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

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 Good afternoon and welcome in to the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 Brett Beaird, welcome in where the latest poll is out and Alabama cracks the top two on the rate to hate list.

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 Happy Thursday. Somehow that doesn't surprise me too much.

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 But Bill is here right now to talk about a travesty in college football involving Texas Tech in its top college football coaching rankings.

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 You know, the thing about Bill is Bill shows up in my mailbox on a daily basis and he shows up here on our show when he's not busy as the man with the sporting news.

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 Bill Bender, welcome in.

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 On that rate to hate list, is there a new school moving up to number one that we might have to update given what's happening this week?

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 Touche, Bill.

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 It used to be that a team that is pretty familiar down here and a team pretty familiar with you up there.

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 Matter of fact, Bill, you may be the only one that likes Notre Dame according to this list.

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 They beat out Alabama.

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 They made Alabama mad because now they are considered by this poll anyway until Texas Tech.

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 The most hated team in the country just ahead of Alabama.

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 This is a fun list, Bill.

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 I went to Catholic school for 12 years.

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 I'm not allowed to hate Notre Dame, so it's forbidden.

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 I honestly thought Ohio State would be rated higher, you know, same reasons as Alabama.

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 They're kind of the Alabama up here where when you've dominated the Big Ten, at least, and been a major player in college football for pretty much my entire adult life, you know, they have their fair share of haters, too.

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 Did Michigan get mad because after them at two, Ohio State was third, Michigan's fourth.

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 I mean, up here, I would say there's no SEC program that people in Ohio, I wouldn't say they, I think it's just a collective thing, right?

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 The topic de jure this week, as you wrote about, is Brendan Soarsby, the injunction the judge gave him, now, quote, suspended for two games.

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 I really believe that I don't – if it was – now that I've had some time to think about it,

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 Now you've had one judge, and Dan Wetzel wrote an excellent column about this this morning, that you had the one judge rule that way.

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 I actually, you know, subscribe to the thinking that Texas Tech may have thought, hey, we're going to fight this.

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 One of the things that's inside of that, your top 25 college football coach rankings for 2026.

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 I'm assuming that it's a battle between Ken and DeBoer and Alex Golesh as far as one and two.

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 Believe me, those two are not top 10 coaches.

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 You know, real quick, you know, Campbell and Whittingham at Penn State and Michigan.

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 Always in that top 25.

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 Highly recommend looking at the coaching rankings.

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 I know nobody disagrees with you whatsoever.

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 I've got a couple.

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 I've got a couple for sure.

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 BillBender92 at SportingNews.com.

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 We have a ton between Mike D and I, of course, and we have a ton of content about Sorsby,

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 Good to see things have finally thought out up there.

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 On 93.9, the score.

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 Welcome back in.

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 It is an absolute pleasure.

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 Press hello to the athletic director at Florence City Schools, Myra Miles.

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 Myra, welcome in.

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 Congratulations.

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 How are you?

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 I am doing great.

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 Thank you.

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 Been looking forward to talking to y'all.

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 Well, right back at you.

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 Hey, listen.

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 Who said you can't come full circle in life, Myra?

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 I won't steal your thunder, but talk to us about the road to becoming the AD of Florence City Schools.

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 Yeah.

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 So, talking about full circle, you know, I'm a graduate of Bradshaw High School.

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 And, of course, they combined with coffee to make Florence.

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 And then, actually, my assistant AD, Tim Bowen, he and I taught and coached together at coffee in 2000.

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 And then we're both now assistant AD and AD at Florence.

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 So, it's really full circle for me.

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 And what a blessing it is.

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 It's kind of weird.

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 I walked through the dome the other day for the first time when I got there.

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 And I kind of, like, got all nervous because I felt like Miss Kennard was around somewhere.

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 Blow her whistle and get on to her for missing layup.

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 You know, so it's just been outstanding.

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 And I'm very, very blessed.

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 Let's talk about that.

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 I've always wondered when you come back to a school, do you ever think back now maybe why those teachers got mad at kids?

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 At the time, you got mad at the teacher.

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 Do you have a different perspective now?

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 Oh, yeah.

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 I mean, it's very much so, yes.

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 Myra, I've been looking at some of the Facebook posts about Florence City Schools athletics.

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 And I am so impressed.

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 You mentioned Tim Bowen.

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 Of course, we've interviewed him for years on the show about Brooks High School.

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 Also, Hunter Morris, the former Auburn baseball player, coming in as the new baseball coach.

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 Coach Lindsey Vanover is the new softball coach.

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 I noticed flag football begins August the 20th.

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 And I know there are plans, I believe the announcement last Friday, to build a new athletic workout facility, new athletic offices, a new field design.

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 Myra, there are a lot of impressive things going on at Florence.

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 Well, we, listen, first of all, I just want to always say how blessed I am and thank God for putting me in the right places with the right people around me.

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 But, you know, and I've also got to give Dr. Jimmy Shaw and Byron Graham credit for getting the ball rolling on the facility that's going to open in January.

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 It'll be January or February of 27th.

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 But it's going to be a phenomenal facility for our middle schools.

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 We will have a full-time strength coach with our boys and girls, female athletes.

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 Sam, we will have our general physical ed kids going through there as well.

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 So, and it'll give us, you know, locker room space that we've needed desperately for Friday night football games.

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 But it's just, we've got a ton of stuff going.

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 We've got a lot of momentum right now.

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 You know, we're working so hard on getting as many people back involved with the Florence system.

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 I mean, I've had a lot of Bradshaw alumni, a lot of Coffey alumni reach out to me.

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 And it's just amazing on what they, they're all fired up and ready to do.

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 Well, talk to us about, I've always said in life, there's so many people on the way that if you're wise, you'll listen to them.

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 And you'll take a little bit here and add it to the next stop.

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 And then by the time you reach a certain age, hopefully you've got a library of experience that's going to benefit you.

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 Talk to us about your journey time at St. James down in Montgomery over at Brooks High, Haleyville High.

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 Talk to us about your journey and how that's helped you get prepared now for this position.

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 Well, you know, I've got to give a lot of people in Haleyville, Alabama credit because that's where I was blessed to get a job, right out of college, which was really unheard of.

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 And I worked for actually Bo Nix's grandfather who hired me, Conrad Nix.

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 So started there, went from there to Brooks.

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 And, you know, there are 10 great years.

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 Coach Harlan Hill, unbelievable man.

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 Went from there to St. James for a year.

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 And I'm going to tell you right now, St. James, I loved it.

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 But both of my parents got really sick after I came there a year.

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 Yeah.

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 And I needed to come back home.

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 And so I ended up at Coffey for three years.

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 Then from Coffey, went to Hoover.

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 Thought I was going to go there just to coach.

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 And then the next thing I know, they asked me to come be the interim AD.

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 And I'm thinking, how hard could that be?

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 And then, wow, it was a monster job.

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 But, again, I had great people around me.

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 I learned.

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 I've had so many fantastic mentors.

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 Some of the greatest athletic directors that I've worked for, like John Brickin when I was at St. James.

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 Of course, you heard me say Harlan Hill.

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 But principal Don Hewlin, he was phenomenal.

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 And, you know, then went from Hoover, retired, went to work in the TNT Fireworks world with the Anderson family.

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 And then ended up at UT with Jeremy, which I wouldn't take anything for my three years there working in the SEC.

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 Just learning.

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 I was just a sponge and learning from every component of that program.

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 But it was just, I was ready just to sit down, I mean, and not do anything after that.

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 Then Dr. Freeman, who was a phenomenal superintendent as well that I worked for at Bestavia, told him I would commit three to five years.

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 I gave him four to get that program turned around.

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 And it's in fine hands now with Laura Casey.

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 And then I was going to come home, went to work for Senator Melston at that time with the Ag Center progress up here.

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 So that's what I was going to do.

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 And then Lord had a different plan for me.

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 Get a call from the new superintendent, Bill Hopkins.

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 And here I am in Florence in my alma mater and just living the dream.

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 Wow.

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 Laura, to talk a little bit about your vision for the school system.

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 I know you've mentioned several times, but we interviewed you when you were at Hoover years ago.

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 And you've always believed in a strategic plan, long-term goals.

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 And I know you told us even back then, there's no excuse for our school not to be the best in academics and athletics.

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 Talk about your vision for Florence.

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 Well, you know, my vision is for us to get it out in front.

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 You know, I feel like we're doing some things now to maybe get us in a better place to take the lead.

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 You know, we're going to, when the new classifications come out, we're going to be the largest 5A school in the state.

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 So we need to do things long-term on a short-term prop now to make us successful long-term.

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 And I'm not just talking about, yes, we're investing in facilities.

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 But my thing is, is we've got to get the culture right.

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 We've got to get our kids on the same page with us.

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 We've got to be able to hire the right people that are going to coach up the kids hard, but love them hard, too.

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 But academically, we want to lead the pack.

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 You know, so we've got to have a vision of progressive thinking.

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 You know, we've got to stay on the cutting edge.

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 You know, people think I'm crazy when I say we've got to be a little bit of college-esque without it being NIL transfer proposals, you know.

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 But it's just, you have to look at a college-esque, you have to do that if you want to be effective and successful at the high school level.

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 Good plan and execute that good plan on a regular basis.

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 Myra, you just hit on something there.

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 Because for years, Florence has had a unique challenge in that they were in a big classification, but they had one of the smallest enrollments, which means the expectations were there.

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 But they didn't have the bodies that some of these bigger schools have had over the years.

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 Now, it's almost flipped where you drop down, but relative to the rest of the league, you're going to have a little bigger enrollment.

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 Talk to us about what you've learned, or not you, but from the past of Florence having to sit here and basically be kind of the underdog in the 7A now in a different classifications.

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 Well, I think that, you know, I have always loved if somebody, you know, would refer to us as an underdog.

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 So, you know, even at Vestavia, when I got there, people thought, well, they're not going to win.

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 Well, I mean, look, Coach Calhoun came in, did a good job that one year, laid the foundation, and look what Roberts done in football, and then look at what the basketball pros did, and then look at what the softball, baseball pros did.

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 So, it's just that part of it.

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 So, I think Florence, yes, has been, you know, the underdog, and, you know, nobody expects a lot out of us.

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 But I can promise you right now, I walked through the indoor yesterday, and I see the work these kids are putting in with our strength coaches.

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 Our coaches are involved.

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 Every athlete in our school now is in weight training.

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 They're working out year-round in summer.

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 So, we are going to catch up and bypass and surpass anybody we can.

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 And so, we want people looking over their shoulder because we're coming, and that is our goal, and that is the expectation.

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 But, again, I want everybody to understand on our staff, all of our kids, academically, we're going to be the best we can be.

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 We're going to be the most polite and respectful kids and coaches that we can be.

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 You know, we're with the kids more than their parents are with them.

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 So, we, that's our goal.

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 That's our plan.

449
00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:51,020
 And we've got the, you know, the gas pedal down.

450
00:28:51,260 --> 00:28:59,820
 And, you know, like I said, I work for a great superintendent, principal, new board of education, great, you know, everything is just in perfect.

451
00:28:59,820 --> 00:29:06,680
 And we've just got to keep working our rear ends off to make up some ground so we can get to the top.

452
00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:17,220
 Myra, after listening to you for 10 minutes, I think anybody who's heard this conversation realizes Florence will get there with your leadership.

453
00:29:17,560 --> 00:29:26,900
 Listen, thank you so much for taking some time to share your vision of the Florence athletics, academics, in all the schools.

454
00:29:27,100 --> 00:29:28,940
 We wish you nothing but the best.

455
00:29:29,180 --> 00:29:34,100
 Hopefully, we can give you a call in the next month or so and see how plans are going.

456
00:29:35,180 --> 00:29:35,620
 Absolutely.

457
00:29:35,980 --> 00:29:41,660
 And thank you all again for what you all do for sports, not just the college world, but also in the high school world.

458
00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:42,880
 You're more than welcome.

459
00:29:42,980 --> 00:29:52,180
 By the way, tell those former famous Bradshaw grads, the guy named Stuart St. Julie Boheim, wife of Jim Boheim, and others, that there's a new sheriff in town.

460
00:29:52,300 --> 00:29:52,780
 Okay, Myra?

461
00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:54,100
 I will.

462
00:29:54,180 --> 00:29:54,560
 I will.

463
00:29:54,660 --> 00:29:55,560
 Thank you so much.

464
00:29:55,620 --> 00:29:56,280
 Thank you, Myra.

465
00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:00,480
 Myra Miles, athletic director at Florence High School.

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570
00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:42,300
 Welcome back again.

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 A pleasure for us to head north to Knoxville and say hello to Ryan Kellyanne.

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573
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 Ryan, welcome in.

574
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 How are you?

