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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 Tigers, Tennessee and the rest of the SEC. Now your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 Good afternoon and welcome here to the Boomo Bugg Show. I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird. Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley. Brett Beaird, welcome in where Alabama's prime wide receiver receives some tough news. Good afternoon. Welcome in. How are you?

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 Happy Tuesday to you and the listeners. Noah Rogers update. He will miss the start of the season and considering how that injury looked. Actually, I think that's a positive.

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 Las Vegas insider Bruce Marshall will recap SEC spring games and preview the SEC and the NFL draft. Hard to believe next week in Pittsburgh. Yeah. But Roger is here right now to recap a day, a tough weekend for Alabama baseball and Alabama softball coach, Patrick Murphy winning number 500. Wow. With a sweep of Auburn.

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 Now, you know, I'm not the smartest guy in the world, but that's a lot of wins. Would you agree, BB?

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 Yes, it is.

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 And we'll agree that Roger Hoover is a Swiss Army knife when it comes to calling games.

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 You pick a flavor. Roger's got it covered on the Crimson Tide Sports Network. Roger, welcome in.

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 Have you been busy trying to assess your NFL draft worth or how are you?

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 Boom, boom, boom, bug. I'm doing really well. Yeah, I think I'm a little over the hill for the draft at this point.

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 They want somebody that's 37 and out of shape. I'm their guy, but I don't think there's going to be any invincible type story with me coming up anytime soon.

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 Roger, would you like to trade ages? Listen, I'll throw in a player to be named later if you'd like to trade ages, okay?

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 As long as it's not with the Cleveland Browns, so we'll talk.

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 There you go. Roger, let's talk about it. Obviously, a day game, the good, the bad, the ugly, and I think it's pretty safe to say the ugly.

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 We just touched on it there. Noah Rogers, every coach across the country has one thing in common.

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 Let's get in, let's get out, and no injuries, and especially one like Noah.

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 Your thoughts overall about the game and the latest on one of Alabama's prime receivers coming in.

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 Yeah, it's disappointing to hear about it because you mentioned that's the one thing you never want to have happen in a spring game,

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 and it can just as easily happen in that practice at this time of year as well.

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 But unfortunate news with Noah and that injury because he's been a dynamic playmaker from everything you've heard all throughout spring camp for the Crimson side.

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 But the best news of all is that this does not mean a season-ending injury.

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 We do expect him to suit up at some point for the Crimson side this year.

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 Kalen DeVore has reiterated that over the last 24 hours.

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 So while it's tough not to start the season with him, you'd rather get him at some point just in general.

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 So I think we're going to be looking forward to his return, simply being a healthy and a difference-maker for this Alabama team.

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 Because, again, according to all reports we had heard and people who had been at some scrimmages as well,

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 he had done extremely well starting off at the time in Crimson.

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 Here's the bottom line.

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 Obviously, the other way of looking at it, if you're the eternal optimist, is it gives other guys a chance to step up and show what they've got.

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 The issue here is it's not that the other guys are not good, but you don't bring in someone like that,

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 You can never have too many.

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 But be that as it may, you can't sit here and complain about what you can't have.

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 Let's talk about what they do have, starting with the wide receivers.

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 And if there's a kid that's lived up to his billing from high school to now, it's Morgan.

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 I mean, he goes to the Alabama-Mississippi All-Star game.

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 He is a man amongst boys over there.

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 Saturday, the live Bullets are flying with a scrimmage in front of a crowd.

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 And this kid is living up to the expectations, not to mention a guy who was almost lost last year

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 Anytime you look at Ryan Coleman-Williams, in addition to Lottie Brooks, and then Rico Scott,

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 And then Sideree Morgan comes in.

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 All these other freshmen that are going to make an impact for the Crimson side.

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 That'll make you feel good, and especially I feel good knowing he's throwing you the football

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 because we saw some really good things from both quarterbacks, Keelan Russell,

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 That's exactly what I was about to ask you about was the quarterback position.

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 I told a friend of mine yesterday, let's don't give Keelan Russell the Heisman Trophy yet,

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 Just as a command of the offense, he has got that playmaking ability with his arms and his legs.

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 And, again, in all fairness to Austin Mack, I know Keelan DeBoer came out after the game

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 Now, he had a couple of nice throws, but I'll tell you one thing, Roger.

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 So, I have no doubt the competition is going to be intense and fierce between those guys.

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 Obviously, the other side of the coin, they say to win a championship,

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 at least in the eyes of a lot of people with anybody across the country.

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 And in life, it's a fork.

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 Yeah, he's done everything the right way from what the coaching staff, Coach DeBoer,

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 Very similar to things we saw in the Saban era.

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 Again, people like to forget that, yes, these things would pop up as well.

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 everything the university, the athletic department as well.

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 And he was impressive.

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 and understands what it looks like to play good SEC football.

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 I think only good things are ahead for Dre Kirkpatrick Jr.

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 Roger, baseball did not have the best of weekends.

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 And I had a friend of mine ask me about the baseball team yesterday.

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 I said, look, number one, nine of 16 teams in the SEC are either eight and seven or seven and eight.

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 There's a log jam in the middle.

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 Alabama lost three to two Sunday.

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 They were two of 12 with runners in scoring position.

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 Again, I know UAB tonight and then Texas over the weekend, but a tough weekend for Alabama.

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 But if you look at it a little bit closer, pretty much all these games were close for the majority of the game.

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 Alabama got really good starting pitching each and every game, which has been pretty consistent for the Crimson Tide this season.

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 and just couldn't get much offense to support him in that ballgame.

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 I mean, the season in so many ways looked over.

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 All of a sudden, a long winning streak.

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 So I think still something else good is around the corner for this baseball team that's going to have to start on the road against Texas,

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 like you mentioned, coming up this weekend against the Longhorn team that is pretty upset after losing two out of three.

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 The Texas A&M had one rain out.

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 So they're going to be mad as can be in Austin and a great ballpark.

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 It's going to be a fun atmosphere coming up for that game.

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 It'll be a typical midweek that Alabama is getting ready for tonight in downtown Birmingham.

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 And to mention being mortal, you look at a guy that only had one direction to go from preseason high up to now.

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 Justin LeBron shows that he's mortal over the weekend.

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 Skipper Vaughn came out and said, yeah, he had a rough night, but he's human.

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 And nobody knows that more than Justin.

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 Your thoughts about Justin LeBron?

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 I think on Sunday it was interesting.

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 Alabama shook up the lineup quite a bit.

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 Not only with some young players getting an opportunity, but just the batting order was jumbled.

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 And Justin LeBron moved from the second spot of the order down to batting cleanup.

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 It was really, really sharp at the plate.

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 It's just been a long time since his last home run.

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 And as we get to the postseason, I mean, he literally is the type of player that can carry you to Omaha, have some monster weekends in a regional and super regional, and you're going to the college world series as a result.

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 And I can't wait to see it all unfold because nobody's more capable in college baseball of carrying a team all the way than Justin.

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 Roger, I mentioned it at the top of the show.

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 Congratulations to Alabama softball coach Patrick Murphy, winning number 500 with a sweep of Auburn.

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 Alabama now 39-3, 39-3, 12-3 in the SEC.

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 There's not another SEC coach who's even reached 400 wins.

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 And I listened to this the last two or three years about, well, maybe the game's passed him by.

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 He's revamped the lineup.

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 This may be the best Alabama team, softball team they've had for years.

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 But congratulations to Coach Murphy, winning number 500 at the capstone.

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 Really does such a great job not only leading his softball team, but he is a resource for each and every coach that's on his campus.

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 That comes from Coach Murphy and the softball team.

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 And that's really been something that you've seen from his softball team throughout the years.

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 And I think everyone's really having joy watching Murph right now and the way he's leading the team with a lot of good young players as well.

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 They've got freshmen that are really making an impact for their big mode in pitching, Anna Roman in right field.

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 And then somebody I will be talking with later this week on Crimson Drive, Amber Taylor from Jasper.

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 But really great player that loves getting to play at Alabama.

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 And we're certainly rooting for success this year because nobody deserves it more than Patrick Murphy.

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 Tell us who you've got on today and Thursday.

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 And then we've had a lot of interviews this season with Logan Davenport, who has been injured,

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 has not been able to play, but he kind of joins us every couple weeks to kind of give us almost like a coach's perspective.

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 He's got the great insight of kind of being almost like a coach in addition to still being in uniform, being a player.

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 So Logan does a great job breaking things down for us later today.

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 And then I mentioned Ambry Taylor.

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 Fun conversation with her about her first season in Crimson and growing up a diehard Alabama softball fan

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 and getting this opportunity.

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 A really incredible conversation with her coming up on Thursday's show.

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 So, as again, Tuesday and Thursday at 2 o'clock on all our CPSN social media platforms.

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 And then it's time to dust off the cowboy hat and get on to Texas for the weekend.

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 I look forward to being in Austin for three fun days that should be coming up as we start the second half of the SEC schedule.

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 Hee-haw!

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 Safe travels to and from, Roger.

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 And thanks so much for your time today, buddy.

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 Sounds great.

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 Thank you guys for having me on.

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 Real time.

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 Thank you, Billy.

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 All right.

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 Roger Hoover on the Crimson Tide Sports Network.

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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 Welcome back in.

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 Really appreciate free ride around the valley.

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 And for that, what do you say we go to literally the home of the champions?

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 Wife wins national championships in football.

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 Husband wins national championships in basketball.

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 Andrea Adelson from ESPN.

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 What's in the water at the Adelson house in Orlando, Florida?

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 How are you?

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 Well, I'm doing great, fellas.

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 You know we're home to the two best universities in the whole entire world.

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 I've heard that.

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 I've heard that.

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 It's natural that both schools win championships, fellas.

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 You might get a little bit of a disagreement in this particular zip code.

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 I'm just saying, Andrea, but congratulations to your husband.

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 Has he made you aware that he is the latest national champion in your household?

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah.

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 That may or may not have come up over the last week.

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 Yeah, I bet it did.

344
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 Back-to-back championships, right?

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 Like, okay, it's fine to pass the bragging rights on to my husband, right?

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 If anyone's going to get him, it might as well be him and, of course, my kids who love Michigan as well.

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 But lots of partying in the Adelson home over the last year, guys.

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 Would it break your heart if the Florida Gators dethroned Michigan?

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 By the way, Michigan is thrown in Florida.

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 Do you have any connection to the Florida Gators?

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 And if so, what happened this weekend in the Gators spring game?

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 Yeah, obviously, that's my alma mater for folks tuning in and didn't already know.

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 Obviously, I think Florida fans, no offense to basketball, would love it if football was the one that got the next national championship.

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 But, look, I like the energy and the determination of Jon Sumrall.

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 I think he is bringing something a little bit different to the table than Billy Napier in terms of the fact that he's being a little bit more bold about what he is saying, about where the program has been.

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 I think he said it was a sleeping giant.

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 I actually disagree with that.

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 To me, sleeping giant means you haven't won anything, but everyone kind of expects you to.

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 The thing I agreed with, though, was he said we have to get this ship turned around.

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 And it's a large ship.

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 It's going to take some time.

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 I get it.

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 But I think we saw some flashes offensively of what this group can look like.

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 I think more exciting with Buster Faulkner now calling the plays, quite honestly.

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 Something Florida fans would love to see going back to the days when you had somebody who knew what they were doing calling the plays.

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 Again, no offense to Billy Napier.

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 And, look, I mean, for Florida fans, that's what they care about, right?

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 What is the offense?

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 Are they going to score a lot of points?

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 If it looks like yes, and all indications from the spring game appear to be they're headed in that direction, great.

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 That'll work.

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 And, by the way, they've gotten a couple of commits here from some high-level prospects over the last week for the recruiting trail that I think are also leading to some optimism.

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 But, guys, there's been optimism in Gainesville before.

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 Y'all know that.

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 It's time to see some results, and I will say, I'll end on this, schedule is a lot friendlier for Jon Sumrall this year than it was the last two years for Billy Napier.

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 You mentioned Sumrall.

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 I don't have it in front of me.

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 You said he was tough.

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 Where is he from?

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 What is his hometown, if you can remind us of that, Andrea?

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 Is his hometown somewhere in Alabama?

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 Yes, he is.

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 You think that may have something to do with his cowboy mentality coming in?

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 John Wayne is in the house.

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 You know, I love it, guys, because you all know, right, the standard is spurrier.

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 It's not necessarily an admirer, right?

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 When people think about Florida and when Florida fans think about what do they want the program to look like, they want a swashbuckler as the head coach.

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 Because that's kind of what got all of this started for Florida.

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 And so when you have a guy who isn't afraid to talk, who isn't afraid to kind of say what everyone's thinking, and I think Billy was so careful with the way he approached his media opportunities, even his one-on-one opportunities, didn't want to say the wrong thing, didn't want to be pigeonholed or pegged into saying something and held to it.

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 It certainly seems that Sumrall is the opposite of that.

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 And I think that's just refreshing for Florida fans who want something to hold on to here in the long offseason before the season begins.

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 Again, there's a long way to go, and just because he talks a big game doesn't mean they're actually going to play a big game.

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 We've seen a coach from a G5 in Louisiana have success come to Florida and not have success there.

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 But again, there's that hesitation.

395
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 But everything I've seen and heard from Florida this spring, it just feels like it's a complete 180 from where they were last year under Billy Napier.

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 Yeah, Florida fans love these bold, outspoken coaches.

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 Double-A, there are eight SEC spring games this weekend, and I know they're scattered throughout the country.

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 But I just wanted to ask you what you might be looking for.

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 You've got so many games.

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 Alex Golich debuting his offense, and Byron Brown, Will Stein at Kentucky, Mincy, the transfer from Notre Dame.

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 I hear a lot of Kentucky fans really needed the breath of fresh air.

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 And Jared Curtis, the five-star freshman quarterback that Vandy was able to finagle out of the state of Georgia.

403
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 Those are three that I'm looking forward to.

