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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 Sports Voice.

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 Good afternoon and welcome in to the Boomo Bugg Show. I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird. Thank you so much for giving us a free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

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 Brett Beaird, welcome in where the Braves unload the $13 million man. More good news from Mars Hill from the state dates and the Shoals gets ready for the return to the land of Oz.

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 Not to mention, are you ready for some SEC hardball tourney time?

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 A lot on the plate. Good afternoon. Welcome in and how are you?

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 Happy Tuesday to you and the guest. Also, let me add to that list. Nashville, Tennessee, Harold Bugg will host the 2030 Super Bowl.

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 I read earlier today they've got 60,000 motel rooms. They should have 80 by 2030.

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 As you mentioned, Ozzie Newsome is the guest speaker tonight at the UNA Lions Pride Dinner at the Renaissance Shoals Conference Center. In fact, he's got a press conference at 4.30. I'm going to try to go and meet Ozzie.

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 Also, Mars Hill, you mentioned they won yesterday. They beat Arrington 4-0. Bo Willis pitched very well. I wish I had better news this morning. In the sixth inning, Arrington 6, Mars Hill won with three outs to go to send that to game three.

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 And Bruce Marshall will be with us a little bit later on Las Vegas Insider to talk about the state of college football. And no one really knows what it is.

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 The key phrase there is stay tuned. As we also mentioned, a lot to get to going to break down what you just talked about. But the Braves last night, I mean, it just shows everything can go your way.

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 And then boom, out of the blue, things can go crazy. We're talking about a lopsided loss. And the thing about this Braves team, they're not going to mess around too much.

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 And it doesn't really matter how much we got tied up in a contract. Aaron Ballmer finding that out, a bomber of the day, despite a $13 million contract, they said, good luck, but your services are not needed here anymore, BB.

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 Harold, I was actually listening to the two of those innings. He gave up five walks, gave up a grand slam, and again, was finally replaced for the rest of the game.

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 But yeah, he was cut literally today. He had performed well for them last year, but was struggling this year. But the Marlins won 12 to nothing, only the third time the Braves have been shut out this year.

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 But I tell you, when you have a bad game for Atlanta, you do find out there are consequences.

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 Well, I don't want to start a trend. These things, baseball fans, long-time baseball fans know, over the course of a season, sometimes these games are going to happen to you.

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 Sometimes these games are going to happen for you. It's 162 games. But obviously, the Braves saw something. This just wasn't one game.

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 This has been a trend in the eyes of the brain trust there. And they said, may as well go ahead and cut our losses and move on in another direction.

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 Not only a tough night score-wise, tough night for Bomber, but also a tough night for Mr. Baldwin, the catcher. He's now on the injury reserve list.

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 Yeah. Harold, he's got an oblique injury. And he really has been one of the most consistent players.

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 I think he's going to be a superstar. But unfortunately, he's going up.

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 Tromp, their catcher has been up and down. He's going to come back. And again, I know some of our audience are saying, well, what about Sean Murphy?

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 Murphy broke his hand. And he's going to be out for another six weeks. Again, the he-haw theme song, if we went for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all.

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 But yeah, the Braves having to navigate around some bad bullpen pitching and some injuries.

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 Well, and not only that, just anyone, again, familiar with baseball knows the importance of a pitcher.

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 I wish we had our buddy David Weathers on right now, a former pitcher.

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 Nobody knows that more than a pitcher. A catcher sets the tone.

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 Cardinals are having it. Yachty's gone. So they've been going through a plethora of catchers.

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 If you get a .250 or above batting average from your catcher and they can handle a pitching staff, know what to call, when to call, a lot of frame pitches, et cetera, then it's money.

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 I mean, .250 plus is just icing on the cake, but a catcher is more than just a batting average.

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 They set the tone for the pitchers. And basically, they've got to be the alpha male in that battery.

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 They've got to know when to, as they say, hold them, when to fold them with a pitcher.

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 So it's going to be interesting to see what the Braves do during this stretch.

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 But you better watch out for the fields, BB. This team is good.

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 They got off to a rough start. And to the credit of the management there, they went out and made a change early enough.

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 They could still do something about it. So don't keep your eye off the fields.

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 Harold, they're a good team. I was saying that back in April.

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 They're playing too poorly to be as talented as what they are.

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 They've got some very, very good players.

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 And they're on a heater right now.

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 And again, the Braves have a comfortable lead over everybody.

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 But you're right, Harold.

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 Again, I know one of the milestones and benchmarks you and I look at is Memorial Day.

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 And the Braves are in great shape.

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 But don't forget about the Phillies.

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 Stay with baseball for a second, BB.

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 The SEC Hardball Tournament.

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 They had a softball tournament last week.

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 Now it's hardball turning time.

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 And I tell you what, I feel sorry for the scorekeeper down in Hoover right now between Ole Miss and Missouri.

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 You take your eyes off that ball game and they've scored five more runs no matter who's at the plate.

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 Missouri.

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 Harold, is that 8-6?

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 Or at least the last time I saw it.

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 And I believe Missouri, who is the worst team in the SEC in Alabama, beat Ole Miss last weekend.

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 But again, usually the early games are either 2-1 or 12-10.

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 Here's the bottom line.

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 If this is game one of the tournament, which by the way means that you're a terrible team, first of all.

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 Which means you've got to take the long road to a championship, which means that if you have to have that many pitchers on the mound,

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 which means if you've already given up 14 total runs, you ain't going to last long, man.

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 I promise you that.

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 So that's why you want that double bias to stretch your pitching staff out as long as you can.

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 B.B., let's talk a little bit about football.

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 It's always football season here.

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 And anyone who's ever been around the city of Nashville, whether you lived there, stayed there, whatever the connection is,

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 and had the privilege as a kid back in the day, had a summer job up there and fell in love with the place.

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 It's just, I don't know, it's the antithesis, that's a big word I know, just basically the opposite of Atlanta.

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 Atlanta is a city.

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 Nashville is a city, but it feels like a town.

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 And to see them get the Super Bowl, it's amazing.

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 Can you imagine how much money, how much politics, how much pull, everything has to come together for you to land a Super Bowl venue down the road,

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 because that's automatic money, great job of the city of Nashville.

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 No question about it, Harold.

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 32-0 the vote by the NFL owners this morning.

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 The other thing about it is, and again, we're not trying to disparage Atlanta, but Nashville does a great job.

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 You've got all of the entertainment venues, very close relationship to the stadium.

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 I saw some clips on the stadium last week.

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 I mean, it is a state-of-the-art beauty.

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 It should be finished probably by this time next year, I'm guessing, in time for the 2027 season.

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 But good for Nashville.

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 And again, I know people have asked, you know, about the baseball, where they eventually get a baseball franchise.

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 And I know we've talked with some of our guests about that, but that is a beautiful stadium.

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 If you haven't seen it on social media, well worth the time to look at some of the clips inside and outside the stadium.

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 Well, and the thing that goes back as far as the seeds for, and you mentioned baseball in Nashville.

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 Folks, this is the name that I guarantee you, the baseball people in Nashville remember, Larry Schmito.

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 He was a genius in Nashville for minor league sports, said Art Clarkson, friend of ours, now the late Art Clarkson was for Birmingham.

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 He brought the Barons to town.

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 He brought the Tennessee Valley Vipers.

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 Hello, Tom Luganbill.

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 He had an eye.

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 He was a genius as far as marketing.

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 Art's old saying was, never give anything away free.

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 And he didn't, I promise you.

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 But Larry Schmito, I'll give you a story on that sometimes down the road.

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 But Larry Schmito, not only did he, he had the hottest ticket, hottest minor league ticket in all the country back in the day.

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 He hooked up with the Oak Ridge boys and they were so successful back.

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 I guess it was the seventies, eighties, whatever it was.

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 And then he was the one of the guys that opened the road for Huntsville to get the stars because he saw the value and he brought in the group Alabama.

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 He had the unique ability to bring in guys who were high profile, had deep pockets, and he knew how to market a product.

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 But Larry Schmito was the guy that kind of planned the seed for baseball success.

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 They've already had it now with hockey.

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 They've got it, as you mentioned, with the Titans.

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 So why would they not go for the trifecta and bring in Major League Baseball?

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 The only question is, and MLB is going to say, okay, what are we going to do here with the Braves down the road and closer than that?

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 Cincinnati and in St. Louis is not too far.

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 So that would, to me, I think the city would support it.

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 But I think MLB would get a lot of pushback from Cincinnati, Atlanta, and St. Louis, BB.

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 Yeah, again, I think Nashville is going to have to lobby MLB a little bit harder than they normally do.

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 But, again, they've got so many things going in their favor.

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 I mentioned, again, the economy is booming.

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 You've got a tremendous area in downtown.

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 And, Harold, quite frankly, to me, Nashville got the Super Bowl because of the NFL draft several years ago.

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 When they had, what was it, 250,000, it's hard to estimate crowds like that.

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 But they really earned it when they had so much of a crowd in attendance for three days in Nashville.

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 I think that got him there.

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 And you mentioned Art Clarkson was an absolute marketing genius for the Birmingham Barons, the arena football.

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 And Smith, who was, I know he worked his staff to death because I talked to some of them about that.

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 Exactly.

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 But I tell one thing, Harold, he knew what he was doing.

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 And everything you did, it was successful.

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 Nashville is a great place.

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 BB, we've got it all covered.

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 We've got you a buffet of stuff going on here.

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 Folks have been asking about Amari Allen.

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 We know the situation, NFL draft, a little bit different ball game, pardon the pun, with basketball and some of the other sports.

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 You can put your name in, but you can also take your name out on a certain date.

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 Your thoughts, what are you hearing about Amari Allen?

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 And I know Nate Oates would love to get something in terms of a traffic light.

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 Is it going to be a green light?

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 Is it going to be a red light?

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 Right now, it looks like it's a yellow light.

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 What's the latest in the Amari Allen sweepstakes?

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 Harold, I think we're going to know something definitive by Friday as far as whether he is going to come back to Alabama or stay in the draft.

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 According to Mike Rodak, Obama247, had a short tweet this morning and said,

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 The ESPN draft expert, Jeremy Wu, W-O-O, he has now fallen down to 34.

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 Wow.

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 And Harold, again, if he's not going to be in the first round of the NBA draft, I think you'll see him come back.

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 I think he and Nate Oates already know what they're going to do.

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 He'll probably let people know in a couple of days.

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 But his stock has fallen again, but, you know, he measured 6.5 instead of 6.8.

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 But it's not so much that.

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 I think he had a solid combine but didn't set the world on fire.

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 And right now, if I had to make a prediction, I think he comes back to Alabama.

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 Well, I mean, to me, it's just a no-brainer.

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 If you're not going to pick up that guaranteed first-round money, it's going to cost you money to pick up the second-round money.

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 And then if he comes back to Alabama, what is that NIL deal going to mean more?

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 So sorting through all the BS here, he'd make more money coming back to Alabama than he would go in second or lower rounds of the NBA.

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 So to me, it's a no-brainer.

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 But we'll keep you up to date on AA, Amari Allen.

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 In the meantime, what's going on down in the plains?

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 Logan Fowler talking to Auburn and Morris right ahead of the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 Welcome back in.

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 It is a privilege for us to say hello to Logan Fowler.

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 He's got the Auburn Tigers covered.

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 That's 18-19 news.

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 Logan, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Doing very well, guys.

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 How are you?

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 How are you?

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 Man, it's kickback day, is it not, for the Auburn baseball team.

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 You're kind of enjoying the fruits of your labor.

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 If you have a pretty good regular season, you get the opening day off of the SEC baseball tournament, as in the Auburn Tigers.

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 They would covet that double by the rest of the pitching staff.

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 But, hey, you've got to take what you've got.

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 They do get the day off, but they've got a close eye, I'm sure, on that LSU-Oklahoma game.

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 Logan, your thoughts about Auburn, basically in the late date tomorrow night, against the winners of OK, if you will, and LSU.

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 Yep.

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 Yeah, I mean, Auburn, like you mentioned, they'll be facing the winner of that.

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 They have the night cap tonight.

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 Auburn has not seen LSU this season.

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 They finished, you know, with a 9-21 mark in league play, which is certainly a 360 from a season ago for them.

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 LSU's the 14th seed, Oklahoma's the 11th.

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 Both teams finished below 500.

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 Auburn did see Oklahoma in the regular season and won that series at Plainsman Park.

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 They dropped the middle game in that series, which is crazy enough.

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 One of its eight one-run losses this season, seven of those came in league play.

