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 The SEC football power rankings entering in July by Adam Spencer.

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 I actually agree with a lot of these.

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 Always enjoy the conversation, Adam.

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 Welcome back in, BB.

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 I am so sorry that I'm late.

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 I've been in Jon Sumrall's office.

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 I was one minute late.

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 I've been in timeout.

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 Can you throw me a life preserver, my friend?

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 Well, I was going to say, Harold, if you were one minute late to a meeting with Jon Sumrall,

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 you're in the doghouse or the gatorhouse in this case.

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 I wonder if Mark McCloud is ever in the doghouse with John or his number one fan.

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 We can find out from the man himself.

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 Mark McCloud is host of The Blitz with Mark McCloud and the Gator Blitz podcast.

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 Mark, welcome in.

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 How are you?

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 Hey, doing well.

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 Good afternoon, guys.

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 Always fun to be on with you guys.

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 You too.

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 Mark, have you been one minute late with your wife or with Jon Sumrall?

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 So, what happened?

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 I got better shot with my wife.

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 She's got more forgiveness in her, I think, than some of us.

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 John's bringing the whip to town.

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 He said, no, I knew he was a tough guy.

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 He's from North Alabama, so you know he's tough.

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 I didn't know he was this tough.

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 What's going on down there, Mark?

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 Yeah, and you know, it's discipline.

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 It is discipline that Florida is a much needed discipline at Florida.

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 You know, they've kind of been back and forth with different coaches since the end of the Urban Meyer era.

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 But they're getting back to, you know, and you like this.

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 If you're a Florida fan, you're sitting there, where has this been?

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 Why can't we have the toughness and discipline that has been needed in this program for many years?

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 Absolutely.

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 Let me ask you about the offensive line.

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 And, again, Florida's got Dallas Wilson, Bernal Brown III, Singleton, and some other guys.

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 But it's the offensive line we've talked with you about.

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 We thought Florida's offensive line last year was going to be one of the best in the SEC.

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 They got Harris, Moore, Lovett, Kane Jones.

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 But I know something you like is the offensive line coach.

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 He won the national championships at Florida in six and eight.

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 Phil Trotwine was a major addition to the staff.

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 He really was.

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 And you're right.

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 I love Phil Trotwine.

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 I had a conversation with him back when Dan Mullen was taking over as head coach at Florida.

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 And I talked to him.

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 He said, I would love to come back to Florida as a coach.

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 He goes, that would be like a dream come true for me.

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 He goes, I don't know that Coach Mullen will have a place for me.

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 He goes, but I would love to do it.

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 And now here we are.

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 And Jon Sumrall's done it.

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 And you look at the success he had at Boston College under Steve Adazio.

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 And that's not an easy place to bring talented offensive linemen into.

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 And then Penn State, which is much, much better and much easier.

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 And you look at the success those guys had and he had in developing those players.

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 And this is long overdue, as you know, Brett, because you follow recruiting.

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 You follow the portal so well.

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 And this is just something that Florida underperformed last year as an offensive line when they should have had one of the better offensive lines in the Southeastern Conference or maybe the country.

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 But now, guys, they've got Naja Harris back.

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 He's the only returning veteran from that Florida team.

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 But you do have Harrison Moore, who started at center for Georgia Tech and did a very good job for the Yellow Jackets.

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 You've got a couple guys, Egan Boyer, coming in from Penn State, who transferred into Florida after playing with Trout Wine.

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 You've got a couple other guys as well who transferred into Florida, that T.J. Shanahan and company, who also played with the Nittany Lions, who come in.

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 And he's fighting for the tackle position.

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 I'm sorry, the right guard position.

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 So, if you can get a couple of these guys and look, so you have two guys who started, really one and a half guys who started at their previous schools.

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 And then you have Naja Harris.

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 There's just a lot of work.

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 And I think your point is well taken, Brett.

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 That is one area where not only Florida fans, but the media alike coming up with SEC media days are going to be looking at Florida and wanting some answers from John Summerall.

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 Mark McLeod is with us, amongst other places, the Gator Blitz podcast.

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 Mark, we mentioned him being tough.

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 That is, John Summerall, the coach.

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 Obviously, it's culture shock for the guys already on the roster.

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 Human nature says, how much can I do and get away with it?

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 But it looks like that the new guys are saying, Coach, we believe in you, man.

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 He's tearing it up, is he not, on the recruiting trail.

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 He really is.

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 He really is.

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 And, you know, going back, Harold, last year, two years ago, there were players on the Florida team who went to Billy Napier and said, Coach, we can be coached tougher.

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 We can be coached harder.

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 You can go at us a little harder.

419
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 We need to be toughened up a little bit because they felt like Napier wasn't doing enough of that.

420
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 So now you have this and you have the reputation of John Summerall and what he did at Tulane.

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 You have players on the Florida team who are out there, you know, all over social media saying, since he came in, here's what he's doing.

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 And you're absolutely right.

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 But the recruiting has been phenomenal for Florida, given the circumstances, Harold.

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 I think you have to, you know, weigh in, I think, the circumstances.

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 He's not coached a game at Florida.

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 Florida's had their struggles for several years now.

427
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 And yet you've got guys like Maxwell Hiller, who the number one offensive lineman in the nation is coming to Florida.

428
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 Peyton Miller out of Texas, who is one of the top, top five centers in the nation coming to Florida and several other guys as well.

429
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 So, and the thing that I like that they're doing, guys, is what John Summerall has done is you look across the board at this recruiting class and you'll say, oh, look at the number of offensive linemen, defensive linemen, linebackers, wide receivers.

430
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 He is really building the roster and he's making sure that every position group is covered.

431
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 So, the numbers, the numbers add up.

432
00:24:40,940 --> 00:24:59,740
 We'll get into this a little bit later with you, but the proposed NCAA changes, 14 weeks to play 12 with two bye weeks, narrowing the transfer portal to 10 days, January 4th through the 13th, and OTAs instead of a spring game.

433
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 So, we'll see what they do with that.

434
00:25:01,400 --> 00:25:03,940
 Is Mark McLeod in favor of those?

435
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 I'll go two out of three.

436
00:25:07,340 --> 00:25:09,600
 You know, I want to see something jazzed up for the spring.

437
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 And your brother told me this years ago, and you and your brother actually, talking about the fact that we needed a spring game where the fans can get excited.

438
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 Let's see a Florida versus Clemson.

439
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 I couldn't agree more.

440
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 And you brought it up and your brother brought it up many years ago to me, and I thought, you know, that's a fabulous idea.

441
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 Let's do that, guys.

442
00:25:29,300 --> 00:25:40,740
 Let's do that and create some excitement for college football in the spring even more instead of just talking about NIL, the transfer portal, the college football playoffs, and all the other stuff that we talk about.

443
00:25:40,860 --> 00:25:46,840
 But I think the other two, you know, they definitely need to address the calendar of the transfer portal.

444
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 It's ridiculous for coaches.

445
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 So, something needed to be done there.

446
00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:55,360
 And then, of course, you know, the other elephant in the room is the college football playoffs.

447
00:25:55,620 --> 00:26:00,760
 But I do like what they're doing with NIL and what they're doing with the calendar for the portal.

448
00:26:01,180 --> 00:26:01,580
 Absolutely.

449
00:26:01,980 --> 00:26:03,700
 Great to talk with you again, my friend.

450
00:26:03,820 --> 00:26:05,300
 Where can we get you online, buddy?

451
00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:11,400
 Yeah, at McLeod Live on X and then BlitzSportsRadio.com, soon be SECBlitz.com.

452
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 And please, Mark, don't be late, okay?

453
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 I'm already tardy.

454
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455
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456
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457
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 Mark McLeod, again, with us, busy with the Gator Blitz.

458
00:26:23,140 --> 00:26:25,860
 Coming up, what's going on at Wimbledon as they head down the stretch?

459
00:26:25,980 --> 00:26:26,800
 The ladies straight ahead.

460
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 Stay with us.

461
00:26:27,460 --> 00:26:28,660
 93-9, the score.

462
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 Westwood One Sports presents this special tennis update.

463
00:26:38,100 --> 00:26:39,720
 Wimbledon's second week underway.

464
00:26:40,300 --> 00:26:42,600
 Not much to speak of when it comes to Americans.

465
00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:46,860
 Coco Goff and Jessica Pagula will play each other tomorrow in the quarterfinals.

466
00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:50,480
 So, one assured of getting to the semis, but the other obviously goes home.

467
00:26:50,480 --> 00:26:52,980
 And for the men, it's just Taylor Fritz.

468
00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:55,140
 He's playing now against Alexander Bublik.

469
00:26:55,260 --> 00:26:56,560
 They are early on tied at two.

470
00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:01,720
 The Italian Flavio Coboli beat the Aussie Alex de Menor in straight sets.

471
00:27:01,820 --> 00:27:06,960
 35-year-old Grigor Dimitrov playing Arthur Ferry, who's from Great Britain.

472
00:27:07,060 --> 00:27:09,120
 That's why they put this match on center court.

473
00:27:09,220 --> 00:27:11,020
 They are right now tied one set all.

474
00:27:11,080 --> 00:27:13,340
 Still to come, the two-seed Alex Severo.

475
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:14,060
 He takes the court.

476
00:27:14,120 --> 00:27:15,260
 He's been dominant so far.

477
00:27:15,620 --> 00:27:18,400
 Women's side, two Americans lost today, both in straight sets.

478
00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:21,020
 Madison Keyes fell to Linda Neskova.

479
00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:23,480
 Ashlyn Krueger beaten by Martha Kostiuk.

480
00:27:23,820 --> 00:27:26,680
 Also winning today, Jasmine Paolini and Elyse Pertens.

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560
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 Brian, welcome in.

561
00:31:58,620 --> 00:32:02,960
 Did you and the dogs get through the July 4th fireworks okay?

562
00:32:03,060 --> 00:32:03,560
 How are you?

563
00:32:04,180 --> 00:32:05,340
 Yeah, we did good.

564
00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:07,280
 Winnie is not bothered at all by fireworks.

565
00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:11,320
 She was pretty relaxed, so I guess she's fortunate in that respect.

566
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:13,700
 A big dog, as they say.

567
00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:19,440
 Brian, let's talk about now we're on the, I guess it's safe to say, college football is now underway.

568
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 We're past the 4th.

569
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 It's in the rearview mirror.

570
00:32:21,900 --> 00:32:26,240
 I think for the most folks who got roots to Alabama, now it gets down to serious business.

571
00:32:26,900 --> 00:32:29,320
 Your thoughts about July 1 is today.

572
00:32:29,460 --> 00:32:33,460
 6th, 7th, whatever it is, compared to one year ago for this Auburn program.

573
00:32:35,420 --> 00:32:37,580
 Well, it's a lot different, right?

574
00:32:37,700 --> 00:32:44,680
 I mean, I think going into last year, Auburn folks were really hopeful that this was going to be the year that things were going to turn around.

575
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 You know, they had the back-to-back top 10 classes.

576
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 They spent a bunch of money on a quarterback and the portal.

577
00:32:50,760 --> 00:32:56,040
 And there's just a lot of confidence, and it got blown up pretty quick once we got into the actual season.

578
00:32:56,540 --> 00:33:02,860
 So, you know, and now I think there's a little bit of confidence, not as much as far as the season goes.

579
00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:08,880
 But I think there's a lot of hope now that Auburn has found the right person to lead this program forward.

580
00:33:09,660 --> 00:33:16,560
 I think there's some happiness that, you know, over the last seven months or so or eight months has been hired.

581
00:33:16,900 --> 00:33:18,200
 He's made a lot of good moves.

582
00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:23,660
 I think people feel good about the additions he made to the roster and, you know, sort of how the team's coming together.

583
00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:28,920
 I don't think the expectations are too high, but I think there is some confidence that this program is going in the right direction.

584
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:31,740
 What's your impression of Alex Goldish as a person?

585
00:33:31,740 --> 00:33:34,840
 We know what the potential is as far as the coach.

586
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:39,480
 We know that his kids down in South Florida, believe it, and they transferred up to Auburn with him.

587
00:33:39,580 --> 00:33:41,040
 That says something right there.

588
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:47,260
 But your thoughts, fans are going to see the perception, and as we get into media days and beyond, the season wears off,

589
00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:48,920
 we're going to find out more about the person.

590
00:33:49,060 --> 00:33:50,020
 What is your impression?

591
00:33:50,100 --> 00:33:55,580
 He comes across like it's almost like he chews nails and watches a lot of John Wayne movies.

592
00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:58,800
 Yeah, that's a pretty good description.

593
00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:00,200
 I would say he's very determined.

594
00:34:00,500 --> 00:34:08,800
 I'd say he's a guy that believes in working hard and teaming himself and knows the grindstone type.

595
00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:17,960
 I think he's a pretty disciplined coach, and I think he just wants to, you know, dot all the I's and cross all the T's type guy,

596
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 just a real attention to detail type coach.

597
00:34:21,480 --> 00:34:26,380
 And all that said, I think he also has the ability to relate to his players and his coaches.

598
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 I think that's a big reason why they followed him here.

599
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 They believe in him and his way of coaching this team and his vision for the team.

600
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 So I think that's all positive, and I think there are reasons to be excited about him.

601
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 I could see him being a long-term coach here at Auburn if things go well.

602
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603
00:34:53,320 --> 00:34:57,500
 The highest rated four stars going for $750,000.

604
00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:00,740
 Most five stars are now $1 million.

605
00:35:01,020 --> 00:35:07,580
 In fact, Georges, the running back, is probably going to be the first million-dollar running back.

606
00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:10,480
 But you talked a little bit about the formula.

607
00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:17,260
 How does the rest of the league compete with a Texas A&M, who's going to be north of $10 million,

608
00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:24,080
 making better valuations, assigning more accurate values, a little bargain shopping,

609
00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:30,420
 looking at three stars, getting three stars, low four stars, evaluating them,

610
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 and if they don't work, go to the portal.

611
00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:34,880
 Summarize Monday Musings for us.

612
00:35:35,640 --> 00:35:39,040
 Well, you know, A&M's got six five-stars in their class right now.

