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 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

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 Brett Beaird, welcome in and welcome to 4th of July week where Alabama lights up some early recruiting fireworks.

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 Good afternoon, welcome in and how are you?

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 You and the listeners, as you alluded to, Alabama gets commitment number five on the week with wide receiver Osani Gales of IMG Academy.

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 Brian Matthews of Auburn Sports previews the 2026 Auburn Tigers.

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 But Adam is here right now to talk about his number one team in the college football playoff in six SEC players in the top ten defensive players for 2026.

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 Not just number one, but number two, number three, and so forth and so on.

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 It's Saturday down south.

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 Find a sports betting dime as well in Saturday tradition.

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 Adam, welcome in.

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 Earthy, 4th of July hats off to you.

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 I'm doing great, guys.

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 Man, we're doing all right.

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 Are you one of those, Adam, once everybody kind of, it's always football season here as it is in your backyard.

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 We've heard criticism, people saying, well, I'm not as fired up about college football as I once was.

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 I think that, you know, sometimes June feels a little long and, you know, it just seems like football is so far away that it's just an abstract vision.

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 I'm not worried about the product on the field, even as the noise swirls around it off the field.

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 Number one, Ohio State Buckeyes.

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 You have been counting this down from 12 until number one.

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 Boise State 12, Michigan 11, Alabama number 10, LSU number 9, Indiana 8, Texas Tech number 7, Georgia 6, Oregon 5, Notre Dame 4, Miami 3, Texas 2.

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 And there's no question, as you pointed out, Ohio State returns a lot of talent.

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 Julian Sang, Jeremiah Smith, maybe the best player in the country, Bo Jackson, Brandon Ennis.

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 Five true road games, Texas, Iowa, Indiana, USC, Nebraska, Oregon, Michigan at home.

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 I mean, it all starts, you know, we all were impressed by what Matt Patricia did with that defense last year.

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 I still think that they'll be mostly fine defensively.

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 Like, you know, some of the pieces that they added, you know, they got Earl Little Jr., who had four interceptions for Florida State last year.

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 So, I mean, I think that, you know, when you're Ohio State, you're going to bring in some talent in the, in, in, you've got plenty of depth to work with from the start.

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 I think that that offense, now that Julian Stan has a year of starting under his belt, and let's not forget that a year of starting led to him being a Heisman finalist last year.

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 Yes, that Texas game is going to be brutal in week two, but Texas is going through a defensive transition of its own.

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 You know, Texas has plenty of talent on its defense, too, but Will Muschamp is taking over as defensive coordinator.

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 So, you know, they have some question marks on that side of the ball, too, and I think, unlike last year's game, I think that this year's Texas-Ohio State matchup could turn into a shootout,

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 Adam Smith, we're going to with us Saturday down south.

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 I heard a couple of names mentioned there, Earl, Little, Junior, Julian, what have they got in common?

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 Both of them starting out at Alabama, which, to me, leads to the next point, Adam, as far as where we are with college football.

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 If they stayed at Alabama, and by the way, if Nick Saban had stayed at Alabama, where would Alabama be right now?

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 And where would, in the modern era, Texas Tech, which is ranked ahead of Alabama, Indiana is ranked ahead of Alabama, where would they be?

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 In other words, your poll and the fact that two premier Alabama guys are now at Ohio State, to me, that's the poster child of where college football is now.

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 He also had Caleb Downs, who was on the same team, and just went number 11 overall in the NFL draft.

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 You also commented on an article by Max Olson of ESPN.

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 Boy, this is a shock.

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 Six of them play in the SEC.

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 Colin Simmons of Texas, who you alluded to, Dylan Stewart of South Carolina, Ty Benefield, the safety at LSU, Biles, linebacker at Texas, two Texas guys,

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 William Echols, very talented defensive tackle at Ole Miss, K.J. Bolin at safety at Georgia, who seems like he's been there 10 years.

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 Not a big surprise, six of the 10 from the SEC.

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 Yeah, what's interesting about that is, you know, at least, you know, the top two there were homegrown talent.

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 the kind of state that we're in with college football now where those guys came from smaller programs and, you know,

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 even though Arch Manning is going to get a lot of the buzz, and rightfully so, when it comes to NFL draft prospects.

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 But the defense is what's probably going to carry the SEC's potential run to get back to first-round dominance of the 2027 draft.

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 Adam Spencer centered down south.

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 Adam, I think most would agree that it's one thing to sit here and look at a roster,

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 but look at the schedule, who you're playing, when you're playing, and where they're playing.

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 As far as the top two, this is CBS.

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 They got Northwestern and Iowa, but relative to the SEC, everybody's got LSU almost a shoe-in,

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 but according to CBS, they got the third toughest schedule.

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 You can agree or disagree.

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 Right behind them is Mississippi State.

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 And then relative to our neck of the woods, Adam, everybody's talking about Auburn being a dark horse.

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 If they are, and if CBS is right, boy, are they going to earn it.

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 If they got the fifth-rated toughest schedule in the country, Michigan's right behind.

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 But then Alabama is number seven.

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 This, again, according to CBS, I know it's subjective.

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 Alabama's got back-to-back SEC road games, LSU and Vanderbilt.

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 Don't laugh.

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 Vanderbilt, what happened a couple of years ago.

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 But your thoughts about some of this as far as the relative?

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 Looking at a roster, LSU's got a million, but they also got, according to the folks at CBS,

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 the third toughest schedule, and then Auburn five, Alabama seven.

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 Yeah, I mean, it's no surprise to see a bunch of SEC teams in there.

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 And, you know, I think the one thing, you know, Auburn, if they're going to surprise early, we're going to know it.

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 Because they start out with, you know, before they have that back-to-back and really three-game stretch,

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 where they're at Georgia versus LSU and at Ole Miss in mid to late October, you know, they do have some winnable games.

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 I mean, I think we'll know out of the gate just how talented this team is because they get Baylor at home.

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 just trying to set the tone for their 10 years because, you know, I've heard Auburn as a dark horse.

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 There's some buzz around Florida being a dark horse, too, when it comes to college football playoff contention.

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 Adam, did the NCAA come up with actually some logical common-sense proposals last week?

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 So at 2027, 14 weeks to play 12 games, which means you've got two buys.

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 The transfer window is whittled down to only 10 days now, January 4th through the 13th.

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 And something we've talked about, spring practice, spring games probably going away of the hula hoop.

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 Adam, did they get a few of these right?

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 I still think we need to figure out how to condense the calendar a little bit more.

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 But, yeah, not having a complete free-for-all with the transfer portal while teams are trying to compete for national titles is always good, too.

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 You know, you don't want the situations that we've seen in the past where guys have to enter the portal while they're still playing in the playoff.

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 Listen, I always enjoy beginning of the week with you.

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 Great stuff.

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 The countdown to number one, some of the top players.

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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 Welcome back in.

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 It is an honor for us to open the door and say hello to Randy Kennedy,

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 named one of the 50 legends of sportswriters in the state of Alabama,

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 busy there at AL.com, winner of the Mel Allen Award from the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame.

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 Randy Kennedy, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Man, it is going very well for me.

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 I'm glad to be with you guys.

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 Man, we're still in Alabama.

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 We just want to make sure, Randy, that there's still any prize recruits in the state of Alabama

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 who may be going to Alabama or Auburn.

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 It seems like the door is wide open.

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 All these folks coming in like Oregon and Texas,

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 does it have anything to do with deep pockets, Randy?

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 It absolutely does.

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 And, you know, for those of us, and I think you guys are in this category as well,

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 who follow this stuff closely, recruiting,

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 it's just used to when you got a, you know, a big recruiting win and the kid would say he's coming to your school.

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 It was such a big celebration.

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 And now it just feels like it's almost like if you follow a professional team, you know,

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 a major big baseball team, an NBA team, like, okay, we decided to pay that guy

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 because we think he'll fit our team well.

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 It's much more of that.

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 It's much more clinical than, hey, this guy realized that our school is better than our rival, you know.

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 So there's still a little bit of that, but there's so much of that, like, you got to make sure everybody fits in the salary cap.

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 Who is more affected by that, Alabama or Auburn?

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 Because for years, Auburn sold the family.

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 Alabama sold tradition as far as national championships.

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 Is it pretty much a wash?

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 But as far as, which are the two big ones in the state of Alabama?

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 Who's more adversely affected by the new climate out there?

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 I think it's mostly a wash, but I think one thing you really got to realize is that when you look at recruiting classes,

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 you've really got to look at what a school has coming back with their roster.

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 For instance, I think the majority, if you hold any of these coaches and you said,

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 where would you like to spend most of your budget, whether that's $20 million a year or $50 million a year

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 or whatever it is, and I think every coach would say, ideally, we'd like to spend most of our money on retention.

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 We want to pay our guys.

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 We signed a guy out of high school.

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 We thought he was good.

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 Turns out he's great.

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 Now let's pay so that he won't go somewhere else.

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 And so you've got to look at these rosters and say, all right, how many such players are there that these schools,

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 like in Alabama, how many of those guys are they looking at saying, look, we've got to pay Jackson Lloyd,

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 so therefore we can't pay a big-time high school offensive lineman because we want to pay this guy that we've already got here

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 who is a five-star.

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 So I think you've got to factor that in greatly of, okay, what have you got coming back,

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 and what do we think we're going to have to commit to retention before we can think about the transfer portal

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 and the high school recruits now?

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 Randy, let me ask you about a player who I've heard a lot about in the last week before we get to your list of top defensive banks

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 and linebackers, and that's cornerback Kingston pre-year.

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 He transferred, led Montgomery Catholic to a pair of state titles, 3,100 yards, 31 touchdowns.

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 The rivals has him as the number four quarterback in the 2028 class.

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 Now he's moved on to Benjamin Russell.

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 Some of the recruiting services are saying he is down to Florida, Alabama, and Vandy,

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 and he is going to announce July the 10th, and several of them are saying he's leaning to Alabama.

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 Randy, tell us a little bit more about him.

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 Yeah, I've had a chance to see him play in person.

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 He's one of those guys, if you go to a high school game, you don't have to say which one's him.

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 You know, when you walk out there for warm-ups, you're like, oh, wow, that guy looks like an SEC quarterback.

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 And I was watching him last year as a sophomore.

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 He'll be a junior this year at Benjamin Russell.

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 He's all that.

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 When we publish our best in Bama complete list,

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 he is going to be extremely high on this list of recruits, regardless of classification or graduating class.

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 He's really good.

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 He's not one of these overachiever sort of guys.

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 He looks like, you know, if you put him out there, if you snuck him into an NFL warm-up,

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 you wouldn't think he'd think about it.

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 Yeah, he looks like one of those guys.

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 He is really a great prospect at Benjamin Russell.

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 Randy Kennedy with us.

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 Name one of the 50 legends of sports writers in Alabama.

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 One thing that you guys do is you scratch the itch for a lot of football fanatics

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 who know there's still days away to football.

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 So you come out with some interesting stories, namely the top picks at the respective positions.

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 Randy, for the folks who might have missed the top defensive backs in Alabama,

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 where do you start with your list?

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 Yeah, it's so cool.

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 We get to do it position by position, and that eventually folds into the overall best in Bama top 50 list.

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 But it's a good year for defensive backs.

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 I mean, we've talked before.

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 Junior James from Thompson, who now goes by Junior Tupo.

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 Yeah.

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 Tupo is his name now.

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 He's not going by James at all anymore.

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 I had a chance to interview him last week out of the Foley 7-on-7 tournament.

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 He's, again, a guy who looks the part.

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 And then a couple of days after I interviewed him, he committed to the University of Texas over Alabama.

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 He's really one of those guys who's kind of a can't-miss.

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 Also, a guy from down here in Mobile at Williamson, Jalen Scott, who is just a playmaker all over the field,

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 committed to Oklahoma, is also one of the top defensive backs in the country.

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 But overall, it's a good year in state.

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 You know, we get these new high schools that pop up.

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 For the first time, there's a kid at Dothan High School, the new Dothan High School, not the old Dothan High,

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 who is going to Miami by the name of Hall.

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 King Hall is a very good player.

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 So you see some of these usual suspects, usual schools, but then some of these other ones as well.

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 A guy that we got a chance to see, Kylan Johnson, who we got to see last year win a state championship.

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 At Cusa Christian, now at Flainview, is also an underclassman who's going to be one of the top prospects in the country coming up in that class of 2028.

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 Randy, Campton Munderland, Jr.

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 Yeah, he's the son of Campton Munderland, the 10-year NFL veteran.

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 I asked you about him earlier this year.

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 Randy, I know he's a sophomore.

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 How good is he?

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 He's really good.

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 And the thing is, you know, his dad was 5'9", played at Murphy High School, was a really good player, but nobody really wanted the dad.

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 He ended up going to South Carolina, which is great.

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 He went to an SEC school, but it's not like they beat anybody big for him.