575
00:35:50,140 --> 00:35:50,480
 Hey, guys.

576
00:35:50,540 --> 00:35:50,960
 Doing well.

577
00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:51,260
 How are you?

578
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:51,640
 Hey, Ben.

579
00:35:52,060 --> 00:35:55,060
 Glad Josh Happel's busy doing a little shopping this summer.

580
00:35:55,180 --> 00:35:55,420
 A lot.

581
00:35:55,780 --> 00:35:58,160
 Quartet of pickups just since the weekend.

582
00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,840
 Your thoughts overall about the Tennessee recruiting machine this summer.

583
00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:04,100
 Yeah, it's starting to come together.

584
00:36:04,240 --> 00:36:08,660
 Now, it's been a different kind of year for Tennessee, and I think we're seeing this a little

585
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 bit more with some other schools.

586
00:36:10,720 --> 00:36:11,540
 There's just more.

587
00:36:12,780 --> 00:36:18,500
 Everyone's kind of having to look into how they're spending their money, how they're filling out their class.

588
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:20,920
 It's just a different approach for some programs.

589
00:36:21,100 --> 00:36:23,740
 I think Tennessee, it's not been a wholesale change.

590
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:26,700
 I think they've still been trying to get good high school players.

591
00:36:27,220 --> 00:36:31,340
 That's still how Josh Happel would like to build a large portion of his program, but I think

592
00:36:31,340 --> 00:36:34,880
 they're, you know, just like a lot of programs, I know Alabama's going through something similar

593
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:35,400
 this year.

594
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:40,540
 You know, you kind of are reassessing how you divide your spots and how you divide your

595
00:36:40,540 --> 00:36:41,600
 money, most importantly.

596
00:36:42,180 --> 00:36:45,660
 And so I think there's been a little bit of an adjustment there.

597
00:36:46,340 --> 00:36:50,020
 And Tennessee's still been in some battles, but there have been more and more that they've

598
00:36:50,020 --> 00:36:55,340
 been willing to walk away from if the price is not right in their minds for each player.

599
00:36:55,500 --> 00:36:59,340
 So we knew they'd get some guys at some point, and they've made a few nice pickups here lately,

600
00:36:59,340 --> 00:37:00,000
 as you said.

601
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:04,480
 So their class is starting to come together, but still some big fish out there that are going

602
00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:07,080
 to determine, you know, just how good this class is.

603
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:10,080
 Is this only a top 15 or top 20 class for Tennessee?

604
00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:14,340
 You know, I think that possibility is out there because they're not willing or, you know,

605
00:37:14,340 --> 00:37:17,580
 haven't been willing to go quite as high for some of these players.

606
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:22,280
 While some of these prices in their minds, I think for some high school players are a bit

607
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 outlandish for guys who probably aren't going to be on the field right away.

608
00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:28,340
 So they're trying to be a little bit smarter about how they spend their money and not have

609
00:37:28,340 --> 00:37:32,860
 so many guys on the bench as freshmen who are making a lot of money that could be used

610
00:37:32,860 --> 00:37:34,320
 on starters out of the transfer portal.

611
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:35,480
 And that's the point.

612
00:37:35,560 --> 00:37:37,140
 I think you just hit on it right there, Ryan.

613
00:37:37,180 --> 00:37:40,560
 That's the difference between now and when Nick was riding the top of the wave.

614
00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:41,760
 And you look at Indiana.

615
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:46,420
 Indiana is proof that in the modern era, you don't have to go out and get a top five

616
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 class out of high school to win a national championship.

617
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 You just got to know how to spend money smart.

618
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 More importantly, which means you got to be able to evaluate talent that fits your system.

619
00:37:56,980 --> 00:38:01,280
 And I think Indiana showed last year, that's basically, and I think, would you agree that

620
00:38:01,280 --> 00:38:05,780
 maybe one of the reasons teams like Tennessee, Alabama, and others are saying, wait a minute,

621
00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:11,500
 like you just said, I don't want to go out and put a million or $2 million in the kid's pocket

622
00:38:11,500 --> 00:38:12,740
 to sit on a bench next year.

623
00:38:12,780 --> 00:38:16,960
 I can go to the portal, spend the same money, but at least I know what I'm getting at this

624
00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:18,540
 level based on their experience.

625
00:38:18,920 --> 00:38:22,720
 In other words, if you can't come in and play right away, plug and play and start earning

626
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 your money from day one, I think these coaches, like you said, they're going to take a different

627
00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:27,800
 approach to some of these high school kids.

628
00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:28,760
 Yeah.

629
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 And I think that's, you know, Indiana is a dangerous comparison.

630
00:38:31,620 --> 00:38:35,340
 I think I, and I'm sure a lot of people have made it, but that's, that's one that I think

631
00:38:35,340 --> 00:38:37,000
 it was a pretty unique situation.

632
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:42,420
 You had some guys who, yeah, some guys who had followed, uh, Kirk Cignetti from, uh, from

633
00:38:42,420 --> 00:38:43,220
 James Madison.

634
00:38:43,220 --> 00:38:46,520
 You had a lot of familiarity, a lot of, a lot of older players.

635
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:49,900
 Um, I, I'm not sure you're going to see a perfect comparison with that.

636
00:38:49,900 --> 00:38:54,020
 Cause even in the portal, Indiana was not getting some of the top players out there in the portal.

637
00:38:54,080 --> 00:38:58,880
 They, they, they had a, had a perfect mix, but yeah, it's a good example that the one

638
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:02,700
 I think might be the, the more, the more relevant comparison for, for programs like Tennessee

639
00:39:02,700 --> 00:39:04,620
 and Alabama, frankly, is Ole Miss.

640
00:39:04,620 --> 00:39:09,560
 Uh, I think they had sort of the, the business model down where they knew they didn't have

641
00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:13,520
 quite as much money to spend out as some of the other programs out there and said, you

642
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:17,760
 know what, we're going to kind of money ball this thing and put as much of this as possible

643
00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:22,560
 into transfer portal players and have as much of our money as possible in our starting lineup.

644
00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:26,760
 And I think that, that was a very smart approach and it worked, got them to a college football

645
00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:29,020
 playoff and had them in the mix a couple other times.

646
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:34,060
 And I think if other schools can emulate that a little bit more, I think that's what they

647
00:39:34,060 --> 00:39:35,100
 would, they would hope to do.

648
00:39:35,240 --> 00:39:38,420
 But the tricky part of that is, and this, this is part of the adjustment for Tennessee

649
00:39:38,420 --> 00:39:39,960
 and Alabama and programs like that.

650
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:44,060
 Maybe you've got to be really willing to spend the money on transfer portal players.

651
00:39:44,060 --> 00:39:48,180
 And sometimes that means, that means really grinning and bearing it and saying, yeah, we'll

652
00:39:48,180 --> 00:39:53,020
 go that high for the player that you want in January, because some of these prices get outlandish

653
00:39:53,020 --> 00:39:55,560
 on those guys, because a lot of people had the same thought.

654
00:39:55,660 --> 00:39:57,400
 This is a guy that can help me win games.

655
00:39:57,420 --> 00:39:58,720
 I'm going to pay more for him.

656
00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:03,360
 So you've got to be willing to, to go to an uncomfortable level sometimes to get the

657
00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:05,640
 players you want, if you're going to make that kind of pivot.

658
00:40:05,820 --> 00:40:09,580
 But yeah, I think that that's a, it's not been a wholesale change on Tennessee's part,

659
00:40:09,700 --> 00:40:13,260
 but I think they have had the approach more this year in terms of high school players.

660
00:40:13,420 --> 00:40:15,120
 Let's not get in this bidding war.

661
00:40:15,220 --> 00:40:17,380
 This is not a guy who's going to be on the field as a freshman.

662
00:40:17,380 --> 00:40:22,700
 And we'll, we'll, we're willing to walk away and know that we can take that money and use

663
00:40:22,700 --> 00:40:23,600
 it on someone later.

664
00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:24,660
 And we'll probably be okay.

665
00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:26,660
 Let's deal with that, Ryan, with that strategy.

666
00:40:26,660 --> 00:40:32,720
 Let's say you go out and you get Johnny Bravo, uh, from Syracuse, you bring him in $2 million

667
00:40:32,720 --> 00:40:35,860
 and he lives up to the $2 million tag.

668
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:40,560
 What's going to happen if he's still got eligibility left, he's going to demand 3 million or 4 million

669
00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:43,700
 or XYZ school out there is going to pay more.

670
00:40:43,700 --> 00:40:48,420
 So basically you may get your $2 million worth, but there's no guarantee that after that you're

671
00:40:48,420 --> 00:40:48,920
 going to keep him.

672
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:52,900
 He's going to start using that for leverage to either get more money out of you or go somewhere

673
00:40:52,900 --> 00:40:53,580
 else and get it.

674
00:40:54,140 --> 00:40:57,760
 Well, and that's, and that's true of the high school players you land to, you know, sometimes

675
00:40:57,760 --> 00:41:00,720
 you might spend high six figures on a, on a high school player.

676
00:41:00,720 --> 00:41:04,500
 And the next thing you know, he has a good year and you're, and you're being asked to double

677
00:41:04,500 --> 00:41:05,060
 his salary.

678
00:41:05,060 --> 00:41:07,340
 So it's, it's, it's all that way.

679
00:41:07,340 --> 00:41:12,020
 I mean, to your point, it's just, it's just become more and more a year to year game.

680
00:41:12,020 --> 00:41:15,880
 And you really just can't, you really just can't rely on what your roster might look like

681
00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:16,640
 in a couple of years.

682
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:20,100
 You know, coaches used to sort of map out, okay, here's what we think our lineup will

683
00:41:20,100 --> 00:41:23,960
 look like in, in, in two years from now and use that in recruiting.

684
00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:27,340
 Now, now you really can't, you really have to just take it year by year.

685
00:41:27,340 --> 00:41:31,600
 And, and just to that point, you know, I think the, I think the, the philosophy from a lot

686
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:37,820
 of schools now is just make sure you are being wise with your money, whatever it is.

687
00:41:37,820 --> 00:41:41,680
 If you're, if you're, if you're, if you have to have a walkaway price, you know, I

688
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:45,000
 think that's, that's something that, that some of these coaches and other, other coaches

689
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:47,280
 elsewhere have, have embraced a little bit more.

690
00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:49,500
 It's not that maybe you don't recruit a guy.

691
00:41:49,500 --> 00:41:55,160
 It's that when it comes to time to talk, talk money, don't, don't get emotional about

692
00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:55,360
 it.

693
00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:57,980
 And it's a different skill set for coaches to master.

694
00:41:57,980 --> 00:42:02,640
 They've, they didn't get into this business trying to, uh, trying to, to think that way.

695
00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:06,380
 They were, they were thought be relentless when the recruiting battle, do what you have

696
00:42:06,380 --> 00:42:10,120
 to do to, to get the player, but you have to be willing to say, you know what, this guy

697
00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:14,740
 poured a year, two years into recruiting, I'm okay walking away because the price is not

698
00:42:14,740 --> 00:42:15,760
 what we think is worth it.

699
00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:18,680
 Let me see if we're up to date with you.

700
00:42:18,900 --> 00:42:21,800
 Tennessee now seems to be at 13 commitments.

701
00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:30,800
 The latest North Carolina kicker Ford feeling, uh, six, one, one, one 90, uh, Georgia

702
00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:34,960
 cornerback, uh, Dylan Haley committed to Tennessee.

703
00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:42,280
 I believe Sunday night, flowery branch, Georgia, six, one, one 80, uh, and all six, four, three

704
00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:49,000
 45 JUCO for Northeast Mississippi community college, Christian Mays, uh, boy, that's a space

705
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:56,380
 seeder run stopper in the middle and then, uh, Malik Howard, six, three, two 31, uh, a four

706
00:42:56,380 --> 00:42:56,880
 star.

707
00:42:57,180 --> 00:43:00,800
 Uh, I know he was, uh, Oregon was in on that battle too.

708
00:43:01,140 --> 00:43:04,400
 Am I close as far as the, those are the last four.

709
00:43:05,020 --> 00:43:06,360
 Those are the last four.

710
00:43:06,440 --> 00:43:06,580
 Yeah.

711
00:43:06,660 --> 00:43:08,560
 So, so pretty active weekend for Tennessee.

712
00:43:08,560 --> 00:43:13,300
 They landed Malik Howard and Christian Mays on Saturday during their official visits to

713
00:43:13,300 --> 00:43:13,740
 Knoxville.

714
00:43:13,740 --> 00:43:18,120
 And then Sunday night, uh, Dylan Haley, the cornerback from Georgia announced his commitment,

715
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:20,840
 uh, just hours after his official visit wrapped up.

716
00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:23,860
 Um, that was one where he even informed the coaches while he was there.

