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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 ESPN comes out with their preseason big poll. And while a lot of teams in the SEC, they're dead wrong. Good afternoon. Welcome in on a very taxing day. How are you?

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 Happy taxing day to you and the listeners. Dominic Smith had four RBIs. Matt Olsen played in his 800th consecutive game.

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 Ratio Inglacius saved his 100th career game with those milestones. The Bravestorm back to beat the Marlins 65.

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 Benjamin Ray, the voice of the UNA Lions, will join us at approximately 1 p.m. to update all things UNA.

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 But we're delighted to have back Mike Scarborough of Tiger Bait, who is here right now to talk about Lane Kiffin's first spring at LSU.

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 Are you sure two hours is going to be enough to start talking about that topic?

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 We'll see if Mike can agree or disagree with that.

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 Mike Scarborough again, the fine publisher and recruiting analyst for TigerBait.com.

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 Mike, welcome in. How are you?

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 Hey, glad to be with you guys.

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 Today's sort of a day off.

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 I'm just doing shows, but we're back out there with another full practice.

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 He got hired, and we looked at what he did with the media in Oxford.

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 They didn't get anything.

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 And we thought Brian Kelly had set the record for the amount of access that we got for spring practices.

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 We got a full practice in Tiger Stadium scrimmage Saturday.

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 We had a full practice yesterday.

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 We get another one tomorrow and another one Saturday.

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 Next thing you're going to tell me, Mike, is this guy likes social media and he loves the Internet.

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 Mike, we would ask you about LSU's spring game, but confirm there is a problem with that question, is it not?

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 There is no spring game.

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 So, and look, as much as we're out there, I've yet to see him in full pads and tackling to the ground.

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 So, he's absolutely operating like an NFL team.

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 Your thoughts so far, obviously, anytime you have a guy like that, the expectations are off the charts.

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 A lot of people would sit here and get in the fetal position and say, oh my gosh, you get the feeling Lane embraces this.

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 Your thoughts, what's your vibe?

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 You've been around this program, been around life a long time.

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 What's your vibe right now so far?

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 I just think there's a sense of urgency.

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 You know, having covered Nick Saban while at LSU, there's a whole lot of parallels.

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 I think the press conferences have been fantastic.

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 I think you learn about the way he thinks and the way he and his staff are running the program.

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 I really would like to get an interview with his GM, Billy Glasscock.

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 But there's a lot of clips of him at the coaches clinic from Friday at the way they're managing the roster.

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 But, look, if you ask him a well-crafted press question, you're going to get a really good answer.

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 And so, he's been a breath of fresh air in that regard.

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 So, we're enjoying it so far.

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 There's a lot of excitement.

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 But, certainly, from what we've seen in practice, the defense is so far ahead of his offense right now.

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 Most of the defense are returnees, whereas the offense is almost like a whole brand-new roster.

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 And we're still, as media, getting our bearings on who all these players are.

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 It's a big difference when you've got 60 new players versus, you know, typical years where you're only having to locate 12 or 14 midterm enrollees.

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 Mike, I know one of the things I've read is Kiffin runs an up-tempo offense with the premise of wearing out the defense.

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 And I know that's going to take some time to get adjusted to.

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 Sam Levitt, of course, has come in.

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 I know he had off-season foot surgery.

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 Mike, how is his progress?

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 And one thing that stood out to me in the transfer portal receivers, Jace Brown from Kansas State, Eugene Wilson from Florida, Winston Watkins from Ole Miss, Trey Brown from Old Dominion.

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 Mike, again, as you mentioned, the defense is ahead of the offense.

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 Obviously, Watkins, I think, is the big one.

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 But there's a guy you haven't mentioned is Roman Mothershed from Troy.

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 I've really enjoyed looking at him at practices.

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 And, you know, that was a question I asked last Tuesday of Kiffin.

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 You know, rather than go for the Jamar Chase type of guy that might be in the portal and spend a crazy amount of money,

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 when you look at the number of receivers that had, you know, between 400 and 700 yards for Ole Miss,

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 I mean, that number is like, what, six or five or six?

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 but a lot of guys that probably go second, third, and fourth rounds and have a slew of them.

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 Mike Scarborough of TigerBait.com.

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 You look at our Super Bowl roster, and why they got a lot of former three-stars.

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 It's called player evaluation.

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 You better know how to spend the money.

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 And when you put these rosters together, Mike, your thoughts, I mean, you look at paper,

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 the number one guy to come in as a head coach that was available last year,

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 he's been given all of these toys in his box to play with as far as the budget.

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 What is realistic as far as numbers, and how would you define success this fall in Baton Rouge?

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 really early or mid-spring, there'll be a post-spring, I mean, it just keeps getting more and more LSU,

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 and it's like, by the time August gets here, I mean, are people going to have LSU in the top three?

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 When you look at LSU's schedule and 60 new players on the roster, and five,

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 And so, if you're going to get to nine and three, which is probably going to be the most common.

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 But to get to nine and three, if you look at LSU's schedule, to get to nine and three, in my mind,

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 If you look at Alabama, not just past season one before, they go to Vanderbilt and everybody was laughing.

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 But here's what ESPN, back to your reference there about all these preseason polls.

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 Of course, Ohio State's number one.

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 They got LSU 11th.

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 They got seven teams overall in the SEC.

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 The highest, of course, Georgia at third, Texas fifth.

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 LSU, Mike, is 11.

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 Oklahoma at 13th.

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 They got Alabama.

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 Here's how it's going to be framed here.

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 Alabama's 16th overall, seventh in the SEC.

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 Yeah, it wouldn't surprise me if that list is absolutely upside down come December.

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 I didn't get to the main question.

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 You asked a few questions back about Leavitt.

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 He had those screws taken out.

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 He was on crutches for a day or two.

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 And now he's out of practice running.

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 Not as well as he was running to start spring camp.

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 And I like the other two quarterbacks that they signed.

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 Look, how many schools?

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 We say it every year.

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 It's just everything sets up to go nine and three.

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 And Kiffin was asked last week if he was a proponent of the nine-game schedule.

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 And his answer was on the spot.

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 I don't know how any SEC coach can be for a nine-game SEC schedule

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 You mentioned the defenses ahead of the offense.

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 And I ask you this question every year, and, Will, during the summer.

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 Mike, is this an LSU defensive line?

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 I think this is going to be the best defensive line, interior defensive tackles that Blake Baker's had at LSU.

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 It could be LSU's best interior defensive line in many, many years.

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 They've got some studs there.

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 Look, LSU has had these guys that look great on the hoof.

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 LSU's had these guys that look great, but it doesn't, it hasn't really produced.

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 Give me the 6'2", Glenn Dorsey type.

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 The Booger McFarlane back in the day.

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 Deuce Gerald, Richard Anderson.

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 That group.

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 And I think it's going to be Baker's best defense.

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 That's the old saying, they look like Tarzan play like Jane sometimes.

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 Mike, by the way, Mike Scarborough, TigerBait.com.

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 Before you jump off here, you've got a lot on your plate.

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 You've got football.

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 They tell me you've got some basketball news.

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 You've got some baseball news.

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 What's happening elsewhere in Baton Rouge?

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 As a guy who's been running a website, this will be our 30th year.

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 If you can't generate page views with Lane Kiffin, Kim Mulkey, Will Wade, and Jay Johnson.

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 Well, poor Jay.

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 Damian Stoudemire is coming in.

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 Johnny Jones.

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 Rick Stansbury at Mississippi State.

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 That's an all-star lineup for assistant coaches for Will Wade, Mike.

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 Which of those three is the X's and O's guy?

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 Johnny Jones has kind of done a little bit both.

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 Of course, he's a former Dale Brown guard in the early 80s and was on the 81 Final Four team.

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 He was the head coach at LSU before Will Wade got the job the first time.

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 I worry that that might have been a little bit of a political or some sort of way to placate the Dale Brown wing of the LSU men's basketball family.

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 Mike, always a treasure to talk with you.

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 In 30 years, you've built the best LSU site in the world, bud.

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 Where can we get online and get all the good stuff?

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 Appreciate the kind words.

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 Tigerbait.com.

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 And I bet you that guy named Lane Kiffin is on there with you, Mike.

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 Listen, always good to catch up with you.

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 On Monday's edition of Hey Coach, we were joined by Alabama softball head coach Patrick Murphy.

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 And then they blossom under Michelle Diltz, our strength coach, and they get all that underneath her from, you know, August to December.

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 You know, this weekend, I don't, everybody knows we don't care what the record of any school is when you play the other school.

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 The meeting's still going on, but the central board approved every basketball coach in the state of Alabama is about to say,

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 hallelujah, approved a basketball shot clock for all classes in the state of Alabama.

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 They also approved the mercy rule, so you won't see another 101-40 game, but just wanted to mention that.

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 All the high school basketball coaches, if you see them later today, they're going to have a smile on their face.

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 uh-oh, it may be a good time getting the business of selling shot clocks, BB, across the state of Alabama.

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 Well, they'll be looking for some sponsors, but that's certainly good news for high school basketball.

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 Speaking of the states of Alabama, last week they had a spring fling in Tuscaloosa.

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 They tell me this weekend they got a game on the plains.

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 Nathan King on that and more.

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 He is busy covering Auburn at 24-7 sports, part of the Auburn Undercover Paw family.

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 Nathan, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 I'm doing great.

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 How are you guys?

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 Hey, Billy.

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 Man, we're doing all right.

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 Are you ready for some spring football on the plains?

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 Oh, for sure.

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 It's been an interesting past few weeks because it felt like it was the basketball season

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 that never ended because of Auburn's decision to play at MIT, which obviously was a fun time

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 for them.

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 And now we've only, you know, fully turned our attention to football for the last couple

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 weeks.

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 But it should be a really interesting one.

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 Alex Golesh talked yesterday about the format.

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 It'll be a four-quarter, you know, 15-minute quarter.

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 It should be a pretty long day.

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 20-minute halftime, two-minute warning, and everything.

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 Golesh and his staff are thinking, well, why not go ahead and simulate an actual game?

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 You only get so many of these opportunities.

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 And so the offense will have an opportunity to score points the normal way.

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 They'll also get points for first downs and explosive plays.

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 And it's going to be offense versus defense.

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 So the defense will have a chance to counter.

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 They'll get points for three and outs, tackles for a loss, you know, punts, things like

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 that.

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 So it should be an entertaining game and obviously an opportunity for Auburn fans to see, you

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 know, 50 or 60-some-odd new players in action.

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 Let me ask you about three questions or questions about position battles that you had a very

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 good article on Auburn Undercover this morning.

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 I'll let you go into more detail.

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 And I'm like you.

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 I want to know about the offensive line.

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 You've got 17 to 18 dudes there.

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 The competition has been something.

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 Stanton Rommel has been out.

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 Zyrus played pretty well.

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 Joel Simmons and Cole Bass have played well.

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 The running back, Delph, who's behind Jeremiah Cobb, and also cornerback.

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 And Auburn's got some talented guys there.

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 Talk about your article this morning.

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 Questions about the offensive line, running back, and secondary.

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 Yeah, I mean, obviously, we'll get an opportunity to see every position group.

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 And it'll be valuable to get eyes on where Auburn is.

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 Sort of a progress report heading into the offseason.

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 But, yeah, I mean, kind of going in reverse there.

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 Alex Golesh has talked about it since the early stages of the offseason.

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 That corner was probably the biggest position of need in the portal because you lose two starters.

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 And, obviously, that's a very important position on the field.

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 And so, where are they at?

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 You know, DeMarcus Van Dyke, the new position coach there, said he wants four starting caliber guys by the time the season gets going.

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 They've got four players they feel good about.

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 Rayshon Pleasant returns.

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 Blake Woodby is back from last season.

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 Getting UCLA transfer, Andre Jordan Jr. was important for them to get an experienced guy in the mix.

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 Maybe this will be our opportunity to see who that fourth player is.

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 So far, it's been Shamar Arnault, the ultra-athletic transfer from Florida State.

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 But, USF transfer Gavin Jenks has been in the mix as well.

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 And so, it'll be interesting to see how that group competes against, obviously, what we know to be a high-octane receiving core.

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 And then, you mentioned running back.

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 I mean, obviously, offensive line, you know, there's been lots of different combinations with a few injuries there.

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 I would only put two guys in pen right now for that starting five.

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 I'll put Joe Sitton there.

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 We'll see which tackle spot he's able to start at or which tackle spot Auburn needs him at.

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 And then Cole Best at center.

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 But, you know, running back continues to be interesting.

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 Pretty much every guy behind Jeremiah Cobb has received equal reps this spring.

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 You're only just now starting to see the Baylor transfer, Bryson Washington, start to get his legs under him.

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 That was Alex Golesh's words.

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 He was dealing with a minor injury that he was recovering from.

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 And so, you're starting to see him look like the player that they thought he would be when he came over from Baylor.

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 And, yeah, it'll be interesting to see.

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 It'll be interesting to watch the ones and the twos.

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 On A day, it should be first team versus first team defense, second team versus second team defense.

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 So, yeah, as compared to some spring games you see and some you've seen at Auburn in the past,

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 there probably won't be any sort of overmatched players on both sides of the ball.

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 So, it should be good competition there.

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 Nathan King, hooking up with us, 24-7 Sports, Auburn Undercover.

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 Nathan, did Brett and I report this wrong?

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 We, at one time, reported that Gus Malzahn had left Auburn.

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 But, correct me if I'm wrong, there was a Gus Malzahn sighting this week at Auburn.

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 Help us out here, Nathan.

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 Yeah, I mean, Gus has been around a little bit since retiring.