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 And he goes there, he's, you know, a three-year starter and an all-SEC player and then 10 years in the NFL.

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 The younger Munderland is going to have a much different experience.

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 He's been offered by Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Miami.

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 All the big dogs are already on him, and he's just a sophomore.

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 So, very, very different.

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 Dad was a great player.

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 Junior is about four inches taller and a better athlete.

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 We'll see if he has the 10-year NFL career that his dad did.

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 Randy, I'm just looking at some of these names here.

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 You mentioned Tutu, whatever it is.

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 Do you have fun with some of these guys?

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 I'm looking at one now.

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 Correct me if I'm wrong.

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 Monroe Willis.

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 Where do these guys get these names, Randy?

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 By the way, this may be the last week that you referred to Brett Beaird as Brett Beaird.

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 I think it's going to go by Rhett Butler next week.

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 So, we better enjoy this week.

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 But where do these guys get these names, Randy?

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 No.

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 That kid's name is actually Barack.

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 Yeah.

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 Okay.

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 Barack.

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 I think he's the – you better get used to it.

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 I think we're going to cover, you know, kids of that age.

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 You better get used to a couple more Barack's coming down the pipeline.

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 But he's the first one who's been a major recruit that I know of named Barack.

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 But he's a good player.

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 He's definitely a good player.

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 He's going to Colorado.

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 So, yeah.

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 But I think we're going to get some more Barack, regardless of if it's spelled the same way or not.

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 You know, I think we're going to get some more Barack coming.

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 Can you imagine back five years ago, ten years ago, certainly before the Internet, these kids hopping all over to Oregon and Colorado, the power of money and social media, there really are no state boundaries anymore, are there?

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 And the world's just a smaller place now.

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 You know what I mean?

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 Like, I think when we were growing up, the thought that I would go to Eugene, Oregon to college, I bet I would have enjoyed it.

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 But I didn't even consider going to Oregon.

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 That wasn't even on my radar to even think about that.

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 And I think these kids today, because they're traveling for these tournaments, we certainly see a lot in basketball, but the world just seems like a smaller place.

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 And these kids, you talk to them like, oh, yeah, I'm friends with this kid who's a high schooler in Colorado.

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 You're like, what do you mean you're friends with a high school kid in Colorado?

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 That wasn't on my bingo card as a 16-year-old.

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 But these kids, it's just not that big a deal to them.

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 And I just don't think you see that kind of, you know, in the past, we would have taken the top 20 players in Alabama.

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 And you would kind of split them up between Alabama and Auburn.

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 And now that's just not the case at all.

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 Randy, I really feel sorry for Mark Freeman at Thompson.

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 You did an article on the, quote, backup, the eighth grader, when Trent Seaborn finally goes on to Alabama.

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 Had a good article about that.

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 And also tell us the best of Alabama.

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 I believe it's going to begin dropping July the 12th, maybe the 40th through 51st.

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 Randy, is that correct?

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 That is correct.

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 Yeah, we'll unveil it 10 players at a time.

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 And then once we get over a week's time, then when we get to the end of the week, we'll kind of evaluate all the players, who made it, where they're going to college, where they go to high school.

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 Just kind of do all the breakdown of all that.

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 Some of it, you know, is in motion still.

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 Because I think some of these guys, between today and when that final story publishes, I think we're going to get a couple more guys choosing a college, like you mentioned already about Kingston free year.

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 So, yeah, so we'll go over that whole week, just a couple weeks away.

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 Now with this defensive back story, we're done with the individual position.

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 So now it's just the overall top 50 we're going to unveil.

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 Busy, about to get busier, Randy.

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 Thanks so much, and have a great and safe fourth, okay?

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 Great to be with you guys.

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 Thank you, bud.

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 You too.

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 Randy Kennedy checking in from South Alabama.

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 What's going on at Jorley O'Wilmanen?

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 The latest next.

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 Stay with us.

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 Westwood One Sports presents this special tennis update, brought to you by Fisher Investments.

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 It's opening day at Wimbledon, and after an early exit at the French Open, seven-time Wimbledon champ Novak Djokovic will once again begin pursuit of that elusive 25th Grand Slam title.

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 I think I'm better prepared here than I was for Roland Garros.

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 Obviously, playing on grass, comparing to play, you don't need to exert as much physical effort.

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 So that's better for me, and I always love playing on grass, and I have a very good score here in history in Wimbledon.

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 So that gives me, of course, a higher dose of confidence coming into the tournament.

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 Soon Djokovic will open up against China's Yi Bing Wu.

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443
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561
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 Brian, welcome in.

562
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 How are you?

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 I am doing terrific, guys.

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 Thanks for having me in.

565
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 Hey, Ben.

566
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 You too.

567
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 Have you got all your fireworks?

568
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 Are y'all loaded up?

569
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 Are you a heavy fireworks guy or are you more like us sparklers?

570
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 I used to be really into fireworks, but I think after my kids grew up, it kind of waned

571
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 a little bit and now it's going to be so hot.

572
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 We'll see about getting out there for fireworks.

573
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 I'll probably be out there, but I don't know.

574
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 There you go.

575
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 I guarantee you.

576
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 A lot of folks can relate to that, Brian.

577
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 Your thoughts.

578
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 Boy, what a difference that you're amazed coming into this 4th of July as far as the

579
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 vibe.

580
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 Starting with that, this is kind of a marking point.

581
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 After the 4th of July, most folks in our neck of the woods will say football season's underway.

582
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 It always is.

583
00:35:02,320 --> 00:35:04,340
 But really, after the 4th, it really gets down to business.

584
00:35:04,820 --> 00:35:08,860
 Where's the vibe coming into this 4th for Auburn fans compared to just one year ago?

585
00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:13,940
 Well, I mean, a year ago, I think there were a lot of high expectations, right?

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 You know, Freeze and his staff are coming off two straight top 10 classes.

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 You know, there's a lot of hope that Jackson Arnold was going to be a special quarterback,

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 you know, and they were going to put it together.

589
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 And the opposite happened, right?

590
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 It all fell apart.

591
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 Freeze got fired.

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 A lot of those players have gone.

593
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 We've got a whole new staff in now.

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 And, you know, I think there's some, there's a hopeful vibe.

595
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 I think there's some excitement, too.

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 I think people really appreciate Alex Golesh and the way he's running the program right

597
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 now, you know.

598
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 And then we'll see what that looks like later this fall, right?

599
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 We've still got a little ways to go.

600
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 But I think there is some excitement around this team.

601
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 And just ready, I think everybody involved with Auburn is ready for this team to take a step forward.

602
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 Before we look ahead, you mentioned the name there.

603
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 Where is Hugh Freeze?

604
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 What golf course is he on?

605
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 The only place I've seen these days is on the side of a milk carton.

606
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 Where is Hugh Freeze these days?

607
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 I'm not exactly sure.

608
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 I think he's in and around Auburn at times, you know.

609
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 I've seen him, but I don't know what his current plans are as far as, you know, what he's doing

610
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 full-time or whatever.

611
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 Just relax a little bit.

612
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 You do a good job with analyzing positions.

613
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 One of them is, I know recently he's a wide receiver.

614
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 We'll get to that in a minute.

615
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 But defensive ends and edge positions.

616
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 Auburn lost some good ones.

617
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 I think everybody knows that.

618
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 Kendrick Falk to the NFL.

619
00:36:40,340 --> 00:36:41,580
 Keron Crawford.

620
00:36:42,500 --> 00:36:45,540
 But they've got some guys coming in that you noted, of course.

621
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 Deshaun Womack, the Ole Miss transfer, Missouri transfer, Nate Johnson, Jared Smith, Chris Murray,

622
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 of course, there.

623
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 All these guys now are 6'6", 6'5", 250.

624
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 Reminds me of middle linebackers 10 years ago.

625
00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:06,640
 But now they're on the end.

626
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 Your thoughts going in.

627
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:11,080
 There's some talent there, no question.

628
00:37:11,900 --> 00:37:15,920
 How will Auburn be at defensive end and the edge positions?

629
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 Yeah, they've got some depth there, I feel like.

630
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 They've got some experience.

631
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 You know, I think they need Deshaun Womack to take care of all of his business on and off

632
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 the field and be the player they expect him to be, right?

633
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 Be that guy who can set the edge over there.

634
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 Be that power defensive end.

635
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 And I think Jared Smith is one of the big wild cards for this entire team.

636
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 You know, is he going to be, you know, pretty good, good, potentially great?

637
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 I mean, I think he could be any one of those three things, you know, this fall.

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639
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 good spring, was a standout in the spring game.

640
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 So we'll see if he can take that into the fall or not.

641
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 But, you know, you're getting Chris Murray back, I think was important there at the edge, too.

642
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 An experienced guy that's played a lot.

643
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 Nate Johnson has been in college football for a long time, another transfer there.

644
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 So they have guys that can rotate in and out.

645
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 So you feel like in this D.J. Durkin defense, too, you don't have to have, you know, an edge guy get 10 or 12 sacks.

646
00:38:15,460 --> 00:38:20,580
 It's nice that they do, but he likes to use those linebackers, too, especially a guy like Xavier Atkin.

647
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 Brian Matthews, check him out, auburnsports.com.

648
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 Brian, obviously a lot of folks we talk with, when we ask them who's their dark horse in the SEC, guess who?

649
00:38:31,660 --> 00:38:34,880
 Got the Auburn Tigers penciled in there to fill that role.

650
00:38:35,500 --> 00:38:39,880
 We talked earlier today, looking at the whole picture, what I think the conclusion was.

651
00:38:39,940 --> 00:38:41,680
 If that's the case, boy, they're going to earn it.

652
00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:46,620
 Because CBS, think it or not, all of a sudden CBS got a lot of questions there.

653
00:38:46,740 --> 00:38:49,960
 But they got Auburn with the fifth toughest schedule in the country.

654
00:38:50,020 --> 00:38:52,380
 Not just in the SEC, but in the country.

655
00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:56,720
 Your thoughts, what's realistic as far as, yes, there's a lot of unknowns.

656
00:38:56,860 --> 00:39:01,160
 You've got an offense that's coming in that a lot of folks still don't know about in the SEC, unless you're Florida.

657
00:39:01,720 --> 00:39:04,360
 But you also have a tough menu there to iron out.

658
00:39:05,580 --> 00:39:08,820
 Yeah, I'm not sure if I'm ready to call Auburn a sleeper team yet.

659
00:39:09,500 --> 00:39:16,300
 When I think of sleeper team, I think of a team that nobody's really counting and comes up and wins, you know, nine or ten games.

660
00:39:16,300 --> 00:39:18,100
 And I'm not sure Auburn's in that category yet.

661
00:39:18,140 --> 00:39:18,860
 Maybe they will be.

662
00:39:19,500 --> 00:39:19,540
 Right.

663
00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:22,880
 But, you know, they've had five straight losing seasons.

664
00:39:22,980 --> 00:39:24,340
 They need to get to seven wins, period.

665
00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:29,740
 And, you know, there's an opportunity in September, again, to get off to a good start.

666
00:39:29,980 --> 00:39:33,380
 You know, they have the Baylor game in Atlanta and then three straight home games.

667
00:39:34,420 --> 00:39:39,760
 But, you know, Florida's a really good team or has been a team that's beating Auburn, you know, is usually talented.

668
00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:41,640
 Vanderbilt beat Auburn lately a lot.

669
00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:44,180
 And then they, you know, they don't take care of it in September.

670
00:39:44,340 --> 00:39:51,680
 They've got a really, really tough October, you know, at Georgia, at Tennessee, at Ole Miss, at LSU at home.

671
00:39:52,400 --> 00:40:01,840
 So, yeah, I'm not convinced this team's ready to take that step yet and be a dark horse or, you know, win nine or ten games.

672
00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:13,260
 I have a lot of questions about that offensive line, how it's going to come together and, you know, how some of those USF dudes on offense, quarterbacks and receivers are going to, you know, make that transition to SEC.

673
00:40:13,460 --> 00:40:13,760
 We'll see.

674
00:40:13,860 --> 00:40:14,880
 It may all come together.

675
00:40:14,980 --> 00:40:16,140
 Maybe they will be that team.

676
00:40:16,280 --> 00:40:19,760
 But, yeah, I'm just not ready to say that yet.

677
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:27,920
 And the other thing, too, it's going to be interesting to see some of these guys in South Florida when they come out and see the stands at Auburn and compare that to when they played at South Florida.

678
00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:30,560
 It's like, OMG, they're human like the rest of us.

679
00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:38,280
 But, you know, your thoughts, obviously, can you put enough emphasis on the Baylor game as far as it doesn't make the season, but it sets the tone.

680
00:40:38,820 --> 00:40:44,500
 But, to me, another spicy game is going to be that Florida game, not only on the field, but also the back story.

681
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:48,380
 Everybody thought at one time it was almost a shoe-in that Summerall would wind up at Auburn.

682
00:40:48,500 --> 00:40:49,500
 Now he's at Florida.

