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

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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 Auburn baseball moves on.

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 Alabama softball hits home and breaking news from the Aiden Holloway camp.

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 Yeah, about 25 minutes ago, Mike Rodak, Obama 247, dropped the story.

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 Aiden Holloway, Alabama's point guard who got in trouble off the court, has entered a plea deal to go into the district attorney's second chance program.

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 If he goes through the procedure of the program, the other charges will eventually be dropped.

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 As you mentioned, Alabama softball has a tough night in Oklahoma City, losing 5-4 and 2-0.

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 We now know the times of the Super Regionals for Alabama and Auburn, and Roger is here to talk about a lot of things for Alabama sports.

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 You know, Roger's nice enough to join us, and you're going to tease him and make him wait on that time, BB.

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 Is that the kind of guy you are?

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 Roger can inform us of the starting times, yes.

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 Roger, Hoover is the man.

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 Roger, welcome in.

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 And, yeah, I can give you two of the three, but I don't even want to go for that third game on Monday.

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 But, yeah, 8 o'clock on Saturday, and then let's just wrap it up on Sunday, and then get the plane ticket to Omaha after that.

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 Just ask the Alabama women last night.

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 Roger, there's a lot to unpack here, but first of all, before we get into all this other stuff as far as the minutia of it all,

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 your reaction to the way things turned out in this season for this Alabama softball program?

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 especially around that 2012 national championship team where all those teams that expected to go to the College World Series.

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 If St. John's is able to do that in Tallahassee, no telling what they could do.

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 And only a three-game series in Tuscaloosa, the margin for error is now very, very small for Alabama getting ready for St. John's.

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 Roger, I know you mentioned on the show throughout the season that this is certainly not a one-man team.

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 Roger, obviously anyone who's ever been a catcher knows how painful a foul tip off the fingers can be.

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 Are you hearing anything about Johnny Lim?

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 How are you?

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 I'm doing well.

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 What's good for Auburn is bad for Central Florida baseball postseason.

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 Your thoughts about a team that was angry.

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 Auburn got embarrassed in game one against Milwaukee.

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 Had their backs to the wall.

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 Came fighting back.

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 One of the victims, your neighbors, Central Florida.

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 Yeah, you know, it was a, obviously it was a disappointing showing for UCF in a kind of must-win situation in the regional this weekend.

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 Milwaukee did it in the first game, obviously, on Friday.

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 It's going to be interesting to see, you know, kind of carrying that momentum over and trying to find a way to continue that possibly getting into the World Series.

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 Even after the survival routes, the folks saying the NCAA needs to do something about this.

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 It's taxing these young arms.

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 That's the same case that I don't know how one team can complain over another because it's the same situation across the board.

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 But do they have a point?

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 And if that's the problem, what's the solution in situations like this?

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 I mean, this regional went into Monday, you know what I mean?

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 And, again, you know, making your arms have to pitch as much as they can.

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 And in some cases, it's not an issue if you've got a really strong starting, you know, maybe a duo or a couple pitchers, two or three starters who can really kind of give you four or five, six innings.

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 But when you go through a weekend and if you have a struggle, let's say like they did in the opening game, you know, against Milwaukee, you know, you start using up some of those arms and you hope you have enough left in the tank to kind of get you through the whole weekend.

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 I think there are a lot of teams would really kind of feel like they've lost out an opportunity on that.

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 So they've got to find a way to fix that because, again, you've got a lot of pitchers who want a lot of innings.

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 I mean, like I mentioned, the weather delays, it's not easy.

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 If a pitcher's got to go out there and pitch 30, you know, goes and pitches for maybe, you know, two or three innings and then it's got to sit for 30 minutes, that's not good on your arm either.

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 And then you have some other guys who, not in this series, but another series, who maybe had to pitch, you know, over 100 pitches and then were forced to go back in maybe a day later, you know, to help out their team.

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 And I think that's something that college baseball has to look at because I just think you're starting to blow through arms a lot quicker than you normally would.

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 Yeah, Auburn, man, Coach, Mitch Thompson, was not very happy starting a game at 10-10.

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 You know, they've been fussing about that for years.

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 Matt, the college football playoff TV schedule dropped yesterday.

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 I thought it was interesting.

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 There are as many games in the first round and the quarterfinal round on TNT and true TV as they are ESPN and ABC.

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 Wow.

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 Yeah, well, I get more used to that because if we go to a 2014 college football schedule, you're going to see a lot of these games on different networks.

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 I think this is the first kind of look at that.

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 Again, this is what ESPN wants to do.

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 They're going to start, you know, farming these games out.

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 They make money on, you know, working out deals with true TV and HBO to have those games on there.

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 And I think if we go to 24 teams, you're going to see a lot more of that.

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 I wouldn't be surprised if that's part of the bidding process.

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 Maybe you get TNT involved.

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 Maybe you get, you know, like I mentioned, I think last week, Amazon gets involved.

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 Maybe a consumer gets involved because you want to be able to make as much money as you possibly can.

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 As much as ESPN spends a lot of money on their programming, you know, they're going to have to find a way to generate some income as well.

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 And I think they figured out, you know, maybe farming some of these games out will help maybe get an opportunity to have, you know, more revenue generated that way as well.

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 But I thought what was interesting for me on that schedule was, you know, that Rose Bowl game, which looks like it's going to be an eight o'clock, you know, an eight o'clock kickoff, which is not what Rose Bowl has really been doing.

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 They like having that late afternoon sun goes down on the mountain type thing.

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 So an eight o'clock kickoff is, it's probably not pleased a lot of people on the West Coast, but we'll see what happens.

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 I mean, like I said, this is going to be an interesting, an interesting setup for them.

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 Yeah, the Rose Bowl officials want that 4 p.m. sun setting over the San Gabriel Mountains.

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 It's absolutely amazing to me for a 30-second clip of the mountains that, yeah, they've had an afternoon time from day one.

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 Matt, great stuff.

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 As we mentioned earlier, a little bit of a short segment with the French Open update.

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 I always enjoy, and I'm like you, I thought UCL played well under a lot of difficult circumstances as far as, obviously, very good teams in there, and then also the weather was a factor, too.

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 Matt, where can we get online, buddy, and get all your great stuff?

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 Yeah, you can go to orlandosuntil.com or check me out on social media.

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 Oh, that's Matt Michelle.

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 Matt, appreciate it, buddy.

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 Thanks so much.

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 French Open update next.

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 The winner will face Alexander Zverev, who defeated Rafael Hodar today in three sets.

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 On the women's side, Marta Kostiuk beat Alina Svitolina in three sets, becoming the first Ukrainian to reach the women's single semifinals at Roland Garros in the Open Era.

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 That victory sets up a Ukrainian-Russian match, with Kostiuk set to face last year's semifinalist Mira Andreeva, who's trying not to make the match political.

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 It doesn't matter to me who I'm playing against, so I'm trying to really focus on the game and on the game plan.

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 Not the case, though, for Kostiuk.

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 There is nothing that's stopping you if this is something you don't believe in.

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 They are not thinking like this, you know, and after four years, I think they've made it very clear whose side they're on.

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 Kostiuk and Andreeva meet in the semis on Thursday.

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 Are you in Vegas or like Willie would say, on the road again?

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 How are you?

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 Pretty good, Harold.

505
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 I am in Vegas.

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 Good place to be because you can watch all the games on TV here.

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 Pretty good.

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 And there's a lot to watch these days.

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 It's never off-season with Bruce Marshall.

511
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 The thing that really, in our neck of the woods, thing called college football.

512
00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:56,760
 Schedules are out, Bruce.

513
00:33:56,760 --> 00:34:02,000
 Are you impressed with the schedules that you are now seeing for this upcoming season?

514
00:34:03,060 --> 00:34:03,960
 No, I'm not.

515
00:34:04,640 --> 00:34:06,120
 In fact, I'm bothered.

516
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:12,020
 The more I look at this, I'm bothered beyond more than I should be, but I am bothered.

517
00:34:12,980 --> 00:34:23,580
 And I am so sick and tired of this non-conference scheduling that a lot of these schools do now.

518
00:34:24,020 --> 00:34:29,160
 And a guy like Greg Sankey, who doesn't know history like I will guarantee you,

519
00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:32,960
 I can tell you more about SEC and college football history than him.

520
00:34:33,060 --> 00:34:34,580
 I will flat-out guarantee it.

521
00:34:34,580 --> 00:34:35,440
 Absolutely, you can.

522
00:34:35,660 --> 00:34:37,420
 I will flat-out guarantee it.

523
00:34:37,540 --> 00:34:42,060
 And when he talks, and he goes to these other commissioners, too, about, okay, we want to make a big deal.

524
00:34:42,100 --> 00:34:43,820
 We want to schedule one power four game.

525
00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:46,940
 And I am so tired of the Mac.

526
00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:55,920
 Nothing personal against the Mac, but the Mac and Conference USA and the Sun Belt filling up all of these non-conference schedules for these teams.

527
00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:58,100
 And it didn't used to be that way.

528
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:04,240
 And what got me, just all I was reading on Lindy Davis' magazine, which is really good, by the way.

529
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 I love it.

530
00:35:04,760 --> 00:35:05,560
 Yeah, that's a good guy.

531
00:35:07,220 --> 00:35:07,780
 Nebraska.

532
00:35:08,060 --> 00:35:09,600
 Now, they're non-conference this year.

533
00:35:09,700 --> 00:35:10,840
 They're all games at home.

534
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:11,540
 Yeah.

535
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:14,380
 Ohio U, they're the new coach.

536
00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:16,920
 Bowling Green, North Dakota.

537
00:35:17,620 --> 00:35:18,440
 Come on.

538
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:26,420
 In the past years, what Nebraska would do, they played like everybody.

539
00:35:26,700 --> 00:35:29,360
 I mean, it was Tom Osborne's teams.

540
00:35:29,740 --> 00:35:30,660
 You know, they didn't duck.

541
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,340
 This is a complete ducking of this.

542
00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:34,180
 And they're not the only one.

543
00:35:34,240 --> 00:35:35,880
 I mean, Texas Tech, we could get into that, too.

544
00:35:36,340 --> 00:35:36,820
 Oh, please.

545
00:35:36,940 --> 00:35:42,520
 I think, you look back, I was looking back at Alabama, and Brett and I were sort of discussing this text in the other day.

546
00:35:42,900 --> 00:35:44,480
 You look back, 1978.

547
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:50,100
 Now, that's the year that they tied, you know, one half of the national title that year.

548
00:35:51,240 --> 00:35:53,520
 Here's their non-conference of that year.

549
00:35:54,220 --> 00:35:55,740
 Tom Osborne's Nebraska.

550
00:35:55,940 --> 00:35:56,100
 Yep.

551
00:35:56,400 --> 00:35:56,680
 Okay.

552
00:35:57,900 --> 00:36:04,840
 USC, and those are the one, two teams in the country, Bama and SC, at the end of the season.

553
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:06,280
 Not just that.

554
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:07,240
 Missouri.

555
00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:08,720
 They go on the road to Missouri.

556
00:36:09,060 --> 00:36:10,920
 That's a really good Missouri team.

557
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:16,140
 They went in the Bulls, beat LSU in the Liberty Bowl, James Wilder.

558
00:36:16,760 --> 00:36:21,260
 Missouri was tough as heck back then, and Bama fans remember that opener in 75.

559
00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:22,960
 That was the only blemish that year.

560
00:36:23,280 --> 00:36:28,220
 And then they go to, and that's at Columbia, and then they go to Washington.

561
00:36:28,500 --> 00:36:28,840
 That's right.

562
00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:33,580
 Don James coming off of a Rose Bowl win the year before.

563
00:36:33,740 --> 00:36:35,180
 Washington was still pretty good in 78.

564
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:37,820
 So, you look at that schedule in 78.

565
00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:45,000
 And you think, they didn't, not only did they not duck anybody, the Bear went out and played like everybody could.

566
00:36:45,780 --> 00:36:51,800
 And when I think about Nebraska and all these Big Ten people talking about the schedule, too, and especially Nebraska.

567
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 In the 70s, there, I mean, the pound for pound, the old Big Eight was as tough as you could get in the 70s,

568
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 with the exception of Kansas State, and Kansas was also the other six were brutal.

569
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:06,920
 It was a tough lead.

