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 It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM Sports Voice.

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

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 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9.

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 Good afternoon and welcome here to the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

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 Thank you so much for giving us a street ride around the Tennessee Valley.

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 Brett Beaird, welcome in where Alabama picked up literally a big man on the hardwoods

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 while Georgia loses a big dog on the gridirons.

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 Happy Thursday to you and the listeners.

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 As you alluded to, Alabama adds a second basketball transfer portal commitment to Marion Davis Fleming

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 from Mississippi State, all 6'10", 250 of him.

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 Zach Pounders of the Shell Sports Report tells us about some big changes coming to high school football

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 and basketball next season, but BB is here right now to look at some spring football games Saturday

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 and who are his top quarterbacks in the NFL draft.

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 B-squared is Bill Bender, the National Voice, with the Sporting News.

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 Bill, welcome in.

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 Hey, bud.

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 Let's see if Bill is hiding out behind door number two there.

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 Are you with us now, Bill?

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 There we go.

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 There we go.

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 I think we found out where that on button is.

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 Is it finally feeling like spring in Ohio?

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 And, you know, obviously going through, as you know, the Ohio State spring game is this weekend.

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 You know, spring football, the NFL draft, there's plenty to cover here at Sporting.

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 Bill, is there any reason to play the season this year?

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 Because everybody's got Ohio State already penciled in.

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 So, is it going to be that easy that your neighbors there in Columbus are going to be number one?

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 Is it just a race for number two?

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 They're going to be good.

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 I wouldn't pencil them in as a national champion.

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 You know, Indiana and Notre Dame are both going to be very good, which is the dynamic up here.

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 Ohio State won one.

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 yet, but he did look quite impressive, 21-33, 240, four touchdowns.

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 this year, and, you know, if that happens, you know, the talent coming in, like you said,

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 they've filled some gaps, and it's a big year for Keel and DeBoer, and I think they're going

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 I know that's a cuss word in your neck of the woods, but it kind of gives us an opportunity

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 They had Bama at 16 or 17, which gave Nick Saban almost a heart attack.

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 Amaris Williams looks like he has sustained a season ending injury to his knee.

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 They're still going to be, it's a, just because they lost in the playoff the last two years.

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 I mean, we're still talking about back-to-back SEC champions.

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 And the other point about Alabama being 16 with Mark Slabog and ESPN, if Ty Sampson was returning

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 at quarterback, Alabama being number 10, that, that, that's the difference in these way too

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 When you've got a veteran quarterback at that spot, it makes a difference.

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 Before we get into your, um, quarterback mock, the quarterback mock, thought it was interesting.

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 from Georgia tech, uh, and Jon Sumrall literally named, named Trammell Jones jr.

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 Now we'll see if he changes that in summer camp, Jane balls there.

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 I think their defense is going to be much better, but I thought that was interesting that John

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 You know, he's aggressive and he is in your face a little bit of the way that he handled

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 I really like his approach.

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 I like how he's worked his way up to this spot in his career.

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 turnaround at Florida, which is kind of that SEC school that.

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 Quite frankly, over the last couple of years, I've probably talked just been on off the radar.

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 And, uh, it doesn't surprise me that he did that bill Bender.

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 The sport of news bill.

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 Let's talk about another one of our neighbors here, uh, international brand, Tennessee.

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 Uh, obviously Tennessee fans are trying to get back to hit their standard, but a lot of

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 question marks right now at the quarterback spot, George McIntyre was the heir apparent.

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 The standards are as far as weight.

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 The answer is maybe you got to go to a true freshman.

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 And you know what that means, Bill, that's never a good thing.

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 Maybe with some exceptions, but not usual.

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 Your thoughts about Tennessee pays on the five-star freshman, right?

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 Uh, you've got Fernando Mendoza, number one, uh, in fact, the number one, I'm sorry, go ahead,

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 Let me, uh, let me introduce real quick.

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 I could tell, uh, where does Ty Simpson end up in the NFL draft?

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 Co-host of the Blue Collar Podcast and basketball contributor for Locked on Bama, Tide Hoops History,

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 The Tide Machine, and also former sports writer for the Tuscaloosa News and the Gadsden Times.

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 Michael, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Hey, I'm doing well today, guys.

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 How are you doing?

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 Doing good.

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 Doing fantastic.

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 Michael, we may not be geography majors here, but in the history of transfer portals with the shortest drive

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 between his old school and his new school, Alabama may have just landed him.

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 Would you agree?

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 Yeah, that's a, look, we all know Mississippi State is the closest SEC school in Tuscaloosa.

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 So, it's going to be a pretty easy move for Jamerion Davis Fleming.

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 So, that's going to be pretty interesting.

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 But, yeah, you know, Nato's and company, like I had mentioned, you know, they are portal ninjas.

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 They work in the shadows.

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 And then, yes, you know, word started breaking about, you know, the visit from Jamerion Davis Fleming going well.

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 And you also saw the tea leaves, you know, kind of changing with the news that Cade Phillips was getting a pretty strong offer from Texas A&M.

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 So, I imagine this is just a one-for-one there.

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 The staff just pivoted and went all in with Jamerion Davis Fleming and said, hey, come on board.

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 We've got a spot for you.

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 And let's talk a little bit about that.

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 Obviously, when you start looking at big men, you don't always look at someone who's going to light up the school board or maybe put out the big stats there.

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 It's a different era.

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 But Alabama last year was no secret.

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 Needed to go big.

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 And so far, your thoughts not only about getting a big dog from state, but the big cat from Kentucky.

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 Yeah, it's pretty obvious what the staff is wanting to accomplish here.

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 Look, you've lost Aiden Sherell.

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 You lost him to Indiana.

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 You lost a big body.

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 You need big bodies.

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 You basically get two players who are almost identical in stature as far as size.

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 You're both looking around 6'10", 6'11".

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 They're both around 240, 245.

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 They're both very athletic.

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 They're not shooters, but that's okay.

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 When has Alabama's offense flown through the guy at the five position?

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 It hasn't.

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 They ask their bigs to do different things.

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 They don't post up.

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 They get their points off pick and rolls, alley loops, and putbacks.

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 And Alabama just didn't have the bigs to fight for that many putbacks.

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 And you really never saw that many pick and rolls with the big guys like they have done traditionally in the past.

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 So, you can see what the staff is going for.

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 I do like the athleticism of these two players.

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 Again, not the most skilled when it comes to just outside shooting.

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 But they have athleticism.

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 They have length.

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 That's the most important thing.

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 And they have bulk.

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 Just think of it like this.

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 Taylor Bo Bowen was the same height, but he's 50 pounds lighter than these two guys.

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 So, just think of it like that.

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 That is a huge, huge difference.

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 And the other thing I was kind of looking at, and again, this is just no high-falutin analytics,

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 just a top-level look at things.

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 You know, we always say that Alabama plays money ball.

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 and one assist per game in about 24 minutes.

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 If you take what Jim Marion and Brandon did this last season combined, if you do that,

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 you're going to get about 8.4 points, 8.9 rebounds, 2.1 blocks, and 1.8 assists.

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 So, almost replacing the production with these two, but they are very much more athletic than Aiden.

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 Aiden is skilled and can shoot the outside shot.

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 We know that.

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 But these two are much more athletic, and I think they're going to be able to get in there

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 and fight a lot harder for rebounds.

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 Great point.

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 I know a lot of fans are waiting on Amari Allen's decision.

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 Will he declare for the NBA draft and say, I may be coming back?

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 One that Jimson, I think, would be a big get.

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 Let me ask you, with your sources, listen, we've heard 50 names, the same thing as you have,

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 but Jacksonville Johnson at Kentucky, John Blackwell at Wisconsin,

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 Donnie Freeman at Syracuse.

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 I heard Cole Cloer at North Carolina State.

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 I'm not going to try to throw out 20 more names at you, but, you know, the simple question you get asked probably four times a day,

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 now that these two are in the house, who's next?

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 Yeah, so I think, and you brought up definitely some names that have been in play.

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 Obviously, I think the staff was very interested in Donnie Freeman, but I don't think, you know, it's going to be a bidding war with Kentucky.

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 We also have a ton in the mix.

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 The two that I keep hearing that the staff is really focusing in on now is, you know, Alex Wilkins from Furman.

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 He's a freshman guard last year.

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 He's a good-sized guard.

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 He's 6'5", averaged almost 18 points a game on almost five assists a game.

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 He's a pretty good shooter.

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 That's the one that I've heard they're really targeting.

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 And then, yeah, you mentioned the other one, Cole Cloer.

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 Alabama recruited him out of high school.

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 He signed with NC State.

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 He was an early enrollee.

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 He enrolled in school in January.

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 And then when Will Wade left to go back to LSU, you know, he decided to enter the portal.

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 So I'm hearing that the staff are really zeroed in on these two.

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 The thing with Jasper Johnson is, yes, the staff would love to have Jasper Johnson, but they're not going to get into a bidding war with Missouri.

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 They're not going to get into a bidding war with anyone.

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 That's why Kate Phillips just committed to Texas A&M.

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 I guarantee you Alabama laid out a plan that this is what we would love for you to do in the program.

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 We would love for you to come back, and this is what we can afford on the NIL.

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 And that's it.

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 They're not going to sit there and barter back and forth saying, oh, you know, you want more?

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 No.

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 The staff has always been pretty clear on how they operate when it comes to NIL.

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 We got the big A word.

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 It's not Alabama.

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 It's adios.

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 Michael Southern looking at where they said, Michael, let's switch gears.

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 We would, let's talk a little football.

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 We would never, make sure we would never put you on the spot.

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 But, Michael, if you were the head coach, who would you pencil in as Alabama second quarterback?

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 Well, let's be fair here because, you know, it is known that, you know, obviously Austin Mack wasn't 100%.

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 He was dinged up, I think, like the last couple of days heading into the A-Day scrimmage.

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 But, you know, you did see some nice flashes from Keelan Russell.

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 And, look, let's not lie here.

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 He's got the it factor.

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 And, look, we all know what the it factor is.

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 It's hard to describe, but you know when you see it.

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 That's a black helmet.

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 That's a black helmet.

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 And when you see it, you want more of it because you can't imagine not giving that it factor a chance to do even more.

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 So, you know, the quarterback race is far from settled.

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 Let's see what happens in fall.

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 Look, you guys know how this goes.

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 If it's really close, they're going to go with the guy who's probably a little more experienced and doesn't turn the ball over.

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 But that also means the first time they mess up, they're not going to hesitate to let the other guy get in there and give it a shot.

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 Absolutely.

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 Let me ask you about it.

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 We talked to Rodney Orr about this yesterday, about the inside linebackers.

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 When they lost Lawson Jefferson and Hill Green and they only brought in Caleb Woodson,

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 I thought maybe they should have picked up one more inside linebacker in the transfer portal.

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 But once again, after seeing QB Reese, Luke Metz, Kane Jones, Duke Johnson, Abdul Sanders,

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 and oh, by the way, throw in the true freshman, Xavier Griffin,

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 who had a tremendous move on Jabin' James to get to the quarterback.

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 These guys are quick twitch.

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 They're not saving size linebackers.

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 But I'm impressed with how these guys get to the ball.

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 Well, the staff on football is very similar to the staff in basketball.

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 You know what they're going for.

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 They're looking for athleticism.

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 And maybe it's not just like it doesn't have to be maybe a set and measurable like, you know,

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 the saving rules where you have that certain definition of the size, the weight, the speed.

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 And if it didn't fall into that mold, you had to give a reason why you wanted that player.

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 These guys are just looking for athletes because, you know, their emphasis is on speed and attack.

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 Same thing on offense.

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 They want to be quick and fast and attack you vertically.

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 And they want to do the same thing on defense.

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 So you're seeing a change of the guard.

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 This is year three for Kalen DeBoer and for that whole staff.

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 So this is, without question, a 100% Kalen DeBoer team.

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 So I'm very eager to see exactly now what does a 100% Kalen DeBoer Alabama team look like

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 because we're about to find out this fall.

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 You know, I think something that a lot of fans saw Saturday and maybe they didn't see,

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 and I'll try to explain myself here, is with a nine-game schedule now in the SEC,

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 you would believe it's going to be a lot of close games.

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 Translated, you better have a pretty good kicker.

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 How do you feel about Alabama now at the special team spot?

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 Game on the line, 47 yards, makes the difference of making the playoffs

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 or maybe even going to the SEC championship game and, who knows,

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 maybe even winning a national championship.

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 If you play in those games, the special teams are really special.

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 Your thoughts about Alabama now with the special teams?

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 Yeah, if there's anything that gives Alabama fans more consternation,

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 it's a clip in a crucial situation.

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 You just talk about eyes rolling and stomachs churning.

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 That's just sheer misery and agony.

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 But, I mean, you've got to give credit to the fact that you have a legit competition going on.

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 You would hope that only makes each one of them better.

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 I mean, it's going to be the same thing.

457
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 You know, after they made the snapper change, too, Connor Tolte actually, you know, did much better.

458
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 Obviously, he didn't endure himself with the fans, you know, embarrassing a teammate like that.

459
00:26:49,020 --> 00:26:50,620
 But I do like the fact they have competition.

460
00:26:51,060 --> 00:26:55,680
 It's going to be very interesting to see which one actually, you know, handles it going through the fall.

461
00:26:57,140 --> 00:27:01,960
 Yes, Alabama fans will always have night terrors when it comes to a clutch kick, no matter what.

462
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 It's just the way it is.

463
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 Same thing in basketball.

464
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 We have night terrors about free throws.

465
00:27:05,740 --> 00:27:12,200
 So, missing free throws and missing field goal kicks is just something that is going to always be the albatross around the fan base.

466
00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:18,000
 I mean, the nine-game schedule, I'm sorry, I don't know if you guys agree with this,

467
00:27:18,060 --> 00:27:22,440
 but I just really think Greg Sanky got bushwhacked by the Big Ten.

468
00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:23,120
 There's no reason.

469
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 Yep, he walked right in.

470
00:27:26,100 --> 00:27:30,640
 Yeah, the SEC should have never, there is no need for them to continue going to nine games.

471
00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:31,180
 Never.

