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

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

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 Good afternoon and welcome here to the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

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 Brett Beaird, welcome in where?

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 Even as we speak the latest on the big game on the plains and across the state,

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 can the Crimson Tide men do what the women have already done in the postseason?

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 Happy Friday to you and the listeners.

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 Bill Shanks remembers Bob Horner and his impact on the Braves a little bit later.

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 But Jimmy is here right now to talk about that huge opening day softball win for Alabama

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 Put another way, Jimmy Stein probably won't be on the golf course or at the beach this weekend.

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 Jimmy, welcome in to, can we say, Busy Friday.

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 If you have so much success and you never really fall behind like they did in the regionals

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 and super regionals, all of a sudden when you do fall behind, how are you going to respond?

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 It really shows how the program has improved over just the past three or four seasons.

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 While they were still extremely successful by any measure except maybe their own, you know,

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 in terms of they've made the World Series in back-to-back years, they just weren't scoring a lot of runs.

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 It was going to happen, and it happened due to two home runs from two of their best hitters.

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 They've gone, the coaches from Puerto Rico, and you know the baseball talent down there.

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 Jimmy, big recruiting weekend, the first big official visits coming in this weekend.

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 Some very impressive prospects, Hayden Stelp, Darius White at Georgia for the secondary, which Mo Lindquist is just superb in recruiting these long, tall, length.

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 You've got two of the best receivers in the country, Monsoon Bama Sales, Asani Gales, Antoine Jackson, Mitchell Turner on the defensive line.

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 It is going to be a small group.

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 Jimmy, forgive me for being stunned there for a second.

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 I look up at the monitor, Milwaukee 4, Auburn 0 in the top of the first inning down at Auburn.

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 Six, I know six podcasts a week, maybe even more with everything going on this weekend.

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

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 BB, for the folks who said, can you repeat that score from the planes again, please?

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 Listen, James got my attention.

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 I looked up, and I thought I was seeing things from Milwaukee 4, Auburn 0 going to the bottom of the first inning.

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 BB, right now, I guess you could say it's the pain on the planes

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 right now for Auburn Baseball.

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 Going to talk to you.

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 What about that Auburn score?

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 you look at the way teams approach this and, you know, you have to approach everyone equally.

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 Alabama team a top 15 team for next year?

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 of the NBA draft decisions, I mean, I don't think there's much of a question that you've

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 me, also like their preseason top 15 type teams.

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 I think Alabama, you know, again, is going to be right there in that conversation probably.

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 in terms of elite teams this year, whereas last year, that was the big talk is you still had

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 some of those teams did the year before.

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 you've got, you know, maybe six, seven SEC teams who feel like they can make a run, you

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 Is Florida your preseason number one?

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 I think right now that they would certainly be right there at the top.

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 title team, went to Kentucky, but it seems like it will be tough for that to be the case.

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 But even if they don't have him, I mean, there's just not going to be another team in the country

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 that has, you know, the three-man group of Hal Condon and Chinuilu.

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 almost their entire team from last year.

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 Mike, in about 30 seconds, two things.

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 Number one, where do you put Kentucky right now with their lineup?

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 And where can we get the very latest with you anytime, buddy?

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 Yeah, I appreciate it, guys.

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 Yeah, Kentucky, of course, still waiting for the Iowa State sharpshooter, Milan Montilovic.

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 moves into that conversation.

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 But we'll see.

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 Big Blue Nation would be very happy if that is the case.

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 Guys, baseball, basketball, football over at Southeastern 16 on YouTube.

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 Sounds great, Blake.

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 Listen, kickback, softball, baseball, plenty to keep you busy this weekend.

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 Thanks so much, and have a great and safe one out there, okay?

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 Thanks, guys.

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 You too.

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 Blake Lovell, Southeastern 16.

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 More pain in the plains, BB.

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 Four nothings.

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 The last time we talked about the game on the plains, it's now five nothing.

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 Nobody out.

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 And another runner in scoring position at second for Milwaukee.

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 Right now, Auburn fans, safe to say, are in a state of shock.

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 Why do you say we leave the 50 states, go across the big pond, and see what's happening

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 Roland Garros, he's up two sets to one.

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 A 19-year-old Brazilian, Joe Alphonseca, in the third round.

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 They're on serve late in the fourth set this match, already at three and a half hours.

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 Spaniard Rafa Hodar, rallying from two sets to one down to beat American Alex Mickelson in five.

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451
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 He won that first set 6-4.

452
00:27:47,900 --> 00:27:49,560
 They're on serve early in the second.

453
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:59,760
 Winners on the women's side, the four-time champ Iga Sviatek, seventh-seed Alinas Vitolina, and the eighth-seed Mira Andreeva, all winning in straight sets.

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523
00:32:16,380 --> 00:32:17,080
 Welcome back in.

524
00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:20,520
 Very latest as far as the opening round of the Auburn Regional.

525
00:32:20,620 --> 00:32:24,060
 Right now, the Tigers on the short end to Milwaukee 5-0.

526
00:32:24,220 --> 00:32:25,840
 Milwaukee batting in the top of the second.

527
00:32:26,020 --> 00:32:26,920
 Runners on the corner.

528
00:32:27,100 --> 00:32:28,760
 Nobody out.

529
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:31,560
 Cormier is on the mound for the Auburn Tigers.

530
00:32:31,700 --> 00:32:32,460
 And where's he from?

531
00:32:33,420 --> 00:32:34,460
 Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

532
00:32:34,780 --> 00:32:37,180
 Happens to be one of the softest and sweetest spots.

533
00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:39,720
 Would you guess, Brett, for our next guest, by the way?

534
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:45,120
 I would guess that it's, by the way, he's Lance Cormier's son who played at Alabama, of course.

535
00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:46,260
 You're exactly right.

536
00:32:46,300 --> 00:32:48,640
 But, yes, it's God's country, Harold.

537
00:32:49,200 --> 00:32:55,460
 Bill Shanks, host of the Bill Shanks Show on 93.1 FM and Macon online at thesesuperstations.com

538
00:32:55,460 --> 00:32:57,980
 and a fine contributor for 41 NBC.

539
00:32:58,240 --> 00:32:59,080
 Bill, welcome in.

540
00:32:59,160 --> 00:32:59,780
 How are you?

541
00:33:00,300 --> 00:33:00,860
 Doing well.

542
00:33:00,940 --> 00:33:01,340
 How are y'all?

543
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:01,660
 Hey, buddy.

544
00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:04,140
 Man, we're kind of down and out, Bill.

545
00:33:04,220 --> 00:33:07,440
 My goodness, what is in the water for the Atlanta Braves this year?

546
00:33:07,500 --> 00:33:10,080
 Can we just do a mulligan like they do in golf?

547
00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:13,540
 I mean, first Ted, then Bobby, and now Bob.

548
00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:17,740
 Bob Horner, the latest sad news out of the Braves camp.

549
00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:19,140
 Bill, it's been a rough year, man.

550
00:33:20,060 --> 00:33:21,220
 It's been a rough month.

551
00:33:21,380 --> 00:33:27,020
 In the span of 22 days, you've had John Sterling, Ted Turner, Bobby Cox, Bob Horner.

552
00:33:27,740 --> 00:33:32,440
 Four names from Atlanta's history and, yeah, very surprising.

553
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:34,560
 I didn't expect that at all.

554
00:33:34,560 --> 00:33:40,860
 I mean, Bobby and Ted were very sick and had been for a while, so that was not a surprise.

555
00:33:41,500 --> 00:33:48,080
 John was 87 and had had a heart attack several months ago, so that wasn't a shock either because

556
00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:56,620
 of that, but Bob was a little bit of a surprise, and he's very sad, and 68's very young, but

557
00:33:56,620 --> 00:34:05,080
 he had a really good run in Atlanta for nine years, and he really built the foundation for

558
00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:07,120
 America's team back 40 years.

559
00:34:07,220 --> 00:34:10,600
 You know, it's hard to believe that he hadn't played for the Braves in 40 years,

560
00:34:10,720 --> 00:34:17,480
 but it's still, for those of us who were able to watch him, I think we all know the contributions

561
00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:20,420
 that he made to help make the Braves America's team.

562
00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:26,480
 And the thing that's so unique about Bobby is he is one of, and you can count him probably on one hand,

563
00:34:26,620 --> 00:34:28,500
 had never played a day in the minor leagues.

564
00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:29,940
 He jumped from there to here.

565
00:34:30,220 --> 00:34:33,780
 He was a special talent from day one, and I like your point there, Bill.

566
00:34:34,380 --> 00:34:38,460
 The Braves had some salad days, but somebody somewhere has got to build a foundation.

567
00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:39,300
 That's what he did.

568
00:34:40,820 --> 00:34:44,620
 Well, in 1978, he got drafted 1-1 out of Arizona State.

569
00:34:44,720 --> 00:34:47,660
 He had had an unbelievable college career out there.

570
00:34:47,740 --> 00:34:52,440
 They had won a national championship in 77, and he got drafted.

571
00:34:52,600 --> 00:34:53,400
 He came to the Braves.

572
00:34:53,460 --> 00:34:55,700
 It was also the first year that Dale Murphy was a regular.

573
00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:58,220
 It was the first year that Bobby Cox managed the Braves.

574
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:01,080
 So that was a pretty significant season.

575
00:35:01,220 --> 00:35:08,920
 It was also the first year I watched the Braves on Channel 17, WTCG, which became WTPS,

576
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:11,580
 which became, of course, the Superstation.

577
00:35:12,460 --> 00:35:16,300
 And, you know, there were some very lean years, those nine years,

578
00:35:16,300 --> 00:35:22,620
 but there was also a great year in 1982, which everybody that was around for that

579
00:35:22,620 --> 00:35:26,500
 remembers very fondly when they won 13th straight to start the season.

580
00:35:27,020 --> 00:35:32,700
 And then, of course, they won the division, and it was a fantastic season.

581
00:35:33,080 --> 00:35:37,900
 So Bob was part of a duo with Dale Murphy that was a very special group.

582
00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:44,200
 They led by Dale and Bob and Bruce Benedict and Glenn Hubbard and Chris Shammas

583
00:35:44,200 --> 00:35:49,060
 and Claudio Washington, and, of course, Phil Necro was about the only pitcher they had.

584
00:35:49,220 --> 00:35:51,520
 Gene Garver was a great relief pitcher.

585
00:35:51,740 --> 00:35:56,220
 So they just had a bunch of very good characters and very good personalities

586
00:35:56,220 --> 00:36:01,600
 that had some decent seasons and made it fun for people all over the country,

587
00:36:01,720 --> 00:36:03,900
 not just people in the South, to watch the Atlanta Braves.

588
00:36:03,900 --> 00:36:09,200
 I thought he was always one of the most underrated major league players, period,

589
00:36:10,040 --> 00:36:11,940
 much less a Braves.

590
00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:17,900
 Now, I know off the field he could be a little persnickety, for lack of a better word,

591
00:36:18,040 --> 00:36:21,020
 and I know sometimes that caused him a few issues.

592
00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:25,160
 You had a great article about him in the Savannah Morning News,

593
00:36:25,780 --> 00:36:29,160
 and it went through the career, and also I wanted you to tell the story

594
00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:37,240
 about Pasquale Perez coming to his aid after he plunked a batter.

595
00:36:37,840 --> 00:36:42,240
 But you also had in there, he is in the Georgia Hall of Fame,

596
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:47,040
 but Bob Horner is not in the Braves Hall of Fame.

597
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:47,480
 Wow.

598
00:36:47,540 --> 00:36:47,800
 Why?

599
00:36:49,700 --> 00:36:50,420
 Politics.

600
00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:50,820
 Yeah.

601
00:36:52,540 --> 00:36:54,180
 That happens sometimes.

602
00:36:54,780 --> 00:36:56,080
 Bob was surly.

603
00:36:56,200 --> 00:36:59,100
 He was not outgoing.

604
00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:01,280
 He was, I liked him.

605
00:37:01,520 --> 00:37:05,600
 I mean, I enjoyed talking to him the times I did, which were several.

606
00:37:06,140 --> 00:37:08,880
 But he was not, you know, Don Rickles.

607
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:13,100
 He was not a fun, happy-go-lucky guy.

608
00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:16,980
 He was kind of surly, I think is the word I used to describe me.

609
00:37:17,340 --> 00:37:18,800
 He was, that's not bad.

610
00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:21,060
 There were a lot of different people that have different personalities.

611
00:37:21,660 --> 00:37:24,680
 Well, the game you're talking about was August 12th, 1984.

612
00:37:25,020 --> 00:37:26,180
 I happened to be at that game.

613
00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:32,500
 And it was a two-hour rain delay, and we almost left to go back to Waycross

614
00:37:32,500 --> 00:37:33,860
 because we were four hours away.

615
00:37:34,240 --> 00:37:38,960
 But we stayed, and we actually moved down to about maybe 15 rows

616
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:43,260
 behind Ted Turner's box, which was right by the Brazon deck circle.

617
00:37:44,020 --> 00:37:49,720
 So when I got there originally, before the rain delay, I looked up and wanted to wave at Ernie

618
00:37:49,720 --> 00:37:51,600
 Pete and Skip, as I always did.

