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

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 Now, your host, Harold Bugg on 93.9.

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 The Sports.

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 And welcome into the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 Brett Beaird in for Harold Bugg.

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 Hopefully Harold's going to be joining us here shortly and a guest or two.

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 A lot of things going on today.

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 Logan Fowler talking Auburn.

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 Ryan Fowler talking Alabama.

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 Ryan Callahan talking Tennessee a little bit later on the show.

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 We got a lot of Fowlers and Ryans on the show today.

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 Phil Steele, the most accurate college football prognosticator, will join us at 1220 and give us some of his views as far as who's going to win the SEC and the national championship.

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 We'll be talking a lot about the SEC media days during the course of the show.

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 But always delighted to begin Thursday with good friend Bill Bender.

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 Sporting news, college football writer and basketball.

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 Somebody had texted me before we got started was, what is the schedule for SEC media days for next week?

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 And we've got expanded coverage, in fact, beginning on Monday from 11 to 2.

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 Monday we'll be talking about Kentucky, Will Stein, the new football coach there.

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 Missouri, Eli Drinkwith, Oklahoma.

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 Jim Nagy, who does a great job as their general manager.

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 Georgia, the Georgia Bulldogs will be talking to Bill Shanks about Georgia, South Carolina, and Vanderbilt.

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 Ole Miss, Pete Golding, with his first chance, his debut at SEC Media Days.

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 He, obviously, and DeBo Sweeney got into a little bit of an argument about Ole Miss recruiting a Clemson player.

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 Marcel Reed with a real opportunity to lead that team.

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 Thursday, Arkansas wrapping up on Thursday.

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 Arkansas Razorbacks.

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 The LSU, again, the lane train moving in.

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 Mississippi State, who I think is going to have a little bit better year than a lot of people think they are.

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 And then the Texas Longhorns, hard to believe, Steve Sarkeesian, who a lot of people predict to win the SEC championship, will be last at SEC Media Days.

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 But Bill Bender is first in our hearts.

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 Sporting News National College football and basketball writer.

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 BB, welcome into the show today, buddy.

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 How are you doing?

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 Hey, thank you for your patience.

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 And, yeah, I'm here.

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 How are you?

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 Believe me, Bill, I've been doing radio for 24 years.

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 And there are technical issues from time to time.

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 But before we get into the SEC Media Days, your impressions on the ACC.

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 There, Jim Phillips talking to the commissioner, talking about what?

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 Thinking out of the box, getting some additional revenue.

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 They came up with a tiebreaker.

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 Your thoughts on the first two days of ACC meetings.

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 I know they've got a new one.

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 That'll be less confusing.

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 It's Miami coming off a national championship berth.

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 I was just talking to a dad at this camp on that, and he was a hokey,

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 I mentioned the lineup a little bit earlier, beginning Monday, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Tennessee to kick off SEC media days in Tampa.

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 It's going to be fun.

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 Six new coaches, five technically.

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 Like, we've talked about Lane all summer.

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 It's his first real wide appearance since the Vanity Fair article.

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 There will be questions, and, you know, just in general from the gallery, which you and I are experienced in that forum, where it's going to be a lot, you know, what to expect at LSU.

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 I think they missed an opportunity by not bringing Sam Levitt to media day.

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 And, you know, and then from there, just in general, there are really good quarterbacks in the SEC again, you know, from Trinidad Chambliss to Gunnar Stocks and, you know, even John Mateer at Oklahoma, Marcel Reed at Texas A&M.

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 Those four I mentioned all played in the college football playoff.

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 You know, Oklahoma is one team that I keep seeing.

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 And, by the way, the Sporting News has an exceptional preseason magazine themselves coming on to the next segment, and he had Oklahoma ranked high.

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 Brent Venables had a, I think, was able to get through a big hurdle last year.

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 They had a much better season of sitting Alabama and Tuscaloosa.

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 If John Mateer returns to pre-injury John Mateer, David Stone, Bowen, well, the Bowen boys on defense,

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 do you agree with a lot of the prognosticators Oklahoma's going to have a good year?

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 And you mentioned that some guys in the portal on that defense, along with the Bowens, that they could really make some waves.

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 So, really interesting game early in the season when they go play Michigan.

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 Michigan, obviously, under Kyle Whittingham, that could be a different game with them being at the big house.

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 Who is your proverbial dark horse?

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 I know we'll ask you that in July and August, and we'll be talking about this.

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 We had Tony Barnhart on the show, Mr. College Football.

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 He had an interesting comedy yesterday.

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 His dark horse was Texas A&M.

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 A lot of people look at Vandy, you know, maybe even South Carolina surprising some people, Auburn, Florida.

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 Who's Bill Bender's dark horse?

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 I think Louisville's mine.

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 And, Tony, that's a good call by him.

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 He's been doing it for a while, and that's what he's talking about.

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 Just don't tell him I said that.

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 He's the best.

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 I do like Louisville.

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 I think Lincoln Keenholz, the quarterback, the two running backs, Clev Lubin returns as edge rusher,

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 and their schedule's pretty favorable there in the ACC, where they could maybe bust in.

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 We've seen them kill the Giants before.

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 It's just they lose that, they have that hiccup every once in a while where they shouldn't.

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 and definitely a playoff first.

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 Most SEC predictions, Texas won Georgia, too, or vice versa.

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 And if Arch plays like Arch did in November, Cam Coleman, of course, is coming in.

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 They were able to beef up the running game.

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 Relique Brown, Arizona State, and Hollywood Smothers, who committed to Alabama for about 12 hours.

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 Georgia or Texas?

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 Who wins the SEC?

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 We have Georgia ranked a little bit higher, so I've got to go with them.

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 I think, you know, they've quietly, you know, Kirby's got to love it, that we haven't talked about them too, too much.

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 But I like their back end of their defense, and I think they're going to be a little bit better on that side of the ball

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 You know, loaded running game.

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 I think Texas, it's easier to pick Georgia knowing they've won the last two, and we've watched the last two Georgia-Texas games where it seems like they have that little gear that Texas doesn't.

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 But right now, you look at Texas, you like them a little bit more, or you like Georgia a little bit more than Texas.

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 You know, in Ole Miss, 13-2 last year, running back Kiwan Lacy, Ole Miss can run the ball.

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 Everybody thinks Trinidad Chambliss is going to throw 60 passes the game, and he's been a defensive guru with Alabama and Ole Miss for years.

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 Well, I think Kiwan, yeah, he adds a physical nature to their running game, and then obviously their defense is pretty good, too.

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 Will Echols, Santorin Perkins, they've got guys on the defensive side of the ball that certainly can play.

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 Their schedule's really interesting.

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 And, you know, you want to see – and you guys know Pete Building down there – you want to see how he does it for a full year.

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 Not on – I don't want to say what he did last year.

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 It was kind of on the fly, but you're going 100 miles an hour.

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 Now you've had some time to think and develop your program.

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 I think he'll do a nice job there.

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 No question about it.

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 Always enjoyed it.

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 Where can we get online and get you good stuff?

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 The Score.

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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

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 And welcome back into the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 Hopefully going to be getting Harold Bugg and Phil still on with us here in just a few minutes.

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 Had a great conversation, as usual, with Bill Bender as far as his thoughts, as far as his thoughts on the college football season

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 and the favorites, and listen, we are absolutely delighted.

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 We don't talk to this gentleman enough, but the greatest college football prognosticator in the world is Phil Steele,

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 and we are absolutely delighted to bring him into the show again today

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 and talk about our favorite sport, college football.

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 Phil, welcome into the Boomo Bugg Show today.

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 How are you doing?

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 You know, I am doing great.

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 I always love being on the Boomo Bugg Show.

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 It's one of my favorite shows out there.

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 How long have we been doing this show together, guys?

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 Phil, probably—I'm sorry.

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 What happened was, Phil, we did it right after the Abraham Lincoln inauguration.

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 I think you were the first guest after that, and I apologize for being late.

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 I was reading your preseason magazine.

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 I got to page 725, and I put it down because I was only halfway through,

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 so I apologize for joining things late.

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 But my goodness gracious, do you have this big sigh of relief, like the big burden's off?

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 You've done your work, and now it's up to us to sit here and read your work.

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 Oh, my goodness, was there.

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 I mean, you know, it's 376 pages this year.

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 I like getting 138 media guides rolled into one, two full pages in all, 138 teams.

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 And we spent seven months putting this thing together.

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 I got a staff, about 10 people work for me.

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 They are preparing the pages.

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 They go through a long process, probably working about close to 90 hours a week

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 during magazine season, trying to get this thing out.

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 And seven months of that.

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 Talked to 133 of the 138 coaches this year, so pretty impressed with that.

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 Each call takes about an hour apiece on the average.

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 So it's an exhaustive process, and you're absolutely correct.

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 When that thing's done, the months of June and July, I'm like, wow.

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 I'm doing radio shows all day long, working on some power ratings, but no deadlines.

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 Maybe working 60 hours a week.

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 It's almost like being on vacation, guys.

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 Phil, you know our neck of the woods, obviously, with Alabama, Auburn, and Tennessee.

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 Let me ask you about Auburn.

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 Alex Golich coming in, he's already told everybody they're going to run the football.

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 I think D.J. Durkin is going to have another similar year as far as their defense.

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 Solid kicking game.

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 I think the offense is going to be better.

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 But you talk about this being certainly one of your metrics.

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 They have a six-game stretch, starting with Florida.

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 That may be one of the toughest six games in college football.

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 Your thoughts on the Auburn Tigers.

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 Yeah, and first of all, very impressed with Coach Golich.

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 Going back to my first conversation with him at South Florida, they were coming off two miserable seasons.

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 And I'm like, well, Coach, rebuilding here.

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 He's like, he laid it out.

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 He laid out all the plan, what they were going to do, and had three good winning seasons there.

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 So, I mean, I was impressed with what he did year one.

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 Year three, they nearly made it to the American Conference title game.

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 And I like the fact that he brings his quarterback with him, the Byron Brown, because this guy's a lot of fun to watch.

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 Team him with Jeremiah Cobb at running back.

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 He's got a dynamic backfield there.

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 You look at a receiving core, bringing in a guy from USF in Cogar, a guy from USF in Singleton.

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 So, you're bringing in USF's receiving core.

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 You're bringing in the quarterback.

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 And they had a pretty explosive offense last year, plus some offensive linemen from USF as well.

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 So, I like the fact that he brought all those players with him.

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 As you mentioned, the schedule is not easy.

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 No SEC schedule is easy, but Auburn's is extremely difficult this year.

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 And I think they need to get off started on a good foot.

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 But I did put him on my most improved list overall, which means I think they finally get back to a bowl game.

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 It's been two years, which is hard to believe.

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 You never talk about Auburn not having an end.

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 How about the last winning season at Auburn was at 2020 when they went 6-5.

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 So, I think it's going to be a much better year for Auburn.

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 I like the talent he's brought in with them from USF.

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 And I like Alex Golesh as a head coach as well.

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 Read all about it with Phil Steele, publisher of the Phil Steele magazine.

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 Phil, you never guess our next question after Auburn in this zip code.

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 But what about the guys in West Alabama?

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 And this may be shocking news.

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 I know you're by the shores of the area up there, by the Great Lake up there.

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 But folks are not exactly happy over the last two years.

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 They're still comparing to this guy named Nick Saban.

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 This is year three.

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 Everybody's got them outside the top ten.

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 Phil, are you buying or selling Alabama?

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 You know, I didn't even know we were going to talk about Alabama today.

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 Well, I'm sorry.

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 That's my bad.

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 Okay.

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 You've got to give me some room to come in here.

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 I know. Sorry.

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 No, actually, I think if you're an Alabama fan, you're going to pick up my magazine and you're

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 going to be like, wow, number one surprise team in the country.

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 And I haven't been able to put Alabama on that list since, here's how I do the surprise team.

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 In February each year, I do my projected AP top ten.

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 And we've only had a 95% success rate on that.

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 I predict the top ten for the last 15 years, six months in advance, and seven times out of

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 the 15 years, I've missed one team, guys.

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 So only a 95% success rate.

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 But Alabama will not be preseason top ten this year.

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 So I've been able to finally put them on the surprise team list, which is a non-top ten team

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 I think has a chance to really do something.

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 And, you know, with Alabama, they ended up last year bad.

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 I mean, the Georgia loss in the SEC title game, the blowout loss to Indiana.

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 They couldn't run the football.

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 They've got a first-year starting quarterback.

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 Everybody's down in Alabama.

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 I'm buying.

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 I like Kalen DeBoer.

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 I think he's doing a great job.

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 It's his third year there.

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 I look for him to have a better success.

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 You know, last year they had a first-year starting quarterback, and then it turned out pretty good.

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 Ty Simpson had a 28-5 ratio.

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 I think no matter who wins the job, Keelan Russell, Austin Mack, they're going to have a good year.

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 I like the running back court.

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 Daniel Hill, E.J. Kroll, Kevin Riley, A.K. Deer.

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 They will be able to run the ball.

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 There's more focus on it this year.

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 You look at the receiving core.

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 You know, I thought Ryan Williams, who's now Ryan Coleman-Williams, had an off year last year.

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 What do you have, 11 drops during the course of the year?

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 I think he's going to be much improved this year, and that's going to help that receiving core.

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 We're with Brooks and Scott and Rogers all there.

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 So I'm looking for a stronger offensive one that runs the ball better.

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 And defensively, I'm happy with Alabama.

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 All three of the units rank in my top 25.

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 Defensive backs rank number six in the country, and they're strong on special teams.

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 And then after I do the magazine each year, I forecast who I have favored, who I have an underdog in each game.

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 I have them an underdog in zero games.

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 I've got three toss-up games.

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 Home to Georgia, a team they beat on the road last year.

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 At Tennessee and at LSU, I rate those as toss-ups.

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 I have them favored in the rest.

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 I'm looking for double-digit wins in return of the playoff.

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 And it's great that the Alabama fans, after a team advances to the second round of the playoffs,

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 are acting like they were the worst team in the SEC.

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 Welcome to Sweet Home, Alabama.

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 Talk to us about maybe, speaking of Indiana, who's going to be the Indiana across the landscape this season, Phil?

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 Well, you're not going to get an Indiana because that's just such a unique story for them to be one of the worst teams in college football

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 and win a national championship.