570
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:11,860
 And for these ADs and these commissioners to say, oh, we've got a really tough conference schedule.

571
00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:13,120
 We don't need to do non-conference.

572
00:37:13,620 --> 00:37:15,740
 It was tough in the 70s.

573
00:37:15,780 --> 00:37:17,340
 It was tough in the 80s, too.

574
00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:22,880
 I am so, and I'm so tired of seeing these, Matt and CUSA and Sunday.

575
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:24,640
 Nothing against them, like I said personally.

576
00:37:24,760 --> 00:37:29,140
 But they're filling up all these schedules, and I can't stand it.

577
00:37:29,220 --> 00:37:30,000
 I really can't.

578
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:33,400
 Well, the other part of that, too, is now you've got mulligans, if you will,

579
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:37,880
 because back then, if you lost one ball game, it was Armageddon, a place like the state of Alabama.

580
00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:43,360
 Now you lose one or two and still have hope, unless you're coming up on Selection Sunday.

581
00:37:43,500 --> 00:37:45,840
 And like you just said, these other teams play these cupcakes,

582
00:37:46,520 --> 00:37:48,480
 and I guarantee they're going to get in the pulpit.

583
00:37:48,580 --> 00:37:50,560
 They're going to preach, well, we're going to take strength of schedule.

584
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:52,900
 And then on that Selection Sunday, they're going to say,

585
00:37:52,980 --> 00:37:56,300
 how can I take a two-loss team over an unbeaten Nebraska team?

586
00:37:57,340 --> 00:38:01,660
 That's right, and that's the problem that this playoff system has.

587
00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:05,960
 And again, you've got guys in there who just don't know college football history.

588
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:10,340
 And they just don't know it.

589
00:38:11,180 --> 00:38:18,840
 And, you know, that's very true, and that's a real drawback to the way they do it now.

590
00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:23,600
 And also, and I mean, it's not just, I don't want to stick on the Mac and the Conference USA,

591
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:34,700
 the FCS teams, or the old D2, you never saw, I mean, rarely in the old days would any SEC school play.

592
00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:41,320
 A Chattanooga might slip in there once or twice, a couple times for Auburn, but it's not.

593
00:38:41,720 --> 00:38:45,360
 Every one of these teams plays at least one FCS school.

594
00:38:45,500 --> 00:38:48,240
 Now, they never used to do that in the 70s.

595
00:38:49,240 --> 00:38:53,360
 And the landscape was a bit different, but the independent ranks were bigger then.

596
00:38:54,220 --> 00:38:58,340
 You know, the Memphises and the Louisvilles, and, you know, they were independents back then.

597
00:38:59,060 --> 00:39:00,260
 Florida, I mean, a lot of them were.

598
00:39:00,540 --> 00:39:04,080
 But they still never dipped down this Florida play team.

599
00:39:04,160 --> 00:39:09,040
 I am just so sick of the rationalities modern college administrators use.

600
00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:10,260
 It really irks me.

601
00:39:10,260 --> 00:39:17,720
 Bruce, the college football playoff committee had a, quote, panel discussion with the SEC coaches

602
00:39:17,720 --> 00:39:23,740
 last week at Destin, and the coaches were trying to emphasize once again,

603
00:39:23,860 --> 00:39:27,480
 look, we've added a ninth conference game.

604
00:39:28,060 --> 00:39:31,020
 We've got some tough non-conference opponents.

605
00:39:31,980 --> 00:39:37,520
 We talked about the Ohio State and Alabama game upcoming next season.

606
00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:44,660
 But the questions were, why wasn't Texas weighed more heavily in the discussion?

607
00:39:45,280 --> 00:39:47,820
 Who kept Vandy out at 10-2?

608
00:39:48,480 --> 00:39:55,540
 And why should the Big 12s, Texas Tech and BYU and Texas Tech schedule last year was nearly laughable.

609
00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:58,940
 Why were they ranked higher than some of the SEC teams?

610
00:39:59,660 --> 00:40:06,080
 And the panel kept coming back to this wins and losses instead of strength of schedule,

611
00:40:06,740 --> 00:40:10,700
 which the SEC has talked about ad nauseum.

612
00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:15,500
 And one of the coaches said, look, and I think it may have been Clark Lee.

613
00:40:15,940 --> 00:40:20,740
 When they got left out, he said, look, I feel worse now in Destin than I did

614
00:40:20,740 --> 00:40:24,960
 on the Sunday selection show when I found out we were not in.

615
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:28,100
 You're absolutely right, Brett.

616
00:40:28,440 --> 00:40:35,980
 And I cringe at this emphasis on straight win-loss record.

617
00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:38,300
 Texas Tech is a great example.

618
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:40,260
 I think they're doing it again this year.

619
00:40:40,980 --> 00:40:43,380
 I mean, it's laughable what they're doing.

620
00:40:44,060 --> 00:40:51,860
 My edict I would put down is if you're in Power 4 Conference, you play other Power 4s.

621
00:40:52,860 --> 00:40:57,580
 And just throw – first of all, the TV networks would be all for that.

622
00:40:58,080 --> 00:40:59,820
 ESPN would think that's great.

623
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:04,720
 Wow, we don't have to worry about Mercer playing Auburn or anything like that.

624
00:41:04,720 --> 00:41:11,680
 Oh, in fact, it depends to Mercer, but make them play – this is the way everybody did it in the 70s.

625
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:18,820
 And I don't know why – and that's the new mindset here, and it is really regrettable.

626
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:22,360
 We've got people in charge there who don't know what's going on.

627
00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:31,640
 One of the ideas I floated about, they should consult us in Las Vegas, you know, because we have power ratings and we have to set lines.

628
00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:32,160
 Absolutely.

629
00:41:32,380 --> 00:41:38,500
 We have a better idea of the relative strength of these teams because we have to make our living at it.

630
00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:42,340
 We have to get a points for it posted, and that's how we make our living.

631
00:41:43,100 --> 00:41:46,700
 And we've got a better idea than some of these guys on the selection committee.

632
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:48,200
 I don't care who they've got on it.

633
00:41:48,540 --> 00:41:49,860
 They should get us involved, I think.

634
00:41:50,380 --> 00:41:53,200
 My old coach used to hear his favorite phrase, I guarantee it.

635
00:41:53,200 --> 00:41:55,280
 So I guarantee you telling the truth, Bruce.

636
00:41:55,720 --> 00:41:59,400
 You invoke the name Texas Tech, and we won't go deep into softball here,

637
00:41:59,400 --> 00:42:01,580
 but the principle is what we'd like to throw at you here.

638
00:42:02,120 --> 00:42:05,540
 Last night, Alabama took on Texas Tech in softball.

639
00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:08,340
 Bruce, I did some little research here.

640
00:42:08,400 --> 00:42:14,140
 We've got a crack staff that does the research and came up with Texas Tech's NIL budget.

641
00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:18,360
 The Kennedy kid gets like a million dollars to come down from Stanford.

642
00:42:18,460 --> 00:42:20,100
 The total budget is approaching $4 million.

643
00:42:20,580 --> 00:42:22,780
 They're going to be taking on Texas in championship series.

644
00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:24,980
 Their total budget for NIL is about $4 million.

645
00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:28,300
 Alabama's NIL budget from the school itself is zero.

646
00:42:28,300 --> 00:42:32,200
 They go through independent sponsors in the Yale Alabama program.

647
00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:39,420
 The point being this, to your point about the NCAA, how big of a knucklehead are the people calling the shots here?

648
00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:45,740
 Tell me how that's fair when basically it's like me coming to Vegas and taking on you in a poker game.

649
00:42:46,080 --> 00:42:47,400
 You've got a royal flush hand.

650
00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:50,720
 I've got two, three, seven, eight, nines, but I'm expected to win.

651
00:42:51,380 --> 00:42:57,920
 Am I too off base here to say what we talked about back to Texas Tech, which obviously they have no shame.

652
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:01,920
 They just throw money out there and then bend the rules, whether it be football, softball, or what.

653
00:43:02,400 --> 00:43:04,100
 There's a lot of folks I think would agree with that.

654
00:43:04,180 --> 00:43:04,600
 Would you?

655
00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:07,120
 I agree with you.

656
00:43:07,260 --> 00:43:10,120
 By the way, I'm not that good at poker players, so you'd probably still beat me.

657
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:12,360
 Yeah, I'm worse, I promise you.

658
00:43:13,300 --> 00:43:14,540
 My nickname is broke.

659
00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:23,180
 Well, you know, you're right, and I think Texas Tech is a perfect example of this, and it's just the new money,

660
00:43:23,400 --> 00:43:27,020
 and they've got one booster in particular who's pumping everything in there.

661
00:43:27,020 --> 00:43:41,320
 And I circle back, though, Harold and Brett, to the whole framework of this has contributed to this sort of uncontrollable situation,

662
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:51,260
 and it's because the people in charge, most of them from academia, who never really had interest in the business world.

663
00:43:53,980 --> 00:43:55,240
 Brett knows it, too.

664
00:43:55,300 --> 00:43:56,780
 Brett's worked in the nonprofit field.

665
00:43:56,780 --> 00:44:07,900
 He knows what's out there in the real world, that these guys set the framework for a system that is so broken.

666
00:44:08,620 --> 00:44:16,200
 And the thing is, we're expecting these same guys to try to fix it, and now we're getting to the point where, you know,

667
00:44:16,620 --> 00:44:20,900
 government intervention is coming in here now, and that should never have had to happen.

668
00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:26,600
 But it's just these guys, they've caused a lot of this, and they've made a mess.

669
00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:28,220
 I'm not sure how they get out of it right now.

670
00:44:28,220 --> 00:44:31,760
 I'm really sure, but it's not good, and what you say is a very good example.

671
00:44:32,360 --> 00:44:37,260
 We talked about this a little bit earlier with Matt Michelle of the Orlando Synodal.

672
00:44:37,780 --> 00:44:49,060
 The CFP dropped their TV schedule yesterday, and again, it's amazing at how many of these games they've already farmed off to other networks.

673
00:44:49,720 --> 00:45:01,100
 There are as many games on TNT and true TV as they are ESPN and ABC, and Bruce, they're even streaming on HBO Max.

674
00:45:01,340 --> 00:45:14,400
 Now, just think about if we go to 24 and Fox Sports gets involved in this, and that's one of the primary reasons why Fox wants to get involved is certainly the game inventory,

675
00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:23,020
 but true TV and TNT, just like March Madness, have as many games on as ESPN and ABC.

676
00:45:24,020 --> 00:45:26,960
 I know, true TV gets involved here too.

677
00:45:27,160 --> 00:45:31,000
 Well, I'm sure we'll see them too.

678
00:45:31,200 --> 00:45:35,820
 But this is, you know, the inventory now, we might have touched on this before.

679
00:45:36,280 --> 00:45:43,980
 I'm not sure how this pie just continues to grow like that, and there might be a point of diminishing returns.

680
00:45:44,160 --> 00:45:52,880
 Now, nobody ever sports, there's only one example where I can think of where any sports entity has decided to pull back on the TV,

681
00:45:53,500 --> 00:45:57,600
 and that was in Europe with UEFA with the Champions League about 20 years ago.

682
00:45:57,680 --> 00:46:00,340
 They actually cut it back a little bit.

683
00:46:00,340 --> 00:46:02,720
 They thought there was just too much soccer.

684
00:46:03,380 --> 00:46:06,640
 And then they ended up changing, and they added more years later.

685
00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:14,860
 But I wonder if the college football bulls in particular might just oversell themselves here.

686
00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:21,880
 And that's why I think some of these networks, I know Fox wants to get involved now, but, you know, ESPN stretched pretty thin.

687
00:46:21,980 --> 00:46:22,980
 I mean, how much do they want to do?

688
00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:25,220
 And how marketable are some of these games?

689
00:46:25,840 --> 00:46:26,480
 I don't know.

690
00:46:26,480 --> 00:46:30,620
 I mean, you know, by that point, the NFL's going full bore.

691
00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:35,980
 I'm not sure how sellable all this huge college football playoff is.

692
00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:42,080
 That's why I think they've got to, you know, cap the brakes a bit before they decide to go to 24.

693
00:46:42,380 --> 00:46:44,940
 I think they're just maybe biting off more they can chew.