404
00:26:51,860 --> 00:26:59,120
 What are some of the themes this weekend, be it in the ACC, ACC, that you're looking forward to getting a glimpse of?

405
00:26:59,960 --> 00:27:06,700
 Well, I'm glad you mentioned Auburn, because this gives us a little bit of time to talk about Alex Golich and what he's bringing to the table.

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 Obviously, I had a chance to watch USF over the last couple of years and Byron Brown and his development

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 and what he has meant to USF in getting them that top 25 ranking last year.

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 Obviously, they beat Florida.

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 I think the fact that Byron came with Alex Golich to Auburn is a huge positive,

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 because they have got a chemistry, a camaraderie.

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 Byron has grown so much from his time at USF, a true dual-threat quarterback, tough as they come.

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 But there's obviously going to be a comfort level to the system that you want as a first-year head coach

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 when you're trying to remake a program in your image.

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 I know they did a really nice job through the transfer portal and bringing in a lot of guys they feel can fit right into that offensive scheme

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 that they like to run.

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 And I also think that Alex's past in the SEC and being at Tennessee kind of gives an idea of what is needed to be able to win in the SEC.

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 So I have pretty high hopes, quite honestly, for what they can do this year,

418
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 just based on what I saw Alex Golich do in a very short period of time at USF with Byron Brown.

419
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 Again, I know it's a step up in competition, but they did go into Gainesville, and they did beat Florida last year.

420
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 And so I think that probably only adds to kind of like the confidence level of potentially what they can do.

421
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 It's more than one game in the SEC.

422
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 We all know that.

423
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 But I have a feeling that Byron Brown at Auburn is going to work.

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 And even though it's just for a year, you kind of want to lay that foundation and that groundwork for what it's going to look like moving forward on offense.

425
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 I cannot think of a more perfect guy for what Alex likes to do on offense than Byron Brown.

426
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 So really looking forward to seeing how they look this spring and how it plays out this fall.

427
00:29:07,260 --> 00:29:12,840
 By the way, you may not have heard this, but Arch Manning is the starting quarterback at Texas.

428
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 You can confirm that?

429
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 What?

430
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 You can confirm that?

431
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 The summer of Arch.

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 You heard it first here.

433
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 The summer of Arch.

434
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 Hey, Rhys Davis, take that.

435
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 Oh, baby.

436
00:29:28,980 --> 00:29:31,720
 Yeah, well, look, here's the thing about Arch.

437
00:29:32,200 --> 00:29:37,100
 You know, he ended last season playing a lot better than he did at the beginning of the year.

438
00:29:37,260 --> 00:29:51,660
 And Sark, toward the end of the year, and I saw him here in Orlando, you know, when they played in the bowl game against Michigan, basically said, like, he felt people were just so quick to judge Arch because Arch, right?

439
00:29:51,740 --> 00:30:01,480
 It's like you have this idea in your head of what it should look like for him because he waited his turn and it should look amazing as soon as he takes that first snap from center.

440
00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:04,900
 And it didn't quite look the way other people thought it was going to look.

441
00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:11,980
 There obviously were some growing pains for someone who was making his way as now a full-time starter.

442
00:30:12,540 --> 00:30:24,220
 And so the fact that he was able to grow, the fact that he was able to learn, the fact that he was able to handle all of the stuff that comes with being Arch man, and some of the people just writing him off.

443
00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:28,520
 I think it was the New York Times that wrote him off, like, right away after two games.

444
00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:42,320
 So Sark was kind of defensive about the way Arch played at the, you know, at the end of last season because he felt like people's impression of him was what it was in the first two weeks and not necessarily the way that he played in the last month of the season.

445
00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:49,100
 So I think last year was a really nice springboard for what Arch can do now this year.

446
00:30:49,180 --> 00:30:57,640
 They obviously won the portal, they reloaded, got some really good skill position players, including Hollywood Smothers from NC State, who I think very highly of.

447
00:30:57,800 --> 00:31:19,120
 So it's no surprise to see a lot of people picking Texas to make it back on the CFP again, maybe have a chance at a national championship, because you're just looking at the progress that was made last year in the second half of the year for Arch and what Texas did to kind of surround him with those skill players now to allow them to get off to a much faster start than they did a year ago.

448
00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:21,000
 Yeah, I agree with you.

449
00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:24,300
 I thought Arch was the best quarterback in the country in November.

450
00:31:25,140 --> 00:31:29,940
 And Hollywood Smothers, by the way, was an Alabama commitment for about 12 hours.

451
00:31:30,460 --> 00:31:30,680
 Yeah.

452
00:31:30,980 --> 00:31:33,240
 But that didn't work out too well.

453
00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:35,260
 I always enjoyed the conversation.

454
00:31:35,260 --> 00:31:45,860
 Where can we get online to get your great stuff, your team's great stuff, and also you and David Hale, you know, quite frankly, every week now, you're a TV star.

455
00:31:46,380 --> 00:31:51,320
 When is the next TV broadcast coming out?

456
00:31:51,700 --> 00:31:53,140
 Well, I appreciate that, fellas.

457
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 Inside Access tomorrow on ACC Network.

458
00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:58,580
 I'm going to be live from Florida State.

459
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 But if folks missed it, we were, I know there's a large Virginia Tech contingency that listens to y'all's show.

460
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 We were at Virginia Tech last week.

461
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 You can check that out on the ESPN app.

462
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 Just type in Inside Access.

463
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 You'll be able to find last week's show or on my social media.

464
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 A. Adelson ESPN.

465
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 I posted some clips from our James Franklin interview.

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 I thought it was really illuminating.

467
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 And we've got a ton of draft coverage coming up the next couple of weeks on our college page, as well as some spring game previews, as you just alluded to.

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 Just go to ESPN.com.

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 Click on the college football page.

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 You'll find all that and more.

471
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 I'm proud you brought up the Virginia Tech fans.

472
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 Brett and I had a mutual friend back in the day.

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 He was the CEO of a local hospital.

474
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 He played at Virginia Tech.

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 He informed us about the bed burning, the couch burning before a game of Virginia Tech.

476
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 So we are enlightened about Virginia Tech pregame shows, Andrew, if you ever need any help.

477
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 Listen, it's always good to hook up with you.

478
00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:54,280
 Thanks so much for your time today.

479
00:32:54,420 --> 00:32:58,880
 And I don't know what you did to deserve it, but good luck at Florida State this weekend, okay?

480
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 All right, fellas.

481
00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:01,760
 I appreciate you, as always.

482
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 Thanks for having me.

483
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 Thank you, dear.

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 You're a busy boy these days.

583
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 As always, welcome in.

584
00:38:44,380 --> 00:38:44,900
 How are you?

585
00:38:45,640 --> 00:38:47,020
 Hey, pretty good.

586
00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:47,540
 Pretty good.

587
00:38:47,580 --> 00:38:51,240
 Just trying to figure out what to do here now that we're beyond college hoop.

588
00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:52,420
 There's enough to keep it.

589
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 Yes.

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 Do us a favor, Bruce.

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 You find out.

592
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 Text us and let us know as well.

593
00:38:57,640 --> 00:39:02,160
 But in the meantime, Bruce, what are the odds in Vegas of Keelan Russell?

594
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 Based on what the early returns, he's already the early favorite for the Heisman this year.

595
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 He hasn't played a game.

596
00:39:07,260 --> 00:39:08,020
 Would you agree with it?

597
00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:09,840
 I'll say that with tongue-in-cheek.

598
00:39:09,940 --> 00:39:13,420
 Bruce, would you agree with the potential of one Keelan Russell?

599
00:39:15,140 --> 00:39:16,200
 Well, maybe not.

600
00:39:16,460 --> 00:39:19,820
 I mean, I hate talking Heisman in April.

601
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:24,920
 You know, we're still going to have another Arch Manning rush here.

602
00:39:25,020 --> 00:39:32,920
 I'll tell you a guy who I would look at right now, and I make it a decent price on him, is Sam Leavitt at LSU.

603
00:39:33,460 --> 00:39:42,180
 You know, he was at Arizona State, as we know, and before he got hurt last year, there was thought he would come out and be a first-round kick, probably.

604
00:39:43,420 --> 00:39:45,440
 He may well be that after this year.

605
00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:48,180
 You put him with Lane Kiffin for a year.

606
00:39:48,260 --> 00:39:49,220
 I mean, he showed a lot.

607
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 That one year he had as a starter at Arizona State, and he wasn't doing too bad the first half of last season before he got hurt.

608
00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:11,680
 I think he's an interesting one there, and that dovetails back into the Kiffin storyline, which I think is going to be front and center from the get-go this fall.

609
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 So, he'll have plenty of exposure if he puts up big stats like I think he will.

610
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 He's working for a very – he's playing for a very creative coach.

611
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:21,640
 That's the guy I would look at right now.

612
00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:24,480
 Let me ask you about Tennessee.

613
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 They had their spring game over the weekend.

614
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 They got a quarterback battle with George McIntyre, the grandson of the former Vandy coach, and then Faison Brandon.

615
00:40:36,660 --> 00:40:38,480
 Brandon, I think, played a little bit.

616
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:40,460
 McIntyre's a tall drink of water.

617
00:40:40,620 --> 00:40:46,040
 He's gained 20 pounds, and still looks like he's 20 pounds underweight.

618
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 Their defense seems to be pretty good.

619
00:40:49,380 --> 00:40:52,280
 Again, Knoll's coming from Ohio State.

620
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 I know he runs a complicated defense, but he brought four players with him and two to three of the coaches.

621
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 And Josh Heupel wants to get that offense going this year.

622
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 They were good.

623
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 And then in crunch time, they had too many interceptions.

624
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 Your thoughts on Tennessee going into 2026?

625
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 Yeah, I think Heupel.

626
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 I mean, he's not in any trouble there.

627
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 And he's had some success.

628
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 He got in the playoff two years ago, got knocked out quick by Ohio State, which ended up winning the whole thing.

629
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 But I think last year, a little bit of a letdown.

630
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 You're right.

631
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 Jaguar was there after that strange stuff with Nico, and he had some moments, and then he also made some mistakes, and now he's not looking for another quarterback.

632
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 I think the one I would want, we'll see about McIntyre or Brandon, the true freshman they're pretty high on.

633
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 One of those two could emerge.

634
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 It will help.

635
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 But you touched upon the biggest thing in there with Tennessee.

636
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 The defense had some problems last year.

637
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 I mean, they went well up the track in the SEC.

638
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 And bringing Jim Knowles in from Ohio State, he is very well respected.

639
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 Like you said, brought some players with him.

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 I think that's where Tennessee's got to tighten things up this year, is on the defensive side of things.

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 And, you know, that's going to be the deal.

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 And one of these quarterbacks to slip through.

643
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 The schedule at the start is manageable.

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 You know, Furman at Georgia Tech could be kind of interesting there, but that's post-Tames King.

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 And then Kennesaw at home.

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 So they should have two wins for sure.

647
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 Could be three and out of the Texas game, and week four will be kind of big.

648
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 And then, of course, third Saturday in October, Alabama again.

649
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 So I think he's getting to kind of a crossroads point now, I think, at Tennessee.

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 Bruce, one of the reasons, many reasons, we love having you on.

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 You have the national seat at the table.

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 Obviously, we focus a lot here on the obvious, the SEC.

655
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 Maybe that's it.

656
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 But as far as all the spring flames across the country, in your opinion,

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 what is the most intriguing one this spring?

658
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 Yeah, I think, you know, Notre Dame, what's going to go on there?

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 I mean, they're really talking big at Notre Dame.

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 I mean, they are really talking big.

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 They thought they were, you know, pushed out right at the end.

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 I can sort of see their complaint, but it's their own fault.

663
00:43:28,820 --> 00:43:34,620
 The way they scheduled last year, they scheduled their two toughest games right off the bat with the new quarterback coming in.

664
00:43:34,780 --> 00:43:36,720
 And they were close, but they lost.

665
00:43:36,840 --> 00:43:38,420
 And then the rest of the schedule is pretty weak.

666
00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:46,080
 CJ Carr, by the way, is another guy I think we should keep in mind for the Heisman because he did come on gangbusters there like that.

667
00:43:46,920 --> 00:43:58,560
 But I'm interested in how Notre Dame is going to be, you know, and how the selection committee is going to deal with Notre Dame this year after getting some flack last year.

668
00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:02,140
 But the schedule doesn't look all that tough again.

669
00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:04,720
 Wisconsin is well down.

670
00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:05,520
 That's their opener.

671
00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:07,020
 They get rice.

672
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:10,120
 Michigan State has been down.

673
00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:12,600
 New coach coming in.

674
00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:16,320
 So, you know, Purdue, this looks like a schedule.

675
00:44:16,500 --> 00:44:18,100
 They may be able to make a run this year.

676
00:44:18,260 --> 00:44:20,820
 So, they're making a lot of noise at Notre Dame.

677
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:23,440
 That's not new, but, I mean, this year they look like they've got something.

678
00:44:23,680 --> 00:44:24,940
 They've got a little blue in their saddle.

679
00:44:25,160 --> 00:44:25,700
 We'll see what goes.

680
00:44:26,460 --> 00:44:29,140
 Yeah, we'll see if the dog can buy it in addition to barking.

681
00:44:29,260 --> 00:44:32,640
 Bruce, let's just have some fun here to say that they're all that in a bag of chips.

682
00:44:33,220 --> 00:44:36,640
 Who would give them the biggest run for the money from the SEC?

683
00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:40,860
 We know back in the day that would have been a laughable question to ask when Nick was in charge.

684
00:44:41,240 --> 00:44:43,240
 Maybe the new era would do that.

685
00:44:43,580 --> 00:44:45,140
 We know Georgia's got a reputation.

686
00:44:45,140 --> 00:44:48,060
 We know Texas got a billion-dollar payroll.

687
00:44:48,240 --> 00:44:51,100
 So, who from the SEC is going to be in the thick of things?

688
00:44:51,820 --> 00:44:53,320
 A bunch of them, I think.