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 The closest that anybody's come to that since I've been writing the magazine was Kansas State and Bill Snyder.

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 He took over one of the worst teams in the country and had them on the verge of making the playoff a couple of times,

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 which I thought was remarkable.

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 But, you know, if you're looking for a team that's out of the blue, not going to be in the preseason top ten,

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 first of all, Alabama's one.

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 But one other one I'll throw at you out of the Big Ten.

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 And, unfortunately, it's not a little name like Indiana.

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 It's a big name.

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 But it's one that hasn't really shined lately, and that's USC.

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 And when I looked at USC and talked to Coach Riley this year, went over the roster with him,

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 he feels it's the best defense he's had since he's been there.

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 And they've got Gary Patterson as the defensive coordinator now, which was a really nice hire.

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 So I'm looking for a solid defense to marry with that offense.

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 I mean, Jade Maiav is back at quarterback.

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 Wayman Jordan at running back.

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 And the offensive line, I read number five in the country this year.

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 So they're going to have the offense like they had last year.

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 They're going to have good defense, good special teams.

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 And then the tricky part here, everybody talking about the Big Ten is going to talk about Ohio State, Indiana, Oregon.

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 Those are your three favorites.

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 USC gets Oregon at home, and they get Ohio State at home.

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 And keep in mind, they played Oregon tough on the road in Autzen last year.

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 Now they get them at home.

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 Ohio State, they get at home.

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 And they were 7-0 at home last year.

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 Pull one of those two upsets.

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 And I think USC makes the playoffs this year.

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 So watch out for the Trojans.

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 They could be as sneakily good.

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 Let me ask you before we let you go.

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 We have a lot of Tennessee fans here.

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 They want to see an improvement over 8-5.

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 They've got to figure out who the quarterback is.

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 They know what Jim Knowles brings to the table.

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 What about Tennessee?

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 Yeah, and maybe one of my biggest questions with Tennessee is if you follow Jim Knowles' career as a defense coordinator,

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 usually their first year is not great.

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 Second year, third year, fourth year is tremendous.

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 And what I mean by not great is not up to what you'd expect out of Jim Knowles.

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 So we'll see how quickly he can get this defense integrated, especially with the fact that Tennessee has just four returning starters off the last year's squad.

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 But offensively, I think no matter which quarterback they choose, they'll do well.

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 I went with Faison Brandon as the quarterback this year.

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 He's a guy that, you know, impressed the coaching staff.

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 They said he looked like a senior more than a freshman.

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 He came in at 195 pounds.

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 He's now 215 and had a pretty good command of the offense.

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 I expect him, if not the opener, to be the starting QB.

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 They also returned to Sean Bishop, an outstanding running back.

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 They've got the receiving core with Staley and Matthews.

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 Offensive line does return three starters.

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 In fact, I rate the offensive line number four in the country.

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 So how quickly they adjust to Jim Knowles' defense is going to be the key.

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 Because offensively, even with a new quarterback, and do keep in mind, guys, last year, C.J. Carr, no quarterback experience.

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 Guess what?

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 Had a really good year for Notre Dame.

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 Julian Sand, freshman quarterback, no experience.

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 Guess what?

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 Had a really good year for Ohio State.

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 Some guy, Arch Manning, he did set it out slow, but ended up having a good year.

453
00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:02,680
 First-year quarterbacks can do well.

454
00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:07,100
 So everybody, when they're analyzing a team, looks at the quarterback first.

455
00:28:07,220 --> 00:28:08,520
 Then they look at running back receivers.

456
00:28:09,120 --> 00:28:11,640
 I rely more on defense, offensive line.

457
00:28:12,140 --> 00:28:18,000
 And generally, I give the quarterback a benefit of the doubt if they're talented, like Tennessee's got two talented QBs.

458
00:28:18,360 --> 00:28:21,440
 So I think operating behind that offensive line, they will be potent this year.

459
00:28:21,540 --> 00:28:25,060
 Now, schedule-wise, when you look at Tennessee, they do have to play Texas at home.

460
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 That's going to be tough.

461
00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:27,500
 They play Alabama at home.

462
00:28:27,540 --> 00:28:29,240
 As I mentioned, I've got that a toss-up game.

463
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 They play at South Carolina and at Texas A&M.

464
00:28:32,760 --> 00:28:33,820
 Those are four tough games.

465
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 But I could see them topping last year's eight-win total.

466
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 Listen, Phil Steele Magazine College Football Preview is the Bible of college football.

467
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 We have been reading it for years.

468
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 We always enjoy our conversation with you.

469
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 Where can we get online, order the magazine?

470
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 And also, your website is chock-full of college football, too.

471
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 Where can we order the magazine from you?

472
00:28:58,320 --> 00:28:59,420
 Well, I appreciate that.

473
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 Now, if you're out and about looking for the magazine, first of all, it's 376 pages this year.

474
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 So, it's the biggest we've put out, 138 teams, get two full pages a piece.

475
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 And we give you the same amount of coverage on Troy or Georgia State that we go on to give you on Alabama and Texas and Ohio State.

476
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 Two full pages, complete info on all the teams.

477
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 Now, it's right there in Alabama.

478
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 There's Books A Million, right?

479
00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:25,980
 Yep.

480
00:29:26,100 --> 00:29:30,020
 So, Books A Million is one of our main suppliers, as is Barnes & Noble.

481
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 So, Books A Million, Barnes & Noble are two great locations to go and get the magazine.

482
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 And if they're sold out for some reason, those are the only two brick-and-mortar places you can get.

483
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 You can't get it at Walmart, can't get it at the grocery store.

484
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 You've got to go to Books A Million or Barnes & Noble.

485
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 Or you can go to philsteele.com.

486
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 And when you go to philsteele.com, you're going to get a lot of information.

487
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 I've got daily blogs up there, a lot of information every day.

488
00:29:52,900 --> 00:29:54,780
 But you can also get the magazine in the store.

489
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:58,620
 Now, we're going to charge you a shipping charge because it costs me $10 to ship it.

490
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 But we do give you the digital magazine, a $19 value, $19.95 value, absolutely free when you buy the hard copy.

491
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 So, Books A Million, Barnes & Noble, philsteele.com.

492
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 And check out philsteele.com every day.

493
00:30:10,940 --> 00:30:14,220
 I put up a blog every single day, get you some great football information.

494
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 And the folks at Books A Million know the show's there every day as well.

495
00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:20,580
 This is home for Books A Million.

496
00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:22,260
 So, Phil, welcome home.

497
00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:23,540
 Get some rest.

498
00:30:23,620 --> 00:30:24,340
 Get some exercise.

499
00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:26,720
 Just don't go swimming in Lake Erie up there, okay?

500
00:30:28,020 --> 00:30:29,920
 Lake Erie's cleaned up, okay, guys?

501
00:30:30,140 --> 00:30:31,860
 It's not as bad as it used to be.

502
00:30:32,100 --> 00:30:33,560
 So, we're in good shape there.

503
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:37,820
 But, yeah, we've been doing the show a long time, almost since the magazine came out, right, guys?

504
00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:38,220
 That's right.

505
00:30:38,420 --> 00:30:39,160
 You're correct.

506
00:30:40,100 --> 00:30:41,980
 I think Barry Bryant was the coach back then.

507
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:45,580
 We'll check that, Phil.

508
00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:48,300
 Listen, as always, good to catch up with you.

509
00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:49,520
 And, again, a great work.

510
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:50,100
 Keep it up.

511
00:30:50,140 --> 00:30:51,760
 And thank you so much for your time today.

512
00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:54,900
 You guys better have me on the next 20 years as well.

513
00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:55,700
 Yes, we will.

514
00:30:55,700 --> 00:30:56,780
 Thank you, bud.

515
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 Penciled in, I guarantee you.

516
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 Welcome back in.

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 How's your busy day?

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 It's Ryan Callahan here at Go Balls 24-7.

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 But, BB, what a pleasure it is to bring in Phil, see y'all.

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 I mean, this is obviously a business for Phil.

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 But what I like about him, he knows how to marry passion with the business.

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 And I don't know of anybody anywhere.

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 If you love a thorough, as they say, deep dive into college football.

611
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 And as he mentioned, not just the Glamour Boys out there, but everything down the food chain,

612
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 he's pretty much got it covered.

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 Harold, wasn't that an amazing stat?

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 He talked to 133 out of 138 coaches for a minimum of an hour to prepare the magazine.

615
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 If you missed Phil Steele's interview, some of the highlights there quickly.

616
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 Basically, it's rare, but he is basically making Alabama and Auburn fans pretty happy.

617
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 Of course, it's July.

618
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 A lot of time to go.

619
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 But right now, the thing about Phil, people say the first response is going to be, yeah, he's in Cleveland.

620
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 He's just trying to pump up some sunshine for the local folks here.

621
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 But Phil has a history of not doing that, BB.

622
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 He pretty much is objective because, like I said, he doesn't have a dog in the hunt the magazine's done.

623
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 He doesn't really have a dog in the hunt from that standpoint, and his history doesn't indicate that.

624
00:37:07,020 --> 00:37:11,720
 But let's start with Alabama because we alluded to this earlier.

625
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 A lot of folks across the country, it's going to be interesting next week at the SEC Media Days to see where they put Alabama,

626
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 as if that matters, given their history.

627
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 But he says of all the surprise teams, and by definition, what he means by a surprise team,

628
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 someone in the preseason who is not in the top 10 in the preseason polls but can make a lot of noise once the season gets rocking and rolling

629
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 and once you go through the entire season, I would imagine, to kind of illustrate it and put it in perspective,

630
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 Indiana would have been that group last year.

631
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 In July, if he said Indiana is the number one surprise team, then a lot of folks said, yeah, right.

632
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 But your thoughts about Phil still saying the number one surprise team this season is the Alabama Crimson Tide.

633
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 He's got him there right on the cusp, I think, at number 11, B.B.

634
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 Well, Harold, I've said this probably 10 times this summer.

635
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 The reason Alabama is not 7, 8, or 9 is because they don't have a veteran quarterback coming back,

636
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 and they had to more or less start from scratch on the offensive line.

637
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 Now, once they figure out who the quarterback is, and it would not surprise me again,

638
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 if Austin Mack starts the season against East Carolina, but I really do think Keylon Russell is going to take over that job.

639
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 In fact, Jimmy Stein, who's going to be on with us tomorrow, said the same thing on one of his podcasts.

640
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 Now, Alabama's got a tough stretch in the middle of the season.

641
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 They've got Georgia, of course, October the 10th.

642
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 The big one that, to me, it's not a trap game, but can you come down from the emotions of Georgia?

643
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 Yeah.

644
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 Because you're going to Tennessee, and you've lost the last two games in Knoxville.

645
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 Texas A&M for homecoming.

646
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 How's that for a homecoming opponent?

647
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 And then at LSU.

648
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 But no, I don't disagree with them.

649
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 Again, they're not in the top 10 because there's not a veteran quarterback or an offensive line.

650
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 They're going to run the ball a lot better, and I, quite frankly, I think this is the best secondary in the country and one of the better defenses.

651
00:39:16,580 --> 00:39:21,100
 Well, as the defensive line does their part, in the secondary, basically, it's unison.

652
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 If you don't have a good line than the secondary, it's just that.

653
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 There's secondary because all the opposing team's going to do is run the ball, melt the clock, not going to put it up and face that air defense for Alabama.

654
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 So I think that's something that may not be given enough talked about.

655
00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:41,960
 But your thoughts as far as some of the X factors on this team, and I will say this, they're going to have to lean heavily.

656
00:39:42,220 --> 00:39:50,340
 Obviously, Ryan Coleman slash Williams is going to have to live up to his coming out of high school expectations in post-Georgia in his freshman year.

657
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 And speaking of freshmen, I think Crowell, to me, BB, a healthy Crowell coming back and him able to live up to his expectations because that does two things.

658
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 Alabama then may have a balanced offense.

659
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 I think what makes it amazing last year about Alabama's offense is that they had a quarterback with that offensive line that still went in the first round of the NFL.

660
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 Yeah, and, Harold, first of all, as far as the receivers, they've got some very talented receivers here.

661
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 Now, who's going to be receiver number three?

662
00:40:24,080 --> 00:40:31,800
 Coleman Williams and Lottie Brooks is going to be one and two, but is Rico Scott is going to be one of the kids?

663
00:40:31,800 --> 00:40:38,900
 And Derek Meadows and C.J. Morgan, will it be Noah Rogers, who really had a very good spring?

664
00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:43,800
 Again, to me, the offensive line is the key to the entire season.

665
00:40:44,460 --> 00:40:48,180
 They named Jackson Lloyd, Ryan Grubb did very early.

666
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:50,740
 William Sanders, will he fit in at left guard?

667
00:40:51,240 --> 00:40:52,920
 They'll gaudy, Carroll, and James.

668
00:40:53,480 --> 00:40:56,380
 I think the defense is going to be good, and I agree with you.

669
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 The defensive line is bigger and can get more pressure.

670
00:41:01,180 --> 00:41:06,340
 But if they can run the ball effectively, which I think they can, I think the kicking game is going to be better.

671
00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:09,740
 But the offensive line, to me, is the key to the entire season.

672
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 Quickly, your X factors for the Auburn Tigers, BB.

673
00:41:13,460 --> 00:41:15,120
 We know they can run the ball.

674
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 I think the defense is just as good.

675
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 Harold, again, I keep going back to this on nauseam.

676
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 They've got the toughest six-game stretch in the country, starting with Florida.

677
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 They go three and three in that stretch.

678
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 They can get to a bowl game.

679
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 Is that not going to be an interesting situation when Summerall takes on Auburn?

680
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 Because, let's face it, about this time, after we got the news about Freeze leaving,

681
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 Auburn fans just pretty much had it all signed, sealed, and delivered that Summerall is going to be the man.

682
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 And then a funny thing happened on the way to Auburn slash Gainesville.

683
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 That's going to be very, very interesting.

684
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 Speaking of interesting, if you're a big old golf fan, what is the latest on the opening of the Open?

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 Roll up to your first career round at the Open, and by the end of it, you've got the clubhouse lead.

690
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 Jackson Suber from Tampa lights up Royal Birkdale for a 5-under-65, including an Eagle at the par-5-17th.

