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

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

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 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

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 Brett Beaird, welcome in where Tide and Tiger fans are gearing up for a super weekend.

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 College baseball, as you alluded to, super regionals begin today.

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 The one and only Bill Shanks talks Braves and SEC baseball with the Georgia Bulldogs.

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 Well, maybe even a lot of recruiting as time will permit.

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 Of course, you guessed it, part of the Locked On Network.

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 Jimmy, it's amazing how we can figure those things out.

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 You know, you look at this team, before we get into the obvious this weekend, and how many baseball fans, Alabama baseball fans, and for that matter, baseball fans in general, said Alabama will be not only in the super regionals, but hosting after that first three games of the conference schedule with Kentucky.

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 Harold, I don't even know if the first three games against Kentucky, I mean, even late in the year this weekend, you were wondering whether this team was any good at all.

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 That's hard to believe, Jimmy.

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 Who needs, you mentioned inconsistent hitting, and I agree with you.

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 Brady Neal, one of the heroes last week with a three-run homer to break that 6-6 tie with Oklahoma State.

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 I think baseball, much like football and basketball, NIL and the transfer portal have all acted to spread out the talent.

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 I think a lot of teams before, the superstar dynasty-type teams, would have guys on the bench.

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 It's always football season.

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 I know the calendar says June, but it's always a September mindset in this neck of the woods and yours.

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 Your thoughts about where the Alabama is recruiting-wise and what's ahead over the next few days for the recruiting class?

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 Is it safe to say that in some ways that's not only at Alabama, that's across the board.

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 I think if you see more of it or hear more of it, I do think it's rev share and NIL related where those three stars that you really fall in love with are more appealing because of the cost.

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 Jackson Lloyd, who's going to be the starting left tackle for Alabama this fall.

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 and maybe they're a little bit ahead of the ranking industry and knowing who are the top kids.

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 Jimmy Stein again, Locked On, Bama.

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 Jimmy, you mentioned Haven being there this weekend.

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 Your thoughts about his importance.

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 It's one thing social media, but when there's no substitute for the old-fashioned way of communicating mano-mano,

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 your thoughts about his recruiting prowess this weekend for Alabama and going forward in the process overall.

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 Yeah, it will matter a little bit specifically this weekend because in addition to Elijah Haven,

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 like I said, they have a wide receiver in Majay Thompson, who is a priority for Alabama.

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 They would love to sign this guy, and it's going to be beneficial to them to have Haven there this weekend,

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 who will be part of his recruitment.

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 They don't have to recruit Elijah Haven quite as hard as they do the uncommitted kids.

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 Elijah Haven then joins the recruiters in recruiting the uncommitted kids, also the two tight ends.

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 That will matter.

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 But Haven, you know, he has a phone.

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 He's talked to Monshan Sales, Osani Gales, Xavier Saab, who's going to be visiting Alabama midweek next week.

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 Those are the five-star type receivers that Alabama's interested in.

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 And, yes, it's a big part of recruiting that happens, but the quarterback does join with the coaching staff in recruiting the class.

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 Alabama's got two in Elijah Haven and Trent Seaborn who are committed.

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 Trent, in particular, I think is really eager to participate in that part of it.

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 Seaborn will be making his official visit to Alabama next weekend.

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 Jimmy, before we let you go, nobody does a better job of recruiting defensive backs than Mo Lindquist in this staff.

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 Are you still encouraged with four-star corner Hayden Stelp of Las Vegas and another one of these 6-3, 6-4 freaks,

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 corner Darius White of Fairbourn, Georgia, eventually committing to Alabama?

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 Yeah, I would be particularly – I feel better about the Darius White situation for sure.

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 I mean, he's one that I'm almost a little surprised he didn't commit this week.

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 I still think it's coming.

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 Alabama's had an excellent, long relationship with Darius White.

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 But Tennessee and Georgia down the stretch have been pushing him, you know, to more strongly consider their schools.

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 Georgia lost a corner or two that they thought they were going to be in on,

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 and they've kind of circled back on Darius White, and he's an in-state player for them.

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 So Alabama's having to beat some good programs, but I still like where they are with Darius White.

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 Hayden Stelp, the cornerback from Las Vegas, that's a tougher kid to sign.

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 But he was at Alabama last weekend, and he certainly enjoyed – he enjoyed his visit.

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 A lot of people think Alabama leapt to the top of the list.

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 He's not visiting anywhere this weekend, but he's going to go to Oregon next weekend,

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 and Oregon is Alabama's primary competition for Hayden Stelp.

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 I still think Alabama has a very good shot there, but between the two of them,

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 I would be more likely to bet on White at Alabama.

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 But Stelp is very realistic, very possible.

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 Tell you what, Jimmy, it's been a refreshing week for me.

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 I've heard a lot of Alabama fans say,

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 when you're falling, you've got a softball team that's one game away from a national championship series,

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 and a baseball team that's still slugging in the super regionals.

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 It's kind of a nice change of pace for Alabama fans, along with falling recruiting.

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 Great stuff as always, Jimmy.

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 Where can we get online and get you and Luke Robinson the best podcast about Alabama sports on the planet?

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 Yeah, Locked on Bama.

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 You can find us on YouTube.

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 You can find us wherever you listen to your podcast by audio.

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 Easy to find.

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 Locked on Bama with myself and Luke Robinson.

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 We have at least six shows a week and often breaking news, live videos, when there are commitments,

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 like there might be one, for instance, on Monday from Ty Phillips, Monday afternoon.

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 We could go on live after that if he chooses Alabama, which we believe he will.

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 As always, it's a lot to look to for Monday.

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 One thing you don't want to see is Alabama playing baseball on Monday.

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 You want to wrap it up this weekend with two wins.

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 Jimmy, enjoy.

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 Thank you so much.

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 Let's do it again soon, okay?

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 Hey, appreciate it, guys.

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 Thank you, Jimmy.

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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93-9 The Score.

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 Welcome back in, baby.

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 I'm so proud you asked.

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 Just choose us out of the deepest pockets in the SEC.

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 I now have some answers for you.

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 Are you ready for this?

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 I think most people would say Texas, but you go right on ahead.

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 Most people would be wrong.

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 You're partly right.

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 Texas A&M, over $19 billion with a B.

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 Number two, by the way.

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 You want to take a poke on who's number two, Brett Beaird?

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 Well, I said Texas.

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 Wrong!

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 LSU.

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 No, Vanderbilt.

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 Here's the bottom line, baby.

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 A&M's got almost $20 million.

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 Vanderbilt's just over $10 billion.

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 So they're second, but they're still only halfway behind Texas A&M.

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 I just tell you how rich those oil wells out in Texas.

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 Texas is third, Florida, Georgia around the top five, Kentucky, Arkansas, Alabama is eighth

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 in the country when it comes to, as far as the SEC, then Oklahoma.

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 I won't run through the whole list here.

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 Time will not permit me to do that.

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 Tennessee, by the way.

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 They are 11th.

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 Auburn at just over $1.1 billion is number 12.

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 And before we get away, BB, the team with the least amount of endowment in the SEC would be?

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 Answer, please.

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 Would it be Mississippi State?

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 Wrong again.

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 At least you're consistent, Brett Beaird.

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 Are you ready for this?

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 Yeah.

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 At a mere $722 million, Lane Kiffin and LSU are 16th.

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 Now, this is in terms of the endowment, which tells you how much money they're raking in

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 from the NIL, believe it or not.

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 Brett Beaird.

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 It was to be a French Open men's semifinal match between fellow Italians, Flavio Coboli,

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 a 24-year-old, playing in his first Grand Slam semi, and Matteo Arnaldi, who's 25, ranked

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 So it's Coboli who moves on to now face Alex Zverev, who earlier today beat Jakob Menchik

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556
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 A lot to get to, obviously, after the hookup with Mr. Friday himself, Mr. Big Dog Bill Shanks.

557
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 But, B.B., we alluded in this opportunity to talk about it.

558
00:33:12,020 --> 00:33:17,060
 At the top of the show, it's looking like goodbye Chicago and hello Indiana.

559
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 George McCaskey, who's the big bear with the Chicago Bears, saying, you know what?

560
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 Chicago, you would screw up a good sleep, amongst other things.

561
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 How can you lose an NFL team, especially one that steeped in tradition?

562
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563
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 But would it not be amazing to see the Chicago Bears become the either Hammond or Indiana Bears?

564
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 They're going.

565
00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:47,600
 One of the reasons, by the way, Bill Shanks has just joined us.

566
00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:54,640
 One of the reasons is Frank Warren, or was, is, or was the president, the former Big Ten commissioner.

567
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 Harold, he could screw up anything.

568
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 Thank goodness Bill Shanks has never done that.

569
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 He has never screwed up anything in his entire life.

570
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 He can either confirm or deny that.

571
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 Here's his opportunity.

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573
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574
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 Bill, welcome in.

575
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 Can you confirm or deny what we just said?

576
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 How are you?

577
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 I'm doing well.

578
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 How are you guys?

579
00:34:23,260 --> 00:34:23,520
 Hey, buddy.

580
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 Man, we're just sitting here talking about Chicago.

581
00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:30,120
 Can you say the word cluster without everything else about how they're running that city?

582
00:34:30,240 --> 00:34:32,320
 How do you lose an NFL team, BB?

583
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 Especially, Bill, one that's steeped in tradition.

584
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 Well, they're idiots up there.

585
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 I mean, they're just, they're idiots.

586
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 They have an idiot mayor.

587
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 They have an idiot governor.

588
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 They have no clue what's going on.

589
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 They have people dying left and right in the streets of Chicago.

590
00:34:49,920 --> 00:34:52,640
 You know, I had a buddy of mine the other day, three days ago.

591
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 He asked me, he said, man, I got some tickets for the Braves-Cubs game in mid-September.

592
00:34:56,380 --> 00:34:56,920
 You want to go?

593
00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,480
 And I'm like, I think I'm all right.

594
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 Yeah.

595
00:35:00,580 --> 00:35:00,820
 Yeah.

596
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 If you want to see the beginning of the football season, that's a wise choice, Bill.

597
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 So, in the meantime, baseball, Bill, are you taking the Bulldogs this weekend in your backyard to Super Regionals in Athens?

598
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 I'm taking my Georgia Bulldogs for sure.

599
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 No question about it.

600
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 It's going to be a great series.

601
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 It's a lot of fun.

602
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 These games, those Regionals last week were unbelievable.

603
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 And it's going to be crazy this weekend.

604
00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:32,920
 I think the first game started at noon, so I haven't seen the score of that yet.

605
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 But it's going to be nuts.

606
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 It's just a great time of year to see what all is going on with these games.

607
00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:45,640
 The postseason of baseball in college is about as good as it is in major leagues.

608
00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:48,640
 And I just can't wait to see what happens.

609
00:35:48,900 --> 00:35:53,620
 Georgia plays at 11 o'clock tomorrow, so it's going to be a little trying for that.

610
00:35:53,740 --> 00:35:54,260
 But whatever.

611
00:35:54,360 --> 00:35:54,840
 Who cares?

612
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 They can hit home runs in the morning as well.

613
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 Bill, let me ask you this.

614
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 Obviously, Georgia is not known as a powerhouse in baseball.

615
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 Ironically, Mississippi State is.