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 Obviously, he's got a home at Lake Martin.

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 We saw him in a basketball game last month.

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 But, yeah, Alex Golesh said that yesterday, Gus Malzahn attended Auburn's scrimmage.

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 Obviously, you know, he's known Golesh for a few years.

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 Remember, they were rival coaches in the war on I-4 between USF and UCF.

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 Now, they never played each other because by the time they, by the time that Golesh got there, UCF had already moved to the Big 12.

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 And so, obviously, they, or excuse me, by the time Gus got there, UCF had moved to the Big 12.

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 So, there was no opportunity for them to face off.

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 But, yeah, I mean, it should be, definitely should be, it should be interesting to see what Gus is able to help out with.

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 You know, he was, it sounds like from Alex Golesh that Gus wants to hang around and, you know, be around the program every now and again.

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 And, really, you know, Gus is retired and he's not going to, I don't think he's going to jump into any sort of, like, Bruce Pearl role where he's employed at Auburn or anything like that.

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 I don't think that's at all going to be the case.

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 But, like Golesh said yesterday, yeah, he's open arms.

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 He's all ears to hear from a former Auburn coach, a guy who had this program in a very successful spot as compared to recent seasons.

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 And so, Gus took some notes at practice yesterday at the scrimmage and gave him to Golesh afterwards.

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 And so, yeah, we might be seeing him around every once in a while and Golesh and a bunch.

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 Look, you know, if there's a former coach here at Auburn who's done it, I've got no ego in this thing.

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 And certainly all ears want to help him out.

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 Let me ask you your opinion of three guys that I've seen throughout the spring who have stood out to the coaches, or at least they've been mentioned.

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 Offensive line we discussed, Derrick Plaz, PLAZZ.

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 Didn't play very much in Miami, 6'4", 3'10".

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 Again, I've heard a lot of good things about him, Andre Jordan, a cornerback from UCLA.

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 And then Cody Sigler, who transferred from Arkansas State.

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 And, again, a lot of these lesser-known programs, these are good players.

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 Maybe they were just behind a talented frontliner, 6'2", 3'0", 2.

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 Those are three names I've heard quite a bit this spring.

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 Your impressions on them?

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 Yeah, Derrick Plaz was a guy that we started hearing about after he signed with Auburn that the staff thought,

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 hey, he's got all the tools to be a player at guard.

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 You know, he looks the part of a powerful starting offensive lineman, but obviously he doesn't have much experience.

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 Well, there's an opportunity available at guard.

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 We've talked about it all through the offseason, available at that guard competition.

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 And he's been their primary left guard this spring.

455
00:29:28,540 --> 00:29:32,620
 And so you've really gotten to kind of see those physical tools that he has.

456
00:29:32,700 --> 00:29:34,080
 And it's been pretty impressive there.

457
00:29:34,900 --> 00:29:40,400
 Cody Sigler coming over from Arkansas State has probably been Auburn's most talked-about player at defensive tackle.

458
00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:45,580
 I mean, they're working in guys like Malik Autry, who are coming back from last season, a former five-star.

459
00:29:46,220 --> 00:29:48,660
 You know, a guy like Buddy Mathis came over from LSU.

460
00:29:48,900 --> 00:29:52,460
 But those are all kind of younger guys still finding their footing.

461
00:29:52,620 --> 00:29:59,820
 Cody Sigler, like you mentioned, it wasn't at a Power 4 program, but he's gone and done it at a high level at Arkansas State.

462
00:30:00,220 --> 00:30:03,260
 And so they're hoping that translates to the SEC.

463
00:30:03,260 --> 00:30:05,520
 And then Andre Jordan, I mentioned him earlier.

464
00:30:05,680 --> 00:30:15,000
 That was the kind of guy you really needed in this cornerback competition with a guy coming over who was going to provide a lot of, you know, competition there at the top.

465
00:30:15,100 --> 00:30:17,960
 A guy who's done it at a Power 4 level before.

466
00:30:18,060 --> 00:30:21,160
 Obviously, he was a starting corner at UCLA for two years.

467
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,880
 And he's a guy who's caused a lot of problems for this passing game throughout the spring.

468
00:30:24,980 --> 00:30:26,320
 And so I would put him right up there.

469
00:30:26,520 --> 00:30:28,580
 I talked about that cornerback competition earlier.

470
00:30:28,820 --> 00:30:38,080
 I really do think, whether it's Rayshawn Pleasant, Blake Woodby, or Andre Jordan Jr., I'm not sure who's the number one or number two or number three corner for this team right now.

471
00:30:38,200 --> 00:30:40,620
 That'll be interesting to watch on A-Day.

472
00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:46,960
 And certainly a guy like Andre Jordan Jr. helps you to feel a little bit more confident in that spot considering you lost two starters from last year.

473
00:30:48,540 --> 00:30:50,060
 Confirmed, Forrest did.

474
00:30:50,540 --> 00:30:54,440
 Figgins from Thompson, and I know he flashed some last year.

475
00:30:55,020 --> 00:30:56,440
 I'd read several reports.

476
00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:59,680
 He had not one, not two, but three interceptions.

477
00:30:59,960 --> 00:31:01,600
 I was going to catch your eye.

478
00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:05,200
 During Saturday's practice, number one.

479
00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:08,300
 And then number two, I know you've got everything covered.

480
00:31:08,460 --> 00:31:11,340
 You're looking at the transfer portal in basketball.

481
00:31:11,340 --> 00:31:16,920
 Mount Monmouth, you had an article today about one of their guards looking at Auburn.

482
00:31:17,900 --> 00:31:25,100
 Figgins, production, and then where can we get online to get all the great stuff from you, Jason, and everyone else?

483
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:30,160
 Yeah, I think Anquan Figgins is in such a natural position right now at nickel.

484
00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:33,560
 You saw him play a little bit as a safety, as a true freshman.

485
00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:38,540
 But, I mean, as you guys know from hearing about him making plays at Thompson, like, he's just a ball hawk.

486
00:31:38,540 --> 00:31:40,400
 He's just a guy in the middle of your defense.

487
00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:47,180
 He probably led Auburn in takeaways as a true freshman in practice, like in a practice setting.

488
00:31:47,740 --> 00:31:50,700
 Nobody had more interceptions and fumble recoveries than him last year.

489
00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:54,000
 Well, like you mentioned, yeah, he had three interceptions at Saturday's practice.

490
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:54,900
 We were on the second day.

491
00:31:55,220 --> 00:31:58,840
 We all had five picks during Saturday's practice, so a really good day for them.

492
00:31:58,900 --> 00:32:06,080
 Yeah, I think new boy Figgins is in the right place, and he's going to be, if nothing else, like he's going to continue to develop his body as a young player.

493
00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:11,220
 But if nothing else, he's going to be a ball hawk this season, and we should see him around the ball a bunch.

494
00:32:11,340 --> 00:32:17,600
 And, yeah, you mentioned it, AuburnUndercover.com, basketball transfer, basketball still looking for their first transfer portal pickup.

495
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:23,880
 I would imagine that to be pretty soon as we're continuing to track some of the names for this team in the portal.

496
00:32:24,260 --> 00:32:29,900
 You know, another series for Auburn baseball, lots of recruiting visitors on campus just yesterday.

497
00:32:29,900 --> 00:32:33,040
 And so we'll have it all covered for you at AuburnUndercover.com.

498
00:32:33,660 --> 00:32:38,260
 And it sounds like a pretty good forecast to put a cherry on top for Saturday's spring game.

499
00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:39,580
 Nathan, as always, good job.

500
00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:41,400
 Thanks so much, and keep up the good work.

501
00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:43,140
 Appreciate it, guys.

502
00:32:43,220 --> 00:32:43,680
 Talk to you all later.

503
00:32:43,820 --> 00:32:44,440
 Thank you, bud.

504
00:32:44,700 --> 00:32:48,660
 Nathan King hooking up with us, Auburn Undercover, 24-7 sports.

505
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 He mentioned Gus at Auburn's practice.

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 I wonder what happened to that guy named Saban.

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606
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 Rodney, welcome in.

607
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:29,020
 How are you?

608
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 Doing well, Harold and Brett.

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 How are you guys today?

610
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 Good.

611
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 Man, we're doing all right.

612
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 Appreciate you asking, Rodney.

613
00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:37,720
 We're on this side of the spring game.

614
00:38:37,820 --> 00:38:39,880
 Last week, we were asking what to expect.

615
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:44,840
 Rodney, is it fair to ask now, do we have a little better idea how to answer those questions?

616
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:46,560
 The spring game this past weekend.

617
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 Did the team answer any big questions for you?

618
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 You know, Harold, I mean, it's a good question.

619
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 I don't think they answered any big questions.

620
00:38:59,100 --> 00:39:05,040
 I think what we did see, though, is that, you know, there is certainly some talent.

621
00:39:05,420 --> 00:39:07,660
 I mean, there's no question about that.

622
00:39:07,760 --> 00:39:09,740
 I mean, it may be across the board.

623
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:17,140
 It looks more talented, you know, when you consider maybe some of the defensive linemen.

624
00:39:18,860 --> 00:39:25,900
 I will tell you this, kind of an oddball kind of thing here.

625
00:39:26,220 --> 00:39:35,600
 If you want to look at one area that I can almost tell you looks better, that place kicker, Lorcan Quinn, he looks like an NFL kicker right now.

626
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:45,600
 Now, I don't want to hex him or anything, but when I tell you this guy can try it out there and kick a 47-yarder like it's a chip shot, really smooth.

627
00:39:45,980 --> 00:39:47,500
 So, I think he might be a big pickup.

628
00:39:47,620 --> 00:39:50,580
 Connor Taupe is going to have his hands full with that challenge.

629
00:39:50,840 --> 00:39:55,080
 But I will tell you this, too, because this is really what I think people want to hear.

630
00:39:55,920 --> 00:40:02,260
 The quarterback, you know, Austin Mack was injured, and he was injured later in the week.

631
00:40:02,680 --> 00:40:05,480
 So, he was kind of hobbled around talking to some practice observers.

632
00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:10,300
 And I think it certainly impacted him in the scrimmage on Saturday.

633
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:14,840
 But Keelan Russell is a special talent.

634
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:26,620
 And I think, you know, if he can continue to develop and grow, I could see him as a guy that, in spite of your shortcomings, he could kind of carry the team.

635
00:40:26,900 --> 00:40:33,560
 Now, I'm not saying he'll be able to do it this year, but when you look at him and his potential, he's got special tools.

636
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:35,800
 Ronnie, let me ask you this.

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00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:39,820
 Did Alabama strike gold in Mr. Brown, the running back?

638
00:40:40,540 --> 00:40:41,680
 I think he's a steal.

639
00:40:41,860 --> 00:40:49,780
 You know, we talked about him last week and said that's one guy I wanted to see as a kind of sleeper type guy that I'd heard a lot about.

640
00:40:50,520 --> 00:40:54,780
 And I thought he lived up to expectations based on what we saw.

641
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 What I liked about him is he caught several balls out of the backfield.

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 He had to make some adjustments on those balls that weren't thrown perfect.

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 But when he did, he's got that knack to be able to twist his body and turn.

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 And when he does, he can get up ahead of steam pretty fast, make a guy miss.

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 He's got some tools as a receiver.

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 I like him.

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00:41:14,660 --> 00:41:16,700
 And then as a runner, he just didn't carry the ball a lot.

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 But what you saw, Harold and Brett, was a guy who had that instinctiveness to see a hole before it was there.

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 You know, and that's one thing that I think we didn't see last year was a guy who could say, okay, that hole's not there yet, but it's going to be.

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 And, you know, that's just kind of a feel that great running backs have.

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 They can see it.

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 That's why they call it vision.

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 And he certainly showed that on some of the runs.

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 Don't really know, like, couldn't tell, 100% sure about his speed, you know, if he has that extra gear.

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 But, you know, he was pretty quick.

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 Ronnie, the receivers, I remember in particularly Derek Meadows, he had climbed the ladder a little bit last year, went into Missouri,

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 and was in the lineup, and I had been waiting to see what he could do.

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 Well, he got clotheslined in that game, got a concussion, played a little bit at the end of the season.

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 But I was very curious to see what he and Sadarian Morgan could do.

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 And at 6'4 and 6'5, Russell threw some dimes to these guys in traffic.

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 But when you've got the Sadarian Morgan 6'4, 225, and Meadows is 6'5,

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00:42:31,300 --> 00:42:35,180
 those are two tall dudes, and they can catch the ball in traffic.

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00:42:36,540 --> 00:42:37,860
 Yeah, yeah, you're right.

664
00:42:38,020 --> 00:42:38,680
 And they did.

665
00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:41,180
 And you've got to give them a chance to make those plays.

666
00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:43,020
 And, you know, Russell certainly did.

667
00:42:43,140 --> 00:42:45,460
 And, you know, Mack hit a couple of big throws, too.

668
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:48,720
 And he hit a big one down the middle to Ryan Williams.

669
00:42:48,980 --> 00:42:50,700
 He also hit a few others.

670
00:42:50,700 --> 00:42:56,020
 And, look, Rico Scott made a great catch in the back of the end zone where you talk about moving up the ladder.

671
00:42:56,520 --> 00:42:59,820
 He certainly climbed the ladder for that one from Austin Mack.

672
00:42:59,820 --> 00:43:02,540
 It was a really good throw, but it was also an outstanding catch.

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00:43:02,800 --> 00:43:06,340
 So, yeah, I like those two guys with the size that they bring.

674
00:43:06,860 --> 00:43:09,480
 And I'm really looking forward to seeing more of them.