691
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692
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693
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694
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 The grandson of former Masters champion Charles Cootie has two holes to go.

695
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 Bryson DeChambeau, Colin Morikawa, and Cameron Young among those at 3-under, 2-back.

696
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 Defending champ Scotty Scheffler starts with a 2-under, 68.

697
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698
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699
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 Now, back with Boomo Bugg on 93.9 The Score.

773
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 Welcome back in.

774
00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:20,460
 So, here's the big question, BB.

775
00:46:20,620 --> 00:46:29,960
 Auburn fans say, why in the world would Auburn move a home game, especially an opening game of the season, to a neutral site game of Atlanta?

776
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 We now have the answer, BB.

777
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 In fact, we have a multi-million dollar answer to this.

778
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 The Athletic kickoff game announcing this week will be worth...

779
00:46:39,700 --> 00:46:40,460
 Here's the deal.

780
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 It marks the first time a neutral site college football game has incorporated NIL compensation for the student-athletes.

781
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 And what does that mean?

782
00:46:50,620 --> 00:47:03,740
 Well, according to the reports, as many as two dozen Auburn student-athletes will promote the game through social media posts, public appearances, advertisements, in-game promotions, and branding opportunities.

783
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:05,260
 To that, BB, I would say.

784
00:47:05,660 --> 00:47:08,400
 What would Bear Bryant and Pat Dye say to that?

785
00:47:08,400 --> 00:47:15,780
 Well, Bear and Coach Dye would say a lot of things with the current environment of college football.

786
00:47:16,500 --> 00:47:20,840
 But see, college basketball's been doing this for a couple of years.

787
00:47:21,300 --> 00:47:33,120
 That ERA tournament in Las Vegas that Alabama and Auburn have both participated in, that's one of the reasons why they do it, is because the players literally get directly paid.

788
00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:34,940
 And, Harold, this is one of the things.

789
00:47:35,020 --> 00:47:43,500
 Nick Saban basically invented neutral site games with Chick-fil-A and Gary Stokin, who retired last year.

790
00:47:43,960 --> 00:47:44,200
 Boom.

791
00:47:44,840 --> 00:47:49,860
 But this is a way to bring back neutral site games.

792
00:47:50,380 --> 00:47:58,080
 Now, Harold, I can assure you, if this catches on, you're going to be seeing a lot more neutral site games in the next two or three years,

793
00:47:58,160 --> 00:48:05,800
 where if you've got a bowl sponsor or someone like Chick-fil-A who can promise players $6 million,

794
00:48:05,940 --> 00:48:17,680
 I guarantee you you're going to be seeing more games the first week of the season in AT&T Stadium, in Atlanta, and everywhere else.

795
00:48:18,280 --> 00:48:21,220
 Well, and I hear your point about basketball.

796
00:48:21,480 --> 00:48:24,020
 This is football where you've only got a handful of games.

797
00:48:24,240 --> 00:48:27,400
 And in basketball, you play a lot of neutral site tournaments.

798
00:48:27,660 --> 00:48:29,620
 But in football, those home games are cherished.

799
00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:34,780
 And the thing I hate about it, I wish they'd work in a deal where the local economy, I mean, think about it.

800
00:48:34,820 --> 00:48:41,360
 Yeah, the players get paid, but how much will the town of Auburn and Opelika lose to this game as far as the commerce?

801
00:48:41,880 --> 00:48:43,280
 That seems to be a problem there.

802
00:48:43,320 --> 00:48:45,080
 But here's the other bottom line to it, B.B.

803
00:48:45,620 --> 00:48:48,580
 If they're going to do that on the front end of the season, people have been asking,

804
00:48:48,720 --> 00:48:52,500
 well, how are you going to get these kids energized to play in the bowl games?

805
00:48:53,240 --> 00:48:58,140
 Could it be that they'll take this same blueprint to the other end of the season for bowl games and say,

806
00:48:58,260 --> 00:49:00,540
 okay, guys, you drive the bus.

807
00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:04,120
 If you will play, the sponsor will pay this amount of money.

808
00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:07,420
 Well, we've been talking about that, Harold, for years.

809
00:49:07,940 --> 00:49:11,060
 That is what the bowls are going to have to do.

810
00:49:11,200 --> 00:49:17,080
 Now, again, I still wonder if you're going to see in two or three years some of these bowl games move

811
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 and turn into kickoff bowl games.

812
00:49:20,880 --> 00:49:26,440
 But that's going to be one of the things that we're going to be seeing a lot more of is the,

813
00:49:26,440 --> 00:49:32,160
 I nearly said the Blue Bonnet Bowl going back to the Astrodome, but the Citrus Bowl,

814
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 some of the other ones that are not in the college football playoff,

815
00:49:36,580 --> 00:49:42,900
 you're going to be seeing them, I believe, have pay the players guaranteed NIL money.

816
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 And if they do that, they'll be able to get some more sponsors.

817
00:49:46,740 --> 00:49:49,340
 I think that's the direction bowl games are going in.

818
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 Chick-fil-A just is kind of the fine print.

819
00:49:51,800 --> 00:49:53,560
 If you play in this game, you'll get the money.

820
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 Plus, you'll get a free Chick-fil-A, and they're going to throw fries in, baby.

821
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 Wow.

822
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 Who can say no to that?

823
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 Coming up the next hour, going to be taking all over the Fowler Express,

824
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 Logan Fowler kicking it off, Ryan Fowler to end the show,

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827
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 Here's the Bumult Bug Show.

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 Stay with us.

829
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 Alabama's state school superintendent, Dr. Eric Mackey,

831
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 is calling for changes within the selection process of members of the state textbook committee.

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 which turned out to be an error.

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837
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 Mackey came back from vacation to answer questions about this issue,

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840
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 Mackey says he wants the textbook committee to report to him about their choices

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842
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 Mackey says the textbook committee should be working directly with the superintendent

843
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 rather than be an outside committee with no accountability.

844
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 Mackey says he's tried to make that change to the committee years ago,

845
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 but was voted down by state lawmakers,

846
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 and he now says he wants to try again to change this process.

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 I'll be back with more Alabama stories after this.

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 Speedy catches up for you today.

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 We'll be right back in the middle of the books.

867
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868
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 Baseball's back tonight with one game on the docket.

869
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 I think Juan Soto comes out of the second half with a bang.

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 Soto's been one of the only bright spots on a miserable Mets squad.

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 Tonight, he'll face Aaron Nola of the Phils,

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 who he has a lifetime OPS of over 1,100 against.

873
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 Nola's got an ERA near six this year.

874
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 It's even worse at home.

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 I'll take the over on hits, runs, RBIs for Juan Soto.

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1019
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 Welcome back in our tour of the Boomo Bugg Show.

1020
01:00:08,180 --> 01:00:09,960
 I'm Harold Bugg alongside Brett Beaird.

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

1022
01:00:12,900 --> 01:00:16,420
 and for Logan Fowler taking time out of his busy schedule

1023
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 and, dare we say, about to get even busier.

1024
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 Logan's got it all covered when it comes to the Auburn Tigers at 1819 News.

1025
01:00:24,320 --> 01:00:25,200
 Logan, welcome in.

1026
01:00:25,280 --> 01:00:25,960
 How are you?

1027
01:00:26,620 --> 01:00:27,660
 Oh, very well, guys.

1028
01:00:27,700 --> 01:00:28,080
 How are you all?

1029
01:00:28,120 --> 01:00:28,380
 Hey, man.

1030
01:00:28,560 --> 01:00:29,540
 Man, we're doing all right.

1031
01:00:29,580 --> 01:00:33,700
 We were just talking coming out of the last hour there, Logan, ironically, about the Auburn Tigers.

1032
01:00:33,880 --> 01:00:38,020
 And I'm sure a lot of Auburn fans who've been busy and didn't get all the details said,

1033
01:00:38,140 --> 01:00:42,360
 why in the world would Auburn want to take their opening game of the year

1034
01:00:42,360 --> 01:00:46,700
 at much beloved Jordan-Hare Stadium and move it elsewhere to a neutral site,

1035
01:00:46,840 --> 01:00:51,020
 albeit as far as an Auburn fan that's just a close drive up to Atlanta.

1036
01:00:51,100 --> 01:00:53,520
 But still, there's something special about playing the home game.

1037
01:00:53,520 --> 01:01:01,240
 And it could have something to do with millions of dollars ready to be divvied up amongst the players, my friend.

1038
01:01:02,200 --> 01:01:02,840
 Yeah.

1039
01:01:03,020 --> 01:01:11,160
 Yeah, I think, you know, Brandon Marcello actually had a good story kind of explaining that situation yesterday

1040
01:01:11,160 --> 01:01:17,020
 where, you know, Auburn players are kind of going to, you know, set the share about $6 million from that game.

1041
01:01:17,020 --> 01:01:22,160
 So, you know, you're going to see some, which this could be a sign of things to come.

1042
01:01:22,260 --> 01:01:28,260
 You know, you're going to see players take part in some promoting events, you know, some social media posts,

1043
01:01:28,340 --> 01:01:33,840
 probably some commercials and some other, you know, appearances in public spaces,

1044
01:01:33,960 --> 01:01:37,040
 advertising the game and certain media brands.

1045
01:01:37,160 --> 01:01:42,340
 So that's, you know, I guess he said something in his story about, you know,

1046
01:01:42,340 --> 01:01:48,480
 24 Auburn players are under a guaranteed model to, you know, receive that payout.

1047
01:01:48,580 --> 01:01:50,480
 I'm kind of interested to see how that looks like.

1048
01:01:50,800 --> 01:01:50,900
 Yes.

1049
01:01:51,000 --> 01:01:57,340
 Um, but yeah, I mean, you know, I guess this is like, like I mentioned, a side of things to come where you're going to start

1050
01:01:57,340 --> 01:02:04,520
 and seeing these teams, you know, move into neutral side games for, you know, uh, you know, roster building purposes.

1051
01:02:05,140 --> 01:02:09,820
 Here's the deal, Logan, 24 guys, obviously, if that's the number, they're going to love that pie.

1052
01:02:09,940 --> 01:02:16,980
 But what happens if you're outside the tent, you're a kicker or you're someone who may not be regarded as a premium player right now.

1053
01:02:17,480 --> 01:02:24,260
 How's that going to go on a team where it's like, well, Brent's getting it, Harold's getting it, but Logan's not.

1054
01:02:24,360 --> 01:02:28,060
 How's that going to play out to down the road, being human nature, being what it is?

1055
01:02:28,700 --> 01:02:29,460
 Yeah, absolutely.

1056
01:02:29,620 --> 01:02:32,520
 That's certainly, that certainly could be a problem.

1057
01:02:32,660 --> 01:02:34,120
 That's, you know, that's kind of what I mentioned.

1058
01:02:34,200 --> 01:02:35,860
 I'm, I'm interested to see how that works.

1059
01:02:36,040 --> 01:02:41,100
 Um, how do you divvy up that and how do you, how do you select the 24 players?

1060
01:02:41,100 --> 01:02:54,480
 And, you know, obviously if you, if you've got 6 million to allocate the 24 players, well, if, if Byron Brown scores four touchdowns in that game and, and I don't know, Joe Schmo doesn't do anything, but he was one of the 24 players.

1061
01:02:54,480 --> 01:02:55,340
 And how does that work?

1062
01:02:55,500 --> 01:02:55,700
 Yeah.

1063
01:02:55,760 --> 01:02:55,920
 Right.

1064
01:02:56,160 --> 01:03:04,600
 Does, you know, somebody get a little bit more upset that they, they contributed more and, and receive the same amount of payout that someone who didn't contribute.

1065
01:03:04,840 --> 01:03:10,860
 There's a lot of factors into this, um, which is, you know, there's really not any answers for it right now.

1066
01:03:11,360 --> 01:03:24,200
 Um, I, I would, I certainly would see where there can be some, some internal locker room issues as to where, you know, like you mentioned, maybe a kicker who goes out and, and, and nails three field goals.

1067
01:03:24,200 --> 01:03:34,700
 Well, he, he, you know, um, right, you know, he contributed to that just as much as, as you know, your starting quarterback.

1068
01:03:34,700 --> 01:03:40,360
 And so there, there's certainly a lot of factors that'd be interesting to see how these coaches and, uh, how these programs handled that.

1069
01:03:40,580 --> 01:03:42,300
 That was my number one question.

1070
01:03:42,300 --> 01:03:52,160
 When I read the article from Brandon Marcella, who used to be an Auburn beat writer, but does a great job now with CBS was how they were going to divvy that up.

1071
01:03:52,160 --> 01:04:10,720
 Speaking of kickers, Alex McPherson is one of the three representatives for Auburn next week in Tampa, uh, which a lot of, believe me, Byron Brown and Alex Goldish can be quite familiar with Tampa, uh, champ Anthony, Byron Brown and Alex McPherson.

1072
01:04:10,720 --> 01:04:14,380
 And a lot of people are saying, you mean to tell me they're sending a kicker.

1073
01:04:14,460 --> 01:04:18,880
 He has a great story to overcome a lot of obstacles.

1074
01:04:18,880 --> 01:04:21,920
 Your thoughts on the three Auburn representatives.

1075
01:04:22,580 --> 01:04:23,020
 Yeah.

1076
01:04:23,200 --> 01:04:23,440
 Yeah.

1077
01:04:23,480 --> 01:04:28,800
 You know, I think Byron Brown was probably as much as a, as a surefire pick as there was on the roster.

1078
01:04:28,800 --> 01:04:36,500
 He's, uh, not just because he's, you know, Alex Goldish's guy and your quarterback, but he's, he's very well-spoken, presents great leadership traits.

1079
01:04:36,840 --> 01:04:40,320
 Um, and you know, he's obviously, like I mentioned, the face of your program right now.

1080
01:04:40,420 --> 01:04:46,980
 And, um, again, you know, I saw where there were definitely some people who were disappointed in the, in the other selections.

1081
01:04:46,980 --> 01:04:50,980
 And of course, Alex McPherson, but, uh, you know, I, I like it.

1082
01:04:51,000 --> 01:04:52,040
 I love Alex McPherson.

1083
01:04:52,160 --> 01:04:56,460
 I think he embodies what it means to be a, you know, a quote unquote Auburn man.

1084
01:04:56,460 --> 01:05:02,460
 And he's now in his fifth year with the program and he's, he's stuck it out through multiple coaching changes, three actually.