616
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 But then you don't see St. John's, Arkansas, Slash, Little Rock, Troy, and either.

617
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 Your thoughts about modern baseball, and since we're talking about it here, how NAL has affected it.

618
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 And has that been the secret to Georgia now being the, pardon the pun, the big dog in the SEC?

619
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:24,300
 What is their commitment to baseball with that share of the pie?

620
00:36:24,300 --> 00:36:24,740
 No.

621
00:36:25,140 --> 00:36:28,100
 Look, if Georgia wins the national championship,

622
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 it'll be the third team in three sports that was predominantly transfer portal people.

623
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 You had Indiana in football.

624
00:36:37,460 --> 00:36:43,580
 You had Michigan in basketball, which was a predominantly, you know, transfer team.

625
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 I think they're all five of their starting players on the Michigan bunch were transfers.

626
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 Georgia, I don't know what the percentage is, but it's high.

627
00:36:51,580 --> 00:36:52,820
 It's a large percentage.

628
00:36:52,820 --> 00:36:59,580
 I had a friend of a friend who's got a son, and he's a prospect somewhere up near the Atlanta area.

629
00:36:59,940 --> 00:37:04,740
 And somebody asked him if Georgia was after him, and they were like, no, Georgia just wants transfers now.

630
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 And so that's how it is.

631
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 You know, you've got to coach, and they've got their own reasons for how they do what they do.

632
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 And I don't know if it's the right way or not.

633
00:37:16,660 --> 00:37:18,800
 I mean, they're winning, so h***, it must be pretty good.

634
00:37:18,940 --> 00:37:21,600
 They must have been strung to the pretty good roster.

635
00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:30,540
 I think it's so interesting, though, because you never know with these transfer teams in any sport how the teams are going to come together.

636
00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:41,020
 You don't know if you'll have synergy and chemistry and makeup and all the stuff, the intangible stuff, that is always so important when a team's trying to win.

637
00:37:41,420 --> 00:37:43,520
 So it's a gamble to a certain extent.

638
00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:49,840
 But Georgia got a lot of pitching from the portal, and that helped a great deal.

639
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:53,440
 Daniel Jackson, I think he came from Walford, if I remember correctly.

640
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,060
 So, yeah, this is a transfer portal team.

641
00:37:57,140 --> 00:37:58,460
 There's no question about that.

642
00:37:58,680 --> 00:38:00,520
 It's going to be an interesting series.

643
00:38:00,740 --> 00:38:02,380
 We talked about this a little bit yesterday.

644
00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:06,040
 Mississippi State's got their ace, Ryan McPherson, back.

645
00:38:06,220 --> 00:38:15,560
 And I know Georgia, Trey Phelps, who got tossed last week for his, quote, taunting after flipping the bat with the home run.

646
00:38:16,240 --> 00:38:19,020
 Now, Mississippi State wants to win these games 3-2.

647
00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:21,180
 Georgia can do it 9-4.

648
00:38:21,740 --> 00:38:25,140
 And as you mentioned, Jackson, he's probably going to win the Triple Crown.

649
00:38:25,940 --> 00:38:28,680
 And I just honestly, State's a good team.

650
00:38:28,780 --> 00:38:32,760
 You don't know what is going to happen in these Super Regionals.

651
00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:38,000
 I just think Georgia sweeps this thing, wins 8-5, and they move on to Omaha.

652
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:39,960
 Oh, I hope you're right.

653
00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:43,240
 I mean, there's a lot of excitement about this team.

654
00:38:43,720 --> 00:38:44,960
 It's fun, you know.

655
00:38:45,320 --> 00:38:45,800
 It is.

656
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:50,660
 We get all caught up in college football, and rightfully so.

657
00:38:50,800 --> 00:38:53,780
 But, you know, basketball and baseball, you've got a good team.

658
00:38:53,860 --> 00:38:54,520
 It's so much fun.

659
00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:56,260
 I wouldn't know what the h*** that is in basketball.

660
00:38:56,480 --> 00:38:57,840
 It's been decades since that happened.

661
00:38:58,580 --> 00:39:00,720
 But baseball, this is great.

662
00:39:00,720 --> 00:39:03,700
 I mean, you know, Wes Johnson was a great hire.

663
00:39:03,860 --> 00:39:05,440
 He's done a fantastic job.

664
00:39:05,900 --> 00:39:06,720
 He's got pitching.

665
00:39:07,140 --> 00:39:10,360
 And you've got to have pitching when you get this deep in the postseason.

666
00:39:10,500 --> 00:39:11,580
 You've got to have some pitching.

667
00:39:12,200 --> 00:39:14,180
 And so that's going to be very key moving forward.

668
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:15,720
 There's no question about that.

669
00:39:15,860 --> 00:39:19,220
 And, you know, they've got some guys who I think they've got to feel good about.

670
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:20,400
 And I think they do.

671
00:39:20,540 --> 00:39:25,280
 It's just a question of, you know, matchups and teams getting hot at the right time.

672
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:26,840
 You've got to be careful about that.

673
00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:34,920
 But, I mean, look, those teams that are playing, you know, Cal Poly and St. John, like Alabama's playing St. John's, right?

674
00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:35,260
 Yeah.

675
00:39:35,460 --> 00:39:35,660
 Yeah.

676
00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:35,980
 Yeah.

677
00:39:36,340 --> 00:39:38,280
 I mean, they've got to be careful, too.

678
00:39:38,660 --> 00:39:38,960
 I know.

679
00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:41,140
 They've got to be careful.

680
00:39:44,020 --> 00:39:45,580
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682
00:39:47,700 --> 00:39:51,540
 Bill, let's stay with baseball, talk about the Braves, and obviously talk about the overall.

683
00:39:51,660 --> 00:39:52,620
 But you mentioned pitching.

684
00:39:53,240 --> 00:39:58,520
 A lot of folks may or may not know what's the latest as far as, as we call it, the mass report injuries.

685
00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:04,480
 Your thoughts about where the Braves are right now, especially compared to last year when it comes to pitching staff.

686
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:07,740
 Oh, well, it's night and day.

687
00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:13,020
 I mean, last year for five weeks, they had their entire five opening day rotation on the injured list.

688
00:40:13,660 --> 00:40:13,800
 Yeah.

689
00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:16,980
 Right now, Creepsdale's healthy, knock on wood.

690
00:40:17,140 --> 00:40:19,560
 I mean, he had his worst game last night of the year.

691
00:40:19,640 --> 00:40:20,140
 That's okay.

692
00:40:20,240 --> 00:40:21,100
 He'll bounce back.

693
00:40:21,540 --> 00:40:21,680
 Yep.

694
00:40:21,680 --> 00:40:24,960
 Major Strider missed the first month, but he's back, and he's done very well.

695
00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:26,640
 Bryce Hiller's healthy.

696
00:40:26,860 --> 00:40:35,200
 I mean, Martin Perez, his pitches tonight for Atlanta, he's done very well, and I think they are very thankful they have him.

697
00:40:35,460 --> 00:40:45,240
 And so, yeah, it's been very important to see this team have some good luck, especially after it started very poorly in spring training with Schwellenbach and Waldrop.

698
00:40:46,540 --> 00:40:54,220
 Enjoy wins, getting hurt, to have a little bit of, you know, better luck here in the record season.

699
00:40:54,380 --> 00:40:55,000
 It's very welcome.

700
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,200
 Let me ask you about the mass report.

701
00:40:58,460 --> 00:41:04,440
 Now, Walt Weiss said, mentioned earlier, Waltrop begins a rehab assignment Monday.

702
00:41:05,260 --> 00:41:11,520
 He said Smith-Schauver is, of course, again, he had a more extensive injury, but he is on track.

703
00:41:11,900 --> 00:41:14,500
 He said Schwellenbach is on track.

704
00:41:14,500 --> 00:41:23,080
 He said Drake Baldwin may come back, I believe, sometime in the next homestand, June 16 through 21.

705
00:41:23,400 --> 00:41:25,000
 Is that pretty much what you've heard?

706
00:41:26,220 --> 00:41:27,620
 Yep, that's pretty much it.

707
00:41:27,780 --> 00:41:33,040
 I mean, they, I think Baldwin will be back in a little less than two weeks.

708
00:41:33,720 --> 00:41:41,640
 You know, they are very, very hyper about him.

709
00:41:42,140 --> 00:41:42,920
 Yeah, go ahead.

710
00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:44,040
 They're very hyper about him.

711
00:41:44,380 --> 00:41:46,340
 They're very hyper about oblique injuries.

712
00:41:47,160 --> 00:41:50,660
 And so they are very extra careful about that, which is fine.

713
00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:54,820
 So I think Baldwin will be back at some point soon with that.

714
00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:58,960
 And, you know, I don't really expect Schwellenbach.

715
00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:02,000
 And that's not saying anything negative.

716
00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:05,920
 I just think I'd rather be surprised by Schwellenbach.

717
00:42:06,060 --> 00:42:07,900
 But even if he gets back, what's he going to be?

718
00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:09,140
 We don't know, you know.

719
00:42:09,580 --> 00:42:18,460
 And Waldrop and Smith-Schauver, if that's August, I mean, they could simply be additional options, which is good to have.

720
00:42:18,520 --> 00:42:19,980
 The more options you have, the better.

721
00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:25,960
 And so I'm anxious to see which one of those guys can contribute at some point during the regular season.

722
00:42:26,820 --> 00:42:29,400
 Bill Shane, check him out, thesesuperstations.com.

723
00:42:29,540 --> 00:42:31,100
 Interesting weekend series.

724
00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:33,480
 Good news, Braves are hot.

725
00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:35,040
 They've got the home cooking.

726
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:36,240
 But they're taking on the Pirates.

727
00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:40,440
 The reason I call that interesting is everybody, if you don't follow baseball, it's like it's the Pirates.

728
00:42:40,540 --> 00:42:41,540
 The Braves have been great.

729
00:42:42,060 --> 00:42:43,140
 And let's face it, it's Pittsburgh.

730
00:42:43,280 --> 00:42:46,540
 But guess who's in second place behind the Brewers in the National League Central?

731
00:42:46,760 --> 00:42:48,300
 It's the Pittsburgh Pirates.

732
00:42:49,100 --> 00:42:54,140
 Your thoughts about the series this weekend, and in particular, you've got to like tonight's matchup.

733
00:42:54,240 --> 00:43:03,540
 I was seeing here where Ronald Acuna Jr., he's hit .421 with three homers for his career against the Pirates starting tonight, Mitch Keller.

734
00:43:05,580 --> 00:43:07,720
 Well, Pittsburgh is a very improved team.

735
00:43:07,860 --> 00:43:12,180
 They've got Connor Grinton, who's a great young player that they've already invested in.

736
00:43:12,300 --> 00:43:15,080
 They've got very good starting pitchers.

737
00:43:15,160 --> 00:43:16,700
 Their bullpen is kind of a mess.

738
00:43:16,700 --> 00:43:21,600
 I read where they're looking for more bullpen help, so we'll have to see what that's all about.

739
00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:24,700
 But, you know, they're a better team.

740
00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:28,340
 Marcelo Zuno is back for his first game since leaving the Braves.

741
00:43:28,420 --> 00:43:33,820
 He's had a horrible start to his season, but he's, of course, always dangerous to hit the ball out of the ballpark.

