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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 Tigers, Tennessee and the rest of the SEC. Now your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 Good afternoon and welcome 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. Brett Beaird, welcome in where. Alabama wants to do tonight what Omar did last night at the SEC baseball tournament. And is there more proof that the folks at LSU are cuckoo? Good afternoon, welcome in and how are you?

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 Happy Thursday to you and the listeners. Just a quick update. Calvert County beats Glenwood 8-2 in softball and they advance in the winner's bracket and we'll play hands full at 1230 in about 30 minutes. Baseball update, Hartsville and Spain Park 1-1 in the fifth inning and we'll try to give you updates on those games throughout.

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 Auburn beats LSU last night. Auburn beats LSU last night 3-1. You mentioned the Alabama game. It's going to be earlier. It's going to be at 345 today. I believe because of the weather.

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 Nate Oates picks up a top prospect, Anderson Diaz. But Harold, will he be the final piece of the puzzle for the 2026-27 roster? We'll talk about that a little bit later.

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 But right now, Bill Bender is here to talk about Big Ten Commissioner Tony Patetti is barking up the wrong tree when he wants a 24-team college football playoff.

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 Wow, easy for you to say and spell. Bill Bender is the man. He's got it all spelled out there. He's the national voice with the Sporting News. Bill, welcome in. How are you?

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 I am doing well. Thank you so much for having me on.

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 And you're the only sane one in the party here. What's wrong? You know, Bill, yesterday we had, you may know Ron Higgins. He's a Hall of Fame sports writer from the state of LSU.

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 I call it that because that's pretty much it. He was talking about how crazy people are down there. And this is a guy who knows, he's from LSU, born and raised there, still works there.

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 He's a Hall of Fame sports writer. And for him to say it, it's saying a lot. And then right after we had that conversation, we all did a double take. Lane hired who? Big O, Ed Orgeron. Bill, what's in the crawfish down there?

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 I got the best sitcom going in college. Yeah. Between, between, you know, our, our, and Mike Corsi wrote about it this morning and put something about Will Wade. He was talking about how Tim Mulkey might be the most normal one.

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 And that's true. But, uh, um, which is saying something, but, uh, um, he had that in air quotes, obviously, but, uh, yeah, I mean, it's a really interesting thing.

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 It's good to have Coach O back in college football. I think he's enjoyable. He's his personality, obviously, as a national title and, you know, it's going to add even more flavor to Lane staff, but, you know, what Mike wrote about was the Will Wade situation and how he's trying to build his roster and everything that's going on there, which should not come as a surprise to anybody.

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 Can you imagine staff meetings? They're going to go to and say, man, hello, friend, Will Wade to Ed Orgeron. We've been here and done that before, haven't we?

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 Yeah, they're back. And, uh, you know, obviously makes for interesting content for sure. But, you know, obviously we'll see how it works out. But LSU, not, uh, short on viral storylines going into next season.

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 Big 10 commissioner Tony Patetti's been trying to tell everyone this week, all of the great things that would happen to college football if we expanded to a 24 team, uh, playoff. Bill Bender, do you think Tony Patetti

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 Patetti is crazy?

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 No, I understand. I understand some of it. I do. You know, they're trying to make more money and money comes from TV, put more product out there. You may make some money.

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 The question is, you know, who's going to watch these games? Are we going to watch these games? How's it going to impact the viewership on the regular season?

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 I mean, he used, uh, Iowa, Minnesota as an example. And I'm not so sure that's the best one. I mean, yeah, that game might mean a little more, but you know, are you going to do that at the expense of the high state Michigan game, which is the biggest game of the year in the big 10?

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 And I would argue in the country. And are you going to take away from that? So you can have a 2014 class. I'm not sure how many people are watching that first round game between Miami and Utah, Miami and Iowa. I could be wrong.

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 You guys can correct me, but 24 is too many.

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 Well, you hit the nail on the head, Bill. It comes down to money because the bottom line is, uh, the sponsors, you know, are going to be watching this. If they had numbers, the sponsors don't care if it's tiddly and tiddly, wink and tiddly woke, they would sponsor it. If they got eyeballs, but are they going to sit here and something's got to give up on the calendar? Are they going to give up? Like in the SEC's case, the money maker with the SEC championship game.

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 I think the consensus is that yes, they will. It's not if, but when, but how are they going to make up the difference in the money they're making with it, which is almost guaranteed with some of these down the card games.

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 Yeah. I mean, that'll be the thing. I think it's a double-edged sword here because the SEC championship game does draw a lot of viewers and always will and so ingrained in what you guys are doing down there.

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 But in the, in the context of the playoff race, when Georgia and Texas or Georgia and Alabama are pretty much already in, does it matter? And I, yes, it does. You win a conference championship. I understand that piece of it, but you know, both teams are in. And I think all of the focus Nick Saban was right about this years ago. It's going to be all about the playoff.

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 Yeah. And if we go to 2014, it will be even more true than never before.

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 Mm-hmm. Ross Dillinger of Yahoo! Bill has kind of turned into the college football insider.

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 He's on Feinbaum. It seems like once a week.

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 But he mentioned next week in San Destin with the SEC spring meetings with Greg Sankey, one of the agenda items will be, will the SEC and Big Ten eventually break away from the NCAA?

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 Basketball remains because it's the big moneymaker for the NCAA, baseball and the Olympic sports.

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 But we've had guests, three of them this week, say that will eventually happen. Bill, do you think in five years, the Big Ten and the SEC will be doing their own thing?

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 Maybe. And I mean, if people are saying it, then it's obviously being discussed. Personally, I hope not. You know, I think for the ACC and the Big 12, it's a regional sport. You want to see those conferences be a part of this, too.

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 I saw Iowa State Pollard's comments about, yeah, let them break off. You know, who are you going to schedule? And there's something to that, too, because, you know, who are you going to schedule?

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 And I think between the SEC and the Big Ten, you have 32 schools. Very good. It would be an awesome, you know, league or whatever. But you'd be missing some pieces. You'd be missing some big 12 schools.

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 You'd be missing Miami and Florida State out of the ACC. Who knows what Notre Dame would think of all that. You know, you'd be missing some valuable things that are very important to college football, in my opinion.

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 Bill, obviously, we do not go political here on the show. We'll let the folks on the other side of the fence do that. But when politics affects sports, then we can do one or two things.

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 We'll put our head in the sand and deny it's not there. We can at least address it. Over the past few days, I don't know the guy's name, Hakeem Jeffries, if I got that right, basically saying that he is encouraging African-American athletes to boycott going to SEC schools.

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 At what point, I'm not going to ask you to get into politics here, but at what point are they going to say, look, you do politics, we'll do sports?

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 Yeah, and I think, you know, this country's come a long way in relations with race and has a long way to go.

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 That's always how I put it. There's all, or maybe not a long way, but always a way to go. There's always a few more miles.

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 And I think African-American athletes certainly have been huge in the SEC.

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 You know, you go back and you want them to have opportunities.

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 I don't know if that's the way to solve a problem.

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 If there's issues that are felt, then you've got to address them.

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 But boycotting is rarely, if ever, works.

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 I don't think it will happen anyway, but certainly I would encourage dialogue over, you know, a strike, essentially.

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 Why not let the kids make up their own mind instead of you doing it for them?

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 Right. And I mean, we talked about race last week with the stigma attached to the Lane Kiffin article.

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 And, you know, you think about Ole Miss and Alabama and all these SEC schools.

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 I know, but in Big Ten country, it's still up here, too.

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 It's not just a thing in the South. It's all over the country.

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 And certain stigmas are attached to certain schools.

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 And I don't buy it at Ole Miss.

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 I think they've come a long way there, too, from the imagery, from racism.

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 Does it still exist? Probably.

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 But you want to address it and try to continue to fight it in the right way.

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 This goes back to the article you wrote last year.

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 And look, I get that at some point, college football's got to decide, are they going to stay at 12, go to 16, or even 24?

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 But some of the things that you mentioned last year, when are they going to decide five years to play five?

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 Week zero is week one.

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 The first two rounds of the playoffs are going to be at home.

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 The early signing date.

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 In other words, there are 10 to 15 decisions that college football authorities need to decide, I believe, before the season begins, Bill.

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 So we can begin putting a lot of this in place.

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 Again, I get the playoffs, and you went through a list of about 10 or 15 things, which I really agreed with 90% of them.

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 There are other major decisions that need to be made, and they need to be made soon.

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 For sure.

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 I think it's, you know, the playoff gets the most attention, and deservedly so, because I think everything else would revolve around the playoffs.

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 I do think we need to fix the calendar, first and foremost.

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 Yep, exactly.

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 You know, signing day, maybe before the season, not in the middle of the playoff rush.

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 Paying players, contracts.

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 Is that something we want to do?

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 Collective bargaining, trying to reduce the transfer portal.

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 All of that, those discussions are happening, and once we get those, we get a better playoff, and we get a better product.

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 College football, I want to be clear, the college football product is very good.

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 It's very entertaining on the field.

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 It's the off-the-field stuff that can get a little tiresome until those problems are fixed.

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 Bill, next week, it's hard to believe that they're going to be working down in San Destin.

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 If you've ever been there, you know it's not exactly the worst place in the world to go.

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 NTC meetings, what's Greg Sink, you're going to tell Lane Kiffin, Pete Golding, and others?

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 Well, we talked about the playoffs, talked about the breaking away.

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 I think, you know, some of that sniping that was going on a couple weeks ago.

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 So, I would say, I'm not as worried about that.

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 That's kind of entertaining in some ways.

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 You want to learn something.

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 Yeah, we are.

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 I mean, I grew up in an era where, you know, you had Barry Slitzer wearing beat Texas hats on the sideline and that kind of thing.

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 So, a little bit of confrontation doesn't hurt in a sport where you're hitting each other.

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 But, and it certainly makes it more fun.

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 So, I don't know.

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 He may let that go.

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 I don't know if there's anything pressing on the field that they will address.

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 I know the Big Ten, the big thing was there was a rule change about pump formations.

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 It's got a lot of run up here, and it should because it's a tactical part of the game.

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 Kirk Ferentz and Iowa went nuts over that.

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 He's Mr. Special Teams.

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 And it really is, that really is interesting.

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 I'll see if they change that before the season begins.

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 Great stuff, as always.

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 We always enjoy a little bit of discussion and debate about the future of college football.

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 What else, Bill Bender, have you got on the agenda this week, and where can we get it?

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 I mean, we'll have quarterback rankings we can talk about next week.

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 I'll obviously be plugged into what's going on in Destin, even if I'm not in the sunny beach of Destin.

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 And we'll keep an eye on all that and have some more stuff about this playoff debate.

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 And I'm with Greg.

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 Thank you.

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 Let's go to 16.

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 And to the beach.

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 If you don't mind, in spare time.

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 Bill, stay safe up there.

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 And thanks so much for your time.

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 Have a great week.

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 And if we don't get another chance, a great, happy, and safe Memorial Day weekend for you and your family.

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 I appreciate it.

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 Same to you guys.

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 Thank you, Bill.

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 Have a great weekend.

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 Welcome back in.

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 It is a pleasure for us to open the door and say hello to Michael Southern.

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 He's the co-host of the Blue Collar Podcast, basketball contributor for Locked on Bama.

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 Also, the man with a pencil and all the racers there is the editor of Tide Hoops History,

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 co-host of the Tide Machine Podcast, and also time at the Tuscaloosa News and Ganston Times.

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 Michael, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Hey, I'm doing great today, guys.

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 How are you doing?

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 Hey, we're doing all right, Michael.

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 Appreciate you asking.

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 Obviously, a lot going on.

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 Baseball, softball.

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 It's always football season.

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 But talk to us about the latest cookup from the kitchen for Nate Oates and his basketball team.

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 Anderson Diaz.

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 Very interesting to pick up.

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 Your thoughts about the pick up.

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 What he brings at Sable.

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 He's got some really good handles.

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 Two things on that.

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 What are you hearing?

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 Next week, the 27th.

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 Now, I would say this, if he's going to come back, then you need to look for the announcements

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 via Yay Alabama.

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 So you probably need to be following Yay Alabama.

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 I would imagine that if there's any announcement about him returning to school, it will be broken

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 by Aaron Suttles and that team as far as that's concerned.

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 That's a great point.

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 to between 28 and 34, depending upon the source, the media source you were looking at.

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 Obviously, he wanted to get in the first round.

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 And again, as Chenilu did and a lot of the other ones, they realized they can come back

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 and get just as good of an NIL deal, sharpen their skills, and then go out next week.

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 As far as his performance in the combine, what did you hear?

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 Again, I think the thing about Amari Allen, it's a case of where he does a lot of things

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 pretty good, but I don't think anyone considered him a lead at any one particular skill set.

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 So he is a jack of all trades.

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 I'm not going to say the height discrepancy hurt him.

