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

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 Good afternoon and welcome here to the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 Happy Wednesday to you and the listeners.

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 Big night in Auburn last night.

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 88,000 in attendance to see Lionel Messi score a goal as Argentina beats Iceland 3-0.

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 Sean Callahan, publisher of HuskersOnline.com, will join us a little bit later to preview Big Red for the 2026 season.

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 But Craig is here right now to talk about one of the Cinderella's.

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 He ends college baseball, the Troy Trojans.

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 Well, like Carly Simon said back in the day in song, nobody does it better when it comes talking to the Trojans from Troy.

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 Craig, Craig Stevenson, got it covered there at AL.com.

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 Craig, welcome in.

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 Doing well, guys.

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 Were you one of those 88,000 last night with your pom-poms trying to explain the game of soccer to the guy next to you?

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 We had people there from our company, but, you know, the general fan ticket was a little pricey for my blood.

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 Awesome event to see that happening in our state.

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 And, you know, arguably the greatest Messi, arguably the greatest soccer player of all time, scored a goal.

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 Craig, something else that's incredible, and that's the quality of college baseball in the state of Alabama.

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 We were talking earlier.

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 Everybody likes to brag about California being this big old state and others.

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 A chance for three.

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 But like Meat Loaf says, two out of three ain't bad.

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 Alabama and the Cinderella, Troy Trojans.

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 Craig, you know them better than any of us.

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 Talk to us about the journey of the Troy Trojans right now.

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 One of eight teams still standing.

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 You know, we've talked a lot in the past about maybe this is the golden age of college basketball in the state of Alabama.

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 One of these teams makes a real run in Omaha.

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 And I don't want to say they came out of nowhere, but it was really kind of unexpected because about, I don't know, 1st of May, they had a losing record.

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 You know, and I think they ended up playing eight conference champions during the schedule, including the Sunbelt Champion Southern Miss, and beat some of them, obviously.

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 They split with Georgia, split with Alabama, beat Southern Miss once in the Sunbelt tournament.

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 The thing about this team is they can really, really hit the ball.

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 Jimmy Janicki, Sunbelt player of the year, probably will be a first-round pick in the 2027 draft.

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 They have several other guys that are, you know, kind of JUCO transfers.

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 Like I said, they had Jimmy Jan, a key catcher, so he didn't really have a role,

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 It wasn't a police thing at all.

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 Everybody's got the same chance.

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 Craig Stevenson, busy at AL.com.

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 Craig, talk to us about the program because a lot of folks listening now, they remember it when it was Troy State,

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 and they played Jack State, and they played UNA.

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 Talk to us about how they put this program together over the years because they are – look at it.

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 You better not take these guys for granted.

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 Ask Nebraska and some other programs out there.

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 They won back-to-back national championships in 86 and 87 when the legendary Chase Riddle was the head coach.

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 And they – you know, but we're not – you know, for the longest time, we're just kind of okay.

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 He hired Skylar Meade.

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 Skylar Meade was the pitching coach at South Carolina, which, you know, traditionally has been a very good program.

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 They weren't so good this year.

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 Brent Jones is a baseball guy.

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 I think he played baseball at Georgia Southern.

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 If you do a really good job of scouring the junior colleges, which they've done, and you can get a really good crop of junior college guys, which they have done, it can turn your program around quickly.

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 Jimmy Janicki is from suburban Chicago.

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 They somehow were able to recruit him and get him down here, and he's one of the best players in the country.

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 They've got a couple of transfers that were, you know, okay players at the big conference level and brought him down.

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 You know, I always mess up his name, Josh Pine, the third baseman I think was at Indiana previously.

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 And like I said, he was an okay player in the Big Ten, but he came down here and has been one of the better players in the Sun Belt.

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 I do think Skylar Meade, like I said, is an up-and-coming great young coach.

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 And I think he's just now – he played in the College World Series not even 20 years ago, so I think he's just now 40.

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 But anyway, so they've done it the – you know, they've done it the way you have to do it, and they've caught lightning in the bottle this year.

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 Craig, your thoughts on the SEC Invitational at Omaha, record five teams.

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 And how far has this Alabama baseball program come since Brad Bohannon was there and got fired for betting on his own team?

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 Can he get an –

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 I was going to say, if he had been the head coach of Texas SEC, he might still be there.

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 Rob Vaughn has done an excellent job.

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 He's another one that was identified as an up-and-coming.

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 He was at Maryland, and they had been kind of irrelevant for a long time, and he got them going and got the job at Alabama.

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 And, you know, they had made – the last couple of hires had not been so great, including Bohannon and the guy before him, I think, only lasted one year.

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 But they've gotten it together, put together some great talent, Justin LeBron, Reese Spines, among others, or, you know, future pros.

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 As far as how far they can go in Omaha, it's hard to say.

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 You know, they're in a real – they're in the hard side of the bracket, you know, because you've got Texas and Georgia over there.

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 I don't expect them to go 0-2, but I wouldn't be surprised if they go 1-2, and that's no shot at them.

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 That's just – Georgia and Texas are that good.

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 They face Oklahoma in the first round, so I think they've got a good shot to win that one.

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 Ole Miss, yeah, which is a good team, but not one of the powerhouses.

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 But, yeah, you know, it's great for Alabama to get to Omaha for the first time in 27 years.

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 I just don't know if this is a championship team.

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 You know, stranger things have happened.

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 I just do think that Texas and Georgia are so good, it's going to be hard to beat them.

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 Alabama better show up with a defense without the Swiss cheese effect.

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 You mentioned something earlier.

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 You mentioned Troy with a young man from down under Australia.

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 Alabama has an Australian.

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 How good are those Vegemite sandwiches down there?

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 You don't – you normally – you remember when ESPN started, they had no programming,

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 And now, look at these baseball players coming out from the land down under.

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 Obviously, it's not as big as rugby and, you know, Australian rules football and cricket

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 But baseball is a thing there.

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 You guys may remember the – I believe it was the 83 Alabama College World Series team,

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 Alabama, Texas, they played twice that year.

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 Texas won each game by one run.

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 That's some incredible talent.

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 I mean, it's the one rule that you know you cannot break in sports.

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 And, you know, maybe the gambling addiction is real and, you know, the treatment,

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 obviously that's what you want to do.

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 But I don't think it is – you go for treatment for 30 days and you're automatically cured.

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 That seems silly to me.

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 I don't believe that's the case.

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 I do think he needs to be permanently ineligible.

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 And, obviously, the reason that he doesn't want to be is for money.

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 You know, he's making $4 million.

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 Yeah, what a coincidence.

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 If this is going to – if there is going to be legit pushback for this, though,

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 it's going to have to come at the conference level because, obviously, the courts –

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 you're going to be able to find a friendly court someday, somewhere.

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 But the Big 12, like every other conference, has rules in place

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 that said, look, if you do something to bring this credit to the level,

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 the integrity of competition, then we can sanction you.

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 And if enough of the other ADs and presidents in the Big 12 decide that's what they want to do,

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 then they probably will.

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 You know, I guess it sounds like there's momentum for that.

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 I don't know how far they'll go with it.

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 But, you know, I think they should pursue every avenue they can.

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 Before we jump off, one other thing, too.

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 You mentioned Jon Sumrall.

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 Obviously, he is from our neck of the woods.

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 He's got roots to North Alabama.

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 You know him for his days there at Troy.

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 How do you think he's going to do in the SEC at Florida?

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 Yeah, it's a tough place, obviously.

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 The SEC is tough.

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 I will say this.

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 I love Jon Sumrall.

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 He's my head coach in college football.

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 He and I, I probably have the best relationship with him as anybody.

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 He's been a head coach in college football for four years

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 and has played for his conference championship four times.

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 So you can't really argue with that.

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 I think that the idea that you can, you know,

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 you can rebuild your roster on the fly through the portal now

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 is going to really help to turn things around there.

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 One thing that has been in question, I guess, about Sumrall

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 is that his offensive style maybe is not the most innovative.

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 You know, he's a defensive guy.

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 But bringing Buster Faulkner down from Georgia Tech,

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 I think it was a great move.

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 And I don't know if they're going to immediately be a contender in year one.

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 if he's really got him going there.

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 I, you know, selfishly, I wanted him to get the Auburn job

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 because I wanted him in our state.

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 But, you know, when Florida comes calling, it's kind of hard to turn down.

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 Yeah, absolutely.

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 Listen, I always enjoy the conversation.

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 Great stuff.

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 As you know, we really enjoy talking with your staff from time to time.

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 Where can we get online to get yours and the team's?

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 Yeah, al.com slash sports.

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 Best way to find it.

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 If you want to find the Troy coverage, it's al.com slash Troy.

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 I'm not going to Omaha, but we have two guys there,

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 so we'll be covering them all week.

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 Sounds great.

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 Listen, Craig, as always, good to hook up with you.

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 All the back to Troy.

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 Let's do it again soon.

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 Thank you, Boone.

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 Okay?

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 All right.

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 Go soon.

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 All right.

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 There you have it.

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 The one, the only, talking Troy Trojans.

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 Welcome back again, Brett Beaird.

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 I'm so proud you asked.

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 By the way, the answer is 80 days in the first weekend of college football.

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 87 to the first big one.

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 But is it ever too early to get to those SEC football power rankings?

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 Never.

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 A little bit of a quiz here before we get to the top box of the list.

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 This is On3 now.

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 Who's going to be the worst team in the SEC this season, Brett Beaird?

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 I would guess they probably said either Arkansas or Mississippi State.

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 Well, you're smart.

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 The Razorbacks are in the cellar.

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 Kentucky's 15.

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 Mississippi State, by the way, is 14.

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 We'll talk about the other 13 here in a second.

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 Here's how they run it down.

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 See if you agree or disagree.

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 Texas.

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 The eyes of Texas are on the Longhorns at number one.

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 Steve Sarkees is in better win with that payroll and that quarterback they got out there.

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 Kirby Smart is number two, BBS.

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 Bill Shanks, is he agreeing with the Dawgs being in the bridesmaid spot?

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 Well, again, with that quarterback out there by the name of Manning, Harold,

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 I knew Texas was going to be number one.

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 They've spent a ton, certainly, on NIL.

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 I think their offensive line is going to be better.

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 Georgia's going to be a very good team.

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 They're in the top five, most of them.

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 But, yeah, Harold, going into this year, I can see where most polls have got Texas

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 is number one.

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 And 87 days away, I'd rather be number two as opposed to number one.

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 A lot of pressure at number one.

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 Did Lane Kiffin leave Ole Miss too early?

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 They're number three, Brett Beaird.

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 The Rebs are number three.

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 Oklahoma's four.

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 Texas A&M, the other team with deep pockets, they are number five.

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 And the fighting Lane Kiffin's Brett Beaird are at number six ahead of the Alabama Crimson Tides.

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 They're basically in the middle of the pack.

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 Can you imagine a few years back saying Alabama is in the middle of the pack right now?

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 Well, I've said this for months.

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 The reason Alabama, Harold, is anywhere from 10 to 15 and is closer to 15 in a lot of the way too early polls,

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 they don't have a veteran quarterback.

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 If Ty Simpson would have come back, Alabama would have probably been third in the SEC and eight or ninth in the majority of the national polls.

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 Now, I think this is a better team overall.

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 I think they've got a better coaching staff.

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 But returning seniors, returning production.

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 But, again, a lot of these polls, the guys that put them together, can't get past an experienced quarterback.

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 I think that's why they're there.

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 But the question is, will Big Orange fans be happy after all these years at the ham with Josh Heupel finishing, again, in the middle of the pack,

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466
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 Somerl needs a year or two.

467
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 I can see why they're about mid-road because, again, no one knows what he's going to do.

468
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 But, Craig, Stevenson had a great point.

469
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 He's played four years in college football, and he's played for the conference championship four consecutive times.

470
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 And it goes both ways.

471
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 A new coach, sometimes they say, well, blah, blah, blah, but they don't have a lot of tape on him at the SEC level with this degree.

472
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 So, it's going to be interesting to see how that works.

473
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 By the way, South Carolina rounds out the top ten just ahead of Mizzou at number 11.

474
00:26:24,020 --> 00:26:25,200
 Here's what's interesting, BB.

475
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 We talked about the bottom three, so now we only have two slots left, 12 and 13.

476
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 Vanderbilt is ahead of Auburn.

477
00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:34,040
 Commodores are 12.

478
00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:35,060
 Auburn is 13.

479
00:26:35,140 --> 00:26:35,800
 Do you agree with that?

480
00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:39,960
 It's because Clark Lee's been there now going on three years.

481
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 And, Harold, I'll be honest with you.

482
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 Jared Curtis, the five-star quarterback.

483
00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:44,920
 Yeah.

484
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 You know, we've got to see what he can do.

485
00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:54,880
 But, again, we talked to Barton Simmons, their general manager, who's been a friend of ours for about 15 years.

486
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 They have done a very good job of constructing this roster.

487
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 Harold, the line of scrimmage is where Vandy, I think, has got it over Auburn.

488
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 And, again, I think Auburn, they won't have a good year.

489
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 They're going to have a winning season.

490
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 Byron Brown, again, they already know their identity, Harold.

491
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 They're going to run the friggin' ball, as Alex Gould had said in the preseason.

492
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 What kind of ball are they going to run, Brent?

493
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 Yeah.

494
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 A friggin' ball.

495
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 That's not baseball.

496
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497
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 It's, what's today?

498
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 Wednesday.

499
00:27:28,660 --> 00:27:29,400
 Give it up, baby.

500
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 What's the menu Friday and Saturday from Omaha?

501
00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:32,560
 Yeah.

502
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 It's Troy, the Troy bracket.

503
00:27:35,260 --> 00:27:37,980
 In fact, they literally are the first game of the tournament.

504
00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:39,640
 One o'clock on ESPN.

505
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 Troy versus West Virginia.

506
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 The night camp, North Carolina versus Ole Miss.

507
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 That's at six on ESPN.

508
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 And then the SEC invitation begins on Saturday.

509
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 Alabama, Oklahoma at two o'clock on ESPN.

510
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 Georgia, Texas at seven.