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 So I'd expect Auburn to get through the quarterfinals and get through to the quarterfinals and see Texas A&M on Friday,

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 which, again, Auburn came up one run shy of a sweep in College Station just a few weeks ago.

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 I'll be interested to see tonight or tomorrow night, you know, pitching.

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 Auburn's got some options here.

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 My personal opinion is that they're probably going to try to keep things as normal as possible

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 and see if you can slide past LSU maybe with the combo of Griffin Graves,

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 Griffin Graves, Abe Chancellor, maybe Marcel Kulik.

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 Obviously, you have the option to start Jackson Sanders, but I would imagine that they're going to keep him, you know,

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 where he's shined in that reliever role and try to save him for the weekend.

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 Obviously, once you get to the weekend, you have your options of Jake Marciano,

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 Andreas Alvarez, and Alex Petrovic to get you to the weekend.

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 So, you know, my personal opinion is that we'll see kind of a midweek approach tonight or tomorrow night on the rubber.

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 Obviously, there's been no official announcement on that, but I would think that's where Auburn probably wants to go.

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 Logan, the SEC office handed out some hardware yesterday.

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 Four Auburn players earned All-SEC Conference honors.

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 Chris Rembert was the first team All-SEC at second base.

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 Ethan Bingham and Jackson Sanders, second team, first base and relief pitcher.

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 And Eric Guevara was All-SEC defensive team.

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 And Logan also, with their RPI and strength of schedule,

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 and I know Auburn wants to win as many games as they can,

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 I really do think they've got a shot at the top eight.

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 Yeah, I think that what they've done, obviously,

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 there was a bit of a bitter end to the regular season,

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 having, you know, fallen in the season series to Jacksonville State.

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 And then, obviously, you go and you drop the series at home against Georgia,

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 who's obviously a rival who you want to beat.

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 That's a tough Georgia team to beat.

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 You know, I think the win on Sunday was a big one,

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 not just for momentum heading into the postseason,

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 but, you know, just to have claimed to win against one of your rivals on the diamond this season.

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 Obviously, that didn't happen against Alabama,

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 and you were, you know, really close to getting swept by that Georgia team.

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 But, no, I think that the numbers and the metrics are nearly identical from a season ago

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 where Auburn obviously did host a super regional against Coastal Carolina.

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 They didn't come out of it, but they did get to host.

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 So, I really do think that Auburn's going to see,

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 I don't think they're going to have to leave Plainson Park to get to Omaha.

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 So, I think Auburn baseball fans can certainly look forward to some more baseball at Plainson Park.

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 Logan Fowler is going to have with us, 18-19 sports.

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 Let's switch gears.

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 It's always shopping season.

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 Logan, talk to us about the latest tandem of Tigers

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 that this Auburn football staff picked up on the recruiting trail.

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 Fruits, a big cat weekend.

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 Yeah.

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 Yep, obviously, you know, yesterday got another big pickup

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 and four-star offensive lineman,

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 Leighton Von Brandt from DeWitt, Delaware, 6'6", 281.

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 247 sports composite rankings has him at the number 64 player nationally,

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 number five offensive tackle.

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 You know, I had to fend off some heavy suitors.

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 There was a commitment over Notre Dame and Florida and Penn State

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 where he was previously committed to.

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 It's, you know, this is obviously a big pickup because, you know,

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 Auburn simply has not recruited well at the offensive line position for a number of years.

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 So, you know, he's the second signee that Auburn's picked up after three-star offensive lineman,

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 Jalen Moore, among that front five.

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 So that's just, you know, maybe it can be a domino effect for Coach Hoodie

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 and that offensive staff to kind of get the ball rolling

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 and bring in some top-notch recruits on the offensive line.

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 But Auburn also secured a commitment from three-star linebacker,

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 Kareem Palmer, out of Georgia, 6'2", 215.

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 Not as highly rated as Leighton Von Brandt, but still a nice pickup in itself.

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 So Auburn's currently sitting, you know, certainly has jumped up in the recruiting rankings.

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 Right now, 247 sports has him at number 26 nationally.

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 They're up to eight commitments, and they were sitting at, I believe, two in the spring at A-Day.

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 I think they only had two commits.

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 So certainly starting to see, you know, some waves rolling through on the recruiting trail.

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 Perhaps there's more to come after, obviously, after Big Cat weekend last weekend.

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 It seems like maybe another offensive tackle in Rance Brown,

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 maybe a defensive back in Nash Johnson and a Juco defensive lineman in Christian Mays

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 could certainly be guys to monitor.

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 But, you know, all in all, I think that you've got to be excited for the momentum that you're seeing

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 on the recruiting trail from Alex Golesh and the staff.

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 Logan, you took the words out of my mouth because I was going to mention two of those dudes.

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 Nash Johnson from Georgia, a defensive back, was a commitment to Alabama and decommitted.

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 Christian Mays, all 6'4", 345 of him.

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 Northeast Mississippi Community College.

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 Of course, I know some other teams are looking at him.

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 And Junior James Tuupo, he added the last name from Thompson,

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 another one of these freakish defensive backs from Mark Freeman at Thompson.

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 Those are three guys I think eventually end up at Auburn.

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 Yeah, yeah.

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 You know, certainly on the defensive line, you certainly can't overrule or count out

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 Vontrell King-Williams as a recruiter.

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 He's, you know, proven himself time and time again, especially after the classroom two years ago

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 with Malik Autry and Jared Smith and those type guys, Jordan Crawford.

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 I think that you, you know, you'll obviously be excited with what Vontrell King-Williams is going to do.

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 You know, there was, it's a lot to keep up from, you know, keep up with from Big Cat Weekend.

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 A couple of linebackers, a couple of defensive linemen.

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 You know, I think that Auburn, I think Auburn's going to see its defensive class,

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 you know, I think a heavier maybe defensive class than offensive, than an offensive class right now.

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 A lot of the guys and the names that you're hearing are on the defensive side of the ball.

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 So, you know, other than the offensive tackle, I think Rance Brown, who I mentioned a moment ago,

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 is down to two.

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 You get Carlos May was a name who Auburn's starting to feel comfortable with.

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 You've got, obviously, Christian Mays, who said Auburn was at the top of his list.

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 Nash Johnson would be a huge pickup if Auburn could find a way to get him in.

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 And so, a lot of names, a lot of interesting names, and a lot of, I guess, star-studded names

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 that Auburn's involved with.

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 Logan, let's play a little game here.

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 Let's talk basketball.

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 One of the latest additions to the class.

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 I'll take the first name.

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 You take the last one, okay?

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 I'll give you a hint.

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 He's from Lithuania.

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 His first name is Mantis.

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 You can help us out with the second name.

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 Guys, I have, I have, I've practiced this.

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 Good, good.

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 And I still think I'm wrong.

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 We'll call him Rusty, okay?

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 I can't, I cannot wait for the, for the Auburn media relations to put out a pronunciation.

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 Because certainly a couple of names on this roster that are going to be hard to pronounce.

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 I'm going to go with Rube, Rube Stavichius.

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 That's good.

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 That's good.

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 I think that's good.

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 That was our second choice.

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 Good, good, good job.

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 We're going to, we're going to go with it.

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 Anywho, yep, yes.

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 Auburn's roster is now complete with the addition, the addition of Mantis.

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 He's been linked to Auburn for a few months.

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 Had some NCAA eligibility hurdles he had to overcome.

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 So, you know, he's already participated in a couple of NBA draft cycles, 24 years old.

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 Again, playing in Lithuania before playing in Australia.

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 He was invited to NBA G League elite camp and appeared in the NBA Summer League with the Golden State Warriors.

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 Six foot six, six foot seven.

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 He's listed at a couple of different heights.

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 About 185, but he's an elite scorer with a nice touch from deep.

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 You know, he gives Auburn lots of size to operate with at those, you know, two and three spots.

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 After just watching a couple of minutes of film on the game, I think he's going to be somebody who comes off a ton of off-ball screens, who's going to, you know, catch and shoot.

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 And, obviously, that's going to be pretty lethal to pair with Kevin Overton, who, you know, you saw light it up from deep throughout the Tigers' NIT run.

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 You know, he can shoot off the dribble.

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 I think, obviously, though, you know, Stephen Pearl's identity is playing a physical brand of defensive basketball.

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 So, how is, you know, how is his game going to translate on that end of the floor?

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 But, all in all, I really, really like what Auburn's done through the portal.

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 Eight new players and three returnees.

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 Obviously, you get the hot Pettiford back for year three.

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 Kevin Overton was obviously huge.

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 I'm looking for Simon Walker, who's a name that I think is being overlooked.

429
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 I think that guy can really shoot the cover off the ball.

430
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 Hopefully, he can get a little bit more run.

431
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 Maybe be a Blake Muschelik-type player who can come in and provide some minutes for you at the one and two.

432
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 And, then, obviously, you've got a lot bigger and a more athletic with Adam Olsen and Thomas Dowd, Buki Abouye, and Ingoi from France.

433
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 So, I really do like the additions that Stephen Pearl and his staff added to the Auburn basketball roster.

434
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 Yeah, I was going to say that Huntsville alum is pretty good.

435
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 But, I watched him several games throughout his career.

436
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 Great stuff, Logan.

437
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 A lot of stuff going on.

438
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 Auburn baseball course front and center this week.

439
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 Recruiting will remain.

440
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 I know you've got it all covered.

441
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 But, where can we get online to get all your good stuff?

442
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 Yeah, 1819news.com.

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 You can check out my red work over there.

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 And, then, you can check me out on social media at Logan F. Fowler.

445
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 And, guys, don't forget, Auburn men's golf is on the hunt for another national title.

446
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 And, women's tennis fell short.

447
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 National runner-up in a loss to Texas A&M.

448
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 So, lots to be excited for all the fans right now.

449
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 A buffet of stuff.

450
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 We know you've got it all covered.

451
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 Logan, listen, man, thanks so much.

452
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 And, keep up the good work, okay?

453
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 Absolutely, guys.

454
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 Thank you.

455
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 Thank you, bud.

456
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 Thank you.

457
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 If the ACC baseball tournament is going to be anything like game one, buckle up.

578
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 After falling behind 7-2, Ole Miss now tied with Missouri 8-8.

579
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 I think they're coming up on the eighth inning.

580
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 Wild time down in Hoover.

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582
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 I certainly do.

583
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 Morris Hill won game one to the class two-way state baseball championship, four to nothing.

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585
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 And who wins that game is going to bring back a blue mount.

590
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 Zach Pounders of the show's sports report is actually there.

591
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 And very quickly, our producer extraordinaire, James Moody, told me, Sheffield has a new boys basketball coach, Duke Taylor, coming from Convert County High School.

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597
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 Bruce Marshall, welcome in.

598
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 How are you?

599
00:39:11,540 --> 00:39:12,460
 I am good.

600
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 I'm down in Florida this week, actually.

601
00:39:15,220 --> 00:39:22,440
 But I hear Hoover, and I begin to get wistful there because I miss the days, SEC media days.

602
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 Oh, man.

603
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 Wind free, which was the best place.

604
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 You're in a great mall there, and places to stay that weren't as expensive as these places Sankey thinks they have to go to now, and that baseball stadium is just down the road.

605
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 And I miss being in Hoover.

606
00:39:38,620 --> 00:39:42,260
 I guess I'll be there in Tampa, but, man, I wish they'd move it back to Hoover.

607
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 It's a perfect place.

608
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 No, you know what, Bruce?

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 We have the privilege to talk to a lot of folks, and without exception, except those who live in Atlanta.

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 If you live there, I understand that.

611
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 But everybody else, 99.9%.

612
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 And just the parking alone is worth it.

613
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 When you go to these other places, you're broke before you get to the venue.

614
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 So speaking of venues, Bruce, your reaction to another super place that's Hoover's to the south of us?

615
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 Nashville is to the north of us.

616
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 We're the sandwich city here.

617
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 Your thoughts about a super good time coming to the music city down the road?

618
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 Well, yeah.

619
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 I mean, you know, I drove by that stadium that they're building right next to the Titan Stadium, and it's right next to it there.

620
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 And this is what, it's funny, you know, these stadiums have about a 25-year life now.

621
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 I remember when they built that Nissan.

622
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 But Nashville is a venue for all of us.

623
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 That's why the SEC is keeping the tournament there.

624
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 So the Super Bowl wants to come there.

625
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 They have the NFL draft there.

626
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 But this new stadium opens up a lot of more things for them.

627
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 And now you can, you know, Final Fours and things.

628
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 I mean, it is one of the best, I should say, if the SEC media days aren't Hoover, my next favorite place is in Nashville.