675
00:43:10,020 --> 00:43:14,400
 Now with Noah Rogers out, what we hear, Harold and Brett, four to six months.

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00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:15,620
 Wow.

677
00:43:15,980 --> 00:43:21,660
 You know, so, you know, it's a tough break, but I think you still – you have Ryan Williams, you have Lachia Brooks,

678
00:43:21,740 --> 00:43:24,580
 you have Rico Scott, you have Derek Meadows and Sedari and Morgan.

679
00:43:24,980 --> 00:43:31,360
 And, you know, maybe one of the others that they brought in, the JUCO player, Tyler Henderson, caught a few balls, too.

680
00:43:31,740 --> 00:43:33,000
 So, you know, we'll see.

681
00:43:33,100 --> 00:43:34,260
 Somebody's got to step up.

682
00:43:34,360 --> 00:43:34,920
 It's part of it.

683
00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:37,900
 You mentioned that four to six months.

684
00:43:38,020 --> 00:43:41,340
 If my math is right, that's basically about half of the regular season.

685
00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:45,440
 So, if everything goes well, possibility to be there for the second half of the season.

686
00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:50,580
 The other thing that Alabama's kind of got in the bank right now from that standpoint, no E.J. Crowell.

687
00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:54,280
 I mean, there's no way the kid could have lived up to the expectations coming out of high school.

688
00:43:54,740 --> 00:43:57,060
 The only thing they feared in this camp was kryptonite.

689
00:43:57,200 --> 00:44:04,820
 But your thoughts just about having not only what we saw Saturday with Brown, which I thought is the classic example of somebody's out,

690
00:44:04,900 --> 00:44:07,120
 take advantage of the situation, and he did.

691
00:44:07,300 --> 00:44:14,360
 But your thoughts just having that in the back of your mind, knowing that Crowell also looks like he'll be available once he can get his wheels back under him.

692
00:44:15,980 --> 00:44:18,080
 Yeah, I mean, you're right.

693
00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:20,100
 I mean, hopefully that won't be long.

694
00:44:20,200 --> 00:44:22,460
 I mean, hopefully in camp he'll be ready to go.

695
00:44:22,900 --> 00:44:26,540
 But, you know, the running back position, I mentioned Treshawn Brown.

696
00:44:26,540 --> 00:44:31,840
 I thought A.K. Deer had a couple of really nice plays, one after a reception, made a guy miss.

697
00:44:31,940 --> 00:44:33,360
 He's got explosive ability.

698
00:44:34,240 --> 00:44:36,180
 A.K. has just got to do all the other things.

699
00:44:36,340 --> 00:44:39,060
 And when I say that, I noticed Treshawn Brown.

700
00:44:39,120 --> 00:44:40,260
 I noticed it when it happened.

701
00:44:40,940 --> 00:44:43,480
 He laid out Chuck McDonald on a corner blitz.

702
00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:49,060
 That was good to see because that pass pro by the running backs has been an issue.

703
00:44:49,700 --> 00:44:54,080
 But to see him step up and do that was encouraging, especially for a young player.

704
00:44:54,540 --> 00:44:57,960
 But, yeah, Daniel Hill, I thought, you know, you saw him, he's sleeker.

705
00:44:58,280 --> 00:44:59,960
 He made a couple of cuts and runs.

706
00:45:00,060 --> 00:45:00,840
 He had a big run.

707
00:45:02,260 --> 00:45:09,240
 You know, Kevin Riley really didn't have – he's had a great spring, but he didn't have a day where he flashed much in the A-Day game.

708
00:45:09,320 --> 00:45:10,240
 Sometimes that happens.

709
00:45:11,640 --> 00:45:12,820
 He didn't get a ton of carries.

710
00:45:12,940 --> 00:45:16,340
 But what he had, you know, certainly they bottled him up pretty good.

711
00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:20,460
 So, but, look, I think they're good enough there.

712
00:45:20,580 --> 00:45:23,980
 Hopefully, Coyle will be back, and, you know, they'll be even better.

713
00:45:25,360 --> 00:45:32,380
 Rodney, I mentioned this to you earlier this year when Alabama lost Deontay Lawson, Jefferson, and Hill Green.

714
00:45:32,460 --> 00:45:39,720
 I thought Alabama should have brought in one more linebacker, inside linebacker, along with Caleb Woodson.

715
00:45:40,380 --> 00:45:43,940
 Woodson showed, obviously, he is going to be a force.

716
00:45:44,660 --> 00:45:46,220
 But, Rodney, I'll tell you one thing.

717
00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:56,160
 These younger guys, they may not be Nick Saban linebacker size, but QB Reese, Mance, Caden Jones, Duke Johnson,

718
00:45:56,380 --> 00:45:58,920
 but Duel Sanders are pretty good.

719
00:45:59,440 --> 00:46:05,120
 And, by the way, Xavier Griffin put a move on Javon James, Alabama's right tackle,

720
00:46:05,300 --> 00:46:08,940
 that would have made an NFL veteran blush.

721
00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:17,540
 Not a ton of game experience, but some of these inside linebackers are pretty good.

722
00:46:18,820 --> 00:46:20,220
 You know, I was impressed.

723
00:46:20,500 --> 00:46:21,340
 I really was.

724
00:46:21,340 --> 00:46:24,420
 I mean, we had heard from, you know, people that we've trusted.

725
00:46:24,920 --> 00:46:26,380
 They were a bit smallish.

726
00:46:26,540 --> 00:46:29,620
 And, you know, you look out there, and regardless of what the roster says,

727
00:46:29,760 --> 00:46:31,380
 you can see what they're talking about.

728
00:46:31,480 --> 00:46:35,460
 They're not, like, that small, but they're just not real thick.

729
00:46:36,280 --> 00:46:36,920
 Agreed, too.

730
00:46:37,740 --> 00:46:38,560
 But they're athletic.

731
00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:39,660
 Man, they're good.

732
00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:40,600
 They're all over the field.

733
00:46:40,700 --> 00:46:44,480
 I was impressed with Mets after I kind of watched some of the replay.

734
00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:49,520
 But during the game, number 15, Duke Johnson, caught my eye quite a bit.

735
00:46:49,520 --> 00:46:50,600
 You know, Bill Sanders.

736
00:46:51,560 --> 00:46:54,700
 And, you know, I didn't see number 11, Xavier Griffin.

737
00:46:55,600 --> 00:47:00,880
 You know, it's kind of tough seeing everybody, but we know he's talented.

738
00:47:01,140 --> 00:47:04,200
 But I think it's a group that, I'm like you, Brett.

739
00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:09,380
 I think you need experience, and you probably should have taken another guy with experience.

740
00:47:09,600 --> 00:47:15,800
 But I also understand, you know, I can see why they wanted to go ahead and do it with their younger guys.

741
00:47:16,180 --> 00:47:24,220
 You know, so, but I thought, speaking of the older transfer, Caleb Woodson, he's really good.

742
00:47:24,700 --> 00:47:25,880
 I think he's going to be really good.

743
00:47:27,080 --> 00:47:28,880
 Rodney, or tighter insider.com.

744
00:47:28,980 --> 00:47:35,500
 So, Rodney, now that at this point in the practice, obviously, they still had two after the Saturday practice.

745
00:47:36,340 --> 00:47:37,480
 Two things on that.

746
00:47:37,560 --> 00:47:41,360
 Number one, obviously, the elephant in the room was the offensive line.

747
00:47:41,900 --> 00:47:45,300
 Do you feel better about that, and where's your gut with this team?

748
00:47:45,360 --> 00:47:47,880
 Because they've got some work to do by the Alabama standard.

749
00:47:48,180 --> 00:47:48,920
 ESPN came out.

750
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:50,460
 I don't know how they come up with these polls.

751
00:47:51,060 --> 00:47:53,480
 Be that as it may, they've got their preseason poll right now.

752
00:47:53,860 --> 00:47:57,980
 Alabama, 16th in the country, 7th in the SEC.

753
00:47:58,460 --> 00:48:01,200
 Where's your gut right now with this team, Rodney?

754
00:48:04,500 --> 00:48:08,940
 Well, you know, Harold, I just have to be honest with you.

755
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:09,620
 I don't know.

756
00:48:10,640 --> 00:48:11,560
 I mean...

757
00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:12,780
 Who does, right?

758
00:48:13,260 --> 00:48:13,660
 Yeah.

759
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:17,040
 I mean, I look at the offense, what I saw.

760
00:48:18,320 --> 00:48:20,000
 And I'm thinking Pac-12.

761
00:48:21,940 --> 00:48:22,340
 Yeah.

762
00:48:22,400 --> 00:48:23,540
 You know, I don't know about the defense.

763
00:48:23,960 --> 00:48:29,800
 I mean, they were going up against an offense that was, you know, with that offensive line that's not ready.

764
00:48:29,980 --> 00:48:33,040
 And that may be why they look kind of Pac-12, you know.

765
00:48:33,120 --> 00:48:37,980
 I mean, I just, there wasn't much physicality up front that I saw.

766
00:48:38,740 --> 00:48:41,440
 But again, I understand there's a bunch of new faces, too.

767
00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:43,080
 These guys have not worked together.

768
00:48:43,400 --> 00:48:46,020
 So you have to be careful, you know, how you evaluate it.

769
00:48:46,020 --> 00:48:55,020
 But there was a lot of reliance on the quarterback, which kind of led me to the thought of, you're going to need a playmaker like Keelan Russell.

770
00:48:55,540 --> 00:48:56,000
 Thank you.

771
00:48:57,160 --> 00:49:00,200
 And that's what I saw.

772
00:49:00,620 --> 00:49:06,300
 So unless they can develop a running game, and then maybe they can.

773
00:49:06,420 --> 00:49:10,860
 I mean, listen, I want to be clear, because I know there's people that post on Titer and Sider that listen to your show.

774
00:49:11,160 --> 00:49:13,300
 They're going to go out there and say, it looks like a Pac-12.

775
00:49:13,720 --> 00:49:21,440
 But I want to be clear, you know, we're in April, and there's a lot of time to develop that run game.

776
00:49:21,620 --> 00:49:27,760
 And like DeBoer said, it does take a little bit of time when you're meshing up so many new faces up front.

777
00:49:28,900 --> 00:49:31,280
 Let me ask you quickly about recruiting.

778
00:49:31,960 --> 00:49:33,980
 Alabama picks up a verbal commitment.

779
00:49:34,180 --> 00:49:36,880
 McGill Tulin defensive lineman, A.J.

780
00:49:36,980 --> 00:49:46,880
 Pauley said, I believe he's a three-star, 6'5", 255, added to that 2027 class.

781
00:49:47,380 --> 00:49:54,420
 And five-star quarterback Elijah Haven is going to be announcing April the 25th.

782
00:49:54,420 --> 00:50:01,900
 I've been to Alabama multiple times from, according to reports, Alabama seems to be in the lead.

783
00:50:01,900 --> 00:50:10,820
 He threw for 4,000 yards, 62 touchdowns, video game numbers, named the Louisiana Gatorade player of the year.

784
00:50:11,340 --> 00:50:13,280
 And we know how commitments go, Rodney.

785
00:50:13,360 --> 00:50:15,480
 They can change at the blink of an eye.

786
00:50:15,620 --> 00:50:18,120
 But tell us a little bit more about A.J.

787
00:50:18,260 --> 00:50:19,680
 Pauley and your thoughts.

788
00:50:19,800 --> 00:50:24,900
 Will Alabama pick up Elijah Haven, the five-star quarterback, April 25th?

789
00:50:24,900 --> 00:50:33,920
 You know, Pauley is just a 6'5", 265-pound defensive lineman that has a good frame.

790
00:50:34,140 --> 00:50:35,380
 I mean, he's athletic, of course.

791
00:50:35,480 --> 00:50:36,740
 He moves really well.

792
00:50:37,220 --> 00:50:45,080
 He's another one of those guys kind of like Jeremiah Beeman from the standpoint of he's got the frame to fill out, you know, and get bigger.

793
00:50:45,700 --> 00:50:55,600
 And, again, you like his potential because he can move, because he's athletic, because he can, you know, he's got – he can move side to side, change directions.

794
00:50:56,920 --> 00:51:00,200
 You know, so he has all of that, and he has the frame to get bigger.

795
00:51:00,960 --> 00:51:09,180
 And that seems to be kind of the mode they're in right now in terms of defensive linemen, getting guys and building them up, getting them bigger.

796
00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:18,660
 And then, also, you asked about Elijah Haven, and I think, you know, Alabama, Georgia, and Auburn, one of the three that he released is his top three.

797
00:51:19,400 --> 00:51:22,860
 And, you know, if I had to venture a guess right now, I would go with Alabama.

798
00:51:23,440 --> 00:51:24,720
 But, again, you don't know.

799
00:51:25,700 --> 00:51:26,640
 You never know.

800
00:51:27,380 --> 00:51:34,780
 But I do think that when you look at him, I mean, he's – I mean, he's 6'5", 230 pounds or so.

801
00:51:35,160 --> 00:51:35,860
 He's big.

802
00:51:36,060 --> 00:51:36,700
 He's big.

803
00:51:37,080 --> 00:51:37,800
 And he's athletic.

804
00:51:37,800 --> 00:51:40,700
 I mean, he kind of looks like a Vince Young out there running around.

805
00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:43,640
 And, like you said, he put up some gaudy passing numbers as well.

806
00:51:43,940 --> 00:51:46,920
 So, yeah, he's extremely talented, no doubt.

807
00:51:47,080 --> 00:51:48,600
 I think Alabama's in good position.

808
00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:54,220
 Hey, listen, guys, they're going to get quarterbacks, and they're probably going to get receivers and all of that.