717
00:43:23,860 --> 00:43:27,840
 So really three, three visits that have, or three commitments that happened during their

718
00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:28,600
 official visits.

719
00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:33,180
 And then, uh, and then as you mentioned, landing the, uh, the kicker, uh, Ford, Ford feeling

720
00:43:33,180 --> 00:43:39,000
 on, uh, on Tuesday coming off his, uh, his visit for a camp on Sunday, got an offer

721
00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:42,220
 from Tennessee the next day and, and sort of jumped on it within 24 hours.

722
00:43:42,220 --> 00:43:45,140
 So, uh, yeah, they, they, they've been on a nice run lately.

723
00:43:45,140 --> 00:43:50,380
 You kind of expect that maybe this sort of different field to this year so far is more

724
00:43:50,380 --> 00:43:55,280
 guys were waiting for July, uh, and, and even August sometimes to announce their decisions.

725
00:43:55,480 --> 00:44:01,740
 We're seeing guys sort of just make their decisions right then more often now, uh, during,

726
00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:04,040
 during visits or very shortly after visits.

727
00:44:04,040 --> 00:44:08,800
 So, um, it's been a more active June than we've seen so far, um, in recent years for

728
00:44:08,800 --> 00:44:10,800
 Tennessee, but yeah, we'll, we'll see if that continues.

729
00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:14,700
 We'll see if more of these guys start, start waiting until July just to have their day to

730
00:44:14,700 --> 00:44:16,460
 announce or whatever, or have more time.

731
00:44:16,460 --> 00:44:20,080
 But yeah, these are, these have been happening pretty quickly and it was a very productive

732
00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:24,440
 weekend for Tennessee last weekend, 15 official visitors, uh, four were already committed going

733
00:44:24,440 --> 00:44:28,340
 into the weekend, added another three that were committed by the end of the weekend,

734
00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:28,720
 essentially.

735
00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:31,720
 So seven out of 15 that they hosted, uh, already on board.

736
00:44:31,720 --> 00:44:34,680
 And then those other eight, you know, there's still a few other good possibilities in there

737
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:38,600
 led by five-star running back, David Gabriel George out of, um, out of

738
00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:41,180
 Baylor school in Chattanooga, who's originally from Canada.

739
00:44:41,180 --> 00:44:45,680
 Um, that, that was kind of the, the headliner of that group and obviously a major priority

740
00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:46,200
 for Tennessee.

741
00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:46,680
 Yeah.

742
00:44:46,760 --> 00:44:48,080
 He was my next question.

743
00:44:48,220 --> 00:44:56,540
 I believe he, uh, has announced July 22nd, maybe the, the date that, that he announces his

744
00:44:56,540 --> 00:44:57,320
 decision.

745
00:44:57,600 --> 00:45:05,380
 SEC came out yesterday with the football schedule, trying to fill up some of the pieces of the puzzle.

746
00:45:05,600 --> 00:45:09,480
 And quite frankly, they narrowed some of the, of the times down.

747
00:45:09,620 --> 00:45:10,800
 I mean, we're used to this.

748
00:45:10,900 --> 00:45:11,780
 We've been seeing it.

749
00:45:12,180 --> 00:45:19,800
 Their flex schedule, for example, is again, two 30 to three 30 central or, um, or five to

750
00:45:19,800 --> 00:45:22,260
 seven, uh, central time.

751
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:25,520
 It's either mid afternoon or, or, or the night game.

752
00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:27,360
 Any surprises to you?

753
00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:32,220
 I noticed Texas, uh, is going to be noon Eastern time.

754
00:45:32,340 --> 00:45:37,900
 I was going to amuse that Vanderbilt game when it's 35 degrees is a night game.

755
00:45:37,900 --> 00:45:38,640
 That's right.

756
00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:40,080
 It's always hilarious.

757
00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:44,820
 What, what coach or fancy looking at the schedule for Tennessee yesterday?

758
00:45:45,460 --> 00:45:45,980
 Yeah.

759
00:45:45,980 --> 00:45:50,260
 Like, as you said, you got five flex games out of the, the nine SEC games.

760
00:45:50,260 --> 00:45:55,300
 So a lot still to be determined, but yeah, the, uh, the noon kickoff for the Texas game

761
00:45:55,300 --> 00:45:56,620
 definitely surprised some people.

762
00:45:56,620 --> 00:46:01,900
 Uh, you know, that, that obviously a marquee game on Tennessee schedule, probably some thoughts

763
00:46:01,900 --> 00:46:04,060
 that that would be an afternoon or night game.

764
00:46:04,060 --> 00:46:06,540
 So to have that one at noon is a little bit, a little bit different.

765
00:46:06,660 --> 00:46:09,920
 That'll be the checker kneeling game this year with the, the, the checkerboard pattern

766
00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:10,480
 in the stands.

767
00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:13,040
 So, uh, it'll, it could be a hot one in late September.

768
00:46:13,040 --> 00:46:16,820
 We'll see about that, but definitely a, uh, a lot of anticipation for that game.

769
00:46:16,820 --> 00:46:21,280
 And then, uh, yeah, after not getting a lot of night games last year, Tennessee already

770
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:23,860
 knows of two that they're going to have in September at Georgia tech.

771
00:46:23,860 --> 00:46:28,940
 And then at home against Kennesaw state that the revealing of the windows, uh, showed

772
00:46:28,940 --> 00:46:32,440
 that Tennessee is going to have at least two more night games with Kentucky at home

773
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:36,160
 on November seven. And then at Vanderbilt, as you mentioned, both being night games, you

774
00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:40,060
 would imagine that, uh, that Kentucky game will be probably when they wear their, uh,

775
00:46:40,060 --> 00:46:43,160
 their dark mode, black uniforms and do their, their kind of blackout.

776
00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:46,020
 They do every year that that certainly looks like a strong contender for that one.

777
00:46:46,020 --> 00:46:50,080
 So, uh, yeah, they've got a lot more night games this year and some games that look like

778
00:46:50,080 --> 00:46:54,340
 they're going to be in one of those main, main windows with obviously Auburn, Alabama,

779
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:59,080
 Texas, and LSU being pretty interesting sec games that could get some attention

780
00:46:59,080 --> 00:47:03,140
 there on the, on the, on the, on the TV side. So yeah, they could be playing, could be five

781
00:47:03,140 --> 00:47:06,640
 or six night games by the time it's all said and done. So that's a lot different from last year.

782
00:47:07,160 --> 00:47:12,240
 Absolutely. Um, Tennessee has some drama last summer or spring.

783
00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:21,300
 Nico, uh, with his drama ended up going to UCLA. Boo Carter, uh, provided some also this one,

784
00:47:21,300 --> 00:47:28,180
 Patrick Brown had kind of a summer to do list for Tennessee. And one of those was to hold down the

785
00:47:28,180 --> 00:47:34,720
 drama. When is the latest on chance Coleman, the transfer from Penn state? Yeah, that's, that's

786
00:47:34,720 --> 00:47:39,960
 been an interesting saga so far and it's not, not over just yet, but it's, it's not been looking

787
00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:46,120
 positive for, uh, anyone hoping to see him suit up in a Tennessee uniform this season. Uh, he was away

788
00:47:46,120 --> 00:47:51,240
 from the team, uh, coming out of the spring and Josh Eiple had to address that on the, on the day of

789
00:47:51,240 --> 00:47:55,960
 the spring, uh, spring ending orange and white game back in April and, you know, didn't practice a

790
00:47:55,960 --> 00:48:00,740
 whole lot without there for, you know, just a few practices. Uh, and then, and then wasn't seen a

791
00:48:00,740 --> 00:48:05,380
 whole lot toward the end of the spring, uh, had, you know, had, had some, maybe some health issues

792
00:48:05,380 --> 00:48:09,340
 that have played a role in that, but, um, a lot of people sort of scratching their heads about

793
00:48:09,340 --> 00:48:13,280
 what's really going on there. But the bottom line is they were hoping he would report back to,

794
00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:17,600
 uh, to the team. Uh, when they, when they resumed summer workouts, uh, in late May,

795
00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:23,620
 he did not show up. Now he did, he did report back to Knoxville, but he's still not participating

796
00:48:23,620 --> 00:48:28,320
 in workouts with the team. And right now there's really no expectation that he's going to be on

797
00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:33,300
 the team this fall, but there's been no final resolution to that. Uh, and everyone's sort of

798
00:48:33,300 --> 00:48:37,840
 wondering what is the holdup or what, what's going to happen to sort of bring this to a conclusion

799
00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:42,460
 one way or the other. But the bottom line is everyone you talk to pretty much expects

800
00:48:42,460 --> 00:48:46,440
 Chaz Coleman, not to be a part of the team. And we talked about, you know, major acquisitions

801
00:48:46,440 --> 00:48:49,820
 out of the transfer portal that you spend a lot of money on. That's the guy Tennessee spent a lot

802
00:48:49,820 --> 00:48:53,600
 of money on and was counting on as a, as a major contributor off the edge this year. So if he's

803
00:48:53,600 --> 00:48:57,480
 not out there and there's no second transfer portal window, so there's not much out there,

804
00:48:57,480 --> 00:49:01,260
 you can bring in some additional help. They're just, they're, they're going to be out of edge

805
00:49:01,260 --> 00:49:05,200
 rusher. And that's a, that's a big one because they were really counting on him to play a lot

806
00:49:05,200 --> 00:49:08,780
 this year and make an impact. So we'll see if anything changes, but right now,

807
00:49:08,780 --> 00:49:12,120
 I would say he's not going to be a part of Tennessee's football team this fall,

808
00:49:12,120 --> 00:49:13,940
 unless something dramatically changes.

809
00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:23,600
 College football in 2026, good example of it. Great recruiting update, basketball. I keep hearing

810
00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:28,780
 a lot of good things about this class. Rick Barnes brought in, but you've got it all covered

811
00:49:28,780 --> 00:49:33,400
 in your staff. Where can we get online, bud, and get yours and the team's good stuff?

812
00:49:34,080 --> 00:49:39,020
 Yeah. Govolts247.com. You can sign up right now for 60% off an annual subscription. So great

813
00:49:39,020 --> 00:49:42,800
 time to join through our June recruiting sale. Another big recruiting weekend coming up for

814
00:49:42,800 --> 00:49:47,680
 Tennessee. Uh, nearly 10 official visitors and, uh, another bigger group coming in next

815
00:49:47,680 --> 00:49:51,780
 weekend to wrap up the month. So, uh, lots to keep track of and plenty still happening,

816
00:49:51,780 --> 00:49:55,480
 including the race for that five-star running back, David Gabriel, uh, George, as I mentioned

817
00:49:55,480 --> 00:49:58,980
 earlier. So lots, uh, lots to check out at govolts247.com.

818
00:49:59,500 --> 00:50:03,860
 Sounds great, Ryan. Stay safe out there and as cool as you can find a big shade tree. Okay.

819
00:50:04,080 --> 00:50:10,420
 I'm planning to do that as soon as we hang out. Smart man. Ryan Callahan, Govolts247.com.

820
00:50:10,420 --> 00:50:15,000
 You mentioned ESPN releasing some times. Quickly, BB, what caught you fancy as far as times down

821
00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:19,980
 the road? Uh, well, for Alabama, we talked to Ryan Fowler about this. South Carolina will

822
00:50:19,980 --> 00:50:27,920
 be a night game, probably six or 630. Georgia, no shock there. And then there are four games,

823
00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:37,260
 Tennessee, Texas A&M, LSU. Yeah. That will be either 230 or 6 to 7 o'clock. One time we do know

824
00:50:37,260 --> 00:50:43,500
 Chattanooga, once again, that 11th non-conference game, the, the annual one o'clock game.

825
00:50:44,080 --> 00:50:48,960
 So you got plenty of time. You are going to clean out a room for our big bill's change for the Georgia

826
00:50:48,960 --> 00:50:54,340
 game, right? Well, I'm, I'm thinking about it. Maybe we can confirm or deny that when we get bill

827
00:50:54,340 --> 00:50:59,440
 on the next time. In the meantime, coming up, Joe Bailey checking in from the Morgan County Sports

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00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:04,160
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886
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 The World Cup begins in Mexico City. This is Mexico's 18th World Cup appearance.

887
00:56:37,940 --> 00:56:39,260
 Only four nations have been in more.

888
00:56:39,740 --> 00:56:43,500
 They haven't missed one since 1990, but they haven't had much World Cup success.

889
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 A couple of quarterfinal appearances in 1970 and again in 86.

890
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 Both times they were the host nation.

891
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 Mexico, of course, teaming up with their North American neighbors, the U.S. and Canada.

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893
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 10 Eastern and Guadalajara, South Korea in its 12th World Cup, taking on Chechia, who qualified in dramatic fashion.

