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

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 Good afternoon and welcome here to the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

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 Brett Beaird, welcome in.

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 Where the question of the day is, what does Phil still know about Alabama that the other so-called experts don't?

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 Good afternoon, welcome in and how are you?

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 Happy Tuesday to you and the listeners.

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 We'll recap some big recruiting news for Alabama, Auburn and Tennessee during the course of the show.

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 Las Vegas insider Bruce Marshall will talk some World Cup action and preview the upcoming college football season.

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 But Jimmy is here right now to recap a busy week for Alabama football recruiting.

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 Jimmy Stein is busy there as co-host of the daily Locked On Bama podcast with Luke Robinson, part of the, guess what, Locked On Network.

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 It's funny how that works.

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 Jimmy, welcome in.

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 We've got all our sparklers.

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 We live dangerously here, Jimmy.

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 I mean, when we go off the edge, we go off the edge.

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 Jimmy, speaking of early, before we get into the recruiting chatter, Phil Steele basically has a Bible that comes out every year about this time with his preseason picks.

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 He's had a good track record over the years.

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 He's got his preseason rankings out.

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 He also comes out what he calls the non-guys in the top 10 of the preseason that can make a serious run once the season gets started.

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 Tyler Younger, a three-star edge on Tuesday, along with Stafford Willis from A-Rab.

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 Jimmy Stein hooking up with us, Locked on Bama.

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 The yardstick is going to be, on the last day of June, it's easy for us to sit here and say this,

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 he says, okay, call my agent, let's settle in the buyout, and I'll move on my $10, $20 million,

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 What's changed is just how many spots do they have available in the 2027 group because so much of the team is expected to return.

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 They're not spending less.

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 Monsoon, Alabama sales, that one has been, he's grew up an Alabama fan, got family in Inslee in the Birmingham area.

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 Seemed to be a lane to Alabama for a long time, but then others got involved, particularly Indiana and Ohio State.

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 He's not particularly a pricey player, but he's also recruited and offered by enough good power programs and is such a good player.

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 I mean, I think you have to reach some financial terms with him, even if he's not particularly pricey compared to somebody like Amon Shun Sales.

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 I mean, I think some cycles there's not a guy that's got what he's got.

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 They've made a competitive offer.

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 They just have a pretty strict valuation method, and they stick to it.

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 They stick to, hey, we think this kid is worth X amount of dollars, and they stick to it.

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 It's very realistic that he chooses his childhood favorite program,

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 He would be a major hometown hero if he stayed at home.

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 A lot of people think it's about money.

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 and I know a lot of people got him pegged to go to Ole Miss.

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 We'll be off, of course, on Friday for the 4th.

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 Hey, thanks a lot, guys.

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 Happy 4th.

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 Thank you, Jimmy.

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 Thank you so much.

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 Welcome back in.

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 Time to say hello to Caleb Jones.

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 He's got the Auburn Tigers covered at auburnsports.com.

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 Caleb, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 And I'm doing great.

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 How are you guys?

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 Hey, bud.

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 I'm doing all right.

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 Appreciate you asking, Caleb.

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 You know, is it safe to say, is this kind of the calm before the storm?

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 July 4th is coming up.

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 We know what happens in our neck of the woods after that.

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 Or put another way, Caleb, has there been any calm at all with this administration on the

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 recruiting trail that's been pretty busy, which I would imagine means you've been pretty

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 busy.

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 Caleb, let me ask you if you're still with us.

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 We had Tom Lemming on the show last week, and he mentioned in particularly several players

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 for Auburn.

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 Mason Johnson-Cook, the running back, Leighton Von Brandt, and several others.

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 He was very impressed with this recruiting class Auburn has got commitments from so far.

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 Obviously an issue there with Caleb's audio there, busy with auburnsports.com.

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 And I would imagine as much as these guys who follow Auburn on a daily basis, they're probably

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 tired, BB.

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 They've been running all over the place compared to the last couple of administrations.

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 It'd be interesting if we get Caleb back to talk just about the mindset of this staff.

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 And I've always been interested in this time of the year, kind of getting the vibe.

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 And the way you do that is you go to the weight room because that's the one area of these

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 coaches, they can't go in there under rule anyway and do what they do on a daily basis.

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 But they go to the strength and conditioning team to find out kind of the vibe, to see who

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 are the alpha males who are going to take the room and kind of lead it, that type thing.

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 Maybe we'll get Caleb back.

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 Yeah, he's rejoined us, Harold.

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 I'm sorry.

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 Go ahead.

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 Yeah, he's rejoined us.

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 Okay.

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 Sorry, Caleb.

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 A little bit of a hiccup there.

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 Busy there at auburnsports.com.

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 Caleb, we were just saying, if you can hear us now, just kind of getting a vibe of coming

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 into this 4th of July with the room, the strength and conditioning room, based on what

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 you're able to hear.

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 We know they don't have press conferences every day, but through the great vibe, where

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 are things right now as we're heading into this July 4th under this coaching staff?

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 Well, first things, do a little mic check here.

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 Y'all got me now?

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 Yeah.

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 Yeah.

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 As I say on the commercial, we can hear you now.

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 There we go.

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 I'm not really sure what happened there.

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 Auburn had some updated roster numbers as far as weights and heights of some of their

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 players.

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 I liked a lot of what I saw there.

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 I think there's a very good kind of plan and design for each individual player.

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 I know you were kind of talking about the strength and conditioning staff.

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 I think the staff has a vision for where they want every player to be at, and I think you're

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 starting to see some guys put on some healthy weight.

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 You're starting to see some guys maybe knock off some weight that they didn't want to have,

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 but it's going to be a tough July as you go into August and get ready for the season.

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 You know, ball camp is not that far away.

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 Absolutely.

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 Let me ask you about the receiver position.

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 Five of the receivers hit the transfer portal after the season, but I think that Auburn's done

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 a very good job of replacing them.

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 Three of them coming in from UCL, Singleton, Nimrod, and Coger.

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 As a matter of fact, 111 catches for 2,000 yards.

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 I think that's a pretty good job of replacing the lost five.

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 I really do think, again, Alex Golich, he said, we're going to run the frigging ball, as we

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 joke about here.

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 But when they throw it, they do have some receivers.

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 Also, Pettigrew, Bryce Kane, I think they did a good job of replacing the five who hit the portal.

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 Yeah, you lost your main pieces of production last season.

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 But like you said, goal is the staff they brought in.

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 Some guys that, when you look at the numbers, obviously two completely different conferences,

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 two completely different levels of competition.

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 But you did kind of find those numbers and find that production through the transfer portal.

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 And one thing that you're also getting is you're already getting an established chemistry

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 between, you know, your quarterback, and then a lot of those receivers.

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 Caleb, everybody's focusing on just that, the offense, bringing basically South Florida to

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 South Alabama, if you will, to Auburn.

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 Everybody's focusing on that offense and how it may contrast to last year.

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 But are people talking enough about the other side of the ball?

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 Your thoughts about how Auburn will look differently on the defensive side of the ball?

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 Well, I don't think there's going to be too much difference, really, just because you're

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 returning D.J. Durkin, your defensive coordinator.

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 You're returning a lot of the core pieces.

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 There are some, obviously, some positions like cornerback is going to be completely new

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 as far as your two starters at that position.

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 But your core linebacker group, your core safety group, your core kind of defensive line

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 group, you're getting most of those guys back.

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 So it's going to look, I think it's going to look pretty similar.

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 I'm really interested to kind of see the growth of some of the guys, especially along the

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 interior of the defensive line, talking about guys like Jordan Crawford, Malik Autry.

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 You're getting Dallas Walker back.

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 That's a big-time thing.

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 You know, Chris Murray's coming back on the end there.

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 So, I mean, this defense is looking like a strength of this team just because there's

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 already that established familiarity.

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 And returning guys like D.J. Durkin to the staff, Montreal King-Williams.

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 So, it's going to be another exciting year, I think, of Auburn's defense just kind of doing

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 what it's done in years past, especially under D.J. Durkin, which is doing its job, kind of

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 keeping on Auburn in some ballgames.

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 Now, if you can get the offensive side going, then maybe you're seeing some different outcomes

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 than in years past.

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 I agree with you, Caleb.

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 In fact, I think they may have the best linebacking core in the SEC with Xavier Atkins,

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 Bryce Deese, Melendez, and Demarcus Riddick.

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 Oh, yeah.

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 That room right there is stacked.

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 I mean, Xavier Atkins is, you know, a standout in the SEC.

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 Elijah Melendez showed clashes last year.

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 He's probably going to be the next guy to be one of the best to do it in the SEC.

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 Like you said, Bryce Deese, he's put on some weight.

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 I mean, he just, he looks the part and he can play.

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 And same thing with Demarcus Riddick, who's dealt with some injuries over the last year

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 or so, so he can get back to, you know, full health.

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 And, I mean, he's just another piece of that that can be a threat to that linebacker.

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 Listen, we've got to run to an update with Wimbledon.

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 Always enjoy the conversation.

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 Caleb, where can we get on line to get your stuff and the teams?

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 Guys, always appreciate you having me.

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 Caleb Rinsman, thank you for your time today.

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 Stay safe out there, and let's do it again soon, okay?

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 All right, thanks, guys.

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 It's very busy here, actually, with the World Cup.

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 Yeah, well, you know, you're right.

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 That was the reserve side they put out on the field that Pochettino did in the Turkey game.

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 They got all the way to the quarterfinals that year, which was probably their ceiling.

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 So he really couldn't coach this team the way and the style that Arena did 24 years ago in Asia.

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 the goalkeeper situation, he had two goalies from MLS, two, and one's 40 years old,

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 you know, they walked sort of through that U.S. defense.

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 Now he hasn't, Pochettino hasn't faced teams at least in the first two matches that could hurt him like that,

708
00:37:52,720 --> 00:37:54,740
 so he could play this sort of high press.

709
00:37:55,380 --> 00:38:03,160
 He could play this sort of identifying overloads and force turnovers deep in the opposing end without much fear.

710
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:09,240
 He's not going to be able to do that much further against the better teams that have better midfields

711
00:38:09,240 --> 00:38:11,540
 and can control possession, and the U.S. doesn't have the ball.

712
00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:14,760
 They're not going to be able to use this high-press style, which is pretty exciting,

713
00:38:14,860 --> 00:38:16,380
 but if you don't have the ball, you can't do anything.

714
00:38:17,580 --> 00:38:23,840
 Bosnia will, Bosnia is not quite, they're not slick like a France or an Argentina.

715
00:38:24,240 --> 00:38:29,780
 They are a determined bunch, though, and resilient, and they will try,

716
00:38:29,780 --> 00:38:35,000
 they will probably fall back into that low block and just sort of invite this game to go into penalty kicks.

717
00:38:35,100 --> 00:38:38,340
 If they can, they'd be thrilled to go nil-nil all the way through.

718
00:38:38,660 --> 00:38:45,180
 I would caution these guys, they went in the UEFA Euro qualifiers to actually get here.

719
00:38:45,240 --> 00:38:46,780
 They had a two-legged thing.