613
00:35:39,120 --> 00:35:40,300
 I don't think that's sustainable.

614
00:35:41,180 --> 00:35:44,880
 And maybe this is just one of those classes where they have room for those type guys,

615
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:46,820
 but I don't think you could do that every class.

616
00:35:46,920 --> 00:35:49,340
 The guys won't stick around, and you're sinking a lot of money to them.

617
00:35:49,720 --> 00:35:51,640
 And maybe A&M's okay with throwing that money away.

618
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:52,060
 We'll see.

619
00:35:52,720 --> 00:35:56,480
 But, you know, I think that's very tough for other schools to duplicate.

620
00:35:56,740 --> 00:35:59,840
 I'm not sure Texas A&M could duplicate it over the long term or not.

621
00:35:59,880 --> 00:36:00,240
 We'll see.

622
00:36:00,780 --> 00:36:03,320
 But, you know, there's got to be different ways to do it, right?

623
00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:09,780
 I think for the most part, the talent is more spread out among more teams now.

624
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 So you don't have the power teams that you did five, six years ago

625
00:36:14,120 --> 00:36:18,880
 and for really almost a two-decade period with Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia, et cetera.

626
00:36:19,860 --> 00:36:21,640
 So you have to find other ways.

627
00:36:21,720 --> 00:36:23,120
 You have to kind of live in the margins more.

628
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:30,420
 So whether that's, you know, you're making better valuations than you're, you know,

629
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:38,180
 the schools you're competing against or you're doing a better job of getting out front

630
00:36:38,180 --> 00:36:42,080
 or making the right valuations on a player, right?

631
00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:44,740
 You know, we're only going to pay this much for them.

632
00:36:44,780 --> 00:36:46,580
 If somebody else wants to offer more, we just can't do that.

633
00:36:47,460 --> 00:36:49,520
 So those are the tough decisions you have to make.

634
00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:54,000
 So I just think it's a different world, and you almost have to treat it like you're a financial analyst

635
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:59,300
 in some ways, along with being a really good coach and really good evaluator.

636
00:36:59,300 --> 00:37:05,860
 This is an era, I think, where you can really benefit your team and your program

637
00:37:05,860 --> 00:37:10,300
 if you have coaches on your staff that just have that knack for picky talent.

638
00:37:10,860 --> 00:37:14,840
 And I can remember Auburn for, you know, the first decade of my career,

639
00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:19,240
 Phillip Lawley was one of those coaches at Auburn who just had a knack for finding dudes.

640
00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:23,200
 A lot of times in-state guys that just turned out to be really good players,

641
00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:25,920
 and I think those are guys that are really going to thrive in this area

642
00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:29,500
 because you need as many of them as you can afford to put on your staff.

643
00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:30,760
 Bingo, Brian.

644
00:37:30,820 --> 00:37:32,380
 That's exactly what I was thinking.

645
00:37:32,500 --> 00:37:33,320
 It's going to come down.

646
00:37:33,420 --> 00:37:37,080
 The coach who can evaluate talent and squeeze it, you know,

647
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 for all the realtors out there now listening to the show,

648
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 they'll tell you right now, buy low, sell high.

649
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 Go down the street, find the house that is right there with all those million-dollar houses

650
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 that's going for like $400,000.

651
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 Buy that $400,000 house because it's going to rise in value

652
00:37:51,380 --> 00:37:55,320
 because if you buy the million-dollar house, it's hard to build equity there

653
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 because of where you're starting.

654
00:37:56,700 --> 00:38:00,280
 To me, that's the key is evaluation, buy low, sell high.

655
00:38:00,320 --> 00:38:02,920
 It's like buying a stock or a house or a football player.

656
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:05,940
 Yeah, that's absolutely right.

657
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:11,520
 And, you know, it's, I mean, five years ago or seven years ago,

658
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:15,340
 if I told you you need to have a, you know, a class with, you know,

659
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:17,900
 five or six good players and a bunch of them, you know,

660
00:38:17,900 --> 00:38:20,780
 just a bunch of guys you see upside in, you just call me crazy, right?

661
00:38:21,020 --> 00:38:22,640
 You're probably right because that wouldn't work,

662
00:38:22,720 --> 00:38:26,860
 but that's exactly what you have to do now because, yes,

663
00:38:26,900 --> 00:38:28,720
 you've got to pay for these top guys.

664
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:31,020
 You've got to have top guys in top positions to compete still.

665
00:38:32,540 --> 00:38:36,260
 But you've also got to get guys that are going to stick around for three or four

666
00:38:36,260 --> 00:38:39,180
 or now five years, right, and be part of your program and grow

667
00:38:39,180 --> 00:38:45,700
 and get better and realize that potential because those five stars or high four stars

668
00:38:45,700 --> 00:38:47,100
 if they don't play, they're not sticking around.

669
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:52,880
 And then the other thing I think you really have to do in this era is just really be smart

670
00:38:52,880 --> 00:38:55,360
 and be able to move quickly.

671
00:38:56,740 --> 00:39:03,680
 For instance, let's say, you know, your class, it turns out maybe you get them here

672
00:39:03,680 --> 00:39:05,960
 and after a year or two, some of them didn't turn out too well.

673
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:11,660
 Go to a group of six schools or conference and look at their top first year,

674
00:39:11,740 --> 00:39:14,240
 second year players and pluck a couple of those guys.

675
00:39:14,240 --> 00:39:16,460
 They're a couple of years more advanced than they were at a high school.

676
00:39:17,020 --> 00:39:19,740
 And now you have a better idea how good they're going to be

677
00:39:19,740 --> 00:39:20,780
 or what their potential is.

678
00:39:20,820 --> 00:39:24,300
 But sometimes it's not easy to do that with a 17- or 18-year-old

679
00:39:24,300 --> 00:39:28,220
 because their body changes so much, you know, as they get into college programs

680
00:39:28,220 --> 00:39:33,220
 and start getting on, you know, lifting and, you know, nutrition programs

681
00:39:33,220 --> 00:39:34,280
 that they're not used to in asking.

682
00:39:35,240 --> 00:39:39,560
 Well, not only that, the key is if someone like Oregon wants to come into the state

683
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:43,820
 of Alabama and lay down a million, million and a half for X, Y, Z,

684
00:39:43,820 --> 00:39:48,460
 and he goes out and either, A, he doesn't pan out, or B, he gets homesick,

685
00:39:48,860 --> 00:39:52,540
 you can come back and get the down-home discount, perhaps, down the road.

686
00:39:53,380 --> 00:39:53,740
 Yeah.

687
00:39:53,940 --> 00:39:58,740
 You know, there's a time when, you know, something bad can go for you in recruiting

688
00:39:58,740 --> 00:40:00,980
 and you're sort of like, well, we didn't want him anyway,

689
00:40:01,160 --> 00:40:03,320
 or, you know, we don't want anything to do with him.

690
00:40:03,740 --> 00:40:07,060
 Nowadays, it's like we are going to build this relationship

691
00:40:07,060 --> 00:40:09,640
 and we're going to keep this relationship going no matter what

692
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:12,520
 because you never know when that kid can come back around to you

693
00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:14,160
 and it'd be a big part of the program.

694
00:40:14,940 --> 00:40:16,360
 I don't have the numbers in front of me,

695
00:40:16,460 --> 00:40:20,740
 but so many transfer quarterbacks have been a part of national championships

696
00:40:20,740 --> 00:40:21,420
 here recently.

697
00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:24,080
 I think we see how it can work out for you

698
00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:29,120
 if you keep those relationships going as much as possible,

699
00:40:29,180 --> 00:40:30,020
 how that can be an advantage.

700
00:40:30,820 --> 00:40:35,340
 Just to reiterate your point, you brought up a good one on money musings.

701
00:40:36,660 --> 00:40:37,780
 39 transfers.

702
00:40:37,780 --> 00:40:42,400
 Well, and I know sometimes your subscribers say, well, Auburn just needs a left tackle,

703
00:40:42,540 --> 00:40:43,300
 go get one.

704
00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:52,020
 Well, their mindset, the Auburn coach's mindset is, of the 39 transfers that they brought in

705
00:40:52,020 --> 00:41:01,400
 in January, 26 have multiple years of eligibility and 18 of those have three or more years left.

706
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:09,160
 Now, even if only half of that 39 works out, you've got half of that, obviously,

707
00:41:09,460 --> 00:41:14,120
 who've got multi-years to where they could be there two or three years.

708
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:15,800
 That's smart.

709
00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:18,360
 And again, you just don't go get a left tackle.

710
00:41:18,600 --> 00:41:25,380
 Go get a redshirt freshman or sophomore left tackle who might be able to stay with you for two or three years.

711
00:41:25,380 --> 00:41:31,540
 I think that's especially true at those development positions like offensive line and defensive line, right,

712
00:41:31,600 --> 00:41:37,900
 where a guy may take two or three years in the college program to get to where you can be a full-time starter

713
00:41:37,900 --> 00:41:39,640
 or a big-time part of the rotation there.

714
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:42,540
 So, yeah, I thought that was really important for Auburn to do that.

715
00:41:42,700 --> 00:41:45,320
 You know, they had to bring in 14 offensive linemen.

716
00:41:45,400 --> 00:41:47,020
 They only had three scholarship players returning.

717
00:41:47,820 --> 00:41:51,120
 But a good bit of those guys are guys with multiple years of eligibility.

718
00:41:51,120 --> 00:41:56,260
 So, even if they're not starting, if they're second team, you know, this fall,

719
00:41:56,340 --> 00:41:59,280
 they could be starters next year and for a couple of years down the line,

720
00:41:59,340 --> 00:42:01,140
 which would be big for this program going forward,

721
00:42:01,540 --> 00:42:04,800
 where you don't have to go out there and sign a bunch of offensive linemen out of the portal

722
00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:08,500
 and expect them to come in and start right away over and over again.

723
00:42:09,460 --> 00:42:13,060
 You know, just thinking back, you mentioned Texas A&M and Auburn, Alabama,

724
00:42:13,180 --> 00:42:14,280
 every school's watching this.

725
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:19,460
 Let's just say you've got the money to go out and, like you mentioned, six, five stars.

726
00:42:20,260 --> 00:42:24,520
 Well, correct me if I'm wrong, you need 22 guys playing football between offense and defense,

727
00:42:24,640 --> 00:42:26,040
 not to mention specialty teams.

728
00:42:26,640 --> 00:42:29,740
 Where do you put your budget as far as putting the guys around them?

729
00:42:29,780 --> 00:42:31,940
 Do you put all your eggs in the five-star basket?

730
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:36,380
 Or do you say, maybe we need to spread this out and get some high threes and low fours?

731
00:42:36,380 --> 00:42:41,220
 It's the same money, but if you put it all on these six guys, correct me if I'm wrong,

732
00:42:41,220 --> 00:42:43,780
 that's going to leave five guys that may not be as talented.

733
00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:45,080
 Right, right.

734
00:42:45,200 --> 00:42:48,400
 So, that's a balance you've got to take, right?

735
00:42:48,580 --> 00:42:52,820
 I mean, I'm sure everybody would love to have the big budgets and go out and get all these talented players.

736
00:42:54,020 --> 00:42:57,720
 But it doesn't always work that way, and we still don't know for sure, you know,

737
00:42:57,780 --> 00:43:02,300
 what's going to happen as far as the process of approving these players

738
00:43:02,300 --> 00:43:07,560
 and approving this money above and beyond the revenue sharing that's already been approved by the court.

739
00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:10,940
 So, that's something you have to work through, obviously.

740
00:43:11,580 --> 00:43:13,460
 But, yeah, it is.

741
00:43:13,540 --> 00:43:17,340
 You've got to find, you know, in different schools, you're going to go about different ways.

742
00:43:17,440 --> 00:43:21,220
 But I just think the way Auburn's doing it is one good way to do it.

743
00:43:21,260 --> 00:43:23,320
 There's probably other ways to get it done.

744
00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:26,000
 But I think you've got to balance it out.

745
00:43:26,060 --> 00:43:28,880
 I think you've got to go get good players in good positions.

746
00:43:29,540 --> 00:43:33,720
 But I also think that if you have an opportunity, like take quarterback, which, you know,

747
00:43:33,720 --> 00:43:37,020
 if you want to sign a five-star high school quarterback or a, you know,

748
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:39,920
 a really good transfer quarterback, you're talking two million plus, right?

749
00:43:41,260 --> 00:43:45,160
 But if you're like Auburn and you go out and get a transfer from Oregon State,

750
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:50,160
 who was a freshman, and get, you know, a transfer from USF, who was a freshman,

751
00:43:50,420 --> 00:43:54,140
 and then, you know, sign a three-star and then get a commitment for a three-star,

752
00:43:54,380 --> 00:44:00,740
 if one of those guys hits, right, if one of those guys turns out to be good or a quality starter,

753
00:44:01,160 --> 00:44:05,140
 suddenly you save yourself millions of dollars by developing that quarterback

754
00:44:05,140 --> 00:44:09,880
 instead of going out trying to sign up, you know, a guy who's ready to go right away.

755
00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:12,040
 So there are different ways to save money.

756
00:44:12,180 --> 00:44:17,820
 If you do that, then maybe you invest in that really, really good edge rusher

757
00:44:17,820 --> 00:44:20,840
 that you have to have right now because you didn't do a good job

758
00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:22,940
 maybe evaluating that position a couple of years ago.

759
00:44:23,080 --> 00:44:25,740
 So I think there's a balance to it, a give and take,

760
00:44:25,820 --> 00:44:27,900
 but I think you're always looking for opportunity.

761
00:44:28,460 --> 00:44:30,120
 Let me ask you about some names.