809
00:51:54,460 --> 00:51:59,360
 The difference is the guys that get in the trenches on the offensive and defensive line.

810
00:51:59,800 --> 00:52:01,900
 And, you know, we'll see how that goes.

811
00:52:02,320 --> 00:52:02,820
 Thank you.

812
00:52:03,740 --> 00:52:04,460
 You're right.

813
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 Rodney, where can we get online and get a recap of a day recruiting?

814
00:52:11,200 --> 00:52:14,540
 One more practice, I believe, coming up Thursday.

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 Rodney, as always, good to hook up with you, man.

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 Keep up the good word, and thanks so much for your time today.

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 Appreciate it, guys.

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 Take care.

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 Thank you, bud.

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 Everywhere you go, prices are still high, rates have been whipsawing markets, and the

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 debt and spending don't exactly scream stability.

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919
00:56:52,280 --> 00:56:53,560
 1819 News.

920
00:56:54,100 --> 00:56:58,020
 Out-of-state gambling interests have been quietly laying the foundation for getting gambling

921
00:56:58,020 --> 00:56:59,140
 approved here in Alabama.

922
00:56:59,380 --> 00:57:03,420
 Political action committees for these out-of-state gambling interests have poured millions of

923
00:57:03,420 --> 00:57:07,180
 dollars into state races for the 2026 election cycle.

924
00:57:07,500 --> 00:57:11,920
 Montgomery Democrat Steve Raby has assisted in the flow of these dollars to various state lawmakers

925
00:57:11,920 --> 00:57:13,520
 in their re-election campaigns.

926
00:57:13,840 --> 00:57:19,400
 Raby runs the North Alabama PAC and has taken in over $1.8 million, with $300,000 of that

927
00:57:19,400 --> 00:57:21,320
 coming from the Sports Betting Alliance.

928
00:57:21,320 --> 00:57:27,460
 The SVNB PAC, also in Montgomery, has received $1.9 million from the Sports Betting Alliance.

929
00:57:27,620 --> 00:57:33,780
 Both of these two PACs distributed the money to various campaigns, including $116,000 to Alabama

930
00:57:33,780 --> 00:57:38,900
 Attorney General Primary Candidate Katherine Robertson, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, and Tuscaloosa

931
00:57:38,900 --> 00:57:40,700
 City Council candidate Matthew Wilson.

932
00:57:41,220 --> 00:57:45,580
 Former U.S. Congressman Mo Brooks recently put out a report that details the level of

933
00:57:45,580 --> 00:57:50,940
 influence coming from these out-of-state gambling interests on state leaders in order to influence their

934
00:57:50,940 --> 00:57:51,920
 position on gambling.

935
00:57:52,380 --> 00:57:57,280
 Steve Raby has a history of being in opposition to Mo Brooks' stance on gambling.

936
00:57:57,640 --> 00:58:03,240
 Raby ran against Mo Brooks for Congressional District 5 back in 2010, with Brooks winning that race.

937
00:58:03,700 --> 00:58:06,380
 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this.

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944
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 A house fire in Birmingham has claimed the lives of two adults and a teenager.

945
00:58:27,200 --> 00:58:30,020
 The fire broke out on Wednesday morning in the Green Acres community.

946
00:58:30,480 --> 00:58:35,640
 The victims have been identified as 49-year-old Edward Hicks, 48-year-old Farentina Hicks, and

947
00:58:35,640 --> 00:58:37,140
 18-year-old Layla Hicks.

948
00:58:37,420 --> 00:58:39,040
 The cause of the fire is being investigated.

949
00:58:39,760 --> 00:58:40,520
 I'm Andrea Tuss.

950
00:58:40,880 --> 00:58:45,500
 For more news affecting Alabamians, go to 1819news.com.

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952
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953
00:59:01,820 --> 00:59:05,640
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954
00:59:06,200 --> 00:59:10,620
 What do you say we go to, literally, the home of the champions?

955
00:59:10,940 --> 00:59:13,280
 Wife wins national championships in football.

956
00:59:13,580 --> 00:59:15,700
 Husband wins national championships in basketball.

957
00:59:16,940 --> 00:59:18,900
 Andrea Adelson from ESPN.

958
00:59:19,040 --> 00:59:22,660
 What's in the water at the Adelson House in Orlando, Florida?

959
00:59:22,760 --> 00:59:23,520
 How are you?

960
00:59:24,240 --> 00:59:25,220
 Well, I'm doing great, fellas.

961
00:59:25,320 --> 00:59:29,340
 You know we're home to the two best universities in the whole entire world.

962
00:59:29,340 --> 00:59:30,260
 I've heard that.

963
00:59:30,460 --> 00:59:30,900
 I've heard that.

964
00:59:30,900 --> 00:59:33,700
 It's natural that those schools win championships, fellas.

965
00:59:34,840 --> 00:59:40,420
 By the way, you may not have heard this, but Arch Manning is the starting quarterback in Texas.

966
00:59:40,720 --> 00:59:41,820
 You can confirm that?

967
00:59:42,320 --> 00:59:42,520
 What?

968
00:59:42,600 --> 00:59:43,660
 You can confirm that?

969
00:59:45,340 --> 00:59:46,700
 The summer of Arch.

970
00:59:46,840 --> 00:59:47,660
 You heard it first.

971
00:59:47,860 --> 00:59:49,060
 The summer of Arch.

972
00:59:51,160 --> 00:59:52,940
 Hey, Reese Davis, take that.

973
00:59:53,360 --> 00:59:54,120
 Oh, baby.

974
00:59:56,600 --> 00:59:57,040
 Yeah.

975
00:59:57,040 --> 00:59:58,340
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976
00:59:58,580 --> 01:00:01,180
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977
01:00:02,200 --> 01:00:04,360
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979
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980
01:00:12,380 --> 01:00:16,820
 Tomorrow, mostly sunny with a 30% chance of afternoon showers and a high around 85.

981
01:00:17,820 --> 01:00:21,920
 Tomorrow night, mostly clear with a 30% chance of showers overnight and a low near 60.

982
01:00:22,660 --> 01:00:24,960
 After Friday, sunny with a high around 90.

983
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 Your weather from 93.9, The Score.

984
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 Now, get ready to roll, Shoals, Decatur, Athens, and all of northwest Alabama and southern Tennessee.

985
01:00:41,320 --> 01:00:44,660
 It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM sports voice.

986
01:00:47,660 --> 01:00:50,200
 The Boomo Bugg show.

987
01:00:50,540 --> 01:00:52,620
 Your exclusive inside track to the tide.

988
01:00:52,780 --> 01:00:55,720
 Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC.

989
01:00:56,540 --> 01:01:01,960
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9, The Score.

990
01:01:03,100 --> 01:01:03,780
 Welcome back, Dan.

991
01:01:03,860 --> 01:01:04,900
 Thanks so much for joining us.

992
01:01:04,980 --> 01:01:06,380
 Our tour to the Boomo Bugg show.

993
01:01:06,500 --> 01:01:08,240
 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

994
01:01:08,340 --> 01:01:11,420
 Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

995
01:01:11,580 --> 01:01:17,020
 And with that, do we kick off, lead off, man, tee off, you name it.

996
01:01:17,560 --> 01:01:23,100
 Benjamin Ray, he is the UNA Athletics Assistant AD and the fine voice of UNA.

997
01:01:23,620 --> 01:01:25,140
 Benjamin Ray, welcome in.

998
01:01:25,220 --> 01:01:26,000
 How are you?

999
01:01:27,040 --> 01:01:29,040
 Man, it's great to be with you guys.

1000
01:01:29,220 --> 01:01:30,220
 Here is spring.

1001
01:01:30,340 --> 01:01:31,320
 It's finally hit, I think.

1002
01:01:31,360 --> 01:01:35,180
 We've got beautiful weather, and we've got a jam-packed weekend of spring sports.

1003
01:01:35,440 --> 01:01:39,340
 So, if you're itching to get outside, it's a good weekend to be at UNA.

1004
01:01:40,260 --> 01:01:41,760
 Where in the world do you start?

1005
01:01:41,840 --> 01:01:46,200
 You've got a UNA buffet with baseball, softball, football, you name it.

1006
01:01:46,200 --> 01:01:48,960
 Let's start, if you don't mind, though, with the softball.

1007
01:01:49,100 --> 01:01:54,300
 What I love about UNA, can you imagine a fan of UNA back in the day coming back,

1008
01:01:54,340 --> 01:02:00,520
 and all of a sudden you say, wow, here's another SEC team, the UNA softball team taking on Ole Miss,

1009
01:02:00,600 --> 01:02:05,100
 coming up short, but it's nice to see the schedule playing with some of these guys

1010
01:02:05,100 --> 01:02:08,280
 who across the country are regarded as some of the big guys and girls.

1011
01:02:09,120 --> 01:02:13,760
 It really is, and that's a testament to the program Ashley Cozart has built.

1012
01:02:13,760 --> 01:02:19,380
 Not only did they travel to Ole Miss to play Ole Miss, but Ole Miss came here earlier this season.

1013
01:02:19,640 --> 01:02:27,280
 They did a home-and-home, and it just speaks volumes that an SEC school is willing to put you on their schedule.

1014
01:02:27,480 --> 01:02:35,460
 It was just how important strength of scheduling is these days, and this is a program that always gives SEC teams a great shot.

1015
01:02:35,660 --> 01:02:40,280
 So, also, it's kind of surprising that they keep scheduling them because we keep knocking on the door

1016
01:02:40,280 --> 01:02:42,820
 and then just crazy things happen at the end of the game.

1017
01:02:43,080 --> 01:02:49,060
 But, yeah, this team this year might be the best of the Division I era, which says a lot

1018
01:02:49,060 --> 01:02:51,880
 because we've had a lot of good teams under Ashley Cozart.

1019
01:02:52,040 --> 01:02:58,400
 She's got the pitching, she's got the hitting, she's got the field, and we've always had maybe one of the three, two of the three,

1020
01:02:58,460 --> 01:03:01,320
 but never all three, five on all cylinders.

1021
01:03:01,720 --> 01:03:08,480
 So, the excitement level, which is always high for UNA softball, is absolutely sky-high right now.

1022
01:03:08,740 --> 01:03:16,460
 Well, let's stay with the ladies for a second, go inside the basketball in the works of a brand-new era for UNA women's basketball.

1023
01:03:17,460 --> 01:03:25,280
 Anna Nims coming to us from Northwestern State, and I'll tell you what, it feels like I have known Anna Nims for years.

1024
01:03:25,540 --> 01:03:27,820
 She is just unbelievably personable.

1025
01:03:28,460 --> 01:03:32,780
 At her introductory press conference, you know, we had eight or nine media outlets there,

1026
01:03:32,780 --> 01:03:39,220
 and she stood up at the top and did one-on-ones with all eight, nine media groups that were there.

1027
01:03:39,680 --> 01:03:42,360
 And in between, she hugged fans and introduced herself.

1028
01:03:42,760 --> 01:03:45,420
 So, I mean, she shook hands with over 100 people.

1029
01:03:45,520 --> 01:03:48,540
 She was like a politician working the rest, but she's very genuine.

1030
01:03:48,780 --> 01:03:55,420
 She preaches that family connection, and she wants to have that community feel which UNA coaches thrive under.

1031
01:03:55,580 --> 01:04:01,780
 I mean, you guys have covered UNA for so long, and think about the coaches that have had great success at UNA.

1032
01:04:01,780 --> 01:04:07,380
 They have been ingrained in the community, and that's what Anna Nims wants to do,

1033
01:04:07,620 --> 01:04:13,300
 and that's what she's going to do, and people are going to absolutely fall in love with her and her daughter Frankie.

1034
01:04:13,600 --> 01:04:19,380
 Frankie's 22 months old, almost two, and she stole the show at the press conference.

1035
01:04:19,600 --> 01:04:27,400
 But Anna Nims is going to bring a lot of great energy to a women's basketball program that has been in a good spot here of late.

1036
01:04:27,400 --> 01:04:34,100
 It was tough to lose Candy Whitaker, but to land a coach like Anna Nims, I think Dr. Looney hit an absolute home run.

1037
01:04:35,020 --> 01:04:43,940
 Speaking of being in a good spot, UNA Baseball is on a heater, 13 or more runs in the last three games.

1038
01:04:44,180 --> 01:04:53,940
 They beat UT Martin with a football score, 21-3, 10-5 in the A-Sun, and I'm telling you, speaking of being on a heater,

1039
01:04:54,740 --> 01:05:02,440
 Dylan Coleman has been going absolutely nuts, hitting his 14th home run of the season,

1040
01:05:03,380 --> 01:05:08,080
 now tied for six most home runs in UNA history.

1041
01:05:08,760 --> 01:05:11,280
 Talk about a hot baseball team.

1042
01:05:11,940 --> 01:05:15,560
 This baseball team is so much fun to watch.

1043
01:05:15,640 --> 01:05:18,860
 It's the best offense we've ever had at the Division I level,

1044
01:05:19,120 --> 01:05:22,980
 and maybe the best offense that we've had in 15, 20 years even,

1045
01:05:23,100 --> 01:05:27,420
 maybe even going back to the College World Series team led by a guy by the name of Josh Willingham.

1046
01:05:27,560 --> 01:05:31,920
 I mean, they are just smashing the baseball, hitting the cover off of it,

1047
01:05:31,960 --> 01:05:34,520
 and Dylan Coleman is a fantastic story,

1048
01:05:34,760 --> 01:05:39,580
 because if you have kept up with UNA Baseball from Mike Lane to Mike Keene,

1049
01:05:40,160 --> 01:05:42,200
 you know that back in the Division II days,

1050
01:05:42,200 --> 01:05:45,520
 Delta State was a huge baseball rival.

