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 Roger, welcome in.

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 Welcome to the league.

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 You know, all these other fan bases are able to get to Madison in a relatively quick drive.

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 they can host that every year over the next four years.

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 I got to see it in the Southern League when the Barons hosted the SEC tournament at the Hoover Met years ago.

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 Crimson Drive, who have you got on today?

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 Today and Thursday, UAB tonight, Rocky Topp this weekend.

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 Tell us about your week.

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 and we can't wait to talk NASCAR once again with a great Alabama fan

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 So that's all coming up on our social media platforms, again, at UA underscore CTSN.

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 But I do need to give you something, Roger, and that's a verbal bouquet.

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 You're good, Roger.

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 There you have your verbal bouquet for the day, okay?

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 Thank you.

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 Keep up the good work, Roger, and thanks for your time today, buddy.

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 You got that international airport right there.

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 Coming up, he knows Auburn inside.

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 Welcome back in.

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 It is always a privilege for us to open the door and say hello to CT, Charlie Trotman,

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 Charlie, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Thank you, Harold.

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 I'm doing great.

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 Hey, Brett.

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 Hey, buddy.

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 It's good to have you in the huddle, Charlie.

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 Everybody's asking us, what about this Auburn Tigers football team coming out of the spring

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 We said, who better to answer the question than the man who's been there and done that?

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 You've won the jersey for Auburn in the spring game.

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 Charlie, where are you starting the Monday after, in this case, the Tuesday after, talking

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 Guys, I think he was trying to teach the team how to practice, number one.

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 The attitude that they have, the way to come together as a team and form a winning tradition

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 they got a lot done in the spring.

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 You know, everybody got used to each other.

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 I mean, Auburn's quarterbacks, both of them are transfers.

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 You bring up a good point.

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 Number one, how bad was it?

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 The other thing, you bring up another point there.

472
00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:26,760
 These coaches, they have to be part salesmen.

473
00:25:26,820 --> 00:25:30,160
 So, if they bring in this transfer, they think this guy can help the team win.

474
00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:33,740
 The only problem is you got to bring in three or four guys, like in this case, quarterbacks.

475
00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:36,380
 And every one of them's got the same goal.

476
00:25:36,380 --> 00:25:41,660
 They'll come in, cash out, make more money, and maybe move on to even greener pastures next year.

477
00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:47,720
 How does a coach handle the situation that Alex inherited here from just a mindset standpoint?

478
00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:56,480
 And for every coach out there, every player wants the same thing, playing time, because, as Nick always said, they're trying to create value for themselves.

479
00:25:56,900 --> 00:25:59,300
 Yeah, and he's a really good salesman.

480
00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:01,080
 Coach Goldish is a good salesman.

481
00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:13,340
 He's trying to sell these guys on the family atmosphere at Auburn, on Auburn being a special place to play, on the fact that you ought to have pride in what you're doing, playing at Auburn.

482
00:26:13,340 --> 00:26:27,400
 And, you know, the guy that is, you know, the vocal point of that is Byron Brown, the quarterback who, you know, was a 3,000-yard passer and a 1,000-yard rusher last year at South Florida.

483
00:26:27,620 --> 00:26:30,840
 And he did not have a great A-Day game.

484
00:26:31,300 --> 00:26:39,320
 He only threw for 85 yards and was 50 percent, seven out of 14, and had no touchdowns and two interceptions.

485
00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:41,300
 So people would worry about that.

486
00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:52,020
 But, you know, I remember when Cam Newton came to Auburn and they didn't – he only threw about eight or nine passes in the A-Day game and only completed three.

487
00:26:52,020 --> 00:27:03,720
 And, you know, people were wondering when – is this guy – because they kept him from running the football and they were wondering, is this guy really going to be a good quarterback?

488
00:27:03,920 --> 00:27:07,520
 And he ends up winning the Heisman Trophy in the national championship.

489
00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:11,940
 So I'm not saying that Byron Brown is, of course, going to do that.

490
00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:17,740
 But he has certainly proven himself in pressure situations.

491
00:27:17,740 --> 00:27:19,620
 He played against Florida last year.

492
00:27:19,720 --> 00:27:20,740
 He played against Miami.

493
00:27:21,280 --> 00:27:24,400
 Those defenses and did very well.

494
00:27:24,520 --> 00:27:25,740
 They actually beat Florida.

495
00:27:26,260 --> 00:27:30,420
 And so, you know, I think I'm excited about Byron Brown.

496
00:27:30,580 --> 00:27:36,700
 And I think our running back room is going to be tremendously strong with Jeremiah Cobb coming back.

497
00:27:36,700 --> 00:27:43,220
 And we got this Bryson Washington kid from – he had over 1,800 yards from Taylor.

498
00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:46,880
 And then Omar Mabson's back.

499
00:27:47,620 --> 00:27:50,260
 Davenport came in from South Florida.

500
00:27:50,540 --> 00:27:52,900
 So the running back room looks good.

501
00:27:52,900 --> 00:28:01,180
 The question mark is going to be really the offensive line because, you know, it's a makeshift offensive line with new guys.

502
00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:04,680
 And, you know, they're going to have to play well.

503
00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:13,480
 The word is that they improved during the spring and they played much better at the end of spring than they did when they first started.

504
00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:17,240
 But they had a hard time at the first of the spring campaign.

505
00:28:18,240 --> 00:28:19,740
 Charlie, I agree with you.

506
00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:23,380
 I think that's one thing, Ali's goal is just trying to teach these guys.

507
00:28:23,500 --> 00:28:26,880
 You mentioned how to practice and some of them don't know how to do that.

508
00:28:27,280 --> 00:28:29,640
 I think he's also trying to teach them how to win.

509
00:28:30,600 --> 00:28:36,680
 And we've talked with a lot of the Auburn beat writers and just some of the attributes he's got.

510
00:28:37,120 --> 00:28:44,760
 Accountability, sense of urgency, attention to detail, organization, something, Charlie, he's mentioned two or three times.

511
00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:53,120
 And in this day and time, he's brought in, I believe, 19 players from Central Florida in some of the staff.

512
00:28:53,820 --> 00:28:55,520
 He knows his identity.

513
00:28:56,060 --> 00:28:58,840
 I don't know if Auburn knew that for three years under Hugh Freeze.

514
00:28:58,940 --> 00:29:01,200
 He said, look, we're going to run the dadgum ball.

515
00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:04,640
 And they do play action passing.

516
00:29:05,260 --> 00:29:06,840
 Byron Brown does that well.

517
00:29:07,100 --> 00:29:08,760
 But, Noah, I'm like you, Charlie.

518
00:29:08,940 --> 00:29:11,520
 Alex Golich brings a lot to the table.

519
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,020
 Well, I think he does.

520
00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:18,620
 You know, a lot of people were questioning the choice of Alex Golich.

521
00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:25,520
 You know, we lost one of the coaches that we thought we were going to get from Tulane who ended up going to Florida.

522
00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:28,320
 And then, you know, there were other people being considered.

523
00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:32,080
 And, of course, you know, DJ Durkin was even considered.

524
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:37,200
 And then Alex Golich comes in and people are kind of like, well, wait a minute, who's that?

525
00:29:37,380 --> 00:29:44,000
 And he had a great career at Tennessee, had a great career at South Florida as the head coach.

526
00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:49,780
 He knows what he wants to do, just like you said, Brett.

527
00:29:49,780 --> 00:29:57,640
 He is a guy that he just, you know, really, really focuses on accountability.

528
00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:02,160
 He wants these kids to be where they're supposed to be, when they're supposed to be there.

529
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:10,980
 You know, he even held one of the kids out for half of the A-Day for, you know, not being at one of the practices on time.

530
00:30:11,100 --> 00:30:16,860
 And so, you know, the kids understand what Alex Golich wants of them.

531
00:30:16,860 --> 00:30:32,000
 The question mark is going to be, just like he said to the team at A-Day at the end of practice, he said, look, if we stick together and we gel as a team, he said, we can be a good football team.

532
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:33,040
 We've got the power.

533
00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:34,800
 We can be a good football team.

534
00:30:34,940 --> 00:30:47,820
 But if we splinter and if anybody, you know, becomes a problem on the team, it could create, you know, areas where, you know, you're not going to be effective.

535
00:30:47,820 --> 00:30:49,960
 And that's not what you want.

536
00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:57,340
 So, but I think Alex Golich knows, he knows, and he, listen, again, he knows what we're up against with his schedule.

537
00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:09,460
 And it's going to be a tough schedule and, you know, but I believe in Alex Golich, you know, I hate to say it, but I believe that you freeze when he first came to Auburn, too.

538
00:31:10,380 --> 00:31:24,780
 So, you know, maybe it's not in the best stead that I say that, but I see differences between Alex Golich and you freeze, very stark differences that I like.

539
00:31:25,780 --> 00:31:38,280
 Charlie, we had Brian Matthews of Auburn Sports on yesterday, and he said, in his opinion, the best position group on the team is the linebackers.

540
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:45,060
 Xavier Atkins, Elijah Melendez, and he said the most improved group may be in the defensive line.

541
00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:50,440
 Cody Sigler from U-Hope, Dallas Walker, Deshaun Womack, Jared Smith.

542
00:31:50,700 --> 00:31:51,680
 Charlie, would you agree?

543
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,140
 Well, I love the linebackers.

544
00:31:55,240 --> 00:31:59,800
 I think Elijah Melendez is exceptionally talented.

545
00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:04,520
 I think Xavier Atkins was our player of the year on defense last year.

546
00:32:05,260 --> 00:32:07,460
 And I like DeMarcus Riddick.

547
00:32:07,600 --> 00:32:08,700
 He was hurt a lot.

548
00:32:08,780 --> 00:32:09,920
 He has a shoulder injury.

549
00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:13,200
 But I think he's a very talented player, too.

550
00:32:13,980 --> 00:32:20,280
 So, between the three of those guys, our inside linebacker and core should be really, really good.

551
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:21,680
 They're very capable.

552
00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:28,900
 And, you know, I think that Dees, there's another guy, Bryce Dees, that's really good.

553
00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:32,800
 Shadarius Toodle is the guy that you may keep an eye on.

554
00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:40,480
 But, you know, the linebackers, they don't, you know, they're going to play a big rotation on the defensive line.

555
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:45,060
 They got about nine guys that they can go nine deep.

556
00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:47,600
 And I think that they'll rotate a lot.

557
00:32:48,260 --> 00:32:52,640
 And, you know, along with Jared Smith, who's the defensive end that's going to start.

558
00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:56,020
 You got, as you said, Cody Siegler and Dallas Wofford.

559
00:32:56,540 --> 00:32:59,960
 But you got, remember, Malik Autry, he's back.

560
00:33:00,940 --> 00:33:05,260
 And you also got Jordan Crawford, who's back.

561
00:33:06,460 --> 00:33:09,500
 And then, you know, so they, I like that.

562
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:13,180
 But I tell you another position I really like, I like our safeties.

563
00:33:13,180 --> 00:33:16,180
 Because you got Sylvester Smith-Reed.

564
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:23,580
 Anquan Fagans is a tremendously gifted safety, as is Caleb Harris.

565
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:25,460
 I like those guys.

566
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:31,300
 And then there are people that can come in and play really well, like Champ Anthony,

567
00:33:31,300 --> 00:33:33,900
 who didn't even play because of injury in the spring.

568
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:36,100
 He's a very talented kid.

569
00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:42,160
 And he's coming back from an ACL injury and should be ready for the fall.

570
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:47,260
 So, yeah, I think Auburn's got some talent at, you know, different positions.

571
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:49,420
 We hadn't talked about wide receiver.

572
00:33:49,980 --> 00:33:56,320
 But they had a kid that had nine catches, Deshaun Spencer, for 93 yards in the spring game.

573
00:33:56,820 --> 00:34:03,700
 And then, you know, the starters, Chas Nimrod and Kashawn Singleton and Jeremiah Coger,

574
00:34:04,260 --> 00:34:07,740
 those are guys that have proven themselves before.

575
00:34:08,340 --> 00:34:09,700
 They're very dangerous.

576
00:34:09,700 --> 00:34:16,260
 And then that does, you know, the guys that have the highest ceiling are probably Brian Williams, Jr.

577
00:34:16,380 --> 00:34:17,260
 and Bryce Kane.

578
00:34:18,240 --> 00:34:21,820
 So, we're talented at wide receiver.

579
00:34:22,060 --> 00:34:30,920
 The question mark is going to be, can our offensive line give the quarterbacks enough time to get the ball around to these different guys?

580
00:34:31,860 --> 00:34:32,300
 Absolutely.

581
00:34:32,620 --> 00:34:36,360
 Charlie, this is another day I wish we had 30 more minutes with you.

582
00:34:36,540 --> 00:34:38,760
 I always say that when you're on.

583
00:34:39,220 --> 00:34:47,180
 Listen, wonderful to catch up with you and get your perspective on what I think is a much improved Auburn team.

584
00:34:47,420 --> 00:34:48,420
 Tell Whitney hello.

585
00:34:48,540 --> 00:34:51,140
 I saw she had a birthday lately in Charlie, Jr.

586
00:34:51,740 --> 00:34:53,140
 Listen, great to talk with you.

587
00:34:53,200 --> 00:34:55,280
 We don't need an excuse to talk to you.

588
00:34:55,380 --> 00:34:57,660
 We'll give you a call just as soon as possible.

