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 Alabama prioritizes retention.

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 You're having to remove money from high school recruiting and the portal to fortify the retention piece because the retention piece is a lot bigger than it normally is.

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 It doesn't explain why some of the guys you did target and the guys you're willing to spend money on are choosing elsewhere.

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 That is happening, too, at the same time.

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 Jimmy, let me ask you about three of the guys coming in this weekend.

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 Ken Simon flipped last week to Tennessee after committing to Alabama.

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 Tyler Younger, Greater Atlanta Christian, a big kid, 6'5", 230.

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 I know a lot of people have written him off for Alabama.

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 He wouldn't be coming to Tuscaloosa if Alabama was not at least close to his NIL package.

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 Jimmy, talk about two potential linebackers and Mr. Berry.

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 Sure.

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 Well, Antonio Berry's an offensive lineman because he is a national top 100 prospect from Tupelo, Mississippi.

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 Obviously, he's going to have a fairly significant asking price.

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 So, all the signs are that Alabama's close.

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 What Antonio Berry's going to have to decide, and a lot of kids do, is do I just want to take a max money deal anywhere, say like Kentucky, maybe Ole Miss?

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 Or do I maybe want to take a little bit less and end up at Alabama where they have a really good track record of developing players, you know, at his position for the NFL draft?

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 So, that's a decision he's going to have to make, and that's a pitch that Alabama will make.

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 The other two kids that you're talking about, Brett, Aiden Coleman, he's from Louisville, Mississippi, and also Tyler Younger.

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 He's from Atlanta.

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 Younger's really more of an outside guy, an edge guy.

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 He's going to be a pass rusher.

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 Aiden Coleman's an off-ball linebacker.

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 What's happened with both of these kids are kind of guys I would label as 105 guys, meaning that they're guys you're bringing in on scholarship.

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 You hope to bring them in on scholarship, but you don't have to give them much money or a lot of money.

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 They're kind of lightly recruited, lightly regarded guys, but they're guys you've evaluated as guys that have significant upside.

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 They can be good.

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 Well, what's happened with Coleman is, after Alabama offered, Mississippi State offered, and he's a higher priority for Mississippi State.

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 More money, right?

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 So Alabama may have to come up with a little money there.

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 And, hey, it is possible that they decide to do that.

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 Tyler Younger is also a guy I would describe in the same bucket, kind of a 105 guy, kind of lightly regarded.

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 But he's blowing up a little bit.

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 Maybe he's the guy that you've got to pay a little money to, and that'll be fine.

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 Alabama really likes him.

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 He's coming off a visit to Stanford.

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 So Alabama's hoping to get all three of these guys.

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 Happy TGI up to you.

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 How are you?

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 Give me some keys on.

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 Hey, Boone.

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 You too.

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 Blake, Alabama fans are depressed when it comes to the latest recruiting rankings.

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 We just got done talking about it.

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 Your website's called Southeastern 16.

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 Alabama is, according to one of the reports we're getting, 16th in football recruiting right now.

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 That's kind of strange territory for Alabama football, but you're the man to give them some good news.

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 Schedule, by the way, has been ranked also coming up this season.

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 I won't steal your thunder, Blake, but who has, at least by this report, the easiest schedule in 2026 when it comes to an SEC football team?

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 Yeah, I won't mind it a little bit if you can kind of balance those two out, right, a little bit.

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 So, I think, you know, that's a decent thing to have.

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 It'd be bad if both were to the extreme in the wrong direction, but not the case.

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 And I think that's, you know, again, yes, it's completely different than we're used to seeing.

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 But, I mean, that's one of the things we've talked about this offseason, guys, is we've, you know, sort of looked at all these schedules in the SEC and really tried to figure out, you know, okay, who's going to be the team that, if we're talking at the end of the season,

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 and you're looking up and saying, all right, yeah, maybe this was a team that had high expectations.

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 But one of the reasons why they're able to actually meet those expectations is it's part of the schedule.

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 And I think, you know, a lot of what we've said this year, and we kind of looked at it, we're like, really, that October up to about the game against Georgia, you know,

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 there's really nothing on that schedule that makes you think that Alabama should lose the game.

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 And, you know, then you get to the big one against Georgia, you know, Tennessee, I think, as we've said many times, don't really know what to make of them just yet.

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 You know, get a home game against A&M.

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 Obviously, the middle of the schedule is tough, but elsewhere, it's a very doable schedule.

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 And, you know, you compare that to, like, Florida, right?

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 And teams like that, who seem to just always have brutal schedules with the way they play out.

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 Yeah, there's another one.

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 And so I think there's a lot of flexibility, a lot of room for opportunity, I think, with Alabama's schedule.

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 By the way, I was going to ask you about Vanderbilt.

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 I've been asked that question twice the last couple of weeks.

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 Clark Lee's done an incredible job of building a foundation there.

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 Barton Simmons, their general manager, is a good friend of ours.

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 Jared Curtis is the big question, the five-star quarterback.

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 You know, he may not have the moxie that Pavia had, but he's got all of the other tools.

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 They lose some guys on offense, particularly Stowers, Richardson, et cetera.

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 They get out of the gate with Austin Peay, Delaware, and North Carolina State.

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 Then they got two on the road with Auburn and Georgia, which they're going to be tough.

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 But Bill Bender, we had on yesterday, said Vandy may have one of the easier schedules, at least for them.

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 And they're pretty tough.

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 They finished with Alabama, Florida, and Tennessee.

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 Your thoughts on Vandy this year?

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 Yeah, and I think that's part of it.

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 Like you said, I mean, no Diego Pavia.

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 There's going to be lots of questions.

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 And, you know, how many times will his name be brought up this year?

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 Just because it will be a comparison game of what they're able to do with him.

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 Now, seeing if Curtis can step in and maybe not be to that level right off the bat.

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 But can they build him to be that kind of guy?

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 Because if they can, then they have a lot of pieces, I think, that will put him in a position to be able to win a lot of games.

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 And I think that's where, as you always say, it is the scheduling aspect, too.

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 And if you look at Vanderbilt's schedule, what I find fascinating is, let's think about the teams that are on the schedule.

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 Auburn, Arkansas, Kentucky, Florida.

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 You know, okay, what do they all have in common?

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 Well, they've got new coaches.

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 And I think that's one where those teams may be hard to figure out throughout the year at times.

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 You know, one of those two will certainly probably be better than we think.

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 One or two may be worse than we think.

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 And I think just having all those teams there, plus you've pretty much got a game you're probably going to mark down as a loss to Georgia.

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 But you get Ole Miss, Alabama, Tennessee, all at home.

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 And I think, again, it's one where now that Vanderbilt, fan-wise, has a little bit more momentum.

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 It's not the way it used to be, where you're just like, well, all those are going to be home games.

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 But guess what?

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 They're going to have about 15% of the fan base there.

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 I don't know if it'll be the exact same anymore just because of the buzz that they've created.

454
00:28:01,940 --> 00:28:03,480
 There will still be other fans there and such.

455
00:28:03,700 --> 00:28:05,640
 But it does set up better than most.

456
00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:09,500
 And I at least think that gives Clark Lee and company, especially that first month.

457
00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:11,480
 You know, Austin Peay, Delaware, NC State, Auburn.

458
00:28:11,900 --> 00:28:19,520
 I think if you can, obviously, of course, you go 4-0 or something, then I think you're certainly looking at, okay, we feel like we'd at least be able to build off of this.

459
00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:21,160
 And we're heading in the right direction.

460
00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:22,840
 And we're clicking here early on.

461
00:28:23,680 --> 00:28:24,600
 4-0 start.

462
00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:25,420
 Diego, who?

463
00:28:26,180 --> 00:28:27,560
 In the huddle with Blayton Lovell.

464
00:28:27,580 --> 00:28:30,700
 Let's stay in the Volunteer State and talk about the Volunteers.

465
00:28:30,700 --> 00:28:31,600
 What's the old saying?

466
00:28:31,700 --> 00:28:32,720
 Time gets away in a hurry.

467
00:28:33,140 --> 00:28:33,700
 It's hard to believe.

468
00:28:33,820 --> 00:28:35,860
 Josh Heupel came in 2021.

469
00:28:36,260 --> 00:28:36,540
 What's that?

470
00:28:36,620 --> 00:28:37,600
 Five years ago.

471
00:28:38,180 --> 00:28:41,180
 The expectations were set at a certain level at that point.

472
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:48,160
 But basically, the honeymoon is way, way, way in the past as it is with most coaches in the second, third year.

473
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:50,180
 In this case, it would be, what, fifth or sixth season.

474
00:28:50,700 --> 00:28:55,960
 What are the expectations realistically if there is such a thing with fans for Tennessee this football season?

475
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:57,060
 In other words, what number?

476
00:28:57,060 --> 00:29:04,000
 We know most are going to sign national championships, but the key word there is realistic number that they should hit to keep the Wolves at bay.

477
00:29:04,660 --> 00:29:06,520
 Yeah, and I think that's it, right?

478
00:29:06,620 --> 00:29:12,840
 It's like, you know, that is their expectation is that they want to be up there competing for the SEC title.

479
00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:18,920
 But when you really look at, I think, kind of where they're at right now, like, it's an interesting spot.

480
00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:22,580
 And I think that's where, like, this, I'm not going to say it's a make or break year for Josh Heupel.

481
00:29:22,660 --> 00:29:24,240
 I don't know that I completely buy into that.

482
00:29:24,320 --> 00:29:27,340
 I've seen some people say it, but it's a pretty big season.

483
00:29:27,340 --> 00:29:35,200
 And I think, again, a lot of it has to do with kind of the gap and where you can find yourself in the, you know, the playoff picture and all that.

484
00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:40,880
 And, you know, certainly last year, I think there was some disappointment, again, kind of overall going eight and five.

485
00:29:40,980 --> 00:29:44,080
 That's not where you want to be coming off the playoff the year before.

486
00:29:44,260 --> 00:29:52,340
 And so I think with the roster they have now, like, it's a roster that I think can get to, you know, double digits, best case scenario.

487
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,560
 I'm not saying 12, but let's say they get to 10 wins or something like that.

488
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:58,400
 That puts you in the playoff conversation, most likely.

489
00:29:58,640 --> 00:29:59,700
 And you're employed at Tennessee.

490
00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:01,100
 Well, exactly.

491
00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:04,260
 That also puts you, I think, in that scenario, too.

492
00:30:04,260 --> 00:30:10,600
 And I think what helps is that, you know, you do look at kind of the, we always say opportunity.

493
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,500
 And we've talked about that with Vanderbilt and Alabama in terms of their schedules.

494
00:30:14,100 --> 00:30:16,420
 And, you know, they have a lot of opportunity here.

495
00:30:16,500 --> 00:30:18,240
 I mean, we talk about getting big games at home.

496
00:30:18,780 --> 00:30:21,600
 These are the games that sort of define, you know, your season.

497
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:24,500
 And also for a coach, like, they can define kind of your tenure, right?

498
00:30:24,540 --> 00:30:31,260
 And so for Tennessee, getting Texas, you know, getting the game with Alabama, getting LSU, all those games at home.

