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 Now, get ready to roll Shoals, Decatur, Athens and all of Northwest Alabama and Southern Tennessee. It's time for the Valley's Exclusive FM Sports Voice.

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 The Boomo Bugg Show. New Exclusive Inside Track to the Tide, Tigers, Tennessee and the rest of the SEC. Now your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 Good afternoon and welcome here to the Boomo Bugg Show. I'm Harold Bugg, alongside Brett Beaird. Thank you so much for giving us three rides around the Tennessee Valley.

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 Brett Beaird, welcome in where the question of the day is, or statement of the day, better put, is the latest out of Tennessee. Perhaps good news for Alabama on the recruiting front. Good afternoon, welcome in and how are you?

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 Happy Wednesday to you and the listeners. The NCAA has initiated the final steps to expand the men's and women's basketball tournament to 76 teams.

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 A three-star offensive lineman, Jalen Moore, from Creekside, Georgia, commenced to Auburn this morning.

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 And Bill is here right now to recap the NFL draft and discuss the men's and women's basketball tournament expansion.

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 Bill Bender is the national voice with eSport News. Bill, welcome in. How are you?

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 Man, Harold, you always talk to me about the weather each week and I was ready to put away all the sweatpants and the sweatshirts and the winter, you know, like the, it's still, it's rainy and cold here today.

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 We just can't figure it. We can't figure out weather in Ohio. I'll tell you what.

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 Well, one thing it seems like you guys can't figure out in Columbus, and that's how to get a guy in the first round of the NFL draft.

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 Are you the only person left in Columbus or is everyone else on the way to the NFL out of your hometown there, Bill?

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 Well, quite a flex that they were able to post a picture that every starter on defense from that 2024 team was drafted.

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 Now, but I was looking this up, so I had an article ready about NFL first round classes with five or more picks, and Cade McDonald ended up not getting picked in the first round.

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 I didn't realize Saban had, that happened six times, right?

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 Ohio State's had four or more each of the last two seasons. It's a pretty impressive run for Ryan Depp.

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 I really don't know if some of the draft records Saban said will ever be broken.

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 Your thoughts? The Big Ten took over day one.

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 The SEC rallied in days two and three to finish with 87.

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 Another record, the Big Ten 68, ACC and Big 12 38.

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 Your thoughts on the conferences as far as the products going into the NFL draft?

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 Yeah, you know, that's one of my duties each year at Sporting News.

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 I really enjoy it.

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 It was a little harder this year with eight minutes in between.

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 You know, those picks were flying off the board, but long story short, man, I was like clicking away, so to speak.

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 87 and 68, a big gap from, you know, the next two conferences, the ACC and Big 12.

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 And then a big gap from the G6, which only had one player taken in the first round.

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 I think that's one of the big stories to me, Brad, is that we have SEC and Big Ten really in their own weight class, so to speak, in terms of draft development.

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 I don't know that that's going to slow down in the era that we're living in.

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 Bill Bender again from the Sporting News.

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 Bill, to me, a lot of folks said the steal of the draft was the Dallas Cowboys by taking Caleb Downs.

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 A lot of folks, including players with the New York Giants, says, are you guys idiots?

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 You're not taking that guy?

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 Because is there something that—there's no such thing as a foolproof 100% player coming out of college.

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 But a lot of folks would say Caleb Downs is about as close to it as you're going to get.

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 Not only does he have talent, he has character, he has attitude, he has intellect.

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 Bill, your thoughts about the Cowboys picking up Caleb Downs when they did?

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 I mean, I thought he was the safest pick in the draft, and I say that in terms of you're going to get production,

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 you're getting an NFL-ready player, you're getting a good kid, one that learned from the two factories,

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 Alabama and Ohio State.

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 Caleb, Nick Saban had nothing but good things to say about him.

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 Ryan Day, same.

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 That was a good back-and-forth at the draft last week.

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 So I just see a guy that I think will play a decade, will play in the Pro Bowl a lot,

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 and helps the Cowboys defense that you can build around him.

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 So they are addressing the issue, and it'll be interesting to see how the Cowboys fit into that NFC's race.

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 The big board, 50 prospects for 2027.

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 I counted, by the way, 15 from the SEC in the top 25 that Bill Bender had.

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 Jeremiah Smith, one.

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 Arch Manning, two.

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 Colin Simmons, an edge from Texas.

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 Dante Moore, quarterback from Oregon.

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 Leonard Moore from Notre Dame.

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 One thing I've noticed, this is not a big shock.

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 Offensive tackles, defensive tackles, edge rushers, and corners.

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 Boy, they are still a hot commodity, aren't they, Bill?

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 Yeah, fun to put together.

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 That top 10 next year is, wow.

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 You know, between quarterbacks and Leonard Moore and Jeremiah Smith, who the franchise has probably been waiting for for a couple years.

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 Offensive tackle talent up and down the board.

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 Defensive talent up and down the board.

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 Next year's draft, and what that tells you, though, is that next year's college football season ought to be a lot of fun.

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 One takeaway I did have from it.

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 Notre Dame and Texas, both schools that we love to hype in August, are going to get hyped again because that adds up to me.

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 When you have six, seven, eight guys on that list, which they do, you should be good.

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 The thing is, Bill, too, it tells the wisdom of Ty Simpson coming out this year.

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 A lot of folks pooh-poohed him for turning down.

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 I reported six million-plus to stay in college with the NIL package somewhere, but he's going to do okay, and it's all relative.

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 If he'd wait until next year, with the names you just mentioned, I don't see him going where he did, making that kind of money.

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 Your thoughts about the other side of the coin, it's nice to have a lot of first-rounders, but here comes the next question.

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 How do you replace those big shoes next year?

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 Ohio State, obviously, they've got a deep room, but teams have shown over the years, when you lose that much talent year in and year out,

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 at some point, it's hard to keep stockpiling, especially in the NIL era.

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 Your thoughts about Ohio State next year post this many first-rounders leaving?

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 Well, the offense has a lot of the talent next year.

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 Joe Jackson, Austin Sarabelle, Julian Sane was a Heisman finalist, Jeremiah Smith, Chris Henry Jr.

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 The defense is where, you know, when you post that graphic, that means you've lost all these guys, and you've got a backfill.

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 What is Matt Patricia going to do with that next group?

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 And it reminds me of Georgia, you know, the third year after they won the two titles, there was a little bit of a step back on that side of the game.

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 Zabian Brown, number 23 in your big board, Ryan Coleman-Williams, number 26.

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 I noticed Trinidad Chambliss, the quarterback at Ole Miss, is number 15.

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 I'll tell you one thing, Bill Bender, if he plays like he did against Georgia the entire season, he'll be in the top five.

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 He should be.

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 He's probably one of my favorite players in this class.

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 The one thing, Brett, they're going to pick at with him is his height.

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 You know, is he really six foot?

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 Is he 6'1"?

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 Why did he play college for six years?

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 But if you get the Trinidad Chambliss, you know, for all the film rats out there, go watch the Oklahoma game.

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 Some of the throws he was making.

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 We know he was good in the playoff, but he makes some of those NFL throws.

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 He's a filmmaker, and he might have a chance to do exactly what you were saying.

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 The quarterbacks are fluid.

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 It really does come down to how they perform next year and at the combine.

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 And he did it under pressure, too.

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 That's another big point for him.

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 Your thoughts, speaking of quarterbacks who may be short of stature, what's the old saying?

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 Someone's always wanting to date the stripper, and the Ravens look like they have.

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 Diego Pavia, all of his moxie.

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 He finally lands him a deal, goes to the minicamp with the Ravens, and they say, okay, we'll take a flyer here.

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 Your thoughts about that marriage of Baltimore and Diego?

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 I had never heard that phrase, so I've learned something today.

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 Come down here.

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 We'll teach you a lot of things down here, Bill.

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 Yeah, I mean, some of those other phrases I need to learn, apparently, but that threw me off.

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 But Diego, confidence isn't an issue, and I had a feeling, you know, we kind of mocked him to be drafted in the sixth or seventh round.

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 He ends up getting taken, you know, undrafted.

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 The Ravens would be an interesting spot.

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 I do think he's a guy that we're going to gravitate toward and watch in the preseason pretty closely, because we want to see how it works out, whether or not he sticks with Baltimore.

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 In other cases, because there's other factors, too.

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 But in other cases, like, I'm still kind of mystified that Reuben Bain fell to 15.

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 I know he's got short arms, but I just keep going back to the production we saw on the field all year for Miami,

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 and I can't help but think that, you know, maybe his arm isn't an inch longer, but I think he's going to be a productive player at the next level.

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 As we alluded to earlier, the NCAA has initiated the final steps to expand the men's and women's basketball tournament to gulp 76 teams.

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 What this means is the play-in games, they're going to be more.

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 There'll be the first four, the eight teams, now it'll be 12 games with 24 teams.

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 Their reaction on social media has been probably about 80% negative.

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 It is Bill Benderfield.

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 You know, they're not listening to the fans.

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 I think most of it is negative.

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 I mean, we'll end up watching it and consuming it like anything else, but it does water down the tournament field a little bit, extra playing games.

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 I was thinking about it, Brett, from the standpoint I do that bracketology every year and change my job a little bit,

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 because it'll probably make it easier, because, you know, if we looked at the bubble last year, we kind of knew who the teams were.

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 I think I got every team right for bracketology, and now you're just adding eight more teams that probably shouldn't be in the tournament into the tournament.

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 So, not a huge fan of it, but, you know, I am a little mystified that the NCAA isn't listening to its customers here.

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 I wonder if they're going to be listening to one Detroit line-wide receiver, Jamison Williams, Bill.

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 He's never been exactly a poster child for Sunday school, a poster center foe, but now he's reportedly filing a landmark lawsuit against the NCAA, the Big Ten, and the SEC.

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 That's according to a California newspaper.

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 Of course, we played at Alabama, and you're in backyard Ohio State suing the three entities in Los Angeles County Court over allegations they used his name, image, and likeness without proper compensation.

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 I'm surprised we haven't already seen more of this by former players, but your thoughts about this case with Williams?

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 I know Pharrell Pryor was talking about, you know, how he got punished by the NCAA, and, you know, all that stuff's legal now.

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 I don't know that that'll change anything, but for Jamison, same deal.

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 You know, obviously another guy that had success in a couple places, had success with the Buckeyes, had success with Alabama.

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 I don't know, imagine that, and these guys definitely are asking questions about like that.

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 So, you know, we'll see where it goes.

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 You know, obviously there was another big story in college football this week with Brendan Sorsby and the gambling.

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 Guys, I don't think he'll play down this year.

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 I'm not, I'm speculating, I'm obviously speculating, but I can't see a scenario where he plays this year.

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 Listen, Harold and I talked about this for years.

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 Organizations have rules.

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 Now, if you don't like a rule, you can go to the governing body and ask for them to change that.

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 But this goes back to Pete Rose, and I mean, we could spend the rest of the hour on this.

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 When you bet on your own team, that's a cardinal sin, and I agree with you.

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 Now, and I know how they're trying to spin it, but, you know, you brought up Pete Rose.

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 Should Pete Rose be in the Hall of Fame?

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 That's a debate.

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 I mean, it's one we have here in Ohio all the time because we know that the stadium that the Reds play on is built on Pete Rose's way.

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 But that was the first comparison that came to mind when the detail in the story allegedly bet on an Indiana game while playing for Indiana.

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 And while he may not have impacted the outcome, you can't do that.

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 I mean, Pete Rose does the same thing, and Pete Rose isn't in the Hall of Fame for that very reason.

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 Yeah, we've been saying that for years.

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 Again, you may not like it, but if that's the rules of the organization, you've got to abide by it.

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 You're exactly right.

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 Great stuff.

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 Certainly advocate getting online and looking at the big board with 50 NFL prospects for next year.

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 Some very, very talented players on that board.

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 B.B., where can we get online and get all your great stuff?

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 Yeah, I'm at BillBender92 at SportingNews.com, and I, you know, appreciate the conversation.

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 I'm going to get back to, you know, digging out some of my winter clothes for another week, unfortunately.

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 Thanks so much for having me on.

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 Thank you so much, Bill.

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 Stay warm up there at least as much as possible.

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 B.B., we alluded to it earlier.

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 Here's a name to keep an eye on if you are a recruiting fanatic.

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 Kenneth Simon, four-star linebacker from Brentwood up in the Nashville area.

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 Looks like now BOL is projecting him to Alabama.

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 Why is that important?

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 But he is a legacy player in Tennessee.

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 His dad actually played for Phil, former Tennessee, was later in charge of player development with the Vols, an NFL scout.

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 So, very interesting move there.

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 No date specific for Kenneth Simon, but right now BOL says they like Alabama's chances to pull a big one from Tennessee with deep roots to Tennessee to Tuscaloosa.

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 I think I'm just a lot more physical.

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 It's more just, like, plate discipline and, like, knowing what pitches I can handle versus, like,

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 I mean, I'm just definitely a lot more smarter and physical, really.

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 We're playing good baseball, and I think we got a taste of what winning feels like and what our standards need to be.

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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 We really appreciate free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

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 And for the fine voice of the UNA Lions taking time out of his busy schedule and joining us today, Benjamin Ray, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Man, I'm doing great.

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 Appreciate you guys having us on, as always.

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 I'm surprised you got a voice after calling all those home runs against Eastern Kentucky.

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 Man, what a display of power.

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 This team, I mean, it's unbelievable what they're doing.

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 And every weekend, it's almost like a different guy going on a hot run.

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 About two weeks ago, it was Dylan Coleman, the Delta State transfer, that I was talking to you guys about and saying, hey, he's got a chance to break through this single-season Division I home run record.

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 Now he leads the A-son in home runs this year.

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 He's got 16.

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 He's broken the Division I single-season home run record.

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 He's won off the school's all-time record.

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 And then you've got another guy, Wes Walker, another guy from Priceville, right in our backyard.

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 He's got 10 home runs on this season.