589
00:34:58,140 --> 00:35:04,880
 Well, thank you, guys, and I appreciate it, War Eagle, and anytime y'all need me, I'll be happy to come on.

590
00:35:05,740 --> 00:35:07,880
 I'm writing it down even as we speak, Charlie.

591
00:35:07,900 --> 00:35:10,380
 In the meantime, thanks again so much for your time today.

592
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 You bet.

593
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 You bet, guys.

594
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 Thank you so much.

595
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 Thank you, Charlie.

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 The score.

706
00:40:43,020 --> 00:40:47,780
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

707
00:40:48,340 --> 00:40:48,640
 The score.

708
00:40:48,660 --> 00:40:49,360
 Welcome back in.

709
00:40:49,440 --> 00:40:55,320
 So, how do your picks in the upcoming NFL draft pick compare to the folks out in Vegas?

710
00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:56,740
 Who better to ask that question?

711
00:40:56,820 --> 00:40:57,600
 The king of Vegas.

712
00:40:57,900 --> 00:40:59,140
 Vegas, he's Bruce Marshall.

713
00:40:59,240 --> 00:40:59,520
 He's in there.

714
00:40:59,580 --> 00:41:00,640
 Las Vegas Insider.

715
00:41:00,820 --> 00:41:03,660
 Inside the gold sheet wager talk.

716
00:41:04,240 --> 00:41:05,320
 BounceSports.net.

717
00:41:05,420 --> 00:41:06,320
 Winners and whiners.

718
00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:09,280
 He's got it all covered, including Vegas Insider.

719
00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:10,140
 Bruce, welcome in.

720
00:41:10,180 --> 00:41:10,660
 How are you?

721
00:41:10,660 --> 00:41:12,360
 Yeah, pretty good.

722
00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:13,400
 Pretty busy time of year.

723
00:41:13,480 --> 00:41:17,020
 We thought this would be a time to take it easy, but I guess it's not.

724
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:20,160
 So, Bruce, where do you start?

725
00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:25,420
 How much drama is around the number one pick this week in the upcoming NFL draft?

726
00:41:25,500 --> 00:41:26,620
 And where do you go after that?

727
00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:29,520
 Yeah, I think that's the question, Harold.

728
00:41:29,680 --> 00:41:30,700
 It's where you go after that.

729
00:41:30,780 --> 00:41:33,500
 It doesn't seem to be too much drama about the top pick.

730
00:41:33,780 --> 00:41:37,260
 The Raiders are going to take Fernando Meadows, I'm sure.

731
00:41:37,460 --> 00:41:39,120
 I think it is kind of interesting, though.

732
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:42,220
 And maybe a good move on the Raiders' part.

733
00:41:42,300 --> 00:41:43,820
 They've got the new coach, Clint Kubiak.

734
00:41:43,920 --> 00:41:51,340
 They've brought in Kirk Cousins to be an effective bridge for Mendoza.

735
00:41:51,460 --> 00:41:53,080
 And I actually think that's probably a good thing.

736
00:41:53,180 --> 00:41:56,800
 You don't have to rush Mendoza into the lineup right at the start.

737
00:41:57,540 --> 00:42:04,500
 And if they, you know, end up doing Oakley with Cousins, you know, Mendoza may not see much action at all this season.

738
00:42:05,460 --> 00:42:16,320
 I, for one, I know I'm very impressed with Mendoza, and I said from the start, his freshman year at Cal, I thought he reminded me of Bernie Kosar with a little more mobility.

739
00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:19,680
 And that's sort of proven true.

740
00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:24,940
 But Cal was not a big winner with Mendoza.

741
00:42:25,100 --> 00:42:27,200
 It happened last year for him at Indiana.

742
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:33,740
 And a lot's being made about that scramble and that touchdown in the game against Miami in the title game.

743
00:42:34,220 --> 00:42:35,560
 Well, he's not that fast.

744
00:42:35,780 --> 00:42:40,180
 And when you've got, in the NFL, when you've got guys like Nick Benito chasing you, you're not going to outrun them.

745
00:42:40,440 --> 00:42:45,120
 So, I'm still not sure how great he's going to be.

746
00:42:45,380 --> 00:42:47,540
 But I'm pretty sure he's going to be the number one pick.

747
00:42:47,940 --> 00:42:52,540
 And then we get down to more of the, you know, more of the questions in the draft come after that.

748
00:42:52,580 --> 00:42:54,280
 And I think that's where it starts to get kind of fun.

749
00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:59,520
 Well, I asked you your top five last week.

750
00:43:00,620 --> 00:43:03,300
 Tennessee has the scuttlebutt.

751
00:43:03,300 --> 00:43:08,040
 There's Jeremiah Love, again, to compliment Cam Ward.

752
00:43:08,720 --> 00:43:16,520
 But I've been hearing the last couple of days, and this may just be draft smoke, that Arizona may take Jeremiah Love.

753
00:43:17,340 --> 00:43:19,720
 Orville Reese from Ohio State.

754
00:43:19,860 --> 00:43:21,740
 David Bailey from Texas Tech.

755
00:43:21,820 --> 00:43:24,740
 Those dudes aren't going very far down the list.

756
00:43:25,300 --> 00:43:28,820
 Again, who, what are you hearing about the Titans?

757
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:33,840
 Will Arizona go for Love instead of David Bailey?

758
00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:36,600
 What are you hearing about the next four?

759
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:39,540
 It could be on all those.

760
00:43:39,940 --> 00:43:51,560
 Arizona, and oh, by the way, with Arizona, I cannot believe they would actually go into the season with Jacoby Brissett and Garrett and Gardner Minshew as their two quarterbacks.

761
00:43:53,020 --> 00:43:55,200
 For where, I mean, listen, Brissett's a good backup.

762
00:43:55,300 --> 00:44:01,660
 His record as a starter, I think, is like eight and 33, his last four.

763
00:44:01,660 --> 00:44:02,160
 No good.

764
00:44:02,540 --> 00:44:05,420
 They are absolutely kidding themselves.

765
00:44:05,540 --> 00:44:07,700
 They think he's a better option than Tyler Murray, though.

766
00:44:07,780 --> 00:44:09,100
 Maybe it was time for Murray to move on.

767
00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:12,900
 So Arizona's got a big quarterback thing to check out there.

768
00:44:13,020 --> 00:44:15,780
 But they are in need of some playmakers.

769
00:44:15,780 --> 00:44:20,500
 And I could actually see them jumping in there and taking Love at three ahead of Tennessee.

770
00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:31,220
 I could also see a scenario where the Titans, who also have a new coach there, decide to go, you know, impact defense at that point.

771
00:44:31,440 --> 00:44:37,560
 And that puts, if David Bailey from Texas Tech is still on the board, I don't think Garfield Reese will be at that point.

772
00:44:37,620 --> 00:44:38,320
 I think he's going to.

773
00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:46,320
 But Bailey or Sonny Stiles could be possible for Tennessee in that spot.

774
00:44:46,700 --> 00:44:47,720
 So I keep an eye on them.

775
00:44:47,820 --> 00:44:50,640
 That's going to be sort of the first pivot point, I think, of the first rungs.

776
00:44:50,760 --> 00:44:54,140
 I think the first few picks, first two at least, will be pretty cemented.

777
00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:58,640
 I don't think Jeremiah Love would go and drop further than seven.

778
00:44:59,320 --> 00:45:01,900
 And that's, you get to the Commanders at seven.

779
00:45:02,100 --> 00:45:06,520
 So in any event, I don't see him dropping below that.

780
00:45:07,440 --> 00:45:09,900
 But that'll be sort of the intrigue.

781
00:45:10,100 --> 00:45:11,620
 And that's picks four through seven.

782
00:45:11,720 --> 00:45:13,720
 So I think the intrigue starts at pick three.

783
00:45:14,140 --> 00:45:15,220
 What Arizona does.

784
00:45:15,320 --> 00:45:16,740
 And they could go for Love there.

785
00:45:16,800 --> 00:45:19,060
 And I think that's where you're going to start seeing a lot of dominoes falling.

786
00:45:19,060 --> 00:45:21,140
 Because I do think it's Mendoza and Reese one, too.

787
00:45:22,340 --> 00:45:24,600
 Get the latest from the King of Vegas.

788
00:45:24,840 --> 00:45:28,320
 Bruce Marshall, again, amongst other places, they're at the goal sheet.

789
00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:32,120
 Bruce, you know the indulgent question for our zip code.

790
00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:33,340
 What about Bama?

791
00:45:33,480 --> 00:45:34,340
 What about Auburn?

792
00:45:34,420 --> 00:45:38,100
 Back in the day with Nick, are they going to have two, three, four, five in the first round?

793
00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:41,260
 The question now, how many do you see Alabama having?

794
00:45:41,380 --> 00:45:45,480
 And where do you put Proctor and Simpson and Bernard?

795
00:45:46,320 --> 00:45:49,960
 Well, Proctor is the only, for sure, first-round pick.

796
00:45:50,460 --> 00:45:53,880
 I've seen him mid to late first round.

797
00:45:53,980 --> 00:45:57,640
 I don't think he drops below 25 or so.

798
00:45:57,700 --> 00:45:59,780
 I've seen him up as high as, like, 15.

799
00:46:00,580 --> 00:46:03,760
 He's the only surefire one I see in the first round.

800
00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:08,060
 Maybe someone takes a shot at Ty Simpson later in the first round.

801
00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:14,580
 In any event, I don't see him lasting beyond right near the top of the second round when the Jets get their second pick.

802
00:46:14,620 --> 00:46:16,020
 And they certainly could use some help there.

803
00:46:16,140 --> 00:46:17,500
 I think he might be gone by them.

804
00:46:17,500 --> 00:46:21,120
 Simpson is the only other one, I think.

805
00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:25,000
 That's the only other one who would project him in the first round from Alabama.

806
00:46:25,720 --> 00:46:29,060
 I mean, Jimmy Bernard will project probably as a second-round pick.

807
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:33,920
 But I think that's about it for Bama in the first couple rounds.

808
00:46:35,320 --> 00:46:39,500
 You know, Auburn, Keldrick Falk, mid-late first round probably with him.

809
00:46:40,300 --> 00:46:45,660
 But I think that's the only Auburn guy we're talking about in the first few rounds, I think.

810
00:46:45,720 --> 00:46:51,400
 But I do think he will go there late first round.

811
00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:57,580
 Something tells me Simpson might go earlier than the top of the second round.

812
00:46:57,680 --> 00:47:04,620
 And I say that because my gut feel is that the pundits are underrating this quarterback class.

813
00:47:04,740 --> 00:47:05,920
 And there's so much group thing.

814
00:47:06,020 --> 00:47:08,480
 It's like, okay, Mendoza and then not so many others.

815
00:47:08,880 --> 00:47:09,780
 I don't know about that.

816
00:47:09,940 --> 00:47:14,700
 I mean, I think Simpson could be an interesting prospect here for a lot of teams.

817
00:47:14,980 --> 00:47:18,620
 There are some others on the board there, too, who I am very interested about.

818
00:47:19,180 --> 00:47:24,360
 One, I think, you know, Taylor Greene did not look bad in some of these all-star appearances

819
00:47:24,360 --> 00:47:25,580
 and workouts from Arkansas.

820
00:47:25,900 --> 00:47:29,660
 He is a prototype modern quarterback with the ability to move.

821
00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:31,760
 He's got some Lamar Jackson in him.

822
00:47:32,060 --> 00:47:33,220
 I would watch him.

823
00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:36,760
 I think Diego Pavia is kind of interesting.

824
00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:37,760
 He's such a gamer.

825
00:47:38,240 --> 00:47:39,860
 A few people seem to watch.

826
00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:41,740
 You just need one team to take a chance on him.

827
00:47:42,320 --> 00:47:44,960
 I also think there's two others I would watch here.

828
00:47:45,460 --> 00:47:50,440
 One is Haynes King, who apparently is really impressed in workouts.

829
00:47:50,680 --> 00:47:52,140
 I think he's just a winner.

830
00:47:52,920 --> 00:47:54,020
 He can run.

831
00:47:54,300 --> 00:47:55,900
 He can throw.

832
00:47:57,080 --> 00:47:58,800
 He's going to make somebody very happy.

833
00:47:59,500 --> 00:48:06,980
 My real sleeper is Cade Klubnick because I see a lot of Brock Purdy in him.

834
00:48:07,120 --> 00:48:13,320
 I know Clemson didn't quite win as big as they had been with Trevor and Deshaun Watson with Klubnick,

835
00:48:13,400 --> 00:48:16,280
 but I think the whole roster had sort of downgraded some.

836
00:48:16,380 --> 00:48:22,820
 He does a lot of the same things Purdy does, and I think somebody's going to be happy with him.

837
00:48:23,500 --> 00:48:31,700
 And I just remember back last year, some of the backup quarterbacks in the NFL, man, I mean, they really was bad last year.

838
00:48:31,780 --> 00:48:34,680
 Some of these teams, Jets and Miami and so on.

839
00:48:35,100 --> 00:48:40,040
 I mean, some of these guys I think have a chance to stick, and I'll be interested to see who takes a shot with them.

840
00:48:41,500 --> 00:48:46,300
 Jamon McCoy, Tennessee I've seen certainly one, maybe two.

841
00:48:46,420 --> 00:48:49,540
 Jamon McCoy I've seen number 12 to the Cowboys.

