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 The Boomo Bugg Show.

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

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 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9, The Score.

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 Good afternoon and welcome here to the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

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 Brett Beaird, welcome in where over 300,000 people show up to watch a man in almost a suit read from an index card for hours.

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 It's called the NFL Draft.

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 Were you one of those over 300,000 attendance in Pittsburgh last night?

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 No, I was not one of the 300,000, but I'll say this for the broadcast.

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 Boy, it went a lot quicker, didn't it?

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 When you cut it down to about 87 or 8 minutes, they got through it in about three hours.

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 And one of the results of it was Alabama's record of consecutive NFL droughts with a first-round pick continued as Caden Procter is drafted number 12 to Miami.

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 Ty Simpson right behind him at number 13.

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 Bill Shanks talks about the Braves' great story on the season.

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 But Jimmy is here right now to recap another historic night for Alabama, coaching salaries, and will Alabama get a commitment from the number one quarterback in the nation tomorrow at 1130?

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 Well, Superman has his Jimmy, and we've got hours.

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 He's called us to the Locked On Bama, part of the Locked On Network.

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 The question before the draft, would Alabama have the streak continued to want 18 with another first-round draft pick?

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 Not one, but two.

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 It would want to be understandable on the surface, right, where the head coach is more in a win-now mode than maybe the front office and the ownership, which plans on sticking around.

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 The head coach wants to win right now, and I think this split of opinion between the front office and the coach probably happens way more than we ever know as the public.

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 Number one, the good news is if you're the number one draft pick, you're going to obviously catch the biggest check in all likelihood.

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 Jimmy, let's talk contract extensions for both size balls, basketball and football.

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 I saw a trivia question.

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 If you ever make it to Jeopardy, name the college in America with the highest paid football-slash-basketball coaching staff,

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 I mean, I still think it had been announced around the time of the Michigan fear that it wouldn't have been quite as noisy.

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 Big, strong kid, 6'5", 225, which is amazing size for a guy that is not even a senior in high school yet.

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 Haven was a lean to Alabama for so long that he was leaning to Alabama when Nick Sheridan was the QB coach.

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 Welcome back in.

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 What do you say we head up to the Music City and say hello to Blake Lovell.

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 He's got the entire SEC covered at.

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 Where else?

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 Southeastern 16.

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 It's called Blue Ribbon.

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 That's called Establish the Past.

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 Blake Lovell, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Yeah, doing well, guys.

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 Kentucky, as always.

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 You too.

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 I'll tell you what.

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 If anybody knows what it's like living in a city where they host the NFL draft, it's you.

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 What does it mean?

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 I mean, back in the day, Nashville, in some ways, they kind of got this ball rolling, did they not?

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 This has always been a big deal for a lot of the hardcore fans.

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 But it's like when it went to Nashville.

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 They saw that this can spread across the board.

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 You're bringing a lot of folks last night to the NFL's credit.

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 You can criticize them all you want, but they know how to turn a buck.

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 They moved this thing around.

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 Over 300,000 last night.

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 We were joking earlier, Blake, to show up and watch a man almost in a suit read from an index card for hours.

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 But your thoughts on what this means to a city?

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 Yeah, it's something, isn't it?

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 Like you said, I think you remember back when they kind of made such a big deal of it here.

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 And, yeah, it kind of felt like it was sort of the point that started the domino effect.

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 You have everybody trying to sort of up, you know, how do we beat this number and how do we get this many people here?

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 And you saw what it could be.

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 And I think just, you know, when you have the world-class presentation, you know, broadcast-wise,

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 and it can appeal to so many people to say, all right, I want to be part of that.

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 And, yeah, you kind of got that vibe in Nashville.

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 And then, you know, you look at the places it's been to since, whether it's Cleveland, whether it's Pittsburgh and Green Bay, so forth.

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 Like there's just so many, you know, different options that you have.

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 And now, like this is something where you can simply rotate this, you know, everywhere and just get all the way back around again and just keep doing it that way.

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 And, yeah, it just becomes a big party, right, in kind of what becomes that slow part of the season for the NFL, which there really never is any of that.

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 It's been interesting at the social media talk today.

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 If you listen to some of the national opponents, I don't know why the SEC needs to even play this year.

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 With the Big Ten finally surpassing the SEC by the number of draft picks, the Big Ten at 10 and the SEC 7,

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 which broke, I think, what was it, a 15-year stranglehold on that.

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 And some of the reasons for that, and a lot of people haven't mentioned this,

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 Ohio State gets four when they normally get two.

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 Indiana got two when they normally get zero.

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 Georgia had one when they normally get two or three.

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 Tennessee had zero when they normally get one or two.

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 Texas had zero.

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 And, quite frankly, a lot of the players in the SEC, and Alabama is a good example of this,

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 stayed one more season because they're making more money or as much money in NIA.

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 L, as they would be going to the NFL draft.

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 Is the Big Ten now taking over college football and the SEC needs to just not play this fall?

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 Yeah, like you said, I think there's some context that's very important there when it comes to just the nature of how different it is now versus the way it used to be.

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 And like you said, there are some players who have no reason to go to the draft because they're going to earn more money staying in college.

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 And, you know, as you mentioned, it's not as though the entire Big Ten has just taken over the SEC.

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 It's just, yeah, the top of the Big Ten this past year when you have Indiana win the national title and they've got the number one overall pick.

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 And, you know, you've got an Ohio State team that gets four guys going in the top 11 of the draft.

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 And you just keep kind of looking at those.

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 Again, these are outliers.

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 These are not the norm.

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 And so I think from that perspective, like, yes, you're looking at, just as we've said over the past, you know, a couple years now.

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 Like, sure, there are certainly a lot of resources going into these top-level Big Ten teams.

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 And, you know, again, results will vary season by season depending on which group comes together, which group doesn't.

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 But, again, in the SEC, I think there's always going to be a situation in this era where you're going to have top players who have that choice to enter the draft

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 and will be getting paid more to stay versus if they were somewhere in the middle of the Big Ten or something like that.

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 I think that's just the nature of how much that the SEC is putting into it.

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 So, yeah, maybe a little early to declare that this thing is over.

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 But, again, there are some contacts required for that.

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 A little hooking up with us.

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 The most intriguing, I think it's safe to say, was Ty Simpson.

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 A lot of folks said, what's this kid doing?

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 He turned down and reported over $6 million in NIL deals to go elsewhere in the college ranks.

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 His signing bonus loan is in the neighborhood of $14 million, $15 million.

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 Overall, it could end up being $20 million to $30 million.

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 So we know financially he's going to be okay.

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 You can live in UT Martin on that and didn't have some change left over back in the day.

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 But your thoughts, to me, this is one of those deals where this is great for Simpson because he's going to Los Angeles.

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 He's going to be being able to tutor with one of the greats.

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 But the coaching staff may, at least on body language alone, may make this an uncomfortable marriage.

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 But your thoughts about Ty Simpson to L.A., at least right now, the head coach doesn't look like he's got warm arms out to embrace him.

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 Yeah, I think it's certainly one where, you know, you kind of understand the scenario you're working with, with Matthew Stafford.

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 And I think from that perspective, you know, if there's one thing we know about NFL teams is that they are always, always looking for the future.

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 And yes, they were certainly focused on the short term, but they are going to, at every turn, protect themselves for the future when it comes to just building their roster.

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 And so I think with this, like, sure, it's going to be kind of a pick that most will see as one of the sort of biggest wild card choices of the first round.

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 But, you know, at the same time, we've seen this with NFL teams when it comes to those kind of choices.

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 Usually quarterback is factored in there when you're talking about the top positions that maybe catch you off guard,

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 because there are going to be teams that go out and identify certain guys and say,

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 I don't really care where they're at on anyone else's board.

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 Like, we see the vision for how they're going to fit in with our head coach, with our offensive scheme,

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 and, again, kind of the other pieces of the roster that we've already put together.

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 So time will tell on Ty Simpson whether, again, it works out there or not.

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 But, I mean, you mentioned it, Harold.

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 I don't know how you could have a better situation than playing for Sean McVay and sitting behind Matthew Stafford.

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 Like, that's a great spot to be in entering the league.

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 that Nashville, Tennessee will host the Super Bowl in 2030?

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00:27:54,640 --> 00:27:55,020
 Wow.

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 Listen, I do think there has been talks of that certainly before, you know, that came out.

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 I think we had even mentioned it when we talked about, you know,

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 when they made the decision on the new stadium and they were kind of putting everything into it.

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 Like, there was, at the time, like, a lot of belief that you were looking at, to me,

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 I think the three things I heard the most, the three big events,

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 and that was the Super Bowl, that was WrestleMania, and that was the Final Four.

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 And, like, those were the three big things that Nashville was really pushing for.

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 And, you know, and again, it's kind of fitting because there was also a report this week,

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 I saw just around here in Nashville, and I think it was from the Fox station or whatever,

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 that, you know, yes, like, that was kind of the original plan,

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 is that Nashville was supposed to host WrestleMania next year.

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 And so, if you think about the way they were going to stagger that, okay, so that goes into 2027,

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 you're looking at Final Four options, then, of course, you're going maybe a year or two later with the Super Bowl.

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 Like, that was kind of their plan.

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 It was to really just kind of domino all these big events.

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 So, I think, yeah, it's probably going to happen.

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 And, again, I don't think that's going to be the only big one here.

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 I think, like I said, I could certainly see the Final Four being a realistic option, you know,

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 on the women's side, men's side, soon enough as well.

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 I think that's probably to come, and many other things here.

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 Brett and I said, oh, we remember when the Grand Ole Opry was a selling card

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440
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 who comes out the big winner, the big loser, and your thoughts about Nate Oates.

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 He wins the lottery with a contract.

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 Yeah, certainly.

443
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 I think it's well-deserved based on, obviously, the success he's had there.

444
00:29:37,780 --> 00:29:41,140
 And I think when you look at, you know, what they've done this offseason,

445
00:29:41,380 --> 00:29:45,280
 I feel like they're one of those teams that you're kind of in wait-and-see mode

446
00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:47,660
 maybe more so than usual with Alabama.

447
00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:51,500
 But, you know, they've got some pieces that are still to be determined, I think,

448
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 on next year's roster.

449
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 And, you know, some of it honestly comes back to the Aiden Holloway situation.

450
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 And you just kind of are curious to see exactly, you know, who's going to be where.

451
00:30:00,100 --> 00:30:04,120
 And I think Alabama's one of the more intriguing teams coming out of the portal so far

452
00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:07,260
 just because you can see kind of what they're trying to put together.

453
00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:09,380
 But they're also going to have some guys, I think,

454
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 that take a pretty significant step forward in their system.

455
00:30:12,340 --> 00:30:15,080
 I would say the biggest winners, believe it or not,

456
00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:17,220
 you're going to have to head to the Lone Star State

457
00:30:17,220 --> 00:30:20,960
 because I think Texas and Texas A&M have both been huge winners

458
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 in the transfer portal.

459
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,080
 I mean, I think you're looking right now at Texas.

460
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 In all honesty, I think Texas is a top 10 preseason team at this point.

461
00:30:29,740 --> 00:30:33,880
 I think A&M looks like a top 25 team to start off with.

462
00:30:34,340 --> 00:30:35,560
 I mean, both of these teams.

463
00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:37,560
 And remember, we had this conversation last year.

464
00:30:37,620 --> 00:30:38,600
 They both had new coaches.

465
00:30:39,380 --> 00:30:42,820
 And I said, I said, they are going to have their worst rosters in year one

466
00:30:42,820 --> 00:30:45,680
 because they're going to wind up getting the money and resources they need.

467
00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:47,960
 So, Texas, Texas A&M, big winners.

468
00:30:48,100 --> 00:30:51,460
 I think Vanderbilt and Tennessee, also two big winners in this thing.

469
00:30:51,540 --> 00:30:53,180
 And then, honestly, guys, I put Auburn in there.

470
00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:56,040
 I think Auburn's done a really good job of kind of just, you know,

471
00:30:56,100 --> 00:30:58,640
 kind of revamping their roster a little bit with what they need.

472
00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:01,600
 So, to me, those are the ones that certainly have stood out the most.

473
00:31:03,040 --> 00:31:08,540
 As far as replenishing offense, Tennessee and Rick Barnes are there.

474
00:31:09,220 --> 00:31:12,820
 In Florida, to be able to get that front court to come back,

475
00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:17,500
 Chinyu Liu, I believe, entered the draft like Amari Allen did.

476
00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:19,080
 And we'll see if he comes back.

477
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:22,700
 But, boy, I tell you one thing, if that front court from Florida comes back,

478
00:31:23,040 --> 00:31:28,480
 I know who the preseason number one's going to be in the majority of the polls.

479
00:31:28,980 --> 00:31:29,760
 Great stuff.

480
00:31:29,860 --> 00:31:31,080
 So many stuff going on.

481
00:31:31,180 --> 00:31:36,280
 I know y'all have got a recap of the NFL, all the football spring games now.