472
00:27:31,380 --> 00:27:34,280
 I don't understand why they did that, and that's just a terrible decision.

473
00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:42,460
 That's one of the reasons why the Sandestin meetings in the spring and May are going to be a little spicy,

474
00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:46,220
 because I've heard the coaches were not happy about that.

475
00:27:47,260 --> 00:27:55,180
 The defensive front, this staff has quietly put together, I think, an effective front.

476
00:27:55,320 --> 00:28:05,060
 Again, we'll see Devin Tompkins coming in, Terrence Green, London Simmons, Steve Bolo knocked A.K. Deer in the next week.

477
00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:08,140
 Kenley Bingley-Jones, Edrick Hill.

478
00:28:08,140 --> 00:28:14,360
 I mean, we could go on here, but they've got seven to nine players that they could actually rotate.

479
00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:20,940
 What are your thoughts about what could potentially be, quietly, a very good defensive front?

480
00:28:21,940 --> 00:28:26,480
 Well, the good news is, even if it's not early, they're going to have time to develop,

481
00:28:26,560 --> 00:28:32,060
 because you're going to have one of the best secondaries in the country that's going to give you a little extra time if you're doing the pass rush.

482
00:28:33,220 --> 00:28:37,460
 Look, you know, Kaylin DeBoer has always said, and I believe it's also the velocity of Ken Walnut,

483
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 but they don't hesitate playing a lot of people because they want as many people to get as much experience as possible,

484
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 and they want to have depth, and they want to be able to rotate.

485
00:28:45,100 --> 00:28:46,420
 So you brought up a good point.

486
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 You threw out a lot of names.

487
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 You're going to see all those names play.

488
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 I have no doubt about that.

489
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 And they're going to get a chance to become playmakers and showcase what they can do.

490
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 So that is just the philosophy of the staff.

491
00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:00,680
 It's a little bit, I mean, it's 180 degrees different from the Saban philosophy,

492
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 where the best guy plays until he can't play, if he gets injured or hurt, or we're up by 50.

493
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 You know, that's not what the staff does.

494
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 I mean, you see how many people they play.

495
00:29:10,080 --> 00:29:15,760
 I'm wondering, too, that's probably one of the great, you know, recruiting advantages or selling points

496
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 that they give these high school kids because, you know,

497
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 they still are doing a very good job in recruiting, even with the NIL challenges.

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 So they're still getting a lot of talent here from the high school level.

499
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 They offer opportunities to freshmen, and you saw, they don't hesitate.

500
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 If you're good enough, they're going to throw you right in there and give you an opportunity.

501
00:29:32,020 --> 00:29:40,080
 Listen, I was impressed with Josh Jacobs, excuse me, Treshawn Brown, and his running ability.

502
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 That was a nifty little juke that he had on a flat pass.

503
00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:49,420
 Your thoughts on him, and we can mention 50 other players.

504
00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:51,280
 Who else caught your eye Saturday?

505
00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:56,400
 Well, you know, I'm a little hesitant just to put too much emphasis on A-Day

506
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 because, you know, Brett, you're the same way.

507
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 You've seen a lot of A-Day heroes that never came back and did anything in the fall.

508
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 Yes, Ajaya Hall for one.

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 You beat me to the punch because I was going to bring up, for people, for recent short memory,

510
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511
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 He was an A-Day hero, and you saw what he developed into.

512
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 Brett, I'm going to go really old school on you.

513
00:30:18,720 --> 00:30:23,540
 I remember the spring game in 1991, and we all thought Danny Woodson was going to be All-American quarterback.

514
00:30:23,540 --> 00:30:24,280
 Yeah, absolutely.

515
00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:26,200
 You saw what happened there.

516
00:30:26,460 --> 00:30:29,020
 You know, he couldn't do anything, and Jay Barker took the job away from him.

517
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 So, again, I don't want to – I take A-Day games or scrimmages with a grain of salt.

518
00:30:36,100 --> 00:30:38,540
 Again, you still don't have all the players there, too, as well.

519
00:30:39,040 --> 00:30:43,920
 I did – you know, I still have concerns about that offensive line when it comes to run blocking.

520
00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:45,380
 I have a lot of concerns with that.

521
00:30:46,180 --> 00:30:50,520
 So, and that also leads back to the Austin Mack, Keelan Russell discussion.

522
00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:56,560
 I think if you had a good pass-blocking offensive line, I think Austin Mack could do great things.

523
00:30:57,080 --> 00:31:02,660
 If it's not as good, Keelan has a little more athleticism and scalability, which you may need,

524
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:05,880
 just like Bryce Young had to run for his life in 21 and 22.

525
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:07,440
 So, you may be in that circumstance.

526
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:09,640
 Absolutely.

527
00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,860
 Listen, great discussion and conversation, as always.

528
00:31:13,380 --> 00:31:18,440
 Tell us about Tide Hoops' history real quick, and where can we get you on social media?

529
00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:19,920
 Oh, absolutely.

530
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:23,900
 Right now, with all the Transfer Portal news, we're trying to stay on top of it

531
00:31:23,900 --> 00:31:26,980
 and trying to see how this roster's going to shake out.

532
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 And once we get it, we'll give updates on players.

533
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 But, yes, just follow us on X, at family history.

534
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:34,540
 Fun time – well, I won't say fun time.

535
00:31:34,600 --> 00:31:37,520
 It's a stomach-churning time right now for basketball fans.

536
00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:38,960
 So, let's see.

537
00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:41,640
 You have to wait until the 21st.

538
00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:43,880
 I hope no other Alabama players jump in the portal.

539
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:44,460
 So, we'll see.

540
00:31:44,520 --> 00:31:46,680
 We've got to get to the 21st to see what happens.

541
00:31:47,360 --> 00:31:50,260
 Do the roster and pencil with a good eraser, I guarantee you.

542
00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:53,060
 Listen, Michael, thanks for your time today and have a great rest of the week, okay?

543
00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:54,800
 All right, you too, guys.

544
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:55,440
 Always appreciate it.

545
00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:55,900
 Thank you, bud.

546
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 Michael Southern, with us amongst other places, the Blue Collar Podcast.

547
00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:03,780
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 and he was playing Penn State, and everybody was talking about the strength of his arm.

549
00:32:06,920 --> 00:32:09,180
 I was in the end zone for that particular game.

550
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 He dropped back.

551
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552
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 I could not believe, B.B.

553
00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:16,860
 The only problem was it was about 40 yards over the head of his receiver.

554
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 I was going to say 20, but yeah, it may have been 40.

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 I'm good.

696
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:15,360
 We're doing all right.

697
00:38:15,460 --> 00:38:21,080
 Is it true, Ryan, that after that spring game, Tennessee fans are reserving their tickets to the national championship game?

698
00:38:21,140 --> 00:38:23,860
 Or what is the vibe coming out of the spring fling?

699
00:38:24,940 --> 00:38:34,840
 Yeah, well, you know, I think like any spring game these days, it seems like, at least the ones I've seen in Tennessee, a lot of people aren't quite sure exactly what to take away from it.

700
00:38:34,840 --> 00:38:42,500
 Because you get a little bit of a glimpse, and we're glad to see live football after not really seeing any live football throughout the rest of the spring.

701
00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:51,600
 But, you know, even fans, I think they had to come away from that spring game at least a little bit concerned about the quarterback situation, just knowing the youth that Tennessee has there.

702
00:38:52,140 --> 00:39:03,760
 George McIntyre, Faison Brandon, both former highly ranked prospects, and Brandon in particular, the one that I think most fans think, at least in the long run, is going to be pretty good, is the number three overall player in his class on 24-7 sports.

703
00:39:04,060 --> 00:39:07,940
 But he looked like a freshman a lot of times.

704
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:11,020
 It wasn't an especially great day for either one of those guys.

705
00:39:11,600 --> 00:39:18,300
 And then because it's an inter-squad scrimmage, you've got to ask yourself, is that partly because the defense played pretty well?

706
00:39:18,300 --> 00:39:22,340
 Because Jim Knowles' defense seems to have picked things up pretty quickly in his new system.

707
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:28,860
 We had talked about that throughout the spring, but seeing it out there on the field, there really wasn't a lot of separation in the secondary.

708
00:39:29,180 --> 00:39:31,940
 So you've got to give Tennessee a lot of credit for the coverage.

709
00:39:32,220 --> 00:39:40,540
 And you've got to wonder how much of that is what Jim Knowles' defense has thrown at these guys, because they did not give them any opportunities, I don't think, to complete stuff down the field.

710
00:39:40,540 --> 00:39:47,600
 So hard to say, coming out of a scrimmage like that, where exactly Tennessee stands, aside from to say, based on what we saw.

711
00:39:47,700 --> 00:39:49,320
 You know, George McIntyre helped himself.

712
00:39:49,460 --> 00:39:52,860
 I think after a couple bad scrimmages, he probably had the better day between the two quarterbacks.

713
00:39:52,980 --> 00:39:54,520
 But, again, neither was great.

714
00:39:54,600 --> 00:39:57,320
 And Tennessee's got some work to do on the offensive side of the ball.

715
00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:00,480
 And on the flip side, the defense looks like it's ahead of schedule, at least.

716
00:40:00,960 --> 00:40:03,760
 I think these head coaches, that's exactly what they want.

717
00:40:03,840 --> 00:40:07,600
 They want fans to not know what's going on right now, because they don't want to sit here.

718
00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:11,320
 You're not going to go too deep in that playbook and see what's going to happen on the spring game.

719
00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:13,940
 But you can have a great defense.

720
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:15,080
 You're going to stay in the game.

721
00:40:15,180 --> 00:40:17,900
 But to win championships, here's some rocket science stuff.

722
00:40:17,980 --> 00:40:18,760
 You've got to have a quarterback.

723
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:19,960
 We know Heupel's good.

724
00:40:20,520 --> 00:40:23,780
 He knows how to squeeze all the juice out of a quarterback.

725
00:40:24,040 --> 00:40:25,180
 But is he this good?

726
00:40:25,240 --> 00:40:31,000
 If McIntyre can't live up to his expectations, do you have to sit here and rely on the potential?

727
00:40:31,220 --> 00:40:32,160
 You know what to say about that.

728
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:34,200
 Potential, if you rely on it, can make you, Po.

729
00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:39,200
 Is this kid ahead of the class when it comes to two freshmen?

730
00:40:39,660 --> 00:40:40,820
 Some of these kids are.

731
00:40:40,980 --> 00:40:46,820
 But as far as your gut, where are you right now as far as the quarterback situation being in good hands?

732
00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:52,320
 Man, you know, where I leave the spring is thinking it's a real battle.

733
00:40:52,840 --> 00:40:58,860
 And honestly, before the spring game, I thought it was maybe a type situation where George McIntyre

734
00:40:58,860 --> 00:41:04,000
 had played his way back into making it enough of a race that you could absolutely see Faison Brandon

735
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:08,020
 and winning the starting job as a true freshman, which is, I don't think, a great thing.

736
00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:11,680
 I don't think any coach these days is looking for a true freshman to start.

737
00:41:11,800 --> 00:41:15,420
 But, you know, if that's the best option, then I think they're willing to go that route.

738
00:41:15,860 --> 00:41:18,920
 But that being said, you know, McIntyre doesn't have a lot of experience himself.

739
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:22,700
 He played in two games last year through a total of nine passes in those games.

740
00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:24,700
 Just doesn't have a lot of experience.

741
00:41:24,700 --> 00:41:28,020
 And they didn't take full advantage of the year that he has under his belt

742
00:41:28,020 --> 00:41:30,160
 because he wasn't the number two quarterback last year.

743
00:41:30,260 --> 00:41:30,960
 He was the number three.

744
00:41:31,420 --> 00:41:35,460
 So they, you know, arguably maybe wasted some reps on Jake Merklinger last year

745
00:41:35,460 --> 00:41:38,460
 that could have helped George McIntyre come along a little bit further.

746
00:41:39,180 --> 00:41:41,980
 And, yeah, so you've got two really inexperienced guys,

747
00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:44,620
 and I think they're willing to start whichever one earns the job.

748
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:50,020
 And at times you see Faison Brandon, and you see, man, the ball jumps off his hand.

749
00:41:50,020 --> 00:41:53,660
 The talent is there, and it's very obvious at times.

750
00:41:53,860 --> 00:41:55,460
 And then you saw some moments in the scrimmage.

751
00:41:55,580 --> 00:41:58,520
 And, you know, he didn't throw a pick six like he did in the second scrimmage.

752
00:41:58,580 --> 00:42:00,500
 He didn't make any catastrophic mistakes.

753
00:42:00,620 --> 00:42:02,200
 They just didn't make a lot happen that day.

754
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:05,580
 And, again, there's things around them that could explain that.

755
00:42:05,720 --> 00:42:08,220
 You know, I had a starting receiver that wasn't out there that day,

756
00:42:08,260 --> 00:42:14,180
 and Mike Matthews had some interior line issues that were evident kind of throughout the last couple scrimmages,

757
00:42:14,260 --> 00:42:14,920
 it sounds like.

758
00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:18,000
 And, you know, again, the defense is playing pretty well.

759
00:42:18,000 --> 00:42:22,280
 So is that a knock on both quarterbacks, or is the defense maybe that good?

760
00:42:22,360 --> 00:42:27,120
 So it's hard to say, but I think overall the quarterback competition is enough of a concern

761
00:42:27,120 --> 00:42:31,960
 that if you're assessing, I mean, the over-under on Tennessee is seven-and-a-half wins for a reason.

762
00:42:32,220 --> 00:42:36,260
 And I think the bottom line is they don't have an experienced quarterback in an era where everybody wants one.

763
00:42:36,720 --> 00:42:39,180
 And no matter who wins that job, it's a concern.

764
00:42:39,300 --> 00:42:40,840
 But, yeah, I think it's the spring.

765
00:42:40,980 --> 00:42:44,320
 You come out of it thinking either one legitimately could win the job

766
00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:47,540
 because they're both talented, but neither one has really stepped forward

767
00:42:47,540 --> 00:42:51,400
 and made claim that they're going to be the guy to lead this team this season.

768
00:42:51,980 --> 00:42:59,200
 I think you made the best point is the defense is further advanced than a lot of people thought it was.