511
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 And that is going to be a tough bracket for Alabama to come out of.

512
00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:06,360
 Again, Georgia with 173 home runs.

513
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 I saw it today.

514
00:28:07,800 --> 00:28:09,800
 West Virginia's got 55.

515
00:28:10,500 --> 00:28:10,900
 Wow.

516
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 What a discrepancy.

517
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:13,520
 That's almost like twice.

518
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 I'm bad at math.

519
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 You know who's crying right now would be ESPN.

520
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 They don't like this because it's too intensive for the SEC.

521
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 They're probably going to have as many folks in New York watching the World Series as they do in Gurley, Alabama, watching the NBA Finals.

522
00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:32,300
 But Alabama, in case you missed it, a mere 6% chance to win.

523
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 Where are you with that number, BB?

524
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 It's certainly it's low.

525
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 And, Harold, again, I can see why Georgia, Texas, and North Carolina are the three favorites.

526
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 I think Alabama's got a very good chance because they've got a very solid rotation.

527
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 They're hitting the ball better.

528
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 Again, if they can play defense, you don't need six errors like they did two weeks ago in a game.

529
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 But I think Alabama's going to surprise some people in the tournament.

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 It has been a while.

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 And I only say that to say that that generally is going to overshadow a lot of the other stuff, as you know.

709
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:55,740
 But I do think that people are really excited about softball and baseball for the first time in a while.

710
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:57,060
 I mean, both of them together.

711
00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:02,440
 And there was a group, listen, we talked about Rob Vaughn, but what about the job Patrick Murphy's done?

712
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:09,640
 Because even though he maintained a pretty high level of winning success, there were people that were saying,

713
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:17,680
 oh, he's pretty much stubborn, won't change his philosophy, these types of things.

714
00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:20,480
 And then all of a sudden, you know, he's got a little more pop in the lineup.

715
00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:26,080
 And like you said, they're just probably catching a ball in left field away from, you know,

716
00:38:26,120 --> 00:38:28,020
 potentially being in the championship series.

717
00:38:28,160 --> 00:38:32,340
 But all that said and done, yes, it's been a phenomenal year.

718
00:38:32,620 --> 00:38:35,960
 And, you know, certainly I think you have to give credit to Greg Byrne.

719
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:41,680
 For more reasons than one, Rodney, before we get into the obvious of football, to that point,

720
00:38:42,100 --> 00:38:45,720
 because Alabama's on record basically saying we're not going to get into a bidding war.

721
00:38:45,720 --> 00:38:48,660
 We're not Texas Tech. We're not Texas, not Texas A&M.

722
00:38:48,740 --> 00:38:53,080
 If you want to go there and cash your checks and all the best to you, we want you here.

723
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:57,480
 But we're going to try to use it with common sense and squeeze as much as we can out of the dollar.

724
00:38:57,560 --> 00:38:59,260
 To me, two things on that.

725
00:38:59,340 --> 00:39:05,260
 Number one, for Greg Byrne, being able to identify talent in the rough like Nate Oates from that powerhouse,

726
00:39:05,380 --> 00:39:08,180
 Buffalo, Rob Vaughn from, are you kidding me, Maryland?

727
00:39:08,340 --> 00:39:10,280
 This is the SEC. Come on, man.

728
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:13,900
 To be able to have that evaluation of power he's got.

729
00:39:13,900 --> 00:39:17,920
 And then to take the money that they do have, football, I'm sure it's got a nice budget,

730
00:39:18,040 --> 00:39:23,400
 but to keep a guy like Patrick Murphy, to arrange a roster within those boundaries and those realities

731
00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:26,580
 compared to a Texas Tech, to me, that makes it even more amazing.

732
00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:28,640
 Oh, yeah.

733
00:39:28,720 --> 00:39:34,400
 I mean, he's done a fantastic job, you know, overall, identifying coaches.

734
00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:41,960
 You know, as far as the NIL is concerned, and you're right, I think Alabama obviously takes a different approach.

735
00:39:42,060 --> 00:39:45,180
 And there are other schools that take a similar approach to Alabama.

736
00:39:45,420 --> 00:39:48,760
 And then there's those that, like you said, they buy everybody in sight.

737
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:53,160
 I mean, Texas Tech just seems like the one that's the most rogue right now.

738
00:39:53,820 --> 00:39:56,240
 You know, obviously you saw the Sorsby situation.

739
00:39:56,380 --> 00:40:02,180
 It's not NIL, but, I mean, it's just crazy, you know, that they would, you know, and again,

740
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:07,300
 I wish the kid the best, but defend what has happened is pretty amazing to me.

741
00:40:08,580 --> 00:40:13,140
 So, yeah, I mean, there's a lot of crazy things going on, which really, Harold, to me,

742
00:40:13,320 --> 00:40:15,900
 and Brett, kind of leads me back to one thing.

743
00:40:16,080 --> 00:40:18,140
 When are we ever going to get back to normal?

744
00:40:18,360 --> 00:40:18,520
 Yeah.

745
00:40:19,220 --> 00:40:20,740
 I can answer that, Rodney.

746
00:40:20,780 --> 00:40:21,480
 Give me a hard one.

747
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:21,820
 Never.

748
00:40:22,540 --> 00:40:22,780
 Yeah.

749
00:40:23,020 --> 00:40:24,340
 And I think you're right.

750
00:40:24,960 --> 00:40:26,020
 I think you're right.

751
00:40:26,100 --> 00:40:29,700
 And I don't know how long it can continue going in the direction it's going.

752
00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:33,000
 Because it keeps going one step further and one step further.

753
00:40:33,240 --> 00:40:34,760
 And I think Nick Saban was right.

754
00:40:34,840 --> 00:40:36,380
 Eventually, what are we going to have?

755
00:40:37,380 --> 00:40:41,320
 Well, the answer to that part of this, Rodney, it's a dream to see the reality.

756
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:45,920
 Somebody's going to have to grow one, grow some, and say to the lawyers, bring it on.

757
00:40:46,340 --> 00:40:49,320
 If you want to fight, draw the line in the sand, let's go for it.

758
00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:53,940
 Until they do that, the lawyers and the others are going to keep pushing, pushing, pushing,

759
00:40:54,020 --> 00:40:58,300
 because there's no – you can take the ocean and take a small Dixie cup,

760
00:40:58,420 --> 00:41:01,220
 and you can pour every drop of the water in the ocean through that Dixie cup

761
00:41:01,220 --> 00:41:02,460
 if it has no bottom to it.

762
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:07,820
 Yeah, and it's just – you know, it's just crazy right now.

763
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:10,460
 And I think it's really hurt in some ways.

764
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:11,740
 I watch baseball.

765
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:14,240
 I see some enthusiasm, some energy.

766
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:15,660
 I see it in softball.

767
00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:22,280
 But – and again, I think especially football seems to be losing some luster.

768
00:41:22,700 --> 00:41:26,760
 And I'm not – I'm not talking – I'm talking about just when you talk to fans.

769
00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:30,520
 I mean, college football used to have a special feel to it.

770
00:41:30,740 --> 00:41:32,560
 It was so much different than the NFL.

771
00:41:33,140 --> 00:41:37,700
 You know, and these kids, they just played with such passion and enthusiasm and pride

772
00:41:37,700 --> 00:41:41,540
 for the history and the tradition of the programs, you know, the top programs.

773
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:43,440
 And it's just not there anymore.

774
00:41:43,740 --> 00:41:44,880
 It's just not there.

775
00:41:45,100 --> 00:41:46,220
 And it's really hurt.

776
00:41:46,700 --> 00:41:51,740
 And to that – you have the – and we said it again, the most interactive board in the entire world.

777
00:41:51,840 --> 00:41:55,560
 And we literally mean the world for you because you're nationwide and international-wide.

778
00:41:55,960 --> 00:42:00,720
 Your thoughts, because at one time recruiting was – it was 365 days a year,

779
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:02,500
 unless it was a leap year and you could add one.

780
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:07,760
 We're in – it's still a hot topic, but we're compared to is the fervor for recruiting now

781
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:11,920
 because you've got a school of thought out there that's not going to get excited about high school kids.

782
00:42:11,920 --> 00:42:13,880
 We're going to save our money for approving guys.

783
00:42:14,420 --> 00:42:17,620
 We're not going to invest a million dollars in the kids sitting on the bench out of high school.

784
00:42:17,720 --> 00:42:20,380
 We're going to go get somebody we can plug and play today.

785
00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:26,160
 As a whole, where's the nation of tighter insiders just as far as the fervor for recruiting now?

786
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:30,500
 Well, you know, you said hot topics still.

787
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:33,100
 I don't think it is a hot topic, actually.

788
00:42:33,760 --> 00:42:38,580
 You know, maybe on some boards where you have younger fans out there, and I say younger,

789
00:42:38,580 --> 00:42:45,740
 I'm talking about, you know, 18 to 35 or whatever, that, you know, they really haven't experienced

790
00:42:45,740 --> 00:42:49,000
 probably like all of us have, you know.

791
00:42:49,080 --> 00:42:53,240
 I mean, what we've seen and experienced and what most of tighter insiders made up of,

792
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:54,560
 you know, the demographic.

793
00:42:54,860 --> 00:43:00,080
 So I think that probably the 45 and up fan sees it a little bit different,

794
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:03,260
 and I just don't think it's a very hot topic right now.

795
00:43:03,260 --> 00:43:11,420
 I think because of these guys, they, you know, listen, a coach, an SEC coach said this earlier

796
00:43:11,420 --> 00:43:12,520
 this week privately.

797
00:43:12,520 --> 00:43:19,780
 He said, listen, he said, you know, we think we're in great shape with this particular high

798
00:43:19,780 --> 00:43:21,660
 recruit, five-star recruit.

799
00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:24,600
 We think we're in great shape, but you know what?

800
00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:26,820
 Wait till the next offer comes in.

801
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:27,600
 Yeah, that's right.

802
00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:29,040
 Wait till the next offer comes in.

803
00:43:29,040 --> 00:43:32,680
 Let's face it, Roddy, they're using you delivers to get more money from the next guy.

804
00:43:34,140 --> 00:43:35,900
 Well, they've got agents involved too.

805
00:43:36,080 --> 00:43:41,820
 So this is where it's really crazy is because the agents are, you know, they're looking to

806
00:43:41,820 --> 00:43:45,480
 make the most money, and they're encouraging these kids, hey, man, hold out for the top

807
00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:46,460
 dollar, you know.

808
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:51,500
 And so that's really, and you know, look, they'll flip, they'll do whatever.

809
00:43:52,680 --> 00:43:53,940
 There's just no loyalty.

810
00:43:54,240 --> 00:43:56,700
 There's no, Saban said it.

811
00:43:56,780 --> 00:44:00,960
 It's all about money now, and people say, well, Saban's a hypocrite because he's made so much

812
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:01,320
 money.

813
00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:07,080
 Well, I mean, it doesn't mean that you can't be successful and make money, but he's providing

814
00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:11,700
 some wisdom here with what's going on, you know, with this.

815
00:44:11,700 --> 00:44:14,360
 So, and I don't think people are going to listen.

816
00:44:15,120 --> 00:44:20,720
 Rodney, recruiting in Kalen DeBoer has admitted that they're probably, this is going to be a

817
00:44:20,720 --> 00:44:24,540
 much smaller class, maybe half of what they normally sign.

818
00:44:25,020 --> 00:44:31,560
 I know he's been putting money in roster, what I call roster retention, and they did a good

819
00:44:31,560 --> 00:44:37,120
 job last year as far as keeping a lot of these guys here and the year before, and then also

820
00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:41,780
 the transfer portal, but they have brought some guys in, and we've talked with you about

821
00:44:41,780 --> 00:44:48,160
 some of these guys, Ty Phillips, who did come in on Monday, the 5'11", 190-pound running

822
00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:52,740
 back, Fayetteville, North Carolina, transferred to South Carolina.

823
00:44:52,940 --> 00:45:01,080
 They also brought in a kicker, Luke Cody, who the Coles kicking is very high on, and also

824
00:45:01,080 --> 00:45:13,260
 Michael Nimbufi, and please help me with that pronunciation, from St. Francis Academy, 652-50.

825
00:45:13,440 --> 00:45:15,100
 Rodney, I'm impressed with him.

826
00:45:15,200 --> 00:45:19,600
 I've looked at some of the clips, and I know some folks on the board probably said, oh my

827
00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:21,620
 goodness, the kid flips from Syracuse.

828
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:24,120
 He's probably not very good.

829
00:45:24,760 --> 00:45:27,200
 From what I saw with him, I was impressed.

830
00:45:27,620 --> 00:45:30,980
 Rodney, catch us up with who Bama's brought in this week.

831
00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:36,660
 Yeah, I think if you want to start with Ty Phillips, I mean, he's a very explosive running

832
00:45:36,660 --> 00:45:38,400
 back, dynamic, 4'3", 40.

833
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:42,240
 I mean, people say that and say, well, he's probably, no, he's legit.

834
00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:43,520
 I mean, he could smoke.

835
00:45:43,600 --> 00:45:43,900
 Yeah, he is.

836
00:45:45,180 --> 00:45:50,960
 Not real big, but again, a guy that Alabama targeted early is one of their top guys, and

837
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:54,860
 I think it's a big pickup, especially when you add him with Nigel Newkirk, the other running

838
00:45:54,860 --> 00:45:56,360
 back that's committed in this class.

839
00:45:56,360 --> 00:45:58,280
 Yeah, so it's a really good pickup.

840
00:45:58,620 --> 00:46:03,400
 He had 900 plus yards last year, but you have to remember his season was cut short by injury.

841
00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:06,460
 So he'll probably have a big year this year.

842
00:46:08,180 --> 00:46:12,240
 And then Luke Cody, you mentioned him, the place kicker from Lumberton, Texas.

843
00:46:13,300 --> 00:46:18,160
 And now, look, there's guys, I want to be clear on this, there's guys that they're going

844
00:46:18,160 --> 00:46:24,700
 to sign that are going to be NIL guys, meaning that they are going to have NIL attached to

845
00:46:24,700 --> 00:46:29,820
 their scholarship, you know, but then there's guys that I think will be just maybe scholarship

846
00:46:29,820 --> 00:46:30,400
 guys.