694
00:46:45,060 --> 00:46:45,460
 We'll see.

695
00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:48,320
 It'll be interesting to see what the sponsors are saying.

696
00:46:48,420 --> 00:46:50,900
 I think that's going to be the final green light on that.

697
00:46:51,580 --> 00:46:53,320
 Bruce, obviously, you're the coach.

698
00:46:53,400 --> 00:46:57,080
 You can pick one quarterback to be your quarterback from the SEC this season.

699
00:46:57,080 --> 00:47:00,560
 You can have Trinidad Chambliss, you can have Arch Manning, or other.

700
00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:02,780
 Who's going to be your quarterback from the SEC?

701
00:47:04,020 --> 00:47:06,520
 I think Chambliss will be.

702
00:47:07,520 --> 00:47:15,020
 Because I think he sort of changed the dynamics of everything.

703
00:47:15,420 --> 00:47:17,600
 I mean, he can overcome a lot.

704
00:47:17,740 --> 00:47:20,720
 I would take him over Arch in a minute.

705
00:47:21,120 --> 00:47:28,500
 Arch has some upside, but I would take Chambliss in a close race over Sam Leavitt of LSU.

706
00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:32,560
 And I hate the thought that Lane Kiffin's got himself a real quarterback here this year.

707
00:47:33,260 --> 00:47:39,400
 But he does, as long as Leavitt doesn't get hurt like he did last year, two years ago.

708
00:47:39,860 --> 00:47:45,720
 If he would have been eligible to come out last year for the draft, and he stayed around for another year,

709
00:47:45,820 --> 00:47:47,520
 he might have even been eligible last year.

710
00:47:48,160 --> 00:47:53,160
 He might have been a first-round pick for sure out of ASU.

711
00:47:53,160 --> 00:47:59,480
 He'd be close to me behind Chambliss and, you know, then maybe Arch.

712
00:48:00,880 --> 00:48:08,200
 The long shot in here, I think, is Byron Brown at Auburn.

713
00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:11,400
 He's with Alex Golesh.

714
00:48:12,460 --> 00:48:16,080
 I love watching this kid play at South Florida.

715
00:48:16,300 --> 00:48:17,560
 I mean, he is dynamic.

716
00:48:17,720 --> 00:48:19,380
 So, he's my dark horse in this thing.

717
00:48:19,820 --> 00:48:26,120
 But right now, I'd rank at Chambliss, one, Leavitt, two, maybe Arch, three,

718
00:48:26,580 --> 00:48:28,360
 with Byron Brown, the dark horse to watch.

719
00:48:28,640 --> 00:48:30,740
 Let me ask you an interesting question.

720
00:48:30,740 --> 00:48:35,320
 In college baseball, Super Regionals now have been set.

721
00:48:36,200 --> 00:48:39,560
 Amazingly, Alabama's got three teams in.

722
00:48:39,700 --> 00:48:41,560
 Alabama, Auburn, and Troy.

723
00:48:42,160 --> 00:48:44,640
 Troy just got through bashing Florida.

724
00:48:45,460 --> 00:48:50,480
 As far as odds, I'm guessing, certainly, you know, we're near college basketball

725
00:48:50,480 --> 00:48:55,700
 and college football, but as far as odds on college baseball,

726
00:48:55,880 --> 00:48:58,000
 how popular is it in Las Vegas?

727
00:48:58,840 --> 00:49:03,320
 It's starting to get more, and by the time you get to Omaha,

728
00:49:03,940 --> 00:49:06,600
 they'll have several of the Super Regionals this week.

729
00:49:07,160 --> 00:49:11,080
 By the time you get to Omaha, there'll be some action on it,

730
00:49:11,080 --> 00:49:12,980
 and it's pretty good stuff.

731
00:49:13,780 --> 00:49:17,060
 And so, I think we'll see some more in the Supers this week.

732
00:49:17,740 --> 00:49:21,400
 And then Omaha, definitely, get some action.

733
00:49:22,200 --> 00:49:24,820
 So, that's coming up in a couple weeks, so I look forward to that always.

734
00:49:25,560 --> 00:49:29,420
 In the meantime, where do you find ice in Las Vegas?

735
00:49:29,840 --> 00:49:32,800
 How good is the hockey in Las Vegas?

736
00:49:33,040 --> 00:49:35,380
 And will the folks in Carolina agree with you?

737
00:49:36,660 --> 00:49:38,720
 I think it's going to be a heck of a series.

738
00:49:39,440 --> 00:49:42,620
 And by the way, the interesting angle.

739
00:49:43,180 --> 00:49:47,560
 You know, the Golden Knights brought in John Tortorella right at the end of the regular season.

740
00:49:47,700 --> 00:49:48,480
 That was a shocker.

741
00:49:49,000 --> 00:49:52,800
 They fired their coach who had won the Stanley Cup a few years ago for them, Bruce Cassidy.

742
00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:56,080
 But they had been really floundering after the Winter Olympics break.

743
00:49:56,380 --> 00:49:57,600
 And the Golden Knights will do that.

744
00:49:57,700 --> 00:49:58,660
 They don't have a lot of it.

745
00:49:58,900 --> 00:50:00,200
 They will move on from a guy.

746
00:50:00,300 --> 00:50:01,540
 They are very bottom-line oriented.

747
00:50:02,240 --> 00:50:05,440
 Tortorella has come in here with a reputation as being very gruff.

748
00:50:06,100 --> 00:50:08,060
 And, you know, kiss my behind sword.

749
00:50:08,620 --> 00:50:10,880
 It looks like that's just what this team needed.

750
00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:14,760
 The interesting thing is he is only signed through the end of the playoffs.

751
00:50:15,360 --> 00:50:16,820
 He is the ultimate mercenary.

752
00:50:18,260 --> 00:50:25,240
 And if they end up winning, the discussion here is Vegas apparently wasn't like planning on Tortorella being a long-term answer.

753
00:50:25,420 --> 00:50:26,660
 And most people warrant it.

754
00:50:26,700 --> 00:50:28,960
 He's just built for the short term like this.

755
00:50:29,420 --> 00:50:30,820
 Now, what if they win the Stanley Cup?

756
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:34,860
 Are they going to offer the job to Tortorella?

757
00:50:35,060 --> 00:50:36,340
 Is he going to want to do it?

758
00:50:36,540 --> 00:50:39,040
 Or is he just going to want to be the ultimate mercenary?

759
00:50:39,140 --> 00:50:41,640
 By the way, that's a trend now in the NHL.

760
00:50:41,800 --> 00:50:42,480
 We saw the Devils.

761
00:50:42,720 --> 00:50:46,740
 I'm sorry, the Islanders try to do that with Pete DeBoer right at the end of the season, too.

762
00:50:47,140 --> 00:50:50,240
 Wait until the last month of the regular season and bring in a new coach.

763
00:50:50,840 --> 00:50:53,380
 That might be the new trend that Tortorella started.

764
00:50:53,500 --> 00:50:53,780
 We'll see.

765
00:50:54,540 --> 00:50:55,080
 I'll tell you what.

766
00:50:55,180 --> 00:51:01,500
 If CBS Sports was smart, they would hire you to host a college football history show.

767
00:51:02,180 --> 00:51:04,380
 You mentioned that Alabama-Washington game.

768
00:51:04,380 --> 00:51:05,520
 And that resonates with me.

769
00:51:06,880 --> 00:51:08,520
 Alabama nearly lost that game.

770
00:51:08,640 --> 00:51:11,540
 Spider Gaines, you probably remember that name from Washington.

771
00:51:12,080 --> 00:51:16,740
 He fumbled a punt, but the ball hit him in the face mask in the fourth quarter.

772
00:51:16,800 --> 00:51:19,840
 And Alabama recovered and held on to win 20-17.

773
00:51:19,840 --> 00:51:26,560
 But I enjoy talking to you about the history of college football as I do anything going on in modern day.

774
00:51:26,620 --> 00:51:29,220
 You're still the gold standard for everything.

775
00:51:29,460 --> 00:51:32,780
 Where can we get online and get the NBA?

776
00:51:33,060 --> 00:51:34,760
 The finals begin this week.

777
00:51:35,220 --> 00:51:39,900
 Hockey, college baseball, college softball wrapping up the whole nine yards.

778
00:51:40,600 --> 00:51:43,300
 I wouldn't hold my breath on CBS to do anything smart.

779
00:51:46,960 --> 00:51:48,840
 Anyway, yeah, you get all my stuff.

780
00:51:48,940 --> 00:51:49,480
 We got it going.

781
00:51:49,600 --> 00:51:50,540
 We are having a really good run.

782
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:51,340
 NBA playoffs.

783
00:51:51,580 --> 00:51:55,360
 We're 47-27 in the NBA into tomorrow night's game one.

784
00:51:55,740 --> 00:51:57,160
 That's coming up to NHL.

785
00:51:57,460 --> 00:51:59,500
 Major League Baseball on a 30-13 run.

786
00:51:59,580 --> 00:52:00,360
 So everything's going good.

787
00:52:00,680 --> 00:52:04,520
 My picks up there, it's all under the WagerTalk.com umbrella.

788
00:52:05,160 --> 00:52:06,580
 That's where you find gold sheet stuff.

789
00:52:06,660 --> 00:52:11,020
 We'll have some more of that toward football season, getting some college football season wins ready.

790
00:52:12,080 --> 00:52:15,000
 WagerTalk.com, picks and parlays, winnersandwiners.com.

791
00:52:15,320 --> 00:52:16,080
 All the picks there.

792
00:52:16,140 --> 00:52:24,040
 Also got some videos up at the WagerTalk website, TV site, and some NBA and World Cup videos, too.

793
00:52:24,100 --> 00:52:25,960
 So we got those up there all at WagerTalk.com.

794
00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:27,460
 Busy boy.

795
00:52:27,580 --> 00:52:29,860
 Bruce, enjoy the hot action on the ice.

796
00:52:30,060 --> 00:52:31,920
 Vegas, Carolina, Stanley Cup playoffs.

797
00:52:32,040 --> 00:52:32,900
 Thanks so much for your time.

798
00:52:32,940 --> 00:52:33,940
 Let's do it again soon, okay?

799
00:52:34,680 --> 00:52:35,240
 Okay, gentlemen.

800
00:52:35,280 --> 00:52:35,760
 Thank you, buddy.

801
00:52:36,400 --> 00:52:38,620
 Bruce Marshall, the gold standard.

802
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805
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806
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 Coming up in the next hour, we're going to be taking all over the place.

807
00:52:49,940 --> 00:52:51,620
 Zach Pander is seeing what's shaking in the shows.

808
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 It will involve the six candidates who are all in a Republican runoff race.

881
00:56:52,760 --> 00:56:56,400
 Jay Mitchell and Catherine Robertson are running in the Alabama Attorney General's race.

882
00:56:56,620 --> 00:57:00,800
 Wes Allen and John Wall are running to be the Republican candidate for the Lieutenant Governor's race.

883
00:57:01,040 --> 00:57:06,700
 And Jared Hudson and Barry Moore are running for the U.S. Senate seat that will be vacated by Tommy Tauberville at the end of this year

884
00:57:06,700 --> 00:57:08,780
 as he runs to be Alabama's next governor.

885
00:57:09,100 --> 00:57:13,580
 There will be three separate debates that take place at the Performing Arts Center starting at 6 p.m.

886
00:57:13,820 --> 00:57:16,120
 Tickets are available at the 1819 News website.

887
00:57:16,320 --> 00:57:18,620
 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this.

888
00:57:18,900 --> 00:57:21,640
 Where I was living was not a great place to live anymore.

889
00:57:21,960 --> 00:57:26,500
 I began to pray for a place to go, praying for all of these things that a nine-year-old would want.

890
00:57:26,700 --> 00:57:30,140
 I wanted horses, big house with a bunch of people my age.

891
00:57:30,280 --> 00:57:31,060
 I wanted parents.

892
00:57:31,160 --> 00:57:32,140
 I wanted a mom and a dad.

893
00:57:32,460 --> 00:57:36,200
 Before I even prayed it, the Lord had already answered my prayer with the Big Oak Ranch.

894
00:57:36,380 --> 00:57:39,360
 Who would that nine-year-old be if she never came to the Big Oak Ranch?