762
00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:34,660
 I was reading some articles on your site with some of your staff,

763
00:44:35,040 --> 00:44:38,600
 and they were looking at maybe the best,

764
00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:41,660
 and again, this is, we'll see where this goes,

765
00:44:41,860 --> 00:44:44,340
 but the most complete offensive lineman,

766
00:44:44,940 --> 00:44:49,540
 Dary Plaz, the Miami transfer, his name came up

767
00:44:49,540 --> 00:44:52,160
 as far as some of the young guys,

768
00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:54,560
 Buster, Jacoby Ward,

769
00:44:54,940 --> 00:44:55,820
 Kel Ellis,

770
00:44:56,620 --> 00:44:58,400
 the top defensive line,

771
00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:00,120
 Dallas Walker,

772
00:45:00,340 --> 00:45:04,480
 but Cody Sigler from New Hope High School in Madison County

773
00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:06,900
 has caught everybody's attention,

774
00:45:06,900 --> 00:45:12,400
 and another one that pretty much everybody said inside,

775
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:13,780
 outside the program,

776
00:45:14,280 --> 00:45:18,280
 Champ Anthony is the name that you hear constantly,

777
00:45:19,080 --> 00:45:21,080
 and I threw a lot of names at you,

778
00:45:21,140 --> 00:45:22,860
 but your thoughts on some of those guys.

779
00:45:23,400 --> 00:45:25,100
 Yeah, and that's an article by Cole Pinkston,

780
00:45:25,100 --> 00:45:26,080
 which is a great job,

781
00:45:26,180 --> 00:45:27,800
 because of the whisper report, right?

782
00:45:28,140 --> 00:45:30,320
 Just the little things have been here and here and there,

783
00:45:30,420 --> 00:45:32,300
 which is just a great way to put it all together,

784
00:45:32,380 --> 00:45:33,600
 and I think you really nailed it.

785
00:45:33,940 --> 00:45:36,040
 You know, Derek Ply is the offensive lineman you mentioned.

786
00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:39,880
 He's coming in with several years of eligibility left,

787
00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:41,680
 and he's probably your starting guard,

788
00:45:41,880 --> 00:45:43,800
 and, you know, he went to Miami,

789
00:45:44,240 --> 00:45:46,120
 developed under a great coaching staff,

790
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:47,600
 under a great offensive line there,

791
00:45:48,100 --> 00:45:49,260
 so he's got that experience,

792
00:45:49,260 --> 00:45:51,400
 and now, you know, he's probably ready to be a starter,

793
00:45:51,540 --> 00:45:53,820
 so Auburn's very fortunate there that, you know,

794
00:45:54,300 --> 00:45:56,820
 the Miami staff put in all that hard work, right?

795
00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:58,360
 It invested money into them,

796
00:45:58,480 --> 00:46:01,200
 and Auburn's going to get to, you know,

797
00:46:01,240 --> 00:46:01,920
 benefit from that.

798
00:46:02,000 --> 00:46:03,740
 Of course, there are a lot of players that transfer from Auburn

799
00:46:03,740 --> 00:46:07,300
 who other schools are going to benefit from this season, too.

800
00:46:07,420 --> 00:46:09,360
 That happens for sure,

801
00:46:09,520 --> 00:46:11,600
 but he is definitely one of those guys,

802
00:46:11,700 --> 00:46:13,740
 and a lot of those guys he mentioned in there,

803
00:46:14,560 --> 00:46:16,460
 Buster, Jacoby Ward, Kyle Ellis,

804
00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:21,540
 those are the three of the returning guys that Auburn's got

805
00:46:21,540 --> 00:46:23,860
 that were part of some highly recruited classes

806
00:46:23,860 --> 00:46:25,780
 during the freeze era,

807
00:46:25,940 --> 00:46:27,860
 so it was good to keep those guys,

808
00:46:28,240 --> 00:46:30,900
 especially offensive linemen that can continue to develop,

809
00:46:30,900 --> 00:46:34,220
 and I think all three of those guys will be either starters

810
00:46:34,220 --> 00:46:35,860
 and our key backups this year,

811
00:46:36,320 --> 00:46:38,040
 and certainly starters in the future,

812
00:46:38,780 --> 00:46:39,740
 and then Cody Sigler,

813
00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:42,960
 he mentioned just a great story,

814
00:46:43,480 --> 00:46:45,840
 how he's just gotten better and better every single year,

815
00:46:46,180 --> 00:46:48,240
 and I saw him in the spring.

816
00:46:48,380 --> 00:46:49,540
 I loved watching the defensive line.

817
00:46:49,960 --> 00:46:51,240
 I was really impressed with him,

818
00:46:51,240 --> 00:46:53,740
 and I think he's going to be one of those guys

819
00:46:53,740 --> 00:46:56,800
 that can impact the line of scrimmage defensively for Auburn,

820
00:46:56,880 --> 00:46:58,220
 a guy that Auburn's going to depend on

821
00:46:58,220 --> 00:47:02,860
 to be out there in key situations against really good teams.

822
00:47:03,180 --> 00:47:04,840
 I think he's ready to step in,

823
00:47:04,840 --> 00:47:07,800
 even though he's played at smaller schools,

824
00:47:07,900 --> 00:47:12,380
 I think he's going to excel well at an SEC school almost right away,

825
00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:13,580
 so yeah,

826
00:47:13,640 --> 00:47:15,760
 it's a great story if you want to check it out

827
00:47:15,760 --> 00:47:18,840
 by Cole Pinkston there right there on our front page.

828
00:47:19,840 --> 00:47:20,200
 Brian,

829
00:47:20,360 --> 00:47:25,180
 61 days until the show gets rocking and rolling for most teams,

830
00:47:25,280 --> 00:47:26,660
 including the Auburn Tigers.

831
00:47:27,080 --> 00:47:27,980
 Your thoughts,

832
00:47:28,040 --> 00:47:29,580
 we've seen all the preseason magazines

833
00:47:29,580 --> 00:47:32,300
 where they think Auburn's going to wind up the polls,

834
00:47:32,420 --> 00:47:33,920
 but these same guys one time,

835
00:47:34,000 --> 00:47:35,620
 I believe they sold me an Edsel

836
00:47:35,620 --> 00:47:37,320
 and some motion front property in Arizona,

837
00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:38,240
 how did that work out?

838
00:47:38,600 --> 00:47:41,020
 Where do you put the Auburn Tigers right now

839
00:47:41,020 --> 00:47:42,240
 in your preseason poll,

840
00:47:42,300 --> 00:47:44,760
 in the SEC and across the nation?

841
00:47:46,540 --> 00:47:49,880
 I just think you've got to look at trying to find seven wins on the schedule.

842
00:47:50,180 --> 00:47:52,740
 I just really feel like that's the first step.

843
00:47:53,460 --> 00:47:53,640
 You know,

844
00:47:53,760 --> 00:47:54,400
 last year,

845
00:47:54,460 --> 00:47:54,560
 well,

846
00:47:54,600 --> 00:47:55,360
 we can win eight or nine,

847
00:47:55,440 --> 00:47:56,300
 maybe ten games,

848
00:47:56,420 --> 00:47:56,800
 and you know,

849
00:47:57,040 --> 00:47:57,520
 okay,

850
00:47:57,680 --> 00:47:57,860
 well,

851
00:47:58,020 --> 00:47:58,880
 it didn't happen,

852
00:47:59,400 --> 00:48:00,520
 and your coach got fired,

853
00:48:00,580 --> 00:48:01,600
 and now you're with a new coach,

854
00:48:01,700 --> 00:48:04,460
 so I think sort of like last year,

855
00:48:04,520 --> 00:48:06,760
 there's an opportunity in September

856
00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:08,260
 to get some really good wins,

857
00:48:08,880 --> 00:48:09,120
 right?

858
00:48:09,220 --> 00:48:09,400
 You know,

859
00:48:09,400 --> 00:48:10,120
 you've got Baylor,

860
00:48:10,600 --> 00:48:11,080
 which has,

861
00:48:11,580 --> 00:48:11,860
 you know,

862
00:48:11,860 --> 00:48:13,040
 got a coach on the hot seat,

863
00:48:13,300 --> 00:48:14,760
 had a lot of turnover on the roster,

864
00:48:15,320 --> 00:48:17,660
 so the missus almost had to rebuild their entire roster,

865
00:48:17,780 --> 00:48:19,400
 the second game there,

866
00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:20,240
 you know,

867
00:48:20,280 --> 00:48:23,000
 and then you've got a huge home game at night against Florida.

868
00:48:23,840 --> 00:48:27,100
 I think that's going to be Auburn's only home night game,

869
00:48:27,300 --> 00:48:27,540
 right?

870
00:48:27,780 --> 00:48:28,180
 Wow.

871
00:48:28,560 --> 00:48:28,760
 So,

872
00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:31,200
 so the missus is a night game,

873
00:48:31,300 --> 00:48:31,660
 but you know,

874
00:48:31,700 --> 00:48:34,540
 this is only SEC game that I know of

875
00:48:34,540 --> 00:48:35,520
 that'll be a night game at home.

876
00:48:36,020 --> 00:48:36,380
 So,

877
00:48:36,560 --> 00:48:37,540
 that could be a really,

878
00:48:37,540 --> 00:48:38,460
 really big game,

879
00:48:38,560 --> 00:48:38,900
 and of course,

880
00:48:39,020 --> 00:48:40,200
 you've got Summerall coming in,

881
00:48:40,280 --> 00:48:44,820
 who Auburn also went after as a potential coach,

882
00:48:45,300 --> 00:48:47,360
 and then you've got a Vanderbilt team coming in the next weekend,

883
00:48:47,520 --> 00:48:47,800
 that's,

884
00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:48,500
 who knows,

885
00:48:48,640 --> 00:48:49,840
 beat Auburn twice in a row,

886
00:48:49,880 --> 00:48:50,240
 right?

887
00:48:50,860 --> 00:48:51,580
 But they're,

888
00:48:51,580 --> 00:48:53,700
 but they're probably starting a true freshman quarterback.

889
00:48:54,040 --> 00:48:54,260
 So,

890
00:48:54,340 --> 00:48:58,440
 there's a real opportunity for Auburn to get off to a good start.

891
00:48:58,520 --> 00:48:59,260
 I think they'll need to,

892
00:48:59,360 --> 00:49:00,560
 because like last year,

893
00:49:00,620 --> 00:49:01,980
 October could be really tough.

894
00:49:02,540 --> 00:49:03,420
 Trips to Knoxville,

895
00:49:03,580 --> 00:49:04,380
 trips to Athens,

896
00:49:05,300 --> 00:49:06,600
 a trip to Ole Miss,

897
00:49:06,820 --> 00:49:07,760
 LSU at home.

898
00:49:08,320 --> 00:49:10,180
 Those games are going to be pretty tough,

899
00:49:10,460 --> 00:49:13,020
 although it might be good that that LSU game's at 11 a.m.

900
00:49:13,020 --> 00:49:16,800
 They may not play as well that early as they will see,

901
00:49:16,940 --> 00:49:18,360
 but yeah,

902
00:49:18,500 --> 00:49:19,000
 it's,

903
00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:20,440
 you know,

904
00:49:20,480 --> 00:49:22,060
 I think this team is going to have to fight,

905
00:49:22,060 --> 00:49:25,940
 and I think if you're an Auburn person who's fought Auburn for a long time,

906
00:49:26,520 --> 00:49:28,000
 you want to get back to Auburn teams,

907
00:49:28,060 --> 00:49:29,860
 that even if they're not a great team,

908
00:49:30,560 --> 00:49:32,960
 that they find ways to fight and stay in games,

909
00:49:33,080 --> 00:49:34,360
 or an upset here and there,

910
00:49:34,460 --> 00:49:36,420
 instead of getting clobbered all the time,

911
00:49:36,480 --> 00:49:38,680
 like Auburn's been doing here a lot lately.

912
00:49:39,680 --> 00:49:40,480
 By the way,

913
00:49:40,540 --> 00:49:43,580
 you do the opponents' previews,

914
00:49:43,620 --> 00:49:44,640
 and I've enjoyed that.

915
00:49:44,800 --> 00:49:46,580
 Vandy is your latest one.

916
00:49:47,140 --> 00:49:47,320
 Yeah.

917
00:49:47,400 --> 00:49:49,720
 10-3, 6-2 last year.

918
00:49:50,480 --> 00:49:56,860
 Clark Lee has established a toughness with that program that they did not have for years.

919
00:49:57,000 --> 00:49:58,320
 Now, they lost some guys.

920
00:49:59,120 --> 00:50:00,840
 Junior Sorrell is back,

921
00:50:01,040 --> 00:50:02,360
 a very good receiver.

922
00:50:03,160 --> 00:50:03,680
 Curtis,

923
00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:04,720
 Jared Curtis,

924
00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:06,800
 the five-star quarterback,

925
00:50:07,060 --> 00:50:08,100
 well, he's a freshman.

926
00:50:08,300 --> 00:50:13,420
 Well, he also threw for nearly 10,000 yards and 128 touchdowns.

927
00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:15,160
 Now, we know that's not the SEC,

928
00:50:16,080 --> 00:50:17,640
 but the potential is there.

929
00:50:17,760 --> 00:50:20,400
 They've got a very good running back in Cedric Alexander,

930
00:50:21,240 --> 00:50:22,980
 and their defense is good,

931
00:50:23,080 --> 00:50:23,760
 but you're right.

932
00:50:24,220 --> 00:50:25,200
 It's incredible.

933
00:50:25,640 --> 00:50:26,040
 Florida,

934
00:50:26,380 --> 00:50:26,740
 Vandy,

935
00:50:27,060 --> 00:50:27,720
 at Tennessee,

936
00:50:28,000 --> 00:50:28,740
 at Georgia,

937
00:50:29,360 --> 00:50:29,940
 LSU,

938
00:50:30,340 --> 00:50:30,860
 Ole Miss.

939
00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:33,140
 I mean,

940
00:50:33,220 --> 00:50:38,180
 that is just an absolute gauntlet from September 19th to nearly Halloween.

941
00:50:38,980 --> 00:50:39,620
 Yep, yep.

942
00:50:39,780 --> 00:50:42,900
 And so it would help Auburn a lot to get off to a good start

943
00:50:42,900 --> 00:50:46,000
 and then find a way to pick off a team or two

944
00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:51,040
 as you're getting into the schedule in October and into November, right?

945
00:50:51,600 --> 00:50:56,960
 Just to start making this fan base feel better about the direction of the program.

