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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 into the Boomo Bugg Show. I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird. Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley. Brett Beaird, welcome in to where the topic of the day, Alabama picks up another quarterback on the recruiting trail. Good afternoon, welcome in and how are you?

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 Happy Friday to you. Hope you're feeling much better. Alabama picks up a 2028 commitment. Charles Scott from Virginia. And Harold, if a quarterback doesn't work out, he can play linebacker at 6'5", 235.

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 Zach Pounders of the Shoals Sports Report recounts last night's second-round baseball playoff games and shows. And Jimmy is here right now to talk about some Alabama football recruiting.

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 And Alabama baseball gets a big 5-4 walk-off win last night over Vanderbilt.

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 And not only that, the Alabama baseball team is scheduled to play tonight, but rain threatened the game, so they're going to be getting rocking and rolling here in about a half hour from now against the Vanderbilt Commodores.

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 But first, let's go to Tuscaloosa and say hello to Jimmy Stein, co-host of Locked On Bama and part of the Locked On Network.

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 Jimmy, welcome in. How are you?

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 Oh, doing great, guys.

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 Hey, Jimmy.

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 Jimmy, we're going to be talking about a quarterback by the name of Elijah Haven.

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 But moments earlier this morning, they picked up yet another quarterback, and the joke is they're going to have 12 quarterbacks and nobody playing around them.

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 Jimmy, your thoughts about the latest quarterback pickup?

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 Yeah, first of all, about the numbers, you know, if half of quarterbacks transfer, you better have eight and not four, right?

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 I mean, half of them are going to leave.

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 You kind of know that.

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 I mean, that's the thing to be realistic about when you're adding quarterbacks.

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 I mean, it's unrealistic to believe that every quarterback that you sign is going to be at your school for five years.

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 It's just unrealistic.

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 So the key is to like everyone you take.

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 Therefore, you believe in everyone on your roster, no matter who's leaving.

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 But Charles Scott's a long way from playing college football.

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 This is a young kid.

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 This is the first.

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 This is the first in the DeBoer era to take a quarterback this age to go ahead and pull the trigger on someone.

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 Just think his signing day is still something like 20 months away from the day he can actually sign with Alabama in December of 2027 would be his signing date.

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 So you've got to hold on to him for a long time, but he loves Alabama.

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 He tried to commit when he was here on an unofficial visit, and they even told him, hey, you're on a visit high.

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 You need to get home and think of this for a few days, you know, before we make this official.

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 But he's an interesting player, obviously, for Alabama to take this early.

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 He's a gigantic, great, big kid.

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 Listed in some places as big as 6'4", 255, looks not quite that heavy when you watch his 10th grade quarterback tape, which is very, very impressive.

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 But he's still easily 230 or more on his junior, on his sophomore tape.

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 Big, strong kid, big arm.

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 Obviously, he's one of these kids that can throw the ball through the car wash and it doesn't get wet.

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 I mean, you know, he can really fire it.

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 But what makes him such an impressive prospect is there's a lot more arm talent there than just the fastball.

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 He layers throws.

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 He's accurate in the short and intermediate.

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 He will back shoulder some kids.

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 He has good command of the field for his age.

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 It's just what stands out is just the size.

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 I mean, it's even hard to come up with a comp for him, but think Byron Leftwich, Ben Roethlisberger.

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 I mean, he's sort of that size kid, especially down the road.

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 There's no telling how big he'll ultimately end up.

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 But this is a jumbo-sized kid.

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 But when you watch the tape, you realize, hey, this is not a kid they took because one day they see him as a tight end

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 or a defensive lineman.

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 No, they took him because he's a very gifted quarterback.

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 He's a very gifted passer.

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 Jimmy, Alabama's got two other commitments who are very gifted.

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 And Harold and I talk about the Elite Eight finals for quarterbacks nearly every year.

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 Alabama's got two of them going to be involved in it.

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 Elijah Haven, of course, who committed Saturday a week ago.

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 And then former four-star Trent Seaborn at Thompson High School.

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 Usually Alabama has one commitment.

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 This year, they've got two.

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 Yeah, it is really impressive that both kids committed to you in one class would be Elite 11 finalists.

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 And that's what Alabama's got with Elijah Haven, who committed just this past weekend.

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 And Trent Seaborn from Birmingham has been committed for quite a while.

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 But Seaborn and Haven both made the cut.

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 I think there's a total of 20 quarterbacks that have been invited to this year's Elite 11 finals in California.

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 I think the competition there, some level of it begins, I think, in just about three weeks or so.

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 But very interesting.

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 But, you know, at the same time, you know, an invitation to Elite 11 does not guarantee a fantastic college career for all of them.

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 As we know, Alabama's had some guys invited to Elite 11, and it didn't pan out great.

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 I mean, one name that comes to mind for me immediately is Blake Barnett, who was a five-star type quarterback, who actually was the Elite 11 champion.

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 And things didn't really work out for him, not just at Alabama, but at other places he transferred to.

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 So it guarantees you nothing.

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 But at the same time, if you go over the list of Elite 11 guys who have been major achievers, it'll blow you away.

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 I mean, you're talking about most of the really good quarterbacks in college football over the past couple of decades have made their way through the Elite 11 process.

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 So Alabama, the only school that will have two committed quarterbacks at Elite 11, everyone else there is just, you know, a sole member of the quarterback class at their respective school.

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 Jimmy Stein, Coles of Locked On Balance.

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 Jimmy, let's talk about going forward.

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 Again, back to the prankster in the room.

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 Who else is Alabama going to commit or recruit besides a quarterback?

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 In other words, who's next on the board?

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 We're about to really get busy with the recruiting season in terms of holidays.

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 This is the Christmas part of the schedule, May and June, at least traditionally.

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 So, Jimmy, talk to us about who's next or what are you looking at on the recruiting calendar here going forward?

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 Yeah, that's right.

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 The recruiting calendar has really changed so much and now so much of the heavy lifting in terms of building your next recruiting class.

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 It's done during the summer months.

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 That's when there's unofficial visits that turn into official visits.

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 Coaches are on the road right now.

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 As soon as they come off the road, the official visit season will start.

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 After the official visits, they kind of come to an agreement with the majority of their class.

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 And that's going to happen really in June and July.

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 And then by the time fall camp rolls around, your recruiting class is pretty much done and set.

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 That's kind of how I anticipate it.

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 So, there will be a lot of commitments come Alabama's way, probably starting end of May.

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 But there's one in the meantime, Kenneth Simon from Brentwood Academy in Nashville.

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 He has an announcement set for May 11th.

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 Guys over at BOL have done a great job of tracking his recruitment.

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 And I think they've predicted over there that it will be Alabama and they have a really good batting average.

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 So, I would go with that.

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 Kenneth Simon is very likely to choose Alabama, which is interesting.

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 His dad played for Tennessee, was even a member of Tennessee's sports staff at one time.

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 He played linebacker like his dad did back in the day.

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 He's an incredible athlete for the position, kind of a modern off-ball linebacker prospect in the sense he was a safety in the 9th and 10th grade.

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 So, this is a kid that's used to playing in space, covering a lot of ground.

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 He's more athlete, whereas his dad was an off-ball linebacker back in the day.

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 So, his dad was a little bit more of a thumper, you know, an inside front seven guy who kind of played in a phone booth and was just super physical.

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 Today's off-ball linebacker is a great athlete.

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 They're practically extra safeties.

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 And that fits Kenneth Simon perfectly.

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 A good comp for him is Xavier Griffin, who just signed with Alabama a year ago.

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 When you watch Kenneth Simon's tape, there's a lot of similarities to Xavier Griffin that they just signed in the last cycle.

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 Jimmy, Alabama's already got two Salbs, where they eventually get three.

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 Keyon Salb, of course, is at safety right now.

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 Amari Salb's coming in at bay.

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 Younger brother Xavier Salb, a five-star receiver slash defensive back, attending Glassboro High School in New Jersey.

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 We talked to recruiting guru Tom Lemming earlier this week.

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 He is really impressed with him.

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 Obviously, a lot of other schools are looking at him.

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 Jimmy, your thoughts on the youngest Salb.

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 Yeah, Alabama's got a really good shot there.

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 I think where people, you know, could be a little off in their thinking is they think because his two older brothers are in Alabama now that he's some sort of a lock.

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 That's not the case at all, in part because they are different kids and some kids do want to go a different way than their brothers.

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 That happens.

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 Also, Xavier Salb, the youngest of the three, he is almost by far the most highly recruited of the three.

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 The oldest brother, Keyon Salb, who's been a starter at Alabama now for two years, going into year three as a starting safety.

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 He was a national top 100 player and a pretty big deal when he signed with Michigan out of high school, but not like his youngest brother, Xavier, who's a five-star type athlete who can sign with anyone he wants.

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 And he's going to be getting the big-time NIL deals from coast to coast.

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 So it's not a lock.

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 It's not a certainty.

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 But you have to like Alabama's position.

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 He does like Alabama.

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 He's been here several times to see Keyon play, and he is coming for an official visit this summer.

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 I would say Alabama's the favorite, but I would not say that he's a lock.

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 Like Jerry Maguire said in the movie, show me the money, that probably would be the difference maker.

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 I'm just saying, Jimmy, let's talk about basketball.

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 The dust, has it settled on a roster yet?

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 Your thoughts about that?

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 I saw Nate Oates.

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 He's kind of throwing out the verbal bouquets.

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 He likes what he sees.

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 What do you see, Jimmy?

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 Yeah, my understanding is they're going to stand pat and just sort of see what happens with Aiden Holloway and Amari Allen.

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 I think they like what they have, and there is a lot of optimism, not certainty, but optimism that Aiden Holloway will resolve his legal problems and be cleared to return to basketball.

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 That would probably take the legal process ending with him not convicted of a felony.

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 But if it has some result other than that, the expectation is that he would be back with Alabama, and they would be happy to have him.

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 Amari Allen is invited to the NBA Draft Combine, as expected, and is going through the process.

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 You see a lot of mocks that have Amari late in the first round.

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 He's trying to get more of some, I don't know if it's the right word, certitude.

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 He wants to be certain of where he would go in the first round before he makes a final decision.

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 My understanding is there's some level of optimism with Alabama staff that Amari Allen would be back.

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 If Aiden and Amari Allen are both back, I don't think Alabama is going to add to what they already have.

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 There could be European players.

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 I mean, there's probably some options out there some way or another.

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 But in terms of them adding, I don't think you're going to see them add unless they lose Amari or Aiden or both.

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 Jimmy, great stuff.

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 As always, you and Luke Robinson do about six days a week, a podcast, football, basketball, recruiting,

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 maybe even a little baseball as we're going down the stretch before they get to Hoover.

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 Jimmy, where can we get online and get the best Alabama sports podcast on the planet?

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 Locked on Bama.

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 Which may be another 15 minutes or so when Alabama baseball gets rocking against Bandy.

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 Jimmy, listen, man, thanks so much for your time, Dane.

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 Hey, thanks so much, guys.

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 Lots to get to, Blade.

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 But before we get into some of the stuff from the NCAA, kind of big news this week.

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 How are your national neighbors reacting to the news of Diego Pavia now going to the beloved Baltimore Ravens?

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 Yeah, it's certainly one that I think, again, he was going to be a very polarizing player in this cycle of the NFL draft and such.

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 And I think, you know, if you kind of put all the connections together, like the Ravens kind of routine, that it seemed like it would make a little bit of sense.

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 Not because he was going to, you know, take over for Lamar Jackson or anything like that.

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 But I think there were some things, again, where you sort of looked at it and it felt like he was going to get an opportunity at the very least.

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 And I think that was always going to be the case.

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 You know, when you look at a guy that, yes, like you can compare him to other players and, you know, all the metrics that we love to just sort of salivate over at the combine and all this other stuff.

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 He may not have those same attributes, but you know how NFL teams are.

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 They want to win.

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 And if they see a guy like this, who they think is going to bring something to the table that will help them get closer to winning the game, even if he never steps on the field, you know, that's what they're going to do.

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 And so, yeah, I think that's it.

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 The thing is also, let's face it, from a business standpoint, by comparison to the Ravens, they're not investing a whole lot here.

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 In other words, there's more upside than downside.

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 It's not like drafting somebody high in the first round and then they go bust.

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 This is basically the other side of that cycle.

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 Yeah, and I think everyone these days, given just kind of the nature of those contracts and what you can do and how you can structure them, like there is no, like you said, Harold, I mean, there's no downside to this.

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 Like there's really not a situation where you can't just say, all right, it's not working out.

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 We just move on.

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 Like it's not something that's really going to kind of put you in a position where anything substantial is going to happen if both parties get in there and one realizes, okay, yeah, this probably isn't the best bet.

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 One of the big topics, Doug Jordan, this week, and Harold alluded to it, is the NCAA has initiated the final steps to expand the men's and women's basketball tournament to 76 teams.

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 And so on social media, this must be 90 to 10 negative reaction to this.

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 Now, the UNA North Alabama is a program close to our heart here.

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 We talk about it all the time.

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 They came within about five minutes, two years ago, of getting to the NCAA tournament.

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 Now, if you told me that this would help the mid-major teams and the lower conference teams and more teams there, instead of putting in the 11th Big Ten team into the play-in games, which would go from, that they would expand to 12 games, play by 24 teams.

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 Kevin Samson came out and was negative about this, the coach at Houston, of course, and said, we've got to find a way to begin to help the mid-majors.

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 I know you've been asked about this all week.