895
00:57:39,560 --> 00:57:44,320
 I would be trying to fight for survival instead of fighting to break a cycle.

896
00:57:44,520 --> 00:57:47,940
 Big Oak Ranch, a Christian home for children needing a chance.

897
00:57:48,160 --> 00:57:52,260
 A teen has been arrested by Ufala police in a gruesome death of another teenager.

898
00:57:52,580 --> 00:57:58,240
 19-year-old Josiah McKinney is facing murder charges for the death of 18-year-old Markavius Rumpf Jr.

899
00:57:58,240 --> 00:58:02,240
 The body of Rumpf Jr. was found by family members after he went missing on May 11th.

900
00:58:02,880 --> 00:58:05,280
 Rumpf had been killed, dismembered, and then burned.

901
00:58:05,540 --> 00:58:11,820
 Investigators say that evidence against McKinney was recovered two days after the discovery and identification of Rumpf Jr.'s body.

902
00:58:12,280 --> 00:58:18,180
 The residents of Irondale are pleased to hear that the city leadership has secured a deal for a Costco to come to that city.

903
00:58:18,340 --> 00:58:22,960
 The Costco store will be built on 30 acres and will cost about $100 million to construct.

904
00:58:23,440 --> 00:58:24,220
 I'm Andrea Tice.

905
00:58:24,220 --> 00:58:28,700
 For more news affecting Alabamians, go to 1819news.com.

906
00:58:28,900 --> 00:58:31,720
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907
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908
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909
00:58:48,320 --> 00:58:52,220
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910
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911
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912
00:58:58,420 --> 00:59:06,240
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913
00:59:06,440 --> 00:59:11,400
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914
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916
00:59:37,700 --> 00:59:42,320
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917
00:59:43,840 --> 00:59:46,080
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918
00:59:46,600 --> 00:59:49,740
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919
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920
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921
00:59:54,360 --> 00:59:56,200
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922
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923
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924
01:00:01,860 --> 01:00:04,560
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925
01:00:09,560 --> 01:00:18,460
 Now, get ready to roll, Shoals, Decatur, Athens, and all of northwest Alabama and southern Tennessee.

926
01:00:19,100 --> 01:00:22,440
 It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM Sports Voice.

927
01:00:22,440 --> 01:00:22,860
 Woo!

928
01:00:25,720 --> 01:00:27,940
 The Boomo Bugg Show.

929
01:00:28,340 --> 01:00:33,540
 Your exclusive inside track to the Tide, Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC.

930
01:00:34,360 --> 01:00:39,760
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9, The Score.

931
01:00:40,400 --> 01:00:42,360
 Welcome back in, our tour to the Boomo Bugg Show.

932
01:00:42,460 --> 01:00:44,000
 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

933
01:00:44,100 --> 01:00:46,900
 Thank you so much for giving us free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

934
01:00:47,020 --> 01:00:49,480
 And for Zach Pounders to sit here and say hello.

935
01:00:49,660 --> 01:00:53,100
 He's busy with the founder and founder and editor of Shoals Sports Report.

936
01:00:53,220 --> 01:00:54,100
 Zach, welcome in.

937
01:00:54,160 --> 01:00:54,700
 How are you?

938
01:00:54,700 --> 01:00:56,120
 Doing good.

939
01:00:56,180 --> 01:00:56,460
 How are you all?

940
01:00:56,500 --> 01:00:56,780
 Hey, buddy.

941
01:00:57,060 --> 01:00:57,960
 Man, we're doing all right.

942
01:00:58,060 --> 01:00:59,480
 Interesting time of the year.

943
01:00:59,640 --> 01:01:04,040
 Obviously, the season, as far as the schedules, we know where that is.

944
01:01:04,080 --> 01:01:05,100
 It's in the rearview mirror.

945
01:01:05,200 --> 01:01:10,060
 We'll talk about that in a second as far as some of the questions that were answered from preseason to now.

946
01:01:10,520 --> 01:01:15,240
 But it's also a time when the coaches are on the move and how that's going to affect two things.

947
01:01:15,240 --> 01:01:18,760
 One, the school they're leaving and the school they're now going to be at.

948
01:01:18,800 --> 01:01:25,440
 And I can't think of a bigger headline than Daryl Higgins leaving Mars Hill, a powerhouse, for Russellville over the years, a powerhouse.

949
01:01:25,440 --> 01:01:34,980
 Where do you start, Zach, in analyzing not only that move, but the impact it has as far as a ripple effect across North Alabama with everybody on their respective schedules?

950
01:01:36,160 --> 01:01:38,000
 Yeah, we'll start there with Mars Hill and Russellville.

951
01:01:38,740 --> 01:01:39,920
 It was an interesting move.

952
01:01:40,020 --> 01:01:41,340
 An interesting day when it happened, too.

953
01:01:41,680 --> 01:01:46,300
 That morning, you had the reclassification come out for the state for football and the new years.

954
01:01:47,240 --> 01:01:49,700
 And they split the private school from the public schools in the playoffs.

955
01:01:50,360 --> 01:01:55,140
 And then, early last afternoon, Coach Higgins resigned from Mars Hill and went to Russellville.

956
01:01:55,660 --> 01:01:59,380
 He got to coach both his sons at Mars Hill and went to one state with both of them.

957
01:02:00,180 --> 01:02:04,040
 And also went out with a, I want to say, 19-game win streak.

958
01:02:04,620 --> 01:02:06,160
 First undefeated season in Mars Hill history.

959
01:02:06,160 --> 01:02:11,600
 He's got multiple records as far as scoring and best defense ever in Mars Hill history for football.

960
01:02:12,340 --> 01:02:14,020
 So he went out on top, basically, at Mars Hill.

961
01:02:14,380 --> 01:02:20,220
 And then he goes to Russellville, who's going to be a 5-8 with Florence, multiple shows, Hartzell, and more.

962
01:02:20,360 --> 01:02:27,800
 It's going to be a really tough area compared to the SEC West in 2011 when you have Bama, LSU, and Auburn, and Arkansas all there together.

963
01:02:29,060 --> 01:02:33,540
 To be the 4 in that region, you might be a 2 or a 3 in other regions.

964
01:02:34,760 --> 01:02:35,840
 Yeah, absolutely.

965
01:02:36,060 --> 01:02:38,800
 One of the reasons I wanted to get you on today was to recap.

966
01:02:39,100 --> 01:02:48,380
 You've got a great recap of football, basketball, baseball, and softball on Facebook on the show's sports report.

967
01:02:48,380 --> 01:02:52,860
 And I remember we talked about some of this as far as the storylines going into the year.

968
01:02:53,600 --> 01:02:57,440
 Would Muscle Shoals make a deep playoff run with a loaded senior class?

969
01:02:57,660 --> 01:02:58,440
 Yes, they did.

970
01:02:59,060 --> 01:03:03,500
 We didn't see Scott Baston stepping down, which is one of the big stories.

971
01:03:03,620 --> 01:03:07,280
 I thought Muscle Shoals' defense was the best in North Alabama.

972
01:03:07,820 --> 01:03:09,460
 Would Dasler return to the playoffs?

973
01:03:09,740 --> 01:03:10,540
 Yes, they did.

974
01:03:10,980 --> 01:03:12,520
 We talked about Mars Hill.

975
01:03:13,020 --> 01:03:16,760
 And Colbert County, as you noted, a very lengthy playoff streak.

976
01:03:16,880 --> 01:03:22,540
 They've only missed the playoffs once, I believe, since 1980.

977
01:03:22,780 --> 01:03:25,920
 But I know those were some of the big storylines going into the season.

978
01:03:26,900 --> 01:03:31,240
 Yes, Coach Baston at Muscle Shoals, he mentioned it a few days last year.

979
01:03:31,420 --> 01:03:33,560
 Somebody mentioned it about he had a grand kid come in.

980
01:03:34,220 --> 01:03:35,300
 That was more during the season.

981
01:03:36,260 --> 01:03:39,480
 And when somebody mentioned that, I thought he might retire this year if he has a good year.

982
01:03:40,020 --> 01:03:43,860
 And when he had a good year, I thought he might retire going out that way with that senior class.

983
01:03:44,040 --> 01:03:45,480
 And he did in February.

984
01:03:46,140 --> 01:03:47,060
 But he deserves it.

985
01:03:47,100 --> 01:03:47,900
 He's won a ton of games.

986
01:03:48,080 --> 01:03:50,280
 Took Muscle Shoals in the map as far as the state powerhouse.

987
01:03:50,880 --> 01:03:51,940
 Multiple playoff appearances.

988
01:03:52,160 --> 01:03:55,060
 Only missed the playoffs once, I think, in 18 years.

989
01:03:55,240 --> 01:03:57,020
 And that was the 08, his first year at 2-8.

990
01:03:58,220 --> 01:04:02,320
 But also made a state championship game in 2013 at Muscle Shoals.

991
01:04:02,760 --> 01:04:04,800
 Having the semis and quarters every year.

992
01:04:04,800 --> 01:04:12,040
 If you look at Muscle Shoals' football history, before 08, they were like nothing as far as having consistent success.

993
01:04:12,740 --> 01:04:16,620
 But now, it's like 10 wins a year, 9 wins a year, racing championships.

994
01:04:17,540 --> 01:04:21,600
 I think he won every racing championship Muscle Shoals has in the program history so far.

995
01:04:21,860 --> 01:04:21,980
 Wow.

996
01:04:23,360 --> 01:04:26,040
 Zach Pounder's got it all covered there at the Shoals Sports Report.

997
01:04:26,160 --> 01:04:30,160
 Zach, also, I think what's interesting now is, with the benefit of the rearview mirror,

998
01:04:30,760 --> 01:04:34,280
 as far as the teams out there, sometimes you get a team that's senior-laden,

999
01:04:34,380 --> 01:04:36,500
 and other times you've got a budding freshman class.

1000
01:04:37,060 --> 01:04:38,360
 And you see where I'm going with this.

1001
01:04:38,360 --> 01:04:42,040
 What team will be most affected by losing a heavy senior class?

1002
01:04:42,620 --> 01:04:45,880
 And what team do you see, as far as the upcoming season in football,

1003
01:04:46,040 --> 01:04:49,700
 having a lot of promise because of having a lot of youngsters coming back?

1004
01:04:50,620 --> 01:04:52,040
 In football, I think most of the shows...

1005
01:04:52,040 --> 01:04:52,680
 Yes, in football.

1006
01:04:52,960 --> 01:04:56,100
 With football, they had a big senior classes.

1007
01:04:56,680 --> 01:04:59,340
 Most of the shows have Keawe Foster, who is going to Troy.

1008
01:05:00,140 --> 01:05:04,600
 Kamari and Russell or Johnson, who's going to Alabama.

1009
01:05:04,720 --> 01:05:05,400
 He's already at Bama.

1010
01:05:05,620 --> 01:05:05,800
 Right.

1011
01:05:05,800 --> 01:05:08,020
 And then Martin Hill lost several as well.

1012
01:05:08,180 --> 01:05:09,060
 Jackson up in it, Troy.

1013
01:05:09,300 --> 01:05:10,120
 Hudson to UAB.

1014
01:05:11,080 --> 01:05:12,540
 But they have a few coming back also.

1015
01:05:13,180 --> 01:05:16,920
 But Deshler loses a few with Garrett Rego and Stanford and more seniors that they lost.

1016
01:05:17,840 --> 01:05:19,460
 They can also have the 16 seniors at Deshler.

1017
01:05:19,620 --> 01:05:21,000
 And most of the shows have a big group also.

1018
01:05:21,860 --> 01:05:22,800
 So those are like a hit.

1019
01:05:22,880 --> 01:05:25,160
 And those are two of our better programs year in, year out.

1020
01:05:25,240 --> 01:05:28,540
 But also the Regions get tougher with Michael Scholes and that Regions with Russell,

1021
01:05:28,920 --> 01:05:31,780
 Martin Hill, Russell, Florence, Hartzell.

1022
01:05:32,200 --> 01:05:37,340
 And then Deshler's in the Regions with Brooks, West Morgan, West Coney, and Hamilton.

1023
01:05:37,580 --> 01:05:38,720
 A few more new forays.

1024
01:05:39,400 --> 01:05:40,160
 You're right.

1025
01:05:40,260 --> 01:05:43,360
 And before we leave football, five new coaches.