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 And like you said, a lot of the projections had him now falling to the much lower first round.

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 what a lower first round draft pick would make, the bigger thing for Amari Allen is to do

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 and raise your draft stock, raise your status.

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 So let me get this straight.

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 Equal money.

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 If I go to the NBA, chances are it's going to be hard to get that second contract.

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 I want to be probably sitting on the bench.

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 I can go to Alabama.

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 I get another year of free schooling and chance of upping my stock.

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 So to me, it's kind of a no-brainer all things being equal from that standpoint.

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 Michael, obviously, we teased the top of the show that Alabama wants to do tonight what

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 Auburn did last night at the SEC baseball tournament, that is to win.

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 They've already proven they can win against Florida.

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 In fact, throwing a no-no, but now it's on a different field and a different feel.

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 Your thoughts about Alabama and Florida tonight?

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 Well, you know, the only bad thing I would say is, you know, Florida, unfortunately, has

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 I think they did in 21, 22, and 23.

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 I think it's been, like, since 2016, since Alabama's beaten them in the tournament.

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 Now, that being said, this Alabama team, the stabilizing force for baseball this year,

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 has been their starting pitching.

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 It hasn't been the fielding, and it hasn't been the hitting.

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 It's been the starting pitching.

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 The way everything sets up for Alabama, because they got, you know, a top-four seed in the

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 double-by, I mean, realistically, if Alabama keeps winning, it's just like a SEC weekend

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 series for them.

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 They get to go with Tyler Faye.

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 They get to go with Zane Adams.

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 They get to go with Miles Upchurch.

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 So, you know, like, Alabama needs to win.

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 I know they bumped the start time up to, what, 3.30 today because of concern about rain.

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 So, look, Alabama has a real opportunity here.

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 We know they're going to host a regional.

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 What you want to do is you want to get to at least Saturday, because if you do that, if

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 you were to win your regional, you might have a shot now to host a super regional.

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 And I saw some projections where Alabama was right now like a tentative seven or eight

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 So, if you can hold on to that, that would be outstanding for this baseball team, given,

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 look, this team has some strengths.

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 They got a lot of weaknesses, and credit to Rob Vaughn.

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 They have just played their way around all that to get the best or the most they can out

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 of this lineup.

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 Michael, that's what I was going to say.

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 They've got one of the best rotations, Tyler Faye, Zane Adams, and Upchurch.

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 And the bullpen hasn't been too bad.

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 They do have some power.

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 Liam Hines have had some key hits.

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 But, Michael, it's like a hot potato.

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 Now, they fielded the ball better against Ole Miss, but in particularly against Tennessee,

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 it was nearly the Keystone Cups.

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 Look, fielding has not been their friend.

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 They're the worst fielding team in the SEC.

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 But, look, we all know what Alabama is going to have to do if they want to go on a deep run.

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 You're going to need your top five draft pick, Justin LeBron, to be a top five draft pick.

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 You're going to need his bat to get hot, and you're going to need, I guess,

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 even more power from your freshman surprise hitter, Eric Hines.

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 So, I mean, look, the potential is there.

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 You just don't have the consistency.

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 I mean, who's to say Alabama could turn out to be Ole Miss from a few years ago, get hot.

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 You've already got the starting pitch, and if the bats come alive, you can make a deep run in this tournament.

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 Absolutely.

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 Listen, tell us about Todd Hoop's history.

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 We were joking with you a couple weeks ago about Nate Oates' tees coming one after another during the summer.

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 What's the latest news on that, bud, and where can we get online and get everything?

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 Yeah.

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 So, just go to X.

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 We're Todd Hoop's history.

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 It's at Bama history.

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 And, yes, I think I'm pretty much locked in now.

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 I think I'm targeting June the 1st as the first and second.

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 So, the plan is to highlight every game that Nate Oates has received a technical foul in.

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 So, that's 32 games.

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 So, timing is perfect that we can start Monday, June the 1st.

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 I think we'll do some teasers next week.

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 I've got some video clips that I think will be kind of funny, so we can start teasing and promoting everything next week.

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 And then we can just go all full blast on Monday, June the 1st.

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 And for 32 days straight, we can all relive every game that Nate Oates has got a technical foul in.

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 Take you right after the 4th of July.

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 Who knows what kind of fireworks you're going to have then going forward.

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 Michael, as they say, stay tuned.

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 In the meantime, thank you so much for your time today, buddy.

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 All right.

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 Always a pleasure, guys.

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 I'll come on any time you have me.

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 Thank you, buddy.

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 Hey, listen.

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 Phone's ringing even as we speak.

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 We say hello to Ryan Callahan.

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 Ryan, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Hey, guys.

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 Doing well.

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 How are you?

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 Hey, Buck.

547
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 Man, we're doing all right.

548
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 Ryan, obviously we now know about this Tennessee baseball team as far as the season.

549
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 The cherry on top yesterday, courtesy of the Hawks from Arkansas.

550
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 Ryan, where do you start describing this season for Tennessee minus Tony Batello?

551
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 Yeah, it turned out to be an okay regular season.

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 There was a lot of concern for most of the season about this team.

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 It just seemed like they had taken a clear step back.

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 There was, at times, until the final few weeks, really some concern this team might miss the

555
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 NCAA tournament for the first time in years.

556
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 So, for them to finish it the way they did, winning three of their last four series and

557
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 getting at least one win in the SEC tournament seems to have put them into comfortable territory

558
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 in terms of likely making the NCAA tournament.

559
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 But, yeah, still some unease about this team.

560
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 Not a lot of belief that this is a team likely to make a deep run.

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 You certainly can't rule out any SEC team, especially one that's, you know, gotten above

562
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 500 records the last few weeks, making a run in postseason play because we've seen it before.

563
00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:55,180
 But, yeah, not a lot of – there are some holes in this team.

564
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 Not a lot of depth to their pitching rotation.

565
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 The lineup has improved.

566
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 They're hitting the ball much better in recent weeks.

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 But, still, just some reasons to look at it on the surface and say, you know, probably

568
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 a team too flawed to make a deep run.

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 But, you know, overall, just, you know, clearly not where they were a couple years ago under

570
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 Tony Vitello.

571
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 You know, they didn't make it back to the College World Series last year.

572
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 But, yeah, this looks like a team that's likely, you know, even if they make it out of a

573
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 regional, probably going to have a tough time making it back to Omaha, which is not what

574
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 fans were hoping to see, but it did end up at least better than it was looking at one point.

575
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 Brian, your thoughts, I mean, if you read the T-leads, I mean, the coaches,

576
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 everyone is basically saying the same thing.

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 People say, why can a team be good one year and bad the next?

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 And a team that was bad is now good.

579
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 Could it be NIL?

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 Your thoughts about the challenge?

581
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 We talked about NIL and the influence it's having on basketball and football.

582
00:36:46,740 --> 00:36:51,440
 But what influence is it having on baseball around the SEC with these coaches?

583
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 Well, yeah, it's such a challenge now, especially baseball, because, you know, you've got some

584
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 NIL, but it's not nearly to the level of football and basketball.

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 So, you know, you can make some things happen that way, and we've seen some teams do it.

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 But, you know, to that point, you know, LSU and some of the other programs that are, you

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 know, baseball powers, and that was thought to be a point of friction, at least a little

588
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 bit at times at the end of the Tony Vitello era, that maybe there was some frustration there

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 that Tennessee wasn't committed to spending at quite as high of a level as an LSU.

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 good at Tennessee, is they were able to reload year after year and keep the bar really high

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 at a level that, you know, maybe, frankly, is going to be unsustainable for a lot of programs,

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 and even for Tennessee, maybe so.

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 Saban, but he clearly was filling some big shoes to be stepping into that situation.

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 before taking over, that made things even more complicated, I think.

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 But at the end of the day, this wasn't a team he constructed.

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 in the long run.

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 But, yeah, obviously, you have more programs that have the ability, at least there at the

605
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606
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 Even if you're down one year, you could be right back in the running the next year.

607
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 So, NIL does open up a lot more opportunities there.

608
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 But even now, we're seeing that, you know, the playing field's been leveled a little bit

609
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 financially for some of these programs, and that makes it, again, just like it was for

610
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 years, a challenge to stay up there year after year in college baseball.

611
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 Ryan, you alluded to it, and also, I think, the Major League Baseball drought.

612
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613
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 and then have the worst year they've had, and who knows when, this year.

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 They didn't fall, they didn't face plant, but it really has been amazing at nearly winning

616
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 a national championship for SEC teams have been a curse the next year.

617
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 It really has.

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 And, yeah, that's, again, that LSU, yeah, just a classic example of just how hard it is

619
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 to stay up there in the SEC.

620
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 Vanderbilt, obviously, has had some up and down years in recent years after.

621
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 Tim Corbin established Vanderbilt.

622
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 It's kind of the gold standard in the SEC for a few years there.

623
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 So it's tough to stay at the top in this conference.

624
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 And, you know, programs like Mississippi State that are dedicated to winning in baseball

625
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 haven't stayed up there every single year.

626
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627
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 at times.

628
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 So they, yeah, it's a tough, tough league.

629
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 And so, yeah, no question.

630
00:39:58,460 --> 00:40:02,860
 Tennessee, you know, I think just to be in that mix again this year is a pretty good job,

631
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 all things considered.

632
00:40:03,860 --> 00:40:07,260
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633
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 into the season.

634
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636
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 trip to Omaha.

637
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 So, in a way, they're ending up back within range, at least, of kind of being on par with

638
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 what they were expected to be going into the season.

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640
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641
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642
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:39,700
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643
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 at least had a lot of question marks, especially on the pitching side.

644
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645
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 the long run.

646
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 Just not enough high-level pitching, especially in the bullpen.

647
00:40:49,240 --> 00:40:51,060
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648
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 And so, with Tony Batello and, you know, his staff not being intact from past years, I

649
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 think that's where it's shown up is not quite having the pitching depth they need to make

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654
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655
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656
00:41:21,680 --> 00:41:27,120
 But, yeah, about in the six-foot and one-half-inch or six-foot-one range,

657
00:41:27,500 --> 00:41:29,160
 so some good length there in the secondary.

658
00:41:29,500 --> 00:41:32,280
 A guy that has played a lot on both sides of the ball in high school,

659
00:41:32,380 --> 00:41:34,840
 but I think definitely projects in the secondary at the next level.

660
00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:36,360
 That's where everyone's been recruiting him to play.

661
00:41:36,720 --> 00:41:39,340
 So, likely, you know, we'll get this first look at corner,

662
00:41:39,460 --> 00:41:43,380
 but certainly has the versatility to play star position, nickel, or, you know,

663
00:41:43,380 --> 00:41:45,380
 safety in the long run.

664
00:41:45,600 --> 00:41:47,700
 So, another nice pickup there in the secondary.

665
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:49,420
 And you mentioned the three-star rating.

666
00:41:49,500 --> 00:41:53,120
 He's a guy that was really not on the radar at all at the time Tennessee offered him

667
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:53,980
 back in February.

668
00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:59,280
 His stock has really risen since then and ended up being a pretty big battle down the

669
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:03,360
 stretch, and Tennessee beats out Florida and Clemson primarily in the end.

670
00:42:03,500 --> 00:42:07,140
 Florida State and NC State were also among his group of finalists in the end.

671
00:42:07,300 --> 00:42:11,260
 So, definitely a guy that I think you could see that rating potentially improve in the

672
00:42:11,260 --> 00:42:14,680
 coming months, and I think definitely a bit of an overlooked player until the last couple

673
00:42:14,680 --> 00:42:16,960
 months in the mid-state here in Tennessee.

674
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:19,020
 So, nice pickup there in-state.

675
00:42:19,160 --> 00:42:23,960
 Now, Tennessee took a loss or two in-state this week as well, and that's just an example

676
00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:29,320
 of kind of a sign of the times, just how you can't afford to just go after everyone you

677
00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:32,400
 want to keep in your own state no matter the cost.

678
00:42:32,720 --> 00:42:36,980
 You've got to draw a line somewhere, and Tennessee misses out on a local safety, Jarrell Chandler.

679
00:42:37,600 --> 00:42:42,160
 Safety, potentially a linebacker, but either a big safety or a linebacker from Paul's high

680
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:43,080
 school here in Knoxville.

681
00:42:43,380 --> 00:42:47,180
 He goes to Clemson, and then Miles Brown, a defensive back from West Tennessee, actually

682
00:42:47,180 --> 00:42:51,620
 the same high school that produced Ty Simpson, goes to Kentucky earlier this week, and that's

683
00:42:51,620 --> 00:42:53,940
 a guy that was leaning toward Tennessee for a while, I think.

684
00:42:54,180 --> 00:42:59,100
 So, a couple tough ones in-state, but Tennessee does get Slim Lavelle, a nice pickup there in

685
00:42:59,100 --> 00:42:59,540
 the secondary.