842
00:48:49,680 --> 00:48:55,860
 Didn't play it down or played very little for Tennessee after getting hurt early in the season.

843
00:48:56,480 --> 00:48:59,080
 Colton Hood, who was at Auburn.

844
00:48:59,820 --> 00:49:06,060
 Then Tennessee I've seen in the late first round, early second round.

845
00:49:06,060 --> 00:49:11,900
 And Garrett Nussmeyer, who literally got benched in the Alabama game in Tuscaloosa,

846
00:49:12,660 --> 00:49:22,060
 the NFL checkup, medical checkup, found a cyst on his spine that was causing a lot of pressure,

847
00:49:22,060 --> 00:49:26,360
 and they couldn't figure out the oblique deal, and that may be an issue.

848
00:49:26,500 --> 00:49:27,860
 I've seen him third.

849
00:49:28,580 --> 00:49:35,440
 So will Tennessee get one or two in the first round, and could Nussmeyer go third or fourth round?

850
00:49:36,060 --> 00:49:38,320
 I think yes on both of those.

851
00:49:38,500 --> 00:49:40,460
 I think Tennessee will get one in the first round.

852
00:49:40,720 --> 00:49:44,380
 Nussmeyer is interesting, and because of that, at the end of the year,

853
00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:46,600
 you're going to have to have some teams project on him.

854
00:49:46,740 --> 00:49:50,820
 I mean, into last season, he was probably thought to be like a second-round pick,

855
00:49:50,940 --> 00:49:52,540
 maybe even a borderline first-round pick.

856
00:49:53,080 --> 00:49:56,080
 But it was sort of a disappointing year for him, but I think because of what you said,

857
00:49:56,080 --> 00:50:03,040
 the medical condition, if they've corrected that, he could definitely be worth a look.

858
00:50:03,500 --> 00:50:04,420
 So we'll see where that goes.

859
00:50:04,540 --> 00:50:08,340
 One other quarterback, speaking about medical stuff in the past, Carson Beck,

860
00:50:08,740 --> 00:50:11,840
 he did get to the national title game before he hurt his elbow.

861
00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:17,880
 You know, he was regarded as a first-round pick, and he did have a decent year last year.

862
00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:23,240
 So he's another one of those, probably a mid-third to fifth-round pick, maybe even later.

863
00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:28,160
 It's hard to say how the draft guys end up evaluating the quarterbacks,

864
00:50:28,300 --> 00:50:31,260
 because it just seems there's, like we said, so much groupthink there.

865
00:50:31,860 --> 00:50:35,620
 But I would think as soon as one or two of these guys go in the third ground or so,

866
00:50:35,660 --> 00:50:36,720
 they'd just see a few more go.

867
00:50:36,840 --> 00:50:41,420
 So there's sort of a pack mentality, and somebody's going to take a chance on all those guys,

868
00:50:41,480 --> 00:50:43,380
 I think, before they get done on Saturday.

869
00:50:45,180 --> 00:50:49,060
 The draft, of course, is front and center this week, but I thought it was interesting.

870
00:50:49,200 --> 00:50:53,360
 Billy Donovan stepped down from the Chicago Bulls.

871
00:50:53,560 --> 00:50:57,060
 You wonder if North Carolina would have waited a little later.

872
00:50:57,780 --> 00:50:58,760
 Hint, hint.

873
00:50:59,600 --> 00:51:03,600
 And then Golden State, reportedly interested.

874
00:51:03,800 --> 00:51:10,080
 If Steve Kerr steps down, Todd Golden, who coached at San Francisco for three years,

875
00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:17,400
 there's a lot of internet scuttlebutt about, you know, can you connect the dots here?

876
00:51:17,960 --> 00:51:19,080
 You know, we'll certainly see.

877
00:51:19,180 --> 00:51:21,800
 We'll talk about that next week with you.

878
00:51:21,840 --> 00:51:25,040
 But I know you've got the NFL draft, Major League Baseball.

879
00:51:25,180 --> 00:51:27,400
 The Braves are hot, Bruce Marshall.

880
00:51:28,160 --> 00:51:31,420
 The Kentucky Derby, a week from Saturday.

881
00:51:32,300 --> 00:51:34,220
 Nobody bets on that, I know.

882
00:51:34,780 --> 00:51:37,220
 Where can we get online to get all the great stuff?

883
00:51:37,860 --> 00:51:41,040
 Yeah, the Braves are hot, and the Phillies and Mets are not.

884
00:51:41,120 --> 00:51:45,660
 So we've got the NL East is already looking like a one-team race.

885
00:51:45,860 --> 00:51:50,300
 But anyway, all that stuff is going on, and check it out for me.

886
00:51:50,380 --> 00:51:54,020
 Everything nowadays is under that one umbrella, the wagertalk.com umbrella.

887
00:51:54,580 --> 00:51:55,880
 So gold sheet stuff is up there.

888
00:51:55,960 --> 00:52:00,440
 We'll have one gold sheet, of course, in football season, but also now picksandparlays.com,

889
00:52:00,480 --> 00:52:01,420
 winnersandwiners.com.

890
00:52:01,500 --> 00:52:03,620
 That's part of wagertalk.com.

891
00:52:03,700 --> 00:52:04,380
 You get all my picks there.

892
00:52:04,460 --> 00:52:07,800
 We're having a pretty good run in Stanley Cup, NBA playoffs, and MLB right now.

893
00:52:08,740 --> 00:52:12,320
 It's better to talk about the draft now than back when young men were in the 70s

894
00:52:12,320 --> 00:52:13,140
 and the Vietnam War.

895
00:52:13,240 --> 00:52:14,100
 A whole different thing.

896
00:52:14,200 --> 00:52:16,140
 Bruce, it's always good to hook it with you, man.

897
00:52:16,220 --> 00:52:17,040
 Thank you so much.

898
00:52:17,100 --> 00:52:17,840
 You keep up the good work.

899
00:52:17,940 --> 00:52:19,020
 Happy draft to you, okay?

900
00:52:19,580 --> 00:52:20,820
 Happy draft to you, boys, too.

901
00:52:20,880 --> 00:52:21,300
 Thank you.

902
00:52:21,720 --> 00:52:22,380
 Thank you, buddy.

903
00:52:22,460 --> 00:52:25,180
 Marshall against other places, Vegas Insider.

904
00:52:25,280 --> 00:52:26,000
 Quick note, BB.

905
00:52:26,160 --> 00:52:29,800
 The name Allen Osmond came up this morning, passed away.

906
00:52:29,880 --> 00:52:32,880
 The oldest Osmond brother at the age of 76.

907
00:52:33,060 --> 00:52:36,300
 The reason we bring that up, do you remember a song called One Bad Apple?

908
00:52:36,600 --> 00:52:36,920
 Oh, yeah.

909
00:52:37,240 --> 00:52:38,680
 You know where that was recorded?

910
00:52:38,740 --> 00:52:43,580
 Don't tell me it was in most of the shows.

911
00:52:43,820 --> 00:52:49,180
 Right next door at the famed, famed studios in 1970.

912
00:52:49,980 --> 00:52:53,080
 Allen Osmond, again, passing away at the age of 76.

913
00:52:53,540 --> 00:52:55,820
 Coming up the next hour, we're going to be taking you all over the place.

914
00:52:55,920 --> 00:52:57,140
 Matt Merchel is going to be on board.

915
00:52:57,220 --> 00:52:58,400
 Joe Cox talking to SEC.

916
00:52:58,660 --> 00:53:02,400
 And Hank South used to be talking Alabama, now talking Texas.

917
00:53:02,820 --> 00:53:03,800
 Got that more straight ahead.

918
00:53:03,860 --> 00:53:04,360
 Stay with us.

919
00:53:04,360 --> 00:53:04,360
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 Thank you.

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 18-19 News.

1000
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 A circuit court judge has ruled in favor of the Central Alabama Water Board

1001
00:56:48,460 --> 00:56:51,120
 and against the city of Birmingham and its lawsuit.

1002
00:56:51,120 --> 00:56:55,580
 Judge Frederick Bowling dismissed the case that was brought to his courtroom against the CAW

1003
00:56:55,580 --> 00:56:58,120
 over their decision to end their fluoridation program.

1004
00:56:58,440 --> 00:57:01,520
 The judge determined that the CAW complied with the law

1005
00:57:01,520 --> 00:57:06,080
 in the decision that they made after the utility was restructured last year under state law.

1006
00:57:06,260 --> 00:57:09,640
 The judge also criticized the actions of the previous board members

1007
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 under the former Birmingham Water Works Board

1008
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 for their leadership of the utility that was based on them

1009
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 ensuring financial contracts that helped them with financial gain

1010
00:57:17,640 --> 00:57:20,820
 rather than ensuring the infrastructure was maintained and improved.

1011
00:57:21,080 --> 00:57:24,520
 The city of Birmingham claimed that the CAW did not adequately provide notice

1012
00:57:24,520 --> 00:57:26,160
 of their decision to stop fluoridation,

1013
00:57:26,460 --> 00:57:29,340
 but the judge says there is proof that the state health department

1014
00:57:29,340 --> 00:57:31,640
 was notified of the plan several times

1015
00:57:31,640 --> 00:57:35,100
 and any failure to do so publicly was a technicality.

1016
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 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this.

1017
00:57:37,960 --> 00:57:40,700
 Where I was living was not a great place to live anymore.

1018
00:57:41,040 --> 00:57:42,920
 I began to pray for a place to go,

1019
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 praying for all of these things that a nine-year-old would want.

1020
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 I wanted horses, big house with a bunch of people my age.

1021
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 I wanted parents, I wanted a mom and a dad.

1022
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 Before I even prayed it, the Lord had already answered my prayer with the Big Oak Ranch.

1023
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 Who would that nine-year-old be if she never came to the Big Oak Ranch?

1024
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 I would be trying to fight for survival instead of fighting to break a cycle.

1025
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 Big Oak Ranch, a Christian home for children needing a chance.

1026
00:58:07,260 --> 00:58:11,580
 Authorities in Calhoun County say that the cause of death for a 10-year-old girl in Piedmont

1027
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 was by way of stabbing.

1028
00:58:13,260 --> 00:58:15,600
 Catherine Bigby was found at a home Friday night

1029
00:58:15,600 --> 00:58:17,760
 after she'd been reported missing from her own home.

1030
00:58:18,020 --> 00:58:20,240
 Another juvenile is now facing murder charges

1031
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 and has been taken into police custody.

1032
00:58:22,680 --> 00:58:25,300
 A tech company that creates unmanned aerial systems or drones

1033
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 is moving to the Wiregrass region.

1034
00:58:27,020 --> 00:58:30,200
 Flightworks will be creating a hub that will be located near Fort Rucker.

1035
00:58:30,740 --> 00:58:31,560
 I'm Andrea Tice.

1036
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 For more news affecting Alabamians, go to 1819news.com.

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1040
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 Boomo Bugg on 93.9, The Score.

1041
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 What do you say we go to literally the home of the champions?

1042
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 Wife wins national championships in football.

1043
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 Husband wins national championships in basketball.

1044
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1045
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 What's in the water at the Adelson House in Orlando, Florida?

1046
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 How are you?

1047
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 Well, I'm doing great, fellas.

1048
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 You know we're home to the two best universities in the whole entire world.

1049
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 I've heard that.

1050
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 I've heard that.

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 It's natural that those schools win championships.

1052
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 By the way, you may not have heard this,

1053
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 but Arch Manning is the starting quarterback at Texas.

1054
00:59:30,860 --> 00:59:32,100
 You can confirm that.

1055
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 What?

1056
00:59:32,900 --> 00:59:34,000
 You can confirm that.

1057
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 The summer of March.

1058
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 You heard it first here.

1059
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 The summer of March.

1060
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 The Boomo Bugg show.

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1067
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1068
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1069
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 Tomorrow night, mostly clear with a low near 55.

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

1073
01:00:26,480 --> 01:00:29,840
 It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM sports voice.

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01:00:32,840 --> 01:00:35,300
 The Boomo Bugg show.

1075
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 Your exclusive inside track to the tide.

1076
01:00:37,940 --> 01:00:40,880
 Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC.

1077
01:00:41,720 --> 01:00:47,100
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9, The Score.

1078
01:00:48,020 --> 01:00:48,700
 Welcome back again.

1079
01:00:48,760 --> 01:00:49,960
 Our truly Boomo Bugg show.

1080
01:00:50,080 --> 01:00:51,600
 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

1081
01:00:51,700 --> 01:00:54,680
 Thank you so much for giving us a free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

1082
01:00:54,820 --> 01:01:00,320
 And for Hank South, taking time out of his busy schedule now as managing entrance.

1083
01:01:00,500 --> 01:01:04,020
 Called on texasfootball.com.

1084
01:01:04,080 --> 01:01:05,760
 You'll never guess what Hank talks about.

1085
01:01:05,880 --> 01:01:06,560
 Hank, welcome in.

1086
01:01:06,900 --> 01:01:07,980
 Congratulations on the move.

1087
01:01:08,080 --> 01:01:08,940
 Long time.

1088
01:01:09,240 --> 01:01:09,780
 How are you?

1089
01:01:10,780 --> 01:01:12,200
 Hey, yeah, thanks for having me, guys.

1090
01:01:12,260 --> 01:01:12,520
 I'm good.

1091
01:01:12,560 --> 01:01:13,020
 How are you all?

1092
01:01:13,500 --> 01:01:15,560
 Well, the question is how to think, Seth.