683
00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:54,000
 Between Baylor and Florida, you're going to get a pretty early read on this team, are you not?

684
00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:56,820
 Yes, 100%.

685
00:40:56,820 --> 00:41:00,940
 And, you know, I think Baylor is a team that's, you know, in a tough situation.

686
00:41:01,080 --> 00:41:02,820
 Had to bring in a bunch of transfers, too, like Auburn.

687
00:41:02,940 --> 00:41:03,160
 Yep.

688
00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:05,260
 And their coach is on the hot seat, right?

689
00:41:05,300 --> 00:41:06,540
 He almost got fired last year.

690
00:41:06,680 --> 00:41:08,760
 So, that's an interesting game for them.

691
00:41:08,820 --> 00:41:10,500
 You know, and Auburn, of course.

692
00:41:11,180 --> 00:41:17,040
 And then Florida, of course, you know, two brand-new coaches, two coaches both involved with Auburn, you know, in the process here.

693
00:41:17,160 --> 00:41:19,380
 So, there will be a lot of talk about that.

694
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:27,760
 You know, I think Summerall probably inherited a little bit better roster or managed to return a little bit better roster.

695
00:41:27,900 --> 00:41:31,940
 But I'm not, you know, entirely sure that's a, you know, a big difference maker there.

696
00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:41,040
 But that'll be a fun game to talk about and watch just to see where those two programs are, you know, just to, you know, less than a year into their new coaching staff.

697
00:41:41,840 --> 00:41:46,020
 You know, you've already done previews of Baylor and Southern Miss.

698
00:41:46,020 --> 00:41:56,200
 I was amazed, as you mentioned, and you're not trying to be critical, Southern Miss just basically turned over their entire roster and their coaches.

699
00:41:56,780 --> 00:41:58,540
 You know, God bless them.

700
00:41:59,500 --> 00:42:06,000
 Baylor, a name our listeners are quite familiar with, DJ Lagway from where?

701
00:42:06,160 --> 00:42:06,600
 Florida.

702
00:42:07,340 --> 00:42:15,200
 They got 29 players in the transfer portal, had a signing class, according to you, that was 54th nationally.

703
00:42:16,300 --> 00:42:20,000
 Now, they're going to be a solid, decent team.

704
00:42:20,420 --> 00:42:26,040
 But as you mentioned, they returned one starter on offense and four on defense.

705
00:42:26,780 --> 00:42:30,160
 That's not exactly a prescription for success.

706
00:42:31,100 --> 00:42:32,040
 No, it's not.

707
00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:36,140
 And, you know, I just, you know, I watched DJ Lagway for two years at Florida.

708
00:42:36,140 --> 00:42:47,240
 I thought he was a talented dude, but I just didn't see him as a guy who was going to be able to, you know, be the guy that's going to make the difference on your team.

709
00:42:47,300 --> 00:42:48,920
 But I think he needs a good team around him.

710
00:42:49,120 --> 00:42:51,840
 And I'm just not 100% sure he's got that at Baylor.

711
00:42:51,900 --> 00:42:52,540
 I really don't.

712
00:42:52,820 --> 00:42:57,980
 And, you know, I don't want to, you know, they may come out there and prove me different, right?

713
00:42:58,720 --> 00:42:59,740
 Sometimes that happens.

714
00:42:59,740 --> 00:43:06,120
 But, yeah, I just, to me, they look like a team that's had to replace a bunch of players, and they're going to get,

715
00:43:06,140 --> 00:43:09,260
 better as the season goes on, as long as they're still dialed in.

716
00:43:09,600 --> 00:43:13,660
 And Southern Miss, you mentioned, I mean, I looked at them, it was an incredible number.

717
00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:14,900
 I think it was 54 players.

718
00:43:15,220 --> 00:43:15,760
 It is.

719
00:43:16,100 --> 00:43:16,800
 My goodness.

720
00:43:16,860 --> 00:43:17,560
 That's insane.

721
00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:18,040
 It is.

722
00:43:18,540 --> 00:43:21,200
 That's on top of any players that ran out of eligibility, right?

723
00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:26,120
 They are literally having to put together a whole new team in a lot of ways.

724
00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:30,580
 So that's a tough situation for their first year coach there, too, for sure.

725
00:43:31,940 --> 00:43:35,020
 Chad, Blake Anderson, sorry, I won't watch one.

726
00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:38,020
 It's a Chad, Blake Anderson, who's been a head coach before.

727
00:43:38,320 --> 00:43:42,840
 But, yeah, I just, I look at those two first games, and I think that's a real opportunity problem.

728
00:43:42,940 --> 00:43:47,660
 I really do, to get some wins there and get some confidence, but we'll see.

729
00:43:48,960 --> 00:43:54,420
 Yeah, I mean, Dale Earnhardt, back in the day, was a good NASCAR driver, but if he's on a bicycle,

730
00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:56,180
 he ain't going to win many races.

731
00:43:56,280 --> 00:43:58,880
 He's still a good driver, but poor old Southern Miss.

732
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:00,940
 Brian Matthews, AuburnSports.com.

733
00:44:01,340 --> 00:44:02,360
 Brian, correct me if I'm wrong.

734
00:44:02,420 --> 00:44:03,700
 I'm looking at the numbers here.

735
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:06,940
 Auburn right now has 24 in the house.

736
00:44:08,360 --> 00:44:10,480
 How much bigger will that number grow?

737
00:44:11,920 --> 00:44:14,060
 I think it's still going up, right?

738
00:44:14,120 --> 00:44:18,740
 I think Marquise Evans, the edge, we talked about edges from Hoover.

739
00:44:19,300 --> 00:44:25,300
 I think he's really getting close to making a decision, and Auburn is in really good shape there.

740
00:44:26,180 --> 00:44:31,900
 So I would say, I think it's July 1st, actually, is announced, and I think it's Wednesday.

741
00:44:31,900 --> 00:44:38,960
 So, yeah, I think Auburn, I think it's going to go up here this week, you know, assuming nobody drops out of the class.

742
00:44:39,160 --> 00:44:41,120
 And, you know, there's some other guys to watch.

743
00:44:41,220 --> 00:44:46,320
 Tay Walden, of course, is a very talented athlete, cornerback, can play on the other side of the ball, too,

744
00:44:46,960 --> 00:44:48,720
 who Auburn's recruiting really hard.

745
00:44:49,520 --> 00:44:55,500
 Nasir Banks is a, I guess he's kind of a safety DB from Georgia.

746
00:44:55,860 --> 00:44:58,100
 I think Auburn's definitely the team to beat for there.

747
00:44:58,100 --> 00:45:02,180
 So, and I know Walden's announced on July 1st, too.

748
00:45:02,420 --> 00:45:07,340
 So that's, and I don't think Auburn's the team to beat for him, but that's one to keep an eye on.

749
00:45:07,420 --> 00:45:09,900
 But, yeah, I think Auburn's going, going to keep going.

750
00:45:10,140 --> 00:45:15,220
 And, you know, we'll see that this is the big recruiting period right now, but there'll be kind of a slow period,

751
00:45:15,260 --> 00:45:18,620
 and then they'll pick back up in November, December as we get closer to that early sign period, too.

752
00:45:19,020 --> 00:45:26,660
 We talked to Tom Lemming last week, again, the guru who started all the five-star, the star system,

753
00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:29,680
 and he mentioned three players in particularly.

754
00:45:30,900 --> 00:45:38,400
 Mason Johnson Cook, he actually thinks he is maybe in the top two or three running backs in the country.

755
00:45:39,200 --> 00:45:43,580
 Leighton Von Brandt, the offensive tackle, he was very high on.

756
00:45:44,140 --> 00:45:53,320
 James Pace, the third, he was really high on, and this guy, he's met all these guys and interviewed them.

757
00:45:54,180 --> 00:45:58,820
 So he was also high on Deshaun Hall, the receiver.

758
00:45:59,080 --> 00:46:07,300
 So there are four dudes right there, Brian Matthews, that the Dean Yoda of recruiting was really high on.

759
00:46:08,020 --> 00:46:12,300
 Yeah, I'll tell you another one, Jalen Moore came to camp, already committed, and had a terrific camp,

760
00:46:12,380 --> 00:46:13,860
 and really I think up to his stock there.

761
00:46:14,080 --> 00:46:17,220
 So, yeah, I think this is a really good class they put together.

762
00:46:17,740 --> 00:46:20,020
 It's top 12 nationally, 24 commitments.

763
00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:22,180
 I think it's the sixth in the SEC right now.

764
00:46:23,020 --> 00:46:27,180
 I think it could still go up, but I do think it's probably going to end up being a top 15 type class,

765
00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:32,660
 which is, I think, what Alex Golesh and his staff want right now.

766
00:46:32,780 --> 00:46:41,220
 I'm sure they'd like to be maybe top 10 eventually, but I just don't think there's a path where you can sign too many five stars

767
00:46:41,220 --> 00:46:45,140
 and rivals 100 players because you can't afford them, and you can't play them all.

768
00:46:45,360 --> 00:46:46,300
 And they end up leaving.

769
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:47,980
 They end up throwing your money in the trash can.

770
00:46:48,160 --> 00:46:51,920
 So you've got to be careful how you recruit now, and I think Auburn's doing a really good job with that.

771
00:46:52,860 --> 00:47:03,220
 All right, tell us, what is on top for this week, young man, as far as fireworks, position previews, teams on the schedule?

772
00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:09,920
 And I think the Gators will be next for you to preview as far as opponents are concerned.

773
00:47:10,520 --> 00:47:13,040
 What have you got on top this week, and where can we get it?

774
00:47:13,040 --> 00:47:14,020
 Yeah, yeah, yeah.

775
00:47:14,040 --> 00:47:16,440
 I'm getting my money musings out here just in a little while.

776
00:47:16,440 --> 00:47:19,880
 Yeah, by the way, get that out earlier next time so we can talk about it.

777
00:47:19,880 --> 00:47:22,660
 We usually do, but we had some content this morning.

778
00:47:22,900 --> 00:47:23,640
 I got you.

779
00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:31,220
 But, yeah, that's coming out and continuing my position and game early previews.

780
00:47:31,740 --> 00:47:39,480
 We're going to talk to some coaches, I believe, at the ambush up in Alk City on Wednesday.

781
00:47:40,160 --> 00:47:42,380
 So we'll have a lot of content from that, just catching up.

782
00:47:42,380 --> 00:47:46,900
 I think Dolish and Stephen Pearl will be there, but we'll see for sure.

783
00:47:47,660 --> 00:47:50,400
 And then we'll continue to roll out all the recruiting information.

784
00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:54,620
 Like I said, there's a couple of big announcements coming here in a couple of days that Auburn could pick up at least one commitment.

785
00:47:55,960 --> 00:47:57,180
 Stay tuned, as they say.

786
00:47:57,280 --> 00:48:01,020
 In the meantime, again, a happy and safe fourth to you and your family, Brian.

787
00:48:01,740 --> 00:48:02,980
 All right, same to you all, everybody out there.

788
00:48:03,040 --> 00:48:03,300
 Thank you.

789
00:48:03,380 --> 00:48:03,820
 Thank you, bud.

790
00:48:04,180 --> 00:48:06,500
 I'm Matthew, senior-enter, AuburnSports.com.

791
00:48:06,580 --> 00:48:08,800
 Maybe, is it ironic that we mentioned the fourth?

792
00:48:08,860 --> 00:48:10,720
 And what do you think of when it comes to the fourth?

793
00:48:10,780 --> 00:48:11,520
 And that's fireworks.

794
00:48:11,880 --> 00:48:18,200
 Well, I'll tell you what, the show is losing an icon with TNT fireworks and, of course, books a million.

795
00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:23,240
 Charles Anderson, the patriarch of the family, in case you missed it, passing away last week.

796
00:48:23,340 --> 00:48:28,520
 A huge, huge, if you will, contributor to the entire show's area, BB.

797
00:48:28,780 --> 00:48:33,060
 Yeah, I was reading about him this weekend, had an incredible business mind.

798
00:48:34,200 --> 00:48:38,180
 But Harold, again, he really believed in giving away.

799
00:48:38,400 --> 00:48:44,280
 He received a lot, as he said, our family's been blessed, but we wanted to give back.

800
00:48:44,320 --> 00:48:46,280
 And he did that, and particularly for UNA.

801
00:48:46,720 --> 00:48:50,180
 He and his wife, big contributors to UNA.

802
00:48:50,180 --> 00:48:55,180
 I believe his memorial service is Thursday, if I'm not mistaken.

803
00:48:55,500 --> 00:49:00,760
 But, again, the Anderson family, we've talked about him for years on our show.

804
00:49:00,980 --> 00:49:06,120
 They've been incredible of their support for North Alabama and, of course, the shows.

805
00:49:06,860 --> 00:49:13,140
 And, of course, Florence High, and people may not realize it, but he was not only in the shows, he was international.