619
00:37:51,920 --> 00:37:53,700
 And, well, Bob Horner was up there.

620
00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:56,080
 I'm like, oh, my God, Bob Horner's up there in street clothes.

621
00:37:56,180 --> 00:37:57,800
 I mean, I knew he was on the disabled list.

622
00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:01,020
 He had a navicular bone break in his wrist.

623
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:03,000
 But he was in street clothes.

624
00:38:03,060 --> 00:38:03,960
 He was in the press box.

625
00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:06,760
 So, of course, you know, that was one of my favorite players, so I waved at him.

626
00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:11,260
 So, you know, the first pitch of the game, or first batter of the game,

627
00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:18,960
 Pasquale Perez, who was this wacko Dominican pitcher who was kind of a rubber band man

628
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:28,820
 and a cocaine addict and crazy, he hit Alan Wiggins, who was another cocaine addict, by the way,

629
00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:32,260
 and he hit him.

630
00:38:32,500 --> 00:38:38,240
 And so the Padres then tried for, like, two at-bats to hit Pasquale back.

631
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:40,760
 They didn't like what he did.

632
00:38:41,020 --> 00:38:47,200
 And so, finally, like, I guess it was the second at-bat they hit him,

633
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:52,280
 and he took off running around with a bat in his hand, ready to hit anybody with a bat.

634
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:53,420
 It was that close to him.

635
00:38:53,960 --> 00:38:56,960
 And then the Padres were just out of control.

636
00:38:57,080 --> 00:38:57,860
 They were going to get their hands.

637
00:38:57,940 --> 00:39:01,200
 They had to kill that guy after they had gotten their hands on him.

638
00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:06,880
 And so I looked up from my vantage point, and I could see him right now.

639
00:39:06,940 --> 00:39:09,040
 At the top of the dugout, there was Bob Horner.

640
00:39:09,140 --> 00:39:14,840
 He'd come down from the press box with street clothes and put his uniform on

641
00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:16,640
 because he knew what was going to happen.

642
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:21,740
 And he told me later in an interview that I knew first batter.

643
00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:28,100
 I mean, I left the first after they hit Wiggins because I knew what was going to happen.

644
00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:33,760
 And so, you know, and I don't know about Bob, but, I mean, everybody hated Pasquale Braves.

645
00:39:33,840 --> 00:39:35,560
 He was just a pain in the butt, you know.

646
00:39:35,560 --> 00:39:38,280
 But he was wearing that uniform, so it didn't matter.

647
00:39:38,900 --> 00:39:40,020
 He was wearing the Braves' uniform.

648
00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:45,780
 So Bob's at the front step of the dugout, and Pasquale got in the dugout, and Champ Summers,

649
00:39:46,780 --> 00:39:50,600
 a crotchety old fourth outfielder for the Padres, big old man.

650
00:39:50,720 --> 00:39:55,540
 He comes running after Pasquale Perez in the dugout, and there's Bob.

651
00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:58,520
 And Bob didn't let him, you know, get hurt.

652
00:39:58,620 --> 00:39:59,020
 He killed.

653
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:03,580
 And so my part of the story is when I saw Bob Horner at the top of the dugout,

654
00:40:03,640 --> 00:40:09,980
 I ran down the aisle toward the field because I was going to protect the honor of my number five, Bob Horner.

655
00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:12,440
 You know, I was going to help him kick Champ Summers' a**.

656
00:40:12,440 --> 00:40:22,180
 And about 30 seconds later, I felt my a** being dragged up by my mother by the back of my shirt because it –

657
00:40:22,180 --> 00:40:25,240
 and that was right when the beer started flowing from the –

658
00:40:25,240 --> 00:40:26,320
 Chicken in the hole, baby.

659
00:40:26,340 --> 00:40:29,280
 – to the field, and, I mean, it was out of control.

660
00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:33,240
 I mean, there were like two more – well, really, three more fights after that one.

661
00:40:33,980 --> 00:40:37,940
 And – but, yeah, Bob – Bob gained a lot of respect.

662
00:40:37,940 --> 00:40:43,140
 He told me, he said, I get two events talked about to me by the fans.

663
00:40:43,220 --> 00:40:47,940
 He said my four-home run game in 1986 and then the fight in 1984.

664
00:40:48,340 --> 00:40:51,900
 And, of course, he just was protecting one of his teammates.

665
00:40:52,640 --> 00:40:53,340
 That's a great story.

666
00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:56,820
 Speaking of Pasquale Perez, correct – refresh our memories.

667
00:40:56,980 --> 00:41:00,520
 Was he the one that got lost on the loop around Atlanta, couldn't get to the stadium on time?

668
00:41:00,820 --> 00:41:01,260
 Yes, yes.

669
00:41:01,380 --> 00:41:02,620
 At 285.

670
00:41:02,700 --> 00:41:02,960
 Right.

671
00:41:03,120 --> 00:41:07,000
 He didn't speak English, and he ran out of gas,

672
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:10,400
 and he stopped and he circled the d*** perimeter twice.

673
00:41:10,800 --> 00:41:14,420
 He was going about – about, I guess, about – I don't know.

674
00:41:14,980 --> 00:41:16,520
 It was a long way around the thing.

675
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:18,000
 He circled it twice.

676
00:41:18,080 --> 00:41:18,760
 It was late in the game.

677
00:41:18,860 --> 00:41:22,740
 Thank God, Phil Necker had a rubber arm, so he was able to step in there on two days rest.

678
00:41:23,380 --> 00:41:24,280
 And you know what?

679
00:41:24,340 --> 00:41:29,100
 They had lost – like, they were in the middle of a real bad string there of 19 out of 21.

680
00:41:29,240 --> 00:41:33,240
 And that little instant – and because when he got there, he told them the story.

681
00:41:33,240 --> 00:41:36,960
 Of course, they turned around the next day and put I-285 on the back of the jacket.

682
00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:37,320
 Right.

683
00:41:37,780 --> 00:41:45,780
 And they kind of snapped out of their little funk, F-U and K, with that little incident there with Pasquale.

684
00:41:45,900 --> 00:41:52,180
 But, yeah, he was not the brightest – I mean, he got shot and killed in the Dominican like 15 years ago.

685
00:41:52,300 --> 00:41:57,980
 So, I mean, you know, he was just – he was a weird, bad dude, to be honest with you.

686
00:41:58,500 --> 00:42:04,600
 And not a rocket – I think he was the one that developed that rocket that blew up in Florida last night, to be honest.

687
00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:05,180
 Oh, my goodness.

688
00:42:05,720 --> 00:42:06,720
 And the Blue Origin, yeah.

689
00:42:06,940 --> 00:42:11,160
 38-19, the best record in the major leagues.

690
00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:14,360
 They whipped the Bull Sox last night, 10-2.

691
00:42:14,980 --> 00:42:21,380
 And my MVP so far, as I mentioned him last week, Michael Harris with another solo home run.

692
00:42:22,340 --> 00:42:23,920
 Your thoughts on the Braves?

693
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:27,440
 Well, they're doing really well.

694
00:42:27,580 --> 00:42:32,960
 I mean, obviously, Monday was at the one-third mark of the season, and they've won two or three since then.

695
00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:39,540
 So, it's – you know, they have, I think, surpassed everybody's expectations, including probably their own.

696
00:42:40,140 --> 00:42:44,900
 And they just need to continue to play good ball, continue to win series.

697
00:42:45,520 --> 00:42:49,340
 They're on to Cincinnati tonight for a team that's a few games over .500.

698
00:42:50,240 --> 00:42:53,520
 And one of the many teams in Central, they're over .500.

699
00:42:53,660 --> 00:42:54,580
 They're all over .500.

700
00:42:55,260 --> 00:42:57,440
 So, they've just got to continue to win series.

701
00:42:57,600 --> 00:42:59,500
 They've got to stay healthy, avoid any big injuries.

702
00:42:59,660 --> 00:43:01,720
 Hopefully, Acuna got going last night.

703
00:43:01,980 --> 00:43:07,480
 You know, he had a grand slam, so hopefully I'll get him off the schneid, as they say.

704
00:43:08,120 --> 00:43:15,120
 And, you know, they've done this, it not being easy, with Acuna being pretty bad and Riley being worse.

705
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:15,420
 Yeah.

706
00:43:15,940 --> 00:43:18,940
 And injuries, you know, Baldwin's out right now.

707
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:21,220
 And, of course, the pitching injuries that they have had.

708
00:43:21,220 --> 00:43:25,580
 So, it's not been an easy 57 games by any means.

709
00:43:25,740 --> 00:43:29,000
 But they seem to be overcoming a lot.

710
00:43:29,100 --> 00:43:32,640
 They've got a deep roster, and I think that depth's helped them a great deal.

711
00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:35,700
 So, it's been a fun first part of the season.

712
00:43:36,000 --> 00:43:38,320
 And, you know, this second part's going to define a lot.

713
00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:42,880
 And hopefully, the Mets will continue to lose to fall even further back.

714
00:43:43,260 --> 00:43:47,220
 And I think now to keep their manager, though, I think he's an excellent baseball guy.

715
00:43:47,720 --> 00:43:48,160
 Absolutely.

716
00:43:48,380 --> 00:43:52,280
 The Braves' best favorite manager outside of Walt Wise in the entire world.

717
00:43:52,720 --> 00:43:53,240
 Bill's changed.

718
00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:54,700
 Check him out amongst other places.

719
00:43:55,380 --> 00:43:56,500
 TheSuperstitions.com.

720
00:43:56,500 --> 00:44:04,460
 Bill, did Greg Sankey listen to you when he made a decision, these guys, about doing away with Cupcake Weekend in the SEC?

721
00:44:05,040 --> 00:44:05,440
 No.

722
00:44:06,180 --> 00:44:07,960
 No, he didn't, evidently.

723
00:44:08,140 --> 00:44:09,320
 I mean, no.

724
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:10,480
 I mean, you know.

725
00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:12,000
 No.

726
00:44:12,680 --> 00:44:16,920
 I mean, they're not going to do away with those games, I guess.

727
00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:20,780
 And I do like some of the things I heard out of Destin.

728
00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:25,680
 I mean, I think they need, I do think they need to kind of go their own way.

729
00:44:25,780 --> 00:44:28,400
 And if everybody doesn't follow the h*** with them, to be honest with you.

730
00:44:28,560 --> 00:44:35,920
 I mean, I just, I think if it means more in the SEC, then you know what?

731
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:36,640
 Lead the way.

732
00:44:37,060 --> 00:44:38,700
 And stop talking about it and do something.

733
00:44:38,800 --> 00:44:39,740
 They need to do something.

734
00:44:39,740 --> 00:44:49,360
 And I, so I, I, I'm anxious to see how it's all going to kind of play out here because, you know, a lot of times it's just a lot of talk.

735
00:44:49,820 --> 00:44:50,720
 Let's do something.

736
00:44:50,900 --> 00:44:52,580
 You know, let's see what you can do.

737
00:44:52,740 --> 00:44:53,500
 Lead the way.

738
00:44:53,720 --> 00:44:55,920
 That, I think that would be very, very good to see.

739
00:44:56,200 --> 00:45:00,120
 To me, having a factor, you've got a background in television, too.

740
00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:01,400
 We know how this game's played.

741
00:45:02,260 --> 00:45:08,600
 When ESPN and CBS were at the wheel, they pretty much, Greg Sankey had his way with the TV stuff.

742
00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:14,900
 But when Fox got involved with the Big Ten, all of a sudden, it's like, now we've got a little competition here.

743
00:45:15,440 --> 00:45:17,920
 Your thoughts just about the politics of that.

744
00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:24,440
 And why wouldn't Sankey go to ESPN and say, guys, we need you, but you need us as well.

745
00:45:24,540 --> 00:45:28,560
 We've got to come up with a fair definition of doing business going forward here for our league.

746
00:45:29,600 --> 00:45:31,000
 Well, he needs to do that.

747
00:45:31,100 --> 00:45:31,880
 I think he does.

748
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:36,320
 I think, and I don't think the SEC is done with expansion.

749
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:38,460
 I mean, I don't.

750
00:45:38,540 --> 00:45:40,360
 I think there's still things to come.

751
00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:50,940
 And, you know, I think Greg does need to, Commissioner Sankey does need to have that, I don't want to say backbone.

752
00:45:51,300 --> 00:45:56,940
 I mean, I know it's a very difficult thing because there's no question that television leads the way.

753
00:45:57,200 --> 00:45:57,600
 That's right.

754
00:45:57,680 --> 00:46:06,400
 Well, you know what, if television leads the way and there's a problem, for example, with something that's wrong with the scheduling, and I understand what Arkansas is upset about, for example.

755
00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:06,620
 Yep.

756
00:46:07,160 --> 00:46:10,140
 And, you know, Greg Sankey needs to step in and say, well, we don't need to do that.

757
00:46:10,180 --> 00:46:10,480
 That's right.

758
00:46:10,520 --> 00:46:13,660
 That's not good for one of our members.

759
00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:16,700
 And so he does need to take the lead on that.