946
00:50:57,660 --> 00:50:58,620
 So that'll be really,

947
00:50:58,820 --> 00:50:59,100
 really big.

948
00:50:59,280 --> 00:50:59,720
 And, you know,

949
00:50:59,740 --> 00:51:00,520
 back to Vanderbilt,

950
00:51:01,880 --> 00:51:04,680
 I just think it's really hard to replace a guy like Diego Pavia.

951
00:51:05,000 --> 00:51:08,600
 I think he should just change the whole direction of that program.

952
00:51:09,020 --> 00:51:10,320
 Not just his playing ability,

953
00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:10,960
 but his leadership,

954
00:51:11,280 --> 00:51:12,200
 his confidence,

955
00:51:12,960 --> 00:51:13,940
 the edge he had to him.

956
00:51:14,120 --> 00:51:18,520
 So that's going to be interesting to see what Jared Kirst can do,

957
00:51:18,580 --> 00:51:21,700
 that true freshman quarterback who flipped from Georgia,

958
00:51:21,820 --> 00:51:22,040
 I guess,

959
00:51:22,100 --> 00:51:25,560
 the day before Sunday day and is expected to be their starter.

960
00:51:25,660 --> 00:51:28,580
 And that'll be his first road start when it comes to Auburn there in

961
00:51:28,580 --> 00:51:28,900
 September.

962
00:51:29,680 --> 00:51:30,040
 Absolutely.

963
00:51:30,500 --> 00:51:30,640
 Well,

964
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965
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966
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967
00:51:37,120 --> 00:51:38,680
 Still a lot of stuff going on.

968
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969
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970
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971
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972
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973
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977
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 And of course,

978
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979
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980
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981
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 And,

982
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983
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 And,

984
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 you know,

985
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 the big baseball draft is coming up and they'll have plenty of dates on

986
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 baseball to see how many of these top signings Auburn can get in.

987
00:52:08,260 --> 00:52:11,400
 That are also baseball draft prospects too.

988
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989
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990
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991
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992
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993
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994
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995
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996
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997
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 Brian.

998
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 That's a man.

999
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 Thank you time day and have a great week.

1000
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 Okay.

1001
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 Appreciate you guys.

1002
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 Thank you.

1003
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 Thank you,

1004
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1005
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1006
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1008
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1009
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1010
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1011
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1012
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 Yeah.

1013
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 The NFL preseason,

1014
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 Arizona and Carolina.

1015
00:52:35,420 --> 00:52:37,180
 Who's the quarterback of the Panthers?

1016
00:52:37,380 --> 00:52:37,900
 Remind me of that,

1017
00:52:38,020 --> 00:52:38,120
 please.

1018
00:52:38,360 --> 00:52:38,460
 Uh,

1019
00:52:38,460 --> 00:52:40,540
 could it be some guy who played at Alabama?

1020
00:52:40,980 --> 00:52:42,660
 I don't know if he'll play much in that game,

1021
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 but one month from tonight's NFL preseason helps with the fix.

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1110
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 U.S. men's national team's been enjoying Seattle.

1111
00:56:41,320 --> 00:56:42,420
 Took it in the 4th of July.

1112
00:56:42,520 --> 00:56:43,220
 Fireworks there.

1113
00:56:43,320 --> 00:56:48,620
 The coach, Mauricio Pochettino, threw out the first pitch in a Mariners game and certainly overjoyed with the news yesterday.

1114
00:56:48,760 --> 00:56:53,040
 No suspension for leading scorer, Foller and Balligan, despite the red card.

1115
00:56:53,120 --> 00:56:54,680
 U.S. and Belgium tonight in Seattle.

1116
00:56:54,780 --> 00:56:58,300
 If the U.S. wins, it's the best U.S. showing in 24 years.

1117
00:56:58,300 --> 00:56:59,060
 Here's Chris Richards.

1118
00:56:59,320 --> 00:57:02,020
 Coming into the tournament, there was a lot of question marks about our whole team in general.

1119
00:57:02,380 --> 00:57:06,420
 And again, I think game by game, we started to prove people wrong and prove ourselves right.

1120
00:57:06,580 --> 00:57:08,120
 I think we knew we had it the whole time.

1121
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 It was just a matter of showing it.

1122
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 So, I'm glad it's coming out at this time.

1123
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 First game of the day starts in one hour in Dallas, Spain and Portugal.

1124
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 Spain's three wins have been by a combined 8-0.

1125
00:57:17,760 --> 00:57:22,040
 The sidelight to who's going to win the World Cup, who wins the golden boot for most goals scored.

1126
00:57:22,120 --> 00:57:23,080
 There's a three-way tie.

1127
00:57:23,480 --> 00:57:28,000
 Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbappé, and the Norwegian star Erling Haaland all had seven goals.

1128
00:57:28,100 --> 00:57:29,660
 England's Harry Kane has six.

1129
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1184
01:00:51,000 --> 01:00:58,980
 Thank you so much for giving us a free ride around the Tennessee Valley and for heading on down to the other end of the state, North Alabama, to South Alabama.

1185
01:00:59,300 --> 01:01:02,040
 And Ben Thomas, he's busy there at AL.com.

1186
01:01:02,100 --> 01:01:02,860
 Ben, welcome in.

1187
01:01:02,920 --> 01:01:05,320
 Hopefully, you and your family had a great and safe fourth.

1188
01:01:06,320 --> 01:01:09,100
 Hey, yeah, I had a good weekend, hot weekend.

1189
01:01:09,220 --> 01:01:10,700
 I don't know how it is up there for y'all.

1190
01:01:11,880 --> 01:01:18,420
 It was a good weekend and celebrated the country and my wife's birthday, and so we had a good weekend.

1191
01:01:18,980 --> 01:01:22,160
 So, in other words, you're broke between fireworks and birthday presents, right, Ben?

1192
01:01:22,880 --> 01:01:24,040
 You got that right.

1193
01:01:24,140 --> 01:01:24,760
 You know me well.

1194
01:01:26,020 --> 01:01:27,640
 Well, we're on this side of the fourth.

1195
01:01:28,280 --> 01:01:30,020
 Did you get any summer vacation?

1196
01:01:30,260 --> 01:01:31,980
 Or, if you did, are you back at it?

1197
01:01:32,040 --> 01:01:35,740
 Are you going through summer workouts along with all these high school kids?

1198
01:01:35,940 --> 01:01:36,960
 Isn't it amazing, Ben?

1199
01:01:37,280 --> 01:01:47,460
 For a lot of folks going up there who turn the counters with a lot of birthdays, they don't know what it's like now for these high school kids as far as what they're doing in the so-called off-season.

1200
01:01:48,500 --> 01:01:49,080
 Yeah, it's funny.

1201
01:01:49,180 --> 01:01:51,100
 I was just talking to my older brother about that.

1202
01:01:51,540 --> 01:02:00,240
 Today, I was trying to arrange some family business and trips and stuff, and I was telling him my son has workouts, too.

1203
01:02:00,260 --> 01:02:01,020
 Tuesday through Thursday.

1204
01:02:01,140 --> 01:02:01,740
 He's like, what?

1205
01:02:01,840 --> 01:02:02,380
 What do you mean?

1206
01:02:02,520 --> 01:02:05,280
 I was like, we didn't go back to work until August 1st.

1207
01:02:05,360 --> 01:02:05,660
 I'm like, yeah.

1208
01:02:05,660 --> 01:02:06,220
 That's right.

1209
01:02:07,800 --> 01:02:10,840
 They're working out, you know, doing work and conditioning.

1210
01:02:11,080 --> 01:02:12,300
 We don't need to be doing with this.

1211
01:02:12,680 --> 01:02:17,600
 You know, you don't want guys just out there doing two days as hot as it's been.

1212
01:02:17,600 --> 01:02:22,340
 So, I think all that's positive changes in the health of our student-athletes.

1213
01:02:22,480 --> 01:02:25,880
 It's certainly different than it was, you know, 20 years ago, I guess.

1214
01:02:26,860 --> 01:02:27,260
 Absolutely.

1215
01:02:28,300 --> 01:02:36,900
 Five Alabama high school head coaches honored by Max Prelbs in their list of 100, and this

1216
01:02:36,900 --> 01:02:42,560
 is pretty prestigious to be on a Max Prelbs who covers, obviously, the entire country.

1217
01:02:43,200 --> 01:02:46,300
 Orange Beach is Shane Alexander for softball.

1218
01:02:46,780 --> 01:02:52,000
 Mark Freeman, we've talked about it about 30 times in the last two years for football, of

1219
01:02:52,000 --> 01:02:52,280
 course.

1220
01:02:52,880 --> 01:02:59,340
 Central Phoenix City's Mitchell Holt for flag football, which is going to gain more popularity

1221
01:02:59,340 --> 01:03:00,160
 every year.

1222
01:03:00,760 --> 01:03:03,520
 Hoover's Crystal Johnson, the girls' basketball.

1223
01:03:04,240 --> 01:03:06,660
 Miguel Toulin's Kate Wood for volleyball.

1224
01:03:07,180 --> 01:03:13,320
 BT, we talk about some of these guys throughout the course of the year, but Alabama's blessed

1225
01:03:13,320 --> 01:03:18,600
 to have, and a lot of names that are not on this list, but Alabama's blessed to have some

1226
01:03:18,600 --> 01:03:20,360
 very good high school coaches.

1227
01:03:21,320 --> 01:03:23,320
 Oh, yeah, in every sport, really.

1228
01:03:23,440 --> 01:03:27,900
 Yeah, this is a list of, I don't know, it'd be hard to combine to come up with this list.

1229
01:03:27,980 --> 01:03:34,160
 100 high school coaches in the nation headlined this list, and to say that we had five of them,

1230
01:03:34,200 --> 01:03:37,500
 and all those coaches, you know, obviously what they have in common is not only did they

1231
01:03:37,500 --> 01:03:41,520
 win the state championship this year or last year, they've won multiple ones in a row.

1232
01:03:41,520 --> 01:03:46,800
 So, I mean, Mark Freeman has now won, what, six out of the last seven, 7A football championships.

1233
01:03:47,880 --> 01:03:52,260
 Obviously, now we're going back to 6A, so who knows if we'll ever be another 7A again.

1234
01:03:53,260 --> 01:03:55,480
 Arnett Beach, Jane Alexander is pretty amazing.

1235
01:03:56,060 --> 01:04:01,120
 They've won all six of the state softball championships that they were eligible to play in.

1236
01:04:02,040 --> 01:04:04,520
 So, and they have now the record six in a row.

1237
01:04:05,200 --> 01:04:08,700
 Mitchell Holt, I think three straight in the flag football, and they've been the national

1238
01:04:08,700 --> 01:04:11,760
 champions a time or two at Central Phoenix City.

1239
01:04:11,960 --> 01:04:15,900
 Hoover's, what is Hoover, Lady Bucks, won six in a row now or something like that?

1240
01:04:15,900 --> 01:04:16,620
 Yeah, yes, six.

1241
01:04:16,700 --> 01:04:21,300
 And then McGill Coulin has dominated in football as well.

1242
01:04:21,460 --> 01:04:27,440
 So, not only great coaches who are highly successful, but also well-respected among their

1243
01:04:27,440 --> 01:04:30,980
 peers, you know, for what they invest in their particular sport.

1244
01:04:30,980 --> 01:04:34,040
 So, yeah, definite congratulations to all of them.

1245
01:04:34,980 --> 01:04:36,400
 Ben Thomas, they're going to be with us.

1246
01:04:36,480 --> 01:04:38,260
 Visit there at AL.com.

1247
01:04:38,320 --> 01:04:43,040
 Ben, you can guess, Brent and I talk a whole lot about recruiting, but it's college recruiting.

1248
01:04:43,200 --> 01:04:45,400
 Did we ever think we'd be asking this question?

1249
01:04:45,920 --> 01:04:47,540
 We talk about it from time to time.

1250
01:04:47,640 --> 01:04:50,920
 What is the latest as far as high school recruiting in Alabama?

1251
01:04:51,080 --> 01:04:57,100
 Because, let's face it, these guys, it's hard to get talent in, like the college coaches,

1252
01:04:57,180 --> 01:05:01,400
 it's hard to hold on to it because somebody from Georgia, Florida, Missouri, elsewhere,

1253
01:05:02,040 --> 01:05:03,140
 they're trying to fish them away.

1254
01:05:03,140 --> 01:05:08,220
 What, when you start asking or answer the question about high school recruiting in Alabama, where

1255
01:05:08,220 --> 01:05:08,740
 do you start?

1256
01:05:10,260 --> 01:05:15,140
 Well, I mean, it's probably as good as it's ever been and as competitive as it's ever

1257
01:05:15,140 --> 01:05:20,460
 been because now you've got to factor in NIL, you know, and there's got to be some limit

1258
01:05:20,460 --> 01:05:21,940
 to NIL at schools, right?

1259
01:05:22,020 --> 01:05:26,600
 I mean, so every school, you think the schools in our state can't rack up all of our recruits

1260
01:05:26,600 --> 01:05:31,380
 because, you know, there's just not enough NIL money to rack them up and recruit nationally

1261
01:05:31,380 --> 01:05:31,880
 as well.

1262
01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:37,140
 So you see more and more teams from around the nation coming in and recruiting our people.

1263
01:05:37,280 --> 01:05:41,180
 I mean, we got, I think we talked about last week, if you look at some of the rankings,

1264
01:05:42,260 --> 01:05:49,600
 Dothans, Aki, Aki, I can't even say this, Akiing Hall, a defensive back, and Jatori Williams,

1265
01:05:49,640 --> 01:05:54,060
 an offensive lineman out of Central Phoenix City, they're two of the top five players in

1266
01:05:54,060 --> 01:05:55,500
 any rankings, I think.

1267
01:05:55,560 --> 01:05:56,720
 They're both committed to Miami.

1268
01:05:58,080 --> 01:06:04,700
 We've got multiple guys committed to Texas, including Jabari Skarrar, who was committed

1269
01:06:04,700 --> 01:06:05,340
 to Alabama.

1270
01:06:06,000 --> 01:06:10,500
 Obviously, Gunnar Rivers is going to NC State, but we know why that's, you know, that's the

1271
01:06:10,500 --> 01:06:10,760
 case.