1026
01:05:43,660 --> 01:05:45,140
 You know, that's going to be interesting.

1027
01:05:46,080 --> 01:05:50,720
 Brooks, Tim Bowens goes to Florence's assistant athletic director.

1028
01:05:50,720 --> 01:05:55,120
 Michael Horton, who is his offensive coordinator, steps over.

1029
01:05:55,640 --> 01:06:02,140
 Jeff Mason, just a tremendous person and coach, steps down at Lauderdale County and retires.

1030
01:06:02,380 --> 01:06:04,080
 Reed Newton takes over for him.

1031
01:06:04,680 --> 01:06:07,020
 Ty Cox at Waterloo is coming in.

1032
01:06:07,440 --> 01:06:10,720
 Of course, as Harold mentioned, Daryl is going to Russellville.

1033
01:06:10,800 --> 01:06:13,420
 Chris Hill is replacing him.

1034
01:06:13,980 --> 01:06:22,440
 And then Michael Darden, who was, of course, Scott Baston, his staff is going to be replacing him.

1035
01:06:22,440 --> 01:06:26,560
 And some interesting changes for the coaches with the upcoming season.

1036
01:06:27,280 --> 01:06:27,680
 Yes.

1037
01:06:27,720 --> 01:06:30,960
 As far as the coaches go, most of them stay in-house with the promotion.

1038
01:06:31,620 --> 01:06:35,800
 The only difference is Mars Hill went with Chris Hill, who comes over from Harding University.

1039
01:06:35,800 --> 01:06:39,020
 I think Arkansas has a few years at Harding.

1040
01:06:39,420 --> 01:06:45,140
 But from what I've heard, he's going to do good at Mars Hill, bringing a new offense to a little different offense.

1041
01:06:45,380 --> 01:06:47,180
 But he's got the athletes also at Mars Hill.

1042
01:06:47,180 --> 01:06:52,080
 And they have a great foundation that Coach Higgins helped build over the last 10 years at Mars Hill.

1043
01:06:53,100 --> 01:06:56,120
 It should be easy for him to stay in that role and have to be there, try to wait.

1044
01:06:57,160 --> 01:07:01,640
 Talk to us a little bit about another team that was mentioned earlier, but maybe a little more in-depth.

1045
01:07:01,760 --> 01:07:06,720
 With all the changes, and speaking of that, head coach is the same, but some tweaking on the staff.

1046
01:07:06,840 --> 01:07:09,200
 Your thoughts about Florence High football next season?

1047
01:07:10,500 --> 01:07:12,140
 Florence is a tough region.

1048
01:07:12,560 --> 01:07:17,040
 I think it's tougher than the last few years in 7A as far as the level of talent.

1049
01:07:17,180 --> 01:07:24,360
 Also, Charles, Hartsell, Russell, and a few more that are just powerhouse across the state and everybody else that they are.

1050
01:07:24,900 --> 01:07:30,180
 But I think they hit a lot and took a little bit in 5A with the East Limestone coming up.

1051
01:07:30,900 --> 01:07:33,600
 But I do think they have a chance to win more in 5A.

1052
01:07:34,240 --> 01:07:37,260
 And across all sports and playoffs, they could possibly do better now.

1053
01:07:37,760 --> 01:07:40,760
 Being one of the biggest 5As in the state versus being the smallest 7A.

1054
01:07:41,220 --> 01:07:45,340
 I want to say them and East Limestone are the biggest and the smallest 5A in the state.

1055
01:07:45,560 --> 01:07:46,760
 Florence being the biggest 5A.

1056
01:07:47,340 --> 01:07:50,140
 East Limestone being the smallest 5A.

1057
01:07:50,140 --> 01:07:52,900
 And it's double the size of the student.

1058
01:07:53,460 --> 01:07:58,400
 So, Florence has twice the number of kids in the limestone where Florence has been playing as the smallest 7A

1059
01:07:58,400 --> 01:08:02,560
 where Hoover and Auburn have twice the number of kids in our past.

1060
01:08:02,960 --> 01:08:03,540
 Jeez.

1061
01:08:03,960 --> 01:08:05,360
 Let me ask you about basketball.

1062
01:08:05,900 --> 01:08:09,060
 As you mentioned this, some of the storylines coming in.

1063
01:08:09,160 --> 01:08:11,760
 Florence had a tremendous run, lost to Hoover.

1064
01:08:12,380 --> 01:08:13,240
 Runner-up.

1065
01:08:13,340 --> 01:08:14,860
 Morris Hill runner-up.

1066
01:08:16,540 --> 01:08:21,940
 The Lauderdale County girls came back from an 18-point deficit, I believe, to St. James,

1067
01:08:22,040 --> 01:08:24,100
 won the state championship.

1068
01:08:24,440 --> 01:08:28,340
 And we talk to you nearly every week about Reese Davis and Belle Hill.

1069
01:08:28,740 --> 01:08:31,160
 Recount basketball, boys and girls, for us.

1070
01:08:31,860 --> 01:08:33,940
 Yeah, we had a lot of problems during this basketball season.

1071
01:08:34,240 --> 01:08:38,560
 But for the first time since 2011, nobody from the show played for a championship,

1072
01:08:38,560 --> 01:08:41,580
 which is a wild stat we've met about it.

1073
01:08:42,220 --> 01:08:43,600
 You had Lauderdale County 5A.

1074
01:08:44,120 --> 01:08:45,960
 Rodgers had a couple of years there with a run.

1075
01:08:46,080 --> 01:08:46,940
 They had their run.

1076
01:08:47,680 --> 01:08:50,720
 But on the girls' side, nobody got to the state championship game.

1077
01:08:50,880 --> 01:08:52,800
 But Martha ran to a bus stop at St. James.

1078
01:08:53,540 --> 01:08:54,840
 Everybody else did two this year.

1079
01:08:55,040 --> 01:08:57,500
 Mobile Christian got down to St. James.

1080
01:08:57,960 --> 01:08:59,780
 I think it was 40-something to eight at halftime.

1081
01:09:00,440 --> 01:09:01,620
 So it was over in the first quarter.

1082
01:09:02,180 --> 01:09:07,480
 But Reese Davis is now 100 or so points away from the national scoring register for girls.

1083
01:09:08,200 --> 01:09:10,940
 Currently held by Chloe Siegel, who's currently at UAH.

1084
01:09:12,260 --> 01:09:16,060
 And Florence, the boys, it was really a matter of losing a big senior class.

1085
01:09:16,060 --> 01:09:20,140
 And going through the motions of having a lot of young guys come up.

1086
01:09:20,620 --> 01:09:22,320
 They should be better than five in extra as well.

1087
01:09:22,780 --> 01:09:25,200
 That new five is going to have Coleman also, who went to the final four.

1088
01:09:25,340 --> 01:09:25,500
 Yeah.

1089
01:09:26,620 --> 01:09:28,960
 And then Denver boys had a run.

1090
01:09:29,180 --> 01:09:30,100
 I don't think anybody expected.

1091
01:09:30,720 --> 01:09:34,900
 Hard people at Denver saying, well, we'll play baseball in February at this rate.

1092
01:09:35,520 --> 01:09:37,980
 But they didn't play baseball as far as the full team until March.

1093
01:09:37,980 --> 01:09:41,520
 Zach Panter is taking that with us.

1094
01:09:41,940 --> 01:09:44,680
 Talk to us a little bit about some of the more interesting moves.

1095
01:09:46,320 --> 01:09:49,380
 I think a lot of folks took a double take the other day.

1096
01:09:49,720 --> 01:09:52,820
 A fellow who knows Pulaski and Giles County about as well as anybody.

1097
01:09:53,000 --> 01:09:53,920
 He knows Buckhorn as well.

1098
01:09:54,040 --> 01:10:02,820
 David O'Connor, 10 seasons in the volunteer state there in Tennessee to jump over the state line to Hazel Green to become the head coach of the Trojans.

1099
01:10:02,880 --> 01:10:08,700
 A lot of times, these coaches like to jump over to that point in the season because of other considerations other than football.

1100
01:10:08,840 --> 01:10:10,400
 Maybe it's because they want to build their pensions.

1101
01:10:10,480 --> 01:10:12,020
 But your thoughts about the move there.

1102
01:10:12,620 --> 01:10:19,060
 David O'Connor, 10 years, a double digit there in Pulaski and Giles County now on the move to Hazel Green.

1103
01:10:20,380 --> 01:10:20,780
 Yeah.

1104
01:10:21,020 --> 01:10:26,300
 Most of the older teachers and coaches, they want to retire in one state and then come to another state.

1105
01:10:26,360 --> 01:10:26,640
 Right.

1106
01:10:28,200 --> 01:10:31,240
 So I think if you're a proven winner, you should be able to do fine.

1107
01:10:31,620 --> 01:10:34,160
 Alabama has really good athletes across the board in every sport.

1108
01:10:35,500 --> 01:10:37,140
 So it should be an easy transition.

1109
01:10:37,840 --> 01:10:39,760
 We talked about baseball a lot.

1110
01:10:39,760 --> 01:10:41,840
 Of course, it just ended a couple weeks ago.

1111
01:10:42,000 --> 01:10:45,440
 Seven teams to the playoffs.

1112
01:10:46,380 --> 01:10:48,480
 Dester coming back, defending their title.

1113
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 I thought they had the best pitching depth in the state.

1114
01:10:51,880 --> 01:10:55,800
 Morris Hill Central, we talked about them a lot during the season.

1115
01:10:56,460 --> 01:11:00,660
 Morris Hill, of course, losing to Arrington in the rematch of the championship.

1116
01:11:00,960 --> 01:11:04,340
 Very good season for a lot of teams in the shells for baseball.

1117
01:11:05,400 --> 01:11:07,920
 Yeah, with Dester, I think you are right.

1118
01:11:08,000 --> 01:11:08,880
 They had the most pitching depth.

1119
01:11:09,040 --> 01:11:09,880
 I think it's almost a blessing.

1120
01:11:10,100 --> 01:11:12,700
 And it occurs to me that they had the best pitching depth as pitching goes.

1121
01:11:12,860 --> 01:11:13,040
 Yep.

1122
01:11:13,400 --> 01:11:16,960
 Because I know one of the kids, he couldn't get a lot of reps in games.

1123
01:11:17,120 --> 01:11:20,980
 He was around bullpen during the playoff week to get reps.

1124
01:11:21,140 --> 01:11:22,240
 Maybe he had to go in a game.

1125
01:11:22,680 --> 01:11:23,960
 But Dester has so much pitching depth.

1126
01:11:24,040 --> 01:11:26,860
 You thought if they got into a series, they got into a jam, a three-game series.

1127
01:11:27,040 --> 01:11:31,380
 They could work their way through it in a game three, possibly, where you have to win or go home.

1128
01:11:32,100 --> 01:11:35,460
 But Garrett Reed had a moment in the game two to put their show on top.

1129
01:11:35,680 --> 01:11:37,320
 And then Westbrook came back right away and tied it.

1130
01:11:38,080 --> 01:11:41,000
 Then a five-run, seventh inning for Westbrook put the game away.

1131
01:11:41,940 --> 01:11:47,420
 And it was not just a run out of gas, but also Westbrook hits the ball as best as anyone has all season I've seen.

1132
01:11:48,360 --> 01:11:54,320
 And when you hit the ball that well, it's going to be hard to get beat in one game, let alone two.

1133
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 Zach Paner, Show Sports Report.

1134
01:11:57,380 --> 01:11:59,200
 Zach, is there any such thing as an offseason?

1135
01:11:59,240 --> 01:11:59,980
 I look at the calendar.

1136
01:12:00,120 --> 01:12:01,120
 It says June 2nd.

1137
01:12:01,200 --> 01:12:02,280
 You think, oh, everybody's off.

1138
01:12:02,780 --> 01:12:05,680
 Is there any such things as these teams being off now?

1139
01:12:05,680 --> 01:12:11,080
 Because I would imagine they're probably going to have a cup of coffee, and then it's back to the weight room, regardless of the sport.

1140
01:12:11,160 --> 01:12:15,960
 Your thoughts just about some of the more intriguing offseason situations across North Alabama.

1141
01:12:17,040 --> 01:12:20,440
 With football, they're gearing up for fall camp right now, basically.