760
00:46:16,980 --> 00:46:19,760
 That does need to be something that he needs to stand up for.

761
00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:31,460
 Because these schools do need to have a little bit of a say if there's a problem with the scheduling or, I mean, I wouldn't want to do their games at those times that they were talking about.

762
00:46:31,620 --> 00:46:34,060
 I would be kind of p***** off, too, to be honest with you.

763
00:46:34,060 --> 00:46:41,040
 But I think that television, there's no question that television rules the roost because that's where the money comes from.

764
00:46:41,240 --> 00:46:47,200
 But, you know, look, the commissioner's a powerful person, and he needs to put his foot down sometime, and I think that's what he needs to do.

765
00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:52,760
 Well, the other thing is, too, in television right now, yeah, they do that, but they've got to have something to say.

766
00:46:52,820 --> 00:46:54,800
 If you've got to go fishing, you've got to buy some bait.

767
00:46:55,380 --> 00:47:01,960
 And the NCC, if I were Greg Sankey, I'd take the ratings in there and say, look, guys, let's compare what we've done and how much money we've made you.

768
00:47:01,960 --> 00:47:04,160
 How much is a rating point worth?

769
00:47:05,120 --> 00:47:10,700
 And let's face it, television right now, they make most of their money off live programming, particularly sports.

770
00:47:10,840 --> 00:47:17,120
 The old shows, you can go online and get any of those shows that they're showing Monday through Friday anywhere now with all these platforms out there.

771
00:47:17,200 --> 00:47:19,080
 Live sports drives the bus.

772
00:47:19,180 --> 00:47:19,880
 Bill, you know that.

773
00:47:21,240 --> 00:47:21,560
 Absolutely.

774
00:47:21,820 --> 00:47:27,060
 I don't think NBC would have a network if not for the fact they've got NBA, NBA, NFL, and Major League Baseball.

775
00:47:27,660 --> 00:47:30,660
 I mean, they don't have college sports yet for Notre Dame.

776
00:47:30,660 --> 00:47:32,380
 But, I mean, look at NBC.

777
00:47:32,740 --> 00:47:37,780
 NBC has Major League Baseball again after years of not having it.

778
00:47:37,860 --> 00:47:40,680
 They've got the NBA all over after years of not having it.

779
00:47:40,740 --> 00:47:41,420
 They have the NFL.

780
00:47:42,180 --> 00:47:44,560
 I mean, I work for NBC Station.

781
00:47:45,180 --> 00:47:49,980
 I mean, they don't – it's not – the Cosby Show and Cheers ain't coming on on Thursday nights anymore.

782
00:47:50,180 --> 00:47:50,540
 No.

783
00:47:51,040 --> 00:47:55,460
 You know, so sports is a vital part of what they're doing.

784
00:47:56,480 --> 00:47:56,960
 Absolutely.

785
00:47:56,960 --> 00:48:08,520
 The Protect College Sports Act that is a partisan legislation by Ted Cruz and Maria Kentwell, a Democrat, some of it actually is merited.

786
00:48:08,740 --> 00:48:14,420
 One-time transfer, five years to play five, protect Olympic sports.

787
00:48:15,120 --> 00:48:20,820
 Now, what the NCA wants is some legal protection, and some of it is in there, too.

788
00:48:22,040 --> 00:48:23,540
 Sankey referred to that.

789
00:48:23,620 --> 00:48:27,440
 I haven't looked at the 110-page bill yet, as he put it.

790
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:30,740
 Does this have a snowball's chance to pass?

791
00:48:31,840 --> 00:48:33,440
 Well, I don't know.

792
00:48:33,560 --> 00:48:41,300
 But I think, again, you know, what I advocated for several months ago, Brad, was, look, we just need ideas.

793
00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:41,800
 I agree.

794
00:48:42,220 --> 00:48:42,500
 That's right.

795
00:48:42,500 --> 00:48:46,040
 We just need – you know, I don't know what's on in that bill.

796
00:48:46,160 --> 00:48:47,680
 I'm not going to read 110 pages.

797
00:48:47,860 --> 00:48:48,460
 I'm not going to read one.

798
00:48:48,820 --> 00:48:52,560
 But, you know, I applaud whoever put it together.

799
00:48:52,640 --> 00:48:52,920
 Yes.

800
00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:55,780
 I applaud them for coming up with something.

801
00:48:56,440 --> 00:48:59,780
 Because it's like the Major League Baseball negotiations.

802
00:48:59,940 --> 00:49:05,060
 Everybody's panicking because the player association made an offer, and then the owners made an offer.

803
00:49:05,380 --> 00:49:05,480
 Yeah.

804
00:49:05,480 --> 00:49:06,920
 H***, I'm just glad they're talking.

805
00:49:07,200 --> 00:49:07,360
 I know.

806
00:49:07,960 --> 00:49:20,560
 I mean, yeah, I don't remember a situation where even six months away from the agreement being, you know, expiring, them talking this early.

807
00:49:20,660 --> 00:49:22,680
 I'm just pleased that they're actually talking.

808
00:49:23,040 --> 00:49:25,480
 That's what we need to see happen in college football.

809
00:49:25,760 --> 00:49:25,860
 Yep.

810
00:49:26,180 --> 00:49:28,580
 I mean, you know, Destin's – that's nice.

811
00:49:29,100 --> 00:49:30,860
 Where are they going to meet next week?

812
00:49:31,100 --> 00:49:39,660
 You know, if this is such a dire issue, if college sports is in such a – where – you know, when are the four commissioners meeting together?

813
00:49:40,540 --> 00:49:41,080
 You know what I mean?

814
00:49:41,140 --> 00:49:46,620
 I'd like to ask Greg Sanky that – and look, I'm not indicting Greg Sanky by any means.

815
00:49:46,720 --> 00:49:53,080
 But it's like, when are you going to meet with the Big Ten, the Big 12, and the ACC commissioners?

816
00:49:53,740 --> 00:49:55,820
 I – and I don't give a d*** about the group of five.

817
00:49:55,960 --> 00:49:56,820
 I just don't.

818
00:49:56,920 --> 00:50:00,240
 I have no – I have – they're not in the picture for me.

819
00:50:00,480 --> 00:50:06,040
 And to me, if he was saying – if he were to say, well, I'm going to meet with the Conference USA commissioner, I'd say, why?

820
00:50:06,760 --> 00:50:07,980
 What's the purpose of that?

821
00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:09,120
 Why are you doing that?

822
00:50:09,440 --> 00:50:12,480
 You need to meet with the Big 12, Big Ten ACC commissioners.

823
00:50:12,560 --> 00:50:14,220
 Y'all four need to get in the room.

824
00:50:14,860 --> 00:50:15,500
 And you know what?

825
00:50:15,540 --> 00:50:17,500
 You need to take the lead because you're the big boy.

826
00:50:17,580 --> 00:50:18,460
 That's what you tell us.

827
00:50:18,660 --> 00:50:20,820
 And you need to – but when are they meeting?

828
00:50:21,040 --> 00:50:32,300
 That's the – you know, we can include presidents and chancellors and athletic directors and coaches.

829
00:50:33,080 --> 00:50:33,480
 Great.

830
00:50:33,620 --> 00:50:34,420
 That's awesome.

831
00:50:35,000 --> 00:50:36,000
 Again, ideas.

832
00:50:36,120 --> 00:50:36,820
 Come up with things.

833
00:50:37,240 --> 00:50:41,760
 But until those four get in the room, are we kind of wasting time?

834
00:50:41,840 --> 00:50:43,840
 Because that's where it's got to come from.

835
00:50:43,840 --> 00:50:47,580
 The synergy has got to come from those four main entities.

836
00:50:48,480 --> 00:50:51,660
 And, you know, a lot of this is just a waste of time.

837
00:50:51,920 --> 00:50:52,340
 It is.

838
00:50:53,120 --> 00:50:56,800
 Again, talk is good to a certain extent.

839
00:50:57,040 --> 00:50:58,940
 Throw things up against the wall to see what sticks.

840
00:50:59,380 --> 00:51:04,320
 But it's like, you know, okay, you know, Kirby said, well, let's set our own rules.

841
00:51:04,460 --> 00:51:04,780
 Fine.

842
00:51:04,920 --> 00:51:05,260
 Do it.

843
00:51:05,320 --> 00:51:05,820
 But do it.

844
00:51:06,020 --> 00:51:07,100
 Stop talking about it.

845
00:51:07,100 --> 00:51:12,480
 But before you do that, you need to have Sankey sit in the room with the other three commissioners

846
00:51:12,480 --> 00:51:15,780
 and say, okay, what can we go on the same page with?

847
00:51:16,100 --> 00:51:17,760
 What can we do to lead the way?

848
00:51:17,940 --> 00:51:20,720
 NCAA's not going to give us any kind of headway.

849
00:51:20,940 --> 00:51:22,700
 What can we do as the four commissioners?

850
00:51:22,900 --> 00:51:28,360
 And if that ain't going to happen, you know, I will be sitting here probably May 29, 2027,

851
00:51:28,520 --> 00:51:29,580
 asking the same questions.

852
00:51:30,120 --> 00:51:36,040
 Yeah, and I still say two words they're afraid of, collective bargaining, maybe down the road.

853
00:51:36,580 --> 00:51:40,860
 That was mentioned two or three times this past week in Destin.

854
00:51:41,500 --> 00:51:45,680
 And I know they don't want to do that, but that would solve a lot of the problems.

855
00:51:46,220 --> 00:51:47,300
 Listen, great stuff.

856
00:51:47,820 --> 00:51:50,660
 Believe me, you got a lot of Brace fans over here.

857
00:51:50,660 --> 00:51:54,700
 You know, we're an affiliate, and Bob Horner was, that was tough.

858
00:51:54,780 --> 00:51:59,920
 As you mentioned, four icons in 22 days.

859
00:52:00,460 --> 00:52:02,160
 Who have you got on the show today?

860
00:52:02,460 --> 00:52:08,180
 Now, if any of our incredible listeners would like to call in to predict how bad Alabama's

861
00:52:08,180 --> 00:52:12,840
 going to beat Georgia in October, will the Braves win the pennant in the World Series?

862
00:52:13,320 --> 00:52:14,020
 Where can they go?

863
00:52:14,520 --> 00:52:18,980
 Well, I'm going to have Jeff Dancer, the voice of the Georgia Bulldogs baseball team

864
00:52:18,980 --> 00:52:26,040
 and football team, who actually has a show on our station, of course, every day from 12 until 1.

865
00:52:26,620 --> 00:52:31,240
 And if you want to, you know, hear a real announcer, you can hear Jeff every day on our station,

866
00:52:31,420 --> 00:52:33,420
 thesuperstations.com.

867
00:52:33,500 --> 00:52:34,880
 That is our website.

868
00:52:35,080 --> 00:52:42,100
 We'll be on until about 4.45, I believe, Eastern time, and we'll let Georgia baseball take over

869
00:52:42,100 --> 00:52:44,840
 as they play, I don't know who the h*** they're playing.

870
00:52:44,940 --> 00:52:48,460
 They've got some, you know, rinky-dink team they've got to play in game one, so we'll see.

871
00:52:49,260 --> 00:52:51,100
 Georgia Tech's winning 17-3.

872
00:52:51,380 --> 00:52:51,960
 Oh, my.

873
00:52:51,980 --> 00:52:54,120
 I mean, Georgia Tech's scoring 10 and a half runs a game.

874
00:52:54,120 --> 00:52:54,560
 They're good.

875
00:52:54,880 --> 00:52:55,260
 They're good.

876
00:52:55,300 --> 00:52:58,640
 Georgia 9 and a half runs a game, so we can score runs over here, you know.

877
00:52:58,880 --> 00:53:02,360
 Bill, we never tell you what to do, but stay out of politics, you're much too honest, okay?

878
00:53:03,160 --> 00:53:03,940
 You ain't kidding.

879
00:53:04,260 --> 00:53:05,000
 You ain't kidding.

880
00:53:06,600 --> 00:53:07,340
 See you, buddy.

881
00:53:07,340 --> 00:53:11,260
 The one and the only, Bill Shanks, at thesuperstations.com.

882
00:53:11,920 --> 00:53:15,240
 More plain pain for Auburn right now.

883
00:53:15,320 --> 00:53:17,640
 It was 4-0, then it went to 5-0.

884
00:53:17,920 --> 00:53:20,340
 It's now 6-0 in Milwaukee.

885
00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:24,220
 In the third, Auburn does have two on, but they got two outs.

886
00:53:24,740 --> 00:53:25,780
 We'll update that score.

887
00:53:26,160 --> 00:53:29,740
 And speaking of Auburn, take you there with Justin Ferguson, Doug Segrist, and Mike Hugan

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 Alabama Secretary of State West Allen is reacting to a video in Jefferson County that shows a poll

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 Secretary of State Allen says that the actions caught on video are very concerning and will

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 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

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 Thank you so much for giving us a free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

1046
01:01:35,540 --> 01:01:44,520
 B.B., before we jump in here, I'm in state of shock of what's going on with the regionals down at Auburn.