847
00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:38,020
 We saw that last year, but not everybody you sign is going to be an NIL, receive NIL or receive

848
00:46:38,020 --> 00:46:39,140
 a much NIL.

849
00:46:39,820 --> 00:46:44,100
 So I think Cody's probably a guy that fits into that non-NIL.

850
00:46:44,880 --> 00:46:49,440
 And I only say that because you're going to have to get, we're going to have to get used

851
00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:54,880
 to this, at least for now, that you're going to have, you might have 10 or 12 or 14 NIL

852
00:46:54,880 --> 00:46:57,100
 signees like Alabama's probably going to have.

853
00:46:57,240 --> 00:47:00,700
 And then you may have five or six guys that are just coming on scholarship because you got

854
00:47:00,700 --> 00:47:01,500
 105 now.

855
00:47:02,160 --> 00:47:04,460
 So that's kind of the way this thing's going.

856
00:47:05,820 --> 00:47:07,580
 So, yeah, but he is a really good kicker.

857
00:47:07,640 --> 00:47:08,860
 You kind of laid it out there.

858
00:47:08,940 --> 00:47:11,940
 He's ranked really highly by some of these kicking services.

859
00:47:11,940 --> 00:47:20,140
 And then the last one in Buffet, I guess that's the way to say it, from Baltimore, St.

860
00:47:20,260 --> 00:47:23,180
 Francis, it's a program that Alabama's had a pipeline to.

861
00:47:23,600 --> 00:47:29,340
 He's big, he's 6'5", he's probably 250 now, moves really well, but he's very powerful.

862
00:47:29,560 --> 00:47:33,540
 I think he's a guy that you look at him and say, okay, he's going to eventually be an

863
00:47:33,540 --> 00:47:38,680
 in-line tight end who's going to be a really, really good blocker because he's good at it

864
00:47:38,680 --> 00:47:39,000
 now.

865
00:47:39,000 --> 00:47:40,420
 I mean, he's powerful.

866
00:47:41,140 --> 00:47:42,800
 And I think he is athletic enough.

867
00:47:43,020 --> 00:47:49,400
 And I know somebody put out some numbers up from a quote-unquote pro day they had at St.

868
00:47:49,500 --> 00:47:56,020
 Francis Academy, where he attends school in Baltimore, and he ran a 4-6-1-40.

869
00:47:56,360 --> 00:48:00,640
 And if that's accurate, then that's really good for 6'6-2-50.

870
00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:01,200
 Yes, it is.

871
00:48:02,200 --> 00:48:09,860
 You know, ran a 1-7-3-10-yard, first 10 yards, which is really, really good for 250 pounds.

872
00:48:10,680 --> 00:48:14,200
 So, yes, I think he's an outstanding prospect.

873
00:48:14,500 --> 00:48:20,220
 I mean, look, I think the one thing, Brett and Harold, and I know they think they've got

874
00:48:20,220 --> 00:48:24,180
 a lot of guys coming back next year on the offensive line and probably the defensive line.

875
00:48:24,440 --> 00:48:28,020
 But I do think that you have to sign linemen every year.

876
00:48:28,020 --> 00:48:28,800
 You have to.

877
00:48:29,380 --> 00:48:30,980
 I agree entirely, Rodney.

878
00:48:31,240 --> 00:48:39,340
 Listen, they also, and a lot of people miss this, but speaking of St. Francis, a 28 linebacker,

879
00:48:39,780 --> 00:48:45,100
 Bush, B-O-O-S-H Henry, a linebacker from there.

880
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:50,040
 And again, Jaira Edwards is another one, as you mentioned, it has just become a pipeline,

881
00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:56,000
 but, and a lot of people missed or overlooked, and believe me, a lot of things can change in

882
00:48:56,000 --> 00:48:56,620
 two years.

883
00:48:56,780 --> 00:49:01,140
 But they also got another linebacker for 2028 from St. Francis.

884
00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:04,760
 Yeah, you're talking about Bush Henry?

885
00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:05,600
 Yes, yes.

886
00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:06,720
 Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah.

887
00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:11,500
 He came here and went through camp, and I think he's listed about 6'4", 205.

888
00:49:11,540 --> 00:49:13,200
 He was a 2029 kid.

889
00:49:14,120 --> 00:49:17,000
 He's classifying to 2028.

890
00:49:18,180 --> 00:49:22,040
 So, like you said, it's a long time off, but, I mean, obviously he impressed them at camp.

891
00:49:22,260 --> 00:49:27,600
 I mean, he's very athletic, you know, could play safety, could play linebacker.

892
00:49:27,660 --> 00:49:28,660
 He's got a great frame.

893
00:49:28,740 --> 00:49:29,480
 He's going to fill out.

894
00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:32,000
 He's very young, so you know he's going to get bigger.

895
00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:39,080
 So, yeah, he committed Bush Henry about, what, a week ago or so, and I think that, you

896
00:49:39,080 --> 00:49:39,700
 know, we'll see.

897
00:49:39,760 --> 00:49:45,480
 We'll see what happens on that, but it was, again, another big pickup from that school.

898
00:49:46,060 --> 00:49:54,920
 Rodney, Stale, Hayden Stale from Las Vegas, from Bishop Gorman, has really liked his visit.

899
00:49:55,080 --> 00:50:02,140
 I know, again, as we've talked about, Alabama does an incredible job of recruiting a lot of

900
00:50:02,140 --> 00:50:05,980
 these guys, and they've gotten into Bishop Gorman the last couple of years.

901
00:50:06,620 --> 00:50:13,600
 He's going to Oregon this weekend, and Oregon has lost two coveted prospects, and I hear they're

902
00:50:13,600 --> 00:50:19,060
 really going to put the squeeze on Stale when he visits Oregon this weekend.

903
00:50:19,500 --> 00:50:22,160
 Rodney, your thoughts on his pending visit?

904
00:50:23,220 --> 00:50:28,520
 Well, that's a concern, because, you know, Oregon's going to throw a lot at him, probably.

905
00:50:28,760 --> 00:50:28,980
 We are.

906
00:50:29,100 --> 00:50:35,400
 And I do think that Step is a guy that Alabama thinks they're in a really good position with.

907
00:50:37,600 --> 00:50:40,040
 And, again, I think it goes back to what I said earlier.

908
00:50:40,280 --> 00:50:44,220
 You know, you can think you're in a good position with somebody, and then a couple of weeks later,

909
00:50:44,260 --> 00:50:49,860
 they take a visit, and they get an NIL offer that's real appealing, and, you know, you lose them.

910
00:50:51,140 --> 00:50:53,580
 So, but he is an outstanding player.

911
00:50:53,680 --> 00:50:54,400
 I mean, he's really tall.

912
00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:59,100
 He's got great length, and like you said, nobody recruits a secondary better than Alabama, in my opinion.

913
00:50:59,100 --> 00:51:07,100
 And he's one of those guys, like Dijon Lee and Jordan Edmonds, just a long corner, you know.

914
00:51:07,620 --> 00:51:15,340
 So, we'll see what happens with Hayden Step, you know, with that visit to Oregon, because that could be the difference.

915
00:51:15,620 --> 00:51:16,060
 Absolutely.

916
00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:23,760
 Well, nobody does a better job of covering Alabama sports than Rodney Orr, the 24-7 message board,

917
00:51:23,760 --> 00:51:30,720
 just absolutely nonstop, TITV, coverage of baseball, softball, certainly recruiting.

918
00:51:31,360 --> 00:51:33,780
 Where can we get online and get it for a nominal price?

919
00:51:33,880 --> 00:51:38,120
 And I keep talking about these five stars on and off the field.

920
00:51:38,660 --> 00:51:41,180
 Now, this is vacation time, Rodney.

921
00:51:41,220 --> 00:51:48,140
 If you're on the beach looking at five stars, you need to also be reading your latest book, Bud.

922
00:51:48,180 --> 00:51:49,820
 Where can we get online and get it?

923
00:51:50,300 --> 00:51:50,580
 Yeah.

924
00:51:50,820 --> 00:51:52,260
 Well, I appreciate it, Harold.

925
00:51:52,260 --> 00:51:53,000
 I'm Brett.

926
00:51:53,760 --> 00:51:58,780
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 I think my days are over doing that.

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 They're just beginning, Rodney.

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 The U.S. House has passed the Secure America Act, which is a $70 billion funding package for two agencies within the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

1028
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 Alabama's Republican congressional delegates voted in favor of the bill.

1029
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 It passed with a 214 to 212 vote.

1030
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 U.S. Congressman Gary Palmer says this bill provides critical funding for the federal agencies that are restoring order at the border after years of a crisis under the Biden administration.

1031
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 Congressman Dale Strong blamed Democrats for the months-long delay in passing this funding bill with necessary resources.

1032
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 He says now that the bill is headed to the president's desk for signature, the Trump agenda to remove illegal aliens from the U.S. can continue forward.

1033
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 Democrat Congresswoman Terry Sewell voted no on the funding, calling it a blank check for ICE.

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 A Coffey County man has been sentenced to four decades in prison for charges of sexual abuse of a child and first-degree rape.

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 Williamson pleaded guilty to those charges.

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 He has been behind bars without bond since his arrest.

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 There were a total of 28 graduates that will be working for law enforcement in the area.

1048
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1053
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 Boomo Bugg on 93.9, The Score.

1054
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 Harold Bugg, some people jump out of planes for no reason whatsoever.

1055
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 Listen, I saw a clip on this.

1056
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 I would not have believed it.

1057
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 All right.

1058
00:58:56,680 --> 00:58:59,960
 Why anybody would jump out of a perfectly good airplane.

1059
00:59:00,100 --> 00:59:03,420
 But our next guest literally did just that.

1060
00:59:03,420 --> 00:59:08,420
 I can't wait for the details on that and more with AA Andrew Adelson, the chief at ESPN.

1061
00:59:09,140 --> 00:59:10,280
 AA, welcome in.

1062
00:59:10,360 --> 00:59:11,200
 How are you?

1063
00:59:11,440 --> 00:59:14,980
 Well, I survived to tell the tale, fellas.

1064
00:59:15,200 --> 00:59:17,560
 I did jump out of a perfectly good airplane.

1065
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 Why?

1066
00:59:18,680 --> 00:59:20,420
 It was not something I ever wanted to do.

1067
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 Well, look, I lost our ACC Picks Challenge between me and David Hale.

1068
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 If you lose, you have to do something.

1069
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 Yeah, stupid.

1070
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 And I didn't think I was going to lose.

1071
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 I mean, I don't lose.

1072
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 I'm not a loser.

1073
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 And yet, I lost.

1074
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 It was terrifying.

1075
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 And I still cannot believe I did it.

1076
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 But I did.

1077
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1082
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 The Boomo Bugg Show, weekdays noon to two on 93.9 The Score.

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 Shoals, Decatur, Athens, and all of northwest Alabama and southern Tennessee.

1093
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1094
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 The Boomo Bugg Show.

1095
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 Your exclusive inside track to the Tide.

1096
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 Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC.

1097
01:00:45,240 --> 01:00:50,620
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1098
01:00:51,100 --> 01:00:53,280
 Welcome back in our tour of the Boomo Bugg Show.

1099
01:00:53,360 --> 01:00:55,000
 I'm Harold Bugg, alongside Brett Beaird.

1100
01:00:55,100 --> 01:00:57,800
 Thank you so much for giving us a ride around the Tennessee Valley.

1101
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 BB, in a crazy world, isn't it nice to see somebody who has his sense about him for a change?

1102
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 Well, it is.

1103
01:01:06,180 --> 01:01:16,000
 I can't think of anybody else, Harold, who could take what's going on in college football right now and explain it for an eighth grader to understand.

1104
01:01:16,420 --> 01:01:16,740
 Wow.

1105
01:01:16,860 --> 01:01:17,600
 Ron Higgins.

1106
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 That's one of the reasons he's a Hall of Famer.

1107
01:01:19,680 --> 01:01:21,460
 Now, columnist, report, Bo is your general.

1108
01:01:21,580 --> 01:01:22,460
 Ron, welcome in.

1109
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 How are you?

1110
01:01:23,700 --> 01:01:24,180
 I'm good.

1111
01:01:24,220 --> 01:01:24,880
 How are y'all doing, man?

1112
01:01:25,280 --> 01:01:25,920
 Yeah, we're doing all right.

1113
01:01:25,980 --> 01:01:29,640
 Ron, when are you going to put on a robe and straighten out college football?

1114
01:01:31,220 --> 01:01:39,300
 Well, really, I'm thinking I'm going to rent myself out to the universities to get a payroll ruling, you know?

1115
01:01:40,980 --> 01:01:45,340
 Wouldn't it be nice all those guys that have had an injunction every time we turned around and lied and says,

1116
01:01:45,340 --> 01:01:46,400
 look, I'm only human.

1117
01:01:46,540 --> 01:01:47,160
 I made a mistake.

1118
01:01:47,440 --> 01:01:49,080
 How many injunctions would you have, Ron?

1119
01:01:50,200 --> 01:01:51,060
 Oh, my God.

1120
01:01:51,200 --> 01:01:59,660
 I mean, first of all, if I was a guy that Texas Tech that ruled the quarterback eligible, I'd say, listen, this is what I want.

1121
01:01:59,820 --> 01:02:01,380
 I want a skybox for the season.

1122
01:02:02,000 --> 01:02:06,280
 I want to lead the team on the field for the first game.

1123
01:02:07,300 --> 01:02:10,880
 And I want to walk hand-in-hand with Brendan Thursby off the field after the first game.

1124
01:02:10,920 --> 01:02:11,380
 That's what I want.

1125
01:02:12,580 --> 01:02:14,220
 Ron, talk to us about this.

1126
01:02:14,220 --> 01:02:22,080
 When you saw this, did you, like a lot of us, did a double-take and say, come on, man, we're all adjusting this thing called AIA.

1127
01:02:23,480 --> 01:02:28,960
 Is this for real that this judge is doing this, or are you, look, it's a crazy world out there.