499
00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:33,800
 Think about the storylines that go into all three of those games.

500
00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:34,600
 Money, money, money.

501
00:30:34,760 --> 00:30:43,120
 If you go 0-3 and you win all the others, that may be nice, but, yeah, it's still, you know, you're still missing something there.

502
00:30:44,100 --> 00:30:45,740
 Like, of losing all the big games, right?

503
00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:50,420
 And so I think from that perspective, Tennessee should be a team.

504
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:52,500
 I think that is in the playoff conversation.

505
00:30:52,860 --> 00:30:58,020
 But right now, if we're slotting them, they'd be behind quite a few SEC teams, I'd say, at the moment.

506
00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:07,180
 So you've got to win those kind of games if you're going to be able to get into that mix, you know, closer to December versus in the mix, potentially, as we're talking about them in June.

507
00:31:07,560 --> 00:31:09,440
 Let me close with you on this.

508
00:31:09,500 --> 00:31:12,380
 I thought it was interesting, the announcement earlier this week.

509
00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:17,020
 Florida State and Georgia are going to be playing in 2027.

510
00:31:17,180 --> 00:31:22,020
 When I first thought about it, I said, well, is that going to be in Tallahassee or Athens?

511
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:32,180
 No, it's going to be in Nashville at the new stadium in 2027, that 60,000-seat venue that's worth $2.1 billion.

512
00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:40,600
 And this reminded me of Auburn in Wisconsin, that is going to be at Bridgestone in December.

513
00:31:40,900 --> 00:31:43,180
 It's got an NIL deal with it.

514
00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:53,200
 Does this game with Florida State and Georgia being played in the new Titan Stadium, does that involve an NIL package?

515
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:59,300
 So I would think there is something to that effect because based on what I've heard, like, again,

516
00:31:59,300 --> 00:32:04,520
 it doesn't seem to be a lot of other obvious reasons as to why they would pick this way.

517
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:08,060
 You know, I mean, you know, they had the list, too, of all the other cities, right?

518
00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:10,960
 And it was like, okay, Miami, that makes some sense.

519
00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:16,080
 Probably, you know, Atlanta, you know, all the other obvious choices that you would probably have.

520
00:32:16,180 --> 00:32:17,900
 Tampa, Orlando, ones like that.

521
00:32:18,380 --> 00:32:24,260
 And so I think, yeah, like, it is one where I think, obviously, we've said over the past couple weeks,

522
00:32:24,260 --> 00:32:30,340
 Nashville doing everything they can to be able to get as many big games around here, I think, in multiple sports.

523
00:32:30,340 --> 00:32:34,460
 And now with this new stadium, that's going to be even more the case when it comes to football.

524
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:38,840
 And so I would tend to believe that there is going to be something.

525
00:32:38,960 --> 00:32:42,840
 I haven't seen it yet, but I believe there has to be something along these lines.

526
00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:46,860
 Will it be as strong, again, as some of these other deals that are being made?

527
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:52,940
 I'm not sure, but these are two big brand names, and I think for them to be able to play this game, you know, in Nashville,

528
00:32:53,060 --> 00:32:57,600
 it would seem like something along those lines, and, you know, we'll see if that's how it plays out.

529
00:32:57,980 --> 00:33:01,700
 And listen, the Southeastern 16, sweet.

530
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:07,660
 Now, you're welcome to invite Harold and I up for a couple of games in 2027.

531
00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:12,520
 Just remember the little people when all of this happens.

532
00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:15,500
 Blake, where can we get online, buddy, and get your great podcast?

533
00:33:16,300 --> 00:33:17,440
 Yeah, I always appreciate it, guys.

534
00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:19,820
 Check out all of our stuff over at Southeastern 16 on YouTube.

535
00:33:20,020 --> 00:33:22,520
 Of course, lots of baseball stuff coming up this weekend.

536
00:33:22,720 --> 00:33:24,380
 Of course, football, basketball, it's all there.

537
00:33:24,820 --> 00:33:26,880
 Southeastern 16, you can find us on YouTube.

538
00:33:27,500 --> 00:33:28,200
 Sounds great, Blake.

539
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:31,880
 By the way, when you fill out that request, Buck has two Gs in it, by the way, okay?

540
00:33:31,940 --> 00:33:32,780
 Just remember that, all right?

541
00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:34,460
 That's right.

542
00:33:34,580 --> 00:33:35,740
 No, I won't forget that.

543
00:33:35,960 --> 00:33:36,620
 There you go.

544
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:38,580
 I'm writing it down even as we speak.

545
00:33:38,580 --> 00:33:39,680
 Blake Lovell hooking up with us.

546
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 We'll see you there at Southeastern 16.

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654
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655
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656
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657
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658
00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:23,600
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659
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 Both hate the Oklahoma Sooners now, don't they?

660
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661
00:39:30,340 --> 00:39:31,880
 It's a h*** of a story, man.

662
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:39,980
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663
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664
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665
00:39:42,080 --> 00:39:47,940
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666
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 It's just ridiculous.

667
00:39:49,920 --> 00:39:51,060
 And there it is.

668
00:39:51,180 --> 00:39:52,020
 There it is.

669
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 There's no question about it.

670
00:39:53,900 --> 00:39:57,140
 North Carolina, I think it's a very good team, but they better be careful tomorrow.

671
00:39:57,900 --> 00:40:00,820
 Yeah, no question about that.

672
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:07,600
 Now, look, we've got a U.S. Open update coming up, and we normally don't have our extended interview with you,

673
00:40:07,680 --> 00:40:09,200
 so I'm going to give you the floor.

674
00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:11,620
 The Braves are one and six.

675
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:12,760
 I'm not happy.

676
00:40:13,240 --> 00:40:14,560
 Make me happy about it.

677
00:40:14,560 --> 00:40:17,720
 Make me feel better about this Atlanta Braves team.

678
00:40:17,720 --> 00:40:22,780
 What if it was like Tony Soprano and Lorraine Bronco in the therapy session or something?

679
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:23,900
 Oh, my God.

680
00:40:24,140 --> 00:40:25,580
 I mean, holy cow.

681
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 You can handle it.

682
00:40:27,060 --> 00:40:27,540
 No pressure.

683
00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:32,680
 Well, I'll tell you, I think we knew the brick wall was going to hit at some point.

684
00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:33,060
 Yeah.

685
00:40:33,540 --> 00:40:38,780
 The Band-Aid that was put on the pitching staff was only going to last so long.

686
00:40:38,820 --> 00:40:39,180
 That's it.

687
00:40:39,260 --> 00:40:39,760
 It wore off.

688
00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:41,900
 And we're seeing it.

689
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:43,400
 We're seeing that.

690
00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:45,400
 We're seeing injuries.

691
00:40:45,660 --> 00:40:47,980
 Obviously, Harris, we'll see if he plays tonight.

692
00:40:48,100 --> 00:40:49,140
 He's been banged up.

693
00:40:49,340 --> 00:40:50,080
 Acuna's hurt.

694
00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:51,420
 Don't know when he's coming back.

695
00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:51,720
 Wow.

696
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:52,360
 He sucks.

697
00:40:53,300 --> 00:40:58,000
 I've renamed the shortstop Kardashian because his name is Kim.

698
00:40:58,240 --> 00:41:01,060
 And he's expensive and useless.

699
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:01,680
 Oh, man.

700
00:41:03,100 --> 00:41:07,860
 And, you know, the pitching is just starting pitching.

701
00:41:08,080 --> 00:41:09,940
 I mean, the relief pitching continues to be very good.

702
00:41:10,020 --> 00:41:11,240
 There's no question about that.

703
00:41:11,300 --> 00:41:13,180
 But there's issues here.

704
00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:14,520
 There's no doubt.

705
00:41:14,700 --> 00:41:16,180
 We've got to hold our breath a little bit.

706
00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:19,060
 I don't know if they can wait until the trade deadline.

707
00:41:19,260 --> 00:41:19,960
 That's the big thing.

708
00:41:19,980 --> 00:41:20,280
 I agree.

709
00:41:20,460 --> 00:41:22,540
 Until six weeks until August the 3rd.

710
00:41:22,620 --> 00:41:28,480
 So, if you're going to roll that dice because you're going to be cheap and only want to pay somebody half the year,

711
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 I think you're really, really pushing it.

712
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:34,900
 So, they need to do something.

713
00:41:35,920 --> 00:41:37,880
 Neil, the thing is, that's the bad news.

714
00:41:37,940 --> 00:41:43,140
 The good news is, with the way the wild card is placed, if you get to 90 wins, you're normally going to make it in.

715
00:41:43,180 --> 00:41:44,460
 That's not exactly what you want.

716
00:41:44,460 --> 00:41:47,440
 You want to win and have more leverage going into the playoffs.

717
00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:48,720
 But, right now, I'm looking at it.

718
00:41:48,780 --> 00:41:50,000
 They played 73 ballgames.

719
00:41:50,100 --> 00:41:52,680
 Put another way, they got something like 89 to go.

720
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 In fact, they could play just under 500 ball to balance the season and still reach 90.

721
00:41:58,240 --> 00:42:02,140
 It's not what you want, but at least it's a lot better than it was this time last year.

722
00:42:02,740 --> 00:42:03,240
 That's right.

723
00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:04,260
 It is.

724
00:42:04,440 --> 00:42:08,520
 I mean, yeah, they could go 44 and 45 and be a 90-win team.

725
00:42:09,220 --> 00:42:13,840
 What a disappointment that would be after having such a great start to the season.

726
00:42:14,120 --> 00:42:16,380
 You know, I mean, that's the problem with that.

727
00:42:16,380 --> 00:42:21,400
 And if you did that, Harold, I mean, the Phillies are going to catch you and pass you.

728
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 That's right.

729
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 They will.

730
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 The way they're playing, they're going to catch you and pass you.

731
00:42:26,840 --> 00:42:32,040
 And that puts you in the wild card situation, which is not good.

732
00:42:32,420 --> 00:42:36,700
 I mean, you know, there's advantages for being division winners and the best team in the league.

733
00:42:36,940 --> 00:42:50,200
 And if you lost that opportunity because of mediocre baseball for a stretch of the season, I don't know how, what kind of, you better be the hot team in October is what you better be, you know.

734
00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:54,860
 And they could, I mean, they could, but they kind of survived the season at first.

735
00:42:55,020 --> 00:42:55,860
 I mean, they do.

736
00:42:55,940 --> 00:42:59,560
 They got eight, nine games left and they have a lot to go for.

737
00:43:00,200 --> 00:43:02,960
 And, you know, I'm worried about the pitching.

738
00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:06,380
 I mean, look, Chris Sale's going to pitch for the first time tomorrow in 10 days.

739
00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:06,840
 Yeah.

740
00:43:07,500 --> 00:43:10,300
 They skipped a start and let him, let him have a little time.

741
00:43:10,380 --> 00:43:11,660
 Is that because he's 37?

742
00:43:12,520 --> 00:43:13,680
 I, I guess.

