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

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 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9.

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 The story.

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 Good afternoon and welcome in 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 the goat from Tuscaloosa huddles big time in D.C.

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 Good afternoon. Welcome in. How are you?

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 Indeed, Nick Saban testifies for the Protect College Sports Act in Washington.

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 He has some very interesting comments that we'll discuss throughout the show.

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 We're going to be talking a lot about the Super Regionals, and particularly with the SEC teams.

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 And I can't think of a better person, Harold Bugg, than Kentucky Joe.

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 To begin the show and review and preview those SEC teams this weekend.

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 Is it safe to say that Joe Cox rocks when he comes to the SEC?

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 He's busy there at Saturday down south.

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 His book is called A Fine Team Man.

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 Joe, Kentucky Joe, welcome in.

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 Well, guys, I missed my normal Tuesday spot because I was out water parking and roller coaster riding.

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 Well, what's the old saying, Joe?

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 As you get older, you find out that now you've got hair where you used to be bald and bald where you used to have hair.

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 Is that a safe statement, Joe?

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 Joe, let's start with the, we talked about the GOAT, Nick Saban in Washington, D.C. today.

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 Bottom line, we won't bore you with all the details and all that stuff.

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 He's basically saying it's like right now, college football is like having a Ferrari that goes 150 miles an hour.

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 hey, there's a lot on the line to say, you know what, we're just fine the way it is.

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 Everybody had it scripted.

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 Joe, could you make a case for the most surprising of the seven SEC teams to me is Oklahoma.

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 Joe, the good news is Alabama, or I should say Alabama, the SEC is guaranteed two teams going to the World Series.

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 Georgia, the state of Alabama's got more teams in the Super Regionals than any state.

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 Joe, of the seven, how many advance to the World Series?

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 I mean, as Harold noted, we can't see more than five because, you know, you've got two league-on-league matchups.

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 Joe, great stuff.

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 Joe, where can we get online to get your stuff and the teams?

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 I'm going to lay out my predictions for the Super Regionals for all the SEC teams.

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 So come see how wrong I end up getting it all.

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 Joe, thank you.

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 Now, two words, heating pad, okay?

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 Hear that.

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 Joe Cox is going to win this video there at Saturday down south.

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 His book's called A Fine Team Man.

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 Well, Alabama softball heads home.

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 Andrea Adelson leaves hers to go to the World Series on the road with AA next.

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 Welcome back in.

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 Really appreciate free ride around the valley.

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 And a young lady who is busy riding these days from her home in Orlando to a place called Oklahoma City.

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 Andrea Adelson got it all covered there at ESPN.

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 Double A, welcome in.

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 Did you survive graduation okay?

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 And how are you overall?

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 I did survive graduation.

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 The tissues have been put away.

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 But, fellas, I thought I was going to be seeing Alabama here in the championship.

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 We did, too.

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 I'm a little surprised, guys.

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 Oh, my goodness.

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 Andrea, obviously, I think a lot of folks were shocked.

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 Isn't it amazing?

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 And you looked at that game and that young lady, Vandergriff, I think, you had to feel for her because you know on another day she'd have made that play, perhaps.

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 At this age, you don't sit here and take one play and beat up on somebody.

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 But be that as it may, where are you with just – we talked about this.

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 You look at Texas Tech and you look at Texas.

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 They're playing within the rules.

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 We get it.

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 But, Andrea, I looked at some of the numbers behind this team, and you got one player making a million herself.

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 I think the overall NIL budget is, like, coming up on $4 million.

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 Who can hang with that?

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 The team they're going to be facing in the championship series.

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 Texas, they've got basically the same NIL package.

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 And you look at Alabama, and I couldn't find any numbers for NIL.

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 Now, the kids can go out and sell their name, image, and likeness, basically, if you will, a commission-only job.

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 But your thoughts just about that game and where we are in the world of sports and what that matchup right there itself can be the poster child for.

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 Well, fellas, I believe Coach Saban is testifying before Congress about what is happening in college sports.

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 And we can sit here and say that this matchup is a small microcosm of it, right?

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 I mean, there's all this, like, Olympic sports are going to go away.

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 But if you have schools like Texas Tech and Texas who have given money to their Olympic sports to allow them to have a chance to win championships, all is well.

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 But not every school can do that, obviously, right?

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 And so you've got a situation where you've got schools that have all this money floating around and most of the others that do not for their Olympic sports.

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 And that's why we're in this situation right now.

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 You feel for Alabama.

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 I thought they were the most complete team coming into Oklahoma City.

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 That was my pick to win it all.

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 And, obviously, they were number one, so I wasn't going out on a limb there.

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 But, again, you know, when you pay your star player in Texas Tech a million dollars last year and this year,

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 and then you fail last year to win a championship having made that splashy move because you didn't have enough around her.

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 Well, what did they do?

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 They went into the portal and they spent money on hitters and another pitcher to help Kennedy out.

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 And that's exactly why they're in this situation right now.

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 They're hitting a lot better.

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 And even though Kennedy has been up and down, we saw her best in that game, too, against Alabama, right?

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 And it came down to that pitching duel.

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 Well, guess who won?

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 The young lady that's making the most money in the sport right now.

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 So, it just speaks to where we are.

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 And you're right.

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 They are playing within the rules as they're set out.

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 There may be some funny math involved in all of it, but softball in this matchup isn't the only one, right?

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 Miami spent a lot of money on their roster.

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 They made it to a football national championship.

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 Indiana spent a lot of money on their roster.

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 They won the national championship.

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 We can sit here and go down the list.

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 It doesn't always work out.

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 Texas Tech did the same thing with their football program.

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 They lost in the quarterfinals.

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 But the fact remains that you're going to sit here and shell out some money.

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 You want some sort of return on that investment.

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 More often than not, the teams that are shelling out that money are playing for championships.

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00:24:03,300 --> 00:24:03,860
 Absolutely.

385
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 Double A, as you mentioned, Nick Saban testified this morning, along with the Notre Dame athletic director and others, about the Protect College Sports Act.

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 Isn't it ironic?

387
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 The Big Ten and SEC release a combined statement saying they're not, that they're against the Protect Sports Act yesterday.

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 But Double A, when you look at this, and we've all looked at options, this is not a perfect bill.

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 Everybody seems to take shots at it.

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 But when you look at one-time transfer, five-year eligibility, five years to play five, 5% max agent fee.

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 They don't want a super league.

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 I still think that may happen sooner or later.

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 The Lane Kiffin rule, which is rather humorous.

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 And, again, we know a lot of people don't like some of it.

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 People like all of it.

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 But I wish we could just simply sit down in a rational way and look at all this and say, let's look at one through 20.

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 Take out a few.

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 Let's put this together and try to get something done.

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 Without congressional intervention, right?

400
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 And you would hope that the folks within the NCAA, i.e. the schools, right, which are in charge of what the NCAA does, could come together for the greater good.

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 They have not.

402
00:25:25,520 --> 00:25:29,560
 That's why they're in front of Congress right now, basically saying, someone help us, right?

403
00:25:29,660 --> 00:25:38,080
 And so I think where we're at right now, it just continues to show it's every school-slash-conference for themselves.

404
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 That's why the SEC and the Big Ten are against this, because they've got all the money and the power right now.

405
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 They don't want to see some of that watered down or stripped away based on whatever may come out of this because they disagree with some of the things.

406
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 And I think the pooling of television rights is obviously probably number one on that list in terms of not wanting something like that to happen because of where they are,

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 the advantages they've built with the television contracts that both of those conferences have.

408
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 I don't necessarily know that this thing is going to get passed in the manner in which it is because there are too many people who disagree with parts of it, as you just mentioned.

409
00:26:18,560 --> 00:26:27,620
 But the fact that they're sitting here in front of Congress, once again, is just ludicrous because they should have been able to fix, slash, anticipate all of this.

410
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 They did not have the ability to do so, not just the ability, they didn't have the want to, to do it.

411
00:26:34,580 --> 00:26:39,600
 And, you know, it comes back to when we heard this from coaches last week in Destin, right?

412
00:26:39,660 --> 00:26:41,960
 And I think Mike Elko said it perfectly, right?

413
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 We want rule until those rules apply to us and then, wait a minute, hold on, who said we wanted these rules?

414
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 I'm not in favor of these rules, right?

415
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 So, you know, it's hard to see an equitable way out of the situation that we're in.

416
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 I agree there has to be something to be done with eligibility.

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00:27:00,900 --> 00:27:10,640
 But in terms of trying to restrict compensation and pool television rights, I feel like both of those are probably going to be non-starters.

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 And if they are somehow passed, they're going to be challenged in court once again.

419
00:27:14,380 --> 00:27:14,860
 Absolutely.

420
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 Listen, I always enjoy catching up with you.

421
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 Have fun with the World Series.

422
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 Double A, where can we get online and get your story about the World Series and some of your other great stuff?

423
00:27:27,420 --> 00:27:28,540
 Appreciate that, fellas.

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 ESPN.com, our softball coverage will be up on the front page tonight.

425
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 I'm going to try and spend some time with Jason Williams, whose daughter, Mia Williams, plays at Texas Tech.

426
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 Wish me luck with that, fellas.

427
00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:44,380
 And then we'll have our complete championship coverage later this week.

428
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 Depending on who wins this thing.

429
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 I haven't made a pick yet.

430
00:27:48,260 --> 00:27:50,340
 I don't know who's going to win it on the fence.

431
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 But it should be a great series, fellas.

432
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 Safe travels to and from.

433
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 Enjoy your time at the shootout at the OK Corral.

434
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 K-double A.

435
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 All right, fellas.

436
00:27:59,300 --> 00:27:59,640
 Thanks again for having me.

437
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:00,140
 Thank you, dear.

438
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 Andrea Adelson with us from ESPN.

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 What do you say we go all the way to Gay Paris and check out the latest from the French Open?

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 Stay with us.

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 Westwood One Sports presents this special tennis update.

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 There's now going to be a first-time major winner on the women's side at Roland Garros.

443
00:28:19,220 --> 00:28:23,500
 World No. 1 Arena Sabalenka was upset by Deanna Schneider in the quarterfinals.

444
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 3-6, 7-5, 6-love.

445
00:28:26,420 --> 00:28:31,520
 Sabalenka lost 12 of the final 13 games after leading 4-1 in the second set.

446
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 I feel like I had very decent opportunities in the second set.

447
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 I screw up and then she stepped in and she played great.

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525
00:33:18,260 --> 00:33:22,900
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

526
00:33:23,440 --> 00:33:24,020
 Welcome back, Ken.

527
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 Really appreciate free ride around the valley.

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 And for Rodney Orr to take time out of his busy schedule there is founder and denture of tighterinsider.com,

529
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 the man who probably is juggling more balls than a circus clown with Barnum and Bailey.

530
00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:36,840
 Rodney, welcome in.

531
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:37,400
 How are you?

532
00:33:38,300 --> 00:33:39,840
 Doing well, Harold and Brett.

533
00:33:39,900 --> 00:33:40,500
 How about you guys?

534
00:33:40,500 --> 00:33:41,240
 Good, man.

535
00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:42,920
 We're busy, but I know you are, too.

536
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 You got some baseballs wrapping up on softball.

537
00:33:45,980 --> 00:33:51,360
 But, Rodney, it's always, as I said, in the world of jello, room for one more when it comes to football.

538
00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:57,660
 Your thoughts about the latest pickup on the recruiting trail this week, of all places, Gainesville, Georgia.

539
00:33:59,120 --> 00:34:00,680
 Yeah, well, let's start there.

540
00:34:00,820 --> 00:34:08,260
 Gainesville, Georgia, of course, the home of Blake Sims, but also a couple of guys that Alabama signed in last year's class.

541
00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:16,560
 Xavier Griffin, the five-star linebacker, and also Jamarian Matthews, a four-star rated player, is outstanding prospect in his own right.

542
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:25,020
 So Alabama has a little bit of a connection there at Gainesville, and Nigel Newkirk, the running back, is obviously one of Alabama's top running back targets.

543
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:38,640
 The first running back to commit in this class, and I think they take two, because I know that, you know, based on some conversations with people, Alabama seems to have a private commitment from another running back right now.

544
00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:48,360
 I'll let him announce that decision, but I would probably keep an eye on Ty Phillips from Irmo, South Carolina, as that running back.

545
00:34:49,020 --> 00:34:55,400
 But, you know, I thought it was a really good weekend overall, Harold and Brett.

546
00:34:56,720 --> 00:34:59,340
 Ron, let me ask you about the defensive line.

547
00:34:59,460 --> 00:35:08,260
 We talk about this all the time, that this is going to be a smaller class, 12 to 15, maybe one or two on the offensive line,

548
00:35:08,260 --> 00:35:14,660
 and two or three defensively, but I think we may know two of the defensive linemen already, or technically,

549
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:22,640
 because Antoine Jackson is more of an abandoned or an edge, but Mitchell Turner, we've talked about, from Louisville, Mississippi,

550
00:35:23,420 --> 00:35:25,760
 from all indications, had a very good visit.

551
00:35:25,760 --> 00:35:30,820
 Antoine Jackson from the Memphis area, basically, Collierville, Tennessee.

552
00:35:31,280 --> 00:35:35,020
 Rodney, did Alabama have a good weekend hosting both?

553
00:35:36,220 --> 00:35:37,220
 I think they did.

554
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:46,820
 I think Mitchell Turner is obviously a top-notch prospect, 6'2", 280 or so, out of, like you said, Louisville, Mississippi.

555
00:35:47,180 --> 00:35:50,160
 And he's at LSU right now.

556
00:35:50,700 --> 00:35:52,520
 He goes to Texas coming up.

557
00:35:53,300 --> 00:35:56,800
 Obviously, Ole Miss, Mississippi State are very prominently in that as well.

558
00:35:57,860 --> 00:35:59,860
 So, we'll see what happens with him.

559
00:36:00,040 --> 00:36:03,220
 I would be a little surprised right now if he ended up somewhere else.

560
00:36:03,300 --> 00:36:04,320
 Well, I shouldn't say surprised.

561
00:36:04,460 --> 00:36:07,380
 Nothing would really surprise me at this point.

562
00:36:07,480 --> 00:36:08,640
 But let's just say this.

563
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:13,000
 Alabama's been kind of the leader because they identified him really early in the process.

564
00:36:14,340 --> 00:36:15,400
 So, but we'll see.

565
00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:18,740
 Certainly, these other teams are after him really hard.

566
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:22,260
 And then also, you mentioned Antoine Jackson out of Collierville, Tennessee.

567
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:27,360
 And 6'5", 240, I think he grows into a bandit defensive end eventually.

568
00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:30,100
 You know, Ole Miss is in there.

569
00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:32,560
 Mississippi State's in there as well.

570
00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:33,860
 A couple others.

571
00:36:34,720 --> 00:36:38,000
 I think Missouri may be in there as well.

572
00:36:38,240 --> 00:36:44,240
 But, you know, I think right now Alabama's in a good position with him.