1272
01:06:10,880 --> 01:06:11,340
 I mean, we don't see NC State.

1273
01:06:11,340 --> 01:06:11,720
 Shocking.

1274
01:06:13,180 --> 01:06:18,080
 Although, you know, Ronnie Goldshore sent somebody to NC State just a couple of years ago, Ronnie

1275
01:06:18,080 --> 01:06:22,120
 Royal, but NC State's coming in because of who Gunnar's daddy is.

1276
01:06:22,120 --> 01:06:23,780
 It's not that he can't play at that level.

1277
01:06:23,880 --> 01:06:30,040
 He certainly can, but that's the tie there, and if you look down, you've got a Clemson,

1278
01:06:30,120 --> 01:06:30,740
 you've got Arkansas.

1279
01:06:31,400 --> 01:06:35,720
 Oregon has come in the last couple of years and taken, you know, some of our top prospects.

1280
01:06:36,600 --> 01:06:39,860
 And they've got another one this year that's committed, and Cam Pritchett's a big defensive

1281
01:06:39,860 --> 01:06:40,840
 lineman out of Thompson.

1282
01:06:41,120 --> 01:06:45,680
 So, a couple in Oklahoma, you know, Oklahoma, I think Jim Nagy, you know, Jim Nagy used to

1283
01:06:45,680 --> 01:06:49,880
 be the executive director of what's now the Panini Senior Bowl.

1284
01:06:49,880 --> 01:06:54,880
 It was the Reesey Senior Bowl when he was here, but he is now the general manager at Oklahoma,

1285
01:06:55,120 --> 01:06:56,540
 actually just got a huge raise.

1286
01:06:56,900 --> 01:07:01,060
 They're doing a great job out there, and they've got two of the best players in Mobile committed

1287
01:07:01,060 --> 01:07:01,640
 for this year.

1288
01:07:01,760 --> 01:07:06,380
 Jamison Roberts, the quarterback at Sierra Land, who's probably one of the top Mr. Football

1289
01:07:06,380 --> 01:07:09,500
 candidates, and Jalen Scott, the defensive back from Williamson.

1290
01:07:09,700 --> 01:07:12,940
 So, a lot of good players in this class.

1291
01:07:13,040 --> 01:07:18,040
 And actually, we should mention that we are debuting, starting a week from yesterday, we're

1292
01:07:18,040 --> 01:07:22,860
 debuting our new best in Bama recruiting list that Randy Kennedy does.

1293
01:07:23,020 --> 01:07:24,560
 This is the second year we've done this.

1294
01:07:24,620 --> 01:07:30,440
 This is the list of top prospects in our state, regardless of their grade, classification, or

1295
01:07:30,440 --> 01:07:31,520
 position they play.

1296
01:07:32,100 --> 01:07:34,180
 And we'll debut them 10 at a time.

1297
01:07:34,300 --> 01:07:38,760
 It's revamped, because obviously the class of 2026 is now taken out.

1298
01:07:38,980 --> 01:07:44,260
 Class of 2027 will highlight this one, but we'll also have juniors and sophomores, you

1299
01:07:44,260 --> 01:07:45,340
 know, and we'll rank those.

1300
01:07:45,340 --> 01:07:51,180
 So, we'll debut that starting next Sunday, 10 at a time, and then Randy will, every Thursday

1301
01:07:51,180 --> 01:07:54,720
 of the high school football season, he'll have a new ranking, updated ranking for that.

1302
01:07:54,860 --> 01:08:00,400
 So, we think it's a really unique deal that we're able to do for our readers, and we'll

1303
01:08:00,400 --> 01:08:01,820
 start that, like I said, on Sunday.

1304
01:08:02,620 --> 01:08:07,980
 BT, we talked with you a lot about the polls, and we've talked about this quite a bit this

1305
01:08:07,980 --> 01:08:08,400
 year.

1306
01:08:09,340 --> 01:08:15,320
 The majority of AL.com newsletter readers still believe that the Alabama Hubs,

1307
01:08:15,340 --> 01:08:20,560
 High School Athletic Association, has a long way to go to curb recruiting in high school

1308
01:08:20,560 --> 01:08:21,120
 football.

1309
01:08:21,260 --> 01:08:26,200
 In the poll earlier this month, 44% of the readers said they believe recruiting is still

1310
01:08:26,200 --> 01:08:26,720
 rampant.

1311
01:08:27,320 --> 01:08:35,400
 16.7% believe that the recent AHSAA rulings have been a step in the right direction, and

1312
01:08:35,400 --> 01:08:39,380
 40% or 38% said time will tell.

1313
01:08:39,380 --> 01:08:42,700
 We know two coaches have been suspended for the year.

1314
01:08:42,820 --> 01:08:52,340
 I think they have an opportunity to plea their case late this month, and we'll see where that

1315
01:08:52,340 --> 01:08:52,580
 goes.

1316
01:08:52,660 --> 01:08:56,840
 I do agree with you, as you mentioned in your article, that you're a little more optimistic

1317
01:08:56,840 --> 01:08:58,340
 about this.

1318
01:08:58,460 --> 01:09:03,480
 Maybe Heath Harmon, the executive director, was trying to send a message with this.

1319
01:09:04,660 --> 01:09:06,620
 Will it ever be stopped completely?

1320
01:09:06,960 --> 01:09:07,280
 Never.

1321
01:09:08,080 --> 01:09:09,660
 Is there been some improvement?

1322
01:09:09,960 --> 01:09:10,400
 Probably.

1323
01:09:11,640 --> 01:09:15,040
 But BT, your thoughts again on your poll and where we're going.

1324
01:09:16,520 --> 01:09:19,100
 Well, I mean, I do think it's a step in the right direction.

1325
01:09:19,240 --> 01:09:22,620
 I mean, I haven't seen the evidence against either one of those schools, so I'm not making

1326
01:09:22,620 --> 01:09:23,940
 any referendum on that.

1327
01:09:24,220 --> 01:09:29,460
 But, I mean, I think when you come down that hard on two schools, you know, Pell City hasn't

1328
01:09:29,460 --> 01:09:31,260
 been greatly successful lately.

1329
01:09:32,020 --> 01:09:37,140
 It pains me to say that, since my dad went to school there and was a longtime lover of Pell

1330
01:09:37,140 --> 01:09:37,940
 City Athletics.

1331
01:09:37,940 --> 01:09:41,600
 But, you know, hiring Jake Gaines was a big-time hire for them.

1332
01:09:41,880 --> 01:09:45,940
 Mary G. Montgomery had been, you know, they were a dormant program for a long, long time.

1333
01:09:46,580 --> 01:09:50,480
 Zach Golsan came in there and took them to the playoffs four straight years and even went

1334
01:09:50,480 --> 01:09:51,340
 to the semifinals.

1335
01:09:51,680 --> 01:09:55,860
 So, those are pretty, two teams that have been on the radar.

1336
01:09:57,080 --> 01:10:01,100
 And then, I don't, you mentioned they'll have their chance to plead their case.

1337
01:10:01,180 --> 01:10:02,740
 I don't know that the head coaches will.

1338
01:10:02,880 --> 01:10:06,140
 I think the schools will go in front of the board.

1339
01:10:06,140 --> 01:10:09,520
 And I'm not sure it's plead their case as much as I think what they're supposed to do

1340
01:10:09,520 --> 01:10:13,660
 is, here's our plan to prevent this from happening in the future.

1341
01:10:14,500 --> 01:10:19,860
 And maybe the central board elects to take some of those restrictive probation penalties

1342
01:10:19,860 --> 01:10:20,200
 away.

1343
01:10:20,300 --> 01:10:20,940
 We don't know.

1344
01:10:21,060 --> 01:10:22,880
 Well, you know, they've done that in the past.

1345
01:10:22,960 --> 01:10:24,300
 We don't know if that'll happen this year.

1346
01:10:24,340 --> 01:10:26,060
 But that'll be July 29th.

1347
01:10:26,680 --> 01:10:29,740
 So, that'll be a big date that we need to circle on our calendar.

1348
01:10:30,680 --> 01:10:35,020
 But I do think, I mean, you know, people are never going to be completely happy.

1349
01:10:35,020 --> 01:10:37,780
 I mean, I do think this certainly is an eye-opener.

1350
01:10:38,020 --> 01:10:42,540
 And hopefully, if there are coaches in this state who aren't doing it right, who are doing

1351
01:10:42,540 --> 01:10:47,680
 the wrong things, I hope they look at this and say, maybe we need to reevaluate.

1352
01:10:48,620 --> 01:10:49,360
 But we'll see.

1353
01:10:49,440 --> 01:10:55,540
 I mean, the big news last week, and actually, just as you guys called, the AISA Executive

1354
01:10:55,540 --> 01:10:57,720
 Director Michael McClendon gave me a call.

1355
01:10:57,800 --> 01:10:59,200
 I'm going to talk to him hopefully today.

1356
01:10:59,720 --> 01:11:06,200
 You know, Atauga Academy decided to leave the AHSAA and go back to the AISA for the coming

1357
01:11:06,200 --> 01:11:10,760
 school year, which is huge because, you know, that's in wake of the split.

1358
01:11:11,120 --> 01:11:15,000
 And, you know, they were in a region in the AHSAA already.

1359
01:11:15,100 --> 01:11:17,780
 So I don't know what the fines may be there.

1360
01:11:17,940 --> 01:11:22,980
 And more importantly, is this the first and only school that's going to do this this year?

1361
01:11:23,140 --> 01:11:25,660
 Is this going to be a trend in time to come?

1362
01:11:25,660 --> 01:11:30,880
 I mean, I think that's a big, I thought we were kind of at a, you know, to a point where,

1363
01:11:31,020 --> 01:11:35,920
 okay, the controversy behind us, let's see what happens this first year.

1364
01:11:36,000 --> 01:11:37,120
 But maybe that's not the case.

1365
01:11:37,240 --> 01:11:40,420
 Maybe there are more schools considering doing something different.

1366
01:11:41,280 --> 01:11:42,080
 Yeah, absolutely.

1367
01:11:43,120 --> 01:11:48,880
 The next poll question, and again, I know I enjoy the poll questions.

1368
01:11:49,640 --> 01:11:54,020
 And I think the latest one was, for a high school football player, what's the most important

1369
01:11:54,020 --> 01:11:56,960
 during the summer to help them succeed in the fall?

1370
01:11:57,100 --> 01:12:02,820
 Weight training, conditioning, seven-on-seven competition, rest, and a healthy mix of all

1371
01:12:02,820 --> 01:12:03,200
 three.

1372
01:12:04,060 --> 01:12:07,600
 So I'll be curious to see what the poll results are for that.

1373
01:12:07,700 --> 01:12:09,960
 As you mentioned, Best of Bama coming out.

1374
01:12:10,400 --> 01:12:12,460
 What else have you got coming out this week?

1375
01:12:12,460 --> 01:12:13,560
 And where can we find it?

1376
01:12:14,320 --> 01:12:17,860
 Yeah, I'll tell you, my 14-year-old would not say conditioning.

1377
01:12:19,000 --> 01:12:20,320
 He's out there in the hot zone.

1378
01:12:20,620 --> 01:12:25,060
 He actually, I've been telling him, like, you need to get out in the late afternoon and get

1379
01:12:25,060 --> 01:12:25,880
 ready for stuff.

1380
01:12:26,140 --> 01:12:32,720
 Last week, he mowed the grass with his football helmet on to try and get used to the acclimated

1381
01:12:32,720 --> 01:12:33,160
 to that.

1382
01:12:33,240 --> 01:12:34,300
 Brenton has to do that.

1383
01:12:36,300 --> 01:12:42,840
 But we're in full kind of, I think we've concluded our award season last week.

1384
01:12:42,900 --> 01:12:47,500
 We named our male and female athletes of the year in each of our three markets and also

1385
01:12:47,500 --> 01:12:52,600
 named our overall male athlete of the year, who was Garrett Reed from High School.

1386
01:12:52,700 --> 01:12:53,160
 There you go.

1387
01:12:53,160 --> 01:12:56,040
 You can find the story on that on AL.com.

1388
01:12:56,460 --> 01:13:02,040
 We kind of begin our preliminary Best in Bama stuff on Thursday with a look back on where

1389
01:13:02,040 --> 01:13:03,460
 last year's seniors signed.

1390
01:13:03,580 --> 01:13:08,360
 So you can see, we talked about how many schools have come into Alabama and signed our kids.

1391
01:13:08,480 --> 01:13:13,480
 This will give you an idea of, all right, let me refresh myself of where these guys went.

1392
01:13:14,120 --> 01:13:16,240
 And then, so we'll have a lot of focus on that.

1393
01:13:17,140 --> 01:13:21,260
 We're also going to, we're working on volleyball stuff, who are the best volleyball players

1394
01:13:21,260 --> 01:13:21,840
 coming up.

1395
01:13:21,940 --> 01:13:24,980
 So there's going to be a lot of, a lot of news on AL.com moving forward.

1396
01:13:25,660 --> 01:13:26,680
 Ben, get some rest.

1397
01:13:26,760 --> 01:13:27,360
 Hard to believe.

1398
01:13:27,580 --> 01:13:31,420
 Four weeks from today, correct me if I'm wrong, practice begins for high school teams.

1399
01:13:31,560 --> 01:13:34,060
 Six weeks and some change, the first game of the season.

1400
01:13:34,620 --> 01:13:38,800
 Get some rest, stay cool, and get your son of a brand new football helmet there, Ben, and

1401
01:13:38,800 --> 01:13:40,180
 maybe get even more grass mowed.

1402
01:13:40,420 --> 01:13:42,760
 But in the meantime, thanks so much for your time today, buddy.

1403
01:13:43,380 --> 01:13:44,680
 All right, guys, y'all have a good week.

1404
01:13:44,740 --> 01:13:45,260
 You too, bud.

1405
01:13:45,640 --> 01:13:48,160
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 How are you?

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 I'm good, gentlemen.

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 How are we doing?

1489
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 Hey, buddy.