743
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:22,480
 I mean, we haven't heard anything wrong, but I mean, still, that's the kind of c*** that has to go on in baseball these days to allow these people to survive for six months.

744
00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:26,420
 So, but, you know, Holmes is not look good at all.

745
00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:30,080
 And, and J.R. Ritchie's are, I love him.

746
00:43:30,180 --> 00:43:30,900
 I love the kid.

747
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:32,980
 I think it's going to be a really good pitcher, but he's a rookie.

748
00:43:33,400 --> 00:43:34,840
 So there's that.

749
00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:39,680
 And, and, you know, you, you have Martin Perez who is done well.

750
00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:42,340
 He pitches tonight against that skinny boy from Milwaukee.

751
00:43:42,640 --> 00:43:46,280
 But I mean, you know, I don't know how much you can count for him.

752
00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:50,260
 He's a veteran who's not been great the last couple of years.

753
00:43:50,260 --> 00:43:51,760
 How, how long can he go?

754
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:54,880
 You know, he's, I think 31 or so, but he's not too old.

755
00:43:54,880 --> 00:43:57,540
 But these days you have to think about any pitcher.

756
00:43:57,700 --> 00:44:00,460
 I mean, there's more questions than answers right now.

757
00:44:01,140 --> 00:44:02,020
 If you were.

758
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759
00:44:03,860 --> 00:44:05,740
 I'm going to throw a name as you can get your response.

760
00:44:05,980 --> 00:44:09,120
 Robert Dean Manfred Jr.

761
00:44:09,780 --> 00:44:15,280
 Do you call him that, or you call him Bobblehead Manfred, the commissioner of baseball and his

762
00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:17,020
 latest news this week.

763
00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:19,160
 And I'm sure the folks in Atlanta love this man.

764
00:44:19,240 --> 00:44:19,580
 Did they not?

765
00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:23,740
 And not only that, probably a lot of the latest news across the baseball landscape.

766
00:44:25,240 --> 00:44:26,880
 Well, he's trying to run the game.

767
00:44:27,500 --> 00:44:28,080
 That's right.

768
00:44:28,580 --> 00:44:32,160
 You know, I'm, I've got JJ Cooper from baseball America.

769
00:44:32,160 --> 00:44:35,300
 He's an old friend coming on the show today.

770
00:44:35,400 --> 00:44:37,840
 He's the editor in chief of baseball America.

771
00:44:38,060 --> 00:44:43,340
 And, you know, I'm going to ask him about it, but I mean, I was reading on it before you

772
00:44:43,340 --> 00:44:43,940
 called.

773
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:49,060
 And I mean, he, I mean, I knew when I saw the headlines yesterday, I just kind of laughed.

774
00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:54,120
 And I actually texted the scout last night and I won't tell you what he told me about

775
00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:59,140
 Rob Manfred, but I mean, he, um, it's ridiculous.

776
00:44:59,500 --> 00:45:02,160
 It's amazing what they have proposed.

777
00:45:02,460 --> 00:45:06,560
 And I mean, I, I don't, I don't, I don't know.

778
00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:09,120
 I mean, well, I do know it's money.

779
00:45:09,240 --> 00:45:17,060
 I mean, we all know what it is and the desperation for some of these owners.

780
00:45:17,340 --> 00:45:18,140
 I don't know.

781
00:45:18,140 --> 00:45:20,040
 I, I, I, I'm, I'm at a loss.

782
00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:27,620
 I don't, I don't know if it's just lawyers, the top of the major league baseball executive

783
00:45:27,620 --> 00:45:32,940
 chain who are doing this, who don't understand the game.

784
00:45:33,020 --> 00:45:33,940
 Look, I want to say something.

785
00:45:34,260 --> 00:45:36,460
 There are a lot of people in this game who don't get the game.

786
00:45:37,180 --> 00:45:37,580
 Okay.

787
00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:38,520
 That's a good point.

788
00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:43,200
 There, there are a lot of people in this game who don't get it.

789
00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:44,220
 Rob Manfred's one.

790
00:45:44,380 --> 00:45:45,720
 He ain't got no freaking clue.

791
00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:47,320
 There's no bubble.

792
00:45:48,140 --> 00:46:10,160
 Yeah, yeah, pretty much. And, you know, he's a lawyer and he's not a baseball guy. You know, I mean, I didn't like Bud Selig very much. I thought he had it out for the Braves because they left Milwaukee. But, you know, I think you go back in time, I mean, at least he's a baseball guy.

793
00:46:11,240 --> 00:46:36,860
 I think, you know, Peter Uberoff, 40 years ago, was not a baseball guy. And he was kind of like Manfred. He was a very smart, very smart human being. But, I mean, he's not a baseball guy. And, like, you've got to have baseball people in here. There was nothing in what I read about the proposal regarding the draft that made me think that a baseball person wrote that. Nothing.

794
00:46:37,860 --> 00:46:59,320
 Yeah, you're exactly right. I read it this morning and it was terrible. Again, they're trying to use the NIL for college baseball and turn it into the minor leagues. And I agree with you entirely. We've got to run to the update. Where can our listeners get online to listen to your award-winning or riveting show this afternoon?

795
00:47:01,860 --> 00:47:08,900
 We've got some ears and eyes on you, Bill. Listen, man, have a great weekend. And let's do it again soon, buddy.

796
00:47:09,480 --> 00:47:10,620
 Okay, guys. Thank you, buddy.

797
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 Number one, Texas A&M.

898
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899
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 They're number one.

900
00:53:18,860 --> 00:53:20,660
 Oklahoma is number two.

901
00:53:20,900 --> 00:53:21,840
 Florida, hello.

902
00:53:22,560 --> 00:53:23,860
 John Summerall is number three.

903
00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:24,920
 Texas, four.

904
00:53:25,440 --> 00:53:28,520
 The Auburn Tigers, Brett Beaird, are in the top five at five.

905
00:53:28,780 --> 00:53:30,520
 Well, they've had a good year so far.

906
00:53:30,720 --> 00:53:35,080
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907
00:53:35,420 --> 00:53:40,600
 They've got some other guys that they've got to be recruiting weekend coming up, too.

908
00:53:40,680 --> 00:53:44,040
 But again, we've talked about this numerous times in the last month.

909
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910
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911
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 Now, they're going to go get some transfer portal guys.

912
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 But because they've got so many, as Jimmy Stein said, they've only got nine seniors.

913
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 Now, again, some of these juniors are going to be going to the NFL.

914
00:54:07,460 --> 00:54:11,160
 And I still say they probably need to sign a few more high school.

915
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 But high school, when everything's said and done, I think will be 15 or 16.

916
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 And that's great with fans.

917
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 As long as it works, if it doesn't, I've got a feeling that it's not going to be pleasant in DeBoer's backyard.

918
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 And it's safe to say that Nick Saban doesn't have a big influence on the recruiting trail right now, BB.

919
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 Well, he still does, Harold.

920
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 But again, Cale and DeBoer and his staff know how to recruit.

921
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 They finished second and third, his first two years in the recruiting rankings.

922
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 We'll see down the road.

923
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 They're planting the seeds now.

924
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 How will they blossom?

925
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 Stay tuned.

926
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 And speaking of staying tuned, coming up in the next hour, Randy Kennedy is going to be on board with us.

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 And Mike Huguenin kicking it off the second hour of the Boomo Bugg Show here on Sports Radio 93.9, The Score.

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997
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 He was a combat fighter during World War II and flew 64 missions over Europe.

998
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 He shot down 13 German planes and himself was shot down over France.

999
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 Suddenly, the shaking stopped and a massive boom echoed across the desert floor.

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 On that note, I'm James A. Brown.

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1006
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1007
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 Every team in baseball knows what it means when Atlanta comes to town.

1008
01:01:30,400 --> 01:01:32,380
 Westwood One Sports presents this World Soccer Update.

1009
01:01:32,900 --> 01:01:38,620
 Christian Pulisic will not play for the United States today against Australia, which starts an hour from now in Seattle.

1010
01:01:39,080 --> 01:01:39,940
 It's a calf injury.

1011
01:01:40,120 --> 01:01:42,340
 Pulisic originally got hurt last week in training.

1012
01:01:42,340 --> 01:01:46,540
 He re-aggravated it in the win over Paraguay before he set out the second half.

1013
01:01:46,980 --> 01:01:49,660
 The U.S. win today, and they clinch a spot in the knockout round.

1014
01:01:50,060 --> 01:01:54,920
 They can win Group D outright with a victory and a Paraguay win or draw with Turkey A.

1015
01:01:55,240 --> 01:01:57,680
 Those two will play tonight 11 Eastern in San Francisco.

1016
01:01:58,400 --> 01:02:02,680
 Also today, Brazil, again without the injured Neymar, a big favorite against Haiti.

1017
01:02:02,820 --> 01:02:04,640
 That's 8.30 Eastern in Philadelphia.

1018
01:02:05,160 --> 01:02:07,480
 They're coming off that surprising draw with Morocco.

1019
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 Meanwhile, it's Morocco and Scotland, 6 Eastern in Boston.

1020
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 The Scots lead Group C with three points.

1021
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 They've never advanced beyond the group stage.

1022
01:02:16,380 --> 01:02:21,140
 Once again, Christian Pulisic out for the U.S. today against Australia starts at 3 Eastern.

1023
01:02:21,540 --> 01:02:25,560
 With this 2026 World Soccer Update, Brad Heller, Westwood One Sports.

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 Every team in baseball knows what it means when Atlanta comes to town.

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 And the Braves have spent this season reminding the whole league wide.

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 Tonight, the homestand rolls on at Truist Park as the Milwaukee Brewers roll into Atlanta for a National League series with your Braves.

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 It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM Sports Voice.

1070
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 Now your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1071
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 Welcome back in our tour to the Boomo Bugg Show.

1072
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 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

1073
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 Thank you so much for giving us a free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

1074
01:05:42,640 --> 01:05:45,720
 And for Mike Hugen taking time out of his busy schedule.

1075
01:05:45,920 --> 01:05:46,960
 Mike, welcome in.

1076
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 How's life in the heart of Florida today?

1077
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 It's warm and rainy.

1078
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 Oh, man.

1079
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 You need to stay inside and talk sports with us, Mike.

1080
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 We appreciate your time.

1081
01:06:00,520 --> 01:06:01,580
 College sports bill.

1082
01:06:01,640 --> 01:06:03,880
 This is your favorite topic, is it not, Mike?

1083
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 Everybody's saying college sports needs some help.

1084
01:06:07,320 --> 01:06:10,900
 It's a help there in Washington, D.C.

1085
01:06:11,180 --> 01:06:14,540
 And your thoughts about the news this week, the bill that's up there,

1086
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 clearing the key sentence hurdle, despite two of the big boys flexing their muscle,

1087
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 the SEC and the Big Ten.

1088
01:06:21,780 --> 01:06:26,340
 Mike, your take on the news of the week relative to college football from D.C.?

1089
01:06:28,180 --> 01:06:30,460
 Actually, we've been talking about this for a couple months,

1090
01:06:30,520 --> 01:06:33,960
 the idea that college sports needs Congress to save it.