769
00:42:59,360 --> 00:43:01,000
 We're in a different era now.

770
00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:05,180
 Coaches can come in like Alex Golich at Auburn

771
00:43:05,180 --> 00:43:10,420
 and bring 19 players from his own team with him.

772
00:43:11,020 --> 00:43:13,740
 And that's a little bit about what Jim Nose did.

773
00:43:13,740 --> 00:43:19,440
 He brought in Anthony Poindexter, Andrew Jackson, and another coach, Derrick Jones,

774
00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:22,660
 who's quite familiar with him, from Duke.

775
00:43:22,820 --> 00:43:27,380
 And then they bring in four players, Xavier Gilliam, the defensive lineman.

776
00:43:27,500 --> 00:43:32,640
 Now, I know Chance Coleman's had some issues, but four players from Penn State.

777
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:39,120
 And, right, is that one of the other reasons why this defense is a little bit ahead of the game?

778
00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:44,800
 He brought some assistive coaches and players who are very familiar with his system.

779
00:43:45,900 --> 00:43:49,060
 Yeah, I think they believe that's really helped, especially the staff part of that.

780
00:43:49,180 --> 00:43:52,960
 You know, again, having a player at each level of the defense that's played for Jim Nose before,

781
00:43:53,100 --> 00:43:57,420
 certainly that gives a bit of an example for guys at his position to follow

782
00:43:57,420 --> 00:44:00,540
 and maybe can help speed up the learning curve a little bit.

783
00:44:00,600 --> 00:44:04,600
 But the staff part is a big deal, I think, to have guys who have worked with him in the past.

784
00:44:04,700 --> 00:44:07,020
 You're not having to worry about getting people on the same page.

785
00:44:08,060 --> 00:44:09,480
 They know what he wants.

786
00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:13,580
 And he's a pretty clear communicator about what he wants to do, and I think that's helped.

787
00:44:14,140 --> 00:44:17,520
 The other thing is that, you know, I think we've talked about it enough, certainly,

788
00:44:17,640 --> 00:44:23,160
 that I think they're aware of it, that the perception and maybe the reality that Jim Nose's defenses in year one

789
00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:27,980
 have not been as good at previous stops has allowed them to make some adjustments to maybe help with that.

790
00:44:28,180 --> 00:44:33,640
 You know, being aware of that I think helps to say, hey, what do we need to do to speed things up a little bit this time?

791
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:35,920
 Because we can't afford to have a year one that's sluggish.

792
00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:39,280
 And that's probably helped, and maybe they've streamlined some things.

793
00:44:39,500 --> 00:44:42,460
 But whatever it is, they seem to have struck a good balance.

794
00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:45,880
 And I thought this was a knock on Tim Banks' defense, the former defensive coordinator,

795
00:44:45,980 --> 00:44:48,920
 who did a good job at Tennessee and had them at the top ten defense in 2024.

796
00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:52,840
 But it was not – it didn't look like an overly complex defense,

797
00:44:52,840 --> 00:44:56,740
 but it seemed very difficult for players to grasp at times.

798
00:44:57,260 --> 00:44:58,940
 This defense seems like it's the opposite.

799
00:44:59,060 --> 00:45:04,140
 It plays complex, but it doesn't seem like it's been difficult for players to grasp at this point.

800
00:45:04,140 --> 00:45:06,680
 And that's – they can continue to strike that balance.

801
00:45:06,780 --> 00:45:08,220
 That's what you want these days in college football.

802
00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:14,260
 The good news for Tennessee, according to ESPN, they're one of the top 25 teams in the country.

803
00:45:14,380 --> 00:45:18,120
 The bad news for Tennessee fans, you're at number 25 or right there at it.

804
00:45:18,640 --> 00:45:21,760
 Your thoughts, too high, too low, or just about right right now,

805
00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:24,400
 according to the so-called smart people at ESPN?

806
00:45:25,380 --> 00:45:25,740
 Yeah.

807
00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:30,560
 You know, I think it's a good reflection of the fact that no one really knows what to do with Tennessee this year.

808
00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:34,120
 I think you're going to see some people that have them in the back end of the top 20.

809
00:45:34,140 --> 00:45:36,840
 25, I think you're going to have some people that have them outside that.

810
00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:40,360
 And it's really – again, it's a reflection of the quarterback situation,

811
00:45:40,460 --> 00:45:42,680
 the fact that you didn't get Joey Aguilar back in court.

812
00:45:43,220 --> 00:45:48,240
 And on the flip side, it's that you don't know if their defense is going to take enough of a step forward

813
00:45:48,240 --> 00:45:50,880
 to counteract any issues they might have on offense.

814
00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:53,120
 They've got a lot returning on offense aside from the quarterback.

815
00:45:53,620 --> 00:45:56,500
 But, you know, polls these days, it's all about returning starters

816
00:45:56,500 --> 00:45:58,600
 and what people think you're going to look like.

817
00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:01,280
 And, again, they're coming off an eight-and-four season last year, too.

818
00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:06,240
 So not a lot to go on that really makes you think they're going to be a playoff team.

819
00:46:06,340 --> 00:46:09,600
 But at the same time, you know, Josh Heupel's had a couple teams that have overachieved

820
00:46:10,260 --> 00:46:12,080
 and people have maybe had that in the back of their minds.

821
00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:15,540
 And so it maybe gives them the benefit of the doubt that they'll end up being a top 25 team.

822
00:46:15,680 --> 00:46:19,560
 But tough schedule, tricky quarterback situation with some youth there.

823
00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:23,440
 I mean, I don't think you're going to see a lot of people having them ranked ahead of that.

824
00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:26,940
 But, yeah, you can see the justification to have them kind of in the back end of the top 25.

825
00:46:27,300 --> 00:46:30,460
 And that's not a terrible place to be given where they are.

826
00:46:30,620 --> 00:46:34,900
 But I'm not going to be surprised, honestly, if they open the season outside the top 25

827
00:46:34,900 --> 00:46:35,860
 and the A.B. and coaches.

828
00:46:36,060 --> 00:46:37,000
 We'll see about that.

829
00:46:37,900 --> 00:46:39,940
 We've talked a lot about the quarterbacks.

830
00:46:40,180 --> 00:46:42,500
 What about who the quarterbacks are throwing to?

831
00:46:42,860 --> 00:46:49,540
 Mike Matthews, Braylon, Staley, two known commodities, two very solid to good receivers.

832
00:46:49,820 --> 00:46:52,940
 I know Rodarius Jackson is another option.

833
00:46:53,060 --> 00:46:55,180
 I've heard he's been a little bit inconsistent.

834
00:46:55,780 --> 00:46:58,760
 Travis Smith, Jr., a five-star freshman.

835
00:46:58,920 --> 00:47:01,500
 T.K. Keyes may be in the picture.

836
00:47:01,640 --> 00:47:05,260
 And something else that Heupel does is lean on his tight ends.

837
00:47:05,780 --> 00:47:08,160
 Ethan Davis, Deshaun Brown.

838
00:47:08,900 --> 00:47:12,100
 Your thoughts about, again, developing receivers.

839
00:47:13,460 --> 00:47:16,520
 Yeah, Mike Matthews wasn't out there in the spring game.

840
00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:20,920
 But even with he and T.K. Keyes not out there, and Keyes is, of course, the star freshman.

841
00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:23,120
 Everyone was eager to see at that position.

842
00:47:23,240 --> 00:47:27,180
 But he's been banged up coming off of an injury he suffered at the end of his high school career.

843
00:47:28,020 --> 00:47:32,900
 So with those guys not out there, you know, it didn't look overwhelmingly good,

844
00:47:32,900 --> 00:47:34,860
 just with what you saw out there this spring.

845
00:47:34,980 --> 00:47:37,980
 But, you know, you can see the pieces there, at least with a couple of those guys,

846
00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:44,020
 that if they're able to get Mike Matthews that we saw last year again, an 800-yard receiver,

847
00:47:44,260 --> 00:47:49,820
 and then throw in, you know, or Darius Jackson or someone else, that's potentially a very good-looking unit.

848
00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:55,020
 But, yeah, you didn't see a lot of that in the spring game, at least nothing eye-popping in that way.

849
00:47:55,140 --> 00:47:59,280
 And that's, again, I think Tennessee's struggling to push the ball down the field in the spring game

850
00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:02,000
 because of the coverages they saw, or just, you know, guys not separating.

851
00:48:02,180 --> 00:48:05,000
 It was not an overwhelming offensive performance.

852
00:48:05,140 --> 00:48:08,020
 But, yeah, on paper, that should be a good unit for them.

853
00:48:08,140 --> 00:48:10,900
 And, like you mentioned, the tight ends, I think, definitely can help with that.

854
00:48:10,980 --> 00:48:14,800
 These should be the most athletic top two tight ends that he's had under Josh Heupel,

855
00:48:15,080 --> 00:48:18,260
 Ethan Davis, and DeSan Brame, both really talented guys.

856
00:48:18,260 --> 00:48:20,100
 So if they can take advantage of what they have there,

857
00:48:20,180 --> 00:48:23,260
 there's no reason those guys can't help whoever wins the quarterback competition.

858
00:48:23,880 --> 00:48:26,440
 But, yeah, as you said, I think Rodarius Jackson has to come along a little bit.

859
00:48:26,480 --> 00:48:28,080
 He had some drops and a couple scrimmages,

860
00:48:28,580 --> 00:48:32,280
 had one in some pass skeleton work in the spring game as well.

861
00:48:32,380 --> 00:48:35,760
 So they've got to clean that up and had some drops overall as a team.

862
00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:38,440
 You know, that's one of the concerns, I think, coming out of spring practice.

863
00:48:39,240 --> 00:48:41,160
 Ryan Callahan, Govales, 24-7.

864
00:48:41,260 --> 00:48:43,680
 His daddy played quarterback at Alabama.

865
00:48:44,140 --> 00:48:46,560
 He played basketball last season at Tennessee.

866
00:48:46,780 --> 00:48:50,980
 He'll play at Texas A&M come next season, according to the latest reports.

867
00:48:51,080 --> 00:48:53,960
 Anyway, your thoughts about the news of the day with Cade Phillips?

868
00:48:55,020 --> 00:48:58,560
 Yeah, I mean, not shocking to see him end up in a pretty good spot.

869
00:48:58,580 --> 00:49:01,920
 That was one that Tennessee did not want to lose to the transfer portal.

870
00:49:02,040 --> 00:49:05,140
 That was a guy that they were pretty excited about his potential

871
00:49:05,140 --> 00:49:08,360
 and just dealt with some injuries and things like that.

872
00:49:08,420 --> 00:49:12,100
 But he's a guy that they really, really think has a bright future.

873
00:49:12,460 --> 00:49:15,880
 And, yeah, I kind of had a feeling that he might end up in the SEC somewhere.

874
00:49:16,680 --> 00:49:20,140
 You know, heard some initial talk of people wondering if he was on Alabama's radar

875
00:49:20,140 --> 00:49:21,000
 and things like that.

876
00:49:21,060 --> 00:49:24,700
 So not sure who all was involved in that one the most down the stretch.

877
00:49:24,820 --> 00:49:30,080
 But, yeah, certainly not surprised to see him surface at a program that, you know,

878
00:49:30,080 --> 00:49:32,240
 got off to a really good start this year in Texas A&M.

879
00:49:32,240 --> 00:49:34,020
 And we'll see how he does there.

880
00:49:34,140 --> 00:49:38,980
 But that's certainly one Tennessee will be wishing they could have held on to somehow, I think,

881
00:49:39,020 --> 00:49:40,140
 no matter how things turn out.

882
00:49:40,300 --> 00:49:43,700
 They're probably going to get their own nice additions in the transfer portal.

883
00:49:43,980 --> 00:49:48,300
 But definitely feel like they lost a pretty good player in Cade Phillips.

884
00:49:48,580 --> 00:49:52,600
 And certainly he's got the chance to give Texas A&M a boost next season.

885
00:49:53,340 --> 00:49:55,240
 Let me ask you about some of the guys.

886
00:49:55,380 --> 00:49:57,740
 Again, we talked about this a couple weeks ago.

887
00:49:57,880 --> 00:50:02,240
 On the surface, it looked like Rick Barnes lost most of his team.

888
00:50:02,960 --> 00:50:05,180
 Brown is coming back, of course, from Hoover.

889
00:50:05,180 --> 00:50:09,020
 But he has picked up Miles Rubin from Loyola, Chicago.

890
00:50:09,740 --> 00:50:12,100
 Tyler Lundblade from Belmont.

891
00:50:12,220 --> 00:50:13,560
 That's a very good program.

892
00:50:15,460 --> 00:50:17,660
 Jalen Harrelson from Notre Dame.

893
00:50:18,060 --> 00:50:21,920
 Day of Day of Ames, I'll let you correct me on that, from Cal.

894
00:50:22,460 --> 00:50:28,300
 And I know they're involved if they haven't already picked up Terrence Hill, Jr. from VCU.

895
00:50:29,060 --> 00:50:30,900
 I know one thing about these guys.

896
00:50:31,040 --> 00:50:31,780
 They can score.

897
00:50:33,280 --> 00:50:34,100
 They can.

898
00:50:34,200 --> 00:50:36,140
 They've made some nice additions so far.

899
00:50:36,440 --> 00:50:39,020
 Now, Terrence Hill is still on his visit to Tennessee, I believe.

900
00:50:39,020 --> 00:50:45,660
 He arrived yesterday afternoon for an official visit around the same time that Harrelson was departing.

901
00:50:45,780 --> 00:50:48,840
 Harrelson committed the Notre Dame transfer just yesterday.

902
00:50:49,220 --> 00:50:50,900
 So they've made some nice pickups there.

903
00:50:51,020 --> 00:50:55,280
 Tyler Lundblade, as you said, one of the best three-point shooters available in the transfer portal.

904
00:50:55,620 --> 00:50:57,320
 One of the best three-point shooters in the country, really.

905
00:50:57,460 --> 00:51:01,200
 He shot 48% a couple years ago, 40% this past year.

906
00:51:01,620 --> 00:51:02,260
 Great story.