573
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:45,580
 We'll see.

574
00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:49,840
 But, yes, I think it went very well with both of those guys.

575
00:36:50,500 --> 00:36:55,420
 And I do think, like you said, that probably right now the aim is three defensive linemen.

576
00:36:56,300 --> 00:36:58,940
 Rodney, you're looking at what this is, TiterInsider.com.

577
00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:03,340
 Rodney, interesting story about the nation's, I guess, what many consider to be the number one wide receiver.

578
00:37:03,720 --> 00:37:07,780
 Manchon Bama Sales had a vision over the weekend.

579
00:37:08,220 --> 00:37:13,340
 And it's one thing, fans sit here and say, why does this kid choose this school and not that school?

580
00:37:13,340 --> 00:37:15,540
 Well, maybe there's more to it.

581
00:37:15,600 --> 00:37:17,580
 Maybe the family could influence it.

582
00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:19,300
 Did anybody have more family?

583
00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:22,100
 Ironically, this kid now lives in Indiana.

584
00:37:22,800 --> 00:37:33,460
 But, correct me if I'm wrong, from everything we're able to gather, Rodney, he had mama, daddy, and more importantly, maybe even grandmama on the visit because they're right up the road in the Birmingham area.

585
00:37:33,760 --> 00:37:40,820
 Your thoughts about the visit of sales and what's the latest and maybe what kind of timetable are we looking at here before he makes his final.

586
00:37:40,820 --> 00:37:45,280
 And I know Indiana's big in it because they got money and marked Cuban, but what's the latest here and there?

587
00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:59,120
 Yeah, well, you know, what I would say, Harold, is, you know, speaking to some people really, like, really close that were actually there on the visit, quite honestly.

588
00:38:01,020 --> 00:38:09,560
 You know, their feeling was, and I want to be careful here because I don't want to mislead the listeners thinking that he's privately committed or anything.

589
00:38:09,780 --> 00:38:17,280
 But I will tell you that people that were there, you know, told me that they think he ends up at Alabama.

590
00:38:17,600 --> 00:38:21,080
 Now, does that happen remains to be seen.

591
00:38:21,340 --> 00:38:23,680
 I mean, we've seen highly recruited players.

592
00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:28,060
 He's got a visit coming up, supposed to have a visit coming up to Texas.

593
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:29,240
 I think it's this weekend.

594
00:38:30,240 --> 00:38:31,780
 You know, like you said, he's been to Indiana.

595
00:38:32,040 --> 00:38:44,900
 There's a lot of pressure to go there, but Alabama, it was a team early on for him, and I think the home influence certainly plays that role, and I think he had a great visit.

596
00:38:45,440 --> 00:39:00,120
 All of those things combined certainly work in Alabama's favor, and again, we'll see where he ends up, but I actually, in my Sunday report, said that, you know, according to a source that was there, that's very close to the situation, he thinks he ends up at Alabama.

597
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:01,240
 So, we'll see.

598
00:39:01,700 --> 00:39:05,480
 I'm not predicting it, just saying, sharing that information.

599
00:39:06,120 --> 00:39:13,980
 Ronnie, one thing we do know is the University of Alabama does an incredible job of recruiting defensive backs.

600
00:39:14,660 --> 00:39:18,080
 Moe Lindquist is Yoda when he comes to that.

601
00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:23,920
 Alabama, too, again, Hayden Stamp of Las Vegas, we've talked about him, a four-star.

602
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:28,600
 I know Oregon, Cal, Georgia are in the fight, too.

603
00:39:29,180 --> 00:39:36,240
 Darius White, another one of these 6'3 freaks they find everywhere, 6'3 to 6'5".

604
00:39:36,240 --> 00:39:44,460
 I never thought we'd see 6'5", 6'3 corners, but Darius White from Fairburn, Georgia, Georgia Tech, North Carolina State.

605
00:39:44,660 --> 00:39:45,540
 Et cetera.

606
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:51,040
 But once again, the train continues to roll as far as recruiting defensive backs.

607
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:58,720
 Yeah, you know, I kind of say this, Harold and Brad, does anybody recruit the secondary better than Alabama?

608
00:39:58,840 --> 00:39:59,000
 No.

609
00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:00,260
 I'm not sure they do.

610
00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:14,420
 I mean, if they recruited across the board, and they almost do, they practically do, but if they could recruit all the interior line positions, like they could recruit everything else, you know, they'd be the number one recruiting class basically every year.

611
00:40:14,420 --> 00:40:22,700
 But, you know, it's, yeah, Hayden Stamp out of Las Vegas is a, you know, obviously a tremendous prospect.

612
00:40:22,880 --> 00:40:24,040
 I think he had a great visit.

613
00:40:24,220 --> 00:40:26,560
 Now, you mentioned the schools.

614
00:40:27,060 --> 00:40:29,460
 I mean, I think it's certainly a lot of competition there.

615
00:40:29,620 --> 00:40:30,620
 It'd be a huge pickup.

616
00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:34,240
 He's another tall, you know, 6'3 plus corner.

617
00:40:35,240 --> 00:40:36,480
 So, we'll see.

618
00:40:36,560 --> 00:40:43,560
 Now, he is a friend of, of course, highly acquainted with Derrick Meadows, the freshman receiver, and to be a sophomore this year at Alabama.

619
00:40:44,060 --> 00:40:50,780
 And then also, you mentioned, maybe, I think you mentioned Darius White over in Fairburn, Georgia.

620
00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:53,760
 Yeah, he's another 6'3 guy, a corner.

621
00:40:54,020 --> 00:40:55,800
 So, you know, they like that link.

622
00:40:55,860 --> 00:40:56,120
 Oh, yeah.

623
00:40:56,760 --> 00:40:59,040
 And so, but he's a fantastic player.

624
00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:01,460
 You know, when he makes a decision, I'm not sure.

625
00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:07,300
 I know Georgia Tech's been in there, NC State, a few others, Cincinnati, I think, with him.

626
00:41:07,500 --> 00:41:12,820
 But he's probably a little underrated right now, but he's a fantastic prospect as well.

627
00:41:13,380 --> 00:41:14,560
 Yeah, well, that is some of those guys.

628
00:41:14,620 --> 00:41:17,140
 They might want to go over there and play basketball for Nate Oates.

629
00:41:17,140 --> 00:41:18,580
 That's the question, Rodney.

630
00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:24,200
 Speaking of basketball, what is your take on the news this week from Aiden Holloway's camp?

631
00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:27,380
 Yeah, no, I think that's great for him.

632
00:41:27,540 --> 00:41:35,660
 I mean, I think it's the, I guess, the courses that he would have to take, the programs that he would have to complete,

633
00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:40,640
 the hours, the community service, and all of those things certainly, you know,

634
00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:46,600
 give him an opportunity to get that off of his, not only off of his record, but, you know, move on.

635
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:55,320
 Harold and Brett, and again, this is not something that, these programs that are offered are not something that are limited to

636
00:41:55,320 --> 00:41:57,460
 athletes at the University of Alabama.

637
00:41:57,800 --> 00:41:59,220
 I mean, this is across the board.

638
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:03,700
 We see this happen, you know, to non-athletes all the time.

639
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:05,440
 First-time offenders is the bottom line.

640
00:42:06,060 --> 00:42:15,700
 Exactly, and it's, so, I, hopefully, yeah, he completes it, and I think, you know, given the things, the comments I read from him,

641
00:42:15,700 --> 00:42:25,080
 I think he's really committed to doing that, and hopefully he does, because he's not only a fantastic basketball player at Alabama,

642
00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:32,020
 you know, he's a young man, so hopefully he gets that done, and I think, if you look at it in terms of basketball,

643
00:42:32,140 --> 00:42:33,600
 I mean, obviously, it's huge.

644
00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:40,500
 I mean, you get one of your premier three-point shooter back, and a guy that's your point guard, he directs your team,

645
00:42:40,620 --> 00:42:44,680
 so I think that would be really valuable if that were to be the case.

646
00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:53,780
 Ronnie, when you look at athletics in Alabama this year for the athletic year, it has really been quite a year.

647
00:42:54,500 --> 00:42:58,140
 Greg Byrne, the athletic director, needs a tip of the cap.

648
00:42:58,340 --> 00:43:05,880
 Now, again, we hear all the wailing and gnashing of teeth and all of the other stuff you do every second on the board,

649
00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:10,040
 but when you look at football, there was some improvement there.

650
00:43:10,140 --> 00:43:13,120
 11-4, 7-1, won a playoff game.

651
00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:15,920
 Men's basketball, 23-9.

652
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:20,660
 They get to the Sweet 16 again, lead the nation in scoring with 92 points a game.

653
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:23,700
 Women's basketball, 23-10.

654
00:43:23,860 --> 00:43:26,520
 They had a 14-game winning streak to begin the season.

655
00:43:27,140 --> 00:43:32,320
 The softball team literally comes within one game of playing in the National Championship Series.

656
00:43:33,020 --> 00:43:40,460
 The baseball team is still going on in the Super Regionals, hosting one for the first time in 20 years.

657
00:43:41,120 --> 00:43:44,980
 Even women's soccer went 9-4-2 and had a good year.

658
00:43:45,540 --> 00:43:54,380
 And, again, I know that we didn't cover track and field and golf, but, Ronnie, when you look at the overall picture for 2025-26,

659
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:57,380
 Alabama had a pretty good year.

660
00:43:58,780 --> 00:44:01,340
 They did, obviously, all around.

661
00:44:01,480 --> 00:44:07,060
 And, you know, in most cases, I think it would be something that right now everybody would be lauding Greg Byrne

662
00:44:07,060 --> 00:44:10,240
 and probably should be right now.

663
00:44:10,640 --> 00:44:13,100
 But that's not necessarily the case.

664
00:44:13,100 --> 00:44:21,380
 I mean, and part of that, guys, is the unrealistic times, unrealistic expectations in football.

665
00:44:22,260 --> 00:44:32,800
 And, you know, I think the 38-3 blowout or whatever in the Rose Bowl, you know, the blowout in the SEC Championship game,

666
00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:38,420
 losing to a really bad, even though we didn't know it at the time, FSU team in the opener.

667
00:44:38,420 --> 00:44:43,500
 Those performances team with some of the ones the year before, you know, have a lot of fans uneasy.

668
00:44:44,260 --> 00:44:46,120
 And, you know, football sets the tone.

669
00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:52,600
 And I think that's the one reason why right now that, you know, probably Greg Byrne's not getting the credit he deserves

670
00:44:52,600 --> 00:44:54,520
 with the overall program.

671
00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:55,220
 But you're right.

672
00:44:55,280 --> 00:45:00,080
 I mean, I think it's been incredible what they've accomplished in all of these sports.

673
00:45:01,260 --> 00:45:05,640
 Rodney, to your point, coming up this weekend, the checks continue to come in.

674
00:45:05,740 --> 00:45:12,960
 Here it is June, and Alabama baseball is still playing, which means folks in Tuscaloosa, businesses, et cetera,

675
00:45:12,960 --> 00:45:16,040
 have a chance to make even more money in a so-called offseason.

676
00:45:16,300 --> 00:45:21,580
 I saw, if I'm wrong, even the mayor, Walter Maddox, got out and made an appeal to the fans.

677
00:45:21,700 --> 00:45:23,280
 These guys have earned the ticket.

678
00:45:23,420 --> 00:45:30,320
 Come out and support this team this weekend in the Super Regionals against that mighty powerhouse St. John's, Rodney.

679
00:45:31,660 --> 00:45:39,800
 Guys, I hate to tell you this, but probably until about two weeks ago, I didn't even know St. John's had a baseball program.

680
00:45:40,020 --> 00:45:40,280
 Yeah.

681
00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:41,340
 Breaking news.

682
00:45:41,460 --> 00:45:42,160
 You get it all right.

683
00:45:42,320 --> 00:45:44,860
 I'm not being disrespectful to St. John's.

684
00:45:44,860 --> 00:45:48,580
 I know their basketball.

685
00:45:48,940 --> 00:45:51,040
 I respect their basketball greatly, obviously.

686
00:45:51,740 --> 00:46:00,140
 But, yeah, I mean, surprised that, you know, they have been as successful as they are and that they've won this regional and they're now headed here.

687
00:46:00,780 --> 00:46:02,800
 But, listen, I'm going to tell you point blank.

688
00:46:02,900 --> 00:46:05,280
 With all that said, I take zero for granted.

689
00:46:05,420 --> 00:46:06,180
 I don't think anyone should.

690
00:46:06,180 --> 00:46:06,880
 Thank you, Rodney.

691
00:46:06,880 --> 00:46:11,620
 I mean, you know, these things can slip up on you really quick.

692
00:46:11,840 --> 00:46:14,640
 And this Alabama baseball team is a good roster.

693
00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:17,440
 It's not a great roster by any means.

694
00:46:17,580 --> 00:46:19,020
 But, now, listen, they're really good.

695
00:46:19,480 --> 00:46:24,820
 And I say that only to say that I'm really impressed with the job Rob Vaughn has done.

696
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:25,420
 Yeah, yeah.

697
00:46:25,420 --> 00:46:27,340
 And the accomplishments that they've had.

698
00:46:27,400 --> 00:46:28,920
 They've overcome a lot of adversity.

699
00:46:29,660 --> 00:46:31,420
 They've had some ups and downs this year.

700
00:46:31,580 --> 00:46:34,000
 But to go 18-12 in the SEC.

701
00:46:34,460 --> 00:46:35,020
 Yep, yeah.

702
00:46:35,020 --> 00:46:41,820
 And, again, I'm not knocking the players that they have, but he does not have the roster that some of these other schools have.

703
00:46:41,840 --> 00:46:42,200
 Right.

704
00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:46,020
 And so, he has done a phenomenal job.

705
00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:50,960
 The players have done a phenomenal job because they've bounced back from adversity.

706
00:46:51,180 --> 00:46:52,920
 But, also, you know, they've hung in there.

707
00:46:53,020 --> 00:46:53,640
 They've been gritty.

708
00:46:53,780 --> 00:46:54,760
 They've made mistakes.

709
00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:56,300
 They had six errors the other night.

710
00:46:56,360 --> 00:47:01,580
 One of the games that was against USC Upstate, I think it was, still won the game 7-5.

711
00:47:01,680 --> 00:47:07,060
 And then they hit the home run to seal this game, this last game that sent them to the Super Regional.

712
00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:09,260
 I mean, they're timely.

713
00:47:09,760 --> 00:47:10,980
 I mean, you know what I'm saying?

714
00:47:11,060 --> 00:47:11,680
 They're clutch.

715
00:47:12,380 --> 00:47:20,480
 So, you know, hopefully they'll take care of business against St. John's and get to the College World Series because I know that's something that's a real goal.

716
00:47:20,560 --> 00:47:21,580
 But let me say this, too.

717
00:47:22,320 --> 00:47:27,600
 If you mention goals like that to Rob Vaughn, the first thing he says is we're not thinking about those goals.