689
00:44:53,460 --> 00:44:54,500
 Georgia's going to be right there.

690
00:44:54,580 --> 00:44:55,720
 Gunnar Stockton comes back.

691
00:44:55,780 --> 00:44:58,400
 Maybe we should mention him in the Heiser mix.

692
00:44:58,540 --> 00:44:59,600
 We know Texas.

693
00:44:59,740 --> 00:45:00,420
 Here we go again.

694
00:45:00,500 --> 00:45:01,860
 We're going to get all the hype with Texas.

695
00:45:02,240 --> 00:45:02,540
 Yeah, we are.

696
00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:03,200
 Absolutely.

697
00:45:04,040 --> 00:45:04,680
 That's coming.

698
00:45:05,260 --> 00:45:06,040
 That's for sure.

699
00:45:06,160 --> 00:45:07,980
 A&M made a nice move last year.

700
00:45:08,460 --> 00:45:10,080
 Ferelko, I think he's the right guy.

701
00:45:10,080 --> 00:45:18,740
 I'm curious how Ole Miss is going to function here without Lane and Pete Golding.

702
00:45:18,820 --> 00:45:19,680
 I have a lot of pressure on him.

703
00:45:20,200 --> 00:45:23,840
 But like I mentioned a minute ago, the one I'm watching is LSU.

704
00:45:24,840 --> 00:45:31,620
 Because I think Lane, I think it was such a bad fit with Kelly there last year.

705
00:45:31,900 --> 00:45:32,860
 For the last few years.

706
00:45:32,960 --> 00:45:34,200
 Nobody seemed to like him.

707
00:45:34,260 --> 00:45:35,200
 He didn't seem comfortable.

708
00:45:35,340 --> 00:45:36,520
 Nobody seemed happy there.

709
00:45:36,860 --> 00:45:37,020
 Yeah.

710
00:45:38,020 --> 00:45:39,380
 And Lane's going to come in.

711
00:45:39,440 --> 00:45:39,800
 Lane won.

712
00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:41,960
 Listen, I was talking to Brett, you know, last week.

713
00:45:42,020 --> 00:45:42,700
 He said, don't forget.

714
00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:46,440
 He said, Ole Miss was sort of out of the big-time football business until Lane got there.

715
00:45:46,520 --> 00:45:48,360
 He won 52 games in five years.

716
00:45:49,400 --> 00:45:54,280
 Basically, I was nowhere with Matt Luke, and he got him up to speed really quick.

717
00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:56,480
 He's inheriting something there.

718
00:45:56,580 --> 00:45:57,960
 He's worked the portal pretty well.

719
00:45:58,020 --> 00:46:00,780
 He's brought some guys down from Ole Miss, brought most of his staff down.

720
00:46:01,500 --> 00:46:03,820
 And Levitt, who I mentioned at the outset.

721
00:46:04,300 --> 00:46:06,640
 I really would watch LSU here.

722
00:46:06,640 --> 00:46:12,280
 I think, you know, Lane, I mean, the honeymoon might last a little while there.

723
00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:15,740
 And especially if they want to win, and I think they will.

724
00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:16,280
 We'll see.

725
00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:22,360
 Let me ask you, we'll be talking about this a lot next week with the NFL Draft in Pittsburgh.

726
00:46:23,120 --> 00:46:25,800
 Who is Bruce Marshall's top five picks?

727
00:46:26,040 --> 00:46:29,080
 I know I've seen several mocks this morning.

728
00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:35,200
 Fernando Mendoza from Indiana to Las Vegas, the number one pick.

729
00:46:36,600 --> 00:46:40,960
 Arvel Reese, the linebacker from a Hall State, maybe to the Jets second.

730
00:46:41,520 --> 00:46:46,400
 David Bailey's probably going in the top five, the edge from Texas Tech.

731
00:46:46,400 --> 00:46:52,720
 And I keep hearing the Titans are looking at Jeremiah Love, speaking of Notre Dame.

732
00:46:52,720 --> 00:46:55,080
 They want to try to give Kim Ward some help.

733
00:46:55,680 --> 00:46:58,120
 Probably need to be looking at some offensive linemen, too.

734
00:46:58,820 --> 00:47:01,000
 And Sonny Stiles from Ohio State.

735
00:47:01,160 --> 00:47:03,120
 And, again, we mentioned 10 other names.

736
00:47:03,560 --> 00:47:06,140
 Who's Bruce Marshall's top five next week?

737
00:47:06,140 --> 00:47:07,280
 Well, yeah.

738
00:47:07,480 --> 00:47:10,200
 I mean, I think Mendoza and Reese go one, too.

739
00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:14,820
 And, by the way, the Jets are going to pick right near the top, top of the second round.

740
00:47:15,140 --> 00:47:17,640
 And that's where I think Ty Simpson might end up.

741
00:47:19,140 --> 00:47:22,280
 I think the Jets are still going to make another move at quarterback here.

742
00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:27,020
 If Aaron Glenn wants to save his job, I'm not sure Geno Smith's going to do it.

743
00:47:27,340 --> 00:47:29,020
 I think that would happen in the second round for them.

744
00:47:29,480 --> 00:47:33,080
 Beyond that, the guy you'd want to watch here, if there's a lineman moving up,

745
00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:39,040
 Margoa from Miami, the big tackle, could move into the top five.

746
00:47:39,940 --> 00:47:41,160
 Arizona's sitting there at five.

747
00:47:41,240 --> 00:47:42,780
 They might want to take a look at him.

748
00:47:44,100 --> 00:47:48,440
 You know, Bailey from Texas Tech, you mentioned him.

749
00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:50,860
 Ed Rusher, he's going to be in demand.

750
00:47:51,080 --> 00:47:56,020
 And where Jeremiah Love goes is going to be pretty interesting if Tennessee wants to do it.

751
00:47:56,060 --> 00:48:00,600
 They do need a little bit more help for Cam Ward, who I think the jury is still out on.

752
00:48:00,620 --> 00:48:02,460
 But he did make some progress late last year.

753
00:48:02,460 --> 00:48:05,080
 They've got a new staff in there, so let's see what happens with the Titans.

754
00:48:06,740 --> 00:48:14,180
 And, you know, I've also watched Makai Lemon, you know, out of USC.

755
00:48:15,040 --> 00:48:17,540
 Big-time game-breaker, sort of a receiver.

756
00:48:17,840 --> 00:48:21,660
 I don't know if he's a top five pick, but in styles too.

757
00:48:21,880 --> 00:48:24,140
 So somewhere in that mix, and there could still be some trades too.

758
00:48:24,240 --> 00:48:25,140
 Somebody's going to want to move up.

759
00:48:25,200 --> 00:48:30,800
 I don't think we'll see another quarterback pick besides maybe Simpson later in the first round.

760
00:48:30,800 --> 00:48:32,500
 But I'm kind of thinking it might be Mendoza.

761
00:48:32,600 --> 00:48:35,440
 Then we've got to wait until Simpson at the top of the second round for a quarterback pick.

762
00:48:36,480 --> 00:48:40,060
 Martin, Tennessee and New York City, that's going to be a major change.

763
00:48:40,180 --> 00:48:41,940
 Bruce, if we can indulge just a second here.

764
00:48:41,980 --> 00:48:44,580
 By the way, Bruce Marshall, amongst other places, Vegas Insider.

765
00:48:44,680 --> 00:48:46,260
 Talk a little basketball transfer.

766
00:48:47,260 --> 00:48:53,400
 Alabama shopping like everybody else picks up at least a tall drink of water, 6'10", Brandon Garrison.

767
00:48:53,540 --> 00:48:58,000
 He's got the Kentucky pedigree, but Kentucky fans said he didn't live up to his billings.

768
00:48:58,040 --> 00:49:00,620
 He's got a 7'3'' wingspan.

769
00:49:01,060 --> 00:49:02,800
 Your thoughts about Alabama.

770
00:49:02,920 --> 00:49:05,480
 Did they win or lose with Brandon Garrison coming in?

771
00:49:06,060 --> 00:49:08,500
 Boy, that's to be determined there.

772
00:49:08,820 --> 00:49:15,260
 I mean, that's good if you're on the tarmac trying to take off at the airport there, 7'3'' wingspan.

773
00:49:15,360 --> 00:49:15,760
 But we'll see.

774
00:49:15,880 --> 00:49:20,820
 I've seen a lot of guys with long arms not make it in college hoops.

775
00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:30,020
 What gets me, though, is as of the end of last week, the portal opened up, what was it, the 7th or 8th in the middle of last week.

776
00:49:30,100 --> 00:49:30,700
 It's 7th.

777
00:49:31,540 --> 00:49:38,300
 Yeah, there were already 1,500 guys in the portal after three days.

778
00:49:39,240 --> 00:49:44,380
 And I think last year we had 2,300.

779
00:49:44,380 --> 00:49:46,580
 Now, they don't all move.

780
00:49:47,300 --> 00:49:48,460
 They don't all move.

781
00:49:48,660 --> 00:49:50,880
 Some of them stay in their same spots.

782
00:49:51,520 --> 00:49:58,180
 But it's quite wild here what's going on.

783
00:49:58,260 --> 00:50:01,140
 We'll see what happens with the big man from Alabama.

784
00:50:01,600 --> 00:50:05,440
 And if anybody else jumps in, I'd watch a couple guys of interest.

785
00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:10,280
 Badunga from Kansas looks like he's going to land at Louisville.

786
00:50:10,580 --> 00:50:12,340
 I think they made a pretty good move with him.

787
00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:17,200
 Blackwell, the guard from Wisconsin, is a big-time scorer.

788
00:50:17,460 --> 00:50:19,600
 He has not announced where he's going yet.

789
00:50:20,720 --> 00:50:24,720
 Monsilovich, the three-point specialist at Iowa State, is in there.

790
00:50:26,540 --> 00:50:27,840
 Alan Graves, Santa Clara.

791
00:50:28,020 --> 00:50:29,900
 Now, he's also going to put his name in the NBA draft.

792
00:50:29,960 --> 00:50:31,880
 And a couple of these guys could do that as well.

793
00:50:32,580 --> 00:50:39,560
 If he decides to stick for Santa Clara, he's going to lose the best three players to the portal or NBA draft.

794
00:50:39,660 --> 00:50:43,340
 But Graves is a guy I'd watch if he does not go into the NBA.

795
00:50:43,340 --> 00:50:46,840
 Right now, though, Monsilovich and Blackwell are two I would watch.

796
00:50:47,600 --> 00:50:52,260
 But I'm curious to see if we'll actually get above that 2,300 mark.

797
00:50:52,400 --> 00:50:56,320
 I think there's only about 3,000 D1 players.

798
00:50:57,700 --> 00:51:00,060
 You've got almost three-quarters of them going in the portal.

799
00:51:00,160 --> 00:51:01,320
 Some of them will stay, obviously.

800
00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:08,260
 I'm also curious, we saw the enterprising coaches go down into D2.

801
00:51:08,900 --> 00:51:13,740
 And you can generally find a lot of shooters at the next level down.

802
00:51:14,840 --> 00:51:17,620
 Bigs, not as much, but shooters, there's plenty of them there.

803
00:51:17,880 --> 00:51:23,760
 So that's sort of another frontier that D1 coaches can explore.

804
00:51:24,220 --> 00:51:25,720
 There's the old J.C. route, too.

805
00:51:26,260 --> 00:51:28,700
 But, God, it's amazing.

806
00:51:28,880 --> 00:51:30,700
 You lose track of all these guys in the portal.

807
00:51:30,880 --> 00:51:33,720
 I can't imagine being a coach now trying to follow this stuff.

808
00:51:34,860 --> 00:51:37,920
 Let me circle back real quick to the NFL draft.

809
00:51:37,920 --> 00:51:43,420
 Will Alabama's left tackle, Caden Proctor, be selected in the first round?

810
00:51:44,080 --> 00:51:47,320
 I saw today maybe even as high as six to Cleveland.

811
00:51:47,520 --> 00:51:49,400
 I don't know if that would be that high.

812
00:51:50,100 --> 00:51:54,360
 And will Auburn get their first first-round pick since 2019?

813
00:51:55,340 --> 00:51:59,160
 I saw Kendrick Falk going number 25 to the Bears.

814
00:52:00,540 --> 00:52:04,520
 Boy, wouldn't that be something if Auburn does that?

815
00:52:04,600 --> 00:52:05,460
 I think it's close.

816
00:52:05,560 --> 00:52:07,740
 Whenever you get to the end of the first round, a lot of those guys,

817
00:52:07,860 --> 00:52:09,320
 they could go either way.

818
00:52:10,320 --> 00:52:12,680
 But I think that could happen.

819
00:52:13,320 --> 00:52:15,480
 Proctor, I think, will go in the first round.

820
00:52:16,620 --> 00:52:20,740
 And I think, you know, I've seen some projections, Buffalo for him.

821
00:52:21,740 --> 00:52:23,540
 But I think Proctor will.

822
00:52:23,700 --> 00:52:27,960
 I think he's more likely to go in the first round than Falk.

823
00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:29,720
 But I think Falk might, too.

824
00:52:29,800 --> 00:52:32,940
 Edge rushers are kind of in vogue right now.

825
00:52:33,300 --> 00:52:35,420
 By the way, I think I omitted Alabama.

826
00:52:35,780 --> 00:52:36,120
 I shouldn't.

827
00:52:36,520 --> 00:52:38,220
 I got so carried with LSU.

828
00:52:39,000 --> 00:52:41,060
 Kaelin, the ball will have Alabama in the mix again this year.

829
00:52:41,180 --> 00:52:42,220
 That's for sure.

830
00:52:42,300 --> 00:52:42,820
 They'll be there.

831
00:52:42,920 --> 00:52:47,380
 I would also watch how Alex Goalish gets Auburn going with his transfer quarterback

832
00:52:47,380 --> 00:52:48,760
 from South Florida, Byron Brown.