1091
01:06:35,180 --> 01:06:38,700
 That should chill everybody to the bone.

1092
01:06:41,000 --> 01:06:43,140
 It's a bipartisan bill.

1093
01:06:44,400 --> 01:06:48,380
 Maria Cantwell, the senator from Washington, Ted Cruz, the senator from Texas.

1094
01:06:49,100 --> 01:06:54,420
 Cantwell said yesterday that, you know, the Big Ten and SEC don't want this,

1095
01:06:54,560 --> 01:06:58,440
 but basically she said the Big Ten and SEC don't want this, we don't care,

1096
01:06:58,840 --> 01:07:04,760
 which is interesting considering the flagship state university in her state

1097
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 is a member of the Big Ten.

1098
01:07:07,160 --> 01:07:11,200
 I also saw some people saying on social media yesterday, well, you know,

1099
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 the Big Ten and SEC are about to get their comeuppance.

1100
01:07:14,380 --> 01:07:14,600
 Yep.

1101
01:07:14,940 --> 01:07:19,060
 My reaction to that would be, no, the Big Ten and SEC, if they don't like the bill,

1102
01:07:19,180 --> 01:07:20,980
 we'll take their ball and go home.

1103
01:07:21,980 --> 01:07:22,800
 Another checkbook.

1104
01:07:23,440 --> 01:07:27,660
 Yeah, this is, you know, Danny White, the Tennessee Athletic Director,

1105
01:07:28,180 --> 01:07:32,760
 had a phenomenal tweet today saying we do not need congressional help here.

1106
01:07:33,540 --> 01:07:35,880
 This is not that hard to get done.

1107
01:07:36,320 --> 01:07:40,440
 It just needs people to sort of coalesce and decide what to do.

1108
01:07:41,940 --> 01:07:43,200
 I think he's right.

1109
01:07:43,280 --> 01:07:46,940
 The problem is not every AD in his league agrees with him.

1110
01:07:47,180 --> 01:07:49,760
 So it's a mess.

1111
01:07:50,620 --> 01:07:54,960
 The bill as it is, if it's passed, there's going to be lawsuits immediately.

1112
01:07:55,320 --> 01:07:58,260
 The whole thing's a mess, gigantic mess.

1113
01:07:59,480 --> 01:08:05,760
 Mike, you said it's, and I agree, there's no thing, anything in life that shouldn't be able to be worked out

1114
01:08:05,760 --> 01:08:11,240
 if you've got reasonably intelligent people who know how to swallow their pride and put things in balance.

1115
01:08:11,320 --> 01:08:13,580
 But is that the issue here, Mike, in your opinion?

1116
01:08:13,680 --> 01:08:13,800
 Yes.

1117
01:08:14,040 --> 01:08:18,040
 You've got too many people who are, for lack of a better way of putting it, they're professional students.

1118
01:08:18,140 --> 01:08:19,940
 Yeah, they went to Harvard, they went to Cornell,

1119
01:08:19,940 --> 01:08:24,260
 but that's all they've done from age four or five to now in their 50s and 60s.

1120
01:08:24,260 --> 01:08:26,060
 They've been a student or in a student environment.

1121
01:08:26,420 --> 01:08:30,700
 They have no idea how the real world works in terms of business.

1122
01:08:31,220 --> 01:08:32,940
 They're used to people kissing the ring.

1123
01:08:33,060 --> 01:08:34,920
 They're used to having people having their back.

1124
01:08:35,420 --> 01:08:38,340
 So there's a lot of ego and a lot of power tripping going on.

1125
01:08:38,740 --> 01:08:42,200
 In other words, translated, they don't know how to come to the middle and work with people.

1126
01:08:44,720 --> 01:08:50,460
 You can look at Danny White's tweet and other stuff that ADs and the FEC have said.

1127
01:08:50,460 --> 01:08:55,440
 All the ADs in a 16-team league don't agree with each other.

1128
01:08:56,300 --> 01:09:01,400
 You had FEC Commissioner Greg Sankey saying the idea of a 24-team playoff was ludicrous.

1129
01:09:01,800 --> 01:09:04,120
 Coaches in his own league going, no, we want 24.

1130
01:09:06,620 --> 01:09:09,960
 The bottom line problem is everybody's out for themselves.

1131
01:09:10,500 --> 01:09:10,820
 That's right.

1132
01:09:11,040 --> 01:09:12,880
 And that's an issue.

1133
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 It's like the organization that was put together to oversee NIL.

1134
01:09:19,260 --> 01:09:23,100
 And, you know, when it was announced, everybody's like, great, we got rules.

1135
01:09:23,280 --> 01:09:33,080
 Now you got the exact same schools who were praising this a year ago now saying, wait a second here, this impacts me adversely.

1136
01:09:33,160 --> 01:09:33,940
 I don't want that.

1137
01:09:34,020 --> 01:09:35,540
 No, you guys are ridiculous.

1138
01:09:37,620 --> 01:09:41,320
 There is no common good in college athletics.

1139
01:09:41,440 --> 01:09:43,240
 And that's part of the problem.

1140
01:09:43,740 --> 01:09:44,900
 You have administrators.

1141
01:09:45,480 --> 01:09:46,580
 You have college presidents.

1142
01:09:46,820 --> 01:09:48,000
 You have athletic directors.

1143
01:09:48,260 --> 01:09:49,060
 You have players.

1144
01:09:50,180 --> 01:09:52,200
 And nobody's on the same page.

1145
01:09:52,420 --> 01:09:57,520
 And the idea, again, sit down and think about this statement.

1146
01:09:57,980 --> 01:10:01,900
 College athletics is hoping that Congress can save it.

1147
01:10:02,900 --> 01:10:04,520
 Oh, my God.

1148
01:10:04,620 --> 01:10:05,940
 They're kicking a can down the road.

1149
01:10:06,020 --> 01:10:09,040
 They're looking for somebody to fix it as long as they give their approval to it.

1150
01:10:10,080 --> 01:10:12,000
 And as long, you're right.

1151
01:10:13,260 --> 01:10:17,060
 I think the bottom line is as long as we get our money, we're fine.

1152
01:10:17,440 --> 01:10:22,640
 But that's not the way the common good works, unfortunately, for college athletics.

1153
01:10:23,560 --> 01:10:26,020
 I think we're going to be in a mess for a while longer.

1154
01:10:26,580 --> 01:10:31,040
 Though I will say that Danny White's tweet, it's quite good.

1155
01:10:31,040 --> 01:10:32,020
 People should look it up.

1156
01:10:32,900 --> 01:10:39,780
 It gives me hope that there are enough smart people in college athletics that they get together

1157
01:10:39,780 --> 01:10:42,580
 and decide this is what we're going to do.

1158
01:10:42,720 --> 01:10:47,780
 And if it causes problems for some of us or most of us, too bad.

1159
01:10:48,600 --> 01:10:50,600
 Mike, I mentioned this before.

1160
01:10:50,960 --> 01:10:58,540
 The Division I Council of the NCAA, at some point in June, they're supposed to bring up for

1161
01:10:58,540 --> 01:11:02,060
 a final vote the five years to play five.

1162
01:11:02,700 --> 01:11:09,500
 And I've also heard, you know, one-time transfer or only one transfer in two years.

1163
01:11:10,060 --> 01:11:15,300
 Mike, would it help just to be able to clear up the eligibility question?

1164
01:11:15,840 --> 01:11:16,680
 Would that help?

1165
01:11:18,140 --> 01:11:20,760
 It would help, but I don't think it's legal.

1166
01:11:25,580 --> 01:11:29,040
 A good friend of mine from high school went to three colleges, got two degrees.

1167
01:11:29,960 --> 01:11:32,620
 So technically, a college athlete couldn't do that.

1168
01:11:33,420 --> 01:11:39,020
 If you want to, you could go to five schools in seven years in real life, so to speak.

1169
01:11:39,320 --> 01:11:42,620
 I got no qualms about the five to play five.

1170
01:11:42,640 --> 01:11:43,440
 Right, right.

1171
01:11:43,440 --> 01:11:49,040
 So I do wonder what happens if somebody, what if you're Michael Penix and you blow out your

1172
01:11:49,040 --> 01:11:49,840
 knee twice?

1173
01:11:50,240 --> 01:11:52,660
 Just like, oh, sorry, too bad, kid.

1174
01:11:53,320 --> 01:12:02,260
 So, again, I think that five to play five sounds great, but I think in real life it would cause

1175
01:12:02,260 --> 01:12:02,820
 some issues.

1176
01:12:03,100 --> 01:12:06,180
 And the one transfer thing to me is blatantly unfair.

1177
01:12:06,820 --> 01:12:16,720
 So, but, again, I think if enough people sat down, enough stakeholders sat down and decided

1178
01:12:16,720 --> 01:12:17,760
 some of these things.

1179
01:12:18,140 --> 01:12:25,080
 And also, why do athletes, why are they held to different standards than coaches?

1180
01:12:25,260 --> 01:12:28,320
 If a coach wants to coach at five schools in five years, he can do so.

1181
01:12:29,020 --> 01:12:33,020
 And I can remember one coach, there was a wide receiver coach, I forget who it was.

1182
01:12:33,480 --> 01:12:35,180
 He was at four schools in five years.

1183
01:12:36,380 --> 01:12:38,840
 So, I mean, and good for him because he kept getting more money.

1184
01:12:39,180 --> 01:12:40,480
 That's the way it's supposed to work.

1185
01:12:40,480 --> 01:12:46,920
 So, I don't, it's, yeah, it's, you know, thank goodness that what we see on the baseball

1186
01:12:46,920 --> 01:12:52,700
 diamond, on the basketball court, and the football field is high-level play.

1187
01:12:52,940 --> 01:12:55,240
 And I would argue the highest level play in my lifetime.

1188
01:12:55,860 --> 01:12:57,880
 But there's so many other problems.

1189
01:12:57,960 --> 01:13:01,220
 And now you've got the, what Major League Baseball owners brought up yesterday.

1190
01:13:01,460 --> 01:13:02,380
 Yep, yep.

1191
01:13:02,400 --> 01:13:03,500
 Oh, my God.

1192
01:13:03,680 --> 01:13:07,860
 Basically, so you're telling college baseball coaches, yeah, a kid that we used to sign

1193
01:13:07,860 --> 01:13:11,100
 for $6 million out of high school, now he has to go to college.

1194
01:13:11,480 --> 01:13:13,360
 And it's your problem now, not mine.

1195
01:13:13,580 --> 01:13:14,080
 Yep, yep.

1196
01:13:14,080 --> 01:13:15,920
 So, you know, that's not going to apply either.

1197
01:13:16,020 --> 01:13:20,060
 But that's the kind of thing that if you're a college athletic administrator, you're having

1198
01:13:20,060 --> 01:13:20,640
 to worry about.

1199
01:13:20,640 --> 01:13:25,020
 The idea that baseball is now not going to allow high school players to get drafted.

1200
01:13:25,980 --> 01:13:26,800
 What was it?