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 Your thoughts on what seems to be foregone conclusion they're going to expand to 76?

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 Yeah, it's terrible for college basketball.

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 There's no other way to put it.

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 I mean, I think if you're someone who obviously also understands that when they move it from 68 to 76, that doesn't mean they're going to go from 76 to 68 again.

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 It's always going to get higher.

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 That's right.

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 It's always going to keep growing.

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 And I think any time you make this move, you know that up front.

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 But the facts are, you know, I'm an SEC guy.

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 I don't want to see the 14th best SEC team make the NCAA tournament anymore.

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 Like, I don't think that's how it works.

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 And I think that, again, until we get to the point where when you're deciding to expand this tournament and you reward, in my opinion, the regular season champions in every single conference in the country, until that happens, I don't think you're going to have your best tournament.

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 And now you're definitely not going to have your best tournament because you are going to be putting in, again, teams that if we compared resumes this past year and we look at the bubble, there was one outlier on the bubble this last year, and that was Belmont.

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 Belmont will be nowhere close to the bubble this upcoming year when we start to implement this with the same resume they had last year because teams like Stanford, Wichita State, teams like that that were just remarkably average at times are going to get in easily over those teams because of the quality of opponents that they played.

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 And, oh, by the way, how does this impact the regular season?

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 The regular season is going to mean less, but I'll tell you what else is about to happen.

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 If you're an SEC team, there is very, very, very little incentive, maybe more than ever, to play anyone outside of the power conferences at this point because you are trying to build your resume.

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 And strength of schedule matters.

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 There is no reason to play Belmont.

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 There's no reason to play North Alabama.

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 There's no reason to play any of these teams.

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 So they're about to get cut out even more.

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 And guess what?

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 We know as conferences grow, they want to play more conference games just like we're doing in football now.

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 And so this is just, I'm telling you, look back at this as kind of that defining moment, I think, for college basketball because I think this is going to lead to a bunch of negative impacts.

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 And that's a shame for schools like UNA.

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 They depend.

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 I mean, yes, they have the capability of beating those teams, but it's a business decision.

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 Let's not kid ourselves.

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 This helps their budget, the bottom line, no matter what the score is.

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 They win before they even tip it off from that standpoint.

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 And to your point, Blake, I'm just sitting here thinking about last year.

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 To me, Auburn is kind of the poster child to back up your argument there, because if they'd go to the NCAA tournament, how far would they have gone?

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 I think most of us would say not very, but they go to the NIT as a consolation, and they got momentum.

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 It's not the NCAA, but just from a momentum standpoint, this is a program that needed some type of positive news, and they got it by going to the NIT.

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 Yeah, and I think you add that fact in when it comes to these teams that are going to get in towards that range.

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 Yeah, they could win a couple games.

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 Sure they could.

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 But to me, if your goal, and this is why, you know, this is not their goal.

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 Their goal is to make more money, which I thought was absolutely hilarious in the comment the other day.

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 The ESPN story was like, there may be somewhat of a financial impact here.

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 I'm like, yeah, you think so?

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 Maybe somewhat of a financial impact?

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 That'd be surprising, wouldn't it?

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 So I think that the biggest thing to me is like, well, if you're looking at it and you're thinking, okay, how do you, you know, we love the upsets.

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 I'll tell you who doesn't love the upsets.

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 That's the NCAA and the TV networks.

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 They don't love the upsets because they want the biggest teams all the time that you can get because that's going to make you more money.

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 Eyeballs.

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 I think that's what, yeah, it's just about getting more eyeballs on the product.

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 And unfortunately, like I said, there are differing sort of opinions in play here, different things that each party wants.

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 If you're going to make the best tournament, that's why, again, to me, you get the best tournament by putting the teams in that have done it for the long haul.

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 And that's why I don't know how we've not moved to any kind of scaling system where you can put the regular season champions in every single year.

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 They perform better over a 20-game stretch or whatever versus winning a game or two.

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 I love conference tournaments.

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 But if you had to give me the choice between giving me a better NCAA tournament with regular season champions filling out these extra eight spots and eventually these extra 16 spots and so forth, give me that over the conference tournament.

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 Like, and I just, I know that sounds like, oh, we're taking away the madness before the madness.

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 It's fine.

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 The NCAA tournament is, to me, should be about the teams, again, that deserve to have that opportunity to be there.

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 And now that we're going to start rewarding these teams that, again, are 13th or 14th in their conference in a power conference, those aren't the teams that deserve to be there, in my opinion.

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 So I'd rather go the other direction.

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 Let me ask you about another trend that we saw this week.

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 It's been going in this direction for a while.

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 Amazon is going to televise three marquee Duke basketball games.

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 This is the, for NIL, quote, NIL opportunities for Duke athletes.

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 This is Amazon's first adventure into broadcasting live college sports.

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 Now, I know the players' era tournament in Las Vegas does this to a certain degree, but I know they've got contracts with ESPN, the ACC network, the whole nine yards.

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 But your thoughts on Amazon getting into broadcasting college basketball?

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 Yeah, I mean, it's one where, who was it?

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 I heard someone say, I think it was yesterday, they were comparing this to, like, other sports and, like, eventually what this is going to look like, too, right?

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 Where I think they said, if you wanted to watch every New York Yankees game this year, you would basically have to pay, like, $1,000 to be able to watch every game in some way, shape, or form.

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 Because you'd have to have seven, eight different streaming services, like, all this other stuff.

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 And so now, when you start to see, again, this is just the first step, I think, when you talk about these big brands, like a Duke or something like that, with Amazon.

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 Eventually, it'll be Apple.

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 Eventually, it'll be someone else who will want to get in on certain teams.

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 And then you'll start to have those services where it's like, okay, great, you can catch three of our games on this service.

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 And then you've got to go watch the other four teams here, then you're going to have five on this one.

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 So it's like, look, it's just getting more and more expensive.

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 And, you know, it doesn't matter to these companies, because it's the same big companies that are all, you know, kind of just hogging all this.

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 And so, yeah, to me, this is the first step.

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 You know, just like, again, we've seen over the years with different sort of situations in other sports.

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 I think this is going to be one where eventually North Carolina, Duke, you know, Kansas, Kentucky, keep going.

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 And, like, these are the ones we're going to start with, but then, you know, eventually you're going to have this tier off to where, you know, again, you've got to have the SEC network to watch the SEC.

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 And that's just, that feels pretty, pretty basic at this point about what we're about to do with all these others, so.

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 It's been an amazing week, my friend.

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 I knew we'd get you going about that NCAA tournament expansion.

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 And I think a lot of people agree with you.

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 Great stuff.

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 If you've got some of the great football, basketball, baseball going down the stretch now, where can we get online to get the best podcast about all three sports?

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 Yeah, I appreciate it, guys.

416
00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:40,420
 You can find us over at Southeastern 16 on YouTube.

417
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 Yeah, you can find all of our SEC basketball transfer stuff, SEC baseball, of course, in full swing, and our football off-season stuff.

418
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 So, yeah, find us at Southeastern 16 on YouTube.

419
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 Frank, as always, good to hook up with you, man.

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 Have a great weekend, okay?

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 The king of it is Bill Shanks.

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 And on the tube at 41NBC.

542
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 Bill, welcome in.

543
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 How are you?

544
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 I am doing great.

545
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 I'm headed to the best college town in America, Athens, Georgia, right now to see a baseball game.

546
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 You said best college team in town in the country.

547
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 You're not going to Tuscaloosa, Bill?

548
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 No, I'm going to Athens.

549
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 I ain't never been in Tuscaloosa because nobody invited me to come there.

550
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 Bill, you know, after our last conversation, Brett and I, we have been on a guilt trip.

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 And we agree that we do not talk enough about the Atlanta Hawks.

552
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 We don't.

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 Bill, here's your chance.

554
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 Oh, now you're going to talk about it.

555
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 What I'm just saying, you told us to talk about the Hawks, so the platform is yours.

556
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 Yeah, thanks a lot.

557
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 Now you're going to talk about them.

558
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 Yeah, humiliated.

559
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 Now you want a whole segment on the Hawks.

560
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 It's never too late.

561
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 What do you mean, humiliated?

562
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 Bill, talk to us about it.

563
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 Hey, Harold, Harold, Lou Hudson ain't playing no more, Harold.

564
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 Well, boy.

565
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 Bill, here's the deal.

566
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 I remember when there was St. Louis Hawks, okay?

567
00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:50,360
 Hello.

568
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 For the folks who might have missed it, talk to us about what we're talking about here.

569
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 And then you are unique in so many ways.

570
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 Is it safe to say, Bill, that you have personally witnessed the three worst playoff season-ending losses in Atlanta sports history?

571
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 Well, I tell you, that last night, I mean, I felt like I saw a daggum public execution in the middle of downtown Atlanta.

572
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 I mean, my God, that thing was, it was, I mean, they just kept on scoring and kept on scoring.

573
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 And I'm like, well, my God, are the Hawks, did they show up?

574
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 Are they in the witness protection program?

575
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 What are they doing here?

576
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 It was 47 points at halftime.

577
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 It got over 50 before that.

578
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 I departed.

579
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 I knew I had a long day today between work and going to Athens to do my show at the baseball game here.

580
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 So I departed at halftime.

581
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 The funny thing is, I leave, and it's the 47-point deficit, get in my truck, and get down the road about three minutes.

582
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 And I get a text on my phone, the Knicks have opened up the second half with a 10-0 run.

583
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 I'm like, oh, my God, 57 points.

584
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 And it got open up to 61.

585
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 And you can't do anything to laugh at it.

586
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 It was just one of those things where it's like, oh, my God.

587
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 But, yeah, I've seen – I saw the Braves – a lot of people have compared that game last night to when the Braves allowed 10 runs in the first inning of game five against the Cardinals in 2019.

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 And then the Falcons game I saw in 2010, I think it was 10, where they were – it was an unbelievable atmosphere.

589
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 NFL playoffs, my gosh, I don't think I've ever been in that Georgia Dome where it was better than that.

590
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 And Green Bay just absolutely annihilated them.

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 They scored four touchdowns in the second half – a second quarter to take a 28-7 lead.

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 And it was like 48-21, and it was – but, you know, Atlanta was favored by one point.

593
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 And, of course, everybody reminded me of the Super Bowl, but I'm talking about in Atlanta.

594
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 The Super Bowl was then in Houston when they failed and collapsed on the 28-3 lead.

595
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 But I'm just – I was talking about in Atlanta, but, of course, half the people on social media have reading comprehension problems.

596
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 A little bit of a hiccup there with our buddy, Brent, just a little bit of a hiccup there, Bill.

597
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 Let's talk a little bit about the good side of Atlanta sports, the Braves.

598
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 You're not going to win them all.

599
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 That's the difference in baseball and other sports.

600
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 Let's not kid ourselves.

601
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 The key to baseball is take the series.

602
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603
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 But let's talk about the Braves.

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 Here at the end of April starting May, which is more surprising, Bill, the fact that the Braves are where they are in first place

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 or the fact that the Mets and the Phils are so far behind them in the East?

606
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 That's a great question.

607
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 I tell you, I don't know.

608
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 I mean, I think there's got to be the Mets, the Phillies, circling the toilet drain right there.

609
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 I mean, I just – I don't think anybody's surprised the Braves are doing well.

610
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 They may be surprised they're doing that well, right?

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 They're the best team in the game, and they're playing that well.

612
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 But, my gosh, for the Phillies and the Mets, I've said that the Braves being in first place is like having a big old pound cake.

613
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 The Phillies and the Mets being in last place is like putting a bunch of chocolate icing on that pound cake.

614
00:41:49,060 --> 00:41:49,460
 Yeah.

615
00:41:50,300 --> 00:41:51,560
 Sweetens it up a little bit.

616
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:53,120
 But it's incredible.

617
00:41:53,240 --> 00:41:58,640
 The lead, they have a six-and-a-half game lead going into May, and the Mets are 11-and-a-half out.

618
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 The Phillies are 9-and-a-half out.

619
00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:04,960
 So, it's incredible how the first month of the – full month of the season has gone.

620
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 Give us a national report about the guys coming back healthy in the next two weeks.

621
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 Spitzer Strider will be back on Sunday, and we'll start the game then.

622
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 We'll probably get – Sean Murphy will probably join the team in Seattle, they're saying.

623
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 And Hassan Kim, the shortstop, just started with Columbus a couple of days ago.

624
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 So, he's probably going to be reevaluated next week after his first couple of days with his rehab appearance.

625
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 So, they're getting back.

626
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 You know, they said that Hurston Waldrop was starting to throw a little bit, which is good,

627
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 and hopefully he'll be a possible, you know, help and benefit for them in the second part of the season.

628
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 You know, A.J. Smith-Schalver still coming back from Tommy John.

629
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 He's just starting to really throw down in Florida.

630
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 Schwellabach is not throwing.

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 Schwellabach is going to be a little bit of a – it's a bigger question mark.

632
00:43:06,500 --> 00:43:09,260
 I mean, I can tell that in spring training when I talk to Spencer.

633
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 He's just – there's just – you know, it's just going to be a problem.

634
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 So, I wouldn't count on him until we see him out there on that mail.

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 The one and the only, Bill Shanks, the Superstations.com.

636
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 Let's talk about this weekend, very interesting matchup.

637
00:43:24,420 --> 00:43:28,440
 They are now on the road, which is not a bad thing for the Braves.

638
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:32,860
 Unlike a lot of teams, they're basically doing as well, if not better, on the road than they are at home.