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 All of a sudden, we've got three bats with 10-plus home runs, and they are just smashing the cover off of the baseball.

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 It's almost contagious the way this team hits the baseball right now.

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 I remember back in the day, the Mark McGuire, Sammy Sosek, Keith Riffey Jr. summer of home runs.

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 Well, it's been April where the home run ball has really come to life for this U&A baseball team.

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 And top to bottom, Jack Pratniak's got a lot of thumpers, and they are just terrorizing opposing pitchers right now.

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 One of the things I noticed was the Eastern Kentucky series win, fourth series win of the season, third during conference play.

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 They're now 23-20, 14-7 in the A-Sun.

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 And, again, it's like you said, home runs, series wins.

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 This team just continues to make history.

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 And what do great teams do?

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 They're tied for the most road wins in the A-Sun, in A-Sun play.

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 I think it's North Florida, both teams over 500 on the road.

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 And when you can go on the road and steal series, that sets you up to finish in first place.

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 So the standings can change every single weekend.

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 But when you go and you win a series on the road like that, it sets you up for success.

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 You expect to win at home.

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 It's hard to go on the road in any sport and win, especially in the game of baseball.

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 I mean, baseball players are creatures of habit, right?

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 They don't like having that structure broken up.

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 And when you're in college, you can go on the road like that.

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 I mean, it puts you in the driver's seat.

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 And that's exactly what this team has done.

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 And now two of the final three series are at home at Mike D. Lane Field at Bank Independence Stadium.

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 And you've got a bunch that's got a chance to do something that we haven't done in 20-plus years.

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 And that's when a baseball regular season championship.

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 And people in the Shoals area, we love baseball, but they should be excited to come out to the park this weekend

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 and watch this team because what they've done on the road has put them in position to all of a sudden

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 play meaningful home baseball heading into the first weekend in May.

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 And, I mean, I can't wait to be at Mike 2.0 as we've started calling it this weekend

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 because I know this team's on the verge of doing something very special.

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 You know, you're hosting Better Mind, by the way, this weekend there.

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 The girls are saying, hey, what about us?

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 You and I softball, number 20 by D1 softball, number 23 by Softball America.

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 You and I's women holding their own two in the softball field.

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 And I've been saying it all year.

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 I think it's Ashley Cozart's deepest team at the Division I level.

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 I mean, every weekend you're seeing kind of that same consistency,

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 but all of a sudden a player by the name of Emma Kate Wright or Morris Hill grab from right here in Florence, Alabama,

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 well, she's batting 300 over the last 14 games with, I think, 10 of her 15 hits being extra base hits during this run.

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 And so the hitting has been off the charts.

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 Like always, she's got some shutdown pitchers in that order,

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 but for the first time they don't feel the pressure of, hey, I've got to hold this team to one or two runs.

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 If I give up three runs, we're going to lose.

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 Now it's, hey, as long as I give this offense two, three innings to get going,

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 they're going to hang six to eight runs and give us an opportunity to win this ball game.

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 Briley Dover from Loretto, Tennessee, I think she's got a shot at A-some player of the year.

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 I mean, this is a bunch that they just eat, breathe, and sleep softball.

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 You can't drive by the complex, the Hilda B. Anderson softball stadium over there on Cox Creek Parkway,

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 7 a.m., 10 p.m.

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 There's players in the batting cages getting reps in.

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 I mean, these girls just absolutely love softball.

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 They love hitting, and they love being together, and that's a dangerous combo right there.

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 UNA softball clinched its fifth straight 30-win season, currently 32-14,

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 lead the A-Sun Gold Division with a 14-7 conference record,

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 and I believe this weekend is senior weekend.

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 I don't know how many senior days you've done in your illustrious broadcast career,

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 but that's always special because these ladies have seen a lot under playing for UNA,

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 Katie Davis, Katie Simon, family show, Emily Simon, Riley Tittle, and you go on and on,

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 but it's always special for senior day or senior weekend.

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 Senior weekend's always the most emotional weekend,

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 and actually, Cozart places such a heavy emphasis on family in her program.

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 It's always great to see, and they'll have a big cookout this weekend.

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 They'll feed anybody and everybody that comes by.

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 They'll have the field decorated for those seniors.

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 I mean, Ashley Cozart makes everybody feel so special.

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 It's unbelievable the job that she does,

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 and this senior class has an opportunity to win an A-Sun championship,

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 something that we haven't done yet.

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 I mean, softball, you know, there's the old saying,

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 like, you wish you knew you were in the good old days when it's happening.

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 Well, I mean, it's the good old days for UNA softball right now,

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 but we haven't won an A-Sun championship.

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 We've been close, and this senior class knows that they've got a chance to do it,

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 and a lot of these players played Juco softball together.

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 They were all together at Wallace State,

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 and now they're wrapping up their collegiate careers here at North Alabama,

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 and there's nothing they'd love more than to go down to Florida next week

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 and win an A-Sun championship.

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 But they need a strong finish this weekend.

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 There's so many seniors in this lineup.

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 I think of a Laura Lee Wheeler from Soledgen, Alabama.

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 You know, she wants to do something special this weekend,

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 and it almost seems like when it's senior weekend,

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 something magical is going to happen for one of those seniors.

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 Ben Ray, fine voice of UNA.

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 It's hard to believe less now, technically, than four months.

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 UNA football kicks off the season in Huntsville against Samford.

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 The following week, they go to Arkansas.

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 Yes, that Arkansas.

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 But first, Ben, some history coming up on July 1st.

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 UNA is set to become a member of the United Athletic Conference for All Sports.

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 Yeah, you know, it's an exciting kind of constortium of the Atlantic Sun

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 and the WAC coming together.

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 The WAC will essentially become the United Athletic Conference,

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 so the football playing schools are pretty much leaving the A-Sun.

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 But they're all going to fall under the same umbrella,

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 and it makes it super confusing.

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 But I'll tell you, there's a lot of smart people that have figured this out,

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 and it's for the benefit of all these schools.

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 It's going to help with scheduling.

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 It's just going to help you stay aligned with universities at this level

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 that have the same interest as what UNA has,

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 which for us, football is a big part of that.

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 Well, Eastern Kentucky, Austin Peay, Central Arkansas, Tarleton State,

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 Abilene Christian, UNA.

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 I'm leaving somebody out here in this mix.

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 But it gives us all an opportunity to stay together

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 and where a lot of people are saying will be the second or third best

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 FCS football league behind the Missouri Valley in the big sky.

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 And those two conferences right there are typically your best FCS schools, right?

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 I mean, they're the ones playing for and winning the national championships every year.

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 For this United Athletic Conference to be so young

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 and already have that much respect amongst FCS peers,

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 I mean, it just shows you, hey, people think of UNA in that light as well.

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 UNA is part of that conversation as well.

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 And I feel like Brent Dierman's got this program really poised and ready to take off from Bank Independent Stadium this year.

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 Well, Aussie Newsome, the Wizard of Oz, is poised and ready to come to the 2026 Lion Pride Dinner at auction.

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 Do you have any tickets left?

432
00:29:50,980 --> 00:29:52,360
 It's May 19th.

433
00:29:52,780 --> 00:29:54,600
 I keep telling people it's not August.

434
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:58,720
 It's May 19th to accommodate Aussie's schedule.

435
00:29:59,260 --> 00:30:02,240
 And I'm guessing Megan Dierman can help with that.

436
00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:05,060
 And I saw some updates on the football stadium.

437
00:30:05,880 --> 00:30:08,260
 Something new being installed every week.

438
00:30:08,360 --> 00:30:11,420
 Turf field, soon, seats, you name it.

439
00:30:11,420 --> 00:30:12,720
 It's all coming together.

440
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:20,420
 Talk about tickets to the big event and then where the stadium progress is right now.

441
00:30:21,420 --> 00:30:24,160
 Yeah, Megan Dierman can get you the hookup there.

442
00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:29,500
 256-765-4615 is her number.

443
00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:31,140
 You can get that on rowlines.com.

444
00:30:31,260 --> 00:30:32,080
 And I'm excited.

445
00:30:32,260 --> 00:30:33,740
 I've never heard Aussie speak.

446
00:30:33,860 --> 00:30:36,660
 It's actually going to be a Q&A session with Aussie and I.

447
00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:42,580
 So I'm going to get to interview one of the greatest football lives of all time.

448
00:30:42,620 --> 00:30:45,220
 And I can't wait to hear his football story, his journey.

449
00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:48,600
 And, you know, going back home with him to Calvert County High School.

450
00:30:49,100 --> 00:30:53,820
 It's going to be a fun night of hearing great stories from, you know, I mean, one of the,

451
00:30:53,820 --> 00:30:58,860
 you think of the greats with football, Vince Lombardi, you think of Bill Belichick, Nick Saban.

452
00:30:58,980 --> 00:31:02,600
 Well, I mean, he's had a career like that from being a player to a GM.

453
00:31:02,740 --> 00:31:06,980
 Look at the Hall of Famers he drafted as a GM for the Baltimore Ravens.

454
00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:10,460
 So it's a blessing to get Aussie back home for this.

455
00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:12,080
 And it's going to be a fun night.

456
00:31:12,180 --> 00:31:15,480
 And I'll tell you what, that stadium, I look at it every day when I go to work.

457
00:31:15,540 --> 00:31:17,100
 And every day I'm just blown away.

458
00:31:17,620 --> 00:31:19,080
 They're running ahead of schedule.

459
00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:22,400
 Luckily, the rain has cooperated, knock on wood.

460
00:31:22,600 --> 00:31:24,020
 It's like a baseball no-hitter.

461
00:31:24,220 --> 00:31:25,560
 We don't like to talk about that.

462
00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:28,660
 But we'll start installing the video board here pretty soon.

463
00:31:28,740 --> 00:31:29,800
 It's going to be a spectacle.

464
00:31:30,020 --> 00:31:34,440
 It's going to be one of the biggest video boards for a stadium of this size,

465
00:31:34,540 --> 00:31:38,600
 which we've seen what video boards have done for baseball and CB&S Bank Arena.

466
00:31:39,140 --> 00:31:40,980
 So it's definitely going to be something to see.

467
00:31:40,980 --> 00:31:44,900
 And for us, our broadcast spaces will start coming together this summer.

468
00:31:44,900 --> 00:31:47,500
 And we'll start moving into the stadium hopefully this summer.

469
00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:50,600
 The turf will go down here in the next couple weeks, maybe a month or so.

470
00:31:50,740 --> 00:31:57,900
 And before you know it, we'll all be in there that game in September for the debut of what's going to be a special night.

471
00:31:58,100 --> 00:32:02,060
 And I know everywhere you go, it's what people want to talk about.

472
00:32:02,180 --> 00:32:04,580
 I can't go anywhere without people talking about the stadium.

473
00:32:04,820 --> 00:32:08,760
 And it's going to be something big for this community, something big for UNA.

474
00:32:08,860 --> 00:32:14,660
 And it's something everybody needs to take a lot of pride in because it's going to be super transformational for this university.

475
00:32:15,980 --> 00:32:17,920
 Always enjoy the conversation.

476
00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:26,000
 Where can we get online, Benjamin Ray, and get baseball tickets for this weekend, softball tickets,

477
00:32:26,620 --> 00:32:33,520
 tickets obviously to the Lion Pride dinner to listen to Ozzie or donate to the school.

478
00:32:34,060 --> 00:32:36,380
 Believe me, there's still plenty of opportunities for that.

479
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:37,580
 Where can we get online?

480
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:43,100
 Roarlines.com, your one-place stop for all things UNA Athletics.

481
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,180
 You can follow us on social media as well.

482
00:32:45,180 --> 00:32:50,660
 Mike Ezekiel and his staff, they do a phenomenal job running that website, keeping everything updated.

483
00:32:51,020 --> 00:32:55,220
 And, you know, last weekend for softball, baseball has two more weekends.

484
00:32:55,420 --> 00:33:00,860
 Both teams in the top tier, their standings, there's still a lot to play for over these next three weeks.

485
00:33:00,860 --> 00:33:02,380
 And it's going to be a beautiful weekend.

486
00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:06,040
 And we just encourage people to come out and support and be a part of it.

487
00:33:06,040 --> 00:33:07,240
 Because it's not just about UNA.

488
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:09,880
 It's about representing the entire Shoals community.

489
00:33:10,220 --> 00:33:13,660
 And these two baseball and softball programs have a chance to do something special.

490
00:33:14,060 --> 00:33:17,080
 We'll break for summer and then we'll be back with football in the fall.

491
00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:18,800
 So there's just so much exciting right now.

492
00:33:18,900 --> 00:33:23,460
 And we hope to see everybody out and around and visit Roarlines.com and you can keep up with everything.

493
00:33:24,580 --> 00:33:28,680
 Well, Ben, we hope we can see you back on the show as soon as possible to keep up with everything.

494
00:33:28,940 --> 00:33:33,280
 That may be a job in itself based on all the balls you've got juggling in the air right now.

495
00:33:33,320 --> 00:33:35,720
 But good luck and thank you so much for your time today.

496
00:33:36,420 --> 00:33:39,300
 Hey, as always, I appreciate you all and what you do.

497
00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:41,500
 And we're hoping for a strong finish to this year.

498
00:33:41,580 --> 00:33:42,640
 Thank you very much, Roarlines.

499
00:33:43,300 --> 00:33:43,800
 Thank you, Bill.

500
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:46,620
 Ben Ray, fine voice to the UNA Lions.

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580
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 It is an absolute pleasure for us to say hello to Rodney Orr.

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 When it comes talking tight, he's the man.

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584
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 Rodney Orr, welcome in.

585
00:38:30,700 --> 00:38:31,200
 How are you?

586
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 Doing well, guys.

587
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 How are y'all today?

588
00:38:35,980 --> 00:38:36,180
 Good.

589
00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:42,000
 Well, we're trying to figure out the secret to this guy who a lot of folks said could not recruit

590
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:45,560
 once he came all the way out west to Tuscaloosa.