907
00:51:02,380 --> 00:51:05,880
 Started off his career as a walk-on and kind of worked his way up.

908
00:51:06,080 --> 00:51:09,140
 And, yeah, we'll see how much defense he can play.

909
00:51:09,260 --> 00:51:12,000
 But that's always a concern with a Rick Barnes player.

910
00:51:12,440 --> 00:51:13,780
 He values defense so much.

911
00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:16,040
 Can you have a three-point shooter out there that's not a great defender?

912
00:51:16,120 --> 00:51:17,300
 But that's a nice addition there.

913
00:51:17,380 --> 00:51:21,380
 And then Cal guard Day-Day Aims, is how you say that, committed on Saturday.

914
00:51:21,600 --> 00:51:22,940
 And then Miles Rubin on Sunday.

915
00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:24,780
 So they've made some nice pickups.

916
00:51:24,920 --> 00:51:27,080
 Rubin gives them a nice shot blocker inside.

917
00:51:27,800 --> 00:51:29,980
 They've got some scores in that group for sure.

918
00:51:30,100 --> 00:51:32,460
 So we'll see what they can continue to add.

919
00:51:32,560 --> 00:51:37,160
 But Terrence Hill, we mentioned him, he averaged 15 points a game this past season in 25 minutes.

920
00:51:37,920 --> 00:51:40,260
 VCU shot 37% from three.

921
00:51:40,900 --> 00:51:45,200
 Looks like, you know, again, they lost some pretty good players, but they're definitely looking to add some offense.

922
00:51:45,440 --> 00:51:49,220
 And it seems like they understand they've got to take the offensive punch to another level.

923
00:51:49,520 --> 00:51:54,240
 If they're going to finally get over that hump and make it to a Final Four, three straight Elite Eights is nice.

924
00:51:54,240 --> 00:51:57,820
 But they've been asking themselves, what do they have to do to take that next step?

925
00:51:57,860 --> 00:51:59,700
 And clearly they know they need to have more scoring.

926
00:52:00,620 --> 00:52:03,600
 I'll tell you one thing, I know everybody wants to talk about the transfers.

927
00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:07,060
 I know Tennessee got two big dudes on the offensive line.

928
00:52:07,640 --> 00:52:13,580
 Maybe one of their more impressive additions was strength and conditioning coach Derek Owens.

929
00:52:14,140 --> 00:52:19,840
 I mean, they literally stole him away from Indiana after winning a national championship.

930
00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:23,200
 I've heard a lot of good things about him so far.

931
00:52:23,440 --> 00:52:25,060
 Great stuff, as always.

932
00:52:25,560 --> 00:52:30,580
 I know you beyond recruiting, that's going to get hot and heavy here in the next six,

933
00:52:30,620 --> 00:52:33,380
 week's, uh, recaps on spring.

934
00:52:34,000 --> 00:52:39,800
 Uh, Patrick Brown on GoVoss247 and had some great, as far as questions for next year, great

935
00:52:39,800 --> 00:52:40,900
 article about that.

936
00:52:41,000 --> 00:52:43,780
 Where can we get your stuff and the team's great stuff?

937
00:52:44,340 --> 00:52:44,740
 Yeah.

938
00:52:44,820 --> 00:52:46,360
 GoVoss247.com.

939
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 Tons of hoops transfer portal coverage, baseball and softball still in full swing.

940
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 Lots going on.

941
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 And a great time to check out the site.

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943
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944
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 Christmas in April, right?

945
00:53:01,440 --> 00:53:01,820
 Listen, man.

946
00:53:01,900 --> 00:53:04,500
 Thanks so much for your time, Dave, and have a great week and weekend, okay?

947
00:53:05,360 --> 00:53:06,140
 You guys do the same.

948
00:53:06,220 --> 00:53:06,620
 Thanks a lot.

949
00:53:06,720 --> 00:53:07,200
 Thank you, bud.

950
00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:07,800
 Thank you.

951
00:53:07,860 --> 00:53:09,460
 Ryan Kellyanne, GoVoss247.

952
00:53:09,560 --> 00:53:11,940
 BB, what about those Atlanta Braves?

953
00:53:11,940 --> 00:53:14,820
 Uh, 63 last night.

954
00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:20,220
 Ozzie Albies, Austin Riley, Matt Olson went deep for Braves.

955
00:53:20,740 --> 00:53:26,040
 And Bryce Elder, Bill Shane's favorite player, who we'll talk to you about tomorrow.

956
00:53:26,260 --> 00:53:31,620
 One again, ZRA, Harold Bugg, 0.77.

957
00:53:32,160 --> 00:53:33,220
 Is that pretty good?

958
00:53:33,560 --> 00:53:34,420
 Yeah, well, it's even better.

959
00:53:34,500 --> 00:53:37,140
 The team leads the league in ERA.

960
00:53:37,380 --> 00:53:39,200
 A big whopping three-game lead.

961
00:53:39,360 --> 00:53:41,000
 Hey, well, Braves, good job.

962
00:53:41,340 --> 00:53:42,620
 Take the night off.

963
00:53:43,060 --> 00:53:45,780
 In the meantime, coming up the next hour, Ryan Fowler talking tides.

964
00:53:45,780 --> 00:53:50,400
 Zach Panerstein, what's taking in the shows, and Logan Fowler about a game on the planes

965
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 this weekend.

966
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 Details straight ahead.

967
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 Um, why are you dressed like a hockey player?

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1027
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 1819 News.

1028
00:57:01,940 --> 00:57:06,720
 The six Republican primary candidates running in the Alabama Senate race all took part in

1029
00:57:06,720 --> 00:57:10,540
 a forum held last night by the Republican Women of Madison.

1030
00:57:10,880 --> 00:57:15,120
 Candidates answered a series of questions about various issues, including their stance on the

1031
00:57:15,120 --> 00:57:21,100
 H-2A and H-2B visa programs, which allow for foreign nationals to be hired by U.S. employers.

1032
00:57:21,540 --> 00:57:26,280
 Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall says that the H-2A visas are valuable for helping Alabama

1033
00:57:26,280 --> 00:57:31,140
 farmers, while the H-2B program is being exploited by big tech companies.

1034
00:57:31,140 --> 00:57:37,640
 Former U.S. Navy SEAL Jared Hudson says he wants to prioritize Alabama workers over either of those two visa programs.

1035
00:57:37,880 --> 00:57:43,600
 Congressman Barry Moore says he wants both programs to be well managed so that it actually contributes to American industry.

1036
00:57:44,020 --> 00:57:51,000
 Cattle farmer Rodney Walker called the visa programs broken, but he also admitted that there will always be a need for immigrant labor when it comes to agriculture.

1037
00:57:51,160 --> 00:57:57,760
 Cardiac surgeon Dale Deese Jr. said that both visa programs are necessary to fill the jobs that Americans are unwilling to do.

1038
00:57:58,140 --> 00:58:03,480
 And submarine commanding officer Seth Burton said the visa programs must be more clearly defined.

1039
00:58:03,800 --> 00:58:06,100
 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this.

1040
00:58:06,180 --> 00:58:08,940
 Where I was living was not a great place to live anymore.

1041
00:58:09,280 --> 00:58:13,900
 I began to pray for a place to go, praying for all of these things that a nine-year-old would want.

1042
00:58:13,900 --> 00:58:17,540
 I wanted horses, big house with a bunch of people my age.

1043
00:58:17,680 --> 00:58:18,440
 I wanted parents.

1044
00:58:18,560 --> 00:58:19,520
 I wanted a mom and a dad.

1045
00:58:19,860 --> 00:58:23,640
 Before I even prayed it, the Lord had already answered my prayer with the Big Oak Ranch.

1046
00:58:23,820 --> 00:58:26,840
 Who would that nine-year-old be if she never came to the Big Oak Ranch?

1047
00:58:27,020 --> 00:58:31,820
 I would be trying to fight for survival instead of fighting to break a cycle.

1048
00:58:31,820 --> 00:58:35,480
 Big Oak Ranch, a Christian home for children needing a chance.

1049
00:58:35,820 --> 00:58:40,900
 Students and staff at Ramsey High School in Birmingham are mourning the loss of one of their seniors today.

1050
00:58:41,180 --> 00:58:45,780
 18-year-old Layla Hicks died in a house fire along with her parents, Edward and Farentina.

1051
00:58:45,940 --> 00:58:48,120
 The fire broke out in the family's home on Wednesday morning.

1052
00:58:48,760 --> 00:58:49,520
 I'm Andrea Tice.

1053
00:58:49,800 --> 00:58:54,000
 For more news affecting Alabamians, go to 1819news.com.

1054
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1055
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1056
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1057
00:59:09,600 --> 00:59:13,240
 Boomo Bugg, on 93.9, The Score.

1058
00:59:14,320 --> 00:59:18,400
 What do you say we go to literally the home of the champions?

1059
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 Wife wins national championships in football.

1060
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1061
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1062
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 What's in the water at the Adelson House in Orlando, Florida?

1063
00:59:30,500 --> 00:59:31,260
 How are you?

1064
00:59:31,980 --> 00:59:32,980
 Well, I'm doing great, fellas.

1065
00:59:33,080 --> 00:59:37,100
 You know we're home to the two best universities in the whole entire world.

1066
00:59:37,100 --> 00:59:38,640
 I've heard that, I've heard that.

1067
00:59:38,660 --> 00:59:41,040
 It's natural that those schools win championships.

1068
00:59:41,060 --> 00:59:41,280
 Right.

1069
00:59:42,520 --> 00:59:48,160
 By the way, you may not have heard this, but Arch Manning is the starting quarterback in Texas.

1070
00:59:48,440 --> 00:59:49,560
 You can confirm that?

1071
00:59:50,080 --> 00:59:50,280
 What?

1072
00:59:50,360 --> 00:59:51,400
 You can confirm that?

1073
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 The summer of March.

1074
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 You heard it first here.

1075
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 The summer of March.

1076
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 Hey, Rhys Davis, take that.

1077
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 Oh, baby.

1078
01:00:04,380 --> 01:00:04,780
 Yeah.

1079
01:00:05,040 --> 01:00:08,940
 The Boomo Bugg Show, weekdays, noon to two on 93.9, The Score.

1080
01:00:10,060 --> 01:00:12,160
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1081
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1082
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 Tonight, mostly clear with a 30% chance of showers overnight and a low near 60.

1083
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 Tomorrow, sunny with a high around 90.

1084
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1085
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1086
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1087
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 Now, get ready to roll, Shoals, Decatur, Athens, and all of northwest Alabama and southern Tennessee.

1088
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 It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM Sports Voice.

1089
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 The Boomo Bugg Show.

1090
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 Your exclusive inside track to the Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC.

1091
01:01:04,000 --> 01:01:09,680
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9, The Score.

1092
01:01:10,520 --> 01:01:12,460
 Welcome back in, our tour of the Boomo Bugg Show.

1093
01:01:12,560 --> 01:01:14,220
 I'm Harold Bugg, alongside Brett Beaird.

1094
01:01:14,320 --> 01:01:17,180
 Thank you so much for giving us a free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

1095
01:01:17,300 --> 01:01:19,400
 With that, we say hello to Logan Fowler.

1096
01:01:19,440 --> 01:01:23,220
 He's got the Auburn Tigers covered at 1819 News.

1097
01:01:23,360 --> 01:01:24,900
 Logan, welcome in.

1098
01:01:25,580 --> 01:01:29,720
 Are you ready to take the curtain up on another era of Auburn football?

1099
01:01:30,720 --> 01:01:31,280
 I am.

1100
01:01:31,280 --> 01:01:35,680
 I am ready to get to cover the inaugural season of Alex Golesh.

1101
01:01:35,680 --> 01:01:41,920
 I've been excited and everything that I've heard from him throughout the offseason and throughout the spring.

1102
01:01:42,200 --> 01:01:45,280
 So, it's football time on the plains, and I'm ready for it.

1103
01:01:45,860 --> 01:01:47,260
 The weather's going to be promising.

1104
01:01:47,760 --> 01:01:57,820
 Logan, obviously, it's April, and any time you get a brand new can open of coaches, optimism seems to be the common theme across the college football landscape of picky sport, for that matter.

1105
01:01:58,240 --> 01:01:59,880
 He's doing a lot of talking.

1106
01:02:00,120 --> 01:02:02,760
 Your thoughts about being able to back it up so far, Logan?

1107
01:02:02,840 --> 01:02:05,080
 He seems to be saying all the right things.

1108
01:02:06,060 --> 01:02:10,120
 Yeah, you know, I think that Alex Golesh, again, like you mentioned, he's saying all the right things.

1109
01:02:11,280 --> 01:02:18,440
 Obviously, giving fans confidence with what he's saying on the mic, but again, you've got to go out and back that up on the field.

1110
01:02:18,540 --> 01:02:23,940
 I think he's a pretty straightforward guy, and not to say that, you know, the previous regime wasn't.

1111
01:02:24,060 --> 01:02:29,120
 I thought that, you know, Hugh Freeze was a pretty straightforward guy, and he was going to give you what you asked for.

1112
01:02:29,120 --> 01:02:37,520
 But, you know, I've noticed with Alex Golesh, like, hey, the effort wasn't there today, and if we want to win championships here at Auburn, then that can't happen.

1113
01:02:37,760 --> 01:02:41,940
 You know, he's pushing for leadership roles outside of Byron Brown.

1114
01:02:42,060 --> 01:02:44,360
 Like, obviously, that guy's going to come in, and he's going to be a leader.

1115
01:02:45,000 --> 01:02:56,820
 But, you know, guys like Jeremiah Cobb, who have, you know, been productive on the field, but maybe need to step up vocally as a leader and lead, you know, a completely new running back room.

1116
01:02:56,820 --> 01:03:01,280
 And then, obviously, you've got guys like Xavier Atkins, Elijah Melendez on defense.

1117
01:03:02,060 --> 01:03:09,200
 You know, Atkins obviously was a huge leader by example last year at an All-American campaign in his first season on the Plains last year.

1118
01:03:09,240 --> 01:03:14,100
 But can he step it up and be, like, you know, the vocal leader that that defense needs?

1119
01:03:14,560 --> 01:03:16,300
 Be the DJ Durkin on the field, right?