686
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:04,060
 And, you know, again, you're not going to bat 1,000 very often in any of these states

687
00:43:04,060 --> 00:43:07,360
 in the southeast, but certainly Tennessee, it's gotten tricky in recent years.

688
00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:11,100
 A lot of schools coming into this state now and prioritizing some of these guys, and you

689
00:43:11,100 --> 00:43:15,180
 just have to kind of pick your spots and be willing to walk away at a certain price point.

690
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:18,840
 I think that's kind of what happened with at least one of those in this case, with Tennessee

691
00:43:18,840 --> 00:43:20,320
 missing out on an in-state guy this week.

692
00:43:20,320 --> 00:43:23,120
 Let me ask you about two other in-state guys.

693
00:43:23,780 --> 00:43:26,020
 Everybody wants five-star running back.

694
00:43:26,140 --> 00:43:31,620
 David Gabriel Georges from the Baylor School, a five-star.

695
00:43:31,840 --> 00:43:37,620
 Now, again, according to some of the reports, Ohio State may have the inside track, but this

696
00:43:37,620 --> 00:43:38,680
 is far from over.

697
00:43:38,780 --> 00:43:40,400
 I believe he's coming to Tennessee.

698
00:43:41,180 --> 00:43:45,640
 You see, Tennessee, Ole Miss, Georgia, and then Ohio State.

699
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:55,700
 And another three-star edge, Antoine Jackson, who I've heard a lot of chatter with him associated

700
00:43:55,700 --> 00:43:56,520
 with Alabama.

701
00:43:56,680 --> 00:44:02,420
 In fact, he's coming to Tuscaloosa next weekend, but I know Ole Miss, Tennessee's got to visit

702
00:44:02,420 --> 00:44:04,300
 June 19th.

703
00:44:04,660 --> 00:44:10,300
 Your thoughts on the five-star running back and also three-star edge, Antoine Jackson.

704
00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:15,960
 Yeah, David Gabriel Georges is definitely the headliner for Tennessee, really, in this whole

705
00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:16,740
 recruiting class.

706
00:44:16,860 --> 00:44:19,500
 Probably been a lot of focus on him for months now.

707
00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:21,700
 Tennessee's done a really nice job with him.

708
00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:24,720
 He's not from the volunteer state originally.

709
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:27,820
 He's originally from Canada, so he certainly has to take that into consideration.

710
00:44:28,460 --> 00:44:33,000
 And Ohio State has had some luck recruiting some of those types of players, including another

711
00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:36,240
 Baylor prospect a couple years ago, Miles LeBlanc, at tight end.

712
00:44:36,240 --> 00:44:40,900
 So we'll see if Tennessee can keep him in state, but that's going to be a big-time battle

713
00:44:40,900 --> 00:44:42,040
 all the way to the finish line.

714
00:44:42,360 --> 00:44:45,800
 As you said, there's been a little more buzz on the Ohio State side, but I think there's

715
00:44:45,800 --> 00:44:50,220
 still a decent amount of quiet optimism on Tennessee's end, too.

716
00:44:50,340 --> 00:44:52,100
 So that, I think, will be a tooth-and-nail battle.

717
00:44:52,180 --> 00:44:56,520
 The interesting thing about that one is the two official visits to start his string of official

718
00:44:56,520 --> 00:44:59,080
 visits are the two frontrunners, or perceived frontrunners at least.

719
00:44:59,180 --> 00:45:03,180
 Ohio State gets the first visit next weekend, then Tennessee after that, and then he goes to

720
00:45:03,180 --> 00:45:04,100
 Georgia and Ole Miss.

721
00:45:04,420 --> 00:45:07,000
 Ole Miss may be looming as a dark horse in that one.

722
00:45:07,300 --> 00:45:11,000
 Don't see Georgia being a major factor in the end, but pretty much for months, it's been

723
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:14,940
 Ohio State-Tennessee battle, and I expect it to stay that way all the way to his commitment

724
00:45:14,940 --> 00:45:17,700
 day, which is currently expected to be July 22nd.

725
00:45:18,300 --> 00:45:24,600
 Antoine Jackson, he's actually expected to be back in Tennessee on Saturday for the 865 live

726
00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:25,840
 event that the Vols will be hosting.

727
00:45:26,340 --> 00:45:30,360
 So that will give them another chance to have him back on campus before official visits.

728
00:45:30,700 --> 00:45:32,320
 They're kind of making up some ground there.

729
00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:35,860
 As you said, I think Alabama is the team that's kind of been at least one of the teams setting

730
00:45:35,860 --> 00:45:38,060
 the pace in that one for a few months now.

731
00:45:38,180 --> 00:45:42,980
 But Tennessee got him on campus finally last month for right after spring practice, or at

732
00:45:42,980 --> 00:45:46,600
 the end of spring practice, I should say, and then set to get him back in town this weekend

733
00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:51,100
 as well for one more visit before he takes his official visit to Knoxville, which is set

734
00:45:51,100 --> 00:45:54,040
 for that last weekend in June before the dead period starts.

735
00:45:54,200 --> 00:45:57,660
 So got some ground to make up still, but I think Tennessee at least has gotten some positive

736
00:45:57,660 --> 00:45:58,480
 momentum in that one.

737
00:45:58,480 --> 00:46:02,020
 But yeah, I think Alabama, one of the teams well-positioned going into the official visit.

738
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:07,140
 You know, Ryan, when you mentioned Baylor High at Chattanooga there, a name comes to mind.

739
00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:07,800
 It's hard.

740
00:46:07,900 --> 00:46:13,160
 It's amazing that the one, the great John Hanna actually went to Baylor and Chattanooga

741
00:46:13,160 --> 00:46:15,120
 before graduating from Alperville High.

742
00:46:15,520 --> 00:46:18,020
 How did that turn out for Alabama, the New England Patriots?

743
00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:21,800
 And speaking of offensive line, talk to us about the Vols.

744
00:46:21,840 --> 00:46:26,320
 What kind of changes will Tennessee have, at least in your mind, on the O-line this season?

745
00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:29,880
 Well, it should be a pretty experienced offensive line.

746
00:46:30,200 --> 00:46:33,240
 They really bring back the vast majority of that group.

747
00:46:33,380 --> 00:46:38,140
 The only departure was via the transfer portal with Lance Hurd, the left tackle for the last

748
00:46:38,140 --> 00:46:40,000
 two years, leaving for Kentucky.

749
00:46:40,280 --> 00:46:42,620
 So that's a noteworthy loss.

750
00:46:42,720 --> 00:46:46,480
 I think a lot of fans have almost kind of glossed over because of what Tennessee has returning

751
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:47,280
 on the offensive line.

752
00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:48,920
 But I certainly wouldn't discount that one.

753
00:46:49,520 --> 00:46:53,340
 One of those types of things that happen these days that you used to not see happen before

754
00:46:53,340 --> 00:46:57,860
 NIL, but you lose a player that you had penciled into the starting lineup that some people thought

755
00:46:57,860 --> 00:46:59,880
 could leave for the draft this past year and did not.

756
00:47:00,060 --> 00:47:04,060
 So that's obviously a big piece, but you'll see David Sanders move over from right tackle

757
00:47:04,060 --> 00:47:07,240
 to left tackle, the former five-star as a sophomore now.

758
00:47:07,940 --> 00:47:10,140
 Seems like he's had a nice off-season to this point.

759
00:47:10,220 --> 00:47:14,400
 So if he can take the kind of steps that they think he'll take this year, I think they'll

760
00:47:14,400 --> 00:47:16,380
 be okay, certainly at the left tackle position.

761
00:47:16,380 --> 00:47:20,500
 The rest of the offensive line, a lot of experience back, but it's a group that still had some

762
00:47:20,500 --> 00:47:22,920
 pass protection issues toward the end of last season.

763
00:47:23,300 --> 00:47:27,560
 Still got a question mark at that one tackle position, filling that vacancy where Lance

764
00:47:27,560 --> 00:47:28,020
 Hurd left.

765
00:47:28,100 --> 00:47:35,080
 It could go to Ori Williams, the LSU transfer, who's a big guy, 6'8", 330 or so, long arms,

766
00:47:35,200 --> 00:47:36,620
 a lot to like about his game.

767
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:40,900
 He got to handle that during the spring in part because Wendell Moy, the starting guard, was

768
00:47:40,900 --> 00:47:44,720
 out, and they've got Jesse Perry that can play either guard or tackle.

769
00:47:44,720 --> 00:47:50,100
 So we'll see whether the last spot will basically come down to Sham Umarov at left guard, who

770
00:47:50,100 --> 00:47:53,800
 started 10 games last year, or Ori Williams at right tackle.

771
00:47:54,180 --> 00:47:57,300
 In whichever direction they go, we'll kind of decide where Jesse Perry plays.

772
00:47:57,920 --> 00:48:02,420
 But yeah, they've got a nice situation coming back with really five guys who made six or more

773
00:48:02,420 --> 00:48:03,260
 starts last year.

774
00:48:03,340 --> 00:48:07,980
 So that should be a solid group at the very least, but they need to take a step forward

775
00:48:07,980 --> 00:48:09,320
 from where they were at the end of last season.

776
00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:10,920
 They certainly need to run the ball well.

777
00:48:11,220 --> 00:48:14,340
 So they've got to get some movement up front to help out whoever their young quarterback

778
00:48:14,340 --> 00:48:15,040
 ends up being.

779
00:48:15,360 --> 00:48:18,040
 You had a very good tweet a couple of weeks ago.

780
00:48:18,420 --> 00:48:23,620
 There's been a lot of scuttle, but certainly about, well, the SEC hasn't won a national

781
00:48:23,620 --> 00:48:28,720
 championship in football in three years, and the Big Ten's taken over, and there have been

782
00:48:28,720 --> 00:48:30,040
 reasons for that.

783
00:48:30,420 --> 00:48:36,380
 And your quote was, conference DELF is sort of oversimplifying it.

784
00:48:36,420 --> 00:48:37,860
 It's not exactly about that.

785
00:48:37,940 --> 00:48:45,140
 It's a product of SEC teams not being able to stockpile DELF because of the transfer portal

786
00:48:45,140 --> 00:48:53,960
 in NIL ref share, and the talent is being spread more evenly across the SEC than it once was.

787
00:48:54,260 --> 00:48:55,880
 I think that's exactly correct.

788
00:48:56,240 --> 00:48:58,240
 Talk about your tweet a little bit more.

789
00:48:59,060 --> 00:49:04,440
 Yeah, so I think, you know, this is obviously Michigan with its national championship a couple

790
00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:04,920
 years ago.

791
00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:07,720
 You know, we'll see if they can get back to that level, but that one felt like a little

792
00:49:07,720 --> 00:49:09,880
 bit more of an outlier to me with Jim Harbaugh there.

793
00:49:10,020 --> 00:49:14,340
 But when you look at what the Big Ten has year over year, you know, Indiana, we'll see if

794
00:49:14,340 --> 00:49:15,360
 they can sustain that.

795
00:49:15,500 --> 00:49:19,440
 That was obviously a tremendous story this past year, but no one knows whether they're

796
00:49:19,440 --> 00:49:23,080
 going to be just a powerhouse for the foreseeable future or whether they're going to be a team

797
00:49:23,080 --> 00:49:26,480
 that has a hard time sustaining what they did last year with a pretty unique team.

798
00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:31,260
 And then otherwise, when you look at the Big Ten powers, you've got Ohio State, which often

799
00:49:31,260 --> 00:49:34,980
 isn't challenged quite as much with teams around them geographically.

800
00:49:35,120 --> 00:49:40,820
 You know, you don't see a lot of their backups getting stolen away by other Big Ten teams the

801
00:49:40,820 --> 00:49:45,480
 way you might see in the SEC, where if there's a backup or a third team guy at Georgia that

802
00:49:45,480 --> 00:49:49,340
 was highly ranked coming out of high school, someone's taking that guy in the SEC, whether

803
00:49:49,340 --> 00:49:51,640
 it's Kentucky or Mississippi State or whoever.

804
00:49:51,980 --> 00:49:56,080
 That guy's going to start somewhere else in the SEC, and someone else might take him away.

805
00:49:56,560 --> 00:49:58,400
 Alabama certainly has dealt with those kinds of issues.

806
00:49:58,580 --> 00:49:59,880
 Tennessee has even had that at times.

807
00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:04,180
 So it's just hard for teams to keep the kind of depth that made some of those teams at the

808
00:50:04,180 --> 00:50:06,280
 top of the SEC powerhouses in recent years.

809
00:50:06,400 --> 00:50:08,740
 So I think it's leveled the playing field significantly.

810
00:50:08,960 --> 00:50:10,500
 So Ohio State, they're kind of isolated.

