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 The Boomo Bugg Show.

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

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

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 Good afternoon and welcome here to the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

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 Brett Beaird, welcome in where Bama's boss is getting a little defensive about Alabama's offensive schemes.

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 Good afternoon, welcome in and right off the top, do you know what happened six months from today?

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 Little hint, three words, ho, ho, ho.

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 Happy Thursday to you.

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 Yeah, I could use some of that ho, ho, ho weather next week when the heat wave comes in.

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 The NCAA Oversight Committee proposes to reduce the transfer window again to 10 days,

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 which would be January the 4th through the 13th, and to adopt OTAs in place of spring practice.

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 Lindy Davis of Lindy Sports joins us at 1.20 to preview the SEC, but BB is here right now to talk about some of these proposed NCAA changes.

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 BB is not Brett Beaird.

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 Well, I guess it is, but it's also Bill Bender.

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 He is the boss, the national voice with these sporting news, and I bet he's got a magazine near you right now with his name on it.

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 Bill Bender, welcome in.

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 Yeah, I hope everybody's got a chance to check that out.

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 It's on newsstands, and I've been seeing a couple pictures from some friends, and it's the big yellow one.

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 Bill, obviously, right now, as it's safe to say, this is kind of the lull before the storm.

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 Media days are going to be heating up here for long.

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 Brent alluded to it.

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 Where do you begin in your reaction to some of the news about trying to basically get a handle on it?

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 Is it too little, too late, or you've got to start somewhere and start reeling these kids in and give them some boundaries?

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 But now, it will impact recruiting a little bit because I think it changes the makeup of your roster, right?

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 Would you agree, Bill?

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 You've got to have people who fit your system.

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 I think Cignetti basically showed people last year the importance of getting chemistry, having a locker room together.

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 Whenever I talk about Nick Saban, I always say, you know, when he sent guys to the NFL, they were ready to play.

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 Bill Bennett, the Sporting News.

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 I got a flag and a bad foundation to build on either.

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 It's the first chance we've had to follow up.

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 We know about basically saying, I'm going to give up the legal, legal fight.

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 The NFL says, nah, we've done our homework.

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 If that's true, that's one thing.

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 He can go get treatment.

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 If not, then what a decision.

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 Their letter was, I'm not making a joke, guys, I'm serious, but it was mean.

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 It was a little bit mean.

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 You could go play JUCO football, which doesn't, you know, maybe they could ban him, too.

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 And then three is he, you know, privately works out for a year, gets the treatment off the field he needs, and shows up at the combine as a, somebody we're curious about that lacks a year of game film, but still has some ability.

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 Because that won't end well.

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 That's not going to end well.

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 Listen, I always enjoy the conversation with you.

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 Tell us where we can get online and get your stuff and the magazine.

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 I'm going to try to buy one this weekend.

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 I'll be looking for that big yellow cover.

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 Where can we get online and get your stuff and also buy the Sporting News preseason college football magazine?

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 Just look up the preview.

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 It's great.

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 I know a lot of people are going to be throttling down, but then, you know, it picks back up as we get past the holiday.

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 I don't want to reveal too much, but the one I'm working on right now is really fun.

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 Listen, in the meantime, good to hook up with you.

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 Have a great rest of the weekend.

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 Thank you so much for your time today.

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 Hey, anytime, guys.

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 Thanks for having me on.

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 Thank you, Bill.

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 How are you?

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 I'm doing good, guys.

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 How are you all?

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 Hey, man.

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 And a chance for you to kind of kick back.

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 You've had a busy, busy school year covering everything in that neck of the woods.

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 But before we get into some of the awards, which is always sweet, these guys deserve it, and girls.

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 It's one thing to sit here and talk about the Bob Seger song.

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 Remember, Night Moves back in the day?

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 Bob Seger with that song.

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 Talk to us about a special Seger family in your neck of the woods doing something kind of rare.

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 Not one, but being a part of two state championships this past season.

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 Yeah, you know, a pretty cool story.

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 I got to do Chad Segers, who's an assistant at Lawrence County for the softball team.

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 And then his son, Glavin, who's an assistant with the Hartzell baseball team.

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 And they were able to go out and both win a collective state championship for their individual team.

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 So, you know, that's really cool.

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 I don't think that a father-son duo getting to do that.

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 It would be cool if it was a father-son duo coaching for the same team.

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 But the fact that it was two different teams that both won their own state championships was a neat story.

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 And, you know, it doesn't surprise me.

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 You know, Chad's a very bright coach.

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 You know, he coached his kids most of his life, so he's kind of got into the coaching game here late.

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 But he's very well sought after by baseball and softball coaches because of his knowledge.

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 And then Glavin, it really don't surprise me that, I mean, just at 23 years old, he's already won two state titles as an assistant coach with Hartzell.

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 I mean, you know, when he was a player, he was a very bright player.

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 You know, as a catcher for Hartzell, he called the pitches, which is very rare in high school to actually have a catcher that does that.

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 And he's always been super smart.

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 So, you know, I think he's going to eventually be a head coach probably before he's 30 if I had to make a bet on it.

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 So, yeah, really cool story.

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 Glad I was able to do it.

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 And for two great guys and a great family that I'm very well known with.

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 Good job of you.

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 Absolutely.

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 We talked a lot about Lindsey Lane during the baseball season.

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 And I mentioned to you, I knew when Robbie Parker went to Lindsey Lane, the former baseball coach at Bob Jones,

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 that the baseball program at Lindsey Lane would be one of the best in the state.

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 Well, it already is.

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 Wyatt Wallace and Coach Charles Morrison are the 1A, 4A Baseball Player of the Year and Coach of the Year.

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 In fact, Wyatt had a 7-0 record, 75 strikeouts, 59 runs scored, 45 RBIs.

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 Coach Morrison did an incredible job.

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 They won a school record 33 games.

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 And as you mentioned in the article, they've only got two seniors.

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 They've got most of this team coming back, along with Cooper Abernathy,

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 the Alabama Sportswriters Class 2A Hitter of the Year.

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 What a season for Lindsey Lane in baseball.

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 And they're well-deserved of the awards.

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 Yeah, I think you're just looking at a program that is, like you said,

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 it's just becoming one of the best in not just North Alabama, but all of Alabama.

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 And it was about five years ago when they made the state finals in 2A.

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 And, you know, they were a really good team then.

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 You know, obviously they deserved to get there.

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 But I think it's different now that you can just see the difference in the program.

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 They boast players that could really be playing for any school.

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 You know, they could be playing at a Hartzell or a Bob Jones.

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 I mean, they're that good.

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 And so, you know, they're starting to get that respect.

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 You know, next year they're going to be playing a lot of good teams.

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 They've already got Bob Jones on the schedule and some other state championship-type teams.

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 And Hartzell is possibly going to play them.

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 You know, so that just shows you the respect that they're getting.

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 But, yeah, and then you mentioned it.

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 You know, only two seniors.

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 Wyatt Wallace, you know, is coming back.

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 He was just a – I mean, a lot of these guys were, like, just sophomores.

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 Not just – not only did they not have a bunch of seniors,

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 but they're, like, freshmen and sophomores.

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 But it's who have still played, been playing for a couple years now.

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 So that experience is going to pay off big going forward now.

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 You know, they're beefing up their schedule.

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 And, obviously, with the private-public split,

426
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 so they're going to be in a tough area playing teams like Mars Hill.

427
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 You know, are they going to win 33 games again?

428
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 Probably not.

429
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 But, you know, I think they're on a trajectory to eventually maybe get back to the

430
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 state finals and win a championship, which is what they really want.

431
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 So great program, a great season.

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 You know, it didn't end the way they wanted to.

433
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 It was a little short quarterfinals because they were the number one team

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 going into the playoffs.

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 But, you know, they lost to Mars Hill, who's, you know, really, really good, too.

436
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 So – but still a great season overall.

437
00:24:14,260 --> 00:24:17,240
 Caleb Suss got it all covered again there at the Decatur Daily.

438
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 It's time of the year.

439
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 The coaching carousel is busy.

440
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 But is there a more interesting changing of the guard

441
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 than at East Lawrence with their football program?

442
00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:31,760
 You know –

443
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 Explain that, young man.

444
00:24:36,120 --> 00:24:39,680
 Yeah, you know, it's pretty interesting for me, obviously.

445
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 You know, Jamie Suggs is the new head coach.

446
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 That is my father.

447
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 What can you tell us about Jamie Suggs?

448
00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:49,440
 Well, he – obviously, you know, doesn't have a lot of experience.

449
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 You know, I think we're going to throw that.

450
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 You know, he's a guy that, you know, kind of got into the coaching game late.

451
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 You know, kind of like Chad Segers.

452
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 You know, he grew up, you know, kind of doing what was best for me

453
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 and the family and then kind of got into his teaching late.

454
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 But, you know, I think one thing, you know, obviously anything I say

455
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 comes with a realm of bias.

456
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 But I think what's going to be good for East Lawrence is, you know,

457
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 I can attest that that is about as hard a worker as you're going to find.

458
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 And that's really why he got this job despite not having a ton of experience

459
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460
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461
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 And I think another thing is, you know, he's such a stickler for details.

462
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 You know, one of those coaches that's like, you know,

463
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 we're going to do things the right way.

464
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 We're going to buy into the little things, you know, discipline and all that stuff.

465
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 And, you know, I think that's what East Lawrence has been missing.

466
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 There's not – it's not a shortage of talent is why East Lawrence has been struggling.

467
00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:48,720
 I mean, he's inheriting a team that has two D1 players with, you know, D1 offers on it.

468
00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:50,960
 So they have some great athletes, some great players.

469
00:25:51,060 --> 00:25:55,620
 So I think if they're able to just get a little bit of a buy-in as far as, you know,

470
00:25:55,940 --> 00:26:00,560
 like I said, the details, the little things, being more disciplined, you know,

471
00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:02,780
 the weight room, he's real big into that.

472
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:05,860
 You know, these are all things that are cliches when it comes to coaching.

473
00:26:05,940 --> 00:26:06,980
 All coaches say these.

474
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 But it's one thing to say that.

475
00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:11,360
 It's another thing to have a coach that really invests in that.

476
00:26:11,500 --> 00:26:13,720
 And so I think he's going to do a good job with that.

477
00:26:14,100 --> 00:26:17,320
 Obviously, like I said, anything I see is going to be biased.

478
00:26:17,460 --> 00:26:20,120
 But I do think – I do think he's going to do a pretty good job.

479
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 I think he's going to get them on the right track.

480
00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:23,320
 And, you know, we'll see.

481
00:26:23,380 --> 00:26:25,660
 I hope he does well, I mean, selfishly.

482
00:26:26,100 --> 00:26:28,820
 But I guess we'll just have to find out.

483
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 He will.

484
00:26:29,780 --> 00:26:30,620
 I guarantee you.

485
00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:32,940
 Let me ask you about two before we let you go.

486
00:26:32,940 --> 00:26:35,200
 We talked a lot about Lawrence County.

487
00:26:35,380 --> 00:26:40,260
 They had an incredible year in an 11-year drought in the postseason.

488
00:26:40,740 --> 00:26:47,120
 Josh Graham of Lawrence County is the Cater Daily's 5A, 7A coach of the year.

489
00:26:47,820 --> 00:26:50,520
 And they had an absolutely incredible run.

490
00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,460
 And you use the term video game numbers,

491
00:26:54,460 --> 00:26:58,500
 which aptly describes Arden Breedlove for Austin.

492
00:26:59,060 --> 00:27:07,940
 Batted nearly 600, 98 RBIs, 89 runs, 27 home runs, so 29 bases.

493
00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:11,180
 And, I mean, it's just absolutely incredible.

494
00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:16,020
 Your award winners this year, or the Cater Daily Award winners, are well-deserving.

495
00:27:16,020 --> 00:27:20,740
 But Lawrence County had a tremendous year, a well-deserved coach of the year.

496
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:24,580
 And Arden Breedlove had put up some incredible numbers.

497
00:27:25,940 --> 00:27:28,160
 Yeah, you know, coming into it, you know,

498
00:27:28,380 --> 00:27:30,060
 real cool story there with Coach Graham.

499
00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:33,480
 Been at L.C. before, had success, you know,

500
00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:37,080
 kind of went on in, you know, other places and just found his way back.

501
00:27:37,220 --> 00:27:39,560
 And I think he was the right guy because, you know,

502
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,600
 Lawrence County has tons of talent, you know, right now.

503
00:27:42,860 --> 00:27:45,220
 And they've been real close the last two years,

504
00:27:45,620 --> 00:27:48,860
 falling short of the state tournament, like, by a game both years.

505
00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,560
 You know, but still, I think last year they won over 40 games.

506
00:27:51,660 --> 00:27:53,100
 I mean, they were so talented last year.

507
00:27:53,100 --> 00:27:56,820
 So, I think he was the right guy to come in and kind of get them over the hump.

508
00:27:57,700 --> 00:28:01,120
 And then, you know, they still got a lot of talent coming back, too.

509
00:28:01,120 --> 00:28:02,820
 So, they're going to be really good again next year.

510
00:28:02,940 --> 00:28:05,500
 And then Arden Breedlove, I mean, that's just insane.

511
00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:10,120
 I don't, the numbers she put up, I mean, that really was the best way to describe it.

512
00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:12,180
 I mean, those are the kind of things you see in video games.

513
00:28:12,420 --> 00:28:15,540
 And, you know, she's going to Mississippi College with, there's nothing to scoff at,

514
00:28:15,600 --> 00:28:20,220
 but I think some bigger schools are going to wish that they had recruited her harder.

515
00:28:20,940 --> 00:28:23,640
 And I wouldn't be surprised if she ends up at a bigger school,

516
00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:28,860
 because I think she's a heck of a player and does, you know, not just the numbers,

517
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 but just the way she attacks the game.

518
00:28:30,740 --> 00:28:33,320
 I think one of the best players all around that I've covered.

519
00:28:33,600 --> 00:28:35,680
 And, you know, it's been a pleasure to watch her.

520
00:28:35,680 --> 00:28:38,000
 And I know she's going to do great things in college.

521
00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:40,420
 And I wouldn't, like I said, I wouldn't be surprised she ends up playing

522
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 for somebody pretty big down the road.