591
00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:50,620
 What is the secret for DeBoer when it comes to reeling in five-star quarterbacks, Rodney?

592
00:38:52,100 --> 00:38:55,660
 Well, I think it's his reputation for developing them.

593
00:38:56,200 --> 00:39:00,720
 I mean, I think that, you know, the offense, I think, obviously, if you're a quarterback,

594
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 it's a great system to play in.

595
00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:05,820
 I mean, look at, well, look at Ty Simpson, for example.

596
00:39:06,060 --> 00:39:10,900
 I mean, what happened this year, his first year to start, and he's the number 13 pick overall.

597
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:15,500
 So, I think just the track record they have for developing quarterbacks, the offense that

598
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 they play in, highlights what the quarterbacks can do.

599
00:39:18,300 --> 00:39:21,980
 So, you know, I think all of those things contribute to it.

600
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:24,440
 Absolutely.

601
00:39:24,860 --> 00:39:27,540
 Rodney, let me ask you about another prospect.

602
00:39:27,900 --> 00:39:29,460
 Harold mentioned him a little bit earlier.

603
00:39:29,820 --> 00:39:36,040
 Some of the websites, bamoline.com, for example, have come out, and again, they're crystal ball.

604
00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:37,460
 We know this can change.

605
00:39:38,280 --> 00:39:45,360
 Four-star linebacker, Kenneth Simon II, from Brentwood, Tennessee, I believe rated the number

606
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:48,240
 seven linebacker, very interesting.

607
00:39:48,240 --> 00:39:52,700
 His dad played for Tennessee back in the day.

608
00:39:52,780 --> 00:39:54,380
 I've heard a lot of good things about him.

609
00:39:54,500 --> 00:39:59,600
 Rodney, your thoughts on Kenneth Simon, a four-star linebacker at Brentwood?

610
00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:04,560
 Yeah, I mean, I know, you know, Kenneth Simon is a really good player.

611
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 I mean, obviously, he's not very big.

612
00:40:07,020 --> 00:40:10,920
 But, you know, they've recruited linebackers this size and beat them up.

613
00:40:11,060 --> 00:40:17,000
 I think, you know, he played last year at about 190 pounds, 6'2", 190, very athletic, obviously

614
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 can move really well.

615
00:40:18,820 --> 00:40:20,920
 You know, has a lot of the things that you look for.

616
00:40:21,700 --> 00:40:23,880
 Now, he's probably bigger than that now.

617
00:40:24,540 --> 00:40:29,220
 I don't know what he's weighed at some of these combines, if he's gone to any camps or whatever.

618
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 But, you know, he'll get bigger.

619
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 But, again, he has the things that you look for just in terms of the athleticism, the speed,

620
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 you know, and those things that I think nowadays to be able to be versatile as a linebacker,

621
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 to be able to move are really important.

622
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 The thing is, his dad was a former two-time All-ACC player, a former up at Tennessee.

623
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 So, we'll see if the pedigree pays off there.

624
00:40:54,980 --> 00:40:59,220
 Obviously, in the meantime, first things first, Rodney, it's always who's next.

625
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 We know that you're about to get busy down at titerinsider.com.

626
00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:06,000
 These next two months, that's always Christmas season for recruiting fanatics.

627
00:41:06,460 --> 00:41:10,160
 But let's start with one of the more intriguing names, also a five-star.

628
00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:15,480
 He's from Indianapolis, and his name is Monchon, if I'm pronouncing that correctly.

629
00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:16,780
 But here's the part that I like.

630
00:41:17,020 --> 00:41:18,560
 His name is Bama Sales.

631
00:41:20,380 --> 00:41:23,040
 Your thoughts about Alabama landing Bama?

632
00:41:24,740 --> 00:41:28,920
 Well, I mean, I think, obviously, Alabama's been, you know, in the mix very heavily.

633
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:32,980
 Most people think Alabama has been the leader for quite some time.

634
00:41:33,060 --> 00:41:36,360
 Now, I think, again, as time has gone along, things have kind of changed.

635
00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:38,180
 A lot of other schools have jumped in the mix.

636
00:41:38,660 --> 00:41:41,200
 Indiana had a lot of success last year, obviously.

637
00:41:41,380 --> 00:41:42,720
 They won a national championship.

638
00:41:43,180 --> 00:41:44,920
 I think he's a priority for them.

639
00:41:44,920 --> 00:41:46,640
 He just visited there here recently.

640
00:41:46,900 --> 00:41:49,800
 He's got some other visits set up, including one to Alabama.

641
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:51,440
 We'll see what happens again.

642
00:41:52,080 --> 00:41:54,360
 You know, Texas has gotten heavily involved.

643
00:41:54,500 --> 00:41:57,460
 Anytime Texas is involved, you know what we say, watch out.

644
00:41:57,580 --> 00:41:59,300
 I mean, because things start changing.

645
00:41:59,760 --> 00:42:02,720
 And so, you know, we'll see.

646
00:42:02,920 --> 00:42:04,780
 He's a fantastic receiver prospect.

647
00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:05,800
 He's got great size.

648
00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:06,960
 He's about 6'5", 200.

649
00:42:07,340 --> 00:42:08,680
 It'd be a major coup.

650
00:42:10,180 --> 00:42:13,460
 You know, again, Harold, I wish I could give a call on that one right now.

651
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 But I still think it's early.

652
00:42:15,900 --> 00:42:22,260
 And I still think that, you know, once he takes all his visits, that'll certainly kind of start to clarify some things.

653
00:42:23,260 --> 00:42:25,440
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654
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:32,420
 We talked to Tom Lemming, a recruiting guru, just came off of a 10,000-mile trip.

655
00:42:33,260 --> 00:42:38,220
 One of the places he's going to in two weeks is Glassboro High School in New Jersey.

656
00:42:38,580 --> 00:42:39,800
 Well, who plays there?

657
00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:44,420
 Xavier Salle, a five-star receiver slash defensive back.

658
00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:48,900
 In fact, Tom said he may be as good of a defensive back as he is a receiver.

659
00:42:49,760 --> 00:42:54,280
 Of course, everybody knows his other brother, Keon, starting safety for Alabama.

660
00:42:54,960 --> 00:42:58,900
 The younger brother, Amari, will enroll in Alabama in May.

661
00:42:59,540 --> 00:43:02,180
 And Alabama's not the only one looking at him.

662
00:43:02,220 --> 00:43:05,840
 He's got an official visit, May 29 through 31.

663
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:10,680
 Ron, you talk about the Salle family and how good is Xavier?

664
00:43:11,620 --> 00:43:12,640
 Just a great athlete.

665
00:43:13,260 --> 00:43:14,580
 I mean, there's no doubt about it.

666
00:43:14,580 --> 00:43:18,520
 That's why some people list him as an athlete, because he can play on either side of the ball.

667
00:43:18,660 --> 00:43:19,800
 He's a fantastic player.

668
00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:21,220
 He's got legit speed.

669
00:43:21,600 --> 00:43:24,740
 He's about 6'1", I think, 180, 185.

670
00:43:25,340 --> 00:43:26,340
 So he's got good height.

671
00:43:26,400 --> 00:43:27,360
 He's got a good frame.

672
00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:30,420
 You know, all of those things, tremendous speed.

673
00:43:30,500 --> 00:43:33,000
 I think he's been clocked sub 4'5".

674
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:37,120
 So he's probably faster than Keon, for sure.

675
00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:39,720
 But, yeah, we'll see.

676
00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:44,360
 I mean, again, you would think that the ties might be helpful to Alabama.

677
00:43:44,360 --> 00:43:51,120
 But, again, I think a lot of other schools are really involved as well, Oregon being one of those, among others.

678
00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:54,480
 But I didn't know Tom was still tracking the country, man.

679
00:43:54,660 --> 00:43:55,300
 That's crazy.

680
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:58,080
 He's been doing that for I don't know how many years now.

681
00:43:58,600 --> 00:44:01,180
 He started the five-star system, according to Tom.

682
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:02,820
 So he's been doing it that long.

683
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:05,720
 Rodney Orr, hooking up with us, tighterinsider.com.

684
00:44:06,180 --> 00:44:10,280
 Rodney, your thoughts on looking at, not necessarily names, on looking at positions here.

685
00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:13,400
 And I see a lot of wide receivers, obviously the quarterbacks.

686
00:44:13,940 --> 00:44:21,500
 There are those who say, as Alabama emphasized in those positions too much and not enough as far as linemen on both sides of the ball.

687
00:44:21,720 --> 00:44:24,420
 And, of course, a lot of folks are going to say, well, go back to last year.

688
00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:26,560
 They recruited a lot of linemen last year.

689
00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:30,960
 Rodney, where are you as far as just the balance of positions with the staff?

690
00:44:32,480 --> 00:44:34,440
 Well, they did get some linemen last year.

691
00:44:34,540 --> 00:44:37,700
 But they also brought in some young offensive linemen from the portal.

692
00:44:37,700 --> 00:44:41,380
 Ty Haywood was only a true freshman last year at Michigan who red-shirted.

693
00:44:42,820 --> 00:44:45,800
 You know, Caden Strayhorn was a young player at Michigan.

694
00:44:46,260 --> 00:44:48,680
 He was part of that same class with Ty Haywood.

695
00:44:48,840 --> 00:44:53,640
 So, those guys transferred here, it's like it's adding two, you know, new true freshmen almost.

696
00:44:54,240 --> 00:44:56,260
 So, you have a bunch of young guys.

697
00:44:56,340 --> 00:44:57,440
 You do have that.

698
00:44:57,560 --> 00:44:58,180
 I agree.

699
00:44:58,540 --> 00:45:02,780
 But also, you know, and again, they're going to do it however they do it.

700
00:45:02,820 --> 00:45:03,420
 I'm not kidding.

701
00:45:03,880 --> 00:45:08,320
 But my philosophy, my thoughts on it is you always recruit linemen.

702
00:45:09,040 --> 00:45:09,480
 Yes.

703
00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:14,400
 You know, there's some talk that maybe Alabama signs one or two offensive linemen in this class

704
00:45:14,400 --> 00:45:16,280
 because they have 16 coming back.

705
00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:21,520
 Well, it may look like 16 today and it might look like eight come January.

706
00:45:21,940 --> 00:45:22,580
 That's right.

707
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:24,180
 Of the transfer portal.

708
00:45:24,300 --> 00:45:26,000
 The same thing works on the defensive line.

709
00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:27,880
 I don't think you can ever get caught short.

710
00:45:28,440 --> 00:45:31,180
 And I'll tell you what I do think about on the offensive line, too.

711
00:45:31,500 --> 00:45:34,160
 And, again, some people may have a different opinion.

712
00:45:34,700 --> 00:45:38,560
 But I think a lot of the relationships that were built with the offensive linemen

713
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:42,160
 that they were recruiting were built by Coach Kapp,

714
00:45:42,360 --> 00:45:44,800
 who, of course, is no longer here as the offensive line coach.

715
00:45:45,020 --> 00:45:51,560
 And I think once he left, a lot of those relationships went with him, you know.

716
00:45:51,780 --> 00:45:57,180
 So I think that might have hurt Alabama to some extent on some of those big names that they were in on.

717
00:45:57,660 --> 00:45:59,060
 Several offensive tackles.

718
00:45:59,160 --> 00:46:03,640
 Now, I do know that Antonio Berry out of Tupelo, Mississippi, has an official visit set up.

719
00:46:03,980 --> 00:46:06,780
 Some people think he's going to end up a five-star rated player.

720
00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:09,320
 Alabama's strongly in the mix with Ole Miss.

721
00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:11,540
 Some people think Alabama leads for him.

722
00:46:12,200 --> 00:46:15,600
 Great if you get him, but you need more, in my opinion.

723
00:46:15,960 --> 00:46:23,400
 But, again, too, let's not forget the transfer portal, which they did a very good job in the transfer portal this year, I think,

724
00:46:23,640 --> 00:46:25,380
 on both sides of the line of scrimmage.

725
00:46:25,720 --> 00:46:29,240
 And, you know, they can always use that as well in this class.

726
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:34,280
 But as far as high school offensive linemen, you know, Harold Brett, defensive linemen, same thing.

727
00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:36,000
 I think you always sign at least three.

728
00:46:36,600 --> 00:46:37,780
 That's just my opinion.

729
00:46:38,900 --> 00:46:40,460
 Well, it's a good opinion.

730
00:46:41,460 --> 00:46:44,940
 Trey Martin, a four-star ringback from Franklin Parish.

731
00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:47,360
 If you name Parish, you know it's in Louisiana.

732
00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:53,560
 Queensborough, Louisiana, coming back June 5th through the 7th.

733
00:46:54,080 --> 00:46:57,300
 Ronnie, tell us, and, again, Alabama's not the only school.

734
00:46:57,460 --> 00:46:59,680
 A lot of SEC schools are looking at him.

735
00:47:00,240 --> 00:47:01,840
 Help big easy, fast.

736
00:47:02,220 --> 00:47:04,240
 Your thoughts on Trey Martin?

737
00:47:05,340 --> 00:47:10,660
 Well, I think, you know, when you look at Trey Martin, obviously he's a fantastic running back prospect.

738
00:47:10,860 --> 00:47:14,760
 I know that LSU was really, you know, has been in on him as well.

739
00:47:14,900 --> 00:47:23,180
 So it's not like Alabama would be going in there and getting a guy that, you know, getting a guy that LSU didn't want.

740
00:47:23,280 --> 00:47:30,220
 Which, by the way, it's kind of funny because there's a lot of people in Louisiana right now that say that they passed on Elijah Haven,

741
00:47:30,340 --> 00:47:32,560
 the five-star quarterback that we talked about earlier.

742
00:47:32,820 --> 00:47:38,220
 But, you know, I just think that Martin, you know, he's a really good back.

743
00:47:38,340 --> 00:47:39,940
 He's 5'10", he's 185.