720
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:51,260
 They had to win at Wales when they were a big underdog, and they did, and then they had to beat Italy.

721
00:38:51,380 --> 00:38:52,940
 They were a bigger underdog, and they did.

722
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:54,700
 Both of those were in penalty kicks.

723
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:59,280
 So this team has been looked into the abyss and pulled itself out a couple of times,

724
00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:00,940
 so I'm a little worried about that.

725
00:39:01,420 --> 00:39:04,640
 Zekko is a 40-year-old player who's still there doing things.

726
00:39:04,720 --> 00:39:08,140
 He's still very active in Europe and Germany with Schalke.

727
00:39:08,540 --> 00:39:12,980
 And this kid, they've got Ali, I'm sorry, Kerem Ali Begovic,

728
00:39:13,200 --> 00:39:18,740
 is the pride of this Red Bull soccer stable, and he's out of Salzburg now.

729
00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:20,880
 I think it's going to be a difficult game for you guys.

730
00:39:20,960 --> 00:39:23,060
 I think they get there, it might even take extra time.

731
00:39:23,060 --> 00:39:29,460
 I think they advance, but the days of the rollicking wins over Ottawa and Australia,

732
00:39:29,580 --> 00:39:32,180
 who were sort of built perfectly to make the U.S. look good,

733
00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:35,760
 I think those days are back in the group phase now.

734
00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:37,920
 I just hate reality sometimes.

735
00:39:38,100 --> 00:39:39,780
 Bruce, reality stinks, does it not?

736
00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:42,860
 Bruce Marshall hooking up with us amongst other places, Vegas Insider.

737
00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:47,900
 Switching gears, let's talk football's cousin, American football,

738
00:39:48,500 --> 00:39:51,640
 a fellow who's on our show from time to time with the name of Phil Steele,

739
00:39:51,640 --> 00:39:54,120
 has come out with his interesting observations.

740
00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:57,560
 You know our zip code here, Bruce.

741
00:39:57,660 --> 00:40:01,740
 He's talking about his top 10, of which Alabama is not in.

742
00:40:01,860 --> 00:40:05,940
 They're at number 11, but he's throwing some news to Alabama fans.

743
00:40:06,080 --> 00:40:07,000
 Don't fret just yet.

744
00:40:07,080 --> 00:40:07,920
 That's June.

745
00:40:08,160 --> 00:40:09,620
 He's got Alabama number 11.

746
00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:15,820
 On his non-top 10 teams now, that may make noise once the season gets into gear

747
00:40:15,820 --> 00:40:16,640
 and winds up.

748
00:40:16,840 --> 00:40:23,200
 He's got Alabama at the top of his list of the non-top 10s now that could make the playoffs,

749
00:40:23,420 --> 00:40:28,180
 and according to Phil, could be a national championship contender.

750
00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:31,260
 Bruce, you say what to Phil Steele's observations.

751
00:40:31,820 --> 00:40:39,640
 Yeah, well, he might be right for once, and I kind of agree with him on this.

752
00:40:39,820 --> 00:40:41,120
 I'm older than him, by the way.

753
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:41,840
 I just look younger.

754
00:40:44,380 --> 00:40:49,500
 But with the Keelan Russell, we'll see how that plays out.

755
00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:52,540
 I am really interested in that Florida State game early.

756
00:40:53,300 --> 00:40:55,120
 First of all, it's a revenge thing.

757
00:40:55,220 --> 00:41:00,420
 I think that psychologically is going to be very important for Alabama to get that revenge on Florida State.

758
00:41:01,260 --> 00:41:06,060
 It's also, I mean, I think Norvell's job is absolutely on the line here.

759
00:41:06,480 --> 00:41:10,420
 You know, and that one-year experiment with Gus Malzahn didn't work as the coordinator,

760
00:41:10,700 --> 00:41:12,640
 and we'll see what Florida State's got.

761
00:41:13,240 --> 00:41:14,720
 But I could see that happening.

762
00:41:14,840 --> 00:41:17,160
 But there's so many different ways.

763
00:41:17,540 --> 00:41:20,260
 The dominoes could fall so many different ways in the SEC.

764
00:41:20,740 --> 00:41:28,040
 And, you know, you can get in the top 12, you're in the playoff, or I say 11, Notre Dame gets this sort of pass to get through,

765
00:41:28,180 --> 00:41:32,040
 which I'm still, you know, down in Tampa in a few weeks.

766
00:41:32,140 --> 00:41:37,020
 Somebody, if it's not somebody else, and they'll call on me, I'm going to ask Greg Sankey about that.

767
00:41:37,080 --> 00:41:39,940
 He's got to have some insight into how Notre Dame got this deal.

768
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:41,900
 But I could see Alabama doing it.

769
00:41:43,280 --> 00:41:44,620
 But there's a long way to go.

770
00:41:44,820 --> 00:41:47,760
 But I really think the first indicator is going to be that Florida State game.

771
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:51,920
 If they take care of business in that, and they can get the revenge on the Seminoles, then it's full steam ahead.

772
00:41:52,020 --> 00:41:55,620
 But that's the one first test I think we want to see if this team really has got something.

773
00:41:55,980 --> 00:41:56,640
 And maybe it does.

774
00:41:57,860 --> 00:42:00,800
 I'll expand on that, Bruce.

775
00:42:00,900 --> 00:42:06,800
 I think most folks right now would say, okay, revenge is always a powerful weapon to come into it.

776
00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:08,080
 And you're playing at home.

777
00:42:08,680 --> 00:42:13,760
 The other way of looking at that is, if you lost last year there, and you've got them here now,

778
00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:21,500
 and you're playing at home, what happens to this staff if things go south for Alabama at that Florida State game?

779
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:29,460
 I think it would, because this is a younger team this year with a lot of newer faces, it may not be as devastating.

780
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:31,440
 And last year's team did bounce back.

781
00:42:31,520 --> 00:42:34,240
 I mean, they ended up, they didn't make the playoff last year.

782
00:42:35,380 --> 00:42:38,240
 But it would not be a good harbinger of things to come.

783
00:42:38,700 --> 00:42:40,720
 They sort of got ambushed last year.

784
00:42:40,820 --> 00:42:43,380
 They were in Tallahassee, and it just didn't work.

785
00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:44,560
 Now you get them back at home.

786
00:42:44,660 --> 00:42:50,100
 If you don't win this one, though, I think there's indicated that maybe they're not quite ready.

787
00:42:50,740 --> 00:42:57,800
 So in a way, I think for the long-term prospect for Alabama this year, it's more important to win that game.

788
00:42:58,340 --> 00:43:04,060
 Practically speaking, I don't know that the season gets dusted because they lose that game.

789
00:43:04,100 --> 00:43:05,640
 And I don't expect them to lose that game.

790
00:43:05,940 --> 00:43:10,020
 But it would be worrying, because you've got a lot of tough SEC games still to come after that.

791
00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:12,680
 So that would suggest maybe they're not all the way back.

792
00:43:12,800 --> 00:43:13,980
 I do think they'll bounce back.

793
00:43:14,020 --> 00:43:14,860
 I do think they'll win.

794
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:16,040
 I think they'll get revenge.

795
00:43:16,600 --> 00:43:23,340
 But, you know, as it is always moving to July here, you know, we'll know more in September than we know in July.

796
00:43:24,120 --> 00:43:30,800
 Speaking of that, let me dovetail into, I've seen numerous coaches on the hot seat list.

797
00:43:30,900 --> 00:43:33,180
 And I saw another one at CBS yesterday.

798
00:43:34,180 --> 00:43:36,020
 And I'll mention some of these names, too.

799
00:43:36,020 --> 00:43:40,840
 Shane Beamer at South Carolina got off to a lot, a lot of enthusiasm.

800
00:43:41,340 --> 00:43:45,980
 But he was 4-8, 1-7 last year, took Alabama down to the wire.

801
00:43:46,100 --> 00:43:48,500
 And they came back, the Tide came back to win.

802
00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:55,020
 Mike Loxley at Maryland, a Sterling 17-48 record in the Big Ten.

803
00:43:55,240 --> 00:43:57,420
 Nick Saban's former offensive coordinator.

804
00:43:58,060 --> 00:43:59,520
 Luke Fickle at Wisconsin.

805
00:44:00,580 --> 00:44:03,880
 He's 17-21 with the Badgers.

806
00:44:04,620 --> 00:44:08,160
 And supposedly he's going back to more of a physical game this year.

807
00:44:08,740 --> 00:44:13,720
 Auburn's first opponent of the season, Dave Aranda, Baylor in Atlanta.

808
00:44:14,220 --> 00:44:17,740
 D.J. Lagways, their quarterback, the transfer from Florida.

809
00:44:18,380 --> 00:44:22,600
 And you just got through talking about him, Mike Norville at Florida State.

810
00:44:24,380 --> 00:44:30,240
 I think all of the hot seat coaches I've seen, at least three or four of those guys have been on it.

811
00:44:31,080 --> 00:44:34,180
 Yes, I agree with all that, Brett.

812
00:44:34,580 --> 00:44:41,900
 And, you know, the one thing you see now in college, these schools, once, you know, it looks like the handwriting is on the wall, they don't wait.

813
00:44:42,180 --> 00:44:47,020
 I mean, that used to be just sort of a thing in the NFL where you'd dismiss coaches during the season.

814
00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:52,820
 And I don't know how many, what did we have, 10, 12, 15 last year to dismiss before the season did it?

815
00:44:53,780 --> 00:45:00,500
 So, you know, we will see, of those guys you mentioned, yeah, they're all, I mean, Fickle, he sort of said the same thing last year.

816
00:45:00,540 --> 00:45:02,560
 They're going to go back to more of a power sort of a game.

817
00:45:03,620 --> 00:45:07,260
 But they didn't do it, and they lost their identity there.

818
00:45:07,540 --> 00:45:17,280
 And that is very hard to get back, that sort of style, that physical style that worked for Barry Alvarez and Bielema and even for Paul Chris for a while.

819
00:45:17,800 --> 00:45:22,040
 I think Fickle's in big trouble because that's a very hard thing to do in the Big Ten is very tough.

820
00:45:22,460 --> 00:45:30,380
 I think Loxley is just there because of contractual issues that they just couldn't do the buyout for him last year.

821
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:31,580
 I mean, he deserves to go.

822
00:45:31,580 --> 00:45:32,340
 So it's the same.

823
00:45:32,500 --> 00:45:35,420
 Maryland's going to start off probably, well, another week down conference schedule.

824
00:45:35,560 --> 00:45:38,000
 Then they'll get found out in Big Ten play.

825
00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:41,160
 Maybe they'll go five and seven and they'll have a decision to make.

826
00:45:41,240 --> 00:45:42,900
 I think they'll pull the plug on Loxley.

827
00:45:42,980 --> 00:45:47,940
 Aranda is an interesting one because he seems to be in some trouble there.

828
00:45:47,980 --> 00:45:50,680
 We'll see if Flagway helps them out.

829
00:45:52,120 --> 00:45:53,960
 But Norvell is the other one.

830
00:45:54,100 --> 00:45:56,160
 Norvell and Fickle and Loxley.