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 Have you seen the very latest in the regionals with Milwaukee?

1048
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 Harold, it is 7-0.

1049
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 Nope.

1050
01:01:51,860 --> 01:01:54,200
 No, it's 10-0 now.

1051
01:01:54,220 --> 01:01:54,320
 10-0.

1052
01:01:55,000 --> 01:01:56,580
 A three-run homer.

1053
01:01:56,860 --> 01:01:59,820
 I mean, I am dumbfounded by this, Harold.

1054
01:02:00,060 --> 01:02:03,920
 Fourth inning, Milwaukee 10, Auburn nothing.

1055
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 I'm not trying to tell them what to do, but they're serious about winning this, baby.

1056
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 They better get it in high gear and in a hurry again.

1057
01:02:10,760 --> 01:02:14,480
 That game in the fourth and already down by a crooked number.

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 Let's bring in the man who's got it all covered, Mike.

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 He follows college football, college basketball, anything college.

1060
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 Mike, welcome in.

1061
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 How are you?

1062
01:02:24,200 --> 01:02:25,280
 Yeah, doing well.

1063
01:02:25,520 --> 01:02:31,000
 I guess the one potential saving grace for Auburn is that I read earlier today.

1064
01:02:31,640 --> 01:02:35,720
 Milwaukee has the highest ERA of any team in the Tennessee tournament.

1065
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 But, yeah, you don't expect that to happen to a national seed like that.

1066
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 If this were a number-two seed in the region playing a number-three seed, maybe.

1067
01:02:51,280 --> 01:02:54,080
 But a four-and-one, no.

1068
01:02:55,220 --> 01:02:59,620
 Yeah, they're no more for beer and the Brewers, not college baseball powerhouse.

1069
01:02:59,700 --> 01:03:01,600
 This is, by the way, at Auburn.

1070
01:03:02,000 --> 01:03:03,360
 And Auburn came in.

1071
01:03:03,460 --> 01:03:04,980
 Basically, their strength was their pitching.

1072
01:03:05,060 --> 01:03:06,120
 But right now, 10-0.

1073
01:03:06,300 --> 01:03:08,040
 And they're not even halfway through.

1074
01:03:08,140 --> 01:03:12,880
 The other point about this, Mike, is before we get into some of the stuff that's going on up the road from you there,

1075
01:03:13,320 --> 01:03:15,660
 you live in Orlando, of course, in San Destin this week.

1076
01:03:15,720 --> 01:03:20,000
 It just shows you, you better not look at the front of a jersey and take anybody for granted.

1077
01:03:20,080 --> 01:03:20,700
 Would you agree?

1078
01:03:23,300 --> 01:03:28,140
 And softball, to an extent, are a lot different than football and basketball.

1079
01:03:30,040 --> 01:03:35,560
 It's, you know, it's obvious that the Auburn starting pitchers had a very bad day.

1080
01:03:37,720 --> 01:03:47,340
 But when your pitcher goes bad, that's like your quarterback starting game one of 15 and throwing three picks.

1081
01:03:47,520 --> 01:03:48,700
 It's hard to come back from.

1082
01:03:49,040 --> 01:03:50,340
 But you're right.

1083
01:03:50,420 --> 01:03:57,820
 I mean, I think it's, yeah, especially in baseball, you know, there's a reason that the Colorado Rockies won 50 games.

1084
01:03:57,820 --> 01:04:00,920
 But there's also a reason they lost 112.

1085
01:04:01,560 --> 01:04:01,940
 That's right.

1086
01:04:02,840 --> 01:04:06,740
 Yeah, they can be great one day and horrible the rest of the week.

1087
01:04:06,780 --> 01:04:09,500
 And that's the beauty of baseball.

1088
01:04:10,260 --> 01:04:17,480
 Mike, a lot of people have been trying to figure out what exactly did everyone accomplish in San Destin this week.

1089
01:04:17,520 --> 01:04:20,360
 for the SEC spring meetings.

1090
01:04:20,480 --> 01:04:24,100
 And I think you probably just summed it up with your response there.

1091
01:04:25,040 --> 01:04:32,360
 You know, they decided we're not going to play cupcake games on week 11 and a few other minor details.

1092
01:04:32,680 --> 01:04:35,160
 But there are so many issues.

1093
01:04:35,160 --> 01:04:41,460
 And a lot of people thought, well, could we actually hear some bold statements at a great Sankey

1094
01:04:41,460 --> 01:04:49,020
 and take the lead on where college football needs to go as far as trying to solve some of the problems?

1095
01:04:49,600 --> 01:04:51,540
 Mike, I'm still waiting to hear that.

1096
01:04:53,840 --> 01:04:58,840
 Found dumbfounding some of the stuff that came out of Destin.

1097
01:04:59,920 --> 01:05:04,140
 The stupidest, the idea that the SEC would break away.

1098
01:05:05,800 --> 01:05:06,900
 You know, we already have that.

1099
01:05:07,020 --> 01:05:09,480
 It's called the NFL and the NBA and Major League Baseball.

1100
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 And the NHL and Major League Soccer.

1101
01:05:12,180 --> 01:05:15,460
 I mean, you're right.

1102
01:05:15,560 --> 01:05:24,300
 I mean, you know, Tony Petiti and Greg Sankey are the two most powerful men in college athleticism.

1103
01:05:24,300 --> 01:05:31,240
 I'm starting to think that neither one is all that smart.

1104
01:05:33,080 --> 01:05:38,000
 Petiti has h***-bent on a 2014 playoff to the extent of nothing else.

1105
01:05:38,340 --> 01:05:46,000
 It's mind-blowing that a guy who oversees a conference that powerful is so tightly focused on one thing.

1106
01:05:46,880 --> 01:05:54,580
 Sankey has, I think he has seen his power dissipate in front of his own eyes.

1107
01:05:54,700 --> 01:05:58,280
 And I think the meetings in Destin were another example.

1108
01:05:58,760 --> 01:06:04,880
 He talked all before the SEC meetings, you know, the idea of a 2014 playoff is ludicrous.

1109
01:06:05,560 --> 01:06:06,980
 16 is the most.

1110
01:06:07,080 --> 01:06:08,020
 12 is fine.

1111
01:06:08,520 --> 01:06:11,840
 And then right when he gets this, yeah, maybe 24 is the right way to go.

1112
01:06:12,300 --> 01:06:13,380
 Dude, what are you doing?

1113
01:06:14,160 --> 01:06:21,780
 You and Petiti have immense power and you're, you're, here's the stupidest thing of all about college athletics.

1114
01:06:22,140 --> 01:06:24,380
 I don't care what side of the aisle you vote on.

1115
01:06:24,660 --> 01:06:32,740
 The idea that college athletic administrators are begging Congress to help them.

1116
01:06:32,940 --> 01:06:33,040
 Yeah.

1117
01:06:33,380 --> 01:06:37,100
 That is, oh my, it's infuriating.

1118
01:06:37,440 --> 01:06:38,780
 It's discouraging.

1119
01:06:39,020 --> 01:06:40,260
 It's disappointing.

1120
01:06:40,520 --> 01:06:41,520
 It's embarrassing.

1121
01:06:42,240 --> 01:06:44,120
 There's so many words you can use.

1122
01:06:44,580 --> 01:06:46,800
 These people, these are academicians.

1123
01:06:46,960 --> 01:06:53,860
 And I was telling somebody else early in the week, you know, when I was in my 20s and 30s, I'm thinking academicians.

1124
01:06:54,220 --> 01:06:58,480
 School presidents and deans and even conference commissioners to an extent.

1125
01:06:58,880 --> 01:07:00,060
 These are smart dudes.

1126
01:07:00,920 --> 01:07:02,600
 No, no, they're not.

1127
01:07:03,180 --> 01:07:05,300
 And this is the latest example.

1128
01:07:05,520 --> 01:07:13,660
 Again, Tony Petiti and Greg Sankin can get anything done and they're getting nothing done because they're too tightly focused on one thing.

1129
01:07:13,800 --> 01:07:14,120
 That's right.

1130
01:07:14,120 --> 01:07:26,080
 You know, the idea that the CSC came about last year because college athletic programs wanted someone to follow the rules when it came to NIL.

1131
01:07:26,420 --> 01:07:36,900
 So the CSC makes decisions and you got schools going, no, no, that, you know, we want people to follow the rules, but no, we don't like this rule.

1132
01:07:37,060 --> 01:07:38,580
 So we're not going to follow by it.

1133
01:07:39,800 --> 01:07:41,520
 They're their own worst enemy.

1134
01:07:42,980 --> 01:07:45,320
 They're fiddling while Rome burns.

1135
01:07:46,700 --> 01:07:48,780
 College football Saturdays are awesome.

1136
01:07:49,640 --> 01:07:52,140
 Monday through Friday are a joke.

1137
01:07:52,660 --> 01:07:56,300
 College basketball Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursdays and Saturdays are awesome.

1138
01:07:56,440 --> 01:07:57,940
 The rest of the week is a joke.

1139
01:07:59,000 --> 01:08:00,260
 I don't know.

1140
01:08:00,420 --> 01:08:04,440
 You know, I used to be against a college sports commissioner.

1141
01:08:04,840 --> 01:08:08,580
 There needs to be one because everybody is only out for themselves.

1142
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 Someone needs to look out for athletes as a whole, not just your own team.

1143
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 Well, and to your point, I think a lot of folks think some of these administrators, yeah, they got a degree of smarts about it.

1144
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 I mean, not all of that case, but a lot of these guys are nothing more than professional students.

1145
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 They're 55 years old and they've never been out of that education bubble.

1146
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 They think everybody lives in that world.

1147
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 They need to have someone who has some common sense, who's been out there in the jungle, had to turn a profit against tough competition, and knows how to drive a bargain.

1148
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 Nick Saban, where are you?

1149
01:08:38,080 --> 01:08:41,920
 But the other part you brought up, Mike, I think, too, is trying to get Congress involved.

1150
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 We saw over the past few days some of these politicians are trying to leverage college sports to their advantage.

1151
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 They're trying to get some of these guys to boycott the SEC because the wins ain't blowing their way.

1152
01:08:54,940 --> 01:09:00,240
 At what point are fans going to say, please, let's just get back to college ball and keep the politics out of it, man?

1153
01:09:02,140 --> 01:09:04,140
 That horse is out of the barn, unfortunately.

1154
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 And, you know, they're selling.

1155
01:09:07,540 --> 01:09:09,560
 This is a bipartisan issue.

1156
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 We have a senator from the Democrats and a senator from the Republicans.

1157
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 But, you know, OK, that's fine.

1158
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 There's 100 senators and I don't even know if they have 60 votes.

1159
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 I'm not even sure they have all the Republican votes.

1160
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 And they for sure don't have all the Democrat votes.

1161
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 So, a lot of the stuff in the bill makes sense.

1162
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 It does.

1163
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 Yeah.

1164
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 But a lot of it doesn't.

1165
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 And the stuff that doesn't is all geared toward the school.

1166
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 It's not geared toward the athlete.

1167
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 And, you know, Mike Elko said, yeah, I would like a 2014 playoff.

1168
01:09:44,160 --> 01:09:46,400
 But he also said, that's what's best for me.

1169
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 And that's the problem with college athletics.

1170
01:09:50,680 --> 01:09:53,560
 Everybody is worried about themselves and their school.

1171
01:09:54,120 --> 01:09:58,100
 You know, Petiti came in from the outside and I thought he would bring a different perspective.

1172
01:09:58,620 --> 01:10:03,360
 He did for about six months and then he just sort of fell in line with everybody else.

1173
01:10:03,860 --> 01:10:07,220
 Brett Yormark from the Big 12 got some interesting ideas.

1174
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 But a lot of his ideas also were just plain stupid.

1175
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 And I think he's the kind of guy that everybody worked with or went to school with.

1176
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 And you get, after a while, you're like, dude, just calm down and be sensible.

1177
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 I think Yormark has passed that point.

1178
01:10:24,500 --> 01:10:26,620
 He's not, a lot of his stuff is nonsense.

1179
01:10:28,180 --> 01:10:32,480
 It's, I don't know if college athletics can fix itself.

1180
01:10:33,400 --> 01:10:36,140
 Again, the CSC to me was a great idea.

1181
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 But, you know, you've got schools in the SEC, you've got schools in the Big 10 going, well, yeah, we like the rules as long as we don't have to follow them.

1182
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 So that's another problem as well.

1183
01:10:48,300 --> 01:10:50,940
 It's just, it's a joke.

1184
01:10:51,160 --> 01:10:54,640
 You know, thank goodness football season will be here relatively soon.

1185
01:10:55,120 --> 01:11:00,360
 College, college, NCAA baseball tournament's going on, NCAA softball tournament's going on.

1186
01:11:00,500 --> 01:11:04,500
 And, you know, Texas Tech, a perfect example of the nouveau riche.

1187
01:11:05,440 --> 01:11:09,420
 I'm not sure there's a school more hated in the country now than Texas Tech.

1188
01:11:10,060 --> 01:11:16,940
 You've got a quarterback at Texas Tech who broke the one unassailable NCAA rule.