744
00:47:40,340 --> 00:47:43,500
 He's probably, you know, in the 4'5 range in the 40.

745
00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:44,680
 He's very productive.

746
00:47:45,340 --> 00:47:48,560
 You know, there's another running back that they're recruiting out of Gainesville, Georgia,

747
00:47:48,700 --> 00:47:52,080
 and I don't know, you know, Kirk, that a lot of people think will end up here.

748
00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:54,180
 It's a fantastic back as well.

749
00:47:54,360 --> 00:47:57,660
 So both of those guys, I don't know if they take both of them.

750
00:47:57,980 --> 00:48:03,640
 But, you know, again, you almost wonder when you look at Alabama's running back room, you know,

751
00:48:03,720 --> 00:48:10,300
 are some of these guys maybe on their last leg here if they don't, you know, kind of have productive years

752
00:48:10,300 --> 00:48:12,740
 or play as much as they might hope.

753
00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:16,280
 So that's the one thing I always say about this portal now.

754
00:48:16,380 --> 00:48:22,300
 It makes it tough, Harold and Brett, to say, okay, this is how many we need at this position.

755
00:48:22,680 --> 00:48:23,920
 Because you really don't know.

756
00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:25,880
 You just really don't know.

757
00:48:27,500 --> 00:48:33,800
 Before you jump off, Rodney, you run the most productive, I think, interactive board out there at tighterinsider.com.

758
00:48:33,860 --> 00:48:34,480
 It's global.

759
00:48:35,480 --> 00:48:43,000
 We know what the initial reaction was to all this contract extension talk for both prominent coaches.

760
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:49,640
 Your thoughts, has the Bama Nation settled down now that they reeled in Haven as far as the five-star quarterback?

761
00:48:50,120 --> 00:48:53,480
 And where are things now as far as the fan base with the contract extensions?

762
00:48:54,880 --> 00:48:59,000
 Well, I think, Harold, it's probably, you know, split still.

763
00:48:59,840 --> 00:49:01,020
 I mean, I think that's where it is.

764
00:49:01,200 --> 00:49:03,720
 And, you know, you can kind of understand both sides of it.

765
00:49:03,800 --> 00:49:08,780
 I think that, you know, there's one group that says, hey, you know, we've made a lot of progress.

766
00:49:09,020 --> 00:49:10,260
 We've won 11 games.

767
00:49:10,840 --> 00:49:13,020
 You know, we went to the SEC championship game.

768
00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:14,020
 We went to the playoffs.

769
00:49:14,320 --> 00:49:16,020
 We won a playoff game on the road.

770
00:49:16,360 --> 00:49:18,380
 You know, obviously, we're making progress.

771
00:49:19,120 --> 00:49:22,040
 You know, he deserves an extension.

772
00:49:22,040 --> 00:49:31,320
 And then there's the other side of it that says we're still seeing inexplicable performances, up and downs, you know, highs and lows, those types of things.

773
00:49:31,400 --> 00:49:33,980
 We've lost games by two, three, and five touchdowns.

774
00:49:34,140 --> 00:49:37,540
 You know, let's hold off before we go give an extension.

775
00:49:38,280 --> 00:49:40,620
 But, you know, Harold Britt, I mean, it is what it is.

776
00:49:40,680 --> 00:49:42,860
 The market kind of dictates it a little bit.

777
00:49:43,040 --> 00:49:49,180
 And, you know, there's no question that I think Penn State and Michigan were very much after or coveted Kaelin DeBoer.

778
00:49:49,180 --> 00:49:53,220
 And I think, you know, Greg Byrne, to keep his coach, he had to do what he had to do.

779
00:49:54,240 --> 00:49:56,960
 Yeah, I think that was a business decision.

780
00:49:57,240 --> 00:49:58,000
 You're right.

781
00:49:58,500 --> 00:49:59,580
 Ronnie, great stuff.

782
00:50:00,460 --> 00:50:12,500
 Titer Insider TV, as Harold mentioned, the 24-7 message board recruiting, really about to get cranked up in late May, June, with the official visits and commitments to follow.

783
00:50:13,300 --> 00:50:20,060
 Ronnie, where can we get all a plethora of information about Alabama sports at a very nominal price?

784
00:50:20,180 --> 00:50:23,720
 And also, with beach time coming up, where can we buy your book?

785
00:50:24,980 --> 00:50:25,900
 Well, I appreciate it, Brett.

786
00:50:26,040 --> 00:50:27,540
 It's TiterInsider.com.

787
00:50:27,600 --> 00:50:31,820
 It's only $48 a year, and you can get instant access with your credit card.

788
00:50:31,900 --> 00:50:33,940
 If you prefer, there is an address there to send a check.

789
00:50:34,020 --> 00:50:37,040
 It gives you all our premium information, but also our all-sports forum.

790
00:50:37,160 --> 00:50:39,360
 And right now, that's kind of where it's at.

791
00:50:39,420 --> 00:50:46,080
 A lot of discussion going on, whether it's basketball, football, and some of the things that we discussed here today.

792
00:50:46,260 --> 00:50:48,080
 And then, also, you mentioned the book.

793
00:50:48,180 --> 00:50:50,720
 Of course, you can go to RodneyOr.com.

794
00:50:50,780 --> 00:50:52,140
 That's RodneyOr.com.

795
00:50:52,140 --> 00:50:53,980
 Or you can go to Amazon, either one.

796
00:50:54,520 --> 00:50:57,980
 Just plug in Bay and Bama, and you'll get all the details there.

797
00:50:59,140 --> 00:50:59,760
 Sounds great.

798
00:50:59,820 --> 00:51:04,660
 Listen, Rodney, I know you're about to see who's behind door number two as far as the next drop.

799
00:51:04,760 --> 00:51:06,760
 So, I know you got an eye on that.

800
00:51:06,820 --> 00:51:07,660
 We got an eye on you.

801
00:51:07,720 --> 00:51:09,280
 And thanks so much for your time today, buddy.

802
00:51:09,960 --> 00:51:10,780
 Okay, Harold Britt.

803
00:51:10,860 --> 00:51:11,320
 Take care.

804
00:51:12,040 --> 00:51:12,540
 Thank you, buddy.

805
00:51:12,560 --> 00:51:14,900
 The one, the only, Rodney Orr.

806
00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:17,380
 Basically, BB, the Braves are rocking and rolling.

807
00:51:17,380 --> 00:51:21,340
 Another time, another win, 21-9, seven up on the Marlins.

808
00:51:21,840 --> 00:51:24,260
 Keep in mind, this team they're facing, they're pretty good.

809
00:51:24,760 --> 00:51:28,760
 The Detroit Tigers, they lead the American League Central.

810
00:51:29,360 --> 00:51:30,640
 So, not of the Braves winning.

811
00:51:30,760 --> 00:51:32,520
 They're winning against pretty good talent, too, BB.

812
00:51:33,120 --> 00:51:34,300
 No question, Harold.

813
00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:37,340
 They beat Detroit last night, as you mentioned, 5-2.

814
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 Perez got the win.

815
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816
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 Cunha, two of three.

817
00:51:43,400 --> 00:51:45,220
 He's beginning to heat up a little bit.

818
00:51:46,220 --> 00:51:49,080
 Again, Braves game tonight, day game tomorrow.

819
00:51:49,580 --> 00:51:51,780
 But they're playing awfully well right now.

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 In the meantime, the latest Big Orange Talk with Ryan Callahan, Nathan King, got the Auburn Tigers covered.

821
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893
00:56:18,940 --> 00:56:21,380
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895
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898
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899
00:56:42,060 --> 00:56:46,680
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900
00:56:46,680 --> 00:56:47,760
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901
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902
00:56:51,520 --> 00:56:56,480
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903
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904
00:56:57,720 --> 00:56:58,460
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905
00:56:58,460 --> 00:57:03,080
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907
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908
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909
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911
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912
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913
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926
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944
00:58:36,880 --> 00:58:44,200
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961
01:00:21,240 --> 01:00:26,620
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962
01:00:27,580 --> 01:00:29,600
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963
01:00:29,720 --> 01:00:31,800
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964
01:00:31,920 --> 01:00:37,200
 Harold, a little bit under the weather, and I applaud him for you trying to get through the first hour.

965
01:00:37,960 --> 01:00:39,220
 Been a lot of issues.

966
01:00:39,380 --> 01:00:42,600
 I know there's a lot of sick people throughout the Tennessee Valley.

967
01:00:43,260 --> 01:00:49,600
 Afternoon, you're trying to bring on Brian Callahan of GoVoz247, always does an exceptional job.

968
01:00:50,160 --> 01:00:55,120
 Talking about Tennessee sports, they did do one of the things that we can get him on.

969
01:00:55,320 --> 01:00:59,160
 They did have a fairly good draft.

970
01:00:59,300 --> 01:01:03,380
 I know for a lot of Tennessee fans, not as abundant as they thought it would be.

971
01:01:04,040 --> 01:01:12,980
 Jermon McCoy, the cornerback, a lot of people thought, even though he didn't play it down last year because of injuries, was healthy.

972
01:01:13,120 --> 01:01:17,620
 But his health report seemed to scare some of the NFL teams off.

973
01:01:17,720 --> 01:01:23,680
 He did eventually end up going in the fourth round to Las Vegas.

974
01:01:24,580 --> 01:01:33,480
 Colton Hood, the transfer from Colorado and Auburn, was the – a lot of people thought he might be in the first round late.

975
01:01:34,060 --> 01:01:39,680
 Ended up going in the second round, pick number 37 to the New York Giants.

976
01:01:40,780 --> 01:01:50,200
 And Chris Brazel, the very talented wide receiver, went in the third round, the 83rd pick to the Carolina Panthers.

977
01:01:50,860 --> 01:01:55,620
 Joshua Joseph's edge, went to the Washington Commanders in the fifth round.

978
01:01:56,140 --> 01:02:07,760
 And their final selectee in the NFL draft, Tyree West, to the Detroit Lions, defensive lineman number seven, actually picked number 222.

979
01:02:07,760 --> 01:02:17,180
 Some people thought Joey Aguilar, the quarterback, I know he had some issues, was very productive in some games, but had some issues with turnovers.

980
01:02:18,120 --> 01:02:21,900
 Signed a free agent contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

981
01:02:22,940 --> 01:02:32,600
 Then Miles Kisselman, the transfer from Alabama, went to the Lions with the free agent, and so on and so forth.

982
01:02:32,600 --> 01:02:35,580
 But Tennessee ended up having a solid draft.

983
01:02:36,100 --> 01:02:40,580
 Where I'm really impressed with the volunteers is their basketball recruiting.

984
01:02:41,140 --> 01:02:51,960
 We don't convince Ferrara of the sports animal in Knoxville on Monday, and they had picked up one more transfer, Kennesaw State.

985
01:02:52,640 --> 01:03:02,180
 Antoine Pidway is the coach there, Ford, Brandon Lee, who announced on April 24th he was going to be coming to Tennessee.

986
01:03:02,180 --> 01:03:13,700
 They now have six transfer basketball players who had been averaging a combined 86 points a game.

987
01:03:13,900 --> 01:03:17,760
 They've shot over 330 threes.

988
01:03:18,560 --> 01:03:24,680
 And I know that's one of the complaints about Rick Barnes' team is the lack of offense.

989
01:03:25,680 --> 01:03:28,600
 And I think he may have remedied that problem.

990
01:03:28,740 --> 01:03:31,320
 Tyler Lundblade from Belmont.

991
01:03:31,820 --> 01:03:36,180
 Very good school, but very efficient at 16 points a game.

992
01:03:36,900 --> 01:03:40,920
 Day Day Ames from Cale, a point guard.

993
01:03:41,180 --> 01:03:43,920
 Miles Rubin, big center.

994
01:03:44,640 --> 01:03:45,940
 Loyola, Chicago.

995
01:03:46,600 --> 01:03:50,240
 And Jalen Harrelson from Notre Dame, a point guard.

996
01:03:50,860 --> 01:03:55,180
 Terrence Hill from VCU, another guard.

997
01:03:55,560 --> 01:04:01,640
 And, of course, Brandon Lowe from, Lou, I'm sorry, from Kennesaw State.

998
01:04:02,160 --> 01:04:04,240
 But Tennessee doing really well.

999
01:04:04,860 --> 01:04:13,240
 And the, as far as recruiting is concerned, we're going to be talking to Nathan King in the next segment.

1000
01:04:13,240 --> 01:04:18,020
 But some of you may have missed this when we first came on the hour in the first hour.

1001
01:04:18,200 --> 01:04:25,020
 Jalen Boer, a big interior offensive lineman, announced his commitment to Auburn this morning.

1002
01:04:25,660 --> 01:04:29,780
 All 6'4", 305 pounds from Creekside, Georgia.

1003
01:04:29,780 --> 01:04:37,180
 That is a fertile recruiting ground for Auburn has been for years.

1004
01:04:37,520 --> 01:04:47,080
 And we'll be talking to Nathan about not only recruiting, but also basketball is for some of the guys that they may be bringing in.

1005
01:04:47,160 --> 01:04:50,340
 Alex Golich was at the regional tournament.

1006
01:04:51,220 --> 01:04:54,240
 And I think Brian may have joined us now.

1007
01:04:55,040 --> 01:05:01,360
 Always a delight to bring Ryan in to talk a little bit more about the Tennessee Volunteer.

1008
01:05:01,480 --> 01:05:06,140
 Staff writer for GoBoss247, covering recruiting and football.

1009
01:05:06,300 --> 01:05:07,900
 Ryan, welcome into the show today, bud.

1010
01:05:07,920 --> 01:05:08,440
 How are you doing?

1011
01:05:09,260 --> 01:05:09,700
 Hey, good.

1012
01:05:09,740 --> 01:05:10,000
 How are you?

1013
01:05:10,720 --> 01:05:11,360
 Great, man.

1014
01:05:11,800 --> 01:05:16,440
 Listen, I went over it a little bit, but summarize the NFL draft for Tennessee.