742
00:43:34,220 --> 00:43:40,480
 So, you know, Martin Perez will go in their first game, and like I said, he's done really well for this Atlanta team.

743
00:43:40,480 --> 00:43:44,980
 I think they've been very happy with what he's been able to do.

744
00:43:45,260 --> 00:43:52,640
 He's kind of a fist shotter type guy, and, you know, so they, look, they're 17.

745
00:43:53,060 --> 00:43:54,480
 They've won 17 series.

746
00:43:54,700 --> 00:43:58,200
 They've lost two series, and they've split one series.

747
00:43:58,360 --> 00:44:02,740
 17, two and one in the 20 series they've played so far this year.

748
00:44:02,980 --> 00:44:05,640
 And that's all that Bobby Cox ever said to do.

749
00:44:05,780 --> 00:44:06,360
 Win series.

750
00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:06,960
 That's it.

751
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:08,760
 And they're doing it.

752
00:44:08,900 --> 00:44:12,900
 There's no question they're doing it this year so far through the first 20.

753
00:44:13,540 --> 00:44:13,940
 42.

754
00:44:13,940 --> 00:44:17,220
 If you do that, basically your percentage is going to be 67%.

755
00:44:17,220 --> 00:44:19,020
 You're going to win 108 ballgames.

756
00:44:19,420 --> 00:44:22,780
 And most years that's going to be a good enough to punch your ticket to the postseason, Bill.

757
00:44:24,400 --> 00:44:26,560
 Well, yeah, they'll definitely be there.

758
00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:33,000
 I mean, they won 100, I think, four games three years ago for that offensive team that was so good.

759
00:44:33,900 --> 00:44:37,000
 And so now, you know, they're a little more balanced now.

760
00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:38,380
 The pitching is doing very well.

761
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:39,860
 The bullpen has been outstanding.

762
00:44:40,860 --> 00:44:49,560
 You know, have the opportunity, I think, to keep this going.

763
00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:51,960
 And, again, I think that's their mindset.

764
00:44:52,140 --> 00:44:52,840
 Let's win a series.

765
00:44:53,160 --> 00:44:53,740
 You get great.

766
00:44:53,860 --> 00:44:58,080
 You want to sweep a team like Toronto after you've got the first two games.

767
00:44:58,380 --> 00:45:03,720
 But, you know, you're not going to feel bad about 18, 18, or ballpark and 22 and 3.

768
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:04,460
 There's no way.

769
00:45:04,940 --> 00:45:05,120
 No.

770
00:45:05,660 --> 00:45:06,780
 42 and 21.

771
00:45:06,780 --> 00:45:10,340
 They're eight and a half games over second place Philadelphia.

772
00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:14,420
 And, again, I know a lot of people overlooked your comment.

773
00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:16,560
 But I agree with you entirely.

774
00:45:17,080 --> 00:45:20,100
 They started this by having a good spring.

775
00:45:20,580 --> 00:45:25,280
 They have taken the momentum of being the best team in spring training.

776
00:45:25,420 --> 00:45:27,180
 I know people laugh about that.

777
00:45:27,620 --> 00:45:29,820
 And it's carried over to the offseason.

778
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:35,040
 As you mentioned, I thought they were actually 18-2-1 in the series so far.

779
00:45:35,040 --> 00:45:37,600
 They stayed pretty healthy throughout.

780
00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:44,220
 Michael Harris, again, he's my MVP, even over Olsen.

781
00:45:44,500 --> 00:45:48,740
 But, again, you look at so many of these guys, they've all contributed.

782
00:45:49,700 --> 00:45:52,160
 But, again, I go back to that fast start.

783
00:45:52,280 --> 00:45:55,900
 The start they had in the spring catapulted them to this.

784
00:45:57,080 --> 00:45:58,000
 Well, it did.

785
00:45:58,140 --> 00:46:02,400
 It's just been remarkable to see them do so well.

786
00:46:02,700 --> 00:46:09,460
 And, you know, I think they've won 63 games, counting spring training.

787
00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:11,060
 They've lost 28.

788
00:46:11,900 --> 00:46:13,680
 So, 63-28-2.

789
00:46:14,060 --> 00:46:15,520
 That's a pretty good win percentage.

790
00:46:15,800 --> 00:46:18,140
 You're going to do pretty well if you're doing it.

791
00:46:18,340 --> 00:46:20,180
 And, look, I know spring training doesn't matter.

792
00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:23,540
 You're facing a bunch of, you know, minor league players.

793
00:46:23,700 --> 00:46:24,940
 You've got incomplete teams.

794
00:46:25,100 --> 00:46:31,560
 But it just shows you kind of the mindset that started from day one that they've been able to capitalize on

795
00:46:31,560 --> 00:46:33,700
 and continue with the regular season.

796
00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:35,540
 And I think it's great.

797
00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:40,880
 I mean, to me, there's two things that are the narratives for me with this season.

798
00:46:41,100 --> 00:46:43,680
 Number one, they started all this in spring training.

799
00:46:44,100 --> 00:46:50,100
 And number two, they've been outstanding since Walt Wise tackled Jorge Soler.

800
00:46:50,300 --> 00:46:51,020
 That's right.

801
00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:55,100
 Oh, man.

802
00:46:55,260 --> 00:47:02,020
 Listen, how many – speaking of college baseball, which has been so refreshing this time of year,

803
00:47:02,060 --> 00:47:03,500
 we talked about that yesterday.

804
00:47:04,140 --> 00:47:07,420
 Of the seven SEC teams, in your expert opinion,

805
00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:10,320
 how many advanced to the College World Series?

806
00:47:11,100 --> 00:47:13,220
 Hey, as long as it's one, that's all I care about.

807
00:47:13,220 --> 00:47:13,920
 Oh, no, no.

808
00:47:13,980 --> 00:47:15,180
 They can be more than one.

809
00:47:15,340 --> 00:47:16,740
 No, no, no, no.

810
00:47:16,740 --> 00:47:17,920
 No, no, no, no.

811
00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:19,680
 There's only one team.

812
00:47:19,840 --> 00:47:21,000
 Yes, it is.

813
00:47:21,720 --> 00:47:25,000
 Well, they're favored against St. John's tonight, Bill, but we'll see what happens.

814
00:47:26,280 --> 00:47:30,000
 If Alabama doesn't win against St. John's, I mean,

815
00:47:30,020 --> 00:47:32,360
 it ain't like Patino's down there coaching that team.

816
00:47:33,720 --> 00:47:35,940
 They better win.

817
00:47:35,940 --> 00:47:38,100
 I mean, I think Auburn, obviously –

818
00:47:38,100 --> 00:47:42,080
 Auburn's pitching is a question mark from an Auburn friend that I have.

819
00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:43,400
 I do have a few Auburn friends.

820
00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:43,620
 Really?

821
00:47:44,060 --> 00:47:46,720
 They're all on probation, I want you to know.

822
00:47:46,780 --> 00:47:50,780
 They have to check in with their probation officer before they even talk to someone

823
00:47:50,780 --> 00:47:53,020
 as a sounding citizen as I am.

824
00:47:53,500 --> 00:47:57,960
 But, no, Auburn's got to hit because, you know, they're pitching

825
00:47:57,960 --> 00:47:59,700
 and they showed that a little bit in the regionals.

826
00:47:59,740 --> 00:48:01,140
 They've got to be careful about that.

827
00:48:01,140 --> 00:48:03,320
 So, you know, we'll see.

828
00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:04,280
 We'll see what happens.

829
00:48:04,680 --> 00:48:07,760
 It'll be a strong SEC contingent.

830
00:48:07,840 --> 00:48:09,180
 There's no question about that.

831
00:48:09,680 --> 00:48:12,200
 I'm just glad Tennessee and Vanderbilt ain't there.

832
00:48:15,360 --> 00:48:16,140
 Oh, me.

833
00:48:16,780 --> 00:48:19,200
 But tell us who's on the show today.

834
00:48:19,380 --> 00:48:21,340
 Now, are you going tomorrow?

835
00:48:21,700 --> 00:48:22,960
 Now, you've got to get up.

836
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 You've had to get up at 4 o'clock in the morning to get there.

837
00:48:26,080 --> 00:48:27,520
 They start so frigging early.

838
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 Are you going tomorrow, and who have you got on the show?

839
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 And if some of our incredible listeners would like to call your show,

840
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841
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 Well, we'll be on in one hour and eight minutes from the steakhouse restaurant

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843
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 We'll be eating some fried scraps and fried chicken and all, you know, very healthy.

844
00:48:51,660 --> 00:48:55,680
 You know, everything in this restaurant is fat-free after 3 o'clock on Friday,

845
00:48:55,840 --> 00:48:56,740
 so we're good to go.

846
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 So we'll be on thesesuperstations.com, thesesuperstations.com.

847
00:49:03,260 --> 00:49:06,340
 The F in Friday stands for, amongst other things, fried.

848
00:49:06,560 --> 00:49:08,140
 So, Bill, listen, enjoy the meal.

849
00:49:08,640 --> 00:49:11,280
 Enjoy the weekend, and thanks so much again for your time today, buddy.

850
00:49:12,260 --> 00:49:12,600
 Okay.

851
00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:13,320
 Thank you, buddy.

852
00:49:13,340 --> 00:49:13,700
 Take care.

853
00:49:14,180 --> 00:49:19,000
 Bill Shanks, host of the Bill Shanks Show, 93.1 FM in Macon and thesesuperstations.com.

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 B.B., everybody thought that Texas Tech was just going to roll to the championship in the college softball world series,

855
00:49:25,280 --> 00:49:28,760
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856
00:49:28,840 --> 00:49:33,940
 I'll tell you what, I really don't know why so many Alabama and SEC fans tweeted this,

857
00:49:34,380 --> 00:49:38,760
 that they were delighted that Texas won the college world series.

858
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 Yeah.

859
00:49:39,340 --> 00:49:40,920
 I wonder why that's the case.

860
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 I think it may have something to do with Texas Tech knocking out Alabama.

861
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 Mike, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Doing quite well.

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 Hey, bud.

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 Looking at the count here, Mike.

1073
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 Not that anybody's counting, but 13 weeks from tomorrow for the first big weekend of college football, 12 for the warm-ups.

1074
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 How are you going to spend, how are you going to make it through the next 12-13 weekends, Mike?

1075
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 I think the key is to realize that we're already a week into June, and college football teams, there's going to be a bunch of them that open camp the last week of July.

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 So, instead of focusing on the first game, focus on the camp's opening.

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 That's only about seven weeks away.

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 There you go.

1079
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 Sort of incredible.

1080
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 You know, my back-of-the-day Jimmy Stewart, he was Mr. Smith when he went to Washington.

1081
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 This week, it was Mr. Saban going to Washington.

1082
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 Be interested to see.

1083
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 I always said, who was it?

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 Humphrey Bogart should have played Nick Saban.

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 I think that would have been a good matchup in Hollywood.

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 But, Mike, your takeaway from Nick's visit to D.C.

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 And to borrow a line from Willie Shakespeare, is that much to do about nothing.

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 To an extent, yeah, I think it is.

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 I'm not sure that this bill is going to get passed, this newest bill, that it is bipartisan.

1090
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 And, you know, we talked about the idea that to save college sports, you need Congress to step in.

1091
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 That should scare everybody.

1092
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 And, you know, part of that, a lot of the things in the bill make sense.