639
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 10-4 on the road, 12-6 at home.

640
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 They're playing at Colorado.

641
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 And that's just not just another road game because you mentioned Strider coming back Sunday.

642
00:43:41,900 --> 00:43:45,320
 He probably wishes he'd go somewhere else and do that for his first game back

643
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 because Colorado's not known for being pitcher-friendly for guys.

644
00:43:49,780 --> 00:43:52,600
 Well, it's not, but, you know, it doesn't matter.

645
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 I mean, the pitcher just needs to come out and fish well and get the Braves a chance to win

646
00:43:56,280 --> 00:44:01,560
 and get in the routine and make sure that oblique is fine.

647
00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:03,080
 I mean, this is his second straight year.

648
00:44:03,540 --> 00:44:04,620
 You know, people forget.

649
00:44:04,740 --> 00:44:08,920
 I mean, he came back from his elbow issue last year, first game,

650
00:44:09,220 --> 00:44:14,020
 and then he hurt his oblique and he had to miss a month in, you know.

651
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 So this is the second year in a row he's had an oblique issue where he's missed a month.

652
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 They've got to have him stay healthy here.

653
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:24,260
 I mean, if he's going to be a vital member at this rotation,

654
00:44:24,460 --> 00:44:27,240
 especially because he's starting to make some more money now.

655
00:44:27,360 --> 00:44:31,280
 He's starting to have a dumb contract that Alex gave him, which was stupid.

656
00:44:32,740 --> 00:44:35,460
 They're going to be paying him more money here moving forward.

657
00:44:35,720 --> 00:44:37,900
 So they're going to need a lot from him.

658
00:44:38,020 --> 00:44:39,340
 And the compliment is Chris Sale.

659
00:44:39,420 --> 00:44:41,220
 Chris Sale is one of the best pitchers to gain.

660
00:44:41,600 --> 00:44:43,040
 He'll pitch tomorrow for Atlanta.

661
00:44:43,760 --> 00:44:46,520
 But, you know, Mr. Strider is important for this equation.

662
00:44:46,520 --> 00:44:49,560
 If they're going to do great regular season, that's fine.

663
00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:52,180
 But if they're going to be special in the postseason,

664
00:44:52,620 --> 00:44:54,600
 they've got to have Mr. Strider come through for them.

665
00:44:55,160 --> 00:44:58,040
 You can never have enough pitching any time, especially in the offseason.

666
00:44:58,160 --> 00:45:01,140
 Those two out of three series and best of seven, you've got to have it.

667
00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:01,860
 But talk to us.

668
00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:04,140
 You know more than just numbers here.

669
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:08,580
 Just from afar, Greg Olsen seems like the guy next door that you wouldn't mind

670
00:45:08,580 --> 00:45:10,340
 going to the fence and having a conversation with.

671
00:45:10,360 --> 00:45:11,740
 He seems to be that kind of guy.

672
00:45:12,240 --> 00:45:13,940
 The walk-off home of the other night,

673
00:45:13,940 --> 00:45:16,220
 you can just see the body language from his teammates.

674
00:45:16,900 --> 00:45:18,780
 Bill, talk to us about Greg, the person.

675
00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:23,840
 Well, he's a very quiet young man, and he's very nice,

676
00:45:23,900 --> 00:45:26,140
 and he is very well-liked on the team.

677
00:45:26,320 --> 00:45:30,140
 I think he's a little bit less reserved in the clubhouse than he is publicly,

678
00:45:30,320 --> 00:45:30,960
 which is good.

679
00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:34,060
 You know, he's comfortable in that clubhouse now.

680
00:45:34,120 --> 00:45:35,560
 He's been there for a couple of years.

681
00:45:35,820 --> 00:45:40,340
 I know, and he knows, that the Freddie conversation will always be there

682
00:45:40,340 --> 00:45:41,240
 to a certain extent.

683
00:45:41,240 --> 00:45:46,920
 But I think he's made his own mark now to where people know he's a really good player, too.

684
00:45:47,060 --> 00:45:48,660
 This is his fifth year with the team.

685
00:45:49,520 --> 00:45:53,360
 So he's just – and he wants to play.

686
00:45:53,580 --> 00:45:55,940
 You know, he's got this consecutive game streak going.

687
00:45:56,320 --> 00:45:58,260
 It's getting pretty serious here.

688
00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:01,320
 And that's great because he wants to play.

689
00:46:01,320 --> 00:46:04,780
 And in today's world where nobody wants to work,

690
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:07,080
 much less play a full nine innings of a game,

691
00:46:07,580 --> 00:46:09,220
 heck, I respect the heck out of that.

692
00:46:09,720 --> 00:46:10,020
 Yes.

693
00:46:11,340 --> 00:46:15,820
 I'm guessing you approved of the move for Lopez to go back to the bullpen.

694
00:46:17,260 --> 00:46:18,140
 Yeah, I loved it.

695
00:46:18,340 --> 00:46:23,400
 I mean, I never thought he was going to survive 30 starts in the regular season

696
00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:24,880
 anyway, to be honest with you.

697
00:46:25,140 --> 00:46:29,420
 So my boy J.R. Richie pitched well again the other day on Wednesday.

698
00:46:30,220 --> 00:46:33,460
 And so, you know, I think it was –

699
00:46:33,460 --> 00:46:37,280
 I think it was his time for that move to happen.

700
00:46:37,280 --> 00:46:40,880
 I mean, they said it was to work on the mechanics and whatever.

701
00:46:41,260 --> 00:46:43,680
 I mean, I just don't think they believed either

702
00:46:43,680 --> 00:46:47,660
 that he could finish a full season as a starting pitcher.

703
00:46:48,280 --> 00:46:50,100
 And they'll see – you know, his loss, he's down.

704
00:46:50,260 --> 00:46:53,420
 So they got to work on that, see if he's hurt or whatever.

705
00:46:53,920 --> 00:46:56,500
 But they need to see how he does as a reliever.

706
00:46:56,660 --> 00:47:00,040
 And the first example of that was yesterday, and it was very good.

707
00:47:00,180 --> 00:47:01,900
 It was two solid innings.

708
00:47:02,060 --> 00:47:03,020
 Did he like what you saw?

709
00:47:04,240 --> 00:47:06,380
 Well, Shane, it's the superstations.com.

710
00:47:06,380 --> 00:47:09,000
 All right, you mentioned you're going to Athens, Georgia.

711
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:11,660
 Are you going up there to hang out with Kirby?

712
00:47:11,740 --> 00:47:14,440
 Maybe teach him a thing or two about some golf lessons.

713
00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:16,960
 Did you see the situation down in Birmingham?

714
00:47:17,240 --> 00:47:17,800
 Poor old Kirby.

715
00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:19,440
 All these other coaches are out there playing.

716
00:47:19,520 --> 00:47:20,920
 He needs to team up with Hugh Freeze.

717
00:47:21,560 --> 00:47:23,240
 And basically, he played like us.

718
00:47:23,300 --> 00:47:25,820
 And he had a friend that says, Kirby, let me show you how to do this.

719
00:47:25,880 --> 00:47:27,660
 Are you going up to give him some golf tips?

720
00:47:27,900 --> 00:47:30,780
 Or maybe will it have something to do with Georgia baseball, Bill?

721
00:47:31,240 --> 00:47:33,360
 No, I'm going to the Georgia baseball game.

722
00:47:33,420 --> 00:47:35,980
 But I want to tell you something about that picture of all them d*** coaches.

723
00:47:36,340 --> 00:47:37,940
 Half of them used to coach at Auburn.

724
00:47:43,700 --> 00:47:46,280
 So they're still casting checks on Auburn, right?

725
00:47:47,280 --> 00:47:52,140
 It was like I'm counting the coaches that were at Auburn as the head coach.

726
00:47:52,140 --> 00:47:53,960
 So I'm like, holy cow, this is ridiculous.

727
00:47:54,360 --> 00:47:57,700
 But, no, they seem to have fun with those events.

728
00:47:58,120 --> 00:48:03,480
 And I'm going up here to do, since the phrase come on later, and Georgia comes on at 6,

729
00:48:03,520 --> 00:48:09,160
 I'll be able to kind of hand off the show to the baseball game and the baseball broadcasters.

730
00:48:09,280 --> 00:48:11,340
 So I want to come up here and have a little fun with that.

731
00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:12,420
 I'm looking forward to it.

732
00:48:12,560 --> 00:48:14,460
 So it should be fun.

733
00:48:14,560 --> 00:48:16,080
 It's not very hot.

734
00:48:16,260 --> 00:48:17,000
 It's May 1st.

735
00:48:17,080 --> 00:48:20,140
 It's only 63 degrees in that.

736
00:48:20,220 --> 00:48:21,000
 It's kind of chilly.

737
00:48:21,180 --> 00:48:23,020
 But it's kind of nice.

738
00:48:23,200 --> 00:48:25,320
 So it'll be fun to watch a little baseball.

739
00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:26,240
 They're very good.

740
00:48:26,340 --> 00:48:28,040
 They've had a very good season.

741
00:48:28,300 --> 00:48:31,640
 And they're hoping to be a College World Series team.

742
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:34,240
 So we'll see how they do against Missouri.

743
00:48:35,280 --> 00:48:36,960
 Listen, they're more than a little good.

744
00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:39,780
 They're 35-11, 15-6.

745
00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:43,420
 They've hit 124 home runs this year.

746
00:48:43,580 --> 00:48:44,740
 That is pretty good.

747
00:48:45,700 --> 00:48:46,220
 Yeah.

748
00:48:46,500 --> 00:48:48,460
 They've got a big power team.

749
00:48:48,640 --> 00:48:50,380
 They've got Daniel Jackson.

750
00:48:50,520 --> 00:48:52,400
 The catcher's been outstanding for them.

751
00:48:52,500 --> 00:48:55,960
 They've got some really, really solid players.

752
00:48:56,360 --> 00:48:58,240
 Their pitching has been better this year.

753
00:48:58,440 --> 00:49:01,740
 You know, Wes Johnson, the head coach, he's a pitching guy.

754
00:49:01,820 --> 00:49:02,940
 They got him from LSU.

755
00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:07,500
 And he's been really stressing pitching here for this team.

756
00:49:07,500 --> 00:49:10,500
 So the SEC, once again, is unbelievable.

757
00:49:10,900 --> 00:49:15,520
 And I'll be shocked if one of these teams is not a national champion, to be honest with you.

758
00:49:16,160 --> 00:49:17,580
 I agree with you.

759
00:49:17,720 --> 00:49:24,180
 And it's amazing how LSU, Mississippi State, and some of the other teams have fallen off after winning national championships.

760
00:49:25,720 --> 00:49:28,200
 Listen, I always enjoyed the conversation.

761
00:49:28,440 --> 00:49:37,060
 I did not bring up the Alabama-Georgia blackout game when you walked outside at halftime and threw up the year fourth.

762
00:49:37,160 --> 00:49:39,840
 But that, technically, of course, was not in Atlanta.

763
00:49:40,480 --> 00:49:40,640
 Right.

764
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:45,680
 How can we get online to listen to Georgia Baseball and the Bill Shane Show?

765
00:49:47,700 --> 00:49:48,820
 Thesuperstations.com.

766
00:49:48,920 --> 00:49:52,300
 I'll be on at 3 o'clock Eastern time, 2 o'clock for you.

767
00:49:52,580 --> 00:49:54,540
 Uncle Barry's in the central time zone.

768
00:49:54,660 --> 00:49:59,960
 And we'll be, we'll dissect the Hawks' autopsy.

769
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:02,420
 And we'll talk praise and a little Georgia baseball.

770
00:50:03,180 --> 00:50:03,860
 Sounds great.

771
00:50:03,960 --> 00:50:04,960
 Say it travels to you, Bill.

772
00:50:05,020 --> 00:50:08,460
 And Brett and I will do our best to start talking more about the Hawks this season, okay?

773
00:50:09,300 --> 00:50:10,780
 I'll be looking forward to it.

774
00:50:10,840 --> 00:50:11,880
 Okay, guys, thank you.

775
00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:12,940
 See you, buddy.

776
00:50:13,420 --> 00:50:17,980
 The one and the only, Mr. Friday himself, Mr. Brave, Mr. Georgia, Bill Shane.

777
00:50:17,980 --> 00:50:24,380
 Phoebe again, Alabama, picking up another quarterback, but it's for the 2028 season.

778
00:50:24,520 --> 00:50:26,320
 And he is a big one, as they say.

779
00:50:26,660 --> 00:50:31,120
 Charles Scott from Virginia, Harold Buggs, 6'5", 235.

780
00:50:31,220 --> 00:50:35,320
 Byron Leff, which I thought was a very good analogy, he is a big kid.

781
00:50:35,680 --> 00:50:36,680
 And he's still growing.

782
00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:40,380
 He's still got two years away before he basically can even sign with Alabama.

783
00:50:40,580 --> 00:50:43,920
 So, he's still got some beans and taters to deal with up in Virginia.

784
00:50:44,500 --> 00:50:48,100
 But first, let's go down to the plains, talk on with Justin Ferguson.

785
00:50:48,260 --> 00:50:50,080
 Zach Pander's got us covered here in the shows.

786
00:50:50,940 --> 00:50:53,340
 And a fellow by the name of Brent Beard.

787
00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:54,340
 What could that be?

788
00:50:54,540 --> 00:50:55,160
 Stay tuned.

789
00:50:55,280 --> 00:50:56,480
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954
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 Welcome back in.