1189
01:11:17,100 --> 01:11:19,440
 You do not bet on your own team.

1190
01:11:19,780 --> 01:11:25,460
 And you have the Texas Tech president saying, no, he should be allowed to play.

1191
01:11:25,780 --> 01:11:27,020
 What is going on?

1192
01:11:28,700 --> 01:11:30,040
 That's exactly right.

1193
01:11:30,340 --> 01:11:31,080
 I agree with you.

1194
01:11:31,180 --> 01:11:38,100
 There are five or six agenda items in this bill that I think actually have merit.

1195
01:11:38,640 --> 01:11:41,080
 But I don't know if they would ever be able to get the votes.

1196
01:11:41,140 --> 01:11:45,560
 And I've heard the bad word, Mike, collective bargaining has been passed around.

1197
01:11:45,660 --> 01:11:49,960
 Ross Dillinger mentioned that earlier this week on Feinbaum's show.

1198
01:11:50,420 --> 01:11:54,180
 And we'll see if that happens in the next couple of years.

1199
01:11:54,280 --> 01:11:55,100
 Great discussion.

1200
01:11:55,280 --> 01:11:59,280
 I wish they'd let the three of us try to decide some of this stuff.

1201
01:11:59,340 --> 01:12:00,620
 It'd get done a lot quicker.

1202
01:12:01,300 --> 01:12:02,920
 Always enjoy the conversation.

1203
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 Listen, have a great weekend.

1204
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 Enjoy softball, baseball.

1205
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 Let's do this again real soon.

1206
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 Thank you.

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 Welcome back in.

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1322
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 Doug Segrist, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Harold, I am great.

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 It's good to be back with you and Brad.

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 Absolutely.

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 Hey, right back at you, my friend.

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 You've seen a lot over the years.

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 Have you seen anything about what's going on down in Auburn right now?

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 And are Auburn fans humming that song,

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 10-0 Milwaukee leads Auburn in the regionals, Doug.

1333
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 Yeah, I mean, it's going to take a miracle.

1334
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 But, I mean, you think about it,

1335
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 a team with a losing record gets high to the conference tournament.

1336
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 Yeah.

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 It comes in, stays high.

1338
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 You know, this happens.

1339
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 I mean, it happens in baseball more than any other sport.

1340
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 That's the great thing about you're at home,

1341
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 double elimination, if you get this over with.

1342
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 Hopefully, you just don't burn through, you know,

1343
01:18:42,280 --> 01:18:44,340
 your entire pitching staff today.

1344
01:18:44,500 --> 01:18:45,300
 That's the problem.

1345
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 I think Auburn's deep enough to bounce back.

1346
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 We'll see.

1347
01:18:48,880 --> 01:18:51,920
 This is, I mean, this is one of the biggest shocks.

1348
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 It really is.

1349
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 It really is.

1350
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 But here's the deal, Doug.

1351
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 You bring up a good point.

1352
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 If I am at Auburn right now, I'm going to go ahead and say, you know what?

1353
01:19:01,100 --> 01:19:02,380
 It just wasn't our day.

1354
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 Go ahead and do this.

1355
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 If I have to bring in the right fielder to throw pitches, we'll do it.

1356
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 Go ahead and wipe this out and start all over with game two.

1357
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 Yeah, yeah, because you need, you're probably going to have to play two extra games now

1358
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 if you're going to advance.

1359
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 So you're going to have to have that pitching anyway.

1360
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 And at this point, you know, take the red shirts off, guys.

1361
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 You know, bring in the walk-ons.

1362
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 I mean, at this point, you know, I know in the back of mind,

1363
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 Butch Thompson is probably thinking, hey, we can, you know,

1364
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1365
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1366
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 And a bad pitching staff.

1367
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 Yeah.

1368
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1369
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1370
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 They've got a chance maybe to match up with Florida State.

1372
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1374
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 They've beaten Alabama State twice, 2-1 and 13-4.

1375
01:20:00,460 --> 01:20:04,400
 They've got a very solid rotation in Tyler Fay, who's pitching tonight.

1376
01:20:05,000 --> 01:20:06,400
 Zane Adams up church.

1377
01:20:06,560 --> 01:20:10,540
 Liam Hines, Fowler, Justin LeBron, and Vaughn are good players.

1378
01:20:11,160 --> 01:20:14,720
 But their defense has not been up to snuff a lot of the games.

1379
01:20:15,380 --> 01:20:19,740
 Can Alabama win this series and get in face Florida State next week?

1380
01:20:22,080 --> 01:20:24,220
 I think they can because they're playing at home.

1381
01:20:24,360 --> 01:20:25,900
 They've been a much different team at home.

1382
01:20:26,160 --> 01:20:31,580
 But, again, their biggest problem is offense and the defensive lapses.

1383
01:20:31,920 --> 01:20:33,940
 And defense kind of comes and goes.

1384
01:20:35,060 --> 01:20:37,080
 Offense has been kind of inconsistent all year.

1385
01:20:37,180 --> 01:20:40,020
 That's my fear with them going any deeper.

1386
01:20:40,660 --> 01:20:42,460
 Oklahoma State is the one I fear.

1387
01:20:43,400 --> 01:20:45,320
 But even if you get there, I mean,

1388
01:20:45,360 --> 01:20:49,020
 there are people who are predicting Florida State not to make it out of their regional.

1389
01:20:49,020 --> 01:20:53,500
 So, we'll just say, you know, I don't think anybody's played a tougher schedule

1390
01:20:53,500 --> 01:20:57,680
 than the Alabama and the Auburns of this tournament.

1391
01:20:57,980 --> 01:21:01,100
 So, at this point, both teams have kind of seen it all.

1392
01:21:01,240 --> 01:21:02,460
 And we'll just see how they respond.

1393
01:21:03,260 --> 01:21:05,540
 Doug, is there any finer sport to watch out there?

1394
01:21:05,580 --> 01:21:08,920
 Even if you're a casual fan, you may not know a whole lot about the sport.

1395
01:21:09,040 --> 01:21:10,560
 You may not know a whole lot about the team.

1396
01:21:10,600 --> 01:21:14,000
 But when you watch this Alabama softball team,

1397
01:21:14,180 --> 01:21:16,180
 it's almost like it's catching.

1398
01:21:16,300 --> 01:21:20,200
 And now to see the verve, I don't think those girls are ever going to die

1399
01:21:20,200 --> 01:21:22,560
 of high blood pressure because they're loosey-goosey.

1400
01:21:22,900 --> 01:21:25,820
 Your thoughts just about the attitude, the difference between softball

1401
01:21:25,820 --> 01:21:27,020
 and baseball overall.

1402
01:21:27,780 --> 01:21:31,680
 And your thoughts about this team and the job that Patrick Murphy's done,

1403
01:21:31,740 --> 01:21:34,600
 I think I saw or heard last night, in the preseason,

1404
01:21:34,780 --> 01:21:35,740
 I don't know who those folks are,

1405
01:21:35,840 --> 01:21:41,360
 they had Alabama picking technically the lower half of the SEC ninth out of 16.

1406
01:21:41,360 --> 01:21:43,800
 And here they are, the number one seed in the World Series.

1407
01:21:44,940 --> 01:21:46,660
 You know, they haven't hit in forever.

1408
01:21:46,920 --> 01:21:49,560
 And for the offense to come together like this has been a miracle.

1409
01:21:49,780 --> 01:21:55,860
 But this team, I mean, the chemistry of this team jumps out off the TV screen.

1410
01:21:56,060 --> 01:21:57,680
 It's obvious in person.

1411
01:21:58,320 --> 01:21:59,960
 And that's pretty remarkable.

1412
01:22:00,100 --> 01:22:05,320
 It goes back to, I think, what Pat Murphy has tried to produce over the years.

1413
01:22:05,320 --> 01:22:09,080
 You know, I saw a clip where he's basically thanking the parents.

1414
01:22:10,000 --> 01:22:13,460
 Because in this day and age, if you don't have parents,

1415
01:22:13,960 --> 01:22:15,840
 you kind of create these type of kids.

1416
01:22:15,980 --> 01:22:17,380
 You've got no chance.

1417
01:22:17,860 --> 01:22:20,220
 And when I look, you know, everybody asks me all the time,

1418
01:22:20,300 --> 01:22:22,780
 are you a big college baseball, college softball fan?

1419
01:22:23,920 --> 01:22:27,240
 I spend most of my time watching Major League Baseball.

1420
01:22:27,540 --> 01:22:32,720
 And you can talk about people who show button stuff on occasion,

1421
01:22:32,720 --> 01:22:34,760
 but for the most part, they go out and play the game.

1422
01:22:35,320 --> 01:22:38,780
 College baseball and college softball right now is just kind of filled

1423
01:22:38,780 --> 01:22:43,160
 with just a lot of crass actors.

1424
01:22:43,360 --> 01:22:46,280
 I mean, we saw it in the Florida Super Regional Series.

1425
01:22:46,500 --> 01:22:48,140
 We've seen it throughout baseball.

1426
01:22:49,080 --> 01:22:52,280
 And so to kind of see a team that just seems to be out there

1427
01:22:52,280 --> 01:22:54,160
 playing for the love of the game,

1428
01:22:54,240 --> 01:22:56,020
 they're not chomping at the other team,

1429
01:22:56,540 --> 01:22:58,600
 not showing anybody else up,

1430
01:22:59,060 --> 01:23:01,120
 they're just playing the game the way it should be.

1431
01:23:01,120 --> 01:23:03,000
 And that's kind of fun to watch.

1432
01:23:03,840 --> 01:23:04,240
 Absolutely.

1433
01:23:04,520 --> 01:23:06,460
 By the way, Auburn just scored three runs

1434
01:23:06,460 --> 01:23:09,660
 to tighten that up a little bit, 10-3 in the fourth inning.

1435
01:23:10,100 --> 01:23:12,340
 Doug, we've been asking our guests this week,

1436
01:23:12,460 --> 01:23:15,760
 what in the world did they accomplish in Sandestin

1437
01:23:15,760 --> 01:23:18,160
 during the SEC meetings?

1438
01:23:18,820 --> 01:23:21,400
 And most people have been telling us,

1439
01:23:21,500 --> 01:23:22,800
 well, I really don't know.

1440
01:23:24,940 --> 01:23:26,960
 Can I respond the same way?

1441
01:23:26,980 --> 01:23:27,560
 Yeah, sure.

1442
01:23:28,160 --> 01:23:33,660
 Yeah, I think this was more a meeting to kind of gauge where you stand.

1443
01:23:34,740 --> 01:23:37,080
 Ultimately, the presidents make the decision,

1444
01:23:37,240 --> 01:23:39,660
 and they don't talk as much as the ADs and the coaches.

1445
01:23:40,660 --> 01:23:47,700
 But what I think surprised me was there was support for every level of the playoffs,

1446
01:23:47,820 --> 01:23:49,480
 which I didn't really expect.

1447
01:23:50,700 --> 01:23:56,180
 Certainly, you know, more teams favor the 2014 model than I expected.

1448
01:23:56,660 --> 01:24:01,280
 But again, if your life depends on getting, you know, into the playoffs,

1449
01:24:01,700 --> 01:24:04,200
 you just open a couple extra spots if you do that.

1450
01:24:04,540 --> 01:24:07,000
 So I guess I get that.

1451
01:24:09,120 --> 01:24:13,900
 Everything else, you know, the Congress comes out with a new proposed law,

1452
01:24:14,460 --> 01:24:18,020
 you know, the final day, and nobody seemed to really take to that.

1453
01:24:18,820 --> 01:24:24,560
 And again, but it was, you know, it's, everything that's come out so far

1454
01:24:24,560 --> 01:24:30,560
 is kind of for the total view of college football, not just the SEC.

1455
01:24:31,160 --> 01:24:34,320
 So I wouldn't expect the SEC necessarily to agree to everything.

1456
01:24:35,140 --> 01:24:38,720
 I think this was just more kind of get everybody's temperature.

1457
01:24:39,720 --> 01:24:44,220
 Now, what can you tell fans who are a long time, just put another way,

1458
01:24:44,260 --> 01:24:48,340
 old fans of the SEC, particularly Alabama, where one loss was like catastrophic too?

1459
01:24:48,440 --> 01:24:49,100
 Oh, my gosh.

1460
01:24:49,680 --> 01:24:52,220
 What's realistic now that they've got the nine-game schedule

1461
01:24:52,220 --> 01:24:53,760
 and they're doing away with the cupcake weekend?

1462
01:24:53,940 --> 01:24:56,560
 What is a reasonable number going forward?

1463
01:24:57,840 --> 01:25:00,120
 I think eight and four or nine and three.

1464
01:25:00,120 --> 01:25:05,800
 Again, you can't, you know, everybody's shooting for 12-0, right?

1465
01:25:06,060 --> 01:25:07,420
 Right, everybody wants it.

1466
01:25:07,980 --> 01:25:10,220
 Yeah, everybody, 11-1 is good.

1467
01:25:10,940 --> 01:25:13,760
 But again, and the rest of the country mocks this,

1468
01:25:13,880 --> 01:25:18,100
 but the depth of the SEC is different than any other.