811
00:50:10,960 --> 00:50:12,600
 Oregon on the West Coast, kind of isolated.

812
00:50:12,740 --> 00:50:14,260
 They can stockpile depth a bit more.

813
00:50:14,760 --> 00:50:17,900
 You know, even USC, if they ever get it going, would probably have a little more success in

814
00:50:17,900 --> 00:50:18,540
 maintaining it.

815
00:50:18,820 --> 00:50:20,820
 The SEC, you've got too many teams close by.

816
00:50:21,000 --> 00:50:24,600
 It's just way too easy for those teams to pick your pocket and kind of steal away some of

817
00:50:24,600 --> 00:50:26,200
 your good players that are waiting in the wings to play.

818
00:50:26,640 --> 00:50:27,000
 Absolutely.

819
00:50:27,340 --> 00:50:28,080
 Great stuff.

820
00:50:28,200 --> 00:50:29,520
 I know you've got a lot to cover.

821
00:50:29,760 --> 00:50:34,560
 Recruiting weekend really going to be wrapping up next weekend and certainly in June.

822
00:50:35,260 --> 00:50:37,280
 Tennessee baseball, can they get a regional?

823
00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:39,100
 Have they done enough to do that?

824
00:50:39,240 --> 00:50:42,740
 Tennessee softball, still going.

825
00:50:43,320 --> 00:50:44,880
 A lot of things on your plate.

826
00:50:45,000 --> 00:50:48,700
 Where can we get online, Bud, going into Memorial weekend and get the great stuff?

827
00:50:49,420 --> 00:50:53,360
 Yeah, GoVols247.com in Tennessee with some official visitors this weekend.

828
00:50:53,500 --> 00:50:54,980
 That 865 live event I mentioned.

829
00:50:54,980 --> 00:50:59,020
 So, recruiting, jumping to the forefront this weekend to start the big summer run of visits.

830
00:50:59,300 --> 00:51:00,760
 So, lots to keep track of right now.

831
00:51:00,860 --> 00:51:03,360
 Great time to join at GoVols247.com.

832
00:51:04,260 --> 00:51:05,780
 Ryan, it's always good to hook up with you.

833
00:51:05,860 --> 00:51:09,660
 Listen, man, have a great week, weekend, and Memorial Day holiday, okay?

834
00:51:10,240 --> 00:51:11,060
 You guys do the same.

835
00:51:11,180 --> 00:51:11,240
 Thanks a lot.

836
00:51:11,240 --> 00:51:11,740
 Thank you, Bud.

837
00:51:12,000 --> 00:51:13,720
 Ryan Callahan, GoVols247.

838
00:51:13,840 --> 00:51:16,800
 Mixed bag of news from UNA and their golf team.

839
00:51:16,860 --> 00:51:18,540
 The good news on the way to Arizona.

840
00:51:18,700 --> 00:51:20,440
 Very prestigious invite.

841
00:51:20,880 --> 00:51:23,520
 They're going to be playing in the National Golf Invitational Tournament.

842
00:51:23,520 --> 00:51:24,860
 They get rocking tomorrow.

843
00:51:24,980 --> 00:51:29,560
 The bad news is it'll be the last event for their head coach.

844
00:51:29,800 --> 00:51:33,640
 Austin Phillips has resigned as a Schmitz family head coach.

845
00:51:34,140 --> 00:51:36,180
 He's on his way to Old Dominion.

846
00:51:36,280 --> 00:51:37,220
 A heck of a run.

847
00:51:37,360 --> 00:51:39,800
 So, congratulations to Coach Austin Phillips.

848
00:51:39,900 --> 00:51:40,560
 A good season.

849
00:51:40,860 --> 00:51:42,220
 Another good season at UNA.

850
00:51:42,680 --> 00:51:44,200
 On his way to Old Dominion, BB.

851
00:51:44,760 --> 00:51:51,060
 Listen, Harold, UNA Baseball leading North Florida 1-0 in the third inning.

852
00:51:51,220 --> 00:51:56,520
 I believe Georgia and Mississippi State are tied up at one in the third inning.

853
00:51:56,980 --> 00:52:05,460
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854
00:52:05,880 --> 00:52:09,260
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857
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997
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 Thank you so much for giving us a free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

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 And for Caleb Jones, taking time out of his busy schedule, following the Auburn Tigers there at auburnsports.com.

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 Caleb, welcome in.

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01:00:19,640 --> 01:00:20,300
 How are you?

1003
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 Hey, how's it going, guys?

1004
01:00:22,020 --> 01:00:22,240
 Hey, man.

1005
01:00:22,920 --> 01:00:28,100
 Well, did you get your midnight snack and Auburn baseball all in one whack last night, Caleb?

1006
01:00:28,360 --> 01:00:32,360
 Good things come to those who wait if you're an Auburn fan, right, in baseball.

1007
01:00:33,740 --> 01:00:34,120
 Oh, yeah.

1008
01:00:34,200 --> 01:00:40,580
 I think Brian Matthews from our side is over there and Hoover watching Auburn baseball.

1009
01:00:40,760 --> 01:00:44,520
 But a big win last night for the team, beating LSU, I think, 3-1, right?

1010
01:00:44,620 --> 01:00:44,780
 Yeah?

1011
01:00:45,100 --> 01:00:45,420
 Yeah.

1012
01:00:45,540 --> 01:00:45,840
 Yes.

1013
01:00:47,600 --> 01:00:52,360
 And now, it's amazing how this baseball team kind of parallels the basketball team.

1014
01:00:52,800 --> 01:00:55,300
 At one point, people are giving up on the basketball team.

1015
01:00:55,380 --> 01:00:56,720
 What did they do in the NIT?

1016
01:00:57,340 --> 01:01:00,300
 At one point, I think a lot of folks gave up on this Auburn baseball team.

1017
01:01:00,380 --> 01:01:01,140
 What did they do?

1018
01:01:01,480 --> 01:01:02,740
 They're still rocking and rolling.

1019
01:01:02,740 --> 01:01:07,600
 So, just from an overall standpoint, both basketball and baseball, I know we're going

1020
01:01:07,600 --> 01:01:11,280
 to get into recruiting here in a second, but from that standpoint, they're kind of building

1021
01:01:11,280 --> 01:01:14,180
 some momentum, if nothing else, for the football team coming in.

1022
01:01:15,520 --> 01:01:19,880
 Yeah, I mean, momentum's big, especially in something like a tournament style, you know.

1023
01:01:20,060 --> 01:01:25,920
 You see it in basketball all the time, teams making extended runs in March Madness.

1024
01:01:26,200 --> 01:01:29,620
 A lot of times, those runs start in their conference tournament.

1025
01:01:29,620 --> 01:01:34,260
 And so, if Auburn can piece together some more wins over the next couple of days over there

1026
01:01:34,260 --> 01:01:37,720
 in Hoover, who knows what could happen with this baseball team.

1027
01:01:37,880 --> 01:01:40,860
 But they've been playing really well in SEC play.

1028
01:01:40,940 --> 01:01:42,240
 So, we'll see kind of what happens.

1029
01:01:43,080 --> 01:01:51,320
 Caleb, usually Big Cat weekend results in one or two commitments, sometimes on the weekend

1030
01:01:51,320 --> 01:01:52,780
 or a few days after that.

1031
01:01:52,860 --> 01:01:54,940
 And sure enough, that's what happened.

1032
01:01:55,520 --> 01:02:00,520
 Kareem Palmer, a three-star linebacker, committed to Auburn.

1033
01:02:01,080 --> 01:02:10,260
 And then, after him, a four-star offensive tackle, Leighton Von Brandt from Delaware, also committed.

1034
01:02:10,520 --> 01:02:13,880
 Again, we knew some were coming, and I thought there would be one or two.

1035
01:02:14,320 --> 01:02:16,840
 Talk about the two commitments coming out of Big Cat.

1036
01:02:18,220 --> 01:02:23,000
 Yeah, so, I'll start just by Kareem Palmer, 6'2", 210 pounds.

1037
01:02:23,600 --> 01:02:26,820
 He's a composite four-star, a rival tides him as a three-star.

1038
01:02:27,360 --> 01:02:29,660
 That's a guy that DJ Durkin identified.

1039
01:02:30,100 --> 01:02:35,540
 And if anything, over the last couple of years, I mean, if anything, if there's anybody on that

1040
01:02:35,540 --> 01:02:40,740
 staff that's been with Auburn, you know, for several years now that I trust your judgment,

1041
01:02:41,360 --> 01:02:42,900
 DJ Durkin is one of those guys.

1042
01:02:43,080 --> 01:02:47,360
 I mean, he hit on Xavier Atkins, he hit on Elijah Melendez.

1043
01:02:48,020 --> 01:02:52,980
 So, I mean, if DJ Durkin says, this guy is good, and DJ Durkin wants him in that class,

1044
01:02:53,360 --> 01:02:57,580
 I trust DJ Durkin's judgment there, and I think Auburn's going to get a really good football

1045
01:02:57,580 --> 01:02:59,300
 player out of Kareem Palmer.

1046
01:02:59,840 --> 01:03:03,820
 Looking over at Leighton Von Brandt, you know, four-star offensive tackle.

1047
01:03:04,500 --> 01:03:09,180
 On three, we have him as the number five offensive tackle in the country.

1048
01:03:09,180 --> 01:03:12,020
 That's another big win for Auburn.

1049
01:03:12,520 --> 01:03:14,080
 A lot of schools were after him.

1050
01:03:14,560 --> 01:03:19,360
 Notre Dame, I think, was the other school that Auburn was really pitted against in this

1051
01:03:19,360 --> 01:03:20,020
 recruiting battle.

1052
01:03:20,120 --> 01:03:21,820
 I think it came down to Auburn-Notre Dame.

1053
01:03:22,460 --> 01:03:26,600
 And this is a commitment that, you know, Leighton Von Brandt, he wasn't at Big Cat.

1054
01:03:26,680 --> 01:03:29,180
 He made one visit to Auburn that was back in the spring.

1055
01:03:29,780 --> 01:03:32,360
 I think he had a lot of good things to say about just the campus.

1056
01:03:32,500 --> 01:03:36,520
 I think it kind of surprised him as to kind of what the campus feel was like.

1057
01:03:36,920 --> 01:03:43,100
 But, I mean, one visit to Auburn was enough to kind of secure Leighton Von Brandt.

1058
01:03:43,200 --> 01:03:47,400
 You know, he's got a great relationship with a lot of the staff over with Auburn and their

1059
01:03:47,400 --> 01:03:48,100
 offensive line.

1060
01:03:48,260 --> 01:03:50,840
 You know, Coach Hoodie, Tyler Hoodnick.

1061
01:03:51,440 --> 01:03:56,120
 He's done a fantastic job with Auburn's offensive line and especially recruiting that position.

1062
01:03:56,380 --> 01:03:58,220
 So, that's a big-time commitment.

1063
01:03:58,420 --> 01:04:03,660
 I know, especially the Leighton Von Brandt, that's a pickup that's got a lot of Auburn fans

1064
01:04:03,660 --> 01:04:10,420
 fired up because it's been a long time, I think, since they've seen, you know, such a high-caliber

1065
01:04:10,420 --> 01:04:12,160
 offensive lineman commit to Auburn.

1066
01:04:13,420 --> 01:04:14,780
 Talk to us about that, Caleb.

1067
01:04:15,160 --> 01:04:19,340
 Obviously, if you're an Auburn fan, you know the problem with Gus and others.

1068
01:04:19,600 --> 01:04:24,600
 For some reason, it was like, let's go get all these rock and roll guys as far as hot shot

1069
01:04:24,600 --> 01:04:27,520
 receivers, maybe a quarterback here and there in these other positions.

1070
01:04:27,740 --> 01:04:31,420
 But everybody who knows football knows if you don't have a line, you don't have a trophy

1071
01:04:31,420 --> 01:04:32,000
 in the case.

1072
01:04:32,820 --> 01:04:36,100
 What is the state of both lines right now?

1073
01:04:36,800 --> 01:04:41,960
 And how far have they come since the days when, basically, Gus Malza is almost as, I know

1074
01:04:41,960 --> 01:04:44,740
 it wasn't, but it seemed like it was an afterthought on the recruiting trail.

1075
01:04:45,860 --> 01:04:46,700
 Yeah, for sure.

1076
01:04:46,780 --> 01:04:51,440
 I mean, one thing that I think, you know, Alex Golesh has done since he's got to Auburn is,

1077
01:04:51,600 --> 01:04:55,800
 you know, in his, I think it was his introductory press conference, you know, he talked about,

1078
01:04:56,320 --> 01:04:59,020
 well, the games are going to be won in the trenches, you know.

1079
01:05:00,980 --> 01:05:05,400
 Defensive line, those are really high priority for the staff and recruiting.

