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 The Boomo Bugg Show.

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

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

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 And welcome into the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 Brett Beaird and Harold Bugg are going to be joining us just in a few minutes.

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 Troy in West Virginia start the College World Series in about one hour.

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 Bill Shanks is going to be joining us at about 12.35 to talk about the Braves

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 and the Georgia Bulldogs in the College World Series.

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 But Jimmy is here right now to preview Alabama and Oklahoma, the College World Series,

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 and talk a little recruiting.

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 And Jimmy Stein does a great job as co-host of Locked On Bama with Luke Robinson on the Locked On Network.

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 Jimmy, welcome to the show today, buddy. How are you doing?

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 Oh, I'm doing great, Brett. Thanks for having me on today.

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 Jimmy, let's talk about Alabama and Oklahoma.

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 The Tide beat the Sooners two out of three games, April the 2nd through the 4th.

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 Alabama's playing well.

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 I'm anticipating a low scoring game, and I sort of like Alabama's chances here, because who would have thought that Alabama could travel to Nebraska

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 Tyler Faze from Nebraska, and I'm sure he'll have a lot of family and a lot of people from his hometown in the stands.

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 Jimmy, the one thing that we talk about, Alabama has a great rotation.

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 Tyler Faze, Zane Adams, and Upchurch, they've got some bats that in particular have been coming around.

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 Bryce Fowler, Justin LeBron, Liam, and friends.

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 Jimmy, great stuff as always.

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 Locked on Bama.

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 You can find us on YouTube if you want the video version, which you can watch on your phone or computer or even on your TV.

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 Why wait for October for some World Series action?

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 It's going to be, what, rocking and rolling here within the hour.

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 How are you?

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 Yeah, I do a lot, guys.

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 It will be for sure.

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 And as usual these days when it comes to the big three sports, plenty of SEC flavor to talk about.

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 It's almost the SEC invitational, is it not?

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 Cinderella is going to the ball, in this case, Omaha.

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 How about Troy and John Denver's old team, West Virginia?

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 Yeah, I tell you, those two teams, obviously, again, you sort of look at the momentum that they have right now.

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 And Will, just knowing that you are going to have one SEC team playing for the national title.

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 And so, yeah, I think this is just as exciting as any of the others, to be honest with you, just based on how these two are playing.

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 Who is your sleeper SEC team?

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 I know we've got Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Oklahoma, Ole Miss.

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 Ole Miss really surprised Auburn and a lot of other pundits.

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 Their pitching was very good.

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 They held Auburn.

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 Bianco was a very good coach.

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 Georgia, Mississippi State hit 21 home runs, and Georgia hits 173.

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 Then you've got Alabama and Oklahoma.

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 Who is your surprise team to maybe make it to the championship game?

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 Yeah, you know, I tell you, I think the winner of that Alabama-Oklahoma game to me is pretty fascinating, you know,

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 and I think it's for different reasons, right, when you just look at what those two teams have done this season.

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 And I think overall, you know, you kind of look at, again, how they were able to put it all together to get here.

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 John's and how they were able to kind of, you know, command that series.

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 kind of be the favorites here as we go into this.

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 I think that speaks to something.

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 So I'm pretty fascinated by that game in particular, even if, again, a lot of the other attention is going to be on these other matchups.

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 Obviously, there's Ole Miss, no stranger.

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 Yeah, no kidding.

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 I think certainly when you look at Ole Miss and seeing what they've done here before, that's going to be on everybody's mind.

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 Whether, you know, we can feel like, oh, that was a different season.

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 And, yeah, I mean, I think, again, you look at a team in terms of their pitching and what they've been able to do to kind of get here.

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 if they're able to just kind of, you know, again, win this game the way they need to win it,

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 I think that's going to be very important because, you know, do I think they're going to come out

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 and be able to necessarily, you know, do what George is doing at that offensive rate?

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 Probably not, but I think that's where, again, they're pitching to really be a factor here.

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 And so that's what I like about this, guys.

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 I mean, we probably say this every year, but I think just with these SEC teams, you know,

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 they all feel a little bit different.

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 And I think that's kind of what's, you know, the most intriguing to me is that everyone's kind of used a bit of a different way to get here.

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 And I think for Ole Miss, you know, again, a team that not many people thought would be here.

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 But we said that last time around, too, and that's all that happened.

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 Oh, but we want to ask you about this Texas Tech debacle.

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 But Harold and I haven't even had a chance to talk about this.

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 There's been so many things going on this week.

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 Okay, well, you know, that's going to be about $200 or $300 million.

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 No, $1.45 billion with a B.

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 I'm thinking, are they going to have marble floors and gold-plated handles?

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 And it's going to take three years.

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 Now, a lot of this is premium seating and luxury boxes, as you can imagine.

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 I don't know if you saw that, but $1.45 billion got my attention.

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 Yeah, when I saw that, I was thinking, you know, they're talking about bringing the Super Bowl to Nashville.

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 Why aren't we just bringing the Super Bowl to Nashville?

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 Absolutely.

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 I mean, if they're going to spend $1.45 billion, they better be trying to get the Super Bowl in there.

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 Taylor Swift, like anybody they can get in that stadium on a regular basis.

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 But, you know, it's always funny because, you know, people sometimes try to make the argument,

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 well, there's not as much money to go around as you would think.

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 Yeah, well, $1.45 billion, that's plenty of money.

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 I mean, I think, yeah, in the SEC, that is certainly, I mean, just looking at, again,

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 kind of the renders of what they're going to do with this thing and everything kind of that goes along with it.

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 Who's going to be the person that says, you know what, Florida's going to go for $1.45 billion?

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 Let me show you, I got $2 billion.

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 There you go.

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 We're going to see who that's going to be, right?

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 Size matters, right?

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 Better rather than later, that's going to happen.

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 I mentioned the Texas State debacle with Sorsby.

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 Your thoughts on that?

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 Yeah, I mean, it's just probably not saying anything that everyone else hasn't already said.

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 I mean, we've kind of reached the point to where all the conversations we've had over the years about the NCAA

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 and their ability to do this or that, and just how eventually I think it was going to sort of catch up to them

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 when it comes to just kind of the nature of everything.

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 Here we are.

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 Like, I mean, it's kind of one where, again, we've now gone this route to where there is a very good chance.

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 And, you know, we can say what we want and the coaches can say what they want and all this.

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 But he's going to play.

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 And it's really just a matter of, I think, now understanding that this is about as far as we've pushed it when it comes to these kind of situations.

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 And so, like we said, it's the NCAA kind of being in a position where they've kind of put themselves in the spot where it's like, well, here we are again.

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 But, you know, again, this has also gone the legal route and all this other stuff, and I just think it's one where I don't blame anybody.

447
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 You know, of course, George and others have put out the statements, and we've seen everything about, you know, we're not going to play these guys.

448
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 And, you know, this is just the tip of the iceberg because, like it or not, right, he's not the only one that's doing this kind of thing.

449
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 He may be the only one that got caught to this level.

450
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 And so it just opens up a lot more, I think, negative possibilities here as we move forward.

451
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 Absolutely.

452
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 Tell us about the best podcast, including the five best three-point shooters in the SEC.

453
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 You and Max had one.

454
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 I saw that drop, I believe, this morning.

455
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 Where can we get online to get all the good stuff?

456
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 Yeah, I always appreciate it, guys.

457
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 Yeah, you can take out all of our SEC stuff over at Southeast in 16.

458
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 Plenty of baseball, of course, this weekend, but a lot of off-season basketball and football as well.

459
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 And, yeah, everything else, you can follow me on Twitter, slash x.dbladeslevel.

460
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 Sounds great, Blake.

461
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 As always, great job.

462
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 Kick back, enjoy some World Series action.

463
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464
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 So have a great weekend kicking back and enjoying, okay?

465
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 Thanks, guys, you too.

466
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 Thank you, bud.

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529
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530
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576
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 What would a Friday be without the Mr. Bill Show?

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 Online at thesesuperstations.com and on the tube at 41NBC.

579
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:45,640
 Bill Shanks, welcome in.

580
00:35:45,680 --> 00:35:46,180
 How are you?

581
00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:47,420
 I'm great.

582
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:47,900
 How are y'all?

583
00:35:47,900 --> 00:35:48,200
 Hey, Billy.

584
00:35:48,820 --> 00:35:51,720
 Do you live in the home of good baseball?

585
00:35:51,720 --> 00:35:54,260
 You've got the Braves up the road from you.

586
00:35:54,340 --> 00:35:56,440
 You've got the Bulldogs up the road from you.

587
00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:59,260
 Bill, baseball is good these days in the Peachtree States, isn't it?

588
00:35:59,620 --> 00:36:03,140
 You know, Harold, as I've said so many times, it's good to be the king.

589
00:36:05,900 --> 00:36:09,820
 Is it all the money that the Bill Shanks Foundation is contributing?

590
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 What's the secret of the sauce here, Bill?

591
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 They need to contribute to my foundation because if not for me, they'd be nothing.

592
00:36:17,400 --> 00:36:18,160
 There you go.

593
00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:20,620
 Talk to us about the dogs.

594
00:36:20,740 --> 00:36:27,180
 Obviously, how refreshing is it to see the SEC back in, but some of the old faces, LSU,

595
00:36:27,620 --> 00:36:32,380
 Vanderbilt, even Tennessee, they're all watching from the couch for the most part.

596
00:36:32,460 --> 00:36:34,280
 And you've got some more characters in there.

597
00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:37,940
 Return of the past, Ole Miss, they were up, they died, they're back.

598
00:36:38,020 --> 00:36:43,100
 Your thoughts just overall about the quality of play when it comes to baseball in this league down here.

599
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:49,700
 Well, and let me remind you that Florida is at home, too, which is always a good thing when the Gators are at home.

600
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:55,600
 They need to be at their home in their mother's basement trying to get a job and checking in with their probation officer.

601
00:36:55,600 --> 00:37:00,620
 But, you know, look, it's unbelievable, the talent in the SEC.

602
00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:08,500
 It's going to be a fun – I mean, the first game starts in a couple of – two o'clock, I believe, Eastern time.

603
00:37:08,500 --> 00:37:08,680
 Yeah.

604
00:37:08,740 --> 00:37:09,520
 Two o'clock all the time.

605
00:37:09,660 --> 00:37:13,720
 So, it's going to be fun to see how these games go.

606
00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:19,000
 I mean, it's – you know, Georgia hasn't been in the College World Series since 2008.

607
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 So, that's 18 years.

608
00:37:20,140 --> 00:37:20,800
 That's a long time.

609
00:37:20,940 --> 00:37:25,880
 I haven't won a baseball national championship since 1990.

610
00:37:26,800 --> 00:37:28,680
 I was young, good-looking in 1990.

611
00:37:28,880 --> 00:37:29,960
 You guys should have seen me.

612
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 It was amazing.

613
00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:33,620
 Well, it's – dang it, we missed everything, Bill.

614
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:35,400
 Yeah, I know.

615
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:38,740
 But, you know, it was – it's been a long time.

616
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 So, Georgia's got a great team.

617
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 They had two unbelievable games.

618
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:44,760
 I never want to see Mississippi State.

619
00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:49,000
 I want to see those other Bulldogs again for a long time.

620
00:37:49,120 --> 00:37:51,480
 That was about the – I almost started drinking.

621
00:37:51,780 --> 00:37:55,880
 I mean, I – you know, by God, those two games were unbelievable.

622
00:37:56,240 --> 00:38:01,780
 So, I hope it will be a little less stressful, but I don't think it will be because Texas has got a great pitcher.

623
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:02,060
 Yeah.

624
00:38:02,220 --> 00:38:04,900
 It's going to be very difficult to deal with him.

