still got a lot of faith in him going forward.

1334
01:28:33,740 --> 01:28:37,840
 I think this will be more his program and what he wants to do.

1335
01:28:38,000 --> 01:28:44,280
 I think the fact that he's looking at even re-evaluating how they run scout teams is a good sign.

1336
01:28:44,400 --> 01:28:47,200
 Because, you know, that's what Nick Saban always did.

1337
01:28:47,320 --> 01:28:50,880
 He always was changing things and updating.

1338
01:28:51,180 --> 01:28:53,160
 And I think you've got to do that to stay relevant.

1339
01:28:54,180 --> 01:28:56,660
 Yeah, he was a master at adapting.

1340
01:28:56,880 --> 01:29:01,700
 And I think now he realizes what it takes to win in the SEC.

1341
01:29:01,700 --> 01:29:06,800
 And you can't play finesse football and win in the SEC.

1342
01:29:07,580 --> 01:29:08,860
 And Derek Seekers can.

1343
01:29:09,400 --> 01:29:12,400
 We know that in football or basketball.

1344
01:29:12,800 --> 01:29:15,520
 I always enjoy the conversation with you.

1345
01:29:16,060 --> 01:29:19,640
 Listen, I don't know how you can get through this weekend without any basketball.

1346
01:29:20,020 --> 01:29:22,680
 But we're praying for you to try to get through it, okay?

1347
01:29:23,600 --> 01:29:25,860
 I've got a lot of DVR saved.

1348
01:29:26,840 --> 01:29:28,880
 I'm just going to go back through the whole season.

1349
01:29:31,300 --> 01:29:32,380
 Derek, listen, man.

1350
01:29:32,380 --> 01:29:33,900
 You're not going to be alone, I guarantee you.

1351
01:29:33,980 --> 01:29:35,500
 In the meantime, thank you so much.

1352
01:29:36,220 --> 01:29:37,160
 It's hard to say this.

1353
01:29:37,200 --> 01:29:39,380
 Stay as cool as you can this weekend.

1354
01:29:39,760 --> 01:29:41,020
 And let's do it again soon, okay?

1355
01:29:41,840 --> 01:29:42,320
 Thanks, Harold.

1356
01:29:42,320 --> 01:29:42,840
 Thanks, Brett.

1357
01:29:42,920 --> 01:29:43,500
 Y'all have a great one.

1358
01:29:43,500 --> 01:29:44,560
 You too.

1359
01:29:44,660 --> 01:29:50,460
 Doug Seekers, the man, named one of the 50 legends of the Alabama Sports Writers Association.

1360
01:29:51,220 --> 01:29:55,600
 Coming up this week, Alabama and next week, Auburn with a spring fling.

1361
01:29:55,680 --> 01:29:59,880
 We'll set the early stage with Justin Ferguson and more straight ahead of the Boomwell Buck Show.

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1420
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1421
01:33:44,320 --> 01:33:47,740
 The Crimson Tide, 8-4 in the SEC, 26-8 overall.

1422
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1423
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1424
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1425
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1426
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1427
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1428
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1429
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1430
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1431
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 Troy is 6-6 in the Sun Belt.

1432
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1451
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1452
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1453
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1460
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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1461
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 The Score.

1462
01:35:43,520 --> 01:35:44,100
 Welcome back in.

1463
01:35:44,140 --> 01:35:47,480
 Time to head way down to the southeastern part of the state.

1464
01:35:47,580 --> 01:35:48,300
 Please call Auburn.

1465
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 Say hello to Justin Ferguson.

1466
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 He's got it all covered there with the Auburn Observer.

1467
01:35:52,720 --> 01:35:53,520
 Justin, welcome in.

1468
01:35:53,580 --> 01:35:54,640
 Happy Friday to you.

1469
01:35:54,680 --> 01:35:55,140
 How are you?

1470
01:35:56,040 --> 01:35:56,600
 I'm all right.

1471
01:35:56,600 --> 01:35:56,920
 How are y'all?

1472
01:35:57,480 --> 01:35:57,860
 Hey, man.

1473
01:35:57,920 --> 01:35:58,500
 We're doing all right.

1474
01:35:58,540 --> 01:36:00,180
 Kind of quiet before the storm.

1475
01:36:00,420 --> 01:36:02,920
 Things are going to be rocking in Tuscaloosa this weekend.

1476
01:36:03,040 --> 01:36:07,260
 But next weekend, the curtain comes up on a brand new era.

1477
01:36:07,900 --> 01:36:13,820
 Where are you just seven days and some change away from the beginning of a new look on the

1478
01:36:13,820 --> 01:36:14,280
 planes?