629
00:41:02,360 --> 00:41:02,520
 Right.

630
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 So that's the other place it should be.

631
00:41:05,540 --> 00:41:08,820
 But, no, I mean, they've got the stadium coming in, so I can understand.

632
00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:11,820
 The Dome is going to be ready, I guess, next year, right?

633
00:41:11,880 --> 00:41:13,380
 Not quite this year, but next year.

634
00:41:14,240 --> 00:41:23,740
 So, in fact, I might even be up there to watch, you know, Ole Miss is opening the season against Louisville in Nashville that Sunday.

635
00:41:24,060 --> 00:41:26,380
 And Brett wants me to come up and watch that, so I might.

636
00:41:26,460 --> 00:41:26,720
 We'll see.

637
00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:27,920
 You know what?

638
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 Speaking of the devil himself, guess who's going to be on with us tomorrow?

639
00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:33,700
 The aforementioned Brett Norsworthy, not Brett.

640
00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:34,980
 Well, Brett Beaird is going to be here, too.

641
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 But Brett, I just got word, he's going to join us tomorrow.

642
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 He is a super guy, but he's hard.

643
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 He bleeds Ole Miss.

644
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 Before we get into some of the specifics, Bruce, your thoughts about Ole Miss now?

645
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 I thought it was cute the other day.

646
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 Pete Golding, he's tough, is he not?

647
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 He's not a wimpy, everybody deserves a trophy kind of guy.

648
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 I saw the video after Steve Sarkeesian threw the shade at him.

649
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 He was doing a video basket weaving to hand out to recruits.

650
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 What's your thoughts about Ole Miss next season?

651
00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:04,720
 Well, you know, we'll see.

652
00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:09,920
 I mean, they got the big win with the Chambles coming back, and this will be, you wonder, you

653
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 know, they're going to have quite a chip on their shoulder like they did in the playoffs,

654
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 I think, after Lane left.

655
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 And this is Golding's chance.

656
00:42:17,340 --> 00:42:18,640
 I mean, he's got the window.

657
00:42:18,780 --> 00:42:20,240
 Let's see if they can sustain it.

658
00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:24,500
 You know, and Norsworthy, you know, he did make a point.

659
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:28,760
 He said, we were sort of out of the big-time football business until Lane showed up, and

660
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 he's right.

661
00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:34,340
 I mean, they did win 50 games the last five years, which is pretty special for Ole Miss.

662
00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:35,520
 We'll see what the Golden can do.

663
00:42:35,820 --> 00:42:39,020
 Sarkeesian's comments, I thought, were unfortunate.

664
00:42:39,300 --> 00:42:44,940
 I mean, a lot of these guys who transfer now, anyway, a lot of them have their degrees already,

665
00:42:45,140 --> 00:42:48,860
 so, I mean, who's kidding whom here about this stuff?

666
00:42:49,700 --> 00:42:55,360
 I also think Lane, Lane kind of threw dirt at Ole Miss.

667
00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:56,080
 Yes.

668
00:42:56,300 --> 00:43:02,600
 You know, right when I'm getting to the point where I'm more tolerant of Kiffin, I'm starting

669
00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:06,460
 to say, eh, it's okay, and then he comes up with something stupid like that, and it was,

670
00:43:06,980 --> 00:43:15,440
 he's pandering, he went for a narrative that he's pandering to black athletes, and he's,

671
00:43:15,840 --> 00:43:23,440
 he can't, it's so thinly disguised, and it was just ill-conceived the way he said that,

672
00:43:23,900 --> 00:43:29,360
 and the stuff about the diversity, you know, I mean, this is, no, it was misplaced, and it

673
00:43:29,360 --> 00:43:34,060
 was very unfortunate, but he doesn't really have a feel with this stuff, and right as soon

674
00:43:34,060 --> 00:43:38,420
 as we get to thinking Lane's okay, then he comes up and says something ridiculous like

675
00:43:38,420 --> 00:43:39,720
 that, so, there you go.

676
00:43:40,180 --> 00:43:47,300
 Bruce, I think the one word to sum up college sports right now is frustration, and I get it,

677
00:43:47,340 --> 00:43:55,420
 the ACC met last week, and they, they look like they want to, in lockstep, go to 24, that's

678
00:43:55,420 --> 00:44:03,140
 the big argument now, 16 and 24, the Big Tens meeting in California this week, the SEC next

679
00:44:03,140 --> 00:44:09,960
 week in Sandestin, Ross Dillinger of Yahoo, who's now turned into the college football

680
00:44:09,960 --> 00:44:16,880
 insider, and look, we've heard this for 20 years from football fans say, well, one of

681
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:22,060
 these days, these conferences are going to get fed up with the NCAA and break away, start

682
00:44:22,060 --> 00:44:27,840
 their own gig, and literally, Ross Dillinger mentioned yesterday, one of the agenda items

683
00:44:27,840 --> 00:44:34,400
 that Greg Sankey has got on the table next week is, should the SEC and other conferences

684
00:44:34,400 --> 00:44:37,620
 seriously consider breaking away from the NCAA?

685
00:44:38,380 --> 00:44:46,340
 Now, that would open a Pandora's box in itself, but I get the frustration, and I know the SEC

686
00:44:46,340 --> 00:44:48,220
 and Big Ten has talked about this.

687
00:44:48,620 --> 00:44:50,980
 Bruce, do you think there's any validity to this?

688
00:44:51,920 --> 00:44:57,260
 I do, Brett, I'm just not sure how soon it's going to happen, but we're, you know, a couple

689
00:44:57,260 --> 00:45:02,680
 of years ago, I would have thought, by the end of this decade, something, something's going

690
00:45:02,680 --> 00:45:06,260
 to happen, now we're getting closer to the end of the decade now, so we're in 2026, so

691
00:45:06,260 --> 00:45:11,240
 I guess this would have to happen by 2030, so that's about a little less than a 50% chance,

692
00:45:11,280 --> 00:45:15,880
 so I might push that out a couple more years, but no, I think the day is coming where that

693
00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:20,800
 will happen, the NCAA, as far as football is concerned, listen, they've been out of the football

694
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 business, or the TV business, at least since the mid-80s, when the first CFA came out,

695
00:45:27,980 --> 00:45:30,900
 and the TV packages, and they don't control it at all anymore.

696
00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:38,300
 The question is going to be what, if they can do this for football, I don't think the

697
00:45:38,300 --> 00:45:42,720
 big conferences want to do this for basketball right now, it's not as big a money deal as

698
00:45:42,720 --> 00:45:48,180
 football, but it's good money, and the NCAA, that is one thing the NCAA does control, in

699
00:45:48,180 --> 00:45:53,820
 fact, that is the lifeblood of the NCAA's March business, and they still negotiate those

700
00:45:53,820 --> 00:46:00,820
 deals with the networks, and most of the colleges are happy with that, and the big conferences

701
00:46:00,820 --> 00:46:02,800
 kind of reluctantly go along with it.

702
00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:06,740
 How the playoff goes in the interim, it is going to expand at some point.

703
00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:11,320
 I think I had heard Sankey talking about, he would rather have it go to 16 first.

704
00:46:11,580 --> 00:46:11,720
 Yeah.

705
00:46:13,060 --> 00:46:17,880
 In his case there, I think that's more sort of protectionism.

706
00:46:17,880 --> 00:46:23,380
 I think he knows where this stuff is going, but my read on Sankey is, and maybe Petiti is

707
00:46:23,380 --> 00:46:26,460
 the same thing, but more Sankey, I can just kind of see through him here, I think.

708
00:46:26,920 --> 00:46:29,420
 He, this is protectionism for the SEC.

709
00:46:29,640 --> 00:46:35,300
 He would like as few, not just the SEC to get most of the bids, but as few bids as possible

710
00:46:35,300 --> 00:46:37,280
 to go to other conferences and other leagues.

711
00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:44,020
 And it's sort of like when you're a kid, you know, when you've got a nice toy, you don't

712
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 want all your friends to get the same toy.

713
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 I mean, you want to be the one with the nice toy.

714
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 Adults, you've got a nice car, your best friend gets the same nice car, and you'd rather

715
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 say you had it.

716
00:46:53,620 --> 00:46:58,880
 So I think it's nothing more than that, but back to your original question about the

717
00:46:58,880 --> 00:47:05,820
 NC2A, for football, I'll put a five-year time limit on it now, and I think there will

718
00:47:05,820 --> 00:47:06,400
 be a change.

719
00:47:06,780 --> 00:47:07,480
 Basketball, I don't know.

720
00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:08,940
 That's the thing how they're going to have to figure out.

721
00:47:09,180 --> 00:47:12,860
 Basketball and everything else, we'll see, but I think football may go a separate way.

722
00:47:13,420 --> 00:47:16,260
 Legally, I'm not sure how to get done, but they'll look into it for sure.

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 Bruce, I saw a story the other day and kind of surprised a little bit until you start

726
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 thinking about it.

727
00:47:26,380 --> 00:47:30,980
 Of course, coaches want the field to go to 24, job security, and in their minds, they'd

728
00:47:30,980 --> 00:47:34,900
 have to go to 124, so they can put it on their resume, under accomplishments.

729
00:47:35,640 --> 00:47:41,000
 The one force that's a major force that basically, at least according to the story, does not want

730
00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:44,540
 to go to 24, maybe 16, or if you keep it at 12, is ESPN.

731
00:47:45,180 --> 00:47:48,500
 I mean, the initial thought is, wait a minute, that's more money, and then you get to thinking

732
00:47:48,500 --> 00:47:48,920
 about it.

733
00:47:48,920 --> 00:47:51,440
 Well, they've got a lot of money tied up in bowls.

734
00:47:52,260 --> 00:47:53,680
 How much money can you spend?

735
00:47:53,860 --> 00:47:58,780
 Bruce, your thoughts, what are you reading into ESPN basically saying, let's hold off on

736
00:47:58,780 --> 00:48:00,440
 this 24 thing here right now?

737
00:48:01,140 --> 00:48:07,960
 Yeah, I think ESPN's case is, you know, because other networks want to get involved with this

738
00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:08,140
 thing.

739
00:48:08,140 --> 00:48:11,260
 I mean, their plate is so full right now.

740
00:48:12,520 --> 00:48:19,580
 And actually, I think the college has got to think about this hard, too, because we know

741
00:48:19,580 --> 00:48:21,340
 how the NFL reacts to this stuff.

742
00:48:22,020 --> 00:48:31,360
 And if the colleges want to start burrowing into that December and early January, the prime

743
00:48:31,360 --> 00:48:36,580
 spots, the NFL is going to run interference and say, I don't think so.

744
00:48:36,580 --> 00:48:43,240
 If you remember last year, the first day of the college playoffs, I mean, the NFL moved

745
00:48:43,240 --> 00:48:50,020
 to have some, and it was, the Bears played the Packers that same night as Oregon played

746
00:48:50,020 --> 00:48:51,420
 James Madison.

747
00:48:51,820 --> 00:48:54,620
 I dare say, which rating, TV rating won.

748
00:48:56,080 --> 00:49:01,280
 So they've got to be a little careful, because there's only so many hours and watchable hours

749
00:49:01,280 --> 00:49:01,900
 here in the NFL.

750
00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:04,640
 You've seen now they're expanding games.

751
00:49:04,760 --> 00:49:06,500
 Are you putting Wednesday nights out there now?

752
00:49:06,760 --> 00:49:10,700
 I think they're a little worried about the NFL just saying, oh, we're not going to give

753
00:49:10,700 --> 00:49:13,360
 you, this is, we dictate the TV.

754
00:49:13,480 --> 00:49:14,620
 You don't do it to college football.

755
00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:16,840
 So that's still to be determined.

756
00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:19,040
 That's what I think is a little bit behind ESPN.

757
00:49:19,200 --> 00:49:23,440
 There's only so many hours and so much you can do, and they're already pretty full in

758
00:49:23,440 --> 00:49:23,880
 the NFL.

759
00:49:24,080 --> 00:49:25,060
 You don't want to get them met.

760
00:49:25,240 --> 00:49:25,540
 We'll see.

761
00:49:26,200 --> 00:49:32,060
 Bruce, I think one topic that's going to come up next week at San Destin is, and all you

762
00:49:32,060 --> 00:49:35,080
 hear now is about, are we going to 16 or 24?

763
00:49:36,160 --> 00:49:38,520
 Why don't they solve some of the other issues?

764
00:49:38,960 --> 00:49:40,800
 Five years to play five.

765
00:49:40,800 --> 00:49:44,160
 Are we going to start the season on week zero?