1201
01:13:26,900 --> 01:13:30,540
 Somebody said one time, it's the love of money is the root of all evil.

1202
01:13:30,680 --> 01:13:31,680
 I think they may be right.

1203
01:13:32,240 --> 01:13:36,440
 Mike Hugen, National College Football, basketball analyst down in Orlando.

1204
01:13:37,160 --> 01:13:38,220
 Mike, your take?

1205
01:13:38,340 --> 01:13:43,640
 I don't think we've had a chance to huddle with you since the Brendan Soresby News and the

1206
01:13:43,640 --> 01:13:45,780
 new path that that's taken out in Lubbock, Texas.

1207
01:13:45,900 --> 01:13:46,500
 What's your reaction?

1208
01:13:48,900 --> 01:13:55,920
 I sure wish the judge had ruled against Soresby to begin with because I think there's a can

1209
01:13:55,920 --> 01:13:58,300
 of worms that has been opened.

1210
01:14:00,080 --> 01:14:09,060
 And Soresby, the irony, according to some things I've read, was when the Texas Attorney General

1211
01:14:09,060 --> 01:14:15,160
 chimed in when his Big 12 can't do this to Texas Tech, the Big 12 filed suit.

1212
01:14:15,560 --> 01:14:21,660
 And because of the way Paxson did his thing, well, fine, we're going to file this in federal

1213
01:14:21,660 --> 01:14:22,120
 court.

1214
01:14:22,220 --> 01:14:22,420
 Yep.

1215
01:14:22,780 --> 01:14:25,220
 You have no home field advantage or we're going to win.

1216
01:14:25,440 --> 01:14:28,880
 I think Texas Tech then backed away, Soresby going to the NFL.

1217
01:14:29,580 --> 01:14:32,000
 I don't know why an NFL team would take him.

1218
01:14:32,760 --> 01:14:35,300
 But, you know, gambling's illegal in the NFL, too.

1219
01:14:36,120 --> 01:14:41,740
 But I think that, again, I am glad that it's calmed down for a while.

1220
01:14:42,000 --> 01:14:48,520
 But you know there are lawyers out there who said Brendan Soresby got an injunction even

1221
01:14:48,520 --> 01:14:49,480
 though he gambled.

1222
01:14:50,360 --> 01:14:55,000
 Your case is not totally lost if you gambled on your own team.

1223
01:14:55,500 --> 01:14:57,300
 That's exactly what happened.

1224
01:14:57,520 --> 01:15:04,120
 Kim Paxson really forced the Big 12, forced their hand, and they went to the federal courts

1225
01:15:04,120 --> 01:15:07,180
 and they called Texas Tech's bluff.

1226
01:15:07,780 --> 01:15:09,760
 And Texas Tech backed down.

1227
01:15:11,600 --> 01:15:13,980
 Mike, back 90 seconds with you.

1228
01:15:14,420 --> 01:15:18,420
 Matt Rule had an interesting comment in Nebraska about NIL.

1229
01:15:19,860 --> 01:15:21,960
 He's implemented a new policy.

1230
01:15:22,520 --> 01:15:24,500
 No player is bigger than the team.

1231
01:15:24,500 --> 01:15:30,380
 When we win together, lose together, everybody gets paid the exact same NIL package.

1232
01:15:30,700 --> 01:15:30,820
 Wow.

1233
01:15:31,040 --> 01:15:31,600
 Would it work?

1234
01:15:32,260 --> 01:15:33,420
 No, not going to work.

1235
01:15:34,980 --> 01:15:39,800
 Basically, you're saying everybody's going to make the same amount of money as my long snapper?

1236
01:15:40,000 --> 01:15:40,260
 No.

1237
01:15:40,740 --> 01:15:42,780
 No offense, Matt.

1238
01:15:45,080 --> 01:15:47,200
 That's a fairytale world in which you lose.

1239
01:15:48,340 --> 01:15:50,700
 That works with a bean counter in the front office.

1240
01:15:50,700 --> 01:15:54,480
 But at the end of the day, when the fans see you in last place, it's going to be a different story.

1241
01:15:54,640 --> 01:15:56,620
 Quickly, Matt, thank you so much for your time today.

1242
01:15:56,760 --> 01:15:57,260
 Kick back.

1243
01:15:57,680 --> 01:15:59,780
 Hopefully, that rain will let up on you down there.

1244
01:15:59,860 --> 01:16:01,120
 And thanks so much for your time, Dan.

1245
01:16:01,160 --> 01:16:02,100
 Let's do it again soon, buddy.

1246
01:16:04,080 --> 01:16:04,780
 Thank you, bud.

1247
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1278
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1279
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1280
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1281
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1284
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1285
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 Wyndham Clark posts one under par 69 in the second round.

1286
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1287
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1288
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 Seven under the best 36-hole score ever at a Shinnecock U.S. Open.

1289
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 Clark has a four-shot lead over Matt Fitzpatrick and Xander Shoffley, both three under.

1290
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 The afternoon wave giving chase now.

1291
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 Rory McIlroy, one under, six back.

1292
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 The Score.

1372
01:22:09,140 --> 01:22:13,640
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1373
01:22:14,440 --> 01:22:15,280
 Welcome back in.

1374
01:22:15,380 --> 01:22:20,680
 He has been voted one of the 50 legends of Alabama sports writers.

1375
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 His book's called A Storm Came Up.

1376
01:22:22,660 --> 01:22:29,740
 He knows all about a TV studio there at the Zone, ABC 3340, in a city named Birmingham, Alabama.

1377
01:22:29,920 --> 01:22:31,360
 Doug Sigrist, welcome in.

1378
01:22:31,440 --> 01:22:32,200
 How are you?

1379
01:22:33,200 --> 01:22:35,700
 Harold, I could not be better on this holiday.

1380
01:22:36,560 --> 01:22:37,940
 So, what are you doing, Doug?

1381
01:22:38,000 --> 01:22:40,340
 Are you following the College Baseball World Series?

1382
01:22:40,660 --> 01:22:42,080
 Are you following the U.S. Open?

1383
01:22:42,400 --> 01:22:46,480
 Are you one of the many guys in this business still pining for their media days to return to Hoover?

1384
01:22:46,560 --> 01:22:47,380
 Where are you, Doug?

1385
01:22:48,400 --> 01:22:53,280
 Always pining for media days to return to Hoover because it saves a lot of money.

1386
01:22:53,520 --> 01:22:54,260
 Yes, it does.

1387
01:22:54,860 --> 01:23:00,820
 But I'm splitting my time between College World Series this weekend and the little World Cup.

1388
01:23:00,960 --> 01:23:02,920
 Got Team USA playing shortly.

1389
01:23:03,920 --> 01:23:07,100
 I will catch you up in the final two rounds.

1390
01:23:07,820 --> 01:23:08,300
 There you go.

1391
01:23:08,400 --> 01:23:10,120
 Well, now, we're keeping a scorebook here.

1392
01:23:10,180 --> 01:23:11,500
 So, if that changes, let us know.

1393
01:23:11,600 --> 01:23:15,460
 But let's start with the College Baseball World Series, if you don't mind, Doug.

1394
01:23:15,580 --> 01:23:20,140
 Obviously, it just shows you baseball is a different bird than a lot of other sports.

1395
01:23:20,220 --> 01:23:21,300
 You got Troy in there.

1396
01:23:21,380 --> 01:23:22,520
 Hats off to the Trojans.

1397
01:23:23,220 --> 01:23:25,840
 Let's face it, Alabama didn't finish where they wanted to.

1398
01:23:25,840 --> 01:23:29,040
 But by comparison, where they started the season, a pretty good year.

1399
01:23:29,600 --> 01:23:37,640
 But this Oklahoma Sooners team, to me, they're the poster child of college baseball because it's all about getting hot at the right time.

1400
01:23:37,680 --> 01:23:38,380
 Is it not, Doug?

1401
01:23:39,120 --> 01:23:46,540
 Yeah, and what is it like out of the last 12 teams to make it to Omaha from the SEC?

1402
01:23:47,540 --> 01:23:51,540
 I believe six, came in with 500 or losing record.

1403
01:23:51,940 --> 01:23:51,960
 Yeah.

1404
01:23:51,960 --> 01:23:52,180
 Yeah.

1405
01:23:52,860 --> 01:24:01,300
 For example, you know, Ole Miss, what, finished 12th a few years ago and won the national title with a 14-16 record.

1406
01:24:01,480 --> 01:24:04,660
 I mean, it's just about getting hot at the right time.

1407
01:24:05,720 --> 01:24:09,480
 You know, but this Oklahoma team's impressive because they're adaptable.

1408
01:24:09,620 --> 01:24:10,640
 They out-pitch Alabama.

1409
01:24:11,700 --> 01:24:12,940
 They out-slug Georgia.

1410
01:24:13,200 --> 01:24:19,280
 So they're kind of beating these teams at their own strength and got some freshmen stepping up.

1411
01:24:19,880 --> 01:24:22,540
 It's just a good ball club that gelled at the right time.

1412
01:24:22,960 --> 01:24:25,480
 It's amazing to me when you look at their numbers.

1413
01:24:25,860 --> 01:24:29,860
 They hit 48 home runs in their first 47 games.

1414
01:24:29,980 --> 01:24:31,240
 You look at that and say, eh.

1415
01:24:32,060 --> 01:24:34,580
 And they've hit 43 in the last 16.

1416
01:24:35,120 --> 01:24:37,440
 You talk about a power surge.

1417
01:24:37,640 --> 01:24:41,880
 Jason Walk and Harris hit two against Georgia.

1418
01:24:42,500 --> 01:24:49,300
 But, Doug, that's the other thing about it is, as you mentioned, they were 14-16, finished 11th in the SEC.

1419
01:24:50,060 --> 01:24:56,840
 They lost three of their final four series, and nobody said, well, they're not going to do c*** in the postseason.

1420
01:24:56,840 --> 01:25:04,900
 All they do is beat number two Georgia Tech, run Kansas out of their stadium, and then beat Georgia.

1421
01:25:04,900 --> 01:25:08,960
 Again, it's been an incredible metamorphosis with this team.

1422
01:25:09,960 --> 01:25:10,860
 Oh, it really has.

1423
01:25:11,120 --> 01:25:15,120
 And, I mean, most people thought Georgia Tech could win it all.

1424
01:25:15,460 --> 01:25:15,700
 Yeah.

1425
01:25:16,200 --> 01:25:20,440
 To go in there and win that series and go on the road again.

1426
01:25:20,580 --> 01:25:22,960
 I mean, just incredible.

1427
01:25:23,160 --> 01:25:27,380
 And, look, I didn't think they'd get past Alabama in the first game.

1428
01:25:27,500 --> 01:25:29,800
 So, they have just turned it on.

1429
01:25:29,900 --> 01:25:33,300
 They've got a freshman pitcher who's just kind of come out of nowhere.

1430
01:25:33,380 --> 01:25:33,520
 Yeah.

1431
01:25:33,940 --> 01:25:34,880
 Big-time prospect.

1432
01:25:35,100 --> 01:25:36,480
 They've just taken over.