1085
01:05:03,180 --> 01:05:16,880
 Um, and you know, not to mention he's, he's got, you know, one of the most powerful stories, probably in all of college football after coming back last year and battling that, you know, gastrointestinal illness that he was having to, uh, to push through and still push through.

1086
01:05:16,880 --> 01:05:25,780
 Um, you know, and then Champ Anthony is a guy who's, uh, you know, me personally, I think he's always given great content when we get to speak to him after games and in media settings.

1087
01:05:25,780 --> 01:05:36,900
 So, um, you know, he's battled injuries the last two years and he had the broken leg and 24 was a team captain last year and then still dealt with, um, some health issues last year as well.

1088
01:05:37,120 --> 01:05:37,940
 I like it.

1089
01:05:37,980 --> 01:05:49,920
 I think that, uh, you know, maybe it's a situation where you pick three guys who you say, Hey, I'm going to go get an offensive leader, a defensive leader, and a special teams leader, you know?

1090
01:05:49,920 --> 01:06:03,140
 And, and, uh, not necessarily have to divvy it up between two offensive and two defensive guys, but, uh, you know, not, it's, it's not always about who the best player is that you're sending to, you know, to these media days.

1091
01:06:03,140 --> 01:06:09,100
 It's, it's a lot about, you know, who's going to represent my program, who's going to represent Auburn as well as possible.

1092
01:06:09,100 --> 01:06:12,700
 And I think that they chose three really outstanding, um, men to do so.

1093
01:06:13,720 --> 01:06:22,520
 Logan Fowler, who's going to be with us, covers Auburn 18, 19 news, Logan, uh, obviously Alex Goldish, his first time as an NCC coach to go to one of these things.

1094
01:06:22,700 --> 01:06:24,360
 He's going to get the usual questions.

1095
01:06:24,440 --> 01:06:27,620
 What do you think would be the most, uh, pressing question he could answer?

1096
01:06:28,100 --> 01:06:32,480
 And, uh, I saw rumbling the other day, some of the guys saying, trying to compare coaches.

1097
01:06:32,620 --> 01:06:34,480
 Well, he's got a lot of pet dye in him.

1098
01:06:34,740 --> 01:06:40,180
 Your, your thoughts about those observations and, uh, as far as some of the questions Goldish should be facing next week.

1099
01:06:40,760 --> 01:06:43,920
 Yeah, probably be something about Byron Brown's throwing motion.

1100
01:06:44,220 --> 01:06:45,720
 Um, I'm just kidding.

1101
01:06:46,080 --> 01:06:59,000
 Um, no, so I mean, I'm sure he might get some of those, but, um, you know, I do think that the, the number one thing that he might get, especially from a national media perspective is, you know, Hey, you brought a lot of your guys over from USF.

1102
01:06:59,600 --> 01:07:08,640
 Um, there was a guy by the name of Kurt Cignetti last year who came over from James Madison and, and, you know, comes over to the powerful level and wins a national title.

1103
01:07:08,900 --> 01:07:11,980
 You know, what's stopping you from doing that in year one at Auburn?

1104
01:07:12,540 --> 01:07:15,000
 Uh, you know, something, something like that.

1105
01:07:15,000 --> 01:07:23,380
 I think that he could certainly face some pressure of, uh, you know, what exactly he's going to do to, uh, to put Auburn back on the, uh, on the national map.

1106
01:07:23,380 --> 01:07:29,320
 I think obviously he's going to get a lot of, of questions about bringing his USF guys over, you know,

1107
01:07:29,320 --> 01:07:30,820
 what's your offense going to look like?

1108
01:07:30,860 --> 01:07:37,000
 Can you bring the juice back to an Auburn offense and struggled mightily, uh, under the last two offensive gurus?

1109
01:07:37,080 --> 01:07:42,220
 You know, what, what makes you the offensive guru that that's going to set this thing apart from the other ones?

1110
01:07:42,220 --> 01:07:45,240
 Um, the DJ Durkin retention was huge.

1111
01:07:45,900 --> 01:07:50,920
 Um, probably going to get a lot of questions about that, but, you know, I think that all in all, man,

1112
01:07:50,920 --> 01:07:58,480
 I think he's, he's answered a ton of questions already this off season that, I mean, in my head, it's like,

1113
01:07:58,480 --> 01:08:00,900
 how can you, how can you have much more to say, right?

1114
01:08:01,120 --> 01:08:06,200
 You've, you've kind of explained everything, but, uh, no, I think, I think, uh, especially

1115
01:08:06,200 --> 01:08:10,320
 when you have people who don't cover the team on a daily basis and get to talk with coach

1116
01:08:10,320 --> 01:08:14,800
 goals as often as the local media does, you're probably going to kind of get a lot of questions

1117
01:08:14,800 --> 01:08:20,240
 about the, uh, the USF carryover, um, to Auburn, uh, backup quarterback.

1118
01:08:20,240 --> 01:08:26,220
 Everybody knows Byron Brown is going to be the starter is the backup quarterback, uh, Tristan

1119
01:08:26,220 --> 01:08:27,620
 Tia from Oregon state.

1120
01:08:29,660 --> 01:08:30,060
 Yeah.

1121
01:08:30,160 --> 01:08:30,420
 Yeah.

1122
01:08:30,420 --> 01:08:34,260
 I think that he's, he's certainly going to be the backup quarterback and that's what, you

1123
01:08:34,260 --> 01:08:39,220
 know, after a strong spring, I think he kind of solidified himself there, but also, uh,

1124
01:08:39,220 --> 01:08:43,080
 you know, if you're Tristan Tia, you, you, you obviously know that Byron Brown's the guy,

1125
01:08:43,140 --> 01:08:44,200
 but he's got one more year.

1126
01:08:44,360 --> 01:08:49,220
 Uh, and then, you know, you're kind of trying to show in preseason practice and, and along

1127
01:08:49,220 --> 01:08:53,580
 throughout the season, that you're the guy who, who can take over, um, in 2027.

1128
01:08:53,580 --> 01:08:58,580
 So I think that, you know, why, you know, he's not starting this upcoming season, first

1129
01:08:58,580 --> 01:09:02,940
 off, he's one play away from being on the field and, you know, God forbid that that happens,

1130
01:09:02,940 --> 01:09:05,320
 but, um, he's one play away from being on the field.

1131
01:09:05,320 --> 01:09:09,700
 And then obviously, um, you know, if he doesn't get to play this season, like I mentioned, you,

1132
01:09:09,820 --> 01:09:15,120
 you're trying to show and show this coaching staff and, uh, that you have the skills necessary

1133
01:09:15,120 --> 01:09:16,060
 to compete in the sec.

1134
01:09:16,060 --> 01:09:20,860
 So this, this upcoming, uh, you know, preseason practice and fall camp is just as important

1135
01:09:20,860 --> 01:09:22,960
 for Tristan Tia as it is for anybody else.

1136
01:09:23,420 --> 01:09:27,140
 Logan, circling back to the question, what's going to keep you from doing what Signetti did

1137
01:09:27,140 --> 01:09:27,980
 last year in Indiana?

1138
01:09:28,100 --> 01:09:29,620
 I'd say it'd be one word schedule.

1139
01:09:29,940 --> 01:09:32,880
 Have you looked at Auburn's schedule compared to Indiana's last year?

1140
01:09:33,400 --> 01:09:34,240
 Yeah, a hundred percent.

1141
01:09:34,360 --> 01:09:34,800
 A hundred percent.

1142
01:09:34,920 --> 01:09:35,020
 Yeah.

1143
01:09:35,100 --> 01:09:40,540
 That's a, you certainly can't compare Auburn and Indiana schedule last year, um, which is,

1144
01:09:40,780 --> 01:09:45,680
 which is, you know, it's, it's hard for me because like, you kind of feel like the

1145
01:09:45,680 --> 01:09:52,080
 first four games are winnable, but at the same time, it's like you, Auburn does not strike

1146
01:09:52,080 --> 01:09:54,800
 fear in, you know, anyone's eyes right now.

1147
01:09:54,800 --> 01:09:59,680
 Like, what are you going to do kind of in the early goings to strike fear in the eyes

1148
01:09:59,680 --> 01:10:01,700
 of Ole Miss and LSU in late October?

1149
01:10:02,140 --> 01:10:06,700
 Um, you know, I think that obviously we've talked about before a couple of weeks ago as

1150
01:10:06,700 --> 01:10:12,360
 well, that, that four game stretch in October at Tennessee, at Georgia, um, LSU coming over

1151
01:10:12,360 --> 01:10:15,720
 with probably one of the most talented rosters in the country at Ole Miss.

1152
01:10:15,920 --> 01:10:20,220
 Um, you know, it's tough because you don't know what these teams are going to be, but at

1153
01:10:20,220 --> 01:10:25,080
 the same time, you have a great feeling that Tennessee is going to be well above average.

1154
01:10:25,080 --> 01:10:30,300
 You, you know, what you're getting in Georgia, obviously the LSU, I mean, we're still waiting

1155
01:10:30,300 --> 01:10:33,300
 to see what it is, but a number one transfer portal class.

1156
01:10:33,300 --> 01:10:38,820
 And that's a, a class to where like some of the, the middle of the pack guys are, would

1157
01:10:38,820 --> 01:10:41,600
 be the most talented guys on other people's rosters.

1158
01:10:41,600 --> 01:10:43,560
 So, I mean, it's going to be interesting to see.

1159
01:10:43,700 --> 01:10:47,540
 It's, it's certainly a tough schedule for Alex Golesh to maneuver through in year one.

1160
01:10:48,160 --> 01:10:49,940
 Uh, no question about that.

1161
01:10:49,980 --> 01:10:55,120
 I've been, I've said that three times this week, the, the gauntlet of that six game schedule

1162
01:10:55,120 --> 01:11:00,640
 may be the most difficult, um, uh, of anybody in the country.

1163
01:11:00,920 --> 01:11:01,820
 Great stuff.

1164
01:11:01,960 --> 01:11:07,280
 We're going to be running to a break with the British Open and get an update on the leaderboard,

1165
01:11:07,280 --> 01:11:10,240
 but always a treat to talk to you.

1166
01:11:10,240 --> 01:11:15,800
 Uh, where can we get online and get the absolute latest about Auburn and certainly your coverage

1167
01:11:15,800 --> 01:11:17,400
 next week for media days?

1168
01:11:17,920 --> 01:11:22,500
 You can find me over at 1819news.com and Logan F Fowler on it.

1169
01:11:23,220 --> 01:11:23,940
 Sounds great.

1170
01:11:24,080 --> 01:11:27,460
 State travels, Logan, Logan Fowler, visiting there at 1819news.

1171
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 Speaking of coverage from the NCC media days, BB, are you loading up on your Energizer bunny

1172
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 cookies?

1173
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 Uh, well, I'm loading up on several things, but it should be a fun week.

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 By the way, bonus coverage here next week, Monday through Wednesday, 11, uh, a.m. to two.

1175
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 Uh, but first let's head down to mobile and check in with Randy Kennedy.

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 Stay with us.

1177
01:11:53,120 --> 01:11:57,540
 Jackson Super says he's played only 27 holes of Lynx golf before today.

1178
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 Well, the Tampa native looked right at home in Northwest England at Royal Burkdale.

1179
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 Super firing a five under 65.

1180
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 He's got the lead as the first round winds down.

1181
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 Super went out in even par 34, but he came home in five under 31, including an eagle at 17.

1182
01:12:15,200 --> 01:12:17,720
 Sung J.M. and Dan Brown are four under one back.

1183
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 Big group at three under.

1184
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 Big names, Bryson DeChambeau, Colin Morikawa, and Cameron Young among them.

1185
01:12:24,020 --> 01:12:27,560
 World number one, Scotty Scheffler battles for a two under 68.

1186
01:12:27,980 --> 01:12:29,440
 That is three off the lead.

1187
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 Scheffler had four birdies in the first six holes, but played the final 12 in two over.

1188
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 And Rory McIlroy hoping to make up some ground coming in.

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1261
01:16:06,940 --> 01:16:08,240
 Randy Kennedy, welcome in.

1262
01:16:08,320 --> 01:16:08,900
 How are you?

1263
01:16:09,600 --> 01:16:10,100
 Good, man.

1264
01:16:10,140 --> 01:16:10,620
 How you guys doing?

1265
01:16:10,760 --> 01:16:10,920
 Hey, buddy.

1266
01:16:11,420 --> 01:16:15,480
 I think, would you echo the same sentiments on this end of the state of Alabama that maybe

1267
01:16:15,480 --> 01:16:20,520
 we're ready to trade some of that European football for SEC football next week down in

1268
01:16:20,520 --> 01:16:20,820
 Tampa?

1269
01:16:22,160 --> 01:16:25,280
 Yeah, we never actually left the real football, did we?

1270
01:16:25,500 --> 01:16:25,800
 No.

1271
01:16:25,800 --> 01:16:26,200
 No.

1272
01:16:28,620 --> 01:16:29,660
 I think a lot of folks.

1273
01:16:29,660 --> 01:16:30,340
 It's talking season.

1274
01:16:30,440 --> 01:16:31,020
 We're ready for it.

1275
01:16:31,420 --> 01:16:32,260
 There you go.

1276
01:16:32,400 --> 01:16:33,900
 Randy, your thoughts coming in.

1277
01:16:33,960 --> 01:16:38,400
 What's going to be the big story this year outside of maybe not too far down the road from

1278
01:16:38,400 --> 01:16:40,380
 me there on I-10 at LSU?

1279
01:16:40,940 --> 01:16:43,540
 Where do you stack up the big stories coming in this season?

1280
01:16:44,480 --> 01:16:48,680
 You know, it's so interesting as we enter this new world of college football with the

1281
01:16:48,680 --> 01:16:51,440
 NIL and the rev share and all that sort of thing.

1282
01:16:51,600 --> 01:16:55,600
 It's going to be so interesting to see if it really is going to be as cut and dry as people

1283
01:16:55,600 --> 01:17:01,720
 think about, you know, do the halves in terms of money like Texas A&M, LSU.

1284
01:17:01,860 --> 01:17:03,640
 Are those really going to be the halves on the field?