718
00:47:27,960 --> 00:47:30,800
 And I think that's really what's helped them get this far.

719
00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:36,840
 Their focus is let's play our best baseball and not worry about let everything else take care of itself.

720
00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:39,200
 And I think that's one of the real keys to their success.

721
00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:44,860
 Well, what he's doing right there is basically what we all can do in life, do the next right thing.

722
00:47:45,180 --> 00:47:47,040
 And like Nick said, don't look at the school board.

723
00:47:47,380 --> 00:47:50,920
 You take care of the step-by-step process, the school board will take care of itself.

724
00:47:51,720 --> 00:47:53,140
 That's a great point, Harold.

725
00:47:53,260 --> 00:47:56,280
 And I do think it's true in every aspect of life.

726
00:47:57,360 --> 00:48:00,900
 And certainly we've seen it there on display, I think, with this baseball team.

727
00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:06,140
 Rodney, I had a friend of mine ask me to ask you about the summer schedule.

728
00:48:06,940 --> 00:48:12,540
 And I know you don't have that in front of you, you may not know it, but obviously school has been out.

729
00:48:13,140 --> 00:48:15,300
 But summer school will begin soon.

730
00:48:15,300 --> 00:48:21,560
 And also the, quote, official off-season conditioning program for the team.

731
00:48:21,700 --> 00:48:26,740
 Does that begin officially with the strength and conditioning staff next week?

732
00:48:27,420 --> 00:48:30,380
 Rodney, do you know what the calendar for that is?

733
00:48:31,120 --> 00:48:32,720
 I don't have a calendar.

734
00:48:33,260 --> 00:48:35,880
 And, you know, they're really guarded about that kind of thing.

735
00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:38,820
 But obviously, yes, they've already started.

736
00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:39,680
 I'm pretty sure.

737
00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:41,280
 I know that they're out there already.

738
00:48:42,180 --> 00:48:45,980
 They're out there doing those player-led only practices already.

739
00:48:46,860 --> 00:48:48,720
 So that's already going.

740
00:48:49,040 --> 00:48:53,680
 I'm sure they're already doing the weight stuff and the speed conditioning and all of that.

741
00:48:54,120 --> 00:48:59,700
 Whatever they all do that encompasses everything, they've started that.

742
00:49:00,080 --> 00:49:04,080
 And, again, I do know that they've been having those afternoon player-led only practices.

743
00:49:04,080 --> 00:49:06,280
 So that's where they are on that.

744
00:49:06,680 --> 00:49:09,740
 And, again, to be clear, I mean, those things are shut down.

745
00:49:09,860 --> 00:49:11,680
 It's not like the media is allowed access.

746
00:49:12,680 --> 00:49:14,340
 Alone with practice, too.

747
00:49:14,460 --> 00:49:17,040
 Let me show you guys a quick story.

748
00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:17,700
 Go ahead.

749
00:49:18,020 --> 00:49:23,920
 With that said, to show you the difference, you guys probably remember when Arch Manning was recruited.

750
00:49:24,280 --> 00:49:28,760
 He came down to really three visits, Alabama, Georgia, and Texas.

751
00:49:29,760 --> 00:49:35,360
 And one of the Texas writers did a thing that, you know, when he went to Texas, there was a parade almost.

752
00:49:35,580 --> 00:49:42,240
 You know, there was media people everywhere waiting, and they had video of it, of all the media people interviewing Arch on his visit and all this stuff.

753
00:49:42,400 --> 00:49:46,020
 And, you know, he says, just look at the difference.

754
00:49:46,140 --> 00:49:46,860
 Look at the energy.

755
00:49:47,040 --> 00:49:51,900
 Look at the enthusiasm around the Texas media, the Texas program, that they're here.

756
00:49:52,020 --> 00:49:55,940
 And you compare that, contrast that to Alabama where nobody showed up.

757
00:49:56,400 --> 00:50:03,640
 And I had to inform the guy, hey, listen, if you allowed the media to show up here, it would be a zoo.

758
00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:06,420
 And they don't allow that here at Alabama.

759
00:50:07,060 --> 00:50:11,700
 So it's not that Alabama, the media, is, like, neglecting some of this stuff.

760
00:50:11,780 --> 00:50:18,160
 It's just that here at Alabama, it's just a little bit different in terms of the media availability.

761
00:50:18,680 --> 00:50:21,420
 And so is the trophy case for Alabama and Texas.

762
00:50:21,420 --> 00:50:22,000
 Yeah, that's right.

763
00:50:22,120 --> 00:50:23,180
 Championships in football.

764
00:50:23,340 --> 00:50:27,500
 Rod, before we pull the curtain here, we've got to give a shout-out to this Alabama softball team.

765
00:50:28,060 --> 00:50:31,020
 They have to be humming Elvis' old song, Heartbreak Hotel.

766
00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:35,460
 Yeah, really disappointing.

767
00:50:36,160 --> 00:50:42,020
 But I say that just from the standpoint of not advancing to the College World Series championship

768
00:50:42,020 --> 00:50:45,200
 because, you know, really was looking forward to that.

769
00:50:45,200 --> 00:50:49,980
 And I feel sorry for Van de Grift because, I mean, you know, it just happens.

770
00:50:50,080 --> 00:50:50,560
 It happens.

771
00:50:50,680 --> 00:50:52,160
 And I know she's caught a lot of grief.

772
00:50:52,600 --> 00:50:56,460
 I mean, you know, just a great player and, you know, teammate and all of those things.

773
00:50:56,560 --> 00:51:00,440
 So I hate the fallout from that, from that play.

774
00:51:01,400 --> 00:51:05,320
 But, yeah, I mean, listen, they were preseason number nine in the SEC.

775
00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:14,500
 And what they achieved, I think, you know, Patrick Murphy, a lot of people have been kind of on his case a little bit the last few years

776
00:51:14,500 --> 00:51:17,980
 that he didn't have the same fire and passion that he used to have.

777
00:51:17,980 --> 00:51:22,960
 But I think you saw with this team, it was – I think you saw something special.

778
00:51:23,320 --> 00:51:25,340
 And I think he did an outstanding job with that team.

779
00:51:25,880 --> 00:51:28,120
 Yeah, Ronnie, it was a great season.

780
00:51:28,340 --> 00:51:30,160
 It was a disappointing day.

781
00:51:30,160 --> 00:51:34,280
 But it was a great season that they overachieved.

782
00:51:34,720 --> 00:51:46,120
 Speaking of fire and passion, that 24-7 message board, they're so shy in telling everybody their thoughts about Alabama sports.

783
00:51:46,120 --> 00:51:57,240
 As you well know, tell us about TITV, the 24-7 message board, that we can get all that great stuff at a nominal price.

784
00:51:57,340 --> 00:52:04,400
 And these five stars, on and off the field and on the beach, Rodney, where can we get online and order the book?

785
00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:09,300
 Well, you know, those people on Titer and Sider, they just don't like to step on anybody's toes.

786
00:52:09,660 --> 00:52:09,960
 No.

787
00:52:10,800 --> 00:52:12,000
 Kind of delicate there.

788
00:52:12,260 --> 00:52:12,600
 Oh, yeah.

789
00:52:12,600 --> 00:52:15,280
 But, yeah, it's TiterInsider.com.

790
00:52:15,360 --> 00:52:19,080
 It's only $48 a year, and you can get instant access with your credit card.

791
00:52:19,140 --> 00:52:21,340
 If you prefer, there is an address there to send a check.

792
00:52:21,380 --> 00:52:22,680
 It gives you all the premium stuff.

793
00:52:22,800 --> 00:52:27,980
 But also, as we mentioned, our all-sports forum there on TiterInsider.com.

794
00:52:28,040 --> 00:52:28,960
 It's nonstop.

795
00:52:28,960 --> 00:52:33,900
 And then you mentioned the book, Bigger Than Bama, and it's available, RodneyOr.com.

796
00:52:34,160 --> 00:52:35,380
 Or you can go to Amazon.

797
00:52:35,820 --> 00:52:37,560
 Either one, RodneyOr.com or Amazon.

798
00:52:37,760 --> 00:52:39,260
 You can check out all the details there.

799
00:52:39,580 --> 00:52:41,540
 I appreciate you mentioning it.

800
00:52:42,140 --> 00:52:43,000
 Sounds great, Rodney.

801
00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:43,840
 Listen, man, have a great.

802
00:52:43,920 --> 00:52:49,820
 Should be a fun weekend in your backyard with the Super Regionals rocking and rolling against St. John's.

803
00:52:49,860 --> 00:52:51,740
 Have some fun, and let's do it again soon, okay?

804
00:52:52,360 --> 00:52:53,000
 Okay, guys.

805
00:52:53,100 --> 00:52:53,580
 Appreciate it.

806
00:52:53,580 --> 00:52:53,960
 Take care.

807
00:52:54,420 --> 00:52:57,280
 RodneyOr.com with us, TiterInsider.com.

808
00:52:57,380 --> 00:52:59,920
 Coming up for the next hour, we're going to be checking in with Double D.

809
00:53:00,020 --> 00:53:01,320
 Drew Jarman is going to be on board.

810
00:53:01,440 --> 00:53:08,560
 And what about the Auburn Tigers squaring off against an old nemesis from Oxford, Mississippi, and the Super Regional, Jason Caldwell.

811
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 On that and more, straight ahead, here on the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 Well, the state was handed another victory in the ongoing map battle brought about by liberal plaintiffs and judges here in the state.

874
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877
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 A three-judge panel in Alabama sought to defy the effects of this U.S. Supreme Court ruling by putting a stay on the implementation of the old map, arguing that there was not enough time to do it ahead of the midterm elections.

878
00:57:40,460 --> 00:57:57,600
 However, the Supreme Court justices ruled 6-3 on Tuesday in an emergency appeal from the Alabama Attorney General that the state can use the 2023 map or the upcoming midterms, and this map gives Republicans the advantage with six congressional districts over the one Democrat-held congressional district.

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 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this.

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923
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924
01:00:48,500 --> 01:00:49,200
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925
01:00:49,260 --> 01:00:50,420
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926
01:00:50,540 --> 01:00:52,080
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927
01:00:52,180 --> 01:00:55,120
 Thank you so much for giving us a free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

928
01:00:55,220 --> 01:00:56,980
 Baby, obviously a lot to unpack.

929
01:00:57,060 --> 01:01:02,120
 Going to be talking more about the respective super regionals and a host of, if I say, a sundry of topics.

930
01:01:02,600 --> 01:01:05,940
 But before we jump into that, your thoughts for the folks who might have missed it

931
01:01:05,940 --> 01:01:09,540
 and the significance of Nick Saban going to Washington.

932
01:01:09,780 --> 01:01:14,320
 Isn't it interesting that basically what Nick Saban did for the SEC in Alabama

933
01:01:14,320 --> 01:01:17,700
 and what Alabama and the SEC did for Nick Saban.

934
01:01:18,260 --> 01:01:23,460
 Yet, basically, at this point, in this particular game, let's call it what it is.

935
01:01:23,500 --> 01:01:25,240
 It's a political game on both sides.

936
01:01:26,180 --> 01:01:29,720
 And Nick and the SEC disagree, BB.

937
01:01:29,720 --> 01:01:36,540
 Well, Nick, one of the things Nick Saban said in the speech this morning or the presentation was,

938
01:01:36,660 --> 01:01:41,760
 I'm not here for a particular school or a particular conference.

939
01:01:41,760 --> 01:01:44,560
 I'm testifying for the good of the sport.

940
01:01:44,940 --> 01:01:45,240
 Overall.

941
01:01:46,020 --> 01:01:52,420
 And he said something else I wanted to clear up, and he's only said this 20 times in the last three years.

942
01:01:52,680 --> 01:01:55,480
 I am in favor of NIL.

943
01:01:55,960 --> 01:02:05,180
 I have always been in favor of name, image, and likeness because I want the kids to be able to take advantage.

944
01:02:05,660 --> 01:02:08,120
 But he means it in the purest sense.

945
01:02:08,240 --> 01:02:14,980
 He said, what I'm not in favor of is pay for play, which has been going on for years.

946
01:02:15,700 --> 01:02:22,320
 And he also mentioned, literally, just talked about the Debo Sweeney situation,

947
01:02:22,460 --> 01:02:25,200
 the tampering with Ole Miss for the Clemson player.

948
01:02:25,680 --> 01:02:26,760
 He brought that up.

949
01:02:26,760 --> 01:02:35,140
 But he also said, and I thought this was revealing, his first year at NIL, with NIL at Alabama,

950
01:02:35,740 --> 01:02:39,680
 he said our NIL budget was $2.7 million.

951
01:02:40,360 --> 01:02:41,320
 Budget overall.

952
01:02:41,980 --> 01:02:43,520
 The first year overall.

953
01:02:43,660 --> 01:02:47,320
 Then he said it went to $10 million the next year.

954
01:02:47,660 --> 01:02:50,120
 And, of course, he said, then I retired.

955
01:02:50,740 --> 01:02:53,480
 And then the collective moves to $17 million.

956
01:02:54,120 --> 01:02:57,120
 And then last year, it was $24 million.

957
01:02:57,740 --> 01:03:05,400
 And that's one of the biggest issues right now with the revenue cap or the revenue share,

958
01:03:05,580 --> 01:03:09,000
 which is, again, technically $20.5 million.

959
01:03:09,460 --> 01:03:18,080
 A lot of these schools are mad, and they're not willing to agree to the Protect College Sports Act.

960
01:03:18,520 --> 01:03:20,300
 They don't want $20.5 million.

961
01:03:20,740 --> 01:03:22,140
 Harold, they want $50 million.

962
01:03:22,840 --> 01:03:27,560
 And they're not going to be willing to settle for $20.5 million.

963
01:03:28,120 --> 01:03:32,580
 Now, there's a lot to this, as we talked about with Andrea a little bit earlier.

964
01:03:32,580 --> 01:03:34,860
 But that's what the crux of a lot of this is.

965
01:03:35,220 --> 01:03:38,680
 These guys basically just want an unlimited budget for NIL.

966
01:03:39,460 --> 01:03:44,700
 Well, they do as long as you and I and everybody listening right now keeps on turning the couch over

967
01:03:44,700 --> 01:03:46,020
 and giving them that money.

968
01:03:46,100 --> 01:03:50,220
 The point is going to be, and I think this is what Nick's trying to say, use some common sense here.

969
01:03:50,280 --> 01:03:54,660
 At some point, it's just in life and in business, what's it called?

970
01:03:54,720 --> 01:03:55,600
 The Peter Principle.

971
01:03:55,920 --> 01:04:00,620
 You rise to the level of your competency, and you see people who fail because they had a great resume,

972
01:04:00,800 --> 01:04:04,760
 maybe as an assistant coach, but they're not qualified to be a head coach.

973
01:04:04,820 --> 01:04:06,340
 And I think you see it all the time.