766
00:49:45,920 --> 00:49:52,620
 You know, there are 10 other items that really need to be looked at, and that's one of the

767
00:49:52,620 --> 00:49:54,720
 things Sankey mentioned again last week.

768
00:49:55,040 --> 00:50:00,280
 Look, we've got until the end of the year to really make a decision on this.

769
00:50:00,560 --> 00:50:06,720
 Are they going to keep the conference championship games, which the SEC makes a ton of money?

770
00:50:07,080 --> 00:50:11,320
 Bruce, when are they going to come up with some answers for the other 10 or 15 questions?

771
00:50:12,640 --> 00:50:18,160
 Well, they'll start answering some of them in Destin, and I think, and college football

772
00:50:18,160 --> 00:50:18,760
 in general.

773
00:50:19,280 --> 00:50:27,740
 There will be a pretty strong consensus on week zero will become a full week, and I think

774
00:50:27,740 --> 00:50:28,280
 that's coming.

775
00:50:29,040 --> 00:50:31,280
 So, we've already got the schedule out this year.

776
00:50:31,360 --> 00:50:32,920
 I think that'll start in 2027.

777
00:50:33,920 --> 00:50:37,920
 So, I think there will be some unanimity on that.

778
00:50:38,240 --> 00:50:46,480
 The SEC title game, yeah, but I think the TV deal is going to have something to do with

779
00:50:46,480 --> 00:50:54,920
 that because if, indeed, we go to an expanded playoff, that first, that weekend there would

780
00:50:54,920 --> 00:50:55,960
 probably be a playoff weekend.

781
00:50:56,320 --> 00:51:00,280
 It's just, would there be more money from a playoff for the SEC, or would you have your

782
00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:01,080
 conference title game?

783
00:51:01,680 --> 00:51:06,000
 Personally, I think conference title games were an interesting idea in the 90s, and they

784
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:06,840
 were relevant.

785
00:51:07,400 --> 00:51:11,140
 Not as much anymore, not with the playoff, and especially with the big conferences, because

786
00:51:11,140 --> 00:51:16,160
 there's no drama, and I think at some point the marketplace will say, okay, I don't think

787
00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:17,380
 we have to do that.

788
00:51:17,540 --> 00:51:22,920
 The other thing is, you know, put the neutral sites in for some of these playoff games early,

789
00:51:23,020 --> 00:51:28,820
 and maybe you make, you know, Mercedes-Benz Stadium host one of the first games.

790
00:51:28,920 --> 00:51:32,180
 So, there's a lot of different ways to cut it, but here's another one I'll give you.

791
00:51:32,240 --> 00:51:37,280
 By the end of the decade, there will not be an SEC or Big Ten or Big Ten, Big 12 title

792
00:51:37,280 --> 00:51:37,500
 game.

793
00:51:37,600 --> 00:51:40,340
 Those things will go, and I think that's coming.

794
00:51:40,500 --> 00:51:44,180
 Some of the other things we'll see, but that and, but before that, the week zero thing

795
00:51:44,180 --> 00:51:46,740
 to expand, that'll get implemented by next year.

796
00:51:46,740 --> 00:51:48,940
 Yeah, yeah, well, it needs to.

797
00:51:49,340 --> 00:51:55,320
 Listen, great stuff, Major League Baseball, the Braves did not do well last night, but

798
00:51:55,320 --> 00:51:56,560
 they've had a great season.

799
00:51:57,280 --> 00:52:03,040
 The NBA, that was quite a game last night with double overtime with OK State and San Antonio

800
00:52:03,040 --> 00:52:10,400
 winning that game, but baseball, college baseball, still a lot of things going on in Las Vegas,

801
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 Bruce.

802
00:52:11,540 --> 00:52:12,280
 Yes, there are.

803
00:52:12,380 --> 00:52:15,260
 By the way, it's quite a game if you had the over last night.

804
00:52:15,940 --> 00:52:21,140
 You had to wait until the second overtime to get there, but that makes up for all those

805
00:52:21,140 --> 00:52:23,600
 others that lost in overtime earlier in the year.

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815
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 Can't thank you, Ness.

816
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817
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 The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of the Mobile Baykeepers when it comes to legal action taken against Alabama Power.

904
00:57:01,640 --> 00:57:05,680
 The appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit that had been dismissed by a lower court.

905
00:57:05,880 --> 00:57:13,520
 The lawsuit was filed by the Mobile Baykeepers back in 2022 over coal ash that was left at a closed-down power plant in Barrie.

906
00:57:13,780 --> 00:57:19,640
 Mobile Baykeepers say the coal ash could allow for arsenic and other toxins to seep into the ground and surrounding waters.

907
00:57:19,640 --> 00:57:23,360
 The lawsuit also accuses Alabama Power of violating federal regulations.

908
00:57:23,520 --> 00:57:26,900
 The district court dismissed the case, saying that the Mobile Baykeepers lacked standing.

909
00:57:27,060 --> 00:57:36,520
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910
00:57:37,000 --> 00:57:39,500
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911
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 The search on Lake Guntersville is entering its third day today for a missing boater.

919
00:58:13,580 --> 00:58:18,860
 The person went missing on Sunday afternoon and has been identified as 25-year-old Jeremiah Gamble of Tallassee.

920
00:58:19,100 --> 00:58:21,340
 Gamble went below the water's surface and never came up.

921
00:58:21,560 --> 00:58:30,140
 Officials say that the grass and vegetation that is growing in shallow waters in that lake is what is interfering with their progress with sonar that's being used to trace the bottom.

922
00:58:30,640 --> 00:58:34,100
 A woman is in critical condition after being hit by a train in Irvington.

923
00:58:34,300 --> 00:58:36,840
 Authorities say the woman was sitting on the tracks near Highway 90.

924
00:58:37,260 --> 00:58:38,520
 She was taken to the nearest hospital.

925
00:58:39,080 --> 00:58:39,820
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926
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932
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933
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960
01:00:47,620 --> 01:00:53,040
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961
01:00:53,760 --> 01:00:55,780
 Welcome back in our show to the Boomo Bugg Show.

962
01:00:55,880 --> 01:00:57,500
 I'm Harold Bugg, alongside Brett Beaird.

963
01:00:57,600 --> 01:01:00,480
 Thank you so much for giving us a free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

964
01:01:00,600 --> 01:01:09,580
 Bibi, can you think of a better way to kick off the second hour of the show today than heading on down to the big go and checking in with AA?

965
01:01:10,580 --> 01:01:13,400
 It's the perfect way to begin the second hour.

966
01:01:13,400 --> 01:01:20,660
 And Harold Bugg, some people jump out of planes for no reason whatsoever.

967
01:01:21,160 --> 01:01:21,380
 Right.

968
01:01:21,380 --> 01:01:25,180
 Our next guest has got a story she literally did.

969
01:01:25,740 --> 01:01:26,580
 Really, really.

970
01:01:26,840 --> 01:01:29,620
 And is this before 5 o'clock or during the 5 o'clock hour?

971
01:01:30,540 --> 01:01:32,900
 Listen, I saw a clip on this.

972
01:01:33,080 --> 01:01:34,580
 I would not have believed it.

973
01:01:34,740 --> 01:01:35,100
 All right.

974
01:01:35,180 --> 01:01:42,780
 Well, anybody would jump out of a perfectly good airplane, but our next guest literally did just that.

975
01:01:43,040 --> 01:01:48,380
 I can't wait for the details on that and more with AA, Andrew Adelson, the chief at ESPN.

976
01:01:48,500 --> 01:01:49,640
 AA, welcome in.

977
01:01:49,720 --> 01:01:50,560
 How are you?

978
01:01:51,620 --> 01:01:55,400
 Well, I survived to tell the tale, fellas.

979
01:01:55,500 --> 01:01:58,000
 I did jump out of a perfectly good airplane.

980
01:01:58,620 --> 01:01:58,940
 Why?

981
01:01:59,120 --> 01:02:00,860
 It was not something I ever wanted to do.

982
01:02:00,920 --> 01:02:02,180
 Well, look, here's the thing.

983
01:02:02,280 --> 01:02:03,500
 And I hate admitting this, fellas.

984
01:02:03,500 --> 01:02:05,340
 I really hate admitting this, okay?

985
01:02:05,520 --> 01:02:05,740
 Yeah.

986
01:02:05,920 --> 01:02:11,220
 But I lost our ACC picks challenge between me and David Hale.

987
01:02:11,340 --> 01:02:14,280
 We pick every ACC game every season.

988
01:02:14,840 --> 01:02:17,260
 And I was like the three-time defending champ.

989
01:02:17,840 --> 01:02:20,320
 And the loser, there's a punishment.

990
01:02:20,600 --> 01:02:22,100
 If you lose, you have to do something.

991
01:02:22,340 --> 01:02:22,960
 Yeah, stupid.

992
01:02:22,960 --> 01:02:24,460
 And I didn't think I was going to lose.

993
01:02:24,800 --> 01:02:25,980
 I mean, I don't lose.

994
01:02:26,080 --> 01:02:26,980
 I'm not a loser.

995
01:02:26,980 --> 01:02:33,480
 And yet, I lost not only to David Hale, but also little AA, my teenage daughter.

996
01:02:33,500 --> 01:02:33,920
 Yeah.

997
01:02:34,640 --> 01:02:37,660
 So, the punishment was jump out of an airplane.

998
01:02:38,880 --> 01:02:41,420
 And it was terrifying.

999
01:02:41,940 --> 01:02:44,880
 And I still cannot believe I did it.

1000
01:02:45,040 --> 01:02:45,780
 But I did it.

1001
01:02:45,860 --> 01:02:46,560
 And I'm here.

1002
01:02:47,460 --> 01:02:51,220
 Did you lose more than that is a question with that first big step.

1003
01:02:51,280 --> 01:02:52,200
 And a quick story on that.

1004
01:02:52,280 --> 01:02:55,420
 Back in the day, I did a little TV and I had a live shot.

1005
01:02:55,620 --> 01:02:57,920
 One of the reporters was going to jump out of a plane live.

1006
01:02:58,040 --> 01:02:59,400
 He went to a neighboring airport.

1007
01:02:59,820 --> 01:03:02,320
 And, of course, he went through the rehearsals and all that stuff.

1008
01:03:02,560 --> 01:03:07,580
 And about the time he was going to jump, some knucklehead did not get the memo, and a plane flew under him.

1009
01:03:08,160 --> 01:03:08,940
 He had to jump.

1010
01:03:08,980 --> 01:03:09,620
 His live TV.

1011
01:03:09,700 --> 01:03:10,340
 He passed out.

1012
01:03:10,380 --> 01:03:11,360
 He never knew when he landed.

1013
01:03:11,520 --> 01:03:13,520
 Did you know when you landed, Double A?

1014
01:03:14,080 --> 01:03:14,980
 Oh, my goodness.

1015
01:03:15,660 --> 01:03:17,440
 Thankfully, I did.

1016
01:03:17,520 --> 01:03:19,040
 I did a tandem jump.

1017
01:03:19,400 --> 01:03:20,360
 So, I wasn't in charge.

1018
01:03:20,360 --> 01:03:21,040
 That's what he did.

1019
01:03:21,140 --> 01:03:21,300
 Yeah.

1020
01:03:21,940 --> 01:03:22,340
 Yeah.

1021
01:03:22,440 --> 01:03:25,740
 Well, no, I, here's the thing.

1022
01:03:25,880 --> 01:03:30,260
 Like, I closed my eyes initially because I couldn't look out.

1023
01:03:30,460 --> 01:03:35,240
 It was just too daunting to look out and be like, okay, I'm about to jump out this airplane.

1024
01:03:35,680 --> 01:03:36,980
 So, I had my eyes closed.

1025
01:03:37,480 --> 01:03:42,560
 But then I opened them as soon as, you know, the tandem guy, you know, shoved us out of the airplane.

1026
01:03:42,940 --> 01:03:43,740
 Get out of here.

1027
01:03:43,840 --> 01:03:46,700
 And I was so paralyzed by fear.

1028
01:03:46,820 --> 01:03:48,460
 Like, I literally couldn't move.

1029
01:03:48,460 --> 01:03:53,760
 And so, I was just like, well, I guess I'm doing this, but I can't move.

1030
01:03:54,060 --> 01:03:56,460
 So, I kept my eyes open the whole time.

1031
01:03:56,560 --> 01:03:59,000
 I did touch a cloud because I wanted to see what that felt like.

1032
01:03:59,460 --> 01:04:01,280
 And then we had a nice, smooth landing.

1033
01:04:01,400 --> 01:04:05,960
 But I'm going to tell you, fellas, I was, like, so tensed up because I was so scared.