1469
01:25:18,460 --> 01:25:22,020
 And listen, I was saying the same thing a few years ago with the Big Ten and basketball.

1470
01:25:22,300 --> 01:25:27,520
 You know, your bottom team in Big Ten basketball still could probably win another conference.

1471
01:25:28,000 --> 01:25:28,080
 Yeah.

1472
01:25:28,220 --> 01:25:31,760
 I feel that way about SEC and football now.

1473
01:25:31,900 --> 01:25:36,020
 It doesn't mean that Mississippi State can go out and win the Big Ten or even the Big 12,

1474
01:25:36,240 --> 01:25:39,520
 but it means on any given Saturday they can beat the Big 12 champ,

1475
01:25:39,600 --> 01:25:41,960
 which we've done a couple years in a row.

1476
01:25:42,560 --> 01:25:43,580
 It's just tough.

1477
01:25:43,740 --> 01:25:52,240
 And I think you've got to think along, you know, NFL terms now where it's you're not going to win everything,

1478
01:25:52,240 --> 01:25:53,720
 but you've got to win the big games.

1479
01:25:53,840 --> 01:25:56,660
 You've got to have, I think, nine wins is a threshold.

1480
01:25:58,060 --> 01:25:59,400
 Listen, I agree with you.

1481
01:25:59,500 --> 01:26:03,160
 I think moving forward, 10-2 is going to be a great season.

1482
01:26:03,620 --> 01:26:04,060
 Absolutely.

1483
01:26:04,140 --> 01:26:06,380
 But 9-3 is going to be a very good season.

1484
01:26:06,380 --> 01:26:10,200
 Yeah, you know, you go back and look at the schedules they played 20 years ago,

1485
01:26:10,280 --> 01:26:17,120
 and, you know, basically you got four cupcakes because a lot of schools weren't playing even the power four rivals.

1486
01:26:17,200 --> 01:26:20,360
 I mean, there were some exceptions, but it would be every few years.

1487
01:26:21,100 --> 01:26:27,060
 I mean, you basically scheduled four cupcakes, and you just had to go 7-1 in the conference,

1488
01:26:27,300 --> 01:26:28,700
 and you're a national champion.

1489
01:26:29,080 --> 01:26:30,020
 That's exactly right.

1490
01:26:30,020 --> 01:26:33,080
 Listen, we've got to run to a French Open tennis update,

1491
01:26:33,260 --> 01:26:35,940
 but always enjoy the conversation.

1492
01:26:36,200 --> 01:26:39,480
 Speaking of enjoy, enjoy a great weekend of baseball.

1493
01:26:40,100 --> 01:26:42,780
 Softball, let's do this again real soon, young man.

1494
01:26:44,220 --> 01:26:44,980
 Thanks, guys.

1495
01:26:45,100 --> 01:26:45,520
 Oui, oui.

1496
01:26:46,620 --> 01:26:49,520
 You do the French fries, we'll do the French Open.

1497
01:26:49,660 --> 01:26:51,100
 Doug Seeger's checking in from Birmingham.

1498
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 What do you say we go to Paris and get the very latest from the French Open?

1499
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 Stay with us.

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1506
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1507
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1508
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1509
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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 And welcome back in the Boomo Bugg Show.

1578
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 Brett Beaird and Harold Bugg.

1579
01:31:53,300 --> 01:31:58,900
 And we're still marveling over Auburn with a 10-3 deficit.

1580
01:31:59,160 --> 01:32:04,360
 Harold Bugg going into the top of the fifth inning now.

1581
01:32:04,860 --> 01:32:10,340
 Butch Thompson now having a word with the officials, the umpire, but he's still in the game.

1582
01:32:10,800 --> 01:32:18,100
 Well, and the reason he is, is, yeah, Auburn whams and booms the three-round homer in the bottom of the fourth.

1583
01:32:18,600 --> 01:32:21,020
 Cut the lead to a mere 7-10-3.

1584
01:32:21,180 --> 01:32:25,080
 And then Milwaukee comes back, leads off the fifth, was shot into the right field corner.

1585
01:32:25,360 --> 01:32:27,140
 The ball went into the corner.

1586
01:32:27,240 --> 01:32:30,680
 The right fielder, whenever picked it up, thought it was one of those, it's dead.

1587
01:32:31,020 --> 01:32:34,880
 It's a double, no, he turns into a triple.

1588
01:32:35,160 --> 01:32:37,340
 And apparently that's what Thompson was talking about.

1589
01:32:37,400 --> 01:32:43,480
 But that's why, you know, you see in the pregame, and you see all these coaches and players, et cetera, go to home plate.

1590
01:32:43,520 --> 01:32:44,560
 You go with the ground rules.

1591
01:32:44,820 --> 01:32:46,000
 And that's one of those things.

1592
01:32:46,000 --> 01:32:48,540
 What happens if the ball gets down the right field corner?

1593
01:32:48,740 --> 01:32:49,360
 Is it a double?

1594
01:32:49,460 --> 01:32:50,220
 Is it a dead ball?

1595
01:32:50,300 --> 01:32:50,920
 It stops there?

1596
01:32:51,000 --> 01:32:52,140
 Or is it still live?

1597
01:32:52,260 --> 01:32:53,900
 And the runner can get whatever he can get.

1598
01:32:53,940 --> 01:32:58,020
 In this case, the ump must have told Thompson, look, it was not in the ground rules.

1599
01:32:58,120 --> 01:32:58,920
 That's a dead ball.

1600
01:32:59,220 --> 01:33:03,000
 So, translated, Milwaukee gave up three in the bottom of the fourth.

1601
01:33:03,060 --> 01:33:06,380
 But right now, they're in a good chance of getting one of them back.

1602
01:33:06,520 --> 01:33:09,720
 The runner's on third with a triple and nobody out.

1603
01:33:09,840 --> 01:33:13,240
 BB, again, this just illustrates what we've been talking about.

1604
01:33:13,240 --> 01:33:15,000
 In baseball, I don't care.

1605
01:33:15,520 --> 01:33:17,920
 David Weathers, we love David to death.

1606
01:33:18,000 --> 01:33:19,880
 He's been there almost 20 years in the majors.

1607
01:33:20,180 --> 01:33:23,200
 And he's summed it up best as far as major league baseball.

1608
01:33:23,640 --> 01:33:26,460
 As he put it, it's 162-game schedule.

1609
01:33:26,620 --> 01:33:27,740
 Break out the calculator.

1610
01:33:28,740 --> 01:33:34,180
 I, you're almost, no matter how bad you are, if you're going to win 54, no matter how good

1611
01:33:34,180 --> 01:33:35,820
 you are, you're going to lose 54.

1612
01:33:36,260 --> 01:33:40,620
 It's what happens in the other 54 that determines where you finished in terms of a championship.

1613
01:33:40,900 --> 01:33:42,600
 And it's that way with college.

1614
01:33:42,600 --> 01:33:44,440
 You can go down to Farland Park, anywhere.

1615
01:33:44,940 --> 01:33:46,700
 The principle is still the same.

1616
01:33:46,700 --> 01:33:54,080
 On any given night, a baseball team, if you've got a decent pitcher and your guys off the other team, despite the odds, can win.

1617
01:33:54,260 --> 01:33:59,520
 And I think that's, in summary, what we're seeing right now with Milwaukee for Auburn down the plains and the regionals.

1618
01:33:59,880 --> 01:34:07,600
 Well, that's one of the things, Harold, no matter what the sport is, I'm always looking for teams that are hot going into the postseason.

1619
01:34:07,960 --> 01:34:15,180
 Now, you look at Milwaukee, their overall record's 25 and 31, and I know some people would probably snicker at that.

1620
01:34:15,180 --> 01:34:20,600
 But what they are missing is, they've won seven consecutive games.

1621
01:34:21,020 --> 01:34:27,080
 They're averaging 9.8 runs per game in that seven-game winning streak.

1622
01:34:27,600 --> 01:34:36,880
 And also, they have stolen 122 bases this year, which means any time they get a single, there's practically a double.

1623
01:34:37,360 --> 01:34:41,660
 Because they're going to be running, this is a good team.

1624
01:34:42,940 --> 01:34:45,280
 Well, and we'll see just how much they can hold up.

1625
01:34:45,360 --> 01:34:47,760
 As you mentioned, they've got the sticks, they've got the speed.

1626
01:34:47,860 --> 01:34:49,000
 What they don't have is pitching.

1627
01:34:49,100 --> 01:34:54,120
 And we saw that last night with Alabama and UCLA in the softball World Series.

1628
01:34:54,400 --> 01:34:57,780
 I mean, coming into it, Alabama on paper had the advantage.

1629
01:34:58,300 --> 01:35:00,980
 The old adage is that good pitching beats good hitting.

1630
01:35:01,660 --> 01:35:05,660
 And last night, for much of the game, I think a lot of folks were doubting that.

1631
01:35:05,720 --> 01:35:08,160
 But the cream has a way of rising to the top.

1632
01:35:08,660 --> 01:35:12,580
 And Alabama may not have the sticks that UCLA has.

1633
01:35:12,580 --> 01:35:13,620
 But they do have the pitching.

1634
01:35:13,620 --> 01:35:15,460
 And they have sticks good enough to win.

1635
01:35:15,460 --> 01:35:17,700
 And in the end, that's what happened last night.

1636
01:35:17,860 --> 01:35:21,300
 6-3, Alabama staying in the winner's bracket.

1637
01:35:21,620 --> 01:35:23,660
 Can you say enough about the importance of that?

1638
01:35:24,020 --> 01:35:26,200
 They get a chance now to kick back, relax.

1639
01:35:27,340 --> 01:35:31,520
 They'll have to use their mulligan because it is a double elimination tournament in Oak City.

1640
01:35:31,940 --> 01:35:33,580
 And now they take on Nebraska.

1641
01:35:33,720 --> 01:35:36,100
 Your thoughts about Alabama and Nebraska?

1642
01:35:36,660 --> 01:35:39,280
 Well, Nebraska came back and won that game at the end.

1643
01:35:39,340 --> 01:35:40,540
 That was a fun game.

1644
01:35:40,540 --> 01:35:43,640
 I gave up on it at about 11-15 last night.

1645
01:35:43,780 --> 01:35:46,480
 And it ended about 20 minutes later.

1646
01:35:47,120 --> 01:35:48,700
 Justin has joined us now.

1647
01:35:49,040 --> 01:35:50,880
 But you brought up a good point earlier.

1648
01:35:51,380 --> 01:35:57,440
 Alabama had just literally breathed through the regional and the super regional.

1649
01:35:57,780 --> 01:36:02,620
 And I wanted to see what they could do, Harold, when they had the deficit.

1650
01:36:02,860 --> 01:36:07,600
 In other words, when somebody hit them in the nose, how were they going to respond to that?

1651
01:36:07,760 --> 01:36:12,560
 Well, Brooke Wales hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning.

1652
01:36:12,660 --> 01:36:14,660
 And Alabama responded pretty well.

1653
01:36:16,100 --> 01:36:18,260
 Justin Ferguson responding to our call.

1654
01:36:18,380 --> 01:36:19,700
 He's busy with the Auburn Observer.

1655
01:36:19,880 --> 01:36:21,280
 Justin, welcome in.

1656
01:36:21,940 --> 01:36:22,380
 Wow.

1657
01:36:23,580 --> 01:36:28,320
 You know, wordsmith, how would you describe what's going on in your backyard there with Auburn Baseball and Milwaukee?

1658
01:36:28,540 --> 01:36:29,080
 How are you?

1659
01:36:29,980 --> 01:36:31,000
 I'm doing all right.

1660
01:36:31,040 --> 01:36:32,280
 I would describe it as baseball.

1661
01:36:32,880 --> 01:36:35,160
 Sometimes this kind of stuff, you know, kind of happens.

1662
01:36:35,300 --> 01:36:35,460
 Yeah.

1663
01:36:35,580 --> 01:36:39,320
 I mean, Milwaukee jumping all over Auburn today.

1664
01:36:39,560 --> 01:36:40,680
 You know, this is a Milwaukee team.

1665
01:36:40,780 --> 01:36:43,080
 It's the second lowest rated team in the field.

1666
01:36:43,680 --> 01:36:47,640
 You know, Auburn playing at home, got a lot of momentum, got that fourth seed.

1667
01:36:48,480 --> 01:36:54,060
 And, I mean, Milwaukee just did a great job of hitting and hitting and staying on them and been able to kind of do that.

1668
01:36:54,160 --> 01:36:58,340
 And so, you know, kind of shell-shocked Auburn, I thought, especially their offense early on.

1669
01:36:58,460 --> 01:37:05,120
 So, they've tried to crawl back a little bit, but it's going to take a whole lot to really make it a game at this point for Auburn.

1670
01:37:05,500 --> 01:37:08,640
 Yeah, they just got three of them back in the bottom half of the fourth.

1671
01:37:08,700 --> 01:37:11,920
 And Milwaukee just got one of those back, so it's now 11-3 in the fifth.

1672
01:37:11,920 --> 01:37:13,100
 But here's the bottom line.