833
00:52:48,940 --> 00:52:51,380
 So lots to look forward to this fall.

834
00:52:52,400 --> 00:52:53,820
 No question about it.

835
00:52:53,820 --> 00:52:58,320
 And you are still the gold standard back with them again.

836
00:52:59,460 --> 00:53:01,700
 The NFL next week.

837
00:53:02,100 --> 00:53:03,120
 College baseball.

838
00:53:03,360 --> 00:53:04,860
 I don't know how much of that you do.

839
00:53:05,060 --> 00:53:08,860
 We've got a lot of 8-7, 7-8 teams in the SEC.

840
00:53:10,420 --> 00:53:11,900
 Again, spring football.

841
00:53:12,180 --> 00:53:13,960
 Not too many people betting on that.

842
00:53:14,060 --> 00:53:15,720
 But it's certainly alive down here.

843
00:53:16,760 --> 00:53:19,940
 NBA, hockey, you name it, you do it.

844
00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:22,120
 Where can we get online to get all the good stuff?

845
00:53:22,760 --> 00:53:25,060
 Yeah, some people do end up betting college baseball.

846
00:53:25,240 --> 00:53:26,700
 They put numbers and some books on that.

847
00:53:27,700 --> 00:53:30,380
 Former Alabama coaches, for one.

848
00:53:31,780 --> 00:53:32,940
 Yeah, there you go.

849
00:53:33,260 --> 00:53:33,980
 You're getting the World Series.

850
00:53:33,980 --> 00:53:36,560
 Actually, I just like to enjoy that, watching it.

851
00:53:36,620 --> 00:53:37,700
 That's one sport I just enjoy.

852
00:53:37,820 --> 00:53:39,140
 I don't have to worry about making picks.

853
00:53:39,240 --> 00:53:42,800
 But anyway, all my stuff under one umbrella now.

854
00:53:43,220 --> 00:53:44,300
 And that's wagertalk.com.

855
00:53:44,360 --> 00:53:45,680
 Now, that's goldsheet.com, too.

856
00:53:45,720 --> 00:53:47,880
 And I'm back there from like the old days.

857
00:53:48,840 --> 00:53:51,680
 But we'll get more of that stuff towards football season picks now.

858
00:53:51,800 --> 00:53:55,440
 It's also picks and parlays and winnersandwiners.com under that umbrella.

859
00:53:55,640 --> 00:53:56,860
 But wagertalk.com, too.

860
00:53:56,920 --> 00:53:57,500
 Picks up there.

861
00:53:57,800 --> 00:53:59,800
 And that's where you go for everything Bruce these days.

862
00:54:00,720 --> 00:54:02,680
 Bruce, keep on hitting it out of the park.

863
00:54:02,680 --> 00:54:04,820
 And thank you so much again for your time this week, buddy.

864
00:54:05,860 --> 00:54:06,680
 Have a good week, boys.

865
00:54:06,760 --> 00:54:07,140
 Thank you.

866
00:54:07,320 --> 00:54:07,800
 Thank you, buddy.

867
00:54:07,860 --> 00:54:08,460
 You do the same.

868
00:54:08,540 --> 00:54:09,780
 Bruce Marshall going up with us.

869
00:54:09,840 --> 00:54:12,240
 Visually against a bunch of other places, Vegas, and Saturday.

870
00:54:12,740 --> 00:54:13,980
 Bad dad joke.

871
00:54:14,060 --> 00:54:17,860
 Speaking of betting on spring games, I'm taking Auburn this weekend, BB.

872
00:54:19,020 --> 00:54:21,920
 And we'll also take Matt Merchelle with the open door next hour.

873
00:54:22,000 --> 00:54:24,320
 Also, Joe Cox and John Ferrari.

874
00:54:24,420 --> 00:54:25,180
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875
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 Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall is blaming the city leadership of Montgomery for

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976
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 Marshall says the city officials are out of excuses and pointed to the Montgomery Mayor Stephen

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979
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996
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 John, welcome in.

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 How are you?

1041
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 Harold, doing great.

1042
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 I tell you what, this is why we live in the state of Florida.

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 This weather's about a 10 over here.

1044
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 Hopefully, you guys are getting close to that.

1045
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 But it's just fantastic.

1046
01:02:46,000 --> 01:02:48,700
 And it was beautiful at the spring game on Saturday as well.

1047
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 I don't think John Summerall could have dialed it up any better.

1048
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 You said John Summerall.

1049
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 What we're understanding, John, is John Wayne.

1050
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 He seems to be bringing some of his Alabama roots with him.

1051
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 Are the Florida players, are they accepting that tough new attitude?

1052
01:03:05,000 --> 01:03:07,160
 Or are they breaking out the Kleenex and crying to mom?

1053
01:03:08,580 --> 01:03:10,960
 No, they're expecting that tough new attitude.

1054
01:03:11,640 --> 01:03:14,460
 And John Wayne, I like that, Harold.

1055
01:03:14,460 --> 01:03:25,260
 But in the postgame, John Summerall brought up that if you want to play tough and physical and love football, come to Florida.

1056
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 If you're soft and you just like football, don't go to Georgia.

1057
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 Yeah, go to Georgia or go to Florida State.

1058
01:03:34,700 --> 01:03:39,300
 And I like that bravado, to be quite frank.

1059
01:03:39,360 --> 01:03:44,280
 And he said they are the fifth-rated public university in the country.

1060
01:03:44,620 --> 01:03:46,060
 They've got beautiful weather.

1061
01:03:46,220 --> 01:03:47,620
 They've got history and heritage.

1062
01:03:47,740 --> 01:03:51,660
 He said there's no reason we can't recruit anybody we want here.

1063
01:03:52,180 --> 01:03:54,080
 And that's kind of refreshing.

1064
01:03:55,120 --> 01:03:58,560
 And to have a spring game at noon on a Saturday is refreshing.

1065
01:03:58,780 --> 01:04:05,080
 And not doing it on a Thursday night because, allegedly, you need to do it to help recruiting.

1066
01:04:05,400 --> 01:04:05,840
 No.

1067
01:04:06,080 --> 01:04:09,080
 That premise was so ridiculous, guys.

1068
01:04:10,020 --> 01:04:11,160
 It is Florida.

1069
01:04:12,040 --> 01:04:13,060
 It is prestigious.

1070
01:04:13,060 --> 01:04:14,540
 And you can bring them here.

1071
01:04:14,680 --> 01:04:18,040
 So, I love what John Summerall said after the game on Saturday.

1072
01:04:18,900 --> 01:04:24,700
 John, I saw these stats this morning, and I had to do a double take.

1073
01:04:25,400 --> 01:04:30,500
 It's been seven years since Florida Notch double-digit wins.

1074
01:04:30,540 --> 01:04:31,020
 Wow.

1075
01:04:31,500 --> 01:04:37,700
 And 17 years since the Gators were legitimate national championship contenders.

1076
01:04:38,380 --> 01:04:43,980
 Florida is 29-37 over its last 66 games,

1077
01:04:44,600 --> 01:04:49,580
 including losing seasons in four of the past five years.

1078
01:04:50,200 --> 01:04:54,040
 Were my eyes deceiving me, or is that unfortunately true?

1079
01:04:55,100 --> 01:05:03,180
 That is unfortunately true because my eyes have seen it in person for most of those years, Brett, unfortunately.

1080
01:05:04,180 --> 01:05:09,740
 And that's why I don't blame the fan base or the boosters for being livid

1081
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 because with the money that's being put into that program,

1082
01:05:13,620 --> 01:05:19,760
 the numbers you just ran off, it's outrageous it's been that bad, to be quite frank about it.

1083
01:05:20,020 --> 01:05:24,120
 But hopefully John Summerall can turn this thing around.

1084
01:05:24,300 --> 01:05:27,180
 I know he wants to do it immediately.

1085
01:05:27,460 --> 01:05:29,100
 Now, that doesn't mean you're going to win a championship,

1086
01:05:29,420 --> 01:05:36,380
 but I just like the attitude he's bringing and coming in with that Florida shouldn't be that way.

1087
01:05:36,760 --> 01:05:39,080
 And there's no reason to be that way.

1088
01:05:39,280 --> 01:05:42,320
 So, moving forward, we'll see how it plays out.

1089
01:05:42,320 --> 01:05:47,820
 I'll say this, he's had a lot of momentum in the recruiting as well for 20-27,

1090
01:05:48,120 --> 01:05:50,920
 which isn't going to help this upcoming season,

1091
01:05:51,100 --> 01:05:57,180
 but he got a five-star offensive lineman, Maxwell Hiller, to commit.

1092
01:05:57,640 --> 01:06:02,640
 Davin Davidson from Sarasota, Mooney, the four-star quarterback, committed.

1093
01:06:03,440 --> 01:06:10,840
 Had a cornerback from South Carolina flip to Florida and actually greeted Summerall in the tunnel after the spring game

1094
01:06:10,840 --> 01:06:12,300
 and said he was coming to Florida.

1095
01:06:12,640 --> 01:06:18,860
 So, there's a lot of good momentum, but like everything, Brett, it's all going to come down to

1096
01:06:18,860 --> 01:06:23,040
 you've got to put a winning product out on the field on Saturday.

1097
01:06:23,040 --> 01:06:27,460
 And what you just rolled out, haven't had a winning product since 2020.

1098
01:06:27,780 --> 01:06:30,640
 The COVID deal with Dan Bullock, to be quite frank about it.

1099
01:06:30,660 --> 01:06:33,740
 That's the last time it was a quality product.

1100
01:06:33,880 --> 01:06:42,060
 I know they backdoored into an 8-5 in 2024 with Billy Napier, but that never felt like a contending team ever.

1101
01:06:42,580 --> 01:06:45,640
 So, it's time to turn that around, no doubt.

1102
01:06:46,860 --> 01:06:50,540
 John, 4965sports.com, we joke about the attitude.

1103
01:06:51,080 --> 01:06:53,380
 Every first year, a coach is a hero in April.

1104
01:06:53,600 --> 01:06:54,400
 They're undefeated.

1105
01:06:54,540 --> 01:06:57,640
 They haven't made a boo-boo yet, so the fans have no reason to really hate them.

1106
01:06:58,440 --> 01:07:00,260
 It's easy to do the talking.

1107
01:07:00,400 --> 01:07:03,900
 Your question, the question to you, Johnny, is based on what you saw,

1108
01:07:04,280 --> 01:07:06,140
 what will happen to go from talking to walking?

1109
01:07:06,260 --> 01:07:09,860
 We know ballgames probably are lost by coaches,

1110
01:07:09,980 --> 01:07:12,620
 but it's the Jimmys and Joes that's going to win on the field.

1111
01:07:12,700 --> 01:07:14,720
 Your thoughts about the Jimmys and Joes this year?

1112
01:07:16,000 --> 01:07:19,920
 Well, I think they're going to have more playmakers this year

1113
01:07:19,920 --> 01:07:23,440
 in the backfield and at wide receiver.

1114
01:07:24,340 --> 01:07:27,860
 Now, Dallas Wilson didn't participate on Saturday.

1115
01:07:28,040 --> 01:07:30,820
 He was held out for precautionary reasons,

1116
01:07:30,820 --> 01:07:35,220
 but they had a young man, Micah Mays, who stood out.

1117
01:07:35,760 --> 01:07:40,320
 Burnell Brown, who had been there last year, a legacy recruit, stood out.

1118
01:07:40,620 --> 01:07:45,680
 Jaden Ball, of course, we know is going to get the ball more than 10, 12 times a game.

1119
01:07:45,760 --> 01:07:47,840
 There's no doubt in my mind they're going to feed him.

1120
01:07:48,400 --> 01:07:53,420
 And I think Duke Clark is going to be a name that your listeners are going to get familiar with

1121
01:07:53,420 --> 01:07:54,880
 at running back as well.

1122
01:07:55,700 --> 01:08:02,180
 My concern, and John Summerall's concern in the postgame, was the offensive line.

1123
01:08:02,900 --> 01:08:08,940
 You're only going to go as far as these guys go over the summer, as well as after the spring game.

1124
01:08:09,880 --> 01:08:14,380
 So that's going to be the conundrum, as they say, guys.

1125
01:08:14,440 --> 01:08:19,460
 How much can they get out of that line in John Summerall's first year?

1126
01:08:20,100 --> 01:08:22,960
 The schedule slacks up a little bit for them.

1127
01:08:23,040 --> 01:08:29,480
 It's still the SEC, I realize that, but they don't have Miami, LSU, or Tennessee on this schedule,

1128
01:08:30,020 --> 01:08:35,980
 which they've had the past two years, and those were all three losses the last two years.

1129
01:08:36,080 --> 01:08:38,460
 So I think that helps as well.

1130
01:08:39,260 --> 01:08:41,940
 I think it's a team that can get eight wins.

1131
01:08:41,940 --> 01:08:49,320
 Now, it's hard to base a lot off a spring game, but I think they could get to eight wins next year.

1132
01:08:49,420 --> 01:08:50,700
 I think that's got to be the target.

1133
01:08:51,000 --> 01:08:55,300
 Obviously, it's got to be a lot better than four and eight and five and seven,

1134
01:08:55,440 --> 01:08:58,500
 which is where it's been two out of the last three years, unfortunately.

1135
01:09:00,120 --> 01:09:04,140
 John, the quarterback battles is always of interest to fans.

1136
01:09:04,400 --> 01:09:08,640
 Aaron Filo came with Buster Faulkner from Georgia Tech.

1137
01:09:09,320 --> 01:09:11,500
 Numbers were good in the spring.

1138
01:09:11,500 --> 01:09:15,180
 21-28, 193, and two touchdowns.

1139
01:09:15,880 --> 01:09:23,680
 Trammell Jones Jr. went 13-17 for 210, including a 75-yard beautiful pass.

1140
01:09:24,280 --> 01:09:25,980
 I saw a clip of it.

1141
01:09:26,300 --> 01:09:32,660
 I know we were texting earlier in the week, and you thought Jones may have had the best performance.