1015
01:05:17,080 --> 01:05:18,480
 May not be spectacular.

1016
01:05:18,680 --> 01:05:20,400
 I would probably use the word solid.

1017
01:05:21,580 --> 01:05:31,560
 Yeah, solid, and they've gotten to the point, obviously it wasn't that long ago, that Tennessee was having nobody drafted in any given year.

1018
01:05:31,840 --> 01:05:39,160
 That happened a couple times during the Butch Jones era and even, I believe, once in the Jeremy Pruitt era.

1019
01:05:39,160 --> 01:05:44,520
 So to be where they are now is clearly a step forward from those years.

1020
01:05:45,240 --> 01:05:46,760
 But, yeah, no way around.

1021
01:05:46,920 --> 01:05:54,680
 It's a little bit of a disappointment for Tennessee that they didn't have a single first-round pick after multiple mock drafts over the past few months

1022
01:05:54,680 --> 01:05:59,500
 had both Jermod McCoy and Colton Hood projected as first-round picks.

1023
01:05:59,960 --> 01:06:03,020
 And for neither of those guys to go in the first round, obviously a bit of a blow.

1024
01:06:03,020 --> 01:06:11,280
 So, you know, they still, you know, I think only SEC team to have two cornerbacks drafted this year, had, what, five players overall drafted.

1025
01:06:11,380 --> 01:06:18,400
 So still a good showing top to bottom, but just not quite as good as they thought it was going to be going into it.

1026
01:06:18,400 --> 01:06:27,480
 And obviously the fall of Jermod McCoy, kind of the headliner there where, you know, projected as a top 10, top 15 pick a lot of times in recent months

1027
01:06:27,480 --> 01:06:33,780
 and then ends up going early in the fourth round, having to wait until day three, you know, because of medical concerns there.

1028
01:06:34,120 --> 01:06:39,860
 Not ideal, but obviously something that he didn't foresee being quite the issue that it was for some NFL teams.

1029
01:06:40,620 --> 01:06:45,580
 Were you, listen, we talked with you about Joey Aguilar.

1030
01:06:46,600 --> 01:06:49,340
 Some games he played very well.

1031
01:06:50,000 --> 01:06:59,060
 But again, the interceptions, and particularly everybody remembers the 99-yard pick six for Alabama's A.B. Brown took it to the house.

1032
01:06:59,820 --> 01:07:03,800
 Did you think he might get drafted maybe sixth or seventh round?

1033
01:07:03,940 --> 01:07:08,100
 I know he signed as a free agent with the Jack Weyers.

1034
01:07:09,140 --> 01:07:12,220
 Yeah, I'm not totally surprised that he went undrafted.

1035
01:07:12,220 --> 01:07:20,780
 I thought that was probably the most likely outcome, but there were some projections, some rankings that suggested that maybe he had a chance of slipping into the late rounds.

1036
01:07:21,900 --> 01:07:35,500
 There were some different people that were high on him throughout the process, and I think it was maybe Chris Sims who said that he had Joey Aguilar as his, you know, fourth best quarterback in the draft or something like that.

1037
01:07:35,500 --> 01:07:46,320
 So there have been some outliers, but for the most part, I think most people thought he was likely going to be an undrafted free agent, but one that could maybe pick his spot and find a good situation for him that would allow him to make a roster,

1038
01:07:46,440 --> 01:07:50,980
 which is obviously the first hurdle for any of these guys that are going in the late rounds or going undrafted.

1039
01:07:51,140 --> 01:07:53,920
 So we'll see how that works out for him in Jacksonville.

1040
01:07:53,920 --> 01:08:01,220
 I think there's at least an opportunity there for him to maybe make the roster, depending on, you know, you never know how many quarterbacks teams are going to keep these days.

1041
01:08:01,320 --> 01:08:02,880
 Some just keep two, some keep three.

1042
01:08:03,240 --> 01:08:08,240
 So that's always a variable, but, you know, if nothing else, maybe an opportunity for him to play his way onto a practice squad.

1043
01:08:09,000 --> 01:08:13,060
 You know, it's certainly an opportunity, though, for him because I think some NFL teams are really intrigued.

1044
01:08:13,440 --> 01:08:19,080
 You see some of the red flags, like you mentioned, the interceptions, they kind of followed him from Appalachian State to Tennessee,

1045
01:08:19,540 --> 01:08:23,740
 had some costly interceptions like that pick six against Alabama, but at the same time,

1046
01:08:23,740 --> 01:08:31,300
 having the ability to hit the deep ball as often as he did at Tennessee is certainly a skill that a lot of NFL teams would love to have as a number two or number three quarterback

1047
01:08:31,300 --> 01:08:34,800
 to kind of mentor and develop over the next few years and see how he turns out.

1048
01:08:34,900 --> 01:08:41,640
 So he's an interesting prospect for some people, but, you know, definitely got some work to do to carve out a role for himself in the NFL.

1049
01:08:43,000 --> 01:08:47,420
 Those are the thoughts of Ryan Callahan, staff writer for Gold Volons 247.

1050
01:08:47,500 --> 01:08:50,160
 I mentioned basketball, which has been phenomenal.

1051
01:08:50,360 --> 01:08:56,880
 Six transfers, Kennesaw State transfer, Braden Liu is the latest one,

1052
01:08:56,880 --> 01:09:06,880
 and I saw several tweets that said the six coming in have a combined something over 86 points a game,

1053
01:09:07,100 --> 01:09:14,400
 and they've shot 333s, maybe a little bit more of an offensive tint to this class.

1054
01:09:15,280 --> 01:09:21,720
 Yeah, and that's going to be really interesting to see because Rick Barnes' teams always kind of have a signature style,

1055
01:09:21,920 --> 01:09:26,200
 which is, you know, often built around defense, and one of the things that, you know,

1056
01:09:26,200 --> 01:09:31,700
 a lot of people feel has kept them from getting over that final hurdle and getting to the final four

1057
01:09:31,700 --> 01:09:37,480
 is just not having quite enough offense, not quite enough pure shooting ability and things like that

1058
01:09:37,480 --> 01:09:41,020
 to give them the offensive punch they need to keep up with some of these top teams.

1059
01:09:41,140 --> 01:09:44,060
 They've run into some really good teams in the Elite Eight the past three years,

1060
01:09:44,500 --> 01:09:50,580
 especially Michigan this year, but to make that next jump and take another step,

1061
01:09:50,620 --> 01:09:53,140
 I think they've figured out they're going to have to bring in some more offense,

1062
01:09:53,260 --> 01:09:58,200
 but how's that going to work in a Rick Barnes system that is so often predicated on defense?

1063
01:09:59,140 --> 01:10:04,480
 There's going to have to be, you know, some blending of ideas for sure to satisfy him

1064
01:10:04,480 --> 01:10:07,360
 because he's never going to make defense less of a priority.

1065
01:10:07,520 --> 01:10:12,280
 It's just going to have to be part of the package that goes along with having some offensive skill

1066
01:10:12,280 --> 01:10:13,480
 also out on the court.

1067
01:10:13,480 --> 01:10:18,380
 So, but yeah, they no doubt have a lot of offensive scoring on this,

1068
01:10:18,460 --> 01:10:22,560
 in this transfer class they just brought in and still might not be done just yet.

1069
01:10:22,560 --> 01:10:28,360
 Still in the mix for Duke Harris, the Wake Forest transfer that's drawing a lot of attention

1070
01:10:28,360 --> 01:10:33,780
 from several major programs and, you know, a lot of attention has been centered around

1071
01:10:33,780 --> 01:10:37,140
 Tennessee, Michigan, you know, maybe North Carolina, but, you know,

1072
01:10:37,140 --> 01:10:40,920
 even some other teams may be creeping into the picture there since he's still out on the market

1073
01:10:40,920 --> 01:10:43,500
 and still exploring his NBA stock at the same time.

1074
01:10:43,640 --> 01:10:47,680
 So, yeah, maybe not done yet, but even with what they've brought in so far,

1075
01:10:48,020 --> 01:10:51,420
 a really strong group that's going to have a lot more scoring potential

1076
01:10:51,420 --> 01:10:53,620
 than what Tennessee's had in most recent years.

1077
01:10:54,460 --> 01:11:01,340
 Brian, in fact, this transfer portal class ranked number four nationally according to 24-7 Sports

1078
01:11:01,340 --> 01:11:04,000
 and, as you mentioned, may improve on that.

1079
01:11:04,380 --> 01:11:07,540
 Will Nate Aitman now stay in the NBA draft?

1080
01:11:08,920 --> 01:11:12,400
 Yeah, I think that's definitely the expectation at this point.

1081
01:11:12,520 --> 01:11:18,160
 You know, Rick Barnes last week spoke with media coming off this recent wave of transfer additions

1082
01:11:18,160 --> 01:11:23,440
 and made it pretty clear he doesn't really expect Nate Aitman to come back.

1083
01:11:23,560 --> 01:11:25,100
 Now, he's doing his due diligence.

1084
01:11:25,320 --> 01:11:30,120
 There was a report about a week earlier that suggested that his agency was maybe split

1085
01:11:30,120 --> 01:11:36,520
 on whether he should go to the draft and stay in this, you know, very deep draft in the top 10

1086
01:11:36,520 --> 01:11:40,160
 where he's still being projected as a possible top 10 pick,

1087
01:11:40,240 --> 01:11:43,760
 but it's maybe not a sure thing because of how strong this draft class is.

1088
01:11:44,000 --> 01:11:48,460
 Or maybe come back and see if he can take a swing at being the number one overall pick next year,

1089
01:11:48,460 --> 01:11:52,180
 which is what some people in his agency feel is possible given his skill set

1090
01:11:52,180 --> 01:11:55,820
 and what he's already proven and what another year of development in the college game

1091
01:11:55,820 --> 01:12:02,560
 could do for his stock in a presumably thinner draft class next year based on what they know so far.

1092
01:12:02,980 --> 01:12:08,860
 So, yeah, it's not likely, but he still, I think, is making sure that this is the right decision for him.

1093
01:12:08,920 --> 01:12:12,800
 But Rick Barnes seemed to be pretty convinced that that's the path he's going to take

1094
01:12:12,800 --> 01:12:17,640
 and what he honestly kind of thought he should do given where he is right now.

1095
01:12:17,640 --> 01:12:21,760
 It's not many guys that are willing to take that risk of having an injury

1096
01:12:21,760 --> 01:12:24,200
 really get in the way of their prospects.

1097
01:12:24,660 --> 01:12:29,180
 And even with the number one pick maybe being an outside possibility next year,

1098
01:12:29,460 --> 01:12:32,740
 it's still a lot for him to lose if he were to come back and suffer an injury of some sort.

1099
01:12:33,500 --> 01:12:35,720
 Yeah, you're exactly right.

1100
01:12:35,860 --> 01:12:37,140
 A lot of things going on.

1101
01:12:37,280 --> 01:12:40,080
 Listen, I appreciate you coming on with us a day early.

1102
01:12:40,780 --> 01:12:44,400
 Normally we try to have you on Thursdays when it's convenient,

1103
01:12:45,100 --> 01:12:46,820
 but still a lot of things going on.

1104
01:12:46,820 --> 01:12:49,420
 Tennessee baseball beats Alabama last week.

1105
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 The tide just fumbled the ball all over the infield last year.

1106
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 Last week was not a good start, but Tennessee took advantage of it.

1107
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 Recruiting really about to get hot and heavy with official visits late May, June, and July.

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 Ryan, where can we get online to get that stuff and a lot more?

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 Yeah, coaches on the road right now, so keeping track of where they are during the spring contact period.

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 Lots to keep track of.

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 I'll be there tonight in Nashville, so plenty of coverage of Rick Barnes and Josh Heupel and Ken Caldwell,

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 along with AD Danny White, to see what they have to say about what Tennessee's just done in the transfer portal and a lot more.

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 So lots of good stuff on GoVols247.com.

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 Safe travels to Nashville.

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 I know you follow that every spring, and I'm sure you enjoy the fellowship and food.

1121
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 Ryan, as always, bud, we enjoy it.

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 Have a great weekend.

1123
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 You too.

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 Thanks a lot.

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 Thank you, bud.

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 Ryan Callahan talking Tennessee, and when we come back, Nathan King going to be talking Auburn

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01:18:23,100 --> 01:18:24,780
 Hey, welcome back to the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 Brett Beaird in for an ailing Harold Bugg.

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 Hopefully, he will feel a little bit better as the week progresses.

1221
01:18:30,360 --> 01:18:36,000
 But delighted to bring in Nathan King, Auburn beat writer for 24-7 Sports.

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 Auburn undercover covering football and basketball.

1223
01:18:39,940 --> 01:18:42,020
 Nathan King, welcome to the show, my friend.

1224
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 How are you doing?

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 I'm doing good, Brett.

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 How are you?

1227
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 Good, man.

1228
01:18:46,900 --> 01:18:53,360
 Let me touch on recruiting because, obviously, it's front and center for Auburn this morning and this week.

1229
01:18:53,900 --> 01:18:55,940
 They pick up another commitment this morning.

1230
01:18:55,940 --> 01:19:02,660
 Jalen Moore, big offensive lineman from Creekside, Georgia, all 6'4", 305 of him.

1231
01:19:03,240 --> 01:19:12,600
 And then earlier in the week, Auburn got one of the top running backs in the country in Myson Jackson Cook from East St. Louis, Illinois.

1232
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 2,200 yards, 10 yards a tote.

1233
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 That's pretty impressive.

1234
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 Auburn's had a good week on the recruiting trail.

1235
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 Yeah, Jackson Cook felt like a massive win for them.

1236
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 He's a guy who could end up being a really, really highly rated player when it's all said and done.

1237
01:19:31,600 --> 01:19:33,700
 Just a tremendous skill set on him.

1238
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 And then, obviously, any time you get an offensive lineman that you feel good about, like a Jalen Moore, that's obviously big for this program that's struggled in offensive line recruiting.