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 A lot do not and was challenged, I think, in court.

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 You know, people are, I think everybody realizes there's problems.

1095
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 And there's been problems for two years now.

1096
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 But I think there's more of a concerted effort to get this stuff done.

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 And the CSC thing that oversees, rather, NIL deals was a major step forward.

1098
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 The problem with that is the same people who signed off on it are now saying, well, you know, maybe this isn't a good thing.

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 And you're like, good Lord, you guys are – the reason this came about is everybody was upset with the way things were going.

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 And now that there's a mechanism in place, you've got people whining and moaning.

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 And the same people who are now talking about how great this bipartisan bill is, if it – you know, again, I don't think it's going to pass.

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 But if it is, I'll guarantee you within a week the same people now saying this is fantastic will be saying, wait a second here.

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 This is not good after all.

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 But I think we're in for a couple more years of the Wild West.

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 Yeah, nothing's going to get solved soon.

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 I think the key factor, if you're a college football fan, the games you watch every Saturday are awesome.

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 I would argue that college football games are in a great place right now.

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 It's the stuff that every other day of the week that's messed up.

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 But, again, Indiana's coming off a national title.

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 Ole Miss was in a national semifinal.

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 If that doesn't go to show that there's been a massive key change, I don't know what else.

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 Mike, it's safe to say that – let's just have a little fun here and say that it does pass.

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 How long is it going to take for the SEC and the Big Ten to say, see ya, we're not giving up control of those money bags to Congress and let them do what they want.

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 We'll just go over and do our own thing.

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 Yeah, you're exactly right.

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 Part of it is I think there's a great pull with tradition.

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 If you're a sports fan, the traditions are a big deal.

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 But in the last two decades, three decades, college football traditions have mattered less and less.

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 And I think that there is a certain segment of the population that's like, okay, there's 138 FBS football playing schools.

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 It's important to keep all of them together, but that's part of the issue.

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 Now, you cannot treat Alabama and UAB the same.

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 You cannot treat LSU and Louisiana Lafayette the same.

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 You cannot treat Ohio State and Ohio U the same.

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 They really don't play the same sport.

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 So I think there are people like Cody Campbell at Texas Tech who think, well, if we have everybody on an even keel,

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 Texas Tech will be the same as Texas.

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 Well, you know something?

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 Texas ain't going to allow that.

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 Look what happened last night in Southville.

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 And if you're being frank, they shouldn't allow it.

1132
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 So you're right.

1133
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 The minute something like that passes, the Big Ten and SEC schools are going to be like, wait a second here.

1134
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 We're better than everybody else, and we don't need to share our toys with everybody else.

1135
01:05:11,780 --> 01:05:14,540
 Let me ask you about another component of this.

1136
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 You mentioned the College Sports Commission, which is, in essence, the NIL clearinghouse.

1137
01:05:20,360 --> 01:05:22,140
 I mentioned this earlier this week.

1138
01:05:22,640 --> 01:05:29,860
 A lot of these, and particularly the million-dollar deals, a lot of these have not been cleared yet.

1139
01:05:30,040 --> 01:05:37,880
 What if we get, you mentioned summer camp beginning, we get to the beginning of summer camp or the first couple weeks, Mike,

1140
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 and some of these deals are not done?

1141
01:05:40,260 --> 01:05:48,420
 Are these higher-profile players going to say, look, I'm not participating in summer camp or the first game of the season

1142
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 until my deal's done?

1143
01:05:50,380 --> 01:05:52,260
 In other words, are they going to sit out?

1144
01:05:52,800 --> 01:05:52,920
 Yeah.

1145
01:05:52,980 --> 01:05:53,220
 Yeah.

1146
01:05:53,700 --> 01:05:53,960
 Yeah.

1147
01:05:54,100 --> 01:06:03,040
 If you have an NIL deal that you were told would pay you X amount of money and you're not sure you're going to get X amount of money,

1148
01:06:03,620 --> 01:06:05,240
 yeah, I'm not out there practicing.

1149
01:06:05,400 --> 01:06:05,760
 No way.

1150
01:06:07,040 --> 01:06:07,820
 And you're right.

1151
01:06:08,180 --> 01:06:10,180
 That's part of the issue here as well.

1152
01:06:11,040 --> 01:06:13,380
 You know, we've talked about this for two decades, too.

1153
01:06:13,380 --> 01:06:21,440
 The NCAA kicked the can down the road for so long that all of this came to a head basically at once.

1154
01:06:23,040 --> 01:06:27,100
 And the NCAA is not going to get dissolved.

1155
01:06:28,040 --> 01:06:35,820
 I don't think you need Congress to help you solve it, but I think that the schools have a lot of good ideas.

1156
01:06:36,820 --> 01:06:47,140
 And the quicker folks realize that the FBS ranks are going to be thinned out, the better off everybody is.

1157
01:06:47,300 --> 01:06:55,720
 Again, you might – you think you live in the same area, but one – let's get serious here.

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 Some people live in a one-bedroom studio apartment, and others live in a gated community where you have an eight-bedroom,

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1160
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 And that's causing a lot of the problems right now.

1161
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 If you've ever been to Houston, you see that it was a boom town.

1162
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 And on one street, you've got a mansion.

1163
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 Across the street, you've got a shack that didn't come in with any ordinances.

1164
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 So it's just they threw it up overnight.

1165
01:07:20,420 --> 01:07:22,200
 But, Mike, let me ask you this.

1166
01:07:22,240 --> 01:07:23,700
 So we were talking earlier today.

1167
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 It just kind of illustrates the point.

1168
01:07:25,440 --> 01:07:28,380
 Nobody's surprised that – now, this is endowment, okay?

1169
01:07:28,800 --> 01:07:33,160
 They came out with a list about the SEC schools, who's the big dog and who's not.

1170
01:07:33,980 --> 01:07:35,060
 Everybody said Texas.

1171
01:07:35,220 --> 01:07:35,800
 Well, they're half right.

1172
01:07:35,880 --> 01:07:36,660
 Texas A&M.

1173
01:07:36,800 --> 01:07:38,380
 Here's what's ironic about it, Mike.

1174
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 They're approaching $20 billion in their endowment.

1175
01:07:42,840 --> 01:07:44,820
 Vanderbilt, shockingly, is number two.

1176
01:07:45,680 --> 01:07:48,820
 But they're basically – A&M's got two times the money.

1177
01:07:49,860 --> 01:07:51,640
 Vanderbilt, a mere $10 billion.

1178
01:07:52,260 --> 01:07:53,940
 And here's the point I'm trying to make.

1179
01:07:54,380 --> 01:07:59,740
 At the end of pulling up the caboose in the SEC, and this is, again, now endowment, LSU.

1180
01:08:00,360 --> 01:08:01,600
 Where are they getting all that money?

1181
01:08:01,660 --> 01:08:03,060
 And what does it say about their priorities?

1182
01:08:03,380 --> 01:08:07,960
 Endowment's over here, but nobody's got more money to spend on NIL than LSU.

1183
01:08:08,480 --> 01:08:14,320
 Yeah, that is – and, you know, I have lived most of my life in the southeast.

1184
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 I did spend some time in Missouri and in New York City.

1185
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 My point was going to be that – let's just say that – and both my sisters are schoolteachers in public schools in Florida.

1186
01:08:29,460 --> 01:08:37,320
 Let's just say that there are other areas of the country that value education more than schools in the southeast.

1187
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 Right.

1188
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 States in the southeast, I should have said.

1189
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 And then you come to the SEC, you know, Florida's an AAU school.

1190
01:08:46,180 --> 01:08:47,660
 Georgia's an AAU school.

1191
01:08:47,920 --> 01:08:49,340
 Vandy's an AAU school.

1192
01:08:50,340 --> 01:08:52,520
 Texas and Texas A&M are AAU schools.

1193
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 And the AAU is supposedly the most prestigious.

1194
01:08:55,360 --> 01:09:04,380
 Your point about the LSU endowment vis-a-vis the NIL, I don't think that surprises anybody.

1195
01:09:07,380 --> 01:09:10,180
 Let's look at – Ole Miss spends a lot of money on NIL.

1196
01:09:10,980 --> 01:09:17,080
 I don't, you know, I don't necessarily think there's a lot of, ooh, I'm a phenomenal student.

1197
01:09:17,500 --> 01:09:19,660
 I can go anywhere I want out of state.

1198
01:09:19,840 --> 01:09:21,300
 Ooh, I'm going to go to Ole Miss.

1199
01:09:21,940 --> 01:09:23,580
 You know, something that is never said.

1200
01:09:24,760 --> 01:09:28,300
 So, it is the priority aspect.

1201
01:09:29,760 --> 01:09:32,680
 And, you know, LSU spends a lot of money on baseball.

1202
01:09:33,720 --> 01:09:35,980
 They spend some on softball.

1203
01:09:36,080 --> 01:09:37,720
 They spend a lot on women's basketball.

1204
01:09:38,280 --> 01:09:43,180
 They got Will Wade, which means they are going to be spending money on basketball now, men's basketball.

1205
01:09:43,520 --> 01:09:44,200
 So, you're right.

1206
01:09:44,260 --> 01:09:45,860
 Where is all this money coming from?

1207
01:09:46,340 --> 01:09:47,240
 Not the endowment.

1208
01:09:48,140 --> 01:09:51,260
 Yep, I think I would say, well, they're spending it so they can be good at football.

1209
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 Who cares about getting college degrees?

1210
01:09:53,840 --> 01:09:59,220
 Mike, this time of the year, and you kind of alluded to it, fans, of course, are looking forward to summer camp.

1211
01:09:59,220 --> 01:10:03,340
 Or they're reading Athlon or Lindy's preseason magazines.

1212
01:10:04,160 --> 01:10:10,300
 But in the state of Alabama, and some of these states, they're looking forward to a college baseball super regional.

1213
01:10:10,820 --> 01:10:13,200
 There are three teams from the state of Alabama.

1214
01:10:13,460 --> 01:10:14,820
 Alabama, Auburn, and Troy.

1215
01:10:15,380 --> 01:10:17,180
 Two from the state of Mississippi.

1216
01:10:17,960 --> 01:10:19,880
 Seven teams from the SEC.

1217
01:10:20,840 --> 01:10:24,380
 And, of course, I think these got started about an hour ago.

1218
01:10:24,500 --> 01:10:28,860
 Mike, how many teams from the SEC advanced to the College World Series?

1219
01:10:29,220 --> 01:10:31,300
 I think it could be as many as five.

1220
01:10:31,840 --> 01:10:33,340
 And you mentioned Troy.

1221
01:10:34,120 --> 01:10:37,800
 Troy or Arkansas Little Rock is going to be in the College World Series.

1222
01:10:37,800 --> 01:10:38,960
 Yes, absolutely.

1223
01:10:40,080 --> 01:10:47,360
 And which, you know, in this era where you do have SEC schools spending money on college baseball,

1224
01:10:47,700 --> 01:10:56,980
 I'm pretty sure that Troy and Arkansas Little Rock combined don't spend money on baseball like the lowest spending SEC schools.

1225
01:10:56,980 --> 01:10:58,800
 So, that is a great story.

1226
01:10:59,220 --> 01:11:04,600
 And, you know, there were a lot of upsets in college baseball, which is good to see.