894
00:57:05,420 --> 00:57:07,660
 Back-to-back UEFA wins over Ireland and Denmark.

895
00:57:07,800 --> 00:57:09,880
 Both games went to penalty kicks.

896
00:57:09,980 --> 00:57:12,860
 This is Chechia's first World Cup since 2008.

897
00:57:13,020 --> 00:57:16,180
 Tomorrow, it's Canada and Bosnia-Herzegovina.

898
00:57:16,360 --> 00:57:17,140
 That's in Toronto.

899
00:57:17,400 --> 00:57:20,660
 And then it's the U.S. versus Paraguay in Los Angeles.

900
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912
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913
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916
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917
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918
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920
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921
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924
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925
00:58:34,200 --> 00:58:39,280
 Harold Bugg, some people jump out of planes for no reason whatsoever.

926
00:58:40,000 --> 00:58:41,900
 Listen, I saw a clip on this.

927
00:58:42,080 --> 00:58:43,460
 I would not have believed it.

928
00:58:43,600 --> 00:58:50,720
 Well, anybody would jump out of a perfectly good airplane, but our next guest literally did just that.

929
00:58:50,980 --> 00:58:56,300
 I can't wait for the details on that and more with AA Andrew Adelson, the chief at ESPN.

930
00:58:56,420 --> 00:58:57,560
 AA, welcome in.

931
00:58:57,640 --> 00:58:58,460
 How are you?

932
00:58:58,680 --> 00:58:59,740
 Well, I survived.

933
00:58:59,740 --> 00:59:02,300
 I survived to tell the tale, fellas.

934
00:59:02,500 --> 00:59:04,860
 I did jump out of a perfectly good airplane.

935
00:59:05,460 --> 00:59:05,780
 Why?

936
00:59:05,960 --> 00:59:07,700
 It was not something I ever wanted to do.

937
00:59:07,760 --> 00:59:12,640
 Well, look, I lost our ACC Picks Challenge between me and David Hale.

938
00:59:12,880 --> 00:59:14,440
 If you lose, you have to do something.

939
00:59:14,700 --> 00:59:15,300
 Yeah, stupid.

940
00:59:15,300 --> 00:59:16,800
 And I didn't think I was going to lose.

941
00:59:17,160 --> 00:59:18,340
 I mean, I don't lose.

942
00:59:18,420 --> 00:59:19,320
 I'm not a loser.

943
00:59:19,700 --> 00:59:20,960
 I mean, I lost.

944
00:59:21,160 --> 00:59:25,640
 It was terrifying, and I still cannot believe I did it.

945
00:59:25,800 --> 00:59:27,300
 But I did, and I'm here.

946
00:59:27,620 --> 00:59:28,700
 Andrew, listen, good luck.

947
00:59:28,820 --> 00:59:32,080
 And the word of the day is Geronimo, look out below, okay?

948
00:59:33,000 --> 00:59:34,320
 All right, Geronimo!

949
00:59:35,940 --> 00:59:40,180
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953
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959
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960
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961
01:00:29,340 --> 01:00:31,420
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962
01:00:31,580 --> 01:00:34,540
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963
01:00:35,340 --> 01:00:40,740
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

964
01:00:41,180 --> 01:00:43,280
 Welcome back in our tour of the Boomo Bugg Show.

965
01:00:43,380 --> 01:00:44,900
 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

966
01:00:45,020 --> 01:00:48,200
 Thank you so much for giving us a street ride around Tennessee Valley

967
01:00:48,200 --> 01:00:51,160
 and for Logan Fowler taking time out of his busy schedule

968
01:00:51,160 --> 01:00:55,160
 following the Auburn Tigers there at 1819 News.

969
01:00:55,860 --> 01:00:56,720
 Logan, welcome in.

970
01:00:56,780 --> 01:00:57,440
 How are you?

971
01:00:58,280 --> 01:00:59,300
 Doing very well, guys.

972
01:00:59,360 --> 01:00:59,740
 How are y'all?

973
01:01:00,240 --> 01:01:02,600
 Man, well, we're kind of confused again, Logan.

974
01:01:02,680 --> 01:01:08,940
 We thought up until the last few days that the most famous name to ever go to Jordan-Hare Stadium

975
01:01:08,940 --> 01:01:11,520
 and play was Bo Jackson and a host of others.

976
01:01:12,120 --> 01:01:17,160
 Are you telling me that there's a new king of the field there as far as world acclaim

977
01:01:17,160 --> 01:01:19,700
 from Jordan-Hare Stadium this week, Logan?

978
01:01:20,660 --> 01:01:21,020
 Yeah.

979
01:01:21,020 --> 01:01:24,160
 Well, I mean, that was pretty awesome to see.

980
01:01:24,460 --> 01:01:28,120
 I mean, what a historic night it was on Tuesday in Auburn, Alabama.

981
01:01:29,020 --> 01:01:30,600
 Am I echoing when you guys are in?

982
01:01:31,600 --> 01:01:32,700
 No, I think we're okay.

983
01:01:33,480 --> 01:01:33,800
 Awesome.

984
01:01:33,980 --> 01:01:34,120
 Okay.

985
01:01:34,260 --> 01:01:37,220
 Yeah, no, historic night down there in Auburn, Alabama on Tuesday.

986
01:01:37,840 --> 01:01:43,760
 You know, Lionel Messi, who, you know, many perceive as one of the best athletes to ever grace the earth.

987
01:01:43,920 --> 01:01:46,460
 Stepped foot on Pat Dye Field in Jordan-Hare Stadium.

988
01:01:46,460 --> 01:01:48,460
 He scored a goal.

989
01:01:49,640 --> 01:01:53,780
 So, I mean, that was pretty cool to see when he checked in at the 70-minute mark.

990
01:01:54,460 --> 01:02:00,360
 And I'm just, you know, super glad they were able to make it a memorable night for everyone who was involved,

991
01:02:00,500 --> 01:02:04,280
 especially after the weather that kind of swept through Lee County prior to that event.

992
01:02:05,060 --> 01:02:11,020
 Saw some videos on that, and it just, some parts of Auburn, Alabama just did not look great.

993
01:02:11,500 --> 01:02:11,740
 Wow.

994
01:02:11,740 --> 01:02:15,440
 You know, shout-out to the Auburn grounds crew for getting things done there.

995
01:02:16,440 --> 01:02:23,420
 So, special night because, you know, not only was Messi in Auburn, but, you know, you broke an attendance record for a soccer game held in the state of Alabama.

996
01:02:24,580 --> 01:02:33,400
 88,043 in attendance on Tuesday night and got to blend a little bit of American football, in a sense, you know, tradition-wise, with international soccer,

997
01:02:33,400 --> 01:02:36,980
 which obviously is the most popular sport worldwide.

998
01:02:37,560 --> 01:02:47,320
 So, you know, the international fans and the fans, the Argentinians and the fans from Iceland got a taste of what Saturdays down south are like.

999
01:02:47,400 --> 01:02:56,800
 They got to see the Eagle flight and the Swag Surf and all the crazed SEC and Auburn football fans, you know, and them alike.

1000
01:02:56,880 --> 01:02:59,160
 They got to see, you know, what soccer's like.

1001
01:02:59,220 --> 01:03:02,000
 So, you blend it to, you know, very rich traditions.

1002
01:03:02,560 --> 01:03:10,560
 You know, for Auburn, not only did you put yourself on a national stage by hosting the reigning World Cup champs in Argentina and Lionel Messi,

1003
01:03:10,560 --> 01:03:14,840
 but you're benefiting greatly in the NIL world because of this event.

1004
01:03:15,060 --> 01:03:18,640
 Obviously, that's really why this event was held in Auburn, Alabama.

1005
01:03:19,480 --> 01:03:25,820
 I think that Auburn is set to receive, you know, 60% of the net event revenue, which is, you know,

1006
01:03:25,860 --> 01:03:33,280
 obviously ticket sales, merch, parking, and, you know, other sources, I guess, of income throughout the event.

1007
01:03:33,280 --> 01:03:38,360
 But Auburn's done an amazing job partnering with organizations that make events like these possible.

1008
01:03:39,720 --> 01:03:44,500
 And, you know, again, we have already alluded to it, but kind of just to cap off the perfect night,

1009
01:03:44,820 --> 01:03:53,360
 you know, you got to see, again, one of the best athletes that may ever grace the earth score a goal in Jordan-Hare Stadium.

1010
01:03:53,640 --> 01:03:56,880
 So, you know, I think it was a win for everyone involved.

1011
01:03:57,320 --> 01:03:59,440
 Logan, you nailed on something there.

1012
01:03:59,520 --> 01:04:04,060
 Even though, let's face it, most of us don't understand thoroughly the game of soccer,

1013
01:04:04,180 --> 01:04:07,100
 but he has such a draw that you're still going to spend the money and go.

1014
01:04:07,200 --> 01:04:08,860
 So, from that standpoint, shout out there.

1015
01:04:09,280 --> 01:04:10,560
 And I think you touched on it.

1016
01:04:10,620 --> 01:04:14,300
 I think the first question, folks said, what, Auburn is going to be doing this?

1017
01:04:14,300 --> 01:04:18,800
 How in the world can you pull something like that to a football stadium?

1018
01:04:19,180 --> 01:04:20,680
 Who, are there names here?

1019
01:04:20,740 --> 01:04:23,420
 I don't want to put you on the spot here, but how did Auburn wind up?

1020
01:04:23,740 --> 01:04:24,600
 Was it the chamber?

1021
01:04:24,800 --> 01:04:29,680
 Was it a group there, a business people said, look, we'll put down this kind of money if you come here,

1022
01:04:29,720 --> 01:04:30,700
 if we get this in return?

1023
01:04:30,820 --> 01:04:31,700
 How did it work?

1024
01:04:33,500 --> 01:04:38,700
 So, you know, this started about a year and a half ago when Auburn partnered,

1025
01:04:38,980 --> 01:04:46,500
 and I can't remember the exact partnership to the other, you know, other side of the business was.

1026
01:04:46,740 --> 01:04:53,720
 That Auburn's partnering with, you know, trying to bring in not just events like this in soccer,

1027
01:04:53,820 --> 01:04:55,760
 but you're having tons of concerts come in.

1028
01:04:56,380 --> 01:04:59,380
 Obviously, you're able to move football games to Atlanta.

1029
01:04:59,720 --> 01:05:00,700
 It's the modern era.

1030
01:05:01,480 --> 01:05:01,800
 Right.

1031
01:05:01,900 --> 01:05:06,300
 So you're starting to see a lot more events come into Auburn, Alabama.

1032
01:05:06,500 --> 01:05:12,780
 I think there's going to be some concerts coming up, some events maybe held in Neville Arena that's going to come up.

1033
01:05:13,080 --> 01:05:17,980
 So, you know, Auburn's athletic department kind of got with the program and said, hey, you know,

1034
01:05:18,020 --> 01:05:25,040
 we're going to have to do something to kind of give us an edge, give us an advantage here in revenue now that this sport,

1035
01:05:25,680 --> 01:05:28,400
 well, every sport is revenue-based now.

1036
01:05:28,400 --> 01:05:34,720
 So, you know, Auburn, again, Auburn's done a great job, and I think that you're going to start seeing some names,

1037
01:05:34,860 --> 01:05:40,660
 maybe not quite as big as Lionel Messi, but some names, especially maybe in the music industry,

1038
01:05:40,800 --> 01:05:43,160
 start making their way to Auburn for some big events.

1039
01:05:43,160 --> 01:05:54,080
 Let me ask you, the SEC dropped, or at least they narrowed some of the windows for the 2026 schedule yesterday.

1040
01:05:54,460 --> 01:06:01,260
 Auburn with two night games to begin the season, Southern Miss at either 6.30 or 6.45.

1041
01:06:01,620 --> 01:06:06,940
 Florida, coming back, and so many people haven't seen them in over a decade.

1042
01:06:07,500 --> 01:06:14,660
 At 6, Tennessee is the flex, either at 2.30 or at 6.

1043
01:06:15,160 --> 01:06:16,600
 Georgia is at 2.30.

1044
01:06:16,640 --> 01:06:17,940
 I thought that was interesting.

1045
01:06:18,500 --> 01:06:23,320
 LSU, I don't know how they came up with this, is at 11 o'clock in the morning.

1046
01:06:23,440 --> 01:06:24,160
 Good grief.

1047
01:06:25,080 --> 01:06:29,860
 And then they've got three consecutive 11 a.m. games.

1048
01:06:29,960 --> 01:06:34,600
 I mean, you're looking at four, which caught my attention yesterday.

1049
01:06:35,980 --> 01:06:38,580
 Did you feel the same way?