1479
01:36:15,260 --> 01:36:19,020
 Yeah, I think it's, you know, 8-8 next week is going to be a pretty good time, I think,

1480
01:36:19,060 --> 01:36:21,840
 for Auburn fans because, you know, this team is so new.

1481
01:36:22,340 --> 01:36:26,680
 The majority of this roster is fairly new, especially on the offensive side of the ball.

1482
01:36:27,400 --> 01:36:30,740
 And the fact that they're going to have an 8-8 game and have kind of more of a traditional

1483
01:36:30,740 --> 01:36:33,020
 setup as we consider.

1484
01:36:33,280 --> 01:36:37,600
 I mean, Alex Golesh did say recently that they're going to finalize what the format's

1485
01:36:37,600 --> 01:36:39,220
 going to look like over the weekend.

1486
01:36:39,520 --> 01:36:42,980
 But it's free admission, which I think is always a good move for that.

1487
01:36:43,080 --> 01:36:48,700
 And it's just a good way to kind of get people to introduce them to this new team because as

1488
01:36:48,700 --> 01:36:52,520
 somebody who's been, you know, at practices, you know, Auburn's had 10 of them to this

1489
01:36:52,520 --> 01:36:53,240
 point, spring ball.

1490
01:36:53,720 --> 01:36:54,760
 It's a lot of new faces.

1491
01:36:54,940 --> 01:36:56,060
 It's a lot to keep up with.

1492
01:36:56,720 --> 01:37:01,640
 So, you know, it's my job to do all this so I can only imagine what it's going to be

1493
01:37:01,640 --> 01:37:05,300
 like for fans who are trying to get to know this team here next Saturday.

1494
01:37:05,880 --> 01:37:11,140
 Let's talk about that because you can read about stuff, but boots in the ground, always

1495
01:37:11,140 --> 01:37:12,980
 going to be better than that and doing that route.

1496
01:37:13,360 --> 01:37:16,760
 Justin, your thoughts, you were there for how many coaches before this one?

1497
01:37:16,820 --> 01:37:17,580
 We've lost count.

1498
01:37:18,000 --> 01:37:19,900
 What is the vibe now coming in?

1499
01:37:20,860 --> 01:37:22,720
 Yeah, this is my fourth head coach I've covered at Auburn.

1500
01:37:22,840 --> 01:37:23,660
 I had fifth technically.

1501
01:37:24,060 --> 01:37:27,760
 I was there for the very end of the Gene Chizik era.

1502
01:37:27,760 --> 01:37:33,080
 But, yeah, I mean, I just think when you look at this team, they've got a lot of questions.

1503
01:37:33,320 --> 01:37:35,180
 They've got a lot to kind of figure out.

1504
01:37:35,340 --> 01:37:40,240
 But I think the big takeaway I've gotten from practice is it's been very intense for spring

1505
01:37:40,240 --> 01:37:40,600
 practice.

1506
01:37:40,760 --> 01:37:45,640
 And I think last year, you know, when you have Hugh Freeze up there talking about how much

1507
01:37:45,640 --> 01:37:50,820
 he didn't really want spring practice in which they kind of changed the format and then

1508
01:37:50,820 --> 01:37:54,840
 the shift to what you've got now where you have this coaching staff and this roster saying,

1509
01:37:54,840 --> 01:37:58,900
 hey, we've got to maximize the amount of every little bit of time we get because we've got

1510
01:37:58,900 --> 01:38:03,440
 a long way to go and kind of build this team back up to where we think it should be over

1511
01:38:03,440 --> 01:38:03,920
 time.

1512
01:38:04,680 --> 01:38:10,400
 You know, I think you've got practices that are very intense, very, you know, high energy,

1513
01:38:10,620 --> 01:38:12,020
 lots of movement.

1514
01:38:12,640 --> 01:38:16,780
 You know, just it's been a very intense spring compared to the ones in the past because I

1515
01:38:16,780 --> 01:38:20,460
 think there's just real pressure on this staff and this roster to kind of get it right.

1516
01:38:20,460 --> 01:38:25,460
 And I think also with the way Alex Gullish wants to play on offense and on defense and

1517
01:38:25,460 --> 01:38:31,040
 even on special teams, you know, you want to be able to kind of be built for the style

1518
01:38:31,040 --> 01:38:33,680
 that you're going to run in the fall and for Auburn, it's going to be constant motion.

1519
01:38:33,900 --> 01:38:38,280
 So I think you've kind of seen that with the way these practices have gone here, you know,

1520
01:38:38,280 --> 01:38:39,020
 the first few weeks.