1034
01:04:06,220 --> 01:04:09,520
 When I landed, I couldn't feel my legs.

1035
01:04:09,700 --> 01:04:11,920
 I was like, someone's going to have to help me up.

1036
01:04:12,040 --> 01:04:13,700
 I cannot feel my legs right now.

1037
01:04:13,840 --> 01:04:16,300
 They were completely, like, in shock, right?

1038
01:04:16,460 --> 01:04:22,040
 Like, it was very hard to stand and walk because I was so shaken.

1039
01:04:22,780 --> 01:04:22,980
 Yeah.

1040
01:04:23,180 --> 01:04:24,280
 Two things on that.

1041
01:04:24,360 --> 01:04:26,340
 Number one, were you sober when you did this?

1042
01:04:26,580 --> 01:04:32,560
 Number two, the last time we talked, you were on your way to Walmart to buy the industrial strength tissue.

1043
01:04:33,200 --> 01:04:34,800
 Two questions on that.

1044
01:04:35,260 --> 01:04:37,800
 Did you find the industrial strength tissue?

1045
01:04:37,960 --> 01:04:40,120
 And why were you shopping for it at the time?

1046
01:04:40,720 --> 01:04:41,020
 Yeah.

1047
01:04:42,060 --> 01:04:43,240
 Look, here's the thing.

1048
01:04:43,240 --> 01:04:46,100
 Like, my stomach, I never got nervous.

1049
01:04:46,420 --> 01:04:49,400
 My stomach never, like, did flips or anything like that.

1050
01:04:49,680 --> 01:04:57,600
 I just did not feel anything but complete and utter terror for the five minutes that we were dropping out of that airplane.

1051
01:04:58,140 --> 01:05:02,000
 And I got to give a shout-out to my little sister, who's the daredevil among us.

1052
01:05:02,280 --> 01:05:06,020
 She had been skydiving before, and so she kept me company.

1053
01:05:07,600 --> 01:05:15,760
 And I jumped out of the plane first, and she said, like, the look of terror on my face before I got shoved out of there is something she'll never forget.

1054
01:05:15,880 --> 01:05:18,420
 You know, baby sister has to have something on older sister.

1055
01:05:18,800 --> 01:05:18,980
 Right.

1056
01:05:19,060 --> 01:05:21,120
 And, you know, she's got it.

1057
01:05:21,240 --> 01:05:21,760
 Good for her.

1058
01:05:21,880 --> 01:05:22,660
 She had a great time.

1059
01:05:22,740 --> 01:05:23,220
 I did not.

1060
01:05:24,020 --> 01:05:28,320
 Listen, did you have a good time at the ACC spring meetings?

1061
01:05:29,160 --> 01:05:32,860
 Number one, it seemed to be quite lively.

1062
01:05:33,180 --> 01:05:38,780
 Jim Phillips, the ACC commissioner, said the ACC is a proponent.

1063
01:05:39,140 --> 01:05:42,320
 They're in favor of the 2014 playoff.

1064
01:05:42,940 --> 01:05:54,380
 Now, everybody knows you work for ESPN, and Jim Phillips himself said, ESPN is not in favor of expanding to 24 teams.

1065
01:05:54,460 --> 01:06:01,860
 Now, we're not trying to put you on the spot here since you work for them, but summarize the ACC meetings.

1066
01:06:01,860 --> 01:06:07,700
 And, Double A, what is ESPN's stance on expanding the playoffs?

1067
01:06:09,140 --> 01:06:14,160
 Well, it's always a good time in Amelia Island, Florida, although we never get to go outside.

1068
01:06:14,340 --> 01:06:18,560
 We're always indoors, chasing down coaches and athletic directors and commissioners.

1069
01:06:18,660 --> 01:06:27,680
 Guys, I was a little bit surprised that it was unanimous among the coaches and athletic directors that I talked to in favor of expanding to 24.

1070
01:06:28,480 --> 01:06:38,300
 Not only because their network partner, ESPN, does not want to expand beyond 12 or 16 would be the limit, which is what the SEC would want.

1071
01:06:38,300 --> 01:06:49,580
 But because it doesn't seem as though there has been much thought or consideration to how exactly 24 would work at this point, right?

1072
01:06:49,780 --> 01:06:54,600
 Like, we don't know if there'd be automatic guaranteed spots for Power Four conferences.

1073
01:06:55,060 --> 01:06:57,080
 We don't know if a selection committee would be involved.

1074
01:06:57,240 --> 01:07:00,040
 We don't know what it would look like in terms of the calendar.

1075
01:07:00,040 --> 01:07:07,020
 You may think it would help fix the calendar by allowing the season to end earlier in January and make it a one-semester sport.

1076
01:07:07,320 --> 01:07:12,240
 But literally, there are no details about how a 2014 playoff would work.

1077
01:07:12,640 --> 01:07:20,500
 And, of course, doing that means you're getting rid of a conference championship game, which also is important to ESPN, the network partner, right?

1078
01:07:20,560 --> 01:07:33,500
 So, look, it doesn't ultimately matter what side of this the ACC comes down on because this is between the Big Ten and the SEC, the two conferences that control what will happen with the future of the playoff.

1079
01:07:33,880 --> 01:07:37,080
 The Big Ten wants 24, and they've got a different network partner.

1080
01:07:37,260 --> 01:07:38,120
 You guys know that.

1081
01:07:38,340 --> 01:07:44,800
 And the SEC wants 16 at max, and they've got, obviously, ESPN as their network partner.

1082
01:07:45,040 --> 01:07:49,120
 So, I don't know what the resolution is going to be here, fellas.

1083
01:07:49,220 --> 01:07:54,660
 It doesn't matter that the Big 12 and the ACC are like, let's go to 24 and siding with the Big Ten.

1084
01:07:55,020 --> 01:08:03,080
 As long as Greg Sankey and the SEC and ESPN are like, we're good at 12 or 16, they're not going to 24, right?

1085
01:08:03,080 --> 01:08:06,740
 So, I personally don't like it.

1086
01:08:07,020 --> 01:08:17,560
 It's too many teams, but the thought of, like, number 24, Illinois, playing, like, you know, number 17, Louisville, doesn't exactly, like, float my boat.

1087
01:08:17,720 --> 01:08:22,160
 It's like, okay, great, first-round hole matchup in the playoffs, right?

1088
01:08:22,380 --> 01:08:24,200
 I don't know what the ratings would be like for that either.

1089
01:08:24,300 --> 01:08:32,420
 By the way, like, nobody knows from a television financial standpoint what going to 24 would look like either.

1090
01:08:32,500 --> 01:08:32,860
 Thank you.

1091
01:08:32,860 --> 01:08:39,020
 So, it feels as if, okay, we want more access, we want to give teams more hope.

1092
01:08:39,100 --> 01:08:40,480
 This is what Jim Phillips said, right?

1093
01:08:40,540 --> 01:08:42,140
 They're spending so much money on football.

1094
01:08:42,500 --> 01:08:45,640
 We want to open it up and make sure more teams have an opportunity.

1095
01:08:45,860 --> 01:08:51,800
 In theory, I appreciate that, and I want as many teams as possible to have that opportunity.

1096
01:08:52,100 --> 01:08:56,180
 But it's hard to get behind a plan when there's no details to that plan.

1097
01:08:57,220 --> 01:09:00,540
 And that's where I feel like things are right now.

1098
01:09:00,900 --> 01:09:03,820
 Well, it's like building a house that has a blueprint.

1099
01:09:04,060 --> 01:09:07,700
 The thing is, let's face it, at the end of the day, Andrea, it's not rocket science.

1100
01:09:07,780 --> 01:09:14,340
 The question is, from a business standpoint at ESPN, the think tank there, can we get sponsorship for these 24 games?

1101
01:09:14,440 --> 01:09:15,300
 How much sponsorship?

1102
01:09:16,000 --> 01:09:20,920
 And how may it affect the existing BOSA situation, as you mentioned, in respect to SEC championships?

1103
01:09:21,140 --> 01:09:22,940
 There's only so much sponsor money out there.

1104
01:09:23,980 --> 01:09:25,440
 Yeah, you're absolutely right.

1105
01:09:25,560 --> 01:09:32,660
 And, you know, I've heard from folks who've been in the room for the presentations with what is a 2014 playoff going to look like, right?

1106
01:09:33,060 --> 01:09:37,880
 And the Big Ten is like, they don't really have a lot to say about it.

1107
01:09:37,960 --> 01:09:41,960
 They're just saying it's going to work and it looks good, but there's no data, right?

1108
01:09:41,960 --> 01:09:47,760
 There's no financial data in terms of what exactly will this look like in terms of a distribution?

1109
01:09:48,000 --> 01:09:50,800
 Let's say Fox wanted to be involved in it, just as an example, right?

1110
01:09:52,040 --> 01:09:59,680
 There's no information on how it would work in terms of, okay, you're getting rid of the conference championship games.

1111
01:09:59,800 --> 01:10:02,200
 All right, well, like, what's filling in the money there?

1112
01:10:02,320 --> 01:10:10,800
 And is that, is whatever you're going to make off the 2014 playoff going to help you with the loss of the revenue you're making off of your conference championship game?

1113
01:10:10,960 --> 01:10:14,060
 In particular, the SEC, because they make a ton of money off of theirs.

1114
01:10:14,320 --> 01:10:17,840
 I'm not sure that the ACC makes as much as the SEC does.

1115
01:10:17,840 --> 01:10:21,640
 I think we all know what a cash cow the SEC championship game is for the SEC.

1116
01:10:22,040 --> 01:10:26,960
 Okay, so if you're going to take that away and we're going to lose millions of dollars because we're taking that away,

1117
01:10:27,320 --> 01:10:31,760
 are we making back those millions of dollars plus then some to expand the playoff?

1118
01:10:31,920 --> 01:10:32,880
 Nobody knows.

1119
01:10:33,200 --> 01:10:36,540
 Nobody has any idea financially what that looks like right now.

1120
01:10:36,780 --> 01:10:43,620
 So I understand why Drake Sankey's like, we're fine if we get to, if we're staying at 12 or we get to 16.

1121
01:10:43,860 --> 01:10:46,520
 But everyone wants to know what their financials look like.

1122
01:10:47,040 --> 01:10:50,940
 And to my knowledge, that has not been presented.

1123
01:10:51,360 --> 01:10:56,940
 And if you're ESPN, right, like, why are you so adamant 12 or 16?

1124
01:10:57,180 --> 01:10:58,100
 You've got a contract.

1125
01:10:58,560 --> 01:11:05,860
 They literally have a contract to broadcast this thing through the next, you know, five to seven years, whatever the number is, right?

1126
01:11:05,900 --> 01:11:08,180
 Now you're going to tear it up to do more?

1127
01:11:08,460 --> 01:11:08,580
 No.

1128
01:11:08,780 --> 01:11:15,620
 Oh, and by the way, guys, the deals for the SEC and the Big Ten are going to be coming up within the next few years.

1129
01:11:15,820 --> 01:11:16,000
 Yeah.

1130
01:11:16,060 --> 01:11:22,420
 So that, I think they're going to want more money from a television revenue standpoint for their conference TV deals.

1131
01:11:22,560 --> 01:11:23,720
 Yeah, I think you're right.

1132
01:11:23,720 --> 01:11:24,500
 So where's the money coming from?

1133
01:11:24,780 --> 01:11:28,540
 Yeah, the SEC, I know, is coming up in 2030 or 2031.

1134
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 Double A, let me ask you in about three minutes, Bill Bender of the Sporting News is a good friend of ours.

1135
01:11:35,700 --> 01:11:37,000
 He's on here on Thursday.

1136
01:11:37,220 --> 01:11:41,340
 Mike DeCoursey has been an iconic writer for them for years.

1137
01:11:41,340 --> 01:11:42,800
 He had an article last week.

1138
01:11:42,920 --> 01:11:53,720
 He was at the ACC meetings and the title of the article was, is it time for the ACC to tell Notre Dame to hit the road?

1139
01:11:54,340 --> 01:12:02,440
 Is it time to be, to get all the way in with the other sports besides football or get out?

1140
01:12:02,440 --> 01:12:06,900
 And Bill's thought was, well, if they do that, they're going to run off to the Big Ten.

1141
01:12:07,520 --> 01:12:13,820
 What is the frustration behind the scenes with the ACC and Notre Dame?

1142
01:12:14,820 --> 01:12:20,160
 I feel like you could put that headline on an article every single year, quite honestly,

1143
01:12:20,400 --> 01:12:26,800
 because the relationship has caused some friction and frustration over the years.