1050
01:06:38,700 --> 01:06:44,740
 I know, again, you get into October, and it's certainly warmer during the day before you get into late November,

1051
01:06:44,740 --> 01:06:49,620
 but what surprised you when they at least narrowed down the schedule yesterday?

1052
01:06:50,520 --> 01:06:50,680
 Yeah.

1053
01:06:51,620 --> 01:06:55,620
 You know, your first two home games are at night.

1054
01:06:56,080 --> 01:07:03,000
 The biggest surprise to me was after that, you have nothing guaranteed to be played under the lights in here.

1055
01:07:03,260 --> 01:07:03,300
 Yeah.

1056
01:07:04,160 --> 01:07:06,300
 You know, you cut out on me there for a second.

1057
01:07:06,420 --> 01:07:11,880
 You may have mentioned it, but you have three straight early windows with Ole Miss, Arkansas, Mississippi State.

1058
01:07:11,880 --> 01:07:18,600
 You know, maybe I can understand the Mississippi State one, but LSU at 11 a.m. was really shocking to me.

1059
01:07:18,600 --> 01:07:18,820
 Really?

1060
01:07:19,000 --> 01:07:25,360
 Which I don't know what other games are being played off the top of my head on October 24th,

1061
01:07:25,380 --> 01:07:31,680
 but that's the first time in a couple years that that rivalry is going to be back in Jordan-Hare Stadium.

1062
01:07:31,860 --> 01:07:37,560
 I would love to have seen that played under the lights, especially with Lane Kiffin making his way back over to the Plains.

1063
01:07:39,500 --> 01:07:45,700
 Look, I was a little disappointed to see, you know, the early slots that Auburn's going to be playing in,

1064
01:07:45,780 --> 01:07:49,860
 but, you know, I was joking around with a buddy yesterday evening about it.

1065
01:07:49,960 --> 01:07:55,380
 Like, obviously, new team, new regime, new staff, new players, new everything, fresh start,

1066
01:07:55,500 --> 01:08:02,720
 but Auburn, you know, you've got to kind of prove that you belong on a national stage with a lot of eyes on your games,

1067
01:08:02,720 --> 01:08:07,480
 and they just haven't done that in five years, so, you know, you can't be too mad about it,

1068
01:08:07,580 --> 01:08:13,540
 but obviously Auburn fans are probably going to have a little sour taste in their mouths for not being able to play under the lights,

1069
01:08:13,540 --> 01:08:15,280
 but, you know, only two times.

1070
01:08:15,840 --> 01:08:19,200
 I appreciate you bringing that point, Logan, because, let's face it, it is a business,

1071
01:08:19,320 --> 01:08:21,920
 and not only that, when you get that 11 o'clock, it's doubly bad,

1072
01:08:21,960 --> 01:08:25,120
 because that's Fox prime time game, that big high noon game,

1073
01:08:25,220 --> 01:08:30,500
 so you're competing extra special for those eyeballs of what's going on in that neck of the woods.

1074
01:08:31,060 --> 01:08:33,600
 Logan Fowler is going to be with us, 1819 News.

1075
01:08:33,740 --> 01:08:37,540
 Logan, as far as the latest on the recruiting trail, if you will,

1076
01:08:37,600 --> 01:08:39,320
 catch us up as much as you can on that,

1077
01:08:39,320 --> 01:08:42,960
 and it looks like Auburn is taking the same script as a lot of schools right now.

1078
01:08:43,060 --> 01:08:45,280
 Yeah, they've still got some fives, they've still got some fours,

1079
01:08:45,640 --> 01:08:47,840
 but you're seeing more and more threes for two reasons,

1080
01:08:47,980 --> 01:08:51,600
 expanded roster and a space that you've got to budget right as well.

1081
01:08:52,500 --> 01:08:52,900
 Absolutely.

1082
01:08:53,340 --> 01:08:57,640
 Yeah, I mean, so, I mean, after the flurry of commits that Auburn received last week,

1083
01:08:58,080 --> 01:09:00,020
 that momentum's kept rolling into this week.

1084
01:09:00,180 --> 01:09:04,200
 Coach Hoodie and that offensive line staff are continuing to bolster that room

1085
01:09:04,200 --> 01:09:06,840
 after Reed Ramsey announced his pledge to the Tigers.

1086
01:09:07,800 --> 01:09:10,420
 You know, he's a four-star interior guy,

1087
01:09:10,680 --> 01:09:14,180
 and Coach Hoodie, I think, got on him pretty early in the process,

1088
01:09:14,540 --> 01:09:17,500
 back when he was at UCF.

1089
01:09:17,500 --> 01:09:19,460
 So, you know, I think there was a connection there.

1090
01:09:20,060 --> 01:09:23,020
 But, you know, you pair him with another, you know, big-time guy,

1091
01:09:23,140 --> 01:09:26,580
 Leighton Von Branton, or Leighton Von Branton, Jalen Moore,

1092
01:09:26,700 --> 01:09:29,900
 and now your offensive line room is starting to really come on.

1093
01:09:30,620 --> 01:09:33,980
 You know, very soon after that, you got a, you know,

1094
01:09:34,020 --> 01:09:36,800
 he reeled in an elite safety prospect in Chance Gilbert.

1095
01:09:37,300 --> 01:09:40,180
 Auburn beat out Georgia to earn his nod.

1096
01:09:41,620 --> 01:09:44,740
 You know, a native of Georgia, he visited Auburn over the past weekend.

1097
01:09:45,480 --> 01:09:51,140
 You know, the 247 composite rankings have him as a number 56 player nationally

1098
01:09:51,140 --> 01:09:52,080
 and number four safety.

1099
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 So, that was a huge win for Auburn.

1100
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 And, you know, then yesterday, you had another big fish jump in the boat with,

1101
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 you know, depending on what recruiting service you're looking at,

1102
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 four-star edge, Ryan Jackson.

1103
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 So, you know, momentum is swinging in Auburn's way right now.

1104
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 Auburn's class is up to 17 commitments,

1105
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 and 247's got him ranked at 12th nationally.

1106
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 And, you know, I think they got up to 10 after Gilbert committed.

1107
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 But, you know, it's kind of a changing every day with these summer recruiting lots.

1108
01:10:22,200 --> 01:10:24,900
 And, you know, many, many teams are picking up steam right now.

1109
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 So, really love what Auburn's doing on the trail.

1110
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 You know, you would have to think that things have to cool off a little bit.

1111
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 But, you know, if you can reel off three straight weeks with multiple commitments next week,

1112
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 then, you know, Auburn's looking at a, you know, top 10 class for sure

1113
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 and knocking on the door of a top five class, depending on who it is.

1114
01:10:45,180 --> 01:10:48,640
 Yeah, I've seen between 12 and 14 this week.

1115
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 Two things.

1116
01:10:50,340 --> 01:10:56,760
 How many, 5, 10, 15, how many prospects are coming in this weekend?

1117
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 And, number two, where can we get online to get all the great stuff?

1118
01:11:01,120 --> 01:11:06,680
 Yeah, I don't think they're going to have a, they had 12 on campus this past weekend.

1119
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 You know, I'm not sure that this weekend's going to be quite as big.

1120
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 I know that there's a couple of new names in that small group that Auburn's going to try.

1121
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 I think, if I remember correctly, it was five on the official visitors for this weekend.

1122
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 And, you know, make some noise, continue to do work on the trail.

1123
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 And I like where things sit for Auburn recruiting.

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 But, yeah, you can always check out my work over at 1819news.com.

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 And give me a follow on X at Logan F. Fowler.

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 And also, before I get out of here, I have to say, guys,

1127
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1128
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1129
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 And that surely did not happen.

1130
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 So, definitely, definitely ate my words on that prediction.

1131
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 Logan, it's never, ever happened to us.

1132
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 If that's your worst transgression, you're going to have a good life, my friend.

1133
01:12:02,680 --> 01:12:02,980
 Okay?

1134
01:12:03,600 --> 01:12:04,300
 Yes, sir.

1135
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 Thank you, Logan.

1136
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 Logan Fowler with us, visit there at 1819news.

1137
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 The question now, BB, where does Auburn go after hosting Argentina

1138
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 and those fighting Reykjavik from Iceland?

1139
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 We shall see.

1140
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 But, in the meantime, who are the latest names to the Hall of Fame in Morgan County?

1141
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1237
01:18:05,380 --> 01:18:06,080
 Welcome back in.

1238
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 Where in the world has this man been?

1239
01:18:08,500 --> 01:18:11,900
 Joe Bailey, President of the Morgan County Sports Hall of Fame.

1240
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 Joe, welcome in.

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 I've been looking at milk cartons and I finally found you.

1242
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 How are you?

1243
01:18:17,420 --> 01:18:18,260
 Good, Harold.

1244
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 Good, Brad.

1245
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 How are you doing?

1246
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 Man, we're doing all right.

1247
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 Joe, we don't want to steal your thunder, but the Morgan County Sports Hall of Fame is coming up here in a short at the Point Mellor Golf Course.

1248
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 Please tell us that you've got air conditioning working as hard as IRS agents trying to squeeze more taxes out of us.

1249
01:18:38,260 --> 01:18:41,000
 Well, you know, we moved it this year.

1250
01:18:41,240 --> 01:18:46,360
 Last year we had some issues with rain and it rained a lot in May, so we decided to move it to June.

1251
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 And, Harold, it's been pleasant until this week and the heat is here.

1252
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 So, you're right.

1253
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 I think I'll be under the tent while those guys are playing next year in a couple weeks.

1254
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 Smart man, Joe.

1255
01:18:58,700 --> 01:18:58,940
 All right.

1256
01:18:59,340 --> 01:19:02,480
 Obviously, first of all, hats off to you guys.

1257
01:19:02,660 --> 01:19:07,080
 Before we get into the names, do people realize how tough this job is?

1258
01:19:07,080 --> 01:19:15,900
 Because Morgan County, my goodness gracious, you talk about some of the names that come out of your neck of the woods and trying to sit here and come up with a class.

1259
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 And not only that, what I like about the job you guys do, you recognize relatively new ones, but you don't forget the guys who basically helped build a foundation back in the day, as far back as the 50s and 60s.

1260
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 If you will, talk to us just about the hard work and the challenge of trying to come up with another great class.

1261
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 Well, it is a challenge.

1262
01:19:36,040 --> 01:19:41,000
 And, I'll be honest, we start immediately after this year.

1263
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 We have our induction in June and we'll start in July.

1264
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 And, I mean, we've already researched guys and women, but we'll start heavy then and start looking at things.

1265
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 And, it's like you said, for years we only put six in.

1266
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 And, when you only put six in, that's fine.

1267
01:19:59,800 --> 01:20:08,900
 But, so we decided a few years ago to start putting eight in because we just felt we had so many people that were serving and to try to catch up a little bit.

1268
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 And, so we went back and, you know, some of these things before the digital world, it was very tough finding information on guys like you said in the 1950s.

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 And, people like even, you'll see here in a minute, Ray Greenwell, just a phenomenal resume.

1270
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 But, you've got to dig on some of that stuff because a lot of it's not, you know, a lot of these colleges we start looking and trying to get research.

1271
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 And, most of them don't have anything back, unless they're major universities.

1272
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 They don't have anything in the 60s and 70s.

1273
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 And, so we had to go by word of mouth.

1274
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 Then, we try to always double check the stats and things like that.

1275
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 And, then combined with what you said, just in this area, we had a huge influx in the early to late 90s of just a great run of athletes that, you know, even went to Alabama.

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 Decatur sent three or four to Alabama in one year.

1277
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 And, then West Morgan had their run of sending athletes to Alabama, not to mention all the other schools in the 90s.

1278
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 And, so now it's, you know, we just, we try, we don't, we don't say we have to put so many people in from each decade and each gender and things like that.

1279
01:21:16,900 --> 01:21:22,420
 But, we try to look at all and say, hey, these, you know, factor some stuff in.

1280
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 And, it can get, it can get tough.

1281
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 And, many times we have ties in our voting and we have to break ties because we can only put so many in each year.

1282
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 And, then we always remember those people for the next year.

1283
01:21:35,020 --> 01:21:38,320
 But, it is a tougher process probably than most people realize.

1284
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 Joe, before we get into the inductees' bios, let's do the who, what, when, and where.

1285
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 The golf tournament, I know the proceeds go to the Boys and Girls Club of Morgan County.

1286
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 I was looking at your website yesterday and this morning.

1287
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 I think it may be close to being sold out.

1288
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 But, talk about the golf tournament.

1289
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 Then, of course, the induction banquet.

1290
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 As you mentioned, you moved the date.

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 Also, it's at the Cook Museum.

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 Of course, the Natural Science Indicator.

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 Tell us about the cost, where we can get online, get tickets, etc.

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 All right.