831
00:45:57,240 --> 00:45:59,020
 Norvell is lucky to survive.

832
00:45:59,020 --> 00:46:06,580
 And I look back, that 2023 Florida State was the biggest fluke in modern times in college football.

833
00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:09,840
 The schedule broke so incredibly well for them.

834
00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:13,000
 And they still almost lost a couple of times early.

835
00:46:13,580 --> 00:46:21,780
 And I know the quarterback got hurt late in the season, but Georgia kind of reminded everybody in the Orange Bowl that year that it's a good thing Florida State didn't make a playoff because they didn't belong there.

836
00:46:22,020 --> 00:46:26,900
 So Norvell's been living on that and the two years since have been absolute failures.

837
00:46:27,120 --> 00:46:30,820
 I think he has got some real, real problems there at Florida State.

838
00:46:31,300 --> 00:46:36,660
 And ironically, Bruce, the game that kind of turned things south for that team that year was UNA.

839
00:46:36,900 --> 00:46:40,860
 That's the game the quarterback got injured in and they haven't been the same since.

840
00:46:40,920 --> 00:46:42,400
 You mentioned Notre Dame, Bruce.

841
00:46:42,540 --> 00:46:43,640
 Let's circle back to that.

842
00:46:44,260 --> 00:46:48,380
 We seem to have this conversation every year and yet we keep on putting up with it.

843
00:46:48,420 --> 00:46:52,920
 It's like the brat kid that keeps on stealing candy at the counter and gets away with it.

844
00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:58,180
 At what point will people say, Notre Dame, look, dude, you're just one of us.

845
00:46:58,220 --> 00:47:00,500
 Stop believing that you're over here in a separate class.

846
00:47:01,660 --> 00:47:05,720
 I keep hoping, Harold, that would have happened years ago.

847
00:47:05,860 --> 00:47:07,280
 And for some reason it doesn't.

848
00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:09,480
 You can't keep making.

849
00:47:10,000 --> 00:47:11,920
 Part of it is this NBC deal.

850
00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:18,280
 And again, I'm sort of mad at NBC for doing that too.

851
00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:22,180
 And by the way, they've shuffled a lot of those games off to the Peacock.

852
00:47:22,880 --> 00:47:24,240
 It's not on big NBC.

853
00:47:25,180 --> 00:47:29,500
 But they sort of create, there's this unbelievable sense of entitlement that Notre Dame has.

854
00:47:30,140 --> 00:47:33,660
 But I blame the rest of college football for letting Notre Dame do that.

855
00:47:33,740 --> 00:47:36,880
 There's no reason you should say, you join a conference, you join the ACC.

856
00:47:36,880 --> 00:47:42,480
 Now, the problem, again, goes back to this TV deal.

857
00:47:43,080 --> 00:47:50,880
 And which conferences would let Notre Dame in and maybe still keep that NBC deal?

858
00:47:51,080 --> 00:47:52,220
 The SEC wouldn't.

859
00:47:52,400 --> 00:47:53,800
 The Big Ten probably wouldn't.

860
00:47:54,420 --> 00:47:56,380
 The ACC probably would.

861
00:47:56,840 --> 00:47:58,960
 But Notre Dame hasn't gone that way yet.

862
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:05,540
 But it's going to take a collective effort by all the conferences just to say, look, we're all in conferences here.

863
00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:06,460
 You join one too.

864
00:48:06,540 --> 00:48:08,160
 You're in one for every other sport.

865
00:48:08,460 --> 00:48:10,900
 You're in the ACC for basketball.

866
00:48:11,040 --> 00:48:11,820
 Just do it for football.

867
00:48:12,780 --> 00:48:15,380
 They're letting the tail wag the dog here way too much.

868
00:48:15,880 --> 00:48:17,280
 But I'm not holding my breath.

869
00:48:17,680 --> 00:48:18,780
 We would have said this years ago.

870
00:48:18,900 --> 00:48:21,660
 Quit making exceptions for Notre Dame, but they keep seeming to do it.

871
00:48:21,740 --> 00:48:23,020
 And I can't figure it out.

872
00:48:23,700 --> 00:48:32,860
 Did the NCAA actually have some common sense with their latest proposals, whittling down the transfer window?

873
00:48:32,860 --> 00:48:40,680
 It was at 45 and two windows, now down to only 10 days from January the 4th through the 13th.

874
00:48:40,680 --> 00:48:42,680
 I still wonder about the dates on that.

875
00:48:43,440 --> 00:48:46,480
 OTAs in place of spring practice.

876
00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:50,500
 In fact, you'll have two five- to seven-week periods.

877
00:48:51,060 --> 00:48:53,880
 And I know we've talked about the five years to play five.

878
00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:55,300
 Am I wrong?

879
00:48:55,400 --> 00:49:00,020
 Those are actually reasonable, logical cures for some of the issues here.

880
00:49:00,700 --> 00:49:01,460
 They are.

881
00:49:01,720 --> 00:49:05,560
 And they've already gotten rid of the spring transfer window already.

882
00:49:05,680 --> 00:49:08,120
 So they've got, you know, again, shortened that window in January.

883
00:49:08,220 --> 00:49:08,600
 That's good.

884
00:49:08,660 --> 00:49:14,440
 That's after most of the season is done for most of the teams that aren't in the playoffs.

885
00:49:14,440 --> 00:49:16,000
 So I think that's good.

886
00:49:16,420 --> 00:49:18,320
 The OTA thing is much overdue.

887
00:49:18,560 --> 00:49:20,880
 And a lot of coaches have been talking about that for years.

888
00:49:21,040 --> 00:49:25,420
 I don't, if they were being truthful, none of them really like spring football the way it used to be.

889
00:49:25,800 --> 00:49:27,020
 Do it the way the NFL does it.

890
00:49:27,160 --> 00:49:30,820
 I mean, it's just, you know, it makes more sense.

891
00:49:31,740 --> 00:49:32,700
 So that's good.

892
00:49:33,200 --> 00:49:35,400
 The five for five makes a lot of sense.

893
00:49:35,900 --> 00:49:44,880
 And you've sort of done away with the, all the, you know, the red shirts and all those things that manipulated it.

894
00:49:45,540 --> 00:49:49,320
 It's still going to have, they will still get some legal challenges already.

895
00:49:49,460 --> 00:49:58,180
 The guys out of the high school class of 2022, there's a class action suit with some of them suing, thinking that they're the ones that have been.

896
00:49:58,180 --> 00:50:02,700
 Because it started for the guys after that class where it would work.

897
00:50:03,020 --> 00:50:11,620
 The next challenges are going to be if a, if a guy in his fifth year blows out his knee in the first game and he would have had a medical red shirt before.

898
00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:17,380
 He's not, he'll go to court and we'll see if, we'll see what happens then.

899
00:50:17,420 --> 00:50:18,720
 That's still to be determined.

900
00:50:19,600 --> 00:50:24,760
 Eventually down the road, you're getting with, with all the money getting paid to college guys now.

901
00:50:25,540 --> 00:50:29,000
 And I'm, I don't know when this will happen, but I predict it will.

902
00:50:29,460 --> 00:50:33,740
 Before the end of the decade, somebody is going to sue and say, look, this is, we're getting paid.

903
00:50:33,740 --> 00:50:36,520
 As long as I'm enrolled in school, I should be able to play.

904
00:50:37,100 --> 00:50:40,520
 And they will challenge this on, as long as you're enrolled, you get to play.

905
00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:41,760
 Hey, look, it's, it's unfair.

906
00:50:41,980 --> 00:50:42,660
 It's, it's pay.

907
00:50:42,800 --> 00:50:50,800
 And, and you, you, there, there'd probably have to be some sort of a collective bargaining place with the players to get that done.

908
00:50:50,900 --> 00:50:52,380
 That could all still happen.

909
00:50:52,860 --> 00:51:04,220
 Um, so, but in the, in the short term, anything that lends more order to college football, uh, which has had a lot of trouble policing itself is good.

910
00:51:04,220 --> 00:51:08,140
 So I think the five for five is generally is a, is a really good idea.

911
00:51:08,320 --> 00:51:12,840
 Now let's see if it can withstand some challenges in the upcoming years.

912
00:51:13,080 --> 00:51:13,980
 Amen, brother.

913
00:51:14,720 --> 00:51:19,120
 Uh, uh, but you're still the gold standard, the gold sheet wager talk.

914
00:51:19,220 --> 00:51:23,380
 Bruce, where can we get online, find the latest about major league baseball?

915
00:51:23,380 --> 00:51:28,440
 By the way, the Braves need all the help they can get, uh, in the world cup.

916
00:51:28,440 --> 00:51:31,380
 Where can we get all this great stuff from the man?

917
00:51:31,980 --> 00:51:32,300
 Yeah.

918
00:51:32,400 --> 00:51:35,480
 You see, the Phillies are starting to loom up on the horizon right now.

919
00:51:35,820 --> 00:51:37,340
 All of a sudden, what, there's three backs.

920
00:51:37,480 --> 00:51:37,960
 So there you go.

921
00:51:38,040 --> 00:51:39,660
 Uh, yeah, all my picks up there.

922
00:51:39,720 --> 00:51:41,240
 We've got baseball going good world cup.

923
00:51:41,300 --> 00:51:42,580
 That's keeping us busy in July.

924
00:51:42,580 --> 00:51:45,300
 And then we're going to get into preseason football before you know it.

925
00:51:45,680 --> 00:51:46,640
 All my picks are up there.

926
00:51:46,700 --> 00:51:50,420
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1017
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 It's day 20 at the World Cup and the third day of knockout matches.

1018
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1019
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 At the half, Norway leads Ivory Coast 1-0.

1020
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1021
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 Thank you so much for giving a free ride around the Tennessee Valley.

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 Freddie Kirby, now busy over at Southeastern Athletes Incorporated.

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 Freddie Kirby, welcome in.

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 I get an expense-paid ride all across the south.

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 But people who are like from time to time, obviously, Freddie, we catch up.

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 In a month's time, how many stops do you normally make?

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 Well, this past month, I would say that's somewhere in the neighborhood of 30.

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 That tells you a lot.

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 So this ain't going to be that little old lady from Pasadena who is trying to get rid of her Cadillac

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 and only went to the grocery store, right, Freddie?

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 That's right.

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 Yeah, I put one in the grave and bought another.

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 Sounds like a lot of marriages out there.

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 Freddie, let's talk about something that you've been around a long time, decades with an S,

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 and that's called college recruiting.

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 Your thoughts overall, the state and, in this case, Alabama, picking up their 13th commitment.

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 They had five last week.

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 And, Freddie, you know where we're going with this.

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 You hear it as much as we do.

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 They had five, one four-star and four three-stars.

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 Freddie, your thoughts about the pickup and just the approach in the modern era of college football recruiting.

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 It comes down to what each one of the schools' mindset is.

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 Because when you've got to go out here and buy somebody else's problem that couldn't succeed with them or somebody just money hungry, you're not going to have a successful overall program.

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 But, year in, year out, you may have it a year or two, but you're not going to have it year in, year out.