1285
01:17:04,180 --> 01:17:08,120
 I mean, because we're coming off a year where Indiana won the national championship and they

1286
01:17:08,120 --> 01:17:14,140
 paid some money, sure, but they have not been one of the halves in terms of buying a roster,

1287
01:17:14,240 --> 01:17:16,620
 though they may be that going forward, but they haven't been.

1288
01:17:16,760 --> 01:17:18,560
 So I think that's going to be a big storyline.

1289
01:17:18,820 --> 01:17:22,640
 I'm not just ready to concede that suddenly those teams are going to be the powers.

1290
01:17:23,380 --> 01:17:24,800
 It's like a Hollywood marriage.

1291
01:17:24,800 --> 01:17:27,220
 You'd think this pretty boy and that pretty girl would make it work.

1292
01:17:27,340 --> 01:17:28,980
 Nah, it's got to have some chemistry to it.

1293
01:17:29,020 --> 01:17:30,140
 It's got to fit the system.

1294
01:17:30,380 --> 01:17:33,720
 And I think that was the thing that didn't get talked enough about last year with Signetti.

1295
01:17:34,080 --> 01:17:39,340
 Yeah, he had big bucks behind him, but he knew how to spend it because you got some folks,

1296
01:17:39,360 --> 01:17:40,460
 they can have all that money.

1297
01:17:40,560 --> 01:17:46,880
 But if you got on offense, 11 me's and on defense, 11 me's and no we's, how many games

1298
01:17:46,880 --> 01:17:49,240
 are you going to win when everybody's playing for their next paycheck?

1299
01:17:50,060 --> 01:17:51,280
 That is absolutely true.

1300
01:17:51,300 --> 01:17:53,980
 And so many of those guys, you know, he brought with him from James Madison.

1301
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 So it wasn't like any major program couldn't have had those guys out of high school if they

1302
01:17:59,400 --> 01:18:00,620
 would have done a better job of scouting.

1303
01:18:00,760 --> 01:18:05,520
 So I think that's where so much of this is now going to come in where can you get guys

1304
01:18:05,520 --> 01:18:09,360
 who are pretty good recruits and not the absolute five-star blue chips?

1305
01:18:09,680 --> 01:18:13,000
 How many of those guys can you identify who are going to be superstar players?

1306
01:18:13,560 --> 01:18:21,220
 Speaking of superstar players with potential, the best of Bama started on Sunday and you finished

1307
01:18:21,220 --> 01:18:25,620
 up with the top 10 today, I believe.

1308
01:18:26,700 --> 01:18:32,840
 I want you to explain the criteria of this because a lot of people think, well, Randy probably

1309
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 just lists seniors.

1310
01:18:34,960 --> 01:18:35,940
 Not quite.

1311
01:18:36,440 --> 01:18:44,920
 In number 50, Randy, I know this is difficult because number 12 is Trent Seaborn.

1312
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 And I'm thinking, you mean to tell me there are 11 players better than Trent Seaborn, but they

1313
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 are.

1314
01:18:51,220 --> 01:18:59,220
 But Cedric Simmons of Selma, who was an Aubrey commitment until yesterday, flipped to Alabama.

1315
01:18:59,220 --> 01:19:03,300
 He is number 50, which tells you the talent on this list.

1316
01:19:04,020 --> 01:19:09,700
 Tell us first your criteria and your thoughts on a flip from Selma yesterday.

1317
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 Yeah, what we did with this, best in Bama, this is year two of this format and nobody's

1318
01:19:15,520 --> 01:19:16,580
 ever done it this way before.

1319
01:19:16,700 --> 01:19:21,220
 None of the recruiting services or the websites or the pay sites or any of that have ever done

1320
01:19:21,220 --> 01:19:21,460
 this.

1321
01:19:21,540 --> 01:19:27,220
 So what we're trying to do is identify these guys early in terms of the top recruits in

1322
01:19:27,220 --> 01:19:27,680
 the state.

1323
01:19:27,820 --> 01:19:32,980
 So it gets difficult when you're comparing a freshman to a senior or even, you know, we've

1324
01:19:32,980 --> 01:19:35,040
 had an eighth grader make the list already.

1325
01:19:35,040 --> 01:19:40,500
 When you're comparing those guys to somebody like Trent Seaborn, who's kind of a household

1326
01:19:40,500 --> 01:19:41,540
 name by this point.

1327
01:19:41,880 --> 01:19:46,340
 But what we're trying to do is say, look, if you go see a game that includes, you know,

1328
01:19:46,340 --> 01:19:51,120
 you go to see Talladega High School play, or, you know, you should know that there is a

1329
01:19:51,120 --> 01:19:56,820
 kid there who's 14 years old who is already on the radar of all of the big SEC schools.

1330
01:19:57,120 --> 01:20:01,740
 That's what you need to know, even compared to the guys who have already become big high

1331
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 school stars.

1332
01:20:02,180 --> 01:20:05,960
 So it's difficult when you're comparing one grade to the other, but we're just trying

1333
01:20:05,960 --> 01:20:10,720
 to say, Hey, here are, here are the guys who are going to be big time recruits, either

1334
01:20:10,720 --> 01:20:16,080
 in this class of 20, 27, or all the way down to, we're already talking about 20, 30 at this

1335
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 point.

1336
01:20:16,300 --> 01:20:19,440
 So that's, that's what we're trying to do with Trent Seaborn.

1337
01:20:19,580 --> 01:20:21,760
 Are there 11 players in the state better than him?

1338
01:20:21,820 --> 01:20:22,820
 No, there are not.

1339
01:20:23,240 --> 01:20:29,060
 But in terms of being a recruit, are there 11 guys who have been more highly thought after

1340
01:20:29,060 --> 01:20:29,540
 than him?

1341
01:20:29,860 --> 01:20:30,260
 Yeah.

1342
01:20:30,260 --> 01:20:30,540
 Yeah.

1343
01:20:30,540 --> 01:20:32,120
 I think 12 is about right for him.

1344
01:20:32,180 --> 01:20:37,640
 Randy, I'm looking at this list in the top 10 and what I find absolutely amazing that

1345
01:20:37,640 --> 01:20:42,000
 we probably would never say it back in the day of a guy named save and Bryant die and others

1346
01:20:42,000 --> 01:20:43,620
 in the top 10.

1347
01:20:43,620 --> 01:20:48,500
 And I won't call it all the names of number one, because he's got roots in North Alabama.

1348
01:20:48,500 --> 01:20:52,560
 Papa Phillip was a save and his family's played over at Athens.

1349
01:20:52,560 --> 01:20:55,160
 That's gunner rivers on his way to North Carolina state.

1350
01:20:55,380 --> 01:21:01,200
 You got one going to Oklahoma, one going to Oregon, uh, one going to Texas, one going to

1351
01:21:01,200 --> 01:21:01,640
 Oklahoma.

1352
01:21:01,640 --> 01:21:06,560
 The rest of the rest of the rest are uncommitted, except one guy in the top 10 is committed to down home.

1353
01:21:06,560 --> 01:21:11,980
 And that's, uh, the, uh, young man Kingston free year out of Benjamin Russell, the quarterback

1354
01:21:11,980 --> 01:21:13,820
 recently committed to Alabama.

1355
01:21:13,820 --> 01:21:19,980
 Your thoughts, number one, did you ever think out of the top 10, only one would be committed to either Alabama or Auburn.

1356
01:21:19,980 --> 01:21:24,260
 And what about that one, Mr. Free year, what is Alabama getting that young quarterback?

1357
01:21:25,060 --> 01:21:26,440
 Yeah, it really is crazy.

1358
01:21:26,440 --> 01:21:29,580
 And we've got, it is it guys, it's the year of the quarterback in Alabama.

1359
01:21:29,580 --> 01:21:30,460
 It was a good year.

1360
01:21:30,540 --> 01:21:32,440
 Last year is going to be another great year.

1361
01:21:32,440 --> 01:21:38,120
 This year, Kingston free year has got two more years of high school to go at Benjamin Russell committed

1362
01:21:38,120 --> 01:21:39,660
 Alabama just last week.

1363
01:21:39,660 --> 01:21:44,860
 We've got him in the top five, uh, among all the, you know, regardless of classification, we've got him there.

1364
01:21:45,340 --> 01:21:46,400
 It's crazy guys.

1365
01:21:46,400 --> 01:21:52,440
 It, it used to seem like it just wouldn't happen that a guy would go from Alabama top recruit and

1366
01:21:52,440 --> 01:21:53,080
 go to Oregon.

1367
01:21:53,080 --> 01:21:54,040
 It just wouldn't.

1368
01:21:54,160 --> 01:22:00,540
 And now we're in line for a third straight year where a player who's in the top six in the whole

1369
01:22:00,540 --> 01:22:03,720
 state is to have already gone to Oregon the last two years.

1370
01:22:03,720 --> 01:22:06,200
 And now one is committed there already.

1371
01:22:06,200 --> 01:22:11,340
 It just feels like with so much travel going on and how the world is just a smaller place

1372
01:22:11,340 --> 01:22:15,920
 now, you know, and these guys don't think that much about, I could leave.

1373
01:22:16,400 --> 01:22:17,960
 Alabama and go play at Oregon.

1374
01:22:18,660 --> 01:22:24,100
 Randy, one of the other things about this is a lot of these guys are multi-sport athletes.

1375
01:22:24,860 --> 01:22:28,960
 Uh, a lot of them play two or three different positions, offense and defense.

1376
01:22:29,500 --> 01:22:33,660
 And I think we talked about this young man earlier in the year, but you've got a number

1377
01:22:33,660 --> 01:22:36,140
 19, Lee Steele from Orange Beach.

1378
01:22:36,600 --> 01:22:39,400
 He is a basketball star at six, six.

1379
01:22:39,560 --> 01:22:41,100
 He's also a tight end.

1380
01:22:41,820 --> 01:22:43,560
 Alabama's quite interested in him.

1381
01:22:43,620 --> 01:22:46,460
 He's on, he's at your, your neck of the woods.

1382
01:22:46,660 --> 01:22:50,520
 Talk a little bit more, more about a very talented guy, right?

1383
01:22:50,600 --> 01:22:53,400
 Ranked number 19 in the best of Bama, Lee Steele.

1384
01:22:54,200 --> 01:22:54,600
 Yeah.

1385
01:22:54,660 --> 01:22:55,420
 You know, we did this.

1386
01:22:55,520 --> 01:23:01,180
 We broke this down position by position before we put out the final one through 50 that culminates

1387
01:23:01,180 --> 01:23:01,620
 today.

1388
01:23:02,120 --> 01:23:06,680
 And when I was going through the wide receivers and the tight end, it's like every single

1389
01:23:06,680 --> 01:23:09,160
 one of them, it's like, oh, he's an all-star basketball player.

1390
01:23:09,520 --> 01:23:15,400
 You know, it's just with almost without exception, every one of these guys who are tight ends or

1391
01:23:15,400 --> 01:23:20,080
 wide receivers are guys who could play at the college level, uh, on the, on the basketball

1392
01:23:20,080 --> 01:23:20,460
 court.

1393
01:23:20,620 --> 01:23:24,140
 Now, maybe they're, maybe they're better prospects in football, maybe not, but Lee

1394
01:23:24,140 --> 01:23:28,660
 Steele, uh, you know, as a high school athlete is probably a better basketball player, but

1395
01:23:28,660 --> 01:23:31,320
 his future is that, uh, is it tight end?

1396
01:23:31,420 --> 01:23:36,140
 I mean, let's, let's face it pro basketball players who are six, six or six, seven or a

1397
01:23:36,140 --> 01:23:38,440
 dime a dozen as an athletic tight end.

1398
01:23:38,540 --> 01:23:40,040
 Those guys are not a dime a dozen.

1399
01:23:40,040 --> 01:23:42,300
 And so I think he's going to be a tight end.

1400
01:23:42,640 --> 01:23:45,160
 I know LSU is already really pushing hard for him.

1401
01:23:45,580 --> 01:23:48,560
 Alabama has been very much in the mix for him.

1402
01:23:48,560 --> 01:23:53,240
 So we'll see, he'll have his choice of where he wants to go, but he's, uh, he's got two

1403
01:23:53,240 --> 01:23:54,400
 more years of high school as well.

1404
01:23:54,780 --> 01:23:55,760
 Two words on that.

1405
01:23:55,820 --> 01:23:57,200
 I've always noticed quick twitch.

1406
01:23:57,280 --> 01:24:01,020
 If you play basketball and you're a good basketball player, chances are you got a lot of national

1407
01:24:01,020 --> 01:24:06,300
 athleticism about you, but Randy, let me ask you about, uh, again, back to just a few years

1408
01:24:06,300 --> 01:24:10,280
 ago, did you ever think there'd be such a debate for a three-star in state?

1409
01:24:10,600 --> 01:24:14,220
 Cedric Simmons commits to, uh, Auburn, then flips to Alabama.

1410
01:24:14,640 --> 01:24:18,480
 He's a three-star, but he has been one of the hottest contested names between

1411
01:24:18,480 --> 01:24:20,340
 these two schools over the last few weeks.

1412
01:24:20,340 --> 01:24:24,600
 And during this entire cycle, what, uh, is that right now?

1413
01:24:24,620 --> 01:24:27,180
 Anyway, what is Alabama getting in Simmons out of Selma?

1414
01:24:28,260 --> 01:24:28,660
 Yeah.

1415
01:24:28,660 --> 01:24:32,720
 It's so interesting that we got him 50 on the list, you know, among guys of all grades,

1416
01:24:32,720 --> 01:24:34,040
 we've got him 50 here.

1417
01:24:34,460 --> 01:24:38,900
 Um, that's where he was before he was committed to Auburn and then he committed Auburn and now

1418
01:24:38,900 --> 01:24:39,760
 he's committed Alabama.

1419
01:24:40,000 --> 01:24:44,440
 He's number 50 on the list, but you know, you look at this, how many guys in this upcoming

1420
01:24:44,440 --> 01:24:50,060
 senior class legitimately have been recruited by Alabama and Auburn and it's not all that

1421
01:24:50,060 --> 01:24:55,300
 many, you know, for whatever reason, one school may be very much in the mix for a guy and the

1422
01:24:55,300 --> 01:24:58,120
 other not, or, you know, whatever the case may be.