1080
01:05:05,720 --> 01:05:10,780
 As far as the state of either the defensive line, you have a little bit more stability

1081
01:05:10,780 --> 01:05:11,520
 there, right?

1082
01:05:11,620 --> 01:05:13,860
 You've got Von Sheryl King-Williams coming in.

1083
01:05:14,280 --> 01:05:17,420
 He's had a couple of guys that are, you know, they've been in his system.

1084
01:05:17,660 --> 01:05:19,460
 They understand his coaching style.

1085
01:05:20,400 --> 01:05:21,580
 They've been in Auburn.

1086
01:05:22,120 --> 01:05:24,780
 So I think there's a little bit more stability.

1087
01:05:24,940 --> 01:05:29,980
 I think it's going to be a little bit easier to predict kind of how that defensive line is

1088
01:05:29,980 --> 01:05:30,600
 going to look.

1089
01:05:30,720 --> 01:05:33,780
 It's going to, I think it's going to look kind of similar to, it's going to look similar

1090
01:05:33,780 --> 01:05:38,060
 to what you've seen over the last couple of years, ever since Von Sheryl King-Williams

1091
01:05:38,060 --> 01:05:39,820
 kind of took over that position.

1092
01:05:39,820 --> 01:05:44,840
 As far as the offensive line goes, I mean, this is a new, this is a new staff on that side

1093
01:05:44,840 --> 01:05:45,720
 of the ball completely.

1094
01:05:46,300 --> 01:05:48,840
 So you're going to have some guys.

1095
01:05:48,960 --> 01:05:53,740
 Now, granted, it's really beneficial for Auburn that they've got several guys along the

1096
01:05:53,740 --> 01:05:57,780
 offensive line that have been, you know, with Coach Hoodie over at South Florida before.

1097
01:05:58,720 --> 01:06:04,280
 You know, Cole Best, Cole Skinner, well, Cole Best is your kind of, he is your starting center

1098
01:06:04,280 --> 01:06:07,180
 right there along the line there.

1099
01:06:07,280 --> 01:06:11,160
 And he, a lot of snaps between him and Byron Brown, which is very beneficial.

1100
01:06:11,160 --> 01:06:14,060
 I think, you know, they have that chemistry already established.

1101
01:06:14,840 --> 01:06:18,500
 But the identity of this offensive line, I think it's going to be wait and see.

1102
01:06:18,500 --> 01:06:23,140
 And, you know, Auburn's waiting to get Stanton Ramil really back into that rotation.

1103
01:06:23,400 --> 01:06:29,680
 You know, he was out the entire spring, wasn't participating in those contact drills as he's

1104
01:06:29,680 --> 01:06:30,740
 coming back from an injury.

1105
01:06:31,140 --> 01:06:36,880
 So, ideally, you've got to kind of wait and see, I think, how this offensive line is going

1106
01:06:36,880 --> 01:06:37,340
 to mesh.

1107
01:06:38,040 --> 01:06:40,980
 You know, they're looking to get Stanton Ramil back.

1108
01:06:41,060 --> 01:06:43,320
 And I think that could really change the identity of it.

1109
01:06:43,480 --> 01:06:48,740
 But as far as the offensive line goes, there's a bunch of guys that could play.

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 I'm really excited to see how kind of the team pieces together.

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 And, you know, I think those first couple of weeks, especially those two home games against

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 Let me ask you about two potential defensive backs coming to Auburn.

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 Thompson High School has been very, very good to Auburn.

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 Your thoughts on Nash Johnson and then another potential pickup from Thompson High School.

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 Yeah, I'll start off just by talking about that relationship that Auburn has established

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 with Thompson High School.

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 Thompson's been one of the better programs in the state since Mark Freeman took over there.

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 I mean, you've got some dudes coming out of that program every single year.

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 He was from Thompson.

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 You've got some guys that are in Auburn, in Auburn's safety room, just in general.

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 There's like three of them now.

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 Yeah.

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 And they're all really good players.

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 I mean, new boy Fagans is looking like the real deal, like a legit, he could be one of

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 the better safeties in the SEC.

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 You know, as early as this season, you know, this is going to be year two for him.

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 So it's going to be, I'm looking for him to take a step up.

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 But I mean, just getting your foot in the door at a place like Thompson has been huge for Auburn.

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 And not only did they get the guys, they've retained the guys, right?

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 Caleb Harris has now been here several years.

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 Like I said, new boy Fagans is entering his second season.

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 Somebody that, other players that know, they can trust, and, you know, they can go to somebody

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 like new boy Fagans or Caleb Harris and ask, well, what is Auburn really like?

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 So, I mean, that's huge.

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 As far as Nash Johnson goes, Auburn's put themselves, excuse me, Auburn's put themselves

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 And now he's wide open, and I think Auburn's the team to beat right now for Nash Johnson.

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 I think he's out of Atlanta, yeah?

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah, so, I mean, if you can get a guy like Nash Johnson to cross over into Alabama, and

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 Absolutely.

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 Call 1-800-GRANGER, click granger.com, or just stop by.

1337
01:19:29,500 --> 01:19:29,860
 Granger.

1338
01:19:30,240 --> 01:19:32,080
 For the ones who get it done.

1339
01:19:33,960 --> 01:19:35,120
 The Score.

1340
01:19:35,620 --> 01:19:40,380
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1341
01:19:40,720 --> 01:19:41,180
 Welcome back.

1342
01:19:41,260 --> 01:19:43,960
 Can't ask anybody in the know when it comes to Tuscaloosa.

1343
01:19:44,140 --> 01:19:48,460
 One of the hottest tickets in town is to an Alabama softball game,

1344
01:19:48,520 --> 01:19:50,680
 especially when it's super regional time.

1345
01:19:50,680 --> 01:19:55,100
 And why not check in with a man who's got the best seat in the house when it comes to

1346
01:19:55,100 --> 01:19:56,980
 Alabama softball, Gray Robertson.

1347
01:19:57,060 --> 01:20:00,220
 He is the voice of the Alabama softball team.

1348
01:20:00,320 --> 01:20:00,960
 Gray, welcome in.

1349
01:20:01,000 --> 01:20:01,480
 How are you?

1350
01:20:02,220 --> 01:20:03,320
 I am fantastic.

1351
01:20:03,520 --> 01:20:05,980
 I'm standing out in the brickyard, actually, here at Rhodes.

1352
01:20:06,080 --> 01:20:08,000
 We've got media going on before the super.

1353
01:20:08,200 --> 01:20:09,500
 And just excited.

1354
01:20:09,760 --> 01:20:10,820
 You know, we've got games tonight.

1355
01:20:11,020 --> 01:20:15,240
 Alabama LSU starts tomorrow, and it's just going to be an action-packed weekend of softball.

1356
01:20:15,300 --> 01:20:16,260
 No better time of the year.

1357
01:20:16,980 --> 01:20:20,940
 Before we get into the specifics, talk to us just about the vibe.

1358
01:20:21,000 --> 01:20:25,580
 Do people realize, for the folks who have never been, who have never watched an Alabama

1359
01:20:25,580 --> 01:20:30,940
 softball game, do they know what they're missing as far as, not just the game, not just the level

1360
01:20:30,940 --> 01:20:34,580
 of talent, but these girls are loosey-goosey, are they not?

1361
01:20:34,620 --> 01:20:37,980
 They're serious, but they have a way of making it fun for everybody.

1362
01:20:39,080 --> 01:20:40,760
 I mean, there's no better show to me.

1363
01:20:41,160 --> 01:20:45,080
 You know, you can look at the phenomenon that is Punch Moten.

1364
01:20:45,320 --> 01:20:52,460
 If you want an example, Vic Moten, the freshman pitcher, her son is Punch Moten, the stuffed

1365
01:20:52,460 --> 01:20:58,300
 animal monkey, and he has appeared in every post-game interview that we've done on the TV

1366
01:20:58,300 --> 01:20:58,820
 side.

1367
01:20:59,300 --> 01:21:02,060
 He's got a placard for the press conference at 3 o'clock.

1368
01:21:02,060 --> 01:21:04,720
 He came up for post-game in regionals.

1369
01:21:04,840 --> 01:21:07,840
 I mean, and that's just a little snippet of it.

1370
01:21:07,900 --> 01:21:09,680
 I mean, you look around the country, it's like that, too.

1371
01:21:09,800 --> 01:21:13,600
 Mississippi State and the broccoli, that was a phenomenon this past week.

1372
01:21:13,740 --> 01:21:18,880
 I mean, it's just, it's fun because you've got teams who are doing what they love, playing

1373
01:21:18,880 --> 01:21:21,020
 with people that they love, and just having fun with it.

1374
01:21:21,080 --> 01:21:24,000
 And then, you know, you get between the white lines, and it's, I want to take your head

1375
01:21:24,000 --> 01:21:29,340
 off, but it's so much fun to see the cultures that all these teams really have and the way

1376
01:21:29,340 --> 01:21:32,920
 that they're able to have fun with it while taking it as seriously as you can.

1377
01:21:33,520 --> 01:21:39,120
 Gray, it's kind of hard to win games when you get outscored by a combined 20 to nothing.

1378
01:21:39,780 --> 01:21:44,880
 I think that's the second time in history Alabama's gone through a regional without allowing a run.

1379
01:21:45,420 --> 01:21:49,180
 Then you got four home runs in a nine-run outburst.

1380
01:21:49,180 --> 01:21:52,380
 I'll tell you one thing, it just all came together.

1381
01:21:52,600 --> 01:21:59,500
 And again, I know they were not playing LSU or SEC competition, but that was quite impressive.

1382
01:22:00,360 --> 01:22:01,460
 It really was.

1383
01:22:01,660 --> 01:22:04,620
 Because, you know, it's funny how the tune changed a little bit nationally.

1384
01:22:04,960 --> 01:22:10,440
 When the bracket came out, I got a ton of DMs and texts from people around softball going,

1385
01:22:10,560 --> 01:22:12,140
 how in the world is that the regional?

1386
01:22:12,260 --> 01:22:16,280
 They gave the number one overall seed, and then all of a sudden Alabama sweeps through

1387
01:22:16,280 --> 01:22:19,080
 and you go, ah, Alabama always had an easy regional.

1388
01:22:19,340 --> 01:22:24,740
 When you play well, it really does make things look a lot easier than it is.

1389
01:22:24,740 --> 01:22:28,700
 And Alabama, against good competition, played very, very well.

1390
01:22:28,820 --> 01:22:32,580
 Maya Johnson is our, at Softball America, our national pitcher of the year.

1391
01:22:32,860 --> 01:22:37,800
 And she's earned that, and Alabama was on top of her early on, and that was all that they needed.

1392
01:22:37,900 --> 01:22:38,840
 They got to upstate.

1393
01:22:39,540 --> 01:22:41,880
 They just, they played well in all the facets.

1394
01:22:42,160 --> 01:22:43,460
 Pitching was obviously outstanding.

1395
01:22:43,940 --> 01:22:46,660
 The offensive execution was really, really good.

1396
01:22:47,000 --> 01:22:49,720
 And then the defense, there were a couple errors here and there,

1397
01:22:49,720 --> 01:22:53,140
 but the spectacular plays far outweighed the mistakes.

1398
01:22:53,300 --> 01:22:58,000
 And it just felt like an Alabama team that played like a number one overall seed.

1399
01:22:58,300 --> 01:23:03,220
 That really was trying to prove a point a little bit, that not only have we earned this

1400
01:23:03,220 --> 01:23:06,040
 based on what we've done in the regular season,

1401
01:23:06,200 --> 01:23:09,180
 but we're going to continue to prove that we deserve this

1402
01:23:09,180 --> 01:23:13,420
 and that we can go a long way with how we play on the field once the tournament starts.

1403
01:23:14,460 --> 01:23:18,940
 Here, Gray Robinson, the University of Alabama softball, play-by-play man.

1404
01:23:19,040 --> 01:23:21,460
 Gray, talk to us two things on this.

1405
01:23:22,040 --> 01:23:26,000
 We can sit here and look at stats all day, but you know these girls personally.

1406
01:23:26,240 --> 01:23:28,720
 Talk to us about some of the characters on the team

1407
01:23:28,720 --> 01:23:33,140
 and the importance of having a coach who knows how to identify talent.

1408
01:23:33,260 --> 01:23:36,460
 Pat Murphy's been consistent, especially this year with that freshman class.

1409
01:23:37,240 --> 01:23:42,480
 You know, it is an interesting mesh of personalities because we talked about the goofiness

1410
01:23:42,480 --> 01:23:46,440
 and, you know, they love each other, but they're also really, really smart.

1411
01:23:46,580 --> 01:23:50,620
 You've got a lot of high softball IQ people, and I'm not just talking about how to play the game,

1412
01:23:50,680 --> 01:23:53,240
 but they're aware of what's going on around the country.