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 Your foundation's got to be based on high school kids and everything if you're going to be successful.

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 I agree with you entirely.

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 Freddie, let me get your assessment of the five that Alabama's gotten.

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 Darius White, the three-star, 6'3", a cornerback.

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 Tyler Younger from the Atlanta area, 6'5", three-star edge.

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 Stanford Willis from A-Rab, 6'5", 280, approximately.

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 Jeremiah Beverly from Hillcrest, New Tuscaloosa.

1129
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 And, of course, the latest, O'Sonnie Gales, the four-star from IMG.

1130
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 Well, to start in the order that you said them there, Darius White is far from a three-star, in my opinion.

1131
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 And everything, 6'3", 185 from Creekside High School in Fairbair, Georgia, which is a school that dates back to my thick-skinned prep days and everything.

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 It's always produced major talent.

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 It's always had a lot of kids come out of there.

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 And when Mo Lindquist identifies you as the number one deep corner that he wants and everything, most of the time he's got a very good eye for what he wants in a talent.

1135
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 His kid's got height, he's got reach, he's got length and everything.

1136
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 But he's a locked-down corner also.

1137
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 He's got the footwork to be able to stay one-on-one with wide receivers of any speed and size.

1138
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 Tyler Younger, as a kid, I love his frame.

1139
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 I love his possibilities, what he could become.

1140
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 And he's a three-star and everything, from greater Atlanta Christian out across Georgia and everything.

1141
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 And then he's 6'5", 220, 230 pounds, depending on who you look at.

1142
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 And I've watched him on film, he gets off the ball pretty decent, could be a little bit quicker and everything.

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 But he pursues down the line very well.

1144
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 And I'm just picturing him with this same philosophy at 6'5", 250, 260 pounds, as opposed to 220 pounds.

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 Because he has the frame to carry 250-plus and everything.

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 Stafford Willis is a young man out of A-Rab, Alabama, here in North Alabama.

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1149
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1150
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 Because he gets to the second level very quickly off the ball and everything.

1153
01:05:15,040 --> 01:05:20,960
 He can bump and get to the linebackers and create a hole after hitting two different men on one play.

1154
01:05:21,140 --> 01:05:23,320
 And that's the reason I think they're looking to move him inside.

1155
01:05:23,940 --> 01:05:27,940
 And when a kid wants to be somewhere, most times you're going to get a very good production out of him.

1156
01:05:29,680 --> 01:05:35,720
 Jeremiah Beverly is probably the least known of the group and everything right there in the back door at Hillcrest High School.

1157
01:05:36,120 --> 01:05:39,080
 He's been going to Alabama camps for years and everything.

1158
01:05:39,780 --> 01:05:47,460
 And when K.J. Green decided to take the money and run and everything, Alabama turned to the back door to get Jeremiah Beverly.

1159
01:05:48,020 --> 01:05:51,660
 And dating back, I'm not saying this guy's going to be this guy.

1160
01:05:51,740 --> 01:05:53,080
 Don't get me wrong when I say this.

1161
01:05:53,200 --> 01:06:00,620
 But the recruitment flies back to the Franchoni's days when I was actually involved in it with Coach Charlie North, who was the recruitment coordinator.

1162
01:06:00,940 --> 01:06:08,120
 When I told him he needed to go after a linebacker from just near high school who was by far the best player on the field.

1163
01:06:08,940 --> 01:06:13,280
 The night I went to watch Titus Ryans play.

1164
01:06:14,860 --> 01:06:21,960
 And then the following week, that same linebacker played Hillcrest High School with a young man named Brandon Avalos, who was already committed to Alabama.

1165
01:06:22,240 --> 01:06:25,360
 And as you all know, it's the son of Rodney Orr.

1166
01:06:25,820 --> 01:06:32,460
 And the same linebacker destroyed Brandon.

1167
01:06:32,900 --> 01:06:39,740
 And Rodney told Fran that the following day that, Coach, I'm telling you right now, you need to go get this guy.

1168
01:06:40,120 --> 01:06:41,700
 He about killed Brandon last night.

1169
01:06:42,680 --> 01:06:47,760
 And so, him and Charlie both said, is he not 5'11"?

1170
01:06:47,760 --> 01:06:50,240
 I said, Coach, I had to look up to him.

1171
01:06:50,300 --> 01:06:51,400
 And Rodney told him the same thing.

1172
01:06:51,500 --> 01:06:54,720
 He said, the kid's at least 6'1", 6'2".

1173
01:06:54,720 --> 01:06:57,420
 Too many people get caught up in heights is what I'm getting at.

1174
01:06:57,420 --> 01:07:01,540
 And this linebacker's name is the coach of the Houston Texans right now, D'Amico Ryans.

1175
01:07:02,420 --> 01:07:02,980
 Pretty good.

1176
01:07:03,980 --> 01:07:07,240
 And the Jeremiah Beverly falls into that same kind of pattern.

1177
01:07:07,360 --> 01:07:13,480
 He's got a local kid that kind of got overlooked and everything that's going to give you everything he's got.

1178
01:07:13,620 --> 01:07:16,320
 And he also has growth potential there and everything.

1179
01:07:16,420 --> 01:07:19,700
 But he's pretty quick already coming off that edge and everything.

1180
01:07:20,160 --> 01:07:24,340
 Now, the highlight of the group is O'Sonnie Gales, one of the top 50 players in America, wide receiver.

1181
01:07:24,580 --> 01:07:26,820
 The flash is a lot like Lottier Brooks.

1182
01:07:27,680 --> 01:07:30,340
 It's going to be a nightmare for people underneath to try to cover.

1183
01:07:30,660 --> 01:07:32,960
 But he also can take you off the top and everything.

1184
01:07:32,960 --> 01:07:37,380
 And when you've got quarterbacks like Alabama has committed and going to have committed and everything.

1185
01:07:38,780 --> 01:07:43,060
 But that ball in the air looks very good when he's running down the field and going after it.

1186
01:07:43,240 --> 01:07:49,000
 But those five right there, and this class overall is going to be a complimentary class to what you've got in the last two years.

1187
01:07:49,260 --> 01:07:52,480
 And everything, you've got to have some of these players.

1188
01:07:52,880 --> 01:07:58,700
 You've got to have these players that are going to get out there and bust their living butt off to make the superstars have to work to keep their job.

1189
01:08:00,700 --> 01:08:02,460
 So, these are the kind of players you win with.

1190
01:08:03,200 --> 01:08:04,540
 Brady Kirby, in the huddle with us.

1191
01:08:04,700 --> 01:08:05,700
 Brady, it's always next.

1192
01:08:05,760 --> 01:08:06,160
 You know this.

1193
01:08:06,280 --> 01:08:07,740
 Back to you, Pigskin Prep today.

1194
01:08:08,240 --> 01:08:13,580
 Let's talk about one of the rock stars, five-star wide receiver, Monshine, Bama Sells.

1195
01:08:14,360 --> 01:08:20,080
 We know Alabama's in the conversation, but at the end of the day, people say money might play a role here.

1196
01:08:21,340 --> 01:08:24,320
 Indiana's courting them hard, along with every college in America.

1197
01:08:24,320 --> 01:08:32,520
 Would you pay the money, if all things being equal, would you reach into the piggy bank and make it work from your budget to pick up sales?

1198
01:08:33,980 --> 01:08:37,720
 I'm going to go with what my beliefs are as a team and everything.

1199
01:08:37,940 --> 01:08:45,400
 I'm not going to sit here and say one kid is a superstar compared to somebody else and everything, because it all comes down to how much are you willing to put out.

1200
01:08:47,320 --> 01:08:52,680
 And that Monshine's sales, if it wasn't for NIL, Portal, and all this stuff here, he'd already be committed.

1201
01:08:54,200 --> 01:09:03,140
 It's going to come down to if the kid lives out the dream he wants and everything, or if he's going to let money and family determine where he goes and everything.

1202
01:09:04,380 --> 01:09:05,740
 He could end up in Alabama.

1203
01:09:05,920 --> 01:09:08,800
 I don't think it's a done deal that he's going anywhere yet.

1204
01:09:08,920 --> 01:09:10,820
 I think he's looking at two or three schools.

1205
01:09:10,920 --> 01:09:16,180
 The money is a dictating force with the other schools, and a lot of them have more money on the table than Alabama does.

1206
01:09:16,660 --> 01:09:25,040
 But it comes down to, three years from now, are you going to be developed to where you go in the first round, or are you going to lose a ton of money going in the third, fourth, fifth round?

1207
01:09:25,620 --> 01:09:34,600
 And some kids don't get developed, and I'm not trying to throw shade here, but Cam Coleman at Auburn was the same kind of player, but he didn't get developed at Auburn.

1208
01:09:35,520 --> 01:09:38,620
 And you don't want to fall into that boat.

1209
01:09:38,720 --> 01:09:40,980
 You've got to look at who's going to be throwing the football to you.

1210
01:09:41,100 --> 01:09:42,020
 Yep, that's it.

1211
01:09:42,860 --> 01:09:48,940
 And to make you shine the way you want to shine and fulfill your total obligations and the dreams that you want.

1212
01:09:50,480 --> 01:09:54,420
 Like I said, if he goes where he wants to go, he'll go to Tuscaloosa.

1213
01:09:55,180 --> 01:09:58,220
 If he listens to the outside forces, he'll probably go somewhere else.

1214
01:09:58,720 --> 01:10:08,940
 Randy, will Alabama's next verbal commitment be Kyron Caldwell, a receiver, three-star from Columbia High School in Lake City, Florida, on the 4th of July?

1215
01:10:10,020 --> 01:10:11,840
 I think they've got a shadow of a doubt.

1216
01:10:11,900 --> 01:10:15,640
 He definitely will be, from every indication I'm getting and everything.

1217
01:10:15,760 --> 01:10:22,740
 Lake City, Columbia, once again, has produced 1,000 players in Florida and everything.

1218
01:10:22,900 --> 01:10:25,400
 Raynard Wilson went to Florida State when it comes to my mind.

1219
01:10:25,480 --> 01:10:27,880
 He's always a very strong player.

1220
01:10:29,160 --> 01:10:36,700
 But he's also a receiver type that's going to be a complimentary player to lots of your Brooks and Osani Galsey.

1221
01:10:37,180 --> 01:10:41,780
 The three of them together are probably going to be a pretty good nucleus on the inside and everything.

1222
01:10:42,100 --> 01:10:44,960
 But he's the one that's got great hands, runs very good routes.

1223
01:10:45,400 --> 01:10:53,400
 And he's one of the ones that's going to – he may even be just a scholarship, not necessarily not an NIL player.

1224
01:10:53,480 --> 01:10:57,720
 I don't know exactly what their plans are there and everything.

1225
01:10:57,720 --> 01:11:07,200
 But he's one that's going to be kind of like your Cole Adams type, or maybe just a little bit more electric, a little bit more game-breaking speed.

1226
01:11:07,740 --> 01:11:18,160
 One of the reasons you just put 12,000 miles on your new car is you travel all over the South, looking at young men and women, trying to help families.

1227
01:11:18,700 --> 01:11:21,400
 With scholarships, you do a lot of the leg work.