1521
01:38:39,960 --> 01:38:50,340
 One of the last, uh, offensive line, um, uh, I saw was the coach had left tackle, Joe Simmons,

1522
01:38:50,500 --> 01:38:56,820
 applause at left guard, Cole bashed, I think is going to be the center, uh, Cole Skinner in

1523
01:38:56,820 --> 01:38:57,740
 the Wilson's eye.

1524
01:38:57,840 --> 01:39:00,020
 And I know busters had a good one.

1525
01:39:00,020 --> 01:39:07,060
 Um, um, um, Ellis, et cetera, your thoughts on the progress of the offensive line.

1526
01:39:07,520 --> 01:39:11,220
 Yeah, I feel pretty confident that Cole best will start at center and then everything else

1527
01:39:11,220 --> 01:39:12,540
 is kind of up for grabs right now.

1528
01:39:13,060 --> 01:39:15,100
 Um, it's a group that's mixing and matching a lot.

1529
01:39:15,160 --> 01:39:18,920
 And I think they've got to try to find the best combination to get their best guys on the

1530
01:39:18,920 --> 01:39:19,160
 field.

1531
01:39:19,160 --> 01:39:20,800
 And they're in the process of figuring that out.

1532
01:39:20,900 --> 01:39:25,200
 Uh, the fact that Stanton or Mill has not been healthy in the spring and hasn't been able

1533
01:39:25,200 --> 01:39:29,020
 to do a lot, I think it's thrown a wrench into kind of like, okay, here's what we think

1534
01:39:29,020 --> 01:39:29,680
 of the first team.

1535
01:39:29,680 --> 01:39:33,280
 So, but you've got pretty much all those guys you mentioned with the exception of best,

1536
01:39:33,280 --> 01:39:35,300
 it's really been playing multiple spots.

1537
01:39:35,760 --> 01:39:38,940
 Um, and so I think they're just trying to mix and match as much as possible here in the

1538
01:39:38,940 --> 01:39:43,480
 spring to see, okay, who fits best where, um, if you, we feel like this guy's one of our

1539
01:39:43,480 --> 01:39:46,180
 top five guys, can we, can we fit him in there?

1540
01:39:46,440 --> 01:39:50,700
 Um, you know, I think soon you see a guy like Ty Buster play both guard and tackle when you

1541
01:39:50,700 --> 01:39:55,200
 see Skinner play both sides at guard, when you see Simmons play both tackles as well.

1542
01:39:55,200 --> 01:39:59,520
 I think Auburn's just really trying to figure it out and kind of, you know, really hone in

1543
01:39:59,520 --> 01:40:00,560
 what they've got.

1544
01:40:00,640 --> 01:40:01,240
 It's a mix.

1545
01:40:01,380 --> 01:40:04,460
 I mean, you've got some seniors and you've got some young guys, you know, both battling

1546
01:40:04,460 --> 01:40:07,680
 out and trying to, you know, really make his strides here in the two deep.

1547
01:40:07,760 --> 01:40:09,480
 So I think we've got plenty of options.

1548
01:40:09,900 --> 01:40:13,720
 It's just a matter of figuring out which work the best together.

1549
01:40:13,720 --> 01:40:17,260
 And I think with a couple of injuries up front, you know, it's going to be a little while

1550
01:40:17,260 --> 01:40:19,060
 before we kind of really know what that looks like.

1551
01:40:19,580 --> 01:40:24,520
 Justin Ferguson, the Auburn Observer, obviously if the wheel's going to roll, the quarterback's

1552
01:40:24,520 --> 01:40:25,340
 got to do their job.

1553
01:40:25,420 --> 01:40:27,280
 Your thoughts so far with the quarterback play?

1554
01:40:28,340 --> 01:40:28,500
 Yeah.

1555
01:40:28,540 --> 01:40:31,120
 I mean, Byron Brown, I think has been as advertised from the beginning.

1556
01:40:31,260 --> 01:40:36,460
 This is a guy that Auburn prioritized, obviously they wanted to bring him in and bring his success.

1557
01:40:36,460 --> 01:40:40,240
 And, you know, he's, he's been a guy to me that, you know, just came in and hit the ground

1558
01:40:40,240 --> 01:40:40,520
 running.

1559
01:40:40,720 --> 01:40:44,560
 You know, he's not a guy that's, you know, stepped in and like, oh wow, I'm in an SEC school

1560
01:40:44,560 --> 01:40:46,100
 and kind of getting starry out over it.