1128
01:02:29,020 --> 01:02:30,440
 Where are you on this ruling?

1129
01:02:32,460 --> 01:02:34,060
 Well, it's pretty evident.

1130
01:02:34,060 --> 01:02:36,300
 Well, there's no rules.

1131
01:02:36,480 --> 01:02:37,600
 There's no laws.

1132
01:02:38,720 --> 01:02:39,880
 There's no boundaries.

1133
01:02:41,680 --> 01:02:42,660
 Just lawyers.

1134
01:02:43,500 --> 01:02:44,260
 Just lawyers.

1135
01:02:44,980 --> 01:02:50,680
 And any time somebody tells you no, go get your lawyer and a friendly judge.

1136
01:02:50,860 --> 01:02:51,300
 That's right.

1137
01:02:52,560 --> 01:03:01,200
 You know, all these schools are like, you know, well, all we're doing is we're trying to play by the rules, whatever the rules are.

1138
01:03:01,620 --> 01:03:04,980
 And if they can bend the h*** out of the rules, don't bend them.

1139
01:03:05,120 --> 01:03:10,500
 And it's like, until you tell absolutely some ways to say, I can't do this, I'm not going to do it.

1140
01:03:10,500 --> 01:03:12,280
 Like the Alabama kid last year in basketball.

1141
01:03:12,880 --> 01:03:14,260
 Donnie said, you know, you can't do this.

1142
01:03:14,340 --> 01:03:15,460
 Okay, well, he couldn't play.

1143
01:03:17,440 --> 01:03:24,200
 You know, it's like LSU with Will Wade, you know, he's going to recruit all international players.

1144
01:03:24,500 --> 01:03:26,200
 Only one of them is probably going to be ineligible.

1145
01:03:26,760 --> 01:03:31,980
 But he talks to LSU AD, and he'll tell you, he'll tell you this.

1146
01:03:32,060 --> 01:03:41,560
 He'll say, you know what, until they tell me that he can't be doing this and it's ineligible, well, then we're not going to, then we won't do it.

1147
01:03:41,600 --> 01:03:43,900
 Until then, I'll deal with that when it comes.

1148
01:03:44,060 --> 01:03:44,860
 And that's the way to look at it.

1149
01:03:45,060 --> 01:03:46,400
 I'll deal with it when it comes.

1150
01:03:47,860 --> 01:03:50,560
 Translated, Ron, that's why Nick Saban is out of the game.

1151
01:03:50,640 --> 01:03:53,660
 He had the good sense and the foresight to see where this was going.

1152
01:03:54,180 --> 01:03:59,280
 Nick is the ultimate control freak, but to his credit, his control was successful.

1153
01:04:00,100 --> 01:04:07,880
 You can say what you want about the rules, but to me, that's, you know, as well as any of us, that's one of the reasons Nick said, to heck with this, I can't play with those rules.

1154
01:04:08,020 --> 01:04:09,060
 And where does this land?

1155
01:04:09,160 --> 01:04:11,540
 Because what you just said has teeth.

1156
01:04:11,920 --> 01:04:13,720
 If it's my team, it's good.

1157
01:04:14,200 --> 01:04:16,780
 If it's the other team I've got to play against, it's bad.

1158
01:04:16,960 --> 01:04:22,160
 So where does this land when, as you mentioned, there are no guardrails right now?

1159
01:04:22,160 --> 01:04:24,940
 This car is out of control and has no brakes.

1160
01:04:25,860 --> 01:04:30,460
 Everybody's going to keep bending the rules until somebody comes up with a plan to stop all this stuff.

1161
01:04:30,900 --> 01:04:37,200
 The first thing they need to do, even before the NIL stuff, is fix the transfer rule.

1162
01:04:38,340 --> 01:04:44,220
 That would stop players from renegotiating contracts every year and have the opportunity to jump.

1163
01:04:44,940 --> 01:04:48,760
 I mean, that would solve three-fourths of the problem.

1164
01:04:48,900 --> 01:04:49,220
 Then you do.

1165
01:04:49,220 --> 01:04:50,080
 Then you do.

1166
01:04:50,080 --> 01:04:53,660
 But the transfer rule is the first problem.

1167
01:04:53,920 --> 01:04:59,620
 If you can renegotiate and go somewhere every year, well, then you're going to have this anarchy of life.

1168
01:05:00,080 --> 01:05:11,720
 I can't even imagine, you know, the h*** of a reason these guys, I'm going to say the NBA, want to go back to school and make money.

1169
01:05:11,900 --> 01:05:14,300
 It's because the NBA has rules.

1170
01:05:15,360 --> 01:05:19,800
 You know, you can't keep belches and team-to-team if you sign a contract unless you're trading.

1171
01:05:20,360 --> 01:05:23,560
 The NBA has no way to, I mean, I'm going to place them where they have no rules.

1172
01:05:23,680 --> 01:05:26,300
 I can just make as much money as I want every year somewhere.

1173
01:05:27,080 --> 01:05:33,460
 And so I have to understand why they want to go back to college because they think, you know what, I can have two years left.

1174
01:05:33,960 --> 01:05:36,560
 I can play a year at this place and then demand more money.

1175
01:05:37,240 --> 01:05:38,180
 And they don't give to me.

1176
01:05:38,440 --> 01:05:41,460
 I can go to this place to get more money before I even go to the program.

1177
01:05:41,500 --> 01:05:42,180
 This is awesome.

1178
01:05:43,540 --> 01:05:44,820
 Here's the problem, Ron.

1179
01:05:44,880 --> 01:05:47,240
 Let's say that you bring in a kid and you pay him a million dollars.

1180
01:05:47,320 --> 01:05:49,560
 One or two things that's going to happen in the common sense world.

1181
01:05:50,160 --> 01:05:55,140
 Either he did not perform, which means you have to eat that million dollars, or the kid's good,

1182
01:05:55,140 --> 01:05:56,860
 and now he's either going to renegotiate.

1183
01:05:56,940 --> 01:06:01,580
 You're going to pay him at least two million, or Wild Bill Cody out west is going to pay him four million.

1184
01:06:01,720 --> 01:06:03,680
 So you can't win no matter what.

1185
01:06:04,860 --> 01:06:07,160
 I'm thinking Wild Bill Cody's a Texas Tech booster.

1186
01:06:07,540 --> 01:06:07,940
 Yeah.

1187
01:06:10,320 --> 01:06:14,840
 Okay, let's hand a guy with a gambling problem four million.

1188
01:06:15,920 --> 01:06:16,160
 Yeah.

1189
01:06:16,520 --> 01:06:19,280
 And then we'll give him some help playing quarterback.

1190
01:06:19,920 --> 01:06:22,520
 And suspending two games against Louisiana Tech.

1191
01:06:23,320 --> 01:06:23,720
 Yeah.

1192
01:06:23,940 --> 01:06:25,820
 And some other nondescript teams.

1193
01:06:26,260 --> 01:06:26,840
 I mean, really?

1194
01:06:27,080 --> 01:06:31,820
 I mean, like, you'll get a guy four million who has a mini gambling problem.

1195
01:06:32,400 --> 01:06:32,620
 Yeah.

1196
01:06:34,020 --> 01:06:38,000
 You know, I guess you always hear that phrase, you know, I bet on myself.

1197
01:06:38,160 --> 01:06:39,100
 Maybe he'll do that.

1198
01:06:39,140 --> 01:06:40,380
 But he'll bet on himself this time.

1199
01:06:42,440 --> 01:06:44,440
 It's become ridiculous.

1200
01:06:45,320 --> 01:06:50,220
 And I think, you know, out of all the stuff, you know, make pros trying to, you know, play

1201
01:06:50,220 --> 01:06:51,200
 in college or whatever.

1202
01:06:52,600 --> 01:06:57,880
 This one caught everybody's attention because gambling has been outlawed in the NCAA forever.

1203
01:06:58,240 --> 01:06:58,440
 Yeah.

1204
01:06:58,660 --> 01:07:03,840
 I mean, how many scandals you've had in teams, you know, you know, the Alabama State thing

1205
01:07:03,840 --> 01:07:05,100
 with the players throwing the games.

1206
01:07:05,380 --> 01:07:10,840
 And honestly, that one really bought me a lot because when you got the son of a head coach

1207
01:07:10,840 --> 01:07:11,480
 doing it.

1208
01:07:11,660 --> 01:07:12,060
 Right.

1209
01:07:12,420 --> 01:07:18,020
 And that head coach has been a longtime friend of mine since he's played days where I covered

1210
01:07:18,020 --> 01:07:20,400
 when he played Memphis State basketball, Tony Madlock.

1211
01:07:20,980 --> 01:07:23,300
 That one just absolutely killed me.

1212
01:07:23,400 --> 01:07:25,040
 And I'm like, oh, my God, no.

1213
01:07:25,180 --> 01:07:25,460
 Yeah.

1214
01:07:25,660 --> 01:07:28,000
 And so everybody knows this is a rule.

1215
01:07:28,540 --> 01:07:31,240
 It's emphasized every friggin' year at school.

1216
01:07:31,340 --> 01:07:35,540
 There's signs all over your locker room and stuff, don't gamble, blah, blah, blah, you know.

1217
01:07:35,980 --> 01:07:38,320
 And this guy just goes and does it.

1218
01:07:38,420 --> 01:07:42,120
 And then all of a sudden he's going to claim that, you know, he has this sickness.

1219
01:07:42,480 --> 01:07:47,500
 And, you know, I mean, and I'll get treatment and I'll sit out two games and I'll go to get

1220
01:07:47,500 --> 01:07:49,440
 most anonymous, you know.

1221
01:07:49,560 --> 01:07:53,600
 I mean, you know, every possible thing, you know, possible, you know.

1222
01:07:53,600 --> 01:07:56,800
 I mean, I'll go to the casinos and I'll polish the dice for people.

1223
01:07:56,980 --> 01:07:57,600
 You know, I mean, really.

1224
01:07:59,420 --> 01:08:00,500
 It's ridiculous.

1225
01:08:01,200 --> 01:08:07,900
 But until somebody comes up with a plan to take one step forward, and I think the step

1226
01:08:07,900 --> 01:08:09,880
 forward, honestly, it's a transfer portal.

1227
01:08:10,280 --> 01:08:11,100
 That's the problem.

1228
01:08:11,980 --> 01:08:14,000
 That's the crux of a lot of renegotiation.

1229
01:08:14,420 --> 01:08:16,620
 That's the crux of kids bouncing all over the place.

1230
01:08:18,100 --> 01:08:21,780
 My rule would be you can transfer one time.

1231
01:08:22,420 --> 01:08:22,460
 Right.

1232
01:08:22,600 --> 01:08:29,860
 And then if you graduate and have a year left, like back in the day, like Joe Burr graduated

1233
01:08:29,860 --> 01:08:33,320
 when he was after a couple years of holidays, but he had two left, don't you?

1234
01:08:33,700 --> 01:08:35,260
 You've earned the right to graduate.

1235
01:08:35,480 --> 01:08:38,740
 I mean, you've earned the right to transfer if you graduate.

1236
01:08:39,220 --> 01:08:40,300
 I mean, you've earned that.

1237
01:08:40,340 --> 01:08:42,340
 You've fulfilled your obligation academically.

1238
01:08:42,740 --> 01:08:43,580
 So you've earned that right.

1239
01:08:43,820 --> 01:08:48,400
 So the most you can transfer is two times, one, one school to do another, and the second

1240
01:08:48,400 --> 01:08:49,360
 when you graduate.

1241
01:08:49,680 --> 01:08:50,160
 Thank you.

1242
01:08:50,540 --> 01:08:54,860
 Otherwise, you can't do this like seven years in seven schools thing, like the T.J.

1243
01:08:54,960 --> 01:08:56,040
 Finley academic plan.

1244
01:08:57,920 --> 01:08:58,800
 Ron, the defeat.

1245
01:08:58,940 --> 01:09:00,140
 Late Barnab is another one.

1246
01:09:01,440 --> 01:09:01,880
 T.J.

1247
01:09:01,960 --> 01:09:03,500
 Finley would have put a great animal house.

1248
01:09:03,640 --> 01:09:05,580
 Seven years of college down the drain.

1249
01:09:05,740 --> 01:09:09,960
 I mean, it's just, it's incredible.

1250
01:09:10,180 --> 01:09:19,180
 And this one, this one actually stopped college football because this one was always non-negotiable.

1251
01:09:19,360 --> 01:09:20,480
 You gamble, you're done.

1252
01:09:21,280 --> 01:09:28,940
 And, you know, you find a friendly judge and you, you know, and you get a ruling and you get

1253
01:09:28,940 --> 01:09:32,040
 an injunction and he can play, you know.

1254
01:09:32,040 --> 01:09:37,760
 And so my, my question is this, what happened in Texas Tech, because it hasn't been the usual

1255
01:09:37,760 --> 01:09:38,820
 powder plus schedule.

1256
01:09:39,260 --> 01:09:42,240
 So what happened during playoff contention?

1257
01:09:42,960 --> 01:09:49,000
 Does a committee look at this thing and say, man, you know, they said, well, you know, the

1258
01:09:49,000 --> 01:09:50,240
 judge rule them eligible.

1259
01:09:50,740 --> 01:09:52,900
 And that's a rules.

1260
01:09:53,000 --> 01:09:53,840
 I mean, we can't do this.

1261
01:09:53,920 --> 01:09:57,520
 We're never, we're going to rule their entire team eligible and let them sue us.

1262
01:09:58,460 --> 01:10:01,540
 So that'll be interesting if that happens and it goes that far.

1263
01:10:02,500 --> 01:10:07,220
 Ron, I think the other thing that's going to dovetail into what you said about limit the

1264
01:10:07,220 --> 01:10:13,820
 number of transfers, the division one council is voting, I believe this month on the five

1265
01:10:13,820 --> 01:10:15,160
 years to play five.

1266
01:10:15,320 --> 01:10:17,240
 I think that would help with this too.

1267
01:10:18,120 --> 01:10:18,560
 Absolutely.