482
00:31:36,600 --> 00:31:39,100
 No, I think Arkansas's got one.

483
00:31:39,540 --> 00:31:43,620
 The remaining one, SEC baseball going down the stretch.

484
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 Where can we get online and listen to the great podcast for all three sports?

485
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:50,580
 Yeah, I always appreciate it, guys.

486
00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:54,300
 Yeah, find us over there at Southeastern 16 on YouTube or any podcast app you use.

487
00:31:54,380 --> 00:31:57,100
 Yeah, of course, we've got lots of SEC baseball stuff this weekend,

488
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 a lot of transfer stuff, and, yeah, reaction to spring football.

489
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 So, yeah, find us there, Southeastern 16 on YouTube.

490
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 The last weekend of April in Joya, Blake.

491
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 Thanks so much for your time today.

492
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 Thanks, guys.

493
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 You too.

494
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 Thank you, bud.

495
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496
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 Coming up, golly, he's probably loving the Braves a little bit more than the Falcons right now.

497
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 Bill Shanks, the big peach himself.

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565
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592
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 Welcome back in.

593
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 What better way to say hello to the final Friday in April to say hello to Mr. Friday.

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 Also, Mr. Peach from the big state of Georgia.

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596
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 Bill Shanks, welcome in.

597
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 Did you watch with laser beam focus, Mr. Goodell getting his 20,000 steps from the backstage to the podium last night for the NFL draft?

598
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 Or were you busy reflecting on the team with the best record in the National League and, overall, the Atlanta Braves?

599
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 How are you?

600
00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:43,460
 Neither one.

601
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:44,880
 I'm doing well.

602
00:38:45,060 --> 00:38:47,380
 I was with the Atlanta Hawks game.

603
00:38:47,500 --> 00:38:49,800
 The Hawks are up 2-1 on the New York Knicks.

604
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 I know y'all already had a whole segment about that.

605
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 We want to talk about it.

606
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 You're listening.

607
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 We appreciate you listening.

608
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 I didn't say I was listening.

609
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 I just assumed y'all were having a segment already.

610
00:38:59,620 --> 00:38:59,960
 Okay.

611
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 There you go.

612
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 There you go.

613
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 There you go.

614
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 You want to say if you write that word down as soon.

615
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 Bill, your thoughts about to raise.

616
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 Here we are coming up on the last weekend in April and a show of hands.

617
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 And be honest, we're not politicians here, so we can be honest.

618
00:39:14,620 --> 00:39:22,500
 How many folks had the Atlanta Braves penciled in as not only leading the East, but with the best team in all of Major League Baseball?

619
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 Not many, and not many people also had the Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets in the last place in the National League East.

620
00:39:30,540 --> 00:39:35,920
 I said today, I said, looking at the Braves in the first place is like having a great big cake.

621
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 And then the icing is the fact that the Mets and Phillies are bringing up the rear and the National League East, which is just the best cake you'll ever have.

622
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 But it's been an incredible start.

623
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:58,340
 I don't think the Braves could be in a better position than what they are in right now with their record, with the fact that their best rivals or biggest rivals are in last place, in fourth and fifth place, respectfully.

624
00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:02,900
 And also the fact that everything's in good shape.

625
00:40:02,900 --> 00:40:05,960
 I mean, yes, they lost their clothes earlier this week to an injury.

626
00:40:06,060 --> 00:40:07,180
 Hopefully he won't be out long.

627
00:40:07,300 --> 00:40:08,860
 They've got the one to step right in.

628
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:16,260
 They had someone come up from the minor leagues yesterday, whom I've been speaking about a lot over the years, J.R. Ritchie, had a tremendous debut.

629
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 They've got pitchers coming back with Spencer Strider in May and, of course, others after the All-Star break.

630
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 And they're in good shape.

631
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 Let's land another layer to that, Bill, because it's still April.

632
00:40:28,200 --> 00:40:30,360
 There's plenty of time left on the clock.

633
00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:31,820
 But here's the bottom line.

634
00:40:32,120 --> 00:40:39,460
 If the Braves just play a respectful ball, it's hard to dig out from an eight-and-a-half in the case of the Mets, nine-and-a-half in case of the fields.

635
00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:40,660
 That means they've got to get hot.

636
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:48,180
 The Braves have got to go cold because if they're just sitting there in tennis terms holding serve, they can't catch up realistically barring the Braves collapsing.

637
00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:49,760
 You're right.

638
00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:53,500
 I mean, it's the same thing the Braves went through a year ago, right?

639
00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:59,740
 I mean, they were 0-7 to start the season, and you felt by the second week of April, heck, when the Braves were done, they're out of this.

640
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 Because when you put yourself in that much of a hole, it's just so, so difficult to get out of it.

641
00:41:07,780 --> 00:41:14,880
 And so, yeah, I mean, again, you just can't be in a better spot than what the Braves are playing well, first of all.

642
00:41:15,220 --> 00:41:16,980
 The record shows that, but they're playing well.

643
00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:19,040
 They've got more people.

644
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 I mean, look, they've got $35 million of their payroll coming back in the next couple of weeks with Hoffman Kim at shortstop and Sean Murphy as the catcher.

645
00:41:27,020 --> 00:41:30,820
 Well, I mean, you can make a case that they don't need you to bag on one of them.

646
00:41:30,980 --> 00:41:35,260
 I mean, the catcher they've got that's taken over, Drake Baldwin, is about the best in baseball.

647
00:41:35,620 --> 00:41:47,400
 And Mauricio Duvall, nobody's going to want to see him get fewer at-bats because of the situation with the, you know, I mean, he's just been great so far.

648
00:41:47,400 --> 00:41:50,680
 So, no, it's been really good so far.

649
00:41:51,060 --> 00:41:56,660
 And, you know, I mean, the thing that they kind of rolled the dice on the pitching staff.

650
00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:04,840
 And, look, I said in spring training when I was criticizing Alex and Thomas for not getting another pitcher, which I still think he should have,

651
00:42:05,200 --> 00:42:09,780
 I said, well, I do believe that I think he is counting on J.R. Ritchie to contribute.

652
00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:13,860
 And because Alex likes J.R. a great deal.

653
00:42:13,900 --> 00:42:16,080
 He always has, as I have.

654
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:18,260
 And I think he rolled the dice on that.

655
00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:20,020
 And we saw some of the results of that yesterday.

656
00:42:21,740 --> 00:42:32,400
 The Braves, just to reinforce all this, the Braves have 18 wins, the most in the major leagues, not just the National League, major leagues.

657
00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:41,080
 They've got 248 hits, 150 runs, 3.12 ERA, which in modern-day baseball is exceptional.

658
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:47,640
 They have outscored their opponents to date by 62 runs, which is tremendous.

659
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:52,200
 And I go back and reinforce what you said.

660
00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:57,640
 And people scoffed at you about this when they laughed, Wes, and it's not a big deal.

661
00:42:58,160 --> 00:42:58,920
 Yeah, it is.

662
00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:01,980
 They got off to an amazing start in the spring.

663
00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:06,800
 And that has been a springboard for them to utilize this.

664
00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:10,280
 And I thought, Richie, after the first pitch, was marvelous.

665
00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:12,240
 But I go back again.

666
00:43:12,700 --> 00:43:19,440
 All of this started back in March with the exhibition games, and they've carried it on.

667
00:43:20,020 --> 00:43:20,480
 You're right.

668
00:43:20,540 --> 00:43:21,000
 You're right.

669
00:43:21,100 --> 00:43:21,520
 I understand.

670
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:29,500
 I mean, and I don't think it was – I don't think Walt Weiss called a team meeting and said, okay, if we don't win 20 games, I'm going to fine every one of us.

671
00:43:29,980 --> 00:43:35,800
 I think he just – I think the team – and I'm not cutting Walt short, don't get me wrong.

672
00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:38,500
 But I don't think it was a concerted effort.

673
00:43:39,140 --> 00:43:44,240
 But I think that they had success early on in spring training, and they're like, okay, this is what we need to do.

674
00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:45,720
 We need to play well in spring training.

675
00:43:45,820 --> 00:43:47,180
 We need to play good ball in spring training.

676
00:43:47,300 --> 00:43:53,100
 We need to have a good record because – and again, history does show us some things sometimes.

677
00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:57,920
 And I go back 44 years to when Joe Torre did make it a concerted effort.

678
00:43:58,080 --> 00:43:59,640
 He said –

679
00:43:59,640 --> 00:43:59,920
 82.

680
00:43:59,920 --> 00:44:03,580
 And it was different circumstances, right, 82, and it was different circumstances.

681
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:10,560
 I mean, the Braves had only had one winning season under Bobby Cox's four years, and his first tenure as Braves manager, it was 81-80.

682
00:44:11,100 --> 00:44:12,160
 But that was it.

683
00:44:12,220 --> 00:44:18,980
 They had a losing record and a disappointing year in 81, and Joe Torre came in and said, you know what, this team's been in Atlanta for 16 years.

684
00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:20,900
 They've had like four winning records.

685
00:44:21,240 --> 00:44:23,260
 We need to have a good spring to carry that.

686
00:44:23,260 --> 00:44:28,420
 Well, they won 13 in a row in the beginning of the season, and if not for that, they wouldn't have won the division that year.

687
00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:32,720
 So how you get off to a season does matter.

688
00:44:32,900 --> 00:44:37,340
 And I think the same situation was in place of the new manager this year with Walt Weiss.

689
00:44:39,040 --> 00:44:41,280
 Phil Shanks, the Superstations.com.

690
00:44:41,340 --> 00:44:50,620
 Let us not get too carried away because baseball can be the kindest yet the cruelest game in the world because when you face each other head up, one or two things can happen.

691
00:44:50,620 --> 00:44:53,200
 And that is, like, tonight the Braves take on the fields.

692
00:44:53,760 --> 00:44:56,680
 If the fields sweep, all of a sudden that lead is cut to six and a half.

693
00:44:56,740 --> 00:44:57,400
 That's manageable.

694
00:44:57,580 --> 00:45:02,660
 But what happens to the Braves sweep, they're 12 and a half up come Sunday night over the fields.

695
00:45:03,300 --> 00:45:06,620
 Even if the Braves take the series two out of three, they still get a game.

696
00:45:06,740 --> 00:45:08,120
 So they're still 10 and a half up.

697
00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:12,800
 So, to me, this is a very important weekend just to keep the momentum going in the right direction.

698
00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:13,720
 Absolutely.

699
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:18,040
 Yeah, I mean, well, they ought to smell blood in the water, right?

700
00:45:18,200 --> 00:45:25,700
 I mean, they look at the Phillies' running streak, and even if the Phillies snap that at some point this weekend, take two or three and win series.

701
00:45:25,700 --> 00:45:28,000
 I mean, that's been the trademark of the year so far.

702
00:45:28,060 --> 00:45:30,780
 They're 7-0 and 1 as far as series.

703
00:45:30,780 --> 00:45:32,120
 They haven't lost a series so far.

704
00:45:32,220 --> 00:45:36,380
 They split one four-game series with the Diamondbacks in the early part of the season.

705
00:45:36,920 --> 00:45:39,260
 So it's like, keep it going.

706
00:45:39,580 --> 00:45:40,300
 Don't stop.

707
00:45:40,460 --> 00:45:41,000
 Win series.

708
00:45:41,140 --> 00:45:45,040
 I mean, that's been the trademark of this team going back to bombing is win series.

709
00:45:45,180 --> 00:45:46,160
 That's what you have to do.

710
00:45:46,300 --> 00:45:48,580
 And not that you're going to win two out of three every single year.

711
00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:50,060
 You are going to win 108 games.

712
00:45:50,260 --> 00:45:55,820
 You want to be as, you know, I was thinking last night when I was watching the basketball game.

713
00:45:57,240 --> 00:46:02,600
 It's like, you know, one thing I've never heard out of a coach's mouth in basketball, we need to win quarters.

714
00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:12,240
 We need to, the most quarters we win, I guarantee you, and it's something that I don't think I've ever seen stand on.

715
00:46:12,520 --> 00:46:17,720
 It's like, if I go back, for example, and look at, all right, 82 games for the Atlanta Hawks, for example,

716
00:46:18,300 --> 00:46:24,540
 and you can do this to college, high school, 82 games for the Atlanta Hawks, times four, whatever that is, what, 328, whatever.

717
00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:27,760
 How many of those 328 quarters did the Hawks win?

718
00:46:28,340 --> 00:46:32,900
 And I guarantee you, considering the fact they won 46 games, they won a pretty good number of them.

719
00:46:33,240 --> 00:46:35,980
 The more quarters you win, it ought to help you win the game of basketball.

720
00:46:35,980 --> 00:46:40,780
 And the more series you win, it ought to help you win, have a great season in baseball.

721
00:46:40,940 --> 00:46:42,620
 And we've seen that happen over the years.

722
00:46:42,740 --> 00:46:47,140
 So they just need to win the series against Philadelphia and move on to the next one and do the same thing.