955
01:00:03,360 --> 01:00:04,540
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956
01:00:04,640 --> 01:00:06,320
 I'm Harold Bugg, alongside Brett Beaird.

957
01:00:06,400 --> 01:00:09,380
 Thank you so much for giving us a ride around the Tennessee Valley.

958
01:00:09,500 --> 01:00:18,720
 BB, obviously, it's that time of the cycle when I need to say, ain't no way I can introduce our next guest any better than you.

959
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 Please do the honors.

960
01:00:20,700 --> 01:00:23,580
 Yeah, I've known this young man for about 68 years.

961
01:00:23,580 --> 01:00:28,200
 This is Harold Brent Beard, college football analyst for First Coast News.

962
01:00:28,660 --> 01:00:35,600
 Husband Trophy voter, co-host of Second Helping Podcast on the SEC with Travis Reier.

963
01:00:35,920 --> 01:00:38,180
 Brent Beard, welcome into the show today, buddy.

964
01:00:38,240 --> 01:00:38,740
 How are you doing?

965
01:00:39,480 --> 01:00:40,520
 Well, I'm doing okay.

966
01:00:41,960 --> 01:00:48,780
 How we got to May 1st is beyond me, but we did, and I'm quite grateful about that.

967
01:00:49,220 --> 01:00:55,380
 Got a little bit of news here, guys, that we got a little bit yesterday.

968
01:00:56,500 --> 01:01:04,680
 Your buddy, Bill Bender, who we love and appreciate, this is kind of news, and it's appropriate since it's May,

969
01:01:05,260 --> 01:01:07,920
 and that's college football preseason magazines.

970
01:01:07,920 --> 01:01:17,120
 I didn't know this until yesterday, but Bill said on another program that the sporting news is coming back.

971
01:01:17,240 --> 01:01:18,180
 Have y'all heard this?

972
01:01:18,720 --> 01:01:19,840
 No, no.

973
01:01:20,460 --> 01:01:29,600
 It's a preseason magazine, so we've got now Lindy's, Athlon, Phil Steele.

974
01:01:29,600 --> 01:01:40,080
 By the way, Phil Steele, guys, this year is over 350 pages, which is basically an encyclopedia,

975
01:01:40,740 --> 01:01:50,060
 if it amounts to, but I thought y'all would want to know, and particularly your listeners,

976
01:01:50,680 --> 01:01:56,540
 that there will be an additional preseason magazine on the shelves in the sporting news,

977
01:01:56,800 --> 01:02:01,260
 which in the past, guys, was really pretty good, so we won't do that together.

978
01:02:02,700 --> 01:02:03,820
 Appreciate you sharing that.

979
01:02:03,880 --> 01:02:05,900
 By the way, Phil, you said over 300 pages.

980
01:02:06,640 --> 01:02:09,360
 Every one but one is going to tell you how accurate Phil is, too.

981
01:02:09,760 --> 01:02:10,160
 Yes.

982
01:02:10,840 --> 01:02:15,020
 No, absolutely no question about that.

983
01:02:15,020 --> 01:02:20,620
 And by the way, I've been hearing y'all talk, Matt, the Alabama quarterbacks.

984
01:02:21,740 --> 01:02:27,660
 It's really amazing how well they've done in attracting quarterbacks.

985
01:02:27,660 --> 01:02:31,800
 Now, I will go back to the day of Billy Ray.

986
01:02:32,660 --> 01:02:33,160
 Yes.

987
01:02:33,160 --> 01:02:35,380
 If you remember that name in the 80s.

988
01:02:35,940 --> 01:02:43,200
 Maybe one of the most ballyhooed quarterbacks ever in Alabama history.

989
01:02:43,900 --> 01:02:50,360
 Unfortunately, that did not work out, but boy, oh, boy, we have not seen this many

990
01:02:50,360 --> 01:02:58,660
 ballyhooed heralded Alabama quarterbacks guys in easy, what, 10 to 20 years?

991
01:02:59,280 --> 01:03:03,260
 Yeah, but talk to us about the strategy of that, Britt, because, you know,

992
01:03:03,300 --> 01:03:04,720
 you sit here and say, what are they thinking?

993
01:03:04,860 --> 01:03:07,140
 Well, probably, we're not a fly on the wall.

994
01:03:07,220 --> 01:03:11,180
 We don't know, but common sense would say it's because in the modern era,

995
01:03:11,180 --> 01:03:14,900
 take whatever number you want, take two, divide it into that, and at least half of them

996
01:03:14,900 --> 01:03:19,160
 are going to be leaving because of NIL and mamas and daddies and handlers saying you can

997
01:03:19,160 --> 01:03:23,140
 get a better deal elsewhere, so you better go ahead and take a flyer on some depth there.

998
01:03:23,220 --> 01:03:26,160
 Your thoughts about it and just your thoughts.

999
01:03:26,260 --> 01:03:28,980
 You mentioned the Sporting News coming out with their preseason magazine.

1000
01:03:29,680 --> 01:03:32,360
 Your gut on this Alabama team coming in.

1001
01:03:32,640 --> 01:03:36,940
 Well, that's going to be really interesting where they are.

1002
01:03:37,040 --> 01:03:42,740
 Now, what I've seen so far in other predictions is Bama is kind of in the middle of the pack,

1003
01:03:42,940 --> 01:03:49,800
 which maybe takes some pressure off of them instead of everybody predicting they're going to win the thing.

1004
01:03:50,360 --> 01:03:58,240
 But again, the reality is they've got one more year of the 12 teams in the playoffs,

1005
01:03:58,840 --> 01:04:04,260
 and this time next year, I think we're at least going to have 16 if we don't have 24.

1006
01:04:05,440 --> 01:04:12,200
 And at that point, it takes more pressure off or maybe it applies some pressure to certain teams.

1007
01:04:12,780 --> 01:04:16,920
 But look, I understand certainly what you're saying.

1008
01:04:17,140 --> 01:04:23,000
 At some point, when you've got all these heralded quarterbacks, do they look around and realize,

1009
01:04:23,200 --> 01:04:27,360
 hey, we're not going to be able to play, so we're going somewhere else.

1010
01:04:27,360 --> 01:04:35,920
 But the reality of it is it tells you something about Alabama's recruiting that they're able to attract guys.

1011
01:04:36,300 --> 01:04:39,400
 And look, I don't mean that these guys are okay.

1012
01:04:39,960 --> 01:04:46,340
 I mean, the reality about it is these guys are as heralded quarterbacks as you might in the nation right now.

1013
01:04:46,420 --> 01:04:46,760
 That's right.

1014
01:04:47,800 --> 01:04:48,880
 No question.

1015
01:04:48,880 --> 01:04:53,560
 Greg Sankey, SEC Commissioner, was at the Regents Pro-Am Wednesday.

1016
01:04:54,320 --> 01:04:55,600
 What are you hearing again?

1017
01:04:55,760 --> 01:04:58,460
 Going to 16, or are we flying to 24?

1018
01:04:58,920 --> 01:05:02,640
 Will the championship game stay for another couple of years?

1019
01:05:03,040 --> 01:05:03,760
 What are you hearing?

1020
01:05:04,540 --> 01:05:15,100
 Well, I think, first of all, you've got pretty much every conference with the SEC that wants to go to 24.

1021
01:05:15,580 --> 01:05:21,880
 I'm sure they're seeing the money involved in that, and obviously they're seeing the access.

1022
01:05:22,780 --> 01:05:27,980
 That is a real plus to be able to do that.

1023
01:05:27,980 --> 01:05:41,480
 Now, my concern about it, guys, and I've wanted a playoff for years and thought we were cheated of it years ago during the 70s and the 80s and the 90s.

1024
01:05:41,560 --> 01:05:43,380
 So I'm glad to see it.

1025
01:05:43,380 --> 01:05:52,460
 But my concern with this is when you get to 24, and we've had some conversations with other sports writers about it.

1026
01:05:52,940 --> 01:05:58,340
 Guys, are we going to see a game between an 8-4 team and a 9-3 team?

1027
01:05:59,340 --> 01:06:07,440
 And when you're dealing with that, I get the money, I get the TV, I get the access.

1028
01:06:08,160 --> 01:06:19,940
 But at some point, wouldn't we be better off by going to 16 for, what, guys, two or three or four years, and then to be waiting this thing after that?

1029
01:06:21,460 --> 01:06:25,840
 Yeah, and the other thing would be nice if they could settle on some type of TV format.

1030
01:06:26,080 --> 01:06:30,880
 Because, let's face it, we were talking earlier, Brent, about what's going on now with college basketball.

1031
01:06:31,020 --> 01:06:34,300
 We'll get more into that in a second as far as the NCAA news.

1032
01:06:34,420 --> 01:06:42,600
 But basically, remember in the old days, Braves fans would sit here and say at 7 o'clock it's going to be Skip and Ernie and Dunn and those guys.

1033
01:06:42,700 --> 01:06:43,340
 You just knew it.

1034
01:06:43,380 --> 01:06:48,020
 Now, you have no idea, no idea where they're going to be playing, what time they're going to be playing.

1035
01:06:48,180 --> 01:06:55,780
 And I think that's where, as far as the postseason, they're still trying to figure out how they're going to involve Peacock, Amazon, Apple.

1036
01:06:55,780 --> 01:06:59,160
 To me, once they settle on that, we'll probably have a better handle on things.

1037
01:07:00,020 --> 01:07:12,160
 Well, look, and to dovetail with something that you mentioned, Duke basketball, I know this basketball, people will get the comparison.

1038
01:07:12,880 --> 01:07:16,360
 Duke basketball is going to Amazon for about three games.

1039
01:07:16,960 --> 01:07:23,960
 Now, the problem is, how many people are going to be sitting down looking for that game?

1040
01:07:23,960 --> 01:07:31,000
 They can't find it anywhere, and they just end up turning it off and going to bed.

1041
01:07:32,260 --> 01:07:42,140
 I mean, to me, that's as big of a risk as it is anything else, is when you have games and people can't find them.

1042
01:07:42,360 --> 01:07:47,900
 I mean, y'all's point's a good one, is we knew where the Braves were years ago.

1043
01:07:48,020 --> 01:07:49,900
 We knew who the announcer was going to be.

1044
01:07:49,900 --> 01:08:08,840
 I'm not trying to be the old man shouting at the cloud here, but the reality of this is, my concern is, guys, is when do fans turn on this in some kind of a hostile way?

1045
01:08:09,500 --> 01:08:24,500
 When they sit down and they can't find their team, and look, you guys know good well what's going to happen is, you're going to have two or three games in a row where the fans can't find their favorite team, and that's going to be a real issue.

1046
01:08:25,700 --> 01:08:26,900
 Yeah, no question.

1047
01:08:27,340 --> 01:08:36,940
 The five years to play, five starting at age 19, no more red shirts, no more 6, 7, 8, 9-year stuff that we've been seeing.

1048
01:08:37,200 --> 01:08:40,900
 Will this be implemented for the 2027 season?

1049
01:08:41,400 --> 01:08:42,540
 Yeah, I think it will.

1050
01:08:42,880 --> 01:08:51,560
 I really do, and the problem with this is, guys, is the – here's the real thing that they're not saying a whole lot about,

1051
01:08:51,560 --> 01:09:05,500
 and they don't want an 18-year-old freshman playing against a guy who's 25 years old because of the injury situation and the guy is just overmatched.

1052
01:09:06,700 --> 01:09:11,700
 So, yeah, I think that's something we're going to see very quickly.

1053
01:09:12,420 --> 01:09:21,840
 And, guys, I can tell you this, if they get this college football playoff worked out to where they're all on the same page,

1054
01:09:22,280 --> 01:09:30,920
 and I do believe eventually they will, what we may – I'm not going to say it will be unrecognizable,

1055
01:09:31,140 --> 01:09:44,720
 but this is going to be very important, guys, in the next couple of years because we're nearing the end of all the contracts with this decade that's ending.

1056
01:09:44,980 --> 01:09:51,760
 And, look, they're not waiting, as you guys know, until 2030 and 31 to get this done.

1057
01:09:52,000 --> 01:09:58,180
 This is going to be done, what, in 27, 28, certainly by 29.

1058
01:09:58,660 --> 01:10:05,220
 So, I think we'll know – I think this time next year we'll know a whole lot more of where this sport's going.

1059
01:10:06,240 --> 01:10:07,940
 And, I know, with Brent Beard.

1060
01:10:08,080 --> 01:10:14,980
 Brent, what if I said that they wanted to go from 68 to 76 teams in the NCAA basketball tournament?

1061
01:10:15,040 --> 01:10:15,980
 What would you say to that?

1062
01:10:16,380 --> 01:10:27,780
 Well, the thing that I've heard is – and they've talked about this a little bit – is they could actually go to 80, heaven forbid –

1063
01:10:27,780 --> 01:10:32,620
 they could actually go to 80 without really ruining the format.

1064
01:10:33,480 --> 01:10:42,540
 But if they go to 76, they think they will be okay with the play-in games, if you want to call them that.

1065
01:10:42,540 --> 01:10:59,160
 But they're on the precipice, shall we say, of having way too many teams in and getting a situation where you've got teams that are going to be either –

1066
01:10:59,160 --> 01:11:03,840
 I wouldn't say the more deserving, going to be left out.

1067
01:11:04,180 --> 01:11:09,320
 But it's going to get to the place to where even the fans are going to be turned off.