1142
01:09:32,980 --> 01:09:36,400
 Your thoughts on the Florida quarterback competition?

1143
01:09:37,400 --> 01:09:44,040
 I thought Jones was cleaner because Filo made a couple of bad decisions during that spring game.

1144
01:09:44,120 --> 01:09:45,300
 Had a couple of interceptions.

1145
01:09:46,340 --> 01:09:51,780
 Now, I thought Filo got the ball out faster, but I thought Jones had the better performance on Saturday.

1146
01:09:52,740 --> 01:09:59,040
 Now, whether that means he's the starter in September, because it's like the CIA down there, guys.

1147
01:09:59,100 --> 01:10:02,320
 They don't let us see much of anything else but the spring game.

1148
01:10:02,840 --> 01:10:05,800
 So, I don't know how he looked leading up to it.

1149
01:10:05,880 --> 01:10:20,560
 Of course, it's going to be open in fall camp, and I still think they're probably, they being the coaching staff, leaning toward Filo if it's close because that was a hand-picked transfer they wanted.

1150
01:10:20,560 --> 01:10:27,900
 He came with Buster Faulkner, the offensive coordinator, but Trammell Jones looked better to me on Saturday.

1151
01:10:30,440 --> 01:10:35,160
 The defense, it flashed at times.

1152
01:10:35,340 --> 01:10:38,940
 Coramani McClain, Conan Bonney.

1153
01:10:40,480 --> 01:10:45,320
 Again, the defensive front, you've got to have a defensive front in this league.

1154
01:10:45,720 --> 01:10:50,580
 John, your thoughts overall, defensive line, linebacker, and secondary?

1155
01:10:51,580 --> 01:10:57,340
 I thought L.J. McRae flashed on the defensive line on Saturday.

1156
01:10:57,500 --> 01:10:58,960
 You mentioned Coramani McClain.

1157
01:10:59,020 --> 01:11:01,760
 I thought the secondary looked really good.

1158
01:11:02,020 --> 01:11:04,340
 They had a couple of interceptions, as I mentioned.

1159
01:11:04,340 --> 01:11:11,000
 Now, they did give up the long 75-yarder to Micah Mays, the one from Trammell Jones you touched on, Brett.

1160
01:11:11,200 --> 01:11:13,840
 But I thought overall they looked good.

1161
01:11:14,500 --> 01:11:17,280
 The linebackers were okay.

1162
01:11:18,080 --> 01:11:21,580
 Nothing really jumped off the chart from them for me on Saturday.

1163
01:11:21,860 --> 01:11:26,180
 Now, again, a spring game, limited tackling, obviously.

1164
01:11:26,980 --> 01:11:30,120
 You don't touch the quarterback, and everything's pretty vanilla.

1165
01:11:30,900 --> 01:11:33,700
 So that's the other thing I take into account with this.

1166
01:11:33,700 --> 01:11:39,900
 What you're seeing there, you're going to see it amped up by 1,000, you know,

1167
01:11:39,940 --> 01:11:42,300
 when we get to late August and early September.

1168
01:11:42,720 --> 01:11:46,020
 But I think the defense is going to be improved, though.

1169
01:11:46,140 --> 01:11:49,900
 And that's John Summerall's specialty, as you guys know.

1170
01:11:50,080 --> 01:11:53,740
 So I expect the defense to be improved.

1171
01:11:54,040 --> 01:11:57,940
 But my biggest concern, I'll just circle back, is the offensive line.

1172
01:11:58,000 --> 01:12:04,380
 And are they going to be able to protect and open up enough holes for Ball and Duke Clark

1173
01:12:04,380 --> 01:12:06,700
 and protect Philo and Jones?

1174
01:12:06,700 --> 01:12:13,280
 That's really, to me, how far this team's going to go in 26 is how good they can be,

1175
01:12:13,340 --> 01:12:15,680
 that offensive line, starting in the fall.

1176
01:12:16,600 --> 01:12:19,740
 You need to have a breakfast, a cup of coffee with an Alabama fan.

1177
01:12:19,800 --> 01:12:23,120
 It's exactly what they'd be talking to you about on this side of the fence, too.

1178
01:12:23,540 --> 01:12:26,060
 John, obviously you mentioned it in the spring.

1179
01:12:26,320 --> 01:12:28,960
 You've got to take it with a grain of salt, including the officiating.

1180
01:12:29,040 --> 01:12:33,620
 But one thing that stood out to me under Napier is almost like, at some point,

1181
01:12:33,660 --> 01:12:37,760
 he's going to screw it up, a penalty here, a penalty there, a bad call.

1182
01:12:38,520 --> 01:12:40,800
 Cranny, if I'm wrong, just five penalties in the game.

1183
01:12:40,880 --> 01:12:42,940
 I know you're going to get some home cooking with the officiating.

1184
01:12:43,060 --> 01:12:46,340
 If you want to come back and do it again, you better be good to us.

1185
01:12:46,440 --> 01:12:52,260
 But your thoughts, just for me, one of Billy's biggest bugaboos was Billy at times.

1186
01:12:53,460 --> 01:12:59,180
 That was his biggest liability, sadly, was Billy getting in the way of Billy

1187
01:12:59,180 --> 01:13:02,860
 and the program and the ego, to be quite frank about it.

1188
01:13:02,860 --> 01:13:06,600
 But it did look pretty clean on Saturday.

1189
01:13:07,460 --> 01:13:13,000
 I don't expect as many penalties and as many coaching gaps with John Summerall.

1190
01:13:13,100 --> 01:13:16,180
 And I've never, actually, other than the college football playoff,

1191
01:13:16,260 --> 01:13:18,980
 watched him coach an actual game from start to finish.

1192
01:13:19,140 --> 01:13:21,960
 But just things were so bad with Coach Napier.

1193
01:13:22,040 --> 01:13:23,860
 I don't want to pile on.

1194
01:13:23,920 --> 01:13:24,660
 He's gone now.

1195
01:13:24,720 --> 01:13:26,480
 I wish him the best at James Madison.

1196
01:13:26,820 --> 01:13:30,600
 But there's only one direction that can go, guys, honestly.

1197
01:13:30,600 --> 01:13:38,800
 And special teams, specifically, that was such an area that was just so undercoached,

1198
01:13:39,360 --> 01:13:42,660
 not performed in the four years Coach Napier was here.

1199
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 And then the play calling on offense, which that's a problem that you're not going to

1200
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 have to worry about your head coach, you know, getting a play caller.

1201
01:13:51,820 --> 01:13:58,080
 So I think Florida's ahead by leaps and bounds just by those two things alone in the next fall.

1202
01:13:59,200 --> 01:14:02,640
 John, I was amazed at something else I read about Florida.

1203
01:14:02,640 --> 01:14:13,020
 And the pro day, I believe in March, long snapper Rocco Underwood put up 14 reps and 225 pounds.

1204
01:14:13,160 --> 01:14:17,100
 That's the standard for pro days or combines.

1205
01:14:17,700 --> 01:14:26,120
 Three-year starting guard Damian George Jr. from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, well, played in Alabama only at 12.

1206
01:14:27,300 --> 01:14:32,760
 The focus on the weight room would be certainly there in the spring, wouldn't it, John?

1207
01:14:33,680 --> 01:14:35,380
 There's no doubt, Brett.

1208
01:14:35,580 --> 01:14:42,440
 There's been focus on that from day one, from what Coach Summerall's comments, which he never directly, you know,

1209
01:14:42,680 --> 01:14:44,740
 mentioned Napier or the former staff.

1210
01:14:44,840 --> 01:14:46,060
 You just don't do that.

1211
01:14:46,160 --> 01:14:56,260
 But he said the things that were going on there as far as the lack of physicality and lack of strength led you to believe, you know,

1212
01:14:56,300 --> 01:15:00,520
 that just big reason why Florida was where they were the last four years.

1213
01:15:00,520 --> 01:15:10,180
 And the weight room is going to be priority number one from April 14th today all the way to August when they show up for fall camp.

1214
01:15:10,320 --> 01:15:14,060
 There's no doubt in my mind from John Summerall's comments.

1215
01:15:14,220 --> 01:15:19,540
 That's going to be hit heavy, hard, and often throughout the spring and early summer.

1216
01:15:20,720 --> 01:15:22,660
 John, great stuff as always.

1217
01:15:23,160 --> 01:15:28,400
 Listen, Harold and I really believe John Summerall is going to get the job done at Florida.

1218
01:15:28,400 --> 01:15:31,960
 But not overnight, but it will eventually get there.

1219
01:15:32,060 --> 01:15:34,360
 But where can we get online to listen to your show?

1220
01:15:35,140 --> 01:15:38,960
 Well, you can get online at 1021news.com.

1221
01:15:39,160 --> 01:15:50,380
 You can follow me on social media at JF underscore sports now and in St. Augustine at 102.1 and 1240 WFOI.

1222
01:15:50,560 --> 01:15:52,620
 And, guys, always an honor and a pleasure.

1223
01:15:52,860 --> 01:15:53,660
 And you know what?

1224
01:15:53,660 --> 01:15:57,740
 It's going to be July 20th and SEC Media Days before you know it.

1225
01:15:57,900 --> 01:15:58,760
 Don't point your eyes.

1226
01:15:58,960 --> 01:15:59,560
 It's moving.

1227
01:16:01,040 --> 01:16:04,540
 In the meantime, enjoy that Florida Chamber of Commerce weathering, John.

1228
01:16:04,580 --> 01:16:05,780
 And thanks for your time, Dave, buddy.

1229
01:16:06,540 --> 01:16:07,320
 We will do it.

1230
01:16:07,400 --> 01:16:08,140
 Thank you, guys.

1231
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 Thank you, bud.

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1299
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1300
01:19:46,620 --> 01:19:49,420
 On Tuesday's edition of Crimson Drive, driven by NASCAR,

1301
01:19:49,600 --> 01:19:53,060
 we'll be joined by Alabama baseball's second baseman, Brendan Holtz.

1302
01:19:53,520 --> 01:19:54,440
 I'm loving it.

1303
01:19:54,540 --> 01:19:56,720
 It's everything I've dreamed of and more.

1304
01:19:57,480 --> 01:20:01,120
 Just, I've never imagined me being in Crimson from being from Baton Rouge,

1305
01:20:01,300 --> 01:20:02,540
 but I love it.

1306
01:20:02,580 --> 01:20:07,680
 I'm glad I'm here and I'm glad to spend my last year of college baseball here with the Crimson Tide.

1307
01:20:08,040 --> 01:20:11,520
 Well, you fit in very well, again, being the everyday second baseman for Alabama.

1308
01:20:11,680 --> 01:20:15,240
 Is it a lot of fun getting to play right next to Justin LeBron as your double play partner?

1309
01:20:15,360 --> 01:20:15,680
 Oh, yeah.

1310
01:20:15,760 --> 01:20:19,780
 I mean, not many people can say that they got to play with a first round draft pick.

1311
01:20:19,940 --> 01:20:21,140
 So I'm very grateful.

1312
01:20:21,140 --> 01:20:27,380
 And it's awesome just to be right there in the middle with him and see all the great things that he does on the field and just being a teammate.

1313
01:20:27,860 --> 01:20:27,980
 Yeah.

1314
01:20:28,000 --> 01:20:30,700
 Did it take long to develop that good timing with him defensively?

1315
01:20:30,800 --> 01:20:31,580
 No, not really.

1316
01:20:31,680 --> 01:20:34,900
 I mean, we're both athletic, so it kind of clicked very fast.

1317
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 And just the rhythm and everything worked pretty well just right off the bat.

1318
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1330
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 Welcome back again.

1331
01:21:35,680 --> 01:21:41,100
 Many big thanks for having us get through the afternoon and also for our next guest, Joe Cox.

1332
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 Stepping up, he is busy there.

1333
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 Find column is Saturday down south.

1334
01:21:44,440 --> 01:21:45,580
 Joe, welcome in.

1335
01:21:45,640 --> 01:21:50,260
 Are you enjoying football season in April across the SEC?

1336
01:21:51,300 --> 01:21:52,580
 Oh, it's always fun.

1337
01:21:52,720 --> 01:21:57,300
 You know, it's one of those, it's a little good, a little bad.

1338
01:21:57,380 --> 01:22:01,140
 You never know what to make of spring ball because, you know, if your offense looks great,

1339
01:22:01,140 --> 01:22:07,140
 your defense is probably lousy and vice versa, but, you know, hope springs eternal, guys.

1340
01:22:07,300 --> 01:22:11,760
 To be in this business, you've got to be crazy or an optimist or maybe both.

1341
01:22:11,980 --> 01:22:12,420
 Yeah.

1342
01:22:13,420 --> 01:22:16,840
 I know where I fall on that, and I'm afraid I could guess with you guys, too.

1343
01:22:17,640 --> 01:22:19,240
 We've got something in coming there.

1344
01:22:19,440 --> 01:22:22,640
 We always just fire the coach when they have a bad spring, just fire the coach.

1345
01:22:22,940 --> 01:22:27,420
 Let's go back and have some fun here with this thing, talking about Alabama, the quarterback competition.

1346
01:22:27,920 --> 01:22:33,280
 And I think if Ken and DeBoer ask the fans, it's pretty easy, his choice of quarterback heading into the season.

1347
01:22:33,460 --> 01:22:42,000
 But in some ways, I'm going to try to dust off this old memory of mine and see if it's not some equated to the situation back in the day at Tennessee.

1348
01:22:42,260 --> 01:22:45,280
 They had a kid there that was all that in the bag of shoes named Brandon Stewart.

1349
01:22:45,400 --> 01:22:45,880
 That's the name.

1350
01:22:45,940 --> 01:22:46,840
 I think that's right.

1351
01:22:47,480 --> 01:22:50,220
 And he was going to be the man until they had this other kid.

1352
01:22:50,280 --> 01:22:51,500
 I think his name was Manning.

1353
01:22:51,640 --> 01:22:53,500
 Peyton was his first name, not Arch.