723
00:46:47,900 --> 00:46:56,540
 We talked about the NFL draft in the last segment about now that the Big Ten, since they've got 10 in the SEC seven,

724
00:46:57,140 --> 00:47:01,000
 that they've taken over college football, and we've listened to that all year long.

725
00:47:01,060 --> 00:47:08,020
 And again, I give the Big Ten credit, Ohio State, Indiana, Hoosiers won the national championship.

726
00:47:08,020 --> 00:47:11,860
 But Georgia only had one player taken last night.

727
00:47:11,980 --> 00:47:13,820
 Georgia normally has two or three.

728
00:47:14,300 --> 00:47:15,660
 Texas had none.

729
00:47:16,380 --> 00:47:18,280
 Tennessee had none.

730
00:47:19,020 --> 00:47:21,640
 Indiana had two when they normally have zero.

731
00:47:21,900 --> 00:47:23,680
 Ohio State normally gets two.

732
00:47:24,420 --> 00:47:27,440
 Alabama had two and so forth and so on.

733
00:47:27,500 --> 00:47:29,740
 And it's all over social media this morning.

734
00:47:29,880 --> 00:47:31,960
 I know you've looked at some of it.

735
00:47:32,560 --> 00:47:38,940
 And again, a lot of these kids decided not to go this year because they make more money in NFL.

736
00:47:40,940 --> 00:47:49,760
 Your thoughts on the movement sweeping the country that the Big Ten has just completely taken over college football?

737
00:47:50,240 --> 00:47:51,940
 Well, I don't know if I'll go that far.

738
00:47:52,100 --> 00:47:56,040
 I mean, I think there's a proof in the pudding of what the numbers showed last night.

739
00:47:56,100 --> 00:47:58,600
 We'll see about the draft, how many players in the SEC.

740
00:47:58,660 --> 00:48:00,180
 That'll be an interesting thing to see.

741
00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:01,480
 There's no question about that.

742
00:48:01,880 --> 00:48:07,460
 And I think that the NIL is going to spread it out a little bit where it's not as dominant as the SEC as it used to be.

743
00:48:07,520 --> 00:48:14,420
 I mean, you know, there were years where Tennessee had that tremendous advantage over even Georgia and Alabama for that matter.

744
00:48:14,900 --> 00:48:16,780
 And, you know, so it's cyclical for some reason.

745
00:48:17,100 --> 00:48:23,600
 But I want to tell you my big thing of the NFL draft is if Ty Simpson pushes Stetson Bennett out of a job, the war is on.

746
00:48:25,920 --> 00:48:27,060
 Why would that be, Bill?

747
00:48:27,120 --> 00:48:27,920
 Why would that be?

748
00:48:27,920 --> 00:48:30,640
 I mean, where did he play college ball?

749
00:48:31,100 --> 00:48:37,340
 It was obvious that Sean McVay was about as comfortable as a daggum, you know, church.

750
00:48:38,180 --> 00:48:43,720
 And he had to go and explain about Ty Simpson and look at their left knee as he was trying to explain all that c***.

751
00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:47,660
 But then he's like, I want him to come out and say, well, I don't know where the heck he's going to play.

752
00:48:47,780 --> 00:48:50,400
 We may see him down in my league, so Stetson's our number two.

753
00:48:50,600 --> 00:48:54,660
 So, you know, but that was one of the interesting things about last night for certain.

754
00:48:55,960 --> 00:49:01,060
 You know, one of the names I thought about last night, back to what Brett alluded to,

755
00:49:01,100 --> 00:49:04,620
 there's people like Carson Beck, he hates the NFL, does he not?

756
00:49:04,700 --> 00:49:06,260
 Your thoughts about some of these kids?

757
00:49:06,620 --> 00:49:11,740
 Did we ever think we'd live long enough, Bill, to see a guy take a pay cut from going from college to the NFL?

758
00:49:12,860 --> 00:49:17,620
 Yeah, you know, there was a rumor earlier this week that Carson was going to sneak into the late first round.

759
00:49:17,720 --> 00:49:18,660
 I didn't really buy that.

760
00:49:18,740 --> 00:49:20,720
 We'll see if he goes tonight in two or three.

761
00:49:20,720 --> 00:49:29,660
 But, yeah, well, I tell you, and I predicted this, we're seeing the NBA with the NBA draft.

762
00:49:29,860 --> 00:49:33,360
 I mean, let me tell you, Florida, you can go ahead and crown them national changes.

763
00:49:33,420 --> 00:49:33,940
 Yeah, absolutely.

764
00:49:34,320 --> 00:49:34,820
 That's right.

765
00:49:35,000 --> 00:49:36,780
 They got Thomas Hawk going back.

766
00:49:37,140 --> 00:49:41,460
 They got Owen, the Condon kid going back.

767
00:49:41,840 --> 00:49:44,900
 The big center is contemplating it, too, I believe.

768
00:49:45,680 --> 00:49:46,500
 Yep, yep, that's correct.

769
00:49:47,180 --> 00:49:54,340
 But they say that Hawk is going to be the highest paid player in college athletics next year by Florida.

770
00:49:55,040 --> 00:49:56,680
 And, look, they're loaded.

771
00:49:56,940 --> 00:50:04,320
 I mean, I laughed a couple weeks ago after the championship game when they did that not-too-early top 25 list.

772
00:50:04,400 --> 00:50:07,480
 I'm like, you better wait on that and see who's going back to their school.

773
00:50:07,480 --> 00:50:07,900
 That's right.

774
00:50:08,140 --> 00:50:14,440
 Because there's going to be some players that are going to, and sure enough, it's like, if you don't look at college basketball right now

775
00:50:14,440 --> 00:50:18,400
 and say that Florida's number one by a lot, you ain't looking at the right thing, brother.

776
00:50:18,700 --> 00:50:18,860
 Brother.

777
00:50:19,920 --> 00:50:25,340
 Bill, the other thing that I wonder last night with Ohio State, why didn't Ryan Day win a national championship last year?

778
00:50:25,420 --> 00:50:28,340
 He had an NFL team, what, four of the top 10, 11 or so?

779
00:50:28,900 --> 00:50:31,000
 I mean, why did he not win?

780
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:34,620
 I bet Ohio State fans are asking that a lot.

781
00:50:34,620 --> 00:50:35,820
 Yeah, sure they are.

782
00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:39,840
 When you adjust that much just for men, Harold, it just doesn't do your body good.

783
00:50:42,260 --> 00:50:43,060
 All right.

784
00:50:43,140 --> 00:50:44,840
 Let me ask you about Michael Harris.

785
00:50:45,020 --> 00:50:50,880
 He's playing like we've talked about his capability for the last couple of years.

786
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:54,520
 He's hot as a firecracker, and they took him out yesterday.

787
00:50:55,780 --> 00:50:58,420
 He seems to have a quad issue.

788
00:50:58,600 --> 00:51:00,320
 Thank God it's not a hamstring.

789
00:51:01,420 --> 00:51:05,800
 Tell me he's not going on the disabled list or whatever they call it now.

790
00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:11,460
 Well, I don't, I don't, I'm not sure, but I mean, he said after the game yesterday, he's going to be good to go tonight.

791
00:51:11,560 --> 00:51:13,140
 That's all we can go on until otherwise.

792
00:51:13,520 --> 00:51:13,720
 Okay.

793
00:51:13,920 --> 00:51:16,080
 I mean, he said he was fine, Brett.

794
00:51:16,200 --> 00:51:18,740
 So I kind of take that for what it's worth.

795
00:51:18,920 --> 00:51:23,300
 And, you know, they had that game in hand, so they just took him out there for the very end.

796
00:51:23,360 --> 00:51:24,800
 But I think he's going to be fine.

797
00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:30,660
 He's been on a great run, and, you know, that's what's making the lineup so great is Harris has had a great week, obviously.

798
00:51:31,280 --> 00:51:35,480
 Again, Dubon not showing the power necessarily, but he's not a power hitter, doing great.

799
00:51:36,240 --> 00:51:42,420
 You've got Baldwin continuing his early season mastery of the National League and baseball in general.

800
00:51:42,420 --> 00:51:46,240
 And, you know, Olsen's unbelievable so far.

801
00:51:46,560 --> 00:51:49,940
 And so, and heck, they're 18 and eight, and Ronald Acuna's got one home run.

802
00:51:50,980 --> 00:51:51,240
 Wow.

803
00:51:51,740 --> 00:51:59,380
 Listen, I saw a comparison today between Matt Olsen and Freddie Freeman for the last five or six years.

804
00:51:59,920 --> 00:52:06,460
 And of those 12 categories, Matt Olsen is ahead in nine of them.

805
00:52:06,980 --> 00:52:08,500
 Listen, we all love Freddie.

806
00:52:08,620 --> 00:52:09,160
 I'm like you.

807
00:52:09,220 --> 00:52:10,900
 I'd be glad he came back tomorrow.

808
00:52:11,520 --> 00:52:16,620
 But, listen, Matt Olsen is one of the most underrated players in Major League Baseball.

809
00:52:17,540 --> 00:52:25,000
 Well, at the end of their careers, Matt's going to have better numbers in this time period than Freddie is because Freddie's older.

810
00:52:25,640 --> 00:52:32,680
 I will caution to say, though, that it is worthwhile of a question, though, that if Freddie had not left, would they have won another World Series in the last couple?

811
00:52:33,020 --> 00:52:36,080
 That is a legitimate and fair question.

812
00:52:36,240 --> 00:52:38,000
 That's not a knock on Matt.

813
00:52:38,140 --> 00:52:40,980
 It's just saying that, hey, Freddie was a special part of his team.

814
00:52:40,980 --> 00:52:49,040
 And, you know, I go back 30 years ago when John Sherald traded to David Justice a year after they had won the World Series in 95.

815
00:52:49,780 --> 00:52:51,660
 I don't think that team was the same after that.

816
00:52:51,820 --> 00:52:54,000
 I mean, they kept on winning division titles.

817
00:52:54,560 --> 00:52:59,380
 But, I mean, Justice was full of p*** and vinegar, and he was just a big part of that early 90s success.

818
00:52:59,380 --> 00:53:02,220
 And then you traded him away, and then you didn't win another World Series.

819
00:53:02,420 --> 00:53:05,220
 Well, maybe it's because you traded away a good piece of that puzzle.

820
00:53:05,400 --> 00:53:11,240
 And, of course, the moronic owner of the Atlanta Braves let Freddie Freeman walk away because of the next year.

821
00:53:11,460 --> 00:53:13,560
 So, look, I'm glad Matt's on the team.

822
00:53:13,620 --> 00:53:14,260
 Don't get me wrong.

823
00:53:14,320 --> 00:53:15,640
 I'm not trying to be negative.

824
00:53:15,640 --> 00:53:23,600
 But you will always wonder, especially if the Braves do not win a World Series in this window that they're in, if they had kept Freddie, if they would have.

825
00:53:24,600 --> 00:53:25,040
 Absolutely.

826
00:53:25,460 --> 00:53:25,800
 All right.

827
00:53:25,840 --> 00:53:27,840
 What are you talking about on the show today?

828
00:53:27,980 --> 00:53:30,680
 I know some of our loyal listeners want to call it.

829
00:53:30,740 --> 00:53:33,740
 You know, again, you keep talking about the Hawks.

830
00:53:34,060 --> 00:53:35,940
 I'm talking about the Braves.

831
00:53:36,020 --> 00:53:37,240
 I'm looking at the NFL.

832
00:53:38,060 --> 00:53:40,340
 You keep talking about the Hawks.

833
00:53:40,580 --> 00:53:48,220
 Where can some of our loyal listeners get online and call in the show and discuss any topic they wish?

834
00:53:48,660 --> 00:53:55,060
 They better call about the Hawks, and they better know that Dominique Wilkins got traded 33 years ago, so they'll call up and ask number 21 to do it.

835
00:53:55,220 --> 00:53:55,700
 That's for sure.

836
00:53:57,540 --> 00:54:01,880
 DSuperstations.com will be on the air in about an hour, and we'll be talking about the draft.

837
00:54:01,980 --> 00:54:05,260
 We'll be talking about the Braves, and we'll be talking about the Hawks.

838
00:54:06,140 --> 00:54:06,980
 There you go, Bill.

839
00:54:06,980 --> 00:54:08,040
 Well, we echo those sentiments.

840
00:54:08,860 --> 00:54:11,560
 As Brett and I always say, go Hawks, okay?

841
00:54:12,320 --> 00:54:14,180
 Yeah, I can hear it from over here.

842
00:54:16,580 --> 00:54:17,780
 Have a good weekend, Bill.

843
00:54:17,960 --> 00:54:18,460
 See you, Bill.

844
00:54:18,460 --> 00:54:18,840
 All right, guys.

845
00:54:18,920 --> 00:54:19,360
 Thank you.

846
00:54:20,300 --> 00:54:22,160
 Bill Shanks, Mr. Hawk himself.

847
00:54:22,300 --> 00:54:28,860
 Coming up the next hour, we're going to be talking about the Auburn Tigers finally breaking a drought with Justin Ferguson.