806
00:49:13,140 --> 00:49:20,160
 I mean, going back to the 70s when President Nixon tried to work a deal with China, he was one of the guys the president invited.

807
00:49:20,340 --> 00:49:29,380
 So, he kept it, he was a humble man and kept it down home, knew where his roots were, but still had a footprint across the entire globe.

808
00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:32,340
 So, again, our thoughts and prayers go out to the Anderson family.

809
00:49:33,140 --> 00:49:35,480
 Coming up the next hour, going to go down to the Sunshine State.

810
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811
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 Patients at Huntsville Hospital are being notified of a data breach that allowed access to their personal health information.

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985
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 Thank you so much for giving us a free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

987
01:00:46,080 --> 01:00:54,220
 B.B., can you think of a better place to spend the 4th of July week and a better place to throw off some fireworks in the beach of South Alabama?

988
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 Now, are you insinuating that Ben Thomas opened up his spare bedroom and let us come down for the weekend?

989
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 Well, I wasn't going to steal Ben's thunder, but I'm sure he's jumping up and down now that we have revealed that.

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 And he reveals everything else in the state of Alabama there at AL.com.

991
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 B.T., welcome in.

992
01:01:13,020 --> 01:01:15,500
 We'll see you in about, give us about four or five hours, okay?

993
01:01:15,560 --> 01:01:16,100
 How are you?

994
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 Come on down.

995
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 Bring your bathing suits.

996
01:01:18,540 --> 01:01:20,280
 It's about 105 down here.

997
01:01:20,540 --> 01:01:23,700
 Oh, it's hot up here too, Ben.

998
01:01:24,000 --> 01:01:27,240
 Obviously, the 4th of July is one of those marking dates.

999
01:01:28,020 --> 01:01:31,460
 I'm just saying you're talking about high school football over the years.

1000
01:01:31,560 --> 01:01:33,820
 You do a great job, obviously, covering that, Ben.

1001
01:01:34,180 --> 01:01:38,100
 But can you imagine back in the day, Bear Bryant coming into the weight room,

1002
01:01:38,180 --> 01:01:43,340
 said a place like Thompson, or maybe there may be a school out there now that may even top them as far as the weight room.

1003
01:01:43,740 --> 01:01:46,400
 Your thoughts about where some of these high school programs are.

1004
01:01:46,520 --> 01:01:50,520
 Is there such a thing as offseason anymore, especially with high school football?

1005
01:01:50,520 --> 01:01:55,020
 And the weight room is now compared to some of the college teams back in the 60s and 70s.

1006
01:01:56,240 --> 01:02:01,520
 Yeah, no, there really is no offseason, I mean, for a high school football.

1007
01:02:01,680 --> 01:02:08,720
 I mean, I think maybe some of the smaller schools don't do a lot of work in June when the other sports are having their play dates and stuff.

1008
01:02:08,920 --> 01:02:15,520
 But for the most part, it's not like when the three of us grew up and you were done with school in June

1009
01:02:15,520 --> 01:02:19,500
 and you didn't do much until those two-a-days began in August.

1010
01:02:19,700 --> 01:02:21,780
 Now it's pretty much year-round.

1011
01:02:21,920 --> 01:02:25,600
 If you're not doing 7-on-7, then you're certainly weightlifting or conditioning.

1012
01:02:26,720 --> 01:02:32,800
 Yeah, some of the facilities, I mean, obviously, a lot of private schools, a lot of these big city schools, you mentioned Thompson.

1013
01:02:33,000 --> 01:02:35,240
 I mean, it's like a college campus.

1014
01:02:36,180 --> 01:02:41,140
 You know, down here we kind of got almost a facilities war between Orange Beach and Gold Shores.

1015
01:02:41,280 --> 01:02:44,660
 I mean, they're both just building these huge new athletic facilities.

1016
01:02:44,660 --> 01:02:49,260
 So, you know, that's what draws these great young players.

1017
01:02:49,540 --> 01:02:52,900
 And so everybody's trying to compete with each other to have the best facilities.

1018
01:02:53,340 --> 01:02:57,480
 When I was growing up, and probably a lot of us, you, maybe even Brent growing up,

1019
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 we had a weightlifting program the offseason that was called Loading Hay.

1020
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 And what you did, you developed your quickness over dodging snakes hiding in the hay.

1021
01:03:07,280 --> 01:03:10,200
 So it was a different program back in the day.

1022
01:03:10,200 --> 01:03:14,960
 But, Ben, obviously, it's also that time of the year when the coach's carousel is going on.

1023
01:03:15,600 --> 01:03:17,200
 It happens every year.

1024
01:03:17,320 --> 01:03:22,260
 In your opinion, who are some of the notables as far as the coaching shelf on the state?

1025
01:03:23,820 --> 01:03:27,380
 Well, I mean, right now, the most notable things, I think, is, you know,

1026
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 what happened at Mary G. Montgomery in Pell City.

1027
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 You know, obviously, Zach Golsan, you know, those two places, those coaches got suspended for a year.

1028
01:03:36,380 --> 01:03:41,400
 Mary G. Montgomery has moved on from Zach Golsan to Alex Pays, their defensive coordinator.

1029
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 Pell City, you know, I talked to Jason, their, Jason Deason, their principal, last week.

1030
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 And he said that, you know, they're planning on Jake Gaines being their coach after his suspension.

1031
01:03:52,640 --> 01:03:59,180
 And they promoted currently to interim coach, Eric Kuykendall, will be the interim coach this year.

1032
01:03:59,540 --> 01:04:02,140
 So, you know, obviously, those two are on my mind.

1033
01:04:02,540 --> 01:04:06,000
 You've got to look at Central Phoenix City, you know, Patrick Nix stepping down

1034
01:04:06,000 --> 01:04:12,180
 and Cody Fornoy moving over from Jackson after winning two state championships at Jackson

1035
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 with a ton of talent, including E.J. Crowell and Landon Duckworth and all those guys.

1036
01:04:18,180 --> 01:04:22,380
 So, you know, those are just, you know, a couple that come to my mind.

1037
01:04:22,460 --> 01:04:25,660
 But there have been a lot of significant changes this offseason.

1038
01:04:26,380 --> 01:04:30,940
 Yeah, Daryl Higgins is one, too, going from Morris Hill to Russellville.

1039
01:04:31,340 --> 01:04:35,600
 You had a good article last week with some questions about the upcoming season.

1040
01:04:36,600 --> 01:04:37,880
 Who is Mr. Football?

1041
01:04:38,180 --> 01:04:41,580
 Well, there's only about 20 you can choose from.

1042
01:04:41,700 --> 01:04:43,060
 Trent Seaborn, duh.

1043
01:04:43,580 --> 01:04:45,140
 Gunnar Rivers, duh.

1044
01:04:46,000 --> 01:04:47,720
 But they've got some other guys.

1045
01:04:47,840 --> 01:04:53,880
 And we talked about Kingston pre-year that Benjamin Russell, he transferred there,

1046
01:04:54,040 --> 01:04:59,600
 who is going to be announcing on July 10th, maybe for Alabama, Randy Kennedy.

1047
01:05:00,300 --> 01:05:02,040
 We talked to him about that.

1048
01:05:02,160 --> 01:05:08,480
 And there, Maya McCray, Jamison Roberts at Sarah Land, Kayson Myers at Auburn.

1049
01:05:08,940 --> 01:05:14,740
 BT, just one after another, potential candidates for Mr. Football for 2026.

1050
01:05:15,620 --> 01:05:20,200
 Yeah, it seems like, you know, I think the odds don't favor it is a quarterback somewhere.

1051
01:05:20,600 --> 01:05:21,580
 One of these quarterbacks.

1052
01:05:21,820 --> 01:05:24,180
 I mean, you know, there'll be some running backs to emerge.

1053
01:05:24,400 --> 01:05:27,300
 But these quarterbacks, I think, are going to steal the show this year.

1054
01:05:27,380 --> 01:05:31,880
 You mentioned Trent Seaborn, who I think, if they play 14 games this year,

1055
01:05:31,900 --> 01:05:36,660
 I think he would finish with 59 career starts in the highest level of football in Alabama.

1056
01:05:37,060 --> 01:05:40,860
 I mean, I can't imagine that would ever be overcome.

1057
01:05:41,580 --> 01:05:45,200
 Jamison Roberts, very good at Sarah Land, obviously.

1058
01:05:45,200 --> 01:05:49,380
 And, you know, Gunnar Rivers is probably going to be the state's all-time leading passer.

1059
01:05:50,640 --> 01:05:57,680
 So, you know, but so that'll be, you know, will the competition St. Michael's played in the new private school league,

1060
01:05:57,740 --> 01:06:04,020
 how will that affect versus Trent Seaborn playing, you know, against the highest class teams in the state?

1061
01:06:04,140 --> 01:06:04,960
 So that'll be a question.

1062
01:06:05,120 --> 01:06:09,720
 Kingston pre-year, you know, Randy tells me he's going to be a phenom.

1063
01:06:09,880 --> 01:06:10,640
 It already is.

1064
01:06:10,760 --> 01:06:16,360
 You know, I think he won a couple of state championships at Montgomery Catholic before moving over to Benjamin Russell.

1065
01:06:16,540 --> 01:06:19,800
 So a lot of good talent and more to come.

1066
01:06:20,040 --> 01:06:23,440
 And more candidates will emerge, obviously, as the season rests.

1067
01:06:24,680 --> 01:06:26,260
 Ben, Tom, at sal.com.

1068
01:06:26,300 --> 01:06:27,200
 Ben, it's a fun question.

1069
01:06:27,300 --> 01:06:28,240
 Nobody knows.

1070
01:06:28,320 --> 01:06:30,200
 It's the old proverbial only time is going to tell.

1071
01:06:30,260 --> 01:06:31,240
 It's a fun question, though.

1072
01:06:31,320 --> 01:06:32,520
 You mentioned Trent Seaborn.

1073
01:06:32,640 --> 01:06:39,200
 Probably going to go down as one of the, if not the most decorated high school player in the history of high school football in the state.

1074
01:06:39,200 --> 01:06:40,640
 But he'll be right there in the mix.

1075
01:06:40,760 --> 01:06:42,100
 But here's the deal, Ben.

1076
01:06:42,200 --> 01:06:46,060
 Obviously, he is used to being the man, not a man.

1077
01:06:46,560 --> 01:06:49,280
 When he goes to Alabama, he's a mere four-star.

1078
01:06:49,720 --> 01:06:53,580
 He'll be competing against a room full of five stars at that same position.

1079
01:06:53,700 --> 01:06:55,720
 Your thoughts, everybody's human.

1080
01:06:56,220 --> 01:06:58,400
 Your thoughts, you know Trent better than any of us.

1081
01:06:58,520 --> 01:07:03,200
 How is he going to adjust from the environment there at Thompson, where it's basically his show,

1082
01:07:03,580 --> 01:07:07,340
 to basically being just a team player at Alabama and competing for playing time?

1083
01:07:08,380 --> 01:07:10,160
 Yeah, man, I think he'll adjust fine.

1084
01:07:10,160 --> 01:07:15,620
 I mean, I don't know that he'll be the starting quarterback on day one or even maybe as a freshman or a sophomore.

1085
01:07:15,960 --> 01:07:17,180
 But, you know, he's been in that.

1086
01:07:17,960 --> 01:07:23,180
 There's probably not a better program to get kids ready for college football than Thompson,

1087
01:07:23,380 --> 01:07:24,480
 especially as a quarterback.

1088
01:07:24,720 --> 01:07:28,780
 Mark Freeman is kind of known as a quarterback guru over the years.

1089
01:07:28,900 --> 01:07:33,620
 I mean, just look at some of the guys that have come out of there recently and the success they've had.

1090
01:07:33,700 --> 01:07:35,500
 So, he won't have any problems with Justin.

1091
01:07:35,660 --> 01:07:37,340
 He has a great work ethic.

1092
01:07:37,540 --> 01:07:38,880
 He's a very humble kid.

1093
01:07:39,460 --> 01:07:40,220
 I call him a kid.

1094
01:07:40,360 --> 01:07:41,020
 I mean, he's a senior.

1095
01:07:41,240 --> 01:07:42,740
 I don't know if you can call him a kid anymore.

1096
01:07:43,040 --> 01:07:45,460
 But he's been playing since the eighth grade.

1097
01:07:45,700 --> 01:07:46,200
 That's right.

1098
01:07:46,200 --> 01:07:48,580
 Winning championships in the eighth grade.

1099
01:07:49,340 --> 01:07:49,620
 Yeah.

1100
01:07:50,180 --> 01:07:52,120
 He'll have no problems with Justin at Alabama.

1101
01:07:52,260 --> 01:07:55,880
 Whether he'll be the starter even in his career.

1102
01:07:56,000 --> 01:07:56,940
 I mean, he might be a backup.