1068
01:11:09,680 --> 01:11:15,860
 And they may not be watching until the second round, until these first games are over.

1069
01:11:17,400 --> 01:11:18,620
 Going to be interesting.

1070
01:11:18,860 --> 01:11:25,280
 Now, for 2027, will it be week one – week zero is going to be week one?

1071
01:11:25,400 --> 01:11:25,640
 Yeah.

1072
01:11:25,780 --> 01:11:27,540
 And there are going to be two by-weeks.

1073
01:11:27,540 --> 01:11:29,520
 Do you see that happening?

1074
01:11:30,460 --> 01:11:30,900
 Yes.

1075
01:11:31,300 --> 01:11:40,680
 Yeah, I think that's happening – I think that's a lot more of a slam dunk right now than anything else.

1076
01:11:40,680 --> 01:11:47,160
 Now, you've got this talk about trying to end the season on January 1st.

1077
01:11:47,420 --> 01:11:51,720
 I don't think that's doable, and I don't particularly like that.

1078
01:11:52,120 --> 01:12:01,540
 But at the same time, guys, I just don't think we can go to the last Monday of January with the season.

1079
01:12:02,000 --> 01:12:13,720
 What we can't have happen is – you can't have a gap like we did last year where Georgia played in the SEC championship game,

1080
01:12:14,120 --> 01:12:16,220
 and they didn't play until a month later.

1081
01:12:16,220 --> 01:12:25,700
 Look, if you don't play for a month, you've almost got a totally different team in terms of their psyche.

1082
01:12:26,440 --> 01:12:29,940
 I know they'll be healthier, but that's a real problem.

1083
01:12:30,500 --> 01:12:41,680
 So, no, I think they'll start a week earlier, and they'll probably end like mid-January instead of end of January, which is doable.

1084
01:12:42,240 --> 01:12:44,480
 And the thing is, they're business people.

1085
01:12:44,580 --> 01:12:45,820
 They know the power of the NFL.

1086
01:12:46,040 --> 01:12:51,480
 It may not be so here, but across the country, they don't want to compete in terms of TV dollars with the NFL.

1087
01:12:51,980 --> 01:12:56,760
 Brent, we asked your gut feeling about Alabama, your gut feeling about Auburn in particular.

1088
01:12:56,940 --> 01:13:00,060
 You're obviously coming at us from the state of Florida there in Jacksonville.

1089
01:13:00,580 --> 01:13:03,860
 You're more familiar probably with Alex Gullish than a lot of folks up here.

1090
01:13:03,940 --> 01:13:05,580
 Your thoughts about Auburn this season?

1091
01:13:06,100 --> 01:13:15,060
 Well, I think it will help them to have South Florida players who will be there, particularly if you've got a competent quarterback.

1092
01:13:16,160 --> 01:13:18,340
 I think they will be better off.

1093
01:13:18,720 --> 01:13:29,300
 But the reality of this is, guys, Auburn's not going to be a do-over and be ready to be in the playoffs next year or maybe even two years.

1094
01:13:30,100 --> 01:13:36,840
 I know you're hearing a different story from that, probably from different people and the optimism.

1095
01:13:37,640 --> 01:13:42,840
 But at the same time, I'm telling you guys, now South Florida's a good program.

1096
01:13:43,100 --> 01:13:44,520
 They are near us.

1097
01:13:44,840 --> 01:13:45,900
 We follow them.

1098
01:13:46,420 --> 01:13:51,980
 But there's a big difference in coaching in that conference and coaching in the SEC.

1099
01:13:53,100 --> 01:14:00,220
 And it's going to take that coaching staff a while to be able to deal with that and understand where that's going to go.

1100
01:14:00,660 --> 01:14:09,360
 Again, having the players from South Florida and those guys having played with each other is going to be able to help.

1101
01:14:09,360 --> 01:14:15,280
 But, frankly, Auburn's got a lot of things to do defensively.

1102
01:14:15,380 --> 01:14:19,840
 They've got to get on the same page with their offense, too.

1103
01:14:20,660 --> 01:14:35,560
 That will be one of the more interesting experiments that we will see in a crazy new year for the SEC with probably more newer coaches, guys, than we've seen in quite a while.

1104
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 Yeah.

1105
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 You got that right.

1106
01:14:38,400 --> 01:14:40,680
 Listen, always enjoy the conversation.

1107
01:14:41,060 --> 01:14:46,120
 Tell us where we can get online and particularly listen to you and Travis Ryer talk, SEC.

1108
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 Yeah.

1109
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 We do a podcast together that we certainly enjoy.

1110
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 We've had a little bit of a break, but we will be back to be able to start there soon.

1111
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 Folks can Google us and find that pretty easily.

1112
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 We also work with First Coast News.

1113
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 Here we've got the ABC and NBC affiliates, which is something that is certainly nice, too.

1114
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 I do a lot of radio, including you guys, and glad to be able to do it.

1115
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 I talked with another guy in the business the other day, and we said, you know, it used to be years ago.

1116
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 This time of year, there was nothing to talk about, but at this point, we don't have enough time to talk about what we've got to deal with now.

1117
01:15:40,820 --> 01:15:41,360
 Thank you, Brian.

1118
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 What is this day to say in Hollywood?

1119
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 All season, what's sneaking all season?

1120
01:15:46,680 --> 01:15:48,460
 Brent, it's always good to hook up with you, man.

1121
01:15:48,580 --> 01:15:49,900
 Thank you so much for your time, Dan.

1122
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 Enjoy the J-Ville, okay?

1123
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 You guys, too.

1124
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 Take care.

1125
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 Thank you, bud.

1126
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 Brent Beard checking in from Jacksonville, Florida.

1127
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 What do you say we just sit on down the street and see what's shaking in the shows?

1128
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 From the University of Alabama, this is Crimson Tide Today.

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1195
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1196
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 On yesterday's edition of Crimson Drive, driven by NASCAR, we were joined by Alabama softball shortstop Salen Hawkins.

1197
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 Get our seniors a little gift, maybe for their last home game.

1198
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 Well, of the regular season, but we're ready for regionals and supers.

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 What do you love about home games here?

1200
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 The fans.

1201
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 It is so loud.

1202
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 I love it, and I love to hear my walk-up song.

1203
01:20:21,080 --> 01:20:23,520
 But it's just the opportunity to be home.

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 I don't like going to the hotels, and you know everything around here.

1205
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 But it is tough for the other team to play behind us.

1206
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 And our fans are just so loyal.

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 It's so loud.

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 It's just a great atmosphere.

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1219
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 This is the final episode of Crimson Tide Today for the 2025-2026 school year.

1220
01:21:12,540 --> 01:21:23,300
 Episodes will return to your radio affiliates across the state in August as we prepare for Alabama football in the 2026-2027 season of University of Alabama Athletics.

1221
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 For more information throughout the summer, head to RollTide.com or follow us on all of our social media platforms at UA underscore CTSN.

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 Crimson Tide Today is brought to you by the Good Feet Store.

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1224
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 The Score.

1225
01:21:41,520 --> 01:21:46,300
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1226
01:21:46,660 --> 01:21:47,320
 Welcome back again.

1227
01:21:47,460 --> 01:21:50,300
 Speaking of Alabama, quick update from Tuscaloosa.

1228
01:21:50,300 --> 01:21:57,420
 Yep, they're playing even as we speak down there after a walk-off home run last night against a very good Vanderbilt team.

1229
01:21:58,020 --> 01:22:01,140
 Alabama trying to make it back-to-back wins against the Doors.

1230
01:22:01,240 --> 01:22:02,020
 Up 3-0.

1231
01:22:02,160 --> 01:22:04,200
 They jumped out 3-0 early on.

1232
01:22:04,280 --> 01:22:05,780
 The Doors loaded the bases.

1233
01:22:06,740 --> 01:22:08,340
 Alabama able to work out of that.

1234
01:22:08,420 --> 01:22:12,220
 It's now 3-0 as they play at least at last report in the bottom of the second.

1235
01:22:12,840 --> 01:22:13,460
 You say, what?

1236
01:22:13,520 --> 01:22:14,360
 They're playing right now?

1237
01:22:14,700 --> 01:22:18,320
 Yeah, the schedule may have said tonight, but there's that threat of rain.

1238
01:22:18,460 --> 01:22:20,740
 So, they're going ahead and trying to get in the game right now.

1239
01:22:20,840 --> 01:22:23,360
 We'll keep you up to date as things progress.

1240
01:22:23,360 --> 01:22:25,340
 In the meantime, what's shaking in the Shoals?

1241
01:22:25,520 --> 01:22:27,360
 Who knows better how to answer that question?

1242
01:22:27,920 --> 01:22:30,760
 And Zach Panners, he's the founder and editor of Shoals Sports Report.

1243
01:22:30,900 --> 01:22:31,600
 Zach, welcome in.

1244
01:22:31,660 --> 01:22:32,560
 Happy Friday to you.

1245
01:22:32,580 --> 01:22:33,060
 How are you?

1246
01:22:33,840 --> 01:22:34,460
 Doing good.

1247
01:22:34,520 --> 01:22:34,820
 How are y'all?

1248
01:22:35,360 --> 01:22:35,740
 Good, man.

1249
01:22:35,740 --> 01:22:36,360
 We're doing all right.

1250
01:22:36,420 --> 01:22:37,860
 Zach, it's a great time of the year.

1251
01:22:37,940 --> 01:22:42,540
 Speaking of baseball and softball, put it another way, keeps you guys busy.

1252
01:22:43,080 --> 01:22:45,500
 Talk to us about who's still in the headlines right now.

1253
01:22:45,600 --> 01:22:48,600
 We're getting deep into the postseason for high school teams.

1254
01:22:49,040 --> 01:22:51,120
 Zach, who is stealing your attention right now?

1255
01:22:51,720 --> 01:22:56,080
 Well, today, as far as baseball goes, game three, Marshall at 3.30 at Vincent.

1256
01:22:56,620 --> 01:22:58,680
 Third straight year, they're playing in the playoffs.

1257
01:22:59,000 --> 01:23:00,700
 All three students have been at Vincent.

1258
01:23:01,280 --> 01:23:04,160
 They have split-lap two series, and they're at game three today.

1259
01:23:05,360 --> 01:23:09,800
 And Marshall set up pitcher-wise, Bo Willis threw 50-something pitches yesterday

1260
01:23:09,800 --> 01:23:13,740
 and no hitter in the first game, and then threw 20-something pitches in game two.

1261
01:23:14,540 --> 01:23:16,820
 But they are set up better than Vincent for pitching, possibly.

1262
01:23:17,440 --> 01:23:18,960
 And it should have a good chance to win.

1263
01:23:19,460 --> 01:23:26,140
 If they win, they'll come back home for Martell and Lindsey Lane next weekend at Martell.

1264
01:23:27,740 --> 01:23:29,920
 Yeah, Lindsey Lane beat us well.

1265
01:23:30,020 --> 01:23:33,060
 Coast Springs 4-0 in 13-3.

1266
01:23:34,340 --> 01:23:42,060
 Dessler, once again, Kemden Fuller, Garrett Breed, lead Dessler to a third straight quarterfinals

1267
01:23:42,060 --> 01:23:45,640
 was your headline in the show's sports report.

1268
01:23:46,300 --> 01:23:50,640
 They beat the Cadova Blue Devils, which I am quite familiar with.

1269
01:23:51,060 --> 01:23:53,280
 Once again, pitching incredible.

1270
01:23:53,560 --> 01:23:56,060
 Garrett Reed flirted with a no-hitter.

1271
01:23:57,100 --> 01:23:59,760
 Dylan Olive pitched a complete game.

1272
01:24:00,560 --> 01:24:02,580
 Dessler does what Dessler does.

1273
01:24:02,840 --> 01:24:08,120
 Yes, Dessler is more Dessler baseball than last weekend was against Good Hope.

1274
01:24:08,660 --> 01:24:10,800
 Dylan Olive had to labor through a couple of hit-by-fishes.

1275
01:24:10,960 --> 01:24:12,820
 He had to hit four batters in yesterday's game.

1276
01:24:13,360 --> 01:24:14,580
 But labor through it, got through it.

1277
01:24:14,680 --> 01:24:16,480
 Cordova was not great defensively.

1278
01:24:17,060 --> 01:24:18,180
 And it was evident in the first inning.

1279
01:24:18,340 --> 01:24:19,800
 Dessler jumped on, put the ball in play.

1280
01:24:20,520 --> 01:24:22,260
 Specifically, there was a fly ball to right field.

1281
01:24:22,600 --> 01:24:24,260
 The guy jumped for it to catch it.

1282
01:24:24,620 --> 01:24:25,380
 Over his head.

1283
01:24:26,080 --> 01:24:28,020
 And it turned into two extra bases for Dessler.

1284
01:24:28,200 --> 01:24:31,300
 And it had three nothing in the first inning in game one.

1285
01:24:31,760 --> 01:24:33,720
 Game two, it was four nothing in the second.

1286
01:24:34,080 --> 01:24:35,860
 And it turned into a boring game to watch.

1287
01:24:36,300 --> 01:24:39,200
 If you want to dramatically, because Garrett Reed threw a lot out.

1288
01:24:39,760 --> 01:24:43,280
 One hit, one walk, 22 batters, 13 Ks.

1289
01:24:43,900 --> 01:24:47,580
 I think that was a way to make a game boring to watch in the most fun way.

1290
01:24:47,580 --> 01:24:53,060
 Zach Patterson is hooking up with us, Joe Sports Report.