848
00:54:29,040 --> 00:54:31,260
 Zach Patters checking out what's shaking in the shows.

849
00:54:31,400 --> 00:54:35,400
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954
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 Mike, welcome in the day after the first round in the way of the NFL draft.

955
01:02:10,460 --> 01:02:10,880
 How are you?

956
01:02:11,620 --> 01:02:13,040
 Doing quite well.

957
01:02:13,860 --> 01:02:14,140
 Hey, Bill.

958
01:02:14,200 --> 01:02:15,540
 You look at the draft last night.

959
01:02:15,600 --> 01:02:16,600
 It's always a fun topic.

960
01:02:16,700 --> 01:02:21,920
 The day after, I think it's pretty safe to say the biggest surprise of the draft.

961
01:02:21,920 --> 01:02:29,400
 But overall, your reaction to that surprise, which is pretty obvious, and the proverbial winners and losers from day one.

962
01:02:30,240 --> 01:02:35,620
 Yeah, I don't know why the Rams selected Todd Simpson.

963
01:02:35,840 --> 01:02:43,980
 You're a team that is in win-now mode, and you drafted a guy who's going to be on the bench for at least a year, if not two.

964
01:02:45,660 --> 01:02:47,480
 I was surprised.

965
01:02:47,740 --> 01:02:49,580
 I'm a huge Jeremiah Love fan.

966
01:02:50,620 --> 01:02:59,280
 The Cardinals spent in this offseason to keep a free agent, James Conner, and to bring one in, Tyler Alger from the Falcons.

967
01:02:59,440 --> 01:03:01,860
 I don't know why you take Jeremiah Love as well.

968
01:03:02,860 --> 01:03:06,440
 I think the best first-round pick was the Cowboys.

969
01:03:06,600 --> 01:03:09,180
 They needed defensive help in the secondary.

970
01:03:09,380 --> 01:03:10,580
 They got Caleb Downs.

971
01:03:10,800 --> 01:03:10,900
 Yeah.

972
01:03:11,500 --> 01:03:16,780
 I think Caleb Downs is going to be a coach on the field.

973
01:03:17,040 --> 01:03:23,120
 He's made last some top-flight athleticism, but he's an extremely smart player.

974
01:03:23,640 --> 01:03:25,320
 I thought that was a really good pick.

975
01:03:25,640 --> 01:03:27,700
 I did not like the Caden Proctor pick.

976
01:03:27,980 --> 01:03:31,120
 I don't think he can play tackle in the NFL.

977
01:03:32,780 --> 01:03:34,660
 Reuben Bain dropping to the Bucs.

978
01:03:35,100 --> 01:03:36,600
 I follow the Bucs closely.

979
01:03:37,100 --> 01:03:39,000
 Their pass rush is atrocious.

980
01:03:39,840 --> 01:03:46,680
 So, Bain doesn't have the measurables that a lot of teams want in their edges.

981
01:03:47,280 --> 01:03:49,560
 His arms are too short, all that kind of stuff.

982
01:03:49,760 --> 01:03:53,380
 But the first-step quickness helped him a lot at Miami.

983
01:03:53,560 --> 01:03:56,080
 We'll see if it does the same thing with the Bucs.

984
01:03:58,280 --> 01:04:05,220
 Mike, did the Giants actually, the Giants and the Jets, I know a lot of people are talking, a lot of positive stuff.

985
01:04:05,220 --> 01:04:13,620
 But the Giants, with the Jets, with David Bailey, your thoughts, did they finally have a good first round?

986
01:04:14,480 --> 01:04:14,680
 Yeah.

987
01:04:15,520 --> 01:04:18,200
 David Bailey, to me, I like Arbel Reese better.

988
01:04:18,760 --> 01:04:20,920
 I think Bailey has the higher floor.

989
01:04:21,520 --> 01:04:25,160
 But I think in the NFL draft, picking at that spot, you're drafting for ceiling.

990
01:04:25,720 --> 01:04:27,320
 And I would have taken Arbel Reese.

991
01:04:27,640 --> 01:04:32,620
 I think Baylor can be a solid starter for a long time in the NFL.

992
01:04:32,620 --> 01:04:36,300
 But I think Reese has all-pro potential.

993
01:04:36,560 --> 01:04:39,540
 And Bailey certainly can be an all-pro.

994
01:04:40,020 --> 01:04:41,900
 I would have taken Arbel Reese.

995
01:04:42,060 --> 01:04:44,720
 I thought that – but it's certainly not a bad pick.

996
01:04:45,500 --> 01:04:48,200
 The Giants, I thought, did fine as well.

997
01:04:49,880 --> 01:04:59,420
 But the huge caveat with franchises like the Giants and the Jets, they are not run well.

998
01:05:00,140 --> 01:05:02,180
 So – and the Cardinals are another one.

999
01:05:02,180 --> 01:05:10,180
 If you're going to that team, you're going to a team that's extremely dysfunctional, it has a lot of bad front office folks,

1000
01:05:10,780 --> 01:05:17,480
 and you may be labeled a bust even though you're really not a bust.

1001
01:05:17,560 --> 01:05:18,660
 You just went for the wrong team.

1002
01:05:18,800 --> 01:05:21,060
 I think there's a lot of teams like that in the NFL.

1003
01:05:21,060 --> 01:05:27,300
 But the Jets, Giants, and Cardinals, I think, are right at the top of bad front office.

1004
01:05:29,060 --> 01:05:30,440
 Along with the Browns, of course.

1005
01:05:30,500 --> 01:05:31,900
 The Browns are in a league of their own.

1006
01:05:32,120 --> 01:05:38,440
 But the Jets, Giants, and Cardinals – again, the Cardinals, I don't know why.

1007
01:05:38,680 --> 01:05:40,020
 Jeremiah, I love the great player.

1008
01:05:40,880 --> 01:05:44,920
 Given what you did with your free agent money, though, was he really the best pick?

1009
01:05:47,520 --> 01:05:53,360
 Mike, 10 transfers, I was wondering – I was looking for this last night and I found it this morning.

1010
01:05:53,460 --> 01:05:58,280
 I was wondering how many transfers were actually drafted in the first round.

1011
01:05:58,400 --> 01:06:02,820
 You followed this for a couple of sites for years, and there were 10.

1012
01:06:03,260 --> 01:06:09,380
 Of course, starting first with Mendoza, David Bailey, Mansoor Delane from LSU,

1013
01:06:09,520 --> 01:06:13,480
 who I think is a very underrated player, Caleb Banks, et cetera.

1014
01:06:13,740 --> 01:06:16,000
 Did you think it would be less or more than 10?

1015
01:06:19,980 --> 01:06:23,460
 I thought it would be closer to half of the first round.

1016
01:06:23,860 --> 01:06:23,960
 Yeah.

1017
01:06:26,340 --> 01:06:30,240
 You know, that's the prevailing conventional wisdom.

1018
01:06:30,660 --> 01:06:33,380
 Every team relies so heavily on transfers.

1019
01:06:34,660 --> 01:06:38,900
 All these transfers are taking over college football, and then you look at the draft,

1020
01:06:39,080 --> 01:06:44,160
 and one-third of the first round was transfers, which in this era I don't think is a lot.

1021
01:06:45,060 --> 01:06:47,080
 Ohio State had four of the top 11.

1022
01:06:48,600 --> 01:06:53,720
 The first three Ohio State picks were all like homegrown guys.

1023
01:06:53,720 --> 01:06:55,660
 The other one that wasn't was down.

1024
01:06:56,180 --> 01:07:02,220
 So, I still think that there is a place.

1025
01:07:02,880 --> 01:07:03,780
 Transfers are fine.

1026
01:07:03,860 --> 01:07:04,600
 They're here to stay.

1027
01:07:05,000 --> 01:07:15,040
 But I still think that coaches who rely so heavily on the transfer portal in the end aren't doing themselves any favors.

1028
01:07:15,180 --> 01:07:17,320
 And I think the draft last night showed that.

1029
01:07:17,380 --> 01:07:19,540
 You can get good players and develop them on your own.

1030
01:07:21,000 --> 01:07:24,120
 To me, it's either hit it out or strike it out when you go that route.

1031
01:07:24,920 --> 01:07:27,220
 Mike, we were joking earlier.

1032
01:07:27,300 --> 01:07:30,480
 How in the world did Ryan Day not win a national championship last year?

1033
01:07:30,600 --> 01:07:33,740
 He basically had an NFL team in the making of his core.

1034
01:07:34,300 --> 01:07:39,600
 And two ways of looking at it, you know, a lot of these fans, they say, wow, we had four first-round draft picks.

1035
01:07:39,600 --> 01:07:40,460
 That's good.

1036
01:07:41,060 --> 01:07:44,600
 But come next year, you better have somebody on the bench waiting to fill those big shoes.

1037
01:07:44,740 --> 01:07:47,040
 The other side of the corner is say Texas had none.

1038
01:07:47,700 --> 01:07:50,300
 Put another way, they didn't lose anybody to the first round.

1039
01:07:50,420 --> 01:07:52,660
 Your thoughts just about where we are in the modern era.

1040
01:07:52,900 --> 01:07:57,100
 And, again, I mean, if you're an Ohio State fan, what are you saying to Ryan Day?

1041
01:07:59,720 --> 01:08:02,980
 With Ryan Day, he did win the national title in 2024.

1042
01:08:04,220 --> 01:08:05,980
 And it's not like they win 84.

1043
01:08:06,820 --> 01:08:10,600
 They were in the national title mix with a first-year starting quarterback.

1044
01:08:10,600 --> 01:08:17,380
 And not a guy like Will Howard who transferred and then started elsewhere saying was a legit first-year starter.

1045
01:08:17,660 --> 01:08:27,760
 So, plus, I think the idea that if you're Ohio State, you're selling that to recruits both from high school and in the pool, produce NFL players.

1046
01:08:28,180 --> 01:08:33,480
 The Texas thing, that's an incredible stat to me, I think.

1047
01:08:33,740 --> 01:08:40,920
 Given the amount of money Texas spent on its roster, the fact that they had no first-round picks.

1048
01:08:43,140 --> 01:08:50,120
 And, you know, they were a mild disappointment last year, but they certainly weren't bereft of talent.

1049
01:08:50,280 --> 01:08:53,400
 And your point about, well, all these dudes are coming back is right.

1050
01:08:53,500 --> 01:08:56,320
 They're going to have guys taken in the later rounds.

1051
01:08:56,320 --> 01:09:02,980
 But I think that if you're a Texas fan, the amount of money Sarkeesian is spending on his roster,

1052
01:09:03,420 --> 01:09:11,020
 you would have figured one guy on that roster last year was getting enough money to play extremely well to make himself a first-round pick.

1053
01:09:11,400 --> 01:09:12,940
 And, yeah, there wasn't one.

1054
01:09:13,960 --> 01:09:17,440
 Yeah, it amazed me between Texas and Texas A&M.

1055
01:09:17,520 --> 01:09:21,420
 They had one chosen in the first round, KC Concepcion.

1056
01:09:21,980 --> 01:09:29,880
 The Big Ten finally broke the SEC stranglehold, Mike.

1057
01:09:29,960 --> 01:09:33,420
 They had 10, four from Ohio State, two from Indiana.

1058
01:09:34,120 --> 01:09:36,260
 The SEC had seven.

1059
01:09:36,880 --> 01:09:38,460
 I said 15 earlier.

1060
01:09:38,460 --> 01:09:41,300
 It was a 19-year streak.

1061
01:09:41,680 --> 01:09:46,800
 And there are a lot of players in the SEC who decided to come back for another year.

1062
01:09:47,680 --> 01:09:56,940
 It's been big fodder on social media this morning about the Big Ten having more than the SEC for the first time in 20 years.

1063
01:09:57,180 --> 01:09:58,700
 Mike, your thoughts on that?

1064
01:10:01,120 --> 01:10:05,280
 Tennis had three consecutive national title winners, three different schools.

1065
01:10:06,160 --> 01:10:16,060
 They finally broke the stranglehold on the most draft picks, which is, to me, a very legit topic to discuss.

1066
01:10:16,060 --> 01:10:27,200
 Because the SEC, for two decades, basically, has been able to say, we have the best players in the NFL draft, and that proves it.

1067
01:10:28,040 --> 01:10:34,180
 I don't think the SEC can crow about being the best league anymore.

1068
01:10:34,880 --> 01:10:36,860
 Three titles in a row for the Big Ten.

1069
01:10:37,340 --> 01:10:40,660
 The Big Ten had more players taken in the first round.

1070
01:10:41,240 --> 01:10:47,360
 And if you look at the men's and women's basketball titles, both won by Big Ten teams.

1071
01:10:47,740 --> 01:10:51,800
 The number one ranked team in the baseball poll, a Big Ten team.

1072
01:10:52,700 --> 01:10:57,640
 The Big Ten is a very good athletic conference.

1073
01:10:58,040 --> 01:11:05,220
 Now, granted, UCLA was the winner in the women's championship, and UCLA is the baseball team in training number one.