1239
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 In the past few head coaching ten years, yeah, Alex Golesh talked about it last night, you know, just how important this upcoming official visit period is.

1240
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 But really, you know, something he's addressed all the way back to the early stages of his Auburn tenure when he was introduced was he knows he's got to put some proof of concept on the field this fall.

1241
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 And particularly on the offensive side, like, his goal is not to go so heavy in the transfer portal every single year.

1242
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 But they had to do that, obviously, with the roster turnover in year one.

1243
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 And his mindset right now is, you know, he'll continue to sort of be in win-now mode and not so much of a recruiting development mode until he can convince these players, you know, he's got to go out and do it on the field this year.

1244
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 A lot of them obviously don't know him, you know, him coming from a smaller conference.

1245
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 And so I think a seven or eight win season for Auburn, if they have an exciting offensive product, I think that would really go a long way in Golesh's first season.

1246
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 Because, you know, contrary to a guy like Hugh Freeze, who he was all about recruiting, and his recruiting chops are very well known.

1247
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 You know, Alex Golesh is a younger coach who's still sort of up and coming, so he's looking to prove himself on the field.

1248
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 That said, I mean, I do think this recruiting class is going to take a turn for the better here in the next few weeks.

1249
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 I know they sat at last in the SEC for quite a while, but that was just the staff kind of getting their orders, you know, getting everything in order, getting their affairs in order, and getting ready for what they hope is the big summer.

1250
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 Yeah, they've done a very good job with cultivating a lot of the kids and then a lot of the official visits coming in next month in June.

1251
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 One of the ways you can help recruiting is to get kids to the NFL, and Auburn had a solid draft.

1252
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 They finally ended that first round X.

1253
01:21:35,940 --> 01:21:39,140
 Kendrick Falk going to the Titans late in the first round.

1254
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 Keron Crawford going to the Raiders third round.

1255
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 Connor Liu, if he would have been, I know the medical report probably hurt him.

1256
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 Fourth round, he could have been a second or third round pick.

1257
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 Jeremiah Wright going to the Saints, Bobby Jamison Travis going to the Giants.

1258
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 A solid draft that they can build on for the next couple of years.

1259
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 Yeah, I mean, look, five guys drafted off of a team that hasn't won a game, or excuse me, hasn't had a winning season in quite a while.

1260
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 Like, that's always pretty solid.

1261
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 Goes to show the talent that was on this team.

1262
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 Yeah, obviously, Keldrick Falk, like you said, the headliner there.

1263
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 He becomes Auburn's first selection in the first round since both Derek Brown and Noah Igbenogany went in the 2020 draft.

1264
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 And you mentioned Connor Liu.

1265
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 You know, I do think that's tremendous value for the Bengals.

1266
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 I think that's a good spot for him.

1267
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 I mean, obviously, they've had issues affecting Joe Burrow in seasons past.

1268
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 And look, he was the guy during, like, last season that people were talking about, could he be the number one center in the draft?

1269
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 And that could inform him being a first or a second round pick.

1270
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 Now, obviously, he had the torn ACL.

1271
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 But as long as he recovers just fine, I think the fourth round is tremendous value for him.

1272
01:22:53,020 --> 01:22:54,440
 And, you know, it's going to be interesting next year.

1273
01:22:54,600 --> 01:23:00,460
 I think so much depends in terms of Auburn's, you know, NFL stock, if you will, next season.

1274
01:23:00,460 --> 01:23:02,960
 Like, so much depends on if this offense clicks.

1275
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 Because, I mean, if they're able to somewhat replicate the exciting brand of football and productive brand of football they had at USF,

1276
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 like, you know, a guy like Byron Brown could get a look in the really late round.

1277
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 I mean, there's not a lot of quarterbacks who look and move like him.

1278
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 You know, some of these wide receivers that they produce.

1279
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 You know, Jeremiah Cobb, I would explain.

1280
01:23:21,520 --> 01:23:23,140
 He had nearly a thousand-yard season.

1281
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 You know, Joe Simmons at left tackle.

1282
01:23:25,260 --> 01:23:27,080
 Like, can he be a high-round guy?

1283
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 He's obviously got all the tools.

1284
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 Can they have a successful season on that side of the ball?

1285
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 So it should be interesting to see.

1286
01:23:32,740 --> 01:23:38,280
 But, yeah, tying their most draft picks in the last five years with five selections was good for Auburn.

1287
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 Nice, healthy NFL draft for them.

1288
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 Absolutely.

1289
01:23:42,440 --> 01:23:45,120
 Nathan King of Auburn Undercover joining us.

1290
01:23:45,200 --> 01:23:50,940
 You had a very good article about Auburn's best position groups coming out of the spring.

1291
01:23:51,640 --> 01:23:55,500
 And I think this is unanimous across the board for Auburn Media.

1292
01:23:56,300 --> 01:23:57,660
 Number one is linebacker.

1293
01:23:57,880 --> 01:24:01,360
 I mean, this is maybe the best group in the SEC.

1294
01:24:01,360 --> 01:24:10,000
 Xavier Atkins, Belinda's, Toodle, Demarcus Riddick, and Friends.

1295
01:24:10,340 --> 01:24:18,100
 I know you had quarterback, I believe, second, running back third, and safety Nichols, one of the best in the conference.

1296
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 And you've got strength and weaknesses for both positions.

1297
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 Priorize your top position groups that you hit this week.

1298
01:24:27,040 --> 01:24:33,900
 Yeah, I mean, linebacker, like you said, with Xavier Atkins coming back, it's rare you get to return an All-American.

1299
01:24:34,080 --> 01:24:36,920
 That's just not something that happens all the time in college football.

1300
01:24:37,420 --> 01:24:42,240
 For Auburn, it's the first returning All-American they've had in over 25 years at linebacker.

1301
01:24:42,240 --> 01:24:49,520
 And so what's funny about Xavier Atkins is, like, one of the first days of spring practice, Alex Dolish kind of made a passing comment.

1302
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 And he was like, you know, X still needs to figure out, you know, what's going on out there.

1303
01:24:53,520 --> 01:24:59,800
 And it's like, it's just a reminder that this kid didn't play much at LSU in his only real playing time of his college career.

1304
01:25:00,040 --> 01:25:02,760
 He had an incredible season, but he's still really young.

1305
01:25:02,880 --> 01:25:06,260
 And somebody described him yesterday as kind of like a golden retriever out on the field.

1306
01:25:06,260 --> 01:25:11,960
 Like, he's going to run all over the place, but when he makes the right decisions, he's a freak athlete.

1307
01:25:12,240 --> 01:25:13,640
 So they've got great depth there.

1308
01:25:13,720 --> 01:25:18,020
 Yeah, I mean, you really could pick and choose who you want to be.

1309
01:25:18,140 --> 01:25:23,560
 I kind of did it by, like, confidence level exiting the spring, who you'd think Auburn's second best position group is.

1310
01:25:23,660 --> 01:25:27,140
 I ended up going with quarterback just because of what Byron Brown has shown.

1311
01:25:27,360 --> 01:25:30,320
 Like, just the guy that we know he has been at USF.

1312
01:25:30,420 --> 01:25:32,800
 Obviously, he hasn't done that at Auburn.

1313
01:25:32,800 --> 01:25:41,640
 But, I mean, this is the first time in several seasons that Auburn has had this, you know, hyped up of a quarterback going into the year.

1314
01:25:41,820 --> 01:25:44,060
 And then, obviously, running back, you've got Jeremiah Cobb.

1315
01:25:44,120 --> 01:25:52,340
 If they find a nice number two complement, whether that's Bryson Washington, whether that's Omar Mavson, the sophomore, you know, whoever that is, that they've got a lot of depth there.

1316
01:25:52,480 --> 01:25:53,520
 And, obviously, some question marks.

1317
01:25:53,680 --> 01:25:58,020
 I mean, the offensive line, like, that's a group that has a long way to go.

1318
01:25:58,280 --> 01:25:59,880
 You know, Stanton Ramil comes back from injury.

1319
01:25:59,940 --> 01:26:00,860
 Maybe that will help them.

1320
01:26:01,580 --> 01:26:05,560
 Cornerback, like, you bring back a couple guys from last season, but you still lost both your starters.

1321
01:26:06,420 --> 01:26:12,300
 Those position groups obviously carry some concern for the staff, and they're going to be certainly under the microscope when we get into fall camp.

1322
01:26:13,440 --> 01:26:13,840
 Absolutely.

1323
01:26:15,300 --> 01:26:19,760
 Basketball, Stephen Pearl saying that he needs to fill one more spot.

1324
01:26:19,880 --> 01:26:34,260
 But I'll tell you what, he has done a very good job of, number one, keeping the core players, Overton, Pettiford, for example, and then bringing in size and skill set.

1325
01:26:34,840 --> 01:26:40,140
 Your thoughts on this reconstruction of the Auburn basketball roster?

1326
01:26:41,120 --> 01:26:49,180
 Yeah, I believe, I mean, I may have been on with you guys last week or a couple weeks ago and talking about how big it was to get Sebastian Williams Adams back.

1327
01:26:49,300 --> 01:26:52,960
 Well, obviously, he decided to pivot and enter the transfer portal.

1328
01:26:53,140 --> 01:26:57,120
 So, basically, you know, you had five potential returning pieces from this rotation.

1329
01:26:57,580 --> 01:27:03,360
 They only keep two of them, and I think that just goes to show what college basketball is nowadays.

1330
01:27:03,360 --> 01:27:10,800
 Like, the guys they lost are the developmental pieces that you thought, okay, let's get another year in the system, another year with the same team.

1331
01:27:11,780 --> 01:27:12,960
 They all decided to go.

1332
01:27:13,100 --> 01:27:19,780
 They all decided to go somewhere where they're going to have what is perceived to be, you know, bigger roles and probably making more money.

1333
01:27:19,860 --> 01:27:23,480
 But you keep your starting backcourt, and that's where everything starts for this team.

1334
01:27:23,560 --> 01:27:28,060
 Sahad Pettiford and Kevin Overson played really well down the stretch last season.

1335
01:27:28,240 --> 01:27:35,900
 And then at the moment, yeah, you said, you know, one more transfer addition probably for this team is what Stephen Pearl said yesterday.

1336
01:27:36,020 --> 01:27:36,820
 You look at the lineup.

1337
01:27:37,040 --> 01:27:39,360
 It feels pretty complete.

1338
01:27:39,780 --> 01:27:41,120
 They've got a lot more size.

1339
01:27:41,360 --> 01:27:52,260
 It's three players above 6'10", in Owen Freeman from Creighton, Buki Abouye from Santa Clara, and Narcisse Ngoi, who's a former French professional, actually playing professionally in France right now.

1340
01:27:52,540 --> 01:27:53,760
 He'll get here next month.

1341
01:27:53,900 --> 01:27:58,220
 And so, I mean, that size that they didn't have last season, you've got some sharp shooting forwards.

1342
01:27:58,420 --> 01:28:01,080
 Adam Olsen, Stephen Pearl called him the best shooter in the portal.

1343
01:28:01,080 --> 01:28:09,760
 And it's hard to argue that when you look at his size and the ability to shoot, you know, 38% from deep as a 6'8", 6'9", forward.

1344
01:28:10,500 --> 01:28:13,340
 And then I thought a really underrated pickup for them was George Kimball.

1345
01:28:13,780 --> 01:28:16,820
 He was a guy who played at a really high level at Eastern Kentucky.

1346
01:28:16,820 --> 01:28:25,280
 He was one of the best mid-major point guards in the country, but then suffered a torn ACL, goes to Vanderbilt last season, medically redshirt, started practicing.

1347
01:28:25,420 --> 01:28:26,360
 I talked to him last week.

1348
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 He said he is a defense-first player.

1349
01:28:28,340 --> 01:28:37,100
 He said he likes to earn his keep on that end of the floor, and that is obviously welcome news to an Auburn team that didn't play very good defense last season.

1350
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 So I think he can come off the bench and provide an impact there.

1351
01:28:39,760 --> 01:28:42,800
 But one guy remaining is what Stephen Pearl and his staff want.

1352
01:28:42,860 --> 01:28:48,740
 He said within the next couple weeks, maybe they can make a move there, somebody that can play the two or the three spot.

1353
01:28:48,880 --> 01:28:55,420
 I mean, the name that fills that spot is Mantis Rubishasius from Lithuania.

1354
01:28:55,860 --> 01:28:57,140
 He's a 23-year-old pro.

1355
01:28:57,140 --> 01:28:59,540
 He's a guy we've heard about a lot throughout this process.

1356
01:29:00,120 --> 01:29:04,760
 Auburn thinks they are in a position to get him, but it's still ongoing.

1357
01:29:05,000 --> 01:29:06,080
 You know, they don't have him yet.

1358
01:29:06,180 --> 01:29:08,220
 Nothing is done until it's done.

1359
01:29:08,280 --> 01:29:09,580
 So we'll see if they're able to get Mantis.

1360
01:29:09,960 --> 01:29:15,440
 That would be the second, you know, former overseas pro for them this year, the third in the last two years.

1361
01:29:15,440 --> 01:29:25,660
 And the guy who's a really, really high-volume scorer over there, a guy who can score all over the floor and played in the summer league with the Golden State Warriors a couple years ago, didn't get drafted, decided to go back to Lithuania.

1362
01:29:25,900 --> 01:29:28,180
 And we'll see if he is that last guy for Auburn.

1363
01:29:28,300 --> 01:29:31,460
 He certainly fits the bill of what Stephen Pearl was talking about yesterday.

1364
01:29:32,560 --> 01:29:36,900
 By the way, congratulations on correctly pronouncing his name.

1365
01:29:37,620 --> 01:29:42,040
 Several, before all the media tried but failed miserably.

1366
01:29:43,360 --> 01:29:44,040
 We'll see.

1367
01:29:44,180 --> 01:29:46,800
 I mean, if he comes to Auburn, we'll certainly get a lot more reps on it.