625
00:38:05,020 --> 00:38:06,920
 But Georgia's got a great offense.

626
00:38:07,220 --> 00:38:12,980
 It's used to a lot of home runs, which they may not get there in – I guess they don't call it Rosenblatt Stadium anymore,

627
00:38:12,980 --> 00:38:17,140
 or whatever they call it, Charles Schwab Field or E.F. Button or whoever the h*** it is.

628
00:38:17,280 --> 00:38:21,380
 But, you know what, it's going to be a lot of fun.

629
00:38:21,380 --> 00:38:27,180
 And all these SEC teams – I mean, I just can't imagine one of these five not being the national champion.

630
00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:27,580
 Could you?

631
00:38:29,420 --> 00:38:30,440
 No, not at all.

632
00:38:30,520 --> 00:38:31,580
 Let me ask you about that, Bill.

633
00:38:31,580 --> 00:38:33,600
 We talked with some of our friends out in Omaha yesterday.

634
00:38:33,860 --> 00:38:34,520
 He grew up there.

635
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:36,520
 His dad's in charge of Press Box, in fact.

636
00:38:36,980 --> 00:38:42,360
 And he said what they did is, yeah, they moved it over there because, basically, the stadium was still good,

637
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 but the infrastructure around it where it was in town – basically, NCAA said we've got to go somewhere else to make money.

638
00:38:48,100 --> 00:38:50,160
 The Braves do it with all the stuff around the stadium.

639
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:54,020
 But he said what they did, they moved it, but the dimensions are pretty much the same.

640
00:38:54,280 --> 00:39:00,820
 You've seen the same dialogue that we have is Georgia hits a lot of home runs, but will they be able in a bigger park to do the same?

641
00:39:01,240 --> 00:39:02,360
 And someone brought up a good point.

642
00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:08,080
 They may not be able to hit the home runs, but that's still a park where you can get a lot of doubles, and the doubles add up, too.

643
00:39:08,720 --> 00:39:11,660
 Well, they do, and, you know, it's not going to be as easy.

644
00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:12,460
 There's no question.

645
00:39:12,580 --> 00:39:18,300
 I mean, Georgia's average – I don't know what the number is right now, but, I mean, it's been around 10 runs a game the entire year.

646
00:39:18,300 --> 00:39:18,680
 Yeah, yes.

647
00:39:19,240 --> 00:39:20,080
 It's just ridiculous.

648
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:23,360
 And so, you know, a home run has been a big part of that.

649
00:39:23,420 --> 00:39:27,600
 And I know – I remember at the beginning of the season, we had people on our show that were talking about,

650
00:39:27,660 --> 00:39:30,240
 well, it's going to be interesting to see how Georgia does when they go on the road.

651
00:39:30,240 --> 00:39:32,740
 Well, I mean, they did pretty well on the road.

652
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:34,140
 They did pretty well everywhere.

653
00:39:34,620 --> 00:39:37,080
 And so, you know, you've just got to be hot.

654
00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:38,100
 You've got to get the right hit.

655
00:39:38,260 --> 00:39:38,820
 And you know what?

656
00:39:38,900 --> 00:39:45,500
 Look, I see this all the time, and I'm going to say it again today at 3 o'clock when I talk about this Georgia team because it's true.

657
00:39:45,940 --> 00:39:49,280
 When you're in a college World Series, when you're in a college football playoff,

658
00:39:49,340 --> 00:39:53,560
 when you're in a World Series, NBA Finals, you've got to have heroes.

659
00:39:53,560 --> 00:40:08,600
 You know, O.J. Unanobi is a hero in New York City because of what he did on one play on Wednesday night that just sent those New Yorkers into more of a frenzy than they already are because they're living under a socialist.

660
00:40:09,240 --> 00:40:18,560
 I mean, so, and you know, you look at Jorge Soler, you look at David Justice, you can go down the line of people that have stepped up.

661
00:40:18,820 --> 00:40:28,340
 And we have someone on the show, Jim Callis, my good friend from MLB Network, MLB.com, who covered Georgia when he was in college when they last won a World Series.

662
00:40:28,580 --> 00:40:33,620
 And he was telling me about some names, you know, of Dave Fleming and a couple of other names I didn't really know about.

663
00:40:33,720 --> 00:40:36,260
 But he said, if not for those guys, they wouldn't have won a World Series.

664
00:40:36,260 --> 00:40:45,320
 So it's like, okay, you know, regardless of the part, regardless of who you're playing, one of it is, it's like I'm getting ready to have a speech in the clubhouse right now.

665
00:40:45,520 --> 00:40:47,300
 One of you guys has got to be our hero.

666
00:40:47,460 --> 00:40:54,180
 And, you know, those are the people who allow their teams to win a championship in any sport at any level.

667
00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:55,360
 You've got to have a hero.

668
00:40:55,720 --> 00:41:03,140
 And so whether it's a home run or a double or a ball that caroms off the bottom of the fence or whatever, you've got to have those big hits.

669
00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:04,500
 You've got to have those big plays.

670
00:41:04,580 --> 00:41:05,720
 You've got to have the big strikeout.

671
00:41:05,720 --> 00:41:14,800
 I mean, look, all those home runs, we had 21 home runs hit last week in Athens between Georgia and Mississippi State, 12 for them and 9 for the real Bulldogs.

672
00:41:15,380 --> 00:41:26,920
 And let me tell you, the last inning of game two, you had the Mississippi State with the winning run, walk-off potential run at the plate.

673
00:41:27,600 --> 00:41:31,520
 One being, and both of them had hit multiple home runs in the two days already.

674
00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:36,440
 One was the Parker kid who was the, I don't ever want to see that kid again.

675
00:41:36,600 --> 00:41:36,840
 Yeah.

676
00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:39,600
 If the Braves draft him in a couple of years, I don't even know how to watch him.

677
00:41:39,820 --> 00:41:41,480
 He was a beast.

678
00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:43,100
 And then the other kid was Ace Reese.

679
00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:47,520
 And Georgia's kid, Justin Bird, got two strikeouts.

680
00:41:48,180 --> 00:41:50,300
 Well, I mean, that's what you've got to do.

681
00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:51,200
 And because you know what?

682
00:41:51,220 --> 00:41:52,960
 It could have easily gone the other way.

683
00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:56,360
 So you've just got to have those big performances in those big games.

684
00:41:56,740 --> 00:41:57,320
 Here's the deal.

685
00:41:57,400 --> 00:42:00,080
 To put a name with it, Bill, the first name came to my mind.

686
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:03,520
 Braves fans are going to remember this all the way back to the Miracle Mets of 69.

687
00:42:04,220 --> 00:42:07,940
 Al Weiss, you didn't hear him before the World Series.

688
00:42:08,280 --> 00:42:09,660
 You didn't hear him afterwards.

689
00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:11,920
 He couldn't even hit his weight in the regular season.

690
00:42:12,420 --> 00:42:18,100
 He hit .455 in the World Series and was the exact, he is the poster child of who you're talking about.

691
00:42:18,180 --> 00:42:20,060
 Nobody had a clue who this guy was.

692
00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:23,500
 He stepped up and did what exactly you said, Al Weiss.

693
00:42:23,940 --> 00:42:28,640
 And let me tell you, Tyler Matic was the first-round draft pick of the Colorado Rockies

694
00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:31,000
 a decade before he even sniffed the big leagues.

695
00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:31,960
 He had the gifts.

696
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:35,080
 He had, it was kind of, it was a sad story.

697
00:42:35,240 --> 00:42:36,620
 He was a talented young man.

698
00:42:36,760 --> 00:42:38,260
 He had great potential.

699
00:42:38,380 --> 00:42:39,140
 He had great stuff.

700
00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:39,960
 And he got the yips.

701
00:42:40,540 --> 00:42:42,700
 And his career got derailed.

702
00:42:43,700 --> 00:42:45,800
 Brian Snicker got him on that roster.

703
00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:47,960
 He became a part of the bullpen.

704
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:56,420
 And the games against Los Angeles Dodgers and the LCS in 2021, that sucker had some unbelievable big strikeouts.

705
00:42:57,280 --> 00:43:01,080
 And again, it was at the home run in game six that Solaire had?

706
00:43:01,200 --> 00:43:01,500
 No.

707
00:43:01,780 --> 00:43:02,560
 But I want to tell you something.

708
00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:09,860
 Every Braves fan who was alive that October of 2021 will always remember the name of Tyler Matic.

709
00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:13,100
 You've just got to have, you know, we don't think about it.

710
00:43:13,160 --> 00:43:18,400
 It's like, it's like big hits during the regular season or big shots or big touchdown catches.

711
00:43:18,620 --> 00:43:19,420
 They're important.

712
00:43:19,420 --> 00:43:20,800
 They help you get a win.

713
00:43:20,800 --> 00:43:23,740
 You don't remember them like you do when the game's on the line.

714
00:43:23,860 --> 00:43:26,780
 And that's what every one of these eight teams, including Troy.

715
00:43:26,940 --> 00:43:29,380
 I mean, look, Troy, I don't know what the heck Troy's going to do.

716
00:43:29,460 --> 00:43:30,540
 They're 36-30.

717
00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:31,660
 I mean, it's kind of ridiculous.

718
00:43:32,100 --> 00:43:33,100
 But h***, who knows?

719
00:43:33,340 --> 00:43:36,060
 You know, if they get that big hit, they get that big strikeout.

720
00:43:36,120 --> 00:43:37,420
 Who knows what they can do as well?

721
00:43:37,900 --> 00:43:41,400
 Let me dovetail your comment into something about the Braves.

722
00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:47,280
 And I ask you in the preseason, how good was this Braves bench?

723
00:43:47,780 --> 00:43:49,040
 And they've been very good.

724
00:43:49,180 --> 00:43:53,340
 Dominic Smith, Dubon, Yaskramski, Mateo.

725
00:43:53,720 --> 00:43:55,520
 Let me throw some numbers at you.

726
00:43:55,940 --> 00:44:00,520
 These guys have produced 19 home runs and 92 RBIs.

727
00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:01,980
 Here's the kicker.

728
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:09,680
 They have 23 game-tying or go-ahead RBIs, including six game-winning RBIs.

729
00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:11,920
 That's impressive for a bench.

730
00:44:12,780 --> 00:44:17,220
 Well, I really like what Alex did.

731
00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:19,920
 You know, the first day of spring training, he brought Dominic Smith in.

732
00:44:20,160 --> 00:44:20,340
 Yeah.

733
00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:25,740
 And Kyle Farmer is a former Georgia Bulldog, so he's my favorite Brave, of course.

734
00:44:26,280 --> 00:44:31,000
 And Kyle Farmer, and Kyle's hurt right now, but it doesn't matter.

735
00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:32,980
 Kyle Farmer's been a very good big leaguer.

736
00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:34,260
 He's not been a star.

737
00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:37,820
 He's been a role player, but he's doing it for a long time.

738
00:44:37,880 --> 00:44:38,680
 He knows what he's doing.

739
00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:40,440
 Jorge Mateo.

740
00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:44,920
 Now, I wasn't overblown with Jorge Mateo signing to a one-year, I think,

741
00:44:45,020 --> 00:44:46,680
 one-year million-dollar contract over the winter.

742
00:44:47,040 --> 00:44:48,000
 I heard his free training.

743
00:44:48,140 --> 00:44:49,620
 Oh, my God, the Braves love him.

744
00:44:49,700 --> 00:44:50,600
 They think they got a deal.

745
00:44:50,740 --> 00:44:51,580
 They think they got a steal.

746
00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:54,180
 You know, then I went and looked, and it's like, well, yeah, man,

747
00:44:54,240 --> 00:44:58,880
 this guy was the Yankees' number one prospect in 2017, right?

748
00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:01,540
 And number two was Aaron Judge.