1103
01:07:57,180 --> 01:08:01,440
 I don't know if it depends on what the depth looks like at Alabama.

1104
01:08:01,680 --> 01:08:05,560
 But he won't have any problems adjusting to that situation.

1105
01:08:06,020 --> 01:08:12,720
 We always talk about the poll questions that come out on Thursday and the ones we know the results from.

1106
01:08:12,720 --> 01:08:21,720
 The question was, do you think significant progress has been made to curb recruiting of high school athletes in the state of Alabama?

1107
01:08:22,400 --> 01:08:26,440
 The first response was 44% no.

1108
01:08:27,040 --> 01:08:29,100
 It's still rampant across the state.

1109
01:08:29,760 --> 01:08:34,540
 The second response was time will tell, which that was 39%.

1110
01:08:34,540 --> 01:08:38,580
 And yes, which was 17%.

1111
01:08:38,580 --> 01:08:44,440
 Recent Alabama Husky Athletic Association rulings are a step in the right direction.

1112
01:08:44,980 --> 01:08:46,320
 Your thoughts, B.T.

1113
01:08:48,060 --> 01:08:50,920
 Well, I think they have made some progress.

1114
01:08:51,140 --> 01:08:53,820
 I'm not sure they're going to satisfy everybody.

1115
01:08:53,980 --> 01:08:56,400
 I mean, I think that it's going to continue to be divided.

1116
01:08:56,660 --> 01:08:59,800
 But these major landmark rulings they made against Mary G.

1117
01:08:59,940 --> 01:09:04,760
 Montgomery and Bell City, I think, would have had to at least open some eyes across the state.

1118
01:09:04,760 --> 01:09:14,760
 Now, I think we're in the age of you're always going to have people, nameless people on social media saying, well, X school is clearly cheating because they've got all these guys.

1119
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 And why don't they punish them?

1120
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 And, you know, a lot of times it's a matter of, number one, somebody turning that school in, and number two, making sure the evidence agrees with what social media thinks.

1121
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 So I think Keith Harmon's done a very good job of, you know, whatever schools have been turned in, looking at the evidence and making a ruling on it.

1122
01:09:35,120 --> 01:09:37,420
 I mean, these were pretty significant rulings he made.

1123
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 And, you know, there's been talk that there's some other schools that they're looking into.

1124
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 I'm sure there are, whether any penalties come out or not, we'll have to see.

1125
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 I think the whole HSA office is in Salt Lake City this weekend because Steve Savarese is getting inducted into the National Hall of Fame tonight.

1126
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 So that's a really cool event for him.

1127
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 So we'll see if anything comes out in the next few weeks.

1128
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 I do think some progress is being made.

1129
01:10:03,060 --> 01:10:04,500
 I mean, we've talked about it for years.

1130
01:10:04,840 --> 01:10:06,480
 What's going to happen with all these transfers?

1131
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 But you can't just penalize somebody if you don't have evidence that they're wrongdoing.

1132
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 And it seems like we're just throwing out a bunch of accusations on social media about people who aren't going to put their names out there.

1133
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 Speaking of names, the People's Choice is now in the house.

1134
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 Ben, I defer to you to open the envelope and unveil.

1135
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 And let me say this.

1136
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 It sounds like it may be somebody not too far from us who's the winner of the People's Choice Contest in the state of Alabama.

1137
01:10:34,840 --> 01:10:39,600
 Yeah, in the baseball, it was Hartzels, Asher Doppel.

1138
01:10:40,980 --> 01:10:45,860
 You know, very good player there for many years and obviously led him to back-to-back state titles.

1139
01:10:46,060 --> 01:10:47,760
 He was seeded.

1140
01:10:47,960 --> 01:10:49,180
 I can't remember what he was seeded.

1141
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 Maybe three or so.

1142
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 I think he was three.

1143
01:10:51,520 --> 01:10:52,620
 Yes, I think he was.

1144
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 And he beat John Stowers, who is the Auburn signee from St. Paul's, in the final voting.

1145
01:10:59,160 --> 01:11:00,640
 So congratulations to Asher.

1146
01:11:00,720 --> 01:11:05,500
 He'll be receiving the prestigious AL.com People's Choice Trophy.

1147
01:11:05,760 --> 01:11:11,980
 And also on the softball side, it was Corey Gogets from Hewitt Trussell, who was also mid-softball.

1148
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 And she was the number one seed in softball.

1149
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 So those were the two winners.

1150
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 And I appreciate everybody voting for that.

1151
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 And, you know, I enjoy doing that each quarter for our top sports.

1152
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 And hopefully, our readers enjoy it as well.

1153
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 By the way, your other poll question, you may have the results now.

1154
01:11:31,200 --> 01:11:36,760
 What is the best way to build a successful college football roster in today's landscape?

1155
01:11:37,020 --> 01:11:41,080
 Believe me, a lot of college coaches would like to have the definitive answer for this.

1156
01:11:41,080 --> 01:11:45,560
 High school, option one, high school recruits primarily.

1157
01:11:46,300 --> 01:11:48,440
 The transfer portal, mostly.

1158
01:11:49,300 --> 01:11:54,960
 Number three, high school recruits first and then use the portal to fill the crucial spots.

1159
01:11:56,240 --> 01:11:59,040
 I know we'll get the results of that later in the week.

1160
01:11:59,360 --> 01:12:00,560
 Interesting question.

1161
01:12:00,860 --> 01:12:04,680
 I'm going to guess a lot of people would probably say number three.

1162
01:12:05,720 --> 01:12:06,620
 Probably, yeah.

1163
01:12:06,640 --> 01:12:07,540
 I haven't seen the results.

1164
01:12:07,700 --> 01:12:09,200
 That will be in Tuesday's newsletter.

1165
01:12:09,980 --> 01:12:11,900
 Or, I'm sorry, Thursday's newsletter.

1166
01:12:13,020 --> 01:12:14,500
 Yeah, I would think number three.

1167
01:12:14,680 --> 01:12:19,380
 I mean, you know, Alex Golesh, the new coach at Auburn, has kind of made a point of,

1168
01:12:19,920 --> 01:12:22,400
 after this year, we're going to build from the high school up.

1169
01:12:22,540 --> 01:12:24,100
 Well, we'll see if that happens or not.

1170
01:12:24,740 --> 01:12:28,880
 I think a lot of schools have been successful going through the transfer portal.

1171
01:12:28,880 --> 01:12:34,460
 Well, it hurts our high schools because a lot of kids, you know, who, you know, we've gotten

1172
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 away from 10 years ago.

1173
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 If you had a great senior year, you could play your way into a big-time scholarship.

1174
01:12:40,780 --> 01:12:42,760
 Now, you have a great senior year.

1175
01:12:42,860 --> 01:12:46,080
 Almost everybody, all the spots are already committed for high school people.

1176
01:12:46,260 --> 01:12:49,860
 They're looking for, you know, they're looking for select spots from the transfer portal.

1177
01:12:50,080 --> 01:12:51,780
 So, it's changed.

1178
01:12:51,900 --> 01:12:55,460
 I do think there's still value in high school recruits.

1179
01:12:55,460 --> 01:12:59,460
 So, unfortunately, I think if you're not a four- or five-star, it's really hard for you

1180
01:12:59,460 --> 01:13:02,120
 to come out of high school and get to an SEC-type program.

1181
01:13:02,400 --> 01:13:07,420
 But the positive thing is you can go to, you know, a Division I or, you know, a Division II

1182
01:13:07,420 --> 01:13:08,520
 school and work your way up.

1183
01:13:08,580 --> 01:13:12,280
 We've seen that happen a lot, but it's definitely changed the way recruiting goes.

1184
01:13:12,660 --> 01:13:13,880
 No question about it.

1185
01:13:13,960 --> 01:13:17,340
 Tell us what else is on the agenda this week.

1186
01:13:17,340 --> 01:13:22,900
 Tell your wife to get the extra room ready when Harold and I come down a little bit later

1187
01:13:22,900 --> 01:13:29,140
 this week and where can we get online and get your column, the poll questions, and everything else.

1188
01:13:29,740 --> 01:13:34,120
 Yeah, just go to AL.com in the summer, but still a lot going on.

1189
01:13:35,040 --> 01:13:40,540
 This week we're doing our Male and Female Athletes of the Year in North, Central, and South Alabama.

1190
01:13:40,760 --> 01:13:42,660
 So, I think today was South Alabama.

1191
01:13:42,920 --> 01:13:44,820
 So, we'll be doing that.

1192
01:13:45,020 --> 01:13:51,260
 And as you guys probably heard from Randy, in a couple weeks we'll be debuting the best in Bama

1193
01:13:51,260 --> 01:13:57,020
 with the current cycle of Class of 2027 seniors leading the way.

1194
01:13:57,120 --> 01:13:59,320
 I think that starts July 12th, maybe.

1195
01:13:59,680 --> 01:14:01,120
 So, be on the lookout for that.

1196
01:14:02,160 --> 01:14:03,040
 Plenty more to come.

1197
01:14:03,040 --> 01:14:05,720
 I hope you all have a happy and safe Fourth of July.

1198
01:14:05,880 --> 01:14:09,260
 If I don't see you down here, but if I do, then we'll just do it together.

1199
01:14:10,060 --> 01:14:10,420
 Absolutely.

1200
01:14:10,560 --> 01:14:11,600
 We were coming down Friday.

1201
01:14:11,680 --> 01:14:12,960
 We decided Wednesday, Ben.

1202
01:14:13,000 --> 01:14:14,240
 So, we'll be seeing you early, Ben.

1203
01:14:14,380 --> 01:14:16,800
 Hey, have a safe and a happy Fourth of July, okay?

1204
01:14:17,460 --> 01:14:17,800
 All right.

1205
01:14:17,860 --> 01:14:18,140
 Thanks.

1206
01:14:18,240 --> 01:14:18,880
 Thank you, bud.

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 The BT Express, Ben Thomas, AL.com.

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1327
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 Well, again, you're right.

1328
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 They got along really well.

1330
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1339
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1340
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1341
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 Obviously, Nick, to me, it just shows you how much control Nick Saban had over the teams.

1342
01:21:11,480 --> 01:21:15,460
 This is not the only incident where a former player under Nick's gotten in trouble.

1343
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 We saw Josh Jacobs, domestic.

1344
01:21:17,400 --> 01:21:18,600
 We've seen other players.

1345
01:21:18,820 --> 01:21:20,580
 Some pretty serious charges, BB.

1346
01:21:21,520 --> 01:21:22,260
 Two things.

1347
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 It tells me that Nick had a pretty good handle on these guys when they were there.

1348
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 But it isn't amazing.

1349
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 They get out.

1350
01:21:29,180 --> 01:21:32,920
 They get into, by comparison, a nice-paying job.

1351
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 Let's face it.

1352
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 It's not the toughest job in the world as far as 52 weeks like most of us.

1353
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 It's tough on game day.

1354
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 No one's going to take that away from them.

1355
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 But by comparison, they live the lifestyle that a lot of people can only dream, and yet they still find a way.

1356
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 There's no other way of putting it to sometimes screw it up.

1357
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 Well, when you're making that kind of money, a lot of times it goes to your head.

1358
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 You've got a lot of free time during the off-season.

1359
01:22:00,460 --> 01:22:09,000
 And unfortunately, money sometimes attracts the wrong people, and he obviously got involved with some other people.

1360
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 I think he had some items stolen, and he more or less went overboard trying to get them back.

1361
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 And I hope he can get his life together.

1362
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 He needs right now his family and the good friends around him so he can begin to rebuild his life.

1363
01:22:27,600 --> 01:22:30,840
 Certainly wish him luck, but he's got a lot to overcome.

1364
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 Meanwhile, back at the ranch, obviously Alabama fans now are almost in a panic mode with the way this class is being put together.

1365
01:22:39,500 --> 01:22:41,400
 And again, we don't try to sugarcoat things here.

1366
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 You can draw any conclusion you want.

1367
01:22:43,400 --> 01:22:47,400
 The strategy right now is to go out and grab a lot of three stars.

1368
01:22:47,820 --> 01:22:50,260
 Only the coaching staff knows the reasoning for that.

1369
01:22:50,620 --> 01:22:55,200
 A lot of folks speculate because they don't want to sit here and put a lot of money into a four or five star

1370
01:22:55,200 --> 01:22:59,700
 and have them transfer out next year where they've lost that money this year and having to start all over.

1371
01:22:59,800 --> 01:23:00,740
 That's beside the point.

1372
01:23:00,940 --> 01:23:04,460
 But over the weekend, BB, they did pick up a four star.

1373
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 And I'll tell you what, amongst other things, the coaching staff knows they've got, look at this roster.

1374
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 There's a plethora of guys down the line as far as recruiting rankings.

1375
01:23:15,260 --> 01:23:22,240
 But who has a quarterback room with higher rankings, not just one or two, but it's four and five stars everywhere you look.