974
01:04:06,340 --> 01:04:11,320
 So, I think what Nick is doing is he's saying, look, it's good, and I don't understand where you're coming from,

975
01:04:11,320 --> 01:04:16,660
 but long-term, how much more can we keep going and getting all this money?

976
01:04:16,760 --> 01:04:20,000
 Maybe what they need to do is go down to Auburn and talk to Jason Caldwell.

977
01:04:20,760 --> 01:04:22,840
 He's just got that sound you're hearing in the background.

978
01:04:23,240 --> 01:04:25,380
 That's where Fort Knox gets all their goal.

979
01:04:25,520 --> 01:04:30,660
 When Jason's not busy, they're following Auburn with Auburn Tigers inside the Auburn Tigers.

980
01:04:30,780 --> 01:04:31,700
 JC, welcome in.

981
01:04:31,740 --> 01:04:32,280
 How are you?

982
01:04:33,100 --> 01:04:33,720
 I'm good, guys.

983
01:04:33,780 --> 01:04:34,060
 How about y'all?

984
01:04:34,060 --> 01:04:35,420
 Man, we're doing all right.

985
01:04:35,500 --> 01:04:38,900
 Jason, would you agree that Nick Saban says, life is good?

986
01:04:38,960 --> 01:04:40,420
 He's in Washington testifying.

987
01:04:40,920 --> 01:04:44,940
 As we just alluded to there, Jason, I know he's the former nemesis, but now, in a way,

988
01:04:45,500 --> 01:04:49,520
 I think a lot of Auburn fans are agreeing with, I thought we'd never say this, with Nick Saban,

989
01:04:49,880 --> 01:04:52,880
 there's got to be some guardrails somewhere in this thing called college sports.

990
01:04:54,320 --> 01:04:58,640
 Yeah, I mean, listen, it's just too much.

991
01:04:58,640 --> 01:05:00,840
 I can't listen to the talk because nothing's going to get done.

992
01:05:01,300 --> 01:05:02,440
 I just don't think it is.

993
01:05:02,980 --> 01:05:06,480
 To me, this is just a big waste of time until they're going to have to be employees.

994
01:05:07,560 --> 01:05:08,940
 They're going to have to collect a bargain.

995
01:05:09,080 --> 01:05:13,220
 They're going to have to find a way to do that because when they try to impose something on it,

996
01:05:13,320 --> 01:05:15,060
 somebody's going to go, well, I'm just taking you to court.

997
01:05:15,540 --> 01:05:17,720
 And that's all this has turned into.

998
01:05:17,940 --> 01:05:19,380
 And, well, I don't like it.

999
01:05:19,400 --> 01:05:20,280
 I'm going to take you to court.

1000
01:05:20,840 --> 01:05:22,740
 They win, and nothing changes.

1001
01:05:23,180 --> 01:05:25,140
 So there's a lot of talk.

1002
01:05:25,220 --> 01:05:26,880
 And, look, I like some of the ideas.

1003
01:05:26,980 --> 01:05:30,160
 I love the five for five and the no transfer after two years.

1004
01:05:30,240 --> 01:05:31,200
 I love those things.

1005
01:05:31,900 --> 01:05:33,640
 But the jar is open now.

1006
01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:34,840
 You're not closing it.

1007
01:05:34,980 --> 01:05:37,640
 You're not putting the toothpaste back in the tube.

1008
01:05:38,380 --> 01:05:42,220
 You're going to have to make employees because, listen, I'm all for it.

1009
01:05:42,400 --> 01:05:46,140
 But if I was a college athlete right now, there's no way I would want to change.

1010
01:05:46,500 --> 01:05:46,840
 No.

1011
01:05:47,020 --> 01:05:48,220
 Because they've got it made.

1012
01:05:48,440 --> 01:05:48,800
 Sure.

1013
01:05:49,380 --> 01:05:49,920
 They've got it made.

1014
01:05:49,980 --> 01:05:51,940
 They can go anywhere they want to, anytime they want to.

1015
01:05:52,480 --> 01:05:52,700
 Yeah.

1016
01:05:52,780 --> 01:05:54,160
 And they don't pay bills.

1017
01:05:56,240 --> 01:05:58,660
 They get money on top of scholarship.

1018
01:05:59,360 --> 01:05:59,560
 Yep.

1019
01:05:59,560 --> 01:06:03,340
 I mean, I don't know that people realize that, like, if you're a college football player

1020
01:06:03,340 --> 01:06:09,180
 at Auburn, Alabama, Tennessee, wherever you are, get a full scholarship, whatever NIL money

1021
01:06:09,180 --> 01:06:13,860
 you get, they still buy you meals, you want to massage, they still pay for that.

1022
01:06:14,400 --> 01:06:14,840
 Shoes.

1023
01:06:15,380 --> 01:06:17,580
 Like, shoes, clothing, whatever it is.

1024
01:06:17,940 --> 01:06:21,180
 You got a housing supplement, like, insurance.

1025
01:06:21,740 --> 01:06:23,560
 Like, it is not real life.

1026
01:06:24,100 --> 01:06:24,260
 No.

1027
01:06:24,260 --> 01:06:28,720
 And if they want to, look, there's got to be either, it can't be both of them, and that's

1028
01:06:28,720 --> 01:06:29,460
 what we've got right now.

1029
01:06:30,200 --> 01:06:31,180
 Hopefully it'll change.

1030
01:06:31,360 --> 01:06:34,980
 I just don't think that anything anybody says in Washington, D.C. right now is going to

1031
01:06:34,980 --> 01:06:35,180
 matter.

1032
01:06:35,740 --> 01:06:35,940
 Amen.

1033
01:06:36,160 --> 01:06:40,200
 It's also true that those guys also get first choice of dates on campus.

1034
01:06:40,380 --> 01:06:45,080
 I haven't confirmed that yet, Jason, but if you can look into that, maybe get back with

1035
01:06:45,080 --> 01:06:45,220
 us.

1036
01:06:45,400 --> 01:06:49,800
 But one thing we do know, this Auburn baseball team, do they love drama or what?

1037
01:06:49,940 --> 01:06:53,780
 Was this all part of the script, Jason, taking this road to get to the Super Regionals?

1038
01:06:54,260 --> 01:06:54,660
 Yeah.

1039
01:06:54,720 --> 01:06:56,140
 I don't think it was part of the script.

1040
01:06:56,220 --> 01:06:56,400
 Right.

1041
01:06:56,880 --> 01:07:03,000
 Well, you know, I tried to explain to people, like, everybody has a football mentality.

1042
01:07:03,760 --> 01:07:04,160
 That's it.

1043
01:07:04,500 --> 01:07:11,520
 A four seed in a 64-team football bracket is not going to be the one seed.

1044
01:07:11,980 --> 01:07:12,560
 It's not going to happen.

1045
01:07:13,340 --> 01:07:14,380
 But in baseball, it can happen.

1046
01:07:14,400 --> 01:07:14,700
 That's right.

1047
01:07:15,560 --> 01:07:16,560
 And we just saw it.

1048
01:07:16,640 --> 01:07:17,560
 It happened twice.

1049
01:07:17,680 --> 01:07:18,960
 Alabama gets to face St. John.

1050
01:07:20,320 --> 01:07:24,760
 You know, you look at Little Rock winning in Hattiesburg, like, it can happen in baseball.

1051
01:07:25,360 --> 01:07:27,080
 It's starting to happen a little bit more in basketball.

1052
01:07:27,380 --> 01:07:28,780
 We never thought that was going to happen.

1053
01:07:29,060 --> 01:07:29,960
 It's not happening in football.

1054
01:07:30,280 --> 01:07:30,900
 Still not happening.

1055
01:07:32,160 --> 01:07:36,800
 And so you look at it and you go, man, you run into a hot team, they jump on you early

1056
01:07:36,800 --> 01:07:37,920
 and get momentum.

1057
01:07:37,920 --> 01:07:44,680
 And the thing about baseball that's so different, because if that was a one-game scenario where

1058
01:07:44,680 --> 01:07:49,840
 you lose and you're out, then you would have thrown every pitcher you had to avoid

1059
01:07:49,840 --> 01:07:50,620
 losing that game.

1060
01:07:50,740 --> 01:07:52,440
 And it probably doesn't get to that score.

1061
01:07:53,480 --> 01:07:58,180
 But when you know it's double elimination, you go, look, you can't burn all your bullets

1062
01:07:58,180 --> 01:07:59,840
 knowing that you've still got to win four games.

1063
01:08:00,040 --> 01:08:01,340
 And that's what happens sometimes.

1064
01:08:01,880 --> 01:08:06,280
 And hey, to Auburn's credit, they made the right call, they made the right moves, and it

1065
01:08:06,280 --> 01:08:07,140
 got them to the finish line.

1066
01:08:07,480 --> 01:08:11,880
 J.C., speaking of talking, I don't know if anything will ever get done about this.

1067
01:08:11,960 --> 01:08:13,960
 This is not the first year we've done this.

1068
01:08:14,620 --> 01:08:20,920
 But a game begins at 10-10, instead of going over the next day.

1069
01:08:21,420 --> 01:08:21,960
 You've got pitchers.

1070
01:08:22,680 --> 01:08:26,020
 Butch Thompson was not happy about a lot of this.

1071
01:08:26,120 --> 01:08:28,880
 He has criticized the regional format.

1072
01:08:29,680 --> 01:08:35,680
 As he put in a quote, the regional format is really concerning me if we're talking about

1073
01:08:35,680 --> 01:08:37,800
 what's best for the student athletes.

1074
01:08:38,080 --> 01:08:43,540
 Again, you're starting games past 10 o'clock, and then one of Auburn's pitchers, Ryan Hetzler,

1075
01:08:44,120 --> 01:08:48,720
 pitched the final three innings of the Auburn 9-3 win over Central Florida, and then comes

1076
01:08:48,720 --> 01:08:50,800
 back to pitch again against Milwaukee.

1077
01:08:51,580 --> 01:08:53,640
 And listen, he's not the only coach.

1078
01:08:54,620 --> 01:08:57,960
 I think the Texas coach went off on this a little bit, too.

1079
01:08:58,420 --> 01:09:01,660
 J.C., what is the answer long-term for this?

1080
01:09:02,400 --> 01:09:07,160
 Yeah, the answer would, in my opinion, which has talked about for years, look, all season

1081
01:09:07,160 --> 01:09:11,200
 long, baseball is a series sport where it's best two out of three.

1082
01:09:11,860 --> 01:09:13,120
 That's how you play the game.

1083
01:09:14,060 --> 01:09:16,100
 And then you get to postseason, and it changes.

1084
01:09:16,340 --> 01:09:20,040
 And it kind of reminds me a little bit of golf, watching, you know, like Auburn has been

1085
01:09:20,040 --> 01:09:21,680
 the best team in the country all year long.

1086
01:09:21,680 --> 01:09:26,620
 And they win stroke play, but yet you've got to survive match play, which you do twice

1087
01:09:26,620 --> 01:09:26,980
 a year.

1088
01:09:27,740 --> 01:09:30,740
 So the rules change, and it's the same thing in baseball.

1089
01:09:30,940 --> 01:09:32,040
 You go like, well, it's different.

1090
01:09:32,580 --> 01:09:36,920
 You get the NCAA tournament and a single elimination, and they use ABS, and then you get the NCAA tournament

1091
01:09:36,920 --> 01:09:37,900
 and it's double elimination.

1092
01:09:38,620 --> 01:09:40,820
 Now you get back to a series and a super regional.

1093
01:09:42,120 --> 01:09:43,340
 It's every bit of it.

1094
01:09:44,300 --> 01:09:50,240
 And look, there's common sense has to play out at some point, and that's not the NCAA strong

1095
01:09:50,240 --> 01:09:52,960
 suits to use common sense.

1096
01:09:53,240 --> 01:09:59,760
 And look, I know brackets are involved, but, you know, one side of this bracket now, super

1097
01:09:59,760 --> 01:10:02,960
 regionals start Friday.

1098
01:10:03,640 --> 01:10:07,840
 And in every one of these super regionals, you had at least one of the teams that played

1099
01:10:07,840 --> 01:10:08,620
 on Monday night.

1100
01:10:09,420 --> 01:10:15,540
 On the other side of this bracket, you have two of the entire super regionals that neither

1101
01:10:15,540 --> 01:10:17,280
 team played on Monday.

1102
01:10:17,480 --> 01:10:19,800
 They finished on Sunday, and they don't start until Saturday.

1103
01:10:20,920 --> 01:10:24,220
 Like, because some later common sense goes, you know what, hey, let's just flip those

1104
01:10:24,220 --> 01:10:29,020
 brackets to try to help as many teams as possible be at full strength.

1105
01:10:29,980 --> 01:10:31,000
 But that doesn't happen.

1106
01:10:31,760 --> 01:10:33,600
 And so, hey, we know why.

1107
01:10:34,080 --> 01:10:35,600
 TV controls everything.

1108
01:10:36,320 --> 01:10:38,160
 And that's what we saw this past weekend.

1109
01:10:38,340 --> 01:10:39,180
 They moved games.

1110
01:10:39,820 --> 01:10:42,100
 Well, we're going to wait on this one because we're supposed to play it.

1111
01:10:42,260 --> 01:10:45,320
 You know, Auburn originally, it might have worked out to their benefit.

1112
01:10:45,960 --> 01:10:49,260
 Originally, Auburn said, hey, we want a night game.

1113
01:10:49,520 --> 01:10:51,160
 And TV said, no, well, we want to watch.

1114
01:10:51,640 --> 01:10:54,160
 We want to put NC State UCF on TV, so you're playing at noon.

1115
01:10:54,960 --> 01:10:59,240
 So, Auburn hosted a regional and did not get to say when they wanted to play a game.

1116
01:10:59,620 --> 01:11:00,820
 So, that's where it started.

1117
01:11:01,000 --> 01:11:05,260
 And it just continued from there with, we had, you know, a three- or four-hour cloud delay.

1118
01:11:06,940 --> 01:11:12,400
 Auburn had, you know, six delays that went on and probably a total of 30 minutes of rain.

1119
01:11:12,400 --> 01:11:13,240
 So, wow.

1120
01:11:14,640 --> 01:11:16,700
 That's another rule that might want to be looked at.

1121
01:11:16,780 --> 01:11:18,140
 It's called common sense.

1122
01:11:18,360 --> 01:11:20,480
 Jason Caldwell inside the Auburn Tigers.

1123
01:11:21,100 --> 01:11:23,520
 Whatever the road is, they are there.

1124
01:11:23,700 --> 01:11:29,340
 Everybody right now is the master of their own destinies in the super regionals, including Auburn,

1125
01:11:29,460 --> 01:11:35,120
 taking on, ironically, a team that knows Auburn and a team that Auburn knows as well.

1126
01:11:35,240 --> 01:11:39,680
 Your thoughts, Jason, where do you start breaking it down, the Tigers and the Rebels?

1127
01:11:40,420 --> 01:11:44,920
 Yeah, and, you know, it's crazy that, you know, they're in the same league and didn't play this year.