523
00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:44,680
 I think you're exactly right, by the way.

524
00:28:45,060 --> 00:28:49,040
 Congratulations also to East Limestones baseball coach Adam Brown,

525
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:53,740
 the Decatur Daily's 5A, 7A Baseball Coach of the Year.

526
00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:57,680
 And also another coach in Carousel, Nicholas Holland,

527
00:28:58,340 --> 00:29:01,400
 is the new baseball coach at Decatur.

528
00:29:02,260 --> 00:29:05,380
 I think Decatur is beginning to grow again.

529
00:29:05,500 --> 00:29:06,520
 So we're going to see that.

530
00:29:07,340 --> 00:29:11,780
 His dad is a mutual friend of Harold and I, Barry Holland,

531
00:29:12,340 --> 00:29:16,480
 who is friends with our good friend, Freddie Kirby.

532
00:29:16,680 --> 00:29:18,860
 So congratulations to Nicholas Holland,

533
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 now being named the Decatur baseball coach.

534
00:29:21,820 --> 00:29:26,320
 You can get that information, all your stories on the player

535
00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:27,720
 and coaches of the year.

536
00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:31,340
 But where can we get online and get a lot of your articles

537
00:29:31,340 --> 00:29:32,980
 in the postseason awards?

538
00:29:34,260 --> 00:29:36,680
 Yeah, you can get online at DecaturDaily.com.

539
00:29:37,020 --> 00:29:40,540
 We've still got a few of these postseason awards to roll out.

540
00:29:40,540 --> 00:29:42,860
 And then, you know, next week the calendar turns to July.

541
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:45,220
 And that means it'll be time to get ready for football.

542
00:29:45,540 --> 00:29:47,760
 So it'll be here before you know it.

543
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:50,260
 Caleb's always good to hook up with you.

544
00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:52,280
 Listen, if you see that new coach out at East Lawrence

545
00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:54,040
 telling that Brett and I said hello, okay?

546
00:29:54,620 --> 00:29:54,940
 Okay.

547
00:29:55,620 --> 00:29:56,780
 I'll try to remember that.

548
00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:57,480
 Thank you, bud.

549
00:29:57,480 --> 00:29:58,100
 We'll hold you to it.

550
00:29:58,160 --> 00:29:58,900
 Caleb sucks.

551
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 Hooking up with us.

552
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 We'll see you there with the Decatur Daily.

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 What do you say we hop over the state line

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 Welcome back in.

658
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 I read a personal question, if you don't mind, okay?

659
00:35:59,440 --> 00:35:59,660
 Yeah.

660
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 Do you love preseason football magazines?

661
00:36:02,300 --> 00:36:03,300
 Well, of course I do.

662
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 Do you know anybody who probably knows a lot about preseason magazines?

663
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 You know, it's ironic.

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 I was looking at the schedule, looking at the scattering report for office and defense.

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 Right.

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 And I got down to the end of the article, and it had two words.

669
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 Ryan Callahan.

670
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 Way.

671
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 I know that guy.

672
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 And, you know, I think we need to ask him if it's the Ryan Callahan who wrote that article

673
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 for Lindy's.

674
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 RC on UT and now on the Boomo Bugg show.

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 Ryan Callahan, Go Vols 24-7.

676
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 Ryan, welcome in.

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 We knew you when you weren't all that famous.

678
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 How are you?

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 Doing well.

680
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 How are you guys?

681
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 Good.

682
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 All right.

683
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 That's a treat, is it not to be?

684
00:36:52,940 --> 00:36:58,680
 We've known Lindy for a while, and in one of the iconic preseason magazines, he was there

685
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 when basically people said, what are they doing?

686
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:02,380
 He's still there, which tells you he's doing something right.

687
00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:03,760
 That had to be a treat, Ryan.

688
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:07,220
 Yeah, it's the second year I've done the Tennessee section.

689
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 I did a little bit of work for them before.

690
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 We've partnered with them at 24-7 Sports for years to do their recruiting content as part

691
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:17,000
 of those team previews.

692
00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:22,100
 So, yeah, it's fun to do that, and it's a lot of work that goes into that.

693
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:24,420
 And you have to do it coming out of spring practice.

694
00:37:24,620 --> 00:37:28,860
 So, there's a lot of, you know, there's a starting lineup we list in there, a lot of

695
00:37:28,860 --> 00:37:30,180
 projecting involved in that.

696
00:37:30,340 --> 00:37:33,100
 So, there's some guesswork a little bit.

697
00:37:33,180 --> 00:37:37,580
 You've got to do the best you can in April or May to piece it all together.

698
00:37:37,700 --> 00:37:42,560
 But, yeah, it's fun to do that, and definitely gives you an appreciation for all the work

699
00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:46,180
 that goes into that, because just to put one of those together, and they've got, you

700
00:37:46,180 --> 00:37:49,200
 know, dozens, if not hundreds of teams to worry about.

701
00:37:50,060 --> 00:37:51,860
 I tell you what, Ryan, we're going to have the balls on.

702
00:37:51,860 --> 00:37:57,900
 We'll put a good word in for you if you can kind of give us a sneak peek without having

703
00:37:57,900 --> 00:38:02,620
 to shoot us of what will be in that magazine about Tennessee as far as offensive line

704
00:38:02,620 --> 00:38:05,260
 targets and everything else that you might be able to share with us.

705
00:38:06,260 --> 00:38:09,140
 Well, offensive line targets, do you mean recruiting or?

706
00:38:09,240 --> 00:38:13,000
 Yeah, recruiting separately, but also maybe what would be some of the insights in the article.

707
00:38:13,120 --> 00:38:16,860
 I know you can't tell us everything, but some of the things that folks who are curious about

708
00:38:16,860 --> 00:38:18,700
 what is going on with Tennessee.

709
00:38:19,620 --> 00:38:24,080
 Yeah, well, so the recruiting section actually didn't do the Tennessee part for them this year,

710
00:38:24,220 --> 00:38:31,920
 but on the team side, you know, definitely I think just a general theme is, you know, a lot of changes this year,

711
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:38,860
 a lot of key changes for Tennessee, especially on the staff side of things, and some several important new faces

712
00:38:38,860 --> 00:38:43,940
 on defense where Tennessee obviously struggled last year, but, you know, from Jim Knoll, the defensive coordinator,

713
00:38:44,500 --> 00:38:48,200
 to bringing in a new strength coach from Indiana right after the season,

714
00:38:48,620 --> 00:38:54,640
 to really change some things up that for the first time under Josh Heupel felt like they really needed to be changed.

715
00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:58,940
 I think that's kind of the theme of this season, and it continues with, you know,

716
00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:02,600
 whether they intended it this way in the beginning or not, a couple young quarterbacks,

717
00:39:02,740 --> 00:39:07,920
 one of whom either as a true freshman in Faison Brandon or a redshirt freshman in George McIntyre,

718
00:39:08,060 --> 00:39:14,240
 is going to be starting and playing some tough games early at Georgia Tech, for example, a road game in week two.

719
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:16,600
 They're going to have some youth there at quarterback.

720
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:19,840
 They've got a few weeks to figure things out before you get into SEC play,

721
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:23,080
 but they're going to have a young quarterback either way as part of those changes.

722
00:39:23,240 --> 00:39:26,140
 So, yeah, definitely a year of change for Tennessee,

723
00:39:26,420 --> 00:39:31,760
 and that kind of goes hand in hand with the fact that people aren't necessarily expecting a lot from Tennessee,

724
00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:35,760
 a lot of projections of them being around seven or eight wins and things like that,

725
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:40,120
 and that's not something we've heard a lot of the past few years for Josh Heupel and that staff.

726
00:39:41,220 --> 00:39:43,320
 Let me ask you about recruiting.

727
00:39:43,620 --> 00:39:52,340
 Tennessee's got two offensive line commitments, Amari Hudson and Princeton U, I'll call him, two other guys.

728
00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:57,560
 I know there have been a lot of commitments this week, and I've been running to keep up with.

729
00:39:57,620 --> 00:40:03,160
 Miller Westerfield, and then a guy that Auburn has looked at, Nico Kompas.

730
00:40:03,740 --> 00:40:07,600
 I grew up in Germany, went to the NFL Academy in London.

731
00:40:08,340 --> 00:40:12,120
 I know those are two that Tennessee has looked at.

732
00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:13,720
 Of course, other schools have two.

733
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:19,560
 Ismail Kamara, who I believe is going to wait until the fall to take his official visits.

734
00:40:20,020 --> 00:40:22,560
 Where's Tennessee in recruiting for the offensive line?

735
00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:29,100
 Yeah, still waiting on those, you know, mainly those two guys you mentioned, Miller Westerfield and Nico Kompas.

736
00:40:29,200 --> 00:40:32,680
 We'll see if Tennessee is able to land either of those guys.

737
00:40:32,780 --> 00:40:36,900
 It sounds like it's been mostly an SEC battle for Nico Kompas.

738
00:40:37,080 --> 00:40:41,940
 That's Auburn, Vanderbilt, and Tennessee, the main contenders there.

739
00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:43,760
 He also took an official visit to Michigan.

740
00:40:44,320 --> 00:40:46,780
 Tennessee does have a connection there that could prove to be helpful.

741
00:40:46,780 --> 00:40:52,600
 They've got his former NFL Academy teammate, Luca Wolfe, a freshman tight end on campus,

742
00:40:52,740 --> 00:40:56,120
 and those guys knew each other pretty well from their time at the NFL Academy.

743
00:40:56,760 --> 00:41:00,140
 So having that tie could at least help the Vols a little bit.

744
00:41:00,540 --> 00:41:04,900
 And they've landed two players from the NFL Academy in England, including Emmanuel Okoye,

745
00:41:05,040 --> 00:41:08,420
 an edge rusher who transferred out to Cal earlier this year.

746
00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:12,060
 So they do have some relationships there that could help in that battle,

747
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:14,320
 but so does Alex Golesh and that staff at Auburn.

748
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:18,300
 So I think those two might be at least the main contenders down the stretch,

749
00:41:18,460 --> 00:41:20,960
 but no final word yet on where he might be headed.

750
00:41:21,460 --> 00:41:27,680
 Miller Westerfield has been a trickier one to assess, not quite as much Tennessee buzz maybe,

751
00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:31,380
 but just partly because he's a quiet kid, and I think people don't have a great feel

752
00:41:31,380 --> 00:41:32,160
 for where that one's headed.

753
00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:36,680
 But Georgia, LSU, and Tennessee kind of thought to be the finalists there.

754
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:40,420
 And Tennessee made a good impression on his first official visit a few weeks ago,

755
00:41:40,420 --> 00:41:45,360
 but hard to say how much might have changed since he took those final two trips.

756
00:41:45,680 --> 00:41:47,940
 So we'll see about that one down the stretch.

757
00:41:48,020 --> 00:41:50,900
 But those are really the only two names left on the board for the Vols right now.

758
00:41:51,540 --> 00:41:54,800
 Always possible they could go into the season and look to flip some guys

759
00:41:54,800 --> 00:42:00,040
 or find some late emerging players, or obviously go to the transfer portal in the offseason.

760
00:42:00,240 --> 00:42:02,820
 That's kind of something we might see more with this class for Tennessee,

761
00:42:03,060 --> 00:42:06,340
 just not looking like it's going to be a very large class,

762
00:42:06,340 --> 00:42:10,200
 but they certainly would like to add at least one more piece to that offensive line if possible.

763
00:42:10,440 --> 00:42:14,420
 And so a lot of focus on Westerfield and campus to see if Tennessee can get one of those guys.

764
00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:17,140
 Ryan Callahan, Govall, 24-7.

765
00:42:17,220 --> 00:42:18,260
 You mentioned the flip word.

766
00:42:18,900 --> 00:42:22,340
 Recently, anytime Tennessee flips anybody, that's news,

767
00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:26,600
 but especially when it's, I guess, from Alabama by way of Tennessee.

768
00:42:26,760 --> 00:42:27,900
 You know where I'm going with this.

769
00:42:28,700 --> 00:42:33,260
 Timebacker Kenneth Simon II, after committing to Alabama, had a cup of coffee,

770
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:35,300
 and now it's flipped to Tennessee.

771
00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:39,800
 And shock, shock, Ryan, a lot of folks are not shocked by this flip.

772
00:42:39,860 --> 00:42:40,220
 Are you?

773
00:42:41,180 --> 00:42:45,400
 Well, at the time it happened, it was shocking to a lot of people

774
00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:50,260
 and sort of came out of nowhere because there wasn't an official visit that preceded it.

775
00:42:50,740 --> 00:42:54,380
 Now, there was sort of a quiet, you know, I guess you could call it an unofficial visit,

776
00:42:54,380 --> 00:42:59,660
 but essentially the weekend before he flipped, Kenneth Simon was back in Knoxville where he grew up.

777
00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:02,820
 You know, he was born and raised in Knoxville and spent a lot of time there,

778
00:43:02,900 --> 00:43:05,000
 obviously, around the program, but just happened to be in Knoxville

779
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:07,220
 for his younger brother's baseball tournament,

780
00:43:07,660 --> 00:43:10,180
 had some guys that he knew on campus for official visits,

781
00:43:10,260 --> 00:43:13,100
 including his teammate from Brentwood Academy, Keyshawn Bowman.

782
00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:16,660
 And those guys just kind of hit him up, knew he was in town, and said,

783
00:43:16,740 --> 00:43:17,880
 hey, why don't you come over and hang out?

784
00:43:18,300 --> 00:43:20,580
 And so he just ended up over at a player's apartment,

785
00:43:21,020 --> 00:43:23,280
 kind of hanging out with those guys during their official visits

786
00:43:23,280 --> 00:43:27,780
 and just kind of realized how many familiar faces there were at Tennessee

787
00:43:27,780 --> 00:43:32,440
 and just kind of came away from that little bit of time he spent with them thinking,

788
00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:34,660
 you know, I think I might want to be here.

789
00:43:35,060 --> 00:43:36,940
 And so that started the conversation.

790
00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:40,260
 And so obviously there's, you know, there's the money side to everything.

791
00:43:40,420 --> 00:43:43,500
 Things had to work out on all fronts for the flip to happen.