1093
01:01:15,680 --> 01:01:19,680
 Talk to us about your brand-new gig at ontexasfootball.com.

1094
01:01:20,340 --> 01:01:22,860
 Yeah, made the move over on March 1st.

1095
01:01:23,000 --> 01:01:26,460
 Was obviously covering Texas for 24-7 sports for a few years.

1096
01:01:27,080 --> 01:01:32,780
 But had the opportunity to work with Bobby Burton, who's a pioneer of this industry.

1097
01:01:33,360 --> 01:01:39,640
 And several other guys that have been around in my career, like Jerry Hamilton, Jeff Howe, Rob Baber, C.J. Vogel.

1098
01:01:39,640 --> 01:01:40,580
 So it was a really good team.

1099
01:01:40,780 --> 01:01:44,620
 I got the chance to join them and didn't want to pass it up.

1100
01:01:44,760 --> 01:01:45,900
 So I've been having a lot of fun.

1101
01:01:46,000 --> 01:01:51,080
 And we're building out our website and obviously have a big YouTube page that we do a lot of our work on.

1102
01:01:51,220 --> 01:01:52,740
 But, yeah, it's been really fun.

1103
01:01:52,820 --> 01:01:53,300
 I'm enjoying it.

1104
01:01:53,980 --> 01:01:58,100
 Appreciate you coming on with us, Hank, because it gives us a chance to totally confirm.

1105
01:01:58,200 --> 01:02:01,500
 I don't know if you heard a little fun piece there with Andrew Adelson from ESPN.

1106
01:02:01,620 --> 01:02:07,020
 Brett was coming up with some breaking news that Art Manning apparently is going to be the starting quarterback at Texas.

1107
01:02:07,800 --> 01:02:09,800
 Hank, can you confirm or deny that?

1108
01:02:11,260 --> 01:02:12,780
 I can confirm that.

1109
01:02:13,080 --> 01:02:13,380
 Yep.

1110
01:02:13,580 --> 01:02:13,980
 Absolutely.

1111
01:02:15,820 --> 01:02:18,260
 Talk to us about the weight on this young man's shoulders.

1112
01:02:18,400 --> 01:02:25,700
 I mean, how in the world, the beginning of last season, obviously the year before that, could anybody outside of Superman live up to those expectations?

1113
01:02:25,700 --> 01:02:30,240
 But it was almost, in some ways, would you agree that it was a Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde?

1114
01:02:30,320 --> 01:02:34,920
 Once he got comfortable, then all that natural talent started coming to the forefront.

1115
01:02:35,160 --> 01:02:36,400
 We see it in Major League Baseball.

1116
01:02:36,500 --> 01:02:37,440
 A rookie comes up.

1117
01:02:37,680 --> 01:02:39,560
 No way they can live up to the expectations.

1118
01:02:39,760 --> 01:02:45,340
 And then once they settle in and they say, hey, I can do this, then you start seeing all that natural talent come through.

1119
01:02:45,480 --> 01:02:48,980
 Hank, your thought, let's face it, he's the hub of the wheel for this Texas football team.

1120
01:02:49,060 --> 01:02:50,440
 I would assume you would agree with that.

1121
01:02:51,280 --> 01:02:52,000
 Yeah, absolutely.

1122
01:02:52,560 --> 01:02:58,720
 Yeah, you know, in some way, I think, you know, last year was the expectations put on him and the team were unfair.

1123
01:02:58,720 --> 01:03:12,160
 I mean, a guy that hadn't been a full-time starter, being the number one Heisman pick, you know, preseason and all that, preseason number one team, Texas was, you know, for the first time since I don't know how long, maybe ever, in both polls.

1124
01:03:12,720 --> 01:03:16,640
 So, in a way, it was unfair, just because there wasn't enough, you know, sample size.

1125
01:03:16,700 --> 01:03:23,140
 He had started games in the past, you know, in place of Quinn Ewers when he was dealing with an injury in 2024 and performed well.

1126
01:03:23,540 --> 01:03:31,620
 But, you know, to throw that on him and expect, you know, Heisman in national championship, first year as a full-time starter, probably a little unfair.

1127
01:03:31,740 --> 01:03:43,800
 But, like you said, you know, halfway through the season on that back half, kind of, you know, after they beat Oklahoma, after losing to Florida on the road, and, you know, they had the games against Kentucky and Mississippi State that were a little close for comfort.

1128
01:03:44,240 --> 01:03:44,920
 He started getting comfortable.

1129
01:03:45,100 --> 01:03:48,160
 We actually, you know, we talked to him last week for the first time this spring.

1130
01:03:48,240 --> 01:03:54,180
 Obviously, you know, he had the off-season foot surgery, so he hasn't been going full speed in spring practice.

1131
01:03:54,340 --> 01:04:02,880
 You know, he's been throwing, he's been participating, but, you know, it's not live contact or anything, or, you know, KJ Lace has been the guy handling most of the first-team reps in spring.

1132
01:04:03,060 --> 01:04:07,480
 But, talking to Arch, you know, he said he just wasn't having fun last season.

1133
01:04:07,680 --> 01:04:10,220
 So, you know, Ohio State, obviously, he didn't play that well.

1134
01:04:10,660 --> 01:04:16,760
 You know, he struggled throughout the month of September when, really, he should have been seemingly patting his stats against, you know, inferior competition.

1135
01:04:17,240 --> 01:04:23,800
 And then, you know, I think he said, starting around, like, after that Mississippi State game, they had kind of a little players' meeting and said, like,

1136
01:04:23,800 --> 01:04:25,280
 let's just have fun, just, like, turn it loose.

1137
01:04:25,340 --> 01:04:29,620
 And then, obviously, you know, we saw how they performed in the back half of the season after that Georgia game.

1138
01:04:30,020 --> 01:04:33,860
 But, yeah, no, he's, he feels, he seems much more comfortable.

1139
01:04:34,120 --> 01:04:37,720
 I think he's handling, you know, speaking with him last week, a lot looser.

1140
01:04:38,140 --> 01:04:39,720
 Arch is always very soft-spoken.

1141
01:04:39,820 --> 01:04:41,300
 He's not going to say too much to the media.

1142
01:04:41,460 --> 01:04:43,400
 He does not, very clearly, he's not like doing media.

1143
01:04:43,400 --> 01:04:47,200
 But when we talked to him last week, he was cracking some jokes.

1144
01:04:47,380 --> 01:04:52,760
 He was showing, you know, talking, giving a little bit longer of answers, you know, having more conversation with it.

1145
01:04:53,260 --> 01:04:54,400
 Seemed like he was a lot more comfortable.

1146
01:04:54,620 --> 01:04:58,540
 So, I think, you know, last year was probably good in terms of facing that adversity.

1147
01:04:58,780 --> 01:05:04,920
 And I think, you know, with the pieces they've added around him, I think you can expect him to continue that upward trajectory.

1148
01:05:05,860 --> 01:05:12,860
 I think we want to talk to you about some of the offensive weapons that have come in that will help Arch.

1149
01:05:13,380 --> 01:05:16,200
 Kim Coleman from Auburn, Hollywood Smothers.

1150
01:05:16,880 --> 01:05:20,820
 It was a 12-hour commitment to Alabama, North Carolina State.

1151
01:05:20,900 --> 01:05:24,300
 Relique Brown, I think, is going to really help the running game.

1152
01:05:24,380 --> 01:05:26,160
 The offensive line is going to be a key.

1153
01:05:27,000 --> 01:05:37,240
 But the guy that nobody gets talked about, which amazes me, is one of the best defensive coordinators in the history of college football, Will Muschamp.

1154
01:05:37,760 --> 01:05:42,860
 And I don't know if he's put his fence through a whiteboard yet or not.

1155
01:05:43,320 --> 01:05:47,200
 But he may be the difference in this team getting to the final four.

1156
01:05:47,740 --> 01:05:51,140
 Talk about the return of Will Muschamp to Texas.

1157
01:05:52,440 --> 01:05:54,000
 Yeah, it was a really big deal.

1158
01:05:54,000 --> 01:06:02,100
 And I think, you know, you look at last year's Texas team, and I think immediately after the season, you would say, oh, well, you know, defense wasn't really their problem.

1159
01:06:02,320 --> 01:06:04,200
 You know, they had, you know, some lapses here and there.

1160
01:06:04,600 --> 01:06:14,980
 But, you know, Pete Kwiatkowski, the former defensive coordinator, was very well or is very well respected and, you know, considered one of, you know, the defense was almost considered one of the strengths of the team.

1161
01:06:15,920 --> 01:06:23,740
 And, you know, when that move happened, you know, you started to hear a little bit more about kind of, you know, inside the building, I guess.

1162
01:06:23,860 --> 01:06:36,700
 You know, Sark, when he spoke to the media after Will Muschamp was announced, he talked about how he can fully give the defense to Will Muschamp and he can put his focus on the offense where, you know, Will Muschamp can be the head coach of the defense.

1163
01:06:37,700 --> 01:06:45,200
 So, you know, was it Sark having to spend too much time on the defensive game plan to, you know, be able to fully, you know, unleash his playbook?

1164
01:06:45,340 --> 01:06:45,900
 Who knows?

1165
01:06:46,020 --> 01:06:49,240
 But, no, I mean, it's a huge addition.

1166
01:06:49,420 --> 01:07:00,000
 It changes kind of the mentality of this bunch in that, you know, Texas is going to be a much more aggressive attacking style defense, which is obviously what Will Muschamp wants.

1167
01:07:00,140 --> 01:07:19,080
 Whereas, you know, last year, Texas would build leads against teams, you know, Vanderbilt's a great example, where, you know, that game was over at halftime, and then they would kind of just, you know, do, you know, they wouldn't go zone coverage, back off, and just, you know, kind of just play to make it to the finish line and not, you know, continue to attack.

1168
01:07:19,280 --> 01:07:40,940
 And so I think what Will Muschamp brings is obviously he's going to play a more aggressive man style coverage in the secondary, you know, and again, they're going to force, you know, he wants to force the quarterback to make, sorry, I keep getting phone calls, he wants to force the quarterback to make tough throws, you know, small windows, you know, you know, capitalize on turnovers, whatnot.

1169
01:07:41,440 --> 01:07:55,680
 And that was evident in the spring game or spring practice, however you want to call it, from last Saturday, you know, the defense, I mean, that was, they certainly won the scrimmage, you know, they didn't have a full spring game, but they were the winners of that outing.

1170
01:07:56,280 --> 01:08:05,780
 You know, the linebackers were in the backfield, it felt like almost every play, the edge rushers were very active, even the, you know, the safeties were getting in on the action in that aspect.

1171
01:08:05,780 --> 01:08:20,400
 But, you know, it was very clear Will Muschamp was back, there was an off-sides call on Saturday's scrimmage, you heard a very loud expletive from Will Muschamp on the sidelines, and the whole crowd erupted in tears.

1172
01:08:20,880 --> 01:08:25,800
 So, you know, he's back. It wasn't his whiteboard moment, but it was like, hey, he's here.

1173
01:08:27,560 --> 01:08:32,580
 Hank, by the way, if that phone call is from Mark, I just want to give you a scoop, we can understand if you need to take it.

1174
01:08:32,580 --> 01:08:38,780
 But in the meantime, check out the rest of the story when it comes to Texas with Hank, it's called OnTexasFootball.com.

1175
01:08:38,900 --> 01:08:52,520
 Hank, who better to ask, if you'll indulge us for a second, you know Alabama, you've covered them back in the day, you're now in Texas, how do you compare and contrast just the whole vibe and the whole different programs between Tuscaloosa and Austin?

1176
01:08:53,880 --> 01:08:57,080
 Yeah, you know, obviously football is paramount in both programs.

1177
01:08:57,680 --> 01:09:00,840
 You know, I think when I made, you know, I've been a Texas guy my whole life.

1178
01:09:00,900 --> 01:09:02,280
 I've always lived in Texas.

1179
01:09:02,360 --> 01:09:04,600
 I went to Texas, and so I've seen Texas for a long time.

1180
01:09:04,640 --> 01:09:13,180
 But, you know, when I covered Alabama for eight years, it was very clear just Alabama was on a different level of talent.

1181
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 You know, it's obvious to say that.

1182
01:09:15,240 --> 01:09:17,860
 But when I got to Texas, you know, they were on the come up.

1183
01:09:18,000 --> 01:09:19,700
 They were, you know, they were trying to get to that level.

1184
01:09:19,780 --> 01:09:23,040
 They hired Steve Sarkeesian from Alabama to make them more like Alabama.

1185
01:09:24,220 --> 01:09:37,220
 And as I, you know, as the denial era has gone on and we've seen them able to, you know, accumulate more talent, it feels more like covering Alabama than it ever has, just in terms of, you know, you look at the depth chart.

1186
01:09:37,580 --> 01:09:49,920
 And, I mean, from top to bottom, I mean, there's just not a lot of weaknesses from, you know, and I remember those, you know, a 2016 Alabama team, that defense, you know, that 2017 class where they're just like waves and waves of people.

1187
01:09:50,040 --> 01:09:58,500
 It feels like Texas is now to the point where they can come at you in waves, and that's kind of the best way I could describe Bama and their, you know, Bama has a program now.

1188
01:09:58,600 --> 01:10:02,180
 So, too, they can come at you in waves, and, you know, they just wear you down into the fourth quarter.