1295
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 Well, this has been probably our biggest challenge ever.

1296
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 I'm not going to lie.

1297
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 We've just had a lot of things.

1298
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 Like I said, we moved the date.

1299
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 We moved the golf to Point Mallard.

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 And, when we did, the morning was already full.

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 They're having a tournament there.

1302
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 So, we're only on one flight.

1303
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 So, that's technically full, but that's a good thing.

1304
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 We've got 24 teams that have paid already.

1305
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 And, so, that's full.

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 Then, we went back to the Hilton a couple years ago because it's just a full service and they do a great job.

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 So, Hilton is still doing the food for us, the double tree.

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 And, they've graciously jumped through every hoop.

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 But, we had to move it over to the Cook's Museum.

1314
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 And, it's a little bit smaller.

1315
01:23:12,480 --> 01:23:17,100
 So, to be honest, we're about out of tickets there and basically are.

1316
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 But, it's been a good thing because we've had some, we've had two or three inductees that are just bringing a lot of people with them.

1317
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 I was telling a fellow board member yesterday that the older,

1318
01:23:28,680 --> 01:23:31,640
 And, we have a little bit of an older class this time going in.

1319
01:23:32,100 --> 01:23:36,280
 And, usually, the older the class, more people come because, you know, they have grandkids.

1320
01:23:36,400 --> 01:23:38,340
 They have nephews and nieces and great nephews.

1321
01:23:38,860 --> 01:23:44,100
 And, if you put a 40-year-old in, there are many times they don't even have children that old.

1322
01:23:44,180 --> 01:23:47,160
 So, they're certainly not going to have grandchildren or great nieces and nephews.

1323
01:23:47,160 --> 01:23:49,180
 So, and we do.

1324
01:23:49,360 --> 01:23:53,120
 Everything we do goes to the Boys and Girls Club of North Central Alabama.

1325
01:23:53,760 --> 01:24:01,820
 And, we're proud to say over the lifetime of our association, we've given over half a million dollars to the Boys and Girls Club.

1326
01:24:02,540 --> 01:24:03,760
 And, so, it's a two-pronged thing.

1327
01:24:03,860 --> 01:24:06,240
 We want to honor the athletes that deserve to be in.

1328
01:24:06,800 --> 01:24:08,580
 And, then we want to give back to the community.

1329
01:24:08,780 --> 01:24:10,480
 So, we do our best to do that.

1330
01:24:10,880 --> 01:24:11,960
 And, I'll say all that to say this.

1331
01:24:12,460 --> 01:24:18,280
 If somebody really has to be into the banquet that hasn't heard about it yet, we'll do everything we can.

1332
01:24:18,360 --> 01:24:21,600
 The board members, we've already said we'll stand up and eat this year.

1333
01:24:22,020 --> 01:24:23,700
 Cooks has been very good to us.

1334
01:24:24,200 --> 01:24:28,980
 Everything plans to move back to the Hilton next year and move forward from there.

1335
01:24:29,040 --> 01:24:30,300
 But, we're excited about it.

1336
01:24:30,880 --> 01:24:32,380
 And, it'll be here before we know it.

1337
01:24:33,020 --> 01:24:34,780
 Yeah, good job by you.

1338
01:24:34,880 --> 01:24:36,380
 I mean, that is a labor of love.

1339
01:24:36,480 --> 01:24:38,520
 And, I know I speak for a lot of folks.

1340
01:24:38,580 --> 01:24:41,420
 But, if you keep on doing it like that, Joe, your hair is going to be as gray as mine.

1341
01:24:41,420 --> 01:24:42,640
 So, you have been warned.

1342
01:24:43,100 --> 01:24:46,620
 Let's talk about some of the names that are going to be there.

1343
01:24:46,680 --> 01:24:47,740
 The stars themselves.

1344
01:24:47,980 --> 01:24:49,460
 What about this latest class, Joe?

1345
01:24:51,060 --> 01:24:54,820
 Well, you know, it's pretty diverse.

1346
01:24:55,200 --> 01:24:55,400
 Yep.

1347
01:24:55,460 --> 01:25:00,000
 And, again, we're putting in a NASCAR or a race car driver.

1348
01:25:00,420 --> 01:25:07,120
 And, to the best of my knowledge, I've been on board, you know, over 10 years now and the present, 7 or 8.

1349
01:25:07,540 --> 01:25:11,200
 And, to the best of my knowledge, we have not put in a NASCAR driver yet.

1350
01:25:11,420 --> 01:25:13,780
 But, Ray Green was going in.

1351
01:25:13,920 --> 01:25:17,400
 And, he played football and ran track at Decatur High.

1352
01:25:18,780 --> 01:25:20,600
 Like, I think it was Harold that mentioned it earlier.

1353
01:25:20,640 --> 01:25:21,120
 It might have been Brett.

1354
01:25:21,240 --> 01:25:23,580
 But, it goes back to the older generation.

1355
01:25:23,700 --> 01:25:25,180
 He graduated in 1957.

1356
01:25:25,680 --> 01:25:25,880
 Right.

1357
01:25:26,180 --> 01:25:29,980
 And, so, just a different resume.

1358
01:25:31,060 --> 01:25:34,340
 But, man, he's got people that are turning out for him.

1359
01:25:34,800 --> 01:25:37,380
 And, so, we're excited about him.

1360
01:25:37,500 --> 01:25:40,220
 Then, Billy Don Sharps out of Priceful.

1361
01:25:41,240 --> 01:25:43,040
 Again, he's 77 years old.

1362
01:25:43,140 --> 01:25:48,700
 And, he was on the 1965 state championship team for Priceful in basketball.

1363
01:25:48,960 --> 01:25:50,800
 And, as you guys know, I know you'll keep up with everything.

1364
01:25:50,880 --> 01:25:54,040
 Priceful shut down for several years, didn't have a high school.

1365
01:25:54,180 --> 01:25:57,520
 And, now, they open back up about 15, 20 years ago.

1366
01:25:57,740 --> 01:25:59,400
 So, we've got a basketball.

1367
01:25:59,800 --> 01:26:01,760
 And, then, we – Mark McClanahan.

1368
01:26:02,120 --> 01:26:03,120
 He's from Austin.

1369
01:26:03,320 --> 01:26:05,880
 So, now, that's our third school representative.

1370
01:26:06,160 --> 01:26:11,400
 And, he was on the all-state basketball team, all-state championship team in 1973.

1371
01:26:11,920 --> 01:26:15,900
 And, then, he went on to play baseball at Auburn.

1372
01:26:16,300 --> 01:26:18,780
 And, then, Gary Knotts, who's a little bit younger.

1373
01:26:18,880 --> 01:26:19,720
 He's our youngest one.

1374
01:26:19,760 --> 01:26:20,380
 He's 48.

1375
01:26:20,580 --> 01:26:24,880
 He pitched at Brewer High School, played basketball, also a good basketball player.

1376
01:26:25,000 --> 01:26:26,580
 And, then, went on to play in the major leagues.

1377
01:26:26,860 --> 01:26:26,960
 Yeah.

1378
01:26:27,100 --> 01:26:28,140
 And, Gary's still local.

1379
01:26:28,320 --> 01:26:35,460
 He's still doing – he's still doing a lot of things here in the area, teaching kids and doing hitting lessons and pitching lessons.

1380
01:26:36,080 --> 01:26:38,660
 Then, Kenny Cole, he's a lawyer now.

1381
01:26:38,800 --> 01:26:42,380
 He's a class of Decatur, 1976 football.

1382
01:26:43,160 --> 01:26:47,180
 And, he was – he received the Super All-State honors.

1383
01:26:47,180 --> 01:26:49,620
 And, you really wouldn't tell it by looking at him now.

1384
01:26:49,680 --> 01:26:50,680
 But, he was a nose tackle.

1385
01:26:51,400 --> 01:26:54,120
 And, Kenny's went on to have a great career.

1386
01:26:54,660 --> 01:26:56,640
 After that, then, we got Leanna Trimble.

1387
01:26:57,060 --> 01:26:59,940
 And, she's actually over in your guys' area.

1388
01:27:00,200 --> 01:27:03,740
 She's the owner or co-owner of Georgia's Steak Pit there.

1389
01:27:04,520 --> 01:27:12,100
 And, she was on the 1994 Austin team that she was running mates with Bam Watkins, one of our own, on the board.

1390
01:27:12,760 --> 01:27:15,560
 And, so, she had a tremendous basketball career.

1391
01:27:15,560 --> 01:27:16,940
 Then, you got Nathan Holmes.

1392
01:27:17,760 --> 01:27:20,540
 He was a football player at Decatur High School.

1393
01:27:21,040 --> 01:27:26,020
 And, now, he's 74 years old, which I would not have known it by talking to him.

1394
01:27:26,520 --> 01:27:32,820
 And, he was one of the first black people to play football and basketball at Decatur High, going back to 1967.

1395
01:27:33,320 --> 01:27:36,860
 And, he was – went on to play running back at Tennessee Martin.

1396
01:27:37,500 --> 01:27:41,860
 And, then, I saved for last one of our own, Judge Glenn Thompson, going in.

1397
01:27:42,260 --> 01:27:44,980
 And, Judge is before my time in basketball.

1398
01:27:45,360 --> 01:27:51,660
 And, he had some battles when he was at Morgan County High against Austin High and all those.

1399
01:27:51,660 --> 01:27:55,460
 And, he – I promise you, if you bring up – I don't know what year it was.

1400
01:27:55,500 --> 01:27:57,420
 I think it was 1969 Austin game.

1401
01:27:57,840 --> 01:27:59,120
 He will remember it vividly.

1402
01:27:59,200 --> 01:28:01,920
 But, Judge is not only known for that.

1403
01:28:02,040 --> 01:28:06,840
 It's just his contribution to the Sports Hall of Fame and the sports in general in Morgan County.

1404
01:28:06,940 --> 01:28:12,980
 He is on the sideline every week at Hartsell for as long as I've known in football and contributed there.

1405
01:28:13,480 --> 01:28:19,000
 And, then, he is – I don't think he was one of the founding members, but I think he might have come on in the third year.

1406
01:28:19,080 --> 01:28:23,220
 I think this boy was founded in 1989, and he came on in 90 – or, 91.

1407
01:28:23,600 --> 01:28:32,520
 So, it's just a diverse class, a little bit of everything from race car to basketball to baseball to women's basketball to pro baseball.

1408
01:28:33,480 --> 01:28:36,340
 And, we're very with it.

1409
01:28:36,340 --> 01:28:48,620
 Again, it's – we reached back and got some of those older guys, and one of our board members said it's better to honor people when they're alive, you know, if we can do it.

1410
01:28:49,180 --> 01:28:52,100
 And, we're very grateful to be able to do that.

1411
01:28:52,820 --> 01:28:55,040
 And, these people are turning out.

1412
01:28:55,160 --> 01:28:57,520
 I mean, they – the families are bringing crowds.

1413
01:28:57,680 --> 01:28:59,880
 Several of them are bringing close to 50 people themselves.

1414
01:29:00,320 --> 01:29:02,000
 So, we're excited about it.

1415
01:29:02,680 --> 01:29:03,460
 Joe, I'll tell you one.

1416
01:29:03,520 --> 01:29:05,660
 This is a very talented group.

1417
01:29:05,660 --> 01:29:12,860
 Nathan Holmes, you mentioned, one of the top running backs in school history at Tennessee Martin.

1418
01:29:13,600 --> 01:29:22,600
 He ran for 2,000 yards, was the NAIA All-American, also taught at Tennessee Martin for many, many years.

1419
01:29:22,780 --> 01:29:26,060
 But, yeah, this is a very diverse, talented group.

1420
01:29:26,200 --> 01:29:31,200
 Joe, you've got one of the best websites for a Hall of Fame that I've ever seen.

1421
01:29:31,640 --> 01:29:34,300
 Now, again, I know your committee works on this.

1422
01:29:34,300 --> 01:29:46,520
 It probably feels like year-round, but it's for – if someone is out there and says, you know, oh, so-and-so I know from Oregon County, I'd like to nominate him for this.

1423
01:29:46,680 --> 01:29:48,000
 Joe, how can they do that?

1424
01:29:48,740 --> 01:29:49,700
 That's a great question.

1425
01:29:49,840 --> 01:29:51,360
 Thank you for all the compliments.

1426
01:29:51,600 --> 01:29:54,700
 Actually, Matt Zartucci is one of our board members that does our website.

1427
01:29:55,500 --> 01:30:00,020
 His company does, and Matt does most of it voluntarily, but they do a great job.

1428
01:30:00,640 --> 01:30:03,260
 And there's a link on there to do that.

1429
01:30:03,320 --> 01:30:09,540
 If not, you know, I don't ever mind giving my number out or email out, and we'll just get it that way.