749
00:45:02,080 --> 00:45:07,960
 So, you know, you've got to give him credit for putting this together.

750
00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:15,340
 I don't know why, and I love it because I think if I were a general manager,

751
00:45:15,540 --> 00:45:20,380
 and God knows I should have been, I would love to get those players who,

752
00:45:20,780 --> 00:45:25,780
 like Dominic Smith, like Kyle Farmer, and Mateo to a certain extent,

753
00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:30,060
 but I think Farmer and Smith are even more examples, that have had success,

754
00:45:30,580 --> 00:45:32,260
 that have had a little bit of success.

755
00:45:32,360 --> 00:45:37,020
 Not necessarily stars, but look, you know, the Braves, I think it was 2000,

756
00:45:37,620 --> 00:45:41,940
 the Braves had on their bench Bobby Bonilla and Wally Joyner.

757
00:45:42,280 --> 00:45:45,420
 Now, neither one of those guys were obviously still in their prime,

758
00:45:45,500 --> 00:45:48,620
 but they had had really great careers.

759
00:45:48,840 --> 00:45:48,940
 Yeah.

760
00:45:49,020 --> 00:45:52,560
 They were into their time, and John Sheralds brought them in,

761
00:45:52,640 --> 00:45:53,880
 and it was a big deal.

762
00:45:54,060 --> 00:45:59,540
 I mean, that bench was unbelievable with Bobby Bowe and Wally Joyner on there.

763
00:45:59,900 --> 00:46:04,780
 So, I love those kind of acquisitions because they do make your team look

764
00:46:04,780 --> 00:46:09,460
 really strong, and, you know, especially when you have something like your left

765
00:46:09,460 --> 00:46:12,940
 fielder gets caught for PEDs and gets knocked out the whole year,

766
00:46:13,400 --> 00:46:19,400
 and your $20 million shortstop from Korea does something to get hurt and is awful,

767
00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:22,240
 you know, can't, you know, it's worse than Pepe Friot.

768
00:46:22,320 --> 00:46:27,900
 I mean, you know, you've got those kind of things that it's kind of like,

769
00:46:28,060 --> 00:46:30,020
 all right, you know those yellow manila folders?

770
00:46:30,660 --> 00:46:35,100
 Where's my, you know, if the poop hits the fan folder, what am I going to do?

771
00:46:35,180 --> 00:46:38,380
 And the more of those kind of people that you have on your team that you

772
00:46:38,380 --> 00:46:42,500
 mentioned that are on this roster, the better they've got a chance to overcome

773
00:46:42,500 --> 00:46:45,680
 those pitfalls that happen during the course of the eight-month season.

774
00:46:46,540 --> 00:46:49,140
 Bill, you've got two ouches in that run.

775
00:46:50,080 --> 00:46:52,000
 Obviously, the Braves have got a nice lead.

776
00:46:52,100 --> 00:46:55,340
 They're reaping the fruits of getting off the hot start, but the fields ain't done yet.

777
00:46:55,760 --> 00:46:57,920
 We're not even near the halfway mark at this point.

778
00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:03,060
 So, Bill, the question is, what are you hearing as far as maybe improving this team

779
00:47:03,060 --> 00:47:04,460
 at the trade deadline?

780
00:47:06,540 --> 00:47:15,220
 Well, look, I have no question that Alex's office is going to be active for a couple of reasons.

781
00:47:15,360 --> 00:47:19,000
 Number one, he's got the best team in baseball right now by a game and a half over the top.

782
00:47:19,100 --> 00:47:24,300
 So, you've got the best record in baseball for the majority of the two and a half months

783
00:47:24,300 --> 00:47:26,180
 the season has been going on.

784
00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:31,180
 You're going to do everything you can to make sure that if there's a certain situation pop

785
00:47:31,180 --> 00:47:33,040
 up that can help your team, you're going to do it.

786
00:47:33,700 --> 00:47:40,280
 On top of that, financially, obviously, with the money that they're not having to pay the

787
00:47:40,280 --> 00:47:43,620
 druggie left fielder, that adds to the mix.

788
00:47:44,200 --> 00:47:48,320
 So, you know, even though I think they're cheap and they don't spend enough money

789
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:56,920
 and their finances are, you know, they're full of c***, the bottom line is that the suspicion

790
00:47:56,920 --> 00:48:00,720
 of Profar gives them even more financial flexibility.

791
00:48:00,940 --> 00:48:01,900
 Plus, you've got to think about it.

792
00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:06,660
 You know, if they don't do anything until July, if that's half the season, then that's half

793
00:48:06,660 --> 00:48:08,860
 the salary for a year that they're going to acquire.

794
00:48:09,120 --> 00:48:12,220
 You know, so it's almost making $20 million that they're going to acquire.

795
00:48:12,300 --> 00:48:13,460
 They only have to pay 10 of it.

796
00:48:13,460 --> 00:48:16,820
 Well, that gives you even more leeway to get multiple people.

797
00:48:17,340 --> 00:48:18,600
 Do they need another starting pitcher?

798
00:48:18,780 --> 00:48:19,020
 Yes.

799
00:48:19,100 --> 00:48:20,760
 They need another relief pitcher?

800
00:48:20,940 --> 00:48:21,300
 Always.

801
00:48:21,580 --> 00:48:22,840
 Do they need perhaps another bat?

802
00:48:23,020 --> 00:48:24,280
 Yeah, I would.

803
00:48:25,100 --> 00:48:31,680
 So, I think that flexibility and the history of what Alex has done makes you think they

804
00:48:31,680 --> 00:48:32,580
 are going to be active.

805
00:48:32,820 --> 00:48:38,840
 So, you know, I think, you know, there really haven't been any trades yet in baseball this

806
00:48:38,840 --> 00:48:41,000
 year, which is kind of odd.

807
00:48:41,000 --> 00:48:45,540
 I mean, usually there's something by even June 12th that you're like, oh, wow, that happened.

808
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:47,520
 We haven't seen that so far.

809
00:48:47,720 --> 00:48:53,680
 So, and you know, look, you can't deny that the CBA situation with a collective bargaining

810
00:48:53,680 --> 00:48:57,400
 agreement or talks is kind of hanging over all this.

811
00:48:57,520 --> 00:49:03,180
 Our team's a little bit more leery to be active or add payroll, not knowing what the financial

812
00:49:03,180 --> 00:49:04,460
 structure will be moving forward.

813
00:49:04,560 --> 00:49:05,260
 Well, perhaps.

814
00:49:06,040 --> 00:49:08,600
 So that, you have to figure that into it as well.

815
00:49:08,680 --> 00:49:13,140
 So, it's going to be a very interesting, I guess, seven weeks or so until that August

816
00:49:13,140 --> 00:49:13,900
 third trade deadline.

817
00:49:14,300 --> 00:49:19,320
 By the way, Cody Campbell and the Texas Tech athletic director sent me an email.

818
00:49:19,480 --> 00:49:26,860
 He wanted to get the email of the Georgia AD and they're offering to do as much for Georgia

819
00:49:26,860 --> 00:49:30,120
 as what they've done for Texas Tech the last couple of weeks.

820
00:49:31,700 --> 00:49:32,540
 Bring it on.

821
00:49:33,540 --> 00:49:34,620
 Unbelievable, isn't it?

822
00:49:34,980 --> 00:49:41,800
 I'm glad that Josh Brooks pretty much said in his directive toward his coaches, here's

823
00:49:41,800 --> 00:49:43,120
 the middle finger, pull it.

824
00:49:43,900 --> 00:49:44,600
 You're number one.

825
00:49:45,280 --> 00:49:46,040
 That's right.

826
00:49:46,720 --> 00:49:49,280
 So, you know, it's a joke.

827
00:49:49,560 --> 00:49:52,800
 It's unbelievable, really.

828
00:49:53,140 --> 00:49:58,460
 And, you know, I don't want to get political, although you know I will if you ask me to.

829
00:49:58,680 --> 00:50:04,540
 But, you know, the bottom line is that the accountability factor in this country has gone

830
00:50:04,540 --> 00:50:05,500
 to h*** in a handbag.

831
00:50:05,500 --> 00:50:05,720
 That's it.

832
00:50:06,000 --> 00:50:06,360
 Bye-bye.

833
00:50:06,360 --> 00:50:12,440
 And, oh, God, you know, I've got a problem or I've got an addiction or I'm the wrong.

834
00:50:12,780 --> 00:50:15,220
 I mean, it is awful.

835
00:50:15,920 --> 00:50:18,120
 Look, you bet on games.

836
00:50:18,360 --> 00:50:20,580
 I don't give a d*** if you're sick with the croup.

837
00:50:21,160 --> 00:50:26,920
 You do not have any business being near a team nor a sport.

838
00:50:27,880 --> 00:50:32,080
 And, you know, the bottom line is if this guy was a third-string linebacker, nobody give

839
00:50:32,080 --> 00:50:32,560
 a c***.

840
00:50:32,640 --> 00:50:33,120
 You know that.

841
00:50:33,240 --> 00:50:34,380
 Well, that's exactly right.

842
00:50:34,640 --> 00:50:35,860
 He's a quarterback.

843
00:50:36,680 --> 00:50:38,100
 Or a million dollar quarterback.

844
00:50:38,900 --> 00:50:45,120
 Yeah, and the hypocrisy of everything is just, you know, that's just amazing and hard

845
00:50:45,120 --> 00:50:46,940
 to keep up with.

846
00:50:46,940 --> 00:50:52,780
 But, you know, the best meme I've seen on Twitter all week long was, you know, shame

847
00:50:52,780 --> 00:50:55,760
 Pete Rose is dead because he could transfer to Texas Tech to be eligible.

848
00:50:57,080 --> 00:51:00,780
 And Coach Bohannon could coach the baseball team from Alabama out there.

849
00:51:01,260 --> 00:51:01,920
 That's right.

850
00:51:02,760 --> 00:51:05,860
 By the way, I've got some friends who've got an addiction, too.

851
00:51:06,460 --> 00:51:09,360
 They want Georgia to lose every football game.

852
00:51:09,540 --> 00:51:11,620
 Now, is there anything you can do for them?

853
00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:12,280
 Wow.

854
00:51:12,920 --> 00:51:14,060
 Well, I want to tell you something now.

855
00:51:14,220 --> 00:51:15,320
 It's June 12th.

856
00:51:15,320 --> 00:51:19,100
 So, we get this baseball championship won in Omaha next weekend.

857
00:51:19,160 --> 00:51:24,240
 And we're going to turn our attention to another championship come December and January.

858
00:51:24,420 --> 00:51:25,560
 Yeah, in mid-October.

859
00:51:25,800 --> 00:51:26,680
 Yeah, mid-October.

860
00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:28,600
 What a question or what, Bill?

861
00:51:29,040 --> 00:51:30,020
 Hey, let me tell you something.

862
00:51:30,220 --> 00:51:33,060
 At some point, we're going to have to beat you guys over there in Tuscaloosa.

863
00:51:33,160 --> 00:51:33,340
 What?

864
00:51:33,980 --> 00:51:39,480
 And we're going to have to do it by three touchdowns to beat you by one because of how you guys, you know,

865
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:43,040
 you want to talk about what goes on in Tuscaloosa with referees.

866
00:51:43,080 --> 00:51:43,960
 Oh, my gosh.

867
00:51:44,280 --> 00:51:44,760
 All that.

868
00:51:45,160 --> 00:51:46,040
 My gosh.

869
00:51:46,160 --> 00:51:47,680
 So, we're ready for you now.

870
00:51:47,900 --> 00:51:51,000
 We've got a quarterback named Gunnar.

871
00:51:51,320 --> 00:51:52,960
 You've got to be careful of us, though.