792
00:43:44,060 --> 00:43:47,100
 But, you know, Tennessee was able to get that one done and made it happen.

793
00:43:47,280 --> 00:43:50,000
 And like you said, they had that strong family connection there

794
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:53,120
 with his dad, Kevin Simon, being a former Tennessee linebacker,

795
00:43:53,180 --> 00:43:56,280
 also having been a part of Tennessee's staff under Jeremy Pruitt.

796
00:43:56,400 --> 00:43:58,440
 And actually in the early days of the Josh Heupel era,

797
00:43:58,780 --> 00:44:00,780
 before Heupel chose not to retain him,

798
00:44:00,820 --> 00:44:04,420
 you wondered if that might have made things more complicated for Tennessee

799
00:44:04,420 --> 00:44:05,340
 in the recruiting process.

800
00:44:05,340 --> 00:44:06,860
 But the Vols were able to overcome that.

801
00:44:06,940 --> 00:44:10,000
 And I think the staff changes they made on defense that I mentioned earlier,

802
00:44:10,120 --> 00:44:12,860
 you know, Jim Knowles replacing Tim Banks.

803
00:44:12,860 --> 00:44:15,720
 I think that kind of gave Tennessee some new life in that recruitment,

804
00:44:15,720 --> 00:44:18,840
 but still it looked like a tough one for Tennessee throughout the spring.

805
00:44:18,960 --> 00:44:20,760
 So, yeah, that was definitely not one of those situations

806
00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:22,660
 where people were just expecting a flip.

807
00:44:23,040 --> 00:44:24,700
 And it sort of did come out of nowhere at the time.

808
00:44:24,820 --> 00:44:28,620
 But in hindsight, obviously there are plenty of reasons to look at it

809
00:44:28,620 --> 00:44:29,740
 and say, well, that makes sense.

810
00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:32,700
 You know, the guy that grew up in Knoxville loves the idea of playing at Tennessee

811
00:44:32,700 --> 00:44:34,140
 and has the family connection there.

812
00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:37,860
 And sometimes, you know, just the familiarity of knowing you can play

813
00:44:37,860 --> 00:44:40,000
 with a bunch of guys that you know and grew up with

814
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:45,120
 can be a deciding factor for some guys as long as the money adds up

815
00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:46,820
 and everything makes sense on all fronts.

816
00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:49,960
 Speaking of that, connections to Knoxville,

817
00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:51,580
 let's ask you, if you will, about another one.

818
00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:53,600
 Now, obviously this road has two lanes.

819
00:44:53,720 --> 00:44:55,260
 One leads from Alabama to Tennessee.

820
00:44:56,100 --> 00:44:57,960
 The other is Tennessee leads to Alabama.

821
00:44:58,220 --> 00:45:03,700
 Braylon Gibbs, a Knoxville native, committed to Vanderbilt.

822
00:45:03,700 --> 00:45:05,140
 Some of them enlisted as a four.

823
00:45:05,280 --> 00:45:06,980
 Others are three-star cornerback.

824
00:45:07,620 --> 00:45:11,020
 And then Alabama used the flip word to bring in Braylon Gibbs

825
00:45:11,020 --> 00:45:14,940
 from Knoxville by way of Vanderbilt to Tuscaloosa.

826
00:45:15,040 --> 00:45:16,660
 What can you tell us about Braylon Gibbs?

827
00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:20,180
 Yeah, nice early pickup there for Alabama.

828
00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:24,220
 Been an active recruitment already for a guy just going into his junior year

829
00:45:24,220 --> 00:45:24,740
 of high school.

830
00:45:25,040 --> 00:45:29,100
 But, yeah, he's got a good number of early offers, more than 15 in all.

831
00:45:29,100 --> 00:45:32,720
 And Tennessee, among the schools that was already pursuing him,

832
00:45:32,820 --> 00:45:34,620
 Notre Dame, Miami, some other heavy hitters.

833
00:45:34,900 --> 00:45:39,820
 So, clearly a good player, good length, you know, around 6'2", 175 pounds.

834
00:45:39,980 --> 00:45:41,340
 So, there's a lot to like there.

835
00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:44,600
 Knoxville Catholic High School just down the road from Tennessee's campus.

836
00:45:44,940 --> 00:45:49,760
 And, you know, a lot of talent on that roster right now with several guys

837
00:45:49,760 --> 00:45:51,200
 having Tennessee offers.

838
00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:53,520
 So, yeah, nice pickup there.

839
00:45:53,680 --> 00:45:57,820
 And it's interesting to see some early commitments, a little bit more than usual.

840
00:45:58,040 --> 00:46:01,640
 We even saw a 20-29 commitment in the last few days here.

841
00:46:01,940 --> 00:46:06,340
 So, you know, it's interesting even in this era where everyone's kind of all, you know,

842
00:46:06,860 --> 00:46:09,220
 high school recruiting hasn't been completely de-emphasized,

843
00:46:09,280 --> 00:46:12,000
 but people are a little more interested these days in portal recruiting

844
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:13,280
 versus high school recruiting.

845
00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:18,120
 But interesting to see, not only is that still important to a lot of programs,

846
00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:20,360
 but we're still seeing some very early commitments

847
00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:24,620
 and clearly some schools prioritizing these guys to the point that you're getting

848
00:46:24,620 --> 00:46:25,420
 those early commitments.

849
00:46:25,840 --> 00:46:28,600
 So, yeah, it's an interesting era that we're in.

850
00:46:28,680 --> 00:46:30,700
 But, yeah, you still see some early pickups like this.

851
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:34,300
 And, yeah, nice early addition for Alabama that, again, long way to go in that one.

852
00:46:34,360 --> 00:46:37,000
 We'll see if it lasts all the way to the finish line.

853
00:46:37,100 --> 00:46:40,980
 But that's a kid who's already been pretty active committing to two different SEC schools

854
00:46:40,980 --> 00:46:42,440
 before his junior years even started.

855
00:46:43,120 --> 00:46:49,780
 Five-star wide receiver Xavier Salb has two older brothers playing at Alabama right now.

856
00:46:50,300 --> 00:46:54,160
 According to a lot of sources, he won't be coming to Alabama.

857
00:46:54,160 --> 00:46:58,760
 But I know he visited Tennessee on an official in June.

858
00:46:59,000 --> 00:47:01,440
 Tennessee, as you mentioned, Keyshawn Bowman,

859
00:47:02,580 --> 00:47:06,580
 Dane Cooper or two that they've got commitments from.

860
00:47:07,060 --> 00:47:10,000
 Where's Tennessee's stance with Xavier Salb?

861
00:47:10,900 --> 00:47:15,000
 Yeah, it seemed like Tennessee had made a pretty good impression there

862
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:17,920
 during his official visit to Knoxville the weekend of June 12th.

863
00:47:17,920 --> 00:47:19,520
 That was his next-to-last official visit.

864
00:47:19,680 --> 00:47:23,560
 But he ended that string of visits by going back to Oregon last weekend

865
00:47:23,560 --> 00:47:29,100
 and certainly seemed like the Ducks were the team to beat going into that final visit.

866
00:47:29,240 --> 00:47:32,360
 And that's been kind of the buzz coming out of that one as well.

867
00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:36,320
 So it does sound like Oregon, probably the leader in the clubhouse right now,

868
00:47:36,420 --> 00:47:38,020
 not a done deal just yet.

869
00:47:38,020 --> 00:47:42,840
 But that looks very possible he'll be heading out west to play for the Ducks.

870
00:47:43,080 --> 00:47:45,900
 So that seems to be where that one is trending right now.

871
00:47:45,980 --> 00:47:49,040
 Tennessee, if there's another team to watch in that one, it could be Tennessee.

872
00:47:49,320 --> 00:47:51,800
 But with them already having Keyshawn Bowman, as you mentioned,

873
00:47:51,900 --> 00:47:55,640
 the highly-ranked in-state receiver, and then Dane Cooper already committed,

874
00:47:55,760 --> 00:48:01,800
 I think they're at least content if they don't get Xavier Saab to kind of be at a good place

875
00:48:01,800 --> 00:48:06,580
 with those two guys committed at wide receiver and Saab, one of those highly-ranked players

876
00:48:06,580 --> 00:48:09,560
 that you're not going to get without investing some resources.

877
00:48:09,780 --> 00:48:11,580
 So we'll see if that one works out for Tennessee.

878
00:48:11,720 --> 00:48:14,060
 But right now there's more reason to think he might end up at Oregon

879
00:48:14,060 --> 00:48:15,920
 as opposed to his other finalists.

880
00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:24,800
 Nate Amant, selected number 13, I'd seen anywhere from 10 to 15 for the NBA draft.

881
00:48:24,920 --> 00:48:29,540
 Tennessee fans, I know, wish he could come back for another year, but he was so talented.

882
00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:32,420
 He got hurt late in the year and played through that.

883
00:48:33,420 --> 00:48:36,880
 Going 13, is that about where you thought he'd be selected?

884
00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:40,340
 Well, that was thought to be a real possibility.

885
00:48:41,020 --> 00:48:44,700
 There were some projections later in the process, especially where you thought

886
00:48:44,700 --> 00:48:46,480
 maybe he could slide into the top 10.

887
00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:49,340
 But it was a pretty deep draft, obviously.

888
00:48:49,480 --> 00:48:52,180
 You had the Michigan players in there that drew a lot of attention

889
00:48:52,180 --> 00:48:55,980
 and kind of caused him to fall down the board a little bit farther.

890
00:48:56,220 --> 00:48:57,580
 So it made some sense.

891
00:48:57,580 --> 00:49:01,160
 But he's an interesting prospect to a lot of teams, I think, who, you know,

892
00:49:01,160 --> 00:49:03,660
 intrigued by the age, by the upside, you know,

893
00:49:03,740 --> 00:49:06,780
 really started to come into his own the second half of the season at Tennessee

894
00:49:06,780 --> 00:49:10,460
 and a lot of people still think he's got another level that he can take his game to

895
00:49:10,460 --> 00:49:11,440
 in the NBA.

896
00:49:11,680 --> 00:49:13,560
 But the landing spot is pretty good.

897
00:49:13,660 --> 00:49:18,820
 He ends up with the Bucs and, you know, finds a real opportunity there,

898
00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:20,880
 obviously, with Giannis no longer on the roster.

899
00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:25,460
 You know, similar build, I guess, and in some ways maybe similar game

900
00:49:25,460 --> 00:49:30,660
 to where he can be a guy for them early and have a chance to really make himself

901
00:49:30,660 --> 00:49:32,240
 kind of a cornerstone for that franchise.

902
00:49:32,500 --> 00:49:34,540
 So we'll see how that works out for him.

903
00:49:34,540 --> 00:49:38,780
 But, you know, on one hand, not a team that's going to be expected to do a lot

904
00:49:38,780 --> 00:49:40,720
 this year probably without Giannis.

905
00:49:40,840 --> 00:49:43,400
 But on the flip side, a real opportunity there for him to go in

906
00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:46,940
 and make himself a big name for them pretty early if he can live up to the hype.

907
00:49:47,040 --> 00:49:49,660
 So not a bad landing spot, even though he slipped toward the back end

908
00:49:49,660 --> 00:49:50,440
 of the lottery picks.

909
00:49:50,620 --> 00:49:56,100
 But in a strong draft for a young guy, that's not the worst landing spot for sure.

910
00:49:56,580 --> 00:49:56,720
 Yeah.

911
00:49:56,820 --> 00:50:02,680
 Our listeners certainly remember Nate Amey lining up Alabama for 28 in Tuscaloosa.

912
00:50:03,400 --> 00:50:06,060
 That was another one of his coming out games.

913
00:50:06,180 --> 00:50:12,840
 By the way, again, congratulations on the article on Lindy's about Tennessee for the upcoming season.

914
00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:13,560
 And you're right.

915
00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:16,660
 I'm sure that was a lot of work that you put in for that.

916
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:22,340
 Recruiting, baseball transfer portal, still a lot of stuff going on,

917
00:50:22,700 --> 00:50:24,760
 much less previewing the upcoming season.

918
00:50:24,900 --> 00:50:26,980
 Where can we get online to get all the good stuff?

919
00:50:27,820 --> 00:50:28,680
 Yeah, appreciate that.

920
00:50:28,760 --> 00:50:30,000
 But, yeah, a lot's going on.

921
00:50:30,060 --> 00:50:31,100
 Great time to check out the site.

922
00:50:31,240 --> 00:50:34,580
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923
00:50:34,580 --> 00:50:36,740
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924
00:50:37,400 --> 00:50:40,700
 Preseason camp just around the corner, already looking ahead to where Tennessee's going to be

925
00:50:40,700 --> 00:50:42,140
 going into this season.

926
00:50:42,280 --> 00:50:44,980
 But, yeah, lots to check out right now at GoVols247.com.

927
00:50:45,040 --> 00:50:48,080
 And you can follow me on Twitter at RyanCallahan247 as well.

928
00:50:48,900 --> 00:50:49,540
 That's great, Ryan.

929
00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:51,380
 Listen, man, thanks so much for your time today.

930
00:50:51,440 --> 00:50:53,980
 Have a great Thursday, Friday, and weekend, okay?

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 You guys do the same.

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 Sports Radio 93.9, The Score.

1037
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 Westwood One Sports presents this World Soccer Update.

1038
00:56:30,520 --> 00:56:32,560
 Already assured a spot in the round of 32,

1039
00:56:32,760 --> 00:56:35,500
 Mauricio Pochettino in the U.S. can play it safe

1040
00:56:35,500 --> 00:56:39,500
 in tonight's group stage finale against Turkey A, 10 Eastern in L.A.

1041
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 For sure, we are going to take the best decision.

1042
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 The best starting XI that we believe that they are ready to play

1043
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 and be sure that we are going to compete and then win or no win,

1044
00:56:54,160 --> 00:56:56,160
 depend on the different situation.

1045
00:56:56,740 --> 00:57:01,040
 But for sure that we want to win and we want to arrive to the next stage

1046
00:57:01,040 --> 00:57:03,500
 with three victories if that is possible.

1047
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 Christian Pulisic will be available coming off the cap injury.

1048
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 Flo Baligan, Tyler Adams, and Chris Richards all have yellow cards

1049
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 and they won't start.

1050
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 One more yellow card would mean a suspension for the next match.