1074
01:11:05,820 --> 01:11:08,960
 And it's still, it's UCLA truly a Big Ten school.

1075
01:11:09,140 --> 01:11:10,460
 But they're in the Big Ten.

1076
01:11:10,640 --> 01:11:19,360
 So, I think right now, if I'm Tony Petitti, I might be calling up Greg Sankin and saying, hey, Greg, we're better than you are.

1077
01:11:19,680 --> 01:11:24,240
 And we have proof, not only on the field, but in the draft.

1078
01:11:24,560 --> 01:11:29,340
 So, I think the SEC has some work to do.

1079
01:11:29,340 --> 01:11:33,900
 And, again, 20 years in a row having the most number one picks is incredible.

1080
01:11:35,580 --> 01:11:41,800
 But, while they were crowing, you can't all of a sudden say, well, that's really not a very good indicator.

1081
01:11:42,240 --> 01:11:44,220
 Well, for 20 years, you've been saying it is.

1082
01:11:44,500 --> 01:11:45,700
 And it is a good indicator.

1083
01:11:46,120 --> 01:11:47,700
 The Big Ten had better players last year.

1084
01:11:49,020 --> 01:11:53,520
 Mike, obviously, day two coming up for the draft, two is going to be the biggest bargain today.

1085
01:11:53,520 --> 01:11:57,320
 And your opinion, we mentioned some of the badly run NFL teams.

1086
01:11:57,580 --> 01:11:59,240
 What is the best run organization?

1087
01:11:59,380 --> 01:12:02,460
 I still say that back in the day, the Steelers were as good as anybody.

1088
01:12:02,700 --> 01:12:07,120
 They stole a lot of guys from HBC schools, including one from our neck of the woods.

1089
01:12:07,200 --> 01:12:11,240
 We're actually friends with John Stallworth, now in the Hall of Fame, out of Alabama A&M.

1090
01:12:11,660 --> 01:12:14,620
 Who is the best run organization right now in the NFL?

1091
01:12:19,420 --> 01:12:23,600
 Makai Lemon, to me, was the best receiver in this draft.

1092
01:12:24,440 --> 01:12:29,860
 I think he is a full step ahead of Carnell Tate.

1093
01:12:31,440 --> 01:12:37,040
 And he was, Makai Lemon was the third receiver pick last night, went to the Eagles.

1094
01:12:37,620 --> 01:12:42,420
 And I think this means that A.J. Brown's gone from the Eagles, which I think is a net positive.

1095
01:12:42,420 --> 01:12:48,720
 But I think Makai Lemon is going to be extremely productive right away and for a long time.

1096
01:12:49,180 --> 01:12:50,980
 I think that's a very well-run franchise.

1097
01:12:51,200 --> 01:12:52,460
 They do well in free agency.

1098
01:12:53,340 --> 01:12:56,000
 They made the gamble on Jalen Hurts a few years ago.

1099
01:12:56,080 --> 01:12:56,840
 It paid off big.

1100
01:12:57,220 --> 01:12:59,100
 They made the gamble on Saquon Barkley.

1101
01:12:59,180 --> 01:13:00,200
 It got him a Super Bowl.

1102
01:13:01,600 --> 01:13:11,900
 Howie Roseman, who was a Florida alum, who roomed with Washington coach Jet Fitch while he was at Florida.

1103
01:13:12,640 --> 01:13:15,800
 I think the Eagles are an extremely well-run franchise.

1104
01:13:15,980 --> 01:13:17,440
 And you mentioned the rest of the draft.

1105
01:13:17,940 --> 01:13:21,720
 There are so many good players still out there.

1106
01:13:21,780 --> 01:13:30,360
 I think there's a lot, a lot of linemen who are going to be plug-and-play starters as rookies on both sides of the ball.

1107
01:13:32,380 --> 01:13:34,280
 I also think there's a lot of receivers.

1108
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 I don't think it's a very good quarterback draft.

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 I feel like just keeping it simple the same way, you know, and hitting, putting the bottom play, and same thing we've been doing, doing our job, move the runner over, sack fly, there's a run on third, less than one out, less than two outs, and just playing baseball, really not trying to do too much.

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 You know what happens eight months from today?

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 Well, and, and, and speaking of special times, if you are a student in high school or better yet, a teacher, anyone who works in the education system throughout the entire Shoals area, it's about to be Christmas.

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 Zach, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Doing good.

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 Fun time of the year if you're a high school baseball slash softball fan, is it not, Zach?

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 Yes.

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 So, where do you start in breaking it down?

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 Well, we'll start with the most drama.

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 Last night, the playoffs, mostly, Deshler and Goodhoof.

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 Deshler had a two-run first inning in game two.

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 Now, five runs second inning in game one.

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 They're both one-run games.

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 And Goodhoof would have won the second game if they didn't allow two in the first inning.

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 Dylan Olive, I believe, was in the first game.

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 He had a complete game, seven innings.

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 Garrett Reed, complete game, seven innings.

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 Their depth just absolutely amazes me.

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1294
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 Yeah, when I did research on this playoff series for Central on Deshler this weekend, I really found West Morgan was a better job for Central than Good Hope was for Deshler.

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 West Morgan was under the top 100.

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 Hadn't been knocked into nothing in February.

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1305
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 West Morgan should have been the area champion.

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1308
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 West Morgan should have been a Deshler last night.

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 But, stuff happens, and Deshler had the mismatch, I think, in their favor.

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 Won 11-5 first game.

1311
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 And Deshler went the third inning.

1312
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 And then, the sixth game, they walked off to the visiting team.

1313
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 It's not going to be on the scoreboard in game two.

1314
01:23:47,040 --> 01:23:47,960
 So, it went 16-6.

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 And their head is playing.

1316
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1317
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 Let's talk about the number 10 team in the state, Russellville.

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 And you mentioned about the weather and how it's influencing things.

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 A lot of situations where they're playing a doubleheader.

1320
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 That's good and bad because it can tax your pitching staff.

1321
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 It's very interesting what happened with Russellville and Sardis.

1322
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 Russell wins the first one 10-1.

1323
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 And then, they give up all the runs in the second game.

1324
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 And they can't get on the scoreboard 7-2.

1325
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 So, that's split.

1326
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 Your thoughts about Russellville and Sardis.

1327
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 And how this change, if you will, schedule affects these coaches and the pitching staffs.

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01:24:26,200 --> 01:24:30,140
 Well, the schedule aspect of it really plays in earlier in the week.

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 Because a lot of things on the playoff, we don't play Monday or Tuesday to get one last game in.

1330
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 But for the playoffs, it's for the regular season.

1331
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 And once the playoffs started, you couldn't play any games during the week because it's playoffs only.

1332
01:24:41,520 --> 01:24:44,540
 But, I know Central and Lardot County played Tuesday.

1333
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 Both sides threw each pitcher about an inning, 1.2, 1.1 innings.

1334
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 Number one, 25.

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 Due to the fact of pitch camp rules.

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 And if you had Wednesday and Thursday, you're playing against the two days.

1337
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1338
01:25:02,800 --> 01:25:05,460
 So, the schedule aspect of it plays in that aspect.

1339
01:25:05,680 --> 01:25:11,860
 But also, the schedule aspect is in the sense of if it's a school night and it is weekdays.

1340
01:25:13,100 --> 01:25:14,900
 And Sardis is around the area of a thing.

1341
01:25:15,120 --> 01:25:17,140
 So, it's not like it's 30 minutes away or an hour.

1342
01:25:17,220 --> 01:25:18,380
 I think it's an hour and a half, maybe.

1343
01:25:18,840 --> 01:25:19,580
 Something like that.

1344
01:25:20,040 --> 01:25:20,860
 That's conservative.

1345
01:25:21,060 --> 01:25:24,340
 It's between Boaz and down the mountain there at Gadsden.

1346
01:25:24,380 --> 01:25:25,340
 It's off the mountain there.

1347
01:25:25,720 --> 01:25:25,900
 Right.

1348
01:25:26,620 --> 01:25:31,500
 So, it depends on if he's going to stay overnight in the area or not.

1349
01:25:31,680 --> 01:25:34,760
 I know I went through the mountain and played red bay at two a lot today in game three.

1350
01:25:35,460 --> 01:25:37,200
 I played last night in game one and two.

1351
01:25:37,860 --> 01:25:39,560
 I don't know where he would stay at red bay.

1352
01:25:39,800 --> 01:25:41,920
 I think if he was going to rush, I wouldn't stay anywhere at red bay.

1353
01:25:42,560 --> 01:25:49,440
 But, that whole overnight aspect plays a big part because some things don't stay overnight this year in the season.

1354
01:25:50,040 --> 01:25:50,920
 Some things go to the beach.

1355
01:25:51,040 --> 01:25:51,920
 Some things go to the mountains.

1356
01:25:51,920 --> 01:25:57,440
 Some things go to Oxford or Atlanta plays and stay overnight and get that experience in.

1357
01:25:57,560 --> 01:26:06,280
 Stay overnight out of your own bed, out of your normal routine, and you've got to play a game season-wide in five hours or whatever it is.

1358
01:26:08,880 --> 01:26:10,080
 Yeah, good point.

1359
01:26:10,200 --> 01:26:16,500
 Let me ask you a little bit about 3A Convert Heights at Collinsville later this afternoon.

1360
01:26:16,700 --> 01:26:18,260
 I believe it's 4.30 starting.

1361
01:26:18,400 --> 01:26:20,160
 They have not moved that up.

1362
01:26:20,160 --> 01:26:26,720
 But, Lauderdale County sweeps Whitesburg-Christian yesterday 11-9, 9-7.

1363
01:26:27,180 --> 01:26:29,480
 Heston Parker's got four RBIs.

1364
01:26:29,580 --> 01:26:32,320
 Curtis Ritter scored four runs.

1365
01:26:32,500 --> 01:26:35,120
 Lauderdale improves to 21-15.

1366
01:26:36,060 --> 01:26:38,820
 And then the baseball is Phil Campbell's sport.

1367
01:26:39,380 --> 01:26:42,040
 I know we talked with you about that a little bit last year.

1368
01:26:42,640 --> 01:26:46,240
 Geraldine and Phil Campbell split a doubleheader yesterday.

1369
01:26:47,300 --> 01:26:49,440
 Geraldine winning the first game 4-1.

1370
01:26:49,580 --> 01:26:52,840
 Phil Campbell rallied to win the second game 13-3.

1371
01:26:53,540 --> 01:26:55,960
 And there seems to always be a Raper playing there.

1372
01:26:56,040 --> 01:26:58,360
 Hank and Raper scored four times.

1373
01:26:58,520 --> 01:27:03,240
 Your thoughts on Lauderdale County's sweep and Geraldine and Phil Campbell with the split.

1374
01:27:03,960 --> 01:27:06,460
 Yeah, Lauderdale County survived game 2.

1375
01:27:06,600 --> 01:27:08,640
 They were up 9-3 in the 7th.

1376
01:27:08,780 --> 01:27:12,600
 I think Whitesburg scored four in the 7th to come back and make a threat.

1377
01:27:13,340 --> 01:27:16,140
 Heston Parker threw all of the 119 pitches.

1378
01:27:16,340 --> 01:27:18,220
 That's all you can throw in high school as a junior.

1379
01:27:18,480 --> 01:27:18,720
 Wow.

1380
01:27:19,600 --> 01:27:21,480
 They could get 120 per day.

1381
01:27:22,440 --> 01:27:26,140
 But Jeremiah Huggins came in for the last inning and got the three outs to advance.

1382
01:27:26,880 --> 01:27:28,640
 Whitesburg got another run on Pat Fly.

1383
01:27:28,980 --> 01:27:31,120
 But Lauderdale survived.

1384
01:27:31,660 --> 01:27:36,140
 And they get to either play Piedmont at home, who is number two in the rankings,

1385
01:27:37,000 --> 01:27:40,420
 or Vindemont on the road, which is around Coleman.

1386
01:27:41,340 --> 01:27:45,460
 And then Phil Campbell, Russell, and Red Bay all split yesterday.

1387
01:27:45,860 --> 01:27:51,000
 It's very odd to see a local area like that have three series all split in the first round.

1388
01:27:51,900 --> 01:27:55,420
 But they're all three playing teams who are far off.

1389
01:27:56,080 --> 01:27:58,460
 I don't know if you went back last night and came back today,

1390
01:27:58,600 --> 01:28:02,380
 or stayed overnight in the Russell area, or maybe even multiple shows.

1391
01:28:03,560 --> 01:28:06,220
 I know Waterloo is going over to the skyline today,

1392
01:28:06,660 --> 01:28:08,340
 and they're staying overnight regardless.

1393
01:28:08,340 --> 01:28:13,140
 So, whether they win or lose, they'll be that experience at the stadium or not.

1394
01:28:14,240 --> 01:28:15,740
 But it's very interesting playoff time.

1395
01:28:15,880 --> 01:28:20,140
 We call the overnight athletes, and they have to travel for two hours on the bus.