1433
01:25:37,120 --> 01:25:46,840
 But they just seem to adapt to however they want to beat you because, you know, you asked me a week ago at this point, and I would say Georgia looks like the team's unbeatable.

1434
01:25:47,080 --> 01:25:47,320
 Yeah.

1435
01:25:47,600 --> 01:25:49,540
 And Oklahoma took them down.

1436
01:25:49,640 --> 01:25:53,080
 It's just – this whole tournament has just been incredible.

1437
01:25:53,180 --> 01:25:59,000
 I mean, you see teams like UCLA not even make it the best first weekend.

1438
01:25:59,080 --> 01:25:59,220
 Yep.

1439
01:25:59,660 --> 01:26:01,040
 So, anything can happen.

1440
01:26:02,520 --> 01:26:03,140
 Guarantee you.

1441
01:26:03,160 --> 01:26:04,480
 Doug Seeger's hooking up with us.

1442
01:26:04,620 --> 01:26:09,560
 Doug, it's always football season, American football, that is.

1443
01:26:09,640 --> 01:26:17,660
 Your thoughts – you're a veteran of covering Alabama and Auburn, and it's about some 80-some-odd days to the first big weekend.

1444
01:26:18,220 --> 01:26:21,480
 It's all about after July 4th, it really picks up the big mo.

1445
01:26:21,880 --> 01:26:29,260
 Where, in your opinion right now, as far as the vibe in Tuscaloosa and the vibe in Auburn with the fan bases right now in June?

1446
01:26:30,380 --> 01:26:33,140
 I think the vibe with Auburn is very positive.

1447
01:26:33,500 --> 01:26:37,180
 You know, I think Alec Gullis has pushed all the right buttons.

1448
01:26:37,380 --> 01:26:38,700
 The expectations are higher.

1449
01:26:39,500 --> 01:26:41,600
 But they're not unrealistic.

1450
01:26:42,220 --> 01:26:45,500
 You know, I think most people would see 8-4 as a major improvement.

1451
01:26:46,220 --> 01:26:47,260
 9-3 is possible.

1452
01:26:47,460 --> 01:26:49,620
 Again, you know, the schedule has a lot to do with that.

1453
01:26:49,620 --> 01:26:51,760
 And this is a tough schedule.

1454
01:26:52,880 --> 01:26:55,740
 I think the mood in Alabama is actually pretty good.

1455
01:26:56,500 --> 01:27:01,220
 It's when you get away from Alabama to panic, out of Tuscaloosa to panic start.

1456
01:27:01,400 --> 01:27:09,340
 You know, I mean, I've seen probably a dozen tweets, stories, videos the last few days.

1457
01:27:09,620 --> 01:27:13,060
 Just, oh, my God, Alabama has crashed and burned the recruiting.

1458
01:27:13,060 --> 01:27:18,280
 You know, they're 518th out of, you know, 130 schools.

1459
01:27:19,240 --> 01:27:29,680
 If you look at the history, under Nick Saban, under Kalen DeBoer, Alabama's always about this spot at this time of the year with 8 and 9.

1460
01:27:30,120 --> 01:27:35,720
 They've already told us that they're putting, they feel really good about the last two classes.

1461
01:27:36,400 --> 01:27:38,280
 And they're working on retention.

1462
01:27:38,440 --> 01:27:40,480
 They're not going to go sign 25 guys.

1463
01:27:41,260 --> 01:27:42,780
 So they're really on pace.

1464
01:27:42,920 --> 01:27:46,020
 The guys they have committed to are really top notch.

1465
01:27:47,200 --> 01:27:52,940
 It's just, I just wonder if people are listening and paying attention to everything has changed.

1466
01:27:53,020 --> 01:27:55,160
 It's not all about high school recruiting anymore.

1467
01:27:55,640 --> 01:27:55,860
 No.

1468
01:27:56,060 --> 01:27:58,120
 You've got to kind of master all front.

1469
01:27:58,680 --> 01:27:59,000
 Yeah.

1470
01:27:59,760 --> 01:28:01,340
 That's kind of a shame, is it not, Doug?

1471
01:28:01,440 --> 01:28:03,420
 On the one hand, it is for the high school kids.

1472
01:28:03,520 --> 01:28:04,940
 But, you know, you bring up a good point.

1473
01:28:05,300 --> 01:28:06,840
 And let's kind of bring it back local.

1474
01:28:07,160 --> 01:28:11,060
 How good could that be for a team like for us, UNA, and down the road from UAB?

1475
01:28:11,700 --> 01:28:14,120
 Back in the day, kids would go and touch Caloosa-Auburn.

1476
01:28:14,200 --> 01:28:17,540
 Maybe now these guys are going to put more money in the transfer portal.

1477
01:28:17,640 --> 01:28:19,120
 These kids still want to play football.

1478
01:28:19,120 --> 01:28:23,580
 That's just more opportunities there at UNA and UAB and South Alabama and Troy.

1479
01:28:24,340 --> 01:28:28,220
 No, it elevates recruiting big time.

1480
01:28:28,600 --> 01:28:32,740
 And, you know, that was always my contention when, you know, Nick Saban kind of took Alabama

1481
01:28:32,740 --> 01:28:33,320
 national.

1482
01:28:33,880 --> 01:28:36,200
 That kind of elevated recruiting across the state particularly.

1483
01:28:36,340 --> 01:28:40,600
 I mean, nobody benefited more than Auburn because Auburn could go in and get, you know,

1484
01:28:40,600 --> 01:28:46,060
 seven out of the top 12 in the state that maybe before it would have been tooth and nail.

1485
01:28:46,060 --> 01:28:49,340
 Now, I think it elevates all boats.

1486
01:28:49,620 --> 01:28:52,620
 And, I mean, all you have to do is look at the NFL draft every year.

1487
01:28:52,820 --> 01:28:57,180
 And Alabama and Mississippi produce more players than anybody.

1488
01:28:57,460 --> 01:29:00,120
 So, this is a good thing for in-state schools.

1489
01:29:00,920 --> 01:29:01,520
 I agree.

1490
01:29:01,760 --> 01:29:06,240
 And, again, Alabama's going to end up signing about 15.

1491
01:29:06,320 --> 01:29:09,060
 It's going to be more quality than quantity.

1492
01:29:09,780 --> 01:29:15,000
 And the point Cal and DeBoer's tried to make, he's on the speaking circuit now for the last

1493
01:29:15,520 --> 01:29:21,900
 month, in fact, he's in Scottsboro on Monday, is, look, we're going to do what we did last

1494
01:29:21,900 --> 01:29:26,180
 year, is we're going to put a lot more money into retaining the players we've got.

1495
01:29:26,440 --> 01:29:27,940
 They've only got nine seniors.

1496
01:29:28,560 --> 01:29:30,740
 Now, some of those juniors are going to go to the NFL.

1497
01:29:31,480 --> 01:29:34,240
 And you're going to have some of those guys transfer out.

1498
01:29:34,640 --> 01:29:39,200
 But they have got, really, as far as returning players, they've got a lot of them.

1499
01:29:39,200 --> 01:29:42,060
 And he seems to be confident about keeping most of them.

1500
01:29:43,380 --> 01:29:45,260
 Yeah, I think that's the key.

1501
01:29:45,460 --> 01:29:51,480
 What is the point of signing a high school kid and developing them for two years if you're

1502
01:29:51,480 --> 01:29:52,740
 going to let them go somewhere else?

1503
01:29:53,080 --> 01:29:53,340
 Mm-hmm.

1504
01:29:53,760 --> 01:29:54,040
 It's not.

1505
01:29:54,160 --> 01:29:58,400
 And, look, Indiana rebuilt its roster with the transfer portal.

1506
01:29:58,540 --> 01:29:58,660
 Yeah, right.

1507
01:29:58,660 --> 01:30:00,400
 But that's not sustainable long-term.

1508
01:30:00,620 --> 01:30:00,880
 Mm-hmm.

1509
01:30:00,940 --> 01:30:06,960
 You've got to kind of be a hybrid now where you develop players, you develop that loyalty,

1510
01:30:08,000 --> 01:30:12,700
 you get them in your system, and then you fill the gaps in with the portal.

1511
01:30:13,580 --> 01:30:15,780
 And I think that's the right way.

1512
01:30:15,920 --> 01:30:17,800
 Georgia has kind of done the same thing.

1513
01:30:18,340 --> 01:30:23,540
 You don't see Georgia with an influx of, you know, transfers every year.

1514
01:30:24,280 --> 01:30:26,440
 It's paid off for them so far.

1515
01:30:26,660 --> 01:30:31,620
 And, again, I think this kind of goes back to the nature of what is DeBoer's strength as

1516
01:30:31,620 --> 01:30:32,240
 a coach.

1517
01:30:32,660 --> 01:30:36,200
 And that is kind of identifying and developing players.

1518
01:30:36,440 --> 01:30:40,880
 His roster, I mean, he ends up producing, what, two first-rounders with his last team.

1519
01:30:41,600 --> 01:30:45,320
 But it wasn't, you know, they weren't burning it up on the recruiting side.

1520
01:30:45,480 --> 01:30:46,800
 They were very selective.

1521
01:30:47,660 --> 01:30:50,820
 But they just developed players and then went out and won with them.

1522
01:30:50,940 --> 01:30:54,960
 So I think this just kind of fits more his style.

1523
01:30:55,380 --> 01:30:58,580
 Let me ask you, before we let you go, Harold mentioned UAB.

1524
01:30:59,900 --> 01:31:03,500
 Alex Mortensen is there now running them.

1525
01:31:03,600 --> 01:31:06,000
 He was with Nick Saban for a while.

1526
01:31:06,100 --> 01:31:12,160
 Of course, his dad was on ESPN for decades before he unfortunately passed away.

1527
01:31:12,160 --> 01:31:18,320
 Is there a little bit more optimism that UAB is going in the right direction?

1528
01:31:19,700 --> 01:31:23,100
 Yeah, you know, not just because of the saving connections.

1529
01:31:23,300 --> 01:31:25,760
 But you've got a guy who's young, hungry.

1530
01:31:25,960 --> 01:31:26,780
 He's organized.

1531
01:31:26,900 --> 01:31:32,800
 You saw the difference in the way they played after Trent Dilfer, you know, was knocked out

1532
01:31:32,800 --> 01:31:33,360
 this year.

1533
01:31:33,580 --> 01:31:33,720
 Right.

1534
01:31:35,200 --> 01:31:38,080
 Competitively, they were just on a different level the rest of the season.

1535
01:31:38,760 --> 01:31:45,460
 And I think the long term, you've got a guy who, you know, could be there a good while.

1536
01:31:45,780 --> 01:31:47,460
 It's not just a stepping stone to him.

1537
01:31:47,760 --> 01:31:52,480
 You know, he's been in this area for most of the last 10 years.

1538
01:31:52,580 --> 01:31:53,680
 He played here.

1539
01:31:53,920 --> 01:31:55,660
 You know, he likes it here.

1540
01:31:56,160 --> 01:31:57,700
 And I think he's committed.