1189
01:10:02,180 --> 01:10:12,120
 And so, you know, back to Will Muschamp, that's another thing, you know, I think that the idea is like, you know, Stark doesn't want them to sit back and just win games by hanging on until the end.

1190
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 He wants to wear teams down.

1191
01:10:14,400 --> 01:10:24,580
 And so, I'm seeing that more and more with the guys they're signing with, and, you know, obviously the 105 scholarships helps, too, you know, now that they can bring in more and more people for depth.

1192
01:10:24,580 --> 01:10:34,920
 But it feels like, I was just doing a video with guys on Texas football, where just, I think they go seven deep on the interior defensive line, in terms of guys that can give them solid play.

1193
01:10:35,380 --> 01:10:37,140
 And that's going to help you in SEC play.

1194
01:10:37,340 --> 01:10:43,900
 You know, you win in the trenches, and, you know, they certainly have amassed some talent to do that.

1195
01:10:45,060 --> 01:10:47,440
 Speaking of talent, I mentioned the names earlier.

1196
01:10:47,440 --> 01:10:50,840
 They're Cam Coleman, Hollywood Smothers, and Malik Brown.

1197
01:10:51,220 --> 01:10:54,460
 What kind of a spring did that trio have?

1198
01:10:55,520 --> 01:11:01,780
 Yeah, so, Texas completely, and people probably don't realize this as much, Texas completely rebuilt their running back room.

1199
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 They had, most of their guys transfer out.

1200
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 You know, we saw C.J. Baxter, a former five-star, go to Kentucky.

1201
01:11:07,860 --> 01:11:10,600
 Christian Clark, who was the star of the Citrus Bowl, go to South Carolina.

1202
01:11:10,960 --> 01:11:14,640
 Trey Wisner, who was the RB1 for two years, go to Florida State.

1203
01:11:14,640 --> 01:11:18,380
 So, they hired a new coach, Jabar Jalouk, from Florida.

1204
01:11:19,300 --> 01:11:25,080
 And, yeah, they went out and got Raleigh Brown, who's kind of that scat-back, kind of, you know, versatile guy from Arizona State.

1205
01:11:25,460 --> 01:11:28,380
 And then Bama fans obviously know the story with Hollywood Smothers.

1206
01:11:29,160 --> 01:11:37,460
 Similar, a little bit bigger, but both guys, I think, that can make offensive lines look better than maybe they are,

1207
01:11:37,540 --> 01:11:41,000
 in terms of just their shiftiness and their ability to kind of create on the fly.

1208
01:11:41,000 --> 01:11:42,740
 And, you know, that fits what Texas wants to do.

1209
01:11:42,860 --> 01:11:44,600
 They're a zone team.

1210
01:11:44,760 --> 01:11:45,380
 That's their scheme.

1211
01:11:45,660 --> 01:11:47,620
 And I think both of those guys fit that.

1212
01:11:48,220 --> 01:11:52,220
 And, you know, I was talking to Jabar Jalouk the other day when he was doing his media,

1213
01:11:52,900 --> 01:11:56,120
 and someone asked him to describe Raleigh in Hollywood.

1214
01:11:56,500 --> 01:12:02,540
 And he said he would, I think he described Raleigh as a Tasmanian devil with, like,

1215
01:12:03,020 --> 01:12:03,960
 a Tasmanian devil.

1216
01:12:04,080 --> 01:12:06,300
 He's called him a bowling ball with, like, razor blades on him.

1217
01:12:06,440 --> 01:12:10,320
 And then he said he compared, like, Hollywood to a hurricane.

1218
01:12:10,740 --> 01:12:14,180
 So, you know, some wordage there, descriptive terms.

1219
01:12:14,420 --> 01:12:16,060
 But they've had great springs.

1220
01:12:16,180 --> 01:12:22,540
 Texas has been a little bit careful with their running backs after their couple of fall camps ago.

1221
01:12:22,640 --> 01:12:27,520
 They had some pretty terrible injury luck and lost a couple of starting running backs for the season.

1222
01:12:27,940 --> 01:12:31,080
 So they haven't been going live action as much, or at least to the ground.

1223
01:12:31,820 --> 01:12:33,200
 So they've kept those guys on ice.

1224
01:12:33,900 --> 01:12:36,600
 Raleigh in Hollywood didn't really play in the spring showcase.

1225
01:12:38,000 --> 01:12:39,920
 Cam Coleman, same thing.

1226
01:12:40,320 --> 01:12:43,540
 I think everybody knows what Cam Coleman brings so that, you know,

1227
01:12:43,560 --> 01:12:48,060
 they weren't going to go out there and risk, you know, him getting injured in the spring showcase.

1228
01:12:48,680 --> 01:12:53,560
 But all the returns on Cam Coleman have been exactly what you would expect.

1229
01:12:53,740 --> 01:12:56,320
 I mean, just, he's wide receiver one.

1230
01:12:56,360 --> 01:12:58,960
 He comes into a unit with Ryan Wingo, who was wide receiver one.

1231
01:12:59,260 --> 01:13:03,400
 I think Ryan Wingo is excited to have him opposite, just so they can both kind of, you know,

1232
01:13:03,560 --> 01:13:07,160
 open up opportunities for themselves in the defense, or play against the defense.

1233
01:13:08,260 --> 01:13:11,040
 And then I'm trying to remember, who was the other transfer you asked me about?

1234
01:13:11,780 --> 01:13:13,520
 No, no, that was the three.

1235
01:13:14,200 --> 01:13:14,800
 Yeah, yeah.

1236
01:13:15,400 --> 01:13:18,880
 So, yeah, they're real excited about Cam Coleman, as they should be.

1237
01:13:19,040 --> 01:13:20,360
 I mean, that's obviously their marquee addition.

1238
01:13:21,140 --> 01:13:22,940
 I think this is a contract year for him.

1239
01:13:23,080 --> 01:13:27,680
 He's going to, and the one thing, and you don't expect this with, like, big-name guys as much,

1240
01:13:27,720 --> 01:13:29,540
 is they've all talked about how humble he is.

1241
01:13:29,820 --> 01:13:32,400
 Like, he came in from Auburn, which is a different offense than Texas.

1242
01:13:32,960 --> 01:13:36,260
 So he's trying to learn all, like, the intricacies of everything you're asked to do

1243
01:13:36,260 --> 01:13:37,420
 as a wide receiver at Texas.

1244
01:13:38,020 --> 01:13:41,580
 And the coach, the wide receivers coach, Chris Jackson, was telling us the other day,

1245
01:13:41,960 --> 01:13:46,660
 like, he's out there with the freshmen after practice just trying to learn the verbiage

1246
01:13:46,660 --> 01:13:50,160
 and everything with Arch and the quarterbacks, just trying to make sure he has everything down,

1247
01:13:50,580 --> 01:13:53,220
 you know, whereas, you know, he could probably big-time most people and say,

1248
01:13:53,300 --> 01:13:54,040
 oh, I know how to do this.

1249
01:13:54,100 --> 01:13:57,360
 But he's bought into, you know, that aspect of it as well.

1250
01:13:57,460 --> 01:14:01,400
 So all the returns on Cam Coleman have been very positive, and I think he'll have a big year.

1251
01:14:02,500 --> 01:14:04,500
 Well, I know you're going to have a big year.

1252
01:14:04,640 --> 01:14:09,260
 Listen, Harold and I thoroughly enjoyed working with you when you were covering Alabama.

1253
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 Good things happen to good people.

1254
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 I'm glad to see.

1255
01:14:13,100 --> 01:14:16,980
 Managing editor of onTexasFootball.com.

1256
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 Listen, we wish you all the luck in the world.

1257
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 We don't really need an excuse to talk to you, but we'll give you a call from time to time to see.

1258
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 Congratulations again.

1259
01:14:27,360 --> 01:14:28,740
 Listen, much success.

1260
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1261
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1262
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 Yeah.

1263
01:14:37,880 --> 01:14:39,200
 I appreciate you guys reaching out.

1264
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 Yeah, I'd love to catch up here and there.

1265
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 But it's onTexasFootball.com.

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 We're a website right now.

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 That's probably where you might enjoy it most is on Texas football on YouTube.

1270
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 Sounds great, Hank.

1271
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 You might want to work on that beep button for Will Muschamp.

1272
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 So, let's do it again down the road.

1273
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 And thank you so much for your time today.

1274
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 Sounds good.

1275
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 Thanks, guys.

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 Thank you.

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 I was really tired after that one, too.

1356
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 I think that probably gassed me out more than anything.

1357
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 But, yeah, it was all the emotion just kind of flooded in at once.

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 That's really cool.

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 And then your family was there as well.

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 I mean, that makes it even more special.

1362
01:19:34,900 --> 01:19:38,280
 But especially having your family, the picture on the field of the scoreboard, how cool was that?

1363
01:19:38,480 --> 01:19:39,060
 That was awesome.

1364
01:19:39,260 --> 01:19:42,000
 Yeah, being able to share that moment with all of them was really, really special.

1365
01:19:43,000 --> 01:19:48,380
 Like, after my on-field interview and everything, I turned around, and Chloe, my wife, was there.

1366
01:19:48,860 --> 01:19:49,600
 And that was just awesome.

1367
01:19:49,700 --> 01:19:50,740
 She was just bawling.

1368
01:19:50,860 --> 01:19:51,980
 She was crying her eyes out.

1369
01:19:52,440 --> 01:19:55,620
 And then my family made it down a couple minutes after that.

1370
01:19:55,740 --> 01:20:00,040
 And being able to be on the field with them, just experience the whole thing with them was really awesome.

1371
01:20:00,520 --> 01:20:01,480
 I'll have more in a moment.

1372
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1384
01:20:52,260 --> 01:20:53,660
 The Score.

1385
01:20:54,120 --> 01:20:58,920
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1386
01:20:59,440 --> 01:20:59,760
 The Score.

1387
01:20:59,760 --> 01:21:01,980
 Welcome back in from A to Z.

1388
01:21:02,160 --> 01:21:05,700
 He's got the SEC covered there at Saturday Down South.

1389
01:21:05,860 --> 01:21:07,340
 Joe Cox, welcome in.

1390
01:21:07,400 --> 01:21:08,200
 How are you?

1391
01:21:08,780 --> 01:21:09,980
 Oh, I can't complain.

1392
01:21:10,080 --> 01:21:10,640
 Doing all right.

1393
01:21:10,700 --> 01:21:12,140
 Hope you guys are doing well today.

1394
01:21:12,720 --> 01:21:13,080
 You're good?

1395
01:21:13,080 --> 01:21:18,800
 Well, we could be doing, hopefully, as well as some of these guys coming up in the NFL draft later on this week.

1396
01:21:18,880 --> 01:21:21,660
 Let's focus on some of our neighbors, Joe.

1397
01:21:21,740 --> 01:21:23,920
 Over the years, the SEC has dominated.

1398
01:21:24,100 --> 01:21:28,160
 How do you see first-rounders from the SEC going in this year's draft?

1399
01:21:29,140 --> 01:21:38,640
 Well, I mean, the big difference is this year, I think we're pretty well set that the top dog here is going to be Mr. Mendoza from Indiana.

1400
01:21:39,000 --> 01:21:39,220
 Yeah.

1401
01:21:39,940 --> 01:21:44,100
 Granted, the way the CFP went down, it's hard to argue that.

1402
01:21:44,100 --> 01:21:52,620
 I mean, I'm sure the league is still going to be very well represented, and I'm sure that the teams that are always there are always going to be there.

1403
01:21:53,180 --> 01:22:00,520
 But at the same time, you know, yeah, it reflects a little bit more parity than it did probably a year or three ago.

1404
01:22:00,920 --> 01:22:05,640
 You know, the thing is, Joe, obviously the ego and the pocketbook loves to be drafted first.

1405
01:22:05,780 --> 01:22:08,020
 The tradeoff on that is you're going to a bad team.

1406
01:22:08,080 --> 01:22:11,620
 In fact, you're going to the worst team barring a trade in the NFL from last season.

1407
01:22:11,940 --> 01:22:15,300
 Ask Bryce Young and a host of other folks who've had to go through that ordeal.

1408
01:22:15,400 --> 01:22:18,820
 The check's good, but the bruises are big, along with the Bucs.

1409
01:22:19,400 --> 01:22:21,680
 Your thoughts, situation like Ty Simpson.

1410
01:22:21,860 --> 01:22:24,400
 Now, obviously, who knows where it's going to go?

1411
01:22:24,460 --> 01:22:24,940
 We don't.

1412
01:22:25,600 --> 01:22:29,160
 Speculation is late first round, maybe even early in the second round.

1413
01:22:29,460 --> 01:22:33,800
 The flip side of that is maybe you'll have some big old uglies up there.

1414
01:22:33,880 --> 01:22:38,860
 Maybe the check may be smaller, but the offensive linemen sometimes are bigger to protect you.

1415
01:22:39,380 --> 01:22:40,460
 Oh, absolutely.

1416
01:22:41,320 --> 01:22:47,680
 You know, you would look through the list of the great NFL quarterbacks, and for every Peyton Manning who goes number one,

1417
01:22:47,780 --> 01:22:50,360
 there's a Tom Brady who's going in the late rounds.

1418
01:22:50,460 --> 01:22:52,820
 Joe Montana, I think, was the third round guy.

1419
01:22:53,120 --> 01:22:54,900
 You know, you can go down the list.