1413
01:23:53,380 --> 01:23:57,700
 They're aware of everyone that they're going to play because they've been watching them all year.

1414
01:23:57,700 --> 01:24:05,640
 And it's just so cool to see the coaching staff really lean into that and really play to the strengths

1415
01:24:05,640 --> 01:24:09,440
 of all of these players because everyone is coached differently.

1416
01:24:09,840 --> 01:24:11,960
 You know, it's not a cookie-cutter approach.

1417
01:24:12,080 --> 01:24:17,020
 You don't want to have anyone conform to you either because so much of this game is mental.

1418
01:24:17,660 --> 01:24:22,240
 And if you break down that aspect by trying to make them acquiesce to the way you do things,

1419
01:24:22,680 --> 01:24:24,000
 it's just not going to be a good fit.

1420
01:24:24,540 --> 01:24:30,540
 And the way that Coach Murphy, Coach Bro, Adam Arbor, Lance McMahon, Ryan I. Murray, the whole staff,

1421
01:24:30,880 --> 01:24:36,260
 the way that they were able to communicate to each player individually along with making sure

1422
01:24:36,260 --> 01:24:40,780
 that a message gets across to everybody as a whole is really, really impressive.

1423
01:24:41,080 --> 01:24:48,720
 And it's helped the buy-in come early and stay sustained throughout the season.

1424
01:24:48,720 --> 01:24:53,420
 That's not an easy thing in this day and age, especially with how transactional college sports can be.

1425
01:24:53,920 --> 01:24:56,140
 But this coaching staff has figured out how to do that.

1426
01:24:56,280 --> 01:24:58,780
 And it also helps when you've got just a lot of good kids.

1427
01:24:58,960 --> 01:25:02,320
 I mean, a lot of really good kids who are doing it for the right reasons,

1428
01:25:02,320 --> 01:25:06,480
 who care about the university, who care about each other, who care about the team.

1429
01:25:07,180 --> 01:25:09,920
 It's just the chemistry has been right this year.

1430
01:25:09,980 --> 01:25:12,020
 And that's half the battle in college sports.

1431
01:25:12,520 --> 01:25:16,340
 Talk a little bit about sophomore Audrey Vandergrift.

1432
01:25:16,920 --> 01:25:19,580
 It was, had a very good freshman year.

1433
01:25:20,200 --> 01:25:24,460
 It's been laid off primarily or a lot certainly this year.

1434
01:25:24,540 --> 01:25:25,760
 I know she's about mid-season.

1435
01:25:25,940 --> 01:25:27,320
 She had a little bit of a lull.

1436
01:25:27,780 --> 01:25:28,520
 What a regional.

1437
01:25:29,080 --> 01:25:30,000
 Six of nine.

1438
01:25:30,560 --> 01:25:31,500
 Two home runs.

1439
01:25:31,740 --> 01:25:32,720
 Four RBIs.

1440
01:25:32,900 --> 01:25:34,080
 Four runs scored.

1441
01:25:34,800 --> 01:25:36,020
 Two stolen bases.

1442
01:25:36,480 --> 01:25:41,840
 I mean, again, with the speed, beating out bunts, and then crushing two home runs.

1443
01:25:42,080 --> 01:25:43,880
 What a regional for her.

1444
01:25:44,760 --> 01:25:46,340
 She was really, really strong.

1445
01:25:46,480 --> 01:25:49,080
 And, you know, it has been kind of a complicated year for Audrey

1446
01:25:49,080 --> 01:25:50,820
 because she was so good as a freshman.

1447
01:25:50,980 --> 01:25:52,180
 She bursts onto the scene.

1448
01:25:52,840 --> 01:25:54,760
 She gets all the big hits, it feels like.

1449
01:25:54,840 --> 01:25:58,880
 I think 80% of her home runs last year were against ranked teams.

1450
01:25:58,880 --> 01:26:03,860
 And she was just, I mean, she was the key cog in the offense, she and Callie Hevelin.

1451
01:26:04,000 --> 01:26:08,400
 And this year, if you look at the stats, take the name off, you would go,

1452
01:26:08,500 --> 01:26:10,260
 this kid is having a pretty good year.

1453
01:26:10,620 --> 01:26:15,260
 But I think for a lot of people, they look at it with Audrey Bandegriff's name on it and go,

1454
01:26:15,420 --> 01:26:18,620
 what's going wrong with this All-American sophomore?

1455
01:26:19,640 --> 01:26:22,560
 And what I love about Audrey is she's a coach's kid.

1456
01:26:23,020 --> 01:26:26,340
 So she understands, do it for the team, do it for the team.

1457
01:26:26,340 --> 01:26:30,260
 And when Coach Murphy talked to her about moving down from a leadoff spot down to the six hole,

1458
01:26:30,620 --> 01:26:31,800
 she was like, great, I'm all in.

1459
01:26:31,920 --> 01:26:32,260
 Let's go.

1460
01:26:32,340 --> 01:26:33,560
 I'll be the best six hitter in America.

1461
01:26:34,000 --> 01:26:39,320
 And I think what being in that position has done for her is it has taken the pressure off

1462
01:26:39,320 --> 01:26:44,600
 of setting the table for Brooke Wells and Lex Papillo and allowed her to just execute.

1463
01:26:45,220 --> 01:26:50,840
 And it's allowed her the freedom to do that in a myriad of ways, whether it's pulling a single

1464
01:26:50,840 --> 01:26:55,740
 through the right side, whether it's an opposite field home run, or what I think she does that

1465
01:26:55,740 --> 01:26:59,620
 really messes with defenses the most is lay down a butt, single, and beat it out.

1466
01:27:00,000 --> 01:27:03,060
 I mean, the weaponry, it's so tough to play her.

1467
01:27:03,600 --> 01:27:10,540
 And as she's gotten more adept at reading defenses, you can just see that the infield doesn't know

1468
01:27:10,540 --> 01:27:10,960
 where to go.

1469
01:27:11,060 --> 01:27:14,800
 The outfield doesn't know how to align because there are so many ways Audrey can beat you.

1470
01:27:14,900 --> 01:27:19,040
 And now that that leadoff pressure is off of her, as she's kind of gotten her groove back,

1471
01:27:19,320 --> 01:27:22,080
 it just opens up all the possibilities you could want.

1472
01:27:22,760 --> 01:27:23,720
 Good point, Gray.

1473
01:27:24,260 --> 01:27:25,640
 Obviously, a great season.

1474
01:27:25,780 --> 01:27:26,820
 You love your seed.

1475
01:27:27,100 --> 01:27:30,720
 But let's face it, the next game is the most important one.

1476
01:27:30,760 --> 01:27:33,680
 So let's talk about Bama's next game against LSU.

1477
01:27:35,360 --> 01:27:38,220
 Yeah, I mean, here's the thing about the NCAA tournament.

1478
01:27:38,780 --> 01:27:41,740
 You can be whatever seed you want, and it will be hard.

1479
01:27:42,340 --> 01:27:43,880
 It doesn't matter who you're playing.

1480
01:27:44,060 --> 01:27:44,820
 You've got to execute.

1481
01:27:45,060 --> 01:27:46,180
 You've got to play your game.

1482
01:27:46,680 --> 01:27:48,060
 And you've got to play well.

1483
01:27:48,180 --> 01:27:50,140
 Because if you don't play well, you're gone.

1484
01:27:50,320 --> 01:27:51,140
 That's how this goes.

1485
01:27:51,400 --> 01:27:52,840
 And there's some familiarity.

1486
01:27:53,020 --> 01:27:53,560
 Not this year.

1487
01:27:53,620 --> 01:27:54,580
 These teams haven't played.

1488
01:27:54,700 --> 01:27:58,100
 But both programs know intrinsically about the other.

1489
01:27:58,220 --> 01:27:59,640
 They played last year in Baton Rouge.

1490
01:28:00,360 --> 01:28:03,120
 You've got coaches who are familiar with each other.

1491
01:28:03,240 --> 01:28:07,680
 Lance McMahon, the pitching coach at Alabama, was a GA for Beth Tarina at LSU.

1492
01:28:07,680 --> 01:28:13,720
 So, I mean, there's going to be a lot of intensity on the field

1493
01:28:13,720 --> 01:28:17,500
 because this is an LSU team that's playing their best ball right now.

1494
01:28:17,580 --> 01:28:20,420
 And their pitching staff has been outstanding this season.

1495
01:28:20,620 --> 01:28:23,160
 And they know the task at hand against Alabama.

1496
01:28:23,300 --> 01:28:25,880
 And Alabama, I mean, they desperately want to go back to OKC.

1497
01:28:26,000 --> 01:28:27,020
 They didn't last year.

1498
01:28:27,520 --> 01:28:28,520
 They hate that feeling.

1499
01:28:28,860 --> 01:28:30,080
 They want to be back this year.

1500
01:28:30,220 --> 01:28:33,240
 And it's just going to be all about execution.

1501
01:28:33,240 --> 01:28:39,520
 And I think for Alabama, more specifically, all about absolutely squelching any belief.

1502
01:28:39,800 --> 01:28:43,520
 You know, when you're the underdog in the postseason, if you start to believe,

1503
01:28:43,940 --> 01:28:46,060
 then it feels like anything is possible.

1504
01:28:46,340 --> 01:28:50,580
 I think of two years ago when Alabama was at Tennessee and that first game,

1505
01:28:51,000 --> 01:28:52,360
 you could just feel the belief.

1506
01:28:52,840 --> 01:28:54,080
 And Alabama lost that game.

1507
01:28:54,160 --> 01:28:57,620
 But it was everyone left saying, I think we're the better team.

1508
01:28:58,120 --> 01:29:00,960
 And then Alabama won the next two games and went to OKC.

1509
01:29:01,380 --> 01:29:04,020
 So, if you're Alabama, you cannot let LSU feel that.

1510
01:29:04,140 --> 01:29:08,200
 They cannot believe that there is a better team, that they can truly do this.

1511
01:29:08,380 --> 01:29:11,020
 And you do that by getting off to a good start in game one

1512
01:29:11,020 --> 01:29:12,960
 and then continuing to apply the pressure.

1513
01:29:13,620 --> 01:29:17,000
 Greg, let me ask you to confirm the game times and TV.

1514
01:29:17,000 --> 01:29:22,800
 Game one tomorrow, 6 p.m. Central Time on ESPN2.

1515
01:29:23,400 --> 01:29:28,100
 Game two Saturday at 2 o'clock Central Time on ESPN2.

1516
01:29:28,540 --> 01:29:33,280
 I don't think if there is a game three, the time's announced.

1517
01:29:33,280 --> 01:29:44,900
 But is the Friday and Saturday games, again, 6 o'clock, 6 Friday on ESPN2 and 2 o'clock Central Time on ESPN2 Saturday?

1518
01:29:45,760 --> 01:29:47,360
 Yes, those times are correct.

1519
01:29:47,360 --> 01:29:51,100
 If we do see a game three, that time will be announced late Saturday night

1520
01:29:51,100 --> 01:29:54,300
 because they've got to see how many games we have that day.

1521
01:29:54,780 --> 01:29:56,500
 But, yes, those times are correct.

1522
01:29:56,800 --> 01:30:00,900
 And I would just encourage fans, if you're coming, prepare to be flexible.

1523
01:30:01,160 --> 01:30:05,580
 I know weather is going to be probably something we're all watching this weekend.

1524
01:30:06,080 --> 01:30:09,820
 Hey, be ready to show up no matter what because both teams will be here

1525
01:30:09,820 --> 01:30:13,620
 and we need the fan base to show up as much as possible as well,

1526
01:30:13,680 --> 01:30:15,320
 no matter what time they put us out on the field.

1527
01:30:15,700 --> 01:30:16,840
 Great, great stuff.

1528
01:30:16,980 --> 01:30:17,780
 Thank you so much.

1529
01:30:17,860 --> 01:30:23,560
 I know you stepped out of a press conference to talk to us about that, and we appreciate this.

1530
01:30:23,680 --> 01:30:25,220
 Listen, you've done a great job.

1531
01:30:25,320 --> 01:30:29,920
 I hear a lot of very good compliments about you and the broadcast team.

1532
01:30:30,320 --> 01:30:33,540
 Where can we get online and listen to the games, number one?

1533
01:30:33,540 --> 01:30:36,760
 And, number two, also follow you on social media.

1534
01:30:37,320 --> 01:30:39,160
 Well, thank you for the compliment, guys.

1535
01:30:39,280 --> 01:30:40,160
 That means a lot.

1536
01:30:40,260 --> 01:30:42,200
 Yeah, there are a lot of ways to tune in to us.

1537
01:30:42,280 --> 01:30:48,020
 If you're in the Tuscaloosa area, 100.1 FM, that's just over the radio.