1268
01:10:19,240 --> 01:10:19,640
 Absolutely.

1269
01:10:20,380 --> 01:10:26,840
 I mean, I mean, look, I mean, the transfer and the wretched rule is very, you know, it's

1270
01:10:26,840 --> 01:10:27,740
 very lucid as it is.

1271
01:10:27,740 --> 01:10:31,080
 You can play in four games and still have another year, you know, still have four years.

1272
01:10:31,760 --> 01:10:35,740
 You can be, you can play four games as a freshman and still play four years.

1273
01:10:35,900 --> 01:10:38,260
 And that's, that's much better than it was before.

1274
01:10:38,420 --> 01:10:42,420
 I mean, you could hardly play anything before and you get, you know, you lose your red shirt.

1275
01:10:42,920 --> 01:10:46,080
 Now, if you play in a fifth game, then you're, you lose your red shirt.

1276
01:10:46,080 --> 01:10:50,620
 You get to play in four games and they gave them, I mean, that was done several years ago

1277
01:10:50,620 --> 01:10:51,740
 and that was a great move.

1278
01:10:51,820 --> 01:10:55,500
 You had guys that you want to get some freshman experience, but you didn't want to use their

1279
01:10:55,500 --> 01:10:55,860
 eligibility.

1280
01:10:57,300 --> 01:11:02,700
 And so that, that worked, but you know, now you got guys, you know, all kinds of, the,

1281
01:11:02,700 --> 01:11:04,300
 the medical injuries are understandable.

1282
01:11:04,560 --> 01:11:09,660
 If you have a, you know, if you tear something up and there's, you know, medical proof, right.

1283
01:11:09,980 --> 01:11:14,580
 But this stuff like, you know, my, I had to take you off, you know, I mean, my grandmother

1284
01:11:14,580 --> 01:11:18,940
 got sick and, and I was just, you know, I took care of her or whatever.

1285
01:11:18,940 --> 01:11:22,660
 And when the guy, you know, didn't even come close to his grandmother the whole year, you

1286
01:11:22,660 --> 01:11:29,760
 know, just the, the, the loopholes need to be tightened up all need to be tightened up and

1287
01:11:29,760 --> 01:11:34,460
 where, you know, you can't do this, but I agree with you five years to play five, you'll

1288
01:11:34,460 --> 01:11:34,900
 be great.

1289
01:11:34,940 --> 01:11:40,580
 And then, and then just like I said, you can, then add, you can only transfer once until the

1290
01:11:40,580 --> 01:11:45,860
 end of your career, if you have a year left and you've graduated, you've earned the right

1291
01:11:45,860 --> 01:11:46,980
 to transfer if you want to.

1292
01:11:47,740 --> 01:11:48,140
 Yeah.

1293
01:11:48,500 --> 01:11:49,660
 I like that one excuse.

1294
01:11:49,780 --> 01:11:51,320
 My girlfriend left me again.

1295
01:11:51,320 --> 01:11:52,480
 So I was distraught.

1296
01:11:52,560 --> 01:11:54,460
 So I need another year eligibility run.

1297
01:11:54,760 --> 01:11:56,460
 Does this make Lane look sane?

1298
01:11:57,800 --> 01:12:00,040
 Everybody was picking on Lane for being crazy.

1299
01:12:00,400 --> 01:12:03,760
 Does this, does this give him a little bit in NASCAR terms, a pit stop from that?

1300
01:12:04,700 --> 01:12:04,980
 Yeah.

1301
01:12:05,040 --> 01:12:10,800
 I mean, I mean, Lane said this long time ago, he just laid out and like, he's just playing

1302
01:12:10,800 --> 01:12:11,360
 by the rules.

1303
01:12:11,480 --> 01:12:12,460
 He said, I'll go by players.

1304
01:12:12,520 --> 01:12:13,260
 I'll go by players.

1305
01:12:13,340 --> 01:12:14,160
 Tell me otherwise.

1306
01:12:15,420 --> 01:12:17,940
 But he's playing by the rules.

1307
01:12:18,400 --> 01:12:19,580
 And I find it interesting.

1308
01:12:19,680 --> 01:12:21,020
 Like Congress gets involved.

1309
01:12:21,280 --> 01:12:22,540
 They actually will like this.

1310
01:12:23,100 --> 01:12:27,240
 We want to institute a Lane Schiffen rule that a coach can't leave a team before the end

1311
01:12:27,240 --> 01:12:27,620
 of a year.

1312
01:12:27,720 --> 01:12:28,760
 Are you kidding me?

1313
01:12:29,600 --> 01:12:34,100
 I mean, you can take one example of one guy out of like a million who've done this.

1314
01:12:34,700 --> 01:12:36,360
 And make an example of him.

1315
01:12:36,840 --> 01:12:37,220
 Really?

1316
01:12:37,460 --> 01:12:42,960
 And it's like, you know, again, he offered to coach the team.

1317
01:12:43,080 --> 01:12:43,820
 They didn't want him.

1318
01:12:43,960 --> 01:12:44,540
 So what do you do?

1319
01:12:44,580 --> 01:12:45,680
 You go to your next school.

1320
01:12:47,060 --> 01:12:48,520
 How can you leave this team?

1321
01:12:48,580 --> 01:12:49,740
 Well, he left the team.

1322
01:12:50,200 --> 01:12:50,440
 Okay.

1323
01:12:50,500 --> 01:12:53,500
 He went to another school and it was his choice.

1324
01:12:53,660 --> 01:12:54,860
 And he'd been there six years.

1325
01:12:55,000 --> 01:12:58,620
 Doc, he showed up one year and he learned a lot from the Tennessee thing.

1326
01:12:59,100 --> 01:13:03,680
 That's the one thing he regrets for like most of his whole career was jumping out after

1327
01:13:03,680 --> 01:13:04,540
 one year at Tennessee.

1328
01:13:05,020 --> 01:13:06,500
 That still kind of bothers him.

1329
01:13:06,820 --> 01:13:07,880
 But this one doesn't bother him.

1330
01:13:08,000 --> 01:13:08,920
 You know, he'd been there six years.

1331
01:13:09,000 --> 01:13:09,700
 He built it up.

1332
01:13:10,660 --> 01:13:11,320
 It's amazing.

1333
01:13:11,540 --> 01:13:15,180
 It kind of, you know, the Lane Schiffen rule, you know, coaches can't do this.

1334
01:13:15,420 --> 01:13:16,460
 How do you go and prevent that?

1335
01:13:16,680 --> 01:13:18,100
 Do you go to pass a federal law?

1336
01:13:18,920 --> 01:13:24,000
 It's like, that's what you're worried about in today's, you know, society where, you know,

1337
01:13:24,400 --> 01:13:29,060
 you have crime and you have poverty and you have rising everything costs.

1338
01:13:29,440 --> 01:13:32,000
 You're worried about a coach who's going to leave a year early.

1339
01:13:32,160 --> 01:13:33,480
 That's what you're worried about?

1340
01:13:33,980 --> 01:13:34,720
 Come on, man.

1341
01:13:34,760 --> 01:13:35,500
 Do your job.

1342
01:13:37,060 --> 01:13:39,460
 Ron, it makes too much sense, buddy.

1343
01:13:40,100 --> 01:13:43,900
 You or Nick Saban need to be the commissioner of college football.

1344
01:13:44,640 --> 01:13:46,600
 I always enjoy the conversation.

1345
01:13:46,780 --> 01:13:49,120
 But where can we get online to get all your good articles?

1346
01:13:49,660 --> 01:13:57,140
 You can go to treportbojournal.com, dronhiggins.org, on Twitter at Ron Higgins, and on Instagram

1347
01:13:57,140 --> 01:13:58,860
 at SEC Ron.

1348
01:13:59,100 --> 01:14:07,280
 And I'm serving as, in early August, in preseason, I'm serving as a roving judge going to SEC

1349
01:14:07,280 --> 01:14:11,140
 schools, going to school to school, to get in junk in front of anybody who needs them.

1350
01:14:11,400 --> 01:14:11,960
 Oh, man.

1351
01:14:13,160 --> 01:14:14,660
 Ron, as always, good to hook up with you.

1352
01:14:14,700 --> 01:14:15,100
 Look out.

1353
01:14:15,160 --> 01:14:16,160
 Here comes the judge.

1354
01:14:16,620 --> 01:14:17,160
 Stay safe.

1355
01:14:17,160 --> 01:14:19,460
 As safe as you can down to the great state of Louisiana.

1356
01:14:19,660 --> 01:14:21,180
 All right, man.

1357
01:14:21,260 --> 01:14:21,580
 Take care.

1358
01:14:21,680 --> 01:14:21,800
 We'll see you.

1359
01:14:21,800 --> 01:14:22,380
 Thank you, bud.

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 Welcome back in, Brent.

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 You know what to say about all of us men.

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 Alabama's heading to Nebraska this week,

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 but we want to take you there right now with Sean Callahan,

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1484
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 Sean Callahan, long time.

1485
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 Welcome back in.

1486
01:20:46,960 --> 01:20:47,500
 How are you?

1487
01:20:48,060 --> 01:20:48,740
 Yeah, the whole story.

1488
01:20:48,800 --> 01:20:49,840
 You got Troy coming here, too.

1489
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 That's right.

1490
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 That's right.

1491
01:20:51,560 --> 01:20:51,840
 Yeah.

1492
01:20:52,480 --> 01:20:52,880
 Auburn.

1493
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 Auburn.

1494
01:20:53,600 --> 01:20:55,260
 It's been good for you.

1495
01:20:55,320 --> 01:20:56,400
 Talk to us about Omaha.

1496
01:20:56,560 --> 01:20:57,100
 A lot of fans.

1497
01:20:57,280 --> 01:21:00,120
 To me, this is still something that's very poor.

1498
01:21:00,120 --> 01:21:03,240
 We're kind of proud down here at the SEC Baseball Tournament.

1499
01:21:03,520 --> 01:21:05,040
 It is still in Hoover.

1500
01:21:05,180 --> 01:21:10,660
 In spite of all this pressure, please tell us that Omaha has a lock on keeping the World Series.

1501
01:21:10,900 --> 01:21:15,480
 And for the folks who have never been there, or in this case, in the case of Alabama,

1502
01:21:15,720 --> 01:21:18,680
 last time Prince was rocking and rolling, 1999.

1503
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 Talk to us about the experience in Omaha in general, Sean.

1504
01:21:23,060 --> 01:21:23,340
 Yeah.

1505
01:21:23,420 --> 01:21:26,080
 You know, I grew up going to the games my whole life.

1506
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 We had season tickets with my family to go.

1507
01:21:28,680 --> 01:21:33,340
 And I grew up in South Omaha, where the original Rosenblatt Stadium was at.

1508
01:21:33,540 --> 01:21:33,740
 Yeah.

1509
01:21:34,100 --> 01:21:37,600
 My first job as a kid was at Rosenblatt Stadium.

1510
01:21:37,760 --> 01:21:42,680
 I was at the stadium usher of my sister and a lot of kids I went to high school with.

1511
01:21:42,820 --> 01:21:48,320
 So it was truly a grassroots neighborhood thing where, like, everybody I was around growing

1512
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 up, you know, I'd go there and you'd know the whole ballpark.

1513
01:21:52,020 --> 01:21:55,140
 So it was a really great thing when it was at Rosenblatt.

1514
01:21:55,640 --> 01:21:58,740
 And it got to the point where it almost outgrew Rosenblatt.

1515
01:21:58,840 --> 01:22:00,120
 Rosenblatt had a high capacity.

1516
01:22:00,320 --> 01:22:03,240
 It could seat, I believe, close to 25,000.

1517
01:22:03,680 --> 01:22:09,080
 But the infrastructure around the ballpark at that time wasn't really built to, like, have

1518
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 a corporate element.

1519
01:22:10,420 --> 01:22:14,600
 There were no bars or no restaurants, no corporate tailgating areas.

1520
01:22:15,500 --> 01:22:19,960
 So it kind of led the NCAA at that time to say, hey, you know, if you guys want to keep

1521
01:22:19,960 --> 01:22:21,620
 this in Omaha, we've got to up it.

1522
01:22:21,620 --> 01:22:24,260
 So they built the new ballpark, Charles Schwab Field now.

1523
01:22:25,160 --> 01:22:29,740
 And, you know, it mirrors Rosenblatt in terms of the dimensions of the ballpark.

1524
01:22:30,240 --> 01:22:35,460
 The capacity is a little bit higher, but it's in the smack dab heart of downtown Omaha, around

1525
01:22:35,460 --> 01:22:40,680
 all the hotels, several restaurants, plenty of parking lots for tailgating.

1526
01:22:40,900 --> 01:22:46,880
 So, like, if you have folks listening that are going up there, there is the ability to

1527
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 just to pay the money to pull into one of the general lots there and to set up your own

1528
01:22:51,220 --> 01:22:53,360
 tailgate as long as you're there early enough.

1529
01:22:54,100 --> 01:22:56,140
 And I know that's a big part of SEC country.

1530
01:22:56,300 --> 01:22:58,640
 You want to have your own tailgate party and come out there.

1531
01:22:58,820 --> 01:23:00,840
 And so it's an awesome.

1532
01:23:00,940 --> 01:23:02,480
 My dad still works the World Series.

1533
01:23:02,580 --> 01:23:03,140
 He's retired.

1534
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 If you know any friends running, going to the press box, my dad runs the press box elevator.

1535
01:23:08,660 --> 01:23:09,560
 How about that?

1536
01:23:10,800 --> 01:23:12,420
 And I bet they got good food, Sean.

1537
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 I'm just guessing, right?

1538
01:23:13,900 --> 01:23:14,120
 Yeah.

1539
01:23:14,120 --> 01:23:14,960
 Lots of steaks.

1540
01:23:15,260 --> 01:23:15,660
 Yeah.

1541
01:23:16,220 --> 01:23:17,480
 Almost a good food town.

1542
01:23:17,620 --> 01:23:19,480
 I mean, a lot of culture, a lot of history.

1543
01:23:20,640 --> 01:23:22,440
 I promise everyone will have a blast.