1396
01:28:21,100 --> 01:28:21,860
 Do you eat?

1397
01:28:21,940 --> 01:28:24,140
 Do you go somewhere and go to that field?

1398
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 There's 10,000 ways to get a cat.

1399
01:28:27,240 --> 01:28:31,300
 And the same thing here, coaches have different velocities on this.

1400
01:28:31,580 --> 01:28:35,820
 I'm in the camp of be on the bus, go about an hour and eat,

1401
01:28:35,820 --> 01:28:38,700
 go up there somewhere, and then go on the rest of the way.

1402
01:28:42,900 --> 01:28:43,340
 Yeah.

1403
01:28:44,080 --> 01:28:45,900
 I was a little bit surprised.

1404
01:28:46,040 --> 01:28:52,820
 I was going to ask you, in defending champion Heckelberg, who is ranked number seven,

1405
01:28:53,520 --> 01:28:58,820
 they got swept by Anderson Thursday, 6-5 and 9-3.

1406
01:28:58,820 --> 01:29:03,720
 Ross Hudson was one of the stars for Heckelberg.

1407
01:29:03,900 --> 01:29:08,140
 But the defending 1A champs out after being swept by Anderson.

1408
01:29:10,540 --> 01:29:10,980
 Yeah.

1409
01:29:11,220 --> 01:29:13,720
 With Heckelberg, you win state last year.

1410
01:29:13,840 --> 01:29:15,080
 I don't know how many seniors they had.

1411
01:29:15,640 --> 01:29:21,820
 But for Dashler, it's very rare to have a team win state and all returns.

1412
01:29:22,560 --> 01:29:24,280
 So, I haven't involved them last year.

1413
01:29:24,800 --> 01:29:25,800
 That plays a part in it.

1414
01:29:25,860 --> 01:29:30,280
 But also, most of those together, Heckelberg and Addison are,

1415
01:29:30,480 --> 01:29:32,640
 they probably have played before in the season already.

1416
01:29:33,240 --> 01:29:35,520
 I think Addison walked them all in game one.

1417
01:29:36,060 --> 01:29:39,160
 You know, a walk-off win in game one or game two, even.

1418
01:29:39,260 --> 01:29:42,360
 That doesn't have a debilitating effect on the next game of the series.

1419
01:29:43,200 --> 01:29:43,380
 Yeah.

1420
01:29:43,380 --> 01:29:44,460
 It's not like they're palatable.

1421
01:29:45,040 --> 01:29:47,200
 Dashler walked off palatable in game two on the road.

1422
01:29:48,120 --> 01:29:49,800
 And in game three, it was like 12 hours later.

1423
01:29:50,160 --> 01:29:53,140
 I walked out of the stadium thinking, Dashler winning the series tomorrow.

1424
01:29:54,200 --> 01:29:56,760
 And in the first game, it was like 2-0 Dashler and then they won.

1425
01:29:58,700 --> 01:29:59,760
 Yeah, great point.

1426
01:29:59,840 --> 01:30:01,580
 It's still a mental aspect of it.

1427
01:30:01,600 --> 01:30:02,620
 No question about it.

1428
01:30:02,620 --> 01:30:08,180
 Listen, I know you had a live recap, I think, this morning.

1429
01:30:08,960 --> 01:30:11,080
 And also last night, you've got the scores.

1430
01:30:11,440 --> 01:30:12,620
 You've got the updates.

1431
01:30:12,920 --> 01:30:14,780
 Again, check.

1432
01:30:14,860 --> 01:30:17,420
 I would encourage anyone who's planning on going to a game,

1433
01:30:17,480 --> 01:30:21,580
 you may want to call the school and just double-check the time for these.

1434
01:30:21,680 --> 01:30:23,400
 Again, a lot of double-hitters yesterday.

1435
01:30:23,600 --> 01:30:27,400
 In fact, Mars Hill, he's got one scheduled this afternoon.

1436
01:30:27,960 --> 01:30:32,740
 Where can we get online and get updates as far as the scores,

1437
01:30:32,960 --> 01:30:37,620
 players of the game, and the schedules going into second round?

1438
01:30:38,460 --> 01:30:39,440
 Mars Hill played yesterday.

1439
01:30:40,060 --> 01:30:43,120
 But I will say, call the schools, check the website, check Facebook,

1440
01:30:43,120 --> 01:30:47,400
 whatever, because baseball playoff times are made by the teams and schools,

1441
01:30:47,560 --> 01:30:50,000
 not the state until the championship series.

1442
01:30:50,760 --> 01:30:53,120
 So it's all blue with the weather and the way the sun goes.

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1444
01:31:03,160 --> 01:31:06,940
 Busy month ahead on the Diamonds, respectively, baseball, softball.

1445
01:31:07,040 --> 01:31:09,360
 Zach, thanks for your time today, and have a great and safe weekend.

1446
01:31:09,480 --> 01:31:09,820
 All right?

1447
01:31:10,360 --> 01:31:10,660
 Yep.

1448
01:31:10,660 --> 01:31:11,100
 Thank you, Ben.

1449
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 Thank you, Ben.

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 Jack Hinder, show sports report to that end, BB.

1451
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 I've seen all kinds of weather forecasts.

1452
01:31:16,940 --> 01:31:19,560
 Just kind of put it under one big umbrella, part of the pond here,

1453
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 since we're talking weather, and keep an eye on the sky this weekend,

1454
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 See you soon, Dad.

1580
01:37:52,000 --> 01:37:55,160
 Tim Tebow's dad, Bob, passed away at the age of 78.

1581
01:37:55,660 --> 01:37:57,040
 He was an amazing man.

1582
01:37:57,160 --> 01:38:02,220
 Tim Tebow came to the Great Iron Men's Challenge at the Von Brown Center a couple years ago.

1583
01:38:02,280 --> 01:38:06,100
 Which, by the way, Tebow's coming back again Father's Day weekend.

1584
01:38:06,100 --> 01:38:11,080
 And he was talking about the many things that his dad done.

1585
01:38:11,220 --> 01:38:14,220
 And believe me, my dad passed away from Parkinson's, too.

1586
01:38:14,360 --> 01:38:17,140
 He's got my deepest, deepest sympathy.

1587
01:38:17,700 --> 01:38:21,160
 It's amazing what happens when you have the faith of one Tim Tebow and his family.

1588
01:38:21,500 --> 01:38:24,260
 Coming up, it's a pleasure for us to say hello to Justin Ferguson.

1589
01:38:24,440 --> 01:38:28,580
 He's got it all covered when it comes to the Tigers there at the Auburn Observer.

1590
01:38:28,720 --> 01:38:29,540
 Justin, welcome in.

1591
01:38:29,600 --> 01:38:30,160
 How are you?

1592
01:38:30,920 --> 01:38:31,560
 I'm doing all right.

1593
01:38:31,620 --> 01:38:31,880
 How are y'all?

1594
01:38:32,480 --> 01:38:32,840
 Hey, man.

1595
01:38:32,940 --> 01:38:33,540
 We're doing all right.

1596
01:38:33,620 --> 01:38:39,420
 Safe to say the drought when it comes to the NFL draft is over, Justin, for Auburn.

1597
01:38:40,540 --> 01:38:41,020
 It is.

1598
01:38:41,240 --> 01:38:43,740
 Cutter fall going in the first round last night at the Tennessee Titans.

1599
01:38:44,560 --> 01:38:45,180
 It was interesting.

1600
01:38:45,180 --> 01:38:48,400
 You know, he kind of fell below where some people would expect it.

1601
01:38:48,500 --> 01:38:53,220
 But I think with a guy like Keldrick, you know, edge rusher, he's not an elite pass rusher

1602
01:38:53,220 --> 01:38:55,620
 compared to other guys, but he's a really good run stopper.

1603
01:38:56,040 --> 01:39:01,460
 Makes a ton of sense for what the Titans are going to try to do to bolster up that defense

1604
01:39:01,460 --> 01:39:03,280
 up front under the new coaching staff.

1605
01:39:03,580 --> 01:39:06,700
 So, yeah, Keldrick Falk was, you know, I was thinking about it last night when he got

1606
01:39:06,700 --> 01:39:07,040
 drafted.

1607
01:39:07,440 --> 01:39:09,460
 I remember covering his first practice at Auburn.

1608
01:39:09,880 --> 01:39:15,140
 I remember watching him on the sled, and I'm like, this kid is different than other ones

1609
01:39:15,140 --> 01:39:15,980
 that I've seen here.

1610
01:39:16,580 --> 01:39:18,580
 You know, I thought he had first-round potential.

1611
01:39:19,360 --> 01:39:23,460
 Obviously, he showed it, and I'm interested to see what he does moving forward in Tennessee.

1612
01:39:24,420 --> 01:39:28,220
 What's the old saying in the modern way that's kind of a buzz phrase out there now?

1613
01:39:28,320 --> 01:39:33,540
 The optics, just from an optics standpoint, just getting somebody in, even though it's

1614
01:39:33,540 --> 01:39:36,680
 what, 31 out of 32, still, what's the old saying?

1615
01:39:36,760 --> 01:39:39,080
 Well, they call someone in med school who makes 70.

1616
01:39:39,200 --> 01:39:40,040
 They call him doctor.

1617
01:39:40,160 --> 01:39:41,540
 He's in the first round.

1618
01:39:41,760 --> 01:39:45,060
 Just from an optics standpoint, it has to be big for this program.

1619
01:39:45,800 --> 01:39:46,500
 Oh, for sure.

1620
01:39:46,620 --> 01:39:49,880
 I mean, the Auburn's had some good guys go in the second and third rounds these last few

1621
01:39:49,880 --> 01:39:50,180
 years.

1622
01:39:50,260 --> 01:39:51,680
 I mean, Roger McCurry was the second-round pick.

1623
01:39:51,740 --> 01:39:55,320
 Garrett Hall just won the Super Bowl with the Seahawks as a second-rounder as well.

1624
01:39:55,420 --> 01:39:56,640
 So, they've had some guys.

1625
01:39:56,640 --> 01:40:00,140
 But getting that first round, it had been a while since they had had that kind of first-round

1626
01:40:00,140 --> 01:40:00,400
 run.

1627
01:40:00,620 --> 01:40:03,100
 And, you know, I think Keldrick was a really special player.

1628
01:40:03,380 --> 01:40:07,020
 And, you know, we'll be interested to see kind of what happens the rest of this draft

1629
01:40:07,020 --> 01:40:08,180
 and kind of moving forward.

1630
01:40:08,300 --> 01:40:11,900
 I think there are, you know, a couple guys who didn't, you know, there's a guy who didn't

1631
01:40:11,900 --> 01:40:13,620
 go yesterday in the first round.

1632
01:40:13,700 --> 01:40:18,300
 People saw it in Colton Hood, you know, that started at Auburn and ended up at Tennessee.

1633
01:40:18,760 --> 01:40:20,100
 You know, that's a really talented guy.

1634
01:40:20,180 --> 01:40:23,420
 And then, obviously, I think we all can look and see, you know, Cam Coleman's probably going

1635
01:40:23,420 --> 01:40:25,540
 to be a first-rounder next year coming out of Texas.

1636
01:40:25,540 --> 01:40:29,640
 So, it'll be interesting to see just kind of how much talent Auburn had at its disposal

1637
01:40:29,640 --> 01:40:34,480
 over the last few years, looking at the NFL and just kind of how they weren't able to get

1638
01:40:34,480 --> 01:40:36,600
 over the finish line with them and get over the hump.

1639
01:40:36,700 --> 01:40:38,880
 And that's why, obviously, you've got a new coaching staff out.

1640
01:40:40,000 --> 01:40:42,060
 Where is Conor Liu going to go?

1641
01:40:42,760 --> 01:40:48,020
 Even though he had the mid-season ACL, Mel Confer's got him as the number one.

1642
01:40:48,460 --> 01:40:50,480
 He's number one center in the draft.

1643
01:40:50,920 --> 01:40:53,000
 Crawford is another one.

1644
01:40:53,000 --> 01:40:55,320
 Could both of those guys go tonight?

1645
01:40:56,420 --> 01:40:57,180
 It's possible.

1646
01:40:57,840 --> 01:41:03,400
 You know, I think Conor Liu, even with the medical, you know, the injury that he had,

1647
01:41:03,480 --> 01:41:07,560
 he's a guy that's been widely projected, like you said, as a top center.

1648
01:41:07,960 --> 01:41:12,460
 I don't know who all necessarily needs a center, other than I know the Packers have been looking

1649
01:41:12,460 --> 01:41:15,080
 at centers a lot here in this draft cycle.

1650
01:41:15,260 --> 01:41:19,140
 So, that's the one I kind of have had my eye on most of all.

1651
01:41:19,560 --> 01:41:22,600
 And for Gear on Crawford, I think, you know, he's a really special talent.

1652
01:41:22,600 --> 01:41:26,540
 Like, you know, there's a lot of really good edge rushers that went off the board in the

1653
01:41:26,540 --> 01:41:27,000
 first round.