1227
01:11:04,980 --> 01:11:09,300
 But the SEC, I think the ACC has been a big disappointment.

1228
01:11:09,520 --> 01:11:12,100
 I think North Carolina could be the team that wins it all.

1229
01:11:12,360 --> 01:11:18,360
 But there's going to be a lot of SEC baseball fans in Omaha next week.

1230
01:11:18,620 --> 01:11:19,940
 I agree with you entirely.

1231
01:11:19,940 --> 01:11:26,140
 Yeah, and Cinderella has been loud and proud in college baseball in the postseason.

1232
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 Listen, it's sheer delight to talk with you about so much of this stuff.

1233
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 I wish we had more time.

1234
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 Have a great weekend.

1235
01:11:33,100 --> 01:11:34,540
 Enjoy college baseball.

1236
01:11:34,840 --> 01:11:36,660
 But let's do this again next Friday.

1237
01:11:37,000 --> 01:11:37,300
 Excellent.

1238
01:11:37,420 --> 01:11:37,840
 Thanks, guys.

1239
01:11:38,480 --> 01:11:39,360
 Thank you so much.

1240
01:11:39,420 --> 01:11:44,340
 And, again, only 12 weeks to the first weekend of college football, 13 to the next big one.

1241
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 There you have it.

1242
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 The man, Mike Hugan in the huddle with us.

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 Let's go from Mike to Doug.

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 Doug, welcome in.

1348
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 The last time we got together last week in the context of the time, Auburn baseball was

1349
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 playing Milwaukee.

1350
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 Their chances of winning was about the same as Brent and I getting a date with the

1351
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 homecoming queen at Alabama, if that matters, Zip City Elementary.

1352
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 What did they do?

1353
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 Did they do what Brent and I did, take a shower?

1354
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 Or what happened there, Doug?

1355
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 They just grinded it out.

1356
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 Yeah.

1357
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 Just very impressive.

1358
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 And, I mean, playing late in the night, in the early morning.

1359
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 You know, and the other elimination game was just wild.

1360
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 You know, where they couldn't put in two state away.

1361
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 So, that's just, that's part of the nature of this time of the year.

1362
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 You just don't know what you're going to get in this tournament.

1363
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 How refreshing has it been for you that there are three Alabama teams in the Super Regionals.

1364
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 I think all three of them have got a very good chance of advancing to the College World Series.

1365
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 But three from the state of Alabama, seven in the SEC.

1366
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 There's just a buzz about this in the state of Alabama.

1367
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 Huge crowds for all of these games.

1368
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 All three teams hosting.

1369
01:19:06,360 --> 01:19:07,760
 Hasn't this been refreshing?

1370
01:19:09,300 --> 01:19:10,920
 Yeah, it really has.

1371
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 And, again, you know, for the rest of the world, kind of things with Troy as Johnny come lately.

1372
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 You know, they're not that far above 500.

1373
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 But, I mean, they've got an RPI, you know, top 30 RPI.

1374
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 Because they've gone out and played everybody.

1375
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 And, you know, they've taken some losses in the midweek games.

1376
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 Which, you know, just, they've gone out and just played an incredible schedule.

1377
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 So, wouldn't it be something if we had three teams in the Super Regionals?

1378
01:19:40,760 --> 01:19:41,400
 Yes, wow.

1379
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 You know, I was there in 97.

1380
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 The rest of the world couldn't take it, Doug.

1381
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 They'd be changing the rules before they got down with the series, I guarantee you.

1382
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 Doug, let's start first things first.

1383
01:19:52,400 --> 01:19:54,220
 Tonight, two familiar old buddies.

1384
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 The irony is, it's Auburn and Ole Miss, the game of the Plains.

1385
01:19:58,840 --> 01:20:02,280
 And, looking at the schedule, they didn't face each other in the regular season.

1386
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 But, tonight, they will.

1387
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 The first of the best of three.

1388
01:20:05,400 --> 01:20:06,580
 What goes there, Doug?

1389
01:20:08,340 --> 01:20:10,380
 I like Auburn in this one.

1390
01:20:11,080 --> 01:20:16,580
 You know, Ole Miss struggled a little more just to, you know, guarantee a good spot in the tournament.

1391
01:20:17,260 --> 01:20:20,000
 I just think with the home crowd, it's just going to be electric.

1392
01:20:20,740 --> 01:20:28,660
 And, again, you just wonder how distracted, you know, at least the Ole Miss fan base is to gripe about the rooms.

1393
01:20:29,420 --> 01:20:31,660
 I don't think I've ever seen anything like that before.

1394
01:20:33,300 --> 01:20:34,400
 2026, Doug.

1395
01:20:35,200 --> 01:20:35,920
 Oh, my God.

1396
01:20:35,980 --> 01:20:37,240
 They're staying in Opelika.

1397
01:20:37,380 --> 01:20:40,080
 That's at least 12 minutes away.

1398
01:20:40,260 --> 01:20:41,260
 I don't know how they're going to make it.

1399
01:20:41,260 --> 01:20:43,500
 Are they driving or is somebody going to drive them there, Doug?

1400
01:20:43,560 --> 01:20:44,700
 Can you help us out with that?

1401
01:20:45,920 --> 01:20:47,620
 I think you're going to have to get a train.

1402
01:20:48,140 --> 01:20:48,320
 Yeah.

1403
01:20:48,840 --> 01:20:53,540
 Yeah, I think that's the only way we'll fly in at that point from Opelika.

1404
01:20:53,720 --> 01:20:55,680
 I just, I've never seen anything like it.

1405
01:20:55,780 --> 01:20:58,200
 But, I like Auburn in this one.

1406
01:20:58,780 --> 01:21:06,120
 You know, on that topic, Doug, one year we went down and covered the whole week, the Iron Bowl at Auburn when it was before.

1407
01:21:06,680 --> 01:21:07,860
 And, guess where we stayed?

1408
01:21:07,920 --> 01:21:09,880
 We stayed in Columbus at the Motel 6.

1409
01:21:10,340 --> 01:21:11,360
 I'm over six feet.

1410
01:21:11,360 --> 01:21:12,800
 And, guess where the shower heads were?

1411
01:21:13,600 --> 01:21:15,800
 So, I would take Opelika.

1412
01:21:17,200 --> 01:21:23,160
 Well, and, you know, for the most part, you know, everybody plays Alabama, stays in Birmingham.

1413
01:21:23,560 --> 01:21:23,820
 Yeah.

1414
01:21:24,640 --> 01:21:25,820
 You know, it's a much for us.

1415
01:21:25,820 --> 01:21:27,460
 I don't get that.

1416
01:21:27,620 --> 01:21:29,980
 But, this brings back good memories.

1417
01:21:30,160 --> 01:21:33,500
 Because, in 97, Alabama and Auburn both made the College World Series.

1418
01:21:33,620 --> 01:21:34,200
 I was there.

1419
01:21:34,780 --> 01:21:36,900
 You also had LSU and Mississippi State.

1420
01:21:36,900 --> 01:21:40,380
 I mean, half your field was from the SEC West.

1421
01:21:40,840 --> 01:21:40,940
 Yeah.

1422
01:21:41,620 --> 01:21:43,100
 And, that was just really wild.

1423
01:21:43,380 --> 01:21:46,500
 And, that's why I'd just like to see some of these streaks continue.

1424
01:21:47,220 --> 01:21:50,880
 Who was the Alabama star that stepped on a baseball and broke his foot?

1425
01:21:51,500 --> 01:21:52,220
 Roberto Vance.

1426
01:21:52,220 --> 01:21:53,000
 There you go.

1427
01:21:53,260 --> 01:21:53,760
 There you go.

1428
01:21:53,760 --> 01:22:01,320
 If he does not do that, I think Alabama wins that national championship in 97.

1429
01:22:01,320 --> 01:22:05,320
 Let me ask you about this Alabama team, their rotation.

1430
01:22:05,520 --> 01:22:15,800
 Tyler Faye, Zane Adams, Miles Upchurch, has started, as far as being consistent, started nearly every series this year.

1431
01:22:15,920 --> 01:22:18,480
 The hitting, at times, is very good.

1432
01:22:18,580 --> 01:22:25,340
 Brady Neal, Justin LeBron, who's been up and down, Bryce Fowler, Eric Hines, and friends.

1433
01:22:25,740 --> 01:22:27,320
 But, their defense is awful.

1434
01:22:27,820 --> 01:22:29,440
 They committed six errors.

1435
01:22:29,440 --> 01:22:35,720
 I don't know if the Bad News Bears committed six errors with Walter Matthau in the day.

1436
01:22:36,200 --> 01:22:41,580
 But, if they can play, and again, I don't think they're going to take St. John's lightly.

1437
01:22:42,300 --> 01:22:45,720
 But, they've got the pitching and the hitting if the defense comes to play.

1438
01:22:46,620 --> 01:22:48,680
 Yeah, the offense just really turns on.

1439
01:22:48,840 --> 01:22:52,560
 Yeah, and when they do play defense, I mean, it's spectacular defense.

1440
01:22:54,200 --> 01:22:56,260
 It's just hard to fathom sometimes.

1441
01:22:56,880 --> 01:22:58,960
 But, you know, Hines has come out of nowhere.

1442
01:22:59,180 --> 01:23:01,100
 LeBron is back to being LeBron.

1443
01:23:02,360 --> 01:23:05,400
 I really like their chances to advance as well.

1444
01:23:06,160 --> 01:23:08,000
 I just think they're the better team.

1445
01:23:08,400 --> 01:23:13,660
 Now, St. John's has gotten, you know, captured lightning in a bottle.

1446
01:23:13,660 --> 01:23:18,600
 But, over the course of the season, they just haven't played the same type of schedule.

1447
01:23:18,780 --> 01:23:21,240
 So, I just like Alabama to advance.

1448
01:23:22,220 --> 01:23:27,300
 You know, I mean, we haven't heard of St. John's baseball since we're in the 70s.

1449
01:23:27,320 --> 01:23:30,340
 And, I'm trying to think what the great pitching matchup was.

1450
01:23:30,440 --> 01:23:35,760
 Frank Viola and, I forget who was pitching for St. John's.

1451
01:23:35,820 --> 01:23:38,700
 And, it was just, like all the pro scouts went there.

1452
01:23:38,700 --> 01:23:41,720
 Because, that was back when St. John's was the power.

1453
01:23:42,560 --> 01:23:45,940
 Yeah, it's kind of like Seton Hall one year came to Huntsville for the regionals.

1454
01:23:46,020 --> 01:23:47,860
 A guy named Craig Biggio was on that team.

1455
01:23:47,920 --> 01:23:50,340
 They had some names that basically came out of nowhere.

1456
01:23:50,540 --> 01:23:54,680
 Doug, your thoughts about the news of the week down the road from you there with Aidan Holloway.

1457
01:23:55,240 --> 01:23:57,920
 Your reaction to it and what it means for the young man.

1458
01:23:58,020 --> 01:24:00,220
 What it means for this Alabama program.

1459
01:24:02,220 --> 01:24:12,680
 I think with him and, if he and Allen are back, with the mix of talent that Nate Olsen has assembled.

1460
01:24:13,040 --> 01:24:14,640
 I mean, they're going to be bigger.

1461
01:24:14,800 --> 01:24:17,820
 They're going to have one of the bigger front lines in the country.