1051
01:05:45,740 --> 01:05:49,680
 It was UNA and Delta State always playing for Gulf South Conference Championships.

1052
01:05:50,500 --> 01:05:53,940
 Well, Dylan Coleman transferred to UNA from Delta State.

1053
01:05:54,040 --> 01:05:59,900
 I think he has to be the first ever baseball player to play at Delta State and North Alabama.

1054
01:06:00,260 --> 01:06:03,540
 I mean, 10, 15 years ago, we would have never thought that was possible.

1055
01:06:04,140 --> 01:06:05,480
 And now here he is.

1056
01:06:05,540 --> 01:06:07,780
 He's hit a home run in four straight games.

1057
01:06:08,200 --> 01:06:10,660
 He's top 25 in the nation in home runs,

1058
01:06:10,660 --> 01:06:15,260
 and he's one home run away from the Division I single-season record.

1059
01:06:15,740 --> 01:06:20,400
 And then I think he's three home runs away from the school record overall.

1060
01:06:20,860 --> 01:06:26,200
 So you talk about a guy coming in and just rewriting the record book in one year.

1061
01:06:26,280 --> 01:06:27,500
 He's been an unbelievable addition.

1062
01:06:27,660 --> 01:06:29,020
 He's an outstanding young man.

1063
01:06:29,380 --> 01:06:31,800
 We've enjoyed chatting with him every chance that we get.

1064
01:06:32,180 --> 01:06:35,920
 This is a team that looks like a professional baseball team.

1065
01:06:36,140 --> 01:06:37,960
 I mean, Dylan Coleman and a lot of these guys,

1066
01:06:37,960 --> 01:06:42,560
 you're talking about guys that are bench-pressing 315-plus pounds.

1067
01:06:43,000 --> 01:06:48,660
 I mean, they look like linebackers out there, but they are just some dudes that they like to hit.

1068
01:06:48,740 --> 01:06:52,320
 And we've got the new ballpark, Bank Independent Stadium, Mike D. Lane Field.

1069
01:06:52,480 --> 01:06:59,920
 And you can't drive past it, walk past it, be past it, without hearing the crack of a baseball bat.

1070
01:07:00,020 --> 01:07:01,420
 This team is always hitting.

1071
01:07:01,500 --> 01:07:05,800
 It reminds me of the old Greg Maddox, Tom Gladden, ESPN commercial.

1072
01:07:05,960 --> 01:07:09,900
 You know, chicks dig the long ball, you know, that they're always hitting it in that commercial.

1073
01:07:10,040 --> 01:07:11,560
 That's what this team reminds me of.

1074
01:07:11,680 --> 01:07:17,340
 I mean, 54 home runs, they lead the league in home runs, and they're just absolutely mashing.

1075
01:07:17,440 --> 01:07:18,440
 It's so fun to watch.

1076
01:07:19,980 --> 01:07:20,700
 315 pounds.

1077
01:07:20,780 --> 01:07:23,440
 That's 314 more than Brett and I can do together.

1078
01:07:23,440 --> 01:07:30,980
 I would imagine, Ben, that this team would love to see some home crowds this weekend.

1079
01:07:31,240 --> 01:07:33,760
 It's always fun when Lipscomb comes to town.

1080
01:07:34,360 --> 01:07:35,060
 It's Lipscomb.

1081
01:07:35,220 --> 01:07:35,820
 It's conference.

1082
01:07:36,020 --> 01:07:37,680
 Hopefully the weather's going to continue to be good.

1083
01:07:37,720 --> 01:07:40,900
 Your thoughts about the upcoming series with Lipscomb?

1084
01:07:41,960 --> 01:07:47,280
 Yes, North Alabama's in first place alone in the gold division of the A-Sun.

1085
01:07:47,540 --> 01:07:49,560
 Second best record overall in the A-Sun.

1086
01:07:50,060 --> 01:07:54,260
 Lipscomb is the only team that UNA has dropped a series to this season.

1087
01:07:54,400 --> 01:07:56,220
 It was the first A-Sun series of the year.

1088
01:07:56,740 --> 01:07:59,180
 Lipscomb took two of three up in Nashville.

1089
01:07:59,180 --> 01:08:00,860
 So this is the return trip now.

1090
01:08:01,300 --> 01:08:06,040
 Whereas UNA has the best offense in terms of power numbers,

1091
01:08:06,620 --> 01:08:09,880
 Lipscomb's right behind them in terms of just pure average in hitting,

1092
01:08:10,040 --> 01:08:12,000
 or actually probably slightly ahead in average.

1093
01:08:12,160 --> 01:08:14,360
 They bring in a really good offense as well.

1094
01:08:14,680 --> 01:08:17,600
 They're coming off of a series loss to Central Arkansas,

1095
01:08:17,940 --> 01:08:22,300
 who North Alabama took two of three off of a couple weeks back.

1096
01:08:22,500 --> 01:08:24,160
 So it's a really good Lipscomb team.

1097
01:08:24,320 --> 01:08:26,580
 And the gold division is very tight.

1098
01:08:26,580 --> 01:08:30,740
 All five, really four of the five, have a shot at first place.

1099
01:08:31,020 --> 01:08:33,940
 So everybody's playing for kind of the same thing right now.

1100
01:08:34,020 --> 01:08:35,240
 So it's going to be a tough series.

1101
01:08:35,860 --> 01:08:39,400
 And if you have not been out to the new Mike, Mike 2.0,

1102
01:08:39,940 --> 01:08:41,420
 Bank Independent Stadium, Mike D. Lane.

1103
01:08:41,540 --> 01:08:44,860
 So it's going to be the perfect weekend to come watch great college baseball.

1104
01:08:45,460 --> 01:08:48,320
 And let me tell you, if there is 100 people in that venue,

1105
01:08:48,440 --> 01:08:51,060
 or there's 1,000 people, because we've seen it all this year,

1106
01:08:51,380 --> 01:08:52,840
 it's a fun venue to be in.

1107
01:08:52,880 --> 01:08:53,960
 They've got the video board.

1108
01:08:54,060 --> 01:08:55,480
 They've got the sound effects going.

1109
01:08:55,940 --> 01:08:57,700
 Not a bad seat in the house.

1110
01:08:57,900 --> 01:09:01,080
 I encourage people to get out on a Friday night, 7 o'clock.

1111
01:09:01,180 --> 01:09:02,680
 Weather's going to be perfect.

1112
01:09:03,340 --> 01:09:04,640
 And come check it out.

1113
01:09:04,700 --> 01:09:09,620
 Come be a part of this, because this UNA baseball team is about to embark on a huge journey.

1114
01:09:09,620 --> 01:09:16,700
 And as we know, UNA teams always perform better when the Scholes area is in the stands with them.

1115
01:09:17,340 --> 01:09:25,140
 I have seen some clips of the progress on the football stadium, and it's quite impressive.

1116
01:09:25,620 --> 01:09:29,840
 About two days last week, we're updating that.

1117
01:09:30,080 --> 01:09:34,980
 Let me update the fans and get you to confirm this.

1118
01:09:35,820 --> 01:09:40,680
 There has been a change in the schedule in the last couple of weeks.

1119
01:09:41,400 --> 01:09:48,140
 Savannah State originally, I believe, was at October the 10th.

1120
01:09:48,540 --> 01:09:52,920
 But they've opted to move from being an FCS independent to a member of the MAC.

1121
01:09:53,540 --> 01:09:55,180
 So that took them out.

1122
01:09:55,720 --> 01:09:58,700
 Now, West Florida, who a lot of people are familiar with,

1123
01:09:58,740 --> 01:10:01,560
 they actually have quite a successful D2 program.

1124
01:10:02,220 --> 01:10:09,920
 They've come in here to be the final program to replace Savannah State now on November the 7th.

1125
01:10:09,920 --> 01:10:11,080
 That'll be a home game.

1126
01:10:11,320 --> 01:10:15,480
 Now, October the 10th will be an open date with that.

1127
01:10:15,700 --> 01:10:19,680
 Let me ask the voice of the UNA Lions to confirm that.

1128
01:10:19,820 --> 01:10:23,740
 But now the schedule is finalized.

1129
01:10:23,740 --> 01:10:30,360
 And, oh, by the way, you need to be reminding of everybody this, too.

1130
01:10:30,580 --> 01:10:36,980
 The Lions joined the UAC, the United Athletic Conference, on July the 1st,

1131
01:10:37,100 --> 01:10:37,840
 officially.

1132
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 Confirm the football schedule with us and tell us a little bit about the new conference.

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 Yeah, so it's officially official.

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 West Florida is coming to the United Athletic Conference with us.

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 I mean, it's looking more and more like the old Gold South Conference right now.

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 And so it's an exciting move.

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 Pensacola's a great market.

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 And it's a scary move because they have quickly been a very good Division II program.

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 And they'll come in and have a lot of success.

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 And so we set that game time yesterday.

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 It'll be 6 p.m., Florence, Alabama.

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 It'll be one of six home games this year, which is unbelievable.

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 Six home games.

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 And so you talk about a new conference, United Athletic Conference, a new football stadium.

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 And we've got six home games.

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 Oh, and the seventh game is played in Huntsville against Stanford.

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 So seven games in our own backyard out of the 12 that we'll play is just unbelievable.

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 But the United Athletic Conference, you're kind of seeing it's a crazy merger with the Atlantic Sun

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 and the WAC coming together.

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 And the A-Sun will still be together.

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 And pretty much the football schools in the A-Sun are moving into the United Athletic Conference.

1152
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 So it'll consist of West Georgia, Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, Austin Peay, of course, North Alabama,

1153
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 Tarleton State, and Abilene Christian, and now West Florida will compete football in the UAC.

1154
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 So eight football-playing schools.

1155
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 You also have Little Rock and, I think, UT Arlington as the other members of the UAC.

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 They're non-football-playing schools.

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 So talk about a really healthy league.

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1159
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 And it only got stronger with the addition of West Florida.

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 So it's going to very quickly be one of the best football leagues in FCS football.

1161
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 And, hey, spring football just wrapped up.

1162
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 And let me tell you, Brent Dierman's team, if you averaged out the height and weight from last year to this year,

1163
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 we probably got one to two inches taller across the board and 15 to 20 pounds heavier across the board.

1164
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 He has some big boys on his team this year.

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 And we are absolutely fired up for this football season.

1166
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 Do you have anything else going on, Ben?

1167
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 I mean, how tall is your grass at the house?

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 And when are you going to get a chance to get out there and mow it?

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 Hey, I'll tell you what.

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 I looked at it this morning.

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 I thought, oh, my goodness, I should have mowed yesterday.

1172
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 But we got beach volleyball Thursday and Friday, baseball starting Friday, softball Saturday, Sunday.

1173
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 We've got it all going on.

1174
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 And then we'll sleep on Monday, I guess, and do it all again here very soon.

1175
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 But it's spring sports.

1176
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 Oh, and don't forget, tennis is opening up the A-Sun Championships down in Florida today,

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 where they're hoping to repeat after last year.

1178
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 So, I mean, we're full on into spring sports right now.

1179
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 The weather is turning.

1180
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 Everybody's smiling around here watching the construction progress.

1181
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 Let me just tell you guys, this is 11 years of me back at UNA, 16 years overall affiliated with UNA.

1182
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 And it's never been a better time to be a Lion.

1183
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 Again, it's May 19th to accommodate his schedule.

1185
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 Normally, it's in early to mid-August, basically kick off the athletic year.

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 Listen, we always enjoy the conversation.

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1189
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 Yeah, Roarlines.com is the one-stop shop.

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 Social media as well, you can get all your information.

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 I'm super excited about that.

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 It's actually going to be a Q&A session with me and Ozzie.

1194
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 I mean, think about it.

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 We've got you covered on ESPN Plus with home events, Roarlines Productions as well across our social media profiles.

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 So, we've got a lot going on, and we're trying to do our best juggling it all and telling the fantastic stories of these student-athletes that we have at North Alabama.

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 We're just flattered that you could carve out time from that busy schedule to join us today, Ben.

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 We thank you for that.

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 Keep up the good work, okay?

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 Always.

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 I appreciate you guys having me, and thank you for what you do for this area.

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 Thank you, Ben.

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 Fine voice of UNA, Benjamin Ray.

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 It's time to put on your grading head, Professor.

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 What kind of grade would you give this Tennessee program this spring?

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 I would say overall probably in the B range, something like that.

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 Dexter Jones, who he worked with at Ohio State, excuse me, Oklahoma State as cornerbacks coach.

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 So I think those are all positives, but it connects to how quickly the defense acclimated and got going.

1341
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 Granted, it'll be tougher in games against quality opponents, I get it, but that was noteworthy that the defense performed well in the spring.

1342
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 V-Man, obviously, it all comes back to the QB.

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 Or 10, we are very comfortable with the quarterback situation here at this point on the calendar.

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 What number would you put on the QB situation right now?

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 that they wanted them to go, speaking of the Brink truck, go back the Brink truck up and get one of those elite quarterbacks.

1352
01:25:01,120 --> 01:25:05,800
 There's some that are in the mindset of, why can't we outspend everybody?

1353
01:25:06,320 --> 01:25:12,480
 There's no reason why Tennessee shouldn't be able to outspend everyone and just, look at all the donors we have.

1354
01:25:12,540 --> 01:25:13,300
 Look at all the money we have.

1355
01:25:13,320 --> 01:25:14,640
 There's no reason why we can't do that.

1356
01:25:16,380 --> 01:25:16,740
 Unrealistic.