1142
01:12:20,580 --> 01:12:25,940
 They're lifting weights, basketball, playing summer play dates, two or three weeks, had a bunch of camps and local sites.

1143
01:12:26,760 --> 01:12:29,060
 Baseball, softball, you've got travel ball going on.

1144
01:12:29,520 --> 01:12:32,660
 Kids are everywhere every weekend playing ball this summer.

1145
01:12:33,420 --> 01:12:39,920
 So, really, my opinion is if you want to win at a high level in the state of Alabama, you've got to play in the summer or do something in the summer.

1146
01:12:40,680 --> 01:12:46,240
 Yes, you need to time off, but you can't just take the whole two months off and come back in August and expect to win right away.

1147
01:12:46,920 --> 01:12:49,900
 I tell people all the time to follow you.

1148
01:12:50,500 --> 01:13:15,640
 One of the premier reasons are you go to games, and I'm sitting here looking at the number of athletic events you attended this past season, 23 football games, 95 basketball games, 136 baseball and softball games, and then you break all this stuff down into hours, 756-plus hours during the school year.

1149
01:13:16,300 --> 01:13:19,880
 Obviously, you don't sleep at night, which probably helps.

1150
01:13:19,880 --> 01:13:30,580
 But that was a great group, again, if you want to look at the recap and, of course, softball, the incredible year that Colbert County had.

1151
01:13:31,460 --> 01:13:36,680
 Malachi Davis was just unbelievable in what she did.

1152
01:13:36,760 --> 01:13:39,320
 In fact, the AL.com is coming out.

1153
01:13:39,400 --> 01:13:42,480
 Her name is going to be prominent on some of the postseason awards.

1154
01:13:42,480 --> 01:13:47,160
 But I can't thank you enough for the great job you do.

1155
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 And we're delighted to have a great source in the shows who follows the coaches, follows the teams, follows the players.

1156
01:13:56,020 --> 01:13:57,380
 Yeoman's work this year.

1157
01:13:57,520 --> 01:14:06,480
 And, again, thank you for coming on every week pretty much during football, basketball, baseball, and softball to give us the absolute latest.

1158
01:14:07,000 --> 01:14:12,020
 Again, tell us, where can we get online and get your recap and all the great stuff?

1159
01:14:12,580 --> 01:14:15,880
 Yes, Facebook, it's Sholes Sports Report.

1160
01:14:16,500 --> 01:14:25,660
 Our website is SholesSportsReport.com, S-H-O-A-L-S-S-P-O-R-T-S-Report.com.

1161
01:14:25,880 --> 01:14:28,360
 That has a recap on it as well, broken down in parts.

1162
01:14:28,580 --> 01:14:30,200
 And then I want to be a complete recap.

1163
01:14:31,160 --> 01:14:37,280
 And then on Twitter, at lowercase, at S-H-O-A-L-S-P-O-R-T-S.

1164
01:14:38,500 --> 01:14:41,460
 And, yeah, we'll be at media days of football in July.

1165
01:14:41,960 --> 01:14:48,000
 And we have more content tonight, this week, and a few weeks of our yearly recap for each school we cover, each school we cover.

1166
01:14:48,620 --> 01:14:57,400
 And we'll have more content over the summer as far as the reclassification goes, what's new, what's old, ideas, and all kind of stuff for the next few years.

1167
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 Zach Pounder is brought to you by Red Bull and others.

1168
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 Really?

1169
01:15:01,700 --> 01:15:03,620
 Thanks so much, and keep up the good work, okay?

1170
01:15:04,580 --> 01:15:05,040
 Thank you.

1171
01:15:05,180 --> 01:15:05,800
 Thank you, buddy.

1172
01:15:06,240 --> 01:15:08,860
 Zach Pounder is looking up with us, Sholes Sports Report.

1173
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 Coming up, in case you missed it, Shakin' News on Aiden Holloway down in Tuscaloosa.

1174
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 That and more, straight ahead, here's the Boom on Buck Show.

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 The Alabama softball team was knocked out of the Women's College World Series yesterday in the semifinals.

1235
01:18:59,280 --> 01:19:03,820
 They dropped two to Texas Tech, five to four in game one, two to zero in game two.

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1240
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1241
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1274
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 And, B.B., in case you missed it at the top of the show, I don't think a lot of folks saw this news coming.

1275
01:20:36,880 --> 01:20:45,280
 But, now that we have at least another wrinkle in the Aiden Holloway story, for the folks who might have missed it, it's kind of confusing.

1276
01:20:45,560 --> 01:20:55,300
 And, on the one hand, it says, okay, it looks like that things are moving forward for Holloway to return, but I have yet to see anything as far as clearing the final hurdle.

1277
01:20:55,400 --> 01:20:57,680
 What is your take on the story out of Tuscaloosa?

1278
01:20:57,820 --> 01:21:01,200
 Well, you're not going to hear anything about him rejoining the team.

1279
01:21:01,200 --> 01:21:09,000
 I think that's going to come later this summer, but Mike Rodak, Obama247, had an article a little bit earlier.

1280
01:21:09,220 --> 01:21:17,140
 Aiden Holloway has entered the, quote, district attorney's second chance program, which is more or less a plea deal.

1281
01:21:17,240 --> 01:21:20,440
 He had four charges against him.

1282
01:21:20,560 --> 01:21:21,900
 Two of those were dropped.

1283
01:21:21,900 --> 01:21:32,140
 And, if he goes through the second chance program and basically goes through the protocol with all this stuff, then the judge will meet again.

1284
01:21:32,260 --> 01:21:34,420
 They'll probably have another short hearing.

1285
01:21:35,060 --> 01:21:41,740
 And, if he goes and does what he's being asked to do, the charges will probably be dropped.

1286
01:21:41,840 --> 01:21:58,000
 Now, I'm sure Nate Oster will mention at some point late, maybe in August, when he goes through rehab and goes through the second chance program, that he will, quote, have another chance to rejoin the team, which I think anybody knows that's probably going to happen.

1287
01:21:58,200 --> 01:22:02,060
 But, this was a hurdle, a hurdle that he had to get through.

1288
01:22:02,440 --> 01:22:11,680
 And, again, I know that June 16th was going to be a hearing, but they met, this happens all the time, both sides working out a plea deal.

1289
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 And, again, if this is his first offense, there's a pretty good chance the judge can work with you.

1290
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 And, that's the bottom line, in case you missed it, the minutia of the law.

1291
01:22:21,340 --> 01:22:25,580
 This is his first offense, which justifies this action, whether you agree with it or not.

1292
01:22:25,620 --> 01:22:26,820
 But, that's the bottom line.

1293
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 That's the law.

1294
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 And, I think it's safe to say that the ball is part of the pond.

1295
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 It's in his court.

1296
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 In other words, you stay clean.

1297
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 And, it seems like, to me, correct me if I'm wrong, just the formality, you've got to go through the song and dance.

1298
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 You've got to make sure to check all the boxes and all that stuff.

1299
01:22:42,640 --> 01:22:43,980
 But, here's the bottom line, BB.

1300
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 If what the kid's been through doesn't wake him up, then I don't know what would.

1301
01:22:48,400 --> 01:22:48,980
 Would you agree?

1302
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 Well, there are a lot of people, Harold, who've been trying to work with him ever since this happened, since he was arrested.

1303
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 And, I think maybe he's got the message.

1304
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 We'll see.

1305
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 Only time will tell.

1306
01:23:00,940 --> 01:23:04,120
 But, he's got quite an opportunity now to come back.

1307
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 He knows he messed up.

1308
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 He's got a lot of people in his corner.

1309
01:23:07,720 --> 01:23:10,240
 And, I know, hopefully, he will not disappoint them.

1310
01:23:10,780 --> 01:23:14,680
 Of course, this comes in the wake of Amari Allen saying he's coming back.

1311
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 So, here it is June 2nd.

1312
01:23:17,500 --> 01:23:23,920
 If you could fast forward, let's say September 2nd, certainly by October 2nd, where do you see this Alabama basketball roster?

1313
01:23:24,060 --> 01:23:26,360
 I think Brandon Garrison is going to be a big key.

1314
01:23:26,360 --> 01:23:30,980
 The kid who came as a transfer from Oklahoma, Amari Allen.

1315
01:23:31,160 --> 01:23:37,540
 Now, these three phenoms, Harold, a lot of people haven't heard about, but they're really, really good.

1316
01:23:37,900 --> 01:23:41,620
 We'll probably talk to Drew DeArmond about them on tomorrow.

1317
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 Again, I think this is, at minimum, a Sweet 16 team.

1318
01:23:47,080 --> 01:23:48,180
 Can they win the conference?

1319
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 I don't know.

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 One thing they're not going to do, probably, would be preseason number one.

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 Florida is going to be preseason number one because they returned their entire front court.

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 That's incredible.

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 We're going to talk to John Ferrari about that in a few minutes.

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 But, Harold, again, if they can stay healthy, let me add that.

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 There are two or three players on this team who always seem to get hurt in preseason.

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 And if they can stay healthy, I think this is going to be a very good –

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 Nate Oates has already said he thinks this is his best shooting team that he's ever had in Tuscaloosa.

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 Did you say Florida is going to be number one in college or the NBA?

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 Maybe both.

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 Your thoughts about, as far as the postseason, super regional, and you pointed it out earlier,

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 what a state to be in.

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 Troy's in, Alabama's in, and in case you missed it, Auburn is now in.

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 Your thoughts about this Auburn baseball team making the super regionals

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 and a very interesting opponent, and it had to happen because so many teams were in,

1335
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 Auburn-Ole Miss, and by the looks of things, game one is Friday night, 7 o'clock,

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 in case you missed that, Auburn fans or Ole Miss fans.

1337
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 But it looks like Ole Miss is going to be the home team in the first game, BB.

1338
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 Harold, there are so many SEC teams in the super regional.

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 I knew that there were going to be four of them playing each other,

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 and that's exactly what happened.

1341
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 Ole Miss is playing Auburn.

1342
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 Mississippi State is traveling to Georgia for their super regional.

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 Seven SEC teams, Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Oklahoma, and Texas.

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 And just to tell the audience about this, beginning Friday, June the 5th,

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 this coming Friday, Auburn starts, they're hosting Ole Miss, 7 p.m. on ESPN2.

1346
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 Saturday, they're at 4 o'clock.

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 Now, beginning Saturday, it's Oklahoma at Kansas, St. John's at Alabama.

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 Say that again.

1349
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 St. John's, St. John's, not Florida State, which is what everybody thought it was going to be.

1350
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 That game is going to be Saturday at 8 on ESPN2.

1351
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 And then the Sunday games at 2, TV has not been designated yet.

1352
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 Oregon is going to Austin to play the Longhorns.

1353
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 That's a 7 o'clock game Saturday on ESPN.

1354
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 And then the Mississippi State, Georgia, 10 a.m. on Saturday on ESPN.

1355
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 That will obviously be the early game.

1356
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 But the state of Alabama has got more teams, three, than any other state.

1357
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 Ole Miss, Mississippi's got two.

1358
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 California's got two.

1359
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 But the state of Alabama has done well.

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 But before we jump in here to the break, BB, hats off to Pat Murphy and this Alabama softball team.

1361
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 They have nothing to be ashamed of.

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 And you look at how Pat Murphy conducted himself throughout the entire series, a class act.

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 And then you look at what happened last night in the dugout with Texas Tech and that coach.

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 What you do is you take a class and you drop the CL with some of his exploits there in the dugout

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 when those kids did not do exactly what he wanted.

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 I think a lot of dads were sitting here saying, Coach, you might want to talk to me about that after the game.

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 If you're going to talk to her, talk to her.

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 But show some class and put the CL in there.

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 Just a thought.

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 It's day 10 in Paris and a couple of rising stars are battling in a quarterfinal match under the lights.

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 Meanwhile, the winner will face three-time Grand Slam finalist Alexander Zverev, who defeated Rafael Hodar today in three sets.

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 And with Carlos Alcaraz, Yannick Sinner, and Novak Djokovic all out of the mix, Zverev is now the favorite to win his first major title.

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 Quite simple.

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 On the women's side, last year's semifinalist Mira Andreeva knocked off Romanian Serana Kerstia 6-6-3.