1462
01:24:18,240 --> 01:24:19,520
 And, that was their weakness this year.

1463
01:24:19,580 --> 01:24:25,100
 If they play defense, I don't think they'll, I doubt they will shoot as well as they did last year.

1464
01:24:25,640 --> 01:24:29,660
 But, they can still play a frenetic pace.

1465
01:24:29,660 --> 01:24:31,940
 Because, I think they're back in the hunt again.

1466
01:24:32,940 --> 01:24:34,400
 You know, everybody's talking about Arkansas.

1467
01:24:34,960 --> 01:24:36,180
 They're talking about Tennessee.

1468
01:24:37,880 --> 01:24:44,560
 And, after that, it's kind of, you know, Alabama, Kentucky, Auburn, maybe Texas A&M.

1469
01:24:44,760 --> 01:24:51,900
 So, I think they're right kind of in the mix where you're looking at maybe Sweet 16 is the goal.

1470
01:24:52,040 --> 01:24:54,080
 Anything else after that can happen.

1471
01:24:54,360 --> 01:24:57,020
 I think that's how far he's taken the program.

1472
01:24:57,420 --> 01:24:58,940
 I agree with you on that.

1473
01:24:58,940 --> 01:25:00,940
 Yeah, Tennessee reinvented themselves.

1474
01:25:01,840 --> 01:25:09,440
 And, I've been asking the Florida beat writers that the Gators have got to be number one going into preseason, Doug.

1475
01:25:09,640 --> 01:25:12,040
 They've returned their entire front court.

1476
01:25:13,720 --> 01:25:17,520
 And, a front court that contributed to the national title two years ago.

1477
01:25:17,520 --> 01:25:27,420
 And, so, yeah, that Florida-Duke matchup in the SEC challenge is just going to be off the chains.

1478
01:25:29,420 --> 01:25:34,540
 But, again, you know, we saw this past year, it took them a while to gel.

1479
01:25:34,800 --> 01:25:39,100
 So, you know, the SEC could be wide open because there's so many good teams.

1480
01:25:39,220 --> 01:25:43,720
 I think this is more like the SEC we saw two years ago.

1481
01:25:43,980 --> 01:25:44,180
 Yeah.

1482
01:25:44,280 --> 01:25:46,280
 And, it didn't necessarily translate in the tournament.

1483
01:25:48,380 --> 01:25:49,860
 Florida did win the national title.

1484
01:25:49,980 --> 01:25:51,240
 Auburn got to the Final Four.

1485
01:25:51,940 --> 01:25:53,960
 But, there was some disappointments along the way.

1486
01:25:54,020 --> 01:25:55,660
 So, we'll see if the consistency's there.

1487
01:25:56,160 --> 01:25:57,420
 All right, sports legend.

1488
01:25:57,760 --> 01:26:02,640
 There are seven SEC teams playing this weekend.

1489
01:26:02,800 --> 01:26:04,960
 How many of them go to the College World Series?

1490
01:26:05,980 --> 01:26:08,980
 Yeah, of course, two will be knocked out.

1491
01:26:10,320 --> 01:26:13,160
 I think four is a legitimate number.

1492
01:26:14,080 --> 01:26:17,000
 And, again, when you look around, you know, UCLA's not around.

1493
01:26:17,160 --> 01:26:20,480
 You know, we saw some teams we expect to be there who aren't there.

1494
01:26:20,620 --> 01:26:21,960
 So, some paths got easier.

1495
01:26:22,780 --> 01:26:27,180
 But, I think four is the floor at this point.

1496
01:26:28,920 --> 01:26:29,320
 Absolutely.

1497
01:26:29,640 --> 01:26:31,140
 Listen, always great to talk with you.

1498
01:26:31,220 --> 01:26:32,440
 We've got a French Open update.

1499
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 Coming up.

1500
01:26:33,160 --> 01:26:34,240
 Listen, have a great week.

1501
01:26:34,320 --> 01:26:35,720
 Let's do this again real soon.

1502
01:26:36,780 --> 01:26:37,300
 Wee wee.

1503
01:26:39,480 --> 01:26:40,920
 I believe I will in the break.

1504
01:26:41,100 --> 01:26:42,180
 Doug, thanks for the reminder.

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1506
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 You know, speaking of BB, the bottom line from that to BB,

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 good weekend for Alabama to host some prime guys on the football recruiting trail.

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 That kind of helps for entertainment, doesn't it?

1510
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 Yeah, absolutely.

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1618
01:33:01,080 --> 01:33:02,080
 Justin, welcome in.

1619
01:33:02,140 --> 01:33:02,860
 How are you?

1620
01:33:03,620 --> 01:33:04,520
 I'm doing all right.

1621
01:33:04,640 --> 01:33:04,740
 How are you?

1622
01:33:04,740 --> 01:33:05,060
 Hey, buddy.

1623
01:33:05,580 --> 01:33:06,920
 A lot to get to, Justin.

1624
01:33:07,160 --> 01:33:08,320
 But I'll tell you what.

1625
01:33:08,380 --> 01:33:13,980
 Brett and I have had the opportunity and the privilege of interviewing Paul Allen over the years.

1626
01:33:14,460 --> 01:33:15,460
 Sad news.

1627
01:33:15,700 --> 01:33:17,580
 A man who couldn't be more Auburn.

1628
01:33:18,000 --> 01:33:20,300
 A very familiar voice with the Auburn family.

1629
01:33:20,400 --> 01:33:23,420
 Your thoughts about the passing of Paul Allen.

1630
01:33:24,180 --> 01:33:27,200
 Yeah, it was a sad story hearing that yesterday.

1631
01:33:27,740 --> 01:33:37,140
 You know, I grew up with Paul Allen being kind of the voice of Auburn's studio shows or pre-game, post-game stuff.

1632
01:33:37,320 --> 01:33:40,400
 And so, I mean, I've been hearing Paul Allen's voice my entire life.

1633
01:33:41,160 --> 01:33:46,020
 And that's, you know, he was a guy who had, I think, the perfect radio voice.

1634
01:33:46,840 --> 01:33:55,300
 And, you know, he was also just an incredible person, getting to meet him and, you know, getting to know him a little bit better in my time covering Auburn.

1635
01:33:55,960 --> 01:34:00,840
 You know, just a guy that was an icon around here, and he's going to be terribly missed.

1636
01:34:01,000 --> 01:34:03,640
 One of the very best to ever do it around here, for sure.

1637
01:34:04,400 --> 01:34:06,100
 Did a great job with the scores.

1638
01:34:07,000 --> 01:34:09,580
 In particular, half-time in the post-game.

1639
01:34:10,020 --> 01:34:14,440
 Absolutely nothing going on in Auburn for the next four or five days.

1640
01:34:14,780 --> 01:34:24,100
 I was going to ask you if you considered renting out your house, parking cars on the side to make a little bit of money.

1641
01:34:24,940 --> 01:34:28,240
 It is going to be incredible in what's going on.

1642
01:34:28,320 --> 01:34:31,480
 But baseball begins tonight with Ole Miss.

1643
01:34:31,880 --> 01:34:40,280
 It really has been exciting to have three teams in the state of Alabama with a chance to advance to the College World Series.

1644
01:34:41,300 --> 01:34:43,020
 Ole Miss is a good team, too.

1645
01:34:43,100 --> 01:34:45,580
 They have a play this year, which amazes me.

1646
01:34:46,060 --> 01:34:47,520
 Auburn did it the hard way.

1647
01:34:47,880 --> 01:34:50,980
 Your thoughts on Ole Miss and Auburn's series beginning tonight?

1648
01:34:50,980 --> 01:34:53,500
 Yeah, an incredible series coming up.

1649
01:34:53,640 --> 01:34:59,860
 And, yeah, it's kind of weird to think, hey, you didn't play this team in the SEC until the Super Regionals, if you're Auburn.

1650
01:35:00,360 --> 01:35:01,480
 Really interesting team.

1651
01:35:01,880 --> 01:35:08,120
 I think the thing with this Ole Miss team that really stands out to me, pretty boom or bust offense.

1652
01:35:08,360 --> 01:35:13,360
 Not great in batting average, but they walk a lot and hit a lot of homers.

1653
01:35:13,940 --> 01:35:19,900
 So, a lot of strikeouts, a lot of kind of going for broke, hitting the ball, but they make you earn it.

1654
01:35:19,980 --> 01:35:23,160
 It work counts pretty well and really swing for the fences.

1655
01:35:23,880 --> 01:35:32,840
 And, you know, really, I think Auburn's got to just do a good job of throwing strikes and making sure that those guys don't get super deep on them in this game.

1656
01:35:32,840 --> 01:35:35,840
 Because I do think this series is set up really well for Auburn.

1657
01:35:35,940 --> 01:35:37,800
 I mean, you look at Auburn, what they did this past weekend.

1658
01:35:38,260 --> 01:35:49,240
 When you look at your three weekend starters and really three elite relievers who can handle two, three, four innings out of the pen, Auburn's set up really, really well for a best-of-three series on the mound.

1659
01:35:49,240 --> 01:36:01,580
 But those guys can't give Ole Miss any help because they will do a good job of drawing walks, getting on base, and then trying to just go for the hammer shot every time at the plate.

1660
01:36:01,820 --> 01:36:03,420
 So, that's something Auburn's got to be wary of.

1661
01:36:03,780 --> 01:36:06,900
 On the flip side, Auburn's offense coming off a really good weekend.

1662
01:36:07,520 --> 01:36:13,140
 Scored, you know, they averaged about ten runs a game, you know, over this little stretch.

1663
01:36:13,520 --> 01:36:16,660
 Did a really good job of just hitting the ball and hitting the ball out of the park.

1664
01:36:16,660 --> 01:36:22,120
 Chase Raleigh had one of the best weekends ever for anybody that you're going to see with the amount of homers he hit.

1665
01:36:22,540 --> 01:36:25,840
 But I think top-to-bottom, Auburn got really good at bats from a lot of different guys.

1666
01:36:26,020 --> 01:36:28,960
 They're really kind of living up to their potential, what we thought in the preseason.

1667
01:36:29,240 --> 01:36:33,780
 This could be one of the, you know, better top-to-bottom offenses in college baseball, and they've lived up to it.

1668
01:36:34,380 --> 01:36:36,080
 Ole Miss, pretty good pitching staff.

1669
01:36:36,860 --> 01:36:39,520
 Their number one starter who's going to go tonight is very experienced.

1670
01:36:40,540 --> 01:36:43,120
 You know, was on that national championship team a few years ago.

1671
01:36:43,460 --> 01:36:46,280
 Had Tommy John, missed a couple years, but he's back.

1672
01:36:47,120 --> 01:36:52,760
 Struggled a little bit last week in regional play, but when he's on, he's one of the best in the league.

1673
01:36:53,040 --> 01:36:55,440
 They've got good depth out of their bullpen as well, really a league closer.

1674
01:36:55,660 --> 01:36:57,820
 So it's a really good balanced matchup for sure.

1675
01:36:58,260 --> 01:36:58,900
 I like Auburn.

1676
01:36:59,320 --> 01:37:05,220
 I like Auburn's ability to kind of hit for average more, a little bit more top-to-bottom thump in their lineup.

1677
01:37:05,600 --> 01:37:13,080
 And they've got home field advantage, but I'm expecting an incredible few games here between Auburn and Ole Miss at Plains and Park starting tonight.