1128
01:11:45,160 --> 01:11:46,200
 Didn't see each other one time.

1129
01:11:47,700 --> 01:11:49,140
 But they know each other really well.

1130
01:11:49,600 --> 01:11:52,220
 These guys have competed against each other as head coaches for years.

1131
01:11:52,400 --> 01:11:54,980
 And you watch other teams all through the season.

1132
01:11:55,700 --> 01:11:59,580
 So, you know, you've seen Ole Miss pitch, you've seen Ole Miss hit.

1133
01:11:59,800 --> 01:12:02,500
 And so, for them, Ole Miss will be the same thing.

1134
01:12:02,540 --> 01:12:05,260
 They've seen Auburn because of the other teams they scouted.

1135
01:12:06,260 --> 01:12:10,060
 Look, there's a lot of familiarity when you look at Ole Miss.

1136
01:12:10,200 --> 01:12:12,420
 I mean, they've got a bunch of guys back that have played a lot of baseball there.

1137
01:12:12,500 --> 01:12:12,960
 Hunter Elliott.

1138
01:12:13,720 --> 01:12:16,080
 So, like I said, it feels like he's been pitching since 2010.

1139
01:12:16,480 --> 01:12:18,720
 And I know you say that a lot about a lot of guys in a lot of sports.

1140
01:12:18,860 --> 01:12:19,800
 It's been there a long time.

1141
01:12:20,020 --> 01:12:20,080
 Yeah.

1142
01:12:20,980 --> 01:12:25,060
 But then they're a wait-for-the-three-run home run offense.

1143
01:12:25,460 --> 01:12:26,520
 That's what they do in baseball.

1144
01:12:26,880 --> 01:12:27,640
 It's old school.

1145
01:12:28,640 --> 01:12:30,760
 They don't hit for a lot of average strikeout a bunch.

1146
01:12:31,360 --> 01:12:33,600
 But they've got two guys with 20-plus home runs.

1147
01:12:33,740 --> 01:12:36,480
 And that's what they want to do is swing the bat and get the big home run.

1148
01:12:36,640 --> 01:12:39,340
 So, you know what you're up against this weekend.

1149
01:12:39,460 --> 01:12:41,220
 Really talented, big, physical roster.

1150
01:12:42,080 --> 01:12:42,280
 Yeah.

1151
01:12:42,540 --> 01:12:42,740
 Yeah.

1152
01:12:43,340 --> 01:12:45,680
 Their pitching is pretty good, too.

1153
01:12:45,800 --> 01:12:47,360
 In fact, you had a very good preview.

1154
01:12:47,360 --> 01:12:53,840
 I certainly recommend our audience looking at the Auburn Ole Miss Super Regional preview.

1155
01:12:54,160 --> 01:12:56,860
 There are a lot of things about them that don't stand out.

1156
01:12:56,980 --> 01:13:03,020
 One thing that does, I think these are two of the best coaches in the country, certainly in the SEC.

1157
01:13:03,880 --> 01:13:07,520
 And as you mentioned, Ole Miss really sparkles in pitching.

1158
01:13:08,660 --> 01:13:11,080
 That they've got some guys who are really good.

1159
01:13:11,460 --> 01:13:13,000
 Listen, you know this league well.

1160
01:13:13,000 --> 01:13:19,160
 There are so many SEC teams in Super Regionals that four of them have got to play each other.

1161
01:13:19,480 --> 01:13:21,680
 Ole Miss at Auburn, Mississippi State at Georgia.

1162
01:13:22,420 --> 01:13:29,900
 And what we talked with our guests about this this week, a lot of them think 4-7 advance to the World Series.

1163
01:13:30,200 --> 01:13:33,620
 JC, how many of the seven teams advance, in your opinion?

1164
01:13:34,640 --> 01:13:34,880
 Yeah.

1165
01:13:34,960 --> 01:13:36,060
 Well, like I said, we know two.

1166
01:13:36,400 --> 01:13:37,500
 So that's right out of the gate.

1167
01:13:37,580 --> 01:13:38,400
 You know at least two of them.

1168
01:13:38,400 --> 01:13:44,440
 And so from those series, I mean, like, look, Alabama, St. John's is hot.

1169
01:13:45,000 --> 01:13:49,340
 But you would think Alabama would be a heavy prohibitive favorite against St. John's.

1170
01:13:49,460 --> 01:13:53,020
 I looked, and St. John's has two quad one wins this year.

1171
01:13:53,860 --> 01:13:55,740
 Both of them came last weekend against Florida State.

1172
01:13:55,980 --> 01:13:58,140
 That's the first quad one game they've won this season.

1173
01:13:58,500 --> 01:14:02,340
 So you would think for Alabama that's a huge advantage for them coming into this one.

1174
01:14:03,100 --> 01:14:04,360
 Texas-Oregon is interesting.

1175
01:14:05,620 --> 01:14:06,880
 Oregon's a talented team.

1176
01:14:06,880 --> 01:14:07,980
 They've got some pretty good pitching.

1177
01:14:08,200 --> 01:14:15,280
 But this Texas team, if you get Ruger-Riojas back healthy, they were the best team, I thought, top to bottom, that I saw this year.

1178
01:14:16,100 --> 01:14:17,840
 I thought Georgia was right there with them.

1179
01:14:17,920 --> 01:14:20,200
 I thought Texas' pitching separated them a little bit more.

1180
01:14:21,360 --> 01:14:24,260
 So I think you've got to like Texas' opportunity there.

1181
01:14:25,100 --> 01:14:27,220
 Oklahoma has – they're just gritty.

1182
01:14:27,480 --> 01:14:27,600
 Yeah.

1183
01:14:27,960 --> 01:14:33,200
 And, look, they've been there a couple years ago and played for a national championship a couple years ago.

1184
01:14:33,840 --> 01:14:37,740
 So I think you've got to feel good about them going to Kansas as well.

1185
01:14:37,880 --> 01:14:43,600
 So I think you can look up easily and see, you know, five teams in Omaha after this is over with.

1186
01:14:44,460 --> 01:14:48,720
 If you can go to Georgia Tech and knock off that team on the home diamond, you're a pretty doggone good team.

1187
01:14:48,840 --> 01:14:50,700
 Jason Caldwell inside the Auburn Tigers.

1188
01:14:50,820 --> 01:14:53,540
 Jason, yeah, baseball is good.

1189
01:14:53,880 --> 01:14:56,300
 Everything else is good, but it's always recruiting season.

1190
01:14:56,440 --> 01:15:01,980
 Jason, what kind of grade would you give this staff here on, what is it, June 3rd in their first cycle?

1191
01:15:02,940 --> 01:15:09,620
 Yeah, you've got to go probably pretty heavy B-plus or so right now for them with what they've done and get numbers.

1192
01:15:10,640 --> 01:15:12,740
 Look at getting some talented guys.

1193
01:15:13,040 --> 01:15:18,680
 Look, you can see the plan, which has been kind of a complaint for years.

1194
01:15:18,680 --> 01:15:22,860
 It's just like, is there a plan, or are you just signing top-rated guys and then trying to figure it out?

1195
01:15:23,460 --> 01:15:24,280
 I think you can see a plan.

1196
01:15:24,360 --> 01:15:27,200
 They want to run the football, go out and get two four-star running backs.

1197
01:15:28,100 --> 01:15:31,660
 They've recruited the offensive line since they got here in December.

1198
01:15:32,080 --> 01:15:34,940
 They've made offensive a lot of priority, so they've added a couple of those guys.

1199
01:15:35,520 --> 01:15:36,960
 And then long athletic guys on defense.

1200
01:15:38,300 --> 01:15:39,580
 That is it.

1201
01:15:39,620 --> 01:15:40,560
 You can see a plan.

1202
01:15:41,140 --> 01:15:47,280
 Even a quarterback, you look and go, he's not the highest-rated guy, but he's a guy that looks like it fits exactly what they want to do on offense.

1203
01:15:47,280 --> 01:15:47,540
 The system.

1204
01:15:48,560 --> 01:15:50,580
 And so I like it so far.

1205
01:15:51,520 --> 01:15:52,440
 Can you finish out?

1206
01:15:52,520 --> 01:15:54,160
 Can you continue to add guys on the line of scrimmage?

1207
01:15:54,200 --> 01:15:54,920
 I think that's the goal.

1208
01:15:55,000 --> 01:16:00,340
 But I think so far, you look at it, and you've got to like the pieces that they put together to this point.

1209
01:16:00,860 --> 01:16:06,420
 J.C., we've talked with a lot of our Auburn guests the last couple of months and have asked them.

1210
01:16:07,260 --> 01:16:13,740
 Again, you're limited with what you can see in practice, and certainly you can interview players and assist the coaches.

1211
01:16:14,060 --> 01:16:19,540
 But we keep hearing accountability, a plan.

1212
01:16:19,760 --> 01:16:20,900
 They know what they're doing.

1213
01:16:21,060 --> 01:16:21,860
 You mentioned this.

1214
01:16:22,460 --> 01:16:25,840
 Gullich came in from day one and said, look, we're going to run the heck out of the ball.

1215
01:16:26,400 --> 01:16:30,640
 I think everybody realized that if Auburn would have done that the last two or three years,

1216
01:16:30,640 --> 01:16:33,240
 they probably would have had a much better record.

1217
01:16:33,780 --> 01:16:39,620
 Your observations on Gullich, interviews on the practice field, what do you see?

1218
01:16:40,400 --> 01:16:43,900
 Yeah, I think it's just straightforward, kind of no-nonsense guy.

1219
01:16:44,900 --> 01:16:46,400
 It kind of feels like that's a good fit.

1220
01:16:46,640 --> 01:16:47,620
 Like I said, you never know.

1221
01:16:48,300 --> 01:16:51,160
 You never know what will happen and how things will work out.

1222
01:16:51,540 --> 01:16:56,620
 But it feels like an old-school, like 80s fit when you start talking about what he's doing.

1223
01:16:56,760 --> 01:16:57,860
 We're talking about it.

1224
01:16:58,300 --> 01:17:06,720
 But, like, I would say, except for probably 1997 that made it to the SEC championship game because of Damian Craig,

1225
01:17:07,220 --> 01:17:12,500
 Damian Craig, every Auburn football team that's been successful has done it when they run the football play defense.

1226
01:17:12,620 --> 01:17:16,140
 That has been the recipe at Auburn.

1227
01:17:16,540 --> 01:17:17,360
 And you've got to throw it.

1228
01:17:17,520 --> 01:17:19,200
 And you've got to be able to do those things in a passing game.

1229
01:17:19,920 --> 01:17:22,280
 But I think you look and go, what's been the recipe?

1230
01:17:22,440 --> 01:17:24,820
 And it's been running the football, being physical, being tough.

1231
01:17:25,720 --> 01:17:27,220
 That feels like what he wants to be.

1232
01:17:27,380 --> 01:17:31,160
 And so I think that's been the messaging so far is, look, here's who we are.

1233
01:17:31,440 --> 01:17:32,140
 This is who you've got to be.

1234
01:17:33,520 --> 01:17:34,940
 And that's enough.

1235
01:17:35,420 --> 01:17:36,220
 I think that's the thing.

1236
01:17:36,360 --> 01:17:37,560
 Like, hey, just be that guy.

1237
01:17:38,100 --> 01:17:39,080
 You're just talking about it.

1238
01:17:39,200 --> 01:17:43,600
 Look, even with the numbers and what they've said and the lack of what they've done,

1239
01:17:44,300 --> 01:17:48,060
 I think it's six or seven losses by less than a touchdown the last few years.

1240
01:17:48,540 --> 01:17:50,520
 And you go, just three of those games.

1241
01:17:51,160 --> 01:17:55,360
 Just go take three more wins the last two years and how different it might feel.

1242
01:17:55,720 --> 01:17:56,860
 So can you do that?

1243
01:17:56,920 --> 01:17:58,380
 Can you go find a way to win close games?

1244
01:17:58,500 --> 01:18:00,420
 And I think that starts with being able to run it.

1245
01:18:00,900 --> 01:18:03,640
 And when you get down to the red zone, finish with touchdowns.

1246
01:18:03,640 --> 01:18:05,500
 You do those things, and normally it's going to help you out.

1247
01:18:06,160 --> 01:18:06,560
 Absolutely.

1248
01:18:06,880 --> 01:18:08,420
 Listen, great to catch up with you.

1249
01:18:08,540 --> 01:18:11,140
 I know you've been shoulder deep in baseball.

1250
01:18:11,860 --> 01:18:12,800
 Great coverage.

1251
01:18:13,600 --> 01:18:16,500
 Preview of the Auburn-Ole Miss game recruiting.

1252
01:18:17,260 --> 01:18:19,560
 Nathan Keene does a pretty good job, too.

1253
01:18:20,140 --> 01:18:22,680
 J.C., where can we get on line to get all the teams?

1254
01:18:22,880 --> 01:18:23,500
 Good stuff.

1255
01:18:24,040 --> 01:18:27,700
 Yeah, check us out at auburnundercover.com, part of the 24-7 network.

1256
01:18:28,420 --> 01:18:31,740
 Yeah, and also got a golf team, one for the National Championship this afternoon as well.

1257
01:18:31,840 --> 01:18:33,980
 Chris Clemente's been all over that and doing recruiting.

1258
01:18:34,260 --> 01:18:35,520
 So, a busy time.

1259
01:18:35,660 --> 01:18:37,760
 So, come find us there at auburnundercover.com.

1260
01:18:38,260 --> 01:18:41,400
 And tell James Spann to keep the disguise dry this weekend, okay?

1261
01:18:42,160 --> 01:18:42,940
 Yeah, absolutely.

1262
01:18:44,000 --> 01:18:45,180
 Thank you so much, Jason.

1263
01:18:45,580 --> 01:18:47,920
 Jason Caldwell coming in, talking to the Auburn Tigers.

1264
01:18:48,040 --> 01:18:53,220
 Coming up, what was so long in making the decision for Alabama's top-shot quarterback?

1265
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 College baseball Super Regionals getting underway this weekend.

1332
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 The Detroit Trojans will host Little Rock with game number one set for Friday evening.

1333
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 Auburn will play at home this weekend.

1334
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1335
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1336
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1337
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1338
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1339
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1340
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1341
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 The Braves had six hits in the win.

1342
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1373
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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1374
01:24:10,500 --> 01:24:12,580
 Welcome back to the Ant-Pop Quiz time, Brett Beer.

1375
01:24:12,680 --> 01:24:15,560
 When I say the name Elijah Havens, what comes to mind?

1376
01:24:15,700 --> 01:24:18,920
 Well, he's a very talented five-star quarterback.

1377
01:24:19,260 --> 01:24:21,840
 And where you're referring to as we went to the break,

1378
01:24:21,960 --> 01:24:25,460
 his decision to go to the University of Alabama.

1379
01:24:25,940 --> 01:24:27,200
 You listen well, my friend.