1051
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 With this 2026 World Soccer Update,

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 I'm Brad Heller, Westwood One Sports.

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1071
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 Boomo Bugg on 93.9, the score.

1072
00:58:34,780 --> 00:58:38,380
 Is it ever too early to get to those ACC football power rankings?

1073
00:58:38,380 --> 00:58:38,680
 Never.

1074
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 Never.

1075
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 This is from on3.com.

1076
00:58:41,900 --> 00:58:48,600
 Foddy, Lang, Kiffin, Stretbeard are at number six ahead of the Alabama Crimson Tides.

1077
00:58:48,680 --> 00:58:50,960
 They're basically in the middle of the pack.

1078
00:58:51,060 --> 00:58:55,160
 Can you imagine a few years back saying Alabama is in the middle of the pack right now?

1079
00:58:55,260 --> 00:58:57,260
 Well, I've said this for months.

1080
00:58:57,460 --> 00:59:01,500
 The reason Alabama, Harold, is anywhere from 10 to 15,

1081
00:59:01,960 --> 00:59:03,380
 they don't have a veteran quarterback.

1082
00:59:03,760 --> 00:59:05,360
 If Ty Simpson would have come back,

1083
00:59:05,480 --> 00:59:09,200
 Alabama would have probably been third in the SEC

1084
00:59:09,200 --> 00:59:13,720
 and eighth or ninth in the majority of the national polls.

1085
00:59:13,820 --> 00:59:16,460
 A lot of these polls, the guys that put them together,

1086
00:59:16,580 --> 00:59:19,320
 can't get past an experienced quarterback.

1087
00:59:19,320 --> 00:59:20,860
 I think that's why they're there.

1088
00:59:21,180 --> 00:59:22,560
 Auburn is 13, you agree with that.

1089
00:59:22,920 --> 00:59:24,980
 Harold, I think if they will have a good year,

1090
00:59:25,060 --> 00:59:26,420
 they're going to have a winning season.

1091
00:59:26,680 --> 00:59:29,020
 Again, they already know their identity, Harold.

1092
00:59:29,120 --> 00:59:30,600
 They're going to run the frigging bowl,

1093
00:59:30,960 --> 00:59:33,620
 as Alex Golding said in the preseason.

1094
00:59:34,100 --> 00:59:35,540
 What kind of bowl are they going to run, Brent?

1095
00:59:35,580 --> 00:59:37,260
 Yeah, frigging bowl.

1096
00:59:38,540 --> 00:59:42,740
 The Boomo Bugg show, weekdays noon to 2 on 93.9, the score.

1097
00:59:43,720 --> 00:59:45,800
 93.9, the score weather.

1098
00:59:46,080 --> 00:59:49,080
 Today, a 20% chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms

1099
00:59:49,080 --> 00:59:50,260
 with a high around 90.

1100
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 Tonight, partly cloudy with a 10% chance of showers overnight

1101
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 and a low near 70.

1102
00:59:55,400 --> 00:59:57,860
 Tomorrow, mostly sunny with a 10% chance of showers

1103
00:59:57,860 --> 00:59:59,180
 and a high around 95.

1104
00:59:59,760 --> 01:00:02,120
 Tomorrow night, partly cloudy with a low near 75.

1105
01:00:02,760 --> 01:00:05,220
 Ampere Saturday, mostly sunny with a high around 90.

1106
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 Your weather from 93.9, the score.

1107
01:00:11,320 --> 01:00:13,940
 Now, get ready to roll.

1108
01:00:14,320 --> 01:00:18,440
 Shoals, Decatur, Athens, and all of northwest Alabama

1109
01:00:18,440 --> 01:00:20,260
 and southern Tennessee.

1110
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 It's time for the Valley's exclusive FM sports voice.

1111
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 The Boomo Bugg show.

1112
01:00:29,700 --> 01:00:32,180
 Your exclusive inside track to the tie.

1113
01:00:32,380 --> 01:00:35,320
 Tigers, Tennessee, and the rest of the SEC.

1114
01:00:36,100 --> 01:00:41,540
 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9, the score.

1115
01:00:46,480 --> 01:00:48,540
 And welcome back to the Boomo Bugg show.

1116
01:00:48,660 --> 01:00:51,880
 Brett Beaird, Harold, will be joining in just a few minutes,

1117
01:00:52,000 --> 01:00:55,960
 but absolutely delighted to bring in good friend, Mike Neighbors.

1118
01:00:56,400 --> 01:00:59,140
 And it may take me two minutes to do his introduction.

1119
01:00:59,940 --> 01:01:03,340
 Florida Southern College professor, NFL broadcaster,

1120
01:01:03,580 --> 01:01:06,840
 or used to be covering the Saints and the Tampa Bay Bucs,

1121
01:01:07,500 --> 01:01:11,320
 author of several books, including Don't Quit Pivot

1122
01:01:11,320 --> 01:01:15,180
 and the Breezeway, and we'll talk about Don't Quit Pivot

1123
01:01:15,180 --> 01:01:18,240
 in a few minutes, Major League Baseball writer,

1124
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 Aarons, I'll let him explain that,

1125
01:01:20,480 --> 01:01:23,920
 neighborhood blogger, and just all-around nice guy.

1126
01:01:24,080 --> 01:01:25,460
 Welcome into the show, Mike.

1127
01:01:25,480 --> 01:01:26,000
 How are you doing?

1128
01:01:27,120 --> 01:01:27,860
 What's up, brother?

1129
01:01:27,920 --> 01:01:29,300
 I was at Birmingham this week.

1130
01:01:29,360 --> 01:01:31,960
 I was so close, yet so far from you.

1131
01:01:32,040 --> 01:01:32,820
 How are you?

1132
01:01:33,340 --> 01:01:34,440
 Man, we're doing all right.

1133
01:01:34,440 --> 01:01:36,620
 I was a little late because I had to change the ink

1134
01:01:36,620 --> 01:01:39,100
 in the printer just to get all your accomplishments there, Mike.

1135
01:01:39,880 --> 01:01:44,780
 One thing I admire about you, you are not afraid to go through things

1136
01:01:44,780 --> 01:01:47,440
 and try to bring in new things.

1137
01:01:47,580 --> 01:01:50,020
 You should write a book, as Rick alluded to.

1138
01:01:50,180 --> 01:01:52,460
 You should write a book that says Don't Quit But Pivot.

1139
01:01:52,540 --> 01:01:54,100
 Have you ever thought about doing that, Mike?

1140
01:01:54,720 --> 01:01:55,340
 You know what?

1141
01:01:55,440 --> 01:01:57,460
 Yeah, I'm going to get to that one of these days.

1142
01:01:57,700 --> 01:01:57,880
 Absolutely.

1143
01:02:00,060 --> 01:02:01,500
 We want to talk more about that.

1144
01:02:01,560 --> 01:02:04,580
 But first of all, about the family, how are they doing,

1145
01:02:04,580 --> 01:02:07,660
 including your daughter, who knows all about a place

1146
01:02:07,660 --> 01:02:12,820
 called the University of Alabama, where Papa spent some time back in the day?

1147
01:02:13,920 --> 01:02:14,760
 Yeah, you know what?

1148
01:02:14,900 --> 01:02:17,740
 This will show you how small our business is, Harold.

1149
01:02:18,300 --> 01:02:20,780
 My first TV job, my daughter's doing great, by the way,

1150
01:02:21,360 --> 01:02:25,060
 but my first TV job was in Tuscaloosa,

1151
01:02:25,620 --> 01:02:28,120
 and a guy by the name of David Lamb hired me.

1152
01:02:28,120 --> 01:02:30,540
 You know David Lamb?

1153
01:02:30,800 --> 01:02:31,300
 Yep, I do.

1154
01:02:31,460 --> 01:02:36,200
 I had not seen David Lamb in, I'm going to say, 32 years,

1155
01:02:36,260 --> 01:02:40,380
 and we had lunch in Birmingham and talked about Gene Stallings,

1156
01:02:40,940 --> 01:02:43,820
 when Davos Sweeney was a walk-on wide receiver,

1157
01:02:44,480 --> 01:02:46,900
 some quarterback nobody believed in, Jay Barker.

1158
01:02:47,700 --> 01:02:50,460
 You know, Tuscaloosa, great memories.

1159
01:02:50,920 --> 01:02:52,900
 I couldn't have asked for a better first job.

1160
01:02:53,260 --> 01:02:55,780
 And as you guys know, the business is so small,

1161
01:02:56,180 --> 01:02:58,200
 it's always great to reunite with people, too.

1162
01:02:58,580 --> 01:03:00,580
 Well, we appreciate you taking time out, Mike,

1163
01:03:00,620 --> 01:03:04,360
 because like I said, you're one of the guys who's been there and done that.

1164
01:03:04,900 --> 01:03:07,720
 You've gone to school, but you've also gone to the School of Hard Knocks.

1165
01:03:07,720 --> 01:03:11,940
 You know about life, and now you are a professor at Florida Southern.

1166
01:03:12,180 --> 01:03:16,620
 Congratulations on that, which means let's go and get the textbook of the NCAA.

1167
01:03:17,160 --> 01:03:21,260
 Mike, your thoughts about what's going on as far as this time of the year.

1168
01:03:21,340 --> 01:03:23,420
 We know football is going to get busy on the field,

1169
01:03:23,560 --> 01:03:27,480
 but now it seems like the NCAA is trying to get a handle on things.

1170
01:03:27,640 --> 01:03:29,360
 Maybe they'll let Pandora get out of the box,

1171
01:03:29,940 --> 01:03:31,580
 and good luck in trying to get it back.

1172
01:03:31,720 --> 01:03:34,580
 But the transfer window, they're narrowing it down five years to play,

1173
01:03:34,680 --> 01:03:37,540
 you know, a five-for-five rule, they call it.

1174
01:03:37,800 --> 01:03:40,680
 They're trying to put all kinds of guardrails up now, it seems.

1175
01:03:40,680 --> 01:03:44,560
 Mike, where are you with where college football is and where it's going?

1176
01:03:45,780 --> 01:03:47,620
 Well, I guess better late than never, right?

1177
01:03:47,940 --> 01:03:52,480
 I like the fact that they are seemingly taking it over the gambling situation.

1178
01:03:52,660 --> 01:03:53,660
 I like that really recently.

1179
01:03:54,320 --> 01:03:55,960
 I thought that was something that was needed.

1180
01:03:56,500 --> 01:03:58,260
 You talk about the Pandora's box.

1181
01:03:58,380 --> 01:04:01,100
 If they allow the quarterback to play,

1182
01:04:02,080 --> 01:04:04,960
 it's just going to open up the floodgates in so many ways.

1183
01:04:05,340 --> 01:04:08,660
 So I like the fact that they're probably taking hold of things.

1184
01:04:08,660 --> 01:04:10,580
 It'll be interesting to see where this goes.

1185
01:04:11,060 --> 01:04:14,960
 Because the guardrails have been lifted, the players have a ton of power,

1186
01:04:15,340 --> 01:04:19,180
 and once you're cutting checks the way they've cut checks the last three or four years,

1187
01:04:19,820 --> 01:04:22,920
 it'll be very interesting to see where it is moving forward.

1188
01:04:23,100 --> 01:04:25,200
 You know, I tell my students all the time,

1189
01:04:25,620 --> 01:04:28,400
 we're going to look back at this era and say,

1190
01:04:28,460 --> 01:04:30,500
 boy, what a great time to be a college athlete.

1191
01:04:30,660 --> 01:04:32,200
 Because I just don't see this continuing.

1192
01:04:32,860 --> 01:04:37,680
 You see Dusty May leaving a national championship team to go coaching the NBA

1193
01:04:37,680 --> 01:04:41,500
 because the NBA is more structured than the college game.

1194
01:04:41,620 --> 01:04:43,820
 You can build a team more with a salary cap.

1195
01:04:44,020 --> 01:04:47,200
 And so they've got to take hold better late than never.

1196
01:04:47,380 --> 01:04:50,680
 But it'll be very interesting to see where we are in like five years, right?

1197
01:04:50,720 --> 01:04:54,580
 To look back at this period and say, boy, what a great time to be a college athlete.

1198
01:04:54,580 --> 01:04:57,920
 But what a crazy time to be a coach or an administrator.

1199
01:04:58,240 --> 01:05:01,480
 Let me ask you about OTAs.

1200
01:05:01,560 --> 01:05:05,280
 Two things that happened today with the Division I Council,

1201
01:05:06,040 --> 01:05:09,640
 they came down with they've reduced the transfer window.

1202
01:05:09,780 --> 01:05:12,580
 This used to be 45 days two years ago.

1203
01:05:13,180 --> 01:05:16,020
 Now their proposal is they're going to reduce it to 10

1204
01:05:16,020 --> 01:05:19,860
 from January the 4th through the 13th.

1205
01:05:19,860 --> 01:05:24,200
 And something you're quite familiar with, covering NFL teams for years,

1206
01:05:24,720 --> 01:05:28,120
 and this has been rumored or talked about for years,

1207
01:05:28,240 --> 01:05:33,840
 OTAs will replace spring practice for college football.

1208
01:05:34,200 --> 01:05:36,720
 Teams will be allowed 21 practices.

1209
01:05:37,340 --> 01:05:44,600
 They're even reducing the number of practices in late July and in August.

1210
01:05:45,200 --> 01:05:47,000
 You've been around OTAs.

1211
01:05:47,200 --> 01:05:49,980
 Your thoughts about college adopting that?

1212
01:05:51,420 --> 01:05:57,080
 Well, I think a lot of football players will tell you that you're getting more injuries

1213
01:05:57,080 --> 01:05:59,560
 maybe because you're not hitting as much in practice, you know?

1214
01:05:59,640 --> 01:06:03,460
 I mean, I think they had to adjust the two-a-day model.

1215
01:06:03,640 --> 01:06:07,160
 I mean, you look back at when I covered training camp for years in the NFL

1216
01:06:07,160 --> 01:06:12,440
 when they had two-a-days, and frankly, the college preseason was a little tougher back in the day.

1217
01:06:12,440 --> 01:06:14,240
 I think that had to be modified a little bit.

1218
01:06:14,460 --> 01:06:16,840
 But I think they're maybe going too far the other way now.