1354
01:22:54,340 --> 01:22:57,680
 And basically, Fulmer had to face the decision, who am I going to start?

1355
01:22:57,760 --> 01:22:58,900
 Well, we know how that worked out.

1356
01:22:59,500 --> 01:23:01,820
 And I hope I got that name right, Brandon Stewart.

1357
01:23:01,980 --> 01:23:03,460
 But he ended up at Texas A&M.

1358
01:23:03,660 --> 01:23:08,560
 But your thoughts about the situation at Alabama is, in some ways, is there a cousin to that?

1359
01:23:08,620 --> 01:23:14,080
 Because it's clear to most people that Keelan Russell is living up to all this hype out of high school.

1360
01:23:14,660 --> 01:23:21,100
 And poor old Austin Mack, I mean, all he's done is he's followed his coaching staff a little bit across the country, tried to earn his stripes.

1361
01:23:21,680 --> 01:23:24,740
 But then sometimes you face this guy as a phenom in camp.

1362
01:23:25,760 --> 01:23:26,200
 Absolutely.

1363
01:23:26,640 --> 01:23:34,100
 And these things have a funny way of working themselves out, even in the case of Messers Hurts and Tagovailoa.

1364
01:23:35,680 --> 01:23:40,060
 Sometimes two quarterbacks is a luxury that becomes a necessity.

1365
01:23:40,660 --> 01:23:44,380
 But I will go back and muddy the waters historically a little bit.

1366
01:23:44,460 --> 01:23:45,840
 You left out part of that story.

1367
01:23:46,000 --> 01:23:47,840
 I remember watching that Tennessee team.

1368
01:23:48,280 --> 01:23:51,320
 The other quarterback is a baseball Hall of Famer now, Todd Helton.

1369
01:23:51,640 --> 01:23:53,480
 So it worked out for him, too.

1370
01:23:54,000 --> 01:24:00,820
 So, you know, sometimes competition sends one guy up and one guy out and one guy to the baseball Hall of Fame.

1371
01:24:01,020 --> 01:24:03,700
 So, you know, it has a funny way of working out.

1372
01:24:03,700 --> 01:24:07,540
 But, yeah, I think you've got to like where you're at right now with Russell.

1373
01:24:07,860 --> 01:24:11,460
 And you think he's obviously going to get the first not at it.

1374
01:24:11,580 --> 01:24:16,480
 But, yes, as Peyton's saga proves to us, sometimes first isn't last.

1375
01:24:16,780 --> 01:24:20,520
 And we'll just have to see how it all plays its way out.

1376
01:24:21,520 --> 01:24:25,100
 Nobody knows Kentucky sports better than you do.

1377
01:24:25,180 --> 01:24:29,420
 And they've got their spring game, one of eight, on Saturday.

1378
01:24:30,420 --> 01:24:36,800
 From what I gather with reports, the Big Blue Nation welcomes the change.

1379
01:24:37,420 --> 01:24:39,980
 Mark Stoops did a lot for that program.

1380
01:24:40,880 --> 01:24:45,360
 But it probably best for the program, both went their separate ways.

1381
01:24:45,360 --> 01:24:48,220
 Will Stein now is there now.

1382
01:24:48,440 --> 01:24:49,760
 High-octane offense.

1383
01:24:50,240 --> 01:24:52,960
 Mincy, the transfer from Notre Dame.

1384
01:24:53,500 --> 01:24:57,740
 I know they brought some other transfers in with them, Joe.

1385
01:24:58,000 --> 01:25:03,080
 Your thoughts on a new look Kentucky beginning Saturday?

1386
01:25:04,140 --> 01:25:10,800
 You know, it really was time just from a standpoint that even a good thing can become a stale thing.

1387
01:25:10,980 --> 01:25:13,600
 And it hadn't been so great in the last couple years.

1388
01:25:13,600 --> 01:25:18,980
 For one thing, Kentucky fans are excited because I don't think this is a big secret,

1389
01:25:19,120 --> 01:25:21,660
 but I think Mark Stoops pretty much hated spring games.

1390
01:25:21,860 --> 01:25:24,660
 Kentucky either wouldn't have one or they'd hide it.

1391
01:25:24,760 --> 01:25:28,820
 You know, they'd play it at 2 o'clock in the morning in the parking lot somewhere.

1392
01:25:28,940 --> 01:25:31,800
 Whatever they could do to just stay out of the eye.

1393
01:25:32,160 --> 01:25:34,400
 That was Stoops' M.O.

1394
01:25:34,540 --> 01:25:37,900
 So between years where they didn't have it or they'd do weird formats,

1395
01:25:37,900 --> 01:25:43,740
 I know I'm just looking forward to seeing, you know, some actual reps with some actual players.

1396
01:25:44,200 --> 01:25:47,060
 So, you know, it's new.

1397
01:25:47,280 --> 01:25:48,740
 It's a time of enthusiasm.

1398
01:25:49,220 --> 01:25:52,840
 Will that enthusiasm get tempered week two with Alabama?

1399
01:25:53,040 --> 01:25:53,220
 Yeah.

1400
01:25:53,360 --> 01:25:54,200
 Yeah, I think it will.

1401
01:25:54,420 --> 01:25:59,700
 But, you know, if you're Will Stein, you've got that wave of excitement.

1402
01:26:00,120 --> 01:26:03,380
 And if you can throw the ball around and make it at least fun to watch,

1403
01:26:03,900 --> 01:26:10,260
 that might keep people at bay for a couple of years while you can hopefully build something that will last.

1404
01:26:11,440 --> 01:26:13,620
 Joe Cox is there Saturday down south.

1405
01:26:13,760 --> 01:26:18,520
 Joe, if you'll indulge us, another team that was sitting and watching Alabama last weekend.

1406
01:26:19,160 --> 01:26:23,340
 Alabama will now take a seat on the sidelines and watch Auburn with their spring playing.

1407
01:26:23,720 --> 01:26:26,240
 Talked with some folks earlier this week in as far as what to expect.

1408
01:26:26,320 --> 01:26:29,560
 And they said they expect the offense to be all that in a bag of chips

1409
01:26:29,560 --> 01:26:34,320
 because this is basically South Florida North when they bring in the offense.

1410
01:26:34,440 --> 01:26:35,100
 So they're going to click.

1411
01:26:35,180 --> 01:26:38,240
 The question is how will the defense compare with that?

1412
01:26:38,240 --> 01:26:42,900
 But, Joe, realistically, what do you expect down the plains this weekend, this fall?

1413
01:26:43,640 --> 01:26:49,140
 Well, I think what you expect in a spring game, particularly where you're a coach like Golesh,

1414
01:26:49,220 --> 01:26:53,000
 where, you know, you've got this offense that everybody's going to be talking about.

1415
01:26:53,280 --> 01:26:57,180
 I think the defense is going to be very vanilla.

1416
01:26:57,440 --> 01:27:02,020
 I think it's going to be very straightforward, very few wrinkles.

1417
01:27:02,020 --> 01:27:05,360
 And that doesn't mean that that's how they'll play defense in the fall.

1418
01:27:05,360 --> 01:27:11,420
 It just means why on earth would you start out a new thing by giving somebody a bunch of game tape

1419
01:27:11,420 --> 01:27:13,800
 that they can use to tear you apart in September?

1420
01:27:14,180 --> 01:27:18,620
 I think they'll keep it pretty dialed down on defense.

1421
01:27:18,880 --> 01:27:21,220
 And I think it'll be fairly dialed down on offense.

1422
01:27:21,440 --> 01:27:24,620
 I'm sure you'll see some wrinkles in some of the things they're going to do.

1423
01:27:24,880 --> 01:27:29,380
 But, you know, those back pages in the playbook, those are not going to get dusted off.

1424
01:27:29,480 --> 01:27:32,820
 I think they'll stay in the attic for a little while.

1425
01:27:33,460 --> 01:27:37,240
 But, you know, it's a good chance just to see how new players fit in

1426
01:27:37,240 --> 01:27:41,600
 and how familiar players react to different roles in different environments.

1427
01:27:42,720 --> 01:27:46,100
 Joe, you cover SEC baseball very well.

1428
01:27:46,100 --> 01:27:53,520
 And it has been a perplexing, fascinating, weird at times.

1429
01:27:53,740 --> 01:27:57,900
 I know two or three weeks ago you had seven out of eight series were sweeps.

1430
01:27:58,620 --> 01:28:06,840
 But in the midpoint of the SEC baseball season, nine of 16 teams were either eight and seven or seven and eight.

1431
01:28:07,420 --> 01:28:12,140
 Georgia lids the pack, 11-4, 29-8 with their guerrilla ball.

1432
01:28:12,780 --> 01:28:15,120
 Texas A&M with two wins over Texas.

1433
01:28:15,340 --> 01:28:16,680
 One game got rained out.

1434
01:28:17,540 --> 01:28:22,000
 Florida, Kevin O'Sullivan changed up his pitching rotation.

1435
01:28:22,260 --> 01:28:23,400
 It really helped them.

1436
01:28:24,060 --> 01:28:25,440
 They played awfully well.

1437
01:28:25,680 --> 01:28:28,440
 Alabama lost two close games to the Hogs.

1438
01:28:28,980 --> 01:28:37,300
 Dave Van Horn threw them a little bit off kilter after they played really very good baseball for a month.

1439
01:28:37,880 --> 01:28:40,380
 Auburn wins a series against Kentucky.

1440
01:28:41,220 --> 01:28:43,640
 Fascinating year in SEC baseball.

1441
01:28:44,620 --> 01:28:48,680
 Yeah, week to week, it's like covering a different league.

1442
01:28:48,780 --> 01:28:51,120
 Whatever you think you know, you can throw it out.

1443
01:28:51,240 --> 01:28:53,020
 I mean, Alabama had been red hot.

1444
01:28:53,120 --> 01:28:54,900
 It really looked like one of the best teams.

1445
01:28:55,000 --> 01:28:56,260
 But, yeah, they have a tough week.

1446
01:28:56,260 --> 01:28:58,580
 But everybody's going to have some tough weeks.

1447
01:28:58,760 --> 01:29:05,920
 You can't extrapolate from one particular series or even a couple of particular series what it means in the big picture.

1448
01:29:06,240 --> 01:29:11,000
 And, you know, to see teams like Tennessee and LSU near the bottom of the standings,

1449
01:29:11,000 --> 01:29:16,120
 I think that just tells you how flexible everything is and how changeable everything is.

1450
01:29:16,300 --> 01:29:21,320
 And, yeah, with more than half of the league, you know, one game above or one game below 500,

1451
01:29:21,800 --> 01:29:27,580
 I think it's safe to say that we're still very, very much searching for answers past the midway point of the season.

1452
01:29:28,580 --> 01:29:30,760
 Joe, let me close with LSU.

1453
01:29:31,080 --> 01:29:32,700
 And I've said this for years.

1454
01:29:33,200 --> 01:29:36,200
 They take a nap until about mid to late April.

1455
01:29:36,340 --> 01:29:37,600
 And then they wake up.

1456
01:29:38,040 --> 01:29:41,700
 They're 22 and 15 with five weekends remaining.

1457
01:29:42,540 --> 01:29:45,700
 Jay Johnson, six and nine in conference.

1458
01:29:46,080 --> 01:29:52,260
 And always this just seems to be the time of the year they start playing better baseball.

1459
01:29:52,260 --> 01:29:55,920
 But they put themselves in this spot a couple years ago.

1460
01:29:56,100 --> 01:29:57,900
 And then, boy, did they ever get it right.

1461
01:29:58,100 --> 01:30:06,180
 But, Joe, your thoughts on an LSU baseball team that is being sluggish at best so far?

1462
01:30:06,820 --> 01:30:14,420
 They really have, really uneven, haven't been consistent on the mound, haven't really showed out at the plate.

1463
01:30:14,600 --> 01:30:15,620
 I mean, there have been flashes.

1464
01:30:16,360 --> 01:30:20,920
 But, you know, as far as coming in game in and game out and playing well, it's just not been there.

1465
01:30:21,020 --> 01:30:23,440
 And, boy, this is a tough schedule they've got the rest of the way.

1466
01:30:23,480 --> 01:30:25,880
 They've still got to play A&M.

1467
01:30:25,960 --> 01:30:28,740
 They've got to go to Starkville and to Athens both.

1468
01:30:29,520 --> 01:30:34,720
 You know, yeah, I'm with you in that you kind of just wait for these guys to start playing really well.

1469
01:30:34,720 --> 01:30:38,640
 But if they wait too much longer, they're going to have waited too long.

1470
01:30:38,960 --> 01:30:41,560
 So, you know, let's see where they go this weekend.

1471
01:30:41,760 --> 01:30:42,360
 They're at home.

1472
01:30:42,560 --> 01:30:44,320
 A&M is tough, but it is at home.

1473
01:30:44,960 --> 01:30:49,580
 But, yeah, you're in a spot where you lose that series, even if you win one.

1474
01:30:49,620 --> 01:30:54,800
 If you lose two out of the three, you know, record-wise, you're putting yourself in a tough spot.

1475
01:30:55,000 --> 01:30:56,560
 You'd be, you know, 7-11.

1476
01:30:56,740 --> 01:31:00,640
 That does not sound good heading down the stretch of the season.

1477
01:31:01,880 --> 01:31:02,320
 Absolutely.

1478
01:31:02,320 --> 01:31:06,800
 Listen, where can we get online and get your power rankings later this week?

1479
01:31:07,240 --> 01:31:11,060
 Baseball, spring football, SDS has got it covered.

1480
01:31:11,740 --> 01:31:12,340
 That's it.

1481
01:31:12,380 --> 01:31:13,520
 Saturday down south.

1482
01:31:13,820 --> 01:31:24,000
 And, yeah, if it's going on out there and it involves the SEC, I think probably down to tiddlywinks and, you know, corn flipping, we're probably in on it somewhere.