1291
01:24:53,360 --> 01:24:58,100
 If it's May, it means Red Bay is always punching the clock.

1292
01:24:58,260 --> 01:25:01,600
 Talk to us about Red Bay, fresh from Sweeping Summons and Christian.

1293
01:25:02,620 --> 01:25:04,500
 Yeah, I was looking this morning at the bracket and all that.

1294
01:25:05,040 --> 01:25:09,340
 And it's supposed to be the biggest series in Red Bay history since 87,

1295
01:25:10,040 --> 01:25:12,740
 if not biggest series in field history for baseball.

1296
01:25:13,420 --> 01:25:13,700
 Wow.

1297
01:25:13,700 --> 01:25:15,520
 I'm not sure how they did the playoffs in 87,

1298
01:25:15,780 --> 01:25:18,280
 but Red Bay will be at home next weekend against Pleasant Valley

1299
01:25:18,280 --> 01:25:22,100
 or North Sand Mountain, who wins that game three,

1300
01:25:22,180 --> 01:25:23,260
 will come to Red Bay next weekend.

1301
01:25:23,900 --> 01:25:29,300
 And then if Red Bay wins, regardless of the Marshall Vincent-Lindsay Lane series,

1302
01:25:29,940 --> 01:25:32,640
 Red Bay will be at home semifinals if they win next weekend.

1303
01:25:33,460 --> 01:25:35,560
 And that will be the biggest series in Red Bay,

1304
01:25:36,120 --> 01:25:40,580
 possibly the biggest game in Red Bay school history at Red Bay since 07,

1305
01:25:40,580 --> 01:25:42,220
 semis against five in football.

1306
01:25:43,680 --> 01:25:47,300
 Let me give a tip of the count to two of our local teams.

1307
01:25:47,720 --> 01:25:49,740
 Russellville, I know we talked about them.

1308
01:25:49,840 --> 01:25:53,940
 They've won 16 out of their last 18 games, got off to a slow start.

1309
01:25:54,640 --> 01:25:57,420
 But American Christian swept them.

1310
01:25:58,200 --> 01:26:00,460
 Russellville ended up 21-17.

1311
01:26:01,600 --> 01:26:05,900
 Trip Cleveland and Jackson Smith had a good game for Russellville.

1312
01:26:06,600 --> 01:26:10,660
 And listen, I nearly joke about this, but at some point in the postseason,

1313
01:26:10,840 --> 01:26:18,200
 Lauderdale County is going to play Piedmont in some sport, football or basketball or baseball.

1314
01:26:18,720 --> 01:26:23,620
 But Piedmont swept Lauderdale County, Piedmont now 29-7.

1315
01:26:23,760 --> 01:26:25,620
 They won 11-1 and 4-2.

1316
01:26:25,880 --> 01:26:32,100
 But tip of the count both to Russellville and Lauderdale County, Zach, for having a good season.

1317
01:26:32,700 --> 01:26:35,460
 Yeah, Lauderdale County had a chance to force game three last night.

1318
01:26:35,600 --> 01:26:37,540
 They were up 2-0 in the bottom of the sticks.

1319
01:26:37,920 --> 01:26:40,660
 And in game two in the playoffs, the four-board play-up.

1320
01:26:41,120 --> 01:26:44,140
 So the traveling team is the home team in game two of each series.

1321
01:26:44,980 --> 01:26:46,740
 So Piedmont's going four in the bottom of the sticks.

1322
01:26:46,840 --> 01:26:47,520
 We're up 4-2.

1323
01:26:48,500 --> 01:26:51,320
 Lauderdale had two on in the top of the seventh.

1324
01:26:51,600 --> 01:26:52,680
 Had a chance to tie it.

1325
01:26:52,740 --> 01:26:55,100
 But just getting finished, getting through that game.

1326
01:26:55,640 --> 01:26:59,220
 Piedmont, though, was top three or top four in the PBR rankings,

1327
01:26:59,380 --> 01:27:03,480
 so Piedmont was not a slouch team or whatever.

1328
01:27:04,600 --> 01:27:09,100
 And Deschler, their next series is possibly the series of the playoffs for 4A.

1329
01:27:09,820 --> 01:27:12,280
 Deschler, Westbrook Christian, they've played once a season already.

1330
01:27:12,920 --> 01:27:14,040
 Deschler won 3-1.

1331
01:27:14,720 --> 01:27:16,480
 Drew Price starting to get rid of that Deschler.

1332
01:27:16,980 --> 01:27:20,460
 And then Westbrook Christian played Madison County yesterday at Madison County.

1333
01:27:20,700 --> 01:27:22,200
 One by 4-0 in the score.

1334
01:27:23,360 --> 01:27:28,060
 And that's going to be a series I would be shocked if it does go three games.

1335
01:27:29,000 --> 01:27:33,100
 I see the way where both teams split on day one of the series and go to game three on day two.

1336
01:27:34,440 --> 01:27:37,300
 See, that one team nobody wants to play any year is Hartzell.

1337
01:27:37,680 --> 01:27:38,720
 Just ask Coleman.

1338
01:27:39,860 --> 01:27:42,660
 Most folks said Coleman's one of the best teams in the state.

1339
01:27:42,780 --> 01:27:43,460
 What does Hartzell do?

1340
01:27:43,520 --> 01:27:44,400
 They just sweep them.

1341
01:27:45,160 --> 01:27:48,240
 It's amazing how consistent this program is.

1342
01:27:48,240 --> 01:27:52,160
 I don't think anybody wants to face those boys in Morgan County again this year, do they?

1343
01:27:53,360 --> 01:27:53,860
 You're right.

1344
01:27:53,940 --> 01:27:55,540
 It's like a same Alabama team.

1345
01:27:55,700 --> 01:27:57,960
 And now kind of the boys out there, but it's a same thing at Hartzell.

1346
01:27:58,400 --> 01:28:01,200
 Coach Boos was there for 30, 40, whatever year he was.

1347
01:28:01,420 --> 01:28:01,540
 Right.

1348
01:28:01,640 --> 01:28:03,420
 And now it's in new hands.

1349
01:28:03,740 --> 01:28:05,300
 And it's traditionally going to go in.

1350
01:28:05,780 --> 01:28:07,120
 And some places they never have to win.

1351
01:28:07,320 --> 01:28:08,640
 They never have to miss the program.

1352
01:28:09,060 --> 01:28:10,380
 And it pays off at this time of year.

1353
01:28:11,340 --> 01:28:14,280
 Let me ask you about the other games today.

1354
01:28:14,280 --> 01:28:18,000
 Central Florence, 22-12 at Plainview.

1355
01:28:18,740 --> 01:28:23,620
 And then Phil Campbell at another Walker County team at Oakman.

1356
01:28:23,720 --> 01:28:25,920
 Oakman has had a good season.

1357
01:28:26,160 --> 01:28:30,080
 You mentioned again, Mars Hill-Vincent game three, I believe, at 3.30.

1358
01:28:30,640 --> 01:28:32,260
 Central Florence at Plainview.

1359
01:28:32,420 --> 01:28:33,820
 Phil Campbell at Oakman.

1360
01:28:35,340 --> 01:28:40,700
 As far as Central and Phil Campbell, how do you think that will come out today?

1361
01:28:41,760 --> 01:28:42,780
 Central has a good chance.

1362
01:28:42,960 --> 01:28:45,480
 I think the matchup is better than it looks on – better than it looks.

1363
01:28:45,680 --> 01:28:48,520
 It was two upset series last weekend for Central and Plainview.

1364
01:28:49,480 --> 01:28:52,680
 I think outside of traveling two and a half hours on a bus or whatever this morning,

1365
01:28:52,840 --> 01:28:54,300
 I think Central may be fine.

1366
01:28:54,540 --> 01:28:56,700
 Could get one game today at least and four tomorrow.

1367
01:28:57,580 --> 01:29:01,120
 However, if you can win today and get it in the day and come back tomorrow, that'd be great.

1368
01:29:01,680 --> 01:29:02,220
 Phil Campbell.

1369
01:29:03,020 --> 01:29:07,580
 Don't know how long on Oakman, but Phil Campbell's one of those programs that last 10 years.

1370
01:29:08,060 --> 01:29:08,660
 Kind of like Red Bay.

1371
01:29:08,780 --> 01:29:13,220
 It's kind of rebuilt their program and sustained it in the last 10, 15 years.

1372
01:29:13,340 --> 01:29:18,000
 So we're a respectable program around the state now.

1373
01:29:18,460 --> 01:29:20,040
 So it's not, oh, we get to play Phil Campbell.

1374
01:29:20,260 --> 01:29:20,580
 Wahoo.

1375
01:29:20,960 --> 01:29:22,080
 It's not, we're going to play Phil Campbell.

1376
01:29:22,220 --> 01:29:22,560
 Oh, man.

1377
01:29:24,080 --> 01:29:25,220
 We jump off, Zach.

1378
01:29:25,260 --> 01:29:29,580
 Let's talk a little soccer because Florence, the Falcons, talking about flying high.

1379
01:29:29,580 --> 01:29:30,600
 Some birds out there.

1380
01:29:30,720 --> 01:29:33,480
 20-0-1 at Hewitt Trustwell.

1381
01:29:33,580 --> 01:29:35,220
 14-4-6.

1382
01:29:35,740 --> 01:29:38,660
 If I'm looking at it right, this matchup's set for tomorrow.

1383
01:29:38,780 --> 01:29:39,880
 Tonight at 6 o'clock.

1384
01:29:40,040 --> 01:29:42,780
 Florence trying to stay unbeaten on the soccer field.

1385
01:29:43,980 --> 01:29:44,120
 Yeah.

1386
01:29:44,180 --> 01:29:49,360
 It's kind of odd now to see Florence at the top and winning in 7-8 at the end of the 7-8 run.

1387
01:29:50,260 --> 01:29:55,200
 With some of these Birmingham schools who are below Florence now in the ranking of the standings.

1388
01:29:55,480 --> 01:29:58,860
 But if they keep rolling and win tomorrow, they get to go to Huntsville for state next to you.

1389
01:29:59,940 --> 01:30:01,160
 And Martial's going to be there.

1390
01:30:01,340 --> 01:30:02,020
 And it's in Huntsville.

1391
01:30:02,140 --> 01:30:03,360
 So it's not going to be far, far away.

1392
01:30:03,460 --> 01:30:04,980
 Like Birmingham or Mobile or Montgomery.

1393
01:30:05,580 --> 01:30:07,060
 It's an hour, hour and a half at Huntsville.

1394
01:30:07,580 --> 01:30:11,320
 Hopefully Florence turns out and travels like they did for basketball last year.

1395
01:30:11,460 --> 01:30:11,880
 If they win.

1396
01:30:12,760 --> 01:30:14,560
 I think they're making a fan, but it's also for you.

1397
01:30:14,660 --> 01:30:15,520
 It's more awesome.

1398
01:30:17,100 --> 01:30:17,500
 Absolutely.

1399
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 Listen, I certainly recommend anyone getting on Facebook.

1400
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 You have got the stars of the game, the scores of the series.

1401
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 You're at a game practically every night.

1402
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 I know you have some podcasts.

1403
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 Just incredible coverage for high school sports.

1404
01:30:37,700 --> 01:30:42,420
 Tell us again where we can get online and get last night's scores, today's previews.

1405
01:30:42,420 --> 01:30:44,400
 And I know you have a lot more this weekend.

1406
01:30:45,260 --> 01:30:47,700
 Yes, we also have solid area tournaments all over this weekend.

1407
01:30:47,900 --> 01:30:50,480
 We have those brackets on our Facebook page, Twitter page.

1408
01:30:51,080 --> 01:30:57,180
 ShoalsportsReport on Facebook and at Twitter, at lowercase, S-H-O-A-L-S-T-O-R-T-S.

1409
01:30:57,780 --> 01:31:01,140
 And our website has the scheduled list of each area tournament.

1410
01:31:01,380 --> 01:31:08,020
 Also, ShoalsSportsReport.com at ShoalsSportsReport, with two S's in the middle, dot com.

1411
01:31:09,200 --> 01:31:11,740
 Zach, stay safe and probably a little warm out there.

1412
01:31:11,780 --> 01:31:12,640
 I know it's May 1st.

1413
01:31:12,680 --> 01:31:16,680
 It probably feels more like March 1st or April 1st, but stay warm out there and stay safe, okay?

1414
01:31:17,660 --> 01:31:18,100
 Exactly.

1415
01:31:19,380 --> 01:31:20,120
 Thank you, buddy.

1416
01:31:20,580 --> 01:31:21,760
 Zach Founders looking up with us.

1417
01:31:21,820 --> 01:31:24,080
 He is busy there at the Shoals Sports Report.

1418
01:31:24,240 --> 01:31:25,740
 Lots shaking on the planes.

1419
01:31:26,200 --> 01:31:27,400
 Justin Ferguson, very late.

1420
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1475
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1476
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 Alabama now 11-11.

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1480
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1482
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1485
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1513
01:36:41,140 --> 01:36:41,740
 Welcome back again.

1514
01:36:41,800 --> 01:36:44,700
 Time to head on down to Auburn and say hello to Justin Ferguson.

1515
01:36:44,820 --> 01:36:47,920
 Got the Tigers covered there at the Auburn Observer.

1516
01:36:48,080 --> 01:36:48,920
 Justin, welcome in.

1517
01:36:48,980 --> 01:36:49,460
 How are you?

1518
01:36:50,480 --> 01:36:51,340
 I'm doing well.