1490
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 Man, we're doing well.

1491
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 Well, we're anticipating V-Man.

1492
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 Did you ever think you'd be on the eve of a game that's so big that the president of the

1493
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 United States got involved in it?

1494
01:18:03,880 --> 01:18:08,840
 Are you ready for some World Cup soccer tonight, the USA and Belgium?

1495
01:18:10,320 --> 01:18:11,280
 Yeah, absolutely.

1496
01:18:11,540 --> 01:18:15,000
 I've watched some of every single game.

1497
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 I've loved it.

1498
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 Last night's England win over Mexico was amazing.

1499
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 So many people, celebrities, athletes, everybody was reacting to it.

1500
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 It was incredible.

1501
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 The most intense game in the World Cup by far.

1502
01:18:31,880 --> 01:18:34,080
 One of the best I've ever seen, honestly.

1503
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 Not being a prisoner of the moment either.

1504
01:18:36,760 --> 01:18:37,460
 It was incredible.

1505
01:18:38,180 --> 01:18:46,020
 And then, you know, obviously with the U.S. and getting Valorant Baligan back from the suspended

1506
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 suspension, basically, is what it was.

1507
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 Double S.

1508
01:18:49,840 --> 01:18:58,020
 And, yeah, the, you know, the involvement of the president, you know, who knows how much

1509
01:18:58,020 --> 01:19:00,640
 of an influence or how much he leaned on him.

1510
01:19:00,720 --> 01:19:02,860
 Some people are like, well, he would have bragged about it.

1511
01:19:02,940 --> 01:19:04,700
 But, you know, who knows?

1512
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 Maybe they said, hey, we'll do you this favor, but don't brag about it.

1513
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 So who knows how much?

1514
01:19:09,920 --> 01:19:13,100
 But it's not the optics isn't great for everybody else.

1515
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 And, you know, you hate that everyone else is just going to pile on, you know, hating the U.S.

1516
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 Wham, wham, wham.

1517
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 But in terms of the game, man, it should be so much fun.

1518
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 And love that how many people are jumping in on it.

1519
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 And, man, if the U.S. wins, it's just going to ramp it up till Friday.

1520
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 So, yeah, I'm all in.

1521
01:19:34,280 --> 01:19:38,900
 Let me ask you about the Tennessee uniform debuts.

1522
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 They're rolling them out.

1523
01:19:41,260 --> 01:19:43,840
 Tennessee went from Nike to Adidas.

1524
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 The orange uniforms, the white uniforms, the summit blue for the Lady Vols basketball team,

1525
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 the dark mode or the black.

1526
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 And, obviously, this is a lot of money until 10-year deal with Adidas.

1527
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 Now, the only thing they should have done was to have you and Daphne model these this week.

1528
01:20:06,020 --> 01:20:06,040
 Right.

1529
01:20:06,040 --> 01:20:06,640
 Who said it didn't?

1530
01:20:07,040 --> 01:20:09,500
 But, you know, they missed an opportunity there.

1531
01:20:09,700 --> 01:20:14,160
 But, V, man, your thoughts on the rollout with the Tennessee new uniforms?

1532
01:20:15,580 --> 01:20:15,840
 Yeah.

1533
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 If only I could have you advocating for me more frequently, BB, I'd really appreciate it.

1534
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 Right.

1535
01:20:22,540 --> 01:20:27,300
 But, no, every day is a different portion.

1536
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 You mentioned all those orange, white, the summit blue, and then the dark mode that they're going to do with the blacks.

1537
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 Every day, they're unveiling one for all sports.

1538
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 And then there are certain things that they are holding back, like the smoky gray specials that they'll do.

1539
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 They'll hold that back.

1540
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 And then they'll have some other special things that they're doing that they'll hold back till it's time so they don't give everything away.

1541
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 But you look at it for the casual viewer, they're going to be like, oh, those look the same as the other ones.

1542
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 And, honestly, they do.

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 The only difference is, the biggest difference is the numbers are more bold.

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 And they say that it's more in sync with the power team.

1545
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 So, they're bigger, bolder numbers, which is very, very appreciated for those of us that are up just under the clouds in the press box at Neyland Stadium or anywhere else the balls are playing.

1546
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 And then for the fans, too.

1547
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 You want them to be able to see the numbers.

1548
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 The white on orange is not always the easiest in contrast.

1549
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 So, those are appreciated.

1550
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 It's supposed to be better, you know, breathable material, things like that.

1551
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 So, you know, largely because Tennessee has the creative control over it, you're not going to see them do anything crazy with it.

1552
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 And I think that's a good thing.

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 Fans want the traditional look.

1554
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 And then it opens the door for them to be able to bring back the true old school classic looks from back in the day and duplicate it.

1555
01:22:03,720 --> 01:22:08,820
 As opposed to when they were with Nike, it was kind of partial, but it doesn't look the same.

1556
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 And Nike kind of put their own, you know, imprint on it.

1557
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 Now, it's Tennessee doing what Tennessee wants to do and then doing what they did with Adidas back in the day when you do those throwbacks.

1558
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 You're absolutely right about that press box.

1559
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 I've covered a number of games over the years.

1560
01:22:25,520 --> 01:22:28,160
 And I remember sitting there chatting with a fellow sportscaster.

1561
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 And it's so high up.

1562
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 You couldn't see, especially on a sunny day, you could not make up the contrast of the numbers

1563
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 on those jerseys.

1564
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 And you're so high.

1565
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 The joke in the press thoughts was, knowing how sports writers live, that's the closest to heaven a lot of them's ever going to get

1566
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 when they got that high in the stadiums.

1567
01:22:45,540 --> 01:22:48,200
 One guy that won't be wearing it, apparently, is Chaz.

1568
01:22:48,400 --> 01:22:51,100
 What's happening with the Chaz drama in Tennessee country?

1569
01:22:52,100 --> 01:22:53,360
 Well, it's over.

1570
01:22:54,360 --> 01:22:58,620
 With him being medically disqualified, he's no longer a part of the team.

1571
01:22:58,700 --> 01:23:00,380
 He's not able to go to another school.

1572
01:23:01,440 --> 01:23:02,340
 It's unfortunate.

1573
01:23:03,080 --> 01:23:16,460
 You know, Tennessee, because of the reports from BallQuest, looks like they reworked his NIL deal to where it backloaded a lot of money to give him the incentive to be a part of the team.

1574
01:23:16,920 --> 01:23:19,640
 So it's less of a financial hit in NIL.

1575
01:23:20,160 --> 01:23:26,640
 Tennessee doesn't look like they're, you know, backing out of an NIL deal or asking for money back.

1576
01:23:26,640 --> 01:23:32,040
 Those things you never want out there because then you get negatively recruited, fair or not.

1577
01:23:32,540 --> 01:23:35,400
 And so Tennessee was able to avoid all that.

1578
01:23:35,720 --> 01:23:40,020
 You know, look, they brought him in because he was really talented.

1579
01:23:40,660 --> 01:23:51,860
 He hadn't been productive yet because he's so young, but it was the upside that they could have, with bolding him and him fitting into Jim Knowles' defense, the upside potential.

1580
01:23:52,260 --> 01:23:53,200
 But it was on potential.

1581
01:23:53,420 --> 01:23:54,380
 It was not on production.

1582
01:23:55,120 --> 01:24:06,040
 And so Jim Knowles, with what he does in defense, I've been studying a lot of his Penn State, Ohio State defenses especially, he adapts to his personnel really well.

1583
01:24:06,480 --> 01:24:17,500
 And he will find a lot of things to confuse offenses and generate pass rush, even if they don't have a guy with an upside ceiling like he did, potentially.

1584
01:24:17,600 --> 01:24:20,900
 But there was no guarantee that he was going to live up to that, even if you had him.

1585
01:24:20,900 --> 01:24:31,440
 So I think Jim Knowles will compensate for it, and you'll see them do some different formational things defensively because that's what he does really well.

1586
01:24:32,640 --> 01:24:37,080
 Well, Danny White is going to make a significant bonus.

1587
01:24:38,520 --> 01:24:42,660
 $577,000 is his significant bonus.

1588
01:24:43,380 --> 01:24:56,580
 Tennessee finishes 15th in the Lear Cup and 52% increase in contributions, 51% increase in licensing revenue, and 12% spike in ticket sales.

1589
01:24:56,800 --> 01:24:59,160
 That had a little bit to do with it also.

1590
01:25:00,280 --> 01:25:01,160
 Yeah, for sure.

1591
01:25:01,280 --> 01:25:04,560
 And look, the Adidas deal, it's more than just changing uniforms.

1592
01:25:05,120 --> 01:25:13,900
 Adidas is making Tennessee basically the face of their brand for college football.

1593
01:25:14,260 --> 01:25:16,060
 And they invested a lot in Tennessee.

1594
01:25:16,600 --> 01:25:24,420
 And it's packed and it's connected in with NIL deals where the players end up being ambassadors for Adidas.

1595
01:25:24,700 --> 01:25:28,340
 So it's helping your recruit and get better players.

1596
01:25:28,340 --> 01:25:36,000
 So much of it is more than just the apparel deal and the licensing and that kind of stuff.

1597
01:25:36,380 --> 01:25:44,480
 So it's, you know, yes, 15 broke a streak of three consecutive seasons for them to be in the top six.

1598
01:25:45,480 --> 01:25:50,320
 And so 15 was further down than what we've seen them over the last few years.

1599
01:25:50,320 --> 01:25:55,180
 But it's still so much better than what they were pre-Danny White.

1600
01:25:55,440 --> 01:25:58,520
 You know, they're still able to, I guess, meet a lot of those bonuses.

1601
01:25:58,960 --> 01:25:59,720
 Absolutely, buddy.

1602
01:25:59,800 --> 01:26:01,280
 I always enjoy the conversation.

1603
01:26:01,460 --> 01:26:04,380
 Where can we find the man on social media?

1604
01:26:05,380 --> 01:26:06,100
 Yeah, I appreciate it.

1605
01:26:06,140 --> 01:26:08,420
 Adidas Sports, B-I-N-C-E Sports.

1606
01:26:08,660 --> 01:26:11,820
 And they've done a bunch of interviews with former Tennessee players in the NFL.

1607
01:26:12,460 --> 01:26:15,640
 You can find that at 991thesportsanimals.com.

1608
01:26:15,760 --> 01:26:19,960
 And we'll have back to the TV stuff coming up this week after the board.

1609
01:26:20,080 --> 01:26:21,900
 So always enjoy being on with you guys.

1610
01:26:22,420 --> 01:26:22,780
 Same.

1611
01:26:22,840 --> 01:26:23,660
 Right back to you, Jim.

1612
01:26:23,760 --> 01:26:24,080
 B-Man.

1613
01:26:24,160 --> 01:26:25,000
 Enjoy the soccer.

1614
01:26:25,000 --> 01:26:27,000
 But first, what about the latest from Wimbledon?

1615
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 The latest next.

1616
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1619
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1620
01:26:48,300 --> 01:26:53,680
 And then her emotional post-match on-court interview when she talked about what it meant to be from the Philippines

1621
01:26:53,680 --> 01:26:56,460
 and win on center court, where today she lost.

1622
01:26:56,540 --> 01:27:00,640
 Beaten in three sets by Italy's Jasmine Paolini, who was a Wimbledon finalist two years ago.

1623
01:27:00,640 --> 01:27:04,000
 The other women's winners today, Elise Bertens of Belgium,

1624
01:27:04,140 --> 01:27:08,960
 Marta Kostiak from Ukraine, and Linda Nascova, who's from Chechia.

1625
01:27:09,060 --> 01:27:10,540
 She took out the American Madison Keys.

1626
01:27:10,660 --> 01:27:11,920
 Taylor Frens has played well.

1627
01:27:12,300 --> 01:27:14,900
 He's up two sets right now on Alexander Bublik.

1628
01:27:15,000 --> 01:27:18,240
 Arthur Ferry went to high school in the town of Wimbledon.

1629
01:27:18,600 --> 01:27:23,380
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1630
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1743
01:34:16,060 --> 01:34:16,900
 Welcome back, MBB.

1744
01:34:16,960 --> 01:34:18,520
 We will be totally remiss.

1745
01:34:18,760 --> 01:34:20,900
 I just heard the golf update there.

1746
01:34:21,900 --> 01:34:24,740
 I don't know if a lot of folks caught it from the U.S. Senior Open.

1747
01:34:24,880 --> 01:34:30,340
 There's a guy from Florence, Alabama, Roots here, that did pretty well at the U.S. Senior Open.

1748
01:34:30,460 --> 01:34:31,320
 He is tearing it up.

1749
01:34:31,480 --> 01:34:36,680
 Stewart Sink finishes second to Patrick Harrington at the U.S. Senior.

1750
01:34:37,400 --> 01:34:38,920
 Stewart, four shots back.

1751
01:34:39,060 --> 01:34:39,840
 Eight under.

1752
01:34:40,220 --> 01:34:41,460
 Harrington, 12 under.

1753
01:34:41,600 --> 01:34:44,680
 But finishing second at a major like that, but the Senior's not bad.

1754
01:34:44,860 --> 01:34:48,260
 And Stewart Sink is rolling in the dough these days, BB.

1755
01:34:48,260 --> 01:34:52,160
 Yeah, I think he led the first round of the Senior Tournament.

1756
01:34:52,860 --> 01:34:55,120
 Unfortunately, yesterday, shot a 71.

1757
01:34:55,580 --> 01:34:57,480
 Pannington, I believe, shot a 66.

1758
01:34:58,100 --> 01:35:04,200
 And pretty much had the lead going into the, through the final nine.

1759
01:35:04,340 --> 01:35:07,440
 But no, there's, listen, Stewart Sink's had an incredible year.

1760
01:35:07,820 --> 01:35:12,080
 You know, as a golf course, not too far from here, I'm sure he spent a lot of time.

1761
01:35:12,180 --> 01:35:19,660
 I wonder if our next guest gets to go out there and hopefully some of that Stewart Sink golf talent would rub off on him.

1762
01:35:19,820 --> 01:35:24,280
 Mike Horton, the brand new head coach at Brooks High School in Killen.