1541
01:31:58,580 --> 01:32:00,680
 He's put together good coaching staff.

1542
01:32:00,840 --> 01:32:04,140
 So there's a lot of excitement, you know, within the community.

1543
01:32:04,660 --> 01:32:07,320
 And I think people are going to start paying attention.

1544
01:32:08,080 --> 01:32:11,180
 It's like, I'm not, you know, I'm not saying they're going to continue for the American next

1545
01:32:11,180 --> 01:32:11,500
 year.

1546
01:32:11,900 --> 01:32:14,220
 But you're going to see a much improved team.

1547
01:32:16,100 --> 01:32:17,760
 Well, that's certainly good news.

1548
01:32:17,760 --> 01:32:22,220
 Listen, always a pleasure to talk with you.

1549
01:32:22,460 --> 01:32:27,260
 Now, once again, as I say every week, make sure that you've got plenty of refreshments.

1550
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 The plumbing's working in the bathroom.

1551
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 The car works.

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 Enjoy the weekend of World Cup golf and college baseball.

1553
01:32:37,740 --> 01:32:40,220
 All I got to do is now go smoke some wings.

1554
01:32:40,540 --> 01:32:40,900
 I'm ready.

1555
01:32:42,680 --> 01:32:44,920
 Doug Seegers, what's the word in soccer?

1556
01:32:45,060 --> 01:32:48,320
 He scores, so enjoy some soccer this afternoon, okay?

1557
01:32:49,260 --> 01:32:49,940
 Thanks, guys.

1558
01:32:50,060 --> 01:32:50,620
 Thank you, bud.

1559
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 Doug Seegers, as a matter of fact, the Americans and the folks down under with a Vegemite sandwich.

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1648
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1671
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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1672
01:38:41,560 --> 01:38:42,940
 Welcome back in road trip.

1673
01:38:43,200 --> 01:38:44,260
 We're in North Alabama.

1674
01:38:44,400 --> 01:38:45,860
 Why don't you say we go to South Alabama?

1675
01:38:46,020 --> 01:38:47,040
 Say hello to Randy Kennedy.

1676
01:38:47,200 --> 01:38:51,040
 He is busy as the former winner of the Mel Allen Award

1677
01:38:51,040 --> 01:38:53,400
 from the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.

1678
01:38:53,540 --> 01:38:57,280
 Named one of the 50 legends of sportswriters in the state of Alabama.

1679
01:38:57,520 --> 01:39:01,520
 And you can read all about it with Randy there at AL.com.

1680
01:39:01,640 --> 01:39:02,720
 Randy Kennedy, welcome in.

1681
01:39:02,820 --> 01:39:03,700
 Happy Friday to you.

1682
01:39:03,700 --> 01:39:04,180
 How are you?

1683
01:39:05,180 --> 01:39:07,700
 He's going to be with us in just a few seconds.

1684
01:39:08,300 --> 01:39:09,540
 Hopefully, Randy's going to be on board.

1685
01:39:09,600 --> 01:39:14,360
 One of the things I want to ask BB about this with Randy is you look at some of the top defensive

1686
01:39:14,360 --> 01:39:16,120
 backs and what they do, they do a good job.

1687
01:39:16,180 --> 01:39:19,600
 And this is creative writing for a lot of veteran reporters in the state.

1688
01:39:20,000 --> 01:39:23,720
 This is, by comparison, it's a slow time of the year for a lot of folks.

1689
01:39:23,720 --> 01:39:37,880
 Unless you know kind of what you're doing, and Randy does, he's taking out some of these positions across the state and giving us, you know, in his perspective, some of the top guys on the recruiting trail per their position and some of the top defensive backs.

1690
01:39:37,960 --> 01:39:42,240
 We won't steal the thunder from Randy, unless he continues to have an issue here.

1691
01:39:42,240 --> 01:39:44,040
 But here's the deal, BB.

1692
01:39:44,040 --> 01:39:45,440
 I'm looking at a pattern here.

1693
01:39:45,440 --> 01:39:51,680
 These guys are from the state of Alabama, but a lot of these guys do not have Alabama or Auburn on the list.

1694
01:39:51,680 --> 01:40:01,820
 Your thoughts just about, in the modern era, how big is the state discount with these guys keeping it down home because they are going elsewhere and picking up the checks at $10 to you?

1695
01:40:02,100 --> 01:40:11,880
 Well, Harold, again, NAL has changed some of this, but again, there's a question about Auburn as far as the coaching staff.

1696
01:40:12,000 --> 01:40:17,060
 Maybe a little bit of a wait and see, but there are two of the top defensive backs.

1697
01:40:17,700 --> 01:40:29,260
 For example, A. King Hall from Dothan is going to Miami, and Jalen Scott, who is at Williamson High School, is going to Oklahoma.

1698
01:40:29,260 --> 01:40:36,740
 Now, some of these guys, in fact, Junior James 2 Opo from Thompson is visiting Alabama this weekend.

1699
01:40:36,940 --> 01:40:52,020
 But, no, I have noticed, and number one, a lot of people, a lot of teams, a lot of staffs realize now, Harold, that the talent in the state of Alabama,

1700
01:40:52,300 --> 01:41:00,700
 Dan Lanning of Oregon has come down and snatched up the number one player in the state of Alabama for two of the last three years.

1701
01:41:03,020 --> 01:41:08,400
 Here's the other side of the equation, B.B., is Randy is highlighting top defensive backs.

1702
01:41:08,940 --> 01:41:11,620
 The bottom line is, B.B., there's not a lot of spots.

1703
01:41:11,820 --> 01:41:16,860
 If you go over the so-called experts, this team, this roster this year of Alabama, it's no secret,

1704
01:41:17,220 --> 01:41:20,960
 a lot of the so-called experts across the country, they got question marks about this roster.

1705
01:41:21,040 --> 01:41:23,400
 That's not sitting here and trying to stir up trouble.

1706
01:41:23,480 --> 01:41:25,140
 We just believe in telling it like it is.

1707
01:41:25,500 --> 01:41:27,340
 Don't take the varnish or anything like that.

1708
01:41:27,400 --> 01:41:29,260
 Take the veneer off and tell it the way it is.

1709
01:41:29,680 --> 01:41:32,720
 But you look at it, B.B., and there's just not a lot of spots at that position.

1710
01:41:32,720 --> 01:41:42,180
 Well, in the secondary, quite frankly, that's the most Delph Harold that Alabama has.

1711
01:41:42,960 --> 01:41:47,140
 They've got, I believe, close to 15 defensive backs.

1712
01:41:47,260 --> 01:41:49,540
 Now, they've got 16 offensive linemen.

1713
01:41:50,120 --> 01:41:56,680
 But if there's one position on Alabama's team that's deeper than any of them, it's in the secondary.

1714
01:41:57,560 --> 01:42:03,940
 So, your thoughts, this is a door for Auburn because, let's face it, back in the day, Alabama had their challenge,

1715
01:42:04,020 --> 01:42:07,600
 particularly where Randy calls home, down in the Mobile area.

1716
01:42:07,600 --> 01:42:12,080
 Back when Pat Dye and all those guys were rocking and rolling, they go down there pretty much picking shoes.

1717
01:42:12,220 --> 01:42:19,320
 Alabama was behind the eight ball, and this guy named Nick Saban came in, changed that in a hurry with Julio Jones and others out of that class.

1718
01:42:19,820 --> 01:42:25,620
 But do you see Auburn being able to go in and maybe supplement now as opposed to when Nick was riding the crest?

1719
01:42:25,620 --> 01:42:34,340
 Well, I don't think there's any question with Alabama signing, quote, only 15 players, and we'll see what the actual number ends up,

1720
01:42:34,400 --> 01:42:36,520
 that it does open the door for Auburn.

1721
01:42:36,620 --> 01:42:44,840
 Now, I mentioned the young man from Thompson, Junior James, who added another name this year to OPPO.

1722
01:42:45,360 --> 01:42:48,540
 That's a real battle between Alabama and Auburn.

1723
01:42:48,720 --> 01:42:54,040
 Now, Alabama's got a chance to make one more big impression on him, but I don't think there's any question

1724
01:42:54,040 --> 01:42:59,740
 that Auburn will try to take advantage of the fact that Alabama's going to sign fewer players.

1725
01:43:00,460 --> 01:43:03,960
 Recruiting is always the hot topic du jour, B.B.

1726
01:43:04,100 --> 01:43:09,000
 We've talked about it most of the show today, where Alabama is, relative to the SEC.

1727
01:43:09,180 --> 01:43:11,860
 We're not talking 16th in the country, if you're just joining us.

1728
01:43:12,420 --> 01:43:19,560
 According to the latest rankings that leads to the one service here, Alabama is 16th out of 16 in the SEC.

1729
01:43:20,700 --> 01:43:27,180
 And I thought Doug Segrist, who's a veteran of the business, he put things in perspective because we live in such a world now.

1730
01:43:27,420 --> 01:43:30,580
 If you go out in your neighborhood and you walk, what do you see?

1731
01:43:30,680 --> 01:43:35,400
 People, they're glued to their phones, they're glued to their iPads, they're sitting in a coffee shop or elsewhere.

1732
01:43:36,080 --> 01:43:40,800
 In other words, we live in an ex-world where everything is bite-sized.

1733
01:43:41,360 --> 01:43:44,140
 And if you see that, oh, Alabama's 16th.

1734
01:43:44,200 --> 01:43:46,680
 But I thought Doug did a good job putting it in perspective.

1735
01:43:46,680 --> 01:43:49,740
 This is not the first time Alabama has been down the list.

1736
01:43:51,060 --> 01:43:52,440
 It's not where you are in June.

1737
01:43:52,560 --> 01:43:53,160
 It's where you're going to be.

1738
01:43:53,320 --> 01:43:57,960
 Remember, the first week in December is, let's face it, it's basically the signing period now.

1739
01:43:57,980 --> 01:43:59,040
 So six months away.

1740
01:43:59,100 --> 01:44:00,000
 You've got a lot of stuff.

1741
01:44:00,580 --> 01:44:02,460
 And as Doug said, you're going to have a lot of movement.

1742
01:44:02,580 --> 01:44:07,760
 You're going to have guys who are now doing to other schools what kids have done to Alabama over the years.

1743
01:44:07,760 --> 01:44:11,060
 They're going in, they're putting their name down, and they're leveraging out.

1744
01:44:11,120 --> 01:44:12,260
 We saw it, in my opinion.

1745
01:44:12,260 --> 01:44:16,820
 I know you're going to have those who said the kid from Tennessee, the Simon kid, who didn't do that.

1746
01:44:17,320 --> 01:44:20,280
 I think we'd be naive to think maybe that wasn't the prime reason.

1747
01:44:20,380 --> 01:44:21,840
 He comes from a family of means.

1748
01:44:22,260 --> 01:44:24,260
 But at the same time, he's now in Tennessee.

1749
01:44:24,700 --> 01:44:28,160
 And if you want to believe that money didn't have an influence, that's your choice.

1750
01:44:28,420 --> 01:44:33,080
 But, B.B., a lot of these guys now are going to be sitting here and leveraging out and flipping around.