1420
01:22:55,540 --> 01:23:00,140
 Really, the thing about the draft is to get your foot in the door, to get that opportunity.

1421
01:23:00,140 --> 01:23:09,180
 And from there, you know, team fit becomes key, style of play becomes the key, so many things that even the best players have little to no control over.

1422
01:23:10,020 --> 01:23:13,460
 So, you know, this is a fancy way to say it's a crapshoot.

1423
01:23:13,580 --> 01:23:16,380
 They know more than we do, but they don't know that much more than we do.

1424
01:23:17,380 --> 01:23:25,880
 Joe, Cain, speaking of Alabama, Cain Proctor, I've seen his high as number six, and I'd be surprised if he went that high.

1425
01:23:26,040 --> 01:23:36,480
 But Proctor, a lot of people feel is more of a first-round pick than Ty Simpson, even though Simpson has done a marvelous job.

1426
01:23:36,480 --> 01:23:45,300
 Some of his clips with that former Oakland Raider coach were quite hilarious.

1427
01:23:45,800 --> 01:23:50,680
 Jamon McCoy, who didn't play or played very little, I hear, may be in the first round.

1428
01:23:51,240 --> 01:23:54,300
 And Auburn may have their first picks since 2019.

1429
01:23:55,260 --> 01:23:59,640
 Kendrick Falk, who right now looks like he may be going to the Bears at number 25.

1430
01:24:01,020 --> 01:24:02,740
 Falk is certainly a good prospect.

1431
01:24:02,960 --> 01:24:05,220
 Proctor is one of those guys that's hard to project,

1432
01:24:05,220 --> 01:24:10,020
 and he, in a lot of ways, illustrates what the NFL Draft is all about,

1433
01:24:10,100 --> 01:24:12,540
 which is potential more than really production.

1434
01:24:13,020 --> 01:24:16,760
 And he's got a frame I think they say you can dream on.

1435
01:24:16,940 --> 01:24:20,460
 You know, when you're talking about a big, big horse of a man,

1436
01:24:21,060 --> 01:24:24,480
 yeah, he's not a finished product, but maybe you can finish him.

1437
01:24:24,560 --> 01:24:27,300
 On the other hand, you know, somebody like Ty Simpson,

1438
01:24:27,560 --> 01:24:30,920
 he's much closer now than I think where he's going to end up.

1439
01:24:31,080 --> 01:24:34,520
 So, you know, again, it becomes all about fit.

1440
01:24:34,520 --> 01:24:39,920
 It becomes all about philosophy, all of these things that are decided at the high pay levels.

1441
01:24:40,260 --> 01:24:45,780
 But, you know, you see every year guys slip lower than they should.

1442
01:24:45,880 --> 01:24:47,540
 Guys get picked higher than they should.

1443
01:24:48,300 --> 01:24:51,240
 You know, there'll be some of that on both sides this year.

1444
01:24:52,000 --> 01:24:53,620
 Joe Cox Saturday down south.

1445
01:24:53,680 --> 01:24:57,620
 It's an interesting decision to speculate about what could have been for Alabama.

1446
01:24:57,620 --> 01:25:00,280
 A couple of other guys projected to go high.

1447
01:25:00,440 --> 01:25:02,860
 Everybody thought Peter Woods was a lock to come to Bama.

1448
01:25:02,940 --> 01:25:04,200
 He winds up at Clemson.

1449
01:25:04,280 --> 01:25:07,720
 He's projected some folks number 22 to San Diego.

1450
01:25:08,080 --> 01:25:09,660
 Caleb Downs did come to Alabama.

1451
01:25:09,660 --> 01:25:15,260
 Alabama had a cup of coffee for a season transferred out from greener pastures and paydays with Ohio State.

1452
01:25:15,400 --> 01:25:17,860
 It kind of illustrates those two, what could have been.

1453
01:25:18,000 --> 01:25:19,920
 Back in the day, it would have been a whole different ball game.

1454
01:25:20,920 --> 01:25:30,860
 But when you start looking at what Alabama didn't have, I mean, Peter Woods and Caleb Downs, you can only sit here and speculate what might have been if Alabama had been able to land those two and keep those two.

1455
01:25:31,440 --> 01:25:33,820
 Well, I mean, you said it, keep those two.

1456
01:25:34,100 --> 01:25:37,440
 Retention is such a different thing than it used to be.

1457
01:25:37,560 --> 01:25:44,160
 I mean, retention used to mean keeping the guy's second string happy long enough to see him matriculate up the depth chart.

1458
01:25:44,240 --> 01:25:45,660
 Now it means keeping your stars.

1459
01:25:45,660 --> 01:25:49,540
 I mean, you know, you're re-recruiting your own team every week.

1460
01:25:49,660 --> 01:25:51,700
 And so that's been the dilemma.

1461
01:25:51,980 --> 01:26:00,400
 And certainly when you have a coaching change and a particularly massive coaching change like Coach Saban's retirement, it would be silly not to see.

1462
01:26:00,900 --> 01:26:03,800
 You know, to expect to see some fallout from that.

1463
01:26:04,200 --> 01:26:08,760
 But, you know, it's never a dull moment these days.

1464
01:26:08,920 --> 01:26:09,460
 Don't blink.

1465
01:26:09,620 --> 01:26:10,640
 Don't blink with your team.

1466
01:26:10,760 --> 01:26:12,960
 Don't blink with trying to improve your team.

1467
01:26:15,140 --> 01:26:25,960
 SEC baseball, which Joe Conks knows very well, Texas A&M may be the hottest team in the league and only won two out of two instead of two out of three.

1468
01:26:26,060 --> 01:26:27,220
 The weather got the other one.

1469
01:26:27,540 --> 01:26:31,740
 They've won their last four SEC series.

1470
01:26:32,360 --> 01:26:34,220
 Ole Miss is playing better.

1471
01:26:34,340 --> 01:26:37,840
 They got swept by Mississippi State and Oxford in March.

1472
01:26:38,600 --> 01:26:42,500
 This month, I believe they're seven and two in SEC play.

1473
01:26:43,940 --> 01:26:47,800
 Georgia keeps hitting one home run after another.

1474
01:26:47,800 --> 01:26:52,400
 They leave the nation with 113 home runs.

1475
01:26:52,460 --> 01:26:56,320
 Got their first road win against Arkansas in 18 years.

1476
01:26:57,140 --> 01:27:02,680
 And, Joe, I never thought I'd say this, but LSU is having a lousy season.

1477
01:27:03,680 --> 01:27:05,920
 Yeah, they really are.

1478
01:27:06,280 --> 01:27:08,800
 And, boy, I mean, you kind of run through it there.

1479
01:27:08,920 --> 01:27:11,260
 It has been such a tough league.

1480
01:27:11,360 --> 01:27:24,580
 I think the one real concern here for the SEC is that you don't kind of repeat what you had in basketball, where you had a bunch of really good teams and nobody really, you know, swam to the front of the pack and held up against other guys.

1481
01:27:24,580 --> 01:27:29,040
 That hasn't been a problem in baseball, and I wouldn't anticipate it being now.

1482
01:27:29,560 --> 01:27:34,820
 I think the SEC will be well represented in Omaha come time for all that.

1483
01:27:34,960 --> 01:27:39,540
 But the lack of one big dog leading the hunt is a little bit of a concern.

1484
01:27:41,080 --> 01:27:51,920
 Joe, your thoughts about Tennessee, everybody thought they were dead, and like everybody else, they come out of the ashes at Starkville, the home of great, historically, anyway, SEC baseball.

1485
01:27:52,200 --> 01:27:59,200
 Your thoughts about the Vols, and I believe Alabama maybe wants you to answer that question for them since they kind of got them on the schedule coming up here soon.

1486
01:27:59,980 --> 01:28:00,720
 Yeah, absolutely.

1487
01:28:01,080 --> 01:28:06,900
 I mean, we're getting down to the point where, you know, every series is going to become pivotal.

1488
01:28:07,380 --> 01:28:18,760
 Tennessee had a terrible, terrible start, but, you know, it doesn't shake up awful now to play that series with Alabama and Knoxville is a big deal because, you know,

1489
01:28:18,820 --> 01:28:23,120
 if you're Tennessee and you win that series, you've got Kentucky next, the Wildcats are struggling.

1490
01:28:23,300 --> 01:28:30,500
 You could well come out of those two series at 500 in the league, and if you do that, you know, you're kind of to house money.

1491
01:28:30,500 --> 01:28:36,820
 You've still got Texas and Oklahoma coming up, and neither of those are easy, but nobody's easy these days.

1492
01:28:37,000 --> 01:28:42,560
 It's just a matter of putting together enough wins to put that resume on ice, so to speak.

1493
01:28:42,880 --> 01:28:50,260
 Vandy, or I was looking at Alabama's schedule here, Vandy coming up for them, and that's a team that could go either way.

1494
01:28:50,340 --> 01:28:58,380
 They've still got South Carolina, so Alabama's in good shape, in better shape than Tennessee, but that series as we get in Knoxville could flip that.

1495
01:28:59,520 --> 01:29:01,080
 Joe, what about Alabama?

1496
01:29:01,080 --> 01:29:03,460
 They lost two out of three to Texas.

1497
01:29:03,940 --> 01:29:16,420
 Zane Adams was throwing a shutout through six in the Saturday game, and then Texas won three to one, and then Alabama comes back to win two to one.

1498
01:29:16,520 --> 01:29:23,260
 Zane Adams, Tyler Faye, who threw the no-hitter against the Gators, they've got good pitching.

1499
01:29:23,440 --> 01:29:25,180
 They just haven't had the clutch pitching.

1500
01:29:25,380 --> 01:29:26,900
 They've got swept by Arkansas.

1501
01:29:27,820 --> 01:29:30,120
 I think they've got a more manageable schedule.

1502
01:29:30,400 --> 01:29:31,820
 Joe, your thoughts on the time?

1503
01:29:32,420 --> 01:29:33,200
 They really do.

1504
01:29:33,280 --> 01:29:35,220
 The schedule gets a little lighter.

1505
01:29:35,360 --> 01:29:40,120
 Yeah, to lose five in a row in the league, that last win over Texas is a big one.

1506
01:29:40,200 --> 01:29:42,660
 And, boy, the Longhorns, you talk about a team with some strengths.

1507
01:29:42,740 --> 01:29:43,720
 Man, they can pitch.

1508
01:29:43,720 --> 01:29:50,700
 I think they are on the mound where Georgia has been at the plate, and Alabama certainly struggled to put runs together in that series.

1509
01:29:51,240 --> 01:30:00,860
 You know, big one in Knoxville, then in a Vanderbilt team in Tuscaloosa that could really, you know, put its season in jeopardy if they don't come out and play well.

1510
01:30:01,000 --> 01:30:05,480
 And then, you know, having South Carolina there in the back end gives Alabama a little bit of extra cushion.

1511
01:30:05,640 --> 01:30:06,900
 Feel good about the Tide.

1512
01:30:06,900 --> 01:30:15,400
 And the question is going to be, can you stack up, you know, 16, 17 league wins and get to the point where you're talking about hosting?

1513
01:30:15,620 --> 01:30:20,520
 I think they certainly can, but they need to take care of some business here over the next couple weekends.

1514
01:30:21,260 --> 01:30:26,500
 Yeah, Texas had 19 strikeouts of Alabama on Saturday.

1515
01:30:26,800 --> 01:30:27,200
 Wow.

1516
01:30:27,400 --> 01:30:28,920
 That's amazing pitching.

1517
01:30:29,660 --> 01:30:32,580
 And Joe Cox has got amazing stories.

1518
01:30:33,140 --> 01:30:38,880
 Janky Robinson Day was last week, I believe last Wednesday, but we failed to mention that.

1519
01:30:39,020 --> 01:30:40,360
 I know you've got a book on him.

1520
01:30:40,820 --> 01:30:49,560
 Joe, where can we get online and get the power rankings, watchability, all the good SEC baseball stuff on this SDS?

1521
01:30:50,860 --> 01:30:57,380
 Saturday down south and then the book, you know, anywhere you get those books a million, Amazon, wherever.

1522
01:30:57,880 --> 01:30:59,960
 You know, it's funny to talk about it.

1523
01:31:00,040 --> 01:31:07,680
 Right about the time I finished that book on Robinson, I stopped to pick up something in a Walmart in a little town in Tennessee.

1524
01:31:08,180 --> 01:31:16,060
 And I'm walking in the front door and I see a little boy who's wearing a homemade number 42 Jackie Robinson t-shirt.

1525
01:31:16,560 --> 01:31:26,760
 And I thought, boy, that is when it's eternal, when, you know, 70, 80 years on, people are still, you know, kind of making their own relic to touch a little piece of the history.

1526
01:31:27,060 --> 01:31:28,380
 And I enjoyed doing that.

1527
01:31:28,380 --> 01:31:38,180
 And I think if anybody wants to study how Robinson changed the people around him, I'd certainly encourage you to check out my book and send those nickels and dimes my way via royalty.

1528
01:31:38,740 --> 01:31:39,820
 I guarantee you.

1529
01:31:39,980 --> 01:31:41,920
 Hey, Joe, listen, it's always good to hook up with you.

1530
01:31:42,000 --> 01:31:44,140
 Thank you so much and keep up the good work, okay?

1531
01:31:44,340 --> 01:31:46,340
 Always enjoy talking to you guys.

1532
01:31:46,400 --> 01:31:47,400
 You guys take care of yourself.