1376
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 And you know, these quarterbacks are saying, coach, you might want to go out there and get me some four and five star wide receivers.

1377
01:23:28,500 --> 01:23:29,820
 And it looks like they did over the weekend.

1378
01:23:30,100 --> 01:23:32,360
 Well, they've got some pretty good wide receivers.

1379
01:23:32,360 --> 01:23:35,420
 They've got another one on July the 4th.

1380
01:23:35,460 --> 01:23:37,740
 We'll talk to Freddie Kirby about that tomorrow.

1381
01:23:37,740 --> 01:23:48,760
 Alabama was actually able to bring in five players since last Sunday, beginning with Darius White, a three star cornerback who committed to Alabama.

1382
01:23:48,900 --> 01:23:54,960
 Tyler Younger from the Atlanta area, a 6'5", 240 pound, three star edge.

1383
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 Now, Cedric Simmons from Southside Selma decided to go to Auburn.

1384
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 That came down to Alabama and Auburn.

1385
01:24:02,200 --> 01:24:08,980
 Stanford Willis, Alabama got two on Tuesday from A-Rab, a three star offensive lineman committed to Alabama.

1386
01:24:09,660 --> 01:24:14,120
 James Tupou, as I thought he would, ended up going to Texas on Friday.

1387
01:24:15,340 --> 01:24:20,380
 Jeremiah Beverly, out of Hillcrest High School, a three star edge, committed to Alabama.

1388
01:24:21,140 --> 01:24:25,080
 Sonny Gales, the four star, committed on Saturday.

1389
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 I thought he would.

1390
01:24:26,480 --> 01:24:28,200
 I've seen some clips of him.

1391
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 He's a very precise route runner.

1392
01:24:31,060 --> 01:24:32,000
 I've been impressed.

1393
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 He was at Stockton, California.

1394
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 And, again, didn't have a very good team around him and moved to IMG.

1395
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 And believe me, they've got a lot of good folks around him.

1396
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 But I've been impressed.

1397
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 He's one of the best, his four commitments so far for Alabama.

1398
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 It moves them up.

1399
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 I'm not kidding.

1400
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 It moves them up to number 32 in the country right now in Vanderbilt and everybody else in the SEC.

1401
01:24:57,140 --> 01:24:59,760
 And by comparison, Auburn at number 12.

1402
01:24:59,760 --> 01:25:01,900
 B.B. the Braves have their own problems.

1403
01:25:02,440 --> 01:25:03,580
 It must be hot.

1404
01:25:03,800 --> 01:25:08,220
 That big lead that they had is melting like a snow cone at the July 4th picnic.

1405
01:25:08,360 --> 01:25:11,480
 Now down to a mere three over the fields.

1406
01:25:11,700 --> 01:25:15,620
 Well, Chris Sale did not get any support for the fourth consecutive game.

1407
01:25:15,700 --> 01:25:16,940
 Lost three to two.

1408
01:25:17,680 --> 01:25:21,160
 That ten and a half lead is now down to three games.

1409
01:25:21,700 --> 01:25:23,520
 They've just got problems everywhere.

1410
01:25:23,520 --> 01:25:27,380
 You've got role players playing in place of starters.

1411
01:25:28,540 --> 01:25:37,040
 Austin Riley, they had two key errors yesterday from Albies and Austin Riley.

1412
01:25:37,860 --> 01:25:41,360
 The pitching is being sketchy, to say the least.

1413
01:25:41,460 --> 01:25:45,020
 They begin a series tomorrow night with your Cardinals.

1414
01:25:45,220 --> 01:25:47,300
 Hopefully, they can get a little bit better at home.

1415
01:25:47,420 --> 01:25:49,540
 But Braves right now have got a lot of problems.

1416
01:25:50,200 --> 01:25:52,980
 Bryce Elder's velocity went down the other day.

1417
01:25:53,420 --> 01:25:56,120
 They don't need one starting pitcher at the trade deadline.

1418
01:25:56,320 --> 01:25:56,980
 They need two.

1419
01:25:57,680 --> 01:26:02,400
 Coming up, basically, on the halfway mark of the regular season, again, three up on the field.

1420
01:26:02,660 --> 01:26:07,760
 It's a good opportunity for the Braves to come back because the Cardinals, they're not exactly lighting up the world either.

1421
01:26:08,200 --> 01:26:10,240
 They're going to throw Libertor on the mound tomorrow night.

1422
01:26:10,380 --> 01:26:11,520
 He's a much-hyped guy.

1423
01:26:12,000 --> 01:26:12,920
 He's three and five.

1424
01:26:13,000 --> 01:26:16,300
 His ERA, 556 Perez will go on the mound for the Braves.

1425
01:26:16,380 --> 01:26:18,560
 He's six and four, a three ERA.

1426
01:26:18,920 --> 01:26:23,140
 And anything under three and a half this day and time, that's a pretty good ERA.

1427
01:26:23,440 --> 01:26:25,040
 So, again, the Braves off tonight.

1428
01:26:25,140 --> 01:26:26,200
 The Cardinals tomorrow night.

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 In the meantime, the latest from creams and strawberries at Wimbledon here on 93.9.

1430
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1431
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 Westwood One Sports presents this special tennis update.

1432
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 Four-time Grand Slam champ Irina Sabalenka is seeking her first Wimbledon crown.

1433
01:26:45,320 --> 01:26:50,080
 She won her opening round match today, defeating Serbia's Teodora Kostovic in straight sets.

1434
01:26:50,420 --> 01:26:52,420
 It wasn't as cut and dry for Janik Sinner.

1435
01:26:52,420 --> 01:26:57,020
 Sinner came from behind for a tense five-side victory over Serbia's Miamir Keczmanovic.

1436
01:26:57,640 --> 01:27:02,120
 Coming back here as defending champion is a lot to me, even though every year is different.

1437
01:27:02,240 --> 01:27:04,600
 Every year, you know, can be very, very tough.

1438
01:27:04,740 --> 01:27:08,080
 So, first of all, very happy to win the first one.

1439
01:27:08,380 --> 01:27:14,460
 Of course, we will try to aim for a couple of improvements for the next match, but today I can be very, very happy.

1440
01:27:15,460 --> 01:27:18,400
 Sinner attempting to rebound from an early exit at the French Open.

1441
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 So is Novak Djokovic.

1442
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 He's in action right now.

1443
01:27:21,020 --> 01:27:22,680
 He's taking on China's Yibing Wu.

1444
01:27:23,180 --> 01:27:25,800
 Also underway, Coco Gauff and Tamara Korpach.

1445
01:27:26,120 --> 01:27:28,660
 Mira Andreeva took the first set against Magdalene.

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1551
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1552
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 We head on down to the Sunshine State.

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1558
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1559
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1564
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 That's about it.

1565
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 What do you think the draw is there?

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01:33:50,360 --> 01:33:51,620
 They do all this surgery.

1570
01:33:52,320 --> 01:33:55,660
 And what is it about the Satchel Boys?

1571
01:33:56,520 --> 01:33:59,440
 I don't know, but it's like Thanksgiving dinner.

1572
01:33:59,440 --> 01:34:02,580
 I just had to try to hope to get a leftover, Harold.

1573
01:34:02,780 --> 01:34:08,380
 They get the cake, we get the crumbs, right?

1574
01:34:08,900 --> 01:34:13,620
 And the only thing next to that, and it's a very distant third,

1575
01:34:14,140 --> 01:34:17,000
 would be John Summerall recruiting right now.

1576
01:34:17,140 --> 01:34:18,540
 That's pretty hot, too.

1577
01:34:19,040 --> 01:34:25,940
 And it's just the buildup to this season, guys, there's 68 days to go now.

1578
01:34:26,300 --> 01:34:27,580
 Not that I'm counting, right?

1579
01:34:28,260 --> 01:34:31,720
 I can't wait to see September 5th and 745.

1580
01:34:32,080 --> 01:34:33,920
 It's Florida Atlantic, I get it.

1581
01:34:34,120 --> 01:34:38,240
 But then again, this team, not to pick on Billy Napier,

1582
01:34:38,520 --> 01:34:40,240
 it seems like every time I come on, I do.

1583
01:34:40,540 --> 01:34:44,840
 But Florida could lose to a Florida Atlantic when Billy Napier was there.

1584
01:34:44,960 --> 01:34:47,740
 And it is a team that was 4-8 a year ago.

1585
01:34:48,100 --> 01:34:52,680
 So nothing's a certainty, as we have learned in Gainesville.

1586
01:34:52,960 --> 01:34:55,580
 But a lot of excitement as this season approaches.

1587
01:34:55,980 --> 01:34:57,320
 You mentioned John Summerall.

1588
01:34:57,400 --> 01:34:59,840
 Quick, this is a true story, John.

1589
01:35:00,620 --> 01:35:02,020
 I hear when people say this.

1590
01:35:02,040 --> 01:35:02,680
 So what's the other one?

1591
01:35:02,740 --> 01:35:03,200
 Are you going to lie?

1592
01:35:03,580 --> 01:35:04,080
 True story.

1593
01:35:04,160 --> 01:35:06,580
 John obviously has roots to Huntsville.

1594
01:35:07,400 --> 01:35:09,960
 And his old house, I don't know if he still has the old house,

1595
01:35:10,020 --> 01:35:12,600
 but it was down below what is now the new Grissom High.

1596
01:35:12,700 --> 01:35:17,700
 And if you go on the Internet now, they don't talk so much about Grissom High

1597
01:35:17,700 --> 01:35:20,240
 or his house that's nearby the new high school.

1598
01:35:20,760 --> 01:35:25,720
 But literally, the cops were called down that neighborhood the other day.

1599
01:35:25,800 --> 01:35:28,280
 There was a big alligator in the street down there.

1600
01:35:28,380 --> 01:35:30,660
 It was John Summerall, even when he was in Huntsville,

1601
01:35:31,260 --> 01:35:33,200
 destined to be an alligator.

1602
01:35:34,640 --> 01:35:38,040
 Well, the way he recruits Harold, I believe it.

1603
01:35:38,100 --> 01:35:40,220
 I'm sure he's getting all these real alligators.

1604
01:35:40,220 --> 01:35:40,880
 That's the truth.

1605
01:35:41,080 --> 01:35:43,140
 I mean, it was basically Gators in his old Hustle backyard.

1606
01:35:44,480 --> 01:35:48,540
 I just don't know what he's selling, but I'm buying it.

1607
01:35:48,680 --> 01:35:53,060
 And I know Florida fans are loving this because, again, every time I come on,

1608
01:35:53,120 --> 01:35:54,080
 I know I'm redundant.

1609
01:35:54,300 --> 01:35:57,520
 But they haven't seen this type of recruiting since Urban Meyer.

1610
01:35:58,180 --> 01:36:03,060
 Now, what it translates once the season starts and the years to follow,

1611
01:36:03,060 --> 01:36:03,840
 I don't know.

1612
01:36:03,980 --> 01:36:08,200
 But it's been pretty exciting, especially after the last couple of years

1613
01:36:08,200 --> 01:36:10,120
 of disappointment for Florida football.

1614
01:36:10,340 --> 01:36:12,060
 So it's just what the doctor ordered.

1615
01:36:12,600 --> 01:36:15,240
 Yeah, but the thing is, wasn't Napier brought in for one of the reasons

1616
01:36:15,240 --> 01:36:17,880
 because he could recruit going back to his days with Nick?

1617
01:36:18,000 --> 01:36:19,880
 That's a head-scratcher, is it not?

1618
01:36:20,580 --> 01:36:21,800
 It is, Harold.

1619
01:36:22,060 --> 01:36:24,980
 And the difference between Summerall and Napier,

1620
01:36:25,240 --> 01:36:29,520
 besides the fact that he's getting the numbers right now that Napier couldn't,

1621
01:36:29,520 --> 01:36:34,420
 is that Summerall didn't come in telling that it's going to take three and four years.

1622
01:36:34,800 --> 01:36:35,900
 Both Napier did.

1623
01:36:36,300 --> 01:36:40,760
 And I think it just goes back to, if you get the right guy,

1624
01:36:41,240 --> 01:36:43,640
 it's not going to take three or four years.

1625
01:36:43,700 --> 01:36:46,100
 Now, we'll see what again happens on the field,

1626
01:36:46,360 --> 01:36:51,460
 but I just think there's a lot of credence in you've got to get the right guy.

1627
01:36:51,620 --> 01:36:56,620
 And I'll tell you, John Summerall, the charisma and the connection he has with the kids,

1628
01:36:57,280 --> 01:36:59,320
 that part of it is right, there's no doubt.

1629
01:36:59,460 --> 01:37:04,160
 It just, again, reminds me of what Kirby Smart did back in 2016.

1630
01:37:04,440 --> 01:37:09,080
 He got that job at Georgia, as you guys know, had never been a head coach.