1751
01:44:33,340 --> 01:44:36,820
 But in the meantime, the window's about to close as far as visitors.

1752
01:44:36,820 --> 01:44:45,160
 What do you see, we're now basically coming up on the end of June, on July 1st or basically the holiday, July 4th.

1753
01:44:45,160 --> 01:44:51,400
 Who do you think Alabama will be on this July 4th as far as recruiting compared to July 4th in the past?

1754
01:44:51,540 --> 01:44:53,700
 Well, they're not going to be last in the SEC.

1755
01:44:54,180 --> 01:44:55,920
 They're not going to be first.

1756
01:44:56,580 --> 01:45:01,200
 Now, a lot of the guys are making decisions in the next two or three weeks.

1757
01:45:01,400 --> 01:45:08,240
 That's one of the reasons why you have seen, again, that the recruiting calendar has flipped.

1758
01:45:08,940 --> 01:45:24,100
 You're seeing a lot more official visits in late May and June to where these guys make a decision in late June or really between early July and mid-July.

1759
01:45:24,100 --> 01:45:31,220
 Why? Because, again, some recount for them, in a high school is going to begin the last week of July.

1760
01:45:31,680 --> 01:45:34,340
 So they want to get the decision out of the way.

1761
01:45:34,980 --> 01:45:41,860
 I think Alabama's got a very good opportunity to pick up maybe another three or four of these guys.

1762
01:45:41,960 --> 01:45:49,560
 I think some of the guys coming in this weekend, Tyler Younger, we talked about him, the kid from Atlanta, 6'5", 230.

1763
01:45:49,560 --> 01:45:52,300
 I think Alabama's got – they like him a lot.

1764
01:45:52,740 --> 01:45:58,420
 As Jimmy said, he's a 105 player, but I think they've got a good chance to get him.

1765
01:45:58,900 --> 01:46:06,600
 Stafford Willis, the three-star offensive lineman from A-Rail, I think is another possibility for the offensive line.

1766
01:46:06,600 --> 01:46:12,340
 Antonio Berry, the number five offensive tackle from Tupelo, Mississippi, is coming in.

1767
01:46:12,820 --> 01:46:15,880
 And a lot of people have rolled off Alabama for this.

1768
01:46:16,320 --> 01:46:24,800
 But I agree with Jimmy again, if Alabama was not close to his – what he wants in NIL, he wouldn't be coming to Tuscaloosa today.

1769
01:46:25,380 --> 01:46:29,100
 Do you agree with some of Alabama's strategy and Matt Ruhle at Nebraska?

1770
01:46:29,300 --> 01:46:31,500
 Basically, we're not going to sit here and go crazy.

1771
01:46:31,640 --> 01:46:39,000
 I thought Matt Ruhle – I love his philosophy, how realistic is it to say everybody's going to make the same money, BB, and expect to compete for a championship.

1772
01:46:39,000 --> 01:46:44,800
 Well, again, that's great to say that, but as far as implementing it, Harold, good luck with that, Matt.

1773
01:46:45,400 --> 01:46:46,920
 And you mentioned a kid from A-Rail.

1774
01:46:47,000 --> 01:46:50,940
 I believe, if I'm not mistaken, BB, his announcement's coming up in the next few days.

1775
01:46:51,040 --> 01:46:52,560
 Well, yeah, that's what I mean, Harold.

1776
01:46:52,640 --> 01:46:57,580
 They've got four or five guys who are going to be deciding or announcing in the next week.

1777
01:46:57,680 --> 01:47:00,280
 We'll know a lot more, actually, by the end of this month.

1778
01:47:00,520 --> 01:47:06,240
 And if you've ever been over in that neck of the woods, I think a lot of folks would be shocked if he didn't say,

1779
01:47:06,340 --> 01:47:08,680
 I'm from A-Rail, Alabama, and I got a chance to go to Alabama.

1780
01:47:08,840 --> 01:47:11,980
 I think that a lot of folks would be shocked if it's anything but that.

1781
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 Coming up, the latest from the U.S. Open, stay with us here on 93.9, the score.

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1788
01:47:48,280 --> 01:47:50,380
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1789
01:47:50,820 --> 01:47:52,920
 Clark is 7 under par after 36 holes.

1790
01:47:53,020 --> 01:47:56,260
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1791
01:47:56,260 --> 01:48:00,360
 He has gone 64-69 the first two days.

1792
01:48:00,820 --> 01:48:06,280
 Matt Fitzpatrick and Xander Schauffele are tied for second at 3 under, both in the clubhouse.

1793
01:48:06,380 --> 01:48:07,040
 They're 4 back.

1794
01:48:07,400 --> 01:48:10,100
 Schauffele shot 66 to move into red numbers.

1795
01:48:10,320 --> 01:48:12,400
 Fitzpatrick carding an even par 70.

1796
01:48:12,860 --> 01:48:14,860
 Rory McIlroy opens with a couple of pars.

1797
01:48:14,980 --> 01:48:16,540
 He is 1 under, 6 back.

1798
01:48:16,840 --> 01:48:18,460
 Scotty Scheffler teeing off on 10.

1799
01:48:18,580 --> 01:48:20,160
 He birdies his first hole.

1800
01:48:20,500 --> 01:48:21,980
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1887
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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1888
01:53:53,940 --> 01:53:54,640
 Welcome back in.

1889
01:53:54,780 --> 01:53:59,440
 Rob Manfred Jr. is the commissioner of Major League Baseball, BB.

1890
01:53:59,440 --> 01:54:04,020
 He went to Harvard, Cornell, and some other snob shops.

1891
01:54:05,000 --> 01:54:11,700
 We know that he has a lot of book sense, but does he and his fellow MLB owners have any common sense, BB?

1892
01:54:12,100 --> 01:54:17,920
 Harold, what they have done, and Bill Shanks went off on this, and I saw a little bit more about it today.

1893
01:54:18,540 --> 01:54:26,940
 What they change over to is let college baseball develop minor league players.

1894
01:54:27,520 --> 01:54:31,460
 They're going to be whittling down the minor leagues.

1895
01:54:31,960 --> 01:54:34,740
 And, again, you and I have been following the Sunder League for years.

1896
01:54:34,860 --> 01:54:39,120
 The Birmingham Barons have been in Birmingham for, what, 75 to 100 years?

1897
01:54:39,440 --> 01:54:40,100
 How many, many years?

1898
01:54:40,100 --> 01:54:46,280
 And some of these teams, again, what they're trying to do is to save money.

1899
01:54:46,780 --> 01:55:01,020
 And since the colleges are paying the baseball players, NIL, they're thinking of, well, we can get rid of some of these minor league teams and save ourselves some money and let colleges develop the players.

1900
01:55:01,680 --> 01:55:11,300
 And on the surface, I get the concept, but there are a lot of minor league baseball fans, and particularly in the Sunder League, who are not going to like this.

1901
01:55:11,940 --> 01:55:15,780
 Well, and, again, it's sitting here and peeing on your leg and calling it rain.

1902
01:55:15,780 --> 01:55:17,200
 They're going to come up and spin it somehow.

1903
01:55:17,340 --> 01:55:18,600
 That's going to benefit these kids.

1904
01:55:18,900 --> 01:55:20,040
 But, yeah, sure, uh-huh.

1905
01:55:20,600 --> 01:55:23,340
 B.B., obviously the Braves got a huge challenge tonight.

1906
01:55:23,480 --> 01:55:27,400
 They're struggling right now, and they're in first place in the East.

1907
01:55:27,480 --> 01:55:30,020
 They're taking on the Brewers, who are first place in the Central.

1908
01:55:31,220 --> 01:55:36,760
 And I tell you what, if you haven't heard about this kid from Milwaukee, some people call him

1909
01:55:36,760 --> 01:55:38,600
 Zorowski, some call him Zorowski.

1910
01:55:39,260 --> 01:55:40,560
 Either way, he's a fireballer.

1911
01:55:40,560 --> 01:55:46,400
 He has the fastest pitch in Major League history at almost 105 miles an hour.

1912
01:55:47,080 --> 01:55:47,920
 Well, it's incredible.

1913
01:55:48,120 --> 01:55:51,880
 He struck out, I believe, Harold, two weeks ago, 15 batters.

1914
01:55:52,020 --> 01:55:52,660
 That's why.

1915
01:55:52,880 --> 01:55:55,240
 And he is, you're right, he's incredible.

1916
01:55:55,500 --> 01:55:59,320
 As we talk to Bill Shanks again, the Braves have a lot of issues.

1917
01:55:59,500 --> 01:56:02,600
 They've got to get some of these players healthy.

1918
01:56:02,880 --> 01:56:03,160
 Yep.

1919
01:56:03,280 --> 01:56:08,980
 They've got to bring in another starter, which is easier said than done by the traded line.

1920
01:56:09,400 --> 01:56:12,140
 But they've got to get some of these guys healthy and playing better.

1921
01:56:13,260 --> 01:56:14,660
 Brewers and Braves.

1922
01:56:14,760 --> 01:56:20,180
 By the way, the Fields, Friday night, speaking of Major League Baseball, the Fields are off on a Friday night.

1923
01:56:20,540 --> 01:56:22,040
 Tomorrow they kick up with the Mets.

1924
01:56:22,040 --> 01:56:26,800
 So, as far as matchups, the Fields have a more favorable schedule this weekend.

1925
01:56:27,000 --> 01:56:31,820
 We'll see how it goes and how hears right here on 93.9, the score later on tonight.

1926
01:56:31,920 --> 01:56:35,380
 It's going to take care of business for now on behalf of BB, Greg James Blair, the entire crew here.

1927
01:56:35,800 --> 01:56:37,640
 Harold Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1928
01:56:37,720 --> 01:56:40,160
 Let's do it again Monday, noon to two for the BIMO Buck Show.

1929
01:56:40,240 --> 01:56:42,560
 Back here on Sports Radio, 93.9, the score.

1930
01:56:47,440 --> 01:56:49,160
 18-19 news.

1931
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 The current Secretary of State, Wes Allen, who recently lost his bid to become the Republican candidate in the upcoming lieutenant governor's race,

1932
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 says he's not going to challenge his runoff opponent, John Wall, on residency issues.

1933
01:57:00,660 --> 01:57:05,680
 During the primary campaign, Allen brought up the issue about Wall's residency here in Alabama.

1934
01:57:05,680 --> 01:57:12,640
 He even paid for a state lawmaker to file a complaint against Wall that challenged his qualifications with the Alabama Republican Party.

1935
01:57:12,880 --> 01:57:17,200
 The challenge was denied by the AOGOP's steering committee this past February.

1936
01:57:17,620 --> 01:57:21,760
 Only a primary opponent or a member of the state party can challenge a nominee's eligibility.

1937
01:57:22,000 --> 01:57:25,940
 However, Allen has told 18-19 news that he will not be doing so in this case.

1938
01:57:26,180 --> 01:57:28,700
 Allen said he will continue to work hard as Secretary of State.

1939
01:57:29,700 --> 01:57:31,260
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