1430
01:30:09,580 --> 01:30:22,240
 But there is a form on there, and we've found that to be very successful because in the past, and, man, we had a big problem when COVID hit and a lot of things hit, and then we've had to transition from different buildings, and we lost some of the old paper copies.

1431
01:30:22,800 --> 01:30:28,380
 But then we knew who they were and got people to resubmit them, but it's just easier here because we've got a digital imprint.

1432
01:30:28,980 --> 01:30:35,700
 And if they'll just get online and fill it out, it goes to me and a couple more of the members that are on the leadership.

1433
01:30:35,700 --> 01:30:39,400
 And so we've got all that there, and then we vote every December.

1434
01:30:39,960 --> 01:30:47,100
 We do our real talking and nominating on the process in November and do our push in November, and then we vote every December.

1435
01:30:47,900 --> 01:31:00,380
 And basically the criteria is you're supposed to either play sports in Morgan County in high school or you obviously coached in Morgan County.

1436
01:31:00,380 --> 01:31:11,200
 Or if you went to school in Morgan County and then went on and had a great career somewhere else, as long as you have some kind of Morgan County tie, then they're basically eligible for that.

1437
01:31:11,480 --> 01:31:12,920
 They've got to be 40 years old.

1438
01:31:13,360 --> 01:31:16,400
 And we did waive a few years ago.

1439
01:31:17,480 --> 01:31:22,520
 We call it the Coach Booth rule because we said Coach is never going to retire.

1440
01:31:22,680 --> 01:31:26,980
 We used to have a rule that said you had to be out of coaching before we could put you in.

1441
01:31:27,500 --> 01:31:35,640
 And so we said, look, Coach is never going to retire, so let's just waive that rule and say if they've coached 25 years, then we can put them in.

1442
01:31:35,640 --> 01:31:45,120
 And so if they can still be active as a coach, excuse me, as long as they've been coaching 25 years, then we can still put them in that way.

1443
01:31:46,160 --> 01:31:48,300
 Great story, Joe, especially for Coach Booth.

1444
01:31:48,360 --> 01:31:49,900
 As always, good to hook up with you.

1445
01:31:49,960 --> 01:31:55,300
 Listen, man, after all the challenges you've been through, two words sooner or later, Orange Beach.

1446
01:31:55,440 --> 01:31:56,380
 You deserve it, okay?

1447
01:31:57,380 --> 01:32:02,060
 Hey, listen, I appreciate it, and I know I tell you every year, but I mean it sincerely.

1448
01:32:02,580 --> 01:32:09,160
 You guys do more for local sports in the area, and that's, you know, they say all politics is local, but to me all sports is.

1449
01:32:09,280 --> 01:32:16,820
 And I appreciate you giving not just us, but all the local people in the Shoals area, Morgan County area, shout outs in their due.

1450
01:32:16,820 --> 01:32:22,460
 And, I mean, nobody can compete with the big dogs of the world, the ESPNs.

1451
01:32:22,460 --> 01:32:29,300
 What I like about it is y'all don't necessarily try to do that, but you put the focus on the local, and we love that, and we appreciate you guys for that.

1452
01:32:29,720 --> 01:32:32,440
 Well, thank you so much for those kind words coming from you.

1453
01:32:32,520 --> 01:32:35,560
 It means a lot, especially in this corporate crazy world out there.

1454
01:32:35,640 --> 01:32:37,120
 Joe, all the best for your event, okay?

1455
01:32:37,680 --> 01:32:38,420
 All right, thank you guys.

1456
01:32:38,420 --> 01:32:38,820
 Thank you, Joe.

1457
01:32:38,820 --> 01:32:39,240
 See you next year.

1458
01:32:39,980 --> 01:32:40,340
 Absolutely.

1459
01:32:40,540 --> 01:32:44,500
 Maybe in between, Joe Bailey, president of the Morgan County Sports Hall of Fame.

1460
01:32:44,500 --> 01:32:46,580
 We talked early with Logan Fowler.

1461
01:32:46,680 --> 01:32:48,180
 How about Ryan Fowler?

1462
01:32:48,260 --> 01:32:49,120
 Ron Deck, stay with us.

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 Oh, really?

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 Yeah, it took like two seconds to list, and they sold almost immediately.

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01:37:27,600 --> 01:37:28,660
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1549
01:38:15,560 --> 01:38:20,240
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93-9, The Score.

1550
01:38:20,600 --> 01:38:23,620
 Welcome back in time to check in with the man who drives you home

1551
01:38:23,620 --> 01:38:26,260
 every afternoon in a place called Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

1552
01:38:26,440 --> 01:38:30,640
 He's Ryan Fowler, host of the game on Tide 109 FM in T-Town.

1553
01:38:30,760 --> 01:38:31,740
 Ryan, welcome in.

1554
01:38:31,820 --> 01:38:32,460
 How are you?

1555
01:38:33,420 --> 01:38:34,320
 Man, it's a good day.

1556
01:38:34,520 --> 01:38:34,940
 Good day.

1557
01:38:35,600 --> 01:38:39,280
 I'm not as excited about people, about the World Cup.

1558
01:38:39,480 --> 01:38:41,120
 I'm not a World Cup guy.

1559
01:38:41,560 --> 01:38:42,720
 Well, I just don't know anything about it.

1560
01:38:42,820 --> 01:38:43,800
 I mean, I didn't grow up.

1561
01:38:43,860 --> 01:38:44,340
 He scored!

1562
01:38:45,720 --> 01:38:47,060
 Well, I didn't grow up.

1563
01:38:47,640 --> 01:38:50,480
 I grew up in North Alabama, and I didn't grow up playing soccer.

1564
01:38:50,700 --> 01:38:51,580
 I don't know anything about it.

1565
01:38:51,660 --> 01:38:56,780
 I mean, listen, other than a goalie, I don't know if I could even name a position.

1566
01:38:57,240 --> 01:38:59,400
 Like, I just don't know enough about it.

1567
01:38:59,580 --> 01:39:04,920
 You know, when you think about, you know, all these different sports, you think about, you know,

1568
01:39:04,920 --> 01:39:07,980
 growing up playing football, growing up playing baseball, you certainly understand it.

1569
01:39:08,280 --> 01:39:10,600
 Basketball wasn't very good at it, but I mean, at least I understand it.

1570
01:39:11,000 --> 01:39:14,720
 Soccer, I don't know anything about it, but I don't know if people are excited, as they should be.

1571
01:39:14,780 --> 01:39:21,080
 I think it's kind of fun to see, what is it, Mr. Freddy on the social network accounts traveling throughout.

1572
01:39:21,300 --> 01:39:25,100
 He's from Germany, and he's traveling to all these different southern parts.

1573
01:39:25,300 --> 01:39:32,560
 He was at the Lee County Stadium the other day and enjoying that venue.

1574
01:39:32,560 --> 01:39:35,240
 And, I mean, you know, that's no doubt it.

1575
01:39:35,440 --> 01:39:39,660
 I mean, it's a unique stadium, but we're not all like that.

1576
01:39:39,860 --> 01:39:42,180
 Hopefully, he walked out and going to the SEC.

1577
01:39:43,220 --> 01:39:46,360
 You know, and Tuscaloosa had a chance to host that event.

1578
01:39:46,460 --> 01:39:53,460
 I'm not sure if you guys realize that, and they passed on it, and I don't know if they knew how big

1579
01:39:53,460 --> 01:39:58,800
 and how popular it was going to be, and they called Lee County, and Lee County, you know, took it up.

1580
01:39:59,000 --> 01:40:00,000
 So, hey, grateful to them.

1581
01:40:00,000 --> 01:40:01,800
 I'm sure it made a lot of money for them.

1582
01:40:01,800 --> 01:40:04,480
 It was a miss for Tuscaloosa from a swing and miss standpoint.

1583
01:40:05,640 --> 01:40:06,940
 Appreciate that story, Ryan.

1584
01:40:07,040 --> 01:40:09,780
 Yeah, where I grew up, it was baseball, football, and hide-and-seek.

1585
01:40:09,860 --> 01:40:10,860
 Those were the big games.

1586
01:40:10,980 --> 01:40:13,420
 Not a lot of soccer there where I grew up, either, Ryan.

1587
01:40:13,500 --> 01:40:19,560
 But speaking of baseball, are you ready for some baseball from Omaha coming up this weekend for Alabama?

1588
01:40:20,600 --> 01:40:21,580
 Yeah, it's a big series.

1589
01:40:21,720 --> 01:40:31,720
 Big series and certainly a team that, you know, I went out one of the games, watched all of them on television other than the final one that I went to.

1590
01:40:31,720 --> 01:40:43,540
 But to be able to see that crowd back in, Joe, was something that I remember when I was an undergrad here, because you've got to remember, we were going through some, you know, football struggles.

1591
01:40:44,220 --> 01:40:46,160
 We were going through NCAA probation.

1592
01:40:46,520 --> 01:40:50,880
 We had a couple of losing seasons in a row.

1593
01:40:51,680 --> 01:40:54,740
 It was just the energy around baseball is where it was at.

1594
01:40:54,880 --> 01:40:59,100
 And then, you know, Mark Godfrey kind of got the basketball program, kind of turned around.

1595
01:40:59,280 --> 01:41:04,240
 So it was baseball, basketball, and then football was always the dominant sport.

1596
01:41:04,380 --> 01:41:11,380
 But it was just the NCAA knew that you were not going to be able to win at a level that, you know, Alabama fans expect.

1597
01:41:11,380 --> 01:41:19,920
 So baseball breaking that attendance record last Saturday evening was pretty special to see that crowd.

1598
01:41:20,180 --> 01:41:26,320
 And that's the way I've been trying to tell my interns here at the station that that's what it used to be like.

1599
01:41:26,400 --> 01:41:27,600
 You could not get a seat.

1600
01:41:27,880 --> 01:41:32,740
 It was standing room only, and they would sell those for any series, SEC series.

1601
01:41:32,880 --> 01:41:45,060
 If you had an SEC series, Georgia, LSU, Auburn, you know, every other year, Mississippi State, you would go and you'd have to get standing room only tickets because you could not get any of the other tickets.

1602
01:41:45,060 --> 01:41:46,340
 And it was crazy.

1603
01:41:47,020 --> 01:41:51,980
 So you'd have to find a place to either sit down and out of the grassy area.

1604
01:41:52,640 --> 01:41:54,880
 There was a steering section that you could go and sit in.

1605
01:41:54,940 --> 01:41:58,760
 It was general mission because that might have been the only place you could even get a seat.

1606
01:41:59,460 --> 01:42:01,300
 But last week, same way.

1607
01:42:01,700 --> 01:42:10,280
 So hopefully this is not just for the program for this year, but hopefully this re-energizes this Alabama baseball program because, you know, it's a great place to watch a game.

1608
01:42:10,360 --> 01:42:12,400
 They've done some really good improvements there.

1609
01:42:12,920 --> 01:42:14,420
 Spent a lot of money a few years ago.

1610
01:42:14,720 --> 01:42:20,880
 I'm sure it's not, you know, it's not the best by any means in the SEC, but it's a great facility to go watch a game.

1611
01:42:20,880 --> 01:42:25,260
 And the entertainment value is pretty fairly false effective.

1612
01:42:25,640 --> 01:42:27,700
 So we'll see if this re-energizes the program.

1613
01:42:27,800 --> 01:42:29,720
 I'd like to see it back to a level.

1614
01:42:30,140 --> 01:42:32,720
 You know, we air every Alabama baseball game on our station.

1615
01:42:33,360 --> 01:42:41,980
 And there was times that we would go off early and people were like complaining, be like, hey, why did you not work the last two hours?

1616
01:42:42,080 --> 01:42:42,880
 Well, baseball was on.

1617
01:42:43,340 --> 01:42:44,480
 But nobody cared.

1618
01:42:44,480 --> 01:42:47,360
 I mean, literally, there was nobody that cared about Alabama baseball.

1619
01:42:47,520 --> 01:42:50,120
 So hopefully this rejuvenates that crowd.

1620
01:42:50,440 --> 01:42:51,340
 And we'll see if it does.

1621
01:42:51,880 --> 01:42:56,600
 Ryan, you had Greg Byrne, I believe, on your show as a guest earlier this week.

1622
01:42:56,620 --> 01:42:58,100
 And we've talked about this.

1623
01:42:58,500 --> 01:43:01,160
 This has been a banner year for Alabama athletics.

1624
01:43:01,360 --> 01:43:04,460
 No, they didn't win four national championships.

1625
01:43:04,780 --> 01:43:10,540
 The softball team came within the game of getting to the championship series.

1626
01:43:10,540 --> 01:43:18,440
 But, and again, I know your listeners, our listeners, consider 11-4 and getting whilped the last two games.