1631
01:37:09,840 --> 01:37:13,940
 And the recruiting, in fact, there were accusations back then,

1632
01:37:13,940 --> 01:37:18,840
 because it was before NIL and same players, at least legally,

1633
01:37:18,840 --> 01:37:21,860
 and there were accusations, how is he doing it?

1634
01:37:22,300 --> 01:37:26,980
 And, you know, I dare say there would be that with John Summerall right now,

1635
01:37:27,020 --> 01:37:28,120
 if not for the NIL.

1636
01:37:28,320 --> 01:37:29,060
 It's just amazing.

1637
01:37:29,200 --> 01:37:32,060
 But that's the comparison I have right now, what I'm seeing.

1638
01:37:32,280 --> 01:37:34,300
 John, just to back up your comments,

1639
01:37:34,500 --> 01:37:38,340
 Florida right now, according to Rivals.com,

1640
01:37:38,340 --> 01:37:41,540
 is number four in the recruiting rankings.

1641
01:37:42,180 --> 01:37:47,760
 Offensive tackle, Maxwell Hiller, is a five-star offensive lineman.

1642
01:37:48,380 --> 01:37:51,580
 The number one-ranked center in the country, Peyton Miller.

1643
01:37:52,240 --> 01:37:55,980
 They got another offensive lineman, Elijah Hutchinson.

1644
01:37:56,700 --> 01:37:59,580
 Yeah, what's the common denominator there, lineman?

1645
01:38:00,920 --> 01:38:06,500
 And they've got another one, well, Tewks, a defensive lineman.

1646
01:38:06,500 --> 01:38:08,200
 And, I mean, it's all fence and defense.

1647
01:38:08,680 --> 01:38:10,560
 But, John, you're exactly right.

1648
01:38:10,640 --> 01:38:13,060
 Florida right now, we've got a long way to go with this.

1649
01:38:13,860 --> 01:38:16,140
 And this was 12 commitments.

1650
01:38:17,640 --> 01:38:22,520
 Well, 12 commitments in the ESPN poll.

1651
01:38:22,780 --> 01:38:24,280
 I'm sorry, I said Rivals.

1652
01:38:24,420 --> 01:38:26,440
 This is an ESPN recruiting ranking.

1653
01:38:26,440 --> 01:38:31,140
 But in the top ESPN, 12 right now.

1654
01:38:32,100 --> 01:38:37,120
 And what I like, Brett, is he's building it from the inside to out.

1655
01:38:37,120 --> 01:38:37,820
 But that's correct.

1656
01:38:38,220 --> 01:38:38,560
 Bingo.

1657
01:38:39,060 --> 01:38:44,360
 And that's the thing that Florida has been lacking desperately for years.

1658
01:38:44,720 --> 01:38:47,720
 And that's the concern for this year's team, by the way.

1659
01:38:47,780 --> 01:38:50,240
 Because, unfortunately, none of these guys you just rattled off

1660
01:38:50,240 --> 01:38:51,640
 can help this year's team.

1661
01:38:52,000 --> 01:38:55,440
 And they've only got two offensive linemen returning

1662
01:38:55,440 --> 01:38:58,660
 from last year's team on this roster.

1663
01:38:58,660 --> 01:39:03,560
 They've got some transfers, including one at center, one at guard.

1664
01:39:03,740 --> 01:39:05,860
 But that's going to be the concern this year.

1665
01:39:06,080 --> 01:39:09,040
 But I just like the way he's doing that.

1666
01:39:09,120 --> 01:39:11,740
 Because, again, it reminds me of Kirby.

1667
01:39:11,920 --> 01:39:14,640
 And also, and I'm not saying he's Nick Saban.

1668
01:39:14,740 --> 01:39:15,800
 Nobody's Nick Saban.

1669
01:39:15,900 --> 01:39:19,380
 But Nick Saban sort of did it that way, as you guys know, too,

1670
01:39:19,440 --> 01:39:20,400
 when he first got there.

1671
01:39:20,500 --> 01:39:22,280
 Build it from the inside out.

1672
01:39:22,700 --> 01:39:25,220
 You've got to win the line of scrimmage in the SEC.

1673
01:39:25,540 --> 01:39:27,740
 If you don't, you're nowhere.

1674
01:39:28,240 --> 01:39:30,460
 And that's kind of where Florida's been for years.

1675
01:39:30,940 --> 01:39:34,240
 So, again, I just think there's a lot of optimism

1676
01:39:34,240 --> 01:39:37,640
 and a lot to really like what you're seeing so far.

1677
01:39:37,860 --> 01:39:41,920
 How John Tomerall's, you know, beginning and building this.

1678
01:39:42,920 --> 01:39:44,840
 What was it Nick said back in the day?

1679
01:39:45,040 --> 01:39:48,740
 Recruit, make them, they're A-equipped, if you will.

1680
01:39:48,960 --> 01:39:50,540
 It all starts with being physical.

1681
01:39:50,680 --> 01:39:53,560
 John, your thoughts about, you mentioned this year.

1682
01:39:53,640 --> 01:39:56,040
 Obviously, there's, as they say back in the old days,

1683
01:39:56,120 --> 01:39:58,340
 there's help with the posse coming in the recruiting chain.

1684
01:39:58,800 --> 01:40:01,580
 But what is realistic about Florida and Auburn's date?

1685
01:40:01,660 --> 01:40:04,040
 In some ways, it's kind of interesting, is it not?

1686
01:40:04,100 --> 01:40:07,540
 Because Diego Pavia beat Auburn when he was at New Mexico State

1687
01:40:07,540 --> 01:40:08,600
 and then beat him at Vanderbilt.

1688
01:40:09,020 --> 01:40:11,560
 And now Golesh beat Florida last year

1689
01:40:11,560 --> 01:40:13,720
 when he was over across the state there in Tampa.

1690
01:40:13,980 --> 01:40:15,680
 And now he's at Auburn.

1691
01:40:15,740 --> 01:40:17,860
 Your thoughts, realistically, what's going to happen

1692
01:40:17,860 --> 01:40:21,320
 when Florida goes for the game of the Plains

1693
01:40:21,320 --> 01:40:22,300
 with Auburn this season?

1694
01:40:23,520 --> 01:40:26,380
 Well, that's going to be the first litmus test

1695
01:40:26,380 --> 01:40:28,660
 for John Tomerall in year one, Harold.

1696
01:40:28,660 --> 01:40:32,920
 Because you've got to believe Florida, Atlantic, and Campbell,

1697
01:40:33,080 --> 01:40:34,620
 Florida's going to win those two games.

1698
01:40:34,740 --> 01:40:37,640
 And I think he's got Campbell in the house right now, too, don't you?

1699
01:40:38,600 --> 01:40:40,120
 Yeah, exactly.

1700
01:40:42,020 --> 01:40:43,820
 But you're right.

1701
01:40:43,900 --> 01:40:46,200
 That's such an intriguing game, the Auburn game,

1702
01:40:46,260 --> 01:40:48,620
 because, number one, you've got two coaches

1703
01:40:48,620 --> 01:40:50,880
 that are first-year head coaches in the conference.

1704
01:40:51,580 --> 01:40:55,200
 Alex Golesh, who I think is a heck of a coach, by the way, as well,

1705
01:40:55,280 --> 01:40:56,280
 from South Florida.

1706
01:40:56,280 --> 01:41:00,720
 And Florida painfully learned how good a coach he was last year

1707
01:41:00,720 --> 01:41:02,840
 when they came into Gainesville and won.

1708
01:41:03,080 --> 01:41:07,580
 And the same quarterback that beat Florida that night's going to be

1709
01:41:07,580 --> 01:41:11,120
 the same one that plays for Auburn on September 19th.

1710
01:41:11,680 --> 01:41:18,120
 I think, realistically, Florida 7-5 or 8-4 overall.

1711
01:41:18,500 --> 01:41:20,460
 And I think they could win the game at Auburn.

1712
01:41:21,120 --> 01:41:24,400
 Honestly, I think it's a toss-up right now

1713
01:41:24,400 --> 01:41:27,540
 without having seen either one of them play a game.

1714
01:41:27,860 --> 01:41:30,680
 Auburn is a slight edge because of that home field.

1715
01:41:30,800 --> 01:41:32,440
 You know how it is over there, guys.

1716
01:41:32,520 --> 01:41:33,120
 Oh, yeah.

1717
01:41:34,080 --> 01:41:39,580
 But having said that, I'm excited about Buster Faulkner calling the plays.

1718
01:41:40,500 --> 01:41:44,860
 And I think Aaron Filo is going to be the quarterback over Trammell Jones

1719
01:41:44,860 --> 01:41:47,880
 just because there's a reason they brought him down here.

1720
01:41:47,980 --> 01:41:51,240
 I know Trammell had a good spring, but I think Aaron Filo,

1721
01:41:51,320 --> 01:41:55,740
 unless Trammell really, really lights it up in the fall camp,

1722
01:41:55,740 --> 01:41:58,080
 I think this is Filo's job to lose.

1723
01:41:58,760 --> 01:42:00,380
 And he's familiar with the offense.

1724
01:42:00,520 --> 01:42:04,720
 It's not a guy that is going to come in not familiar with the play calling

1725
01:42:04,720 --> 01:42:07,800
 because Buster Faulkner was the coordinator at Georgia Tech.

1726
01:42:08,800 --> 01:42:13,160
 And I'm excited to see a healthy Dallas Wilson back at wide receiver

1727
01:42:13,160 --> 01:42:18,040
 because you kind of thought what he could do when he was 100% against Texas last year.

1728
01:42:18,720 --> 01:42:20,440
 And Burnell Brown's back.

1729
01:42:20,680 --> 01:42:24,600
 And last but not least, Jaden Baugh at running back.

1730
01:42:24,680 --> 01:42:27,420
 I think he's going to get fed a lot.

1731
01:42:27,580 --> 01:42:32,640
 Speaking of Thanksgiving, he's going to get all the leftovers and everything this year, guys.

1732
01:42:32,800 --> 01:42:36,920
 I mean, they didn't go up on Christmas Eve to talk to Jaden Baugh

1733
01:42:37,240 --> 01:42:41,260
 to just bring him down and only give him the ball 12, 15 times a game,

1734
01:42:41,420 --> 01:42:44,660
 which sadly was, which is what he was getting with Billy Napier.

1735
01:42:45,380 --> 01:42:49,060
 So, again, it comes down to the offensive line to me, guys,

1736
01:42:49,200 --> 01:42:54,480
 and the interior of the defensive line, too, as far as how far this team goes.

1737
01:42:54,780 --> 01:42:57,860
 But just looking at the schedule and just my gut,

1738
01:42:58,020 --> 01:43:01,700
 without having ever seen Tom Summerall coach a game at Florida,

1739
01:43:02,620 --> 01:43:06,100
 I'm leaning towards 8-4 for this team next year.

1740
01:43:06,100 --> 01:43:13,140
 And maybe a Gator Bowl appearance or maybe an appearance on December 31st somewhere in the state.

1741
01:43:13,340 --> 01:43:15,700
 But that's where I'm leaning right now.

1742
01:43:15,940 --> 01:43:18,120
 Yeah, I agree with you on Finlow.

1743
01:43:18,240 --> 01:43:23,020
 Now, again, when you look at the numbers, 938 yards, two seasons,

1744
01:43:23,920 --> 01:43:26,760
 is a backup to Haynes King at Georgia Tech.

1745
01:43:26,860 --> 01:43:28,400
 But it really is huge.

1746
01:43:29,140 --> 01:43:36,280
 He and Buster Faulkner, the offensive coordinator from Tech, are in lockstep, as far as how to work.

1747
01:43:36,380 --> 01:43:37,020
 But you're right.

1748
01:43:37,180 --> 01:43:42,280
 Jaden Baugh, Bernal Brown III, Dallas Wilson, Singleton, he's got the weapons.

1749
01:43:43,280 --> 01:43:45,420
 He does, and I'm glad you mentioned Singleton.

1750
01:43:45,600 --> 01:43:51,540
 I was remiss for it in not bringing him up because he, of course, was with Georgia Tech and Auburn.

1751
01:43:51,640 --> 01:43:54,680
 But he's got a little bit of familiarity, too, with this offense.

1752
01:43:55,340 --> 01:43:58,020
 So, yeah, I think the weapons are there.

1753
01:43:58,240 --> 01:44:05,200
 I think if Philo gets sufficient protection, I think this team can be successful this year.

1754
01:44:05,520 --> 01:44:12,080
 And I think offensively, we're going to see stuff we haven't seen in the last few years at Florida.

1755
01:44:12,280 --> 01:44:17,400
 Florida's been ranked towards the bottom nationally in a lot of categories, which did never happen.

1756
01:44:17,400 --> 01:44:24,140
 And the other thing, I think the clock management is going to be much, much better.

1757
01:44:24,360 --> 01:44:25,180
 It's got to be.

1758
01:44:25,320 --> 01:44:27,300
 I mean, there's only one direction it can go.