1423
01:24:58,160 --> 01:25:03,260
 In this case, this was really one of those old school kind of battles that you guys and

1424
01:25:03,260 --> 01:25:06,260
 I remember from back in the day where, Oh, it's a great player in state.

1425
01:25:06,640 --> 01:25:08,060
 Wonder if he's going to Alabama or Auburn.

1426
01:25:08,140 --> 01:25:13,280
 And this is one of those few guys that still fit into that category of really being recruited

1427
01:25:13,280 --> 01:25:14,200
 by both of these.

1428
01:25:14,560 --> 01:25:16,980
 Uh, when he committed Auburn, it was a little bit of a surprise.

1429
01:25:16,980 --> 01:25:21,820
 I think a lot of people assumed he was going to Alabama as a, comes from a big Alabama family.

1430
01:25:21,820 --> 01:25:24,460
 So, uh, he will go to Alabama now, I think.

1431
01:25:24,460 --> 01:25:28,820
 And, uh, he's a, he's a slot kind of receiver, you know, one of those small,

1432
01:25:28,960 --> 01:25:30,140
 shifty, fast sort of guys.

1433
01:25:30,280 --> 01:25:32,020
 So that's what Alabama is getting with him.

1434
01:25:32,300 --> 01:25:37,640
 Randy, we were talking about players for some of the top players going to, um, Oregon.

1435
01:25:38,460 --> 01:25:44,180
 Uh, and what something jumped out to me, two of the top 10 are going to Oklahoma.

1436
01:25:44,720 --> 01:25:49,040
 Jalen Scott, uh, who plays at Williamson, a defensive back.

1437
01:25:49,660 --> 01:25:54,100
 Uh, and then the quarterback, Jameson Roberts from Sarah land.

1438
01:25:54,280 --> 01:25:57,260
 And I'm thinking, what's the common denominator here?

1439
01:25:57,260 --> 01:26:03,780
 Uh, Mr. Nagy, who used to be the executive director of the senior bowl, probably knows

1440
01:26:03,780 --> 01:26:04,940
 some talent there.

1441
01:26:05,040 --> 01:26:10,980
 He's now the general manager at Oklahoma, two of the top 10 now, now, right now looking at

1442
01:26:10,980 --> 01:26:11,920
 going to Oklahoma.

1443
01:26:12,700 --> 01:26:13,620
 Isn't that crazy?

1444
01:26:13,780 --> 01:26:13,900
 Yeah.

1445
01:26:14,000 --> 01:26:17,420
 And I definitely do think it's the, it's the Jim Nagy connection there.

1446
01:26:17,480 --> 01:26:18,420
 No question about it.

1447
01:26:18,540 --> 01:26:23,280
 That, uh, he, he certainly knows all the high school coaches in the mobile area and he knows

1448
01:26:23,280 --> 01:26:25,560
 what kind of high school football played in this area.

1449
01:26:25,560 --> 01:26:28,140
 Heck his son played for UMS, right.

1450
01:26:28,260 --> 01:26:32,920
 So he got to actually see, you know, some of these guys play on a Friday night, uh, two

1451
01:26:32,920 --> 01:26:34,300
 of the top 10 going to Oklahoma.

1452
01:26:34,440 --> 01:26:39,080
 They had another commit wide receiver from, uh, Tuscaloosa who was committed to Oklahoma for

1453
01:26:39,080 --> 01:26:41,500
 a long time and has since flipped to Ole Miss.

1454
01:26:41,500 --> 01:26:46,780
 So they would have had three in the best in Bama top 50, but, uh, but they've got two for

1455
01:26:46,780 --> 01:26:47,060
 now.

1456
01:26:47,060 --> 01:26:51,380
 Who knows, they may add, uh, they may add another before we're done, but two of the top

1457
01:26:51,380 --> 01:26:55,580
 10, that's a really strong haul for, uh, for Jim Nagy in Oklahoma and they're recruiting

1458
01:26:55,580 --> 01:26:59,800
 well all over the country, but two in mobile is, is really strong for the Sooners.

1459
01:27:00,240 --> 01:27:00,680
 Absolutely.

1460
01:27:00,680 --> 01:27:07,400
 And one that pumped out to me in your top 10, Joey Fleming, an offensive lineman from where?

1461
01:27:07,940 --> 01:27:10,080
 The Huntsville Crimson Panthers.

1462
01:27:10,760 --> 01:27:11,740
 Uh, and you're right.

1463
01:27:11,840 --> 01:27:17,440
 He may be the most coveted recruit in a decade in North Alabama.

1464
01:27:17,960 --> 01:27:19,680
 You're exactly right about that.

1465
01:27:19,740 --> 01:27:20,560
 And I'm to be curious.

1466
01:27:20,680 --> 01:27:22,960
 He's a junior to follow him.

1467
01:27:23,020 --> 01:27:23,620
 Great stuff.

1468
01:27:23,720 --> 01:27:29,740
 I've been looking forward, forward to the debut of the best of Bama, uh, the entire summer.

1469
01:27:29,860 --> 01:27:32,760
 Randy, where can we get online and get all the great stuff?

1470
01:27:33,380 --> 01:27:33,780
 Yep.

1471
01:27:33,800 --> 01:27:36,920
 You can go to, uh, al.com and that's where you can find it all.

1472
01:27:37,000 --> 01:27:39,140
 We broke it all down by, by classes.

1473
01:27:39,140 --> 01:27:41,620
 Then we went, uh, 10 at a time, 50 to 41.

1474
01:27:41,620 --> 01:27:46,100
 And then today, uh, we debuted the final list, number 10 through number one.

1475
01:27:46,100 --> 01:27:51,660
 So the top 10 prospects in the state, regardless of what classification they play or what grade they

1476
01:27:51,660 --> 01:27:55,280
 graduate, this is the top 10 prospects in Alabama.

1477
01:27:55,280 --> 01:27:58,160
 It is, uh, as you guys know, a very star-studded group.

1478
01:27:59,100 --> 01:27:59,840
 Great job.

1479
01:27:59,940 --> 01:28:00,940
 Keep up the good work, Randy.

1480
01:28:01,000 --> 01:28:02,120
 And thanks for your time today, buddy.

1481
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 We appreciate you.

1482
01:28:03,440 --> 01:28:04,020
 Thank you, bud.

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1573
01:32:43,280 --> 01:32:52,920
 Ready to spend a few weeks at the coast, and I'm back in T-Town, leaving out on Sunday, headed to Tampa, Florida.

1574
01:32:53,020 --> 01:33:00,860
 Don't know what the topics will be, but we'll try to create some down there, try to throw some things against the wall, as Nick Saban would tell us, and see if they'll stick.

1575
01:33:01,260 --> 01:33:05,160
 But, you know, I've got a lot of things to think about.

1576
01:33:05,160 --> 01:33:09,300
 I've got an interview with the board next Wednesday, so I'm going to ask the audience this afternoon.

1577
01:33:09,580 --> 01:33:12,420
 What do you want to know from Taylor and the board?

1578
01:33:12,840 --> 01:33:23,180
 Well, Ryan, if we're going to ask you what do you want to know, what would be your number one question of, I got a pretty good idea, but I don't want to steal you, Thunder, man.

1579
01:33:23,280 --> 01:33:24,220
 So the stage is yours.

1580
01:33:24,300 --> 01:33:25,780
 What's the number one question of the boss?

1581
01:33:26,880 --> 01:33:28,500
 Well, I would say the offensive line.

1582
01:33:29,020 --> 01:33:35,020
 How confident do you think that this offensive line can be a productive unit?

1583
01:33:36,120 --> 01:33:41,960
 You know, when you look at two years, what have you learned in the SEC about the line of scrimmage?

1584
01:33:42,040 --> 01:33:43,640
 Do you think it is a difference?

1585
01:33:44,160 --> 01:33:50,680
 You know, and this is the guy that won the Joe Moore Award in UW.

1586
01:33:51,460 --> 01:33:56,600
 So, I mean, he knows what a good offensive line looks like, so it's not like that's uncommon to him.

1587
01:33:57,180 --> 01:34:06,440
 But I think when you, you know, when you step back and you begin to look at this out of our football team, guys, I believe that this team can compete for a championship.

1588
01:34:06,440 --> 01:34:12,080
 I didn't say win a championship, I think compete for a championship, if the offensive line.

1589
01:34:12,140 --> 01:34:14,280
 It's about stopping the run and running the football.

1590
01:34:14,460 --> 01:34:14,620
 Yep.

1591
01:34:14,720 --> 01:34:15,300
 Thank you.

1592
01:34:16,260 --> 01:34:19,940
 And I know we make football so complex, but it's really very, very simple.

1593
01:34:20,120 --> 01:34:20,520
 Yep.

1594
01:34:20,720 --> 01:34:23,760
 And that's what the theme of the offseason, I'll be honest with you.

1595
01:34:23,800 --> 01:34:27,940
 We've talked very little about the quarterback competition in Buffaloes.

1596
01:34:28,460 --> 01:34:31,660
 And, you know, I always say, it's not about what I want to talk about.

1597
01:34:31,700 --> 01:34:32,880
 It's what you want to talk about.

1598
01:34:32,920 --> 01:34:34,340
 I'm talking about you as the audience.

1599
01:34:34,640 --> 01:34:37,060
 And the audience just wanted to talk about the offensive line.

1600
01:34:37,140 --> 01:34:43,420
 So, I've tried to feature, like I got an offensive lineman on this afternoon, to kind of help us understand, how does an offensive line improve?

1601
01:34:43,660 --> 01:34:50,840
 How can you make, you know, an adjustment to improve, you know, your football team?

1602
01:34:51,460 --> 01:34:53,340
 And I think it's a mindset.

1603
01:34:53,640 --> 01:34:54,700
 It's a physicality.

1604
01:34:54,780 --> 01:34:56,340
 You can't find it in October.

1605
01:34:56,880 --> 01:34:58,640
 You've got to be able to develop it.

1606
01:34:58,640 --> 01:34:59,040
 Yep.

1607
01:34:59,660 --> 01:35:04,080
 In the month of June, July, in spring training.

1608
01:35:04,600 --> 01:35:07,300
 But it also takes recruiting the right of players.

1609
01:35:07,480 --> 01:35:09,080
 And you think that they've done that.

1610
01:35:09,220 --> 01:35:11,980
 You know, last year, he really ran out of players.

1611
01:35:12,300 --> 01:35:16,260
 He ran out of players from a depth standpoint.

1612
01:35:16,260 --> 01:35:27,040
 This year, it looks like he has adjusted by adding guys to play multiple different roles, right?

1613
01:35:27,040 --> 01:35:31,660
 Multiple guys on defense can play in different positions on the defensive front.

1614
01:35:32,140 --> 01:35:33,500
 Offensive line's the same.

1615
01:35:34,440 --> 01:35:39,980
 And, you know, I may ask him about the biggest competitions, because I think it's more than just quarterback competition.

1616
01:35:40,360 --> 01:35:45,200
 I'm still convinced that there could be a little competition at that left guard spot.

1617
01:35:45,740 --> 01:35:51,720
 And I just continue to hear that there could be, you know, we kind of just want to plug William Sanders in there.

1618
01:35:52,280 --> 01:35:56,000
 But I think there could be some, I think there should be some competition.

1619
01:35:56,120 --> 01:35:56,540
 You know what?

1620
01:35:56,580 --> 01:35:57,480
 You want competition.

1621
01:35:57,960 --> 01:35:58,360
 Right.

1622
01:35:58,520 --> 01:36:02,740
 You don't want to assign your starters week number one.

1623
01:36:02,820 --> 01:36:03,300
 Nope.

1624
01:36:03,780 --> 01:36:06,140
 Week number one of fall camp.

1625
01:36:06,140 --> 01:36:10,720
 And, you know, players report on the fourth, fifth, the fifth is first day of practice.

1626
01:36:10,880 --> 01:36:15,020
 We'll have a media day on August the 8th.

1627
01:36:15,840 --> 01:36:19,100
 So, yeah, I'm excited about this upcoming season.

1628
01:36:19,480 --> 01:36:24,900
 I think it's, you know, I'm excited to get to Tampa because it's a loop that we must jump through to get there.

1629
01:36:25,020 --> 01:36:31,780
 But as I told someone last night affiliated with Alabama, he asked me, he said, when are you coming back to Tuscaloosa?

1630
01:36:31,780 --> 01:36:36,020
 I said, well, I'll chase Alabama completely out the door.

1631
01:36:36,420 --> 01:36:41,120
 I said, whenever they leave, that's been my fault.

1632
01:36:41,180 --> 01:36:43,000
 Because it's like they bring the energy.

1633
01:36:43,260 --> 01:36:53,600
 And for those that do not believe that Alabama butters the bread of the SEC, if you're in that camp and you believe that Alabama doesn't butter the bread of the SEC,

1634
01:36:54,380 --> 01:36:58,600
 then I'd like to invite you to go with me to one of these SEC media days.

1635
01:36:58,600 --> 01:37:00,020
 And you say, well, I can't make it this year.

1636
01:37:00,080 --> 01:37:00,560
 No problem.

1637
01:37:00,560 --> 01:37:02,060
 We'll do it again next year about this day.

1638
01:37:02,780 --> 01:37:02,980
 Right.

1639
01:37:03,100 --> 01:37:05,160
 Because you guys have seen it for years.

1640
01:37:05,760 --> 01:37:08,240
 When Alabama walks in, I don't care if it's Coach Fran.

1641
01:37:08,340 --> 01:37:09,560
 I don't care if it's Mike Shula.

1642
01:37:10,140 --> 01:37:19,080
 When Alabama walks through the door, it's almost where the TV reporters will drop the cameras and go after Alabama.

1643
01:37:19,500 --> 01:37:19,640
 Yeah.

1644
01:37:19,940 --> 01:37:21,340
 It's the funniest thing.

1645
01:37:21,380 --> 01:37:23,920
 I remember Tommy Tuberville down in Auburn.

1646
01:37:24,060 --> 01:37:28,320
 And at this point, I think it was – I don't remember who it was that was here in Alabama at that time.

1647
01:37:28,840 --> 01:37:30,440
 But it was not Nick Stavitt.

1648
01:37:31,140 --> 01:37:33,220
 And Alabama had showed up at one of these.

1649
01:37:33,340 --> 01:37:35,020
 And it's just almost a stop.