1368
01:29:46,840 --> 01:29:47,260
 You're right.

1369
01:29:48,400 --> 01:29:51,600
 Listen, I always enjoy the conversation with you.

1370
01:29:51,660 --> 01:29:56,500
 A lot of stuff going on or creating really about to heat up with the official visits.

1371
01:29:57,180 --> 01:29:59,440
 Auburn baseball playing better now.

1372
01:30:00,180 --> 01:30:04,660
 And we'll see where the next time we turn around they're going to be in Hoover.

1373
01:30:05,280 --> 01:30:07,900
 But I know you've got football and basketball covered.

1374
01:30:08,000 --> 01:30:10,620
 Nathan, where can we get online to get all the great stuff?

1375
01:30:11,300 --> 01:30:12,740
 Yep, auburnundercover.com.

1376
01:30:12,740 --> 01:30:14,280
 You mentioned football and basketball.

1377
01:30:14,460 --> 01:30:17,600
 We got to talk to Golesh and Stephen Pearl last night.

1378
01:30:17,680 --> 01:30:20,800
 So I'll continue to have a handful of stories at Auburn Undercover, Auburn baseball.

1379
01:30:21,200 --> 01:30:24,520
 Yet another top ten matchup this weekend at Texas A&M.

1380
01:30:24,560 --> 01:30:26,020
 And like you said, recruiting is getting hot.

1381
01:30:26,080 --> 01:30:27,640
 It's about time for official visit season.

1382
01:30:27,800 --> 01:30:31,280
 So if you're an Auburn fan and want all of that covered, go to auburnundercover.com.

1383
01:30:32,260 --> 01:30:34,520
 Nathan, I always enjoy the conversation, bud.

1384
01:30:34,580 --> 01:30:35,420
 Have a great week.

1385
01:30:36,120 --> 01:30:36,760
 Thank you, sir.

1386
01:30:36,820 --> 01:30:37,100
 You too.

1387
01:30:37,900 --> 01:30:38,480
 Hello, everybody.

1388
01:30:38,620 --> 01:30:40,340
 Nathan Keene talking Auburn.

1389
01:30:40,340 --> 01:30:42,860
 And if we talk Auburn, we'd better talk Alabama.

1390
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 Drew DeArmond talking the tide.

1391
01:30:45,580 --> 01:30:47,060
 Maybe a little high school baseball.

1392
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 When we return to the B-Mo Book Show on 93.9.

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 And welcome back to the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 But delighted to bring in good friend Drew DeArmond, host of Talking Ball on Huntsville's 97.7 The Zone.

1510
01:36:22,020 --> 01:36:23,940
 D2, welcome into the show today, buddy.

1511
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 How are you doing?

1512
01:36:25,120 --> 01:36:26,300
 I'm doing well, Brett.

1513
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 How are you doing, man?

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 I hope you're all going to feel better.

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 I appreciate that.

1516
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 And I know he does, too.

1517
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 D2, three years ago, I heard all nauseam that this staff could not recruit football players.

1518
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 I know one thing they can do.

1519
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 They can recruit five-star quarterbacks.

1520
01:36:44,940 --> 01:36:50,160
 Your thoughts on the latest pickup, Elijah Haven from Louisiana.

1521
01:36:51,540 --> 01:36:56,760
 Yeah, I mean, he's the number one quarterback in the 2027 class out of Baton Rouge.

1522
01:36:57,020 --> 01:37:05,060
 They've done a really good job being his family, you know, really for the last year or so to kind of put the pieces in place to bring him aboard early.

1523
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 You know, the way they approach things, especially for the quarterback position is, you know, they try to be a year ahead.

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01:37:13,860 --> 01:37:23,880
 And I think in fact, they're a little different, too, because even under Nick Saban, we only occasionally saw two QBs in one class.

1525
01:37:23,880 --> 01:37:36,220
 Well, it looks like they are, as long as they hold on to Trent Seaborn of the three-time state champion at Thompson, they're going to sign back-to-back classes with two QBs.

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 Because, as you know, last year, you know, Brett, they got Jet Tamala, and he turned out to be a five-star quarterback out of Omaha, Nebraska.

1527
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 And then they ended up with Tate and Cala out of Utah via Hawaii.

1528
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 So, that's four quarterbacks already.

1529
01:37:56,340 --> 01:38:04,920
 And, you know, we've already heard Kellen DeBoer go on the record as saying they like to have four to five QBs in the room, which is a ton, really, in this era.

1530
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 Because it's hard enough for some squads with the NIL and how valuable the position is financially to keep two or even three on the scholarship.

1531
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 But I think in a lot of ways, they use the red share.

1532
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 It's not pure NIL.

1533
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 And that's the way they're trying to get it done.

1534
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 And they're trying to develop QBs from the high school level.

1535
01:38:30,260 --> 01:38:34,300
 You know, guys like Wayne Kiffin, you know, we've seen that.

1536
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 We've seen – and we've seen other schools, you know, that – in Texas Tech, they depend on just getting transfers.

1537
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 They don't develop their own.

1538
01:38:44,200 --> 01:38:53,200
 They just – they go out Miami and they go into the portal and spend big bucks and try to get an older QB to win right now.

1539
01:38:53,900 --> 01:38:57,860
 Alabama's trying to win right now, but they're also trying to develop the high school player.

1540
01:38:57,860 --> 01:39:03,280
 And that's just – it's actually just a really interesting way to attack it.

1541
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 And I think it's kind of – Kellen DeBoer wants to do the best in both worlds.

1542
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 Because I've told some people, you know, that were mystified by his contract extension, you know,

1543
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 and his $2 million plus raise.

1544
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 I said, well, they're investing in the head coach and the coaching staff.

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 Because there are others that have used at least $100 million, A, to, you know, buy out the previous staff, B, to bring in the new one.

1546
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 And then part of that also, pay $40 million for a football roster.

1547
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 And I can just tell you from knowing the inner workings at Alabama, they're not – they certainly don't want to pay huge buyout to a staff.

1548
01:39:46,260 --> 01:39:54,320
 They certainly don't want to have to spend, you know, big bucks, you know, $60 million, $70 million, $80 million on a new staff.

1549
01:39:54,460 --> 01:39:58,140
 And then turn around and spend $30 to $40 million on a football roster.

1550
01:39:58,140 --> 01:40:04,800
 And by the way, Alabama, in my opinion, I don't think we'll ever see them spend $30 to $40 million on a football roster.

1551
01:40:05,400 --> 01:40:08,180
 Because I just don't think they think it's financially feasible.

1552
01:40:09,180 --> 01:40:11,060
 I think you're exactly right.

1553
01:40:11,620 --> 01:40:13,220
 Let's talk a little basketball.

1554
01:40:13,840 --> 01:40:19,720
 One of the things that kind of went unnoticed, Nate Oates got a little nice bump in pay.

1555
01:40:20,380 --> 01:40:31,260
 I was also glad to see Alabama's unofficial general manager and meme expert, Preston Murphy, get a raise two years ago, making $450.

1556
01:40:31,260 --> 01:40:36,480
 Now he's up to, I believe, a little bit less than $100,000.

1557
01:40:37,680 --> 01:40:39,580
 And you've got to have a GM now.

1558
01:40:40,700 --> 01:40:44,140
 I would imagine Nate will officially name him sooner or later.

1559
01:40:44,520 --> 01:40:48,880
 But, D2, Preston Murphy does a lot for this basketball program.

1560
01:40:50,220 --> 01:40:54,260
 Yeah, he always has since he and Nate teamed up a few years ago.

1561
01:40:54,820 --> 01:41:02,400
 He brought him back after, you know, he had kind of been banished a little bit by the NCAA for what happened to Creighton.

1562
01:41:02,400 --> 01:41:10,820
 And in this climate, it almost seems like a speeding ticket compared to especially what Western Union, a.k.a. Will Wade, has been doing.

1563
01:41:11,780 --> 01:41:14,280
 But certainly, he's done a great job.

1564
01:41:14,760 --> 01:41:17,880
 It's funny, in the last two years, you talk about investing.

1565
01:41:18,620 --> 01:41:27,320
 Alabama's invested in Preston Murphy because he was making, I think, $450,000 two years ago coming off of that Final Four trip.

1566
01:41:27,780 --> 01:41:30,560
 He got bumped all the way up to $675,000.

1567
01:41:30,800 --> 01:41:41,100
 And then I was asked, you know, earlier this, you know, during the season, is Murphy going to get a head coaching job or is he going to come back?

1568
01:41:41,160 --> 01:41:42,720
 And I was told, no.

1569
01:41:43,420 --> 01:41:45,760
 I was like, he's returning.

1570
01:41:46,020 --> 01:41:49,820
 And you saw why, because they bumped him up to $900,000 plus.

1571
01:41:50,320 --> 01:41:52,320
 It's his salary.

1572
01:41:52,560 --> 01:41:53,740
 And I don't blame him.

1573
01:41:53,800 --> 01:41:55,300
 He and Nate work lockstep.

1574
01:41:56,020 --> 01:42:00,440
 And, you know, and certainly, you know, Preston Murphy does some of the coaching.

1575
01:42:00,680 --> 01:42:01,560
 But you're right.

1576
01:42:01,620 --> 01:42:04,020
 He is basically the de facto general manager.

1577
01:42:04,400 --> 01:42:08,020
 And, you know, today was the region's, you know, pro-am golf tournament.

1578
01:42:08,140 --> 01:42:10,800
 And I know Nate Oates spoke about some of that.

1579
01:42:11,140 --> 01:42:13,940
 And, you know, the roster spots that they have available.

1580
01:42:14,060 --> 01:42:17,520
 And I think they do have one or two where they can add some players.

1581
01:42:18,240 --> 01:42:22,420
 And as I figured, he admitted he and Preston Murphy have a plan.

1582
01:42:23,040 --> 01:42:25,580
 And it could involve overseas talent.

1583
01:42:25,780 --> 01:42:26,240
 We'll see.

1584
01:42:26,620 --> 01:42:28,400
 Many people are doing that now.

1585
01:42:28,680 --> 01:42:34,980
 Or they may be taking their time waiting for this, you know, fifth-year situation to be voted in.

1586
01:42:35,300 --> 01:42:41,440
 Of course, it won't affect the current folks that were seniors this year, which I agree with.

1587
01:42:41,440 --> 01:42:48,260
 But it certainly could open up, you know, for additional years of eligibility for guys they have on the squad,

1588
01:42:48,380 --> 01:42:52,840
 like an Aidan Holloway, who they're trying to get back to that legal situation.

1589
01:42:53,360 --> 01:42:59,820
 And then, again, I think, you know, they're going to keep a very close eye on that, try to get him cleared.

1590
01:43:00,380 --> 01:43:03,180
 They admitted he also talked about Chris Onye-Juwaka.

1591
01:43:03,680 --> 01:43:06,060
 They're waiting for him to hopefully be cleared this summer.

1592
01:43:06,180 --> 01:43:08,820
 They certainly would like to have him back on the roster.

1593
01:43:08,880 --> 01:43:18,000
 And then you keep up constant communication with Amari Allen, who, of course, is, you know, going through the draft process.

1594
01:43:18,420 --> 01:43:19,980
 He would be a huge piece back.

1595
01:43:20,360 --> 01:43:24,040
 And then, to me, you would just need another point guard or combo-type guard.

1596
01:43:24,460 --> 01:43:27,560
 They certainly didn't get Alex Wilkins, who ended up going to Kentucky.

1597
01:43:27,820 --> 01:43:31,240
 But I think there's some other guys out there that they have an interest in.

1598
01:43:31,640 --> 01:43:32,700
 Yeah, absolutely.

1599
01:43:33,460 --> 01:43:40,140
 And that investment in Nate Oates, again, he went from, I believe, 6.25 to 7.25.

1600
01:43:41,140 --> 01:43:48,800
 The other thing I believe some people noticed was the buyout, which had come down, has been ramped up significantly.

1601
01:43:49,640 --> 01:43:54,440
 So right now, for the next two or three years, it looks like Nate Oates is going to be in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

1602
01:43:55,440 --> 01:43:58,080
 Well, he needs to be, and I think he wants to be.

1603
01:43:58,160 --> 01:43:59,460
 That's the most important thing.

1604
01:43:59,560 --> 01:44:01,840
 And as you know, Brett, you follow it very closely.

1605
01:44:02,540 --> 01:44:06,020
 That $50 million practice facility is nearly completed.

1606
01:44:06,780 --> 01:44:14,720
 It'll be, you know, next level for Alabama, at least for the time being, would probably be the best in college basketball.

1607
01:44:15,280 --> 01:44:19,600
 You mentioned his compensation package, which is $7.2 million.

1608
01:44:19,700 --> 01:44:22,460
 I think that's in the top five in college basketball.

1609
01:44:22,980 --> 01:44:27,020
 It makes him, you know, one of the highest-paid coaches in America.

1610
01:44:27,240 --> 01:44:29,740
 Certainly, he'll have the budget for his staff.

1611
01:44:29,880 --> 01:44:37,020
 And obviously, you know, some people were worried because, well, they're not going to spend $20-plus million on the roster.

1612
01:44:37,520 --> 01:44:43,900
 He obviously must have enough NIL where he believes he can have a chance to win at the highest level.

1613
01:44:44,060 --> 01:44:52,040
 Because, again, if he didn't, he would try to pursue jobs like Michigan a couple years ago, like North Carolina in this cycle.

1614
01:44:52,580 --> 01:44:56,380
 We know Mark Pope's probably not in the greatest position right now at Kentucky.

1615
01:44:56,900 --> 01:45:02,040
 But he's always shown the propensity to want to stay in Tuscaloosa and build.

1616
01:45:02,040 --> 01:45:06,880
 And, you know, I've always said this, Greg Byrne does a great job of taking care of his coaches.

1617
01:45:07,520 --> 01:45:11,160
 He took care of Caleb DeBoer when he had to last year.