1144
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 I mean, think back to the COVID year when Notre Dame was a member of the ACC just for that one year,

1145
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 ended up playing an ACC championship game, right?

1146
01:12:35,480 --> 01:12:41,840
 So taking away an opportunity from an ACC full-time member and then making it into the 14 CFP

1147
01:12:41,840 --> 01:12:44,700
 because they got the benefit of playing an ACC schedule.

1148
01:12:44,940 --> 01:12:49,800
 There was a lot of frustration over that and people felt like we had Notre Dame in a corner

1149
01:12:49,800 --> 01:12:50,960
 and we let them off the hook.

1150
01:12:51,100 --> 01:12:54,500
 And then, of course, now we saw the frustration over the 12-team playoff

1151
01:12:54,500 --> 01:12:58,500
 and Notre Dame getting left out in favor of Miami and them getting upset about that

1152
01:12:58,500 --> 01:12:59,720
 and the ACC promoting it.

1153
01:13:00,060 --> 01:13:06,920
 Look, there's always going to be a level of frustration from some, I'm not saying all,

1154
01:13:07,380 --> 01:13:10,100
 about the deal that Notre Dame has.

1155
01:13:10,100 --> 01:13:17,020
 But it's also been extremely beneficial for the ACC in terms of adding value to the television deal.

1156
01:13:17,740 --> 01:13:25,460
 Yes, Notre Dame has NBC, but Notre Dame is also often playing on ESPN

1157
01:13:25,460 --> 01:13:27,700
 when they have some of their ACC games, right?

1158
01:13:27,840 --> 01:13:30,920
 So that's beneficial to the television package.

1159
01:13:31,080 --> 01:13:36,080
 Having Notre Dame in the Olympic sports is also beneficial to the television package

1160
01:13:36,080 --> 01:13:36,960
 and in other ways.

1161
01:13:36,960 --> 01:13:40,860
 And, oh, by the way, I know the bowl system is not quite dead yet.

1162
01:13:41,900 --> 01:13:42,860
 It's still there.

1163
01:13:42,980 --> 01:13:46,220
 They've allowed the ACC to have better bowl partnerships.

1164
01:13:47,500 --> 01:13:51,480
 And quite honestly, Notre Dame backing out of the Pop-Tarts last year,

1165
01:13:51,800 --> 01:13:55,500
 that ended up helping the ACC because Georgia Tech goes in there

1166
01:13:55,500 --> 01:14:01,680
 and that ends up being one of the most highest-rated non-CFP games of the entire bowl season,

1167
01:14:02,200 --> 01:14:04,260
 which obviously helped the ACC.

1168
01:14:04,260 --> 01:14:08,580
 So I don't necessarily think that what happened back in December

1169
01:14:08,580 --> 01:14:11,540
 has, like, caused another rift in the relationship.

1170
01:14:12,080 --> 01:14:14,980
 It's always going to feel like Notre Dame gets special privileges

1171
01:14:14,980 --> 01:14:16,980
 because they're not all the way in.

1172
01:14:17,420 --> 01:14:21,380
 But the last thing you want to do is be like, you know what, we're sick of this,

1173
01:14:21,380 --> 01:14:22,600
 and have them go to the Big Ten.

1174
01:14:23,100 --> 01:14:25,040
 You absolutely don't want that to happen.

1175
01:14:25,280 --> 01:14:28,760
 So you kind of accept the reality that, all right, they're not a full-time member.

1176
01:14:29,220 --> 01:14:30,200
 We get some benefits.

1177
01:14:30,200 --> 01:14:32,680
 Is it a perfect relationship?

1178
01:14:32,960 --> 01:14:37,460
 It's not perfect, but it's better than Notre Dame being somewhere else.

1179
01:14:37,840 --> 01:14:37,960
 Yeah.

1180
01:14:38,300 --> 01:14:41,660
 I think that's the synopsis of this.

1181
01:14:41,780 --> 01:14:45,280
 Well, listen, I don't know what you're going to do to one-up jumping out of a plane

1182
01:14:45,280 --> 01:14:51,800
 this week or next week, but where can we get online and get your stuff and the teams?

1183
01:14:52,500 --> 01:14:54,380
 No, I'm never jumping out of a plane again.

1184
01:14:54,500 --> 01:14:55,500
 You heard it here first.

1185
01:14:55,500 --> 01:15:00,760
 I'm not, but we do have high school graduation next week, guys.

1186
01:15:00,800 --> 01:15:07,380
 So I'm going to need to use more of those industrial-sized Kleenex next week.

1187
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 But ESPN.com, click on the College Football page.

1188
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 My colleague Eli Letterman's got a great story today about official visits

1189
01:15:15,900 --> 01:15:18,460
 and how they have changed now in the NILR.

1190
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1191
01:15:20,600 --> 01:15:23,900
 Now it's like, hey, here's a contract you want to sign on the dotted line.

1192
01:15:24,240 --> 01:15:27,520
 Very fascinating take on how schools are approaching that, so check that out.

1193
01:15:28,140 --> 01:15:30,140
 Andrea, listen, good luck with the graduation.

1194
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 And the word of the day is Geronimo, look out below, okay?

1195
01:15:34,760 --> 01:15:35,880
 All right, Geronimo!

1196
01:15:36,120 --> 01:15:36,640
 Thank you.

1197
01:15:37,640 --> 01:15:39,460
 She said she's never going to jump again.

1198
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 She already has.

1199
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 That's two in the books.

1200
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1297
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1298
01:21:59,500 --> 01:22:05,020
 Joe Cox, welcome in to baseball at Hoover, getting the tournament started, buddy.

1299
01:22:05,060 --> 01:22:05,600
 How are you doing?

1300
01:22:06,160 --> 01:22:07,000
 I'm doing okay.

1301
01:22:07,000 --> 01:22:11,600
 Gary, it's always a fun day when you get this much baseball going on.

1302
01:22:12,120 --> 01:22:23,400
 Tell you what, Joe, if game one is in the indication for the entire tournament, I don't believe it was Koufax and Gibson on the mound for Ole Miss and Missouri this morning, was it?

1303
01:22:24,060 --> 01:22:25,840
 No, it doesn't look like it.

1304
01:22:25,920 --> 01:22:33,120
 I've been following to see if Missouri can finish off this upset and right on the cusp of it, the last I've seen here.

1305
01:22:33,500 --> 01:22:37,000
 So, no, 10 to 8, you know, the bats come out.

1306
01:22:37,240 --> 01:22:43,180
 You know, you watch these guys hit with metal bats and you see these scores and you think maybe we should be moving the other direction.

1307
01:22:43,300 --> 01:22:45,500
 Maybe they should be hitting with toothpicks or something, you know.

1308
01:22:46,600 --> 01:22:50,680
 I think the bottom line is the guys who write the checks, they love those aluminum bats.

1309
01:22:51,080 --> 01:22:53,080
 Those wooden bats are expensive and it breaks.

1310
01:22:53,080 --> 01:23:04,060
 But your thoughts just over overall as far as the field and what message that sends to me is, number one, if you're playing the first game of the tournament, you probably didn't have the best regular season.

1311
01:23:04,240 --> 01:23:06,320
 There's a reason you're playing in day one, game one.

1312
01:23:06,560 --> 01:23:14,780
 And then if you're giving up, what, at least eight runs, if you win 10 to 8, chances are it's going to be a short life at the tournament.

1313
01:23:14,920 --> 01:23:15,780
 You've got to have pitching.

1314
01:23:16,120 --> 01:23:20,060
 And to go from that all the way to the other end of the tournament is going to be a tough challenge.

1315
01:23:20,060 --> 01:23:27,160
 I guess the caveat to that, Joe, would be a lot of these teams like Georgia and some of these teams just locked down a spot.

1316
01:23:27,760 --> 01:23:32,860
 How sincere are they going to be to throw premier pitching out there when they still got a lot of baseball to play down the road?

1317
01:23:33,520 --> 01:23:35,280
 Well, that's absolutely true.

1318
01:23:35,420 --> 01:23:45,220
 And the thing about it for an Ole Miss, although they're probably about to get upset right here, is you're looking at potentially having to play five games in six days.

1319
01:23:45,220 --> 01:23:46,100
 That's a lot.

1320
01:23:46,240 --> 01:23:54,820
 The one thing I will say, with the single elimination tournament and the double-buy, if you're in those top four seeds, it really doesn't stack up badly.

1321
01:23:54,920 --> 01:23:56,560
 You play three games in four days.

1322
01:23:56,900 --> 01:23:59,040
 It's not that different than any other weekend.

1323
01:23:59,320 --> 01:23:59,540
 Right.

1324
01:23:59,700 --> 01:24:08,460
 But there is always that element of, you know, maybe not the worst thing in the world to quietly take a loss and slip off home and rest a lot of arms.

1325
01:24:08,860 --> 01:24:10,380
 Yeah, it's a final now.

1326
01:24:10,540 --> 01:24:11,740
 Ole Miss upset.

1327
01:24:11,740 --> 01:24:15,280
 I mean, Missouri upset Ole Miss 10 to 8.

1328
01:24:15,840 --> 01:24:17,200
 Heffins to Batsy.

1329
01:24:17,680 --> 01:24:25,100
 And, by the way, that game started at 9.30 and it has ended nearly at 1.30, so they're a little bit behind schedule.

1330
01:24:25,580 --> 01:24:31,160
 Joe, the SEC with their awards yesterday, can't argue with a lot of these.

1331
01:24:31,160 --> 01:24:44,320
 Daniel Jackson, the Triple Crown candidate, player of the year, coach of the year, Wes Johnson from Georgia, Jackson from Georgia, pitcher of the year, Aiden King from Florida,

1332
01:24:45,060 --> 01:24:47,740
 freshman of the year, Anthony Peck from Texas.

1333
01:24:48,480 --> 01:24:51,480
 Did Joe Cox have any heartburn with any of those?

1334
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 You know, no.

1335
01:24:53,420 --> 01:24:58,940
 I think I've told you before, I really liked Volantis from Texas as pitcher of the year.

1336
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 That was a little bit of a surprise to me.

1337
01:25:01,440 --> 01:25:06,080
 You know, if you want to micromanage this thing, you say, where's Justin LeBron from Alabama?

1338
01:25:07,080 --> 01:25:16,300
 But, you know, Tyler Bell at Kentucky had a really, really good year, and Milo at LSU is tough to wedge out of there at shortstop, too.

1339
01:25:16,420 --> 01:25:24,880
 But, you know, the thing for Justin is he's got all the talent in the world, and I think maybe this tournament can be kind of his chip-on-the-shoulder moment.

1340
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 You know, everybody's overlooking me.

1341
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 Well, go out and show them all what they missed.

1342
01:25:29,980 --> 01:25:40,620
 And with Bama being one of those four teams that gets the double-by, you know, they find themselves in a pretty good situation, as good as you can have when Georgia's on your side of the bracket, I guess.

1343
01:25:41,300 --> 01:25:47,680
 Coming up tomorrow night, another team that's kind of close to us, the Auburn Tigers, they get off today, but they're back at it tomorrow.

1344
01:25:48,000 --> 01:26:00,180
 Your thoughts about the potential there between LSU and Oklahoma, what the question is, here's the other coin, as Brett pointed out, what time is that game going to start tonight between OK and LSU?

1345
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 And then they've got to turn around and play another late-date tomorrow night.

1346
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 Yeah, they do.

1347
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 I like Auburn's path here, you know, going through having Texas A&M as your top-four seed.

1348
01:26:11,060 --> 01:26:14,520
 I think that's the easiest of the four that you could draw.

1349
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 And given Auburn's pitching, I think they would match up really well there.

1350
01:26:19,300 --> 01:26:23,220
 Yeah, Oklahoma and LSU both are teams with a lot of potential that could raise trouble.

1351
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 But, yeah, we'll see who's still hitting at 1 o'clock in the morning or whatever it ends up being.

1352
01:26:27,660 --> 01:26:33,580
 You know, for Auburn, the night at the Motel 6 might be the best part of day one.

1353
01:26:33,580 --> 01:26:34,200
 Lay the light on.

1354
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 Yeah, yeah.

1355
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 They could leave it on a long time, I think.

1356
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 Joe, let me ask you about Florida.

1357
01:26:40,560 --> 01:26:42,120
 We talked about them yesterday.

1358
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 They finished strong.

1359
01:26:43,480 --> 01:26:48,400
 They won 8-10, including beating a bad LSU team.

1360
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 That's hard for me to say a bad LSU baseball team.

1361
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 They'll probably be playing the winner of the Vandy-Kentucky game.