1228
01:11:21,580 --> 01:11:24,420
 Freddie, tell us a little bit more about Southeastern Athletics.

1229
01:11:25,420 --> 01:11:29,860
 Well, we're an organization that does all the leg work to get kids seen by college coaches.

1230
01:11:30,020 --> 01:11:37,300
 I put out a young baseball player from Holly Pond yesterday, like here this morning, East Tennessee State, Tarleton State,

1231
01:11:37,980 --> 01:11:43,720
 Truett McConnell over in Georgia, and Foyer Rivers Community College out in Missouri have all hit him already and everything,

1232
01:11:43,880 --> 01:11:46,980
 and invited him to come visit and work out for them and everything.

1233
01:11:47,400 --> 01:11:51,800
 And, of course, the D1 schools are going to invite him to come to camp so they can watch him and everything.

1234
01:11:51,800 --> 01:11:55,720
 And then I've got a – this is the one that blows my mind.

1235
01:11:55,900 --> 01:11:58,180
 Like, I put a picture out who has already graduated.

1236
01:11:59,240 --> 01:12:01,940
 And usually I don't even take a kid at that stage of the game.

1237
01:12:02,380 --> 01:12:05,100
 I put her out there because she's moved here from California.

1238
01:12:05,220 --> 01:12:06,260
 Her dad's got brain cancer.

1239
01:12:06,920 --> 01:12:13,240
 And she's got the reliance as a mother and everything, and she asked me would I help her.

1240
01:12:14,040 --> 01:12:19,940
 And I put her out there with not a whole lot of expectations, and 22 schools have already invited her to come visit.

1241
01:12:20,120 --> 01:12:20,360
 Wow.

1242
01:12:21,240 --> 01:12:24,340
 And so I'm very tickled for the kid and everything, but that's what we do.

1243
01:12:24,400 --> 01:12:29,920
 We try to get you seen, get you in front of college coaches and everything to make it a lot more feasible on your parents

1244
01:12:29,920 --> 01:12:33,140
 to afford your college education and everything.

1245
01:12:33,360 --> 01:12:34,600
 We're located in Russell, Alabama.

1246
01:12:34,760 --> 01:12:36,320
 This is our 41st year to be here.

1247
01:12:37,280 --> 01:12:45,700
 And if you're interested in getting seen, our office number here is 256-227-6986.

1248
01:12:46,200 --> 01:12:48,140
 Of course, that's my cell phone here at the office.

1249
01:12:48,300 --> 01:12:51,300
 It's 256-332-5513.

1250
01:12:51,840 --> 01:12:52,240
 And everything.

1251
01:12:52,800 --> 01:12:56,200
 Don't cost you anything to sit down and talk to us if you don't like what you see.

1252
01:12:56,300 --> 01:12:57,140
 All you got to do is say no.

1253
01:12:57,220 --> 01:13:04,360
 But right now, 98% of the kids that I have taken personally in the company have signed, 87% overall in 40 years.

1254
01:13:04,640 --> 01:13:06,080
 And we've got a very strong reputation.

1255
01:13:07,220 --> 01:13:08,440
 Not bad numbers.

1256
01:13:08,540 --> 01:13:10,980
 And a great story there with the young lady with family issues.

1257
01:13:11,080 --> 01:13:11,920
 All the best to that.

1258
01:13:12,020 --> 01:13:13,100
 Keep up the good work, Freddie.

1259
01:13:13,220 --> 01:13:15,580
 Stay safe out there on the 4th of July, okay?

1260
01:13:16,600 --> 01:13:17,620
 We plan on being in.

1261
01:13:17,700 --> 01:13:18,740
 Y'all have a great 4th of July.

1262
01:13:18,880 --> 01:13:20,020
 You said, don't eat too much.

1263
01:13:20,080 --> 01:13:20,660
 You look like me.

1264
01:13:22,800 --> 01:13:24,820
 We have been more.

1265
01:13:24,940 --> 01:13:28,060
 Freddie Kirby, who's going to win the Southeastern Athletics.

1266
01:13:28,240 --> 01:13:31,940
 Coming up, let's jump over the state line and talk Big Orange with Vince Rora and Dak.

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 The Score.

1327
01:17:06,980 --> 01:17:11,700
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

1328
01:17:12,280 --> 01:17:12,920
 Welcome back in.

1329
01:17:12,980 --> 01:17:13,700
 Really appreciate it.

1330
01:17:13,700 --> 01:17:14,580
 We ride around the valley.

1331
01:17:14,680 --> 01:17:16,740
 V-Man is always a little tied up.

1332
01:17:16,820 --> 01:17:18,840
 We'll try to get to him just asap.

1333
01:17:18,920 --> 01:17:21,460
 But, B.B., back to what we were talking about earlier.

1334
01:17:21,860 --> 01:17:24,200
 We're going to be having to get Phil still on.

1335
01:17:24,260 --> 01:17:28,340
 He's on with us every year about this time for some reason.

1336
01:17:28,340 --> 01:17:38,540
 In case you missed his observations about Alabama, it just seems like he basically is echoing what all the national so-called experts are saying about Bama.

1337
01:17:38,620 --> 01:17:40,180
 They're not a top-10 team.

1338
01:17:40,300 --> 01:17:42,020
 Some have them at number 10.

1339
01:17:42,620 --> 01:17:44,900
 Phil has them just on the outside at number 11.

1340
01:17:45,000 --> 01:17:50,560
 Number one, if I am DeBoer and his staff, I like that because, keep in mind, this is not the old days.

1341
01:17:50,640 --> 01:17:55,340
 As long as you're in the top 12 at the end of the year, you still are playing with a clean slate because that's the field.

1342
01:17:56,600 --> 01:17:59,220
 But here's the other side of the coin in case you missed it earlier.

1343
01:17:59,220 --> 01:18:06,700
 What Phil still is saying, they're not in the top 10 right now, but he comes out with a secular list of teams that are not in right now.

1344
01:18:07,140 --> 01:18:20,360
 But after they play the season, in his projections, will be in not only in the top 10 in case of Alabama, but at the head of the class going as far as saying he thinks that they've got a strong chance of not only making the playoffs, but winning it all.

1345
01:18:20,640 --> 01:18:25,420
 Why does Phil still know that a lot of the so-called experts out there do not know Bama?

1346
01:18:25,420 --> 01:18:31,160
 Well, Harold, I mentioned this, and try not to be redundant here, but I mentioned this two or three times.

1347
01:18:31,280 --> 01:18:40,560
 The reason Alabama's not in the top 10 for all the prognosticators is they don't have a veteran quarterback, and they've also got a new offensive line.

1348
01:18:40,720 --> 01:18:47,200
 Now, I think this is going to be probably Kellen DeBoer's best defense.

1349
01:18:47,460 --> 01:18:49,020
 They've got to stay healthy.

1350
01:18:49,200 --> 01:18:55,360
 They've got to avoid, and we talk to Rodney Orr about this about every other week.

1351
01:18:55,680 --> 01:19:03,180
 They can't continue to lose to Kentucky or Vanderbilt, and they play both of them this upcoming season.

1352
01:19:03,180 --> 01:19:24,060
 In other words, they've got to get through the trap games, Kentucky the second game of the year, and I tell you another trap game that a lot of people are overlooking is, well, Mississippi State before Georgia, but after Georgia, if Alabama gets a big emotional win in Bryant-Denny on a Saturday night, they go to Knoxville the next week.

1353
01:19:24,520 --> 01:19:33,060
 And coming off a huge win during the regular season, the record for Kellen DeBoer teams is not very good.

1354
01:19:33,180 --> 01:19:40,960
 But once again, if this offensive line comes through, the age-old question for the last year is, can they run the football?

1355
01:19:41,160 --> 01:19:42,660
 And I think they can.

1356
01:19:44,420 --> 01:19:48,340
 Again, I keep saying this, Crowell is a very good running back.

1357
01:19:48,340 --> 01:19:49,920
 Daniel Hill is there.

1358
01:19:51,060 --> 01:19:57,440
 And if the offensive line can open some holes, and we don't know who the quarterback's going to be.

1359
01:19:57,520 --> 01:20:00,280
 I think Keelan Russell is an absolute phenom.

1360
01:20:00,500 --> 01:20:06,480
 And I keep saying this, he's going to run for 75 yards a game, and particularly when a play breaks down.

1361
01:20:06,900 --> 01:20:14,820
 But there's no question, if Alabama can win the games they're supposed to win and continue to win on the road like they did last year,

1362
01:20:14,820 --> 01:20:19,480
 and this defense is what I think they've got the best secondary in the country.

1363
01:20:19,620 --> 01:20:23,480
 I know it's the deepest one, and the defensive line comes through.

1364
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 I do think this could potentially be a very good, certainly a playoff team and a very good team this year.

1365
01:20:30,820 --> 01:20:32,960
 I mean, let's just cut to the chase here.

1366
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 If Russell is not the quarterback, to me, that says one or two things.

1367
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 People have been wrong about the kid or were crazy because he, rarely do you get someone who gets the label of can't miss.

1368
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 And two things on that, they need him right now.

1369
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 The offensive line does not promise, so you need his legs.

1370
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 And number three, this kid ain't going to sit on the bench another year.

1371
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 That's not going to happen.

1372
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 Now, you either go ahead and roll the dice, roll him out there, and if Austin Mack wants to leave, leave.

1373
01:20:59,720 --> 01:21:02,360
 But all things being equal, how could they not play?

1374
01:21:02,420 --> 01:21:04,080
 But you hit on a very interesting point.

1375
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 Number one, they've got to stay healthy.

1376
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 I think that's as much as anything.

1377
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 And number two, this staff under DeBoer, the last two seasons, they will win games that you probably think they may not win,

1378
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 but they are one of those staffs that will lose games that you think they will not lose, especially at the end of the year.

1379
01:21:22,720 --> 01:21:30,280
 Is it a fair observation to say this staff tends to take their eye off the ball at times and run out of gas at key points on the schedule?

1380
01:21:30,520 --> 01:21:36,200
 Well, we've seen it, but certainly in the first two years, DeBoer is there, but they've got a gauntlet.

1381
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 Again, you've got a tough game in Starkville.

1382
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 They've got a quarterback who played two games for him last year who I heard really showed out at the Manning Passing Academy last week.

1383
01:21:48,460 --> 01:21:50,120
 But again, you've got a gauntlet.

1384
01:21:50,120 --> 01:21:58,280
 You've got Georgia, Tennessee, Texas A&M, LSU in a row, and then the next week you've got Vandy in Nashville.

1385
01:21:58,440 --> 01:22:05,620
 Now, what happened in Nashville two years ago, I don't think it is going to happen again, but that's going to be the key for this team.

1386
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 I think we're going to get a little better ideal in the first three games against Kentucky.

1387
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 You're going to have a fired-up crowd there.

1388
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 Will Stein, who did a very good job as the offensive coordinator at Oregon, I think we'll have that Kentucky team.

1389
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 Mincey was the backup at Notre Dame.

1390
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 I don't know how good he's going to be, but again, Alabama must beat Kentucky and Florida State, in my opinion, handily.