1538
01:30:48,260 --> 01:30:51,900
 If you're outside of Tuscaloosa, because if you go to Northport, you might not get it,

1539
01:30:52,340 --> 01:30:54,280
 you've got to use the apps.

1540
01:30:54,420 --> 01:30:56,800
 There's the Catfish 100.1 FM app.

1541
01:30:57,460 --> 01:31:01,800
 There's the Varsity app as well where you can just search Alabama and find it.

1542
01:31:01,800 --> 01:31:07,220
 And if you go to RollTide.com and go to the schedule page for Alabama softball, there's a Listen Live link.

1543
01:31:07,640 --> 01:31:08,320
 You just click that.

1544
01:31:08,420 --> 01:31:09,640
 That'll take you where you need to go.

1545
01:31:10,180 --> 01:31:16,600
 And as for me, I'm at Gray, G-R-A-Y underscore Robertson on Twitter or X or whatever we're calling it now.

1546
01:31:16,680 --> 01:31:20,620
 And we will have all the content you could possibly want this weekend.

1547
01:31:21,500 --> 01:31:23,360
 We appreciate you going the extra mile.

1548
01:31:23,500 --> 01:31:24,300
 Thank you so much.

1549
01:31:24,360 --> 01:31:26,700
 Have another great call and have a great weekend, okay?

1550
01:31:27,340 --> 01:31:27,740
 Absolutely.

1551
01:31:27,860 --> 01:31:28,320
 Thanks, guys.

1552
01:31:28,420 --> 01:31:28,880
 Thank you, bud.

1553
01:31:29,380 --> 01:31:31,060
 Gray Robertson getting ready for the call.

1554
01:31:31,460 --> 01:31:34,560
 Alabama LSU Super Regional Softball.

1555
01:31:34,680 --> 01:31:37,480
 Coming up, he's got everything when it comes to Crimson Covered.

1556
01:31:37,560 --> 01:31:38,680
 Ryan Fowler on deck.

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1662
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 Welcome back again.

1663
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 You're talking about a hard-working man in Tuscaloosa.

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 He basically has football, basketball, baseball, softball, you name it.

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 Ryan Fowler, host of the game, tied 109 FM in Tuscaloosa.

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 Ryan, welcome in.

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 If we recommend two trips to the beach and call us in the morning, would you agree?

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 How are you?

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 Oh, no doubt.

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 No doubt.

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 That'll always help you.

1674
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 We've got softball.

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 We've got baseball.

1676
01:37:47,100 --> 01:37:47,280
 Yep.

1677
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 Baseball's been moved up.

1678
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 And you guys know this.

1679
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 You know, when you do afternoons in Tuscaloosa and you play everything, because we air everything.

1680
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 Baseball is one of those sports that it's hard, because, like, today I'll start the show, and I don't know if I'll have an hour and a half minimum.

1681
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 Right.

1682
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 Okay, that's the minimum.

1683
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 But I could be here all four hours if there's a lightning shot within the 30-mile radius of the Hoover Mets.

1684
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 So, I'll be here until they tell me to go home, and that's what I'll do.

1685
01:38:22,560 --> 01:38:28,480
 But, you know, it is a – this athletic department and, you know, track and field, what do they do?

1686
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 I think they won the SEC this past weekend.

1687
01:38:31,600 --> 01:38:36,140
 When you look at men's and women's, I mean, this athletic department, guys, it's blinking.

1688
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 And you need to give Greg Burns some credit, because he's been able to navigate some very difficult waters in the world of college athletics.

1689
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 And, you know, you think about NATO, you think about Rob Vaughn.

1690
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 We had Patrick Murphy on a couple of days ago.

1691
01:38:52,120 --> 01:38:59,460
 And, you know, this softball team with a super regional coming up tomorrow starting against LSU, you talk to the experts.

1692
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 I'm one of those, I'm willing to talk to the experts because I'm not a softball expert.

1693
01:39:04,360 --> 01:39:11,540
 And listening to them, they think Alabama may have a chance to, you know, obviously got to get through LSU, get to Oklahoma City.

1694
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 But this is a type of team that has the potential to go and hoist up a trophy out in Oklahoma City.

1695
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 Yeah, absolutely.

1696
01:39:22,180 --> 01:39:26,100
 Let me ask you about next week, and we'll talk about it then.

1697
01:39:26,900 --> 01:39:34,420
 You have been – I'm trying to find the proper word for this as far as your comments on Greg Sankey, the commissioner of SEC.

1698
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 Critical has been a little bit of it.

1699
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 It's a big week for him.

1700
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 And, yeah, is he going to continue to dig in his heels and be probably the only commissioner in college football to say we're staying at 12 or only going to 16?

1701
01:39:55,800 --> 01:40:03,600
 Because, again, I know everybody thinks this is automatically going to 24 because Padetti has been talking about it for weeks.

1702
01:40:04,240 --> 01:40:07,800
 They can't do that without the permission of the SEC.

1703
01:40:08,760 --> 01:40:10,220
 But we all know this.

1704
01:40:10,300 --> 01:40:16,260
 Next week in his state of the state address for the SEC, that's a big week for Greg Sankey.

1705
01:40:16,880 --> 01:40:18,320
 It is a gigantic week.

1706
01:40:20,100 --> 01:40:24,360
 And, you know, because to me, it's – and I'm not sure if you guys have read it.

1707
01:40:24,400 --> 01:40:33,200
 It just got posted a couple of minutes ago from Brandon Marcello, and the SEC is split on a consensus of the 2014 playoff.

1708
01:40:33,420 --> 01:40:38,780
 Well, you know, Kirby gave us some inside track with the nine games.

1709
01:40:38,880 --> 01:40:49,160
 I mean, he said all – he said all of the coaches that I talk to are against the nine-game schedule, okay, from a conference game.

1710
01:40:49,540 --> 01:40:53,200
 Now, I would imagine Kirby talks to every coach in the SEC.

1711
01:40:53,460 --> 01:41:04,940
 So, if he says all, all of the coaches that I talk to, I just – right now, I don't know if I look at Greg Sankey and I think about leadership.

1712
01:41:05,320 --> 01:41:11,900
 His highlight so far has been COVID, where he stood up to Kevin Warren, the commissioner of the Big Ten, and said –

1713
01:41:11,900 --> 01:41:15,080
 but at this point, I just don't feel like he has that leverage.

1714
01:41:15,560 --> 01:41:21,640
 And I keep trying to figure out what he's doing with this 2014, the hesitation here, because I don't like it.

1715
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 I don't like a 2014 playoff.

1716
01:41:23,320 --> 01:41:26,020
 I just think it's not really good for the game.

1717
01:41:26,140 --> 01:41:27,960
 I don't think it protects the regular season.

1718
01:41:28,120 --> 01:41:30,760
 I think it devalues that from a lot of standpoint.

1719
01:41:30,900 --> 01:41:32,340
 I know you'll have that competitive drive.

1720
01:41:32,420 --> 01:41:39,140
 It'll always be important to beat LSU and to beat Tennessee and continue to beat Auburn the way that Alabama's done the last six years.

1721
01:41:39,700 --> 01:41:50,440
 But it's one of those that when you think about where this game is going, I don't think 2014s need to compete for a national title.

1722
01:41:50,440 --> 01:41:52,060
 I just don't think they've earned it.

1723
01:41:52,060 --> 01:41:56,760
 And I think when we devalue that, it would be like that Little League, everybody gets a trophy.

1724
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 Everybody gets a trophy.

1725
01:41:57,980 --> 01:42:00,720
 Because 24 teams can now claim that they have success.

1726
01:42:01,520 --> 01:42:04,760
 But Greg's going to have to take charge of that room.

1727
01:42:05,220 --> 01:42:09,160
 And it's a room that is not all walking in in sync.

1728
01:42:09,720 --> 01:42:10,760
 We've got fights.

1729
01:42:11,320 --> 01:42:16,280
 We've got bickering going back and forth with Ole Miss and LSU and Sark.

1730
01:42:16,680 --> 01:42:20,860
 You know, I can't believe, you know, as much as we pick on Lane Kiffin, I can't believe Sark said that.

1731
01:42:20,940 --> 01:42:21,100
 Yeah.

1732
01:42:21,200 --> 01:42:34,580
 With a legacy of, like, Ole Miss, the quarterback that his starting quarterback, his grandfather, his grandmother, his uncle, his dad, his mom went to Loyola, New Orleans.

1733
01:42:34,820 --> 01:42:37,600
 But his entire family is part of Ole Miss.

1734
01:42:37,920 --> 01:42:39,440
 You just literally offended them.

1735
01:42:40,100 --> 01:42:44,740
 And you literally took a shot at their academics by Sark.

1736
01:42:45,280 --> 01:42:49,980
 So Greg's going to have to give this room in a cohesion to go.

1737
01:42:50,380 --> 01:42:52,480
 Because I've noticed something this week in the Big Ten.

1738
01:42:52,980 --> 01:42:54,660
 They've been step in step.

1739
01:42:54,660 --> 01:42:55,440
 Yeah, no question.

1740
01:42:55,680 --> 01:42:57,340
 With this 2014 playoff.

1741
01:42:57,680 --> 01:43:00,340
 It doesn't feel that way going into this SEC.

1742
01:43:00,920 --> 01:43:12,600
 And listen, by the way, I mean, we're sitting here, I know it's been a five-minute opening question, but the NBA G League players, what has he been able to get from his group right now?

1743
01:43:13,800 --> 01:43:15,380
 And what's he holding out on?

1744
01:43:15,600 --> 01:43:18,220
 Is he doing the favor for the ESPN group?

1745
01:43:18,640 --> 01:43:20,700
 Because, see, that's a big part of it, too.

1746
01:43:21,200 --> 01:43:22,420
 The TV contracts.

1747
01:43:22,540 --> 01:43:27,880
 Because if they move beyond 12, then they get to renegotiate this contract.

1748
01:43:28,140 --> 01:43:30,000
 And now Fox wants to be a part of it.

1749
01:43:30,000 --> 01:43:31,900
 Well, who is Fox in bed with?

1750
01:43:32,260 --> 01:43:32,840
 The Big Ten.

1751
01:43:32,880 --> 01:43:33,200
 That's it.

1752
01:43:33,900 --> 01:43:36,840
 I mean, we're looking at some fighting right now.

1753
01:43:37,020 --> 01:43:41,040
 And, you know, the Georgia president saying that we can govern our own rules.

1754
01:43:41,760 --> 01:43:44,740
 I don't know if I want Greg Sanky governing any rules.

1755
01:43:45,160 --> 01:43:47,240
 Has he done a solid job?

1756
01:43:47,860 --> 01:43:54,160
 I mean, some of the biggest spenders in the NIL revenue share breaking laws that we're having is in our league.

1757
01:43:54,320 --> 01:43:54,540
 Yeah.

1758
01:43:54,940 --> 01:43:56,740
 Is in our league in the SEC.

1759
01:43:57,500 --> 01:44:02,840
 Do I want him to be in charge of the governing body of college athletics right now?

1760
01:44:03,020 --> 01:44:03,320
 No.

1761
01:44:03,500 --> 01:44:04,600
 That answer is no.

1762
01:44:04,700 --> 01:44:06,660
 And it is a hundred percent no.

1763
01:44:07,240 --> 01:44:08,180
 No thank you.

1764
01:44:08,300 --> 01:44:10,440
 Because we've seen the work so far.

1765
01:44:10,540 --> 01:44:16,280
 If you're not willing to do it when nobody's watching, when everybody's watching, are you still not going to be able to do it?

1766
01:44:16,280 --> 01:44:17,420
 I think that answer is yes.

1767
01:44:17,640 --> 01:44:21,120
 I don't trust the SEC to be the governing body of college athletics.

1768
01:44:22,160 --> 01:44:25,700
 Ryan, we have heard from three or four guests this week.

1769
01:44:25,920 --> 01:44:28,160
 And we've gotten in this conversation.

1770
01:44:28,340 --> 01:44:30,580
 Now, you and I have been hearing this for 30 years.

1771
01:44:31,240 --> 01:44:37,700
 At some point, the SEC and the Big Ten are going to break away from the NCAA in football.

1772
01:44:37,700 --> 01:44:43,240
 Now, basketball is going to remain because that's the cash cow for the NCAA.

1773
01:44:43,540 --> 01:44:45,840
 Baseball and the Olympic sports will stay.

1774
01:44:46,500 --> 01:44:52,760
 But one of the agenda items, according to Ross Dillinger of Yahoo, next week in San Destin is,

1775
01:44:53,460 --> 01:44:58,900
 should the SEC seriously consider breaking away from the NCAA?

1776
01:44:59,240 --> 01:45:04,620
 And we're talking about really now probably at the end of this decade at 2030.

1777
01:45:05,100 --> 01:45:06,540
 Ryan, your thoughts on that?