1544
01:23:22,660 --> 01:23:26,080
 And I do like the format now where they kick it off on a Friday.

1545
01:23:26,280 --> 01:23:29,240
 They've been doing this where it wouldn't start till Saturday.

1546
01:23:29,440 --> 01:23:30,700
 They'd have more off days.

1547
01:23:31,780 --> 01:23:35,460
 But what I like is now the championship series begins up on Saturday.

1548
01:23:35,620 --> 01:23:36,880
 So you open it up on Friday.

1549
01:23:37,140 --> 01:23:41,500
 Then the following Saturday, you begin the series where it used to be they were trying

1550
01:23:41,500 --> 01:23:46,560
 it where they'd open the series on a Saturday and then not play the championship series until

1551
01:23:46,560 --> 01:23:48,500
 the following Monday, the week after.

1552
01:23:48,700 --> 01:23:52,540
 And it was kind of, you'd almost be in Omaha for two weeks if you were there full time,

1553
01:23:52,620 --> 01:23:55,880
 which, you know, I've talked to a lot of SEC fans.

1554
01:23:56,000 --> 01:23:58,580
 I know that they like to see how their team does.

1555
01:23:58,640 --> 01:24:03,340
 And if you win game one and game two, you're pretty much in the finals at that point.

1556
01:24:03,540 --> 01:24:07,880
 And that's when a lot of people, you kind of get a second wave of people that maybe come

1557
01:24:07,880 --> 01:24:11,020
 to Omaha knowing that they don't have to be here for 10 days.

1558
01:24:12,580 --> 01:24:13,020
 Absolutely.

1559
01:24:13,400 --> 01:24:17,520
 Sean, nobody knows this Nebraska program better than you do.

1560
01:24:17,920 --> 01:24:25,860
 As you know, a lot of Alabama fans have deep respect for Nebraska, 70s, 80s,

1561
01:24:25,860 --> 01:24:32,820
 and 90s were such a pinnacle of success with so many iconic coaches.

1562
01:24:33,620 --> 01:24:38,260
 Unfortunately, and I know you could spend an hour documenting all this stuff about what

1563
01:24:38,260 --> 01:24:42,980
 has happened to the Nebraska program in the last 10, 15 years.

1564
01:24:43,160 --> 01:24:44,780
 Matt Rule is there now.

1565
01:24:44,940 --> 01:24:47,500
 Still a lot of hopes, a lot of optimism.

1566
01:24:48,640 --> 01:24:52,200
 Nebraska got off to five at one start, six and two.

1567
01:24:52,720 --> 01:24:54,300
 And then they got to November.

1568
01:24:54,840 --> 01:24:57,460
 Rayola got injured in the USC game.

1569
01:24:57,640 --> 01:24:59,600
 And then the bottom kind of fell out.

1570
01:25:00,100 --> 01:25:02,580
 Losing to Penn State, 37 to 10.

1571
01:25:02,720 --> 01:25:04,160
 Iowa 40 to 16.

1572
01:25:04,300 --> 01:25:08,140
 Lost the Las Vegas Bowl, 44 to 22.

1573
01:25:09,380 --> 01:25:12,980
 Second half of the season, Sean, what happened in Nebraska?

1574
01:25:13,900 --> 01:25:14,820
 Yeah, a few things.

1575
01:25:14,900 --> 01:25:16,020
 The schedule got a lot tougher.

1576
01:25:16,020 --> 01:25:24,480
 You know, when they played USC in Lincoln, you know, Dylan Rayola was driving them down

1577
01:25:24,480 --> 01:25:24,940
 the field.

1578
01:25:25,060 --> 01:25:26,660
 They were in field goal range.

1579
01:25:27,120 --> 01:25:33,160
 He checks into a pass play, max protect, when it was a third and short.

1580
01:25:33,420 --> 01:25:35,220
 And he gets sack on that play.

1581
01:25:35,300 --> 01:25:38,020
 He held the ball a little too long, took a sack, gets hurt.

1582
01:25:39,060 --> 01:25:45,140
 And instead of going up by two possessions, they end up punting it or, you know, having to give the ball back to USC.

1583
01:25:45,240 --> 01:25:46,840
 Then USC drives down and wins the game.

1584
01:25:47,560 --> 01:25:51,220
 And so their season changed there because Rayola got hurt and then they lost the game.

1585
01:25:51,920 --> 01:25:59,340
 And then, you know, the following week, though, they go out to UCLA and look really good.

1586
01:25:59,560 --> 01:26:06,400
 But UCLA, an interim head coach, you couldn't, but they, they had more Husker fans in the Rose Bowl stadium than UCLA fans.

1587
01:26:07,260 --> 01:26:14,560
 But you knew that game against Penn State was looming and they had Indiana beat the week before.

1588
01:26:14,720 --> 01:26:18,360
 And Penn State late in the year was playing really good football.

1589
01:26:19,100 --> 01:26:22,440
 And so they, that Nebraska got them on their senior night.

1590
01:26:22,580 --> 01:26:27,620
 They played out of standing football and the game was over in the first quarter from my perspective.

1591
01:26:28,020 --> 01:26:29,920
 And then the same thing happened against Iowa.

1592
01:26:30,120 --> 01:26:31,880
 They're playing the true freshman quarterback.

1593
01:26:32,520 --> 01:26:35,080
 They ran the ball well, but they could not throw.

1594
01:26:35,280 --> 01:26:45,040
 I think Nebraska only completed maybe four or five passes the final three games of the year that traveled more than 10 yards down the field.

1595
01:26:45,240 --> 01:26:47,900
 They just had no semblance of a downfield throwing game.

1596
01:26:48,020 --> 01:26:51,360
 Well, Rayola, he was good for six or seven, eight of those a game.

1597
01:26:52,280 --> 01:26:52,380
 Yeah.

1598
01:26:53,440 --> 01:26:56,720
 Sean Callahan, check him out, huskersonline.com.

1599
01:26:56,720 --> 01:27:02,980
 Sean, it wouldn't be the first time if we misread something, but I think a lot of folks are applauding Nebraska and Georgia.

1600
01:27:03,380 --> 01:27:06,860
 And I think, you know, where we're going with this by saying Texas tech.

1601
01:27:07,340 --> 01:27:07,660
 Yeah.

1602
01:27:07,720 --> 01:27:08,580
 You're out there in Lubbock.

1603
01:27:08,700 --> 01:27:12,000
 You got to pay people to come to that part of the world, but you know what?

1604
01:27:12,020 --> 01:27:15,320
 We're not going to play by your rules, uh, scheduling forward.

1605
01:27:15,440 --> 01:27:16,360
 You're off the board.

1606
01:27:17,080 --> 01:27:21,120
 Sean, you're closer to the opposite of the, we are, if we're reading that right, congratulations.

1607
01:27:21,320 --> 01:27:29,140
 I think I speak for a lot of folks talk to us about the situation there from a Nebraska standpoint and what's going on down the road schedule in Texas tech.

1608
01:27:30,040 --> 01:27:30,400
 Yeah.

1609
01:27:30,400 --> 01:27:31,760
 They don't really have a lot.

1610
01:27:31,880 --> 01:27:36,000
 I mean, I think they played them in tennis and they played them in women's softball.

1611
01:27:36,140 --> 01:27:40,840
 Nebraska beat them in women's softball last year, um, in a, in a neutral site event.

1612
01:27:41,200 --> 01:27:48,880
 Um, so it's not like there's a regular scheduling and they played them a couple of years ago in basketball in Kansas city in a neutral site tournament.

1613
01:27:49,260 --> 01:28:06,380
 Um, but I, I just think it's more of the statement, um, you know, you think, you know, in the big 10, um, in the big 12, you think about like what happened to Iowa and Iowa state, you have Iowa wrestlers that might've made like a $5 bet on a football game at Iowa, Iowa state.

1614
01:28:06,380 --> 01:28:08,760
 And those kids lost their whole eligibility.

1615
01:28:08,760 --> 01:28:16,040
 Um, you know, so it, it is wild in that regard.

1616
01:28:16,040 --> 01:28:23,220
 And I mean, I, in some ways you wonder like Cincinnati, like they're the ones, obviously that should be more trouble than anybody.

1617
01:28:23,340 --> 01:28:29,180
 Cause this all happened under their watch or it happened under Indiana's watch, Texas tech's the one that's going to lose the most here.

1618
01:28:29,540 --> 01:28:31,980
 Um, but the rules are the rules.

1619
01:28:31,980 --> 01:28:37,000
 I mean, we can't allow this to happen with the integrity of what the sport should be.

1620
01:28:37,000 --> 01:28:42,180
 And, and, you know, in terms of betting on your team that you're playing for.

1621
01:28:43,440 --> 01:28:44,000
 Absolutely.

1622
01:28:44,000 --> 01:28:50,180
 Uh, Matt rule is considered to be one of the best coaches developing programs.

1623
01:28:50,320 --> 01:28:53,560
 He rebuilt temple and Baylor.

1624
01:28:53,700 --> 01:28:56,460
 He's 19 and 19 at Nebraska.

1625
01:28:57,020 --> 01:29:01,880
 And I know, you know, that well, how critical of a year is this for Matt rule?

1626
01:29:02,600 --> 01:29:05,840
 Well, he's gone to back-to-back bowl games, which is a step in the right direction.

1627
01:29:05,840 --> 01:29:09,480
 Cause before Matt rule got here, they had not been to a bowl game since 2016.

1628
01:29:09,940 --> 01:29:10,420
 Wow.

1629
01:29:10,560 --> 01:29:13,700
 So, um, that, that is progress.

1630
01:29:13,880 --> 01:29:14,240
 Yes.

1631
01:29:14,320 --> 01:29:20,560
 Um, but to use like a golf analogy, you know, a par golf score last year of an eight win and

1632
01:29:20,560 --> 01:29:26,340
 they got seven, they both, they bogeyed and they easily could have won nine on that schedule.

1633
01:29:27,020 --> 01:29:28,720
 And, you know, disappointing.

1634
01:29:28,720 --> 01:29:33,340
 It played out that way because they didn't play a single college football playoff team.

1635
01:29:33,340 --> 01:29:39,560
 I mean, they're more difficult games last year where Michigan lost their coach, Penn state who lost their coach.

1636
01:29:39,800 --> 01:29:44,140
 And then they played USC, um, who was a solid team, but not a playoff team.

1637
01:29:44,620 --> 01:29:53,980
 Um, so the schedule was set up for Nebraska and coincidentally, they beat Brendan Sorsby through an interception on the final, one of the final plays of the game that lost Cincinnati to game.

1638
01:29:53,980 --> 01:29:59,460
 So we, we can speculate why he threw that interception, but he threw an interception that helped Nebraska win the season opening game.

1639
01:29:59,640 --> 01:30:04,360
 Uh, but yeah, they, they didn't have a schedule that necessarily moved the needle.

1640
01:30:04,500 --> 01:30:05,080
 Now they do.

1641
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 They play three playoff teams on the schedule.

1642
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 That's right.

1643
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 Yeah, absolutely.

1644
01:30:10,500 --> 01:30:14,380
 Um, um, Sean, always great to catch up with you.

1645
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 Uh, again, you've got some Nebraska fans in the state of Alabama.

1646
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 They know the tradition so well.

1647
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 Nobody covers Nebraska better than you do.

1648
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 Where can we get online and get your good stuff?

1649
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 Yeah.

1650
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 Uh, just check us out at huskeronline.com or with the on three sports network and rivals.

1651
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 So, uh, with, uh, work for an Alabama man himself, Shannon Terry, one of the, one of the,

1652
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 one of the best, absolutely industry.

1653
01:30:38,360 --> 01:30:43,340
 And hopefully I see a lot of, uh, Bama and Troy fans down in Omaha this weekend.

1654
01:30:43,340 --> 01:30:46,800
 It's going to be an awesome, awesome, awesome atmosphere all weekend.

1655
01:30:47,420 --> 01:30:48,500
 Hey, you mentioned Shannon.

1656
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 He's a friend of ours.

1657
01:30:49,400 --> 01:30:51,300
 He is from North Alabama.

1658
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 Look it up.

1659
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 Manny Woodville, Alabama.

1660
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 And one of the guys that I work with a mentor coming up in the business, he now calls Omaha home.

1661
01:30:58,900 --> 01:31:00,500
 And his name is Dana Webb.

1662
01:31:00,500 --> 01:31:02,880
 One of the smartest guys I've ever worked with in this business.

1663
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 Is he loves Omaha.

1664
01:31:04,840 --> 01:31:08,460
 And I know you guys love some college baseball, all the best of the world series.

1665
01:31:08,740 --> 01:31:10,240
 Hopefully the weather will cooperate.

1666
01:31:10,240 --> 01:31:12,540
 And Sean, thank you so much for your time day.

1667
01:31:12,580 --> 01:31:13,540
 And let's do this again soon.

1668
01:31:13,540 --> 01:31:13,900
 Okay.

1669
01:31:14,420 --> 01:31:15,080
 Okay, guys.

1670
01:31:15,140 --> 01:31:15,580
 Thank you.

1671
01:31:15,640 --> 01:31:16,160
 Thank you, bud.

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 Sean Callahan, husker's online.com.

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 That's Shannon Terry.

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01:37:05,920 --> 01:37:06,560
 Welcome back in.

1784
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 It is a privilege for us to say hello to Drew D'Armond.

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 He's host of Talking Ball and Hustle's 97.7 FM The Zone.

1786
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 Drew D'Armond, welcome in.

1787
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 How are you?

1788
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 I'm doing well, guys.

1789
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 How are y'all?

1790
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 Hey, Bunt.

1791
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 Man, we're doing all right.

1792
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 Are you ready for some baseball from Omaha for the first time in, what, 27 years, Drew?

1793
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 Yeah, it's hard to believe.

1794
01:37:26,340 --> 01:37:31,020
 You know, it's been way too long for Alabama, but, you know, they've had a couple of near misses.

1795
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 But now they've finally kicked the door down.

1796
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 You know, I was there on Sunday.

1797
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 Didn't get a chance to see them get the last, you know, six outs on Monday.