1561
01:40:46,220 --> 01:40:49,460
 From that very first practice, he was just out there and just slinging the ball

1562
01:40:49,460 --> 01:40:52,260
 around and because he has that familiarity, right?

1563
01:40:52,300 --> 01:40:55,320
 He knows his head coach, he knows his offensive coordinator, he knows his system inside and

1564
01:40:55,320 --> 01:40:55,480
 out.

1565
01:40:55,520 --> 01:40:59,540
 He knows most of his receivers, he knows several of his offensive linemen, including his center.

1566
01:40:59,760 --> 01:41:04,160
 So, you know, I think there's a, there's a level of familiarity that Auburn really wanted.

1567
01:41:04,160 --> 01:41:07,960
 And I think he's really done a good job of coming in and embracing that.

1568
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 Like, you know, he, he knows he's going to be the guy.

1569
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 He knows that a lot's going to be riding on him.

1570
01:41:13,100 --> 01:41:16,960
 He knows he's got to be, help Auburn set the tone for this new era this fall.

1571
01:41:17,640 --> 01:41:21,540
 Um, so I think he's done a really good job of just kind of embracing that and, you know,

1572
01:41:21,540 --> 01:41:23,120
 seeing the offense kind of follow suit.

1573
01:41:23,280 --> 01:41:26,820
 The rest of the quarterbacks, um, you know, it'll be interesting to see how it all kind

1574
01:41:26,820 --> 01:41:30,180
 of shakes out, but Kristen Tia, the transfer from Oregon state, I've been pretty impressed

1575
01:41:30,180 --> 01:41:30,560
 with him.

1576
01:41:30,820 --> 01:41:34,720
 He's got really good arm talent, got a feet wet last season with a few starts at Oregon

1577
01:41:34,720 --> 01:41:34,980
 state.

1578
01:41:35,040 --> 01:41:39,620
 So if anything happened to Brown, you feel like you could at least turn to somebody who's at

1579
01:41:39,620 --> 01:41:41,020
 least started at this level.

1580
01:41:41,380 --> 01:41:44,160
 Um, but he's a guy that I'm really interested in for the future.

1581
01:41:44,220 --> 01:41:46,000
 He's got good size, got really good arm talent.

1582
01:41:46,400 --> 01:41:49,340
 Um, and I think he's going to be a guy that, you know, Auburn fans are going to want to

1583
01:41:49,340 --> 01:41:52,340
 keep it on here for the next, you know, next several months.

1584
01:41:53,300 --> 01:41:53,780
 Absolutely.

1585
01:41:54,080 --> 01:42:00,120
 Uh, basketball with a little more clarity, Kevin Overton announcing he is returning along

1586
01:42:00,120 --> 01:42:01,880
 with Sebastian William Adams.

1587
01:42:02,440 --> 01:42:04,840
 Uh, Mack Wood is going to be leaving.

1588
01:42:05,000 --> 01:42:10,880
 Joe big, I believe he's going to UCLA and Pettiford announced that he's going to enter the NBA

1589
01:42:10,880 --> 01:42:16,140
 draft, but, uh, leave room to come back, which I think is smart to do.

1590
01:42:16,140 --> 01:42:21,680
 Uh, a lot of guys, Mark Sears and, and a fine line have done that too.

1591
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 We've got to run to a break for the masters young man, but where can we get online and get

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 the 6 a.m. emails, the Friday mailbag, the podcast, and the whole nine yards.

1593
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 AuburnServe.com.

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 Check it out there.

1596
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 Got plenty of stuff coming, uh, from, you know, Auburn football this week at Pratt.

1597
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 It's got some Auburn basketball, keeping track of everything on our roster side.

1598
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 Got a little Auburn baseball up there as well.

1599
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 Had a podcast out today, talking a lot about spring football.

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 Get it all there.

1605
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 Wonderful stuff.

1606
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 Listen, have a great weekend.

1607
01:43:05,360 --> 01:43:07,020
 Uh, we'll do this again next Friday.

1608
01:43:07,900 --> 01:43:08,260
 Absolutely.

1609
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 Thank you.

1610
01:43:09,080 --> 01:43:09,700
 All right, buddy.

1611
01:43:09,800 --> 01:43:12,360
 Justin Ferguson, the Auburn Observer coming up with the masters.

1612
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 One of the questions always asked today's cut day.

1613
01:43:14,560 --> 01:43:15,360
 What does it mean?

1614
01:43:15,420 --> 01:43:17,700
 Well, the masters is different than most of the tournaments.

1615
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 It's the masters.

1616
01:43:18,960 --> 01:43:21,020
 Normally it's the top 70 at the masters.