1519
01:36:51,380 --> 01:36:51,720
 How are y'all?

1520
01:36:52,200 --> 01:36:52,640
 Good, man.

1521
01:36:52,680 --> 01:36:53,240
 We're doing okay.

1522
01:36:53,580 --> 01:36:56,740
 Of course, the region's pro-am golf outing this week.

1523
01:36:56,760 --> 01:37:02,860
 A lot of folks, anybody who's anybody in the SEC world on the course, including Alex Gulish.

1524
01:37:03,040 --> 01:37:09,340
 Justin, is he ready to give up coaching football to go to the PGA Tour, or is he just going to stick with football for now?

1525
01:37:10,720 --> 01:37:21,500
 He is on the record as saying he does not like playing golf that much, so I don't think we're going to have the same thing that we saw with Auburn's last head coach when it comes to his golf habits.

1526
01:37:22,280 --> 01:37:25,980
 I think it was safe to say this is Hugh's favorite week of the year last year, was it not?

1527
01:37:26,100 --> 01:37:30,760
 But your thoughts, obviously kidding aside, Justin, had a lot of comments.

1528
01:37:30,860 --> 01:37:37,220
 It's a chance to sit here and put a mind in front of some of these guys that maybe this cycle of the sports year you don't always get.

1529
01:37:37,700 --> 01:37:45,820
 A lot to get to, but one of the things is ask about his thoughts on the five years to play five, and I agree with Gulish.

1530
01:37:45,820 --> 01:37:53,880
 It's time that they have some kind of uniformity so the coaches, the players, and the fans can all basically say, now I know what's going on.

1531
01:37:53,920 --> 01:37:55,660
 He's in favor if I understood him right.

1532
01:37:56,700 --> 01:38:04,280
 Yeah, absolutely, and we talked to Stephen Pearl earlier this week as well, and he kind of said the same thing when it came to the basketball side.

1533
01:38:04,740 --> 01:38:05,820
 It makes a lot of sense.

1534
01:38:06,580 --> 01:38:09,780
 Five years to play five makes, it's just easy.

1535
01:38:10,580 --> 01:38:15,380
 Like you said, players and coaches and fans can all kind of understand it, okay?

1536
01:38:15,720 --> 01:38:19,360
 In five years, whatever you can do in the five years, clock starts, clock ends.

1537
01:38:19,860 --> 01:38:23,220
 You need a red shirt, you don't need a red shirt, it doesn't really matter.

1538
01:38:23,980 --> 01:38:34,420
 And I think it just kind of, you know, I think it just better reflects kind of what college athletes go through and kind of what a career normally looks like.

1539
01:38:34,740 --> 01:38:36,500
 So, yeah, I think it's a great call.

1540
01:38:36,660 --> 01:38:39,520
 I think it's exactly what needs to be done.

1541
01:38:39,520 --> 01:38:43,220
 You don't have to worry about waivers and red shirts and who's in and who's out and all that.

1542
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 You can just get straightforward there.

1543
01:38:45,220 --> 01:38:49,920
 And it takes the lawyer out of it because, let's face it, what lawyers are good at is finding loopholes.

1544
01:38:50,040 --> 01:38:54,380
 Up to this point, a player who wants to come back, hello, Diego, why would he not?

1545
01:38:54,440 --> 01:38:56,980
 Because he made more and so did some of the other guys.

1546
01:38:57,140 --> 01:38:58,700
 Carson Beck made more at the college level.

1547
01:38:58,800 --> 01:39:02,160
 So they were always calling a lawyer to threaten finding that loopholes.

1548
01:39:02,260 --> 01:39:04,740
 So now, hopefully, that loopholes will be closed.

1549
01:39:05,840 --> 01:39:06,640
 Yeah, 100%.

1550
01:39:06,640 --> 01:39:08,460
 And I think it's very straightforward.

1551
01:39:08,460 --> 01:39:09,120
 Very straightforward.

1552
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 Everybody knows what's going on when you go in.

1553
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 Everybody knows what goes on as you're going through it.

1554
01:39:15,020 --> 01:39:17,200
 And I think that's – it just makes a lot of sense.

1555
01:39:17,280 --> 01:39:22,640
 I think we've had way too much of this kind of suing and injunctions and stuff like that in college.

1556
01:39:22,640 --> 01:39:22,920
 Right.

1557
01:39:22,920 --> 01:39:26,840
 So I think something a little bit more uniform and straightforward is definitely the way to go.

1558
01:39:27,640 --> 01:39:30,580
 I get reminded every day that I'm getting older.

1559
01:39:31,160 --> 01:39:38,840
 But I must be because May 16th is the 16th edition of Big Cat Weekend.

1560
01:39:39,220 --> 01:39:42,140
 They didn't have it, of course, of course, in 2020.

1561
01:39:42,140 --> 01:39:49,520
 But, again, as we've talked about this over the years, there's no pressure here.

1562
01:39:49,820 --> 01:39:53,060
 It's pool parties, watermelon eating contests.

1563
01:39:53,200 --> 01:39:56,000
 And, boy, don't you know some of these guys could put some food away.

1564
01:39:56,700 --> 01:40:00,180
 Isn't it amazing, the 16th year of Big Cat?

1565
01:40:01,120 --> 01:40:06,020
 Yeah, I think it's really cool that, like, you know, we're now several coaches into this for Auburn.

1566
01:40:06,220 --> 01:40:08,980
 And, you know, it still kind of sticks around.

1567
01:40:09,100 --> 01:40:10,540
 It's kind of what you know Auburn for.

1568
01:40:11,240 --> 01:40:17,240
 And when Auburn did that, you know, a while back, 16 years ago, they were really the first to do it.

1569
01:40:17,380 --> 01:40:20,720
 Like, to do something like that, to kind of, you know, kind of put it on the map.

1570
01:40:20,780 --> 01:40:22,360
 And so I think it's really cool.

1571
01:40:22,420 --> 01:40:24,200
 It's become synonymous with Auburn and recruiting.

1572
01:40:24,760 --> 01:40:29,160
 And, you know, I think Alex Goldson and the staff have done a really good job of just getting out and getting going.

1573
01:40:29,380 --> 01:40:31,340
 Like, they don't have to catch up to do.

1574
01:40:31,520 --> 01:40:36,340
 You know, like, these guys came into December, you know, and they got to learn this lesson.

1575
01:40:36,820 --> 01:40:40,180
 These guys that are, you know, the big names that they're going after right now in recruiting,

1576
01:40:40,180 --> 01:40:43,440
 these guys have been recruited by the same staffs two, three years now.

1577
01:40:43,560 --> 01:40:49,340
 So, you know, I think something like Big Cat, embracing that, embracing kind of the stuff that makes Auburn, Auburn.

1578
01:40:49,880 --> 01:40:51,800
 I think Golesh has done a really good job of that.

1579
01:40:51,900 --> 01:40:54,420
 And I think, you know, this is an easy way to do that in recruiting.

1580
01:40:55,780 --> 01:40:59,900
 For the folks who don't follow it as closely as you do, but are big Auburn fans,

1581
01:40:59,960 --> 01:41:04,160
 and for that matter, fans across the ACC who's going to be playing Auburn, they want to know who's coming.

1582
01:41:04,820 --> 01:41:07,620
 If you want to talk about specific names, of course, jump in.

1583
01:41:07,620 --> 01:41:11,680
 Yeah, but as far as positions, Justin, where would you, in a dream world,

1584
01:41:11,940 --> 01:41:15,660
 who would you like to see Auburn get busy with this recruiting class?

1585
01:41:16,780 --> 01:41:21,040
 Yeah, I mean, I think one of the big things, you know, they really need to do, I think,

1586
01:41:21,100 --> 01:41:26,620
 in this class is continue to build up their line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball.

1587
01:41:27,160 --> 01:41:31,940
 I think that's just obviously the way they want to go about, you know, their business.

1588
01:41:32,160 --> 01:41:35,500
 They did pick up offensive line commitment earlier this week.

1589
01:41:35,580 --> 01:41:42,340
 They got a really good running back as well, which I think is, you know, kind of very indicative of the way Golesh wants to do it.

1590
01:41:42,440 --> 01:41:48,800
 But, you know, I look at Auburn, I see, I thought they did a really good job this offseason of getting some transfers that made sense

1591
01:41:48,800 --> 01:41:54,780
 at the top of the market on the offensive line, then getting some young guys, then getting some high school guys.

1592
01:41:55,140 --> 01:41:56,120
 But you've got to cycle that.

1593
01:41:56,200 --> 01:42:03,260
 I think there were too often, too many years for Auburn, it was like, you know, you'd have a year where you didn't have a whole lot

1594
01:42:03,260 --> 01:42:04,440
 on the offensive line of recruiting.

1595
01:42:04,800 --> 01:42:08,260
 That's something you need to kind of roll through multiple guys every single year.

1596
01:42:08,400 --> 01:42:12,180
 So, I really look at an emphasis on the offensive line and the defensive line.

1597
01:42:12,260 --> 01:42:16,860
 That's obviously been a great strength of Auburn's recruiting here these last few years,

1598
01:42:16,960 --> 01:42:19,820
 especially with Vontrell King-Williams as your defensive line coach.

1599
01:42:20,260 --> 01:42:26,320
 And, you know, I think you look at some of these bigger names that they're going after in this, you know, kind of cycle.

1600
01:42:26,980 --> 01:42:32,120
 You know, line of scrimmage is kind of the area where if you're a rebuilding program like Auburn

1601
01:42:32,120 --> 01:42:36,860
 and you want to kind of be a force in the SCC for years to come, you've got to do it at the line of scrimmage.

1602
01:42:36,860 --> 01:42:41,540
 And so, that's going to be the kind of thing that I think is really going to find this first-class under Gullish.

1603
01:42:42,440 --> 01:42:43,920
 You mentioned the running back.

1604
01:42:44,040 --> 01:42:44,800
 He's a good one.

1605
01:42:45,000 --> 01:42:51,800
 Myson at Johnson-Cook, East St. Louis, Illinois, 2,200 yards, 10 yards a carry.

1606
01:42:52,080 --> 01:42:53,120
 That was a good pickup.

1607
01:42:54,520 --> 01:42:55,680
 Yeah, a really good pickup.

1608
01:42:55,840 --> 01:43:01,960
 And he's a special kind of kid because when you watch him on film, you first go, oh, wow, this guy's really, really fast.

1609
01:43:02,060 --> 01:43:05,500
 Like, he's got great, like, kind of track star type of times.

1610
01:43:05,820 --> 01:43:11,000
 And then you look and say, oh, well, also he's, you know, 230 pounds and 6'2".

1611
01:43:11,000 --> 01:43:12,660
 So, he's big and fast.

1612
01:43:12,820 --> 01:43:18,480
 And it's just rare to have a kid that has both of those attributes this early in his career.

1613
01:43:19,220 --> 01:43:24,700
 You know, I've talked to several people this week that say, hey, he could end up being a five-star when it's all said and done.

1614
01:43:24,760 --> 01:43:26,380
 Just because of the numbers he puts up.

1615
01:43:27,100 --> 01:43:29,980
 You know, it was a big-time commitment.

1616
01:43:31,020 --> 01:43:33,060
 Miami was pushing really, really hard for him.

1617
01:43:33,160 --> 01:43:39,640
 And, look, I mean, this day and age, it's hard to keep a kid away from Miami that really wants him.

1618
01:43:39,880 --> 01:43:44,780
 And so, for Auburn to go out there and get that pickup from Myson Johnson-Cook, I thought was huge.

1619
01:43:45,120 --> 01:43:50,020
 And I think, you know, we'll see kind of what the flavor of recruiting looks like for Alice Gullich moving forward.

1620
01:43:50,160 --> 01:43:55,620
 But you also got to remember, kid coming in from Illinois, kind of Midwest, Auburn usually doesn't recruit out there.

1621
01:43:56,100 --> 01:44:01,580
 But, you know, Gullich is a Midwest guy going back to his days at Iowa State, you know, and growing up in Ohio.

1622
01:44:01,780 --> 01:44:05,040
 So, it makes sense that Auburn might be reaching out a little bit more.

1623
01:44:05,180 --> 01:44:08,440
 And they went out and got an elite player in Myson Johnson-Cook.

1624
01:44:09,460 --> 01:44:12,320
 Justin, every coach has their athletes.

1625
01:44:12,660 --> 01:44:15,180
 Some like them big and bold and all that stuff.

1626
01:44:15,280 --> 01:44:18,340
 Others like them to be a little slimmer and quicker with more speed.

1627
01:44:19,160 --> 01:44:23,020
 Is there one adjective that may describe what Gullich is looking for here?

1628
01:44:23,020 --> 01:44:27,180
 Again, not back to names, but as far as a prototype.

1629
01:44:29,080 --> 01:44:31,740
 Yeah, I mean, I think athleticism is going to be kind of the big thing.

1630
01:44:31,780 --> 01:44:36,580
 Because I think when you talk about Auburn, offensively or defensively, and I wouldn't even say special teams,

1631
01:44:36,780 --> 01:44:37,940
 they're going to want to be aggressive.

1632
01:44:38,140 --> 01:44:40,480
 They're going to want to play fast on both sides of the ball.

1633
01:44:40,520 --> 01:44:45,580
 And I think that's going to be a big thing moving forward to them is that they want dudes who are going to be able to hold up.

1634
01:44:45,660 --> 01:44:49,620
 Like, if you're a lineman playing on the offensive line, you've got to be able to move in this system.