872
00:51:53,000 --> 00:51:53,980
 I can tell you that right now.

873
00:51:54,160 --> 00:51:54,560
 Absolutely.

874
00:51:54,560 --> 00:51:58,720
 Well, listen, good luck to the Dawgs and the SEC this weekend, my friend.

875
00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:00,540
 Where can we get online?

876
00:52:00,840 --> 00:52:03,120
 And we've got listeners who do just that.

877
00:52:03,220 --> 00:52:05,060
 And listen to your award-winning show.

878
00:52:05,660 --> 00:52:09,340
 Well, they need to because, you know, they ain't got no alternative that's worth a d*** in your state.

879
00:52:09,580 --> 00:52:11,500
 So, I mean, I think they can find something good.

880
00:52:11,720 --> 00:52:18,960
 But thesesuperstations.com will be on at 3 o'clock Eastern, 2 o'clock for you people over there in that other part of the world.

881
00:52:18,960 --> 00:52:24,460
 And we'll be talking sports leading up to the Braves and the Mets, who are 15 games out of first place.

882
00:52:24,760 --> 00:52:28,280
 I think they're going to sweep us and get in the race this weekend, and we'll see.

883
00:52:29,840 --> 00:52:31,600
 Bill, it's always good to hook up with you.

884
00:52:31,660 --> 00:52:34,500
 Well, listen, next time we get together, please help Brett with his addiction.

885
00:52:34,600 --> 00:52:35,760
 He's addicted to Taylor Swift.

886
00:52:35,900 --> 00:52:39,460
 So, please give him some help and have a great weekend in the meantime, okay?

887
00:52:39,620 --> 00:52:40,460
 Let me tell you something.

888
00:52:40,540 --> 00:52:41,840
 That girl needs to go the h*** away.

889
00:52:41,980 --> 00:52:42,420
 I'm sick.

890
00:52:45,220 --> 00:52:47,880
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891
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892
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 Mike, welcome in.

1013
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 Play ball.

1014
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 Are you ready for some World Series action?

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 Nah, not really.

1016
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 Yeah.

1017
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 I'll tune in to watch some of the stuff.

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 Just like I'll tune in to watch some of the lesser World Cup games.

1019
01:01:00,360 --> 01:01:03,940
 But I'm still trying to wrap my head around the Brennan told.

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 Mike, where do we start with this stuff?

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 I mean, when we first saw it, we thought it was April 1st.

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1024
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 Mike, where do you start breaking it down?

1025
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 Yeah, it is.

1026
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 It's beyond belief.

1027
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 I think the, well, from a 30,000-foot view, I don't think, I'm in my 60s, in terms of age,

1028
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 I don't think there has ever been, in my lifetime, a bigger sports villain than Texas Tech right now.

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 Right.

1030
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 You know, they were interesting last season.

1031
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 You know, they bought their football team.

1032
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 They got to the playoff.

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 That's fine.

1034
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 It's sort of a cool story.

1035
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 They're a disruptor.

1036
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 They paid a ton of money for a softball team.

1037
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 That's fine.

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 They're a disruptor.

1039
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 And now you have their, the face of their program is Cody Campbell.

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 Yeah.

1041
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 And that is not a good look.

1042
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 You know, the idea that they're worried about Brennan's doors personally, no, they're not.

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 And let's get serious.

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 If this were a player at Texas A&M or the University of Texas, Texas Tech folks would be the ones screaming about how this is horrendous.

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 Instead, you have them with a straight face.

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 The school president, the school AD, the face of the athletic program now, Cody Campbell, saying, well, this is all about, this is all about us, you know,

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 trying to get Brennan Sorge to be back on the straight and narrow.

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 He needs his teammates.

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 He needs to play.

1050
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 It's, it's thickening.

1051
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 The one, you know, the NCAA rule book has a lot of gray areas.

1052
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 But what is not gray, indeed, what is in all caps, extra bold is you do not bet on your own team.

1053
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 And here he is, he's bet on his own team.

1054
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 Some, some, some stories have said he bet against Texas, against Indiana while he was there.

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 He certainly has acknowledged betting on players to, to reach certain statistical goals, prop bets against Indiana.

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 It's, it's, it's mind blowing that anybody reasonably thinks this kid or this man should be able to play college sports anymore.

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 Mike, to me, it's, it's a new whole reach.

1058
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 It's like someone who one day is broke, the broker in the piece of glass.

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 He wins the lottery.

1060
01:03:52,180 --> 01:03:54,220
 The next thing you know, he's just throwing money out right and left.

1061
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 He's broken two or three years.

1062
01:03:55,840 --> 01:03:59,000
 To me, the other side of the logic to what you said there, Mike, would be this.

1063
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 Let's say we prioritize mental health.

1064
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 In fact, we prioritize it so much that we're going to, we're going to sit and throw 100% of that $4 million into your therapy.

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 You're going to go through therapy.

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 We're going to spend $4 million on that because we've said we're concerned about that.

1067
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 And then at the end of that therapeutic session, if you check all the boxes, you can come back and play football.

1068
01:04:20,740 --> 01:04:25,540
 But in the meantime, we'd love you too much to have this stress on you because you're saying that you're stressed out here.

1069
01:04:25,540 --> 01:04:27,640
 What, what would happen if someone threw that at them?

1070
01:04:28,360 --> 01:04:31,480
 Yeah, that's, that's, if you're right, it's nonsense.

1071
01:04:31,560 --> 01:04:44,520
 That, that a guy who has been betting, admittedly, since he was in high school, all of a sudden, after 30 days of therapy, oh, I'm scared now.

1072
01:04:44,680 --> 01:04:44,920
 Right.

1073
01:04:45,340 --> 01:04:56,480
 And, you know, the one thing, you know, is this, I've seen people say, well, you know, and I think Joe McGuire, the coach, you know, he didn't murder anybody.

1074
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 Exactly.

1075
01:04:58,300 --> 01:04:59,880
 Just a couple of banks, you know.

1076
01:05:00,620 --> 01:05:06,800
 And, yes, there's been horrible sports scandals.

1077
01:05:07,480 --> 01:05:11,520
 What happened to Baylor basketball, a player killed a teammate.

1078
01:05:12,000 --> 01:05:15,820
 What happened to Baylor football, multiple sexual assaults.

1079
01:05:15,820 --> 01:05:16,020
 Yeah.

1080
01:05:16,560 --> 01:05:18,840
 This, this is different.

1081
01:05:19,420 --> 01:05:23,520
 This is the integrity of the game that he played on Saturday.

1082
01:05:23,980 --> 01:05:24,160
 Yeah.

1083
01:05:24,220 --> 01:05:33,260
 If Brendan Sorgby, who bet on his own team, is allowed to play, what are we saying about the integrity of the game?

1084
01:05:33,500 --> 01:05:34,240
 Down the road.

1085
01:05:34,780 --> 01:05:39,880
 There could be somebody who bet on Texas Tech playing in Saturday's game.

1086
01:05:40,380 --> 01:05:43,580
 I don't see how anybody thinks that is correct.

1087
01:05:43,580 --> 01:05:50,940
 And, again, the Texas Tech viewpoint on this is, it's disgusting.

1088
01:05:52,060 --> 01:05:53,100
 Mike, it is.

1089
01:05:53,320 --> 01:05:56,700
 And, again, you mentioned, well, he didn't kill anybody.

1090
01:05:56,820 --> 01:05:58,140
 He didn't beat anybody.

1091
01:05:58,620 --> 01:06:07,700
 And then the Texas Attorney General, well, if the Big 12 or some of these conferences want to come after us, we're just going to sue you.

1092
01:06:08,240 --> 01:06:11,620
 Again, you lawyer up for everything.

1093
01:06:11,920 --> 01:06:13,620
 But, Mike, that's the key to me.

1094
01:06:14,340 --> 01:06:18,460
 When you get right down to all this stuff, it's the integrity of the game.

1095
01:06:19,060 --> 01:06:22,000
 And that's the difference with the Baylor situation.

1096
01:06:22,300 --> 01:06:32,220
 The Baylor situation, as disgusting as those are, it didn't necessarily, the impact on a game, this is integrity of the game.

1097
01:06:32,220 --> 01:06:41,900
 A player bet on his own team and, in some cases, bet against his own school, the prop bets against his own school.

1098
01:06:42,120 --> 01:06:45,700
 I don't know how anybody can sit there and say, this is fine.

1099
01:06:46,700 --> 01:06:54,660
 What's the style of a player, a third-team linebacker at Houston, another state school, betting against Houston?

1100
01:06:54,920 --> 01:06:58,920
 And when he's found out, wait, wait, Brendan Sorsby's playing, why can't I play?

1101
01:06:59,020 --> 01:06:59,140
 Right.

1102
01:06:59,480 --> 01:07:00,140
 I'm sick.

1103
01:07:00,380 --> 01:07:01,080
 I didn't tell anybody.

1104
01:07:01,880 --> 01:07:02,840
 It's ludicrous.

1105
01:07:02,940 --> 01:07:12,780
 And, again, if this were happening at Texas Tech or University of Texas, the same people arguing the Texas Tech situation would be like, this is ridiculous.

1106
01:07:12,980 --> 01:07:13,900
 This cannot happen.

1107
01:07:13,900 --> 01:07:20,020
 And you brought up the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, who has numerous issues of his own.

1108
01:07:20,700 --> 01:07:22,840
 You know, what's the next step?

1109
01:07:23,560 --> 01:07:28,200
 Arguing that Texas and Texas A&M must play Texas Tech?

1110
01:07:29,380 --> 01:07:31,220
 It's getting ridiculous.

1111
01:07:31,760 --> 01:07:39,860
 And I would love to see, you know, Josh Brooks, the athletic director at Georgia, has been very vocal.

1112
01:07:40,120 --> 01:07:42,900
 He told his coaches, we are not playing Texas Tech.

1113
01:07:42,920 --> 01:07:43,340
 Right, thank you.

1114
01:07:43,340 --> 01:07:45,740
 I hope he says that again.

1115
01:07:46,220 --> 01:07:49,880
 And let's watch Ken Paxton go after the University of Georgia.

1116
01:07:50,220 --> 01:07:56,240
 And the Georgia Attorney General, this is getting to be ludicrous.

1117
01:07:57,240 --> 01:08:11,000
 And, yeah, I feel bad for Brett Yormark because my assumption is every athletic director in the Big 12, other than Kirby Hocutt, is beyond disgusted with what's going on at Texas Tech.

1118
01:08:11,900 --> 01:08:14,640
 Mike, you can then let's talk about your Florida neighbors.

1119
01:08:15,000 --> 01:08:15,660
 What a theme.

1120
01:08:15,960 --> 01:08:20,840
 Is it coincidental that just about everything we talk about now when it comes to college sports has money?

1121
01:08:21,220 --> 01:08:22,180
 Hello, Pink Floyd.

1122
01:08:22,180 --> 01:08:27,720
 Did you contribute to Florida's new proposed facelift of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium?

1123
01:08:27,880 --> 01:08:32,480
 $1.45 billion with a B.

1124
01:08:32,820 --> 01:08:34,800
 Mike, did they tap into the Mike Hugan Foundation?

1125
01:08:35,320 --> 01:08:37,680
 Or where are they getting all this money down there, man?

1126
01:08:37,940 --> 01:08:40,840
 Yeah, I'm a UF alum.

1127
01:08:41,220 --> 01:08:43,200
 Most of my family are UF alums.

1128
01:08:43,680 --> 01:08:45,500
 I think we're all disgusted.

1129
01:08:46,660 --> 01:08:53,920
 My father, who's been a Gator booster for more than 50 years, he is not contributing to this.