1120
01:03:16,400 --> 01:03:20,280
 So, you know, I like what I've heard from Alex Golesh.

1121
01:03:20,280 --> 01:03:24,960
 I think that, you know, he's very intentional in what he says.

1122
01:03:25,080 --> 01:03:26,500
 The energy, that's big.

1123
01:03:26,640 --> 01:03:31,120
 That's obviously what everybody's talking about right now is the difference in the energy in that building.

1124
01:03:32,140 --> 01:03:41,000
 So, you know, I think, you know, Auburn fans have lots to be excited for, and obviously they're going to get a big show this weekend on A-Day.

1125
01:03:41,840 --> 01:03:43,940
 Let me ask you about the offensive line.

1126
01:03:44,040 --> 01:03:50,220
 When you bring in as many as he did, that's going to be one position that a lot of people are going to look at.

1127
01:03:50,300 --> 01:03:56,200
 I know they've been mixing and matching, but I heard a lot of good things about Joe Simmons and Cole Best.

1128
01:03:56,800 --> 01:04:03,040
 Derek Plaz, the Miami transfer, Cole Skinner has been there.

1129
01:04:03,180 --> 01:04:07,240
 Wilson Zier has had his moments, some with the first team.

1130
01:04:07,860 --> 01:04:16,700
 Stanton Ramel has been hurt and missed a lot of the spring, and this will go on until summer camp.

1131
01:04:16,780 --> 01:04:20,280
 But your thoughts on an intriguing offensive line?

1132
01:04:21,180 --> 01:04:23,660
 Yeah, lots of new faces on that offensive line.

1133
01:04:24,580 --> 01:04:29,960
 Like you mentioned, Stanton Ramel, obviously you'd have liked to have had him full speed this spring,

1134
01:04:30,100 --> 01:04:36,360
 but he seems to be coming along a little bit better here in recent weeks and recent days after an all-season procedure.

1135
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 So you're hoping you can get him back full speed for the fall and slot him into one of those two tackle positions.

1136
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 Actually, I think Wilson Zier right now is sidelined with a minor injury.

1137
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 You know, so this is a group that I'm going to have my eye on on Saturday.

1138
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 You know, I think that you could probably pencil in Joe Simmons, like you mentioned,

1139
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 and Cole Best for a tackle in that center spot, respectively.

1140
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 You know, and after that, maybe up for grabs.

1141
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 Like you mentioned, Derek Plaz, Cole Skinner, Ty Buster.

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 I think that you're going to have those guys battle it out for those two guard spots.

1143
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 And Ty Buster's been getting a lot of run, you know, on the outside as well.

1144
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 So lots of new faces, lots of options.

1145
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 Just been injury played, you know, offensive line room for the most part this spring.

1146
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 You know, you've got Jack Larrier, T.J. Hedrick coming over from Ole Miss.

1147
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 Jacoby Ward was getting talked about a lot in the, you know, beginning parts of spring camp.

1148
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 Cal Ellis, obviously, he was the youngest player in college football last year.

1149
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 He grew a lot.

1150
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 And he's going to be a valuable option to have, either behind Cole Buster.

1151
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 Could he step up and take one of those guard spots as well?

1152
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 And then maybe you get something from Jacob Strand, another transfer offensive line at one of those tackle spots.

1153
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 But lots of new faces, lots of fluctuation going on throughout the spring in that group.

1154
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 So that is definitely a group that I'm going to have my eyes on on Saturday.

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 Logan Fowler, I got it all covered when it comes to Auburn 18-19 news.

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 Logan, we were joking earlier with some of the fans saying, well, there's no competition at the quarterback spot.

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 We know about that.

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 But we were quickly reminded, yes, there is for the number two spot.

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 Because you hope you never have to go that route if you're a fan.

1160
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 But sometimes things happen.

1161
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 And your thoughts about the competition for the number two spot.

1162
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 Yeah.

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 Yeah.

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 You know, I mean, all eyes are going to be, you know, on Byron Brown and rightfully so.

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 I'm ready to see what he can do in an orange and blue uniform.

1166
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 But, you know, we continue to see and hear nothing but positive things about just the overall arm talent of Tristan Tia.

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 You know, one of my former colleagues and good friends, Mike G of the War Report, posted this morning on X,

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 a video of Tia throwing.

1169
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 And, you know, he sees that Tia can, you know, blossom into a high-level SEC quarterback.

1170
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 So, you know, I would expect Tristan Tia to probably take over that number two spot, you know, if you were to play a game tomorrow.

1171
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 But, again, you've got to think about, you know, Lachlan Hewitt has a year in this Alex Golesh and Joel Gordon offense.

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 So, he's kind of, you know, he knows the ins and outs of what they want to do.

1173
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 Can he, you know, would they feel comfortable throwing him in the fire?

1174
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 I think so.

1175
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 Will his talent, you know, transition to the SEC?

1176
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 That's yet to be seen.

1177
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 But I think Auburn overall is in a good spot with Tristan Tia, Lachlan Hewitt.

1178
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 And then, obviously, you bring the freshman in and brush.

1179
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 Who's probably going to need some time to develop.

1180
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 But, overall, I'm, again, Saturday, I'm really eager to see Tristan Tia and, you know, kind of see if that arm talent translate to game-like reps.

1181
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 We talked about the offensive line, the defensive front.

1182
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 D.J. Durkin's defense was very good last year.

1183
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 I've heard a lot about Cody Sigler.

1184
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 Dallas Walker has come back.

1185
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 St. Farrier, Malik Altry, and then defensive ends are edge.

1186
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 Deshaun Womack, Jared Smith.

1187
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 I mean, again, you've got about 17 or 18 dudes here.

1188
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 Who has caught your eye on the defensive line, the defensive front?

1189
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 Yeah, I mean, it starts with Cody Sigler.

1190
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 He's been disruptive all spring.

1191
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 But, I mean, again, another group I'm going to be watching closely, probably defensive line and offensive line are going to be two that I'm really keen to end on on Saturday.

1192
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 You know, Malik Altry, he looks a lot better this year than he did a year ago just physically.

1193
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 Deshaun Womack has come on really strong.

1194
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 Alex Golesh has raved about him.

1195
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 And then Jared Smith as well coming off the edge.

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 Those are probably four guys that I'm going to have my eye on in particular.

1197
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 You know, I'm also really hoping that this is a year that Jordan Crawford breaks out.

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 Like, obviously, true freshman last year, hard to get on the field.

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 But just you talk about an uber-athletic guy, just probably the strongest guy on the football field at all times.

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 Kind of reminds me a little bit of Nick Fairley, just in a sense of how athletic he is at that size.

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 So, can Jordan Crawford break out and get to run behind St. Farrier and Dallas Walker?

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 I really hope so.

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 I'm rooting for that kid.

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 But, yeah, I mean, Jared Smith is one that on Saturday I think that he has all the intangibles to be a really disruptive pass rusher off the end.

1205
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 Obviously, you lose, you know, Geldrick Fogg, Amaris Williams, and tons of guys off the edge from last year.

1206
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 So, can those guys step up and, you know, again, take a leadership role on that defensive line?

1207
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 Who's going to step up and be, you know, your vocal leader when things get tough down the stretch?

1208
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 Logan, obviously, we need to lose a guy like Cam Coleman.

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 How in the world do you answer this question?

1210
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 How can it be this good at the wide receiver spot as far as a room?

1211
01:10:05,520 --> 01:10:08,400
 But your thoughts, Cam is in a special class.

1212
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 He's earned those strikes.

1213
01:10:09,820 --> 01:10:11,840
 But your thoughts about the wide receiver room?

1214
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 Yeah.

1215
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 Yeah, I'm eager to get a look at the USF guys.

1216
01:10:16,100 --> 01:10:19,940
 So, that's, you know, Chaz Nimrod, Keyshawn Singleton, Jeremiah Koger.

1217
01:10:20,580 --> 01:10:23,720
 Christian Nettoon is held out with an injury right now.

1218
01:10:23,720 --> 01:10:26,360
 But, you know, eager to see those guys.

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 Chaz Nimrod has just been absolutely raved about from his coaches and his teammates.

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 He's often talked about as the fastest guy on the field.

1221
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 So, you know, I've kind of compared him in a sense, not, you know, straightaway speed.

1222
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 He doesn't possess as much as this guy did.

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 But Anthony Schwartz, like, can he kind of be like that guy for you, right?

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 Just go out and make a play, run after the catch type guy.

1225
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 And then, obviously, Keyshawn Singleton and Jeremiah Koger, you know, big catch radius type guys.

1226
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 You need some of those guys in this league.

1227
01:10:59,100 --> 01:11:02,760
 But, you know, you talk about the freeze four.

1228
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 They're obviously not all intact anymore.

1229
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 But Bryce Kane decided to stay on the plains for another year under a new regime.

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 You know, I've seen him do some crazy things in practice and warm-ups.

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 And you talk about another just insanely athletic guy.

1232
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 So, for him, I think it's just a matter of putting it all together and kind of showcasing his talents.

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 You know, buying into the scheme.

1234
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 Obviously, he's getting coached up by Cody Burns.

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 So, can Cody get the most out of Bryce Kane?

1236
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 I think that, you know, he's kind of an under-the-radar guy to have a breakout season.

1237
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 Absolutely.

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 And the 8-8 game is going to be very similar to a game, even a 20-minute halftime, 15-minute quarters.

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 They've got a little of a convoluted scoring system.

1240
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 I've seen even Nick Saban did that one year where the defense would get rewarded for making good plays, sacks, interceptions, et cetera.

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 Great stuff.

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 Logan, I know you're looking forward to it.

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 Auburn basketball still bringing in some players, as everybody else in the country is.

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 We'll see how that comes out in the next week or two.

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 Where can we get online to get all your good stuff online?

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 Yes, sir.

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 You can catch me at 1819news.

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 Check out all my written work over there.

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 Make sure you pack some sunscreen this weekend.

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 Have fun.

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 Absolutely.

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 Thank you, guys.

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 Thank you, bud.

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 The Score.

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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1362
01:17:55,280 --> 01:18:00,400
 Welcome back in my, oh my, what a few days makes as far as a different look coming up on

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01:18:00,400 --> 01:18:01,600
 the high school world.

1364
01:18:01,760 --> 01:18:03,980
 Coming up, as a matter of fact, as soon as possible.

1365
01:18:04,100 --> 01:18:05,760
 Zach Paners on that and everything else.

1366
01:18:06,180 --> 01:18:09,880
 When it comes to covering the Shoals, that's because he's the founder and editor of the

1367
01:18:09,880 --> 01:18:11,080
 Shoals Sports Report.

1368
01:18:11,220 --> 01:18:11,880
 Zach, welcome in.

1369
01:18:11,920 --> 01:18:12,440
 How are you?

1370
01:18:13,160 --> 01:18:13,540
 Doing good.

1371
01:18:13,600 --> 01:18:13,920
 How are y'all?

1372
01:18:14,500 --> 01:18:14,860
 Doing good.

1373
01:18:14,920 --> 01:18:18,960
 Well, we're sitting here trying to take this big jigsaw puzzle and put all the pieces in

1374
01:18:18,960 --> 01:18:19,740
 the right place.

1375
01:18:20,300 --> 01:18:26,860
 Zach, first of all, your reaction to the 35-second shock clock that will be implemented for the

1376
01:18:26,860 --> 01:18:28,660
 26-27 season.

1377
01:18:29,340 --> 01:18:33,900
 My first question would be, how many schools already did not have been installed?

1378
01:18:34,460 --> 01:18:38,180
 Have to find the funds for it or install it?

1379
01:18:38,880 --> 01:18:41,280
 I know Tom said it yesterday on it.

1380
01:18:41,520 --> 01:18:44,600
 And Bell Rain's principal said that's a lot of money for us to come up with.

1381
01:18:44,780 --> 01:18:46,660
 We're going to have to find creative ways to fundraise.

1382
01:18:47,400 --> 01:18:48,980
 That's for boys coach, Brian Pounders.

1383
01:18:49,060 --> 01:18:55,200
 He said, six times daily, that's going to be about $500 a year to run when you pay the operator.

1384
01:18:55,900 --> 01:19:01,280
 And it was about $2,500 or so to install it, to buy it and install it.

1385
01:19:01,900 --> 01:19:06,040
 So that's $3,000 up front, roughly, for every school.

1386
01:19:07,240 --> 01:19:11,480
 And it doesn't sound like a lot, but in some schools, that's a ton of money.

1387
01:19:12,400 --> 01:19:12,940
 Well, yeah.

1388
01:19:13,040 --> 01:19:13,940
 I mean, let's face it.

1389
01:19:13,940 --> 01:19:15,120
 You've got some of the smaller schools.

1390
01:19:15,200 --> 01:19:16,740
 We won't call them out for obvious reasons.

1391
01:19:16,940 --> 01:19:22,660
 But where they're already counting every nickel in the crack of the couch, it's a nice theory,

1392
01:19:22,780 --> 01:19:23,840
 but making it happen.

1393
01:19:24,080 --> 01:19:25,540
 I mean, what do you do?

1394
01:19:25,600 --> 01:19:29,180
 Go to the booster club and start leaning on the booster club even more than what you're

1395
01:19:29,180 --> 01:19:29,600
 doing now?

1396
01:19:29,680 --> 01:19:33,040
 I guess that's outside of that, unless the state steps in and say, we can give you some

1397
01:19:33,040 --> 01:19:33,760
 type of supplement.

1398
01:19:34,060 --> 01:19:34,880
 How do you do it?

1399
01:19:35,640 --> 01:19:38,340
 My first thought was, you say, we'll do the next cycle.

1400
01:19:38,920 --> 01:19:45,420
 And so you have 10 more years to raise the funds, and then 28, 29, it comes in, official,

1401
01:19:45,660 --> 01:19:47,700
 or 27, 28, whatever year, that would be the next cycle.

1402
01:19:48,560 --> 01:19:50,300
 But, yeah, I agree on that.

1403
01:19:51,080 --> 01:19:55,480
 Some of the schools have football clubs or whatever you want to call it for basketball that raise

1404
01:19:55,480 --> 01:19:57,580
 their own money, and they probably have the funds sitting back.