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 So she moves on to play 15-seeded Marta Kostiuk, who defeated fellow Ukrainian Alina Svitolina 6-3-2-6-6-2.

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 Welcome back in shock, shock, shock, school's out.

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 Let's head to Florida and say hello to John Farrar.

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 John, what are you doing working in Florida?

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 Everybody vacations down there, right?

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 How are you?

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 Well, sadly, Harold, the Florida Gator athletic department's on vacation now.

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 I am.

1495
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 Really?

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 After yesterday's baseball score.

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 See you later, Gator.

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 We got 95 days to Gators football.

1499
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 And, uh, that was an unexpected, uh, exit to say the least.

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 Congratulations to Troy.

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 I know from your state, the Troy Trojans, if I could say it, they certainly were the better

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 team the last two days.

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 I mean, not only did they beat Florida, they rolled Florida, which was shocking, but they

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 were better.

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 Uh, good luck to them this upcoming weekend against, uh, Arkansas, Little Rock, but a lot

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 of questions about the pitching staff and why they didn't come through this past weekend,

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 but the pitching just could not get anybody out.

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 Even the game's Florida won.

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 They really didn't have a very good pitching performance from anyone over the weekend.

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 And that was shocking.

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 You know, the thing about John, you bring up a good point and appreciate your classy

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 response.

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 Cause a lot of folks, when they're pulling for a team, they never lose a ball game.

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 It's the, it was the making excuse a B or C, but sometimes the other team is just flat

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 You brought up two points.

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 So you don't see this in football.

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 When's the last time a Troy, they might give a Florida team a run through a half, maybe

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 in the third quarter.

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 But normally a team like Florida is going to have the death and takeover in the fourth

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 quarter.

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 St.

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 John's in Florida state.

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 Um, your, your thoughts just about the beauty of baseball compared to other sports.

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 And you're taking on a hyphen team, Little Rock, Arkansas.

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 If you're Troy.

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 Well, mid majors are relevant in baseball.

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 Uh, you're not going to see a Troy, like you pointed out in the college football playoff

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 or the final four in basketball.

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 You're not.

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 Uh, now once in a while, a Florida Atlantic did make the final four in basketball, but

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 honestly, Troy, if they stay on this role, they have a shot to win this whole thing.

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 Guys, this is wide open.

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 I mean, we've seen UCLA and Georgia tech that one in two national seeds go down.

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 Auburn from your neck of the woods, barely escaped Milwaukee.

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 They got out for the super regional.

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 So, and coastal Carolina won this a few years back for those that forgot and was in the national

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 championship series a year ago.

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 So yeah, a mid major, like a Troy from the sunbelt could, uh, win this thing.

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 They certainly could win this upcoming weekend and get to the college world series, no doubt.

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 And they were the better team last night.

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1548
01:36:30,980 --> 01:36:32,260
 perfectly last night.

1549
01:36:32,300 --> 01:36:35,040
 It all turned to gold and there's no disputing.

1550
01:36:35,040 --> 01:36:37,620
 They were the better team this past weekend in Gainesville.

1551
01:36:37,860 --> 01:36:41,720
 They won by head and shoulders over everyone.

1552
01:36:41,920 --> 01:36:46,340
 They, uh, put Miami away before they beat Florida twice.

1553
01:36:46,340 --> 01:36:50,560
 So it was an amazing performance from the, from Troy this past weekend.

1554
01:36:50,960 --> 01:36:55,900
 Uh, John Dallas Baptist is another team that, that people are going to snicker at.

1555
01:36:56,020 --> 01:36:58,100
 That's a very good baseball program.

1556
01:36:58,100 --> 01:37:06,060
 And they've been in the regional several times over the years, seven SEC teams, uh, in the

1557
01:37:06,060 --> 01:37:10,980
 super regional, Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Ole Miss, Mississippi state, Oklahoma, and Texas.

1558
01:37:11,760 --> 01:37:15,220
 Uh, so many of them, in fact, four teams got to play each other.

1559
01:37:15,220 --> 01:37:18,600
 How many teams make it to the world series in the SEC?

1560
01:37:20,720 --> 01:37:25,080
 I think four, I still think four are going to get there.

1561
01:37:25,160 --> 01:37:27,920
 I think Alabama is going to beat St. John's.

1562
01:37:27,960 --> 01:37:30,560
 I know it's been a phenomenal run they've been on.

1563
01:37:31,080 --> 01:37:33,380
 I think Auburn's going to get through.

1564
01:37:33,520 --> 01:37:37,000
 I think this was the wake up call last weekend guys.

1565
01:37:37,140 --> 01:37:38,780
 And I think they're going to get through.

1566
01:37:39,340 --> 01:37:44,200
 I think Oklahoma's going to surprise Kansas and Lawrence.

1567
01:37:44,200 --> 01:37:46,720
 I think Kansas is a team that's new to this.

1568
01:37:47,380 --> 01:37:49,520
 They did beat Arkansas twice.

1569
01:37:49,700 --> 01:37:52,000
 So I give it to them, but I think they're going to get through.

1570
01:37:52,100 --> 01:37:56,820
 And then the team, I think that's the favorite to win this whole thing right now is the Georgia

1571
01:37:56,820 --> 01:37:57,400
 Bulldogs.

1572
01:37:58,520 --> 01:38:04,640
 They have been rolling speaking of, uh, you know, tearing the cover off the ball.

1573
01:38:04,640 --> 01:38:09,340
 I mean, they came back from a six run deficit against Florida and then went on to win the

1574
01:38:09,340 --> 01:38:14,180
 SEC tournament really didn't have much of a challenge this past weekend.

1575
01:38:14,180 --> 01:38:20,520
 And I think Mississippi state, who's a good program, but I think they're in for a time

1576
01:38:20,520 --> 01:38:22,200
 this weekend when they go to Athens.

1577
01:38:22,200 --> 01:38:28,240
 So I'm going to say four get to, uh, Omaha, despite Florida losing.

1578
01:38:28,380 --> 01:38:31,800
 And I still think the conference overall is the strongest in baseball.

1579
01:38:32,280 --> 01:38:32,720
 Yeah.

1580
01:38:32,720 --> 01:38:35,240
 How painful is it for a Gator to talk about Georgia?

1581
01:38:35,340 --> 01:38:39,540
 We'll apologize for that, John, but now we need to get some clarification here.

1582
01:38:39,540 --> 01:38:45,080
 We saw the, the preseason, some of the preseason basketball posts in the college world and we're

1583
01:38:45,080 --> 01:38:45,640
 confused.

1584
01:38:45,720 --> 01:38:49,180
 Did Florida, are they number one in college or the NBA next season?

1585
01:38:50,280 --> 01:38:54,860
 Well, they're trying to find a way to get Al Horford, some more eligibility.

1586
01:38:55,500 --> 01:39:00,540
 I'll tell you, I mean, everybody, speaking of somebody that no pun intended, everything

1587
01:39:00,540 --> 01:39:02,640
 he touches turns to gold, Todd Gold.

1588
01:39:02,700 --> 01:39:03,040
 Yes.

1589
01:39:03,140 --> 01:39:03,400
 Yeah.

1590
01:39:03,500 --> 01:39:04,560
 This is amazing.

1591
01:39:05,040 --> 01:39:07,740
 Again, I know I've been on your show before.

1592
01:39:07,800 --> 01:39:13,720
 I've said it on other shows and on mine, if you had told me after the Iowa loss back on

1593
01:39:13,720 --> 01:39:20,480
 March 22nd, that Florida was going to get every one of those guys back other than Xavier

1594
01:39:20,480 --> 01:39:25,380
 and Lee, who had no more eligibility, but the rest of that lineup was going to come back,

1595
01:39:25,420 --> 01:39:28,620
 especially that front court, Thomas Houck.

1596
01:39:28,620 --> 01:39:30,360
 I would have never believed that.

1597
01:39:30,360 --> 01:39:36,720
 And even Condon and Chinualu, I would have had to have you admitted, but they're all back

1598
01:39:36,720 --> 01:39:37,820
 and Boogie Flan.

1599
01:39:38,420 --> 01:39:42,220
 They've got a couple of European kids that I think are going to contribute.

1600
01:39:42,620 --> 01:39:44,260
 It's just amazing.

1601
01:39:44,500 --> 01:39:47,880
 And getting Denzel Aberdeen back.

1602
01:39:48,040 --> 01:39:52,940
 Now, the NCAA has got to clear them, but I think there's an issue if they don't, because

1603
01:39:52,940 --> 01:39:58,220
 the NCAA has been allowing everybody to play until they're 28 and 29 years old now, guys.

1604
01:39:58,220 --> 01:40:04,780
 So if Aberdeen doesn't get cleared, I think we're going to see a legal lawsuit on that.

1605
01:40:05,040 --> 01:40:08,740
 I mean, because why would he be the one that would be singled out?

1606
01:40:08,820 --> 01:40:09,620
 But we'll see.

1607
01:40:10,000 --> 01:40:16,540
 And it's amazing what Todd Goldman's done in four-plus years at the University of Florida.

1608
01:40:16,540 --> 01:40:23,080
 I never thought I'd see anybody that would be anywhere close to Billy Donovan, but this

1609
01:40:23,080 --> 01:40:23,800
 is pretty close.

1610
01:40:23,900 --> 01:40:26,500
 I mean, he's not Billy Donovan, and he hasn't been there as long.

1611
01:40:26,820 --> 01:40:29,580
 He'd have to stay there and see if he could sustain this.

1612
01:40:29,700 --> 01:40:35,020
 But for this finite period of time, he's been about as close to Coach Donovan as I thought

1613
01:40:35,020 --> 01:40:37,900
 anybody would ever get at the University of Florida.

1614
01:40:38,520 --> 01:40:41,400
 And, John, just curious, did money have anything to do with this?

1615
01:40:41,560 --> 01:40:44,200
 Speaking of gold and how much gold was involved in all this news?

1616
01:40:45,700 --> 01:40:46,720
 Harold, amen.

1617
01:40:46,980 --> 01:40:48,840
 You know money has to do with everything.

1618
01:40:49,600 --> 01:40:50,920
 So, absolutely.

1619
01:40:51,720 --> 01:40:52,680
 Pink Floyd, right?

1620
01:40:53,520 --> 01:41:01,220
 If this had been even four years ago, Thomas Hauks in the NBA, he was a lottery picker right

1621
01:41:01,220 --> 01:41:02,480
 on the precipice of it.

1622
01:41:02,540 --> 01:41:03,940
 There's no way he's back.

1623
01:41:04,560 --> 01:41:07,620
 And I would dare say Condon's probably not back either.

1624
01:41:07,780 --> 01:41:09,140
 Chin, you, Lou, you might debate.

1625
01:41:09,600 --> 01:41:12,900
 But, yeah, money had a lot to do with this.

1626
01:41:13,140 --> 01:41:19,040
 And, obviously, getting Aberdeen back, if he gets cleared from the NCAA, had a lot to

1627
01:41:19,040 --> 01:41:19,440
 do with it.

1628
01:41:19,500 --> 01:41:20,820
 Money is why they lost him.

1629
01:41:21,160 --> 01:41:23,180
 And money is why I think they got him back.

1630
01:41:23,560 --> 01:41:23,980
 It's amazing.

1631
01:41:24,160 --> 01:41:24,340
 Yeah.

1632
01:41:24,760 --> 01:41:26,820
 Money makes the world go round, guys.

1633
01:41:26,840 --> 01:41:27,460
 No question.

1634
01:41:28,020 --> 01:41:30,060
 John, a couple minutes left with you.

1635
01:41:30,160 --> 01:41:37,120
 The Protect College Sports Act, which Ted Cruz, actually, it's a bipartisan bill.

1636
01:41:37,220 --> 01:41:40,180
 Ted Cruz and Maria Kent will have sponsored that.

1637
01:41:40,640 --> 01:41:45,540
 Nick Saban is going to be testifying again in Washington tomorrow.

1638
01:41:46,380 --> 01:41:50,360
 There actually are some positive things in the bill.

1639
01:41:50,360 --> 01:41:54,980
 But do you think this thing has a snowball's chance of passing in Congress?

1640
01:41:56,600 --> 01:42:02,680
 You know, I'm very cautious on anything that can pass through Congress, Brett.

1641
01:42:03,480 --> 01:42:05,980
 I think it's got a chance.