1635
01:44:49,620 --> 01:44:54,040
 Not only because of the pace they play between snaps, but also just getting up into the second level.

1636
01:44:55,000 --> 01:44:57,100
 You know, doing zone block and stuff like that, pulling.

1637
01:44:57,520 --> 01:44:59,100
 Like, being able to move is going to be key.

1638
01:44:59,500 --> 01:45:07,980
 And then defensively, you just feel like this is a group that just really wants to get after it defensively and blitz and kind of come from all over.

1639
01:45:08,400 --> 01:45:10,700
 So speed, I think, is a really big thing.

1640
01:45:10,860 --> 01:45:15,220
 Like, I'll look at this team on, you know, all three phases, and I just see a whole lot of speed.

1641
01:45:15,360 --> 01:45:20,980
 And so that's kind of what you want to build your program around, really, if you're Auburn.

1642
01:45:21,040 --> 01:45:22,840
 You've got to have the athletes to be able to do that.

1643
01:45:22,840 --> 01:45:31,180
 So, you know, I think when you look at the transfers they brought in this year, a lot of really quick guys in that group, a lot of really high-level athletes there.

1644
01:45:31,320 --> 01:45:35,000
 And that's just – that's what just stands out to me is that this team is just going to want to play fast.

1645
01:45:35,620 --> 01:45:37,260
 And you need the guys to do it.

1646
01:45:38,660 --> 01:45:43,260
 I always mention when we close the interview about your Friday mailbag.

1647
01:45:43,480 --> 01:45:47,180
 Well, can Auburn football get back to winning with its favorite?

1648
01:45:47,640 --> 01:45:49,560
 Recruiting territories to watch.

1649
01:45:49,740 --> 01:45:51,220
 The North End Zone Project.

1650
01:45:51,560 --> 01:45:53,920
 The five-on-five rule we just talked about.

1651
01:45:54,520 --> 01:45:55,440
 Auburn's basketball.

1652
01:45:55,960 --> 01:45:56,320
 NIL.

1653
01:45:56,860 --> 01:45:57,920
 On and on and on.

1654
01:45:58,080 --> 01:46:00,400
 There's a lot of stuff in the mailbag today.

1655
01:46:01,360 --> 01:46:04,560
 There is, and I think there was – you know, I had a question this week, that first one.

1656
01:46:04,640 --> 01:46:05,820
 It was like, can they win games as a favorite?

1657
01:46:06,000 --> 01:46:13,320
 One of the shocking things that I kind of discovered this week is that Auburn only won 60% of its games as a home favorite under Hugh Freeze.

1658
01:46:13,540 --> 01:46:16,140
 And that was one of the worst, you know, marks in the country.

1659
01:46:16,320 --> 01:46:23,080
 And so, you know, when you look at Alex Goalich's track record of kind of taking care of business, winning when you're expected to win, winning at home.

1660
01:46:23,080 --> 01:46:27,340
 He's talked a lot about how much he values, like, defending Jertan Air Stadium.

1661
01:46:27,860 --> 01:46:30,800
 So it's just some really interesting kind of numbers there, kind of digging.

1662
01:46:30,900 --> 01:46:32,140
 But, yeah, tons of stuff in the mailbag.

1663
01:46:32,480 --> 01:46:34,100
 Plenty of basketball this week.

1664
01:46:34,580 --> 01:46:36,100
 Got a lot of football as well.

1665
01:46:37,080 --> 01:46:40,000
 So, yeah, we've got – it's the off-season now.

1666
01:46:40,380 --> 01:46:43,400
 But, you know, we've got plenty of stuff going on at the Observer these days.

1667
01:46:44,160 --> 01:46:47,840
 Boy, I was going to say, what off-season with that?

1668
01:46:48,420 --> 01:46:49,660
 6 a.m. emails.

1669
01:46:49,960 --> 01:46:50,960
 You've got a podcast.

1670
01:46:52,160 --> 01:46:53,020
 Auburn baseball.

1671
01:46:54,840 --> 01:46:59,100
 Auburn baseball is playing well, and we're going down 30-13, 12-9.

1672
01:46:59,160 --> 01:47:02,700
 And I know you've got a guy who handles that for you.

1673
01:47:03,080 --> 01:47:04,840
 But a lot of stuff going on.

1674
01:47:05,040 --> 01:47:07,620
 Again, where can we get online to get all the great stuff?

1675
01:47:08,520 --> 01:47:08,700
 Yep.

1676
01:47:08,800 --> 01:47:09,600
 Auburneserver.com.

1677
01:47:09,660 --> 01:47:10,080
 Check it out there.

1678
01:47:10,180 --> 01:47:11,900
 Plenty of basketball and football, like I said.

1679
01:47:12,020 --> 01:47:14,880
 You know, on the newsletter and the podcast side, we'll have baseball coverage this weekend.

1680
01:47:15,400 --> 01:47:17,480
 My guy, Henry Patton, is going to help us out.

1681
01:47:17,540 --> 01:47:23,980
 You mentioned Auburn baseball doing four straight SEC series wins for the Tigers, and they've got a really tough one this weekend at A&M.

1682
01:47:24,080 --> 01:47:27,140
 So, good time to hop on board and check out everything we've got going on.

1683
01:47:27,980 --> 01:47:28,740
 Sounded like a winner.

1684
01:47:28,940 --> 01:47:32,240
 Justin, listen, man, thanks for your time, Dave, and keep up the good work, okay?

1685
01:47:32,960 --> 01:47:33,760
 I appreciate you.

1686
01:47:33,820 --> 01:47:34,620
 Thank you.

1687
01:47:34,620 --> 01:47:35,040
 See you, bud.

1688
01:47:35,120 --> 01:47:37,020
 Justin Ferguson, the Auburn Observer.

1689
01:47:37,180 --> 01:47:41,420
 Speaking of stuff going on even as we speak, the update from Tuscaloosa.

1690
01:47:41,860 --> 01:47:42,360
 You're right.

1691
01:47:42,440 --> 01:47:47,840
 From Tuscaloosa, day game, taking on Vanderbilt, concerns about bad weather coming in at night.

1692
01:47:47,880 --> 01:47:50,500
 So, they said, let's just go ahead and get this thing out of the way this afternoon.

1693
01:47:51,160 --> 01:47:52,600
 So far, it's working out for Bama.

1694
01:47:52,700 --> 01:47:54,440
 They're rolling over Vanderbilt 3-0.

1695
01:47:54,580 --> 01:48:01,840
 That game down to third, Bama with runners on at first and third with nobody else, so a chance to add to the lead there, B.B.

1696
01:48:01,980 --> 01:48:07,660
 And not only that, it looks like the women on the softball side said, that sounds like a good idea.

1697
01:48:07,720 --> 01:48:09,060
 Let's go ahead and get to playing this afternoon.

1698
01:48:09,060 --> 01:48:13,020
 Yeah, they're playing South Carolina 0-0 in the fourth inning.

1699
01:48:13,220 --> 01:48:16,840
 And, Harold, they want to avoid the rain tonight.

1700
01:48:17,520 --> 01:48:22,540
 The other reason the softball and baseball teams are playing, and I know they're in different venues,

1701
01:48:23,240 --> 01:48:28,860
 Alabama's got three days of commencement activities this weekend in the Coliseum.

1702
01:48:29,060 --> 01:48:31,500
 And, quite frankly, there's no place to park.

1703
01:48:32,020 --> 01:48:36,060
 They wanted to get the games out of the way.

1704
01:48:36,260 --> 01:48:36,800
 Wait a minute.

1705
01:48:37,100 --> 01:48:38,360
 That's exactly right.

1706
01:48:38,420 --> 01:48:39,260
 Wait a minute.

1707
01:48:39,620 --> 01:48:40,500
 Maybe this is a college.

1708
01:48:40,500 --> 01:48:42,540
 Harold told us this last year.

1709
01:48:42,720 --> 01:48:49,140
 They literally have got so many graduates that they take three days for all the ceremonies.

1710
01:48:49,520 --> 01:48:51,020
 Who came up with this idea, B.B.?

1711
01:48:51,020 --> 01:48:52,400
 Did they not know this was coming?

1712
01:48:53,240 --> 01:48:54,800
 What a mercy.

1713
01:48:55,900 --> 01:48:57,400
 And they get paid how much?

1714
01:48:57,740 --> 01:49:00,540
 Your thoughts quickly, B.B., as far as the postseason.

1715
01:49:00,700 --> 01:49:02,740
 Coming up, we talked about Alabama.

1716
01:49:02,900 --> 01:49:03,840
 We talked about Auburn.

1717
01:49:03,920 --> 01:49:07,140
 Your thoughts as we get ready to head into the postseason for both teams?

1718
01:49:07,480 --> 01:49:10,640
 It would be huge for Alabama to win the series against Vandy.

1719
01:49:10,800 --> 01:49:13,180
 And, as Justin said, Auburn's playing well.

1720
01:49:13,180 --> 01:49:15,180
 They've won the last four series.

1721
01:49:15,980 --> 01:49:21,420
 And, Alabama's got South Carolina next weekend, one of the worst teams in the SEC.

1722
01:49:21,680 --> 01:49:24,000
 Now, we'll see where the seeding is going to be.

1723
01:49:24,160 --> 01:49:25,100
 Boy, that's going to be here.

1724
01:49:25,200 --> 01:49:28,800
 They're going to be in Hoover in the next couple of weeks.

1725
01:49:29,000 --> 01:49:30,880
 But, Auburn's playing well.

1726
01:49:31,040 --> 01:49:32,780
 Alabama looked better last night.

1727
01:49:32,860 --> 01:49:35,040
 They came back from a four-to-one deficit.

1728
01:49:35,720 --> 01:49:37,560
 Hines hit another home run.

1729
01:49:37,720 --> 01:49:42,220
 As you mentioned, the three-to-nothing lead, which is really helping them.

1730
01:49:42,320 --> 01:49:46,300
 But both of these baseball teams, Alabama had not been playing well.

1731
01:49:46,400 --> 01:49:48,340
 They'd lost three consecutive series.

1732
01:49:49,060 --> 01:49:55,460
 And, again, you can hear that, the finale tomorrow on 93-9, the score.

1733
01:49:55,800 --> 01:49:59,060
 But Auburn's playing well, and Alabama seems to be improved.

1734
01:49:59,520 --> 01:50:01,160
 Quickly, another baseball note.

1735
01:50:01,260 --> 01:50:02,720
 The Braves not doing too badly.

1736
01:50:02,860 --> 01:50:05,900
 They're going to be back at it tonight on the road to Colorado.

1737
01:50:05,900 --> 01:50:10,780
 And I've always said, BB, this is one of the more interesting venues in the entire

1738
01:50:10,780 --> 01:50:14,700
 major league baseball world because they don't call it the mile-high city for nothing.

1739
01:50:14,820 --> 01:50:18,820
 If you are a pitcher like Grant Holmson tonight, that's always an interesting setting.

1740
01:50:19,300 --> 01:50:22,960
 And in case you missed the interview earlier with Mr. Braves and Seth Bill Shanks,

1741
01:50:23,500 --> 01:50:25,420
 people have been asking about Strider.

1742
01:50:25,580 --> 01:50:28,740
 I won't steal your thunder, but I will just drop a hint.

1743
01:50:28,840 --> 01:50:32,640
 You might want to watch or listen to the game Sunday here on 93-9, the score as well.

1744
01:50:33,020 --> 01:50:34,100
 That's exactly right.

1745
01:50:34,100 --> 01:50:37,540
 Supposed to be back on Sunday, and you're right.

1746
01:50:37,760 --> 01:50:40,400
 Pitching at mile-high, well, they used to be at mile-high.

1747
01:50:40,580 --> 01:50:41,840
 They're in another stadium now.

1748
01:50:42,020 --> 01:50:43,440
 But, you know, the atmosphere.

1749
01:50:43,700 --> 01:50:48,060
 And, by the way, before we go, good luck to the teams playing today.

1750
01:50:48,240 --> 01:50:51,380
 Morris Hill-Vincent, game three at 3.30.

1751
01:50:51,820 --> 01:50:56,760
 Central Florence at Plainview, that doubleheader begins at 4.30.

1752
01:50:57,300 --> 01:51:02,060
 Phil Campbell at Oakman in Walker County, that is at 4.30.

1753
01:51:02,180 --> 01:51:04,000
 Good luck to our Aerie teams.

1754
01:51:04,100 --> 01:51:08,100
 We also mentioned the Florence Falcons soccer playing tomorrow.

1755
01:51:08,340 --> 01:51:12,220
 If they win, they're going to the state in Huntsville, Alabama.

1756
01:51:12,600 --> 01:51:17,640
 And keep in mind, the Falcons record a perfect, well, almost perfect 20-0, but they have one tie.

1757
01:51:17,780 --> 01:51:19,180
 So, I think they'll take that.

1758
01:51:19,240 --> 01:51:22,240
 But 20-0 taking on you at Trustville coming up tomorrow night.

1759
01:51:22,500 --> 01:51:23,720
 That's going to take care of biz for now.

1760
01:51:23,800 --> 01:51:26,240
 On behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, and the entire crew here.

1761
01:51:26,340 --> 01:51:28,400
 Peril Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1762
01:51:28,880 --> 01:51:31,320
 Let's do it again Monday, noon to two, for the Boomer Buck Show.

1763
01:51:31,420 --> 01:51:33,660
 Back here on Sports Radio, 93.9 The Score.