1130
01:08:54,000 --> 01:08:59,660
 But he's like, you know, this is a case where you're going to go to the bathroom at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium,

1131
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 and there's going to be a little placard above each urinal saying, you know, so-and-so donated $5,000.

1132
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 Yeah, and don't pee on the floor.

1133
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 It's too expensive.

1134
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 Right, and that's, you know, $1.5 billion, it's insane in this era.

1135
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 Yeah, it is.

1136
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 I think UF should be embarrassed.

1137
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 You know, Northwestern just built a new stadium, $780 million.

1138
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 That's a private school, and they can do what they want.

1139
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 I'm not in favor of this.

1140
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 Florida does need upgrades at its stadium.

1141
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 It does not meet handicap requirements in a lot of areas.

1142
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 At the same time, you don't need to spend $1.45 billion on a football retrofit when you're laying off professors.

1143
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 Mike Scott Strickland, the Florida AD, said, and I quote,

1144
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 every inch of this stadium is going to be affected by this renovation.

1145
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 No, my goodness and gracious, no kidding with that.

1146
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 But, yeah, Mike, I think a lot of this is premium seating in the luxury boxes,

1147
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 which is a real shock to everybody because that can bring in more money.

1148
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 But, no, I'm like you.

1149
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 When I saw the $1.45 billion, I had to look twice.

1150
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 Yeah, I mean, this was – they announced this a couple years ago.

1151
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 People were upset because they were going to decrease the number of seats from 88,000 to 80,000.

1152
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 Yeah.

1153
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 Who cares?

1154
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 Well, evidently, as we all know, the size of a football stadium, I guess, feeds into certain fans' masculinity.

1155
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 Let's put it that way.

1156
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 But, so, they're not – they are revamping the stadium.

1157
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 They're not losing any seats.

1158
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 They're adding more luxury seats.

1159
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 I guess it's going to be ringed by skyboxes now.

1160
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 Yeah.

1161
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 Yeah.

1162
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 I don't understand, in this economic environment with athletics, why you feel the need to spend $1.45 billion on your stadium.

1163
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 I would rather – you know, I think most fans, if they thought about it, yeah, spend $200 million on the stadium

1164
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 and put the other $850 million in the NIL and we'll have the best teams in every single sport.

1165
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 So, it's ludicrous.

1166
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 Mike, you've got too much common sense, bud, for college sports.

1167
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 That's exactly what I was about to say.

1168
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 They need to put that money in the NIL.

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 Babe, always great to talk to you.

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 Have a good weekend, my friend.

1171
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 Let's do this again next Friday.

1172
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 Excellent.

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 I always enjoy it.

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 Thanks, guys.

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 Thank you, buddy.

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 Thank you, Mike.

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 Be careful to go to the bathroom down there.

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 That's probably half a troll down.

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 Make sure you don't mess up the floor and go to the bathroom.

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 That kind of price tag.

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 Welcome back in.

1302
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 It is a privilege to say hello to Doug Segrist.

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 He is busy as one of the 50 legends of the Alabama Sports Writers Association.

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 His book's called A Storm Came Up.

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 Is it also true that you are the president of the Prince Fan Club, and are you ready to party

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 like it's 1999 again?

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 I'm ready.

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 I'm ready to go, man.

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 Let's talk about it, Doug.

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 Obviously, Alabama last time, Prince was selling records, and Alabama now they're back in Omaha.

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 It's one thing, if you haven't been following this program over the last few years, Doug,

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 is to get the full thrust of basically, in effect, calling them Lazarus.

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 They were given up for dead after the Bohannon scandal, and in comes Rob Vaughn, who has a story himself.

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 He was given a 0% to 3% chance to live because he contracted a form of meningitis as an 11-month-old infant,

1317
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 beat that, and now he's trying to beat Oklahoma in the first round of the World Series.

1318
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 Doug, what a story.

1319
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 It's a great story.

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 I mean, and if you flash back to, what, 96, 97, 99, I mean, Alabama was one of the premier

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 programs in the country, and it just held off completely for the next, really, 26 years.

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 And what he has done is just incredible.

1323
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 Even now, if you look at the roster, I mean, they're not loaded with Major League Prospects.

1324
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 LeBron, obviously, he's going to be early pick, but otherwise, the pitching of the regular players,

1325
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 it's just kind of a scrappy bunch, and it kind of goes back to the Jim Wells there, where

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 those guys would just bite you for every scrap of food.

1327
01:19:24,120 --> 01:19:24,520
 Absolutely.

1328
01:19:24,860 --> 01:19:27,100
 How far can this Alabama team go?

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 I think a lot of people believe they can beat Oklahoma, and then on the other side or the

1330
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 other game on Monday would be the winner of the Texas-Georgia game, the big boys.

1331
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 But Alabama's got a very good rotation with Tyler Faye, Zane Adams, Miles Upchurch, Brady

1332
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 Neal, John Liam, and friends.

1333
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 If the defense can hold out and not give up six errors like they did during the regional,

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 but this is an Alabama team on a roll.

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 Doug, how far can they go?

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 I think they can win it all with the right breaks.

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 Now, they're going to be facing Texas or Georgia, and both are just absolute powerhouses.

1338
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 This Georgia offense is just a juggernaut.

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 So, can you withstand that if they get to one of your starters?

1340
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 You know, that super regional with Michigan State was just like baseball from the 90s.

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 We haven't seen anything like that.

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 Oh, my goodness, that'd be great.

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 We've got all teams, yeah.

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 But, obviously, we've talked through it in a second.

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 Alabama's got to get through Oklahoma.

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 This team basically has beaten the odds.

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 this team is hot, they've got momentum, and they can win away from home.

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 I mean, Oklahoma's had a much tougher route.

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 And does that momentum help them at this point?

1366
01:21:26,860 --> 01:21:28,360
 Or is Alabama a little more rested?

1367
01:21:28,580 --> 01:21:31,040
 Because, let's face it, they've breathed through.

1368
01:21:32,660 --> 01:21:38,320
 You know, I think at this point, 30 games in the SEC prepares you for anything.

1369
01:21:38,660 --> 01:21:38,860
 Yeah.

1370
01:21:38,860 --> 01:21:39,140
 Anything.

1371
01:21:39,560 --> 01:21:39,700
 Yeah.

1372
01:21:40,140 --> 01:21:40,340
 Yeah.

1373
01:21:40,700 --> 01:21:40,840
 Yeah.

1374
01:21:40,960 --> 01:21:42,980
 Look at the field, five out of eight from the SEC.

1375
01:21:44,820 --> 01:21:47,080
 It's just an absolute grind.

1376
01:21:47,360 --> 01:21:52,420
 And, you know, that's why I think in the other bracket, to me, the standout team is Ole Miss.

1377
01:21:53,220 --> 01:21:56,780
 Two weeks ago, I don't even think any of the stuff they didn't get to Omaha.

1378
01:21:57,100 --> 01:21:57,300
 Yeah.

1379
01:21:57,300 --> 01:21:58,320
 Much less out of Auburn.

1380
01:21:59,000 --> 01:22:00,480
 Let me ask you about Troy.

1381
01:22:00,620 --> 01:22:02,680
 They're literally playing as we speak.

1382
01:22:02,840 --> 01:22:07,300
 In fact, West Virginia is ahead 1-0 in the first inning.

1383
01:22:07,600 --> 01:22:12,140
 But Troy has done an absolutely amazing job.

1384
01:22:12,900 --> 01:22:16,840
 Twelve runs a game in their six-game winning streak.

1385
01:22:17,780 --> 01:22:19,660
 Schuyler Meade is a really good coach.

1386
01:22:19,660 --> 01:22:25,220
 Doug, they played what many people consider the toughest non-conference schedule in the country.

1387
01:22:25,340 --> 01:22:27,840
 Went 4-4 against SEC teams.

1388
01:22:27,980 --> 01:22:34,380
 Beat Georgia, Alabama, and just whipped the Gators in their regional 26-13.

1389
01:22:34,640 --> 01:22:36,700
 I'm telling you, this is a good team.

1390
01:22:37,860 --> 01:22:44,020
 No, this is a legit team, which makes their record even more remarkable that they play that schedule.

1391
01:22:44,140 --> 01:22:48,060
 They go 4-4 against SEC, and they're still, what, five games above 500.

1392
01:22:49,260 --> 01:22:51,540
 But they aren't afraid of anybody.

1393
01:22:51,740 --> 01:22:53,620
 And they've shown they've got the offensive pads.

1394
01:22:54,100 --> 01:22:55,920
 They just gave up a steal at home.

1395
01:22:55,920 --> 01:23:01,880
 So, defensively, they need to pay a little more attention to that runner off third.

1396
01:23:02,040 --> 01:23:02,320
 Right.

1397
01:23:03,120 --> 01:23:04,860
 But, I mean, yeah, this is the team.

1398
01:23:05,360 --> 01:23:10,300
 And, again, I mean, West Virginia is considered a favorite just because they're power four.

1399
01:23:11,260 --> 01:23:16,360
 But, I think Troy can at least get to the, you know, the finals.

1400
01:23:17,640 --> 01:23:20,240
 This is nothing at this point they haven't seen before.

1401
01:23:20,640 --> 01:23:24,080
 And, again, baseball, to me, is the most middle of all sports.

1402
01:23:24,080 --> 01:23:24,780
 It is.

1403
01:23:25,200 --> 01:23:30,000
 You can be the best athlete in football or basketball and it'll carry you in baseball.

1404
01:23:31,440 --> 01:23:36,020
 You know, the little guy can do so much more if he believes in himself than his team believes.

1405
01:23:37,060 --> 01:23:38,480
 Look at the Houston Astros.

1406
01:23:38,880 --> 01:23:41,300
 The little man right there, he is a powerhouse.

1407
01:23:41,780 --> 01:23:43,140
 Doug Seekers in the huddle with us.

1408
01:23:43,240 --> 01:23:47,660
 Doug, it's been a rough year for folks who've been in this business as long as some of us.

1409
01:23:48,040 --> 01:23:58,580
 This weekend, you're talking about four fellas, now late fellas, deserving of the honors that they're going to be receiving from the Alabama sports writers this weekend.

1410
01:23:58,680 --> 01:23:59,740
 I won't steal your thunder.

1411
01:23:59,740 --> 01:24:04,380
 We've known these guys over the years, and it's definitely a passing of a generation.

1412
01:24:05,040 --> 01:24:08,300
 Tremendous talent, but doing it all with class as well.

1413
01:24:10,460 --> 01:24:16,100
 This is the best hall of fame in the country in terms of, you know, at this level.

1414
01:24:16,260 --> 01:24:17,380
 And they've done a great job.

1415
01:24:17,540 --> 01:24:20,780
 I used to cover it every year for like 20 years.

1416
01:24:20,940 --> 01:24:26,100
 And it was just a, it was just one, it was something I look forward to.

1417
01:24:26,220 --> 01:24:31,560
 And every year you think, well, they're running out of people to put in, and they talk to themselves.

1418
01:24:33,500 --> 01:24:40,560
 Yeah, they've, yeah, the sports writers are going to honor John Pruitt.

1419
01:24:43,020 --> 01:24:43,660
 Philip Marshall.

1420
01:24:43,980 --> 01:24:45,220
 Yeah, Philip Marshall.

1421
01:24:45,360 --> 01:24:47,040
 Reuben Grant and Mike Bolton.

1422
01:24:47,040 --> 01:24:53,380
 Listen, guys, you work with, and I know they probably heard this all their lives.

1423
01:24:53,380 --> 01:25:04,740
 While I grew up reading you in the Birmingham Post-Herald or the Birmingham News or the Huntsville Times, those are four guys the sports writers are going to honor Sunday night.

1424
01:25:04,860 --> 01:25:07,080
 And I know you work with those guys for years.