1357
01:25:16,920 --> 01:25:22,740
 Tennessee is more disciplined in how they spend money.

1358
01:25:23,220 --> 01:25:26,380
 I'll come back to that and tell you what Danny White said about that on our show.

1359
01:25:26,380 --> 01:25:32,840
 But to answer your question, I think there's some that feel good about the talent level of those two that are competing,

1360
01:25:33,060 --> 01:25:35,660
 and McIntyre and the five-star and Faison Brandon.

1361
01:25:35,800 --> 01:25:37,960
 I mean, you watch Faison Brandon throw the football.

1362
01:25:38,400 --> 01:25:43,660
 It's not quite Joel Milton arm strength, but Kidd is talented.

1363
01:25:44,020 --> 01:25:49,840
 I mean, he can put balls in there smoothly and quickly into traffic.

1364
01:25:50,260 --> 01:25:52,140
 Really impressive when he throws the football.

1365
01:25:52,380 --> 01:25:54,580
 I think he's got even better arm talent than McIntyre,

1366
01:25:54,580 --> 01:25:56,500
 and I think McIntyre can make the throws also.

1367
01:25:57,120 --> 01:26:00,840
 McIntyre is just a little bit more deliberate, I would say.

1368
01:26:01,180 --> 01:26:03,620
 And in the spring game, a lot of short throws.

1369
01:26:03,840 --> 01:26:05,940
 Some of them he made, some of them he missed on.

1370
01:26:06,440 --> 01:26:12,540
 Faison Brandon was a little bit cooler in the pocket, but there's going to be issues.

1371
01:26:12,820 --> 01:26:14,100
 There's going to be freshman mistakes.

1372
01:26:14,760 --> 01:26:21,600
 But some, I think, that are on the nervous side also, I think, understand that, hey, you know,

1373
01:26:21,660 --> 01:26:26,880
 every quarterback has been pretty functional and at least pretty good, just not great.

1374
01:26:27,100 --> 01:26:29,760
 You know, the better Tennessee quarterbacks have been great.

1375
01:26:29,860 --> 01:26:31,120
 That's how you get to team success.

1376
01:26:32,480 --> 01:26:36,500
 Even Nico and Joe Milton had their flaws, but it's not like they were awful.

1377
01:26:37,220 --> 01:26:45,300
 So I think that should be where the floor is, is pretty good, but is it good enough to get us to a playoff?

1378
01:26:45,820 --> 01:26:52,600
 So that's where it also depends on who, where the, what the bar is in terms of what they expect from the QBs.

1379
01:26:53,600 --> 01:27:00,380
 Whoever the quarterback is, all they need to do is turn around and hand off the ball to Deshaun Bishop,

1380
01:27:00,380 --> 01:27:03,420
 who ran for over 1,000 yards last year.

1381
01:27:03,640 --> 01:27:06,040
 But Delft, every team needs it.

1382
01:27:06,580 --> 01:27:12,640
 Two-lane transfer, Javon Gordon, I believe has had a good spring, had a good spring game.

1383
01:27:13,240 --> 01:27:15,660
 I've heard Dwayne Morris, Justin Baker.

1384
01:27:16,300 --> 01:27:19,400
 But you talk about the Delft behind Deshaun Bishop.

1385
01:27:20,340 --> 01:27:29,140
 Well, really, the only ones that are proven, I would say, on the college level are Gordon,

1386
01:27:29,260 --> 01:27:30,720
 who came over from Tulane.

1387
01:27:31,060 --> 01:27:34,340
 He caught my eye in practice one.

1388
01:27:34,720 --> 01:27:37,540
 And they were just doing some individual drills in the indoor,

1389
01:27:38,120 --> 01:27:42,680
 but his cutting ability, explosiveness, you can see that just in regular handoff drills

1390
01:27:42,680 --> 01:27:45,640
 and going through the circuits and things like that.

1391
01:27:45,640 --> 01:27:50,980
 And that continued on in the spring, and then he showed it out with a 61-yard touchdown late

1392
01:27:50,980 --> 01:27:52,580
 in the spring game.

1393
01:27:52,720 --> 01:27:53,920
 So that was good to see.

1394
01:27:54,120 --> 01:27:59,320
 I think he's probably your number two back because he has some experience, size and speed,

1395
01:28:00,140 --> 01:28:03,160
 a really nice pickup in the portal.

1396
01:28:03,460 --> 01:28:09,180
 And then Morris had his moments, but he was really like fourth in the pecking order,

1397
01:28:09,320 --> 01:28:12,700
 running back last year, did some punt returning, things like that.

1398
01:28:12,700 --> 01:28:14,160
 He's a little bit smaller, but has...

1399
01:28:15,640 --> 01:28:30,980
 Or how to give them the potential of home run hitters.

1400
01:28:31,100 --> 01:28:36,960
 So having different styles and sizes to those top three backs, I still think Baker, who's a second-year back,

1401
01:28:37,120 --> 01:28:39,140
 he's a little bit behind those other guys.

1402
01:28:39,560 --> 01:28:43,640
 But I do think they have potentially a good trio of backs there.

1403
01:28:43,800 --> 01:28:46,080
 And you mentioned Bishop, thousand-yard back, right?

1404
01:28:46,280 --> 01:28:51,180
 If you look at the returning yards, the returning rushers in college football,

1405
01:28:52,460 --> 01:28:56,360
 Deshaun Bishop is fourth in the SEC in rushing yards returning.

1406
01:28:56,980 --> 01:29:02,500
 Because you've got Hardy and Lacey and Baud, Florida, and then you even have Brown,

1407
01:29:02,600 --> 01:29:06,140
 really Brown coming in from Arizona State to Texas.

1408
01:29:06,620 --> 01:29:08,720
 So that would make him fifth if you count that.

1409
01:29:08,960 --> 01:29:11,140
 So just crazy, the depth of running back in this league.

1410
01:29:11,800 --> 01:29:13,940
 Let me close with two other names.

1411
01:29:14,140 --> 01:29:20,080
 T.E. and Lee, the transfer from Auburn, been hearing the term shut down corner.

1412
01:29:20,260 --> 01:29:21,460
 We'll see about that.

1413
01:29:21,620 --> 01:29:27,860
 But I know Tennessee really wanting to upgrade that secondary this year after the injuries.

1414
01:29:28,520 --> 01:29:31,460
 And then it seems Tennessee's got a kicker.

1415
01:29:31,460 --> 01:29:39,000
 Cooper Ranveer, the Louisville transfer, I know he had two field goals and then hit a 50-yarder in practice.

1416
01:29:39,520 --> 01:29:45,020
 B. Talk about Lee and Ranveer, the deer, the kicker.

1417
01:29:45,840 --> 01:29:46,300
 All right.

1418
01:29:46,900 --> 01:29:49,960
 It took us a while, B.B., with the pronunciation.

1419
01:29:49,960 --> 01:29:50,900
 Straight me up, B.

1420
01:29:51,860 --> 01:29:53,260
 Ran-V-A.

1421
01:29:53,780 --> 01:29:54,300
 Thank you.

1422
01:29:54,640 --> 01:29:55,900
 That was our second choice.

1423
01:29:55,960 --> 01:29:57,540
 Yeah, that was my second choice.

1424
01:29:59,360 --> 01:30:04,700
 Hey, look, some of what you see, those names will change.

1425
01:30:05,100 --> 01:30:07,040
 Like, somebody will say, this is my pronunciation.

1426
01:30:07,580 --> 01:30:09,460
 No, Mom wants it this way.

1427
01:30:09,520 --> 01:30:10,100
 So we'll change it.

1428
01:30:10,300 --> 01:30:12,060
 So it'll change multiple times.

1429
01:30:12,160 --> 01:30:14,440
 Camara, Camara, all those things.

1430
01:30:14,860 --> 01:30:16,640
 Darin Tano, all that.

1431
01:30:17,360 --> 01:30:23,560
 But Ranveer made all his kicks and 50 easy with distance and height.

1432
01:30:24,120 --> 01:30:27,460
 I think that could be a difference maker for Tennessee in close games.

1433
01:30:27,560 --> 01:30:31,600
 And they obviously weren't able to make some key kicks, including against Georgia last year.

1434
01:30:31,600 --> 01:30:36,180
 So in this league, there's probably going to be a ton of those games that are one-possession-type games.

1435
01:30:36,680 --> 01:30:38,120
 You need to cash in on your points.

1436
01:30:38,320 --> 01:30:47,800
 And I think Josh Heupel was unwilling to kick long field goals, even attempt long field goals last year.

1437
01:30:47,800 --> 01:30:48,880
 And he would punt.

1438
01:30:49,320 --> 01:30:56,160
 I think that change of strategy, when you know you can cash in from long distance, changes the way you coach the game.

1439
01:30:56,160 --> 01:31:00,900
 And I think he will be a difference maker in how Josh Heupel coaches.

1440
01:31:01,100 --> 01:31:02,760
 Plus, you know, you've got your defense.

1441
01:31:03,160 --> 01:31:05,440
 I think the defense is going to carry the day.

1442
01:31:05,500 --> 01:31:06,480
 Defense running game.

1443
01:31:06,560 --> 01:31:09,840
 So I think you'll see Heupel coach differently from that standpoint, too.

1444
01:31:10,000 --> 01:31:13,680
 But, yeah, I think that was a really good development.

1445
01:31:13,840 --> 01:31:15,640
 They have an excellent punter, crazy.

1446
01:31:15,960 --> 01:31:18,180
 The Aussie and Jackson Ross in his fifth year.

1447
01:31:19,380 --> 01:31:22,720
 So, yeah, so what else did you ask about?

1448
01:31:22,960 --> 01:31:25,160
 Yeah, he had the Auburn transfer.

1449
01:31:25,600 --> 01:31:25,940
 Oh, Lee, right.

1450
01:31:26,120 --> 01:31:26,800
 Yeah, yeah.

1451
01:31:27,360 --> 01:31:31,680
 In the secondary, there's still open spots in that second corner opposite Ty Redman.

1452
01:31:31,940 --> 01:31:33,160
 Ty Redman looks good, man.

1453
01:31:33,580 --> 01:31:37,200
 He looks like the next in line of potential first-round picks a corner for Tennessee.

1454
01:31:37,620 --> 01:31:38,640
 He's even taller.

1455
01:31:38,900 --> 01:31:40,920
 He's probably 6'1", 6'2", now a corner.

1456
01:31:41,340 --> 01:31:46,580
 And he's got an entire freshman year to play, and, you know, especially late in the year, play pretty well.

1457
01:31:47,060 --> 01:31:50,080
 So he's your corner, he's your shutdown corner.

1458
01:31:50,080 --> 01:31:55,940
 And then Lee and Trey Poteet is the one that was out there with the ones in the spring game.

1459
01:31:56,160 --> 01:32:02,260
 Lee is battling with Jadis Richard, transfer from Miami to Merritt.

1460
01:32:02,720 --> 01:32:06,340
 Those are the guys probably competing for that second corner spot.

1461
01:32:06,660 --> 01:32:09,460
 And, you know, they're still both of the safety spots.

1462
01:32:09,660 --> 01:32:15,160
 They have, I think, four good options right now, which is so much more than what they had last year.

1463
01:32:15,420 --> 01:32:21,980
 And then your nickel star spot, Quay Moss at Kansas State transfer, probably going to be your guy there.

1464
01:32:22,040 --> 01:32:26,380
 So I think they're in a much better place in the secondary, including in that corner spot.

1465
01:32:27,060 --> 01:32:31,200
 But, yeah, Lee, squarely in the mix to be that other corner.

1466
01:32:32,460 --> 01:32:34,480
 Lee, great stuff, buddy.

1467
01:32:34,680 --> 01:32:37,900
 Where can we get on line and get all these good stuff?

1468
01:32:38,540 --> 01:32:39,460
 Yeah, I appreciate it.

1469
01:32:39,540 --> 01:32:46,480
 If you go to Vince Sports, V-I-N-C-E Sports, on Twitter slash X, I have a quote there from Danny White.

1470
01:32:46,540 --> 01:32:47,860
 He joined us today.

1471
01:32:47,860 --> 01:32:55,740
 And he said that they went talking, said that roster construction is something he talks to his coaches about all the time.

1472
01:32:55,740 --> 01:33:04,980
 And they even went on a coach's retreat, and they had Bill Polian and Billy Bean as guest speakers to talk about roster construction.

1473
01:33:05,340 --> 01:33:07,820
 Like, with the pro model, he said it changes the way you think.

1474
01:33:08,060 --> 01:33:08,180
 Yeah.

1475
01:33:08,240 --> 01:33:10,540
 So you can see that, listen to that interview with Danny White.

1476
01:33:10,740 --> 01:33:12,740
 Vince Sports on all the socials as well.

1477
01:33:13,300 --> 01:33:13,720
 Sounds good.

1478
01:33:13,780 --> 01:33:16,560
 Speaking of pronunciations, before you jump off, I got one for you.

1479
01:33:16,740 --> 01:33:17,500
 Pronounce this for me.

1480
01:33:17,620 --> 01:33:20,200
 F-E-R-R-A-R-A.

1481
01:33:20,440 --> 01:33:21,140
 Can you help me with that?

1482
01:33:22,020 --> 01:33:25,380
 I don't know what you just spelled, but Ferrara is the last name.

1483
01:33:25,380 --> 01:33:25,900
 That's it.

1484
01:33:26,680 --> 01:33:35,140
 And hopefully you guys will make it to Tampa, so there's absolutely no way you can't get Mama Ferrara's cooking for SEC football.

1485
01:33:35,240 --> 01:33:35,980
 Oh, you're right.