1380
01:24:27,240 --> 01:24:28,660
 I don't care what the ladies say about you.

1381
01:24:28,860 --> 01:24:32,380
 A lot of folks said early on, he was high on Alabama.

1382
01:24:32,620 --> 01:24:36,200
 So fans being fans, if you're that high on Alabama,

1383
01:24:37,040 --> 01:24:39,000
 why don't you just go ahead and pull the trigger?

1384
01:24:39,200 --> 01:24:42,880
 Well, one word, BB, of all the things we've heard over the years

1385
01:24:42,880 --> 01:24:46,160
 of what factored into a decision, spreadsheet.

1386
01:24:46,760 --> 01:24:47,700
 Stay with me, okay?

1387
01:24:47,860 --> 01:24:49,020
 His name is Kwame.

1388
01:24:49,360 --> 01:24:51,260
 He broke out the spreadsheet.

1389
01:24:51,560 --> 01:24:55,820
 And on that spreadsheet, he basically broke out the pros and cons.

1390
01:24:55,960 --> 01:24:59,540
 He's a five-star quarterback, probably the best in the entire country

1391
01:24:59,540 --> 01:25:01,000
 on the board out of high school.

1392
01:25:01,220 --> 01:25:03,440
 So, in other words, he had his pick and choice.

1393
01:25:03,580 --> 01:25:07,260
 But every time they took a visit, they came back and did the pros and cons,

1394
01:25:07,340 --> 01:25:12,200
 talking about the obvious, everything from the style of play, the dorms,

1395
01:25:12,260 --> 01:25:14,240
 everything that you could possibly throw in there.

1396
01:25:14,300 --> 01:25:15,240
 And they put it in a spreadsheet.

1397
01:25:15,640 --> 01:25:19,980
 And then they threw everything in the blender and took the teams

1398
01:25:19,980 --> 01:25:21,200
 that are still in the running.

1399
01:25:21,300 --> 01:25:24,000
 They started by eliminating teams that were not in the running.

1400
01:25:24,120 --> 01:25:28,620
 Now, also, at the end of the day, it was Auburn, Georgia,

1401
01:25:29,200 --> 01:25:31,920
 and Alabama was in the running as well.

1402
01:25:32,040 --> 01:25:33,020
 Florida, I think, was in there.

1403
01:25:33,120 --> 01:25:35,820
 The team that was not in there, ironically, was LSU.

1404
01:25:36,300 --> 01:25:40,020
 That's ironic because he's from LSU, if you will, Baton Rouge.

1405
01:25:40,160 --> 01:25:41,720
 But really and truly, they were never in it.

1406
01:25:42,120 --> 01:25:43,860
 But the second thing that came into play,

1407
01:25:43,860 --> 01:25:46,840
 you've got to believe that, yeah, they're going to take into consideration

1408
01:25:46,840 --> 01:25:48,180
 all the things we just mentioned.

1409
01:25:48,400 --> 01:25:51,260
 But the other thing that kind of rocked the boat a little bit was

1410
01:25:51,260 --> 01:25:54,160
 they had formed relationships with some of the assistant coaches

1411
01:25:54,160 --> 01:25:55,600
 and some of those coaches left.

1412
01:25:56,000 --> 01:25:57,860
 That caught the attention of the family.

1413
01:25:58,000 --> 01:25:59,460
 Are we comfortable with this?

1414
01:25:59,940 --> 01:26:03,220
 And to Kevin DeBoer's credit and whomever else he hired,

1415
01:26:03,600 --> 01:26:06,660
 they were able to sit down and quieten those fears with the family.

1416
01:26:07,080 --> 01:26:10,140
 So, after they did all of that, they went back to the spreadsheet

1417
01:26:10,140 --> 01:26:12,960
 and said, oh, spreadsheet, tell us what to do.

1418
01:26:13,460 --> 01:26:14,700
 And they said, roll tide, baby.

1419
01:26:14,700 --> 01:26:16,980
 Well, that's an interesting way to do that.

1420
01:26:17,100 --> 01:26:19,940
 I've been, when I have a decision to make, Harold,

1421
01:26:20,380 --> 01:26:24,840
 sometimes I just pull out a legal pad and write pros and cons

1422
01:26:24,840 --> 01:26:27,640
 on the legal pad and just write down

1423
01:26:27,640 --> 01:26:30,640
 and figure out which one is best for that.

1424
01:26:31,020 --> 01:26:32,560
 And you mentioned losing coaches.

1425
01:26:32,760 --> 01:26:38,340
 Coach Kalp was the, Kampalik was the offensive line coach for Alabama.

1426
01:26:38,720 --> 01:26:42,840
 Now, again, I've heard this from several sources.

1427
01:26:43,480 --> 01:26:48,060
 He was an ace recruiter, but as far as developing offensive linemen

1428
01:26:48,060 --> 01:26:51,540
 and in the course of the game, it left a little bit to the imagination,

1429
01:26:51,940 --> 01:26:55,020
 which is the reason why he's now coaching at Auburn.

1430
01:26:55,880 --> 01:27:00,120
 And, again, the Alabama staff had to go back and not so much repair,

1431
01:27:00,820 --> 01:27:04,540
 but develop relationships with Coach Clem.

1432
01:27:04,940 --> 01:27:08,300
 Now, I think he's come in and won a lot of these guys over with.

1433
01:27:08,640 --> 01:27:11,120
 And I'll tell you something else you and I talk about a lot.

1434
01:27:11,580 --> 01:27:15,140
 You better get mama and grandmama on your side.

1435
01:27:15,700 --> 01:27:19,240
 If you do that, that's about 50% of the battle sometimes.

1436
01:27:19,520 --> 01:27:21,080
 You need to clarify something.

1437
01:27:21,240 --> 01:27:23,720
 If I understood you right, you said when you have a decision to make,

1438
01:27:23,720 --> 01:27:26,380
 you break out your legal pad, do pros and cons.

1439
01:27:26,980 --> 01:27:29,080
 Brett, we all, come on, man, be square with us.

1440
01:27:29,200 --> 01:27:30,220
 You just ask your wife.

1441
01:27:30,400 --> 01:27:31,020
 Come on, man.

1442
01:27:31,100 --> 01:27:33,120
 I mean, just square with us, okay?

1443
01:27:33,140 --> 01:27:34,520
 That's a manly answer, Harold.

1444
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 Just do well.

1445
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 You can save money by going to Home Depot.

1446
01:27:39,240 --> 01:27:41,940
 Don't put any more bushing in that legal pad business.

1447
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 Just go ahead and do what the rest of us guys do,

1448
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 and that is consult the boss of the ranch.

1449
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 Coming up, we've got more with you.

1450
01:27:49,060 --> 01:27:50,480
 Drew DeArma is going to be on board.

1451
01:27:50,580 --> 01:27:52,940
 The latest, what a week for Alabama baseball.

1452
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 Softball and, of course, basketball with the news about Holloway.

1453
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 Double D is going to be talking about that.

1454
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 But first, we're going to be talking about the very latest place called the French Open.

1455
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 That's all straight ahead.

1456
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 You're on 93.9, the score.

1457
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 Westwood One Sports presents this special tennis update.

1458
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 World number one, Irina Sabalenka, is out at the French Open.

1459
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 A stunning three-set loss to Deanna Schneider in the quarterfinals.

1460
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 Schneider was down 4-1 in the second set, then won 12 of the final 13 games,

1461
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 and she's in her first Grand Slam semifinal.

1462
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 For sure, super happy.

1463
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 You know, overall, I feel like I'm still, like, in the process of the emotions and everything, you know.

1464
01:28:40,200 --> 01:28:45,500
 It was a tough match, and I'm just super happy and super proud of myself,

1465
01:28:45,640 --> 01:28:49,540
 the way I handled the emotions and the conditions today.

1466
01:28:50,100 --> 01:28:52,860
 Yeah, just the fight that I put in and the work.

1467
01:28:53,760 --> 01:28:56,500
 Schneider will face Polish qualifier Maja Walinska,

1468
01:28:56,600 --> 01:29:01,180
 the 114th player in the world who has won eight straight matches at Roland Garros

1469
01:29:01,180 --> 01:29:03,680
 to get to her first Grand Slam semifinal.

1470
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 With this tennis update, I'm Brad Heller, Westwood One Sports.

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 Each day, we'll highlight different aspects of our business like training, matches, memberships, optics, suppressors, gun sales, ammos, accessories, and more.

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 The Score.

1542
01:33:31,400 --> 01:33:36,180
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1543
01:33:36,520 --> 01:33:37,100
 Welcome back, Ken.

1544
01:33:37,140 --> 01:33:39,500
 Really appreciate free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

1545
01:33:39,500 --> 01:33:41,900
 And, B.B., let's go ahead and give a tip of the stats.

1546
01:33:42,000 --> 01:33:47,020
 And, obviously, this is, I think most would agree, maybe you'll disagree, a football state.

1547
01:33:47,380 --> 01:33:49,060
 But what a state month.

1548
01:33:49,480 --> 01:33:53,080
 For the baseball teams across this great state.

1549
01:33:53,520 --> 01:33:55,620
 Alabama, Auburn, and Troy.

1550
01:33:56,400 --> 01:33:58,140
 And what a run for Jack State.

1551
01:33:58,220 --> 01:34:01,980
 Do people give enough credit to the respective baseball teams in the state?

1552
01:34:02,800 --> 01:34:05,060
 In fact, Harold, I mentioned that a couple of times.

1553
01:34:05,160 --> 01:34:06,980
 In fact, D2 has joined us.

1554
01:34:07,760 --> 01:34:10,560
 The state of Alabama has got three teams.

1555
01:34:10,980 --> 01:34:12,300
 California has got two.

1556
01:34:13,300 --> 01:34:14,420
 Mississippi's got two.

1557
01:34:14,420 --> 01:34:16,880
 But, Jack State had a tremendous year.

1558
01:34:16,980 --> 01:34:21,740
 In fact, they beat Auburn twice and nearly got into a super regional themselves.

1559
01:34:22,240 --> 01:34:28,720
 But, no, it's incredible to have Alabama, Auburn, and Troy, three teams from the state in the super regionals.

1560
01:34:28,840 --> 01:34:30,620
 I wish you hadn't said that about California.

1561
01:34:30,620 --> 01:34:32,600
 They go to Washington and cry and complain.

1562
01:34:32,600 --> 01:34:34,160
 Yeah, they can top Alabama now.

1563
01:34:34,240 --> 01:34:37,580
 So, thanks a lot, B.B., for giving California that fodder there.

1564
01:34:37,660 --> 01:34:38,880
 And, thanks to Double D.

1565
01:34:39,340 --> 01:34:40,520
 Drew DeArmond is going to be with us.

1566
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 He's host, Talking Ball, and Hustle's 97.7 FM The Zone.

1567
01:34:43,460 --> 01:34:44,200
 Drew, welcome in.

1568
01:34:44,240 --> 01:34:44,940
 How are you?

1569
01:34:45,520 --> 01:34:46,420
 I'm good, guys.

1570
01:34:46,520 --> 01:34:50,060
 And let's not forget, all three of them are hosting super regional.

1571
01:34:50,500 --> 01:34:56,160
 And, you know, it was nearly Troy versus Jack State, which would have been something to see.

1572
01:34:56,300 --> 01:34:57,340
 I have no doubt about it.

1573
01:34:57,860 --> 01:35:02,500
 And, unfortunately for Jack State, they were so good that Steve Beezer is now the head coach at Grand Canyon.

1574
01:35:02,840 --> 01:35:05,540
 But, you know, they're going to have to find a new head coach.

1575
01:35:05,640 --> 01:35:06,840
 But they had a tremendous year.

1576
01:35:06,940 --> 01:35:08,380
 They beat Auburn twice, as you said.

1577
01:35:08,740 --> 01:35:11,040
 And Alabama only beat them by one run twice.

1578
01:35:11,440 --> 01:35:13,940
 So, they had a really good ball club, no doubt.

1579
01:35:13,940 --> 01:35:15,480
 As a matter of fact, I thought they were under-seeded.

1580
01:35:15,600 --> 01:35:18,440
 I thought they deserved the two instead of a three-team.

1581
01:35:19,560 --> 01:35:24,000
 The thing about it, Drew, that very point right there, talking about teams like Troy.

1582
01:35:24,160 --> 01:35:26,400
 And Troy's going to be taking on a hyphenated team.

1583
01:35:26,980 --> 01:35:28,080
 Arkansas, Little Rock.

1584
01:35:28,160 --> 01:35:29,280
 We can go up and down the list.

1585
01:35:29,880 --> 01:35:34,120
 The things you see in college baseball in the postseason, I don't think we'll ever see in football.

1586
01:35:34,500 --> 01:35:38,740
 Maybe once in a blue moon, one of those guys will sneak in there and get this deep into it.

1587
01:35:39,080 --> 01:35:41,780
 Which is another way of saying, Drew, your thoughts about Alabama.

1588
01:35:41,900 --> 01:35:44,300
 We saw Auburn over the past weekend.

1589
01:35:44,500 --> 01:35:46,680
 They saw Milwaukee and said, we're playing at home.

1590
01:35:46,780 --> 01:35:47,900
 We've got a good pitching staff.

1591
01:35:48,220 --> 01:35:49,760
 And boom, we saw what happened.

1592
01:35:50,180 --> 01:35:51,820
 Up against the ball and they came back.

1593
01:35:52,240 --> 01:35:55,780
 Your thoughts about Alabama getting ready to take on St. John's.

1594
01:35:55,780 --> 01:36:01,840
 Let's face it, not exactly a household word, but they did knock off Florida State at Florida State.

1595
01:36:02,600 --> 01:36:06,800
 No, well, you know, they beat them twice and they went through that regional undefeated.

1596
01:36:06,920 --> 01:36:08,460
 You've got to give St. John's a lot of credit.

1597
01:36:09,320 --> 01:36:13,360
 And if you look at the Big East, UConn's been really dangerous the last few years.

1598
01:36:13,540 --> 01:36:16,560
 And, you know, they were in Creighton's a good baseball program.

1599
01:36:16,640 --> 01:36:21,940
 It's been to the College World Series, you know, on, you know, it's been back in, I think, the 90s.

1600
01:36:22,000 --> 01:36:24,640
 But still, they've had success and gotten to that level before.

1601
01:36:24,860 --> 01:36:27,080
 So, the top of the Big East is pretty good.

1602
01:36:27,260 --> 01:36:31,380
 Now, you know, it's not a power four league, but it's good.

1603
01:36:31,560 --> 01:36:34,900
 And like I said, I've told people already, you saw what happened with Milwaukee.

1604
01:36:35,100 --> 01:36:37,020
 You saw what happened with Murray State last year.

1605
01:36:37,260 --> 01:36:38,400
 You've got to go away to Omaha.

1606
01:36:39,000 --> 01:36:42,680
 And then in 2008, Fresno State was a four that won the national championship.