1425
01:25:08,520 --> 01:25:11,200
 Yeah, and every one of them had class.

1426
01:25:12,420 --> 01:25:13,420
 Yeah, absolutely.

1427
01:25:14,420 --> 01:25:19,980
 And I'll point to John Pruitt, who's the only one I didn't work directly with at some point.

1428
01:25:20,200 --> 01:25:23,660
 But, you know, he was, he was, he was, I was his national banner.

1429
01:25:24,040 --> 01:25:26,420
 He played a big role in me coming back to Alabama.

1430
01:25:26,540 --> 01:25:30,680
 Kind of lined me up for a couple of sports writers' jobs.

1431
01:25:32,880 --> 01:25:40,980
 His approach was, you know, I want, when somebody comes up to me on church on Sunday and asks, what do you think?

1432
01:25:41,480 --> 01:25:42,620
 That's what I want to tell them.

1433
01:25:43,060 --> 01:25:45,320
 You know, it wasn't a, it wasn't a hot take.

1434
01:25:45,360 --> 01:25:47,660
 It wasn't a controversial thing.

1435
01:25:47,760 --> 01:25:49,240
 It was just an honest opinion.

1436
01:25:49,440 --> 01:25:50,400
 He didn't hold conscious.

1437
01:25:50,940 --> 01:25:53,480
 But he didn't savagely attack anybody.

1438
01:25:54,140 --> 01:26:05,340
 And I think that he, more than anybody, kind of sums up the golden age of sports writing, where you had an impact, but it wasn't about you.

1439
01:26:06,400 --> 01:26:08,680
 And I think we've kind of lost that.

1440
01:26:08,740 --> 01:26:10,600
 We just don't have a lot of that left anymore.

1441
01:26:10,760 --> 01:26:13,740
 Well, Doug, what happened was he reported the story instead of being the story.

1442
01:26:14,660 --> 01:26:15,480
 Yeah, exactly.

1443
01:26:15,800 --> 01:26:17,760
 But it was an honest opinion.

1444
01:26:17,760 --> 01:26:20,460
 If something was wrong, he called it out.

1445
01:26:21,080 --> 01:26:25,500
 But he didn't go out of his way, you know, to say one thing and change his mind.

1446
01:26:25,760 --> 01:26:25,960
 Yeah.

1447
01:26:26,160 --> 01:26:27,820
 You know, when the tide turned the net.

1448
01:26:28,700 --> 01:26:30,020
 They're all class acts.

1449
01:26:31,660 --> 01:26:34,180
 These are just people I just think the world of.

1450
01:26:34,420 --> 01:26:34,600
 Yeah.

1451
01:26:34,960 --> 01:26:36,480
 Well, we think the world of you.

1452
01:26:36,560 --> 01:26:37,940
 And by the way, I got to check.

1453
01:26:38,060 --> 01:26:40,180
 I got to make sure you're ready for the weekend.

1454
01:26:40,420 --> 01:26:41,620
 The TV's working.

1455
01:26:42,540 --> 01:26:44,640
 The plumbing in the bathroom is okay.

1456
01:26:44,640 --> 01:26:47,460
 And you made a run to the grocery store.

1457
01:26:47,680 --> 01:26:51,200
 Are you ready for the College World Series this weekend?

1458
01:26:51,800 --> 01:26:52,940
 I was going ready.

1459
01:26:53,120 --> 01:26:53,420
 I just.

1460
01:26:53,960 --> 01:26:55,780
 I'm working from home this afternoon.

1461
01:26:55,780 --> 01:26:56,020
 Yeah.

1462
01:26:56,100 --> 01:26:57,500
 I just cranked on Troy.

1463
01:26:58,240 --> 01:27:00,520
 But I will say I am taking the diversion.

1464
01:27:00,740 --> 01:27:02,620
 I'm going to miss part of the Alabama game tomorrow night.

1465
01:27:02,740 --> 01:27:06,320
 I got a friend who's got tickets for a Kansas concert.

1466
01:27:06,380 --> 01:27:06,740
 Uh-oh.

1467
01:27:07,380 --> 01:27:08,860
 It's a Tuscaloosa amphitheater.

1468
01:27:09,700 --> 01:27:12,720
 So I'm going to have to carry him on my wayward son there.

1469
01:27:13,140 --> 01:27:13,540
 Yeah.

1470
01:27:13,580 --> 01:27:14,940
 We're just all dust in the wind.

1471
01:27:15,260 --> 01:27:15,260
 So.

1472
01:27:19,560 --> 01:27:21,860
 By the way, you run to the grocery store, not the bathroom.

1473
01:27:22,020 --> 01:27:22,560
 Okay, Doug.

1474
01:27:23,120 --> 01:27:24,380
 Yeah, exactly.

1475
01:27:25,600 --> 01:27:26,620
 Have a good weekend.

1476
01:27:26,800 --> 01:27:29,420
 The one, the only Doug Segrist coming up.

1477
01:27:29,980 --> 01:27:31,800
 What a week down the plains.

1478
01:27:32,020 --> 01:27:34,200
 88,000 watching football.

1479
01:27:34,380 --> 01:27:34,980
 We kid you not.

1480
01:27:35,120 --> 01:27:35,700
 Justin Ferguson.

1481
01:27:35,820 --> 01:27:36,440
 The tale is next.

1482
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 Stay with us.

1483
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1569
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1595
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1596
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 Just moments ago, tying the Mountaineers at 1 opening frame out in Omaha.

1597
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1598
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1599
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1600
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 So, better news for the Trojans at the World Series, Brett Beaird.

1601
01:33:37,420 --> 01:33:45,700
 Yes, and I'm guessing our next guest would like to see the Auburn Tigers playing right now or later this afternoon.

1602
01:33:46,320 --> 01:33:48,860
 Justin Ferguson, busy there at the Auburn Observer.

1603
01:33:49,040 --> 01:33:50,260
 Justin, welcome in.

1604
01:33:50,340 --> 01:33:51,100
 How are you?

1605
01:33:51,640 --> 01:33:52,420
 I'm doing all right.

1606
01:33:52,440 --> 01:33:52,760
 How are you all?

1607
01:33:52,840 --> 01:33:53,100
 Hey, bud.

1608
01:33:53,880 --> 01:33:58,780
 88,000 fans watching a football game this week.

1609
01:33:58,840 --> 01:34:01,080
 Did we read that right, Justin, at Jerton-Hare Stadium?

1610
01:34:01,940 --> 01:34:02,200
 Yep.

1611
01:34:02,200 --> 01:34:06,060
 It was something that's quite unlike anything I've ever seen before.

1612
01:34:06,560 --> 01:34:10,900
 An entire college football stadium packed to the brim for international soccer.

1613
01:34:11,360 --> 01:34:12,480
 And it was a lot of fun.

1614
01:34:13,020 --> 01:34:15,080
 It went with my wife.

1615
01:34:15,320 --> 01:34:16,840
 We went as fans didn't cover it.

1616
01:34:17,580 --> 01:34:19,500
 And just, you know, just an incredible experience.

1617
01:34:19,620 --> 01:34:27,760
 I think Auburn did an excellent job of, you know, it's just finding a creative way to bring in more revenue using Jerton-Hare Stadium here in the summer.

1618
01:34:27,960 --> 01:34:31,600
 And I think Auburn did a really, really good job of pulling it all off.

1619
01:34:31,620 --> 01:34:32,860
 And it was a big success.

1620
01:34:33,320 --> 01:34:34,100
 How does that work?

1621
01:34:34,200 --> 01:34:35,700
 I mean, a lot of folks ask the question.

1622
01:34:35,700 --> 01:34:39,520
 You don't normally associate Auburn with World Cup soccer.

1623
01:34:40,220 --> 01:34:44,780
 But, obviously, somebody somewhere had some business sense and said, maybe this could be profitable.

1624
01:34:45,040 --> 01:34:45,840
 How does that work?

1625
01:34:45,900 --> 01:34:48,680
 And how does Auburn benefit from an NIL standpoint?

1626
01:34:49,500 --> 01:34:50,340
 Yeah, no, absolutely.

1627
01:34:50,500 --> 01:34:53,760
 I mean, this is something that was in the works for about a year, year and a half.

1628
01:34:53,980 --> 01:35:03,460
 With the World Cup being in the United States this year, there were going to be opportunities for teams to come in and go ahead and play right before the World Cup gets underway,

1629
01:35:03,460 --> 01:35:08,600
 play some friendly, some warm-up games, get used to playing in America, the time change, the weather, stuff like that.

1630
01:35:09,300 --> 01:35:17,240
 And so, you know, Auburn partnered with a group that runs the Citrus Bowl, among other things.

1631
01:35:17,780 --> 01:35:20,180
 So, there was a prior relationship there.

1632
01:35:20,540 --> 01:35:22,960
 They were hosting a bunch of friendlies all over the country.

1633
01:35:23,360 --> 01:35:24,760
 Auburn said, hey, we want in.

1634
01:35:24,980 --> 01:35:26,100
 Texas A&M did as well.

1635
01:35:26,600 --> 01:35:27,900
 They got into that.

1636
01:35:28,040 --> 01:35:33,880
 And so, what it kind of did was Auburn had a contract, basically, that, hey, we will, we want to host this.

1637
01:35:34,640 --> 01:35:39,200
 You know, Auburn got a cut of the ticket sales in exchange.

1638
01:35:39,320 --> 01:35:47,660
 Auburn had to provide a, you know, really, really good, you know, perfect field, which got put to the test as much rain came that day at Auburn.

1639
01:35:48,660 --> 01:35:57,900
 And, you know, just find a way to, you know, generate really millions of dollars that Auburn could kind of bring in and now can use that to their advantage.

1640
01:35:58,100 --> 01:36:05,800
 And, you know, I think in this day and age where you're paying players directly through revenue sharing, you know, you've got to raise more money.

1641
01:36:06,060 --> 01:36:12,600
 You know, that's just, there's a new line item in the budget that you're just not used to, you know, hadn't been doing in years past.

1642
01:36:12,700 --> 01:36:17,540
 So, instead of saying, hey, you know, Auburn fans, you're going to have to pay more money in tickets.

1643
01:36:17,700 --> 01:36:20,960
 Hey, you're going to have to pay, you know, give more donations to make this happen.

1644
01:36:21,400 --> 01:36:30,360
 Auburn was like, all right, let's try to find some more creative ways to generate more revenue that wouldn't necessarily say, hey, you know, we need to raise ticket prices to make this happen.

1645
01:36:30,360 --> 01:36:31,760
 And this was a pretty big one.

1646
01:36:31,880 --> 01:36:34,380
 They're doing concerts throughout the summer as well.

1647
01:36:34,520 --> 01:36:36,060
 It's just a new way to kind of open it up.

1648
01:36:36,140 --> 01:36:38,720
 And I think it went off really well.

1649
01:36:39,320 --> 01:36:39,680
 Absolutely.

1650
01:36:39,980 --> 01:36:41,780
 You've got to bring in that additional revenue.

1651
01:36:42,180 --> 01:36:51,480
 The schedules, the SEC TV announced, or at least came close to announcing some of the other times for kickoff.

1652
01:36:52,340 --> 01:36:56,720
 First three games, Auburn gets two night games, which is a blessing for the fans.

1653
01:36:57,260 --> 01:37:03,140
 I did find out Georgia, October 17th, is a 2-30 ABC ESPN game.

1654
01:37:03,600 --> 01:37:11,140
 But after that, there are four potential 11 a.m. games, which, again, I know it's going to be a little bit warmer,

1655
01:37:11,300 --> 01:37:16,700
 but fans would also enjoy having a late October, November night game.

1656
01:37:17,740 --> 01:37:22,620
 Your impressions when they drop the schedule earlier this week?