1486
01:33:36,060 --> 01:33:36,940
 That's a great point.

1487
01:33:37,500 --> 01:33:40,200
 Just smell what's cooking in the kitchen.

1488
01:33:40,440 --> 01:33:41,300
 We'll be there, V-Man.

1489
01:33:41,840 --> 01:33:42,980
 Good job as always.

1490
01:33:43,120 --> 01:33:44,580
 Thank you so much for your time today.

1491
01:33:45,200 --> 01:33:46,300
 Always the highlight of the week.

1492
01:33:46,380 --> 01:33:47,740
 You guys have a great rest of it.

1493
01:33:47,820 --> 01:33:48,240
 Appreciate it.

1494
01:33:48,240 --> 01:33:48,440
 Thank you, buddy.

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1591
01:39:07,380 --> 01:39:08,500
 The Score.

1592
01:39:08,960 --> 01:39:13,740
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1593
01:39:14,240 --> 01:39:14,500
 The Score.

1594
01:39:14,500 --> 01:39:15,060
 Welcome back again.

1595
01:39:15,120 --> 01:39:16,760
 Time to open the door and say hello to Double D.

1596
01:39:16,920 --> 01:39:17,480
 Drew DeArmond.

1597
01:39:17,600 --> 01:39:20,920
 He's host of Talking Ball and us with 97.7 FM The Zone.

1598
01:39:21,040 --> 01:39:21,800
 Drew, welcome in.

1599
01:39:21,860 --> 01:39:22,540
 How are you?

1600
01:39:23,160 --> 01:39:23,980
 I'm good, guys.

1601
01:39:24,040 --> 01:39:24,460
 How are y'all?

1602
01:39:24,940 --> 01:39:25,240
 Hey, buddy.

1603
01:39:25,300 --> 01:39:25,980
 We're doing all right.

1604
01:39:26,040 --> 01:39:27,120
 Appreciate you asking, Drew.

1605
01:39:27,240 --> 01:39:33,620
 Obviously, it's always a fun time to ask the question after a spring game like they had this weekend in Tuscaloosa.

1606
01:39:33,820 --> 01:39:39,400
 Drew, how do you answer the question, the good, the bad, and the ugly takeaways by Drew DeArmond?

1607
01:39:40,560 --> 01:39:47,620
 Well, I mean, I don't know if there was necessarily – the only thing ugly to me was Noah Rodgers' injury.

1608
01:39:48,700 --> 01:39:51,500
 You know, that definitely was something that was untimely.

1609
01:39:51,600 --> 01:39:52,840
 They don't have a ton of depth.

1610
01:39:52,940 --> 01:40:01,040
 The wide receiver, he had two touchdown catches according to, you know, the buzz coming out of scrimmage two and looked to be settling down.

1611
01:40:01,040 --> 01:40:05,980
 He's going to be definitely, you know, involved in the rotation heavily.

1612
01:40:06,620 --> 01:40:11,640
 He was going to replace Isaiah Horton, in effect, that had transferred to Texas A&M.

1613
01:40:11,840 --> 01:40:15,780
 And so, it was just, you know, sad to see him go down.

1614
01:40:16,380 --> 01:40:19,220
 Don't exactly know what the injury is.

1615
01:40:19,360 --> 01:40:21,580
 You know, it's definitely lower leg.

1616
01:40:21,840 --> 01:40:22,960
 It's knee-related.

1617
01:40:23,160 --> 01:40:24,360
 It could be tendon-related.

1618
01:40:24,880 --> 01:40:30,480
 It sounds like he's not going to be back until, quote-unquote, you know, October or November, maybe.

1619
01:40:30,980 --> 01:40:37,640
 And with the college football playoff, and if you go on a deep run now, that could even be considered mid-season.

1620
01:40:38,520 --> 01:40:39,940
 But we'll see.

1621
01:40:40,140 --> 01:40:46,520
 But definitely, he's not going to be back for the start of the year in August and September.

1622
01:40:46,520 --> 01:40:53,780
 And so, it's a tough loss for Alabama because they, of course, strategically, you know, identified him.

1623
01:40:54,200 --> 01:40:56,860
 And I think he thought he was going to be a big piece of the offense.

1624
01:40:57,220 --> 01:40:59,960
 And so, that's probably the one ugly part of it.

1625
01:41:00,460 --> 01:41:04,820
 And then, you know, and then I guess I'd say bad.

1626
01:41:05,040 --> 01:41:08,240
 I wouldn't, you know, they did have a couple of turnovers.

1627
01:41:09,100 --> 01:41:11,600
 You know, and so McElon Russell had an intercession.

1628
01:41:11,800 --> 01:41:13,500
 So, did Austin Mack.

1629
01:41:13,500 --> 01:41:21,600
 But none of that is, you know, too glaring to me because, again, in the running game, wasn't dominant.

1630
01:41:22,100 --> 01:41:29,220
 But, like I've tried to tell people, if you're running for 250 yards in a spring game or if you don't turn it over at all,

1631
01:41:29,280 --> 01:41:32,100
 then people will question what your defense is doing.

1632
01:41:32,280 --> 01:41:33,980
 Why are they not forcing turnovers?

1633
01:41:34,480 --> 01:41:37,820
 Why are they not, you know, stopping the run more effectively?

1634
01:41:38,360 --> 01:41:42,820
 So, I guess if you wanted to say, you know, bad, that's probably the closest to it.

1635
01:41:42,820 --> 01:41:45,960
 And then, maybe a Connor Tossie 30-yard field goal miss.

1636
01:41:46,400 --> 01:41:51,320
 But, see, that got overshadowed, King Kongly, by part of the good.

1637
01:41:51,580 --> 01:42:00,420
 And that is the young man named Lorcan Quinn, who that was my favorite part of it probably because he looked like the Irish Will Riker.

1638
01:42:00,840 --> 01:42:05,860
 And he certainly was kicked four field goal – or, excuse me, three field goals.

1639
01:42:06,600 --> 01:42:09,280
 And two of them were from 47 yards.

1640
01:42:09,920 --> 01:42:15,940
 And trust me when I tell you, even though most people were just listening on the radio that weren't inside the stadium,

1641
01:42:16,500 --> 01:42:19,700
 the 47-yarder, the first one would have been good from about 52.

1642
01:42:20,080 --> 01:42:23,760
 The second one would have been good from probably 57.

1643
01:42:24,520 --> 01:42:27,800
 So, it was very free and easy with him.

1644
01:42:28,320 --> 01:42:32,480
 I had heard he had a strong leg from Marshall and had a good year last year.

1645
01:42:32,600 --> 01:42:36,860
 And, of course, he's from Ireland and only kicked in American football for one year.

1646
01:42:37,020 --> 01:42:39,600
 But I believe he'll be a sophomore in the fall.

1647
01:42:39,760 --> 01:42:43,000
 And I think he's going to be a true weapon for Alabama.

1648
01:42:43,420 --> 01:42:45,580
 And, you know, last year Connor Tossie did his credit.

1649
01:42:45,720 --> 01:42:46,520
 He did finish strong.

1650
01:42:46,620 --> 01:42:48,500
 I think he made his last five field goals.

1651
01:42:48,680 --> 01:42:52,120
 But, as you all know, in between that, it was erratic.

1652
01:42:52,300 --> 01:42:53,120
 It was unpredictable.

1653
01:42:53,800 --> 01:42:58,260
 Just like I said, you know, if you want to say one of the other couple –

1654
01:42:58,260 --> 01:43:02,800
 one of the other maybe three bad moments of the scrimmage, he did miss from 30 yards.

1655
01:43:03,360 --> 01:43:04,580
 And he also made one.

1656
01:43:04,820 --> 01:43:11,440
 But with Connor, it's always you never know, you know, how he's going to react or how he's going to kick.

1657
01:43:11,700 --> 01:43:14,660
 Well, I think with Lorcan Quinn, you know.

1658
01:43:15,260 --> 01:43:17,900
 And I think he can solve a big need for Alabama.

1659
01:43:17,900 --> 01:43:25,360
 And then potentially maybe you can use Connor Tossie as a kickoff guy who can maybe help Lorcan rest in that regard.

1660
01:43:25,520 --> 01:43:33,620
 But, again, I thought if you're going to say some bad moments, not many, but that also led to one of the good, which is Lorcan Quinn.

1661
01:43:33,780 --> 01:43:36,060
 I thought more good if you had to ask me.

1662
01:43:36,500 --> 01:43:40,960
 I'd say Lorcan was the MVP of the special teams to kind of go in reverse.

1663
01:43:41,500 --> 01:43:46,740
 And on defense, I would say Caleb Woodson, the transfer linebacker from Virginia Tech.

1664
01:43:46,920 --> 01:43:48,420
 I thought he looked outstanding.

1665
01:43:49,100 --> 01:43:52,020
 He was, you know, all over the field, sideline to sideline.

1666
01:43:52,100 --> 01:43:54,380
 They could play from the opening snap.

1667
01:43:54,920 --> 01:43:58,220
 And then offensively, you guys have heard it.

1668
01:43:58,340 --> 01:43:59,920
 I mean, I think it was Keelan Russell.

1669
01:44:00,440 --> 01:44:01,440
 He was outstanding.

1670
01:44:01,580 --> 01:44:02,640
 He didn't start the game.

1671
01:44:02,860 --> 01:44:04,560
 Quote, unquote, that was Austin Mack.

1672
01:44:04,920 --> 01:44:13,760
 But, certainly, Keelan showcased a tremendous quick release that we've seen before, a lot of accuracy, good decision-making.

1673
01:44:14,220 --> 01:44:25,760
 He gives you a RPO, you know, aspect to the game where he can make plays with his legs, extend plays, truly make a play.

1674
01:44:25,760 --> 01:44:31,940
 As far as in the red zone as a runner, and I just thought, you know, he showcased the potential that we've seen.

1675
01:44:32,300 --> 01:44:36,600
 We saw some of it last year against Louisiana, Monroe, and Eastern Illinois.

1676
01:44:37,220 --> 01:44:39,200
 And then we've been hearing about it in the spring.

1677
01:44:39,680 --> 01:44:45,920
 But I really think when it all comes to pass, I know Austin Mack was banged up, according to coach.

1678
01:44:45,980 --> 01:44:48,960
 And I still definitely think it's a race going into the fall.

1679
01:44:48,960 --> 01:45:01,940
 But when you see the potential of, you know, Keelan Russell, I just think it's going to be very, very hard for, you know, Austin Mack to hold him off come fall camp.

1680
01:45:02,720 --> 01:45:08,380
 D2, I know Alabama only ran for about 120 yards unofficially.

1681
01:45:08,760 --> 01:45:11,240
 But your thoughts on the offensive line?

1682
01:45:11,360 --> 01:45:11,780
 We'll see.

1683
01:45:11,880 --> 01:45:13,380
 There's still a work in progress.

1684
01:45:13,380 --> 01:45:20,180
 But Jackson Lloyd, you know, we'll see if Sanders comes back in the left guard.

1685
01:45:20,320 --> 01:45:23,020
 Mal Waltram, I know, has got a little bit of time there.

1686
01:45:23,160 --> 01:45:25,200
 Rayson Delgati from Cal Poly.

1687
01:45:25,760 --> 01:45:27,580
 Michael Carroll, right guard.

1688
01:45:28,020 --> 01:45:29,780
 Javon James, right tackle.

1689
01:45:29,940 --> 01:45:33,000
 D2, your thoughts on the offensive line performance?

1690
01:45:34,100 --> 01:45:35,760
 Well, I mean, I thought it was okay.

1691
01:45:36,060 --> 01:45:37,580
 I think they're on the right track.

1692
01:45:38,540 --> 01:45:42,300
 I know there were some people that were just really disturbed.

1693
01:45:42,300 --> 01:45:44,620
 They wanted it to look better.

1694
01:45:44,920 --> 01:45:52,900
 But I also take into account the new pieces along the defensive line that I think have been added that are going to help in the fall.

1695
01:45:53,400 --> 01:45:55,560
 I do think you mentioned William Sanders.

1696
01:45:55,680 --> 01:45:57,700
 I think he will be the starting left guard.

1697
01:45:58,260 --> 01:46:02,500
 Mal Waldrop, who is a center guard, he did start the game at left guard.

1698
01:46:02,920 --> 01:46:05,720
 I believe Casey Poe, his backup in post, struggled.

1699
01:46:07,160 --> 01:46:10,040
 That might have been another part of the battle a little bit.

1700
01:46:10,040 --> 01:46:13,860
 But he really seemed to struggle for Alabama with the twos.

1701
01:46:13,980 --> 01:46:15,720
 And he's been around three years now.

1702
01:46:16,280 --> 01:46:23,740
 But I just think overall, when you look at it, I think with, you know, Rayson Delgati, I think he's going to take real first spot at center.

1703
01:46:24,300 --> 01:46:29,900
 And he's a quicker, you know, a guy that they really like his athleticism.

1704
01:46:30,040 --> 01:46:32,580
 That's the kind of center they seem to want.

1705
01:46:32,940 --> 01:46:37,200
 I think Mike Carroll being able to move inside the right guard is going to help that running game.

1706
01:46:37,420 --> 01:46:41,060
 I feel like he's going to continue to make that transition.

1707
01:46:41,320 --> 01:46:44,400
 And he can be an all-American level guy at that position.

1708
01:46:44,900 --> 01:46:52,200
 And then they signed Javon James, who, to me, has a lot of experience at Mississippi State, is a right and left tackle.

1709
01:46:52,640 --> 01:46:55,420
 And I think he's settling in at that right tackle spot.