1219
01:06:17,400 --> 01:06:22,100
 You know, when they adopt the 18-game schedule, guys, you know that's coming in the NFL, obviously.

1220
01:06:22,600 --> 01:06:25,740
 They're going to dwindle that preseason more and more because they're going to have to.

1221
01:06:25,900 --> 01:06:28,200
 The collective bargaining agreement, the players are going to say,

1222
01:06:28,280 --> 01:06:32,740
 okay, well, if we're going to play 18 games, we're only going to play two preseason games.

1223
01:06:32,900 --> 01:06:34,500
 We're going to cut back the offseason.

1224
01:06:34,980 --> 01:06:39,100
 And here's something I heard yesterday that's kind of an interesting wrinkle with this World Cup

1225
01:06:39,100 --> 01:06:42,840
 where they have, you know, a lot of these stadiums having grass surfaces.

1226
01:06:43,520 --> 01:06:45,160
 You know, what about throwing that in there?

1227
01:06:45,240 --> 01:06:46,760
 Hey, we don't want to play on turf anymore.

1228
01:06:47,100 --> 01:06:50,340
 We want to be like these soccer guys and play on grass.

1229
01:06:50,700 --> 01:06:53,540
 I mean, there's all kinds of give and take they're going to have

1230
01:06:53,540 --> 01:06:55,260
 with this collective bargaining agreement.

1231
01:06:55,260 --> 01:06:57,400
 But I think there has to be middle ground.

1232
01:06:57,580 --> 01:07:00,500
 Two-a-days were kind of insane in a lot of ways,

1233
01:07:00,620 --> 01:07:02,440
 especially if they were going full pads.

1234
01:07:02,900 --> 01:07:06,880
 But now I think maybe they're not being physical enough in practice.

1235
01:07:07,180 --> 01:07:10,260
 It's already tough enough being a head coach with this NIL stuff.

1236
01:07:10,420 --> 01:07:14,100
 And now you've got to deal with, you know, the different practices

1237
01:07:14,100 --> 01:07:18,860
 that you can't prepare these players who you're building a whole new roster too.

1238
01:07:19,040 --> 01:07:20,940
 So I feel for the coaches in a lot of ways.

1239
01:07:21,160 --> 01:07:21,460
 I do.

1240
01:07:22,140 --> 01:07:23,540
 Mike Nabors is hooking up with us.

1241
01:07:23,540 --> 01:07:26,900
 Mike, you bring up coaches and how things have changed.

1242
01:07:27,060 --> 01:07:29,840
 Number one, how smart is Nick Saban to look down the road and say,

1243
01:07:29,960 --> 01:07:32,820
 uh-uh, I'm not going to put up with this.

1244
01:07:33,220 --> 01:07:34,340
 Do you see coaches now?

1245
01:07:34,420 --> 01:07:36,700
 Do you get the feeling fans are used to a model?

1246
01:07:36,880 --> 01:07:39,820
 You bring in kids, you put them on the bench, you build depth,

1247
01:07:39,880 --> 01:07:41,320
 and in about two years you play them.

1248
01:07:41,360 --> 01:07:42,540
 They're not going to do that anymore.

1249
01:07:43,140 --> 01:07:46,040
 The other side of that coin, see if you agree with this observation

1250
01:07:46,040 --> 01:07:47,120
 or possibility, Mike.

1251
01:07:47,460 --> 01:07:50,200
 These coaches now are not looking two or three years down the road

1252
01:07:50,200 --> 01:07:53,040
 because they want to build now, when now, through the portal.

1253
01:07:53,460 --> 01:07:55,640
 And then if it doesn't work out, I got a resume.

1254
01:07:55,820 --> 01:07:57,900
 I just go and job hop to the next school.

1255
01:07:58,340 --> 01:08:00,940
 In other words, you're not going to go back and get a Nick Saban

1256
01:08:00,940 --> 01:08:04,100
 or some of the guys back in the day, Joe Paterno,

1257
01:08:04,160 --> 01:08:05,960
 where they're going to come and just die on the job.

1258
01:08:06,360 --> 01:08:08,260
 Dabo might be the last of that class.

1259
01:08:08,360 --> 01:08:10,240
 But your thoughts about how things have changed

1260
01:08:10,240 --> 01:08:12,280
 and just how these coaches are putting together.

1261
01:08:12,520 --> 01:08:13,580
 You don't see many.

1262
01:08:13,880 --> 01:08:15,900
 I'm sure there's always an exception to the rule

1263
01:08:15,900 --> 01:08:18,200
 who are building this class for three or four years.

1264
01:08:18,200 --> 01:08:20,160
 They're looking at it right now.

1265
01:08:21,440 --> 01:08:25,220
 Yeah, I mean, I'll look at your placement for Nick Saban, Caleb DeBoer.

1266
01:08:25,340 --> 01:08:27,540
 I mean, once he lost 20 games in 11 years,

1267
01:08:27,960 --> 01:08:30,340
 and there's a lot of fans that are all over him in Alabama.

1268
01:08:31,900 --> 01:08:34,140
 It'll be interesting to see what he does moving forward,

1269
01:08:34,200 --> 01:08:37,260
 but I think it's smart that he's one of those guys, too.

1270
01:08:37,400 --> 01:08:40,980
 It kind of reminds me of Tony Dungy when I used to cover him with the Bucs.

1271
01:08:41,120 --> 01:08:45,600
 When they fired him, he was out of work about two minutes.

1272
01:08:47,020 --> 01:08:48,860
 Let's just say they got rid of Caleb DeBoer,

1273
01:08:48,920 --> 01:08:50,320
 which they weren't going to do last year,

1274
01:08:50,460 --> 01:08:53,660
 but obviously Alabama fans weren't happy with that Indiana game.

1275
01:08:53,740 --> 01:08:56,860
 It showed the discrepancy in the way these two programs,

1276
01:08:56,980 --> 01:08:58,280
 the state of the programs were anyway.

1277
01:08:58,640 --> 01:09:00,700
 If they got rid of Caleb DeBoer, which they weren't going to do,

1278
01:09:00,740 --> 01:09:03,580
 but if they did, he'd get a job in about two minutes, too.

1279
01:09:03,660 --> 01:09:04,100
 Or less.

1280
01:09:05,120 --> 01:09:06,120
 Or less, yeah.

1281
01:09:06,180 --> 01:09:09,040
 But to your point, I go back to Dusty May in Michigan,

1282
01:09:09,160 --> 01:09:10,100
 the basketball coach.

1283
01:09:10,500 --> 01:09:15,100
 He puts together the first team ever that has all-new starters

1284
01:09:15,100 --> 01:09:16,620
 to win a national championship team.

1285
01:09:17,020 --> 01:09:21,640
 And then doesn't defend it and go to the NBA if there isn't a bigger case study

1286
01:09:21,640 --> 01:09:24,120
 for the state of coaches in college sports.

1287
01:09:24,280 --> 01:09:25,500
 I mean, it's Dusty May in Michigan.

1288
01:09:25,960 --> 01:09:30,700
 So until they fix this, until they have kind of a salary cap or guardrails

1289
01:09:30,700 --> 01:09:34,500
 or get a hold of the transfer portal, we're going to see stories like that just continue.

1290
01:09:34,860 --> 01:09:35,580
 And it's a shame.

1291
01:09:35,820 --> 01:09:37,020
 Because think about Michigan.

1292
01:09:37,580 --> 01:09:40,840
 You know, they haven't been relevant basketball in a long time to that degree.

1293
01:09:41,340 --> 01:09:44,080
 And now, not only do you lose most of your roster,

1294
01:09:44,400 --> 01:09:45,740
 but you lose your coach, too.

1295
01:09:45,820 --> 01:09:47,960
 It's just a year-to-year thing for the fans as well.

1296
01:09:49,320 --> 01:09:51,580
 You mentioned collective bargaining.

1297
01:09:52,240 --> 01:09:57,000
 Is that one of the solutions for how to control NIL in college football?

1298
01:09:58,260 --> 01:09:58,700
 Absolutely.

1299
01:09:59,540 --> 01:10:02,920
 You know, every state has a different law.

1300
01:10:03,480 --> 01:10:07,200
 I mean, every program, every conference has a different advantage.

1301
01:10:07,940 --> 01:10:11,400
 You know, you look at maybe an outlier school like Texas Tech

1302
01:10:11,400 --> 01:10:13,540
 who has a good, solid booster base.

1303
01:10:13,640 --> 01:10:16,500
 But if you have collective bargaining, if you have the salary cap,

1304
01:10:16,800 --> 01:10:18,560
 I think it fixes a lot of problems.

1305
01:10:18,980 --> 01:10:20,140
 It levels the playing field.

1306
01:10:20,540 --> 01:10:24,380
 I mean, Major League Baseball is probably going to have a worse stoppage

1307
01:10:24,380 --> 01:10:26,280
 because they don't have a salary cap.

1308
01:10:26,600 --> 01:10:29,820
 So they've got to get a hold of that in Major League Baseball

1309
01:10:29,820 --> 01:10:31,420
 and they've got to get a hold of that in college sports

1310
01:10:31,420 --> 01:10:36,020
 so they could be more like the NFL and, frankly, the NHL and the NBA

1311
01:10:36,020 --> 01:10:37,820
 who have a solid salary structure.

1312
01:10:38,900 --> 01:10:40,940
 What was the old disco song back in the day?

1313
01:10:41,040 --> 01:10:42,960
 More, more, more when it comes to money.

1314
01:10:43,280 --> 01:10:47,340
 Mike, a lot of guys right now are fighting life.

1315
01:10:47,740 --> 01:10:50,540
 And a lot of them are saying, you know what, I need some inspiration.

1316
01:10:51,200 --> 01:10:56,080
 If someone said, Mike, what can you tell guys to not quit but pivot?

1317
01:10:57,720 --> 01:11:00,520
 You know what, I'll say this, and I appreciate it.

1318
01:11:00,640 --> 01:11:05,800
 It's the title of my book, and I think we all have skills that we take for granted.

1319
01:11:05,800 --> 01:11:09,740
 I mean, for so many years, I thought that all I could do is be a sportscaster.

1320
01:11:09,860 --> 01:11:11,440
 And that was okay because I love doing it.

1321
01:11:11,820 --> 01:11:13,840
 But I wanted to create more options in my life.

1322
01:11:14,400 --> 01:11:19,700
 And I went back to school, got my master's, and I teach just like I was a sportscaster.

1323
01:11:19,900 --> 01:11:44,000
 And if you're listening right now and you're frustrated, you know, write down five attributes you have that you've built over the years in your profession that maybe you've taken for granted and that you could use in a different job.

1324
01:11:44,000 --> 01:11:48,740
 And really, you could be 23, you could be 93, you could be every age in between.

1325
01:11:49,240 --> 01:11:51,220
 We all have skills we take for granted.

1326
01:11:51,720 --> 01:11:56,100
 So use those to channel a new career, but you've got to have a purpose.

1327
01:11:56,360 --> 01:12:02,420
 I mean, you can have a passion, you can want to do all these things, but you've got to have a purpose, you've got to have a game plan to make it happen.

1328
01:12:02,560 --> 01:12:09,980
 Listen, as you know, I've read your book and just two very good illustrations, and I've used this before.

1329
01:12:10,220 --> 01:12:22,720
 The actress, Sharon Stone, she has gone back to painting, and Steve Martin, the comedian and actor, is very fond of playing the banjo and is in a band.

1330
01:12:23,880 --> 01:12:29,860
 And these guys just kind of, you know, it was their passion, and they kind of went back to that.

1331
01:12:30,020 --> 01:12:31,980
 Listen, always great to catch up with you.

1332
01:12:32,100 --> 01:12:35,540
 Glad to hear the daughter and the families are doing well.

1333
01:12:36,300 --> 01:12:42,620
 I know SEC Media Days in Tampa, I know you can be hosting all these guys at your house.

1334
01:12:43,760 --> 01:12:46,560
 Listen, where can we get online and buy your great book?

1335
01:12:50,640 --> 01:12:56,220
 It's also on Amazon as well, if you want to pick it up.

1336
01:12:56,680 --> 01:13:04,000
 The Breeze Way is the other book I wrote, and Drew's going to the Hall of Fame this year, so it'll have an added meaning to a lot of football fans.

1337
01:13:04,060 --> 01:13:05,740
 You'll have to be a Saints fan to like it.

1338
01:13:06,200 --> 01:13:08,120
 But I'll be at SEC Media Days, guys.

1339
01:13:08,180 --> 01:13:11,680
 If you're there, I look forward to seeing you, but if you need a correspondent, let me know.

1340
01:13:12,360 --> 01:13:12,720
 Absolutely.

1341
01:13:12,720 --> 01:13:16,560
 You don't know, but you just got locked in, my friend.

1342
01:13:19,000 --> 01:13:20,340
 Mike, it's always good to hook it with you.

1343
01:13:20,400 --> 01:13:21,000
 Thanks so much.

1344
01:13:21,060 --> 01:13:22,260
 And stay safe down there, okay?

1345
01:13:23,100 --> 01:13:23,580
 All right.

1346
01:13:23,640 --> 01:13:24,560
 Have a good summer, guys.

1347
01:13:24,640 --> 01:13:25,160
 You too, buddy.

1348
01:13:25,180 --> 01:13:25,700
 You do the same.

1349
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 There you have it.

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1473
01:20:08,100 --> 01:20:09,020
 Welcome back again, Brett.

1474
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 You think the Anderson family in the Shoals area would be familiar with our next guest?

1475
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 They are very familiar with our next guest.

1476
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 And, Harold, it's amazing to me, and I'll let Lindy confirm this.

1477
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 This is the 45th year for Lindy Sports to publish a college football magazine.

1478
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 It is, I think they've learned a thing or two over the years.

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1480
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 Davis is a publisher of Lindy Sports.

1481
01:20:43,880 --> 01:20:45,160
 Lindy, welcome in.

1482
01:20:45,220 --> 01:20:50,400
 And are you finally able to catch your breath, and has anything changed in the 45 years since you started this?

1483
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 Quite a lot has changed, is the understatement.

1484
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 Yeah, when we started, it seemed like it was the same few teams that you could probably count on.

1485
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 There was only limited games on TV.