1533
01:31:48,120 --> 01:32:00,820
 Speaking of baseball players and from the city of New York, how about Ryan Weathers against Kansas City, seven and a third, eight strikeouts, big night for the pride of Loretto.

1534
01:32:00,960 --> 01:32:02,680
 It's ERA now at 3-1-8.

1535
01:32:03,240 --> 01:32:06,340
 And in modern baseball, that is very, very, very good.

1536
01:32:06,500 --> 01:32:10,640
 So congratulations to Ryan Weathers and the New York Yankees.

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1633
01:38:15,520 --> 01:38:16,140
 Welcome back again.

1634
01:38:16,220 --> 01:38:18,420
 Time to say hello to Matt Merchia.

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1637
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 It's called 365, Gridiron 365 to be exact.

1638
01:38:28,040 --> 01:38:28,820
 Matt, welcome in.

1639
01:38:28,900 --> 01:38:29,900
 Happy Tuesday to you.

1640
01:38:29,920 --> 01:38:30,620
 How are you?

1641
01:38:31,640 --> 01:38:32,280
 I'm doing well.

1642
01:38:32,320 --> 01:38:33,200
 How are you guys doing today?

1643
01:38:33,320 --> 01:38:33,680
 Hey, man.

1644
01:38:34,000 --> 01:38:35,900
 Gearing up for a little draft talk.

1645
01:38:35,960 --> 01:38:37,920
 Are you ready for the NFL draft, Matt?

1646
01:38:39,200 --> 01:38:39,600
 Yeah.

1647
01:38:39,860 --> 01:38:40,720
 You better be, right?

1648
01:38:40,800 --> 01:38:41,940
 It starts on Thursday.

1649
01:38:42,520 --> 01:38:45,460
 And I think it's going to be another interesting draft for sure.

1650
01:38:45,600 --> 01:38:46,280
 It'll be one of those.

1651
01:38:47,600 --> 01:38:53,440
 I'm sure it'll be one that'll be steeped in finding out who's going to be the number one quarterback

1652
01:38:53,440 --> 01:38:58,060
 and who's going to be, you know, who's going to be some of the winners and losers of the draft.

1653
01:38:58,860 --> 01:39:02,160
 You know, the thing is, it also shows you the power of the transfer portal.

1654
01:39:02,220 --> 01:39:02,720
 A couple of names.

1655
01:39:02,800 --> 01:39:07,260
 It's several, but one, obviously, Mendoza, which he should catch the biggest check of all.

1656
01:39:07,340 --> 01:39:10,700
 He bounced all over the place before hitting a gold mine there in Indiana.

1657
01:39:10,860 --> 01:39:12,120
 Caleb Downs from Alabama.

1658
01:39:12,240 --> 01:39:13,260
 He made a lot of money anyway.

1659
01:39:13,380 --> 01:39:16,200
 He goes to Ohio State, makes money, moves on.

1660
01:39:16,260 --> 01:39:20,780
 But here's what I think is interesting about this, Matt, that a lot of folks may or may not be talking about it.

1661
01:39:20,780 --> 01:39:25,860
 That is, some of these kids, they're basically going to take a pay cut with it or not.

1662
01:39:25,960 --> 01:39:30,740
 I mean, talk about the kids who came in and sold their wares early to these colleges,

1663
01:39:30,740 --> 01:39:33,920
 and now they may have to wind up going way down the draft board.

1664
01:39:34,920 --> 01:39:40,380
 Did we ever think we'd have a conversation where someone may have been taking a pay cut to go from college to the NFL?

1665
01:39:41,640 --> 01:39:43,380
 Yeah, it's incredible right now.

1666
01:39:43,500 --> 01:39:50,660
 You know, you're talking about the players, you know, you've got quarterbacks that have been, you know, making five, six million dollars a year, you know,

1667
01:39:50,660 --> 01:39:58,080
 and you can see why so many players are suing NCA to try to get some more eligibility so they can go back to school.

1668
01:39:58,360 --> 01:40:01,960
 I mean, this isn't about getting a degree or getting a master's degree.

1669
01:40:02,120 --> 01:40:08,180
 This is about making more money, and if you feel like, you know, you don't have an opportunity or you feel like, you know,

1670
01:40:08,180 --> 01:40:12,920
 you don't want to be maybe, you know, an undrafted free agent that has to sign with the practice squad,

1671
01:40:13,300 --> 01:40:18,340
 you might want to stay in school and have an opportunity to make some money and be successful there.

1672
01:40:18,500 --> 01:40:19,320
 You never know.

1673
01:40:19,380 --> 01:40:22,940
 I mean, depending on what happens, you could always move your way up the draft board.

1674
01:40:23,040 --> 01:40:24,500
 You could find a little bit more success.

1675
01:40:25,000 --> 01:40:29,740
 But, yeah, the number of, you know, especially if you guys look at the numbers of, you know,

1676
01:40:29,760 --> 01:40:38,460
 underclassmen who decided to leave early, those numbers have really kind of gone down with everything going on, you know,

1677
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 with NIL and, you know, I think that's you're seeing those players deciding maybe to stay an extra year or two

1678
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 because it's more profitable.

1679
01:40:46,940 --> 01:40:47,780
 And I don't blame them.

1680
01:40:47,780 --> 01:40:53,020
 I mean, listen, get some money while you can because, you know, why would you go somewhere and make sick less pay?

1681
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 If you've got an opportunity to go back to school for one more year, have free room and board,

1682
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 make money, and also have a nutritionist available at all times.

1683
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 And a date, home standby.

1684
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 I mean, it'd be interesting to see how Carson Bix's future paycheck compares to where he's been.

1685
01:41:06,780 --> 01:41:10,860
 And also, to me, the more intriguing one would be Diego Pavia out of Vanderbilt.

1686
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 I wonder what's going to happen there as far as the cha-ching.

1687
01:41:14,460 --> 01:41:15,840
 Yeah, you know, and you never know.

1688
01:41:15,840 --> 01:41:18,180
 I think what's going to be interesting is this is a draft,

1689
01:41:18,280 --> 01:41:21,240
 and I'm not sure it's going to be very high on quarterbacks.

1690
01:41:21,500 --> 01:41:24,180
 You know, I don't think, especially in the early rounds,

1691
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 I don't think you're going to see a lot of quarterbacks get selected in the early rounds.

1692
01:41:28,840 --> 01:41:29,900
 I think it's going to be a few.

1693
01:41:30,020 --> 01:41:33,840
 I think this early is going to be a lot of defensive ends,

1694
01:41:34,160 --> 01:41:37,520
 defensive ends, edge rushers, guys that feel like, you know,

1695
01:41:38,160 --> 01:41:41,960
 NFL teams feel like they can just insert, plug in right away and get going out there.

1696
01:41:42,060 --> 01:41:47,480
 I think outside of Mendoza and maybe, you know, Simpson, I'm not sure if there's, you know,

1697
01:41:47,500 --> 01:41:53,460
 I know Diego's a good talent, but I don't know if that translates well into what the NFL wants.

1698
01:41:53,780 --> 01:41:58,800
 You know, the NFL has not really embraced the idea of a mobile quarterback over the years,

1699
01:41:58,860 --> 01:42:02,940
 especially one who's kind of built a reputation for kind of being his own person.

1700
01:42:03,080 --> 01:42:05,440
 I mean, I think it's going to be a difficult transition for him,

1701
01:42:05,800 --> 01:42:09,820
 and I don't think it's going to be something we'll hear his name over the first couple rounds.

1702
01:42:09,920 --> 01:42:13,780
 I think it's something probably would be more in the third, fourth, or fifth round type situation.

1703
01:42:14,800 --> 01:42:18,840
 Matt, just to reiterate your point, I've seen quite a few mocks this week.

1704
01:42:19,740 --> 01:42:25,160
 Projected to be number two, Arvel Reese, linebacker from Ohio State.

1705
01:42:26,800 --> 01:42:31,500
 Edge, David Bailey from Texas Tech, number three or four.

1706
01:42:32,160 --> 01:42:36,380
 And then number five, Sonny Stiles, linebacker from Ohio State.

1707
01:42:36,380 --> 01:42:40,020
 Again, that linebacker edge position you mentioned.

1708
01:42:40,880 --> 01:42:46,560
 Yeah, I think that's going to be a really position of a lot of necessary and a lot of needs right now.

1709
01:42:46,740 --> 01:42:50,220
 You know, I mean, I think obviously Mendoza goes one.

1710
01:42:50,360 --> 01:42:52,020
 I think he's a guy that's going to be there.

1711
01:42:52,460 --> 01:42:56,200
 But it's going to be interesting to see the two, three, four, five, six role.

1712
01:42:56,360 --> 01:42:59,980
 I mean, I've looked at a lot of these mocks, and it doesn't get down to maybe seven or eight

1713
01:42:59,980 --> 01:43:04,540
 when you see Carnell Tate, you know, the Ohio State wide receiver maybe mentioned being going there.

1714
01:43:05,100 --> 01:43:09,100
 And then maybe Jordan Tyson, the Arizona State wide receiver being out there as well.

1715
01:43:09,100 --> 01:43:17,240
 But most of the right now I'm seeing is defensive ends, linebackers, occasional offensive linemen, you know, cornerbacks.

1716
01:43:17,600 --> 01:43:24,460
 I think defense is going to rule the roost really in the early rounds because I think there's so many talented defenders.

1717
01:43:24,680 --> 01:43:30,340
 I think teams realize now they can get a guy and maybe he's advanced, he's a senior,

1718
01:43:30,560 --> 01:43:33,740
 or maybe he was a fifth-year guy or a sixth-year guy, and they can plug him in.

1719
01:43:33,800 --> 01:43:36,020
 And you don't have to sit there and really develop talent.

1720
01:43:36,320 --> 01:43:38,100
 He's going to be able to kind of help you right away.

1721
01:43:38,480 --> 01:43:39,380
 Quarterback's a little different.

1722
01:43:39,520 --> 01:43:41,660
 You need a special type of talent.

1723
01:43:42,020 --> 01:43:46,620
 You need someone who steps up and, if you feel like, can lead your team right away.

1724
01:43:47,140 --> 01:43:48,020
 Even Mendoza.

1725
01:43:48,280 --> 01:43:48,880
 I mean, think about it.

1726
01:43:48,880 --> 01:43:50,320
 Kirk Cousins signs with the Raiders.

1727
01:43:50,940 --> 01:43:54,720
 My guess is the Raiders are probably going to have Cousins be the main guy for this next year.

1728
01:43:54,940 --> 01:43:59,020
 And Mendoza's probably going to spend a lot of time learning the trade under a veteran quarterback.

1729
01:43:59,280 --> 01:44:04,000
 That's a good way to do it rather than forcing him to go out there and try to salvage a franchise.

1730
01:44:05,100 --> 01:44:06,720
 Bryce Young will testify to that.

1731
01:44:06,820 --> 01:44:08,820
 Matt Michelle with the Orlando Senate.

1732
01:44:08,980 --> 01:44:16,900
 Matt, your thoughts about college football moving towards an earlier start to the season?

1733
01:44:16,900 --> 01:44:21,980
 I think a lot of folks would like that, but one year I went down to Florida to cover Steve Spurrier, and it was in August.

1734
01:44:22,720 --> 01:44:24,120
 Do I need to tell you more?

1735
01:44:24,200 --> 01:44:26,400
 You had to change like nine shirts in two hours.

1736
01:44:26,600 --> 01:44:28,120
 That was in August.

1737
01:44:28,720 --> 01:44:33,800
 Throughout the South, Baton Rouge known for humidity, Tuscaloosa, Auburn, we go on and on.

1738
01:44:33,920 --> 01:44:42,580
 Your thoughts, there's an advantage to it, obviously, as far as the tail in the season, but where are you with college football maybe moving toward an earlier start in the season?

1739
01:44:43,480 --> 01:44:44,300
 Oh, I think it's coming.

1740
01:44:44,500 --> 01:44:51,840
 I mean, listen, I think it's coming because if you look at the idea that college administrators want to pull the schedule back, you know,

1741
01:44:51,840 --> 01:44:58,680
 if you're going to go to a 16- or 2014 playoff, you know, right now in the next year, it's a 12-team playoff.

1742
01:44:58,740 --> 01:45:05,660
 We're already looking at the national championship game being late January, and I know talking to coaches and some athletic directors,

1743
01:45:05,980 --> 01:45:12,700
 they don't want to see games get into February, so they're trying to pull things back, and so I think this is the first step to that.

1744
01:45:12,800 --> 01:45:17,180
 I think it also presents the idea of eliminating conference championship games.

1745
01:45:17,180 --> 01:45:25,620
 If you eliminate a conference championship game, that frees up another week, that opens the door where you can slide in some of those early playoff games and get those done.

1746
01:45:26,060 --> 01:45:31,060
 The biggest challenge right now is you don't want to go head-to-head with the NFL, especially in the playoffs,

1747
01:45:31,280 --> 01:45:37,460
 and I just think right now we're heading that way if we don't do something to try to fix that, and this is the first step.

1748
01:45:37,580 --> 01:45:39,460
 You say, okay, let's start on week zero.

1749
01:45:39,960 --> 01:45:42,720
 You know, I'm sure there'll be some schools that want to take advantage of that.

1750
01:45:42,980 --> 01:45:46,560
 Yes, in Florida, it's going to be hot, and we're all going to be sweating through our shirts.