1710
01:46:55,820 --> 01:47:00,880
 And then, you know, Jackson Lloyd, I think he's an outstanding talent, former five-star.

1711
01:47:01,240 --> 01:47:02,460
 He read through it last year.

1712
01:47:02,540 --> 01:47:04,040
 They brought him along slowly.

1713
01:47:04,180 --> 01:47:06,840
 But I think he made some progress in the spring.

1714
01:47:06,960 --> 01:47:10,540
 So, I think they have the makings for a very solid first five.

1715
01:47:10,680 --> 01:47:14,540
 Now, they've got to continue to, you know, develop depth.

1716
01:47:14,640 --> 01:47:16,520
 They've got Strayhorn as the backup center.

1717
01:47:17,620 --> 01:47:21,680
 And the guard spot, they need to develop some depth there.

1718
01:47:21,780 --> 01:47:26,800
 Because you don't want Carroll to get hurt or you want Sanders to be healthy.

1719
01:47:26,920 --> 01:47:29,840
 I think there could be a drop-off after that otherwise.

1720
01:47:30,380 --> 01:47:31,900
 But we certainly shall see.

1721
01:47:32,000 --> 01:47:33,320
 There's a lot of work to be done.

1722
01:47:33,460 --> 01:47:36,260
 But I think the offensive line has made progress.

1723
01:47:36,260 --> 01:47:39,220
 And don't forget, they didn't have E.J. Crowell.

1724
01:47:39,400 --> 01:47:41,560
 So, you weren't able to see him run the ball.

1725
01:47:41,640 --> 01:47:42,560
 But I will say this.

1726
01:47:42,900 --> 01:47:46,000
 Probably the biggest surprise of the spring was Treshawn Brown.

1727
01:47:46,460 --> 01:47:46,720
 Yep.

1728
01:47:46,720 --> 01:47:47,100
 Yeah.

1729
01:47:48,340 --> 01:47:51,680
 He was an L.A. dad that was probably going to go to Boise State.

1730
01:47:52,140 --> 01:47:55,780
 And they added him as a late signing at running back.

1731
01:47:55,860 --> 01:47:59,140
 And he did a great job in the spring as a receiver and runner.

1732
01:47:59,140 --> 01:48:03,900
 And gives them a guy that can make you miss the open field type ability

1733
01:48:03,900 --> 01:48:06,280
 that I think will help that running back room.

1734
01:48:07,080 --> 01:48:08,440
 And budget-friendly, too.

1735
01:48:08,560 --> 01:48:11,420
 I'm going to assume compared to some of the guys on the market out there.

1736
01:48:11,520 --> 01:48:12,880
 Drew, you mentioned the line.

1737
01:48:12,960 --> 01:48:15,880
 We've had some observations from the folks who are pretty good at this stuff.

1738
01:48:15,960 --> 01:48:19,180
 They said the offensive line still has a flavor of West Coast.

1739
01:48:19,660 --> 01:48:22,940
 Which, if you code that out, it's kind of like a soft, mobile,

1740
01:48:23,440 --> 01:48:26,540
 not exactly a physical ACC standard offensive line.

1741
01:48:26,780 --> 01:48:30,420
 Which, if that's true, we'll see once we get into real action in the fall.

1742
01:48:30,980 --> 01:48:35,260
 But all the more reason to have Akeelon Russell, who is mobile, who has kind of the it factor,

1743
01:48:35,360 --> 01:48:35,920
 the instinct.

1744
01:48:36,260 --> 01:48:37,100
 That's the good news.

1745
01:48:37,160 --> 01:48:41,080
 The bad news, when your quarterback runs a lot, it goes without saying what can happen there.

1746
01:48:41,160 --> 01:48:42,540
 It runs up the risk of injuries.

1747
01:48:42,680 --> 01:48:47,840
 But your thoughts just from that standpoint, how that actually increases Russell's stock,

1748
01:48:47,900 --> 01:48:48,880
 if you will, to be the quarterback.

1749
01:48:49,380 --> 01:48:54,900
 Well, I mean, I just think his twitchiness, his ability to move laterally in the pocket.

1750
01:48:55,060 --> 01:48:59,580
 One thing, Austin Mack struggled, what they, you know, what his buzz seemed to be,

1751
01:48:59,660 --> 01:49:02,200
 was he didn't throw well on the run this spring.

1752
01:49:02,680 --> 01:49:05,840
 And certainly, the offensive lines are a work in progress.

1753
01:49:06,400 --> 01:49:12,260
 Keelan Russell's ability to make the guy miss in small space and ability to make plays with his legs,

1754
01:49:12,640 --> 01:49:18,060
 I think is going to give the Alabama offense another dimension, if and when he wins the quarterback job.

1755
01:49:18,760 --> 01:49:21,080
 And so, I think that'll beat the Alabama's advantage.

1756
01:49:21,300 --> 01:49:22,860
 But I will say this, too.

1757
01:49:23,240 --> 01:49:28,280
 I still say, after seeing the spring game, you know, we mentioned a couple of turnovers.

1758
01:49:28,740 --> 01:49:31,360
 But those are some bright spots, too.

1759
01:49:31,360 --> 01:49:34,880
 I mean, certainly, De'John Lee continues to assert himself.

1760
01:49:35,320 --> 01:49:37,440
 He got that, you know, interception.

1761
01:49:37,600 --> 01:49:43,260
 I believe it was Corey Howard who got in the face of Keelan Russell and forced that pick, which is exciting.

1762
01:49:43,860 --> 01:49:47,840
 And so, he's a true freshman that can maybe help that pass rush.

1763
01:49:47,980 --> 01:49:50,100
 Because it's hard to say because of the rules.

1764
01:49:50,380 --> 01:49:54,220
 And they definitely don't want the quarterbacks getting hit and getting hurt in the spring.

1765
01:49:54,700 --> 01:49:59,100
 So, the one thing I'll say, it's not really, you know, bad or ugly.

1766
01:49:59,380 --> 01:50:02,400
 You still wonder how good the pass rush is going to be.

1767
01:50:02,560 --> 01:50:03,660
 You haven't seen a ton of it.

1768
01:50:04,340 --> 01:50:07,380
 So, you know, who's going to, you know, LTO has got to be replaced.

1769
01:50:07,880 --> 01:50:12,460
 But I think, you know, Yonsei Pierre certainly this spring, he seemed to have a good one.

1770
01:50:12,520 --> 01:50:13,320
 He stayed healthy.

1771
01:50:14,060 --> 01:50:17,820
 And I think also that defensive line, the money they spent.

1772
01:50:18,140 --> 01:50:21,220
 Bingley Jones started at Nose, and I thought he looked really good.

1773
01:50:21,660 --> 01:50:22,660
 But, of course, he should.

1774
01:50:22,760 --> 01:50:27,400
 He's 24, 25 years old, and he'll probably get a Social Security check before he leaves.

1775
01:50:27,540 --> 01:50:32,100
 But he's an older guy, and so you spend your money, you bring him in from the portal.

1776
01:50:32,620 --> 01:50:37,260
 You also got Terrence Green in there, who's another one that will be on the interior of that line.

1777
01:50:37,400 --> 01:50:41,740
 And then Devin Tompkins, I think he's another guy that's going to help you.

1778
01:50:42,100 --> 01:50:44,660
 So, they look much bigger and more physical up front.

1779
01:50:45,080 --> 01:50:48,100
 And then that's not to mention, you know, Jeremiah Beeman will be back.

1780
01:50:48,220 --> 01:50:50,420
 He's having the injury and London Simmons.

1781
01:50:50,640 --> 01:50:55,660
 So, I think they've got a chance to have some depth along that defensive line and be more physical.

1782
01:50:55,940 --> 01:51:02,580
 But I do think the mobility at the quarterback spot, Keelan Russell, can bring, will help the offensive line in their protection.

1783
01:51:02,860 --> 01:51:07,240
 And he also seems to throw the ball well on the move and do a nice job.

1784
01:51:07,240 --> 01:51:12,820
 And I think also now, with the wide receiver room, and you know you're not going to be without Noah Rogers,

1785
01:51:13,300 --> 01:51:20,280
 they may get guys like Marshall Pritchett more involved in the passing, like a jumbo flex tight end

1786
01:51:20,280 --> 01:51:27,880
 that could help that wide receiver core, where guys like Rico Scott, Sedarian Morgan, and Derek Meadows stepped up on Saturday.

1787
01:51:29,000 --> 01:51:29,520
 Absolutely.

1788
01:51:29,520 --> 01:51:38,880
 Well, the next time we talk with you, I would imagine we'll have more clarity with transfer portal dudes coming in for Nate Oates.

1789
01:51:39,180 --> 01:51:45,100
 Brandon Garrison from Kentucky is in the house, and I know they're looking at others.

1790
01:51:45,220 --> 01:51:53,740
 Demaryon Davis Fleming from Mississippi State visited yesterday, and they've got some others who are looking to come in.

1791
01:51:54,360 --> 01:52:00,740
 D2, where can we get online and listen to you and Scott's expanded radio program?

1792
01:52:01,480 --> 01:52:06,940
 Yeah, if you guys want to listen to Talking Ball, we had a great conversation with the legendary James Willis,

1793
01:52:07,080 --> 01:52:10,600
 who went into the Huntsville-Madison County Athletic Hall of Fame this year.

1794
01:52:11,380 --> 01:52:16,520
 You know, and one question I've always wanted to ask James, and I did, and we got a great response from him,

1795
01:52:16,560 --> 01:52:22,640
 is that he's the only player that I ever saw in three years that hit David Palmer Square.

1796
01:52:23,520 --> 01:52:30,900
 And because David Palmer, as you guys know, growing up in Alabama, as I did, and you guys covered the team,

1797
01:52:31,440 --> 01:52:34,620
 he was a guy that was very, very hard to catch.

1798
01:52:35,420 --> 01:52:41,200
 And James caught him square in the 91 Iron Bowl, and yet David popped right back up.

1799
01:52:41,440 --> 01:52:43,240
 But we got a chance to talk with him.

1800
01:52:43,320 --> 01:52:44,300
 That was a great conversation.

1801
01:52:44,300 --> 01:52:50,440
 And Jalen Alexander, the new Mr. Basketball in our state who put on the show at the Huntsville City Classic.

1802
01:52:50,560 --> 01:52:54,000
 And if you want to catch any of that, you can join us 7 to 10 a.m.

1803
01:52:54,000 --> 01:52:59,500
 If you miss anything, you can go to our SoundCloud page, which is ESPN 97.7 The Zone,

1804
01:52:59,840 --> 01:53:05,500
 or you can go to 9770ESPN.com, and you can follow us on X at 9770ESPN.

1805
01:53:05,760 --> 01:53:10,280
 And we always appreciate being on with you guys in the shows.

1806
01:53:10,280 --> 01:53:13,320
 And it looks like we're going to have a shot clock in high school basketball.

1807
01:53:14,480 --> 01:53:15,280
 Praise the Lord.

1808
01:53:15,960 --> 01:53:17,200
 Some breaking news.

1809
01:53:17,400 --> 01:53:18,880
 I guarantee you're going to expand on that.

1810
01:53:18,960 --> 01:53:20,160
 In the meantime, Drew, listen, man,

1811
01:53:20,220 --> 01:53:22,280
 speaking of time, thanks for your time, Dan.

1812
01:53:22,340 --> 01:53:23,460
 Keep up the good work, okay?

1813
01:53:24,140 --> 01:53:25,220
 I appreciate it, guys.

1814
01:53:25,980 --> 01:53:26,500
 Thank you, buddy.

1815
01:53:26,700 --> 01:53:28,780
 Drew, I'm going to win this host of Talking Ball.

1816
01:53:28,900 --> 01:53:31,600
 BB, are you ready for some Braves baseball tonight?

1817
01:53:32,100 --> 01:53:34,300
 Yeah, they got another game with the Marlins.

1818
01:53:34,460 --> 01:53:35,820
 Big night last night.

1819
01:53:35,880 --> 01:53:41,720
 Again, 800 consecutive games played by Matt.

1820
01:53:42,540 --> 01:53:45,380
 And Inglasius had his 100 save.

1821
01:53:45,380 --> 01:53:48,280
 So, a lot of milestones last night for the Braves.

1822
01:53:48,640 --> 01:53:48,820
 Yeah.

1823
01:53:48,820 --> 01:53:50,780
 Got game two tonight with the Marlins.

1824
01:53:51,040 --> 01:53:54,060
 And with a two-game lead over the Marlins, you've got a lot to pitch in matchup.

1825
01:53:54,160 --> 01:53:57,220
 Elder, the ERA, 102, paddock for the Marlins.

1826
01:53:57,780 --> 01:53:59,080
 6-1-4.

1827
01:53:59,700 --> 01:54:03,000
 I hope it goes by script tonight for the Braves to increase that lead to three.

1828
01:54:03,160 --> 01:54:04,960
 You can hear it right here on 93.9 The Score.

1829
01:54:05,320 --> 01:54:06,480
 It's going to take care of business for now.

1830
01:54:06,580 --> 01:54:09,180
 On behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

1831
01:54:09,220 --> 01:54:11,280
 Harold Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1832
01:54:11,700 --> 01:54:14,200
 Let's do it again tomorrow, noon to two for the Boomo Bugg Show.

1833
01:54:14,300 --> 01:54:16,780
 Back here on Sports Radio from 93.9 The Score.

1834
01:54:16,780 --> 01:54:16,780
 We'll be right back.

1835
01:54:16,780 --> 01:54:16,860
 We'll be right back.

1836
01:54:16,860 --> 01:54:16,860
 We'll be right back.