1673
01:37:13,180 --> 01:37:13,860
 You summed it up.

1674
01:37:14,520 --> 01:37:18,840
 Believe it or not, some folks here played baseball back in the day, long time ago.

1675
01:37:18,960 --> 01:37:20,340
 But one thing hasn't changed.

1676
01:37:20,440 --> 01:37:23,780
 That is, sometimes this is just the way it's going to work out.

1677
01:37:23,840 --> 01:37:25,340
 I don't care how good or bad you are.

1678
01:37:25,820 --> 01:37:27,040
 Good teams have bad days.

1679
01:37:27,140 --> 01:37:28,380
 Bad teams have good days.

1680
01:37:28,800 --> 01:37:36,460
 The best thing probably right now, would you agree, is go ahead, take your lumps, wipe the slate clean like your teacher back in the day when they had old-fashioned black boards.

1681
01:37:36,460 --> 01:37:37,780
 You can take it and wipe it with an eraser.

1682
01:37:38,240 --> 01:37:40,560
 Start over and just get busy with game two.

1683
01:37:41,740 --> 01:37:42,980
 Yeah, no, that's probably it.

1684
01:37:42,980 --> 01:37:48,840
 I mean, they'll try to keep kind of plugging away here, but don't want to burn any pitchers or anything like that at this point.

1685
01:37:48,940 --> 01:37:57,540
 But yeah, yeah, it's just, you know, for Auburn, you've got to show that you're good at responding to adversity, which I think this team has done a good job of throughout the year.

1686
01:37:57,620 --> 01:38:05,340
 You talk about how many game threes of series they won, you know, this season in SEC play, that slow start, how they were able to overcome it.

1687
01:38:05,700 --> 01:38:17,280
 They've done a really good job of responding to adversity, and they're going to have to do that because, you know, if Milwaukee holds on and wins this game like they probably will today, Auburn's going to have to come out of the loser's bracket.

1688
01:38:18,040 --> 01:38:27,600
 And, you know, the good news is you're playing at home, and, you know, as you're saying, like, you are the best team, the best playing team throughout the season in this region.

1689
01:38:27,600 --> 01:38:32,240
 So you can still take care of business, but obviously you may get a lot tougher on yourself when you fall behind like this this early.

1690
01:38:32,800 --> 01:38:38,280
 Who is Butch going to pitch in the second game, Petrovic, Alvarez, or your thoughts?

1691
01:38:39,360 --> 01:38:44,520
 It's Ben Alvarez here mostly, you know, in game two of these series.

1692
01:38:45,160 --> 01:38:56,680
 So I think that we kind of stuck to the Marciano and Alvarez, and then, you know, you can get kind of towards the end and play around a little bit more.

1693
01:38:56,800 --> 01:39:05,960
 But, yeah, I mean, I would imagine Alvarez being the Saturday guy, being the one that they go to, you know, tomorrow in game two of this series.

1694
01:39:06,240 --> 01:39:11,460
 And then you have a guy, Petrovic, who has been really good in, like, you know, kind of crunch situations.

1695
01:39:11,640 --> 01:39:14,960
 He's done a really good job in those kind of game threes, those rubber matches.

1696
01:39:15,300 --> 01:39:20,780
 So, you know, I would imagine they try to, you know, not shake it up too much, but just stick to the setup.

1697
01:39:22,600 --> 01:39:29,340
 Justin Ferguson, the Auburn Observer, if you are a football coach and you got some hot shots coming in on the recruiting trail,

1698
01:39:29,380 --> 01:39:31,820
 it sets up nicely because it's a no-brainer.

1699
01:39:32,240 --> 01:39:34,540
 You take them over and watch some pretty good baseball.

1700
01:39:34,860 --> 01:39:41,380
 Your thoughts just about that and on the flip side for Auburn fans, obviously, it's always recruiting season.

1701
01:39:41,520 --> 01:39:43,380
 What can you tell us about the latest weekend?

1702
01:39:44,420 --> 01:39:51,040
 Yeah, I mean, I think Auburn's doing a really good job of lining up some official visits here, you know, these next few weekends

1703
01:39:51,040 --> 01:39:53,280
 and really trying to make moves.

1704
01:39:53,460 --> 01:39:55,220
 They've gotten a lot of momentum with some guys.

1705
01:39:55,360 --> 01:40:01,540
 I would expect, you know, maybe some real progress at edge rusher.

1706
01:40:01,540 --> 01:40:07,140
 That seems to be kind of the edge rusher defense line's been the one they've really been targeting here with some of these guys over the next couple weeks.

1707
01:40:07,600 --> 01:40:11,100
 But the offensive line continues to be, you know, a really big selling point for them.

1708
01:40:11,320 --> 01:40:16,340
 We talked about them getting late in Von Bryant last week, the big four-star offensive tackle from Delaware.

1709
01:40:17,280 --> 01:40:25,480
 You know, they've also, on Monday, they picked up another, you know, offensive tackle in this class from Tennessee and Rass Brown.

1710
01:40:25,680 --> 01:40:27,540
 And so, I was looking this up the other day.

1711
01:40:28,260 --> 01:40:32,680
 Auburn signed two high school offensive tackles in the 26th class.

1712
01:40:32,740 --> 01:40:35,860
 So, that really, like, you know, the quick turnaround that the staff had to get.

1713
01:40:36,760 --> 01:40:38,900
 They were on pace to do it again here in 27.

1714
01:40:40,000 --> 01:40:42,760
 Auburn had only done that once in the previous decade.

1715
01:40:43,140 --> 01:40:50,380
 So, the fact that they're investing as much kind of time and effort and money into, you know, recruiting offensive tackle, I think, is a pretty big thing.

1716
01:40:50,460 --> 01:40:53,060
 And I would imagine they continue to push that boom forward.

1717
01:40:53,200 --> 01:41:02,560
 I think Auburn's got a really good chance to get Joshua Dobson, who is coming in this weekend, a cornerback.

1718
01:41:03,500 --> 01:41:06,020
 Former Alabama commitment, Nash Johnson.

1719
01:41:06,380 --> 01:41:08,080
 Now, everybody wants him.

1720
01:41:09,000 --> 01:41:11,140
 And then, also, Chicken.

1721
01:41:11,860 --> 01:41:15,480
 Chicken Gerard out of Viger is another one.

1722
01:41:15,560 --> 01:41:16,940
 James Pace is one.

1723
01:41:17,900 --> 01:41:22,140
 And, again, a lot of these guys have got three more official visits scheduled.

1724
01:41:22,400 --> 01:41:24,120
 The next three or four weeks.

1725
01:41:24,780 --> 01:41:26,860
 And, also, one we talked about.

1726
01:41:27,440 --> 01:41:29,640
 And I know people have laughed about this.

1727
01:41:29,960 --> 01:41:32,500
 But getting someone in.

1728
01:41:32,720 --> 01:41:34,520
 You see it all the time in basketball.

1729
01:41:34,800 --> 01:41:45,060
 But, Nico Kompass, the 6'7", 270 pounds, originally from Germany, went to the NFL Academy that we talked with you about a couple weeks ago.

1730
01:41:45,480 --> 01:41:46,520
 I believe in England.

1731
01:41:46,720 --> 01:41:49,240
 He is coming in for a visit.

1732
01:41:49,380 --> 01:41:51,000
 Then, I think he goes to Michigan.

1733
01:41:51,000 --> 01:41:55,660
 But, you get these guys on campus, you've got a much better chance to get them.

1734
01:41:56,940 --> 01:41:57,340
 Absolutely.

1735
01:41:57,580 --> 01:41:57,720
 Yeah.

1736
01:41:57,780 --> 01:42:04,100
 And, especially these days with the way recruiting has gone for these high school guys, they want their decisions kind of made in the summer.

1737
01:42:04,260 --> 01:42:05,540
 They want to go ahead and get it done.

1738
01:42:05,700 --> 01:42:07,700
 And, I think it's the right thing to do.

1739
01:42:08,220 --> 01:42:09,680
 You know, you go ahead and make a decision.

1740
01:42:09,880 --> 01:42:11,980
 And, you can focus on your senior year of football.

1741
01:42:12,360 --> 01:42:17,260
 You know, just really enjoying that aspect of it and really focusing on that.

1742
01:42:17,380 --> 01:42:18,340
 Sure, you can take visits.

1743
01:42:18,500 --> 01:42:20,160
 You can do stuff in the fall.

1744
01:42:20,240 --> 01:42:22,100
 But, a lot of guys want to have a spot, right?

1745
01:42:22,200 --> 01:42:26,260
 Especially with, you know, these days with the way the portal goes.

1746
01:42:26,400 --> 01:42:27,340
 Like, you don't want to be left.

1747
01:42:27,680 --> 01:42:29,420
 Hey, I'm going to take my time with my decision.

1748
01:42:29,580 --> 01:42:30,460
 We might get to December.

1749
01:42:30,640 --> 01:42:33,940
 And, it's like, hey, brother, we ain't got any room for you at this point.

1750
01:42:34,080 --> 01:42:37,720
 So, you know, I think that's why summer has gotten bigger and bigger in terms of recruiting.

1751
01:42:37,860 --> 01:42:41,420
 So, yeah, just bringing these kids on campus, letting them get to experience Auburn.

1752
01:42:41,580 --> 01:42:44,480
 You know, classes are back in session around here.

1753
01:42:44,540 --> 01:42:46,580
 So, it's not the full-blown, you know, Auburn.

1754
01:42:46,580 --> 01:42:47,960
 I joke with people all the time.

1755
01:42:48,060 --> 01:42:51,740
 It's like, you know, you get the Auburn field because, like, they're still playing baseball here.

1756
01:42:51,800 --> 01:42:52,960
 There's some events going on.

1757
01:42:53,380 --> 01:42:54,380
 Classes are going on.

1758
01:42:54,640 --> 01:42:56,620
 But, you don't have quite as much traffic this time of year.

1759
01:42:56,760 --> 01:43:01,520
 So, I mean, I think that's a good way to kind of sell Auburn to some of these kids and these families coming down for visits.

1760
01:43:02,300 --> 01:43:04,040
 Justin Ferguson, the Auburn Observer.

1761
01:43:04,180 --> 01:43:05,920
 Some folks say they're going to take a big class.

1762
01:43:06,020 --> 01:43:08,640
 Some folks say they're going to take a small class.

1763
01:43:09,340 --> 01:43:10,260
 Justin, what about Auburn?

1764
01:43:10,300 --> 01:43:12,860
 What can you tell Auburn fans as far as the size of this class?

1765
01:43:12,860 --> 01:43:15,460
 They're going to go small or they're going to go pedal to metal?

1766
01:43:16,740 --> 01:43:19,940
 You know, I think it's going to be probably more towards the smaller size.

1767
01:43:21,960 --> 01:43:30,700
 And, you know, kind of what I've been told and what I've been able to gather about this recruiting philosophy is that Auburn is going to look at high school recruiting, put it very simply.

1768
01:43:31,140 --> 01:43:38,220
 Outside of maybe like offensive line and maybe defensive tackle where you have some guys you want to develop quarterback or you want to kind of develop for the future.

1769
01:43:39,140 --> 01:43:43,380
 Most of the guys they want to take in these high school classes are instant impact guys.

1770
01:43:43,660 --> 01:43:53,100
 They want guys to be able to come in at all these different positions and say, hey, if we're going to use a spot on you, if we're going to put you in on this team, we're going to spend money on you.

1771
01:43:53,180 --> 01:44:02,400
 And, yeah, if we're going to spend money on you and not a transfer who's got experience later on, we need to think you're going to be ready to roll right away.

1772
01:44:02,580 --> 01:44:08,040
 So, I think because of that, this is going to be more of a quality than quantity type of class for Auburn.

1773
01:44:08,120 --> 01:44:09,140
 And I think they're also a good set.

1774
01:44:09,200 --> 01:44:12,320
 Now, like I said, offensive line, that's a position group you want to stack.

1775
01:44:12,620 --> 01:44:13,900
 You know, some guys to develop.

1776
01:44:14,020 --> 01:44:15,040
 You always want to take a quarterback.

1777
01:44:15,700 --> 01:44:17,360
 You know, you can develop down the road as well.

1778
01:44:17,820 --> 01:44:24,020
 But, really, I think at pretty much every other position, I think you're going to see Auburn really want to take guys they feel like could come in and play right away.

1779
01:44:24,460 --> 01:44:26,760
 I thought Alex Golich had a great answer.

1780
01:44:26,960 --> 01:44:35,260
 You know, there's been so much wailing and gnashing of teeth this week about will it be 16 or 24 that they expand the playoffs to?

1781
01:44:35,720 --> 01:44:42,560
 And he said, look, the playoffs, expanding the playoffs are the furthest thing from my mind right now.

1782
01:44:42,680 --> 01:44:46,080
 I want to establish a foundation at Auburn.

1783
01:44:46,340 --> 01:44:47,940
 I thought that was a good answer.

1784
01:44:49,000 --> 01:44:49,320
 Yeah.

1785
01:44:49,520 --> 01:44:50,480
 Yeah, no, 100%.