1678
01:37:13,700 --> 01:37:15,300
 Justin Ferguson, the Auburn Observer.

1679
01:37:15,420 --> 01:37:19,000
 Back to that point about Ole Miss trying to work the count.

1680
01:37:19,060 --> 01:37:21,580
 A lot of it's going to depend on the strike zone for the umpire.

1681
01:37:21,820 --> 01:37:22,660
 That's going to be key.

1682
01:37:22,740 --> 01:37:23,820
 It's kind of like in basketball.

1683
01:37:23,980 --> 01:37:26,380
 How sensitive are they with a whistle when it comes to fouls?

1684
01:37:26,700 --> 01:37:31,600
 Justin, your thoughts about, back to Auburn, the lesson they learned, it's interesting.

1685
01:37:32,580 --> 01:37:39,820
 Last, what, Friday we were talking, and in the context of that time, it was Armageddon and even worse for this Auburn baseball team with Milwaukee.

1686
01:37:40,680 --> 01:37:42,120
 Not the Brewers, but the Panthers.

1687
01:37:42,260 --> 01:37:44,200
 What did Auburn learn from that first game?

1688
01:37:44,860 --> 01:37:48,360
 Yeah, I think they just learned, you know, how to handle adversity.

1689
01:37:48,580 --> 01:37:51,180
 I think Milwaukee just jumped all over them.

1690
01:37:51,700 --> 01:37:53,320
 It kind of shell-shocked Auburn.

1691
01:37:53,420 --> 01:37:57,320
 They were a little late to kind of recover, and it just kind of spiraled from there.

1692
01:37:57,400 --> 01:38:03,100
 They had to kind of dig into their bullpen and just, you know, kind of say, all right, well, we'll hand this one, but we've got to play.

1693
01:38:03,400 --> 01:38:04,680
 You'll play well from here on out.

1694
01:38:05,080 --> 01:38:09,600
 They played that NC State game right after that and gave up a good bit of runs, but their offense kind of came through.

1695
01:38:09,920 --> 01:38:16,040
 And I think really once they got that first win out of the way, they just kind of reset and just said, okay, you know, clean slate.

1696
01:38:16,400 --> 01:38:20,840
 Let's get back to, you know, so let's get back to pitching the way that we've been in the past.

1697
01:38:20,880 --> 01:38:27,540
 And I think those six pitchers I mentioned earlier for Auburn just all did a great job of making it last for those last three games.

1698
01:38:27,700 --> 01:38:30,700
 So I think the offense did a really good job of bailing out the pitching.

1699
01:38:30,920 --> 01:38:33,820
 I think throughout the season for Auburn, it's kind of been the other way around.

1700
01:38:34,240 --> 01:38:38,500
 Your pitching staff's been able to kind of win you games when your offense hadn't been excellent.

1701
01:38:39,120 --> 01:38:41,720
 It was kind of the other way around the first two games in this regional.

1702
01:38:41,960 --> 01:38:46,100
 And then when they kind of coincided, when you were getting really good offense and really good pitching at the same time,

1703
01:38:46,580 --> 01:38:49,800
 Auburn was able to kind of take care of business with their backup against the wall.

1704
01:38:50,620 --> 01:38:55,040
 So, you know, I think responding to adversity is the thing this team's done really well all year.

1705
01:38:55,760 --> 01:39:01,480
 And they got to show it, you know, in spades last week against a team like Milwaukee,

1706
01:39:01,640 --> 01:39:04,740
 having to beat them a few times when Milwaukee had, you know,

1707
01:39:04,760 --> 01:39:07,860
 all the momentum and confidence in the world coming off that first game.

1708
01:39:07,860 --> 01:39:11,040
 So I think for Auburn, I think, you know,

1709
01:39:11,080 --> 01:39:15,020
 it just once again was a real test of how well this team responds to adversity.

1710
01:39:15,360 --> 01:39:19,780
 So when you think of a best-of-three-game series at home in Plainsman Park this weekend,

1711
01:39:20,080 --> 01:39:24,060
 you feel pretty good about the chances, even if things don't go quite as well for them,

1712
01:39:24,340 --> 01:39:26,100
 maybe tonight or early in this series.

1713
01:39:26,560 --> 01:39:28,160
 This team's done a really good job of battling,

1714
01:39:28,280 --> 01:39:30,420
 and I think they showed it in how they handled that regional.

1715
01:39:30,420 --> 01:39:35,640
 Quite a time of the year for football, but it hasn't been for the Auburn staff recruiting.

1716
01:39:36,380 --> 01:39:41,920
 Picked up four-star Isaac McNeil from Biger earlier in the week.

1717
01:39:42,020 --> 01:39:45,700
 Aiden Wiggins, three-star defensive back from South Carolina.

1718
01:39:46,260 --> 01:39:49,280
 Another running back, Kingston Miles from St. Louis.

1719
01:39:49,520 --> 01:39:51,880
 Auburn's been doing pretty well on the recruiting trail.

1720
01:39:52,580 --> 01:39:53,680
 They've done an excellent job.

1721
01:39:53,760 --> 01:39:58,840
 I had somebody I was talking to earlier this week that said they felt like this past weekend

1722
01:39:58,840 --> 01:40:04,560
 for Auburn was one of their best official visit weekends in recent memory by any staff around here.

1723
01:40:05,400 --> 01:40:09,620
 You know, they walked out of there with seven and actually rode to eight commitments.

1724
01:40:09,780 --> 01:40:13,380
 Now, not all those guys have announced yet, but they have done a really good job

1725
01:40:13,380 --> 01:40:16,560
 of just kind of catching fire on the recruiting trail at the right time.

1726
01:40:16,560 --> 01:40:22,240
 And I think for a guy like, you know, for a guy like Alex Goalish, there was a lot of questions of,

1727
01:40:22,400 --> 01:40:24,040
 okay, can he recruit in this league?

1728
01:40:24,120 --> 01:40:24,720
 How is it going to do?

1729
01:40:24,820 --> 01:40:26,120
 Can he hang with the best of the best?

1730
01:40:26,540 --> 01:40:27,160
 It's early.

1731
01:40:27,320 --> 01:40:28,000
 It's June.

1732
01:40:28,180 --> 01:40:30,540
 Still a long way to go for a national signing day, obviously.

1733
01:40:30,780 --> 01:40:34,060
 But Auburn's got a top-20 class, top-five in the SEC.

1734
01:40:34,460 --> 01:40:36,400
 They're ahead of some really big teams right now.

1735
01:40:36,400 --> 01:40:40,820
 So I think they've done a really good job of, you know, getting off to a great start with this class.

1736
01:40:40,940 --> 01:40:43,340
 Got another big official visit weekend coming up.

1737
01:40:43,740 --> 01:40:46,060
 But, yeah, really, really strong class.

1738
01:40:46,560 --> 01:40:47,340
 To this point.

1739
01:40:47,600 --> 01:40:49,940
 And they feel like it's just kind of getting started for them.

1740
01:40:50,800 --> 01:40:52,320
 Justin, we checked the calendar.

1741
01:40:52,440 --> 01:40:56,520
 13 weeks to the first big weekend of college football, including the Auburn Tigers.

1742
01:40:56,720 --> 01:41:02,840
 But according to the little fly on the wall, you've got football over the next few days at Auburn.

1743
01:41:02,920 --> 01:41:03,880
 Can you explain that?

1744
01:41:04,880 --> 01:41:09,580
 Yeah, Tuesday night, where you've got Argentina versus Iceland.

1745
01:41:10,000 --> 01:41:15,720
 The final tune-up friendly before the World Cup gets underway for Argentina, the defending world champion.

1746
01:41:15,720 --> 01:41:19,180
 So Lionel Messi, probably the greatest to ever play the sport.

1747
01:41:19,600 --> 01:41:25,200
 One of the biggest global superstars in sports history is going to be playing at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Tuesday night.

1748
01:41:25,680 --> 01:41:27,160
 And it's going to be a huge weekend.

1749
01:41:27,360 --> 01:41:31,460
 You think about it, you're coming off of this big super regional where, you know,

1750
01:41:31,460 --> 01:41:36,920
 they're expecting to have over 10,000 fans at Plainsman tonight, you know, and kind of blowing that out.

1751
01:41:37,060 --> 01:41:39,760
 And then you get to kind of recover on Monday and then Tuesday.

1752
01:41:40,300 --> 01:41:47,720
 It's a big global sporting event where there are going to be people from all over the country and all over the world, really,

1753
01:41:47,820 --> 01:41:51,780
 coming to Auburn to watch this team before the World Cup gets underway.

1754
01:41:52,020 --> 01:41:55,640
 So it's going to be a really, really impressive, you know, day.

1755
01:41:55,860 --> 01:41:58,900
 They're going to do an Eagle flight before the game.

1756
01:41:59,020 --> 01:42:01,040
 They were practicing that today as well.

1757
01:42:01,440 --> 01:42:02,580
 And they're getting reinforcements.

1758
01:42:02,780 --> 01:42:07,900
 And like you were saying earlier, I probably need to, you know, find a way to, you know, rent out my house.

1759
01:42:07,900 --> 01:42:11,060
 Yeah, I got a couple of spare rooms right now.

1760
01:42:11,140 --> 01:42:12,600
 We should probably be doing something with that.

1761
01:42:13,320 --> 01:42:16,200
 I do my, you know, I live a few miles away from campus.

1762
01:42:16,600 --> 01:42:18,540
 My parents actually live a mile from the stadium.

1763
01:42:18,700 --> 01:42:24,080
 And I know plenty of people who are going to be parking in front of their house and try to walk there over these next few days.

1764
01:42:24,080 --> 01:42:27,120
 So they're going to be getting a lot of traffic around there.

1765
01:42:27,400 --> 01:42:31,940
 Listen, you probably get $500 a night, you know that, for a couple of nights.

1766
01:42:32,320 --> 01:42:32,860
 Oh, yeah.

1767
01:42:33,740 --> 01:42:34,140
 Exactly.

1768
01:42:34,360 --> 01:42:34,720
 No doubt.

1769
01:42:35,360 --> 01:42:43,460
 6 a.m. mailbag, I mean, emails, Friday mailbag, podcasts, where can we get online to get all the great stuff?

1770
01:42:44,040 --> 01:42:45,220
 Yep, auburnobserver.com.

1771
01:42:45,300 --> 01:42:46,640
 We've got recruiting on there.

1772
01:42:46,720 --> 01:42:47,500
 We've got some football.

1773
01:42:48,420 --> 01:42:52,480
 This week we can add a lot of baseball from our guy Henry Patton covering for us.

1774
01:42:52,920 --> 01:42:55,620
 Get a mailbag episode on the podcast today.

1775
01:42:55,980 --> 01:42:58,160
 You can check all that out at auburnobserver.com.

1776
01:42:58,620 --> 01:43:01,900
 Sign up, $6 a month or $60 a year to get you access to everything.

1777
01:43:02,000 --> 01:43:08,800
 We'll have live coverage of Auburn's Super Regional this weekend, and we will roll right into next week with some more football and basketball coverage as well.

1778
01:43:08,980 --> 01:43:09,520
 So sign up there.

1779
01:43:10,140 --> 01:43:12,240
 And let's hope the weather cooperates this week.