1362
01:26:56,520 --> 01:27:01,620
 If they win that game, they can be playing the Alabama Crimson Tide Thursday night.

1363
01:27:02,400 --> 01:27:06,220
 Florida, when it came to ranked teams, they played really well.

1364
01:27:06,620 --> 01:27:10,520
 And then when they came to unranked teams, Joe, they were a head-scratcher.

1365
01:27:11,060 --> 01:27:12,320
 Your thoughts on the Gators?

1366
01:27:13,040 --> 01:27:18,000
 Yeah, very up and down as much as anybody in the league and acknowledging that it was a league where

1367
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 there was one powerhouse and three or four weak sisters, you might say, and then everybody else kind of bunched in the middle.

1368
01:27:25,000 --> 01:27:32,380
 But Florida, yeah, on a given day, it looks like they could be the second or third best team or the 10th or the 11th best team.

1369
01:27:32,560 --> 01:27:35,180
 And so they do come in there with something to prove.

1370
01:27:35,280 --> 01:27:42,500
 They're one of the teams that I think in seeding terms could still really be looking to make a move up.

1371
01:27:42,740 --> 01:27:53,260
 They'd love to luck into one of those top eight seeds, and that's going to take, yeah, probably a win over Alabama to get in that conversation.

1372
01:27:53,600 --> 01:27:58,460
 But which Florida team you get on a given day, if you're Alabama, will be the question.

1373
01:27:58,720 --> 01:28:01,480
 And, yeah, we'll have to wait and see on that.

1374
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 And you can read all about it with Joe.

1375
01:28:03,700 --> 01:28:05,420
 Joe Cox, Saturday down south.

1376
01:28:05,420 --> 01:28:10,900
 Joe, your thoughts about Tennessee, like LSU, like Ole Miss, a host of other teams.

1377
01:28:10,980 --> 01:28:16,260
 They've won the national title, and now they're having to take a back seat to work their butts off to get back in.

1378
01:28:16,320 --> 01:28:17,780
 That's just the SEC for you.

1379
01:28:18,220 --> 01:28:19,760
 But your thoughts, two things on that.

1380
01:28:19,880 --> 01:28:22,280
 Tennessee this season under new skippership.

1381
01:28:22,920 --> 01:28:25,280
 And then did you see Tony Votel the other night?

1382
01:28:25,360 --> 01:28:26,100
 Bless his heart.

1383
01:28:26,640 --> 01:28:30,860
 He's trying to sit here and get up to speed at the MLB level with the Giants.

1384
01:28:31,320 --> 01:28:32,360
 He went to the mound.

1385
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 He wanted to make a pitching change.

1386
01:28:34,820 --> 01:28:37,120
 The guys in the bullpen said, okay, who?

1387
01:28:37,540 --> 01:28:40,180
 He didn't send a signal last year as to which pitcher to come in.

1388
01:28:40,360 --> 01:28:49,920
 So, it has been almost a keystone cop show for both Tennessee without Tony Votelo and the Giants with Tony Votelo this season.

1389
01:28:50,740 --> 01:28:55,420
 Yeah, it was an audacious move to pull the trigger on that for the Giants.

1390
01:28:55,420 --> 01:28:58,280
 And, obviously, you know, they're in it for the long haul with Votelo.

1391
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 Nobody's going to panic.

1392
01:29:00,600 --> 01:29:05,180
 Yeah, he's having his growing pains as Tennessee baseball without him.

1393
01:29:05,540 --> 01:29:08,760
 But, you know, the thing for Tennessee, it's been a rough season.

1394
01:29:08,960 --> 01:29:10,160
 It's been a disappointing season.

1395
01:29:10,380 --> 01:29:13,460
 But, you know, Ole Miss has forever changed the game.

1396
01:29:13,600 --> 01:29:23,340
 That Ole Miss team that got some pretty good in Hoover that limped into selection Sunday as the last team in the field and then just outlasted everybody else.

1397
01:29:23,440 --> 01:29:29,460
 They're the model, you say, we can have as bad of a season and as bad of an SEC tournament as anybody.

1398
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 But, you know, when the lights go on and the bell sounds come out and fight and just maybe something wild happens.

1399
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 Joe, what about Arkansas?

1400
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 I know you and I have been saying this for years.

1401
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 Well, is it finally the year Dave Van Horn gets to the World Series and wins one?

1402
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 They're 36-19, 17-13.

1403
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 I think some people may even look at them a little bit as a dark horse in the SEC tournament.

1404
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 Your thoughts on the Hogs?

1405
01:29:59,500 --> 01:30:01,060
 You know, they really could be.

1406
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 The thing with Arkansas, they haven't been in the hosting conversation really because their RPI is a little bit lower than it normally would be.

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 But yet they come in here and they've kind of inched up in that.

1408
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 And, you know, there are seven seeds.

1409
01:30:16,020 --> 01:30:27,480
 They're a team that if they could outlast, say, Texas in the quarterfinal round, you know, you might be looking at them as a dark horse team to sneak up and host.

1410
01:30:27,480 --> 01:30:35,140
 And, you know, if you can work your way into that picture, you host, you have a good week there, and then you get to that super regional,

1411
01:30:35,360 --> 01:30:39,300
 and maybe you get an upset on the other side of things and you're hosting then.

1412
01:30:39,560 --> 01:30:46,280
 Or maybe you go to somebody who's a little bit better and punch them in the mouth, which Arkansas has certainly shown over the long haul they can do.

1413
01:30:46,820 --> 01:30:48,280
 It's still out there for them.

1414
01:30:48,820 --> 01:30:52,700
 It's been kind of like Florida, an up-and-down run for Arkansas.

1415
01:30:53,040 --> 01:30:56,780
 But you're not too upset with your draw right now.

1416
01:30:56,780 --> 01:30:59,180
 You're thinking we can still make some noise here.

1417
01:30:59,720 --> 01:31:04,740
 Two things, number one, where can we get on line and get yours and the team's good stuff?

1418
01:31:05,260 --> 01:31:08,600
 And I want to know who Joe Cox is, dark horse.

1419
01:31:09,180 --> 01:31:12,040
 Who can win two or three games, surprise some people.

1420
01:31:12,600 --> 01:31:14,820
 And, Joe, who's still standing Sunday afternoon?

1421
01:31:15,840 --> 01:31:20,480
 Yeah, Saturday down south we'll be there all the way to Hoover and then to Omaha.

1422
01:31:20,860 --> 01:31:23,300
 So, you know, part one we got now.

1423
01:31:23,380 --> 01:31:24,540
 We'll see how it all goes.

1424
01:31:25,060 --> 01:31:29,220
 Everybody likes Georgia, of course, but that doesn't certainly qualify as a dark horse.

1425
01:31:29,340 --> 01:31:30,440
 I like Auburn's draw.

1426
01:31:30,600 --> 01:31:37,260
 If I was trying to pick a team that was off the radar of that top four, Auburn is probably the one that stands out.

1427
01:31:37,260 --> 01:31:40,740
 I like the way the matchups line up for them.

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01:31:41,140 --> 01:31:43,200
 And I think they can take care of A&M.

1429
01:31:43,260 --> 01:31:48,740
 And you do that, you know, you could be looking at an Auburn-Texas or an Auburn-Arkansas semifinal.

1430
01:31:48,840 --> 01:31:50,080
 That doesn't seem unwinnable.

1431
01:31:50,260 --> 01:31:54,640
 And in one game, maybe, maybe the Auburn pitching staff could slow down Georgia.

1432
01:31:54,860 --> 01:31:57,580
 So, let's circle the Tigers as a surprise.

1433
01:31:58,140 --> 01:32:01,940
 In the meantime, break out the midnight snack for day one in Hoover.

1434
01:32:02,000 --> 01:32:02,940
 I think you're going to need it.

1435
01:32:03,280 --> 01:32:05,520
 Joe, thanks so much, and keep up the good work, okay?

1436
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 All right, guys.

1437
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 Take care.

1438
01:32:07,120 --> 01:32:07,600
 Thank you, buddy.

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01:37:42,700 --> 01:37:43,800
 Man, we're doing all right.

1555
01:37:44,180 --> 01:37:51,220
 Matt, is it true that maybe the SEC and the Big Ten have called on Judge Judy to help them in divorce court with the NCAA?

1556
01:37:53,060 --> 01:37:55,920
 Yeah, I mean, you know, it looks like that seems to be the case.

1557
01:37:56,020 --> 01:38:12,260
 I mean, right now, I mean, you know, every couple months, you know, we talk a little bit about this idea of, you know, the Big Ten and the SEC possibly, you know, trying to find a way to break away and, you know, form its own, you know, maybe division or conference or whatever, super conference.

1558
01:38:12,500 --> 01:38:13,980
 And then we're back right at it again.

1559
01:38:13,980 --> 01:38:22,880
 And it seems like this is the latest round of that, you know, and I'm not quite sure what the payoff is going to be, you know, at this juncture.

1560
01:38:23,020 --> 01:38:39,460
 If it's going to, we're going to see it actually come to fruition or if this is just more an idea of, you know, trying to assert their dominance, you know, when it comes to the other Power Four conferences and when it's about, you know, setting up rules and getting things kind of set up for the future.

1561
01:38:39,460 --> 01:38:42,840
 But it remains to be seen if world averages something like this happens.

1562
01:38:43,360 --> 01:38:48,500
 The thing is, Matt, we talked with our mutual friend, Andrew Adelson, who is obviously at ESPN.

1563
01:38:48,620 --> 01:38:49,640
 She brought up a good point.

1564
01:38:50,220 --> 01:38:54,880
 I mean, what kind of chips right now does the ACC and the Big 12 have at the table?

1565
01:38:55,280 --> 01:39:01,540
 Because the Big 10's in bed with Fox and the SEC's in bed with ESPN.

1566
01:39:01,740 --> 01:39:05,680
 What kind of chips do the other guys have as far as getting what they want in a deal?

1567
01:39:06,680 --> 01:39:07,760
 They really don't.

1568
01:39:07,860 --> 01:39:09,240
 You know, honestly, they really don't.

1569
01:39:09,320 --> 01:39:15,620
 And at some point, and you saw, you saw the Iowa State AD, you know, Shane Coward talk about this the other day.

1570
01:39:15,820 --> 01:39:17,380
 He basically said, fine, then leave.

1571
01:39:17,860 --> 01:39:18,540
 You know, just go.

1572
01:39:18,700 --> 01:39:22,340
 You know, if you two are going to get, if this is how you're going to act, then take your game and go.

1573
01:39:22,500 --> 01:39:24,260
 And we'll figure out some other plan.

1574
01:39:24,400 --> 01:39:27,000
 And maybe that's going to be the case at some point.

1575
01:39:27,000 --> 01:39:28,080
 I mean, you know, you're right.

1576
01:39:28,200 --> 01:39:36,660
 The Big 12 and the ACC really don't have very many bargaining chips, but they are trying in different ways to figure out a way maybe to continue to come up with ID.

1577
01:39:36,680 --> 01:39:46,540
 You know, obviously, the Big 12 has had multiple deals with Fox, ESPN, NBC, some of its basketball, you know, their TNT.

1578
01:39:46,940 --> 01:39:51,620
 They're trying to find as many avenues to broadcast, you know, their athletic games.

1579
01:39:52,140 --> 01:39:53,820
 You know, ACC has tried to do its best.

1580
01:39:53,920 --> 01:39:58,120
 It's worked with the CW, ESPN, you know, that kind of thing.

1581
01:39:58,540 --> 01:40:02,780
 I wouldn't be shocked in the next couple of years if we don't see streaming get involved.

1582
01:40:03,140 --> 01:40:04,060
 If you don't see Amazon.

1583
01:40:04,240 --> 01:40:06,280
 We're already seeing Amazon dipping its toe.

1584
01:40:06,620 --> 01:40:07,520
 Yeah, that's the answer.

1585
01:40:07,660 --> 01:40:10,040
 I think, you know, we could see that with Netflix as well.

1586
01:40:10,120 --> 01:40:16,260
 So I think you're going to see every conference basically do everything they possibly can to figure out a way to make something work.

1587
01:40:16,260 --> 01:40:24,940
 Because there is this possibility of, you know, the nuclear option of blowing everything up, you know, and basically everyone going their own way and trying to figure out what to do.

1588
01:40:25,220 --> 01:40:27,320
 I'm not sure, like I said before, if that's going to happen.

1589
01:40:27,320 --> 01:40:40,980
 But I think the power brokers like ESPN, I think the TV networks will come together and say, listen, we're not going to do, you know, we're not going to want to see this blow, you know, go into different directions and have different playoffs and different things like that.