1763
01:35:24,340 --> 01:35:25,300
 Coach, welcome in.

1764
01:35:25,360 --> 01:35:26,040
 How are you?

1765
01:35:26,600 --> 01:35:26,980
 I'm good.

1766
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1767
01:35:28,120 --> 01:35:28,600
 Hey, Coach.

1768
01:35:28,720 --> 01:35:33,700
 Man, did you get to get out there and hopefully some of that Stewart Sink influence will wear off on you at Turtle Point, Coach?

1769
01:35:34,500 --> 01:35:36,080
 I don't know about that now.

1770
01:35:36,080 --> 01:35:40,260
 I know Stewart Sink back in the days when he was at Bradshaw, because I'm an old graduate of Bradshaw.

1771
01:35:40,440 --> 01:35:41,760
 So I've heard about him pretty well.

1772
01:35:42,740 --> 01:35:45,460
 I don't get too much time to go play golf now.

1773
01:35:45,460 --> 01:35:47,360
 I do every time I do, but not too much.

1774
01:35:47,940 --> 01:35:49,980
 You've got one of the more interesting stories, Coach.

1775
01:35:50,320 --> 01:35:51,320
 We'll be looking at it.

1776
01:35:51,560 --> 01:35:55,060
 First of all, congratulations being named the new head coach at Brooks High.

1777
01:35:55,120 --> 01:36:00,620
 The question is, did you and the former coach, Tim Bowen, did you guys cross each other on the highway?

1778
01:36:00,800 --> 01:36:02,600
 You're now at Killen coming from Florence.

1779
01:36:03,000 --> 01:36:05,300
 He's at Florence coming from Killen, Brooks High.

1780
01:36:05,300 --> 01:36:09,760
 That has to be one of the more interesting matchups in high school football.

1781
01:36:10,160 --> 01:36:13,160
 But your thoughts just about the brand new gig at Brooks High School.

1782
01:36:13,980 --> 01:36:17,860
 Well, obviously, it's an honor to be named, you know, head football coach here at Brooks.

1783
01:36:18,080 --> 01:36:21,420
 You know, I came here four years ago when Coach Bowens first got the job.

1784
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 And, you know, since I've been out here day one, I mean, the community's been great.

1785
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 You know, these kids have been great to be around.

1786
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 And, you know, it's been a good place to be over the last four years.

1787
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 You know, I was at one place for 11 years prior to that.

1788
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 And, obviously, you know, change, you know, you're kind of different, kind of going in.

1789
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 But, you know, talking with Coach Bowens when I first got here, you know, about the path we want to go to in the program.

1790
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 And, you know, just being around everybody out here in this community, you know, it's been a great, it's been a great transition.

1791
01:36:48,500 --> 01:36:50,080
 And now, you know, I'm ready for the next step.

1792
01:36:50,820 --> 01:36:52,720
 Tell us a little bit more about yourself.

1793
01:36:52,840 --> 01:37:06,980
 I know you played offensive line at UNA from 2005 to 2009, as you alluded to, 11 seasons at Florence, 10 as offensive line coach, and one season as outside linebacker.

1794
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 And, as you mentioned, came to Brooks, served as a very successful offensive coordinator.

1795
01:37:13,440 --> 01:37:19,840
 The lines of average under your tutelage, 36, 40, 37, and 33 points a game.

1796
01:37:19,940 --> 01:37:22,140
 We'll get into last year in a minute.

1797
01:37:22,280 --> 01:37:23,980
 Tell us a little bit more about yourself.

1798
01:37:25,260 --> 01:37:25,800
 Yes, sir.

1799
01:37:25,820 --> 01:37:26,940
 I played, you know, at UNA.

1800
01:37:27,040 --> 01:37:28,680
 I graduated from Bradshaw.

1801
01:37:29,320 --> 01:37:32,240
 Got the honor to play at UNA after that.

1802
01:37:32,780 --> 01:37:34,800
 First four years, I played for Coach Hudspeth.

1803
01:37:34,800 --> 01:37:40,000
 And then, you know, my last senior year is when Coach Bowden came in and, you know, played there at UNA.

1804
01:37:40,140 --> 01:37:41,860
 Like I said, I was an offensive lineman.

1805
01:37:42,540 --> 01:37:43,540
 I played center there.

1806
01:37:43,740 --> 01:37:50,040
 And then when I got to Florence, started out, obviously, coaching, you know, freshman football with the offensive line.

1807
01:37:50,200 --> 01:37:57,040
 And, you know, when I got moved up to varsity, one of the best things when you look back on it, it was when Coach Wallace was there.

1808
01:37:57,120 --> 01:37:59,960
 He moved me up and, you know, asked me to coach outside linebackers.

1809
01:38:00,080 --> 01:38:04,160
 You know, I've kind of been on the offensive side from a playing standpoint, then coaching.

1810
01:38:04,600 --> 01:38:08,120
 And then, you know, he moved me on that side to kind of learn that side of the ball as well.

1811
01:38:08,240 --> 01:38:12,480
 Obviously, you know, if you want to move up in a career, it's pretty big to coach both sides of the ball.

1812
01:38:12,540 --> 01:38:13,960
 So you can see both atmospheres.

1813
01:38:14,500 --> 01:38:17,900
 And, you know, after that first year of coaching outside linebackers, I got moved.

1814
01:38:17,960 --> 01:38:26,040
 And I've been coaching the offensive line at Florence, you know, for the rest of the time until I came out to be here at Brooks for the last four years and being the offense coordinator.

1815
01:38:27,140 --> 01:38:28,700
 Coach Mike Horton Brooks High School.

1816
01:38:28,820 --> 01:38:30,460
 Coach, talk to us just about that.

1817
01:38:31,080 --> 01:38:33,700
 A lot of coaches, it is a career.

1818
01:38:34,500 --> 01:38:36,360
 In some ways, it's kind of like broadcast.

1819
01:38:36,660 --> 01:38:38,120
 You've got two schools of thought.

1820
01:38:38,220 --> 01:38:39,600
 Some people want to come and stay.

1821
01:38:39,720 --> 01:38:42,320
 Some people want to bounce around like a rubber ball to build a resume.

1822
01:38:42,900 --> 01:38:48,360
 I've always said I want to go with someone who wants to keep it down home because they have the intangible.

1823
01:38:48,560 --> 01:38:50,420
 Just as they say, it just means more.

1824
01:38:50,940 --> 01:38:55,360
 I know the SEC has that mantra, but it just means more when you grow up with people.

1825
01:38:55,900 --> 01:38:59,140
 You go to the store, you get your hair cut with the people you've grown up with.

1826
01:38:59,180 --> 01:39:00,180
 You go to church with them.

1827
01:39:00,600 --> 01:39:02,960
 They'll be critical if you don't do the right thing.

1828
01:39:03,080 --> 01:39:04,720
 But, Coach, talk to us just what it means.

1829
01:39:05,020 --> 01:39:10,140
 I don't think it's news to you, but talk to us what it means to have your heart in your job as well.

1830
01:39:10,820 --> 01:39:16,860
 Well, you know, every time I go somewhere, I'm not ever looking to leave anywhere.

1831
01:39:17,060 --> 01:39:22,760
 We always tell the kids, be where your feet are and do the most successful and best as possible where you're at.

1832
01:39:23,360 --> 01:39:31,220
 Obviously, people want to grow your career and try to take the next step, but some people, I think, try to do it too fast.

1833
01:39:32,220 --> 01:39:34,500
 When the time's going to come, it's going to come.

1834
01:39:35,440 --> 01:39:37,160
 I was at Florence for 11 years.

1835
01:39:37,160 --> 01:39:39,900
 Obviously, I knew a lot of people just from being in that area.

1836
01:39:40,820 --> 01:39:47,080
 And you don't want to move just to move, but you've got to find the right fit or what feels like the right fit.

1837
01:39:47,460 --> 01:39:52,360
 And, like I said, I was there for 11 years and really enjoyed everybody I got to coach with.

1838
01:39:52,420 --> 01:39:54,380
 I got to coach under a bunch of head coaches.

1839
01:39:55,660 --> 01:39:58,900
 You learn a lot from them, and I was able to pick up.

1840
01:39:59,080 --> 01:40:02,060
 I actually coached under five coaches when I was there at Florence.

1841
01:40:03,000 --> 01:40:08,720
 You kind of pick up some stuff from a culture standpoint, schematically and all that,

1842
01:40:08,860 --> 01:40:11,020
 you kind of, you know, you try to form your own style.

1843
01:40:11,900 --> 01:40:17,100
 And, you know, when I got that phone call from Coach Bowens when he got the job here at Brooks,

1844
01:40:17,160 --> 01:40:22,300
 and, you know, we talked about, you know, what we wanted to do, what he was looking at doing,

1845
01:40:22,380 --> 01:40:23,340
 events doing the culture.

1846
01:40:23,700 --> 01:40:28,760
 And, you know, from an offensive standpoint, you know, it just felt like he was the right time.

1847
01:40:28,760 --> 01:40:33,660
 And, you know, Coach Bowens called, and he was a great man to work up under, obviously.

1848
01:40:34,000 --> 01:40:38,280
 And, you know, from all the attributes, not just as a coach, but, you know, as a growing man especially.

1849
01:40:38,660 --> 01:40:40,500
 And, you know, it just felt like he was the right fit.

1850
01:40:40,740 --> 01:40:44,240
 And, you know, like I said, I was offensive line coach, just position coach.

1851
01:40:44,240 --> 01:40:50,240
 And, obviously, the chance of being an offensive coordinator, you know, that kind of helped want to make that move.

1852
01:40:50,960 --> 01:40:52,300
 But, you know, it's just kind of one of them.

1853
01:40:52,360 --> 01:40:53,120
 It feels right.

1854
01:40:53,380 --> 01:40:59,660
 You know, you just want to find the best fit when you move up in your career.

1855
01:40:59,660 --> 01:41:02,120
 And that's just where I felt like, you know, coming out here at Brooks.

1856
01:41:02,400 --> 01:41:04,360
 Let me ask you about last year.

1857
01:41:04,640 --> 01:41:08,900
 In fact, the four years you were there, I believe you went to the quarterfinals twice.

1858
01:41:09,420 --> 01:41:11,240
 Last year, seven and four.

1859
01:41:11,820 --> 01:41:14,580
 And you lost the first two games.

1860
01:41:14,700 --> 01:41:16,940
 In fact, I went to the West Morgan game.

1861
01:41:17,960 --> 01:41:19,660
 And then you won seven of eight.

1862
01:41:19,660 --> 01:41:24,460
 And you scored 360 points in seven of those wins.

1863
01:41:25,780 --> 01:41:27,760
 Average 27 the first two games.

1864
01:41:27,940 --> 01:41:32,660
 Ended up averaging 42 in the final eight regular season games.

1865
01:41:32,840 --> 01:41:38,380
 Lost a tough run in the first round to Plainview with Jeremy Pruitt and his dad, Dale.

1866
01:41:38,560 --> 01:41:40,220
 Summarize last year for us.

1867
01:41:41,740 --> 01:41:43,960
 We had a lot of kids, you know, step in.

1868
01:41:44,100 --> 01:41:46,840
 You know, we had a good bit of seniors graduated the year before.

1869
01:41:47,220 --> 01:41:52,200
 And, you know, we had some kids, you know, that did play the prior year before last year.

1870
01:41:53,000 --> 01:41:54,440
 But, you know, we made a quarterback.

1871
01:41:54,740 --> 01:41:58,660
 You know, we moved Tanner, our wide receiver, to quarterback last year.

1872
01:41:59,280 --> 01:42:04,900
 And, you know, just kind of fitting that mold, getting the experience that we needed at the beginning of the year.

1873
01:42:05,140 --> 01:42:08,380
 And it kind of all started coming together, you know, after the first couple of games.

1874
01:42:08,720 --> 01:42:12,680
 And, you know, getting more confidence in what we're doing, how we're doing it.

1875
01:42:12,780 --> 01:42:14,100
 And, you know, protecting the football.

1876
01:42:14,760 --> 01:42:17,860
 You know, just trying to take care of the stuff that we can take care of.

1877
01:42:18,060 --> 01:42:19,440
 And, you know, we grew throughout the year.

1878
01:42:19,600 --> 01:42:24,420
 I mean, we made tremendous strides from game one, you know, to game 11 in the first round.

1879
01:42:24,920 --> 01:42:29,540
 And a lot of kids got a lot of experience, you know, they didn't play much the year before.

1880
01:42:30,540 --> 01:42:32,160
 So, you know, it was a growing experience.

1881
01:42:33,020 --> 01:42:35,420
 Kids fought, you know, every single game.

1882
01:42:35,500 --> 01:42:37,220
 They did everything we asked them to do.

1883
01:42:37,620 --> 01:42:41,340
 And, you know, it was good to see them grow from that standpoint from game one to game 11.

1884
01:42:41,340 --> 01:42:43,240
 And we got a lot of those kids coming back.

1885
01:42:43,380 --> 01:42:45,640
 So, we're looking forward to it.

1886
01:42:46,400 --> 01:42:47,740
 Coach, talk to us about it.

1887
01:42:47,740 --> 01:42:50,700
 Obviously, any time you go to a new job, it's new this, new that.

1888
01:42:51,200 --> 01:42:53,300
 Talk to us about how things are going.

1889
01:42:53,760 --> 01:42:58,160
 And, obviously, any time you talk about high school, you've got guys who were here last year coming back.

1890
01:42:58,220 --> 01:42:59,500
 You've also got guys who were there.

1891
01:42:59,640 --> 01:43:01,020
 They've gone now to graduation.

1892
01:43:01,380 --> 01:43:07,780
 Talk to us just about where things are right now in the cycle of the new era of Brooks High School football.

1893
01:43:08,760 --> 01:43:11,940
 You know, we've tried to create a lot of competition this year in all positions.

1894
01:43:12,700 --> 01:43:15,020
 And, you know, we've had, you know, the kids have been great with it.

1895
01:43:15,320 --> 01:43:16,820
 You know, they compete hard off the field.

1896
01:43:16,900 --> 01:43:17,860
 And, you know, they come back.