1483
01:31:25,060 --> 01:31:28,120
 As our Greek fans would say, from the Alpha to the Omega.

1484
01:31:28,240 --> 01:31:29,080
 Joe, thanks so much.

1485
01:31:29,140 --> 01:31:29,880
 Keep up the good work.

1486
01:31:29,940 --> 01:31:31,100
 Let's do it again soon, okay?

1487
01:31:31,820 --> 01:31:32,420
 Let's do that.

1488
01:31:32,480 --> 01:31:33,120
 You guys take care.

1489
01:31:33,640 --> 01:31:34,220
 Thank you, Joe.

1490
01:31:34,440 --> 01:31:34,980
 J.C.

1491
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 Joe Cox, Saturday down south.

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1561
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1562
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 The Score.

1586
01:36:55,760 --> 01:37:00,540
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1587
01:37:01,040 --> 01:37:01,600
 The Score.

1588
01:37:04,600 --> 01:37:05,560
 So, Florida.

1589
01:37:05,720 --> 01:37:09,000
 So, the man, Matt Mischel, basically there with the Orlando Center.

1590
01:37:09,080 --> 01:37:10,660
 He's a college insider with the Big O.

1591
01:37:11,020 --> 01:37:13,800
 Also, his podcast is called Gridiron 365.

1592
01:37:14,380 --> 01:37:15,200
 Matt, welcome in.

1593
01:37:15,280 --> 01:37:17,180
 Happy, what is this, Tuesday to you.

1594
01:37:17,220 --> 01:37:17,700
 How are you?

1595
01:37:18,680 --> 01:37:19,540
 I'm doing well.

1596
01:37:19,580 --> 01:37:20,400
 How are you guys doing today?

1597
01:37:20,560 --> 01:37:21,760
 Man, we're doing all right.

1598
01:37:21,820 --> 01:37:27,240
 Man, you got no shortage of spring games in Florida, Florida, Florida State, Miami.

1599
01:37:27,400 --> 01:37:36,120
 But if you don't mind, Matt, let's go with a team that was, I guess, to your west there, that now has the former head coach at Auburn.

1600
01:37:36,200 --> 01:37:36,960
 What do you expect?

1601
01:37:37,040 --> 01:37:40,760
 You had time in covering goalish there at South Florida.

1602
01:37:40,840 --> 01:37:43,040
 This weekend is Auburn's turn with the spring flame.

1603
01:37:43,120 --> 01:37:48,060
 What can you tell Auburn fans coming into the spring game under the new boss?

1604
01:37:49,140 --> 01:37:54,500
 Well, I mean, I could tell you that he's going to bring an exciting attitude to the program.

1605
01:37:54,840 --> 01:38:01,320
 He's a guy that started out as an offensive coordinator a couple stops.

1606
01:38:01,700 --> 01:38:04,240
 Was at UCF very briefly under Josh Heupel.

1607
01:38:04,760 --> 01:38:07,140
 Took over the head coaching job at USF.

1608
01:38:07,480 --> 01:38:08,780
 Did a great job there.

1609
01:38:10,060 --> 01:38:12,200
 And you saw their offense was explosive.

1610
01:38:12,200 --> 01:38:16,840
 You know, they like to run the football, but they also, they love to play action pass.

1611
01:38:16,940 --> 01:38:19,220
 They love to kind of move the ball up and down the field.

1612
01:38:19,780 --> 01:38:21,480
 This is going to be a tough-nosed team.

1613
01:38:21,680 --> 01:38:28,460
 And so, it's going to take a little bit, you know, for him to probably get some of that personality of his into the team itself.

1614
01:38:29,000 --> 01:38:37,400
 You know, but I think this is going to be an opportunity for him to kind of, you know, grow his brand and build what he started at USF

1615
01:38:37,400 --> 01:38:44,000
 and maybe take it to the next level, you know, at Auburn, which is desperately seeking to kind of reignite, you know,

1616
01:38:44,100 --> 01:38:47,080
 to really kind of get back to where it needs to be.

1617
01:38:48,520 --> 01:38:51,160
 Matt, you cover Central Florida.

1618
01:38:51,160 --> 01:38:52,840
 Scott Frost is back.

1619
01:38:53,000 --> 01:38:57,260
 I know you cover pretty much all their sports now.

1620
01:38:58,660 --> 01:39:02,960
 I know we talked about him certainly earlier in the year in recruiting.

1621
01:39:03,460 --> 01:39:04,900
 Spring now going on.

1622
01:39:05,000 --> 01:39:06,180
 They're halfway through.

1623
01:39:07,780 --> 01:39:11,240
 I'm guessing he's more comfortable the second time.

1624
01:39:11,700 --> 01:39:16,320
 Matt, what are you seeing from him, from the team, how's spring going so far?

1625
01:39:17,240 --> 01:39:18,520
 Well, you know, you're right.

1626
01:39:18,600 --> 01:39:21,340
 He's a lot more comfortable, you know, coming into this year.

1627
01:39:21,500 --> 01:39:23,660
 You know, last year, he'd taken the job.

1628
01:39:23,800 --> 01:39:28,280
 He'd been out of coaching for about three years, but I've been away from being a head coach for about three years.

1629
01:39:29,060 --> 01:39:32,100
 Comes back to the place where it kind of all started for him a lot of ways.

1630
01:39:32,100 --> 01:39:38,240
 And, you know, he got thrown into the deep end with the transfer portal and NIL and revenue sharing.

1631
01:39:38,560 --> 01:39:45,400
 And, you know, I think, you know, it was a lot of him trying to kind of, what's the expression, you know, drink from the fire hose.

1632
01:39:45,620 --> 01:39:46,000
 You know what I mean?

1633
01:39:46,020 --> 01:39:50,280
 We spent a lot of time trying to figure a way to kind of get everything going.

1634
01:39:50,360 --> 01:39:51,900
 And they finished last year five and seven.

1635
01:39:52,180 --> 01:39:53,380
 They did a reasonable job.

1636
01:39:53,460 --> 01:39:54,580
 He brought in 70 newcomers.

1637
01:39:54,860 --> 01:39:59,200
 This time around, you know, he was able to keep a lot of the players back from last year.

1638
01:39:59,600 --> 01:40:04,720
 They brought in only 47, you know, newcomers, 31 through the transfer portal.

1639
01:40:05,160 --> 01:40:07,720
 Their biggest one is Alonzo Barnett, you know, the third.

1640
01:40:07,940 --> 01:40:09,900
 Their quarterback is going to be their starting quarterback.

1641
01:40:10,440 --> 01:40:14,660
 Barnett has not taken the field in spring, you know, outside of maybe just doing some warm-ups.

1642
01:40:14,980 --> 01:40:17,980
 He's been kind of limited because of an off-season.

1643
01:40:18,720 --> 01:40:20,820
 They say Scott calls it a little thing.

1644
01:40:21,260 --> 01:40:24,740
 We're assuming it's some sort of surgery or something, maybe to clean something up.

1645
01:40:25,120 --> 01:40:28,020
 But he hasn't really had a chance to be on the field.

1646
01:40:28,100 --> 01:40:32,080
 But they also have other – they have a whole new quarterback's room, so they're trying to get that together.

1647
01:40:32,480 --> 01:40:34,960
 They've also brought in brand-new running backs.

1648
01:40:35,260 --> 01:40:37,100
 They're rebuilding the offensive line.

1649
01:40:37,540 --> 01:40:42,520
 This is an offense that's got lots of capability, you know, lots of experience, you know,

1650
01:40:42,520 --> 01:40:45,780
 but they're just kind of learning to kind of get to know each other a little bit during the spring.

1651
01:40:46,260 --> 01:40:50,660
 And the defense, again, is probably going to be their strength going into the Big 12 season next year.

1652
01:40:50,720 --> 01:40:51,820
 They return a lot of experience.

1653
01:40:52,220 --> 01:40:59,200
 So it's been a different kind of spring camp, you know, a lot more laughs, a lot more smiles from everybody.

1654
01:40:59,640 --> 01:41:00,760
 It's not nearly as stressful.

1655
01:41:01,080 --> 01:41:05,480
 I also think, too, eliminating the spring transfer portal was a big help for him.

1656
01:41:05,580 --> 01:41:08,780
 I think he was able to kind of not have to worry about losing players,

1657
01:41:09,200 --> 01:41:14,900
 worrying about, you know, scouts checking out his players and picking them out, you know, in the April window.

1658
01:41:15,000 --> 01:41:18,360
 So now he's been able to kind of focus on what they need to do to get going for year two,

1659
01:41:18,440 --> 01:41:22,780
 where she hopes it's going to be a bowl game and pretending for the Big 12 championship.

1660
01:41:23,960 --> 01:41:25,180
 Ma'am, we're showing up with us.

1661
01:41:25,240 --> 01:41:27,460
 The Orlando Center, let's go up to Tallahassee.

1662
01:41:27,640 --> 01:41:31,140
 My, oh, my, it's not how you begin, they say, but how you end.

1663
01:41:31,400 --> 01:41:34,260
 I don't think Florida State could have had a better beginning last season.

1664
01:41:34,360 --> 01:41:37,640
 We know a few have forgotten just asking the Alabama fan.

1665
01:41:37,760 --> 01:41:39,760
 The question is what happens after that.

1666
01:41:40,420 --> 01:41:44,200
 Florida State cashed all their chips in that season opener against Alabama,

1667
01:41:44,200 --> 01:41:45,540
 and from there it went downhill.

1668
01:41:46,380 --> 01:41:48,220
 Let's face it, it's a reset.

1669
01:41:48,620 --> 01:41:50,540
 One thing we know for sure coming in, Matt,

1670
01:41:50,600 --> 01:41:55,680
 is it safe to say that Florida State fans can't blame Gus Malzahn for a bad offense this season in Tallahassee.

1671
01:41:56,240 --> 01:42:00,120
 Your thoughts coming into this spring up at the state capitol?

1672
01:42:01,220 --> 01:42:03,060
 Yeah, you know, I think that's going to be it.

1673
01:42:03,180 --> 01:42:08,420
 You know, you look at what happened this past year, you know, not what they wanted to have happen.

1674
01:42:08,600 --> 01:42:11,700
 You know, obviously, Mike Norvell, you know, disappointing season.

1675
01:42:11,980 --> 01:42:14,160
 It felt like they were going to take big steps.

1676
01:42:14,280 --> 01:42:14,840
 They didn't.

1677
01:42:15,220 --> 01:42:18,200
 You know, they made some changes, you know, on the coaching staff.

1678
01:42:18,320 --> 01:42:20,040
 Gus left, you know, retired.

1679
01:42:20,680 --> 01:42:23,700
 You know, they feel like they've added some pieces.

1680
01:42:24,080 --> 01:42:26,380
 They've got to find a new quarterback, starting quarterback.

1681
01:42:26,940 --> 01:42:29,100
 They've really got to get some pieces together.

1682
01:42:29,320 --> 01:42:31,440
 You know, I mean, this is a team that, you know,

1683
01:42:31,600 --> 01:42:34,620
 Florida State fan base won't accept, you know, another losing season.

1684
01:42:34,820 --> 01:42:37,060
 So, you know, they've got to find a way to turn some things around.

1685
01:42:37,540 --> 01:42:41,780
 And, you know, I know Mike has a huge buyout in his contract.

1686
01:42:42,180 --> 01:42:46,000
 It's something that's been talked about a lot, believe me, in Tallahassee and around the state.

1687
01:42:46,440 --> 01:42:50,300
 But, you know, if they don't find a way to turn around and win some things, you know,

1688
01:42:50,320 --> 01:42:52,760
 I think the fan base is going to lose patience really quickly,

1689
01:42:53,040 --> 01:42:55,800
 particularly when you look down the road and you've got, you know,

1690
01:42:55,860 --> 01:43:01,240
 Jon Sumrall doing things over at Florida and what's going on at Miami, you know,

1691
01:43:01,240 --> 01:43:04,840
 with, you know, with things going on there with Mario Cristobal.

1692
01:43:04,840 --> 01:43:08,100
 We want to talk about it, obviously, John, here in a second down in Gainesville.

1693
01:43:08,200 --> 01:43:09,880
 But quickly back to Florida State.

1694
01:43:10,020 --> 01:43:10,860
 Can they afford it?

1695
01:43:10,880 --> 01:43:16,180
 Because at one point, the word was Florida State does not have a lot of money compared to other schools.

1696
01:43:16,840 --> 01:43:18,380
 In fact, I saw one number.

1697
01:43:18,460 --> 01:43:19,200
 They were underwater.

1698
01:43:19,320 --> 01:43:21,020
 I'm talking about millions with an S.

1699
01:43:21,940 --> 01:43:24,780
 There's what you want to do and what you can afford to do.

1700
01:43:24,780 --> 01:43:30,660
 Can they, even if they have a bad season, comfortably absorb things financially there?

1701
01:43:31,840 --> 01:43:33,100
 No, I'm not sure.

1702
01:43:33,260 --> 01:43:34,520
 I don't think they can.

1703
01:43:34,660 --> 01:43:37,020
 I mean, yeah, you talk about all the numbers.

1704
01:43:37,180 --> 01:43:40,820
 You know, one of the things that's hampered Florida State a little bit has been their debt.

1705
01:43:41,260 --> 01:43:44,120
 You know, they've invested in a lot of, you know, upgrades and abilities.

1706
01:43:44,740 --> 01:43:50,160
 You know, they've tried to really kind of invest in, you know, we talked about football, the football program.

1707
01:43:50,380 --> 01:43:52,000
 They've spent a lot of money on debt.

1708
01:43:52,280 --> 01:43:59,700
 And, you know, trying to kind of come out of that, you know, making sure they don't have these giant debt payments has been something that's really kind of hampered them right now.

1709
01:43:59,960 --> 01:44:05,420
 So I don't think necessarily they could just, you know, pay off Mike Norvell if this is another bad season.

1710
01:44:05,820 --> 01:44:10,980
 But I also think that if it comes down to it, they do have big pocket donors.