1590
01:40:41,220 --> 01:40:44,460
 We want to kind of keep things as solid as we possibly can.

1591
01:40:44,640 --> 01:40:51,520
 But again, you know, if you get more games, more playoffs, more whatever, it's more content for network television.

1592
01:40:51,920 --> 01:41:05,740
 Yeah, man, we talked to Bruce Marshall, our Las Vegas insider earlier, and his theory is for football only, he really believes they will break off by 2030 and govern themselves.

1593
01:41:06,340 --> 01:41:10,420
 Now, basketball, of course, makes the NCAA a lot of money.

1594
01:41:10,420 --> 01:41:33,300
 In fact, it's really the key moneymaker for the NCAA, and he thinks, I believe, basketball and the Olympic sports will stay with the NCAA, but he believes in four or five years that the Big Ten and the SEC and maybe others will break off and do their own thing.

1595
01:41:34,000 --> 01:41:35,340
 Yeah, now that I could see.

1596
01:41:35,420 --> 01:41:45,640
 I could see a super conference type situation where, and whether or not that means, you know, it just means the four power conferences, you know, basically find their own autonomy.

1597
01:41:45,820 --> 01:41:50,120
 You know, when they sit down and decide, we're going to handle things this way, this is how we're going to do things.

1598
01:41:50,280 --> 01:41:51,560
 We don't need the NCAA.

1599
01:41:51,820 --> 01:41:53,600
 We don't need what's going on here.

1600
01:41:53,600 --> 01:42:05,100
 I think they would love to do that because, again, there's so many options that they can do that the NCAA kind of maybe limits them to being able to do when it comes to, you know, how they govern enforcement.

1601
01:42:05,420 --> 01:42:10,080
 You know, we're talking about revenue sharing, obviously, everything going on with the house settlement situation.

1602
01:42:10,400 --> 01:42:19,340
 I'm sure everyone's looking at that and thinking, what can we do to make sure that, you know, we can maybe come up with our own policies, our own structure, and make it work.

1603
01:42:19,440 --> 01:42:23,540
 That, to me, seems like a much more viable future to what's going to happen.

1604
01:42:23,760 --> 01:42:24,880
 And I agree with you with basketball.

1605
01:42:25,000 --> 01:42:27,160
 I agree with the idea that basketball is its own separate identity.

1606
01:42:27,160 --> 01:42:28,240
 And we've seen that.

1607
01:42:28,540 --> 01:42:44,280
 You know, Brett Yormark has talked in the Big 12 about breaking apart basketball and football when it comes to their media rights deal and selling the football media rights to one group and selling basketball to another group, which, you know, I think he feels like they've got a strong enough basketball conference.

1608
01:42:44,380 --> 01:42:47,300
 They can do a pretty good deal alone.

1609
01:42:47,300 --> 01:42:50,480
 So, I mean, again, it remains to be seen how this is all going to play out.

1610
01:42:50,600 --> 01:43:02,600
 But what we do know is right now all these conferences are really kind of trying to find ways to make money, to find ways to help solidify themselves in the future because they realize the game has changed.

1611
01:43:02,700 --> 01:43:03,520
 Everything has changed.

1612
01:43:04,040 --> 01:43:12,700
 How can you find a way to be able to make things affordable in an era where everything's getting quite, honestly, very unaffordable for a lot of people?

1613
01:43:13,300 --> 01:43:18,220
 And let's face it, TV writes the checks, but TV's got their own problems right now.

1614
01:43:18,280 --> 01:43:20,040
 There's so much content out there.

1615
01:43:20,140 --> 01:43:20,860
 It's hard to sit here.

1616
01:43:20,920 --> 01:43:27,500
 And basically, from what I understand now, the one thing that the TV brass can count on is basically live sports.

1617
01:43:27,500 --> 01:43:28,740
 That's the biggest moneymaker.

1618
01:43:28,940 --> 01:43:31,540
 So, sports kind of got them over the barrel with that.

1619
01:43:32,000 --> 01:43:37,520
 But back in the day, it was automatic that CBS, 230 hour time, 330 year game on Saturday.

1620
01:43:37,680 --> 01:43:38,880
 That was the game.

1621
01:43:38,880 --> 01:43:42,980
 And then, if it was really special, they had a prime time game on CBS.

1622
01:43:42,980 --> 01:43:44,980
 Those days, that ship had sailed.

1623
01:43:45,520 --> 01:43:51,620
 And let's face it, ESPN drives the boat with Fox because CBS, I don't know what their management was thinking.

1624
01:43:51,780 --> 01:43:56,540
 They had a goose that laid a golden egg and an ego-tight fisted, whatever.

1625
01:43:56,760 --> 01:43:58,140
 They gave up that contract.

1626
01:43:58,660 --> 01:44:03,520
 And now, they're out there, but they're an afterthought compared to where they used to be with college sports.

1627
01:44:04,320 --> 01:44:05,520
 Yeah, very much so.

1628
01:44:05,660 --> 01:44:07,380
 And I think they're trying very hard.

1629
01:44:07,620 --> 01:44:12,760
 Obviously, a lot of these networks are trying to figure out ways to get a piece of the pie.

1630
01:44:13,520 --> 01:44:14,800
 But it's difficult.

1631
01:44:14,960 --> 01:44:15,200
 You're right.

1632
01:44:15,260 --> 01:44:16,420
 ESPN drives the boat.

1633
01:44:16,660 --> 01:44:19,760
 They're basically telling everybody, here's how things are going to go.

1634
01:44:20,160 --> 01:44:20,960
 Here's what's going on.

1635
01:44:21,040 --> 01:44:24,280
 Fox may have a voice here and there to say, we want this game.

1636
01:44:24,360 --> 01:44:25,040
 We want this game.

1637
01:44:25,200 --> 01:44:26,520
 And ESPN could do that.

1638
01:44:26,660 --> 01:44:28,520
 But let's be honest.

1639
01:44:28,960 --> 01:44:33,880
 We're talking about one of the issues that we're discussing right now is expansion of the college football playoff.

1640
01:44:33,880 --> 01:44:36,140
 Well, ESPN owns that at this moment.

1641
01:44:36,460 --> 01:44:40,860
 But if they expand the playoff, believe me, they're going to have to give up some of that.

1642
01:44:41,160 --> 01:44:47,840
 And they're probably going to have to sub-license to Fox or NBC or Amazon or whoever, some of these other games.

1643
01:44:47,900 --> 01:44:53,360
 And that's going to open up a whole other nest of issues and problems maybe that could happen.

1644
01:44:53,580 --> 01:45:00,040
 And so I think what's going to be interesting to me is just how, again, how the networks sit down and think about this.

1645
01:45:00,080 --> 01:45:02,800
 Because it's not like college football is the only game in town.

1646
01:45:03,220 --> 01:45:05,100
 ESPN has got to deal with the NFL.

1647
01:45:05,600 --> 01:45:06,860
 They've got to deal with the NBA.

1648
01:45:07,540 --> 01:45:11,040
 You know, these other networks deal with the NBC deals with the NBA.

1649
01:45:11,640 --> 01:45:12,880
 You know, you've got NHL.

1650
01:45:13,000 --> 01:45:14,580
 You've got, you know, Major League Baseball.

1651
01:45:14,900 --> 01:45:16,060
 There's lots out there.

1652
01:45:16,120 --> 01:45:20,360
 A lot of networks are spending a lot of money to get these events, these live sporting events going on.

1653
01:45:20,720 --> 01:45:22,880
 So if you're college football, you've got to make sure you be careful.

1654
01:45:23,080 --> 01:45:29,480
 You know, you don't want to find yourself outpricing yourself or finding a way where, you know, a network says, hey, we're not really interested in that.

1655
01:45:29,720 --> 01:45:33,240
 You've got to make yourself very, you know, viable for a lot of these networks.

1656
01:45:33,240 --> 01:45:42,100
 And I think that's something that the Big 12 and the ACC have been trying to do very hard over the last couple of years is just trying to say, this is what we're willing to offer.

1657
01:45:42,700 --> 01:45:47,540
 You know, now let's see if we can get a good enough deal that maybe, maybe we can find our ways.

1658
01:45:47,620 --> 01:45:54,820
 We're never going to catch the Big 10 or the SEC in money, but let's try to get to a point where we're closer than maybe we were when this all started several years ago.

1659
01:45:55,120 --> 01:45:57,320
 Man, it just makes too much sense, buddy.

1660
01:45:57,720 --> 01:46:01,500
 Common sense is rare in sports right now.

1661
01:46:01,600 --> 01:46:03,660
 We've got to leave a little early today.

1662
01:46:03,760 --> 01:46:06,280
 You've got a Braves day game coming on.

1663
01:46:06,400 --> 01:46:08,420
 Always enjoy the conversation.

1664
01:46:09,540 --> 01:46:11,380
 Listen, you've got great stuff.

1665
01:46:11,380 --> 01:46:13,960
 Matt, where can we get online and get all of it?

1666
01:46:14,880 --> 01:46:17,560
 Yeah, you go to OrlandoSentinel.com to check out the latest.

1667
01:46:17,680 --> 01:46:20,040
 You can follow me on social media at OSMattMichelle.

1668
01:46:21,000 --> 01:46:22,400
 Matt, take care of yourself.

1669
01:46:22,540 --> 01:46:24,120
 Keep up the good work, and let's do it again soon.

1670
01:46:24,180 --> 01:46:24,700
 Okay, buddy?

1671
01:46:25,540 --> 01:46:25,800
 All right.

1672
01:46:25,860 --> 01:46:26,260
 Sounds good.

1673
01:46:26,320 --> 01:46:26,740
 Thank you, buddy.

1674
01:46:27,260 --> 01:46:30,180
 Double L, Matt Michelle, the Orlando Sentinel.

1675
01:46:30,280 --> 01:46:31,660
 Baby, you just dropped the hint.

1676
01:46:31,840 --> 01:46:33,680
 It's a little bit short today.

1677
01:46:33,860 --> 01:46:42,340
 The Braves, I'm just going to kind of go out on a limb, and I'm just going to say I think they want a better outcome today than they did last night against the Marlins.

1678
01:46:42,340 --> 01:46:44,180
 Well, they got shut out 12-0.

1679
01:46:44,240 --> 01:46:45,420
 And I think that will happen.

1680
01:46:45,560 --> 01:46:50,880
 By the way, Harold, before we go off, third game, Arrington-Morse Hill, fourth inning.

1681
01:46:51,500 --> 01:46:53,780
 Arrington-2, Morse Hill-1.

1682
01:46:54,100 --> 01:46:54,780
 Come on.

1683
01:46:54,900 --> 01:46:56,520
 Come on, Morse Hill Panthers.

1684
01:46:57,140 --> 01:46:58,100
 You know what else?

1685
01:46:58,220 --> 01:47:03,200
 Speaking of talent from the Shoals, the Braves are going to play here in a few minutes on 93.9 The Score.

1686
01:47:03,920 --> 01:47:06,940
 You know who listens to 93.9 The Score when he's in town?

1687
01:47:07,280 --> 01:47:09,460
 The starting pitcher for the Marlins today.

1688
01:47:10,000 --> 01:47:10,740
 Braxton Garrett.

1689
01:47:10,840 --> 01:47:15,600
 He's been on the shelf working his way back from the injured list with giving up, B.B.

1690
01:47:15,660 --> 01:47:16,640
 The Jacksonville.

1691
01:47:16,780 --> 01:47:17,820
 Give it up for the mascot.

1692
01:47:18,880 --> 01:47:19,560
 Jumbo shrimp.

1693
01:47:19,560 --> 01:47:20,560
 Jumbo shrimp.

1694
01:47:22,040 --> 01:47:24,180
 Braxton is back on the mound today for the Marlins.

1695
01:47:24,240 --> 01:47:25,200
 He's taking on the Braves.

1696
01:47:25,260 --> 01:47:26,260
 He'll go up against Perez.

1697
01:47:26,820 --> 01:47:30,780
 The pregame is straight ahead, so kick back and enjoy.

1698
01:47:30,900 --> 01:47:31,820
 That's going to take care of B.B.

1699
01:47:31,820 --> 01:47:34,520
 For now, on behalf of B.B., Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

1700
01:47:34,900 --> 01:47:36,860
 Harold Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1701
01:47:36,860 --> 01:47:41,840
 Let's do it again tomorrow, noon to 2, for the MMO Buck Show, back here on Sports Radio 93.9 The Score.

1702
01:47:56,820 --> 01:47:57,320
 you