1486
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 NIL, of course, none of us would have played that three or four years ago, right?

1487
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 No, no.

1488
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 Everything has changed, for sure.

1489
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 But what hasn't changed is people still love college football.

1490
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 They love pro football.

1491
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 They love fantasy football.

1492
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 And, thankfully, they do.

1493
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 That's why we're still in business.

1494
01:21:26,920 --> 01:21:30,060
 How many college football publications do you guys put out?

1495
01:21:30,100 --> 01:21:34,900
 We had one of your writers on earlier with us today, Ryan Kellahan, who did an article for you for Tennessee.

1496
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 Just how we sit here and say, well, you're based out of the Birmingham area,

1497
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 but did the people realize how many publications you've got nationwide?

1498
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 Yeah, well, we used to do a lot more than we do now.

1499
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 We still do 10 preseason magazines.

1500
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 I mean, we used to do all the conferences, but now we do football.

1501
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 We do an NFL draft book, which does real well for us.

1502
01:21:59,720 --> 01:22:04,040
 We do SEC, Big Ten, National College, football, pro football, fantasy football.

1503
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 We do a baseball book, fantasy baseball, college, and pro basketball.

1504
01:22:08,960 --> 01:22:13,680
 We do 10 preseasons, which is down from, like I said, the 14th we used to do.

1505
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 But, anyway, it still keeps us very busy.

1506
01:22:17,880 --> 01:22:22,260
 Lenny, we were going to talk about, obviously, some of the teams in the SEC,

1507
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 and I was getting interested.

1508
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 I bought the magazine last week.

1509
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 I had a friend of mine we were talking about.

1510
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 He said, you know, you'd think Lenny Davis would have Alabama a little higher than what he does

1511
01:22:35,080 --> 01:22:36,940
 in the top 25.

1512
01:22:37,200 --> 01:22:43,180
 I said, look, Anthony Gimeno has been doing this for Lenny for years and years,

1513
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 and he lives in New York, and they've got a little more objective.

1514
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 Well, not in New York.

1515
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 He lives in Arizona.

1516
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 Oh, okay.

1517
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 I hadn't done a pick in 40 years, so 40-something years.

1518
01:22:56,120 --> 01:22:57,500
 Let's talk about that, Lenny.

1519
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 Obviously, the one thing that has changed since Nick is Alabama.

1520
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 Back in the day, being one and two, the only question I would imagine was,

1521
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 do you put Alabama here or Georgia, maybe Clemson some years there,

1522
01:23:09,880 --> 01:23:11,100
 but, boy, things have shuffled.

1523
01:23:11,240 --> 01:23:15,020
 Does it have anything to do with the NIL and post-Nick Saban era?

1524
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 Well, no doubt about that.

1525
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 NIL has a lot to do with anything.

1526
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 Well, everything.

1527
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 Look at Indiana and what's happening up there.

1528
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 What's happened to Indiana is the most amazing thing that I've seen in 45 years.

1529
01:23:29,400 --> 01:23:30,260
 Any sport, anything.

1530
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 I don't call it football, any sport you want to name.

1531
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 And it wouldn't have been possible with NIL without NIL, but Cignetti has done it.

1532
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 It's a lot more than that.

1533
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 A lot of people spent more money than they did in NIL, and they didn't do so well.

1534
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 So it has a lot to do with that.

1535
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 It has a lot to do with coaching also.

1536
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 But no doubt, but Alabama has a good NIL budget.

1537
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 They don't have as much as Texas.

1538
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 Texas, I think, this year has got the best thing money can buy.

1539
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 They've got reported $48 million in their roster.

1540
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 Now, whether that's true, I think it probably is,

1541
01:24:03,240 --> 01:24:05,100
 but that's the reported number I've been reading.

1542
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 So, but NIL is important, but you look at Major League Baseball,

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 believe this or not, the last five years,

1544
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 the New York Mets has spent more than the Los Angeles Dodgers.

1545
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 And they're dead last right now.

1546
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 They don't have much to show for it.

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 That's right.

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 You've got to spin wisely.

1550
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 You've got to coach them up.

1551
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 You've got to have chemistry.

1552
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 But NIL does play a part in it.

1553
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 If you don't have NIL dollars, you really can't compete in this age.

1554
01:24:32,060 --> 01:24:34,340
 But how you handle the portal is important.

1555
01:24:35,000 --> 01:24:35,920
 You all mentioned Alabama.

1556
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 Well, Alabama, the boys recruited better than probably anybody even thought he would.

1557
01:24:39,900 --> 01:24:42,080
 Everybody sees a great coach when they hired him,

1558
01:24:42,080 --> 01:24:42,820
 but can't even recruit.

1559
01:24:42,960 --> 01:24:43,900
 That's what everybody thought.

1560
01:24:44,100 --> 01:24:45,140
 Well, he's recruited better than anybody.

1561
01:24:45,440 --> 01:24:48,000
 He probably could have thought he would have done.

1562
01:24:48,280 --> 01:24:52,480
 But the results haven't been yet quite what Alabama fans would hope for.

1563
01:24:53,060 --> 01:24:55,300
 And Alabama hasn't done as well in the portal as other schools.

1564
01:24:55,400 --> 01:24:57,120
 You've got to recruit and do well in the portal.

1565
01:24:57,360 --> 01:24:59,280
 You've got to look at the whole picture now.

1566
01:24:59,560 --> 01:25:04,920
 So, anyway, a lot of things evolve, but NIL certainly plays a part.

1567
01:25:05,440 --> 01:25:08,700
 You really can't compete without adequate NIL dollars anyway.

1568
01:25:09,440 --> 01:25:13,720
 Lindy, Auburn, five consecutive losing seasons.

1569
01:25:13,900 --> 01:25:20,660
 A lot of people are saying that finally ends this year with Alex Goldidge coming in.

1570
01:25:20,720 --> 01:25:22,140
 Your thoughts on Auburn?

1571
01:25:23,140 --> 01:25:25,340
 I think Auburn finally got it right.

1572
01:25:27,180 --> 01:25:30,240
 I asked one of my – I've got two college football editors.

1573
01:25:30,400 --> 01:25:34,420
 One was here, and I said, what's the – and he's also – he's not the one from Arizona.

1574
01:25:34,580 --> 01:25:35,880
 He's from Washington State.

1575
01:25:35,880 --> 01:25:40,740
 But he said – he thought Auburn hit a home run without Alex Goldidge.

1576
01:25:40,780 --> 01:25:41,540
 That was his opinion.

1577
01:25:41,860 --> 01:25:43,400
 I listened to his press conference.

1578
01:25:43,520 --> 01:25:44,760
 I was extremely impressed.

1579
01:25:44,880 --> 01:25:46,560
 A lot of coaches give a good press conference.

1580
01:25:46,640 --> 01:25:47,340
 I understand that.

1581
01:25:47,880 --> 01:25:51,240
 But I was really impressed the way he approached it, what he said.

1582
01:25:52,400 --> 01:25:54,460
 And I think maybe Auburn finally got it right.

1583
01:25:54,560 --> 01:25:55,040
 Time will tell.

1584
01:25:55,200 --> 01:25:59,280
 But what they do have is they've got an excellent quarterback in Byron Brown.

1585
01:25:59,400 --> 01:26:01,280
 He's a dual threat.

1586
01:26:01,460 --> 01:26:05,800
 They've got an All-American linebacker, first-team All-American Xavier Atkins,

1587
01:26:05,880 --> 01:26:06,520
 according to Lindy.

1588
01:26:06,560 --> 01:26:08,040
 He was a dominant player last year.

1589
01:26:08,680 --> 01:26:10,480
 And they've got an outstanding kicker in McPherson.

1590
01:26:10,660 --> 01:26:11,740
 He's fully healthy now.

1591
01:26:11,740 --> 01:26:16,020
 So, Auburn's got some good pieces there.

1592
01:26:16,220 --> 01:26:19,220
 I do think they'll win their losing streak.

1593
01:26:19,400 --> 01:26:19,540
 I do.

1594
01:26:19,620 --> 01:26:20,520
 I'll go to a bowl this year.

1595
01:26:20,600 --> 01:26:20,740
 I do.

1596
01:26:21,400 --> 01:26:23,520
 Lindy Davis, Lindy's Magazine.

1597
01:26:23,800 --> 01:26:26,520
 Lindy, right now, for the folks who haven't seen it, but they will.

1598
01:26:26,660 --> 01:26:28,600
 You know where you are in the state of Alabama.

1599
01:26:29,340 --> 01:26:34,160
 Alabama is outside the top 10 at number 11.

1600
01:26:34,540 --> 01:26:38,480
 Auburn is not in the top 25, unless my old eyes are missing something here.

1601
01:26:38,940 --> 01:26:40,360
 This is where we are in June.

1602
01:26:40,360 --> 01:26:43,240
 Lindy, in your opinion, where will Alabama and Auburn wind up?

1603
01:26:43,320 --> 01:26:45,120
 In other words, will Auburn be the dark horse?

1604
01:26:45,580 --> 01:26:48,860
 And if not, who will be the dark horse in the SEC this season?

1605
01:26:49,200 --> 01:26:50,120
 Well, it's funny.

1606
01:26:50,220 --> 01:26:55,540
 Tennessee, I really, and I'm not saying that you guys are in North Alabama.

1607
01:26:55,540 --> 01:27:03,040
 I know you've got some Tennessee fans up there, but Tennessee could well be that team, in my opinion,

1608
01:27:03,040 --> 01:27:04,480
 if one of those quarterbacks comes through.

1609
01:27:04,600 --> 01:27:06,660
 Jim Knowles, they hired him.

1610
01:27:06,660 --> 01:27:08,040
 He's a terrific defensive coordinator.

1611
01:27:08,340 --> 01:27:11,740
 He's respected in the country, came from Ohio State and Penn State.

1612
01:27:12,240 --> 01:27:16,720
 He also brought two or three good players with him, and that helps.

1613
01:27:17,080 --> 01:27:22,860
 I've always scored points, so I could see Tennessee surprising some people this year.

1614
01:27:22,980 --> 01:27:23,500
 I really could.

1615
01:27:24,340 --> 01:27:25,060
 We'll see.

1616
01:27:25,160 --> 01:27:29,520
 They didn't beat a team last year with a winning, they didn't beat a Division I team last year with a winning record.

1617
01:27:29,800 --> 01:27:36,480
 They really, they really crawled in here in Vanderbilt, blew them out on their home field.

1618
01:27:37,120 --> 01:27:42,300
 But I think North will help their defense, I do, so I could see them being a sleeper, potentially.

1619
01:27:43,900 --> 01:27:45,440
 Oklahoma, we've got them at 13.

1620
01:27:45,580 --> 01:27:47,000
 I'll tell you, they look pretty good on paper.

1621
01:27:48,560 --> 01:27:51,700
 They've got six starters back from one of the best defenses in the country.

1622
01:27:53,320 --> 01:27:55,480
 Their quarterback is healthy.

1623
01:27:55,940 --> 01:27:56,880
 Mateer is healthy.

1624
01:27:57,120 --> 01:27:59,220
 He was really good before he got hurt last year.

1625
01:27:59,280 --> 01:28:00,240
 He wasn't the same after that.

1626
01:28:00,980 --> 01:28:02,000
 So, they're a sleeper.

1627
01:28:02,060 --> 01:28:03,920
 They could also be out of it the first month.

1628
01:28:04,440 --> 01:28:09,060
 They play their first five games at Michigan, at Georgia, and Texas, and Dallas.

1629
01:28:09,060 --> 01:28:12,200
 So, how about them apples?

1630
01:28:13,900 --> 01:28:15,780
 Well, on paper, they look pretty good.

1631
01:28:16,120 --> 01:28:17,320
 They could also be two or three.

1632
01:28:18,300 --> 01:28:22,220
 Lindy, does Texas or Georgia win the SEC?

1633
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 Well, we pick Texas.

1634
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 You could probably flip a coin.

1635
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 They both look really good on paper.

1636
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 Georgia's got like 15 starters back, which is incredible in this day and age.

1637
01:28:36,520 --> 01:28:37,700
 I don't ever see that.

1638
01:28:38,280 --> 01:28:40,580
 Texas has got a lot of starters back.

1639
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 Most people think Arch, you know, last half of the year.

1640
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 He looked real good the last half of the year after struggling the first half.

1641
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 They've got, did tremendously well in the pool.

1642
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 I mentioned the money well.

1643
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 Hollywood Sanders, Alabama, thought they had him in the pool.

1644
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 Guess what?

1645
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 Texas offered a little more cash.

1646
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 He ended up in Texas.

1647
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 So, there's one instance where having the cash, I think, made a difference.

1648
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 They got Cam Coleman, top receiver in the pool from Auburn.

1649
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 So, I think the thing with Texas, and this is just my opinion, but it's Sarkisian.

1650
01:29:12,580 --> 01:29:13,760
 They had a championship coach.

1651
01:29:13,820 --> 01:29:15,260
 He really hadn't proven that in my mind.

1652
01:29:16,000 --> 01:29:18,440
 He didn't do that much at Southern Cal.

1653
01:29:18,500 --> 01:29:19,560
 He didn't do that much at Washington.

1654
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 And this is like his sixth year at Texas.

1655
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 Well, he didn't want anything yet.

1656
01:29:22,840 --> 01:29:23,500
 He's been close.

1657
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 So, he gave the benefit of the doubt.

1658
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 But he's a great offensive mind, but that doesn't necessarily make him a great head coach or a championship coach.

1659
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 Absolutely.

1660
01:29:31,300 --> 01:29:35,480
 Listen, it is an absolute delight to catch up with you again, get your thoughts.

1661
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 Listen, I purchased my Lindy's at Publix, and I know there are a lot.

1662
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 You can get it online, too.

1663
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 But where can our listeners go to purchase the latest issue, and particularly the SEC and then your national publication?

1664
01:29:51,040 --> 01:29:56,040
 Well, I'll be honest, the distribution system in the United States is totally broke, by the way.

1665
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 The magazine distribution system is totally broke.

1666
01:29:59,180 --> 01:30:01,240
 I hate to say that, but it's very true.

1667
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 In the Southeast, Barnes & Noble and Publix are your two best bets.