1607
01:36:43,000 --> 01:36:46,960
 Now, a lot of their issues were injuries and they got healthy at the right time and hot.

1608
01:36:47,120 --> 01:36:48,720
 But you can't assume anything.

1609
01:36:48,980 --> 01:36:52,020
 You know, Alabama does have a golden opportunity at home.

1610
01:36:52,500 --> 01:36:54,240
 And they're going to be favored to get to Omaha.

1611
01:36:54,500 --> 01:36:55,620
 But there's no guarantee there.

1612
01:36:55,700 --> 01:36:57,200
 They're going to have to be a really good team.

1613
01:36:57,560 --> 01:37:02,400
 And they're coached by Mike Campion, who's been there forever as an assistant and head coach.

1614
01:37:02,700 --> 01:37:07,020
 And, again, you've got to give them a lot of credit for going over into that environment in Tallahassee,

1615
01:37:07,020 --> 01:37:12,220
 and having to wait through all the weather, too, and to take out a Florida State program.

1616
01:37:12,560 --> 01:37:15,240
 Coach by Lane Jarek had a really good pitching staff.

1617
01:37:15,480 --> 01:37:17,300
 So, I guess St. John's a lot of credit.

1618
01:37:17,420 --> 01:37:21,960
 Now, Alabama's going to have to play really good, clean baseball until they advanced to Omaha this weekend.

1619
01:37:22,600 --> 01:37:26,880
 D2, talk about some of the guys you saw last weekend who are playing well.

1620
01:37:27,240 --> 01:37:30,220
 They certainly have got a very solid rotation.

1621
01:37:31,000 --> 01:37:35,520
 One of the few teams across the country who've had the same three starters.

1622
01:37:36,780 --> 01:37:39,140
 They're a little inconsistent with the bands.

1623
01:37:39,480 --> 01:37:42,400
 But, boy, Brady Neal helped with that three-run homer.

1624
01:37:42,460 --> 01:37:43,580
 Roger Hoover called.

1625
01:37:43,680 --> 01:37:46,300
 Eric Hines has been playing well.

1626
01:37:46,400 --> 01:37:47,400
 He's been on the heater.

1627
01:37:47,640 --> 01:37:51,300
 Jason Torres, John Lim, and friends.

1628
01:37:51,480 --> 01:37:57,700
 The defense, I think, they played a little bit better there, and particularly after the Tennessee region.

1629
01:37:58,280 --> 01:38:00,360
 D2, your thoughts on this Alabama team?

1630
01:38:01,160 --> 01:38:04,340
 Well, you know, they played good defense for two of the three games.

1631
01:38:05,020 --> 01:38:08,120
 You know, I got the second game against the UCF State.

1632
01:38:08,340 --> 01:38:11,560
 You know, it's just a take a drink every time they booted one.

1633
01:38:11,680 --> 01:38:13,180
 They had six errors in that game.

1634
01:38:13,580 --> 01:38:17,220
 I've never really seen a team win a game making six errors.

1635
01:38:17,300 --> 01:38:20,360
 But they did, because they also made some really good plays.

1636
01:38:20,360 --> 01:38:23,640
 And, you know, I pointed this out to Rob Vaughn after they won the regional.

1637
01:38:23,860 --> 01:38:26,340
 But he didn't make the all-tournament team.

1638
01:38:26,600 --> 01:38:30,140
 But he didn't have a really good game at the plate the last game.

1639
01:38:30,200 --> 01:38:36,800
 But he made two or three really good plays in helping them turn two big double plays and making some big-time stops at first.

1640
01:38:36,860 --> 01:38:37,760
 And that's Luke Vaughn.

1641
01:38:37,940 --> 01:38:40,180
 And I've been watching this team all year.

1642
01:38:40,640 --> 01:38:42,740
 And he's really a catcher by trade.

1643
01:38:42,900 --> 01:38:47,420
 But they converted him to first base because of the pop he's got in his bat this year.

1644
01:38:47,480 --> 01:38:48,660
 And they wanted to get him on the field.

1645
01:38:49,240 --> 01:38:50,620
 And he's a big-time leader.

1646
01:38:51,120 --> 01:38:53,640
 He's not the captain of the team, but he's on the short list.

1647
01:38:53,720 --> 01:38:57,440
 Certainly the captain, we all know, is Will Plattner.

1648
01:38:57,620 --> 01:38:59,520
 But he's a guy that they count on.

1649
01:38:59,780 --> 01:39:01,320
 He's a roommate of Justin LeBron.

1650
01:39:01,520 --> 01:39:06,780
 And he's an interesting story because he hurt his shoulder when he got to Alabama, red-shirted.

1651
01:39:06,920 --> 01:39:08,360
 And he's really missed two years.

1652
01:39:08,440 --> 01:39:09,800
 This is his first full year of playing.

1653
01:39:10,360 --> 01:39:16,060
 And he's really been swinging the bat well until that final game on Sunday for the last month.

1654
01:39:16,420 --> 01:39:18,040
 And he's been barreling a lot of balls up.

1655
01:39:18,180 --> 01:39:19,040
 He's been swinging it well.

1656
01:39:19,140 --> 01:39:20,260
 He's got nine home runs.

1657
01:39:20,640 --> 01:39:25,860
 The thing he's really done is from the first game against Washington State, who ironically also made a regional,

1658
01:39:26,380 --> 01:39:30,020
 to now is he's improved dramatically at first base defensively.

1659
01:39:30,020 --> 01:39:33,420
 And I think he's really become a guy that you can count on.

1660
01:39:33,800 --> 01:39:36,140
 He's very dangerous in that eight-hole defense of his power.

1661
01:39:36,720 --> 01:39:40,240
 And so he's a guy that I really think has come a long way.

1662
01:39:40,560 --> 01:39:45,660
 I thought he had a really good tournament, even though he didn't get any hits on Sunday.

1663
01:39:46,160 --> 01:39:51,820
 And I thought another guy that's really, I think, starting to come into his own a little bit.

1664
01:39:51,920 --> 01:39:54,880
 He pulled his hand, and so we'll see if he's available.

1665
01:39:55,060 --> 01:39:56,600
 At least it sounded that it looked that way.

1666
01:39:56,740 --> 01:39:59,060
 Peyton Steele started swinging a little bit better.

1667
01:39:59,660 --> 01:40:09,380
 And, I mean, they were, Ortiz, the third baseman that certainly at Oklahoma State robbed him of what would have been a double or a triple late in that ball game.

1668
01:40:09,600 --> 01:40:11,760
 So I think he's starting to come around a little bit.

1669
01:40:12,180 --> 01:40:14,540
 But, you know, the usual suspects have to play well.

1670
01:40:14,720 --> 01:40:16,520
 I mean, Justin LeBron had a really good regional.

1671
01:40:16,700 --> 01:40:17,720
 He's got to keep that up.

1672
01:40:17,820 --> 01:40:20,420
 He's got to continue to make contact, get on base and disrupt.

1673
01:40:21,000 --> 01:40:24,400
 And then you've got to have the guys, you know, like a Brady Neal.

1674
01:40:24,680 --> 01:40:26,880
 And Brady showed a ton of tough guys.

1675
01:40:27,060 --> 01:40:29,360
 I mean, you guys probably heard about it.

1676
01:40:29,440 --> 01:40:33,060
 But Brady, I mean, he dislocated his thumb late in that game.

1677
01:40:33,280 --> 01:40:34,540
 He got it reset.

1678
01:40:35,080 --> 01:40:41,180
 And after he got it reset, he went on to throw a guy out at second that ended up being a huge play in the game.

1679
01:40:41,260 --> 01:40:44,040
 And then he went on to, as you know, hit the three-run number that decided.

1680
01:40:44,560 --> 01:40:50,240
 And then John Lim, he's playing with a broken finger that he suffered that earlier in the regional against UC Upstate.

1681
01:40:50,420 --> 01:40:52,860
 So these guys are showing a lot of toughness.

1682
01:40:53,080 --> 01:40:53,560
 They're gritty.

1683
01:40:53,700 --> 01:40:54,400
 They're not pretty.

1684
01:40:55,100 --> 01:40:56,780
 But all that matters now is winning.

1685
01:40:56,880 --> 01:40:57,720
 That's what they've got to do.

1686
01:40:57,800 --> 01:40:59,080
 They're two games away from Omaha.

1687
01:41:00,360 --> 01:41:03,340
 Maybe they need to go play football in Alabama with that kind of spirit.

1688
01:41:03,420 --> 01:41:04,280
 I guarantee you.

1689
01:41:04,360 --> 01:41:06,320
 Then double D's Rudy Harmon hooking up with us.

1690
01:41:06,720 --> 01:41:08,460
 97-7 FM is on.

1691
01:41:08,700 --> 01:41:09,800
 Auburn, Ole Miss.

1692
01:41:10,100 --> 01:41:12,260
 Who hits the road to Omaha, Drew?

1693
01:41:13,260 --> 01:41:17,460
 Well, I mean, it's going to be – I think the two best series are Mississippi State and Georgia.

1694
01:41:17,920 --> 01:41:19,580
 And I know Georgia won all four.

1695
01:41:20,060 --> 01:41:21,960
 But State's got their ace back.

1696
01:41:22,480 --> 01:41:24,500
 And all the games were closed.

1697
01:41:24,680 --> 01:41:27,400
 So I think that will be a great series at Foley Field.

1698
01:41:27,880 --> 01:41:29,860
 I've still got to favor Auburn at home.

1699
01:41:30,040 --> 01:41:31,720
 But, I mean, Ole Miss is very talented.

1700
01:41:32,320 --> 01:41:34,240
 They can get the ball out of the ballpark.

1701
01:41:34,680 --> 01:41:37,280
 And the ball has been jumping out of Plains and Clarks.

1702
01:41:37,280 --> 01:41:38,020
 You saw that.

1703
01:41:38,320 --> 01:41:39,060
 They have the power.

1704
01:41:39,060 --> 01:41:41,100
 They have really good starting pitching.

1705
01:41:41,740 --> 01:41:43,940
 Rave has really increased his stock.

1706
01:41:44,060 --> 01:41:46,200
 It would be a top-two-round guy now.

1707
01:41:46,660 --> 01:41:48,340
 So they've got three really good starters.

1708
01:41:48,760 --> 01:41:50,240
 Hooks is a really good closer.

1709
01:41:50,660 --> 01:41:52,160
 So they've got a chance to beat Auburn.

1710
01:41:52,220 --> 01:41:53,480
 I think it will be a great series.

1711
01:41:53,720 --> 01:42:00,420
 But I would take – even though, you know, I know the State lost all four.

1712
01:42:00,820 --> 01:42:04,000
 I'd still say – I'll still take Georgia, but I'll say two games to one.

1713
01:42:04,100 --> 01:42:05,200
 They'll have to go to a third.

1714
01:42:05,660 --> 01:42:06,860
 And I would say the same thing.

1715
01:42:06,940 --> 01:42:09,220
 I think Auburn wins, but I think it's two games to one.

1716
01:42:09,320 --> 01:42:11,920
 And I think those two series are going to be outstanding.

1717
01:42:12,380 --> 01:42:15,580
 And, of course, you know, you can't get any better than SEC versus SEC

1718
01:42:15,580 --> 01:42:17,700
 because it's the best league in the country.

1719
01:42:18,440 --> 01:42:18,920
 Absolutely.

1720
01:42:19,160 --> 01:42:23,940
 D2, a tip of the count to Patrick Murphy and the softball team

1721
01:42:23,940 --> 01:42:29,120
 to literally get within one game of being in the National Championship Series.

1722
01:42:30,340 --> 01:42:32,240
 Listen, it was an incredible year.

1723
01:42:32,380 --> 01:42:36,640
 They were going into the season picked by the, quote, experts

1724
01:42:36,640 --> 01:42:39,820
 to finish ninth in the league.

1725
01:42:40,360 --> 01:42:44,980
 I know they lost to Texas in the tournament championship game.

1726
01:42:45,500 --> 01:42:46,740
 But they had a great season.

1727
01:42:46,920 --> 01:42:49,940
 I know they had a disappointing day with Texas Tech.

1728
01:42:50,380 --> 01:42:54,780
 D2, I thought if they'd won that first game that Alabama would have won

1729
01:42:54,780 --> 01:42:57,840
 the National Championship because I think they could have beat Texas

1730
01:42:57,840 --> 01:42:58,940
 in three games.

1731
01:42:58,940 --> 01:43:03,800
 But, again, disappointing end of the season, but it was a great season.

1732
01:43:04,440 --> 01:43:06,920
 It was a great season, no doubt about it.

1733
01:43:06,960 --> 01:43:08,920
 I was very proud of the young ladies.

1734
01:43:09,580 --> 01:43:12,340
 I thought they competed hard, no doubt about it.

1735
01:43:12,360 --> 01:43:16,540
 It was a tough ending, you know, to lose, you know, five to four

1736
01:43:16,540 --> 01:43:17,280
 the way they did.

1737
01:43:17,400 --> 01:43:18,120
 Did he come back?

1738
01:43:18,180 --> 01:43:21,240
 I thought they hadn't had a chance to steal that one and march on.

1739
01:43:21,360 --> 01:43:26,480
 And then, I mean, but, unfortunately, they just came up, you know,

1740
01:43:27,100 --> 01:43:31,120
 Texas Tech, Kennedy just pitched their best game of the year, I thought.

1741
01:43:31,600 --> 01:43:33,660
 In that last one, you know, they only got two hits.

1742
01:43:33,860 --> 01:43:36,380
 They didn't put a ton of pressure on Texas Tech.

1743
01:43:36,600 --> 01:43:37,600
 That was unfortunate.

1744
01:43:38,140 --> 01:43:40,460
 But, again, they lose the game two to nothing.

1745
01:43:40,700 --> 01:43:44,320
 So, you got to, you know, give Texas Tech a lot of credit.

1746
01:43:44,520 --> 01:43:46,280
 But Alabama was picked ninth in the SEC.

1747
01:43:46,920 --> 01:43:49,180
 They weren't picked to be a lot to get to Oklahoma City.

1748
01:43:49,620 --> 01:43:51,120
 They didn't get to OKC the year before.

1749
01:43:51,360 --> 01:43:53,840
 And so, there was a lot of people that had a lot of questions about them.

1750
01:43:53,840 --> 01:44:00,900
 You know, the freshman class and the transfer class, both, you know, with the Anna Romans of the world.

1751
01:44:01,620 --> 01:44:02,780
 I think Moten is freshman.

1752
01:44:02,920 --> 01:44:04,120
 They both did great things.

1753
01:44:04,360 --> 01:44:05,740
 And you had Brooke Wells.

1754
01:44:05,900 --> 01:44:07,640
 You had certainly Jenna Young.

1755
01:44:07,960 --> 01:44:13,740
 All those young ladies that you brought in, the new blood into the program, made a big impact.

1756
01:44:14,120 --> 01:44:16,900
 And, you know, I think Palazzi is going to be really good in the future.