1617
01:43:21,320 --> 01:43:23,640
 It's a top 50 plus highs.

1618
01:43:24,100 --> 01:43:28,500
 So again, uh, when you say 50, it always comes back to 50 plus ties.

1619
01:43:28,580 --> 01:43:30,320
 So it could be 51, 52, et cetera.

1620
01:43:30,340 --> 01:43:35,000
 If that number 50 spots tied, the question is who's at the top of board right now.

1621
01:43:35,060 --> 01:43:35,780
 We'll take you there.

1622
01:43:35,860 --> 01:43:36,140
 Next.

1623
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 The latest from the masters.

1624
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 You're on 93.9.

1625
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 The score.

1626
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1627
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 From the Augusta National Golf Club, Westwood One Sports presents this special report on the masters.

1628
01:44:18,580 --> 01:44:19,220
 I'm Ted Emmerich.

1629
01:44:19,560 --> 01:44:24,200
 Rory McIlroy has opened up a gap at the top early in his second round.

1630
01:44:24,660 --> 01:44:25,320
 Three feet.

1631
01:44:25,460 --> 01:44:26,560
 And this is straight down the hill.

1632
01:44:27,160 --> 01:44:32,020
 This is the kind of putt that you have to just give a little bit of pace to.

1633
01:44:32,580 --> 01:44:37,240
 And except the fact that if it doesn't hit the hole, it's probably going to be farther away than it is right now.

1634
01:44:38,060 --> 01:44:39,540
 Rory strokes that down the hill.

1635
01:44:39,620 --> 01:44:42,840
 And he did give that plenty of pace, but he poured it right into the center.

1636
01:44:43,600 --> 01:44:45,580
 Rory with birdies at two and three.

1637
01:44:45,740 --> 01:44:47,980
 He's at seven on the park.

1638
01:44:48,460 --> 01:44:50,640
 John McGinnis, the call on Sirius XM.

1639
01:44:51,560 --> 01:44:56,320
 McIlroy bogeyed the third yesterday, but the whole location today, much more inviting.

1640
01:44:56,480 --> 01:44:58,800
 So back-to-back birdies there at two and three.

1641
01:44:59,240 --> 01:45:03,020
 And the man who put on the green jacket last year stands alone at seven under.

1642
01:45:03,020 --> 01:45:10,380
 And in fact, he has poured in another just now at four, curving one left to right down the hill.

1643
01:45:10,500 --> 01:45:17,920
 So three in a row, McIlroy now eight under and three shots better than Justin Rose and Sam Burns.

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1666
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 Scotty Scheffler has gone swimming on both par fives on the second nine here in the second round.

1667
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 He made bogey at 13.

1668
01:46:28,600 --> 01:46:36,620
 Now at 15, he smashed his second shot with a three-iron past the green and into the water beyond 16T.

1669
01:46:37,120 --> 01:46:39,720
 Scheffler right now at one under.

1670
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 McIlroy with the three straight birdies at two, three, and four.

1675
01:46:56,320 --> 01:46:57,140
 Now eight under.

1676
01:46:57,360 --> 01:46:59,880
 Justin Rose, Sam Burns, both at five under.

1677
01:47:00,020 --> 01:47:00,600
 Three back.

1678
01:47:00,880 --> 01:47:04,100
 Wyndham Clark, Tyrell Hatton, Patrick Reed, all at four under.

1679
01:47:04,460 --> 01:47:05,960
 Four off the lead.

1680
01:47:06,500 --> 01:47:08,820
 Tyrell Hatton with a six under, 66 today.

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 A bill is being sent to Governor Ivey's desk that would require the display of the Ten Commandments in schools across Alabama.

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 A missing man from Abbeville has been found dead in South Carolina.

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1754
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1755
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 The discovery of human remains in Memphis, Tennessee, may be related to a missing man case out of Huntsville.

1756
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 Ronald Dumas Jr. went missing in December of 2024, and investigators believe that Dumas was taken against his will to the Memphis area.

1757
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1758
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1763
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1764
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 Welcome back in.

1765
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 Brett Beaird and I mentioned another busy weekend here on 93.9 The Score, starting tonight with the Braves.

1766
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 Got the Braves and the Cleveland Indians throughout the weekend.

1767
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1768
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 The game from 1 until 3.

1769
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 Alabama baseball playing Arkansas.

1770
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1771
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1772
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1773
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 It's going to take care of business for now on behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

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 Harold Bogg, thank you so much for your time today.

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 Let's do it again Monday, noon to 2 with the Boomo Bugg Show back here on Sports Radio 93.9 The Score.