1786
01:44:50,480 --> 01:44:52,240
 I mean, I think that's one of those things.

1787
01:44:52,340 --> 01:44:57,140
 You've got to crawl before you walk if you're Auburn, and you've got to walk before you run.

1788
01:44:57,720 --> 01:45:01,620
 And, you know, this is an Auburn football team that's had five straight losing seasons.

1789
01:45:01,960 --> 01:45:04,480
 Like, you know, playoff, yeah, it would be great to be in the playoff.

1790
01:45:04,600 --> 01:45:06,660
 If I'm Auburn, I'm like, I'd like to play in the postseason again.

1791
01:45:06,800 --> 01:45:07,780
 I'd like to win a bowl game.

1792
01:45:07,920 --> 01:45:14,920
 I'd like to, you know, I'd like to finish a year where you've won more games than you've lost, which has been tough for them to do these last several years.

1793
01:45:14,920 --> 01:45:17,280
 So, yeah, I think Alex Coles has the right perspective on it.

1794
01:45:17,520 --> 01:45:20,140
 And he's one of those guys that I think he is a talker.

1795
01:45:20,700 --> 01:45:26,920
 I mean, you know, he can give you a lot of his thoughts on a lot of things in detail, but he's also very honest and very blunt about it.

1796
01:45:27,000 --> 01:45:34,740
 And it's like, look, you know, these guys down here are talking about, oh, the playoff, oh, the, you know, conference scheduling and all that and all the ins and outs and that.

1797
01:45:35,180 --> 01:45:45,200
 And they've been, you know, this has been their kind of issue and they're, they're talking points for years now for a guy who's brand new to the league and trying to rebuild a program.

1798
01:45:45,560 --> 01:45:47,720
 And, you know, it's all about what's right in front of them.

1799
01:45:48,720 --> 01:45:51,000
 Justin, talk to us about this schedule and analyzing.

1800
01:45:51,160 --> 01:45:52,880
 It's just the psychology involved.

1801
01:45:53,540 --> 01:45:59,120
 Obviously, first four games at home, I think after the first three games, you're going to see a personality with this team.

1802
01:45:59,240 --> 01:46:03,000
 You got Baylor, which they're not the greatest team in the world, but certainly can give you a game.

1803
01:46:03,100 --> 01:46:05,780
 And then week two, and we'll talk about that.

1804
01:46:05,840 --> 01:46:07,520
 You fast forward to the Florida game.

1805
01:46:09,120 --> 01:46:13,760
 After that third weekend, I think a fan's going to start seeing the personality of this team in depth.

1806
01:46:14,060 --> 01:46:16,740
 And you did a good job there at the Auburn Observer.

1807
01:46:16,880 --> 01:46:19,920
 Talk to us about some of the memories of Auburn and Florida in the past.

1808
01:46:20,740 --> 01:46:24,780
 Yeah, no, I mean, I think it was really, really cool when they announced this week that Auburn-Florida is going to be a night game.

1809
01:46:24,900 --> 01:46:27,900
 I think it's going to be the best type of atmosphere in Jordan-Hare.

1810
01:46:28,280 --> 01:46:33,040
 And look, man, like, you know, I've, I started covering Auburn football.

1811
01:46:33,300 --> 01:46:37,180
 I was in college in 20, in 2012 was my first year covering.

1812
01:46:37,580 --> 01:46:40,560
 I've only covered one Auburn-Florida football game.

1813
01:46:40,800 --> 01:46:42,760
 They used to play every year.

1814
01:46:43,560 --> 01:46:52,040
 So, you know, growing up, you know, I have the memories of those, you know, early 2000s games where, you know, Auburn would win.

1815
01:46:52,280 --> 01:46:58,220
 And, you know, kind of crazy, like the, you know, the Damon Duvall kicks, one of, one of my earlier memories of that.

1816
01:46:58,220 --> 01:47:02,420
 Obviously, the West Byron walk-off field goal there, Trey Smith flipping into the end zone.

1817
01:47:02,800 --> 01:47:07,440
 The only, and I'll tell you one thing, it's not a win, but like, the only game.

1818
01:47:07,580 --> 01:47:14,060
 I've ever covered from Auburn and Florida was in 19 when Auburn went down to the Swamp and played them.

1819
01:47:14,560 --> 01:47:21,280
 And there's a touchdown run in like the third quarter, the fourth quarter of that game that kind of breaks it open for Florida and kind of seals it.

1820
01:47:21,560 --> 01:47:24,840
 And I'll tell you, it's the loudest I've ever heard a stadium ever.

1821
01:47:25,420 --> 01:47:28,480
 And so, yeah, you know, they get you wild.

1822
01:47:28,700 --> 01:47:31,480
 So, yeah, I think for Auburn, it's like, you know, you have an opportunity, right?

1823
01:47:31,900 --> 01:47:33,040
 You go play Baylor in Atlanta.

1824
01:47:33,220 --> 01:47:39,100
 You take care of business, get that established, you know, go ahead and get a good win to get yourself rolling.

1825
01:47:39,480 --> 01:47:40,360
 Then you get Southern Miss.

1826
01:47:40,360 --> 01:47:45,540
 And, hey, if you're 2-0 heading into Florida with a night game, that place is going to be on full tilt.

1827
01:47:45,960 --> 01:47:53,700
 And I think it's a really good time to get a team like Florida because I think both Auburn and Florida, first-year head coaches, a lot of new players, a lot of new pieces on the roster.

1828
01:47:53,880 --> 01:47:55,960
 They're going to be figuring out who they are.

1829
01:47:56,260 --> 01:48:01,160
 And I think you'd much rather play a team like Florida early in the year before they figure it all out.

1830
01:48:01,340 --> 01:48:04,120
 So, getting to do that at home, I think, is going to be a pretty good thing for Auburn.

1831
01:48:04,320 --> 01:48:07,400
 Brent and I went to Florida to talk about a wild atmosphere down there.

1832
01:48:07,500 --> 01:48:08,800
 I don't know if, Brett, you remember or not.

1833
01:48:09,000 --> 01:48:13,000
 One memory we have of that game, we had a pregame show live right outside the stadium.

1834
01:48:13,160 --> 01:48:14,360
 We heard all this racket.

1835
01:48:14,440 --> 01:48:17,080
 Here came the Hare Krishnas coming up the street.

1836
01:48:17,340 --> 01:48:17,620
 Literally.

1837
01:48:17,620 --> 01:48:22,480
 Are the Hare Krishnas going to come for the Auburn pregame with Florida when they play the game of the Plains?

1838
01:48:23,080 --> 01:48:23,720
 You know what?

1839
01:48:23,780 --> 01:48:25,780
 I haven't seen them around here.

1840
01:48:25,900 --> 01:48:28,760
 I don't know if they're still operating in this area.

1841
01:48:29,960 --> 01:48:31,520
 I remember that very well.

1842
01:48:31,700 --> 01:48:35,000
 The other thing I remember is 110 degrees.

1843
01:48:35,480 --> 01:48:36,000
 At a gate.

1844
01:48:36,600 --> 01:48:37,740
 Yeah, Florida.

1845
01:48:38,440 --> 01:48:42,300
 I've had Auburn fans tell me for years, and we get into what game,

1846
01:48:42,780 --> 01:48:44,240
 would they like to see again?

1847
01:48:44,240 --> 01:48:50,160
 And Florida always comes up because it was the first game of that Pat Dye Amen Corner.

1848
01:48:50,800 --> 01:48:56,280
 And they just got used to that schedule and just really enjoyed the rivalry.

1849
01:48:57,420 --> 01:48:59,900
 Harold mentioned some of the mailbag stuff.

1850
01:49:00,380 --> 01:49:03,400
 How do you measure Auburn's football talent in 2026?

1851
01:49:03,860 --> 01:49:07,900
 Will the Euro signees in basketball be okay?

1852
01:49:08,260 --> 01:49:10,060
 And then the Auburn Florida memories.

1853
01:49:10,900 --> 01:49:13,680
 The email, 6 a.m. on Wednesday.

1854
01:49:14,000 --> 01:49:14,860
 The mailbag.

1855
01:49:15,000 --> 01:49:15,600
 The podcast.

1856
01:49:16,620 --> 01:49:17,520
 Baseball coverage.

1857
01:49:17,700 --> 01:49:19,340
 Where can we get online to get everything?

1858
01:49:20,080 --> 01:49:21,240
 Yeah, auburnobserver.com.

1859
01:49:21,300 --> 01:49:21,840
 Check it out there.

1860
01:49:21,920 --> 01:49:25,540
 So, we've got a lot of Auburn baseball stuff this weekend, and as they'll continue on.

1861
01:49:25,700 --> 01:49:29,380
 And what should be a more interesting tournament now with the way this first game is going,

1862
01:49:29,880 --> 01:49:32,660
 we've got our guy Henry Patton covering that up there for us.

1863
01:49:32,760 --> 01:49:35,140
 And then, yeah, I've got plenty of stuff this week on Auburn football.

1864
01:49:35,460 --> 01:49:37,220
 Some recruiting, some roster talk.

1865
01:49:37,300 --> 01:49:39,180
 I did a little basketball as well earlier in the week.

1866
01:49:39,620 --> 01:49:40,940
 So, you can just go to auburnobserver.com.

1867
01:49:41,340 --> 01:49:42,500
 Check it all out there.

1868
01:49:42,880 --> 01:49:45,080
 And everything we do gets sent to your email inbox.

1869
01:49:45,340 --> 01:49:49,900
 So, go ahead and subscribe, and we'll have plenty of stuff here for the rest of the offseason.

1870
01:49:50,900 --> 01:49:54,400
 Favorite two words for Auburn baseball fans right now, double elimination.

1871
01:49:54,580 --> 01:49:55,980
 Listen, Justin, thank you so much.

1872
01:49:56,040 --> 01:49:57,640
 Keep up the good word and stay safe, okay?

1873
01:49:58,180 --> 01:49:58,420
 Yep.

1874
01:49:58,640 --> 01:49:59,000
 Yes, sir.

1875
01:49:59,060 --> 01:49:59,580
 Thank you, buddy.

1876
01:50:00,100 --> 01:50:02,080
 Justin Ferguson, the Auburn Observer.

1877
01:50:02,240 --> 01:50:04,240
 Again, 11-3 at last count.

1878
01:50:04,760 --> 01:50:06,700
 Milwaukee leading Auburn in the regionals there.

1879
01:50:06,780 --> 01:50:10,520
 B.B., are you ready for some baseball from Tuscaloosa regional style?

1880
01:50:10,620 --> 01:50:11,460
 I am, by the way.

1881
01:50:11,520 --> 01:50:12,280
 Update quick.

1882
01:50:12,280 --> 01:50:15,920
 At 11-4, the Auburn Tigers added one.

1883
01:50:16,020 --> 01:50:17,080
 Should be fun tonight.

1884
01:50:17,200 --> 01:50:20,060
 By the way, that game is on the SEC Network.

1885
01:50:20,740 --> 01:50:22,400
 They moved it last night.

1886
01:50:22,960 --> 01:50:25,180
 Alabama and Alabama State again.

1887
01:50:25,760 --> 01:50:30,940
 Alabama's got the pitching to win this series and go on and probably face Florida State if

1888
01:50:30,940 --> 01:50:32,260
 they get out of their own regional.

1889
01:50:32,820 --> 01:50:33,900
 Got to play defense.

1890
01:50:34,020 --> 01:50:35,020
 Got to play clean.

1891
01:50:35,300 --> 01:50:40,140
 But, yeah, don't get – Harold, one piece of advice, don't get behind 10 to nothing.

1892
01:50:40,360 --> 01:50:42,000
 No, I guarantee you.

1893
01:50:42,360 --> 01:50:43,020
 Busy night.

1894
01:50:43,200 --> 01:50:44,580
 Got Alabama also.

1895
01:50:44,700 --> 01:50:45,940
 The Braves taking on the Reds.

1896
01:50:45,960 --> 01:50:47,120
 That game is on the road.

1897
01:50:47,120 --> 01:50:50,540
 Mr. Holmes on the mound for the game away from.

1898
01:50:50,580 --> 01:50:51,240
 Holm again.

1899
01:50:51,720 --> 01:50:52,860
 Got a busy weekend.

1900
01:50:53,000 --> 01:50:53,780
 Braves and Reds.

1901
01:50:53,800 --> 01:50:56,420
 They'll start the night 8 1⁄2 up on the fiddle.

1902
01:50:56,480 --> 01:50:57,040
 Up your field.

1903
01:50:57,180 --> 01:50:58,780
 Stay tuned to see how that changes tonight.

1904
01:50:58,880 --> 01:50:59,920
 We're going to take care of business for now.

1905
01:51:00,000 --> 01:51:02,680
 On behalf of B.B., Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

1906
01:51:03,080 --> 01:51:04,960
 Harold Bogg, thank you so much for your time today.

1907
01:51:05,040 --> 01:51:07,000
 Let's do it again Monday, noon to 2, for the B.M.O.

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01:51:07,040 --> 01:51:07,500
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01:51:07,760 --> 01:51:09,980
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