1757
01:44:17,260 --> 01:44:18,640
 They got a lot of them coming back.

1758
01:44:18,900 --> 01:44:22,880
 Certainly, they're going to need more and more consistency out of Audrey Vandegrift.

1759
01:44:23,300 --> 01:44:25,560
 I think she had as good a year as she can.

1760
01:44:25,820 --> 01:44:28,080
 And certainly has some improvement to make in the outfield.

1761
01:44:28,180 --> 01:44:29,120
 But she's very talented.

1762
01:44:29,760 --> 01:44:32,520
 And, again, they've got a chance with the recruiting class they brought in.

1763
01:44:32,580 --> 01:44:34,920
 They signed the number one catcher in the country out of Phoenix, Arizona.

1764
01:44:35,420 --> 01:44:36,920
 And that's probably going to be their biggest loss.

1765
01:44:37,020 --> 01:44:37,460
 No disrespect.

1766
01:44:37,760 --> 01:44:39,060
 Alexis Papilla was tremendous.

1767
01:44:39,360 --> 01:44:41,220
 But Marlee Giles was a captain.

1768
01:44:41,740 --> 01:44:44,500
 She had a really good year to play and behind it.

1769
01:44:44,520 --> 01:44:46,820
 So, she's going to be a big piece to replace.

1770
01:44:46,820 --> 01:44:51,460
 But I think she should be able to, you know, with that young lady coming in for Phoenix,

1771
01:44:51,560 --> 01:44:52,860
 they've got a chance to replace her.

1772
01:44:53,180 --> 01:44:55,120
 And we'll see if they decide to add anything in the portal.

1773
01:44:55,240 --> 01:44:56,400
 I don't think they need any pitching.

1774
01:44:56,560 --> 01:44:57,860
 They're only losing Ailey Johnson.

1775
01:44:58,420 --> 01:45:01,900
 But certainly, if the right piece becomes available, I'm sure they would be aggressive.

1776
01:45:02,280 --> 01:45:04,140
 But, again, they've got a really good team.

1777
01:45:04,240 --> 01:45:05,280
 It was a really young team.

1778
01:45:05,880 --> 01:45:08,460
 And Jocelyn Brist can just improve tremendously.

1779
01:45:08,800 --> 01:45:10,980
 And if she continues to get better and Moten gets better,

1780
01:45:11,380 --> 01:45:14,760
 Alabama's going to be tough to handle in the future in softball.

1781
01:45:15,400 --> 01:45:19,040
 Not only that, you can't put a value on the experience of going to the World Series.

1782
01:45:19,180 --> 01:45:21,960
 That in itself, from an intangible standpoint, is priceless.

1783
01:45:22,680 --> 01:45:25,840
 Drew DeArman, your thoughts, your reaction to the news, obviously, this week.

1784
01:45:25,960 --> 01:45:29,700
 Nate Oates getting some headlines as well with Aiden Holloway.

1785
01:45:30,360 --> 01:45:31,920
 Where do you start in breaking it down?

1786
01:45:33,120 --> 01:45:35,900
 Well, I mean, it's the first big legal step.

1787
01:45:36,040 --> 01:45:42,000
 I mean, he's already been welcomed back on campus for classes and to be back on campus by, you know, the advisory committee.

1788
01:45:43,000 --> 01:45:46,600
 But this was a big step in the legal process.

1789
01:45:47,120 --> 01:45:52,180
 If he continues to go and do the things he's supposed to do, then everything will be expunged from his record.

1790
01:45:52,860 --> 01:45:54,620
 Now, sometimes that can take six months.

1791
01:45:54,740 --> 01:45:57,020
 But from what I understand, we talked to Nick Kelly this morning.

1792
01:45:57,540 --> 01:46:02,680
 His attorney believes everything can be wrapped up by September, which is before official practice starts.

1793
01:46:02,820 --> 01:46:05,760
 So, probably won't see Aiden Holloway around the guys this summer.

1794
01:46:06,200 --> 01:46:16,720
 But hopefully he can get fully reinstated and the legal situation get resolved so he can be back in September and be ready to roll for his senior year at Alabama.

1795
01:46:16,720 --> 01:46:19,080
 Because I think they're definitely holding a roster spot for him.

1796
01:46:19,740 --> 01:46:24,680
 I still think Henderson Diaz could be reclassifying because they need another guard anyway.

1797
01:46:25,100 --> 01:46:30,380
 And then he could spend the five months maybe getting some of those reps that certainly that Aiden would have gotten.

1798
01:46:30,680 --> 01:46:34,320
 And then he could get stronger with Henry Barrera and the strength staff and hopefully be ready to go.

1799
01:46:34,760 --> 01:46:38,540
 I know he doesn't announce he's reclassifying, but I still think there's a very strong chance that happens.

1800
01:46:38,760 --> 01:46:40,860
 And, of course, the biggest piece is Amari Allen.

1801
01:46:41,100 --> 01:46:43,800
 I mean, he has a chance to make a LeBaron-by-line type jump.

1802
01:46:43,960 --> 01:46:49,100
 He's got a guy that's an All-American and a block, you know, top half of the first round kind of guy.

1803
01:46:49,260 --> 01:46:52,000
 And he had a really good session year like LeBaron did the year before.

1804
01:46:52,580 --> 01:46:58,500
 But he can, you know, LeBaron made great, great progress, as you all know, with his sophomore year.

1805
01:46:58,580 --> 01:47:02,960
 And hopefully they can do the same thing with Amari Allen.

1806
01:47:02,960 --> 01:47:07,540
 But I think that situation with Aiden Holloway, I think he handled everything the way he's supposed to.

1807
01:47:07,980 --> 01:47:09,100
 He's never been in trouble before.

1808
01:47:09,220 --> 01:47:10,400
 Hopefully he won't get in trouble again.

1809
01:47:10,500 --> 01:47:16,980
 If he doesn't hit and snagged, then I think without question that he'll be back for Alabama for his senior season

1810
01:47:16,980 --> 01:47:18,420
 and his third year under Nate O's.

1811
01:47:18,660 --> 01:47:19,520
 Yeah, absolutely.

1812
01:47:20,380 --> 01:47:27,840
 Number one, tell us, certainly, where can we get online and get the expanded talking ball with you and Scott Tyson?

1813
01:47:28,660 --> 01:47:30,040
 Number two, quite a hire.

1814
01:47:30,040 --> 01:47:37,200
 At Hazel Green High School, young man, David O'Connor, he really had done a tremendous job at Giles County

1815
01:47:37,200 --> 01:47:38,160
 in Tennessee.

1816
01:47:38,160 --> 01:47:43,320
 I covered him when he was at Buckhorn for AL.com.

1817
01:47:43,700 --> 01:47:46,360
 Buckhorn, I mean, Hazel Green Baseball.

1818
01:47:47,080 --> 01:47:49,380
 Basketball has really had some very good years.

1819
01:47:49,900 --> 01:47:53,020
 Football, I think David O'Connor can do a little bit about that.

1820
01:47:53,140 --> 01:47:58,480
 Your talk, your thoughts on a big hire in Madison County and where can we find your show?

1821
01:47:59,560 --> 01:48:01,900
 Yeah, it was a good hire for David O'Connor.

1822
01:48:02,020 --> 01:48:03,580
 He did a good job three years at Buckhorn.

1823
01:48:03,680 --> 01:48:04,480
 They were very competitive.

1824
01:48:04,660 --> 01:48:08,680
 People forget he was also the offensive coordinator under Don Thomas and then head coach at Lee.

1825
01:48:09,160 --> 01:48:10,320
 He had a good run there.

1826
01:48:10,520 --> 01:48:13,860
 He had coached some cat named Billy and ended up being a pretty good athlete.

1827
01:48:14,060 --> 01:48:17,980
 He's a pretty good player and Super Bowl champion with the Denver Broncos.

1828
01:48:18,800 --> 01:48:22,880
 Certainly, he had 17 years in two students at Giles County, won a state title.

1829
01:48:23,580 --> 01:48:25,220
 They were a perennial playoff program.

1830
01:48:25,860 --> 01:48:29,420
 He had a lot of guys on his staff, especially this year.

1831
01:48:29,520 --> 01:48:31,980
 Jeff Pugh and Clint Legg had joined his staff.

1832
01:48:32,140 --> 01:48:37,240
 One of my old coaches spent quite a long time with him, both at Buckhorn and there, and John Kirk.

1833
01:48:37,760 --> 01:48:44,180
 He knows a lot of people, both in the Huntsville-Madison County area and, of course, over in Tennessee.

1834
01:48:44,560 --> 01:48:48,580
 He's a Lincoln County guy, but he really knows how to run a program and build it.

1835
01:48:48,700 --> 01:48:52,160
 He actually was closer to Hazelden, Hyde, and he's in Gonzales County.

1836
01:48:52,560 --> 01:48:54,740
 It will be a really short commute for him.

1837
01:48:55,160 --> 01:48:57,920
 There's going to be, of course, as you know, a 6A program.

1838
01:48:58,380 --> 01:49:02,220
 This is going to be a challenge, which is the old 7A.

1839
01:49:02,820 --> 01:49:05,700
 But, you know, he did a great job at Lee's.

1840
01:49:05,700 --> 01:49:08,000
 He's really the last coach that won there consistently.

1841
01:49:08,500 --> 01:49:10,820
 He won at Buckhorn, so he knows the formula.

1842
01:49:11,000 --> 01:49:12,240
 He knows how to build a program.

1843
01:49:12,520 --> 01:49:17,880
 So, I thought, you know, it's tough to lose to Juan Simpson, but, of course, his kids are over at East Limestone in that school system.

1844
01:49:17,980 --> 01:49:19,120
 So, he went over there.

1845
01:49:19,200 --> 01:49:22,960
 But, certainly, I thought a really nice bounce back and a nice hire by Hazel Green.

1846
01:49:23,540 --> 01:49:26,540
 If they want to catch talking ball, certainly they'll be able to do that.

1847
01:49:28,980 --> 01:49:33,440
 Or, if you missed the show, we're on SoundCloud at 97.7 The Zone.

1848
01:49:33,820 --> 01:49:41,580
 And, of course, we're on live on WGN-TV and, of course, on 97.7 The Zone each and every day from 7 to 10 a.m.

1849
01:49:41,620 --> 01:49:44,300
 And we look forward to, you know, having a great rest of the week.

1850
01:49:44,480 --> 01:49:46,420
 And summer basketball is about to be cranked up.

1851
01:49:46,500 --> 01:49:47,540
 I'm over here at Huntsville High.

1852
01:49:47,640 --> 01:49:50,080
 And we're going to be over at JAH team camp tomorrow.

1853
01:49:50,260 --> 01:49:52,700
 So, it's going to be a good month of June with a lot of basketball.

1854
01:49:53,960 --> 01:49:55,940
 And a busy weekend just ahead.

1855
01:49:56,260 --> 01:49:57,780
 Enjoy and stay safe out there, Drew.

1856
01:49:57,780 --> 01:49:59,300
 Thanks so much for your time today, buddy.

1857
01:50:00,140 --> 01:50:00,480
 Thank you.

1858
01:50:00,560 --> 01:50:00,860
 Thank you, guys.

1859
01:50:00,860 --> 01:50:01,300
 Thank you, bud.

1860
01:50:01,800 --> 01:50:04,320
 Double D, Drew DeArma, 97.7 FM The Zone.

1861
01:50:04,400 --> 01:50:07,580
 BB, I'll tell you what, the Braves, I'm looking at some of the stats here.

1862
01:50:07,620 --> 01:50:08,460
 This is incredible.

1863
01:50:08,600 --> 01:50:10,040
 Here it is, what, June the 3rd.

1864
01:50:10,840 --> 01:50:12,300
 They're 41-20.

1865
01:50:12,600 --> 01:50:17,740
 Guess what team is the winningest team record-wise in all of baseball?

1866
01:50:18,260 --> 01:50:19,140
 National League.

1867
01:50:19,500 --> 01:50:22,000
 It doesn't matter if it's National League or American League.

1868
01:50:22,100 --> 01:50:23,760
 The Braves are 41-20.

1869
01:50:24,400 --> 01:50:26,160
 They're 9.5 up on the field.

1870
01:50:26,340 --> 01:50:28,120
 Okay, we'll talk about what's up next.

1871
01:50:28,200 --> 01:50:29,680
 But let me put this thing in perspective.

1872
01:50:29,960 --> 01:50:30,260
 Okay?

1873
01:50:30,760 --> 01:50:35,720
 The number one team in the American League Central are the Guardians.

1874
01:50:35,920 --> 01:50:40,180
 If the Guardians were the same division as the Braves, they would be six and a half games out.

1875
01:50:40,720 --> 01:50:47,360
 If they were the same league with the Mariners, they'd be roughly eight games ahead of the first-place team from the American League West.

1876
01:50:47,740 --> 01:50:49,140
 That puts it in perspective, BB.

1877
01:50:49,400 --> 01:50:50,040
 No question.

1878
01:50:50,040 --> 01:50:54,700
 They've had a phenomenal year, and it started with spring practice, spring training.

1879
01:50:55,360 --> 01:50:58,360
 I know Bill Shanks says that a lot, and it's exactly true.

1880
01:50:58,460 --> 01:51:00,260
 They beat the Blue Jays last night.

1881
01:51:00,840 --> 01:51:01,620
 Four to three.

1882
01:51:01,720 --> 01:51:03,040
 Matt Olsen homered.

1883
01:51:03,600 --> 01:51:08,560
 Bryce Elder, who I take back 70% of all the negative things I've ever said about him.

1884
01:51:08,620 --> 01:51:09,500
 His 80 last week.

1885
01:51:09,560 --> 01:51:12,080
 Well, you know, it kind of fluctuates.

1886
01:51:12,140 --> 01:51:13,160
 It comes and goes.

1887
01:51:13,500 --> 01:51:21,780
 But they've got another game tonight with the Blue Jays' Grant Holmes on the mound, and you can hear that game on 93.9.

1888
01:51:21,900 --> 01:51:22,260
 Let's go.

1889
01:51:22,760 --> 01:51:24,940
 Holmes with a three and two slate today.

1890
01:51:25,040 --> 01:51:28,380
 His ERA just under four at 395.

1891
01:51:28,540 --> 01:51:29,740
 Braves, Jays tonight.

1892
01:51:29,840 --> 01:51:30,860
 You're at 93.9.

1893
01:51:30,920 --> 01:51:31,680
 The score, as you say.

1894
01:51:32,000 --> 01:51:33,040
 It's going to take care of business for now.

1895
01:51:33,120 --> 01:51:35,380
 On behalf of BB, Greg James Blair, and the entire crew here.

1896
01:51:35,460 --> 01:51:37,460
 Peril Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1897
01:51:37,920 --> 01:51:41,880
 Let's do it again tomorrow, noon to two, for the BMO Buck Show, back here on Sports Radio, 93.9.

1898
01:51:41,940 --> 01:51:42,280
 The score.