1711
01:44:11,300 --> 01:44:18,100
 You know, if something came down to it and they felt like, okay, listen, we can't, you know, let's say they come off another two or three win seasons.

1712
01:44:18,760 --> 01:44:30,000
 Believe me, someone's going to pony up somebody to try to figure out a way to work out a way to get a buyout that shrinks down a little bit, that gets Mike, you know, that gets Mike out of the seat and maybe bring someone else in.

1713
01:44:30,220 --> 01:44:35,020
 I also believe, too, some of this goes back to who is going to be out there, you know, what I mean?

1714
01:44:35,080 --> 01:44:38,920
 I mean, every year I talk, when fan bases are screaming and yelling, we got to fire a coach.

1715
01:44:39,080 --> 01:44:41,980
 I always say that's great, but who's the guy to replace him?

1716
01:44:42,240 --> 01:44:53,020
 You know, if you don't have a good candidate, you know, why spend $50 million to get rid of a guy, to bring in a guy who's, you know, let's give a good example, Billy Napier.

1717
01:44:53,060 --> 01:44:53,740
 You know what I mean?

1718
01:44:53,780 --> 01:45:00,000
 To bring in a guy who didn't have success, who you paid a lot of money to at Florida, you know, you paid a lot of money to get him out.

1719
01:45:00,060 --> 01:45:06,640
 And so, to me, it has to come down to who's available, who do they think is going to be the right fit, if things don't work out.

1720
01:45:06,900 --> 01:45:13,840
 I'm still the big believer that, listen, you know, you've got to go for at least another year or two, see what happens, and then make a move.

1721
01:45:13,920 --> 01:45:20,180
 But, again, I've looked around guys, and I've seen money being tossed around like it's candy, you know, at a Mardi Gras parade.

1722
01:45:20,180 --> 01:45:23,840
 So, I mean, nothing surprises me anymore when it comes to college athletics.

1723
01:45:25,200 --> 01:45:27,080
 We're taking a tour of Florida.

1724
01:45:27,480 --> 01:45:28,340
 What about Miami?

1725
01:45:28,440 --> 01:45:29,400
 You mentioned them earlier.

1726
01:45:29,540 --> 01:45:32,480
 They've got a spring game Saturday, 13-3.

1727
01:45:33,280 --> 01:45:38,740
 Last year, kind of the metamorphosis of the program under Mario.

1728
01:45:39,920 --> 01:45:41,280
 Carson Beck's gone.

1729
01:45:41,780 --> 01:45:45,520
 Francis Magua, who may be in the top 10 in the NFL draft.

1730
01:45:45,660 --> 01:45:48,240
 James Brockermeyer, former Alabama center.

1731
01:45:48,900 --> 01:45:51,240
 Darian Mensah is coming in.

1732
01:45:51,740 --> 01:45:53,420
 Malachi Tony's coming back.

1733
01:45:53,520 --> 01:45:57,020
 Mark Fletcher, Jr., who really played well in the postseason.

1734
01:45:58,660 --> 01:46:05,680
 And they also got the defensive end for Missouri, Damon Wilson, who's good.

1735
01:46:06,460 --> 01:46:08,960
 Will Miami pick up where they left off?

1736
01:46:10,040 --> 01:46:11,960
 Yeah, I think they've got a good chance to do that.

1737
01:46:12,060 --> 01:46:14,540
 You know, I think that Mario has done a good job.

1738
01:46:14,960 --> 01:46:19,440
 You know, obviously they had to, you know, find a way to replace, you know, the quarterback position.

1739
01:46:19,620 --> 01:46:22,140
 They brought Darian Mensah in from Duke.

1740
01:46:22,580 --> 01:46:26,580
 You know, the biggest question to me is going to be rebuilding that defense.

1741
01:46:26,580 --> 01:46:32,140
 You know, replacing Ruben Bain, Jr., you know, and, you know, a team at the door.

1742
01:46:32,360 --> 01:46:35,040
 You know, I mean, those are the guys that were kind of big, big playmakers.

1743
01:46:35,220 --> 01:46:38,760
 This defense was one of the things that kept them around in a lot of those games.

1744
01:46:39,400 --> 01:46:45,920
 To me, I think Mario's got to feel a lot less pressure going into this spring than he did last year.

1745
01:46:46,020 --> 01:46:48,220
 You know, at least you get to the national championship game.

1746
01:46:48,600 --> 01:46:53,700
 At least Miami fans could say, okay, you know, it's not like we were knocked out.

1747
01:46:53,760 --> 01:46:55,420
 We didn't even get to this point.

1748
01:46:55,420 --> 01:46:56,000
 They got there.

1749
01:46:56,060 --> 01:47:00,580
 But, again, you also feel like, you know, you've got to have an opportunity to try to win it all.

1750
01:47:00,720 --> 01:47:01,820
 You know, you were so close.

1751
01:47:01,880 --> 01:47:02,880
 What can you do to get there?

1752
01:47:03,280 --> 01:47:04,880
 You know, I think they've got facilities.

1753
01:47:05,080 --> 01:47:11,080
 I mean, they've got the kind of players they need to get, you know, to try to make another run at it.

1754
01:47:11,120 --> 01:47:14,200
 It's just going to be, you know, can they find a way to find that success?

1755
01:47:14,880 --> 01:47:16,520
 It's going to be a challenge for them.

1756
01:47:16,520 --> 01:47:20,340
 But I also think that Mario understands exactly what they're doing.

1757
01:47:20,340 --> 01:47:29,080
 And, you know, it's going to be something that I think that they're, you know, they can find a way to get their offense going again and fix those holes in defense.

1758
01:47:29,160 --> 01:47:30,220
 I think they've got a good chance.

1759
01:47:31,900 --> 01:47:35,100
 Matt, unlike a politician, we're going to live up to our promise here.

1760
01:47:35,220 --> 01:47:36,960
 We promised you Gator News.

1761
01:47:37,320 --> 01:47:39,200
 What are you hearing out of Gainesville?

1762
01:47:40,560 --> 01:47:42,820
 Well, you know, listen, they had their spring game on Saturday.

1763
01:47:43,080 --> 01:47:44,080
 It's like any spring game.

1764
01:47:44,160 --> 01:47:47,620
 I always warn fans, you know, I don't take a lot of stock in spring games.

1765
01:47:47,820 --> 01:47:50,060
 I mean, they're just, you know, they're glorified practices.

1766
01:47:50,600 --> 01:47:55,780
 You know, if, you know, your team puts up a bunch of points, you know, you think your offense is great.

1767
01:47:55,860 --> 01:47:58,700
 I'm going to tell you that they want you to think that.

1768
01:47:59,000 --> 01:48:01,260
 You know, we saw that a little bit in Gainesville this weekend.

1769
01:48:01,260 --> 01:48:09,280
 You know, we thought, you know, obviously the quarterbacks, there's a good quarterback battle going on with Aaron Filo and, you know, Trammell Jones Jr., you know,

1770
01:48:09,280 --> 01:48:11,880
 trying to figure out who's going to be the next, you know, starting quarterback.

1771
01:48:12,080 --> 01:48:18,100
 I think you saw both those guys throw some really good passes, had some exciting, electrifying touchdown throws.

1772
01:48:18,560 --> 01:48:20,020
 You know, the offense looked great.

1773
01:48:20,660 --> 01:48:22,820
 But I'm going to tell you that a lot of that was scheduled.

1774
01:48:23,120 --> 01:48:27,700
 I mean, they want you to showcase a little bit more fans to get started in front of it.

1775
01:48:28,000 --> 01:48:30,240
 Defense, you know, I didn't think they really played as well.

1776
01:48:30,240 --> 01:48:35,860
 I think the thing that stood out to me the most was John Summerall after the game, just saying, listen, we're not there.

1777
01:48:36,380 --> 01:48:38,440
 You know, don't get excited and think we're there.

1778
01:48:38,560 --> 01:48:40,060
 You know, like, this is going to take some time.

1779
01:48:40,380 --> 01:48:44,900
 I think he was kind of giving a splash of reality to Florida fans.

1780
01:48:45,020 --> 01:48:47,000
 You know, just let them know that they're going to have to work hard.

1781
01:48:47,220 --> 01:48:48,580
 It's going to be a challenge this year.

1782
01:48:48,640 --> 01:48:51,460
 He still feels like their pieces they still have to replace.

1783
01:48:51,960 --> 01:48:53,200
 Their guys, they're going to have to find.

1784
01:48:53,300 --> 01:48:54,620
 They're going to come in and help them out.

1785
01:48:54,800 --> 01:48:56,600
 It's not going to happen in year one.

1786
01:48:56,920 --> 01:48:57,460
 You know what I mean?

1787
01:48:57,460 --> 01:49:01,440
 You want to kind of lower that expectation, I think, because you just don't want to get to the point where

1788
01:49:01,440 --> 01:49:04,240
 you get Florida fans thinking they're going to somehow win the SEC.

1789
01:49:04,980 --> 01:49:08,280
 And, you know, if you finish five and seven, you know, everyone thinks the sky is falling.

1790
01:49:08,400 --> 01:49:13,640
 I think you just have to be realistic about the idea of they're going to take that quarterback competition all the way to fall.

1791
01:49:13,960 --> 01:49:15,720
 They're going to find out who's going to be the guy.

1792
01:49:16,000 --> 01:49:18,580
 And they're going to try to find a way to go out there and play harder.

1793
01:49:18,700 --> 01:49:21,020
 I think this is encouraging science for Florida.

1794
01:49:21,560 --> 01:49:25,780
 But, again, those are all the things that you want a new coach to take to your fan base.

1795
01:49:26,100 --> 01:49:30,260
 You don't want someone to give you the droopy dog, oh, well, everything's bad.

1796
01:49:30,600 --> 01:49:31,640
 You know, everything's going to be good.

1797
01:49:31,740 --> 01:49:33,420
 So, I mean, there's a lot of exciting pieces.

1798
01:49:33,560 --> 01:49:35,420
 They've got a lot of players, I think, that stood out.

1799
01:49:35,960 --> 01:49:39,200
 To me, it's going to be about can they show the effort on the field?

1800
01:49:39,660 --> 01:49:41,360
 You know, can they do that for a full game?

1801
01:49:41,680 --> 01:49:44,980
 Are they going to be able to contend with some of the teams that we know are going to be, you know,

1802
01:49:44,980 --> 01:49:47,480
 the top teams in the SEC this upcoming season?

1803
01:49:48,680 --> 01:49:49,880
 They have great stuff.

1804
01:49:49,960 --> 01:49:55,920
 It's always fun to kind of go around with so many spring games on tail for Saturday.

1805
01:49:56,100 --> 01:49:59,760
 But where can we get online to get Matt Merchelle's great stuff?

1806
01:50:00,580 --> 01:50:03,360
 Yeah, you can go to OrlandoSettle.com to check out the latest

1807
01:50:03,360 --> 01:50:06,180
 or follow me on social media, OS Matt Merchelle.

1808
01:50:07,060 --> 01:50:08,320
 Matt, sounds great, man.

1809
01:50:08,440 --> 01:50:10,860
 Thanks so much for your time, Dave, and have a great week, okay?

1810
01:50:11,380 --> 01:50:11,740
 All right.

1811
01:50:11,900 --> 01:50:12,500
 Take care, guys.

1812
01:50:13,100 --> 01:50:13,720
 Thank you, Bill.

1813
01:50:13,800 --> 01:50:15,880
 Matt Merchelle is going to be with us from the Orlando Center.

1814
01:50:16,000 --> 01:50:20,420
 BB UNA says, bring on the SEC on the softball field tonight.

1815
01:50:21,260 --> 01:50:23,140
 They've had a good season so far.

1816
01:50:23,260 --> 01:50:27,280
 Going to play those Ole Miss Rebel Black Bear Land Sharks.

1817
01:50:28,140 --> 01:50:35,800
 But another chance for UNA softball to pick off an SEC opponent.

1818
01:50:35,800 --> 01:50:38,940
 I believe that game's tonight at 6 o'clock.

1819
01:50:39,100 --> 01:50:45,640
 Speaking of guys that are on the big stage tonight, Ryan Weathers out of Loretto's back on the mound for the New York Yankees.

1820
01:50:45,720 --> 01:50:47,920
 They take on the Los Angeles Angels tonight.

1821
01:50:48,020 --> 01:50:49,700
 By the way, Ryan's ERA under three.

1822
01:50:49,800 --> 01:50:50,960
 Very good so far.

1823
01:50:51,640 --> 01:50:53,720
 For the Braves, it's bounce back night, BB.

1824
01:50:54,440 --> 01:50:58,120
 Yeah, they got beat last night 10-4 to the Marlins.

1825
01:50:58,280 --> 01:51:01,700
 Grant Holmes had a very brief pitching performance.

1826
01:51:01,940 --> 01:51:04,880
 And then the bullpen kind of fell apart.

1827
01:51:05,500 --> 01:51:08,680
 But once again, Lopez, I believe, is pitching tonight.

1828
01:51:09,080 --> 01:51:13,040
 You can hear that game on 93-9, the score tonight.

1829
01:51:13,160 --> 01:51:14,080
 Talking about skinny.

1830
01:51:14,500 --> 01:51:17,980
 Lopez's ERA to date, 1-1-5.

1831
01:51:18,560 --> 01:51:20,000
 That's good in any universe.

1832
01:51:20,180 --> 01:51:21,600
 See how much you can do on it tonight.

1833
01:51:21,940 --> 01:51:23,240
 You're on 93-9, the score.

1834
01:51:23,340 --> 01:51:24,420
 It's going to take care of us for now.

1835
01:51:24,480 --> 01:51:27,080
 On behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

1836
01:51:27,520 --> 01:51:29,500
 Harold Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1837
01:51:29,580 --> 01:51:31,880
 Let's do it again tomorrow on noon to 2 for the BML Buck Show.

1838
01:51:31,960 --> 01:51:34,380
 Back here on Sports Radio, 93-9, the score.