1668
01:30:05,520 --> 01:30:07,200
 You should be able to find it there outside of that.

1669
01:30:07,340 --> 01:30:08,560
 I couldn't promise you anything.

1670
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 But Publix and Barnes & Noble would be your two best bets in the Southeast.

1671
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 If they can't find it, they can call us or online, lindysports.com or 205-871-1182.

1672
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 We can get it for them.

1673
01:30:21,700 --> 01:30:25,200
 But the distribution system is really, really in bad shape, guys.

1674
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 But Publix, you should have luck at Publix, or for sure Barnes & Noble.

1675
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 Lindy, it's always good to hook up with you.

1676
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 Anytime we talk to you, we know that there's light at the end of the drought season.

1677
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 Football is a comment.

1678
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 Stay safe out there.

1679
01:30:38,440 --> 01:30:40,360
 And, again, thanks so much for your time today.

1680
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 Thanks for having me on, guys.

1681
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 Thank you, Lindy.

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 Welcome back in.

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 What do you say?

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 We head on down to West Alabama,

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 On your way home, Ryan Fowler, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 I'm good.

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 Doing good, doing good.

1824
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 Just trying to plug through the day and get through this month of June

1825
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 and get to media days down in Tampa.

1826
01:37:00,840 --> 01:37:04,220
 You know, it seems like, you know, we've hit a little bit of a lull,

1827
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 unless you're a soccer fan.

1828
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 If you're a soccer fan.

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 But I'll let you guys explain to me about soccer, because at this point,

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 I don't know a lot about it.

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 It's got six letters.

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 We can tell you that.

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 S-O-C-C-E-R.

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 And outside of that, Ryan, we'll leave that to our European fans.

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 Let's talk about football on your side of the state.

1836
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 You mentioned media days coming up here,

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 basically about a month this week, matter of fact, down in Tampa.

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 But what do you think Ken and DeBoer is going to be asked when he takes to the podium, Ryan?

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 You know, and DeBoer did an interview this morning with Martin Houston on our station,

1840
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 and it seems to be the theme.

1841
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 It's all about, can they get back to running the football?

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 Thank you.

1843
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 Can they get back to running the football?

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 And I know that sounds, but it's so simple.

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 It is literally so, so, so simple.

1846
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 101.

1847
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 Yeah, and can the offensive line perform?

1848
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 I mean, it's the questions that they are.

1849
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 I mean, I think you'll be asked about some of the new rule changes that will be, you know, proposed.

1850
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 But to me, it's this Alabama football team.

1851
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 Can they get back to this offensive line of beating people?

1852
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 And if they can, then we can talk about a team that's going to accomplish a lot of goals.

1853
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 And if we can't, then we're going to talk about a team that's probably going to underachieve.

1854
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 And, you know, he got beat last year simply by the lack of depth on the offensive line.

1855
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 And this year, I think it's going to be one of those that's going to be a little bit different.

1856
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 And to try to find a way to plug that in, I think, is the key, is can this team, because they went out and got guys who could play multiple different positions.

1857
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 That's the one that, when you really get thinking about it, that's what they did.

1858
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 I mean, they got guys that could play right tackle, right guard, versatility.

1859
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 They didn't have that last year.

1860
01:39:09,260 --> 01:39:10,680
 They did not have that last year.

1861
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 That's a, you know, that's a thing that I think I look at and try to study.

1862
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 And that's something that they did.

1863
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 Ryan, one of the things they're trying to do is, if you look, they made some changes to the coaching staff on the O-line.

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 In fact, they brought in a guy just this week, matter of fact, from USC.

1865
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 So, obviously, the key to life is addressing problems and coming up with workable solutions.

1866
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 And the numbers don't lie, Ryan.

1867
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 Going back to last year, did you ever think Alabama would be 125th in the running game of the nation?

1868
01:39:46,340 --> 01:39:48,360
 126 in average yards per carry.

1869
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 Even if they double that, they'd still be only in the 60s.

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 But that'd be a major improvement.

1871
01:39:53,520 --> 01:39:55,400
 To me, I don't even have a clue.

1872
01:39:55,560 --> 01:39:59,140
 At the University of Alabama, I mean, that's slippery rock numbers.

1873
01:39:59,140 --> 01:40:02,580
 How in the world could they slip that fast on that side of the ball?

1874
01:40:03,740 --> 01:40:04,500
 They did.

1875
01:40:04,860 --> 01:40:05,420
 They did.

1876
01:40:05,620 --> 01:40:12,280
 I mean, I think the injuries hurt, but I think it goes back to the offensive line.

1877
01:40:12,400 --> 01:40:15,660
 I mean, I just don't think we can make this, you know, bigger than what it is.

1878
01:40:15,740 --> 01:40:17,080
 I mean, the offensive line struggled.

1879
01:40:17,440 --> 01:40:21,060
 And they didn't have the quality of backs that maybe they were anticipating.

1880
01:40:21,300 --> 01:40:23,640
 I think, you know, Jan Miller had several injuries.

1881
01:40:23,760 --> 01:40:26,160
 I think he was starting to come on into his own.

1882
01:40:26,680 --> 01:40:28,820
 And then, boom, you know, that happened.

1883
01:40:28,820 --> 01:40:33,860
 So, I think when you really, you know, you get to spending some time thinking about it.

1884
01:40:33,960 --> 01:40:40,540
 I mean, it's just not, to me, it's not as fancy as, you know, we try to make it.

1885
01:40:40,840 --> 01:40:42,500
 I mean, we try to make it out of something.

1886
01:40:43,120 --> 01:40:45,120
 And it's, to me, it's just simple.

1887
01:40:45,540 --> 01:40:48,480
 Their offensive line was not very good.

1888
01:40:48,640 --> 01:40:49,200
 It was awful.

1889
01:40:50,140 --> 01:40:57,080
 And you combine that, like, you can overcome it if you have a Barry Sanderson or a Derrick Henry or...

1890
01:40:57,080 --> 01:40:57,700
 Bo Jackson.

1891
01:40:58,600 --> 01:41:00,140
 You can overcome that.

1892
01:41:00,520 --> 01:41:02,060
 This team was not able to overcome it.

1893
01:41:03,060 --> 01:41:04,940
 Ryan, I think you answered the question.

1894
01:41:05,180 --> 01:41:08,320
 It was, a lot of it was lack of doubt, was injuries.

1895
01:41:09,200 --> 01:41:21,100
 And quite frankly, something that is not mentioned as much as it was later in the season was Ryan Grubb maybe not being as committed to the run as he should be.

1896
01:41:21,100 --> 01:41:34,520
 Now, with the coaching changes that Harold alluded to, you've got 16 offensive linemen, and you've got three veteran backs now who were in also a transfer.

1897
01:41:34,780 --> 01:41:42,400
 He sold the show during spring, and Cleome, to me, is more of a tactician.

1898
01:41:42,900 --> 01:41:50,800
 Coach Kelp was a very good recruiter, but I think that Kalen DeBoer is much more pleased with this offensive line staff.

1899
01:41:51,540 --> 01:41:56,100
 A tight end, and as Harold mentioned, one came, he was a former commitment to Alabama.

1900
01:41:56,540 --> 01:41:58,100
 I think that's going to make a difference.

1901
01:41:58,300 --> 01:42:02,140
 Plus, Keelon Russell can run for 75 yards a game.

1902
01:42:03,240 --> 01:42:09,700
 Yeah, well, and I think that may be as much about the quarterback competition as anything.

1903
01:42:09,940 --> 01:42:10,120
 Absolutely.

1904
01:42:10,500 --> 01:42:21,360
 Because it's, who's going to win this job is you've got to go back, and you spend time looking back, and you're thinking about, what is Austin Mack's skill set?

1905
01:42:21,540 --> 01:42:23,240
 What are Keelon Russell's skill set?

1906
01:42:23,300 --> 01:42:26,820
 Because this offensive line is not going to be 2012 off the game.

1907
01:42:26,880 --> 01:42:27,040
 No.

1908
01:42:27,160 --> 01:42:28,040
 It's just not going to be.

1909
01:42:28,160 --> 01:42:28,700
 Or 20.

1910
01:42:28,700 --> 01:42:33,040
 So, to me, Keelon Russell gives you that extend the play.

1911
01:42:33,240 --> 01:42:41,400
 That you can find a way to, to me, to, you know, to go back and extend the play.

1912
01:42:41,580 --> 01:42:44,760
 Because this offensive line is not going to provide a clean pocket at times.

1913
01:42:45,020 --> 01:42:47,940
 It's going to, it's going to be able to struggle.

1914
01:42:48,120 --> 01:42:52,340
 It's not going to be, hey, we're just going to push people off the line of scrimmage.

1915
01:42:52,420 --> 01:42:54,620
 That's not just not the way the offensive line works.

1916
01:42:54,680 --> 01:42:55,340
 It's just not.

1917
01:42:57,280 --> 01:42:58,600
 Ryan Fowler hooking up with us.

1918
01:42:58,720 --> 01:43:02,440
 Ryan, you are in the heartbeat of Alabama country.

1919
01:43:02,580 --> 01:43:08,360
 What are Alabama fans saying on your show about the vibe right now with this season?

1920
01:43:08,360 --> 01:43:12,960
 And you look at recruiting, and, you know, you've got two schools that thought it's early.

1921
01:43:13,080 --> 01:43:14,080
 You've still got six months.

1922
01:43:14,200 --> 01:43:19,360
 The other school is, that may be true, but right now, you're 16 out of 16 of the SEC.

1923
01:43:20,160 --> 01:43:21,620
 That's a lot of room to make up.

1924
01:43:21,680 --> 01:43:23,120
 The question is, if they do it, fine.

1925
01:43:23,220 --> 01:43:24,580
 We've still got six months to see it.

1926
01:43:24,600 --> 01:43:28,720
 But right now, what is the vibe that you're getting from Alabama fans in your neck of the woods?

1927
01:43:29,360 --> 01:43:35,480
 Well, it's the ones who don't understand what Caleb Moore has said multiple times.

1928
01:43:35,600 --> 01:43:37,560
 He said that this is going to be a small class.

1929
01:43:37,820 --> 01:43:42,820
 And it really is a byproduct of the success of retention that you've had.

1930
01:43:42,900 --> 01:43:44,420
 You say, what are you talking about?

1931
01:43:44,820 --> 01:43:47,180
 Well, they haven't lost as many guys.

1932
01:43:47,800 --> 01:43:52,760
 If you go back and look at the guys that they've recruited, just take the two recruiting classes that they've got.

1933
01:43:54,040 --> 01:43:58,520
 And that is the area that they've been able to do is retention.

1934
01:43:58,520 --> 01:44:02,440
 And I think they're saving some of that money because they're also going to have retention.

1935
01:44:04,260 --> 01:44:07,980
 And that's the story.

1936
01:44:08,400 --> 01:44:14,260
 When you really begin to analyze it, think about it, it's been retention.

1937
01:44:14,860 --> 01:44:17,620
 So, yes, it does cause this immediate reaction.

1938
01:44:17,960 --> 01:44:28,420
 But it also gets into a point where if you really study it, they've not spent a lot of money because they're saving it for some of these younger players because of the top five.

1939
01:44:28,520 --> 01:44:31,760
 And I think it's going to be a lot of classes that they've had back-to-back for retention.

1940
01:44:32,540 --> 01:44:41,600
 And to be able to say, okay, hey, you're not going to come take a Dijon Lee, who would be an eligible guy but not eligible for the draft.

1941
01:44:42,000 --> 01:44:44,560
 You're not going to go take a Derrick Meadows.

1942
01:44:44,880 --> 01:44:46,560
 You're not going to go take a Caleb Edwards.

1943
01:44:46,940 --> 01:44:51,420
 You're not going to go take a Michael Carroll, which will be going into his third season after this season.

1944
01:44:51,880 --> 01:44:53,560
 We're going to be able to retain those guys.

1945
01:44:53,820 --> 01:44:55,280
 And I think it's just roster management.

1946
01:44:55,720 --> 01:44:59,080
 You're seeing the three stars, you know, get signed.

1947
01:44:59,860 --> 01:45:01,320
 Obviously, that doesn't run up.

1948
01:45:01,540 --> 01:45:05,120
 But the need in Tuscaloosa is different than it does other places.

1949
01:45:05,280 --> 01:45:11,300
 Now, I think they're also saving back for the portal because they may have to go to the portal and clean some of those things up.

1950
01:45:12,740 --> 01:45:18,520
 I think if the average Alabama fan took a little bit of a nosedive and went into that.

1951
01:45:18,640 --> 01:45:22,180
 Kaylin Moore talked about it this week, talked about this morning with Martin.

1952
01:45:22,720 --> 01:45:24,880
 The numbers, they just don't have the numbers.

1953
01:45:25,020 --> 01:45:26,040
 They don't have the scholarships.

1954
01:45:26,680 --> 01:45:29,640
 And a lot of that's because they don't have the seniors.

1955
01:45:30,460 --> 01:45:31,840
 I think they've only got like nine seniors.

1956
01:45:31,840 --> 01:45:32,560
 They've got nine.

1957
01:45:32,580 --> 01:45:35,520
 They've got nine seniors.

1958
01:45:35,960 --> 01:45:38,980
 But then they've got 19 juniors that are coming.

1959
01:45:39,060 --> 01:45:40,560
 And some of those guys will come out.

1960
01:45:40,860 --> 01:45:50,080
 But listen, the guys that are on the fence, you may have enough money to offer them where they don't go to the NFL.

1961
01:45:51,400 --> 01:45:53,380
 So you look at that.

1962
01:45:54,180 --> 01:45:56,160
 I think it's just smart managing their money.

1963
01:45:56,420 --> 01:45:57,720
 I think it's just a strategy.

1964
01:45:57,720 --> 01:46:01,680
 And you saw a couple of years ago, I think Georgia did that.

1965
01:46:02,160 --> 01:46:09,460
 But you sign these development guys that may not be ready in year number one but could be ready in year number two.

1966
01:46:10,460 --> 01:46:13,080
 So it's an approach.

1967
01:46:13,480 --> 01:46:15,080
 You can go out here and spin.

1968
01:46:15,500 --> 01:46:23,680
 But I often wonder if the spin side of things, let's say you go out here and spin and you're known as a portal guy.