1642
01:42:06,280 --> 01:42:07,680
 Would I bet on it?

1643
01:42:07,760 --> 01:42:09,140
 No, I would not.

1644
01:42:09,320 --> 01:42:12,480
 Do I think it's got a lot of good things in the bill?

1645
01:42:12,720 --> 01:42:13,160
 Absolutely.

1646
01:42:13,820 --> 01:42:21,620
 Specifically, eliminating 26-, 25-, and 27-year-olds playing with 18-year-olds.

1647
01:42:22,100 --> 01:42:23,820
 That needs to go away.

1648
01:42:23,820 --> 01:42:27,920
 I mean, that's becoming more and more of a regular thing.

1649
01:42:28,180 --> 01:42:34,800
 And as we all know, your body's more mature at 25 than it is at 18 and 19 years old.

1650
01:42:34,900 --> 01:42:36,500
 So those kids have an advantage.

1651
01:42:36,820 --> 01:42:42,160
 And honestly, nobody should be playing college athletics at 25 years old.

1652
01:42:42,540 --> 01:42:49,320
 I remember years ago when Chris Wienke was allowed to play quarterback at Florida State in his late 20s,

1653
01:42:49,320 --> 01:42:57,320
 and it drove me nuts because not only the physical advantage, but the mental advantage he had over these kids.

1654
01:42:57,420 --> 01:43:00,340
 I said, that should just never be allowed.

1655
01:43:00,700 --> 01:43:05,940
 But I've got my fingers crossed it's going to pass Brett, maybe eventually.

1656
01:43:06,740 --> 01:43:09,260
 I would say probably on the first go-around it's not.

1657
01:43:09,560 --> 01:43:10,660
 But we shall see.

1658
01:43:10,880 --> 01:43:12,680
 Yeah, I think you're exactly right.

1659
01:43:12,820 --> 01:43:15,200
 Always enjoy the conversation, my friend.

1660
01:43:15,360 --> 01:43:19,900
 Gators, Bama, SEC, whatever the sport in season.

1661
01:43:20,200 --> 01:43:22,480
 But where can we get online and listen to your show?

1662
01:43:23,360 --> 01:43:36,240
 Well, you can get online at 1021news.com and follow me on X at JF underscore sports now and 102.1 and 1240 locally in St. Augustine.

1663
01:43:36,420 --> 01:43:40,340
 And we're circling July 22nd, guys.

1664
01:43:40,620 --> 01:43:46,240
 John Summerall and Kalen DeBoer both speaking on the same day in Tampa.

1665
01:43:46,240 --> 01:43:54,960
 So that's really the next day and hopefully for you guys, an Alabama World Series coming up in about a week.

1666
01:43:55,040 --> 01:44:00,040
 I think the Crimson Tide is going to be happy after this weekend, but we shall see.

1667
01:44:00,520 --> 01:44:01,680
 They're going to hold you to it, John.

1668
01:44:01,740 --> 01:44:03,520
 Listen, man, thanks so much for your time today.

1669
01:44:03,680 --> 01:44:06,600
 Stay safe down there and in the shade as much as possible, okay?

1670
01:44:07,720 --> 01:44:08,160
 Absolutely.

1671
01:44:08,440 --> 01:44:09,520
 Always an honor and a pleasure.

1672
01:44:09,680 --> 01:44:10,360
 Thanks for having me.

1673
01:44:10,360 --> 01:44:10,780
 Thank you, bud.

1674
01:44:10,780 --> 01:44:11,320
 Thank you, John.

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 The Score.

1736
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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1737
01:47:57,460 --> 01:47:58,740
 Welcome back in, Brett Beaird.

1738
01:47:59,040 --> 01:48:00,000
 Are you ready for this?

1739
01:48:00,600 --> 01:48:03,280
 I'm always ready for Elmer Pierce, buddy.

1740
01:48:03,820 --> 01:48:07,920
 Time to check into what's happening at 2261 Florence Boulevard.

1741
01:48:08,080 --> 01:48:09,300
 Elmer Pierce, welcome in.

1742
01:48:09,320 --> 01:48:09,840
 How are you?

1743
01:48:10,480 --> 01:48:11,580
 I am great, guys.

1744
01:48:11,660 --> 01:48:12,580
 How are y'all doing today?

1745
01:48:12,840 --> 01:48:13,980
 Hey, we're doing all right.

1746
01:48:14,320 --> 01:48:16,520
 We're not going to steal your thunder, Elmer.

1747
01:48:17,700 --> 01:48:18,180
 Congratulations.

1748
01:48:18,660 --> 01:48:21,740
 A lot of good feedback about Garner Pierce Autos.

1749
01:48:21,940 --> 01:48:27,640
 And is it true that as picky as Brett is, you can please even him out there?

1750
01:48:28,620 --> 01:48:28,980
 Yeah.

1751
01:48:29,260 --> 01:48:29,660
 Yeah.

1752
01:48:30,000 --> 01:48:33,760
 He's actually been a service customer of ours for a little while.

1753
01:48:33,760 --> 01:48:37,300
 And we appreciate him and everybody else as well.

1754
01:48:37,460 --> 01:48:41,460
 But, yeah, if we can please him, there's a lot of folks we could be able to please.

1755
01:48:41,800 --> 01:48:42,360
 So, there you go.

1756
01:48:43,680 --> 01:48:45,580
 Elmer, talk about the service department.

1757
01:48:46,020 --> 01:48:49,780
 Obviously, you sell cars, use cars, et cetera.

1758
01:48:50,040 --> 01:48:56,060
 But that is one area, and believe me, they've worked on everything on my Yukon you can work on so far.

1759
01:48:56,740 --> 01:49:01,480
 But I think your service department is one of the most underrated in the shows.

1760
01:49:02,180 --> 01:49:04,380
 Hey, I really appreciate that, guys.

1761
01:49:04,460 --> 01:49:08,620
 And, yeah, we've got a great, great group of guys here.

1762
01:49:08,980 --> 01:49:16,020
 Now we have six people in our service department back here working, you know, eight, ten hours a day.

1763
01:49:16,020 --> 01:49:23,640
 And they have about 140 years of experience between these six people.

1764
01:49:23,940 --> 01:49:26,460
 So, they really know what they're doing.

1765
01:49:26,760 --> 01:49:33,680
 You know, and they do a lot of training and stuff that you don't see a lot of people doing anymore, especially these older guys.

1766
01:49:33,780 --> 01:49:38,520
 They'll still go to training and learn this new stuff that's coming out all the time.

1767
01:49:38,660 --> 01:49:40,960
 And they are changing things all the time.

1768
01:49:41,080 --> 01:49:50,500
 But if you don't have a shop that's keeping up with that, number one, and then, you know, the knowledge of the guys being able to know how to work on the older stuff,

1769
01:49:51,080 --> 01:49:52,880
 heck, you know, you're just going backwards.

1770
01:49:53,020 --> 01:49:55,480
 You're only working on about a third of the cars out there.

1771
01:49:55,480 --> 01:50:03,780
 So, that's why we work on everything from the 40s and 50s model classics that people have to, you know,

1772
01:50:03,880 --> 01:50:12,300
 heck, we've got a guy that brings a 2025 Mercedes GL, about a $125,000 vehicle.

1773
01:50:12,400 --> 01:50:14,320
 He brings it in for service all the time.

1774
01:50:15,940 --> 01:50:17,240
 Elmer Pierce, hook it up with us.

1775
01:50:17,260 --> 01:50:22,100
 If you've got a 57 Chevy or a 69 Camaro, we can talk, Elmer.

1776
01:50:22,100 --> 01:50:24,940
 The nice thing about it is it's all about separation.

1777
01:50:25,700 --> 01:50:28,820
 And in this day and time, everything is corpus.

1778
01:50:28,920 --> 01:50:32,140
 What I like about the show here, we are 100% local.

1779
01:50:32,620 --> 01:50:33,940
 You are 100% local.

1780
01:50:34,100 --> 01:50:35,400
 We know where Zip City is.

1781
01:50:35,480 --> 01:50:37,240
 Some of these folks don't know where Zip City is.

1782
01:50:38,180 --> 01:50:41,240
 That's an advantage of knowing that you are local.

1783
01:50:41,940 --> 01:50:44,860
 Yes, yes, 100%, guys, 100%.

1784
01:50:44,860 --> 01:50:48,200
 You know, I was talking to Brad a little bit the other day, and I was telling him, I said,

1785
01:50:48,200 --> 01:50:56,560
 yeah, I remember doing the radio show with you guys back about 12, 15, 18 years ago from the showroom over at Jim Bishop Toyota, you know.

1786
01:50:56,700 --> 01:51:08,360
 So, yeah, I've been in the shows for 34 years, only worked at three places, which I think is really, really hard to come by in the automobile business.

1787
01:51:08,360 --> 01:51:11,080
 And, you know, that's what we do.

1788
01:51:11,220 --> 01:51:13,460
 I mean, I'm here at the store every single day.

1789
01:51:14,320 --> 01:51:16,180
 I'm sitting right at the front of the building.

1790
01:51:16,280 --> 01:51:18,600
 As soon as you walk in, I'm the first person you see.

1791
01:51:18,960 --> 01:51:21,360
 So, you know, and that's the way I like it.

1792
01:51:21,440 --> 01:51:22,120
 That's the way I like it.

1793
01:51:22,120 --> 01:51:24,980
 I like talking to service customers, sales customers, or whoever.

1794
01:51:25,500 --> 01:51:29,080
 And all of my employees are the exact same way.

1795
01:51:29,140 --> 01:51:30,040
 That's what we're here for.

1796
01:51:30,460 --> 01:51:35,740
 Now, I'll tell you, the first person they see when they walk in the door are your two dogs.

1797
01:51:36,400 --> 01:51:36,540
 Yeah.

1798
01:51:37,580 --> 01:51:40,220
 They're about as knowledgeable about cars.

1799
01:51:41,020 --> 01:51:49,760
 Listen, tell us again where you are, how can we get online, your phone number, and I know you can apply online financing.

1800
01:51:50,660 --> 01:51:52,680
 Give us the who, what, when, and where.

1801
01:51:53,200 --> 01:51:54,240
 All right, guys.

1802
01:51:54,320 --> 01:51:57,100
 Well, we're at 2261 Florence Boulevard.

1803
01:51:58,260 --> 01:52:01,000
 We're right next to Applebee's right here in Florence.

1804
01:52:02,220 --> 01:52:12,180
 The best place to reach is www.garner-pierceautos.com and 256-768-5660.

1805
01:52:12,180 --> 01:52:13,880
 Guys, reach out any way you can.

1806
01:52:14,300 --> 01:52:16,000
 My cell number is on the website.

1807
01:52:16,180 --> 01:52:17,600
 You can reach me anytime.

1808
01:52:18,740 --> 01:52:21,360
 Well, let's make it another time to get back together.

1809
01:52:21,560 --> 01:52:25,160
 And in the meantime, Elmer, thanks so much for your time today, and keep up the good work.

1810
01:52:25,780 --> 01:52:27,940
 I appreciate you guys, and thank y'all for having me.

1811
01:52:27,940 --> 01:52:28,480
 Thank you, buddy.

1812
01:52:28,900 --> 01:52:30,880
 Elmer Pierce, Garner-Pierce Autos.

1813
01:52:30,940 --> 01:52:34,620
 I wonder if they got the Braves on those radios they sell out there at Garner-Pierce Autos.

1814
01:52:34,620 --> 01:52:39,160
 Well, I guarantee you they've got it on there, probably on 93-9, the score.

1815
01:52:39,620 --> 01:52:42,640
 And I hope, same tonight, the Braves back at it.

1816
01:52:42,800 --> 01:52:49,960
 So, Brass Elder on the mound as they take on the Blue Jays a little bit later on tonight, right here on 93-9, the score.

1817
01:52:50,060 --> 01:52:51,160
 It's going to take care of Beds for now.

1818
01:52:51,220 --> 01:52:53,900
 On behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

1819
01:52:54,400 --> 01:52:56,280
 Errol Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1820
01:52:56,360 --> 01:53:00,800
 Let's do it again tomorrow, noon to two for the Boomer Buck Show, back here on Sports Radio, 93-9, the score.

1821
01:53:00,800 --> 01:53:02,800
 We'll be right back.