1778
01:45:07,700 --> 01:45:08,640
 You know, I hear it.

1779
01:45:08,900 --> 01:45:15,180
 And I've had a lot of conversations this week because the Iowa State AD, and I forget his name,

1780
01:45:15,260 --> 01:45:17,340
 he threw it out and said, hey, you guys break away.

1781
01:45:17,420 --> 01:45:18,020
 Break away.

1782
01:45:18,120 --> 01:45:19,260
 Don't just break away with football.

1783
01:45:19,380 --> 01:45:22,300
 Break away with everything and see how that works out for you.

1784
01:45:22,300 --> 01:45:28,940
 You know, as much as I don't want to side with the Iowa State AD, I think he brings up a really good point.

1785
01:45:29,640 --> 01:45:34,720
 Because is it really, because is it a talking point or is it really feasible?

1786
01:45:35,100 --> 01:45:38,880
 Do you, is the SEC big enough?

1787
01:45:38,940 --> 01:45:44,780
 Because you have to remember, the reason the NFL works is you have a lot of teams.

1788
01:45:44,880 --> 01:45:46,680
 Yes, you've got some bottom dwellers.

1789
01:45:47,420 --> 01:45:53,640
 But unfortunately, we've got a pretty good percentage of simply, you know, somebody's got to win, somebody's got to lose.

1790
01:45:54,140 --> 01:45:56,840
 We've got some bottom dwellers in this league.

1791
01:45:57,380 --> 01:46:00,140
 Would an SEC Big Ten survive?

1792
01:46:00,640 --> 01:46:00,740
 Yeah.

1793
01:46:00,940 --> 01:46:02,720
 And would you have to trim the fat?

1794
01:46:02,840 --> 01:46:11,600
 Because the part of saying, yes, you're part of the super conference is good, but are you going to walk up and tell Arkansas, you didn't make the cut?

1795
01:46:11,720 --> 01:46:11,920
 Yeah.

1796
01:46:12,360 --> 01:46:14,280
 Mississippi State, you didn't make the cut.

1797
01:46:14,740 --> 01:46:16,080
 How do you do that?

1798
01:46:16,160 --> 01:46:25,600
 Because I don't know if it's sustainable from, or feasible, if it really, can we really work this out?

1799
01:46:26,240 --> 01:46:29,360
 And guys, we can't agree on anything right now.

1800
01:46:29,560 --> 01:46:31,940
 You know, I thought the Iowa AD said it.

1801
01:46:31,940 --> 01:46:35,560
 He said, guys, we've spent a lot of work in this College Sports Commission.

1802
01:46:36,080 --> 01:46:40,380
 Four conferences unified to create a College Sports Commission.

1803
01:46:40,500 --> 01:46:45,260
 For those listening, the College Sports Commission is what proves NIL deals.

1804
01:46:45,460 --> 01:46:50,560
 In other words, they say that this is a valid NIL agreement between a player and a school.

1805
01:46:50,560 --> 01:46:54,800
 But it's, you know, it's true market value.

1806
01:46:55,540 --> 01:46:58,440
 Well, they turned down like 75% of those deals because they're fake.

1807
01:46:58,980 --> 01:47:00,200
 In other words, they're fake NIL.

1808
01:47:00,300 --> 01:47:04,160
 They're not money fake, but they're not really solid deals.

1809
01:47:04,540 --> 01:47:10,500
 When I can get Patrick Mahomes to do an autograph signing cheaper than I can a backup running back,

1810
01:47:11,020 --> 01:47:12,820
 that's not a real NIL deal.

1811
01:47:13,340 --> 01:47:16,020
 And what I mean is, you look at Hollywood Smothers.

1812
01:47:16,540 --> 01:47:20,380
 He signed a six-figure deal to do like three autograph signings.

1813
01:47:20,380 --> 01:47:25,140
 Guys, you can go get NFL players to do autograph signings cheaper than, quote,

1814
01:47:25,280 --> 01:47:28,400
 on paper that we're doing in college athletics.

1815
01:47:28,600 --> 01:47:29,280
 You think Texas?

1816
01:47:29,780 --> 01:47:32,820
 Guys never even played a down for Texas?

1817
01:47:33,540 --> 01:47:37,800
 He's going to demand $50,000 for an autograph signing?

1818
01:47:38,440 --> 01:47:40,820
 Guys, we deal with autograph signings in Tuscaloosa.

1819
01:47:41,240 --> 01:47:43,500
 I've watched players come through here all the time.

1820
01:47:44,140 --> 01:47:46,660
 Guys, they signed for $20, $30 a pop.

1821
01:47:47,120 --> 01:47:48,520
 And I'm talking about the big ones.

1822
01:47:49,120 --> 01:47:50,640
 It's just not the market.

1823
01:47:50,640 --> 01:47:57,020
 And we've faked a lot of this to get these players and to build these super rosters.

1824
01:47:58,060 --> 01:48:03,400
 In the meantime, Greg's sitting up in his comfortable office, you know, reading books on leadership.

1825
01:48:05,400 --> 01:48:10,840
 Quickly, Ryan, before we jump off, your thoughts about some of the comments from the offensive linemen this week.

1826
01:48:10,920 --> 01:48:12,960
 Everybody's concerned about Bama's running back room.

1827
01:48:13,580 --> 01:48:17,020
 And one of the linemen I saw blurbs is they're scary good.

1828
01:48:17,380 --> 01:48:19,480
 What are you hearing on your end, Ryan?

1829
01:48:20,840 --> 01:48:22,420
 You know, and that was on our station.

1830
01:48:22,560 --> 01:48:25,980
 William Sanders was on with Gary Harris and talked about the running backs.

1831
01:48:26,260 --> 01:48:27,960
 I think they are going to be better.

1832
01:48:28,440 --> 01:48:32,940
 I do think that this rushing game will be a lot, a lot better.

1833
01:48:33,280 --> 01:48:36,660
 I think it will take a big step, you know, in the right direction.

1834
01:48:37,200 --> 01:48:43,360
 And, you know, it's one of those that I think this offensive line is going to be better, too.

1835
01:48:43,880 --> 01:48:52,260
 I think when you look at this offensive line as a group, this group should be better.

1836
01:48:52,960 --> 01:48:54,940
 I'd be shocked if it's not.

1837
01:48:55,640 --> 01:48:57,160
 So, it starts there.

1838
01:48:57,460 --> 01:49:05,040
 But I think this offense has a chance to be as good as they need to because this defense is going to be off the charge.

1839
01:49:05,180 --> 01:49:05,760
 Guys, this defense.

1840
01:49:05,880 --> 01:49:06,360
 I agree.

1841
01:49:07,120 --> 01:49:08,420
 I mean, it's deep.

1842
01:49:08,660 --> 01:49:10,440
 And that's what builds a great defense.

1843
01:49:10,540 --> 01:49:17,780
 Defensive line, you know, if you can find that answer for the running mate with Caleb Woodson, you've got to feel pretty good about that defense.

1844
01:49:17,780 --> 01:49:21,820
 And I think they've got plenty of options there at that linebacker spot.

1845
01:49:22,020 --> 01:49:29,720
 So, I think this Alabama team is a team that really is out of the top spotlight right now.

1846
01:49:30,020 --> 01:49:41,120
 And I think that's a good position for Caleb Woodward to overachieve some of those expectations that he has for his team or for the public's perception of Alabama.

1847
01:49:41,500 --> 01:49:46,920
 But I think right now, we just don't know about college football because we don't know everybody else.

1848
01:49:47,320 --> 01:49:48,740
 You know what Alabama's like.

1849
01:49:49,360 --> 01:49:51,540
 But we've went through every different stop.

1850
01:49:51,580 --> 01:49:57,500
 So, as you guys do, every SEC school that we've stopped at has problems on the offensive line.

1851
01:49:57,700 --> 01:50:03,620
 We've not talked to a one that said, hey, guys, we're very comfortable with all five players on the offensive line.

1852
01:50:03,720 --> 01:50:06,240
 I think Georgia's probably got the biggest stake to that right now.

1853
01:50:06,660 --> 01:50:07,660
 They've got problems in Austin.

1854
01:50:07,860 --> 01:50:09,280
 They've got problems in Texas A&M.

1855
01:50:09,740 --> 01:50:12,060
 LSU's got major offensive line issues.

1856
01:50:12,620 --> 01:50:14,860
 It's just a trend around college football.

1857
01:50:14,860 --> 01:50:19,440
 It's who can manage it the best is the one that will hoist up the trophy over the lineup.

1858
01:50:20,180 --> 01:50:20,980
 That's exactly right.

1859
01:50:21,140 --> 01:50:30,200
 Tennessee's got five returning starters on the offensive line, but they're flipping Sanders from right to left, and you don't know how that's going to work out.

1860
01:50:30,660 --> 01:50:31,480
 Great stuff.

1861
01:50:32,020 --> 01:50:33,180
 Well, listen, good luck today.

1862
01:50:33,280 --> 01:50:43,740
 Whether it's 90 minutes or four hours this afternoon, according to the weather, who have you got on the show, and where can we get on line to listen?

1863
01:50:44,380 --> 01:50:47,620
 Yeah, we've got Mike Johnson.

1864
01:50:47,800 --> 01:50:48,680
 We've got Rodney Orr.

1865
01:50:48,760 --> 01:50:49,820
 We've got Bobby Carpenter.

1866
01:50:49,980 --> 01:50:52,560
 I had to jam all these guys in just a short amount of time.

1867
01:50:53,040 --> 01:50:56,440
 And, hey, guys, we just got our SEC meet the credential request.

1868
01:50:57,240 --> 01:51:04,080
 I wonder, you know, if we can afford Radio Row, because that's another discussion that we can have another day.

1869
01:51:04,280 --> 01:51:06,080
 But we just got that for Tampa.

1870
01:51:06,300 --> 01:51:07,880
 Like, literally, I was sitting here talking to you.

1871
01:51:07,900 --> 01:51:10,260
 So, we're getting close, 100 days away.

1872
01:51:10,360 --> 01:51:13,220
 We'll talk about it coming up in about 10 minutes in Tuscaloosa.

1873
01:51:13,300 --> 01:51:14,320
 Thank you guys so much.

1874
01:51:14,380 --> 01:51:14,820
 Thank you, bud.

1875
01:51:14,860 --> 01:51:15,800
 Thank you so much, Ryan.

1876
01:51:15,840 --> 01:51:17,620
 Good luck with that up and down show.

1877
01:51:17,740 --> 01:51:19,920
 Ryan Fowler is hooking up with us from Tuscaloosa.

1878
01:51:20,040 --> 01:51:29,140
 Baby, quickly, the Braves, all of a sudden, that lead got cut to seven, and boom, it's back to nine games over both the Fields and the Nats, BB.

1879
01:51:29,140 --> 01:51:32,160
 Yeah, they had two three-run homers last night.

1880
01:51:32,320 --> 01:51:38,240
 Spencer Strider on the mound for the final game with the Fish and Harold Bugg.

1881
01:51:38,320 --> 01:51:39,760
 Let's get some updates here.

1882
01:51:39,960 --> 01:51:42,240
 UNA Baseball, 6-0.

1883
01:51:42,740 --> 01:51:42,920
 Yeah.

1884
01:51:43,200 --> 01:51:47,220
 6-0 over Northern Florida in the seventh inning.

1885
01:51:47,920 --> 01:51:52,600
 Georgia, 4-2 over Mississippi State and Hoover, I believe, in the fifth.

1886
01:51:53,300 --> 01:51:56,140
 And Morgan County is going to be celebrating again.

1887
01:51:56,140 --> 01:51:59,380
 Another Blue Mouth is coming back.

1888
01:51:59,780 --> 01:52:02,220
 Hartzell 2, Spain Park 1.

1889
01:52:03,020 --> 01:52:07,860
 And Colbert County won the softball game this morning, beating Glenwood 8-2.

1890
01:52:08,420 --> 01:52:15,140
 And in the fourth inning now, Colbert County leading Hatsville 4-0 in, I believe, the fourth inning.

1891
01:52:15,340 --> 01:52:19,980
 And hopefully, the ladies are going to go and win two games at least today.

1892
01:52:20,300 --> 01:52:24,080
 As they say, our Valley guys and gals, pretty doggone good.

1893
01:52:24,160 --> 01:52:25,780
 All the best the rest of the afternoon.

1894
01:52:26,120 --> 01:52:29,680
 It's going to take care of business for now on behalf of maybe Greg James Flair, the entire crew here.

1895
01:52:30,020 --> 01:52:32,020
 Harold Bugg, thank you so much for your time today.

1896
01:52:32,100 --> 01:52:36,720
 Let's do it again tomorrow, noon to 2 for the Boomwell Bug Show, back here on Sports Radio 93.9, The Score.

1897
01:52:36,720 --> 01:52:36,860
 We'll see you next time.