1391
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 Well, a couple things on that.

1392
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 Number one, Kentucky is going to have a new playbook, so there's no pattern there.

1393
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 This is going to be a brand-new, fresh stuff.

1394
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 So the old Kentucky of the last few years, after a while, you start looking for trends.

1395
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 So Stutz is gone, so it's going to be interesting to see what kind of playbook these guys have got.

1396
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 And then you mentioned not only Vanderbilt, but to my knowledge, Alabama, I think there's maybe three teams in the league

1397
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 where they play back-to-back opponents from the SEC on the road.

1398
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 And Alabama's one of them.

1399
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 They've got LSU one week and Vanderbilt the last coming up the next week.

1400
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 And what happened before when they had Georgia?

1401
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 Georgia was at home before.

1402
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 We saw what happened the next week against Vanderbilt back to the point we made.

1403
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 Sometimes the staff tends to take their eyes off the ball as opposed to Nick Saban.

1404
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 Don't worry about the score.

1405
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 Just play the next play.

1406
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 So we'll see about that.

1407
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 The other point that we're trying to get to with V-Man, if you're a Tennessee fan or you're playing Tennessee,

1408
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1409
01:23:35,240 --> 01:23:41,960
 Chaz Coleman, BB, to me, that is big news, not only for Tennessee, but anybody that's playing Tennessee.

1410
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 And if Tennessee is going to make the postseason big for those potential opponents,

1411
01:23:46,200 --> 01:23:48,480
 but that is a big piece of news out of Knoxville.

1412
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 Yeah, Chaz Coleman reportedly had a $2 million NIL contract, but he was at Penn State.

1413
01:23:55,440 --> 01:24:00,600
 He came with quite a few, at least four players and three coaches.

1414
01:24:01,820 --> 01:24:06,700
 And a lot of people had high hopes for him, but Harold, it just never worked out.

1415
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 He had a head injury last year and never seemed to get over that.

1416
01:24:11,300 --> 01:24:16,640
 And he just would not comply with the coaches, with the program.

1417
01:24:17,280 --> 01:24:24,200
 Tennessee went through this last year with Boo Carter and also Nico, and this would have been the third time with this.

1418
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 And I think the Tennessee coach had just said, look, we've had enough of this.

1419
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 We appreciate you trying.

1420
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 Harold, the problem with that, and we talk about this a lot, it's the C word, it's chemistry.

1421
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 If you've got a cancer in the locker room, eventually it's going to cause a problem.

1422
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 Well, here's the problem with that.

1423
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 Does Tennessee have to eat that contract?

1424
01:24:43,660 --> 01:24:46,480
 And if so, that's money, what kind of ROI?

1425
01:24:46,640 --> 01:24:49,220
 And it goes back to what Freddie Kirby and we've been talking about.

1426
01:24:49,980 --> 01:24:52,580
 As far as these coaches, you've got to be cautious with that.

1427
01:24:52,620 --> 01:24:55,660
 There's a reason these guys are coming to your team.

1428
01:24:55,660 --> 01:24:59,300
 They're chasing the bag, as a street colloquial term is.

1429
01:24:59,600 --> 01:25:05,380
 And when they get in that room, they want their money, and human nature says, I want the most for the least.

1430
01:25:05,860 --> 01:25:07,460
 And I think that's a major influence.

1431
01:25:07,600 --> 01:25:16,500
 But your thoughts about how this may impact Tennessee, this is not only losing somebody that's making a lot of money, but it's at a position of need.

1432
01:25:16,920 --> 01:25:19,160
 Well, it is a position of need, Harold.

1433
01:25:19,280 --> 01:25:22,200
 But again, I don't think this is going to face Tennessee.

1434
01:25:22,420 --> 01:25:24,400
 They haven't really practiced with him.

1435
01:25:24,780 --> 01:25:29,580
 Jim Knowles, who came, is one of the best defensive coordinators in the country.

1436
01:25:29,720 --> 01:25:32,540
 I really don't think this is going to face Tennessee overall.

1437
01:25:33,140 --> 01:25:36,240
 And Coleman's coach at Penn State was Jim Knowles.

1438
01:25:36,300 --> 01:25:38,240
 I think that's what makes it very interesting, BB.

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 Have you got your fireworks?

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 Have you got your sparklers?

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 It should be exciting tomorrow night, Harold Bugg.

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1456
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 Yeah, for sure.

1457
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 Yeah, we're doing all right.

1579
01:33:35,280 --> 01:33:40,300
 Matt, did the NCAA, did they start reading your work at the Orlando Center

1580
01:33:40,300 --> 01:33:42,500
 or listening to your podcast at Gridiron 365?

1581
01:33:43,200 --> 01:33:47,360
 They got smart over the last few days about some of the changes that they got,

1582
01:33:47,440 --> 01:33:53,140
 including the 5 for 5 and other, I think, changes that most folks with common sense would agree with.

1583
01:33:53,200 --> 01:33:53,840
 Would you agree?

1584
01:33:54,920 --> 01:33:58,640
 Yeah, I think this is obviously a way that we were kind of headed towards.

1585
01:33:58,640 --> 01:34:03,640
 You know, coaches, if you talk to any coach going on right, you know, in the country right now,

1586
01:34:03,640 --> 01:34:07,080
 they talk about, you know, common sense of what's going on in the sport.

1587
01:34:07,580 --> 01:34:12,300
 The 5 for 5 rule is something that a lot of coaches I've spoken with were really in favor of,

1588
01:34:12,700 --> 01:34:16,340
 wanting to make sure that it would kind of, you know, balance everything out.

1589
01:34:16,440 --> 01:34:25,340
 You wouldn't have 25, 26, 27-year-old, you know, players, you know, in the league and playing football and basketball and things like that.

1590
01:34:25,720 --> 01:34:29,080
 So, I think this is a smart rule.

1591
01:34:29,160 --> 01:34:31,040
 I think this is just one step.

1592
01:34:31,120 --> 01:34:34,580
 But I always warn people that this doesn't fix all the problems.

1593
01:34:34,780 --> 01:34:40,600
 I mean, obviously, it's just a way to kind of make things a little more easier for coaches to go through.

1594
01:34:40,980 --> 01:34:44,080
 And it's going to be, I definitely believe over the next few weeks,

1595
01:34:44,180 --> 01:34:48,520
 it's going to be one of the top topics we're going to be talking about in the media days,

1596
01:34:48,900 --> 01:34:51,900
 you know, at different conferences is just, you know, kind of the impact about this

1597
01:34:51,900 --> 01:34:53,500
 and when that's going to happen.

1598
01:34:53,500 --> 01:35:00,340
 Also, you know, the transfer portal window gets, you know, kind of cut down from 15 days to 10.

1599
01:35:00,960 --> 01:35:08,380
 There's also the idea of allowing, you know, players to actually have a window to be able to talk to other teams

1600
01:35:08,380 --> 01:35:10,340
 where they can negotiate and then move on.

1601
01:35:10,540 --> 01:35:16,360
 There's a lot of things that have been kind of been put out there that I think that eventually maybe will help curb some things,

1602
01:35:16,480 --> 01:35:18,060
 but there's still a lot of work that needs to be done.

1603
01:35:18,640 --> 01:35:27,320
 And, Matt, also 14 weeks beginning in 2007 to play 12 games, which means they've got two bye weeks.

1604
01:35:27,600 --> 01:35:30,900
 And then they also put out there, or they call them now,

1605
01:35:31,080 --> 01:35:37,480
 stand-alone weekends for conference championship games and the Army-Navy game.

1606
01:35:37,660 --> 01:35:41,220
 I understand they want to try to continue to do Army-Navy.

1607
01:35:41,360 --> 01:35:44,080
 We'll see where the championship games go.

1608
01:35:44,180 --> 01:35:48,560
 We've talked about that, have they run their course, et cetera.

1609
01:35:48,860 --> 01:35:50,260
 But, Matt, I agree.

1610
01:35:50,400 --> 01:35:53,520
 I think these are at least the transfer rule.

1611
01:35:53,780 --> 01:35:55,620
 And, oh, by the way, the OTAs.

1612
01:35:56,040 --> 01:36:03,900
 I know a lot of people like the spring games, but I think we saw the OTAs coming two five- to seven-week periods.

1613
01:36:04,340 --> 01:36:09,180
 But the two-binds, the OTAs, and some of the other things do make sense.

1614
01:36:10,060 --> 01:36:10,420
 Yeah.

1615
01:36:10,520 --> 01:36:16,620
 You know, I think talking to some coaches about this, you know, I think the OTAs are something that people are interested in looking at.

1616
01:36:16,840 --> 01:36:23,900
 You know, I did talk to a few coaches who mentioned, you know, listen, you know, there already isn't enough time off for some of these coaches, you know,

1617
01:36:23,900 --> 01:36:32,080
 I mean, and their coaching staff, their concern with some of these OTAs is that they don't want to see stretching things out throughout the summer.

1618
01:36:32,260 --> 01:36:38,800
 You know, the July is pretty much the only month right now where a lot of these coaches get a chance to maybe, you know, get off the road recruiting,

1619
01:36:39,300 --> 01:36:42,540
 spend time with their families, kind of, you know, rewind, do everything like that.

1620
01:36:43,200 --> 01:36:50,700
 Their concern is they just don't want to see it to get to the point where all of a sudden you're allowing teams to have OTAs in July, you know,

1621
01:36:50,720 --> 01:36:55,320
 and you've got people, you know, you've got, you know, players taking part in it, you've got coaches taking part in it,

1622
01:36:55,480 --> 01:36:57,640
 and then these guys never have any time off, you know what I mean?

1623
01:36:57,780 --> 01:37:05,160
 We talk about, you know, coaching burnout, you know, basically with coaches like, you know, Dusty May leaving, you know, to go to the NBA.

1624
01:37:05,520 --> 01:37:09,980
 Those are the kind of situations I think where you would start to see maybe some coaches want to do that.

1625
01:37:09,980 --> 01:37:16,420
 But, again, if this can all be monitored or coaches can determine when they use these OTAs, I think it's a good format.

1626
01:37:16,540 --> 01:37:18,420
 I think it gives them opportunity to do some different things.

1627
01:37:18,800 --> 01:37:21,300
 Maybe you don't necessarily want to have, like you mentioned, spring games.

1628
01:37:21,560 --> 01:37:25,680
 Maybe you don't want to have 15 practices and, you know, how many weeks, five weeks.

1629
01:37:26,100 --> 01:37:29,580
 Maybe you'd rather kind of stretch it out, review a few weeks here, a few weeks there,

1630
01:37:29,660 --> 01:37:31,500
 and then maybe you could kind of see how things go from there.

1631
01:37:32,020 --> 01:37:35,540
 You know, man, I just listened to that, and I think a lot of folks would agree,

1632
01:37:35,540 --> 01:37:42,320
 but is there any formula out there where, to me, the one thing that would be as far as taking a hit

1633
01:37:42,320 --> 01:37:47,220
 if they do away with the spring games, and that's the communities like Tuscaloosa, like Auburn,

1634
01:37:47,300 --> 01:37:50,160
 like Gainesville is not the biggest place in the world, Oxford, Stockville.