1798
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 But certainly it was nice to see them take care of a really scrappy St. John's team.

1799
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 They got two really good starts, which has been really the staple of this team.

1800
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 You know, certainly Tyler Fay was tremendous on Saturday night.

1801
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 And then, you know, and then Zane Adams followed it up on Sunday and got them deep into the game.

1802
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 And then they were able to use Highburger to finish and really still had some pitching left.

1803
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 So, you know, it'll be interesting to see how they attack Omaha and if they go back with their regular rotation

1804
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 or if Upchurch gets a chance to pitch in game one.

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 You know, we're going to be able to, we're going to be honored to talk tomorrow live from Omaha on the show

1806
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 to Jason Jackson, the Alabama pitching coach.

1807
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 And so I don't know that he'll reveal the plan on the show, but we'll certainly ask him about, you know,

1808
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 Upchurch and this rotation and how they may attack it.

1809
01:38:39,680 --> 01:38:44,700
 But it's going to be a really interesting matchup with Oklahoma because they took two out of three on the road

1810
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 from the Sooners early in the SEC schedule.

1811
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 But both these teams have changed quite a bit.

1812
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 Oklahoma now features two freshmen quite a bit on the mound that are really good

1813
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 and they're really swinging the bats well.

1814
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 And Alabama, you know, they certainly have an outstanding pitching staff.

1815
01:39:01,320 --> 01:39:05,820
 And the offense has started to come around some, but really the biggest thing is the defense.

1816
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 They played really good defense this past weekend against St. John's.

1817
01:39:09,740 --> 01:39:15,840
 And if they want to stay a while in Omaha, they're going to have to do that starting on Saturday afternoon

1818
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 as they kick off day two in Omaha.

1819
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 Yeah, that's what I was going to mention.

1820
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 They beat Oklahoma 10-7, 3-2.

1821
01:39:24,940 --> 01:39:29,080
 They lost 4-2 April the 2nd through the 4th.

1822
01:39:29,240 --> 01:39:35,420
 But, again, we talked to Roger Hoover on Tuesday, and he said both these teams are much better

1823
01:39:35,420 --> 01:39:38,080
 than when they played in early April.

1824
01:39:38,700 --> 01:39:45,100
 And Oklahoma upset Georgia Tech, who was the number two seed, and then went to Kansas

1825
01:39:45,100 --> 01:39:48,560
 and just hammered the Jayhawks two games.

1826
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 No, you're right.

1827
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 Both of these teams are very much improved.

1828
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 Yeah, Oklahoma, their offense has really kind of blossomed.

1829
01:39:57,720 --> 01:40:05,060
 And if you had told me that they were going to rally against Georgia Tech down 8-2 and then 7-3,

1830
01:40:05,140 --> 01:40:06,380
 I never would have believed it.

1831
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 In Atlanta, with as good an offensive ball club as Georgia Tech had and as dominant as they had been.

1832
01:40:13,640 --> 01:40:15,720
 But you just never know in college baseball.

1833
01:40:16,000 --> 01:40:20,000
 And then, like you said, Brett, I mean, this was the best team in Kansas history.

1834
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 They won the regular season, Big 12 title and the tournament.

1835
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 And they had been playing good baseball all year.

1836
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 I think they had 110 home runs.

1837
01:40:30,460 --> 01:40:34,920
 And Georgia Tech just – I mean, excuse me, after beating Georgia Tech, Oklahoma just came in there

1838
01:40:34,920 --> 01:40:37,680
 and just beat them unmercifully.

1839
01:40:38,260 --> 01:40:41,980
 And they just – so they're coming in hot, no doubt about it.

1840
01:40:42,160 --> 01:40:44,520
 And Alabama's pitching really well.

1841
01:40:44,700 --> 01:40:47,340
 You know, their offense is better.

1842
01:40:47,500 --> 01:40:52,100
 And I thought really the key to this, the game two win, the sweep against St. John's,

1843
01:40:52,100 --> 01:40:54,980
 was the 7-8-9 guys were really productive.

1844
01:40:55,260 --> 01:40:57,400
 Brennan Holtz had a really nice game.

1845
01:40:57,500 --> 01:41:02,820
 Luke Vaughn has come around both offensively and defensively in the last month and a half.

1846
01:41:03,280 --> 01:41:08,620
 And then, you know, Peyton Steele, former Hartzell Tiger, he's had some big time at bats too.

1847
01:41:08,820 --> 01:41:12,180
 So they're going to need contributions from everyone, no doubt about it.

1848
01:41:12,220 --> 01:41:15,920
 But the biggest thing is the pitching staff has got to throw well.

1849
01:41:15,920 --> 01:41:19,960
 And they have to play good defense if they want to give themselves a chance.

1850
01:41:20,060 --> 01:41:24,840
 But stay in that winner's bracket, which is so important with the days off in Omaha.

1851
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 Amen.

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 And pass the plate again to you, Drew.

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01:41:32,120 --> 01:41:36,540
 You hit on a good point there because Hollywood always likes to put their star up there.

1855
01:41:36,620 --> 01:41:40,420
 Tom Cruise on the marquee, which we know in this case for Alabama is Justin LeBron.

1856
01:41:40,420 --> 01:41:45,300
 But by comparison, he has not been the reason Alabama is where they are.

1857
01:41:45,380 --> 01:41:52,960
 My point is, back to your point, about the bottom half of that order doing their work, 7, 8, and 9, this truly has been a team effort.

1858
01:41:53,560 --> 01:41:54,580
 And can you say enough?

1859
01:41:54,660 --> 01:42:00,260
 One of the reasons they've done that is Rob Vaughn has made this team believe and never give up.

1860
01:42:00,560 --> 01:42:01,720
 Baseball is a marathon.

1861
01:42:01,940 --> 01:42:02,720
 It's a roller coaster.

1862
01:42:02,840 --> 01:42:03,820
 You're going to have good days.

1863
01:42:03,820 --> 01:42:05,000
 You're going to have bad days.

1864
01:42:05,140 --> 01:42:11,620
 The job of the lineup around LeBron and, of course, the job of Rob Vaughn coming down from Maryland.

1865
01:42:12,160 --> 01:42:14,800
 And basically, let's face it, he resurrected his program.

1866
01:42:16,080 --> 01:42:16,700
 Well, he did.

1867
01:42:16,820 --> 01:42:19,120
 He's done a really nice job in three years.

1868
01:42:19,300 --> 01:42:23,620
 And, you know, he's been able to reshape the roster in his image.

1869
01:42:23,700 --> 01:42:24,880
 It's a scrappy bunch.

1870
01:42:25,460 --> 01:42:32,340
 He's really good at evaluating his, you know, when he came in, Justin LeBron was committed to rice and was going to go there.

1871
01:42:32,340 --> 01:42:36,360
 And he was able to flip him and basically leave the press conference.

1872
01:42:37,020 --> 01:42:42,580
 His introductory one at Alabama to fly to Miami to convince Justin LeBron to come to Alabama.

1873
01:42:42,840 --> 01:42:44,820
 And the rest is kind of history.

1874
01:42:44,960 --> 01:42:49,280
 I mean, LeBron, you know, hasn't had as good a year this year as he had the first two.

1875
01:42:49,460 --> 01:42:50,880
 But I will give him credit.

1876
01:42:51,500 --> 01:42:56,600
 I thought he was really good in the regional round, both offensively and defensively.

1877
01:42:56,600 --> 01:43:01,220
 And then in game one, he was outstanding at the plate.

1878
01:43:01,220 --> 01:43:05,240
 And, of course, was rock solid in both games, defensively and the Supers.

1879
01:43:05,240 --> 01:43:07,640
 He didn't do a lot offensively in the game, too.

1880
01:43:08,540 --> 01:43:12,660
 But, you know, he still, you know, had an impact on the game.

1881
01:43:12,740 --> 01:43:14,580
 He was able to get on base, steal a bag.

1882
01:43:14,980 --> 01:43:18,120
 He's very, very key to this team's ability to win.

1883
01:43:18,280 --> 01:43:21,780
 Because, I mean, I think he's 41 of 42 stealing bases.

1884
01:43:21,960 --> 01:43:24,060
 He's probably the best base runner in the country.

1885
01:43:24,720 --> 01:43:28,680
 And, of course, he has otherworldly ability defensively.

1886
01:43:29,140 --> 01:43:32,980
 And all that matters now is that he is swinging the bat better.

1887
01:43:33,480 --> 01:43:35,880
 And, you know, he's playing good defense.

1888
01:43:36,140 --> 01:43:37,560
 And it's at the best time.

1889
01:43:37,780 --> 01:43:38,820
 Alabama's going to Omaha.

1890
01:43:39,540 --> 01:43:41,400
 He's doing it in front of a lot of scouts.

1891
01:43:41,520 --> 01:43:49,460
 He's still projected to be a top 20 pick in the first round, which is going to help Alabama immensely with how they've been able to develop him.

1892
01:43:49,660 --> 01:43:53,220
 And then the guys around him, you know, have picked their game up as well.

1893
01:43:53,340 --> 01:43:57,260
 I mean, Jason Torres, his numbers aren't the prettiest in the world.

1894
01:43:57,660 --> 01:44:03,360
 But he's hitting cleanup and leading the team in RBIs because he comes through in the clutch.

1895
01:44:03,480 --> 01:44:05,880
 You can't get any more clutch than the Grand Slam.

1896
01:44:06,460 --> 01:44:08,420
 Because, trust me, I was in the ballpark, guys.

1897
01:44:08,520 --> 01:44:15,820
 If you're talking about some anxiety and some just uneasiness, there was a lot of pressure in that game, too.

1898
01:44:15,820 --> 01:44:17,620
 It was only a 3-2 game.

1899
01:44:18,180 --> 01:44:19,760
 St. John's had just hit a home run.

1900
01:44:19,880 --> 01:44:24,800
 And you're thinking, okay, if we go to game three, there's even more heightened anxiety tomorrow.

1901
01:44:25,420 --> 01:44:27,840
 But, you know, they needed one more push.

1902
01:44:27,960 --> 01:44:32,160
 And Jason Torres gave that to them with that opposite field, the Grand Slam.

1903
01:44:32,380 --> 01:44:34,620
 And it just kind of took all the pressure off.

1904
01:44:34,680 --> 01:44:36,860
 And then I thought Alabama responded well.

1905
01:44:37,120 --> 01:44:38,380
 They pitched really well.

1906
01:44:38,560 --> 01:44:42,520
 And, you know, so this team is kind of greater than the sum of its parts.

1907
01:44:42,720 --> 01:44:49,440
 Bryce Fowler is another guy that was headed to Campbell before, you know, Rob Vaughn took over.

1908
01:44:49,580 --> 01:44:52,780
 And they got him from Pearl River Community College.

1909
01:44:52,900 --> 01:44:54,380
 And he's had two really good years.

1910
01:44:54,680 --> 01:44:56,020
 So, it'll be really interesting.

1911
01:44:56,120 --> 01:44:59,100
 I'm anxious to see how this team reacts being to Omaha.

1912
01:44:59,480 --> 01:45:02,880
 I hope it's not just, okay, we're finally back to Omaha.

1913
01:45:03,220 --> 01:45:05,580
 You know, after 27 years, we're satisfied.

1914
01:45:06,160 --> 01:45:08,720
 If you're Alabama, you want to go over there and do damage.

1915
01:45:08,940 --> 01:45:13,320
 Heck, man, you're basically playing in another SEC tournament in your half of the bracket.

1916
01:45:13,800 --> 01:45:14,900
 That's exactly right.

1917
01:45:15,000 --> 01:45:17,700
 I was going to ask you about the tournament overall.

1918
01:45:17,980 --> 01:45:26,120
 I know on paper, and you don't play games on paper, but Georgia with their 173 home runs, Texas,

1919
01:45:26,780 --> 01:45:29,280
 and they literally play each other Saturday night.

1920
01:45:29,380 --> 01:45:30,280
 It's going to be interesting.

1921
01:45:30,420 --> 01:45:33,680
 The loser drops into the loser's bracket.

1922
01:45:34,380 --> 01:45:38,760
 But I know Georgia, Texas, and North Carolina on paper are good.

1923
01:45:39,020 --> 01:45:43,680
 But we talked to Craig Stevenson, DeVale.com, about Troy.

1924
01:45:44,520 --> 01:45:49,760
 Janicki, Boroff, Jake Boroff, and some of these other guys.

1925
01:45:49,900 --> 01:45:55,620
 Troy is no, believe me, is not a fluke being in there after what they did to Georgia Tech

1926
01:45:55,620 --> 01:46:01,480
 to get through their series, beating Florida.

1927
01:46:02,500 --> 01:46:03,600
 But, D2, your thoughts.

1928
01:46:03,720 --> 01:46:07,100
 Ole Miss, I think, is one of the most underrated teams.

1929
01:46:07,240 --> 01:46:13,580
 Mike Bianco did an incredible job coaching that team to beat Auburn in the Super Regionals.

1930
01:46:13,580 --> 01:46:16,560
 Your thoughts on overall about the World Series.

1931
01:46:17,460 --> 01:46:22,600
 Well, I think the West Virginia-Troy game is a very interesting one to kick it off on Friday afternoon.

1932
01:46:23,080 --> 01:46:30,380
 I mean, both those teams are making their first trips, and West Virginia has, you know, built up to this point.

1933
01:46:30,520 --> 01:46:36,320
 They've had some really good years the last few, and then they finally get a chance to host the Supers

1934
01:46:36,320 --> 01:46:40,180
 and the Regional, and it works out for them beautifully.

1935
01:46:40,180 --> 01:46:40,420
 Yeah.

1936
01:46:40,720 --> 01:46:42,280
 And they advanced to Omaha.

1937
01:46:42,900 --> 01:46:46,400
 Troy, I mean, look, I was as guilty as anyone.

1938
01:46:46,720 --> 01:46:48,500
 Alabama hadn't lost to this since 2019.

1939
01:46:48,840 --> 01:46:52,500
 They're always very competitive when Alabama lost to Troy 6-1.

1940
01:46:52,960 --> 01:46:57,520
 And at that point in time, it was the largest crowd ever in Troy history with a paltry 3,900.