1650
01:37:35,540 --> 01:37:37,800
 And it shifts their attention to Alabama.

1651
01:37:38,380 --> 01:37:40,520
 And you guys have been in the media business a lot longer than I have.

1652
01:37:40,580 --> 01:37:50,020
 I don't know if it's always been like that, but it's like Alabama demands – they bring the energy, but then as soon as they leave, it gets sucked out of the place.

1653
01:37:50,560 --> 01:37:53,100
 And it's like the buildup for the Rolling Stones.

1654
01:37:53,360 --> 01:37:57,400
 And then, hey, guys, we're going to stay around here for a few more hours and play a few more songs.

1655
01:37:57,520 --> 01:37:58,500
 You guys hang around.

1656
01:37:58,640 --> 01:38:00,440
 And it becomes like a ghost town.

1657
01:38:00,500 --> 01:38:02,960
 Have you ever been there on the final day of SEC media days?

1658
01:38:02,960 --> 01:38:03,660
 Yep, it does.

1659
01:38:03,780 --> 01:38:08,800
 I mean, you're looking around like, hey, what happened to the crowd?

1660
01:38:09,780 --> 01:38:11,500
 And now they're trying to put –

1661
01:38:11,500 --> 01:38:16,340
 Yeah, they're trying to put Lane Kiffin, I think, at the end to make us want to stay around.

1662
01:38:16,340 --> 01:38:17,300
 Yeah, Sarkisian.

1663
01:38:18,240 --> 01:38:28,920
 Yeah, so Sark and Lane Kiffin, which, you know, I guess that would be good, but not enough to spend $379 for an evening at Tampa.

1664
01:38:29,280 --> 01:38:31,740
 Not when I can sleep in my own bed Wednesday night.

1665
01:38:31,740 --> 01:38:38,800
 I'll fly down Sunday, come back Wednesday evening, and they can get back then again at 8.30, 9 o'clock.

1666
01:38:38,980 --> 01:38:41,620
 So I'll take that over, sleep in another night in Tampa.

1667
01:38:41,920 --> 01:38:43,460
 Why are we going to Tampa, by the way?

1668
01:38:44,100 --> 01:38:44,680
 Anybody know?

1669
01:38:44,840 --> 01:38:47,660
 I think it has something to do with money, exposure.

1670
01:38:48,300 --> 01:38:51,580
 They've got an active chamber of commerce down there, tourism board.

1671
01:38:51,760 --> 01:38:55,040
 And Greg Sankis says, how much did you say, oh, okay, we love Tampa?

1672
01:38:55,600 --> 01:39:00,100
 Okay, so we had a caller call in two or three days ago, and I kid you not.

1673
01:39:00,300 --> 01:39:02,880
 He called in and told me, said, you know what Tampa's known for?

1674
01:39:03,000 --> 01:39:04,020
 Now, listen, I'm a married guy.

1675
01:39:04,100 --> 01:39:05,960
 I've been married almost 30 years, okay?

1676
01:39:06,060 --> 01:39:06,780
 Almost 30 years.

1677
01:39:06,800 --> 01:39:07,120
 Congratulations.

1678
01:39:07,480 --> 01:39:07,800
 You know what?

1679
01:39:08,040 --> 01:39:09,520
 Do you know what Tampa's known for?

1680
01:39:10,360 --> 01:39:11,480
 Can we say it on the radio?

1681
01:39:12,540 --> 01:39:14,200
 Yeah, it's an entertainment district.

1682
01:39:14,200 --> 01:39:15,000
 Yeah, right.

1683
01:39:15,880 --> 01:39:16,740
 I said, hold on a minute.

1684
01:39:17,460 --> 01:39:19,940
 I said, no wonder they got Lane on Thursday.

1685
01:39:20,360 --> 01:39:23,580
 I mean, and Friday and Saturday.

1686
01:39:23,960 --> 01:39:25,800
 But it's known.

1687
01:39:25,900 --> 01:39:26,740
 It's known, seriously.

1688
01:39:26,960 --> 01:39:28,360
 It's known for an entertainment district.

1689
01:39:28,560 --> 01:39:30,220
 That's what that town's known for.

1690
01:39:30,300 --> 01:39:31,740
 I did not realize that.

1691
01:39:31,960 --> 01:39:36,280
 That Tampa's known for, like, the strip joints.

1692
01:39:37,880 --> 01:39:40,240
 So, anyway, I didn't realize that.

1693
01:39:42,140 --> 01:39:42,920
 Now, you know.

1694
01:39:42,940 --> 01:39:43,600
 That's what the caller.

1695
01:39:44,100 --> 01:39:45,080
 The caller called me.

1696
01:39:45,120 --> 01:39:46,900
 He called me, and I said, how do you know this?

1697
01:39:46,940 --> 01:39:48,140
 He said, it's well-known.

1698
01:39:48,440 --> 01:39:49,180
 It's well-known.

1699
01:39:49,560 --> 01:39:50,200
 It's known.

1700
01:39:50,420 --> 01:39:51,160
 I said, really?

1701
01:39:51,360 --> 01:39:52,120
 Tampa, Florida.

1702
01:39:52,420 --> 01:39:56,060
 And he said, it's not just female strip joints.

1703
01:39:56,740 --> 01:40:00,800
 It's like the Chippendales or whatever it is.

1704
01:40:00,900 --> 01:40:01,160
 Yeah.

1705
01:40:01,420 --> 01:40:03,340
 He said, it's for the male strippers, too.

1706
01:40:03,380 --> 01:40:06,020
 And I was like, wow, okay, okay.

1707
01:40:06,300 --> 01:40:08,920
 Well, I'm going to SEC media parties.

1708
01:40:09,020 --> 01:40:10,320
 I don't think they're going to have strippers.

1709
01:40:10,520 --> 01:40:11,580
 But you never know.

1710
01:40:11,740 --> 01:40:12,220
 You never know.

1711
01:40:12,220 --> 01:40:15,780
 We got a British Open update coming up.

1712
01:40:15,880 --> 01:40:18,620
 By the way, write Greg Sankey's speech for him

1713
01:40:18,620 --> 01:40:24,060
 and see if it's a little better than the one he gave at Sandestin back in May.

1714
01:40:24,160 --> 01:40:25,420
 I hope that it is.

1715
01:40:25,820 --> 01:40:28,400
 Who's on the show today, and where can we listen?

1716
01:40:29,220 --> 01:40:31,640
 Mike Johnson, Rodney Orr,

1717
01:40:32,040 --> 01:40:34,220
 and we've also got Nick Kelly coming up.

1718
01:40:34,380 --> 01:40:36,300
 Two o'clock, Tide 100.9.

1719
01:40:36,780 --> 01:40:37,780
 And we appreciate you guys.

1720
01:40:37,860 --> 01:40:38,960
 I'll talk to you guys next week.

1721
01:40:39,020 --> 01:40:40,820
 I will not be in Tampa, but I'll have plenty of coverage.

1722
01:40:40,920 --> 01:40:41,620
 We'll see you guys then.

1723
01:40:41,720 --> 01:40:42,220
 Thank you, buddy.

1724
01:40:42,940 --> 01:40:46,300
 Safe travels and stay off the streets down there.

1725
01:40:46,440 --> 01:40:48,800
 BB, your brother's over in Jacksonville.

1726
01:40:48,920 --> 01:40:51,240
 Is it Tamer on that side of the state for your brother,

1727
01:40:51,340 --> 01:40:55,160
 or is he going over to Tampa as well?

1728
01:40:55,540 --> 01:40:56,920
 He is going to Tampa,

1729
01:40:56,920 --> 01:41:01,100
 but Jacksonville is a little more conservative than Tampa.

1730
01:41:01,700 --> 01:41:02,880
 Oh, boy.

1731
01:41:03,040 --> 01:41:06,080
 It seems like everything is going on across the waters.

1732
01:41:06,320 --> 01:41:09,720
 Last week, we had to get the very latest a couple weeks ago

1733
01:41:09,720 --> 01:41:11,060
 from a place called Wimbledon.

1734
01:41:11,540 --> 01:41:13,200
 Why do you say we stay on the grass?

1735
01:41:13,380 --> 01:41:15,180
 Only this time, it's the green grass.

1736
01:41:15,280 --> 01:41:16,800
 And if you ever looked at the British Open,

1737
01:41:16,960 --> 01:41:18,280
 they have a thing called the Lynx.

1738
01:41:18,600 --> 01:41:20,800
 It's a little bit different than we got in this neck of the woods.

1739
01:41:20,920 --> 01:41:22,580
 It's the very latest on deck.

1740
01:41:22,700 --> 01:41:23,340
 Stay with us.

1741
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1747
01:41:43,460 --> 01:41:44,660
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1748
01:41:44,720 --> 01:41:46,820
 The last few groups hoping to capitalize.

1749
01:41:47,500 --> 01:41:49,660
 Jackson Suber is the leader at five under.

1750
01:41:49,760 --> 01:41:52,860
 How about a 65 in his first ever round at the Open?

1751
01:41:53,300 --> 01:41:57,180
 It's the fourth time a player has shot 65 or better

1752
01:41:57,180 --> 01:41:59,280
 in their Open Championship debut.

1753
01:41:59,820 --> 01:42:02,180
 Sung Jae-in and Dan Brown also in the clubhouse.

1754
01:42:02,300 --> 01:42:03,640
 They're at four under, one back.

1755
01:42:04,020 --> 01:42:07,520
 Colin Morikawa and Cameron Young among those at three under.

1756
01:42:07,620 --> 01:42:08,860
 Those two still on the course.

1757
01:42:09,020 --> 01:42:10,280
 Morikawa, two holes remaining.

1758
01:42:10,780 --> 01:42:11,660
 Young has three to go.

1759
01:42:11,760 --> 01:42:15,200
 Morikawa trying to get up and down for birdie at the par 5, 17th.

1760
01:42:15,340 --> 01:42:16,760
 Scotty Scheffler, two under.

1761
01:42:17,040 --> 01:42:19,960
 Rory McIlroy has not been clean, but he does birdie the 15th.

1762
01:42:20,100 --> 01:42:21,900
 He's now two over, seven back.

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1791
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1792
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1793
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1811
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1828
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1877
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 The score.

1878
01:45:40,440 --> 01:45:42,640
 Now, back with Boomo Bugg

1879
01:45:42,640 --> 01:45:45,180
 on 93.9 The Score.

1880
01:45:45,420 --> 01:45:46,160
 Welcome back, Dan.

1881
01:45:46,220 --> 01:45:47,140
 Quickly, BB.

1882
01:45:47,380 --> 01:45:48,600
 I think it's safe to say

1883
01:45:48,600 --> 01:45:49,740
 we can say thank you

1884
01:45:49,740 --> 01:45:50,420
 to the listener

1885
01:45:50,420 --> 01:45:51,260
 who's gone through

1886
01:45:51,260 --> 01:45:53,340
 the dry season next week.

1887
01:45:53,580 --> 01:45:54,460
 Kind of the unofficial

1888
01:45:54,460 --> 01:45:55,920
 beginning of college football

1889
01:45:55,920 --> 01:45:56,700
 and the SEC.

1890
01:45:57,380 --> 01:45:58,760
 And we're privileged enough

1891
01:45:58,760 --> 01:46:00,500
 to be able to add

1892
01:46:00,500 --> 01:46:01,720
 some time to the clock

1893
01:46:01,720 --> 01:46:03,280
 next week here on 93.9 The Score.

1894
01:46:03,460 --> 01:46:04,800
 Yeah, we got bonus coverage

1895
01:46:04,800 --> 01:46:06,600
 from 11 until 2.

1896
01:46:07,000 --> 01:46:08,500
 I got an extra hour

1897
01:46:08,500 --> 01:46:10,020
 at the 11 o'clock hour.

1898
01:46:10,280 --> 01:46:12,360
 And I mentioned this earlier

1899
01:46:12,360 --> 01:46:13,700
 and we'll mention this

1900
01:46:13,700 --> 01:46:14,820
 probably again tomorrow.

1901
01:46:15,440 --> 01:46:17,640
 Monday, on the docket

1902
01:46:17,640 --> 01:46:19,780
 is Kentucky, Will Stein,

1903
01:46:20,000 --> 01:46:21,900
 Eli Drinkwith with Missouri,

1904
01:46:22,900 --> 01:46:25,760
 Oklahoma, and the Tennessee volunteers.

1905
01:46:26,060 --> 01:46:27,340
 And I'm sure some of the media

1906
01:46:27,340 --> 01:46:28,600
 are going to be asking,

1907
01:46:29,200 --> 01:46:30,240
 Josh Heupel,

1908
01:46:30,340 --> 01:46:33,940
 can you improve on 8-5 last year?

1909
01:46:34,020 --> 01:46:35,520
 Which a lot of Tennessee fans

1910
01:46:35,520 --> 01:46:37,100
 would like to have an answer to that.

1911
01:46:38,180 --> 01:46:39,400
 You know, the other thing, too,

1912
01:46:39,440 --> 01:46:40,000
 I think it's going to be

1913
01:46:40,000 --> 01:46:40,900
 a discussion is

1914
01:46:40,900 --> 01:46:42,480
 we had Phil still on earlier today.

1915
01:46:42,520 --> 01:46:43,180
 And what a privilege,

1916
01:46:43,380 --> 01:46:43,960
 speaking of that,

1917
01:46:44,140 --> 01:46:45,280
 it is to have probably

1918
01:46:45,280 --> 01:46:46,420
 the recognized guru

1919
01:46:46,420 --> 01:46:47,720
 of preseason magazines

1920
01:46:47,720 --> 01:46:48,600
 in the country.

1921
01:46:48,680 --> 01:46:49,840
 Now, due to respect everyone else,

1922
01:46:49,940 --> 01:46:50,900
 everyone does a good job.

1923
01:46:50,940 --> 01:46:52,480
 And his is not a magazine.

1924
01:46:52,480 --> 01:46:53,600
 It's an encyclopedia.

1925
01:46:54,300 --> 01:46:55,340
 And he went through

1926
01:46:55,340 --> 01:46:56,140
 some of the lists

1927
01:46:56,140 --> 01:46:57,040
 as far as surprises

1928
01:46:57,040 --> 01:46:57,980
 in case you miss.

1929
01:46:58,040 --> 01:46:59,240
 He's got Alabama in there.