1654
01:41:27,060 --> 01:41:30,760
 So, you get in that day two, and it's just, you know, edge rusher's so important.

1655
01:41:30,960 --> 01:41:35,060
 And I think he's a guy that's got really good athleticism, really good, you know, dimensions.

1656
01:41:35,660 --> 01:41:37,560
 Obviously, he was productive when he was at Auburn.

1657
01:41:38,360 --> 01:41:42,200
 So, you know, it wouldn't surprise me if he ends up being a day three guy just because of

1658
01:41:42,200 --> 01:41:43,380
 the way the board shakes out.

1659
01:41:43,700 --> 01:41:46,940
 But I do think there's a chance that you can see what those guys go tonight.

1660
01:41:47,960 --> 01:41:50,120
 Justin Ferguson, the Auburn Observer.

1661
01:41:50,560 --> 01:41:54,920
 Meanwhile, back at the ranch, I think it's safe to say, and you bring up a good point, and

1662
01:41:54,920 --> 01:41:59,480
 I think a lot of folks do, and that is, after the spring game, don't sit here and coordinate

1663
01:41:59,480 --> 01:42:01,080
 your team as a national champion.

1664
01:42:01,320 --> 01:42:05,060
 And at the same time, don't say they're not going to win, they're going to go 0-12 in the

1665
01:42:05,060 --> 01:42:05,700
 regular season.

1666
01:42:06,500 --> 01:42:11,800
 Justin, now that the dust has settled a little bit, where do you come in as far as the spring

1667
01:42:11,800 --> 01:42:13,000
 that was on the plains?

1668
01:42:14,000 --> 01:42:17,660
 Yeah, I think this spring was big for Auburn to kind of set the tone and kind of establish

1669
01:42:17,660 --> 01:42:18,940
 who they are, their identity.

1670
01:42:19,480 --> 01:42:20,400
 It's kind of the style.

1671
01:42:20,660 --> 01:42:24,360
 You know, Alex Golis has talked a lot about, you know, kind of just defining, hey, this is

1672
01:42:24,360 --> 01:42:25,980
 how we're going to do things, this is how we're going to play.

1673
01:42:26,060 --> 01:42:30,340
 And I think you saw in the spring game with how disruptive the defense was, forcing turnovers,

1674
01:42:30,620 --> 01:42:31,680
 getting into the backfield.

1675
01:42:31,820 --> 01:42:36,080
 You know, Auburn's defense was really good last season, but they didn't force a lot of turnovers,

1676
01:42:36,080 --> 01:42:37,340
 they didn't get a lot of negative plays.

1677
01:42:37,520 --> 01:42:40,760
 I think that's kind of the next step for this defense, and you started to see some of that

1678
01:42:40,760 --> 01:42:41,380
 more in the spring.

1679
01:42:41,900 --> 01:42:46,040
 And that falls in line with the way Golis likes to play, and honestly, why they kept

1680
01:42:46,040 --> 01:42:50,580
 D.J. Durkman, just aggressive kind of mindset in all three phases.

1681
01:42:50,800 --> 01:42:55,640
 And I think on offense, you know, obviously, Byron Brown didn't have a great day, but that

1682
01:42:55,640 --> 01:43:00,100
 was like one of 15 practices, and the rest of the 15 practices, he did really well.

1683
01:43:00,160 --> 01:43:01,280
 He just had kind of an off day.

1684
01:43:01,680 --> 01:43:03,060
 It happens from time to time.

1685
01:43:03,060 --> 01:43:06,900
 So, you know, I think people don't need to kind of focus on that too much, but what instead

1686
01:43:06,900 --> 01:43:10,700
 they can focus on is, you know, some of the younger guys, up-and-coming guys who had

1687
01:43:10,700 --> 01:43:15,760
 good days, Deshaun Spencer was big, Duke Smith, I thought the running game, a lot of guys

1688
01:43:15,760 --> 01:43:16,380
 contributed there.

1689
01:43:16,460 --> 01:43:19,020
 The offensive line played fairly well against that defense.

1690
01:43:19,420 --> 01:43:23,120
 So, you know, Tristan Tia, the backup quarterback who could, you know, maybe end up being a guy

1691
01:43:23,120 --> 01:43:26,660
 that could start for Auburn down the line, had a really good day as well.

1692
01:43:26,780 --> 01:43:31,580
 So, I think it was just kind of a sense of, okay, here's who we are, here's how we're going

1693
01:43:31,580 --> 01:43:32,220
 to do things.

1694
01:43:32,460 --> 01:43:35,900
 And I thought it was good to kind of see that development and that kind of light click on,

1695
01:43:36,000 --> 01:43:39,320
 especially for some of these young guys on offense to, you know, really take advantage

1696
01:43:39,320 --> 01:43:40,800
 of these opportunities that are given.

1697
01:43:42,120 --> 01:43:47,480
 Yeah, it wasn't amusing, but I know I've heard several people say, well, Byron Brown,

1698
01:43:47,940 --> 01:43:54,560
 seven of 14 for 85 yards, my goodness, that staff's looked at him for three years in key

1699
01:43:54,560 --> 01:43:59,000
 games, my goodness gracious, let's don't get carried away there.

1700
01:43:59,120 --> 01:44:03,760
 You mentioned the receivers, Deshaun Spencer, I knew he was going to be good from Sarah Land,

1701
01:44:03,900 --> 01:44:09,080
 9-4-93, Singleton, three catches for 58.

1702
01:44:09,420 --> 01:44:13,920
 Chase Nimrod did not have a great game either, but they know what he can do.

1703
01:44:13,920 --> 01:44:19,720
 You mentioned Duke Smith, and Brown is going to be a very good quarterback, and I think

1704
01:44:19,720 --> 01:44:21,780
 he's going to have some weapons to throw to.

1705
01:44:22,400 --> 01:44:23,360
 Yeah, 100%.

1706
01:44:23,360 --> 01:44:27,700
 I mean, I think people need to remember that, you know, Cam Newton went three for eight in

1707
01:44:27,700 --> 01:44:28,460
 his 8-8 game.

1708
01:44:28,580 --> 01:44:30,260
 We saw how that happened in the fall.

1709
01:44:30,440 --> 01:44:34,320
 So, you know, I think you don't want to overreact for sure, but I did think it was, yeah, good

1710
01:44:34,320 --> 01:44:36,360
 for some of those younger guys to kind of go up.

1711
01:44:36,680 --> 01:44:40,060
 I think that the thing with Deshaun Spencer is he's been a guy we've heard about a lot since

1712
01:44:40,060 --> 01:44:40,540
 he arrived.

1713
01:44:40,740 --> 01:44:41,480
 He just gets open.

1714
01:44:41,480 --> 01:44:45,920
 He's just really good at getting open, very smooth with it, and look, you mentioned he

1715
01:44:45,920 --> 01:44:46,800
 came from Sarah Land.

1716
01:44:47,360 --> 01:44:51,520
 You know, obviously Ryan Williams was a big product out of there, Bayless Jones as well

1717
01:44:51,520 --> 01:44:53,100
 when the staff was at Tennessee.

1718
01:44:53,380 --> 01:44:57,780
 So, you know, that program produces really good receivers, especially in the slot.

1719
01:44:57,980 --> 01:45:03,520
 So, you know, I think he's got an opportunity to crack that too deep and provide some kind

1720
01:45:03,520 --> 01:45:06,040
 of spark that you know what you're getting out of the USF guys.

1721
01:45:06,300 --> 01:45:09,000
 It's a matter of finding that kind of next wave.

1722
01:45:09,380 --> 01:45:12,100
 I think Spencer and Smith were two guys that really showed out on Saturday.

1723
01:45:13,140 --> 01:45:17,060
 Justin, it's an impossible question, but it's a fun question to ask at this point.

1724
01:45:18,360 --> 01:45:22,900
 As far as a two-parter here, where were you with the numbers before the spring game, realistically,

1725
01:45:23,100 --> 01:45:25,340
 as far as number of wins and losses next season?

1726
01:45:25,620 --> 01:45:30,000
 And now that the camp is over, how have you adjusted those numbers one way or the other?

1727
01:45:30,780 --> 01:45:33,980
 Yeah, I don't think my view of this team has kind of changed a ton.

1728
01:45:34,780 --> 01:45:38,560
 You know, I think, you know, seeing these guys up and close, you maybe have a different view

1729
01:45:38,560 --> 01:45:40,200
 of, like, who might be doing it for you.

1730
01:45:40,260 --> 01:45:44,160
 But I think Auburn's talent level and their schedule and just kind of the mindset this coaching

1731
01:45:44,160 --> 01:45:47,760
 staff has, I think there's the potential for this to be a 7- or 8-win team this year.

1732
01:45:47,980 --> 01:45:52,560
 And, you know, not, you know, throw a parade good, but it's better than Auburn's been the last

1733
01:45:52,560 --> 01:45:53,160
 several years.

1734
01:45:53,700 --> 01:45:55,760
 I think they have that kind of potential in them.

1735
01:45:55,860 --> 01:45:59,560
 Do I think they're going to be a team that wins 9 or 10 and, you know, flirts for the

1736
01:45:59,560 --> 01:46:00,120
 playoff spot?

1737
01:46:00,280 --> 01:46:01,020
 Probably not.

1738
01:46:01,160 --> 01:46:03,340
 The schedule is pretty tough, and this is year one.

1739
01:46:03,740 --> 01:46:04,400
 We're in the reset.

1740
01:46:04,600 --> 01:46:09,120
 But I do think, Alex Gullish, one of the things that I thought should be really encouraging

1741
01:46:09,120 --> 01:46:14,280
 for Auburn fans here this spring is to hear Alex Gullish talk about how, like, the urgency

1742
01:46:14,280 --> 01:46:14,960
 behind it.

1743
01:46:15,080 --> 01:46:17,000
 Like, you know, it's just a, hey, we need to win.

1744
01:46:17,120 --> 01:46:19,540
 We need to get this thing, you know, rolling.

1745
01:46:19,720 --> 01:46:20,860
 We got a lot of work to do.

1746
01:46:21,340 --> 01:46:25,820
 And I think under Hugh Freeze, there was a lot early on of, hey, just wait until we get

1747
01:46:25,820 --> 01:46:26,400
 our guys in.

1748
01:46:26,480 --> 01:46:28,740
 Just wait until we get that kind of, that recruiting class in.

1749
01:46:28,860 --> 01:46:30,040
 And it didn't pan out, right?

1750
01:46:30,060 --> 01:46:34,120
 So I think it's kind of refreshing for Auburn to, you know, come out and say, all right,

1751
01:46:34,140 --> 01:46:35,940
 you know what, let's go win right now.

1752
01:46:35,940 --> 01:46:39,080
 And I don't think they're going to be a championship contended team by any means, but

1753
01:46:39,080 --> 01:46:43,560
 I look at their schedule, the non-con, they could, you know, go 4-0 there again.

1754
01:46:43,700 --> 01:46:46,220
 And then, you know, or I guess a 3-0 there again.

1755
01:46:46,260 --> 01:46:52,320
 And you look at, you know, the schedule in the SEC, I think they could, you know, win

1756
01:46:52,320 --> 01:46:54,040
 a decent amount of those games.

1757
01:46:54,400 --> 01:46:59,420
 You know, I think this defense has the potential to be outstanding, especially if they take

1758
01:46:59,420 --> 01:47:02,400
 some steps forward and get, you know, get more disruptive.

1759
01:47:02,400 --> 01:47:06,340
 And I think the offense, just by virtue of what we've seen from Gullish and Brown in this

1760
01:47:06,340 --> 01:47:09,780
 track record, I think it's just going to be better right off the bat.

1761
01:47:10,020 --> 01:47:10,820
 There are going to be some bumps.

1762
01:47:10,920 --> 01:47:11,680
 There's going to be some bruises.

1763
01:47:11,820 --> 01:47:13,920
 There's going to be, you know, some inconsistencies.

1764
01:47:14,100 --> 01:47:18,020
 I think it's just kind of the nature of the beast when you're kind of resetting the culture.

1765
01:47:18,220 --> 01:47:22,840
 But, you know, I do think this team's got the right mindset and the right personnel to go out

1766
01:47:22,840 --> 01:47:27,440
 and, you know, be a bowl team this season, which, you know, again, don't throw a parade.

1767
01:47:27,580 --> 01:47:30,580
 But, hey, it's a step forward, which is why Alex Gullish is here.

1768
01:47:31,540 --> 01:47:36,020
 I think every time we've talked to you and some of the other Auburn media this spring, there's

1769
01:47:36,020 --> 01:47:41,620
 one name that comes up on the defensive line at some point in the conversation, and that's

1770
01:47:41,620 --> 01:47:42,400
 Cody Sigler.

1771
01:47:43,400 --> 01:47:44,780
 Was at West Alabama.

1772
01:47:45,180 --> 01:47:48,020
 He's from New Hope High School in Madison County.

1773
01:47:48,700 --> 01:47:50,380
 Went to West Alabama.