1759
01:44:27,440 --> 01:44:31,320
 I mean, it's just been atrocious, to put it mildly.

1760
01:44:31,520 --> 01:44:37,820
 So, all those factors combined, I just go back to there's a lot of optimism right now.

1761
01:44:37,900 --> 01:44:40,320
 Now, everybody's optimistic on June 29th.

1762
01:44:40,360 --> 01:44:40,920
 I get it.

1763
01:44:40,920 --> 01:44:45,240
 But I think the arrow is pointing up for Florida, finally.

1764
01:44:45,620 --> 01:44:50,300
 It feels like Scott Strickland might have hit on this one, which he's due.

1765
01:44:50,920 --> 01:44:54,780
 If he was the hitter for the Atlanta Braves right now, you would have benched him, guys.

1766
01:44:54,780 --> 01:44:54,920
 Oh, boy.

1767
01:44:54,960 --> 01:44:59,660
 But I think he's got this one with John Summerall, but only time will tell.

1768
01:45:00,800 --> 01:45:02,560
 I think something else is up, too.

1769
01:45:02,640 --> 01:45:05,080
 Somebody somewhere is opening up the purse strings.

1770
01:45:05,520 --> 01:45:13,800
 Your thoughts about that aspect, it looks like right now that Florida has sent the call out and the big donors are coming through.

1771
01:45:14,140 --> 01:45:15,660
 Looks like the same at Miami.

1772
01:45:15,660 --> 01:45:19,560
 Is the odd man out here, Florida State, as far as the big three?

1773
01:45:19,720 --> 01:45:22,960
 Because they're in a different ballgame up there in Tallahassee.

1774
01:45:23,120 --> 01:45:28,820
 Your thoughts just about how things are going in terms of money with Florida, Miami, and then Florida State.

1775
01:45:28,900 --> 01:45:35,880
 Looks like right now, at least from afar, that they're kind of the odd man out when it comes to finding the big bucks to land the big talent.

1776
01:45:37,180 --> 01:45:43,300
 Well, I think enthusiasm has a lot to do with the money in Florida right now with the Gator program.

1777
01:45:43,440 --> 01:45:44,220
 Let me start there.

1778
01:45:44,220 --> 01:45:46,100
 I think the purse strings were tightening.

1779
01:45:47,000 --> 01:45:59,880
 Each year, Billy Napier remained his coach because, as you know, guys, if you're paying that kind of money as a booster and you're not getting anything back, it's going to start falling on deaf ears.

1780
01:46:00,020 --> 01:46:03,980
 And that's what's going on in Tallahassee with Florida State right now, Harold.

1781
01:46:04,060 --> 01:46:04,820
 There's no doubt.

1782
01:46:05,500 --> 01:46:07,560
 Mike Norvell will be fired this year.

1783
01:46:07,800 --> 01:46:09,040
 No question in my mind.

1784
01:46:09,080 --> 01:46:12,620
 Even with the payout, the program's going to dry up.

1785
01:46:12,620 --> 01:46:14,000
 There's zero enthusiasm.

1786
01:46:14,500 --> 01:46:21,140
 I was talking to a celebrity over here in Duval County about that over the weekend.

1787
01:46:21,340 --> 01:46:22,840
 You know who that is, guys.

1788
01:46:23,840 --> 01:46:33,080
 But I think Florida right now that the purse strings are open because of the recruiting results that the boosters are seeing.

1789
01:46:34,020 --> 01:46:40,860
 John Summerall's personality, that's had a lot to do with it because Billy Napier didn't have that either, which if you win, it doesn't matter.

1790
01:46:40,980 --> 01:46:44,900
 But if you lose and you don't have a personality, that's a killer.

1791
01:46:45,280 --> 01:46:47,300
 That's just a death wish.

1792
01:46:48,300 --> 01:46:59,460
 And obviously, if they get any kind of results on the field in this first year, again, eight and four, they might hold a parade for John Summerall on New Year's Day.

1793
01:46:59,500 --> 01:47:11,800
 I think with what's been going on in Florida and if they get the eight wins or even seven, I think with the recruiting that started, I think the floodgates continue to stay open.

1794
01:47:12,220 --> 01:47:13,340
 That's really the key.

1795
01:47:13,340 --> 01:47:24,740
 The only thing you fear, you can't afford a four and eight or five and seven because then the kids that have committed may have second thoughts and you know there's going to be noise in the system.

1796
01:47:25,100 --> 01:47:31,380
 So, I think it's imperative Florida at least gets seven wins this year, but I think they can get to eight.

1797
01:47:32,120 --> 01:47:38,180
 John, are you amazed the NCAA has come up with some logical, common sense proposals.

1798
01:47:39,120 --> 01:47:49,240
 The transfer portal, which used to be two windows in 45 days, now down to one, 10 days from January 4th through the 13th.

1799
01:47:49,240 --> 01:47:58,300
 The schedule next year, 14 weeks to play 12, which means you've got two bye weeks, which college football now has got to have two bye weeks.

1800
01:47:58,920 --> 01:48:01,700
 And the OTAs are going to replace spring practice.

1801
01:48:01,860 --> 01:48:07,260
 Now, I've always enjoyed the spring games, but you've got two five- to seven-week periods.

1802
01:48:07,980 --> 01:48:14,600
 And then they came up with the five years to play five, which we've been talking about for lower 20 years.

1803
01:48:14,940 --> 01:48:19,020
 John, has some common sense been interjected in the NCAA?

1804
01:48:20,500 --> 01:48:26,080
 I am amazed, Brett, to begin with, because common sense in the NCAA don't go hand in hand.

1805
01:48:26,460 --> 01:48:36,260
 But I am happy to hear all that, what you just laid out, especially the five and five and the 14 weeks to play 12 games.

1806
01:48:36,260 --> 01:48:43,800
 Because as physical as football is, and especially the Southeastern Conference, I think you need two bye's during the year.

1807
01:48:44,460 --> 01:48:46,180
 And I think you need that every season.

1808
01:48:46,400 --> 01:48:46,940
 I agree.

1809
01:48:47,460 --> 01:48:48,800
 Not just one here and one there.

1810
01:48:49,020 --> 01:48:51,240
 I think you need to incorporate that in.

1811
01:48:51,320 --> 01:49:00,960
 I mean, you've got these kids playing almost into February now anyway with this college football playoff, which they need to do some tweaking on that.

1812
01:49:00,960 --> 01:49:07,780
 But I love what you just laid out and what's been proposed, and hopefully that's where we're going.

1813
01:49:07,960 --> 01:49:10,460
 Because that's definitely what needs to happen.

1814
01:49:11,060 --> 01:49:13,640
 And I like the spring game, too, Brett.

1815
01:49:13,740 --> 01:49:14,680
 But I'll say this.

1816
01:49:15,420 --> 01:49:19,180
 College is getting to be more like the professional game in the NFL.

1817
01:49:20,180 --> 01:49:23,180
 So I'm okay with the OTAs, to be honest with you.

1818
01:49:23,300 --> 01:49:25,920
 I mean, because that's where we are right now.

1819
01:49:26,020 --> 01:49:28,120
 I mean, I think everybody's just going to have to accept that.

1820
01:49:28,120 --> 01:49:35,920
 But I'd love to keep the spring game in some format, because when April gets here, we all want to see some type of football.

1821
01:49:36,020 --> 01:49:37,000
 I think everybody.

1822
01:49:37,320 --> 01:49:43,560
 So hopefully they can have both, meaning the OTAs and still have a spring game.

1823
01:49:43,560 --> 01:49:48,140
 But I like the five for five and all the rest that you laid out, no doubt.

1824
01:49:49,920 --> 01:49:50,400
 Absolutely.

1825
01:49:50,760 --> 01:49:52,840
 Listen, I always enjoy the conversation.

1826
01:49:52,840 --> 01:49:58,700
 And again, Harold and I and Brother Branch told you that that was a great hire with Sumrall.

1827
01:49:59,220 --> 01:50:01,220
 We'll see, John, the proof's in the pudding.

1828
01:50:01,360 --> 01:50:05,580
 But I think Florida fans are going to be pretty happy at the end of the season.

1829
01:50:05,740 --> 01:50:08,800
 But where can we get online and listen to your show this week?

1830
01:50:09,600 --> 01:50:19,780
 Well, you can get online at 1021news.com or in St. Augustine at 102.1 or 1240 WFOI.

1831
01:50:20,260 --> 01:50:29,120
 And I'll tell you, if John Summerall keeps recruiting the way he is, guys, I think I'm going to go over to his high school in Huntsville and bring an alligator with me.

1832
01:50:29,120 --> 01:50:29,320
 There you go.

1833
01:50:29,340 --> 01:50:29,880
 I'll tell you.

1834
01:50:30,940 --> 01:50:33,120
 But thanks for having me on, as always.

1835
01:50:33,220 --> 01:50:33,860
 Always an honor.

1836
01:50:33,860 --> 01:50:34,860
 I promise you, they're down there.

1837
01:50:34,960 --> 01:50:36,440
 As always, John, we appreciate it.

1838
01:50:36,460 --> 01:50:38,020
 Have a great and safe 4th of July.

1839
01:50:38,260 --> 01:50:40,280
 John Ferrari checking in from St. Augustine.

1840
01:50:40,360 --> 01:50:41,240
 B.B., back to this.

1841
01:50:41,800 --> 01:50:43,020
 Again, the Braves off tonight.

1842
01:50:43,100 --> 01:50:44,180
 A game that you've got to watch.

1843
01:50:44,260 --> 01:50:46,940
 The Fields and Pirates, that's a battle of the Keystone State.

1844
01:50:47,080 --> 01:50:48,240
 Pirates, not your old Pirates.

1845
01:50:48,280 --> 01:50:49,520
 They're playing 500 ball.

1846
01:50:49,920 --> 01:50:53,820
 But a win tonight with the Adel Braves to move the Fields within two and a half games.

1847
01:50:53,900 --> 01:50:57,440
 So, in other words, it's go Pirates if you're a Braves fan tonight.

1848
01:50:57,440 --> 01:51:03,900
 And, Harold, teams like the Chicago White Sox have completely turned their program around.

1849
01:51:04,520 --> 01:51:09,520
 People used to snicker every time you mentioned the White Sox, and the Braves have lost to them.

1850
01:51:10,120 --> 01:51:14,240
 The series, I think, the last three years, they're a very good team now.

1851
01:51:14,340 --> 01:51:19,520
 Hopefully, the Braves can get some of these players healthy and turn it around off tonight

1852
01:51:19,520 --> 01:51:24,800
 and then again play the Cardinals tomorrow night, which you can hear on 93-9, the score.

1853
01:51:24,940 --> 01:51:28,440
 Yeah, another one of those teams that's out of the Ashes, the Athletics.

1854
01:51:28,540 --> 01:51:30,320
 They're doing pretty well, too, compared to the past.

1855
01:51:30,740 --> 01:51:32,800
 That's going to take care of President's Times now.

1856
01:51:32,940 --> 01:51:35,320
 On behalf of B.B., Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

1857
01:51:35,400 --> 01:51:37,380
 Parole Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1858
01:51:37,780 --> 01:51:40,140
 Let's do it again tomorrow, noon to two, for the Boomer Buck Show.

1859
01:51:40,240 --> 01:51:42,420
 Back here on Sports Radio 93-9, the score.

1860
01:51:54,940 --> 01:51:56,140
 For the Boomer Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1861
01:51:56,140 --> 01:51:58,280
 For the Boomer Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

1862
01:51:58,280 --> 01:51:59,200
 Thank you so much for your time today.

1863
01:51:59,200 --> 01:52:00,180
 Thank you so much for your time today.

1864
01:52:00,180 --> 01:52:01,180
 Thank you so much for your time today.

1865
01:52:01,180 --> 01:52:01,740
 Thank you so much for your time today.

1866
01:52:01,740 --> 01:52:02,740
 Thank you so much for your time today.

1867
01:52:02,740 --> 01:52:03,700
 Thank you so much for your time today.

1868
01:52:03,700 --> 01:52:04,940
 Thank you so much for your time today.

1869
01:52:04,940 --> 01:52:05,940
 Thank you so much for your time today.

1870
01:52:05,940 --> 01:52:06,940
 Thank you so much for your time today.

1871
01:52:06,940 --> 01:52:07,940
 Thank you so much for your time today.

1872
01:52:07,940 --> 01:52:08,940
 Thank you so much for your time today.

1873
01:52:08,940 --> 01:52:09,940
 Thank you so much for your time today.

1874
01:52:09,940 --> 01:52:10,940
 Thank you so much for your time today.

1875
01:52:10,940 --> 01:52:11,940
 Thank you so much for your time today.

1876
01:52:11,940 --> 01:52:12,940
 Thank you so much for your time today.

1877
01:52:12,940 --> 01:52:13,940
 Thank you so much for your time today.

1878
01:52:13,940 --> 01:52:32,940
 Thank you.