1405
01:19:58,080 --> 01:20:01,280
 I got to ask a few more to get where they can be fine.

1406
01:20:01,400 --> 01:20:06,380
 And some schools have one booster club for the whole school, so it's one lump fund for

1407
01:20:06,380 --> 01:20:07,960
 every program, and they split it evenly.

1408
01:20:08,820 --> 01:20:14,120
 And very rarely do they get to divvy out X amount of each program.

1409
01:20:14,980 --> 01:20:16,060
 It's usually evenly divided.

1410
01:20:17,600 --> 01:20:22,760
 Well, I know there have been a lot of coaches advocating this for years as far as improving

1411
01:20:22,760 --> 01:20:24,100
 the flow of the game.

1412
01:20:24,100 --> 01:20:27,680
 And I'm like you, that was my number one concern going in.

1413
01:20:28,080 --> 01:20:35,460
 Because a lot of the smaller schools coming up with that kind of money, that might be a pinch.

1414
01:20:35,700 --> 01:20:39,920
 Again, we'll see what, as far as being creative and coming up with that.

1415
01:20:40,540 --> 01:20:47,360
 Speaking of being creative, the Super 7 is now going to be called simply the football championships.

1416
01:20:48,640 --> 01:20:58,240
 Five days of games, five days of games, four flag football games on Tuesday, two private school championship games on Wednesday.

1417
01:20:59,120 --> 01:21:09,640
 And then on Thursday, they're going back to, well, they're going to be having games 1A and 4A at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.

1418
01:21:09,640 --> 01:21:12,520
 They've actually eliminated the 3 o'clock game.

1419
01:21:13,100 --> 01:21:18,300
 But then on Friday, class 2A at 11, class 5A at 7.

1420
01:21:18,840 --> 01:21:24,000
 Then on Saturday, it wraps it up with the class 3A championship game at 11 a.m.

1421
01:21:24,000 --> 01:21:29,880
 And they finished, which they've done for years, with the 6A title game at 7 o'clock.

1422
01:21:30,020 --> 01:21:35,180
 Now we've got a little more clarity on the public schools and flag football.

1423
01:21:35,840 --> 01:21:45,060
 Listen, your thoughts on eliminating the 3 o'clock game and now going from basically what used to be three days to four days, now to five days.

1424
01:21:45,800 --> 01:21:47,700
 My initial thoughts were this, initially.

1425
01:21:48,160 --> 01:21:50,180
 The flag football game on day is awesome.

1426
01:21:50,180 --> 01:21:55,680
 I think with the Olympics in two years, having flag football, it's going to showcase flag football across the state.

1427
01:21:56,240 --> 01:22:01,060
 And hopefully they get the same TV coverage that the football will get on the weekend.

1428
01:22:01,540 --> 01:22:04,100
 Hopefully they get the same TV coverage over the last few years.

1429
01:22:04,360 --> 01:22:10,040
 The flag that's been on NFHS while the football got on PBS or APT, whatever you want to call it.

1430
01:22:11,000 --> 01:22:17,440
 But also, that 3 o'clock game, my first thought was, when you eliminate that, that tells me this.

1431
01:22:17,900 --> 01:22:21,200
 They're going to clear the stadium, so we had to pay twice to get in as a fan.

1432
01:22:21,380 --> 01:22:21,600
 Right.

1433
01:22:21,680 --> 01:22:30,320
 So if you were just to watch the ball all week, you're going to have to pay twice on the football days to get in twice.

1434
01:22:30,860 --> 01:22:35,720
 Because that four-hour window, they can clear the stadium, clean and all that.

1435
01:22:36,280 --> 01:22:40,520
 It would be better for the cleanliness part of having a fresh stadium and all that and a warm-up, too.

1436
01:22:41,000 --> 01:22:41,900
 Because I always wondered this.

1437
01:22:42,060 --> 01:22:47,540
 If you're in that 3 o'clock, 7 o'clock game, how do you warm up from 6-15 to 7?

1438
01:22:47,620 --> 01:22:57,020
 Or from 2-15 to 3 and not have your normal routine if you're in that 11 o'clock game from 9 a.m. or 8 a.m. on?

1439
01:22:57,500 --> 01:23:01,800
 Because every team plays 14 games to that point of the season, has a routine in place.

1440
01:23:03,160 --> 01:23:08,220
 How do you adjust your routine to 45 minutes, maybe 40 minutes, who knows?

1441
01:23:08,680 --> 01:23:13,520
 And unless you have overtime or a marathon game, it never ran overtime.

1442
01:23:15,660 --> 01:23:19,900
 I'm not a fan of the five-day format for the sole purpose of the five days.

1443
01:23:19,980 --> 01:23:23,740
 That's a lot of time to do a little too few games in.

1444
01:23:25,640 --> 01:23:28,860
 I think it's a test run, though, and they'll finish it in the next few years.

1445
01:23:29,580 --> 01:23:29,760
 Yeah.

1446
01:23:31,140 --> 01:23:33,180
 Zach Panner, second of the show's sports report.

1447
01:23:33,340 --> 01:23:39,700
 Quickly, before we wrap up the new provision as far as the shot clock, in your opinion, and I know only time is going to tell,

1448
01:23:40,200 --> 01:23:43,880
 but based on history, what team of the shows does that benefit?

1449
01:23:44,140 --> 01:23:47,640
 What team of the shows might it now be a problem for?

1450
01:23:48,600 --> 01:23:55,640
 The ones that benefit will be our industrial boys and the smart boys who want to run and go in and run and shoot all the game long,

1451
01:23:55,960 --> 01:23:58,120
 want to play you in the 70s and 80s.

1452
01:23:58,660 --> 01:24:02,980
 The ones that will hurt will be your smaller schools, who have the coaches, who slow it down.

1453
01:24:04,300 --> 01:24:07,520
 And one specifically, Josh Bryant, he was indifferent on that physical boys.

1454
01:24:08,280 --> 01:24:09,240
 He was indifferent on it.

1455
01:24:09,240 --> 01:24:14,540
 They went ahead and got the shot clock already when they put the scoreboard out this offseason.

1456
01:24:15,060 --> 01:24:16,560
 But he can play both ways.

1457
01:24:16,560 --> 01:24:21,180
 He can play run and go in, but if he can play you in the 40s and 30s, he can really be.

1458
01:24:22,100 --> 01:24:26,040
 Coach Trigger at Wilson, he wants to run and go in like Coach Panner does at Deshler.

1459
01:24:26,660 --> 01:24:32,940
 But we saw in area play and area tournament how both styles contradicted each other.

1460
01:24:34,120 --> 01:24:37,040
 And I think it was the play-in game at Brooks in area tournament.

1461
01:24:39,040 --> 01:24:40,800
 It was like in the 20s at halftime.

1462
01:24:40,800 --> 01:24:45,620
 And at Wilson, Central had it like a 20-15 game at halftime.

1463
01:24:46,560 --> 01:24:49,480
 So it wasn't a 30-20, whatever.

1464
01:24:49,560 --> 01:24:53,420
 It was like a 20-15 at halftime and like five points in the second quarter.

1465
01:24:54,040 --> 01:24:57,940
 Now, he doesn't slow it down to the point of stall ball, holding the ball out of Fairfield.

1466
01:24:58,180 --> 01:25:02,640
 There's a boy, but he can slow it down to like a 40-second.

1467
01:25:03,520 --> 01:25:04,960
 And the big key was going to be this.

1468
01:25:05,180 --> 01:25:06,100
 The 25 is going to reset.

1469
01:25:06,100 --> 01:25:09,880
 You can kill a minute, minute-and-a-half steal on the clock if you get a rebound.

1470
01:25:10,680 --> 01:25:13,940
 All that's a rebound, if it's a foul, it's reset to 25.

1471
01:25:14,540 --> 01:25:19,540
 You can pull it out to the top, 35 seconds on the clock, take a shot at five seconds left,

1472
01:25:20,040 --> 01:25:22,440
 all that's a rebound, 25 seconds on the clock.

1473
01:25:22,820 --> 01:25:23,920
 That's a minute or a third of gameplay.

1474
01:25:24,520 --> 01:25:24,680
 Yeah.

1475
01:25:25,680 --> 01:25:26,400
 A minute-and-a-half.

1476
01:25:26,680 --> 01:25:27,080
 Two minutes.

1477
01:25:27,180 --> 01:25:33,880
 You can still stall ball, but you've got to be very strategic about it now versus the old way.

1478
01:25:34,080 --> 01:25:36,120
 And also, the two-for-one that's going to be interesting as well.

1479
01:25:36,280 --> 01:25:40,440
 The two-for-one is where you're – if it's about 45 seconds on the clock or 40 on the clock

1480
01:25:40,440 --> 01:25:46,300
 at the end of a half or quarter, you take a shot then to reset the clock for the opponent

1481
01:25:46,300 --> 01:25:51,320
 where they have to take a shot to get a violation, and you're guaranteed the ball at the end of

1482
01:25:51,320 --> 01:25:55,000
 the quarter, in theory, it'd be a rebound where they meet up.

1483
01:25:55,920 --> 01:25:58,580
 So, the two-for-one, you can go four or five points at the end of the quarter.

1484
01:25:59,140 --> 01:26:03,380
 You can take a two-point lead to a seven-point lead or a three-point lead to a ten-point lead.

1485
01:26:04,080 --> 01:26:06,160
 Or however you want to do the math on it.

1486
01:26:06,380 --> 01:26:07,380
 With that two-for-one now.

1487
01:26:08,200 --> 01:26:09,080
 And it's going to make playoffs.

1488
01:26:09,200 --> 01:26:14,500
 It's really interesting, too, because we see it right now in baseball with ABS and MLB.

1489
01:26:15,840 --> 01:26:18,480
 Wait for a game that means a lot to be decided by that.

1490
01:26:19,240 --> 01:26:21,760
 And wait for a game in the playoffs to be decided by a shot-not violation.

1491
01:26:22,480 --> 01:26:26,000
 A hundred minutes ago in the fourth quarter, violation, turnover.

1492
01:26:26,840 --> 01:26:28,940
 The team crumbles before they fall apart.

1493
01:26:29,600 --> 01:26:31,080
 And they lose because of that.

1494
01:26:32,140 --> 01:26:32,280
 Yeah.

1495
01:26:33,640 --> 01:26:37,860
 Baseball, softball, postseason, I mean, right around the corner.

1496
01:26:38,860 --> 01:26:41,380
 Carter Graves had five RBS for Florence.

1497
01:26:41,520 --> 01:26:43,640
 They beat Lauderdale County earlier this week.

1498
01:26:43,760 --> 01:26:45,320
 Falcons, 19-10.

1499
01:26:45,960 --> 01:26:47,800
 Two teams you know very well.

1500
01:26:47,940 --> 01:26:51,340
 Morris Hill wins his 20th game, beating Brooks 11-8.

1501
01:26:51,900 --> 01:26:53,240
 Brooks, 20-10.

1502
01:26:53,440 --> 01:26:54,880
 Morris Hill, 20-7.

1503
01:26:55,040 --> 01:27:00,620
 Belgrin picking up their sixth straight playoff berth.

1504
01:27:00,620 --> 01:27:07,320
 They beat Thartown, who we'll get into this a little bit more next week, obviously, with the playoffs.

1505
01:27:07,620 --> 01:27:12,000
 Who's playing well right now going into the playoffs, particularly in baseball?

1506
01:27:12,940 --> 01:27:19,060
 On the baseball side, Deschler is still top of the top in that area as far as in the region, my bad.

1507
01:27:19,920 --> 01:27:26,100
 But Morris Hill also, they're the top two, arguably, in the coverage area and everybody else.

1508
01:27:26,100 --> 01:27:39,160
 On the softball side, Central, Deschler, Carbett County still, Hayley Davis, Carbett Hott, Morris Hill, and Sheldon Christian is a two-seed in their area this year.

1509
01:27:39,700 --> 01:27:42,680
 So, they'll be a two-seed against Waterloo in the first game of the area tournament.

1510
01:27:43,700 --> 01:27:44,880
 That's something to watch also.

1511
01:27:46,100 --> 01:27:50,580
 And foreign softball last night had a big win in 29 under James Clemens.

1512
01:27:51,240 --> 01:27:52,860
 Hadn't won an area game all year until now.

1513
01:27:53,240 --> 01:27:54,480
 And that's a huge win to get.

1514
01:27:55,260 --> 01:27:55,380
 Yep.

1515
01:27:55,380 --> 01:27:58,980
 Last week, he's been big for a lot of softball, beating in the tournament.

1516
01:28:00,060 --> 01:28:01,380
 And getting an aerial win.

1517
01:28:02,580 --> 01:28:05,560
 So, the softball side is also getting interesting.

1518
01:28:06,020 --> 01:28:07,200
 Central has hattened today.

1519
01:28:07,540 --> 01:28:10,960
 And if Central wins, it's a two-way tie to top, which will go to a cornball.

1520
01:28:12,100 --> 01:28:14,680
 If Central loses, Deschler will host that area.

1521
01:28:14,920 --> 01:28:18,160
 And that's important because Deschler is a turf field with a potential of dirt.

1522
01:28:18,880 --> 01:28:20,700
 Out of the rest of the areas, we want to be on dirt.

1523
01:28:20,880 --> 01:28:23,600
 It's a turf for the sole fact of we're used to it.

1524
01:28:24,080 --> 01:28:29,740
 And Deschler hadn't lost the game on turf all year until Tuesday when Central beat them.

1525
01:28:30,060 --> 01:28:35,900
 Yeah, that's exactly right.

1526
01:28:36,000 --> 01:28:38,700
 Central improving to 33-5.

1527
01:28:38,820 --> 01:28:41,940
 Izzy Miller with four RBIs there.

1528
01:28:42,140 --> 01:28:49,460
 And before we go, tip of the cap, again, to Florence, soccer, shutout Bob Jones, 3-0.

1529
01:28:50,100 --> 01:28:51,520
 They're 18-1-1.

1530
01:28:51,620 --> 01:28:53,540
 That was their 14th shutout.

1531
01:28:53,820 --> 01:28:54,100
 Wow.