1930
01:46:59,340 --> 01:47:00,480
 But one of the,

1931
01:47:00,600 --> 01:47:00,940
 in fact,

1932
01:47:00,980 --> 01:47:02,560
 they are the biggest surprise team

1933
01:47:02,560 --> 01:47:03,300
 in Phil's mind.

1934
01:47:03,400 --> 01:47:04,340
 But I think what makes it

1935
01:47:04,340 --> 01:47:04,980
 tough for Phil

1936
01:47:04,980 --> 01:47:06,000
 and everybody else now

1937
01:47:06,000 --> 01:47:06,760
 in this business

1938
01:47:06,760 --> 01:47:07,880
 and fans as well

1939
01:47:07,880 --> 01:47:08,680
 and even coaches,

1940
01:47:09,160 --> 01:47:11,300
 what role will transfer players

1941
01:47:11,300 --> 01:47:12,520
 have on the roster?

1942
01:47:12,640 --> 01:47:14,020
 And just quickly to add to that,

1943
01:47:14,260 --> 01:47:14,920
 I won't go through

1944
01:47:14,920 --> 01:47:15,740
 the whole list here,

1945
01:47:15,800 --> 01:47:17,600
 but this is what I consider

1946
01:47:17,600 --> 01:47:19,000
 to be the top three

1947
01:47:19,000 --> 01:47:20,740
 transfer impact players

1948
01:47:20,740 --> 01:47:21,660
 across the country.

1949
01:47:21,660 --> 01:47:22,660
 And I'll give you

1950
01:47:22,660 --> 01:47:23,460
 a little hint, BB.

1951
01:47:24,060 --> 01:47:24,700
 Two of them,

1952
01:47:25,260 --> 01:47:26,760
 Alabama and I'll be facing

1953
01:47:26,760 --> 01:47:27,460
 in LSU.

1954
01:47:28,080 --> 01:47:28,920
 Quarterback, of course,

1955
01:47:28,980 --> 01:47:29,540
 Sam Levitt.

1956
01:47:29,700 --> 01:47:30,540
 And also,

1957
01:47:30,540 --> 01:47:31,680
 Jordan Seaton,

1958
01:47:31,740 --> 01:47:32,720
 the offensive tackle.

1959
01:47:32,940 --> 01:47:33,980
 Both of them transferring

1960
01:47:33,980 --> 01:47:35,160
 into LSU.

1961
01:47:35,600 --> 01:47:37,000
 But the number one guy

1962
01:47:37,000 --> 01:47:39,740
 is a guy that last year

1963
01:47:39,740 --> 01:47:40,520
 everybody thought

1964
01:47:40,520 --> 01:47:41,680
 was always just close

1965
01:47:41,680 --> 01:47:42,380
 to breaking out

1966
01:47:42,380 --> 01:47:43,300
 for the Auburn Tigers.

1967
01:47:43,440 --> 01:47:43,840
 And I don't think

1968
01:47:43,840 --> 01:47:44,680
 it's any shock.

1969
01:47:45,300 --> 01:47:45,960
 Cam Coleman,

1970
01:47:46,100 --> 01:47:47,080
 what role will he now

1971
01:47:47,080 --> 01:47:48,040
 have at Texas?

1972
01:47:48,180 --> 01:47:49,020
 And how does Auburn

1973
01:47:49,020 --> 01:47:50,040
 fill those incredibly

1974
01:47:50,040 --> 01:47:50,760
 big shoes be?

1975
01:47:50,820 --> 01:47:51,280
 I know they've got

1976
01:47:51,280 --> 01:47:52,200
 some folks coming up,

1977
01:47:52,560 --> 01:47:53,520
 but when you lose a guy

1978
01:47:53,520 --> 01:47:54,300
 that has the potential

1979
01:47:54,300 --> 01:47:55,480
 of CC, Cam Coleman,

1980
01:47:55,580 --> 01:47:56,200
 that's huge.

1981
01:47:56,200 --> 01:47:57,160
 Well, Harold,

1982
01:47:57,280 --> 01:47:57,760
 number one,

1983
01:47:57,880 --> 01:47:58,860
 they couldn't get the ball

1984
01:47:58,860 --> 01:48:00,520
 to him last year enough.

1985
01:48:01,200 --> 01:48:03,920
 So they've got three receivers

1986
01:48:03,920 --> 01:48:06,060
 coming in from Central Florida,

1987
01:48:06,320 --> 01:48:07,860
 which would be able

1988
01:48:07,860 --> 01:48:09,140
 to fill that void.

1989
01:48:09,540 --> 01:48:10,060
 By the way,

1990
01:48:10,120 --> 01:48:11,040
 you mentioned LSU.

1991
01:48:11,220 --> 01:48:12,500
 Phil Stills got LSU

1992
01:48:12,500 --> 01:48:13,620
 ranked 22nd.

1993
01:48:13,640 --> 01:48:15,000
 I actually agree with that.

1994
01:48:15,380 --> 01:48:16,560
 I think LSU goes

1995
01:48:16,560 --> 01:48:18,540
 9-3 or 8-4 this year,

1996
01:48:18,580 --> 01:48:19,580
 and then after that,

1997
01:48:19,980 --> 01:48:20,500
 Katie Barr,

1998
01:48:20,580 --> 01:48:21,060
 the door.

1999
01:48:21,560 --> 01:48:22,660
 His number one team

2000
01:48:22,660 --> 01:48:23,400
 in the nation,

2001
01:48:24,040 --> 01:48:24,860
 I know he's got

2002
01:48:24,860 --> 01:48:25,740
 Georgia and Texas

2003
01:48:25,740 --> 01:48:27,180
 like everybody else does

2004
01:48:27,180 --> 01:48:29,040
 at the top of the SEC.

2005
01:48:29,740 --> 01:48:30,860
 He's got Notre Dame.

2006
01:48:31,500 --> 01:48:33,060
 And we talked to Mike Hegan

2007
01:48:33,060 --> 01:48:34,000
 about Notre Dame

2008
01:48:34,000 --> 01:48:34,900
 last Friday.

2009
01:48:35,440 --> 01:48:36,540
 They have basically

2010
01:48:36,540 --> 01:48:37,920
 a two-game schedule.

2011
01:48:38,280 --> 01:48:38,820
 There you go.

2012
01:48:38,860 --> 01:48:42,000
 Miami, BYU and SMU.

2013
01:48:42,680 --> 01:48:44,060
 CJ Carr's back.

2014
01:48:44,160 --> 01:48:45,700
 He tore up the Manning

2015
01:48:45,700 --> 01:48:47,540
 passing count in May

2016
01:48:47,540 --> 01:48:49,260
 and did a really good job.

2017
01:48:49,360 --> 01:48:50,240
 They've got a secondary

2018
01:48:50,240 --> 01:48:52,560
 that intercepted 21 passes,

2019
01:48:53,120 --> 01:48:53,620
 won't be able

2020
01:48:53,620 --> 01:48:54,740
 to run the ball as much.

2021
01:48:54,840 --> 01:48:55,460
 They've always got

2022
01:48:55,460 --> 01:48:56,720
 a good offensive line.

2023
01:48:57,360 --> 01:48:58,380
 But believe me,

2024
01:48:58,520 --> 01:48:59,520
 you talk about the

2025
01:48:59,520 --> 01:49:01,440
 Alpha and Omega difference.

2026
01:49:01,700 --> 01:49:03,040
 Look at Notre Dame's schedule

2027
01:49:03,040 --> 01:49:04,240
 compared to Auburn.

2028
01:49:05,460 --> 01:49:06,540
 Notre Dame's about

2029
01:49:06,540 --> 01:49:08,060
 as easy as you can get

2030
01:49:08,060 --> 01:49:08,900
 and Auburn's about

2031
01:49:08,900 --> 01:49:10,040
 as difficult as you can get.

2032
01:49:10,040 --> 01:49:11,160
 Well, which brings us

2033
01:49:11,160 --> 01:49:11,820
 to this, B.B.

2034
01:49:11,820 --> 01:49:12,700
 At the end of the season,

2035
01:49:12,800 --> 01:49:13,680
 I hope the guys

2036
01:49:13,680 --> 01:49:14,580
 who are on the committee

2037
01:49:14,580 --> 01:49:15,200
 are not going to be

2038
01:49:15,200 --> 01:49:16,160
 the same hypocrites

2039
01:49:16,160 --> 01:49:17,700
 that we've had to put up

2040
01:49:17,700 --> 01:49:18,480
 with for years.

2041
01:49:18,600 --> 01:49:19,300
 And they talk about

2042
01:49:19,300 --> 01:49:20,460
 one thing in this time

2043
01:49:20,460 --> 01:49:20,940
 of the year,

2044
01:49:21,360 --> 01:49:22,200
 in the preseason,

2045
01:49:22,360 --> 01:49:23,100
 saying schedule,

2046
01:49:23,240 --> 01:49:24,180
 strength of schedule

2047
01:49:24,180 --> 01:49:25,120
 is going to come into play.

2048
01:49:25,200 --> 01:49:26,300
 And then when we get down

2049
01:49:26,300 --> 01:49:27,440
 to the brass tacks

2050
01:49:27,440 --> 01:49:28,120
 at the end of the year,

2051
01:49:28,160 --> 01:49:28,920
 they always come up

2052
01:49:28,920 --> 01:49:29,380
 and spin it

2053
01:49:29,380 --> 01:49:30,580
 like a master politician.

2054
01:49:30,580 --> 01:49:32,240
 I just hope this year

2055
01:49:32,240 --> 01:49:32,780
 they practice

2056
01:49:32,780 --> 01:49:33,440
 what they preach

2057
01:49:33,440 --> 01:49:34,500
 at the end of the year

2058
01:49:34,500 --> 01:49:35,060
 that they're preaching

2059
01:49:35,060 --> 01:49:35,760
 in the preseason

2060
01:49:35,760 --> 01:49:37,260
 because how many teams

2061
01:49:37,260 --> 01:49:37,800
 in the SEC

2062
01:49:37,800 --> 01:49:38,920
 could possibly be

2063
01:49:38,920 --> 01:49:39,380
 in the running

2064
01:49:39,380 --> 01:49:40,120
 with a schedule,

2065
01:49:40,360 --> 01:49:41,080
 not just Auburn,

2066
01:49:41,200 --> 01:49:41,540
 Alabama,

2067
01:49:41,800 --> 01:49:42,420
 everybody's got

2068
01:49:42,420 --> 01:49:43,000
 a tough schedule

2069
01:49:43,000 --> 01:49:43,560
 in the SEC.

2070
01:49:43,860 --> 01:49:45,320
 So please spare us

2071
01:49:45,320 --> 01:49:46,060
 the hypocrisy

2072
01:49:46,060 --> 01:49:47,740
 and look at last year's

2073
01:49:47,740 --> 01:49:48,600
 and all due respect,

2074
01:49:48,720 --> 01:49:49,560
 Indiana deserve it.

2075
01:49:49,580 --> 01:49:50,140
 We're not taking

2076
01:49:50,140 --> 01:49:50,740
 anything away,

2077
01:49:50,820 --> 01:49:52,040
 but I'll still maintain this.

2078
01:49:52,180 --> 01:49:52,940
 One of the reasons

2079
01:49:52,940 --> 01:49:54,040
 you're good in the postseason,

2080
01:49:54,200 --> 01:49:54,860
 if you can go

2081
01:49:54,860 --> 01:49:55,720
 through the regular season

2082
01:49:55,720 --> 01:49:56,420
 without running

2083
01:49:56,420 --> 01:49:57,800
 a huge risk to injuries,

2084
01:49:58,140 --> 01:49:58,920
 you've got a better chance

2085
01:49:58,920 --> 01:49:59,640
 of winning, B.B.

2086
01:49:59,640 --> 01:50:00,440
 So please,

2087
01:50:00,540 --> 01:50:01,240
 will this be the year

2088
01:50:01,240 --> 01:50:02,600
 they finally practice

2089
01:50:02,600 --> 01:50:03,360
 what they preach?

2090
01:50:03,480 --> 01:50:05,120
 Well, I can tell you

2091
01:50:05,120 --> 01:50:05,840
 one thing, Harold,

2092
01:50:05,940 --> 01:50:07,460
 if they don't do that again,

2093
01:50:07,980 --> 01:50:08,580
 the Big Ten

2094
01:50:08,580 --> 01:50:09,400
 and the SEC

2095
01:50:09,400 --> 01:50:11,640
 may poke out their chest

2096
01:50:11,640 --> 01:50:12,060
 and say,

2097
01:50:12,160 --> 01:50:13,560
 we've had enough of this.

2098
01:50:13,960 --> 01:50:14,720
 We're going to go

2099
01:50:14,720 --> 01:50:16,060
 do our own thing

2100
01:50:16,060 --> 01:50:17,520
 whether you like it or not.

2101
01:50:18,000 --> 01:50:18,720
 Kick back

2102
01:50:18,720 --> 01:50:19,240
 and relax,

2103
01:50:19,340 --> 01:50:19,840
 Braves fans.

2104
01:50:19,940 --> 01:50:20,460
 You've got another

2105
01:50:20,460 --> 01:50:21,480
 night of vacation

2106
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 that'll get back

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 after the All-Star game

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 tomorrow night

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 against the Rangers.

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01:50:26,360 --> 01:50:27,040
 You don't have to go

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 to Atlanta to see it.

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01:50:28,360 --> 01:50:29,000
 You can hear it

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 right here on

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01:50:29,480 --> 01:50:30,160
 93.9

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01:50:30,160 --> 01:50:30,580
 The Score.

2116
01:50:30,680 --> 01:50:31,080
 We're going to take

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01:50:31,080 --> 01:50:31,860
 care of biz for now

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 on behalf of B.B.,

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01:50:32,980 --> 01:50:33,800
 Greg James Blair,

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 the entire crew here.

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01:50:35,220 --> 01:50:35,680
 Harold Buck,

2122
01:50:35,740 --> 01:50:36,320
 thank you so much

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 for your time today.

2124
01:50:37,220 --> 01:50:37,600
 Let's do it again

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01:50:37,600 --> 01:50:38,520
 tomorrow noon to two

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 with a bit more Buck Show

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01:50:39,420 --> 01:50:40,480
 back here on Sports Radio

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 93.9 The Score.