1969
01:46:24,340 --> 01:46:28,520
 Let's just say that you're known as, hey, whatever, we're going to fix our problems.

1970
01:46:28,780 --> 01:46:31,380
 We're going to fix it via the portal.

1971
01:46:31,720 --> 01:46:32,380
 Playing camping.

1972
01:46:32,600 --> 01:46:37,740
 If you do that, doesn't that become the trend that you now have to fight?

1973
01:46:37,900 --> 01:46:40,420
 Because you're in a recruiting living room and you're like, okay.

1974
01:46:40,480 --> 01:46:41,960
 Or even in your locker room.

1975
01:46:42,500 --> 01:46:43,520
 Hey, I'm the first guy.

1976
01:46:43,600 --> 01:46:44,680
 I've busted my butt.

1977
01:46:44,760 --> 01:46:45,600
 I've waited my turn.

1978
01:46:45,860 --> 01:46:48,960
 Well, then all of a sudden you go and buy a $4 million player.

1979
01:46:49,320 --> 01:46:50,380
 Then what happens?

1980
01:46:51,480 --> 01:46:54,560
 Then, to me, I don't know how these coaches do it.

1981
01:46:54,880 --> 01:46:55,140
 No.

1982
01:46:55,340 --> 01:46:57,140
 To manage the chemistry.

1983
01:46:57,840 --> 01:46:59,420
 And people say, well, the NFL does it all the time.

1984
01:46:59,480 --> 01:47:03,840
 But the NFL are 25, 26, 27, 30, 35-year-old kids.

1985
01:47:03,960 --> 01:47:04,180
 Right.

1986
01:47:04,660 --> 01:47:07,220
 Man, listen, jealousy is a part of humans.

1987
01:47:07,700 --> 01:47:09,020
 All of us have it.

1988
01:47:09,720 --> 01:47:15,300
 It's can you manage it and understand that's the trick.

1989
01:47:15,480 --> 01:47:20,620
 Because if you become known as a portal guy, I think it also hurts you in the recruiting side of things.

1990
01:47:20,860 --> 01:47:20,940
 Yeah.

1991
01:47:21,440 --> 01:47:24,940
 Ryan, how much smarter does Greg Byrne look right now?

1992
01:47:24,940 --> 01:47:31,220
 When he gave Nate Oates an extension and increased his salary to $7.5 million,

1993
01:47:31,680 --> 01:47:35,980
 I've heard a lot of people saying, well, he hadn't won a national championship year,

1994
01:47:36,160 --> 01:47:39,440
 you know, and he had the BDACO deal that looked bad.

1995
01:47:40,200 --> 01:47:44,300
 Now, he's got a $15 million buyout.

1996
01:47:44,960 --> 01:47:47,500
 He's got a new practice facility.

1997
01:47:48,060 --> 01:47:49,520
 He's got a new contract.

1998
01:47:49,520 --> 01:47:54,620
 And, of course, he was going to be linked to once Dusty May took off to the NBA

1999
01:47:54,620 --> 01:47:59,500
 because of his 11 years coaching in the state of Michigan.

2000
01:47:59,860 --> 01:48:02,980
 But how much smarter does Greg Byrne look right now?

2001
01:48:03,660 --> 01:48:11,400
 I tell you what, man, he is stepping out there and looking like a superstar in a lot of different areas.

2002
01:48:11,980 --> 01:48:16,320
 I mean, it is a ton of different areas when you think about Greg Byrne.

2003
01:48:16,400 --> 01:48:20,920
 I mean, the year that he's had on the fields, the different success of the programs.

2004
01:48:22,120 --> 01:48:24,640
 You can talk about the Charles Mediaco slip-up.

2005
01:48:24,800 --> 01:48:25,320
 You can.

2006
01:48:25,800 --> 01:48:29,340
 And you can have strong opinions against Greg Byrne, whichever way you feel.

2007
01:48:29,460 --> 01:48:30,540
 And I think those are fair.

2008
01:48:30,620 --> 01:48:33,600
 I don't think those are unfair when you have those.

2009
01:48:34,320 --> 01:48:37,480
 But it will all be judged.

2010
01:48:37,540 --> 01:48:42,700
 As much as we want to give Greg Byrne credit, it's going to be judged on Caleb Orr.

2011
01:48:44,060 --> 01:48:46,260
 I mean, I love all this stuff.

2012
01:48:46,360 --> 01:48:50,380
 And I think, listen, it makes him look brilliant that he's running this type of athletic department.

2013
01:48:50,760 --> 01:48:55,400
 But at the end of the day, Greg Byrne was brought up to Tuscaloosa for one reason.

2014
01:48:55,440 --> 01:48:58,620
 To hire the replacement of Nick Saban.

2015
01:48:58,720 --> 01:49:03,200
 So it's like everything we brag on Greg Byrne, it always comes back.

2016
01:49:04,160 --> 01:49:05,960
 He's going to be judged on one thing.

2017
01:49:06,400 --> 01:49:12,720
 How successful is that football program to make sure that he's got the resources that he needs?

2018
01:49:12,960 --> 01:49:14,780
 And I think Taylor DeBoer is a heck of a football coach.

2019
01:49:14,860 --> 01:49:17,740
 We went out to Oregon yesterday and featured a reporter.

2020
01:49:18,400 --> 01:49:23,660
 And this guy was, he was just talking about his football teams out of UW.

2021
01:49:24,160 --> 01:49:27,780
 And that they had, you know, he beat Dan Lanning three times.

2022
01:49:27,880 --> 01:49:28,580
 He was 3-0.

2023
01:49:28,820 --> 01:49:28,980
 Yeah.

2024
01:49:29,400 --> 01:49:32,160
 But he didn't have the resources that Dan Lanning had.

2025
01:49:32,920 --> 01:49:35,120
 From a money portal side of things.

2026
01:49:35,620 --> 01:49:37,760
 And that's one of the things that kind of jumped out.

2027
01:49:37,860 --> 01:49:42,020
 It's kind of funny that this guy was kind of illustrating what that looked like.

2028
01:49:42,480 --> 01:49:46,680
 That UW not only beat him three times and he went undefeated against Dan Lanning.

2029
01:49:46,680 --> 01:49:48,300
 He did it with limited resources.

2030
01:49:48,400 --> 01:49:48,680
 That's right.

2031
01:49:48,680 --> 01:49:50,060
 And I'm not saying Alabama's like UW.

2032
01:49:50,300 --> 01:49:51,520
 Alabama's got more money than UW.

2033
01:49:52,240 --> 01:49:55,900
 But, you know, they may not have as much money as Texas or Texas A&M.

2034
01:49:55,900 --> 01:49:56,100
 Right.

2035
01:49:56,700 --> 01:49:57,620
 Some of the other bigs.

2036
01:49:57,620 --> 01:49:59,840
 But I think a lot of teams are in this category with Alabama.

2037
01:49:59,960 --> 01:50:02,480
 I think Georgia's not a team that's a mega spender.

2038
01:50:02,820 --> 01:50:03,200
 They're not.

2039
01:50:03,300 --> 01:50:03,460
 No.

2040
01:50:04,100 --> 01:50:09,340
 But, listen, recruiting in the month of June, it's a long way.

2041
01:50:09,820 --> 01:50:11,160
 You know, because these kids can commit.

2042
01:50:12,060 --> 01:50:16,240
 And, you know, let's say Pete Golding is not the coach that we think he is.

2043
01:50:17,320 --> 01:50:18,880
 Kids will decommit in a hurry.

2044
01:50:19,340 --> 01:50:20,060
 They will.

2045
01:50:20,940 --> 01:50:23,460
 You know, the guy across the state, right now it looks good.

2046
01:50:23,500 --> 01:50:24,660
 He's rebuilding a program.

2047
01:50:25,280 --> 01:50:30,140
 But if Vegas has them at six and a half wins, what if they throw a six and six spot up there?

2048
01:50:30,360 --> 01:50:30,500
 Yeah.

2049
01:50:31,320 --> 01:50:31,960
 Good luck.

2050
01:50:32,540 --> 01:50:36,040
 That's hard to sell in this world that we live in now.

2051
01:50:36,100 --> 01:50:36,880
 But you can pay it.

2052
01:50:36,980 --> 01:50:37,840
 You can pay for it.

2053
01:50:37,920 --> 01:50:39,980
 You can, you know, you have to pay and compensate.

2054
01:50:40,720 --> 01:50:44,060
 But this recruiting thing, it is one of those that grabs your attention.

2055
01:50:44,760 --> 01:50:46,120
 But I'll leave you with this.

2056
01:50:46,720 --> 01:50:52,200
 Taylor DeBoer said this morning on the radio that he wants Alabama to be the most hated

2057
01:50:52,200 --> 01:50:53,020
 team in the country.

2058
01:50:53,060 --> 01:50:54,980
 I thought that was a pretty good line.

2059
01:50:55,320 --> 01:50:56,420
 That was a pretty good line.

2060
01:50:56,940 --> 01:51:03,380
 Because, you know, if you do that, then if you're the hated, generally you're winning.

2061
01:51:03,680 --> 01:51:05,120
 And I think that's what he was talking about.

2062
01:51:05,180 --> 01:51:06,380
 But I thought it was a good line this morning.

2063
01:51:06,800 --> 01:51:07,940
 And he did it at 6.15.

2064
01:51:07,940 --> 01:51:12,420
 You ever heard of a coach doing an interview at 6.15 in the morning?

2065
01:51:12,900 --> 01:51:14,100
 Not a.m., maybe p.m.

2066
01:51:15,180 --> 01:51:15,420
 Yeah.

2067
01:51:15,920 --> 01:51:16,100
 Yeah.

2068
01:51:16,400 --> 01:51:17,380
 Absolutely not.

2069
01:51:17,760 --> 01:51:19,620
 Listen, I was great to talk to you.

2070
01:51:19,700 --> 01:51:20,580
 Great points.

2071
01:51:21,420 --> 01:51:23,120
 Where can we get online to listen?

2072
01:51:23,300 --> 01:51:25,160
 Who have you got on the show this afternoon?

2073
01:51:25,660 --> 01:51:25,840
 Yeah.

2074
01:51:25,900 --> 01:51:27,260
 Make sure you follow me on Twitter.

2075
01:51:27,260 --> 01:51:30,200
 Because I got expert soccer analysis.

2076
01:51:30,620 --> 01:51:34,360
 Daily soccer updates at Ryan C. Fowler.

2077
01:51:34,880 --> 01:51:36,560
 I do want the USA to do good.

2078
01:51:36,680 --> 01:51:38,480
 Other than that, you won't find too much soccer.

2079
01:51:38,600 --> 01:51:41,100
 But Tide100.9.com.

2080
01:51:42,100 --> 01:51:43,260
 Tide109.com.

2081
01:51:43,320 --> 01:51:44,920
 We appreciate you guys so much, man.

2082
01:51:44,960 --> 01:51:46,560
 And happy weekend.

2083
01:51:46,720 --> 01:51:47,640
 Hope you guys have a great weekend.

2084
01:51:47,720 --> 01:51:48,100
 Always great.

2085
01:51:48,160 --> 01:51:49,380
 You do the same, Ryan.

2086
01:51:49,460 --> 01:51:52,240
 Ryan, Fowler hooking up with us down in Tuscaloosa.

2087
01:51:52,420 --> 01:51:53,820
 Quickly, BB, speaking of Ryan.

2088
01:51:53,920 --> 01:51:56,200
 Ryan Weathers, we talked to Daddy yesterday.

2089
01:51:56,200 --> 01:51:59,060
 He was at Detroit, nervously waiting for his son to take the mound.

2090
01:51:59,500 --> 01:52:00,480
 He picks up the win.

2091
01:52:00,560 --> 01:52:01,820
 How about this right now for Ryan?

2092
01:52:01,880 --> 01:52:02,640
 Don't look at the record.

2093
01:52:03,160 --> 01:52:06,160
 His ERA 395, 95 strikeouts.

2094
01:52:06,240 --> 01:52:08,680
 His ratio of strikeouts to walks almost 4 to 1.

2095
01:52:08,760 --> 01:52:09,940
 2 to 1, by the way, is good.

2096
01:52:10,400 --> 01:52:13,820
 And in the majors, if you have what they call a whip, that's a combination of base runners,

2097
01:52:14,060 --> 01:52:15,220
 hits, walks, et cetera.

2098
01:52:15,740 --> 01:52:17,820
 1 to 5 is considered good.

2099
01:52:18,320 --> 01:52:20,960
 Anything less than 1 to 1 to 5 is considered to be great.

2100
01:52:21,240 --> 01:52:23,780
 Ryan Weathers right now 1 to 1 to 4.

2101
01:52:23,780 --> 01:52:25,940
 So, good job, Ryan Weathers.

2102
01:52:26,200 --> 01:52:29,000
 I know he's made his papa and mama proud last night in Motown.

2103
01:52:29,400 --> 01:52:31,020
 Yeah, we talked about that yesterday.

2104
01:52:31,460 --> 01:52:35,920
 He lost to the White Sox 6 to 1, but gave up one run, struck out 8.

2105
01:52:37,060 --> 01:52:39,340
 Again, baseball stats are quite deceiving.

2106
01:52:40,220 --> 01:52:42,560
 The Braves, no stats added or subtracted.

2107
01:52:42,620 --> 01:52:43,720
 They're off tonight.

2108
01:52:43,840 --> 01:52:44,520
 It's go get them.

2109
01:52:44,560 --> 01:52:45,980
 Braves coming up tomorrow night.

2110
01:52:46,060 --> 01:52:50,080
 That lead of the field is now down to a mere 4 and a half.

2111
01:52:50,600 --> 01:52:53,560
 Maybe the off night will help the Braves re-energize.

2112
01:52:53,660 --> 01:52:54,440
 We shall see.

2113
01:52:54,440 --> 01:52:57,700
 But in the meantime, I'm FBB, Greg James Blair, the entire crew here.

2114
01:52:57,760 --> 01:52:59,840
 Peril Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

2115
01:53:00,280 --> 01:53:02,820
 Let's do it again tomorrow on noon to 2 for the Boomo Bugg Show.

2116
01:53:02,940 --> 01:53:05,020
 Back here on Sports Radio, 93.9 The Score.