1618
01:45:11,560 --> 01:45:18,300
 Because, I mean, they realized if they didn't, then Michigan or Penn State could have easily hired him away.

1619
01:45:18,720 --> 01:45:21,340
 And then you're starting all over from ground zero.

1620
01:45:21,720 --> 01:45:27,080
 And you're not a university that's going to buy a roster for $40-50 million.

1621
01:45:27,620 --> 01:45:33,060
 And then I always challenge people, like, you know, Alabama, basketball-wise,

1622
01:45:33,180 --> 01:45:38,020
 with Nato's coaching tree and the way it's evolved, there are people like Brian Hodgson

1623
01:45:38,020 --> 01:45:40,220
 who went to Providence that you could probably hire.

1624
01:45:40,560 --> 01:45:45,780
 There is a Bucky McMillan that would be on the radar, even though he's being very well compensated

1625
01:45:45,780 --> 01:45:48,380
 certainly at Texas A&M.

1626
01:45:48,800 --> 01:45:50,880
 But football-wise, who are you going to hire?

1627
01:45:51,220 --> 01:45:53,800
 I mean, there's not an obvious coach out there.

1628
01:45:53,960 --> 01:45:58,680
 So, to me, if you have really good coaches on your campus and you believe in them,

1629
01:45:58,880 --> 01:46:00,040
 then you invest in them.

1630
01:46:00,100 --> 01:46:05,280
 And that's what, in the last two years, Greg Byrne has done with, certainly with Nato,

1631
01:46:05,820 --> 01:46:09,240
 with Caleb DeBoer, and then certainly with Rob Vaughn.

1632
01:46:10,360 --> 01:46:10,840
 Absolutely.

1633
01:46:10,840 --> 01:46:18,520
 We have been talking about the second round of the Alabama High School Athletic Association

1634
01:46:18,520 --> 01:46:19,220
 baseball.

1635
01:46:19,860 --> 01:46:24,600
 There are seven teams from Madison County in the second round.

1636
01:46:25,260 --> 01:46:31,060
 Again, I know it's 7A, which has gotten about another month to go before they change it.

1637
01:46:31,600 --> 01:46:34,960
 But D24A, Westbrook, Christian, and Madison County.

1638
01:46:35,580 --> 01:46:37,800
 Madison Academy hosting Boaz.

1639
01:46:38,840 --> 01:46:40,720
 Hazel Green hosting Oxford.

1640
01:46:41,680 --> 01:46:43,140
 That's quite a matchup.

1641
01:46:43,720 --> 01:46:45,600
 Bob Jones, some of these have been revised.

1642
01:46:45,600 --> 01:46:51,340
 A lot of the schools have moved to Thursday, doubleheader, because of some impending weather

1643
01:46:51,340 --> 01:46:52,600
 coming in on Friday.

1644
01:46:53,360 --> 01:46:56,160
 Bob Jones at Vestavia Hills.

1645
01:46:56,240 --> 01:46:56,960
 That's tomorrow.

1646
01:46:57,520 --> 01:46:58,840
 Spartman at Thompson.

1647
01:46:59,020 --> 01:47:01,660
 Tuscaloosa County at Grissom.

1648
01:47:01,760 --> 01:47:03,920
 The Tigers hosting Tuscaloosa County.

1649
01:47:04,060 --> 01:47:07,040
 James Clements hosting Hewitt Thrustful.

1650
01:47:07,400 --> 01:47:09,100
 That on Thursday, too.

1651
01:47:09,100 --> 01:47:16,240
 The two of seven Madison County teams, Madison City, Huntsville City, got a chance to make

1652
01:47:16,240 --> 01:47:17,420
 some noise this week.

1653
01:47:18,200 --> 01:47:19,040
 Yeah, they do.

1654
01:47:19,140 --> 01:47:21,200
 We talked a lot of high school baseball today.

1655
01:47:21,420 --> 01:47:25,500
 I mean, Andrew Dennis has done a great job in his first year at Hazel Green.

1656
01:47:25,580 --> 01:47:30,840
 They'll take on that Oxford program tomorrow out of Meridianville.

1657
01:47:31,600 --> 01:47:35,640
 You know, like I told him during the interview, I'm really starting to feel old because I'm

1658
01:47:35,640 --> 01:47:39,260
 interviewing these coaches, and they tell me about their teams, and they tell me about

1659
01:47:39,260 --> 01:47:40,080
 who they're playing.

1660
01:47:40,700 --> 01:47:44,440
 Oxford's got a reclassified senior shortstop.

1661
01:47:44,720 --> 01:47:46,580
 I'm assuming he plays short, like his dad.

1662
01:47:46,660 --> 01:47:47,780
 Rocky Maniscalco.

1663
01:47:48,380 --> 01:47:50,940
 His father was Matthew Maniscalco.

1664
01:47:51,320 --> 01:47:53,500
 I'm 99% sure it's his son.

1665
01:47:53,880 --> 01:47:56,200
 How many Maniscalcos in Oxford are there?

1666
01:47:56,520 --> 01:48:02,180
 But his dad was a great player, was a great player at Mississippi State, played professional

1667
01:48:02,180 --> 01:48:06,620
 baseball, and now I guess his son's another great prospect at Oxford.

1668
01:48:07,440 --> 01:48:10,860
 And, you know, the great Joel Austin that played for Butch Weaver at Lee, he's got a

1669
01:48:10,860 --> 01:48:13,480
 son at Huntsville High now who I believe is a junior.

1670
01:48:13,780 --> 01:48:16,240
 So there's a lot of great talent, no question.

1671
01:48:16,400 --> 01:48:18,600
 Jeremy Brown's done a really good job at Grissom.

1672
01:48:19,120 --> 01:48:21,040
 He's won three straight area titles.

1673
01:48:21,040 --> 01:48:25,960
 The only thing he hasn't been able to do is advance in the first round, out of the first

1674
01:48:25,960 --> 01:48:29,440
 round of the playoffs, I should say, because, as you know, you just mentioned some of those

1675
01:48:29,440 --> 01:48:29,980
 matchups.

1676
01:48:30,520 --> 01:48:31,420
 7A's brutal.

1677
01:48:31,940 --> 01:48:35,140
 I mean, you know, Bob Jones won the state two years ago.

1678
01:48:35,620 --> 01:48:37,200
 This year they did not win the area.

1679
01:48:37,360 --> 01:48:41,940
 James Clemens and Coach Johnson did, and he's done a great job there.

1680
01:48:42,500 --> 01:48:45,360
 And we've had, you know, both Bob Jones win it all.

1681
01:48:45,440 --> 01:48:47,240
 We've had James Clemens make deep runs.

1682
01:48:47,660 --> 01:48:49,980
 And now Vestavia's had a little bit of a renaissance.

1683
01:48:49,980 --> 01:48:55,940
 So, you know, Bob Jones has to travel to Vestavia, you know, and so those, some of those

1684
01:48:55,940 --> 01:48:57,800
 matchups, like you said, are just really brutal.

1685
01:48:57,880 --> 01:49:01,880
 We talked to David Presley at Madison Academy, and they've got Boaz.

1686
01:49:02,040 --> 01:49:03,200
 Boaz is really good.

1687
01:49:03,280 --> 01:49:04,500
 They've got Boaz tomorrow.

1688
01:49:05,380 --> 01:49:11,380
 Luckily, a lot of our schools around the area now have turf fields, which gives them a better

1689
01:49:11,380 --> 01:49:11,780
 chance.

1690
01:49:11,840 --> 01:49:17,560
 We were talking to Jeremy Brown about that because kind of the anxiety and the worry about the

1691
01:49:17,560 --> 01:49:22,780
 weather is kind of out the door when you have a turf field because it's so much easier

1692
01:49:22,780 --> 01:49:25,180
 to play after some inclement weather.

1693
01:49:25,380 --> 01:49:25,860
 But you're right.

1694
01:49:26,020 --> 01:49:28,440
 I mean, the weather hasn't been good early in the week.

1695
01:49:28,640 --> 01:49:33,740
 Hopefully, it's going to open up for Thursday and Friday and give these squads a chance to

1696
01:49:33,740 --> 01:49:34,180
 advance.

1697
01:49:34,440 --> 01:49:37,340
 But several good, you know, programs around the area.

1698
01:49:37,440 --> 01:49:39,360
 East Limestone's another really good one.

1699
01:49:39,520 --> 01:49:40,480
 Yes, they are.

1700
01:49:40,880 --> 01:49:47,620
 Yeah, they beat Madison Academy, and Madison Academy actually had to eliminate Scottsboro a

1701
01:49:47,620 --> 01:49:52,000
 couple, about a week and a half ago on a play at the plate, and they had to win a game over

1702
01:49:52,000 --> 01:49:54,720
 at Scottsboro, nine to eight, just to get into the playoffs.

1703
01:49:55,080 --> 01:50:00,860
 So, there's, you know, a lot of great baseball action going on, and certainly, we've had kind

1704
01:50:00,860 --> 01:50:05,600
 of yellow submarine weather the last two days, but hopefully, it's going to clear up, and

1705
01:50:05,600 --> 01:50:11,240
 we'll see some quality action on the Diamonds and in the circle of our softball-wise around

1706
01:50:11,240 --> 01:50:14,200
 the area starting up by tomorrow.

1707
01:50:15,000 --> 01:50:15,560
 Absolutely.

1708
01:50:16,020 --> 01:50:23,300
 Limestone County with four teams, D2, Lindsay Lane, Robbie Parker there, Elkmont, East Limestone,

1709
01:50:23,520 --> 01:50:30,880
 and Athens Bible, and of course, seven schools in the shows area, and of course, 93.9 listing

1710
01:50:30,880 --> 01:50:31,360
 area.

1711
01:50:31,880 --> 01:50:34,240
 Always enjoy the conversation, my friend.

1712
01:50:34,740 --> 01:50:40,840
 Tell us, where can we get online and get that expanded talking ball show with you and Scott?

1713
01:50:41,720 --> 01:50:42,440
 Yeah, absolutely.

1714
01:50:42,440 --> 01:50:48,140
 You can catch me Monday through Friday, 7 to 10 a.m.

1715
01:50:48,160 --> 01:50:51,460
 now, three hours on 97.7 The Zone.

1716
01:50:51,600 --> 01:50:56,400
 Scott Tyson and I bring you talking ball, and if you missed any of our content, we have our

1717
01:50:56,400 --> 01:51:01,440
 SoundCloud page, 97.7 The Zone, ESPN 97.7 The Zone.

1718
01:51:01,560 --> 01:51:02,240
 You can catch it.

1719
01:51:02,480 --> 01:51:06,900
 It's posted every day, and then, of course, you can go to 977ESPN.com.

1720
01:51:06,900 --> 01:51:11,540
 We also are carried live on WZZN TV, our YouTube channel.

1721
01:51:11,760 --> 01:51:17,080
 So, if you want to catch us live each morning, you certainly can, or you can go back, watch

1722
01:51:17,080 --> 01:51:22,860
 it on TV, or catch us, like we said, online or on our SoundCloud page.

1723
01:51:22,960 --> 01:51:28,460
 But we always enjoy being on with you guys to talk some ball on 93.9, the score.

1724
01:51:28,460 --> 01:51:35,340
 And I'll just tell you this, from a little birdie last night, Alabama may not be done with

1725
01:51:35,340 --> 01:51:36,340
 recruiting news.

1726
01:51:36,340 --> 01:51:44,400
 And as amazing as it is, Brent, they may be about to add their 2028 quarterback to their

1727
01:51:44,400 --> 01:51:45,380
 recruiting class.

1728
01:51:45,940 --> 01:51:49,080
 I think it would be that first 2028 commitment.

1729
01:51:49,760 --> 01:51:52,220
 Charles Scott from Richmond, Virginia.

1730
01:51:52,380 --> 01:51:53,400
 Remember that name.

1731
01:51:53,820 --> 01:51:57,400
 He could be going public for the Tide in the very near future.

1732
01:51:58,620 --> 01:52:00,620
 They do a good job of cornerbacks.

1733
01:52:00,800 --> 01:52:01,760
 I know that, D2.

1734
01:52:01,980 --> 01:52:06,980
 Listen, yeah, I was listening to the, and saw the ZNN TV.

1735
01:52:07,160 --> 01:52:13,460
 I didn't know if you and Scott put on makeup now before the show, but it's probably not, not

1736
01:52:13,460 --> 01:52:13,920
 necessary.

1737
01:52:14,200 --> 01:52:16,320
 Listen, I always enjoy the conversation, buddy.

1738
01:52:16,420 --> 01:52:17,200
 Have a great week.

1739
01:52:17,940 --> 01:52:18,620
 Appreciate it.

1740
01:52:18,680 --> 01:52:19,940
 And I have a face for radio.

1741
01:52:20,060 --> 01:52:22,760
 I don't need any kind of makeup or anything like that.

1742
01:52:23,340 --> 01:52:24,200
 Appreciate it, Brent.

1743
01:52:24,240 --> 01:52:24,860
 Thank you, sir.

1744
01:52:25,240 --> 01:52:25,880
 All right, buddy.

1745
01:52:25,940 --> 01:52:26,720
 Have a great week.

1746
01:52:26,820 --> 01:52:29,540
 Yes, I can certainly understand that very well.

1747
01:52:30,080 --> 01:52:32,200
 That's going to do it for today's show.

1748
01:52:32,360 --> 01:52:35,100
 Harold Bowe will hopefully be feeling better on Friday.

1749
01:52:35,100 --> 01:52:39,600
 We'll be back Friday because of Bray's Day game on tomorrow.

1750
01:52:40,360 --> 01:52:43,460
 James did a great job once again of producing the show.

1751
01:52:43,640 --> 01:52:49,080
 And for James Blair, Greg, and Harold, thank you for listening today.

1752
01:52:49,240 --> 01:52:50,820
 Paul Feinbaum is next.

1753
01:52:51,080 --> 01:52:53,060
 Have a great day and a great week, everybody.