1941
01:46:58,300 --> 01:47:02,520
 Little did we know that they were going to get that chance to host Little Rock in the Super Region

1942
01:47:02,520 --> 01:47:06,960
 and somehow cram 7,000-plus people in there and pay off the fire marshal.

1943
01:47:07,280 --> 01:47:10,820
 But they were able to do that, and it was a tremendous atmosphere.

1944
01:47:11,600 --> 01:47:13,180
 They're a really good offensive team.

1945
01:47:13,580 --> 01:47:17,360
 And, look, the beautiful thing about Omaha is you earn your way there.

1946
01:47:17,500 --> 01:47:18,660
 There's never a fluke.

1947
01:47:19,120 --> 01:47:24,600
 They had to go to Gainesville and bash Florida two games to get out of the losing bracket.

1948
01:47:24,740 --> 01:47:27,560
 And before that, they sent Miami home.

1949
01:47:27,800 --> 01:47:29,240
 So, Troy is hot.

1950
01:47:29,520 --> 01:47:30,960
 They're a really good offensive team.

1951
01:47:31,060 --> 01:47:34,400
 I'm going to be anxious to see if they can keep it up, and I certainly hope they can.

1952
01:47:34,520 --> 01:47:36,360
 Skylar Meade's done an amazing job.

1953
01:47:37,000 --> 01:47:39,500
 Hopefully, Troy can hold on to him for a little while longer.

1954
01:47:39,660 --> 01:47:42,140
 But they're doing an amazing job.

1955
01:47:42,220 --> 01:47:44,120
 And then I do love Mike Bianco.

1956
01:47:44,180 --> 01:47:46,360
 He's one of my favorite people in college baseball.

1957
01:47:46,920 --> 01:47:51,640
 He won it all in 2022 as a three-seed, the last team in.

1958
01:47:52,200 --> 01:47:54,320
 And then now he's made it back to Omaha.

1959
01:47:54,900 --> 01:47:58,540
 He's a true Hall of Famer who built Ole Miss baseball into what it is.

1960
01:47:59,000 --> 01:48:03,020
 And they're a really good team because that Auburn team they beat was really, really good.

1961
01:48:03,460 --> 01:48:08,060
 And to go into that crazy atmosphere with over 10,000 people in the park those days

1962
01:48:08,060 --> 01:48:10,540
 and find a way to win, it was a great accomplishment.

1963
01:48:10,780 --> 01:48:12,260
 And I just think it's a great field.

1964
01:48:12,380 --> 01:48:14,420
 I'm not sure there's a true definitive favorite,

1965
01:48:14,920 --> 01:48:19,120
 even though I think a lot of people are going to think that the winner of Georgia

1966
01:48:19,120 --> 01:48:29,700
 and currently have a – I guess they'll be the – I guess the favorite of the odds makers.

1967
01:48:29,700 --> 01:48:34,760
 The winner of that game staying in the winner's bracket will probably be the favorite going forward.

1968
01:48:35,060 --> 01:48:36,920
 By the way, Troy, got those extra seats.

1969
01:48:37,000 --> 01:48:39,480
 They had to go to the Gulf Coast and rent those seats

1970
01:48:39,480 --> 01:48:41,520
 because of the crowd coming in.

1971
01:48:41,880 --> 01:48:44,980
 Drew, before you jump off, talk about Alabama recruiting,

1972
01:48:45,120 --> 01:48:47,600
 the week that it's been over the last few days.

1973
01:48:47,700 --> 01:48:50,940
 And, of course, every recruiting fanatic wants to answer the other question.

1974
01:48:51,460 --> 01:48:54,540
 What's ahead over the next few days and weeks for Bama on the recruiting trail?

1975
01:48:55,440 --> 01:48:56,240
 Well, we'll see.

1976
01:48:56,380 --> 01:49:01,460
 I mean, they're not going to have a large, you know, class in this week or a large group.

1977
01:49:01,460 --> 01:49:05,760
 I mean, from what I've heard, I think Cedric Simmons may be coming in from south side zone

1978
01:49:05,760 --> 01:49:08,480
 with a wide receiver and certainly Trent Seymourn is supposed to be

1979
01:49:08,480 --> 01:49:10,000
 visiting this weekend.

1980
01:49:10,000 --> 01:49:13,180
 We'll see if anything changes in that regard.

1981
01:49:13,920 --> 01:49:19,700
 You know, Ty Phillips committed this week, and he's an outstanding running back from Irmo, South Carolina.

1982
01:49:20,200 --> 01:49:26,560
 And he is a really, really good player in the class who I think has been under-recruited.

1983
01:49:26,560 --> 01:49:32,420
 But that's kind of been the M.O. of Cordy Morgan and this coaching staff led by Caelan DeBoer.

1984
01:49:32,780 --> 01:49:37,020
 They do a really good job of evaluating players and jumping on them early.

1985
01:49:37,560 --> 01:49:40,220
 And they've already got nine commitment guys.

1986
01:49:40,420 --> 01:49:45,260
 So, they've already got, you know, several guys, you know, committed in the class.

1987
01:49:45,380 --> 01:49:51,060
 So, I think they're only going to take probably, roughly, if you kind of read the T-leaves,

1988
01:49:51,120 --> 01:49:57,680
 they're probably only going to take about six or seven more guys, even though they're going to continue to evaluate.

1989
01:49:58,820 --> 01:50:03,080
 But Taj Phillips is one of the latest ones that's jumped on board.

1990
01:50:03,720 --> 01:50:11,780
 You know, Michael Mabufi, who split from Syracuse this weekend, the tight end, he keeps that St. Francis Academy pride line going.

1991
01:50:11,920 --> 01:50:14,200
 And he's an in-line blocker who they really like.

1992
01:50:14,620 --> 01:50:17,200
 And then, they've been really aggressive in the special teams deal.

1993
01:50:17,340 --> 01:50:23,680
 I mean, they've already got two kickers on the team, and Lorkin Quinn and Connor Salty, but they take Luke Cody.

1994
01:50:24,080 --> 01:50:25,300
 And Cody can also punt.

1995
01:50:25,600 --> 01:50:26,900
 And so, they're going to need a punter.

1996
01:50:27,380 --> 01:50:31,560
 Certainly, he's a five-star level guy that they decided to take and go ahead and address.

1997
01:50:32,160 --> 01:50:36,960
 And then, going forward, we'll see, you know, if they get some more commitments in the coming days.

1998
01:50:36,960 --> 01:50:42,400
 I know they certainly are being aggressive, trying to get some defensive linemen committed,

1999
01:50:42,820 --> 01:50:46,040
 because they'd like to sign two or three in the class.

2000
01:50:46,500 --> 01:50:52,100
 They should be done at running back now that they've got him, and now they've got Phillips and Nigel Newkirk committed.

2001
01:50:52,520 --> 01:50:56,080
 And then, of course, the quarterback position with Elijah Haven and Trent Seaborn.

2002
01:50:56,240 --> 01:50:58,520
 But I think it's going to be a work in progress.

2003
01:50:58,880 --> 01:51:04,660
 And as I said today on Talking Ball, I was asked about Munchon Sales, and they're still right in the middle of that.

2004
01:51:04,660 --> 01:51:06,540
 I know he's coming off his visit to Texas.

2005
01:51:06,820 --> 01:51:10,700
 And, of course, Indiana's there with their big offer.

2006
01:51:10,940 --> 01:51:14,020
 Alabama put their best foot forward.

2007
01:51:14,560 --> 01:51:20,660
 And I know they knocked it out of the park when he was there, but, you know, you have to wait and see in the coming weeks how that goes.

2008
01:51:20,740 --> 01:51:22,580
 I still think he'll make a summer commitment.

2009
01:51:23,140 --> 01:51:25,500
 So, we'll see what happens going forward.

2010
01:51:25,580 --> 01:51:32,760
 But I like where Alabama is, and I think they think they're in a strong position to add to the class going forward.

2011
01:51:32,880 --> 01:51:40,100
 But as far as who's next, it's hard to say because I haven't heard of any, you know, imminent commitments coming up.

2012
01:51:40,160 --> 01:51:42,900
 But that can change at the drop of a hat, no doubt.

2013
01:51:42,900 --> 01:51:50,520
 And certainly, they're going to have some more kids on campus throughout this month, this month of June, in the next couple of weeks.

2014
01:51:50,660 --> 01:51:52,720
 So, we'll be monitoring that going forward.

2015
01:51:52,860 --> 01:51:59,340
 But I thought it was a pretty good, you know, last week or so, picking up a couple more commitments and getting up to nine.

2016
01:51:59,480 --> 01:52:02,420
 And so, I think they're in a good spot right now.

2017
01:52:02,820 --> 01:52:03,260
 Absolutely.

2018
01:52:03,580 --> 01:52:08,860
 I know you've been busy, and particularly yesterday, with Huntsville High School summer basketball.

2019
01:52:09,640 --> 01:52:11,740
 A lot of teams in the facility.

2020
01:52:12,680 --> 01:52:15,080
 And we'll talk about this, hopefully, next week.

2021
01:52:15,080 --> 01:52:20,980
 That University of Alabama training and player development facility, that is slick.

2022
01:52:21,680 --> 01:52:23,700
 I saw some clips about that.

2023
01:52:23,880 --> 01:52:28,620
 They showed the men's and women's team, and they were in state of all over it.

2024
01:52:29,420 --> 01:52:37,320
 That's really an incredible recruiting facility that's going to help Nate Oates' women's basketball lot going in the future.

2025
01:52:37,920 --> 01:52:43,480
 D2, where can we go online, listen to the expanded talking ball with you and Scott?

2026
01:52:44,280 --> 01:52:50,820
 Yeah, you can definitely listen to us each Monday, Friday, 7 to 10 a.m. at 9770SPN.com.

2027
01:52:51,180 --> 01:52:55,580
 If you missed the show, you can catch it on our SoundCloud page, 97.7 The Zone.

2028
01:52:56,000 --> 01:53:02,020
 We are live each day on WGVN-TV as well, if you want to watch that on the show.

2029
01:53:02,740 --> 01:53:04,660
 And Scott, I gave a shout-out to him.

2030
01:53:05,060 --> 01:53:10,400
 His son, Landon, will be graduating from Southwest Oregon University in the coming days.

2031
01:53:10,460 --> 01:53:12,700
 So, he's going to be out there in Oregon.

2032
01:53:12,700 --> 01:53:16,820
 I've got Joe Honk and Steve Moulton helping me out for the next several days.

2033
01:53:16,940 --> 01:53:19,000
 But certainly, looking forward to that.

2034
01:53:19,480 --> 01:53:24,060
 And also, you know, very interestingly, I'm sure you guys may have mentioned it,

2035
01:53:24,420 --> 01:53:30,420
 but Alabama, it's always interesting to see how, you know, offers go out in football.

2036
01:53:30,940 --> 01:53:36,400
 I was just in the city of A-Rab a couple of days ago doing some business for a friend of mine,

2037
01:53:36,460 --> 01:53:37,900
 taking some photos of a home.

2038
01:53:38,360 --> 01:53:42,500
 And now Alabama has offered Stafford Willis offensive lineman from A-Rab.

2039
01:53:42,760 --> 01:53:47,940
 So, it's been a while since we've heard an arrangement offered by Alabama, but that's a pretty neat deal.

2040
01:53:48,100 --> 01:53:53,060
 And we'll see if he's a guy that could, after camping, could commit soon in the process.

2041
01:53:53,060 --> 01:53:57,640
 And then Darius White, the corner from Georgia, is another one, I think, to watch.

2042
01:53:57,760 --> 01:53:59,880
 But always enjoy being on with you guys.

2043
01:54:00,020 --> 01:54:02,580
 And looking forward to Alabama and Omaha this weekend.

2044
01:54:03,540 --> 01:54:04,280
 Enjoy it, Drew.

2045
01:54:04,340 --> 01:54:06,160
 And thanks so much for your time, Dave, my friend.

2046
01:54:06,300 --> 01:54:06,700
 There you have it.

2047
01:54:06,700 --> 01:54:08,380
 Drew DeArma, 97.7 FM.

2048
01:54:08,520 --> 01:54:09,960
 It's on the A-Rab night.

2049
01:54:10,140 --> 01:54:11,620
 BB, coming up tonight.

2050
01:54:11,720 --> 01:54:13,860
 Are you ready for the Braves on the south side of Chicago?

2051
01:54:14,300 --> 01:54:16,200
 Yeah, they need to get back on the winning track.

2052
01:54:16,400 --> 01:54:18,880
 Chicago came back, won that game in extra innings.

2053
01:54:18,980 --> 01:54:23,440
 The White Sox record at home this year, 17-3.

2054
01:54:23,960 --> 01:54:24,320
 Yeah.

2055
01:54:24,460 --> 01:54:26,800
 They're one of the most improved teams in baseball.

2056
01:54:26,800 --> 01:54:29,960
 But you can hear that game tonight on 93-9.

2057
01:54:30,220 --> 01:54:30,620
 Let's go.

2058
01:54:31,040 --> 01:54:32,760
 Their record against a former pitcher.

2059
01:54:32,920 --> 01:54:34,800
 That's now with the Braves by the name of Chris Sale.

2060
01:54:34,940 --> 01:54:37,960
 2-2 with a 2-92 ERA against his former club.

2061
01:54:38,400 --> 01:54:40,440
 They're 9-10 against Chris.

2062
01:54:40,920 --> 01:54:44,260
 Can he increase those numbers tonight for his new team, the Braves?

2063
01:54:44,600 --> 01:54:46,340
 Listen here on 93-9, the score.

2064
01:54:46,780 --> 01:54:47,840
 It's going to take care of us for now.

2065
01:54:47,920 --> 01:54:50,280
 On behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

2066
01:54:50,360 --> 01:54:52,420
 Carol Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

2067
01:54:52,880 --> 01:54:55,060
 Let's do it again tomorrow, noon to 2 for the Boom Home Buck Show.

2068
01:54:55,060 --> 01:54:57,380
 Back here on Sports Radio, 93-9, the score.