1657
01:37:22,820 --> 01:37:26,500
 I mean, if you're an Auburn fan, savor that Florida night game.

1658
01:37:26,500 --> 01:37:26,880
 Yes.

1659
01:37:26,880 --> 01:37:28,160
 It's the only one you're getting at home.

1660
01:37:28,800 --> 01:37:33,320
 You know, this is, you know, I think it's one of those things that it's a really peculiar thing.

1661
01:37:33,420 --> 01:37:37,980
 You know, when I first saw that, I was like, man, Auburn's not getting any more home games at night.

1662
01:37:38,040 --> 01:37:39,260
 I was like, that's kind of odd.

1663
01:37:39,660 --> 01:37:44,780
 And then, you know, my first thought was, okay, well, they hadn't been good the last several years.

1664
01:37:44,860 --> 01:37:45,580
 Maybe that's the reason.

1665
01:37:46,040 --> 01:37:49,740
 Then you think about it, it's like, no, there's an SEC Network game at night pretty much every Saturday.

1666
01:37:49,740 --> 01:37:54,840
 So it wasn't that, so I think it's just a really peculiar kind of way it was lined up.

1667
01:37:55,140 --> 01:37:58,780
 So, you know, it's something you're going to have to savor early on.

1668
01:37:59,080 --> 01:38:03,960
 I think if you're Auburn, I think some of those road games being earlier in the day might not be terrible for you.

1669
01:38:04,520 --> 01:38:11,420
 I don't love that LSU game being the 11 o'clock game, but it's going to be an ESPN one, so that's a TV thing.

1670
01:38:11,640 --> 01:38:13,500
 So it's just a little tough.

1671
01:38:13,560 --> 01:38:16,140
 I think it's just going to be a very peculiar schedule.

1672
01:38:16,840 --> 01:38:18,220
 And, you know, I hate it for the fans.

1673
01:38:18,480 --> 01:38:22,140
 I really do, because, you know, they love night games, especially Jordan Harris.

1674
01:38:22,340 --> 01:38:24,540
 It's kind of the best atmosphere, and you're missing out on that.

1675
01:38:25,220 --> 01:38:28,540
 Selfishly, though, as somebody who covers these games, I don't mind an early start.

1676
01:38:28,600 --> 01:38:30,620
 That means I don't have to go to bed at three in the morning.

1677
01:38:30,620 --> 01:38:33,140
 So I'll be fine with that this season.

1678
01:38:33,720 --> 01:38:36,060
 LSU fans will only be at that 11 o'clock kick.

1679
01:38:36,160 --> 01:38:40,300
 They'll only be 75% boozy with that 11 o'clock instead of 100%.

1680
01:38:40,300 --> 01:38:42,040
 Let's talk recruiting, Justin.

1681
01:38:42,720 --> 01:38:47,400
 Obviously, Auburn, as it's safe to say, a lot of folks, I thought it was well put the other day,

1682
01:38:47,440 --> 01:38:49,300
 kind of on fire right now during this stretch.

1683
01:38:49,760 --> 01:38:50,380
 They are.

1684
01:38:50,480 --> 01:38:51,540
 I mean, they're absolutely on fire.

1685
01:38:51,800 --> 01:38:53,840
 I pointed it out earlier this week.

1686
01:38:53,920 --> 01:38:54,560
 Somebody did it to me.

1687
01:38:54,600 --> 01:38:55,240
 It's really crazy.

1688
01:38:55,560 --> 01:38:57,040
 They had one commitment at A-Day.

1689
01:38:57,480 --> 01:38:59,120
 They had one at A-Day.

1690
01:38:59,240 --> 01:39:03,080
 Now they have 17, and they have a top 10 class in the country.

1691
01:39:03,520 --> 01:39:05,520
 It's just been really incredible work by the staff.

1692
01:39:05,520 --> 01:39:10,000
 I think they've done a really good job of, you know, really just getting the right guys they want.

1693
01:39:10,300 --> 01:39:16,580
 On the campus and these official visit weekends and really working hard to lock them down before they can go really anywhere else.

1694
01:39:17,100 --> 01:39:21,680
 And so, you know, this week it was another great round of pickups for Auburn.

1695
01:39:22,280 --> 01:39:28,860
 You think, like, how impressive it's been for a coaching staff that hasn't coached a game yet at Auburn to say,

1696
01:39:28,980 --> 01:39:31,760
 hey, we've beaten Georgia out twice for defenders.

1697
01:39:31,920 --> 01:39:33,600
 We've beaten Texas for an offensive line.

1698
01:39:33,640 --> 01:39:35,360
 We've beaten Notre Dame for an offensive line.

1699
01:39:35,400 --> 01:39:36,900
 We've beaten Miami for a running back.

1700
01:39:36,900 --> 01:39:41,400
 Like, it's a pretty good, you know, success rate that they've hit right now.

1701
01:39:41,480 --> 01:39:44,960
 So, they're doing an excellent job in recruiting.

1702
01:39:45,120 --> 01:39:49,560
 And, you know, you do a lot of this work now and, you know, hold on to them throughout the summer and fall.

1703
01:39:49,780 --> 01:39:50,980
 It could be a really good signing day.

1704
01:39:51,160 --> 01:39:53,700
 So, you know, we thought this was going to be kind of a smaller class.

1705
01:39:54,200 --> 01:39:58,860
 But I think Auburn just has really done a good job of, you know, catching up momentum

1706
01:39:58,860 --> 01:40:01,220
 and people getting excited about wanting to join this class.

1707
01:40:01,300 --> 01:40:03,860
 And so, it's going to end up being a bigger class than we expected.

1708
01:40:03,980 --> 01:40:05,380
 And right now, it's a pretty highly rated one.

1709
01:40:05,780 --> 01:40:08,780
 Yeah, Auburn's got five in, I believe, this weekend.

1710
01:40:08,980 --> 01:40:13,280
 Carlos May, priority, four-star defensive lineman from Birmingham.

1711
01:40:13,280 --> 01:40:18,760
 Nate Kamba from Charlotte, North Carolina, four-star defensive lineman.

1712
01:40:19,920 --> 01:40:23,720
 Junior Tuopo from Thompson.

1713
01:40:25,300 --> 01:40:27,240
 But Auburn lost one this morning.

1714
01:40:27,380 --> 01:40:35,220
 I actually thought Jabara's chicken, Garrow from Viger, was going to announce for Auburn.

1715
01:40:35,360 --> 01:40:41,180
 But I'm guessing the brink struck got backed up from Austin and he picked Texas.

1716
01:40:41,600 --> 01:40:43,660
 But he committed from Alabama.

1717
01:40:43,820 --> 01:40:47,460
 And I thought he might commit to Auburn today, but he decides to go to Texas.

1718
01:40:48,300 --> 01:40:52,320
 Yeah, and, you know, I thought that was really interesting because I thought Auburn had a good shot at him.

1719
01:40:52,400 --> 01:40:55,340
 And then this week, you really heard a lot of the talk kind of cool down.

1720
01:40:55,480 --> 01:40:57,260
 I was like, okay, he's probably going to know I'm going to Texas.

1721
01:40:57,260 --> 01:40:59,460
 So, you know, one little miss right here.

1722
01:40:59,780 --> 01:41:00,460
 He's a big guy.

1723
01:41:00,520 --> 01:41:01,020
 He's a good player.

1724
01:41:01,120 --> 01:41:03,300
 But Auburn's got plenty of edge rushers on him.

1725
01:41:03,360 --> 01:41:05,020
 You know, they got Ryan Johnson.

1726
01:41:05,260 --> 01:41:10,300
 Earlier this week, you know, from the Maryland area, you mentioned a couple guys they bring in.

1727
01:41:10,480 --> 01:41:12,280
 Really interested in Carlos May this week.

1728
01:41:12,680 --> 01:41:19,060
 I felt like Auburn was in a really good spot to get, you know, that big-time defensive lineman from Birmingham.

1729
01:41:19,340 --> 01:41:21,640
 But George is pushing really hard.

1730
01:41:22,000 --> 01:41:25,500
 Had him in on OV and, you know, really jumped out in front.

1731
01:41:25,500 --> 01:41:34,960
 So, not as big of a weekend in terms of number of visitors, but pretty important because there are about three or four guys in right now that I feel like could join Auburn's class in the near future.

1732
01:41:35,100 --> 01:41:37,180
 And so it's going to be a pretty critical weekend of visits.

1733
01:41:39,180 --> 01:41:39,620
 Absolutely.

1734
01:41:39,620 --> 01:41:46,700
 Listen, you got the 6 a.m. emails, the Friday mailbag, the podcast.

1735
01:41:47,700 --> 01:41:53,820
 And I've got to ask you, did your parents park cars Tuesday night for the soccer match?

1736
01:41:53,900 --> 01:41:59,700
 And did you rent out your two spare bedrooms at $500 a night?

1737
01:42:00,280 --> 01:42:01,140
 I should have.

1738
01:42:01,260 --> 01:42:02,300
 I absolutely should have.

1739
01:42:02,740 --> 01:42:06,700
 I'll tell you, my parents live in a mile from Jordan-Hare.

1740
01:42:07,080 --> 01:42:09,880
 We parked in their driveway and started walking.

1741
01:42:10,560 --> 01:42:15,680
 We got home – or when I got home, I looked and there were people all over their street parking.

1742
01:42:16,060 --> 01:42:18,220
 So, it was just – it was crazy.

1743
01:42:18,580 --> 01:42:19,880
 So, yeah, missed the opportunity.

1744
01:42:20,040 --> 01:42:21,600
 Maybe we'll get them next time.

1745
01:42:21,600 --> 01:42:23,980
 But, yeah, go to auburninserver.com.

1746
01:42:24,040 --> 01:42:24,420
 Check it out.

1747
01:42:24,500 --> 01:42:25,980
 A lot of recruiting on the site right now.

1748
01:42:25,980 --> 01:42:26,120
 Yep.

1749
01:42:26,440 --> 01:42:29,180
 Talked some – did some basketball earlier this week.

1750
01:42:29,220 --> 01:42:29,680
 A little baseball.

1751
01:42:29,880 --> 01:42:32,520
 A transfer portal open in Auburn baseball.

1752
01:42:32,660 --> 01:42:34,260
 You can keep up with the roster tracker there.

1753
01:42:34,860 --> 01:42:37,660
 So, $6 a month or $60 a year gets you access to everything.

1754
01:42:38,080 --> 01:42:39,600
 Got a ton of stuff on the website right now.

1755
01:42:39,960 --> 01:42:40,480
 So, check it out.

1756
01:42:40,560 --> 01:42:41,420
 auburninserver.com.

1757
01:42:41,840 --> 01:42:42,700
 Sounds great, Justin.

1758
01:42:42,800 --> 01:42:46,160
 Hopefully, your parents gave you a better deal on parking than the rest of the folks there.

1759
01:42:46,240 --> 01:42:46,980
 Please tell me they did.

1760
01:42:47,140 --> 01:42:47,840
 Yeah, yeah.

1761
01:42:47,960 --> 01:42:50,480
 You know, I had to negotiate with my dad.

1762
01:42:50,900 --> 01:42:51,780
 Oh, yeah.

1763
01:42:51,900 --> 01:42:52,300
 He didn't give me a deal.

1764
01:42:52,500 --> 01:42:53,360
 He didn't give me a deal.

1765
01:42:55,100 --> 01:42:56,140
 Good job by you.

1766
01:42:56,140 --> 01:42:57,160
 Listen, man, thanks so much.

1767
01:42:57,220 --> 01:42:58,280
 Have a good weekend, all right?

1768
01:42:58,500 --> 01:42:59,140
 Y'all too.

1769
01:42:59,240 --> 01:42:59,720
 Thank you, buddy.