1627
01:43:18,580 --> 01:43:22,760
 Not a great year, but made the playoffs, beat Oklahoma.

1628
01:43:23,560 --> 01:43:26,700
 Once again, Nadeau's against Alabama in the Sweet 16.

1629
01:43:27,460 --> 01:43:30,080
 Women's basketball had a solid year.

1630
01:43:30,740 --> 01:43:32,060
 Softball, baseball.

1631
01:43:32,700 --> 01:43:36,360
 Was Greg Byrne grinning from ear to ear earlier this week?

1632
01:43:37,000 --> 01:43:37,700
 He was.

1633
01:43:37,700 --> 01:43:39,820
 And, you know, we exchanged a couple of messages.

1634
01:43:40,460 --> 01:43:42,060
 I was trying to find out.

1635
01:43:42,140 --> 01:43:44,420
 And I know his team is doing research, too.

1636
01:43:45,200 --> 01:43:51,500
 But we believe, I've not been able to find any evidence that tells me otherwise.

1637
01:43:52,260 --> 01:43:59,160
 But we believe that when you look at this Alabama baseball team doing what they did.

1638
01:43:59,660 --> 01:44:01,040
 Softball doing what they did.

1639
01:44:01,180 --> 01:44:03,360
 Men's and women's basketball making the tournament.

1640
01:44:03,560 --> 01:44:05,100
 College football playoff appearance.

1641
01:44:05,440 --> 01:44:11,840
 We believe, and he said Aaron Jordan, his SID, Sports Information Department, is working on this.

1642
01:44:11,900 --> 01:44:19,420
 But they've not been able to find another, not just this year, but in the history of D1 sports, that that happened in one year.

1643
01:44:19,760 --> 01:44:20,700
 I can't find it either.

1644
01:44:20,820 --> 01:44:26,080
 I think it's the first time a D1 program, and I didn't go through D2 programs, but I did my own research.

1645
01:44:26,260 --> 01:44:32,360
 I was not able to find another team that had that type of success in one academic year.

1646
01:44:32,960 --> 01:44:35,280
 So, I think it's something that you should be proud of.

1647
01:44:35,860 --> 01:44:38,980
 And I know he was, and he had a, you know, a couple of moments.

1648
01:44:39,200 --> 01:44:41,140
 But we talked about hiring coaches.

1649
01:44:41,620 --> 01:44:43,960
 And, you know, sticking with Coach Patrick Murphy.

1650
01:44:44,240 --> 01:44:46,620
 You know, a lot of people wanted him to do this.

1651
01:44:46,820 --> 01:44:51,180
 But his track record, okay, it's pretty good.

1652
01:44:51,700 --> 01:44:56,260
 I mean, if you really spend time thinking about, like, there's certain people that can hire coaches.

1653
01:44:56,780 --> 01:45:05,340
 Now, the guy across the state, you know, I know he tweeted out a couple of days ago, you know, the golf program and stuff like that.

1654
01:45:05,420 --> 01:45:07,720
 They certainly had some, you know, national championships there.

1655
01:45:07,900 --> 01:45:15,140
 But there's certain people that are good at hiring coaches, and then there's certain people that need to put a consulting company together and let them hire coaches.

1656
01:45:15,340 --> 01:45:22,020
 Greg Byrne, it seems like every coach he hires has some type of success.

1657
01:45:23,060 --> 01:45:32,280
 And so, you know, when you really, you know, you spend a couple of minutes, you know, kind of digesting it, chewing on a little bit, I think it's a, it's not just a better year.

1658
01:45:33,020 --> 01:45:36,560
 It's, it's, it's something that I think it's going to project the future.

1659
01:45:36,680 --> 01:45:38,760
 Because, I mean, let's go through the program.

1660
01:45:38,920 --> 01:45:39,760
 Softball's young.

1661
01:45:40,100 --> 01:45:49,260
 I mean, they got a lot of players coming back as long as that portal doesn't eat them alive or, you know, that they lose players that need a catcher and see if they can find one there.

1662
01:45:49,440 --> 01:45:58,940
 But if you, if you step back a little bit and you, you begin to kind of analyze, you know, some of the, Nate Oates is not going anywhere.

1663
01:45:59,120 --> 01:46:04,140
 If Rob Vaughn is able to take this program to that next level, then I think you'll, you'll look at it there.

1664
01:46:04,320 --> 01:46:13,420
 But then if you think about Kalen Moore and this, this football, Alabama's projected by many to go to the college football playoffs this upcoming year.

1665
01:46:14,020 --> 01:46:15,440
 I think they're a playoff team.

1666
01:46:15,700 --> 01:46:20,140
 I can't chew it any other way that this team is going to make the college football playoffs.

1667
01:46:20,660 --> 01:46:22,380
 I don't think it's just a one-year outlier.

1668
01:46:22,580 --> 01:46:24,100
 I think he's got this program now.

1669
01:46:25,300 --> 01:46:27,080
 You know, football is what everybody cares about.

1670
01:46:27,440 --> 01:46:29,200
 And can they get that level?

1671
01:46:30,200 --> 01:46:33,000
 I don't know what Alabama fans are going to be pleased with.

1672
01:46:33,820 --> 01:46:39,020
 Like, like, is a playoff appearance and a win in the playoffs unsuccessful?

1673
01:46:39,900 --> 01:46:40,920
 It is in Tuscaloosa.

1674
01:46:41,020 --> 01:46:41,180
 Yeah.

1675
01:46:41,560 --> 01:46:41,780
 Yeah.

1676
01:46:42,420 --> 01:46:44,660
 But I don't know what is successful.

1677
01:46:44,820 --> 01:46:46,640
 Like, like, is it a semifinal?

1678
01:46:46,880 --> 01:46:52,040
 Because, listen, you can't have this national championship for bus mentality because you're going to set yourself up for failure.

1679
01:46:52,040 --> 01:47:01,000
 I mean, in this current era, but there's a lot of programs that would kill to do what Alabama did.

1680
01:47:01,420 --> 01:47:04,180
 I mean, if you offered, I mean, you know, and we've picked on Auburn this segment.

1681
01:47:04,560 --> 01:47:10,740
 If you offered them a playoff appearance and 11 wins, what would they do in the current drought that they're in?

1682
01:47:12,640 --> 01:47:16,800
 Mississippi State, Arkansas, some of these programs being able to get double-digit wins.

1683
01:47:17,040 --> 01:47:17,140
 Yeah.

1684
01:47:17,320 --> 01:47:23,280
 I mean, there's no, I mean, hey, how about Texas, who spent $40 million on a roster that didn't go to the playoffs?

1685
01:47:23,680 --> 01:47:23,780
 Yeah.

1686
01:47:23,780 --> 01:47:27,020
 At some point, you've got to step back a little bit and go, okay, what is success?

1687
01:47:27,680 --> 01:47:28,720
 What is success?

1688
01:47:29,000 --> 01:47:36,340
 I don't know what that answer is because Alabama fans are still stuck on a national title, but I don't feel like that's a reasonable expectation.

1689
01:47:36,860 --> 01:47:38,640
 I think this is not just a one-year thing.

1690
01:47:38,860 --> 01:47:40,180
 I think you're going to see this continue.

1691
01:47:40,940 --> 01:47:42,140
 I think you're right.

1692
01:47:42,280 --> 01:47:43,080
 I think fans.

1693
01:47:43,220 --> 01:47:44,920
 Hey, Alabama just tweeted out something.

1694
01:47:45,240 --> 01:47:45,660
 Go ahead.

1695
01:47:46,600 --> 01:47:46,960
 All right.

1696
01:47:47,580 --> 01:47:49,120
 Lord, they must be listening to your show.

1697
01:47:49,220 --> 01:47:50,180
 Hello, Greg Byrne over there.

1698
01:47:50,180 --> 01:48:07,420
 The only D1 program in the NCAA with an appearance in the college football, women's NCAA basketball tournament, men's NCAA basketball tournament, women's college world series, and college world series in an academic year.

1699
01:48:07,560 --> 01:48:10,340
 So they confirmed what you and I just talked about three seconds ago.

1700
01:48:10,880 --> 01:48:16,560
 So they just tweeted out literally one minute ago, one minute ago, the only program in D1 history to accomplish that.

1701
01:48:16,800 --> 01:48:20,120
 Yes, it's been a better year to Colorado, but I guess they're listening to you guys right now.

1702
01:48:20,120 --> 01:48:24,620
 Well, Greg, if you're listening, listen, we appreciate the shout-out.

1703
01:48:24,720 --> 01:48:26,080
 We'll be looking for the check in the mail.

1704
01:48:26,180 --> 01:48:27,080
 How about that, Ryan?

1705
01:48:27,900 --> 01:48:28,620
 There you go.

1706
01:48:28,820 --> 01:48:29,360
 There you go.

1707
01:48:29,660 --> 01:48:32,200
 But pretty awesome when you think about it.

1708
01:48:32,240 --> 01:48:34,060
 I mean, and I don't think it's going to slow down.

1709
01:48:35,680 --> 01:48:45,380
 Ryan, I think this football team will be a national championship contender in 2027 if they keep the majority of these guys here.

1710
01:48:45,380 --> 01:48:48,520
 Now, that's not overlooking 2026.

1711
01:48:49,180 --> 01:48:51,080
 But this is still a young team.

1712
01:48:51,180 --> 01:48:55,700
 If this team comes together and they keep them there, we'll see how that goes.

1713
01:48:55,760 --> 01:48:57,300
 Great stuff, as always.

1714
01:48:57,420 --> 01:48:59,780
 Who have you got on the show this afternoon?

1715
01:49:00,380 --> 01:49:01,520
 And where can we listen?

1716
01:49:02,380 --> 01:49:04,580
 So we've got Rodney Orr coming up in about 10 minutes.

1717
01:49:04,680 --> 01:49:05,840
 He'll leave us out at 2 o'clock.

1718
01:49:05,960 --> 01:49:10,180
 Scott McClanahan, one of the great baseball players here.

1719
01:49:10,280 --> 01:49:12,980
 Lance Cormier, Bill Bender, is going to be a part of the show.

1720
01:49:14,020 --> 01:49:16,960
 That's all starting at 2 o'clock on Tide, 109 in Tuscaloosa.

1721
01:49:17,040 --> 01:49:17,520
 Always an honor.

1722
01:49:17,640 --> 01:49:18,860
 You guys have a great rest of your week, man.

1723
01:49:18,940 --> 01:49:19,320
 Thank you.

1724
01:49:19,540 --> 01:49:21,980
 And stay as cool as you can as well.

1725
01:49:22,080 --> 01:49:25,500
 Ryan Feller, host of the game, Tide 109, FEM in Tuscaloosa.

1726
01:49:25,640 --> 01:49:25,840
 BB.

1727
01:49:26,800 --> 01:49:31,920
 The Braves, we haven't said that much this year, but they need to get on track tonight in Chicago.

1728
01:49:32,400 --> 01:49:33,900
 Harold, I mentioned this yesterday.

1729
01:49:34,320 --> 01:49:40,200
 Chicago, after beating the Braves 2-1 yesterday, they've now won 18-21 home games.

1730
01:49:40,420 --> 01:49:40,640
 Yeah.

1731
01:49:40,820 --> 01:49:41,980
 That is incredible.

1732
01:49:42,740 --> 01:49:45,000
 Chris Sale cannot get any support.

1733
01:49:45,480 --> 01:49:45,660
 No.

1734
01:49:45,800 --> 01:49:51,660
 The last three losses, 3-1, 2-0, and 2-1.

1735
01:49:52,300 --> 01:49:57,160
 The Braves got to start hitting when he is pitching Prez on the mound tonight.

1736
01:49:57,740 --> 01:50:02,100
 And, as usual, you can hear that game on 93-9, the score.

1737
01:50:02,620 --> 01:50:03,740
 Look out for the fields.

1738
01:50:03,920 --> 01:50:06,080
 Now, only eight games back.

1739
01:50:06,180 --> 01:50:11,180
 They've won seven of the last ten, so the Braves need to throw some cold water on that chase

1740
01:50:11,180 --> 01:50:13,440
 coming up tonight again here on 93-9, the score.

1741
01:50:13,540 --> 01:50:14,560
 It's going to take care of best for now.

1742
01:50:14,640 --> 01:50:17,040
 On behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

1743
01:50:17,440 --> 01:50:19,360
 Harold LeBug, thank you so much for your time today.

1744
01:50:19,440 --> 01:50:21,800
 Let's do it again tomorrow, noon to 2 for the Boomer Buck Show,

1745
01:50:21,880 --> 01:50:24,200
 back here on Sports Radio, 93-9, the score.

1746
01:50:27,740 --> 01:50:57,720
 Thank you.