1780
01:43:12,360 --> 01:43:14,100
 Justin, have a good weekend, and thanks so much.

1781
01:43:14,660 --> 01:43:15,260
 Yeah, appreciate it, guys.

1782
01:43:15,260 --> 01:43:15,740
 Thank you, buddy.

1783
01:43:16,040 --> 01:43:18,120
 Justin, Ferguson, because you're there with the Auburn Observer.

1784
01:43:18,200 --> 01:43:21,440
 By the way, BB, how do you say Tumor's Corner and Toilet Paper in Argentina?

1785
01:43:21,980 --> 01:43:24,160
 Well, we may find that out next week.

1786
01:43:24,560 --> 01:43:26,120
 Maybe Elmer Pierce has the answer.

1787
01:43:26,220 --> 01:43:27,980
 We'll find out about that and more straight ahead.

1788
01:43:28,040 --> 01:43:28,560
 Stay with us.

1789
01:43:28,560 --> 01:43:29,940
 We'll find out about that and more straight ahead.

1790
01:43:29,940 --> 01:43:30,500
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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1871
01:47:53,400 --> 01:47:54,080
 Welcome back in.

1872
01:47:54,120 --> 01:47:59,760
 It is a privilege for us to open the door and say hello to Elmer Pierce, owner of Garner Pierce Autos.

1873
01:47:59,900 --> 01:48:01,080
 Elmer, welcome in.

1874
01:48:01,080 --> 01:48:05,060
 Are you ready for a five-star weekend out at Garner Pierce Autos?

1875
01:48:05,120 --> 01:48:05,540
 How are you?

1876
01:48:06,260 --> 01:48:07,220
 Absolutely, guys.

1877
01:48:07,420 --> 01:48:07,780
 Absolutely.

1878
01:48:07,900 --> 01:48:09,500
 Thank y'all so much for having me today.

1879
01:48:10,420 --> 01:48:11,420
 Welcome back in.

1880
01:48:11,460 --> 01:48:12,420
 Listen, we were talking the other day.

1881
01:48:12,520 --> 01:48:16,380
 You brought up something, Elmer, before we get into the good stuff that you got going on this weekend.

1882
01:48:17,540 --> 01:48:21,800
 You were, you know, you're not exactly a rookie to the business here in the shows.

1883
01:48:22,180 --> 01:48:25,540
 What's it like to go from a big old company to saying, you know what?

1884
01:48:25,540 --> 01:48:29,420
 I think we can do this here on our own at Garner Pierce Autos.

1885
01:48:29,460 --> 01:48:30,420
 That's a leap of faith.

1886
01:48:30,540 --> 01:48:32,560
 Obviously, you've got the secret recipe.

1887
01:48:32,800 --> 01:48:34,300
 Talk to us about your journey to here.

1888
01:48:35,220 --> 01:48:42,820
 Well, guys, you know, I spent a lot of time in the franchise world, which, for those that don't know, means new car dealership.

1889
01:48:43,340 --> 01:48:55,440
 I worked with the Jim Bishop organization for 23 years, left there, went to the Bentley organization for two years before my partner and I had the opportunity to open this place.

1890
01:48:55,600 --> 01:49:02,100
 And exactly what you said, it was just like all of these stores are going corporate and corporate and, you know, getting bought up.

1891
01:49:02,240 --> 01:49:05,600
 And they have a way of doing business that I don't think people like.

1892
01:49:05,980 --> 01:49:19,840
 And obviously, it's in the numbers that they don't, you know, people don't like because they're not selling as many cars now as we were 12, 15 years ago in much larger, bigger dealerships.

1893
01:49:19,840 --> 01:49:22,560
 So, you know, the numbers speak for themselves.

1894
01:49:23,680 --> 01:49:40,980
 We kind of run our organization here like a mom and pop, number one, and number two, kind of like a new car dealership because we have service, we have sales, we have accessories, you know, we've got parts that we sell, we have warranties that we sell.

1895
01:49:40,980 --> 01:49:48,820
 We can actually sell customers' cars that, you know, hey, guess what, dealers only going to give me $10,000 for it.

1896
01:49:48,840 --> 01:49:49,900
 I really want $11,500.

1897
01:49:50,240 --> 01:49:52,080
 We'll put it out here, sell it for them.

1898
01:49:52,480 --> 01:49:55,260
 Get them more money than they can through the dealer, number one.

1899
01:49:55,520 --> 01:50:04,080
 And number two, we literally find cars all over the southeast, all over the country for customers every single day.

1900
01:50:04,280 --> 01:50:09,340
 I can't tell you how many customers I have call and go, hey, hey, Elmer, I'm looking for this car.

1901
01:50:09,340 --> 01:50:16,940
 And I'll send them five or six different, you know, pictures or videos, turn around, and they go, hey, I really like that second one.

1902
01:50:17,180 --> 01:50:19,400
 I'll send them 40, 50 photos of that car.

1903
01:50:19,780 --> 01:50:20,720
 They like it.

1904
01:50:21,020 --> 01:50:21,820
 We buy it.

1905
01:50:22,060 --> 01:50:23,160
 And boom, there you go.

1906
01:50:23,220 --> 01:50:37,020
 Next thing you know, it's sitting on our doorstep, and we're delivering it to that customer right here without them having to go through six hours of trying to deal with a new car dealer or wait to get paperwork done and stuff like that.

1907
01:50:37,260 --> 01:50:38,880
 Elmer, that's what I was going to mention.

1908
01:50:38,880 --> 01:50:40,720
 We talked about this the other day.

1909
01:50:40,720 --> 01:50:51,720
 If I'm a customer, and I walk into your store and say, Elmer, I want a red 2023 Toyota Camry with 50,000 miles on it.

1910
01:50:52,120 --> 01:50:54,440
 Elmer, y'all do that all day long, don't you?

1911
01:50:54,820 --> 01:50:55,420
 All day long.

1912
01:50:55,420 --> 01:50:56,400
 All day long, absolutely.

1913
01:50:56,400 --> 01:51:09,240
 And not only that, we delivered, I've still got a lot of connections within Toyota and GM, and we delivered three brand new Highlanders yesterday and took three Highlanders on trade yesterday.

1914
01:51:09,500 --> 01:51:12,620
 So we do stuff like that pretty often as well.

1915
01:51:12,900 --> 01:51:15,220
 Elmer, talk about what I mentioned the other day.

1916
01:51:15,280 --> 01:51:19,820
 I think you've got the most underrated service department in the shoals.

1917
01:51:20,080 --> 01:51:25,360
 Believe me, I'm quite familiar with the work you've done on my UConn.

1918
01:51:25,780 --> 01:51:29,160
 Talk about the best service department in the shoals, bud.

1919
01:51:29,620 --> 01:51:31,760
 Hey, and we feel that way.

1920
01:51:31,760 --> 01:51:40,820
 I mean, you know, 120-something years of service or service experience and the guys back there in service, we take good care of you.

1921
01:51:40,920 --> 01:51:41,900
 We explain it.

1922
01:51:42,080 --> 01:51:50,400
 We're not one of those service shops that are going to charge you $250 an hour, $300 an hour, then tell you it's going to be two weeks before we can look at it.

1923
01:51:50,940 --> 01:51:54,920
 So, you know, we've got a great team of guys back there.

1924
01:51:55,000 --> 01:51:56,060
 They're very knowledgeable.

1925
01:51:56,640 --> 01:52:00,940
 They do a lot of training and ongoing training and stuff like that.

1926
01:52:01,040 --> 01:52:07,500
 So we can do anything from oil changes to engine and transmission replacements.

1927
01:52:07,500 --> 01:52:12,520
 And not only that, we literally do tons and tons of fleet service work.

1928
01:52:12,640 --> 01:52:16,000
 So we can handle any job, small or large.

1929
01:52:16,320 --> 01:52:23,400
 Elmer, tell us before we let you go, the who, what, when, where's location, address, hours, et cetera.

1930
01:52:24,100 --> 01:52:27,940
 Yes, Monday through Saturday, sales is open.

1931
01:52:28,200 --> 01:52:29,840
 Saturday, we're 9 to 2.

1932
01:52:30,240 --> 01:52:33,280
 Monday through Friday, 8 till 5.

1933
01:52:33,620 --> 01:52:39,280
 And, guys, if you need us here after hours, our phone numbers are on the front of the door.

1934
01:52:39,400 --> 01:52:40,400
 They're on the website.

1935
01:52:40,600 --> 01:52:42,000
 My cell number is there.

1936
01:52:42,280 --> 01:52:52,580
 So 2261 Florence Boulevard, right next to Applebee's, right here in Florence, www.garner-pierceautos.com.

1937
01:52:52,900 --> 01:52:55,280
 And you can find all of our inventory there.

1938
01:52:55,280 --> 01:52:57,320
 It's got a service appointment there.

1939
01:52:58,000 --> 01:53:00,080
 Anything you need to do, we can take care of.

1940
01:53:01,000 --> 01:53:04,760
 No football this weekend, so no excuse not to get out and huddle with you.

1941
01:53:04,780 --> 01:53:05,580
 Would you agree, Elmer?

1942
01:53:06,320 --> 01:53:07,360
 Yes, absolutely.

1943
01:53:07,640 --> 01:53:09,240
 Yeah, please come and see us this weekend.

1944
01:53:09,620 --> 01:53:13,780
 We've got a good selection of inventory that's coming in the last couple of days.

1945
01:53:14,280 --> 01:53:15,540
 We bought some more today.

1946
01:53:15,640 --> 01:53:17,140
 It'll be here within a couple of days.

1947
01:53:17,500 --> 01:53:22,720
 And if you're looking for something or need us to sell something for you, please come and see us here at Garner-Pierce Autos.

1948
01:53:23,220 --> 01:53:23,960
 Sounds great, Elmer.

1949
01:53:24,000 --> 01:53:26,040
 Listen, man, thank you and all the best this weekend, okay?

1950
01:53:26,700 --> 01:53:27,280
 Appreciate it.

1951
01:53:27,320 --> 01:53:27,880
 You too, guys.

1952
01:53:27,960 --> 01:53:28,420
 Thank you, bud.

1953
01:53:28,820 --> 01:53:31,100
 Elmer Pierce, owner of Garner-Pierce Autos.

1954
01:53:31,200 --> 01:53:37,180
 B.B., are you ready for some baseball tonight with the Braves, tomorrow night with them, and also tonight the Auburn Tigers?

1955
01:53:37,440 --> 01:53:40,020
 Going to be a super weekend, Harold Bugg.

1956
01:53:40,640 --> 01:53:43,620
 The Braves, by the way, will take on the Pirates on the mound.

1957
01:53:43,740 --> 01:53:47,560
 Perez, he is 279 with the ERA, 3-3.

1958
01:53:47,740 --> 01:53:52,780
 The Braves will start the night 8 1⁄2 up on the second-place fields in the NL East.

1959
01:53:53,300 --> 01:53:54,900
 It's going to take care of business for business for now.

1960
01:53:55,140 --> 01:53:59,520
 On behalf of B.B., Greg James Blair, the entire crew here, Harold Bugg, thank you so much for your time today.

1961
01:53:59,620 --> 01:54:04,620
 Let's do it again Monday, noon to 2 for the Boom on Bug Show, back here on Sports Radio 93.9, The Score.