1774
01:47:51,120 --> 01:47:53,520
 Then transferred to Arkansas State.

1775
01:47:53,620 --> 01:47:55,360
 Was an all-sun belt player.

1776
01:47:55,560 --> 01:47:56,980
 Then transferred to Auburn.

1777
01:47:57,780 --> 01:47:58,700
 Finished A-Day.

1778
01:47:58,820 --> 01:48:01,660
 Four tackles, one tackle, four loss, and one sack.

1779
01:48:01,820 --> 01:48:08,800
 Just a guy who had just played his butt off in the spring and one of those guys coming from

1780
01:48:08,800 --> 01:48:15,700
 a small school that is just everywhere he goes, he just works hard and is successful.

1781
01:48:16,220 --> 01:48:18,240
 I think he's going to have a very good season.

1782
01:48:18,960 --> 01:48:20,040
 Yeah, no, he was fantastic.

1783
01:48:20,280 --> 01:48:23,520
 I mean, you look, pro football focused on him as a top-10 defensive tackle in the country

1784
01:48:23,520 --> 01:48:25,080
 last season in terms of his production.

1785
01:48:25,440 --> 01:48:26,660
 He was really, really good.

1786
01:48:26,900 --> 01:48:29,060
 You know, I'm really impressed every time I watch him.

1787
01:48:29,600 --> 01:48:32,100
 You know, even at practice, you just watch him and just see this guy.

1788
01:48:32,420 --> 01:48:37,120
 He just, he gives it all on every drill and every play, and you just see that kind of

1789
01:48:37,120 --> 01:48:37,640
 work ethic.

1790
01:48:37,880 --> 01:48:41,520
 And I know this is about football, but, you know, it kind of reminds me, Auburn picked

1791
01:48:41,520 --> 01:48:43,220
 up Thomas Dowd from Troy this week.

1792
01:48:43,260 --> 01:48:48,500
 And I think they're very similar guys in basketball because, you know, it's just, hey, you get an

1793
01:48:48,500 --> 01:48:53,480
 in-state kid that had to start at a small school and work his tail off and, you know, might

1794
01:48:53,480 --> 01:48:58,440
 not be the biggest and fastest and most athletic kid in the world, but if you play hard with

1795
01:48:58,440 --> 01:49:00,220
 every opportunity you got, good things happen.

1796
01:49:00,740 --> 01:49:04,120
 And I think both of those guys are really good examples of just kind of what this football

1797
01:49:04,120 --> 01:49:06,180
 team and really this basketball team needs more of.

1798
01:49:06,300 --> 01:49:07,920
 So, yeah, Sigler, really impressive.

1799
01:49:08,120 --> 01:49:11,620
 The one tackle for a loss he had at 8-8 was an incredible play.

1800
01:49:12,040 --> 01:49:16,560
 I mean, he just shook off the offensive lineman that was blocking him like in like half a second

1801
01:49:16,560 --> 01:49:17,860
 and got into the backfield quickly.

1802
01:49:18,000 --> 01:49:21,900
 So, he's a really impressive player, and I think Auburn's going to really rally around him this year.

1803
01:49:22,940 --> 01:49:29,080
 Let me finish with basketball, and you alluded to it, Thomas Dowd, who I think's a good player.

1804
01:49:29,200 --> 01:49:30,600
 I've heard a lot about him.

1805
01:49:31,720 --> 01:49:37,360
 Sebastian Williams-Adams exited at the last minute.

1806
01:49:38,080 --> 01:49:43,180
 Stephen Pearl didn't spend too much time, picked up South Alabama transfer Adam Olson,

1807
01:49:43,180 --> 01:49:46,200
 and then Thomas Dowd, as you mentioned.

1808
01:49:47,060 --> 01:49:53,120
 Do you still anticipate one or two more gets from the transfer portal for Stephen Pearl?

1809
01:49:54,000 --> 01:49:57,140
 Probably one more until, yeah, this past week.

1810
01:49:57,200 --> 01:50:00,880
 I guess since the last time I talked to you guys, they had Bukio Boye.

1811
01:50:01,140 --> 01:50:02,760
 They got Owen Freeman from Creighton.

1812
01:50:02,980 --> 01:50:06,000
 They get Thomas Dowd from Troy, Adam Olson from South Alabama.

1813
01:50:06,440 --> 01:50:11,300
 And then one really interesting, Vanderbilt kid, George Kimball III, really good combo guard.

1814
01:50:11,300 --> 01:50:13,840
 He didn't play last season, but he was really good at Eastern Kentucky.

1815
01:50:14,320 --> 01:50:15,780
 It's a really good kind of group.

1816
01:50:16,080 --> 01:50:19,000
 I think they need one more guy, and I think it's probably going to be a wing.

1817
01:50:19,280 --> 01:50:24,320
 And the name you've heard the most connected to this is, I'm going to butcher the last name

1818
01:50:24,320 --> 01:50:27,740
 because I continue to do it, Mantis Rubistanchovic.

1819
01:50:28,140 --> 01:50:29,920
 He is not in the transfer portal.

1820
01:50:30,300 --> 01:50:31,440
 He's an international kid.

1821
01:50:32,620 --> 01:50:36,540
 Lithuanian wing, 6'8", really good shooter, good secondary playmaker.

1822
01:50:36,540 --> 01:50:40,400
 Kind of reminds me a little bit in play style-wise of Chad Baker-Mazzara when he was at Auburn.

1823
01:50:40,820 --> 01:50:46,080
 Just kind of a long shot maker who can do some really good stuff for you on both ends of the floor.

1824
01:50:46,540 --> 01:50:48,360
 I would think that's probably where Auburn ends up now.

1825
01:50:48,680 --> 01:50:51,760
 The interesting thing with him is he's currently playing overseas,

1826
01:50:51,760 --> 01:50:53,840
 and I don't know when he's going to get over here.

1827
01:50:53,920 --> 01:50:56,720
 Remember last year, Auburn had Filipjovic, and he didn't come in until late.

1828
01:50:57,000 --> 01:51:01,520
 That might be the kind of situation you have here with him, but he seems to be the guy.

1829
01:51:01,580 --> 01:51:03,800
 They need just one more wing to really round out this roster.

1830
01:51:03,800 --> 01:51:07,660
 I think he's a guy, you know, older guy, probably will start from day one.

1831
01:51:08,200 --> 01:51:08,920
 That's going to be the move.

1832
01:51:09,060 --> 01:51:13,320
 If it's not him, the name you've heard the most is Dwayne Aristode from Arizona.

1833
01:51:13,560 --> 01:51:15,100
 He's taken other visits this week.

1834
01:51:15,480 --> 01:51:19,240
 I feel like Auburn's kind of on Mantis a little bit more than Aristode,

1835
01:51:19,320 --> 01:51:23,680
 but both those guys, international, you know, 6'8", 3&D type of wings.

1836
01:51:24,320 --> 01:51:29,040
 So I think that's the last piece they really need, and I would say right now,

1837
01:51:29,120 --> 01:51:32,200
 if I had to bet, it's just going to kind of be a wait-and-see moment with Mantis.

1838
01:51:32,280 --> 01:51:33,560
 They feel good that they can get him in.

1839
01:51:33,620 --> 01:51:34,600
 It's just going to be a matter of time.

1840
01:51:34,900 --> 01:51:37,120
 A whole lot of paperwork and hoops to jump through when you deal with these

1841
01:51:37,120 --> 01:51:37,880
 international guys.

1842
01:51:38,680 --> 01:51:39,940
 Yeah, you got that right.

1843
01:51:40,000 --> 01:51:44,240
 I'll tell several people this week, be a little more patient because we've still

1844
01:51:44,240 --> 01:51:49,760
 got a ways to go here with as far as finishing up the basketball rosters for

1845
01:51:49,760 --> 01:51:51,180
 next season.

1846
01:51:51,500 --> 01:51:51,940
 Absolutely.

1847
01:51:51,940 --> 01:51:57,100
 Well, listen, I'm guessing this will be a little bit less baseball still going

1848
01:51:57,100 --> 01:52:02,480
 on, of course, and you're following all the football and basketball behind the

1849
01:52:02,480 --> 01:52:04,580
 scenes, 6 a.m.

1850
01:52:04,920 --> 01:52:10,160
 The emails, Friday mailbag, podcast, all sorts of good stuff.

1851
01:52:10,640 --> 01:52:12,260
 Where can we get online and get it?

1852
01:52:12,860 --> 01:52:13,980
 Yeah, AuburnObserver.com.

1853
01:52:14,040 --> 01:52:14,360
 Check it out.

1854
01:52:14,400 --> 01:52:17,880
 Did a podcast today talking a lot about these basketball pickups Auburn's had.

1855
01:52:18,020 --> 01:52:21,500
 We've done a lot of big, like, deep dive breakdowns into these guys' film and

1856
01:52:21,500 --> 01:52:23,900
 stats you can check out at the Observer this week.

1857
01:52:23,960 --> 01:52:26,720
 Got some 8-8 stuff from this past weekend you can check out as well.

1858
01:52:27,060 --> 01:52:31,060
 And our pal, pal Henry Patton, is going to be covering Auburn baseball this weekend as

1859
01:52:31,060 --> 01:52:32,680
 they play Oklahoma in another big series.

1860
01:52:33,140 --> 01:52:34,380
 So, got a lot of stuff going on.

1861
01:52:34,620 --> 01:52:35,360
 AuburnObserver.com.

1862
01:52:35,420 --> 01:52:35,900
 Check it out there.

1863
01:52:36,840 --> 01:52:37,420
 Sounds great.

1864
01:52:37,480 --> 01:52:38,740
 Listen, man, Justin, thanks so much.

1865
01:52:38,780 --> 01:52:39,440
 Have a good weekend.

1866
01:52:39,540 --> 01:52:39,780
 All right?

1867
01:52:39,780 --> 01:52:40,940
 Yeah, y'all too.

1868
01:52:41,020 --> 01:52:41,300
 Thank you.

1869
01:52:41,740 --> 01:52:42,380
 Thank you, bud.

1870
01:52:42,540 --> 01:52:43,380
 Justin, the Auburn Observer.

1871
01:52:43,500 --> 01:52:47,600
 Let me quickly give a shout-out to the trio of major league baseball pitchers from in

1872
01:52:47,600 --> 01:52:48,260
 neck of the woods.

1873
01:52:48,440 --> 01:52:49,960
 Braxton Garrett at a foreign tie.

1874
01:52:50,360 --> 01:52:51,720
 He threw a no-hitter.

1875
01:52:51,940 --> 01:52:54,660
 Are you ready for the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp?

1876
01:52:54,780 --> 01:52:56,520
 That's AAA of the Marlins.

1877
01:52:56,580 --> 01:52:59,460
 He's trying to work his way back to the bigs from an injury.

1878
01:52:59,660 --> 01:53:01,320
 Blaine Tinwell out of Loretto.

1879
01:53:01,420 --> 01:53:03,660
 His ERA with the Giants under one.

1880
01:53:04,000 --> 01:53:09,180
 And speaking of Loretto, Ryan Weathers goes tomorrow for the New York Yankees at the

1881
01:53:09,180 --> 01:53:10,080
 Houston Astros.

1882
01:53:10,480 --> 01:53:13,900
 Not a bad group of folks in our neck of the woods, BB and the MLBs.

1883
01:53:14,140 --> 01:53:20,180
 Yeah, and I think Ryan and his family had a new addition here recently in the Jacksonville

1884
01:53:20,180 --> 01:53:21,240
 Jumbo Shrimp.

1885
01:53:21,680 --> 01:53:26,560
 Our good friend Roger Hoover used to be their play-by-play guy years ago.

1886
01:53:26,680 --> 01:53:28,540
 In fact, that's where my brother met him.

1887
01:53:28,540 --> 01:53:34,840
 And so, again, a lot of things, Braves playing this weekend with the chance to put even more

1888
01:53:34,840 --> 01:53:38,040
 of a cushion on those Philadelphia Phillies.

1889
01:53:38,280 --> 01:53:41,480
 The Braves, the Phillies tonight, they'll start tonight 9 1⁄2.

1890
01:53:41,540 --> 01:53:42,800
 It'd be sweet Sunday night.

1891
01:53:42,900 --> 01:53:44,500
 That lead went to 12 1⁄2.

1892
01:53:44,640 --> 01:53:46,040
 Seahack goes starting tonight.

1893
01:53:46,240 --> 01:53:46,600
 Where else?

1894
01:53:47,020 --> 01:53:48,320
 Right here at 93.9 in the score.

1895
01:53:48,440 --> 01:53:51,760
 Going to take care of this for now on behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, and the entire crew

1896
01:53:51,760 --> 01:53:51,960
 here.

1897
01:53:52,480 --> 01:53:54,560
 Harold Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1898
01:53:54,560 --> 01:53:58,480
 Let's do it again Monday, noon to 2 for the Boomer Buck Show back here on Sports Radio.

1899
01:53:58,540 --> 01:53:59,840
 from 93.9 The Score.