1532
01:28:54,220 --> 01:28:55,360
 That's hard to believe.

1533
01:28:55,360 --> 01:28:59,360
 14 shutouts on the season for the Florence soccer.

1534
01:29:00,060 --> 01:29:05,160
 Listen, you do a great job with the standings for both baseball and softball.

1535
01:29:05,380 --> 01:29:11,040
 Again, you'll have the tie, the tiebreakers, the scores, the recaps.

1536
01:29:11,100 --> 01:29:12,420
 You do a great job with that.

1537
01:29:12,760 --> 01:29:16,560
 Where can we get online and get the standings, get the scores?

1538
01:29:16,880 --> 01:29:20,780
 And I know you're going to be previewing the playoffs probably in the next couple of days.

1539
01:29:21,780 --> 01:29:28,220
 Facebook, Shows, for support, and Twitter, at lowercase, S-H-O-A-L-S-P-O-R-T-S.

1540
01:29:28,780 --> 01:29:33,280
 We'll be out of the match tournament all weekend with softball this weekend, teams for them all over coming in.

1541
01:29:33,760 --> 01:29:38,680
 Scott's part of the far south is Hoover, Hill City, and far north is Stockton County, Tennessee.

1542
01:29:39,440 --> 01:29:40,620
 I think Loretta's coming down, too.

1543
01:29:41,260 --> 01:29:44,700
 By 70 teams, you can buy a varsity and JVS tournament.

1544
01:29:44,800 --> 01:29:45,080
 Wow.

1545
01:29:45,600 --> 01:29:48,580
 And about 50 varsity coming in to Florence.

1546
01:29:49,120 --> 01:29:52,480
 Huge waking for the city of Florence, too, for businesses, hotels, and all that as well.

1547
01:29:53,040 --> 01:29:54,960
 Kind of a test run for regionals in a few weeks off.

1548
01:29:56,460 --> 01:29:59,620
 Logan, you need to hit the buffet, my friend, Zach, because you know why?

1549
01:29:59,700 --> 01:30:01,420
 Because you're going to be spending some calories.

1550
01:30:01,420 --> 01:30:03,280
 Listen, man, as always, good luck with you.

1551
01:30:03,320 --> 01:30:06,560
 Before you get away, where can we get the very latest with you, Zach?

1552
01:30:07,980 --> 01:30:14,260
 Facebook, Shows Sports Report, and Twitter, at lowercase, S-H-O-A-L-S-P-O-R-T-S.

1553
01:30:15,040 --> 01:30:15,720
 Sounds great.

1554
01:30:15,840 --> 01:30:18,500
 Listen, man, stay safe out there, and thanks so much for your time today.

1555
01:30:19,260 --> 01:30:19,740
 Thanks for your time, y'all.

1556
01:30:19,760 --> 01:30:19,880
 Peace.

1557
01:30:20,480 --> 01:30:21,100
 Thank you, bud.

1558
01:30:21,200 --> 01:30:24,160
 Zach Pounders, founder and editor of Shows Sports Report.

1559
01:30:24,340 --> 01:30:26,900
 Coming up, time to head on down to a place called Tuscaloosa

1560
01:30:26,900 --> 01:30:29,200
 and get the latest time talk with Ryan Fowler next.

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01:30:29,280 --> 01:30:29,760
 Stay with us.

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1654
01:35:37,620 --> 01:35:38,260
 Welcome back in.

1655
01:35:38,340 --> 01:35:42,020
 Time to take a little road trip down to a place called Tuscaloosa, Alabama,

1656
01:35:42,180 --> 01:35:48,020
 where Ryan Fowler drives you home afternoons as host of the game when tied 109 FM in T-Town.

1657
01:35:48,140 --> 01:35:48,920
 Ryan, welcome in.

1658
01:35:48,980 --> 01:35:49,500
 How are you?

1659
01:35:50,860 --> 01:35:51,580
 Doing good.

1660
01:35:51,680 --> 01:35:52,840
 Good to talk with you guys.

1661
01:35:52,960 --> 01:35:53,780
 Hope all is well.

1662
01:35:54,140 --> 01:35:56,240
 And I did apologize to your producer.

1663
01:35:56,520 --> 01:35:57,720
 I apologize to Brett.

1664
01:35:57,840 --> 01:35:59,720
 So, I guess, Harold, I owe you one, too.

1665
01:36:00,160 --> 01:36:03,680
 I don't think I've ever missed an interview, but I did last week with you guys.

1666
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 I was having a little bit of a battery issue.

1667
01:36:07,340 --> 01:36:09,560
 So, anyway, I apologize for that.

1668
01:36:09,680 --> 01:36:14,000
 And you guys were calling, and I was trying to get my car jumped off and trying to get to the radio station.

1669
01:36:14,080 --> 01:36:15,240
 So, I missed you guys last week.

1670
01:36:15,280 --> 01:36:16,400
 I do apologize for that.

1671
01:36:16,460 --> 01:36:17,100
 Hope all is well.

1672
01:36:17,140 --> 01:36:17,920
 Let's talk a little football.

1673
01:36:18,640 --> 01:36:19,620
 Let me ask you this.

1674
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 Do you have something in common with the rest of us?

1675
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 Are you imperfect, Ryan?

1676
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 If so, then you're totally excused, okay?

1677
01:36:26,860 --> 01:36:34,800
 Well, I know how it is as a radio host when you've got a guest that is scheduled and you can't get in touch

1678
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 because you're trying to, okay, I don't know if I'm going to open up another segment.

1679
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 I don't know where I'm going to go.

1680
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 So, I know how inconvenient that can be as a host.

1681
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 And we all have to do live radio.

1682
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 But I was dealing with something.

1683
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 I was mad.

1684
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 Heck, I thought I was going to have to get somebody to fill in for me.

1685
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 And I've never not had to show up for a radio show because, well, I was trying to get jumped off.

1686
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 I kid you not.

1687
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 If your producer was calling me, I literally had jumper cables on the front of my car trying to get jumped off.

1688
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 And I thought, okay, in another two minutes, I've got to call an Uber because if it doesn't jump off,

1689
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 because I got, I mean, I was, you know, I looked, I was, I was at about 10 minutes away from the radio station.

1690
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 It wasn't like it was bad, but I wasn't going to run.

1691
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 I can promise you that.

1692
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 You don't want to see me running down that far on the boulevard because they'd probably be like, what's wrong with Fowler if they see me running?

1693
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 But anyway, appreciate you guys as always.

1694
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 And just wanted to make that public.

1695
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 Well, it was your car.

1696
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 Brent and I had to have jumper cables just to get out of bed in the mornings.

1697
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 Wait till you get this to age, right?

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 What are you going to do for an uncle?

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 I'm getting there.

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 I'm getting there.

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 No, I'm getting there.

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 I know you are.

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 I know what you're talking about.

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 I mean, there's some mornings I feel like I need a pair of jumper cables.

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 Yes.

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 Yes.

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 Yeah.

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 Just make sure you get them connected, right?

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 That really can make you day long.

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 But, Ryan, let me ask you this.

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 What do you do for an uncle after last weekend?

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 Football in your backyard and your impressions of that.

1713
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 And where do you go from here?

1714
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 We've got a Morgan Wallen concert.

1715
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 Now, listen, I don't know anything about Morgan Wallen, okay?

1716
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 If you played a song for me and you said, Fowler, you've got to be able to pick who this is.

1717
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 Now, I'm telling you, I don't think I would be able to pick who sings.

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 You know, if you played me in a Chris Stapleton song or an old country, I'd be able to tell you,

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 hey, that's George Jones.

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 That's a little Willie Nelson.

1721
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 That's a little bit more old there.

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 Brooks and Dunn.

1723
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 But Morgan is going to help them.

1724
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 And, you know, it's kind of ironic that you've got an Auburn girl in Ellie Langley and a Tennessee volunteer fan in Morgan Wallen.

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 Who put this together, man?

1726
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 Well, a Georgia fan in Tuscaloosa raising money, you know, the concert is going to benefit, no doubt, in their pocketbooks.

1727
01:38:55,720 --> 01:38:59,020
 But it will also be a big initiative for the athletic department.

1728
01:38:59,120 --> 01:39:00,640
 It's going to be a big fundraiser for the university.

1729
01:39:01,060 --> 01:39:06,060
 So we've got a Tennessee, you know, you could write a headline, and this would be a false headline.

1730
01:39:06,460 --> 01:39:12,040
 But Alabama's so bad, broke, that a Tennessee and an Auburn fan's got to help us raise money.

1731
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 Now, that would be a false headline, but you know what I mean.

1732
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 I mean, it doesn't really matter in 2026.

1733
01:39:18,500 --> 01:39:19,680
 So, yes, yes.

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01:39:21,780 --> 01:39:30,940
 We could ask you about 70 players, but I wanted to ask you about one position, and it's still a work in progress, and that's the offensive line.

1735
01:39:31,640 --> 01:39:33,380
 We've heard good things about him.

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01:39:33,480 --> 01:39:38,240
 Jackson Lloyd, literally from the start of the spring, was named the starter.

1737
01:39:38,980 --> 01:39:42,620
 William Sanders coming back in summer camp at left guard.

1738
01:39:42,740 --> 01:39:43,960
 Others have played there.

1739
01:39:44,520 --> 01:39:48,140
 Grayson Delgati pretty much has manned the center for day one.

1740
01:39:48,760 --> 01:39:54,660
 Michael Carroll's moved inside to right guard, and Javon James at right tackle.

1741
01:39:55,300 --> 01:39:57,840
 And we know there's still a lot of work to do there, Ryan.

1742
01:39:57,840 --> 01:40:01,180
 They ran for about 120 yards unofficially.

1743
01:40:02,200 --> 01:40:03,680
 What did you catch?

1744
01:40:04,080 --> 01:40:11,240
 Again, I know you've had limited viewing with media viewing throughout, once again, maybe 20 or 30 minutes.

1745
01:40:11,620 --> 01:40:13,420
 Your thoughts on the offensive line.

1746
01:40:15,740 --> 01:40:19,100
 Well, there's several different things here.

1747
01:40:19,820 --> 01:40:27,160
 And I did ask Coach DeBoer on Monday about the offensive line, and I'll answer it the same way that he did because I think it's a really good answer.

1748
01:40:27,680 --> 01:40:29,900
 I am pleased with the direction they're headed.

1749
01:40:29,900 --> 01:40:31,640
 I'm not pleased with where they're at.

1750
01:40:31,780 --> 01:40:35,820
 And I know that sounds like Coach talk, but I think he's being transparent.

1751
01:40:36,180 --> 01:40:41,520
 He's not pleased with where they're at currently, but he's pleased with the direction that they're going.

1752
01:40:41,960 --> 01:40:48,120
 And I think that's fair to go back and say, I saw some developing in that offensive line.

1753
01:40:48,640 --> 01:40:55,460
 And I don't mean to put this all on Coach Kapp, but that offensive line as a group did not work together as a unit.

1754
01:40:56,100 --> 01:40:57,000
 Why is that?

1755
01:40:57,000 --> 01:41:03,840
 Well, Auburn, you guys may see a little dose of Coach Kapp because I believe he's down across the state.

1756
01:41:04,400 --> 01:41:07,020
 And I don't know if it was relationships.

1757
01:41:07,400 --> 01:41:10,780
 I don't know if he just can get the guys to play for her to a level.

1758
01:41:11,600 --> 01:41:19,260
 But it's one of those things that when I look back, I mean, guys, here next week, this coming one week from today,

1759
01:41:20,520 --> 01:41:22,300
 Caden Proctor's name is going to be called.

1760
01:41:23,380 --> 01:41:24,420
 It will be called.

1761
01:41:24,800 --> 01:41:24,940
 Okay.

1762
01:41:25,180 --> 01:41:26,620
 His name will be called.

1763
01:41:27,920 --> 01:41:31,360
 Parker Browsford, over the weekend, his name will be called.

1764
01:41:32,060 --> 01:41:32,220
 Yep.

1765
01:41:32,480 --> 01:41:39,280
 That offensive line had a lot of talent, but they just struggled to play together as a unit.

1766
01:41:39,400 --> 01:41:45,360
 Now, some of that was probably because of the quality of backs, that it did not work.

1767
01:41:45,460 --> 01:41:47,780
 It did not, you know, they did not run the football very well.

1768
01:41:47,900 --> 01:41:50,760
 And that's one of the things that they're going to have to find a way to do better.

1769
01:41:50,760 --> 01:41:56,400
 I didn't see enough in the rushing attack to get me excited about that unit.

1770
01:41:56,740 --> 01:41:58,760
 But I do think that there's some talent.

1771
01:41:58,920 --> 01:42:04,120
 Rayshawn Brown showed us a little something, something that was good.

1772
01:42:04,460 --> 01:42:08,060
 But I also think that we've got to see what EJ Crowell is going to be able to give you.

1773
01:42:08,220 --> 01:42:09,480
 What's he going to be able to give you?

1774
01:42:09,560 --> 01:42:11,880
 Because we know that K-Bill is him.

1775
01:42:12,260 --> 01:42:16,760
 And if he can give you what I think he can give you, you know, there should be a reason

1776
01:42:16,760 --> 01:42:21,700
 Alabama fans should be excited because I think this offense under both of these quarterbacks

1777
01:42:21,700 --> 01:42:22,440
 can click.

1778
01:42:22,920 --> 01:42:27,120
 And if you can find a rushing attack that can make you a little bit balanced,

1779
01:42:27,780 --> 01:42:31,220
 then I think this offense can be very, very good in Tuscaloos.

1780
01:42:32,000 --> 01:42:35,780
 I think the other way of looking at it, if you can keep that defense off balance with a running game,

1781
01:42:35,880 --> 01:42:37,380
 that would certainly help things too.

1782
01:42:37,480 --> 01:42:40,760
 Ryan Fowler, host of the game, tied to 109 FM.

1783
01:42:41,040 --> 01:42:43,260
 Ryan, everybody's talking, of course, about the obvious quarterback.

1784
01:42:43,600 --> 01:42:44,980
 I mean, what's Kellen DeBoer going to do?

1785
01:42:45,040 --> 01:42:48,360
 Come out and name somebody and have him leave town the first chance.