1635
01:37:50,640 --> 01:37:56,700
 Is there any way they could come up with a scenario where they say the local economies can steal one of those OTAs,

1636
01:37:56,740 --> 01:37:58,340
 the fans can come in in some format.

1637
01:37:58,440 --> 01:38:01,700
 I don't have the specifics, but they're smarter than we are.

1638
01:38:01,700 --> 01:38:06,220
 Is there anything they could do to maybe give these smaller communities with these campuses

1639
01:38:06,220 --> 01:38:10,100
 that depend on college football for their budgets some help as well?

1640
01:38:11,160 --> 01:38:11,980
 Yeah, I mean, maybe.

1641
01:38:12,160 --> 01:38:17,740
 I mean, you know, I've seen where some of the programs will open up a practice, you know,

1642
01:38:17,780 --> 01:38:21,940
 like maybe the final practice of spring, and they'll allow fans just to take part in it.

1643
01:38:22,060 --> 01:38:26,100
 It's nowhere near the spectacle that a spring game is for each, you know, for anything like that.

1644
01:38:26,200 --> 01:38:28,540
 You know, you're not making nearly as much revenue.

1645
01:38:28,540 --> 01:38:34,620
 It's not like the hotel's still up because of it, but at least offers an opportunity for fans to kind of take part

1646
01:38:34,620 --> 01:38:37,460
 and, you know, see what's going on with their favorite teams.

1647
01:38:37,720 --> 01:38:39,320
 I'm just not sure anymore, guys.

1648
01:38:39,380 --> 01:38:42,400
 I mean, you know, I know the economies would love to keep that up.

1649
01:38:42,480 --> 01:38:42,860
 They want it.

1650
01:38:42,940 --> 01:38:50,620
 It's a huge, you know, it's a huge boost to the economy, but I don't know if teams or schools are really that interested in doing that.

1651
01:38:50,680 --> 01:38:56,060
 You know, talking to the coaches, you know, the idea of doing a spring game just is not even in their lexicon right now.

1652
01:38:56,060 --> 01:39:01,380
 They're talking about, you know, well, I need to make sure this happens, and I need to make sure this guy's okay.

1653
01:39:01,480 --> 01:39:03,720
 I need to make sure we hold guys out, and I need to make sure we do that.

1654
01:39:03,960 --> 01:39:05,800
 You know, there's a lot that goes into it.

1655
01:39:05,980 --> 01:39:12,820
 I remember the day when, you know, a coach would cringe at a spring game because he didn't have enough healthy offensive linemen.

1656
01:39:13,140 --> 01:39:33,500
 You know, and so you, so, and then in the NIL generation, we've seen teams, and this has happened at UCF, where half the spring game is an NIL opportunity for fans, where they open it up to pass, punt, and kick type situations, you know, where your team only, where you only get to see the team for maybe two quarters, and that's it.

1657
01:39:33,560 --> 01:39:53,500
 So I'm not sure if we're going to go back to the idea of having, now, if they would ever decide to allow teams to host other teams, other schools, you know, kind of like what the NFL does during practice, you know, during spring, or during their practices, preseason practice, where maybe you host a different team for a spring game, and you're allowed to do that.

1658
01:39:53,760 --> 01:40:00,140
 Maybe then that would open the door to do that, but I'm not sure if college football is ready to go that route just yet.

1659
01:40:00,520 --> 01:40:14,780
 I know we've talked about it a few times, but, you know, the idea of having, you know, just, like, I think it's why the OTAs is so much more of an idea that coaches are embracing right now, because the idea of just being able to do whatever you want, you know, you don't necessarily have to have to host a game.

1660
01:40:15,240 --> 01:40:19,820
 You can just have just sort of an opportunity for your players to get out there and kind of run through some stuff.

1661
01:40:19,820 --> 01:40:25,760
 So, we'll see, but I'm almost positive that I think the era of spring games is probably going to disappear.

1662
01:40:26,480 --> 01:40:28,780
 You mentioned Central Florida.

1663
01:40:29,140 --> 01:40:31,480
 You know Gus better than any of us.

1664
01:40:31,740 --> 01:40:35,400
 You were the beat reporter under Gus when he was there at Central Florida.

1665
01:40:35,480 --> 01:40:37,180
 What happened with Gus at Florida State?

1666
01:40:37,280 --> 01:40:43,500
 Couldn't have gotten off to a better start, knocking off his old buddies from Tuscaloosa, and then things didn't pan out the way they wanted.

1667
01:40:43,980 --> 01:40:49,360
 Your thoughts about that, and we've been kind of getting an early word on the rematch, the revenge match,

1668
01:40:49,360 --> 01:40:53,200
 if you want to call that, Florida State in Tuscaloosa this season.

1669
01:40:53,440 --> 01:41:00,240
 Kind of a two-part there, Matt, as far as the match there with Gus, and then what's going to happen in the revenge bowl?

1670
01:41:01,620 --> 01:41:04,180
 Well, you know, I think a lot of things happen with Gus.

1671
01:41:04,300 --> 01:41:11,740
 I think, you know, it got to a point where maybe, you know, you've got to remember that Mike Norvell gave up play-calling duties to Gus.

1672
01:41:11,740 --> 01:41:11,960
 Yeah.

1673
01:41:11,960 --> 01:41:16,760
 You know, the year that he was there, and you know, that's a big, that was a big ask for Mike Norvell.

1674
01:41:16,760 --> 01:41:18,120
 I'm not taking anything away from Gus.

1675
01:41:18,160 --> 01:41:20,220
 I'm just saying Gus went through that on his own.

1676
01:41:20,620 --> 01:41:22,780
 You know, having his play-calling duties kind of taken away from him.

1677
01:41:23,060 --> 01:41:25,780
 A lot of coaches don't like that, especially if you're doing that for all your career.

1678
01:41:26,020 --> 01:41:27,520
 You really don't like that kind of idea.

1679
01:41:27,560 --> 01:41:31,520
 And I don't think there was any animosity between the two of them, but I just think that maybe at some point,

1680
01:41:32,000 --> 01:41:35,180
 maybe Gus looked around and decided it's getting tougher and tougher.

1681
01:41:35,180 --> 01:41:41,100
 And the reason he, you know, resigned at UCF was because of the fact that, you know, he generally,

1682
01:41:41,220 --> 01:41:45,440
 he just got tired of dealing with the way the college landscape has shifted.

1683
01:41:46,000 --> 01:41:50,740
 You know, I mean, the idea that NIL was such a big deal, the idea that you would have a bye week

1684
01:41:50,740 --> 01:41:56,780
 and you've got players in your office with agents demanding new contracts or wanting to make more money

1685
01:41:56,780 --> 01:41:58,200
 because they felt like that a good year.

1686
01:41:58,620 --> 01:42:03,740
 You know, and granted, as a coordinator, you don't deal with that as much, but it's still a part of your game.

1687
01:42:03,740 --> 01:42:07,820
 You know, you start to look around and realize I have to play this guy, this guy, maybe this guy,

1688
01:42:07,880 --> 01:42:09,980
 because we've invested a lot of money in him.

1689
01:42:10,160 --> 01:42:10,580
 You know what I mean?

1690
01:42:10,860 --> 01:42:15,540
 It's something maybe he wasn't, he wasn't really kind of open to, to maybe going down or continuing.

1691
01:42:15,780 --> 01:42:19,300
 So it's going to be interesting about the rematch.

1692
01:42:19,680 --> 01:42:24,760
 I think this is, and I've said this a couple of times, this has been one of the quietest off seasons

1693
01:42:24,760 --> 01:42:30,460
 for the state that I can, I've been around, you know, where we just haven't heard a lot of buzz about this team.

1694
01:42:30,600 --> 01:42:33,160
 And you look at this roster and you look at what they're trying to do.

1695
01:42:33,360 --> 01:42:39,080
 I think there's concern outside the program on, can they get this thing turned around?

1696
01:42:39,440 --> 01:42:45,760
 You know, you look at their schedule and, you know, yeah, they've got a couple decent games early on with New Mexico State and SMU.

1697
01:42:45,840 --> 01:42:47,640
 But then you mentioned that game at Alabama.

1698
01:42:47,640 --> 01:42:51,300
 And I think that's going to be a, that could be the make or break type situation.

1699
01:42:51,300 --> 01:42:57,680
 If you go to Alabama and you get destroyed on national TV, how does that help you out?

1700
01:42:57,720 --> 01:43:00,100
 How does that, you know, does that build confidence in your team?

1701
01:43:00,180 --> 01:43:05,360
 I mean, if you can come away with a win, you know, it would be huge, but I'm not sure about this team.

1702
01:43:05,520 --> 01:43:06,600
 I mean, I've looked at this roster.

1703
01:43:06,720 --> 01:43:07,680
 I've seen some of these guys.

1704
01:43:07,760 --> 01:43:13,940
 I haven't been at practice or anything like that, but you know, I'm not sure if this is a roster that to me instills a lot of fear in anybody.

1705
01:43:13,940 --> 01:43:20,960
 I think it's one of the reasons why Florida State's probably projected to finish at the bottom of the ACC or near the bottom of the ACC, about a half.

1706
01:43:21,480 --> 01:43:23,340
 So it's going to be interesting.

1707
01:43:23,460 --> 01:43:29,200
 It's going to be interesting to see if how Florida State can kind of respond if they start out strong.

1708
01:43:29,320 --> 01:43:39,040
 And this would be a good opportunity for them to make a case, especially for Mike Norvell, who desperately needs to have a big win if he's going to help his chance of staying at Florida State.

1709
01:43:39,740 --> 01:43:43,520
 You're going to be busy next week covering Big 12 Media Days.

1710
01:43:43,520 --> 01:43:51,400
 I believe it's the first Media Days for a conference, July 7th through 8th, sponsored by Monster.

1711
01:43:52,240 --> 01:44:03,980
 Now, you know, I haven't seen a lot of Media Days with a corporate sponsor, but the Big 12's got one, and I'm sure that will begin to take off for the conferences.

1712
01:44:04,200 --> 01:44:10,060
 I think Microsoft Co-Pilot had the last one, but that's going to be July 7th through the 8th.

1713
01:44:10,640 --> 01:44:12,780
 I always enjoy the conversation.

1714
01:44:13,120 --> 01:44:16,280
 Where can we get online and get Matt Merchelle's great stuff?

1715
01:44:16,840 --> 01:44:22,480
 Yeah, you can go to OrlandoSentinel.com to check out the latest or follow me on social media at OSMattMerchelle.

1716
01:44:23,340 --> 01:44:27,980
 And I understand that Milli Vanilli is going to be the entertainment between coaches shuffling you the microphone.

1717
01:44:28,180 --> 01:44:29,620
 So enjoy that down there, Matt.

1718
01:44:29,700 --> 01:44:32,160
 And in the meantime, have a happy and safe fourth, okay?

1719
01:44:32,980 --> 01:44:33,300
 All right.

1720
01:44:33,320 --> 01:44:33,800
 Thanks a lot, guys.