1897
01:43:17,960 --> 01:43:19,960
 You know, we're pretty much a family when we come back in here.

1898
01:43:20,640 --> 01:43:27,400
 But, I mean, the competition that we've created, you know, some have obviously separated themselves from that standpoint.

1899
01:43:27,780 --> 01:43:32,600
 And, you know, we've got some guys back in their regular position.

1900
01:43:33,260 --> 01:43:35,660
 You can tell they feel more comfortable back to there.

1901
01:43:35,700 --> 01:43:38,320
 And we're looking at people, you know, on both sides of the ball, you know,

1902
01:43:38,320 --> 01:43:42,340
 to try to figure out what's the best fit for us and try to go from that standpoint.

1903
01:43:42,700 --> 01:43:44,680
 Talk about the summer so far.

1904
01:43:44,880 --> 01:43:47,480
 I know a lot of coaches do seven-on-sevens.

1905
01:43:47,700 --> 01:43:49,520
 Obviously, strength and conditioning.

1906
01:43:49,740 --> 01:43:54,080
 The weight room is there to get ready for the season.

1907
01:43:54,660 --> 01:43:55,720
 How has summer been?

1908
01:43:56,100 --> 01:44:00,040
 And I know you also, you're quite familiar, again, as you mentioned.

1909
01:44:00,160 --> 01:44:01,180
 You've been there four years.

1910
01:44:01,280 --> 01:44:03,620
 You know these players very well.

1911
01:44:03,620 --> 01:44:08,760
 But talk about the summer as far as the guys getting acclimated for 2026.

1912
01:44:09,880 --> 01:44:11,760
 You know, we obviously started out in June.

1913
01:44:11,940 --> 01:44:15,300
 You know, we give them the first couple weeks after at the end of every school year to kind of, you know,

1914
01:44:15,380 --> 01:44:17,400
 rejuvenate, come back ready for the summer.

1915
01:44:17,680 --> 01:44:20,640
 And, you know, attendance, you know, everybody's been great here.

1916
01:44:20,720 --> 01:44:25,200
 We started out, like I said, early in June, really mainly working out, conditioning, you know,

1917
01:44:25,200 --> 01:44:28,360
 try to get it at that standpoint to increase in that manner.

1918
01:44:28,580 --> 01:44:30,220
 And we started the football stuff.

1919
01:44:30,320 --> 01:44:33,860
 And we've got a couple of sevens-on-sevens, and we've done a previous.

1920
01:44:34,000 --> 01:44:35,220
 We did a couple of them already.

1921
01:44:36,500 --> 01:44:38,920
 You know, and we're really kind of getting into it.

1922
01:44:38,940 --> 01:44:42,180
 Because when I told them, once you get back from the 4th of July, you know,

1923
01:44:42,180 --> 01:44:43,680
 it's pretty much full tilt from there.

1924
01:44:44,020 --> 01:44:47,760
 I mean, we give our kids off, you know, kind of give them a little break right in the middle.

1925
01:44:47,920 --> 01:44:49,740
 And, you know, we're back at it now.

1926
01:44:49,740 --> 01:44:52,880
 And, you know, we go back, and we're still working hard in the weight room.

1927
01:44:53,040 --> 01:44:56,080
 And then, you know, we get the extra stuff from the 707, you know.

1928
01:44:56,180 --> 01:45:00,780
 But, you know, the biggest thing is we just try to improve within ourselves each and every day.

1929
01:45:00,900 --> 01:45:04,060
 You know, we talk to the kids about getting 1% better each and every day.

1930
01:45:05,260 --> 01:45:06,860
 Not everything's a finished product.

1931
01:45:07,160 --> 01:45:10,220
 You know, we're finding one thing, and we're going to get better at it each day.

1932
01:45:10,540 --> 01:45:14,220
 And it just builds from that standpoint throughout the entire summer and into the season.

1933
01:45:15,180 --> 01:45:16,680
 Coach, Mike, Corton Brooks High School.

1934
01:45:16,680 --> 01:45:17,980
 Coach, I can't keep up with it.

1935
01:45:17,980 --> 01:45:18,740
 I'm not that smart.

1936
01:45:18,940 --> 01:45:24,840
 When folks in Montgomery real line things, you've got, obviously, things for a lot of schools,

1937
01:45:24,920 --> 01:45:25,860
 that means a lot of changes.

1938
01:45:26,040 --> 01:45:31,700
 How does the real alignment affect Brooks as far as in the area play and how things would

1939
01:45:31,700 --> 01:45:34,300
 be different this year, Matt's standpoint, compared to last year?

1940
01:45:35,200 --> 01:45:38,160
 We've got some new guys on our schedule this year.

1941
01:45:38,320 --> 01:45:41,980
 You know, we were able to hold over a couple of them, you know, from non-region.

1942
01:45:42,120 --> 01:45:46,100
 And we still have Deschler and West Morgan, who's been in our region previously.

1943
01:45:46,240 --> 01:45:47,480
 They'll still be in our region.

1944
01:45:48,360 --> 01:45:50,640
 And, you know, we've got Priceville, who's back.

1945
01:45:50,860 --> 01:45:54,640
 You know, we played them a couple of years ago in the playoffs when I was here.

1946
01:45:54,720 --> 01:45:59,020
 But, you know, we've also got Ardmore, Hamilton, West Point, and Lawrence County that's going

1947
01:45:59,020 --> 01:46:00,060
 to be kind of new to us.

1948
01:46:00,600 --> 01:46:02,060
 Those are the new teams.

1949
01:46:02,240 --> 01:46:04,580
 But, you know, we've got Hatton starting off.

1950
01:46:05,100 --> 01:46:06,240
 And then we've got Lardot County.

1951
01:46:06,300 --> 01:46:08,220
 And we also have Central as a non-region game.

1952
01:46:08,220 --> 01:46:13,120
 So, we're about half of the teams we're pretty much still familiar with for previous years.

1953
01:46:13,240 --> 01:46:16,400
 And, you know, we added those couple of teams for that's in our new alignment.

1954
01:46:16,840 --> 01:46:19,760
 Yeah, Class 4A, Area 7, eight teams.

1955
01:46:20,020 --> 01:46:24,140
 Boy, that is going to be, as you well know, that's going to be a dogfight every week.

1956
01:46:24,560 --> 01:46:27,560
 I was looking at the Times Daily preseason last night.

1957
01:46:28,120 --> 01:46:37,400
 And in 2020, entering the 2025 season, you had 13 seniors, 17 juniors, and 26 sophomores.

1958
01:46:37,660 --> 01:46:40,920
 And you mentioned a lot of those guys are coming back.

1959
01:46:41,580 --> 01:46:49,480
 Or 80, or as far as the juniors and sophomores, have you got about 90% of those guys coming back?

1960
01:46:50,440 --> 01:46:51,000
 Yes, sir.

1961
01:46:51,040 --> 01:46:56,060
 We've got a good group, especially on the defensive side, that's coming back from our secondary

1962
01:46:56,060 --> 01:46:57,520
 and from the line spot.

1963
01:46:57,680 --> 01:47:00,220
 You know, we've got a good core from our defensive side coming back.

1964
01:47:00,420 --> 01:47:02,980
 And we brought back most of our skilled guys on offense.

1965
01:47:04,020 --> 01:47:07,220
 So, those are pretty much, you know, from last year to this year,

1966
01:47:07,220 --> 01:47:09,700
 those are the guys that were able to gain a lot of experience.

1967
01:47:09,700 --> 01:47:13,760
 And still got a couple of guys up front on the offensive side that played last year,

1968
01:47:13,840 --> 01:47:17,840
 whether they were in there from a starter standpoint or a rotational standpoint,

1969
01:47:18,100 --> 01:47:21,720
 that are able to step up and hopefully have a big year for us coming up.

1970
01:47:21,980 --> 01:47:24,940
 I'll tell you what, every time I read an article about you,

1971
01:47:25,100 --> 01:47:26,840
 obviously you want to win games.

1972
01:47:27,300 --> 01:47:33,580
 But the one thing that I keep hearing more and more about is he develops young men physically,

1973
01:47:34,020 --> 01:47:36,280
 mentally, discipline-wise.

1974
01:47:36,800 --> 01:47:38,580
 You're doing this the right way.

1975
01:47:39,580 --> 01:47:40,320
 Thank you.

1976
01:47:40,380 --> 01:47:40,740
 Yes, sir.

1977
01:47:41,620 --> 01:47:45,860
 Well, you know, we try to instill, obviously, you know, from a football standpoint,

1978
01:47:46,200 --> 01:47:50,840
 you know, we want to improve them for on-the-field standpoint.

1979
01:47:51,580 --> 01:47:55,980
 It's like, you know, we've got a lot of guys that obviously have the aspiration to play at the next level.

1980
01:47:56,620 --> 01:47:59,360
 We hope that happens, you know, given that opportunity.

1981
01:48:00,200 --> 01:48:03,520
 But, you know, we preach our guys that we're all going to grow up to be men,

1982
01:48:03,760 --> 01:48:05,720
 and that's what we're all going to do.

1983
01:48:06,200 --> 01:48:11,760
 So we really try to instill the values in that to be a successful, you know,

1984
01:48:11,800 --> 01:48:14,620
 be a successful husband, be a successful father, you know.

1985
01:48:14,620 --> 01:48:19,280
 And we just try to implement a lot of those attributes in order to be that, you know,

1986
01:48:19,340 --> 01:48:24,420
 growing men of character, you know, from a discipline, accountability, trust standpoint.

1987
01:48:24,720 --> 01:48:28,960
 And I believe a lot of those traits obviously translate over to the football field,

1988
01:48:28,960 --> 01:48:31,280
 and they kind of work hand-in-hand together.

1989
01:48:31,520 --> 01:48:37,640
 So, you know, we do focus on building them to be the best football player at all possible, you know.

1990
01:48:37,740 --> 01:48:41,280
 But at the end of the day, we want to make sure that they grow up to be men

1991
01:48:41,280 --> 01:48:44,720
 that's going to be respected in this community, you know, and do things the right way.

1992
01:48:45,220 --> 01:48:45,620
 Absolutely.

1993
01:48:45,940 --> 01:48:50,760
 Listen, congratulations again on being named the new football coach at Brooks.

1994
01:48:50,800 --> 01:48:55,160
 I know a lot of people know you well, and I've heard nothing but great things about that.

1995
01:48:55,640 --> 01:48:57,020
 It's going to be a tough year.

1996
01:48:57,020 --> 01:49:01,360
 I forgot to mention to you, if you've got a jamboree, I know some teams do.

1997
01:49:02,640 --> 01:49:04,620
 Talk about that if you've got one.

1998
01:49:04,680 --> 01:49:07,480
 But listen, we wanted to introduce you to our audience.

1999
01:49:08,180 --> 01:49:09,500
 Have a great summer.

2000
01:49:09,720 --> 01:49:12,640
 I know things, again, the rubber meets the road now.

2001
01:49:13,020 --> 01:49:16,140
 Hopefully we can do this again with you sometime in August.

2002
01:49:16,880 --> 01:49:17,660
 Oh, yes, sir.

2003
01:49:17,760 --> 01:49:19,800
 You know, I greatly appreciate being on.

2004
01:49:19,920 --> 01:49:22,900
 I actually think I had to do one of these back when I was at UNA years ago.

2005
01:49:23,000 --> 01:49:24,200
 It don't seem that long ago.

2006
01:49:24,200 --> 01:49:27,240
 But when you actually look at the years, you're like, well, let's go.

2007
01:49:27,240 --> 01:49:27,760
 That's right.

2008
01:49:29,540 --> 01:49:30,660
 It's been good.

2009
01:49:30,740 --> 01:49:31,960
 I appreciate you all having me on.

2010
01:49:32,940 --> 01:49:35,320
 Mike, we appreciate you having all the best.

2011
01:49:35,480 --> 01:49:37,700
 And down to the season, let's do it again soon.

2012
01:49:37,780 --> 01:49:39,440
 And stay as cool as you can out there, okay?

2013
01:49:40,160 --> 01:49:40,680
 Yes, sir.

2014
01:49:40,760 --> 01:49:41,060
 Thank you.

2015
01:49:41,100 --> 01:49:41,780
 Thank you, Coach.

2016
01:49:42,040 --> 01:49:42,660
 There you have it.

2017
01:49:42,720 --> 01:49:44,380
 New Brooks Highhead football coach.

2018
01:49:44,680 --> 01:49:45,420
 Mike Horton.

2019
01:49:45,540 --> 01:49:47,580
 BB, a big night ahead.

2020
01:49:47,700 --> 01:49:50,240
 You got soccer and you got the Braves, my friend.

2021
01:49:50,420 --> 01:49:52,800
 Yeah, the Braves lost a tough game, 10-9.

2022
01:49:52,900 --> 01:49:57,620
 They got behind 10-4 and then rallied to make it 10-9.

2023
01:49:57,720 --> 01:49:59,080
 Just couldn't get over the hump.

2024
01:49:59,080 --> 01:50:03,600
 In fact, it's pretty rare to have what I call a wraparound game.

2025
01:50:03,980 --> 01:50:05,100
 Another game with the Mets.

2026
01:50:05,280 --> 01:50:14,700
 Normally, teams begin a three-game series on Monday, but one more game with the Mets, and you can hear that game right here on 93-9, the score.

2027
01:50:14,840 --> 01:50:18,820
 We'll start the night three games up on the second-place fields again.

2028
01:50:18,940 --> 01:50:20,220
 Catch it later on tonight.

2029
01:50:20,280 --> 01:50:21,320
 You're on 93-9, the score.

2030
01:50:21,420 --> 01:50:22,540
 It's going to take care of business for now.

2031
01:50:22,600 --> 01:50:27,480
 On behalf of BB, Greg, James, Blair, the entire crew here, Harold Buck, thank you so much for your time today.

2032
01:50:27,560 --> 01:50:28,220
 Let's do it again tomorrow.

2033
01:50:28,220 --> 01:50:32,240
 We're on Dune to 2 for the Bumble Buck Show back here on Sports Radio 93-9, the score.