1786
01:42:48,420 --> 01:42:50,440
 So he's got to be half political here.

1787
01:42:50,800 --> 01:42:55,800
 But is there any scenario where Keelan Russell is going to be sitting on the bench next year?

1788
01:42:55,800 --> 01:43:05,260
 I can see Austin Mack out of loyalty, may getting the early edge, but Russell showed the it factor Saturday.

1789
01:43:05,400 --> 01:43:07,400
 Not only that, just what we've been talking about.

1790
01:43:07,660 --> 01:43:12,160
 Doesn't take a rocket scientist over at the Arsenal here to come up with this.

1791
01:43:12,240 --> 01:43:17,460
 But when you have a line that's kind of iffy, you better have somebody that's kind of shifty when it comes to quarterback.

1792
01:43:17,460 --> 01:43:35,720
 Yeah, I think when you look at it, you've got to go back to what Kellen DeBoer said about Keelan Russell on Monday.

1793
01:43:36,360 --> 01:43:44,280
 I asked him, Harold, if you said, if you look at Keelan Russell, I said, is it time to pump the brakes with him?

1794
01:43:44,480 --> 01:43:51,680
 You know, what would you tell the audience based on that one practice if they're coming away saying, Keelan Russell is your starting quarterback?

1795
01:43:52,220 --> 01:43:59,300
 Well, he pretty much refused to pump the brakes and kind of get the gas on the way to the brakes a little bit.

1796
01:43:59,620 --> 01:44:09,660
 And he said, listen, I'm not going to overhype the guy, but I'm also not going to downplay what he did at A-Day that can get the fans excited about their, you know, one of the quarterbacks.

1797
01:44:09,900 --> 01:44:13,300
 But that being said, is this still a competition?

1798
01:44:13,300 --> 01:44:22,460
 It is, and I'll tell you this, I know that Austin Mack has also fought back this week and had a pretty solid week on Tuesday and Thursday.

1799
01:44:22,600 --> 01:44:23,500
 You say, hold on, practice?

1800
01:44:23,920 --> 01:44:25,700
 Yes, they had a Tuesday and a Thursday practice.

1801
01:44:25,840 --> 01:44:29,040
 They finished up another couple of practices there.

1802
01:44:29,420 --> 01:44:31,480
 So, yes, yes, they do.

1803
01:44:31,680 --> 01:44:32,120
 They do.

1804
01:44:32,520 --> 01:44:40,460
 And I think when you look at it, I still think that Keelan Russell has the higher ceiling, but will that win the job?

1805
01:44:41,060 --> 01:44:41,800
 I don't know.

1806
01:44:42,340 --> 01:44:46,800
 Possibly, if I'm betting, guys, I'm betting that it's Keelan Russell.

1807
01:44:47,540 --> 01:44:50,560
 But I'm not, you know, but I'm not Coach DeBoer.

1808
01:44:51,640 --> 01:44:54,500
 I'm a long way, if I had his money, I wouldn't be betting anyway.

1809
01:44:54,820 --> 01:44:58,760
 But I'd just, I'd be happy with what I have.

1810
01:44:59,160 --> 01:45:04,800
 But, yeah, when you look at what these two quarterbacks have, I think they can play winning football, both of them.

1811
01:45:04,880 --> 01:45:05,340
 I really do.

1812
01:45:05,660 --> 01:45:10,060
 That's not just me doing the little, I think they are that good of quarterback.

1813
01:45:10,500 --> 01:45:16,920
 And I'm willing to say that this may be, this may be one of the best quarterback rooms in the country.

1814
01:45:17,560 --> 01:45:23,120
 Because off the bottom, there's a lot of talent because, and Rodney Orr and I was talking about this.

1815
01:45:23,200 --> 01:45:34,160
 I've got to give him credit, but Jet Tamala, 12, 13 practices in, guys, look at what they've been able to do with him and getting him college ready.

1816
01:45:34,540 --> 01:45:39,120
 Like, he looked like a guy, you know, in an emergency situation that could give you a little something.

1817
01:45:39,120 --> 01:45:45,080
 So, they're, and it looks like they're going to sign a couple more in this class here that's upcoming.

1818
01:45:46,480 --> 01:45:52,120
 I mean, maybe what Kalen DeBoer is going to set up for college football, the player trades that's coming.

1819
01:45:52,920 --> 01:45:57,520
 And they'll trade quarterbacks for, you know, other positions of need if they need one.

1820
01:45:57,560 --> 01:45:58,760
 I'm just, you know, exaggerating.

1821
01:45:58,900 --> 01:45:59,780
 But you know what I mean.

1822
01:46:00,640 --> 01:46:01,980
 They're going to have a lot of quarterbacks.

1823
01:46:03,000 --> 01:46:07,200
 But they're also probably going to have some guys that, you know, may not be a part of next year's team,

1824
01:46:07,200 --> 01:46:13,160
 and they need to recruit because there's a lot of buzz about Elijah Hayden possibly leaning

1825
01:46:13,160 --> 01:46:14,760
 towards the University of Alabama.

1826
01:46:15,760 --> 01:46:20,100
 Yeah, that's an April 25th declaration about where he's going.

1827
01:46:20,680 --> 01:46:24,640
 We have probably talked about 30 players this week on both sides of the ball.

1828
01:46:24,700 --> 01:46:27,080
 And by the way, that Irish kicker's pretty good.

1829
01:46:28,080 --> 01:46:31,220
 Who else, in particular, caught your eye Saturday?

1830
01:46:32,200 --> 01:46:32,920
 Treshawn Brown.

1831
01:46:34,120 --> 01:46:35,840
 It's been a buzz here in Tuscaloosa.

1832
01:46:36,040 --> 01:46:42,160
 That's because, you know, those recruiting services now, and I promise you, if you looked it up five years from now,

1833
01:46:42,640 --> 01:46:45,580
 they go back and they change their recruiting rankings, if you notice.

1834
01:46:45,680 --> 01:46:46,760
 I don't know if you guys noticed that.

1835
01:46:46,860 --> 01:46:47,620
 Don't tell anybody.

1836
01:46:47,780 --> 01:46:49,060
 I told y'all that they do that.

1837
01:46:49,480 --> 01:46:55,520
 But they'll go back because nobody had Josh Jacobs where the stars have him.

1838
01:46:55,520 --> 01:46:59,700
 If you go look him up as a recruit, I promise you they've inflated those numbers to where they were at.

1839
01:46:59,700 --> 01:47:02,240
 He was a midnight addition out of Oklahoma.

1840
01:47:02,460 --> 01:47:03,300
 Nobody warned him.

1841
01:47:03,460 --> 01:47:05,820
 And all of a sudden, he came in under the midnight clock.

1842
01:47:06,940 --> 01:47:14,520
 And, Brett, you may know more than I do, but I don't think Treshawn Brown had a ton of big-time offers.

1843
01:47:15,140 --> 01:47:18,460
 Alabama may have been the only big-time offer.

1844
01:47:19,140 --> 01:47:20,640
 I saw that today, Ryan.

1845
01:47:20,700 --> 01:47:21,280
 You're correct.

1846
01:47:22,040 --> 01:47:22,320
 Yeah.

1847
01:47:22,580 --> 01:47:24,700
 This guy's special, man.

1848
01:47:24,740 --> 01:47:25,520
 I really do.

1849
01:47:25,600 --> 01:47:28,480
 I think he can be a big-time player.

1850
01:47:28,540 --> 01:47:30,260
 I think he can be a bell cow back.

1851
01:47:30,260 --> 01:47:35,940
 I mean, he looks the part when you look at just his agility, his moves, his speed.

1852
01:47:36,120 --> 01:47:40,880
 He gives you a little something that you really don't have right now in that running back room.

1853
01:47:41,060 --> 01:47:45,540
 So, I think there's a – you know, I think Daniel Hill looks like a different back.

1854
01:47:46,300 --> 01:47:46,580
 He does.

1855
01:47:47,280 --> 01:47:52,280
 But I still think that there's still – and why show anything?

1856
01:47:52,500 --> 01:47:53,480
 You don't have to show anything.

1857
01:47:53,880 --> 01:47:54,300
 Thank you.

1858
01:47:54,300 --> 01:47:55,420
 You're showing the fans.

1859
01:47:55,540 --> 01:47:56,840
 You're trying to create some excitement.

1860
01:47:57,520 --> 01:48:00,940
 But there's no reason to go crazy and show anything.

1861
01:48:01,080 --> 01:48:02,360
 So, I think they were pretty vanilla.

1862
01:48:03,240 --> 01:48:05,700
 But my biggest takeaway is depth.

1863
01:48:05,780 --> 01:48:08,820
 And I told Coach DeBoer this when I interviewed him on Monday.

1864
01:48:09,260 --> 01:48:13,820
 My biggest takeaway was the amount of depth that they've got at a lot of different positions.

1865
01:48:14,500 --> 01:48:22,880
 There was no doubt a conscious effort to fix some of those because it kind of got them – you know, Georgia, the SEC title game, they run out of players in that game.

1866
01:48:23,080 --> 01:48:32,140
 And so, when you look at the depth situation, I think Alabama's in a better spot from a depth standpoint than they've been in a long time at certain positions.

1867
01:48:32,340 --> 01:48:36,300
 Now, the wide receiver with Noah Rodgers getting hurt, that's going to hurt.

1868
01:48:36,600 --> 01:48:37,240
 That's going to hurt.

1869
01:48:37,720 --> 01:48:44,000
 But I think when you look, wide receivers is probably the only group where you feel like the numbers are just not fair.

1870
01:48:44,680 --> 01:48:47,220
 They can't afford another injury at that position.

1871
01:48:47,520 --> 01:48:48,960
 That would put them in a big bind.

1872
01:48:51,260 --> 01:48:53,000
 No, that's exactly right.

1873
01:48:53,440 --> 01:49:04,220
 That was – we talked about that on Monday as far as – and particularly on the defensive front, linebacker, and I think they've got the best secondary in the country.

1874
01:49:05,120 --> 01:49:06,700
 Who have you got on the show?

1875
01:49:06,820 --> 01:49:10,100
 By the way, congratulations on getting Cailin DeBoer on Monday.

1876
01:49:10,200 --> 01:49:16,440
 A lot of different media quoted Ryan Fowler in the game with Cailin DeBoer.

1877
01:49:16,440 --> 01:49:21,440
 Who else have you got on the show today and where can we get online and listen?

1878
01:49:22,480 --> 01:49:24,440
 Well, we've got Rod Dior coming up.

1879
01:49:24,900 --> 01:49:26,860
 We've also got Brad Cowers.

1880
01:49:27,280 --> 01:49:32,580
 But we also are going to be talking with Ryan Kelly, who just retired in the National Football League.

1881
01:49:32,620 --> 01:49:35,460
 He's going to lead us out right at 2 o'clock.

1882
01:49:35,540 --> 01:49:43,160
 And we're going to visit with him for a few minutes as we look back at what Alabama, you know, has been able to accomplish with producing these big-time players.

1883
01:49:43,160 --> 01:49:47,220
 So, Ryan Kelly is going to join us coming up here in about 12 minutes in Tuscaloosa.

1884
01:49:47,380 --> 01:49:49,860
 Ryan Kelly, actually, he just sent me a message and said, I'm confirmed.

1885
01:49:50,000 --> 01:49:52,800
 I will be a part – because he told me to send him a reminder.

1886
01:49:52,920 --> 01:49:53,960
 He's getting old, too, see?

1887
01:49:54,080 --> 01:49:55,640
 So, he said, send me a reminder.

1888
01:49:55,760 --> 01:49:56,060
 I did.

1889
01:49:56,120 --> 01:49:57,620
 But he's going to be joining us in the center.

1890
01:49:58,240 --> 01:50:04,140
 Three national titles won at the University of Alabama, 2011, 2012, 2015.

1891
01:50:04,440 --> 01:50:07,160
 So, we'll be talking with Ryan Kelly coming up here in a couple of minutes.

1892
01:50:07,260 --> 01:50:08,520
 I appreciate you guys, as always.

1893
01:50:09,260 --> 01:50:10,700
 Todd109.com in Tuscaloosa.

1894
01:50:11,140 --> 01:50:13,100
 You guys have a great rest of your day and have a great weekend.

1895
01:50:13,720 --> 01:50:14,900
 You do the same, Ryan.

1896
01:50:14,980 --> 01:50:17,180
 Hope those jumper cables continue to work.

1897
01:50:17,340 --> 01:50:21,300
 Ryan Fowler, host of the team, one tied, one under nine FM, down in Tuscaloosa.

1898
01:50:21,400 --> 01:50:24,740
 Baby, what are you going to do with no Braves on 93.9, the score tonight?

1899
01:50:24,820 --> 01:50:25,760
 That's a good question.

1900
01:50:25,760 --> 01:50:34,020
 I will have – you know, I normally work out at night, but I will have to find something to fill that Braves vacuum this evening.

1901
01:50:34,400 --> 01:50:39,860
 So, Mr. Muscles and the Braves will return coming up tomorrow night.

1902
01:50:40,360 --> 01:50:41,420
 A big night for the Braves.

1903
01:50:41,520 --> 01:50:42,380
 Hope they get done.

1904
01:50:42,480 --> 01:50:43,400
 They took on the Marlins.

1905
01:50:43,500 --> 01:50:44,780
 They increased their lead to three.

1906
01:50:44,880 --> 01:50:49,720
 They take on the Phillies tomorrow night in the City of Brotherly Love.

1907
01:50:49,840 --> 01:50:50,940
 Talking about a misnomer.

1908
01:50:51,120 --> 01:50:52,460
 City of Brotherly Love.

1909
01:50:52,560 --> 01:50:53,560
 Are you kidding me?

1910
01:50:53,940 --> 01:50:55,180
 That's going to take care of business for now.

1911
01:50:55,260 --> 01:50:57,700
 On behalf of B.B., Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

1912
01:50:57,820 --> 01:50:59,720
 Harold Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1913
01:50:59,720 --> 01:51:04,400
 Let's do it again tomorrow, noon to two, with the B.B.O. Buck Show, back here on Sports Radio, 93.9, the score.