1721
01:44:33,880 --> 01:44:34,200
 Take care.

1722
01:44:34,300 --> 01:44:34,760
 Thank you, bud.

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01:47:41,280 --> 01:47:42,120
 Good, guys.

1777
01:47:42,220 --> 01:47:42,440
 Good.

1778
01:47:42,520 --> 01:47:43,440
 How are you all doing today?

1779
01:47:43,620 --> 01:47:44,840
 And we're gearing up for the fourth.

1780
01:47:44,880 --> 01:47:49,760
 You got any fireworks, anything going on at Garner Pierce Autos?

1781
01:47:49,860 --> 01:47:51,220
 It's vacation season.

1782
01:47:51,340 --> 01:47:52,980
 A lot of folks trying to hit the road.

1783
01:47:53,100 --> 01:47:55,440
 They probably don't want to in an old jalopy.

1784
01:47:55,840 --> 01:47:59,180
 So, Elmer, what can you do to help people out with a good ride?

1785
01:47:59,840 --> 01:48:04,020
 Man, I tell you what, we have a lot of inventory right now.

1786
01:48:04,100 --> 01:48:07,720
 Got a lot of new stuff in in the last couple of days, couple of weeks.

1787
01:48:09,240 --> 01:48:14,240
 Got a really, really nice 2018 Chevy Silverada LTZ.

1788
01:48:14,400 --> 01:48:16,260
 That's the top of the line back then.

1789
01:48:17,200 --> 01:48:20,060
 Real nice crew cab, four-wheel drive truck.

1790
01:48:20,340 --> 01:48:26,960
 So, tons of 20, 22, 23 inventory that we've recently bought.

1791
01:48:27,520 --> 01:48:31,220
 So, a couple of 24 Camrys, 25 Corolla.

1792
01:48:31,880 --> 01:48:36,840
 So, tons of inventory if you guys looking to beat the gas bill.

1793
01:48:37,600 --> 01:48:40,960
 A lot of really good gas mileage cars right now.

1794
01:48:40,960 --> 01:48:44,740
 I'm supposed to have a Tesla coming soon.

1795
01:48:45,120 --> 01:48:48,080
 So, we've got a little bit of everything for everybody.

1796
01:48:48,360 --> 01:48:55,800
 Everything from a 22 Jeep Wagoneer with 40,000 miles, local one owner, all the way.

1797
01:48:56,160 --> 01:49:03,380
 We probably have the best selection of six to $8,000 vehicles right now that we've had a long time.

1798
01:49:03,520 --> 01:49:06,160
 So, we've got a little bit of everything for everybody.

1799
01:49:06,700 --> 01:49:08,400
 Elmer, that's what I was going to say.

1800
01:49:08,400 --> 01:49:24,000
 I know you've got certainly a lot of cars on the lot, but if you want a custom car that, just say, Elmer, I want a 2019 Toyota Camry with less than 75,000 miles, the color blue.

1801
01:49:24,440 --> 01:49:26,360
 Y'all do that all day long, don't you?

1802
01:49:26,960 --> 01:49:34,080
 You know, I tell people, I said, you don't realize how much of our day looking for people a car is.

1803
01:49:34,280 --> 01:49:42,080
 You know, there's probably 25 people just off the top of my head that we have found a car for in the last year.

1804
01:49:42,680 --> 01:49:47,900
 People go, hey, I don't want to go to a dealership and spend six or eight hours buying a car.

1805
01:49:48,000 --> 01:49:55,060
 And I sure don't want to, like, pick up the phone and start calling every dealer I find one at and go, hey, is this really there?

1806
01:49:55,580 --> 01:49:58,340
 And what's all the, you know, the story behind it?

1807
01:49:58,360 --> 01:50:03,900
 Because, unfortunately, a lot of dealers, you know, well, that price is only if you finance with us.

1808
01:50:03,900 --> 01:50:06,120
 And if not, it's $1,500 more.

1809
01:50:06,260 --> 01:50:07,920
 And it's only if you have a trade-in.

1810
01:50:07,980 --> 01:50:09,960
 If not, it's another $1,000, you know.

1811
01:50:10,080 --> 01:50:15,880
 So we cut through all the BS, find you a car, here's the pictures, here's the 50 photographs.

1812
01:50:17,220 --> 01:50:20,500
 If it's what you want, we buy it, go pick it up.

1813
01:50:20,640 --> 01:50:24,100
 If you come to look at it and it's not what it's supposed to be, it's not yours.

1814
01:50:25,060 --> 01:50:28,220
 So we do that for tons of customers.

1815
01:50:28,220 --> 01:50:31,860
 I can't tell you how many people we've done it for three, four, five times already.

1816
01:50:32,000 --> 01:50:35,800
 And they're like, this is the only way I will ever buy a car again, you know.

1817
01:50:35,940 --> 01:50:40,960
 So it makes it easy and takes out all the headache.

1818
01:50:41,160 --> 01:50:46,540
 And, you know, unfortunately, as busy as people are nowadays, that's what they don't want to put up with is the headache.

1819
01:50:47,180 --> 01:50:52,660
 Elmer, talk to us about something else in that service because a lot of folks, like we mentioned, they're hitting the road.

1820
01:50:52,660 --> 01:50:56,980
 They want to make sure that everything is good, belts, water pumps, et cetera.

1821
01:50:57,100 --> 01:50:59,160
 Talk to us about the services that you offer.

1822
01:50:59,840 --> 01:51:01,120
 Oh, yeah, yeah, guys.

1823
01:51:01,180 --> 01:51:09,100
 Everything from, you know, engine and transmission replacements to oil changes and tire rotations.

1824
01:51:09,320 --> 01:51:10,440
 I mean, you name it.

1825
01:51:10,460 --> 01:51:17,820
 Anything from brake jobs to, like you just said, water pumps, any type of service you can think of on any car.

1826
01:51:18,260 --> 01:51:25,200
 We've replaced hybrid batteries in a bunch of the hybrid cars that are getting a little older and some mileage on them.

1827
01:51:25,640 --> 01:51:29,960
 People are like, oh, my gosh, it's going to be, you know, seven grand to replace my batteries.

1828
01:51:30,220 --> 01:51:34,820
 The last five we've done have been between $1,500 and $1,900.

1829
01:51:37,340 --> 01:51:40,540
 It's not as dramatic as people try to make it out to be.

1830
01:51:40,540 --> 01:51:46,260
 And we can do that in about half a day and have your car back to you.

1831
01:51:46,340 --> 01:51:50,820
 Your car has a two-year warranty, unlimited mileage on the battery packs whenever that happens.

1832
01:51:51,120 --> 01:51:52,920
 So, yeah, it can be done.

1833
01:51:53,260 --> 01:51:54,000
 That's a good deal.

1834
01:51:54,140 --> 01:51:59,920
 Elmer, tell us before we let you go again, who, what, when, and where, where you're located, your hours, et cetera.

1835
01:52:00,800 --> 01:52:01,440
 Yes, sir.

1836
01:52:02,120 --> 01:52:05,400
 We are 8 to 5, Monday through Friday.

1837
01:52:07,020 --> 01:52:09,360
 Service and sales is 8.30 to 5.

1838
01:52:09,700 --> 01:52:13,640
 We're usually there at the 6 or 6.30, so don't worry about the 5 o'clock.

1839
01:52:13,760 --> 01:52:15,140
 We're always there to late.

1840
01:52:15,140 --> 01:52:20,660
 So, sales is open on Saturday, 9 to 2.

1841
01:52:21,240 --> 01:52:27,060
 Come and see us, Garner Pierce Autos next to Applebee's on the Florence Boulevard, 2261 Florence Boulevard.

1842
01:52:27,580 --> 01:52:32,860
 Come and see us on the web, www.garner-pierceautos.com.

1843
01:52:33,060 --> 01:52:33,940
 Come and see us, guys.

1844
01:52:34,820 --> 01:52:36,140
 Hey, we're good to hook up with you.

1845
01:52:36,180 --> 01:52:37,820
 Just a quick story about an electric vehicle.

1846
01:52:37,960 --> 01:52:39,360
 I had a rental back in the day.

1847
01:52:39,420 --> 01:52:42,440
 This was back when it started coming out, and I was with my wife.

1848
01:52:42,520 --> 01:52:45,060
 I went to a red light, and I looked at her and said, what's going on?

1849
01:52:45,380 --> 01:52:46,200
 It was quiet.

1850
01:52:46,300 --> 01:52:46,840
 It shut down.

1851
01:52:46,900 --> 01:52:48,060
 She says, crank it again.

1852
01:52:48,460 --> 01:52:52,240
 I tried to crank it, and we said a red light, and the people next door were laughing their heads off.

1853
01:52:52,300 --> 01:52:53,420
 You got an electric vehicle.

1854
01:52:53,420 --> 01:52:54,300
 It shuts off.

1855
01:52:54,300 --> 01:53:00,300
 Yeah, it'll, uh, we have to tell people that that have never been in one.

1856
01:53:00,340 --> 01:53:02,660
 Yes, yes, like me.

1857
01:53:02,780 --> 01:53:04,680
 It's dead, yeah, yeah.

1858
01:53:04,720 --> 01:53:06,500
 I'm going to deny that if I ever tell it again.

1859
01:53:06,580 --> 01:53:07,260
 I'm too embarrassed.

1860
01:53:07,440 --> 01:53:11,000
 Elmer, listen, happy 4th of July to you, and thank you so much, and stay safe, okay?

1861
01:53:11,500 --> 01:53:12,840
 Happy 4th, everybody.

1862
01:53:13,140 --> 01:53:13,820
 Thank you, Elmer.

1863
01:53:13,820 --> 01:53:14,300
 It's a great weekend.

1864
01:53:14,660 --> 01:53:14,960
 You too.

1865
01:53:14,980 --> 01:53:17,660
 Elmer Pierce, owner of Garner Pierce Autos.

1866
01:53:17,760 --> 01:53:20,720
 BB, can the Braves get some early fireworks tonight?

1867
01:53:20,920 --> 01:53:23,220
 The Braves need all the help they can get.

1868
01:53:23,220 --> 01:53:28,840
 But I hope with some home cooking, Harold, they will improve and win a game tonight.

1869
01:53:29,040 --> 01:53:32,900
 And you can hear it right here on 93.9, the score.

1870
01:53:33,440 --> 01:53:35,440
 They will start tonight 3 1⁄2 up.

1871
01:53:35,560 --> 01:53:37,440
 The Pirates giving the Braves a gift last night.

1872
01:53:37,520 --> 01:53:42,560
 They beat the Pills, and because of that, the Braves idle picked up a half game on the charging Pills.

1873
01:53:42,940 --> 01:53:46,460
 It's going to take care of business for now on behalf of BB, Greg, James Blair, the entire crew here.

1874
01:53:46,540 --> 01:53:48,520
 Harold Buck, thank you just so much for your time today.

1875
01:53:48,960 --> 01:53:51,200
 Let's do it again tomorrow on noon to 2 for the Boom on Bug Show.

1876
01:53:51,200 --> 01:53:53,360
 Back here on Sports Radio 93.9, the score.