1751
01:45:47,120 --> 01:45:54,060
 But I think you go ahead and take advantage of that opportunity, and then, you know, maybe it buys you an additional week down the road for a bye week

1752
01:45:54,060 --> 01:45:56,200
 and, you know, for being able to move some things up.

1753
01:45:56,240 --> 01:46:07,800
 So I think it's going to happen, and I think it's because of the fact that they want to find a way to anticipate the challenge of playing 15, 16, 17, maybe 18 games in the future,

1754
01:46:07,900 --> 01:46:12,800
 and you don't want to have to worry about trying to cram those in before February 1st.

1755
01:46:13,800 --> 01:46:22,940
 About 20 minutes ago on social media, Florida State, Mike Norville, named his starting quarterback for 2026,

1756
01:46:23,660 --> 01:46:27,260
 Ashton Daniels, former Auburn quarterback.

1757
01:46:27,260 --> 01:46:33,700
 By the way, he'll be in the center in Tuscaloosa the third Saturday in September.

1758
01:46:34,240 --> 01:46:35,480
 Man, it's your thoughts.

1759
01:46:36,580 --> 01:46:40,360
 Well, you know, this is a make-or-break decision for Mike Norville.

1760
01:46:41,200 --> 01:46:48,400
 I'm not – listen, the last two quarterbacks they brought in, you know, were Tommy Castle – or DJ Ugelele and Tommy Castle-Oise.

1761
01:46:48,740 --> 01:46:49,960
 And both of them struggled.

1762
01:46:50,620 --> 01:46:56,580
 And so if Austin Daniels is a guy that comes out there and struggles, this offense isn't going to have very much success.

1763
01:46:56,780 --> 01:46:58,560
 And Mike Norville needs to have a good year.

1764
01:46:59,080 --> 01:47:00,200
 So I get it.

1765
01:47:00,320 --> 01:47:03,880
 It makes the decision of you name a guy who's got some experience.

1766
01:47:04,500 --> 01:47:09,840
 You know, Kevin Sperry, who he was competing with, I think is going to be a good quarterback, but was a young quarterback.

1767
01:47:10,040 --> 01:47:12,840
 And I think you want a guy to kind of maybe learn a little bit under the system.

1768
01:47:13,320 --> 01:47:16,520
 But this is a – like I said, this is a huge decision for Mike Norville.

1769
01:47:16,700 --> 01:47:19,740
 And I'm a little surprised he made this decision now.

1770
01:47:20,100 --> 01:47:20,600
 You know what I mean?

1771
01:47:20,600 --> 01:47:30,440
 This is a decision that normally, last couple years, you wouldn't make because – or at least announce – because with the transfer portal, with the spring window, you know, you'd see a lot of guys in the portal.

1772
01:47:30,440 --> 01:47:33,020
 But I think now he understands, okay, we can make this move.

1773
01:47:33,380 --> 01:47:39,020
 But still, the idea is that gets him going into ball camp, the definitive starter, and you've got to build off of that.

1774
01:47:39,960 --> 01:47:41,840
 Matt Mercial, the Orlando Sentinel.

1775
01:47:41,940 --> 01:47:46,180
 Not a lot of NBA talk here, but something that's germane to your neck of the woods.

1776
01:47:47,180 --> 01:47:53,120
 Former Florida coach Billy Donovan announcing he's stepping down in the NBA with the Chicago Bulls.

1777
01:47:53,320 --> 01:48:04,460
 And the other scuttlebutt is an NBA team out west, the Golden State Warriors, a.k.a. the San Francisco area, talking maybe about bringing Todd Golden back.

1778
01:48:04,540 --> 01:48:06,660
 He spent some college years out there in the Bay Area.

1779
01:48:06,660 --> 01:48:14,900
 Your thoughts about Donovan stepping down and all this scuttlebutt, how serious is his talk of Golden maybe taking his game to the NBA from Gainesville?

1780
01:48:15,900 --> 01:48:17,800
 Well, I think this is going to be interesting.

1781
01:48:18,020 --> 01:48:22,680
 Listen, Billy Donovan has had a successful college career, not so much as a professional.

1782
01:48:22,940 --> 01:48:25,020
 You know, he's been around for a long time in the NBA now.

1783
01:48:25,420 --> 01:48:28,900
 But I think Donovan is a name that will pop up, you know, for several jobs.

1784
01:48:29,020 --> 01:48:35,960
 I mean, listen, in my town, the Orlando Magic, there's a possibility they could be making a coaching change if they don't advance very far in the playoffs.

1785
01:48:36,420 --> 01:48:43,380
 Billy's name, remember, Billy came here for a cup of coffee one time and barely didn't even coach a game and left, went back to Florida.

1786
01:48:44,120 --> 01:48:49,780
 And I think that could, who knows what could happen if Todd Golden leaves to go to Golden State.

1787
01:48:49,880 --> 01:48:55,420
 I think Golden State, an NBA job, is really the only thing that would get Todd Golden out of Florida.

1788
01:48:55,880 --> 01:49:00,680
 I think it would have to be a premier job, something that would really entice him to want to come back.

1789
01:49:00,920 --> 01:49:03,740
 I think going back home to the Bay Area would be very interesting for him.

1790
01:49:03,740 --> 01:49:07,940
 I think having an opportunity to coach in the NBA is a very attractive option.

1791
01:49:08,320 --> 01:49:12,780
 If he were to leave, I was talking about this earlier with some people, if he were to leave, that opens up.

1792
01:49:12,960 --> 01:49:18,560
 I mean, it's all of a sudden your coaching carousel goes into overdrive because who gets that Florida job?

1793
01:49:18,640 --> 01:49:20,600
 And that's a very premier job.

1794
01:49:20,800 --> 01:49:22,360
 And that's why I go back to Billy Donovan.

1795
01:49:22,880 --> 01:49:28,780
 It's somebody in Florida to say, let's invite Billy back, you know what I mean, and try to rekindle that success.

1796
01:49:29,040 --> 01:49:31,080
 I mean, it's happened to everyone elsewhere, you know what I mean?

1797
01:49:31,120 --> 01:49:32,060
 Why not try to do that?

1798
01:49:32,060 --> 01:49:39,700
 Or do they go somewhere else and try to bring another established coach at a college program somewhere and try to bring them in and try to have them go?

1799
01:49:39,780 --> 01:49:43,220
 So this is something I think is going to be interesting to watch over the next couple weeks.

1800
01:49:43,720 --> 01:49:46,680
 I know that a lot of the Florida players have come back.

1801
01:49:46,880 --> 01:49:48,820
 It's not a given that Todd would leave.

1802
01:49:49,660 --> 01:49:51,840
 They've got a pretty good core coming in next year.

1803
01:49:51,900 --> 01:49:56,020
 I think Florida's got a chance to be another strong year in the SEC and make another strong run.

1804
01:49:56,580 --> 01:49:58,720
 So it's going to probably take a lot.

1805
01:49:58,900 --> 01:50:07,360
 It's going to take a job that would be something that would be enticing, whether it's financial or just something to benefit a family.

1806
01:50:09,220 --> 01:50:11,340
 Matt, I mentioned this a little bit earlier.

1807
01:50:12,040 --> 01:50:24,380
 As of 152 Central, 252 Eastern Time, there are 2,541 entries in the men's basketball portal.

1808
01:50:26,960 --> 01:50:28,920
 Yeah, that's something amazing.

1809
01:50:29,100 --> 01:50:30,360
 I don't even know what to say to that.

1810
01:50:30,640 --> 01:50:32,000
 I mean, it's an incredible number.

1811
01:50:32,380 --> 01:50:39,020
 And I think what's interesting is, you know, there are a lot of schools, a lot of programs that still haven't filled out their roster.

1812
01:50:39,580 --> 01:50:44,220
 You know, there are programs right now who are waiting to see what was going to happen.

1813
01:50:44,460 --> 01:50:50,100
 So I think, you know, you can, what this deadline means is that, you know, you can't get in the portal anymore.

1814
01:50:50,780 --> 01:50:53,920
 But what it also means is, okay, you can still sign players.

1815
01:50:53,960 --> 01:51:02,620
 And I think you're going to see a lot of signings come on over the next, you know, the next few days as coaches try to figure out how they're building their rosters and keep things going.

1816
01:51:02,900 --> 01:51:05,880
 It just means an amazing amount of players are sitting there waiting.

1817
01:51:06,480 --> 01:51:07,300
 And it's like football.

1818
01:51:07,400 --> 01:51:08,180
 We went through this with football.

1819
01:51:08,420 --> 01:51:15,720
 You know, we go through it every year where you've got players who make the choice to leave and go on the portal and then find themselves stuck.

1820
01:51:16,220 --> 01:51:20,680
 You know, and they find themselves kind of, you know, thinking, okay, I shouldn't have done this move.

1821
01:51:20,780 --> 01:51:26,740
 And then you end up having to take either go to a division, you know, maybe drop down a division at a level to play.

1822
01:51:26,840 --> 01:51:31,440
 Or you go to a school, you know, that's not where you wanted to be at, not a power four school.

1823
01:51:31,880 --> 01:51:32,960
 And you have to play there.

1824
01:51:33,060 --> 01:51:34,020
 And it's going to be tough.

1825
01:51:34,120 --> 01:51:36,820
 There are going to be a lot of players who are going to be left out in the cold.

1826
01:51:36,880 --> 01:51:38,700
 And they're going to have to figure out what they're going to want to do.

1827
01:51:39,020 --> 01:51:47,660
 Because either, A, they thought they could get more money, you know, or, B, they got bad advice from, you know, a family member or an agent or someone who said, oh, you should go and you should jump.

1828
01:51:48,060 --> 01:51:52,140
 Or the program they're at told them they should leave and there was nothing really available.

1829
01:51:52,380 --> 01:52:00,740
 So it's something that I think a lot of players I've spoken with over the years, both football and basketball, have said, you know, they don't want to be left out in the cold.

1830
01:52:00,740 --> 01:52:08,620
 And that's the scary, that's why a lot of players try to find as quickly as possible because they don't want to find themselves on this day waiting to find out if they're going to land somewhere.

1831
01:52:09,400 --> 01:52:17,100
 Yeah, transferred portal deadline tonight at 11.59 if you would like to enter the portal.

1832
01:52:17,580 --> 01:52:20,340
 We're glad Matt Mercelle has not entered the portal.

1833
01:52:21,100 --> 01:52:23,300
 Listen, have a great week.

1834
01:52:24,100 --> 01:52:25,700
 Still a lot of stuff going on.

1835
01:52:25,780 --> 01:52:30,120
 Where can we get online, get you podcasts, get you stories and all the good stuff?

1836
01:52:30,920 --> 01:52:41,240
 Yeah, you can go to OrlandoSettle.com to check out the latest or you can follow me on social media at OS Matt Mercelle and check out all the latest as we move towards another NFL draft.

1837
01:52:41,240 --> 01:52:43,920
 And let's hope we, let's hope it's a good one.

1838
01:52:45,420 --> 01:52:47,040
 Have a happy draft night, Matt.

1839
01:52:47,100 --> 01:52:48,740
 Thank you so much for your time today.

1840
01:52:49,620 --> 01:52:49,920
 All right.

1841
01:52:49,940 --> 01:52:50,480
 Thanks a lot, guys.

1842
01:52:50,560 --> 01:52:50,900
 Take care.

1843
01:52:50,960 --> 01:52:51,460
 Thank you, bud.

1844
01:52:51,660 --> 01:52:54,820
 I believe I'm Matt Mercelle going up with us from the Orlando Center.

1845
01:52:54,940 --> 01:52:58,640
 Baby, are you ready for some Braves of baseball again tonight here on 93.9?

1846
01:52:59,420 --> 01:53:09,180
 I'm ready and that Bryce Elder guy, I told you with the last Friday, I take back 50% of every negative comment I've ever said about Bryce.

1847
01:53:09,300 --> 01:53:13,460
 Got the win again last night, the Braves 9-4.

1848
01:53:13,460 --> 01:53:18,220
 I believe Lopez is on the mound tonight against the Nationals.

1849
01:53:18,440 --> 01:53:23,620
 Ronaldo Lopez on the mound, he'll start tonight 6-5 up on the second place.

1850
01:53:23,720 --> 01:53:26,500
 Marlins said the Cardinals could do their job with the Braves' win.

1851
01:53:26,580 --> 01:53:28,900
 The Marlins could go to 6, that's where the Nationals are now.

1852
01:53:29,000 --> 01:53:29,760
 Couldn't go to 7.

1853
01:53:30,140 --> 01:53:30,940
 Here's what's important.

1854
01:53:31,080 --> 01:53:39,880
 The fields, 7.5 back to Mighty Mets, 8.5 games behind the Atlanta Braves here at this point in the season.

1855
01:53:39,880 --> 01:53:42,980
 Stay tuned to see what happens tonight here on 93.9, the score.

1856
01:53:43,360 --> 01:53:44,480
 It's going to take care of us for now.

1857
01:53:44,560 --> 01:53:46,880
 On behalf of BB, Greg James Blair and the entire crew here.

1858
01:53:46,980 --> 01:53:49,040
 Harold Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1859
01:53:49,140 --> 01:53:51,540
 Let's do it again tomorrow noon to 2 for the Bumbo Buck Show.

1860
01:53:51,820 --> 01:53:54,260
 Back here on Sports Radio from 93.9, the score.