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1771
01:43:05,020 --> 01:43:05,700
 He had four.

1772
01:43:06,180 --> 01:43:10,880
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1773
01:43:10,980 --> 01:43:12,520
 How many cars can you drive at one time?

1774
01:43:12,560 --> 01:43:13,140
 He said, one.

1775
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1776
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1825
01:45:55,260 --> 01:45:57,140
 For the ones who get it done.

1826
01:45:58,640 --> 01:46:02,040
 The U.S. Treasury just released its official financial report for 2025.

1827
01:46:02,500 --> 01:46:03,820
 Buried in it is a startling admission.

1828
01:46:04,060 --> 01:46:07,000
 By its own numbers, it appears the U.S. government is insolvent.

1829
01:46:07,200 --> 01:46:12,080
 When governments go this deep in debt, they print money, raise taxes, or cut benefits, none of which can help protect you.

1830
01:46:12,280 --> 01:46:14,760
 That's why people move part of their savings into physical gold and silver.

1831
01:46:15,020 --> 01:46:18,900
 Call Monetary Gold at 877-NOW-GOLD for their complimentary gold and silver guide.

1832
01:46:19,080 --> 01:46:20,660
 That's 877-NOW-GOLD.

1833
01:46:20,900 --> 01:46:23,760
 Call Monetary Gold now at 877-NOW-GOLD.

1834
01:46:23,960 --> 01:46:26,000
 Do it before the next headline, not after.

1835
01:46:26,180 --> 01:46:28,700
 Performance may vary. You should always consult your financial and tax professional.

1836
01:46:30,620 --> 01:46:31,780
 1819 News.

1837
01:46:32,140 --> 01:46:38,160
 A construction company working in Milan, Italy, has been accused of unfair wages and exploitation of their laborers.

1838
01:46:38,360 --> 01:46:45,160
 This same company is also working on Alabama's two mega prison projects that have seen ballooning costs in the past few years.

1839
01:46:45,300 --> 01:46:46,880
 That company is Cadell Construction.

1840
01:46:46,880 --> 01:46:52,140
 The case out of Italy was reported on by the Associated Press, which interviewed five former employees.

1841
01:46:52,480 --> 01:47:00,260
 Italian authorities are also looking into the claims against Cadell Construction after two of the managers were arrested for labor exploitation in that country.

1842
01:47:00,500 --> 01:47:04,460
 Cadell Construction has been in Italy, working on the American consulate in Milan.

1843
01:47:04,880 --> 01:47:08,060
 The company brought in 70 workers from India for the project.

1844
01:47:08,240 --> 01:47:12,460
 Workers say they were forced to work six days a week on 10-hour shifts with substandard pay.

1845
01:47:12,460 --> 01:47:15,480
 The workers say they were threatened if they questioned any of the conditions.

1846
01:47:15,480 --> 01:47:21,720
 The U.S. State Department is investigating this case, and Cadell Construction says they are cooperating with the authorities.

1847
01:47:22,000 --> 01:47:24,420
 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this.

1848
01:47:24,420 --> 01:47:33,060
 Did you know that 70% of people experience a potentially traumatic event in their lifetime, and that six out of every 100 adults face PTSD every day?

1849
01:47:33,180 --> 01:47:39,320
 Help us bring hope to these survivors by signing up for your Alabama Distinctive PTSD Awareness License plate today.

1850
01:47:39,500 --> 01:47:43,980
 The great thing is you can sign up no matter when your current plate renews, and the first year is complimentary.

1851
01:47:44,380 --> 01:47:45,960
 All you need is your VIN number on hand.

1852
01:47:45,960 --> 01:47:51,000
 Drive awareness, drive hope, and customize your plate today at atease.org.

1853
01:47:51,240 --> 01:47:57,260
 A double murder investigation is underway in Chambers County after two bodies were found in a wooded area off County Road 86.

1854
01:47:57,760 --> 01:48:01,300
 One of the victims was a man from South Georgia, the other a woman from that area.

1855
01:48:01,600 --> 01:48:05,060
 The Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences is conducting autopsies in this case.

1856
01:48:05,320 --> 01:48:08,720
 The World Championship Turkey Calling Contest is about to sound off this Friday.

1857
01:48:08,720 --> 01:48:15,000
 The contest will be held at the Mobile Convention Center, which has been hosting the Turkey Call Championship since 1940.

1858
01:48:15,340 --> 01:48:17,980
 It first started at the Battle House Hotel in the downtown area.

1859
01:48:18,540 --> 01:48:19,300
 I'm Andrea Tice.

1860
01:48:19,880 --> 01:48:24,140
 For more news affecting Alabamians, go to 1819news.com.

1861
01:48:24,300 --> 01:48:27,160
 And while you're there, subscribe to the daily newsletter.

1862
01:48:29,440 --> 01:48:30,580
 The Score.

1863
01:48:31,020 --> 01:48:35,660
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1864
01:48:35,660 --> 01:48:36,620
 Welcome back again.

1865
01:48:36,700 --> 01:48:44,160
 The skies at Omaha are October blue when normally we focus on the World Series for Major League Baseball.

1866
01:48:44,280 --> 01:48:47,280
 College Baseball's World Series underway even as we speak.

1867
01:48:48,120 --> 01:48:50,680
 Troy opening up the can against West Virginia.

1868
01:48:50,820 --> 01:48:52,500
 The Mountaineers jumped out 1-0.

1869
01:48:52,940 --> 01:48:55,120
 The Trojans tied in the bottom of the first.

1870
01:48:55,240 --> 01:48:58,040
 And now West Virginia has come back in the top half of the second.

1871
01:48:58,720 --> 01:48:59,820
 They've scored two.

1872
01:48:59,960 --> 01:49:04,140
 It's now 3-1 as the Trojans come to bat in the bottom of the second inning.

1873
01:49:04,380 --> 01:49:05,000
 Bear, Brett Beaird.

1874
01:49:05,000 --> 01:49:07,480
 I'll tell you what, Troy looks nervous to me.

1875
01:49:07,740 --> 01:49:15,620
 James may be aware that any time that the opponent steals home, you've got a little bit of a concentration issue there.

1876
01:49:15,980 --> 01:49:18,400
 And again, they've got plenty of time to come back.

1877
01:49:18,460 --> 01:49:19,600
 They just got out of the inning.

1878
01:49:19,760 --> 01:49:22,120
 But Troy looks a little bit nervous, and I understand.

1879
01:49:22,820 --> 01:49:24,100
 Well, I think that's part of it.

1880
01:49:24,160 --> 01:49:33,680
 I mean, this is the first time these kids, it's one thing to win, but as brought out earlier, but Doug Segrist and some of these others, baseball is so mental.

1881
01:49:33,780 --> 01:49:37,620
 We have on our friend David Weathers all the time, almost two decades.

1882
01:49:37,660 --> 01:49:40,000
 He should know almost two decades at the major league level.

1883
01:49:40,000 --> 01:49:43,360
 And he said, he told me he had like a piece of pie.

1884
01:49:43,460 --> 01:49:47,840
 He said, how many slices are physical, natural talent, and how many of them are mental.

1885
01:49:48,180 --> 01:49:51,140
 Once you get on the stage, it's a whole different world.

1886
01:49:51,280 --> 01:49:53,560
 Some kids can relax and say, bring it on.

1887
01:49:53,620 --> 01:49:54,660
 Others start to freeze.

1888
01:49:54,840 --> 01:49:59,340
 We mentioned Al Weiss earlier in the 69 World Series came out of nowhere.

1889
01:49:59,660 --> 01:50:01,840
 And sometimes your stars, they will freeze.

1890
01:50:01,980 --> 01:50:04,020
 So hoping the Trojans, great story there.

1891
01:50:04,080 --> 01:50:06,020
 Still got plenty of time, doesn't need to panic.

1892
01:50:06,660 --> 01:50:08,740
 And so that's, so we're going to keep a close eye on that.

1893
01:50:08,840 --> 01:50:15,460
 And then the other half of the game tonight, it's basically two in the afternoon, two at night.

1894
01:50:16,100 --> 01:50:19,580
 Ole Miss takes center stage tonight, representing the SEC, BB.

1895
01:50:19,780 --> 01:50:20,820
 I'll be honest with you.

1896
01:50:20,940 --> 01:50:24,400
 I think Ole Miss is one of the sleepers in this tournament.

1897
01:50:24,400 --> 01:50:25,660
 Again, they beat Auburn.

1898
01:50:25,780 --> 01:50:34,480
 I know Auburn went three of 19 with runners in scoring position, but Bianca is a really, really good manager.

1899
01:50:34,740 --> 01:50:35,820
 He's been there before.

1900
01:50:35,960 --> 01:50:38,360
 Ole Miss won everything three years ago.

1901
01:50:38,360 --> 01:50:40,760
 So they've been in this environment before.

1902
01:50:40,760 --> 01:50:46,060
 Now, not all the players, but they're familiar with this, too.

1903
01:50:46,740 --> 01:50:50,280
 I think Ole Miss is going to be a surprise here.

1904
01:50:50,400 --> 01:50:56,460
 Then, of course, we've got Alabama-Okloma tomorrow on 93-9, beginning at 145.

1905
01:50:56,800 --> 01:50:59,140
 Harold, I think Alabama's got the rotation.

1906
01:50:59,360 --> 01:51:00,360
 They've got the bats.

1907
01:51:00,360 --> 01:51:02,640
 Again, we've talked about this all nauseam.

1908
01:51:03,100 --> 01:51:08,040
 If the defense comes to play, I think Alabama beats Oklahoma.

1909
01:51:08,240 --> 01:51:13,320
 Now, obviously, the winner of the Georgia-Texas game is a different animal.

1910
01:51:13,920 --> 01:51:15,360
 But, again, we'll see.

1911
01:51:15,460 --> 01:51:18,280
 But that game will begin at 145 tomorrow.

1912
01:51:18,500 --> 01:51:20,620
 And you can hear it on 93-9, the score.

1913
01:51:20,680 --> 01:51:22,920
 Well, don't worry about the winner of the Texas-Georgia game.

1914
01:51:22,980 --> 01:51:25,000
 You've got to get through those Sooners first.

1915
01:51:25,380 --> 01:51:29,140
 Because coming out of that loser's bracket, the mountain's steep no matter where you are.

1916
01:51:29,620 --> 01:51:32,880
 It is steeper, needless to say, if you have to come out of that loser's bracket.

1917
01:51:32,880 --> 01:51:35,780
 So that all-important game won against the Sooners.

1918
01:51:35,880 --> 01:51:41,620
 And I really believe the fact that really and truly there are no stars, per se, outside of LeBron on this team.

1919
01:51:41,800 --> 01:51:43,540
 I think that works to Alabama's advantage.

1920
01:51:43,660 --> 01:51:45,220
 So nobody should play too uptight.

1921
01:51:45,600 --> 01:51:49,440
 They're playing basically with house money because nobody gave much of a chance to be there.

1922
01:51:49,520 --> 01:51:56,480
 So I think it could work to their advantage if, like you said, they can sit here and not give the game away through what I call the Red Cross,

1923
01:51:56,560 --> 01:51:58,780
 through a lot of eras or charity.

1924
01:51:58,960 --> 01:52:03,500
 Again, hear it tomorrow, right here on 93-9, the score, pregame starting at 145.

1925
01:52:03,540 --> 01:52:04,940
 That's going to take care of this for now.

1926
01:52:05,080 --> 01:52:07,820
 On behalf of BB, Greg, James, Blair, the entire crew here.

1927
01:52:07,920 --> 01:52:10,000
 Peril Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1928
01:52:10,460 --> 01:52:14,960
 That's been again Monday, noon to 2, for the Boomer Buck Show, back here on Sports Radio, 93-9, the score.